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(Central items. From Mexico. On the 17th August, Gen. James Gadsden, of Sojith Carolina, presented his credentials as C>? T?_. _j; i j ?. ? iixumjruinary ana minister rienipuMMi ' tiary of the United States of America to the , Republic of Mexico. The presentation took pluee at Tacubaya, when he addressed his Ex-j cellehey Gen. Santa Anna as follows: -MIt is with high satisfaction that I present my credentials as Envoy and Minister from the United States af North America to the Republic of Mexico. Familiar as is your Excellency with the history and composition of the Government w hich I have the honor to represent? federal in the relations of the sovereign States which constitute it, and popular in the influences which convey the official authority to declare the popular will?it is appropriate on this occasion, that 1 place at your disposal the inaugural of our lately elected President, who, with a unanimity cotemporaneous with that which re called you to preside over the nation; nlity of Mexico, has been barged with the hfgh responsibilities in the Government of a n l l:- 'ni _ . ' ... ... i _ .l ?isier ixepuuuc. i nai inaugural, wuu me letter of credence herewith presented, affirms, in language neither to be mi"taken tior distrusted, the friendly relations which it is the desire of President Pierce to promote with the Nations of the Eaith. f . In a mutual respect for each other's nationt nlity?in a just observance in their spirit and letter of compacts and treaties?in the recipro. cations of a free and progressive commerce? and in the kindred alliances which invariably follow in the train of enlightened intercourse? does the Government of the United Slates recognize the most reliable guarantees of harmony at home and peace abroad. These relations of good will and fellowship it is t.hepe,. culiar interest of the neighboring republics of L North America to maintain; whose very contiguity may prove the stimulating cause of border irregularities, threatening interruptions w&ch it-is the policy of both powers to anticit pate. What would be the higher destinies of tfffese two#communities?so gifted with all the elements which can establish rational liberty, individual prosperity and national greatness, ''animated by the.kindred impulses of fraternal ..neighborhood ? no sagacity can foreshadow, and no obstacles Impede. * Tire United States of North America therefore,. through its accredited representative, avails herself of this opportunity to greet the Republic of Mexico in a spirit of amity, of justice, and of peace." .To which his Excellency President Santa Anna made the following response: . - " With satisfaction I receive the communication of the most excellent the-President of "the United States of America,-accrediting your Excellency her Envoy Extraordinary and MinL ister Plenipotentiary. It furnishes me a proof of the desire which animates His Excellency to cultivate the happy understanding now ex \ ' isting between the two countries and so highly valued by this Government. No less salisfac tory is the inaugural of the noble chief, who at present guides the destinies of a friendly Ke f public; evincing a sincere friendship, a judi cious policy, and a benevolence which in mere prudence must be a. sourc^ fruitful in results for the peace of the continent. Thia declaration, together with the sound principles .avowed by.your Excellency, as well as- the .great propriety preserved throughout the -conduct of recent intercourse, shall add new bonds to those what at present, under favor of * Haoftrea, so closely suite the Mexican ftdpub A$c tp that represented by your Excellency. Recognising as I do these to be the only solid basis of international relations, and convinced of their utility to people of a common bouuda ry, who as children of one continent should consider theinsetves brothers; and persuaded of the immense influence which their faithful observance would exercise over her destinies, Mexico, most assuredly would never deviate from such principles. On this account, then, I take pleasure in assuring your Excellency that you will meet near this Government every facility which vour mission rcnnircs! siim-ps. v ? J ~? -"1 ' wwvv ? sivtly good faith, the strictest adherence to justice and treaties, and an earnest desire to prevent 3S far as possible the slightest cause > for indifference, so that the relations between the two countries may every day be more intimate and prolific of results; relations which I / promise myself shall be founded upon an indestructible basis of lasting friendship, mutual respect and common benefit, to which end an incessant vigilance on my part shall be directed. Such is the policy which my administration professes in respect to all nations, and shall with pleasure observe towards, the R public that your Excellency so worthily represents, as the occasion of our immediate vicinity and well-conceived interests demand. Mexico, theti, through me, corresponds with pleasure to the salutations which the United States of America offers by your Excellency in the same spirit of amity, justice, and peace." Abolition Lecture. It is scarcely two weeks ago since we noticed a work from the press of G. P. Putnam & Co.?"The Liberties of America"?which was foully tainted with anti-slavery doctrines; we knew that it was a book that would be bought and read unsuspectingly, and that those for whom it appeared more especially designed (Undents of nolifics? inirrlif find c.mo iii genious arguments at war with their notions of our instilulions. We have observed but few notices of the book, and but one in this State, the editor merely mentioning the title, and staling that he hud not read it. On the heels of the above coines from the same publishers, who appear to take pleasure in issuing in an attractive form this description of literature, a new novel called " The Exiles" by Talvi, author of "Ileloise," Arc. The greater portion of the scene in thi-> tale is laid in Charleston, where a planter's family 'had a city mansion and lived in handsome style. The apparent heroine of the tale, and her atliunced lover were from Germany. The latter is rep. resented as having been engaged in seducing negroes from their masters in Charleston, while the former was a tutoress in the planter's fainily. The discussions of the question of slavery, the arguments adduced, and the expressions "human beasts of burden," "sold like cattle" "cruelties," and "abominations," practiced, all show the source of the work, that it is the production of a Yankee, and one too, who does not know anvlhing of our laws, or life in Char. . ? ...... iu k.. i;n?. li'SiUlIt lie v hi ii"* i?r ??"uui nr. i> wr' ni\n t<? it'll years' iiiij,ri>oiiriu-iit in the Penitentiary, w hen no such inst.tutiou exists iti the .State; and on other topics connected with Southern ! life lie betrays ignorance, or a wilful misrepre- j ! sentation. This book is moderately anti-slavery ; it describes the planter's daughters as both opposed to the institution ; and the arguments against j it nre put into the mouths of the characters we like best. What Messrs. Putnam & Co. desire to gain by forcing these books on a Southern maiket, we do not comprehend. We cannot think they would find it profitable in the long run, however popular it may make them at the North. We think that the Southern editors should glance at the works they receive from this house, before thev notice them. - Whilst on this topic, we clip the subjoined from a Georgia paper: "We chanced the other day to pick up a small volume that had for months been in the hands of one of our children, entitled a "Manuel of morals for common schools, adapted also to the use of families," and published by John P. Jewett, Boston, and Win. K. Wardwell, AinJover. From a list of books on the back of the volume we gather that Miss Hall is the authoress of this inanuel, which contains over six pages of as rank abolitionism as we have read for many a day. We submit it to the good sense of booksellers and teachers whether the sale and use of such works, can be justified on any principle of justice or patriotism in a Southern community. If so, we would like to see such justification."? South Carolinian. House Thief Arrested.?On Friday evening last, a man calling himself Geo. Howard, came to the American Hotel in this place and represented that he was the agent of some Circus Company, and soon made arrangements with the Landlord, Mr. Joel Curry, for the accommodation of his company, which was to arrive about the 19th or 20th inst. This preliminary to other business in Mr. Howard's line being settled, he requested the loan of a saddle horse to ride as far as the first toll gate on the l'lank road, to see, as he said, his acquaintance the gate keeper. The distance being only one mile, some hours having elapsed and the customer not yet returned, Mr. Curry was induced to send out to the gate, where he learned from the keeper that his man had passed on up the Martin Town road in a quick pace. Suspicion being aroused, Mr. Curry dispatched Mr. James An1 derson in pursuit, who after ridi.ig all night | came up with the fellow on Saturday early in j j the day, some twenty-five miles from Hamburg, ! j making his way towards Abbeville. He was I 1 1 I " .1 ? t _1_ 1 A 1 _ I I arrested ana urougnt duck, ana niter a neanng | before W. J. Wightman magisistrate, was coin | initted to await his trial before the Court of Sessions. There seems to be but little doubt but that this is tire same circus gentleman that recently-opined a horse in Abbeville in a similar manner and brought him to this place, and sold him to one of our stable men. It would i be well if the same vigilance u?cd bv Mr. Curry in this case, he having promptly olFered lifty dollars for the arrest of the thief, could be always adopted so as to teach* such gentry the danger of their calling. o o Hamburg Republican. Businesses Charleston.?The fall business is fairly open and promises better than it has ever done at any other period of our history. A gentleman engaged in extensive business, a few days ago, informed u?, that he has sold more goods already than during the whole of last season, llis is perhaps a solitary instance of such excessive increase, but every consideration concurs in the belief that the increase has been general. The causes of this are various. There arc many from the States of Alabama and Mississip' pi, who have been in the habit of receiving a portion of their fall supply from New-Orleans, they are thrown upon Charleston; there are others who were in the habit of purclipsing in New-York for shipment by way of New-Orleans. 1 IJC Vliainivi Hiiwu-n ill. " "Viiv;<uia wv.ni" viv^vut they have been compelled to coine to Charleston. Add to this, there is more money in the country than there has ever been at any one time before, and the facts that through the extension of .pur railroads, a larger tract of country has become tributary to this road, that Charles ton lias been more healthy than any other city upon the Atlantic coast, and we have causes which together might have very naturally prepared us for what has come to pass. Southern Standard. The Suspension Bridge over the Niagara.?This work, which promises to he one of ' the most remarkable in Bridge architecture, is now nearly completed, and is thus described in the Lockport Journal: "Imagine a span 800 feet wide in length, forming a strait hollow beam 20 feet wide, and about 18 feet deep, with top, bottom, and sides. There will lie an upper tloor to support the railroad and cars 20 feet wide wire cables, assisted by stays. "The lower tloor,, 19 feet wide and 15 feet high in the clear, is connected to the upper floor by verti al trusses. The cohesion of good iron wire, when properly united into caI hies or ropes, is found to be from 1)0,000 to 100,000 pounds per square inch, according to quality. The limestone used in constructing the towers will bear a pressure of 500 tons ! upon every square foot. The towers are 00 j feet high, 15 J'eet square at the ba-e. and 8 at the top. When this bridge is covered with a I train of cars the whole length, it will sustain a ! pressure of not less than 405 tons The speed is supposed to add 10 per cent: to the pressure, , equal to 01 tons The weight of supers! ructure i added, estimated at 781 tons, makes the total aggregate weight sustained 1,273 tons. "As-uining 2,000 tons as the greatest tensi< 11 to wtiirli the cables can he subjected, it is considered safe to allow five times the regular strength, and providing for a weight of 10,000 I tons. For this 13,000 miles of wire ate re j quired. The numbers of wires in one cable j is 3 000. The diameter is of cable about U-1 -4 inches. '1 lie Inidge, we believe, is the longest between the points of support of any in the world.1' j Sam; Day Auiioad.?The Editor of the Edgefield Advertiser in his ".-ale day items" I says "On the evening of sale day, .we stood by * the Court House with one of the most sincere j and consistent Temper nice men. (ientlemen j were getting up here and leaving for their homes and all were dispering deeently and in order, j Not a drunken oath was heard nor a tone of wrangling. "J hero, observed our companion j "see (he excellent woiking of our anti-li euse i regulations. Is it not the change delightful to . 1 wiiiiossf" Ami, as we called t<> mind some ol j i the shameful scenes of riot and debauchery | j whi> h wcie wont to he enacted under the tilling j I s\stem on every side of our public square, we : i cordially assented to the rental'!:." I j-'wiiBagj?:i,rmzr n i' 1 v.v. :in? r i\rwr n Cl)f (Coutkn HUflilt) Jmiritul Tuesday, September 20, 1853. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. To Printers. A good Compositor will find a permanent situatioi at this office. New Post Offices. The following new Post Offices have been establish ed on the route from Camden to Monroe, N. C.: Klm Grove, Kershaw District, Col. James C. Hail< P. M., Palmetto, Kershaw District, C. C. Hailc, Esq F. M., and Butler, Lancaster District, Capt.T. L. Cly burn, P. M. Rail Road Meeting. On Wednesday, the citizens of the Town and Dis trict are invited to meet in the Court House for th purpose of consulting together on the best and sures plan of building a Railroad to Lancaster. We have already said enough?words have beei expended in superabundance. There is no value ii words, unless the action is in keeping with them A tion is now the word, and the word should be actioi Come up, gentlemen and fellow-citizens, and sliov your faith by your works. We don't want talkerscommonly they do but little work?ne want worker Come up to the mark, and subscribe your money, am help to build up your ancient and beloved town. In all candour and sincerity, we ask our friends ti come to the meeting, and let us do something fortb Lancaster Railroad. Come yourselves, and send you neighbors word to come also. The Commissioners to open books have gone t< work in good earnest. Will our fellow citizens com up to their help? We earnestly hope they will. Things in Charleston. Whilst on a recent visit to Charleston, we had ai ? r?,i. ?1,ti,n? ti.? ujjuvi bumty \ji iivu\-aiig a i\. ? uiiiijji] vuviv. xnw vn; looks lively and prosperous?indeed, the very grea healthiness which Charleston has enjoyed this season has served to put an entirely new face on every thing The Merchants are busily engaged receiving ver; heavy stocks, and will soon be prepared to suit tliei customers in quantity, quality, and (of course) in price Great improvements are being made in the appear ancc of the streets. We noticed on Mast Bay particu iarlv, where large blocks of handsome buildings ar taking the places of small indifferent stores, whic rather served to inspire disgust, in place of excitiu; admiration. The City Council, with eommendab! good taste, are widening ahd straightening the street wherever they can. We have always thought that i was a great pity the beauty of Charleston was so inuel marred by the irregular and narrow streets which ar so often to be found. With very few exceptions, sucl is the case. Wc trust in time, that these, to accrtaii extent at least, will be improved. The new Custom House will be a very grand affair whoever lives to see it completed. Tire workmen ar taking their time, and mean, we presume, to do wha they have to do, well. Slow and sure is a very gooi motto?particularly wheu one gets paid well for it observance. The foundations of this edifice will be when completed, on a scale hitherto unprecedented one mustsce to believe. The estimated cost of construe tion is about thirty thousand dollars per month?some tiling over a thousand dollars per diem, counting onf working flays. There arc at present some two huu dred^ hands engaged. This House will cost som money by the time it is finished. But Uncle Sam i rich, who cares? Wc saw*n iron palmetto tree in Charleston, whic! the ingenuity of one of her adopted citizens, Mr. C Werner, a German gentleman, had executed hi evuewivs -Iron foundry at the corner of State ran Cumberland streets. This treo is a representation of nature as truly, i seems to us, as nature can be represented. It look for all the world like a simon pure Palmetto. Tin limbs and leaves and all are exactly like a handsomi tree ought to look. Indeed, we are not sure but tha it is something of an improvement on our old warrio palmettoes. The whole structure, says the Courier reaches the height of thirty feet, and weighs nbott 27,000 pounds, all being of iron except the leaves which are of copper. The Evening News is our au thonty for the following: "The tree stands on a base five feet square. Fron the base to the pedestal the distance is ten feet, tin height from the top of the tree to the base is thirty feet. There are sixteen branches composed of cop per, forming principal leaves, and twenty bro ken branches. The diameter of the trunk is four teen inches. At each corner of the pedestal there is an eagle hold ing wreaths of laurel in its beaks. The foursquares o the pedestal are embossed with a palmetto. A doo opens at its east side, showing in what manner tin work inside is constructed On the top of the treo will be placed an eagle, (o iron) measuring from wing to wing seven feet, in closi combat with a rattle snake, issuing Ifom the tranche! of ihe palmetto, also made of iron.-' Another evidence of improvement in Charleston, wil be found in the very extensive steam printing aud gen eral pu blication establishment of Messrs. Walker i James, No. 3 Broad street. We were shown all ove the building by one of tlio proprietors, Mr. Joscpl Walker, who is also agent for tlio Wholesale Pape Commission Warehouse, No. S2 East Day. It is torn a source of pride that we have at home such an estab lishmcnt as this of Messrs. Walker & James. Thcj are the Harpers of the South, and are prepared to d< all kinds of work from the smallest book to the larges volume, executed in a style unsurpassed by any othe for durability and finish. New Banking Houses seem to be going up wit) considerable speed. The State Bad, arc having a nev building erected on the comer of East Buy and Broad streets. The Farmer's anil Exchange Bank is in coursi of erection one door North of the Planter's and Me chauic's Bank?which is also being improved and mod cruized. Every thing is looking up, and Charleston is rapidb improving The merchants, traders, and all are widi awake: and one must keep his shop-windows open al the time if be would succeed, for the motto of even business man is?Push along, keep moving. The New Female College. The Carolina Sjiartan, after copying our notice, ii regard to the location of the New Female College bo ing resisted at the next Conference, says in answer: All tlio reply required, we humbly and defer eutially submit, would be found ill the following Resolution of the South Carolina Annual Con fereiicc, passed at the session of December last See Minutes page 19. " licsoli.'cd, That a Committee of five be ap pointed, to receive anv offers that may be inadt on the subject of establishing a Female College in some central or suitable position in this State and if they shall deem it necessary to act in tin recess of the Conference, they are hereby clothct - < . -1-. *-<> - w ('oiiooivsiolli'lS of till Willi |IO*Yi;i IU UU nw ?% ? ... So. Ca. Conference.*' Under this Resolution the following gentle men were appointed to act as said Committee viz : Rev. Win. M. Wighttnan D. L>. Rev. H H. Dtirant. Re*.*. Charles Betts, Rev. Whatcoa IJL tmm k I M ? 'I I f ? -rmT~T**T*' A. GaineweH; and Rev. Hugh A. C. Walker, \v These are good men ana true, faithful servants rr of the Church; most of whom have grown grey r< as laborere in the harvest fields of Methodism, ci These men are the trusted and beloved eo-la- n borers of the clerical body with which they stand t! r connected. These men are not likely, to act tl rashly, or foolishly ; or unjustly, when charged p Q with official functions for the Church, and having ci the great interests involved and the fear of God n before their eyes. w They were clothed with plenary power to act ft for the Conference, and they have acted. The u Committee were not instructed to select a " cen- ai tral and suitable place." Now we presume the f( ' Editor of the Temperance Advocate speaks by ft '' some Clerical authority. Now we should be ir pleased if that Reverend personage would pro- ai pound to himself the following interrogatories, p and answer them to his own conscience, before tj he utterly nullifies the action of a Conference, a 0 for such is, no more nor less, the action of the C lt Committee, viz : a< 1st. Am I capable in the absence of all the b facts, circumstances and reasons, governing the e committee, of acting more wisely : judging more correctly, and deciding'more judiciously, in so p grave a matter, than the Committee have done? 1 2nd. Am I prepared to charge that Commit- ci v tee with either a want of intelligence, or a want of good faith ? t 3 3rd. Can I serve the cause of Christ; pro- hi mote hafmonv, or aid in ultimately sustaining p a cherished Institution, bv conjuring up storms ii D of opposition, and putting different sections of tl e the country and the church in a bitter and bel- a< r ligerant attitude toward each other. \> 4t.li. Is not Spartanburg a safe latitude for c< a the residence of young ladies from all portions tl 0 of the South, having retercnce to health ? it 5th.'Would Camden be as safe fur up-coun- Si try students, at all seasons as Spartanburg ? te Oth. Is it wise to pronounce judgment and c< 1 condemn in advance before you have heard the t< Y case ? t 7th. Is it wise to become wise above what is S i, written ? K . Who is lie that makes the request, Brother l> y of the Quill; let us see him. Jle is, we doubt ii r' not, " a marvellous proper man !" b ?. Wo answer the Spartan in the order in which the a - questions are put?premising, however, that wo do a i. not speak "by some Clerical authority" or uSecerend ' e personage." Wc speak for ourselves, and we speak " h what we believe to be the true sentiment of a good *1 g many "Rcvcrbnd personages," who will speak for them- b e selves at the proper time and place. s With the Committee above named we have no quarl rel to make; wo presume they acted for the best in J1 h the absence "of all the facts, circumstances and rea- " e sons," which should havo been presented before deI, ciding "in so grave a matter." That Camdcr. was mado !' u a tool of to spur up Spartanburg can hardly be doubt. 1 i ed?whether such was the intention or not, such at t j least was the case. e | To the first interrogatory we answer, that the Com- ^ t I mitteo did not havo "all the facts, circumstances and I o j reasons" necessary, before their election of Spartan . h burg as a "central and suitable location in the State." p tj The Conference will havo all those facts before them, ^ ; and will be prepared to "act more wisely, judge more >. correctly, and decide more judiciously, in so grave a ^ . matter, than the Committee have done." U y To the second wo answer: The Committee have not ? - been charged "with cither a want of intelligence, or a 0 e want of good faith." It is not generous to affirm that ,, s such was the the ease, nor by asking the question tj imply as much. We make no such charge. p i To tho third we reply, that it is unjust, ungenerous ri I. and unkind, to intimate that we are trying to "conjure tl 8 up s'orms of opposition, and putting uifl'erent sections fi r tn tne country and ihe churcu in anH_h?iiigep o ent attitude toward each other." We are trying to do It ?.ml, tl.lnf, Wn tinvo t hp riirlit tn nnrionl to a hiirli- Ci 1 ,,v OMV,i *,M"M ** w * " *o? ? TI CP 3 er tribunal than either that of tho Committee or tho 2 Spartan, and we intend to do it. t\ 3 To tho fourth we answer, ves; and are not disposed |c t to rob Spartanburg of that which justly belongs to her, T r nor do we wish to try to make it sickly. t,| To tho littli, we answer emphatically, that the loca- tl t tlon intended for the College in the "beautiful village" w | ofKirkwood, would be "as safe for up-country stu- li: . dents at all seasons as Spartanburg," or any other in "burg." tl ] To the sixth, we answer no, men, no. lie is unwise si i I who would, unjust who could. bi 7 To the seventh, wo answer in the negative. To crown tho whole, we answer our Spartan ,'riends c? . that upwards of several names of "marvellous proper" 1,1 I men, even not a few "Reverend personages," occupy*j ing considerable positions as "good men and true: ^ r faithful servants of the church," will be given at the proper time and at the proper place. cji Tho above answers we intend for the Spartan?cdi- ti I torial, Squibs and all. Gentlemen, have you anything ] hi j I further? ^ I Opinions of the Press. tJ 1 j ., We copy below the opinions ol the Press of differ- -u ^ cnt sections in the Slate, in order to show that we are st ,. not alone in our opposition to the location of tho Fc, j male College at Spartanburg. The article from tlie ( 111 r Laurcnsvillc Herald embodies our views on the sub5 ject, and we invito the attention of our readers to the . j same: w The Female College. ti ' | VVe arc not at all surprised to iiml that the ac- fa t! tion of the committee w ho located this College ! C at Spartaiiburg is most strenuously objected to, ! m r i particularly by the people of the low country. I ot 1 Wc have never felt inclined to oppose the in- j of ' terests nf?ur neighboring villages, but we have i tli f | earnestly called upon our citizens to unite and j w "I join in a just competition with any or all oi l 0 them, wherever and whenever such competition : fi -[ was invited, and the prize to be obtained gave , eel * promise of important general good t<> tnein.! ei Nor wil! we now arrav ourselves in opposition in ? to our neighbors, but feel constrained to give C 01 our views ol the resolution adopted In the Con i ps ' ference, for the guidance of the committee, and se f ; our opinion of what the. Conference expected , ai of the committee. The resolution read thus : j vi " lic.su Iced. That a committee ot live be up- R pointed to receive any oilers that may be made 1 on the subject of establishing a Female College j j in some central or suitable position in this I j State; and if they shall deem it necessary to , - j aet in the recess uf the Conference, the\ are tli r I hereby clothed with power to do so as com- w I ' missioiiers in behalf of'the South Chrolitia Con- j pt :1 ference." | sy We cannot believe that so intelligent and sc- w . gacions a body as the Methodist Episcopal si ? Conference of S. C., would entrust so import- w 1 ant a subject as the location ofi/sFemale Col- ei ; lege to live members for Jinal and dejiuite ac- o| 2 tion?however "true and faithful servants of the ct 1 Church" tlicy may have proved themselves to d< i he. Our understanding of the resolution is , m > -. .i ..i i.i ? e. I ... lllill lilt: CI H 11 III 111 t'U SIIUIJIU IfCl-IVl- ?111CI a Ilwm III . sucli locations as feel inclined to bid fur its gi establishment in (lieir |>ai ticular loealiiio6?that as .. is the extent of one of the powers delegated to ( In t. them. But the power to locate the College ' 01 -as not given them, unless " they (the Cornlittee) shall deem it necessary to act in the jcess of the Conference." Now, since the loation is, evidently, objectionable to a large umber of the laity, and also the members of le Conference, the question arises, what was le necessity Tor locating the College at that articular time? Could the work be commened before the Conference met? If the comlittee had the power to locate the College ithout regard to any future action of the Consrence in the matter, with the same propriety, nder the same resolution, they could have dopted plans for the building, and contracted >r its erection. We think a decent respect >r the body who appointed them should have iduced the committee to have submitted such n important matter to Conference for sanction, articularly where there was noacturl necessi f for its being: located at that particular time; ii'l unless the committee can fully satisfy the lonference that it was necessary for them .to ct at the time, it cannot be denied they acted J 4I. - 4 J 4 I I... /I iV ejruuu uie power vesieu 111 mem uy ooni?rnee. That Spartanburg will not yield the great rize which she confidently supposed herself ) be in possession of, without a struggle, we innot expect?her duty to herself retires it -her future prosperity depends mainly upon ?but should she lose it, she has only herself nd the committee to blame for the delusive osltion in which she is now placed. We have eard (whether true or not we will not say) nit the committee would have deferred final ction in the matter but for the eloquence and 'isdorn of some persons interested, who so oustrued the resolution as to make it seem to te vominittee that they were bound, to locate 1 on l/iul day. If suck was the ease, we again ty, that Spartanburg must blame the commit;e lbr holding out the golden apple, and tne ommittee mu?t blame Spartanburg for being )0 eager* to grasp it. But the objections against its locadon at partauburg are too great to allow Conference i pass them by unnoticed. The College will e a permanet institution in the State, and will ivolve Jin outlay of a large amount of money rfore it can be put in operation, and if, from ny cause, it should encounter the prejudice of ii) great number of its*expected supporters, it lust lie a failure, and the money invested cunot then b>' ni de avjiilable elsewhere; conseuently, it is not chimerical to suppose it will e a drain on the finances of the Conference. Its location, therefore, should have been inajrely considered on and discussed by those ndcr whose contiol and patronage it is to be ist.itilled and perpetuated, and not risked in ie hands office men, who, however upright, litlil'ul and conscientious they might be, are ke all the rest of mankind, liiii-le to be decked by influences thrown around them by ie crafty and sinister mind. It is uiged that its location so near the Male 'ollege is dangerous. W d have always been f that opinion. Nothing can be a surer in 'ndiiction for the whole male College than the ict that.one student has a sister in the Female hillege. It is useless to think of preventing ornmunication between the two institutions. io regulations or resti iclions short of prison* ke confinement on both sides will avert it six lOtiths; and the old adage, " the greater the ppositioii the more siire the alliance-," is too I ten verified to bt sneered at. We believe it quid become perfect match-making and doing institutions?and in nine cases out of ten, uinous to the liappiness of the young persons icinselves, and destroying the peace of whole undies. \Ve have other quite as important Injections to urg?, but flint wi have alVeady tfeiined our readers too long, jmd will therefore lose for the present.?Luurenaville Herald. It appears, from a notice in the Temperance .di'ocate that a dissatisfaction exists as to the iCatiou of the female College at Spartanburg! here seems Lo lie a (litfereiice nf ooinion as to ic propriety of establishing this Institution in le same village as Wot ford College, and the riter predicts, from their proximity, if so estabdied, the early fall of one or both; and gives Jlice, by request of parties interested that, icre will be a strong opposition at the next Lling of Conference, which convenes at New?rry T..e reasoning is good, and the propriety of a innge of location mu->t present itself to every lember composing the Conference, who will aloe himself a moment of diiinterrested reilecoti.?Lexington Telegraph. The Camden Journal is authorised and reuested to state that the action of the Coinmite in locating the female College at iSpartanurg will be resisted at the next Conference at ew berry." The Journal states that the main ground for ic opposition is, that it is located too near the lale College, and that the committee have not lectcd a eei! Ira I and suitable place." It seems u* opposition is pretty general, and that a large Huetice will be exerted against the location in ic Conference.?Anderson Gazette. Our friends of Spartanburg have reckoned, ithout their host, in calculating on the locaon of the College at that place as a "fixed ct." We see from the last number of the ainden Journal, that the action of the Com ittee will be resisted at the ensuing meeting the annual Conference at Newberry. One the grounds of objection urged is, that ie location of it so very near Wofford College ill be almost certainly ruinous to one or both. In case the decision is reversed, where will iend Trimmicr send Iiis "gal baby''to get her lueation ? lie may have to " board In r out" tli.*r at Camden or Union yet, in order that she ay enjoy the advantages of the New Female allege that wan to be at Spartanburg. This irlicular circumstance seems to be the only rioi'x dillieiilty in the way, ju>t at this time, id that might be obviated without the int? r ntion of a Southern Congress.? Yorkville eiiiedy. For the Camden Journal. Prediction lias now become Fact. The results preda ted some years ago when ie construction of a Plank Road to Concord as advocated, have been attained. An exnulitiirc of one hundred and twenty thoutnd dollars would then have accomplished the oi k ? fully one half of which would have been ibscribed elsewhere;?but the opportunity .... ?.i i >1... r..;i..M., I,.,., a..........a' tmiuu'u mm mi" umuiu "u-? uiiuij'ciicu (lie iorgies ol till* friends of the measure. An jjpnrtunity (and perhaps a last opportunity, rtainly I he last but one,) is now presented of ling something to aire-t the ruin impending /er the eomnieice of Camden. Does any le doubt that ruin is impending? Let him > fi-rth among the wise and experienced and sk the question. There is not one who will isitate to assure him that the hand-writing is .1 tlie wall. Let the doubter then ask of the young, and enterprising business men, as to their probable course for the future, and he will be answered that they all have seriously don* sidered the question of emigration, and must seek another home unless arrested by a change in the resources of Camden. Then it is time to consider whether we will throw awnv the opportunity again presented of arresting the ruin and re-establHjfajng the com., meroial importance of Camden. i^w^Lancaster Rail Road presents this opportunit^\ The Books of subscription are now open amNvHl remain so for a short period, and only a sbcbCt period. The subscriptions of our citizens have-.^ heretofore been conditional upon the extension < . of the Road to Concord, N. C., with some oth? er conditions considered favorable to Camden'. \ If the road is extended to Concord, we are at \ once on the highway of Nations, connecting with important Rail Road enterprizes in North Carolina, which penetrate nearly every section * of that State, and bring us into communication with the rich valleys of N. Eastern Tennessee, and in all probability open a Rival eqaal in importance to the great Rabun Cap Road.? With very little expenditure in addition to the cost of the projected road to Concord, a connection might be made with Charleston, materially diminishing the distance, and jnaking the nearest possible Rail Road connection with the upper portion of East Tennessee, tn connection with this communication, an extract is published from the letter of a poetical, experienced, and well informed Engineer now in North Carolina, showing the importance of some of the views here presented. Let every man consider how much he will lose by the gradual decay of Camden?how much he will sacrifice, socially and otherwise, to abandon the home of his choice, for another and strange laud. Let him consider the claims of Ms family and children. Let the working men, ^ the mechanics, the merchants, the lawyers, the clerks, the Railroad employees, consider what their condition will be when the anti-climax of ruin shall have been readied. Ilow long will Camden retain her Railroad connection with Charleston, if new combinations of trade are not effected? It would be just as probable that a bank would pay a premium to those who borrowed their money, as that a Railroad would be continued for the public accommodation after it had become a burthen to the proprietors. The Camden Branch is worthless now as an investment, but it will ver y soon reach the point when it will be a dead loss from here to Manchester. How then will merchants get their gocds to .and from market, and Planters their produce?? By the River and Canal? Gentlemen, an.examinatioti of the files of your Charleston papers will show you that the Canal company will apply to the Legislature at its next session for permission to abrogate their charter and close i he canal. But it has been suggested that a plank road will he built to the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, which will obviate the necessity of a resort to the three or four weeks voyage to Charleston, via Bull's Bay. A plank road in another direction, when Camden was better aide to build it, would have'saved the Railroad, but the people fancied themselves too poor then. It is apprehended that the Planters * alone will have to build the Manchester Plank Road, it ever it will be built. Yes, and the Planters alone will have to build up and sustain the churches and schools, court . houses, jails and poor-housos, support the paupers, (who will not lie diminished in number.) and pay for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors. If time neroiittcd, it muiht be shown tbaU-he Planter's have nearly as mueh interest in- JtW? question as any other class. But I have already tresspassed too long .on the patience of the reader. A NATIVE. Extract of a letter dated Salisbury, N. C., Aug. Oth, 1853. .i ' # > The citizens of Camden ought to take great interest in the construction of the Rail Road to Lam-aster C. II. Could the progress of events have been foreseen at the time of constructing the Camden Branch, a route for that road might perhaps have been chosen that would have been better for Camden. It is now too late, however, to mourn over what has been done, but perhaps not to try to remedy the mistake. It is very evident that if something is not done, and that quickly, the commercial prosperity of Camden must go down. It will no doubt continue to be resorted to by the Planters of the neighborhood as a summer retreat, but the trade which formerly centred in Camden is cut off by the greater facilities offered by surrounding Railroads; and the only thing that can be be done for Camden, is to increase the facilities of approach by constructing good roads, die. - Had yon constructed a plank road through Lancaster when it was talked of, perhaps it would have been of more * service to the place than a Railroad ; but it is too late to talk of a plank road when a Railroad has been started. If Camden has a road constructed through Lancaster to Concord in this State, it. will give you a shorter route from here to Bratichvillo than by Charlotte by from25 to30 miles; and as you would build a better and straighrer route, it would most likely take the trade. This State is now carrying a line of survey across the mountains, and if a practicable route is j found, there is no doubt that the State will conj struct a road. If this road is built, Concord | being in the direct line between here and Cam j aen, me i^amneu hug uoncora nne wouia siana a fair chance of the western business of the North Carolina Rail Road. Correspondence of the Camden Journal. "Who would be free tlicnselves must strike the blow.' The spirit exhibited by our present authorities in the late Costa outrage, seems greatly to surprise and enrage the crowned heads of Europe. It is truly high time that we learned them the lesson of our independence, if we pretend to be a free people. Every nation of Europe has signed treaties, granting our citizens the privilege of travelling over their dominions : without molestation. But many of them act as if faith with us was binding no farther than 1 dictated by interest. Justice has a meaning I unknown to these old feudal tyrannies, farther than explained at the cannon's mouth. The I spark of democratic equality, lighted by our i institutions, has already struck off the head of i one feudal Tyrant, and made the seats of many I others sit uneasy. It is the policy then, of the i absolute Rulers of tbe Kingdoms of Europe, to I exclude us from that contact with their subjects, I which might teach them that man was created i for higher, nobler purposes, than to live the mere tools of Kings. They are jealous and watchful? vive le Republiqne would be the death knell of Le Roi. How is this contact to be prevented ??not by open edicts ; this would savor too much of Japanese barbarianism?but