The Pee Dee herald. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1856-1859, August 05, 1856, Image 2
THE BROOKS AND BURLINGAME
DtfFICULTV.
W *siiinoTo?, .My 2.?Th- following
document will appear in the Intelligencer of
Monday:
lite publication of Hon. P. S. Brooks,
hr the Union of the 23d instant; with the
note of bis friend, General Lane appended,
in which my nauiu is mentioned, will I
hope, excuse me in presenting the follow,
in3 statement of facts in reference to my
connection with the subject which it
discusses.
On the 21st instant, about 7 o'clock,
p m., meeting tho Hon. Mr. Burlingarue
on Pennsylvania avenue, he placod in iny
hand tho following note and requested me
to set as his friend and adviser, first assuring
me that he had decided t) accede to
the rcquost it contained :
Washington, July 21, 1850.?Sir:
Will you do uie the kindness to indicate
some place outside of this district, whore
it will be convenient to you to negotiate in
reference to the difference between us ?
Very respectfully, etc.,
P. 8. BROOKS.
Hon. A. Burlingaino.
No hostile mooting was proposed by the
note, and I agreed to render the desired
service. Having reason to suspect from
the circumstances connected with the case,
from rumors I had heard, and from my
knowledge of schemes that are sometimes
resorte 1 to in regard to such matters in
Washington, that meddling persons might
seek to tarnish Mr. Burlingatne's reputation
by an arrest, 1 advised him to leave
the street immediately, which he did?
and to prepare to absent himself from the
'District.
At 3 o'clock ho met mo at a private
room by appointment. The following reply
was prepared, and 1 was instructed to
deliver it to Col. Brooks, in person, as soon
as he could be found?this being deemed
the pmpcr coarse, becauso bo had not
named in bis note any person authorized'
to receive it:
Washington, D. C., July 21, lfcftB
Sir: Your note of this date was plaocd
in my bauds by Qen. Lane, this afternoon.
In reply, I have to say that 1 will be at
the Clifton House, on the Cnnada side of
Niagara Palls, on Saturday next, at 12
o'clock, m., to ''negotiate" in reference
to any "diSorencoa betweou us," which,
in your judgment, may require settlement
"outside of this District."
I have the honor to he,
Yonr obedient servant.
A. BURLING AM K.
Hon. P. S Brooks.
I took a oarriage at 9 o'clock, and sought
for Col. Brooks, with avion to deliver the
reply to hitn. Failing to find him at his
lodgings, looked for him unsuccessfully
# at the hotels, until 11 o'^>ck?Mr. Burlingame
having expression great anxiety
that bis note should be delivered immediately.
I then repaired to the residence
of Goii. Lane, and found him entertaining
visitors. As soon as his company left, I
wrote at his table the following note,
explanatory of nay reasons for delivering
to nim Mr. Buriingame's reply to Coi.
Broefca:
WAsnnrNaTO*, July 21st, 1856?11 P.
M.?My Dtear Sir:?This evening, about
8 o'clock, Hon. A. Burlingamc handed me
the enclosed note to be delivered to Col.
Brooks. Failing to find the Colonel, after
calling twice at bis lodgings, I deem it
proper to place it in your hands, and to
ask that vnn deliver it tn him I wmiM
have called on you with the reply of Mr.
Uurlingaine, but for the fact that your
naino is not mentioned in the note of
Colon*! Brooks.
Very truly yours,
LEWIS CAMPBELL.
Hon. Joseph Lane, Washington.
This note and Mr. Burlingatne's reply
were delivered, unsealed, to Gen. Lane,
who read them both at my request. Our
interview was brief. He spoke of the
point named (Clifton House) as inoonveaient,
and desrred to know, in th^ event
f their going there, what kind of weapons
wero'to he used. I replied to this, that
I regarded the note ef Bnrliugame as
legitimate and fully responsive to that of
Mr. Brooks, and that I declined any
negotiation, at that time, hariagreferenoe
to weapons as premature.
It b due to Gen. Lane to aay that ho
has to day informed rae that he derived the
Impression from ray remarks, in regard to
weapons Ac., that I was not then authorized
te dx upon terms for a hostile mealing,
And thus he so informed Colonel Brooks.
I informed him that Mr. Burlingame, acting
under my adviee, could not be seeu
in the District, hut that I could be found
at my lodgings er at my float in the House,
and would receive and deliver to him any
communication touching the subject matter
of the correspondence. After a few
suggestions,In wh'.ch we mutually concurred,
as to the propriety of keeping the affair
from the puMio, we separated, Ova. Lsat
saving, if. t after an Interview Wish tVI
Brooks, be (Oil. B.) deemed aay eomtnunieettoa
111?7 ia Che premieee, it
wo aid be handed to ? e on the nest da/.
The - f xogeiag elite?eat, m te whet
oeoorod between Oen. Lane ewd ?yaelf,
hae been esa?lead by hi?, and admitted
to be substantially eerreei.?
At IS o'eioek I reported the haU to
Mr. Dodiif??, and he 1-?ediately left
the Diatriet ia a peieate ownvejaaee aeenf-M
by Mr. Ja?, of Wisconaia.
I either e* ?ny lod-ing ee at my daafc
> tbe Hewn daring tbw whole of nest day,
22a, eeawenioation from the pariiee,
either verbal or written, w ? made to me,
?,?J J ?niyi<?wl aiawp takU <U
the Betel, that day, when I beard a frieed
Of Ht Vrvoka jabtialy^ etato tfc* gputeoU
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of the correspondence. On the morning <
of the following day, the 22d, tho Uniou I
newspaper contained tho publication of
Mr. Brooks, embracing his noto and the '
reply, with the statement of Ge:i. Lane
appended, in which the place of meeting i
was declared absurd, and tho insinuation
made that hia arrest was tho result of the
conduct of Mr. Burlingauic's friends.
It is not improper here to say that no
I information wns given to me by Mr.
Brooks or his friends, of a design to publish
the correspondence, nor that the
place designated was objectionable to hiin,
except verbally by Gen I^ane in the interview
mentioned, prior to his publication
in tho Union.
Up to the present hour, I have learned
nothing from Mr. Biooks or hia friend* !
(outside of newspaper publications) except
on the 24th, when, on inquiry of
Oen. Jjuue, I was told that Col. Brooks
would not be at Niagara Falls, to-day to
meet tho appointment suggested by Mr.
Burlingame. I therefore took measures
to have Mr. Burlingame return to his scat
in the House?having previously published
in tho Union of that day, 24th?in his
absenoo, a card. This card has* already
boon published.
These are the material facts in tho case,
so far as they are embraced wthin my
knowledge, with the interviews, conversations.
writings, explanations, cards, Ac.,
Ac., of tho parties and thoir friends.
Prior to 7 o'clock of tho 21st inst.,
I have had no connection, direct or indi'
root. For ihe contents of the note of
' Burlingame, in reply to that of Mr.
Brooks, especially that portion designating
a time and place " for a mooting" to
"negotiate," Ac., as well as his bearing
! as a' gentleman in every respect, from that j
time to this, I am accountable. Mr.
Brooks had requested a place to be named
outside of this district, convenient to Mr.
1 Burlingatue. Not aware of any rule of
1 courtesy which required me to consult the
j wishes of Col. Brooks or his friends on
1 that point, it was settled without auy
conference with them. If this justifies
complaint, the error is mine. It is proper
to say that tho suggestion of the
"Clifton House on the Canada side of
Niagara Falls," as the placo, was presented
by me to Mr. Burlingame At first he
disapproved of it, and added with some
feeling, that if Mr. Brooks was anxious to
meet him to "negotiate, etc," he would if
necessary, go oven to South Carolina.
I insisted on the timo and place I had
naraod, saying to Mr. B., that if I was to
be his adviser, he must bo governed by
j my counsel, and that "I would be respou'
sible for my decision." Mr. Burlingame
then acquiesced, stating that if a communication
was presented to roe, objecting
to tho time or place, in his absence, I
should change either or both, at my dis|
cretion. I deem a knowlcdcrc of the fact ,
o
on this point alike <lue to Mr. Burllnganic !
and myself in view of the unexpected I
publicity which Col. Brooke has given
| to the matter through tho press.
From the spirit of CdT. Brook's note I I
i vn* induced to bop.1 the! 50 hostile action j
would result rem the <ncc ting which ho
invited. I believed thnt the retired place
I had designated, boing accessible by one
day's travel, in a cool, healthful and magnificently
picturesque region, remote from
excitements of metropolitan life, would bo
far more appropriate in tho hot season,
than any point in the District of Columbia
?but Mr. Brooks seems to set out with the
assumption that his note was iu spirit, if
not in form, a hottile. numtgc, or, in other
words, a challenge. What right had I, J
in thi? TIP* flf ttl* muOu ? >? -*.-1
, ? . .V .. V* ?MW (uuvwij W UtIVO VUlf I
lcnged paitv outside of tho District? If
the answer be, to evade the laws of our
oountry, then that answer admits the place
to have been well chosen-, because there'is
no State, north or South, in whiohthe laws
do not prohibit such hostile meetings under
heavy penalties. Alter assuming that the
note was a challenge, he says that he could
not reach tho Falls of Niagara without run.
ningthe gauntlet of mobs, assassins, prisons
and penetentiaries, baliffs and constables.
It appears by the note of Qen. Lane to
' him that he had informed Mr. Burliogaine
at the ontsct, that ho had the right of selecting
the place for the meeting, See., and
yet, alter it was choeen he objected to it
on the ground that it waa " too far distant,"
and woold subject Mr. Brooks to '* so many
haxsarda of arrest," and therefore advised
him " to take no farther notioe of the matter."
I will not stigmatise the people
southward as mobs, " assassins," etc. but
in behalf of the people between this'poiof
and Niagara Falls, I assert that Ool. Brooks
would hare been quite-ae secure north of
Maaon and DixOn'e line as Mr. Borlingsme
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i' wouia neve eeea eoum or tt. i Know
nothing of the rulee of chivalry except what
nature haa taught ma, nor hare I studied,
nor will 1 ever waate lima in studjiag the
matter?code duello?but ae vaj action in
the premteae mum tc be rebuked, 1 leave
the partiee to ebow the "aathoritiee" to
juetiiy their propooitiouf.
Firat, that the challenging party mar,
(n hip in bom go, make any reetriotiooe cither
ae to the time or *phuM of meeting.?
Seoood, that in electing the plana the
challenged navtv ie alreuiaaerihed no.
graphically by any praiaa latitude or lonaitoda.
Third, that whan the party antttlad
to tha aalaotioa, iW akalleogar may
roiira turn tha Aald on hi* objection* to
diataaoa, if within om day'* Uarai, or
for, WafuUittAaa* aoaaUbiaa."?
Foa. that under wutaaJ a$raaa?**t, not
to give publieiiy, oaa party ta authorised
to paUiah tha alair thaaagh (he praaa,
r witkftii# ?Ka kiaaoloalaaia tk* I
t . . ? -o' Hfc I
other .
My oou^bity ta.ihia affair waa indue*'
'* qJKi
11 *i-' m 1?1 . - 1-L.. 1 "
ed sol el}' by private friendship, aud the
hope that I inijrht be instrumental in soiuo
hurnbl" way in restoring amicable rotations s
between the parties.
1 now dismiss the whole matter, as far
as may be possible, from my mind, forever,
consoled by tho reflection, that whatever
may have boen my errors, in ' the 1
premises, no brother's blood has been shed
or life sacrificed, by reason of any act of ,
mine. Lewis D. Cami'Bki.l.
Washington, D. C., July 26, 1856
?tt flee $ era lb.
'* CHERAW, S C.,
TUESDAY, AUGl' ST 5, 1866. |
THE ARGUS' CORRESPONDENT.
We h*ve beeu asked if we did not intend to
reply to that portion of the letter of the correspondent
of the" Aaoca" which alluded to" the
Cheraw delegation" at Wedesboro' I Surely
not! We can see ?o impropriety in his allusions,
and are not at all disposed to quarrel (
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nihi uiui iui iimui^m^ m b iuiiv vnnoceni 1 i
pleasantry. It .would be abaurd indeed, and
betray excessive sensitiveness, to treat it as I
anything else than pleasantry, it matters not (
how close it hits. Nor can wo draw from his |
remarks any such inference (as some of our i
friends would do) that onr North Carolina
neighbors have the least objection to seeing , i
South Carolinians among them. On the oc- |
casion referred to we were treated with evory
mark of kindness and tespect, and indeed were '
indebted to such kindness for an eligible and
comparatively comfortable seat to hear the
speeches, when hundreds'of North Carolinians
were excluded by the donsity of the crowd
from positions where they might have ato&l j
and listened. The others of the "delegation" j
(soma eight or ten in mimher) seemed to have ,
met with equal courtesy and attention.
Neither did we hear from the speakers or
any one elso, any unkind or offensive allusion
to Sooth Carolina, or any remark upon any
sobject, to which exception oould he taken by
the most fastidious of her citizens.
One of us having visited Wadesboro', the'
other of the editors of this paper went up to
Rockingham on a similar occasion, and m?*. .
with the same attention and kiudness. At !
each place we found the people of N<frth
Carolina zealous for their political faith, but ;
disposed to resort to no unfair means to carry !
out their purposes. Mr. Fillmore is certainly .
very popular there, but it appeared to us that j
hia friends were penectly willing to allow every
man his own opinion and preference, and i
asked the aid of no one but their own citizens '
in any way to further their interests.
Instead of taking offence at the remarks of
the correspondent of the " Aaocs" we were
amused at his description of things at Wadesboro'.
and are disposed rather to concur with
him in tk. a.. .l. j-l -
u*m in Mix? vipiuivii vu?u me vnorvw aci^jr?* ,
tion" were used up, not by the argument'how J
over, but the heat of the weather.
0
DEMAUOOUE1SM.
No greater curse can possibly be inflicted
upon any country than that of demagogue*
ism. AH popular governments however suffer i
to some extent from this monstrons evil, and
it therefore becomes the patriot to arm him- i
self and resist its insidious attacks upon the
well being of society, to the very utmost. In ,
our own country, there can be no doubt, that '
to this corrupt fountain may be traced thoee
countless streams which pour upon us the i
floods of mischief and strife by which we ore
almoet overwhelmed. And why should it he
so? The people have it in their power to curb
the fiendish spirit which is at work for their
own destruction ; and (hat power may he exercised
at once, and by a simple manifestation
of a spirit of detirmination. Has it never ocmiFM.1
?n tk,n tlut Ik. J '--J- ---?
v?>v <uv<u ?..~v uit ucinagu([un iet*ui una
fatten* upon the gullibility of th? "dear people" i
and upon nothing eUe in the work! f If he !
wishes to succeed, he has only to palm off*
upon them a deception?a L>, andJhe attains
at one* hia cherished object* Hut little inpeneoity
ia required upon hia part to manufketure
tome hobby astraddle of which he may
rido over the heads of thoee for whom he
profeaeea the greatest veneration and lowe. i
He pandora to the worat passions, the moat I
disgusting prejudice*, and the vilest prinei- |
pies of men, and with jezuitical cunning succeeds
in arraying communities and claaaea
again at each other for hia own wicked purpoaea.
Never la he known to have a decided opinioa
of hia own upon any controverted subject,
but is undecided, vaeilating and indeed all
things to all men. Feeling first the popular
pulse to determine the degree of his own
energy, he is of course at one time and plaee
zealous for oae thing, and at another time
and plaoe lukewarm ia the same cause or
equally zealous for Its opoaite.
How can such a character he endured T It
ia oaly upon the assessptioe of the cmhfWy i
and groan ignorant*, or else the riff say of the
people, that he eaa exist at all? aad certainly
a true aad patriotic people will not suffer them
selves to be the dopes of so doicrtabts a creature
I .. ? < : * - "I
i Let es then look nenoarly into those measures
of Mate or foderal poUey which amy at
any time be proposed, aad see if there are
m( aooacaifaa of this <U*n ftot iW Uiiw,
?if mUm trail of Oik eerpeet" U mi ?m
tkal iNlkirK?mMtea4MM?l it tMr
support, ik aaaaaa employed to frrtW tka
Neb te eoaatk iknuelm to u| wMtui
juiltrmont and a aaaaaieatluat regard tm trifift
and datjr? Or d?Uwy aaaai tote daaifwad to
MMMl^adadMa la ktadla atatha. and ?*
conpUah aatfak aadat Iflka ladtl^ are
adtinMaflj auaehirrona and aboaid not au*>
caad* By thia wUarioo am ^ aataad
i ,a # *? /?.%. *-%i ? . # .4 ,t. *
I ax# ? ?? Ml t^MMa^agaa- *?X?M t??VO aX? vwaaaa
| trf wraid woo dia ant, and gi*n ptaaa to
Kuuanl w?aa. . ~ o s
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THE COLLEOB.
We have but a few words more upon this
ubject.
We understood tbe " Flag " to object to the
ipproprifction to the College because it requirjd
a taxation for the benefit of " the aristocra:y,"
as a class ; while wc contend that of all
he clnssesinto which our people may possibly
je divided, the " aristocracy " is least cared
or in legislative appropriations- In the din
ribution of the funds set a part for education
*1 purposes, the " Flag " adopts a rule which
to us appears unfair; for it estimates the whole
number of poor children " to I* educated,*
[by which we understand all in the State,
whether they take advantage of the provision
mude for their benefit or not,) and distributes
the money among thcru, per capita, while on
the other hand it calculates only the numbet
jf Students act Hatty attending College, without
reference to those who go to other 3tates,
attend the Medical and Military Colleges, 01
follow vocations which they think do not re
i]uire collegiate preparation, and dis[KMes ol
their appropriation in the same way. If nor
recipients of tho State bounty are counted on
one side, it strikes us they should be on th?
other.
But our position in that the College is opct
to all classes, and there is nothing in its sys
torn, or the rate of tuition to debar any wbt
might attend most of our high school* ; whiU
the Free School fund is solely designed for
and can possibly be enjoyed only by the poor
But though so designed and used, it is in it
effects, an appropriation tor the good of ail, ai
every cifzen is benefitted by the educatipn o
the poor as well as the rich.
Our chief objection to the opposition is, tbn
it is based upon the idea that the State ough
to discriminate between classes. We hop<
this will never be the case.
The " Flag" pan say nothing in commenda
tion t>f the Military Academies which we wil
not heartily approve. Indeed, we have oflet
said, that we regard it as one of the bes
things the Legislature ever did when it adopt
cd the system which gave birth to th^se no
ble institutions. Nor do we regard them a
confined to any class of our citizens, butopei
to all who choose to partake of theirbenfits*?
Our friend of the " Flag" will see however b}
referring to the " act to make appropriations'
pasted 19th Dec. 1855, that we arc right ii
saying that they receive "Thirty thousaiu
dollars"?if so much be accessary.
Now we have only to say, that neither oftbi
Editors of this paper is a graduate of th<
So ith Carolina College, neither of them is rich
but both are emphatically in every sense o
the word, of the " Democracy." We therefor
hu\c no other feelings but those which proceet
from a conscientious conviction of duty, am
an honest pride in the honor and glory of ou
Sate, to prompt us to take the poeition we dc
And when we remember that the College ha
given us such men as McPuffie, Legare, am
Thoniwell (two of them poor students) with i
host of others, whoso lights art net to be hi<3
deu under a bushel, we are content yet longe
to see oar " bread cast upon thttt waters."
??o
AN EDITOR'S LIFE.
Until we had some little experience in th
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uusivn wi mi sAiinn| wv nuv uiwjn/ouu *v n/v
upon it only as a pi. asant recreation, an mm
eeut passtirae ; bat it is something else. To tin
every week some topic upon wkich to hold ft
miliar converse with his patrons, to geth<
items of news and call interesting and instrm
tive paragraphs for his rendeA, when there i
so great a dearth in the 'iterary and politioi
world is by no means a holiday ana use met
for one who oceapies no editorial chair. Yet h
must hare vomakmg, sad that within a giv.
time. He is forced thcredwe to take up thcm<
for discusssion which to bim appear suitabl
for the timee^and in themselves perfectly inm
cent, yet when his thoughts are writtcofprinte4
and sent out beyond recall, others with keei
er powers of discrimination discover in thai
some secret allusion, some bidden applic*
tion, which to his dull comprehension nevt
would appear. Or when some brilliant erticl
is copied from another journal, ke learns tc
late that crary body has seen it elsewhat
long ago. Now what caa he do? He canm
manufacture items of " thrilling" interest,cannot
get np for tAe occtuio* "terrific seaoea,
" terrible disasters" or " dreadful tornadoes
but most be content with getting np (at eeeon
hand) a little brecte, and jnst so much of tb
" terrible" as circumstances furnish.
We are not dissatisfied with the editorii
life, hat in Tory raaoh provoked and annoye
by the scarcity of material tarnished for 01
work. True we might launch oat into into
miaable controversies with the Fraternity n|
on almoat any subject, bai w?j bold that os
paper belongs to its patrons and we have n
right to devote its columns to any purpose u<
consistent with their interests. Upon tt
whole we shall take matters easy and do tfc
lest we can under the circumstances; ask in
the indulgence of o tr read see as we go alonj
HK &PEAKB.
If the New England Stales were ooenpie
solely by sash men as Samwr and Bvrlingam
and the Black Ke^ablicans and Abebbooiet
oar love of te Union weald be gone and ?
should not hesitate to diesoi r# U before goia
to steep.
So says B. F. Perry: * Wk sheaU not has
Ui. J: _t - ?. i.? W? ? -
? vm ?!! ! m\mm ufn; MBr< aM t
ilup,"
" 0, nd mm pow?r tkl gihie fie m.
Tamo oareele u ithwa mo ur
Irwmd free monie * Murder Am o?."
i ... Vim#.
We do wot mo why Mr. Pony m/ mA Al
-hA*? the Unto* if ft? Mamma to do 00, dM
WtkkM theeredit of having ?ofir
jwntja Of eoam thee he haeoo^t rlgl
tedeterehw how W|g A may caetkiM ?a<h 111
?pM? -ORhwt ??sts?!
" PI*? * 4* the ?ho?t ailMtt, eahthMi a *p?r
ef f n ?ii if 1 whiehtthtitt' he thk
?SwrWw of naMta wet yet wee*" '
&MiT r-V ?' '^"2
M^dC-w?wnMy,'?iN
loahrta plat. ftaao* V* ****
fl NORTHERN
JOURNALS.
Although we are ready to accord souio de
gree of credit to tbot-c northern papers which
i bare expressed sentiments favorable to tbe
South ; yet we are disposed to agree with the
Carolina Times in attributing much of this (
to tin* motive power of moneyed interest. *
No Journal has gone farther than the New '
York Herald, in defence of Southern institu'
: tions at the north, and now it hus becotno the ] 1
- j rampant organ of the blackest caste of black '
Republicans. 4
j The Lay Book is now the Southern organ '
nt New York, and thus far has fought right '
boldly against the hotne current, but we hare
our fears ior its future.
Wc will learn from un enemy, and of course j
will accept the present aid of even uncertain (
friends, but lot us ut the same time keep our |
eyes open, and trust them no further than
' 1 necessity requires. 'Tis the fault?or mis- (
tortnne, it you chose, ot the Southern people ! ,
^ to l>e too confiding, too easily du|>ed by empty 1 ]
professions. We owe it to ourselves to take
care that wa do not nurse vipers in our bosoms, j
wbich hereafter may strike their poisonous j .
fangs into our vitals. 8outhcrn patronage
raised the New York Herald to a position of
influence and armed it for tho fight against (
our own interests, let us be cautious then in ,
| future.
o- - -
OUR TAPER.
The Herald is now just two months old, and
uy think, for so young a thing, is getting a- j
( long very well. We have tried at ail events,
to make its columns interesting and instructive,
and to avoid offending tho nicest sensibil- ,
1 ities or the keenest prejudices of our readers
, byn word or sentiment of our own. Yet we
have (and over shall do so) expressed our opin,
ions openly on such topics as we have noticed,
I ] taking for our sole rrle of cnnduct, the convic,
tions of our own conscience. If in any respect i
t then, we have failed in the object with which j
r ; we sot out, it has been because of errors pro?
ceeding from the head alone. Wo intend j
? ! however, to adhere to the rule of conduct we
!
^ have adopted, .ind will not swerve from the (
. course it commends under any circumstauv
ces.
? The " Herald " is now n good advertising '
t medium, having a respectable circulation in !
1 the surrounding Districts and Counties.
* 0
? ! THE CROPS.
From every quarter around ua we have (he
' most discouraging accounts of the crops. Corn
crops are almost totally destroyed, literally
' burnt up. Our planters now calculate on noth'
ing more than half a crop. Cotton too has
; suffered severely, hut it can aland each ? sear
son better than Corn, and may recover some*
'' what from this sudden blight. What changes
* a few short weeks may bring forth I From the
^ moat sanguine expectations of a plentiful bara
vest, and a more prosperous day for the poor
' | of our country, Ve arc reduced at once to de'
spOiiuciivy nuu giOOiii. With wages uui ai ail
increased, and provisions scarce and exorbitantly
high for a series of yean, the poorer
classes must suffci extremely.
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(1 i These gentlemen have been re-eiectod by
! large votes and without opposition. They go
,r back, therefore, with the approval of their
E. coustituenta, and thna the stigma which Black
m Republicans would put upon them is wiped
,i out at once.
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e 19* Ad apology U doe to such of our exo
: change* m did mwire the last number of
is the " Herald.** The fact is we somehow made
e a mistake in the number of copies str uck off
> and did not have enough to send one to all.
1, We hope they will excuse us, and wc promise
a- to avoid this error in future,
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v The Junior Editor of the "Herald"
" has gone North for a few weeks, but has prom is.
4 ed occasional editorial correspondence, in
*? which our readers will have the benefit of bis
* "jottings by the way."
Selected for the Pee Dee Herald.
'? DEBATE IN THE SENATE, JULY 2,1856.
id Mr. Raid said : u Mr. President, I rise merely
>e for tbe purpose of warning our fronds at the
North, that, if they desire the perpetuation of
tl this Union, and the maintenance of Tree ind
stitutions. they should be carefbl not to adopt
ir and carry into execution the views entertained
r> nj im beaators from New York, Massachusetts
p. ' and thoae who co-operate with them ; for as
lT 1 certainly M anything can poaaibly be, if that
o state of thiogs is to be (brood upon the South,
jt this Union cannot last." (Appendix to the
Oonymeiomd Oiohe, page T95.)
>e Mr. Wilson: M The time for such a threat as
g the Senator from North Carolina has made to
J. bare an effect upon th i people has pa seed
away. I thank God these idle menaces Vara
passed away (bearer. They oommenoed in
4 17M, ia the Bret debate ia the House of Repre*
e, sentatires on the Slavery qaeetion, and have
? been repeated from that time to this. This
* OornmeMBt Hers ia the ?Options of the peo*
pie, and threats Mm will not disturb it 1
1- astrirti the Senator from North Carolina that
* threats to dissolve thin Uaioa wrfYI hare no affect
whatever bpo? ma, ofr upon (bote oho act with
me bare, or Opto the patriotic States and people
#trhwrtr the hgeor to tspmsst Sir, Soethsrn
ma a threatened fro shrtfdaye la the HouO* \
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Communication.
For tb? Pee Dee HculJ.
Mkssh?. Editor*:?1 send jrou aV'cipe,
w certain and speedy euro for the B'.fu of a
make?-when it is not fatal, which is 'Mvjtit
y the caac when bitten by 'ho Ruttl* H-.aV*1
Take a lump of Allum the sine of a Ngi
neg,or pmtnded Allum about a Tenspoonft*
iissolvcd in water1,and taken inwardly; whr
he water cannot be had, chew it up an
iwallow it, aa soon as possible* 1 hai*' itftim
jood authority*- There are two things this
lose will do, that is stop tbc swelling, and ?
the pain. I have heard of Several instances
where this has been tried, and In no" ifutant-e
failed, even on the canine speciea it bus a good
uflfect. A cheap remedy that every body can
have1
will give you an instance that happened
suite near our village. A little girl nbrttft $
years old was out gathering Mcllons, and was
bitten by a Rattle Snake, that had sctnie 6 or
7 Itaules, she was immediately taken to ine
house and the preparation given as soon as
poisihle, and in quite a short time the chnuge
was so great, that she fell asleep and took a
good nap, after whieh she complained none,
only of a acre toe. which remained unt:! tin
shedding of the nail.
W. L. ROBESON.
Chesterfield C. II., Aug. 4th, 1B56.
Original ffoetrg.
For the Pee Dee Herald.
EARTHLY GODS.
BY IDA.
That beauteous boy with his manly form,
r*V* * S?. % ? f -a a
ine prme onuy neon, nmcoieriiig me mortl,
Your boy with those sparkling ejc? of blue,
And rounded cheek of a roseate hue ;
Hay?is not thy lore for him more dear,
Than for the one who made and pieced him here?
That tiny girl with the flaxen hair,
Falling in ringlets round a forehead fair ;
Her thoughtful brow and dreamy eye,
Telling her beauty beneath them lie ;
Stay?twine not round her too closely thy lore,
She is but loaned thee, her home is above.
There is yet another?'tis a worldly god,
Alas 1 'tis too frequent | but list to my word.
Often, yes often, it engrosses man's heart,
He lores ii, ay, worships, nor fruui ii can psri;
Answer me truly, oh mortal! and sec
if ye And not Money thy God to be.
Beware, beware of these earthly gods,
They are scattered afer, they are spread abroad;
Thou may'st love them, but give tfiem not
that lore, **
WHICH Deionsrcth alone to the God above :
He made thee, to Him then jour first homage
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Return ye, and worship Him while 'tis to-day.
From the Mobile (Ala.) Register.
HOME EVOCATION.
We hare said much of late in the column
of this paper ou the pernicious habit
10 eomaun wit'* ^netharn people, of detail*
ting their homes aud spending almost every
summer in some of the Northern States.?
Wc hare endeavored to show that this
habit is founded neither in reason nor iis
good policy?that it leads to a vast sapei*-dituro
of Souvuern money, is injuries* to
Sootheru character, and that so far from
its tending to improve the health and constitution,
the effect is directly the reverse.
We have endeavored to impress the reader
with the wisdom, the duty, and the good
policy of " A BOMB LIVE." We desire now,
to say something on a nearly related subject
" HOME EDUCATION."
The practice of sending boys to Northern
Schools snd Colleges, has been in a
gnat tneaaute abandoned Wc are heartily
glad of it. Experience has shown that
our young men who have been trained and
educated at home whether for a mercantile
life or for tholearned professions, have
succeeded best; and thus a sense of duty A
to the boy has concurred with a sentiment
which has been growing stronger and
stronger for years past, that whatev r
might be the superiority of the Northern
Seminaries for importing the education of
books, they were inferior in imparting the
ueore important education of habit and
amputation. It has heen found, too, that
few young minds couid be safely exposed
to the polities! and social heresies which,
accurately traced, have their sou roes, in
Northern SobooU and Colleges.
The sentiment ia right. Bat wo wish
to pat a atop to the iojaetiee done to our
young men, not in part, but in toto. The
advantage*, indeed, derived ftoa a South*
em education by* yoang man who design*
to make a Southorn State the theatre
of hi* ffctare activity, are obvioua
enough. More than half the honorable
aoccwM of lift depend opon an aooorate
KnuvNdgr m m iwww. wvw men ?ucoeed
in any pen ok reqairing contact and
ooHMeo with anofety vithoet an adeqnato
knowiedge of the otaareeler and habits of
the featoM withhhonatiny aoaoolate- Life
lea aytMm of eqnlveleiite flbroeghoat.?
The aeatlaente, the feeftcga, the eooaUeea j|
liin tf wwlej and fHeadabip, of which
iaie to hngely otoapoeed, have their as- w
ohangaahle vahaea ao he thee the niatevi' da
el eeaeoHrtO of tied* at the projection*
tfheaaaa art and akilt* Te Mb* thvae T
vtlKa ttrmeafaal both waeeeeea au<i happtoeaa:
to*%" '? a apeeito of knoWfodge
otote ? faqeiaad fttoi hooka, and to a
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