The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, June 25, 1858, Image 2
[/4*om the C'harleeton J/irrct?ry.]
The Saok oflfis Stats of Soatidarollai.
"Mr. Editor z?I ma requested, on the part of
the Boat4-of Eh-eotors of thia Bank, to rcqneat
the publMftJon of the enclosed.
a*M. FURMAN.
7b A.JP. Jhnyne, Ef[-, ?S^n&tar i
Jpje^xtatraTclnrar'y *pe<stao!c, which-you recently
preJbnted, of a'Senator from SouthGarolina,
volunteering to impugn indirectly nJbe
official conduct of'a portion of hia cooatitne^a 1
and to, assail.a State inatjtution, in which the
iuUreata and ro'aourcea of the State are *nttjxnately
in vol Ted, miiat neceaaarily .attract- attention.^
In general, we would permit attack*
tipon ua to pasa for what they are worth ^but j
the position ydu o'ccupy, and tho place which
you aelteted to" tfive utterance to vour o6in- J
iorii?s(if your expressions inthe Senate own W
termed Opihionv attach a degree of facTittOM
importance to them, and'they there fore eeem
to require tome boUccyrt'pttrn*3da,?W? ahould
be-tbe-leaa. d iepowd lo * spites 3Bj*<aF 1-cmarka,
Ud they Uen *3?>ly tS an ?t,
rxtadk mideron- olhww But yon' assailed the
he^JStnte ot South Carolina, when
your eofwrtuuvntsweremade't? - subjects rather
of commendation than rtf oh*. You appeared
to disclaim the commendation rather
ihan/orcgo thiJ ojiporlunity of assailing u?.
YoifTirfe-represented, ns stating, from your
eat io the Senate, thpt "v.e hn'd a Bank of the
?tate of South Carolfnn that haa not a shadow
A^VAinnnein! 111 r? a^ta/.lia/l U " T f in ma .
king,this statement; you in tea d to say that the
B<?k/?f th< State, being Ute properly of the
St*te|ia not JitbJe to l?gal proc?M and cannot
be rned, you>bav? nut "the shadow of authority"
to support your.opioion. It ia as well e?
tabfuhed as the existence of tlie Bank itaelf,
that it is as liable to suit as any other bank or
corporation.
But, if you intended to refer to the security
of tlie parties who may hold the obligations of
the Bank, your poMtiou is equally untenable.
You should know that the faith of the State is
pledged for the Bank ; and it ia with unmitigated
surprise that we find it alleged," even
by implication; that there is not the "ahadow
.of responsibility" in the pledged faith of the
8LaU. It ia ii ffrava fnntiap #!% * hnWincr a
prominent"and responsible"position, you should
speak.lightly or h%edle*aly in a matter, in
vrhicli the pledged faith nn?l important intereats;
and'property of Itio State are involved,
- nnd"respecting which you are so evidently uninformed..
But if you refer to the resources of
the Bank itself, independent of, and separate
from, the State pledge orfr guarantee. your
charge is equally unsupported and untenoble.
To illustrate : Hie gross assets of the Bank
now exceed seven millions of dollars ; the toI.i
i- .1-- ?- ?- -
i-ai iiauiiiiies iu vue puunc ior lis circulation,
deposits. Ac. <tc.. ar'c under $2,400,000 ; so
that the Sauk holds assets (beyond the sum ro5|aired
to cover iUi liabilities) to more than
our and a Jialf millions of dollars. These assets
are cash, loans to the State, stocks, real estate,
foreign and domestic exchange, bonds and
mortage-*, balances due by banks, and the
no(e? of merchants, mechanics, planters, farmers,
and other citizens of South Carolina. That
an aggregate of funds, amounting to $7,000,000
held by an institution in this State and in this
city,'affords''.'no shadow of responsibility," is a
proposition so monstrous that we have doubted
its utterance, and we have withheld reply
>ifl the exnectation of neninor unm a nrnmnt an/1
explicit disclaimer from you.
But we go further, "i our position is as ah
solutcly untenable, if you intended to refer to
the relation of,the Bank tothe State ha ita
sole proprietor. When regarded in that point
'of tiew, the. result is equally favorable to its
character'.and, its management. The Slate
pl^^ed-fundcr^onjrol of the Bank for capital,
in ;ftriojis?ums and'at different periods, funds
.amounting in the aggregates to upwards of $1,*00,000.
These sums.haye been actually re
fnnded'etttjrely.ipnneipal and interest, by tha
'.payments' which^e Bank baa made, of interest
amlpribeTpaf of the State debta. The State
alio depogitea*witb the Banlc the surplus reve.nueljreeeiV$d
fr?m the United States, upwards
-of n1,000,000. This sum has been jefunded,
,with/interest. The Sj,ate also borrowed $2,000.0Q0.
under the act for rebuilding tho city
of Charleston, and placed the amount under
eharg'cd-of .th'e. Bank. The interests of this
deb^hailrialyara tyeen paid by the Bank. The
is payabla in four instalments. The first
instalment is'due in London on the first of July
*. *e$^JWThje Bank' has already placed the fund
fo^I^ondotrforthe payment of the instalment.
;l*fheii'theae funds are applied, the Bank, with
the'payments it has already made in advance,
will have reduced the.debt to less thad 1*1,200,>"?0OJ*and"tfctft
*?ro #illbe the entire amount
~ which the Bnnk; will be accountable to the
Kfatil in'il< ?.?* 5 1
aMu wvu?a. IUUUO piBCCU unusr
iUeh'arge.- Setting apart a sum sufficient to
cancel Jhis.debt of $Jy200.000, the balance of
thV/ftiiyh %eld*rby the Bank, amounting to
"meirt^OOO.OOO, will be the profit the State
llfas derived from the Bank'aince its establiahmcnt
And we do not rely on Bank statement*
merely to sustain our title to public confidence.
There have been applied to this institution two
teite, to which no othur institution among ui
" Bay been spbjected. 'Its assets are examined by
committees appointed' by each Legislature.
TnoM'o^no other Bank are examined; 'but by
Its pwn- Diractorc. ThiliBank has been called
upon to refund'large sdtnc, which had been de
bwhw wisp itr to-use, as capital, temporarily.
" AYhen Ike capital oC oih'er Banks hasbeeu paid
hd, itfcus remained1 crackenged and undimished
in the".b?od? of its managers. Under these
tests, this BaiOc has sustained itself promptly
and satisfactorily, and the result offer*, at
least, 'some presumptive evidence "that a shadow
of.responsibilityn d#es attach to it
TbejeVre other expressions attributed to
yfcji in the report Of the Senate debate, which
>aetfj-espect will not permit us to refer to, and
wfiichwe.are confident fwbere we areknown)
wajyriH not be expected to notice. Your furthsr<
stale tliat^but for this Bfnk,-no Bank In
\the.State wapld have suspended. This, we
nnfWtaAtfia JSnV ??!.:? -??- ?" " *
r?*r|^*7Tvjntnvu , OlllcrP, WOO DBQ,
ptrnaps, Aietter opportunity of forming a correct"
jpdgment; thinking, otherwise. We sre
pjSt $?po^ta to .discos? the question^ Bat we
stata th^t u are satisfied with the. ctffkiH we
fmtogg. We bffleve that, 'by. aroidfog the
gacrince of asseta,vknd the pasture of -dcftffirs,
. MraWMiji ourselres and . the community,
^e rortt er b^Wfr'e thabour course has beu
gen er^y approved, and, under similar circtrai?
rtaMes,.??Jnot5ld.-"^t in the" same manner.
Suspension, fpr, lap^insolvencjf:
That jthe p^teofAffiltafce and of theneighbor!
Og-S&Ue ao ne^seucftr. with yon, in th?
* oftho respo'tfilbility of thja Bank, is
jptnrf by tfia fWt that oar eifealaUoh^has
tfw'th^'fEgana.by which a large ponfo* of
itKSTcrop'hae betri brought to marked sod the
pritie'pl fotton ifiataiiied. ' And. in tl?* w* ?'
Charleston, Vheni pur inkltution.U loeatid?
VgOfeoj^wdiLo.f red&urc?d.?Dd oor operatdrKP*
Vf .\*owli and anderatobd?v? mium
^^Jgfafcntiro fe0o?d6o'af of the "people, and qnr de/
jfront.&n 'ptf <wnt,
mSMlpi*daUofsa?^lfaMoik' We bkre, p?r*
TO^WK*1 ac?oont ia th*, &y.
Aa%c odf-flt^idj^qplnioDg upon lh? ?ubje?t
* JmRuI
1. . niv.'V.' *
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U rUMJMBCD KVERT. FWDAT liOBMUtO BT
A WILSON.
tor. A. LEU, Editor.
tnaiviaucu*. It Jet nairvn*, /mil m nc/TTnng tenKm
they boldly attempt, wftma*intor(ntd by virtwntt
purpose, an**determined resolution.?Heket Cut
" Willing topraite, y?t r*fl afyaid to bl-ame."
TWrm?-~Tir? Dolfers a Itar, in Advance.
ABBSVZXJUB O. H.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1858.
SlVuallon as Teacher Wanted.
We direct attentioD to the card of our friend
T. AIodzo Harris, who ia desirous of obtaining
an elegible situation, as a publio instructor,
either in the country or in a Village. Mr.
Q^rris is a native of bar District, and a gradaat^of
the Woffqrd College; and we take
pleasnre in recommending him as one fully
competent for the arduous and responsible duties
of the teacher.
Th? Calhoun Monument Association.
We learn from our Columbia exchanges,
that Capt. W. B. Stanley, the President of tb?
Palmetto Association, has received a letter
fromOen. Martin of Charleston, the Chief Varshal
at the forthcoming celebration on the 28th
inst., inviting the surviving members of the
Regiment.to be present on the occasion. The
Columbia company has determined to accept
the invitation, and would be glad to have the
presence of other members of the Regiment.
The South Carolina Road will charge only
one fare.
Speech of the Hon. M. X?. Bonham.
We are indebted to our esteemed Representative
in CorgreM, th?'lion. M. L. Bonham,
L!. a t. J-i: - i . o
1ui a cujijr 01 um ojwccii ucilTvreu in cue xiuuw
of Representatives on the Kansas Conference
Bill; which we shall take pleasure in publishing
in whole or in part in our next issue. It
is an able justification of his opposition to
that measure, and an elaborate statement of
his objections to its passsge. The constituency
of Gen. Bonham have never doubted for a
moment, bis siucerity, public spirit and patriotism,
and whether they assent or not to the
correctness of his conclusions, and yield to the
force of his logic, they must feel a higher admiration
for liim, on account of his manly
and independent course.
The Concert at Cokeabury.
We invite the attention of our read era to the
advertisement ofthe Gr> nd Vocal and Instrumental
Concert to be given by the young ladieaand
gentlemen ofCokesbury on the evening
of the 6th July next. The entertainment
will be an attractive prelude to the literary
ezerciaea of the succeeding day, and strangers
are invited to partake of the hospitalitiea of
.he place on the occasion. To the lovers of
good mnaie the entertainment will be one of
rare surer eat, as wru na w an mo aurairora 01
youth and beauty.
The receipUof the evening will ba appropriated
to the repair of the Church edifice.
Cotton Oina.
The Editor of,the Georgia Citizen has re
n_i?? n:_
VVUIiijr CADLUIUCU O uow VUHVU VJ 111, ?u? cuvcu
by J. T. Brown, of which he speaks thus :
"This Gin is composed of two rollers and two
sets of saws, one above the other, whereby*
hundred saw gin can be compassed in the space
usually taken up by one of 50 saws, and a saving
of 25 per cent, is effected in the power,
over a hundred saw gin of the old style, besides
doing better work and requiring only one
feeder. Mr. Brown has entered a caveat preparatory
to taking out a patent for an improvement
wbioh is destined to supersede the
old clumsy gins of 80 or 100 saws. The large
planters who have seen it, are delighted with
the invention."
Spartanburg Colleges.
In relation to the Commencement* in these
Institutions, the Spartanburg Erpreu says, that
in the Female College, it will talce^lace on
Monday, the 12th of July; in Wofford College,
on Wednesday following. Beginning with the
Commencement Sermon, on Sunday, the 11th,
there will be public exercises in one of the
Colleges each day antil the following Thurt*
day.
The Unemployed in the Western Oitlea.
Buffalo, Chicago and other western cities, it
appears, ere overran ^w'ith laborers and mechanics,
who are anable to find employment.
In the former place last week, several hundred
of this class paraded the streets, demanding
"work or bread." In Cbieago, the de.
mand for labor by poor people has been, so
great that the street commissioners hare been
enabled :to supply-each man but two days in a
week, at seventy-five cents per day. It is now
thought best to eat wsges down to Jtft&sn e*nt*
ana put one intra more men into oity Mr rice.
At flftj^evoU per day. Mys,ths Democrat, the
city will be orerwhelmed with application* for
labor.
North British Review,
We bare received the May number oi this
R'eVlew and hare found it more thac t&uatfy
attractive. Among otb^y interesting article*,
it contains a well written review oWTKe collected
WorlUof DugaldBtcvart" tlfe celebrated
Scotch- Philosopher ; the disciple of Re id and
the predecessor of Brown- and Wileon, in' the
chair ofmoral philosophy at Edinburg. The
RatieWer forms a high estimate of the geoi^j,
character andinfltyenee of Stewart Whhowt
k krlfilit: ?-S? ? ?i-^ir . .
B-.,..8.u..8?uiM??r great lnieneCWiai
force, he poiiwid a bURed biraroy of qualitie*
; te?t? tod judgment which were rarely
united, U my individual. With ? mii
tiv-e aversion to bold pecu)?>i.dn1 ??Dd with no
ability fofgafcirgjataly k.b e 'flBMfc oot without
' cjelmo to originality, iodependetiM and proMndi^y,
Withoot the **ga?Uy of Eeakt, the
bp^umr? ((t)i%of LeiboiU, tile sbrewdneM
of Refil or the 1#0*?1 gmp of itatniUop abd,
Kao*. be *9 > aoitndow* of
yt&gausl and fw?a?*gF *? fn>lb?ity. Hk
ut *nd BJOf ?1 mMW.. By hi* expo#f2&S^?f
' E.M'?id Byhfari^ work h.-*d ??!,; to
mrttfcrtM* of Fune* MpMwv;
r, r rff ^ 1 <- i &* ... ,
The AbteovPHft Bible Sooiety.
At a called meetar?g -of the Directors of the
Abbeville District Bible Society held at Abbe.
villeC. H. -en the 14th inst., it was
fierolvtd. That the Abbeville District Bible
Society be represented At the State Bible Convention
to be held at Abbeville Court House
on Wednesday evening the 28th July next, and
that the President appoint twenty-five Delegates
for this purpose.
Pursuant to this resolution the President
made the following appointments:
Andrew Giles, Hon. D. L. Wardlaw, Dr. E.
E. Pressly, Rev. B? John too, Rev. T. A. Hoyt,
Rev, C. Murchison, Rev. lames Moore, Rev. H.
T. Sloan, Rer. J. F Gibert, Rev. J. J. Bonner,
Rer. J. O. Lindsay, James H. Bukin, H. A,
Jonoa, R. ZL Ward law, J. A. Calhoun, J. M.
Perrio, R. A. Fair, ThomasThomson, J. P. KenntJy,
Geo. W. Preaajy, Win. Lesly, J. J. Wardlaw,
J. F. Livingston, Lemuel Ricd, Mathew
McDonald.
On motion the following Gentlemen were np
pointed a Committee of arrangements nud reception
:
Dr. J.J. Wordlaw, II. A. Jdnea, W. II. Parker,
J. C. Calhoun, R. A. Fair and Mathew McDonald.
J A3. M. PERR1N, Cert. Stcty.
[Due West Telescope copy.]
Senator Bivnu'i Riloindar
The National Inlelligencct, of the 18th inst.,
contains a letter from Senator Hayne in reply
to the charge of having assailed the Bank of
the State. It eeema that he has been incorrectly
reported, and that he snid nothing to
indicate his doubt of the solvency of the Bank
or ita ultimate liability for the payment of its
debts. lie referred to it, merely as a political
institution,conducted on different principles
from other banking institutions, aud with no
individual responsibility ou the part of its Directors,
and hence disposed to expand ita circulation
inordinately - nnd to thin (
tributed ttie'lsto suspension.
'It seems, not to have been the intention of
the Senator to "reflect upon the character of
the State or the credit of its money institutions,'
but rather to sustain them, at the expense of
the Bank of the State, to which he declares
himself opposed on the score of principle and'
policy,?bntstill without impeaching its pecuniary
responsibility.
Tho Condition and Prospects of tha Democracy.
The Washington Union, the Richmond Examiner,
and the Charleston Mercury have been
uiicusaing recently, tuc conamon ana prospect*
of tbo Democratic party. Tbe Union regard*
its prospects as brighter, than they have
been at any former period of its history, whilst
the other two Journals take a much more sombre
view of its future.
According to the Examiner, the efforts of the
Abolitionists at the North, to build up a political
organization, on the basis of hostility to
Southern institutions, and which should swallow
up the old parties in the free states, has
succeeded to a considerable extent. The Democracy
indeed maintains its organization, but
is in danger of losing its ascendancy ,in every
Cm* .t.i. ti?: :??
g?v?. xusii uiBjuriLieo nave oeen usually
small and the loss of one tenth of their numerical
strength would have turned the tables
against them. They have lost Maine, New
Hampshire, and other States ; and they have
carried the States of Pennsylvania, Indiana.
New Jersey, Illinois, and California by small
majorities. The Examiner regards however,
the probability*, as in favor of the continued
ascendency of the Democracy. It anticipates
its defeat in the Northern elections to Congress
of this year, but expects a reaction before
1860.
The Mercury takes iuae with the Union with
regard to tho settlement of tho Kansas question.
It is the interest of tho free-soil party
to keep alir? the agitation, and to reject the
land ordinance at the pools in August next,
and with it the^Lecompton Constitution. The
next issue and tha one which will control the
elections at the North, will be the repeal of
the late Kansas act, prohibiting tha admission
of Kansas, until she attains the necessary population
for a full representation in Congress,
and its admission with an anti slavery consti
?tion. Upon this issue, it will be routed at
e North, in the coming elections; and in
thatevant its fortune can only be retrieved by
the sacrifice of the South ; by admitting Kansas
with an anti-slavery constitution to appease
the North.
! But whether we are to rely or not npon the
Democracy when the crisis comes, it j^jccrtain
that we can appeal to no other organisation
for the protection of Southern rights.^,-JjEQa issue
is restricted to affiliation with the Dartv
in the Union, or self reliance out of it.
Commencement at Brskine College.
We make the following extract from the
TeUtcope, with reference to the next annnal
Commencement.of the Erakine College :
The Erakine^ Recorder announces the arrangements
that have been made for the annual
festival in Erskine College, which will oocur,
as usual, the second week in August.
The Alraireraary Addreas'before the Literary
Societies is to be delivered by the Rev.
W.vWL McSwain, of the Methodist church. Mr,
MoS., it a noble specimen of the ministry of his
chnrcb, a gentUman otjrood taste, and a fine
speaVfr.? r
The Farewell Sermon t* the Senior Claaa
will ba'preiehed by-Ber. J. B. Watt, of North
C*rolioa,jrith whose name onr reader* are fain
fttar. Theyotfng men'of the Recordct says :
MHt? verynameiseloquence and piety to all
who know bim."
The Annual Addreee will b? delivered by
n*r. nenry (juigg, ctUeorgia. & rich treat
may be expected The Recorder bu been mfaio
for mod m regard to the Alamni tpeaker.
In additien*u> the ataal exercise*, tfce New
Hall of the Kapbemian Society is to be- dedicated
Commeocemeiit wesk. , W. W. J. Lowry,
of LouUttilt, Qeorgia, have been elected to de
Hirer addressee appropriate to the oeeaeioo,
They will 36 it handsomely ;none would do it
belter:
thiA bill of ftp*, itapJH be seen that a
fnllwfcsi has been provided for all Who may
- lllmHu rMiiniaiiMniMit: iil.IlM
The/bllowing paragraph from the Herald
aUteeSw present condition of the question :
We taAm frqoi Washington that Lord Na
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A4, . -J ' .-A-'. . j?. . Vv^.
Disraeli's ?peecli.
*111 c late post-praodial Speech of the English
Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the electors of t
Buckinghamshire has -excited quite ? eoromo- j:
tron among the raembera of the I at* ministry. 1
It has olrcited two separate discussions, in the
Common?, in which Russell and Palmeraton 1
participated; and in the hoase of Lords it call- *
?d forth a reply from Lord Clarendon. It s
<3oc? ?fe?i that'he has been compelled to retire
from the various charges urged by him against Jj
the late administration ; that they had hurried ^
tire country to the verge of a war with France,
and'thatthey had pursued a system of massacre s
and confiscation in India; and he seems to be '
entitled to no great credit for his financial
policy. But as the Timet remarks, even in his t
discomfiture he frui Is a Parthian dart, and in i
the following brilliant passage, shows the want 0
of sympathy between the late Admiuutratiou j
1 ?i. . ?:i 1 ? ?
uuu VIK uuem pany 01 IMlgianU. j
" I understand there are groat questions ^
which will come forward, and which will test '
the character of parties iu this House. The ^
great Liberal party is in favor of vote by bal- ?
lot. Is her Majesty's late Government in favor *
of vote by ballot I The great Liberal party ia j
in favour of the total abolition of Church-rates. *
Is her Majesty's late Government in favour of '
the total abolition of Church-rates f The grent
Liberal party is in favour of that bill of the j
lion, member for Surrey, to discuss which I *
appointed this evening. I* her Majesty's late
Government in favour of the Hon. member's
new franchise! All that we know from the
past is, that they opposed it on principle, and
offered cravfl nri/iimpntn In !.- ?:- 1
o C " "- 'VVI VilC UJJIU- ion
of the llouse against it. There is another c
suhjcct upon which the great Liberal party en- I
tertains strong views, and that is the subject 0
of economy f Was her Majesty's late Govern- t
raent in favour of economy I It is my painful ^
duty every day of my lifo to be witness of the ^
expenditure of the late Government* and a t
more extravagant, reckless and profuse expendilute
I never saw. The great Liberal party
is in favor of publicity. We are always hear- ^
incr that, ihov livoL- unnn *
0 j ..w? U|/wii |iuuuvii-jr iu vrnnsac*
lion# of State as of great importance. There
never was a Government which exercised such
reserve on affairs of State as her Majesty's Into
Government, and the only charge ever urged
against this Government was that they did produce
a public document. The only chargo
against us was that we published a dispatch.
No one can ever say that we intercepted a letter.
There is one other subject upon which i
the great Liberal party have always shown t
much interest, and that is upou the conduct of c
the executive Government. They have always
demanded that the conduct of the execu- 1
tive Government should be very temperate i
and moderate. But what has been the con- f
duct of the late executivet They were the
first Government which carried on wars withr '
out the sanction of parlament ; and if we look '
to the otlipr rrront. hrnnnK r?f
D w. v.,v CACWUVKC I
namelyr the exercise of patronage?is it not j
notorious that the exercise of patronage outraged
all the sense and spirit of the country I"
Direct Taxation. ]
The Richmond South in announcing the de- 1
termination of Mr. Boyce, to decline a nomina- !
tion to the Senate, and his desire to remain in <
his present position, pays a high c-mpliment <
to his ability and energy, and thinks that his I
late report whilst it has extended hi#^ reputa- J
tion. augnrs well for the eventual success of |
the cause which he is advocating. Upon the I
evils of the present Revenue system, and the '
necessity of a change, it thus remarks :
The evidences multiply from day to day t hat
our nati onal revenne system has been a mistake
fprtm tlia Ki?r?inntnr*
?""? ?.?v *v cn^ciiucicu an i
amount of public immorality which cannot be <
calculated by dollars and cents, but which, if i
seen in all its hideous exc<;B#e?, would doubt- i
less moke every patriot blush for the integrity I
of his country. Under its operation the Trent
ury occasionally overflows to the extent of mil- i
lions upon millions, creating indirect chonnels I
of communication with it, and polluting them j
at their very source. Suddenly a perfect de- ;
pletioa occurs, and in its replenishment,' by
enormous loans, life is breathed into things
which it chances to fancy?making intolerant
millionaire nabobs out of depraved ignorances.
Id a time of war it is as worthless and use lew <
__ a i:_ui_ an
uo iio viciuus auu uurt'iiuuie ill peace. All It j
is fit for is to give employment to au army of
high salaried civil officers, and to "eat out the c
substance" of the people for the erection of <
"fiscal forts." For this latter purpose some
thing like $20,000,000 have already been ap- ;
preprinted, with what discretion may be read- j
ily conjectured, when several of those forts j
have been built at co?t exceeding thousands of j
dollars where the customs collected do not ,
amount to 150 per annum ! (
Th<? nlan of Mr. Rnvr?? ! tlmnU in
----- I ? J " " r, "?? I
s it la practical in execution. It is to requira |
every State in the Union to furnish its propor- ,
tion, according to representation io Congress, ,
for the snpporl of the Federal Government. '
In case a State fails to comply with such re- |
quisition, the Marshall ofthe United States ]
therefore is to collect a sufficient excise for such ,
purpose. By discontinuing the custom houses, j
and the cost incident thereto, it is believed
that the General Government could be supported
for as many millions of dollars annually
as there would be inhabitants in the Union.
Wholesome economy would become the order .
of the day. A rigid accountability in disbursement
would be exacted from the servants of <
the people, and a purification of the metropo- i
lis with the expulsion of the hordes of cormo- t
rants who infest it, would specially ensue. Virginia
pays at the present period three times as *
much revenue to the nation as she would pay '
under this system. Were it adopted we should (
hear nothing more of homestead billp or distri" ,
bution schemes. The publio lands wonU cease
.to bt, regarded as a fit aubjeot to prodig*Hy
disposed of. The tax payer# would learn the f
value of it when it would contribute directly t
to leeaoo the amount from time to time of their i
quota for tbe^ostehance of the Federal Gov*
eminent Jteodld, perhas, be r^lied upon (or
a fourth of the amount neoesaary to the an- -i
nual expenditure. ' (
1
The Wtljiamatou Springe. ,
We make the foHowifag extract from a letter ,
of correaDondent of the Cha'rleaton Oautitr.
jrith reference touthe.new Hotel whinh dor en* ,
terprising citizen*, Messrs. WiiHon, Tasten dfc
Nelson, will coon bare ready for th* reeeptilvlj
of goests, at thia well-known watering place: 4
"I bad to go down to the. Williapiatoo '
Springe a.few days since, which areiituated ,
immediately on the Railroad, and very celebrated
for the great efficacy of their waters.? *
Tbere, to ray a*tonishirren$|"l saw, nearly com
, ittetBd, ane.pf the largest, b*?t constructed and'
mo?t hoUls I ?ver?aw. It la jost about
b?jbg ?ci(bed, and wiHfef * (Uy#be:r'eidy
to ! *>?( # Tb* leogtb of the front f. <
* {ALuLi:* *\ , <> ^ic . . > * - ' .
? w m - r?/ ?
Stats Taxes of tbo Upper Division.
Wo extract from our Columbia exchanges ?
he followiog synopsis of the taxes of the Up>er
Division, furnished by Thos. Freaa Deputy
[Yeas rer: ?
The number of slaves returned is 246,008, c<
igainst 246,720 los^year?showing a decreate 0
if 65V. Under any other general head, how- ^
iver, there is an increase. Tate the follow- .
ng as illustrations: 11
The sales of goo da, wares and Merchandise
eturned last year, amounted to $7,478,720. w
flie returns of ibis year foot up $'7,845,631; be- ^
Qgan iucreate of $371,912.
Tlio value of town lots in the Upper Divi- a
Km last year, was $5,687,164. This year it
inches $6,073,782?being ?a increase valwe of cx
1408,629.
Finally: The gross tax eolieated in this Diision
last year, was $234,476.01. Tliis year "
t amount* to $236,816.09--'being an increase 0
>f $1,343.08. J,
For the information of our fellow-citiiens of q
lieliland, I add the following, from the recaptulation
of its Tax Collector : ^
Hayes, 11,584 at 70 ets $8,108.80 y
free negroes, 140 at $2 . , , . . 202,00 li
tales of goods wares and nier- .
handise, $1,923,800, at 60 eta. 2,684.72 ,
'rotessions, $658,806, at 60 eta. 329,03 111
City Lots, $1,787,670, at 12^ cts. 2.234,69 pi
Sauk Stock, $1,800,000,nt 26 cts. 6,260,00 i?
'remium on insurance, $26,696, p
at ooe per cent. . . . 2o7,06
Jass stocks, $42,000, at 20 ?te. 84,00
..ands, 868,772 acres, valued at n
$265,721, at 60 cts. . . 1,634.33 A
Total amount gross t?jc, . $18,677.42 ^
As the Commissioner of the Tax Coll*?tor of "
tieliland w.as the subject of a newspaper dis- ai
ussion last December, it may not be out of ]a
ilace here to show his Commissions on Stat* g,
nd District Taxes this year :
Commissions State Tax,' 933.68 *
Commissions on Poor Tax, . . . . 208,07 t!
Commissions on Bridge Tax, .... 18.68 w
Commissions on Lunatic Asylum, . . 7.09
$1,227.72 Cl
VJd for inserting births, deaths and tl
marriages, 18.90 0
Total income of Tax Collector, $1 ,246.62
Thomas Frkan, Dep. Treaa. 11
Treasury Office, Columbia, Juuo 19, '68. A
* i ? a
Rumored Breaking.up ot the Cabinet. ?
A rumor has been in circulation in Washingngton
for a day or two past to the effect that 0
he cabinet was about to be broken up?that c
icerctary Cobb to give place to Senator 8
?enrcc, of Maryland, in the Treasury Depart- '
nent, and that Secretary Floyd would retire '
rotn the War Department, growing out of a 1
personal difficulty between Secretaries Cobb I
ind Floyd. The Union thus notices these ru- '
nors, with out, however, denying the proba- 1
>ility of their retirement : '
Although the present cabinet is probablv ''
.he most harmonious one that has ever existed r
n the history of the Government, the public t
lb every now and then edified by some cun- a
singly devised fablo of dissension*, jealousies,
ind alienations among its members. We be- r
lieve the lutest rumor of the sort refers to the
Secretaries of Treasury and of War. It pro- (
c_.4 i: ?? ?--?
?i?>uic>, uioc, uii aiiun?iiuu ueiween uuese IWO j;
lentlemen, ami, second, an actual resignation
by both of their respective positions! The f
3rst part of the allegation obtained currency i
by having received, by some accident, an in- t
Lerrogatoiy and credulous mention in the col- j
amnaofthe New York Herald. The other
part we suppose, grew out of the first, and was '
bandied about the Capitol yesterday morning f
for a few hour*. y
We stated some time ago that the President j
sutertained entire and implicit confidence in
iach and every mo'i..ber ot his cabinet ; we r
:an add now in respoui>e to this new class of t
rumors which lucve hail a more recent inven- c
Lion, that the utmost good feeling exists be- t
I ween all ihe members of the cabinet; and if ,
nany two of them are on terms moro cordial *
,han the rest, they happened to Le lh? verv I
;enllemnn whom I hid latest n nd fresliosl rtiniur <
innounccs to be at dagger's draw. ^
Col. Orr. ,
The Caroliniarfin announcing the arrival of ^
Hoi. Orb. and fnmity in Columbia, on their ^
oute froin Wushingtou, makes the following ?
iomplimentnry notice of his services as Speak- t
;r of the late Congress.: t
Col. Orr reached Columbia, yesterday even- I
ng, on his return from Washington, lie has t
lad a fatiguing positiou, and is no doubt eager
_ v..... W. .u. vwiieicHiuuai
ntcrmission. He has. discharged his duties >
faith full}-, and bos won general applause./ A 1
sorrespondeut of the New York Herald says >]
;hat under his vigilant e*? "lobbying" has
jeen very much abated, as his connection with 1
.he Investigating Committee of the last Con- <
gress initiated liira into many things connected 1
ivith this corrupt mothod of influencing and in- r
erfering with the business of the House. He
leaves Columbia this morning for Anderson,
where he will meet with * hearty greeting
from an approving constituency. c
* ? ? i
Speeches of Hayne aa? MoDaffie. t
The following paragraph from the Charles- I
ion Courier, is worthy of"the attention of onr i
enterprising publishers. A collection of the t
Speeches of the above received distinguished ?
Statesmen and orators, accompanied with bio- g
graphical sketches would make a very fine in- r
cresting publication, and would meet wu 1
Jiiok with a very extensive circulation. The ?
ipeech of Gen. Hayne on the Foot resolutions, ?
is also, that of Webster in reply, may be found 1
given at length in a recent valuable publics- e
.ion of the Appleton's, The "Sptaimpfc of c
American Oratory." t
Mr. John J. Fields, of, Guttenberg, Iowa, 1
writes us, Repressing a wish to obtain the 1
ipeecliea of Ilayne and MvDuffle, and especial- *
j. that of Ge^. Iiayne, on th^ Foot R^soln t ions, a
ind asking information wbwre , tbe^r may be '
procured. We regret to saj,M>at tb+speeches *
of these eminentOrators and' Statesmen have J
)*ver. been published in book forta, nor other- *
fisattian in newspaper and i%detaehed' pam- '
iblets... We seize the oceaeioi to prg9 the *
Viend? of tho^diktingtiitbed/^lfcrthie^ to em- ft
bod jtbair ip^ttio iqil'ibit tt dae *
to their memory, and a* illustrative of the elo- c
jnenoa of South Carolina. *
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Liter from Entopo. 1
St, Jouir, June 21.?The steamer Persia, .
Bfcpt. ?&. Jbdjiini, *m boarded off Cape ]
EUceon S?tard*^,*fta. ttari*wi yao^tof tbfc
kaaociated Pre**, "She Will notbedueafc tf?w -j
fori till Tuesday. The Persia'* dfaftta j \
ss??Sftj^!Tr^' 2?
[FOR TUK INDM'KMDINT FIIK38 J \
ketohea of Mississippi and Loulalan*. 1
Winn Parish, L*. i
Dtar Ltt:?<0n th? 6th of April, we Veft i
aiiyeaville, Ala., and traveled 80 mile* up the t
)uutry, in the direction of the Mobile and c
hio Railroad. Tb?ce is nothing to b? seen on i
ic route, rave a solid mass of farms. Th? laud i
very rich and scarcely any titaiber. It is a t
sry disagreeable country to travel in, in wet <
..ll... TL - !-?!-- -* ?-!! > I -
??iuci. &?io vuuipienuu 01 w Kvsiiniftu 1
ipoogh ttiis section haa enhanced ihe ralue of i
nda nt feast one hundred per cent. Good field i
tods hire for orer #200, in thia eectiou of i
>*otrv. I
When we reached Starkville, Miss., ire st<<cr- s
1 our course for JbcIuod, passiog through t
aotoa, which is siUiato 26 aiilea North of J
ickson, and is now the terrtinus of the New t
fleans and Jacksou^Railroad. We do not f
onder at such a place giving vitality to the I
el low fever; its locality being so low and flat. <
I is surrounded by a fertile and wealthy coan- ?
y. Beforo proceeding farther, we would
entinn that in Choctaw and Atalla counties, w? <
usscd through a new and fresh country, which <
well timbered and generally good water.? 1
Ins country is inconvenient to market, therere,
it is thinly settled. Unimproved lands
ite very low?a large quantity of vacant land,
fter arriving at Jackson, which is situated on
io west bank of the beautiful stream, Pearl
iver, we spent a few days fishing and looking
round. This stream abrunds with fine and
>rge fish. During our stay we visited the
tate Prison; the nntnber of convicts was only
bout 127. There Was but littlo dolncr inaM*
le walls save rebuilding shops, Ac., which
ere destroyed by fire lost winter.
The 23d April, wo left Jackaon, for the Cressot
City, New Orleans, 183 miles, and arrived
lere at 7 o'clock, the saine evening. This is
ne of the most plensant trips on the cars, we
ave ever experienced. The wild and enchan- '
ing scenery ever meets the eye of the traveller,
ibout 35 miles of this road passes over a low '
nd marshy country?the surface covered over !
rith water, the greater portion of the year.?
'wenty-five years ago a man would never think
f riding over such a country ns this on the
? ?. i'iuui ki>e sunace io bona eartli is from
0 to 170 feet. This rond is built upon whut
1 termed crib-work. There are three or four
ayero of solid cypress log*, and then the crossies
and iron upon them. This is then carefuly
filled up with sand aod gravel, which make
t a very firm road?and it need be firm, for
hey carry a fellow over it a "glimmering."?
rhe traveller has a magnificent view of Lake
?ouchatrain, before arriving at the city. This
oad has only been completed through to Canon,
little over one month, and it is said, will
oon nett handsome dividends, with its termiius
at that place.
We remained but one night and day in the
2ity. The busy world, in every shape and
orm, is exhibited to perfection; the wharves
warm with innumerable nrman beings, speak*
nrr oil Annnn? ? ?? 3 *
, waunucu oil11' umaiD hiiu Bieamlost
chimneys, line her wharves for miles, overooking
the mother of waters and dancing on
ter reatlt'B* bosorc. Without you have a pocket
ull of rocks and a good deal of blood to spare
;ou have no ate for New Orleans. Not less
han ten dollars a day will suffice for enjnyncnts,
and we don't know how much blood to
o refresh the thirsty musquitoes. A chap of
>ur dimensions and excheqner, in ono Week'#
into, would scarcely be able to make his exit,
linong the attractions in New Orleans, is the
ironzo statue of Oon. Jackson, on his war-horse
'with high arched neck and furious nostril
vide. It is a magnificent piece of art aud is
oilt with the greatest of symmetry. His
'fiery steed" stands with his hind feet on a
cdestal of blue limestone, some 12 or 15 feet
igh, while his fore-feet rests in the air. The
!ustom House, which has been under construe
ion for the pant 7 or 8 ycnra, attracts the atten. I
ion of the visitor. lis walls cover one entire
ilock J when finished, it will be the largest in
he World ; it is of snch immense weight that
he walls have sunk about a foot and a half.?
fhe timbers used for scaffolding around this
juilding would build a common country town,
rhe river was very full and stootf' several feet
tbove the city. On the opposite side, a large
matte had broken over, which overflowed a
args section of country. A great many far era
have been materially injured from the
ligh water pf the Mississippi river.
Ou the evening of the 24th April, we went
?n board a Mississippi steamer, Wm. M. Morrion,
and at 5 o'clock p. m., the. thick black
moke from her lofly chimney*, was mafesticsly
curling over the mtfddy deep; and soon her
cape pipes were belching forth theirhot misty
>reath from lungs of iron and hearts of steel,
tnd iu a few moments, we bid adieu to the
;reat Crescent City, and at 9 o'clock next morling
found . ourselves landed at Baton Rouge,
j*., distance of 140 miles; we spent a few
lays here very pleasantly. The buildings genrally
are not fine, but it has the most beautiful
ocation, commons and back grounds of any
iity we eVer saw; tbe entire commons ace
ilotbed with tha finest kind of white clover,
rhich furnishes a common pasture for bones
inJ cuttle. On the back-grounds grow, in
tbundnnee, a large and beautiful wild strawterry,
but is not delieions to the taste. There
>re a gre.t many French living in thia place,
md tha Sabbath, appears to be mora a dav of
r .
>accbanaliao revelry then a worship of the
)eity. We paid a ehort visit to the United
Itatee Bwrtoh; the baildings are very inposog
and are pleasantly located. There !* alao
o be wen a handeomr-display of-the irnplenent^of
war, Ac. The new State llouse which
tanda in bold relief, is a building of m^gniflleotetruotnre.
The State priton does not present
k f*ry commanding appearance ontsidtf, bat
ommaods qriite a number of appearances^ide;
We were told, by one of the keeping that
K?-convicts were than i? priioo. The onljyor
>rtnoipal business i^pannCacturing cloth; they
lave a y?ry larga factory, and raatiafaotare
l.OOp yaHia a iiy. Batott Rtfege ia lfitoaUd
o 8?4id?gt?#i norty iiUtnd?r and U ibe oeotr*
rf (M'sdgar bowl"# tfcft world. Tbaf toil of
ii-aurttouadihg ootrn try is ptinei pally tllsrial,
?d in ?ome places ie iuppoiod to bo aOO feet j
Itap.. PUBtfrtoftaa
5*.t of^aioh Rooga
rrtrfrr an a mavkitif'tiiM
'tfottir" you aigto, ran biroto?J?*th .nd n?T*r
> - :
rero overflowed extensively in somo plaoea.?
tdong the batiks of R?d River kca been *?ttUd
ip very fait within the psat few years; thera
a large portion of thi9 Red River country
hat Ui not been aettled by fatxners, and ia a
lesect warte. A great aiany de?erted hut*
vere <? be seen on accoast of high water?th?
rater being up to the top of some of the doors;
here were some whose houses were elevated
iff tlie ground, that were still nestling in them,
vith a tea of water all round and under them ;
it one of these places,-we saw a little boj standng
ob the doo?atep fishing. Soine families
ivere to bo seen visiting in skilfi,-apparently aa
lappy as .young alligators basking in the sunhiue.
Nothing but alligators, hard shell turles,
aod these tallow faced squat' ers, can livo
icro. One evening we-mit an old "cuffea"
Jiat had been routed from his forest alumbers
>y a bath, on a log, without jaokstaflf or ruddar,
naking for some " unknown lauding." Our
Tkptain was asleep or we would hare had aome
iport capturing him.
We have had fine aensona, and the growing
rops look well. The ruat haa destroyed th?
>at crop through thia country?something nerer
mown to the settlers before.
Jhhc 9, 1858.
WILLIS.
The Flight of th? Mormom.
The newj from Utah gives intelligence of
.he flight of the Mormons Southward from
iheS*lt Bake settlement. The whole moveable
camp were in motion. Forty thousand
iuuib iihu nircauy set uui> uu a uesert journey
of six hundred miles, to the Gila river, and including
many destitute families, helpless women
and children, must suffer great furatiou
on the : onte ;
With the news of the intentions of the rot
eminent last summer, the Sniots from California,
Oregon and tlie eastern plains were summoned
to llie central camp of the faithful in
Salt Lake Valley. Thus large additions war*
made to their consumers, while their stock of
provisions has never been Superabundant.
Their calculations were to hold the United
States army at bay till tue Saints had gathered
in this year'a harvest ; but tho sudden appearance
of Governor Gumming at Salt Lake
City, and the advancing army behind him on
the IMains for the relief of Camp Scott, are the
contingencies which appear to have deranged
all the estimates of the Prophet, and which
seem to have started his people in a hurried
retreat-, bs from the terrors of an avenging enemy.
We do not wonder that Governor Cum*
miug regarded this stampede with pain and- apprehension,
nor that his first concern waa to
nrrjiah if. 5f nnaailihi
The distance from the Salt Lake Valley,
even to the Gila river, the first available ratting
place for a season of so large a body of
people as this moving Mormon community, is
over five hundred miles. They cannot atop
short of this point, in leaving their Utah>a?ttlements.
Over the whole intermediata'* tpaoo
they hnvo nothing but deserts and desert
mountains before them and around tlieni. Already,
too, we hear that the hungry deaart
Indians are hanging upon their flanks. In thia
view of'.he matter, therefore, we think that
the attention of the administration should now
bo directed in a spirit of humanity toward*
these miserable people.
m ?
Washington News.
Washington, Junk 19.
Doth Houses of Congress finally adjourned
at six o'clock Monday evening. All tha appropriation
bills, except, we believe, tho one pro
vidinjr for light-house*, were passed and received
the sauotion of the Presieent. The appropriations
amount to eighty millions of dollars,
and perhaps they will reach n larger sum ;
but it is impossible to ascertain the amount
with accuracy until the confusion incidental
upon the cloae of the session has subsided.
Among the appointments confirmed by the
Senate on Monday were those of Collector
Scliell and Navy Agent Sunders. All the Ne#
York nominations have thus successfully passed
the Senate. The friends of Mr. Sehell on
Monday evenieg gave expression to their gratifications
by firing a salute in the Parle, making
congratulatory speeches, and by other usual
uiihles of popular rejoicing.
The President communicated to Congress on
Thursday a message covering a despatch from
Governor Cumming announcing his entry into
Snlt Lake City, ana his formal installation into
the Govenorsnip of the Territory. Gor. Cum
roing was met by the Mormons in the kindest
manner, everywhere experienced the most' respectful
attention. It is stated that the Mor?
tuon settlement were broken up, and the inhabitants
moving south, in the direction of Sonora.
The scene upon the departure of the men, woratn
and children, is represented to have been
ia the highest degree distressing and mournful.
The Senate yesterday unauimously adopted
the resolutions reported by the Committee on
Foreign Affairs respecting the recent aggressions
of the British. After an executive session
the Senate finally adjourned, thus bringing the
extraordinary session to a close. Itis understood
that all the appointments were disposed
of.
The Senate confirmed to-day all the nomitta
tiuDs of the President, lnchidiug that of Judge
Fsitie aa Marshal of Kansas. Muoh of tbe session
was occupied in tbe consideration of the
Indian Treaties.
The return of Gov. Gumming to Camp Scott
U in accordance with his promise made to Gen.
Johnson before hip departure. ,
It waa the House bill for the extension of
Ibe Lighthouse establishment which failed to
pssa tbe Senate. The Civil Appropriation act
jjrovides about eight hundred thousand dollars
or the present works on the Pacific, Atlantic,
Gulf and Lake eoasts, including six^ thousand
four hundred And forty dollars for the purobaso
of the best self righting lifeboats at eaeli'of the
tations on the coast of New Jcrs?> , and ten
tJiouaand dolUrs for the purchase of the best
lifeboat*, to be approved by tbu Treasury i)B.
partm^nt, for th? long latana coast,
Hon. W. W. Boyoe.
We find the following note in the Edgefield
-Advertiser:
Horns or R*wu?k?^ti,
Washington, Jane 7?fl|68.
Cel. Arthur Simpkint: Dear Si'r?Irx the
lut Burotxr of Voar paper, I see my Dime tug*
geeted for the United Sutes Senate.
This kind and spontaneous Domination in'
ipire* me with profound gratitude. Bat oeou- 1
Dying my present portion, sod mvnerne being
UQiuro iny VUUBVUUQUH) lur ro^iovMvut & ini iu
imperative on 13V to decline being* candidate
for tho Senate.
"J?o represent South Carolina in tha United
State! Senate, t$ indeed an honor to wbichvi?
loftiettambitien might wfell. aepira; pbotb*?i
* regard her Ml history riph, in
flROrtM, er her elevated public sentSraent,;.!!*
wbiobeh*justlyolaitnf.a proud/.psrsllel, wjtU
Ibeclassib States of antiquity. It i*th? public
aentimtht which is ^he *eoc?t?f ber g??.rj..
ItftfrtSfl?4'tHa Stoot hearts ib? ;fijlShw??
to adfcancsor ptfjsh' upon hostiTs' s*f&pdi|' . H
nbFia man. for'thev feel that tbst'
qppnt^yabllc ?gqtv