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TIlE SIMTE1 BANNER. J.S. IUCIIARIDSON, Ja. iTeRS. JOHN R. LOGAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1854. U " Persons wishing to see us upon business connected with the Paper or Law can find us at any hour during the day, except from four to five in the afternoon, at our office, just back of Sor.otoss' New Store. All business connected with the paper must be transacted with WILLIAM LEWIS, Joan S. RIcHARDSON, jr., or It. C. LOGAN. Mr. R. C. LoGAN, the Foreman of Banner Office, is our only nuthorised Agent to receive money and give receipts fdr the same, and may always bo found at the Banner Office. All letters addressed to the Banner must be pre-paid to insure attention. Notice. Communications for the Banner are frequently sent in for publication on Tuesday. This is too late for the next issue. We must have it, if of any length,.by Monday-night to ensure pub lication. We go to press on Tuesday in order to get our papers struck off and ready for distribution on Wednesday morning. This will show the necessi ty of our having communications at least six hours before going to press. We hope our ft lends will remember this and favor us with their communi cations at least as early as Monday. COTTON MARKET. CHARLESTON, June 17. COTTON.--The market was very qui et to-day, the transactions having been Limited to 229 bales, at extremes ranging from 6 5.8 to 9 1-!c. " A Traveler " . The communication of" A Traveler" has been received, but too late for this issue. It will appear in our next and his request attended to. Militia Election. I r'. 1. B. MosEs was on Saturday elected 1st Lieutenant of Beat company No 2. 44th Reg't, S. C. M. J. 11. Nelson Esq. We have just been informed by Mr. 'NELSON that there was a material omission in his answer to the 1st. question of '-Free dom" in the last Banner. The words omitted are "(if so instructed.)" We have inserted them in their place directed and given his entire answer to the frst question that he may be placed in a proper light before the people. See anoth er column. andidates Answering. On our first page will be found the answer of Col. REYNOr.Ds and on thre second, in another coliumn, tire answer of Cap'. BU-rLER to thecommunication signed "W esley," directed to tihe can didates for tire Legislature from Clar endon county. We also continue the publication of answers from candidates in Claremont. See Col. Nsr.soN's as corrected, and Mr. BRtAnr.EY'S. ..Keep Cool. Among our advertisenments will be found one af A H. VAN BomKEE.EN's announcing his willingness to furnish any quantity of ice to the people of Sumter anid other Dis ticts on the line of the WVilmington and 10 anchester Rail Road, on the most renson aible terms-i 3.4 cents per pound inclu ding barrel and packing. WVe can bear t'estimnony to tire fact that his ice is not on ly very good, but that he puts it up anrd ships it with great pains. WVe speak from experience. That whichr we received was S put up with suchr care and tihe transporta tion from Wilmington here so direct and imnmediate that none or very little wvas lost from melting. WNe believe thrat those whro furnish this refreshing article to our citizens during the long hot days of Sum mner would miake a great saving by dealing with Wilmington from whrenee thre tranrs portation is by nighnt and so much more direct and unbroken thran fromr anry other poir.t where it can bre supplied. "A Yellow Fethrand the Militia. An article in tire last lemnan, over the cognomen of "a Yellow Feathrer," takes us to task for soe remarks made in an editorial on the Militia, which appeared in thre Banner of the 10th tilt. Tihe question in this District hras been taken tip by the peo pie and tire candidates. Here it w~ili be well weighed anid discussed, and here we would have left it ; but "Yellow 16ather" hras so strangely mristaken our position, that for thre respect we bear him and his felow officers, we thus-answer his charges. Iht. Tha~t we hastily and ithlott through'tiespoused athe doctrine contain ed in the C'olinmian and to which said editorial alluded. In answer to tis we say ; see the Banner for the last eighteen mronthns. Charge-second, is that we are prestrmpt uous int' stating that a large port ion of our fellow:cibizens agree with irs, in desiring a cebange.. This statement is founded of course' upon -ot personal information-and has for its founrdation the fact thit~ we have never yet met, inw our conversations, with a single in dlividual, who (lid not deem a reforma. ko~ nelod fo, and .the present- drntie imposed upon the militia a useless bur then Charge 3d, That we are regardless of the feelings of a number of our learned and most intelligent citizens, who are in favor of the present system. To this we answer, that among the muilitary oflicers of South Carolina are a number 'of our most respecte: and esteemed personal friends. To them we cannot allude when saying, that there are advocates of the old plan, that they may strut in "fuss and feath ers" or that they from "familiarity, ig norance &e." Both of the classes here noticed however, do exist and are dis tinct and separate from the intelligent honest citizen. If on these the former class, our ridicule falls, we can only say it went its intended road. Every man is the best judge of his own mo tives, and opinions and may appropri ate accordingly. The pressure apon our columns this week and absence of the Foreman, compel ns to shorten this answer to 'Yellow Feather,' who deserves a more lengthy notice. We have never ad vocated any material change in the militia system ; but only the abolish. ment of as inny beat, battalion, regi mnental or brigade musters as could be done, and the organization kept as at present, preserving the patrol-this latter however, mnight very well and perhaps had better be a separate institution and be placed under the control of' the several beat magis tratos. Again we desire to see the abolishment of imprisonment for fines incurred by neglect of militia duty this is a black spot in the laws of South Carolina and should be at once wiped out. Another important change and one made so by the republican institu tions of the government, is that the rich and poor be placed upon an equal footing and no unjust distinctions made between them, ac in the pr esnt laws. News of the Weeck. From the Eastern hemisphere the cry is still they fight. In England and France the preparation for, what is evidently to be a long and bloody contest are carried on upon a large and extensive scale and botf countries are soliciting new loans. Russia remains firm and shows no disposition to falter or give way ; yet the condition of her commercial cities is represented as very distressing. A decisive battle is look ed for ; in the face of which cotton has advanced and pro/isions arc looking up.. The statement per Pacific, that the Rus sians had been driven from Silistria with great loss, turns out to have been some what exaggerated. TPhe Turks have, however, successflull y repulsed them in three different attempts they have made to cross the Danube with the view or gaining possession or theo place. The Russians admit that they would he unable to capture thme place ini less than a fort night. At the !ast dates Oimar P'acha, chief com mnander or the Turkish army, was advani cing to thme defenco of Sihistria with about ninety thousand mcii, Prior to cmmnmencinig this march a coun cil of war was held at Varna, betwveen Omnar and thme English and French coin manders, at whlich it was decided that thme armies of thme allies should push forw-ard to Adrianope. The report of the hombardmnent and de struct ion of some of the hiomngo outposts is confirmed, but the strongtst or miain fort had not been captured. In addition to the squadrons in the Black sea and the i3.mtic the allies have now determimned to place a strong naval force ini the Whlite Sea ; aiid in addition despatched several vessels to wards the Circassian coast, when finding that the Russians had abandoned and de stroyed their forts in that vicinity they re turned to the neighborhood of Schastopol. The blockade of the cities borderinig the the Black Sea cotntinued to be rigidly en forced. but no further dlemonsitration had been miade against Sebastopol. T1hie mu notiny was occasionally enlivened by a race between thme reconoitering steamners of English and Russia squadrons, wheniever either of thme parties ventmurged into too close proxismtty to the other. This comn prises about all the naval fighting that has laitehy taken place. Russia is positively ordered to evacuate the Principalities by Austra. A messeni ger, hearing this formal demand, was to leave Vienna. Bloth Auistra and Prussia were othor wise actively prep~aring to co-operate with the Weostern Powers. Thme Black Warrior aff'air and the de mands of this government for the various outrages perpetrated upon our flag by Spanish officials during a period of ei~h teen years, still formed the chief topic~ of dlisculssion and negotimation at the Court oh afadrid. The last report was that thie diml culty wvas really advancing towards a set. -lament. A subscript ion of about .?00 has been raised by the working people of England to purchase a gold watch for Captain In graham, as an acknowvledgement of his con dluct in the Costa afTair. The United States Consul abroad ap. pearito have a peculiar aptness for picking quiarrels with the officials of the govern ments to wvhiich they are sent to represent the interest of citizens of this republic. In addition to Messrs. Borland atid Daniels, wvho nre nn their way 'home w-e ee ii stated that the United States Consul al Turk's Island, John L. Nelson, esq., has got into a difliculty with the authorities of that island. From Washington we have a rumor that Mr. Benton has discovered from the Nebraska-Kanes bill that an old law of 1834, is left in existence that to all intents and purposes excludes foreigners from those territories, except by a passport from the Secretary of war. It, in other words almost restores the principle of the Clayton amendment. This announcement hay caused much excitement and if correct will have the effect of renewing the latt discussions. The Senate has amended the HIouse resolution providing for final adjournment on the 14th of August, so as to take a re. ese from the 17th proximo till the 16th o October. In this shape the resolution pas sed. Mr. Douglas offered a bill to fix the an nual meeting of Congress on the first Mon day of October. Dispatches have been received by th< State Department at Washington fron Comrnodore Perry, fully confirming the re port of the opening of commercial inter. course with Japan. The House of Representatives has post poned the Pacific Railroad bill until the next session of Congress. The Court Martial in the case of Major Wyse has found him guilty ofdisohedienc< of orders, and sentenced him to dismission from the service. The Court acdompanies ts finding with a recommendation to the President that. he he reinstated in the ser vice and rank. The President has coin. muted the sentence to six months suspen sion, without pay. The result is a triunph to Major Wyse. On Saturday, in Troy, the jury in the case'ofIIenrietta Robinson, charged with murder, after being out nearly three hours, returned with a verdict of guilty. She re ceived the verdict with great boldness, and exclaimed :-"Shame on you, Judge. You are predjudiced against inc !" She :lso charged the jury with being bribed. Sen tence has been suspended. Ier counsel have brought in a bill of exceptions. The prisoner's manner, after the rendition of the verdict, was strange, and her language incoherent. Joni TAPE, the celebrated submarine diver, whilst searching in his submarine apparatus for a wreck on Lake Erie, last 'aturday, died suddenly while under the water, from the eflects of a rush of blood to the head. In all cases, going under wa. ter to a great depth, tends to this sesult. 11k had followed the business successfully for many years. Among the foreign items brought by the America. we find that a rumor is aloai that the lanid of Palestine has been mort gaged by the Sultan to the house of Roths. childs for a loan to aid in the Turkish war Among other things it is hinted th at it ii possible that it wvill be set apart as a Jew ish Kingdlom uiiier the dynasty of thc Rothschils. Antoine le Dne, a Frenchman ran, ter miles in 59 minutes, at Eagle Ilarboi Mlichigan. beating two Indians and an Irish man, for a wager of one hundred dlollars The Irishman gave out on the fourth mile, one Indlian on lie eighth, aind the other Indian was just a mile behind the victor, who left the ground shouting '-IVire h France !"' A inurder was commnitted at Saluda Millk on the person of Oliver Tolles, overseer o Dr.8S E. Bobo, by a slave of Dr. Bobon named Thornton. The act wsas conmimittet with an axe. The slave was put on tria on Friday last, and conivicted of the niur der ; lie was condemned to be hanged or Friday, the 23d inst. Nicholas Bain, charged with the mur der of Mr, and Mirs. Wickham, of Lon1 Island has confessed his guilt. Twenty-three slaves esca pod from Grain county, Kentucky, on Tues~day night last, and took passage by the tundergroum railroad for Canada. Nina slaves fran Boone county also escaped to Cinciunati The National division of the Sons a 'remperanmce are in session at St. Johns New Brunswick. Juidge O'noall and Col Grishiam will represent South Carolina ii thme Convention. The Judge in writing t the Camden Journal says : " Unless the National Division come, sotuth or west and much nearer titan eithe St. John's or Chicago, I think I tmay say t< the brethren, that neither Grishaim no myself will ever be seen in anether meet ing. We have both labored long and faith fully "without mioney awl withmout price." We are both beyonid three scores, and younger men wvill avoidl the labor, we inns say, so be it and leave the helm !" The cholera has appeared on the phanta tlbns in Austin county, Texas. Both the cholera and small-porc appea to be on the increase at tho Quarantin station, Staten Island, New York, amen1 emigrants, an applicationi having beei made for increased accommodation. Another dreadful riot, resulting in thi shooting of two mnen, took plaCe ini Brook lyn last Subbath. One of tho Judges of the Supreme Cour of Wisconsin has declared the fugitivi alave lawv unconstitutional! 'rThe case i described to have been an application for . writ of, habeas corpus to releaso one of th. parsons charged with participating in th rescue of a fugitive from St. Louis no long since. Thd court ordered his release Thu United States Marshal, it in said wil not obey the order of the Judge. Burns, the negro who caused so much excitement in Boston, arrived in Richmond last Monday. A correspondent of the Syracuse Stand ard, writing from Rochester, N. Y. says that "Fred" Douglas, the negro, Is to be brought out for Congress in the Monroe district, N. Y., and expreses the opinion he will be elected. The Connecticut Legislature has passed the prohibitory liquor law by an overwhel ming vote--13 to I. A terrible and most disastrous fire occurred last week in Warcester MAas sachusetts. Property to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars was destroyed and over one thousand men are thrown upon the world without etnploymnent. Soine forty or fifty persons were badly injured by jumping from the burning buildings. Fresh meats seem to be very scarce in the North, at Philadelphia beef is sold in the market at from sixteen to twenty cents a pound and in New York at twenty-five centsa higher market than any of the market-nun ever knew to be paid for it, an so high that many of the butchers would not purchase. Perhaps this would be the best remedy for the inordinate price which is now demanded for fresh meat; It will naturally be the elUyct, for the great cost must diminish the consumption of it very tmaateriall'/. Maccaulay has been unanimously elec ted president of the Edinburg Philosophi cal Institution, in place of the late 'ro fessor Wilson. A Despatch from Washington dated the 17th, states, that it is well understood there that the President has decided upon ap pointing Gen. Wm. O. Butler. of Ky., to tle Governorship of Nebraska, and Gov. White ' of Indiana, to the Governorship of Kansas. The Corner Stone of the Collegiate in. stitrtion will be laid in Cokesbury, on the '27th inst. Col. W. II. Campbell will de liver an address on thit occasion. The Masonic Fraternity, we see, are generally invited to attend. An inmate of the Lunatic asylum in Columbia named Martha Pearson, corn. :Witted suicide om Friday, by lying pros trate on the floor of her room, and placing the bed post on her neck in such a pczihhn as to produce a compression of the wind pipe and consequent s.rangulation. The Spartenburg Express of the 13th inst. states that a terrific storm passed about 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon last ova' the section '+countrv adjacent tn the donth l'acolet. au'nzt 14 miles Northwest of Spartanburg, ranging Northwardly, about four imuilus in w idi h. The city of San Salvador, in Ceintral America, has beeni entirely destroyed by an earthquake, most of the inhabirants escaped. Correspond:;nce of Hanner. NEwV YouxK, June 15. Mes"srs I:ditors : Thme order of tihe " Know Nothings' has become so popular and( its ranks are .swellIinig to such nuombers that the keal whose principle Editor is a Catholic, ca md idly and honiest ly admniits that the balance of power in the next Pre sidenutial Elect ion will he in the hanids of this pa rty. F'romn them, .iwe of the South have nothing to feac. Disclaiming all connection with A bolitionists, and seeking only to establish pure republican, Ameri canL principles, they are worthy of success. By thme way, we mention, as a curious tact only, that inearly or cin tirely two-thmirdls of the Editors in the UnRion are not American horn. T1hmis being the case, they really deserve credlit for the zeal w.ith which they have defined the insti'utions of their a-!rnt-l ed counrtry. Capt. ltynders, known all over the Un ion, as "chief man"' ot the "Empire city'' recently surpriscal. aye astoniishied, the wvhole Normthi, by closing with a Quaker miss of "sweet sixteen" and perpietratinig matrimony. I low on earth too such ura congenial spirits agreed, we are at a loss to know. T Ihe accounit, that have filled imany of our city papers, of Mrs. Mowatt's marriage f lavos strongly of English flunkeyism and were really disgusting. Our brethren of the riuill anid scissors should be careful how they countenance such contemptible snobism as publishing "'authedtic" reports of private marriages. It is amius.ing to see whmat reports coni cerniing the invasion of Cuba by the Souath .tire alloat- Gen. Quitman with two or three thousand Kentucky and Mississippi - volunteers, is waiting ait New Orleanis f ready to pounce on the Queen of the An tilles at a mouments ndtice, so rumor says. Charles O'Cot.nor, late U. 8. l)istrict Attorney, for this city htaving resigned his office, Mr. Westbreak, a M. C. from Onei rconyhas beeni appointed in his plaice. Mr. WV., was a strong friend of the Nebras k a 11ill and is an out andl out Uniion moan. Thme tide of travel is flowing Northward, and thousands of SouthernerB are thronug ing ou citry en route for Saratoga, Niaga ra, or wending their way to Montral. Thley leave their cool, pleasant, homes, seek Northern watering~ places where they are crowdled, antI parched in an awfully unplealsant mnantner, fed on meat and vegeta blos they would hmavo hardly totich'ed when at lionme, pay enormous pricols for every thing and at last are laughed at for being so "green " or inisultedl for being slavo'old. ers !Oh ! consistency thoti art a jew .el ! It is ditfficult to tell who is at plresent I thme bimos hnmbn, narnum, or Julin. 'Tim late "Musical Ball" given by the latter was one of the grandest huinbugs over perpctrated on gullible mortals I But the two have united and Julien is to give an extraordinary musical Festiva lat the Crystal Palace under the auspices of Bar num. Two thousand pitched performers will be there, so will we, to "report pro gress" - MAWcucc. For the Banner. Messrs Editors: To the several inter rogatories proposed to the candidates for the legislature, I return the following an swers 1. As to the electoral question, which appears likely to engross iost of public attention during the present canvass, I re ply that I am in favor of letting the appoint ment of electors of' President and Vice President remain in the hands of the Leg lislature. This opinion I have uniformily entertained u'n this (subject, and I have seen nothing so far to cause me to change mny sentinents in respect to it. As to the constitutionality of the Legislatures exer cising this prerogative, I deem it sufficient to say that the Federal Government has ever acknowlelged its Constitutionality by receiving the votes cast by electors ap pointed by the Legislature. And there is nothing in the practical operation of the general ticket system, as exhibited in the other States on the recurrence of the Pre sidential election, that causes me to desire the election of electors given to the people Great political exciternents are to be de precated as demoralizing to society-they have ever proven the bane of republican iisutiutions, and experience has shown that high political excitement cannot be discon nected with the electing of our chief Mag istrates have when the election is in the hands of the Legislature. But while these are my sentiments in reference to this inatter I will add that I would '/ote foria bill, should cne b! proposed before the Legislature to send this subject directly to the people to be decided by thei. 2. 1 rn in favor of tcontinuing the present appropriation for the Free School Funds, and would vote for any itiprove iNent on the present system that prorised to be more effectual and speedy in the edu cation of the masses. 3. 1 have no objection to modifying the present militia system in such a way as to render military duty hess onerous to the people of the State. 41. With the light I have upon this sub ject. I an disposed to doubt whiether the l'enitentiirry experiient has proven to be the most successful means of suppressing vice and crime. At any rate, unhr the existu'g circumstanccs,I would advocate the po.stponemeint of the subject for the present. b. As to treating at electloas, I would fain hope that no f'orinl declaration ot opinion is necessary to convince my fellow Citizens that 1 iiii1 oppoSsed to a practice so repugnant to my sense of propriety and so revolting to all the priuciples of lruinanity and religion. . . S. BRADLE. For the Banner. June 16th, 1851. Messrs. .Editors.-\Vhen I wrote my reply to the queries of"' Freedm.'u" I waLs, as stated, sutlring from severe ituispositorn; and timt ont iookmg over it. that, there is an omiission therein to the first query, which Ij tn.>w wish to supply. T.hte following is the querry, and my answer ther'eto, contains mty true posi tion. "Itf you are elected to tire Legisla ture wvill you or will you not vote, for a 11i1l to Live thre Election of Electors of President anud Vice Presidetit of the United States to the People ?"' If' I am Elected I will vote (if so instructed by the People) for a Bill to give the Election of Electors of Presi dent and V ice Presidemit to the People on the District system, that is the system on wvhich we niow Elect our memcibets to Cotigress. I believe ae. cording to the reading of the Constitu Lion that the people have the right, under it, if they see proper to do so to take the Election of Electors inito their own hmnds, bunt at the same timie allowv me to say that I do niot belicve it to be expedietit for themu to do so. T1he mode lby wvhiechour Electors of' Presi dlent and Vice-PrsidentL arc now eleet ed is the one handed to us at the forinationi of' the Cornstituitioni and the Union. It is the otto whlich was used by all of t he origirna! Tihirteeni States to elect the first President. The legality of' this muodle of Electing Electors never has beeni called in questionl by the Congress of thre United States, where ifcornstitutionarlly wrotng it certainly would have been corrected by such men as Calho' ur, Clay, Webster and a host of others nioted for their conustitu tionatl knowledge and who miade the Constitution arid the laws of' the Union the study of their lives. Bunt another objectioni is, that it takes from us our pr'oper share of Riepresenitatives. Ac cording to the Constitution, Taxation is entitled to represenmationi, as wvell as Populationgf~~4ow on the district sy's tem this difiehulty is pavtly obviated, but wvheni it conies to elect two Elec. tors, to represent our Senators in Congress, it is obliged to 1)e done on thre general ticket, system, which takes fromn us the entire representation. The upper districts otut number us in white p~opulaitio, while the lower portioni of the State pay13s the mnuchi larger portionl of taxes intto the treasuiry antd yays the most of the expenses of the govern ment. On the general ticket system wve wvould therefore be out-vot ed arnd the utpper part of thre State would elect the Electors, while the lower part by giving up thte right of rcepresenttationi by taxa~tion wvould have nio voice in thne matter. Are thre peo ple prepared to do this ? Under the present system Sotuth Carolina has over been fairly rand faith fully represented in the elect~on for President, and Vice-President and at no time have people over comptJ~lined that the electors, appointed in the present mode, failed to carry out..their wishes in Presidenial electiones a fully and faithfutlly as though chas~en Immediately by themselves. In all candour I fear that the proposed ehyn~~0 if carried out, will introduce fi ti1' State party strifes and jelunoies to the exemption from 'which Soulb Carolina owes her present high position in the Ulnioin. J. M. NELSON. IPor the ianner. Messrs Editors : Through your columns of May 17th, " \Vesley" propounds a num ber of questions to the candidates of Clarendon election district for the Legisla 'ure, taking a wide scope of country from Georgetown to Columbia, Camden and across the Great Santee, embracing both wide and deep, I might almost say to the bottom of the 'an/ce Ricer. With regard to the Vances Swamp and th,, duration of Nelson's Ferry charter, I see no remedy for either of those places, unless the pro prietors would apply for a renewal of the charter at Nelson's Ferry, which I would by all means adrocate, you (I mean Wes ley) desire information how those evils can be remedied, I would answer there is a remedy, just go to work in earnest and good faith with memorials to the Legisla ture praying a charter at \Vright's Bluff and the necessary appropriation for the construcuon of a road at that place, there in my opinion the evil is remedied. 1st. Are you in favor of giving the election of electors of President and Vice President of the United States to the peo. ple ! I am content on that.subject as we have so niany elections befire the people, and through the representat.ion, we vote as munch directly for President and Vice-Pre sident as we would by voting for elections. Mr. Calhoun's opinion on this subject I put iiuch value on, lie thinks the present make the best, but if instructed jby a ma joi ity of the voters of Clarendon I would vote for a change. 2nd. Are you in favor of correcting the abuses of our Bankug System &., &c., "I am in favor ot correcting the abuses bit am not now, prepared to say by what remedy. 3d. Are you in favor of eacrificing eve ry other interest in the 8:ate, to the ag grandizement of rail road monopolies &c. I am in favor of Railroads but not to sacrifice every interest of the State ; nor to sanction tihe gross abuses of delays, and losses of property ; nor hfe without full compensation from the Railroad company and would advocate a measure to make it binding on them. 4ith. Are you in favor of Free Schools &c,, &c. 1 aii in favor of Free Schools but not the present svstem, and would advocate Pro;. 'I'hornwell's mode, proposed in his letters to his Excellency the G wernor, that mode proposes that Free Schools should be established within every five iiiles throughout the State for the educa tion of all, amid I trust theday is not far dis tant, when such will be the case, and if elected would advocate it, and du all in my power, for such a change. 5th. Are you in favor of lessening the present high sale of Taxtion &c. I answer I nt 6th. Are you in favor of abolishing or reforming the Militia system &c. I have been opposed for several years to the present system, and would sustain a measure to abrogate the onerous duty of I'tii mnuser, but still keep up tlhe military and chivalry of the State by some other mode less burtheisonie to the People, and assign the duty of issuing Patrol warrants to the magistrate belonging to the beat, it is almost a daily occurrence with us if a man neglects one dlay. dutyjand not able to pay his line, he is then taken by thme Sher ifY of the Dis.rict and iodhged ini thme comn mon Jhil, as though he had committed petty larceny, or sonie other great crime, tor such believing as I do, it is one of the most useless anid btiriheinsome duties that we have to perform, I would therefr go rer a change. ,Respectfnuy,.. P.M1. BIUTLER. For the Bannter. Messrs Editors: Th'Ie Canididates for the Seniaie and tmostof the candidates for the other llouse for this county, have pub. lishmed aniswers to certain questionis piro pounmdled to thiem by a wr~ter in the Bainner whlose signature is "Freedom." Th'le suibject of most imp Iortanice discuss ed by them, is that commonly called thme electoral question ; atmi wvhat I propose now to say shall relate to that subject. It seems to he a preva iling opinioni among themi, that the electors of President and Vice President should (to use the favorite term!) be giveni to the people. I do not pmopose here to argue the question, but that I may not be iuispecteid oif holdotg out false colors I will say I doubt the policy of a change. Perhaps, however, it a dcfinmite plan were proposed which I could understand, and whlich u porn comparison with the ex isting gne, should cotnmnetid itself to my ju'gimetn, I miighit alter my views-I thin k I am open to. conviction anid if I have any interest oilier than the real good of the people, it mnanifestly is, to fall into what is" sup~poseid to lie the popular currentt, and float easily anid pleasanitly down it, cheered by the coutntenance atid favor of the multi tude and the hope of distinction rather than to struggle agaitnst it, to the destruction of present ease and comfort and the blasting of ali ambitious aspirationis in the futture. If then thme side of the question wvhich I espouse be the unpiopular onie, I claim the credit of sincerity and honiesty' of p~urpose. In sinicerity therefore, atnd honesty I wouldl say to thost: (f the candidates who are in favor of changing thme law, that they without exception have not gonbe far enough in their answers-it is not sufficient that they should state their ojections to the present system, but that they should clearly explain what they ptropose to substitute in place of it ; perhiaps others may see their estimnation. In relation to a matter of so much importance the people should have the best means of forming 'a right judg ment by which to regulate their action. And ihe best means is an examination anid comnparison of the various plains clear ly and explicitly stated. I would readily believe of the Candidates now before the people of this county, that they wvould scorn to mislead the people by actual imposition for the pturpose of obtaining their votes and that they would equally scorn to connive at, for profiting by, impositions practised and errors propagated by others. I feel thiereuipon warranted in "expecting that the further in formation sought, will be prompt ly and willingly given, as it seems to be generally conceded that it is always due (when asked respectfully) from a candid ate to A COt.6TITUEN~T. A Goon Excus.--A gentleman by tho name of Slauighter, living near Mon tgotmery, Ala.,heipg subponted as a witneiA in~ a ci e peding in the Circuidnurt, and bltrig about to mar ry a Miss Lmb,Avriteil the 'Court that h& iNgot a a iI. a witness 4his C9u4 'he ox i&,S ughter For the ])anier. 4 An Emsignma. I AM COMI'OSED OF FIFTEEN LETTERs. My 9. 2. 14. 1. 7, was t prominent poltician im South Carolina t.4o years ago. My 8. 11. 4. 7, is one cardin.tl points. My 8. 0. 6 11, is a ladies name. My 6. 11, 15. 15. is what the young folks like to do. My 4. 3. U. 1. 8, 1:, was a distin. guished General in the lRevolutionary war. My 1. .5. 13, Is the initate of a con vent. My 2. 8. i1. 1, is what all experience in sunmner. My 4. 1. 8. 11. G. is a very useful pro pelin, power. My 4. 5, 12, is one of the heavenly bo dies. My whole is one of the best news-papers in the South Carolinar. MARY. An answer is solicited. To Editors and the Clerks of the County Courts. We are pleased to learn that the labors of Rev. John 1'. Campbell, and many of his Agetts, have been successful in col lecting materials and subscriptions for his Southern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser, It is proposed that in addition to a full list of all ti:e Merchants. Manufacturers. (by natclinery,) Bank, Insurance, Rail road, Steamboat, Steam Packet and Min itg Companies, together with the popula. tio, number of high schools, churches, commercial prospects, &c., of every prin cipal town in the States of Kentucky, North Carolina, and all the States South of them, (eleven in number,) that the cards of all newspapers be inserted also, that the names of Editors and proprietors, and days and terms of issue, and that a copy of the Directory be sent to each of them as a remuneration for two insertions of this ar ticle in their editorial columns. This ex change of -courtesies has been made be tween Mr. Campbell and the editors South. We are.requested to tender his hearty thanks to Parish District, and County Court Clerks, who have remitted his lists as above, and that if a, copy of, the Directory with their oflice. card inserted, will not compensate them for it, they will please forward their bill with the list to them. It is important that every county shall be represented soon. Every newspaper in the above-named States will please copy the above twice and sen their card or their paper contain ing it to the Southern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser, Nashville, 'Tem. Clerks and Agents address the same. YousU CARoI.INA AT West POINT. -In a notice of the cavalry exercises at West Point, at the late semi-annual examination .a correspondent of the New York IHerald says: 1. Pre~e mitent among ihe best riders in this class is Cadet Lie, of South Carolina. lie rode'a spirited animal, and was ever foremost in the charge. Cadet Villepigue, of South Carolina, is also a fine rider, and led the last charge that was made. * Cadets [.ee and Roo ors, pf' Virgitiia; Randall, of Texas; Davant, of South Carolina; Petider, of North C!aroliuna; Wright, of Now York; and Mullins, of Mississippi, were among the finie riders 'that''we noticed conspicuous durin he.rll h squaLdron was ini constant motion beforie the board ora fu ~ll.u and: halt, adyet seemeId to experience but little intigt'e at thme close of the exer cises from the violent drill which they had und.'rgone." DR. GUYtNOTP IMROVEDi EXTRACT OF YELLOiW DOCK AND SARSAPARIL-. LA 15 A ShugE aWMED)Y FOR Hereditary Taint. Ttouandrs of individuals are cursed with grievousa complaints, which they inherit fronm teir parents. The use of the Yellorw Doch and .Sarsapazrilla wvill prevent all of this, and save a vast amount of misery, and many valuable iives, for it thoronghly. arpela from the system the latent taint, which isthe seed of disease, ad. so takes off the cnres by which the sins or misfortune of the parents .are so often visited upon the innocent offspring ., P'arents owe it to their childlren to guard t~hem. against the efTcts of maladies that may be communnicatedI by dercent, and children of per ents that have at any tinme been affected with Consumption, Scrofula or Syphilis, owe It to thtemselves to take precaution against the dis ease being revived in them. Guyuott's Extract of Yellow D~ock.and Sarsaparilla is a sure ati dote in such cases.veastu. EF See Ad *ment. Tribate of Respect. WHzltEAS, it has pleased Almighty God, to remove from the sphere of his useful ness, our well-beloved friend, and Brother Odd Fellow, GEORGE B. SHIVER; and bow-. ing ourselves in meek submisiort to the All-Wise decree, knowing that to all men,! it is given to die and appear before the great Ruler of all the eamrth, to render an account of the deeds done in the body, and feeling further that fronm his consistent~ conduct in carrying out the principles and practice of true Odd Fellows, (wvhich con sists in " doing unto others as we wool. that they should do unto us,").he is now Engaging thte great reward of a christian,, by sitting at the right hand of the Saviou ? Therefore, Resolred, That in his death, we have lost a sincere friend and Brother, and the order a member of wvhose miemory they may at all times be proud. Resolved, That we do deeply sympathize with the family and lodge of the deceased' Brother in their loss. Resolved, That the above proceedings be published inghe papers'of the Town and the Camden Journal be-requested to> copy. S. E. W. CLARKSON. Seo'ty, Sumiterville Lodge No. 23, L . . F. Sheriff's Sales, Bvirtue of sundry Execstione to-.ne directed, will be sold at Sumter Court House, on the 1st Mondamy .amd de foliow2. ing in July next, within legal hours'of said to the highest bidder, for cash,'tlhd follow inig property-pnrchasers to pay 'for titles: I mnul1 levied on as thme property Jnm4** -McCall at thte suit of C. C. TIhanius.'. 1 negro levied o.1 as the property 'of C. Wt. Lessesne at the suit of N. Crane,. 1 negro levied on as the property of Js F. June at the suit of E. Barnes. 7 negroe levied on as the properly of' [John A. Colclough at the suit of D. M. Hlerriot,*to bsfmold at the risk of the former 1 mule eilg n the property - IH. Johnson at I he'nit of J. P. Jarne. dj NC.RA (8