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' ?i????? Firm the Baltimore Sun. Thirty-First Congress?1st Session. Skvatr.?Mr. Clemens laid on the table a resolution for creating for Gen. Scott the office of Lie^t,'General. TW.compromise bill was taken up. The pending amendments to Mr. Bradbury's amendment being rejected, Mr. Dayton moved to amend by providing that the Texas question be brought before the Supreme Court After a debate, in which Mr. Cass, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Foote, and Mr. Ewiug took part, this wawiegatived? 15 to 39. Mr. Benton offered an amendment, providing that the commissioners be unprejudiced on the question. Lost, 12 to 33. Mr. Bradburry's amendment was rejected? yeas lit*, nays zo. Mr. Bradburry offered the same proposition, but providing that the commissioners be authorized to take a convenient boundary. Mr. Rusk offered to amend so as to annul and condemn all orders given by Col. Munroe, Arc. Soiiie debate followed, awl Mr. Rusk'samendment was rejected, yeas 12, nays 42. Mr." Underwood moved an addition to the, amendment, providing that in case the commissioners do not agree, or their agreement be n<H ratified* it shall be lawful to bring the case l?$fore the Supreme Court, bat withdrew it for the present. Mr. Mason moved an amendment to Mr. Bradbury's last amendment, which was decided in the .negative?yeas 29, nays 27. Mr. Hale moved an amendment?lost, 14 to 41. Mr. Turney offered an amendment providing J that no pecuniaiy consideration shall be given for altering the true line. Mr. Foote said it was a proposition leading to civil war. Mr. Turney said it was not uncommon for gentlemen to differ in opinion. Mr. Jefferson and others spoke, and the amendment of Mr. Turney was rejected?yeas 20, nays 31. Mr. Hale moved an adjournment. The Senate adjourned. July 30, 1850.?Mr. John Davis presented the credentials of the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, appointed Senator from Massachusetts in the places of the Hon. Daniel Webster, resigned. Mr. Winthrop was qualified and took his seat Mr. Mason offered joint resolutions confirming the right of Texas to territory claimed by her when she was annexed, and giving her full possession of the same. Laid over. The report of the select committee on the investigation of the Benton and Foote difficulty was ordered to be printed. The Compromise bill was taken np to-day, and Mr. Dawson moved to amend Mr. Bradbury's amendment, by limiting the proposed terri'"??>?nmon? nf Mpw Afpxico to the terri IV/liUl va tory west of the Rio Grande. Mr. Clay sapported it. Mr. Rusk, Mr. Foote and Mr. Dawson vindicated it Mr. Ewing and Mr.:Douglass and Mr. Benton opposed it Mr. Walker moved to lay the bill on the table. This was rejected?yeas 25, nays 32. Mr.JDlawson's amendment to the amendment ? i .??? "j' j j n~*~ The amendment ofMr. Bradbury as amended, was agreed to, yeas 30, nays 28. nmnn/^ Kw ctriUnfT nnf im*. l^uil ID lliuvcu IAJ auiviiu ?/j Wfi (UIII^ VH? that part of the bill which prohibits the territorial legislatures from passing any law to prohibit or admit slavery. A debate followed, in which Messrs. Phelps, Foote, Downs, Pratt and Turney took part Mr.Tuniey said the effect of the motion would be to exclude slavery. The officers of the territory would be appointed by a Northern President, and they would exclude slavery. Mr. Clay spoke in favor of striking out the clause, as it assumed a power 01 intervention r>y Congress. The North would be for the restriction and the South against it After a long debate, a motion was made to adjourn, and lost, yeas 10, nays 41. Shortly after, Mr. JefTerson Davis took the floor4 and the Senate adjourned. July 31.?'The Compromise Bill was taken up; pending the motion of Mr. Norris to strike out the provision which restricts the territorial governments from passing any law prohibiting or establishing slavery. Mr. JefTerson Davis opposed it. The amendment was agreed to. veas 32. navs ? _ 0 ^ 21. Mr. Walker brought forward an amendment striking out all except what relates to California. But Mr. Pearce offered an amendment, which took precedence, to wit: to reinstate what had been stricken out relative to New Mexico, and the amendment of Mr. Downs adopted yesterday, and provides that the territorial government of New Mexico shall go into operation on the 4th day of March, 1851. Mr. Pearce spoke in support of the motion. Mr. Foote resisted it, and declared that it would defeat the bill. Mr. Rusk opposed the amendment He had hoped that Texas would be at rest for one day. He would stand to be shot at, but not everyday to be snapped at He complained of the want of sympathy and regard for the rights and feel * i-rn. - II. .f. 'J 1I..1 ings 01 1 exas. ne was airaiu mai some were ready to test tlie strength of this government in n conflict with a State. It would be found a hazardous ex[>eriment. Mr. Dawson opposed the amendment. Mr. Shields had with reluctance voted for the amendment of the Senator from Georgia. Upon reflection, he would ?->t defend that provision: and he would support the amendment of the Senator from Maryland, (Mr. Pearce.) Mr. Benton spoke at length in support of the amendment, and in opposition to the surrender of New Mexico to Texas. He was in favor of keeping possession of New Mexico until the ti tie was decided by competent authority. Mr. Houston and Mr. Dawson replied. Mr.' Pearce's amendment was finally agreed to?striking out certain sections relative to N. Mexrco. Mr. Dawson's amendment was agreed to, yeas 33, nays 22. The questiou was then 011 Mr. Pierce's amendment, providing that the territorial government of New Mexico shall not go into effect till the 5th of March, 185lv Mr. Douglas moved a substitute for it. Mr. Hale moved indefinitely to postpone the bill. This was rejected, yeas 27, nays 32. Mr. Underwood said the bill could be passed, but it was necessary to give New Mexico a government. Do it ourselves or let Texas do it, or have a territorial government. Itwa9 our duty to give New Mexico a government, and he was willing to put in any clause saving the rights of Texas. The question was taken on Mr. Douglas's amendment providing that the commissioners shall report by the 15th December, and that until Congress adjusts the boundary dispute, the rights of both parties shall remain as they are. This was rejected, 24 to 33. Mr. Turney moved to postpone the bill indefinitely. This was lost, yeas 29, nays 30. Mr. Atchison gave notice of an amendment to strike out all excepting what related to Utah. Mr. Underwood's amendment to the amendment striking out the limitation ill Mr. Pearce's motion, was lost, 25 to 32. Mr. Yulee moved to strike out the Board of Commissioners and all that remained in the bill on that subject. This was agreed to, yeas 29, nays 28. Mr. Chase moved an indefinite postponement of the bill?lost, 29 to 29. August 1.?The Senate, on motion of Mr. Douglas, took up the California Bill reported from the committee on territories. Mr. Foote moved to provide that California shall exercise no jurisdiction south of the parallel of 35 deg. 30 tnin. Mr. Dawson supported it Mr. Foote said he should not vote for the bill withoutthe amendment, and he did not think it would pass the j other House without it -- " ' 1 - - I Mr. Mason maae some remanis iu euppu.?v. the motion. Mr. Clay was in favof of the admission of California. He commented at length and with great severity on the causes of the defeat of the Compromise Bill. For himself he intended to be unawed by the threats of individuals or of States against this Union. While he had a voice or an arm he would raise them in defence of the Union._ Mr. Foote spoke at length in comment upon disunion sentiments, as expressed particularly in South Carolina at public meetings and in public papers. After some remarks, in which Mr. Foote, Mr. Butler. Mr. Hale and Mr. Dickinson took part, the bill was postponed till to-morrow. The bill to admit California as a Slate, to provide, for the establishment of the territories of New Mexico and Utah, and to moke certain propositions to Texas in regard to boundaries, and for other purposes, was read the third time, | amidst some laughter. The bill was passed and title amended. The Senate adjourned. House of Representatives.?Mr. White asked the unanimous consent of the House to offer a resolution providing that the Speaker shall appoint a special committee of twenty one members to consult, and report to the House such a bill as will be calculated to allav the ?* Av?;?ninn.if art A cretin tbp nnpstinna ner nianently which have caused the excitement Objection was made by Messrs. Root and Carter to. ^e. resolution, andif yvaa pot introOn motion of Mr. Duer, the rules were suspended, and the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. Disney in the Chair,) and resumed the consideration ol the fortification bill. Mr. King moved to strike out the item of 830,000 for the preservation of the site of Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor. The question was taken and the Committee refused to strike out?ayes 11; nays 104. Mr. Jones moved to reduce the item of $50,000 to Fort on Soller's Point Flats, Baltimore harbor, to $25,000. Mr. Kerr defended the necessity of this fort, and the whole amount of the appropriation. The Committee refused to make the reduction. Mr. Thompson, of Pa., moved an amendment linking the application of the appropriation to works nearly completed, which was voted down. The bill was then reported to the House, when Mr. Bayley moved the previous question. A message was annouuced from the Senate, with bill for the establishment of a territorial government for the Territory of Utah. Its annunciation created a general laugh. Mr. Kaufman moved to lay the bill on the table, pending which, on motion, the House adjourned. MR. CLAY AND MR. 'RHETT. Recently in reading the debates of the Senate we were struck with astonishment at a most outrageous vindictive attack by Mr. Clay on the strictly Honorable Robert B. Rhett, frequently a member of Congress from South Carolina. Mr. Rhett is now a private citizen and an amiable man. It was a safe attack because Mr. Rhett cannot reply to Mr. Cluy on the door of the Senate, and thus " right, his wrongs wherever given." And Mr. Clay's age and Mr. Rhett's religious associations alike Ibrbid that mode of retaliation which our southern sentiments and customs approve: a law higher than the law. Mr. Clay said "Mr. Rhelt teas a traitor, and j i _ < ). /\-i_ > n; . .. ... acscrvea a iruuur s juit;. it u regrei mat some southern Senator had not the manliness to l>oard Mr. Clay with the word Liar. This word Traitor has now become so common, that we copy the true definition of Treason from the Constitution of tho United States?Article3. sec.3. "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or iu adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort:" We commend this definition to Mr. Clay.?His ideas were always loose, and it is scarcely possible that any inan who knew what legal Treason was, should declare in tho Senate that a public speech at Charleston amounted to it. But it may be that Mr. Clay distinguishes be tween legal ana moral treason, but he would it seems, punish both alike, consign both sinners to the Bame late. Well, ther * is auch a thing as a moral or a figurative Treason. By this wo understand the man whose tongue and heart are unfaithful to his country. In this sense of the term, we pronounce Henry Clay a Traitor to to hiscountry, to his constituents who have cherished bim, to the laud of his birth. Yes, sir,' the clouds which now surround us are of your own invoking. But for your influ cnce in theNational Councils since 1820; but for your continual bartering and compromising of the rights of the south fora hope of the Presidency; but for your alliance with the profits of our pillagers such as protective tariffs, rotten banks,&c., the country would now be safe, the Union in no peril. If the Union is dissolved, sir you are the traitor who has for 30 years been engaged in sapping its foundation, and shivering its columns. Tottering as it now is, and as you are to dissolution, it would not be inappropriate if the Temple and the Ephesian who fired it should perish together. That you are eloquent and brave, no man doubts: but you are ambitiousaud selfish.? Wilmington Aurora. TFIBDE JI(D)raHAILs. CAMDEN. S. C. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6,1850. The Camden Meeting and the Union. The course that the Washington Union has pursued toward the South, has severed it forever from the confidence of the Southern People. And now with ua pale and yellow melancholy," he decries each raevemettf of the South as "more Ultraism," "Treastm," and like expressions of horror. We take no notice of the pecuniary incentives which drive this paper to the support of the Grand National Party." And coupled with them the efforts ot its reputed co-editor?Gen.Foote?to gain a place under the government, since it is certain he can no longer represent the people he has betrayed. Mr. Ritchie would fain still the tumult in the South?he would have them yield to Northern agj gression, and place their necks as footstools for the North to uphold the "glorious Union"?and wonder in concert with Mr. Foote at the character of the toasts at our celebrations in Carolina on the 4th. As veil might he sit, Vulture like, on the verge of Ema's crater and with his hoarse croaking, thiuk to 6till the rumbling thunder of its inward fires. He remarks, relative to the Union, that "there is imminent danger, and our brethren Mnrth an mjpII an nf thp Smith should be ac quainted with the signs that are exhibited in the horizon. On the present occasion to which we refer, it is not one man whose speech breathes discontent and disunion; but it comes to us in the shape of a popular meeting which has taken place at Camden, in South Carolina." Does he look at the papers? Does he not see from Arkansas to Florida, demonstratiQns of the same nature? lie ask^ u is Col. Gregg mad ?" h Father Ritchie mad! the indications are against him. To suppose that an aged Politician, and a southerner too, could think the South so tame as to submit to the miserable efforts of political jugglery to degrade and subject her. In awful array he copies the entire proceedings of the Camden meeting, and holds us up \o the horror stricken North as "Disunionists." You are right, we are disunionist, Untune mn gnf Ailfl tfirt U wwtu our title to our own, with our swords for pens, and our b'ood the ink, depend upon it that titlo will be drawn?3d 30 is most emphatically our ultima I turn. We have all to gain by a dissolution of the Union?nothing to loose?and can you listen to the mighty voice, which is rising from the Dan to the Beereheba of the south, a; 1 doub4 our determination ? Every breeze bears ujon its wings the oathes of a nation of freemen, to assert their rights ?and think you, Father Ritchie, that the threats of a hemp rope, from one whose life has been one long, deep curse to the South?the picayune blustering of him whose business it is to Foote Clay bills, or the long union homilies of your most worshipful Editorship, can convert the South into submissionists! If so, you are sadly mistaken. You class us with Seward, Hale, &c.?well Seward and Hale are better friends to the South than you, Mr. Foote, Mr. Clay, &c. are. They are the open enemy?the honesl enemy?we see their advances and know how to meet their attacks. You would mask the abyss and direct our footsteps di-i .1- ii .i! *1... U^? recuy over usmuuui. wneve lien, tue uuiajiuia ot tlie South, as you term them, are numerous enough to have the Union as they made it, or have it not at all. We ask the North 110 favors, and we shall never ask them any quarters. E57~Our location and institutions mark us as the people to take that stand relative to America that Sparta or Athens held towards Europe, and we should, like them, prepare to meet any and every emergency. Let us have Spartan training to accomplish Spartan acts. We suggest ,to the next Legislature the establishment of branch Military Schools throughout tlie Stale, say one for each Congressional District, which should be not only preparatory wbodls, but able to give a full course in military and practical sciences. Let us have young men who know how to handle the sword as well as Horace?who spend more time in acquiring a practical and useful education, such as is generally attained at those schools, than in poring over Greek and Latin, and reading always of men and acts, and take no measure to enable themselves to imitate them. The expense will be small, and the benefits incalculable, and we earnestly hope the Legislature will adopt some plan of accomplishing this important purpose. The Pistol Committee Has reported. It makes Mr. Benton in the first place the aggressor. Acquits Mr. Foote for his defence but condemns the wearing of arms in the Senate. The Hornet's Nest. The editor of this truly excellent paper has added to its title the word "True Southron," and the paper is now published under the name of the "Hornet's Neat and 'lYue SouthronWe have on several occasions noticed the bold and decided position he had taken on the side of Southern rights, and we hail this as an additional pledge of his fidelity to the South. The Hornet's Nest was the first paper in the old North State to rise up in defence of Southern Rights, and echoing as we hope and beiieve it does, the voice of old AJeckenburg, the feeling will no doubt, spread as in days of yore, until few will be left willing to wear the chains their Northern "brethren" are now forging far them. We make the following extracts from the editor's reasons for a change of title: "All along we have supported a position which seemed to call either for some other name than the 'Hornets' Nest/ or for some addition to the present. We came to the conclusion that the addition was best ' Hornets' Nest' commemorates the events in our early history, which have given to Mecklenburg a fame that will never die whHe there shall be a language to record it in, and wo have thought it very appropriate to have connected with that which calls up the past?something which has an immediate and close intimacy with the present and future, and consequently we have added the title, Tkub Southiiojt. " True Southron our paper shall be in. every sense of the word. True to the interest of the Imo fn V?or linnni* trim t/> ovarv thimr WVUHIj Kl UV VV MVI MWMVI } ?i uv v./ V. V. > g 6he may hold dear. True to her now, true when the conflict shall wage fiercely, and true if we be the last left upon a defeated field to lisp in dying accents?the South, the South forever. We see that she is either to l?e trampled upon and succumb to submission of the most shameful and degrading kind, or stand up and proclaim she will dare attempt at- every hazard to sustain her rights, her honor, her position. We see she is to become a mere cypher in the confederacy, to bow the knee to the Belial of oppression, or to occupy her proud position as the most noble of the Union, or to establish her independence, and we have not hesitated where to place ourself, and it is, to be with her through victory or defeat, through weal or wo, through honor or through blood. "in view of these considerations, and this our determination, we have added the title in question, and if any conduct of out's ever belie it, I ask the first Southern traitor I meet (the lowest character in the world,) to cat my throat." PLANK ROAD MEETING. Camden, Aug. 3, 1850. At a meeting of the citizens of Kershaw, held this day at the Court House, on motion, Cbas. J. Shannon, Esq., was called to the Chair and J. B. Kershaw appointed Secretary. The Chairman explained the objects of the meeting in a few appropriate remarks of a practical character. Col. Jas. Chcsnut jr. offered the following resolutions with a few earnest and pertinent apjieala to the meeting, to come fully up to the exigency of the occasion. 1. Resolved, That in the opinion of the citi zens of Camden and Kershaw LMstnci, wno are here assembled, a Plank Road from this place through Lancaster to Monroe, or some other point in North Carolina, will promote the commercial and other interests of the places indicated, and ought therefore td be built. 2. Resolved, That tho citizens of Kershaw District will constmct tlie said Road to the dividing line between iaincaster and Kershaw, provided the citizeugof Jyancastyr will cogtinue ' the- Ilottd toHWe diyldiugline, between North and South Carolina, and the citizens of North Carolina will continue it to Monroe or some other suitable place in that State. 3. Resolved, That we invite the citizens of Union, Stanly, Anson, Cabarrusand old Mecklinburg, North Carolina, and of Lancaster District, South Carolina, and such other Districts and Counties as are favorable to the measure, to send delegates to meet in LancasterviIIe, on the first Monday in September next, for the purpose of settling the plan and devising the means of building the said road as soon as practicable. 4. Resolved, That twenty-one delegates Ik? appointed by the Chairman of this meeting to represent us in the proposed Convention. Maj J. M. DeSaussure seconded the resolutions and commented on the subject at some length, estimating carefully the reasonable results of the enterprise. Messrs. W. E. Johnson, J. M. Cooper, and other gentlemen severally made a few remarks and the resolutions were adopted. The Chairman then appointed the following gentlemen delegates to the Convention: Capt. Thomas Lang J. S Cunningham, Esq. Maj J. M. DeSaussure A. D. Jones, Esq. fl i 1 Col. J as. Chesnut, jr. w. d. i ieicner, i>sq. Col. J. B. Kershaw Capt J. M. Ingrem J. M. ^ooper, Esq. Col. T. P. Ballard W. E. Johnson, Esq. Col. J. C. Haile J. B. Cureton, Esq. Maj. D. D. Kirkland Col. T. L. Dixon Col. Wm. Drakeford Col. L. J. Patterson John P. Knox, Esq. J. It. Dye, Esq. Dr. J. W. Ford Capt B. Jones. On motion of Maj. J. M. DeSaussure it was Resolved, That the Chairman be requested to correspond with the Pablio -Authorities of the various Districts and Counties named in the third Resolution and invite them to^twite in said Convention. On motion of Col. J. Chesnut, Jr., ordered that public notice be given of the intention to apply for a charter at the next session of the Legislature, as required by law. On motion of Maj. DeSaussure, Resolved, That when this meeting adjourn, it stand adjourned to tho first Saturday after the first Monday in September next, to receive a full report from our Delegates to the Convention. The meeting then adjourned. C. J. SHANNON, Ch'm. J. B. Kershaw, Sec. o For the Camden Journal. tup dt amwt nmn THE CRISIS! JL11U A JUaiiia. - *-r " There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune." Ono of tlieso propitious tides the people of Camden wisely seized at the full flood in '45, and have since sailed on a sea of comparative prosperity. Another is swelling up, and if again wo opportunely launch upon it we may continue to spread our sails and ride prosperously, moving on " like a thing of life but failing?shallows, quicksands,and disastrous shipwreck shall speedily overtake us. The sagacious, enlightened and public spirited men of Union county, North Carolina, have taken the initiative, have nobly led in this most important enterprise. And Lancaster too? though disheartened by the failure of her noble effort tor r. Kail Road, and reluctant at first in this movement, but always ready, as in 1812, ft when ber whole regimenfcof 12W men at Jbe tap of the drum stepped forward as volunteers r to meet and drive biHk the arrogant: foe?always ready, when her duty is made clear, to1 perform it at any and all hazards, stands pre pared to meet as at the line?has challenged m in a spirit of noble emulation and maoty public' spirit to meet her there. And where is old Ker shaw in this great argument! SiOw to more,. but hard to beat, she too will be found **np to the full point," whether it be "near the flashing-of the guns'' on the field of battle'Of on the fcr nobler field of peacefnl public spirited nadlfcenificententerprize. .? Are there yet any wlm doubt the necessity,the policy of a prompt, manly and effective prae- i tical response to the invitations- the generous nk.illuiwroa tlmt hnvp rpndiAft n?- Atfi there. 1U1V : ^ hesitating to take up the giove )<f sack at controve rpy. Then let them turn to MillsvMapr of South Carolina, and trace a line from'Colombia, via Rioe Creek Springs, 16 miles from Camden, and Winnsboro, Chester^iwd theNation ford to Charlotte and Salfcbuty; 3tiotbei< from Manchester via Sumter andDarbngtotf Court Houses to Wilmington; another from* Darlington via Cheraw tckConcortT, aud stilP another frou> Fayetteville to Concord orSaffe'bury; and then consider whitt vimU be the'eitn-dition of Cdmden and all bei* dependent inter ests, when the Rail and Plauk roads'cimtewipluted and in rapid' progress upon the lied* indicated shall be complete. Remember,- that tlioan mad* witWuit fnmrwtitinn will enmmaild- J all the trade beyond them, and for ten* tniles at | least, within them. 'Miiok^weearnestly invoke> you, of tlie character of the soil and geological structure of the country, the trade of which Will ' still be left to Camden! What is iti Mostly a narrow region of Band hills and slate formation, > already worn oat, or ineapabfo-of improvement Can the trade of this region sustain Camden! We repeat, let die merchants, "the tradesmen, the mechanics, the lawyers and the doctors, aye, the RevM Clergy, and those whose noble vocation is "to teach the young idea- how to shoot," the planter, the jodgo, and the retired gentleman, aye, all whose'faoilities of trade, means of aducation, religions instruction and social intercourse,depend upon the prosperous condition.of damrlnn?Let them reflect what will be their own condition when the statu of Camden shall have become Courthouse shops and dagegrie*, with houses abandoned and dilapidated and worthless; churches and schools closed' or shrunk to skeletons, when the rolling of the cars shall be heart! but once" a Week, or the road be broken np entirely and your Banks all closed and withdrawn. Is this exaggeration f Consider the effect of forcing into market a dozen of the principal houses! A reduction of half the'whdle value of the real estate of Camden would follow! and then another dozen, andunotberi But will these disastrous results come Upon us? Circumscribe the trade of Camden within the limits indicated and where will the Mathesons, the Villepigues. the Levys, the McDowalls, the Ken 1? J nrra/la. neuys, auu Lsuuiupt), auu ouicn III WHU gauuv be found with their capital, their charader and skill? In Cbarfofcie,Chester, Winnbboraand Salisbury. Is this but wild prophecy ? Mene, nieoe tekel: tliy glory shall depart and shall be given to others; live or ten years will unfold thebook of fate and the prophecy will be a tact accomplished. ' -- 'x What will avert this impending- doomj - We answer, a Plaxk Road, or s vsfK* -of^Ptaxk. Roads, projected northward, eastward and. .westward. These will do it No artificial uieans of transportation of persons .OFr things, yet devised, on such Kites as we propose tooccupy can compete with these roads^ Thtyvill curry ike trade acrosr Jhe line* of'RaiT.Ro^d* awl from the rtry towns at their termini.. The actual cost of toH for 100 pounds -1OO^ihS^npon a plauk road at the.ratefc established upon, some already m operation and p?K^ as high, as 80 per oeut profits, is only threcr cents!? Three cents J00 pounds per- 100 rtiiles!' This; ha (Wmar would hjiVA tn nnv_< iJWoold betJBV . 7i~?" r~4 --^ v - ,? it? or would he subject Ms Gbftoir," flojir, wheat, corn, or bacon to n Rail Road cferge bfat least 1 25 cents per hundred mibw'T. B u t are we able to, Wild it ! ,Ab]eX tfliy, the 1 met libera end [ww holders ?f a single Church in Camden are worth three^nUluMe bf dollars; a tithe of their annual iocdroe would build half what we are reqnired to-dd. Able!-the* real and personal estate oflBeto^n ^Camded, including merchandize, is oue'milHon ; one years income and profits would Wild the road to Concord and Cbnrlotfe.; <ndoe<1 l why toe Corporation of Camden cair Knild 20 miles of the road and not rrdd pde"doUar to tfcepresent scale of taxation?perhaps the lowest in the Union. Able is not the word. Are ybu *ill~ ing ? Do yon see your danger ? Have yon the spirit to meet it?to meet it. noj/v Have none prejudged the in^err^Aye^'there'no nnmanly prejudices? Ai&:riohedusjjbsetflo sbirk their fair share of'a contribution to an enterprize, noble in itself sud of conlnion iiftbrest? of universal benefifc-from the poorest laborer in the streets to the richest1' merchant or planter. It was said on a former -great, occasion by an eminent riri*en then of i&mdeir, ""Is-there any / man in this house, having a common interest, who perceives that the work will ihu're to hia advantage, and who is able,* mid who shirks his just share of the commorf charged If there be$ I icould not trust him withmy purse." Let every maq 'put the matter to Iiis own mind?to his own heart?be true to kimsrlf, and do his duty to his oouritry,' and the work will be done. Camden will again advance.? Our children will riso up and call us blessed, outworks shall follow uS, and the wise- ancT good! will praise us. ' BLANDING. NON-INTERVENTION DEFINED. I During tlie California debate in the House om the 29th inst, our immediate Representative 1 - - ? v . J , " took occasion to refer to tnis ceieoraiea term, which oxhibits so striking an illustration of Talleyrand's definition of language?**a means invented for concraling our thoughts." He is thus reported: Mr. Woodward said he had but two view* to. present We were told that the question whether rights in slave property in the territories he' recognized by the Constitution, should be determined by the courts either for or against those rights, good faith and respect for the decisions of the courts, would bind the North