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Parlies in Georgia.
. We .can recall ncr period in the political history
of Georgia, "when men and jxmijs were so
%< luuch divided as in the present l'residential cuiitest.?There
are old-fashioned and time honored
* - Whigs, who avow their determination not to
support the nominee of their party. Others are
* 1 - 1 O .... Ko(ir/>r.ii
ready to rake trie nominee, oenu^mj;. ,
him and Gen. Pierce, that he is the leaser evil of j
* tlic two. Others again are opposed to both, and
call fir the nomination of a third ticket?Daniel
Webster and Charles J. Jeckins. Another class,
anxioui to maintain the organization of the Constitutional
Union Party, and believing they can
? - accomplish more good in that way, in the present
divided state of the public mind, than in
any other, have nominated an Electoral Ticket
pledged to the support of Pierce and King.
In other words, there ftre Union Democrats
V and Southern Eights Democrats?Union Whigs
and Southern Rights Whigs?Scott Whigs and
anti-Scott Whigs; Pierce Whigs and anti-Picrce
Whigs ; stand still Whigs, or those who wash
their hands of both the candidates and will have
nothing to do with either?and Tcrlium Quids,
or those who go for a third candidate. In addition
to the legislative caucuses held by the
Union and Southern Rights members last winter, i
+ koe kr.ov, a Sniilliam Ri<rlil? I )PIII(inr:ltic I
convention, a Union convention, a supplemental
i v ? Union Democratic meeting, a Filliuore convention,
a secoud Union convention, and a supplemental
Whig meeting; and now Tedium Quid, j
or Third man's convention and a Scott conven- i
tion, have been called?making ten political con- j
vent ions and caucuses in one State within a j?e-<
riod of six months! Verily, Georgia is in a fair j
/ way of exchanging the proud title of 11 the Km- j
pire State of the South" for that of the convenr
tion or supplemental State.
In the good old times of Whiggery and Democracy?of
tariff and anti-taritf?of bank and,
anti-bank?of Jackson and anti-Jackson?it was j
an easy matter to determine one's latitude and i
longitude. It was all plain sailing then. In !
those days Major Jack Downing and General ;
Jackson kept tilings straight. But now, turn I
where we will, we are confronted by an old friend. '
, To go for Pierce, is to be Democratized?to go .
for Scott, is to become a Sewardite?to stand j
still is to be .silly and impracticable?to declare j
for a third candidate, is to be Quixotic and vi-!
sionary. To do any one of these things, is to I
offend all the other parties, and to do neither, is i
fA isnloto VAiivctiir
VV JJVlUkb JVMICVIH
In view of this state of things, ^it would be ;
wonderful, indeed, if any course we could adopt!
were not made a cause for censure. Each one i
thinks we should decide for him, and cast oilr in- j.
fluence for himself and his views. As this cannot
be done, we have determined, for the present, to
stand aloof from the pending Presidential contest.
AVe shall take no part in it, except so far
as to keep the reader informed of the general |,
political news of the day, and to admit teinpe- i,
rate communications of moderate length from ;,
all sides. Thus, instead of a partisan paper,;
with only one side, the reade'r will have an itule-!
pendent paper giving all aides.
AA7e cannot consent to enter into a contest ;,
friv?d< n.,r M pn v.v.. j:. a
; 6cramoie troin which such a patriot as JciikiIIs
holds himself aloof. AA'e c<?uld not alter the fi-1
nal result in Georgia, if we would. AA'e prefer i
therefore to husband our strength for future !
emergencies?AAThen the storm shall have past, j
we shall be ready to put out in our little boat to
the wreck, and to save such of the sufferers as
have survived its fury. Thus we may be instrumental
in gathering together many, if not all,!
of the friends of true principles, of the Union j;
aud the South, who have been dispersed and
scattered over the face of the great deep. In I
the meantime, we shall not be unmindful of the 1 j
duties of an independent, conservative press, j,
We shall continue the war against extreme men j,
and extreme opinions, whether they come from ! (
the North or the South?against Kossuthism, | (
the higher law and the lower law ; and shall ev- j j
er be ready to defend either of the candidates
now before the country from unjust attacks, and
either of the parties and parts of parties into j
which the people are unhappily divided, from :,
misrepresentation and abuse.
iSavannah lit publican
Georgia Baptist State Convention.?The ';
report of the thirty-first anniversary of this body
has just been received, from which we select the !,
following items: The session was held in Culuin
bus, April 23d and 2Cth, inclusive, presided over ; ,
by Hon. Thomas Stocks as Moderator. The de-!
nomination contains 7o,540 members, 1213 chur- J1
es, 671 ordained ministers, and 192 licentiates, j
Considerably more than two thirds of the mem-1
bura nf tli.iao f?biiiv>lina nrd wliifna Tiie nnmliur
of associations comprising these churches is 58.1 '
The accession hv baptism during the pa-l year i j
amounted to 5923, and tlie whole nett gain in !
membership was 30S0. Distant readers will be 1
surprised that there are more than twelve lnm- j'
dred Baptist Churches, great and small, in (lie
State of Georgia. |
The convention owns a large amount of fund*, i
invested for various objects,of which above 6130,000
are in the University funds, about 650,000
are in other investments for benevolent purposes;
while there is a large amount of real estate
connected with the university, the Ilenm School,
Penfield Female Academy, the Christian index,
(the organ of the denomination,) and also with
other institutions in addition to th'ir money
funds. Besides the revenues from these institutions,
there have been contributed during the
year over ?14,000 for objects of a missionary nature.
The departments of missions embrace For- '
eign, Home, State and Indian Missions; the soei- ;
eties aided,'are the Bible Publication and Tract
organizations; and funds are provided for indigent
^rj'hans, and for educating the children of
Baptist Ministers.
The next anniversary is to he held at Atlanta,
in April, 1853.?Savannah. Republican 1 ijth :
inst.
The mowing machines are making rapid work
with the fields of grass on Long Island, and tin*
farmers are exceedingly well satisfied with them.
The mowers, in consequence of the demand for
laborers, had bocun to ask two dollars a dav. 1
but these machines made their skill superfluous. 1
It is moved l?y horses, the driver sitting on the :
m ichine; a farmer takps a mtfrning drive in his
meadow, and th?- work is done. The makers are
t liable to supply the demaud for it.?New York
Evening Post. '
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Soiilh CaroSi^a SlaHroad.
We li.tvo rcceiv: (.1IV m an authentic source
the following gra flying statement of the general
operations of the! load for the last six months:
viz.
The gross income for the half year, ending Juno
30, 1852, - - *0'>2,000
For the same time last year, - - 400,000
Increase, - - - $133,000
Receipts of Cotton for l??tsix months. For yenr.
From Hamburg, 103,000 bales. 178,000
Columbia, 86,040 130,474
Camden, 22,532 48,375
212,789 300,420
For 0 inos. to Juuc 30, *51,133.020
Increase, 78.800 bales.
The up-freights have been distributed in almost
the same relative proportions amongst the
Hamburg, Columbia and Camden Branches, as
the down freights, and show about the same ratio
of increase in freight, passage, and every other
department, for the last six months, amounting
in the aggregate to $133,000, over the same
period last year.
We are also gratified to learn that the Board
of Directors, at their meeting on Tuesday eve- ;
ning, with entire unanimity, confirmed all the 1
arrangements made by the President with the
city of Augusta for crossing the Savannah river.
Thus we may not only congratulate Mr. Conner '
on having effected this most important object,!1
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but especially upon nis uiiviug i-iim um
measure in so wi>e and considerate a manner, as i
to have won tor himself and for the S. C. Rail- i
road Company, the cordial sympathy and good <
will of the City of Augusta. i
We should do wrong t<? our own feelings, as I
well as to justice, if we failed to acknowledge the j
liberal spirit in which the authorities of that city
have acted, in completing these interesting (
arrangements. They have given to the Railroad i
the use of the Bridge free of toll, till the Com- \
pany can complete their track across the River, ,
and they exerted themselves zealously and eftec- j
tually to procure an eligible site for their station ,
for through-freights, quite near the IVpot of the ,
Georgia Railroad, and they have added to the J
value of what they have done, by the cordial
manner in which they have d'?nc it.
Thus, this crossing of the River, which has so
long been a controversy and a cause of alienation
between the two cities, has now happily be- .
come a bond of union and a motive of good
will. May all questions of difference that shall
in the course of time arise between the people
of the two States be as wisely managed and as |
beneficially settled !?Charleston Mercury.
The United States are the natural seat of free
trade principles. We want no associations like
that of the anti-corn law league in England, and
similar associations on tlie Continent, to keep in
activity and give combined strength to those
principles. To counteract the devices of mono
poly all we require is frye discussion. In Europe
it is dillerent. There the strong hoi is of exclusive.
privileges are to be attacked by association?
bv Ti'diini ''jili'-jiUiiin?, |jt I.t'j h, in.-; .T !iv .tlauJ
circulation ot tracts level to tneir comprehension. 1
These subjects have begun to excite popular interest
in Germany since the Zolvcrcin was insti- 1
tuted. Many minds wi-re turued into the clian- i
nel of discussions on free trade so soon as the i
pretentions became known of those who would i
throw down the barriers to commercial intercouise i
between the (Germanic States, but strengthen, the i
impediments to that intercourse between these
States and the rest of Europe. Among the fore- i
mo't of the German cities embraced in the Zol- ,
voiron, from her position, her extensive Commerce. \
her intelligence, must be Hamburg. She is interested
in seeing the utmost development given ,
to freedom of cuiiunercc throughout Germany. ,
coupled with that jKjlicv that makes Germany .
c?ue country. Jiiit liKe tiie league 01 iree trailers ,
in England, who could not make an impression .
until they had combined, the free traders of Ilam- .
burg associate in a similar fellowship, and we (
have before us now one of the fruits of that association,
in a pamphlet which has won one of the ,
prizes distributed by the ''Free Trade Society of '
Hamburg." One of these latter bears the pseu- ,
donvnie of Adam Reisc Juu. presenting the subject
in the attractive form of a dream, but in
which the fallacies of protection are met with
LTivat ability and exposed with eminent success.
The refutation is not new, for the sophistry of
encouraging native industry by law, is old; but ;
the argument is skillfully wrought, and the illustrations
highly practical.?Kvtniny Xeics.
I
Chinese Justice.?Several Indians on the
Sacramento road, in a state of intoxication, lately,
killed a Chinese. One of them was arrested 1
by Americans, handed over to the Chinese, and '
1 ? / ! : . - . .1 .. i? i i
l?y tUftlll UWllg. JIIU viniiameii I'.xjinwu fi uk>ire
to hang the white man who sold the Indian
rum. What queer ideas of justice these Chinese
have! '?ut it is like <*verything they do,just
the ojij.osite of what the "outside barbarians"
practice. In China they pay a doctor for keeping
their patients well, and deduct the fee for
every day the. patient is ill. Here doctors arc
valued by the quantity of drugs they administer
medicine being supposed to be antidote to sickness,
and the more you take the faster you ought
to recover, though the theory and the practical
operation are often widely apart. If the Chinese
had hung the white man who sold the rum,
somebody's liberty to get drunk would have
been abridged; and, liberty restricted, where is
your boasted freedom? The Chinese notions of
justice will not do for the freedom of trade, and
the venders of alcohol, any more than the Chinese
method of employing doctors would do for our
physicians, and their well-famed reputation of ^
matching you from the jaws of death into which
llwy sometimes push you, to show their skill in
getting you out again.?Lnhjcr.
Washington, July 22.?The bill for the Ap- '
portiormient of Representatives among the* States !
under the new Census, lias passed the House.?
Also the bill granting the right ot way through '
the public lands to Railroads. They have also <
ado]'ted a resolution calling on the I'resident for 1
information respecting the Fisheries. They have <
also passed a resolution for the relief of Thomas f
Ritchie, printer to Congress. I
A man named Death died of cholera, at Co i
umbus, Ohio, on the 11th inst. t
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THElE-lfi.WEEKLY JOURNAL.
TUESDAY EVENING JULY 27, 1852.
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
RTWe are requested by Mr. Wtatt Patterson to
say that he declines the nomination as a candidate for
Representative in the State Legislature.
CSy'Mr. "Webster lias communicated to the Boston
Courier the copy of a despatch received from the Hon.
Mr. Everett whilst Minister at the Court of St. James,
fluted April, 18-15, in which he informed Mr. Buchanan,
then Secretary of State, tlint the British Government
had formally relinquished the exclusive right to fishing
in the Bay of Eundy.
Education.
There is no subject in which the interest of soc:ety
is more deeply concerned than that of Education. It
should, therefore, be the aim and constant desiro ol
even- good citizen, to aid, by every possible means, its
advancement. In this matter, which is of the greatest
importance to all, there is nothing local or selfish?
nothing by which one portion of the community is tc
be benefitted to the exclusion of another. The ricli
and the poor must feel the benefits of Education, which
are lasting as the mind itself, and capable of adding infinitely
to the hav>piness of man here and hereafter,
Here is n fountain which may be made free for all; and
the "upright, honest poor, however humble their position,
should l?e welcome, for integrity is of more value
than silver and gold." In a word, all aro to ho benefitted
in proportion to their respective efforts. Arguing
from cause, to effect, there is nothing more absolutely
certain than the proverb?"As yc sow, so shall yc
reap 1" This is eminently true in agricultural pursuits,
liow much more true when applied to tho mind which
la nnnnlilo of infinite cultivation.
It is a matter of wonderful surprise that persons art
now to found, who manifest such indifference, as toe
many do, upon this important subject. "Why is.it there
is such a large amount of ignorance even now, over oui
whole land? The reasons arc obvious. Too manj
time-serving demagogues occupy the attention of the
people with thc:r affairs, under the cloak of abstracl
principles relating to government affairs, about which
the people know nothing, and care less. Thero is nc
excuse for this ignorance in our country?at least there
ought to be none;?let the people be educated!
We confess, under existing circumstances, things
appear dark, with but little hope for the future. Oui
laws, it is true, make pretensions for supplying the educational
wants of the indigent, but how is it done?
By a system which has proved itself inadequate for the
purpose. It is time some other mode be adopted.
We object in the tirst place to the present distribution
of the Free School Fund in South Carolina. At
some length ou a former occasion, wo endeavored tc
show that this system is wrong?does not meet the
object intended?ought to be remodeled and made tc
answer a better purjiose.
The distribution of this fund is wrong, because it if
not made in proportion to the white population of cacl
District, or according to the necessities of each. Taxa
lion, which is entitled to be represented (and very
properly) in the Councils of our State, receives also r
distributive share of this fund, where it seems to us il
blibnra nut nc aj>pueu,~s-j n. i.j, a v.., u.. run-runt nit
necessity cannot be as great as in those districts whiel
are represented according to their white inhabitants
- 1.1- i K..* i;??in _
ami not according toiucir weauu, uutiug uu nmc u
the latter to represent, but whose educational wanti
ire necessarily greater than in other more wealth}
iistricts of the State. This is one of our objections tc
the present Free School system.
We are of opinion, that if the appropriations annu
ally made by the State were properly disbursed, the
amount would be quite sullicieut for the purposes con
tetnplated.
We have no doubt hut that an effort will be made al
our next Legislature to alter or amend the present plar
of operation. We think the amount now appropriates
?sa? thirty-seven thousand dollars?might he eonsti
tuted a Free School Fund, subject to be drawn upon bj
i competent board of commissioners or supervisois
with such discretionary power as would meet the want!
of their several Districts. Tho commissioners like oth
or District boards, to account for all monies received
and expended. And tho whole system overlooked b}
a general Superintendent, elected by tlie Legislature
These views we lia.e already given in a former article
and will therefore close upon this point for the present
There is another* important matter which wo desin
briefly to notice in this connection, and while we rnoj
not hope to accomplish every thing by any system
however good, yet we may. hy well-directed effort?, dc
much for the common cause of education. Wo have
been, and are still, the warm and enthusiastic advo
cale ol voluntary associations, believing them to be tin
best means for the accomplishment of good objects.?
We know of nothing more potent tor good in the fur
thcrance of social or moral enterprises than "conccri
bf action" among the friends and advocates of an}
measure. The suggestions recently submitted througl
bur columns by our friend and correspondent, " Cainlen,"
are entitled to consideration, and wo hope maj
be productive of good.
We arc in favor of the last proposition of our friend,
that an Kdueational .Society bo formed, whose member.'
diall pay an annual contribution of five dollars. This
imount would place the object within the reach of almost
every one lo contribute, for there uro few in out
community who could not give this amount each year,
mid never feel the inconvenience of it. Besides the
latisfiiction which would follow, " there is a luxury in
ioing good." We hold, that in time, by the operntion
jf a judicious system, the increased intelligence of our
people, which is the basis of integrity and happiness,
ivould amply remunerate us for the small pecuniary
sacriliee we might be called upon to make.
As our correspondent urges, there is oven now no*
jcssity for tins wont. ivc/iuve in.mj iuiiuK ....... ...
sur midst, wlio arc most worthy of the "priceless
boon," l?ut who are excluded from the halls of .science
bv limited means. Of these, many bright and shining
lights might he made, and in their turn blessing and
blessed wherever they might go?others might be saved
to the State, who, if let nlono, may becomo pests to
society.
We have called attention to these matters before,
tnd in doing So now, it is with the earnest desire that
some good may ho done for the cause of cdnealiouand
im... ?rr,.,.?u ?r Mii<t .lesnoiatinn would be. in
noraiity.
>ur humble judgment, most happy. In place oflmving
cores of idle youths thronging our streets, they might
do taken up and cared for, educated and raado to do
something for themselves and for society. How many
nstances there aro in our State?some of the wisest
md beet men, whose att&inmenta in different depart.
ments of science and literature, challenge our highest
admiration, were protoyes.of such associations as we
aro in favor of forming.
We invite our friends and readers to send in their
names for tho formation of such a society. Who will
bo the first to respond?
Greenville Rail Road.
* " ?i
At the last annual meeting 01 tne ctocKuoiuers hcju
at Greenville, the following gentlemen were re-elected
( officers of this Road:
Hon. Belton J. O'Neall, President, and Messrs. Daniel
Blake. William Patton, John S. Preston, Simeon Fair,
Draj-ton Nance. F. G-. Thomas, Joel Smith, T. C. Per[
rin, J. P. Reed, J. N. Whitncr, Vardry McBeo, and
Josiah ICilgore, Directors.
Anderson Gazette.
Mr. Harrison*, has retired from the editorial charge
, of this excellent paper. It is now under the entire
. control of Mr. Norns.
Charlotte Rail Road.
Ninety five miles of this road are completed and in
operation. Only sixteen miles are wanted to complete
it to Charlotte, which will be done by the middle of
I
October
i Tiie Cnors.?We regret to learn (says the Columbia
. South Carolinian) that the caterpillar, or army worm,
, has been very destructive to tlio cotton plant on some
[ plantations on the river below this place. A few mado
their appearance sotno weeks since, but have spread
i rapidly over several hundred acres. The corn crops
. in the saino section, are said to be the most luxuriant
that have been raised for many years.
?3TSt. Johns, N. B. papers have been received to
the 10th of. July at Boston. The Morning News of
! mat uate says mm. uswuuuui liu^uou viu>?v.o.?
about to light down upon tho fleet of lawless fishermen
that infest their waters trom the land of notions." Tlie
Halifa# Morning Chronicle gives a list of the vessels
that are to cruise on this service in tho British American
waters during the present summer: it includes one
frigate of "0 guns; the sloop Sappho, 12 guns; steam
sloops Devastation and Buzzard, each 6 guns; steam
sloop Janus, 4 guns;-besides ono ketch, three brigantines,
and eight schooners?making a total Of nineteen
armed vessels to be engaged in this service.
Boot and Shoe Trade.?There is said never to have
beeti greater activity in the Boot and Shoe trade than
at the present season. In all the Northern markets,
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, the Southern merchants
are buying briskly.
Dr. Tlines has been arrested in Savannah, and committed
to jail, on the charge of robbing Mr. Isaac Munden,
of his watch, valued at $">0, and $10 in cash, besides
taking out of the Tost Otfico a letter of that gentleman,
containing money.
The number of acres under cultivation in California
is said to be 100,000, and the investment in agriculture
there is said to bo so profitable that threefold this quantity
is expected to be under cultivation the next
year.
There are said to beuu.uuu voters m worm wiuuuu,
, of whom at least 40,000 are land!)elders. According
. to a in the Raleigh Standard these 40,000
( freehold voters form an oligarchy of landholders. They
elect tifly senators, the whole of one branch of the Asp
sem'oly, and three-fourths of the other branch. Thus>
( says the Standard, the freeholders substantially, to all
r intents and purposes, elect and control both brunches
, of the Assembly.
Hard Cemext.?A cement, says the Scientific Ames
rican, which gradually indurates to a stony consistence,
may be uiado by mixing twenty parts of clean
river sand, two of litharge, and one of quicklime into
t a thin putty with linseed oil. The quicklime may be
replaced with litharge. "When this cement is applied
j to mend broken pieces of stone, as steps of stairs, it acquires,
after some time, a stony hardness. A similar
composition has been applied to coat brick walls, under
the name of mastic.
New York, July 23.
Halifax papers of the 20lh, report that the
ship-of-war Cumberland, Vice Admiral Seymour,
sailed for Newfoundland on the ICth.
John P. Kennedy has accepted the Secretaryship
of the Navy.
Letters from Havana, report that a conspira
cy had boon formed for the overthrow of the
? Mexican Government, and the establishment of
> that of Queen Isabella. The conspirators were
5 arrested.
It is reported on good authority, that the slave
> trade has been suppressed on the entire African
co;ist.
i Wilmington* and Manchester Railroad.?
. We were kindlv favored with a ride on the cars
, the other day into Darlington District. The
road is completed about half a mile beyond
, Lvnche's creek. The trestle and bridge over the
creek present a very neat and substantial appear
ance. We iiiuh-rstund the stages will commence
' running for the Darlington side of the creek
1 j some time during the coming week. The road
' is progressing finely, ana uoing an active uusiness.?Sumter
Wutchman.
From the Block Biver Watchman.
A Word of Wiii'iiiug to Parents.
It is a fact that induces sober reflection, that
I am no longer n young man. But the scenes
of early boyhood, and of nioro mature, yet
youthful years, are still before faithful memory.
I have not seen, it is true, a great deal of the
world, but I know something ot the realities of
life, and I have weighed with profound interest,
those influences that were brought to bear upon
myself, in forming tny own character; and I 1
have also made extensive observations in regard 1
j to others.
Many are the dangers which environ youth; i
and these dangers have thickened since my youth- 1
ful days. Public attention has been vigorously '
turned to some of the more palpable of these !
dangers; but there still remain others, compara- 1
1 oOs.li. lw..?>liao llinv !?! *>
LI VIM V IIIIIIIX'UVU) wi.vi.Mwv, v..^ w
manifest, and not because they are less hurtful, j
The evils of intemperance, in the use of in- !
toxicating liquors, can scarcely be exaggerated ;
and every proper effort to suppress a vice of such
awful magnitude should be hailed with gratis J
tude by every lover of his species. The ruinous ^
effects of games of hazard, are acknowledged by I
i most men ; and hence their votaries are compell- 1
'^., "^ ||B
Q/i frt nrfWfmm tliP nublic eve. in order -to en- -." 1
^ w r- , ? , o u
gage in their work of destruction.
The public mind has been keenly-aroused to
the dangers of the above named monster vices ; 8
and the time is fast approaching when the good i::
name of any, who arc in any. way. engaged in v
either, will be forfeited. But there is.an evil? v-.*j
an evil as desolating as a deadly pestilence^- *
which slays its thousands, and) yet its ravages
are comparatively unheeded?I refer to the .le^, ':f|
gions of tales and romances which are issuing \j
daily from a corrupt Press, and which find their <~. A
?ay into every comer and recess of the land.-*^
It is especially the youthful mind, ardent ?nd ; >
susceptible of impressions as it is, that is deba *
sod and enervated by this trunk, reeking with
every vice. 1^9
There is no immorality too gross to find a /
place in these missiles of hell. France hasemp
tied upon us her large and contaminating maga- I
zines. All the abominations of the French Capital,
are thus brought to our very firesides; and "fa
our children become familiarized with these dark jja
scenes ot miauitv- Infidelity and licentiousness |J
are impressed upon every page. The man of 1
fixed, good principles cannot rise from the peru- j
sal of one of these French romances, without feel- -j
ing more or less contaminated. What then
must l>e their direful influence upon Ihe suscep-' ll
tible and unsuspecting minds of our youth? Our
own press too, teems with publications of this
character, fast approaching the French school, . ' I
for gross immorality. ,
These vicious publications arc found in almost . J
all families. As soon asour children commence -Si'7
reading, they come in contact with them. If.fBgg
they find them not at home, they are sure to meet j
with them abroad. They arc- pored over to a :-j
late hour of night. The appetite once created
soon becomes voracious. Time is wasted?the
imagination inflamed?the foundations of moral'- ,--;3
ity sapped, and a generation of being3 is sent '-"vjl
forth upon the world, utterly unprepared for
the "realities of life.
I feel convinced, that most parents are uncon- ^^H
scions of the extent of the evil which they allow, ~|9|
and sometiujes encourage in regard to the reading
of these vicious publications, by their chil- *".Sa
dren. I assert it, that it visitors at our firesides, ~M
presumed to use the language, or advance thesentiments
contained in these books, they would'' % 1
r>vnr>llf>d without ceremony. And yet visit- .'"
ors arc only occasionally present, while these pub-7-J?
lications are in our houses, and the constant and
familiar companions of our children. Some parents
decry the ballroom, and yet furnish the ; ,"i
still more corrupting novel. They lay an injunction
upon their boys to' avoid the grog-shop or4Jc a|
the gambling-table, and yet they put into their j
hands the productions of Eugene Sue. Moth- . ?
ers lecture their daughters upon the proprieties
of female deportment; and yet allow them t^.aSj
read Don Juan. This is consistency with a ven-"
geance! No respectable parent could read aloud, jj
in his family these pestiferous publications; and jfi
vet many such parents allow their children,
quietly to' drink in death from these fountains- ^ j
of iniquity!
A thousand crimes, I have no question, owe j
their origin to the impressions made in early tj
life, by these works of fiction. The train was A/l
thus laid, and thefirst ?park of tert^Oition that 1
fell upon it produced the explosion. Ifourchil- jlj
dren are allowed to associate with infidels andi si
licentious persons, we must expect them, as a
matter of course, to imbibe their sentiments, and ^
to imitate t!i<'ir deportment. ?
These, publications are even worse than im- J
moral companions. For there is nothing to
check their demoralizing influences. The wam-^gB
ing voice of the parent is not heard?the con- '-*"5
demnation of public sentiment is not felt, as in | ,'j
the case of bad companionship. The evil is ,V J
gn.-at, and theremedy must be applied. Parents I
love their children, and are anxious to promote ?--J
their welfare. I call upon tnem, tnereiore, 10 >. j
stay this tide of ruin. My advice is, to expel, * i -1
without reserve, the whole tribe of novels from ' j
their families. I might make exceptions, for it - jHf
is certain that some works of fiction inculcate
wholesome tone of morality. But in order that'SK*
the purgation may be complete, and even the>^j|fl
slightest temptation avoided, my advice is Total B
Abstinence. A Sufferer. 1
Shocking Homicide.?On theewening of the
10th inst. an old man by tlie name of Mathew E
Wooten, aged 78, was stabbed by one Jordan
Heard, both of this District. It appears that V*'J
Heard was at the house of Wooten, where there fl
was kept a sort of unlicensed grog-shop, making jl
some unnecessary noise and was requested toVljajM
stop it; this he refused to do; upon which Wooten
struck him several blows with a stick and
both parties drew knives and began stabbing B
each other. Wooten stabbed Beard in several iB
places, but not dangerously,?finally Beard stab-'j^B
bed him some where about the heart an<t he
died almost instantly.
A warrant has been issued and lodged with . 1
an oflicer to apprehend Beard, but we have not
yet learned of his being arrested. We have no
knowledge that an Inquest has been held
The dillieulty occurred in tlie lower part of |%l
this District, near the Charlotte Rail Road. - VI
Beard, we believe, is about 22 or 23 years old,
living with his mother and having no family of
Wooton was a man of family and was welf^^H
known throughout a great portion of this Dis- H|
trict.? Winnsboro Register,
The Pkkss of Carolina,?It is pleasant to.^?
think how rapidly the newspapers of South Caro
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The memory of the youthful even will carry him
hack to the day when there were scarcely a half pB
dozen journals in the State out of Charleston and'isM
Columbia. Now, almost every district has its < M
paper. And all of them, we believe, reflect cred-;? JB
it upon those who conduct them, while many ofjM|
them are hardly surpassed in any part of the
Union. The high courtesy which characterizes the/
press of our State is another truth no less well&H
established than gratifying. JB
There arc a score of papers which at once suggcst
themselves to us (for we have been long
scanning them with critical pride,) of all which &1
nearly the same description may be given, vizt* jfl
They are as ably edited and as admirably^ conducted
journals as can be found anywhere. We
ofiiurratulate our esteemed brethren upon the
t$w&^gtne^and style which mark their col-. k
urus as being worthy of the State they are strug- Zjm