The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-26
Charleston, =. C..

CHARLESTON, D u, NOV Zz, IcAz
Politics Of South Carolina-the NeWspdpgs-Mc-
DuGe-Cotton 1rade-State9 The Peopie-LiRy
the Prize Fighter
DEAR SIR
Your advertisement offering the "Herald" for
sale reached us, TO a vulgar expression in the
very nick OF time, when we wanted something TO
excite us, and afforded prolific topic of converse
ton until your subsequent announcement informed
the world that you had relingushed the idea of
selling. 1t was not a little amusing, assure you,
hear the grave discussions that grew out of that
said advertisement. Some gave it as their decided
opinion that you were only hoaxing the public:
others that You had some hidden and mysterious
object In view, and that there certainly was more
IN II than met the eye; others again were quite
that you had amassed fortune, and intended for
the future 10 enjoy In undlsturbed tranquility an
ot,"n cum dignitafe,. enlightened by good Mer.
schaum and old Madeira, while another class more
saplent, suppose you will agree. than all the rest,
wondered what the devil we should do without you.
and where we should never find another capable of
supplying the vacuum made among the editorial fra
ternlty by the exit OF your incompatible self.
This II is to occupy large space in the public
eye, and surely your vanity must be Unsuitable in
deed IT 1t Is not gratled TO loathing by the vast i'm
portance everywhere attached TO your movements.
Speculation IS at an end with regard TO the future
fate of the Herald" and its presiding Spirit we
have again lapsed into state of quescence and re-
pose, only occasionally disturbed by ell. ction re.
turns from Massachusetts, and New York Our
public journals partake of the dull apathetic spirit
or rather character of the tines and pour forth no.
thing calculated either to instruct or excite
Since the prospects OF Mr. Calhoun have assumed
so bright hue the " Courier seems TO have taken
rather neutral ground, and will probably occupy
that position during the pending contest for the Pre-
sldency.
The Mercury-but word or two about the Mer-
curry. The senior editor OF that Journal is a bril-
fellow. 90 and oh ale huto
that we should say So sadly under the influence of
certain family, who have been moving heaven
and earth to appropriate to themselves one seat in
the Senate, and two in the House of Representatives
in the Congress of the United States. In fact so no.
torious and obvious has this state fittings become
that without change, the Mercury must soon cease
to be regarded as the exponent of the Democratic
party IN this city, and must be content occupy the
humble station Of mere puppet in the hands of a
selfish and aspiring quartette. Mr.. McDuffie goes
to the Senate IN the place of Preston, who can never
again rise in South Carolina. This arrangement
while II will give great satisfaction to the party in
this State, will fail to satisfy the aforesaid gentle
men who regulate the movements of the Mercury
and who regard with an evil eye every thing WI ich
at all nterferes with their appropriation of the loaves
and fishes of office.
The weather here is now extremely cold, raw
and disagreeabe, unusually so for the season of the
year The Legislature meets on Monday next -
Nothing OF importance to come before them except
the election OF Senator and districting the State.
Businesses matters are rather dlscouraging Cot
TOMS accumuatlng in large quantities the harris
but prices are so low that planters are unwilling
sell and even hs ihey were willing to make the saes
the Cotton market, parazes the whole of our do
nestle trade. The planters are generally SO much
IN debt, that II requires their whole surplus to meet
those demands which press with the greatest urgen-
cy leaving nothing for new purchases and there is
but little disposition to sell credit. There is one
fact connected with the packing of cotton this sea-
son that l. OF some interest, and that is the large
quantity packed IN basgng made OF cotton. This
article is now made in large quantities in this State
and bids fair to supercede the hemp baggng altoge-
Their. So that uriCarolnalmannfacu ers, after all,
are making some use of the tariff of per yard
on hemp bagging. In few years South Carolina
will be as much in favor of reasonable tariff as any
other manufacturing State. If the people of this
State are obstinate about some things they have at
least In this city, one of the highest of the virtues to
counterbalance, and that ls-patience. Ii is hardly
TO be credited how much endurance enters into the
composition OF our good people here. Interrupt
their commerce, blow up their steamboats,, break
down their railroads, flood the community with
which are neither fish, flesh nor good red herring :"
or stop their mails, and it is all the same. They
seem t" take every thing as the Turk takes the bas
years we have not had ten -ecutve regular mails
Day after day-year in and year out, the same ever
lasting notices are stuck up in the Post o.ce-" no
mond," "no northern mall and this perhaps for 8
or days In succession and then they all come tumb.
ling in together No other community in the civil
zed werld, would stand such constant interruptions
in their correspondence.
There was little fun in the streets night or two
ago, in the shape Of row between parcel OF the
medical Students and sett of our "kno k down
and drag out" fellows, in which heads were crack
ed,and noses tapped in great style The medicos had
the best of it; although it said that Lilly was
seen among their opponents. He was recognized,
II is said, by some who saw him here year or two
since. The Mayor and City Guard finally dispersed
the mob. ARHLAY