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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27
Romance and TRAGEDY in Real Life.

Many of our reders viii remember 2 Sc
rIes Of articles entitled Three weeks OF.
a Cotton Plantation which appeared iii
the Springfield Republican some time
since In one Of these articles, the roman
tic history Of the life Of the planter whose
hospltallties the writer so gratefully re
called, was briefly given. lie landed ut
AatcheZ. q boy lie had come down -ie
/ ONO and Mississippi on q fat boat with
his father and his father partner There
his flasher died and was buried aud there
the boy was left by tie heartIess PARTNER
without picayuHe Naturally shrou5
he soon picked up business-soId tickets
for the theatre, did errands, pcddled MEX
knacks &c, until he grew up to a proper
size for large operations lie then be-
came the owner of q dray. then of a num-
Der Of drays. then Of the negroes who
drove them, then Of q small plantation
near Natchcz, then IF an immensely lar--s
plantation above Yicksburg. Here az
went into speculatious. and before tie
crash of b was supposed 10 be worth
quarter of million
Hitherto his fortunes had waxed. He
was then independaut He then. for the
FIRST time returned to Cincinnati. and
sought out his mother and sisters. whom
he had left behind years before. Hc
found his family. who supposed Lsm dead
In poverty. aud provided for chem. and
then came the reverse. The wife of his
youth had borne him three beautiful chill
drcn. These, one after another. died and
then tie wife was laid in her grave Al
interval elapsed. of pecuniarr prosperity
BAN t4f Tff#. = -. d ?
IN possession of the most beautiful AID
lovely of womaukiud Then came tie IL
nancial crash, but though suffering severe
ly. his energy parried, III some degree tie
force Of the blow. and he was enabled "
retain and add TO his beautiful Plantation
Years passed on and another family 1f
children had grown up around him. Ae
was attached By almost tauat.cal idala-
try Two years ago last August. bis house
was the abode Of plenty and the largest
hospitality Immed ateIy after his fav9r-
tie child s.ckcued and died A month or
two after this, his house was b3rut. 4
few weeks more, and a long pending law
suit, originating in his efforts to retain lis
property and pay eff his debts, was d-el-
ded against him, and lis plantation was
pat uad II the hammer of tie auctionelr,
and the broken spirited man removed 10
FlchSburg, Here another child died -
With the remnant ot his large possessions
lie purchased the beautiful 81 amer No
hawk, and run her IN the FlckSb4rg and
y. Orleans trade. acting a. the Captain
himself \ few days ago, the following
despatch was received by the NortaerA
papers
Inrr-v-Trrr Dec
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27
The YANKEE Clock Business.
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A New York letter saws
Tie Superior Court has been engaged
for several days past with q suit institu-
ted by Mr.. Chauncey jerome. IF New
Haven. Ct, against two persons by the
name IF SamueIs, for having c0unterftited
his labels, and sold a great many clocks
in England and other countries Of an in
ferior character, as being the manufacture
Of Mr jerome During the examination n
Of witnesses. it was shown that }Ir Je-
rome manufactures upwards Of five humid
red clocks of various patterns, every day,
and that the demand IS equal to the sup
PLY In the State Of Connecticut, one
thousand clocks are made daily. Within
late Years this Yankee clock business has
wonderfully increased. and Is very profit
able While [ was ia England last spring
| saw. to my surprise, that there was one
Of them in almost every counting room
there On inquiry, I learned that they
gave general satisfaction. and when they
were introduced there, the low price at
which taev wers sold ast0nished every one
At first they brought fJrty-fve shiillngs
apiece. British currency. but now they
are sold at ten shillings each. and even
that gives a fair profit refer u the old
fashioned mautle-piece clocks. with pend
ulun~ and weights. OF course better de
seriPt1us bring better prices. IN enter
pr.sin- Yankee friend Of mine now carries
on an extensive, lucrative trade with Eng
land N brooms, pals, elothes-pins, and
other Yankee-notioas He IS iuundating
that country with those things and becom-
ing rich rapidly I saw Chauneey jerome
J- il Liverpool, and vas much amused
in Witnessing his trading operations with
some Yorkshire dealers Both were 50
shrewd that neither could get much ad-
vantage of the other.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27

The origin Of the word Tory Is not clear. 1t was
first used in Ireland ii the time Of Charles IL
slr Richard Phillips defines the two parties thus
those are ~ higs VI no would curb the power OF
ne Crown: those are Torres who would curb the
POWER Of the people
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27

BOARD OF Pubic WoRKs Messrs.
CrossweIl, Loy and Burns, are elected
Commissioners of the Fox and Wisconsin
River Improvement. DR.. Henning, Reg
ister. aud Mr. Murdoch, Receiver-aIl
nominees Of the Democr attic party.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27

DAaTNG AND SILLY FEAT OF H0RsEMAS-
SHIP IN ENGLAND--3 Horse tn z Usutng-r09us
-JtlulpiH- The t1Jts. tc.-At the steward ;
ordinary, at the White Hart Hotel Alesburv.
England, after the aristocratjc steeple-chases
yesterday week, the conversation turned on
THE feat Of bringing 3 horse up INTO the d.
nirg-room IN winch the company were then
assembled, which was once done by Lord
J9celyn and Mr.. Ricardo, during the meeting
oi the Royal Hunt some few years age. Nj.
Charles >ym0uds, Of sporting Eotorgetv at
Oxford, offered to bring grey horse OF his
az stairs and lead hIm around the table. No
sooner was this said than done, for OF he star
tel, brought the aEIma. rom the stable. and
very shortly announced his progress by a
loud Gathering on the old oak staircase. In d
few minutes the horse was gazing on the as
Sc atled company. His owner then led him
over Il gut " chairs. which he jumped beau
ui-iiy- Nothing then would satisfy the COM
PaHy, but that BE- must Jamp the tables. Ar.
Fowler, proprietor of the notel, fearing le=-
some serious accident might occur, as
roon Is of grea. antiquity, having been bl.-
W the Eat- ut Rochester "a tHe tl.ue IT Chas.
II, made strong cbjecuoas bur he was over
rused aad the horse was led over the tables,
every :alug standing. The Champagne GAS
ses rat led. the plates qaIvered, the candle
stica~ shook, but nothing was displaced
Bacs again he went, clearing evary thing II q
bound; waeEeupon a most ardent 50 lrtsman,
Mr. Manning, st W Neudover. volunteered to
ride alm bareback, and, 10 the establishment
IF all present he accomplished II without or.-
die or saddle. The celebrated gentleman
Jockey, Capt Barlowe. next essayed, and
maneged % make 81 smash If one tab.e with
It's contents. This was only temporary
cheek. ter In the face ola tremendous fire and
tile cheering eff all present be achieved the
feat calamity. It was now time 10 desist and
get the horse down stairs; but this was
sooner said than done. for the stairs and pas
sages icing highly polished, the gallant grey
slipped @h7ut dreadfuiiy, and was evidently
afraid IF the descent At length, at the sug-
gesti9n Of a worthy baronet, he was blind
folded, and thus descended into the entrance
hall. bur managed to break about dozen OF
the carved oak banlsters in his progress
Buci's Chronicle
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27

L- Produce OF ell llH4s received on sUb
Z scr'pt,oa at the market prices.
80 11szzz-ss -
was brave-that ho often forgot his own
wroacs and those of his friends, IN sym
Pathy for the affection cf his enemies and
/ detrac5ors lie did net. but [ do not say
/ that lie ought rot to have moted 60 yoa
/ the same measure winch y5s gave 70 9TH
ers when the power was yours. New we
all know that for twenty years, from lc-J
70 $50. vith the exccpt i0n # a few short
months tie Nhigs, CON 2essrg one had 4
the nation. equal certainly to the other
half N IntclE -euce. II patriotism, ia de-
votiou TO GUY glorious I nioH. and ]n ca
racity 70 serve Il. we're prescribed for
opinions sake. ard denied .3 that extent
tie political rights Of American cit.zans
No matter how great his oenaeity, how
high Lis favor. or how ssrEcns als ncclssl-
ties, the disqualification wa8 abso-Ute Of
every Wing and even Fl eyegy Democrat
who would not av0w himself such accord
ing - the newest rlatfs-.n- All right -
Office. or hope of 0tIIre, Wes denied to
those who would not sTear--not exactly
10 tie tLirty-niue art.c,es--but 10 tho
resolutions of tie las naI1iratiur con
i,,;ol -,iri,r y. -, s,cse5ri esgd ,ate
If - D@,n1c--.,- I.,l ,,-..r,-1r5 81 tbo
eT.c.-9,, .f I-tz - - ~ e,,a-stsnrv
LII -. -. -,.,,..4 ,.-..,.,t,.,,, Is
tae Nicholson letter.
Am:d al tLer 1utati ns - other ar
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- 80 l1r, - tIe, lSll lie Dsrer T5cv
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purpose. aud stern In It's execution tLeir
march was ALWAYS onward
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Knows ID re..ria- eab.f
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{s.+ - utstl H.. s,,-,, ,-,s oloo,-r3
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-. l..-+ - I.,.--7 A., 80 ir.,le,.cf.
- - +-.,,..,-l...i 80 $50, Of ,Leir
o.a7,o vas IN t..c Prez-fsrs-al chair
xv - - ..--. - = -. = tI,e case
-r.-lrt-t H., tIe r.o,c- Is tf.s~s resclu-
ION. ba5 i, f.rt occurred # all the
T.,-oo-.t. 4. ~. l...5 4e.a -rr,oved and
Wits a-.roir.t..l - TIER stead. ghat
ri-It w9uld v0u have ta cossplaiul 1t
was but even handed justgce,n which
3. comueuds tie Ingredients Of the poi
z1ced c.Bt.ce 10 vo4r l.rs" Aud the
vailing and accusations q tLep PARTY. now
that tie, have lost seuls 4 tie spo.ls ap-
pears to me Is mean spirited as It is false.
when in The fall pes=essl son Of power they
we're
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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27
) oLUME ". NU,lBER Is.
Political PoscriPiien.

AA9-- i --3l--@1 Irving upon llc SUBJECT IN
d.eated 81 tie above title. They arc tie
moral drawn b hia from the statements
made in his speech in answer to certain
I Senator's who had chosen 60 make martyrs
of Col Weller and Geu'l Lane; tic for
mcr having been removed from his post of
4Lezican Boundary Commissioner. and
( the latter superseded as Governor Of Or
oEan. Ofe.al statements showed that
the forrer-la 1niserably nlismanaccd. if
NOT eabzzz.ed, the fund entrusted to him.
and that the latter had outra-c9usly slam
dercd and abused General Taylor. by the
publication Of direct and ra,fe5lo false
hoods In brief mention Of tie speech
yesterday, the types made US call it
. '' scattering exposure. wien we wrote
I scaftias-bati It is nevertheless true that
JLe cd Sa-tboiLer" has scattered to
the four winds, all the false impressions
which GauI Lane sought u give 10 the
people who saw lis articles. aal heard lis
speeches
- >''''.- '--'" VIII 'c i'n'o inter
es'-nS as q history OF the eTisln and pro
sress Of what is called political pro
scr.uti0n and lis author. r-r71Il .G,7,t
IL the terrible contest OF lo-9, very
L@TTe proportion oI tie oiaec holders,
!Io'@t,y . ll,- nam. opposed lie re eise-
'" va -A-"-.7. anu s-iP2I'-G the
1-''- candidate, E'en Tor TINS as tar as
1 can ascertain rom the records = the
'-.'17' .e 4'l not remove 3 man In Als
"15-t i'uf ears t-ese were b1t FUR re-
iA''"-7; which iLFo-'e1 'Ae action q the
senate
hear until the commencement Of Gen
JACKSON administration, IN 1899, there
had been 10 Urs@rrlT1-lon there we're no
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27

An exchange paper gives the fol
owing sensible advice 70 those ladies who
prepare their husbands dinners without
ever having served an apprenticeship to
cooking. Dip your pudding, as soon as
II comes out Of the pot. into cold water,
and It Will not adhere 70 the bag
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27

New AND TRUE-IH5uE Of II 7lo eCL0
eat Dle1t 1t Is indeed a fact worthy Of
remark. and one that seems never to have
been noticed, that throughout the whole
animal creati0n.in every country and cline
Of the earth, the most useful animals cost
nature the least to sustain them with food
For instance, all animals that work, live
on vegetable food and no animal that
eats flesh, works The all powerful ele-
phant, and the patient, untiring camel IN
the torrid zone; the horse the OK, the
donkey, in the temperate; aud the rein
deer IL the frigid zone. obtain all their
muscular power for enduring labor, from
natures simplest productions, the vegeta-
bic kingdom. Bat all the flesh eating an
lmals keep the rest Of the animal creation
IN constant dread Of them They seldom
eat food until some other animal has eaten
It first and converted i into flesh Their
only use seems TO Be TO destroy life-their
own flesh IS unfit for other animals 10 eat
having been Itself made Of flesh and Is
most foul and offensive Great strength.
feetness of foot. usefulness, cleanliness.
and d5cility, are then always characteris-
tie OF vegetable eating animals while all
the world dread fesh-eaters.- s.-Hlzltt u7lI
IFeaLtI 81 T. Bentley
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27
CroeoliIe Story.

We had some talk, the other day, with one
T OF the very few survivors Of the Egyptian
expedition under Sir Ralph AbeIcrombY, who
has lived to obtain the Egyptian medal, so
years after It was earned. What mockery
70 wait until there We're not, perhaps, 10 alive
IN the country, and then award them medals :,
However 70 our story. When the brigade
under Sir David Baird was marching up the
eastern bank Of the Nile. towards Cairo, a
number Of stFaggIers fell behind, unable, from
fatigue, to keep up with the main body. A
Tear-guard was consequently detached 10 pro-
tect the straggiers and keep them together
One Of them a Highlander, however, became
50 exhausted that his comrades were obliged
70 leave him to his fate. He had not been
long alone, when he saw large crocodile
waddlIng towards him with very portentous
aspect Poor Donald eyed the monster as it
approached him with feelings Of Intense a.
larm, and although almost unable to walk, he
mustered up his little remaining strength, ami
aoIded the onslaught Of the enemy. As the
uHwIeldy brute was slewIng himself around
10 seize him, Donald, deXteri Jusly got asride
on his back and kept his seat He at once
drew his bayonet Tor he had parted with his
mushet,) and every tine the animal turned
round It's head 10 bite him he pricked it Sc
YeTely behind its f1re-leg, or wherever he
could make the steel penetrate. How long the
contest continued Donald could not tell, but
he thought It an age. When the rear-guard
reached head quarters, the general, on being
informed that Donald had been left behind,
immediately despatched a corporars guard to
bring hlm in. On coming up TO Donald,
there he was sJI!l astTide Of the Bucephalus.
whlch was by this time nearly exhausted
with the wounds inflicted by the bayonet The
nlGSket soon accomplished what the bavOnet
had begun, and Donald was brought into camp
little the worse for his extraordinary encoun-
ter, and was ever known IN the regiment as
the Crocodile Dragon. n.-A0r,h British Hail
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27
Something to Laugh at.

.Sieu0r BHtz az Htarket--1Ez{iHg a
Pig speak. to thc c9zsterHatiou Of an h91s-
est tgrner--Blltz, who Is performing at
the Philadelphia Museum. to crowed hou-
ses. was in the market-plaee the other dav
inauIring for those little dslicacies. the la
dy apple. with which he 50 well under
stands how to please the children at his
exhibitions
On passing the stall Of very plain
farmer, his attention was attracted b7 a
rather sickly-lookiRg, TX weeks pig, and
he enquirel the price.
One dollar was the reply.
Tis too much, said Blitz.
So i IS . joined IN the grunter
What's that H said the startled seller
The pig" says Blitz-
Yes. It's me- echoed piggy
We arc told that Satan entered into
the swinish herd, said the now evidently
alarmed seller. but this speaking out Is
too wonderful for belief-but I certainly
heard it,
So did I, says the pig
The seller was evidently more excited
and quite desirous to sell Take it at
scyentv-five cents" said he
= Did it die II asked Blitz, inspecting
It more closely.
Alarmed lest another answer from the
pig might expose aud confouud him. the
exasperatcd seller suddenly seized it by
the snout, jerked it from the aAamblcs,
and thrustiug it at BIitz said, There
take it at thine own price
Blitz, however, not being in the pork
wav was of in a twinklIur. and the last
he saw Of the aFrighted seller he was
standing erect, piggy tightly gripped BY
the snoUt, at arms length-DJL Neirs
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27


4 Day PARsoN, and q go9d judce Of
ellIuia0us Braudy-An autLc,Ilc 0cj-
des1t-N hat vast difference education
association and habit, makes among men
Of all sorts and sizes, trades and profes
sions. How very few are the evils of So
cieiy which are SO regarded by al how
much of every thing, especially of opiuI-
on. takes its color from the eve of the OBJ
server, with reference TO the real nature
Of the thing But we don't intend to
write an essay, but merely to tell an an
ecd0te to illustrate what we have been
saying-an anecd5te which has at least
the merit Of authenticity. and q small spe-
cies Of droilery
Several years ago. two English Clergy
men. Of the society of . Independents, -
a. the Congregati0uaIists are termed in
England came as delegates from the home
churches to the churches III the United
States. for the purpose Of inquiry respect
ing the religious condition Of the New
World Both Of them were persons en-
;neat for learning and piety, but neither
Of them had heard anything ot temper
auce organizations per s. and though Of
good personal habits. they were By no
means teet0talcrs being In short very
much IN this respect ike the American
clergy thirty years aE3. One of them
stopped some weeks with 4 distinguished
Presbyterian divine IN Philadelphia, a
strong total abstinence man. and "a violent
hatcr of gr9g in all It's forms The Eng
lishman getting nothing to drink at the
table Of his host, and feeling the need Of
something went out. one day to the near
est -in SHOP ard Helped himself On re-
turning to the house Of his friend, he ad-
dressed him IS follows. My dear brother,
what sort of . shop. may ask-what sort
Of house IS that about the c3ruer2
l don't know what house you refer To
said the ot.er
Why sort of ale house, you know,
just about the corner"
Why SIT, said the Philadelphian. look
ing rather surprised at the question, why
sir, that's the lowest .grQg slap in the ci-
ty Pr
s. Indeed ~ said the phlegmatie Eng
lishman. well 1 thought so from the bad
quality Of the brandy they keep there
l am astonisheI' said the other. in
unfeigned amazament, that you should
visit house Of that description
Well for tie matter. So am rather
replied the Englt~hman, " but being a
stranger in town, you know l could not
readily find q better bat with the know
ledge l have of their villainous brandy. [
shau't 20 there again, though to say the
truth, it looked weu enough for a respect
able house
The Phi.adelphian at once saw that the
man would never understand him-gave
. deep sieh-aud turned the discourse to
other matters - By4tyl5 P1St.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27

- The Salem Freeman says that the
man who offers 4 bet Of i've thousand dol
lars on Paine invention Is said = b 2
journey man printer
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27
CRfH-FoRD . P.7RRIS.

CRIH-EORD q P.7RRIS.
Afsalcl< az Lu.r d- L1na I1ruts
fItERiL POINT WIS:
MILL -se prompt attention 10 all business EN-
---e-3 -o ,4eas. Laa} Warrants. guaranteed
s. 3 genuine tar sale II lowest market prices
-4vfz zL cttEyE EaHu. ALBEHT a. PARRIs-
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-02-27

All advertisements considered bv the square
until ordered out
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-07-24
THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON D. C. JULY a. 1851

dying in the faith Of Christ, or giving up the
ghost, without hope and without God
Young has said" Men may liUs fools, hut fools
they cannot die I" a saying which, because II was
placed in the form of an epigrsm, has become a
prOverb and one in direct conflict with the ex.
perience Of the world and the truth Of Gods
word, which teaches us that in the case of many
wicked, 4" they hare no bands IN their dtatLn
1t is question which is often asked, when we
hear Of the death of one with whom we have held
the relations Of social life-"In what frame of
mind did he die2p And around the closing
hours of life there is centered the deepest con-
Germ in those who survive. This book is an in.
structive bOok-a book which cannot be laid down
without sentiment Of anxious interest to our
selves We all must die-how will it be with us +?
Shall we see the heavens opening, and Christ
standing on the right hand Of the Throne of God,
as our Saviour; or shall we de and giue no
sign ~ Such are the natural whisperings Of con-
science, and these are heard in all the various
pursuits and empOyments of life when we
walk, and when sit in the market-place and by
| the wsy-side. II is a question we'll worth being
pondered we'll Those die the death Of the
righteous who live the life Of the righteous; and
the best test Of our future destiny is the entire
testimony Of q whole life
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Convention at Columbia, on the LIST Monday of
December-they also instruct the members Of the
Legislature from Greenville to oppose the call of
a secession Convention, course they recommend
every district, parish, and neighbOrhood, in the
State, to pursue they also instruct them to urge
an alteration Of the State Constitution so as to
have electors Of President and Vice President
elected by the people, and allowing more equal
representation in the Legislature. They further
demand, that II secession be determined upon, it
shall be submitted TO the ratification Of the peo-
pie, or else treated as a nullity
Letters were received and read from Mr.. Poin-
sett w. J. GraysOn, Samuel Henry Dickson,
VIM C. Preston, and VIM. W. Boyce, Esos, and
Judge John Bolton 0'Neal
The Hon VIM. c. Preston makes use Of the
following strong language in his letter
Ii is impossible, gentlemen, even from my very
secluded position, not 10 look with the profoundest
concern upon the attitude into which our State
has been constrained by the course of the Gene.
raj Government-sn attitude requiring her ut
most energy, fortitude, and discretion
"a desperate grievance would seem to autho-
rize desperate remedy, and yet think not one
80 distinctive, so suicidal, as separate State seces-
sion. Our cause is that Of the South, the whole
South, and in my judgment neither policy nor
honor fair dealing or safety justify us in narrow
ing it down to a mere local concern.
1.-THE problem to be worked out is, what is eff
eient and not reckless. There is sometimes as
much true courage in declining desperate adven-
ture as in perishing in it."
These proceedings give evidence that the peo-
pie Of South Carolina, are becoming tired Of the
rule of the slavehOlding Ohgarchy which has sc
long controlled the politics of that State A,
further evidence of the growing opposition to Sc
cessiOn in this State, we copy the following
81. D. Witherspoon, Senator from York c
w. Dudley, Senator from Marlborough and d
J. McCord, an eminent lawyer Of Columbia, anC
son.in-law Of Langdon Cheves, have writer
strong letters against the policy Of separate STATE
action They regard withdrawal from the Unior
as eminently dangerous to Southern institutions
and destructive Of the commercial prosperity o.
the State"
Let those whose fears have been excited by The
threats of disuniOn," " secession war TO tn,
last extremity &c, ponder on these indications
and Judge whether South Carolina, with all thes,
evils staring her in the face and majority Of hei
own people opposing secession, is 50 demented a
to persist in this ruinous measure