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' # g A Lady's Picture of the Southern Convention. From MrMakin's Model American Courier. NEEDLES FROM MY NEEDLE-BOOK. m by miss katk cufllalijmjk Overton Park, Tknx. June, 1?.' My dear Mr. M'Makin: When you hear that I have been to the great "Nashville Convention." 1 tear you will have mo more to do with me. It was curiosity that tempted rne, and being a " Yankee girl," I felt greatest desire to be present at a meeting which was drawing the attention- of the whole world. The Colonel is a true Southern man in interests as well as in feeling, and at the 3d inst., he said, in his badinage manner. " Kate, what say you to going to the Con vention r The Nashville Convention, sir?" I exclaimed with a start of innate horror. "Yes. It begins its session to day. It is but a three hours' drive into town, and I am gong in to see what they are going to do. Isabel is desirous of being present, as ladies are especially invited to grace the assemblage." *" ' * * ???? l> I "I thougnt tney were iu men ?n.. doors, Colonel," I said in my innocence, having the ghost of the Hartford Convention before my eyes. " No. They will do all open and fearlessly, Kate. If you can overcome your Yankee scruples enough .to be one of the party, we should : be delighted tomave you to go.u After aJeyrtnoments' reflection, I concluded to consent, though I must confess witli some compunctions of conscience, Mr. M'Makin, for I verily believed the Convention to be traitorous in its spirit, iu its views, and in its tendencies. The carriage was at the door, as soon as breakfast was over, and after three hours' ride we entered Nashville, a city as I have before remarked, nresentinir the most charming aspect, *\r?' i u t _ to the approacher of any inland town in the Union. The tall Egyptian towers of the Presbyterian church, the gothic battlements of the Episcopalian, and the pointed turrets of the Baptist the fortress-like outline of the half finished Capitol, and the dome of the Court house, with the numerous cupolas, galleries, groves, and bridges, together form a roup d'oil, that enchants the eye. On our road, we had overtaken a open traveling barouche, containing two i South Carolinians on their way to the Convcn-! tion. One of thein being known and recog- ' nized by the Colonel, we had quite an aniuinJ i t !J? _r ted conversation, as we roae siut* uy siuc, ui exclamations upou the beauty of the opening scene before us. Arrived in town, we stopped at an elegant mansion, the abode of a relation of the Colonel, where we were made as much at home as we would have been at the Park. We found the city thronged with strangers from all the Southern States, and the houses of the hcst families were hospitably opened to entertain them.? Upon expressing mj' surprise to an eminent whig jurist opposed to the Convention, that he should have thrown open the iargcst and best rooms of his house to the members of the Convention, he remarked that "he could never fbrget the" Lrfr 8*&f hospitality, and that it was I his opinion that strangers visiting the city should be received with kindness and civility." I bonored the veuerable gentleman for this specimen of old Roman feeling. The Convention first convened in Odd Fellow's Hall, a large and beautiful edifice, but not flirt fip<<nmimwl:itii)ii will^ 1UUI1U VVIItVlllCllV IVi of spectators, (especially the ladies, Mr. M'.Makin,) tlw M'Kemlreo Church which is the most spacious in the city, was offered to it and nccej>ted. As we entered the vestibule, which was thronged with gentlemen, 1 noticed a placard, reading in large letters, as follows : "The pews on either side of the church, on the floor, reserved to the ladies; and no gentleman without a lady to be admitted on the floor unless he is ajmetnber.. This rule will be strictly enforced." Upon entering, we found the house filled, the members occupying the body of the church, the ladies, like borders of flowers, (that is a gallant delegate's figure of speech) enclosing them on each side, a.id the galleries packed ...'.Ll. 1 I 1 1 1, Willi JI'U1WU 179*1111 UIIU IVUACI0UU?||, ovii.v vi tliem with their hats on their heaths, for there are some men that don't know wkeu they ought to keep their hats off. Through the politeness of Col. , a gentletnan as distinguished for his patriotism as for his politeness, we were escorted to an advantageous seat near the platform, although we did not turn any* gentleman out of Ins seat in order to get places for ourselves. I kuow of nothing more uncivil or worthy of being rebuked, than that rudeness so common among ladies which would lead them to make a gentleman sacrifice to them a seat, which, perhaps, ho had with much difficulty obtained for himself. It is the duty of every man coming into a crowded room with ladies, to find places for them without discommoding other men. I saw two "ladies" come in and stand before a pew, and look steadily at an elderly gentleman in it, as if they were resolved to look him out of his seat, though his wife and daughters were with bun in the pew; but die height of impertinence is for a man with females under escort, to ask another gendeman to rise and give his seat to the ladies ; yet, during the session of the convention, I saw this thing done repeatedly. When wc entered, Mr. Hammond, of South Carolina, was addressing die Chair, which was filled by a dignified Andrew Jackson-looking inan, who, 1 learned from the Colonel?who knows almost every body?was Judge Sharkey, of Miss. Mr. Hammond's head struck me as very fine. He is of a pale intellectual aspect, with a high forehead, white and polished as marble ; indeed, his whole face was almost as colorless as alabaster ; and seemed chiselled out of marble. What he said was moderate and conservative: what particularly surprised me throughout the nine days' sitting of the Convention, wa3 the calm, dignified and impassioned attitude taken and held by the South Carolina Relegation. They spoke but little, giving the lead to other States, rather than taking it themselves, yet it was perhaps the most talented, Mississippi alone excepted, delegation in the Convention. Barnwell Rhett, of i>. C., spoke during the day, and made a favorable impression. He is a strong minded man, with a head something like late Attorney General Legaru's, and a manner highly corteous in debate ; and -X this finished courtesy seemsr.to uie characteristic of these Carolina gentlemen^ Mr. Barnwell, (since chosen U.S. Senator, in : place of Mr. * more) also made a short reply to one x>f the legates. He is a strong man, and holds rank il. Innrlnw* infnllnnlu nf ftAlltil H 1R AVIC11 tliC luauill^ luiuivvio VI mv N^VUVI.. weight will be felt in the Senate. Mr. Cheves, of the same delegation, is a hale, white-headed old gentleman, with a fine port wine tint on his florid cheek. He has a high reputation, I believe, but during the session of the Convention, lie said but little. The most eloquent man of this delegation is Mr. Pickens. He made a speech on the sixth day, tiiat surpassed any tiling in the way of forensic eloquence, I ever imagined. He has a face like the old Roman emperors which I have seen on a coin, Nerva, I think? and his oratorv is WOltllV oi tilC Fo rum. By turns, calm and tempestuous, gentle and strong, witty and withering, logical and imaginative; at one momeut the audience would he electrified with the thunders of the rock heating surges; and at another showered Upon with flowers. His rhetoric wag profusely ornamented with figures and metaphors, like ex quisite mosaic. Altogether he is one of the most finished orators it has been my good fortune to, listen to; and the Colonel says his speech on this occasion was worthy to be compared to the most uoble efforts of Wirt and Patrick Henry. Carolina truly sent her jewels here, and their talents have won them golden opinions. Be assured iMr. McMakin, that the sentiments of this State lmve been entirely misrepresented. Throughout the Convention her sons were mo' dels of conservatism and healthful patriotism. Seated near them, was tho Mayor of Charleston; called the ' handsome Mayor," Mr. H , a worthy descendant of Col. Hutchinson of Cromwell's time, and of the Mrs. Hutchinson whose memoirs are so well known. He was pointed out to me by a lady with: "Don't you think he is the handsomest man in the house?" He is not a delegate, but a "looker on here in Vienna." He has been to the mammoth cave near here, within a few days past, and his description of it to me, I must give you, it is so truthful. "The sensation," said he, "on behol i? 1;? i a.. :? a Cling 11 wnen SiailUliig Winriiui UK* mam uuimr, is precisely like that experienced in gazing upon Niagara, i! is i\i:Jgura in rrposc." The Virginia delegation took a very active part in all the debates. It was, if possible, more ultra than any of tho rest The Hon. Beverly Tucker, a half brother of John Randolph, spoke often, but what he did say did not please me. He is moroover past his vigor, and entering his dotage. His speech was exceeding bitter and out of temper. 1' was almost the only one that was recriminating against the North; for a spirit of forbearance against the North has pecularly marked the whole hody. Hie North is 111.. .1 - J 4 U ^.,4 it lUtUUtrU IU uufc Jiimiivin mtimui, vi vui sister states," &c., and as 1 have said a total absence of vituperation. Mr.Tucker, however, something in the spirit and something in the manner of Randolph of Roanoke, let out his bitterness; and was sometimes forgetful that ladies were present.' He is a venerable and gentlemanljHookinjg man, and bears a.higii reputatfOftjT-betted, bnt^t is rather for what he has be*en. The most able and patriotic member of the Virginia delegation was Mr. Gordon, who spoke always well and to the purpose.? He has something of the massiveness of Webster in his manner of speaking, and was always listened to with deep interest The several delegations from the several States, (nine in all,) were seated each by itself. The two places of honor, the front pews on each side of the broad aisle, directly in front of the President's chair, was given to S. Carolina and Mississippi; on the right of the latter was Virginia, occupying two pews, on the left of Carolina was Florida. In the rearof ?S. Carolia was Alabama, and in the rearof .Uississipi was placed the Georgians. The. Tenuessee delegates among which was General Pityow, in a military white vest, and Major W. 11. Polk, the late President's brother, occupied the side view on the left of the puljiet. In front of the pulpit is a carpeted platform, within \he chancel railing, on which a dozen little green tables wore placed for editors and reporters. In the centre, before the desk, sat Judge Sharkey, and the vice-president, Uov. .McJJon ale!, of Georgia, supported by their secretaries. What, with the vast assemblage before them, and the reflection upon the impoitant subject which had convened such a house, the whole scene was imposing and solemn in the extreme. Perhaps since the meeting of tlio Signers of the Declaration of our priceless Independence, no convention has been assembled ia the Union so fraught with profound and sober interest as this. It was 110 assemblage of young politicians ambitious for notoriety. Everywhere,-as 1 looked over the house, my eyes fell on gray heads venerable by wisdoui. The majority of the members were men whose names arc known to the world with distinction?men who are the pride and glory and honor of the South. Governors, judges, exmembers of Congress, eminent jurists and distinguished orators, composed the assent bly. JLUgmhed ni its character, calm and deliberate in its debates, as if impressed with the solemnity of their combined attitude before the country and the world?they struck me as forming, lor the time being, the true congress of the country ; for the constitutional assemblies at Washington seemed to be suspended in action while this one was in session, as if waiting for tlie result of its deliberations. And there is little doubt but there was as much talent in this congress as in that. All its proceedings were marked by the severest parliamentary etiquette; and 1 heard gentlemen, who dined at the house where we were guests, say that the whole tone and temper of the proceedings and discussions were not unworthy of the United States Senate. 1 am afraid, Mr. M'Makin, you will think 1 am getting to be quite a southerner, or a disunionist. But I must write as 1 saw and as 1 feel. Opposed as 1 was to the convention. 1 cannot withhold justice where it is due. At first the citizens here were opposed to it; but day by day, as its sessions advanced, it grew into favor. The galleries (the people sovereign) thundered applause, and the ladies smiled approbation. The members beguiled the tedium of the reading of the resolutions in going from pew to pew, chatting with the beautiful women, and the sessions were thus varied by some very interesting Hirtations on the part of the handsome widowers, arid, married men, too, to say nothing' 6f bachelors, who 6eem to live single in order, to flirt Brilliant parties had been given mearly every evening to the del egiites, and dinner parties were the order of the day. The whole city, all the time of the session, was in delightful excitement, and fair widows and beautiful girls reigned in all their splendor and power. Many a heart was lost?and some of the most firm disunionists brought over to the opinion that one kind of union is at least "very desirable. Probably Nashville has never seen so gay a fortnight as that during the sitting of this brilliant Convention. The most talented and active member of the Mississippi delegation was a Mr. McKea, a man, but who has made himself a man of work by the display of his talents for debate on this occasion. The most exciting speech made was by the Hon. Mr. Colquitt, of Ca. He is built like an athletae? short, compact,and iron-look ing, with a large intellectual head, thick with wiry, gray hair, growing erect all over it, a jutting, black mouth, and a firm mouth, the whole man and whole i'acc being stamped with a rough, fiery energy. He rose to reply to some moderate member, against the Compromise 1 i believe?and growing excited, he jumped from J his pew into the broad aisle,to have more space. Here be spoke with perfect abandonment His voice rung like a bugle! lie would rapidly advance sometimes five or six steps as if about to leap the chancel railing at a bound, and then stopping full, terribly stamp Ins right foot and discbarge his artillery-like thought, which seemed bursting for more vehemence than he could give, (and never man had more,) at another time he would retreat step by step, speaking slowly in whispering irony, halt down the aisle, wncn suddenly leaping into the air, he would explode like a shell, and electrify us all. Now he would turn round and*appeal to this delegate ?now face an opposite one; now he would advance like a skirmisher, and utter hoarse, denunciatory whispers to the President in the chair, as if for his especial ear. In a word, he made a most extraordinary speech, in which the manner of all the best orators in the land was mixed up with that of some of the worst. It was oratory what a medley would be in song! It was wild, fierce, terrible, dreadful, mad?yet most wonderful to listeu to, It was eloquence tied to the back of a wild horse, Mazeppa-like! (Jeneral Pillow also spoke several times, and spoke well. I had the greatest curiosity to see him, having heard so much of him. He lives in elegant and opulent retirement, not far south of Nashville, and is very popular in this State, and will probably be its next liovernor. ah those foolish stories told about him by the papers, have been proved to have no foundation, and ought to b" dismissed from the public mind. He is in tlie v' ne of life, decidedly a handsome man, with a .narked military air. There is a smile in his eyes, and which generally plays about his finely shaped, firm mouth, that renders the expression of his countenance singularly pleasing. He looks like a gallant and chivalrous man, and his speeches were all patriotic and to the point. Tiiis distinguished man has been called vain, because some suppose he wrote a self-cotnniending account of the battles hi which ho had lbught so well. There is classic authority for such a sentiment, which I believe is not an unworthv nart of human nature. Pliuv says, in his XlXtli letter, book IX, to Jiufo: " In my opinion, every niau who lias acted a great, a distinguished part, deserves not only to be excused, bat approved, if be endeavors to secure immortality to the fame lie has merited, and to perpetuate an everlasting retncinberance ; of himself." Frontinus forbade a monument to | be erected to him, saying, "The rememberancc of mo will remain, if my actions deserve it," ** I Some men call this modest in Frontinus, but in i my opinion it is the perietion of vanity; for he is so certain that his actions will be remeniberj ed that he proclaims it to the world, i think i every man who j>erlbrms noble actions, should ! take pains that they are set right lor the eyes | of posterity; and if such a course be vain, then is Caesar the vainest of men, as ho was among the bravest and wisest. Why is it, Mr. M'Makin, (listening to the debates has led ine to the reflection,) that men talk to one or two persons, but declaim to a hundred ? You see the absurdity of making a ; loud and oratorical harangue to a single auditor, i yet let another and another he added, till there i is an assembly, and the conversation is elevated j to oratorical declamation. Pliny, who is a j great favorite with me, speaking of the same I L'likl'.xif cut ?? oui/jtuiy ottj o The reason I imagine to be," that there is I know not what dignity in the collective sentiments of a multitude, and though separately their judgment is, perhaps, of little weight, yet, when united, it becomes respeetal le." .Major Wm.H. Polk spoke two or three times early in the session, lie has a remarkable voice, deep as a volcano. Ho is a handsome man, but is bearded like an Ottoman chief. His manner of delivery is striking; from his emphatic enunciation. With every word, he makes an energetic nod forward, and the vowels arc all enunciuticd with the precision of an elocutionist, in particular tiie terminations ion, which he pronounces round and full in two distinct syllables, like a Spaniard speaking his own sonorous tongue. He always spoke to the purpose, and with great boldness. To show you how little popular applause can i be appealed to as a criterion of opinion, 1 heard ' the galleries one hour applaud a suggestion of ! "non-intercourse" from one member, and the next hour a defence of the Union from another. After passing their resolutions and Address to the Southern .States, on the ninth day of the i VT.J. | Convention, adjourned to meet again ai rtasuville, where they have been so agreeably entertained, the sixth Monday alter the adjournment of Congress, if the action of that body prove hostile to ^Southern interests. Moderate men regard this as an imprudent challenge, and porilous to be taken up. After a fow local resolutions, voting thanks to the citizens of Mash"*11" d.?;? lnveHi^olifir mwl "in the Indies for ? l*IV, IV/? IIIUK !??.? ? ? I their smiles," the President made a neat farowell speech, and the lluusc adjourned. The gallant South Carolina delegation won high favor by making a present to the Church of a superb carpet to compensate for the wear of that upon (he floor during the session. These South Carolina gentlemen have a thoughtful jMBM saroir fair e way of doing just what ought to be done. . Now Mr.M'Makin, I liave given you a sketch of my impressions of this famed Convention. I hope you will not deem it treasonable to publish it. What the result and influence of the action of this body will be, is not for a female pen to venture to say, but I believe firmly that it will have a tendency to consolidate the Union. The whole temper and tone of the proceedings cannot fail to command the respect of the North ; and I hope and heartily pray that the end of this unhappy difference will be to settle upon a firm er basis the institutions which command the admiration and homage of the nations of the earth. Respectfully, KATE. From die Baltimore Sun. Thirty-First Congress?1st Session. Wasiiixctox, July 20. Senate.?Mr. John Davis presented the petition of Edward Everett and others, in favor ol accompanying the Mexican boundary commission with a scientific corps. .Wtersome morning business, the compromise bill was taken up- the amendment of Mr. Rusk to the caucus amendment, establishing a coqimission, pending. iMr. Rusk's amendment provides that the State of Texas is entitled to all rights which she possessed to the territory east of the Rio Grande at the day of the ratification of the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo and since. A discussion followed, in which Mr. Clay, Mr. Rusk, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Hale, Mr. Seward, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Houston and Mr. Mason took part. Mr. Rusk's amendment was then rejected? yeas 12, nays 35. Mr. Mason moved a substitute for Mr. Bradbury's amendment, which was rejected?yeas 20. navs 29. Mr. Clay offered an amendment reserving the rights of both parties in case the report of the commission should not be adopted. Mr. Butler opposed it. Mr. Seward offered an amendment for the admission of New Mexico as a Shite as soon as her constitution is presented, and spoke at "length in its support, Mr, Pratt opposed it, and insisted that the Senator from New York had avowed doctrines here for which he ought to be turned out. Mr. Pratt asked the yeas and 1013-3, and the}* were ordered. Mr. Dayton requested the Senator from New York to withdraw his amendment Mr. Clay objected. Mr. Seward said he would vote for the proposition if he stood alone. He proceeded to vindicate it. If he was expelled, he should still assert that there was a law higher than human despotism?justice was above law. He read the declaration ot the State of New Mex ico, and stated that the Senator from Maryland could not succeed in his opposition to those principles. Mr. I'ratt said if the Senator imputed to him opposition to those principles, he was bound to say that he had undertaken to say what was not true. The Chair.?Order. * Mr. Dayton opposed the amendment. Mr. Male said ifSenators were to bo expelled for maintaining that there is a King of Kings | and a Lord of Lords before whom even stubborn | Republics must bend?that there was a law J above human government?ho must also be exj polled. If it was a crime, he would plead guilty to it. He would not put the Senate to the ' trouble to prove it. It was adverse to the constitution, to law, to Divine Providence. Mr. Pratt said it was easy to utter a state of facts- I, said ho, have a higher respect' for the most High, than those who daily desecrate His j name here. Mr. Hale.?Order. Mr. liuiicr.?Take down the words. Mr. Hale submitted the words in writing, j They accused him, (Mr. Hale,) of desecrating | the name of the Almighty here. Mr. Pratt.?No i said "so frequently desecrated here." The Chair said he had so understood it, or he should have arrested the remarks. Mr. Pratt proceeded. If ho made the motion to expel the Senator from New York, ho would include the Senator from New Hampshire witli pleasure, if held the ground that the Constitution was not to be regarded so far as it protected slavery. >ir. xxaie ueniea tuai no ever uworuu ?uuu a doctrine or opinion. Mr. Pratt reverted to his original allegation, that the Senator from New York had appealed to n law higher than the Constitution ; not to Divine wisdom in harmony with the Constitution. In the Divine power ho (Mr. Pratt) was an humble believer. Mr. Baldwin read and explained Mr. Sewward's "higher law" speech, showing that it had been, as ho thought, misconstrued. He also opposed the amendment of the Senator from New York.'* iMr. Jefferson Davis was not prepared for this theological disquisition. He moved an adjournment. Mr. Clay dalled the yeas and nays. The motion to adjourn was rejected, yens 23, nay^ 27. Mr. Chase said it was better to act than to threaten. If gentlemen choose, he wished they would move the expulsion of those who maintained the doctrine referred to and just read. Mr. Foote said he would gratify the Senator, and make the motion. If he would put the odious principle in distinct language, that Senators were bound to resist .cue constitution, he would move his expulsion. Now, the principle was disavowed, and ingeniously sought to be explained away, though it was certainly understood by every one, to have been asserted here -?? *? i < i r n i in tlie* nrst spcecn 01 .nr. ocwaro. Mr. Seward's amendment was rejected? yeas, Mr. Seward ; nays 42. Mr. Berrien moved an adjournment. . Mr. Foote called the yeas and nays. Mr. Clay.?You might as well give up. The motion to adjourn was carried?yeas 30, nap, 17. The Senate adjourned. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, the Boston Courier suggests, will probably bo appointed by (iov. UriggS, to succeed Daniel Webster in the feenate. mmmrnSggBsim^sm^Ssm> CAMDEN. S. C> TUESDAY EVENING, JUL? 30, 1850.. PUBLIC MEETING. AT the request of-many Citizens a Public Meeting will be held on Saturday tl>e'3rd day of August next, at 11 o'clock, at the Coml ilousn,to adopt measures necessary for building a'plank Road to the North Carolina line, V JAMES DUN LAP, Intendanf T, C, Telegraph Struck fcy Lightning. The wires between this place and Columbia were struck by lighttiiog on Sunday afternoon last, and so damaged the apparatus iu the Camden office, as to suspend its pperatioue on Monday. 53f? The communication of oyr cnrrcepondenf " J." by some strange, freak of the. mail, Iras jusf come to hand. Its eloquent description, cf the? Funeral ceremonies will be the apology for its lot?? forthcoming. We are pleased to notice the arritrpl of se veral brass pieces of Ordnance in our towu for the pnjrpoze of organizing an Artillery corps to be attached to the Cavalry. The day baa come wheu cannon should be the Orators?learn how to apply the sword and bullet arguments. ; Clay and RhetL The scene in the Senateon the 22d capped the climax of the " Adjustment" Drama. The language of Mr. Clay was the ebullition of the irritation, of a disappointed gamester. He saw the clouds of defeat gather about his cherished scheme, and vented his wratli, his uneenatorial irritation upon a South Carolina Ultra, an ultra of the Patrick Henry school, h has come to this, that a Southerner cannot talk of his rights, and speak of resisting a dastardly and insidious scheme, wrought by a President-seeking emancipationist, but a Senator,, a Senator who should have had some dignity,who, age, at least should hare taught some patriotism, must brand him as a traitor?and invoke for him a traitor's doom. It is'time for Rhetfs doctrinelie supinely a while Ipnger, and they will have gained the power, and will ipflict upon us, the martyr's doom, which the tongue of the insidious oppressor would call the traitor's fate./,. Rbett's words were but the words of Carolina.. We'rafe ail such traitors?and to a man we ll meet the traitor's fate?ere we yield to the hemp threatening Senator's compromise. The last^but not least, detestable part of this scene was the effrontery arid impudence which Clay exhibited iu going over to Senator Butler, and offering his hand, with-the remark "Come, my dear Butler, we must hare no war between Kentucky and South Carolina." "No! we would?we will have none between Kentucky and South Carolina, but let the Olive.Braoch between Henry Clay and South Caroliua be ever a withered etem.B We would Mar Butler had taught him more forcibly than 5y coldly receiving the proffered hand?that a few'words of Clayey blarney, was not a palliative to the feelinro of even one Carolinian, for the disgusting assault mhde on one of her sons, and that son R. Barnwell Rhett The Greatest XML:; Under this title we publish to-day an article from the South Carolinian, it notnecessary that we say it accords with our setittfnehtB,. The fact of its republication iu our Jonmet ig^ufficieht evidence of that We call parti differ attention to the article as it contains soine hose" ' * stubborn things" called Facts. * ' - .--v. y v'K'??"??< - t Roacl Freight* Some of the citizens of Cblymhia are jrarraly opposed to the tariff of freights between that town and Charleston; a correspond&tfcof Wednesday's Carolinian,signing h imself "Common Sense," suggests in a very emphatic mannerthe^propriety of ' Columbia and the up-conntfjr" being "freed fram the oppression of this great chartered monopoly, which would be better called the Georgia Railroad a_..tu r> .1 iU ill wuum Vstf<?/>?UU). ??"**"* vw^miiw avoii* road," thinks this could be effected by WnitrOCting "a rail or plank road to some point on Cbngaroe river below the. falls;? where "-capitalists in Charleston are ready to supply the steamboats needed. A meeting of the Commercial Association is also called to take the subject into consider-, ation. We have no particular objection to people suiting themselves, if they ^li'succeed in doing so. Competition is the Iife'of ^^Vbht-how is the South Carolina Railroad company to'do every, thing that every body wants. Don't the citizens of Columbia want' dividends from the company.-?Have there not heen complaints long-and load against the company that we were getting no dividend?. Oar people- maaf expect to 'submit to. some inconvenience for awhile, tantfl the Road runs out of its present and formereipbarrasements. Willi the South Caroling- Railroad company ice have little feult to find. ffiT* You and your nelgfibdrhave tracts of tend joiningtogether, you hoth jointly acquire another tract lying on tbe west of both your original tracts.. In appropriating it, yoa say to your neighbor, "let the old linebehveen'our tracts he stretched thi ougR this also, it will give you the larger and richer part ofiL" He 8aV6, *No,you give me air the newly acquit ed tiact aud enough .out of your original) tract to make tat two folds, and I will order that when your cattle stray on TQy tract, they shall be relumed by your proving them to be yours, ami paying the costs of proof,n There you have the princlpte of the famous Adjustment bill. - Now suppose the farmer would ssj, *weH, to save a . il . . t - u\ i-, ' ? M iricnaiy union oeiween us i wnr agree to it?> Southerners, you who favor CJay'a bitl are acting the part of this submission farmer. Could it he possible mr nis^naren ra i?y?renob ms memory;.