The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, November 27, 1856, Image 2
j From the. New Orleam Delta.
- : SLAVERY AJfD THE SLAVE TEASE.
* . From the beginning, the South has been
the victim of compromises. Ono of the
;V\ " first of theso was incorporated in the Fed*
oral Constitution in tlio shape of a pro\ision
authorizing Congress, after the year
?*"' 1808, to prohibit the introduction juto the
United Stales of any class of persons which
? > it might deem proper to exclude. Expert
; ence soon proved that this, like the Missouri
and some other compromises that
v might bo named, was a "jug handle" atfuir?
0 nil on one side. The year designated came.
: The Congress of those days, like most Congresses
of a later period, wero^reat respectoi\s
of compromises. The provision we Lave
reierrcu 10 was general in its terms, and
wade no mention of slavery or tho sli.vo
trade; l>ut Congress, having a wise instinct
for compromises, was at no loss to discover
the specific object covered l?y tho general
phraseology of the provision. It did not
- : prohibit the importation of blubber-eateis
from Nova Zcnibla or cannibals from New
Zealand?which it might have done?but
it passed severe laws against the introduction
of tho natives of Guinea, Congo sind
Dahomey, for labor in the Southern State*
r.:vv. of the Union.
Meantime, .though slavery had existed
in all the original Northern Stales, lliey
-v * had been very profitably abolishing it,
mainly by selling their slaves at high prices
to those who could more usefully employ
.them in the cultivation of Southern products,
until it had little more than a nomi.
. nal existence in any of them. This pro?i
? . ?. >
oiuiuuu, muiciurt;, uiu iiul miCCl mosc
States; their climate, soil, and the nature
of their commercial relations called for a
different kind of labor; and tliis they
abundantly got by tho unrestricted immigration
of white laborers in evory department
of industry, which has flowed into
them continuously from that day to this.?
But not so with the South ; from that time
to the present she has been stinted iu her
labor; the cultivation of her great staples
was not adapted to white labor, and the
ingress of slave labor being inhibited, she
has been set back iu material development j
in the proportion of excess of immigration j
into the North over what it has been into '
tho South. Tltis appears to us a plain !
-economical proposition ; for labor is wealth, j
and the nmouut of labor, eater is paribus, \
depends upon the number of laborers.
llow far, then, has the South been thus j
? set back in material prosperity? "We will j
Tn 1 M.M tli? nitmliui* nf nni-cnnc i?f I
foreign birth in the free Stales was l.SGO,- j
397 ; in the slave Slates, 378,205, showing j
the relative increase of the North and
South with regard W labor to be as onefifth
to foui'-liflhs. Just iu that proportion,
then, does it appear that the South has
been detrimentally affected by the prohibition
of tho slave trade, or (he exclusion of
that class of laborers demanded by her institutions,
her climate and the nature of
her products. It is no wonder, in view of
this fact, thai in ibo North the wilderness has
been subdued, cities have grown up, canals
have been dug, railroads have been built,
and every branch of industry has been
stimulated into unexampled activity, while
in all these respects the South has been
comparatively stationary. Where is the
explanation of this state of things, but in
the fact, that the latter hasbeen^timted in
labor by unequal
1/UUCllV VII IUC lit \V
of supply and dcmaud?
?i, -\V% Wave mor# than nrtrjra?=^rt ? "
political injustice done the S<5ufli in* reducing
her baiis of representation, by allowing
but three-fifths of her laboring population
to enter into the apportionment, whiteno
such reduction was imposed upon the
North; but her inequality, in an economical
and industrial luiint of vi^w in miw.i.
quence of the restriction to which her labor
has been subjected, lias not been less
in fact and has been equally obvious in results.
As to the morality of the slave trade,
that presents no more dilHculty than the
question of slavery itself. One is involved
in the other. Slavery must be defended in
its integrity?in its origin, in its Mistenlation,
in its perpetuity?or its defence should
be abandoned. We can sec no other
ground for a logical and candid mind.?
If it was wrong iu its origin, it is wrong in
its perpetuation. But if it was right, 011
the contrary, to introduce it?if good conscquences
to both white and black, and to
the material interests of tkie country, have
flowed from its introduction?tlien it is just
and beneficent to nourish, invigorate and
perpetuate it. If the latter is the correct
view, as it must be to make slavery, defensible,
the African slave ceases to be u
question of morality, and becomes one
solely of expediency; and, therefore, the
South has a right to an increase of slave
labor as long ;is there is an increasing detnjarwl
for.it iim* uo Nnrfli l?.?c .?
right to admit nil influx of free laborers to
supply her industrial wants. lint the
South has been denied the enjoyment of
t)li$ tight. Her peculiar labor system has
. not hud room for healthy development, and
- the scarcity of Blave labor, as tho editor of
ili 6. Charleston Standard well observes in a
aeries of ldblo articles, has been one of the
*reat;evils of slavery at tho South, though
jjy.no means a necessary evil. Its scarcity
r. 'Vyfr' Iti^MiJip^Vcnted its diffusion, while, if more
every white man of the South,
; '" .- 3- iq4.Ul?triou8 and provident, niiirht
, "hay^lield the relation of slavelioMvr. "As
. it ia,--there are too many non-sluvuholders
ji ^Wa Soutij ; there are too many large I
slaveholder; and the institution needs lo
.i^jb^^itahiiitated liy a diftusion amongst a
' The measure of slave
Cgxempjii^pi pa which we have heretofore
would go far towards alfurding a
, ,'i^rffwiy; but if no restriction up??n Souih^i en
n,PwtH't the oc*
^^Hg|3|&ou for the uieasuae would not have
lallcr is true to herself and trim to truth.
It' she has faith in 1 or Cause, she unist
conquer, no matter what isms and what
adversaries are arrayed against her.
We believe lier philosophy i? gaining adherents
even in the Noith, in spite of the
raving of the Tribune and the Bheers of the
Herald. What is it to the solid men of
Huston or to the bulls and bears of Wall
street, if the King of Dahomey furnishes
a contingent oceasionally to aid in the cultivation
of Southern cotton and sugar, or to
mv; iiynciiiiurai regeneration of Central
America? Docs it take any .cash from
their pockets? Not a sou. l>oes it furnish
them a larger basis for speculation, ami
thereby put more money in their pockets?
Unquestionably it does. Have they any
philauthiopy outside of their pockets? ?
Most emphatically not. But granting
they have a particle of philanthropy outside
of tlioFe sacred repositories,.is it not
better that His sable Majesty of Dahomey
should drive a profitably trade with South
Carolina, Louisiana. Niearamui or
t , ' o ""
" in the article of niggers," than ho periodically
forced to the alternative of eating a
thousand or ho of his countrymen or sacrificing
theni to Fetich 1 Of course it isj
and therefore both interest and humanity
plead in behalf of a direct trade with the
Kingdom of Dahomey. Let the solid men
and the philantinopists put these thing in
their pipes and smoke at leisure.
THE POLICE AND FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH. ,
The introduction of the Police and Fire
Alarm Telegraph in Philadelphia, has J
proved not only a convenience to the pub- I
lie, but a great auxiliary to the authorities
in suppressing riots and rows, and enforcmg
the city ordinances generally. HieknelPs
Keporter, published in 1 'hiladclphia, speak- J
ing of tlits telegraph ami its great convenience,
says :?Charleston Mercury.
"There arc two distinct sols of wires,
spreading all over tlio city. The first is tlic
police telegraph, connecting tlio various
police stations with the central office. The
instrument is the most complete in use, ami
yet so simple that a child can be taught to
operate with it in a few minutes; and it is
used for all kinds of business connected
with the police. The fire alarm telegraph
is entirely distinct from the police, consisting
of a number of wires radiating from
the central ofiice, and connecting with the
alarm stations distributed throughout the
city, at a distance of two or three squares
apart. The apparatus in these stations is
so arranged that llio simple pushing of a
button from right to left sets it in motion,
and the precise locality of lh?> tiro i? innc.
milled with unerring certainty to the |
uaiti or central station, from which it is
cnmmunicatcd instantly to all the stations
in the city.
" I5y the police telegraph, tlie Mayor can
issue his orders to any part of the city, assemble
his ollicers at any point at the shortest
notice, or receivo information of riots,
accidents, fires, or any other cause needing
his attention, without the delay of sending
a special messenger. Jty it the coroner is
summoned to all parts of the city, at a
great saving of time and expense, and often
in cases where such time is valuable. By
it the police of one district can notify their
comrades of another to be 011 their guard
against parties going from one to the other,
and a general understanding on every particular
subject can be had at a moment's
TiOtirer *
"Through the telegraph, strayed and
time w*e entered. the office tiie operatives
were engaged at their instruments; one
was transmitting to the various wards that
a horse had been stolen, and giving a dedescription
by which he might be identified;
a second was receiving an account of a
man falling dead, and requiring the presence
of the coroner; the third was asking
a description of a lost child at one of the
stations, while the mother was anxiously
waiting the result of his inquiries. The
description of the boy was in accordance
with that given by the mother, an>l when
satisfied that it was her darling boy, she
hurried away to claim him."
/>..?/? ? -
jjuuvvn ? !.icenmon.? \v e wore favored
last evening l>y a call from Mods. (Joilard,
tlie great ;erouaut, who visits Charleston
with a view to an ascension in his balloon,
if sufficient encouragements are offered.
Ho will he able to complete his arrangements
in about two weeks, and if he concludes
to iniike the ascension, the public
will be duly notified of the fact in the public
journals. Mens. Godard is too well
known to require that much should be said
about him. lie has lately been in Philadelphia,
when many members of the Press
amused themselves by joining him in his
excursions, and they have given such minute
accounts of their experience, that the untravelled
public arc almost as well acquainted
- ? ... - -
...... .. .k.i i.ivii;;iiion as wiin tlie navigation
of the soa in ships. It is mentioned of one
of liis voyages from New Orleans, tliat lie
started at six oVlork in tlie afternoon, took
supper at an inlermedi ite town where he
staid ail hour, and arrived at Vicksburg,
more than 150 miles, ahont three o'clock in
tin* morning, liis balloon has a capacity
of 3G,000 cubic feet of gas, and will easily
carry seven persons, lie proposes, however,
to go up here on horseback, which it is to
be supposed w ill defeat some at least of our
adventurous citizens of the opportunity
which they else might have of going with
him.?Charleston Standard.
Kersey Goods at the South.?The Mobile
Tribune, of a late date, riivr ?
" At Ilankstown, in Choctaw county,
Miss., a cotton factory was established a few
years ago, which, owing to improper management
and want of good operatives, instead
of yielding a profit, did not for several
years even pay expenses. Under these discouraging
circumstances, the company effected
an arrangement with an experienced business
firm, who took the directing management
of the concern. In addition to Osna
burg?, they induced the company to manufacture
Kersey goods. Since that time the
hii.smcKs has rapidly improved?the goods j
llMVA AlilninA/1 II-?' *
.......uii reputation, and
tlie Kerseys, particularly, nrc acknowledged
to l?e superior to anything of the kind ever
sold in this country. The demand now is
greater tiian the supply, and the profits may
lio estimated by the result of hist year's business,
which showed a net profit of $22,000.
This, from a capital of $60,000, which we
iiavo been informed is the sum invested, amounts
to a gain of over thirty-six per cenL
Willi such an example before us, is it not
.u>|'(?iNug umiwie oqiuii Have so long depended
oti the worth for no inferior articlo
offcegrO cUrtWngP f' - - '..r. -
| ABBEVILLE BANNER.
WILLIAM O. DAVIS EDITOR. 1
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 27,1856. (
EXCUSATORY. 1
The indisposition of tlie Editor will ac- 1
count for the meagre display of editorial (
in this issue of tlie 'Banner. We have done r
tliQ best wo could under tlio circuniPtances; 1
but several things which should have been c
attended to, will have to lie over until next J
week, by which time we hope the Editor
will be able to resume his duties.?Pub. ^
"JUSTICE." 1
We direct the attention of our readers to *
the communication of "Justice," in this is- |
sue; and would hero take occasion to say j
that the omission referred to, was entirely j
unintentional on our part. 1
THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE >
ITas been received, but owing to its s
length, we arc compelled to defer its publi- *
cation until next week. j
THE LEGISLATURE. J
This body convened in Columbia, in tic- |
cordanee with the Constitution, on Monday
last. As yet, uothing of interest has trans- (
I pircd. We shall endeavor to keep our rea- .
ders posted upon the sayings and doings of
this body. *
FORT CHARLOTTE TRACT. \
We are requested to call tlie attention of ,
persons desiring land, to the change of j
Terms of Sale of this tract, belonging to t
Dr. Natiiamkl IIarius, by the Commis- 1
sioner in Equity.
ABBEVILLE DIVISION.
The visitors and members of Abbeville 1
Division, No. 4, Sons of Temperance, arc
earnestly and respectfully invited to attend 'j
the regular Meeting of the Division on s
Wednesday, the 3d pros., when a Lecture '
will be delivered by Dr. Andrew Paii,.
NOTICE TO PEW-HOLDERS.
Pew-holders in the Presbyterian Church f
! in the Village, are requested to meet in the s
| Church on Friday morning next, at 11 !
o'clock, A. M., when the propriety of de- '
I ?rl:mnnr t|?. lWu f..- : - '
I - o * "" wnww, Will | ^
be submitted fur consideration. A full <
meeting is desired.
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.
Tlic December number of this superb
j Magazine Ins been received. (Jodev is so t
well known, tliat it is useless fur us to say t
anything in favor of liis ljook. JTc is ma- 1
king great preparations fur 18o7 ; and I
those who wuuhl not miss a treat, should :
1 r
send on their threw dollars for the next
volume. Address?L. A. Godey, l'hihi- <
delphia, Pa. '
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AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGES.
The JS&tfh?fliftdTina. Agriculturist and
I The Farmer and Planter.?The current
numbers of these valuable agricultural
?uiitulies are ucjiotc us, iunr?i,Ms unum, nni? |
entertaining and instructive rending. '
T1.? V. 'i'1 ~
i uiKy i ur/iuT.? una is p work
which made its first appearance on our ta? (
blc last week, requesting us to exchange?
a request with which we very readily comply.
It is published in Louisville, Ky., and
is an able work of its kind.
Allow us to make a suggestion as to
how would be a good way for our farmers
to spend five dollars: Send two dollars to
the Abbeville Banner ; one dollar to the
South Carolina Agriculturist, Columbia,
S. C.; one dollar to The Farmer and
Planter, Pendleton, S. C., and one dollar
to The Valley Fanner, Louisville, Ivy.,
which will furnish tliein with an abundance |
of valuable reading, and enable them to
pass off their leisure moments pleasantly
ami profitably. We think it a good investment.
Try it. f
HOW. r. W. PICKENS. 1
It will be 6cen from tlio folio wins: card, 1
t
which appeared in the Charleston Mercury, ^
that Hon. F. W. Pickens declines to allow ,
the use of his nnmc as a candidate for the 1
office of Governor:
Edoewood, 22d Nov., 1856. '
To Ihe Editors of the Mercury : '
Gentlemen: Froin letters and communications
made to me, I am induced to believe
there is a serious determination, from *
those who arc responsible, to run my name I
for Governor before the Legislature about '
to assemble. I return my sincere thanks *
for the kindness and distinction proposed ; ,
but as there is every rrospect, at present, of '
a comparatively quiet political time, for a {
few years at least, I most resj?ectfully de *
chno the use of my name. Under other 1
circumstances, I should not refuse to take 1
any responsibility that friends might call
upon mo to assume. I make this ccmmu- '
nication, as I cannot be present at the first <
meeting of the Legislature. I have the 1
honor to bo, most respectfully, your obedi- f
cnt servant, 1
F. W. PICKENS. i
^ ? 1
bpw fuytt wwu"tnin?w
aiajOT WVA1 AJUOTXtiiD. [
The Carolina Times, in a late issue, '
warns tlic public of counterfeit quarter dol- I
lars, which have recently been put in circu- (
lation. We now have a description, from ?
the Atlanta (Qa.) Republican, of a new f
counterfeit Ten Dollar Bill on the Bank of *
Georgetown, S. C. Both counterfeits are
said to be well executed, and the counterfeiters
ought to be M done up" iu the same ?
"tyle. ^ ? I
I 44 We are indebted to Mr. J. R. Crew, s
Ticket Agent for the several Railroads at a
this place, for a doseription of a new coun- fa
lerfeit Ten Dollar Bill on the Bank of il
Georgetown. It is evidently a new coun- h
terfeit from the old plate, with some very a
iiiinuriniib improvement*, andis well cal- Is
euliited io deceive the unsuspecting. The *1
old counterfeit of tliis denomination are si
well executed, butJtie fllling U badly done, o
and tliev aro?igt?ed IVL; lleKajr, Caab-Jll
ami .is
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE FAIR.
We sco by tlio Charleston papers, llint
his interesting occasion has attracted a
;oodly number Of visitors to the " Queen
Jity." The array of articles 011 exhibition,
4 large and attractive?embracing an al
nost endless variety. We present our realers
with short notices of two or three
iovcI inventions. The first is a lock, the
itility of which will recommend it to gent
"r - " ?
;r;n use. o copy irom the Evening
Vctos:
"Mr. C. Y. ltichardsoii,locksmith,of tliis
lity, exhibits a ease of articles in liis line,
vliich compares favorably with anything of
he kind in this country. The selection
:onsists, in part, of a Magazine Lock, Trip
Jell, and Newell's celebrated l'arautopie
iaiik Lock. This is one of the most perect
combinations of mechanical skill ever
iresented to the public, possessing all the
equisites fur perfect security against burglars,
and the improvements introduced
vithin the last three years, prevent the posibility
of its t?<'ttinir out ofor(h>r. It. is sn?
leptible of millions of changes, or different
vays of locking. 1 >y simply changing the
)osition of ihe hits in iho key, an entire
lew lo';k is formed, thereby im.king it perectlv
secure against even the maker of tho
ock himself."
The second is an invention of Mr. Lb
jaue, showing u new use to which cotton
nay he applied. Here it is:
M Mr. J. M. Legare, of Aiken, sends a
it mid, rustic chair, table, Emperor Adrian's
Jabinet, picture frame, library screen, etc.,
.vhich he made of cotton, to imitate carved
ivood work, by subjecting it to a chemical
>rocess. It is an invention of his own, en- !
.irely new, for which he has received a pa- !
Pill. In its ' l"""' I -1?,:l~
...w .? .VJ I'liuut <lll?l UUUUIC,
uul may be moulded, if desired, but with
till greater facility may be wotked up by
land without moulds. When dry it is
noderatcly elastic, is not effected by beat,
sold or moisture, and possesses a hardness
md tenacity beyond the hardest wood.?
These articles arc certainly great curiosities,
iu?l will well repay a careful examination
?V all who visits the fair."
The third is a rare specimen of female
ngenuity.
"Much attention was attracted by two
rallies of Ituttertlics of various colors and
ii/.es, collected and arranged in figures, by
Mrs. (ironing, of this city. This is certainly
the practical demonstration of a very
iniquc and perfectly original idea, and will
veil lepay the curious for the trouble of a
:areful and critical examination."
written foiitiie aiu!hvll.i.e banner.
AN OMISSION.
Mr. Editor:?I sou by your last issue,
bat you have entirely omitted to mention
he name of Mrs. Samckl IIkii>, the eslimajle
lady of Samukl litem, Es?p, among the
ist of those to whom premiums were
warded at the late Fair at Columbia.?
L'his lady sent dowi. a piece of I domestic
Carpeting of her own manufacture, for
kvhich she received a Silver Cup. .
Of. course the. omission was inadvertent
>n your part. JUSTICE.
gg/~ Will the Press and Tclcscopc copy?
Cauqlil Hint.?The plea of insntiitv has
r?....tvU..i .? rcouiuirei to go unwmpi
uf justice, but the design to ride the same
liobby failed in a recent case in this vtlhurc
rs " l
through tlic cutcness of a medical committee.
As the facts come to our ears they
are these: Hugh Holt, indicted for horsestealing,
was imprisoned till Court, i hiring
this time lie acted out insanity, and |
Jemeaued himself more like a brute than a j
I)uman being. This gave plausibility to
the story. The Solicitor, J. I'. lleid, Esq., ;
is up to all such dodges, and resists the
|>ulling of wool over his eyes. He therefore
sent a competent medical board to
make a survey of the wrecked mind. After
talking with the unfortunate lunatic,
ntd hearing his incoherent gibberish, with
i wink and a nod to each other, they gave
tudiblc expression to their opinion that his
was a hopeless case of '* mind diseased,"
uid duty required them to report him lit
jnly for the rigors of the Lunatic Asylum I
?uic terrors of which wore expatiated I
ipon with no dull fancy. The description t
jiven of the place, to which they were imwil- j
ing to send any being wearing the huniiiti
"oun, conjured up tortures and torments, in
lie attcnt ears of Holt, little short of the in
ernal regions, and, operated upon by his
ears, he exclaimed, "Gentlemen, I swear I'm
10 more crazy than you are!" They assured
iim of their concurrence in this opinion ;
uid, after trial, ho was duly convicted of
ho crime of horse-stealing.? Carolina
S'partan.
An Im^wrtant Movement.?The papers
>f tho Northern States arc discussing the
propriety of the courso pursued by the
lead of the Patent Office, who has recently
ute<! out a vessel and dispatched her oil a
ro\*age to procure sugar-cane cuttings, seeds,
uid new varieties of grains and graXRes for
listrihution, and the authority to sustain
he enterprise is demanded, because they
egard, it an unauthorized expenditure of
lie public treasure.
The following, we presume is regarded
>y mo lienri of the pHtent Office as suffisient
authority to warrant the undertaking,
ind we arc pleased to learn that lie has
icted promptly, because the results will be
ucalculable in value to the Soulh. Not bo
vith the sterile and barren wastes of the
^ew England States, where granite and
gooseberries are tbo products of the soil,
iut to the authority which was regularly
mssed :?Carolina Tunes.
"Mr. Ilolloway, of Indiana, from the
Committee of Agriculture, proposed to inirease
the annual appropriation by Congress
or 6oed?, cuttings, new varieties of grains
ind grasses, to l>e distributed by the Patent
office, up to $75,000."
The Slave Trade.?The Southern papers
alk of re-opcninjr the foreign slave trade.
tlioiiM I- ?
omuii ihj mo chw, we aiiaii expect to
ce a general illumination in Boston. It is
notorious fact, that the African slave
ratio has been, Is now, and in all probabilly
always will be, carried on by Northern
and*. The vessels engaged in that trado
re bttilt and owned in New York and New
jugland, and are manned mostly by New
'.hglanders. It would seem /> little inconstant
tliat Abolitionists should be ip favor .
f tlie slave trade, with all the Ijorrdra of '
le middle passage, but the inconsistency ,
not real. Revive the slave trade, "and i
loy enlarge the splicro of their commercial
THE LILLIPUTIAN MUSICIANS.
Tlio South Carolina Iustituluto Hull has
bceii constantly crowded to witness the astonishinir
performances of fivo liltlo negro
boys, belonging to Col. J. II. Richardson, n
wealthy Carolina planter, residing in Smiiter
District. As soon as it was known that
these boys would perforin, and this liberal
gentleman had placed them in the hands of
the Directors of the Institution for exhibition,
and that without consideration, simply
wmi a view 10 me uenent 01 me institution,
and as an incentive to our slaveholders to
follow up and develop anollier resource we
have at liomo, the crowd poured into the
llall, and over live hundred tickets more
were sold the first night than upon the
first night of last year's Fair.
Tlie interest evinced by all who have
have heard tlieso prodigies, has induced us
to present to our readers, this morning, a
shoit history of tlie lads.
Kohiu, the eldest, and the leader of the
" Hand," is just l.'J years old, and we should
judge, of pure African deseent. At a very
early age, he exhibited his fondness for
music, l>y making coin-stalk fiddles, peach
and switch hows, and fiutes of the common
reed. His next step was the manufacture
of a rude violin, using a cypress shingle,
and horse hair strings; the bass string was
a piece of waxed twine. At this time, a
gentleman of Charleston, a friend of Col.
Richardson, induced him to send ltobin to
the city, to receive proper musical instruction.
In four months he performed well
upon the violin, and understood his notes:
had been kindly taught also, by the gentleman
just alluded to, to read a little. On
his return to his master's plantatation, he
took charge of another boy, Sanders, the
second of the band, and gave him a fiddle
and bow, taught him the notes, and in one
month he could play very well. Sanders
commenced learning the Utile last summer.
After teaching Sanders to to play upon
the violin, Robin took several other boys
under his instruction, but could not succeed
in teaching them. Edward and Henry were
next placed iu his charge. I'M ward is nine
years and Henry eight. Their progress
was very slow, and they were accordingly
placed under the tuition of an experienced
music master iu the city ; but, after a trial
of two months, he gave them up, and snid
nothing could l?e done with them. They
returned to Kobin last February. Kdward
now plays well upon the violin, and Kobin
taught him the guitar in one month.
Henry also performs well upon the violin.
Kobin taught him the notes.
March, the vomiwsl nf ilm ltnn.1 5- n??i
r J o ? - v,,v " *J ,M/"
yet 8 years old, ami is now learning llie
violin, hnl does not play. His performance
with the triangle is admirable.
Uobiu, the eldest and most prominent
character, took lip the (Jornet-a-piston last
summer. He is in every respect an uncommon
boy, possessing eel tain traits of
[ character that are very remarkable. His
habits and disposition are those of the uncivilised
African, and every action is in
character.
llenry, we have just remarked, is about
eight years of age. He is a half brother
of Kobin. No human being can control
-trirfr'trtft his master, Col. lliclnirdson.
Sanders is of a mild and gentle disposition,
very submissive to his master, but
never succumbs to one of his own race.?
Sanders picked last December, when the
cotton, as is well known to all planters, is
| rpiite light, one hundred and titty pounds a
nay. iie is cousiUeieO a prime boy with
the hoe.
! I ? ? ....
v^oi. iiicnanison will receive, as lie riolily
deserves, not only tlie tlianks of the Directors
of tlie Iustil 11(0, for his liberality in
placing litis " Lilliputian Hand" at their dis
position, lint that of the community at
large, for thus developing another resource
of great pleasure and usefulness, which the
South has so long neglected, and for which
they have often to pay heavily to undeserving
foreigners.? Charleston Mercury.
A lienwrkuhlc Man.?< Mir city contains
at present one of the most remarkable men
. 1- '
uiiii we nave seen lur :i long tunc. Jle js
over 104 years of aire, ami his mind does
not appear to lie the least impaired, as lie
converses freely upon the different subjects,
more especially of our revolution, in which
he figured extensively. His name is John
Shenandoah O'Brien. lie is half Indian,
huge and well proportioned, possessed of a
robust and powerful constitution. Jle participated
in the battles of Brandy wine, Vork,
Trenton and (iermantown, and in the former
he received a severe bayonet wound,
the marks of which are visible on his breast.
The united tribes of Stockbridge and Brotliertown
were led by him into the Held under
the command of Gen. Brown.? Wilmington
(Del.) Republican.
A Rich Elopement.? Two Bridegrooms
to one /iride.?A St. Joseph's (Mo.) correspondent,
writing on the 23d of October, says:
" Last night our gossips were thrown into
eestacies over an elopement, which certainly
was one of a most extraordinary character.
It seems that two young gentlemen were
...t . ?i .i-~* I
miuivooiH^ II I'UilU U|/ IUWII, lillll Lllill
she smiled equally upon both. Yesterday
morning she was to be married to one and
last night to the other, and, strange to say,
she kept both engagements. At 0 A. M.
one bridegroom was made happy by lior
pledge of hand and heart, nnd at 9 1*. M.
the other was made happy by the possession
of her person. They lied at dusk, and
were wedded at Uloomington, ju*t twelve
miles distant, and continued on their way to
realms unknown."
Gutta Perc/ui Hoops.?The Philadelphia
Sun says : As tho ladies have stretched the
fashion of wearing hooped skirts to such an
nmplitudo that whalebone is beeoino scarce,
it is a matter of congratulation that ingenuity
ban found a gutta percha substitute, and
Mrs. II. (*. Suplee, of 204 1-2 Chesnutstreet,
has made arrangements for a constant
supply. The new article !??* nmnu
advantages over the old ; it is more durable
and not so lienvy; it may be com pressed
to gut into a carriage or through a barn door,
with elasticity sufficient to resume its shnpe
immediately, and the ends can be united by
means of hot water, so that they will not
spring out from tho casings. .
Northern Freedom of the Prtss.?A correspondent
of the Charleston Evening News
writes from New Yorfc.:
MA novel newspaper. I)?s just made its
appearance liere, entitled the * European,'
which annonncesthat'it will send no paper
in- any parf of the United States South of
Mason ?fc Dixon's .line f It is intensely
British in iu? sympathies, abd severe upon
6?^rytiiipg A'n?rican?w ^
' Russian Vidian,?There are rumors of
inpfojlKted visit, next spring, of the Grand
Doie Constantino to this country, with , a
^e Grand . Duke is considered as
P^ripJ J and of the
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Acquisition of Territory.?Tbe outrages '
committed some months ngo at Panama on 1
llio rnilroad passengers crossing to the Pa- f
cific, doubtless directed tlio attention of our >
Government to the propriety of devising f
some means by which to savo our citizens I
from similar outrages in future, as well as t
to render the transit of the Isthmus a safe (
and unmolested route for all travelers what- t
ever. Willi a view, we presume, to effect 1
this important ohiect. our Exeouiivn lm? <
as wo understand, been negotiating with I
the Government of New Granada for a i 1
cession or transfer of tlie jurisdiction or <
sovereignty of a tract of country on the i
Isthmus, embracing, of course, the line of I
the railroad, and liow much more we do
not know. The authorities of the Isthmus
being unable, if willing, to repress the 1
banditti which infest l'anama and its \
neighborhood, an arangement which shall 1
place that power in our own hands
would certainly be very desirable, if it can '
be ctVectcd without complicating or involv- '
ing the exterior relations and responsibilities 1
of our Government to an objectionable ex- ]
tent. Wo simply state the fact of the '
negotiation, however, without touching on (
the political aspect of the subject, of which
our knowledge of the details of the matter
j arc too imperfect to permit us to sneak.? I
iXationul Intel!njcnccr.
Buchanan Khe ltd.?The die is cast; the (
long agony is over. The chili! is christen- |
oil, and his name is l?uck. Being at this ,
time husily engagotl in parking up our [
trunk for a voyage to Salt Uiver, wo must
close. Should we ever return, an account
of our journey will he given with patlieulars.
Until then, farewell, goodd>ye, adieu.
Kight thousand cheers for gallant little Ma- l
ryl:uid! ]
xr..i:~~ in _ ..... -
?<\u jn'isuns indebted to ns Tor s
shoes, boots, caps, breeches, shirts, chain- t
pagne, ?te., A;*:., payable when Maryland !
g"e.s for Millard Fillmore, will please run ; |
ii|?, roll up, tumble up, crawl up, be drag-! i
god up, walk up, any way so they get up j
and settle, as the steamer Baltimore leaves j
the wharf on to-morrow morning at G j;
o'clock for Salt Itiver, and the editor of this j
concern having engaged a passage is com- i
polled to leave. Kigbt thousand cheers fur
gallant little Maryland ! ? ( J'/.)
W'hitf.
JYormol Srhint/.t.? !?y referoncb to an |
adverlisement another column, it will be
seen that the Commissioners of the l'tiblio <
Schools lor these Parishes, have adopted an
important ami very interesting improvement
ill t'sirrvimr mil ! ?? ,l' - e ?
v,,v *- \?i me iiuiiw iur I
public education. The design is to attacli I
lotlie system of common Schools a depart- |
inont for the special education of Teachers, !
and thus to raise up in our midst a supply
of persons competent lo take charge of the j
schools. The instructions in 1 Iks duties of i
Teachers will he gratuitous. The object is |
altogether praiseworthy, and it* its intention j
is carefully earried out. cannot fail of being i
eminently beneficial to our School system, J
: and beneficial to the general interests of so- !
J cietv. lo fact, the only way to complete a I
school sy-tern is lo educate teachers as well I
I as children.? Charleston Mercury.
Prospey'my.?-Thu L'nivcisity nf Virginia, i
it is said, was never in as nourishing a con- I
' ditioti as at present. The number of stu- j
,1o,,i^ ti.;u ....-i : > '
U(i.? vmii> JIL'IIUH l?I Lilt? SC.SSIOII IS 1
larger than sit the close of tlie last session, !
' which was larger than at any previous pe* j
riod in tlic history of the University.?
There mo now six hundred and two stu- j
d<*nts?from tlie following States: New j
York 2; Pennsylvania 1 ; Ohio, Delaware, ,
Maryland 10; District of Columbia 10; J
North Carolina 0; South Carolina 43;
(ioorpjia 31 ; Florida 7 ; Alabama 49; Mississippi
:j4 : Louisiana 30 ; Texas 7; California
2; Arkansas 1 ; Missouri 8; Kentucky
11; Tennessee 0; making in all j
from other States 272; from Virginia 300; j
total 002.?Daily J'Jxf/rcss. j
Hultliny Co/Ion for Fifteen (\nlx.?The
Montgomery Mail, of Thursday evening
l.i>t, lias the following :
A gentleman, wlio is a heavy planter in
tlic cane-brake lands of this State, said to
us yesterday, tliat lie should hold his cotton
for fifteen cents. In his opinion, (and no
planter in this Slate biings superior intelligence
or experience to hear on the subject,)
the crop will he short at least 800,000 I
bales. Willi this for his predicate, he reasons
most lucidly that the staple cannot be
kept below liften cents, though he does not j J
look for that figure before next April. We ! j
agree with him thus far?that if there is ,
no gicat financial revtiUlon before the close 1
of the season, cotton must go tip greatly ! :
beyond present prices. 1
A Cure for Cramp.?Mr. C. Jlisscr, writing
from Dahlonega, Ga., semis us what
he regards as n sovereign recipe for cramp ! f
in cholera, or indeed any cramp, ami requests
us to subserve the cause of humanity
by publishing it, which is this, to wit: 1
" A cold application to the bottom of i
the bare feet, Mich as iron, water, rock, earth
?or ice, when it can be had, the colder the
better. It will relieve in five minutes. If j
in the upper part of the lio<1y or arms, then
apply the remedy to the hands also."?Ex- change.
A Munificent Gift.?Wu learn from the
,>aicnez 1,'uurier that Uavid Hunt, Esq., of
Mississippi, made a donation, a few days
since, to Oakland College, in that State, of 1
$50,000. This, together with $00,000 given
by this gentleman to the. same institution
upon former occasions, make his donations ?
amount to $110,000. One of the conditions *
appended to the last gift is, that " should c
Oakland College cease to exist as an insti- ?
tution of public education, in that event
the donation shall go to tho next best effort
for similar purposes in the South." ,?
2
An Appalling Stutement.?A ragged
school association in a public appeal, state
that thero are in London, 1,400,000 who
never attend nuhlio worshin. 150.000 li?- w
[ bitunl drunkards, 150,000 open profligates, "
| 20,000 professed beggars, 10,000 gamblers,
80,000 destitute children, and .30,000 re- =
ceivere of stolen goods. More than 10,000
young men, under eighteen years of H
Ago are annually committed for thefL in }'
Great Britain. ?v
Effect* of Worship on the Insane.?An ^
exchange Bays, on the authority of Miss
Dix, the celebrated philanthropist; that ig
among the hundreds of crazy people with 81
whom Iter sacred missions have brought her *
into companionship, she lias not found one
individual, however fierce and turbulent,
lliot %*** * -? 1 " '
...... wu.u hvi vo cwiuuu uy ocnpturo and ?
prayer, uttered in low and gentle tones.? jj
Tlio power of religious sentiments over "
these scattered souls soems in] ptoulous.
" *"? ' pi
In England, it appears that the hangman
is. carried about for a show I The Bradford h<
(Eng.) Obier'ver states that Srpith, the cxe- ?!
cutioner of William Palmer, is to be'eabib- m
nod at the forthcoming Leeds Fjb, v Ui
.f "K- '}
Later from Wrxi'co..?Tlie lion. John
A;myth, * UnitoA;^'?te? Minister to Mexico,
irrived nt the capitnl-dn the 2 lsl ult., and
vas presonted officially to President Comonbrt
011 the 23d. In delivering his credctlials,
Mr. Forsyth assured the President of
.ho friendly feelings entertained by the Uni,cd
States towards Mexico, and expressed
lie hope that tho two republics would in
"uluro be connected by tho strongest tics of
unity.
President Coinonfort in reply, stated 'that
.lis Government was inspire'! by tho kindjst
sentiments towards the United States,
mid would sincerely eo-opoiato in mainLaining
these friendly relations. .
jiomuie Death.?TIic Chinese Repository
lulls of a strange kind of <Io;iili )>utiis!iinent
which was intlictod on a Chinese criminal
who had committed a dreadful murder.
He was wound with cotton, saturated with
Lallow, places being left for him to l>realhc.
lie was then dipped like a monster candle,
in til lie presented a mass of tallow. In this
ivay he was stuck up on his father's grave,
iglited and kept burning until Ilia body was
:onsumcd by slow degrees.
Price of Ifurjs.?The ninrlr<?f
vviaiilliag
lull and inanimate, willi no buyers of hogs
it over 4 cents gross. Messrs. Hull, Hunt
k Co. slaughtered 400 head Saturday, and
:ut them up yesterday. Several of tins oilier*
packers will prohahly commence to day.
I$y private dispatches from Cincinnati, on
Saturday evening, wo learn that hogs were
selling tlicre at 5 3-4?\ net. Mess pork sold
it ?14.75 per bbl. Tliis is a lar^e decline.
? Louisville Courier, Monday.
Jtorrihla TrutjtJtj.?At Ha'.linrohe, in
[Jahvav, 11 eland, I lie wife of a farmer named
Magrnth loft her two little children while
>hc went to hring a kettle of hot water to
tea Id the churn slie was ahout to use for
miner. j ne cutest clnUI meantime
forced the baby into the chnrn, and tho
mother unwillingly scalded it to dcaitf.
Rendered frantiehy the discovery, she threw
!? stool at the other child, which killed it^
nnd then drowned herself.
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Great ShooloHj.? Wo learn from the
Alabama (Kutaw) Whig, that Dandrii^ge
U. Williams, Esq., made a number one shot
some days ago. lbs killed seven grown
turkeys and wounded the eighth onfe at
one shot?all on the wing at that. OBiu
any of our sportsmen beat it. ? The WJiig
says Mr. Williams got his shooting education
in Nottoway, Virginia, and thinks Alabama
can't ipiite equal it.
Jfnmor in Jtar/s.?A little thin old mnrr,
with a rag bag in his hand, picking tm a
large number of small pieces of whalebone
which lay in the street, was asked how lie
supposed they came '.here. " Don't lcr.O'.v,,t
he replied, in a sijueaking voice, "but I
'spect some unfortunate female was wrecked
Il|.r>>!l1l>?>l cn.n.avl
" Some Pumpkins."?Two pumpkins of -*
huge ponderosity liavc been grown in California
tliis year, one weighing 276 and tlio
oilier y-10 pounds! Thov were named
' lluck and lim*.;9"'* AIIP?q ??H
" _V,.C"
C'lenr as Mml."?An ox change paper
savs that " transcendentalism is the spiritmil
cognoscetiee ??l psychological irrefragal>ili:y,
connected with concuitant ademption
of oiicolumnient spiiitna'.ity and ethereal4?
ized contention of snbsnlteiy concretion." f
Earthquake at Nashville.?The Nash- '
ville Gazette of Tuesday last says:
Several persons in this vicinity have stated |
to us that they felt the shock of an earthquake
on Sunday morning last. It occurred
abo.it 2 o'clock, and lasted several seconds.
Kansas Wars.?St. Louis, Nov. 17.?Our
advices from Lawrence are to the 10th inst.
Last. Saturday, twenty of the prisoners taken
at Hickory l'oint were tried and found guil-r
ty of inauslanghltM', and sentenced to five
years' imprisonment at hard labor.
Commercial Relations with Judea.?It
is stated that IJr. John W. Gorhani, of
] Mist on, ha* been appointed United States
Consul sit Jerusalem.
Shanghai Concern.?There is a firm in
New York city, the name of winch i? Lay,,
Hatch & Co. The clerks are presumed to
be Shanghai*.
The Loss.?The loss of the French army
in battle and bv disease, dining the war
ivitli o ?? '
? ? , ".?<> uv^.v men. ouuu aro
,ho frails of war. ? _
Regulating Marriage.?In Prussia males
ire not permit led to marry under twentyive,
nor females under twenty-four years of
ge.
During the fiscal year 1855-50, the imports
of 15razil amounted to $52,000,473,
md the exports ,$590,04,742. f ^
Beef cattle are quoted in the New Orleans,
! ?., market, at from C to 8 cents per pound
)ii the hoof.
If any one speaks evil of you, let you*
:onduct through life bo such that none wit!
>clicve thorn. ' (Commercial.
AnnKvii.i.K C II., Nov. 21,
Cotton.?Little offering?market dull?-quota- *
ions, 9 @ 1?J cl*. L .
Coi.umma, November 25, 185C.
Cotton.?Tlie biiiincM done in cotton yesterlay
wan only on n limited scale, and tlie m?r- " / '
let was ijuiet but steady, without any material
Iiange in prices from tlioso given in our last ^. ; t;
icckly report, viz: IOJ @ 11¢s, v';^*
CiMRt.MTON, November 22, 1850. ; ' - i 'jiri1AP.
w?. ?? .1 J
......w .......... xvuii iiuiuiuiu lurcuiiou
ay, wli:ch reunited in the ?*le of upward* of i-,
.OUObaleB, ftt Hi @ 1? J cciita. , .M,
Nkw York,
Tlio Cotton inurkut was firm to-day, and lh*
lies niimunt' <1 '2."?,(K>D liuloa." '' "'"'fji {if
?bituary.
DIED, in lliift District, on tlio 7th of
B56, John Oswkl!. Scott, in the
lie wui a inembcr of the Lodi morft (-'
v r?i ?- * 1 ' "*
t? purposes wo