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JB jjjstf "?rot 1111X8 ow* ?ba? bk ikm., axd If most fomow, at imb XIOFIT till! WAT, THOU oas'?r kot TIIKK IIE bauw to akt VAX.''' , ;yol,. 2. PICKKNS COURT HOUSE, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1850. NO 2 S-OWEE COURIER, J ratNTKO AND VUi?t.l8llES Wtfc'KI.Y BY I -W. H. TRIMMIEU. i W. K. Kaslky, Editor. I THIMIS. Ono Dollar and Fifty Cunts for one year's I inscription when paid within throe months. Two dollnrs if payment is delayed to tlio cioso ofthc sul>scriptiou your. All subscriptions not clearly limilcil, will bo ! considered as nuulo for au indefinite time, und continuedtilladiscontinunr.ee is ordered and ell arrearages pai.l. p Advertitcments inserted at 75 ccnts per Iqtfafe-for the first insertion, and 37 1-2 eta. for bach continued insertion. Liberal deductions made to those advertising by tho year. All Communications should bo address- . fed to the Publisher post paid. i.i f ? ; From the Carolinian. ittiMARKS OF Mil. OllR. Wc nro indebted tci ttoil. James L. On* for n copy of bis speech on the slavery quostion, delivered in the llouso of ltep* vrxsmilutivn<* finmn. dnvs sinon Tt. is n flnn effor^ and worthy of one of South Carolina';} Representatives. Wo have but room lor the concluding paragraphs, from which our readers may form nn idea of 0 the wholes Mr Chairman, I am admonished that i my hour is drawing rapidly to its close: I i therefore return to the subject from which I digressed longer than I intended. Whether slavery bo a sin or not, is a quel lion with which this Government has nothing to do. It is recognised by the Constitution, and protected to the fullest extent. lie who believes it is sinful, therctore, and icels ft moral duty devolving on him to extirpate it, should candidly avow himself a disunionist, and seek to dissolve this supposed sinful alliance. If, on the contrary, he is ready to abide by the Constitution, in letter and spirit, then his warfare against slavery is ended; he must ground bis arms, nnd cease to amtate. It is a matter of indiff crcnce to us \yLother you consider slavery vitfUi ov wmnfp wo. nlrmo must be the judges of its blessings and its curses. Wc do not complain of your abstract opinions upon that subject, but it becomes a question of the profundest inter- | est to us, when you make your abstract opinions on (ho morality of thcinstitution the basisyour political ac-tion < The abolition feeling in the North is founded in religious fanaticism?its vo taric3, like fanatics in every ngo of tlio world, arc guided neither by religion, morality, nor jr.dtiee. The scripture ar-, gument in f-?vor. of slavery is unanswo.ra- j ble; but, still argumeutnovor reaches the understanding or conscience of tho fanatic. The history of the Orusadcs, which involved Europe m blood nnd carnage, well illustntes its folly nnd madness; when kings nnd nations vied with each other in their benevolent and Christian purpose of expelling the Infidels from the city of Jerusalem. When tlm phrenzy of madness sears tho brain,. reason, the groat helm of human action, fails to control his motion; and here is the great danger of abolition. The masses mny bo sin core, but when they nttompt to enforce, ns tlioy nro now doing, a supposed moral' obligation through political channels, without regard to the rights of others, or tho supremo law of the land, cool-head cd nnd discreet men must rise up in the majesty of their strength nnd crush it, or consent to give up our institutions, nnd be crushed by it. Fanaticism is not often sated until it has gorged itself with blood Or ruin. Tho dangcre to tlio republic e\ e?y patriot desires may bo diverted, and tbo . .union of those States preserved in its yristitic purity. It is eqdenved to us by n thousand tic3 hallowed by the memories of the past, and excites in the mind 1 emotions little short of veneration. I do? r sire it to bo preserved, but it must bo $ preserved in its purity, if it is worth prc,? serving at all, That man a]ono is a dis' i'f unionist who will trample down the Constitution nnd destroy tho rights of tho States. I have spoken pln;nly, sir, of tno perils to which wo are exposed, J know that ray section of tho Union is de* ceivcd nn?! deluded as to <Mie true situation of this controversy. They l\avo cherished with abiding confidence the hope tlu\t tl'.eir northern brethren would cease Iheir iftgjjressions and do them justi< " 'I ho events which have trnnspirad here, and to. which I have adverted (W abater's speech and the laying of Hoots resolutions on the table,) have added to 1,? 1 ...Wv. t u.W( uvmmvu, j >*<1111 b.jum vu nav iroju the .lethargy into which thtyfhnve been -: >. ' . si, Owj&a ;<? , ' ""'s ' betrayed. I (ell them now, in all can-1 | por, that I'eec no returning sense of justice in the North. Tliey should appoint i their delegates to the Nashville Oonvcn-1 tion; let them assemble there and delib- { crato upon the grave issues which aboli- i tion has presented?let them concentrate ! the sentiment of the South, and lay such ! plans as to defeat the ends of abolitionists. ! Every Southern State should be fully represented there by her ablest Constitution loving sons. That convention, sir, will meet, although it is probable that the confident expectation of a compromise will prevent its being ns numerously attended as it would have been some months buck, Inc people believing that j the necessity of its convening has passed , awny. T fear, sir, they have been deluded in the hope of compromise, so indns . triously instilled into their minds for the purpose of defeating uho Nashville Con- | vention. That effort has bsen partially i successful; but the convention will never | the less assemble, and the South will not ; readily forget those by whom they have j been deceived* Sir, it has been fashion- j able to denounce that convention, and to disparage the purposes of those who called it. For one, I am not ashamed of that convention?nothing could mako me ashamed of it, but the failure of the South, or of those with whom my honor is more immediately bound up, to attend it. The ends of that convention were high and holy; it was called to protect the Constitution, to save the Union, bv taking such steps as might prevent, if possible, the conmmikii&tion of measures , which would probably lead to the destruction of both. Had the purpose been disunion, thoso who called that convention would have waited until the irretrievable step had been taken, and nothing left to the South but submission or secession. The present is a critical juncture of political affairs; there is a propriety, nay a necessity for ^oxithern men to commune with each other. I, for one, wish that harmony may mark their, delibcra tions, and that the result of these dclib- i erntiohs may bo worthy of the occesion | aud of the cause for which fcjjiey will convence. From tlits Pciullcton Messenger. lcttuu i?no\r mu oa. t.nnifn ok tjie hank. Washington, Jan. 11,1850. My Dear Sin: I deeply regret.to loiirn lh?t. Innr^ic /lun^ni* H\o Rnnlr v""',6v; question will cause division and distraction in our district; in consequence of a division of opinion among its delegates. Should sucli be the case, it would be unfortunate indeed, at this time, when the unitod energy of all the South is required to save us from the greatest of calamities. a<i.A i<a> ?i? '-c - 1I1U unit/ into Willi", WIIVII, II \Vt5 illO ever lo assert our rights ns mombers of the Union, it must now bo done; nnd then, if wo should fail to cause ILq North to respict and regard them, we must tako | their protecfion in our own hands nnd ! keeping. To draw off tho attention of | our State at this timo. by subordinate lo! cnl questions, is to jeopardise our safety, j and tbat of the wholo South. It must not he fnrvnUih. "lint. \vn rifn in tlin "nn ?0 ' ,,v " "l,v Tml of the great controversy with tho North, and that whatever is calculated to dis| tract and weaken us, will wenkeu tho entire effort of the South. Tho abolitionists know this, and henco their efforts to do it I by circulating documents so freely and at such groat expense among us to produco that cffocf. Entertaining theso views, I do hopo that the candidates will comc to some understanding to leave all questions in rof erence to the Bank out of approaching election. Astotho question 01 the expediency of the Bank, or whether it should bo reohartered, I do not feel called upon to give an opinion. Although opposed on principle to all Banks of issues, I have, as one of the Representatives of tbo people of Carolina, in their Federal oharacter, at all times abstained from interfering wiin ino locni Danks of tlio State. I have over left all quostions in relation to them to ijc luiiiou by those, who for the timo r.r.3 charged'with the governmont of tho State, not doubting but that tfmo and cxperieme would provo tho correctness of the views I toolc on the subject of bnnking. But while I am on principle opposed j to Bankh of isiftio, I have n'ways been awave of tho great difficulty and the oxl tremo caution ihijt is necessary to wind up Banks whore tlicv have lona existed. I With the view to overcome this difficulty ' and to avoid the embarrassment and disI tress incident to winding up, 1 proposed i when the charter of the Into Ihtnk of the j United Stales was aboui to expire, torej charter it for twelve year*,, with such pro| visions a.s would counel it to unwind it".& ;vvjs$ < *" M',r ; r> pi | self to a great extent. It is now admit ted by the well informed, that if what I then proposed had been adopted, tho groat catastrophe of 1837 would lmve been averted. Thinking as I do, Iafn decide.Ily of the opinion tlttit the Bank of the State, if not re-chartered, shtftdd be allowed ample time nnd means to wind up gradually and cautiously. I, in addition, doubt tho propriety of deciding the nues lion whether ft should l>o rc-chartercd or not at this time. Should the *S'outh be bound, ns I think it probable she will be, to take her defonce into her own hands, we nmy need all the aid and credit which the banking system of tho State will bo able to afford, in the undisturbed pOSSeSfcinn of rtmnnc oiwl llm unolxifori fidonco of llie public in tbcm. IIow tho question can best bo kept out of the canvass, you and other friends in the District can best determine. Tho press could do much towards it, by showing how adverse tho ngitation woul1 be to the great and vitrl question now agitating tho &tatcnnd the whole south, and by making an appeal to tho patriotic to interfere to preventit. 2'ho candidates might come to nn understanding to leave it out of the issue, and public meetings might pass resolutions condemnatory of all agi tation on the subject for the present. I had a letter from Mr. Burt on the ! samo subject as yours, and as you arc on i intimate terms with him, and as I am much engaged, I must request you to ; consider this lcttej addressed to him as well as you. I have no objection to its being shown to any friend you or or i.o may desire, or using its contents freci), but without publishing. I continue to enjoy good health, fully , as much so as when I left home. The &outh is more firm and better united than ever. The session will be storI my. Disunion is a common topic of dis; cussion in all circles. Truly, J. C. Calhoun i? i.1 ftJUII. XV. J . THE GALPHIN CLAIM. The Senate was not in session on Friday last find tlic only business done in the House was the report of the Committee on the Oalpliin Claim, submitted by Mr. B?vtt From the report we lean. that Mr. Crawford was, as agent of the claim, to rcceive one-half of thewholc amount, but the committee report that they had not been able to discover any evidence that Governor Crawford ever availed himself of his official position, or of the social relations it established between himself nnd the other members of the Cabinet, to influence tho favorable determination of this claim. mi. _ , i -i .i - . . ' ? * * jl lie report snows mat uie principal ot the clnirn, $48'518 09 was paid in March 1849, and states how it was dispose! of. The interest on this for upwards of 7.1 years, and which has been paid, is $191, 352 89, of which George W* Crawford received $94,170 44. The report concludes with the following resolutions; 1. Resolved, That the claim of the rep rcsenuuivcs 01 ueorgc uaipinn was not a just demand agninst the United States. 2. Resolved, That the act. of Congress made it the duty of the Treasury to pay tho principal of said claim, and it was therefore paid 'in conformity with law and precedent/ 3. liesotved, That tho eot aforesaid did not authorise tho Secretary of tho Treasury to pay interest on said claim, and its nnvmonf. wnn nnt 'in iiAnfnvmilv r v ""v with law and precedent. The first resolution was ngercd to hy Messrs. Burt, Disney, Featherstone, Tackson. and vtfhnn; and disagreed bp Messn1. Conrad, Breck, Orinnell, and King. The second was agreed to unanimously. The third was agreed to by Messrs. Burt, Disney, Featberslon, Jackson, and Mann: and disagreed toby Messrs. Breck Grinnell, Conrad and King. The report was signed by Messrs; Burt and Jackson. rru~ A - 1 .* t mo mpuri wai* maue 1110 spccuu order of the dny for tho I our th Tuesday in June next.?Telegraph. FURTHER DETAILS BY TIIE HIHEItNTA. EsatANn.?Tho most striking ovent of tho wMk ia tho birth of another royal r.. ;., ~i ? ?i iuw| ttiiiuh vwiv jjiutiu at j ?ui;i\iny mi in Palace on tho morning of Wednesday last. The young stronger nnd the royal parent ore, tho official Bulletins tell us, "progressing favorably." In compliraont to tho most illustrious warrior of tho age, tho third son of her Majesty is to be callcd Arthur. Albert, and Alfred, and Arthur, form a pretty alliteration. Tho following is the official announcement oflhc royal birth: Hcckinoham Palace, May I.?This Wyorning tho Queen was safely delivered of a prince. In the room with her Ma* j jesty was his Itoynl Highness Princo Al: bert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the ' monthly nurse; and in the rooms adjoin ! ing were the other mcdical attendants, j Sir James Clark, and Dr. Ferguson, and ' the ministers and ofllccrs of state sum! moned on the occasion. Several of the nrivv rnnn^ilWci wnro in Letters front Athens state the Greek question was further from adjustment than ever; indeed great fears were entertained that hostilities would soon recommence, On Thursday, JVay 2d, on a motion in Parliament, relative to the duty on Attorney's certificates, the Ministry wore in a minority of 10?an unimportant ques tion, but, in connection with others, showing the continual loss of strength on the part of the 3/iimtry. In the House of Commons, Monday, April 20, Mr. Cockburn asked the noble Socrctary of Foreign Affairs, in reference to the case of the steward of the British bark Mary Anne, who had been seized and imprisoned by the authorities of Charleston; for no specified offence, but that ho was a man nolor. whether the noble lord had ! used any endeavors with the Government ! of the United States to prevent British j subjects from having their liberty inva* ,1 :? ?--> > | ucu mm |)ui?uu5 iuv;<iict;i(iieu uy so scnn! daloim ft violation of tho principles tliat should regulate tho interoourso of civilized nations? Lord PriTfncrston regretted that tho subject to which the honorable and learned member had drawn tho attention of the House was by no moans new to tho Government It wna a frtct that there existed a law in Carolina and Louisiana by which free men of color, whether foreigners or citizens of some other State of the Union, were subject to imprisonment, with a view to their ultimato removal from the territories of these Sta'es. Tt wocn'f nnoAccn? *? lw?> * ? ''?" *W V VVV.OOt\l J IUI J J ill 1 IKJ CA|JlUa3 UH5 opinion which every member who heard him must entertain with respect to such a law. In 1847 her Majesty's Govern ment caused a note to be presented to the Government of the United States, remonstrating against the law as not only inconsistent with the established policy of tho first articles of the treaty of 1815 between Great Britain and tho United States,mnder which all sudjects and citizens of the the two countries were to be permitted freely to enter, freely to reside in and freely to quit the territories of each. To this nolo Mr. Buchanan, then Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs of tho United States, gave a verbal answer, to the effect that the Federal Government had no power to induce the legislature of the tftate of Carolina to reveKo tho law; and tk:r tlllU) 11 bliv? 1^1 lUOll V/ V/?^I IIU1CIIU 1II.,I^U'U on its right; Uie Government of the United /States would find the question so impossible to deal with that it would be obliged, however reluctantly, to tako advantage of the stipulation contained in the treaty of 182*7, and put an end to tho treaty of 1815, Upon giving twelve months' notice. It did not appear to hor il/ajesty's Government that any commensurate advantages would under such circumstances, result from further pressing the matter. I Ireland?The most cheering reports nrc roceived from nil part of the country as to the appemanco of thd crops; France.?There are continued rumors of tho intention of Louis Napoleon to resign his office in case he is not warmly supported by the Assembly. The matter is talked of very generally, and considerable credit is given to it. The government party aie consequently in a good deal of alarm. Russia.?A conspiaacy among the ' Husf.tan and Polish youths at Warsaw, V?V tllft lnet sfna-mor nrrnirt vn- I "'I "J --- -- ferred to. 3fany nrrcsls had been made'. The- Constitutional ccrespondenco states that th& arrival of the Emperor Ni- ; eholns k expected at Warsaw. jPhc tnru events have taken at Erfurt has given rise to much discussion. There is a good deal of talk about a Europenn Congress to bo convoked it is said at Warsaw. Turkev.?-A totter from Constantino_ 1 lV-i W - * r?/*i ! I pie 01 cne lum cays mm r una Jwrenai was expected on the 12th from his extraordinary mission to tho court of St. Petersburgh, on tho subject of tho Poliufi'w fugoesr. Ilia arrival will causo a cliangO inn th 3 Ottoman Cabinet. Tho President; of tho Council of Justice, Arif Pacha, will i bo dismissed, and AliPacha, Miniit-rofj Foreign AflVuru, appointed in his placo. | FuadEflfcmli will no raised to the rank of I Pacha, and will bo "Mlnistor of Fbfceiffn I Affairs in the place of Ali Pnchn. IcBL.YNp.?A Republican movement has taken place in Iceland, and the Danish Governor is reported to have been driven away. The commercial monopoly of the Danish governments the <?a\?oof it. ,1 Klwood Fisher.?This man, said to bo tlio contemplated editor of tlio Southern organ at Washington, is a writer of great taleuts and versatility. The New York Herald say? that he was formerly an eloquent abolition lecturor in Ohio, if so, wft hope he won't bx allowed to t-ako the editorship of the peper. Thk Hstatk vs. d. .). iiuiiLOOit.?An. interesting question in connection with this ease, was discussed yesterday afternoon before bis //onor Judgo Jackson. The question aroso on an objection by defendant's counsel to the array of tho Grand Jury. They contended that stock holders of tho Central Railroad and Bank ing Company were disqualilied propter aff'cctum from acting upon the case as members of the Grand Jury, and that the same objection applied to every citizen of Savannah, inasmuch as the city in its municipal capacity was a stockholder in tho C ompany. It wns replied, that the objection might bo trood in a civil, but not in a criminal case, where tho State, and not the 7iank. was the parly prosecuting, and further, that it' th 3 positions of the defendant's were right th on tho State of Georgia, being a stockholder in the <S'tate Hank, could not prosecute any man who robbed it, because every citizen in-tho State would be interested in tho case. It was further answered by the counsel for tho prosecution, that no ease on the c rim inn I side of the Court, punished by fine, could be trie J, if the objection was sustained, inasmuch as the people of t'io country whero tho offence was committed would be interested to the extent of the fine denounced by the law. , The decision of his honor has not yet hnnn imiwIa WKnln W moT* Kn If tu I .v w..v ^ probable the caso will bo carried up to the Supreme Court. Law and Bartow and the Solicitor Gen oral for the AState; Charlton and Ward nnd Delyon for Defendant.?Savannah Republican, May 18. Baltimore, May 20. President Taylor has de'sqatched the new steam-frigato Saranac and the frigate Congress to Cuba, to prevent, the Innding.ot the invnding forces under Gen. Lope?:. Tlie sloops of war Albany, York town, and Vixen aro nlso on their way toCubafor the same purpose. Advices have been received from Havana t> the 12th. The Cholera was said to be raging, the deaths amounting to fifty per day. The new Captain Gen orai had arrived from Spain. Forts tvero being erected, and active defensive measures taken in every diicction. A fire had occurred in the principal business part of the city, which destroyed property to the amount of a quarter of a million of rlnllm-Q The Rothschilds.?Tt is sniil tlint the fortune of tlic Rothschilds is not less than seven hundred and thirty-five millions of francs, or twenty-nine millions four hundred thousand pounds British money, about 0110 hundred and forty-five millions of dollars, h T?\Tt'ij u n rv\Ti.,T.,T>T.''vrri'r? ujui rjiviv ij \J \Jr xiijLvi . 1 > D. This body, sitting at St. Louis, hasclccted Dr. Hascom, cf Kentucky, a^ Bishop of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church South. Wcnoticc in t',o proceedings the passage of an act for establishing a new conference in Western Virginia, to include* all the territory in Virginia not included in the present Virginia, North Caiolina, and Ilolstcin Conferences. Tho Conference has also referred that pari of the address of Bishop Andrews relating to Northern cncroachmonts on Southern territory to a select committee, with tho view of publishing n popular' address on the subject. This committee was suhfioniinnt.lv jmnminp.nd as. follow*-.' Dr. M. M. Henklo, Mr. Crawde, and Dr. JJoylo.^?Telegraph. A-nothf.ti Treaty.?Tho New York-' Tribune learns by special information,* that a treaty has been concluded at Wash ington, between J/". Hois le Uomptc, tho' French Minister, and Aft. Clayton, subatantially like the treaty mado with Si.//onry Bniwer, in rolalion to tho Nicaingun question. LarOR Piano.?A largo piano; with' a donblo set of key.*, upon whioh four' or six poriormcrs can play at once, lias boon made by a manufacturer in Now York, and is to bo. sont to the'World'* Fair'in London, in 1861'. It is Mild to^ bo of superior tone and of gvcat power. By telegraph we have the information' that tho steam ship Ospery, arrived tit Philadelphia nt 8 o'clock on the 19th fasti* all, well. , . ? * * jv . '71 i'^'i i ^ Viiii JQInalfc. i & /