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All subscription! not clearly limited, will bu considered as made for mi indefinite time, and co-itinucd till a discontinuance in ordered and all arronrngen pai l. .4 m?i>rl?il ?t IK ??n(. fir the first insertion, nnd 37 1-2 cts. for eacli continued insertion. Liberal deductions m?i!e to tho*e advertising by the year. All Communications should be addressed to the Publishers post paid. Pkesent Aspect or the Slave Question.?it is not to be disguised, that the fllhiftr.l r?f elnuofif ~ w? Vyl J JO UU>V (I more exciting nnd dangerous question than ever it hasheen at any previous period of our political existence. And yet how rarely is it that wp pee or hear it discussed philosophically and calmly! The extremists of the North, aided bv such politicians as Seward, Van Buren, and YVilmot. contemplate it in a single aspcc.t, r 111 without the slightest regard to consequences. They act upon the motive that its abolition must be effected by any and by all means. Force was openly invoked by the motley gathcrinor at Ca/.enovia a few davs aero, and foive is re-echoed hv the'ills''rrec irnvy blacks of the Sorlh.? j SoVie'iesfor the purpose ofencoura-l jr?nor the absconding of ihe slaves of the South are now openly organized in the North, and those who assist in the work are celebrated a* warriors. or canoni/ed as sa:nts. The condition of die North is never once estimated by these fanatics if their mad schemes shall succeed. They will not see that in several Western States Heroes are forbidden to reside.? They cannot see that in all the other free States inevitable necessity will comnel the adoption of the same pnnrcn Ta nuA^ii v i jr iuicii>Kni( CllllipU* rison between the condit'on of our colored population here, and thai in the South., they reply wiih conternptuo is denials and bitter denunciations. That soonor or la4er these efforts will come to a point, and that we shall be called upon to meet the question ;n its worst and most fearful aspect, before mnnv months have passed, v e do not doubt. We are no \Yr#? pnn crtn url?iM.n . . v V/M * OV/V 7Y UK, I C I 111; design is to deceive bv rant and fustian; and we are not slow to place a proper value upon all those evcite ments inciden*ul to the times; and to fathom {heir depth. We look now upon the combinat:ons and conspiracy we have alluded to as a real, living, and impending danger. It is true it is guided by fanatics; but it is a'so r ' ' < nrr> nf iho n*cr?*n??? r>n flmf ? ?- ...w MURJVWM "? ?< ??? " "'"M nnd the repented attempts to fire a leading hotel there, nre believed universally to be the work of one of the sume c!A*s. Wherever we turn, we fee the si^nsof thiritome spirit. The prospect is certainly. not an encouraging or Auspicious one. ' jYfr f In the meantime Congress *h?q\ti ctly, ai^d does literally nothing, while thw bad stfctfc of flflhirs continues to increase. The South are daily called rpon to witness some new assault upon the rights oft hose owning slaves, plotted and carried into execution by the fanatics of the North; and thus fuel is added to feed the flames of ultraism on both sides. It is painfully apparent to all eyes that there is J i i i -i himii'iiciil uuugrr in ueiay, and mai the sooner the questions now before Congress are disposed of. the better for the whole country. The peace, prosperity, and the very existence of the Union, arc all imperiled by the i manner in which (he settlement lias hren put ofT, and the excitement and bitterness fomented by those who will only be powerless when the subject is entirely disposed of. [Pennsylvanian. Professor Webster's Execution.? We fnul the following despatch in the Baltimore Sun, dated Boston, 30th August: "A Her the family of Professor Webster left him last night, unronsciour, it is said, of his approaching fate, he was searched and placed in a new cell, in order to prevent his attempting to commit sincide. "Dr. Putnam left him at 9 oV.lock in the evenine. From that time until mirlninrlil '1" , ... ....... HV. ???.- III III" j votional exercises; after vvhicli he fell ! into a gentle do^e, hut did not sleep I steadily, awaking at times to converse wiih those in ihe room. He spoke of his impending fate with fortitude and calmness, and appeared , perfectly resigned. He waspleafed, i ?-A.1 .i-_ ?i | nun icii (jiniiuil Ilia1. S2Sw l!!V)U O! !1!S j ! execution had been kept from the ' kno- ledjrc of his family. At dawn j of day various noises appeared todisI turb him, and he became agitated, but would soon regain his confidence. "By the advice of physicians he breakfasted on tea and coffee with bread. He made all nreparations to a*cend the scaToid with firmness, and did so. "About three hundred persons were admitted within the jail vnrd. The house-tops in the vicinity of the jail were crowded with persons, among whom were mnny women. The streets leading to the jail were r?ho thronged. "At 0 o'clock, after performing rej ligious services in his cell, the nrisoi ner was brought out attended bv his ! ?-i..: ii - - I rpu uuni miv^rra, uie sue ui? jauor, &c. He walked erect, and ascended Ihe scefTold with a firm step.? Here he remained shakin/x hands and engaged at times in meditation. "At twenty minutes before 10 o'clock ihe cap was drawn over his fare. He bade adieu to the sheriff, jailor, and others; and poon rfier the trap fell, launching his spirit in*o eternity. He seemed to die with but few strujrfrlps.. After den?h his body was taken baek tn the cell, and there it will remtvn'until dark, when it will be taken to^his farnilv in Cambridge, for interment to-morrow. No accident, that I am aware of, happened during the terrible scene." The Prebipent op Fravce.?The following is the speech of Louis Napoleon at the Lyons banquet: "Mons;eur le Maire: 1 sinrnrpW I hope that the city1 of Lyons, of which i you ore the worthy interpreter, will receive the sincere expression of my gratitude for the kind recen,:on it has priven mo. (applause.) The obiect of my visit is the hope that my presence amongst you may tend to en eourajrc the good, to induce those who have been led astrav to return to soher reason, and to iudoro by myself of the sentiment" .ir?d the nececessities of the country. (Great applause) The task I have undertaken requires ycur co-operation, and that your co operation mav be frankly given as it will be frankly received, I wi 1 now tell you from my heart tthat Iamavd what I want. (Great sensation.) Gentlemen, I am the representative not 1.. L-A r> ~c~..cr ~ * mnnviiv ui ntiicniftrsi oxcruTCS Wfi Will of the people, and does not botray them. (Thunders of applause.) Patriotism* gentlemen* consists in abnegation, as we J as in perseverance (Sensation.) In presence ol general J danger all persona! ambition must disappear. In this case patriotism is recognised, as the maternity was recogn-scd in a celebrated case. You remember the two women who claimed the same child. By what sign did they recognise the real mother/ III I *1 -I " w ny, uy uic renunciation oi the rights wrung frcit; her by the peril that hung over the beloved! (Great applause.) Let the parties that love I4 ranee not forget this sublime lesson. r or my own pari, l shall always remembor it. (Immense applause.;' But, on the other hand, if culpable pritsnsiors were revived, and menaced the tranquillity of France, I shall know how to render them impotent, by again invoking the sovereignty of the people; for I do not admit that any one has a greater right to call h mself representative of the people than myself Lf.gislat uhe of New Mexico.? Major R. H. Weightman, a member of the Legislature of New Mexico, and elected by that body to the Senate of the United States, has addressed a letter to the editors of the St. Louis Republican, in reply to an article in that paper in which it was represented that a number of the members of the I egislature having protested againr* certain acts thereof, and withdrew therefrom. *lier??hv lpnvinir it without a quorum, the Legislature proceeded to elect members to fili t lie vacancies, &c. Front this letter, which is dated St. Louis, August 24, 1840, we make the following extracts: I "A factious attempt uatt made to destroy the quorum, and six members withdrew, sending a protest or letter, of an insulting character, to the House of Representatives based upon the pretended around that Air. Montoya, ef Santa Anna county, could not get his scat; but, as was pithly said by Mr. Juan Parea, a Senator from the southern district, 'the real reason was not that he could not get bis seat to-day, but because he could not hold it to-morrow'?the most satisfactory evidence having reached Santa Pethat Ihe contesting candidate was legally elected. "For the insult contained in their letter, the six signers were promptly expelled, the two contesting members from Santa Fe admitted, and Gov. Alvarez notified of the existing vacancies; ihe election to fill which was to have been on the 420th of this month. "The number of representatives being twenty-one, of whom one was absent, the withdrawal of six others could not defeat the quorum, without hr'ng reinforced by the project prei ?u l iwiioiy uiut vi viiiui juauur nuu^iiton, the supposed author of the protest. arid the recently defeated candidate for the Senate. "One of the members of the House of Representatives was thrown in prison by warrant of Judg^ Hough ton, charged with being an accom jjjiuu in a imiruer commuted nearly four years ago, and horses were prepared to carry him off to another county, when, having been brought before two justices of the peace by writ of habeas corpus, the prosecuting attorney, a gentleman of the same political party of the Judge, positively refused to prosecute, and lias since stated that he considered the whole proceeking partisan/1 Mexico.?Late advices, contained in the New York Tribune, from Mexico, represent that country to be in anything else than a flourishing or settled condition. The Indians con tinue tlieir depredations on the frontiers. Congress is now in session, and it is almost certain that General Arista v/ill be elected President at the approaching election. Great hopes are entertained of his administratien. The Tribune's coriespondent writes: "The opinion is somewhat prevalent that a revolution is at hand but I feel assured of the contrary, as ine people know that nothing has been gamed by them?not even by those who have spent thousands out of their own pockets for such purposes. Jt is said, however, that an attempt at a revolution wa? made in this city some days ago, but it is denied; yet it is certain tlmt about half a dozen colonels, and as many captains, have been despatched to different parts of the country; and a body w vv* au.w.^1 o uo? IT3CU QlVKied and sent to different places. No doubt General Arista will clear oe< of this city all officer? arid troops K' fille 1, niul did not dream that within one short year they would put the government j .o the expense of two outfits. But it now appears that Col. Van Alen | wno nas oeenai n.cuanor sn< roe six months, has resigned his commission, and returned in the Crescent City to New York. The ULexpeoted elevation of his fellow-citizen to the Presidency, has procured to Dr. Thomas M. Foote, j of Buffalo, permission to return from i NewCironnda. nnd Imcnin* llin rlinm. I pion of the administration at Washington, as one of the Editors, it is said,of the Repul lie. The Hon. James B. Clay, too, is wearied with his residence m Portugal, nnu has gone io Naples, io rest and wait for permission to follow the example of Messrs. Van Alen and F?ote. i 1 atii- knjuicii Aiaut wiiu lifts aivvays contrived somehow to keep his name before the people since he was sent to Guatemala, has returned to his anxious friends, where he will probably iciuaiir, lie certainly will, if he can be provided, as he expects to be, with a better place. We do not Know how many more of the diplomatic appointees are coming home this season; but, from presnnl annooi-ari/tna n/n ni/?li.wi vii*' j-?vi **iiu'Vil)) ?t v/ juvimv/ iv/ 11111 j iv it would bo economical for our government to employ its foreign ministers by the year or by the job." Sound Doctrine.?We clip the followin from the Charleston Evening News of Saturday: "What course it is the duty of the South now to pursue is too grave a matter lor us to point out. In the present emergency, the people of the slaveholding States should be united. He should be driven from our borders who hesitate to sustain the South in any step by which she may redress her wrongs; or who would forget, in the claims of party, his first duty to his country. For ourselves, always moderate?always a lover of the Union-^&lways yielding to the hope of the supremacy of justice?wo have ? :?Jii * ? IIMII Biiucw uui iiiuignaiii ?ui)i!iiien!3i ana rebuked every expression of discpnten in others. The lime for moderation is past. Forbearance, so far from being a tirtiie, is a positive vice. He tfrho1 will not, amidst the proof ' How before* the country, of deliberate outrage on the South, vindicate her! cause, and go to any extreme for her protection, is as faithless to the nature of a freeman as he is to the du- ; ties of a patriot, anil the social virtues of a free government, In mere political acts, dividing the people of the same country, a support 01 the central governmental power may be consistent with the obligations clue I the State; but in the case of wanton > outrages on the principles of liberty; j of manifest abuses of power; of vio- j lent efforts to change the nature of the politics of the country from freedom to despotism, there is, with the honest man (there may be with the slave) no question of opposing allegi-. ance. There is but one tie?but one fidelity?that is to our State, and to our State alone! To this fidelitVi to this allegiance we pledge ourselves; and never, while we can raise our voice to assert the rights of the South, or an arm to protect it, will wr cease to condemn and to resist this deliberate, unprincipled, and base violation of her constitutional liberty." Progress of Improvement.?We t take the followim interesting items from the Newberry Sentinel of the 3d inst: ' A friend, just returned from an i 1.* A \/U 1 OIWll IV/1 IICUIIJI' IKID ua | iwo specimens of bricks, manufac-1 lured at Chester, l>y the lion. Mr. Eaves. They were made in a ma-1 chine, which compresses them from the dry earth, just as it is dug out of. the yard, and throws olY l'i bricks j per minute. They are then burned ; n a kiln. The specimens are in our ! office for inspection; and, wo are con-! fident, will he pronounced, by those ...i 11 1 <1 t- : - i wiiw nmy t'iin aim see uitMii. injiivicr. j closer, harrier, more beautiful and more durable than bricks made in : the ordinary way. "Our friend also informs us that he saw, at Chester, some beautiful specimens of cotton, hybridized by that eminent naturalist and horticulturist, Dr. Wvlie,in which the Doctor had i Ji-.j ? -I.- i r i I sm uriMicu 111 piiiiiu^ uj(? iong\ une 'int of Sea Island upon the seed of the common cotton. We hope to obtain from l)r, \VM through our friend, specimens for exhibition, together with a description of the meth-! od bv which the new varieties arc | produced. "It strikes us that this attempt to ! improve our most valuable staple is one of the most important enterpri-, ses of ihe day; and we rejooice that i there ?re such men of science among ! ?o ooTV,. I via ua jL/t* jiK i i njiaiM; auu v\iiijii?* . lo contribute so essentially and effectually to the interest of ovr planters/' The Mi/rrell Gang?Beware! The Montgomery Advertiser and (ia/.ette savs, abundant reasons exists ! for supposing this noted and much to | be dreaded gang of thieves to be in full blast, with their headquarters lor stealing negroes immediately in our mulst. Un Sunday night, the 12th ultimo, the Central Plant Road Company lost nine, who were doubtless ( selected by a connuisscur from the entire gang, numbering about seventy, and at work upon the road about i twelve miles above Wetumpka. j Those missing are all large, young, active, healthy, and fine looking Ll? -I-- *1- ? - >1 ' ? I wiucKN, save v/hio, ine supposed leaI dor of the gang, whose front teeth j are rather scattering for him to be 1 classed with the strictly prime. Circular. To the citizens of District, South Carolina.?At a meet ingof the citizens of Richland District, hold this day, the following resolution, among others, was adopted: Resolved, That the meeting recommend lo our sister T)ist riots. thn formation of Southern Rights Associations within their respective limits, i and that the Secretaries of this meeting he requested to convey such recommendation to such persons as ihey may think appropriate, in the several Districts of the State. The undersigned Secretaries of the meeting, beg leave to present the above resolution to your notice, and ask for it such consideration as in your judgment it deserves. Respectfully * t n d v*. jjuyv(linn, i W. B. Johnston, Alex. Carroll, W. B. Carlisle. Secrelaries. Columbia, S. C. Aug. 24, l&'H). Editors throughout the State wou.u | confer a favor by giving the above ! (urn nr intn.i.4l/v?o ??*. v w? ^nrv>v uior/i uvnio* In the debate on the fugitive Slave Bill, in the Senate, Mr. Pratt di vulffed a statement of Mr. Berrien's, to the effect that J he latter had col* looted,upwards of $300,000 for s citi zen of Rhode Island upon obligations given by citizens of Georgia for negroes imported into the latter State. Mr. Berrien said the statement was correct, though he did not intend ttt make it public at this time. Non-Intercourse.?The 1? iehmond Ktujuirer, in some remarks upon nonintercourse, says: "Has not the South in her bwtl hands the powerful lever of self intercourse to bear upon the North and force her to do us justice. One of flip s:trr?iifrn?il stnil mnut ivf> r?ir?n sines will be, for the citizens of the South to agree voluntarily among themselves to purchase nothing from the North; and still more, for her Legislatures to lay taxes on Northern manufactures, that will virtually exclude them. Such stringent remedies may bring things right* at all f?vf?n1?s thfiv Jim lid h#? I'psftrlpfl In lin fore the South plunges into the gulf of disunion." The Mormons tn England.?Mr. Mackay has written for the London Morning Chronicle a full and interest ting account of the Mormons, a large! number of whom arc constantly emigrating: from England to this country. lie says that the Mormons boast of having an emigration fund of mrnr? nml n hnll tniw of ( li fnrn :i gold. I)r. Mackay saw and mixed much will) these enthusiasts in Liverpool. He was introduced to one oflheir priests, who evinced the most friendly feeling, finding that lie was the author of a piece of poetry which k:.,u c. .1 i. in ui^ii ia> ui auuMiu^i nit; atT-i. xl seems thai during I lie last ten years the emigration of Mormons from Eng land has been nearly 11,000, and that during the last year it amounted to '2,500?chiefly farmers and mechanics of a superior class, from Lancashire, Yorkshire, Wales, and the southern parts of Scotland. Roval Marriage*.?The Kincr of Denmark, Frede'ick VII., has married a dress-mjiker, (he last foreign intelligence says: "This makes the third wife the king has had; and, as his two former were princesses, with w hom he lived unhappily and was divorced, he has gone to the ranks of the people in hopes to find a temper more congenial to his own, his expeli.incein r#val tempers not being favorable to lurthor n vnnriinftnt in thosn quarters. His first wife was his cousin VVilhelmina, whom he married in 1828, when he was Crown Prince.? After living with her several years? 1 hey (luarre'cd, so that his father banished him from Copenhagen; in 1837 they we e divorced, and the year after she married another man. The u..: :i~,i *1 i.-f*? r_i i urn waucu iiiift; yirars uuturu u?ilowing her example. His second wife was the Princess Caroline of Mecklenburg Slrelitz. From her lie was separated in 18-16, their marriage being of about 5 years duration. Wild Cat, the. Seminole Chief.? This Indian Chief, according to the Western Texan, has returned from Mexico, and says that the Mexicans arc a gootWor-nothing people, and are unfit to live among. There is considerable apprehension felt in regard to this wily savage. He has fragments of several other tribes with him, and the general opinion is that he has some plot devised, but whether it is to war with the Camanohes, -1 . . 1 "?**? or prey upon me settlements in .Texas or Mexico, it is yet impossible to determine. Monument to Robert Kutton.?Near Troy, Indiana, is a bill which J .1ton was very fond of visiting, and at the foot of which lie and his brother kept a wood yard, and sold wood to the steamers, the creatures of nis ce niiis, which navigated the Ohio.? , He was fond of watching from this point, it is said, their progres. " ul speed in the water; and it lias bjon selected by the admirers of his raninM _ - o ~ ?- ?? ill the West as a fit place to erect a monument to his memory. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun savs: "The successor of Mr McKeii: nan will either be chosen from Georgia or Maryland, not from Pennsylvania. Either Mr. Jenkins, of C?eorfjia, or Mr John Johnson, of Maryand, (brother to Kuc ir? . . v.^VMW||puuty opinion, the best chance." .... . , UA Great Admirer of Avon's Bard, having asked the Boston Evening Gazette where the fo'Jowin passage ia to be found, "Is th^t a t that I C li i 4 me?11 is informed by our eotempol rary that it may be found in Macbeth ; whose murdrtous put a . to I ' Duncan."