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"TO THINK OWN SELF UK Til UK, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TIIK NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CAN'ST NOT THEN HE FALSE TO ANY MAN."
IJY ItOB'T. A. THOMPSON; PICffENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, IN57. VOL* IX. NO. 10,
fifl /*">? n* fr^v ia?.ranir=M<? I
2>'Jb!ijLS>va^7 u L^ i-^ U Iri V . 0
My Father. t
1?Y HON. IlKSllV H. .JAOOSON, OF (IKOlUilA. 11
As ?lio the embers on the hearth, \\
And o'er the floor tlie shsc'"V? f?1!, ?
Anil creeps the chirping cricket forth,
i And ticks the death-watch in tlie wall? 1
I roc n for::: i:*.. yonder ^hutr, !1
That groWH liencath the waning light; t
There are tho wun, sod features; there.
The pallid brow, and locks of white !
!My father! when they luid tlieo down, *
And heaped the clay upon thy breast, il
And left dice sleeping nil alone, y
Upon . Iiy narrow couch of rest, |!
I know not. why I could not weep; .
The ("onthing drops refused to roll :
Ami oh, Unit grief is wild and deep. *
Wliicii settles tearless on the Houl I a
But when 1 saw thy vacant chair, (.
I Thine Idle hut upon ihc wnil,
Thy book, the pencilled passage, whore, '
Thiuo eye had resisted, last of all; 1
The tree hencath whose friendly shade, t,
Thy trembling feot had wandered forth ; ^
Tlio very prints those feet had made
When last they feehly trod the earth ; '
And thought, while cojinllcss ages fled, ;l
Thy vacant seat would vacant stand; '
Unwoith_, hat, thy hook unread :
Kff cod thy foot . steps from the sand ; ?
| And ddowed, in this chccrK'ss world, t<
The heart that gave its love to thee? t
Torn, like a vine, whose tendrils curled r
>ioro eioaciy rou?<t tno lulling tree!
Oh I Father, then, for her and thee, \
(lushed madly forth the scorching tear?,
And oft, and long, and bitterly,
Those tears have gutshed in Inter yearn ;
For, us the world grows cold around.
I And things take on their real line, 1
'Tin sad to learn that love is found <;
Alone above the stars with you.
MBSOtlLANV. f
From the Marion, (Ala.) Amcpuan. | |
Palmetto Regiment. i i
11V nvu nt1 TII t' 'n\v/ i itulum n? 1 1
NUMUHR FIVE.
Iii .June, 1H413, u requisition \yns made 1
upon South Carolina, for a regiment of vol- '
untecrs for twelve months service. They '
wcro not called for immediate service, but '
ordered to hold themselves in readiness, and f
awuit the exigencies of the war. The scr- '
vice was not only not immediate, but it was , *
| also contingent: uyud few supposed that the
regiment wouljl actually see service. The
e ill therefore created little exoitomcut a- 1
Hiong the military spirits of the State. It. ]
was formally responded to, by ten of the .1
numerous militia volunteer companies of !
the State. 1
in November following, when the cam- 1
paign of Scott was projected against the '
citv of Mexico, a new rorniisif.imi w is mnrlo <
upon tho State, for a diilcrout sorvico. Tlio
torin of the first service was for twelve
mouths, the term of the second 8ervicc,was 1
indefinite in time, and " for tlie war." How '
long it might continue, no man could con- '
jeeture. This was a severe exaction upon *
the patriotism and ohivalry of the State.? '
However eager her people might be to perform
their part in the dangers of tho war, t
yet uone of thein could endure with pa- 1
tienee the probability of bciug invented i
into a service under a call which might con- 1
vort thom into soldiers of the regular ar- 1
Ml*.
It was a hard service, and an unreasonable
demand upon such people, and I cannot
think of it without indignation. A
husband could not offer his services, with,
out probably a virtual divorce from his wife,
a father without a long and weary separation
from his children, o1' lover without
the painful appreheifsiou ulat lie would return,
if ever, not to the arms of his adored,
but to fllid her a wedded mother, the wife
of some cowardly fellow, who stayed at
homo, and stole a hero's bride. Though
not myself distressed by any such eireuinstaneos,
yet I had powerful reasons to. revolt
at the service demanded. I was then
18 years of ago, and a student in the South
Carolina College of the Sophomore class. I
had still more than two years of my colle
giaiw course ununisncu. JLO ngllt .1 (lOKGii 1 ]
battles, if need bo, in six or twelve months, | <
and thon rolunt, honored if living, or mourn i
od if dead, would havo been a welcomo and >
pleasing servico; but to be made a machine I
a garrison soldier, with uo laurels to win, <
and to wear out live or ten years of my life, 1
including tho beat days of my youth, in a I
weary and unprofitable sorvioo, was a per- !
spoetivo to which death would have boon a i
relief. 1
Such wore tho peculiar hardships of the I
terms upon which tho Palmetto llogimont 1
was called into Horvice. Justice to that
llogimont requires that the country should l
know tho extremeness and the harshness of i
the term* imposed upon them. JJut, to refuse
aoy terms, would havo exposed the ,
State to ridicule and imputations, and her <
gallanf. young men promptly answered the |
call.
The first regiment of June was disband- i
ou, ana a now oqo ottered. The second I <
Kcgimeut was infinitely superior to the first j ;
in all the qualities and elements of tho sol- \
dior. Tho first was composed of militia
volunteer companies in the aggregate. Tho j
second yu? comnoscd of individual volun- i
tcevs. It wa? fortunate for tho honor of i
tho State, that tho substitution was made, j
Notwithstanding tho hard and ohiHing i
terms of the service, there was enthusiasm i
in the eager rtfsh to anus. Tho call was ;
not only fully and nroinul.lv met. but. th?
contout was, who should )ihvo th? privilege
of going. KxprcHs ridera drfshed in e\
nuil ni^ht, \indoT whij/and npx^jr to the (|yvi
ruor, bearing th's offer of companies for
lie regiment, Martial music resounded
liroughout tin State, and the tramp of
la rolling soldiers was lieard on every highfay,
'J'he ten companies which made up
he eomplctenicnt of the Regiment, were
Occived in a week after the call was made,
nd a supernumerary company was rejecLid
As soon as the call was made, 1 became
est! ess in my college seolusion. 1 was eontitutionally
a soldier, and had an irrcpress
ble longing to mingle in the smoke and
onfliet of battle. I n the romance of my
inyhood, I was 011 the point of going to
Mrcassia to light against the Russians.?
k 1 ?
vim now uiih my own country won at war,
ml my native State was called to prove her
liivalry, I could not allow others to go and
oavo iuc at home. I threw down my
)ooks, and ofl'ered myself as one of the
^alrnettoes. I did this without the knowldgo
or consent of my guardian, and against
he fearful remonstrances of my friends who
ooked upon me as doomed to die. Two of
iiy college friends, Haywood Trc/.evant
nd Perry Butler, followed my example,
ml both of thorn fell in the service of the
>tute. TliOy wore both mere boys, like myelf,
both brave and talented, and both of
hem fell in the line of duty. I walked
iver the dead body of Trezevnnt at Chan
litepce, mid Butler died of the yellow fe'CV.
JSarly in December, tlio Palmetto Iteginent
rendezvoused at Chnrlenton, where
hey were murstercd into the service. The
lojriment was composed of the following !
ompanies under the following Captains:
Company A., from .Sumter District, Capt.
Yank Sumter, and 70 men. Company B.,
Voiu Chester District, Capt. It. (?. M. Dun
lovant, and 02 men. Company C., from
Kershaw, Capt. Moffat, and 83 itien. (!om>any
1), from Kdgefiold, Capt. Preston S.
Itrookti, nntl 01 men. Company K., from
Ybbcvillo, ('apt. .r. F. Marshall, and 01
urn. Company F., from Charleston, Capt.
IJlanding, and OH men. Company (J., from
lAiirlield, Capt. Kennedy, and 88 men.?
'ompany 11., from lliohland, Capt. Dcsrtussurc,
and 88 men. Company I., from
Lancaster, Oapt. Seercst, and 77 men.?
loinpany K., from Barnwell, Capt. N. T.
iValkor, and 88 men.
Theso ten Companies made up a full rcgmenfc,
and tlic Company from Newberry,
llider Capt. James II. Williams, was roeotod.
This Company however, persisted,
ind made a special application to the ?Soc
etary of War, which was successful, and it
iVUfi added to the llegiinent a few weeks
atcr. The eleventh Company then, wan
Company L., from Newberry, Capt. J. II.
tVilliams, and 02 men.
The numerical strength of the Regiment,
neluding Captains, Field Officers, Medical
Staff, and Musioians, was about 1000 men.
Regiments generally do" not contain more
;han 700 men. The Companies were very
'till, and (he Regiment unusually large.
It was composer! of the best material in
he .State. A majority of the men were
ess than 80 years of age, and many of them
ivere less than 20. The Company to which
[ belonged, Company K., was remarkable
or the youth fulness of its members. They
rtftlrnrl liL'o l.n.vrllr.o. u,.Vw^lk~..o
Buuuu.uujr.1, ?. .um,
not hers probably, did not know "they were
>ut." Fifteen or twenty of us were less
ban 20 years of age. It Was by vast odds
;he most youthful regiment of men in the
iriny. One boy of about 1(1, offered his
services, and he was rejected, on account
)f his nge. lie cried from his disappointnont
and begged the officers to receive him.
Being pleased with his spirit, they waived
ho rule, and accepted him. 11c fought
ike a hero, and lost one ann at the Garita
Helen. I saw him when a cannon ball took
)JT his arm. Somebody nsked him if he
,vas hurt, and lie replied with the utmost
udiftcrcnco, that lie hud received a " little
iTitch." Poor hoy I JTe was afterwards
"list rising to distinction, wlien his body
iii(l his hopes were buried together in a
premature grave. This little incident will
rive an idea of the youthful ardor and charicter
of tho Pulmettoes. Young men of
vealth, of genius, of education, and of distinguished
family, composed a great part
if tho rank and lile of the Itegimont. They
knew and they appreciated the responsibilities
of their position, the character of the
State whoso honor was in their keeping,
the high and corifldont anticipations with
ivhicli their State looked to tho day, when
thoy should be baptized in tho lire nnd
Idood of battlo.
Much was tho character of tho men, and
tjjaver men never were led to battle by bra/or
officers. Among tho Captains was
I'ranK rsumtcr, the grandson of the patriot
loldier of tho rovolution, uml the compcor
jf Marion\ who won tho soubriquet in history
of tho 4i game cock of tho 8outh."-?
All the dictionaries in tho language could
not givo Samtor the faintest conception of
whu* feat moans. And then there was
l'loston 8. Brook*, wliosc courago was equal
to any crisis. And thcro was the gallant
young De.?flausuro, who was wounded three
timos at Ohurubusco, by a reek 1 cms exposure
of hie person, as an example to his
men. And thoro was Dunnovant, always
ready for tho fray, and tho foremost in it,
find YValkov and Williams, both us gallant
imd two men as drew a sword in the war.
Kuoh wcro tho Captains, and rising higher
ill fltft llAIVltrt f??l d: m
... ?mv vui. j h;m;u jl?i ,
Ifutlqv ^IC intrepid Lt. Col. Dickinaon,
nud the undaunted Mnjor (Jludden. No
rogimcnt in the army had three aueh tinid
officers. In the stuff was Adjutant James o
Cantey, the model gentleman and fearless li
soldier, and Sergeant Major .Sebastian Sum- a
ter, a young " game cock of the South," p
worthy of his great ancestor.
11
It was about the 20th of December, ''
1S40, that tbo Pal mottoes rendezvoused at 8
Charleston. They encamped at the race "
course, three miles above the city, where ,l
they remained about ten days. They were
visited every day at their camp by the ladies 11
and citizens of Charleston. 1 remember "
with what interest the ladies came rouud our
.caino-fires to witness our awkward nttnnmta "
A # i II
at cooking, and with what grace they condescended
to cat our fried potatoes cooked
by soldier hands.
The city of Charleston gave ns the regi- j;
mental flag, which was presented to Colonel
liutler, in presence of the regiment; J'
by T. Leger Hutchinson, Mayor of Ohnrles- '
ton. Upon our flag gleamed not the stars
of union, and the stripes for foes, but upou a
its blue folds stood out a single tree?the ||
sad, desolate and solitary palmetto?a v
speaking historical memorial of ancient his- Y
tor)'. Every people has its national amorinl
i'igneta fraught with an inspiration or a 1,
memory, and its armies go to battle under t
banners inscribed with tueitt. 1
The traveller who has sailed along the jj
coast of South Carolina lias seen along the
margin of the sea, the bleak and sad palmetto,
marking the blue outline with its
branchless, leafless and barren trunk.? 1
There arc few landscapes that look so deso- c
late as the sandy coast of Carolina, fringed v
with groves of palmcttoes. The palmetto *
grows from thirty to forty feet high, and
resembles nothing so much as a tall cab- i
bage. It has no linibs, or leaves, and has f
nothing hut a bunchy, trunk, short cxcres- 4
cncc of blades at the top. The bark is t
rough and ugly. Such is the exterior of p
the. tree, but the interior yields a soft, plea- I
saut and nutritious substance which is very f
I good for the tabic. It yielded much of the s
food upon which the soldiers of the Revo- I
lution kept body and soul together. Such '
is the palmetto, but it has a history which s
consecrated it in South Carolina ns a sacred 1
tree, an amorial signet of her soldiery, and 1
an emblem of her sovereignty.
In May, 1770, before tho declaration of t
!.,j? i * cj:? n I._ *.i i
imivpt'iiuiiuui', on* .i nor i iii'Kor, wun it
largo fleet came bearing down on Charleston.
Without any help, but from thornselves,
the Carolinians prepared to give him
battle. With nothing but militia, untrained
and unskilled, they threw up a rude fort
of palmetto logs, on Sullivan's Island, and
with apprehension, but without fear awaited
the unequal conflict. The quaint and
simple historian who was one of the combatants
thus describes it:
" The island of sand no longer seemed a
dreary waste. Brighter rolled the blue
waves of the ocean beneath the golden beam;
and sweeter murmured the billows on their
sandy beach. My heart rejoiced with the
playful fishes, as they leaped high wantoning
in the air, or with a sudden flounce returned
again, wild darting through their
IlldiH Our wnrb wnnf /m in wur 1
The palmetto trees were brought to us by
the blacks in large raft*, of which we constructed
for our fort, an immense pcu, two
hundred feet long, and sixteen feet wide,
filled with sand to stop the shot."
Such was the palmetto fort, the only bulwark
between bravo men and their graves;
the only barrier that opposed the entrance
of the invader, to the oidy marutiino city
in the South. And how well the palmetto
logs stood the shock, and uonccntratcd fire
of three hundred cannon, let our historian
tell us.
" Such a sudden burst of flame and thunder,
could not but make us feel very queer
at first, especially as wo were young hands,
and had never been engaged in such an
awful scene before. But a few rounds presently
brought us all right again, and then,
I with heads bound un. and atrinnnd in
buff, \vc plied our bull-dogs like heroes.
The British out-numbered us in men and
guns, nt least three to one, but then our
guns, some of them at least, were much the
heaviest, carrying bails of IWo and forty
pounds weight! And when the monsters,
crnmlued to the throat with chained shot,
let out, it was with such hideous poals as
made both earth and ocean tremble. At
ono time it appeared ns though by a strange
kind of accident, all their broadsides had
struck up at once, which made tho fort
tremble again. But our palmettoes stood
the fire to a miracle, closed up without a
sign of a splinter on their shot, which was
stepped by the intermediate sand; while,
on th* other hand, every bullet that wo fired
went through and through their ship's
timber hoads, and iron anchors, in tlicit furious
course.
And thus was tho order of our battlo? '
there, a lino of seven tall ship?and horc
ono little aolitary fort?thore British di?? 1
ciplinc ; and horo, American enthusiasm? <
there, bravo iron fighting for a tyrant? |
and horo, heroes contending for liberty.'' '
8uoh wiw tho fight, and the result was a '
victory tho most glorious fa the history of '
tho rovolution. Gathering a remnant of '
his shattered and dismantled ships, Sir Pe- .<
tor rnrKcr, sunon anu croflf.rirticn, retreated '
from Charloflton, a whipped man?Whipped {
by raw militia, behind a rudo, hastily built *
fort of palmetto logf?. And thtw, while the
Continental Congress were nt 1*1. .adofphia <
debating and hesitating about a declaration ?
ol independoneo, on tho 28th day of Juno, ,
1770, and six day* before the declaration (
f national independence, South Carolina
ad already duclufccd her independence, and
nnounced the fact to tlic world in the diaiMHon
iitimic of her CcrbereUn thundcrcrs.
Sueh is the history of the Palmetto, and
iow it bceame a consecrated tree?a prond
istorieal memory. And when Carolina
cut her regiment to Mexico, she sent them
ndcr the Palmetto flag, which streaming
hove them in the battle, Would inspire
hem with the memory of 1770, and rcnind
them tluit its lustre must not be dimned
by them.
Whoa our venerable Governor reviewed
is and jvirted with us, he pointed to our
lag ana said : "I now nee in the prospccivo
the Palmetto banner floating triumihantly
bver the storm of war. (lo, and the
rod of battles go with you." Atul it was
iilfilled. At Vera Cruz, Con t re ran, Churbusco,
Chepnltepec and Belon the 1'ahuct>
ban nor did wave
" I.ike ft ]>ftle disastrous planet
O'er the purple tiileofwnr,"
nd though mighty hosts assailed it, and
ts bravest uion fell thick under its folds, it
ras borne 011 every hold, tho orilhsunne of
ictory.
" I have been thus minute, to give the
tistory of the Palmetto, and how it came
hat the Carolina llcginient was called ' the
'alme.to Hoginient," and why this history
3 headed "the Palmettocs in Mexico."
The Florida War.
We find the following information in the
on. I. ..!? rm. _ .
LH'ii|rn I v IIIIIOHKII | Ul (IIU 4b HI 11 Kit. J. Hill
hir renders may have (lie full benefit of it,
vo publish verbatim ami lit< ra(i?>, too,
villi tlio exception of the capital Idlers:
Latest Indian Nknvs!?Capt. Mieklor.
n pursuance with tho-order published a
few weeks since, left Foil Center on the
iili inst., and visited tho sceno of his relent
capture. The camp was abandoned,
avo by a couple of dogs and a largo iitini- j
>er of lings. After killing as many hogs |
is the command could dispose of, Capt. M.
tailed for Fort McRae. At this place,ihe
mlians had cut out the lead from llie trees,
vhiuh had boon used by the soldiers when
ilnlioned thore, ns targets. About five
niles north of this plnco, on the 14th, I lie
rail of one Indian was discovered on the
>each, which could l?e traced to the wad's
edge and no father. Following the
jorder of tbo lake, several camps were
omul, each succeeding one seemingly fresh
:r than the Inst. At noon, of llio 15th,
Japt. M. eame upon the camp of a warrior,
villi his family?a squaw and child. The
amp was situate on the extreme eastern
joint of the lake. The boats were within
run-shot of llio camp before they wore (lis
;ovcred l>y tho Indians, who were engaged
u cooking a large quantity of provisions,
/apt. M. jumped ashore as soon as the
lead boat struck, and the warrior rose and
rreelou mm wun * now ci'ye.ilo, sir t" lie
jouM talk very good English, ami was renarkably
communicative. Among oilier
liings, lie informed Capt. M. I lint he (Tom
ny, as ho represented his name,) wns on
ho island I lint Capt. M. attacked on the
17th ult., and had made his escape, with
lis wile and child, in a canoe ; that he was
low on his way to join Bowlegs, who was
U the Compte Sassay, with "plenty of war iors;"
tlmt his (Bowlegs') party was there
pnisitig Compte, and (bat vessels came from
\r J n. i . * ?
t\?y ?vesimiu wuoa 10 cxcuange aminu.lition
for it. In this connection ho exclaimed,
' White man j^ood, too much !"
Tlio old fellow was in bud health, and
ippeared willing to accompany his captors,
li'mr being told that lie would not be sent
,o Arkansas, which ho said was too cold.
After searching six days, ineffectually,
or the entrance to tlio Everglades, the com
liand commenced retracing their course,
ind arrived at Fort Center on the 21st ?
Here the company was halted for a rest,
ivhilo Capt. M , with three men, conveyed
he captives to Fort Myers, where they arived
on the 24th.
Capt. NJicklo has won the respect of the
Florida public for his energetic execution
>( older", and bib unparalleled success in
.atching Indians will amply roward his
nen for the hardships and privations tinIcrgone
by them in following their gallant
.1 -I- ?l - ?*
tjiuivsr iitron<rit uio swamps adjacent. to the
Bverglades. Wo have reason to believe
hat the coup dc main of ihe war will soon
ranspiro; wo can speak with confidence
or the gooJ deportment of Col. M.'s intro>Jd
little band on that occasion.
P, S.?Uy the arrival of iho Un ->d State*
itoruUer Gray Cloud, wo have ii.u'lligencc
>f iho escape of iho sottaw and child above
ipokon of. At 12 o'clock, on tlio night of
he 20th inst., they effected their escape
rom Fort Myers, carrying with them nn
>ld ritlo, two blankets and seven days' raion*.
Vigorous measures are being taken
or their recapture, which we hope to citron*
cle.in our next issue.
8tiU Latbii.?Wo stop the press to nn- j
lAIIHAA tl)A nl' ll?Ql /?v?\ftl'5nn/?n<l i-.A* I
ser, Capt. W. II. Kondrick, of tho Iitileponlcot
Volunteer#, whoia Rooming till! vie,inly
of iMapogn Lako." On tlio 20lh iii.M.,
10 struck tlio trail of six warriors and pnrlucd
it. Tlio Indians, whon discovered,
ailed and snapped th?h* rifles. Capt* K.
diargcd, killing ono warrior and capturing
i child, four vunra of ago, The saw grass*
iwamn enabled tho bahuiea of 11?? Indiana
:o oacupo.
?? ?
" Jon, what ninkes your noso red? ?
friendship." * How do you mako tbai
ffltf "I've {Jot n friend vffto t? very fond
brandy, rthd n? ho Is too weak to lake it
itrong, I've cou6tituted myself Lis tasler."
State PoliticsThe
Wfiisboro Register notices the com
mcnls of the Lancaster Ledger on the Mer
cury'a repoitof tlio Charleston election
and says :
The Ledger ha?, in our opinion, tri lv
divined the ulterior object of this movement.
It is intended to have influence in
the Senatorial election. We have seen for
some time a design to bring odium upon
llioso men who favored the Cincinnati Convention
movement, or those who, though
not favoring the movement, yet refused to
proscribe those who did, as has appeared
in the Charleston elections, .*inco then, foi
Congress, for Stato Souato, nnd recent 1)
for Legisla'nre. Theso men are first rear
out of (lie States Rights party nnd, wheth
or willing or not, branded as "Nationals."
The next foal 1110 in the design is lo impress
and inculcate the idea that they arc
untrustworthy, and that they are so devoted
lo party as to bo willing to sacrifice the
South for party. This charge taken in its
full import, its implied destitution of prin
ciple, awl ignolde betrayal of country, is r
stupendous slander which \ve had hoped tit
paper in this State would prefer ngainsl
any portion of their fellow-citizens. It i;
an indecorum which has never characteris
ed tho press of our Slate, whoso citizen;
have n sufficient moiety of patriotism t(
render them a united people when the houi
ot danger arrives to elicit an actual exliibi
tion ot' patriotism. Such indecorum is noi
yet of a native growth. Wo can not for ;
moment entertain tlie opinion that native
born Carolinians would impute such a wo
fill deficiency of principle against native
Carolinians It smacks of tho licentious
ness of Northern journalism.
Now upon what does this rest ? On tin
assumption that those who favored '.lie Cii
cinnati Convention abandoned Slates Right
mihI can no longer rally under its banner
If that l>e ihe test, who arc States Right
men outside of South Carolina? If tin
anti-conventionists, wrapt in their elosi
communion, are the only States Right
men, tho iwn parcils of the South, then i
the whole South lost; for outside of Soutl
C'm olmn nil 11 re. Convent inn llcnmnrnls ?
Hut it is satisfactory to know that all anti
conventionUts arc not so proseriptivo.
If to unite with the other Southern State
in a sacrifice of country to party, then lIn
South is already sacrificed ' r^hat vei;
unanimity which it ssaa ho{icci*frouUl pvov
her salvation.
lIoilRim.K SCKNE AT A 0 ALLOWS.?
The Manchester (Eng.) Guardian, of th
11th, tells of the execution at Stafford, o
a murderer named George Jackson, whicl
was witnessed by at least three thousam
persons?men, women, and children :
Many wore boys, and a considerable num
bcr of women?the latter in 011c or tw
cases carrying young children.
Within the gaol a mast appalling seen
wns presented. During the early part o
the night Jackson had dozed and continu
ed quiet and apparently composed, lie aji
pcarcd in a state of torpor and unable t
collect his thoughts, or to reply to qucf
tions put to him j but on the officers of th
gaol rousing him and reminding him of hi
approaching doom he became fearfully es
cited, sobbed and groaned, and betraye
the moot abject and pitiable dejection. I
this wretched state he continued tint:
brought out of the condemned cell for th
purpose of being pinioned. His sobs an
groans now increased to intensity, Th
exhortations of the oh iplain and assistan
chaplain were addressed to him in vain
and nothing but exclamations of "Oh
near r uitorea m tones ut anguish, tci
from his lips.
For about two minutes before he was rc
moved lie was calm, but when at length th
knell tolled, and lie was taken up to b
carried to the place of execution be strup
gled violently, and the exclamations wer
renewed, and the utmost efforts of fourmei
were required to bear him along. Mi
JIand, the Acting Sheriff, and Col. Hogg
the chief constable, accompanied by th
chaplain and assistant chaplain, proceedc<
the melancholy procession to tho drop, lb
struggled on the way from time to tinn
with all his might, exclaiming and sobbinj
as be was borne along, and mingling hi
groans with the entreaty 'Lord have mere;
upon me.' So violent were bis struggle
iL.i 1 A-1 * - v
null, uuiuro taiven i? mc mop ic was ioUQ(
necessary to tie his feet, and he waft eorrie<
in the helpless and struggling state to th
ohair placed for him on the drop. Th
rope was at once placed around his neck
and the cap pulled over his head by th
executioner, hut by a violent effort lie re
moved the latter.' The cap was again ad
justed, and his hands were forcibly held
but lie had nearly succeeded in pulling i
eff again, and had just wrenched hi in.sol
from tho chair when the drop fell. Afto
a few convulsive throes, he ceased to exisl
Tho orowd then quietly dispersed, and
Ail-. ' .1 * ? ' *
anci Hanging ior me usual tunc, the iiou
was finally cut down, and buried witlii
the preoiucta of the gnoh
J emmy remarked to his grandmother th*
old Mrs. Cranshaw had I lie appearance (
a person with one foot in the grave. ,4\Vel
really, upon iny word," said tho anliqu
lady, " i thought 1 noticed that she Wttlke
a loetle lame, lately." Tliia old la<ly is
ccnsin to Mis. Partington/
The hoop qucfltion> fikc moM, others, hn
two sides to it. The Indie* take tho nmufx
nud of course we must take tiic othof.
Air Line RailroadThe
Keowee Courier states that tlifc
friends of the Air Line Railroad in that
District lately held a meeting at Fnirplay,
i at which the sum of ?20,000 was subscribed,
and the amount will be swelled to
000. We notice also that the Georgia
President and Directors of this Company,
1 met in Jeflcrson on the 3d inst. Messrs.
Douuegan, RnlTington and Johnson, Committee,
report 607,750 stock subscribed in
Hall couuty, and pledge the county for
?150,000 on one condition, the road rung
' near Gainesville. Messrs. Morris, Vruitt,
I Candler and David, reported 3118,000,
' subscribed for Franklin county and
' pledged the- county for 8150,000.?
1 Mr Jnliti It I?'
..... v vnu *' uuvixouu ic[iunuu \?UJLj
000 for Jackson co. Capt. John reported
90,400 for Madison county, and Major \V.
H. Poole ?74,000 fur J [art county, making
1 in all, when added to other subscription*,
S700,000. ]fycounting the pledgers 3780,'
! 000, and about ?000,000 of available stock,
let the road be located on either line. It
was resolved by the board, that a re-survey
1 aud the location of the road be immediate?
ly commenced, and that all stock subscrib
ed in Jackson, Hall, Franklin, Hart and
5 Madison be placed on a similar footing as
" to conditions, thereby exempting all sub5
seribers who wish to be exempted, whert
> the road is located in accordance with the
r condition on which they subscribed. It.
" \vas> further resolved, that contracts for
' work he let out as soon as practicable, on #
1 the condition to pay to contractors one huff
3 in stock and the other half in cash. It is
' supposed from (ho numerous offers already
1 made, the whole amount of work can be let
" on those terms of payment, and at moderate
prices.? Char, filaudard.
^ Okn. Hamilton of South Carolina.
s ?This gentleman has been nominated in
. several of the journals of South Carolina
s ior ine i nitccl Mates {Senate, to supply tho
a vacancy occasioned by the death of the lae
men ted Judge Butler.
s Some of these journals, in giving a sketch
s of Gen. Hamilton'*? public life, in the varii
ous offices he has filled with great ability
- in his State, and of his service* in Congress,
- mention some interesting facts which have
not been generally known.
s Amongst other facts of the kind it irf
k stated that her was offered by Gen. Jackson
y the appointment of Secretary of War, which
e be declined, and afterwards tho post of
Minister to Mexico, with full powers to
treat for the purchase f ?.Tox;is, which honor
was also declined, ai niton pre*
ferring to accept the Governorship of his
1 own State, which was then tondorcd to him
! by her Legislature/
Another interesting fact is also mentioned
of his having been affectionately spoken of
by Mr. Calhoun, on liis dying bed, us tho
u friend he most desired to lie his successor ;
and that Gov. Seabrook immediately sent
? him the appointment, which Gen. Hamilton,
to tho groat disappointment of his
l" friends, also declined j otherwise he might
have held the office of Seuator to the prea0
ertt day.
Upon this ground. (as fulfillinrr ? ;?!?
' \ . 0#' ""
^ cs uf Mr. Calhoun,) besides bis higli qualis
Mentions for the olhee, bis friends arc now
j urgiug bis claims for this honorable sta1
tion ; and in doing so they refer to him as
" the hist (except Col. Preston) of " the il1
hmtrious Jitic," (CaJhoun, McLh/Jfic, J*rcs*?
ton, Jfni/nc, Hamilton,) who for thirty
1 years invested their native State with such
? a halo of distinction.
There is no gentleman of onr ncquairi
j i tanco whoso election to tlio Senate would
: afford us greater gratification.
[National Intctlijcnccr.
.. South Carolina Cordaok Manvfao
c TORV.?'Among the. industrial euterprisea
c of Charleston, the Factory of the South
Carolina Cordage Company, on Meeting
c street, near Spring street, is one of the
1, most noticeable when considered as an ad
junct to the plantation and country interu-i,.
: "
t voio. uaio IUJIU in no XI11HII llCUl in ploitf,
tiition expenses, and it in an evidence of tho
] deep interest, felt in the welfare of the cotirn0
try by the oity capitalists, that a factory,
u almost exclusively devoted to it? manufac7
turo, should be maintained at home. So
H long as thia and similar mills arc in opera*
y tion in the South, the planter is no longer
h at tho mcrey of the Northern manufacture
;1 or.
1 This Company manufactures either man-'
(. ilia, hemp, or cotton cordago. Itsmachine
cry is of the best construction, unci pectl>
liarlv adapted for its purpose. Its foreman
e is skilled in the manufacture of cordage,
. conversant with its various department*
. and fertile in expedients for emergencies.
; Twenty-live, operatives arc at present emt
ployed at tho factory, producing about
f twenty-three cwt. of rope per day, ofuqual,|>
ity equul to any in our markets
[, [ Charleston Mt.ft1iry.
' Wk have heaid a tall tlory of fin Iri&h
knight, who was once disputing with n
n Krench courtier as to tlic ago and standing
of their ftiinilten, when the latter, as u fintt
ishor lo the argument; Mid that bio nnces
)f tors were in the ark with No?ih. " That i?
I nothing," sail) tho Hibernian ; "for, nt the
ltJ deluge, my forefathers were cruising about
,1 in u boat of their own."
n M VVnat ha* brought you hero, sir?" ai>ko<J
a mutiiilrHte of a prisoner. " Two pom
U^m.n "I ? '
10 | ..uvxivii, jfivnoo y win iiuik)i. "" i 11(1), i
Hiipposo, liquor hnd nothing (o do with ill"
I " Yob, sir; they were both dtuuk.~

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