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New Congressional Districts.

AS the time approaches for the
redistricting of the State to suit the
new apportionment, public attention
is directed to the classification and
adjustment of the six new districts
which have to be formed. A writer
in the Edge6eld Advertiser suggests
two plans, which we give below
The federal ratio is $4,000, but as
South Carolina gets her sixth repre-
sentative for a fraction Of $4,000, by
dividing the federal population of the
State by six, each district will be
about S5.757. The following are
the plans suggested:
FIRST PLAN.
First District. Beaufort, Collie.
ton, including St. Johns Collcton,
Orangeburg, Barnwell-91, ,225.
Second District EdgeGeld, Alb
beyille, Newbcrry, and Lexington
eO.37O.
Third District. ct.-Laurens, Ander.
son, Pickens, Greenvile, Spartan.
burg-93, ,254.
Fourth District.-Union, York,
Chester, Lancaster, Fairfield, Rich.
land 85, ,831.
Fifth District. Keishaw, Ches.
terfeld, Marlboro, Darlington, Mari
on, Sumter, Williamsburg SO, ,604.
Sarth District.-C Charleston, ex-
Guiding St. Johns Colleton, George
town, Horry-75,2 ,262.
SECOND PLAN.
First Dist,ict.-Beaufort. Colo
ton, including St. Johns Colleton,
Orangeburg, Barnwell-91 ,225.
Second District. -Edge6eld, Alb
beyille, Laurens, Newberry--88,2S7
Third District. Pick
ems, Greenville, Spartanburg-74,
$50.
Fourth District. Union, York,
Chester, Fairfield, Richland Iaexing
ton-S7,556. .;S
Fifth Disrsct, Lancaster, Ker
s1.ss y aF u =
ro, Darlington, Marion--S6,612.
tSirth District.--Charleston, ex-
cluding St. Johns c 'leton, George
town, Williamsburg, l-orry. "a, 1856.
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INTELLECTUAL CHARACTER OF
GEN. PIERCE. Tributes to the high
mental and moral qualities of the
Democratic candidate for the Presi.
dency, are pouring in from every
quarter. Recently Gov. Foote Of
Mississippi, was the the highest au
thority, with our Wing brethren. =
They are precluded from questioning
the soundness or accuracy Of his
judgments. We therefore append
for their especial perusal the follow
ing well-drawn and welldefined por
trait Of Gen. Pierce, which Gov.
Foote presented in his late speech at
Jackson:
Whilst in Congress-, he spoke fire.
quently upon the great public ques
tions from time to time arising, and
l venture to say, that no one has
ever read the various speeches deliv
cred by him without feeling compell
ed to respect alike the high intelIec
tuai ability with which they arc
marked, and the spirit Of elevated
patriotism which they uniformly
breathe. In this judgement. the Re.
public has produced few men better
fitted to discharge the arduous du
ties appertaining to the Presidential
office, than the distinguished person
age to whom l am referring. His
mind is one of great strength and
activity; it has been most carefully
and successfully cultivated; and !
have formed an acquaintance with
but few, if any Of our distinguished
American statesmen who in my opin
ion possess larger share of knowledge
than he does Of all that is solid and
practical to the management of gov.
ernmental concerns. Those who
choose to examine his Congressional
speeches will find them marked with
great originality Of thought, and re-
plete with sound and manly argu.
ment, presented in language univer
sally chaste, flowing and energetic.
AS a speaker he is never deficient in
perspicacity; never dull and tedious;
never pcdantic or ostentatious.-
Whom in Congress, he was as much
distinguished for readiness and skill
in debate, as he is in social life for
the easy atfability Of his manners,
and o certain colloqual vivacity
which renders him extremely agrcea.
BILE IN converse to all who choose to
seek his personal intercourse. His
frankness and cordiality arc almost
Iroverbial his purity and disinterest,
edness have never been called in
question. His opinions in regard to
public measures when once they have
been maturely formed, are never KEEP,
IN state Of concealment, but are
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The RULE OF THE PoLrrIcAL BA-
RoNs.-Thc Charleston Standard intro
duces political article with the fol-
lowing just and pertinent remarks:
"TnE PEOPLE NornNG-TnE LEAD
ERs EvERyrnINo.- The people Of our
country rejoice in believing that they
are the rulers, but if Truth were to
speak, her voice would be, that the
servant Of the people is often lord Of
his master. Whenever it is assumed
by the few, aspiring to be leaders, that
this or that mast be done, and that it is
unnecessary or improper to consult
the people about it. then the spirit of
rcpublicanism is tramplcd in the dust,
and that Of monarchy or oligarchy
prevails. True republicanism requires
that the people shall be consulted in
every important measure Of the gov
ernmcnt, and especially in the choice
of their rulers, and every doctrine op-
posed to this is but despotism in dis
guise. Editors and leaders of cliques
may for time disguise their prnci
pies, to the deception Of the people;
but strip them Of their drapcry, and
they stand exposed, the same old forms
OF tyranny that have ground the ma
tions for centuries"
1t is time that the people of this
country should assert their sovereign
right to control its political destiny.
1t is time that the voters should throw
off the trammels Of party by which
they have been made the submissive
instruments of sclfconstituted leaders
who assume to rule and control the
popular will for the promotion Of their
own selfish and ambitious ends. The
days political as well as social feu-
dalism are passed. We are nation
of free and enlightened republicans,
and that man among us is unworthy of
his heritage who exchanges the high
responsibility, dignity, and indepcnd-
cnce of sovereign citizen Of the re-
public, for the base scrviiity OF a mere
party seri.-Savannah Ncws.
N>~-..-Os--.~~~~-
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that they chserfully acquiesced in
the nomination of q candidate who
had not even acceded to this most
satisfactory concession, and who is
understood to bo the favorite of the
most insidious and dangerous enemy
the South ever had to encounter.
The great nationel Whig party is
thus said to be united on the platform
laid down by the convention. It
may be so, for there is no stronger
cement than the loaves and fishes.
Fish glue is especially tenacious. =
But will Senator Dawson harmonic
with Senator Seward in his "higher
law" or with Senator James in his
code of domestic industry protection;
or with Senator Davis in his abolition
code? Or have they only, like the
Centaurs and the Lapithe of old, set
down to feast on q favorite dish and
fall together by the ears afterwards?
1t is in this way all tho late Whig
triumphs have been gained. They
were first drilled into union in fight
ing the battle, fell out in the division
of the spoils, and have always been
in minority after every successful
election. They sweep together a far.
rago of discordant elements, invoke
the aid of every emporary excite.
ment, and form great national
Whig party out of the shreds ard
patches of every faction which is
held together, for the time being, not
by any community of great princi-
Piles, but by Disgusting them from
each other. Their treaties of amity
are always made with a secret pro-
test against the most material articles
of she compact.
1t is in this way the Wing conven-
ton has been brought into apparent
unanimity, although nearly one-third
Of the members departed from it's
declaration Of principles, among
whom wero nearly two.thirds of the
delegates from the State of New
Aas! "a. :is aas4ls las has 5taaifteu
great triumph in the endorsement
Of oil the measures of the compro-
mise, except that which alone was
made the condition of their ,acquics-
cence in the others, and in the re-
cognition of the protective system,
as we'll as that Of internal improve
ments by the general government to
its present extent. If a majority of
the Southern States approve final
settlement Of the great questions
which have been at issue between
them and the North, founded on this
basis, it will be indeed triumph, not
Of Southern rights and Southern
principles, but Of abolitionisrn in
disguise so fi1nsy as to be seen
through by all who are not wilfully
blind. AS the hero of Epirus said,
"One more such victory and Pyrrhus
is undone."
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MONUMENT Tom MooRE.-A sub
scription is going forward in England
for monument to Tom Moore in his
native city. Dublin. The committee
consists Of Lords Lansdowne, Clar-
endon, Fortescue, Wicklow, Carlisle,
Shclburnc, John Russell, and Mon.
teagle, and Mcssrs. Macaulay and
Longman.
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President Fillmore, says the Phila-
dclphia Inquirer, will leave the Exc
cutivc chair on the fourth of March,
next, with n reputation for patriotism
and fidelity to the Constitution, that
will justly rank him among the best
purest men Of his day. The Dem
ocrats, as well as the Wings, have in
numerous instances, awarded him the
homage Of their high esteem. He is
in truth and in fact a "modcl Pres
ident," and may We ever have
men. just as honest, and faithful to the
Constitution as Millard Fillmore, to
fill the highest Office in our Republic.
He will go into private life, without
a stain upon his public career, and
with the respect and confidence of an
enlightened and patriotic people.
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W" Cholera made its first appear
auce in New-York, or the Goth Of
June, 1882.
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AS predicted, the seventeen yeags
Locusts have made their appearances ~
Connecticut.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-02-13
"THB GOLDEN COINi"
OR, THE LITTLE STREET BEGGAR.
A Story of "HAppy New Year"
BY GEORGE CANNING HILL.

The following story is a jewel. We ask for
it careful perusal from all our young friends.
What can candies, cakes, Or any other entice-
ment Of the confectionery, do towards giving
calm, happy temperament OF mind, when
compared with that produced by affording re-
lief to a family blasted with poverty. Young
friend, read the story, act out its suggestions,
and God will bless you,
1t was the morning of new year that had
iust set in, bright, golden and beautiful The
snow glittered like jeweled raiment in the
clondless sun. The Ginning Of the silvery
sounds of the bells struck joyfully upon the
listener in every street. The air was cold,
though not piercing; bracing, though not BIZ
ting-iust cold enough in truth to infuse life
and elasticity into every one that moved.
There was a little girl, child OF poverty, on
that beautiful New Years morning, walking
the streets with the gay crowds that swept past
her. Her little feet had grown SO numb, en-
cased only in thin shoes, and those badly worn,
that she could but with difficulty move one
before the other Her cheek shook at every
step she took, and her little lips looked truly
purple. Alas, poor Elsie Gray She was
little beggar!
Just like the old year, was the new year to
her. Just like the last years wants, and last
years suiferings, were the wants and snfferings
Of this The change Of the year brought no
change in her condition with it. She was poor;
her mother was a widow, and an invalid, and,
the chilG was poor beggar!
In the old aud Cheerless room CLEANED no
bright fires Of anniversary. No eVergreens, no
Wreaths, no flowers save few old withered
ones. deckad her time stained walls. There
was no sound Of merry voices within the door
to say to the Widow Gray, ca happy New
Year to you, Mrs. Gray!" Heaven seemed to
have walled her and her abode out from the
happiness that was all the worlds on that fes-
tive aay Of the year. 1t provided, to all ap-
no Joys, no flowers for them. Why's
Were they outcasls? Had they outraged their
claims on the wide worlds charities 2 Had
hey voluntarily shut themselves out from the
iunlight Of the living creatures around them
No. A shame take the world that it must be so
for them. Mrs. Gray was poor.
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-02-13
Here is one--where comes another.

FRANcE.-Thus the usurper magniloquently
shadows forth his future policy in the leading
page of the MOnitew ParjSien:
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has come to inau-
gurate the eagle of universal peace. This uni
Versal peace, the aurora Of all the progress Of
the future, which will conduct civilization to-
wards unknown shores-this peace, which will
forever close the abyss Of civil as well as inter-
national wars, will be promulgated in the face
Of the world by the Constitution, the prepara-
tiou Of which the pebiscite Of December I'd has
confided to its elect The necessity Of Europe
and the whole world is a strong power, protect
ing all interests and assuring universal right
that right Of which our revolutions have scarcely
even been anything but the usurpation. Louis
Napoleon has not made any coup d 'etGt. Lou
is Napoleon has not attempted any victory by
force He has delivered the people from a
convenient dictature, the remembrance of which
since IS4S, will be embodied in the negation
of ameliorations which the situation of the la
boring classes imperiously reclaim. The labori-
GUS classes; grateful to the savior of their coun-
try, have confided to MIN their future fate.
Louis Napoleon has understood it. There is
! his force because there is to be found the rea-
| lization of the enlarged ideas Of the Emperor
at the epoch of the peace of the world. Eu-
rope shuddering at the prospect Of 1852, has
rallied to the act of Dec. ID, which has pre-
served the civilization of the 18th century from
new invasion of barbarians. France, the
eternal advanced guard of greatness of thought,
will soon offer to Europe the type of perma-
nent nstitntions-permanen because they are
liberal and protective of all rights. Liberty
now resides only in tutetary authority. This
authority is well founded. No one will raise
hand against it, for it is protected by God Lib
erty at the base Of society, used up to this time
as a machine Of disorganizatiou, has disappear
ed. Liberty at the apex light fed by univer-
sal suffrage, will recreate harmony in general
nolitirs
The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-02-13
WHAT WILL YOU HAVE 2

Dt hA4Ft - w A44AfAhNDAANJ ~ -
After a days work OF calculation and
copying, | was under the necessity of
waiting an hour i'll the tap-room of a
tavern, to secure the services Of a mail
guard, who was to carry parcel for my
employers. Amidst the smoke, the spit
ting, and the clatter Of crowd OF inn
haunters, could not but find some sub
jects for reflection.
The presiding genius Of The bar was a
bIoated whiskered young man, whom
had long known as the abandoned son OF
deceased friend. | sighed, and was
silent. Ever and anon, as one alter an
other, or squads of two or three ap-
preached his shrine, TO recelve aud
empty their glasses, and deposlte their
sixpences. | heard the short peremp-
tory formula of the Bacchanal munster
g What tDlH you hape2 Brandy YIN
Punch! What tCiH yOu haUs| s
And the victims severally made tner
bids for a smaller, a cocktail, sling, or
iulep, as the case might be, me con-
stant repetition of the "form IN that case
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Imade and provided +" set me in drows,
Tmeditation on the pregnant question
What UtH yOu haze? " Methinks / ca1
answer the question:" said | to myself
as cast SglanCe around the murky apart
ment. And first to the young shoe
maker, who, with pair of newly fin.
ished boots, is asking for "grog" Wha
will yOu have? Young man, you will
soon have an empty pocket.
There is trembling ragged man, with
livid spots under his eyes. He is a ma.
chine maker, and has lodgings in the
house. What will you have All the
barkeeper knows without an answer; he
takes gin and water. Poor man! |
also know what you will have. Already
you have been twice at deaths door, and
the gin will not drive off that chill. You
will have typhuS te0er.
The glasses are washed out not
cleansed, in the slop-tub under the bar
shelf. Now fresh bevy comes up,
cigars in hand. Gentlemen, what will
you have! | supply the answer for
myself. The baker there will have an
apopLeTy or a sudden taR in his shop.
That tailor in green glasses will have
consumption. And | fear that the three
idlers in their train will have the next
epidemic that shall sweep of our refuse
drunkards.
Sorry indeed am | to see in this place
Mr. Scantling, the cooper. Not to speak
OF himself, | have reason to believe that
both his grown SONS are beginning tc
drink. He looks about him suspiciously
Now he has plucked up courage. He
takes whisky You will have a pair o
drunken sons,
That youngfellow in the green frock
coat and cOlored 1Ackcloth, is musician
a man Of reading Ind the husband of
lovely English woman. He takes hi
glass with the air of a Greek drinkin
hemlock You have a beart-broken wif
What ! is that lad of fifteen going I
the bar! He is, and he tosses off hi
Cogniac with an air. You will have a
early death. The old man that totter
out of the door has doubtless com
hither to drown his grief His last so
died in prison from the effects off Draw
in theater Wretched old man. Yo
will have the halter of a suicide.
must take the rest in mass, for it i
Saturday night, and the throng increases
The barkeeper has an assistant in th'
person of pale, sorowful girl. TIVE
voices now reiterate the challenge
What lgiH yOu haUe2 Misguided friends
| am greatly afraid you will have dealt
bed tCitbOut hope.
My man has arrived. As | walked
home across the common, thought thus
And what will he have, who, day afte
day, and year after year, doles out tht
devils bounty to his recruits, and re
, ceives his sixpences, as it were, over thu
cofins of his victims! You, hardeneC
tempter! (if memory live hereafter) will
have the recollection of your triumphs
and the vision Of their eternal results
You will have a terrible judgment, ant
an e;ernaty of such retrbution as beft
your life "-.8merican Mechanic.
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Old Time winters

In 1864 the cold was so intense that the
Thames was covered with ice sixty-one
inches thick Almost all the birds per
ished.
In 1895 the cold was so excessive, that the
famshing wolves entered Vienna, and at
tackled beasts and even men. Many people
in Germany were frozen to death in 1869
and 1880 was nearly as bad
In 1709occuTred that famous winter called
by distinction, the cold winter. All the
rivers and lakes were frozen, and even the
sea for several miles from the shore. The
| ground was frozen nine feet deep. Birds
and beasts were struck de ad in the fields,
! and men perished in their houses. In the
| South of France the wine plantations were
almost destroyed, nor have they yet recov-
cred that fatal disaster. The Adriatic sea
was frozen, and the Mediterranean,
! about Genoa q citron and orange
groves suffered IN the finest parts
of Italy.
In I716 the wid ] SO intense that
people Travelled across the straits from
Copenhagen to the province of Soma in
Sweden.
In 1926, inScotland, multitudes of cattle
and sheep were buried in the snow.
In l740 the winter was scarcely inferior
to that of l709 The snow lay ten feet deep
in Spain and Portugal. The Zuyder Zee
was frozen over, and thousands Of people
went over it, And the lakes in England
froze.
In l744 the winter was very cold. Snow
fell in Portugal to the depth oftwenty- three
feet on a level.
In 1854 and l755 the winters were very Sc
we're and cold In England the strongest ale
exposed to the air in glass, was covered
with ice one-eighth of an inch thick.
Inl77l the Elbe was frozen to the bottom.
Inl716 the Danube bore ice 1--WE feet deep
below Vienna Vast numbers Of the feather
ed and fnny tribes perished
The winters of l774 and TITS were up-
commonly severe. The Little Belt was fro
zen over.
From 1900 to 1912 also, the winters were
remarkably cold, particular the latter in
Russia, which proved so disastrous to the
French army.
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N u UMBER 4.

! WIN MIN, 4du taA4 aiAt. - 81
that were slowed there. And how overjoyed
was he to see his mother offer the sick woman
work and new home, and to see her suddenly
grow strong, and almost we'll, under the inElu-
ence of their offers. He wondered if their hap
piness could possibly he as deep as his own, if
their New Years Was as bright to them as to
him. He knew not how any one could be hap
pier than he was at that moment.
Years have rolled away into the silent past.
That little girl--Elsie Gray-is lady. Not
a lady only in name, but one in every deed, in
heart, in conduct She dwells in a sweet subur-
ban cottage, aud her husband is devoted only to
her. The husband is no other than the gener-
Gus boy who on the New Years festival aceosted
her so tenderly in the street, and went home
with her. Her poor mother sleeps quietly in
the little church yard; yet she lived to know that
Goa had provided for her child.-S died re-
signed and happy
Are there coins, either gold or silver, that
must be locked away from sight on this day Of
the new year. Are there any containing with
in their depths such sweet visions, such happy
sights, they must lie under lock and key all this
day, lest happiness and comfort may become too
universal?
Here is one--where comes another.