Democratic banner., 1849-01-29
Mr.. CALHOUN,


This distinguished statesman, was at Co.
lumbia,aS 8. c., on the 9TH inst, and was to
leave next day for Washington. While in
Columbia, he visited the State Legislature,
and was received with great courtesy. lie
also visited the College, and was received
by the students with much enthusiasm.-
Long before the hour appointed for his re-
ception, the. Chapel was densely ~thronged
by persons assembled to witness the inter-
esting ceremony. Mr.. Calhoun entered
the Chapel, leaning on the arm of Hon.
VIM. G. Preston, the. gifted President of the
College. As soon as he was seated, and the
applause which greeted his entrance had
subsidized, one Of the students welcomed
him In q brief address, in which he allud-
ed to the slavery question. We make the
following extract from Mr.. Calhoun's reply
as given in the Columbia Telegraph
"You, sir, have alluded TO the crisis now
most certainly approaching-which is your
duty to be prepared to meet. During the
term of my life, its end may not be-bu,
you are young, and must expect, therefore,
to take part in the struggle, which ma,
come-and a tremendous one it must be
pregnant with mighty consequences. A.
gain, then, | repeat, be diIligent in the &C.
QUESTION of knowledge, that you may be.
come good citizens, able and ready to pro
tect the Constitution of this Union by as
serting and maintaining at aHhazards, tn,
rights of the South, and the dignity an.
honor of all its citizens"
To FARMERs.-Mr. Trumbull, of Green
field, in this county informs us that he acct
dentally discovered a preventative for tn,
destruction Of his confeIds the past sea
SON. 1t is as follows:
lie went to his field with his seed-corI
in a pail, in which had been salt, and th,
morning after planting his outside rows, dis
covered the ground strewed with Aripe,
squirrels, or ctip-mucks, as they are call
ed, dead. He Immediately informed hi
%neighbors, who soaked the corn they plant
ed in the outside rows, in salt, and the re
suit was the destruction of all these ami
mails in the neighborhood. He lost no NOR
corn from this cause. The prevention i
worth the tTial.-[Free Press.
DISTANCES FROM SANDY HOOK, N. YoRE
To-S4E FRANcIsco.-From Sandy Hook {
Charleston Bar, 1914 miles; to Savannah
$50; Havana 1860 Balize, l77I :from Ha
vana to Charges, lO4s; New York to Char
ges, 230S Charges to Panama, so; Pana
ma TO Rio Rialjo, 700; Panama to Acapul
GO, 1900, Panama to Mazatlan, 1000 Pa
mama to San Francisco, 5000; New Yor
70 San Francisco via Cape Horn, 1900.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the new
President elect of France, is a nephew t
the great Emperor Napoleon. He was Dor
in 1905, and consequently is at this time
40 years of age. In 1916, when the I'm
pefial family were driven from France
Hortense fed with her two sons 10 Switzer
land, where Prince Louis received a militia
Tyeddcstion..i He remained quiet there til
1880 whsn,C with his elder brother, lie wen
to Italy, and became connected with til
political agitation of that country. iBeip,
directed TO quit the kingdom, he retired a
gain 70 Switzerland, Where he publishe,
several gN works o. military and, political sub
In October, 1886, lie mad. a revOlutionaa
attslhptakS tiasbsutg,fb y securing the off
GERS Of that strongly fortified townto hi