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^lfp1- in. Correspondence of tbe CJatrlettan IVl-.-rcury. ( T3isrty-iTirsS t?xJi;ves?"2ij<l sc-sio a. W.wmnc.TOV, J.in. 11. In t!.e Senate, among -the petitions present i ed, were severui hy .vir. Cooper from citizens nf Pennsylvania, asking the lepeal of ti e Fugitive Slave l.i .v. A iter some observations on the v Ac ts, so c tiled,uf last ->j r-sion, !.e said tiie pi ayer of the petitioners was not to - l?e taken as an indication of the opinion of the mass of the people of lVnns^lvani.i on the su'ject; for lie knew that the people of that , State, as frbody*meant to abide by the Fugitive Slave law io its spirit. The memorials were then, without debate, referred to the Judiri :ry Committee.* He then presented two petitions against the extension of slavery, and for its abolition in T e Distiict of Columbia, both of which were immediately laid on the table, there being no disposition to debate them. Tliig, so far as it goes, is well, for it shows that there is no disposition to create any more fanatical capital at tiie present session. Mr. Underwood moved to take up the joint resolution of the Mouse making the laud war rants under tiie Act of September 23, ItoO, as signal)!?. Mr. Walker opposed the motion, and argued against the making of these warruntsassi'jnahlr. lie contended that ia such a case the benefit of the act would go to brokers and japecufnm.s instead of to. too soldiers. After some discussion, the motion of Mr. Underwood was lost by a vote of ayes, 17, noes Co. The Senate tlien took up the !)ill to ecdo to the several otntes she public lands lying therein respectively, on condition that lite said Slates shall severally grant the said lauds to actual'occupants only, in limited quantities. Mr. I deli took the floor and spoke until the adjournment, in opposition to the bill. The next bill in order is the French Spoliation bill, which. Mr Smith says he is determined to push through at the eailicst possible moment. In tire House? a resolution was adopted by a hfrire niajoiitv, giving Mr. Asa Whitney the use of trio Hall for the purpose of ox; laim >g in < * of it railway to the Paciiic. It is esV._ tabiishiug a bud precedent, for hereafter the House cannot consistently refuse other applicants. Tire resolution of Mr. Chandler directing i the Coiiiinittee on Commerce to report on the expediency b("reducing the value of our silver v-crtins so as to prevent their exportation, was taken up and adopted. Mr. Lanaluim moved a suspension of the rules to eutible him to introduce a resolution t declaring it'to be inexpedient and improper to repeal lire fugitive Slave Law. After a good deal ofdisorder and confusion, the question on sQspendiug the rules wa< nut and decided iu the negative?Yeas 1*23, Nays ' 84, not Kvo thirds. "I^ie bill to reduce the rates of postage was next coneiiWed, and Mr. Potter, the Chairman of the Committee which reported it made the closing speech. The House then, without further action on t'.ie bill, adjourned. . . jFrum a statement made this morning by tinCo omissioner of Pensions, it appears that - ? I I.. over 40,000 claims tyr bounty l..n<i aiv anvauv on band, and that mom are arriving at- the Qtte'of^ibuut a thousand per day. Mr. Butterfield, the Couiiiiis.-ioi;er ol" tint Land Office, is not to be removed, the nuaievfous reports to the contrary notwithstanding. General Uer?m and son, of Chili, and Cou.ide Lasterie, of France, are among the distiut goished ."trangers in the city. Tho French Midister was surprised to find his early departure announced in nearly all the papers. He says he has heard nothing IVo.n Frjnfie on the subject of his recall. Thus Error flies round the earth while Truth is putting on her sandals. By an olfij d letter t!iis morning, it appe ir? the Lawrence will be in readiness to sail for tlie World's Fair on the first of next m > it.i. Sprigg, the.fre,'ncg.o who reoe itly i.i opeu day attacked with a knife and robbed a respec table citizen, was yesterday tried, and found guilty of an assault with intent to murder.? He will go to the Penitentiary lor at least ten years. f- Reported for the Baltimore Sun. Wasiiijcgtov, Jan. 15, 1S51. Skvatk ?Mr. Clay presented three petition* from inti'ens of Indiana, praying (doagres>i mial aid i t tho colonization off. ee negroes. He also presented a memorial, numerously and most respectably signed by citizens of Rhode Island, praying the establishment of a line of steamers or of sailing-packets between the'-Uaited Elites and t ie cosst of Africa. f13 ill i led to t ie si ive trade, a i 1 1i?: f..i! ire to suppress it ciLcUally bj nie i is of the joint squaJron.s ol'.Creat Britain, France and l.'i United .States.npn the coast of Afiiea. lie pointed nut the^tmniense extent of the slave trad" carried on in Brazil, mid t> the fact that the trade was carried on \.ii:ily in Am -.iran vessel?. The vessels were sol i iii Brazil to he delivered on the coast of Africa, and by these means the slavers*succeeded in getting to Africa under the American Hag. Sailors were then either obliged to navigate slavers home, or pe.i h on the const of Afr ca. For this he recommended as a remedy that no sea letter or auth.i ity h given to any ves-il to trade between s'aea ourts and tile coast o. \f. ica. lie argued the Mpiudrjin oa tae coast o|' Afric i, .vas a great expense, and tic lives and health m'seamen were expofed, a id very little good, resulted. He contended the true and only etJectii.il reinediv for tiie suppression of the slave trade was to coin aize the whole coast of Africa, and thas cut tiie trade off at its threshold. He depicted the depraved condition i \v a.sit free negroes would ever experience i i tiiir eouatry, and pointed to the shores of Africa us the n ily place where they could ever < expect to njoy n contented or happy existence, i The petitions were tiieo referred to the com- j mittee on commerce. < Mr. Uale presented a petition from Mont- < gmnery county, Pennsylvania, praying the im- j mediate rope d of the fugitive Slave Law. lie gaid t.iat, after tae example of others, lie would | comment on the petition. He pronounced the s F'jgkiva Slave Law a reproach to tbo age of I T ?T T -T,-.-? ? L-, civilization, aud a perfect parody on the Con-J dilution. Mr. Foote called to order. It was not in J nuler thus to speak of the legislation cf Con- ! gITSS. Mr. Rusk said, if speeches were allowed on petitions, nothing could be done in the morning hour. The Chair decided that the Senator from New Hampshire was in order, .Mr. Foute ashed if the Chair decided that the Jc.tutor was out of order. '1 he Chair repliedJu dJie Negative. .Mr. Foote said thjjjfteoator then was at liberty to denounce ti^'rogjsLitiou of Congress a= long as he pleased.* Nir. liale s;dd he would r.ot, go half as far as the Senator from Mississippi diJ at last, session upon .he legislation of Congress in regard to the public printer. He then proceeded to re * / I - ply to some remarks01 mr. v^uy, whim iuagain called to order, and the Chair su^taiucil toe point of order. Mr. Whitco.nb moved to lay the petition on the table. The yeas and nays were taken? before the vote was announced, Air. Foote called attention of the Chair to the laet that several Senators were present who had not voted. Mr. Vulee said he had not voted, and had a reason for not doing so. Mr. Foute insisted on the bill being engrosseiL -Mr. Yul?n\ after much confusion, &c., obtained leave to state as his reason for not voting, that tlieie were resolutions pending before the Legislature of l lorida, instructing their Senators not to vote on any cpteslion relating to the Fugitive Slave Law. Mr. J note still insisted on the bill. Mr. Yulec ashed to be excused from voting. Mr. Manguni asked for yeas and nays on excusing Mr. \ ulee. Mr. Hale asked to be excused from voting on the motion to excuse the Senator from Florida. The present law was that all should vote, and lie did not know whether to vote for tiie enforcement of the law or wait for the " higher law" from Flo.ida. Air. So waul said lie would vote for any one who did not desire to vote. Air. Foote was surprised at the harmony between Senators from Flo.ida, and New York on the general doctrine of higher law. Mr. Berrien said the reason was not satislac tory. After further debate, The Chair decided that it was not iu order at the time to ask to be excused. Every one should vote, lie directed die Secretary to call the Senator from llorida. The Secretary call*l ?VI.. \ hul lli:if <ri>nt|(>in.ui cu luc name ui .Hi. a u4vv | ./M. D did not respond. .Mr. Wintlirop said that in Uic House the paactice had been to call a member, and if he refused to vote it was a case for censure, to be acted on after the vote was over. .Mr Butler said he was in the same position as the Senator IYoui Florida, he had not voted nor di.i lie intend to vote. The vote was then announced, as follows: Wms ? .Messrs. Atchison, Hell, Uerrien, Borland, Bradbury, Cass, Clay, Clemens, D ivis, of "diss., Dawson, Dickenson, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, DoWiis, 1'elcii, Foute, Ciwi.j, Houston, iluiiier, Jones, King, Mangnni, Mason, Moiton, Norris, I'earce, Fiulps, Kliett, Rtis';, Shields, Soule, Spruance, Underwood, Wales, Whitcomb?iio. Nays?.Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Chase, Cooper, Davis, of .Mass., Davton, Dodge, of vl:, iImiill.i * Miller. Seward. it ii., > < ) t I Smith, Upham, Walker, \\ inthrop?10. So the petition was l.tiJ on the table. Air. I'eniee presented the uieinoii.il of .Mr. Blackstone and others, tnaniheis of the Constitation.il Convention of Al.inland, praying t.iat a coat/act may be entered i. to by ill.; uiuvernment wil.i Wai. it. t_la.ko lor t ic transportation of toe mail f u n Liaitim j.o a .J Noitoiii by steamers to some port in ihiglaud. After tne petitions ami reports, tile Senate took up tile bill to c de t ie public lands to the States in vv.iic.i tney lie, on certain condition*, itc. Air. Walker concluded iiii remarks i.i support ui toe bill, a.lor wbicii toe mil vims p > tpooeJ, a i i l.ie Senate the i went into exeestiv .session and shoilly inter a Ijonnied. tioUsK ok lti;iMK-K.\ i'.v riv-ks. ? i'ne amendment proposed yesterday, just prior to t ie committee rising, la.it tac po .l.ige 0.1 all jvi-i lelleis iessl.i.in naif an unnce,s.i.dl oe three cents; and 0.1 alt unpaid letters, ol less l.ian half an ounce, ii?e cents; and taat 110 mail route or compeii a..tieu to postmasters he discontinued in con* se jueuce of ttie passing of tae act, again came up, ami was decided in t.'ie negative. .'dr. U.ow.i, ll-ooi Jmi 111:1, moved that the noataire on a I lett us carried a distance leas i tan 3'JO mill's be three cents, and on all letters ueyond taat distance, in hula cases weigiii ig Jess ta ut Itali an ounce, live cents, and lite same for every additional half ouitce : on all droji letterg Iavo cents; which was negatived, 73 to 5'd. it Was then (irojiosed as ? ainendment that the poit.ige tinder 300 mi es shonld he three eeiits ?" t'^er 503 miles and less tliat 1,000, live cents, and over 1001), ten cents; which was negatived, there appealing only thirty-eight in laVitr. Several other amendments were proposed, eitiier the same or similar to those which were voted upon yesterday, and were lost; among which was one lor establishing an uniform rate d'live cunts, there being 00 for and 70agaiast li. .Mr Putter, of Ohio, moved as an amend nent tiiat the postage on a letter weighing less than half ail ounce, and soon in proportion, he three cents; and that no post route be discontinued in consequence of the passing of the act; which was carried, 01 to 70. The postage on newspapers was the next subject of consideration, and various amendments to the second section of the bil, were proposed and negatived ; among which was j?e authorising the circulation of papers of 950 square inches, throughout tho United States, ipou pre-payment of half the usual postage. Phe object was to promote 'the circulation of tapers published by religious and benevolent iocieties, but in favor of which only 41 raetnicre voted. * All amendment pending, that paper*,, when circulated in tho county where published, or within thirty miles of the place of publication, be transmitted free of postage, waa carried by a vote of 70 to 40. It was agreed that fifty per cent, of the postage on magazines and other periodicals b i remitted when postage shall have been pre-paid. The committee then rose and Ihe House adjourned. LAW COURT OF APPE\LS. This Court was engaged, on Thursday last, and part of yesterday, fn hearing an appeal in a murder case of considerable interest. It was ! the case of the Srtnte vs. Abr.un llabon and his i two sons Ali mm t id iJuke Ration, indicted for feme . . :!;i '.labun, nephew of Abrain | - , : "I , i: - irrv Dist;irt, on the 4th : . . . is tried before his honor : ' T..,.... ; iti.VJ, ...i.l iVujltjJ ii the conviction o Fair the defendants. The case was elaborately argued | lor the appi.il-nits, by W. \V. llarllee and llobt. M mm. Inquires, and for the State, by the : Hon. \V. J. liaiina, Statu Solicitor. The lather and his two sons were present in Court dui ring the argument. The decision of the Court will probably be given 0:1 Monday next ? Chits. Courier, 1 S:h ins/. U. S. DISTRICT COURT. On Wednesday last, in t!ie District Court of the United States lor this District, His Honor, 1 Judge Gilchrist, presiding. Morgan Aslicr..ft, otherwise called Drown Morgan Ashcraft, was brought into Court un. der two indictments. Under the first, he was I cba'ged that, as Carrier of the United States ! Mail, on the route from Camden to the vill rgu ; of York, in the State of South-Carolina, be abstracted therefrom and embezzled a letter containing no article of value. The b-tter was written by one Jesse Briimfield, and was deposite I in the Post-OtHee, at Ebenezer, on the Uth day of June, 1S49, to be carried to the distributing Post-Otiiee at Yorkville. Under the second indictment he was charged 1 -i?I. 1 : ...1 ... 1... 1 \i.,;i Willi ll.iviil^ amii'ii lii/iu me uiiiuvi vuuwo .umi, | on the same route, a letter containing articles ' of value, deposited in the Post-Ottice at Coat's i Tavern by one P. M. McFadden, on 23rd day of June 1849 The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the indictments. For the United States, Jas. L. Petigru, District Attorney and Daniel IVtigru, Esq. For the prisoner, Benj. C. I Presley and L. \V. Sjiratt, Esq*, i Under the first indictment, the counsel for 1 the defence offered iio evidence, but moved the Court to instruct the Jury, "that as it appeared from the evidence offered by the prosecution, that the person at Ebeueezer, who made up the Mail and gave it to the carrier was not the Post Master or his deputy, and that he had taken no oath of t!u; office connected with the transportation of the Mail, and that as it appeared also that the prisoner was not the regular carrier, and that he a'so was actios, with out taking any oath, the person so committing j the letter to hid custody had no authority to 1 confer upon him tiie trust of carrying the let! tor, so as to charge him with the responsibilities | of one employed in any department of the i'ost i Ollice establishment, and therefore whatever I otiier oli'ence the prisoner may have committed, it was not the offence specified in the act tini der which he was indicted. They relied also | before the Jury upon the want of sutlicient ev! idenee to show that the letter in ipiestion ever had been abstracted from the .Mail, or if s i, that the prisoner was the person guilty of the oli'ence. For the prosecution it was contended that acting as carrier the prisoner was chargeable in that character; and that having been shown, the onus was upon the prisoner to ; show what had become of it. These positions were sustained by the Court, but the Jury I having retired, returned in a lew minutes with ' a veruiet of "Not guilty." j On the following day, the prisoner was aI gain* brought into Court, and arraigned under I t ic second indictment, "Not guilty." Evidence j Wis oiTcrcd on hot i si.ies, and at its close, the I j.i y i-.o-d . render a verdict ot . 'Wotguil 't it : . i'or ii: nit;:.?We have alluded i; n.\; i i !.ic ...p .sc oi tiie recent slave c i i .New l.i U. ?in; Ii. l estimate ol course | >v..s a mere conjecture, founded on tlie general ! as. -ct of t H* struggle between tiie Common ' Law ;i:id the "Higher Law," or, in other words I between the l.nv of ciiuens atul tlie law of I thieves. A "correspondent undertook to set us iig.it and we gave place to his corrections. We have now an authentic statement. Or. 1'nrker I of Richmond, who acted as the agent for the I owner in pursuing his claim, iit a card published i i the Lmjuirer, foots up the hill tints: " The course taken by the Union Safety , Committee, was eminently praiseworthy. The ' expenses home by the committee exceeded S3 jO, while the costs incurred by the claimant I amounted to about 300, which sum, would also ! perhaps have been p lid by the committee, had 1 it been deemed proper by the claimant to have | made il known." The cost then, of recovering a slave in the city of New York, the owner living in Richmond, with an amount of favorable circumstances not likely often to concur, proves to be over eight hundred dollars ! In the meantime the legislature of New York according to the Intes indications, are preparing to add to the difficulties by a legislative denunciation of the fugitive law, and not improbably by direct enactments to obstruct its execution. Mercury, Virginia.?The Virginia papers state that, the whole population of Eastern Virginia will amount to 400,000, and of Western Virginia, 4O.YO00. The entire population of the State will, it is said, bo 1,100,000. Virginia will lose three members of Congress by the now apportionment. Grniux nf Wa-thiiigf-on. ?Chief Justice Marshall, is said to have romarkcd of Washington that he was a man ot decided genius; but he was such a personification of wisdofti, that he never pnt anything forward which tho occasion did no* absolutely require. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL." THO. J. WARREN A C. A. PRICE, Editors. TUESDAY EVENING, J ANUARY 21, 1851. AFAL3E REPORT^ : We understand that it is reported in the upj country, that the small pox is prevailing in Vam! den. This report is untrue, and without the leas' shadow of foundation. Camden was never more exempt from disease of any kind. The proper authorities have adopted efficient measures to prevenet tli approach of small pox to our town, and if there is a case nearrr to us than the iuf cted Districts in North Carolina, we are not awaie of it Of one thing onr country friends may rest assured; if we shoulfj ever have the disease amongst us, we snail consider it our imperative uuiy ,u make it known through our columns, as soon as the fact comes to our knowledge. D Gen. James II. Adams has again been elected Senatoi lor Richland District, beating (/apt. Black 37 voles. Capt. Black has given notice ol protest. ?9??*\Ve were led into an error last week by | telegraphic despatches from Washington, in stating that Hon. Thomas 11. Benton had been te: elected Senator from Missouri. Despatches l'rom St. Louis, on the 13:h inst. state tl)3t there had been 1G ballots without any choice?Benton running second best. ?3?*We regret to see that the Hon. D. II. Yules j : has been defeated in his election as U. S. Senator I from Florida. He is succeeded by Mr. Mallory, a | sound Democrat andSoutheru Rights man. The State Convention. Gentlemen oJ' the highest character and talents have been nominated to represent the interests and rights of the people of our District in this important Convention, which we regard as the one to determine the question with the Federal Goveminent, so far as South Carolina is concerned in I the issue of State action "villi or without co; operation.*' In a short time the sovereign peopie ! will he called upon to discharge a solemn and imperative duty, elect Delegates to this Convention. Is there a man willing to close his eves against the responsibility of cur present position? Jt is a precarious one, and the utmost caution is necessary to he observed in every step which is taken. This Convention must he held, and its action must result in something, towards a vindication of our rights, o titer wise it were better to care in at once, and leave the result tube determined by time and chance ; the people are therelore to discharge this duty fir themselves, and elect men delegates to this Convention, who will ask nothing hut what is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong. Men firm, triid and true, are needed. Experience, energy, talent, courage, I ami inflexibility are necessary, under these r\i gencies; into the hands of such men as the gnurI J! ..i- ...... lil,.,rt;,.u nr-> we willililT to ! UUII1> VI OUI itrii.v uiiu ^ --0 i rest cur catt.-e, ai d to noun others. According : to the provisions mailt1 at the lato session cl our General Assembly, the trnlh day of l'ebruary i next,and the day following, must decide this inatj tor. The crisis is upon ua. and we must look the | danger in the face, no time now to dwell on abj struct questions. One of two things we must do. | Resistance or .Submission are the alternatives; in the language then,of our brother ot the iitmlh Carolinian: " In the name of the people we call upon the nominees lor the convention to answer: ' Whether, as members of that body, they will . vote for its final adjournment, until ties honor of | their Statu is fully vindicated, and tbu rights ef I their fellow-citizens acknowledged and secured? "Do the aggressions of the past not only justify, j but demand, the secession cf Carolina from the i J Union, with or without co-operation V Gov. Quitman and the Government. Tlie Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says: ' The .Marshal of Mississippi, Mr. Davis, has the writ fir Gov. Quitman, and will serve it. Me is prepared with an adequate force, in case of resistance. It was Gov. Quitman's intention, as declared by him some weeks ago, to resist by force, bnt it is not believed that he will do it." Later from Europe. The steamer .Asia arrived at New York on Friday last, bringing Liverpool dates to the 4th insL J The demand for cotton was steady, and prices re-J maincd the same as per steamers Franklin and Niagara. The political news is represented as fa- j vorable. D"Thc Mouse of Representatives have passed j the "Cheap Postage Bill"by a vote of 170 to 75. ; Three cents is the uniform rate of hall-an-ouiic"' letters. Newspapers are to go free of postage within 30 miles of their place of publication, and delivered in the State, beyond thirty miles at half a cent. Three cent coins and stamps are to be ssued. Cotton Item. We learn from a table giving a statement of the Cotton Trade of the United States for the last thirty years, that the number of pounds exported in 1850, was 635,381,604, and the value 971,984*?1 A*<iAA/)in?? ??? nrnrtAiie ct'noo 1 1 m VIV) CAWCCUIU^ oil J I'lWiivuo J v?? -H?vw #w~., ?m value $699,691?next in the statement, in value stands the year 1836?the total being 71,284,925. AT We don't think that man competent to determine, who is prolific in his prejudgments of others and observes an invariable rule ot finding fault with every one else but himself; it is com- ( monly the case, that the man who requires tho j most attention abroad, receives the least at home. | South Carolina Enterprise. It is gratifying to see that the spirit of enterprize is not altogether extinct in our little State, so called by some of our larger neighbors; in Charleeton, wo aeo that a Factory has been te- t / ;J M_ I I ? g? TOW? tabiichcd, and is now in successful operation for the inanuiafcture of Castor Oil; the Courier in noticing the fact, says: "The cultivation cf the A Castor Oil Plent is attracting the attention of our Agriculturists,several of whom have been investigating the probability of its becoming an important staple product in this .State. The enterprise of one of our citizens has opened a new field of labor in the manufacturing of the seed inter Oil crt' very superior quality, and in affording facilities to growers for obtaining their supplies in abundance, and on the most accommodating terms. Air. <\ Alts, of this city, has ihe honor of having founded the first Castor Oil Factory in Charleston, and thus directing enquiry into the question of its profitable culture. * * * * * * * * * j TVrn frnllnnc nf Oil arP PYfraWpl f?v?m * Kii*-Kol 1 good good, (which must average 45 lbs. to the bushel.) Gjod seed is worih about .$2 per bushel. Mr. Alts has on hand for the accommodation at planters, a good supply of the best seed, which, in order to induce an increase of production, in the neighborhood of the city, he offers to furnish, in advance, net to be paid for until the crop has Lf eh made. Tlie Oil manufactured by Mr. Alfs,is beautifully clear, cold pressed, and immeasurably superior to any imported into our market. For tli* Cam Ian Journal. We should prepare for the crisis ; we should ^ prepare in mind and materials. 1 will first ?g state what some of us have done which we should not have done, and then what we should ' do. Some of us have been in the habit of ex pressing despondency; we say to each other, j the State has caved in ; she has let down ; she * i will do nothing; she has submitted?and we | sometimes tell this as a secret, and it pervades the masses. Now this should not be done. Let us imagine a talking picture of every man in the State, with a down.cast countenance and shrugged shoulders, instead of heads up, soldier like,?saying, the State mill do nothing ; I she has submitted ; she has caved in ; it is all j mind. How would it appear, for a people con1 tending for their dearest rights! What should j you think of an army, that wonlddo so on tlio evo of battle ??and what of a general that would talk thus to his soldmrs ? Wo should bear in mind, that submission is contagious; \ and we should bear in luiud, that we may re! peat a falsehood so often, until we believe it at i last to be truth. The State has not submitted; she has nol cared in ; bat she has appropriated ' means to go to wo>-k for her rights; she baa done all that, iti wisdom, she could do at this time. Now, we should speak hopefully? courageously?hope, begets hope?courage, l>eI gets courage?it breeds soldiers; we should | lay aside despondency; the outer man reflects I upon the inner man; we should give cortti| deuce to the distrustful?the waveiiug, by dis, playing it ourselves ; we should persuade those, that are not quite with us?that are still fear| fid?confidence is the strength of the soldier's ; arm, hope is a light to him in utter darkness. ! Let us say, then, to each other, the State can i act and conquer ; the State teill act and conquer j i the State must act and conquer. The gune ij ! in her own hand, the Federal (Jorermnent must j I f>n/>i>i 11 in / /?/> /on' ? "?>/? fr% ,s Vii^r/nrtn Klttfit - I O..UH111. ^ 'q ' m inding hrr rig/if *. '1 he Btate tri// act,?necessity, which makes even the timid, if honorable, brave, is at her back. It is so, Carolinians ; for what greater necessity could there be, to those taught lo be free, than th if, by inaction, they shall be slaves--the poorest an<l meanest of slaves? Tiio State must act, for the enemy will, in a short time, assail ns in our household. Carolinian*! not long since'under the voice of our great champion, we were : b >id?yes! we were all very bold?th claratory of high resolves, is the lion now willing to become a lamb! Behold what pictures our enemies may form of us. Not long si.,ce Carolinians ! you brow we were, like, lions, ram* j pant?all rampant,and should we Become, like sheep, sul missive?our Governor might bo 1 drawn with a blazing thunderbolt in each red hand (with one more than Jove himself is drawn) i riding in a whirlwind, and, like the ehhucera of old, breathing forth Haines of tire, and the State, one great army of winged lions, each colossal, and each, w ith a batallion of Yankees in his clenched claws, aud roaring aloud for more? " semper pttra'us^ waving over half the baleful heavens, fraught with the dire elements of war1? and beneath, a tall Palmetto waving its verdant brandies wide extending?ana our great dead gigantic spectators, in ecstasy of the sublime parade. "But behold the scene changes! we ^ behold another sight! A hyperbolical farce follows this hyperbolical tragedy. Our great G iverr.or now appears a Lilliputian ..-.ounted on a small dorr exhorting his dimmished soldiers mtiiiihd on gentle lambs tcrovchan>, bleating forth, we can submit! wc will submit fine must submit!?and "sic semper erinus" waving over them, canopied with a mellow, clear sky ; and behold a Yankee with a stentorian voice, harsh as the sound of a coffee mill, describing with a long pole! This, ladies and gentlemen! is the African lion, Me king of beasts! aifd this is the harmless lamb, his submissive victim 1? and by way of episode, for mere salt, he might throw in a few hyenas.?Are we, Carolinians 1 ( " Grecian women, no longer Grecian men ?" Rather let each man make a battle-field, and "bite the earth," than justlj' "cut a fgure" in such a picture ! that, in after times, the admiring traveller may exclaim, this icjs a land of heroes! Here lived a people to'io died lobe free! Letus, then, prepare for the crisis; let us prepare with materials?with all the means within our power. Let every man, who is able, furnish himself with plenty of weapons of war and ammunition ?let his bouse be au arsenal and a fortress. Let us make more provisions "^1 and less cotton?we may be required to furnish our allies; let us prepare our State as au Egypt, lbr a time; let ub go to work and bocome an independent people?raise our oyvn pork and beef and other necessary provisions ; let us patronize our own mechanics?they arts** necessary in war aud useful in peacc~-iu brifft they are the great practical powers of a coun-7 try; the practical mind of a State. Behold :heqneen of the ocean! Mechanism has made lerso. Behold the oommerce she bears around he whole globe! Mecba-.leti hw made :.t, ar.d 1