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From the Charleston Courier, of Saturday. | LATEST FROM EUROPE. , Yesterday morning we announced that the i British Steamer Niagara, had arrived at Boston the preceding day, hut did not receive from ! our correspondent, any synopsis of her news by I Telegraph. i During the course of the day, however, a despatch came to hand, communicating the heads of the intelligence she brought, which is j of rather a gloomy character. The Niagara left on the 7th instant. f THE MARKETS. \ Cotton.?The sales were small, and purcha- < """""" k?wl rnottoi-o nrollu milrll ill tluHT OWII 0 r"~'" f.'? J - ^ hands. The transactions of the wcelflBmount- j c ea to twenty-four thousand hales. Middling t and fair qualitiy Orleans had declined about \ one-eighth of a penny per pound. In other do- ?, scriptions, no positive change in quotations are <1 made. Prices it is said, are now lower than t has ever before been known. g The following are the quotations; Upland and c Mobile, fair, 4d; New Orleans, lair, 4 3 8d; c middling Orleans and Upland, 3 3-4d. p There is scarcely anything doing in qnali- | i ties above fair, and the transactions generally v are at rates under 2 3-4. t Breadstuffs.?Corn is quoted at 35 to 30s. f 6d ; Meal 17s. 6d. to 19s. and scarce at that i price; Flour (duty paid) 32 to 33?the duty now is two shillings. G KN E R A L I NT E LUG E N C E. England.-tjthe M- ney market was quite f easy in England, and but lit'.c fluctuation had r taken place since last advices. In London, the trial of the Chartists had been concluded, and the principal offenders were sentenced to transportation for life. Those in prison, who were less prominent in the disturbances, escaped conviction. These trials are said to have disclosed a system of espionage over the acts of the agitators of a most disgraceful character, through the agents of spies employed for the purpose. The Queen had returned from her recent ex- r cursion to Scotland. s Ireland.?The trial ofS>irrH O'Brien was progressing slowly. The evidence adduced is I said to be very strong against him, and as a natural consequence his conviction is very r probable. ^ France.?There was quite a disturbance in g the French Assembly, caused by remarks made '1 in the course ofa debate on the affairs of the I Republic. To such an extent was it carried' that the President was finally compelled to ad- F journ that body. The government had expressed its dermination to favor universal suffrage, r Meetings were being held in all parts of; } Franco by the Socialists and treasonable speeches made at them, causing great fears that anoth- j s er outbreak would take place. Gen. Cavaig- i nac, however' expressed great confidence in 1 ?a the ability of the government to preserve peace and finally to settle all difficulties. n SECOND DESPATCH. 1: Last evening we received a second communication from our Telegraphic agent, contain- h ing the information which follows; si FURTHER FOREIGN ITEMS. C It was reported at Paris, that Austria had li rejected the profferred mediation, and the. Government ha<iproposed a Congress of the Eu- Sl ropean powers. I' Switzerland is now virtually at war with Austria. Si k Bagging and Bale Rope.?Wc stated in a late review that orders had been received from r' the owners in Kentucky, limiting a large porm tion of stock on hand, in this market at 19c. lor h Bagging, and "8 1.2 for Rope, since which the ; * ruling rates, for the residue on sale, have lieeu 17c. ?t*?J 9 1-4 n 9 l-2c. Yesterday furlhc or- -I ders were received by Telegraph from the same parties, raising their limits to 19 and 20c. for r Bagging and 10c. Rope, which had the effect of ' stiffening prices generally: and at the close, although some holders wero still offering their r stocks 19 and 8 1-2 others were asking 16 12a d 18c. for Bagging, and 8 1-2 for Rope, which they had previously held at lower figures. The r supply of Bagging freo from limit's cannot much exceed 4000 pieces. The receipts of the. last 1 three days have been confined to 574 coils, and I of the week, to 955. Exported none. Gunny Bags.?Wo noticed in our last re. d view sales at 12 a 12 1-2. These continued I ' to be the ruling rates on Wednesday, but pri- ! I ces have sincod improved and closed at I3e. s with an upward tendency. The sales of the ; tbreodays embrace 150,000 bags. e Orders have been received from Boston, lim- j r iting a portion of the stock here at 15c., and a | jsmall sale was made yesterday at those figures. ! J 2V. O. Price Current, lith inst. t Correspondence of the Savannah llcpnbliean. Tampa Bay, (Fla.,) Oct. 3d, 1848. Gentlemen:?I have volunteered to give you \ some little account of the disastrous storm ! which visited us on the 28th ultimo. I: com- j r incnced about 9 A. M , wind S. E., and contiu- | ued with unprecedented violence until 0 I'. M., during which tirue it hauled round from S. 10. I to N. W. Every building on the Bay and river, public and private, (except Mr. Palmer's } Hotel, and that much injured,) is destroyed:? The water rose ten feet above high water mark, J and such was the force of the wind and waves that the strongest buildings were driven from 1 their places crushing every thing in their course. The sturdy old oaks that had braved the c storms for centuries, were torn up by the roots, or twisted off like reeds. t * All the vessels in port were driven up the river and lodged in the pine-woods?far from their \ natural element. Iron safes, a fire engine, kegs of nails, &c., were driven from the places they ? occupied, and not a track left to toll where the j s building in which they were stood. Major Wade, Commanding, and Lieutenant t Griffin, the Quarter.Master, with the entire gar* 1 rison, were incessantly engaged throughout the ; j day, in removing families and their furniture to \ places of safety, and in scouring public proper- , [y- * . . .1 It was truly distressing to witness families ; ( hurrying from one supposed place of safely to j another?vainly hoping their neighbors more ' secure than themselves. The Commissary and Quarter-Master's stores are entirely destroyed, and their contents are scattered for miles around. Many hair-brcadlh escapes, both serious and ludicrus, might be related; but fortunately no lives were lost. Major Wade has been unremitting in bis efforts, day and night, to alleviate the distress of the sufferers, ny utiorung assistance to the liolp ,[ lew, giving shelter to the houseless, <Scc. \ r We learn that the fishery, dwellings, Arc., on ' j Old Tampa, were totally destroyed?the people, : v with difficulty, escaping with their lives. At Clear Water Harbor, ar.d in parts of Benton , t County, the destruction is very great. Appro- ! r hensions are entertained for the safety of the \ people at the fishery, and the trading establish-! i menton Charlotte's Harbor, and Mujor Wade IS lias despatched a boat with some supplies, to rescue tliem if possible. The storm has been nueh more destructive than that of 1810. I write in great haste, and can only add that j Major W. is in excellent health, and keeps up j lis spirits, although much worried by his calanity. \ours, dec., A. The New York Courier, speaking of .Morse's tnd Bain's Telegraphing system, says: ' I he diftercnce between the two systems,so iir as rapidity of operation is concerned, is aim* dy this:?Morse's Telegraph, (or any other xcept Bain's.) can only transmit matter as fast is one person can write it, because only one perator can work at a time. On Bain's plan he matter is prepared before hand, and then vound upon a cylinder; when, it is to he transtitled, the cylinder is turned and his can be lone with almost any despatch, for example in ransmitting the President s Message by Morse's ystem, it can only be done as fast as one man an write it. On Bain's system, the message an be cut into one or two hundred parts, and nit into the hands of as many men. It can thus ?e made ready, wound upon the cylinder, and round off again almost instantly. This is the heory of the instrument whether it would be ally sustained by practical results remains to ?e seen." ELECTON RETURNS. The following gentlemen have been returnd from their respective Districts for the Congress of the United States: District 1. Gen, D. Wallace. 41 2, Col. J. I,. Orr. 44 3, Joseph A. Woodward. 44 4, A. I). Sims. 44 5, Armistead Burt. 44 0, Isaac E. Holmes. 41 7, W. F. Colcock. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Abbeville.?Senator, John F. Marshall; Repescntalives, B. Y. Martin, Thomas Thompon, Joel Smith, Edward Noble. Barnwell District.?Representatives, Owens, lay, Evans and Ayer. flirtrh'eitin.?Senator. W. T). Porter: Ren vr.??. iv/iv??. ? " ~ 7 r csentativcs, Jas. Simons, Dr. L. FI. Peas, V. G. PeSaussurc, X. Mitchel, Danl. E IIuor, Chas. Macbeth, C. G. Mcmminger, Jas. Supper, Thos. O. Elliott, W. A. Pringlc, F. .anneau, Jno. Cunningham, W. IT. Houston, Christ Church Parish.?Senator, A. Uihben; teprcscntalive, W. Du Pre. Chester.?Senator, Maj. X. IT. Eaves; Rep. csentativcs, .Maj. James B. 31'Cully, Samuel 1 'AliIcy; Esq., Dr. Thomas W. Moore. Clarcinont.?Representatives, J. I). Witherpoon, Nelson, and J. 1). Ashmorc. Clarendon.?Representatives, Witherspoon nd Ingruham. Darlington.?Representatives, Law and Zimlerman. Edgefield.?Representatives, Bouknight FIolmd, Jones, Yancey and Thompkins. Fairfield.?Senator, Flon. J. Buchanan; tepresentatives. J. T. Owens, W. R. Robertin, Jos. D. Aiken, and D. Crosby. 1 cor gel own. ? Representatives. Read, Easterng, Middlclon. Greenville.?Senator, T. E. Ware; Reprncntaiives, Edward FI. Earle, Elias Earlc, G. \ Townes. II. Smith. Kershaw.?Senator, W, J. Taylor; Repre nlativcs, Capt.s James Cantey, A. II. Boyin. Kingston.?Senator. Joel B. Skipper; Repcscntative, II. G. W. Grisset. z Lexington.?Senator, Gen'l. Paul Qaauloaum: Representatives, Col. W. Fort. J. II. ?-: c jci?rr, Laurens.?Representatives, C. P. Sullivan, . II. lrby, P. L. Calhoun, J. I). Williams. Lancaster.?Senator, Dixon Barnes; Rep. esentatives, George McC. jWiiherspoon and 1'hos. J. Wright. Marion.?Senator, Benjamin Gause; Rep esentatives, Gen. Win. Evans, James IlaseF en, J. R Bcilioa. Marlboro.''?Representatives, Cook and liar-1 ington. Newberry.?Senator, Hon. P. C. Caldwell; Representatives, R. Moorman, II. Summer, R. I Nits. Orange Parish.?Senator, Hon. J. M. Fe|. j er; Representatives, L. M. Keitt and I). R. Jarton. t. F. Reynolds, J. E. Carew, F. D. Richardon. Pendleton.?Representatives, Taylor, Pickins, Hunter, Reed, Alexander, Whilcfiold, Xoris. Richland.?Representatives, J. S. Preston, . II. Adams, W. I). DeSaussure, J. Wallace. Spartanburg.?Representatives, B. B. Foser, R. W. Foster, Henry, Miller and Smith. All Saints.?Representative, John A. Alston. Sl.Uahn's Colleton.?Representatives, W. J. Vhaley, E. M. Sealirook. St. I'rtcr's.?Senator. J. D. Johnson: Ren-I esentatives, A. M. Ruth and A. M. Martin. St. Helena.?Representative, 15. J. Johnson. | St. Pants Parish.?Senator, Col. [5. Perry; I Representative, W. 15. It. .Mitchell. St. Ja>nc\s Saalee.?Senator, Alexander I tlazyck; Representative, 1-5. 1). Jerman. St. Bartholomew's Parish.?Representatives, . (5. Oswald, J. 15. Perry, X. Hcyward, Jr. : St. Mathews.?Representative, J. M. Dantz- j er. St. Andrews.?Senator, W. I. Bull; Reprc- . entative, W. Melvenzio Parker. St. Thomas and St. Dennis.?Reprcsentaive, J. B. Poyas. St. James, (loose Creek.?Senator, Dr. J. j tVilson; Representative, J. C. .McKewn. Union.?Representatives, John Wright, R. 5. Chick, Or. Jnn. A. Melts, and A, W. Thompion. York.?Senator, J. I). Witlmrspoon; Rep. esentatives, R. (J. McCaw, Geo. W. U'iliatns, Esq., William Ciles, and Richard A. Springs. Taking thh Initiativk.?A notice with ! he, ahnvc heading appears in the Coltunhia Jarolinian, which is said to he signed by many expectable names, suggesting a meeting of the titizens of I'air field district on the Oth of No. . ember next, to deliberate on the propriety of equosting the Representative of the Congreslional district of which Fairfield Ibrms a part, o retire Irotn his seat in the House of Repre <* >1.., ........... r.r ii.n if if i mil v in i m; r.nuii, wi iiiu | mi-* *?i in*. IVi!mot Proviso l>y Congress and its approval >y tho I're.siileni; requesting the other districts :ornpo?ing I lie Third Congressional District, to mite with the citizens of Fairfield for that pur)0<e; and also requesting the Legislature to direct our Senators to return homo should ('on;rcss pass and the Incentive sanction the Pror\<o. We. have always deprecated the separate anion of the State in reference to Federal policy ind relations. Wo think the objection applies villi aggravated force to any insulated move, ncnt by one or more districts within its limits, state action in any such contingency as is con tomplatcd by the ppople of Fairfield district, should be determined by the collective wisdom of the Legislature. An opposite course is calculated to embarrass its proceedings?to prevenl a free interchange of opinion?to convert a lr'e deliberative assembly into a body of leg/lAuimiHiwI kof/tro nmiciiIf:i 1 inn fn a nrn. I9iau/|^ Ul/illllllilUU SVI*'?W .w v determined course of action. In a matter of such hiiih resolve popular requests trammel the judgement, and place under bondage the independence ot the legislator. Rut we object to the State of South Carolina taking the initiative in this matter, in any form or manner. Virginia, whose load we -have been hitherto proud to follow, is entitled to this 1 distinction. Mere geographical position, as a j frontier State, in that cluster of Southern repub- : lies which have a common interest?her wealth and population?her intelligence and patriotism place her in this, which, if a post of honor, is also one of high responsibility. Her resolutions were appended to the Report of the Committee on Federal Relations adopted by the Senate of South Carolina at its last session. These resolution prescribe a call of the Regis latore by the Governor of Virginia, in case the Wiluiot Proviso passes Congress and issantioned by the Executive,'?and between the call and the assembling of that body a consultation with the Executives of the other Southern States in relation to the ultimate measures which it may be proper to adopt is suggested. It is to lie regretted that the popular branch cf our leg- j islaturc did not sec fit to adopt the report and resolutions. They embrace all the exigencies ( of the case, in its earlier stages. We would not have our Senators and Representatives a haudon their scats until such had been the resolve of the entire South. Any other course would deprive a proceeding so solemn of all its moral force, from common consultation and I united action.?Charleston Evcnins News. ? j CONGRESSIONAL P.W AND MlLEAGE.? A j Washington correspondent of the New York j Herald says he often hears members complain- I ing of the sacrifice which they make in coining to congress. Sonic idea oft lie "sacrifice," ho thinks, may | lie inferred from the fact, that computing a Con- j gress along and short session, to he fitly weeks, J at $8 a day, a member receives, in per diem, $2,800. If ho comes from Louisiana or Texas, j he. gets about $5,000 mileage, a sum for which j he might make a tour of a year in Europe; his ; mileage, and pay amount together to $7,900. Annual expenses in Washington, $1,000; actual travelling fees, $500, leaving $000 clear gain. New members receive besides, $750 worth of books?$20 arc allowed for stationary j for a long session. These are awful sacrifices, no doubt, but wo fancy they arc all on the part ' of Uncle Sam. Influence ok the Moon on Plants.?1. Vines, if pruned when the moon is increasing in light, will shoot out, spread and grow fast, I particularly if it he done in the second quarter, J because, as the light of the moon increases, so docs the sap in the tree. 2. Vines, if pruned while the moon is decreasing in light, will not spread nor grow fast, particularly it it be done during the last quarter, because the sapdecrca- j sos with the light. .'1. Timber cut down when the moon is increasing will soon become rotten, i particularly if she be in the second quarter. 4. Timber cut down when the moon is decreasing will last for years, and the more durable it will be if cut down during the last quarter. 5. Peas sown during the moon's increase will bloom to the last and will he full and rich in flavor; still more certain if sown during the second quarter, fi. Peas sown when the moon is decreasing in light will he ju^t in (lie opposite condition. 7. The age to which the pomegranate will live depends on the moon's age at the time of planting; it will live just as many years as the moon was days old. 8. Plants and shrubs shoot tip and lake little root if planted when the moon is increasing in light, and in the zodiacal signs (Jo. mini, f<ihrn, or Aquarius. 9. If planted when in the signs Taurus, Virgo, or Capricornus, they I take deep, and do not grow tall. Glcmurfs Garden Almanac for 1818. i Evil Spraxtxo.?That yon may not speak ill ol any, do not delight to hear ill of them.? Give no countenance to busy bodies, who are j running from house to house, and love to talk of j other men's faults. Those who delight to hear ill of others, will soon fall into the habit of speaking ill of limn. When busy bodies ran out of fact, they will soon resort to conjecture and idle stories to please those who are fond of hearing others spoken against. Such characters are common nuisances, often destroying good neighborhoods and the fellowship of old friends. If we endeavor in good earnest to mind oiirsclvc*, we shall find work enough, and but little to talk of others. Rusixrss nr.Four. Plkasukr.?A man who is very rieh now was very poor when he was a boy When asked how ho got his riches re - ! rdi.wl- Ml f'iflinr frmr?lit n\i* noVPT If) SIhMltl y ? 7 > money mil il I hud earneil it. Iff lintl but half an hour's work to il<? in a day I must do thai the first tiling, and in half' an hour. After this j was done, I was allowed to play, and I could s then play with much more pleasure than if I; had the thought of an unfinished task before tny mind. I early formed the habit, to which owe my prosperity." Let everybody who reads . this go an I do likewise, and lie will meet with ' a similar reward. A Yank 1:1: Trick?A Northern vessel came to Wilmington, N. (!., with a cargo of rum, (lis- t tilled, as the dull, awkward captain alio'lged, in j the I niled States, and, as he believed, in Georgia. His papers appeared (air enough as liir as they went, but were thought to be rather defective. The dates were somewhat old. lie had touched at Charleston?ho had assisted a distressed vessel at sea?he had been blown oil , tbe coast, and we know not what lame and suspicious accounts he gave. It was suspected lie | was smuggling from the West Indies, and a very : bad, a fatal circumstance it was, bis ruin was : good, much too good to be made at home, l ive- j ry rubicund nose in Wilmington smelt, and every palate tasted, and all said and swore it was prime West India. The vigilant collector very properly libelled both vessel and cargo.? The whining captain requested tli.a' the nun might he sold to save expense, while the trial was pending, which was accordingly done. Ii was readily sold at auction Ibr $1 10 a gallon, while Darien and Newborn rum, known as such, would have brought only 43 cts. No sooner was the enroo sold and the proceeds fairlv lodged in hank, than Jonatlian seemed In come to his senses. [fu is now wide awake, lie found some other papers that had been overlooked. lie could give a clear account oI his voyage lie proved beyond doubt that (his rum was ma- i nufartured at Ibirien. His vessel was released, I and he pocketed fin cents more than the common profit upon every gallon! We believe he ; had the grace not to sue the collector fordama- j ges.?Raleigh Register. THE CAMDEW JOURNAL. Wednesday .Horning, October 25, 1818. WfL.LTAM K. JOHNSTON'. EDITOR. Cotton markets. The receipts and sales of cotton in our market during 1 he past week, have been to a considerable extent. In the early part of the week, the prices of last week were fully maintained; but two arrivals from Europe, bringing together intelligence of a decline of |d., have had a depressing effect here. Previous to that, wo quoted from 5 to 5?4 cent. The market in Charleston previous to the last arrival, was jn a drooping state, and prices had given way about Jc. The quotations were 5? to f>^. The total receipts of this year since 1st September, amount to 18fi,89G bales against 100,275 bales the sainc tims last year. Waterec Division, No. 9, Sons of Temperance. The following brethren were on Thursday evening 5th inst. duly installed as officers of this Division to serve the present quarter:? James r. McKain, ir. p. W. THURLOW CASTON, W. A. JOHN K. WITIIERSPOON, II. 8. 7. J. Dr.IfAV, A. li. S. J. B. KERSHAW. F. S. W. E. HUtHISON, T. F. L ZEMP, C. 11. W. CHAMBERS, A. C. M. P. BELCHER, I. S. THOMAS J. WARREN, O. S. Delegates to the Grand Division. The following brethren were on the same evening elected as Delegates to the Grand Division to represent XValcrcc Division So. 9, Sons of Temperance :? P. IK. P. W. E. JOHNSON. W. P.JAMES R. McKAlN. From Mississippi. Through the courtesy of the friend to whom it was adilrcssed, we arc permitted to copy the following extract from a private letter, written by a former distinguished citizen of this town, now residing in Mississippi, and an elector on the Cass and Butler ticket in that State. The writer is one of the many sons of South Carolina, scattered throughout the West, who retlect honor upon their native State. We perfectly agree with him in regard to the -I i-i, : 1 ??1 .L.i 1 UIUCUUI1 OI ITRPIOUIIllitl UlUClurf, (UIU He HUM liidl the present Legislature will ilelivorup to the people their just rights. In connection with this matter, there is a subject which we would commend to the attention of our readers, and especially would we recommend it to the consideration of our neighbors in Richland District, and that is the manner in which the canvass is conducted in Mississippi? The contrast, between that and their recent campaign ought to arouse the gocd citizens of the district to make an efibrt to remove the reproach which must attach itself to such disorderly scenes as those lately enacted in that portion, and that portion only, of our State. Wc too would ask the question, "how can the whigs of the South affiliate with 'practical abolitionists?" and still further, how can Democrats, by merely prefixing the word Taylor, to their ap. puliation affiliate with them! Hut whenever we seo "Taylor Democrat" written, it reminds us of people, who "steal the livery of Ilcavcn, to serve the devil in." " Federal Whig" is the true name Hut to the letter: "I have been from home a good part of my time fiiiieo the latter part of July, engaged in the Presidential canvass. Cnss and IJutler are certain of .Mississippi, and I think will be elected. Things in this State are done very differently in reference to tho Presidential election, to what they are in South Carolina, and I think better. The people ought to vote directly for President. The canvass is very instructive to the masses in relation to national politics; the State is fully canvassed, and directly to one issue. I have addressed the people in many counties. They are attentive and orderly, much more so than any other people 1 have ever seen, and strong drink is never used to influence an election, nor have I ever seen it used in this State for such an object, and though I have attended many barbecues anil mingled with thous amis, no in oxicaling beverage is ever used or scon, nor ;i m iiimcu man. Last week I attended u groat mass meeting in Hinds County, where I suppose at least 2,000 voters were present. It was a free discussion. The speaking occupied two days and part of one night. The Democrats were represented l?y Senators I'ooti: and Davis, Coventor M i ritis and Kx Governors Ihtowx, and McNutt, and myself. I think the Whigs were liiirly beaten. Fn.r.Mont:, the abolitionist, is hard to swallow, and General Taylor has not set I he prairies on fire as the Whigs expected. There is no enthusiasm in his finvor, nor ought there to be.? llis position is loo equivocal. I have no doubt myselftliat be would sign the Wilmot Proviso? all his pledges have been given to the North, and if elected, nearly all his support must come from their. He is a Southern Whig, with northern feelings and principles. I fear that the South will divide on the slavery question? many higs here, hate democracy worse than abolitionism and all the Whigs of the North are practical abolitionists. How can the Whigs of the South affiliate with them?" Col. Jell. Davis. This gallant and distinguished officer, has reached his homo in Mississippi, and like a true son of the South, has defined his position, with regard to the unjust encroachments of the North. In a speech made at Jackson, he said he was prepared to resist such encroachments peaceably and firmly until forbearance ceased to he a virtue and when all oilier efforts tailed, rather than see the South trampled upon he was ready to appeal to arms.? Colonel I), said his warmest sympathies were with the Democratic party, and if his vote could decide the contest it would he cheerfully given for General Cass. He passed a high enlogium on General Taylor. ID"Tlic official returns from Georgia from all hilt one county show a democratic majority of 5MH. ID" The Hon. J. I,. Manning, Judge Richardson Hon. \V. II. Skahuook, Hon. F. W. Pickens, and General J. II. .Means, are nominated by their frends, as suitable persons for the oiliecof Governor. ITT'It is stated that the Kcgislaturc of Florida will be Whig by a small majority 011 joint ballot. Large Increase. A Parliamentary Report of lvv ports from this country to Groat Britain from lti-Ri to 1818, skews an increase since 181R of more than one hundred and fifty per cent. There were over fifteen millions bushels of corn exported to that country in 1847. The First Note. \Ve are requested by the signers of the followI ing notice, to give it a place in our columns. We cheerfully do i', signed as is, by t early one hundred respectable citizens of Fairfield, and believing that the course suggested therein, is the only safe one for the Southern people to pursue. It is well known to the readers of the Journal, that we have labored to arouse the spirit of our fellow citizens | to adopt some such measure as this, feeling con' vinf*f>d that if the Senators and Representatives of the Southern Slates be all instructed to present i the alternative of dissolution or a full recognition of our rights, we will obtain justice. This movement may be considered premature, and not likely to produce any good result; we believe otherwise, and from all the light we have on the subject, feel well assured that the chief reliance of the Noitliern politicians is placed upon our own divisions.? To be effective however, such a measure as is contemplated by the movers of this call must be adopted by the people of every Southern State, and we prefer that some other State should "take initiative." The Citizens of Fairfield District are requested to assemble at the Court House, in Winnsbo. rough, on Monday, the 6lh day of November next, at 12 meridian, to deliberate upon the propriety of requesting our Representative in Congress to retire from bis seat in the house of Representatives, and return home immedi. alcly upoii the passage by Congress, and approval by the President, of the YVtlmot Proviso or any kindred measure calculated to endanger our institutions and destroy the equality of the States, or place the slaveholding States in a position of inferiority as to privileges to the non' slavcholding Slates; and to request the other , Districts composing our Congressional Districts, to unite with us; and also to request the Legislature to direct our Senators to return ; home an I also to invite the other Congression. | al Districts of the State to unite with us, so t hat I we may present an undivided front to our ene mine Samuel J. Baikley. Samuel E. Norton, John Campbell, R. M. McDowell, Win. S. Lyles, Wm. Nelson, II. R. Cock re II, John IWcCrnry, , Joseph (rladney, D. B. Iviikland, David McDowell, Jas. B. McCants, Stephen Gibson, J. W. Rabb, Samuel Johnston, T.J. Woodward, A. S. fRodman, T. W. Rawls, J. II. Propst, J- W. Hudson, Jacob Feaster, Jr. John II. Means Jonathan 11. Mickle, Thomas Lyles, Sr. R. M.Stevenson, Thomas M. Lyles, Alexander Douglas, Thos. II. McDowell, Wm. A. Owens, C. II. Durham, Win. W. Louis, Joseph I). Aiken, J. A. McCrory, J. 11- Harrison, J. Cockerell. * J. C. Williamson, Jonah Ilurnnnt, J. D. Strother, James F. Craig, S. 11. Owens, John M Buchanan,j David Aiken, Daniel Scott, J. J? Woodward, James R. Aiken, Win. Braiton, Jr. T. D. Pear, J?>hn D. Coleman, II. J. Gayden, Eli Harrison, Cannon (Jason, Wm. Jones, J. S. Stewart, H. W. Powel, Philip Pulling, 11. II. Paulig, John C. McCall, K. S. Dargan, Wm. T. Rabb, Thos. B.Craig, John W. Ware, J. M. Rutland, Win. Braiton. Sr. I J. II. 11 writes. 0. M. Kennedy, 0. K. Thompson, J. l'\ CJnniMc, John L. Ford, Silas (ihidden, Thomas Stitf, Win. flnyd, F. V. I Inches, II. L. HI lion, I). W. Hughes, Win. il. Hllison, J. C. Ilosborough, Osmond Woodward, T. C. Means, Win. Clarke, F. H. Edrington, Abolition of Capital Punishment. The people of .Michigan are getting tired of their ! law for the abolition of capital punishment, in con: sequence of the increase of the crime of murder, I since it went into effect. In some of the Northern cities, the increase of murders and assassinations are attributed, to t he mere agitation of the propriety of abolishing the punishment of the gallows.? The memorial which is being signed for the Legislature of Michigan asks "for a restoration <f that penalty which alone prevents man from assailing the life of his fellow." A Brilliunt Metaphor. An orator at Utica recently compared Martin* Van IU'kkn to a ' whale whose oil would feed the ! lamps of liberty to all eternity." Ifnnifl fnr flu* ,t"ooLr. Xews.?Tiicic nrc (wo hundred orphans now in Girard College, Philadelphia. Dates from Kingston, Jamaica, to the '20th ult., state that Santa Anna was at that place, and was preparing to re'urn to Mexico. I A few (lakesof snow fell in N. Y.on 10th inst. The Emperor of Brazil has appointed a Minister Plenipotentiary to this Government. A line of Bain's Telegraph is being erected between Boston and New York. The Arch-Bishop of Baltimore has issued letters for the convocation of the lirst National Council of the Catholic Church in this country. Two largo Flouring Mills are being erected on the canal near Augusta, Georgia. Six thousand gallons of wine have been made this year in the neighborhood of Hermann, Ohio. Sixteen millions of gallons of water arc used in New York every day. Political.?The Boston Signal announces its ticket for 1S P2: For President, Abbott Lawrence of J/ass., for Vice President. \V. S. Archer of Virginia. The Columbia Telegraph suggests the propriety of the Legislature appointing Senators Calhoun and Butler Presidential Electors; we doubt if they would consent to have any thing to do with it. Hon. J. M. Botts says that in lSo'2, the whigs will unite in one universal motto; lknrij Clay, the people's candidate, and no Convention. Jolm Van Buren bar. commenced an elcctioneer1 ing tour in Ohio, in the cause of Free soil and his : father. Miscellaneous.?There is a Cook at one of the I Boston Hotels so tender hearted that he don't like to beat eggs; the Boston Post says lie don't blame him, if the eggs arc as old as the joke. The Merchants of Philadelphia now display political llags, in accordance with their party predilections. The man Doyle who figured so extensively in the Kentucky slave stampede, has been convicted and sentenced to the Penitentiary for twenty years. i RIagcc, the Irish refugee Irish Patriot is in PhilI adclpiiia. having escaped under an assumed name. The following is an old Bachelor's toast:?The j Fair! saints in churches, angels in the Ball Boom, j but devils in the kitchen. When you hear a man calling every body a fool, ' you may set him down as one of the same sort. Soiuo body says knees were made before elbows, j uecausc beasts were mauc oeiorc moil, j If yon want enemies, excel others; if you want riends let others excel you. I , t . . , ? HT In the following squib which we clip from the New London Chronicle, will be recogniied a vein of a certain kind of paragraph wit, which once illuminated the pages of the Camden Journal.? We omit a sentence or two, which under all the circumstances, we conceive to be in bad taste, and had much better not have been written. The remain- ^ der will amuse our readers:? Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, For here comes mighty Quail lebum I Affairs look squally in South Carolinn, for CJoose Creek and Devil's Turnip have come nut for Cass. Sminsh hollow and Coon swamp have "thrown themselves upon their reserved _ rights,' and Gopher X Roads have nullified the nomination of Taylor. Huckleberry Hill has declared its preterence for the democratic candidate, and St. Matthew, St. Paul, St. Simon, and Saint Judas, Santee have sworn to 'go the ? death for their sugar." We had previously learned the defection of Colonel Turnipseed and the "Bluffton boys" from the cause of old Rough and Ready, but as no one of higher rank had bolted, it was impossible not to have hopes. it is all over with us now, however, and wo give up. The State of Calhoun (sometime!# called South Carolina) has gone from us, stork and fluke. The whig cause is as dead as a sealded pigeon, and Taylorism in Palmetto land is as flat as a carricature gut up by Robinson.? General Quattlebum, Quallleburn the immortal, has lefi us! He did threaten his influence for Taylor and there tra<? a moment when we indulged the darling expectation of seeing the ponderous avoirdupose of that mighty nanus thrown into the Taylor scale. Alas! the moment has passed by! Quattlebum has quailed! _ Calhoun has cuttlefished him and he can't see clear. He has succumbed to the mighty, and partaken of his master's hatred for codfish.? Quattle, we say again, is going to "stand by his ^ State." Bum is determined to turn to and "run a mudk," and old Rough must be Ready to see . himself Quattlebumharded in all the musterfields north and south of the Santee. The thing is fixed and the Buena Vista man must make up his mind soon what he will do. Our present impression is, that he will withdraw. We don't sec what use it will be to attempt to make headway against Quallleburn. For die Camden Journal. Mr. Editor.?At the meeting of the State Temperance Convention, which held its SemiAnnual Session in Camden in June last, the j following resolution was unanimously adopted, | viz: A "Resolved. That the people be again afTec- Jm (innately invited to memorialize the Legislature against the retail system." H After the adoption ot this resolution, a Com. fl| mittee of seven, including the President of the Convention, was appointed to suggest the form of a petition, in order as far as possible, to send up to the Legislature ti united and harmonious voice against the license system. This committee, after having maturely considered tho subject referred to them, recommended tho fol. lowing form, ahich was adopted by the Con* vent ion, viz: "To tho Honorable tho members of the Sen. ate and House of Representatives of the Stato of South Carolina. The undersigned citizens of District, believing I ha* the retailing of ardent spirits is an unmitigated evil, beg leave respectfully to petition your honorable body, to submit the 1 question of license or no license for the sale of * \ intoxicating drinks, to be drank at the place where sold, to the people of the respective His Irict.x, Cities, Towns and Villages, a majority of the snme to determine by ballot, whether the * commissioners or corporations, shall or shall not grant license irs the said District, Cities, Towns, or Villages, as the caso may bo. for the sain of intoxicating liquors as heretofore,?and your petitioners as in duty bound &r. &c." One individual wasnppointed in each District in the State, whose duly it was made to circulate lit is petition and procure the signatures ot all who were willing to sign it, and to send it, at an early day in the Session, to the Legislature. In pursuance nfHtis action ofthe Convention, copies of the p-tilion have heen sent to Various neighborhoods in this District and put in the hands of gentlemen whose known zeal in the cause of Temperance will no doubt prompt them 1 to procure as many names as circumstances will penn't. In Camden, a copy has been left at the Drug Store of Jambs R. McKain, Esq , where we hope all those who are opposed to the enntinuanoe of Grog Shops?those legalized fountains of iniquity?will call and record their names against this deadly evil. TH E COM MITTEE OF ONE. TEMPER VNCE MEETING. Pursuant to notice, the Washington Tern* * pcranee Society of Cantdcn met this evening, (17ih inst.) in the Presbyterian Lecture Room. The President road the circular of the President ofthe State Temperance Society appointing the time of the winter Convention in Columbia; and informed the Society, that an oppor?. n? _j..i i r. 1 wiis now miorueu ui urciug i<ivurru wuu the services of Tit. Dojiyeb as a lecturer. On motion of J. B. KkrsKaw, Esq., it was Resolved, 1. That the Society defer for the present the appointment of Delegates to the Convention. 2. That Lt. Duryee he invited to visit our Town, and that the President give notice to, and confer with, the other Societies in this dis? trict relative to meetings dec. 3. That a Committee he appointed to make necessary arrangements &c. J. B. Kershaw, W. Titurlow Castox and J. It. McKain, wore appointed the Committee. On motion, the Society adjourned. A. M. KENNEDY President. W. Tiiuklow Castox, Sec. pro tern. J Tin? Irish being accused of being tin most un- ^ i o'i: hed people in the wsrld, an 1 '< aan said it ought to be i therwise,jfor they mee: wi:!i hard rubs enough to polish any nation in the wo: Id. A VOICE FROM VERMONT. Tunbridgk, Orangf. Co., Vt., Nov. 25, 1845. Mr. Sctli W. Fowlo : Dear Sir?I hereby certify that one year ago lost Jane, I was violently attacked with a cold and cough, with a lame sido and stomach, and was not free from a cough during that summer. In December following u y cough increased to an alarming extent, so that during that winter I lost about thirty-five pounds of flesh, and physicians with whom I advisod, could give me m relief. It was thought by all that I should nerer recover. As my good fortune would have it, in Merch following, aflor suffUring exceedingly through the winter, I hoard of tho beneficial effects of Wiatnr'a Balsam ot Wild Cherry, by way ot a menu wno naa receivea tin greatest benefits by tlio use of the article, and waa inclined by him to mako a trial of it myself, and no words can express my obligations to that fflend for thus recommending this article tome, and at the criti. cal moment ho did, for I had not uken up ouc -beUlo before I was completely cured, and from that day to I