/ . Uis N "i-.v. ' V?A'O ,* <.' .]-. ?*3 ?
ed wpilnl, true to itk instinct*, reaps profits
which. Ugidued usury would never exAet.
The trade in money should be as free as the
trails in any other commodity. The metal
dag out of the earth does not lose its original
character by the stamp of government?
To the miner it is aa much the product of
Ul labor, aa cdtton is to the planter. There
M M good reason for government to under
take to fix the ralue of the one as of the other.
Both are exchangeable commodities,
and their prices should be left to be regulated
dj the ise of supply and demand. By
virtue of charters, asaoeinted capital la permitted
to realise eight, ten, aud even larget
percentage. Why should individual capi
tal be restricted, under a penalty, to seven
a cent! If it be a question of morals it i?
cult to comprehend the code which iu
the one case stigmatises the individual who
seeks ten per oeut for the u*e of his capital,
as an usurer, and in the other attempts to
dignify the same practice by calling it dealing
in exchange*. Competition in money,
as ;n everything else, must operate beneficially
to the public at large. Tlieso laws
have been abolished in the country from
which we borrowed them, and I think the
mm in nvi wijf VI IU1IISIIUU,
I recommend ?c alteration of our enclos
ure laws, as a measure demanded by our j
interest and necessities as an agricultural i
people. When timber was abundant, and
net little of our soil brought into cultivation,
these laws may have been proper, but the
total change which lias taken place in our
condition, brings along with it 'a necessity
for a corresponding change of our policy.
The system should now be reversed, and instead
of compelling the cultivator of the soil
to fence bia crop, the owner should be required
to enclose bia stock. Tillage is our
preat interest, and should no longer be subjected
to a tax so onerous and unnecessary.
It is vastly cheaper to fence our stock than
our crops. The time and timber annually
consumed in building and repairing fences,
(which fairly estimated would amount to an
enormous sum,) is so much capital literally
sunk, with no return whatever. The products
of the soil will mature as woll without
as with fences, and the law should protect
theni from the depredation of the stock of
the country. We are not a stock raising
people, and if we were, our present method
it tue worst possible plan that could be pur
sued, to accomplish the object. A change
of our policy is desirable, considered simply
in reference to its effect upon stock. Their
value would be greatly enhanced, for animals,
like human beings, thrive in proportion to
the care bestowed upon them. I hazard little
in saying that iu five years, under the
better treatment they would receive, the eutire
stock of the Slate would bring more
money in market tluin they would at this
moment, while in the meantime their value
as a means of enriching our impoverished
lends would be increased to an extent al'
most inconceivable. On the other hand, it
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? uiuiiaih wi uMiiiiaio irie Huvaiuages inni
would result from (he proposed change. A
stop would be put to the annua) custom of
burning our forests for pasturage?a practice
dangerous in itself and injurious both to
soil end limber. Liability to accidents on
our railroads would be lessened, and our
courts would be rid of the petty and, I fear,
demoralizing litigation growing out of the .
killing of stock by thoi-e road.t. The land
now taken up by fences?and it is rich, and
embraces thousands of acres over the State,
would be at dfee brought into cultivation.
The time now wasted in the construction
and repair of fences would be devoted to the
improvement of our farms. The timber that
is left m our forests would become money to
our people. Such a law would iufringe upon
no man'a right nor deprive him ot a single
privilege to which he is properly entitled.
It would impart new life to agriculture, give
a new (direction to its efforts, and add largely
to the aggregate wealth of the State. I
know that there are portions of the State
thai do not, aud perhaps may never, feel the
necessity of this change of our policy, but is
Si wise or just that the great permanent interest
of the State should be sacritied in
more deference to the mistaken and erroneous
notions of our people on the subject of
stock raising and its supposed privileges?
An application will be made to you for
<aid, by the Slate Agricultural Society. The
/Legislature has wisely contributed to the
medical association and the mechanics' institute.
* The basis of the organization -of
this society affords reasonable grounds to
%.hqpetkat it will be permanent; and I am
tire <you cannot hesitate to give substantial
encouragement to an interest w hich is the
_ 0 ll 1 . i 1 .
great so* nee 01 <mr weaun, una which, win- |
out murmuring, pays two-third# of our annual
taxes. I recommend that the sum of
.five thouaaod dollar# lx? annually contributed
t) tbia society, so long as it continues to
^xi*t.
The administration of our laws in relation
to our colored population by our courts of
magistrates and free holders, as these courts
are at present constituted, calls loudly for
reform. Their decisions are rarely in conformity
with justice or humanity. I have
frit constrained, in a majority of the casea
brought to my notice, either to modify the
sentence, or set it aside altogether. 1 recommend,
in all cases involving life, that the
trial of slaves and free persons of color he
held at the court house of the district in 1
which the offence is committed?that the 1
clerk, ordinary, and sheriff of the district
constitute a court to try such cases, and that
while thus employed they be allowed the usual
per diem.^ These officers enjoy the cow.
fidence of the eomoiunity, and would be free
from neighborhood prejudice, which too of
ten stands in the way of impartial justice.
The decisions of such"* tribunal would
give satisfaction to the public, and afford ample
protection to the master. It would be a
-court always <4 hand, and would possess tho
- requisite sulelligeucs and humanity, quali <
ties indUpeaeatie io those armed with the
power to nam npsn ths life and death of a
Kern an bring, whatever be his condition or
eomplcahrik bh.;.nld yon it proper to
Msocintefeee Jioldew.lliifc iidght -U^ dutv
of then ofikereto *.?*?*, ftoie wbiwl
the dcfeudent should hart' the right to :eel?ct
three. Unanimity ahonld be reqefeed
in the verdict. However Vdtrmay regard
tlieee suggestions,- X bring the metier to your
notice, under the **agj*brttftetmi that re
lorm is necessary.
The legislation of the State in relation to
colored seamen has long been a master of
complaint and remonstrance on the part of
foreign nations. 80 strong, indeed, has
been the opposition to oar laws on the sub*,
ject, that at one time formal proceedings
wero instituted by the British Government
to test thi ir validity. / That attempt (o
coerce the State into a relaxation of a policy
deemed to be unauthorized and unnecessarily
stringent, was soon foand to be an ill-advised
movement, and the proceedings were
abandoned as formally as they were instituted.
The right of the State to enforce, within
her limits, such police laws as she may
deem essential to the public safely, is 4 right
which South Carolina will never submit to
the arbitrament of any tribunal on earth.?
She does not hold this right by virtue of
written parchments, and she recognises no
restraint in its exercise but such as is imposed
by her own sense of justice aud propriety.
So long as this right was questioned, and
any disposition manifested to interfere with
its exercise, South Carolina resolutely maintained
ber ground ; and both the principle
and the law stand fully vindicated in tbo
public estimation. Now that the subject is
free from the embarrassment which the proceedings
referred to throw around it, and
our right to pass the law is no longer disputed,
1 trust that the public miud is prepared
to consider the question calmly and dispassionately.
It is not necessary that I should
recur to the circumstances out of w hich this
law originated, nor remind you of the very
great change which has taken place both in
our ability and facility to meet the very
emergency against which the law was intended
to guard. However much it may have
been demanded by prudence or justified by
necessity, I do not think that our safety requires
a law of such unrelentimr and indis-1
criminate severity, and 1 have no idea that
our cherhhed institution would be endangered
by il?? modification. Iftbe object of the
law is to prevent the introduction of an incendiary
element among us, tben it would
not be difficult to show that irr its practical
operation it furnisho* an easy means for its
creation and development.
As the law now stands colored seamen
who inav visit our ports, either in tho pursuit
of tiieir lawful vocations, or be driven
into thein by stress of weather, are seized by
ibosherift', conveyed as felons through the
public streets, and finally incarcerated in the
common jail, to await the departure of their
vessel, whether it be immediate or deferred.
While in prison they are brought into contact
with our own refuse population. It
would be strange indeed if men thus summarily
deprived of liberty nnd comfoit without
the pretence of a fault committed, did not inveigh
against a state of society which thus degrades
litem, and endeavor to excito the refractory
spirits among whom they are
thrown. Viewed in this light, the law certainly
fuils of iu end. The remedy is worse
than the disease it seeks to cure.
I recommend that the law be so modified
as to per mit colored seamen, the subjects of
fur.ion nations, to. remain on l?oard their
vessels, to lc allowed to land whenever the
duties of the vessel may require it, upon their
receiving a written permit to that effect from
the Mayor of the "port; nnd that while on
land they be subjected to the ordinary restrictions
applied to the native colored population.
Such a modification would relieve
the law of njl its harshness, without compromising
our right or endangering domestic
quiet. Should our confidence, which
concedes thus much to those who seek to
cuhivnto friendly relations with us, be abused,
a?d tho modified law be found to work 1
bndlv, it will always bo under the control of
the Legislature, and can be as easily repeal-1
d as passed. Slavery has fiercer assaults to
guard against than any likely to arise from
allowing a few colored cooks and stewards
to land on our shores : and we waaWn mfl?. i
er then strengthen the institution by attempting
to hedge it around with any such
feeble props. While white abolitionists are
permitted to come and go among us with
impunity, wo may tolerate the occasional or
accidental presence of a few free negroes from
foreign countries, who have neither the intel
iigence nor the disposition to harm or dia
turb us. The efforts which fanaticism has
made to overthrow the institution, have thus
far served but to strengthen it in the confidence
and affections of our people. While
wo continue to discharge our true obligations
to our slaves, their loyalty and fidelity
will remain unshaken. The colored hireling
who may visit us will see mueh in their
condition to envy, lie may realize the important
truth that liberty shorn of all its
rights, is but a miserable boon compared
with their substantial comforts and happy
existence.
1 herewith transmit resolutions from the
States of Rhode Island and Connecticut. 1
received oertain resolutions from the State
of Massachusetts, which I returned to the
Governor of that State. Had Massachusetts
confined herself to resolutions expressive of
her feeling* and purposes in relation to slavery,
impertinent as 1 may have regarded
litem, I would have received them with in
difference, and transmitted them without
comment; but J consider the acta of her late
Legitlalure as an insult nnd an outrage upon
every member of the Confederacy, who has
a right to demand the enforcement of the
fugitive slave act. A State wltaee Legislature
deliberately, nnblusliingly, impiously,
violates her constitutional obligations, and
whose peopie resist the execution of law,
even to the shedding of blood, is not entitled
to comity from us : and I feel that I would
have betrayed the dignity of tny trust had I
hesitated to affU on such conduct the seal of j
official condemnation. 'Hie interchange of
civilities with a people who feel it to be no
disgrace to prevent the recovery of stolen
property, will hardly reclaim The faithless.
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ihy ifrfwafwhich
Tk?uitiHoo intttatioil to titrcry ooatinvw
|o incrfeM, and ? *mp?dly tending toita
btoodt terMioitkn. N?Marn which U wm
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tbe power of abolition. Civil war b a direful
calamity, but its acourgea are to be endured
in preference to degradation and ruin.
The people of South Carolina are elite to
the bane, And are mindful of their oblige
lions. They are calm because they are prepared
and self-reliant. They have not for
gxAteo their tiblory, and they will not ^11
to vindicate ita teachings. The right "to
provide new guards for their fhture security"
has been sealed by the blood of theiraccestors,
and it will never be surrendered.?
| Come what may, "they will do their duty
I and leave the consequence* to God."
J. H. ADAfcS.
SOUTHERN "ENTERPRISE."
?laau^sryaiwwii, s.
Friday Morning, Deo. 7, 1855.
AOKNTS.
F. W MRR V \r -f w.i?* ?a ti:.j ...
- ?? ? ?! ? wi, w? 0 aiuiiv ouu iiuru-^
Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent.
W. W. WALKER, JR., Columbia, a a
A. M. PEDEN, Fairview P. 0., Greenville Disk
WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville.
CAPT, R, Q. ANDERSON, Cedar Falls, Greenville.
L : METHODIST CONFERENCE.
This l>ody held its annual meeting at Marion
CLII.. in this State. Rev. M/x.ro> Kkxnkdy has
been stationed at Greenville, and Rev. M. Eddy
and Rev. A. II. Sntruaxafor the Circuit
THANKSGIVING DAY.
It will be seen from the proclamation of Gov.
Adams, in another column, that Monday 31st of
December next, is the day set apart as day of
thanksgiving an pravcr. < <
Death p* a Fsiesd and C'oxraibutor.?Froni an
obituary notice in anothor column, tb? friends
and acquaintances of Mrs. Mattib A. II. Kicuslhmujicb
will be pained to bear of her milimely,
death, which occurred in East Florida on the
9tl? of November last. She was an occasiooal
contributor to the columns <K* our paper, and her
articles contained much of that loveliness and
beauty which so eminently adorned h?v co*meter
and person. We would tender to the be '
reaved family tho consolation which they ia tlieir
sad bereavement so jostly demand. .
' As the bird to its sheltering nest,
When the storm on the hills ia abroad.
So her spirit hath flown from this world pf unrest
To repose on the boaotn of God."
jy 0cm paper is somewhat delayed to-day
from causes best known to ourselves. One thing
however, is a little strange: to go from home
only for one week in hopes of advancing the in-'
terests of sobriety and temperance, and find up
on our return that the enemy had entered and
taken possession of our office The reflection, to
us. is )>v no means a nleasant one.
A YaXKKK ToiCX woht1it or dutatiox. OvS j
publisher acknowledge* the receipt of s Mclc of
superiorFainily Flour,from those enterprisingmer
chants, Messrs. Powers Eld mis, A Co., put up at
MtBke's Mills, in this place. We arc struck with
the neat and handsome manner in which it is
put up. Upon trial we think that Msj. Alexander
must have excelled himself. We are told
that they intend to keep constantly on hand at
their store a large supply of the same sort.
Admitted.?Among the applicants admitted to
the bar at the late session of the Appeal Court,
we notice the name of oar young friend and
townsman, T. Q. Doxaldsox, May ha live to
share the honors of a station which his talenta
and persevering industry so well befit him.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Columbia, December 4.
The city, as might be expected, is thron->
gcd with persons from all portions of the i
State and country, and hotels and private
boarding houses are filled to their utter most.
This mixing up with strangers i*, to us, quite
an unpleasant business, in fact, in this partic. ular,
we are like the old lady whose odd say.
ings have become ao familiar to readers generally
(Mrs. Partington,) we are averse to bo .
ing introduced to ouly those with whom we
are acquainted.
* The members of the Legislature are unusually
busy. Quite ? number of BilU have
been introduced, moot of them, however, of
a leeal and uninteresting character. The
ureenviiie ueiegntion, Messrs. jerrt, McBck,
Dvxcan and Mooxkv, aro each on important
committees, and the interests of their
constituents will not be neglected so long as
they are entrusted to such able hands. Mr.
Dears* is a member (if not the chairman)
of the Agricultural Committee, and *s he la
noted, at home, as a scientific, as well as
practical agriculturist, something of importance
to the planting interests may he anticipated
from that quarter. It fas usele-* for
us to sketch the transactions of the Legist*jura*
the daily papers of this place?the
itm$ M particular?hare given them im ?
Unto. By the way, we would eull attention
to the able manner fa which the proprietor*
of the Tim'* nr* getting up the pro-.
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ce^in^of IheAieemttyr Iti. unprecedented
i? our '&ato. AW# reporter* are employed,
and faithful ?t*d ancarpte proceeding*
of each Homo ore giro*. The people <
may now have an bppbrtasUy b? knowing <
what their repreaeotalivee My, m well oe
do. The work when completed, can be had
for $6, aud will be *? aoqauition to the li- ,
bmry of any one. It wiH be ready for delivery
on Or before the first of February. Ae 1
only a limited number are being printed,
those desiring the work ahould send in their
names immediately. t The
Cadets of the Arsenal paraded Jthe
streets on Thursday evening last, and performed
many evolutions to the admiration of
the hundreds who witnessed them. The College
Cadets turned out on Saturday evening,
and although we are no connoiaseur in military
tactics, we mnst say their performance
approximated nearer to perfection than any
! we have, as yet, witnessed. The Independent
Battalion parades to-morrow, at which
the Governor, bis Aides, and hundreds of
leas noted military characters will have an
opportunity of displaying their brass and
tinsel. .
The Grand Division, 8. of T-? held a bar
monious meeting pn Thursday and Friday.
Gen. Cakkt, of Ohio, presided at the instal- '
latiott of officers for the present year. Distinguished
honors hare been shown to Gen.
Carby by the citizens, and also by the Leg
islature. He delivered one of the most eloquent,
and convincing addresses in the'hall
of the Houso of Representatives on Thursday
night that we ever listened to. The audience
sat spell-bound for near two hours, and
drew from them long and continued rounds
of applause. One of the most fashionable
bar-keeper* of the city, remarked, after listening
to him, that be would permit no more
of the accursed stuff to enter his bouse ! I '
wished that every dram-seller and drinker '
in the State could have listened to him. lie
is a perfect giant in the cause?n man of
wealth and universally beloved for his be- '
r.evolencc and unselfish devotion to the cause '
of Temperance. The impression he has
made, we trust, will long be remembered by
tbe people who heard him. Ili* last lecture
was delivered on Sunday morning last, in
the Hall of the House, which was crowded
it 2very nook. He is the State Lecturer for
North Carolina at tbe present, but there is a
prospect of securing his services for our State
next spring. We trust that he may come.
I There ie sufficient work for biin to do.
Rev. Dr. Wiiitxfoord Smith, delivered a
on Sunday evening last, in the Methodist
Ctoi'^n- was on his way home
from the iu^bodiat State Conference.?
We understand he is '? preach once a month
to the Congregation of |h'9 *hich
will enable Liui to remain at how 9 vtion
of bis time, and give the citizens Oi our
place an occasional opportunity of heariug
him. If it were possible to have him regu
larly during the coming year we know that
all of Greenville would be happy to have it
so. I
The Commencement exercises passed off j
yesterday, and although we were present,
we leave the account with Bayard, whom ]
we noticed there, to give it in detail. He*
can perform that task much better than we j
can. As to tbe Ball, we know nothing, yet
could, no doubt, tell a much more correct sto- {
ry concerning it than many young gentle- ,
men we we this morning. Suffice it to My, (
there wu tho usual quantity of stimulants ,
drank, and the ususal number of Mdrunk (
'uns." (
During our stay we hare reoeired many |
favors from gentlemen connected with the |
city press. Mr. Bnrrroir, of the ,
(who is all sorts of a gentleman,) and Mr. (
Curtis, of the New Era, are worthy of the (
stations they occupy. The latter journal has ,
reached its fourth number, and is, as its edi- ]
tpr informs us, oa the high rond to success. (
We hare not seen the proprietors and edi? ,
torn of the Carolinian and Examiner, as yet. 1
The talented editor of the latter journal is
soon to commence its publication. We #ish ,
bun success.
P. 8.?r We hare only time to add 'before t
the mail eloees, that Prof. McCar, has been (
elected President of the Sooth Carolina Col' ,
lege rice President Thornwbll resigned, (
AppUeMxtTIdaitteA. *
The following gentlemen hare been ad- <
mitted to practice at the Bar in the Court of (
Common Pleas: C. Adams, Thomas P.
Adam*, H. W. Addison, Charles 8. Brioe,T. *
9. Coogler, Thomas Q. Donaldson, A. 8.
Douglas, Charles O. Lamotte, ltd ward Li?- i
ingston, W. L>. Mara, EL C. MoLure, D. H. ?
Mordecai, Z. C. Pullian, John Wa'lace, H. ,
K. Young. (
Moncmsnt to JarvBssow.?C.L. Rirhter, 1
of New York, lift* just finished a model of a ?
monument to Jefferson which it to be anb i
mi tied to Congress for its approval. The \
status is to be nioefeet high and to stand
upon a pedestal ten feet in height, on which
are four allegorc**) figures representing Amer- '
loan History, Justice, Independence and lib* *
orty, and four fields, two of wkfch represent
the birth arid death of Jefferson, and on the i
other two ere the names of the signer* of the
Declaration of Independence. Underneath
are four other forfdt, representing, the Mia- '
souri, Mlmiwuppl, Ohio andlfcwn rivers. ]
V f r " *
irtfet?CtiUef Commencement?Leglila- ,
live Procee*X**?Cite Items? S.V* QcHeye ,
Presidency?-Miscellaneous "gatherings." ,
Columbia, 8.C., Dm. 6th, 1866. ]
Publisher "Enterprise."? Notwithstanding
the presence of your Editor in our <
city end his ability to give you e more in- ]
tereslieg letter than we can furnish, yet we
have concluded that a abort epistle from
"liftviurd" might not come amiea at this
lime.
Moreover UW. P. P.** has been busy attending
meetings of the Grand Division, 8ons
of Temperance?since bis arrival, and also |
reporting Legislative proceedings for the 1
Enterprise, so we will notice the principal J
events that hare rendered interesting the (
last week, and a part of the present I
On Thursday evening last, Josiah Bkdow i
Esq. of Richland, delivered the Valedictory '
Oration of the Eupbradian 8ociety of the '
South Carolina College. Flis remark* were ,
appropriate to the occasion and were well j
delivered. The Clarioeophic Society's Vale- i
Jictory Orator was W. L.Tac!viioui, Esq. of '
Charleston, who on Friday evening"following,
ably exposed the evils of popular ignorance
and defended the course of studies pcftiied
in our College. On Saturday evening Col.
James Cubsnut, Jr. Senator from Kershaw
delivered the annual address before the two
Societies, His subject was the "Philosophy
of Change,*1 and it was treated^ in an unusually
able manner. We trust his speech will
be published.
At an early hour on Monday morning, the
vast College Halt was filled with fyr ladies
and attentive beaux, who by the way, kept
up such a constant "gabbling** all day I ong
that scarcely jk word spoken by the youthful
orators could be heard. Shortly after 10 A.
M. the procession entered. Rev. J. S. Rarmolds,
D. D. Professor of Rhetoric and Eiocuti
>n, opened tho exercises with prayer, &f- ,
ter which the following gentleman spoke.
1. C. W. Botd, Orangeburg, Salutatory
Address in Latin.
The Admiration not the Lore of Truth.
3. D. G. McIktosh, Darlington, Influence ,
of Political Systems upon the Physical
Sciences.
4. S. E. Mats, Anderson, Poetry Philosophy
and History.
5. M. C. Conner, Charleston, True Greatness.
6.
C. A. Fisher Kershaw, "The Duty of
Stales to Educate their Citizens."
7. E. R. Walker, Beaufort, Dream Land.
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O. u M. JVKITNKDT, JTy t\.er?tl?W, i ll* UJtlcst
City in tho World.
9. L. S. Smith, Suinter, Tlie Happy Life,
10. A. C. Elder, Fairfield, Bubble Reputation.
Address by the President.
? W. L. Taaaiiout, Charleston, Valedictory
Addressee.
medals award*?.
C. W. Boyd,otSenior Claae, for the
beat Essay on "The RespC.n?WHty of ?Pin
ions."
G. M. FAiuLrs.of the JuniorClaaa, to?'
best Essay on "The Two Theories of Light.* \
J. F. Caldwell, of the Sophomore Class i
Tor the best Essay "De Vita Aeademica." j
It is not the place, nor hare we a deposition,
to comment upon the performances of {
the young gentlemen who spoke upon the ,
occasion. Suffice it to say that they all did t
well?some of them excellently so. In our '
opinion Mr. Horn's oration was decidedly 1
he best?both in composition and delirery, ]
lout we deem it unnecessary to discriminate <
further between so many. Mr. Trekiiolm, j
who took Second Honor, delivered, we are 1
told, a moat impressive and touching vale- j
dictory?but the noise made by some four or ,
Sve hundred ladies and gentlemen talking j
loudly prevented us from hearing his ra- j
marks, and it was only by good fortuns that 1
we heard Mr. Boyd. Last year Mr. C. W. 1
Boyd gained the gold medal for the best .
Ewsy ou "Bir Jambs MoImtohu'i Theory of ,
Conscience," and tbia year bore off the First 1
llooor and a gold medal also. He starts in- 1
to active life aith a reputation lb? UlcnU and '
eloquence exceeding that possessed by any ,
othc. young Carol.nihu of lU iiiucieemu
century. i
We wish him prosperity sod happiness in <
whatever paths he may travel? for, if mod* 4
ssty united to leaning, and worth allied to a <
commendable ambition, render one worthy (
of success Mr. Born richly deserves it. (
The Legislature, since our last letter, has 1
not transacted much business of importance, 4
The great contest*between R. W. Oinu of '
the a Carolinian" and Messrs. Brittob A ,
Qilbs of ths "Carolina Timet" in regard to i
the Bute Printing carne up before the House ?
on Thursday, and that body decided by an 1
ilmost unanimous vote in favour &f the lat- *
ter. But for all such matters, we most
igain refer you to the " Carolina Timet,"
which daily furnishes foil and authentic pro- <j
sending* of both branches. <
Ths Regimental Parade of the 88rd Reg- *
iment comes off to-day, and a numerous
throng of visitors will doubtless witness tb* J
svohrticm of the handsome VoluaUer Com- f
panic*, and of thy "un'terrf Aed mi lit is."
f
risitora from fvery part of the State. Quit*
jz&SS-ZJ: z.s?zz
ind ere^ng, *?d &r a Ac*:ription
of which aome' of the pwacnagia
preaenl moat give yen, ameM.iwt attends
The election for Preaident of the C<%?
oineaOft to-night* Dr. Libber and Profaanor
tf cCxr are spoken of u candidates. *>
But the mail is closing mod we most stop.
Truly your*,
BAYABD.
The Hattonal Monument at Plymouth.
Our readers may not be aware that tlpi*
project of a largo aod splendid rponumsot
st Plymouth in commemoration of the Pilgrim
Fathers is daily gathering consistency.
?nd impulse, and that thcrpro?pect of aa ear
frgelic and steady prosecution of the enterprise
begins to- be most promising... The*
model of the monument by Mr. Billings #pth
which has been accepted by the committee,,
is all that could be desired, and is an eloquent
proof of the bold and well trained genius
of the designer. The principal objeat; *
is a colossal figure of Faith pointing to thfe
ikies. It h proposed that thia' figure shell.
LrtJ uf glvuiiv, ai>u weS?T nfo bigu.
the iKHlestal it will form a monument 16?
fee\ high?perhaps the most majestic monument
of which historv gives any record^
The figure of Faith U as grand and sfMplsr
as consistency with the ahhject could requifiO.i*
It is at once noble and inspiring. The atti?i<
Lude is graceful, the drapery admirably managed,
and while the right arm and finger
uplifted point to the brighter world beyond
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kiiv VII O L/l UiU IIUUVI HIV ICIV IVI ?? ? *
most significant and uporopriste emblem.?
We hare net beard the first critical objection
raised to this model. It appear* tp. b?
universally admired and sanctioned. {_
1 Boa ton Trantcripi."
Picture of our Country.
America, m she now stanch, is a striking
fact. The Western clearings, the immense
farms of the Mississippi Valley, the Lake
trade, the foreign immigration/toiling Africa
chained to the car of commerce, gorgeous
and reckless New York, and sudden
San Francisco, excite imagination, by all
that they iinpir and foreshadow. - They represent
many ideas, and embody many a won- .
derful and moring story; for business has
its danger and during; its suffering and endurance,
and the changes of fortune, in this
new world of boundless resources and. free
activity, are more marvelous than the tale*
of the Arabian Nights. This bold enterprise
that stretches to the Pacific, this skill- f,
ed and thoughtful race grasping a vast em- .
pire like a homestead, to cultivate and plant '
and adorn ; this brave army of wordtipptrf,
inarching on irresistibly to tha oouquest of ^
nature, form a grand spectacle. Though
heir weapons?the axe, the plough and the
team engine?have not the lustre of poetry
that gleams from the point of the sword ;
though the heroes of the farm, the work
shop and the counting bouse, like vilia^
IInmpdeos, die unsung, yet grc.it qttniitiea "
are often exhibited in the humble- nobis of man's
effort, and their labors found nations;
as those of the ccrall insect lift the basis of
nn island above the sea to the light and air
of Heaven.
But the picture has its dark side. Tha
eager desire for wenlth, the ''incessant and
Sabbathless" pursuit of it has become the
universal passion and occupation. We have
that love of money which ta the root of aU
?vil; and under tlie deadlv aliade of the tree
^j*n i)?at root, the love of -knowledge and .
trU u*n<* *n<* withers
mJ die., -/cpro^'r"? '
rhe curse of Midas * UP?" 09 r9 *&'
3ur ideas, our aspiration*- *rc. *|l^ ln*?
jold, and we are starving mJ/K ?ur Mrrea
abundance. We worship, the m* ^n*'? b?*
the spiritual; the visible and transt#hf?
l!?e invisible and eternal. We are practical*
not intellectual, not intellectual; and ouf
pleasures are of tbe senses, uot of the reason,,
imagination and taste. We are smitten with
'thtf lust of flesh, and the hut of the eye,
mid the oride of Iife.n We are true disciplea
of the ethics of interest and Utility, and
our only morality ic ca$h payment. Truly
lias it been said that Mhe alio makes haste
to get rich shall not be innocent. If internperate
drinking be the degrading vide of one
portion of otir people, intemperate money
making it the betel tiny tin of another and
much larger portion, and it ia difficulty to '
?ay is the more pernicious. One is tbe vloe
A the tenses, destroying tbe mind, tbd other " >
s delusion of the inind and selfish passion,
blasting the moral sentiments and jpalsylng
the higher powers of the intellect. * The poor
Irunkard cannot resist the "baneful cup,"
which fumnmK* ---1 J!
HI< nmi, UUUJVUIUing row4
>n'? mintnge," nn<i ir*n*forming him
"Into the ingloriou* likene** of a bllM
ind the infatuated worshipper of Maramoi
deliberately uaea his mental fkcultiea lor hia
)wn detraction, prefers tbe ignoble an Id# ' x>
the pare end high, and shut* out the light
?f Heaven from hu life. Suoceaefal iooutry,
rapid gains, prosperity, without conn- erecting
causes to modify their influence,
ttaue stimulated this passion for wealth to
meets, and have-produced already, in this
jew country, luxury, venalty, eorfuption,
contempt for intelieetual permits antf pleasire*,
and sneering indifference to ennobling
md elevated sentiment Henoe the vulgar
ntentation of our cities; hence the general
vant of literary tests and culture; hence the
leplorabie frauds of business; hence most of
he beeenees of oar politics.
Elk/ 1 -r"' r-Jf- W5L>m* I
"What do yen do to make yourself look
lelicate f ?W a young woman wlA, an
(rnptkm on her free to another, who fcSfc*d
ike one of the d^arted.^^^^ ^ ^
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