The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, August 28, 1855, Image 2
Blisrrllflnrnns fetus. j
from, the Charleston Evening News.
The South Carolina Creed?The
American. S*fatfo:*tti.
We invoke the cardd ;?tJ. enino?t attention j
of the papers and people < {' the State to "the j
Principles and objects of the American party ofj
South Carolina. A loptcd ? a rwvtiug of the
State Council, begun and held at Charleston on j
14th August, 1655." The city papers have j
published it; will not the interior papers nlso !
lay it before the people? Justice and liberality j
requiro it. Lot the people read it f>>r themselves. :
To the high tribunal of their minds and hearts !
does the American party submit to it.
This assemblage of the State C?n:n 1 was not)
a call, but a regular periodic meeting. It was j
the first since the National Council. Hence 1
in this State, the delay in action on tin* national i
phtfonn n 1 in public demonstrations. Arrange-1
ments are on foot for an early public popular '
movement, in this citv of the fbonis of tin-'
American ca i<e. Our principles and di-cus io is J
fear not the open d;? v; nor i!o we hesitate to'
meet our opponents before the people.
This Carolina creed is the best answer to all j
the falsehoods and studied perversions which j
have misrepresented and vilified our party and j
its doctrines. Our opponents will bo taught i
that denunciation and slander cannot scire'
their injustice or ambition. They have sought J
" a war lo the knife"?'tis a hitter and im- 1
proper mod**; but Ameiicans are ready to
meet i'.
The Soutli Carolina part y, while it holds connection
and affiliation with all of the American
? ni M . i i.
party everywhere, who stai d on uie riiiiaueipm ;
platform?on Americanism, is independent in j
its jurisdiction, and can never, as lias been charg- ;
ed, be subject to the dictation of enemies to our j
domestic peace, nor be swayed fmm its genuine
comietious and feeling in either political or re j
ligiouS matters.
It will sternly address itself and it s the only j
party which sincerely and honestly wiii to rome- i
d v the evils of our present naturalization system j
and will ever resist ami seel: to prevent the dele-1
terious influence exerted on our national counsels |
bj the vast influx of a foreign mass, radical in j
tx lions, licentious in m mtiers, low in morals and |
vicious in course.
It ha3 respect for a Constitutional Union, and '
will endeavor to restore and conserve such a gov- j
eminent. Dut if from infraction of its nature, !
and tho dominating aggressions of enemies to it 1
and to ??ur rights, disunion becomes the solo remedy
for the wrong, and measure for snf tv, then
it v ill not oppose the Southern Patriot who
would resort to it but will move and stand with
hint everywhere, shonidet* to shoulder in the !
contest, and to secure a new ltepublican independence
for this our section of America.
It holds, declares and will assert the sovereign :
rights of the States and the fullness of the power;
of the Federal Judiciary, in their ju<t relation to
each other or in their respective integrity. It,
hurls back with scorn all imputation (if ,-ub-crvi- j
euey to unconstitutional Federalism or of di.sre-;
gard to "fundamental" State Idgl.ts.
It holds that the Federal and State Coiistiia j
tone in. tin. fundamental ex: o-i'a.::* of tho ;
vibjccts of our governments, and that CM.stitu
tiona! liberty and constitutional organism are. j
in this view, corrective terms.
It rejects alike ti.e {>rl:ici|*!?% the protest. and I
the semblance of religions proscription; but it
declares fixed hostility to the puliticu-su'lariun
assumptions and etlbrN of ltomanism, as antirepublican
in principle, alien in sentiment, intolerant
in dogma, and aggressive in polity. The
native Catholic who does not assent to those
assumptions and efF.'rts and will verity his sin- '
verity by abjuring them it will nut hold to be or i
fie.it .-is .in onnonent to American is in.
"* ? I I
In political opinions, it.adheres to what S-uth ;
Carolina and themselves have continued to j
maintain.
We respectfully our brethren of the.^ross j
to give publication to these views, and to the j
State American platform o:: which tls'-v rc.-t.
i
The Siiocki.sk Accident on the Boston
Railroad.?It Ilk already been stated that
Mr. D. Tsift, of Charleston, South Carolina, a
passenger in the train froni I3o>t<<u to Albany,
met with a shocking accident on the 13th iv.at.
The Albany Argus says:
"The train was coming down the grade at a
high rate of speed, and when passing a freight
ear, which was standing on u switch track?the ;
freight car having swing doors?theentire side i
of the second passenger car was taken ofT, as i
neatly and thoroughly as it could have been I
done with a saw. Mr. Tuft, who was sitting ;
with his elbow resting on the window sill, lost
his arm, it having been cut off twice, below i
and above the elbow. A German also had his !
arm hone broken in such a manner that it pro i
truded tlnough the ilcsh.
"So instantaneous was the work of de.-.truc- j
' ?- * I
l!??n U<'I.e, iv ?as i.wi ??.m im.
r'v d ;?t Kimkrhcrk that the conductor was!
aware thr;* anv accident had happened. fc'cvc i
ml 'adv I asset; jets or. the (rain, with cOushior.ih't
magnanimity, stripped cfi" their super 1
fiuoos litter, with which to hind tip the art:: of]
Mr. Taft, who came on to this city."
The portion of the arm of Mr. T. which ? ,<3 !
rut off was found the next day and taker, lo
Albany. Mr. 'I. is said to have home his suffering*
w jlh extraordinary f??t titudo. The blood
at f^rst do wed :n torrents from the wound, out
a physician, who happened lo ho a pays-.r^cr, j
soon hound it up. The Argus adds.
This accident k represented by thorn; w :t-!
i.essing :t as one of most roni.vhab'.e in j
?> 1 ?r< ??.< noii exul.iins the ihmvo.
ini:u\'?i?i - -- - - - ?j - ,.VVWMIM
(y tor-lKct coMpIianco with flie railroad rale
<o keep with::: tin: ?Mielosorc w! iho cars. l>i;t
v> l::;e ths-i is expected o: the pabbfeugcrs, it is
aLo required .if ill* iji.ioaii cftr/p'T^a ?hut
llic ?"?.>?>" i 'it the ??idi:o fl Uleir cars thai] r.ot, be
hung hsngeo so a: to swing. Had this rej'i'rc-tr.'nt
bote complied with. (1ms accident
woii'il ti-.l happened/'
I
?? - ? <w
\v>a;:.i o: riic Mi T:::.ruKArii ?Tiic
VJ'W ?:?* jr.iti-ad of being ^Jtpotcd, :n Rirh,
tuiditr ground. /? is dug lve]vc or
fiflCd: inches %viilc. its wiroh tno v :; ?? ?jro
ji!.iccd side by side lr.il o? a3 not to touch
m.kii other, b.iunici: (hen pcurcd on
Oj -.tt which syrrcur.cl'i the v ire* mid complete
ly isolates then, It secures their, fron the
danger of being exposed to malevolent persons
and of being deranged by atmospheric influence
Too wires from the Tuilories to tho Ministry
- 9 ' !?? ,?* HiMi-ir in
vf tl>e Jtueejor ?wo </vv.i wmj
'" (n.'ionw, and otlien. arc m course of execution
on the qua) a A?'*d in (lie Fine Rich'iliea. Tliu
inme plan in U) be adopted id I,yons,
I Death of the Hen. Abbott Lav.Teiice,
The Hon. Abbott Lawrence, late our Minister
at tbe Court of St James, but better known
to all readers in his commercial position and
reputation?died at bis residence, in Boston, on
Saturday morning. 13th inst. Mr. Laurence
had been Considered dangerously ill from the
commencement of the attack, but his many
f - 1 1 1 i s i y 11 11 *_
menus nnu uevoteu au timers lino niuuigeq napes
a! various intervals, ami appearance's of a change
?which are thus sadly extinguished.
Abbott. Lawrence may well be- pointed out as
a noble result of the New England system, and
the spirit of hardy self reliance, and energetic
perseverance which that system has illustrated
in many other honored and cheiished names.
From the common schools ol'Ctoton?his native
\iilag<? in Massachusetts? ho was removed in
1808. at t! 10 age of sixteen to the metropolis of
Nv\v England, and after receiving an efficient and
creditable probation, suon commenced business
in a firm composed of his brothers. After a
few vcars. the enternrkine brothers rclinonishod
' # # I O V
t no importing business to Jo vote their growing
caj?itm! to manufacture?, and wore among the
chief founders cf the now flourishing city of
Lowed. uthc Mauehe'ler of America." In addition
to na active, dili cent and intelligent cultiv;?t
i of all the iou-uco-: and accessories ef his
special calling, Mr. Lawrence vras, from his outset
in life over awake to all questions of public inter
est, and was an acceptable representative of his
district in the Congress of 1837, and alio of
lS39-'40. In 13-13 lie was appointed one of
the commissioners to adjust the Northeastern
Boundary question. In i 849 he was cominissioncd
as Ambassador to England, and his residence
there continued and renewed many influential
relations that had been established by him
with that country in his commercial character.
Since his return in 1653, he lias been chiefly in
private life, although until the last and fatal attack,
ho never relinquished utterly his supervision
of his varii-d interests, nud least of all, his
discriminating and munificent charities. In this
respect he may justly and honorably bo ranked
with his late brother and partner. A. A. Lawrence?among
" mi reliant princes," whose g-me
,'I I t. I ...... ,l..i;,rl,<,./l
MM!"* tli.<4 I v * iil I v V4 lUiUl*") uvi;^ui? u
in the honest and zealous pursuit of wea'th by
laudable moans. not only for the sake of pr-rsonal
independence ami position, but tor the " luxury
of doing good," and anticipating the disburse
incuts of an executor. There are few literary
or benevolent institutions, not only of Massa
ehu<etts, but of New England, that will not f. el
the loss of a true and generous friend, in the
death of Abbott Lawrence. 11 is generous devotion
to "Old Harvard" alone woiiM embalm
his memory to a!! lovers of science. and it will
Who detraction from his fame, even should the
renown of that once cherished institution be
t unis'm-d by the madness of the hour, in rj Mosaic
fivi.'7.v.
Mr. Lawrence was born in December, 1792,
and was eoiisc-ju ntly in his sixty-third year.
Chat hiiou Courier.
?
):<iui!ibi-iutn of the States.
The .Vi ir Or Cans I)-!(a closes an article on
the above subject with the following :
" The. fact is, the pr.'p.-'gandisni of the North
ji.i= l.v-cn immense, while the Suutii lias been
losiii * gr jvud. in??r.a:!y and intellectually, ever
s:UPr th^ le.atli .f Ji ii:? 0. vailu'isn. ihe only
attempt-, .it S-aitht-rii advanceiiiont, iiKC that ol
Nebraska Kansas. have boon in a wrong dime
We have turned our eves we>t when our
garo should he southward, and invaded an enemy's
territory, like the Anglo-French alliance,
without suliieient munitions of war. In the
meanwhile, that enemy has given up the policy
of defence a'-d commenced to act on the aggressive,
occasionally venturing on sorties which
should not be. underrated by our people. Even
in Marylan I the flag of abolition has b en opened
to the breeze, and no less a person than Theodore
Parker, of Boston, was the ensign who
was responsible for its security. Still later, Mr.
Charles Sumner was received in Tennessee with
the in<t->t elaborate demonstrations of r.spocl,
wliieh j?r? vestliat the policy of the North is to
'carry the war ir.'.o Africa." JJc'mda cut Car
fhfi'jo, t'.ie South must be subdued, is its motlo.
Tlu-ic i.-> l>ut o:m way of meeting those attacks.
Wo mu>t reform our discipline We must accept
the issue as Massachusetts explains it, and
outer upon tiic struggle, not as sophomorie dis
putants, hut as comhatatits, thoroughly in earnest.
The South lias never been a secessionist.
Tin? Nwth .done deserves that name. The jjcoplc
ot New England have assumed the position
of rebels to the Constitution, and glory in the
epithet; so it is time that the parties whom
they threaten a?id assail, should don the armor
of self defvr.e<\
A Southern party, theiefore, b comes a necessity.
Wc mu.-t organize our forces too. We
were not the first to urge that issue ; we have
learned the lesson from our opponents. We are
not inclined to invade the North, but we must
prevent the North from invading our own territory.
Wc do not seek to injure Air. Sewn id or
Mr. Sumner, but we must take care that they
shall not injur'? us. When our property and
our lives are threatened, we must defend thorn,
or .-.urcumb and accept the collar of the thrall.
The whole polity of the South was summed
.... ? I 1_ II... r> i
ij:? ii? un: i-; 1 J,H ?#i v. vitiuuuu.
' I,of nr. preserve the equilibrium of the States!"
~~
Piosruer cv Cjvtl Wak.?The Ilansas Herald
of Freedom, of July 23, gives the following
mvonnt of a:: armed invasion into the territory :
" Wo loan: that a parly of soma 30 pro
-.lovcry ::;cr. met and resolved to sustain tinir
homos to ll:? last extremity. The pro-slavery
me:: retired from the field, and thus matters
routed until Thursday night last, when an armed
body of seventy-five or eighty lV2i.ssouri.-tm> wore
found encamped in a piece of wood in that
locality. Mach war. charged with, a rifle, a pair
of revolver.- and .1 ho win k < >a Friday
forenoon limy continued ias the ueiuily, appa
r.v.lly waiiing f?>r addition* to their nutnbcif.
It is reported that tlmy declare their missioni^. (0
drive away every free Stale citizen from the
vicinity. Whether their purposed ox lei: d any
f n 'Jicr 0:ar this we have no information. There
is :io doubt of the facts, as an express, well known
to *:.i person lily, i.:?s como to seciro relief."
.Vy'*: ivfil-ni nri.T east \ vot? for :i Fresidcrfi.t!
:m;:'Vein a free Stale.
4!'cr.:/ Bv:r.i:ig Journal.
I.' 13<J .Soi'lli Carolina volcd for Martin
Van Huri-n, a native of New York, instead of
for VViiiiani U. liavris-m, a nalivo of Virginia.
In 1310 fahe voted for Lewie Cass, a native of
Uow Ktigland, instead of for Zn-liary Ta>lor,
. _ r.. i ocrt .1. - < J r
r native o? wvv.iursj. in louv siw v?u?*n i?>r
Frar.lilis I\'uu\ a native of New Hrtiop.sliiiv,
instead ol' < -r. ^V-jnlieMScott, a native of.Virr'l'i
l. - y. v Ywlc Ptil'j Kcws,
III I limHMB'ill W H 11 ...Jim
South CnroEIua Agriculture.
The Columbia Times, in an article which
we copy with sincere pleasure, enters into a
manly protest against a prevailing disposition
l to depreciate the condition of agriculture in
; our State. We endorse every word ot' our co
temporary. S- uth Catilitri is not behind any
! otic of liersisfer States i.f the .South in agrij
cultural improvements; more: it may he said
mnl ncii'ly every great improvement 111 uie j
??iii iilture of the Sooth, saving what concerns
the culture of sugar and tobacco, has originated
in our State. This is the parent State of the
j culture of the sweet potato, of cotton, which
i has become the urea test element of commerce
| and the greatest benefaction to the human race;
| of the Sea Island cotton, our product of which
i has dcfii d the competition of ail the woiltl; of
i lice, which feeds half the world, and which we
I
i alone have learned the ait*\?f bringing to per'
fiction.
I Soufli Carolinians ought to be proud of the
ngiicullure of their native State. It stands
eminent and delving competition. What is
there in the agriculture of the North that will
: bear a moment's comparison with the system
I atic and scientific character of our rice culture?
j What is there even to compare with the deli
j cate and incessant watchfulness that surrounds
our culture of .Sea Island cotton?
The truth is, that the Southern planters are
! the most intelligent body of men taken as a
j whole, that ever worried tho bosom of mother
j earth ; and the reason v hy they are not rccog
j niscd as such is that they have kept quiet, have
> AA?\fni.tn/l f Iwiitte.ilfAii ttiflt r>i nnnn/rl i^nwr
| vt/li(t'liivu HIWMIOVI ? V tf llll ???*
| markets of the world for whatever production
it pleaded thorn to turn their labor to, nnd have
! left il. to others to lira" and fume, to make
j O 1
naming reports on j>i|r?!t and caives, ami garden?,
while they are content with whitening the
ocean with the sails that wafted their pioducts,
and thought that the office of clothing the
j whole human rare relieved them from all oh
I llglUIOil IU IM Mil CM I<M" I 111: IIL'61 Spri'llll VII VI Itiev
' or tliti frolu'Sl iugci.'iiii v in gewgaws.
W'e believe that the agriculture of Sooth
Carolina, so emi> IjIciI by its past achievements,
| lias in itself all the elements of a noble pro
; gress : and it is the duty of her sons to speak
: with the language of proud hope of her future,
j as the fulfilment of her past. We have no cause
| to despond ; and the assembling of the reeent
| State Agricultural Society is a capital proof
that the heart of the State over heats warmly
toward her great interest. It is in fact, the
State; and when it perishes, there will lie noth
ing left fur the old-time pal i i lism t<? defend.
Charleston Mercury.
j The Great VTadswortli Estate.
James Wadswortli owns about 8000 acre-* of
land in Avon. N. V., imifli more in Genesee,
about 0000 if) (lie adjoining town of Rush,
5000 or 0000 in the town of Caledonia, ami a
great many thousands in other towns in this ami
oilier counties. And it is nearly all good land,
the le-st in the S'nte, and constantly increasing
in value. 11 doesn't sell, hut i< forever Inlying.
The effect is jiercejiiible. There. is a marked
1 absence of rural la-le, so gelierallv ii;-?-|t.n;tGlo*
I from agricultural prosperity, and >o iinjiortant to
I cloiuestie comfort, if not t > individual morality
I and hajijiiiii ss.
j While there is no largr; landliolder in the 1
< world more libe, at, wise or intelligent than Mr.
j WaJsworlh. it '.vould be far better lot the conn,
j try, and incalculably better for the .smaller land
j holders, if the lands owned by him were owned
j by two hundred thrifty poor men, who would
live upon their small farms ami contribute to the
general architectural, horticultural and educa
ti.itntl tiniii'Mva-ttti.r.f nf the Cnimtev. Th. U-. is ;i
I I ' - . "
melancholy absence of those substantial farmhouses
an.I tasty appurtenances so noticeable in
other porti-iJis of western N. York.
All of Mr. WadsworiVs land is rented, not
leaded ; and rented lint f??r a single year. This
lias been the rule since about 1830. Every lease
is renewed every year--a rule which gives Mr.
Wadswoith entire control of his property and
its cu'tivation and management. A shiftless
tenant stands no chance for a re-lease. And
not only is this rule strictly adhered to, but Mr.
! Wadswortli dictates the character of the crops
. to he sowed in the several fields of each farm?
J which sha'l be sowed to wheat, which shall be
: reserved for pasture, which allotted to meadow,
i A'e.?thus preventing any overworking of the
j land or any deviation from what has been ascer- ,
i lained to ho '.he best system of agriculture. The
| result is that these lands are among the best culj
tii'a ted lands in all this well cultivated region,
and uniSomry yn id as heavy crops as any
I other in this i r dilic valley,
j The r.-nts. as i Earn from M old scttl-rs," are
jus follows: For the best wheat lands, 8 buduU
j of wheat per acre; for otiier wheat luiftU, from
; 5 to 7 bu hel.s: and for lands used for meadows,
! spring crops, Ac., from 2 to ?3 per acre. Ane
I the land is eagerly sought for at these prices.
I Corr. Albany Jour.
j N'-u-j apers everywhere are speaking of vegej
tuhle monstrosities, wonderful yields gigantic
I ears, itc., showing the ivsnarkabli fruilfiilw-ss of
i the earth this season. California, even is rivalJ
led in her exhibitions of mammoth vegetable
: productions. The Cincinnati Gazette speaks of
corn 115 1 2 feet in height, from a lield under ordinary
cultivation, and of apples mcasuting 11
1-2 inches in circumference, The Richmond
Enquirer speaks of a farmer in Monroe county,
who has reaped this year, " 100 bushels of vol
unteer wheat t>ff of ten or eleven acres of ground
from which he raised a good crop last year."
The Winchester Virginian tpealcs of the nnu
iual r.pcct ic!c of a second growth of wheat front
'.ho JtulUo of the gathered crop. In Illinois,
crops varying from thirty-five bushels of wheat
i ,w.rra -ire not. unusual. The fact is. no arlciuate
I - - - ' I
idea haa vol been formed of the abundance of
the l.arviy.is already gathered in some parts of
the cans try, and the future is still full of promise.
A Eiomkstiiab Law rrr K .osas.-?-The following
hill is before the Legi-lniure of Kansas
Tm-iiforv :ind either it or one similar in its
provisions, will, it is said, become, a law :
Site. I. Household and kitchen furniture not
excocding ^*150 in value; implements of bus
ha.ulry not exceeding $50 in value ; (lie tools,
apparatus and books appertaining to the trade
ui profess* m. of any ci'i:".er,; two milch cow.-5,
one yoke of oxen or horse, twenty hogs and
provision:, for one year, are hereby exempt from
levy mid sale on execution.
Sue. 2. 'I he homestead of any citizen, the
hoad cf a family, not to exceed one hundred
and s;xty acres of land?not included in any
town or city--of any town or city lot or lots
not to exceed in value $1500, shall not he sub
I ject to sale for any debt contacted after the
tvifcSHce cf this. act.
. 9
Clif (Catit&eti UMli) Journal..
Tuesday, August 28, 1855.
TOO. .T WABT)T!W
To Correspondents.
" Fpectator" will appear next week.
( /
Charles B. West, Esq. f
Has been elected a member of the Lcgislnfbre in
Texas. Mr. West is a native of our town, and was
admitted to the practice of law in this Stato.
lie is now engaged in his profession in the city of
Austin, whero we loam his prospects are quite flattering.
Fire Alarm Telegraph.
The Charleston Courier of Friday says:
" We had the pleasure of a visit yesterday, from J.j
Gnmewell, Esq, of Camden, in this Statp, whose ;
recent discovery of a telegraphic lightning arrester, !
has already been noticed in ourcolumns. Thisinven- [
tion has just obtained a patent, and as wo learn from |
the Operators in tlie Telegraph office in this city, will j
prove of greut advantage in securing the transmission ;
of messages dui ing storms, with perfect security to
those at the instrument.
"The object of the present visit of Mr. Garaewcll I
u? win n? >? c* n am, iu viiwiiii'i iv iuumw t??v j
City Authorities !o permit him to erect an electric fiio j
alarm Telegraph in the city, and wo trust that he will;
be successful in liis endeavors, as such a system cannot j
prove otl erwise than beneficial to the interests of the
whole community, and the well-earned reputation of
Mr. Gamowell, is a sufficient guaranty that the arrange*
ments will bo efficiently carried out under hia supervision.
Austria and Prussia.
Tn the last number of the Southern Quarterly Review
in the conclusion of an excellent article, a review
of several works on Russia by different authors?the
writer mokes the following sensible and very reasonable
remarks:
" Statosmen in England and Franc* affect to wonder
at the conduct of Austria and Pi u-?ia. We cannot
share this nsloni.-hment Why should they temporize?
They have nothing to gain from taking part in the
present war. They could only exhaust themselves,
and plant the seeds for future intestinal commotions.
Prussia and Austria need all their force to remain
Prussia and Austria. Their parts eohtre with difficulty,
oven under the bonds of their military organization.
If. in the present state of popular opinion.
they exhausted their armies and their treasuries in
war, the emperors would be face to face with the people,
who are never exhausted. Beside, if Russian
power overshadows these empire.-, it nl.-o protects
them. "What culd they look for from England or
France? Opinion in another country would do more
to advance lli an to cheek a revolution in Vienna and
B.-rlin, and the French remember the boundaries
of Franco under the add empire. The position of
Austria and Prussia is inconvenient to the allies,
but it will bo maintained. Their interests make
them peace-makers. It is this franchise which llicy
will line day discharge. Their formal arbitraments
will settle the dispute now pending, when war has exhausted
all parties and disposed all to listen to terms
ol accommodation.
" It may be a peace honorable in terms to England
and France, but will it bo so in fact? Men will not
ask for an answer. They will look for .Sebnstopol and
Cronstndl. and see them written in large characters on
the maps of Russian territory."
i\ teact cjccmreuce.
On Sntida\ morning last, about live miles fro it Camden,
near the residence of Co!. W. J. Taylor, the
Elephant attached to the Circus and Menagerie ol G.
F. Bailey k Co.?which cxihitud in our town on Saturday
afternoon and evening?killed a horse and his
Keeper. It appears there was a difficulty in getting
the animal across the bridge near Col. Taylor's mill,
and after some trouble they succeeded in getting him
over bv another way; the Elephant from some cause
became angry and the horse coming m his way was
gored to death. After ascending the hill on the other
side of the Mill race, at the forks of the Columbia and
McCord's Ferry Roads, the Elephant again became
unruly, wanting to go to I lie h it in place of the right,
the Keeper, whose name we learn is Gcorgo West,
undertook to puni-h him. whereupon the enraged
animal seized a al threw l:im up, piercing the- poor j
man tliroug'u the body, and niaiigiiug him otherwise I
in a shocking maimer, so that ho died in a few minutes.
Mr. Bailey returned immediately to Cunideu and
informed the Coroner, Z. J. DeUay who summoned a
jury and repaired to tlio spot, when, after the usual j
formalities, the jury returned a verdict in aceor. auco
with the facts, \W: " tiiat the said George West can.o !
to his death from wounds inflicted by tho tusks of tlio J
Elephant attached to the Circus of Bailey & Co."
In the afternoon a requisition waa made upon the
Camden Light Infantry, to go and kill the Elephant, j
which had become a leiroi loail.
A. detachment under command of Lt. Jaiuos I Villopigue,
imincdiately rosponded to tho call, and arming
themselves with powder and ball, repaired to the
scene. They did not, however, succoed in killing tho
Elephant that night, but went again on yesterday
morning, and with the addition of several other gou"
Cornell, not members of the Company, succeeded, after
a long and dangerous struggle, in despatching him.
Tlio Circus Company which had advertised to per. j
form in Columbia on Monday?yesterday?were ob- j
ligcd to lake nnotlicr road in order to nv0id coming in '
contact with the enraged monster. We lo.irn that this j
is the oxly man which this Khrdiant has killed.? i
fie whs evidently a vicious animal, as the Keeiior had '
difficulty in keopiug him within bounds on Saturday, j
It is a considerable less to the Company, but nothing ;
to be compared with the danger that there was in allowing
liitn to go at large. This ovent has created a
considerable stir in our community, and the thanks of
the same are duo to tho gallant nun engaged in the J
dangerous enlci prise.
Tho Prospect before Us.
We regard our political prospects as decidedly
gloomy, we mean of course, so Jar as relates to sou'horu
matters and iniorosts, beyond thfs wo feel littlo or
no concern, lor national glorification has long ago lost
its Deculiar charms for ns, and any party movoment or
party affiliations of a national character arc matters of
decided objoclion. Too danger of the South has become
a subjoct of slorootyped remark, and wo utterly
despair of being able to arouso tho spirit of our people
to tho right consideration of those things which
will make for their futuro and vital intorosts. As an
honest journalist, who mear.s woll?wo regard it as
o ir duly to cry aloud and Rparo not. Wo havo indeed
fallen upon troublesome times, tho timos which aro
yet to try men's souls, and to prove by a long and sevoro
ordoal of what material they aro composed.?
Gontlomcn may loll us aa by authority, that wo aro
aafe?that -'roposo" and "eocnrity" aro guarantied
to ue by "statutory logialation," which will protoct
and dofcnd u? from all coming danger. But is it bo?
We think not;?at no tirao in the history of our goveminent
^tre wo in greater danger of intestinal war.
8omc, who profosa to know everything, and asaumo
for thorasolvoe the leadership of the people, may vain
-1/ endeavor to cry pence in our eara by tlieir soft and
pleaaifcg lullabys of "security" and repose," but it
.won't do-^the facts of the case aro there, and they
stand out at every point to contradict tho confident
announcements of a certain class of peace makers, who
affirm flint tiin nnuntxv i9 a.ifb. and tiicro is no need of
alarm.
' There would bo no need of alarm, If the South"
would only consent to unite for its own protection, but |
this seems like hoping against hope, for as long as men I
are allowed to occupy place and power, and lead, who
shut their eyes wilfully to the dangers that threaten,
how can it be otherwise? the lust for power ha9grown
corpulent and excessive ar.d moderate expectations
will not suffice to satisfy those who look to national
honors " to laurel-crown them in the future."
Is thero indeed ' repose" and "security upon the
"slavery question" in Missouri ? Why that incessant
war upon its borders, between conflicting parties, each
striving for tho ascendancy? Why is it that the gallant
Missourians arc obliged to enforce the mandates of the
law, at the point of tho bowieknife, and with revolver
in hand? Bocausc there is no repose," no "securify"
to them whilst swarming negro plunderers have
the privilege, under "statutory legislation," of skulking
upon their borders and under the protection of a
" higher law," may rob and murder thorn. Missouri
and Kansas are to be the battle fields upon which this
vexed issue is to be fought* As surely as we live, in
our opinion, this question must be determined; if the
South allows that occasion to pass by unimproved,
without asserting and maintaining her riglus then, we
may well regard our case as hopeless; "repose" under
tho rule of absolute consolidation, and then, wo shall
have "security" with a veng. anco. We are little
prepared to express an opinion as to the probable
courso which tho South will pursue. We have temporized
so much that it is to be feared a little more
bolstering and patchwork called "statutory legislation,"
will satisfy a people who have hitherto acted
upon the principle, " take the best you can get" which
is to say the least of it, a poor compliment to those
who call themselves chivalric and ready to defend
their homes nnd firesides.
We believe with our respected cot?mp*,rary, the
Yorkville Enquirer, "that the time is not fur distant
when issues will be presented to us, demanding imperatively
the united support and strength of our people,"
?the prospect before us, warns and admoni-hes the
South in language which cannot be misunderstood,
that this is no time for the country to ho divided and
weakened by party issues, we need all the ".-trcngth
of. our people," in order to meet arid overcome n com
mnn foe, who .strikes a deadly blow at our viml honor,
interest and happiness.
Godey's Ladys' Book.
This " book" is quito popular with the l.idies, and
some of them think they would be almo.-t lost without
it, we seldom read sucli periodicals, mainly from
the (act that we are obliged to do a good deal of pro
mise .ous reading in oider to keep pact with the times,
and our opportunities for tiie more substantial sort,
are greatly lessened when we allow ourselves to become
fascinated with those pretty tilings which Mr.
Godev fixes up for the fancy and delight of the fairer
and bettor part of our race. September as usual is on
hand, and our friends have only to hand a couple of
dollars for tho Journal, and two for Godev, and the
"book"' will come promptly in advauce of time?at
least in advanco of tho month.
The Foreign Reviews.
WtSTMlNSTKU lias arrived, al.-o the IvDlXBur.GH
Ubvihw. Tl:c?c retain, so far as we may judge, their
prominent positio: as leading standard Magazines of
high literary grade. The republication of the Foreign
Reviews and Blackwood, by Messrs. L. Scott J
Co., is mi enterprise which reflects great credit upon
those gentlen.cn, and wo have no doubt their energy
and good taste is largely remunerated. Their advertisement
is still on record in our Journal.
Arthur's Home Magazine.
Anything from such a source is obliged to be good,
no help for it. Mr. Arthur lias been, lor lo these many
years a great favorite at our house, and his articles
are aiways read with pleasure, what more can wo say
of liini? Gel the Magazine and try it for yourself.
Peterson's Magazine
Is regarded as avfait in the hue or fashions, and
some regard it of a li gli character;?wcendorse tins '
sentiments and aic willing that our friends .should see
and judge for themselves; tho host war will be to
giv?iU6 the money?two dollars?and get twelve uumbors
which will bo cheap enough to those who wish
a monthly Magazine.
Civil and Religious Liberty.
We have before us a discourse upon this subject, deliveredin,'
'y of Wilmington, Del., July4th, 1355,
by Daniel "n. Esq. We are pleased with it. and
regard the k zoning of the author as beyond refutation.
there are several passages of this address which
are quite able and brilliant, and which must add to tho j
reputation of tho author considerably.
Tho Scientific American announces a innchine
for picking geese, the result of a number ,
of years of labor, and one of the n???*-t ingenious
pcices of mechanism ever seen. It not only j
plucks tho feathers, but seperatcs the Ion: j
ones from the short ones, and cleans them per- j
lectly while p::s*mg tlnoiign the macMiie. it |
will pick forty-five goesc per hour; and must '
materially affect the price of feathers.
The ganders will exclaim, "we live in a wonderful
age," .ind the geese cackle with delight.
o ' D 1
at living plucked so quick. "In old times" it '
used to take an hour to catch them?ten min- 1
utes to tie their legs and draw a stocking over
their heads?and ti long, long while to pick j '
each one. It was a tedious and cruel job, and i,
the inventor of the machine ought to he wafted , '
upward on the wings of goslings, and sleep 011
a very soft bed when he comes down.
Boston Post.
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A writer on giants savs that the exact height
of ( )g, King of Hashan has been variously : 1
computed, some supposing liirn to have been |
more than twelve English feet, while others |
think his stature did not exceed eleven feet. 1
In like manner, the giant Goliali, of Scripture, i
is generally computed to have been about nine
feet nine inches, but commentators have I
supposed he might have been full eleven feet
high. Turner, the naturalist, declares that he 1
saw on the Hrnzil coast a race of gigantic
savages, one of whom measured twelve feet. >
In a description of America, by M. Thebot,
published in 1573. he asserts that he saw and
measured the skeleton of a Souili American,
which was eleven feet five inches in length.
His skull was three feet one inch in circninfer- !
enci\ and the leg bones full three feet four I
inches lung.
Tho Washington and New Orleans Tele- j i
graph Company have, we loarn, established a
new tariff of charge?, to take effect on the 1-t
of September next, which arc considerably
higher than the present rates.
Our Parlies.
To the entire exclusion of our usual variety,
we publish in this issue the proceedings of a
public meeting of a portion of the citizens of
Charleston, with a view to the organization of
a party in opposition to the Know Nothings ;
and also the platform of tho American party" of |
this State as modified by the Council recentfy
held in Charleston. We do not suppose for a
moment that these proceedings on either 'side
will have any weight with the people of our
District; but we publish then as news-itefHl
and as such recommend them to the perusal of
our readers. ;. . /
Our limited space, as well as n regard for oor
own pleasure in the mailer, prevents us from an
extended comment on these documents at
present. We may, here say, however, that if
our enemies at the North those who are inces- ?
snntly and insidiously warring against our in
stitution?had the State of South Carolina urf
dor com; L te control they c<>u!d not shape h?r
political career more in accordance with their
base and treasomablc schemes. In process of
formation there are now three disttinct parties
in our State?all composed in the main of true
States' Kiglits men and men thoroughly wedded
to the well being of the State, and all made
up of essentially the same elements?yet strrv.
ing against each other with a bitterness which
would disgrace any cause whatever. We have
ever deprecated all idea of divisions and party
dissensions at home, and we still persevere in
warning our people against such a result? know
ing with certainty that the time is not far.distant
when issues will be presented to us demanding
imperatively the united support and strength
of our people. It will indeed l?e a sad day
when we.-lie called upen to face the enemv,and
bv our own imprudence and baseness aiv
compelled to present to them the spectacle of 3 " l
disordered and broken front.
Al others to the contrary notwithstanding,
our readers have froin us the assurance that
we are hound to no party whatever, and that
we shall continue to keep aiouf from or^aniza
tion of any kind, whose avowed object iL is to
distract and di\ide the political sentiment of
the State.? Yorkville Enquirer.
The New Governor of Nebraska.?Mr.
Shannon, the new Governor of Nebraska,
formerly occupied the Chief Magistracy ofOl.i*.
Tli> j< ;l unlit ieisin nf /?an<!.t?r-i?>Kln nv.
and has been before the public in one capacity
or another for something like twenty years. In
1852. he was elected to Congress from the
Seventeenth District, and kept his seat until
last March. He voted in favor of llio Nebraska
Bill, and supported the measures of the Adinini>
'ration ireie rally. In an intellectual point of
view, he cannot be considered a first class mat:
but be nevertheless possesses tact, talent audi
energy: and pi "thing by the experience of hi*
immediate predecessor he will probably afford
tulerable satisfaction. '
?
The Great Iron Steamship.? kt tlie con
struction of the great iron steamship now Iniil- a
ding on the Thames, the whole of ahe vessel has- I
K?..? r.J A ,..1.1. il l.:.." ;.i I
iscvii luiim vi ui ii ii*'iiim; 9i\iii hi iron, Willi air
intervening space of three foe:; tie material is
disposed of longitudinally, by which the fabricis
rendered stronger;nnd the outer "skin" might
be rent or torn miainsUn rock without causing
the ship to leak, if the inner one remained unbroken.
Not only is the ship divided Uransvets!y
into ten compartments, but two longitudinal
bulkhead" of iron run force Midi aft, a bom.
forty feet wide apart. By these iron party
walls the whole ship is portioned! out into somany
ti:e proof apartment*, as to-be g.oodi security
against tire.
Nkw Yoi:k Pkohibitory Law.?The New
Vork Times says that since the new Liquor La \
went into effect in July last, there ha* been :
evident decrease in the drunkenness cf the eilV.
the contrary assorted bv some cotempoiar
notwithstanding. Since it went into cperani
the number of arrests have been 1.55J,."!
average of about thirty six arrests per die; >
which, in a population of about (500,000, is if
a hrjiiir comparison of arrests than tor othero'
cue petty arrests known to the calendar.
Tub Catasthcthe cf Santa Anna.?Tin
Telegraph hiings us the startling intelligent-!
thut the Dictator of Mexico has finally sue
cuinbed to the hostile influences that have been
so long worrying his ill founded authority; that
he has deserted his capital, and. after a rather
disorderly retreat, has embarked at Vera Cruz
tin1 more peaceable regions. This time, it
would appear the fall of Santa Anna is final,
a id his fate sealed. Yet who knows? Three
times I his remarkable man has attained supreme
pow.oov.-r Ids country, and three times he has
lull ii ?n low t iat it seemed impossible ue could
rise from li s humiliation. ? Char. Mercury.
The population of tl.e city of New York, as
eniuiHTatrd by to*' rocnt cci sas, is 023,243,
considerably K-s than was anticipated.
? ?.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE
Laior from Europe
New York, August 22.?The steamer Pacific
lias a i rived with Liverpool dates of the 10th.
There was nothing important from Sebastoj>ol
except that the bombardment had been renewed
on the 10th.
It was reported, but not credited, that the Allies
had successfully bombarded Revel.
Omar Pasha has taken command of the Turkish
Army in Asia.
At Liverpool Cotton was steady at unchanged
rab-s. Sales of the week .38,000 bales.
Breadstuff's had considerably declined, except
corn, which was unchanged.
The mono)* market was tighter. Consols
closed at 91.
Second Despatch.
Nuw York, August 22.?Of the sales of cotton
speculators look 4000 bales. The quotations
ure: Fair Orleans. 7d.; Middling, 6 l-8d. Fair
Upland, 6 :Md.; Middling, 6d. Stock, 611,000
hales, including 414,000 bales of American.
Breadstuff's had declined, owing to the favoraI>1.?
of the crnns
^,v. , ,
Tho Iron market closed buoyant and active.
Sugar and Coffee steady?the Bullion in the
Bank had decreased ?130,000.
The Allies had again succesofully bombarded
Taganrog and Beriliansk. I
The report that Revel had been bombarded
probably grew out of the statement that the allied
fleet was assembling in the Baltic for the
immedia'e bombardmeut of UeUingfors.
The French papers state that the Legitmist
conspiracy was to excite an insurrection in Spain
and thus further the ends of Russia
It is again stated, but doubtad, that Spain ??
to furnish 55.000 and Portuua! lO.OOfi man in
the pay oi toe allies.