The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, December 10, 1857, Image 2
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I Tktnday M?rn,|, Dec. lO, INT.
To ADVKBTmaaa.?-Persons sending in advertisements
will please mark the number of inser4
t-ions. Unless this is done, we publish until notice
given to discontinue, and charge accordingly,
Accounts.
"NVe are beginning to send out accounts for
the year 1857, as well as many that were
contracted in 1856, and we hope our Patrots
will pay us promptly. Our engagementa
are heavy, and roust be met with cash,
and even if we were not needing the amounts
due us, it should be no reason why they
should be withheld from us. So pay up,
friends, and enable us to complete the im*
provementa we desire making in the Enter
-yrriw. We will promptly reetify any mistake
that may occur in the accounts, when
^brought to our notice.
Death of an Aged MinisterRev.
Samuel Gibson, for about twenty
years the pastor of Milford Baptist Church,
in this District, died at his residence on Fri.
day night last, llis remains were deposited
in the Church-Yard at Mlford. Mr. Gibson
was, at the time of his death, in the 77tli
year of his age.
South Carolina Methodist Conference.
Thiji body met at Charlotte, N. C., on the
2oth ult., and after a session of eight days*
adjourned on the evening of the 3d inst.?
We are unable to give the entire list of appointments,
but will notice such as we think
will interest our District readers. At this
place we are to have R?*v. F. A. Mood, well
aiiuitu w uimi) vi uo, no ti uiivjiiicvi 111 ivinici .
Rev. J. S. Connor lias been placed upon this
Circuit. Our esteemed friend, Rev. F. M.
Kennedy, goes to Wndesboro Station ; Rev.
A. II. Lester to the Marion Street Church
in Columbia; Rev. Landy Wood to the
Yorkville Circuit; Rev. A. 13. Stevens,
lJlackville Circuit.
The Speakership.
It is a source of congratulation to the many
friends of our immediate Representative.
Hon. James L. Our, that he has been elected
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The election was made on the first ballot.?
We regard his election, just at this time, and
under the circumstances, as propitious for
the South. The session will, no doubt, be a
protracted one, as many matters involving
grave constitutional questions and serious
deliberation will come upforsettlement at the
present meeting of Congress. We but
1. ii... _n 1 rt_i r\
n^ccia lUO Upillt?/U VI All WIIV KIIUW WI. VHK,
when we say that the duties of Speaker will
be fearlessly, impartially and ably discharged
by him, reflecting credit upon himself,
the country aud to the distinguished body
which have elected him.
South Carolinians Dead.
Col. William Toney, for many years a
resident of the village of Greenville, and at
one time the proprietor of the Mansion
House in this place, departed this life, a
short time since, at his farm in Mississippi.
Mr. John Srmoos, died at his residence
in Lumkin County, Geo., on Tuesday, Nov.
24th. Mr. Sfrioos removed from this
District some twelve or thirteen years ago.
He died much esteemed by all who knew
him.
1*. CiiARTKAxn, long a resident at Branch
ville, S. C., and for many years proprietor
and superintendent of the public house at
that station, died on Monday evening of up
oplexy.
C. Merrick's StoreWe
call attention to the advertisement of
Mr. M Kit rick, in to-day's pajier. The seam
less garments which he has for sal- are attracting
considerable attention, and must
find a ready sale.
Escaped from Jail.
We learn from the Ashcvilie papers that
Ellsdeiiuy Johnson, under sentence of
death, and John Hooper, committed on
charge of murder, escaped fiom the jail in
that place on the night of the 23d ultimo.
The sheriff of Buncombe offers a reward of
8100 for their apprehension.
Bather too Bad.
Our friend of the Herald of Truth, at
Hendersonville, places "Deaths" over hie
marriage notices. What sort of a death is it.
friend Hick* ? Wouldn't it be better to
plaoe them under the bead of " suicides ?"
Accepts.?Itev. E. T. Bui*!, D. D.t ha*
accepted the Presidency of the Female College
at Laurens U. II. lie expects to enter
upon the duties of his office early next year.
Cadets opTemperano* and Chahity.?
The Good Samaritan Section of the Cadets
of Temperance, distributed 400 loaves of
bread to the poor of the Seventh and Fourteenth
Wards, in New York, on last Thanks
giving day. A noble baud of children!
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^jffil 1 kill*' *v - lumbal
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horrible nardtr frMB letter rto???d bjr ?
citizen of tbie place, from ? friend rending
at Stone Mountain, Georgia :
Oo the let of November last, the bones
of a man were found near that place, and
suspicion being excited that foul work had
been done, an investigation was immediately
had' by the neighbors, with the following
results: From the circumstances it seems
thst the body had been interred al>out the
first of June last. The grave being only
about 12 inches deep, the remains had been
discovered by the hogs and the flesh consumed.
The clothing was so rotted and
torn, that it was difficult to tell who the unfortunate
person was. Ali the articles found,
together with the bones and some hair, were
deposited in the shop of Mr. A. R. Johnson,
at Stone Mountain. Up to that time no clue
was found to the murdered or the murderer.
On further deliberation, however, it was recollected
that in tho spring a man came
there, and left bis clothes with a Mr. Newsou.
He was last seen in thecompaay of a
man named Williams, and mysteriously
disappeared soon after, lie gave bis name
as Daniel Blackweldrr, and on bis way
to Greenville, S. C. lie bad $40 in cash,
and a silver watch. Williams also left
very soon after being seen in company with
Blackweldkr?carrying with bim a watch
which be said be got of Blackwkldkr. Officers
started in pursuit of Williams, arrested
bim, and brought bim back. The court,
after a session of nearly two days, committed
Williams to jail, the evidence being
much against bis guilt.
Before he was missing, Black welder
stated that bis father was dead, and that his
mother lived in Greenville District, S. C.?
That he had been doing business in Alabama,
but had failed. lie was 23 years of
age, of medium size, of dark complexion, and
dark hair. Should ibis meet the eyes of bis
mother, or any of his friends, they can obtain
further information by writing to
Tiios. P. Dean, at Stone Mountain, Geo.,
from whom we have obtained the foregoing
facts through a friend in this place.
A Rare Supper.
A supper was recently given in Columbus?
Geo., by the Light Guards of that cily.^ It
was neatly arianged, in a manner fitly becoming
a soldier's festival. The table groaned
under the abundant supply of every variety
of refreshments the soldier's or citizen's
taote could require. The Times d Sentinel
says, that most conspicuous, however, were
11 in ooraotr-o g\f 1-.- i*-* A
m.Mixii mige, lai v?pOS*umS
neatly dressed and daintily barbecued, which
had been captured by the Guards.
The following was the Bill of Fare :
1st course, Persimmon Beer and Possum.
2d do. Possum and Beer.
3d do. Beer.
4th do. Possum.
5th do. Ileidaick and Possum.
6th do. Possum and Ueidsick.
7th do. Ueidsick and Beer.
8th do. Beer and Ueidsick.
Oth do. Ueidsick.
10th do. for variety, Beer, Possum and
Ueidsick.
Tub Supply ok IIooh.?Some inquiry
having been made by business men here,
(says the Carolina Times,) as to the probable
number of hogs for the Southern markets,
which would pass through the upper part
of North Caroliua this season, Mr. J. B. Sawyer,
of Asheville, N. C., in a letter addressed
to this office, has furuished the desired information.
lie says that so far, from 25 to
30,000 head of hogs have passed through
the toll gate ten miles south of the Tennessee
line, and that 30 to 40,000 head in addition
will pass through during the balance of the
season. The supply i9 principally from Tennessee,
though some from Kentucky are on
the way.
ThK PRESIDENT of SoUTII carolina
College.?The Augusta Constitutionalist
learns from a member of his family, who has
seen him recently, that Judge Longstroet
will accept the Presidency of the South Carolina
College, receutly tendered him by its
Board of Trustees.
The Episcopal University Located.?
The vote was taken on Saturday evening
last (says the Montgomery Mail) and Sewannee,
in Tennessee, was the place chosen as
the site of the Episcopal University. We
are afraid it was not the most judicious location,
but M hope for the beet."
( old Kkoionb in Kansas.?George Butler,
United States Indian agent in the Creek
Nation, writing from Tahlegah to the Southwest
(Mo.) Democrat, says that that portion
of Kansas, between the 38th and 30th
parallel*, near Dike's Teak, on the South
Platte, is auriferous. Mr. Beck, from the
mining regions of North Georgia, has visited
that part of the Territory, and says, that, for
three hundred miles around, gold may be
obtained. Tlte Indian agent says there is
some excitement among the Creeks about
these golden discoveries. He says, further,
that it is unsafe for small companies to visit
the gold section in oonscquence of the presence
of hostile tribf* of Indiaus.
paper, to congratulate the inUUtgent and
patriotic citizens of cur District sad State
on the triumphant election, by oar LegisU
i lure, of Jatnea If. Hkmmond to the Senate
I of the United StaUa* All concur in acknowledging
his high ability and fitness
for that eminent atation, which has been filled
heretofore almoet uniformly by tome of
the really great men of South r Carolina, a
Bayne, Calhoun and others. I .
It is very remarkable, Mr. Editor, that
whilst so many of our District newspapers
have been puffing and / applauding other
men for the same office, and many of our
public men bave mistaken thoee puffs for
public sentiment, the independent people
and citisens of the State have remained totally
uninfluenced by them, and I havo never
known any election, by the Legislature,
to give so great and general satisfaction
among the people. This fact, Sir, is the
highest evidence of the intelligence and independence
of spirit among the citizens of
South Carolina. They have not been influ
enced by the party and personal schemes of
the newspaper nominators of U. 8. Senator;
but they rejoice that their State is to he re
presented by a gentleman of the first order
of mind and statesmanship, instead of having
the place occupied by some one whose:
qualifications are only seen by their particular
friends and partisans, and, perhaps,
by some one who is willing to lower the
high standard of South Carolina in the dust,
and make her a more appendage of a Presidential
paity, and a political nonentity, so
that they and their supporters can fill high
places, and be called the leading men of the
State.
I am not disposed to censuro all who voted
for Col. Pickens, by no means, for I perceive
from your correspondent that our Greenville
delegation were a unit in his favor. Doubtless
they an<J other members supposed, from
the great newspaper commendations bestowed
on bim by sundry of our District editors,
that he was the man most acceptable to the
people; but they were simply mistaken or
misled in the matter, for I Lave never known
so ^enernl approbation of a contested Senatorial
election, in any community, as there
is thus far manifested in behalf of Governor
Hammond's, over all competitors that were
before the Legislature.
I know, Mr. Editor, that there is an effort
to make people believe that the question of
Democracy was determined by the election,
and that only the supporters of Pickens were
the true Democrats. This is the merest folly
and delusion, or ridiculous pretence. Gov.
Hammond never advocated in the national
councils anything else than Democratic mea
sure*, and never has held, and does not now
bold, any hut Democratic principles. 80,
I Sir, with his suppoiters, and friends generally.
They represent the highest type of Democratic
principles in the Stnte, and nlways
have done so, and will always support, as
Gov. Hammond will support, the purest and
best Democratic measures of the present Aduiinistralion,
or any future Administration,
whilst. Sir, amongst the ardent frien.l.
Col. Pickens, Ac., you may find not a fewold
Taylor Democrats, old Whigs, and Democrats
who have been opposed to some of
the great and leading measures of the party.
The difference is this?The supporter* of
Gov. Hammond wish him to represent the
State of South Carolina independently, and
not go to Washington pledged to form a
part of the tail of an Administration party,
and to blindly follow nationalism ; and his
friends know that they can depend on his
wisdom and his principles, iu sustaining the
Administration in all that it ought to be sustained
; and they have confidence that he
will ably represent the political doctrines of
his State, of the South, and of the Constitution.
I, therefore, say -gain, in conclusion,
Mr. Editor, that the election of Gov.
Hammond is a great triumph of the people
of South Carolina over all the schemes of
partizan management and dictation, and
gives encouraging hope that our Stato, notwithstanding
the loss of so many of her
great men in the last few years, is yet able
to maintain her aucient and well-earned ro
nowD.
A CITIZEN OF GREENVILLE.
LETTERS FROM COLUMBIA.
Columbia, Fiiday, Dec. 4th, 185*7.
Mr. Editor?Since our last cominunica
lion, the Committee ou the Judiciary have
reported to the House a bill on the codification
of our Statute Law, which has received
two readings iu the House aud ordered to
be sent to the Senate. This is a very important
bill, and it is to be hoped will become
the law of the land. Our Statute
Law now fills eleven large volumes, whereas
one or two books of ordinary size would
contain all the Statute Law now of force in
South Carolina. The law now extant should
be so collected, arranged and stripped of re..
sccy, sa to be intelligible to the people
at large. They are deeply interested in
knowing the law, so as to conform their contracts
and business thereto, as well as in administering
it wisely and hmtlw ?uii.
ed on to act as jurors and judges in the
trial of causes. In its present condition,
tbe law of the land is even a perplexity to
the best lawyers. They are at a loss to find
the law on particular subjects, and wjben
they have found it, it is still more difficult,
in many instances, to ascertain its trae import
and meaning. Its obscurity reminds
us often of the instance in Ancient History,
where the law was written in characters so
small, and hung up so high, that the people
were kept in alter ignorance of its provisions,
nevertheless were required to comply
with over/ requisition thereof. We hope
for the last half century.
Mr. Mitohell, chairman of lb* Judloiarv <
Committor, presented th? report of that |
Committee in favor of a hill to amend the i
Constitution of the 8tate fa relation to the i
manner of voting in the election of officers i
choeea by the two branches of the Legislature,
so as to compel each member. to vote <
Wvo voce, and thereby adhere to the men |
and measures which he professes to espouse i
and advocate at home and outside the walls I
of the State House. It is lamentably too I
true, there are those who profess one set of I
principles and secretly aid in enforcing a |
very different set of principles. If there is I
a red coat in a deliberative body, it is right |
to have every one know it. We know of i
no such man in the Legislature of South |1
Carolina, but there may be a time when it <
might have on its floor a Benedict Arnold,
and if so, it is right to provide the means I
of detecting him. <
The Senato has passed a resolution to ad I
jouru on the. 17th instant, but when it came I
to the House, on motion of Mr. Memmin
ger, it was laid on the table. At present, it '
is very uncertain when the Legislature will 1
adjourn. Thus far, an unusual amount of <
work has been done, still there remains '
much to be transacted, and a disposition is <
manifested is: members to exercise patience, I
and promote, so far as they are able, the 1
best interests of the country by wise legisla- 1
lion. Our sessions are too short for full dis- 1
cussion and mature deliberation on the important
mutters which are annually submit- <
ted to the Legislature. <
Yours, Ac., J. W. S.
Columbia, Dec. 5th, 1857.
Mr. Editor?The Senate has passed a bill 1
abolishing the usury laws, and seut it to the '
House, which has not as yet acted on it.
The 44 Ayes " in the Senate stood 20?the
"Nays" 18. We think it unwise to repeal
the usury laws at this time. If roouey was
abundant in the country, and seeking borrowers,
then the probability would be, that
the repeal of them would not increase the ,
present legal rate of interest, but there is
great stringency in the roouey market, and 1
the demand for it steadily increasing. There t
are more borrowers than lenders. Repeal a
these laws, and the inevitable rssult will be .
to increase (be rate of interest. Men who
have money loaned will exact of their debt- 1
ors the very highest quantum of interest I
which they can extort. They will not con- i
tent themselves with seven per cent. They 1
will have ten and fifteen per cent, for their .
loans; and if their debtors will not consent
to pay these exorbitant rates, they will be
forced to pnv up. Suits will at once l>? in- 4
stitutcd, judgments obtained, executions lev- a
ied, and the property of the iKirrowers forced <
into sale, and sacrificed under the hammer |
of the Sheriff. Distress and disaster will
overwhelm the country. Debtors, in gene- '
ral, constitute the weaker class, and re- *
quire protection, in this time of pecuniary i
dearth, against the influence which moncv .
oftentimes wields to oppress. The law Lad
bettor remain unchanged at present.
The Senate Jin# likewise passed a bill in
relation to the trading with slaves, which (
provides that if any person shall be convict- i
cd of purchasing, directly or indirectly, from ,
any slave, any Indian corn, rice, peas, wheat, .
oats, rye, or other grain; bacon, pork, flour,
tobacco, cotton, or other staple products of ^
this State, or shall otherwise deal or traffic 1
with slaves, without a permit from the own- c
er, such person shall, for every such offence, j
he fined not less than $20 or more than
$500; shall be imprisoned for a term not
more than 12 months; shall receive 30
lashes, and be incompetent to servo as a ju- *
ror or testify as a witness. If any person is s
convicted of selling or giving any spirituous ,
liquors to a slave, he is subjected to the saine
Eeualties. This is a law of great severity;
ut when persons stoop so low as to carry on 1
an illicit traffic with slaves, and thereby gain I
a sup]>ori from the earnings and labors of
others, and impair, materially, the value of <
the slave, by making hitn a thief, a robber, i
and a traitor to his master, most men will, <
perhaps, conclude the penalty is not disproportionate
to the offence. The slave has not
Ik 1.: .-J * ? * ?
lijc btiiuu cuuivmcu oc-jse 01 moral ooiigalions
as the white man. He should, therefore,
be protected by law Against the wiles
and machinations of worthless white persons,
by the visitation of the severest penalties
on those whs lead him into the commission
of crime.
The petition of sundry citizons of Greenville
District, praying to be exempt from
paying toll on the Saluda Turnpike lvoad,
was presented by J. W. Stokes.
Mr. Westmoreland opposed the usury
laws, in the Senate, in a short but forcible
speech. Yours, Ac., J. W. S.
Columbia, Doc. 6th, *857.
Mr. Editor?Mr. Sullivan, from the Committee
on Education, made an unfavorable j
report on Maj. Perrv's bill to re organize
the South Carolina College. When the bill
is called up under the general orders, there
will be an effort made tn l?v ilia
? ?J .
tee's report on the ublo, with the view of
taking up the bill, and passing it. We are ]
apprehensive a majority of the House is op- !
posed to any change in the College. Many
of the members, however, are of opinion '
that the College, as now organised and con- i
ducted, is inadequate to the educational '
wants of the people. We are in favor of <
the university system, by which the great i
mass of young men throughout the State 1
can obtain that kind of education which I
suits their necessities and adapts itself to 1
their talents and means. Under the present
system, the student must pass through I
the prescribed curriculum, in order to grad- ]
uate, whether he has the talent and taste for i
certain studies or not, or the money to ena- 1
ble him to take a full oourse. Maj. Perry's i
hill allows the student to select, by his pa- i
rent, guardian or for himself, any three stu- '
dies which will best qualify him for the bus- I
in*** which is to employ him in after life. I
The bank discussion is still progressing in i
the J^otwey and likely will he continued for
propositions Mod opinions. Seme of them
thick the penalty for suspaktion, under the
sot of 1840; ought cot to be enforced, and
the penalty suspended until January or
March, 1850, so as to enable the banks to
Bxpand, ?nd furbish, as they say, money to
purchase the products of the country, which
sre now kept at home or locked up in warehouses
for the want of money. Others of
them urge the tollection'of the 5 per cent,
forfeiture, monthly. The banks acceptsd this
provision, end now that they have incurred
the penalty, it should be colleoted, otherwise
public confidence in penal sanctions is weakened
if not destroyed. Why should these
monied monopolies have exceptions extended
to them which are denied"to individuals f
If a private citizen refuses to pay his note,
be is sued immediately, and forced to liqui
dation if he possesses the means, and banks,
like individuals, should be held to their contracts.
J. W. Stokes, from the Committee on
Claims, made reports on the aocounts of
J. - ?1- fi
mnury pnysician* xor post mortem examinations,
and offered the following resolution,
which is now the law of the land : " Resolved,
That from and after the adjournment of
this Legislature, all applicants for compensation
for publio printing, shall furnish the
committee, to whom such printing shall be
referred, with a oopy of the printed matter."
Mr. Richardson, of Charleston, has introduced
some resolutions condemning the
course and policy of Governor Walker in
reference to Kansas, which have not yet
t>een acted on.
Both Houses have passed resolutions expressive
of their sorrow and feelings at the
oss of Cheves, Butler, Hamilton and Brooks.
Yours, ?fcc., J. W. S.
CfaHeston Cottespoofonce.
Charleston, Dec. 7th, 18o7.
The secrecy with which General Walker's
illibustering movements are conducted, puz:ies
Government officials not a little, while
0 disinterested observers it cannot bat be a
ource of amusement to see what plausible
ixcuaes they, and his men give for suspicious
novementa, and the promptness with which
jertinect enquiries are met. From the rigid
nstnictions received from head-quarters in
Washington by the Argus-eyed harpies of
he law, to cut off the departure of his men,
hey are lively on the alert, in all seaboard
eities, and often put their hands on the
boulders of the wrong men, as has happened
in this city. It appears that an unusualy
large number of men being about to depart
on tho steamer Everglade, and steering
or a suspicious point of the compass, thev
vere arrested and brought before the Disrict
Attorney, as being belligerently inclined
towards the Nicaraguan Government.
1 non nvuminnlinn it nrovod lli?? woro
-! ? " I
juiet cilizeas wiili peaceful intent, emigratng
southward. When Walker and hie
nen left New Orleans, at the connivance of
lie authorities there, they, too, were emigrating
southward, and all who join him, af
er this, will doubtless emigrate in the same
lirection. Of course it is unwarranted to
usinuate, or presume to believe, after their
lenial of any connection with Walker, nnd
ho satisfaction of the District Attorney on
hat point, that they were other than they
eemed; but even if they were, or others
vho may be similarly arrested in future are,
.he plans of the " grey eyed hero " are too
leeply and securely laid, to be subverted
t>y Uncle Sam.
It has become such a point of fashion to
complain of hard times, that it has now a
verbal epidemic among the beau monde and
wealthy denizens of the aristocratic quarters
of the Battery, and the up town boro'a, as
well as the hard fisted laborers, and their
rosy armed help eat meats inhabiting more
humble quarters. These may justly have
cause to complain, but there are inany among
the former that do, whom the hard times no
more anC<*? than they do a wood sawyer on
\ cold icv day, wu??? '>? 1"*? plenty of cellars
to fill. If the whole city j* necuniarily depressed,
their actions are in utter flontraal
with the fashionable by-word. More new,
iuperb, and luxurious equipages, than now
roll over our streets, more elegant and costly
dressed ladies that promenade the thoroughfares,
and fill the numerous places of amusement,
Charleston has nerer witnessed.?
Costly robes and cloaks, at the enormous
prices of whicli miserly papas, and econoini
;al mamas of former days, would raise tbeir
bands in liolv horror, meet the eye of the
bewildered admirer at every turn, and sweep
the streets in all the majesty of their richness.
Days of calico, and Kentucky jeans, where
sre ye ! Was tWe ever such a day, or is it
i phantasy of the brain f Memory tells us
res, aud we'll fling thee another farewell, in
die iasi uebiibg o. ' no not?.
Although Columbia is uow the centre of
sttraction to all that is gay within the limits
of the Palmetto State, yet sources of popular
amusement were never more numerous,
than is the case here at present. They
kAi?m (A PAnffVAaalA in tka eitw ?
? ?? -?? " l,,e
best place to raise full houses, alibougb
many of her faahionablee are enticed elsea
bare.
Miss Jones concluded her performances on
Saturday night, to a crowded house, in the
play of " Kvadne: or, The Marble Statue,"
after a very successful engagement. She
lias established a popularity that will not
toon be forgotten, and has proven bemelf an
actress of the first water. She is totally devoid
of the clamorous rant ao common on
the stage, in which every nerve and fibre of
the body is strained to its utmost tension,
and which it is almost painful to witqats.
Words fall in their natural strain front iter
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benefit, she acted Juliet, with her mother m
Romeo. In this the wan quite successful,
though it required a wide stretch of the it?~
agination to transform the portly form of her
mother into the symmetrical proportions of
captivating Romeo. From her acting in*
some of the softer scenes, as Juliet, it was
evident she is a novice in amatory dalliance f
this, though, time and study will overcome.
The critics are partiai to her, anu (bigot her
faults in her loveliness. Her daxaling beauty,
if nothing else, will cause her to be writ-'
ten up to the place of a shining luminary in1
the tnMlrlril pnnalclialinn
The Campbell* remain with us another
week. Their popularity ia without limit, nor
do they ever rail to draw crowds, no matter
what competition they have to contend with*
Little Bobby, who has not yet seen ten summers,
is the cynoaure of all eyes. It is worth
the prioe of admission to bear this littler
songster waibla, in his pathetic strain,41 Willie,
We Have Missed You."
Miss Davenport commences aa engage
ment to-night. Her performance Is so wide1'
ly known that but one conclusion can be arrived
at as to the success she will meet with.Sigror
Blitz, the far famed magician and
ventriloquist, has arrived in town, to startleone
out of his boots by his supernatural feats..
He perforins to-night in Hibernian Hall.
Tlie British ship. Star, brought into the
city the crew of the ship Northern Light.
Sbe was bound from New York to Barbados*.
The consequences of tbe crowds that flock
here in every steamer and ship from the
North, begin to manifest themselves, in tbe
way of robberies and burglaiies. There are
ten applicants, at least, to every place seeking
employment. They flee from starvation
at the North, in hopes of getting employment
hero. When they fail in this they resoi
I to robbery, as tbe only means of procuring
bread.
I see jou have another correspondent
signing bis epistles "S.,n and although from
different cities, I will in future attach-to those
from Charleston tbe flighty nbm de plume
of RED WIND.
The Canary Bikd saved from the
Wreck of the Central America.?Owr
readers will recollect that amongst tbe survirors
of tbe terrible disaster of the wreck of
the Central America, in September last, was
Mrs. Birch, wife of Billy Birch of the minstrels,
who was also saved. As Mrs. B. was
preparing to leave the vessel for tbe brig
that received the passengers, she happened
to observe her pet canary bird in its cage,
and instinctively opened the door and nestled
the little favorits in her bosom. On being
lowered into the boat by ropes passed
under iier arms, she was completely saturafrt/1
Willi tllA U'QUAO Kill /vn lnftlrinrt lia*
?? ?ov ? *.0, VW* VU IVt/AIW^ IVI IICI
bird, she found it lying under the edge of
her dress unhurt. This little pet. who passed
through so many perils, is now at the
Walnut Street House, the favorite of all who
see it, as it was of its mistress, who would
not leave it to perish in its cage, with the
hundreds of human beings who found a
watery grave on the fearful night of the
wreck. The little fellow sings as sweetly as
though it had ever been free and happy on
the wing.? Cincinnati Gazette.
Mabonic.?At the nnnual communication
of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina,
held on Tuesday evening. 1st instant, the
following brethren were elected Grand Officers
for the ensuing Masonic year :
M.\ W.\ Bro. Henry Buist, of Charleston.
Grand Master.
R.\ W.\ Bro. B. Bush Campbell, of Lau?
rens Deputy Grand Master.
V.*. W.\ Bro. A. Ramsay, of Edgefield,
Senior Grand Warden.
V.\ W.\ Bro. H. W. Schoder, of Charleston,
Senior Grand Warden.
M.\ Rev.*. Bro. Renj. Johnston, of Abbe
vine, urnrxl (Jhnplain.
W/. Bro. Mo H. Honour, of Cbarleaton.
Graixt Treasurer.
W.\ Bro. Albert G. Mackey, M. D., of
Charleston, Grand Secretary.
HYMENEAL.
Married, in Philadelphia, on tile 8d inst., by
Rev. H.8. Clark, D.I).. Dr. WM. If. ALLEN, of
Greenville, 8. C, and Misa CORNELIA,.daughter
of Mr. J. L and Mrs. S. A. Iloddan, of the fbrraer
place.
Married, on Thuraday evening, 8d inoi, by
the Roy. U. Wnelair Bird, WM. B. CARLISLE,
Eaq , Aaaiatant Editor of the Charlatton Cooriar,
ARABELLA, third daughter of Wm, Bird,
Eaq., all o? Charleston, S. C.
commercial.
Colombia, 8. C., Dea. 7.
Cotton.?On the fire* day of the ciwant weak,
vie: Monday, the market opened dull and depreaaed;
9 to 9} seemed to be the general offering;
prim
In the grain and provision market we have
no material change to notice, and consequent)y?
wo continue to quote, oorn 70 oonto per bushel..
ChaklnrroN, & C,. Deocmber 7th.,.
Sole* to-day 2,000 balsa. Market depressed;,
and of a uecuniug UjOudcj. Middling Fair
quality, 10?.
i IJUU.. a-jiLiaji-i |
GRBAT CURE OP RHEUMATISM.?
Tha editors of the Richmond Republican, of:
December 24th, 1858, mj? that Carter's Spanish,
Mixture is no qoaok medicine.
They had a man in their press room who was,
afflicted with violent Mercurial Rheumatism,
who was continually complaining of misery la.
the back, limbs and joints?his ayaa had be coma,
feverish sad mattery, neekswollea, throat sore,
and all tha symptoms of RlnamaUsin. combined
with Scrofula. Two bottle* of OartCf'e Spanish
Mixture cured him, and, ia aa editorial notice
aa above, they boar testimony to its wonderful,
affects, and say their only regret ia, thai all, suffering
with diseased of the blood are apt awano
of the existence of such a medicine. They
cheerfully reeompiend it See their certificate,
and notice in full around the bottle.