The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, February 12, 1857, Image 2
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 ^
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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,' * '
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