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F O'ti the So'ith Carolinian. t THE NICARAGUA AFFAIR. < It i* difficult to tret a correct understand! ? of till* affair, winch scorns just now to threaten the government, with a if- i ficulties, in our i'lto-course with Great , Britain. Wo will endc ivor to give a brief . abstract of its present portion. The litest accounts from the State of Nicaragua arc to the 14th $eptemhcr, by which wo loarn there is a favorable prospect of the construction of u shin cartal across the Isthmus. The United States Consul has been received officially, and with g'-eat honor. A sample of the tone of his address may be found in the following paragraph: "A cardinal principle in this policy is a total i*y<*1 tmion nf Infln. ' - " imiuulHW II Will t tho domestic and infortvUionul atfuirs of the American Republics. And while we yrould cultivate friendly intercourse and promote trade imd commerce with nil the , W0''ld and Invito to our shores and to the enjoyment of our institutions the people of all the nations, we should proclaim, in lanofuasrc flnti and distinct, that the , American Continent belongs to Ameri- i cans, and is sacred to Republican freedom. ', We should also let it be understood, that if foreinm PriwhtM i.* .. _ ? - ?H? v,,vi ,ul" ritorie* or ifivade the lights of any one of the American Rtftte*, they inflict nn inju- j ry upon all, which it nnlikr the dutv and deterrninrttion of nil to see redressed." From thU it wijl he scon that it would not be difficult for Great. Brit'iin?who pretends to sustain the rights of the Musquito King. ov r whose territory Nicaragua claims control?to take umbrage nt k,. 1.,n. 1 1-- .1 - ? ? *-? niu i?iii?ntii^u u>uu uy me nmcrioan ltop osoniative, for it is plainly intimated that the United States will sustain Nicaragua in Ivor lights. The President of Nicaragua in his reply used the following language: "Nicaragua has long felt the necessity of sheltering itself under the bright bnnnor of the North A mc lean'Confederacy; but the time which the Arbiter of nations lma designated for such high happiness and future prosperity had not arrived. Before We dttanftCnllMI a T nrrn 4/\ !%/> - r " ?' Minuter at Guatemala, and even b fore the treaty relative to a canal was entered into with Doctor Brown, a citizen of your Republic, we had made some advances to the American (iovemment, with a view i to this happy consummation; but our ' hopes were scarcely Bustained by the result. IJut I now see all the elements of a happy future brought before us, there is flfood faith ia the Government with r ? 1-? " ' omivii <ui? uwiuiccieu; mo friendliest feeling towards North Amor'tci pervades ?vc*y Nicnraguan heart; and wc have the assurance of th:v. sympathy ar.d support of the American Government. We hnve consequently nil things we desire to mnko vailahie the advantages with which Heaven has surrounded us." The New York Company have concluded a very favorable contract with Nicaragua for tho construction of the canal. This canal |s to run from the port of 8t. Johns on the Atlantic, to the port of Reliio or anv favombln noinf rm !>.,??? , . , ?..V . which the compapy may decide upon, by means of the St. Johns River, Lake Nicaragua, <fec. But the British occupy the .iiovAh of St. Johns and the Port of San Juan, un icr an alleged hypothecation of the coapt for a bond debt, and to protect, a* they say, the Muaquito nation. The British Consul states that, having read in the Corrio del fslhmo a copy of the contract between the government and L?r. Drown, >f New Yoik, for making n canal through the river 8;tn Juan, lie deeim it prod mt to inform the government that hU own government will object to any arrangement which does not provide for the discharge of the dohta which A. O.-i- -#M! ' in otm? pi rucimigun, ||> OO.T.BVtn Wit I. the other States of Central America havr assumed. ' Klf61 The Nicaragua Minuter replies to this, ami chatgeft the Hrittoh government with the moat wanton assault upon the sovereignty of the State and her independence. The President issued a decree authorizing tho contract mndo hy the New York Company? and it is very evident that the Nicarauguuns mean to stand by the contract, notwithstanding the position assum- ' ed by the British Government. Wo arc ignoront as vet of the correspondence between the A/inhters at Washington: but i telegraphic despatches state that both i governments have taken very decided i stands upon the question. It is quite np- i parent, thnt the people of Nicaragua count < upon the support of th American gov- i eminent, which wo presume they will have. ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE BY | TIIE NIAGARA. We find the following additional telegraphic intelligence by the Niagara in the New York papers. A . ? 1? ui i;u urnwn up oy JUiginiul I and France of n most energetic charac- I t<?r, which, it is thought, will have considerable weight with the Kmperoi-s of Rusuud Austria. The firm language of the London jKipers with reference to this question is noticed with great satisfaction hy the Journal Des Dobats. prince Radzivnl having returned to St. p^t^rsburg to tell his tali* of the disapp intni,,nt to the Czar, Finad EfTendi, the present commissioner in the Danubian provinces has boon sont by the &ultan to the CV.ar to anticipate Princc Radzi vnrs sutipmciu, nnu tne attention ot nil Europe is noxiously drected to the North to learn the issue of the affair. Okhmanv.?No single effectual stop has boon taken, so fur us Austria is connerncd, towards the settlement of the que* inn relative to the unity of Germany. In the Duc-1 lies the excitement is hs great ns over, nnd it is quite evident that nothing but the existing armistice, hacked by ii prominent military force, keeps the people of hies wig Ilolstein from open mislnnco. In tlio. Pic lmont the Chamber of Deputies onlv consented to the treaty with Austria in consequence of the hard nnd inoxoraMc neccKjities which crush them I nt present. From Spnin wo have only report of a i fresh jl/lnisteriid crisis, but not one word seems to be. said of the serious attempts ...1.1-1. 1.^..^ U ? - ^ nnibll UII?V UWII IliV.UIlillCU lljf:illlSl VUba. j England.?A communication from the Lords of Admiralty, under date of Octol>er 4, st itcs that hopes are entertained that the news brought by Captain Parker, of the True Love, arri ed at IIull from Davis' Straits, of Sir John Franklin's ship having been seen as late as M^ircl) Inst, beset by the ice, in Prince Regent#' Inlet, U not without foundation. From the same source reports have been received that <$ir John floss's ships we in me soiun oj 1'iince liegents' Inlet, and that tho vessels of both -xpedhions are snfe. This hope is somewhat strength oned by the telegraphic mcssnge to the Admiralty, since roccfvod, of the Mayor of Hull, where tho True Love ariivcd last. Mnffch. The Irish journals are filled v ith accounts of most sanguinary conflicts between the tenantry and the landlords for tho po*fc<sion of the corn; and t.ho 1 mg cherished feeling of hatred between the nrfnuniAr nf tli? mwl Jim l>n-? 1? ? v., now broke out with a degree of violyce which threnteus very serious results. Already numerous lives have been lost. In theKilrush Union, n sentence of eviclion has passed against no less than 1800 souls trom their home and their hoi dincf.s. At such an unpromising slate of things, it is not to be wondered emigration is proceeding with a fresh impulse. It is believed that the winter emigration will be greater than tho Uwt.? Char. I Ccur. Mahip Enqlani.?The B iltimore Sun 1 r?lnt<"s that the writings of this distinguish ed Divine of the Catholic Church, will be published by Momm. John Murplmy <fc Co., of that city, iu five l>irgo octnvo volume* snld to cmbrnco nn Immense vnrioty nf subjects. Then* works nre nterostinvr not only to tho Theqjrian but to the Statesman and tho La\*yor. It gives us pleasure to learn that a <vork of this important character is so near completion, nnd in such an elaborate n inner as to develono tho high and raied tnlunt of the late lamented Hish?p. In Charleston, the ncene of his laora?.the city whore a daily Intercourse Vjih men of thrt mntt nKili. les developed the re^urees of hi* gigantic mind, hw works Will doubtless be caC?rlr sought for. Telo^rnphod fur the Ohnrleston Courier. Haltimoke, Oct. 21. Tho Turkish Sultan has ordered the Hungarian refugees to repair to C'onstanti o le. England and Franee have sent n strong noic 10 Austria and Russia, relative to Turkish affair*. The London Chronicic has letters from Paris which state that M. Poussin, being ii lied Republican, was al>out bt ing recalled, before tho ruptu?etook place between him and tlu- American Government. No apprehensions were entertained of a difficulty between France on that account. Oen. Duff Green, it is stated, has tjonc to Nashville, to get the Legislature to grant him Hanking privileges, to enn blc hirn to rinse the means to continue his work on the E;ut Tennessee and Gfcorrnn Railroad. Corrcspoiulcncc of the Charleston Courier. Washington, Oct. 17th. "All eyes are now turned upon tl e new Congress. Their tone in regard to penend policy and party que t ons, cannot be fixed until they have met here and consulted. The Senate will be jealous and watchful, and will scrutinize appointments and removals. 7'he nominee will often be rejected, not so much on account of his uwii uomcws, as ol the merits attributed tp his predecessor, Arrangements have been made, as I understand, tn contcnd for nn independent organization of the Mouse, in opposition to u party organ za- , tion, such as would be dictated by cither a Whig or \\ Democratic caucus. 7 he reluctance of Mr, Clayton, to make even u partial disclosure of his instructions to our Ministers to England and -..i A : ' - w v vuiim ninciiu<i| 111 rrgnra 10 ino Mosqui to question, lias surprised and puzzled both his friends and opponents. He lias, nt length, however, given the public to understand that he has authorized those Ministers to declare the purpose of the United States Government, to resist any new acquisition, by any foreign power, of territory, on this continent. Lord Palnicrston appears equally decided with Mr Clayton, on this question. I LAMARTINE ANDTHE UNITED STATES It is a curious fact lljnt Lanmrtine, who noted so noble a part in the revolution of February, 1848, is the foe of the United States. This has been often asserted, and never successfully denied. T\ic reader will doubtless recollect that in bis manifesto to foreign nations, after the Provisional Government was fairly under way, thore Is not the most indistinct allu>ion to the United (States. It is al leged, on good authority, that the prompt and manly recognition of the French Republic by Mr. Rush, our American Minister at Paris, was by no means pleasing to Lamartinc?certain it i-?, that in his late work on the Revolution of 1848, abloand thrilling as It Is tbnre, is not an allusion that wo can find to that noble and spontaneous act of our country's representative On the contrary, every other nation is noticed, and the omission of all reference to o jr Republic is marked and offensive, It will be remembered that 1 many public meetings were held in this country, felicitating France upon her ficellr\iY? nnrl /InnKilnou ?l? V.W..I, .Miv* u*'(ivviv>oo niMiiy III III'IM" WHO participated in thupe patriotic proceedings nave wondered why they never heard ft word in return. The truth U, the-;o expressions of a ppontnneous feeling on the part of our people were not nt nil ngreeble to Li'mftrtino, nnd those thnt came to his hand wcro coldly and slightly received. We seek in vnin for the cause of this strange prejudice. Lamartino in known to have strong British prejudices. nnd mar ried we believe, nn ftnoflish wife. Hut lie professes to he a enndid, as he certain* ly lias shown himself to be disinterested marj. Why ho should meet the advnnciis of a brave and i npulsivc people will, such freezing indiffirence will no doubt be a Recret for some philosopher more intimately acquainted with the i*rench character than we arc, to disclose.?Mes. and Gleaner, FIRE. About hnlf past eleven o'clock last night. our citizens were nl irmcd by tho unusual cry of ft *e, whioh was found to proceed from Mr. W. II. Goodrich's Mil-L!-.. 1- _ - ?* uuine snop, on Koynoid street. IPhen Wo reached th? scenc of convngrntion, the whole building occupied a? his Engine room nnd Worlc shop; tvhh in ! flame*, nnd the exer?ion? of the Firemen , only saved the adjoining property, eon<<u- J ting of Messrs. Adam*, Hopldr.s <fc Co.'s WnA vlii/ik """'I ' ?:'v .. f. u.m|f wen iiweu wimj Cotton. Fortunately, the wind wm in an opposite direction and light, or the ware _ , I ?I house could not have been saved. As it was, by the timely assistance of the Fire Companies, it was savod wi'hout damage, as was idso the premises of Mr. Goodrich. We understand the fi st intimation of fire was when Mr. Goodrich's Factory was in flames. IIow it occurred we were unahlc to learn.?Augusta Constitutionalist, Oct. 24. Meeting of <S/ocA7/ofr{gr0_?There was \ .1*1 ? " ' .t i< s|)vr.muiu meeurg 01 the li.ocnville Stockholders at the Court [louse on Wodnosday lust, notwithstanding the rain, to discuss the line of policy to he pursued by the proxies who may represent them at the Abbeville meeting which is to take place this day?Col. Dunham, nu..: n t t.*?iiv i ~ wiiiiu in.iii, \j. j. iunorci, Uisq., secretary. Great harmony prevailed in the meeting; Messrs. P. E. Duncan and R. 13. Duncan. Gen. \V. Tho:np<on and 13. F, Perry consented to attend at Abbeville. At the meeting on "NVednes-dny, Afr. U. 13. Duncan, one of the Ilaibond Commissioners, reported that the subscription in Greenville amounted 'o about $150,000, and in Henderson and Buncombe to $:J0,000: united; amounting to $80,000 which only v ants %7,000, of the amount of tin cost of the road from Greenville to Dr. Brown's, estimating the cost at <no/,uuu, wiucn is ine calculation, wc learn, of the Chief Engineer, but the cost, with light iron, will be abnutfi] 60,000. With wise, anil prudent com'ut, the success of the llo:?(l cannot be doubled?we shall soon know by what is done In Abbe villc,?Greenville Mountain cr. PARRICIDE. Joshua Hammond was killed on Saturday night by his own son, at his residence ;? ?- - ? in mo uiMiict, unuer me ion )WWg circumstances, ns near ns we can learn: young Iliimrnond had been irregular in his coming home, and remained away (ill a late hour that ni^ht. For this his father called him to account, and raised a chair to inflict a blow upon him. This enraged the young man, who drew a kllifp. nnd inflielnrl in ll>n lnfi il>? ...M>VWV? til tlio IV II PUU" til UIJ I." fatlur a wound, from which he died. Mr. Coroner Miller immediately summoned ft jurv, and had proceeded three miles on the way out, when they met the muidercr, who told them the distnncc and tijnve the details of the act. On hearing this the inquest was postponed till to-day, and they returned with the prisoner, who is no?v lodged in our jail, South Caroli iat), Oct. 22. INVASION OF JAPAN. The Philadelphia Inquirer utters a rumor that ?n extensive scheme is on fool, the objocl of which is the invasion of ,1 \pan. A huge sum of money is snid to have been subscribed to furthor this secret expedition, nnd theintond to raise ar armv of ten thousmid men .. V I.iw HI wwma HIV? i ll11JUI inasmuch as the President has not ye.' proclaimed the fact. Perhaps, however there is something in the report that oui government really intends forcing oper that empi'e to the world, nntl therefore will not dcnouncc the plot. Oil Spring in thr Indian Country.? r hese Springs nrc in the territory of the S~1\ 1 T i* * . * % i/nicKiisnw inni;ins, nnu are thus insert hod hv a correspondent of the Fort Smiil Hc-aM: "Tho Oil Sp'ing > nve nhout twentv-flv< miles in a northwest direction from For Wasoitn, and about three miles from it on a strom of bc uitiful clo\r water tha has n fall, or successive fall-, of ueai nin? tv feet. The oil rxudes from the rock o cliff overhanging those falls in drops o the *ize of a goo^e quill, lmvinc* tho ta^to smell, and consistency of Biitidj Oil. 1 nns neon ioki me uvu tins on una fh< water with which if. minifies hrt'?, by drink inc* and rubbing externally, effected som< of the most Astonishing eures of chroni< rheumatism nnd mrrcurial nfractions thiv have over hcon known. Persons hav< been curried there doub'ed up with dis case or em 'cialed to skeletons, coming nurnr i ? * n jKavJ i i r^% o wm-T?%/ ? ?? TT , <? ? > OIIUIV lllliv, VUMiU |Ji;i ILUV ly, with a new lease on dear life." A Relic of fk* World hsf >re the Flood ? A correspondent informs us that. bcin< nt Parkvilie, N J , the other day, he sav a man, who informed him that sometirm ago he was digging marl in that vicinity when ho came to the hull of a vossel twelve feet below tho su'faoo of th< r/r/Minrl tKn firaP u-ava f bd together with trend* (wooden pins) nc spikee or mttal of any kind nhout it! Thb i hip must have been older tlmn Noah'f ark! and built bv men who had no knowl edge of the use of iron or copper; therefore? as the use of mctuds wa? known at the tinae of Noxh. wo presume this Ve^el was built anterior to the deluge. One thing is certain, it must have Wn eon t structed before tli.it part of the continent was covered by tbe debris from the mountains, which elevated the surface above the level of the ocean, and now forms the habitable portion of West Jersey.?Ph.Ha dtlphia Led'jer. A Qi'eeu Fueak ok Nature?We WCie shown, on Wmlnmiflnv 1 ??; fVim . .... .. J .?, ...~ queerest freak of nature wo oversaw.? We doubt much if there ever wa? such another instance in the world j and if science can solve th?* mvstery which sur rounds it, we shall he greatly mistaken. A Mr. Greene, of Oirard, while enernged in butchering sheep, found in the light#, or lungs of one, a quantity of pure lead, weighing at least half a pound. This lo?l(! is ennm ?^iv r*r envon ?* * I . - ? " v""-r' [ and tnshnpe, a vcrv good representation of a tree without foli ige. It has somo seventy or eighty prongs, or limbs, cover?d with buds, find at the base a root.? The lu :i healthy state, and the sheep in good order. Mow came this in the sheep's lungs? Will the scientific and learned inform us??Erie Obxtrvcr. Kossvrn on IlrssTA.?In one of tho letters of Kossuth, the Hungarian, reI 4 1 ? 11! ? ^ . l ** rimy punn>ni*n, mere is a plunge 01 peculiar j-i?*iiillo mce: "The policy of Rursin," says (ho letter, "has chunked its chan c er since she mingled in our affairs. She desires to make herself loved and I fear she will succeed in it. Those who hnvc disliked her most will seek her favors nnd her smile, and parvenue as she was she will at last become naturalized in the true, the just, the beautiful. , the noble. Russia ten veajs hence will he nt the head of the democracy; nnd blessed, nerhnns?-SO clmnrrinrr in An ?J. g r _ -- - r>'"o * * ny?cvon bj' you and me." Thrtlliko Incident.?Prof. Hitchcock, in a lever to the Amherst Express, from Virgirlii, describing some of thu cod mines in that State, relates the following thrilling incident: "A hunter, one autumnal evening engorlv following in the chase, found himself sliding down info an abandoned coal pit; but seizing upon the top of a , bush as he.slipped down the craggv side, ! i.. 1 j-" 1: - - - ' iiv luuijt uiiugung in me nir over tne hlticlc : gulf, and felt conscious, from his knowi ledge of t!ic pi tee, that if he fell he. v ould drop at joast two hundred feet and ' he dashed to pieces on the rocks beneath. He struggled in vain to regain a foothold. He heard tlie. cry of his fellow hunters and of the hounds as they hounded past. He. shouted with all his might, nnd the forest returned his ccho, hut no voice of rescue came with it. The winds whls led around him, nnd the. moon shone upon i 1.2 ir l.1 al. _ l * * ? + i i immiucu, nut ini'v omuofnt. no reiit'i.?? i Hi* strength rnpidlv failed; he thought \ | in agony of his family and friends, hut I he must die an nwful death, and even hU , I mangled hodv never be di-covered. Ilis L J mind became bewildered, his muscles , 1 gave out, and down he wont?down-r down?swifter and swifter, nor struck i the bottom till he had reach the cno. * 5 rnous depth of?six inch's!" Much interest attaches to the action of -1 the Convention now sitting in Kentucky ?. to revi--r the Constitution of that Statu c^peei ill v in regard to its treatment of the i Slavery question. We find the followirc paragraph concerning it in the Editori- \ 3 correspondence of ihe Louisville Joivrvd: t "The committee on slavery have agreed , to report the provisions on that subject of t the old constitution, exc<'pt ns to emnnci patton. They propose that masters shall r not envme.ipato their slaves upon the soil, f hut shall he hound to remove their eman, cipatcd slaves. This will nearly put f> \ t end to emancipation, for few slaves wi'd ; he willing to have freedom on these tornu, - and few masters will compel his slaves to ; take freedom on terms that would mnk? ; lilt: Hindi mi iiijiuy. 1 III'. CUIII IIUMCe Will L not propose (be incorporation of the nc<*i o j 1 i\v in tho constitution. The same corn* mittee is charged with the Ruhjbct of tho r mode of amending tho constitution, hut they arc not yet prepared to report on tho subject." Bticare of Counterfeits.?We sw on * Saturday. in tho possession of u kmh1*? r man who hod tnlten it as genuine. n coun3 toilVit of n Gold Half Engle, which wai wi-li calculated to deceive the unwary. Tho slump was a fac fiimilo of tho true coin, and there was a near approximation in color and weight. Wc havo no doubt that others have been despatched from the same mint, so that it will be well 10 bo on tho alert.?Mcrcvry. It is evident that there have been built i in the United States, from the year 18?4 to the year 1818, 2,310 steam bo.it?, > 'Hie present rnto of *te?im boat building is about two hundred per ennom.