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k i^fo one hmia M:;iss'ary to the Deuij}*W* i 4 BHBfeBublic men ara olieff taughjcwevere tfji&bitJfe.'--.* Her'Iessorii ; but in propoVtioi) 3S tfiVv Vuller ES^thbse 5 wlip'.co.me: ;;f?ej'4Jieri1 H^besvdfi tted* tuid B-y- lurewariica;1* i,ne*greiuii(ruHrtviui-'iiiuaiiv?;vi<-' ..f^tantly illustrated, in the history of those states Bg^meh who, full 'of^xtr^vagantvi^is ^of their; Bps? '11 value WRTwil.l.of til e n > a si est is this?that no one man Kis jiecessa -v'cauVe.^Sueh-^f@'] K^mav be go.tetffinl*for a long'so lies of years, x HK?tr, hiUJtZ" co-opera tcs-'wi tti'"A is 'frifrtrfs:*' "^But; - g-hcTii he sets up himself MTrd." breaks puVj ^KtTagainst the rulfcs lie has enforced upon oth ers, rudely trampling uiicler foot the prcce- j KV . dents of his own* life time, he'soon fails In the struggle, or remains in the field witli'liis Stan j dard surrounded by,those who have denounced I a opposed nun during .iuug ?iu tAv...;.6. ars. Colonel* Thiamfts H." Benton is now | ipinsg the fruits-oYliii&bum infatuated policy. I Jieu, in 1843^0/Van-Bur-en gave way on j ) question,bf Ch'e'arin[fixation of Texas, and : i'deniocratic party- Tiiimediately resolved to | ipense with lfis*seivices as a candidate for! preSidoiiey,- Criloiief"Benton should have | tKe^d'from.that event ample admonition.? 1 T from Wat muniont His character -seemed j clihjige. Indignantoht the resSlute spirit 1 icfiartiinateil a noble party sacrificing a in an X) had .previously been true," because of his lure to meet without blenching a que.-tion to ich the popular heart-turned-with instinoe enthusiasm; he set himself up to undo the rk of the best years of his>- life?and from it'ii ^Itnent he faltercd'and failed. He had, he' supposed,"read*the heaif and tho: liistoqf^deuioeracynvi111 a prophet's eye; and" all rfcsupposcd that sooner would the nioliu-' nts dedicated to our country's heroes crunitO the earth than "Wat he should tail in foalto those who never failed to him ; but boili p" . ; were mistaken, tie who had so olten ie>i to fight?he who had so oft on litirled himself i ike thunderbolt upon the foe?he whose name fcf ^'was cherished in crowded cities'and in the fartiicst extremes of our continent as the friend of f t the democratic party?and he who might have ^Hn&ivon for himself that-prize which is far richer ^raKitban thev(jrown the Bourbon wore?even he, BP.jiAas.if at the'same time to set an example to Kn&lothers and inost fearfully to test the stiengih HHP^of-the*democratie organization?even he gave Ir'- : way. What must have been Ids chagrin, huw Kl ever, to find that he was left alone! What K&- . must have been his amazement to see the great? ^M&Miemocratic column unbroknn by his unexpedR; ted defection ! But his hdBHbould have unRfiy, ravelled the mystery had hwlBisul.icd it faith Bjr^: fully;-for more than once has hefKvith Biularch's or a Gibbon's eloquence described just such a picture with other D imes as the actors. MsLi He had but to add his own to show his forlv nier sincerity and present dilemma. The powjjre?!?Ver that he wielded when united with the demf ; ocracy had departed from him forever; and he K??.'~ felt in his heart's cue the deep and deathless ??>s- truth-Mai no man is necessary to a great cause. Asp}' This it is that teaches us the douhie lesson? KT>'- first, of our own insignificance; secondly, of the Po*.-. value of a good name springing from a rcdft-d Egjf redolent*of good deeds. The worst of Colonel Benton's conflict at the K & ' present moihent is his conflict with himself.? J He has written a library of sound doctrines.? to Every new movement against his old friends is ILv-.- at once met and rebuked bv himself? by the E witnesses which his own hislorv a- d his own v' brain have created; ami they come forth not Bv--. in single spies,'but in whole battalions. It is Evtf.V Acteon devoured by his own hounds over again. I :, Whether he-takes ground against popular sov-ereighity in their Territories, or in favor of the a bo I itionists in their war upon the constitution O r or against his party organization; it does not V-require anv other voice to reply but his own. P'". ""Thomas H: Benton was an iinbodinicnt of a / democratic statesman and a democratic leader; PyVjThnd the democratic creed itself might almost Ky as readily take up arms against itself, and hope Jf/ to survive, as that he should expect success in his war upon his own example and his own t opinions.-? Washington Union. |q - The A'orth aud (he South. HSf|? While we acquiesced, as we were hound do aslStaies Rights men, in the decision of the Georgia Convention whereby the Compro 8^'mise of 1850 was accepted as a finality on the slavery question, we are and have always been r convinced that the civilization of the \orth jjcYj - and of the*S(fulh is antagonistic, and will sooner or later result in deadly feud between the sections. Prior to the decision of the GeorConvention, we and the party with which acted, advised the South to lay down an ultimatum on its harrassing subject and require North to accept it, aud thus avert forever gg^'tHe dangers which threatened the* internal kik "^p&ice of t!ie South and the stability of the w; > Unibirfrom its ceaseless agaition; and if the North refused to yield to our just, reasonable auu tuuoiuubiiMai viviiic4?i\iO| tv/ o^virvi^ |ic<itc* ' ably from the Union. Our Councils were (lis. _ regarded, ihe patriotic men who acted with us ... were denounced as traitor^aud the compromise was accepted instead as a finality. And -V such a finality! No sooner was ihe great cardinal principle of the compromise applied, in subsequent legislation, to the Nebraska bill than all the smouldering fires of abolition bur.-t out afresh, and the whole Northern horizon now blazes with the lurid light of abolition. Any preceding excitement which has prevailed at the North-on this painful subject, as V compared to this, is as the gentle swell of the ? ' ocean, when fanned by evening zephyrs, to the fierce waves which lash the heaveus, when swept by the w ing of tempest, - rfhe impious wretches defy the laws o? both God and man and despise the use-of an y other means in car. ryirig out their nefarious purposes, than brains and balls. Even the blessings which the Union has poured upon the North in a golden flood, until her every rocky hill and promontory blooms like a garden, are denied to have come from this source, the closet and oldest political ties are broken asunder without regret, the whole rank and file of the Whig party North having marched, with colors Hying and drums beating, the Fugitive's March, into the Abolition camp; and close on their heels presses a goodly number of both the Soft and Ilard Democracy, until confident of success they boidi v ly proclaim their fi.xed purpose to acquire the A r flio ta?i*. I !? ? . , I I/UIIIIUI vri HIC v??'?viinutu^ Kin no till IIIVHOC powpr to the building up of the North, and the pulling down of the South until the institution of slavery shall topple to the ground and cover with its fragments all this glorious southern land in which are the graves of our fathers and the inheritances of our little ones. And what is more, and worse, they are able to accomplish it if the north is united. 'I here are but two remedies. One has been repudiated. The m feu-;.* : _ ^ ^ H ^ ^ > r I I! By-| M| ' I .111 TZ : r\Jj+ , Vr>t ~~? other have belprn held out-to', our southern^rethron^JiU oiw iifS^fnto of the~s'coffs." jbl $>t"the Alaihiiii^Touriial atjd t(yj; h(j>ored? hv^h- a cis'tns of^e m^cl^tj^S^rnei.- j? The s' South nuistsuuite^n -ser/re(r"TfinkV aiirWniove-i'st 1 i It e -an "clSSfei ra etl^l^^'\vTffeir3tU QIfp ?i^s ; h and without a. discordant fooUlhol^ upon the |> few and ^overpowered. r lie vifrnC have Auj;lhcriu- tl olties.' It'they wilfindist under our banner we' si \viil iTob-'stojTto"" entire -into their antecedents ,ti /lior^qifcstioir T!r(<Ti*i''i^(,tivVs.'' If they' desire L! "sjioil^Iet'theni.sti ip'tlre dead. r""Tlfey neces-" t< safilyvmaivh in 1 Tie van*' and this^is gnrnntee ti enough oftheirfideh'ty; "But where lire these h allies ? Tli'dy are" the"* Democrat'y who. stood (I by the Nebraska hill. ;'Wiih their aid the Smith ii is certain^fvicWy >tJ\Vill the. Whigs of " the s South tell. us. why they .cannot yoalesee with 1 them??Columbus Spathic!. p m jg -* * ; ' a Who fought our Revolution. ' h The Buffalo'Bcjhocranj which hits been c'our- ^ teous enotfgh to gfve what was intended to be V a severely eondeiunatory notice of an aiticle I' lately' appearing in this journal, takes still 0 another occasion to utter anti Southern senti- ^ menfs. ly takes life li>ts of soldiers furnished by the 1 different States to] our revolutionary contest, 1 and show's that there is an exceeding disproportion between those furnished by the Slates tl | North ancfSouth. Massachusetts'tor instance c I furnished 67-,000, Connecticut 32,000, South a j Carolina' 6^000, Georgia 2,000, and so on? t | We regret that these questions should be raised, a j There is no question but that all the States |. contributed to that contest nobly. .Men gene- s rally went into it with uncaleulating devotion a ; and it is scarcely proper to attempt discriinina- n turns between .them. We will not shrink, how- a from the questions thus presented. The States e {.South of New England did not contribute in s equal proportions to the muster rolls, but it is r equally certain that they have not participated s proportionally in the pension fund. Between t flic Stales No:th and South throughout that c whole contest there was this important differ- <i eiice. At the North they enlisted for a ser I | vice which they never rendered; at the South ti they rendered a service for which they nevur I enlisted. The otic section fought for pay, the li other fnir patriotism. In the one section con- I. tingents were enrolled who were called on, n ?...! c..?,ii..,l ,f .11,I tliii /-ii-.UiiM r\- nvurvil ions: I <11111 OUbUKIJ P'llVHVM V/IV.MIIKJ ??- ( j iii the other there was no thought of enrolment, n Each man had a home to defend. Unlike the t New England Slates, which were defended by o the continental army, the States, South were li compelled to defend themselves; overrun as v was the country with a hostile army and ail d the brutal license which a hostile army Inings J upon a subjugated" country, they clung to the soil with an endurance that has found no pa I rellel in history. They tilled their farms with ' one hand and fought with the other. To men I who did this, who h Id the country in spite of c its abandonniiit, and who worried out by their I powers of endurance the best appointed army perhaps that has landed on our shores, it is scarcely just to deny the claim of service for ( the reason that their names weie not upon the ii army list. s As we have saitl, it is in special bad taste to arouse such a spirit of discussion. That the t North made sacrifices for die independence of j our country, there can be 110 kind of question out it is equally certain mat me course pin- i sued by. the Soulli was especially coinim-mla- v able. There was little cause IV>r intlcpeiideiice 1 a at the South. Their terms of intercourse with England had been of an exceedingly agreeable t character. In this State parliculaily, we had just complaints against the proprietory govern p merit, but with lire parent government our re- e lations had always been pleasant, and our en- i trance into a contest, therefore, for a naked ri principle, with scarce a practical evil to en force it, was highly honorable, but barring u these, there is no people on earth who could c have suffered more for a cause, and we may ;1 sav, who could have done more far-tft-ause, in -i ! i .1 I:.j <1 I.. . proportion TO men nuiiiuei, mail uiu me puojuu i i ofSouth Carolina, ami to arraign them now and n try them upon an evidence afforded by a mu>- t< : tor rod, which was more familiar to the people j't | of the Xorth than tiie South, and which those - h charged with its custody had an interest in making as large as possible, is to say the least, of t it, a very grave injustice.? Charleston Stun e dard. i Qucstiouini; Candidates. t II is astonishing with what eagerness the poo- o pie throughout our State, propound questions r to their Candidates for the legislature, on the a i subject of a prohibitory law. I3ut it is not at a all a matter of surprise to u<, that most of the v Candidates, have as yet had no time to give to this subject, the serious attention which its importance demands. The people have asked questions, when they [ I ? ??/? in n rtr/tnoi* nl tnJn/1 ii\ , ; V?UIC liwi in (i oia?v *m unnvi v v ^ j.an answer, and many of the Candidates have |, spoken before they were prepared to speak, and |j j in so doing Inive placed themselves in a dilein- n ' ma,'from whicli they will lind it a hard matter r to extricate themselves, inasmuch as they have r given expression to sentiments, \%iich are the j oflspring of habit and educational influences, e rather than of reason and sound reflection. We are satisfied that when they reflect im- 0 partially and deliberately on this matter, they ;1 will regret the expression of sentiments, so ,, much at variance with their better judgement d and the interest of their their State. The great tl objection urged by them against a Pmhibito. n re r.Miv itifnllr dismissed in onr articles headed .J J ?v . \ 11 "Moral Suasion and Legal Coercoin.'' e One of the Candidates answers in the Camli- i nian of the 7th inst., in the following maimer: "I am opposed to the Maine Liquor Law, as hitherto it has tended to defeat the ends at ( which its supporters aim d." We are fully li aware that this report hsa been circulated thro' the length and breadth of this country, by the. fi enemies of the law and while we give the ge:i d tlemati credit f?>r veracity and honesty, in ji the expression of this sentiment, we must say c that he has been misinformed on the subject s and injustice to the cause, whose humble ad- v vocates we are, we must state that the opera- o tions of this law, have fully realized the fondest 1 expectation of its advocates and friends. In a our next, issue we will sustain this position, o with evidence of a respectable alid reliable character. We have no desire to urge upon our people 0 the Maine Liquor Law, but wish them to make* ( a law for themselves, and call it by what name (_ they please, on let the traffic he put down, and 4 humanity triumph.? Temperance Standard. p H Out of eight thousand soldiers in the army 11 of the (TnitedStates it is estimated that thtee C | thousand deserted last your. ti . I,,, ?,,,? g6ttos> 0troiAGi:.? Oil ?Tuosdny night last. Bout 10.o'clock; says the. Chaileston Standard, Servan^jiff Dr. Oakley, Druggist on Kingreet, canic^in'to liis store and complained that ime udiite'iiieflJbad beaten ,hjin in Bottle Al.. .v..-.'VThif- Doctor went witlrhis" boy to the lace, Nylieielie saw some. six.or eight persons, 'he supposed'' were Jfi-dypcij, -some of U|.nn feing who the parties were, nro rheir coudion, lie (lioUghtMt sr.(est i^nd best to' retire.? i'efofe doing so, however, he attracted 'he at ?ntibn ojVjh'e party,"and one of them atteiiipr*id to take his stir-k" from him. (hi-his wav to is store, when-in Queen street, between Arch'ale and Kinjf, he was'overtaken by a person ,'lio struck liim a very severe blow with a lung-shot, which felled him to the ground.? 'hanks to the intervention of a strong- leather eak to his cap, w.hich warded off the blow to considerable extent, else the injury might ave been extremely severe?as it was, he ears upon him now. the marks of a severe low. When lie regained his feet Ice saw a erson run away, who was dressed precisely, as ue of I he persons he first encountered. The )octor does not know the person's name, cjr ny.possible cause he could have for so wan on. an injury. Thieves Caught.?On last Friday night lm el/>Anin.r e/t/iin rii* <1111* tuilMiCmnti .1*1. inj oiwjniij; i </wm \'i wui iwm/u v?'ti kohmiii, va* ot> Lyons, Esq., was entered l>y ?a hold and droit thief, and the clothes, which he had hrown off on reining to lied, were rilled of bout twenty five dollars, ft gold pencil "and a iodict knife. Mr. Lyons and his lady were leeping in the room, and a light was burning t the time the robbery was committed. The loney consisting of bank bills, one of which ; bill on-a bank of New Orleans, was exchangd in part for goods purchased at the clothing tore of .Mr. Burnet. Fortunately, Mr. Lyons ecollected that such a bill was of the number mien, and in this way our police got a clue of he thieves; for it seems tln-re were three in ompaii v. The knife was recognised in the handsifa little-Imy at Hunt's Hotel, to wnom il had eeii given by 011c of the trio. This gave mother due. Mr. J. Sowden. the Chief "f our 'olice, was informed that the two men got on loard the S. C. Railroad cars some di>kince lelow Columbia, who alIfgiiifr they had no uoney, paid their fare for Camden with the leneil which was inscribed with Mr. Lyons' ame. Upon this information Mr. Sowden elt>g>aphed to Camden and had I hem arrested hi their arrival at that town, and on Monday e went over for them and returned yesterday k ith two of the light fingered gentry incnstoly. What became of the third has not transited. The two in jail registered their names at hint's Hotel as l'arker and T'ox. In Camden liey gave their names as Connor and Wilson. <et their names be what the may, they are senrely Indued in jail to await their trial at tho? )ctoberfriRp of Court.? Columbia Times. * Miutakv Rkfokm.?A correspondent of the 'hailcstou Standard recommends the followug modifications of the military laws of the Slate: 1. Beat musters twice a year, but the drills o continue for at least two linnrS. 2. Batlaiion reviews to h<-abolished. 3. One regimoiital review ft \ ear. 4. None compelled to attorn! regimental re iews besides commissioned officers, sergeants aid corporals. 5. Volunteer companies to Iiavo at lea^t lout* nu>ters a year. 6. M -inb rs of uniformed volunteer compa laid by the State five dollars per ai.i.uni to neb one who shall have been absent fr nn no nuster without having been exeu-ed liy-cnur' nartial. 7. All restrictions' upon the recruitiug of informed volunteer corps removed, but tn> ompany allowed to execeed ninety-six rank nd file. 8. Seven years'since as an officer of or above he rank of corporal to exempt from ordinary military tluiy. -The seven years to he estiniaed by adding together all the terms ofservice of In; offices which ume may at any time have ,c!d. In cimment, I will only say, that the instrucion in the school of the company comprehends very thing necessary for the private to know i) order to perform the most diflu-uit evolu ions known to tactics. To perform those evictions, an additional knowledge is required 11 the part of the officer, such as would be deived from the regimental reviews: and having t these only officers would ho an advantage s regards instruction, over having large .unfiekliy best companies. Peaciirs?far Fetched and dear Bought. ?Of course the peaches now for sale in tlii (roadway saloons will do for the ladies upon he principle involved in the old adage at tie a-,f i rlii< it mil for iIipv pome from Coluil ms, Georgia, and are sold (or a shilling apiece nd are not very large at that. They are deep cd and yellow color plum shaped, and of tx client flavor, we guess, not having tasted of hem, or had any thought of doing so at prtsnt prices. A few years ago we should as soon thought f seeing peaches from the Sandwich Islaitis s from that far away town called Columlns, n the Chattanooche river, where none but Julians dwelt* twenty five year sago, and where" ohody could get or get away, by toil through 11 nd and almost impassable streams. But the ron horse goes there now, and brings us pendi s here before the middle of July.?N. Y. 7\imtn. A Nice City.?The New York Journal of Commerce publishes ?a San Francisco letler rom which we clip the following paragrapn: "Streets are constantly being dugout, or lleil up, and I he whole cit y is turned upside own. Not a street regulated, not one thai is iroperly graded. Mountains and mole-hi.ls, anals, bridges, ditches, &e., are but a faint decription of our city thoroughfares, some of rliich are planked, others paveJ with stones, tliers are lixed with corduroy pavements-? 'his, with a foot or two of dry sancf floating bout, will give your readers a faint idea of ur city at present." Southern Line, of Steamers.?A meeting f the Committee appointed by the Southern commercial Convention at its last meeting in 'harleston, was called at Old Point on the lb. A majority of the members were not resent at the meeting; but those who were in ttendance directed the Chairman of the Comlittee, Mr. Myers of Norfolk, to summon the 'ommitteo'together in Richmond, Va., in Oeaber next. Cljc (Camiirit iUrrftlt; Journal Tuesday July 25, 1854. ~THO. J. WARREN, Editor! Crops in the Up Country. i i ; ,.:.j IV uust ou mowing, nisi wees, wo iuuii u unurujv view of the crops, ant^frpm wiiat >vo saw and heard, , are induced to believe that in the upper'part of this, ( and in Lancaster district, hardly more .than a halfcrop ' on an averag^wilf be made. : * They have suffered immensely from the extreme" heat ariAdronght,.and in many porrionsthrougli which we passed, they had suffered so much from the wan1 of rain, that' it was feared the most favorable seasons j hereafter'would not he able to bring them out. On ; last Friday there \vns"a fine rain in Eancasterville and its vicinity, which we observed, as"we came along, had ' continued'all the way to Camden; in sonic of the inter; mediate sections however, there was barely a sprinkle, and in others a heavy fall. About' 'Hanging Rock there was a considerable storm of wind and hail, which blew down the corn and otherwise did some damage, nut very extensively, however. In Camden and the I neighborhood we have had fine rains for throe days. .tianging mock. Oh Saturday morning last, we visited this wonderful Rock lor the first time in our life, although when a i boy, we spent a part of tone summer in the neighborl hood, yet, by some strange neglect wc have (io recollection of ever visiting it before. Those who have seen it regard it as quite a phenomena, and it may with great propriety be so denominated ; it projects over to , tlio distance of about ISIeet, and under the projection, a ' number of persons may stand ordinarily with perfect sej curity from storm and tempest. Wc were also shown the ! ground upon which the battle of Hanging Rock was | fought, where many galjaut spirits breathed their last, . fighting for the libertiesoftheircountry.lt was here that I General Sumter gained his brightest laurels, and won i the day from Lord Rawdon, the accomplished British ! General.' Men fighting in those days were contending for a | principle?liberty was t lie prize at stake?chains and j slavery would be their doom if unsuccessful?hence, is it uliy wonder that tbey fought with energy amouutI :? ?_ .1- ? Tir? H,? ,l?i? ?,QO f,t linn.1 IlllJ tu uur'jiuiiiuwu, ?? *j ?> ion iiiv uuim h?mj ??? ....... we might make some interesting extracts, bearing upon this point. The battle ground, and the Hanging Rock are in Lancaster, and belong to Capt. J M. Ingram, of Kershaw district, to whose kindness wo are indebted for an earl}' and delightful morning ride, and a sight of these interesting objects. Rev. W. M. Wightman, D. D. We copy the following just tribute, to this eminent and able divine, from the Carolinian, of Saturday, it embodies so well, and fully, our sentiments, that we have taken the liberty ol appropriating the same for our editorial columns/ "We cannot permit the exit of Dr. Wightman from the chair editorial to pass without recording our regret for the necessity to the interests of the Church which calls him from the post which ho has filled with distinguished merit. In our opinion no religious journal in tho country has been conducted with such ability, and with so much rf Christian spirit and forbearance as the Southern Christian Advocate under his management. The best evidence of this is the favor with which the mem bets of other denominations have regarded it, and among whom it has received a gcuerous circulation. The whole course of the Advocate, under the Conduct of Dr. Wightman, has been (rec from the usual objee tions urged against sectarian organs. While advocating the docts iucs of Methodism, it has not indulged in needless controversies with other denominations, nor been guilty of those manifestations of bigotry wl.ich so unworthily characterize tho religious press of the countr}'. The editor lias beeu true to his high vocation?the advancement of tho Redeemer's Kingdom. Dr. Wightman lias been called to a responsible position, scarcely less so than tho editorial conduct oi the Advocate?tho Presidency of Wofford College. His talents and eminent abilities need no word of endorsement from us; they are well known, and afford u sute ?on/mnco iiicf iftifinn Alifl fhr i till ICU iv/l VllV ouvwig v/? ?.(W <wu?i?M..v.. this result lie carries with him to his ue-v Held of labor the prayers ami aspirations of the Church within our limits. The Rev. Mr. Myers, n young but talented clorgyfytnan, succeeds Dr. Wightman as editor. We have ieard that he is well qualitied for the position, and trust that lie will fulfil- all the expectations of the Church in his selection. The Pardoning Power. A Ye copy, says the Spartanburg Express of the 13th inst., in another column, au atticlc under the above caption, which appeared in the Abbeville Banner. The writer's object seems to be to counteract the influence I of a petition now in circulation for signatures, in order ! to procure the releaso of Thomas W. Kinsman, who has been convicted of negro stealing. The Law punishing with death the individual convicted of theil of this character ought to be repealed and the Penitentiary system substituted in its stead. Punishment for misdemeanor 6r crime is absolutely no ccssary lor the protection oi society; oui we mo no auvocate for extreme punishment where life or chastity suffered no violence. In these two eases alone, are wo disposed to countenance the death penally. We liopo tlio suggestion of Judge O'Xkall, to establish.u Penitentiary in this State, will receive the hearty approval of the Legislature during the approaching session." We agree with you most heartily, brother Express, and your brief notions of this important subject express our ideas oxactly. We have written a series of articles already, upon this subject?years ago, before wo had any official connection with the press of the State?and these articles, one of them at least, was copied in extcuso, with approbatory editorial comments, by our friend of the Carolinian. We havo assumed that the certainty rather than the severity of punishment will restrain the perpetration of crime, and that a Penitentiary would mete out justice much moro equably and effectually than our present modes. We would never consent however, to the total abolition of capital punishment, but only in cas?s nf nviremc necessity arc willing to see it exercised? where human life or its equivalent is sacrificed. Death of a veteran Minister. The Rev. Samuel Dunwody, one of tho oldest members of the South Carolina Conference of tho M. E. Church, died at his residence in Cokesbury on Sunday the 9lh instant. Furman University.' We learn from tho Southern Baptist that Dr. Manly has concluded not to accept tho Presidency of this Institution. Gen*. Wm. 0. Butler.?Tho Union states that this j gentleman decnuea cue oner 01 me uuvwuuiouip Nebraska in a letter of much eloquenco aud good feeling, ropcating the warmest ossurauces of personal regard for the President, and regretting only that he was not a vouDger man, in order that he might accept what ho regarded as a high!jr honorable position. * \ ' "*v ' , J* . * f t ' / y Bank Election. C. J. Shannon*, Esq. was, on yesterday, elected by the Board of Directors of the Bunk ol the State, President of the Branch Bank at this place, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Salniond. Col. W. J. Taylor, and John Caxtey, Esq. wete, . at the same time elected Directors for said Bank. A Few Words to Temperance Men. Without intending to be tedious, we have a few practical thoughts which we desire to submit to the ! consideration of our Temperance friends throughout | ; the State, as we deem it proper that somo explanation should be rrlade-them for. tho discontinuance of the , temperance edition of our paper. I As our feelings and -sentiments are the samp as they ever were, and as we. believe they everrwill be upon ' the subject of temperance, for we are, and hope ever ] to be it-*- Uncompromising -friend in every - shape nnd'in every form'?wo embrace tlie occasion wliicli is -j ! here presented to assuro'-our friends,, that although-we have said little or notVmg of latempon the subject, we, are nevcrtheless-the'ardent'atfic/cate of.all just,-honorj able and lawful inenfi^ either -.for the suppression of . drunkenness and its cnllateralpviltf'or for the advance-' ment of temperanfcc and?its necessary attributes;* ' The appearance df the 'South4 Carolina *Temperance Standard having entirely obviated tlie necessity for ] an extra edition of our paper, we deemed it prudent to discontinue at once its publication!1 We are gratified-' at having adopted this course, and are pleased to ask att? ntion to the prospectus of that paper, found in our. columns to-day. Tfnrsccond number having reached us, we embrace cheerfully, the opportunity of adding our testimony to its excellence. We are much' pleased and gratified at the high'siantfarrf'which our'brothren have erected for temperance, livery temperance man, and particularly those who arc its avowed and pledged supporters, should rally around the, Standardand give it their hearty support To 0119 of its editors (brother Corley,) we were iudebted, whilst couducling the Advocate, for sonio capital articles on the subject, and his vigorous pen has lost nothing, wo are sure, of its diamond point, by having been called. into constant use since the establishment of the Standard. We trust that our only organ in the State, (the Standard.) will be liberally and warmly supported.? T6mpcrancc men arc left entirely without excuse now. Let its number exceed tho expectations of its ardent friends?let thousands 111 place of hundreds rally around the Standard, and it will be firmly, fixed. The crops in our District, says 1 he Darlington Flag arc fully equal to the most sanguine hopes of the planter; and wo are gratified to hear that the same prospect of an abundant reward for the unprecedented toils of the season, gladden the hearts of the laborer in ' almost every portion of the State. The Florida Democratic,.Conventiou have renominated the Hon. A E. Maxwell to represent that State in the next Congress. / ^ > ' Ex-Governor Townes of Georgia, died at Macoi. on the 15th inst. ... . . , . John Wuties, Esq. has been appointed Clerk of, the Court of Appeals, in the place of A. Herbeniont, Esq., resigned. . The Richmond (Va.) Enquirer of the 18th instant states that there had been fifty eases of 'cholera, and forty deaths in that city in the previous two .weeks."-. The Union announces that Gen. Wm. 0. Butler declined the post of Governor of Nebraska on ace unit of advanced years, and not from any unlriendly feel* ing towards the Adminis.ration. . Three thousaud three hundred dollars have just been appropriated by the Connecticut Legislature to aid in the erection at Brooklyn of a monument to General Israel Putnam, provided an equal sum be raised-!?y subscription. The oltimbus Times states that Messrs. Moses A Lec of that city, have Sold $1700 worth of |K?aches? J apples and pears in the short period of 17 days. They tiud a market in Columbus, Macon, Savannah, A palaehieola, Bi'Ston and New York, i.nd aie now preparing an orchard of 2500 trees to supply.the New Orleans markets, on the opening of the Girurd and Mobile Rail Road. New Cotto*.'-?The Sandersville Georgian of Tuesday says: Four open bolls of new cotton, the first of the season, were sent to die editor, the ' 61 h inst.. by .Indi'n E. Hrown. Tfcev crew on his nlanlution. in the lurk ol Buffalo creek and the Ogecchee river, in Wash ington county. . . ? For the Camden Journal. ? . * Camdkn C., July I7tli, 1854. Immediately after the public meeting held this evening in the Baptist Church, the mem tiers of Waterre Division No. 9, S. of T., on returning to their Hall were called to order by the W. P., when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: 1, < Resolved 1st. That our thanks are due and most cordially tendered to Piof. Ja3Iks H. Caulislk, for the lucid and able addiess deiivered hv him this evening. 4 Resolved 2d, That we feel under greyt obli : g*rlI I'M! I'M Mirtiii(ioicuj |nvoruu\i ?j hi in, and t he able exposition of tin* qTic-tinn of Prohibition, now engaging the atientioo of not a few of the people of South Carolina. Resolved 3d, That we respectfully iisk Prof. Carlisle to embody in the form of a tract f"r general distribution, that portion of the address having reference mojv particularly to the pas sage of more >tring< nt aws against the manufacture and sale of aidenl spirits, as a b<'ver age, in South Carolina. Resolved 4(h, That the R. S. forward a copy, of the above resolutions to Piof. Carlisle, and solic it their publication in tlnf Camden i Journal and Temperance Standard. >. v z. j. dbhay: w. p.- ' Charles W IIeusey, R. S. ? ? - ' . v5 . The Railroad.?Columbia has had some i experience in lailread enterprises, and -he iuul some, too, of a melancholy charactei in reintion to oppo-ition again-t some she ought this day to lie enjoying the advantages of. We think she has profited by these experiences, t) n f nn<>t)lu %i*alt not rourlit i- noot Av.m i thorn the advantages the contemplated road to Hamburg, undoubtedly presents. From a rough estimate, we may affirm that the 61,400,000 of real estate located within the corporate limits of the town, the owners and representatives of about ?1,000,000 of it are in favor of the municipal authorities sub. scribing to the road. It is claimed that these owners and representatives should have, the de cision of this matter, and it affords us great gratification to lenm that this decision is so nearly unanimous in favor.of the enterprise. We commend, moreover, to our readers, the j brief and foicible notes of a " Workingman" j tu another cvlumn.? Carolinian. ' * " W ' 'A* i A:x * . * :. . :'.A..' IS iii^iilHwniiiiirtfi III mil Iii mil will I ?iii?ii !?! ' ' Arrival of the Franklin. FO UR DA TS LA TER FRC2I EUROPE. New Yoke, July 18. The sleamer Franklin, from Southampton forthis port, with London and Liverpool dates of V Jul) 5th, got ashore )esterday morning off'V Montank Point, where she now lieB in n critical situation. The passengers, 160 in number -i ?i.. .:i^- ...I -.r.J., ?u:.. ami 1 lie Iiinnsi ???n?v? i?vi %; oninjf, IUI3 UJwrillftJg* 'I'hf Franklin lias 800 tons of merchandize on lmurd. The news from Europe is highly important. Advices from Vienna state that the Czar's reply to the Austrian summons to evacuate the Principalities, expresses the determination to light it out to the last man and the last noble, rather than comply. The Russians were evac"uatiiig Wallachia, liut still held possession of Moldavia. r An Austrian force of 24,000 men Had 'benrjoidered to drive the Russians beyond -the riyeiiSereth, aitd a collision was regarded rcerfaiu. , """ " T* 'Tlieiflefiti in th'e Black-Sea still threatened Scbast'?f)o|. Admiral Napier-was within twen,ty utiles?oT'?Gronstadt. ' ' A /ormUJiibliJ insurrection hadrbeoken out in ^ Madi i7t," ai.cfat the last*accounts' tile city" was .. hai ri. adetl-and in-a-state of 'siege^.' TluHnsurgeiits, uiiifer'tieiieral O'Donrtell, number 4000, , v and' deinaiuf the" Ve8ichation of the mnVistry^ and the abdication of the Queen. It was^epoi-.ttd at Paris that the rebels had been"defeated, but this wasdiot believed." - The Czat* had c'nm'maiided each of thcland-^ ed proprietors of Poland to furnish twentv-'fbur i " - - v ? y " T "* armed men. ^ AtcLiverpnokCottiw was active 'and' firing'. Flour had declDied 6d p'er 'barrel. *Cofn !?i,dW.' - V ' ' " -- r*' j Jr ^ The clilet* points of interest;by the Niagara, are the certainty that Austria is now'io.com mitted widi the other Allies as tojnake retreat" from a position, of hostility .iueyjjahle. J'he positive relhsuf ofRiissik to evacuate the ijiiieipalities, renders colljssion impossible.'. Her offer t<> withdraw from YVallachia, still occupying Moldavia, affords a complete demonstration, if any were wanted,.of,the true char^pter of In i design in passing the Prnth, while her delav in returning aii answer to the summonsof Austria, until she had matured her ^military arfjiiigefnents iii the Principalities, snows the ,, cn.ft of her diploin^y. , . 'J lie insurrection in Spain, the neat point of interest, will, from appearances, be soon sup-." pressed. It having, apj>afenj.ly, tip, popular t root,"its forces will soon bev"overwhelmed. It appears iliat the loyalty of the Spaniards.is itv- ... vincible! It is, with them, more sfrongthatv the religious princip e, in its sitperstitjjiu^jis' ^ ^ peeis, tor they looked on supinely w hen tin property of "the .Cfiafch was confiscated, umle..^ -. the'd"iiniiioii of .the. t'.'o1 tes. Ni> nanMint private profligacy or tlvgivr ?l 'i.riheriii: v i- :> the RovjiI incuuibeiit. afip? ars > flicienf to vv. . ^ ; . a foifeitnre (if tin* throne,or isii, a upi, an i -' ing the ('( C.uprcr, that their gallantn is stri ng ?> in than theipputrioiisml Thebomli.triiment ofvforiificatinns in the (Milt -it tinlawjl, Appears t<? os to.be a wasfe.ot 1 e and amuoinbiou.' N<t-impression is likely * to. In- pioduced unless by tin* c<-opera ion of .ill adequate iundjoice. This is n> well appliea1 |.- i tin- fortresses in the Black Sea as (he North. Tlir Anglo-French commanders. ir s in to us, w ould assist the cause more effect, it ill\ In ,gL iiig the i'urkisb forces hi A>ia -neb no oraaiiiz.iioiijias.uilt enable tliem to oH< i I) ;.tvr resistance to the Russians. ' Ch nr lento n Eve. News. * jj . 4 ' ? t * m - 't.j?c 1 atai. Accident.?We regret t< learn tlfat^^, a nil ;n-c il'-nt happened near Rishopvil e, in* tat Ri*?iict, on Sunday last?the death of a hi'11 ft..ni a oiiii s||ot wound. It seem* that f iifitig. ibe absence of Maj. R. W. English, the,. ?. .\nift o! tli uegroes concerned, a small b'.y, valuing about tie- hr.use took up his master's .'.in (not knowing that it was loaded) and point '"7* ' ^ it in sport at a little child some three years . * >?ld. playing in a tub of water near the well.? Uis object >eems to have been t frighten* the child from bis.special amusement?but. unfortunately. the gun fired, arid the child received tin* content*-in its breast,'und died; in a*very.. lew moments. \n inquest was imifi'e'diatcl\,.r- ' * held, under thcdiiection of Robert Eraser, e?q. r '* acting t '?u mier, and I he verdict of the Jury'-wit's in-accordance with rthe facts above staced *- ~1 .that death was caused by -the accidental dis- V ' cba'ge of a gun in-the hands of the aforesaid negro. From the above melancholy circinm \ stunce, we. can learn a very wholesome, lesson. Never place loaded firearms in the reach oi e/ti/dreo, for they are dangerous things in Unhands of the wisest and best of men. , Sinnler. Watchman. Death by Lightning.?We regret to learn that during ilie prevalence of a thunder storm 'about the 7lh inst., a small negro boy, some seven or ei^ht years old, was instantly kibed upon the plantation of Mr. L. L. Fra'ser, Sr. hear Bishopville, in this District. 1 his sad accident occurred under the following singular circumstances! When the storm arn?e, some ten or twelve negroes took refuge- \ in one <?t the houses upon the premises and thh# unfortunate lit tie boy was one of the number. He was sitting by the side of a grown negro between the chimney place and the door?the chimney being at the end and the door at the ~ide of the house, as is Usually the case in such buildings. The rain had scarcely commenced wuen a stream of electricity passed down the chimney, and through a crack in the floor about. ( . the centre of the house ? killing instantly in its passage the small hoy, slightly injuring the grown negro, and killing a setting hen iminedi; ^ atrly >under the house, ' besides this no damage was done. No part of the building or the grOuiid under it was in the slightest degree torn br injured by the electric fluid. This is one of the most singular freaks of electricity we ever -heard of, and we reC"rd the fact* as they occurred. Query? We have alw.y s be lieved that feather* when dry were a perfect non-cohductoV. How'came the lien to be killed??76. ^ - "* The Ifoi?. Moses McDonald, a representative in Congress from Mafne, who voted fur the Nebraska hill, was nearly mobbed while recently i?h a visit to his district. One of the mob, said to be u hoy, raised the cry " that a dough face was piesent," when a rush was made towards him. He, however, escaped personal outrage, by a retreat to a place of safety. * A Bad Sign.?A Kansas Emigration Socle ty lias been formed at Hariisburg, Pennsylvania, auxiliary to the National Society at Washington. This society is abolition, wo believe.