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THE ADMINISTlt vr.'DX. It is i)<>t ihm*i? ;s:i! V, fur i !s jinr|i i?c ?ii"iniiifi t a in i Hii correct priuripfes, hi he rousUotiy as sailing tin* nets, or impugning tb?? motives o| those holding adverse opinions \\ e deem ihat ntan a lm?* patriot wit" <!iri5< from !iis rale# of politira! conduct a!i selfish ?>r interested mo lives, so far as iliis rail ! done l?v hum in nature : and such a roan, whenever found, is ol priceless value, to his count iy ami generation. | We have abstained I nut indulging in :,in j derogatory comments np"t; tint. { ayh?r.? j While partv feelings have carded many beyond j , thp point of strict decorous. we have held it to J he our duty to give the P/esH.-e.! and hisHhtiii. j | net lair plav. T!ie remarks we make now are | ( induced solely by the paitv rancor an.! vindic- j , tiveness which have marked 'heir prngress in i ( e/*-- ...V- iit-ii!<?ssmi>s aud i . the tare 01 ?icu. i ?i? ...... ... . voluntary pledge* ; ;in:l we would disavow in the outset that we are a<-ttiateil l?y uny motives contrary to those which we believe it to ho the dutv of every map to possess?t!ie desire to up , hold rorreel principles-, and to reprove* as far ;e we are able. the trickery and charlatanism used not to elect Gen. Tnvior President, hut to raise mere traders in politics, party ieadets, and wire pullers to place and power. The Administration of (?"n. Taylor, for the six months that it has directed the .tiiaiis of 5?tate, has placed th- Detr.octalio press ami the j exponents r?TDemocratic, principles in a position ] which has required them to exercise a la rye Bmnsirt of forbearance. When ihe nomination of the Whig Convention at Philadelphia was an* i turn need to the count >v, even the opponents i>l tin? patty nominating were ronstrained, from what thev knew of (int. Taylor's eh .racier as an officer, to admit that ho'might possibly make a good chief Magistrate. Many of the Demo.! <cratic parly were actually so facinntcd with the | nomination that, notwithstanding his avowal of lteitig a Whig, they cast their votes for him. j The inquiry is natural, how men so strongly j wedded to the cardinal principles of Republican- I ism, politically reared and educated in lie Denmcra ic school, could so easily abandon: their principles, and even temporarily forsake j ' ... Ift/tiirv/I thnnt the parly lo wnoni iiicm: |nini;i|ii? >/i.ullu ?,v?, in strong allegiance '! The answer is ui hand ?they had faith in the professed Moderation of. the nominee. They did not think they were , abandoning their glorious prinriplns by aiding ( in the election of a man who declared he would j , never be the President of a puity. They did ( not think they were political renegades by e!e. vating to the Presidency a man who declared that the only prerequisite he should require of those to whom he should entrust the offices f | Government would he "honesty, rapacity arid i fidelity." They thought that Gen* Taylor, by | ( some mysterious process, could so amalgamate old federal doctrines with D-niorrutie principles ; that in him would he the embodiment of a true j patriot?that the leaven of Deriiocrnry, which I , all helieved entered into any po'iiicai opinions j he may have held, would leaven the a nole j lump ; and thus give the I nited States a !*i i dent such a* it had not been her i> ivilege to enjoy since Washington. Hei ce tin* title meant i j to be complimentary at f]i?f, hot now sup'erne ( My ridiculous, of the "second Washington," an J j imany honest men thought twere not rob Jhing their party of their good name. ordeseetal. <;ug those principles that nam" represents, wli-t; , fthay assumed a new party cngtiomen?the j Haylw Democrats. It is unnecessary togiv | lh?y were deceived?the whole country is tie ( CfivfiJ.-tKit possibly through (Jen. Tailor's per , defection to li:s pledges or professions. | but by tlic miserable party chicanery of his ; counsellors and Cabinet. We write not of'tln* ( administration in anger, but in stoiow. \\'o , tfeel mortified that the successful can limit" for . , 'ihe highest office lias been buried from his lofty and honorable position, so frankly and fu'ly , avowed by him during 'he canvass ; and that . instead of" being the President of Ihe |?eo|>!e, . he most solemnly and unequivocally declare! ? lie would he, he has heroine tin* i n -1 pliant i:i. 8 1strutileut of a party clique that I.as ever oven- j pied the executive office. I ( Our evidence to sustain us in this position i? a unfortunately most abundant His Cabinet! | we ask anv honest Whig or Taylor democrat, does it eintirace such men as tliev expected (?en. 1 Taylor would invite to share his \dmiuMratioii. , We would a?k them, further, has there ever | been, in the history of this country, as little , 1 talent, ability, and statesmanship in the Calii , net of any former President ? Are they not? , the most of them?the most unscrupulous parti- | sans that have pwr occupied such a position? j Let the records of the Post Office and Home t Departments answer. AI n? 'honest, capable ? and faithful officers"?have been hurled from s their places with most unblushing eflrmileiy, | and vvith an unparalleled want of decency, dis- ; . crimination or justice. ITer don't believe G. n. i | Taylor knows one tithe of the !?i?t??r party pro- | scription which is rapidly nrcirnu'atitig con- ? domnation upon his \dniinistraliot). Hut this . is not all. NVe have noticed, am! so will have i any honest observer of public affairs, that men in prominent office*, about to be removed, have , invariably been previously proclaimed as tin- 1 worthy,dishonest, or faithless officer*. Insult and defamation of character have in too many : , instances accompanied the honest man thrust ; out from his labors, and this only to furnish the ' men in power with a shadow of pretext for re. , moval. It is useless to chronicle the ca?e. ( I Again, inthn selection of his avowed and | recognised organ. (Jeneral Taylor ha-given , , evidence of a woful want of good sense, lint i his Cabinet, we suppose, are responsible f,,r tliis ] also. The Washington Republic. liom its com- j mencemeiit, lias been nothing inure than a par. ; ry sheet?retailing party slang, and that not of t a. standard equal to nine-tenths of the party ,* presses in the country. It- editorial eobiains ? present a strong contra-', in point of ilignii>, to | those of the. National intelligencer, and a -til! , greater one in point of tal-ot and ability to the i organ of Democracy?the Wa-hiugt.iii linmn. I Wc say it without any great fear nfTuntia lirti' ti that tiie Republic will do more to pro.date fiiti. i Taylor's popularity than it wi'i ever do to clc ( itsnsilv. I)a v after da V if labors to orove i * I? J - this ?r that removed oflieer a (f<>fau!i?>r. lis | columns an* daily loaded with arlieles which : have for their ohj.-cl iMhiii<r higher than tin- | debasement ol its opponents <>r tin- >>\!i:i'i<>n , of its own parly ; and il'it emrd prove Mr. |\.!h n"*ijltv of falsehood, or choree hoop* iipoo an-- >| , (lis oncers dishonesty "I purpose, it w..ii I . . n that its .nuN would he accomplished. foi.'hl extend this ariiid i.> , .r;,.,vr length we re w" to point out 11: n - u? ivi. , tlenees of what all ." fist l? ? - t!?. i present Admiuistrato'vi- I' wn<?M !/ .upeiil i < +>\tt 'o record the many instance* <.t f.i :v vin ? /)iqtiy.?toe.<s which have tints 'ai in i he.t in e i. : foer, Spd we would not allude th- -ubjer! :?r , nil, did Vf ',' << believe it our (I'll* t?? our iea lets | (o tell litem wht' Ilu'V will he eoiivineed is ] written from toitest uj.(tie.', tli.it t!j ? Ad'ti'tii" i ^ration of (ii'lU'i a! 'jVvl-.i has lei' i 11 ? < claim pi the coitfideiiiv of i.uy poitj.a, ul thc \uteii-ji , an people, except li?e ~ i? . i.| own i t ?rt)\?South Cunjitni'j!}. < C^rio.s|ioii?lcnc? of tlsn Biitimorc Son. j Ul ^KN2-:U \L TAYLnU'S TAKIFK YIF.WS. >'<] l)iTTsUUWt;, Ani?tl?l 'JO. I l'i< Ititerviar with Ihc Manufacturm? Vines of the. "" /V ?/ //">// <>./. the ?i '<> the. Xfoivi- j 1 ' fnctorir-;? ('< >/-. I in! reception hi; tic people. <Jjr. il" \ "i"i i< Hi i! i? hi m sii11tr# i;,,. j1,-,..; ?? n> on u waiii'd I5j><?!) 1?V H (Ii'putKlion from IIir? man- i "V tii;it*:iirinjr ?>f (ho < ity an I vifinily, C.tinptf^d "f Mirt {uilnwin^ jr??m|?*rii**n ; Tints. ? IJ:iK?*? ? !!, Cha<. iVnn:>;>, Jr.. K. I.hhmiz, I. I'1 I'u'i'.info:!. J. (*sir?lion*' 11, NV. ('nit1- j H" man, l?. U. liiviiijHmi. \Y. 15. J. '''' 'i ii?# > ?.) \ \ ipll/iltnll 'Pin? lin luil :t t ii ill sill. Il(i ' (I that d o r nlij'Tt in waiting ii|ion him. in the tir?l place, was l<"> inform liim upon in ,:i1 riiats<?connected with the manufacturing in j :l" I ? !"?* -! *4 ami to stale Inii'flv I lit* disadvantage's I"' hev labored ii'ii|?>i from In* present laiifl. Tin* ' a" wlnde interview wa< merely* convers.n'ioiia!.? u: I'lii'V sir.ted tint die present (aril)*,so far as they were mnccnicil, was >:jiu<*tis ; ami. as a proof, liiliv two thirds of the inanufofturing houses in I'l this vicinity had come nmler the sheriil's hintiner within the past eighteen months. They I reqoireil a sliglitlv increased nrotrriion to enahle diem to compete successful!y with the pauper lahor of Knglaml. I '*y The President replied l?v stating that tlie s" subject of the larill'was one which hail engaged i,r his earliest itltentjoii. It was all iioporlant '''I that the resources ?f litis country should lie "ti developed. and it was the r! itv of the Executive l,r to co.npeiatc in every way with the legislative hianeh, to bring ahotit so desirable a resii't.? (11'. believed there were sum" articles which absolutely rerpiireil protection, lmt that piotec. i *?' lion slumM he suflieiendy moderate to eosiirp "" |iOMt.aiiency to the system* This (lOVeriKlient :l" was found 11:1011 mutual concessions and com- stl promt*"*, ami he trusted the principle which .'tail in the first instance ham ed the Slates into !,r one compact Union, would never he lost sight of. .-? ! 1 . ( I hi' hi'i'irl n v <'l n.i' i i'i':t?iirv was imi^.i^imi in enl'eeliin' data upon tin* siihjrrl ??I*!In? tariff. ' ''' I j ati i the Kxpfiitive would he fully prepared at lin' next session of Con?jre*?. t ? recommend i I" and overate witli lint lirain li in rslnhlishiti'j a wise, moderate and p?*i inani'iit tin ill* system. Hi- expressed himself as pleased in the hiffhost *:i decree with tin* great Slate through which he . 1 was passing. and declared his conviction that lie plow ami the ami! were destined here, at a!I events. In <o> hand in hand in increasing and "" iMilareinj; its prosperity. , "I1 i ? " Pi:x\sYLvama, August. HI!).?The Tarifi'i pies!ion Ins lieei; iiiueh di?rus.ed in this State ! IiV leading politicians id Imtli parties ; Iml I do | 'j" not think that ill" mountain top conversations i ',l! (pokeii ot'liythe I'aitiinnie \merii\m, have re- i {'" u I' d very tiivoralih to some of the interests . s" Miiremcd. l* It is the opinion of some of the IVniisvIva- " >i:i Whigs, tha? P-iitisylvauia It a* no light to j ? Xpert any concessions in favor of her own pe- J ii iar interest, inasmuch as she made the prcs s" ?n Tariff and destroyed that of 181*2. She is norc interested than any other State in the Iron | ui>ine?s, and of course it is to in* considered hat she acted from the most patriotic motives j ii elect mi* Mr. I'utii as a heller landman than ]* Mr. < *l.i y and also hy rlmiing Mr. Daihls as j H in anti.l:;ri!i in an. enuiaiissiniied expressly h\ It he piiiieipjes i | the l!aliinioie IVatlnrm In re | It ".nil tlm Taiill' ol Hl'J. The only rpicstjon j ^ i:is h'en, whether the other States wmiid. for j lie sake of their own interest, attempt to force i ipon the IVnnsy!v:itiian? a duty on inm that j |? I'er.nsy iviiuia herself n-pn lialed. jsThe idea that any lVnnsy'vaiiiati rail have i? !ii? litce In a?k < onti'ess in |?ri* < ?-( irnn. is all- i urd. Sin* cannot a-k a special favor fur lierscll .vhieli sl.r withholds from others. Hut there was early in July, ti scheme U"l iji an inloima) Tnrilj Convention. to Ik* held tlx it N W;j >rt. which lioJy w is in ,*i comticiuie.l , Inr i rcvivil mMi'hi, ;i<!n|iti'il to iIn* wants nfine a^ tijjar. iron, coal, wool am! w<iu!cii and eollon ; co i iiiiuiiin nt-rests. The rou is nflliis Cmirpn. j IS urn arc pailially known. They |ir<>[Mis?r?l liijjli. i 71) si rate* tilm cvimi .Mr. Ahlroit Lawrence would re. ivscni in. ?<r than .Mr. .Meredith will adn|.t in do lis annual teporl. i }'e It ha< licen stated, and no ilmiht truly that Mr. Meredith will propose none Imt very mod ; nil rate chances. The New|ioi! Convention pro. j ha oscs specific Mislead of, a I valorem duties, and lit 1 ill I iiiso recommended tin* restoration of the ell lotion minimum. ()| course, the framcrs of the an lew Taiill" are intlueu i ll |ioliiiciaiis, ofhoih j S.! tallies, largely inieresledin ilie success or home I 05' ud istry, and think that the coiinlry or ihey j ha hertiselvcs wiil he undonr, if what lliey propose of hoiihl not hn done. Tlcse are the ""mister ' en i i.ils," who, as a Haiti.more very paper naive- | wi y reiiiiirked the other day, were now hcsjiatiiio I inil as iimeli in (lie dark as the ordinary and 1 |>ri innest politicians of the country. 'i*ij?*??< "ink. sin er spirits,"?i. e. iron masters, Arc. ? will In- cm till iii"i< troubled and puzzled tlian tIn*v nuw Col re In Hire they ever carry through the New- rln1 ? r? rch -ine. j i'V Corf. X. Y- Journal i>f Commerce. nti ! tin Till: TUIlMI'll !.\ l lvWS.SKK. ] ? !? G '?i, Trousdale, tluj (inventor elect of Ten- he ie-scc, was waited iijmri at (iallatin mi lite j sm I Hi It it tM I?v a de|i'^ I'inti of Democrats from phi \a?liviiie ? wlin congratulated liint npmi his tat lection. Mr. Nicholson addressed the (Jnv rei mnor fieri in In-half ??i"the delegation, and as sm lis speech shows In the world liie is-ur upon i' i .vliich tin' Dent 'cruis won their olnrimis vicioiy In n Tennessee, we. copy a portion of it. Mr. ; tin SielioUnn ?aid : tin ' 15v your leariess demmcialions of Northern wi ijroression ; liv >nitr prompl repudiation of ad I'" eaiporisinj; remedies : and hv y??nr linn and pa ilde vindication of lie* doctrines of rt,?i?lence j va at all hazai'l* and to tin* last extremity,'' Volt i tin l ive won tlie heads and s\mpail.ies ot'ihon i .amis who were only restrained I?y parly Irani. neis frein yivino \oti their voles, whilst voo rive e < riled in the lio.oiiis o| \our supporters hi' ?iclfliir?tti??n ;ift(I ti.i* ^tlice*r'*? vsiVi 'hi n li'. i*'pun \iinr ii iiiinph mil XhiIIiimii IticinU in; Im we liav.' \ .11i11 ri. fiit'ii k) will falsi' ln'?li Ji?: iiiirairi' ; whilst iitii .Nut11|?- i) rtU'inii's will Irii mini llml lli' V waUi'.l n|i a ^jii: il ??t":c,i^|. a tin ilii' S"iii|i wI.irli iii'ii-'aiiiiN in ilifiu in \ dm injjn iji1 :i? i'iii'1 i* I Ji ii i? ! r. T'tus /.//- sli-ill l/mn sin ; >. 'in / if I /.*"'// I !i.m" i- a iiiumI tvi-i^'it 1? tti'l l-iri'i* in mi: liiii'ii;i!i tliat will slail'i' iln? iia'l it ii? "I l*i?i?ii' i<i'i i!?i'li, an I ??i!liM'i?i' ii>i \ In. i! ! ii-'- ' i ?!!- i i limit 111 nI!i>11 _? I I, \v; ' i v ill il W" I'aVf ?! - ;i |i:. ! -.|? tin a.' t: i n.Jn ii! 11 a r? i i i: _?> I li mm im : ii| i'Iu'i ! ! ' " '! I'i i*i* '.I rr i; it i '? - an 'i i '.v-' -i.i in'! v 11 i" I a n I r % li ia -i i' | :i'! i ||i -! m: itii i'll' f !. ri.t-v wiil - !'. i. !.. 11,ai \\c \vi ia' i* ii i ?.! '? f' i'_T "'I in iJi iln'av i hi ! tine - Main!\ nl i !a >v.?iiii. In \nni i: innijili. 1 ml an iii|i'!iij>"< will Iia'l i*rii w" ii i Inii^i'r iii'inl In' ?i||i||li:lllf l\ II :* ? In I l|i* hi * 11:11 tt'i' an' ?!at|i| W' lljr 'T'Tl ai lnT"l|l'*< | in' III" II will! li 111 W lll"i| I'll ijilits, a:i'l w ii a1" i i'?n!i i"! main! .in llmni il all lia/.aul*. Wi' liaVr no 'iciMi an I ralliini |?r i.? IHifliti'iii'd liv lit" 'i V "I ii ilifii"iti"li an ! ?11v In nioii. Wn Kii.'W i* ?.: t fin- I i.inn i> ; ui* I ii?>\\ jUf !!'.'I:S nn it'i" tile I'lii":! ; Wf Uin.w ilia! llio iw -n. fm r r^r"Trif"^orrk^T^rt7^ftnn..li 1 ' iiion as it came from our fathers, secures m.ilily mnongsl tliti .Stales. Around that glo ii-- Union cluster the warmest affections nt r hearts?we would risk all lor its preservahi, not excepting I lie itself. 1'ut whenever i atteinpl is tnado l>y Congress to make an i<<us discrimination among the Slates ; to de i rights to the citizens of some which are coin ! de<J to others ; to degiade some lielow others we denounce such acts as viola'ions of the iiion, involving in their consequences tyranny id oppression?and calling for prompt, decrd and determined resistance at the verv litres .! !. Having stood upon litis high ground in the ( in canvass ; having maintained it with signal I lilitv and having triumphed upon it wears reared to appreciate folly your nohle triumph, | I to extend to you with heartfelt sincerity cur ( irrncal congratulations." From t! c Charleston Mercury, 30lli ull. lODl'CTlON AND CONSU.MI'TION OF COTTON. I'nder lI.c conviction of i!u? importance to niters of a correct-understanding of the tjuesnt, we have, from time to time, endeavored statistical information, to show that the eonmpliori ol Amciican cotton was equal to its odticiioti, and that low prices should not he j jititnately attributed to an ovej supply in j tily quarters, and its dissemination has often ' ! veil injurious in depreciating the value, if; a aiticle. Wilness Ih>* eU'eel of an over I uale on she prices of 1H40* It was then con. lentiy arrerled that the crop would reach 500,000 hales, and from a too ready belief o! j ese assertions, the crop was hurried to tuai kct, j id sold at ruinously low prices. The result! owed 750,00(1 hales short of the estimate, but is fict was developed too late to benefit the i , 1 ounce r. We can readily understand why the cry of iver production" is swet l music to the ear ol j e mniuitucturer, both at home and abroad, j cause the more deeply and generally the i in - j essioti can be produced among the planters, e better fur his interest. For if more than llicienl is produced, low prices are the nece?- j ry const quence. But that intelligent planters onid aid in giving currency to an opinion so jutious to their interests, and even take the iiiMe to circulate it in piiuteJ addresses, is j >t only surprising, but suicidal, and >uch an ! iuiou can only have been loruied on a very j reb'ss and superficial examination of facts j aring mi the subject. The following comparative table of the pro-j . I .t I.. . i Clion 1111:1 consumption 11: ruiiwii, mi iiiu ia.-i 1 ? ? !? years, will illustrate the fallacy ol tin* ( trim* of over production, and may allbid me data to that class of writers who are ro?. its to this theory, lint '* confess that they arerly know wheie to begin" when required prove it; although it is a proposition so ; >y of proof, and a tintli so uppaiciit. as to he jiposed to have received universal assent." 1 'rati uc! ion Cons 11111 p! ion. In Europe In America. Total. :M, 1,2.71,000 l,03t>,000 221,001) 1.27',OtO 33, ] .300.000 1,1 (Mi,000 230,000 1,342.000: 3d, 1,1.'",'.(l!K) 1,107,(X'0 223,000 l,3!>2.00t) 37, 1,-00.000 1 303.000 -J Hi,01 It I 1.0351,000 j :{-s, 1,300.000 1.Hi."),000 27 ,000 1,311,000 30, 3,177,000 1 <500.000 2'AoOO 1,3'AOdt) !0, 1,031,000 1,304.000 207,000 1,011,000 tl, 1,0-3,000 l,l->-,00U 2'>7,0!it) l,7.V),0t!() I.', 2,3(5:1,000 1,(580,000 32o,(K)i) 2,014,000 13, 2,030,000 l,li 13,0l>0 317,000 1,000,01)0. 1!, 2,301.000 1,970.000 3-3.UU0 2.3 V),(aK?' i.?, 2,100,000 1,9-7.),000 422,000 2,3*51,0.'0 1:5, 1.7-1,000 1,">37.000 4.'7,000 1 ,U?i4-000 ! i/, 2,31*5,000 2,002,000 oil .000 2,">23,010 1-, 2,700,000 2,312,000 (ii.0,000 2,011,000 I 23,122,000 23,370,000 It will appear conclusively, we think, liom foregoing, how little ground there has In en the cry u| over production. Fifteen years ( o, the cr. p was 1,274,000 hales, and t e ! iisijoiptioti 1.2*72.000, or nearly equal. In! 13 the crop had mote than doubled, say 2,- ' 0.1)00, an I the consumption will probably | icli 2,000,000. Does tins look like over pro* / | rltoii ! The production of the entire lilt 'Cii i ars. it will be seen, is 23.122,000; and the iistiinpliuu 23.270.000?so nearly equal as ! erly lo exclude tin: idea that overproduction s burn the cause of low prices, though the ' >e cry of it, no doubt, has oftesv produced that eel. I>u: take the sum ol the lit-i lour years, i d see what it demonstrates: the product,; J20.00 bales, an I the eonsousjiiion. 0,(5000, : 0, or an excess ol consumption ol 7">0.00() ' les; and this, loo, in the lace o! short crops | .,,,.1 I... j,, Pain,uc. eoiiitiiereia! .*"?" " , . t ibarrassmenls, ami llit* l.'oiiliucnl convulsed j ill ii*Vtj|uSi?)iis and disorder. At the he<rinniii" ol" the last season, when . I ees were ruinously low, we endeavored to iw to our readers, w hat we were thoroughly nvineed of onr.selve.s, that this consumption ot ton was not only eipial lint out running pro".tion, and that helter prices must l??; the in* ! liable result of Mich astute <d" alFairs; and r predictions have lieen fully realized. Fori Coining season the prospects are even morn eeiing. Thai the inle ol consumption is youd any probable product oflhe present sea?, is a liiet ascetlained be\..ud cavii, ami the inter can coininand pi ices that will remune. | e him fiir his laliors. Kven shoiiid the crop icli 2.7(10.(10(1 hales, tin- present tale of roii* option Would more than ah*orh it ; lint when is evident that the probabilities are siioiigcr , it it will go Im*Io\v J.tKI.OIK) hales than above ! it |i<<tnt, we may lint only expee! rrmuiirra J j. prices, *:iy It in !) !<> I 1 rents, itiit that tliry | ( il tun 1111 tu a sprrulalive |iuiiil far br^oiul. ' , I our |>!an!i*i^ look ! > it that the ruining i;i >|? *s nut from their control at prices hrloiv its hie. ami these ?lniti|.| In1 at tin* hinliest |iuint ; it will tint uiati1!ially alii el its coiistiiiipl"n. wooluuowino in south uako* I UNA. WliV cannot tin* laruiers nl ill'1 Snnlli turn : ir a>> *111i in tu ?luacp.inisiii^ ami sheep ?i:?1:ir !?I it ?t ii u| w li it-li an* made immensely pro. 11 ! * in ilu* North-west. Several nl our i rials in < > 1:1111; 111 1 r11 it'll tin1 *\; ri 1 hi* 111 011 1 in.nl trail1, lull oiviujj to ill'1 liiinlnrts u| their > |or niotliiii, iitaii?* 11 l hi 11 a by I heir venture, j <1 Lavr tt11?-1 itulcil the ill'ui1 lianlv lltoti<jli it valuable jjnal. II'.. ..ill n..1 nt Itrv r.iv tnvt ti/f>/,hi > ,* . / iV//'/'///'/." wit ll I Ill-Ill. Illlt WllIlM -> III|(I \ Slljj i'i.iI il a choice had to In* mailt' 'uoluci'ti , tun animal*, we wiulil uo in |i>r I!?? \ i - j ; >m "I *? !'11'! |"i:wlii'ln, ami hound, i| i-iir nl I'i'.v ilf^r'M', ' dial mull <ii ni'uht j i-l>'. and ii'ir It ii'iul. have less i-i> an I Hint | r?ul ilu* is l?y mi iri"aiis neee**ary, as (In* i iiiiliir.linii ul a lew ul llu* stllidy shepherds, i!ill "n" ul Scotland, to miard tlic flocK. 1 hi!,I nliviaio do' necessity <>| canine cxtirpu* a ; I'.r ilu'v "il! In il li'u! I v and carefully |?ro I am miiiilii'i-of slii'i'ji from foreign inlet lo- ( in nf iii\ Kind, and possess spirit and strength 11 -ii allcclnally. Tin' lif-t ii nit t >ii we have ever eaten lias j n raised in tiiu imuic.li.tlo vicinity ul this 1 agaHKgpag?m i an BBB?pxtmmcmi ?MB?BMjgP place, by Cols. Hampton ami Taylor?and but ! a short time, since wo chronicle a most remark- J able yield of wood from a small ewe of Dr. | Parker's. We find from a paragraph in an exchange, j that the Peoria Register gives a good account <d I the sheep pastures of that pait of Illinois.? | 1 hey are becoming numerously stocked with j very superior qualities of sheep The entire j number ofhead in the country is stated at U0-, | 000, and the wool clip of the past spring at 00, J 000 Il?s. Uishep Chase is one of the chief j wool growers of the immediate vicinity, owning a flock of two thousand head. C. Stone also has a flock of the same size, and there are seve j ral other flocks of 1100 to loOOO head. When we reflect that the region referred to -*ii - i i. ws I.:. I. was a wilderness iunjj anrr uiin oian* um i%* , lv spIIIim!, it throws the ptilerprisu o( our people lather io the shade. ? Telegraph* THE CAMDEN JOURNAL; Wednesday .Horning, September 12, is 19. W. TliritfiOW CASTON, EDITOR. To oi'r Rkadkrs.? Wc were aliscot from Imme | last week, ami some errors appeared in our columns. In the article on the Plunk Road, its estimated cost was printed <313,009 per mile, instead of ?1,300. In speaking of 1 lie Companies that went from this Di?tiii t In ( liaih'slnn in 181-1. we said that one was J commanded Uy Geneia! J. Illair, which we have since j learned was an error. General Illair was then living j in Lancaster, and was Colonel or Lt. Colonel of the Regiment of that District. 'I he Captain Blair who i command'd one of the Companies in Charleston, was j of a dilFerenl family, and named Fnuiois. The Friend who furnished our columns with the article on the Ponitcntinry system, lias promised a con- ; Initiation of his views on that su'jVct. Sit irw rimi? Mpi'rivt:. Tl.n ("Tuum ,\f:?l Sail-in, in Lancaster District, closed mi Tuesday, the 4ili instant, and was one of unusual interest. Seldom lias lln.-ro lie.cn a .Meeting, at which better order was unserved, and mote permanent good dlrclcd. The accessions to t!ie Church were about 57 while and ; Colored, and the number of conversions about 35 or ' It). The surrounding section of country had been dee ply interested in the subject of religion fur some weeks previous. I SECRET EXPEDITION. The Mobile Advertiser of I .si week, contains a Pine ! Imitation addressed "To the persons encamped on Round I Island near Pasc igou'a," by V. ,M. Randolph, Coin. U. [ S. ship Albany, and senior ollicer in the Gulf. It ! charged their assemble e as unlawful, and assured ; them of the utter impossibility of evading the stpiidruii j and proceeding upon their wild expedition. They are Called vagrants, and ordered to disperse, and informed J thai alter tins tWtli August, all supplies would be j cut olf from tho Claud, ami a blockade or embargo ligidly cnfo.cid. Tlic adventurers answered that they i wore few in number, without arms and supplies and J intend no viol .lion of law. A Despiteli from N. Uilows dit?-d Gth inst., says ; ilia ttlie blockade h is been so far discontinued l?v the U. j S. vessels, a? to allow those on the Island to receive ! supplies of provisions. Rumors wero alloal in New j Yoil; city on the 31 inst. that one or inoio vessels had b en seized by the Gnvcrr.ment authorities, that neie I iiilt.'snlc'd tu li(? o sed to convey men and munitions of j war for the invasion ol Cuba. It is said that great eX | eili iin-iit prevails in Cubi, in Cori*C'|Uonco of these movements, ami that the Captain ( Vncr.il had called out a force of 1U0U men, and sent forces to Principe, Trinidad and .St Jago, which towns were in a stale of iusurieeti'iii. The English Consul had wriilin to Jamaica lor more ships to protect lit it ish properly, and it is rumored that j our Consul at Havana, had ie<juis!ed that the sloop of. i war .libauy, should be immediately dispatched to the ! .....I II.,,. ..... ! Nf.w Cotton in Ciikraiv.?Stephen W. Co!e, Iv-tj., i of Anson county, N. sent the first hale of new I Cotton to tin; C.icraw inaikel on Thursday. 3Jili all. ! 0^7" Corn crop in North Carolina will prove to ho ! an abundant one* this year, and much greater than ' usual. In many places llic*papers represent the stalks | as remark tidy strong, taII, and unusually thick upon li'c | ground. The cars are large and sufficiently matured ! to escape all danger fium adverse weather. Popt:i.atlon or Hcncarv?The aggregate number ol i inhuhitHiits is ahuul Iti.SUU.UUO, consisting of 4 800,000 ' .Magyars, 1 .1200,000 .Scluvoniaiis, :2,"J'J0,Ul)0 Croutiana, ' 1,3(1(1,001) Germans, 1:2,0(10 Bulgarians, a kind of 2?clu. vonians, .'2-11 OIJ'J Jews, fiOOU French, 0000 Greeks, 3 to ] 40(10 Ainienians, Of litis iiuinher, G,0110,000 are Catholics, 0,1)00,000 belong to the G'cek Church and oliey j the Patriarch of Constantinople. The Magyars arc : the representatives of the nation. What is technically called Calvanistic is their religion, and it may he called ! l .c Magyar icligion. 0^7" Our F.vchangcs slate that lite Alahuma Coal trade i- rapidly increasing. The West 1-ndia mail sleainers promise to take one thousand tons per month. : The price tor lite coal is $4 50 per toil, ll is obtained at Tuscaloosa, live hundred miles by river fiom Mo trie. There arc several lint s of steamers in the Gulf who rire expected to gel their co.tl from Alabama.? This is a new source of vicalth to the citizens of the liirrr Shite, and doubtless they will profit by it to tlic fullest extent. I Fcrtiikb from the Sr.Aiicn for j?ir John Fr.vnki.in. j ?The Canada pa pel s stale that Sir George Simpson i lias rclurm d from li.s annual lour through the ilud- j soil's 15 iv Territories, and oklaiiicd to c'ue to I tic fate nl'the lost explorer and his companions. Sir John | Richardson is on his way hack from the frozen legions ; without aiiv tiding* relative to the absent ude< nlurefSi | lint will continue the search throughout the season ? 1 Although nveiy nfloil is making to do rover the lost, it is impossible to resist tho unwcleoiir truth, that the chances lor success become fearfully diminished by the lapse of Iiiiiu. CI.AUKXDON l'OJ.ICE SOCIETY. The Sumter 15 inner contains the proceedings of a Hireling held by ihe citizens of Clarendon county, at ' gun Branch Academy, on IlieJUlli nil., for the purpose ! of forming a Vigilant Society to suppress illegal tea Hie 1 with their slaves. I Inn. L T. Rliainc acted as Chair. | til.n, and I 15. Ilrogdnn appointed Secretary. ij T. I) Itliaino, Will I"'. I'ntier, S. C Richhnurg, 11. [ '. Tuidal, Isaac 15. BrngiJnii, K. J. Belser, and J. |{. Ilarven, were i:pi milled lo draft prwiiiildo and resolutions. The fnllowing were the resolutions adopted: Win tons, we, a portion of the citizens of Clarendon, believing wo have just tauscof apprehension, and lear that an unholy and undue trallie. exists. or is in progress with our slave population, deslruelivo to our best interest as theirs?and aware ol no means or remedy lo counteract the same or mil complained of, hut by united actio and vigilance on our part, I st. Therefore, Kesoltnl, That we whose names are here recorded constitute a society lor the furtherance of this object, and do mutually bmd ami pledge ourselves to sustain and defend each other not oniv with moncv, if necessary, hut with all the *? *?i means wiiii;ji our i?:.u n. J.I. /iV.Wra/, That litis society shall be desijjnatei! ai:J liimwn as the Clarendon I'olicc Society, I mm \iwmm . mmsmmm * 11 in i-xaiUL'-PB .m . Mrjasja-jj.uajmsm-* for the suppression of vice and immorality in our ' neighborhood* 3d. Resolved, That the officers of this society shall consist ol a President, Vice President, Sec- t retary and Treasurer, to be elected from among its i members upon the anniversary of the society. 4 h. Resolved, That this society have or hold j monthly meetings, at some suitable place, for the j purpose of conferring together and devising means i and plans of success. 5th. Resolved, That the President be authorized j to appoint ll.c place fur holding our monthly meet- | ; ings, <1 iid if necessary, to tail extra meetings at I such lime and place as lie may deem expedient. (ill) Resolved, That eacli individual member ol ' this society be required to report to the President, or in ins absence, to the Vice President, any violation of their principles of this society, j Till, Resolved, That any member of this society ! on conviction of having been a witness to any violation of law, and not disclosing the same for prosecution, shall be expelled forthwith with the contempt ol this society. Hili. Run!ted, That these proc edings be published in the Sumter Banner. The society went into an election for officers, after balloting and counting out the votes. The Hon. L. F. Jlhame was elected President. W P. Butler, Vice President. I II. Brogdon, Secretary. T. li. Connors, Treasurer. The society then being organized, the following resolutions wore unanimously adopted, Uu motion of K. J Bclser. Resulted, That each member be required to con- ' tribute to a fund tor the purpose ol offering a reward lor evidence that will convict any per.-on of i illegal traffic with .-1 ives. The fund being raised. ( On motion of :Maj. T. It. Khaiue,. Resolved, That it lie the doty of the Treasurer to offer a reward of li'ty dollars lor proof thatwill h ad to conviction of any person illegally trading with negroes, within ten miles of Friendship Post Office, w ithin Clarendon county, i On motion, adjourned until the last Thursday in ; tsepteuiber next. r r> nn/v/MAAV c 1. 1>. JjUVJUUW.x, oecrcior y. | | Ciiari.esto.v Electi<-.ms ? After a most warm and ; bitter contest, liic former Mayor and Council have i j been electe d. Hutchinson's majority for the Mayoralty, over Mid ( dk't'in, was 214 voles, 1 Commissioners of Cross Roads on the Neck?Dr. J. | F. Pnppcniieimc, Chairman, Condy, Waiting, Leak, ! t Gadsden, Michel and Reader. Cominissior.c:.s of the l'uor?Gros, Ycadon, Poyas, | .Mdnnis and Toomcr. ! | IxDIA.Yi.?The Whigs have lost throe members in ! Congrss?having elected but one. One Frie .">oi. | , member lias been fleeted by the Democtats. E. W. j . .McGauky (W.,) G. \V. Julian (F. S..) N, .llherlon, I | C. L Dunham, John L. Robinson, Win. Brown, W. | A. Gorman. J. E McDuwald, G, N Fitch, and A.J. I , j ' Iljrlun. j ( t Ta.vxK see.?The Nashville Whig says that the . Whigs have 3 Majority of live in the Semite, while there | , is a lie in the linusu. The tt lugs therefore have a : m-jority of live in (lie Legislature, 011 a joint bjliol. | Iowa.? Returns have bpun received from Iowa suffi j j cienl to show that the whole Democratic Ticket has ( | been elected. j | Iv itM'tic k V.?Tito members of Congress stand as be- 1 j foie, six Whigs ami four Democrats, 'i'ho Whigs t have a decided 111 -jority in the L gisluluie, and the | majority of six 1:1 the State Convention to icform the 1 Constitution. ( 1 , r JJ* The Democratic Convention recently held at .Sy r.,wu.;', N". Y., adopted a resolution proposing cm. | ciliaiioo and union with the B iriibuiners. The Con. | venlion is to meet again at (Jlica, in uidcr to define the i 1 future political course of the party. t f To the JJtlilor of I fir Camden Journal; s It strikes tin; 1 litil as the fury of the fanatics | nl* tin* North litis incnNisml against our iiistitu- 1 lion of .Mricitti slavery, that thetSoiuh has nun . ilosti'd some disposition to iiiixh'rale her laws, \ itinJ relax Iter diseijiliiie over I he slave?and 1 even to elevate iiis intellectual, moral and social 1 status. Th i hahit ol the North has been, and r is still, to charge the South with inhumanity and r .....I I.-.ill VII.1.1 i II i Iirr (he i |>I if 111 lull (il ] UIIU ?' ? V. I* ' Will .^O ./*. ...... p ... . __ t< slavery?ilia! not only is slavery wrong in the a al?tiact, but that the treatment ol tin; slave is f very cruel. As if these Northern lunatics were | honest in their statement ol tins causes of their | clamors against u>?as if their opposition really t sprang limn tender feelings of humanity, and from religious principle in behalf of the slave? ; and as if we had hcen loo severe in our laws j and discipline, even some prominent individuals u in this State have recuuiuiended in public print 5 a change on this subject,?a moderation of our f penal code against the olleuces of the negro? ^ a relaxation of our discipline in regard to him, \ and an elevation of his status in an intellectual r and social point of view. All this I be.ieve to > he liiise policy?as it is founded upon falsehood t and false philosophy. 1 deny that our penal 9 code affecting the slave lias been loo seveie. 1 The penal code on the black slave of the South fj is not so severe as the penal code of the North <1 on the while slave, or those that stand, in point \ of service, the same as the black slave 01 the | .South. For every oftciice the while slave of { the North is liable, by law, to the same punish, f itient that his master is. Not so is the black slave of the Sooth. He is not liable to the ! \ same corporal punishment?and in no case s perhaps, from his social condition, so far as his s mental feelings are concerned. The master ; v has a pride ol character to support ? the black |s slave lias little or none. The while slave 111 [ t the Not ill has a character to support which in I 1 fact is to siinnort him in iiioctiriuu the means ol j a livelihood. Hut I will present uiic among j other eases, in whieh tin* Mark slave of the j s South is in a belter legal coiiditioti than his J \ master is here in the South : A master here j s kills a rebellious slave in the presence ot other j | slaves, and while iu the act of killing, a white ( | person becomes a witness to the killing, not ; n having witnes.ed the act of rebellion. The black slaves who saw the act of rebellion are n incompetent witnesses in behalf of the master, | to prove, the act of rebellion, ami bv the act of j * H'JtJ the master could not prove it bv his own j oath, as a while man witnessed the killing.? t Cases of this kind have occurred, so that it i> > not merely a thing of imagination. .Now, we j will reverse tin1 case, so far as the homicide is i concerned. We will suppose that a negioslave j ( i :n.. i,;? |,v nci-liiiMii even, alter having j | itiati malice towards liim at another lime, d anil ollicraslaves witn? s> the hiding an I ail the i circumstances that prove it to have been by <| accident? llieir testimony N competent to ao- ;i quit tin: slave of minder. Here, you see, is a r ease in which, in a le?ra 1 point of view, there is | greater security to the slave than to his master, and a case in which even life is at stake; and ; i it is a ease in which the master of the North j | would have the legal advantage over the master r of the South, l'or shoit'd the former I? on trial J ^ for his life in such a ease, his white slaves would | r be Competent witnesses to prove all theeiienm- | stances that wonld make !br his acquittal. Hut the criminal code of the Ninth bears heavily against arts which the white slaves there are s more liable to commit than their masters; such r r acts hi aip prompted l?y extrriug poverty and >tarvatioii. The penitentiaries id the North abound loo in white slaves, lor acts which, ill hiHCK slaves here, are lightly punished. or many times passed over without any punishment I deny that our discipline has been I?k? ex/ acting and severe ; and I ??fl?*r the discipline? which is practised in the factories and work/ simps, and in every department of their social stale in the North. Every person from the' South, who visits these establishments and in/ spects tlie domestic economy of the North, \4 stiuck v.itli astonishment at the exactness wirt/ which ewry m ment of lime is employed |?jf t the operatives, and the uncompromising atu^ ri^id discipline by which this is effected, hi' their faetoiies atid workshops, like in peniteri'/ tiaries, the operatives are not permit Jed1 t<V speak to visitors, and, under some of the n&tefef masters, scarcely to look at a stranger. So much more exact and regular are the lalwirs in these cs'aMishinents, than the careless and loose labors of the slaves in the South, that Southern visitors have sometimes concluded that sla?n labor can never be adapted to tbose pursuits of art, ami compete with the North. Indeed, tin? strongest objection to t!??? sliivcry of the South is a want of severe* and exact discipline, I?y which it might If rendered so much more productive?and this objection, although in routra. diction to the charge of severity, is, neveitfn?. less, strongly urged liy the North against tho slavery of the Snath ; for no opinion is morn common with them than that the free laborer with them, as they are pleased to term him. i? more active and industrious than the slave la- J borer?and of course that a freeman, (or? white si re in the North, with nothing but the name, I contend, of a freeman.) works harder rml more constantly than the slave in rhe South. In regard to the treatment of slaves a* to M loud, clothing, and severe corrections, I admit 'hat there have been now and then cases in which humanity might complain; but I appeal to the records of the Judicial tribunals of the North to prove that there are many more cases nf bad treatment in these resppcts, of npprentires to the different trades* and of servants, both male and female, under indentures for a term of years. There were some years ago, I know, us many runaway apprentice lmjs to trades and servants, as they call them there, published in ihe newspapers, as cases of runaway slaves with us?and it was not very uncommon to see i'Jrerti*eir?ents offering six cents reward, and now and 'hen a basket ?>f chips, with ridiculous personal descriptions of the alxcomfant?a system of advertising adopted to d-fer the apprentice or house servant from leaving his cruel master. Stripes without number were freinentlv administered to the bocks of these boast,.t >rn?m.ari liv ?li??ir stern m.ivfpr ofs-Vere ei. ic'iioNS, and thousands upon thousands come to tn e trly crave l?y close confinement and forced tpplrealion to sedentary employments. [ think I might hero well slate that these furious comilaints \vh:*rl? :cn made against us for cruel reatrneat of our Mack slaves, comes with a wl eraco from lho<c who have themselves hits played toe tyrant over white people?and I deny that lh'*y arc honest in their humane irofcssioiis. Asa further |?ro??f of this, in nddi. ion to what I have already staled, I offer the acts that the white s'aves in the North arc far ^ uore unhappy, re?t|e>s, an I prone to rebellion 1 ban the liiack slaves of the South?Ihr more M totnplaitiiiig of their hard lot than the sjaves of , lie South. 'I'he tree negroes of the .\ortbare iir more c'nmnr.iti< against their white neigh. tors and pretended friends of the North, than lie slaves of the South are against th-ir mas. ers. It is, indeed, becoming quite fashionable v iir the free negroes of the North to take the tump and play the orator, in the sadde.it corn. ilaints, that lln'ir rights are n<>t respected?that heir temples of religions worship are torn down ? their wives nnn children violated, in tho erv midst of these pseudo lovers ol the black nan,?that sometimes, |?y the fury of the nodi, hey are driven out from their homes, to hunt a 'estiog place in the territory of a foreign gov. riinp'tit?to fly under the wings of even inon. irchy lor protection,?that some of the Slates, liter making the most pompons professions of . inmUliio lor the rights of the African, have hy " r - ? egislatioii crippled his residence among their nhahiiaut*. that amounts to expulsion from heir holders. I deny thai it would he advisable to raise the ntellectual status of the slave, or advance him n a social point of view. We have always Ldvoeated the opinion that slavery was the re. nit of ignorance, of a want of intellect on the ?art of the slave, and that to make men free, it vhs only necessary to make them intelligent. iV'ilh these opinions, how ran we, with safety, ^ ai-e the intellect of the slave without endan. rering our institution of slavery?without prolucing rebellion ? It is dangerous to advance i single step in the intellectual culture of the tegro. I know that morhid philanthropy has lone it. I have heard of individuals who have lone ir?and I have seen specimens of skill in vriling by slaves that might well serve to forge >aper*. Let the State beware of this danger>us philanthropy. Let its be wise from the ate of Roman slavery, of cultivated intellect. In regard to the social rights of the African villi us. I think it enough to say that with the orial rights they now enjoy, slavery lia? been afe. Let us follow the maxim, "Let well nough alone," heedless of the busy nature of wile individuals, who are anxious to have their tames enrolled among those of great philanhropNts, cost for us what it may. With these considerations, I conclude ;thnt nir laws and discipline and treatment regarding la very arc not too severe?that it would be mpolitic to raise the intellectual and social talus iif tiii' negro, moved liy the psendo phi. "* anthropi>ts of the North?or those among us? nit on the contrary, thai a more exact, regular 4 >nil severe discipline might he advisable. In a Intiiro article, I shall undertake to exnnine and estimate some suggestions that ha\o teen made on this subject, within the last few ears, bv u distinguished jurist of this State. j. f. g. mitt ag. COMMIMCATHP. tkmpkuanck meeting. A meeting was held by the Section ot tl o Mulcts ill' Temperance, on Friday la-t at their fall. where a number of ihe juveniles" of Can ? Ion were assembled, accompanied by severul Sons of Temperance. The meeting wa? ad. Iressed by two of the brethren, R. A. Mickle iml Win. Clifton, who in an aide and effectual nanner urged them to come forward and enro'l heir names as members in this good cause.? \n invitation was then extended to the gentlenen present, several of whom, ever ready to end iw a helping l.an I, made a few appropriate emarks, strongly urging our claim* upon the, rnung, for promoting the peace and happiness if youth, 1). m:\iti:ntia ry system. We give to day a forcible article upon tbis object from our neighbor of the Camden Jour, i ll. We ar glad to sec the subject taken up