The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-01-31
State Agricultural Paber.

The Laurensvillc Herald of the 95tli inst;
throws out some practical hints with refer
ence to the establishment of this paper ut
Columbia. The Executive Committee have
advertised for proposals to publish the pa.
per, and the Herald thinks, from the terms
imposed, that the publication is bound to go
into one of the printing offices in Columbia.
The paper is TO be printed i'll Columbia with
new material. Like the Her"id, we arpre-
hend that the uncertainty of holding the
situation for any length of time, with the
heavy expense at the outset, will render it
unsafe for any printer to undertake the job,
who has not an office already established in
Columbia.
The views of the Herald with reference
to the selection of an Editor for this Jour-
nal, corresponds so nearly with our own,
that we copy them in full, with our un-
qualified endorsement:
"Thcrc is another matter in this conncc-
ton which the Executive Committee should
well and truly ponder on-thc selection of
its Editor. 1t is not every cnlmbic man that
can make the paper succeed; nor will the
fact that it is the Socic,y's organ make it
acceptable to all its members, much less to
those who are not SO identified with it. The
publication of that paper should be rs call
tiously entered upon as if it was an in,livil-
ual enterprise; and should bc made, as we
believe it can with proper management. IL
source of revenue, and not an incubus to
the Society.
"TI,e Editor should be selected rs well
for Ills moral and social qualifications rs for
his intellectual, and, if possible, should not
be identified, prominently, with any polti-
cal party.
"We have presumed to throw out these
suggestions from no desire to Interfere with
the prerogative of the Committee, or to
cmbarrass their operations, but we firmly
believe the organ of the Society will be
more potent in sustaining the Society, if it
is conducted properly, than aI the indivi.l-
nal members combined, while, on the other
hand, should it not be accrp p.able to the
people, it would he great llinI,ancc to it's
prosperity. Our individual opinion of the
requirements Of an Editor of such a Jour
nal is-he Should be Il man Of popularity,
rs Farmer aud Planter, in whom alI, from
the weaIthicst and most intelligent Planter
to the poorest and most ignorant man in
the State, can rely upon and respect, and
who i'll turn is capable OF compr.hcn.!ing
the most scientific ideas of Agriculture, or
bring his mind dotum and write for the ca
pacities of minds of the most limited cul-
turc. a truly scientific Agricultural Jour
nal will not succeed in this State, for there
arc not ii sufficient number of scientific
men IN any three States to support it, while
it is of no interest, because almost unintcl-
ligbic, to any other class and us the State
is the most liberal contributor to the Spci-
city, we see no justice in paying a salary of
800 to- man to write for the smaller
por;'on of its citizens, when the Society
was organized for the benefit of all classcs.' -
The Peace Pamphlet of RusS;nn Or;gin.
The French pamphlet proposing gen
era! Congress for the !,aciiic:.tion of Europe.
has failed i'll exciting any sensation here, ms it
Is well known that, SO far from being the
production Of a French statesman, and
emanaing from an otlicia! quarter, IL ix
no hug more than II wnrh Of Rusxiun or;-
gin, and writtrn IN The Ruysiun interest,"
Looked at from this point Of view, many
parts OF the pamphlet which at first ap-
pearcd dark and mysterious, become plain
and clear, and the views of the author NAV
be defined as follows: by conuring up the
f"ta mo'yon" Of an alliance between Rus
and France, he evidently seeks to sou tie
seeds y dtsfr"st "gnin$t Tie hfirr I'omr,.
IN The British Cnbinet and nation-o Dis
trust acAich HA"s been the policy Of Russia,
from the vcry 6eginniny of the aeor, to
create by c"e'y i"sidious means IN her ,,pmer.
Secondly, to frighten the German Powers.
and especially the lesser ones, out of the
idea of an approachment to, or eventually
obtaining support from, France, by point
ing out the danger of their getting between
two fires. Lastly, lie attempts to worI; on
the vanity of Louis Napoleon anl the
French nation by the tlattcrng notion of
affecting to disclaim, on the Part of Russia,
setting any valne on the alliance Of any
other State than France, which alone could
bc honorable and useful, as it would secure
to them the undivided empire Of the world.
The idea of this treble combination is clev-
erly managed, but in the well informed cir
cles OF this city it is not considered likely
England and the German States will be so
politically blind as to run into the trap
thus set, and gilded over with the cunning
device Of ascribing the authorship to an
exalted parsonage. Vienna Dec. 3O) Cor
respondence of tie London News.
Voluntary Ensiapcm:nt.-Evcry reader
of the proceedings Of the present LegisIa.
tWe, must have been struck with the num-
Der Of applications for voluntary euslave.
ment by free negroes. Scarcely week
| passes that one or more petilions arc not
presented from free negroes to enjoy the
blessings Of slavery. So numerous have
tLese applications become, that the Senate
has pass general act which will no doupt
he acted on in due time by the House,
providing for tho voluntary ensIavement of
FREQ negroes. Whilst the aboitionists are
endeavoring to make it appear that the
slaves are groaning under u horrible bur