The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-04-27

If discovered and pursued, the fleet would
be scattered, and the whole scheme would
rniscarry. The funds would be wasted, and
the scheme again exploded. There is, then,
only the small chance that they might pass
undiscovered through tho Spanish line of
cruisers.
The only hope of success is that our Gov
crnment would favor the scheme, and that
the filibusters could get twelve or fifteen
vessels Of war, and they well manncd.-
Then they might dash out boldly and meet
the enemy. But this idea is so preposter-
GUS that l will not consider it.
There are many reckless young men,
who would 60 and ha c gone to their death
in this Cuban scheme. I pity their blind
ness. Having decent regard for my life,
certainly will not risk it in such all advcn-
ture. My friends need not feel any rneasi-
ness for me. When l undertake any con-
quest, it will be where the chances are equal
ly balanced, and which nothing but nnfore-
seen misfortune can defeat. have no idea
that the rational friends of Cuba have any
other hope, by their expedition, than to i'll
volvc Our Government in war with Spain.
will now say little upon other topics.
First, rs to tho newspapers of our town. OF
course there is c.. Of each party. The
advertiser, an old paper, is the Democratic,
and the Journal the Wing paper. Then
comes the Mail, n new paper, neutral and
independent in politics. 1t is edited by the
clcvcrest, sharpcst, witticst and most whole
soulcd man now alive-J.J. HOOPER. lie
is the author Of "Simon Suggs," and other
productions, which have placed him among
the first American writers in the line of the
humorous and grotesque.
A new literary paper, Tile Southern
Times, has just made its appearance. It is
edited by the Rev. DR.. L1pscoMBE, a man
of infinite learning, and WM. Preston Hn-
LIZARD, a young man Of great promise. I
can candidly pronounce it one Of the best
literary papers of this country. It is equal
in every respect 10 the Home Journal, and
every Southerncr and especially every South
ern woman ought to take it. Single copies
are three dollars. To clubs of five, two and
a half. DR.. LIrscoMpE paid me the uncx-
pected compliment Of rc-publishing, with
commentator, my first letter from this
place. How on earth he got hold of your
paper, is more than I can imagine. My
surprise, this morning, when took up his
paper, and saw myself 50 la rgely spread out,
IN paper of such dignity, was most agree
ably confusing. There is disagreeable
thing connected with it, too. Mr.. YANcEy
will see it, and probably be offended at a
sentence about him. I have therefore just
penned an unctuous explanation for the next
issue Of the Times. l am unfortunately
careless in some of my remarks. I barely
escaped being challenged by Solicitor for
the portrait drew of him in my letter to
you last fall. DR.. L1pscoMBE excerpts to
some parts of my letter about Mr.. YAxcEY.
lie says:-
"MEssRs. YANCEY AND WATTs.-We
have quoted from "Ben Lane" the racy and
spirited correspondent of the Abbeville In
dependent Press, under our local head
Another portion of his interesting letter, we
introduce below. The complimentary no
tices Of VIM. Yancey and Mr.. Watts are
fully deserved and as our readers will en-
joy with us this tribute to worth and talent
we make the extract. There is point or
two, however, in the sketch of Mr.. Yancey,
that we are not quite agreed on with "Ben
Lane" "He has no smoothness or elegance
in his manner" That may be his general
characteristic in pleading at the bar, but we
have known him again and again to be as
musical and graceful as any cultivated taste
could demand. Away, too, from the bar,
on literary and other occasions, we have
seen the gentle side of his nature in all its
breadth and tenderness. He is not the man
to use furniture sand paper or pumice stone
where blacksmith's brawny arm and rough
rasp are wanted; but now and then the po-
etry does glow in his eve and quiver about
his sharp-set lips. Then, too, about the
money matter, we demur. We know this
to bea mistake. With these exceptions,
the sketches delight us by their truthful anal
ysis and cordial commentator"
PHILIP 8. WHITE has just left here. he
is canvassing the State to operate upon the
August election in favor Of prohibitory
liquor law. He is quite modest in his de-
mand. He does not ask for the Maine law,