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AA At M *- U "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of berties, and if it must fall, w ill Perish amidst the Ru'ins." SIMKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. - DOEFIELD, S. ]DECEMBER 3, 1 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, .Columbia, S. C., Nov. 24, 1856. Gentlemeaeofi-th Senate and House of Representatices: The object for which you were recently con vened in extra session has been determined. The popular voice has declared in favor of the party of our prefereq. The past admonishes us to reserve the full asure of our rejoicing to the day when the avowed policy of the party shall have been honestly carried out; when justice shall be re-established, and tranquility be restored to the country. Then, indeed, will the victory be one worthy of the strongest de monstration which patriotism can indulge. So ' far as the result may be. regarded. as a rebuke to that Northern party, whose principle of cho hesion is hatred to the South, we share in the general sntisfaction. Considered in reference to the vital issue between the North and the South, I fear that it will be a barren triumph that it will prove to be, at best, but a brief re spite of feverish,, exhausting excitement, des tined to end in embittered feeling and distrac ted counsel among ourselves. Slavery and Freesoilism can never be reconciled. Our ene mies have been defeated-not vanquished. A majority of the free States have declared against ther South, upon a purely sectional Issue, and in the remainder of them, formidable minorities fiercely contended for victory under the same banner. The triumph of this geographical par ty must dissolve the confederacy, unless we are prepared to sink down into a state of acknowl edged inferiority. We will act as wisely to em, ploy the interval of repose afforded by the late election, in earnest preparation for the inevitable conflict. The Southern States have never de. nanded more than equality and security. They can not submit to less, and remain in the Union, without dishonor and ultimate ruin. The internal state of the commonwealth, over whose affairs you are called to deliberate, exhibits a gratifving condition of general pros perity and contertment. The State has been mercifully spared the scourge of the " pestitence which wasteth," and our people have sown and reaped in peace, Impressed with a sense of our mutual obligations, and with hearts full of grati tude to God, we enter on the work of duty be fore us. In the performance of the part assigned to me, I proceed to lay before you such informit tion of the condition of the State, and to re comnaenid to your consideration auch measures as I "judge necessary or expedient." The profits of the bank of the State for the last year, amount to- $280,469.40, exceeding those of the previous.year by $7,418.48. During the fiscal year the public debt charged on the bank has been reduced $64,340.78. The President of the bank informed me that he ex pected to make a further reduction of about $35,000, the arrangements for which could not --ow' be& a die-l--a- t-le -i&0 year. i refer you to the- report of the Comptroller General for a detailed statement of the finan cial condition 6f the State. Since the first of October, 1855, the public debt has been increas as follows: By issue of bonds to construct New State House, $250.000; by subscription to Blue Ridge Railroad, $200,000. The folfowing table exhibits the debt, liabili ty, and assets of the State: - ACTUAL DEBT. 3 and 5 per cent. State stock... 123,407 69 Fire loan bonds...............1,669.868 91 Bonds new State House........... 500,000 00 Bonds Blue Ridge Railroad....... 400,000 00 U. S. treasury surplus fund .......1,051,422 09 3,744,698 69 LIABILITY. Guarantor South Carolina Railroad.... ...... .......2,000,000 00 Debt-and liability............5,744,698 G9 ASSETs. Capital of Bank.... .... ......2,770,802 53 Sinking fund................I ,490,386 55 Shares in railroads,-per value...1,742,300 00 Cash on 1st October.... .... ... 139,625 66 56,143.114'74 The amount of $10,000 appropriated at the last session to defray the contin guent expenses of the executive department, I have had no oe casion to draw from thu Treasury. With the unexpended balance of last year, and a balatnce of $2,594 91, transferftd to my credit by my predecessor, I have been able to 'meet the ordi nary drafts on the depaitment. As my term of office is about to expire. I feel no delicacy in making certain recommendations in relation to the department. The salary of the Governor is wholly inadequate to the maintainnee of the p roper respectability and dignity of the station. 1 have avoided all unnecessary expense ; I have . indulged in no display whatever; and from my experien~ce, I haye no hesitation in saying, that no man can dispense the ordinaryv hospitality expected of him, nor maintain that style which - our people very properly associate with the station, wuithotit drawing largely on his private income. The first oilice in the gift of the peo ple shou~d not be one which the wealthy only can afford to accept. It. is no answer to say, there is no want of aspirants foar the position. Willing public servants are not generally the most efieient. The republican standard of compensation for all public service, is that wvhich will command the talent that is able to serve the commnonwealth. It too often happens that he who has given his life to the public, entails upon his famzily the incidents of a wasted for. tune. I recomimend th'at the salary of the Gov *ernor be increased to five thousand dollars; and that he be required to reside at the capital. On this latter point, I invite your attention to the following extract from the message of the late Gov. Johnson: "The office is itinerant, and fellows the pe.rson ot' the Executive wherever his nee~ssities or convenience may compel him to reside. Thie is utterly inconsistent with the necessary order and uniformity in the conduct of the business of. the offiee. Ho cannot carry with him alI,the books, documents, and vouchers, nor his Secretary. Hie must either dispense with himn, or subject him to an expense which would swallow tip his small salary. T1he citi zens, too, are interested to know where the Executive may be found, and if he has no fixed residence, are obliged to go in pursuit through highways ar~d by.paths. They may cbance to -case of 'actuial occurrence.) The, true remedy is to provide him ai residence at the seat of govr ern~ment, ar d re quire him to reside there per manently." Thme r'ep<.rt of General James Jones, Com missioner of New State House, wi'l give you full informaiion of the progress of the work, and his plan of future operations. I constitutted him agent to sell the bonds aunthorized to be issuied by the last LdgIslatture. There has been little or no demand for 6 per cent. bonds, and but few of the w have been disposed of. The Act forbids the pale of thes~e bonds below par. Had not the R~ak advanced the requisite funds, tihe Commisioner would havebeen ecupelled to suspend all enerations on the building. I herewith transmit a communication from the Hon. W. F. Colcook, enclosing a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Light-House Board, and also a copy of the opinion of the Atoruey General of the United States, in relation to the provisions - of an act of the Leislature'of South Carolina granting sites for Light-Houses. Om reference to these communications, It will be seen that the Gen eral Gevernment declines to proceed, on the ground " that the consent given by South Caro lina to the purchase is coupled with the condi tion that South Carolina retains the jurisdiction." Further legislation is asked. I think when the ,Southern States surrendered to the General Government the power to regulate commerce, they committed a great blunder. but that is no longer a debateable question. If the necessities of commerce require the erection of the pro posed Light-House, I can see no good reason for declining to make the cession upon the same terms as other States have done. Whenever the people of South Carolina determine to dissolve their connection with the General Governmert, the possession of a few Light-Houses will in. terpose but feeble barriers t# the execution of such a purpose. Accompanying this message vill be found a report of Mr. Oscar M. Leiber, appointed, under a joint resolution of the last Legislature, " Geo logieal.Mineralogical, and Agricultural Surveyor of the State." The Joint Committees of Agri culture and Internal Improvements of the last General Assembly unanimoustly selected Mr. Leiber for the situation, and I did not hesitate to confirm the appointment. I have not had time to examine his report, and therefore can express no opinion of its merits. I lay before you a letter addressed to me by Dr. Parker, Superintendent of the Lunatic Asy lum, in relation to the condition and wants of the institution. lis opportunities entitle his opinions to great weight. He is decidedly op posed to the policy of removing the institution from its present location. Additional accommo dation is indispensible to enable the Institution to fulfil the humane end of its establishment. I am sure that no appeal is neeessary, to secure for it the full measure of your bounty. I also lay before you a report of the Military Commission, raised in compliance with a resolu tion of the last Legislature. The resolution required me to appoint ten commissioners to consider the militia and patrol law of the State, and to recommend such alteration of the same as they might deem advisable. Nine of the comnissioners appointed discharged 'the duty assigned them-the tenth was unavoidably ab sent. They have unanimously agreed o a re port, urging tho importance of preserving the system as it now stands; and I beg leave re spectfully to add my concurrence in the views which brought them to their conclusion. The last Legislature anthorized the Boar.i of Commissioners for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, of which I am chairman ex-officio, to purchase rangemects therein for the unflortunate inmates. I am happy to inform you that the purchase has been completed on terws which are satisfactory to the whole Voard, and that such further air rangements as are required by this change will be ituly submitted for your consideration in a report from the Board, more in detail. The Trustees of the South Carolina College, at their annual meeting in December last, elect ed Professor C. F. Mceay. President of the in stitution. His ability and attainments are con idered by those who know him to be of tite highest order; and when the prejudices which he eneonmered at the very threshold of his ad miinistr.tion Lave been dispelled (if they have not already been) there will be but one opinion as to his fitness for the position to which he wn:, called by a very decided ni:ority of the Doard, and tlit, too, without the slightest so liritation on hi, ;art. 2Ir. Rivers, of Charles ton, whose iife has been successfully devoted ti lasical pursuits, has been elected Professor of Greek Literature, in place of Dr. lenrv, dedeas ed; and Dr. LeConte, of Georgia, a gentlemn:m ef well established scientific attainments, has1' been elected Professor of Natural and Mechani al Philosophy. Both these appointmnts, I believe, are admitted on all hands to haive been judicious ard most fortunate for the institution. In the death of Dr. Henry, the College mourns the departure of an old, table, and fa'ith ful professor. Hie was a ripe scholar-a man full of learning-who, without ostentation, de lighted in throwing open the abundant store house of his knowledge, and inviting~ the stu dent to partake freely of its riches. It will be long before it will .have the g.od fortune to rejoice in his equal. The conduct of the students is reported to in to be quiet and orderly. The Faculty are tsiduous in their several departments, and the ruture of the institution is as encouraging as st any previous period oIf its existence. Though [ was not educated at the College, 1.have seen id realized its bencfits to the State. socitIly. inorally and politically. It is rare, indeed, that [ts graduates have failed in after life~, by exam ple and conduct, t'o vindicate the policy whieb nourishes and sustains it. In my judgment, it has done more for the St-ato than mill her other institutions put .together. It is greatly to bes regretted that there is a disposition to cripple it usefulness, if not to destroy it. The charge that it is the rich man's college, is the cry of the lemgogue. Its catalogue shows that a matjori ty of its gnaduates are the sons of fathers who were not able to educate themselves, aind no oung man has ever had its doors elusedl uponi him because of his poverty. It is urged, through entire nmisronception, that it is time to mnakeit a- self-sustaining insti tution, and the examnple of various college4 is eld up for our imitation. Take taway from them their various endowments, and there is not. strictly speaking, a selt~sustaining college in the Union. While it'is the duty of~ the State, as flar as lies in her power, to instruet the destitute. it is no loss Imperatively her dut~y to provide for those who are able to pay for it. the very high mt standard of edueation. As a tax-payer, I protes' against the withholding fromt the South Caroiina College whatever proportion of my wnual taxes goes to its support, if I am at the same time to be taxed for the support of free schols'. Ignorance amsong the masises is incom patible with the true idea of republican govern ment, but without superior intelligence to con t rol and direct it, the education whaich contents itself with the mere ability to read and write. will prove a curse rather th an a blessinag. The Military Academies continue nndbatrn sively, but net the hless satisfactorily, to pursue their even tenor of usefulness and success. No equal amount of the publlic expenditure yields a beiter return. The discipline here is severe, te mental training trying in the extreme, but the cdet who survives the test. finds himaelfnaud fort the labor of life before him. I emane4tly commend the College nmnd these Acamdemnies to your fostering care. Both nre developing the intellect and adding to the strenpth of the sitrite, and both merit your conntenance and support. On the subjiect of Free Schools, I have bit little Io add to whlat I had thme honor to submit to your predrecessors. I then expressed the opinio:' that -'it was unfortunate that the end; which was evidently contemplated by the act of 1,bad beekan abandn, and that what was in tended to introduce gradually a general system of common schools, has been perverted to the exclusive education of paupers; that, in my judgment, we should return to the policy of 1811, and seek to inaugurate a system, which, in its ultimate development, should bring the means of education within the reach of every family in the State." Since the last session, of the Coinmissioners of Free Schools in the city of Charleston, with similar views as to the best mode of improving education, have opened a common school in that city, and, without abridging the opportunities of the poor, they offer to the tax-payers a participation an the ben efit from which heretofore they have been ex cluded. About seven hundred children are now receivingleducation at this -school school, and even this large number, I am informed, would be increased, if the school accommodations would permit. The complete success which would attend this well-timed and judicious ef fort, is checked only by the difficulty of obtain. ing proper teachers. This difficulty is also ful ly brought to the notice of your predecessors, and I would respectfully renew my recommen dation that you would earnestly seek to provide an appropriate remedy. In connection with the general subject of ed ucation, it has occurred to me that some en couragement should be held out, to induce the citizen sto supply his family with the means of instructive reading, family books,or libraries. I *uggest that such encouragement might arise from exempting family books and libraries, in actual use by the owner, from legal process un der contracts to be hereafter entered into; and that they should also be exempt from sale by excentors and administrators, and that instead they should be delivered over to those to whom they are bequeathed, and in the absence of tes tamentary disposition, that they be alfotted among the family, or next of kin, as in cases of intestacy. I begeleave to ask of you a favorable consid Pration of a recommendation of ~the late Gov. Seabrook, on the subject of drainag(. His ree ommendation was the appointment of commlis sioliers to digest and report a systerm or scheine on that subject. No) possible objection can exist to the appointment of such a comminssion , and much good may result. When the report is made, it will still be in 'your power to adopt, jnodily, or reject it altogether. Large bodies or the very best land in the State lie wholly un productive, for the want of a law establishing the right and defining the manner of draining them. No man, through. obstinacy, or a worse teeling, bhould be alliwed to use his own to tie injury of' his neighbor. The public good deniands a general laiv which shall mecure to every hindholder the unobstructei use of the natural draining of his land. I submit to you the necessity of some special legi,lation in relation to l'unds in the Court of Equity. It not unfrequently hippens that, from sale for partition. some of' the parties living out of the State, and others being minors' without ~inhiiTtir-'i t-t BsaiTe oia'-irtis nW and no snitable investment offering at the lime; or from a fund being in cuurt as a stake, the suit proecediig betwee'n contendingy parties. in.order to dejermiiie which of them011 is the rightful'l ow ner, the fund lies dead and unproductive to these eventually entitlted to it. I am infoirntd thatin lanlanid, in such cases, tile find is paid ino the fla:k of England. to lie credit of' tile Acdount ant General. wIho cheeks it out tu the parties as their rigts aecrne; and in the Die:;imine the bank is charnable with toir peri'ent. interest. If that rate of interest can be safo-lv paid by the biik there. I do not perceive why the Bank of' the St:ate coild not par i le siae rate on similar dpoit-e' he're. The widows and orphan inter ested are int itled to protection, and shoubl not be allowed to suil'r loss, while their funds -rt, in couirt. Shonaht you' concur with Inc as to thiie propriety of' legi.,li ing tin the tlject, I siuggest that voonc legisilation shiould also emnbrace fund., in co'nieuitisa iln the roun',s ot law; and I el %c no.reason, why it iright not be Wteinhi-d to nmoney raiietd lv sheri.l's. Why shi.'nhil hevy re n;liin it. and the real owner l d'prive-l of' alli ii fit. It expose them :o a tetiiptattion toi iieclte .Wtlhib I fear is not alway;s re'i-.ted. 'hel legitimate fi-es of' 1hit ollige canniioL ;ide iinately' atcounit f'or the large stums too ofteni r'e dized. Th'le ouitward p'ressure agaie-! the ilet i iition f sliveryV should protypj! t n to do all we erai to bril\- it within. Difi'usioii is st rength-con ~etraon, weaknes~s. Our trute potlicy' is to dif ue the slav'e poptulation ais much as possible, nd thtus secure in the whole community the notives of self' interest for its support. I have o doubt, of the inherent ability of the institu tion to maint:lin itself' arainist all assauls. It thle basis of iuni p)ob'tieal organism, and it ~vold not be ditlieult to show that the p~oorest ehite iian amiong us is directly concerned in its reervation : but the arguimient of self-interest s e:-v of' coinprehension amtl sure oh' acti'.n. I ecoilmendh the passge (of a law e xemp ltintg 'roin sale (under contraicts to be hecreaflter cin cred intoa) at least one slave. Sicih an init ity would stimiuhht~e every one to exert hiimnself ci'possess his famii atlat of' a property ini 5031me degreeabnve'thiCe astalities of' debt. As .oi luultiply the tnumber' who:m ' iegnre the prop-. ~rty. so wall you video and deepen the dlete'ri tation to sustain the inst itultion. Th'ie conumptin oh' cotton has st eadity iin re:tsm'J, an.!h will in a f'ew years excmed Ihc suip' 1 -tao. t'rotm waiit, on o)ur part. of land oii vih to grow it, but fr'om wanit of' opeirators to oltivate it. The deinmn:1 f'or the article being reit er bait the .supply, the priemuth go tip, a the abasenlce of' atl dist urbing cauises. A.s Iong as t his continutes to be lie cage, we must ,no-per ;but the certain effeet of high pmrices will be to stimhulate the' girowth of' it ini foreign -outi ;rics. andl in time to destroy the monopoly ,hh we have so long enjoyeud. The pbo'w-~io f this ilO~monopoly ii the ic -he leimenit of' South rn pros~periy an''td tat hehi ependene ofi then man-10 ifact urinig intteres't on us for a supply of theis article willI contiue to pirovei to lbe oine of oulr str,ntest saife-guards. T he amount of' cotton ow grown ini th tim.ast Indites shouild open our .yeit our true. policy. ITie idea that Africami taves on1) :ly an necesfuillyV grow cotton, is an0 ntire misatake. Under British domiataion. free Slarts are now prodtuciitg ini the Elst, mor' hman lie entir'e cropm of' the United States iin 1821.. From ii report of' the Hion. W. L. Miar i ertr ofState, in answter :o a resolution >Ciogress, it, apears thtduring the year -85 h hipmnents of' cotton to Great Britain, were, f'rom the Uiiited Stamtes, .in round num hers. 679 toil lioiis of ponds, and fromn the East ndies, Egy pt, and Brazil, 202 millions of pounds. Wheever Einghand and the Cotntinent can pro cure their supply)I of' the raw material else-whiere thnji from us, and the eotton States aro limited o the hotne markect, then will our doom be ald. Destr'oy the va;ltie of slav'e labor, and emani tcipaItionl folIlow~s inevitably. This, Eng. h|lnd, our commercial rival, clearly sees, tand hence tier systematie efforts to stimulate the pro ltuet ion of cotton ini the East. The success wicht thas thus fatrsnitended those efforts, will inite hecr to redouble .them. The East Indies abound in fertile laund atid cheap labor. France too, is encouraiging anud stilnulating its growvth in Algeria, wtitha like advantages of soil tand lan b.r. To maiintain our present position, we must have cheap labor also. This can be obtained in ut one way--by re-nnnning the African slave trade. Until Providen interposes and changes his organism, the Africa ust continue to be a "hewer of wood and a wer of water." It is a diseased sentimentl ,which starts back at the idea of legalizing . I ave trade, and at the same time contemp .ithout emotion the cruel servitude which ;;Il exacts of labor, all world the over. There-t*'i itime when canting philanthropists had int j -Ito us a belief that slavery was wrong. .tigation has entirely hanged the once com n .sentiment on this point. The South no leves that a myste rious Providence has-W At the two races to gether on this contine wise puposes, and that the existing rea s been mutually beneficial. Southern -y has elevated the Africa to a degree oilization which the black race has never at ied in any other age or country. " We see i in its true light, and regard it as the most ,s d stable basis for free institutions in the d." HId the slave trade never been closela, the equilibrium be. tween the North and tli oath would not have been destroyed. The.,' h has had the Old World from which her supply of labor, and hence the ra ment' of the North. west. Snce 1808, t th has supplied her own labsr, and has, n sarily made slower progress in settling up' South-west. If the trae were open now,!. persmded that the South would mnot co t to clo It; and this is, perhaps, the beat a to the argument de rived from the mere' ent that is arrayed against the proposition. iIs apprehended that the opening of this trad Ill lesson the value of slaves, and ultimatel estroy the Institution. It is a sufficient answer olt to the fact that unrestricted immigrati a not diminished the value of labor in the" -western section of the Confederacy. -The there is, want of la bor, notwithstanding e9 I has the pauperism of the Old World top p jnto its grinding ser vice. If we. cannot aply the demand for slave labor, then we mI pect to be supplied with a species of labort do not want, and which is, from the very. ure of things, antag onistic to our instituti It is much better that our drays should 'riven by slaves-that our factories should be: irked by slaves-that our hotels shouid be s el by slaves--that our locomotive should be uned by slaves, than ihat we should be exp to the introduction, from any quarter, of a lation alien to us by birdi, training and edue , and which, in' the process of time, must :o thateonflict be tween capital and labo hich make it so dif ticult to maintain free i utions in all wealthy and tighly civilized nat where such institu tions as ours do not e in all slaveholdintg States, true policy d that the superior race should direct, and nferior performs all menial service. Com on between the white ad black man for thl 'ce, may not disturb Northern sensibility, b 'does not exactly suit our latitude. Irrespe -however, of interest, the act of Congress cring the slave trade acy, i a brand u on- which I think it im-. slave must be plunder; and no ingenuity can avoid the logicalnnecesity of such conclusion. My hopes and fortunes are indissolubly associa ed with this form of society. I feel that I would be wanting in duty, if I did not urge yon to withdraw your assent to an act, which is itself a direct condemnation of your Institutions. But we have interests to enforco a course of sif-respect. I believe, as- I have already stated, hat more slavgs are necessary to a continuance of our monopoly in planta:ion products. I be. ieve that they are necessary to the full develop. et of our whole round of agricultural and nwelanical resources; that they are necessary to the restoration of the South,to an equality of >o)wer in the General Government, perhap4 to e very integrity of slave society, disturbed as it has bvei bv causes which have indneed an md1ee proportion of the rulinig race. To us 11ave been committed the fort unes of this pec-I Har iima of society renlting fron the union of ineqil races. It has vindicated its claim to bie approbation of' an enlighteied hunanity. It as civilized and christiaized the Aftican. It Iis exalhed the wite race it-,elf to highewr hop les al lpnrposes, anud IL is perhaps of thle most ered oblig.ttion, t hat we s'utd gile it the ne:Ins of ,expl~lision).and:( that we shidh press t fosrward tm a pe'rpetnoily o.f p.rogress. I have received ' Resolutio'ns of the Legisla u're of New lamnpshiire in reclat ion to 'lhel I~e cts of violenice anid bloo~lheid perpet,:rated by le slaive powe.I.r, ini the Tier'ritoiry oft Kansat-:s. d at the National Capital." Ini the exercIie f a dileretion which [ think righitfullv aupper :is to the Excetive dlepartnmnt, I decline to ay these resolutions before your honorable ndies. I care not what may be the theory of tate intercommuniicationi, I will not submit to ie made the medinm of transmiitting from'imny mariter, an insult to my own State. The COn-. tittion imposes no sueh duty op ,he Exent ive. The usage of the better da.-s of the R.. mhlie, commantds my respect, lhnt it cannot ree meih-: mec to aets of courtesy to those who a':tM gloat in seeinig the torch applied to iiar hveliigs anid thme knife to our throats. I cnnot close this my last regular comnmuni a:tin, withiout a public ackniowledgment of zratitude for thie opportunity which hats beeni itrorded .me of serving the State in may present apaity. On retiring I fe but one regret ihat amy ability to serve her, has not beena equal to the love I bear her. Whatever may lie may o, in the future, I shdil nesver cease to take a lep interest in whatever concerns her welfare md her honor. I invoke now, and for all time to come, Heaven's choicest blessing on her and ir people. 3. H. Annis. A Hav.FmISn.-That is a good story, whaich nay have been heard ini mtore than one Yankee tayield this summer. We hetird it one dayv' hen on a visit in the counatry. We went out. to show sonme mnia how to '- pitch." WVe had haild, and wilted down .under a haycock, :aad a fluehed, :and ftnninlg the glow and sweat of' air fetue iti a comfortablle position, wheun ue of the jolly haymakers relbated the :mecdote if the old man who was always braggimg how olks used to work in his younger days, and :a;dlenged his two sons together to pitch on a oed of hay as fast as he could load it. "The challenge was accepted, and the hay. vagon driven rotmnd, anid the trial commenced. For some timie the man held his ownl very credi tably, calling out, tauntingly !." More hay ! more hnv !" Tfhicker and faster it came, wvhole haaycocks t a time. eloud after cloud, overwhelming. The old man was nearly covered up; still he kept cryIng, "More lay !'mo ha!" until, strggliig to keep on top of the disordered and ll-arranged heap, It began first to roll, them to slide, and at last off It went from the wagon, :r.d the old man with it. "What are you down hero for?" cried the I came down after hay I" answered the old man, stoutly.I Which was a literal fact; he had come down after ha:lf a s'agon load, wvhichlihad to be pitched again rather more deliberately. g' Wura tEsculapius applauded Philip, king of Macedon, as a jovinl man who would drik freely, Demosthienes replied, " that it was .. goo.nd qait in ..,nnn. hnt t 1in a king." For the Advertiser. SHADOWS OF "LONG AGO." When the shades of evening lower O'er this earth of light and love, Stealing with their solemn power Thro' our hearts where 'er we rove, Shadows of the past eopie creeping As the gloom shuts out the glow; And our souls are sadly weeping At the grave of Long Ago. Long A go, bright flowers %era springing, In my path of golden light; Now their faded bloom is bringing Mem'ries of lost love's delight, Then was there a voice to greet me, Full of melody and low A father's arms onoe oped to meet me Fondly, but 'twas Long Ago! Now that voice is dumb forever In the grave for aye 'tis hushed Death palsied those dear arms, and ever From his true heart, life's love chrushed. What wonder then the shadow lingers Ever round life's pathway now, When mem'ry with its mystic fingers Still traces forms of Long Ago? Then, life seemed a fairy day-dream, Sunbright morns, with dewy eves Now along my troubled life-stream Lonely glide the withered leaves; And we're dreaming, thro' the twilight, Of the past, its joy and woe; And the calm and peaceul star-light Finds us still with Long Ago! DAISY. From the Savannah Daily Morning News. RUNNIMG A SAW; Or., loW INCLE JOSH DOLES BARKED UP TIE WIONG SAPLING. Old uncle Josiah Boles was an inveterate joker, so fond of indulging his mi.,chievous hu ulr that ho ofteu run imminent risks of unplea ant and even seriotus consequences,.rather than forego the enjoyment of a joke or a quiz. le was no respwect of persons, times or place, and if tempted by opportunity, would be as upt to perpetrate his fun in a prayer-meetimg as at a orn uiucking upon a stranger as readily as on -ir~ tinnerqeeeo he came near paying dearly fur the indulgence of his mischievous propensity. He had been on a journey to Mississippi to lok after some business matters, and was re urning home through Alabama. One evening he stopped at the tavern of a country village. After supper he entered the bar.room. and took seat by the fire, aid, like a food old-fashioned ountry gentleman, as lie wav, smoked his pipe. His attention was soon attracted by a singular ly looking, half-witted, dwarish young man. who was lounging about the door. The fellow was not more than four feet high, with an im nense head. covered with long, shaggy hair, which stood ont in every direction-the separate loks seeming to have no attinity to each other. A very short neck connected this head with' r-e, square shoulders, from which the body sld down, wedge-shaped, to his feet, which .re large, bare and unwashed. Uncle Josh, as he was familiarly called, was not lon in making the acquaint:tnee of the cbap Mith the big head, whom lie found to be vey simyle, talkative and inquisitive. Unele J.. h :ieeted to tike a wonderlu liking tois new ;initantice, who gave his name as njamtin Dlunich. Den was muoch llattere~d by Uele .lesht's estimate of his parts, especially by hi la vislh praises of his head and shouldiers, aind i likitig soon be-came mntual. The result was it a bargain was struck, in pursuance ot whieb, .aL' was to go with Uncle Josh to Georgia in li nmoring. for .a twenty dnolbirs a month and und." Ben wa del ightled, andI immuediaitely set about omiake lprepairations for the journey. Goinig mote he told his people that lie w'as olf to .orgia. where he was to have twenty dollare a moih and. a esy siuuntion. The m:nlter V5aisoon nioised over the village. int lBen Bnineb was g.oinug to Geor..lia with a nrtlem:mn who hadi hired hinm for twenty doliars nithI, atnd in a short time a n utmber of bi% Innituinnue hand gathered in the bar-room to -ertin w hat they.3 conhl. in regard to the mat. r. lien had oilhy be-oi :abh- to te-lI thlemi what monstrons nice mant," 31r. Bole-s was, the :ges- lie wvas to rece'ive'-twenty dollars a ,th and fouind-nd that his sillu.'tiun wa:s to ean easy onte. One or two hiadn ventured to open a coanversa in with the old gentleman from Georgia, were xious to knowv to what use lie was going to t Ben Bunch, who, they said, was too lazy to iep the flies off or himself in wanrm weather, td adni't sense enough to get under thne shel - out of the rain. "So mttch the bettor for thi.it," said Uncle Jsh, in his slow, distinct manner of speaking, e's jest the man for mue. I've got a situationi ht will suit himt exactly." The questioners begani to despair of getting v~ further satisfaction, when Ben came in with ii best sttit on, and a buindle in lisk hand rendy tostart early in the morning for Georgia. "Beni," enoquired one of his acquaintances, what in creation is you gwine to do down in eorgia ?" "Oh, you tnever mind," replied Ben, " I'm wine. in te morning with that ere gentleman. eati tail you whitt i'm gwine for." Then Benm saw some one outside to whom lie anted to communiento his good fortune, and ewas soon surrounded by a crowd itbout thme dor, some of whom cautioned him, telling him ht he did'nt know but what the man he was oing with wait a kidtnpper, or perhaps he would ork hiit to death in a two-hand saw-mill. Ben began to feel a little curious, and the prty agreed with him that he should know what was to be his employment before he wvent ay further in the business. The crowd went itto .the bar-room, wvhere Uncle Josh wats enjoy ig his second pe by the fire, determitned to be mtisfied about ie matter. After keeping them Insuspense some time, Uncle Josh rose up, knocked the ashes from his pipe. and said "Wel, gentlemen, the fact is my old wvoman isgetting ratther poorly, and I want him to set inthe fire corner for her to break bark over his bad." ' Ben, who had been silting Onl a bench, sprana-' tohis feet as if he had been shot. A loui lugh burst from the party, but above all could o heard Ben's cuirses, na lhe sprang into the widdle of the floor, threw down his bundle, and began rearing and prancing like an enraged eata rolled up-and -but for the interference of the crowd, he woula have had Uncle Josh by the "goozle" in a twinkling. - "Dad fetch yer everlaslin' picter to dingna tion !" exclaimed Ben, striking his brawny fists and making the palms of his feet crack togethez as he sprung at least two feet from the floor " your wife break bark over my head ! you oli drated cuss! I'd like to see you or ary othei woman in Georgia do it. Jest lest me at him boys, and I'll shuck him out o' his skin quicker'r lightnin', you see if I don't." Uncle Josh was talken by surprise, when he saw so much life in tlhe dwarf, and began to fee apprehensive for his safety when he found il took three of the best men in the room to holk him. It was several minutes, and not ur,til the proprietor of the house had interferred, that Ben's rage was at all appeased. After be had become a little calm, Uncle Josh made a rathei awkward explanation of what he meant only for a little fun, and by treating the whole party to peach and honey, and asking Ben's pardon the matter was amicably settled. But it was more than any Ben Bunch's friends ever dared to do to ask him about that easy situation down in Georgia, at " twenty dollars a month and found." THE SURE ROAD TO IARE AND FORTUIE We take it to be s demonstrable fact that no discovery or invention worth advertising at all can be advertised too extensively. The man whose mental vision Is darkened by miserly in. stincts, whose soul lies in his breeches pocket, cannot understand this; and If such an one In his mole-like gropings, should chance upon some new and useful truth, he would be afraid to take the sure road to celebrity, which lies through the columns of the press, lest he should be ru ined by the tolls. What a contrast does the brilliant and beneficial career of Prof. Holloway present to the blind stupidity of such a man. Having perfected, after many years of laborious research and experiment, two remedies which lie knew. with positive certainty, were absolute specifics for nearly every internal and external malady incident to tinmanity, he determined at once to give them a wider publicity than any other medicine had ever attained. His motive was noble and benevolent. He felt that he pos sessed the power of miiga-ing suffering and waging successful war.with diseases heretofore unconquerable, and like a good champion he fearlessly entered the lints. Had lie been moved by avarieu instead of philanthropy he could not have taken a surer or shorter path to wealth. Tht plan of advertining preparations, which ae tually accomplished all that empiricism had ever proinisecor medical orthodoxy attempted, of course proved self remunerative. He flooded every nation with his advertisements, he perva ded the wbole world -with his medicines, and the world repaid him with a shower of gold. We verily believe that Lhere is no possible means of disseminating information among men that lie has not adopted in giving notoriety.te The Hon. Mahlo Dickenson, 'of w Atisey once satirically likened the poles to 'big fag. stuffs, and we have little doubt that if they were flagstaffs lolloway would contrive to have a bit of bunting nailed to each with his name and address inscribed upon iL In fact, such is the enterprise and irrepressible energy of the man, that we should scarcely be surprised to hear of the virtues of his medicines being inscribed on the desert sands of mid Africa or traced in the eternal snow that caps the peaks of the Andes. His central office tbr this hemisphere (he maps out his advertising ground by hemispheres) 80 Maiden Line, has only been established about two years, and yet ,probably there are not five hundred adults out of our poptnlation of thirty millions who have not heard of Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Be this as it may, it is a statis tical fact, verified by the books of the establish. ment, that more than half a million of persons have within that time purchased the'preparationa at the New York Office and its Country Agen cies. Could the amount of good they have efected in that period, in the United States alone, be computed and placed on record, it would of itself form one of the proudest monu ments of success to which zealous philanthropy on thme one hand and popular appreciation on the other, have ever contributed.-N. Y. Day Book.. SALE OF A FoRGER's HORSES AND CARRIAGES. -The horses and carriages of Huntington, the forger, were sold at auction in New York a few days since, A great crowd was present. A pair of long-tailed bay mares which cost $1000, and are considered the finest in New York, were bonght by Mr. French, of French's Hotel, for $1400U. Another pair brought $550. The car riges and olher articles sold for prices consid erably above their value. - Ricr.-An 1snglialb journal refering toi the boasted wealilh of Cape Cod farmers aind the~ prolille quailities of~ their crops touchies up mh, cod (ish) aristocracy atfler thme following fashion: "to the vicinity of Cape Cod, two apple trees and a gooseberry bush, are called ani orchard, Capt?. linreas ownms five plum trees, and is looked Uon as an aristocrat. Ono year they don'l bear, and the next year they can't-the school boys using the fruit, or bules to kill owls with. Great country. that Cape Cod." in Coirk, a short time ago, the crier endhv ored to disperse the crowd by exclaiming, " all ye blackguards that isn't lawyers, quit the courL." TaUE PIT.-The force of language .is apt to be much injured by the multitnde of words. A rcspectabhlc farmer in Berkshire County has the singular happy talent of not saying a wvord too much. A younmg-man wishing to obtain his consent to marry his daughter, called upon him one day when he happened to be in the field plowing with his oxen. ft was, past all doubt, a fearful matter for a diffident man to broach, and the hesitating lover, after running a parallel with the fuirow several times round the field, and essaying with all his courage to utter the important question, at last stammered out-"1I -I-'ve been thinking, Mr.--, that-that -as bow I---.- should be gl-el-glad to to-m--m-marry-marry your aughter." Farmer-" Take her and use her well-whoa hm, Buck." MUsic not only improves a man's tastes but his morals. . II gives him a taste for home that improves his, habits wonderfully. The man who spends liis evening with a piano is seldom seen in dram shops, and never with nIght braw lers. We believe in music, and candidly think that one flute will do as much towsrds driving rowdyism out of a neighborhood as four police men and a bull-dog. if WHAT possessed you to marry that dowdy ?" said a mother to her son. " Because you always told me to pick a wife like my nother," was the dutiful reply. . I@'" LET S woman once think yenu ncon querable, and, unless she is unlike all othei women, she will still want to conquer you, if IT is decidedly provoking to have a flj Ilight on your no"' just as the dagerreotyp.io pulls ang hi. waish and aya " Noam OM UNICATIOISA. For the Advertiser. IB. uzr'S8 noPOSWoMN. Isee that Mr. Rum-r is out in a long potieale letter, and from the two extracts ;wiieh 'o seen, I do not think his views will meet with sear ty response Other in South Carolina'or in. the-ote Southern States. I have less nafidence in ME RnErr's judgment than in his patlriotism. eis letter has caused regre( among our friends North and South. It is looked upon as. a 10e6. P South Carolina instead of the vio*s of a-ighud' vidual. I do not think it a true .expneuto views even of South Carolina, much lesa of the the Southern States. With the result of the contest of 1851 still staring us in the fase, we should be oppo-4 sed at this time to all agitation of the question f disunion. In that contest South. Carolina decided ahe would wait the co-operation of her SisterSouth. ern States. Now, if it be desirable to bring about co-operation and combined notion onrtho- part of the Southern States, we in South Carolina must so shape our course as not to bring our prudence in r question, and thereby throw away our Inluee *no. We must acquaint ourselves with the views and.,, feelings of the people of the other Southern States. We must see ourselves as they see us. And to di this we must go beyond thelimitsof South Carolipa; and minple and converse not. with the leaders~nly, but with. the masses. We shall find that we are farinadvance. Ifearthiny beginto regard us.as some-what ultra. In some places Thave heard the question whether, in the event of Famuores- elee tion, Southern men should accept 'office under him, and the answer was: The best men in the country should go into office. To the credit of the country we have been saved the disgrace of FaiaxoNT's elevation.: Our friends at the North stood by us and the tide of wild finaticism has been hurled back and the South and the Constitution have tiumphed. The election of Mr. BUCHANAN bas restored coilia dence to the country. Will the South, aft,-r. ek'C_ ting him, refun'e to stand by him? Wiil she in the face of victory,, suffer her counselsi to be dii-, tracted by the question of disun on? I trust not. She relies upon his wisdom; his integrity will need our entire support. Let us give him our whoAl in fluence. Let us have nothing to divide us. When united, we have nothing to fear. Wemieit to our friends North, to the Constitution and to ounselves to remain united. It is sound poliyawhether or' the perpetuation of the present' Union or the frman tion of a new one, or whatever may be our ulterior.. views.* Let uscesse for the present all agitation in South Caroina. Let us unite oordllly with gur Sister For the Advertiser: TIAT UM BOlOIITiO. Mr. EDIToR: I see in youir'isseof Ira 9th inst., the following paragraph; W. W. CHEvua proposes.to6exhange rich lands in Southwestern Georgia for "'worn out' fie'ds in a. higherlatitude. What does that mean, we wonder? Can Col. S. C., throw any light upon this queer. proposition ? Now, sir, the light I would attemp(to throw upon the subject is this: q0l. W. W. Cusvaa owns many thousands of acres of rich and very productive lands in South Western Georgia, improved and un improved; and now that various railroads are finding their way through that section, he (I suppose) wishes to avail himself of the opportunity of chang ging his investment and making his capital more active. He proposes to take old and worn out lands, as you say, in Alabama or Georgia, and will no doubt take them in good localities. For these he will allow, in the exchange a reasonable valuation receiving the restgihis pay in cash. This dif'erence you will see, gives him the advantage of operating, with cash, in Railroad stocks or any other enter prize .that presents itself. I hope this cxplana'ion will do you. And now, Mr. Enrron, if you will sell your poor but very pretty pine land place, with all your hand some imnprovenmens (for which you could perhaps. get $20 an acre) Col. Cnsuvaa would sell your a plantation for $8 or $10 per acre, one aero of which would produce more than any three that you' plant, in corn, cotton, or anything else even should it be Sugar-cane. S. C A WITHERING REHUE.-To the charge. cf the Cleveinsnd Her:dld, that Mr Buchanan owes :is electioni in pnrt to --a drove of nhject slaves I, the pre-tly 'lie; i in" of 'te Romanz i:aholic Church. the Cleveland Plaindealer re plies: -- Where has been the 'priestly dictation' du ring the campaign ? What -priests have been. openly in the field of politics i Was it not during the Congressional session of '54, when thirty-Jve hundred Protestant Clergymen of Newo E nd demanded 'in the name of Almighty God the defeat of the Nebraska bill? W ho else. have pounded their pulpits to pieces preaching puolihies but Protestant clergyman ? Where is Beecher? Wvhere is Bittinger ? Where are-all the Bauptist, Methodist and Presbyterian clergy. men wbo have been compassing sea and land to mauke proselytee, and, when successful made them tenfold more the children of hell thian be fore? Not a Catholic priest in the land has lifted a finger, or opened his mouth, to babble in this Babel of politics. It has all been Jeftto these rifle religioniste, notoriously carried: on by them, and now the Herald has the impudence to talk about 'abjeit slaves to priestly 4ieta tion.'" W THnaE is firm in New York, the name. of which is Lay, Hatch & Cluck. The clerks ' are presumed to be all Shanghais. 3W* A nfodern. writer thus defines honor: "Standing fire well,ang shooting a friend whom. yon love, in order to gain the praise of a few * others whom you despise. W "PoNPEY, why is a journey rouhd the world like a cat's tail 1" " Well, i doesn't id Eseiv see any semblance 'twixt the two caqes." "Well, den I spose I'll have to tell you--be cause it. am fur to the end ob it!" )7 Tur arms of a pretty girl wound -tight.' around the neck, has been discovered to be :mn infallible remedy in case of sore throat. It bezits pepper tea all hollow.. W* THEY are particular-in Schenectady. A boy was arre-ted on Monday for spitting into. the canal. - - - . - tW'Amtatan has to do in these daY . pass for a Renius; a to button his coat be hin . and wear hi-hat wrong side out. * W A dstignihedwritereaoys " Tihere~i btnepssage in the Bible where the gir --i are commanded to kisas the men, and fbL1 men would io nth ies, do soat