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"In connwtion*^^^hi recentdiflSenUy heIvna
Mr. EdmuodMh, Sf Virginia, and Mr.
Mfckman, of l'entbylrania, aotno extraordinary
mla ataUmenta have appeared in the public paper*.
The New York -Tribune aud other pr?u
Iwre deliberately charged that I, in connection
with other gentlemen, w* ' reecnt on that occaaloo
to assist Mr. Edmunusoo in an aaaault on
Mr, llickujiw), and that, being armed, we stood
ready to aasswdrmte the latter gentleman ia cane
he should make the lea at resistance.
"1 hare been very ranch enrpriaad at (heaa
accusations, but have waited a reasonable time'
in the hope that Mr. Hickman would feel bound
to correct them. Ha haa not done so; and sinoo
they are norsUlently repeated, 1 think It proper
to make the following statement:
M happened to witness the difficulty between
those gentlemen. H was not a fight?it was only
a scene. Tbty were walking together to ward^tlte
gate of the Capitol grounds that lends
into the avenue. 1 was some distance behind
them, and unaccompanied, except bv my little son.
suddenly they stood apart, ana Mr. Ldmnndson
raised his right hnud us if to strike, when Iiis arm
was instantly seised by some one (Mr. Keitt, I
think,) who drew him away. At that moment
ha mads a motion with his left- hand towards Mr.
Hickman, whose hat fell off. I am nnuble to say
whether Mr. Ednmndeon touched it or the fiifl
was caused by an involuntary movement of Mr.
Jliekman's head. I approached as rapidly as
possible, and stood between the parties. Mr.
liickuinn seemed discouraged and-agitated, but
I saw no cvideuce of fear. He bad not attempted
to strike Mr. Edmundson, and of conrse, after
he interposition of by-etanders, no conflict
would have been allowed. After a pause of a
few moments, I took Mr. Ilickman's arm, and
suggested that we should walk on ; to which he
assented, and we walked together to the gate.
" The only proof of a purpose to assnssitiate
that eamo under my notice was the interference
of Mr. Ifeitt and others to preserve the peace.
and which wns happily so prompt and effectual
fis to prevent oven a collision.
" For mj-self, the ohnrge that I wns armed, for
^ny purpose, is, liko the rest, wholly unfounded
and false. For reasons entirely satisfactory to
myself, 1 never have, in civil life, carried a wet
pon of any kind on my person. The *\im of it is,
that 1 performed n kuul and good natural act,
nud have bpen extesively abused for it ,
Very respectfully,
JOHN C. BHF.CKINR1D(jE.
" Washington. City, Feb. til, 1800."
Mr. Ward's Tiip to Pekin.
The story was extensively published in English
and American papers that Mr. Ward and his
suite were conveyed to Pckin in n box, closed on
all sides, so that tlicy could get no view of the
country. The correspondent of the Journal of
Commerce, a clergyman, denies the story in toto.
lje sayst
"Instead of one great 'box' for the whole
party, there wns a carriage for each individual,
servants and all, while some besides had horses
which they rode at their pleasure, and then en.tercd
their carriages again, while as ninny more
carriages followed in the train, used by the attendant
mandarins and officers who made our
escort, and as ninny more nearly for baggage and
other purpose;-.. The front and sides of the catlillL'CS
were oncn Al ?'
^_ vuvii liiitvg iur
loggings or for dinner, nil wandered about the
towns and villages ns they pleased, without the
least restraint, and Mr. SVurd left the handsome
juuk?the finest the Government aould command
?whenever he pleased, and his suite with him,
nnd walked for miles every day along the river,
nnd strolled into the towns and villages which
lined thebonks ns freely nnd as securely ns
though \9f had been at home.
" .Nor was one junk only nt his service, nnd
that, ns 1 have said, the finest which could be
produced, nnd culled the Mandarin junk, because
if was used for tlio nnnv*?yanoa of U?e highest officers
of the empire, but half a dozen more occupied
by the party, while ns many more were used
by the escort! The carriages, it is true, were
not in accordance with American' ideas of comfort,
taste and convenience,, but they were the
beet the Government could command ; nnd in the
imperial city I saw Kwellinng, the Prime Minister
of the Empire, whose only tu|>ei-ior is the Kmpei
or, enter just such a carriage, ride is it, nud
dSbend from it."
NftUJicr was Mr. Ward nnd his suite shut up
In their quarter ns in a prison. When he made
his visits to the Imperial Commissioners he nnd
his suite went through the streets of the city on
horseback, observing nil things without hindrance
or objection. The correspondent snys he
is satisfied that the Chinese did all in their power,
according to their ideas, for the honor nnd
comfort of Mr. Wnrd.?Xational Intelligencer.
Wariiisoton, March 1.
> Congrrmional.?In the House to-day, Mr. Ashmore,
of South Carolina, spoke an hour, defining
his position. It was u little fire-eating and n littlconservative.
n? ssui as Virginia had declined to go into a
Southern Conference, and had decided to atdde
once more the issue of (lie l>allut box, in bis opinion
this sottled tlie course of the South. lie said
he. was prepared to. abide the decision of the
Charleston Convention. He condemned Southern
ultraisin and fuctioni&ta as well as Northern
abolition.
lie then took up his vote for MeClernand, of
Illinois, the I/ouglns candidate for the Speakership,
and referred to the strictures of the Charleston
Mercury upon that vote. He said the attack
of tiie Mercury was gratuitous, uncalled for and
unprovoked. He produced the past record of
Mr. McClcrnand in defence of bis vote, and said
that, ia voting for Mr. McClernsud he found himself
in company with all the Democratic members
from the Southern States, except four from
Alabama, nud all of his own colleagues, the latter
of whom do not profesa to belong to the National
Democratic party.
Mr. Ashtnore said he considered himself safe
in the company lie was in, although lie disapproved
of Squatter Sovereignty. He expressed
himself prepared to go home and defend himself
before his people, to whom alone he was responsible.
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Tim Fatai Afkiiay at Euory and ITknry Coi.1.KUK.?The
ltev. W. G. Ilrownlow, in the last
number of the Knoxville Whig, gives the particulars
of the affray at Emory and Henry College,
Vs. in which lib urn l-ill?/t vo
Ocorgin. It oppears that his son was a much
smaller boy than bis antagonist, and had been
knocked down and Cruelly kicked in tfns face beforclie
gave tlie fatal blow, wliicb wa? inflieted
witb a stick which lay within bis reach. He
adds:
Ho did not le?re u?li) after the physicians pronounced
the deceased in no seiious danger, and
until my son wss arraigned before the Faculty,
and acquitted, and ordered to go to Ids studies.
He will return to Abingdon at the proper lime,
n#fl surrender himself up to the proper author!
ties, and await his trial under the laws of Virginia.
As he is not, and never was, a quarrelsonie
young man, and in morals will compare fnyowMy%ith
the better class of young men at
collegM. I respectfully suggest to newspaper editors
and their correspondents, the great injustice
of visiting npo? him the political or personal
sin* of his father, over whom he has never exercised
any control,
Saute* 1Iijxtf.r on Wnin Laomi rtTimfletrm.
Here is n word Just spoken by Senator ii writer
in theMennlo; ' Nor is it true that the institntion
of slavery makes manual Jalwir on the part.
?J,.. ? '! s|>fcat !e In the ^Sfcholilinf
i 1 . 0. ;i v or. ca.'th ii which
f Wivcl.olaing Stales is more nearly on un equality
with eve* v other man in the community than |
every white riborer in the North is on terms of
, (quality with "vry oilier man is the JToitli." '
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EDITOR.
Oar Motto?"BSqunl Bights to All."
GREENVILLE, S. 0.
Thurtday Morning, March 8, 1860. _
NOTICE TO OOBBESPONDIKTTS.
All lettera on bylnen connected with the Eh
TurkisK Office, should be addressed to the Proprietor*,
McJuxkih A Bailey.
All oomimiuioations for publication, should be
addresssd, " Rmtor Evrxsratsr."
Eire.
A small wooden tenement, on the premises of
Mr. Lyxn Watboh, in the western part of Town,
was discovered to be on fire about six o'clock,
P. M., on Saturday Inst, and an rRtti?11v <11/1 Jl** I
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flames cxt?o<] that it was found to be impossible
to save it It was formerly used as a work shop,
but has not bceu occupied for some time past
The presumption is that it was the work of some
evil disposed person, as the fire, when first discovered,
was near a window where some fodder
had been stored rway, and from the fact that
the house of a person living in the neighborhood
Was entered and the furniture moved about in
such a manner as to lead to the belief that it was
the design of the incendiary to plunder. The
loss of Mr. Watsox is light
District Matters.
Wo copy from the Reports and Resolutions of
the last General Assembly the following in reference
to Greenville officers:
Magistrates.?John W. Stokes, William West,
H. J. Gilrenth, William Cunningham, Alexander
McBee, W. R Berry, Isaiah Cox, John II. Goodwin,
James II. Gaines, W. F. Taylor.
Commissioners of Public Buildings.?F. F.
Beattie, C. J. Elford, P. E. Duncan, Alexander
McBee, William A. McDanicl, Thomas M. Cox.
Commissioners to Approve Public Security.?
B. F. Cleveland, It. B. Duncan, C, J. Elford, G.
r. lovnw, u. U. Westfield, John W. Grady, F.
F. BeaUie.
Commissioner of Free Schools.?J. D. Su]livan<
vice T. Edwin Ware.
A Belie of the Revolution.
We have recently seen the watch which Gen."
raj Mamox owned and carried with him during
the days and nights of the Revolution. It is
made of silver, and manufactured in London,
and has every appearance of having seen some
service. This precious relic is owned ?nd highly
prized by a female descendant of Gen. Marion's
brother, who is now living in our town, and who
bears the name of liei* illustrious grand uncle
Notwithstanding its age and the trying time* it
has kept, it is still able to mark the passing hours
as correctly as ever, and for such labor it is far
more valuable than half the. watches that are
manufactured in Yankeedom.
Appointment to West Point.
John Young WorroatJ, son of Dr. W. B. Wokford,
of Spartanburg District, lias received the
appointment as Cadet to the West Point Military
Academy, at West Point. He enters the Academy
between the 12th and 25th of June neat
Charleston Market.
We are pleased to see the imprint of Charlesten
merchants njwn the boxes of goods which
are daily passing through our streets intended
for our merchants mid merchants of other places
above this. A merchant of Greenville, who has
just returned from Charleston, assures us that he
has purchased his entire stock in Charleston, and
that he Is as well pleased with the goods and
the prices as he ever was in his New York purchases
lie is of the opinion that it is better in
all respects for the country merchant to trade in
Charleston. We hope that thoei of our merchants
whs have not yet gone to market will
conclude to take the advice of those who have
made their spring purchases in Charleston.
A Foul Slander.
We see that some of the newspapers of the
country, and some of the papers of this State,
whose editors ought to know better, are republishing
what purports to have been a dream of
John C. Calhoun, which is said to have occurred
to him duriner " the stormv cctjnnni oivii.ii/...
which preceded the adoption of the Compromise
Measures of I860." The whole is a most mnlignnnt
story, devised by some over-zealous and
spiritually-minded Unionist. For the sake of
truth nnd a reverence for the distinguished dead,
we refrain from publishing it.
The Farmer and Planter.
The March uumber of our State Agricultural
paper has not yet reached us, but we learn from
our exchanges that it has been issued. The importance
of patronizing this periodical was handsomely
brought to the notice of the people of
our District on Monday last, at the District meetlug.
by Gen. "W. K. Eablky. Thirty-fife subscribers
and thirty-five dollars were readily obtained
for it. We hope (feat efforts wii'l not eease
just yet in this good cause, but that hundreds of
other names will be added to the list.
Very Consistent.
A vflry fastidious subscriber sent ns word tlie
other day to stop his paper, because, forsooth,
we had expressed the opinion that tlie Blue
Ridge Railroad would eventually be built, nnd
that, in the present aspect of things, (lie sooner
the better. A day or two since we saw him
with a copy of Ilarper'a Weekly in his hand, and
asked him if he was n subscriber. lie replied
that be was. Comment is unnecessary. When
men pay No thern abolitionists to abuse them,
there is uo telling what they will sventuaiiy submit
to. * A
The Southern Cultivator.
111 number of this Agricnltttrflppriffcr
jt. , .oi? ua. It i? well filled with interesting
reading for the farmer and agriculturalist, and
w? arc pleased to sec it patronized nn?l supported.
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tWlTwtam 4*wnfc U -poking of,!'-ft*
who M ^fcweesd fins, trilpd flM)
apd ikotitd off large gsierally," ud rtta ?wgy,
galling bia creditors oat of 38.000. thus My* of
the fiuhioa now-*-days concerning men who
dresjsflne:
" It bu beooroe too mueh the eray of this
world to bolster up men who drew fine, talk
large and awagger about; ao matter how buy or
good-for-nothing they may be, If they have the
appearance of plenty of money, men ran niter
them end Indian oouit their aooiety; while the
honest, hard working roeehnnie is ignored, notwithstanding
his intellect may be deeper and
more brilt\ant#>eeause he works for his living
We here eecn many a pretty belle tarn up her
noee at a worthy mechanic, and the next minute
give her arm to a man who had not half his
hsnse, but who^apSut bis time in smoking cigers
end lounging aboiit town. We may prate about
national greatness end lnd*?an<i?nee fait, fast an
| long as the tie of a neck cloth, the cut of a coat,
| and the ahine of Ita material, is put above a good
quantity of bratne and intellectual culture, just
eo long will portions of oar country be under
commercial and industrial servitude to others,"
The above is nothing more nor less than the
truth. Let a man be in our midst who docs not
wear fine clothes?one who lives within his
means?no matter what commanding virtues he
may poeaeaa, and ha will hardly be noticed ; on
the other band, let ona who dresses fine, drives
fast horses, and lounges about tho streets, and
his aoquaintanocship will be sought by all?even
by ladies.
FOB TUB SOUTHSRX KNTCkrmsJa
District Meeting.
On Monday, 0th instant, a meeting of oltisens
of tliis District was held in the Court Douse.?
Rev. T. S. Arthur was called to the Chair, and
G. E. Elford and W. P. Price requested to act as
Secretaries.
On taking the Chair, the Chairman explained
the object of the meeting to be for the purpose of
considering the means of developing the reaouroos
of tho District, and that its object was not the
advancement of any political party.
Die following preamble and resolutions were
men suonmtea lor consideration :
Wherens," the people of the Northern States,
Although dependent, in a great measure, on slave
labor and Southern slaveholders, for their manufacturing
and commercial prosperity, have, for a
eries of years past, made continued aggressions
and assaults on this peculiar institution of the
South?denouncing the Southern States in terms
of vile and infummui reproach, attempting to exclude
their citizens from the common Territory
of the Republic, refusing to surrender to them
their fugalive slaves in obedience to the Federal
Constitution and the Laws of Congress ; stealing
their slaves and enticing them to ftin off from
their owners; declaring in their public speeches
| that an irrepressible war is to tie waged against
the South till slavery shall be abolished ; actually
encouraging, planning and carrying out an
invasion of the State of Virginia for the purpasc
of stirriug up a servile insurrection which was to
murder the master, free the slave, and desolate
the entire South; and when this fiendish scheme
?so shocking to humanity, -so disgraceful to
civilization?had l>een deteoted and defeated, and
1 the assassins, and robbers, traitors engaged, in it*
were tried and executed, they were so shameless
and infamous, so lost to all feelings of honor and
1 eelf-re?pect, as to hold publio meetings expressive
of their sympathy with the felons: Be it,
I therefore,
Kesulvfd, That such a course of conduct, on the
part of fellow-citizens ot the same Federal Government,
so insulting, revengeful and destructive
towards the South, demands, by every consideration
of honor and patriotism, that we should
| withdraw from such a people, so fur as lies in
I our power, all-sti[i|M)rt of tlielr manufactures and
commerce, with a view of teaching them better
morals and showing their dependence on those
whom they are striving to injure and insult.
A'.evolved, That it is the duty of the Southern
people to give all the encouragement they can
to Southern manufactures and Southern commerce,
for the purpose of making the South independent
of the North.
AVsofsed, That it is the duty of our eonntry
merchants under existing circumstances, to trade
witli Charleallon, ami thereby encourage a direct
trade with Europe, instead of making their purchases
in Northern cities
Jiemlved, That in the opinion of this meeting,
tile Legislature should, at tiieir next session, levy
a discriminating lax between goods purchased in
Northern cities, and those imported directly from
Europe, to continue till the Northern States have
been broftght to a sense of justice and propriety
towards the South.
Dr. A. Ii. Crook then offered a series of re.
marine, in which he said that lie regarded the
preamble and resolutions ? mIM iX?? it.?
tory of ihe State shows that South Carolina has
always contended, by^-arious proposed means, to
repel flic encroachment* of the Abolition party,
lie then went into an examination of the necessity
and ability of the South to prove her inde.
pendence of the North, by developing and building
up her own manufacture* and supporting
Southern commerce, and alluded to the fact that
the lack of encouragement exhibited by Southerners
toward* Southern enterprises was a serious
drawback upon onr prosperity. In this
connection he stated that one of the capitalists of
the metropolis of oar State once undertook to
establish a system of direct imports between
Europe and Charleston ; but after receiving his
goods, he found no purchasers in the market, and
had to ro-ship them to New York, wiiers they
found a ready sale.
P. EL Duncan, then followed in support
of the resolutions, and in the course of his remarks,
stated that he intended to confine his purchase*
hereafter to Southern manufactures, and
urgently advised the same course toothers.
Jo*. Powell, E*<|.( concurred in the preamble
and resolutions offered, and in hi* -remark* de.
veloped a strong Southern platform, on which he
intended to stand, in the Union.
The rote beiug taken upou the preamble and
resolutions, they were unanimously adopted.
With a few prefatory remarks, Dr. A. B. Crook
it n : ? *_n?i? i-n? ?,!
mini uucriu v?u iuiiow nig munition, wuiujl u ha
also unanimously adopted;
Jittolvnl, That a Committee of six shall l>? appointed
by Uie President of thia meeting, to bo
called "tfie Executive and Correaponding Committee,"
whose duty it shall be to call meetings
of the citizens of this District, appoint sub-corn
mittese, investigate the industrial capabilities of
the l>istrict> correspond with like committees in
other Districts and other States, for the purpose
of promoting the independence, commerce and
manufactures of the slavsholding States, and
report from time to time, as they may think fit,
to the pAofrte of Greenville District, in publie
<eetings or through the publie press of the 1)islet,
ss they may deem best
The following gentlemen were appointed as
the Committee: Dr. A. D. Crook, P. E. Duncan,
Esq , C. J. Elford, Esq., Gen. W. K. Easier, Col.
G. F. Towens, and Maj. 9. D Goodleth
Gen. W. K. Ea*lcy offered the following resolution,
which was also unanimously adopted:
liwlved. That all preaent who are not subscribers
to the Farmer and I'tauter, an excellent
Agricultural periodical published at Colombia,
S. C-, no now enter their names as aiitioerlbom
After the passage of a resolution ordering (hnt
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rrGreenville,
9. C., March 5, I860.
Miao*MJU5rsouB^s*we MSCUBT.
Hon. J. D. Aahroore mtd* t ipwch in Congreee
on tho 1st inst, In defence of the Boukh and liioieelf
He refuted the charge that South Carolina
fa vote the re-opening the alave trade. An
affair of honor between Alphena Baker, E*q., of
Buhahs and Col. J. J. Beibela, of Montgomery,
Ala., baa been (we are tfcidl honorablv adiuatad.
Mr. Robt. O. Fleming has been appointed
Posboffiee Route Agent on the Qrsenvilis end
Columbia Kali road, vice Mr. T. J. Webb, real good.
Thomas II. Ford, of Ohio, has bein elected
Printer to the House'of Rcpresehtativee, In
Congress. The Andereon Gazette a*ya that
nearly all the Anderson merchants will go to
Charleston to lay in tli&r spring supplies. Some
are already there, wbile others will soon follow.
The aggregate cost of tho llnrper's Ferry
affair is reported to be $'.06,867. ? ?.? A dona'
tion ot $6,000 has been left to the?harleaton Orphan
llousa, by Mr. John Roec, deceased, as we
karn from the Meroury. On the 26th olt.
asparagus and strawberries were ejrpoeed for sale
In Savannah, Ga. Tho Campbell Minstrels
are in Havana, entertaining the Cubans at the
rate of $1,000 per night They gave a benefit
for the poor, which was patronized by the Captain
General. The proceeds nmounted to $1,200
TrovU, the men of 11 wives, is now in
custody in Janesville, Wisconsin. He Is said to
be a half-witted, insignificant spoony.
Tho Clmrleston Mercury learns that Dr. A. G.
Howard, of Graniteville, who had been missing
for several days, has been found?found dead,
having been kiiled by a failing tree. Ills horse
was near by, still alive, hot badly crippled.
Undoubtedly the oldest man in the world, says
the N. 0. Creecvnt, is Capt. Viroux, of Belgium.
He is 150 years old. The penitentiary of
Alabama is sold to be full to overflowing.
On Friday, Dr. Geo. D. Winship, the lecturer on
physical culture, of Boston, lifted, with his hands,
1,136 pounds, and is quite sanguine that within
l^mi$r ,1 av. I./? will I.* -.1.1 ? ? !? ?'"*
. , J ..V ? ire II"I<! Ill raise n un CA?0
1,200 pounds. Whisky tn.idc a schoolmaster
named Thorp cnt his throat in Annapolis (Md.) ]
jail, on Wednesday last Win. C. Trice, of
Mo., has been appointed U. S. Treasurer, and confirmed
by the Senile. The CommifcrJoncrs
of Public Buildings fur Richland District have
advertised for proposals for a new Court House
at Columbia. Twenty persons were killed
in Cincinnati on the 1st inet., by tho falling of
the walls of the St. Xavlcr (Catholic) Church,
which they were tearing down. Jeddo, in
Japan, is said to be the largest city in the world.
It is believed to covtnin a population of 3,000,000.
A sweet little Michigan girl of about
86 summers, has sued nn old fallow for $5,000
damages, for courting her 10 whole years and
then marrying somebody else. The case Is on
triul at Detroit Tlie population of Mexico
is about seven million, in but one million of wbich
docs white blood predominate. Tho Liverpool
Mercury has placed in its columns, in ad dition
to the customary notices of births, marriages
and deaths, a new heading, giving the divorces
that are daily gsauU-d by lite courts.
The locust proplieUr^n-cdict an early visit front
the eeventecn year locusts.
The Governor of Virginin, on the 3d inet, sent
to the Legislature a communication from Col.
Sharpc, the Mississippi Commissioner, urging the
speedy action of the Legislature in favor of the
Southern Conference for self preservation.
i Howard llayue Caldwell, who died recently, was
1.a member of the Roman Cutholie Church *
Attorney General Dlack wu reported dangeroualy
111, at Washington, on the 8d Inst. A
beautiful cane has been gotten up by a gentleman
of Bedford, Va., for Mr. Edinundson?llickmnn'a
friend. ' The Senate of Ohio lias passed a
hill to punish kidnapping in that State.
The Columbia Quardian announces the death of
J. O. Bosnian, Esq. lie frequently tilled the ed
itorial chair with much ability, and ranked high
as a teacher. The Yorkville Enquirer records
the death of Samuel Melton, Esq., in the
72d year of his age. For a period of nearly 28
years, lie was Poet Master at Yorkville.
Gov. Medary vetoed the bill abolishing slavery
in the Territory of Kansas, but the Legislature has
passed it OTer his veto, by 80 to 7. * A memorial,
containing 100,000 signatures, baa been
presented to the legislature of California, to preI
vent Chineae immigration. The cnpitol of
the State of Tennessee, at Nashville, not j*et finished,
has coat $826,000. The eapitol of Oliio, at
Columbus, unfinished, is estimated to cost, when
completed, $1,662,208. The eapitol of South Carolina,
when finished, will cost $2,600,000.
The legislature of Alabama Las passed a bill ex
empting goods imported into Southern mnrkels
from taxation, wlien sold in that State.
A debating club in Worcester, lately discussed the
imjxirtar.t question : " Whether a rooster's knowledge
of day-break ia the result of observation or
Instinct." A good deal of chicle*nery must have
been nsed in this discussion, before a conclusion
was arrived at
Washixotom, February 29.
The report that Senator Seward would speak
to-dsy, crowded the immeuse galleries, and by
noon it was inpossibc to procure standing room
wif.liin lipat'intr nf 4l?ls -* A%
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proceed I ug* did not commence till 1 o'clock.?
Hie great leader of the Kepohlican party was in
flue condition, and exhibited unmistakable con
sciolism** of hit own power to meet the eapccta
tion of hUparty)and hi? country. With theenhnnoM
of a May morninsr he approached the subject,
nndpor inori^ttian an nonr, riveted the attention
of elL The Democratic ride of the cham
her bore the excoriation administered to accession
end disunion, though it waa restlcse under the
erjtote of Sonthern fanaticism.
Mr. Douglas followed in reply, and ably esEiuscd
the oaose of the South, and defended the
cmocratic party against tlie charges preferred
by the great " Irrepressible r leader. Kvcry one
waa commenting on the fact, that whenever the
"tog of war" came, Mr. Douglaa was |?ut forward
to fight the battle for slavery, while his
rival aspiinnts for the Presidency draw hock,
and retire from the field. The speech of Mr.
Donglaa to-day drew upon him flattering compliment*
from (tea. Jeff. Davis, and will go far toward
s?curing him the Charleston nomination by
acclamation.
Gen. Davis, the Cicero of the Senate, followed
Judge Donglae, and explained the great docuine
of tttata kifhts.?Special tUtpaith N. Y. 71mm.
Tint entertainment given by the Virginia
Legislature to tliO Hon. C. (>. Mentininger,
tho South Carolina Commissioner, at the Exchange
Hotel, Richmond, coat 9933.23.
1 a iu Aof
islature, was ft little annoyed by the aEiflies
ire display of cotntltoy~ among the "member*,"
who continently spoke of and addressed
each other in the customary language of
. thai legislative hall?as for example,41 Will
the bonoifcblft gentlem from Niagara, pass me
the butter P?141 will tbauk the honorable
CM em an from Oencoee, to hand roe the
jk pepper"?or " I will now trouble the
honorable gentleman from Ontario to help
me to a bit of that salmon." At the first lull
in the storm of "table talk," our liero, with
a grave fam^ddressed one of the colored
waiters as t^Wwa:?44 May 1 take the liberty
of asking tbo honorable gentleman from
AVAiopte, to band me the salt I" It is due
to the good sense of the "honorable#," to
add that the joke was taken in good part;
and created a most general and hearty burst
of laughter.
Hobsk Tinu Cauoiit.?Ootli* 22*1 of -February,
a visitor to Charleston registered liis name at
the Mills House n? C. Alden, from Savannah.?
He stayed two days snd left. On the 20th of
February, the same visitor returned to the city
and entered his name nt tbc Charleston Hotel as
from Baltimore. When at the Mills House onr
detective police had spotted him as the probable
hero of several exploits in the up-eonatry. Investigation
had decided the truth of these suspicions
ere his return, snd on Wedncsdny last lie
was arrested by officers Welsh sod "Coates. Upon
examination, he was yesterday loudged in jail,
charged as follows:
It is alleged that he Is the identical Individual
who, a few weeks ngo, hired a horse and buggy
from Mr. J. E. Robinson, at lllockville. lie is
charged with having driven the horse and bng
gy to Ninety Bix, where he sold llicm as his own
pl-operty. ' lie then appeared at Greenville,
where ue hired a valuable horse and buggy,
which has not since fcPcu seen by its owner, and
is supposed to have been similarly disposed of.
Alden has been fully IdentMted as the party
who hired the horse aud buggy at lllnekville.
[C'/iarlctiott Afercury.
Tiik Orbat Strikk its-Massachusetts.?
The shoemakers' strike in Massachusetts is
slill in pi ogres*. The Newbtiryport Herald
says tho strike is not as extensive m romeof
the publiohed statement# would lead one to
infer. Thero Are more than 40,000- shoemakers
in Massachusetts, and, ao far as the
neraia can laarn, not 1U.000 hfcve struck or
intend to. In Natiek 500 men have ceased
work; in Marblehead as many more, and in
Lynn probably the majority of the workmen.
There was talk of a strike in Haverhill, but
it did not come off. In Salisbury, it was reported
that 300 were in the movement, but
everything is quiet there. In Newburyport.
so far as known, not one man has stopped
who has work to do. Tho bootmakers of
Milford, Bridgowaler, and all those towns in
Plymouth and Bristol counties, are unmoved,
as yet, by the Lynn manifestation.
An Enterprising Southerner.?The
Detroit Froe Press says that,an enterprising
Southerner, named C. J. Drown, has opened
an oflico in Detroit, with a view of rendering
materia) assistance to such negroes as arc
disposed to return to their masters at the
South. Mr. Brown states (tho Press says)
that" he has made such investigations in
Canada, especially at Chatham and other
places whore Afiicans most congregate, as
satisfy him thnt large numbers of them, are
anxious and mutv in minm i?
- ? .<* ?? % * ?v vnvil IIIOOVCIO
trt (lie South if they on)}' had the means;
and he proposes to furnish them with trans
portation tickets and to send them iu company
with an agent, looking to their owneis
for remuneration for bio benevolence.
Tiie IIok. D. 8. Diounko*.?The Charleston
prospect a of this distinguished gentleman liavc
Origlitoned amazingly lu re within the past week
or two. owing to the fuct that the advoeates of
his nomination have succeeded in creating the
impreMion that, if Dominated, lie wilt surely carry
New York, hy some forty thousand. It is
known that no other statesman is stronger
throughout the whole South, und that California
and Oregon may he relied on as being sure to
j vote for any lh-mocratic nominee who is sound
uu mo piuvny tjueeuun. ills friend* here- |
tlioiigh not numerous, nre very active and effi, 1
cient gentlemen, and are effecting far more than
the numerous and noisy advocates of Mr. Douglas
in influencing the result of the action of lha
Charleston Convention.? Watitington Star.
S.nerr Dirnxo.?Miss Tennessee Gibson, a
beautiful young lady, died from the effects of
snuff dipping in Arkansas. She fell osleep with
the " mop" in her mcfuth and was found a oorpae
some hours nfter; a not I mortem revealed the
fact that she had swallowed the juice, which was
converted into nicotine, a deadly poison; her
lips, cheek and breast were smeared with the
foul stuff in her dying struggles, alone in lier
room. Before she retired, ike felt a deadly iidk<
uess, having swallowed, but alie had need it so
long nothing was thought of her complaint, un
til, alas! it was too late.
Fortt-Nire Children Drowned.?A
moat torrible calamity, rivaling that of the
I'emberton Mills, occurred on Thursday last,
near tho town of Hardin, 111., on the Illinois
river, and about twenty five milos above Alton.
Fifty school children in attendance at
a university at that place, went out upon the
ice to play. The ice gave way, and, with
one exception, all were lost. Our informant
was unable to give further particulars, but
ho represent* that the village was a scene of
universal mourning, almost every family in it
having lost one or more of its members.
Srrn<;r.ox.?A friend ha* handed ns a copy of
tl?et*ou?hern 1'rcdbvteriaa containing thepreaehI
? u - - -- -? '
[. U|.u<Kcvna n-inr on slavery to tne ffoeton
Watchman and Reflector. We liave read hi* letter
and the comment* of the Presbyterian, and
have com* to the conclusion that this erratic
ranter line already had too much notice taken of
him by the press in this conntrv. He says in
the last sentence of his letter " John Jirown is
immortal in the memoriea of the good In England,
and in my heart he lives." We cannot but
tbink the spirit of the incendiary haa found a
fitting habitation.? Gtutrtiiatt.
Tim Charleston Mercury tells of a Frenchman
who went to a policeman in that city,
and confoeaed stealing two watchea in Warrenton,
Ca. lie said he could not aleep after
the theft, nod. visions of bi? dead mother
haunted him continually, lie therefore coufoaacd
tho crime, and was placed in jail.
yew We are enjoying delightful Spring weather |
just now. The paaah and tduia trees are bursting
their tendar buds and blooming beautifully.
Gardeners are busy. Appearances are, that the
cold weather has made its final exit for the sea- 1
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pobtfdy bora'
In Alexandria, D. 0., ministers are obliged
to give bonds in the turn of $1,600 for tho proper
discharge of their duties, before they tan marry
persons.
No lees than 700 persooAire said to ho
Kfessionally engaged In oounterfeiling in the
ts of Ohio sloiia '? -vjwv?
A male child was recently born in Rtaniefield.
Mass, healthy end well formed, with a wall
defined pair of soft whiskers stretching from car"
to ear. It is now six weeks old, bright and lira'
ly, with a growing benrd. > " *
The hog cholera disease Is ragtig1 ?rtao-sirely
in Chambers snd Autauga counties, Ala.,
sad qnite a number of hogs have died ofit. The
disease is said to be spreading. \i*n
A locomotive on the Rochester and Syracuse
Railroad has been, sdorped w ith the title,
- l hi ill nw.- That is mora than many or Thar
passengers can My, at the end of their journey.??
The following notice is posted at a railway'
station i ? Traveller* should he cartful to deliver
their baggage to proper person*, as a gentleman
a few days since entrusted hie wife to a ttMfegfev
and has not heard of her rinoe.
While Adam*' Express wagon was passing
through the streets of Boston, on Friday laet. a
oase containing ninety-six silver Swiss watches
was stoieu from the wagon.
Mr. Thos- WilmnrUi, aged 104 years, died
at his farm, at LoeUand Station, near Cincinnati,
Ohio, on the 22d nlf. Mr. W. emigrated ? Cincinnati
in the year 1805, from the 1)1 strict of Columbia.
. *
Hon. Wade Hampton, of Illehbrod District,
has been nominated for Congress in the
sixth Congressional District
It is proposed that the Poetrr.setei* throughout
the Union make a special effort to get subsoriptions
for the Washington National Monument.
Col. James IT. Irby, of Lanrens, died at
his residence, on the 24th uit., of apoplexy. IIo
was well known throughout the State, and was,
at Iho time,of his death, President of tit# Laurens
Railroad.
-A lady in'Montrefll has fceoveiftjd #2,000
of Msj. preck ford, for hugging her rather roughly.
She ought to set a high value on the 'money
?she got it by a light squeeze. . #
The Kentucky State Senate has appropriated
$2,000 towards the erection of n monument
at the capital of the State to the memory of Daniel
Boon, lite pioneer, and the first settler in Kentucky.
,
? The following T*o?b-ofBtro changes have t
been made by the Postmaster Central: A new
dflice at Great Cypress,'llarnWsM District} ndis-'
coniinunnce nt uw omc? at i>rin til* v life, rqini ?
tanburg District. ? ,
?? Adams' Express Company, wifti a view to
general information, n* wall us personal convenience,
lias opened a book at their oftice, corner of
Meeting nnd Cumberland Streets,which will
bo entered the nnines, dntc of arrival* whence
from, and residence of, all persona arriving in tl-e
city. Such a record^ it is needles* to say, will l a
of great advantage publicly nnd individually.?
Charfceton Arte*.
Dkatu or a 8mTon ?Wferrogrot to loom from
Marion, tliaton th? morning of the 4til instant,
tho Honorable Iienjntnin (Inline, Senator fforu
Marion, died a* fiis residence on DrittiMi.'a Nock.
Ilis death wai caused by erysipelas. Mr. GiIm
has long been n prominent nnd pnbUc-rptrkfd
citizen of tlint District, lilt loot will bo seven ly
felt.?Varoiimum.
f WE arc requested to announce Mr. EL I AS
DILL, as a candidate for Tax Collector, at tbo next
Election,
JAMES D. TKAKSON announce* himself
as a candidate for Tax Collector at tho next election.
Roe advertisement of Dr. Stttnui'i Litis
iNviaoRATon and Family Cathartic rati, i?
another column.
-I. O. O. F. ' *
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Titurnlay Evening,at 7 o'clock.
JAB. BEGG, Bec'ry.
Feb 23 42 ly*
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it, and it does all it claims through the various
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wherever such articles are usually obtained, and
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several are already in the market, called by different
names. Use none unless the words (Professor
Woods Hair Restorative, Depot, St. Lonir.
Mo., and ?w York,) are Mown in the Iwltl*.?
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also by all fancy Toilet Goods dealer* is the
United Sin tea and Canada.
j?t)- For a ale in Oreenvill# by Dr?. Loxe 4 Br ?*mam,
Druggists.
March 1 43 ?
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All kuula of Tin Work, Urrrxaixa and Jtoon??
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