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1 F- ** Q3enernl Ircis. ; - Tbe O'l>onohoe Dnel.. The Boston Bee of Saturday la.?t gives thofol I losing details of the duel that. \va? to have beet ' , tuugS?t on Feidav, between O'JDonohoe and Cap . tam Troajpor: Our cHy was thrown into a lively state o * <u>m i not ion,.yesterday afternoon, hy the arrest o Patrick O'Pouolioe, the escaped exile, as a parti in';i contemplate*] uin-l bet ween Cajvt. Beniart | Treaunr and himself. He was-brought befon Justice lxugers, in the Police Court, where ; complaint was entered against him, by Col. \Y F. A. Keiley, Jbr accepting a challenge. It hay [p ing been shown to the satisfaction of his ilono tint he had so accepted the bellicose invitation ( O'lXmohoo was ordered to give bonds in $2,001 rto keep the peace, and to answer for an examina tioif on Friday next. Patrick Ihuiohoe, pah . h>hcr of the l'ilot, gave the requisite succtics. It appears that O'Ponohoc felt himself some p -what aggrieved at tne treatment ire roeeneu a Faiicuil Hall, on the occasion of the Meagho Festival, in being "cushioned" otf, as he express eel it at the time, by Caj.t. Treanor, Frcsiden k of the evening. Mr. G'Donohoe was called up on to respond to a seutiment, bat after a littl while it appearing that certain infirmities (lis | qualifiAd him from proceeding, lie was requests to sit down, and give his remarks .through-Hi rtewspnpers on the following da\\ This was th point or issue. The next day, according to representationO'Donohoe expressed- himself ratliCr freely c ^ the manner in which he had been treated, eon ^ uccting the name,of Captain Treanor with cer fain pungent epithets. These reached the ear of the gallant captain, wherc#p<?n ho-felt hi.honor reflected upon, and immediately penned > challenge to mortal combat, w hich was forward ed to O'Donohoe by Major Mulcahy, of Ncn \:ork. ..The belligcreut missive was duly receive* and accepted.- No sooner had Capt. Treano S received 4 k c answer, than arrangements were a ongjeauade for the '.duel. .M^ior ^-Mulcahy wn i ifph^int<jd Trcauor's second, and Col. Keller, th t . above conmlainant, fa iustice.'of -the lK-acc.) wa Bl> appointed .(/Donolioc's right hand man. 1 - "was then arranged that the duel should tak j>lace yesterday afternoon, jtt or or near Munches te:\ Netf Hampshire. Captain Trcanor and hi * parfv .proceeded heuce, aud OM^onohoe w? abmt to h';^ve for the cars when he was arrestee and carried, before Justice iiogors, as above. **: Ofecers \ve>ejast evening despatched to nrrV? .Yrcnuor. Whether they were sticeessfui^or no [ . we are not informed. - J * ( The peflaUy for sending, a-cliallopge, in on [ particular,'is' disfrqutajseineut for.20 years, to [ pettier with, iinprisonfn'eDt for a cotusicieiabl ?* 4>cuod% V ; . . 'v ^ . Thejifttir was the topic of every tongtiein th city. "Lyrgc-oaks"from little acorns grow," am a-fettle niiffle expands into bullet, powder, andwhat is to conic. ft s understood that revolvers'were to be user in. the duel, and the belligerents were to stani ten paces apart?the firing to continue at propc Intervals till one or th<^ other fell. Thus it wil Le seen that a bloody programme was laid down NAkuow Escavb of a mrsfiosanv.?Fton fetters lately received in this city' we have in formation of a narrow escape Irom death ex I jierieneed by Rev. John A. Buttler, a missions ?ry of the American Iioard at South Africa i?! Mr. Butler wns formerly n resident of Soutl tt??;?L-^?1 TTwiima l'i ii ' V j death.. The perils of travelling in South Afii f c? are most graphically narrated in the follow ing extract from ono of the letters referred to .w Mr.' Rtltli'P \TJ1S f I'MVfc.fi ijirr frt A 11..1I1 C^r,,r^ fh, and was forced in his way to cross the Uii komazi. No,natives being at hand jto manage tin boat, he ventured to cross on horseback, thouyl the .water, was deep and turbid. As .he wen over safely, when he returned the next day In again ventured into the river the same, way When about I wo-thirds of the way across, hihorse suddenly kicked and plunged, as if t< disengage himself from his rider ; and the nex moment a crocodile seized Mr. Butler's liiigl I with his horrible jaws. -The river at this plac< is about one hundred and fifty yards wide,"! measured at right augles with the current; bu from the pJace we enter to the place we g< out, tho distance is three times as great. Tin water at high tide, and when the river i*. no .swollen, four to eight or ten feet deep. Or each side the banks are skirted with high grass ' and reeds. Mr. Hlittler, when he felt the sharp teeth o the crocodile, clung to the mane of nis horse t with a dea'h-hohl. Instantly he was dragged from the saddle; and Loth he s.nd the hurst wttre floundering in water, often dragged en tire.ly under, and rapidly going.tlown the stream At first the crocodile diew them again to the middle of tire.river; hut at last the horse gained shallow water, arid approached the shoie. As soon as he was within reach, natives ran to his assistance, aijd heat off the crocodile will ?pears and clans. " Mr. Butler was pierced with five deep gashes And had lost much blond. He left all his gar mentis, except his thirt and coar, on the nppo site shore, with a native, who was to follow him; but when the struggle commenced, the native returned, and durst not venture into the water again. It was now dark, and wilhoul garments, and weak fiom loss of blood, he had seven miles to ride. He borrowed a blanket of a native, and after two hours, succeeded in reaching the station, more dead than alive. M His horse also was terribly mangled; a foot square of the flesh and skin was torn from his 11 inks. The animal, it is supposed, first seized the horse; and, when shaken oil', he caught Mr. Butler, first below the knee, and then in the thigh. There are live or six wounds from two to four inches i"iig, and from one halt to two inches wide. For eight or ten days lie seemed to recover as fast as c<?u!d be expected, but was then seized with fever, which threatened to be fatal. There v.as a tendency to locked jaw." In April, Mr. Butler writes, that he was near ly recovered from the 'effects of the frightful affray.? Boston Traveller, Dkatii while onthkwav to the Alt vr.?. V young man by (be name of Edmund Shatter, ly, while on bis way fiom Franklin to Milford on Sunday week to be married, met with a singular and fatal accident, lie stopped at a well to water his horse, when the bucket loll into the well. He descended to obtain it, when the wall caved in and buried him. lie was a native "f Ireluid. 11 is intended wife was accompany ing him on the journey, when this Hii-miar death thus intervened to destroy their bti'dil anticipa'tons. - IVuonjJcLef P-jtr.at. O * i Mx-m airtv-^xujgasaMCAWj-.^&WM-i.'r ui ggga Hallimorc Ulei-chautK. It will be admitted by every one whose eye j may I'mi 1 upon this editorial, that among tlie business men of the country the merchants of' Baltimore hold a first place for integrity, cori redness, devotion to business and fair dealing. There are no bet ter judges of goods than are to be found in Baltimore. None who better f understand what constitutes a good assortment; f The taste of Baltimore importers.is unrivalled. In the heavy class of goods extensive assortI n lent sure always found. As. a provision and e grocery mart, Baltimore has held for many x years a first place. She is an extensive tobac- I . co market, and is rapidly becoming a cotton | w port of importance. r How has she acquired these elements of i, trade? By the energy of her merchants. The 3 fact can no longer be disguised that the city of Baltimore is.advancing in a most uuprecedenti cd measure. IJer business mm, no longer content with a second rate business, now aspire to catch the "cream of the trade." They ,t Fegulatly lay in supplies for a first rate ,busir Tu-ss. There is considerable annoyance thai - so many mrecliants go North, but even while t j the murmurs of discontent are heard the com nian'ds lor improvements and enlarged stocks ! are heard also The fiiends of commercial j .progress are at work. Trade is generally in- : I crca>ing: A line of steamers will be on bee Jbre long to Savannah. The Liverpool"line is j e in good condit on. Now, many of our readers will receive their j paper before their merchants leave home to 1 Imy goods. Many of the merchants themselves will read this in steamboats, at hotels, in reading rooms, &c. Let them remember s what we say. when we assert that the ultimate 5 market is the highest?always. Goods can a he bought cheaper in Baltimore than in New " York. Let our readers, especially those large v planters whose custom is such an item to their ^ home merchants, remember what we say. Let r them remember that rents and general expenses 1 are less in Baltimore than New York?that the -s merchants of the former city are unzious to c pleas^. and determined to satisfy any reasotta s ido man. Let them reflect over this and reL quest their,merchants to give Baltimore a call. c It is useless longer to give the old answer, '-no stock.'-' It Is lint so of Baltimore. AN o- will 3 frankly admit that the means of com mini icas tjon are not so. good as the, Northern cities. '> Bat these means will be supplied. In the mean while wo nrr> jiiithnrizpd to sav to those interest. 1 ed, that the-Baltimore merchants guarantee to * sell as cheap and.to ship as cheap as any Northem city. The merchants will bear the loss c arising from the difference. in transportation until their own lines are completed. The e Southern people should be in earnest about this matter of commercial reform, or are the p words of twenty "years empty bombast ? * ; * Cotton Plant. Chiua. 1 The overland Indiarrmail arrived in'Londou I on the 18lh lilt. 1 lie London Times publishes r advices from. China to the 14th Mav, but no II mercantile letters have been received. The i- news is of the most important and curious character. The Biitish war steamer Hermes a had returned from an expedition to the seat of i- the rebellion v Nankin was reported to be in a state of war . whill; the whole district was in anarchy and ,. confusion The rebels were in possession of li Nankin and Chinkiang, w hich they were strunginn ii n.I iM| ;n t'tiuHu liiwi.no?i|l|ni|W^i upon Pekin. < The insurgent leaders have*raided the slan; dard of Christianity. A correct translation of - the Bible was fieely circulated among them, - and a seal, amounting to fanaticism, was leadj ing them on to attempt the destruction of the p I wliolo Tartur race, while strictly moral duties 3 were strictly enforced and practised throught out their own rahks. i The Cotnmander of the Hermes had ex. plained the neutral position which the foreign s powers aire disposed t?> liolJ during the strug> yle. The insurgents are of tlio Protustant t j form of worship, recognising .Jesus Cfiiistas \ i tlivir Saviour, and adopting the Trinity and ? Ten Commandments. f 'The fo.lowing extract is from .the North t China, Herald, ol the 9th of May. ? " The Heruies returned to this port 011 the : afternoon of the oth inst., with his Excellency t Sir Geo. Ikuihatn on hoard. 1 Site has made an eventful trip up the Yang> tzy, during which she lay live days at Nankin, and brings back intelligence of a deeply interf esting and even astonishing character respect> ing the insurgents, giving us much cause to I thank her Majesty's Plenipotentiary for the steps taken to obtain some positive information regarding them. The following pmticulars we give on good s authority, and we hope to furnish from the I same Source more details in a farther issue: 5 The insurgents are Cluistians of the Pro> | testant form of worship, and anti-idolators of I | the strictest order. They acknuwhlge hut one i God, tliQ Heavenly Father, the All-wise, Allj powerful, and Ointiij resent Creator of the | vworlri ; with him Jesus Chiist as the Savioui of mankind ; and also the Holy Spirit as the ' I last of the three persons of the Trinity. ; I Their chief o? earth is a person known as II " The ping-wang, the Prince of Peace," to . w hom a kind of divine origin and mission is I , ascribed. Far, however, from claiming adoration he forbids, in an edict, the application to himself j of the terms "supreme," "holy," and others, hitherto constantly assumed hy the Emperors 1 ; of China, but which ne declines receiving, on the ground that they are due to God alone. Their moral co !,e the insurgents call the "Heavenly sules," which, on examination, proved to be the ten commandment'*. The observance of these is strictly enforced by (ho leaders of the movement, chiefly I hwatig rung iiiul (iiiang se-mcn, who are not J merely formal professors of a religious system, i but practical and spiiitual Clnislians, deeply I inll'ieneed by the belief that (iod is always i with him. i The hardships they have suffered and the dan- i gers they have incurred, are punishments and , tii.d.s of their Heavenly Father; the success i they have achieved are instances of his grace. In conversation they 'bore' the more worldJv-iniinled hv constant reelirreiice to lhat -pe- ( cia! attention of the Almighty of which they | hclicve themselves to he the objects. i With proud humility, and with the glisten- ! inge\esof gratitude, they point hack to the ; tact, tiiat, at the beginning of their enterprise, I some fair years ago. they numbered but one I or tvoi hundred ; and that except lor the di.ect I j help of their Heavenly Father, they never could i | have done ? bat tl.ey have done."' How to tueat Italian Begoajis.?Thofollowing is a ru-'ipe given in sober seriousness by 0. Nenve of Cincinnati : " I liave learned a thing or two respecting the beggars of Italy. I find the best way to get rid of their importunities, is to look them straight Jn tho facerand deliberately talk Eng. lish. If you remain silent or say " non," either by word or gesture, they V i 1 hang on. But I never yet met one that could stand the " vernacular." It matters not much what you s)iy ?I sometimes lecture them on Temperance, I or.give a chapter out of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," or expound the principles of the Presbyterian Church, or the doctrines of Loco-focoism. I occasionally lay down the free banking law, 01 tell them the price of corner lots in Cincinnati ?all subjects aae alike interesting and eflec tive. In no case could I prevail on them to hear mo out. Generally, before I stated the heads of my discourse, they had vanished?no one was to b.e seen within a. square?they fly from the " mother tongue" like the Devil from holy yqiter?"and this applies either to single beggars, or to congregations of them. I have ' tiicd ilon" more than fifty times, and always with the same effect. I never knew it to j tan.' King's Mountain Railroad.?.Wc are gritified to learn that this branch road is doing a prosperous business. It has now been in operation barely eight months, and has declared a dividend of four per cent., besides leaving a handsome surplus. The superstructure of the road is excellent, and the Company have erected in Yorkville one of the finest depots in the State. We. are glad also to learn that real estate and landed property have been greatly enhanced by the construction of this road. The village has a large hack country trade, and is now in the full tide of prosperity. May it lung continue.? Carolinian The N. Y. Herald has important news from Cuba". It is inforined.tbat a demand, or reqneg, has teen made by the?l)ritisli Government for a mixed commission authorized to search estates and all places in Cuba, where new importation of Africans were supposed to be sheltered, and that the Spanish Government had granted die demand. The Captain General, previous.to receding orders for this authorization, had searched several estates, and taken away many negroes from them. The present agreement between England and Spain, as proposed by the former, is as follows: K'li-ci IviufhiHil will /vinsruif in tlin >n?r?r?rt.1 tiou into Cuba of apprentices front Africa, for ten veal's apprenticeship. Second. A -new Census of every slave in Cuba will be formed now by the mixed Commission, authorised to search every estate in the Island, so that in future they can ascertain 'whether new slaves have been introduced. Third. In fifty years from I he acceptance of these propositions, and a treaty based t hereon, the present slaves and their children will be set free. Death of Col. Buss.?OuivNew Orleans exchanges coiitniu fuller notices of the death of Col Bliss, information of which has been received by telegraphic despatches to that city. We se'ect the fallowing brief sketch from the Crescent of that city, dated tkh : The telegraph has brought us the melancholy intelligence of the death of Col. Bliss, of the United States army, son-in-law of the .late Prcsirlo.,1 Get.. Zat liarv |'m vli,.!;. , ..fj," ']jpjl nfl VfjiOgV &>1. TilUs was Assistant Adjutant General of t he U. S. A. during the Mexican war, and went with the army of occupation under Guncral Taylor, lie participated with his gallant Chief in the battles of Palo Alto, Il.-saca do la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista. At that time he held the rank of Major and became widely known as the reputed author of the despatches from the General-in-Chief to the Government, which were at the time so much admired for their propriety of diction and comprehensive brevity. On Ins return from Mexico he was brevettcd a Colonel for his services, and subsequently received a more fluttering acknowledgement of the merits in the hand of the daughter of his beloved Chief. On the election of General Taylor to the lYcsiifciicy, Col. Bliss accompanied him to Wash ifiirtrtli in tlin stonsi/niir t .f Pi'irnfn Q<->s?psi? .1 !n u^iviif 111 taiv vt?j???v.?v7 a. mutg wviaili), in j which post he served with distinction until his ; General's death. Latterly he became.a resident J of this city, where had the misfortune to lose \ his estimable consort. C<>l. Bliss was a man of mark, and his name will till an important page in the history of his country. ' Sad Accident.?Yv'c regret to learn that ' on Saturday night last, a party of eight negroes b-Imgiug to Mirtin C. Ilickett, E-q., of Cambridge, on iln-ir way from Camp Meeting, at the Dead Falls, attempting to cross Hockey Creek, in a wagon, were overturned into the stream, j and that four valuable negroes out of the eight,; Consisting ;of three negro women and an infant,' were immediately drowned. The bodies of the three women had been recovered; and that of i the infant had not been found at the last ac- J count. Five out of the six tine mules attached to the wagon, were also drowned. The creek,' it apiiears, is crossed by a substantial bridge, which was carried away by the freshet on Satur-1 day night, and the negroes reaching the spot1 after dark, when they could not see a step before them, thought themsehes upon the bridge,! until they were plunged headlong into the ! stream. Mr. llackett is a man universally res- j pected by all who know him, and his severe and i unexpected lo?s wil^awaken tin ir heartfelt sym ! pathy in bis behalf.?Abbeville Jiaimer, 11 ih j inet. Accident tiie Railroad.?The Sumter Banner of the 9th says: As the passenger! train of the Wilmington and Manchester Rail- j road was passing downward towards the South Carolina road this morning they ran over and I severely, if not mortally, wounded a negro boy j who was lying asleep on me iractt. An Indian, eho was ordained to preach the i Cruspel hy tiie Baptist Home Missionary Society in Troy, a few days since, walked six hundred, miles in snow shoos, aecompaniod hy his wife ind child, in order that In* might attend the Conrcntiuii and receive his ordination. It is with deep regret that we record the: loath of Jlov. Alexander B. Smith, which took j tdaoe at. the residence of Dr. John S. Kiehardsoii | 11 Bladen county, on Thursday the 2Bih lilt. Mr. Smith had hoon severely alllielcd for ye .rs, ind his death has hoen almost daily expected i "or some time. He loaves a family and many I Viends to mourn their loss of a kind l.u-hniid, j at her, friend, and the Church of Christ an ex-1 vllent and sound minister.-? Wadcybormgh I I '*<7 v.i. S ' ? - V- Cl)c dnut&fn HUefcli; Journal. Tuesday, August 18, 1853. ~~ THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Charleston Advertisement. We invite attention to the advertisement of Mr. A. L. Solomon, to be found in our columns to-day, and request our fiiur.ds who visit Charleston to give him a call. Mr. O'Donohoe and Duelling. We see by our exchanges that the escaped convict (rom Van Die-man's Land, Fatrick O'Donohoe, was inutcd to a public dinner given in honor of Thomas Francis Meagher's birth-day, at Fancuil Hall, Boston, >t which one Captain Treanor presided. Alter a very (oraplinioutary toast had been given, Mr. O'Donohoe roimneneed a speech in reply, which it appears lie was not successful in making the people hear, and which caused Capt. Treanor to advise him to torego any attempt at speaking. Mr. O'Donohoe became highly insulted and wrofe_Jo the said Captain Treanor his ' tho anl>if?i*t u-liioh fed to a challenge. lliUUglllO MJ.V - J , ? , and tlic usual preliminaries to a modern affair of honor. Mr. O'D. at first very properly refused to fight, but getting hi? Irish up, he concludcd-he could not stand everything: and when about t<> take after his challenger, the officers of the law overhauled him, and ho got into the strings"- 1,4 It is a great pity that duelling could not be as sumwarily treated.m every other Slate as it is in Massachusetts,4 where tfie Ijiws are stringent upon the subject, and very properly provide, "That every person . who shall engage hi a duel with any deadly weapon, i although no homicide ensue, or shall challenge another | to fight sucfli a duel, or shall send or deliver any written or verbal message, purporting or intended to be' I such challenge, although no duel ensue, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison not hiorc than twenty years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not more than three years, and shall also Ije iucapable ol holding or of being elected or appointed to anyplace ' of honor, profit, or trust, under the constitution or laws ! of this commonwealth, for a term of twenty years after j such conviction. The law in relation to accepting a challenge is also quite severe." It seems strange that among the improvements ol ! the age, the march of civilization, the progress of scij ence, truth, and religion, that the custom of duelling, ! so grossly inhuman, and red with the blood of slaugli. ! tered thousands who have fallen as its sacrifices, should still be adhered to with such wonderful tenacity by so large and respectable a class of persons, who?although They nckuowK dge its moral turpitude?lrove not the courage to throw off its galling yoke, and refuse to be dictated to by a system which assumes so ur justly the arbitration of manVpcrsonal rights and responsibilities, A code which assumes to decide, when a man shall jeopardize the life of his follow, and ftfree him into a position either of risk in life or reputation?which operates so unequally as that of duelling?is. in our estimation, one of the very useless appendages of the age, and cannot possibly have its origin, or authority, either in the Bible,, the dictates of humanity, right, reason or religion, but in the proud, presumptuous, overgrown egotism of poor, feeble man; who, compared to the great being, man's Maker, is but a worm of the dust, lie it is wlio dares to insult the Majesty of Ilcaven, by offering, upon certain established terms, to take that | which he can neither give nor restore. Man was not I created in the image of Deity to take the lifo of his fel1 low, but to bless and benefit bis kind, lie who creates, lias only the right to destroy; and why should a erea-tyf )j|^ o,]ro|yrB-^||^V | bitrary right of claiming our lifo at his pleasure, to ' gratify some selfish caprice or to redress some real or imaginary wrong? It docs appear to us, that it is time this sinful and ! inhuman practico was stopped. Too many bleeding j victims?too niany broken hearts and ruined homes? | have been sacrificed already to the blind and ciuel ty: rant of duelling. Humanity, from her thousand blced! ing pores, erics out against it. Homes ruined and do: solatc ask proteqfion. Hearts bruised and broken ask j for some healing balm. Widows and orphans claim | our sympathies; hut all?friends, home, kindred, and I the dearest tics of eartli and affection?all, all, arc sacrificed to the stern exactions of the ''code of honor (?)." There arc obligations which every good citizen owes to his God and country, nboye those w hich a false standard of morbid public opinion has daied to erect in place of that which by divine authority lias said, ' Thou shalt not kill." Rev. Dr. Palmer. The Southern Presbyterian states that the Rev. Dr. Palmer, of Columbia, lias declined the chair to which lie was elected in the Danville Seminary?de dined also the several important and,Mattering oilers made to him by several of the Northern churches, much to the gratification of his Southern friends, concluding to content himself in his present location. Dr. Doardmnn has also declined the Professorship to which he was elected iu the Prineeton Theological Seminary by the late General Assembly. Mortality in New Orleana. The Carolinian publishes the following extract from a private letter, dated New Orleans, August 9: ' The deaths by fever last week were 1,199?C70 iu the last three days. At this rate the uuaeclimated poorer classes will soon be swept oil'. I am told that 7f> unhiitied bodies were laying at one cemetery, as laborers cannot he got to bury them. In 18112 the bodies had to be burned: it may have yet to be done here now." North Carolina Election. Full returns from the election in North Carolina for members to Congress have been received. The Delegation will stand as follows: Messrs. Shaw, Ruflin, Aslic, and Craige, Democrats; and Messrs. Rogers, Keny Puryear and Clingman, Whigs. Alabama. The Congressional Delegation of this State is as follows: Messrs. Phillips, Harris, Moore, Houston, Cobbi Dowdcll, democrats; and Abereromhie, whig. Winston, democrat, is cleeted Governor by a lurgo majority. Movkmf.xts of U. S. Troops.?Two companies of troops from Fort Adams, R. J., and two from Fort Hamilton, N. Y., eaeli 80 strong, have been ordered to be ready to sail for the Rio Grande on tho 9th ius^ Major G. Porter, of the 4th Artillery, in command.? Major Palaliold. of the f'orps of Engineers, is also ordei od to superintend t lie erection of field works on tho frontier. This movement of troops is made to uicct tho movement of the Mexican authorities, who have thrown largo bodies of men on tho Rio Grande. More troops from the ports on the Atlantic arc ehoitly to follow, probably 1,500 will bo sent. The Maine Liquor Law men in Baltimore have issued a call for ward meetings, to elect delegates to a convention to meet on tho 28th of the present month to nominate candidates for the Legislature ami deviso c*Vr rtjean-- for carrying ?v,.t thair vin:. South Carolina Rail Road. ' * In ihe absence of tho editor of the Journal, we < without comment, the annexed article on tl?e strict in our last number, upon the management of the S Carolina Railroad. Ou his return, if a reply to i Carolinian is necessary it will be given. We presi I however, the object of tho editor has been accomp ed?the attention of the proper authorities Itgs/ callod to our grievances?and as there appeilrf to prospect of a portion of them ut least being redre | there will probably be no necessity for a furthci | cussion on the subject. South Carolina Railroad. We copy to-day, from j Camden Journal, what seems to tis to b i unnecessarily severe article on the r j agement of the South Carolina Railroai j We agree with that paper in its denuncfat 'of ihe ineonver.ience to the travelling publi ! the existing arrangements between Can and the place; but we have understood th i is in contemplation by the president and j recto's to institute a daily through coiinec I between these' points, by attaching a pa."5 ger car to a freight train, to leave at the p i eKhotir s to form the connection. In- re&tion to the coiuplliiiits about til i reculfir iffof the mails, it is proper to s that tliafjgti eers of the ra'ilrond have not whatever to do with them. The mail are under the special charge of the United Si i mail agent, who li^s a department.on the i under lock and key, and to which the eni| ors ol the road have no access. "The. agent, and he alone, is responsible, and to " must attach the hlame of any mistakes in transportation of the mails. Whilst on point, we remark that gieat injustice is < to both the* Camden and Columbia bran ' by the Post Oftiee Department, in not pla mail agents on these routes. We sugge; our citizens to our citizens the propriety ol ting in a petition to the department, for th point ment of such an agent on the road l Branchville to this place. With regard to the presidency of the i we may say, that, whilst we are not the cl pion of any man, or set of men, we dou our friend of the Journal could find a mt better "practical business qualifications," , '"understands the details of business" tnor< Iv, or who better knows'when things are < | right," than tbe gentleman now at the he: ! this r-uid. We know of no one, even unde i 'Journal's'own code ofqualifications; more i ply qualified for the office. True, he inigli | be able to "get aboard an engine and r j himself,''but if fit for the offi.ee in other poets, we should think this condition migJ dispensed with jn the president u(a rail company. . ( ' . We shrewdly suspect that the cditoi writing this pointed at tide, had some par lar "able, practie;,'.:le and rt liable" Vnan" i mind's 030; one who understands the e.vfi - dinarily "intricate machinery" which " have about'railroads," and one who, nod in the Journal's opinion, would see that"s< . thing would be done." Very well, ^f-th the case, we think tl?a? just such a man c , find h situation at 'this time on the road understand that one of the best practical 1 . neers we have has temporarily taken char, the South Carolitria road, and that, in add to this,there will be requited an assistant with the very qualifications mentioned bj Journal. Whilst we do not expect the j I dent to act, even in cases of necessity, a jitiecr, conductor, or fireman, we know-tb, flit in these departments. We take occasion to add that the Smith rolina Railroad tvijl have no favor firm where it does not deserve it. We believe raising the rates ol fieight on sundry aft of consumption was wioiig and iujudre and said so, and in every other instance w i?e?$urc isdeseivedit shall not. bo-witlil but we cannot expect men to work nfirm nor do we look lor nil the qualifications o various employers on the road to be comli in its chief olHcer. For the Camden Journal. IlaiS Stoacb. Mu. Editor?I was pleased indeed to your remarks about our Jul Jroad in the Jot of the Dili itist.,and trust that some of thec papers wiil speak out in the same tones unti evils complained of, and which do exist, are n died. It is too bad, the manner in which rollers coming from or going to Columbia, copt oil certain days, are detained at that J tion ?the poor accommodation that is affo ! to those who are so unfortiinat i as to hnv I camji there eight hours. We are not aware whether the Railroad ( pany have the power or not, to banish that I rum-simp which lias reared its. poisonous I j there, but something ought to be done; fur dor the present beautiful arrangementy hi have the misfortune of remaining! here two-tl of a day as well as ineu, and a grog-shop so tigtinus must be revolting to their feelings, < were it a genteel (?) one. It is also a matter of great importance to citizens of Camden, that some new arranger by w hich they, as well as the resid"iitsof Cha ton, Hamburg ami Columbia, will nut be obi to "sit up all night," in order to be time cim 1 for the departure of the cars in the inoi'iiin; ! Only think of it; persons leaving lu re for j lumbin on any day exeept Wednesday or Fri i must rise at half past two A. M.?take two hi , at):/ a huff to r;o Iy strain down to the Jnnci a distance of thir/j/ cli/hl miles?remain t I eight hours, when an hour's run, if the. flip : were such as they should bo, would land t j at Columbia. Now the exeu.-c for all (hi that it docs not pat/. To some this may 1 very clear and satisfactory reason ; but howask, would that merchant or i hat hanker sue* in bu.-iuess, who kept his store or his ollicc c only on such days as did pay ! It is not t< j expected that a man will go by any vcliicl conveyance that will m>t carry him; there | because lie can't go, lie docs not go. Tlu-re j a time when persons could come up from I tions of Sumter, transact their bank business j Wednesday, ana return home the same daj ; Let the road bo put in proper order, put s : engines on it as should be oil it, and the s; can re none vol. A suggestion in your article, Mr. Edito j really a good one, and it is hoped that some will act upon it. I allude to to the sugges j of setting up a commodious and genteel lioui fltitf .function, whore breakfast can be obtai by those going down, and dinner bv those c I ing up. l?ranchville is too far for breakfast j way, and too near to Charleston for dinner jollier. VERBL'M SA1 , Xr.w Cotton I'kkss.? Messrs. W. F. ( J. Provost, of Seltna, have invented and i jlructcd n new cotton press. The state .Si I ne! is authorised to say thn't ohe t?f the prtrty copy j < tiers to hct S5000 that lie can press with W. urc-fi K. & 0;J. Provost's new press one hundred outli bales of cotton, weighing foutliuudred and fifty the ^pounds hi 12 hours, and all tfi^rqp^shaH be umo, putkfli wit h two, hands; six ropes to each brfle; ilish-. ,or he v ill wager the same' amount that h? can Been press seventy-five" bides weighingM* hundred boa pounds, in the same-time::aijjl-with the sntne sscd, force. There is no process now used in the dis- S"fth, we learn from many of oor /aiming fiends, that can surpass ihftt of the niode of the new press used by the MessrsTrovosts of this city;' This press is well worth the at- ,* tention of cotton planters.'"' e an ' nan-' - ~1 " .. j Drt. Thomas IJ. Simmoxs. ? Death lias 'reions moved from 'our midst a useful.mid esteemed ic t,( citizen in the person, of DrSinimotfs, who dejmrtideii cd this life on Friday morning jast, at 6 o'clock, after about ten d>ys illness, of Typhbfd fever, jj. leaving an affectionate wife and three children, :tion ,0 raol,r" tlieir loss and elieiish Jiis memory, sen- Cnr Villnge and community,-alike with thein r0p. are left in mourning.?Lexington Telegraph. e j,._ Senator Duccfa^-^Ottt reader^ inny haro , ? tate ckewhere observed the report that the distillhiug guishctl Seuator from Illinois had,. during hi? hags foreign tour, united with, the Roman Catholic .atcs Church. We see that the New York 'Freeman cars attaches no credit to" the rumor. * - ' ' }|?v! A letter from Rev. Dr. Teasdale, of this eityv mail (w ',0 wa3 formerly pastor of the church which j,jm Senator Douglas attended, with his {unilyf)> the ?iVi's the following information. this "The gentleman alluded .to in undoubtedly ^0Me the Hon. J. R. Chandler, Of Philadelphia, now ches or ^cently at Rome. It is known that kw ci?,r present wife, (a very excellent .and beautiful } t to tvomau) is a devoted Catholic^ and it- is gepefuni rul'y believed that Mr. Chandler,- bavitjg *for B ap. ^ome time been a regular attendant with her from 0,1 Catholic services, has now united -with that . Churqh." ' . ^ oad We are not aware that Sepator, Douglas lias iam )"et reached " the Eternal City."? Washington bt if u,iion' . ~rl ' * , .. One Year of \V ar.?The VV aslnngton Re\ ? public in an Article upon the -question, "/Wijl 1 there be War?" riiakesThe Tallowing statement .),K' respecting the financial cost of war ..to Englaud. 1 " .during a single year. Itsats: r th* " lu the year 1813, England maintained 140,?<am" Q00 sailors and marines, 237,000 regulars, 37J,r t not ii^litia,. G5,000 yeoman cavalry, adding tho u" " Indians and Colonial armies. She had more thiln a million of men underarms. She-had I,* 003, vessels,, of which 644 were in commission; io.id qq jvere.ships of the line. The army .cosf?33,000,000. ^ The navy estimates, were ?22,000,1,1 000, including ten -millions " advanced to the Continental States. 'The. total war excuses of n T813 was more than five hundred million doll,'J()l* Jars! Such was the cost'of a "war. fought tor - maintaining the national interest^ o? fugland, ""I'1 which brought no other acquisition that peace onf and security." is lie =? ; iould SircyjE.?We learn llmL MtV Andrew Kidd, We ;in old and respectably citizen of the lower part f'gi- 0f this District committed Snuide on Thursday ge of |!Wt, the 4th inst, by banging himself while unilion dor partial derangement. * Mr. Kidd "'was a .<o"he, ber, iqdttBtriou5, honest ^citizen, and for^a iitimf the fjer 0f ji; ars a member of the Preaby terinu.q^Hioh -re^i- fie leaves.a family^t^n'ouru his' uuptt^ctt^'.. sen- ? YorkvilleMtHcettariy. at he ?.% J"-v. ^ uoutri.- ?WefTearn stbatni$ly-tl?ice bales or c\c\1lfcjyt fodder were received, o? Wednesday ' 6a- last, at the Charlotte Depqt, from Sir? Jf. T??lr u? ben's phintationyTn^Clrester district It was lt l'Hlv^:lse^ ky Mr. Keenaii, at &1.25 per l^jhs. uMc-n We would suggest to our coingrygMcndsf-tlfoifa, a good avlie! c- 'of 'fodd'er, put up iiireat pack.v lie'e ges, will always rind a ready marcel hew,at, ' i'J-'ld; full prices.? Carolinian, \ ~ ' '. ^ The people of Texn^pro fast becoming pre par""c ed for die Maine liquor law. - An intelligent gentleman who has recently travelled throiigh'seye^ ral of the more populous counties of the State gives it as his opinion, that ifva proliibitary liquor law was now submitted to the raters of the Stale,. 1 see a majority would.be iu its favor. ' . >tln'? ^ Seventy-five thousand dollars''spent for in(ox' the icnijiijr' li?juors in a city of three thousand white l'tne- inhabitants ! An intelligent citizen of Houston, tm- Texas, lias recently made a close examination c'x* into the matter, and finds that about scventyf'tc five thousand dollars arc spent annually in that rd?d city fur intoxicating liquors. This would be e to mure than sufficient to build a good plank road from Iluiistun to the Brazos. little The World's Temperance Convention which 'rout meets in New York on the Cth September, will un- be held in the Metropolital Hall, and continue idles for four days. The forenoon of each day will be lirds devoted to the reading of appropriate essays, and con- in the afternoon a recess, to enable the members even to visit the Chrystal Palace and other place-. On the 7th the Children of New York, Brooklyn, the Williamsburg and Jersey city, will be assemnent bled in the Hall, to listen to addresses, music, &c. rles- The evenings will be devoted to public meetings, igod with the exception of Thursday evening, the 8th, nigh when a soiree will be given, to afford delegates f.? an opportunity for social interview, and to parCo take of its creams, fruit, and other light refresh day, meats. At this soiree the Rev. John Pierpont, ours of Massachusetts will recite an original Maine' lion, law poem. here ~ ; .jn,.s Moderate Drinking.?'It is easier,' said the item -'vat moralist Johnson 'it is easier to abstain ? ,s than to he temperate,' and the experience of all >e a :,"os tends to confirm the truth of the apotliem. \vo bet moderate cliinkers then beware." The bold ,0C(] ; navigator, who with favoring winds ventured to ,p0n j sail upon the verge of the Norwegian maelstrom j p,,. i tVIt his heart"die within him, and his courage e or! flua'' when ho perceived his vessel yield for an I . A k A. it.. 1* i.* A 1 ' . 1*1 tore i<> rue iorce 01 tnc current, wtucn ran was sweeping hi mighty circles around the drendj?or ^u' ?u't- 'ias escaped to tell thebaic, and < on boast of the successful gratification of a not . unreasonable- curiosity. But he h?s escaped uc|, alone; and the mariner would be esteemed.a .une madman, who without object should imitate the example of his temerity. Yet seduced bysintir k lar instances ainonirst^those who have drank onc ; moderately and continued to drink of the intoxition J eating cup, out young men listen to the voico of e .,t ' the syren, disregard all warning, and glide rapidinoil ly down into irremediable destruction. one A communication from Dr, Hicklin, of the the Mobile Hyspital, to the papers of that city, L ! announces (lie existence of four cases of yello\v , fever in that establishment. The snflercrs, ? C. were, however, ail residents of New.Orleans, con- No case offerer originating in Mobile has vet outi- occurred.