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VOLUME XIX. UAMOEX> SQUTH-CARQIJNA, TUfeS^y MORNING, APmiB: 185a . NUyiLlA
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WELCOME TO THE SOUTH.
With joy we bid thee welcome
To this sunny land of our?.
"Where the breeze is filled with fragrance
From its ever -blooming flowers;
And lightly glide away in song
The rosy fingered hours.
Here breathes, wben Xertliern skies are d?Tk
And wintry winds resound.
... Here breathes the balm of summer days,
And zephyrs sigh around,
As lothe to leave this fairy c'imo
Where ever joys abound. I
Then welcome to this lovely shore 1
Fit themes for pi>etd' lay,
^ Where the skies are ?wr bIue<A.
And brightest shine# the day,
And would that midst its glories
t Thou wight's crer with us stay1!
Africnti Triitlc?Objec"s
tiou? Aa.woiwl.
'It "depreciation *?f si*?-; labor" was tin*
| ln.?t bjcction touched Upon. .More could Ire
H.iid |run it, but, :is suggestion?not sifting to
the btloill?5s iht -t\le of the age, we fm beai.
with rut one addendum: It is urged " that
plan tt ion tX[reuses will Ire greater, after re. [
ipenig tiro tr?de, and the net profit upon a !
certfti Knrouiit of cotton ga-ivn two degr??.>
lens. This error is founded upon the mis I
tnkeed idea ot tire "depreciation of slave j
labo." Plantation expenses will not injure, i
o he. crops are doubled ur'iribled. and when j |
prouctive agencies increase in value. Hut. | (
supuse crops did not quite jneet expenses, still ' ,
the iifTereme in the price of-the labor then and i j
now?one 6500, theother ??000?would cover j f
eapSmea on eaib hand. 'Hi- latter p-irt of the , j
pro|Osition is absurd ; the nctt profit, taking ! (
the ratio given, would be two-thirds greater I 1
?tie profit wouhl be equally as gieat as the i j
unpaged disprotit: for, an increase of force ,
MfSfttt lutirl* nri?(iiK?p< f.hiH'u ftiMti ;t Wftnt I
ft* v,.. J. ~ j? r ' i v
i{ sufficient fuice upon f-onte lac-is. The wider j |
the field of exertion, the greater is the actual ' j
profit. Large forces can jpoern land?small ,
ones cannot. The necnstary products, with .
an addition <?f force, will be as much greater |
as the adililion ?the surplus productions duu- (
ble. Nearly every plantation (a good year)
makes corn, etc., over enough to support more (
'hands, who will add larg.-ly to the surplus pro v
duction. which is the uctt-prufit of cve,-y well ; ,
managed institution. yT . i t
From slave lab"r we c<?iw to its product? .
/Cotton. " 'Twill deprocinirthe price of cott< n. (
the market becoming full-j-the m tt profit upon t
<6,000.000 bales will be the saiin* as upon 3, g
000,000." Precisely ; if ^'000,000 bales only t
were needed an over supply would not then c
/tuhnnce the price, but diuQfii h it. Hut, where a
the demand is far greater than the supply, there
.is no danger of a depreciation in the price when .
the supply increases, \ et is f.;r inadequate? (
Supply tends to increase demand : for. tin* plen- ^
tifulness of a necessary article, create* buyers;
jind, where the article is grown l?v it particular I
section and demanded by the vvorld, ltie >u}> '
ply, though plentiful for a few nation;, is itiade i
equate for the demand of fnanv nations, who .ire
awakening to improvement. Now, the South
js (he cotton country?she furnishes most of
the supply, l ite demand upon her i* mote
than she can ever met; so there i-t no danger j
pf overstocking the market, fr.000.000 hales ]
tlien will bring as fair prife as 3.000.003 now ; j
the revenue of the country to ., will It- don
Wed. Increase the supply M?| p.j.-e* iite'r. :i>o. I
Manufacturers prefer buying up a i uge. rather ;
than a small quantity: forth ir pndil n greater j
? the more cloth they sell the greater i> their ,
gain, a little more lal?or producing a large j
quantity. Many maiiufactuies will run u[> the i
price, 'lis competition that mill itiees value ;
competition wiil inertase according as the son i
ply, and become not perxnia!, but national.? j
The North and Engia >d ar competitors. In
each countiv tliere a;o liiull.tinb-s who d ? not !
fngage, for want ot material. They are essen- j
tially manufacturers, and wili buy up at a fair j
pi ice, all the cotton we can grow, be the amount
lever so large. >th sneh a field, we need never
fear concerning the price.
If the supply of cotton in. hm-.-I, men at the ?
k.
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South would be 'induced to manufacture : for,
we have every nathrai facility. With additional
force persons might'cdlli vale *u extensively as
to warrant triiinUihcltiires ; companies could be
started, ^ie'tliis hs it may, extensive caltiva
lion will never diminish the price so as to make
culture'idjutidtfs. We Hre the granary of the
world?the'storehouse of civilized products.?
TVe htfve fhe world at ?>ur command ; cotton is
{Kiitg atid must make everything succumb^?
'hiillions me dependent on its supply. A price
then must be given to gel this supply. Dot,
granting that'twould diminish the iprice, we
would still have the world at our feet: fitr we
are its supplier. Increase the number of bales
and you increase the iiffWnce--ydu beat down
by quantity, competition by other countries
which tiow are Snaking dvery rilbrt to rival us.
They are iucreiuiug their force, and making
force supply partial natural defects. whilst we,
with natural advantages, are remaining station
ary In force,' -An ihcrp'age in cotton, though r.t
a reduced price would lie. beneficial. fitit there
would la' no such reduction. If'then, an increase
of cotton Would create greater demand,
and that demand equal, or higher prices than
novv, which would bring an increase of prosperity,
then we should have tjiat increase.
Force alone supply if; the. African "slave trade
alone can give this additional force. Tlieie
fore, re opening the African "Sla'Vc trade would
benefit-cmt On.
Three valid objections against the re open*
iug of t he trade are 1st. It will depreciate the
value of slaves; 21. It will depreciate slave
labor; 3d. It will diminish the price of cotton.
These it re the mainstays of the opposition;
examined closely, they are by no means unanswerable.
We essayed them calmly, trusting
to argument alone. One other has been urged,
which is, that when western lands arc exhausted,
there will bo no need of so many to snpj.lv
the place of the force carried west, and that we
w ill have to turn to improving our lands chemically,
etc. All we say to this, that when the
former happens, centuries will elapse; as to the
latter, force is as touch required almost to im
prove old, as to rlmr ?p ?ew Ia>id-i. So much
for .o^-'etKsiis.
A G RIC U LT UR A L
(o:t<in Srod.
?e$l ?2'iiitc of Plait tiny ? Mode r>f Cut**
lure?Maitusts --lif.it kind?
(futtheri;<(f ?- Qwrntitmode to-lfie /laitd?
Ifesi maimer of prijxtaay it for market,
\ n ofwYTi zmwtrrS*
tU?r; ? mit<i for me to the d ne?entrv.i?
lietic^is u U'? 1 wish to sh'inl^ (Vonifc-??t.H* j
leave it (or oJdei and rtlore eXjiefielice'J |
Cotton is >ncli an n!i important crop, liiat tm> :
be>t Varieties id seed were commanding live |
dollars jut bushel last winter; .ml ilit-v even j
sold lor ten dollars per hu-liel in this neighbor* j
^iMfk.l lu'ii Mir \\>M! !\r ri!??iit<?r is
so eager alter tin* best, tliat tin* price for a lew j
seed ceases to be ai. o' jeet. U lien tlie old j
orcen seed was planted thi oiigliottt Newberry. j
jur loids weie comparatively rich ami yielded j
well. In a short time new varieties?the l\t j
tgolf and AiviuwJor look its stead, and now |
it tiie present time, vve are slHicled with new va ]
lelies and nigh piic?'d seed?such as the Little i
Poiii-gia iate, 15ig Pomegranate, Twin, Bunch, J
Boyd, Prolific. Giimore, Calhoun and lv\c< Ki j
ir. In speaking of these varieties, 1 can onl y j
:ive my opinion, j Jitgiuent and experience, so
ar as it goes. VA liether there arc as many fa
idles as arv here spoken of i cannot >av. I
know one tiling, il there are, some of tiiem j
rlosely resemble each other in growth, lint and I
field. The fresher and purer the seed, the bet j
er we all know, some of the above nann-il '
farieties may be. and 1 believe are seed of the j
<a:ne variety originally, onlv in a pater state.- j
[grew last \ ear the Big Pomegranate, Cab '
iouii and Lxcelsior, xxdiieli some call the ()< j
iter or accidental s?*ed. Tiie Pouieginiiatc i*
i good cotton to plant on sliong land - the ony
objection that can ire had to it is. that il falls
rut rather too much--it must he picked as it
pell? to save ail. 1 he Calhoun is also an j
:xcclleiit cotton to grow on rich land; it yields i
rery wedlraud turns off iwli fioin tie* seed? |
ibout 34 lbs., to the hundred. Either of tlnsei
tt'u varieties do not grow mi luxuriant and tall }
.1 I* I II!
is me I'j.Nceisiui, requiting ie>s space :t 11 >i his
ai.ce in llie width of rows. Consequently i
ither kind i? b Iter adapted to rich tin.I feitilc j
oils. Lhit our lauds me (lot so rich and |>:o- j
I u dive as they were when we had old (iioen
;eed to contend with?our cotton rarely nets
*
is large hs we desire.
The Kicelsior 01 Oxuer seed, I recommend
is being the best and most prolific cotton now
rroun hi tliis .S.ate, South Carolina ? its sti
de hears a fair sample and commands the high".tmailiot
|?iie?i ? it \ields from one to two
housaiid pounds seed cotton per acre. It is
iie oulv cotton now in a pure state that will ,
nake ?ueh a yield on our lands. L i-t vcar I
iiade twelve hundred pounds seed cotton on an ]
iveiagc with the Kxcelsior, one thousand j
tounds with the Caihoun, and from live to ight '
iillidred pounds Willi I lie UoinegranaU: per
icr<*.
1 worked ten hands and made o I hales of j
Ut toll weighing 1UU pounds each. This yea , I
have planted none but the hxcel-dor and ii, "ii
iiv poorest land slightly manured, w.th tic
a me number of bauds, and less acres 1 will .
uaiie the same, whiie ins n i<?i11? i s are m ik
ng, some a hall, and ??lln-r?t wo thirl^ofa eiup
ionic perhaps, will ? m\ it. is v?<ui m-n'v . | cn|,
ivali"ii thai, makes Midi large yields Tliat j
i;iV be, I" some extent. I shall not pretend I
o say ; hut it depends very much iijhiii the
airily* of seed.
Cotton should he Jiiaiiteil as soon as the cold '
feather is over, say ahmt the 10th of April, j
r ooii alter tin* iif>\ moon; as we aie apt to '
avo moisture siidicietit to hring i' up.
Ve aie, however, compelled to he governed !
y the weather in planting, hut my idea is to !
lutic .about the first week iu April, il the wea- !
ther is not too tuocb- Uusef H*d. '
The .spring of 1855 was very b?di;wardft
heavy frost on (lie niorning'iif tho 0th of ApVil";^
but few planters had commenced .plaiMStiifj' 'the'iV*
cotton till, after the. mMdlSdf tbe -intintftj I
commenced on the l-Ttli, and itO'PtatnHill"'5th'
of May, owing to the dmhth tlteff irr ihhii'frd
well us other-sections. The result W*vl made'
a sorry crop. As a- geHeral rule, I woult'f rer."
poinmend eoUub io lie flkuted early to avoid
the dry weather we frequently.'iihve In April*
and May,,for if the ground once bakes 0i.? itbefore
it can come, it rarely ever-'comeit up in
a healthy Condition ; consequently it- will die
out and poniuce bad stands, and a aqj-rycropi?
the result. Some say p|jitrtr"f*tc to* avoids
j thoRe dryr spelb'; but I is too uu.
certain1? you m&y aVoid a crop'afso.
, * ;As to tImd culture of c.6:?^tV} $i#.toodt of^is
j have learned' to keep the .fjrsSS hnd
j aown wucu \pc are notpvf crro^'cu.
i be plowed if run .round, Wife -fide,plows fiiiir*
inches wide soon a'flt'r it. 'id Up and followed
with hoes thinrdivg it to t ivo and three stalks Tn'
?i piece- every ten Or-twelve irichesi. r A fter i t?
gone over r;ith the hoe?, the plows should with
sweeps Or V'Ws, (I prefer the laf'i'f wTiwf) gohfo
i hniitls have the plows) shoving out tli'e infddl?s
j to the coUou~-ll>is plowing holds up .the cot-"
: ton and enables it to tafyti.Atip*AVbeihtife
h?,/es.go ovof; it a second: time, lliey stiotdjjj
leave,one and two stalks in a ptyc$r-j doirioP*
bi'Iieve in reducing cotton to aslind the iirttf
hoeing?nine times out o* ten, _ we.', fail to get!'
j a stand when this is done! CuttoiS 'dying out
so in 1855, has taught me a.hopo'ni?since 1
have always/left plenty in the drill thet. first hoeing,
then T have plenty the soeumfc ami Itis.t
hoeing. I find this to he the surest, plan far'*;
j rrnp. The I Li id p'owing should beglvjeudo Hd
i with broad pointed' shovels*rtf order to gvj
the roots of -many vends and other pests under
the surface, by this time it i* of siiffWent sifce
to shade, the. ground underiieatlt, \vhen ^ra?s"
ceases to grow so rapidly. The Irpes should
now go over and.chop out what btrflrchos they
have left and cleau round the sTuiiy/*.' The
fourth and last plowing may he th?neeUher
with sweeps or hows. I prefer either.. id the
[single shovel, giving three furrows t?V the ir>\\\'
! Livid Tig the dirt as well as possible, UTiert
i this is done all is dime in tilt- way of cultivation!
I . . . . ... .
j but lucre is so metering' else wanting yesul/SW
' cuitivuLion to uialec a cotton com?there irtytsjfc9
1 ijc ingredients in the soil of Niillicient-fltrengtV
j ?if they ale no: liter*- we. should put'tl^i^
there Jiy .our own manual ladjor, jtefore Kgitjj
ing our a ops. .; . if^
l)ie iti'.^l uHtnhie hii<] Instiu^tiOnOic ifi
n> d^jOV^ablo to make ourselves. 4 titij
Yard nrtrJ%iuVi| JOM to l?e the beslj I'M
die. fifsf *?.?d bedded ok, . jPtBijjft a*.J
iO?k leaves, w]^t'sCu?iv,tC'hajff'?!?4 C\?tUj.u *0pL
. <11' stable "'""111'''
^Wt?^u^jjt?t^.rtlic'cheapest and the most|
iiifitoineyvu.cjmgt;l?it takes hut little to do, f
unswWiltg tit die place of <iuano in tlirifi intsf
and far supi ri r in durability. In 1S53 I an- ,
p!i|>d of the above madt manure to a
piece ??l* corn and realized a heavy yield from
tiie same. In IfcnYti. 1 cut a lair yield of wh"ot 4
from it ; and this year has a line crop ol cotton,
all from the one application, This \ ear, 1
liied some gamut Ainl Cotton seed together. at I
lilt* rale o! seteutv noiiinls "llano and live .
J 1 . i v >,
tm&licls cotton seed per acre--this I titiil touej
in excellent fertilizer, but rather expensive, j
when we can make as good with no xpeti.se
exeept labor, at times when Wu voulil do n itli- i
iug *l?o.
I lay off my rows for cotton throe feet apart
with a I irge .shovel, drop the manure in and cover
with a wister. This I do along in March,
so as to have it ready hy the 1st of April.? J
\V|i?-ti 1 commence jil.intiiite, 1 jut sonie plows I
with >!iov- Is to hreak out the middles?some j
to open the beds for ihe reception of the seed
with long two horse plows, and others to drop
and cover the send with harrows ami hoards.?
When Lids is done the bed is left completely
fresh and stirred to the manure, giving water a
fair chance to reach it; and giving the cotton
a fair start with tlie gi.vs. The erop ispow
pitched for cultivation as given before. Cotton
should lie picked out as fast as it opens, put up
moderately liry for ginning. The teeth to the
machine should lie line to make a fair sample,
aiiu to command the top price in the market.
We gain by picking out our cotton as it opens,
giniiig, packing and selling it so soon as coll
venient, iii four huiidicd pound bales. Five
bales to tlie band, with provisions and plenty
of small grain, i? goo I farming for me. This,
the mot, if no", ali of us are able iu do and
can do,
I low easy c ould we manure five acres to
I lie hand and make it produce five biles ?but
we are loo greedy, so many of us aiui at eight
<r ten, and make three j planting perhaps, ten
acres to the hand. This kind of limning won't
do. It is better to aim at part midget all, than
l.o aim at all and get part. I lav much le.-s
labor it would lie to manure three acres, and
make three hales to the hand, than to spread
over ten acres mid make comparatively nothing;
killing negro, mule and master. iNone of us
lined be astonished at the result of our cropping.
How much better we would feel to
think at gathering lime, we were receiving all
nil-1 more than we expected f live hales of cot.
ton to the loin J, lull corn crili;, plciitv ol Hour,
lively negroes, l it mules anil ;i Hell pleaded
master. W. M.
Cn/toii Planter <tmI Suit
\KKUAV HK.WKKX Til.; t' s. I llooi'.S ANI>
rilK l'o|,|C|i VI I'ullT ."\MII II. ? fi.e M HI I
A. ik ciJi* '! Hi1 l.ilh itist., .vi vs; 1 Ih re has I
i? en h'oub.e In-tween the L. S. irnopi .stitinli 1
I nt Toil Smith, Ark., ainl the |?n|i e of ih.it j
jilnc . On S itii111;iv ' ight week, the police i
wiv attacked and fired into l<\ a gang .?l*Im ij <.
l'iie (loliep rettiriici the lire pielty warmly.
<Miiii|>t*iliiig t he nliucking party to heat a hasty
retreat to the garrison, wounding six soldiers
pretty badly. It SOems to lie tin' j illpose of the
joilico to keep the troo|e? out, of the city during '
the nighl-tune, which piivilego the troops do
not seem willing to forego.
#
Sol*TilICItN CoM MKItCIAL CoN YKYI ION*.? (ill. |
vernor MeWillie has appointed delegates to represent
the thato of Mississippi in the Southern
Commercial Convention
"Ml^LANEOpP
." ??-. -'-??-?-?:??_
fl^l^IaHoiisUllh Central America.
. ..v-5fcj??r?w Granrnliail Cohgress assembled
'the 2c! of Ke'fWuitry. The im-s.
-ijjfcr.fV?tidfcnt thus 'ullages to our reUti^s^nS'li'Ui-wt.'RfpublK?
f- ' 1
"The tjifcfctive 'thmtr ritri?cted" against tlie
_(?M--^iMU irt 'pr (he'Republic 4ty* the' CoWuU
siinb-;hf? Unite ] Statoii rit tlrair cpr*eapnu(detiV:
oljrFcbraw-y last, which the interested
pr^^jTjJhg country u^ged to l>e carried into
I'ofCA - wjtflSfrot Titifted, norim? they intended
to be into effect by the present AotninistfMiu&fc'jtli
WliiphAv,ejjar?.rtkaiirtainpd friend'
ly a'-d^cyrous relations,. v\ hiel.i IihtC led to
'V* ^P?C%^irji-,kn! ot>p?*
U T ii ii mmm
' Wil^l^UseS t*hTcTi go beyond the .limits fixed
'fccVhn'jaw of*he 18th of June, lSa?, in the
iibtVrjTy; given 10 the executive power to ter-,
7inlnphtfc7ihe ' i'aifl qluetuon, and coiisequentyr^
pi^scMiti)' submitted to yon'r con>idenr
- iyi*-diplomatic representative of the United
Sl it s. ?t Nicaragua, Mr. M. B. Lamar, was
. f?itmyflsifrecel veil by the Government On the
23ilT?f Kdiraery. Tlio ad(ire<s oil the nccas.
io^Vyaid to have been conciliatory, and was
; retired i*kb mueh fr&lTsfacFion hy the'anther,
j iti** ttfid people.
r i'v&r-Win, Carey Jones, late special agent,of
Stal;^tnoTtf^formaI leave of the
l-^osA.iinieDt on tfie 27t.h 'of fobr'fiiiry. The
fV^ha Star and Herald saytf:
^Jtja-Understoo l that d<'mn<r the latter months
ifrsfjffttr'* Jone?' residence'in Nicaragua he bad
Tj.cn don to make 'enmjflahrt* <;f several' net's
juit I ioverninent in ilerugat ion, as lie view's
lin-n, of the rights "Of "American citizens residen^tltereii^and
(sr>pes*le-riiSt only to the friend '
ly "Swinit'irta which"'be eonvoVe&to that State
k<-v;p i)ie Cabinet of Wnsdfibgt'on/but a No to
the vpifi: exhibited by the nitthorities of Nicarcu.-'i'peiuJiug!'the.
question of the reception of;
ihs.'.^liniater (Iri/\rrii by the United Ststfye.
{? rWletter- it. ridefst'Wd "that Mr;!
fnPi.A JftR.''I'imlate.i and" expresses the'opinion
W$3w;ts; and which- he set-j forth ?w
-p1r-c'Jig?iti Ais knowledge. "are o:rtculatc'd justly
(fclksthe American Government and peo
sffegbt to mtlu^vdrfere retribution and
?Uii^ <yas,'jSey>t?Kfed -at \Va^H
jihiisSm b ev by Senor hizarrv, 'Miais.
jfljfr..'jifri. NicAr* {da-- wsps Mijl befure'the Legis
"Joti ^*qp'n U y^'andi't was believed would
Vo't \'Wjm$&4} gfceftt with alterations which
opsiT tbs whole matter at Waabthe"
House i>i Lords, "ii the 16th git., Lord
iihtiigliani trrcsonled a petition/rum the-AutiSiavery
Association against tin- slave trade
noMe^aihl learned L >rd slated that lie had |
received intelligence from in ??it respectable"
quarters that, a warrant act had been- phs-'ed in
the island ul'landnlnpe, which would have an
iir,mediate and direct tendency'to reduce the
r.. ...o .if..i I
11 n: im'^i wr^ ?" 111.11 ^ iii'Nij v?? .1 .>1.11 w ui ai.nurv.
(ii 1818, tin* Provisional Government of ?Yanee
emancipatedilic negrnesiii tilt- French Colonics;
and lie deeply regretted that, witliO'll the All'
tli-ii'it v or the approval of ttio Homo Government,
the colonial soitlioiisies should now have
made a retrograde movement of so iainm taut a
character. \r, t'i sauia time, he acquitted I
tlie I'leuch Government from any participation !
in tin? act uf l!ie colonial authorities, because I
he found that tin? Jamaica Assembly bad just J
passed a vagrant act of a similar cbaractei, and I
lie '.vas satisfied that it had never received tin*
s-iiH-tion of the Frencli Government. lie re*
grot ted that the French Government bad not |
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Vl|^? 1 ' M 11 i I vl I I f HIV It'tCllll ? ?|IHI|I|?I| Ml>
the fret- emigration of negroes lo the Freneh
Colonies because lie tl-<?"i?iit it was impossible
to regaid that scheme, in any oilier light than
the indirect lovival of the slave trade.
The I'l irI of Malmeshiirv said his attention
had not been Called officially to these cit'cUnistances
adverted to by die nohle Lord ; but
when they came properly under his notice he j
would {five them his serious consideration. At |
the same time, he wished it to bo understood j
that ho regarded the new scheme for the free i
emigration of negroes as an indirect revival of
the slave trade. The subject then dropped.
FiHe. ? At i-bout 10 o'clock, l ist night, a fire
broke out in IVi.r. Curtis' carpenter shop, sitn.i
ted in the centre of a block of buildiog9, which
is boundeJ by Rutledge, Smith, Queen and
Kcaufain streets. The lire originating in the
>liop extended to the two story wooden dwel
ling occupied by Mr. Nathaniel Patch, fronting
on and recessed from llulledge street, lo the
house occupied and oiftied by Mr. Herman
Scbultz, on Rutledge street; and to the kitchen
of the house occupied add owned by .Mr.
James .M. Curtis oil t>niitli-st. The earpen
ter's shop, the bouse occupied by Mr. Jhitcll,
ami the AitcUcn ami stum*' ueluiioing t?? .Mj
Sclmltz, were totally consumed, whiI?? Mr. i
Curtis' kitchen was only partially binned. The ;
house occupied by Mr. l'atch was owned l?v J
Mr. Curtis and was insured iu the South Cam- I
iua Insurance Company fur $tf00; Mr.Sohulul.T
kilclmn was insured in the same institution.?
.Mr. Curtis'kitchen was covered by insurance
in the Charleston Insurance and Trust Company.
The carpenter's shop was not insured.
Mr. Scliiiitz'a house, the kitclien attached to
wlucli was burned, bad a very narrow escape
from destruction, as did tbe house of Mr. J. I'.
Kole-rls, in Smith s'.ieet, ? ami to the power
bd exertions ol ill. limnon, 'voikim; in the':
face of a strong wind, and against other onlavor.ihle
ciicuinslaiice?, is attributable the'
|ire>ci'VHtion of.a lar^c nimuiut of property
from desti ucliou. The origin of the tiro was!
utiasceituiuod la.t night.
C/llir/i'sfnll StII inlll nl, I st.
I'M ward S\ mines isMies the prospectus to
which we ha\e ii feired, for reviving tlio 7'i/iJ/i
tun ,\ft vm iigrr, at Pendleton, IS. C., to which j
point the Mile Ridge Rail Ko.ul is completed
and in operation. The }fi xsnii/rr will be published
weekly, ai M,f?0 per annum, in advance.
Dauford & -Bailey's Patent H?m-Ex
plosive Si'jjr>Gciictalin2 Cias Light
This is h lighf'jvliich has lately* been introduced,-ui?d
attracting n good de.grce..
of^fwblic ffiLentioiu The advantages ,i
possesses-^ver thre*brdinar)r coal gas is irt poiii]
of cheapness, and'H is also both safer and ctieap
substance used .in generating
the gaa is the'cunrmmt btmiift^ fluid, ;iik
the bufttei-da^o sintpIc-Tn'its construction thai
it requires bhi:little time and ingenuity^o kee[
it in good-bormngord^r. Unlike the ordinary
ihiiff I antp, it does mil 1 k?>w. off imconsumed
carbon, hat iL frtrrtis froth the flwifftpore Hyd'c
(Saibon Gra-s,- fill of w!iicli'4s coitrejed*thrCiigli
t be rentrift of . the generator, not leaving liny
'substlBif^ ft*?&apfc'"ttofc*j ti s b n t ed. The bornert
h^. of sevteral vatferth^ such as the 'jet,"
-3fWK4ait,"*lbnt wing,*-'Ac.
J UC MHipS we 5ft eDnMrutll'B rW to W4TIWW
ihi|i()ssi?ile, ana while
thelieht iCmt&fc'it?ypsumotion
of fluid is mm&'less than-in the fir?tttlrr?
1a?p. ' The*p^lr5JttHji8 so conslrnctefj as to
-be con*rcirtefittlv attached V't a common fluid
or astral |au?pi JTtfd even fo chnndelierfr or sinfjle
pas burner*, io tlyit-the difference beuVecn
this and the coal pas *can scarcely be'detected.
Those who. iftjght desire to -substitute this for
the ordinary-gas could n*o their fixtures,-With
otit rtriy. change. The consumption of this pas
in a lamp with,five jets rs equal to about one
cent an hour, tvliile the "hat wing" burner will
consume a cunt> and a half. -Kite amount of
light prmldced is equaf to from fiVe to seven
spernrcandle*,'and is entirely free frute s>moke.
'l'he light can'be reduced, and the consumption
curtailed to any exleHt-th.-rt may be desired,
mid that too, withiflrl. destroying the me!lo\^
ne^ <>r brilliancy olYtlie light.
.Messrs;. IveJIngg Si Dodge prr>ppse io-light
iheir sl'i/e nt^o. 5i Broad stsco', with this
sell generating .gas to->i\iglu, and invite ilie
public to csll and witness U*ts experiment, when
they can have an opportunity to form their
own judgements of its merits from the infallible
test of Of'cnlur tltf'VC ' Wie.wiuld
mention, In conclusion J 'tl'Ht, phev of: the-advantages
claimed for t,his.gHM>ver that furriish^d'by
the Company, is, that it ic warranled
to give light on a dark ciouuy night, when the
Motto shouldshine, but does not. This is an
j item, st least, woith the consideration of out'
'aiders.
Charleston Xews.-.
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Lady Havclock.
At a late meeting ol the Birmingham Town
Council,,the following letter.from Lady Havelock
to. the Mayor of Birmingham was'read :
"BuSJt, on the Rhine, March"! 1.
va, 1*
, "Sir?1'have this \veck tho hp'non to re
gesses of tl?e borough of Binrringlmtrt; I* was
already 4>rtipnntd <<?r suth a'-tttarlr fcf "attenlton
by a tailor from your town, intimating the same
bat the deep sympathy expressed lor me in my
bcroftvemeut, liie kind .sentiments felt in my behftif
and thai of my fatherless children, by so
large and respectable a body, and the elegant
and veVv delicate, manner in which this address
has been Conveyed to me, bave.quite overpowri
ered me, and 1 cannot find words to express
ail { feel. The high encomiums you have been
pleased to pass upon the heroic deeds of Sir
Henry IIavel"ck, as u soldier and a general,
and the exalted terms in which you iiAVe spoken
of my beloved iiU'h tn I as a m m, are like sweet
inrense to my In ken ami alilicleU Ucart, not
mere!v because the praises ot tho<e we love are
ever precious to us, but because I am su well
aware that the puitrailme of his almost perfect
character is by no means overdrawn, an.] the
experience of more than eight and twenty years
ol domestic happiness only serves tostrcngthen
this opinion. Bill I thank my Heavenly Father
that, even in this crushing and unexpected here.
ivemen1, I have many sources of comfort.
Our gracious Sovereign has provided bountif.illv
tor my wants, my sons are nobly follow
ing the blight example of their father, and my
two daughters ate my best earthly treasures.
A shade of icgr.-t might intrude if I were to reflect
cn the altered prospects of my fatherless
eh.ldnn, but I cannot lor a moment indulge in
vain regrets, for our Ileavenlv Father ordains
all things for the best, and I have too much
confidence in my husband's countrymen to sup
pose that they can ever cease to take an interest
ill the children of Henry Haveloch. Mav
1 beg you will do ma the honor to conwy my
heartfelt thanks t?? the corporation ot Birmingham,
and to believe me, with every feeling of
respect, to be.
"Vours very gratefully,
'Hannah S. II.wrlock.
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1 * it a ve it Mkktinus in Enuland ?A gentle
man who lakes a ueep luteiest in liie religious
awakening of ilie limes, wlii< ii is spreading like
a li one ami withoIOOtrio ce Unity throughout
the lam), Called upon us yesterday and staled
that a similar movement is on fool in England.
Even he lore il comm-'iiced, a nuinbcr of barristers
anJ other gifted laymen, went into the
byways and alle_\s ot lite gre;it metropolis, assembled
the poor, and even liuii.lt eJs of persons
of both sexes ami of doubtful reputation, taught
them the sublime truths and consolations of the
(aospel; and induced them to uiiito in meetings
for general and fervent prayer. Their ministrations
wero attended with such success that
both Sit. Paul's Cathedral and Westminister
Abbey were opened for seivic- s, and also for
sermons that are especially intended for the
evening attendance olThe industrial as well as
the idle and vagrant classes, while the gather
nie?. .it iwi'li'r 11-hi are uirmigeti uv thousands,
many of whom confess Ilivir previous neglect of
religi"it ami the Script mcs. lliusit will be
sivii thai, a similar ontiiu-i.i.siii has been kindled
in ili>* Old \\ "ihi, and iliero i.s every probability
that it will take root, ami he widely
and beneficially diffused an.dig the people of
more than one European nation.
Philadelphia Inquinr.
Elkoiio.n in* Winxsboko.'?We Isarn that
o:? Mendav, an elect ion tood j>| tee a Winns*
U>ro,' lor liilendunl and Waideas, which re
snlleil in the flection of the old Council. Tl.c
"dry ticket'1 was ; t_r.i i successful.
- The Bt'VoIuffoniii Vohczi^lii^L Do f
, .^w*e
TheWque.T ^Mas.jUl^r^v^/ti'ftiU
delpbrftj from La^afra; Yt4wsih$tV which
l port she lvfj.cn tho^tfl^'r'AUU the
I advices receiver] at New Xprjt
ertrLigli't" that fl r.-Vy|ul,i/>;?? ?y m O'Brien r. on.,
der the auspices of peii. net
| iif.iol, and Itad ftCliicveJ.?-iiisf^'(tjl^jucce--s.
t 0? (he 11, intvlU^e.MCf.Ipfd J?*gtiay.-.
> ra ihaVpen. Castro, ?)f BaxqaUihK-to.^id a p.
proachVd'the tuwn of La Vk'tij.rmr-J^isdiihM
| Irom Caracas?wifh * force of 4000''men. we|l
; SftiftES
to atteiiu)t a vigorous reMslanuee^'lifcto tmo ar-.
mlow liiif li,.,.n In ?wrf?r ?f o-n-li a?>u><or. ,.|.
'* 11*r<^ba n?l
general alarm pervaded alUUswk '
' ' -
Xcgro Hauttuff.
Our British guti slaveryfriend lodnB fco^iunt
negro# as .well as they do ^siairfis. - ft being
alleged that the Soosoovw* the <5o:?st of dffrica,
barT killed a JBriti-h subject tW^ forborne
cause not stated^ bat 'pyjbably sotjfci^rtt'for \ ;
verdict wf Justifiable homicide, an expedition
of boats Crofts the English squadtfU^Anafined
by 250 saHorsjnnd .marines, .prodfc^feif up the > , . ~r
river about the "first of Fetyrufcry < and ih.&dven
days {it is hoast^jn a lettwfrdlji ' .*
. they burned allAoe negro toWrej; tend'kifleji between
three atw four hundred of tfof Sj^joos,
while th* Eoj^ish iiad notAtr' killed, |
and only ten wounded!- As thebrste^rble
business of die British squadron 'on the coast _
of Africa ja^ to stop the slave.trade,- it^cannot
be denied jbnt they hn*f done it ?e efT/fclually
in. regartfjjfo tlie four hundred 800*005 ruthey
did, a few years ago, for jjlTtieabnodred negro
residents of Lagog, whom they tljijugliterM for
s the purpose of stopping the "infernal traffic."
But ft*t bloody interception,oCdJjtf phil>tnthrO'
pists produced" nb great pern^-yneg^ efl'^ai upoA "
the African?', beyond the 1500 wh^c - bones
... e?J_ :V ' v . .. - . ,
nwf?. ucoicaicu iu ireeuomr a?5 ,H prpoapty l. r -' -j
will not be tong before the Soosoos, if there are
any t?T them left, wilfTPqmffeto be smitten again
by the gentle hahd of Christian civilizatioik
Boston pQ$L
* ' ' " 7 . _ x *, n.*s*v| n
Wasimxotox, April 4?Them ha*a*1*en
rumors of a reconstruction of t^e Cabinet in
the event of the defeat of the Iva
tion; or^even if the
: giifinet*, lhatfhe Cabinet has been noAis batted
on the policy oJ'fbe Administration, ..and that '
the best possible feelings actuate the .-iwnbtrs
of the Cabinet. '4.
Letters received from reliable sourpes in-Knnsns
represent the increasing anxiety of the lOOSt
interested class of citizens for the admission of
I, ancia m tffttiia ?
... ouwk IUI III, no me Uincmcu coiiutuou
of the r.ountiy interferes disastrously wi usi-. t
tiess jjursiiits generally. *> i
Tlu-re is no truth in the report that lite Go??
crumeiit lias accepted the volunteers for the
Utah army, from New York and Pennsylvania.
Government,- on liio representation of the
Mexican Minister) received the instructions of
the formal instructions to prevent lite departure
j of filibusters, now believed to he preparing to
; invade the Sierra Madre country.
No further Indian news received at Port|
land.
Tkruible Civil War.?Massacre of Prisoners.?A
letter dated Montevideo, February
, 0, gives some sail accounts of the civil war hi
I that province. Gen. Dias and three hundred
of his officers and men had been taken prisoners ' ~"-rv/
by the Government troops, and in a few hours
alter, by order oftlte Piesident, twenty-eight bf
: the officers were slrob and the throats of two
: hundred of the men cut, although tho American
Consu', American Commodore, ami tho
: rrrt..?t? .....j c :-i. ? i
? .v...vii, mill o|i.iiiisu iiiniiMtM's, nnu h . large
number of ladies, implored the President
to spare their lives. The affair has ca-laglooth
over Montevideo. .Nearly, all the men leave
j large families. Mr. JI imilton, the United States
i consul, who was in ill health, was about to re- t
I turn home, and had placed a portion oY
( furniture on board the bark Ivat", b
I Baltimore.
j The Hon*. Edwabd IN*eitew?iylc^CilMv*- ^
i our inferences and expectations, the Hon. Kd - \
ward Everett anived in this city, last night', in
j the steamer Columbia, from New York, instead
i of taking one of the steamers directly' for Sa.
vannah. 11c will proceed at 7 o'clock, this
i morning, via the South Caiolina Htiilroad to'
Augusta, and thence to Savannah, his
engagement in the latter city, to morrow even|
ing, and wili return to Angu'tu t??fulfil! Iiissm.
; gigenieiit there on 1'iidav evening ne.tt. In *
j Charleston, ho will speak as previou-ly arrange "*v.
od and announced, on Tuesday cvefthig, theldth ^
j instant. An invitrti )n is oil the. way to hint
from Columbia, in this St.tk'j which lie will alio
| accept.
U'e are happy to say that on visiting Mr. K.
i to uro?t him ri.'i his jirrival wo i'miud i.? ? * ....
- - 7 " - #! I I VA'
ccllent hcallii itnd spirit*.
Chart Sinn Courier.
Sml'riiBii.v Custennox.? J'h's body, it i*
known, will again assemble on the 10i.1i tiny or
.May next., at Montgomery, Alabama, an! we'
are rejoice*! t" perceive that the Sou thorn pipers
! are being now largely occupied with the sub'
i joct. The Address of the committee of invita*'
lion will soon appear, and there is every indices
lion that this will be the largest assemblage of
S mthorn men that has ever been held. The'
South is more united, more determined, :*ntl
i presents a more solid and compact front, than
J at any period of her history. The late action
in the Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana Lejiisla-'
ture, all show tin*.
Dt Row's /V'.v.t.
Within a few days seven eargos of ice hn'Tf
arrived in Savannah from M-iin e.
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