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I \ . # KEOWEE COURIER. ? - ? ' ' =? ? ? ' ' " ' ? 1 1 - .. r-r wr, r ? " TO THINK OWN 8KLF OK THUS, AMP IT MUdT FOLLOW, A3 TilK NIGHT THK DAT, TIIOU CAn'sI' NOl' TI1BN UK PALSK TO ANT WAN." ^ ' ? VOL. 1. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1819. NO 27 THK j k cotmiF.R, j JHltNTKD AND VUB1.1SUKP WKKK1.V *T O W. IT. TRIMMIKR. li j. \v. Nonius, Jr.. ? i K. M. KEITII, } KiUtQW. . t .._ Ti3iT?k*. ?i 1 r One DrtltHr nn-l Fifty C?nt<* forgone year's n ?uh>crmnhn when p:ii<1 within three monthi. Two tl<u\ar* if piytiieut is uolftyed to the clo;e v of the 4?b<cripMoti year. J " All ??1vcription? not clearly limited, will bo o consitloro'l n-? runic for nn in Infinite time, ami cont inucilt\Ua li^continuance is or.i^rod and all arrearage-" paid. Ati'rrHxfui'nt* in-erted at 76 ccnt? per ? squire for the fir<t insertion, and 37 1-2 et*. for ??>aohcontinued insertion. Liberal deduction* if ?m le to tho e a i crtLin<* bv the veur. f, tar All Convnunicition < -diould be a llrcv . <>l to the I'ublidier po ;t paid. Fro'n the. G ftfnuntauieer. ^ RESOLUTIONS, r jldopft'i b>/ the Board or Director.*, ?f n thi Qreffi'Mr and (ol'imb'a Ra I r Ron I Go/noon*/ at Or* miille v C. ll. on the 1 th November ^ 1840. * Revolved, Thrtt the snhsi'?*iption?* submitted hv the O-eonville Com mi->ioners nr. deemed suffieien'lv Wije nml ->v -il i- v hie for the eon^trur'ion of iho Ro-id from " TJ own'-s fo G eenville C. H. R.utnh'f-l, Tint tho Bngneo'* p-ocre 1 <! fothwith to 1oc*ito the Rm id for the pur- 0 pose of l?Vting out the contracts Rexol"ft, Th ?t t.he 8 ock'toMn-s of tho 1 O vccnvilli' nnd (?ol<m*?ii R il R<?i Co.. on tho H^oks of the G oonvillo Cornels- ' .Mowers, inoludinpr the old mul now S' ?rk- ' holder, h#> require.! to nnv, frvthwi'h, n the fi -st inUMlmen*?then on the 1st of ^ .T>mn try 'he 2d ?tnd 10th irntidments?on the 1st of M i-ch th 8d, 4fh nnd 1 I'll in Nt.' liTionN?on ?h<! l.st of M tv, 6th, O h nnd 12'h mtnlments?on tho l-t of-Julv 1 th" 7'h. 8 h nnd 13'h?on the 1st of 1 S 'pt^mHpr the Ot,h and 11Mi i-'stnlmen's !' ? ipd nfc"W'?rds ns n-ovidrd hv tho ' Clui'ter The-e ?il!e -fttion#nnd d??I tvaof p ? men onh?tnl'n<?nfs he-otofo <? crtlh-d io , me for the neconnmodi'ion of tho .r S'onkholdurfi on tho Hooks of tho (J''oon- 1 ville CommHs?tonen?. If th<^r f-il or re- , fmn to o:iv. as herein hefo-o ^'inultfod, ' thon jftvrwri-js nre to lie enforced, as hv | liw tlie s:iid Stockholder m ?v now l?o 1inblo, with in'orest. The S ockhol lo-x J who nv?v hp di-?po<e 1 to work nut. lnlf of thftr S ock nftcr the 2 1 insMhnon', will ' ho oo'itlod to piv ludf of the instalments ' dcfo-red ani c tiled for ns ahove, in 1 wo k. M TUnf IUA rirAanv'illii PAnnmic. i*e*(Sfrvcv*% i uw \? . ..... ... , fiio in-s p ty ovp>- ?ho f?>sh in thei- hands 1 to ho S-ciofarv nn l T-eiwiiw, and that 1 they tu n ov??r the No>i and Duo Rill-- in tlu-i.* h :nds to he Rwetn-v and Treasurer,' 'ind th ?t he he di oe'ol *o pl.'e.e tlict ' sumo in f ? hands of O. J. Elfo*d, Esq., ' for collection, w'in is di -oo'ed 'o <?ive no- 1 doe 'haf *he s<dd Due Bills and No on he ' p 'id firvfh i'h. ] That. It. B. Duncan and C. 1 J. Klfo'd, K>q'"*s bo appointed (V>mmis- < si<vv"s to weive instalments in Oroi-n- ( villc District,. I | KSfttilmf1, Thnt tho 8'<vV->old?*? ii i Ifo'i.h'-snn and Buncombe, N. 0., ^ ro- ' rjiiirb'l to ptv iho first instalments forth-' ' with, id the other instalments nx the 1 fl ecMvillo S ocTcholders h??ve boon, by ' ^solution p\?;sed nt this meeting, requir- 1 od to n v: *?r if fhay prpfor to pty the I wholo of their ,st<v?k at the completion of | (ho |tK ul, that thrfv ho nllowprl to do -<o. < To^ecurn fho phrfoti ?rre of the>? rej(u- ( ' htions, ii. U ftl oc'od *1v?t Bond* ho'p-p- . p ireil hy tho P*esi'l?n?, to ho oinoufed hv the siliff S'acl<hoVh>-??that Po-rv E, 'Danom and ToAiua Kilcfo*, E<q'rs. he nnnoiritcil Ooa-rul Acents 'o ^vry out the-e iti^n*, and that William Mc- ' DowH he annoin'ed Commissioner nt * A hcville. ind .Irtme* TM'tnin (Vwnmia* 1 sioinr ;it Uonflorsonvillo, to receive the ' o:*to oStnin the exe<*u!ion of ' the H >nl*. ' *'< ' fowl v. I, Tint He tt E Dunain nnfl ' X&V'WH Kilyf ?? #), TC-Hj'n"., nr either of 1 them, lw? rofueitfd to ?*eceivo f-OTt the 1 <$vri rii<H??mr-? ut He?le **on, o?* either cf ' - - n- ?. in -i- ,i. . i iri"rn. !'" ivrm h; ijimih* otiii'itriiii^ ui" <vi>{in d <uh.Aoi?p?ion, and to eeeive my ! m ?n?\> w'il?S t.hev o'* fkh?r of the n may h?' e RRftivH on the fi st iiwfaifttent, { ffawUPhat the Twum^r ho dirwv ? 1 i< d'o ivo<H?e th** H^a of the *uh*rih<>r* < ftn rv.d hv the Op n nk-iionnra of G een- r villi), in (* oinville, (leii'le^on ini Bun* oo n'w, nn 1 ?U?the o-igjin il ^uh-tririptiona * it6oU*, ?n<l that he Uiuo and pi ice in 1 thch uvh of M Dunatn and Kirov!, *&>ip for the retentive 8;ookho' lorn] * ntvl th?Mh?v hr. directed to fiipph t#? 1 <> Af>ta*r*, P??rr?? & Punc-m uul Joiah Km- ' ;joie th? Scrip for tb? Worth Carolim 1 ubtcriber*. * ALEXANDER VON UUMBOLDT "What a mm?" exclaimed Goetlx n^e, af'er receiving a vbi? froir Hum mlt. "I know of no m in to cornpirt im >o; lie resemble* n so iree of ever nshi'icf swee*. wate,,.s; he knows everylun?r, and knows thoroughly whut lu l ?? op Kiinw. The noet w is riflfh\ A'exnnder Vor Iumbold*, who completed hi- 80th ye 'i n the 1^4?h of September of I his ve*i\ d'h nil the an liminfdied vi?ro- of hilin>md wi'h n ho-lv still hnle, is one f 'ho \r e ''est. nnd mo<t comp-ehensdve itvl-j ?h>t h >vc flourished in unv npre nd onrt of the mot impotmt men ol n- own. '!e his been rrnst. ipp<? iely piled the Napoleon of mtur.d science i o do *o ronvev the ide > thnt he sf:ind> ivi pnmnirn f nmn?rrjf #-?? innrv mortal*. Thi-i in >n. in 'hr nl?n*itwlp of hi-i uiv " stnnrliny :ind wi'h 'hp o'cpat con rionsnps-. his livod wi'h ?nd th-ou?yh ! 10 io'1 of triin^i'ion such ms tho wo.M hn? i?ve>* gppn since thp ? ? li?*st ccnhvips o 'h'i-s'fnHom. Bo n in 'hp snme vein rUh X? | olpon, ho knew the O.oa i* pdp ichi-* vouth was eocvil with tin fo-'h AI IP io:in con'e-t fot* li' c lv: In 'Imi ml tho cyeV W ishin^nn : tlx MMn ? of tho F' pnoh rpvolu'ion t hat oon m1*p'1 'hp wo Id and seed 'ovt'nt' f Mood, ho ?aw, and ro' romo'clv pas5 >ffo>*e hi-n. wi'h i?* rnirtid fetts nn I i ' ri 'rits. Bu? while the f>ivnv?n enni ? if a tWi-?and von s um'ding i t< nin, and thp Ocrm n land wis hpcomin? n pv of tho fweit conyior r, !! m iol* ww wandcrinjr th'ou<rh the tahli* nd* of the Ando-- o- the low pi imnpn ho Orinoco nnd Rionecr o; hp wis n" n immo'll itp wt'ne-wof the disaster hi lountrymen how ilcd at Ulmor Jonn.? )ir iriff 'he lon<* tinn? of the :t?-nlioi ift employed hp h?i u ^ in the mmnosi ion of tlior<e li'erirv wo ks that will r?? r.-iin ns? p i'to-n in >ill ages for the n >tn al scioi c.es, fo-fiiHire rostwch in th intiqul'ips of Anio icn, nnd for <>ve ' irnnrh <?f crpocrnmhv. He. tlin nv?n n ou'veo'p vo:irs, wlio Ivs so sfi"rp(J mei >y the living wod, :?nd o <roni illv p o noted s'udv, has *eon, too, in t'le e\on np of hi-* infini'olv ?ieh life, how tin 3ornvin people still struirtrle for nev V>'rrntion?fo?* unity and foedom. 8' nliph'ened a s?ul, ?o clear a hitike-, le id so incip'ihlc of nil narrow minded ?e*s, must I'.e devoid of p-pMiduv, mus >e f ivo->hlv ine.lined, f om th?? depths r h>it so?1. *o thr onu- o of f pp lom :?n Y'1' fo any immodit'p p'?li i vd ko'ivitv his iviiiro h is heen hs li"l Ihposod ?s Oiw'hc's w ?s. Hum'old !ins ever boon oon'cnt wi'h employing hi nduence prcfe -<Hv in '?*') If of ?pii-np< which nwos ;?n infini'p debt ??f ncknow lodgement to him. Tht?*v? are vp-v few srii>n'ific g ?'i\t ir [lividHid of 'he I '*t. 'i.x'v yotrs wi' whom he hud in* no on 1 relation*. invfhjng :n Itjm, in uddiiion to the iir mpnpe comnvehen ivenesa of hi* ncqui menta, ronM nii<6 on** wniHimeni, he his unp-ir-lied inlustrv, nn that woruhvful no'ivitv 'h it Hi?'ingui V es 'hh tn out- m-in. He has enl I'ijfpd fh science of mivigvion, e-pe^l lly enrid incf 'he historp of nmUrs?<jeo!o?ji Kooiocry. nofaiv. n-e no less indented r him than the collective phv ie'il science more particnlnilv mefeo ologr, m '^n< tism, thnt science which t t; ir^ of the Hi? trihution of heat ove- the enth, i?('o<rr! phy, agriculture ?nd trndo. At ?n >?{*e of seven'v-four vei's, who Vher old men repo e, Humboldt het^ i lis U?t work?the Co<mo*?-the sketo if n phy-ionl de<e-in inn of the wo |r md which i^ now cnmnl*' !. in 'ho I >t jvening of n h? y life?? wn'k whos >utlines hi?ve heen pn friiyod in the so? ?f the author fo- ulmo^t h 'lf t centum Hp wi?hed to drtli li ?*e t| ?w flv?*-vthi v i'*nt i* created on the e.?rth nnd in celcfi il sp-?ce h id he-'n tnk?? up hv him int ronception of r phy Jo d eo?mic I dc *rin ion. Wirh t'm wo-k. tint is iiIhi unique i literature, tint his hren tmnsl ited int< ;hc I inej nge op nil eiviliw! n-viong, th powerful mil l wishes to olo<e i'a honor ihle Ji>ioi?ific o recr. Ho hw h<wn. w epmt, a fortumtrt mm flu -in# ;hq. whol nf Kia lift* nrnnifIam4 K*.i Ifufiny he^n to 1 Jm, thut it voii^hsifer :o him a hro.her, who, in o'hcr <lepirt nentx of geniu*, ww nfl'ivlv qujt.o h t c. it, an I in m mv re <heot? oven sril no-e corn pi nous Jthnn hi rvolf. Hotl j o'herfc, Alfxnndcr nnf! William, bourn >v fc'te a rict?Ht friendship to eneh, lmv< e-Herl toUieperfee'ion of one another Vlex inderflW*urvived the o'her: hu ho n<?mos of^oth these he-o?>. in scienc< n-e I'^ep ?r?Wrt f"Oti <*?ch other 1tv i' nture timo. They fornj stirs it he bright orowrv of Oe m m ience inn they Hftv? tbe tenowu am . glo vof the (In in in n one over all the j world.?Frank ort Journal. f !i ' i ,i MONROE'S DECLARATION. < The controversy with England, which ' ' has so suddenly stai ted up to such mag- j > nitude in Nio.irugu i, hw brought into view the celebrated declaration in ;de by t 1 Mr. Monroe ag a hist European inteiven- j tion in ihe affii% of this continent. It is j considered as havintr I'm tlw. O **' %,,v ( 1 first lime, thtvloot l ines aOi med in sub! st nee by Af . S.juiorln liis late a;Id.ess ' to the Go\o nme.tU of Nicar.guu; and, in that sen*e, as pledging this Government, ^ by ancient decl tru ions of policy, loatrm- | ' ed inle ven ion for the exclu ion of Ibit> ish f u n the Nicaragua teriirory, 'l It h. the't'fo inteiesling to repro- j | dupe the declaration .' to which so much j consequence is nttached, that ourr uders j m:iy have lho text for the exeseise of " their own judgement. It is pari of the v 1 Annu l Message of M-. Monioe, dated ( 4 September 2? I82tf. The following pas- ( ' sage contain what is said on the subject r of ; elation- of forvmni Governments to this . t - ? ' coii'men': i } 'In the w irs of the European powers, | ' in matters 'elating to themselves, we have never t-iken nnv purl, nor does it , comport with on?-poliev todoo. It i-' | only when on" *i?xhts are invaded o- se- | ' ion lv menaced, that we -eyent iniuies, j J o uvke sp?ious preparations for ou>-de- j 3 I VV..U ~f ?-! I l? ??\>v. ?? r ii I nr Ii;u? rnir"?* "I 11I|^IU'|I1 1 1 i-nhf o, wo ??' ??, of n?'ce<sitv, mo elmmt'. r dinvlv connected, ?wl hv muses tbnt * mu"t he obvious to nil impsirtfctl , nd iiili^h'e led ob?e>-vers. The politic- 1 <vsJem of the allied powers is essenti 11 v diff' c ent in this respect f nni thai of A me is ra. And to the defence of our own, v Inch hiis I pi?n nrhimi'fl liv lin- liwa 1 o much hlood and tM??Mre, and under winch we h ive enjoyed sue!) unexm" nled felicity, this whole nation is devoted. Wo owe it to candor and to the omionl le '* el ttioiitt exi-tinif between the United I Stipes jind the >dlied powers, to declme ^ tli-it wo should consider any ?ttemjt ">n II thei- part to extend their system to any portion of thi? hemisphere as d-mgeious to on** pence nnd R'tfoty, With the exicing coin- ies or det endoncies of :>nv Fai opc n pnw r we havonotinro fo'-od. ?Mid (> '11 not interior . But with tlio Oov? nmnnis who h?ve docl "ed nnd nv<in( t in-d i\ and who>e independence wo r '? \'p. unon jf OMt con idor-itiona nnd jmt r\ in inli's, jicknowledjjed wc could view : !?? i?re po-i'ion f'ir the puposejf onp1 os inj; them o- cont-ollincr in nnv I nrvujno-'li<i do*'in v, in nnv o'horliirkt lv<n ns tho m nife<tntinn of ?n nnf'ionn li nn iion towards tin* Uni'ed 8 'Hps.' Art in. 'Our policy in ?oEnopc tit) in< ?1 siimc, which w, not. to in'r' fr ?? in <h<* in'#' n 1 conep'-n" of nnv ' of i?s now?> s, to con ide" tlir Oovorn' mf>n# Hfp f c'o ns the Icjri im >t* Prove nmnnt fo" n<: #o cultivate f iendlv el 'ion* wi'lj i*. ;>nil 'n p-v-p vo thoe r. 1 t'ions hv 'i f 'tnk. fi m >nd nvtnlv poliov: mcp'l' i'ur n fill in-it inc#?; ilic iii>f rl ir?m of ?v. d p..v povv??-, suhmi 'i 'ir *?? inif.*i**-* f orrj ' 'lnnn. Ru' inctfirfl ?o r*mfin?n's '' '*i ( umst,,n?*e? n-e eml"en Iv >nd ''on^pic' mou-Iv diTr onf. If i immv i'>lo tlv?r >\ ' )(? Hied powft'-s sW'ld f-x'rnd :lioi no<> ! if>| to "inv no- ion of ?*i h?*~ j Continent wi'liout f?n<l ?njjfo ini; thei ' np-'rc h n?tin?"-'c: iw i: 'n 'nv ft'ic ' ??4" lii*vo 'It on 8,?u'h'" n en. i'" 1# ft ' to thetTwiv???. wo-ild idop* it.of Mn'ir own >?< co-d. I? is ?"]u illv impOHsihlo, the on fo ? th it we shoid'l behold it in ?ny fo-m " wi '?iTini- /'wo, I' The <*xict bearing of tbe-e wo-d | ' h'lve b<'<-n ort?n di-putcd. Thev lvtve e horn -eluvl 'ipon -i<<Mt iblishintf -i nt'ionR nl policv upon O'lr p < !, bv which w<* ire il l ?o ?u 'in* in 'bo in Impendence of ' the republics on this Continent -i st [J iinv fo eign effot to subdue -tnd '* t-i i ??1 <*i f of -miv -ilo ?v. or ? (he estnhlishing of any government, by '* nny moiwchy, on this Co-i'inent. Th >f i1 w ts :if one ti n'1 f e >fed n* >i 'i plf> lifp Sv rn?*n </?-nnenw in ntgh sfntion n i-s r?'> t'n? f i"? o'-n T' n ' M" H . e w*. M Adam*, **' u xrr.r. 01." of \f ^ '* Monroe's Cabinet at t'?e tirnu this mfif0 \y ih wi ten, treated i-. in 'lis own n celebrated Pnmrni) muBSRgr, as snmething substantial, which requi ed to 1><? " c?rri?*d into effect by action, if need !???: 1 nd \f . Clay, when Secretary of tftatc. s ticuted it as a national pledge, vrhe lie 1 pioscnted to the Spanish Ame.icm R* > _..Lis ._ ?_ l: u.. r??:.. ' puoucs. in nis lntti'uciiiMi m m , * umI K tt, at Maxico, he at.yl?*d Mr. Monroe's ' * declaration a 'memo able ple?lt?r,'?nd * ' they received ityw though they hid i right 1, to It* fulfilme it. I j But - here has alw iys been an opposite '' opinion i(?*ongly (nain'iiinod. Mi. 'd* hou . wh vvHs ?ko a mem r> f Mr. ? i> o.i kV - ./abinet At the .ihiiic time, * 1 II H.WaV.i denied that there wan Any i.l?d e 1 I f ~ ' jivcn or intend*d to he given, and ar jued strongly against the lawfulness or jrop:iety of any such executive nssunip,i >n to declare the policy of the governne.it, and to commit ii to wars, on hU imiih' will Tim ? , - ..~ nuiijcvt nn> SllOIlfflV i liscusscd in ilie celebrated Panama di :u?i >11 in 1820-27, and ngpin hrouglit i ip wiih the s:?me contrariety of opinions, | n the Ort-gon debates, a few yea; 8 ago. | It is contended that the deel .ration was It'sigi eJ to favor a temporary object, vhich was to deter the ?S*p-mi -li Governnent f.om an invasion of the Suulli Amr>r can Republics, then contemplated, with It* itifl r.t' tit- ..M ?l:-J ? ... ...v >uu \ji nr itiiu-u powers, t is certain that the declaration of this government was made not only with the o icurrence, hut at the suggestion of the ii i:i Government, through Mv. Canting-? A F.ench army had re-established Ferdinand the seventh i> power, and a onferehce of the Holy Alii nee had be> n summoned, to aid him him in the recov5 y of hisrevolted colonies in Amcieti, Q eat Brit: ii, howeve , took her stand at mce: Hgnitied her dete minati'.n, if the jesign was prosecuted, to recognise thvir nuepencience, mid tlius frustrated t he plan. 'I he Uni t'd States aided G?at Bl itnin effectually, and hy concert, in the declaration which M . Mon oe made in his message. It \rt;s ieceived wishj; eat favor and warmly applauded at tlie time4 in the British llou-e of Commons, where it was evidently looked upon a I old stroke of j olicx for an immediate purpose in which it hud succeeded. 'I he subject is again levived, and we think we -?ee there will be air..in the name difference of opinion about il rueuningxi.d merit*.? Caiolnian. CALIFORNIA. A se:ious difficulty in the w.iy < f the admision of Oalit'o-nia as a Stair, has not leceived so mi.eh attention as itder-eiven. It utiles out of the tnagni ude '.f the terlitory. Texas is by fai the Ingest State in the Union, lm\ing five or six times the area of any o.her Suite. Hut Texas- was n<^t e;eeteu fiom a Utni oiy, or fiom lands of the United States, l,ut came in:o the Union fully organized is a suhs-jsti.-g soveieignty; and jt was deemrd iinj o.itanl then to make piovi.-ion for the future division of Texas into smaller Stales. The Hicaol California is g eatlv larger than that of Texas, by moie ihan a hundied and twenty thousand square miles; enough to make two Sta es lnrgei than the latgest of the Wextern 01 Middle States of the Union. It is not likejy that Congress will surrender at once to a com uHiniKrir ifw iiiiuiouams oil llie 1'iicWc the sove.oigniy over tenitory enough io make ncaily ten such Stales as Vi ginia. The utier impossibility tlm' so much spaen could be piotected and governed by the population on the coast, which is no* ma Ling a State Constitution, is too evident to n*ed argument to piove it; much less will it be contended that the laws and sys terns whi h that population may adopt shall have I'o:ce over such immense tracts of yet unexplored land, The new State will have 10 to content itself with some ui'Mfiaie unii (icniuiu oounUiii i?*k, oi iu> chance of admission will be very seriously idfected. but if the limits of the States are reWuoed, the gr? at object of hiisti'ning CalTorni i into llie Union may be defeated. It ha.-? been thought by erco.ing the Ten itoy at onc?> into a State, und trilling the slave question in theSt.de C'on&lj.u ion, the agitation in our Cong tss on the buhject of enacii >g a r e.iliiciive provi ion i - _ : i t- i i ? " migni ue (juiuu-o. 11 would lie II Ualifoi ni ? .tlx) New Mexico were bn|)i received Hi once as States, and no tu. ritory in that quarter weie left Tor tlif gove.nme it of Co ig. ess. But any onion 01 either, not included in ilie State lines muni li ive a form oi' gove. anient piovidv d, and in arranging mat the.e will be the sanie o-;u.ies and the r>am? motive* fo. insisting upon i-he Proviso ie.stiiclion, as exists now over the wile Territory, The aie.i indeed will be diffe.ent, and ihu\ who m..jnuiin the Southern right, wil; ptobahly have, lost strength by the deci.-? am ,<g inbt them of the new Unfile, ni C'ona.iiulion, hut the question will be *. much op ' > for agj aijon, and ,Villin<ll likely hood bea* mu.h agitated iik thougl. t.lia vwIwi'a lufpilii v I* rl V..W .. ...... . ?? / j <<%! i Vll? UIIQU Hit state of depeiidance. The.eaie strong it.duee nents U>huri; on tho con ideru ion of the.-e matters i, o der lOtgftrid of ail emb i. rasing-u jcci; but th?-u are si n> in the politic, rky, which indicate tit t every point wi. i obeiiuitMly contested,?iV. 0, C ttcto A 80LD1EH.8 DEJATH. Lhutun m Colonel Dickinson, of i 1 ft ncllo Kogimom, being wounded the rttoriri *; yf 6'l>urubiu.<.o,? w >V In the hoapldl at Miscooo, wue.o huuiw. I The Fluff ilo Courier savs, that in the (If| li ium of fever lie heard n dmm bent the reveille at early mo'-n. R- isinsr himself I with an effort, he looked calmly towards the window, and said, in hi?* deep?onesof oor??i- nd, 'Battnlion, halt! n-der to-mal <?t!' and falling hack, he expied.?CaroItu an. ST. LOUIS CONVENTION. . S Below we publish the letter of Mr. Cnl'toun to the committee of invitation to the St. L*>ui* Convention. It i* brief, but shows at a srlance how h? vip?? magnificent undertaking sought to accomplished: Fort IIili., Sept. 10, 1849. "Gentlemen: I regret that I cannot accept rour invitn'ion to attend the Convention io he held at 8f. Lous, on the Iflthofnext month, to deliberate ufon 'he expedi incv of connecting the Valley of thr Mississippi with the Pacific. My engagements are of a natu-e that would not permit me 'o he present, 'No one mo e highlv appreciate* the subject of vnur mee'ing than 1 do. I have made up no opinions as to its eastern or wes'ern terminus, or t^e route that should >c adopted; nori-h llT until i am timer intornftrrt. My wi>h i* that ^he hot voute, nil thincr<* rot nidg ed, should le selected, including ho'li te>roini. The wo' k should look to the whol# Union, and thetrener 1 crmmerce of loth the Atlantic and Pacific ocean?. Such will l e the views thnt will go^cn m? whenever 1 may I e called on to act on the subject. I re^nd the. wo?k toVia * ? * imr in nut i n:nyiiiiv.ue arn importance tn be influenced bv local or prit vate consideration. with grant respect, I am, Ac., J. C. CAtHOVK.' Letie:t* were also received f?oni Oen. Chsk and Mr. Von IUiren, I otb viewed R8 favorable to the enfc p-i7..>. Henry Clay is entirely non-con miita!. ALT. SAINTS DAY. This annwd festival of the Catholic Ohnichis held on the 1st of Nmi-ml and for weeks past our Cieole families have brrn prepaiing for tlie he utiful lites npp'Apiiate to that time On the evei ing pn-ccding, tlie ermeteties are visited bv l?.e finals Hnd rel .lives of the thousands that lie theie cntombrd, and tributes of love and remembrance conveyed in nature's woul: ? bud;- and flowers ?ate wie ith?'d atound ih* la?t sad ieftting spot of Immunity, A mournful, yet ? ivui vuoumii, n mm. I ill' ft riUlCJII piized duly, Each avenue is fillcd mRI beading fo>ms, arranging the fragile blossoms ?nd ledewing the leav?'R ns they I wine tl.em with tie tear of affection, The mother there lights the waxen taper and weates of blossom* '<* crown for the early dend'?the depth of her heart is tinea brfo.e the tomb of her child, and a whispeied prayer ascends to the Vi gin for the infant w: u lerer in the r??ln.? ftf li.*h? A futli?v .#..,,,1, v> I^MVi 4 k IIKMU tl IjCIU C the g'Hvttf )iis hoy. nd the strong -nan bows his head, whil a sister hinds the offering mound a name on which hi* hopes were placed. 'I he d?ughtor treads lightly he.-ide a parent sleepivg in death, and as she adjusts her wreath of ! flowers, her young form nestles mo e closely to the Fpot, ?mi the gushing rain of love sanctifies the o(T?*.ing. The humhle stone mid tlie richly carved memo in) are each rememheied, one in the i-implc tsilute .?t *he poor, the other in the cosily gifts of the weallhy. Tlieie are none ho high in station that tliev can fo get live liie; none so lowly tl At poverty has hlotted our their loss, To a m*re stranger the spectacle possesses intense inteic.M; Iiow much more to those -o dearly connected will) its duties. On Wednesday e\ruing next, thecern<*te ies will appear like "Gardens of tf.e De d." mid will he lit, up in every part l?y the innumeiahle lights burning before torn hi, On the day followirg they nre i it d hv the greater pnrt of our population. "in each walk will befoun much o call 'orth all main's belter feeling ; to w .ken hi-* sunr-il.ihilitiea. and m;"ke him k the question, 4 What life?* He roams amid the <hj d? and tjnds the an.ver on the table!* of s'one at every itep.iV. 0. Crescent. T'<e Ti lepra,?h utr ck hi/ li hUlnuj'?, > 11 iiiR the violent thunder Motrrt of Tne* v evening the teb*{; rph Ijne *hv struck lightning at Hed Villi. I Tii'l- Uffi t?>w r>. . r .1? i|>i \ .iwiv wuiii * , / ??.t .mi ni v lIIH >> s hivo-e ! to j lecc-. 'I'hr* o^mflr P ilodclphi , hing in flu* o'fire <t t*?r 1 , sk?o k rl ov?- , Hiit r.n? o?hpk? j (I. h b:' r , hoWHl- , W J IUI' ufjlvJl .fiangei], V- nit f' ,<r i' i> Xnt ijeirl coaik U. '<* '