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WV must oxji'ain tV -i; ti..-i a: the out -t.
'1 it.* ;ilu;.;ion is to iVh n.i-hij' bc-t* '.*? ;i S;a{i - Hither
than to those between SnUlv'.lv.'s-? rvl W
ho'J that, wit!i this utidvusiauU'.iijf of ill"1 expression,
nothmjr is now of ore itvi! importance
to t'oiithera iiitvier tst'snii t!:t?u- ; - - MK-.it
ing these same Southern frieikhhip." Nor can
any more praise-wortIiy eftoM claim the tra - ; atriot's
attention than one havin.t in \I w;:ii:
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iocsi vi.i!.
The States of tlie South, fdtlioiurh distinctly
separated 1?.' ti-iril'.cial Itiio- :?ii<i ? i i? j*n
are still id<-nti;io 1 ".\illi 'neh oilier m ?:*' ?*?>rouglily
tin;// any ??tiit.-r connmniuk-s \vh ih lhM
w(>rm lias ov.t uiiuwn. As has l)Ci;ii nit. mi
ana tntlv.nh.!. l!; j. nr.* hound lo.wiser hy t!? '
strojnrtst and nn>-1 oi. iuiin.;-- ni'r lin^and
uf iui rest. 'iiVy Iiave a;* ivwanl in t!i"
future-, and thus i1: 5r hoj--. a-., similar? the
sain- 1i;-us<-Ik1 1 ] riv.k ..- .< : /.! :.d and ];;v-erv.\
and thus tin- aiuhiti >n of .,-i 1 that ...fall?
ra.r.- >oc...i advanta^s to njdi dd and in.nrain.
and thus the ii:;.-;..! of. as? k > fall. Such
boia^tli^havsol'.uJrai iitiin- .ntiininllv oiling
upon th> :n. it is iiuk- d >u;-j ri-in^ that t!i -y
should c. r to move t.^vtin r in - co!i:::s!i
upon any ana i vory great jU"-r.ns: 01 ;\u: -r caa
policy. That NV.v York and Georgia >h??a!..l
jitill iu oj>pi>.-it'- vV.rccti-.y5is is no muse of wonder.
(Soon indo (.! the wonder will be thnl tiny pull
together at all.) Hut that Georgia and South
Carolina should ever ffc at variance ui: any . . < -nti:il
]'oiut is almost an absurdity. Vet it is true
that these very States have ditto red, tin:" and
again, on questions deeply eftecting their most
vital interests.
In searching for the canes winch have !. d !
lliis singular enstrangeiucnt, we lind two principal
ones which are most entirely chargeable with
having brought about this result. On" is the
Mnlestrom iuflueuce of the National divi<ions.
The other is a morbid jealousy, which has
usurped the place, of that generous rivalry which
should exist between neighboring and kindred
sisters.
Tiy eradicating this latter cause, we will have
gone far towards correcting the tbinicr. To
achieve both should be the heart-f it wish of every
Southerner?and, next to his religious and domestic
duties, this great object should r-ceivo
his constant and earliest consideration. It >hou!d
be oue of the chief purposes of the L-gi-dnt ?r,
ever present to the minds of those who haw
charge of the Press, and food for reflection to
ererv intelligent citizen by the quiet ol his own
hearth-stone.
In South Carolina, there has horct'.f ?ro existed
a decidedly clannish spirit?and, to my the truth
we have been among those who have encourag- d
it. Because, although we are well aware thai it
was a feeling somewhat akin to ?<-l fid mess, y.-t
we thought a certain degree of it tv-o-ss.-try to
keep alive that, proud spirit of ind -p-ndeneo.
wliicb was want to characterize our people. l?ut
1851 has com 3 and gone, leaving us painfully
sensible of the truth that our State no longer
pretends to the spirit of by-gone day-. And
now we are disposed to say "fling c!an?ii-hii' : >
the dogs." Inasmuch as its only virtu-- ha- !l<-d.
let us rid ours* Ives also of:!- at i -ri-laiit - v;!- by
banish! .si liv>in our thought* -v<-r. n "
place, l'.-t us iu-t that m??iv t.lnr-jr* ! !: > i?
pride?those more mprehen>ive mow*. i'S. .-ni,cm
affiliation. upon which we ar-- now iu*tna-ted
to <1 'pono as tlio only efficient saf.-gu t.-.l of
ar Southern or State's Rights. \\\-turn from
the "old hive" to the ''new*' with K - uf sorrow
than wo at first anticij at^l: Realise. while tic i-bv
bidding adi-'-u to ah motion via' <1 witii
some of the in**t brilliant rcminiso-ne. > of Isold
Carolina State," we arc coml->:!'l by tlabelief
that what i* lost to our peculiar fame ??i..y
yet be attoncd for by our modest y-*t untiring
exertion-. in the common Southern ca i-.\ The
first step towards this work tl.eu, we repeat,
should he to throw off tliat now u--.-I?-garb uf
clan-ism and thus take away one cats-oof the
tnol.Misv wliifb >i!i< k->nn r>!iwri.] n J '.r.v.-i.r ! i:s
among sow of our Southern St. t'-s.
Then, let us o]?"ii tlits door at ev ?">* pv?.j?- r
time and in every b-eominj; mann-r t-? ;h i;:creas'1
and ^trena'th?T:i:i^ of th.?>. fi'n.l'.y relations,
which should, and perhaps will, at no di<tand
day result i:i drawing the Southern S-atcs
or a majority of them, into a perm-ii:- nt and
indissoluble union?an union of eonfldiri^ friendship
as well as of lived and id. ntic.al int? r. U.?
In what mann-r this should he d->ne, we d > not
propose to d co;; :: part cilnr'y a? i !i:~ ::n- .
Surtice it to say that, in ail our IV:;.. ! u
and general intereottrse, this m<>t:w sk-uM Income
our guiding >tar. If faithfully foil >v.vd. it
will lead us to the aceompIi<iimcnt <?f many acts
resulting in reciprocal ben-fits and mutual kindness?it
will lead us to the cultivation of con
stantly courteous an 1 liberal intei-coiumunintr,
one wish another?it will 1-nd us to a far more
perfect approximation of ton-and -ntim.-nt than
now exists. And thu< tin*day may possibly yet
come, when the Southern States shall be consolidated
for a!! purpose; of outward d-f-ne*,
while still single and independent in ilu* <oiitrol
of their internal affairs. Then will I temoeraev
and Whiggerv cease to possess tlio vateh-wotd
sped, which they now exert to the confounding of
Southern strength?and the balance of tlie
American power will rest securely upon the homotreniotts
basis of Southern institutions.
lhat in the mean time, avast work is to ho
achieved, and the increase and firm establishment
of what we have termed "Southern friendship"'
is among the most essential parts of that undertaking.
We call upon every friend of the South
to turn his thoughts continually into this channel,
that the talents of Southern men may yet
come together and exert their united strength
for the perpetuation of our civil and domestic
blessings. Otherwise there is imminent danger
of both being sacrificed by the fiat of (Jeiieral
rule.
He it understood, that all we have said above,
which might have the appearance of changing
ground, i* hased upon the assumption that < arolitin
will never dare to act alone in defence ?>| her
ri?rl?t-- 1 Jut should it prove otherwise, then our
watch-word still he ''Carolina and Separate
Action/' For under tlint, motto (we still believe)
Southern fnd -peedi-nre could he most speedily
and effectually secured.?hslqclicld Adi'crtisf.r.
The dog population of the United States iestimated
at ahout two millions, and theexp use
of keeping th in at upwards nt' $10,000,000 per
annum.
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Cumriit: tor -JaiiJisIi direct Tradi'.
I ' i. K < vv;!!.- l'1-beian contains an article
1 !_'?, < -tiiii;* i: i;. ?:*"tral convention of the: farmers,
, and ' "I't! Southern States,
i fur iho j'u'iiiutiou iif a direct foreign trade to
Ivitroi . It i-i iij-'n:i?!i of ill-' above faj or,
:h;f ;!: ( -tufotv hoM have b??cti
i composed ton exclusively of those interested in
! commerce. Ir calh f the co-operation of tin
three ?_er.-ni c!*t? > of merchant*', jdanters ai d fari
iiK'ts. We have never held 1 ni one opinion ol
: general convention; i?>r nr. 1 iThe
relations which change 11 ? chamc !s ?it" com.iii'*rj
cial iiit'-rc-our. are the growth of t ime im?l fa;
Voriilg ehvltni Tic cUlli::!:;! !! ofcaj:j
il.tl. tli.- forma* ion of mercantile habits, the di;
vi-ioti <>f employment i:i conducting commercial
! opera; ions. cannot ?., a?*(iu're?l by a combination
ot chases or ii: 1,\: 'i:.? -. i he olivet ?.'i a-MiciatlOl)
in '!. of i:?. - ob; < ;< ! : very liiui: -1.
: i< may .v'.l e.t; ltd I".-r e rain lit- rj ri- ,
; i rt o mm. r. ial . w!...|v i l.tru aggregate
> ! Iin'.tli> cannot 1 > * ?a.!i. >1 bv oth *r methods,
, 1 Jut l -:V. ?-t -;k!i a union of <!i\will- ;;s will
' j-.roduir harmony of.et i;: ?mm- rein! -c!u turn
on a large -? ::! *, l?\* a ? ?<>! is
an attempt that ill meet witli failure, t'roui
; insurmountable circumstances, as often as the
j tii'ri-- is cssayej.
It lias been among tlit oxjiodicnt which have
1)"- ii tried in tic South ris Slates repeatedly and
attend d by unif>rm fa'lu: . The cnlnrg.-meut
of the cla-s... of j. rsi>n>. <>> a- to < mhraee planI
tors and farmers, as well as merehants, will not
eertainlv give greater unity and oomph t-'-ness to
' the scheme of association than have attended
! former convention? for the same object.
If w#> look at th" : !>''oiio/i' of this subject there
: are sulliei' iit reasons in the nature of things for
this conelu-ioti. I.et us confine ourselves to the
I view of the Kurojieau importing business, as a
: brandi which has grown up to its present mngi
nittnlein X?-w Yolk. , It is a mistake to suppose
' that tliis is the effect of monopoly?of coinhina
' tion II is t!>o result ot sum. ot tiie division 01
! employment, and the gradual accumulation ot
caj.ital, in those. .! jir.t iit- which require a
large outluy with tin* hazard of doubtful or lines Tiaiii
returns. It is a favoring combination of
j circumstances, ami not tin* artificial combination
of classes, which has produced the engrossment y.f
1 the dir-ct importing bu.-im .- * at New York.?
Those circumstances are.
1. A favorable commercial position?a port
i ace-- .-il.le at all as ?n< of the year, ami forming
| a geographical centr
I 2. Tie- growth < : a largo shipping interest,
I which al:bfi.l< <1 faciilti"s f>r importation ami e\1
portal;.>n, that g.<v - to a'i -reli c?iuiiu-rcial op;
orations a certaintv as to time, which no other
city attbrd. d. T!i -large (]? ! of outward ami
j inward bound ships I :<y.:g!it the import- rs and
1 -hi.' owners into a ? ! e v ammm ial connection,
the business ( fem-h extending and r.-aeti: g < n
the other.
The centralization of m cry transact ions in
j N- w York. This g.wv {.? .all negotiations on
\ the-pot, wheiv th bulk of t!i imports and c.v
! ports were mainly c >m-. minted. a >pheiv
| nmiisurato wi'h.'.i..- imiitifml.-u- operations offori
eign trade. I' l>r< ;.,ht lin-nhd c.-q ital into the
j wide circle 1' th oj ernlhi nnii lc quaiititv.
I Now, it is not t ?one < 1" these causes aloue that
i we .-mi n - 'oil t i cir"' -h iie of daect trade
v.li !: has Keen enj y ! l?y X *w York, but i: is
their comb iim i n. K::> :i i ! irg' -1 i 11?"> spin re ot
i li; other's ??:- i .ti -p. lisrii. by accumulation "I
j capital, ?! v i-i? or < in; loym n. r?.*:iT:til?* < dt:I
cation and oxj eri .'nee, assisted to build up the
! tiil.)dir..- :11 . The jirn< 'ica! cenvhision
obvious, r i.;.,! r re alts can only ! reach *d
by similar <;i n.and not by folding direct trade
by artificial com r?au(<"s,of which ro- [' " ration bv
classes is the-most impractical,?lc?
?
Rrtr:.'juJiv? JusSico.
Worn immemorial time the scrvicses of deser:
t"is have l>e?-n j n>j><r!<i appreciated and ivwar
ded by those who had j?rotiicd most by their
treachery. They scorn the traitor?and even
, the rev.aids which tiny lavish upon such new
alius, and bestowed much in lite manner and
j with the intent of those under the weight of
wii.eli j . !. A- a modern instance
j of this trait we cite from the St. Louis 7'inu .i?
a compromise print?tL-c following parallel belt
ween an unflinching adversary and a wavering
i e! veiitli hour convert io its cause:
! I)\vk xvo Fooii:.? !l.cait>e we called sitt? n
; lii.'ji t > the 1'.' t that the ab uition organ had ig;
iioranily vc-red around. from Inortlarn to the
| southern pole, in t-hv vii*l"*it=oiu?>!i: of Ik- Hon.
i Jell' Davis, of Mi--i- a friend of ours lias tak
'it it into his ti.at it was our ]?ur]?j>?* to
disparage Mr. Dav.s, and to endorse Mr. I o
It is a siiiLfiilar cotistrui-tioii of language, hut
oth< is may, '.villi.>ut tore-thought, fall into tlisame
error, we now say thai, ia our opinion.
Jvfl'-rsosi Davis, whatever his peculiar notions
niav l>e upon some ahstract constitutional '|Ucsj
lion, i.t as itpri't'>f and honorable a man, and as
j son ml a democratic statesman as the con ft dcraI
n/ has within its borders, and that //inn/ S.
/Hoti is a tool <</ //.? irho/s, tvtlhottl sell/cd pol
itirnl principles, and triad/;/ tinrc/iauble as a
pi Ida: man. Ahhonah we rordialltf approved
! his coarse upon the compromise /nils and in other
resjKrcts, his inrits in those respects are more
than owrhlaliced l?y his subsequent eoinhiiialioii
with the whig party in order to promote his personal
end, hy tiie same mad Joinery of secession
and disunion which we have had dinned in our
ears in this State without sense or reason for the
last two or three years. His rival, Davis, is a
gallant son of the south, ardeiit'y attached to
! St,ut hern rights, and if l:i-? zeal does soinetiines
I outrun his discretion, he never exposes himself to
| l he J a si suspicion of corrupt motives by entering
into unnatural combinations.
Dhatii or Mr. J.aw.?It will be seen by a
tuneral notice in another column that Mr. Milt
1 .. I nuf ? 1. . . .1. 1, irii.wolm i, t w ill ( \ ,1 11 111.
I 111' Wl< l* mrn.imiu.1 |"|
i I'i i. 'li'-'l t??-il:iv. Ilf has l. -.-u engaged in uicrj
enntile hti^iiii'vs in this place f??r about thirty
year-.. !(' liviil niul ilii'il in ]u?n <>i tinj
ciili'h'iicf and f-t?M in of his 1 ' !!<ov-citizcns in nil
the relations h<- sustained t.? ilieni in lit''-. Mr.
I Law wjis an "\"iiinl:iry member uf the JVsbyt>
ri:m Church, in which he bore the utlico ot
Hilling Elder.? C'tro/iriinii 'JS/// ulf.
The Jnriian.-i senate has passed a hill to purchase
land in Africa, to which the negroes in that
State are to be sent.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL J;
TIESDAY EVENING. MARCH 2,1852. !
THO. J. WARREN, Editor. j
Our Market. |
! "We have 110 change to make in our quotations for '
Cotton on Friday. The market has been inactive, with
' but a limited supply. The favorable advices by the
! Africa will have the effect of imparting activity to the '
! market, ami perhaps a small advance in prices. i *
The Charleston market on Saturday was compara- *
lively active. imar2100 bales having been sold. Quo-:
tat !u:i5 7 to 8 5-10.
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? ?
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! and will he strictly observed. A moment's reflection c
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j our course ! r
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Anonymous Communication.
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' j cation, intended as a nomination for municipal officers, !
j will call at our office he can have his money back, up- j
; on condition that lie will prove property,
i Xo person or persons will bo announced for oflico 1 j
through the columns of this paper, unless such nomiI
nation be accompanied by a responsible name. ^
Correction.
]
| "We inadvei tently omitted in our last paper, the name
i of Captain V.*. A. Antrum, in connection with the gen- j _
j tlemcn who were mentioned as having been elected j 1
j Directors of the Branch Bank at Camden.
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.1 Rain. ;
For several weeks we have been in need of rain, tho
; street* ;ind roads being filled with dust, making it quite i '
; disagreeable. Fortunately we have been favored with : c
I gentle showers, which came quite acceptably, and if we 1
do not have too much at once, will be very grateful to . ,'1
j the farmers.
Congressional Favors.
"We are indebted to the Hon. J. L. Oku, for Extracts |
from Report of Light-House Board.
To the lion. R. F. Stockton, for a copy of his re- j j
marks upon Non-intervention. I
Sony to Hear It
The telegraphic correspondent of the Mercury and : r
' Courier says: "In the Semite to-day, (Feb. 27)there was I '
| a personal debate of much acrimony between Mr. 1
Rjiett of S. C., and Mr. Clemens of Ala. j
Mr. "White, the Temperance Xjecturer. 5
V.V are gratified to sec by the last Edgefield Adver- 1
! tiser. that Mr Jo.vks is satisfied that he did Mr. "White '
, injustice in charging upon him principles adverse to 1
! our domestic institutions. At the timetho announec'
ment was made by Mr. Junes, wo ventured no remarks
I upon the subject, but have waited to hour what Mr. ! .
White had to .say about it. The editor of the Adver- i '
' t iser says: . |
'We refer our readers to Mr. .Tunis' communication. I '
i I
in this issue of our paper, in rofert r.ee to the charges
made by liim against Mr. Pmillii'White in our last
! numbe r. It will be seen that Mr. J. is satisfied that he
did Mr. V.*. injustice.
"Having oi.ee referred to the circumstances, oursclf, i
in something of a precautionary siyle. it is but justice ;
j to state here that Mr. "White, as we learn, has estab- ^
' U 1?1 ' : n,t..c. ..ft. , r?t ,. .a.I I
him lu the general sntisficiion of this community. As !
on'' proof of this, v.v nia v add that lie lists lectured a- 1
mongst us several times to large and gratilled audi- i
. cnecs.
Thus much we would feel it our duty to say fur any ! j
i stranger under similar circumstances."
We publish in our paper to-day. the communication 1 J
of Mr. Jon"i?s. to which the Advertiser relets. Wo !
hope the efforts of Mr. White will not he retarded by | i
i this unfortunate matter, and that so lar as the circttm- 1 ;
stance having n tendency to injure our cause, will prove ! j
the means of its advancement, and that many will he '
i
I added to the order who will prove fiithful to the causo J
of all mankind. ]
Act WeU thy Part! j
That every man to a great extent, is the architect of1 |
j his own fortune, admits of scarce a doubt. Whilst it :
| is evident that some have honors thrust upon them, j
"WML'III'.T lllt'V UL'HTVi; lltl'IUUt lid, Ullii.'I^iUVUii||^cu IW , I
toil up the rugged Steep, and struggle hard .".trains! ad- ,
verse circumstances, .yet. ifsucli it: the end prove equal \ ^
to tlio task, and train the summit, how much greater I
j must ho their satisfaction?complete their triumph, I
than those U j inn wliom tin- "clouds have dropped down ! '
tides and estates." who have clone nothing of them-)
' selves to make tin-in worthy of the high places they , ^
occupy. Success in life. l>v wliieh we mean the most I
j liberal sense in which it is possible to view the qucs- j *
I tion, not tnerelv eonlined to the aeeuiiiulation of riches t'
j
I and honor, but that wliieh is to confer happiness upon j 1
: its votaric s, and prove their permanent good?in oth- , [
j or words, complete success must he the result of each | i
otic acting well his part in life's great drama.
Perseverance is absolutely iudispcnsiblc. As such, |
we are at no loss to account for the discrepancies which 1
exist in every-day life. The reason is quite obvious '
why some men are jK>or, and others rich; and there
always will be a reason fortius, as long as mankind re-'
mains the same. Observe the history of individuals '
who have accumulated the goods of this world, and it , C
will be found, nine times out often, that these persons
have used iudustry, economy and perseverance. Had . |i
they not have done so, they would doubtless have j
faredgis badly as some of their poor neighbors. A\'c .
believe there is a reason for every thing, and the best .
and only reason which we can give for the great differ- "
ones of life is, that while one class is sober, industrious .
and prudent, the other is idle, dissolute and prodigal. (
To begin again. It is necessary that the lesson j
should he taught early in lite. Mirny parents are criminally
at I'aiTIt Ibr the manner in which they rear their
children. Home observe no rules at all, and the child is
i sutVered to do its sccineth unto hitn good. Many good t
J tender-hearted parents. allow their imbecility to ruin s
their children. The child should bo taught early in j
life, that it is expected of it to act well its part. The
boy who lugs his satchel of books to school, should be '
instructed in the practical details of life at home?dont li
leave all of a bad job, oftentimes, to be done by tho j (]
ma mamm ??? ?a?a???pga
teacher. It cannot reasonably be expected that one j
bead should do .all tho thinking of forty boy;.
Again. In what are termed tho learned professions,
:here is great necessity for the strict observance of tho 1
ules which wo have mentioned. Perseverance is es- !
iential to the success of tho Lawyer. Those who are j
ulmitted to the privileges of this elegant profession, I
mist act well their part. A neglect of proper improve- >
nent, and the indulgence of habits at variance with :
he rules of sober practical life, will be apt to confine a
awvit's nmrlirs to the bar where Laccbus is presiding i
fridge. 11 thcyoung Fhysiciari would rise to emineuce, j
je must expect, for many long and tedious years, to ;
plod a weary way," tlirough the mazes of this most !
:omp!ieatcd and abstruse science. The young mer- ;
shant must not be ashamed of his business. If he i
vould succeed, lie must come down to his work like a ;
nan.
The mechanic, by far the most important member of j
ociety, in many respects?the mechanic must not be !
ishamed of his trade. The reason so few mechanics j
'ompanitivcly, make fortunes now-a-days is, from the j
act, that many of them get above their business. The [
it range delusion some men have to get into what is j
ermtd genteel society, and the contemptible and ri- i
liculotis idea that a man can only be a gentleman I
vhen lie is too proud to work, lias been the curse and '
uin of thousands. It is not the business or trade |
vliicb a man follows that makes hira respectable. It
s the man who gives respectability to the trade or oc. j
:upat ion. *
' Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow,
The rest, is all but leather or prunella."
A man should not always be blamed for changing
lis occupation; lie may lind one more congenial to his
aate, and better suited to bis business capacity. The
nan designed by providence for a trade, whose genius
ies altogether in the direction of the mechanical arts,
las no business wasting his existence over the dusty
omes of tho law. Likewise, a man whose intellect lies
n tigurcs and trade, has no business being a doctor.
\nd so the idea may be applied to all the other trades
ind professions. There is a thought or two more which
vc desire to give before wo dismiss our subject.
To each one is assigod a distinct and separate sphere
n which to move. There is a perfect harmony in the
>rder of Providence, and theexister.ee andimprottuncnt
if tire several callings and professions of life, arc mutu*
illy dependant upon each other, "l'is true?
"Fortune in men has some small difference made,
Ouc Haunts in rags, one flutters in brocade;
The cobler aproned, and the parson gowned,
The friar hooded, and the monarch crowned."
In some of the miscellaneous writings of that excelent
moralist T. S. Aunii'lt, we find a beautiful illustraionofthe
idea of the mutual dependencies of society:
Is ho wasting the high endowments of an immortal
nind, who ministers to the wants and requirements
if his fellow-man? The agriculturist, tho manufacturer,
the merchant, the artizau?all who are engaged in
he various callings that minister to the wants, tiie contorts,
and the luxuries of life are honorably employed.
Society iu all its parts, is held together by mutual incrcst.
A chain of dependencies binds the whole world
ogethcr. Sever a single link, and you effect the
,vho!e."
Title no Sign of Intellect.
There is no such thing (says one) as determining the ;
ntelh et by the title of a man. A Count, in point i
if mind, mav bo of no account whatever, and a Paron |
nay be as barren of brains as a chestnut tree is of wal- !
iu'.s.
A SMALL LOT OF BREVITIES.
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>.M.r::iFA \ AI.r.mii.icj ICTl UK.?L.CUI/A* S great I
lat.iou.-xl picture of Washington crossing the Del- ;
iware, was sold on Saturday in -Sew York for i
i n thousand dollars.
Last Wil li Senator Houston was in new York.
Ic was received in a:i addrcsss froir the Major,
a the Governor's room in tlie City Ilall.
At night lie made a speech at the Temperance
V-stivah and, as the organ of the Association,
.resented a gold medal to Mr. Neal Dow, the j
ather of the stringent Maine Liijuor Law, which
s now exciting so much discussion at the north,
md hy many is sought to be made a political
est.
A convention had been concluded between the
Dutch government and the Pope, according to
vhieh the Romish hierarey is to be r?:-e.?tablisl:ed
n Holland, and a number of episcopal sees will
>e immediately erected. (
Ratio Passaok.?The ship Washington,
'am:, for Liverpool, which left New-York at 7 !
>'eloek on tlie evening of the 2<>th of January,
ook a pilot off Port Lynns, at 2 P. M., on the
id of February, making a passage of 13 days,
14 hours.
Post Office Changes.?The Postmaster i
Jenoral has established a new Post < >fliee at '<
iloiintnin Creek, Anderson District, and appoint- '
d James McCVwn, Postmaster. The offices at
)anielton, Heaufurt District; Lower Three Puns, ,
lartiwell District, and Saluda Mills, Newbcrrv I
)istrict, have been discontinued, and the name ! ]
it' the office in Anderson District, heretofore ^
ailed " Andersonvillo," has been changed to ,
Saddler's Creek." l
The Kdgefield Advertiser announces the a-so- 1
intion of Mr. John K. Paeon, in the editorial j
oiiductor department of that paper. ,
t.. .... _ c i.?ie .. .1
in il.nl;i;wm an i'uuuiiui iiuucu ui nan it uuzcu
ines is charged at the rate of twenty times the J
rice of the advertisement to which it refers. ,
lore it is demanded as a something to be thrown ;
uto the bargain. 1
CorxTKKKEiT Notks.?The Rutlicrfordton (\. j
'.) Mountain Rainier states that counterfeit Kif- <
y Dollars ofthe Dank of the State of South Ca- t
olina are in circulation in that neighborhood. 5
Rev. 15. M. Palmer, of Columbia, declines
he call to a church in Brooklyn, N. V. He I
ays mat .>outii t aroima needs ail ncr sons at
loine. In that, he is certainly right.
There is a gentleman in this city so polite that
ie begs his own pardon every time he tumbles x
lown; being good naturcd, he always grants it. (
MoaWMaaMMWMWMMBdMaMMtoe
A Gallant Husband.?Mr. Graham, tho ^
aeronaut, states, in reference to the late balloon 1
accident, that owing to the extreme gustiness of 1
the weather, he refused to allow, any stranger to
encounter the risk of the ascent. The party
who accompanied him was only his wife.
There is an old horse in this city so poorly
fed that his owner never has to put sleigh-bells
on him?his ribs rattle together so that he can jf
lv* henrd fni1 n halt's mile.
A daguerrcotypist lately took the portrait of a
lady in such an admirable maimer, that her husband
preferred it to the original.
Cotton at Memphis.?The Eagle and Enquirier
of the 12th inst. says:
'After a careful enumeration of the stock on
hand we find it- to be as followers, number of
bales in sheds, 0315; at the landing not shipped
089 bales, making* in all 7404 bales. The number
of bales shipped from the 1st of September
last, to Saturday the 7th inst. were 98.160, to *'
which add the present stock on hand and the
shipments by the Coilier and Memphis, will {
make 'a grand total of nearly 110,000 bales already
received at this point."
A writer in the lfatuma.1 Intelligencer, on the f
subject of the Mint and coinage, asserts that of .1
the total amount coined not fit'c per cent of it is 1
now in the country, and that nearly all of the
new coins are never exposed to the light on this
side of the Atlantic.
Death Caused uv Extraction of a Tooth.
?A lady in Winchester, Va., named Locke, had
a tooth extracted about a fortnight ago, and the
bleeding continued until Tuesday, when the lady
expired from exhaustion. Several physicians
tried m vain to stop the bleeding.
The Whig State Couvcntion of Kentucky have 1
instructed their delegates in the National Con- I
volition to vota,for Mr. Fillmore as President.
"Why is John Biggers boy larger than his fa
ther? Because lie is a little Bigger.
From the Edgefield Advertiser.
Mr. Editor.?In your paper of last Thursday,
I charged Philip S. White, with having asserted,
on board the Steamer Sleigo. in her passage from ?
Nashville to Faduca, that "Slavery was an evil
and a curse,"
I have since had an interview with that gen- >
tlcman, in which he admits that he used the
words, but says, they were used in reference to
slavery and to the depreciation of slave labor on
the borders of his own State, (Kentucky) which
were contiguous to Indiana and Ohio. That the ^
facilities of escape from one to the other, had 1
made it so. But that nothing was farther from "
his thoughts, than the remotest intention of applying
it to slavery at large, or of creating a prejudice
against the institution in which he had
Ik-pu reared and educated, and in which he and
all his family had so long participated. The con- j
versation had been commenced fifteen or twenty
minutes before I came up and participated; ana
Mr. White says that the express allusions to Kentucky
and those definite remarks, which connected
the whole conversation with that State, were
used in the first part ot said conversation.
Xow, the object of this communication is, to
say that as a slaveholder myself, from all the cir- euinstanees
of a review of that trip, I am perfectly
satisfied with Mr. White's explanation. And
1 am more inclined to do so, since remembering,
that Mr. Paul, the gentleman alluded to in inv
former communication, said to me, after he had
expressed his objection to Mr. White's remarks,
that in a subsequent conversation with MrWhite,
lie was satisfied with Mr. White's expla- '
nation. GEO. W. JONES.
The Richmond Whig of Saturday contains
the salutatory of its new editor, Mr. Moselv.?
It is brief, but pithy, and, towards the close, v
makes the following distinct announcement of
States-Rights faith:
. *
A States-Plights man from the beginning, I
hold in the same abhorrence that I ever held
them, the Jaeksonian doctrines embodied in the j
Proclamation and the Force Bill. Whether these
rights be maintainable by abstract logic, I stop
not to consider;?they constitute a rampart for
freedom and a barrier against central aggression.
That's enough for me. 1 would never surrender
tie of them. Some new converts, reeking with
Jack<onisin, have thurst them forward in season
unit nnt .if en*i?.in ntirl ilfimnnviil tluiin da liftl.i
in public estimation. But they rest upon tho
general principles of popular liberty, and they
will survive secret as well as open assaults.
Coining from quarter recently so redolent of Proclamation
and Force Bill principles, we hail
this change as an auspicious omen. We cordially
welcome Mr. Moselv to the editorial field,
although, on most points, our views may not com- '
fide.
,VN^/VWWVW The
Placer.?It is very certain, from the acrounts
received hoth here and in England, that
the true plague has been introduced into Maderia?and
the work of death has been appalling.
The question has boon agitated, will that dread- ' I
fill disease ever reach this contiuent ? There is j
reason to believe it will; the wonder is why it has , .
not been here already. Our commercial inter
nuix i?i i*.\u*ii>ivo wiiu >ariuu> pnris ui Airicn i
mil the Asiatic shore of the Mediterranean, where \
this '.rroat scourge is never dead or dying, but '
amply reposing front one period to another, liko
t fatigued giant, to gether strength for a renewal
>f slaughter. Should it come, it ntay bo hoped
that there will be found more science and a .
Wronger harrier of medical skill to meet and distrm
it of its terrior, than has been exhibited in
tropical climates, or in the filthy scoi'.rge- inviting
regions of Moslem Turkey. Plague appertains
to the Arabs, in this age; and where the '
;ame condition of things exists as characterizes
their modes of life, social condition and the absence
of all common sense efforts to avert it. will
have an abiding foothold.?Boston Medical
Journal.
11kaw.?A man said to another, Which is the
leaviest, a quart of rum or a ouart of water?" i
'Hum, most assuredly," said tlio other, "for I
>aw a man who weighs 200 pounds, staggering
inder a quart of rum, when he would have cam-.
:d a gallon of water with ease,'
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