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MISCELLANY.
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Kansas Territory.
Messrs. Editors :?In compliance with
your request, I shall attempt to give yon
:somc information in regard to Kansas. Although
I feel my inability to give a de-scription
of the country, yet I may be able
'to say something that may be interesting
'to "those who desire to ( miorrnfe tliAir
? ? o
All that I shall say will he a true statement
of what I saw and learned during iny stay
tin the Territory of Kansas, and I shall attempt
to give you a true statement pro
?nd con.
During my stay in the Territory, I fortunately
had the oj>portunity of seeing most
of that portion of it which lies on and
South of the Kansas or Kaw llivcr, all of
which is one large prairie, with occasional
streams running through it, (in fact all of
Kansas is prairie.) The timber is exclusively
cotiS"t"l to ibe streams. It is generally
large, and consists principally of oak,
.hickory and walnut. The width of the
timber on the streams is from one-hait lo
two miles, varying as the size of the stream.
The surface of the country is generally rollinrr.
but not ennurrh tn i:aiiha it. to umcIi
All of the land lying between the streams
(which is entirely prairie) is eovcred with
beautiful graRB from two to four feet in
height. It stands ?o thick that the ground
cannot be seen. This grass is mowed in
' the fall, ADd used for wintering cattle?it is
/Called prairie hay. All the land is very
' rich. I *A# no poor land. It consists generally
of bhw:k loam soil. It produces
fromsi.ily t<1 One hundred bushels of corn
* oats and other grain in
per awe; wht..., , a ,
? ' ' (rrnwa hnc r.
proportion. Clover 45 >
ilemp will grow in tbo Territo.^ as "f
it docs m Missouri, and in MUsouif on<
band will inako six hundred dollars worth
of hemp per year. I am told that they
often make as much as seven or eight hundred
dollars worth. Corn is cultivated entirely
with tlio plow. Tl?? first year the
land is cultivated, the sod is simply turned
over and the com planted, it wilt then
without anything else being done to it
* make forty tasliela per acre.
Tbia country is destined to become one o
the greatest cattle raising countries in the Un
ion. Here the cattle raiser will not havi
to confine bis cattle to a small pasture; h
may have a pasture aa large as he choosei
-even if it should be one hundred mile
aquare. All ?f U?o Southern (and it is th
caso with the Northern) portion of the Territory
abounds in coal. The coal is very
fine and abundant. It is generally near
the surface, and obtained with but little labor.
Nearly every man can have his own
coal mine. Very lino stone for building
is also very plentiful. I have seen some
very fine stone fences in the adjoining counties
of Missouri, built at a cost of about
$2 50 per rod. A very substantial and lasting
fence is built of the sod at a less cost
than the stone fence. I ain told that there
is a machine used in makinrr rdH foiwne
and il is said that a very cheap, substantial
and lasting fence is made by this machine.
Two of the greatest objections to the
Territory are the scarcity of water and
timber. I have traveled as far as forty
miics and passed but one standing pool of
water. Nenrly all the streams go dry in
the summer, Rivers nearly large enough
for steamboat navigation in the winter, in
summer arc entirely dry. Very good water
is obtained at the depth of twenty feet,
and I have no doubt that artesian wells
could be bored at a small cost. Artesian
wells will be very essential to stock raisers.
The timber, though of very good size, is
not very good for building purposes. The
principal plank used in building is made of
walnut, cottonwood, &c.
I have often been asked if I thought
slave labor would be profitable in the Territory.
In answer to which, I will say, that
Missouri and Kansas are alike, both as to
soil and situation. Iu the former the exi
..:.???? i.?? i i-:. i ? -
|,i...uvuv n.1.1 uyyii lllCTC Slave
labor has been found to be very profitable ;
and if profitable in on*1, I see no reason
why it should not be in the other. During
inost of the time I was in the Territory, I
wrisoutof the settlements, and consequently
I am not posted concerning the difficulties
between the two parties, the greatest enmity
exist between them. The abolitionists
openly declare it as their object to make
Kansas a free State, whether or not, and
boastingly say, as soon as Kansas is made a
free State, they will then abol it ionize Missouri.
Tlifi ivnr in Kfiiisric i? ! / . ?.<
against the introdmlion of slavery ill Kansas,
l>?t against the institution of slavery
generally. When ami where these difficulties
will end, I am unable to say. I will
here remark that all the accounts of affairs
in Kansas are greatly exaggerated. True
it is that affairs in Kansas are had, yet
they are not so l>ad as the newspapers
would make us believe. I have also been
asked if I thought Kansas would be a
slave State or not. It is my opinion that if
the South does not do more towards ma
king it a slave State, that it will fall into the
hands of the abolitionists. Most of the emigrants
to Kansas from the South are yonng
men without families, and on account of the |
difficulties, these young men cannot find
employment; consequently they cannot
make a support, and are compelled to leave;
the Territory. On the contrary, the abo- j
! litionists that are sent thorn hr thn Ai<1 i
cieties are furnished with arms, and sui>ported
the whole time they are in the Territory,
and, I believe, paid besides. It would
be better ibr tbe South to send ten men to I
Kansas and aupport them, than to send one
hundred and not support them.
1 beliene that the destiny of the South
depends upon Kansa. If Kansas is made
a free State, I fear it will not be many years
ere the institution of slavery will be crushed,
and this great Republic destroyed forever.
T ntn uiilli rotnff/'L Tnilrnli?(lipiif caruan4
W. P. BELCHER.
Abbeville C. HOctober 1, 185G.
Fraternization.?The Elmira (N. Y.)
Gazette gives an account of two Fremont
meetings held in that place a few days ago
, ?one of white people, at Fremont Ilall,
. and the other of negroes, at Mechanics'
s Ilall.?Wfshing to see the party more thoroughly
united, the "cullud gemmen" sent
' a following note of invitation to their
'V*.. ' -efbren :?
white t?.. ., n , . ? ,
"Hear. De geniality ob
nentinientB siting 'W* t,,c# brft<* ? "?
, white cullard folks on tuC S ' ?f
hooman wrytes, bab mdst fecshunately
' bound togedder, and is gwin6 u? elect
Miusa Krcemount, if we act wid dat barmo"
, ny dat folks ob like sentiment* should. We
den 'spectfully invite de Freemount club
to partake ob de good things prepared for
' the faithful at Mechanics' Hall dis ebening.
! "Yours fraternally,
a "Georok Wasbimotdm Joksiko,
0 "Chaivman ob de Committee,"
K Favor exalts a mas above bts equals, but
a bis dismissal from that favor places btm bee
Low Umo.
The Misnomers of the Day.
Miss Fortune's no fortune nt nil,
Miss Rich cannot muster n guinea,
Miss Little's a little too tall,
Mips Wise is completely ft ninny ;
Miss Black is as white ns snow,
Miss Green is ns red ns a cherry.
Miss Brown is rather greenish or so,
While Miss White is ns brown nsn berry.
Miss Inch buhl's n fine head of hnir,
Miss Hare has got none on her noddle ;
Miss Young is old, wrinkled and spare.
Miss I.ightbody scarcely can wnddle ;
Mis* IJcavvside bounds like n roe.
Miss Wild is grave, dull nnil unclicrry ;
Miss Still is Accounted the go.
And Miss Grave id excessively merry.
Miss Sharp lias got blunt, they say,
Miss Dark is prodigiously bright;
Miss Night has been turned into day,
And Miss Paj- is to marry a knight
Then herein a health to them all,
Good luek to them sleeping and waking ;
If 'tis wrong a fair maid to Miss-call,
Yet there's surely no sin in Miss-taking.
[From the Charleston Courier.]
The Capital and the Capitol
After along interval, I resume my capitoline
description at this foundation of health
and resort of fashion.
The regular course of description lends
ine to tlie exterior of tlie Capitol, which is
approached and ascended, at both ends, by
noble flights of marble or stone steps, on
tlie right and left.
TIIE EXTERNAL STATUARV OF TIIE CAPITOL.
1. Persico's magnificent group of The
Genius of Amcrica, with Hope and Justice
on ner rignt ami lelt, winch, 1 believe, I
have already described, rather out ot" its
order j but I will repeat here in a somewhat
varied forui. I1 hellishvs the tympanum,
which crowns the centre of the eollirpnar
porch, on the eastern front of the C.ipitol.
The Genius of America, a colossal figure,
holds it) licr dexter hand an oval and sunlike
shield, resting on a quadrangular and
sun-like altar, the rays of which shoot from
an oval centre piece, in a lateral position,
inscribed with the words, "U. S. A." The
front of the altar presents a rich oaken
wreath, in has relief, having within it the
words and figures, "July 4, lY^O." Directly
over ihe liead of this central figure there
culminates a radiant star, the star of our country's
destiny; and behind the shield is a
spear, in a slightly inclined position. The
Genius of America, turns her noble, expressive
and benign face towards Hope, on
Iter left, who fixes on her an animated and
smiling look, her left arm reposing on an
anchor, twined with a cable, and her right
hand and arm raised exultinglj*, as if anticipating,
in prophetic spirit, the future glory
of the republic. The Genius rests one hand
on her shield and points with the other, or
with its projecting forefinger, to Justice,
who, with eyes upraised and fixed on Heaven,
holds in her right hand tlie partly unfolded
scroll of the Constitution, and, in her
left hand, the emblematic and equipoised
scales ot ner ottice. Contrary to formei
usage, she is not represented as a blind and
an avenging divinity ; but she is wholly unbandaged
and unarmed, at once to show that
she regards, as well with unclouded eye, a?
with impartial mind, the rights and interests
of all who are subjects of her sceptre,
and that she is as much "a praise to them
that do well," as "a terror to evil-doers/
j An eagle of great beauty sits, with wing;
slightly expanded, at the feet of the Genius
holding, in her talons, a branch or branchet
of laurel, with which to crown the future
warriors and triumphant heroes of America
2. On the Southern abutment of tiu
I rrrnn/l ufpno nn tlif* i>OQ(urn
i*> - " ~rw -?? "t> r "
I the Capitol, stands another group of statu
: ary by Pcrsico. It represents The Discov
\ery of'America, aud consists of two marblt
! figures, contrasting the European and the
I Indian, and illustrating the triumph of sci'
I ence, and of indomitable perseverance ii
] the discovery of the new world; while pro
Ijecting the shadow of that Btrange an<;
inexplicable event, the fading away and dis
I appearance of the red-men of Americf
before the aggressive and predominant pah
facet of Europe.?The figures are Colura
bus, landed, for the' first time, on the short
of the great western hemisphere, and at
Indian woman, surprised and startled, w
the first appearance of the white man, ir
her eyes a strange and mysterious phenotne
non. Columbus is clad in the knightly
armor of his era. copied from a suit in th<
palace of his descendants at Genoa, ant
said to be accurate to every joint and rivet
Tbe great discoverer of the new hemispheri
is unhelraeted, and bas bis left arm al^mbo
Willi left heel slightly raised, and bare bead
ed, and holds in his right hand (the arn
outstretched) tbe globe, which be tint prae
tically demonstrated to be the true shap<
of tbe earth, in conformity with tbe conclu
sionsof science. Over his right sboulde
is cafti or baugs a graceful robe- or cloak
Tbe Indian female is in tbe garb of nature
tare * cincture or girdle of cloth about be
loins, flowing or reaching down to her fee
behind. Uer.bair Jii'icKjw andfloWiUg, *n<
her countenance, turned towards the grea
Admiral, and tbe position of bar hands in
. arms, most expressively indicate surprise
, apprehension a?d interest. Peesico toil?,
five years in the. execution agd completio
H
of tliis group; but opinion ia widely divei
gent as to its merits; some highly laudini
its design and execution, and others con
demning it as a failure, and as unworthy c
tho place it occupies at the American Capi
tol.
3. On the Northern abutment of the Ram
steps, is an highly artistic work, by Green
ough, called "Civilizationand designer
to typify the conflict of civilized and savag
life. It groups several figures: nn Europuai
mother, with !ier babe in her arms, strucl
with terror, and turning away her face am
her child, on the advance of an Indian
with uplifted tomahawk and with fell pur
41... ?i ? -?
jji/.-rt, wmiic ih?j civiiiwu lamer seizes tin
infuriatesavage by both arms, with an iroi
gripe, and is struggling to arrest the fata
blow, designed to do cruel murder 011 hi
wife and child. The collared dog of tlx
European family stands hard by, with heat
and tail erect, and with expressive eyes
watching the conflict, but taking no par
in it. Few persons heboid this !> nniifiilh
executed group without tin* deep. .merest
and without a sigh, or heave, of -vinp.-t'ltv
on learning that the eminent ami l.-imciitc<
artist lived not to sec it placed in posi
tion it now adorns. The \Vashinjj' n Cr'uuii
Book savs: "It is destineil -1 lil.rt
rank, in after times, as a work of art."
4. Persico's statue of IVur stands on tin
i north side of the great entrance iloor, fron
i the eastern portico to the rotunda. Iti;
chiseled out of Carrara marble, and rise!
to the height of nine feet. It is arrayed ir
the costume of the warrior, with sword ir
one hand, drawn up to and near his breast
and with shield in, or rested on by the other
and having his armor on and his visor np
A highly decorated helmet presses on hi:
manly brow, and his breast is covered by i
figured iron corselet. It is a highly finishc<
representation, in attitude, expression am
lowering eve. of tlw* niv->Jii?r uni-l on.1
I . ? V " I I'W. V.??.
r:.??A of lliv warrior, bespeaking the enge
excitement of true courAge, uuited wit!
firmness and resolution, without actual ol
positive fierceness; and a manly sense o
power and right combined with just indigmi
tion. This statue is greatly admired as wel
by civilians, as by those whoso "voice is stil
for war."
5. On the opposite side of the dooi
beams and smiles the statue of Pcacc
maiden, clothed in simple but flowing dra
pery, reaching down to her feet. She face.1
and look* towards her warlike brother, and
is in the act of extending to him th? nliv<
O "" # "
branch, held in one hand, while tho otliei
rests on or is pressed against her bosom
' Ilcr smile," says the Guide Book,"is one o!
calm and sublime repose, and her attitude is
that cf simple, guileless innocence." This
statue, replete with benignity of expression
commends itself to the especial favor ol
those whose "thoughts are turned on peace,'
and it doubtless has charms even to the war
rior of a hundred battlefields.
6. In front of, and near the western entrance
of the Capitol, rises the Naval Monument
of white marble, erected by the offi
cersof tliu Navy to tlio memory of theii
brother officers, who fell in the brief bin
successful war with Tripoli, in which that pi
rate power was signally chastised by younj
America. In this case of just retributioi
our infantile republic set an example to olc
Europe, which ultimately resulted in th<
Barbary powers emancipating Europe fronr
' a degrading tribute to and in disarming
1 them of the ability for mischief to eithei
Europe or America. Its original site wai
I . ?t._ xr v t i?* -t 1- ?
j <&l iiiu iiftvy i nru, uui it was anerw;ir<i3 re
' I moved to its present place in front of tlx
I Cnpitol. The shaft or column is about 4C
feet high, ami re^ta on a large square base,
I with ornamental ndditions. The column is
P highly and Appropriately embellished will
projecting Ixnks of ships, anchors, nnd ?>th
er devices?the whole being crowned |.v :u
engle, emblematic of victory generally, am
especially of the victory ,? hieve.l bv tin
dead heroes of the. Tripnlitan v-ir, am
their surviving compears and coruivisri"!- ii
arms. On one side of the has.' is a vie*'
I of Tripoli nnd of the American lW- rtliicli
under the intrepid Pivhle. hmntvirNo
pirate city, and compt?U<-<i it t.< -til.iwi-i.ii
to the virgin flag of our navy ; on an..tinis
inscribed the words and figures "1804
' ti,., c ? r'.i'.i ii r?.
iv iuu iiicuauij ui ovmcinj vviiunvrii, l.'t't'tt
i tur, the gallant brother of Commotion
J Stephen Decatur, Wadsworlh, Dorsey, Is
rae),M the roll of tlie heroin dead on tin
1 American side ; and, on yet another, tlici
brief epitaph, but eloquent ami comprehen
' ?ive history. This flionumont records iti
I, partial mutilation by British Vandalism du
ring the capture of Washington in 1814
* It is encircled fit the base by a fountain o
3 basin, of water in which numerous gold fisl
' sport and display their shining scales.
j THE FRE8COE8 OF THE NEW WIN08 OF Till
CAPTOU
9 The basement story of the two new wiDg
. of the Capitol, now in.progress of construc
r tion, are designed chiefly for oominiUe
rooms for the two Houses of Congress, I
>, the southern wing, the celling of 'ate Agri
r cultural Committee room Car the Uopse c
t Representatives, ia adorned with the ricbei
i and most beautiful frescoes by an Italia
it artf?tr emblematic of agricullura, and c
j U?e varied agricultural productions? of qti
i widespread country ; in the northern win(
to be appropriated to the Senate, tin coi
? respoodiuff commie r^ ptfttyftbe
A ' r" '
- in n similar, but not ro emblematical a style.
r I saw nothing, during my European tour ir.
i- 1824, in elegance of design, in richness of
if beauty of coloring, or in general style of
i- execution, no, not even in the viceregal palaces
at Milan, superior to these masterly
e frescoes.
" tiie colossal statue of washington'.
^ The noble statue of Washington, by
e Greenough, chiseled from a single block of
1 bluish marble, stands in the great square,
j across the street, East of and opposite !<>
* uic Unpitol, and faces the Eastern portico, j
'? At first it was injudiciously placed in the i d- j
tnnda, fur which it was neither designed I
L> nor suited, and owing partly to this mistake,
J and partly perhaps to the want of a 11 no
' taste for and a due appreciation of the
s sculptor's art, in onr country, public expec3
tation was then much disappointed. Its
' present position, in the midst of the great
square, and in the open air, gives due and
1 full effect to its magnitude and noble pro>
nni't i??r\o nr??l it in 5 #?* 1-* 1
aaiu it in uun JUSII^ L'Mt'l.' I 111''!
a* an honor, both to the gifted artist, and to
tin* country, which fostered his genius into
ripe and palmy excellence. Its size is
cidossal, and it occupies a sitting posture,
on a square pedestal, with suitable inscrip1
tions on each side ; ami among them the
following:?
FIIIST in w a it,
1 '
. FIRST IN PEACE,
; FinST IN THE HEARTS OF
II1M COUNTRYMEN.
1 If upright, the statue would be about 12
? feet high, and this will give you a full idea
' of its gigantic dimensions. The immortal
* Father of his country is represented with
* his right arm stretched out and raised front
J the elbow, and his hand pointing with ihe
' forefinger to heaven, and with his left arm,
' also outstretched, and grasping a Roman
sword, with the handle from the person, and
r the point towards the breast of the holder.
1 The head is bare, save the profu>i?>n of
1 i;::ir which covers it, and so arc the arms
^ and the upper part of the body. Ti.e cos*
tume is classical, hanging or flowing down
! Irom the left shoulder, and covering the
1 lower half of the person to the ancles anil
sandaled feet. The richly sculptured seat
r ?>f the immortal occupant is adorned with
1 bas-relief figures of Columbus on one side,
" and that of an Indian chief on the other,
' with various emblematic deviers, such as
' the rising sun, in orient glory, the crest of
- our national armor, the infant Hercules
r strangling the Serpent, with several others,
which I do not now recollect. I regret
^ that neither my memory nor the guide book
' serve me as to the other inscriptions and
1 embellishments, so aa to enable me to give
? a minuter description of this great work of
j genius and art. One of the inscriptions is
the name of Washington, and another is in
" Latin, commencing "Hoc simulacrum," and
recording tlie name of the artist, and the
date and history of the work. A foreign
writer has said of it : "Nothing can be
' more human, and at the same time more
r Godlike, than this statue of Washington.
L It is a sort of Jupiter; and indeed it does
' remind one forcibly of him, who shook
> Olympus with his nod." The Washing1
ton Guide Book remarks: "It is greatly
' admired by those roost familiar with the
i creat works of art in Italr. and is prowinfri
1 in reputation with the public."
? The gifted and accomplished Everett, in
r congenial admiration of such a triumph of
' art, as well as in just discrimination of its
" exalted merits, says: "We regard Mr.
5 Greenough's Washington as one of th?
I greatest works of sculpture of modern times.
> j Wo do not know the work that can justly
5 j be preferred to it, whether we consider the
II purity of the taste, the loftiness of the cor.
* | caption, the truth of the character or tlx*
>.**** accuracy of anatomical study mid
''mechanical skill. Had it been the work of
;: f.'onova, Chantrey or Thorswalden, it would
' Iihvh been deemed, we doubt not, worthy of,
either of those artists. Nay, we are per*!
1 suaded, if, instend of being a statue of,
I Washington, it had been a statue of Julius'
("lesar or Alexander the Great?if, instead!
1 of coming from a studio of a young Amerir
I can, of the present day, with all its freshness
?i upon it, it bad been dug in the ruins of the
f t:._. .1 :ii- -r i jj- i .
Lrnum ui 1 nun, or Hit) VIIIH Ul AUrinn, 8IIHI3
j tered and mutilated, arms, legs, nose and
r j even head gone, stained and corroded, wlien
2i it had been scraped and smeared togelher,
r i furnished with modern extremities, and per"
I haps a bead of doubtful authenticity, and
thus restored, had been setup in the Vgti",
can or the Tribune, it would have hveu
deemed as true a piece of sculpture ns any
r there.
"This grand work is one of a single piece
of marble, not of pure white, which it is im
e possible to procure, in masses of sufficient.
size for sucb a statue, without slain.", fatal.
3 to its beauty, bat of a bluish tinge, highly
favorable to the effect of a.work of art. The
e marbles of this kind are now preferred for
n works of this description."
|. Such a tribute^ a? tbi*^, from a kindred
>f and coequal genius, ijrj another jine, is e
a Dougn ol ltoeit \o set Unseal of wmorUlily
,, oaGreenougl^Wk^, \ ,fT
>f The j?
r intended not to oom?ben\QFiH?>wy wogw
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i ?r??S to md fslrtlea ot
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public lift-,] but rather to express the sublimn
dignity, the calm integrity* fortitude
and elevation, in a word, the entife charac*
tcr of Washington."
The following extract, recently copied in*
to your own paper, in regard to sculpture*
as coming from the gifted Greenough himself.
may ho appropriately introduced here J
"I onre had the honor," said IToratio
Greenough, "of hearing the President of
the United States talk of sculpture. He
spoke of several works which he had seen,
but declared that tin* statue of a royal governor,
still presi rved somewhere in Virginia,
\\;i? tin- only work that gave him a full idea
of tin- lmwi'P of nrt 'Tim turitil-I/wj ?!.?
hoots, sir, are perfection.' Lest any man
should suppose I lint lie or I were inclined to
amuse ourselves at the expense of sincerity
and truth, I do declare that these were liis
word*, ami uttered with much warmth."
South Carolina College.
To editor of the Fairfield Herald, a
warm friend of the College, under the nbovo
head, in a late issue of liis most excellent
paper, lias the following article. His suggestions
as to existing defects and their
remedies, we think worthy of consideration.
Iti various portions of the State thera
exists a most deadly spirit of hostility to it,
that will be satisfied with 110 other consummation
than its total overthrow. Wherever
there is popular discontent, there is Rome
cause either imaginary or real. Now roost
of this discontent rests upon imagined evils
connected with the institution. lJnt we believe
that the course of studies and the
rigidity which compels every student topursue
them without any regard to their
usefulness in after life, are evils that may
justly be complained of. The College is w
State institution, it should be organized then.so
as to render aid and shod light upon
every interest in the State. It should foster
agriculture, mechanics, and other practical
branches as well as the higher but less useful
am. aims can not be done unless the University
system be adopted. Professorshipsmay
be established for these branches in the
college a1' now organized, but of what usewill
they be ? Can the farmer of amall
means or the mechanic afford to nttem!
four years, qualify himself in Latin nnd
Greek and other brandies of studies that
will be of no use to him ? Certainly not^
Then what practical benefit can result fron*
these professorships, unless young men catv
go down and pursue only those studieswhich
can aid them in their future avocations?
It requires something more thanmere
scholarship to give wealth and powei"
to a SitHtc.
And any State that fosters scholarshipalone
will soon find itself going behindhand
in the struggle for greatness. There
has always been a contest between speculative
and practical philosophy. The nineteenth
centnry witnessed the ascendancy* of'"
the latter, ll is the speculative philosophy
that now regulates the college, and until a
more practical system be adopted popular
complaint against tlie institution will oon- "
tinue, and unless its just demands be granted
will eventually overthrow it.
Those who really wish to befriend the in*
stitrjtion would do well therefore to consider
this matter. Let them probe the cause of
complaint and remedy it, by making tlie
College what it should be, the foster mother
of the useful arts and sciences as weU a? oi
literary scholarship.
Interesting Reminiscenne.
Tiie editor of t lio Picken9 (S. C.) Ctmrftr
says : Week before Inst we transferred tp>
our columns :m extract from the editoriaP
cc rf>;n.i;i.i?*in-e i>f the Camden Journal,
ir. n-iatioii to the manner in which the
Hon?e Mountain" took its name.
From n tV:- i ;i. \w loam that it is partly inr
con !|.- hat also kindly permitted uato
lii.ilv** ;ili i lili'l'i'Sl iliflf ovtrant 'rnm ? loll"?
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received from his kinsman in Mississippi,
on the subject:
"I remember the Slump House and o|(i
Bill llnmmond, than whom a greater hog
never lived. He, the companion of dirt and
rags, tiie result of his own Ia2incs8, whilehis
wife was clothed in satin and ailk, theproducts
of abandon and debauchery.?
Well, sir, I remember old Billy Sullivan,
when lie built the Stump House, * and bla
wife and daughter Polly were its inmates ;
and I have lived to see the same Polly liwing
in a Mutely mansion, surrounded by
wealth and smart children, and her sop
Speaker of the House of Representatives in
the State Legislature, ?od also, a member
of Congress of the United State*. I allude
to Bill Harry of our district* What mighty
revolutions docs, things bring about. I
think sometimes that I would liko to l!v?
always to sim- what the final result of ?11
things would be.1'
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A youngster l>eing chased bya wild cow
i ran into a thicket* and not reluroing. Jrothe
till lata was asked by. bis mother.
had b^en 1 v"A co^-hiding, ma If -.was the
precocious reply ot the Jittle fellow. '
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