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VOLUME XXI. ' CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TfESDAY MORNING, APRIL 17,1860. NUMBER 16.
CHESS COLUMN
OF TUB
CN JOURNAL.
Tuesday, April 17, I860.
EROSBLEM SO. 24." SELECTED. BY MR MORRHEY.
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"VVliitc to plav, and Checkmate in four moves.
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Snlntiou to Pro!>kin No. 23, '
wnrra. - I black.
1. Kt. takes P. atKt. 3, 1. P. takes Kt.
2. B to Kt 8, (eh.) 2. K. moves.
3. Q. to ief.4, jnate.J
1. ?1. .K to his 3.
* 2. Kt to B. 8, (ch.) 2. K. moves.
3. Q. mates.
A NEW CHK35 COLUMN.
Tlio Charleston (S. jO.y^ve^ing yews, in its issno of
the 2d inst, ^has commenced, Uve publication of a column
of Ches? items. \ Wo congratulate the Chess circle
ol Cl:arle^ton, on the revival of this weekly serial?
m ' 'Ars longuhrk, vita b re vis." hope this column
will outlive its predecessor; but whether long: or short
^ cd; this noble game, which has endured for so many
years, will continue to' tho latest ages, delight and
umuse the rational and intellectual faculties of man,
in e^cry condition of oivilized.society.
* T r SELECTED POETRY.
^ . Kindred Hearts.
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There are hopes that never blossom,
" . There ntxfjoystoo soon q erenst,"
Smiles that light the pensive bosom,
Smiies that beam too bright to, last,
Transient as the summer flower, *
Fleeting aS the ray,
Joy shjncsOutits'lii^gSfcr; *
? ,.,Xl5^gver fades aWcv. '
: (.'arc aaay'shroud the soul in Gadness, . ^
, Yet dqjpito the present pain, ' '!
Ilowenoi in future gladness, Jit
;,0il a deceived,, jtlul hope again?
Memory, iu the darkest hour, .
Loves to trace each by-gone sccnei^-.
Thus ifjov's a fleeting flower, , J4*-"' '
- on- evergreen. - v:'-rf "
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?gjg|gSife?* &* &, ?o<Ml A^Tice.
J^""1"" Jf- you your lips
YToiud ic^p'fi-ohi slijis," " I
}'; ' ' Ejyc thiug?,W)serve v. iUi can.?
Of tdkoni you speak,
Tu wfwiii you speak, .
And hmi, and when, and icA?*. '>?
P . MISOifLill^EO^/
g|' * Jdmc^fekc'reuldlng.
Death haS claimeaSand scaled the honored
nanus ofjJnjnes 1Cii^^^aulding, who died at
Tam'tew.;, New YbMjHHQ^iuirsday, in his
\Vo quote Iroiu thcwPu of the Journal <>/
Gfaiuwci'ccl^4 '""cV i
Mr. Paulding was born 0:1 thc22d of August,
1779, at Pleasant Valley, Dutchess county, in
this State. lie was descended ft0111 one of the. i
- early settlers of Ulster county, whose name
was so variously , written upon the records tit
the time of tlic struggle for supremacy between
i lie Dutch and English languages, as to leave
his extraction in doubt. Paulding's father, at
tiic time of the Revolutionary war, resided in
< , West-hester county, ^between the lines,'' and
to save his- family annoyance- from the tory
' cow-boys," temporarily removed to Dutchess
county. lie took a deep interest in Tiis couu ?.
try's cansc^nuil his -fbrtnnc .was.snCnfieed in
dibits.i:f her behalf.. All the school education
tiic'sou was able to acquire was under the instruction
of a village-master, ia Westell ester,
the family having returned to their former
iliodo nflei- the termination of the war. Tile
jirivatc studies of Paulding, however, laid the
foundation of a successful literary career; and
1'cfore Jie was eighteen years of age, we l^ud
him the joint author with Washington Irving
?Whose J>net her /William had married 1'anldsistcr^-'of
'.'Salmagundi," a publication
which at once secured for hun a very favorable
^ position as it satirical and humorous w.riter.
^ About the 'commencement of our second war j
with Great Britain, lie t wrote the "Diverting!
History of John Dull and Brother Jonathan j
and the next year the "Lay of the Last Fiddle," '
a parody on SeoUV'Lay of the Last Minstrel." j
A publication of ,v different character, "The !
United States and England," brought him to j
the notice,of President Madison, and undonbt-1
edly led .to the commencement of his political j
career, for he' was soon after appointed Sccre-!
tary of the Board of Navy Commissioners, and |
ttti*/was the opening, at a subsequent period to j
aHo&Or appointment, that of Naw Agent at !
New Yolk. These offices were unsolicited, as |
indeed were" all the public positions he ever |
held, and do not seem to have in any degree :
checked his literary aspirations. In islo lie.
* published.his. "Letters from the South by a i
Northern Man." His principal poem, "The \
Backwoodsman," appeared in 1810, and show-1
,ed that lie was not destitute of the "vision and ,
the faculty divine."
So Sir he had not entered tlie field which i
lie was principally to cultivate : but he soon !
gave to the pu.hlie his first regular talc, entitled 1
../\l I nv _ . 1 XT W*. .f I
"UIU nines mine .\tw norm. iwim ui
this character followed in quick succession during
the next twelve or fifteen years, the principal
of which were "Merry Tales of the Three
^ Wise Men of Gotham," "New Pilgrim's Progress,"
"Tales of the Good Woman," "Pook of
St. Nicholas," "Dutchman's Fireside," and
"Westward IIo." For each oflhc last two lie
received froin the publisher Si500 on the delivery
of the manuscript, a large sum at the
time, lie now turned fronf works fiction
and prepared the "Life of Washington," a work
designed for the youngs which became very
r popular and met, a. large sale, 5000 copies being
ordered for the phblie schools.
For some years tlie attention of Mr. Pauld- i
ing had beeu directed to the evils of the apti
.slavery excitement and to the unjust, strictures
of hritish editors and writers on the position
of this country. He was impelled by a patriotic
impulse .to turn aside from the usual walks of
literature, and, in 1S30, he gave to the world
his views in a work -entitled "Slavery in the
W' U iiited States." The principle underlying his {
argument is, that no beneficial conseouenccs to
any class of mankind, or to the whole race,
rv could counterbalance the '*il* tint w?nld r.
I *?
suit from tlie dissolution of the Union, and
that, therefore, no project onght ever to be
tolerated which places it in-jeopardy. The
work is a nojdo vindication of the Union from
the-^issaults of foes at home and abroad.
In 1838 lie was invited by President Van
Bnren to take the place of Hon." .Mnhlen Dick?l.
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wnu li(iu ilb OCClCttlJJ Ul LUC
Navy, and lie held this office tfirough the remainder
of that administration.
Since 1641 he has chiefly residue! at his'
country seat-on the banks of the Hudson, and
his declining years have shared the pursuits of
literature, the cultivation of his farm, and the
contemplation of the works of nature. Two
tales worthy of mention have been added to
those alfendy spoken^of, "The Old Continental,"
and the "Puritan and his Daughter."
As a writer Mr Paulding is noted for his.
satire and his genial humor, ills works are
quite voluminous, and though nearly the
whole runs a strong vein of patriotism. He
loved republican institutions, and gloried in
his birthright as an American. - ' i
Sptcinl Dispatch to the Charleston Mercury.
Remarks of Mr: Chesnut in the ID. S. 1
senate.
'' Washington, April 9.
To-day, Mr. Chesirut addressed the Senate (
tipoi. tli'e Davis resolutions and the general issue
between the two sections. He said the
resolutions were just, and therefore wise; they f
announced the doctrines of the Constitution, .
and denounced two fatal political heresies? ^
one,.,the animated power, of the Government?
the other, Squatter Sovereignty. The first lec'
'to despotism. The second, by yielding to it-,
surpation, abandoned the duty aud abdicated j
the just authority of the Government. After
touching these points he passed lo..thc?gcnenri j
issues?analyzed, the Black Republican party,
showed its fatal tendencies North and South, "
demonstrated the capacity of the South for in- ^
dependence and the probable necessity ot resovting
to that reliance, exhibited the irrecon- j
cilable conflict'of opinion between the North *
and South as to theory of Government, expounded
its theory, maintained the equality of
tlTe States, of the doctrine of nullification, the j
right of secession, exploded the dogmas of the
Declaration of. Independence, and thoroughly t
identified the Black Republicans with the Red
Republicans of Franco, and concluded by expressing
the belief that .the Sonth, iu case of
dissolution, will be able to reconstruct the tem- ^
pic of its surety ou a firm and enduring basis. v
Hi uducss IVoin the Old.
If there is one dicing stubborn as the rock of v
misfortune, whom kindncSfc docs not -affect, he c
must be base if the kiiiducss of the aged is re- t,
S* died. It coihes with a double grace an#l ten- H
erness from thera, and^eems'to be thdhoaul- u
cl and long purified benevolence ofy(ears?-as j,
| if it had snrvij-cd andjeonqnered the baseness g
and selfishness of 'the?ordeal it* has "passed ; as 3
if the wiuds which have broken thSjooVm have ?
swept in vhiii across^ tJie heart, jjfjtfllie frosts S'J
\vhich Imve clnlltd tiie blood ami whitened the- 4
locks-have possessed Oo power -ever the warm ;l
tide of-.thc affections. It is the triumph^fim- L
tare over arf; it is the voice
the" obduracy of encrusting and Withering 9
years, blessed because it is tinged with the f,
sanctity of the grave ; because it tells us that n
the heart will blossom even upon the precincts
of the tomb, and flatters us with the inviolacy a
and iininortaiity of love. w
An gut la (Gu.) Dif]iatch.
A Sj-ave Strike.?While the laborers of tl
Massachusetts, with starvation staring then) in h
the face, arc striking for higher wages, which J
are refused by their employers, the negros 0
of Home arc making a strike o: rather a dif- it
ferent description. . J
Un last Saturday night they gave a supper, c
the proceeds oi' which is to lie appropriated \\
towards the payment for a house of worship c
for themselves. We were not present, but It
learn from those who were, that the room (a n
large unoccupied store on Broad street) was v
pretty well crowded with the "peculiar institn- a
tion," interspersed here and there with white tl
persons - "dice rich jewels in tin Ethiop's car." tl
The t.d'lc w is ahumlantly supplied with every- C
thinir the country could afford? hams, turkeys, g
ehi ken a!a i, ifce., among the snhstantials; '1 lie u
cakes were inmieroiis and handsomely decora- a
ted. Tiie affair woald have made some of our \\
Ndithern negro phiianthropists and Jolin w
Brown sympathisers open their eyes?natural a
and mental. The amount realized was about it
one hundred and twenty dollars, which will h
complete the iiist instaliiient of three hundred d
dollars for the church building. They may give p
another entertainment of this kind for the relief it
of the shoemakers of Massachusetts while the# v
are endeavoring to extort from their employers
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a lair compensation lor incir muor. j o
Rome {On.) Courier, 2Ot/i. : d
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Respect to the Aged.?Dow low the Lead, j S
boy. ])o reverence to the old man. ' !11
Once like you, vicisiludcs of life have silver-j11
ed the hair, and changed tlie round, merry
face to the worn visage before ron. w
0ncc that heart beat with incidents co-equal 11
to any you have ever felt; aspirations crushed ''
by disappointment, as perhaps yours are des- '
tined to be.
Once that form moved proudly through the | r|
gay scenes of life; now the hand of Time that: sl
withers the flowers of yesterday has warped j 11
the figure and destroyed the noble carriage. j l'
Once at your age lie possessed the thoughts ; c'
that pass through your brain, now wishing to J 0
accomplish deeds worthy of a nook in fame, ''
anon imagining litj; a dream, that the-sooner '
he awoke from the better. The time to awake j ''
is now very near at hand ; yet his eye kindles P
at noble deeds of daring, and the hand makes
a firmer grasp of the stall'.
Dow low the head, boy, as you would in ^
your old age be reverenced. *
? al
The Tule Idea.?The Concord (X. II.) (j
Slum/aid gives the following correct definition J ^
of what is so glibly called the disuuionism of | \
the South : | s,
Tlic disunionisin of the South is like the . ti
treason of our glorious Revolutionary forcfath-11;
ers. It is a warring against the red Irm.'ors n
who would destroy the Union and wrap their NV
AAHnfiMi ii. tl*?? fl'itnnc nf wni' in nnb?r
wmw.* v , ... Q
cany out one of their fanatical and puritanical ; ^
abstractions respecting the black and brutalized
negro. But let tlicni remember that the in- j j,
telligcncc of the world will hold that "the j
D1SCNIOXIST6 AttE THOSE WIIO SAP THE FOUND- I J,
ations of the goveuxment;" not those who t(
warn them to desist from their, daring treason, i ?
and point them to-the consequence of their t
conduct. - jj
J
Rosa Boxiiecr.? Rosa Bonheur has not a
only received an offer of the most liberal kind e
to go to the United States and paint a picture j
ot a herd of wild buffaloes, but has received an j'
ollec of marriage from the same hand. Whctli- j
cr the latter is accepted as .well as the former
! is not yet known. ; c
| J ' 11
! The S:.ate of Arkansas is (he only State in 1
the Union without a telegraph, and she has not 3
s f?v?s of line within her border.
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Wells im* the East?Jacob's Well.
,Bv those, who live in a temperate climate,
where the well or the .aqueduct furnished* to
every house a supply of water practically inexJiaustihlc,
no idea can he formed of the extreme
distress caused by thirst, and of the luxury, o'
relieving it by drinking pure water?a luxury
which is* said tt> excel all other pleasures of
sense. One must reside or travel iu a Syrian
climate to realize the beauty aud_ force of the
allusions of Scripture to "waterout of the wells
of salvation," "cold water to a thirsty soul,"
"the fountain of living waters,!' and many others.
The digging of a permanent well'or the discovery
of a spring was a public benefaction,
and its possession was a matter of great importance.
Its existence at a given spot decided
tliC-Higlitiy resting-place or caravans, tlic encampnreiitt&f
armies, ami tlic location of towns,
1 Sam. 29 : 1-; 2 Sam. 2: 13. Hence Bkek,
the HcbrcV name for a well tft spring, forms a
(lilt of many names of places, as Beerotb,
Beerali, Becr-sheba, etc. So valuable was a
supply of water, that a field containing a.spring
was a princely dowry, Jutlg. 1 : 13-15, and a
well was a matter of strife and negotiation between
different tribes. Thus we rend tl?at
Abraham, in making a treaty with king
Abinwileeli, "reproved him because of a well of
water which Abimelech's servants had violently
taken away," and the ownership c.of the well
was sealed to Abraham by a special oath and
covenant, Gen. 2T: 25-31. A similar transnc:ion
occurred during tlic life of Isaac, Gen. 26:
L4-33. In negotiating with the kingof Edom
ora passage through his territory, the Israelites
siid, "We will go by the highway; and if I
ind my cattle drink of thy water, 'then I will
lay for if." Sum. 20: 17?19. Still stronger
s tlie expression, iu Lain. 5:^4: "We have*
Jnuik oiir own water for moneythat is, we
(ought it of bur foreign rulers, though we are
lie natural proprietors of the. wells that furrished
it. The custom of demanding pay for
rater of the traveller is still found in some
mils of th(^ East; while in many other parts a
>lace i*s provided-where cold water and someimes
bread arc offered gratuitously to the
tianger, at the expense of the village, orvis an
ict of charity by tiic benevolent, Mark 9:41.
n caseqft.ii hostile invasion, nothing could
norc. effectually harass an advancing army or
he'besiegers of a city, than to fill with stones
he wells oil which thev relied, 2 Kings 3 : 25;
! Citron. *S2 : 3,
AVells arc so'methnes. fouud . in'^Palestine
uri. died with a well-sweep and bucket, or a
i-hidings; bat usually the water is drawn with
dickers and ropes; and the stone curbs of
neieutAvclls bear the marks oflong use. Thev;
. ere often covered with a 11 if go fiat stone, to
xclude the Hying sand and secure the water
3 jts owners, rffid also fpr the security of
trangcrs, who were liable to fall into them
nawares?a mischance which very often occurs
i modern Syria, and against which the bene
cent law"&f Moses made provision, Exod. 21:
3,-34. This sfciie was removed about "sunset,
ben tfuv lbma'esof the vicinity1 drewthejj^
ipply of water for domestic use. ;iii||j ilff'Vn | _
herds drank s which'.
[Sstill l'oumi?UcSTde alniost' e'mtry well. "At
m hour, the welhvas a ftyor'ite 'place ofresort^
11 prc^eiited;ai scene of
y-irOiitTTrgt- null n.-roruiliai V lUlieiirn'w,?
^ : 11-28 ; 20 : 1-10; Ex. 2: 10-19; 1 Sam.
: 11. Wells, however, wqjj; sometimes in:sted
l?3" robbers, Ju.lg. 5:11; and D*. Shaw
lentions a beautiful spring in Barbary, the I
tral?ic name .of which means, "Drink, and j
way!" a motto which mny*welfbe inscribed j
vcr even the best springs of earthly delight. ]
"Jacob's \Yeu." is lor ever memorable for'
ie conversation there-held bv our Lord with !
ie Samaritan woman. John 4. 1{ was pro- :
ably dug in the "parcel of ground which ,
acob bought of the sons of Ilauior, the father j
i Shechem. for a hundred pieces of silver; and i
; became the possession of the children of
osepli." It lay at the eastern opening of the j
harming valley of Shccliciu or Sycliar, into
liicli the disciples went to buy food, ere they j
outinucd their journey southward to Jerusamii'
and is still in existence, though now little
sed and often nearly dry. It is cow-ted by a
united roof, with a narrow cntraliec closed l?y
heavy rock. Around it is a platform, and
ic remains of a church built over the spot by
lie empress Helena. Close at hand is mount
lerizim, which the woman ofSyehnr r,o doubt
lanced at as die said, "Our fathers worshipped
i this mountain." On the west is the broad
ud fertile j"lain of.Mukhnn, where tlie fields
ere "white already to the harvest." The
roinan intimated that the well was "deep,"
ud had no steps. Actual measurement shows
to be seventy-five feet deep, and about nine
el in diameter. Dr. Wilson, in 1842, sent
own with ropes a Jew named Jacob, to oxlore
the well and recover a Diblc dropped into
by Uev. .Mr. Dollar three years before. This
as found, almost destroyed by lying in water.
Our Saviour hero said. "Whosoever drinkctli
f this water shail thirst again: but whosoever !
rinkcth of the water that I shall give him
all never thirst; but the water that I shall
ive liiiu shall be in him a well of water, spring>g
up into everlasting I if/." How strikingly
rue these words, as we look hack. Eighteen I
mulled years had passed since 1 hat ancientj
ell was ilng; and eighteen 'hundred years
lore have since rolled away. Men of a lnttired
generations and as many different tribes
avc drunk ii) turn of its waters, but not. one
as thereby quenched his soul's thirst. They
zmaincd re?tiess as before with the fever of
n, and are still subject to everlasting thirst,
nless they resorted to Him who has opened
10 true and -living fountain. We may never
rink of Jacob's well, and neither it nor any
ther earthly good can meet our spiritual waul.-; [
lit Christ stiil proclaims, 'Tin, every one that
lirstutli, come ye to the waters?yea, conic,
uy wine and.milk without money and without
rice."
R EVOLUTIONARY PRESIDENTS. ? Hon Thomas
Wwiu, in his late speech in Connecticut.
Iluded to John Quiney Adams as the last of
ie llevolntionary stock of Presidents. Mr.
lorwiu is mistaken, says the Cincinnati Am
nircr. General Andrew .Jackson eanio. alter
fr. Adam?. General Jackson had more perunit
experience in llio Ucvoliitionary W ar
tan Mr. Adams. Ue, with his brother was
iken prisoner by the Jiriti.-li in Soutli Carolia,
1780. They were thrown into jail, and
ere treated with such severity that the brothii
of Andrew-died. Mr. Admits left lliel'nitcd
tales with his father, who was appointed to
foreign mission, in 1778, and did not return
> this country until after peace wae declared,
ohn Qiiiury Adams and C'e.n. Jackson were
orn in the same year?17ti7. liaeh was sixc<yi
years old when the treaty of peace was
nadc that ended the revolution. Tliey were
lie last qf the I 'reside nts that had any personal
;nowledge orrcmeinbraticc of the revolution.
Ir. Corwin is an opponent of Gen. Jackson
nd a friend of Mr. Adams, but that affords no
sense for his not doing the former historical
us'.iec.
Ik Connecticut they li.-d use for almost
wery tiling. An old lady in that State is colceting
all the political papers she. can lay her
lands on to make soap of. She says they
ire a "'despot sight better than asho; -they nr-tire4
. OSgr^d !?: '!--r ' > "
: 1?
5>ccj? Pbwitiff,
It bas been truly sad, that an increase of
i one inch in thcavcrngftiMJi ofplowrngtbrough
out the United Stabs, woufd produce a larger
amount of profit, ? compared with preset it results,
than rill tlic.jold'received from California.
We believe in tlis asscijtion; but we do not
believe, that all so:s, without being previously
subsoilcd, are fif or this ifrimedintc increase in
depth.-' We knot- that)even "clay subsoils,
, which approach w;hrn winches of the surface,
after being tlitrougifly snbsoiled, become
so "ameliorated as t> Lewtlrpttblo of admixture
wit!) the immediate srirfEe&riil 1 and we are
equally well aware t.at s]ilso:lii^ cannot l>e
performed with any ;rofitJii clay subsoils containing
excessive amour.tso'f water; that such
soils must first bo undei rained, before subsoiling
can be ptysucd \Sth profit, as well as
that subsoiliug- imist precede an increase of
depth in surface-plowing;*. But there are millions
of acres capable of King plowed to dotl.
ble the depth to which-tip have evei receivcd
an incision from a toojnf any kiml, with increased
profit- Even, irjthc State of New
York there are thousandsif acres at this time,
which have never heen alonedAo a greater
-ihtfith^tlian four inches, cdiprised of a loam entirely
ready "to bc~ dismtej-Iitcd. by a surfaceplowing,
to the depth of twelve or fifteen inches
with increased profit paid there are few
soils that may not be nt.o^e plowed to an inch
Or more beyond the Ibrmtjdeplb. The adage
"that many farmers own pother farm immediately
under that which jury now cultivate," j
cannot be.too often repeat^, and tire judicious I
fanner whose will.has beeuo often quoted, as I
t?- t.\ i.-.i i 1 .. I
*ui? iut; UJJUU1IV.U iiio cuno ?;u IIU tliMl UlU'Il'U U j
suiu of money at a dept:.of twelve inches I
l>somewhere on his farm, aiV t!i;it they must I
find it, improved the qualif&f their products |
by the disturbance of more than lie
would have b'encfitf&d thereby the supposed
legacy by direct bequeiithfcut/ Less manure
will produce a large afljdnt of crops in a J
deeply disintegrated soil,and it is not^ruc j
that the deeper^you plo^thc more manure >
you require. It is true thaffic more thoroughly
m an tiro; is divided, thgrcatcr wiH he the
amount of crops produce; and this is more
certainly brought about byt>?ep tfiah shallow
plowing.'~>~N. V
No priicticjiIXarriier* ci ': doubt that, u;
deeply plowed soils,-.'Tops ? Jess annoyed by
drouth and' by inscct^.antaf plowing is usc ful
at all, it must be nscK^preciscly .in the
| ratio to the amount of soil t Jtlrbed, provided (
that:roots aro capable of'appjpriating a gvijat- j
er amount of soil by its ejurbnnce. Who j
doubts that roots will, trnvclU) the depth of
twelve or fifteen inches, or. Vn double tliat j,
distance ; uno doaors tjt lime passing
down tlirough llie soil wiliest incut on the
surface of a cold and nndi^g-raled subsoil ?
I-\\ iio does not know that itnv farms, supposed
to he worn have be*."revived by the '
increase of a few inches in tj: depth of plowing?
, And ..who will loiig^be contented 0*
.one-horse plotting it throngli\
the soil % harrow w;iV"onb tooth, and starving
Pn the eonlinnallv'tftvasing product ? '
^ ^ - W^infFarmcr. ']
~i lie iwnlbtili'i.ad was_
completed" on Friday afterjioln of last week.
Two lines have been surveyed. The first and
shortest line runs from Georgetown direct to
Hope's Upper Ferry, where it crosses Black
River. At this point sound tigs have given
thirty-one feet as the depth of the water. From
the ferry the line runs to \Jai|e*s depot on' the
Northeastern Railroad, nine utiles above Kingstree,
crossing the GedrgctoWn road near the
residence of .Mr. A. -Mcltac, and Cedar Swamp
near Camp Ridge. This line is forty-one miles
in length, and crosses a very .level and uniform
country, with few stream's or'waiof courses to
be crossed.
my suuu'iu nuu rui;.i iio.h i?/
tlic vicinity of Rope's Upper Ferry, crossing
1 ll;ick River about a mile and a quarter above
tlic first line, and ; Itcn continues^ to Graham's
r-\ Roads on the Northeastern' Iiailroad, six
'miles above Kingslrce. The line crosses the
Georgetown road near the residence of Mr. R.
II, Wrl-o'n, and tlic Flack Mingo Swamp at
McCattrey's Fridge, near the Iudi.intown
Church. . It strikes a prong of Lynch's lake,
near Qra'iani's. This linn is forty six miles in
length, and crosses a more broken and hilly
country, with more swamps and watercourses,
but it will, probably command more business,
as lliat. section of Williamsburg district is better
ciiltivatf.il, and is settled by a wealthier
class of people.? t'linrlcxtrm Mera? >/.
Tin: R A VINOS OK DISAPPOINTED A M III TIG.\*.
The Washington .Slor says that it is currently
rumored in that city that Senator Douglas has
110 hesitation in saving that if lie be not noniinatfcd,
or if sonic one else is not nominated
upon his platform ("Sip after Sovereignty,")
lie will do his be st to organize a bolt (" In Van
JJureii in 1848,) throughout the Northern
States. The S'/i/c adds: "Now, in so doing,
he is simply insisting?for his own advantage
?that the views concerning a platform prevalent.
among his followers in abolition-zed States
shall be accepted by the Dcni v.-raey of Democratic
States, under the penally ol a refusal so
tt- do, of fighting the approaching contest under
the disadvantage of all the injury lie can possi.y
iniliet oil the J eiiiocratie cause. Independent
of thu fact that he has ahoady worked all
the mischief to it he can accomplish?having
long since transferred ail his really transferable
nominal Democratic strength to the Republicans?the
idea of permitting t io.se in the Con|
volition who would cater to the prejudices on
i the slavery iptc-Mion prevalent at the North, to
j lay down a plalioim for the party where the
; Democracy will otherwise triumph, is too pre;
r.ostoinns to be thoii'dit of i:i lieso times.
i "' " " Jin
I'mui J/, a n.
Euitok am) pkoruikroi:.?A friend telis us
a story of Philadelphia jonrna'isin, which hits
j not yet appeared in print. Two promine nt
I persons in the city of l'oiin, editor and proprietor
_t?f a very iuliueiitial Democratic paper, were
two years ago in conipanv with a small partv
of notable politicians. The ed tor is a vigorous
thinker, ami of an excitable tiisposition : the
proprietor is rich, self laudatory and fat. The
paper l.eini; praised in tiie eotrse of the conversation,
the denioerat-ie. proprietor took the
opportunity of placing hi.- own efforts in the
| foreground and assuming the airs of a patron
i over the editor. Conceit had got to his height,
! much to tlie editor's irritation, viien, just as the.
lilephaiitine ]iuhli:-!icr was expecting the coni
gratal:\tory praises of the party, the man of the
! iM-ii exclaimed angrily?
"Fall! yrm arc only I lie st'wiacli of the concern?I'm
tiic brains!"
Do Right.?A man who las a sonlVorth
sixper.ee, must have enemies. It is utterly
impossible lor the best man to please the whole
j worbl. and the sooner this is uuluiMood. and a
; position taken in view of the fact, the better.
| Do right, though you have ctieuies. You can|
not escape them by doing wroig; and i.-. little
! gain to barter away your bono- and integrity,
j and divest yourself of moral ecu rage to gain?
| nothing. i>ettcr abide by tie truth?fiown
; down all opposition and rejoiiL- in tho feeling
' !.i-.-li must inspire! a free and independent mau.
Good Humor.
Only move along in the world with 3-0111
heart and hands open and you will find score:
of individuals whose smile will speak to that 0
yours, and whose hands will be eager to grnsp
Sjjnr proffered welcome. I mnlce these the
conditions, because much depends upon, the
mood ft aiaii is in, whether he perceives in
another those qualities thatafe lacking in himself.
Any one inclined to grumble at the disappointment
and vexatious of life will soon dis
cover tuat the society in winch he moves is
speedily iunoculiited *by the contagion, and
that they in turn are prone to aggravate liis
splenetic mood by venting their hatred upon
him as the cause of all their discontentment.
1 have frequently met with those who, on
the spur of the moment, I had voted the
pleasant est people in the world, simply from
the fact that I was in the best of humor with
myself on the occasion, and therefore in the
excess of my joy, was unfhle to be in any but
thefbest of humor with others; and so from
this personal experience 1 have- argued that
when vvu are disposed to find fault with others
the cause of the fault fg^iently lies within
ourselves.
Good humor is not to be acquired without
somewhat of self-sacrifice. There are asperities
in our nature, possible innate, that years of
patient toil and watchfulness only can smooth
down. For instance, there arc some mouths
that seemingly were formed for nothing hut
pouting, as others arc apparently incapable of
anything but distributing smiles and kisses. To
that the former.in order to receive the cordial
reception of the latter named, must he taught
to soften down a line or two, and cut loose
from ail such tangling alliances. Friendships,
by and by, are never so lasting as when embalmed
by the recollection of a sunny smile and
a warm kiss.
Much of physical as well as moral deformity
is to be concealed by a steady vein of humor
running through one's character. I have in
my mind at this moment a friend who, while
so badly crippled in one of his limbs as to almost
entirely confine him within doors, is yet
possessed of one of the most humorous temperaments
lever met v?itli. To he sure, he lias
his sad moments as lie often confesses vet still,
..f 1.:? i. ...i i.:_ e :i.. i " .1. _
ui uia uu-iini. >a <uiu ill iiim jaiiliiy, iiu IS UIC
incarnation of good humor, and thus, in a
measure mitigates the knowledge of a deformity
that otbentyse would be painful to contemplate.
.
They are a clever set of fellows?these
humorists?they who laugh and shout the
loudest, and.always lift a load from your heart
every time you sec their merry countenances;
good-natured fellows, who take the world as it
comes, and go through life as thong I^they had
no other desire than that ft keeping the world
in good spirits; giving thJ^Sold shoulder to
Ksculapins, and oniy looking in at the "ndgj^t
Laker, when, jjiysicallv they ar<^ unable to
laugli any longer.?Philadelphia Bulletin.
'iiiao Splendor of Damascus.
\Damascus is the oldest citv in tbc world.?
ryrc^nnclI Sydon have ^rumbled 011
of Abraham?a centre of trade and travel?an
island of verdure in a desert?"a predestined
capital,"?with martial and sacred associations
extending through +uoro than thirty centuries.
! It was "near Damascus" that Saul of Tarsus
! saw the "light from heaven above the bright1
.f.i. M .1...
j 11 L'SS UJ III U Mill , in u Miwtb in wtiiivu uiian, ?**
| which it was siiiil ulic prnycth," still vims
! through ihe city. The caravan* conies and
! goes as it did a thousand years ago; and there
i are still the sheik,the ass and tiie water-wheel;
j the merchants of the Euphrates -and of the
Mcditcraucuii still "occupy" these "with the
multitude of their wares." The city which
Mahomet sutveved from a licighboting height,
and was afraid to enter, because it is given to
have hut one Paradise, and for his part In^ was
resolved not to have it in this world, is t<?this
day, what Julian called "the eye of the East,"
as it was in" the time of Isaiah, the head of
Svria, From Damascus came the damson, our
blue plum, and the delicious apricot of Portugal
called Jainasco ; damask, our beautiful
fabric of cotton and silk, with vines and flowers
raised upon a smooth bright ground; the
damask' rose introduced into England in time
of Henry VIIf; the Damascus blade, so fain
ou?, the world over, for its keen edge and
wonderful elasticity, the secret of whose luan'
uiaeture was lost when Tamerlane carried off
; the arts into Persia; and that beautiful art of
j inlaying wood and steel with silver and gold,
1 a kind of Mosaic?engraving ami sculpture unj
iled?cah'od Damaskeening, with which boxes
1 and bureaus, and swords and guns arc ornai
meiited. It is still a city of flowers and bright
: waters; and streams from Lebanon, the "rivers
| of Damascus." the "rivers of gold," ?till murmur
and sparkle in the wilderness of "Syrian
j gardone."
j. (JonuoE.? Have courage "to keep out of
! debt as long as possible?absolutely so, it" you
jean. Debt is a .species ol slavery. The creditor
owes the\lcbtor to the extent of his claim,
; for what does the word "claim" mean if not
j this ; Iii taking.onr advice, you will not kit
be obeyed the good Scriptural exhortation to
" owe no mail anything.*'
Have the courage ro \?ear your old coat or
gown, until you are able to buy another upon
the good old-fashioned "pay as yon go, principle?
ay, and do not he afraid to have it known
j Wlnj yon prefer this course. Your neighbors
} will think none the worse of you for your
honest frankness. On the contrary, they will
; think all the better of you, if they are people
: whose good or had opinion is worth consiJeri
Have the courage to live on two rncais a
1 day?ay, even on one if two of the three you
customarily partook of in better times, would
| now have to be procured with false pretences.
' And what but moral if not legal "false pretences"
j is purchasing wit', j-romi.ics to pay," which you
: know, in your inmost heart, there i.- no prosi
pert of your meeting?
Have the courage to own that you are poor!
' Xo one whose opinion is valuable will think
j any the less for your frankness, but will rather
' o.-ii em you the more highly.
; Finally, have the courage to l?o truthful,
! ami jus:?just; to your sense of right, as well
! as to the sense of others. Ami so you will
i maintain your self-respect, as well as the respect
; of your neighbors and these will constitute no
j small capital to start afresh with, when" better
: times'' shall have re-nppcarctl as ere long they
I will to all who have the courage to be just .In
! their dealings ami prudent in their expendi
tures.
Eafiiv CriEiutins.?Tt is believed that the
magistrate who officiated on the occasion reported
below made the usual deduction ol
vhihircn half price
Vorxc. Ambuica.?Married, in Cambellton
I I'l.a.. in the store of William Daniel, Jr.. or
' the '21st of Marcli, bv James Hall, Esq., Mastei
llo'nert Cherry (aged 16 years) to Miss Joseph[ine
Gregory (aged l-'i years.),
^.o
Pa.-ext.?S. Daggett, Jr., of Charleston, ha:
received letters patent, hearing date M ?rd- ?0
' frr an --, -'ir > .r';'igs.
The.Cincinnati Platform.
r lion. Benjamin F. Hallctt, of Massnchusett
}4 the authqr of the Cincinnati Pi at form, has r<
f cently written a letter to the editors of th
> Mobile Mercury, which throws much-"Ugh
! upon a subject which has heretofore been
: bone of contention between the Northern air
i, Southern Democracy. His construction oftli
. instrument is in direct opposition to thos
who hold to the principle of "unfriendly legis
lation" by a Territorial Legislature, with slave
ry in the territories. Read what. Mr. Halle
says: ? Confederation.
"1 have but another word to sav upon tin
rcimuiicu inauc ?y your correspondent to tlm
resolution in the Cincinnati l'lartfcrm which hi
charges upon Mr. Ilallctt as conceding tlx
pjwer to n Territorial Legislature to abolisl
the institution of slavery. That resolution
reads thus:
'That we recognize the light of the people
of the territories, acting through the fairiy expressed
will of a majority of actual resident0,
uud whenever the number of their inhabitants
justifies it, to form a Constitution with or without
i/omeslic Slavery, and be admitted into the
Union upon terms of perfect equality with the
other States.'
The right- here recognized is that of the
jpeople of a Territory to form a Constitution
with or without domestic slavery. It recognizes
no act to be done touching slavery, by the
people or the Legislature of a. Territory before
the forming of a Constitution, but declares that
when they have adopted a Constitution with
or without slavery, then they are entitled to he
admitted into the Union.
* This was and is the Democratic doctrine
against the "freesoil" dogma of "no more slave
States," and this is the precise principle which
was laid down by Mr. Calhoun in his resolution
in the Senate in 1847, viz:
'That as a fundamental principle in our political
creed, a people forming a Constitution,
linrn tlm niiPAiirlif-imml ?/1a^4
w<v ?M>vvuMiuivniii l,5,JL vx/ *v'*4" tumttuujii*
the government which they piny think best?
and.no other condition is imposed by the Federal
Constitution on a State, in order to be admitted
into thisUnion, except that its Constitution
shall be Republican; and the imposition
of aiiy other by Congress would not only be
in violation of tbe Constitution, but a direct
conflict with principles on which our political
system rests.'
With this exposition, and with no disposition
to question the motives or purpose of the author
of "Southern Confederation," I am content to
leave the publicly expressed opinions of Sir.
Hallet for twenty years, upon the "slavery
issues," to the judgment of the whole brotherhood
of Southern and Northern Democrats,
"who mean to maintain "the equal righfc of all
the States in all the Territories," and uphold
the Constitution and the Union. He has
uo thing to ask of them but their good opinion.
v Very rospc&fuily yours,, .
^T?" V TTATJ FT
Boston, March 19, 16G0. ***
Repugnance lo Work.
r Every one uatur.ilIhates work, and loves
its-opposite, play. it be ^ ~ (1
not: '! *encss,
idealize tircTr^v'oi-lc into p&': or they have si:
great a liking for their work that they do noi
*ieel their work as dibi t, and thus the element
is eliminated which makes work a pain, Hov
I envy those human beings who have such fur
joyment in their work that it ceases to be worl
at all! There is my friend, Mr. Tin to, tlx
painter; lie is never so happy as when he i:
busy at his canvas, drawing forth from it fornn
of beauty ; lie is up at his work almost as sooi
as lie has day-light for it; he paints all day
and he is sorry when the twilight compels hiir
to stop. He delights in his work, and ?o hi:
work becomes play. 1 suppose tlijj kind o
work which, in the case of ordinary men
never ceases to be work, never loses the con
scions feeling of strain and effort, is that o
composition. A great poet, possibly, may fine
much pleasure in writing, and there have leer
exceptional men who said they never were si
' happy as when they had the pen in their hand
I Buffon, I think, tells ns that he once wrote toi
| fourteen hours at a stretch, and all that time
! was in a state of positive enjoyment-, and Lou
I Macauly. in the preface to his recently pnhlishec
| speeches, assures lis that the writing of his his
| lory is the occupation aim uic Happiness 01 in:
| life. Well, I am glad to hear it. Ordinnn
mortals cannot sympathize) with the feeling
i To them, composition is simply hard work, am
' hard work is pain. Of course, even common
' j place men have occasionally had their moment!
j of inspiration when thoughts present themsel vc;
: vividly, and clothe themselves in feliciotts ex
pressions, without much or any conscious effort
But these seasons are .-iiort and far hetween
and although, while they last,.it becomes com
.paratively pleasant to write, it never hccome!
so pleasant as it would^e to lav down the pen
to lean b:rk in the easy chair, etc.
Guow Beautiful.?Persons may outgrov
disease and become healthy hv proper aiten
lion to the laws of their physical constitution
I>v moderate and daily exercise men may be
j conic active ami strong in limb and muscle
j But to grow beautiful, how ? Age dims tin
i lustre of the eye, and pales the rose on beauty'
j cheek; while crow-feet,and furrows, and wrink
j los, and lost teeth, and grav hairs, and halt
head, and tottering limbs, and limping-foe
! most sadly mar the human form divine. Bu
j dim as the eye i<, as pallid and sunken as mat
i be the face of beauty, and frail and feeble tha
once strong, erect, and manly body, theimmor
tal.sonl, just fledging its wings for its borne ii
heaven, may look out through tlio-c favorot
windows, as beautiful as the dew-drops of:
: summers morning, as melting as the tear tha
j glistens in affection's eye?by growing kindly
j l.y cultivating sympathy with all human kind
I bv cherishing forbearance towards the follic
: and foibles of our race, and feeding day by da;
: .hi that love to Go 1 and man which lifts n
j from the brute ami makes lis akin to angles
Badly Off.?A new York mercantilehousi
J held an unsettled claim of longstanding agains
1 . . .? M. A !
a lame UiK'lomt west,' .tiki Hearing iie >va
becoming "well-to-do." sent their claim on to
I Western lawyer to . 0!l.-et. fn r!?to time the
j receive 1 a reply, which effectually laid an
; bone they might have ont-rtaincd of reeeivin;
! their money. It ran iti this wise: "Gcntsi
Von will rover get any spondiilie from Iiil
\ Johnson, 'i'he. undersigned called tipou liiii
11 yesterday, and fonnd him with narv tile; hi
' j feet upon the naked earth; and not clothe
j enough upon him to icml a ami
'! A lady, iti reply to some guests that praise
i the mutton on her table, said : "Oh, yes; 111
j husknnd always bnvs the best ; lie is a gre.i
: j epicac." This reminds us of an old lady wh<
J in describing the sudden death of her busbnn.
1 said, "he died in an after-clip-fit."*
' The notorious Dr. Uines has been sent t
' I the Tennessee penitentiary for three yea:
j from Memphis, for obtaining goods under fa!?
I pretences. Dr. Hiuos spent six mbnth? in th
j Loui>ville. Ky.. workhouse, in JS55.
'! Ir is the best proof cfthe virtues of'.bmi!
r.-'/i "\ : 1 Vir?"
The Right kind of a Wife.
S" A New York editor says he had nnintroduction
reccutly to tlio. heroine of the following
e sketch:? ^
lt Mr. ,a merchant, now residing iu.Philadelphia,
who formerly lived in rather an cx
travagant style, w;is in the habit, every Mone
day morning, of giviug his wife a certain sum
L> of money for the table and other household
* expenses of the week; lie never mentioned his
" business to his wife, and she deeming hunsuf1
fluently capable of attending to his own affaire,
never inquired into them. About five years
- after marriage, through some slight mismanage*
1 ment, and the rascality of his confidential clerk,
1 Mr. suddenly broke, and his fall was tnen:
tioncd "sympathizing]}'" on 'change-, and, like
1 all snch matters there all sympathy ended.
* ! Til ft mftrftllftii* Irnnf flm afFViii* o
! ; ?l'- ",v- ?* ? ""?""c
I first intimation his lady had of it, was a news
: paragraph in the Ledger. Shortly after dinner
" was over, on the discovery of the startling fact
> Mrs. requested her husband To riniain in
' the parlor a few moments, as shVlurd somc'
tliinar to say to liiin. She then left "the room,
; hurried up stairs, and" shortly after returned
1 with a splendidly bouud Bible in her hand.. .
Handing it to her husband, she said,
"George, the day after our marriage, you
gave me this precious book as a token of your
love, and as a rich fountain to look to in the
day of trouble. Its pages, have been precious
tome; and as your brow looks sad to day, I
now return it to you, that you may glean from
it some consolation in the hour of gloom,'' Sho
then left the room. ' ' 7
The merchant opened the hook carselcssly, i
and a bank bill fell out. He -picked it up and
glanced at its face?it was a ?10 bill. He
opened the book again, and another note of
the same amount was before him. lie opened
it at the first page, and continued an X between
every few leaves till lie arrived at the
commencement of the book of Revelations,
no was saved?could commence business and
had a capital of some ?3,000. ->
He rang the bell?a servant appeared.
"Request your mistress to como to ine immediately,"
said the merchant.
The lady obeyed, entering the room with
something between a tear and a srqile,
"Kate! Kate 1 where did you procure all
this moricy?"
"This is the weekly saviug of our household
expenses for the last five years," was the modest
repiy. "Every week I put ten out of the twenty
dollars which you gave me into our Biblo
bank, that when a day of trouble came upon^
us, we should have something to save us froinW ^
the wolf."
"Lint wiiv put it in the Bible, Kate?"
"Because it is a pood bank, one whicji will
not break suddenly," replied the lady.
"You are an angle. Kate," cric^l the delighted
husband, clasjyng her to his heart.
And so sho is. Does any .one doubt it?
1'he Truc^S^stcm o*f Advertising.
. Cur exchanges frequently .di$cpss tjic question
relative to the best and cheapest method;
j i sands of go nW'ff'TTt'nT'e""merit TTTT4 merits of*
I \ handhiils and circulars, for certain places and
II under certain circumstances arc duly concc-.
ded : but the handbill, to be conveyed abou^
- by men, generally creates but a smile of irony
; ?a joke at the expense of the would-be notori>
ons advertiser?and lie and his place are for;
gotten. Vcrv few people, no\v-a-day?, stop to.
. look at a handbill pasted on a wall, a fence, or
i a post. Fewer still look at the contents of a
circular. These systems have each had thoir
i day, awl have measurably lost their force.?
? People now look in the newspaper for what
f thev want to see and know something .about.
, The newspaper is circuiated Willi out cost to
- the advertiser; is carried about in our pocket
C frtH if Ji,.c ttnAti Alll* nnrla'il* tlihlo
I j and upon the tables or on t!m shelves of thou-,
i j sands who can not boast of a parlor; it is read
> I in stages, in the cars, on steamboats, along
. | our streets and highways, in shops, offices,
r j >tores, cellars, garrets?everywhere! Editors
? ; read them, statesmen", clergymen, doctors,
1 lawyers, merchants, mechanics, read them;
1 women read them ; children read them?every-.
- body reads the newspaper. Everybody must
s read it! The newspaper has become an es
tablishcd and indispensable institution, and a
. manor woman who would attempt, in this age,
1 to get along without it, would be deemed a fit
- subject for an asylum or the?pcnitentiaryi
3 Printer.
Manly Xis.v.?A man may chain his appe'
titcs, and "hold the realm of knowledge within
' j the cincture of his brain, and yet in the saddest
aspect of all be overcome by the world.
5 And again I say, how startling is the fact that
; one may hold ou steadily up to a particular
point, and there all gives way. 0 my brother
man, ineaniugto live the lite oi'duty, the lifeofro- r'' A
' ligion ! the world is a mighty antagonist, subtle
- a? it is strong; more to be dreaded in its wbis
pers to the heart's secret inclinations than
- gross shapes of evil. And let inc say to yog
that it is a great tiling in this respect to over
' come the world. It is .1 gre.it tiling by God's
- help and your own efforts to keep it in its
place, and say to its eager pressure, "Thus far
' and 110 farther," A great tiling, 0 merchant! to
t carry the cine of rectitude through the labyt
rintii* of traflie, and to feel the woof of eternal
sanction crossing the warp of daily interests.
1 A great thing, O politician ! to withstand tlio
' fickle toasings of popularity, to scorn the palata1
Me lie, and keep God's signet upon your conI
science. A great thing. 0 man! whatever
II your condition, to resist the appeals of envy
1 ! and revenge, or avarice and pleasure, and to feel
!-that your life lias higher ends than these.
1! Strenuous must be the endeavor; but propors'
lionally biost is the victory of him who in thesy
! ?sues overcomes the world.
a Bcncouhk Fesce.?Lawyer. '"Now, Mr.
' A , was tiic fence alinded to a good strong
, i fence ?*'
N Uncle Will?"Yes sir."
,x | Lawyer?"Well, what sort of a fence was
r [ '1
! L nclc \\ ill, (holding in)?''It was a Bun
j ooiiil'C fence, sir.'
11 Lawyer, (thinking he hsid cornered the old
; gent) "Now squire, will you oblige the court
? by giving vour definition of a Buncombe
f* fence r
| Uncle Will?"A Buncombe fence, sir, is a
: fence tlmt is bull strong, horse high, and pig
I tight !''
. j "Uncle Will was dismissed from the stand,
1 ! c.ad retired with (lying coi'?rs.
j
j ! Tut Municipal Election of our Town took
1 j placo yesterday, and resulted as follows:
7,.mW /-TIios. Jordan.
U7>inlf)is?Dr. W. E. Aiken, David Camp0
i 1h*H, C. Cutheart and W. 13. McCi?i'_'lit.
.. ; II"'innffaro' RfoixUr.
c ; -
ei World it prosperity is a much greater
drain upon our energies than the most severe
: adversity; there is no spring, ro ehu-tieity; it
? it tike vsllcn-r throw jl !:i? on a Turkey carry-*