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yiinUMi? awjjwimwgwai ? MWWB stricken down from equality, and spurned from the enjoyment of oar unquestionable rights.? Turn it as we may (here lies, that magnificent region of sun and gold, better fitted for ourestitutions than any spot on the habitable gK)be, open to the luhor and occupation of cvm people, of every nation, but of that people who fought for and won it, and who are vet to pay two-thirds of the debt by which it was ncquir oil. All actions are to lie estimated by the mo tives which originated them. Even when they work injury in their operation, if innocent in intention, we droo the veil of charity, or extend the hand of forgiveness to the perpetrators.? Rut, where a wrong is deliberately done, with the design not only of injuring, but destroying, we can have 110 other feelings towards the actors, than those of indignation, defiance and resistance. What is the openly avowed object of excluding from the territories, the slaveholders of the South 1 If the North sought to exclude us from our territories, with the selfish design of appropriating them all for themselves, this would he base enougli on their part, unendurable on ours. If their object in our exclusion was political power, by which they might govern us, and hold in their hands forever the mastery in the Confederacy, this would be more than freemen or sovereign States have ever borne. Rut the design of our exclusion is more foul and deadly than these. Not only selfishness, but hoctHity, per? ? 1...1? vaaes me poncy 01 our exciuueis. <>? ?.ly to lift themselves to power, but to accomplish oar destruction is their aim. They bar | the extension of slavery, anil confine it territorially, that it may he destroyed. A Roman Emperor wished that the people of Rome had It hut one neck, that lie might cut it off. Our affectionate brethren of the North aim at r policy, compared with which the Roman Empe ror's was tender meicv. No sudden catastrophe of blood and murder will satisfy their pious longings for our welfare. By confining slavery to a restricted territory, they expect to annihilate it by the slow process of starvation and want, forcing competition for bread, and rendering free, ouly to die. Servile insurrections and conflagrations are occasionally to fill up the slow details, to their consummation of final emancipation, ruin and horror. They know fuH well, that throughout the cotton region of the-South, the white man can never labor.? Theykriow that we will never submit to live on a footing of equality with the negro race. The consequences of these tbings they clearly see; and in them discover the utter destruction of the South, as the crowning result of their policy. Thoy may indeed, when we shall haw submitted, and they shall have increased iir arrogance tnd power, graciously extend to as Nero's policy of a sj>eody extinction, and spread'Over us at once the gladsome catastro? rk : i?. . ... poe Ol OL JL?Ullllllgu y UUi biiuii vi iiuig iii no process, ruin, and rtiin utter, is their determined policy towards the Southern States. Now, with such motives and designs governing our confederate, in excluding us from our territories, shall we submit to be excluded?? Even if we coold evade or baffle their policy with respect to our institutions, shall we con tinue an union with those who are our deadliest enemies? What is their policy but war?undisguised war-by hostile legislation first; lo be followed up, "if we dare to resist, by its usual instruments, tbecannon and the sword. - They openly proclaim that their will in Congress carrieswith K the doty of our passive obedience that we have no"right to resist it within the Union?ifrid no right to go' out ofthe^Uninn?arid' that it is. thejr mastering prerogative, In or out of the Union,''to coerce our ohediebce. What is such a Government, but a despotism, bent on our destruction? And, if we submit to its policy, what are we but its slaves?its trembling slaves ?conscious of the hating arid hateful tyranny over us, but too cowardly to defy its power, or cdst offUs authority? The Southern Rights Association of tho University of Virginia, has shone in their address how vain iwve been the concessions of the South,, tp. win forbearance or safety. Is not thfcthe usual result in the nature of things'(? Is liberty ever a conceded boon fr.om one people to another ? Has it ever been gained but by force, or retained but by power? A people prepared to surrender their sclf-goyerument, will always hod masters. A people who seek security and . peace, by yielding their rights, will find that they only invite aggression, and, at the last, will be compelled either to submit to politioal servitude, or tight for their liberties, with broken, instead of free spirits to Eupport their cause. Look at the progress of aggression on the subject of our territories. We began by a precious specimen of noble self sacrifice! Virginia gave to the free States, tho whole Northwest teritory, malting new six large Statesin tho Union. Were tho frecStaes satisfied with this concession? Not at all.? When Missouri, a nart of the Lonisiana pur chase, applied to be admitted into 'the Union, they refased ber admission, because slavery was not prohibited by her Constitution. They wanted the whole of the territory covered by the Louisiana purchase also. We Compromised the matter, however, in the usual way, that is, we recognized our institutions to be infamous, and, on that account, consented to he excluded from all our territories lying North of 30 deg. 30 min. What next ? We consented that we should he deprived, also, of more than half the territory South of this line, by devoting it to Indian colonization. The North next took the whole Orogon territory, and, by law, specially excluded us from entering any part of it with our slaves. This was thc6tato of things when we acquired California and New Mexico. Our concessions had converted aggressions into rights. The North had a right to the whole?we to none of the territories.? We begged for a small part lying South of 30 deg. 30 min. and appealed to the faith of the Missouri Compromise to sustain oureluun.? We besreed in vain. We were ejected from the whole ofthe acquired domains, with the avowed design of using them, by the multiplication of free States in the Union, and the restriction of slave territory, for the Entire overthrow of the institution of slavery itself. What does this narrative prore? That there is neither pence nor security in submission; and that we must resist forever, (he last ignominious wrongs, or be the victim of its nefarious policy. We must K Et resist speedily. The South, we fear, is rapidly becoming as provincial in spirit as she is in political condition. Mark the different manner in which the two sections of the Union have received what has been called (wo suppose face* ('ninnrnniiai " Tha Smith fll. though wronged in every particular of its measures, (;he Fugitive Slave Act not excepted) succumbs. The brave words recorded in anticipation of wrongs meditated against her, are left unredeemed, when more than these wrongs have been inflicted on her. She submits, and there are found those within her bosom who not only glory in their submission, but whilst quailing before the General Government, are not ashamed to put forth dastardly threats against such as refuse to follow their example, and likewise submit. How different the spirit with which the North received the Compromise! They tardy attempt to fulfil, by the legislation of Congress, that faith which, by the Constitution, bound them as States to deliver up our fugitive slaves; is resented as a wrong. They practically render it of no value to the South. A Mt.w ?iiirl vnnninrr nff ntir fnm. ?1IUJII??, lUlltUdlliiQ, 4ii?<? IUIIIMK^ wu wt.. ...e. tive slaves, or by all the arts of chicanery balHing the master in (he courts of justice, they make the recovery of the slave worthless, by multiplied expenses. Their Legislatures denounce the law, and elect Senators |d#%ed to repeal it Nor is this all. Flushed with conscious power, they seem reckless in its exercise. They urge in Congress a protective tariff bill, still more to plunder and weaken the South, and a large River and Uarb >r hill, the better to justify it, by exhausting the Treasury. If there was any respect or fear entertained fore tli South, policy would dictate foi bearance-a little forbearance a lttle while, until the iritalion which might be supposed to exist in the public mind in the South should be allayed. But all pro prieties seemed to be despised in the presentstale 'of things. Northern arrogance and recklessness seem to be as boundless as Southern submission. The spirit of the South sinks, as the spirit of the North rises, at the wrong they indict upon us. May not this strange antagonism betoken some mighty change! Shall the depres sion goon without any rebound? Is there not a point of oppression at which any people will fight? Or are we of the South a base and degraded exception to our common nature?? Hungary resisted the consolidation measures of Austria?uieasures.m meir ix'aniigun ine uuv ernment, precisely similar to thoseunder which we labor. Are we lower in the scale of intolgence and manhood than the serfs of Hungary? Shall we not arise, at last, and, with one strong and mighty effort, break the spell which seems to have settled, like a dark incubus, 011 the spirit of the South, and again be honored and be f ree i Young men of the South ! on you the Sooth calls'.' On yon she leans for redemption. All reo'olutions although not originating with them have been upheld and wrought out by the youth of u country. Old age is generally timid. It fears change. It seeks repose. It can win but little from the future, and is, therefore, intent on securing the jwescnt. Manhood in its prime is'most wise, but wary and prudent.? It dares to act, but act on calculation. Its patriotism is very largely a thing of loss or gain. Hut with yoath dwells enthusiasm. With youth is hope and courage, which dares, and loves to (Tare, nil thihgs;"and principles are holy realities, which stand forth for its adoring guidance, like* that star which the sages of the East worshipped and followed. Coine forth for the redemption and salvation of the South. With your' youthful, but powerful, arms lift up her prostrate honor, and enable her once more, standing erect, to look, with proud and nnblencbing front, on her confederates in the Union. Write it on your door posts, engrave it on the palms of j'our hands, wear it on your frontlets,""Equality in the Union, or Independence out of it," and liberty at every hazard!? To die coward, who tells you to wait for additional insults and aggressions, turn away with nitv or with scorn. To the traitor who" dares to insult your morals or intelligence, by telling you that the South labors under no indigities and wrdngs, answer him, if you answer at all, by striking him to tj?e /earth. There he should lie and rat, u loathsome mass of falsehood and perfidy, unfit to wear that glorious light of life, which radiates thedjvinity within us. Villainy doubles it atrocity ; when it assumes the confidence which .(dope belongs to virtues. In treading the rugged path of duty, Honda and thick darkness may gather round us. Hut fear not; truth and justice, and the Clod of truth and justice, are with U6; and ours, if we will it, shall -be the deathless destiny of winning hack her lost honor and liberties for* the South. Friends! we are too young to lie slaves. The iron enters into our hearts, and the}' must, break, or be free. Shall they not he free? By all the memories of the glorious p;ist, when we bowed down in crouching humilation to no superiors, by all the hopes of the future, rife with blessings for the brave, hut people with hellhorrors for the base submissionists, shall we not be free? Shall the blood of our revolutionary martyrs and heroes have been shed in vain for us? cries aloud from tho ground for our rcUujte, and comes to us as the sound of many but distant trumpets, marshalling to battle. On let us go. On where the rights and institutions of the tfoutb, and honor and victory and glory, call. If it is God's will that a portion of the people of tho South should be offered up, a mighty, holocaust to libei ty, who so fit as ourselves for the glorious sacrifice? On, then, fearing nothing, and caring for nothing, hut the shnme and ignominy of submission, the name and fame of cowards and slaves. You?g men of South Carolina! Circumstances not of our choosing, have placed our State in the van of the South. Unawedby threats, undeterred by the submission of others, she stands calm and intrepid, with her banner over her, and her proud motto blazing on its folds "Animis opibusyue parali" Do not your hearts swell with the burning resolution, to be with hor lit 1 if/? r\r in rlnntli/ Sim II w*? lint her, as we would our mothers? Shull we not stand by her, as we expect to support our brides, firm, devoted and true? She has never done you wrong. She, and she only, has given you all that mulies lite tolerable to freemen; and never has her kind hand weighed heavy on \ou with oppression. She, the first of the pro vinces in our revolution, threw off the British yoke and declared herself a free sovereign, _ and independent State. Again she would redeem you from political bondage; and if again _ she must stand alonge, in the vindication of liberty, so let it be. Who will shrink from this _ proud position of lienor, through fear of perils? Who will not rather pant to meet them, and lon^ .'or that glorious day, if our oppres- j. -I?^~~ ;? .ulmn f*ur.n fn f-too and ni-in fo burs CIIUU3C lb UVII v ?w ft.vvj ..... ....... man, it shall be settled on the battle field, ai whether South Carolina is to continue to be a Pf I'reo and soverign State, or an abject Province, 31 and we the subjects of the abolition North, dt the slaves of our own slaves. God hasten the In issue. God give us strength to conquer in her righteous cause, or to make her own vast cemetery, where shall be buried forever the chivalry ol the South. Let her live free, or perish in a blaze of glory, whose light shall frighten tyrants in their power, and kindle the hearts of freemen to the latest generations. From the Mercury. JONAH COLLINS W as the name of a wealthy rice planter, who resided on the San tee, during the last i century. He was good Matured and hospitable, but remarkable lor his eccentricities, and the pertinacity with which he cherished his en- ' mity to persons who 1iad wounded his pride or 'l ; done him an injury. Among the few who had unfortunately offended him, was a gentleman of tiie name of YV , who had married his only daughter contrary to his wishes. This man he never forgave, though he allowed him to s|>e:ik to liisn, and complied with any of ins reasonable requests, but to whom lie never deigned to make any reply when he spoke. Of the number of persons who had parta- 11 ken of his hospitality, was a Northeastern C Captain of a schooner, who had traded up the river at a time when two smart negro fellows disappeared in an inconceivable manner. The 1 old gentleman had his suspicions, but said ?] nothing, till one day, on going to Charleston, n lie observed in a newspaper, tiie arrival of the ^ Northeaster, in the stream, with a cargo of "elegant Sheep." Now, said he, is the time to play that fellow a trick, and on board of the ^ schooner he went, and examined the Sheep? v praised them, and at last, selecting the finest ^ looking Rani, priced him. After some little diiticultv made by the Captain, who said that * was his bell-ram?his finest sheep aiid worth * more than any other; and the reply of Mr. s Collins, who said that as.tue Captain meant to sell them all, and as they were all destined to be slaughtered, he would not any longer, a stand more in need of one than another, ttiey f bargained on the price. Now, said Collins, t alter he had puid for the Ham, i suppose he belongs to me. and I can do what 1 please witli him. Certainly, said the Captain, he is your Sheep. In an instant he picked up his Ram overboard lie (lung him. The Ram tiad scarce- ] ly touched the water with a tremendous splash, ' when overboard the rest of the sheep sprang ( ' i i ?i... r.,.a..;,, ??.i i I WIUI plUUip, JUUHI, ptlllllp, rtilu mc v.|....... ...... I his mate alt in astonishment ami coufusiou, ' running 1'roin one side of the vessel to the other, endeavoring to stop tliein, lost more than half of the nuiulj^r, while old Collins seized the opportunity, during the confusion, to return to ' the City,-followed by the Sheep, which, glad ' to escape from the tyrant, found it nearest and t safest laud for them. t tub moral. i The Captain, mnte and vessel, represent the would-be Consolidated Government, and the | Sheep the sovereign States, each with will and ability to act for its own preservation and protection, when left uucouLrolcd; and here, in the vessel, they were, as thought by the Gov- 1 eminent, completely within its power and rea- : dv for slaughter, whenever a purchaser should I comply with its terms. But, fortunately for i them, there was a conservative principle uitli- i in, which the tyrant ackuovvle dged as lung as I < it suited his purpose, 1 lit no longer; ami that ( was the old dauntless hell-Kani, which only ; required the assistance ot an Almighty power, , influencing the will of the people, to make hiin exerciso all his faculties. The half of the Sili.il.it vvliiidi ?S/>!i!ui<l lIiitirlilur iiro the til;iVI1- ' holding States, who, foreseeing the danger ot despotic power, were so wise as to take the ' leap, and follow their leader, and the remainder, left in the vessel, arc the non-slaveholding 1 States, destined to lie ruled, at first, by 1110borrasy, arffa finally, by regal authority. Old Times. i The Sea Givixo ui? its Treasure.?The , Plymouth Memorial says: "During the gale of last week, a quantity of linseed oil came ashore in the breakers at Mauoment Pouds. The oil was in forty gal- ' Ion casks, fourteen of which were rolled upon the shore in safety, but several casks were burst by being dashed against the rocks. The casks that were saved, contained about thirty gallons of oil, each, which proved to be in good condition. The condition of the casks was such ' as to render it certain, that they had been in : the water a great while, perhaps many years. The outer surface of the casks was considerably decayed, and there wore four ridges of iron rust on each, which were the only remnants of what were once iron hoops. The casks were covered with barnacles." i The Boston Advertiser thinks the above , came from the brig Hollander of Boston; from Rotterdam, which was capsized and sunk in ' Massachusetts Bay about ten years since? ' The breaking up of the vessel, which was has- < tened by the. gale, probably disengaged the | casks from the hold, and being lighter than water, they rose to the surface. The latest European advices show the im- I portant fact that steamboat navigation and ; electric telegraph companions nre among the , principal objects which at present attract the ; attention of speculative moneyed men in Eng. j land. While the old lines of steamers are ad (ling to the number of their vessels, new ones are constantly stating. The number of bont3 on the Thames is largely increasing and a large boat is building to contain two hundred sleeping berths, and make quick passages be tween London and Boulogne. Some of the I Lnglish steamship companies pay dividends of t 10 and 1*2 percent, per annum. ] - ip. - * -it. .. -V THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, THO. J. WARREN, Editor. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1851. TO ADEVRTISERS. As the circulation of the Journal has been stenlv increasing within the past sixteen months, J ?-? id particularly since the first of January last, the iper affords a good advertising medium, and as 1 inducement to merchants and others, we have ll itennined to contract for yearly adverlising as h; ;retofore. Arrival of the Cambria. Ch aklkston, May 16, 1851. ol Cotton lias declined one quarter to three- ^ ights penny. lc Electionn in Kershaw District. |> The Managers of Election for Kershaw District g let at the Court House on Wednesday last, to c< omit the votes and declare the Election* for ftl Ilerk and Sheriff, held on Monday last. The fol- u iwing is the result: For Clerk MOREAU NAUDIN, . 340 votes ? " " JOHN R. SIIAW, - - 325 " jl For Sheriff JOHN INGRAM, 339 ? o " " THOS. 6ASKIN, 196 " P " ? JOSEPH J. MICKLE, - 131 " c 11 {^TThe 5th Brigade Encampment will com- ( nonce on Monday next at 12 o'clock, at Camp ?antev> near Camden. j, Rain is needed very much in this vicinity. The Crops will be very materially injured by the Iry, warm weather which we have had for sever1 days past, unless a refreshing shower should risit us before long. , We notice the retirement of Alexander Carroll, Esq., from the Editorial connexion of the ( slate-Rights Republican, and Palmetto State | lianticr, Columbia. Mr. C. has removed to ( Charleston, and is engaged in the service of the , Jourier in that city. We wish him abundant | iticcess wherever lr's steps may tend. < rr Mrs. Mowatt, the accomplished American nithoress and actress who has been playing with ' well success and prai.-e in London, will return to his country sometime during the next autumn. ' Tlie Supreme Court of ,1/issouri has deci- j led that tlm law of that State lor licensing and i . ^1 : i i..j t 1 fixing mercnanis is hiii uiimiiuiiuhji. juu^- , S'ayton rend a dissenting opinion. The opinions i , if the concurring judges are exceedingly volunii- ! ions, tilling nearly 1G columns ol" the St. Louis | Intelligencer. I ( Cass and Banton. 1 J Col. Benton is celebrated fi-r his remarkable ^ eadiuess in debate, and in rrparlre., is sometimes ( as caustic as red-hot iron." Often Irom "grave j o gay, <"rom lively to severe." A capital joke is < old of these two statesmen, by Dr. NV., (who by i lie by, tells a joke with considerable zest.) i It appears that on a certain occasion, Gen. Cass ' jad indulged his powers of speech at Benton's 1 ixpense, and when Col. Benton's time came to { speak, he commenced in the following singular manner: lie said that in Missouri, Horses were sometimes etfected with a dist-a.-e in the eyes known as the simples; to remove which, it was necessary to make a surgical operation, by cutting _s?r?... j; in inc eye tor ine siwyies, uui n ?uipc uwowwas prevalent among Horses called the big head, lo cure which effectually, it was necessary to shoot' 'hem. On this occasion he Col. B., tliuught he i would first try the General for the simples, hut had [ concluded how to shoot him for the big head.? (General Cass has a big head tre beliere. The Doctor's application of this joke is, that South Carolina has long lieen working up-n the Abolitionists for the simples. But has at last determined to shoot them for the big head. Law Examination.?The following gentlemen, entered our'Court House yesterday, as applicants for admission, and came forth attorney's at law, in and for the State of South Carolina. We wish them hosts of clients, and trust that their spirits may support them bravely during the lone and dreary pilgrimage of initiation, through which Themis often leads her i votaries. J. Drayton Ford, | Charles R. Miles, E.J.Henry, | R. Barnwell Rhett, jr. | Robt. W. Ilunie, | Charles H. Simontou, ' Silas Johnston, | Julius W.Stuart, > J. Boyliin Lang, j Wm. H. Talley, Lawrence .M'Kenzie,*| Charles C. Tew, Isaac Mazyck, J Henry W. Waters, G. W. Means, | Charles S. West. [Columbia Telegraph. I OCT" ^ ictor Hugo has published nothing for I some years, having been paid by a publisher not j ] to print. Report says that he will, at the close j of the term, which soon expires, amends for { bis long silence by issuing poems to the amount | of three volumes, and romances to that of 1 k. *1 VlTCi The Boston Transcript states that a new ! ship 011 the stock at East Boston has been named }y Messrs. Train & co., the Astonisher, emblem- i itic of her size and speed. She will be the largest j nerchant ship in the world, of 2,000 tons register-1 She will be launched with all despatch, and leave ' lor Liverpool on the 6th of July. Philadelphia, May 0. Capt. Morrii Stanley, aged 8G, a native ofi u'lm fnnin i*\ ll.:~. '? ?-*1 -t - 1 - * - >v mio tuumrjf Willi uie iuiu John Jacob Astor, and was engaged in several battles on board American vessels ot war during the revolution, died at bis residence in this city evening. The Tf.lemufh. >011 the Telegraph, Cflflgjgjjlfligfl-'v '";.'?^^?i?!BBR I A hero chieftain 1 Closer his eyes in The Ifgiitniug courier leap* alon^i -iitie4'-^^M^ J Hailing a thousand miles ^ " m >i\m >i m " messrs. EditiVb'k W^S5w?^^3?^M|^y ie follow in? resoloti o nS wbieh^ ia College, at its lata t{r\niri'd iin-mimoirxfy, f Trustees have felt constrained to'^.eiptjfg ie resignation of t!ic Professorship of' Stohif^ hilosoph v,Sacred Literature, ainl thcEvide'nces * Christianity, by the Rev. Dr. Thornwell,.frbm lifereuee to the motives which have impcfleil im to offer it, th<*y regard with anxiety the >ss which the S. Carolina Cblfege hits h'ftjrtlVJ * ' a. 1 If? ? - ... i' .. J J_ ^ jquence susiaiueu. ids instruction in tue tie* t nrtment of Moral Philosophy has bem.diatm? : uislicd for its utility; and while lie Iiaa enfor' .hI t!ie evidence of Christianity vvita various nd profound learning, and its moral preceptsith eloquence, he has commended the sacred 9 uths which he taught to tlie minds ami hearts f the students by the influence of a character nd life in attractive harmony with them. It i with sincere regret the Trustees take leave f Dr. Thorn well on his resignation of his 'rofessorship, the duties of which he has harged u ith so much honor to himself, ancNo illlftll ItCiftf'lll .IOCU to tlui V" - Rcsolmt, That the Secretary enclose a cow' ?f these resolutions to the Hev. Dr. Thornwell, iid have it also published in the Columbia paws. Jvmks D. Btfxiifxc, See. Board of Trustees S. Ch C. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. ' ' The Washington correspondent of the k'ork Herald, uudpr date of *AIay 0, )vrites>&8: ollows: ... n wy i "The news from Sontli CnfbUlttl, although serious in its import, does not excite alarm '' htc. 'J lie Government, of coarse, .-ognise the right of secession. hikeglohujtfs jf quicksilver, these States, ivhen oiiceiuujtei >y the federal Constitution, formed one gwnxis whole?retaining their lOertlofgnitizatittfj? jut yielding to the Government all existence^ l'iie Government, should South Carolina tbrci?ly secede, and she can"secede in no other way, will not take cogniwmceof massei(3^ State organizations, bijt of TiuIivhUhils, who will separately he dealt with as violators of the law, or as guilty of treason, as the *ywe may be. The District Attorney of South Carolina is MOW here, receiving lull iuatructious." The last statement, we have reason to believe, is only true as to the fact of Mr. l^tigni being in Washington. We have understood that his business there was altogether different' from. Flint which is here intimated. That t he favojfc te scheme of the ndministration for conqtfOTbg South Carolina is such as ibis writer represents," av think highly probable., 'f'he/Naliotnd 111* elligoticer lias pnt ont nmeh'the mtV*nc88Sk ^ t is an improvement on Capt. Bobadil's methjd of subduing an enemy, by killing alf. th^ lien in a succession of duels. There is one obstacle in the way, thatstrikes us as rjUhor grave. South Carolina having seceded from. jhe^tyii- ^ ion, there will Ihj ii'o such thing as Utiftrtl States nfliees or officials in the State, and any persons claiming snch authority, and attempting t6 Exercise it, wouhl be pnt in the Guard-house as disorderly people.?Mercury. ! .'- ?)ii'Cy p./$) Lame. Defalcation at Macon.?Tlie following is an extract of a letter received by the Editor of the Augusta Constitutionalist, from .Macon, dated May 10th, giving an account of the defalcation of the Post Master of that. city. "Da}' before yesterday we had a Post Mas* tor; to-day the office is ia the hands of the clerks. Capt. Z. J. Conner left yesterday? no one knows where he went trt. He is a defaulter to n very targe amount, on funds received at his Warehouse for cotton sold, and he.is a defaulter also as Post Master. Th*rnmofmt 011 cotton, by rejiort, varies from 13 to 70,000. Amount in the Post Otfice?said to be $4,400. "Some of the Planters in the neighboring counties have lost their whole crops that were under storage in the Warehouse." i m i - Good Luck.?The darkest hour is just before the dawn! A striking instance of tliis-proverb has just occurred. The bar-keeper of the illfated Webster, barely escaj>etl with his life from the conflagration which destroyed her on the Mississippi. Penny less and almost hopeless he returned to New Orleans; but, upon arriving there found that he had been the successful drawer ofn &1?prrxe m the last Havana lottery! This story is told by the Picayune. A Rka?onablb RR(iirKST--We beg all who choose to indulge in strictures on the proceedings of the late glorious meeting in Charleston (on which we shall submit a few remarkssoon*) to publish the call or invitation, under whifn it was hold..-*The publication of itself, will 4 furnish an answer to their pathetic groaaings, aver the departure of the meeting from its proper objects as the)' deem. The character and objects of a 'party' mus: be- looked for in tho f , invitation cards.?Columbia Telegraph. (&~ We notice in the New York papers a correspondence between the Post Office Department and the proprietors of the steamships Georgia and Ohio, granting them permissioMa run their vessels direct to Havana, instead of stopping at Charleston and Savannah as here- * tofore. We do not know on what pretence of .1 n?f?or.Aru] annuls tho authority me i umhwoiv. ? provisions of r law of Congress, which gave ^ the people of the South facilities, Iwwewrhn* ' perfect, of reaching the Pacific coast? hut-it is so much in accordance wjth the matinee in which the federal government is accnstomed to treat law and Constitution in our time, thaCtre are not in the least svrprlscdnt it, ?C/ttrr/esfd# Mercury. - - - ^ .ft