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r; t jj .j Rajaibliflaa,Marchifl. " a From Nkw Mjucico.?In tha Santa Fe Re. t $$ ..'- publican of the 2d ult., which tire received by v mail yesterday from theWest, we find a few t items of news in addition to the intereding ar- a tide published a day or two since in relation to Col. Fremont's d'saster. ?i - ^^News of the election of Gen. Taylor to the ( .% presidency was received at Santa Fe on the tl 25 th of January, by way of Chihuahua. r i Major Boali, in command of the dragoon > - J.} force in New Mexico, arrived at 8anta Fe on b :<.iS the 25th January, from Taos, after having made t] > ' an arduous and successful excursion amongst ti ^$0 Judiaaa. The ostensible object of this ex. " pedition was to protect Mr. Aubry's train of b 1 wagons from rumored attacks ol the Indians; r 'but as his services were not needed in this ca- t pacily he turned his attention to the enemy, c ?s:.\ He left Taos on the 28d of December with a s i detachment of forty-eight men of company I, t and plunged into the Taos mountains, then c<?v. :.?\ered with snow from eight to twenty feet deep, Without a road to tollow or a mark to direct his Vs" course, aave the snow clad peaks of the 1 mountains. For three days they toiled on, \ . clearing fcway the snow to the depih of ten feet, ./ c. j^s be/ure they could kindle their cheeiless fire. : :.At the end vf six days they reached Mr. Aubry's j .i-UMinh: "?*d f<mml It nerfbctlv safe, not having r ^ by I lie Indians. r ? tt *. H?j?* 'Bea)i then proceeded to the valley of 1 V? {Tria Horn," in 6rff?>r to oKain P.ia^e for i _?rp? j. Iit?; tisii.qga, -fiiun -Tfiet.ee - be proceeded on his fe|^r? to Taos liy the way of ihe Gnajamya i _-mountains. This route proved even worse than ] thfr,TV?tyehain. the command havinc to -trug i faA* ^bmujgh snow from twenty to thirty feet deep, for-* distance of ten or fifteen mi'eR. On t t" the evening of the 8th of January, he struck a 1 I ' fresh trail of Indians, and pursuit was made. .In a short time n nartv of Anachet. Well mounted. we?re overtaken entering one of their village*, j Here he held a talk with them, a* well an with < a noted Eulaw chief, the remitt of which wan < . an agreement to a treaty of peace; and, as an i . 4 evidence of their sincerity, they gave tip all the s stolen property in their possession. It was af- i ter bis return, from this excursion that Major ' j, Beali, despatched the horses for the immediate f (,reUefnf Col. Fremont's suffering party togeth- t er with thirty days' provisions, and the best of I mules for its conveyance to them. As this lam I information was derived direct from Maj Beali t in Santa Fe, it leaveii.no room to question the 1 general correctness of the news in regard to < the unfortunate condilionof the party under Col. t , Fremont. t Col.. Washington has instituted a strict civil i police in Santa Fp* of which Charles H. Mer- t ritt was appointed Captain, and James Hunt, t s - - lieutenant. The first officer gets $70. the sec* ?*'' onrf $40, and the privates $*20 per month. The small pox has made its appearance in ( ; SuiVrFe. ' ~ ^ < " ' * --* Rilkt, the Deserter-r-A letter in the c v Pjiwtucket Chronicle, from one of a party J * f; * " round to California by the way of Mexico, has t .. ._ jb? following notice of the personage aliove 1 named: * Mv'' * i MAt Jalapa wa sy?re called on by Col. Riley, i t bearish deserter,fso called.) He is an officer I ' ^ hi tbe Mexican army, and says he has been t unjustly punished hy Gen. Scott, as he never ( >r . 'ifis an American citizen, nor was he enroled t .^f.? in the American army.- He came to Mexico 'I on his own book, and asked a commission fioin i * Goo. Taylor?waa refused, and as his object s ' " " .was to inake money, he joined the Mexican*, and after serving in ali the battles, was taken at Churubasco. He received two hundred stripes, die tatter D was burnt in his cheek, and he *- * Tw(f?rt*nnp^ rf'ne mon1b?. He intends, as soon as Gen. Taylor takes his seat, to apply to the ^ Staffs ibf redrew*, which, if hit story is ^Irae^lU wilf undoubtedly gel. It is wtid Gen. ^*jfor never considered him a deserter. He fine specimen of an Ifish gentleman, and a friend to alt Americans. He has great infhi. - eitae Here, and has'heiped many Americans that ?s- , Ware in trguhta bgrg. ?^e dined with him on 8up|)ay and had a very pleasant time." The R?po*tkd Slave I.-vstjhrkctiotv in Brazil.?We are informed by a merchant of .. ?- ibis city; who has received letters from Pernam buco, to the 2nd of March, that the report -s-'" brought by the Engljsb Captain to Detnerara, ~'anld thence published in some of the New York papers, of a general slave insurrection throughMjOtit Brazil, is altogether groundless. The troy2bles at Pernambuco are of a political naiure, > and original?*d in the Government at Rio Ja peiro fending down a new President from thai ''province, thus misting.the old incumbent, who fcj Wonted*(<>th? Democratic party flew to arms iuW wdth some of their late deputies at their '*nead, entered and attacked the city. They * 'Were repnbel with a number of their leaders, " "and a large number of the rank and file. :* ' At the last accounts, (2d of March) thpre was ' a 'rtmor that the' insurgents were about to a... gain attack the city. The Governor, however, had fortified it strongly, and daily expected ( reinforcements from Rio Janeiro, so that it was ^ ^thought impossible-for the insurgent* to be >uc. y - cwsfirf. Outside ol the city there were lmnd? ! j of the insurgents roving about but they were not in number sufficient to be formidable. f yoe* ? -* Boston Trav. . * e 1 - ?? j Money Flowing to the United States.? , i' The prospect of continued troubles in Europe j 4 is giving a fresh impulse to the emigration of j*cftpH?rfV?in the old to the emigration of capita! ( "from the old to the new world. Independently ^ of the large stuns brought across the Atlantic _ liy'the better class of emigrants which ha? al j .. " ready produced some effect on the mass of the j precious metals in the United States, the tide is ihrge.y swelled, arid must receive additional itnpel us by investments of the large European cap. italists in American Securities. The New York Tribune of Monday has the following ' paragraph relative to this subject:? * "Bv private letters we learn that the atten? e . . lion of capitalists in London, and on the Couti- r firm, waa uciii^ luiuru " "ui o? vuu: lie*, a?d lh?' un<* or more parlies would g<? out . bjj( the. steamer for the purpose of miking large ' pnrchases of* American 8t<?cks on foreign ac % > count. If this he true, I he effect must bo felt " here sensibly."-? Eve- Neics. ' t* ?? ! The National Whig of the Oth instant has a 1 'tot of 18 new appointments, consisting of Post- " masters, Receivers &c. and the paper of ihe l]th contain* 88 more. The whole number ^ f appointment* and-retnoral since the 3lst of ' March, is nearly five hundred. This is pretty * AdministfHti?ei that ' had neither frieuds * Id retfard or enemies to punish.*' The Chkoniclb shd tub Southkrn Cut- fi Tivatoh.?it is uol known perhaps to some of i our readers that the presiding genius of both a the above sheets, is one Lee, of recent impor- ii ^Cation from the North. -The virulent ahu>e of '1 Southern men, the malignant slanders, and a . unbluahiug false hoods u tuch have characterized a C4 mS- disgraced (be first named"?heet for* lornt r ime past, are doubtless attributable to this indl- ' idual, who eouies among us under the pre. enre of teaching us bow to cultivate cotton nd other Southern staples. Northern birth, education, sympathies and merest* have nrauifested themselves in the Chronicle 4* Sentinel, and no doubt discover he true object of his migration hither. We < egard him as an emissary of the abolitionists, j Ve care not for bis denials. We judge him >y his acts. The Cultivator is the medium ' hrough. which Southern men are to be brought 1 0 minister to the profits of this pionepr of j anti slavery at the South !" for he is true to lis Northern instincts. He keeps an eye to the iiain chance. We advise onr friends to block lis game, by defeating at least bis purpose and 1 [rowing rich at our expense, while engaged in '< Tying out the weak points of slavery. Let , hem cut off the enemy's supplies. . [Southerner. Mortality in Cities.?The deaths in New 1 fork for the week ending ?>n the 7th instant vere 332. of which by diseases of the lungs, *3; convulsions, 28; typus fever, 13; old age | 1. Of the wi.ole number 154 were under ? j rears of age. , ? -l ?:~i it.. In ftlllauel|>nia tor inn nanm jiruuu, loaths were 123; of which by diseases of the ungs, 23; old age 8. Of the uhole number, i 15 were UiiJrr 5 year* of age. | In Baltimore, for the same period, the deaths ( ?ere 69?of which by disease* of the lung*, , II; unknown, 13. Of the whole number 40 1 iv re under 5 year* of ago. In New Orleans, during the month of March, here were 426 cases of Cholera in the Charity Hospital, of which 305 terminated futally. 1 Newspaper Law.?\ case of importance to , mblishers and reader* of newspaper* wn? de- \ :ided in the Supreme Court, at Bristol, Pa., the ther day. The proprietor* of the Pennsylvania Inquirer had sued a Mr. I). Wolf tor the ' uoount ol nine years' suoscripnon w mai ji??r- < ml. It was shown by the plaintiff that Mr. | IVoif's name was on his subscription book ( irorn 1835 to 1844, and that the paper during ( be interval was regularly mailed to Mr. \V. Bills lor the paper had also been forwarded to lino. The defendant denied having ordered he paper; but the Court ruled that the regu. ar mailing of the paper for a length of time vas prima facie evidence of its reception, and hat having neglected to order its discontinu incc. he was liable for the subscription price, ilthuugh he might not have ordered the paper o be sent to him. Under these instructions ( he jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. The Mississippi River?A correspondent I >f the N. O. Delta, writing from Point Coupee i >n the 5th April, says : j * I have passed down the river several times luring the high water, from the month of the .J ...I u U.ln.. Dmina anil htlVA appn ihfl ^ k\cu unci lu uaiuu ui/u^bi ?nu ! ? ? ? isolation created by the overflow. The Bar. ler settlement is completely under water.? ( Several planters had made preparation to culti- ; rate cane, and intended to make a crop next all, but they will be sadly disappointed, as heir plant cane has floated off, und the rat toons ' h'stroyed. It is the same case with that por- j ion of West Feliciana called Cat Island.? The inhabitants, in many instances, however, tick to their half floating tenements, with the leeraing determination that, "Sink or swim. 1 jve or die, survive or perish," their cows, hogs, i beep, poultry, dogs and cats, shall perish with t hem, all; as all, in many instances, occupy one md the sarno room. The foregoing fact may, ( n a measure account, fur tbo radical Demo. :racy of "cat island,' and serve as a clue and 1 eliet to the minds of anxious politicians, as to he how so large a vote was given there last ail, against Gen. Taylor. What is called the 'Point" ju?t below the cut-off, and containing nany beautiful plantations, is completely ahanlotted?the houses in many places floated off". IVest Baton Rouge, as you know, has sustained nore damage than any other Parish, more than I - - * ? I _ . L ? wo thirds of the parish covered wun wwer. i An Interesting Fact.?In the year 1817, ' he first Sunday School, we believe organized ' n the State of Virginia, was opened in this 1 own, in connection with the Methodist Epis i :opa| Church; George Walker, James iVlcGhee md John Turinan?-the last of whom still sur. fives, a useful venerable and respected citizen it Lynchburg. In a very short time two hunIred scholars, of lioth sexes, was collected, nany of whom had no other opportunity of ac- ' piiring the slightest education. It is not pos>i. ' ?le to say what amount of good may have ' rem done hy even a single year's operation of * he School. We confine ourselves to an iilu- 1 ion to two cases, which have been brought to ' i ?ir notice. Among the first scholar* who attended, was l ?litn. spare youth, who manifested a capacity 1 ind desire of. improvement. That youth grew ' ip? removed to the West?studied law?and i?i< long been known to the nation, as the Hon. tVillinni Allen, lute a Senator of the U. States ' rorn 'he Slate nt Ohio. In the secud year of the School, there was 1 ? - ..r I rit?.reii as a scti"iar a y??uuj;?i **"j > essing appearance and deportment. He was I ho son of one of the three persons named us I ho founders of the School, aod is now the ' Ion. I*aac P. Walker, a Senator in Cuiigrt??a ' rum the State of Wisconsin. Two members ' ?f the Senate of the^lJiiited States, therefore, ' luring the last sn?sion. were among the first ' nrpils of the first Sunday School establishment n our town, and, as we believe, in (lie State.? i Lynchburg Virginian. I The Scientific American gives some valua- 1 >1e information in regard to the charging of ' ire-arms. It say* that balls which fit accu- [ atelv the bore of a piece, have the greatest ifleet, as they do not come out so readily but five time for the greater quantity of powder to gnite. When the powder is rammed violently down, t* efF'rt is no greater, but somewhat less than | vhrn barely pressed down with the ball , ipon it. I Gunpowder around a ball diminishes its ef- < set, as it expands in all direetions. and when | t is upon the top of the ball, it must in some , neasure act counter to its progress. j Bv taking a ball and putting a little powder , indf-r and considerable helore it, its effects may ip almost nullified. and yet there will be coniderahlo noise when the gun is discharged. Rapid Passage*.?On* of our men of.war pceutjy performed a voyage froin England to !\dney. New South Wales?a distance of 4,000 miles?in the short space fifty-?ix days; ml H. M. S. Dido arrived home thp other day n seventy seven days from New Zelland.? i'he Dido ran from Npw Zelland to Cape Horn . distance oi more than 5,000 miles, in a little mm (ban twenty days.?English Paper. FHECA1DEN JOUWAO] Wednesday Morning, April 18, 1840* ^ W. THURLOW CASTON, EDITOR. ? Snow. ^ SV._ ??*?? ui.it.rl An .Qiindnv lltll Vir ft I UUi l??vrn V*aa t iouwm ?# ^uwuuj ? , >now-8torm of unusual violence and duration. :t commenced with a slight fall early in the norning and continued to increase in quantity, intil two or three o'clock in the afternoon, when t fell in large flakes, as in mid.winter. The prospect of the green trees, and forests tear the town, covered with snow was as novel ts it was beautiful to the admirer of natures works. The bouse 1ops were covered with mow which had not melted on Monday mornng?a mid-winter scene in early spring, is a tight that we do not remember to have seen at ??y former period. Fihe.?We learn by a letter from a friend, lhat the barn of Mrs. Ann McDow, a widow Lady residing about 2 miles from Lancaster Village, containing all her corn and provender was entirely consurried by fire, on the night of ihe 9th instant. It stood about 200 yards from . ber residence. It is supposed to be the work , dF an incendiary, and under me circumstances, ^ is A severe loas. ( The Palmetto Guards 1 Commanded by Captain M. P. Belcher, i made their second appearance on Saturday i 14ih inst. We are pleased (o see that the military spirit of old Kershaw, is still alive. We hope that the "Palmettoes" will continue io grow and flourish, and claim a place among ; he gallant corps of the day, equalled by few < ind excelled by none in point of military disci- j pline, and that they may become the pride and ' ornament of our District. The following are < the Officers. , M. P. Belcher, Captain. i J. B. F. Boonf., 1st Lieut. 1 B. W. Chambers, 2d " 1 John J. Workman, 3rd M ' W. C. Moore, O. S. The Ball Keeps Rolling. District meetings continue to be held over ' the Slate, responding to the " address 01 csoutn- j era Delegates to their Constituents." It is impossible to make room for them all. At < Georgetown, Gillisonville and Kingstree, meet j ings were held on the first of this month, and we published last week a spirited string of reso- ( lutions passed by the citizens of Lancaster.? i All hare taken a high ground and bare given i a fearful an a remarkable instance of unanimity ' in tone and sentiment. What has become of j the Kershaw committee? The committe of Safety for Richland District has invited Dele- i gates from all the committees to meet in Cotum- 1 bia on the second Monday in May. Does Kershaw make no response ? We have before Jirected attention to this matter, and would igain urge a meeting and the appointment of two or more Delegates to the Convention. 1 Kershaw was prompt in suggesting retnoJies, let her be as equally prompt in assisting to digest and mature them. So s of Temperance. Mr. James, the former Editor of the Orion, a 1 Temperance paper published in Montgomery Ala., being an eye witness of the interesting Meeting of the Wateree Division, No. 9. held here during Court Week, furnished us wiih a notice of it, but it did not come to hand in time for the last issue. We omit the names of the speakers die., as tbey appeared in the report of the R. S? but give an extract. Below our readers will find the interesting address deli* ""'-'I l'u >t S. I)avis, nil nreseiitino ihn I V"- -V ? ? r o Bible to the Division, in behalf of the Ladies of Camden. 44 We have rarely attended a meeting in which our sympathies for the cause of Temperance have been more excited ; or in which our hopes for its ultimate success have been more en couraged. The procession contained many illustrations ol the good this organization has reflected; the speeches manifested the earnest, oess of those engaged; und the smiles of the ladies, (Cod bless 'em) so profusely given on that occasion, cast such a light upon the cause, that none but the wilful blind could be insensi. ble to its justice. ' There is something, in our estimation at least, peculiarly fitting in such presentations Temperance is the cause of all mankind. The Bible is the divine fountain of all benevolence. Woman is inilissolubly connected with the happiness of man, and has been truthfully and poetically called the connecting link between hitu and the angels?between earth and hea. ran. How appropriate then for her to present lial book which alone c.an guide him aright. >. ? ?-- 1?iJ:..:- .i II IS DCUllljr, riliuin-u ill uiMiir nimirp, i/camig ihe Gift of heaven to suffering Humanily. 1 "We must not neglect to notice the pleasing 1 array of youth on that occnsion. The boys < were out, and finely too. Their smiling coun. < lenances, on which health and happiness were , so atrongly marked, glowed with youthful sin. . eerily, May the seeds of temperance and use- J fulness which have been sown in their hearts bring forth lruit in everv maturer year." VIATOR. j Dr. Davis's \ddress. At the request of the Ladies of Camden, I , have the honor of representing them in pre- . tenting to the "Divisions of the. Sons of Tern- j perance" to which you, Sir, belong and of | which you are a prominent officer?this beau- , tiful ropy of the Sacred Scriptures?The Book j [)f God I emphatically the Hook of Books? indited by Infinite Wisdom! bestowed upon >ur fallen race in the plenitude of Divine be 1 irvolence?and when admitted to our hearts ' I _ .1 I . .L i* ilia conscience*, iinu muue mo man mi our sounaels, and the guice of our steps?able to rnuke us rise unto Eternal Life. In conferring this Book, as the expression of heir rpgard for your Fraternity?the Ladies of Damden, give the most unequivocal evidence hat they identify your enterprise with the :ause of human virtue and human happiness? very delicately and at the same time forcibly? and hv this expressive symbol they remind you hut such a cause to lie permanently and widely 1 lucceuful most originate in such motives, tod * I 10 conducted on such principles a* the WoHTof 1 3?d approves and sanctions. ' That the enterprise in which., you are en-: 'aged, should receive the approlmion and miles of the fairer and better part of creation, vill excite no surprise in the minds of those vho have witnessed the desolating influence ipou the peace and happiness of families?of hat fearful evil, which it is jour object to exerminate. Already has the blessing of many ready to >erish?many broken hearted wives, and more, he orphan children come upon the Sons of remperance, for rescuing the dearest objects >f their affection, from the yawning gulf of jerdition?and pouring a healing balm upon < heir wounded spirit. In the name then, of those whom I have the ' ??"WI1 Sir nnH vour lonor 10 repre?:iu, h?u juu, w.., ?; ? issociate*, God speed in this heaven-beriended cause of humanity and benevolence? ind that being embued with the spirit, yon may f>e sustained and cheered by the consolations of hat Divine leligion, which is revealed and "iilly proffered in these sacred pages?which now in the name of the Ladies of Camden, I ender through you, Sir, to your honored Insti. ution. "The Old North State." North Carolina is becoming fully aroused to he importance of internal improvement. The "ollowing extract of a communication, from a gentleman of intelligence, in the western part jf the Slate, not written however, for publicaion, shows that the prospects ahead have iwakened up Old Rip, from his slumbers, into activity and enterprise. Statesville, March 31, 1849. "It will not be long before all the trade, that ive now send to Camden, will be stopped by iur Kail Road, and then Camden can feel no interest in the agricultural prosperity or decline of Western North Carolina. Our trade is going there now, and our merchants have ilready commenced shipping their goods to your Depot, but how long will it last 7 My State pride leads me to rejoice at the idea, that our various surplus produce is soon to find a market nearer home. The Rail Road will certainly be built to Charlotte, and the great central link is now the engrossing subject of thought and action by our leading men. The Legislature subscribed two millions for th* Stale, and granted a charter of three millions, leaving only one million to be raised by private itock ; and we are assured that it will succeed not only by the general favor which the protect meets with among our people,' but by the zeal and magnanimity of our leading men,? our great men. Salisbury will he a favored place if the Road is built,?situated as it will be at an elbow of the Road, it will become (be market place of ten counties. It will also be as near, in fact a little nearer to Wilmington than to Charleston, affording opportunity of shipping from either port, as the market of the one, or the other may offer superior induce* meats. Wilmington will necessarily be built up. A great seaport on our coast has long lieen a desideratum of North Carolinians, and the Central Rail Road may possibly raise Wil. mingion 10 great commercial iiii|>unuiit.c? "South Carolina has always exported or consumed the various products of the wealthiest portion of our Stale* We have heretofore exported nothing but tar, pitch, turpentine, rosin, lumber and fUh. It is our great hope and seiious expectation that Geographers will, in their new editions, add all the agricultural productions of our climate to the list. "South Carolina must continue to consume and export a great aeal of our produce,?the more she consumes the better for us, but she must pay the freight on the Kail Road, as we cannot haul and retail any longer. These are the hopes and conclusions in Norih Carolina. Are they not proper? North Carolina was the first of the Old Thirteen, to declare herself independent,?since (hen she has slept, but she has reposed on that honor long enough ? She is now determined to throw off the imputation of being the "Rip Van Winkle" of the great family of Stales." C. Justice to the Sooth. It is so seldom that the South receives justice in Congress, at the hands of Delegutes from the North, that when one from that section has the boldness and patriotism to maintain a proper sense of justice, and to observe in good faith, the guaranties of the Constitution in defiance of the known wishes of bis constituents to violate them, we feel it a duty, to extend to him the strongest expressions of approbation sad encouragement. Senator Dickinson from New York, just before the adjournment of Congress, while the bill was under discusnon to establish a Governmenl in California, well deserved the thanks of svery Southerner, for his noble and manly defence of Southern rights?and for the timely snd severe rebuke ho administered to the agi / .L M ...L taiors 01 me iiurin, His speech was one of (be ablest of the Session, and for a flowing richness of style,? line imagery, and withering sarcasm, and above ill, for honest devotion to the Constitution, and i fearless advocacy of its guaranties, it marks him, one of the first orators and purest stalesmen of that region. He administered a heavy iose to his constituents, whose agitations endangered the existence of our glorious Union, and their restless jealousy was reubked with lust indignation and severity when he said? 44 Hainan could not enjoy the honors and blessings with which he was laden, because Mordecai the Jew was permitted to sit at the King's gate ; and, like that envious and malignant demon, there are those amongst us to whom all these blessings avail nothing, so long is a portion of the States continue, under the guaranties of the Constitution, that which ex. isted in all at the time the Confederacy was formed ; and they openly demand and deliberitely petition that the Union be dissolved for ;his cause alone." The. e is a vein of withering rebuke running hrough the whole speech upon his colleague, who hat been most hostile to the institutions of he South, and the lash of sarcasm is plied leverely upon him tor bis course in reterenca ;o the question under discussion. No stroke of ridicule was ever better managed, than when le hits off his efforts to dignity the odious 44 Wilnot proviso," by the name of the "Jefferson iroviso" by reason of its connexion with the Ordinance of 1787. He implores him, "by he name of common justice," not to strip 4 that distinguished individual who gave up ail V - * "'5 else that roe ?pronto might bear his name, ] "of its accumulated honors and invaluable ad- j vantage*." , :**t i The State of New York has been most active in hostility to Southern institutions, and from late demonstrations in that quarter, Mr. D. will likely be held to a strict account, upon bis return home. They will find htm ready to answer. Hear him? "At the proper lime and upon the proper occasion, before those whose seivant 1 am, 1 tender the gauntlet to him who shall choose to take it up, and 1 hold myself in readiness to u Ulfy my action before the only pure and true source of power. I intend to know whether one can resist his mischievous and licentious spirit of sectional agitators, and sappers and miners of the Constitution and survive. I have no fear that I shall not be most triumph' antly sustained, when the storm has swept by. Nor would I change a course so clearly de. manded by considerations of duty, if 1 knew I was to be overwhelmed. It is better that an humble individual should perish, if in his struggle he should arouse the attention of the people to the dangers which threaten them. Sir. I stand upon the watch tower of liberty, where my fathers stood betore me, and I invoke the spirit of my country's constitution. Like Burke, when speaking of the controversy with the American Colonies, I stand not here to demon* strate points of law hut to quiet agitation. Let the storm howl on?let the battlements rock if they will?let faction toss and roar and burl her impotent arrows of detraction, and I will laugh them to scorn, for f did not take up my position without counting the cost. If I bad courted momentary elevation or personal eclat, 1 might have cried loudest among slavery agU tators, and rode high upon the whirlwind, if I could not have directed the storm. But I have chosen to do my duty and to meet the responsi. bilities incident to my position; and in my vacant and solitary hours I shall feel that gratification which a consciousness of rectitude and a firm discharge of duty alone can give, and which the world cannot take away." For the Journal. nrrR r\tt. Rn\n The Summer Schedule of the S. C. Rail Road Company has, we perceive, given con. siderable dissatisfaction to the Citizens of (be Town; in consequence of the.late hour we now receive our letters and papers via Charleston. The mail is not opened before 9 P. M. ins'ead of 0 P. M. as heretofore, causing great delay in our correspondence with Charleston, and all other places on the line of the S. C. Rail Road. Our citizens tiavclling west, either from Camden or Columbia are detained, at Branch, ville six hours ; arrive by the upper train a' 9 A. M., leave by the lower traiu coming up at 3 P. M., an arrangement, it seems to us very injudicious. detaining passengers, at a disagreeable place nearly long enough to make the entire journey over the Road. These arrangements may suit the people of Charleston?but will not he submitted to patiently by the citizens of the up-country, interested in the Road. The want of consideration for our convent .ice should meet with a spirited remonstrance from the citizens of the up-country?who are entitled to all the conveniences ef the Road, as far as circumstances will allow, as well as those living at the other end of the line. A remonstrance from the. Citizens of Camden to the Post Master General, against the detention of the Mail, which has already received numerous signatures, will we hope, aid in restoring the former mail arrangements. This communication was intended for the last weeks Journal, owing to want of time and the crowded stale qf its columns, was deterred ? lt.A nratanl ?r?olr VV? Will iflifl he&ftilv "* f - - J---- , with (he neighboring town* and cities, ill (he endeavor to make an alteration in (he running time ui the Road, that will suit Ui better. For'the Camden Journal. PR ESENTM ENTS. Of the Grand Jury of Kershaw District, at Spring Term 1849. 1st. We regard the License system as a grievance, and recommend, that the 'aw he *o altered as to prevent the *ale of intoxicating drink* to he drank at the place where sold. 2nd. Wc present as a grievance, the practice of carrying concealed deadly weapon*. 2rd. We suggest, in order to put a stop to the ruinous practice of Gambling, and to sup. press gaming horses, that a law be passed sub jecting professional Gamblers, to the pains and penalties of the Vagrant Act. 4th. We present the Road by Schrock'a Mill, also the road leading to Carter's Crossing, both in this District, as in bad condition. 5th. We recommend that the Commissioner's and Ordinary'* OiThe.s, receive more ventilla. tion, by having a door to each, so as to commu. nicate with the adjoining rooms, as we are informed and believe, that the rtecords of those Offices are becoming injured from dampness. 6th. We have examined the Jail, and found i? ill An/trl nnnrlilinn. nnd the Comfort* of the ?/" - ?? "? prisoners properly attended to. " 7. We also present as a grievance ail Rail Road Travelling on the Sabbath. All of which is respectfully submitted. THOS. L \NG, Foreman. Correspondence of the Camden Journal. Near Mount Pleasant, ) Wilkinson, Co., Miss. $ Mr. Editor.?The subject of Education has been greatly neglected, in the Southern States. Notwithstanding their immence resources, they have not until recently established the Primary School System. But a brighter day is beginning to dawn upon us. The people are beginning to feel the importance, of disseminating knowledge, which is indispensably necessary, lor the preservation of our government. The New England States stand pre eminently high, in point of intelligence; her citizensare more enlightened, than those of any other portion of the Union, or perhaps of the world, with the exception of Prussia, and Scotland. And they have attained this eminence by the Free School System. There is however a great and inseparable difficulty, in many portions of this country, to the organization of Schools, viz?the sparcity of population. In Louisiana they have established Common Schools, by a provision in their Constitution, which are being organized all over the State. In Mississippi, a Law passed at the last Session of the Legislature, for the establishment ol Schools in seven Counties. In Wilkinson County it has been carried into successful operation. Its provisions are substantially as follows. First, in reference to the lunds to be > m > _ i -. 1 _fl_^j raised , eacn i ownsmp im* a wvuku w< ibuu, u? the proceeds arising frora the sale thereof, do. nated by Congress for School purposes. The moneys arising therefrom, are confined delusively to the Township. A tax of twenty-five per pent is levied, on the State Um, which forms 4 i, ii iiiji i, a common fund, to be distributed among the Townships, destitute of ibe roeaas of carrying on a School, or in other word*, those that bare a mail capital, are entitled to a large share of the public funds, to make up the deficit. A County Superintendent it appointed by the Board of Police, whose duty it is to order elections for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees in each Township.;?to examine Teacherp applying for the Schools, as to tbeir moral and Ifteriiry qualifications, and to giro certificates to those found worthy and competent, and to visit the Schools once in three .okmtba. Five Trustees are elected in each Township, by the qualified voters thereof. One of whom is appointed President, and another 4 Clerk and ex officio Treasurer, by the members of the Board. It is tbeir botiaest to erganize Schools, according to the number of Students, not Jess than twenty being * minimum to employ the Teachers, -who have recommendations frpm the Superintendent;? to levy a tax for the building of Sfcbeobbouses, in labor, material, or money as the citizens may chooseto superintend the Schools gene rally, y? i Mit? ?ifu ir^viarwnv IVI; ci meat of the Pupils, and viair themoeca$onnIly. It is problematical whether this system will prove succetsful, as we have not made a fair -> experiment, it it to be hoped hewevre, that it will, as it appears to be a good ptao.fr* educational purposes. It is to be regretted that the Law, wax not extended over the Stat*. But xhou[d it prove beneficial to the Corttftieg, fit which Schoojiare organized, they will atand as beacon lights, to the balance, and thejr will probably follow .their example. So that the sun of knowledge, wiU shed her rays, upon the dark and benighted portions of the Stile, dispelling the dark clouds ei igooraoce.. v. Yours dtc., - .; CREOLE. + , f ^ *? . v- v.ia f?y avrvav tav*nonn/\tvnnn. We commend the strongly written and well. reasoned article on this subject, which we clip from the "Camden Journal" to the attention of the members of the Committee of Safety, who meet to-raorr;>w. . Y Coming from tbo spot where this .remedy was first distinctly proposed to their coneidera. tion, as the only available and certaitajMie, it sustains that position nrith roach ingenuity and power?and meets many of the objections so clamorously urged against jr. It is aTstringent measure, it is true, but the times are such as to demand strong measures,and the** Rate^taLer". treatment will not do. The cautioo+nowardice which calls itself Conservatism, and which licks the hand ot the sioiter in ahjeot humiliation, has emboldened the North to taunt the-.Soulh with timidity, and "dare her to make the issuer' Can any Southern man read the jullowing triumphant statement of the (act from the N. Y. Eve. Poet, without feeling humiliated that uch it the fact, add that partisans.at ifee-South have the audacity to consel submission to such insults, without shame or pun&hmegtt j.;Let all our citizens read and popder over this pregnant incident, and then. sa?~ .whether any measure taken to repel the assaidtiof Ab. olition, Free-soil, and Free-labor, can bo, stigmatized asu/rra. , (t "When the Cabinet, nominations were on* der discussion in the Senate, M?< Westeott of Florida*objected to Mr. Callames, 'because be was "tainted with Abolitbqisintn<^A4ttr the 1 objection bad been debated at some length, Mr. Seward oi New York, rose, and.remarked that he supposed he binyelf .represented Jtofc Matt radical opinions upon sleety .that, yrerft held by any considerable body ofthn people^ the North; and that he supposed Mr. .fpoUamer would substantially agree, with him* .. Wjih respect to the objection made to the nomination, it was time there should be an esamiaatfen.? He would therefore simply defy themjewialc this issue, to vote against this man upon this ground, and establish this principle. ..He hsd nothing more to say at tips time, and .took bis seat, subsilentio. There was a sensation, and afler he bad settled himself back in hls^eathern cushion*, there ?u a general bust. Mn. Collamer'* nomination was confirmed." , r j,, Columbia Telegraph. OUR MINES. ^ At a!) times, and under all circumstance$does it give us unfeigned satis/action to chronicle the success of our friends;and whan, by,that success the community generally is benefitted, our gratification so far as rests in ou^ power, protect the interests oi the people, is generally increased. Since our sojourn in the " diggina of Mecklenburg, many instances of good fortune and success have occurred which we havewitb much pleasure laid before our readers. Again we are called upon to record the finding dqring last week, another " pocket" by our friends Capts. Caldwell Harrison at their mine* in Union County, Though the 'pocket, vraa not so well filled as the one of which muchi has -< been said, yielding only some 1000 -penny* weights, yet the unexpectedness of its appear* ance in a manner repaid these gentleman, for the apparent smellnesa of the deposit* ,-This mine, known to the community as the Lfmmons Mine, we are pleased to learn givee-agery indication of increasing richness, the deeper the shafts is sunk. At the Dunn Mine, about ten miles from this nlnrft. Messrs. Elms & Erwin are obtaining some very rich ore, The veins of ore minis mine are not only exceedingly, rich hut alsn^xtensive, and as soon as the proprietors eject sufficient machinery to separate the ore. which they now have in course of construction, they expect to realize from 12 to 81500 per wepk, we sincerely hope that they may not be disappointed in their anticipations. Near the Dunn Mine upon another hill, Vfm. L. Davidson Esqr., of this place, has opened some veins which bids fair to. rival the former in richness. Though just commenced, he?^as obtained ore worth from 83 to 10 per bushel; while every indication is given him to ariticipate a yield as profitable as that which has attended the operators of his neighbors. This mine has never before been worked toany extent. Other veins have recently been discovered in the same neighborhood which thui lar promises to open well. We wish our mends Messrs. Grier and Williams abundant suc&ss in their experiments. I Bew are some 01 me mines in mir inuiwdiate vicinity, and we are perfectly justified in saying that at no former period in the history of North Carolina, has such an extensive field presented itself or the profitable employment of capital in raining operation. So far as we Can r learn upon enquiry, all the mines in the State are paying well, while new and rich veins are being discovered every day. It is to bo regreted that no regular statistics have been kept of the produce of our mines fcince their first discovery ; and though we ire altogether inexpqri. enced as to what would probably redound to the benefit of the mining community, yet we would respectfully suggested (he propriety of tornting an association for the collection and diffusion of such informal ion as would tend to more tally