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ine next tresiaency. Wc copy the following from tlie Soutliern ] 'iv?, and commend it to the attention of those Southern Rights men who are hesitating about uniting with the two great JVational parties in the approaching struggle for the Presidency.? The article was written in reply ton 'letterto the editors, asking their opinion as to the propriety of the South taking part in the approaching conventions, iind wc think points out the true position for Southern Rights men to occupy : As matters now stand, and after Congress has been in session nearly four months, we see nothing safe'Cft-satisfactory in the plan of going into either the Whig or Democratic conventions of June next. Both of these conventions will contain a decided majority from the North, and that majority will consist of those who are in favor of the Compromise, and those in favor of something still worse for the South. It is true that both will desire to obtain Southern votes,hut the struggle between the two parties at tbe North will prevent them from recognizing any Southern right' that would interfere with success at the North, the ruling section. It is in vain any longer to expect that Northern men will sacrifice or jeopardize their position at home for the chances of Southern support. The South has manifested so much indecision and infidelity to herself, and has thns caused the political destruction of so many of her Northern friends, that few or none are left in power or influence sufficient to make a stand for her rigfats. It therefore now devolves upon the South to taTce a position herself, and to sustain it with sufficient unity and firmness tu restore her character and cause in the North.? From all we can learn, it will be the policy of the North in the approachingconvention, to give the South a few generalities a??d ambiguities, and the prospect of some subordinate offices to secure her votes. But, as lately, when the Union itself was in danger, ncfthieg more could be ob tainca as indemnity iur awnnuu wimuuh, i now when a Presidential election only is involved, J and Northern votes are indispensable, nothing better can be expected. Wc hold, therefore, that the party of Southern Rights will be much more powerful in a seperate organization. The North will be divided ; and the Southern party will thus hold the balance of power. This will either compel one party in the North to respect the Constitution, or both to form a coalition, and bring the controversy to a final settlement. And the settlement cannot come too soon, whatever it may be. According to present indications, (Ion. Scott will be the strongest man in the Whig and Gen. Cass in the Democratic convention, in a canvass between these two, the Southern Rights party can take 'but little interest. We knowthat many of our frieuds think that by going into the conventions, respectively, they will !>e ab'e-to exercise considerable influence. We think it will be very inconsiderate. At least, we think the influence exercised in such a ease on Southern men by Northern, will be quite as great, as vice vrrsit. Of one thing we are quite positive, that if the Southerli Rights party remains outside both conventions, it will exorcise ten times as much power over both, as if w ithin. Now, wc lament very deeply, the feelings of bitterness which exist between the two parties of the South?the Southern Rights and the Union party. And we cannot acquiesce in the imputations made against each other. If TTn;rtn nr RrmtVipm Riirhts nnrtv is not to be V -> .? -J trusted at ft period when the light* of the South are in danger more .than a convention, where a majority arc Northern, and a large portion Frco soil, the cause of the South is lo*t. She is incurably corrupt, and the idea of saving herself by firing to the arms of Northern allies, is the very extremity of infatuation. If we look at the measures no v." before Congress, and the support they receive, we cannot but be struck at the confusion of the two parties. If a Southern Rights party were organized, it is obvious that many or the most obnoxious of these measures could he defeated, by acting against them with one or the other of those parties, as circumstances might indicate. And hence such a third party would exercise as niu.-h positive power as either of the others. Nay, we have been assured by more than one of that f?*w Northern men in whom the South still confides, that a separate Southern party is not only indispensable to the safety of the South, but to the racrva/.?oVolitf nf thn {V><1ap!iI nrnvernment. And ! r> ; ; we must protest against the anxiety for a reunion with the Northern majorities, of some of the Southern Rights party, that pronountvd for dissolving the Union itself but a short time ago. There are some people who think they would catch cold, if they were out. of a large national patty, as many an old woman believed she would die outright, the moment the Union was dissolved To all such delicate and nervous gentlemen, we commend the case of Messrs. Toombs and Staphens. These gentlemen saved the Compromise measures?and possibly the Union. For it is our delilsTate eonviction that if they had not taken the course they did in Georgia, that State would have joined South Carolina, and Missisippi and Alabama would have done so likewise, and either the -Compromise or the Union would have been overthrown. What is the result? Why, the political friends of these gentlemen, the Wldgs, listen to the counsels of Mr. Seward, and will nominate Gen. Scott, and Messrs; Toombs and Stephens are almost, under the ban of the party. Such also will 1><> the fate of the Democrats who rush iuto the Baltimore convention, on the generous confidence principle. When they are fully committed, and have performed their part, they will he waived as ultras, by .the very meai whom they have elevated to power. The South is yet strong enough, if united, to protect herself in or out of the Union, because the North is, and must remain, divided. Hut if internal disunion continues to reign in the ranks of Southern men, let the South read her fate in the history of all the States that have fallen by amilar divisions, I'oland, Ireland, drc. Capicius of Inhians.?By the arrival of the st?.am< r W.>laka from Florida, wo learn that Gen. Hopkins had f-uccceded in cnj taring ? number o'" Indians, whom he had sent to Palatka. Th Governor of Florida having sent Gen. Hopkins with a small force to ascertain the position and intentions of the Indians reported to he hostile, while proceeding through the country came 'upon an Indian, camp, and succeeded in capturing eleven Indians, one warrior and ten squaws. A squaw in attempting to escape, we regret to learn, was fired upon and wounded in the leg. These Indians are now at Palatka, under a guard.? One of the squaws captured, it is said, is a wife of Billy Bowlegs. It will be remembered that Bowlegs has all the time maintained that his Indians-wore peaceably disposed and that the-depredations that had been -committed were the work of renegades and vagabond Indians, whom lie had banished from the nation. If we recollect right, he even promised to aid in suppressing them. The party taken by Gen. Hopkins would seem to belong to Bowlegs, tribe. Whatever may be the -disposition of the remnant of the Seminole Indians left in Florida, it is evident that they cannot remain in the State, which is now rapidlv being settled. Serious difficulty xviTl be tlic result if they are not speedily removed. Humanity to tlic Indians as well as justice to the people of Florida should prompt the General Government to take prompt measures for their removal. Sarannah Morning jYews. Kossuth in the South. After disappearing for a season, Kossut hemerges at Now Orleans. lret even there the telegraph disposes of him in two-lines?"arrived?no preparation to receive him?little interest shown-" This is all that the Crescent City does for the mob hero, at whose heels the whole population of the North pour along in surging multitudes. Perhaps even they are by this time ashamed of their measureless adulation. Perhaps-they have discovered the hollowness of his flatteries, he has of their enthusiasm. They were well matched. The enthusiasm on both sides was merely the oxhaltation of self-worship. Put little as tl.m-n u*w nf the sincere :lii<1 endurimi- in the glaring blaze of Kossuth's Northern progress, there was enough of wild ferment and momentary force, to swav the opinions and conduct of a groat portion of the public men at Washington and thus seriously to compromise the interests of peace with Europe. In this position of things, if the South had yielded to the agitation, there is scarcely a doubt that irrevocable steps would have been taken, and the United States would liave paid by the calamities of long years for the riotous drunken ness of a day. But everywhere, on the borders of the South, the torrent was cheeked, and the re action of this calm and firm resistance, was immediately felt in the ranks of the politicians, and in the increased confidence of those North-1 ern journals which, from the first, had shown a disposition to defend the tfV>e and established policy of the country against the cosmopolitan piracy of European Red Repeblicatiism. Northern enthusiasm is now state m l flat, after having shown itself unprofitable. It has effected no object that either true patriots or deep rogues could greatly rejoice over. It has made the country ridiculous. It has broken tip for a time our good understanding with some of the governments of Europe, against whom we could allodge no grievance It has thrown a suspicion on the moral soundness of the public opinion of this country, which, for a time at least, will weaken the faith of other nations in our ; public pledges. This much of evil it lias underiwihlv /kmo Hut ii has nerlians al-o done some i ...! "j . | i goo I. It has subjected the principle of our | foreign policy to a searching scrutiny. a:ul thus j enlightened the general mind. It has afforded an instance of a wild popular frenzy being qu-nchetl while vet f;ir from the mischievous end to ; which it was speeding. It has shown moreelear-1 ly than any other single page of our history, that ; the South is the conservative clement of the Confederacy. ? -< ?>. iLvvm T. HiN'i;s.? This famous adventurer was yesterday morning aarested and lodged in jail in our city, on a charge '.<f forgery It s.*ems that, under the assumed name of Col. Flovd, ho passeii a forged draft upon Mr. Ward, of Texas, then iu New Orleans, and also borrowed some eight hundred dellars upon forged bonds and mortgages. Mr. Ward, after discovcridg the forgerv, pursued Colonol Floyd, alias lhtvid T. Hi ties, through St. Louis, Erie, New-York, and Richmond to Charleston. Yesterday morning he spied the gentleman in King-street, and attempted to renew their acquaintance; but Mr. limes first insisted upon it being a mistake, and then tried to escape. After a hard chase, in which ho defended himself with an axe. he was taken by Lieut. Sytncs in the yard of St. John's ; Chapel. After his arrest and commitment to prison, ho made oath before Magistrate Khott that Mr. 1 U'.ji-.i find n?sntilf<>d and threatened to kill him with a knife; upon which affidavit a warrant was j issued fur the arrest of Mr. Ward, and fur wafit of hail he also was committed to prison. Mr. Ilines lias grown quite grey si nee ho left Charleston several years ago. J hit notwithstanding, and other signs of age, he wears a Kossuth hat, dan- j dy pant*, and still keeps up his dandy appear- j ante.?Southern Standard. Assignable L.\m> Warrants,?The New York papers state tl at Land Warrants, now made assignable, are radcr more active at 100 a ^108 for whole lot*; 54 a '56 for half do; 20 a $30 for quarter do. The following iufonna- j tion has been officially given hy the Commissioner, J. Jiutterfield: 'The assignment and acknowledgment must! be endoi"sed upon the warrant, and must heat-: tested by two witnesses, acknowledged before a Register or Receiver of a Laud Office, a Judge ot! a Court of Record, a Justice of the Peace, or a Commissioner of Deeds resident in the State from which he derives his appointment; and in I every instance where the acknowledgment is made before any officer than the Register or Receiver of a Land Office, it must be accompanied i by a certificate, under seal of the proper authority, of the official character of the person before 1 i.. nn.l wnom tuc acKiiowicuj^fuK iii , of the genuineness of Ins signature. Acknowl- j edgements of assignment hv notaries will not be recognized." ?-*? -" Childhood is like a mirror, catching and re<1,cting images all around it. Remember that aa impious, profane, or \ ulgar thought, may operato upon a young heart like a careless spray of water thrown upon polished steel, staining it with rust that no after efforts can efface. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6,. 1852. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market. The Cotton Market is unchanged, extremes ranging from 5 to 7 3-4. A few bales very inferior were sole at 4 3-4. Charleston quotations G1-2 to 8 1-4. Municipal Election. The following gentlemen were yesterday elected Of fleers of the town for the ensuing year: Inkndnnt?Dr. E. A. Sautoxd. ? - ? ^ n TT T\ ?Ttr n Wardens?is. \v. uiambeks, v. n. xxavi^, .?. Moore and "W. A. Axcrcm. Sons of Temperance. The following brethren are the officers of Wat ere < Division 2s o. 0, for the present quarter: D. R. Kennedy, W. P. C. A. McDonald, T. W. E. IIn^lison, W. A. W. TlmrlowCaston, C. Tho. J. Warren, R. S. T. Carpenter, A. C. W. A. Graham, A. R. S. W.1 M. Shannon. I. S. K. S. "Moflat, F. S. P. Sheorn. 0. S. J. J. Workman, J. P. W. P. ? v Col. James Chesnut, Jr._ We arc gratified to see this w orthy gcirtlemnn. ant our fellow-citizen, nominated by a writer in tlie J)ailj State-Rights Republican for Congress, a position foi which he i3 eminently qualified, by his superior talent! ami abilities. We have transferred the communicatior to our columns, and have dono so entirely upon oui own responsibility. tYc hope that Col. Oiiesntt mat be induced to become a "Candidate, in place of Mr Woouw.vfcn, who declines a re-election. We shall not attempt to eulogize Col. C.?he doe.1 not need our feeble praise?ho is sufficiently knowr and appreciated in this the i!d Congressional District Asa statesman we here no fear but that our interests into his hands and "keeping, will bo safely confided. A New Idea. Wo are authorized to say that in the event of i Plank Road being constructed from Camden to Concord X. C., a gentleman of our town is willing to obligatt himself to deliver the mail and passengers in Concon within twenty-four hours from the time the Cars arriv< in Camden, which will make the time ns soon for pas sengers from Charleston to Concord as if they went vit Charlotte by Rod Eoad. Xow, it does appear to us that a little effort on o\n part, would place this important enterprise entirely be yondthe possibility of a doubt or failure; and onr town which has connected with it so many pleasant associa tions, to those who liavo had a home hero for man} years, would still maintain its position and importance There is no good reason why Camden should be lessen ed in its commercial or social importance; and yet, ii wiil be inevitably the case, unless an effort is mado t( counteract the ell'ccts which surely will be produced b] the changes which aro being mado all around us. \V< earnestly hope that those who have the means, will no' withhold their use from this praiseworthy and laudabh enterprise, which will tend so greatly to onhanoo tlx public good. r? := n nTA.vt .tMtr that wo did not have, in the towr " *? " - I'"J of Camden, a few Major Mackarlan's. Clieraw, with such men at the head of her commerce and cnteqirise is bound to extend her iwrders and enlarge her com mercial importance. Let its. fellow-citizens, each atu all, do something; for our town. As his Hon. Judge O'Neall remarked to the Grand Jury last week, il men determine to try, and begin, the work will surety bo accomplished. South Carolina Rail Road. \Vc find the following item of gratifying information, in our valuable exchange, the South Carolinian, which states that, ''During the month of March just passed, there were transported over the South Carolina Railroad 50,000 bales of Cotton: during the month of March, 1351, there were hut 1G,000 hales transported.'' Hon. John Letcher. lTe are indebted to the lion. J. Letciier, for a sketch of the Life of General Sam lines ton*. Meteorological Jcurnal, for March 1852. Barometer. fl resit est heitrliL - 0.4 4 Oin " o ? Attached Thermometer sumo time, 54dcg. Least height, - - - 29.250in. Attached Thermometer same time, 53dog. Moan height Barometer, - - - i*-9.994in. Thermometer DetcchcJ. Greatest height, - 87dcg. J,oast dn 29dcg. Mean do for the month, - - o9.G8 Clear days, 3 Fair do - - - - - - 17 Cloudy days, - - - 11 More Truth than Poetry. If any one is disposed to doubt tho truth (as w c view ft,) that tho Congress of these United Stales, is the great mammoth or giant humbug wonder of the nineteenth Century, let him read the proceedings of that dignified body for tho last lew months. Car we imagine a wholesale robbery more largely carried on ? Tho country is being robbed of money which is spent worse than uselessly. If any person is at all disposed to antiquariauism, let such an one commence with the creation of man, and pursuing the inquiry down tlio courso of time, till arriving at tho landing of the Pilgrim Fathers?even up to "tho timo at which the Indians gave up tho land"?down to tho present, and wo imagine tUat nothing can bo tounu m 1110 worm a history, which can oven approximate to a oomparison with the ridiculous character and proceedings of out American Congress now, the assembled wisdom and dignity of the nation. Contrast it now with what it was in tho days of its primitive existence, and wo are forced to exclaim?What a falling off is there, oh 1 mv countrymen! Tho N. V. Herald says'. Congress is jogging along slowly, very slowly, with the public business, but very fast with the public money. We can't expect any thing to be done before the meeting and adjournment of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Conventions. Tho dear ]>oople do not expect it. Besides, there is plenty of money in tho treasury; and who's afraid? President making and the public plunder of fifty millions a year must be looked after. Hamburg Republican. We might got '"in a fix," such a ono as you speak of, and still be equal, if not a littio in advance of Hamburg. Judging from appearances, your condition is quite a dilapidated one. Kossuth Going to Charleston. We see it is telegraphed to the Mercury, from NewOrleans, that Kossutu is on his way to Charleston.? His arrival in New Orleans "caused little or no excitement, which must "have proved cold comfort to the hero after the tremendous applause which greeted him al his landing on our Northern shores. Charleston Court. On Saturday last, as we are informed by the Even ing News, ".ltdgo Withers passed a number of sen . tences," some of which wo have copied below. Th< News -says:: The man (5 rainier was admonished by tin . Judge of the flagraney of his crimes in a -style o eloqeirt rebuke. Sever,a! others received the -admonitions of the intelligent magistrate, urgei with a force of reproof Hurt, was fitted to produce 3 moral reformation, blended, as it was, with i strain of pathetic remonstrance that produced i strong effect on the court, the spectators, and we trust, on the criminals themselves. The State vs. J. W. BoIIough.?Assault -witl intent to kill, (two charges.) Two months imprisonment and ?'20 fine in all. The Stale vs. John Gregg.?Larceny, (pick ing a pocket at Millitary Hall during last Fair. 1 Recommended to mercy. Two months impris . onment and twenty lashes in market place. The State vs. Isaac Johnson.?Larceny, (pick 3 ing pocket at Fair, in jompany witn tircgg aoovt j mentioned.) Imprisonment till tirst Monday ir r September next, and to receive twenty lashes or . the first Monday in June, next, and nineteen lash es on the first Monday in September. The State vs. Chx. J. Grainger.? Larceny (one indictment.) Forgery, (two indictments/ Obtaining goods under false pretences, (one in dictment.) Sentence, one year imprisonmeni for each offence and thirty-nine lashes also foi 1 each offence, at sUch time as shall be designee hereafter. T^State vs. Win. Jones (Grand Larceny." This is the individual who used Mr. Bancroft's name, and collected a bill due him from a ladj ' in this city. i Sentenced to 30 lashes, and imprisonment til first MondAy in J uuc. Orit Plank Road.?We had the pleasure on Wed ttc3day evening last, of a short ride on a portion, of ou Plank Road. The workmen commenced laying dowi the plank on Tuesday, about 9 o'clock, a. m., and by < o'clock p. m. on Wednesday, they had completed abou 300 yards. The road where completed -presents ajuea and substantial appearance, and afTordsa most delight ful ride. The portion completed is near Maj. Macfar lan's saw mills, about 5 miles from town. From tn energy displayed in the prosecution of the work, w may reasonably caleula.c upon seeing it approacl town. Then our young men will have a fine opportu nity to display their gallantry, for we suppose no yoim lady will refuse to take at least one ride over the road [Cheraw Gazette. A SMALL. LOT OF SUNDRIES. ^"Answer to the Geographical Euigmn. Marcl 23?Colonel James Cuksnut, Junior. Oriwn* op tub Woed Bkito.v.?Our primitive ancc; [ tors distinguished themselves, hi the pride of simplicity r>-...1 v.;?Iw.Ti . Ilrilli sicrniiVinCT stained aa ijiiiij ............, f and Erithon a stained man. Tho predilection fo ' coloring their bodies, induced the civilized Romans t designate the people who were driven to the Caledonia! forest as Picts, or a painted people.?D'Isradi. A tniniber of Missionaries from the II. E. Cliurel will sail for California 011 the 9th inst. Among then will be Rev. James lluntcr, A. S. Gibbons, Elijah Me: chant, IV. J. Maelay, from the Ealtimort) Conference . J. Swanzey. fr jm the Pittsburgh Conference, and J D. Elaine, from the New-Jersey Couferenfce. Join Dillon, of the Ohio Conference, goes out at the sain time for Oregon. 1 A Mr. Carman, of Bordentown, New-Jersey, is sail to be engaged in hatching eggs by steam. The machine is placed on a table about 2 1-2 long by 16 inche broad, and the water is heated by an oil lamp. Tit machine contains about 100 eggs, and the chickens thu produced appear to be as lively and healthy as thosi produced by natural means. An Eurron Married?On Tuesday evening last, Mi John Eacon and Miss Pawnee Butler (daughter of tbi late Col. P. M. Eutler.) were married at this place, ii Trinitv Church, by the Rev. Arthur WigfaHof Claren don.?F'yfrH APerti-cr. The frequent use of cold water is constantly recom mended as a remedy for invalids used outwardly. Ai 1 old lady recommends liie use of it internally and cter nally, to those who are troubled with "the redeye." A man made application a t.-w days sinoe for iosu ranco on a building situated in a village where there was no tire engine. In answer to the quostion, 'what an the facilities for extinguishing fires ?' ho wrote 'it rains 1 sometimes!' ; During the months of January and Febfuarv, 1851 ! tho total receipts of the Pennsylvania Central Railroac 1 were ?35,784.23. During the corresponding inoirthi 1 of the present year the total receipts were $185,163, , 32?showing an increase so far in this year's receipts 1 of $149,379.09. The marriage of Jenny I-ind has given great satisfac i tion in Hamburg, in which City the family of Mr. Gold ' sehmidt reside. The news preceded tho arrival of his 1 own letters, and the report was treated as a joke until 1 his parents received from Mr. Goldsehmidt himself the ' tidings of its truth. An Alabama paper states that Dr. J. G. Dunn, o! I that State, has discovered a chemical combination by i which be can change tho surface of any kind of stone or brick, so as to represent the most beautiful and substantial marble or granite. It is simply a process foi crystalizing lime, and is capable of being colored 01 mottled by any tiut whatever. A man who spends only 6 1-4 cents per day for intoxicating drinks, pays out in a year $22.81 1-4. This | Hum would rather morotnnn aeiray mu anau? [ ; for ft policy of insurrnce 011 his life for $1,200, begin, j ning at twenty-one. And still, how many of that and adjneeirt Ages prefer squandering their looeo change nt . ' Clio denth-fristmmeo offices! ; j A wag told us the other day that one half tho lawi yors live without cause and dio without effects. An elderly lady in Covington, Ky., lately had a thorn extracted from hef arm above tho elbow, which has been thoro over thirty fivo years. Tho Committeo on Ways and Means in tho House of Representatives have cut down tho estimate for the 1 Conns bureau from $160,000 to $60,000 for the next year. The delegates from Iowa to the Whig National Convention, it is said, are all in favor of Gen. Scott ^ Sir John Harvey, the deceased governor of Nova ' Scotia, was an old soldier, and took a part in the battle 1 of Waterloo. A female named ITelena Jagado was recently guilo* tincd in France, who confessed that-shebad caused the death of 52 persons by poison. Upwards of fifty ladies have beoerae members of the degree of Rebccka, I. 0. ofO. F., of New fork city. 5 While at St. Louis, Mo., Kossuth received a check ^ for >300, which, on its presentation to the Bank, turnt ed out to be a forger}'. . f The Hon. A. P. Butler reached his home near Edgc. -field last week; and the Advertiser says ho will not | return to his post at Washington until after the sitting > of the Convention. . I The defalcation, as fiir as ascertained, in the Suffolk l bank amounts to $90,000, the examination not being j yet concluded. Enjoy what little you have, while the fool is looking 1 for moro. Eon. IIonrT Clay first took his seat in the Senate in December, 130G nearly forty-six years ago. There ^ were then hat seventeen States in the Union, and, of . the then thirty-four Senators, it is believed that Mr. Olay alone survives. Why are kisses like the creation? Because they are i made out of nothing and nil very good. 1 "Why is a lover like a knocker? Becansehe is bound 1 to adore (a door.) Bisnor IlEDDlXO.?The Philadelphia Annual Conference has addressed a letter of condolence to the veil; ? erable Bishop I Tedding, who now lies hopelessly fll at ) Poughkeepsic, N. Y. t For the Camden Journal r It is acknowledged that indolence, apathy 1 <fcc., arc not cardinal virtues, but it is equally certain that they are in strict accordance with the ) tendency of our nature, rrora mis pnuc.pie > , 3 arises the adage, " That necessity is the mother t of invention," so is necessity, interest drc. the ' mother or prompter of all exertion ; so that i 1 however we may reprobate indolence in general, in particular cases we excuse it, or at least admit that it is natural where no strong necessity urges . action. i These thoughts are suggested by frequently r hearing our community styled 'indolent," "apai1 thetic," ' effete," <fec. Now, where is there any 1 ground for these charges ? Where any emer1 geney which we have not proved ourselves equal i I to its demands! A Railroad, even a branch, is i a great matter?v.*e wanted one?nobody would build it for us, and we built it ourselves, with 1 c help. Now a Plank Rfcaii is wanted to North J 0 Carolina, but why should we disturb ourselves / II about it? Chreraw "will build it as well as we, l* and plank roads are expensive affairs. Tlieu ? again, a Plank lioad is wanted to Lancaster, but 1- there the same reason holds. Columbia proposes to build a Flank Road from Ridgewny in Long Town, running south of Liberty Hill, -tfce., and so with any matter of enterprise that can .bo nameih We certainly need ?ot trouble our1 selves about it for others will take the trouble oil' our hand'. What if $7,000 houses do sell i- for *1 GOO ? A thing is worth what it will bring-, ', and no more. What if houses be tenantless? i !, It only proves that there are too many of them, r What if people move away ? It don't make any 0 difference?there will bo more than enough left. a SLEEPY DAYIJ). From the State Rights Republican. 3* ,1 The Third Congressional District. j 1 Mit. Editor: It is now known that our cxcel' ?' 11 ..?....1.(1... rn Pnnwooa Mr \Vnnilu';inl I IC'HL lU'j'rt'M'iiiiuov; in wugivooj ; will not again be a candidate. For many years 9 Mr. Woodward has been the faithful Represen 11 tative of this Congressional District, marked for a 0 his fervent devotion to the State?his richly sto- if red intellect?his clear honor and spotless name. 1 1 lie may change his place, bnt such men 'must 1 c not be lost to the counsels of the State. 1 s The duty devolves on as now to select somo A B one who will worthily succeed our present disiin- J s guished Representative. We must havo a man 'jl B thoroughly devoted to the State by every tie 1 which can bind the patriot; we must have a M statesman whose edwe'atioH; training and ability * make him equal to the station?a gentleman I who, by his free, undaunted courage, is everrca- fl 1 dy to protect the honor of his State and his own, I and. by his virtiie, purity and firmness, to pre- fl serve both. Many such may he found, hut no * one to whom all these attributes will be more lj i universally accorded than to Col. James Ches- I : nut, Jt., of Kershaw, m Personally, Colonel Chesnut is well known jl . throughout the District, and there are few men |l 3 in it hotter loved as a man and friend. As a 0 , public man, the just fame and honors ho ,has lfl j won are too recent to need a reference. All re- jl IIJVmiKSI OIJU glUttUJg uuuuv; nivii ? invu uu / told the story of the Nash nil Convention; his ' ;fl | subsequent noble appeal to the Legislature to be 21 guided by tho counsel of that Convention; his elegaut ana statesmanlike arguments and his spir- ifl it-stirring oratory before the people, urging and j 1 begging them to be guided by their Legislaturo |J| their wise men, and their own calm wisdom, and thus to avoid tho wild destruction to which the Im act of single secession would drive them. W i No man in South-Carolina is the superior of fl I Col. Chesnut in the education and training fittiug D > him for statesmanship. No man is firmly or j fi more devotedly bound to the honor and welfare I W p of the State?no man lives of higher courage ''m . or purer morality- Tho people and the times (JW , need sueh men. JK This use of Col. Chesnut's name is without his ] . knowledge or consent, or any knowledge on tho part of the writer of CoL Chesnut's views or wishes. It is done on the assumption that the tS people have a right to seek umcmg her citizens I ' those who can best serve the State. S SOUTHERN RIGHTS. M Death oe Dr. Thos. B. Gxar, of Abbeville-.- jfl 1 ?We regret to learn, from the Abbeville Banner a! thn nit. l^p.. <#urr rlonorfivl tIiih li&. after a very suddeh and short illness, on the 19th lilt. We had the pleasure of makiug the Poc- J tor's acquaintance during the last session of the i , Legislature, and have seldom been more thvor- | i ably iinpreased by any gentleman on so short an acquaintance. Tho Banner notices his decease ( with much regret, and his character in terms of , the liighest commendation. At the time of his ; death Dr. G. was & member of the Legislature* Greenville Mountaineer. J i