The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-16
From the Caroiinu Times.
THE VACANCY IN THE U. 8. SENATE,

(nY RrqrRsr.)
THE VACANCY IN THE U. 8. SENATE,
M,ssrs. Eijtp,s We presume IN the exercise
Of o,,r privilege, ns free citizen, to offer n rrw
reflections for tho consideration Of tho pcoplo
gcncrully, mud tho members of our Stats I.cvisla.
ture particularly. When by tho death Of Mr..
Calhoun, II vacancy occurred in the Senate, the
enquiry naturally arose. who can fill il most I'D.
vnntugcously, TO the political interest Of tho State
We were satisfied none could fill Il us ho had
done. for Inc was ono of those rare beings TINT had
no equal in Stutesnunship, in the bounds of South
Carolina. and MS wo believe in the wide world;
but the vacancy had to be filled, and the Lcgis-
lnturc had to find the man, and they found udgc
Evans, n citizen pure and without reproach but
was he Statesman had he ever devoted any
portion Of his life to politicsa We answer en-
phntically no, hc was neither u Statesman or
Politician.
Why then was he selected to fill that vacancyl
We can find no better answer to this question
than the following: The mombers of the I.cgs.
lature wanted vacancy in the Judiciary for
friend, aud i'll the Cerkship Of the House of Rep
rcsentatives for the same purpose; hence it wus
made n question of place, pecuniary question,
the political interest of the Stale had nothing TO
do in the matter. Another vncuncy has occur.
red in the Senate, and the question is again pre-
sented who IL the proper man to fill it! The
first nomination publicly announced was from
the Judiciary, Judge Dargan is nominated
Well, if the members of the Legislature intend
to play place makers again, and we are to have u
Senator from the Judiciary, we would as soon
have Judge Dargan as any Of them, u we believe
he would be our first choice.
But we are opposed to filling the vacancy from
the Judiciary for two reasons, the first is the pre-
cedcnt is il II bad ono, and the second and more
cogent reason is, when Il man gets to bo Judge
he becomes too conservative for our old State
Rights notions (we had like to have said J Judge
and Federalist arc synonymous terms with lis, }
tInr
even prominent Lawyers to- the National I.egs-
laturc. AS it regards the present vacancy, ulI
the signs point to EX-Gov. JAS Hammond, as the
proper man " till it.
CANDOR.
Or. Soulhwood Smith, in his series of lectures
in Elinburg, OIL the subject of epidcncs, takes
the ground that all epidemic discascs-tlc plague,
black death, sweating sickness, cholocro, influ-
enzL, &c.,-;.rc fcvers. Cholera was usually
preceded, he stated. by influenza: nnd il III.
patient be saved three days, the fever and other
symptoms arc curublc. lie argues that very ac.
tive animal and epidemic posons are generated
by the over crowling of human beings, and
when 10 this added deficient electricity in
the atmosphere, unusual prevalence of mist,
haze, or fog, stiffness Of the uir, and augmcntal
baromctrc pressure. then there exists an cpl
demic constitution of things, inducing cholera.
Licbig, the great chemist, says that beer is
worthless for the Blood it is of value only tt
support respiration and to supply warmth The
heterogeneous portion Of the barley becomes sol,,-
l!e III brewing, passes off iii tile sweet bear, and
is separated partly by boiling and partly by fer.
mentaton, rs lees. Beer serves to mako people
fat when they arc thin in flesh, it has the same
effect us starch in bread 1t has its value in
supplying warmth, but uot i'll the formation u
blood. 1t has its use also rs means Of enjoy
nent and rs Il sthnulaiIt to the nerves clemi.
cally, the use Of meat may be recommended with
ipSt nrI ,,f I a.
best preparations Of food for use are one Of nitro
gen to Two OF carbon.
Tansus.-Thc Augusta Constitutonulist copie.
tho letter Of Col Aphcus Baker. written tt
the Carolina Times, i'll which no seems confident
Of the success of the Southern cause in that Ter
| ritory. lie says:
am informed, upon the best authority, that
since the ginning of the present year, not less
than Six thousand Missourians have become per.
| mancnt prosnvcry residents of Kansas.
More than this, it must be remembered that
all who come, even from The free State arc no,
| our foes. Many from Illinois are pro-slavery
when they come, and many national Democrats
who go TO Kansas free State men, falling in with
| the cultivated and hospitablc people of Missouri
mingling by natural party affinity with pro
slavery Democrats i'll preference to the Ere.
montcrs, against whom they voted i'll the States
coming i'll contact everywhere with experienced
sagacious and conciliatory members Of our party
have their prejudices against slavery soften
ed or dspclIed, and gradually opening their
minds TO the mighty truth that in society there
must be either black slaves or white ones, prefer
| the former and become our friends.
.4rminy TO Shoot tie PaJbits dc.-A CORES
| dondence of the New York Express, under datt
| the Sth inst, makes the following statement rel
alive to the al ming of the peaccable citizens fo
| sclfprotcction in the somewhat awless Gotham
n nd pf ho mic ,ln lu.lr IA
lican authorities: In the Express of the It'll
You narrate the case of the rowdics attacking The
the conductors Of the Second avenue cars. Yor
ask, What are we coming to !" but point ou
| no remedy for these daring outragcs 1 am i'll
formed on good authority that the right and only
and is being adopted. Over four hundred pistols
have been purchased, since the 4th inst, by ou
| best business men, and intended to be used en-
tircly in their own defence. Under the presen
inefficient police systcnl, and in view of the pas
transactions Of our outlaw community, we thinl
this is the only sure and prompt remedy we cal
adopt.
| Russian 7rayelers-The most numerous elias
Of Russian travellers this year appears 10 b,
young military men. Whoever has rank ant
| pccuEiary means applies now for leave Of alb
sence to such extent that it is difficult to pro
vide for the performance of the ordinary routine
| of service. Though these gentlemen do no
travel officially, it is we'll known that their visit
ing foreign parts is agreeable to tho Emperor
and that they have been invited to send into thci
superior officers OH their return all account of al
they have seen OH their travels. The route ap
pears TO be always Germany, Belgium, France
| aud sometimes Switzerland and Sardinia, bu
hardly in any case England or Austria. This
however, does not appear to be The result of any
prohibitation or intmation from higher quarters
but rather the consequence of the political anti
pathies engendered during and since the late
| war.
| Il Mothcr's CoumseL-Forty years ago mo
ther stood OH the green hills of Vermont holding
by tho right hand son, sixteen years old, mad
with love of the sen. And, as she stood by the
ga. den gate sunny morning, she said: ed
ward, they tell me-ior never saw the ocean-
that the great temptation of the seaman's life i.
drink. Promise ME beforsyou quit your moth
er's hand that yon will .lASsI drink gavo hel
Calcutta, the Meditteasaassss ssan Francisco, the
Cape of Good Hope, tho North Pole and the