The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, October 09, 1857, Image 2
Tiio Great jLal.o Basin. i ^
"A **? ! !I? uhmi ?>!' ( iii.wi itinir <o llic* !
I'Vrili.iiTl:. 11 'la! 1, tint* -jhmIj - <>!' tin* ox !
tout 11ti*2 <.4" ti.i jjivat l,ako Ibi.iin j
of Ny) ill A in?-i ii'.'i : \
Jlurli lists 1 . i n sr.iij anil < f tli<f
great Mississippi valid*- ?J" 1110" inexli.lttsli- ! (j
bio f<-ilililv nt' > M>il -,..f its twenty tliou- j,
-s?^il itiilvs. of internal ii?ivi?^;itioti?of its j
teeming litiilions ofpnpulatiou in tlio twar
futuro?11 population wliicli is sai?| will ]
sway for ?<??! or lor ill, tlie political des- i
tines of the" woiM'pven. Much of ibis ii.n 1
1.-^^ u : 1:1: ,
I'tril niuu jo^vj. iU'_;iiT> 13 it in I
(iet?^parcsoy,; Ws, mighty l? position, and ?
rttignty1 r.ro llio p:<>l>aliiiitie\ and prospects
" 'flyRie t'lijuro^. l^U n:ij*hlur i? the 1 tit 1110 ?>f s
the LyWT>asi?,'and the country westwards 'J
wjiicli igust .ijicvUuLjy J>o tiibiitary to it. {
The of . Jakes" including J
,Xp?o iltnm^'jRauiv Laic*', I.;iko <-f tiie
Tuir'on1L Mieltfgan, Si.
<%u r. O n I at jo^ftjjjd jjT^' )r coflnpctin^: rivcfs ^
llio W.bgjhiilj. " Niagara, ; ^
fltid St.. ITa\tfenco>i'*<*onstiiu'teJa/lino of in-) *
* t?vl?alwsca.cjis^ of more .than ';thnlv thou-'j 6
sand'miles, if*fpjl:dco*ii| all fins Lays, inlets , "
and. indciitio^l'f lliTtJ co.iiit, or niofe flmifc; "
-forty llioiua'nil uiiloij, if >ve include in that , 1
*> traiY^vfliofe'tln>y n-itnrally. belong, llio (!fHf:
of.Sf. Lawrence, Davis* Straps and Haflfin's *
.a.ur?u^cui>l^Vs.' AYhara sti'ekh of
"OTh-fcpnsls ! \Vjjo cnnj?i:icp its magnitude t
'i?xvlio can cyflitfuito its ooinnieBStsil inipor- ;
.fnn'ccj --Who clilcula^Us ilinhitahle fu- ,
l:"11111,011
" tflVI , iUJ<J Jt <loCS
not'ninoOiit lo Joiwdiall' Ilie orient of-that ofj
* the gie.it Itako I'asin of North America.
' Tributary to tliis is the whole of tlie heail '
.waters"of tlitf Missouri and Mississippi riv- . '
%r^n'ndihd whole territory westward to . a
flio lloelcjO fountains, and as far south as ( 0
.tlio Eoutli^fr Pi'fliHlarv of Kansas*. j*
Loc'Ic at sojtauof the resources of this im-! J1
mcnfcc Uahin. "On l>6ih'-$ic northern and 11
sbrftlicrh siiores of La!ie Superior, there are 1
t jfut&fihusliblu i utiles of cupper aiid iron, j
^Wjefoktlio tr?iu ratigu of mountains from j
tioppOr. ltarutr tu^ Mont real rivers, one i >
Iftindred and thirf^nve miles thoroughly , 1
explored there would le found a good 1
trotku>^vl8in of copper. ;lt an average of n
. "evert* balfciuile. * In manv of the veins, l
nmomrt of silver mingled ;
with the rn^pw, and t-liould clj^iiiislry, Tu ; tj
^its onward proxies*, develop soino cheap : t!
jncthdi] orsope?alin<; the two metals, where 1 p
they. arc uinteft *in tbe natives ore, there ; ?
wdtfld be an immense revenue derivable tj
frotfi the precious metal of that region.
a Jftrie di&tanco^south of Kenomaw |
Jjiay commences a?bed of the very finest | a]
of magnetic iron ore, -over tbirtv j i,
sqanrc-.uiiles ?y>d uf unknown depth. i u
- OP'or near the. banks, ot tho Sorwang 1 ,]
j-ri^r, somc^crc betw?en the Lakes Supe- ;
rior auil Huron on tb<? Canada side, are . c
.inexliaustihle lUinrries of li?o purest white;
marble, as yet unwrought, will bo a source j ^
of immense wealth.
*The renowned Mississippi valley is said ; ^
to have navigable rivers to the extent of '
20,0Q0 miles, but more than four-fifths of i ,j
it-is for very small craft, and very light i o
2koimng?\ but the lake and rivet njivign- ;
tion of thj? grcnt lias in is sufiicient for the j
very largest class vesfels with the c^Wip- !
tic? of the connecting links of iho- Wei- ' "
'.l$nd ftnd (J'c Sanlt St.*Mariu canals. When j "
the grg^t I'HL-ino" r.tilrond shall l?e com-[
pleted huwjpvt-r., ??nd this Lake lhisin be con- j 0
nected by that mad with lhe,trade of the ''
ICiir.t In<lios, wliloli grciil ovcrtfc will ccrlnill- ^
. . Jy LyO' ficcoinplUJfod within tljLO- next ten
yearo^and then tfill befth the '/Velland-nnd*
arie equals Ira oylarged to |
iue\caj>a?ity- ot the 1,-irgcst ocean craft, and
then'will the waters of thi* great chain of l>.
v-lakes ntul r;vers l>c ploughed with the 81
largest ocenn propellers and sail "
wafts direct'from Europe.
] 0.-T>'r . Il
" Tip PiilivuSte rr*>s ftir: M.\M'KACTonirs.?Tlic
coming waiter \v7ll he?hnr<l one, in consoquencc j sl
of tlio landing !iiiu)i!faftnrii)g"c<'iu|i}*uie3 of the ' u
country uglier curtailing or coinpTctely suS- | g
* pfjiHiing. Two companies have dideiiarjjeil | ^
over-three hitii.lrlvl Ifhnds. in Now Brunswick, I
Within a <1nv or livn At. n
^ Ilaiftpsbirc, the' l'rint Works 'have determined ri
to their. weekly work, not running j
.Fridays f\n<l Saturdays. Tim cotton and wool- j(
off-mitts of Philadelphia linvc stepped, one or
two merely finishing up the stock on Imnd?-all
j?re to-flfcasc operation. and over-1,000 hands
?vill bcn'Jle. - The -Pnoitic IJonjpanv's Knitting cl
.^ill ntJMniichest<iiy Connecticut^ is .running on e,
'" short'time. (j^e* or two paper mills in Tol"la'ntl
stopped entirely. The Troy |
Iron Coinn^iiqp.rat Troy, are yet going on, but "
thev wtjfWsW^nore weekly payments; quar- tl
-4-eify ^ctt^pnicnts "?'y will be made for the fu- ^
r tiire. In (ieorgia, three cottou factories have
suspended operations. In New York, there w
"* must bfgrcat distress this Viuter, notwit.hstand- ?
ingsJiie apparent falling ?ifl' in the necessaries of j a
life. The poor.-will sillier terribly, lteduc- jj
tjons will be niadji in the number ot#workmen .
>h the manufacturing establishments here, mid JJ1
{hoiisands will be thrown of employment, ?
and the mUcry will fdl! upon tliosej whose daily n
labor ?nlv supplies tljcir daily bteuil. Let our jj
pbilantUropiaUr loyk out in season, and prepare
(or. some li?!ie jol.ont move in time. If we
evc? nee'ded *Aonn houses," it" will be this >*%- tl.
. t%r.??JWkw Yuri; Jhvj JSook. ol
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? ?a e(
' New Ofef.fe'ANR. October 2.?The money inar- | tl
jfcet hero )>?^nn tfffenl llid* efFcct of the crisis j r
- Acverclv. and *- ?
wyvM -1VIMI9 mill I1I8CVIIIIU) arc
.oc'jBtiliu^ly Uiyj to make. The banks are e(
??f>a?omiting only moderated^*. n>i<l a large anioiiitj
of first eitfis paper U Itirown upon the ^
'"street at tVcniost exorbitant rates. tc
L ni-/ Thc-*>fVcct of tlie Bqncoito is observed most c(
Jbo cotton market?which ha*
& fiillen from l&J" W cunts, "Tar rniiMling, withj?
. ,ii# two duj'i Thq decline, however, hns ?J
' broiJ^if'.fu^rn'!;hvaseT? with ready ehsh, nml, ci
:\>ver.3,Q0ij t4fe Tfr rrfl have been:sold at about ft
& th? Hater ftpiiro (14 cents.) tin
| * C li^jroaJstiilFs, ami, indeed, nearly- all art?- , j
ties of produce, a sudden and uplpokod for de- j *
preeintioft h.M commenced.. The eonfldencc of j tl
Vh.e eomninnfty w "flic" bank*, however re- ^
ifniirs unabated, -nnd'miuli a thing n? enppen- ^
Siou is ftot for ft moniQHt entertained,
-v- ?Jixehangd cjyitinues very uu?uUled. which ?
Ajlils iu?tui iullv to the difticultie* of trade, v
r:Tli'fc IwFr bill? on l?<yidon have been sold at
i imr. rrgia bin* on i\e\v York nro quntal ftt j,
* pWP*eont, fir<?minin, mid eisty (lays bill# at ^
J pot^cnf; discount. .
y - j ^ ^ > c
?*ADi?N"DA!?JE ViTt!rrK W'nivr.? '4'be Cliingo Pre*s
*5 -harvest 19 ooinplctcJ, owl "
ia i#?W**?bujidiu?t than ever. Corn, bnrlcy.'oats,
n liny,-foil fee?> ntip jjqtotOeA, urc nl
gooll. We fjnote: 0
ft! ? f\ h*rg? *lore of eboicc butter will bo nil a
to lire id nil}' fWlocts *oi ,'t H?o summer,
;* 4j?^j(likJ??f6r<} Jievrr t^nnled.in qnanlity nor ex- ?
- , ^itkA.1.,/1 * ? All Wt?JT- m *
f" lyiiiiuj . nil Minis m rouistlllU {jar- e,
ycgotnilea turn out* well. Wo uHfrcr saw
? fin? cabbu???, And c]
: n^e onio**, bouts, tqrnip?, etc., to mutch, lt
> t^0#4Q ti?c?6U<iuutiM*WO*>.b.O udtlctlnll govt} 0,
.. .%#> r - . ti
< "?y*r? g " r. V J ^
; ^' ^1J ?
: .
- Botlftl .fr'-ifeto "the .0
??efciro/? tifirtawai
"** _ <yen>3,3u,My liyu.-w* brdkc, and took Ilia bene- ?<
^ . , JiX.ol- tl*je ?ptJ#'WjO{?^8J 1Their debit H
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PHI? INHEPKXJ)EXT l'HKSS|
is rrnt.rMiKit i^:i:y ikipay morning i?v i
I'EE S+ WILSON.
"7. A. LEE, - ------ - Editor.!
Individual*, Ukr natiuji*, fail in n nth in ft icltirh |
hri/ fm/illi/ attempt, tr/fit xuxfaiititl hi/ virtual!* i
tf/itixc, nil'11'trfmin tlri s'ilitfion.?11 km:v t'i.a v, |
" Willi,uj h> jiraisr, i/it lint afraid to lit aim."
Ferms?'Two Dollars a Year, in Advancc.
ABBEVILLE C. H.
IMDAV, OCTUHKR 0, ]8;?7 i
Tin* friends of Cnpt, (i. M. MATl'lSOX ro*
pcciTtiHy liim as a wiinli'lntc ft?r
L'ux l"?i?lector ?t lli** ik'xI cloi'ttoii.
Mr. Will's Sermon.
We had the pleasure of listening to 1111 in- j
erosting^discjjur.so, delivered on last Sunday ,
veiling, in the Presbyterian Church, by the ]
lev. David- Wills of Laurens, before the Young j
lien's Christian Association of this plucc. llis
ubjeet wiu?, the necessity of n Religion to man, \
13 cufere?d by the wauls of his moral nature
41J by universal cxpcricucc ; nud the Uivitic i
icrfectibilily_of the Christian Dispensation.
The discourse presented a elenr and forcible
\]io?itiou of its leading'., proposition expressed I
i :i terse and vigorous style ; ami was eharac- |
crized throughout 1 v deep earnestness, mid
iTosislible logic. ?
The next public loot lire before tlio Assoeia- ,
ion will be deli vered l>y Prof. K. L. I'allon, of
I'.ivkinc. j
A Curiosity.
We have been presented by Mr. I* T?. Ctul
. beiiii, of our l'istriet with a rare curiosity, in j
lie shape of a large Shanghai egg, which is
t leasl double the ordinary size. It probably :
ontains two yolks. A fowl which should preenl
its owner with such an egg daily, would
e worth having ; but we believe that unlike !
Is predecessor in the fable, its contributions of ]
lie sort are "few and far between."
The "Thespians.
This popular young Corps performed on
londav mid Tuesday nights. to crowded houses.
lie Bills presented an attractive progran to,
the characters were admirably sustained,
till tlie performances were cheered throughout
iy froijucnl applause.
We trust that the suspension in llio lvvhibi*
ons of tlie Corps, will be but. temporary, ami j
mt they will be cncouragc<l by the past
atronagc which they have received. In the ;
pecdy erection of n new Hull, mid the resump- [
on of their agreeable entertainments.
Tho South Carolina College.
We take pleasure sa?s the Curtdini.tii in
tating that upwards of one hundred students
ad arrived yesterday, and that the prospects
i very fair of a full College. We learn also '
liat a line spirit prevails among them to do j
very thing to uphold and advance the inter
sts of the institution so dear to us all.
i\*? c.........1 ?!...* ?..i: ? - i
" c i?i*j iiiiwt iiil'u mill vi^uiuuii iij'|/iiv iiiiin
>r a-lnii^eioii wore examined j-caterday. Tliis
not the regular time for their examination, j
ut in consequence of the lamented dentil of,
is late J. W. Hudson, his scholars presented
lonisclves, and requested this favor. A few :
Iher persons who came on, unaware of the 1
L'gulution which requires applicants to promt
themselves the Tuesday after coinuicncelent.,
have also been roceiveJ. It is proper to
xy, and wc do it at the request of the Faculty
lint it is highly dcsjrnble ttint 110 more nppliants
present themselves until the above stnL?d
time.
At a liioi.-tinfj of the Faculty, Prof. Lnliordu
as uiuiniinoualv elected Chairman.
Our Court.
Tlie fall term of our Court is in Session tlning
the present week, his Honor Judge Muriro
residing. This is his Honor's first Court here,
nee his elevation to the Bench, and ho has
inde a very highly favorable impression by
ic dignity, courtesy and ability with which
e discharges the duties of his high office.
The Return of the present Tovm is quite
mall, not cxecedigg 150 cases, and the Sumtary
Process Docket did not nfiord much litiation.
On the Criminal side of the Court,
lore is but little business pending during the
resent Term, but the Solicitor is promised a
ieh harvest, at the next Sessions. The Grand
ury have returned true bills ill 30 or 40 case*;
lvolving clicifly minor offences, assaults, bati-ries,
retailing, ?tc.
His Honor delivered quite nn interesting
liarge to the Grand Jur3', in whiclrtfe present
il many important suggestions to tlieir conaid
ration. He adverted in terms of just repression
to the insecurity of the public jails of
ic country, which rendered tho adiiiinisti'.-v
on of eriuiiiial justice n mere mockery.. It
ould lie better to save the State the expense
f a prosecution, than to suffer the offender,
fter nil, to escape unpunished. Within his
nowledge, there were but three substantial j
uIk in tin; Statu to wit, in llie Districts of Kdgeld,
Newberry mul Columbia.?In tliis con- j
cction, lie nllwleil to the subject of prison j
iscipline, 'as one which was engaging the at- j
'iltion of distinguished minds in Kurope and
lis country ; nn>] lie BUggcsteJ the propriety j
r passing gome law which would, force the ]
invict* out of the proceeds of his labor, to pny :
le costs of his prosecution as well as to make 1
opnration to the party injured.
lie urged the necessity of a revision and !
jdification of the statute law of the State, j
omprisinga series of statutes, of running back :
> Magna Charta, for '200 years before the dis- !
>very of America, many of them originally j
lapted to a different state of society, many i
f tliem obsolete, and others expressly repeal
d, it prcwiftt a didm of discordant and colliding
legislation, which cleties judicial inter- j
rotation. It is presumed that ovct^ citizen i
nows the law but under tlic present state of
lingr, this is a matter of impossibility. Other |
latcs of the Union linve had fierjuont revia- |
>ns of their statute Jaw, and ours is the only i
no which still retains the badges of colonial I
nssalage.
Ih conclusion, he presented in * forcible ,
oilit- of view, the defcctire orr?n?i???:~~ -? I
ur Crftninnl Court*, nnd urged the ettablirlt- | i
icnt of County ConrU, which would relieve
lie dockets of a mass of petty charges, which
ow delny important civillitigation.
Among the memhern of the IJar, in attendice
on lite Ceurt, from adjoining District** we
b?cr-/e Messrs; lilako, Summer, Harris,- tilonn
nd lioalicll.
Latkh from Mexico.?Advices from tlio City
f Mexico of (lie I'Jtli instant have been receiv1.
'
Tlio Monitor'pretends to make at-artling dislosures
of a secret political aoeictj', in exis- ,
nt the Republic, with tlio object of plttoUtg ^
le reactionary or'Santa A'ltnfi party ngnin in ,
owe*. .The Spaniard* nrreate<l w Vera
rutf are ?fid to Itpve betttuged to tb? organ iUion.
It i? clijvrgcd that tlicir fdryn wiu to
?e on .16Urln?i,. if'jK^t ' wris fiustcated by
l'eao tir^fcloSifli'^a ondl M-rciti. . .
"flftrHigl* niui^tifcci- tliKt the colonist ion
mtrictod entered into by Oen. Goleut-nti with .
ic Mexican (juvoirnaie&t. will at oncd*be tar- J
cd inly lUak P'jf^eftlonUU gm v*? J J
cctvdfo Arrive lhc]^gin??{$j9f ^ct?bej^..,
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Removal of tho Remains of I?eg;?ro.
It will rt'iiKMiilifi'i'J that Kichar-1 Wa-Ion,
of tin- <'liai-h'.-ton Courier, lia* reoontIv t<>
llic Noitli f.?r (he ].ui'|><>!>0 of removing I)
mains of the lumcnlcJ I.egarv, from .Ml. Aiil>iirn
Ceuictorv, wliviv tiny li<* uulmrriotl l<? the MagiioJia
CVniflcr)-, iicni" Charleston. Wo-liij.l in
a paragraph from a Xothcrn journal, the following
notioo of Jim performance of the t>u<l
luljr:
\Vc lefirn inns mcnnr.i i cnuiin, Qfc me *
<(South Carolina) Courier, leave* j
tliis oil v Il?is morning hoinewai.T; having <li?
ehnrjjt*?l the solemn Hliec of di^iiij^eriuii!; the |
remain* of I lie lute Ilu-li Swiulou J.eiiare at i
MoiiiiI Atit>111*11 Cemetery. near Cotton, lor 11??*
1'iirj'ose of removing tliem io Magnolia Cemetery.
near Charleston, where a iiioininieiit into
lie eroeloil to tlie illustrious ilea. I,. * * * *
We learn that in <*nui|?liatiee wlYli the express j
<1 ireet inn nn/1 ut iiinliitinu <il't lie wistel'of Leirnre .
(now Miii. J.uwoll liiillcii, of Marion, Iowa.) tl?t?
luxly will lie i-unvi'j'i'd from l?ostoii to Charleston
in cluing of the Admits Kxprcs, entirely
I?V llio land rtwU\ to avoid exposure to tin; i
perils of the.sea. Tim disinterment took p'nre
at Mount Atihtirn on Wt'iliusilay last, ami the
mahogany eoflin, although without a metallic
or other en<e, was in perfect preservation.
It is, perhaps, not trenernlly known that Mr.
Tyler ha<l actually tendered to l.e^nru the post \
of Secretary of State, as Mr. Webster's silcccs- '
nor, and that he had, after lunch hesitation,
made lipids mind to.nceept the premiership.
JVWr York J Jill I'l .Xrirx.
?r**Oultivation
of the Implie in Gsorgia.
Tlic J<otrn<tl of C'omuf-rce contains tin; fol- ,
lowing letter, from Dr. Daniel I.to, of tlur South
rrn (.'iiftiiolor in relation to tiio cultivation of
the Jmpho, mid the manufacture of sugar. J
The writer^jives it as his opinion, tliat the
of the plant is nearly as rieh is orystnlizahlc
pillar as (hat of the "West Ii?liu can?',
rtml that though it. is morn difficult to clarity
the juice, \vt that this with a little experience
. I
The writer, it seems, regards the In?|*li?*
superior to (lie Chinese sugir eiine f<>i* the proiliictioii
(if sugar; l>nt we leariij'froni n frieriil
wIki lids- pimvorsi'il villi (low irjimiiiiiii.l, mi
the sulijeet, tliilt (lie Governor ?lei.-i<leilly pre- !
fers (lie Cliiiu'se <-ane, n?i<l ivgrets (lull, lie was
iinliieetl (<? experiment 8<? largely, (luring (lie
present year in (lie cultivation of (lie Iinphe: j
Atiii:xs, Ga.Sept. 17(li, 18.17. j
Seeing Mr. AVihler's interesting let(er from 1
South Afriea in the loiirnal of Comtneree of
the lutli inst., in wliieh he say* "an averace !
yiehl of lino htttx per aere of jjoo?l sugar was j
obtained there last, year" from ilic iinphe, re- i
minds me that the eultivators of the tn-w eane i
at the North may like to hear something on
the snbjeet, as to our progress ninl success at .
the Sout h.
in i\ letter iietore ino C?l. I'elcrs writes : t
Tlif hoiling* you and Mr. AVrav made [of syrup]
lias i;ra in ci 1 heaulifully." This was
jnt?-? ?>f unripe cane that ir.ivc on Heaume's !
register only H whereas, now, similar .
cane shows S deg., and Col. I'eters cx|ipi*U it to i
go In deg., liy tln> same instrument, when hid
whole crop (J00 acres) will 1m* worked up as
isooii ns practicable. lie has TO acres of the j
Chinese, ami -1(1 of the African enne, ami will j
thoroughly test t he relative merits of both for
making syrup ami sugar.
You may hare seen in the Augusta papers of
the Oth inst., some notice of my success in nia- i
king gootl sugar from the Chinese cane. Snh- 1
sequent experience, nn?l infurniation eontirni
me in the lielief that the juice of this plant is1
nearly as rich iu erystiillinahle sugar as that of
the West liiilia cane. It is, however. nppn- j
reiitlv more ilillicult to defecate and clarify
the juice an?l syrup of the Chinese cane than
that of the true antral* cane : l>ut I lie nit will '
soon 110 Ii'nriit. Ii_v nil farmers who wish to
make sugar from this new plant. I ii:*o four tn- ;
l>lo spoonfuls of the cream of lime to llirec gal- .
Ions of recently expressed juice, heating il
nearly to the puiut of hoilintr, and allowing ;
llie scum to rise, whioli is all removed hy a
skimmer. To separate lino part ides that pass !
through the sk iinmer. 1 felt, the hot jnioo I
through cotton bags, as is done in the niami- ,
fact tire of cane sugar. l>y faithful skimming ;
ami straining, sugar may he made ; although
there remain* sometime* glueosc, dextrine and i
calcine to retard the formatioii of cryrtals.
Dr. Kvnns' Sutrar Planter's Manual wpiotl authority
on the subject. Mr. Wrny's Patent
may he hotter.
Although 1 have a good crop of Chinese seed,
and not one of I he iui|>lic, I am inclined, from
WllllL I illivc Hl'l'll <<1 OOIll <>l Ilk* plant* to regard
llic hitter the belter one for the production
of sugar. I have seen it at (!ov. 11 am- I
niondV growing fmm cuttings precisely like!
tlic cane grown in Florida, which it. fur more ;
resemble* tlinn tin' sorgnin saccharatinn. (Jov. .
II., regards the African plant as the true seed- j
hearing |>ni ent of the lowering hut. feed I ess !
hut generally cultivated in tropical climates j
for making sugar. To increase the saccharine |
eleiutnt, it was like the practice at the Kant to ;
cut off the heads before they reached luaturi !
ty, which turned the reproductive energies of |
the plant, to the development of buds on the j
stem nt. its joint#, and rendered the seed bear- I
ing organs nbortive. This theory may or may i
wv in: line , ? line I lie MillI'lllCIl OI HIT. H II- ;
der, Mr. Wray and others, leave little room for
doulit uh to the value of tlie indigenous African
]>lant under coimiilornlion. Wlien we
linvc fairly tested the relative advantages ol'
the I tnplie and Chinese cane I will write you agaiu
on the Mlhjeet. D J,KM j
[From tlie Washington Slate.*, I5d inst.]
Department News.
Avpoixtmkxt.?Mr. George Iv. Harper, of
Staunton, \"n., was yesterday comtniiwioiicd liy |
the Secretary of the Treasury a a a lirst-ehi<s j
clerk in the olHee of the Sixth Auditor. Salary
$1,200 a year.
Tin: Stoi.kn Land Waim:ants.?The Comiiiisi- '
woncr of the General Land Office has received i
information hy tele-jraph of the in-rcH of the j
person who roliheil the liuirhault. laml oflice of .
warrants covering nonio ;<0,iiim> aeres of land.? '
All l<: e !. '
Jin win, ikc <! mo wurniiiLd nave ueoii recovered.
Indian Tiust Lanhh in Kansas Tr.nnnonv.? '
We lcnrn that the Department of the Interior is
busily enirnped in the examination of the returns
made by spuciiil agents of the Indian <
ISureau, and l?y the hitter to the Uuiicral Land ,
(Mice, of the s ?le of trust In nils under treaties ;
with Indians in Kansasin 1851. Those examinations
lire preliminary to issuing patents to tlie
purchasers of tlie laiuN.
The lown trust lands, situated in tho Delaware
district, in the northern part of Kansas,
were sold nt Iowa Point.
The Delaware trust lands situated in fhffDelnware
district, tho eastern poitien of which is
immedintfli' \r??efc ..f ilw> m:..,.......:
J ^ ?MU A" o->W' ? I I ? w? f V??l"
bracing lots in Leavenworth Cltv, Delaware
City, Laltuville, Jacksonville, and JlitivJvillc, v
wore sold at .Leavenworth City. The western *
|>nrt of the trust Imtds were sold ntOsnwkeo.
The IVorin. (Jnsknskiu, I'iankeshaw, and
Wen trust lands, Kit tinted in the I'nwnea ?Tia- |
Irict, were sold at I'ao'i.
AcrtNO CoilMfSHIOXKR OP TIIK OlCNgRAL ' L.\NU
oxfujk.?In tho absence u! tho Commissioner of
the General Lnud OQiue, Joseph S. . Wiilson, 1
eliief clerk, now fulfills thy duties of that
office.
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Okx. Wm. T. ITaskkix.?We linve already *j
mentioned the fa?ct that this distinguished and ,
? ? < * '
......owaii ' nau occonie nopciOMiy (
iuoutie. lie pwweil through JLouisville, on t'ri- ,
dny last, in yhavge of ftieode, ?> hi* to t l?o ,
lminlic Mj^lnni ai l.cxinglAiJtf^' It i? stated ,
thniSvljiJlo in the cttra he oro^rnml 5n* tho*nio?t ,
eloquent rttuVpiuhetio t?rm? 4|sp<'oto<l to the ,
gollBtit Kcntuek<iii>R4Hnti(ig wltpnt he wa?, to ,
protect hint from ;(H# reUnltec* Vuet^ties ho imft- ,
gined wcro puratling. him. 11* becarviu *0 ox- ,
citod and violent that bin friend* Woto forced i
toconfine him. ' ... ":V *
Krtf Yo6*Maijket?-KwYotiic, !'
CottwiHff v*?y dwll. FloWtfr ?<*ive.M'tkf Mfe, n
wnivw tf Ufa/per Mil. Wheafch baojuii^ud t
vv.lute >:fc J*cp W*l?ol. K
Mr ctttMfrWUtfittb! -in, tiiLdu^t kt: H
f-Stti l>vr>iW ir>n t'.ir-j <>**&?' '<* #> ^
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Bntilts and Banking.
A wrifcr in lli<! (.'hurlcstoii AVw? thin ilis- j
fl'tmws ii|><>ti tlio evils of tho present system of i
Hanking in t!ic State, which lie iillrilinli-s to I
llii- low rati' of interest lixctl l?y law nn^l tlio
improper organization of tlie Hanks :
"Mv opinion is that 11??? origin of the whole
evil lies ill tlio too low rat.1 of in I .Test (i Xf< 1 l?y
law us I Ik* maximum which tin* Hanks can i
c|ihi-c;i?, nml in the improper organization of .
the Hanks. In tlie first- place, what are I'ankv! I
-A partnership of imliviiluals, who liuvo invest- |
el their money in that, particular Inwiiiess,
with a view of getting a fair interest for the :
use of the panic. Now, ifc"i:? n moral inipossiliilitV
that the Ihinks, restricteil to charging '
six per cent, for loans, can lie earrieil on at a
heavy expense, ami leave a fair return to the
mm i in-y imm kith smut; oilier i
smiii-i-.s of profit thim the simple < 1 i.-=< >11111inu I
..f paper. Tln-V are Iherefore tempted into the
establishment ?>f np'tiv c.1 abroad, where they
ii*e their Kills in ptirehasiiigoxehatiire nml otln r
paper, thereby creating a large circulation of
I licit- t>i11.->, to provide for which they nre nectfiijirily
compelled to keep n Inrge fntnl nml
Ill-tail their operntiousat house. This business,
whilst it limy lit- alleiided with large profit", in
'conducted at great risk. An agent. abroad is
instructed wiili the purchase of I lioiisaiitln of
dollars of paper drawn l?v and on parties entirely
unknown to the liank here, whilst the
strnimc anomaly is presented of the-same
board of Directors, who have given such unlimited
power to their agents, spending li ur.-i over
the iliseilssion of tli<* natter of narlies in otir
midst, and wliosi* daily oju-raiion* <*an l?? wi
aiul jii<ltri-il. Apiin, tlie lliiiiks iiiv tn
dealing lal:r<-ly in vxidianjrcs at Iioiiim in pro
fiTon-iK-i: ti> liiirim-ss paper. It is a \v?*ll-kno\vti
fact, that liills <>l" rvidiiwujiJ arc |I?i
tin- oxti'iit of ?50 l?i 30.000 at tins l'.aiil;s l.y
pai ti. s \vln>, if tliov widlinl |o jiurcliast! of any
nii'lvliant <ni a cjf<'dit, could iiuldo so for mtv
liflll of t!?? amount.
i4i.ifii* di*siro f?n* iiriifit in flt.i
|oa?ls ( * iiriiiitt? operations ami a pernicious
sV<?< iii of kitiutr, which lowers tin; moral tone
,.Vilio business community. 1'iijk.t payable
here of tip' most im.loiil.t. ii charucU-r will In*
ivj.-ct)"); l?nl llu>-saiiii' j?:i]?< ! will bi> lvecive-1
a:' collateral security for tin- draft ?ia?le pavalii"
in New York, which lias no basis. If
I Imv on.' !iiin<lrc<l I in It's of cotton ami slii|? it.
to N<-w York, nii'l >1 raw a Itill against ii, that,
is exchange; lint if 1 draw a ilraft on a IVieii'l
licre, payable in .New York, where neither I nor
my frienil have any fumls or property to ineel
it. it is a Lite, ami these are the kiml of operat
ions that have been fi?stcre?I ninl oncourai;cil
liv our iianks.
I do lint h'anic 11?o 1 ?:tiik.-* for these kinds of
i'1'oriuimis, as they are, in a measure, furceil in
Io tlu in to i-ii cnoti;r|t topav their expenses,
and jrivc n fiiir clito tlnrir stockholders.
The fault, lies witli the law, which restrains
tin-in in one point and iiivcs lln-in unlimited
license in others. They can only charge six per
Cent . upon discounted paper, lull can cliarp!
any rate whieh they crii extort on exchange.
They naturally will seek (hat investment of
their funds which promises the lurtjoit profit..
My remedy is, that the Legislature should
operate Imiiks of disc<iunt, deposit, and circulation
frun hanks of cxchmiife. Tliat the
hanks of diseiiimt. should lie allowed to charge
interest at the rate of eiirht. per cent, per annum,
(as is churtred in some other States,)
*lioitl?r tvceivo au?l i*su?? lull^, but
not. bo allowed lo ?lc;il ill exchange or have
n^cinw out nf tlie State. Tlmt exchange
banks should lie established to deal exclusively
ill exchange, nnd nllowed to exercise none
other of the functions of 1 in liking. Hanking
would tliii-< become simplified, and its expensos
iniU'li reduced. There woiiM be no need
of n corpse of officers to keep complicated accounts
with agencies nbroad, nor of travelling
Presidents at 11ii;li salaries, Jjauks tlius organized,
would, if \v??lI managed, yield regular
d videiids to tlieir stockholders of eight, per
cent, per nnuiuii, not likely to lie impaired by
heavy losses. Their dividends should bo restricted
to ei-.dit. per cent..; thev should not.
he taxed by the State or city, but. each stockholder
lie liable to taxation on his stock the
same as on nisyotlur j u-pentv.
'"Carry out those prinei pals?let our hanking
capital 1><> used for the lienctit of our own
people, and 1 iiiii satisfied all classes would lie
trailers thereby. Our banks would pay regular
remunerative dividend-*, and their budliess
lie carried on at one-half the risk and
t.rouhh: it is at present. Our merchants
would lie enabled to dnrrv on I he legitimate opera!
ions of coin merco without fear of being
suddenly checked by every panic from abroad.
The real estate owner, the mechanic, nnd nil
classes of the community, would be able, on
good security, to obtain moderate loans for
the improvement of their property and carrying
on business, and all would tend to the nd
vuiicciiicm 01 mo micresu and pr-?*p?srity <?l
Ciiaui.kston.
Effect of Suspension.
The effect <>f suspension (if spi'cic payments
by tlif Imnks is (his : whatever tlio difference
of value may be between specie ami what, 1111 dor
n system of suspension, constitute current
funds?notes mid depositor, tlint. is, in tlio suspended
bnnks?to the extent of tliat difference
tlio suspension causes an abatement upon nil
debts falling duo. It is n scheme much of the
same sort with those abrogations of debts of
which we road in the history of tlio nneieut
Republic*. If suspended bank paper is at- a
discount of ten per cent, ns compared with
specie, then every man who owes a hundred
dollars will be enabled to pay that, debt with
? , imki UM- t;i cun.i iiiu uiiicrurcc uuIm'ccii
paper nnd specie, tlic less will be obliged
to day. U is easy, therefore, wc sec why
those heavily debt are always in favor of
sn?pensioa by 1 he banks, though, nfter all, it
is only those who owe more than they have
owing to them who arc really benefitted by
stieh n movement.
For the same reason it is easy to see why
those Stnles ami eilies which have suspended
nre always exceedingly anxious to involve in
I lie Mine suspension all the rest vf the country.
It is also evident that the interest of
New York, af a whole, is decidedly , at all
times, against suspension, however convenient
it. might be to certain deeply-indebted individual*.
New York, as being the centre of
trade, and furnishing a large part of the capi
I :i 1 for I In* extended incrcha utile operations
of the,whole country, is always, on the whole,
n creditor city. New York always lias more
money to receive from tlie country than to
I my to it. The payment made bv New York
arii to a very large extent ina<fo to foreign
countries. The foreign trade being mainly
carried on through New York, this creates in
our accounts with the rest of the country an
immensb balance in our favor. From the circumstances
that so heavy an amount of our
payments is to be made abroad, and must be
inadu in specie, or iU^qui vHlent, New York,
in case of a suspension of specie payments,
can never stand on the same level with the
rest of tho country. While the rest of the
country gains all the benefits of the operation,
we slitter all tho loss. Our. debts from .the
Smintry for foreign goods sold ?for consmnp j
fen are paid to us at the rate of 80 or AO, perhaps
tiO or 70 ccnts on the dollar, or oven lew,
while we are obliged to pay for those very
good* 100 cents ou a dollar. It is, therefore,
the plain interest of New York, as it is also the
plain interest of Boston and Now Orleans, if
not of Philadelphia and Baltimore, to main
tain the spfi'elo Viiluo for tlw liquidation of
debts*. 1 ho only argument iu favor *V>f ?uspending
fpeeie, payment*, is that it may ennldo
business tnuu: to uo on and nav who
otherwise might stop and fuil. lint it is just
iis well to give relief by way of extension or
composition, ns to receive only a port of a
leht duo os though it were the whole. Bolides,
those debtors ujlio are renlly insolvent
will foil just'pt. intwh under ? suspension of
inecio .payments 'ns bofore.^ Undoubtedly
Ihcte are many solvent houses to whiolj Very.
:bnsideralll?j indulgence will bb needed to cii?ble
tliefn t?r go onjbnt >1 is better they
thould have it on a show, of assets, u?d after
explanation with,their .creditors, tjhfn . to
nive tlifsuuie indulgence extended to everybody.
solvent and insolvent efflfe. . +<* **> '
r.Jne OeTonta Eivxruni.?rV** rwyl*Aoio,.Obio
?nd Iowa hold Stnte elections pu the .a/jpond ,,
I'ucaday of this mo?tl>. Oeorgin and Mississ-.
bar.
L'lS?^-in Mfl**1 )<% S-fJT ' 1
'id4VCtei6 fr* c#i J;v'iV,-,>i'U(tv^ ^'?fi ^
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Incidents of Travel.
A ciiiT(S|niiu]i'iit <>t" the On roliuian Mr. C.
.Taiiney, tlio wi'll known hotel keeper, contributes
an interesting letter to thut pnper, ill which
he nlluih-M in the following complimentary term*
to the (?recli ville mid Cxdumhia linilrond, nnd
the judicious management. of its nhlc President,
Tlio*. V. IVrrin, ; to the goo,] cheer of J >r.
Calhoun's well known house ?>f entertaimiiviit;
the at tract ions of tlreenville as a summer re
sort.; the approaching Agricultural 1'air A'e '
I took |?:i^n:iir?? in the cars of the (Jreeiivilh
l!ailro:id, and found the officers of that. roinl
ii: <I tlotie ereryiiniii; lit 1:1c w;jy <>i column nmi
< <>11 vcniciice fur their |ia-<scii?;er!?. I !im tjjratifietl
l<? learn t!i ?t I!i?* r?a>l i < iloiut? it j?r<n|?crotiH
Iiii >!iless. Tin; I'resnl -ill, Mr. 'L'. IVrrin, <loserve*
irr. iil civ<lit fur hi* jii'lieioiis manage'
Hi*.'ill of Ilu- tinaiicial alfairs of III-; (' m|?iiny,
a- well as for the tliseriiniiint ion lie has ma>l?!
in (In- appointment of Si in Milioritimile <?llio?-l*s*.
The comlii'-lors of this roail arc really gentle
' men. niol llfir great ulijiK't seems to lie tin
| comfort ami enjoymet of tin; pa<*eiiL't?ra en
trusted to their cure. This roa<l, I tliink, will
bear comparison with any other in thin conn
try?not onlv for tin* gentlemanly courtesy ol
the coii'lnctoVs, lull for the * faithful a-Mi.luity
1 I.:..:. ?!...?. .ill <lisi.|inr<r<> tlieir t*<?mintmilili
ilulies.
On oiir way. w? ?liu?-?l at Dr. ('allioua'*, nl
(!rconw???nl, ?"<l I say, iinhei<itatini:ly, thai, m
1 traveler who has passe'! over this road will di.J
agree with mo, when 1 say that in all tin? an'
|n>iiitincii1s. devoted attention ami eoniteou?
' demeanor to all those who eall upon him, In;
cannot. he surpassed. 11c is niijilttiticitl/if "at
home" in lus hti-iiK-ss.
\Vc nrri ved at < livenville at 0 o'clock, after a
I very [densaut journey, and not hcini; |><*i*inittc?l
' hy my Irioiids. Mr. NYcslor llrooks ami his exj
cedent liuly. lo go to a hotel, I aeeejiled thcil
invitation to abide with them at thcil* residence,
where triii* a:i.| centime hospitality knows no
)> >i)ii I<. Thciv, t<n>, welcome coiiiM .1 saiilint;
| ami farewell tjo.M out siirhim*.
| '1 lit; hotels, ii'llionjj'n 1 hail litit n sl'irlit. op
j port unity of testing ilivir ejc*;olleiii;e, yet I atu
. i 1 !y inft?rjn?;?l t!i:it the Mansion I louse ami
tlit.* (looillrlt Hold mis 11<>(I> ailniirahly comluc
tel. Imleel, t luivv iio hesitation in protiounc
' in;/ lli>*!:' an honor to the town, ami <!reon villi
i may well l?e proud of such "iiomw" for travel
i lets a.- they present. (!reeavillc. 1 mil liappl
[ to .say, is assuming lier rightful position. Com
iiioiicintf witli its society, I liele say tliat in u?
' seetion nf our State eall there lie foiitul u limn.
; ivtineil or aeeoinplisheil social circle. (Irccn
( villi; po<st;sse.s that, within herself, in till it?
! virtuous ami luippy enjoyment.; hut hcyotnl
that, on iieeoiliii of its ureat salubrity, tin
! attractions of splcmli-l scenerv, ami the ever
mn-?n?*ui|r rniiii L'fiiM/iiL 01 n* :iuit11iti visitor*
iiml resident summer inhabitants, I know o
n<> ]?1 .-?< ?- which has more claims on the people
of Sii'i'l' Carolina ainl her sister State, North
i Carolina. 1 could not Messrs. I-Mitors, i-cfrair
from mentioning this, because 1 believe thai
i eventually tho people will lNH'i'gnzi: lliosi
1 claims. Her churches arc numerous, and on a
Sabbath morning tlu-rc the call to religionI
ilntv litis nj? thir v.irinm places of worship
; A coiiini'init v thus guided must In; virtuous ant
happv. In her institutions of learning, (irccii
: villi* Stands pre-eminent; \\ itli her l'nrnian I'ni
vcrsitv, which has acquired such wide-spivai
' reputation, her male ami female academies im<
' private schools, she presents advantages tha
' cannot tie surpassed in any town or village ii
' the Southern Slates.
I was nlso gratified to observe, or rather com
' polled to wiLncss, the enterprise, energy an<
industry of tha citizens and adjoining landc'
proprietors, of bn?y improvcnient which grce
' the cars of the visitor; and ho must of neces
siiv jirccivc unit. ino luture ?>i ( lconviiie i
onward and still progressive. I most eariistli
wish that our fellow-eilizeiis would devote :
: III I It: more of llivir liirails and tlu-ir leisure l<
i tin* patronising and eiijoyment,of their suinmei
resorts :it home, ill jM'i'fi'i'i'iiei; In squandering?
j aye, worse than Mpiaiidciin:;?upon those win
have tin atliliatiun with us in feeling. interesto
< sectional pride. I inn pleaded to know that tin
1 ]ioj-i!Ini- current i* getting right in this fpheri
; of our Soul hern social life, and that our own
resort* have Wen more extensively patronise
I licit thev have fur some years. 1 hid (Jod-spec
I (< the reformat ion, and iVcl omi viueed thai w
i will shortly have n scries <>f recreative am
pleasureenjoyilltj establishments, which wil
eventually (in?l I believe effectually bring tli
Southern iniu<l into the right channel in llii
respect.
1 was pleased to learn, on my return to C.'o
luniliia, that a great interest is manifested ii
! our approaching Agricnliiral Fair. 1 know u
many of the planters and farmers of the uppe
< districts who look fi>r\vnrd with high anticipa
lions to the exhibition, and I venture to *ai
! that the products, nianufaetures and doiuesll<
i industry of our people will he well represented
1 Ex-President Tyler in reply to Gen
Pillow.
Tlie Richmond South publishes a letter fron
the l'x I'rcsident, in reply to a charge made hi
I the reeent letter of (ten. l'illow, that llieTyle
! administration in tlie negotiation of the treaty
! of W.'kiiliiiwrtnii nuit.l ili ii \ 11? ii*i ?C *1.
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^ secret service fund in tlie purchase of tlic po
j litienl press of tlie State of Mnine. Tlic lette
! expresses surprise, that one so enlightened a
1 f!cn. I'illow siionK1 have made so ridiculous i
statement, nrul states:.
If Ceii. Pillow liiul token the precaution t<
have iiiuktil into tlie nets of Congress
: making appropriation to the contingent
, fuiitl for diplomatic inlereoiirse. commonly
, known as the secret service fund ; lie wouh
have seen that the largestninount appropriates
j nny one years during the time of my official
1 residence iu Washington, did not esjcitd ?'J ),I
IXM), and that, inasmuch as the negotiation re!
ferred to occurred iu 1S42, there had aL the
time been hut a single appropriation
. ma 'e to the fund, mid that of the session o
I 1841-2,1 think it would have puzzled Cocker
i to have obtained folll),IJOCl out of ),000
| 1 will take occasion to add that the fund,
although called secret, is as public iu most ol
: its outlays as nny other fund belonging to the
j government. It is applicable to the main
' items growing out of the uecessil ies of foreigi
I missions and the consular establishment of tlx
j United States, which no specific appropria
i lion could well cover. They are contingent
] the verv term implying their uncertainty. Tin
expenditures for these contingencies enter iu
: to nit) general accounts' of the government
nml urc annually |niKli?lie?J, and abaorb t
! large portion of the fund. It often happcm
( that not u ilollur in withdrawn from the fuui
for any contidental ohjcot of the government.
Such confidental object* sometimes intervene
in our intercourse with foreign countries, nu<i
sometimes liave tlieir origin within our liiuiti
:?coiitiiigenccs which it inny l>o imprudent at
the time to disclose, hut which are intimate))
connected with the nresevntion of peace nnu
quietude. Home sualt contingencies arose du<
ring my officinl residence in .Washington ; and
| I have only to add, that when I left that
city I direct tlio agent of the fund to file nwny
in a drawer of the State Department the
vmip.hei fur nil tln> pvnHiiilibiriti in/iilii niiftai*
my orders out of that fund; nnil the Jay linn
nearly come whoii I shall bo perfectly willing
to have that drawer.laM open to tlio inspection
of any one who possesses any curiosity to
look into it. Certainly, lie would timl 110
item for the purchase of tho newspapers of the
State of Maine, or of any other State?ana,
with a proper explanation of the olijecta of the
expenditure, but little or nothing to disapprove
of.
IJe pleaded to put down these brief explanations
to the respect which I have for you
personally, aup believe mo to be.
Truly and faithfully, yours. Arc.
' JOHN" TYLER.
To Mr. Pbyor. ? "
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F?om Sr. Douijfao,?By the* way. 'of New
York, we have news froui St, Domingo city to
tUp 13th nit, Tlio $jty was still besieged by
(life Coj'hoa troops?formerly called Dominican
soldier#?to the number hf eight thousand,
under command of Gen. Santnnn. It was summoned
lo ,?urunder in fo'nr'days, or else Santana's
rtieh VoSm stor;ij It, and it #igs thought
that tho' pljfce' ttBn^d"bo L'iren up in conso
rive uiuiipiuiu Aiujuen iroppi naa uppoacecl
?t tlio fterritorial line of division, but
woi>.lu>UI U,cU?olt ..by three, Uio??intij
?t Santa
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Senatorial Election.
i From tlic subjoined loll or wliicli appear* in
j tin- (iinrlvetou Af<r> itrif, it will bo seen that
i | (iov, Jlniiiinoiiil, tU'i-lini's to bu ft candidate for
i the United States Semite ;
Hkih-i.ifkk, October 2, 18i>7.
, Mrssuc. KttiToitH: My name hn? been menlioneil
in the newspapers in eonneetion -with
the approaching election of the 1'nitcd State*
Scnntor, and 1 Imve myftclf received ninny
communications on the subject. It- is, perhaps,
prtipcr thnt I should make public my dcternii
nation not to lie a candidate. I Imve never
I ! had much practical experience of public service,
I and for tlio last thirteen year.*?which have
; comprised the prime of my life?I have lived
in complete retirement, devoted to agricultural
pursuits, and wholly neglectful of political
1 studies and current nlt'airs. To eominerec, as j
1 it would lie, a political career at fifty year#, is j
impossible. It is, at least, quite impossible to ;
me. I have never, Ht any time, desired a u *t
in the Senate; but to consent to go there ii ,
t if elected, wonhl lie to aixree to do a great injustice
to the State and the greatest violence to
I ; my own inclinations, it* well a* injury to h 11
my imtercitls. I am, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, 11. llAMMONL>.
General Scott's Letter.
j The Xntionof Jutrttif/cHfrr, contains the folI
lowing card from Gen, Scott, in reply to the
; rvci-til Idler of (i??n. 1'illow. It is in good '
taste, ami <li^iiili< ?1, ami is wiitten as it statee, ;
not for the purpose of making a formal poll .
j defencc, litit in 1m half of others, and pimply by j
: way of explanation. It disproves satisfactorily j
the charge of ha villi; paid to Santa Anna, the ^
| #10,000 of varnest money, l?ut docs not pretend |
; to vindicate the policy of the armistice of 1.1 |
| ilays lii lore the city, which enabled that crafty !
| General, to complete his defence.*. That inoa#- i
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Hi% If, *?i l,|M Wllh'll
j (Ion. Hitchcock nr.jo.-?, llmt it# results wi;re j
. very different front what, ordinary sagaeity t
I might have foreseen, nii>1 tlmt it is entirely in- I
; just to criticise its policy in the light, of cvi- [
deuce subsequently disclosed:
' j My attention has been called to a letter nd- j
I ilrosed to the people of Tennessee l>y (Icn. I'il i
! low. in whieh ho criticises my campaign ill .Me.vi
ieo with the boldness of a master ill thenrtof >
' ! war. an<l at tin; same time ciilogizua his own
' j services therein with a hearty goud will that I
! leaves iiothinir to he added. 1 <h? not propose I
| ' nt present to di-turh that selMsifi<lation, nor l<>
' I reply tii his animn<Iversions on my plans ntnl
? ; operations, although he most provokingly mix- 1
i es up in every statement a small grain of trulli
1 with ii larije portion of lietion, so as to irive it 1
' | vvilti the enreloss ill) I lie effect of gross falsehood. j
If such trick* oni? influence the jiuMie tiiiiul to ,
j my prejudice, 1 shall then begin to regret that ;
1 j 1 wns horn mi American.
L | Without, I lien, entering ujion any forinnl re
| <>ri111i11ution of lien. Pillow or defence of myself, I
1 i 1 shall proceed at onee, in liehalfof others, to i
1 ! notice some two or three points in his address, i
| in the wnv of explanation, and if it ehanccto I
' i t?" I'ey..ii('l this it will lie merely ineiileiitnl. i
| (Jen. Pillow now says that, l>y agreement, i
Mr. Trjst. emm^ed t<> pay to (Sen. Santit Aniiu '
' ! "cash in linii-l, as earnest money, ten thousand
I | dollar.*," to ii.dnco him to eiiterlniii lie^otin- j
: lions for a iieftoo ; ami that MiliMCqiiently Mr.
1 | T., tol.l liini (<!eii. 1'.) "that. (Sen. Seotthad fur- j
niihod Iiiii (Mr. T.) 11ni money, and tlint he (Mr. ,
' ] T.) Iisnl paid tho ten thousand dollars."
' I ]>i-in<r morally certain that Mr. Trist never j
' | inailo such declaration, it. is almost ikuIvm (h 1
' ! say that 1 never turned over a dollar tu him
' \ f.ir such or an}* other purpose whatever, nnd |
s inn very ?ure that Mr. T. had not a dollar ,,f i
' , puMie money in his possession while in Mexieo,
1 ' and never more limit sufficed lor his vcrv mod- 1
' crate expenses in his private purse ; audi cerr
I t.ify on honor that 1 never, at any time, paid to j
" fSen. Santa Anna, or caused to he paid to him,
' j or to another for his use or hem-fit, one dollar
r ; or more, on any account or in any way whatL>
j ever. President Santa Anna was at the time, i
as now, worth millions, aiul had. in that oilier-, '
1 1 the irresponsible control of all tho pceuuiarv i
' i means of his country. It is hardly prohiihle. i
1 i therefore, that lie would have sloped to pieli i
lf : iiji a saek of ti-ii thousad dollars in gold, if ho |
' I had accidentally stuinlded upon one in ii pri- |
1 vnte wnlk.
15 This blunder of Oon. Pillow prow, no ihuiht, !
s out of gome liint lio coiiflih-iitiiilly picked up [
about headquarters licit 1 ba<l |>niil Hint pro- |
* ei*o sum "to and "for important in-j
1 formntion rcocivcil nml to bo continued from |
f ' ?!??" enemy's eamp* ni'd armies. [Sec my no- !
ooiint current. with tho War Department of .
secret disliui'iriniMilii, printrd by order of tlio j
f Sfiinto, February -1, 1S.%7.] It was liiokv,
therefore, that the names of and Wei-el
never coutidcd to Oon. Pillow, its it U certain, |
from the example Jjefore u?, he would, contrnry i
to tho faith nml honor of our - country, have I
I <i r..ii t.. ..< .'i.. ..... :
i- - |?n?- I
i tics and their (IpimvimIiiiiK Kvcn (Jen. Santa
. Anna, if <5cn. I'illow's credit be worth any
tiling, could not now return t<? Mexico, no mat- '
1 let* timler what pierce* to lead tlic life of a I
f good ami peaceful citizen.
l> .V&'iting to the Secretary of AVar from the
. city bf Mexico February ?' , 1SI8. 1 said :
"I have not reported on the subject of secret
r disbursements since I left Jalapa, lirst, because
s of the uncertainty i?f our communication* with
\ Vera Cruz; and, second, tlic necessity of certain
explanations which, on account of others,
ought not to be reduced to writing. 1 may,
' however, briefly add that I have never letnpt'
cd the honor, conscience, or patriotism of any
_ i iiiuii; but have held it as lawful in morals ft#
. I in war to purchase valuable information or
[ I services voluntarily tendered me."?[Mexican
i ! Wnr Correspondence, llouso Document. No. GO:
1 I page 1085.]
| And ajjain, at Washington, June 28, IS 18, on
| rendering my account current of secret an J
j other disbursements, and asking for a final sct'
tlenient, I .sai<l :
| "1 nni ready to go, confidentially, into nil j
those different puma of receipt and disburse-I
inciit with the President, the Secretary of War,
, or 11113' other member of the Cabinet. 1 am j
under an obligation of private nn<l public hon1
or, according to the Hinges of nations and
nrmics, not,to disclose names and circumstaii1
cw, except as above." * "On the
plainest principles and usages of nations and
war, and the practice of our own
Government in respect to scrrct dhburtfrnrnt*,
f can, inn few hour?," ?te. [See Senate's Kxecutivc
Document, No. SI, page oG, ordered to
1 j be printed Feb. 4, 185.7.]
' And that account linn been definitively set|
| tied 011 the principles I had proposed.
1 A word 110 to Mn. Trist?long in private life,
nnd struggling with honorable poverty*?whom
j (Jen. Pillow 1mm so wnntonly drnggud before
' the public. lie id represented in the nddrcss
4 as the eunniiig And inuligiiitnl genius who in
" stignted mo?*>therw?>o n good enough sort of
' innn?to nets of injustice nnd persecution ! Tho
' officers in Slcxico (and Mr. Trist, n distinguished
West Pointer, stood with tliein before the
enemy, tlio brave among Hie brave) will smilo
to hear this character of their senior General
nmf his coinpnnion, the negotiator. No man
was more admired than the hitter, for his quiet
unobtrusive manner and Amiability, lie was
eagerly received and honored l>y all foreigners
of distinction, diplomats aud others, with whom
ho came into contact, and under one signal
disadvantage negotiated a most important
treaty, which was hero gladly accepted by t1?o
R?nntit ntwl t.liA /?nili?trv?. Kdp tliio-- irr/>Mf. ?*i?.
vice lie is still without, reward. ? 1
W1NFIELI> SCOTT.
Nkw Yobjc 8epteniber 26,1867,
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Awful Bate ok Istkhkk-r?We have it from (
Unquestionable ft ul ijori ty tiiat three per : cent.,
nnd three aud a half per eeut, per nvuutb, 1
have been demanded and been paid itv <
onr streets within the lost week I
What pursuit, business or engagement Will .
; justify such rates as these > <
4 jredericktbuYy Utruld.
Oor Fredericksburg eoblaiuDorirtf vonlH arun
hit eyes * little wider were ?10 in Clu>rle4tan.
We heard of a case^on Vfeia esdnjt in ' winch a
gentleman Pjdd fifteen rioHare for the use of
one fctindreaBfltl fifty for*' single day. Thi?
is at the rate df ?U0 per cont, per month.
, ./ A u* con*tcrf(p]t ted > dollar UU on. the 4
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Li no (i Clandestinely Inaorted la a Lady's
.Album. _ .J
nr col. x. n. i-kitit.
Presumptuous thought I and would ye daro
Profane this snored page ;
Where bards wjjose brows thebright.bays wear.
Might proudly write to please the fair,
And beauty's smile engage.
Where virtuous thoughts tlint calmly rise
On?crnph wings to heaven,
Might tunn the heart to future joys-,
And by llx-ir purity suftico
To make a world forgiven.
And where sonic happy youth might sigh'
Soft strains in beauty's ear,
And lo\ e s unpa.ssiou'd thoughts conveyv^
Tu win her eye's approving ray
Or sympathetic tcnr.
But stay ! what madness prompts thy pert
To scrawl so vainly there, .
When i?hc who owns the leaf shall view
It ?o disgraced, she'll doubtless theu "
Tliy verse to fragments te?r.
Ah ! but a? I nlmil never know
Th.-y were so justly riven \
I'll fondly fancy that aglow i
Of mercy thry' her breast will ffowr
And that tlio fmvlt'B for^ivenv
Tho Monetary Crisis. * .
Secretary Cobb is jwinniug golden opinion*
iim r.iv? Ill Me of lh<> North, whose duty is tV
have ea*h (coin) in Imnd at this time. To ht4
foresight, sound liberality and promptness of
action do they, for the most part, attribute
tlic ability of "the New York bunks, to j-,?y
specie, just now and thus to pave the way for
tho cpeedy and i?oiK-ral resumption elsewhere.
The New York Times explains the train o? circumstances
which has just proved Him to bo
the "friend in need" to the community at
large, without in imj* manner compromising
the public interest or transgressing tho strict
line of JJemoeratie otiieinl propriety, as foTTowR.
Such a narrative from such n aoijree. \fill
prove a-* valuable to Secretary Cobb's future,
as it is unexpected ; .>
"The Secretary of the Treasury lias done the
coll tin (I ill 13' ?>t" merchants, bankers nml oilier
l?usiness people ? service through the
invent trial in money affairs. lie hns prompt
iy ntul ruiilioiinly for thirty ilnya pnst rhnn'od
the tlic itovoniment disbursements to the lnrijwt
measure of peeuniaiy relief., We linvo
seldom known u public functioniitfyuiidcr eimihu
circumstances to mnnifest bo much practical
sympathy. Wo hail occasion early in
July to commend the timely disbursei??eiit*
made from the New York KiifvlYcnsnrv. vln>i?
it wns anticipated that the first accumulation
under the new tariff might work incoi>vei?icnce
1>> tin' bankers. lint the measures tnken
since tlio close of August have been doubly
valuable, and ought not to fail of propel*
commendation. ^ *
On tin; tilth of Auctisf, when tlio panic beCan
in this city l?y tlio failure of the Oh fit
Trust. the Snb-trcnsury held twelve millions
and a half of dollars of cold of the twenty-tWfe
and a half millions in the city?the hanks having
lost heavily the previous week by cx|M>rt
to Kurope. Seeing that our banks would he
greatly strengthened by concentrating the
( ovornincnt disbursements nL tliis
I?v pronipl.ly.nidiii?? n1 paying tho special
ami i;eiierul npproprin'ioiis ?>f Congress, whii-fi
wore made to lako effect nfter the 1st of .Inly.
-Mr. Cobb lifts rrdiiepd lii.s balance in Ncvr
Vurk t.n the nmoimt of ?2,750,nearly every
dollar of which wo at into bank. The consequence
is I hut today tlie position of tll<5 "
specie held l>y t cSuh-trenstiry nn?J thb banks
ij completely reversed, nnd the hitter nlFoiiieJ*
the utmost relief tR? Secretary could arrange
for nnder the law.
"Those disbursements will be rapidly continued.
Mr. f'oMi determined, n few dnya
since, to re?ln.;e the premium whieh he is pny
11 u niv.- (n?i?iiv.-iu?n'?i cuey ure etui
in forthwith for redemption. Hid desire is to*
<.listrilxito hi* ImlancfH, a* fur naMley cnn bo
appropriated t?? tliis* object, to the best public
ndvnnlnjjc, nnil lit thcohrlicst day possiblcto
iilTord relief In tin* money market. TUic new
order is, that up t"? lire first of Xov^inbo'r ho
will con tin no to pay sixteen per premiuin
and (lie accrued interest for tlie bon?js (tin!
certificates ot loans of ltfli7-YiS. AfteJ* that
dale he will reduce the premium to fourteen
per cent. One or more of our leading mrirfgs
luniks, wo learn, will avail of titi^ noticc - at
once, anil having tin: opportunity to reinvest
in New York State elocks to advantage, witt .
wend on their 1'iiited States bonds and certificates
for tho higher premium. The operation
will lie equal lo to much n?ld transferred
from the Sub-Treasury to active hank use.
"There are other movements of the Sfcre- ""
ary which have come under our notice tend1
iitfj to Minilar relief, though of low .importance.
Tins whole effect lias been to popularise the
Suh-Treasurv sjvtetn, in n season of severo pecuniary
trial, ami to afford a degree of
at.iintinl aid to fcusiiieM, for * which the puhlie
nre largely ind htcd to tho practical . ?eui? of
the huad of the Treasury Department."
WaxUiiujlon livening Star.
KiHTor.r.w. Pifkm.tltv.?TTc learn from a
friend in Knosville that. John Mitctae'Miai ha?l
' din-} ?iiii me cuiiur ci mo ixuoxvjllo
lt?'iristcr. During the recent. nl>#cnce of Mr.
Mitchell ot Now York, an article appeared ia
tlint journal reviving llie stule ehnrgo ngaiost
tifin that lie Intel violated his parole in leaving
Van I^iciuau'rt Land. Mr. Mitchoil liml repeatedly
repelled tlift charge, mid twice had been,
engaged in hostile eorreppoiwlenee cpon tha
rnlijeet with persona who Itod promulgated it ;
luit revived ngain, lie again met it, or the editor
ruthcr, who innilc it, ami used Ins walking
cane upon him. Pistols wore drown; it up.
pear#, imfWere not med. '^Jie laws of Tennessee
do not admit of dueling, and liejico tliQ
necessity of such ? modo of svttteincijt. \
Sfcikxvtitt to" Br. ffuno.?Isaac, n a!i*r<f, was
put. upon his trial, on Tliuniday, heforo a
Court of Freeholder#, Magistrate S. WiJjls. Da
uoso ]>re?iumg, elinr^etl with robUfawtAjlriif
with grievously maiming, beating ona^utui*ing
n >*hile man.- After n potienthearing' the
Court convitfed him of the hitter offence andsentenced
him to Lie hung on the 18th of December
next.?Darlington friend.
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G r.onoiA Elections?Augusta, October C.-ffclt
is admitted here that Brown hag been .efectcd
Governor l>y ofglitf to.ten th?w?f>nd niryoritjr.
ueuirns muicatu mo eiociion QWUPPC (Antericnn)
for the third district, Afrflnpfoliud JUill
(American) for tlio seventh. Crawfc>rdtQar- tre),
A. If. Stevens and Wright, fD^oSra^O
Imvo nlso been elected. Little hat o?on b3&nf$Vfrom
the first' and sixth districts." - * ' T*; * s
' ' - '* ' < "ft v.'I ?. s?v?-v.. fX
Fitfls-r.'?For two or three - .days past, t&e
wenther lias been quite cuaL and we learn
that frost was seen on Wodnradfty and Thnrs^
Jay mornings at Union.? IfhtoHvllle .Jfjgrnaf, .< .
The Newberry Mirror statep tbf*t in an Ms
frny iu Marlboro, Mr. W^i. Dawson wa kjlledt
by Mr. C. Dowson. No particulars are gi vyuv
Tlw. Ti?n?r<.u ?-???
?? ?..v.# MOMtioyi IMOMCO Yf n,
heavy, frost iu that District ou Tjiurjd?jr; .
An Irish sailor, ns lie was fldlngj ' '' '
a pause ; tbo horse,in beatipg off tlie'ltfea,
caught his bind foot ib I he stirrups ffri'cHbfr
wilor, obsenririjj to?cxclfufi*/fcd t "JUfcfrfc'Qpw,,
old Bobbin ! 'If youftiVgbio^totot otol t
wiUget off" v <~
r-?? . . ?r ii,, v f , '-11:1: .'i:< , ilsjt .
, -r;. | cowsttcMiiaBgt;i: ' ' *'
DepDt ^ ' '
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Wi? A liVthorow.
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