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THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME XVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1855. ' NUMBER 40. jllistdlatmuts. The Farm Supports All. People may reason anil theorize about the comparative usefulness of different pursuits and occupations. We will not quarrel with any man, because he insists that a trader or broker is as useful a man as the farmer, but we quarrel . ill. ???? mmt ir> o rront Inmun]e \V?V who will J J1 not admit that the farmer's life doe? possess as much true dignity and utility as any other. We will, for civility sake, admit equally, but can acknowledge no superiority. Agriculture is the basis of all national prosperity. A child may see that if the earth is not cultivated, the whole population in a single year, or at most, in two years, when the cattle are consumed, must literally starve, while society could exist to an indefinite extent, were the labors of any other interest to cease at once. Observe the course of trade, and inquire of the merchants even in our own country, and we shall find, that upon the products of the soil does all the prosperity of trade depend. If the cotton crop is short, the southern trader cannot order goods | from the North, or Inning ordered, fails, and cannot pay Tor Hu tu. He Jails because ilie ! planter liaviii?r fed to liis negroes all his corn and bacon, has nothing left wherewith to pay for his family supplies. If the wl^at crop fails, , the Boston and New York merchants at once I feel the etfeet of the failure, for the Western ' merchant cannot meet his liabilities, nor incur ; others. When all things are prosperous, tin* farmer is almost forgotten. He labors hard and hiings the product of his liihor to a full market. He , is met by sharp speculators with the cry, that the market is glutted, ami his supplies are not wanted, and is compelled, because he cannot eiitei into combination* to meet the handed ijioiiopolizcr", Sl " 5,1 a price which gives him but scanty pay for his in Iu>try. He feels that . all the world is prosperous ext ept himself, ami : I I ..'l.l... I'. ||>u III*.- IKIUIII^ ['UIM'V,, II'I^VUUI \/i Vtu\ M.-.' . , X farni'T maintains and even produces ai! t!ii< prosperity b\ his nuict pur-nits, looks d v.u ? him. perhaps, with omit- mpt. l'.? b? sure, be ha- at >u<di times, in eomm -n with (libels. enough of (bud and ci? thine dues Hut want, bill bis abundance and success .seem to profit utbere more than himself. ind 1. be hardly participates in tl.e general prosperity , which bis own bard work and watchful cire ba< ! created. Hut liv and b\ e the scene changes. The crops are short in some sections of the country.? Supplies tire not forivard?-d to the great marts of trade for the adequate'supply of the inbjibi tants of the cities themselves, or to meet tlie demands jf commerce. Business is deranged, ' merchants fail, the country traders are discour aged, the whole Country languishes, and there is a general cry <?l hard times. But the. turner does not fail. He raises his own food in abundance still. What he can spare brings him an increased price in the market. The traders and speculator.- come to his very doors, and entreat him to sell them at any price enough to meet the present necessities of their business. And so, when 'lie earth is laid waste, and labor divert ed from its legitimate pursuits, by want. Then'' the farmer increases his exertions. H'* sows more broadly, he labors more earnestly. II" feels that men in foreign lands, who are dragged bv hard masters rroin uieir Homes 10 engage in bloody battles, are dependent on him for their daily bread. Still his own supply is abundant, and others demand a share, and offer him a "onerous reward for his labor. The world, stupid as it often is, in times of general peace and prosperity, now appreciates the farmer's useful life. What, then, is the true position of the eul tivation of 'In* land? Is it one of hard work and servile labor only, or is it one of dignity end importance, indispensable at all times? ? V.-o-iiiititr is. doubtless, hard work, in the grii?*r.d | - ' * * ? acceptation of tin* term. hut it i< a great niMrik<* to call that oil I \ hard work, vvhi-h is peifor 1 with tin* liaiids. Th- law> ? ?, c niHiied to the stifling and erauiped air of a court room tor days and weeks, with tin* property and lives of his clients at stake, and d-'p-mietit on hi< w itchf constant car-; the minister, bound to nis stated . preaching, whether in health, or feeling himself 1 sinking already nude- his harassing and never ceasing responsibility; the doctor, called out at midnight to prescribe in an ingtan', in a n-?- : and doubt till Case,?these have all their I ileir. harder work than any performed hv th- .amis j | alOIIC. ajanv i:iriu?-i.> liiiiui n>u?-?vi?-n, murr than there is any need of; bat still. we think their hardships are not so gr. at a- those incide t , to the professions we have named. Tln-v have. J besides, what traders and speculators, and even mechanics, can never have, what is really a j source of moro enjoyment than wealth can . bring?they have s-curitv fo- th-future. They j plant and sow in faith, and with lull assurance that the harvest will not fail. Railroad and | bank stocks may rise or fall, the market for their own produce may he high or low, war or jm'mcc I Iwstsv Iw.uIa ?\r rl ntuic? mnir ti-i may jJifvaii, Iia- iimuv wi uiuicg urn* in uinph, but they know th:it "God giv?th tin* increase," and that they and theirs are dependent on him alone. Young men make hasie to .' be rich. They forsake their " paternal acres," | j and strive in doubiful i>aths to outstrip the ; fickle goddess. Fortune. As age brings reflection, and juster views .if', the true objects of life, most men place a high?*r j ( /mi ?tio noaoofnl nnrcnits r>f JurrifMlltlllV. ! I01UU V'? V??V Wl J/MIWW1TW w? ? ? The repose and serenity of a farmer's life have charms for them, beyond riches, and all the pleasures wealth can buy. Indeed, it is rare to find a merchant, or sue * cessful mechanic, who has in early life left his rural home for a l;fe in the city, who doest not look forward with pleasant anticipations to the F day, when he shall return once more to his na 1 tive bills, or at least to the occupation of a homestead, where his children may imbibe tiue a ideas of the dignity and independence of a life r on a farm. # 8 This may seem a trite and common-place sub F jcct. We claim no originality for these thoughts, v but it would seem that now, when wars are c' desolating the earth, when prices are paid in our F markets that would indicate that famine must a somewhere prevail, it would seem that now, v both the farmer himself, in his independence of n other men from the vicissitudes of life, and all others, in their dependence on him for daily food, might see and feel, what more than all else we would impress on all, that Agriculture is the foundation of national prosperity, and and that the position of the farmer is entitled to be that of the highest honor.?N. E. Farmer. Railroads.?Do railroads pay? If any one, desirous to speculate, wishes to have this question answered, he will find on recurring to the accurate statistics gathered on this subject, that the average dividend on Railroads, "good, bad and indifferent" is six per cent. A statement before us gives the results of twenty-one luad*; five of them divided nearly eight per cent and eight have returned, in dividends, to the original stockholders, more than the original capital.? Railroads pay in New England, where they have cost an enormous amount. Railroads pay in New York ; the two great lines, the Central and the Erie Roads, that have consumed more than half the railway capital of the State, (seventy rnillwirid nf rlr.lImi-?a hnvintr lippil eXIiended Oil those two roads) pay about eight per cent. It j is the steadiness and securitv of tli?* profits that ; really forms the distinctive feature of a good J investment and not the fact that it sometimes pays twenty per cent or oven more. Nor ought one other fact to he overlooked. Business in this country will soon he accommodated to the Railroad system. It will naturally fall into these channels and consequently as the country settles mi oirt oiiluiros its trade, these roads will become more .Mtid more profitable. Apart from these I advantages t?? the stockholders, Railroads multiply the sources of indirect profit. All kinds of property, that are in reach of their influence, are hem-fitted by them ; and if they paid a smaller per cent than they ordinarily do. the incidental^ advantages in the rise of Real Estate and the prosperity of business generally would be a good compensation for the outlay. Set it down as a fixed and reliable fact that under any ordinaT circumstances, Railroads connecting imjiortant points and running through ["laces, where there are people now. or people to he, will pay (irofita [ IV. >01 U OnWII loo, IIIHI a> lilt* couilliJ jjiuws older, t!i.-v will |my better and hence, your cliil iron wiii fully c*?iii[>oiisa!eil tliaii your Soutl-crn Tinu-s. ? ? >1 iTTKftii ix China?Tin* following' is an extract from a leHer wriien by Mrs. Jenkins in Mr-. Cross, in Charleston and published in the Southern Christian Advocate. Tlie letter is dawd tlie 21st of May, at Shanghai. "Ujhiii our arrival here we found i lie place iua very di-Im bed state, and many of tlie I people wretchedly miserable. The Rebels liad possession of the city, while the Imperiai party were encamped about half a mile from the city walls. \lui<<sl daily we were compelled to witness and hear of bloody tights lid ween the contending parties. out on c n?* urn oi February last the Rebels were forced by starvation to evacuate the city and the Imperialists immediately look possession. About a thousand poor creatures were cruelly put to death the greater body of them having escaped. For two or three weeks this place presented a scene of barbarous cruelties and bloodshed appalling to-tiiink of. Large uumbel's of human heads hung from the hatilcuietlts of the city wall wtuie the bodies weic lying, some of thein in to streets, and others thrown together into pits in the earth. But now it is past, and peace once more reigns in our midst. Many of the former inhabitants of the city have taken possession of their old residences, and I trust the place will in a few yerrs regain what it lost by the late disturbances. Shanghai is rapidly grow ing?business is increasing?and the number of foreign houses lias more tlian doubled since Mr. Jenkin* lirst came here. I think there are admit lifty Missionaries male and female in tins plate, most of them engaged in Missionary labor. Tne brethren ami their wives, who rameoit: with us are. studying the languae-. . ti p nog lor Inline usefulness." ? ? i*nk It \te at which Waves Travel.?A pap r was read by Prof. Ilaclie before the Anmiicjiii Seifiitilif As- ciation, stating that, at nine V o k. on I he morning of the tidd ol herein her, 18.">4. all earlhtjilake oeetirivd it Simod.i, oil the island of Niplndi, .Injic, and occasioned the tvr ek of th" lin? ia:i Irigaie hian t. which was t-x'ii iii port. li'* :i.?rl>-?r wa* first .inptied o. wil'T, mill then iMiin* in ail eiioimoiis wave, which a^ain r**c- I- I aini It'll tint liarliur tlrv. I' i>? Hvitri ?l sever tl t ill's. I he United S iflias self-acting till" ^iia^t-s at San Fr.iticiit .Sail Dii'jf't, v.Iiicil record Mil* risi* of tin* t: 1 ilpott evlilici-rs turii?*i.l L?v clocks; ami at S.m Kr nei-'-'i. Int thousand ei??ht hgudr-d miles roin tin* scene of the earthquake, tin* first wave irrived twelve hours ami sixteen minutes after it iad receded from the liarh -r of SimmJa. It imi.1 travelled across the liroid Itusoin of the Pacific ocean at tlie rate of six and a half miles i minute, ami arrivfu saieiy on the shore or California, to ast?mi-li tho scient:tic observers of ne cast -urveviny cxj>e<! ii-*ii Tin* first wave >r rising of'tile Waters it San KrancisC was even tenths of a foot in height, ami la*ietl for ibout half an. hour. It was folinwe<] |?\ a se ies of seven other waves of l-ss in igmtmle at ntervals of an hour each. At "'an Diego si mi ;>r :>he:>ofii,-,ia were observed, although, <>n i' cunt of a great? i dbtaiier i'rotn Sinioda. (four ill mj red mih-s 01, atei than to San Francisco,) he waves did no. arrive so soon, and were not |iiite as high. A Respectable Slave.?The I'hiladelphin :orrospondeiit of the Evening Post, sneaking of 1 Jol. Wheeler's escaped servants, says: u Jane is a fine specimen of the best class of /irginia housemaids, with a certain lady like air, 1 propriety of language, and timidity of manner hat prepossesses the audience in hei favor." Strange that we never find the " lady like air, i md " propriety of language" among our free | f .! _ XT I. *1... * ' J i* ipgroos 01 me ivun. js me lenui'iicj or lavery to make negro-women lady-like an-1 iroper in their behavior and manners? Verily ve must infer so from this. We will bet a liunIred dollars there will be no lady-like air 1101 ropriety about Jane ten years from now, and notlier hundred that her two boys become agabonds and thieves within that time. But io matter, they are free. AT V 7. n D?~I. j.reiv i urn. x/uy jljwh, j | The Politic* of our State. Notwithstanding the Know Nothingistn of Col. Cunningham and others on one side of our State, and the Nationalism of Col. Orr etal. on the other, it appears that the politics of South Carolina is to remain in statu quo ante bellum. Perhaps we quote the old latin phrase inaptly: for, to be strictly correct, there has been no bellum in the business. There were, it is true, considerable .alarums. soundin<r of trumpets. snorting of political charges <fcc., on the first ap pearance of Scurfs troops at Charleston. Hut before any regular battle-field could be gotten ready, an epidemic (under the name of Modification) broke out in the rarrks, and the strength of the Order has been so steadily and effectually whittled down thereby, that all prospect of a fight on their part has evaporated. With Col. Orr and his merry-men of the nioiinmiim. flip rasp iiromises to bo verv similar. The Anderson dinner came and went in a whiff of glory; and the Spartanburg affair is also numbered among the occurrences of the past. All the leiu-rs from the National Democrats have been published and read. The reverberations 1 of the plaudits of enthusiastic auditories have sounded from the mountains t<> the seaboard, and so on around the State, until they have at length settled down in emphatic stillness somewhere in the localities whence thoy first issued. And, after all, not one Carolinian in ten is at all disposed to assir-t in carrying his State into the fijilting ranks of a National Party, or to lash mi her reputation to the baggage rack of a Baltimore Convention. We are, then, just about where the Secession and Co-operation controversy left us. Not exactly so either; for there were some seeds ot bitterness engendered by that strife, which it was apprehended would yield a baneful crop of jealousies and feuds. Thanks to the noble foreparents who bequeathed to us such generous and forgiving dispositions, these apprehensions have nearly all been cleared away; and Carolinians, as a body, are once more brothers indeed. Thus let us remain. We are a small State, and need there is that every right arm amongst us should strike together in all matters of Fede ral politics, It has been the source of our I strength in days that are gone. It may be a means of power to us in the future. States Right? and Southern Rights are watchwords uc r_- ... . .1., I.... TT..: ?J U .1. ? I Mimcieill unui trie iiav. umwu uuuctiiu <i u??iiuvr , that liaili these upon its folds. South Carolina can still enact all the duties to be expected from a sovereign member of the Confederacy. She can still send her Senators and Representatives to Congress. She can still cast her vote fur President of the U ited Suites. And, if need he, she e.in ntill furnish her quota of men (as she is wont to do) to the armies of the Union. These things she can well do and yet not leave her duty to herself undone. This is her most sacred duty ; and she believes that she can best discharge it by the course of dignified conservatism she has hitherto adopted and persevered in thromrh (mpi v danger. In the name of honor 9" ~ ~ J o ami prudence, let her persevere in it to the lust. And when, in after years, the historian shall record the late of these United States, he will say o1' us?"This State did more than all the rest f?r the preservation of the Government in its original purity !"?Edgefield Advertiser. '# Amusing Duel.? Baden Baden, which has been so long one of the temples of lolly would seem?if the chronicles of the place which the newspapers supply may he trusted?to have taken a tone and temper at once moral and practical. The code of the gaining table is, apparently, falling from its authority, with the threatened deposition ot the gaming taoie itseit. i wo strangers an Englishman and a Pri'isian, ouai relied, according to a very commnn incident vt-r their piny, and agreed in the usual course to lire at one another as l lie recognized means ot settling 'a dispute. The Englishman was so lucky as to win the fi t fire, and so u luck) as to miss his adversary. The latter had only now to shunt his man at his ease, and prepared to take his aim accordingly, when the Englishman cried out, 4'-Stnp; I'll buy your shot." '1 he first impression made was that of tla novelty of the proposition?the second, that it contained me preliminaries m a mutually protiiauie transaction. Tin* conditions of (lie arrangement were accordingly entered upon; and the two leading elements were tliat the Englishman was rich, and the Prussian a oootl shot. The redemption sv i< valued at ?1,001), and the parties returned J to llie fity, alike ^aii-fied with their bargain. I'lie ease ist>t reporting, and we ate i ?i-id it .'. ? iV'gli inuan wlin set the first i ex en l?; e -r.tr io-ught into the rationale l'duelling. i Atkenccum. < Tub 5>outii mcst bk United.?Whatever ii division nf opinion niav ex'St in the South on j l other questions, a united determination to do h fend herself against abolition aggression is her i ml v salVi.\. Till"' is a familiar savin". I>ut it i 1 J # O' c:m n?>t be too much so; it ought lo be g<?t by ? heart, and lodged in the heart of every South- i ern iiihii. There is no division among the people i of this State ill standing 011 the Georgia Plat J form. And we lejoice al that. It Georgia I stands her own <tr .ood, and who will donbt [ that?there is a glorious certainty thai the t tiimur rinlits. and welfare of Ihe Smith will lie 1 preserved in tin* Union, if practicable, but 'it all wenls tiiev will In* preserved. t Let our party presses, tlic pros and cons of i Know Notliingisin, and all other shades of i polities and religion, forbear tlie abu-e of each r other, whilst they tnaiitain fieely their opinions ami let them exchange compliments on the mutual sound Southern rights sentiment wherever ^ exi ting.? Greenville Mountaineer. c - ? r Upkight .Men.?We love upright men Pull ihem this way ami the other, and they only v bend. lint never break. J rip (hem down and in v i trice they are on their feet ajiain. Bury them in I the mud, and in an hour they would be out o ?nd bright. You cannot keep them down-?ycu 11 :annot destroy them?Tliey are tlie salt ol t the earth. YVho but they start any noble ' project ? They build our cities \v|iiten"the d Miouti w'l >h nnr c?iilu mil hlonl/mt t ho Itflucunj I fi ivith the smoke of their cars. Look to tliem f noting tnei'i m?l ta'cli the spaik of their ener- <1 /v.?Boston Transcript, n Wliai arc llie Sound Duck. .|s these dues mny possibly give rise to 11 serious dispute between the United States and Denmark, it will bo interesting to know what they are. 'I he " Sound" is a narrow strait lying between the Island of Zetland, belonging to the Danes, and the Swedish coast, and gives entrance to the Baltic sea. The fortress of Cronbure Castle commands the oassaire. and Q I o extracts a payment from all vessels entering the Baltic; the ships of Denmark herself have to pay, as well as foreign tonnage. The ori gill UI 11113 (.'XJIL'IUHI J4, lliat 111 itIICILMIL L11111:3 Denmark undertook to build and sustain certain light houses along the coast, for which the Ilansi'towns agreed to pay, England, France, Holland and Sweden pay a duty of one per cent on every cargo entering the Baltic. Other countries, including the United States, pay one and a quarter per cent; even Danish ships are taxed to this rate. In the year 182G a treaty recognizing this duty, was concluded between the United States and Denmark. This treaty, however, according to <ino ill' itj ct innl m firiiio mill' tip HU>mIw<1 hv either of the parties, provided they give one year's notice of their intention. During the Presidency of John Tyler our Government determined to put an end to the imposition. Mr. Upshcr, then Secretary of State, fitted out a fleet of merchantmen and vessels of war, under Commodore Stewart, which he designed should force its way into the Baltic and at once rid the United States of the Sound duties. Mr. Upper's sudden death, however, by the explosion of a cannon, just as the Heel was ready to start, delayed the expedition, aid it was finally a bund ned. ? Other attempts were made to abolish this tax. While Denmark was at war with Schh-swigHolstein, Mr. Fleimiken, the United States Minister, ofTered on the part of his government to pay Denmark $250,U00 lor a tell year's suspension of the dues; his death prevented' the proposal coining to a head. Finally on the 12th of April last, the United States imti tied the Danish Government of their intention to cease paying the Sound duties, and the stipulation of the treaty will accordingly expire next spring. Should no amicable arrangement of the question he arrived at in the meanwhile, we may then expect to see our vessels passing the Sound under warlike convoy. A serious conflict will then most probably arise. The Danes are much alarmed upon the subject, and tear the United States will seize upon their West India possessions, the Islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. They are believed to be.soliciting the good offices of the French Government. ' Why there is no Rain* in* Perl*.?In Peru, \ *%\ . ?/-?o i'.im unl'nimvn tim i\f OWUlll ?\ ll m; i iv?*} 10 uiiniiv/i'ii, * ??v vw ? ?? vi Peru is within the region of perpetual south-east tradewificU. Though the Peruvian snows arc on the verge of the groat South Sea boiler, yet it never rains there. The reason is plain. The south-east tradewinds in the Atlantic Ocean gust strike the water on the coast of Africa. Travelling to the north west, they obliquely cross the ocean until thev reach the coast of Brazil. By this time they are heavily laden with vapor, which they continue to bear along across the continent, disposing it as they go, ami supplying with it the sources of the Itio clela Plata, and the southern tributaries of the Amazon. Finally they reach the snow-capped Andes, and here is wrung from them the last particle of moisture that low temperature can extract. Reaching the summit uf that range they now tumble down as cool and dry winds on the Pacific slopes beyond. Meeting with no evaporating surface, and with no temperature colder than that to which thoy were subjected on the mountain tops, they reach the ocean before they become charged with frc-h vapor, and before therefore, they have any which the Peruvian climate can extract. Thus we see how the lop ot the Andes become the reservoir from which are supplied the rivers of Chili and Peru.?Lieut. Muury. ? ? The Saturday Evening Post.?The Lynchburg Virginian of Thursday says: "We are not in the habit of reading this journal?but several persons who are have called upon us to warn the people of the South against it, as a wolf in sheep's clothing. Purporting to have nothing to do with parties or polities to he designed lor the home circle and the fireside, u < mcu inf. iftnml I ) i: i f ill 111 hifu Itourn I'f 1111 ii 11 ir "* "" """ '"o "'b trial in Pliiladelpliia it. has taken :i [ o.ejli<>n ami uttnrred sentiments wliicli i-nlitlo?* it to tinexecration of nil Southern men. In ordinary matters, a variance of opinion between the editor of a newspaper and its readers is the silliest "t ieasoiiK tiir a withdrawal of Mipp >i hut for the people of the Sonlh to contribute their means to sustain a journal that is.lei d nettle (lame-of fanaticism in the North, and i;n perilling all that is dear ?o tliein as citizens ami men, would lie criminal, if it were not idiotic. From all that we can learn ii is doubtful whetli rain oiler joum-d lias mi large a ri'Ciilniioii u the Southern .States as this Saturday Eve ling Post It has but little short of a hundred subscribers here in Lynchburg, and goes in arger or smaller packages to almo-t every ). .St o||ic in the C mil try. We leave its iead r*i de'cni ne whether'the do trinesii preach is are .aeii a> Southern people should eueoiir ige, r whether if tlie\ need family journals, liev hi iv not as well -import those published r tt ii thr Southern States. We cnuid name save al such. as cheap and as entertaining in all espects a 3 the Post. Tiie Kkfect?At a late anniversary of Yale Jollege, Professor Sillintan was called nut by a lOMipliiiK'iitnry toa-t. In the course of liis emjirks the professor proceeded for the benefit if the younger brothers present, to say how it vas that at his age (70 vears) lie enjoyed such xcellent health and spirits. lie said that at hirty he was dyspeptic and feehle. He cut ( ir determinedly all stimulants, and lias used tone since. He dieted one year, and then re- ^ urned to his lahor. lie ate always plain; nu ritious food, and drank nothing but plain, ilutent drinks. He eschewed tobacco in every >rm. Every morning he used the sponge and old water, and felt now no less power of en- ' urance than when he was a young man, and | o abatement of intellectual power. < State of Europe. A correspondent of the New York Times gives the following news: X II Pnron/t nliuo tvtfli intriminw R iuqio ...? UV..W|.V .o ?.?v ..... ""? is employing her diplomacy against the allies with the same success that has attended her arms, j In Austria she has already outwitted and de* | fealed both England and France, by actually ; spiking their greatest guns?Lord John Russell ! and Drouyn de I'Huys. In Spain Russia is stirring up the tactions , of all parties to upset the present government | of Espartcro, which is supported by France ; and Euiiland. It is reoorted thaWlsabella will I he induced to abdicate, which \vx?uld be a inas j ter stroke of Russia, as this wonld put an end : to French and English influence in Spain, and j which would benefit us again, for it is England j and France that have ardently stimulated Spain : to resist us in the matter of Cuba- Spain ! would have had a bargain and sold ns Cuba, O ? | hut England and France would not allow her j to do it. In Italy, to<>, there is a storm brewing: The | allies are working in Naples to upset the king j and bring about a revolution, because Russia j has the supremacy there; and they are also . aoin^ 11111r uc3L iu luiiJvjiJL lUMirrucuou in j Lorn hardy. The end of It ii likely to be, ns you may I infer, a general uprooting in Kijrope. If the I war goes on, sooner or later, the people will lake a share in the excitement; and the two governments that fear this the moat are the English and French. Russia has everything ; to gain hy disorders breaking out in Europe, as thev can never distuib her security. A tumult j has just occurred in France and the troops I had to fire on the people. An insurrection j has taken place in India against British rule, j but the Times sars it is nothing. Both are bad I symptoms, and Napoleon and LorJ Palmerston ! are likelv to have their hands full. When Europe is fairly on her legs tlmse two busy bodies will have enough to do without interfering with us again in Cuba, or in caballing againts our interests, with their negro brother and ally Souluuque. As for Pierce's administration, we have all approved it. And dnnbtlc>s the voto el'South Carolina will be cast f>r hi in again if the op porLunily occurs. But why not vote as wo have generally done? The chief influence of our State in such matters is that which results from the sound lone of her politics. She can exhibit this better outside of a Baltimore Con. vention than in one. It may always be safely calculated upon which candidate for the Pres. I idoney her choice wiil fall. Because she makes mai cumcc on |iriuuj>iub. nur meiu vine in Convention would he a very small matter. Her moral influence there might he something at the start; out'we fear even that would soon be lost to her in the giddy whirl of political passion inseparable from this grand American scramble for the loaves and fishes. Let the I storm of contending factions rage around her. She he>t fulfils her destiny by preserving peace within her borders aud looking calmly out upon the troubled political sea. She thus not only keeps spotless the character of her people and unsoilec! the skirts of her political loaders, but she stands as a beacon light of truth and principle for the whole country.?Edgefield Advertiser. The Lon Ion Times substantially acknowledges thfit Sweaborir has not been destroved. O O . ' It says: "That we have burnt cverthing combustible on the group of islands before the roadsted of HeUingfors, including arsenal magazines,stores woikshops, and the d well ii g bouses of the artificers, is lilie.l v enough, though not acknowledged in the Uussgian account of the affair. But it i> by no means clear from even our own account that we have silenced the batteries or done them any material damage. Indeed with a fit mainly veitieal, latterly chiefly of rockets, at a distance of 2 5.00 yards it is evident we c<?uld produce little impression on perpendicular face# of granite, or llie living roclfcut into the form of batteries, As no attempt was made to enter the roads to capture or destroy any vessels that might be found within or to destroy the public buildings and stores in the city of Ht Isinglbr-, we must conclude that the batteries -till presented an insurmountable obstacle to the entrance "f the ullied fleets." John* B. Gouoii.? This brilliant temperance orator has a beautiful residence at Boylston, Alas- which is thus briefly described: Tbc-farm, which embraces fifiv.six acres of ex'-t'i:?ui Iv nil 11 iiilt;r high cultivation is >"1110wli ;t retired Irotn the main avenue of :a.e', a ml graced bv -an elegant residence in the. American style of rustic architecture, with commodious outbuildings a neat farm house handsome gravelled walks and flower beds, nurseries of young trees, <fcc. The whole is in charge of an experienced farmer, employing n8>istmnee. A good VM'ioty of fowls and domegticated animals with sundry improvement* constantly in progress, convey an impression of thrift and luxurious ea-e pleasant to expi-ri.itino Tim ii* hie ruanhllu rnltiriior! ? ll^t, 1UV JVI WJ/I !?? ' VWVMV.J . from n lecturing tour in Europe, apparently improved in health and in purse, and in n few months will probably resume his transatlantic tempo* ance efforts, in which his wife being childless, accompanies him." Acorns will kill Cattle.?R. J. Lamborn of Chester County, Pennsylvania lost fifteen liend of bullocks, worth a thousand dollarsas it was thought from eating acorns, the tonic acid of which produced constipation ami a disease resembling dry murrain. WilJ cheery leaves which contain prussicaid, will produce the same effect. Cure ?Mix n pint of niolascs with a ( pint of melted lard, and pour down the animal's throat. If the body is much bloafud, add an , triieiim uj 3u(ip)uu?t , ?+ ( Mektino op the Virginia Conference.? The nieeti?gof the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church will he held in Petersburg, 1 ;nnimencing November 28, lS5f>. From 'Ju Washington I'nirm. j More than They Bargained For. ' Our reader* arc airc.idv aware tliat a course of | lectures on slavery is to ho delivered during the i ensumf winter in Doston, wiucn wo oeuevr huh j beea part of the regular amusements of that I city for a number of years past With the view | of attracting more than the. customary share ! of public attention towards these systematized [ efforts of fanaticism, invitations to lecture Iihvc ; been extended to several distinguished state* { men, whose views on the constitutional question I of slavery are known to be preeminently sound ?.wi \v_ i ..i i- -".!? i t I <?uu imj iciuniji- H41V airt'fiiijr piioiisilf'U thecommendably brief reply of Senator Douglas, in which that gentleman takes the wisely, liberal and patriotic stand that as a citizen of a notislaveholding State he had no light to interfere with the constitutional domestic institutions of a sister State. A similar invitation was extended to Senator Butler, of South Carolina but a similar declension whs not received?much to the surprise, we doubt not, of the committee on invitations. Unlike Mr Douglas, Mr. Butler is a citizen of a State weero la very is a long established and universally recognised institution, lie is not only willing to meet in person tho issues raised by the abolitionist*, but lie is prenared to raise others which we nresume thev will have no relish for discussing. He says in his reply: 'As you request it I will indicate the general topics upon which I will speak, should 1 deliver the lecture in Boston. "First, That whil-t the Stats were colonies, slavery was intr duced and allowed without distinction of section, and* that then, by the . comity of these pol tical communities the rendition of fugitive slaves was more certain than now under the provisions of the federal constitution. "Second, That when federal authority under old federation assumed jurisdiction over the subject, and the introduction of slaves wa.s prohibited it was done by the votes of northern and southern members, without distinction of section. "Third, That when the slave trade was o|>ened by the authority of the present constitution, the measure was sanctioned by votes North and South without distinction of section. Fourth, That this trade, from 1790 to 1808, was carried 011 in northern vessels and by northern slave merchants, and that they mainly derived the profits of it. " Fifth. That theso* slaves were captured by northern adventurer?, mostly bv violence or fraudulent seduction, and were sold to the southern planter for a fair consideration. "Sixth. That these slaves camo to the southern nlanter as ismorant barbarian*, and bv hU i a " "* "m" J tutelage tliev have been converted into useful and intelligent laborers. Seventh. That by the gradual improvement of their condition they are well fed and clothed. "Eighth. That the three and a half millions of slaves introduced directly or indirectly by the North could not be set free without consequences detrimental to both sections. " Ninth. That in a fair account between the sections, the North has been a gainer by the use of- slave labor. "These topics would take up a good deal of time, and of course I would reserve the liberty of amplifying or of adding others to them. ' Verv respectfullv, vour obedient servant, ' ' "A. P. BUTLEIt. " James W. Stone, M. D.'' An Impostor. Mr. Editor I feel that it ? due to the community at large to warn them against an individual, who styles himself with the cognomen of Dr. Samuel M. D. Tann, and hails from New Orleans. He arrived in Greeusborough some six weeks ago, and represented himself to be a physician of New Orleans, whero he had a lucrative practice, owned a large drug store, had an interest in a hardware establishment of that j city, besides owning a large amount of property in Vsoiuuiuu ami unarieston, s. f. He also represented himself as n widower, bi^ wife having dieu (as ho said) in New Orleans l ist January, and was endeavoring to ingratiate himself into tbo society of the most resectable citizens of our town. He is an impostor of the deepest dye, as certificates from his living icife, now in Charleston, and from the Pastor of Cumberland street Church, of that city, of which his wife in a ifiember, were received in this uhioe testiftimr to that fact, ?tnd that his wife i3 now "sufferingall the consequences of an unfortunate matrimonial connection with the aforesaid 3. Af.D.Tann." The public should bo on their guard against this unmitigated Scoundrel, as he will no doubt try elsewhere to pRlm himself off upon the ulsu-pecting. He left Grcensborough for Char, lotte, on Monday evening last, rtnd no doubt _.:ii i.. i.:_ ..."? f .! ? ? win uiiiKc ins way mini mere imo south Carolina, where, I understand, lie wn3 raised. Hig whole story about his large fortune proved, liico his boasted title of " Doctor," to bo a base fabrication, as he was unable to pay a ceut of hi# bill at the hotel when presented to him by the landlord, and his wardrobe was levied upon to liquidate the amount. Had he not left town so precipitately, ho certainly would have had the honor of being escorted out of its corporate limits astride of a rail, and presented with a genteel coating of " tar and feathers." He is apparently 22 or 23 years of age, near six feet high, slender form, dark skin, black eyes and hair, and is prepossessing in his person and manners. The press generally in the Southwest would do well to show the gentleman up in his " true colors."?Grtcnsborovgk Guardinn, It is officially announced that it in n penal offence to deposit in any postoffice, to he conveyed in mail, any envelope or packet containing letters addressed to different persons. The law upon which tho above is baaed is frequently violated by person* who arc, perhnp*, not aware of its existence. The thirteenth section of the act approved March 3d, 1847, reads that every person offending in the manner indicated above, dial I foifcit the sum of ten dollare, to bo recovered by action qui (am. one half for the use of the informer and ono lialf for tbe use of the Post Office Department." There is one exception, however, and that is in the case of letters addressed to foreign countries