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J'rom Mi Cotumbus Tiiius. PRACTICAL RESULTS OF A FALSE PHILANTHROPY, Tlio 10th century was distinguished, during its first ?piartef, by flic advent of a class of men knottn as Philanthropists, who vainly imagined tlilit il was possible lo reform and ctlre all the abuses of government, all tiie vit-Os of social lit**, and ml tlio intellcclu alt moral and physical deformities and defects of humanity, by act of Parliament.? For liliy years this reforming process has been in operation, and ihe result is lufore the present generation in monstrous abortions and failures in every quarter of the globe. It would bo interesting and instructive lo investigate the practicl results of lite various rcfoMiis set on foot by the Howards, (llnrL'siiiu mnl Willii'1 fiiri'i'S lint mif compels us to restrict our observations to one reform only?tlit: abolition of slavery liy Kughuid and France in tlieir West India Possessions. For thousands of years the negro race had Vegetated on ilia Western coasts of Africa, without advancing and inch in civilization, or adding the first idea to the general stock of knowledge, or nllording the lirst example of moral heroism, or even contributing the first article to the commerce of the world by their industry, .-kill, or enterprise. Cufl'eo lived and died, and left no sign, lie was the same thriftless, improvident, stupid and debased savage when America was discovered, that he was during the leign of l'haroah in Egypt, and was as useless an incutnhrnurrt Ml ton the cii.inid as the wild beasts of his native forests. When America was discovered there was a great need of laborers, ami tlio hardy pioneers who fir&t broke the stillness of these western wilds with the noisy tread of civilization, took the lazy Africans and compelled them to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow. For long years the A tVic-an slave trade was not only tolerated, but encouraged and participated in, by Kings, Lords and commons, and the whole world began to feel the benefits of a system which made industrious workers of a race of idle vagabonds, and the class most benefited were the negroes themselves, who began to improve as soor. as they commenced lo work, and have gradually advanced in civilization until they are at this day confessedly a very useful portion of the population of the L'tii ted Stales. 1 iy their labor the world is clothed and in pail fed ; ships, freighted with the products of their labor, furrow Cvery sea, and factories, unexampled in splendor, employ millions of men in its manufacture. Such is the history of slave ry itt the United Slates. But this beneficent system fell under 1 lie ban of tlie English and French riiilanthropist, and beoau.se it did not square with their notions of an abstract moral truth, it wad ruthlessly alolishsd, and the ignorant and thriftless slave was turned loose in the English and French Antilles to live or die, to advance or retrograde as chance might determine. Now let us note the practical result of iliij insane and silly ellbit to make a free man of a degtaded savag<\ "The first triumph of these theories," we quote from the New York Herald, " was witnessed in St. Domingo. There a community, which in 1781) produced llo,0<J0,00Q pounds of sugar, 70,000,000 pounds of coffee, and 0,000,000 pound of cotton, 1 as been destroyed to the industrial world, and its place has been filled only by communities organized on a similar social system.? The next triumph is exhibited in the West i . : .?. M .I iiiuiii i;?iiuiii*;s ui an uiu j European powers, except Spain. The change in llieir social organization has reduced liie production of sugar in the English, French, Danish ami Dutch West Indies, siucc 1S33. nearly onelialf, precluding at the same time any advance in the culture of cotton. Were these theories ami their attendant results to bo applied to the southern portion of the United States and to the colonies of Spain, which still hold to the system of involuntary negro labor, not only would they be involved in social ruin, but the shuck to industrial England would be of the most disastrous magnitude," But the degradation of the African race u not the only, and perhaps not the least, evil of this wild philanthropy. Disappointed in the hope that the freed African would continue to produce coffee, cottou and sugar, as under the old system, ami even increase tlieir contributions to commerce, England anil Franco have gone on a ciuise round the world, com milting the most horrid atrocities upon far distant and unoffending nations, overturning governments, and setting up their own authority iu their stead, for no other apparent purpose than to find a soil, climate and labor with which they can successfully compete with slave labor iu the United States in the production of our great staple; and even consenting to enslave the coolies of Asia under the fiction of an apprenticeship, which, unfurtunatelyf but seldom ever comes to au end, and is wanting in all the humanities which temper African slavery, in the hope of restoring the West Indies to theii original fertility and productiveness. And now that their long and expensive experiment hnsended in failure, the leading mind; of Great Britain have come to the conclu biuii uiitL wiiiioui buivc lauor cotion cntinol be produced u witli the certainty of purpos< and regularity of result ueccssary fur com tuerclal purj>oses." The Loudon Times, the groat organ o the merchants and manufacturer*, boldlj announces, in commenting upon Dr. Livingston'* discoveries, that " the one grca service which the world demand* from th negro race is the production of cotton," am admitting that " the while man Actus unfit ted for labor under the peculiar condition of place and atmoxphere requisite for th cultivation of this- necessary staple," pre pounds the douht whether, even if it wer possible to transfer the scoiiu of its produ< lion to Africa, " the negro will cultivate th soil with the certainty of purpose and th regularity or" result necessary for commei cial purposes." It goes eveu further tha this, and asks " if the negro proprietor wi not employ thecompulaory labor of slaves 1 And this will be the end of the wild ei perimenta of a false philanthropy, excef that the British proprietor instead of thbn< ffro 44 proprietor " will employ thecompul sory lalior of steves," if ever cottcn is culti vhUhJ with any suceoes in those favored rc gtons of Attic* totely discovered rtnd brougli to the view of European cupidity, by l)i Livingston. v , The humbug abooltbe " abstract evil c slavery" will soon coroo to and end. "Slave vj in the abstract," m but ttie subjection c one man to the will of another, for the com inou good of both parties} ard'the ^prtnd pie of slavery is at the bottom of the roiotioi between parent and child. and* in * modi fled form, of that of liiwhand ihhI wife, *?? in an element io all government, afcd rao# rigidly enforced towards peratdtftisiy eon viqja, iuuaties and idiots. ^ flier^is^o.wipnf Uwrefere, in slavery in (lie absfrfe& J/? jjmmi or raoo is iocapnbte of ending tlu pdviJe?je? of fre&Juti) without fotjaryib hi to . .y>. J..' .. .. .* i_i , ,v?_ vr self ntul to society, ho is every \tlierej and in nil coUnt i'!e?, subjected to tvsUftitit ahd tnadu to obey another, either in the form of master, or warden of a penitentiary, or supor| intendent of an asylum, or wardens of the ; ! poor house. MR. BUCHANAN. Tlio Richmond Enquirer thus expresses its confidence in llie impartial wisdom and integrity of James liuchanan, and appeals to Northern and Southern Democrats to support him in his Administration. "Tins Democracy North and South, have ] coiilitJouee iii James liucliauan. To prove I the correctness of our declination, wo linvo ! si in | ly to city tlio sentiments of two iullul ciitial representatives of public opinion, in i the two suctions of the Union, which caiue j ! to lis at tho same moment. Wo refer to : 1 to the Charleston Mercury and to (General | John A. l>i.\, of New Yoik. I The Charleston Mercury says : j 4* Wo sec all the diflicullics that surround the opening administration of Mr. Duclinnau. llo will lio hunted down by ull , manner of time server*, demagogues, and ! self-seekers. But wo have faith that his ! experience, and his honest nature, will carry : , liiui safely through these dillicullies, and ! that whatever may be the fate of the Un! ion, our State may be able to say to him, [ as it has said to his predecessor : ' You ! have deserved well of all the homst and ! patriotic people over wboin you have presided."' Ceneral Dix thus closes a letter to the Democratic banquet in Tammany llall, on ] the 8t"u January : | "i lie triumphant result of the rcccnt I election brings with it most of the high responsibilities which belonged to the admini istration of Jackson. Sectional controversy ! is to be calmed, and the Union to be preI Served by a sacred regard for all our consti; tutioual obligations, poucc at homg and > i abroad to be maintained, extravagance to j be resisted, economy to be introduced, and the standards of taxation and expenditure i to be brought down to the wants of a sirn- j | pie and frugal government?such a system, j in a word, as Jcllerson pronounced to be [ I in lispensable to the perpetuity of our free j I institutions. The country looks with con j j fideuce to Mr. Huchanau for the successful j discharge of these great duties. His tal,.,.ic O..T1 ?... : i.:. i 1 i -- < , ...111 v.i|>\;i ivutv, 1113 Muiwivugu Ol IIH'II, I ! and his familiarity, with the wants of the ; government, eminently lit hint for the high j 1 and responsible trust which the people I have confided to him. Let us follow Demo- i { crats, rally around him and sustain him in j his labors, laying aside all considerations of self-interest, conceding to him, as essential | to his success, the utmost latitude in all his, official arrangements, and asking only that his measures may lie wise, in strict con for- \ mity to the Constitution, true to the rights j and interests of the whole country, and ' just to other nations, whose prosperity has become, through the great improvements of the age, indissolubly connected with our own." In such a true spirit of patriotism it be iioovcs tiio lovers of the Constitution and i Union, every where, to conlMe in and en- j coinage the incoming administration in its I delicate and diflicult lahor of maintaining j I the equal rights of all sections, and preserv- j i ing the Union as it was designed hy our j forefathers. This high duty becomes more | incumbent when we observe in various sec-1 lions of the North, the growing fusion of j the Know-Nothings and lilack Republicans, ; in o]>])osilion to the wise and sound policy and practice of the National Democratic party. In the Ohio Senate the lilack Republicans have placed themselves fair and j square on the Know-Nothing platform; i and, against the negative vote of every ; Democrat, have adopted a resolution to the ! effect that 110 foreigner shall have the quali- j iicatiou of an elector until the expiration of \ one year from and after the issuing of final j papers of naturalization. In Connecticut , a thorough fusion has taken place between ' the Know-Nothings and lilack Republicans ! in the State Convention assembled to nomi- j mile State oilicers. In their resolutions, | unanimously adopted, they dcclare tliat they " will inflexibly oppose the extension of slavery ever the free territory ot' the Republic.," and " cordially join in our opposition to the present National Administralion, and to the policy of the incoming ad- j ministration, as foreshadowed in the Cincinnati platform; With these startling warnings ol the worst enemies of the Constitution and the South ringing in our ears, we arc still more sternly called upon to renew our declarations of confidence in the wisdom, firmness and fearless honesty of the President elect, and lo appeal to all patriots to stand t>y him in his defence of the constitutional ' i rirrhts of all sections. Q ? ' VTTT-Later from Liberia.?The liarqnc Shirley, at Now York, brings advices from Monrovia, ' to December 27 : The Ship Elvira, Owen, from Baltimore, 1 arrived nt CapG Palmas, September 10th, and after landing thirty emigrants, sailed 1 on the 23d for Callao. The American schooners Fawn and King Usher sailed 1 down the coast of Liberia, from Monrovia ' on the 28th and 29th of November. The t Palm Oil crop was coming in freely. The } message of President Benson to the Legislature of Liberia was delivered December Glh. It gave general satisfaction. The f revenue of the last fiscal year is stated to f have exceeded that of the preceeding year * 25 per cent. The receipts and disburse1 meats of the government for the fiscal year e ended 30th September, 1856, are stated as ' follows: Receipts $42,044.44; disbursoments $59,349.77 ; excess of disbursements 9 $10,705.32. r t>?; t - lrebiueiu i>enson recommonds the ap** propriation of a few hundred dollars to e assist in defraying the expenses of r Nalional Fair, to Lie lield in the Government 0 Square, at Monrovia, for the encouragec incut of agriculture, manufactures and comf inerce. H The Church and the Stage.?On last " Thanksgiving day, the Iiev. Dr. liollows l* (Unitarian) delivered an address at his church, Fourth Avenue and Twentieth streets, upon public amusements, taking the j- ground that the drama, in proper hands, >- was a valuable aid to tlio pulpit and the J- press in enlightening* cultivating and refinit intr iho neonle. II? nlurt innt o | g- ovivilg r- ground in favor of tlie opera. Some of the managers and leading artists of tho city * have since tendered to the reverend gontle' man A piece of plate as a mark of their 'f recognition ofj his liberal views. lie ha* ' written a letter declining the testiioonhtl, K and expressiqg a'desire to address the the" atrical J>rofe?ioO Specially. " Arningcmeqflji " arp neat being rofltf& far tfaB detrVfery of the J 'discourse.?# Y. Herald. - Can't Stand ChocTZsdk?-Josef& f Strtrafc, k Savant. IUPublU<,r>, rictmlt^wwa k*U~ } rr pri2? of *lfi,000f W?rit o?*?#|>reA |not ' Jftjok, lost the money, apd died ABBEVILLE BAWNElt. WILLIAM O. DAVIS EDITOR. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 12,1857. ADVERTISEMENTS. Don't, forget to read the notices of J. 11. Kwart, merchant of Columbia, and Wauukn Kinsman* ?fc lino., of Charleston. FIRE AT HONEY PATH. We regret to learn lhat the store of Slaukii &. I.KViMirt'roN was burned on Monday night, at ii tiliev I'llt.ll. u-ill? llii'ir Aiitifo uim.l of > ?> !? BLUE EIDGE*RAILROAD. At n meeting hold on Thursday lust, at Walhullti, it wiih resolved to hold u Mush Meeting at that placo on Saturday the 14th, with u view of procuring subscriptions to tho Blue llidgo ltailroud. RECEPTION OF THE REMAIN8 OF ME. BROOKS. A dispatch received in Columbia on tho 9th inst., from Washington, says that the Coramittce of Escort would leave there at 7 o'clock Inst evening, and reach Columbia via Charlotte. It will therefore be Wednesday, and probably Thursday evening, before they cnu be expected. The remains wdl then proceed to Aiken, thence to their final resting place at Edgefield Court House, INDIAN NEW8. Cen. IIaRNKY, commandant of the Department in Florida, has made a requisition upon that State, for three iiidenelideiit volunteer coimiauirB to he mustered into the service of the United States for six month*, unless sooner discharge). The Indians ure supposed to be concentrulcd in considerable force in the swamps about New Smyrna. WILD CAT BANKS. Quite a spicy discussion is going on among our Georgia exchanges, us to the merits and demerits of vuriou* Wild Cut Ituiiks. The Augusta Chrunirlc ?t- Sent in'I stands foremost in exposing the rottenness and high-handed tricks of fiuancini legerdemain, practiced l?y these bankrupt institutions. The diseased system of banking in the interior and Western Georgia, has ctlcctually driven out of circulation, in this Stute, all Georgia bills not payable ul Augusta or Savannah. SADLY OUT OF TIME. We notice that thus early, while it is but yesterday, since Governor U."F. W. Alston was placed at the helm of the Slate, several names h:iv? K.>..|| ..lit r....I ft I'. - W. , V.w.V-.MW.. C do not object to llie capacity of any of those suggested. but Would merely iiilimate to tlic friends of the respective nominees, thai it id too soon to comtncncc the game for next Governor, it will .surely grow irksome before it is played out, unless they can invest it with more interest than usual. Among those nominated, wc find the names of Col. IIami-ton, lion. J. D. Allen, Alex. M.uvck, Hon. Daxiki. Wallace. AMERICANS. The Kentucky Grand Council of Americans, alius Know Niching, have recently held a meeting, and resolved lo maintain their organization. This defunct order may stick together for loeal party purpose*, but its teneuts arc too meagre iu those agitating issues, accessary lo commend it lo popular attention, and will, therefore, never again attain even the mime of a national parly. We call it defunct because last November floptinn mTlninlu bilto.l I? 1...# :? hutli not as yet given its consent lo be buried. NEW BRITISH ^MINISTER. Lord Nai-ieii lias rocciveil from Knglaml, tlie appointment of Minister to out* (jovcrnineiit, who has, for a number of years, been Minister from England to Naples, St. Petersburg and Constantinople, and enjoys a hijjli reputation for capueity. The London 'J'imrx speaking of his iippoiiitnlelit, says, lie is well adapted to represent liis country in the Kast, or at any of the despotic and military courts of Europe?that lie will now have to unlearn what lie has learned at these pluees, and be iiuloctri iiuted into the economic workings of free institutions, before he can serve his country with cllbct at Washington. EXEMPTION FROM SALE. AVo tee that a bill has recently passed tlic Senate of Mississippi, and that a similar mcasurt : is before the Legislature of Louisiana, to exem|>t from sale, foi debt, one negro to bo clioceii by the muster, out of the number he may have, and if 6tich slave should be a female, then her chilj dren under len years of age, are lo be subject to a like exemption. This question' of exempting one negro frmi stie, Ims been, more or litis, the subject of discussion for Home timc^past in most of the Southern States. The general opinion of the press, appears to favor the project. Wo are not prepared lo condemn the wisdom of that policy which gives to the unfortunate, a protection against the greedy exactions of heartlees creditors. Such a law would not affect, materially, the rights of creditors, but would, lo Borne extent, abate tho credit system. which, iu numberless case*, proves the ruiu of both debtor and creditor. The crcdit system of the country would soon mould itself to suit the provisions of such a la w. it would reserve, in the hand* of the debtor, a small capital, by the judicious management of which, if a thriving aud t>u honest man, it might afford him the meuus, ultimately, to pay his debts. ? L. j/uv u oui|ibui uf cij iHiiijji no nii^iib never dc j able to rccovcr from his prostrate condition. On llie other hand, it may be said tliat by exempting a portion of property from the demands of creditors, you thereby offer a temptation to debtor* to become recklessly involved. To which we may reply, that in proportion to the exemptions made in favor of debtors, will be the disposition to limit aud restrict credit*, which would effectually put a counter check upon such a spirit of reck I esa n ess. Tlie more ostensible reason given by tho advocates of this measure is, by this peculiar protection to this species of properly, to indue* nonslaveholders to become slaveholders; to swell the number of slaveholders, and thus to strengthen the institution by making it the pecuniary interest of a greater uurnber in the South to maintain it. While we may ndmit the sufficiency of other arguments in favor of suoh a law, we repudiate the idea that we are forced to auy such necessity as that of investing the nou-alaveholdor* of the Sooth with a pecuniary interest in the institution of slavery, in order to induce them to defend it against the aggressions of abolitionism. The pootest roan among us 1e*U Ms superiority over the negro, and, would scornfully contemn any proposition to elevate the blacks to a social and polities) equality withhlriuclf.' The n<Jn-?Iaveholdets of tha Booth will act from a morwnol>l? pnoeiple, tW4k?*?rf ?>lf iol#?wt, wfcetf tb? ( 9MMMD Whe* tl?? Fedeml I*gi?. _ .Uiilh irti I*fcg Mtfi ia'Ll J'| it toil irl|-| Jh' V r .'fPWWni fl^j'F i Wi fPffl piiiiilQlTOWIipop . Jii?c?w!l?iau?l rijfbti i*? ?u*eh ?f hir,-?U?* jsm, ftud not (tan jK^irjr ^ ^jfciiii SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. We inuko the following extruct lYoin the ptoeeedingnof tin- Medical Association recently held in Charleston: 41 The following gentlemen were rvportcd by Iho Nominating Committee, nn offievrs of the Association for iho ensuing year, anil on motion of Dr. Dickson, continued neritUim And vim vocr: 11. W. Gibbe*, Sr., M. D., President; P. C. Gnillurd, M. I)., J- J. Wardlaw, M. D., Vice Presidents; W. C. IlitvencI, M 1)., Secretary ; \V. DeSnuBsure, M. I)., Treasurer; J. McF. Gmston, M. D., Oiator." We find the following notice of tho address delivered before tint Association by Dr. L. II. Smith, formerly of this District, but now of Columliiu, S. C.: ? f?r Sn.ill. iiiiiniiiiinpnil tuifl. |1.? ..II..... lion of his audience to the object wliicli had brought them together, ami which wu# to lie found in the preamble and resolutions, by whoso adoption tho Association was organized, ' To elevate tho medical standard by culling from every field tho choice fruits of discovery, and laying up in tho eternal archives of our profession the imperishable jewels discovered by her votaries.* And after many meetings, tine orations and learned dissertations, with tho much of valuable information that has been added to our general stock, with tho useful suggestions in practice that huvo been disseminated throughout the length and breadth of the land, with the new fields for discovery that have been surveyed with tho Associations liko our own which have been established in every Stale in the Confederacy, and organized into a body extending from ocoan to ocean, il would still he pertinent to inquire how much has been done towards a social anil political elevation of the profession. " Medical schools and systems are everywhere springing up ; doctors, made by sleight of baud and from the most improbable material, arc thrown upon the country to buttle with tlie grim monster. The popular mind is oppressed by their pretensions, ami science shares insult with ignorance. Universities and Colleges give credentials to those who, in society, are unable to occupy a position above the veriest quuek who has the impudence to oppose them. A thousand influences nssail lis from without, which we seem to think beyond our control. The interior of our country is cursed and scourged by hosts ol ignorant and presumptuous empirics, and the nostrum venders, whose palatial dwelling* and granite stores are ornaments to our cities, throw their pannecas broadcast over the laud, and while poisoning the popular minds with pamphlets and Samaritan almanacs, drain the bowels and pockets of their dupes with pills. Though this may not affect the profession pecuniarily, yet the result is for social degradation. "The remedy for this-aiate of things, thcorutoi was inclined to believe, might ho found in t legislative enactment making the practice o modioli.-, without the evidence of having takei the proper degrees, an ofl'etice against the law lie illustrated this by reference to the legal pro fession, and the causes to which it owed what tlx speaker called its superior social position. K vcr\ r..i i i i - Iinviui uiiu reajrccinoic occupation ill lilt: has, 01 should liav?, its protect ion by hiw. Dr. Sinitl urged this |Hiint nt considerable length, us tin most important duty within tin- influence of tin Association?dwelling on the various develop meats of quackery which are every day ttpreui before the eyes of the couuii'.uiity. He also sug gested that a elie< k night he (riven to tlu< opera lions of the nostrum venders by a tax npoi iiiunufaetiireH nut of the State, inasmuch as w< have among us none of the original practitioner in this system of quackery. Lay a Lax amount ing on prohibition on thct-c magic panaceas pu up in blue papers and gray, and you will there by quarantine the great scourge of llie land. '* Jt is nothing more than a matter of history, It say that the medical profession has been the fos tcr-iuothcr of all in science that has been o practical benefit to the world. Egypt's doctor: gtivc mental food for the Grecian philosopher: who have bequeathed us maxims and aphorism: which reflect their learning ill the noon day of tin nineteenth century. The labor* of tlio profession have given to the world the elements frun whosi mechanical operation every trade has receiver an impetus, niul every nutiuii increased in wcaltli nnd power. "With some furtherexhortntory remarks upon the necessity of tukiug some immediate steps fui tlie elevation of the social sandardof thepiofcst-ion, l)r. Smith closed his oration." MOHMONISM. We condense the following from nil artielc ol the New Orleans Delta, upon Mortnouism: The religion of this, now formidable, sect, it founded on a work of Rev. Solomon SrAULotxc of Pittsburgh, lNu, who compiled a book, as an exercise of ingenuity, and' for his owil private amusement, not dreatniug of the consequences, or the religion which haB since been founded 011 his iuiioceui hoax. The book passed from hand to h and in man uscript shape, harmless, until it fell into the hands of Jok Smitii, a keen and unscrupulout Yankee, who, perceiving its value, as au ngeul of superbtiiion, resolved to avail himself of ill dogmas. Accordingly lie pretended to procurt a divine translating pen, with which lie undertook to interpret tlie mysterious pleasantries, and theological canardt of Kev. Mr. Sr.WL.niNO. By energy, craft, and impudence, he establish -.1 _ a . t t?? ,._A xr \r ?_ cu it jirujuietic cnaracier, iu eateru ^ow x oi k, aud soon found himself rccognizcd as an " npos lie aud the guide" of an eccentric church, which, even iu its commencement, gave proof of tliul vitality which invariably characterizes ignorant fanaticism. Smith and bis followers moved westward, set tied at Nauvoo, but subsequently removed ti Salt Lake. After the death of Smith, Bbioiiax Youno succeeded to authority, who is now wop aliiped as the prophet of the Lord. THE HICABAQ UAH TRANSIT COMPANY. The actiou of the Government of Nicaragua in abolishing the charter of the accessary transi company, lias afforded a subjcct of ooniment anc given rise to a variety of opinions. The narrow Isthmus, separating the Atlantic aud Pacifb ocean*, for years past has beon a source of ab sorbing interest to the commercial worl.1. Mr K. J. C. Kkwkx publishes an elaborate article it the New Orleans Delta, giving a detailed state ment of facta, which induced the Governmen of NinamoiiH <? nhntiuli ilia <<)iArt<>r. and vliiitli if true, certainly justifies her iu the bold slap sh< hu taken. The ground upon which the Nicaragnnn Gov eminent bases her action, is that the company t* whom the (hirt?r was granted, has failed t< comply with tho conditions of the charter. On< of tl>e main conditions of the charter was, thai .the qomp&nY.*boQ]j] .project a ship canal aero* the Isthmus large enough for all sire vowels^? This part of theif contract appear* to be wboflj abandoned. The company finding snch a cana too oostly, afterwards'obtained modifications ,o their chatter, bywbicb thay oouldbuild *' Ball road for immediate purposes, postponing the cop stmotion pf Oie ea?aJ?o has ?lapsed and nothing as yet Lm W done Tlie eooHJattv. too. Las fallal In other renpects ,.y? - I. A GOOD 1NYESTMEHT. Tlio proprietor of 111? Carolina Timen, proj>osing to sell liis entire establishment, publishes the following card: Fur Sale.?The subscriber, desiring to retire ; from tlio Printing business, offers for Hole the entire Kstublishment known ah the Carolina Times, ! to which is counectcd u well conditioned Job ! Office. j Tlio Times, (Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly j issues.) is in a prosperous condition, enjoying a very fair circulation and a largo advertising patronage. The Job Office is in good order, containing abundance of material for the execution ol any cluts of work, and is liberally patronized. '1 lie Press department, containing three Presses, is also complete, and worked by steam, running | one Adams and one Cylinder Press. As Printer to tlio llouse of Representatives, the subscriber Iiiir miul.? imml.. ..Kv?.v,-ui i?,i- me I execution of its work, which afford* ampin remit; ncrution, and, properly managed, cannot fail to 1 give u handsome profit. As tho subscriber has determined to sell, nil opportunity is afforded those who may desire tu j engage in Journalism, to secure one of the best , conditioueil and prosperous establishments to bi | found in tins South, ut very low figures. | For further iiiforiiiution, address the subscriber, | at Columbia, 8. C. K. II. MUTTON. CAN WE BELIEVE IT1 The Cassville ('in) Slamhtnf, publishes the fol lowing incredible item of news, and embusing it as being from a gentleman whose veracity cannot be doubted : " Iti'i:KK Co., Jun. 31st, 1857. " Mr. It. (!. Tow/in : * ?** *?*?*? Tin; mosl surprising thing that has happened is, thai Talton 11. Butler, a timber gel lei of Scrivcn went to Savannah since Christmas, lo sell limber and wns taken siek and it wan tlinnirlit diiwl.? There ljc-i 111; a boat about to leave, his remain: were de|x>sited ill a coffin and sent home. Oi opening tlie colli 11 after its arrival, ho was dis covered to smile. Medical assistance was inline diately obtained, and it is said that he is fust re covering, lie was in the coffin nearly two day: and nights.*' * * * * OMMCXlrATKH. TRIBUTE OF EESPECT. At nu extra meeting of Hukcoiii Lodge, No 80, A. F. M.< t.lio following Resolutions wen unnuiiiiotisly adopted: JiinufI'rtl, We have heard, with profound emo ' tion, the painful tidings of the death of on : honored Representative, and beloved brother 1'iiKsTo.N S. Hicooks. Such an nnuouiiccuicti coming without any wnrning, like u peal o thunder Ironi a cloudless sky, bus overwhelms us with grief, lie was in the vigor of Miauhissl and usefulness, winning laurels for his brow, am r nobly sustaining the honor of the old Ninetv-Si: k District, lirave but courteous, frank and fear less, of Iiigh sense of honor, possessing a vigoi I ous intellect, he was well calculated to wield i i j powerful inllilcficc in the councils of the nation * | Almighty (iud ,in his inscrutable Providence, ha laid the hand of nflliction upon his family, hi: j District, his State, his country, and removed liiii r | from active service. With suddcued hearts w t must pay a deserved compliment to his memory c and join in the wuil of sorrow, which comes frot ( every part of our Southern country. | Itcaotrrd, That we were liroud to claim him ' member of liaMii I.odge, and that in his deat i we have Inst a faithful brother, his family a kin< and affectionate husband and father, liiw Distric I an honored and cherished Representative, hi Statu a vigilant sentinel and !e;irless defcmJci ' ami llio South one of her truest soils. /iraolcnl, That wcolfer our sincere coiuloleiui ' to his bereaved family, on whom tho hlow fall ^ ' with its heaviest weitjhf, ami pray that a iitcrcifli | G'oil may protect, and guide litem through life. * JicMotfil, That our Hull bo hnnjr in moiiming - ! ami that we wear the usual badge of motiriiin; I ' for thirty days, mid that a blank page of un Reoor.l lie inscribed with his name, and eoase crated to his memory. lit-Kofml, That a copy of these Resolutions lit > neat to the family of our deceased brother, am that we reilllest their publication in the Cougres j. sional District papers, and daily papers of Co ' lillilhtu. *1 F. F. CJARY, See'y. i I Pokeslnire. X. f!. Ext i mute of the Cotton Ci'oji.?The Mobili , Tribune oilers a prize of u beautiful silrrr tm-xit , xvortli tlireo hundred and seventy dollars, for tin I nearest estimate of the cotton crop of l8"?0-j7 , Tlioae desiring to make estimates will cticlo.sc with five dollars, addressed to 11. [Sallcutync J ( Co., Mobile. The Jii/iirct of each applicant wil . be published on the 17th February, without hi , name, which will be carefully kept secret unti after the closc of the bildillcic* season. A bill lias been introduced into (he New Yuri P Legislature, providing that the wi'c of any man who habitually spends his time and money a ( plarcH where intoxicating liquors arc sold as i beverage, thus bringing his family to want an< i destitution, shall be entitled to her own earning au<l those of her minor children, without molestu tion, on nccouut of the caprice, dcbtn, judgment ' or other liabilities of her husband. J'/tiloKojihi/ under Difficult iet.?The publishe ftf o itaruii* ? 1 1 ...?41 " ? ?V IJ<| nu wujn;i iui ll Jl VIII ULTII Willi out a mail for three wecku, on account of "atrea of wcullicr," says: " Should the mail not urrive tliia week, w< ahull make our regular issuo next Tuesday, loi this iiumkcr was made up from an old inngn/.ini and a religious ulmmmc of last year ; and no loup I as tliib muteriul hold* out, we shall be independ eut of the mails." Volcano in Virginia.?The Rockingham Re^ gister learns from the inost reliable authority, thai the shock of nit earthquake was felt in l'eudle tou co., Vu., some days ago, aud that an apcr ture lias been formed iu the mountains, withiii two or three miles of Cireleville, in that connty from which volumes of black smoke are issuing aud large stoneb have beeu thrown to o greai height. Isoiiitiona.?The conditiou of the State Treas ury of Louisiana, appears to be satisfactory. Th< n-ccinLs for iIim vcar were 8<irt.(l7: th< 1 J '*r ' ? r expenditures, $1,953,846.48; receipts over cx penditurea, $270,010.16. Bulance in the trens | ury on tho 1st of January, $902,414.71, whicl j we suppose includes all tlio trust funds. Sale of Bank of lla?\burg Slock.?W. II Howard (O. A. Parker, Auctioneer,) sold at tin Bunk of Hamburg on Friduy last, tlireo hundrei aud twenty one shares of the stock of that Iiuti tution, at an average of sixty dollars per share The original cost of the stock was fifty dollan l per share. , The receipts of cotton in Mobile for the we el j ending the 8th inst., chow a falling ofF of ilea eight thousand bales, compared with last year - All the rivers from which Mobile receives cottoi > are in good boating order; and hence the declim > in receipts cannot be attributed to low water ir ; the streams. 1 They are a deeply religious people in Rhod< Island, if the following be true v. A Connection - schoolmaster asked a lad from Newport, "Hon r many uoaa are were f in? ooy, atter scratch 1 jog hi* head lame timet, replied, " 1 dont know f how many ftoo've got in Connecticut, lint Ur< v hmv? aoite in Rhode Ialand." 22* Wrong Noete--Iohabod Griggs, a gohor 1 ind Struma m*u, in eaay qircamatuucea, hunj himadf Mat Danville, Va, No MOM is knowt ? tor the f*ab act, except that he was to have boot \ Tii<> licona6 wM fonn< |? .Fwn^tha 17tbto 8Ut<?*naa{y, iaelosire, then i war* 1,091,000 fo$t offtae tai*Lfc?f shipped frcm Juckeonrilla, tfa, ...... WMTTKN poll TilK ADURVII.LR DANNKR. " BROOKS IS DEAD!" TItr thirl liny aimomicriiirnt that brought <jrirf to mil ill) hrart*. " Urooks is dead!" The hravc, the chivalrous, the gallant one? The coward's <1rcad( 'I'lie friend of right, Carolina's gifted son ! Brooks is dead! " Brooks is dead !" O'er tliu great sorrow of his ' lov'd at home," A veil he spread. . Alas! that with such lightning speed has co'iie, The anguish dread. May He who said, "That as the day, so should there strength he giv'n,' A healing spread, la his good time, upon the hearts so riven ? Criislt'd for the dead ! 1 " Brooks is dead !'* And every manly heart gives tribute sighs, And tears are blied, i Most hitter tears, o'er liiui \vli<? calmly lies, , Cold, still and dead! " Brooks is dead !" Willi armor liuekled uii, the patriot fell. A glory lied Be liis, wliilo reipiiem dirges tell A great soul lied ! >, " Brooks is dead !" Hush'd is his clarion tones of eloquence; Ilis echoing tread No more he heard where, in the truth's defence, lie fearless lead. t, t> " Brooks is dead!'* , With laurel newly blooming 'round his brow, , His spirit fled! - He hecdeth not our grateful plaudits now, i Fur " Brooks is dead!" i \ " Brooks is dead!" . And stern hearts ponder o'er his eaily fate ; And gloom hath spread ^ Fioiu mount to seaboard of his much-loved St?.te, For Brooks is dead ! IH'OOKH IS (ICttd !" Ami Carolina weeps her lovM uml lost; Ainl in his stead, : Asks, who, bo brave and true, can fill hid post? Ah! Ilruoks is dead! r " Brooks is deud!" '? Oh! bring him hack to his owtiVumiy clime, J. And make hiu lied 1 Amid the lov'd nee lies of the "olden lime.'* I, Hring back the dead! il s " Hrooks is dead!" The i?atriot-ntalesin:m! the palmetto brave! j Who would have blii'd i. His life-blood. tlius"his country's rights to save, " And now-?he's dead ! \ M. A. L. 11 oft'iifiiitbii, S. C., I-V/,., IS57. c ,, Gov. Xcwell, of New Jersey, the newly eleetcd Governor, walked twelve miles on Monday a the 1 "it 11 nit., through the snow, to Trenton, to be in ::t'.g!i rated. The roads were in kiicIi coudi t, lion an to forbid (raveling on horses or in sleighs. A clergyman nsktul one of his scripture pupil* whether '* the leopard could change his sp?its?" ? "To bo Hiire," replied Dillv, as prompt as * m'glit he; ' when he's g'?t tired of one spot he gups to another." ? The Ciueiiiiiuti KiKjuiror says that the Dviuo~ cimIh of that ciiy are about to cut down llu-ir . hickory pi>!i-s, rrcctcd (luring the late IYesidctitill raiH|>H!;;n, and distribute them among the poor of that city for fuel. (itifrritor'x Sitlaririt.?The highest salary of - uny Slate in the Union, is paid in California, III, (loo, and the lowest in Vermont, s7r>0. Louisiana pays ?<>,nOt) and Virginia ?.*>,(iOu. Cutton <i( .Vw Orlntnx.?The Crescent of the l* 29th ult., says they have yet to ree< ivo nt. thut , p-irt about four hundred and eighty thousand, to if make up the average receipts. A petition has l?ecn introduced in the Nrwr ' York legislature, for the abolishment of cupitnl " punishment. * Go it While you're Youny.? I'll is np1 i pears to be tho motto of the youth of the present ng?*. Yes, go ic while you're young, no matter if you violate every law of tinturo nn ni!ilt4??* if* ?viUv #!?/* | youth, no matter it' you weaken the mind which God lias given you, no matter if you j peril your immortal soul. Go it while g you're young. Life is short at the best, mid a fi'w years more or less makes no diffo enc . Go it, and show j*our recklessness of life, by laughing to scorn all the laws which .should regulate your existence. Go r it, peril your soul and scoll'at tho goodness - of God, by showing that yon entertain no s fear of caloric, or, in the language of a drunken boy whom wo met in the streets a s few nights ago, " Hurrah for li?I, who's r afraid of fire." i Yes, go il while you're young?smoke ; your segar, chew your tobacco, drink your whisky, spend yoar nights iu revelry and licentiousness, and be a man. Yes, by all means, go it?laugh at the old fogies who t tender you advice?tell your father he is not fast enough for this progressive age, and when your mother remonstrates with i you upon late hours, iuform the 4" old lady", that in your opinion women are weak ' minded, mid know very little of what in | proj>er fur n man. Yea, by all means, "Go it while youfe young," fv?r rest assured that " when you ' grit old you can't." l'lant the seeds of dissipation in the garden of your heart, and if the devil don't reap the fruits of your husbandry, we are uot a true prophet, that's all. Go it while you're young.?Mobile Register. Further by the Africa.?New York, February 7.?A change in the British Ministry was expected. It was said that Mr. Gladstone would retire from the Exchequer. Merchants in the principal commercial cities of France have appealed to the Em*' peror in behalf ol those French citizens who suffered loss at thtf'bombardmcnt of Greytown by the United State frigate Cyane. Thy ship Confederation was wrecked on the Mersey. 8 Tt.? tiriliJ. I... ? 1.1? . * IIV lyiiiiau IIV-Vl HfV> VHJU UIfU VHU |M?rW > of Buahiro and K<irintck iu the JYrsinn Golf. i Tlie Russians lmvo occupied several ist lands in tlie Caspiao'Sea, and the Persian r forces have been concentrated on tlie;?ast. em frontier of the Empire. The Cabinet r at Teheran have been preaching a holy war , against tbe British. Singular Death.-**MrrOaleb Upham, of ) Weathenfonl, Vermont, an old man in hit ' 834; .year, haying had .some trouble with a couple of men in the ipwageinent of hi* form; and gelling V#toadi?pute with them, iaid "tlu^ he would die first, but ' that he would liar^ liis own "way * part of in* i?Mt" tu* 0W i*ytnfr ,lh?M> w?>rd8 y. dropped Uaad?s He wn* * high I r Mtpected | old mWi ? % SPICY CORRESPONDENCE* Washington, I'eb. 4. A correspondence between General Scott and Sccrctiiry Davis, of u spicy character, is published. Davis, in liis letter dated Ju* ly '25th, '55, charges Scott with an exhibition of peevish temper. Scott, in bis of Juj ly 30tli, says Davis' letter is flippant, and tliat be has done enough to warrant more tban suspicion, and that lie (Davis) considered it bis special mission by repeated aggressions on his (Scott's) lights to croa?I hi in into some perilous iillitmle of official opposition. If he was to bo crushed, ho preferred to he so at the hands of military peers. Davis, in an unofficial note of August 2d, says: "Your accusation, which charges me with usurpation for most unworthy ends, and imputes motives inconsistent with official integrity, is considered basely malevolent and pronounced utterly false." Scott in August Ctli, says: "I shall treat all your (Davis) communications as equally official. There are hcauties in them which ought not to bo lust, and it . shall not be my fault if I do not render your part in this correspondence u memorable example to be shunned by your successors." 1 )avis, on September 7th, says: " Scott'rf threats are the merest bravado in one who affords the most memorable example on the records of this (the War) Department of a vain controversialist, and false accuser not I j c vAjrjseu. OCOll 19 IlCWt I t*piC'SClltCll tO have granted leave of absence to Col. Hitchcock, under circuinstances not approved by the Department, and refuses to comply with tho order of the Department to revoke said leave of absence. The President endorsed this reason as unsatisfactory. Davis recommended tho removal of the headquarters of tho army to Washington." Then follows a lengthy tirade of abusive epithets from Scott. Davis, on December 20ih, rakes up some of Scott's money dealings, and chaiges him with meanness in taking what the law diil not allow while ho was in Mexico. Seott replies on Jan. 31st, chnriritiji Davis with continued reeklessnesH 1 ? I.-:- - - - ... vuoiiiiiiT. i.favis, on ret>. zyth, says ho lias no intention to lorcc Scott into n duel, ami no disability of ago or plea of conscientious scruples can l>e admitted to shield a slander from rebuke. Scott again retorted on March 20th. l>avis replied at length, and Scott again retorted in passionate terms.? The last letter was from Davison May tlm 27t!i, wherein lie says lie has ceased to r,e~ gard Scott's abuse, and gratified to be rt?lieved froiu further exposing his malignity and depravity.?South-Side Democrat. An Incident of the Fuel /''umine at C7i?cui/o.?The Chicago Democratic Press tells, tho following story and vouches fur it* truth : "There was a crowd in the office of tho city marshal yesterday, where that good mtturcd official was selling wood to tho puor. 'Staud back, all of you, and let th?j woman with a baby have a eliancc.'? The crowd complied, and again and again,, woman after woman, each with a babo in her arms, kept presing forward to the desk. The marshal took it coolly for a while, btit finally the infant began to assume a fa mil iar look, ami an examination was had, when il turned out tliaL tlie mother was lending her l>al?y to her tuvjuainliuieos, to secure tor lItem the immunities which sho herself eujoyed. There was :v laugh all round, and a lre-.li start, dim avers that the last borrower of ilie baby pinched it to make it excite additional sympathy." William Smith, the first' newlyeh-ctt tl sher ff of Madison county. Ohi , opo.it d the court for the first time with the fcllpwing noVi l speech : ' Hear ye. The honorable court of common pics within nnd for the county of Madison and State of Ohio, is now in session, and ready to transact such hnsines* as may regularly come before it. where theguilty sometimes go .unpunished, ami iha innocent unnecessarily sutler? wheru the? j?sy? and stupidity of mankind?and where tho lawyers cause perfect and disastrous wreck of your pocket book, mid die sherilf readystands with ail unrelenting- heart, to take your goods, chattels, and all your dotlius; and if, at the intervals of court, lliero should any property fall into your hands 'l>v*-Any deceased relative, he again stands to put you through I" ^ Old Aye for Cutting Teeth.?In- the 4, Memphis Appeal, of January 24U>, Mr. John II. Fuller, under date at fioltvar, 21j>t instant, says: t h "I saw in one of tho Memphis paper#, some time ago, a notice of a man uoar Middleton, sixty or seventy years old, cutting a full set of teeth. .1 can heatT that story. I have a negro worn art" wljo says she is one hundred years old, hut gfj^posud to he about ninety-three, who never liud it%". tooth in her head until within the last aixmonths. Since the first tlay of last;..Au- * gust, she has cut as pretty a set of teeth as I ever saw in any person's mouth ; And, ' moreover, she can piek one hundred pouiftls ' of cotton per dav, the week round*. ' ? tt T C ".1. I t ?? - -1 vouch lor mo ai'ove, anu ir. an*,p?n8oi) doubts the truth of it, let them come to Bolivar, and I will prove it-*a<ve*y word of it." ' ' - ,v ? A Curious Accident'.?Wo lirtvo often - ' heard of men beirffe killfcd in batfcleby the* wind of cannon balls, whichparsed *Pery near them, but the following, which-hap- ' *" pened at the battle of Bfassayjv in gun, is of a little differoat character: ;?Jfe , ; . " Capt. George Lediiard, of Campaoy,^ \ First Rifles* via* in the thickest of the al the head of hi* men, wheri^ he dfopp< * * * iusciuuble upon. tl^ groundjVl St^>opoh[ reached head-quarters that bo wnaift$d2p^ ? Shortly afterwards rumor -had it tnft$ he^ - ? . was uot dead, but-> had * mouth. .The fact was lie b&)?' touched; but n bulTct pnas^V -TO", his lips, that it took th? bri^tfi PMe$' out of his body. Aftor l^'^. m^f Vi$v. , minutes 'he recovered, andtfc^&Cotv...- . a/>intlfl f%f tli/n AflitcA lata, tttll 'llA##-14.^ utcd ii to ft fit offipoplexy' ^ tlio Democratic members of nin Legislature, by whose voKj&VMfifMtifc' - & . . defeated ami Cameron clcctetr^l-^^^fa^ ^f, $5,000, but wo ofTur'waa ffV i: St win U nm?H ' Legislature. If 1 1iV OTfTO3^viifet? ' something in ? nni^o ^cr-WW^I-ofifM T't?m,' * ' s " ~