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Mr. M irfly's Circular.
W c hive been l'nvo>ed l?v the New.^ork
Daily Tribune i?i' the 9:is wit!i a gladiatorial
exhibition higiily " interesting and
'instructive."
Our fellow-townsman, Mr. Trescott, lias
seen fit to write, and wilii singular good taste,
to write upon the very subject with which lie
happened to be best acquainted. The preparation
of his work on the Diplomacy of the
P.evuluii in, and his recent diplomatic expo
rionee in England, have made him well acquainted
with the intercourse of nation-;, ami
1 lirtmrii iiri?i!ib? ini-liiH'tl tn idee undue itnnrir
tance to Iiis-subject- to rely too much, perhaps,
upon the artistic development of a system,
which iti some shape or other must exist,
there can he little question hut that in It's recent
letter to the lion. A. P. Butler, upon the
diplomatic system of the United States, his
views are very clear and very just. This letter,
however, has caught the eye of the NewYoi
k 'Tribune. That journal is unwi ling to
brook the presence of an intruder upon the
pldin of political philosophy. Maddened by
its wild pursuit of impalpable .abstractions,
every color becomes crimson to its frenzied
vision, and the arena smokes with the energy
of its attack up>:i this little effort ol our felk?\v-townsman.
Mr. Trescolt writes upon the supposition that
.society requires organization, not only within
its own structure, but in its intercourse with
other societies ; and that the more perfect its
organization the more perfectly it accomplishes,
the objects of its efforts. And hence it is that
he would have persons trained to the service
they are intended to perform?he would have
- ". tKom n1:ir?nfl in #*iri-nnutunnoc *?f mi](.?r>pnf?<*tif*M
?; ? r ;
upon personal effort for .subsistence at foreign
courts, and would have States through these
in constant connection with each other, that
they might feel the silent swells and undercurrents
of public sentiment.
The Tribune, on tjie contrary, would have
y. v no such.nun.li^nery of international intercourse,
and gives as his reason that " individualism is
. rising to the dignity of a social truth." Now
hi the name of common or uncommon sense
. what does the Tribune mean by "individual.
ism rising to the dignity of a social truth!"
fttui in the event of individualism rising or falling
to the dignity of a social, or any other
truth, what possible objection does this constiv
lute to the organization and establishment of a
. . diplomatic system ? Does it mean that societies
have advanced to such a state that they
c>m have intuitive knowledge of each other's
wants and wishes, that they can hold inter- !
' course by visible approacluuetil ? That electric
currents of intelligence can pass from sys
tern to system, in unbroken chains, through ]
the entire range of humanity? Or docs it I
mean that the barriers of distinct societies are !
-broken down, and that individuals, standing on
a horizontal plan of absolute equality, can de~
raaud of nature** chancery a recognition of its
-lights, powers and privileges? So far as the
Tribune amuses the world with a mere personal
attack upon Mr. Trescott, w.e have, nothing
to say about it. Wchave little doubt but
that Mr. Trescott will look with as much amusement
as we do, upon the dexterity and skill
with which it t->s*es his performance about;
but if it makes this the occasion for the utterance
of a groat social truth?if it proposes to
abrogate the complicated social structure at
the South?to do away with the distinctions
existing hi society, irrespective of the natural
. differences which occasion them?to make
freeu.en of slaves, and men of women?to ignore
the differences which divide society into
the rulers and the ruled, anJ make of it a mingled
mass of undistinguished elements, it becomes
our affair, and not the affair of Mr.
Trescott. Whatever may be the truth or error
of Mr. Trescott's particular position, that international
intercourse is best effected with in%
structed agents, it is for us of the whole South
to bolster and sustain the great truth from which
he starts ?that society as it is in fact, society
as it comes t-? us from imperfect human nature,
and wanting the highest elforts of human intelligence
for its direction, and not society as
it exists in the dreamy and distempered fancies
?f northern fanatics, is the thing with which
we have to do; and froin such society it will
* be our constant care to ward away any such
impracticable dogma as that of which, it is to
be presumed, the Tribune speaks.
W e are by no means certain, however, that !
we have got at the Tribune's meaning. It
may be that Mr. Trescott has received ji blow j
which he has no possibility of resisting, from
Ins utter inability to comprehend its force.
Mr. O'Conneli. once vanquished an oyster
woman who was thought to be invincible be*
fore, by calling her :i parallelipipodon; and
Mr. Trescott, we are apprehensive, must submit
to similar discomfiture from his equal inability
to comprehend the lingo of the New
York Tribune.? Charleston Standard.
Tub Earthquake at Thebes-.?The follow
ing is the result of the investigation instituted
by order of the government.
On the morning of the 18th u!t., two terrestrial
shocks, so feeble that many of the inhabitants
of Thebes, were not sensible of them, announced
the catastrophe which was shortly to
follow. The weather was calm, the air pure
the temperature soft and somewhat humid, the
people wore gay, and all contributed to augment
the eclat of the religious'* festival Which
was to be celebrated, when suddenly, at half*
Tdast eleven, a terrible noisd followed immo- |
diitely a Violent trembling, fjllol the inhubi- !
tantsjAUth alarm.
Tflt people, not knowing what to do, ran out
of their houses or jumped out of their windows. 1
The continuance of the trembling of the soil, j
ihe noise of falling hou-es, and the thick clouds
oi'dtist which rapidly enveloped the whole town 1
increased the providing terror. The most dis- |
mal waitings wore heard from all points, and 1
by it general instinct the people ran out of the '
town. When tiie violence of the trembling
bad ceased and the cloud of dust was dissipated,
the inhabitants took courage and returned j
to ascertain the extent and results of the terrible
pbenoncnon which they had witnessed.
it was lot.# 1 that all the houses of the town
< f Tln bcs and the foubuarg of Peri, had been
rendered uninhabitable. Many of tbein had
Jt ion entirely ties'.roved and covered the re
iii.-tiim of'the former occupants. Some of the
rhtnviics were prosjTate; of o*Iters the walls '
presented iu???eo.se yawning gaps.
'j'be grc it of the lowii was consider- j
ably i 'jeri'il, allowing the water to escape at i
hianv poin<?, and ail the fountains were rendered
muddy for four-.Tid twenty hours. The
i-iipulse of the f.hork was always pcrpendi-ti
1 ir. 1'i j* bit .u-f llict, nil t!ie houses fell directly
i n'their fyiiad Jtior.j \<itiioiil iucHi.iug to an;. :
iv " ? ' th? 'oivts-. !!!e\
m saJi j* t r 1 t i.Liwfc'-,*-ss
j cn'p-es have been taken out of {Ik* ruins. The
i bodies bore no traces of wounds or other marks
! of \i-dence, and the physlciatts suppose that
j the deceased died of asphyxia Nineteen per|
sons were dug out alive, and are doing well.?
Intermittent fever has been \ cry prevalent since
\ the cat ast i ope.
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Reminiscejiccs of Mr. Jefferson.
The editor of the Richmond Dispatch givis
the following reminiscences of" Mr. Jefferson
J wlion visiting the Virginia University:
' I have frequently seen him on horseback,
ami recollect peifectly the manner in which
he carried himself in the saddle. He was a
i superb horseman, even when an octogenarian,
i and always rode a good horse. I have heard
; that lie was a fine judge of horse flesh, and
valued himself on account of his skill in that
I particular very nearly as much as upon his
i public services.
"The influence which he exerted over the
j minds of the students was very great, and was
; exemplified in a striking manner the session
; before I became a student. Several young
j men, having dressed themselves up as Indians,
: appeared on the lawn and collected such a
j crowd around them, that several of the prol
feasors thought it their duty to interfere. In
attempting to discover the authors of the
disturbance, one of them was knocked down
and one other very badly handled, though not
to the same extent. The faculty met that
night, and in a solemn conclave, resolved to
suspend all the exercises of the institution until
the authors of the riot were discovered and
punished.
4; For several days there were no lectures,
and Mr. Jefferson called together the board of
visitors for the purpose of deciding upon the
course proper to be pursued. The University
' was in a critical situation; its existence, so it
seemed to him, depended upon the issue of the
existing crisis. The students were all summoned
to appear- in one of the public rooms,
and there they were brought face to face with
the visitors.
"The nerves of the guilty must have been
pretty severely tried, lor they stood in the
presence of three ex-Presidents. (Jefferson,
.Madison, and Monro?,) and had them for their
jnry. The task of addressing them vas as
signed to Chapman Johnson, at that time in
the very zenith of his powers and reputation.
He made, it was said, one of the most brilliant
of his many great speeches, lie spoke of the
vast difficulties which Mr. Jefferson had overcome
in obtaining the means to establish that
noble seat of learning?of the jealousy with
which it was watched by numerous enemies,
ever ready to conveit the slightest untoward
incident into a weapon of assault?of the fearful
advantages which the late riot had given
thom over its friends, and ofthe use which they
would he sure t<? make of it.
" He appcaleJ to the patriotism of those who
had been mo-t forward in promoting the disorder,
to come forth like men, and sacrifice
themselves to the good of their Stale, not concealing
from them the fact that expulsion must
be the inevitable consequence. The speech
produced a powerful impression, which was
heightened to such a degree when "Old Tom"
(the pet name of Mr. Jefferson) ro-o to back
it, and in a voice feeble from age, appealed to
their sense of honor, that there was not a dry
eye in the house. To the eternal honor of
the rioteers, some of whom have since become
distinguished in various avocations, not a man
bung back. Every one came up without
consulting his neighbor, and, so far as he was
individually concerned, told the whole truth.
No one told upon his neighbor, for it was a
fundamental rule of the college laws that no
student was bound to bear witness against his
fellow. l>y the by, the University was indebted
to Mr. Jefferson for that law, and it was, 1
believe, the first institution in the country in
which such a law was established.5' t
Pulaski-Graiid Civil and military
Fageat.
LAVING OF TI1B CORNER-STONE OF THE Pl'LASKI
MONUMENT.
The interesting and imposing ceremony of
laying the corner stone of the monument to be
erected to Brigadier Count Pulaski, iu Monte
rev square, was witnessed yesterday afternoon
by an immense concourse of citizens, among
whom were a great number of ladies. The
Volunteer Paltallion, uftlor the command of
Col. A. It. Lawton, having formed in Jones
street, marched to the square, and in Bull-st.
received the civic procession composed of the
Masonic Lodges, the Chaplain, Orator, Otfiocrs
of the First Brigade and First Squadron of
Cavalry and their Stairs, and the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city, and the Commissioncrs
of the Monument, after which they
formed on three sides of the square, whe.e
they remained during the ceremonies. The
civic procession having passed into the square,
occupied the seats prepared for them on the
platform, the citizens occupying the entire
square and open space in the iciuity, the windows
and piazzas of the houses being tilled with
spectators.
Everything being i:i readiness, Commissioner
Win. P. Bo wen, Sr., announced that the
Throne of Grace would he addressed by Rev.
Mr. Kara, of the Lutheran Church. The pray
er was peculiarly appropriate and impressive,
and was listened to with profouiul attention by
the immense concourse.
Alter the prayer, the orator, Henry Wil
liams, Esq., delivered one of the ino>t eloquent
finished and patriotic addresses which it has
ever been our fortune to hear. We might be
deemed extravagant were we to attempt to express
our admiration of this production and the
manner of delivery?a 1Uwho heard it will long
remember tlie heartfelt emotioiisexcited by the
touching allusions, to the life and character of
Pulaski, the events in whieli he participated,
and the striking cont'n^t of the perilous and
doubtful epoch in which be figined, with our
present happy, secure and prosperous condition,
so vividly am! eloquently described by
the speaker.?Suva/inuli jYcwx.
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Santa Anna and rut: Mrxican Army.
? The National Intelligencer publishes a letter
Irwin the Mexican Legation, showing that the
object of Santa Anna, in raising a large number
of troops, is neither to overawe the Mexican
people nor to make war upon any Jrtenrlly
In>wrr, Iftit to repel attacks of Indians, and
prevent unlaw Inl and armed incursions from
J lie American side of the Jlio CJ ramie. The
United States government, it is alleged, has
not carried out tin* treaty ul (iaudalupe Hidalgo,
in which it obligated itself to hold in check
the wild Indians on its frontiers, and therefore
Santa Ar.nu has been compelled to send a
| large fiico to the f'io Oiande ; a' a mutter of
-i If pp lection.
r?ttttthiuwitti
' 1 The steamship El Dorado, from A^temval
; on the 1st ilist.-, arrived at New Orleans or
. Saturday last. She bungs California dates tt
1 the IGth of September, brought down by tin
John L. Stephens, whieh'arrived at Panama or
the 2Sth ult., with seven hundred passengers
and SI,"03,000 in gold dust <?n freight,
j The passengers by the El Dorado, have
; reached New Orleans from San Francisco it
! twenty days and sistcetftiours.
' j The news from California is generally of bit
i little importance.
The elections took,place on the 7th Septein
i i i i 1.1 l v .... .
; uer, ana resuiieo in a uemocratie triumph
1 John Bigler was elected (Governor, and S. Punty
Lieu.t (Jovernor. The votes everywhere wa;
large, and the contest close. In San Francis
eo the democrats had a very small majnritv
Intelligence from Rogue River announces
the cessation of Indian hostilities, in conse
quence of a treaty made by (ieneral Lane witli
j several hostile tribes.
j The anniversary of the annexation of California
was celebrated on the 9th September bv
j a military demonstration.
Lieut. Beale and party had arrived in safety
j at Los Angelos.
Kit Carson had also arrived from Meross
plains.
Lieut. Col. Lason died on the 7th ult.,
Fresh discoveries of golJ were of almost
! daily occurrance, and the miners were doing
well.
Business was exceedingly dull, and prices ol
the leading articles had undergone but few
changes.
The steamship Illinois from NewJYork, arrived
at A spin wall on the 1st inst, and would
immediately return with about one million and
a quarter in gold, and seven hundred passengers.
Tiif. Episcopal Board of Missions.?At
the triennial meeting of this organization, held
in New York on Thursday evening, the 13th
annual report of the Domestic Committee was
read, from which it appears that its receipts
have been $25,856.42, considerably exceeding
its expenditures. Two bishops and eighty three
clergymen are supported in the field of domestic
missions, and thirteen stations are vacant.
There have been thirty-three appoint
ments within the year, of which twenty-one
were now missionaries. Eighteen missionaries
have re-igned and one has died. Two churches
have been consecrated, four in course of
erection, and lots have been purchased for nine.
The receipts for foreign mis-ions for the year
preceding the 15th June last amount to $42,|
500,80; expenditures 847,237.40. From that
j time to the first of October the receipts were
S8 515.81); expenditures 811,708.3G. It was
s.ated Ihat owing to the increased number of
missionaries, a eonsidcrnl increase of tile funds
would be required.
The Georgia Election.
The Savannah Republican of yesterday has
the following angry notice of the signal defeat
of its party and the triumjihof the old State
I Rights Democracy. It does one's heart good
to he ar such scolding:
The Election.?The contest is over. The
secession and disunion principles of the Nashville
eonventionis'.s and Southern confederationists
have prevailed in Georgia. The second
thought of the people seems to have convinced
them of the truth of wha* Judge Johnson said
of them, and they have, through the ballot box,
confessed thcm.'clvis to have been, two years
since, " knaves or fools." llerschcl V. Johnsou
is Governor elect of Georgia, and six out
of eight of our Congressional representatives
elect are of the same political stripe with him.
It is needless now to speculate upon the causes
which operated to produce such results. They
arc certainly such as we (lid not anticipate;
for we were not-prepared to believe that so
soon after the crisis of 1850-'51, in which
Georgia took so proud and prominent a position,
she would he found truckling to the demagogue
isms of the times, and presenting to the world,
in her present position, such a spectacle of inconsistency
and instability. She has literally
spit upon her own platform, and declared to
the world that the action of the State Convention
of 16f)0 was a " disgrace, discredit, and a
ridiculous farce." We confess that our htnnilatioi
at these results is too deep and overwhelming
to allow us to write. Although the elections
were carried by low intrigues ami secret
artifices?by using the so-called Algerine Law
against Mr. Jenkins, and the Brunswick Railroad
scheme against Mr. Bartow, upon purely
local and sectional issues, having nothing to do
with national politics, the result is, neverthe
less, claimed by the Southern Rights party as
an endorsement of Pierce's patriotic administration
and a majority of our Representatives
are sent to Washington blindly to support
this administration. Well, we wish Pierce joy
for all the " aid and comfort" he may receive
fiom the support of these representative luminaries
of Georgia Democracy.
The Republican and its party docs well to
talk of dcmngogueryr ami of tricky issues
sprung upon their candidate for Congress in
the Chatham district. But we scarcely" remember
an election in which more unfair
means were used to defeat an opponent, or
more personal vituperation was heaped upon
i him, than the Whigs (or whatever e!se their
! name is.) have heaped upon Judge Johnson.?
i How far it has been effectual in diminishing bis
I majority we are unable to say. Wherever he
| was known it could not injure him. We may
i say the same of his opponent. Both the can,
didates were men of admitted ability and elevated
character. Mr. Jenkins bad the advantage
of being personally the, most popular man
in Georgia, and his defeat therefore, is the
- strongest possible proof that the good old cause
i iif Srnte Itndits has resumed iLs ascendancy.?
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We are sorry (lie Republican cannot share in
our rejoicing over such an event, hut there are
j plenty who can, and wo can do without its
j countenance.
One of the salient features in the electioneering
of the Whigs, (are they Whigs?) was
i the frequent assertion that the triumph of the
. Democrats was the election of Gov. McDon|
aid to the United States Senate in place of Mr.
: Dawson. The people of Georgia Seem to have
been not the least frightened at the prospect ol
I such an event..? Charleston Mcrcurn.fr
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Tub Question ok Rep ftes en taction in
i Enouand. ?By the latest account from Eng
land, we learn that DHsracli has adopted three
important progressive measurea/which Ir/"wil'
bring before Parliament and agitate in tlu
; country. Thes* he will make the basis of ?
iii-W reform bill The movement COIltemtd.ltOi
Ills', ilto cvlonsien of* suffrage; second. the in
rreiise rf tnenrfmrs of Parliament ; ami tliini
' formation of equal electoral HtViir-N .
I Clje (LFnuikn tHerhli/jonrnal.
' I 'S'ii;".J;i*. Ocloln'v IS, 1N.
= ! THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
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? j Editorial Correspondence.
1 | Ciiaklestox, Saturday P. M., Oct. 15, 1353.
j I fear I have promised to do what I am hardly able
to fullil, in giving our readers the items of news in
j this place.
j There is a good deal of noise and bustle?men ea!
gerly engaged in the various avocaions of life?selling
, goods, speculating in cotton, writing for newspapers.
; selling up it pi;, uuu uuu^ uiai? v\ iiiuu iiiu imiiu
can conceive of; and the line of the poet is forcil.lv
. j brought to inind, that all is bat "a map of busy life."
i There is a great diflcrencen betwec the city and country,
I ! in the manner and way of doing business; and a man
i follow the plan which the old folks did twenty
. | years ago, when it took weeks to go "to town,'
j will find himself among the missing, or so far in the
i rear as never to bo able to catch up.
Somebody says (Carlyle perhaps) that "Commerce
! i^kir.g," and this is a very truthful remark, and one
i which applies with much force in a place like Charleston.
Ilcro Cotton is King, and when the market
I droops, it controls to a very considerable extent all oilier
J commercial and business operations ; 110 department ol
j trade which does not feel the rise and fall of the ruling
I commolitv. For a few days past, the market has
been very dull, and prices tending downwards. On
Friday some .800 bales sold from 8$ to 0) cents, and a
few as high as 10J. It must be good cotton, and very
good, to bring 10 cents.
On Saturday, up to half past one o'clock, as reported
by the Evening News, the sales amounted to 4;j0 bales,
and ranging from 8 to 9} cents
The general impression seems to be that cotton will
be lower, there being controlling circumstances at
work which will prevent it rising?the high prices of
labor and bread-stud's in Europe?the political disturbances?the
probable advancements in freights?de|
prcciated exchanges Ac., are considered quite enough
1 to form such conclusions. Of course there is no telling
what changes may take place, and all the notions of
men may be exploded in a moment. As a general
thing there are no fixed rules for the Cotton market.
It is as variable as the mind, and one man's opinion
may be as good as another, although widely differing,
j if each have enjoyed the same opportunities and means
I of judging. Charleston aflbrds ample accommodations
| to all who desire to make purchases, either in Dry
| Goods. Groceries, Crockery, or Hardware. We sup|
pose that a merchant who does not require a very extensive
stock, would do as well here as in any otker
city in the Union, taking into account the saving of
time, expenses of travelling to and from the North,
and all that, besides being nearer homo, and having
the advantages of smaller freights.
This morning we had the pleasure of seeing our
I friend and late cotomporary of the Fairfield Herukl and
Daily Register, 15. II. Brittox, Esq., whose warm
J grasp and generous welcome to the hospitalities and
j privileges of his now sanctorum in tho office of the
Charleston Standard, made us feel not only quite at
home, but revived vivid and pleasant recollections ol
our old and highly prized associations. "Come," said
lie, "just whenever you please, and read any thing
here, and make yourself at home." I need not say
that I thanked him very kindly, for this of course I
would do, if it were ouly to be polite, which costs
niotlnng?a very important consideration now-a-days,
j but I thanked him sincerely, for lie was conferring
upon nie a privilego which I shall prize very highly,
and one which I am sure my esteemed friends of the
city press will generally accord to me, as soon as I
have an opportunity of seeing those with whom I am
acquainted, and of forming the acquaintance of those
with whom I have not enjoyed that pleasure. The
! Charleston papers are perfect directiories for everything
?they tell us what there is for sale, when the vessels
arrive, what they have, and for whom, when they
leave, and what leaves with thein, when the cars
come, aud what with them, and all the news and
gossip of the day which arc worth hearing or reading
about.
The art hero is reduced to a perfect science, and the
vast improvement in the spirit, matter, and tone of
the Charleston press lias had a controlling and beneficial
influence upon the papers of tho State generally.
The Steamships Ospny and James Adjer have just
left for Now York.
I have nothing more at this time, but will try to
write again.
Lancaster Rail Road.
"We have rocently had a conversation with a gentleman
who resides in Chester, imd is also a director in
tho Charlotte and Columbia Rail Road Company, who
assures us that there is to truth or foundation in the
' report that Chester would contribute ono hundred
tl.AnoAtwl iltillorc tl?n ft ft Pnmnfinv tlift Hrimft
amount, towards the construction of u road from Clicsterville
to Lancaster. Ho regards the scheme as we
do, entirely impracticable, and does not bolicvo there
is the least probability that a road will ever be built to
Lancaster, unless it is made from Camden.
"We do not know who is responsible for the report
! which reached Camden a short timo since, that thrco
i hundred thousand dollars would be subscribed l>y
Chester, the Charlotte road, and Columbia, to prevent
the construction of a road from Camden. "We have
1 this to say to our frieuds, if they arc in earnest about
the Lancaster Rail Road, let them redouble their dili!
gence and push the enterprise forward with spirit and
' energy. Chester docs not want the road, nor do we
* beliovo Lancaster would do well to have it, even if it
was given to them without an etl'ort being made by
them to ensure its construction.
! S. Olin Tally, Ksq., has been elected Teller of llie
j Commercial Lank of Columbia, S. C.
! Capt. P.M. Lutlf.11 iias been elected Representative
| for Clarendon, to till the vacancy created by the clce|
tion of Dr. J. J. Ixukam to the State Senate.
J The "WiLstington correspondent of the Journal of Com.
mcrcc says that Coinodorc Shubrick, in his repott to
I .1-- Q nfll.? Vr,,.,- llift tflel.n.
. Uiu OfV'VMUJ Wiv Ai U ? J , V/I? fcilV 0?l?'JVWfc V? I I I v a *? **
J rics, observes Ilia; the British cruisers exercise their
! powers very leniently-, ami do not even arrest American
trespassers upon tho shore fisheries, adding that
1 I tlio project of a treaty will be concluded before the
: j meeting of Congress.
The Richmond Enquirer has aletter from
General Felix Houston to Dr. Samuel Crtrt
f wright, of New Orjeans, on the subject of the
comparative health,-of black and while 1;Ujurors
in the South, and an extract from atrecenf
. publication by Dr. Cartwright on the same
^ subject. These papers show that while the
, white laborers in the South have been swept
I j to the grave by the southern epidemics, like
, ' chaff before the wind, the black slave has been
[ ; unharmed, thus showing that white men arc
. I not fitted by nature for drudgery in the South.
I ern climate. A correspondent of the Enquirer
1 remarks that every mile of southern railroad
1 (.-is cost h"t?shra'i of white ma?V 1 !o? d. -
I The Enquirer accompanies these papers with .
: its commendations, and says that they underI
mine the very fuuodutions on which abolition
stands. " * * , *
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I TELEGRAPHIC INTELEIGfeNCE.
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( Baltimore, October 1C.?The U. S. mail
steam ship At/antic has arrived at New York
from Liverpool, which she left on the 5th hit..
Among her passengers are the Hon. J. It. In
' gersoll, late Minister at the Court of St Jafnes',
! and Lieut. Maury U.S. N.
. | Tiie Liverpool Markets.?Since tiie cleI
parturo of the Canada, on the 1st inst., Cotton *
| experienced no change and the. sales during
' the three days comprised 18,000 bales.
( European Intelligence.?A dispatch da- '
ted Viena the 3d inst, says: "The Sultan to- 1
; day on the recommendation of the Divan sign
'; c.il the declaration of war against Russia. Re|
port says that hostilities have already comj
mcnccd, the Russians, it is supposed, having at1
tacked the Turkish position at Koustchuk," on
the Danube. Previous reports had stated that
1 Austria had again sided with England and
; Prance, and that some new proposition was to
have been made to Turkey, when a dispatch
from Constantinople of the 20th ult., announced
that the Divan had recommended the Sultan 1
to declare war. The four Powers opposed the
the act. The fleets, at the last advices re:
mained in Besiea Bay. I
Koszta is to embark with the consent of
I Austria for the United States on the 21st inst.
The cholera is slowly'incrca-ing at Liverpool.
France and Naples have extended the term
for the free import of Breadstuff's, and France
has prohibited the export of potatoes and material
vegetable of ali kinds.
New Orleans October 15.?The Yellow
Fever has appeared at 8p-iug Hill, and all the
students have dispersed.
The sales of Cotton during the week have
comprised barely 7000 bales at a decline of
3 8 a 1-2 cents. Middling is quoted at 9 1-2
. cents. The stock on hand amounts to 48,000
bales. Flour has advanced 50. cents a barrel,
and corn three cents a bushel, since the reception
of the Canada's advance. Gunnv Bags have
also, advanced, and large sales have been effected
at 13 cents,
Baltimore,Oct 1G, ?Seven hundred bales of
Cotton changed hands in New York on Satur
day. at a decline ol half a cent per pound.
Elections.
In Georgia the Democrats have elected their
Governor, six out of eight members of Con- f
gress, and a nvijo: ity of both branches of the (
In Ohio the Democrats have elected the
Governor and all the State officers hv a lar^e
? J ? r
majority. *
In Pennsylvania the Whigs have carried
the city of Philadelphia, but the State lias gone
for the Democrats. /
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For the Camden Journal =
District Convention.
According to previous instruction, the general
Convention of Delegates assembled at Tiller's
Church, in Kershaw District, on the 12th v
ult., to discuss the propriety or non propriety
of further proceedure in the new District ineas11
rc T-t [
On motion E. E. Tiller was callo 1 to the j.
Chair, who in a few and appropriate remarks
set forth the object of the Convention, and also
solicited delegates present to state the w Mies <
of the people on the matter within the respec- ^
tive sections which they represented, which on ^
being done, it was moved and adopted that a r
committee of three from each District be appointed
by the ('liair to arrange the boundaries J
of the proposed Di-triet. Whereupon the Commiltee
adjusted the boundaries as follows, viz:
Beginning on the Lancaster line, six .miles
west of Big Lviiehe's Creek, at a point thTee j
miles above Field's bridge, thence a direct line t
to Sparrow Swamp, at Mount Elon, in Dar- %
lington District, thence up Sparrow Swamp
to the mouth of Burnt Branch, thence up Burnt
IS ranch to its source, thence a direct line to J
the nearest point on 1>l:uk Creek, thence up
Black Creek to the upper Alilgator in Chester- i
field Distiict, thence a direct line to Big Lynch l
es Creek, where the Lancaster line intersects r
said Creek, thence to the beginning. ^
A Committee of twelve were then appoint- j
ed to circulate within tlje proposed District, t
: petitions for the purpose of obtaining signature f
! thereto praying the Legislature to grant the s
: proposed District at its ensuing session.
The following resolutions were unanimously ,
j adopted at the aforesaid Convention: t
Resolved, '1 hat we will not support any man
for any ofiice of profit, honor or trust in the '
Districts of Kershaw, Dailington, Chesterfield, (
and Sumter thatvill take action against us in
the present issue whether we be successful in t
obtaining the District or not. (
! Resolved, T'hat the Cnindeu Journal, Sumter J
1 Banner, Darlington Flag, and Chcraw Gazette '
i be requested to publish the proceedings of the |
1 Convention.
Nothing else being presented for the c.oni
sidcwation of the Convention, on motion ad- '
I journmcnt was made sine die.
E. E. TILLER, CNm'n. '
A. McLkax, Secretary.
For the Camden Journal. i
Mk. Euitok?I see in your Journal of the i
kJ7th nit., a cominnniention over the signature ! 1
of " Kershaw as it Is," which, for the sake of
truth, if liir no oilier purpose, ought not to go !
unrefuted. In the first place he (Kershaw as { 1
it Is) asserts, in regard to the District ques- i '
I tion, that the majority of the citizens of Ivor- 1
! slmw living within the proposed boundaries j''
j are averse to forming a new District. La sake*!
; how long did he go to school to get so much j j
i larnin?as Mrs. Partington would have said I
under the circumstances. As for ourselves
| we are not wit-e-acre eno-'gh to say whether |,
the gentleman oe correct or not, in this matter, ;
as we have not canvassed that portion ot Ivor- \
shnw included within the proposed Jiislrict, as ! !
.to have arrived at imy such conclusion, for!
by what other method, he could bj guarantied j '
in making so*positive an anirmation at this car-1
; ty date, we are unable to divine. In the. so-;
cond place, ho says that he understood that ,
, rthe meeting held at Tiller's Church on the 2nd j
11 J^ily was one assembled for Religious worship.
, After which, a fneeting was called to take into :
consideration the propriety of forming a new j
District, and that Jew pirticipatcd in it?j
| which, to say the least of it, is a gross misrep
rcscntation, as it is well known that that meet.
ing was called for the purpose of taking into!
consideration the propriety of forming a new1
District, as icporfgd in the proceedings which !
1 \uoe j '.b'ichi d it. your vOuiT.al of the 12'!; !
if
*
July. lie ngaijfi asserts that the cijjzms of
Krrsliaw agreed to meet at Pleasant' Hill
Church, which is manifestly erroneous, hicli
pon can see l>y reference to the Journal containing
(lie proceedings of that meeting, hs it
s .plainly .printed, that the fij|izcn$, there prescmiJ,
agreed to meet, and we are willing to admit
tiiiit tlie meeting held a? Pleasant Iliil vfrn
?H3E.<4' .A U..? .1
iniiii^' iiniyiutu, gut iio n }.>ci i.iiiia iu wie siretigi jj of
tliiitiuieetHfig any one would justly infer tlfat
i majority, were favorable to the District *.
project as every move made at that meeting *
was nna.nimnu.-ly adopted with the exception ?
if one which was made after the motion, to
adjourn, and that was.-submitted by a gentleman
residing within.a contiguous District who
said that he whs "rather slow of compreiicndon"
and wished' to-try the strength of the
meeting.
We observe that the motto of on* friendjjs
to stand "fast in the liberty wherewith -we-nip .?
free." We can assure "Kershaw ^as'it Is/*,
that his motto was as untimely t-.ken from the*
recesses of his cranium as was Mac Duff from
bis mothers womb. In conclusion we would
idrnouish " Kershaw as it Is," never to -trust
any report to the public pl-css which he= lias
received from informants who cannot?distinguish
a District meeting from one of Religious
worship SUUM eUIQUE.'
Sale Day.?There was quite a large at- **<
tendance on. last sale day, and we think a *
*ood cleat oi business transacted; Money mat:ers
easv, and those who have it out careless
ibout collecting. In the evening the Pickens
Pmop turned out, and made quite a display.
So fighting, though we were sorry to see so
nuc-h drinking, and hope the day is far distant
vhen such scenes arc to be re-acted. We have
?ver been in favor of the "liberty of drinking,"
jut doubt very much whether that term includes
he licentious use of it, to the atinoyancfe of soiercitizens;
at least such is notour con3trucion.
[Pickens Courier.
Florida Crops, &c.? Our excellent friend,
2ol. M. Whit Smith, wlio resides in the neigh*
jorhood of Alligator, East Florida, and just
rom that section, informs us that there will
lot be an average crop gathered this season.?
rhe planters are now engaged at work, the
veather being unfavorable. The heavy rains
it the opening of the season had caused some
lickness, ,but we are pleased to learn that
juite a change for the better had taken place.
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The Difficulty at the Chincra Islanqs.
?To tlie New- York Herald are we indebted
or the details, which appear in another col unit)
rom South America, brought by the Crescent
?i'y :
"The most exciting jjorlion of the intelli;encc
from Sooth America is that which relates
o the seiions difficulty which occurred bewecu
the Captains of American yes els Iving
it the Chincha Mands and the Commandant
icting for the Peruvian governHi^'nt, The agression
of this official upon the eaptain and
row of the Defiance had excited the deepest
ndignation amongst the masters q{ the other
esst'ls there, and they promptly sought tl?e
irotection of the American Miwintess at Peru, t
vhich was freely rendered, and wtth excellent
fleet for so far it is probable that the Peruvian
"flicer will lie removed from his post and brought *
o trial. ])e.spatclies relative to this affair have
icen scut to Washington for the consideration
if the Cabinet. It will be observed there is not
, single man-of-war belonging to the United ,
itates at the place and that Mr. Clay wns-com elled
t<> charter a special steamer to take him
o Cliinchas. We give a full repolt of the
nectirig of the captains and the entire Torresloudcuce
which passed between them and our
vpre-ntative. >
Tribute of Respect.
At a regular meeting of Kcrsliaw Lodge, No. 9,
. 0. 0. F., held on Friday evening, the 14th instant,
lie following Preamble and Resolutions were unantuoicily
adopted:
Preamble:
Death is at all times terrible to think upon?how
nueli more so when we'liave realised the fact that tie
las been among us and borne away one whom wo
ill delighted to call "brother." Such, however, lias
iceii our lot. A few weeks ago, one who bid fair to
ivc long, has passed away, leaving a void which will
lot soon be filled again., God has been pleasM to take
rom us by death our much loved friend and brother, "*
'aat Grand Joseph Wienges ; let this dispensation of
[lis Providence teach us, one and all, to remember
be shortness of life; let us take the opportunity to ofer
to his bereaved widow and orphans our heart felt
ympathy and condolence: 13e it therefore
Resolved That in the death of P. G., Joseph Wiexues,
Kershaw Lodge lias lost a useful, zealous and^rue
neniber; his family a dovoted husband andrnftectionitc
father.
Resolved, That a blank page of our Record Book bo
ledicated to his memory.
Resolved, That, as a tokeirofour regard, we will wear
.lie usual badge of mourniug for thirty days.
Resolved, That oar Recording Secretary be instruced
to furnish the laruily of the deceased with a copy
>f the above Preamble and Resolutions, and that they
ie published in the Camden Journal and Charleston
Standard, WILLIAM WALLACE, Sec'y.
OBITUARY.
JJIL.U?At Lewisviiie remale seminary
i>. C., on the '28th of September, Mis# Hannah
C. F. Mcnmiev, in the IGtli year of her
lge. In contemplating the character of this,
tively girl, we feel our entire inability to do it
ustiee. Her's was the soul of an angel; to
say she did not sin, would perhaps be saying
:<>o moeh; but we know that she sinned lesk in
word and deed than the most devout christian
ive ever knew.
It will be a. source of satisfaction to her bc eaved
parents, and friends to know that she
injoyed the affection, and esteem of her teachers
to a high degree; and was a favourite with
ill her schoolmates.
In momentary expectation of her lather, a
few hours before her death, she said, " If I die
before I'apa arrives tell liim to meet me ill beared."
Oh blessed hope ! it comforts, but it cannot
lieal the bleeding boat t; that must mourn on,?
because through all our life we can no more
see her lovely face, or hoar her low, sweet voice.
She is gone, hut in the hearts of her snr:
rowing parents, and friends, her memory will
live enshrined until they go to meet her where
Iter sins, which were few, arc forgiven.
Sleep gentle ninid, thy cares arc o'er
Hope deferred ean blight no more
Nor sorrow with her snblo wing.
O'er thy spirit, shadows (ling.
Could love have kept thcc gentle maid
Here thou would'st have ever stayed
Put God. ami angels loved thee well
An>l took thee !w?uco with tliem to dwell.
Oil, when we leave this mortal coil
"When w e're done with time and toil
On the loving Savior's breast
" iv we rome with ll-ce to i-cst.
r R C.