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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
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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 !
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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