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From the Cblnmbia. Telegraph. NON-INTERCOURSB. Mr. Editor?Let us suppose the people of the t nnn- slavebolding States, or a. majori'y of them t sufficiently large, should adopt a system of Non- t intercourse with-the North ; and should adhere t to it in good faith?what would be the result 7 < Iu order to trace the probable effect of such i * step let us take for illustration the condition i of one onjy of the Free soil States. The i manufacture liy Massachusetts of those articles, ' >? ftanflwil rloacrirV inn nf which ?r? used at the ' South, in the year 1840 amounted in value to < about the sum of $45.649,641?near two thins t of which we may say, were consumed by her < own people and the people of the States within ~ her neighborhood?leaving about sixteen mill- ? ions to be sent abroad. I Although we have no correct data to show i how much of this sixteen millions came to the 1 South, yet we fbtnk it can safely he said that < one-half thereoffound a market in the slavehold- j ing States. We learn from Mr. McCulloch, that 1 in 1840 Masachusetts imported considerably I more than 50 percent, over the amount of her i exports. She sento>',t from her ports the value of ten millions of dollars, and brought back six- . teen millions?thus making more than 50 per I cent, on Ibat portion ot-ber trace. i\ow, u we < take this percentum ot gain as a bassis for our 1 " observations, we find that for the eight millions 1 in wanu&efeires which she sends annually to ' Jthft Sootfcjihere is returned to her at least < Iwdce. vmltons of dollars.?Suppose then, that I the BlaCOhokfing States should cut off from ] them thfd' trade of Massachusetts : What ? would be the effect? Two fold?for a I I though the manufactures to the amount of i eight millions of dollars might not be entirely I iost to Massachusetts; yet it is certain that the i four millions of profit she would have made t j out of the South would be retained among our. < selves; and/would also be lost to her, unless she < were able to make it up in some other market, f } This it is believed she could not do. Where < ^ will she find that* market? in Europe?. Can f THe overcome the disadvantages of distance ? '< Vlxk Jiiilor . nf tlin tinaiiitnhipnp.lis of the t U4 UlgU UUklVO J v* %4?W manufactures intended for t"he South and not for Europe, nndthpn compete there profitably w ith s the superior England, France and Ger- c ~ many, with the cheapness of their labor and the better adaptation of their fabrics to tbe > markets supplied ? For the last thirty years t she has require J-a high tariff to enable her to c compete with tbem in our own markets. r It is evident.therefore, that sooner or later, I she would, be driven out of those markets, to i . ithe extent at least, ofthe eight millions value of ? manufactures that were made for the Southern s trade. Besides tbe loss.of the four millions of t profits which she makes out ol us now every r year, she must .also in tbe end loose the trade for the particular description of manufactures t which are made for and consumed by the South I ?perhaps to t|?e whole extent of the eight f millions of dollars. In which event, instead of I the four millions of profits, there would result <j to MassafchbsettsThe annual loss of twelve mil- ( lions of dollars. And in any event, if the slave- a holding States supplied the manufactures them- I selves, they would save to the Soulh the twelve r millions of dollars annually which now goes o to swell the-pride and the insolence of Massa- <1 chuseUs. t! But suppose, to overcome all the' disadvanta- v gas of the lass of the custom of (be Soulh, Masaehaselts resorts to a change of mschinery e to suit ihe new trade; to tbe acquirement of t' greater skill; and above all the cheapening of a labor to tbe extent necessary. What then 7? J About oue hundred thousand, near one-sdventh, A el her. whole white population ere employed t< in trades -and manufactures. Now when you il cut off the trade of (he manufacturer you reduce " his profile, and with the reduction of bis profits 'I his ability to pay wages. In this case there d must also be ^further reduction, and that not a e small one, to enable him to compete successful- o lv with ihei pauper lobor of Europe. What t< (Ken will become of the support of the hundred a thousand trades?people of Massachusetts ! Let c theso logdlingsof the loom and lapstnne learn t< a timely lesson from the rioters of Firming t earn, of Wris and oFPittsberrg. The issue will 8 then be changed. Instead of a question of e philanthropy they will then enquire after (heir r dinners. It will become a question of the a stomach, no longer a pretended one of the con. 8 science* These trades people will enquire the c cause, they will learn it. Jobnathan will no t longer be satisfied with (be mawkish cant of P the pseudd friend of Cuffe. He will demand c that his own wants be csred for, and the politi. " cat abolitionist must seek a new vocation, fur 8 in their* Hoe "Othello's occupation's gone." ?! What has been said of Massachusetts can be p ^ - - - . . .it s applied to the other tree soil state.?at an eveniH | to afffaxtent sufficient for the purposes of this " argument. We will take a further view of the I subject in another article* 1 '*'< <- " Hampden. 0 *' ??_ il Read the Newspapers.?John H. Pren. * tice, in. his recent valedictory on retiring from ' the Editorial chair, which he had HlJpJ forty. 0 two years, gives the following good advice : 44 No man should be without a well-conduct- e ed newspaper. Unless he reads one, he is I not on an'equal footing with his fellow.inan 1 who enjoys such advantage, and is disregardRi! n of bis duly to his family, in not affording them 1 an opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of whit is passing. Show me a family without a newspaper, and I venture to say that there will be madifost in tbat family a want of amenity of manner and indications of ignorance, most t strikingly in contrast with the neighbor who f allows himself such a rational indulgence-? a Young men especially should read newspapers, s If I were a boy, even of twelve years, I would r read a'ttewtpaper weekly, though I bad to work 'J by torch light to earn money enough to pay for i It. The boy who reads well, will learn to f think and annalyz", and if so, he will be almost t suro to make a man of himself hating vicious 1 indulgence, which reading is calculated to be- r get a distaste for." s Thk Tkxas Routjb to Califohxia.?A c writer af Mier, to the New Orleans Picayune, r gives a word of advice to all parties going to California by that route, as follows : s t4De not form parties to exceed fifteen in num- I ber. as it will be difficult to procure subsistence r and forage en route for larger ones. And above I all dtiCnot encumber yourselves with unne- i cessary baggage. No man's baggage, of all I a " l ' ? i kn .t. j- . descriptions, OUglll ?u bkbcu wu p-ninua J ouu . jt is foliy to bring any amount of provisions*? I A few cooking Utensils are necessary, and also c saddles and bridles. As regards pack saddles e for (be mules, tbe American ones-are a failure, < unless you have leather panniers or some c method of swinging your packs low. The ( Mexican mode of packing is so peculiar that i their own packs or pads answer better." t Old Maid* ought never to lie discouraged, for < Norman, the daughter or Enoch, was 580 years i old when she was married, i m m From tiie National Intelligencer. :. We have heard through different channels I hat Mr. O J. Ingersol was about to send to i o press another volume of his recollections of i he War of 1812, and wo now learn that it will , i>on he issued from the press of Messrs. Carey i Lea, of Philadelphia. To those gentlemen | ,ve are indebted for the following extract from \ ts forthcoming pages, which is certainly of j rreat interest in itself, and which, we may add, i >pens a chapter of History entirely new to us. | ilr. Ingersol was, however himself a Member i >f Congress at the time., and had free access oall sources of information, public and private i >f what was going on. i " During the occasional visits of our Envoys | md their suites to Paris, in the Summer of 1814, < ireceedieg their settlement at Ghent, for the | lego'.iations conducted there, a circumstance i uade known from Paris to Washington through i 3ne of the unofficial attendants of the le- i nation, deserves to be mentioned. Scarcely | ivas Ferdinand the Seventh on the throne of ( Spain once more, before his ministers conceived ( \ design of dispossessing the United States of < New Orleans. Midway English and Spanish | America, was considered the headquarters of ,< ? ?i-.!? i itie insurrections anu revolutions, ciruipmiBu , ind inculcated by the former to the latter, of ] which the furnace at New Orleans, occupied { by Spanish forces, might be made the most con- | venient extinguisher. Whether the English | expedition to Louisiana had any connexion with J hat design, 1 am not informed. A former * Krench Charge d'Aflairs in this county, direct- t ?d to prevent the marriage of Jerome Bonaparte j liere, Pichon, not succeeding in that undertak- | ng, incurred the displeasure of Napoleon, and t rom that estrangement become gradually alien- 5 ited, ti'l at last he threw himself under the pro f ection of the Bourbons. By his disclosure to ( >ne of the attendants of the Ghent mission, our ? government was given to understand that the t Spanish applied to the French Bourbons for co- 9 iperation in the project of dispossessing United 4 States of New Orleans, and establishing there 1 ccniie of counteraction against all farther | South American and Mexican revolutions.? t I'he French Government, however did not. feel t -trong enough to espouse so expensive and prelarious a contest, and it was relinquished. j: I cannot assert that such a Spanish design c vas entertained in 1814, and am not aware \ " ? ? -J-:-:.?.! 1 nai :\ir? niauison ? aumiinsiiauuu *%a? uu?iqvU , >f it by any o( his M inisters at the time in France * ny information coming from another source. I Jut of the knowledge anrl assent of that Admin- 1 stration to another, as it had reason to believe, y Spanish design on Louisiana, I am so well as- s ured as to append it to that first mentioned, \ hough it did not occur till shortly after the pe- t1 iod ol my narrative, in the autumn of 1816. g M While Gen. Jackson was commander of f he Southwestern military Division of the Jnited States, with his head quarters near Nashville, and Col. Jesup, stationed at Baton r louge with the first regiment and part of some p thcrs, in immediate military command of New J )r!cans and the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, R i respectable Catholic clergyman, Father An- j oine, and Col. Piere, who commanded the 7tb c eginient of United States infantry at the battle t f New Orleans,1 confidentiallly informed Col. j csup that a Spanish attempt was on foot for \ he seizure of that city, by an army to be con- t' eyed from Cuba with that view. p The S panish population ofLousiatia, suppos- g d to be still attached to Spain, were sounded, d hrough some of them Father Antoine obtained ndcominunicated the information. With Gen. ackson's approbation, and without President T ladison's disaproval, measures were therefore v iken by the American local commanders, riiil- ? :ary and naval, in concert with Gov. Claiborne f Louisiana, Gov. Holmes, of the Mississippi ? "erritory, and Comm. Patterson who commaij. w cd that naval station, to counteract the threat- j ncd Spanish invasion, by simultaneous seizure fl f the island of Cuba. While the militia were d 3 defend Louisiana from the Spanish invasion, A II the regular forces of the army and navy that ould be collected, twenty-five hundred Volun- rj ?ers, under Gen. Hinds, from Mississippi, and u he same number from Louisiaua, so ns to con- ^ litute an army ten thousand strong, were to be '' mbarked for Havana, whenever there was ? cason to believe that the Spanish army ofinva- ^ ion was coming from Cuba. Agents were v ent to Havana, who brought back precise ac. ounts of the state of the troops and fortifications here, of which the accurate details were in ^ lossession of the American officers. Their ondition was believed to be such as that they p trust fall an easy prey to the force intended to h eize them. Should Spain invade Louisiaua, f t was deemed constitutional and politic to re- a el, by simultaneous seizure of the place oi '' Spanish armament and departure, as Scipio deended Home by carrying the war into Africa. ^ 'resident Madison was officially informed of he apprehended Spanish invasion, and inten- ^ >d American counteraction, and did not forbid 11 - - - - . . . . .. s t. ii js said to have been his opinion that tne j Executive muy lawfully repel invasion, when p mminent, by counter-invasion, without an act c f Congress declaring war." v [We doubt very much, we must say, whclh- s r any evidence ran be produced of what Mr. . intimates, in this last sentence, to have been i he supposed opinion of Mr. Madison. It was f lot his practice to assume power forbidden by ^ be Constitution.! c _____ o From the Brownsville Hag, 18th ult. INDIAN DEPREDATIONS, hidians, supposed about 100 made a foray in ' he vicinity of Santa Rita District, say 12 miles [ rom this place, where they stole and drovo off c l large number of horses and mules. As far r is heard from we learn of the murder of I wo wo- r nen, and the carrying off a number of children, ['hey have been committing depredations with I inpunity on the ranchos throughout this line. ' lanv Mexicans have lost their entire proper- 1 y. The lives that have been lost by the neg- j ect to provide for the protection of this line canlot be atoned for, but the property can, and . hould be paid fov. To see the poor Mexican r lereft of his family, his property destroyed , >r 6tolen, fleeing to us for protection, arid wc * lot have it to give him, is heart-sickening. On the 12th inst., Indians, 52 in number, upposed to be Tonkoways or Lipans, came to j lancho Rosareo, about 40 miles from this place, j ind killed a Mexiean and his wife; and another I Mexican escaped with an arrow shot in his ?reast. The Indians then went to Agua N*gra, f md killed another Mexican, and carried off his j vife and a hoy about ten years of age. The 1 ndinns were k*t seen within eighteen miles if this place, where they stole horses andchas. i :d several men. On the morning of the 14th, ' ;/ol. Morris, commanding at Fort Hrown, was 1 jailed upon by a highly respectable Mexican sitizen, accompanied by several of our citizens, uking Air a force to pursue' these marauders, ind (q protect their families. This officer, with be greatest desire to afford the relief requested, < lid not possess the requisite means, he had no mounted men for pursuit, having only hifantry, ?nd of them but a small number. BHHMnHaHMHHnHBaHDBBnMOK3BBEaKBi ~ - --- - j - - if? ~ ft Further Accounts erom the IsDians.On Saturday last, 14th inst., quite an exclt ment was createcHn our town by ifie arrival in express from Palo Alto, about eleven mil distant, (the famous battle-field,) with accoun hat the Mexicans were arriving there in nun Iters for security and protection against hands marauding Indians, who are prowling about tl Morimn ronehos. robbing, murdering and bu [ling. Immediately 011 the arrival of this ii ielligence, a party of our fellow citizens, we mounted, Rtarted in search of these marauder About eight miles from here the party met wi hree Mexicans coming in for protection, ha ing been robbed of all they possessed. Th( brought in a shield and other articles, whit convinced us that these were Camanehes, Oi fiarty remained at Palo Alto during the night he 14th, it raining heavily. Early next mori ing they set out, and found about 12 miles di ant from Palo Alto, a Mexican Camp that h: aeen robbed. After examining the premisi >ur party took the Indian trail and followed some twelve miles further, when they met ai ither party of Mexicans and Americans also i jursuit. Four miles farther on, our party m i Mexican who had escaped from the Indian laving been their prisoner?he had been son y whipped, and barely escaped with life, fi itated that the party of Indians that had take lim had thirty-odd fresh scalps, and a larj lumber of horses and mules. Our party hei earned that the Indians were so far in advane tvith the advantage of the fresh horses whic hey had 6tolen, that thpy considered furlht jursuit would be useless, and returned. Co VIorris, commandant, on the receipt of the it elligence from Palo Alto, dispatched fiflee toldiers, under command of Lieut. Underwooi or the protection of that place; the day ws ixlremely stormy, nnd raining heavily. Net irthelcss, they marched to Palo Alto in quic ime, and would unquestionably have done goc icrvice, bad they been able to meet the It lians. We have been favored with the following ei racl from a private letter from a highly rcsper able gentleman, dated at Rio Grande Cit; Vpril 8: "Weare somewhat troubled by Indianst iresent. They have killed one family of Mex ans, the family consisting of five persons, th: rere on their way to San Antonio. We had itlle fight with them a few days since, and ur addled two of the gentleman. Our post (Cam linggold) is not worth one cent for proteclior rhe Indians have been within two hundre ards of the camp, and took off mules and hoi es. It is hoped that they will stampede th vhole camp, and, take the commandant wit hem. In which event the Government wi end something besides infantry to protect th A Pirate.?It is mentioned as a current ri nor at San Francisco, in a letter from thi ilace, published in the New York Courier an nquirer, that the crew of a Chilian brig t chooncr trading in the South Pacific, heard < he discoveries in the gold region, and (be rus if emigration f om the East, mutiniscd and cor erted the vessel into a pirate?the object b( ng to lie in wait for merchant vessels freighte vith gold, and capture them. The effect < his rumor among the residents and gold ei lorters'at San Francisco was to occasion th ;rcalcr rejoicing that they tendered Commc ore Jones the compliment of a dinner. When our flag was unfurled from its staff i ''arnpico, an aged Spaniard was heard inve:ghin< .*ith lugubrious earnestness, against the perlint ity with which that flag had pursued his fortune n broken English lie exclaimed, 'I was de Spania ouncil in de Louisiane, when dat flag he wa aise, and I go to Pensacola, but soon dat flag li . as over me dere. I live then in de Texas, bi at flag follow me dere. Says I, I go where d; ag never come. I come to Tampico, but here i at flag again. I believe if I go to the devil di ag will follow me dere.' Accident at St. Lours?Three Brick Huusi fumbled Doicn.?The St/ Louis Union of the 13t It, says that three unfinished brick houses c lecond-siree', between Olive and Locust-strec jll down,on the morning of the I2lh inst, Thei - ere some twenty persons at work on the built tigs at the time, one of whom was instantly killei nd another person, whose name is not mentione ras so badly injured that his life was despaired o Doctor's Fees in California.?A letter froi young Jersey boy in California, written Januai I, says: "I worked about eleven days, averaging $1C ier day ; was then taken sick with the fever, ai ad a verv severe time of it. I received four visi rom the nearest doctor, which was sixty miles o: nd paid him to the tune of 8000?8150 pervisi saving me with about sixty dollars in pockc fter paying for my provisions which are high i >roporlion." Threatened Assassination of Victoria.Phe magistrates of Windsor, England, have hf inder investigation the case of a man who has c everal occasions threatened the life of the Quee le is twenty-three years old, of rather idiotic aj leajaace. He was employed some time back in olliery at West Brontwich. In January, 164d, I vrole a letter to the Queen, declaring that 6l hould die by his hands, unless lie had his "rights. Increase of Population.?Mrs. Miller, resii ng near Harrisburg, 011 Monday last gave birth l tie boys, all of which are alive and doing wel Vhat makes the case singular is, that at her fir onfinement she gave birth to tico, and at her sei nd to three, and at thi?, her third, to five, makir 11 all ten children in four years, and all living. The National Monument, to the Father of h :ountry, at Washington, had its foundation con deled on Friday last IHtli ult, and tho laying 1 he marble of the stupendous column has aireac otnincnced. According to the Inte'ligencer, tl nighty structure has a most substantial and worl nanlike basis. A Bankrupt State.?The members of the la jegislature of Wisconsin went home without ar noney, or had to submit to a heavy discount < 1./.;. i?<mnto Tho rnniviips are delinauent lie amount of over 819,000. The deficiency he treasury is about 825,000. Hon. Henry Clay, on the 14th, addressed neeting of the citizens of Fayette county, Kj pposea to the perpetuation of slavery in tli State. A large delegation was appointed to tl emancipation convention, at Frankfort, on the 25 lit. Young misses and yourg men must rcmemb iow philopmna is spelt. It is derived from phile i friend, poena, a penalty. V/e have seen it spe illapccn, philipeen, phillippine, and feelapean. Colored Gold Diggers.?'The Vicksburg Se .inel says, that John Roach, of Texas, Louisian s about leaving for California, with 25 negroes, f r j! : 1a LflC purpoeu ui uigyuiy yuiu. The gold and Bilver mines of Russia produc* in the year 1848, twenty millions of dollars in gol and nine hundred and forty thousand dollars silver^ The Directors of the Bonk of the State Georgia have declared a semi-annual dividend $3.50 cts. a share. Ppoorrss.?It is not littlo rcmakablc, as i dicatinglhe progress of our country in popu! lion, that the Senate nt present consists of tl same number as the House of ReprcsentatiT in the first Congress. : fHECAtfDEf JOURNAL. _ C II rii ? - ---J ? * ? - * *1 I ^ Wednesday Morning, May 9, 1849a . W. THURLOW CASTON, EDITOR. fj ; -- ' ' ! . " ?f Agricultural Meeting. ,e A Meeting of the Watcrce Agricultural Society. r" will be held at Swift Creek on the third Thursday 24 th n* of May. An Election of Officers for the ensui ig " year, and other business of importance transacted. A s* punctual attendance of mcmbors is required. MM th J. BOYKIN, Scc'y.H v. if The Markets. Since our last, the supply of Cotton in o^H ^ market has oeen ngni, wim a guuu n_ the late foreign news having hut little effe^| g. upon prices. We quote at 5 to 6 1-2. H id strictly fine article would command an 1 -8 mon^B e? Corn and Flour are becoming scarce, atJH sell readily, tho first at 55c. per bushel and th^f jn latter at 5 1-8 to $5 1-4 per barrel. K| ei Charleston, May 7. s, Cotton.?The Upland market on Saturda^J e. was quiet, but firm at former prices, sales ahot^J fe 460 bales, at prices ranging from 6 1-4 a 7 1-:^| H ,c May Cclcbratiou aail Soiree. r,. Last week was one of excitement and en^| :e joyment among the young folks of our town.?|H The coronation of (he Queen of May was exH jr peeled to take place in the School of MrsH McCandless, at her school room, on Tuesda^B In evening, and a throne or platform most beauti d, fully decorated with hanging flowers and vines 18 was prepared in the grove for the ceremonies k But a sudden shower of rain fell at the hou )C] and measurably dampened the joys of the score i. of the litllc Muses, assembled to participate ii the festivities of the occasion. Determined or c* clowning the object of their choice, they after ^ wards in the crowded school-room performed th< coronation exercises. We learn that th< it usual amusements were continued until a lali ' hour, and notwithstanding the inclemency o the evening, the company passed it ngrceablj ( and pleasantly. p On Thursday evening the lovers of musii i. were entertained by the Musical Soiree giver d by Mrs. Hart, at her school room. Eleven o her pupils performed, and "a concord of swee l sounds" chained the attention of a crowded anc ]| delighted auditory. The exercises of the eve-H is ning were alike creditable to the ability of th^fl Teacher, and tho aptness of her pupils, and iH j was as gratifying to her as it certainly was tcH u the parents and friends present, to witness theH d ease nnd skill of their performance. Some >r difficult pieces wero well executed, and those J performed on that new and important addition ( to the Piano tho Eolian Attachment were dccidedly good. We give but the expression of d all present when we say, that the songs sung in concert were equal to anything they have heard. We learn from those who have attended the C 2 ) Soirees oftho School for years, that the perform* ances of the evening were superior to any previous exhibition. The evening was a beautiful n one ; and the occasion was one of pleasantness [I and enjoyment to both the school and the specs. tators. h 13 Convention of Delegates. < e ,t On noxt Monday, the Convention of Dele- , 111 gates from the various District Committees ^ meet in Columbia, to consider the dangers that beset our institutions, and to discuss and propose i ;s some definite course of action, to preserve our , h constitutional rights as free and sovereign | ? States. , e From the many late meetings held by the jj* citizens of the various Districts, and the differ- ( j' Committees of Safely throughout the State, we , f. infer that the people will be woll represented in in that Convention. A deep and serious attention y to passing events is awakened from the mounH tain to the sea-board, and all eyes are turned id to that meeting for light?for guidance. It has jj! been sneeringly said, the Convention will prove ,! a failure. We think differently. The interests it, involved are too momentous?touching as they 111 do the very existence of our institutions:?the assaults upon our rights have been too flagrant, l(j encroaching upon our constitutional guaranties, ?n trampling upon the federal compact, and "* wickedly violating pledges most'soleinnly given, a not to awaken in the breast of every son of the ie South, a spirit^of action,?a manly and deter* n mined feeling of resistance, j What can the Convention do??Much,?and ^ in nothing more than to show our Northern - - ?i ik?? :r '* nggressors tnai we are 111 earnest?uuu mm u they cease not their insults &nd assaults, \vc ig will be forced to cut the vessel of State, loose from her moorings, to sail, it may be, on an is untried sea,?yet one of sovereignty,?of equality. We do not ask them, not to emancily pate our slaves in the States, litis they dare <e not attempt yet, whatever may be their ultimate design. We do not merely ask, that they lc striko out from the Congressional records the iy odious Wilmot Proviso, and other kindred mea>n sures. We ought to go farther, and demand ju of them, in tones that would be heard, in words that would ho respected, to cease sending a among us fberr secret agents, by whose instru^ mentality, and tbo abused privileges erf iKe* ,e Post Office tbey scatter among us incendiary th publications, inflaming the disaffected, creating dissatisfaction and uneasiness and weakening the strength of our slave institution, slowly but ilt surely undermining by means used in our very midst, our settled order of society, and impart. n- ing doubt and uncertainty to the tenure by *}. which we hold properly, and lastly, to expunge from their Statute books, those unconstitutional ed State enactments, which make it criminal in . their citizens to assist in re-capturing runaway slaves. of Let the Convention give these thingsjserious of consideration. aBd adopt, if possible, some speed/ remedy to arrest the spreading evil. n* Let a circular or address be published inviting y the Southern States to moet in Convention' iw e3 either with the Memphis Convention on the 4th of July or at some other central place, on i L. -.jn . s. . yys < usta.>, i fctore or at aitytimeor plactr that will result in ttyion and" conceit of action;?td\di rect a watchful attention to those among us, hoi truly Southern in their feelings;?to appeal tc r>ur men of wealth not to enrich the North bj 'quandering their thousands, at their places ol fashionable resort iti the summer ;?urge our Merchants ro make their purchases elsewhere ; ?strengthen our Naval service;?Joster ant SSSSS9B8^ H ! Hi t ession of Congress u*as spent in discussing low tar the encroachments upon our rights hould extend, and we have no assurance that my future Congress will be more profitable to is; every indication is directly to the co trary. We trust the Convention will be one of barnony and union, and whatever may be their tclion, we confidently believe the people will learlily acquiesce. Meeting of the Grand Divi&ioff. The Advocate of last week contained the Mm.Urtu ll.a M*4'tinnr nf tlift G. 0. of S. Ol -? n ? ? ? Temperance recently held in Columbia. A. M. Kennedy was elected and installed G. 5. to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Rev, VV. C.Ferrell. The names of P. G. VV. P. J. H. Taylor, T. G. VV. P. James Tapper, G. W. G. G. VV, Garinany, G. VV. A. M. T. Mcndenhall were ordered to be sent to the M. VV. S. as delegate! to the National Division, to meet in Cinciiinatti during this month. The following resolution among others, was offered by I). G. VV. P. J. B. U'Neall anc unanimously adopted. Resolved, That the Temperance Advocate be recommended to (he Sous of T. for theii patronage ami support, and that each Divisioi: be recommended to subscribe for at least 5 copies, for tho use of such members, as inaj nut be able conveniently to subscribe. The following were appointed D. G. VV, P', for their respective Divisions?to-wit, C. J. Elford, Greenville Division, No. 10 S. G. Barkley, Fairfield " " 13 G. S. Hacker, Vigilant ** ** 10, Jos. Grisham, Pickens 44 44 31 R. D. Senn, Taylor " 44 8 A. O. Norris, Anderson 44 * 20 w.VSS: j w?' - " 9 I ? J. F. Lcppard, Higgaion 44 44 1 1 B. If. Brown, People's 44 44 5 J, W. Sinrpson, Laurens 44 44 32 A. G. Campbell, Spartan 44 44 1 8 J. H. Dogan, Union 44 44 1 6 Robt. Fraser, Bishopville 44 44 26 J. H. Murrell, Palmetto 44 44 1 Julius Dargan, Darlington 44 44 25 Dr. R. E. VVylie, Lancaster 44 44 3 0 J. A. Ingrabam, Old 9 6 44 4 4 3 B. C. Bryan, Washington 44 44 7 C. P. Cassia, Marion 44 44 2 Dr. M.Thompson, Storevillo 44 44 2 9 Tho ; \ - >* ^ llnr>I I B Dr. F. G. Thomas am C. H. Duryee were appointed D. G. W. P's for the Slate at large. J. K. McKain of Cam den, was appointed to examine and approve Constitutions and By-Laws of Divisions. Tho next Quarterly Meeting of the G. D takes place in Columbia on 3rd of July next, a which time the Semi.Annual Convention of thi Slate Temperance Society will also be held. The order seems destined to swallow up al other forms of the Reformation, and the friend of the cause are adopting it all over the Slate God speed the good work. Flying Machines,--Says the Baltimore Sui are now the theme of speculation all over tb country. Two are exhibiting in Boston, and j vankee speculator in Bangor (Me.) says b will bo prepared to tako people to London, i 12 hours, in n few daw.?cute people, tftos j j ' ' h down eastcrs . ? |* PH$ - ^Tk*B*mk. of Camtea, ?. C. At Anrttral Meeting meeting of the Shock> bol<fcfs of this Bank, held on Monday last, ifce , following gentlemen were unanimously re-oler- , , ted Directors for the ensuing year:?W. JE. f Johnson, H. Levy. W. D. M<-Dow all, Thos. Lang, J. M. DkSaussuke, John Worxxan arid B. Hatle, Sen. > "> Emancipation in Kentackjr The Frankfort Convonlion adopted sulistan. * tially the propositions of Henry Clay, Ump the 1 ultimate emancipation oft he slaves of Kentucky. 1 The Mercury stales the proposition agreed to as 1 follows:?That slavery, as it exists in KcnUfckjr is injtiriotis to the. interest of the Common, wealth, is inconsistent with the fundamental , principles of free government, is contrary to the rights of mankind, and should not be perpetuated. 2. Any scheme of emancipation sbopld y> * be prospective, and only operating on negroes bom after its adoption. They also agreed that the following provisions should be adopted in the new Constitution: 1st. An aixplufe ' prohibition of future importation of slaves into Kentucky, and second, a system of gradual and prospective sluve emancipation. Rights op Makeikd Wombs*.?An increaf. cd respect for the righu of married women to their property seems to be characteristic of new Slates and new Constitutions. A Bill for the protection of their rights of property has passed the Wisconsin Legislature. _ ?? > ? Virginia Election.?The .returns'of the Congressional election show a Democratic gain of two members. Butts was beaten by'' ' his Democratic opponent Seddon. The Rich. , p - . mond Whig of late dale says : "From present indications, the Whigs bare lost gome members of Congress and gained several members of the House of Delegates 1 probably enough to give them a majority in that branch of the Legislature. $ut at yet,, not enough is known to render It certain***: ' Pt.axk Roads.?The State -Treasurer of r ' .SUI III V_ytl I'lima nan I'aiui uu ?< >?V ' VWK'} O-fT Stale 84U.000, in subj&rijrtion, to the stock of % . Plank Rodd at Fayetlville ; a second sabscrjp. tion of 830.000 will lie made as soon a? cer* tain conditions are pcrfbfrot?d By -tlte Companv. - . ; '* " Powers' TnnEE Works.?The Piahcrjiojfi' Prosepine, and a bust of General Jackson,'hare arrived in New Orleans, and are exhibited 1* that city, at the State Huose. ' 'it-.'~'l \7 ??k J4 'I Tub M. E. CnuRcn.?The Baltimotrd- and Philadelphia Conferences were unanimous)/7a favor of submitting the property question, lietween the Noithern and Southern Divisions of the Church to arbitration; and the Biebop presented the resolutions of the last Getieiral'Cilli. ferance recommending arbitration to the ft'eur Jersey Conference and it is presumed R trjll f also concur. . ; V ^ ? ''*k' * r*-' * James E. Belser E?qrn is strongly Supported by the Alabama papers, both Whig snt),Deg?oeratic, as a suitable Candidate for the office of Governor of that State.- ,, ,For die Journal. u?.j;, Mr. Editor.?Frequent complaiuts hnve ( i been made through the papers with regard ,to. [ Rail Road travelling oft (he Sabbath, bat it seems the ''golden calf' is paramount to ever/ , other consideration, or tbat the Company bare 1 entirely lost Mght of that portion of Holy \Frit I which asks "What shall it profit a man if ton, gain the whole world and lows bis own sopl Y' ~j. , It is one of the grievances enumerated, iajhc . Presentment of ibe Grand Jury at the sitting of . , the last Court, and we are forced to conclude,j , } that they have not correctly viewed this subject r or else it would have been stopped. . great many of the Stockholders are professors i! V Religion, and they would certainly not allow .:n , i such a state of things as this to oxUt if they ttoiild look at it with an Unhtamed mind, jt has not only & tendency to encourage vjce in J . those in the employment ot lite Company* but it has a bad influence on the community 4 -for it is a self evident f<ct, (bat a man who pays no f ' respect to religion is unfit for socieiy. What. would society be without religion ? And if (his . is not calculated to cause men to dittegard the laws of God and man, we cannot con^jyo what will do it. If all men neglected the observance of the Sabbath, how soon would the whole social rubric Tall, and with what a tear* * fill crash it would sink into endless ruin 1 Etas? .A all thought and fear of God from a community, and selfishness and sensuality would absorb.tho whole man,?appetite would know no restraint of human laws,?virtue, duty and principle would be mocked and spurned as unmeaning sounds;?a sordid self interest would supplant a every other feeling, and man would become * what the theory of Atheism declares him to lie, ua companion for the bruteMoreover, it is acting ungenerously towards the e.niployeesjiy ... not allowing time to rest or think of a future state ;?instead of hearing the Gospel regular* Iv, and learning the right principles of morality, and setting a proper example before their children, we see tb?m dragging out tho monotony U of their weary existence, with no more enjoyment than the galley slave, without a hope ft* this world or the future. How much better would it be, Mr. Editor, not o?iy for their ^ families, but for the whole commtmity, if tbey were permitted one day to rest* ft would not i only he paying a due respect to tho Sabbatte, but it would make all more competent to perform *! ? ?? Ill ilk HIAMiia A A'o* ? lliril liuiJ HIIII | OHV- I *? uuj If rest, they would work with greater advantage t to themselves and the Company. We do hops 3 that the Stockholders or whoever are the proper persons, will take some steps towsrdi the remiew . dying this great grievance. We are awfafe that some of rhe owncrrs desire this, and wilfc 3 this view of the mattcrr we submit it to the . attention of intelligont men, hoping that tbejr will take into consideration, that the interest of the community requires it,?every principal of philanthropy require* it,?and the reciprocal 11 duties existing between the Creator and W* ? subjects require it; and trust they will take the i necessary steps towards the suppression of this e grievance. M. n CuARlOTTE AND SoCTH CAROLINA RaII. j c Road.?We understand that |the contVacts lor the graduation of the Road from the Catawba