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*TFr.ni the Augusta CcRsiinational! ? ADDRESS OF THE CONVENTION OF SOUTHERN RIGHTS ASSOCIATIONS I OF SOUTH CAROLINA Differences of opinion will, and do exist, in the South, as to the extent and degrading character of the hostile action of the Kodeial Government ijpon the rights of the Southern peo pie, and also as to whether any course for re oUaii]/) )?o o/lnr?f c?r! ntwl Jfcn U'lint nnnrco UIC99 OUUUi*t nviv>|/vvut iu?u u ov, t.uuv wu. wv. While candid minds, even in the North, frankly admit that great injustice has been done the South, there are intelligent Southern men, of such obliquity of menial vision, or so devoid of those nice sensibilities which rentier a free pooplo jealous of their rights and their honor, and quick to resent a wrong, who honestly contend that the Southern people have nothing to conj lain of; no wrongs to redress; no ground on which to demand reparation for past injustice. Others, taking Council of their timidity, and anxious for repose and quiet, however inglorious, while admitting that injustice has been done the South, are willing to submit, for fear of greater practical evils. Others, again, politicians by profession, knowing and appreciating full well all the enormity of the wrongs, and the sure tendency of events under continued submission by the South, to repeated and redoubled outrage, have a nersonal interest iti auietin<r ex o -* I 4 W citoinent, in lulling to a false security, and in persuading the people to be content wilfcrthings as they are. In South Carolina, these distracting influences exist to but little extent, and her people are in a condition to view the subject in its true I bearings. Differences do exist, of a grave charactor, as to the proper remedy, but opinion, in South Carolina, is unanimous as to the wrong. The Address put forth by her Convention of Southern Rights Associations, is entitled to great weight and consideration throughout the Union, as a trutlifal index of the sentiment of thafStnte. It is entitled to especial consideration throughout the Southern States, because it declares, in impressive terms, tbe resistance of South Carolina to separate her destiny from that which awaits her Southern sisters. The following jmssage deserves long to be remembered and may hereafter be suggestive of bitter regrets on the part of the Southern people: "We wish that the necessity for separnto action by South Carolina, which we have contemplated, may be hverted. We confide in the gaHant spirits whom we address. There may be Some hope of the assembling of a Southern Congress, to devise'measures of redress and relief, upon which some of the injured States may unite. Wfc have heretofore been willing to sacrifice much for Southelra Union. We still are. We do not, desire to lead, but to follow. Propose any effectual measures for vindicating our common rights, and providing for our common safety, anwe will heartily unite with you in carrying fBcm." ^ Had the .enfjre South been as South Caro lina is, a unit as to the grossness of the fraud - sought to bo perpetrated-upon her iu depriving W her of her share of the acquired territories, aud i?i denying to her the right ofwer extending tiie arena of shivery beyond itopresent limits, the fraud would not have been consummated. Were the South ho\v united as South Carolina is, wrong perpetrated, could lie,, even at .this late day, in a measure, undono? the division line of 36 30 would be run through California to the Pacifir, and all South of that line would be open to the South and her slave institutions. Buttherq is no such Union oTthe South, and no injuheiTiate prospect of it. The great majority of her people are willing to submit to the fraud and the injustiec. Virginia and Georgia have s<rwjlemtrly derided, ami tire same decis-^ ion is virtually made in nearly all the other siavenoiumg suites. The Address further says: ,-In all Uigse proceedings, wc think that the citizens of South Carolina have evinced all proj>er anxiety to avoid the appearance of arrogance or dictation, to act in concert with the citizens of the other Soutlmrii States, and to do nothing separately. Arid now, strongly as we luuy; expressed our belief that there is no hope itir the South in the existing Union, we are prepared to give a trial, fairly and in good faith, to any effectual plan which may beproposodliy any sister State of the South, for obtaining | redress- for the pi& and security for the future, with sot a dissolution of the existing Union, if tbero be a possibility cl such a consummation. In the faco qftlys notorious willingness of the majority to 'submit it is vain to'call on any body of men in the.other Southern. States, to propose an effectual measure of vindication. The Southern people have resolved not to vindicate their violated rights. They have accepted that miserable humbug called the Fugitive Slave Law, the ottci inefficiency of which lias already been exhibited in a way which proved the complete triumph of Abolitionism over the Constitution, as an equivalent. It is a law; which, if worth any thing, the South was already entitled to the Constitution, without paying for it. The law will stand for years upon the statute booh as a solemn , mockery of tho South; for as long as it will take fivg thousands dollars, to recover a slave worth one thousand dollars, the Northern people will have no adequate motive tq repeal the law. The only motive to repeal it would be to put a wanton insult upon tho humbled and degraded South, a3 was the case when tl?ey applied the YVilroot Proviso to tho Oregon territory?a territory where Slaver)' would not have gone even had this outrage not becu committed. As it seems a settled matter, that South Carolina will net get the co-operation of any Southern State in a measure of vindication, the next -r question for her to decide is: "Will she secede alone from the Union?" She, as a sovereign State, lias the i ight, and as an intelligent State, has the capacity to decide* this question for herself. The whole South should should rise up as obo man aud mnintain this right for her, and insist that no steps shdfrffl bo taken by the which Sonth Carolina secedes if she iWcides'te'c!o so, to enibarniss her in its exercise, or to cripple and retard Lor p*osperilv o! lfi<? Union. 'A'up ' ooi<\-t ; y'apathies of !m:'.v:u vil;ir? viOfl ! 1 to, to shi. ! ; hi. is- j-i itod. I but comparatively feeble nation, from ungenerous hostility, and from oppressive legislation against her .commerce and her institutions. In the South she should look for this sympathy, not from the characteristic magnanimity alone of her people, hut from the commonest dictate of interest and self-preservation; for if South Carolina were allowed to he made a victim by anti-slavery hostility, her fate would in time become the fate of the other Southern States. They should remember that anti-slave* ry hates not South Carolina alone, but slavery and that hatred will show itself in deeds as well as words, when it gets, as it evidently must, the entire mastery of tiiis Government. Separate secession is a question of policy for Soutn Carolina. We see hi it a formidable and appalling array of diiiicultics. and we conceive it would be no dishonor to that State to avoid them. The Federal Government would not shed the blood of her citizens, hut would victimise her by hostile legislation. It would do this not by tiie votes of Southern members of Congress, IVir. Clay and a few such apostates to the South excepted. But there would be Northern anti-slavery votes enough in Congress to do this, and the anti-slavery section of the Union would find in Millard Fillmore, and abolitionist and slavery hater in heart, a willing instrument to carry out the attrocious schemes of oppression. If South Carolina elects to remain in the Union, and, true to her past history, continues to fight against anti-slavery encroachments, contesting inch by inch her friends in the South will increase, until more than one Southern State will be in full sympathy with her. This |, union of Southern States will check the abolitionists, and save our institutions in the Union, or it will produce a Southern Confederacy which will be suficiently stro ig to protect itself. Either result will be creditable alike tothesarr.w.ifti .iiirl oi.ii-it ( '.ir..li.i'i x/.vj ej.i.uvi wvuw. vu.un.m, MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR. On the 2 ith ult., Charles Sumner was elected a Senator to Congress from the State ot Massachusetts, for six years from the 4th of March, 1851. This is another signal triumph of the ' "higher law" doctrine of the North, and one of ' more fearful interest to the South than any that has yet taken place, because it was a contest? a regular "stand up light," between the Constitution and "Higher Law." The latter has tiiumphcd, and Massachusetts has said by the act, I that the Constitution will be no barrier in carrying out her fanatical purposes of Abolition. 1 Will our neighbor of the Walchm<in notice this fact, and tell its readers if Sewardism is waning 1 at the North or not; or will it say, as in tiie 1 case of Fish, that he is no Abolitionist, but a ' very conservative man ? Here are Sumner's 1 deliberate sentiments, deliberately expressed : 1 CHARLES SUMNER IN STATE CONVENTION. j "VVo demand, first and foremost, the iiistant repeal of tho fugitive slave bill. "We demand that Congress receive into the ' I Union no new slave State. "And yet 6ne thing further must be done: J The slave power inust be overturned, so that the federal government may be put openly, actively, and perpetually on tho side of freedom. "And still further, as if to do a deed which | should make Heaven weep?'all earth amazed' ?this 8ame Congress, in disregard of all the cherished safeguards of freedom, has passed a most cruel, unchristian, deyi!i?h law, to secure ' tho return into, shivery of tho3G unfortunate bonduieu who are found sheltered by our liresides. ? j "Into the immortid catalogue of national crimes this law has now passed, drawing with it, by an inexorable necessity, its authors also, and chiefly him who, as President of the United j States, set his name to the bill, and breathed into it that final breath without which it would have no life. "Other Presidents may he forgotten, hut the name signed to the fugitive bill will never be . forgotten. There are depths of infamy as there 1 are heights of fame, liettcr far for him had 1 he never been born ; better far for bis memory and for the good name of his children had he J never been i resident. "Sir, 1 will not dishonor this home of the pilgrims and of the revolution, by admitting? nay, I cannot believe?that this bill will be executed here. Individuals among us, as elsewhore, may forget humanity in a fancied loyalty to law; hut the public conscience will not 1 allow a man who has trodden our streets as a ! freeman to be dragged away as a slave. The j fugitive slaves of the United States aro among the heroes of our age." From the Columbia Telegraph. Let the first business of the State Conven- t IIUU UU IU liuillji UUI tU'kJUUl'a, L.ltl I II IS MIC 111- ^ teution of theistate of Smith Carolina, lo loavo ( the Federal Union. This notice might be ser- 5 vedou the Governors ol* the States, who would t doubtless present it to their Legislatures for ' consideration. The Legislatures wouhl all dc- 1 clare their opinions on the question of the right to secide. i By this course, wo would ascertain what J Suites recognise the right to secede, and what J States deny it. The question whether wo ' would bo permitted to depart in pence, or ' whether wo should ho required to cut loose by : the sword would iu a great degree bo settled. j We should then better know what to do in the ' way of preparation. It is of the greatest im- 1 portauco to know whether Secession is to be a 1 work of war, or one of peace. Until this is i1 settled, our people will not unite with the same ( interest and zeal, in making the preparation ' that may be necessary to carry us out of the I Union. Indeed it may not require any prcpa* 1 ration to withdraw, as many of our wisest men 1 believe, and therefore the funds and labor thus . I I I.I 1... i UAjJCUUCU, WUU4U UU 1U?>1. The momentous question of State Sovereignty, would then receive a profound and deliberate discussion, and a practical consideration by all the co-states, a consideration under circumstances of the deepest interest. The grave question, vt our Government practically, what- 1 (vcr it may haw. thought to be in th'ory, a mere dcu&cracy?<t Government in which a majority ihajl rule, rc arJ,'rss ofallie check* of the Canfuvfiou ( Tito StuUteiW. refuse to meet u> ii tbo Southern Uongrcss, wii! be 11 weed to < mwmmmamammm. n.iiwwmwi-iiiiBw IMIWI n>PtP meet this question. The "Old Dominion," the once proud lender in the advocacy of the State Sovereignty?the "Old Dominion " that from her numerous resolutions on this point, is entitled at least to the name of the State of Resolutions, will have an opportunity of indulging in this, her excelling nature, by adding another, to her already ponderous stock of Resolves.? She will have an opportunity of completing her political figure ofa beautiful beginning, although of a mongrel middle, with a noble finish. And the balance of the Southern States cannot evade this question, but must march up to it and say whether their property, their liberty and their lives, shall be subject to the will of a heaitless majority. It would appear decent in our State to notify her copartners that she intends to quit the concern, and it would moreover, argue that we believed we had a right to secede peaceably.? Tiie notice should be served 011 the co-States, and not on the Federal Government. The coinpact was made with the States, and from the co-partnership entered into with them, we propose to withdraw; and when wc shall have withdrawn, the Federal Government can no longer rightfully operate upon our citizens, as it received its authority from the State to operate upon them. The Federal Government ccnsHS to exist rightfully over South Carolina, the instant after she declares herself to be out of the Union. She has no more right to control the citizens of tins State than those of Great Britain, and the citizens of this State owe her 110 more allegiance than our ancestors did, after they had established their independence and ot/c/t/ ci^, /u As wo should bo CMifitled to .1 share of the public property?our share of the investment mid the profits of the copartnership?it is also our duty tocall on the co-States for settlement. With them we made the burg tin, and with them we should propose to settle, and not with the Federal Government. And when we notify then) of onr intention to withdraw, it might seem advisable to notify them of our desire to have our share of the public property delivered over to us, or its value in money, as it might serve to fortify our State, and purchase or build a navy. J. F. G. MITT AG. <.OH O? COTTON POWER OF THE SOUTH. The New York Herald, in drawing a comparison between the political power of the North and the cotton power of the South, remarks: "Docs any one duubt the extent of the cotton power, or of its ability to tear up, even to the smallest fibre, the cankerous root of abolition, let liiin only study the true nature of the infliction which the withdrawal of the Southern trade from Boston his put upon Boston .luring the past season. That city could have better afforded to have given tiie entire prelect of the gold mines of California, for the [last year, to the abolitionists, that to have had their action and agitation, it lias cost them noro, and will cost them still more, now that they have elected Summer. The retiihution r?f the .South is a featful one, but it is proper, i When men break their political faith?all the dedges of the compact and constitution under , which they have agreed to live?they cannot ( xpeel that honest and high-minded men will j represent them. On the contrary, they rnu3t xpect that they will have no couiiutuiicatiou with them. This is now the case. The cliivilry of the whole South is aroused by the airowcd determination of sections of the North ( to assail their rights, as defined by the conali- ' anion. That chivalry is something stronger 1 nul deeper than the mock morals which ori- 1 'hutted the anti-masonic excitement, and which I ailing in that, has now taked up the abolition ] lausc for political effect. It is an abiding and sincere sense of lienor and justice?and it will j trray that tremendous cotton power, which , can move the world, and even revolutionize it. j n such hostility against political presumption, , :hat many Northern cities will he made to safer. Tiie instinct of a great people, in such a ' ;ase, as our southern neighbors will show, 1 will be beyond the common ways and means : which might he devised to cripple enemies. Filey wiii see where they can beiielit those who ire opposed to them, and they hare the spirit .o cut all benefit, oil', if not by individual skill, ; miniated by warm feelings, then by a chival- ( rous and solemn league, which, knowing its | lower, can ben 1 a large portion of the world to Is will, at the cost of only slight retrenchments md sacrifices. "If, in view of this subject, any one doubts llie power of the South to touch the pocket which is the soul) of .hose who are arrayed igainst her interests let him remember the housands upon thousands of Southern families ' who pour; during the summer mouths, millions s >t annrrrs" into H e lap ot tiio iNortii. .Last , summer they avoided the infected districts of j lie North; and during the present season they ? tvill not l>e found, we venture to say, carrying . heir wealth for distribution into Western New j i'ork, where abolition conventions and free soil-holhouscs are as plentiful as potato hills- ' Neither will they extend their journeys into New England. The soil of these places can ( rave no charms for them. The people will be i lisagreeable to them. They will not wish to ] issociate, much less spend their money, with t those who, through the ballot box, would sneak- ] ingly rob them of their rights and property, as guarantied to tliein by the constitution. On tho contrary, despising the spirit of i [ very section which has devoted itself to un- ; Jenninc their security, and to steal their goods ] from them, they will have too high a sense of j personal comfort and relaxation, to distribute ( their wealth among their foes. No?the cotton power will show what it is?a power be- ' yond political power?beyond the money pow- 1 erol tho North?patient ns well ns valiant in 1 the chivalrous spirit of protecting itself, and > forming a compact of intentions which will I confine its power of benefitting the country to I those sections of which are ready to maintain ; inviolate the sacred compromises of the constitution." 0O~ Those who endeavor to imitate us wo like much better than those who endeavor to i uni tl u*: iinitaiiun is ft sii^n <>l esteem, bul 1 .... .. i c uupetitron or mw THE CAM JOURNAL, THO. J. WARREN, Editor. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1851. TO ADEVRTI3BRS. As the circulation of the Journal-has been steadily increasing within the past sixteen months, and particularly since the first of January last, the r\o rw?t? o a crnr\A fi/l irnrf iciwcr IVIM/Iilim. an/I a? ? a""" ?.......fa an inducement to merchants and others, we have determined to contract for yearly advertising as heretofore. Our Cotton Market. The receipts since our last have been very light, and the principal sales at 6 to 9 cents. Corn and Fodder are very scarce, and high, the former, commanding from the wagons, ?1 to ?1.06?, and the latter $1.50 to $1.75. Chakleston, May 19. The sales on Saturday footed up 700 bales, the market continuing depressed, and at the irregular decline of f to as reported on Friday, prices ranging from 7 to 9 f. Brigade Encampment. The Encampment of the 5th Brigade commonced on Tuesday. A large number of Officers and Sergeants are in attendance. The whole is under the Command of Brigadier General Chandler. Cif"A writer in the South Carolinian, ofSaturday last, under the signature of "A Disunionisl," in the course of some strictures upon the proceedings of the late convention of the southern rights associations, says "Kershaw is nearly unanimous against separate state action."?meaning we suppose, that the People ol our District are nearly unanimously opposed to that measure. Now, we have no means of knowing where or how "A Disunionisl" obtained his information, hut that he has misstated the nosilion of Kershaw, there is not th.! least doubt. We are free to admit that a large number of our inilueiitial citizens are opposed to immediate separate state action, but that there is any approach towards unanimity in that sentiment, we most emphatically deny. The only test that has been made in Kershaw was the election of Delegates to the state convention, when the separate state action ticket was elected.? Taking that election as a test, (and we believe it a lair one,) the voice of Kershaw is lor separate state action. True, the vote was a small one, but the presumption is fair, that at least one half of those who did not vote are in favor of separateaction?at all events, we have as good a right to claim them tor our side, as "A Disunionist" ha* to claim tin in ro,' his, until they express an opinion, and when that opinion is expressed, we have no fears of the result. The writer further says, that he knows that in d'l of the Districts except six, some of the delegates to the state convention are opposed to separate stale action, and that in Charleston, York, Abbeville, Chester, Lexington and Kershaw, the entire delegations (or nearly so) are opposed to that measure. Hid assertion in regard to other District's may be correct?we will only speak lor Kershaw, and will let our delegates to the slate convention speak for themselves. In answer to ]Ueries addressed to them previous to their election, two replied, th-.l alter waiting a reasonable time for co-operation without obtaining it, they were for separate state action. The other thought the "argument was exhausted," and South Carollna ougli* to act alone. Thus it will he seen, that as far as our delegation are concerned, and so far as the sent meats cf our people have been expressed, "A Di-unionst" has placed Kershaw in a wrong position.? We assure our friends that there are no subnfsuouists in Kershaw, and whatever mode of resistance the State in her sovereign capacity may idopt, we will be found with her. Secession in Alabama. It is graifying to know that we have at least, 1 few friends, firm, tried, and true, in some of the counties in the adjoining States. Those who know how to appreciate South Carolina, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; those who, regardless of the idle slang and viie abuse of her traducers, are willing "With tier to wan the sword on high, And mvear for her to live, with tier to die." In Alabama, we have many substantial friends, inflincbing advocates of secession and State sovereignty. The Loundes County Chronicle, is i faithful sentinel at the post of duty. The Montgomery Atlas, has been for a length of time, the. stern and inflexible advocate of Southern Rights, 1 ~ i_:-Li &_ i ... 4 MI iiiu we are iiigiuy gnumca 10 iiiui ii max n will in "uturo. be published under the name of the "Atlas md. Secession Banner," by Messrs. Cragin & Co. [t will advocate the policy of Secession, as a remely for Southern wrongs, so says the Chronicle. \nd we are glad to find that there are yet a few presses in Alabama, who are not atraid to assume ,he pioud position of Resistance to Federal usurpation. O* We have a few thoughts yet left on hand, vhich we intend to submit, nu the practicability ind necessity, of our citizens building thai I'lank Hoad; when we have leisure to transcribe them nto our columns. In the interim, we beg that aur people will take into consideration, the importance of the enterprise. Should the State secede, that is no reason why the Road should lot be built?but rather a stronger inducement for is construction. The gentleman who told us a few days ago he was willing to give as a donation throe hundred dollars towards its construction, md pay his Tolls besides talks the way to suit us. Hon. Joseph A. Woodward. The Southern Standard, (Columbus Mi.)of the 10th inst., says : The Hon. Joseph A. Woodward member of Conprcfs from the tliir 1 district, South Carolina, spent a day in our ci'v .ltui; : tho prosent week. lie ha- t'riei !. r>. i.lijis! it; *.?. ? !i : ! . ; > 'It? icy j*s a. m 1111H mpwwwww??i . a i:igcounty with whom he wi'l spend a few days .9 and it is then hoped he will visit our city, and V should time and convenience permit, there are Amany who would be delighted to hear him speak. M a ^4 Rio tit.?That objectionable paragraph In the Methodist Disciphne relating, to shivery, has been expended in a new edition of the work, published in pursuance of a resolution passed by the South Carolina Conference at its last annual session. The purified edition is for sale by John W. Stoy, Agent, Charleston.?South Carolinian. Cuba.?The Huston Advertiser learns from a good source that the Cuban authorities have ordered the Spanish meu-of war not to capture or molest any suspicious vessel they inay fall in with at sea, bat to watch them, and, if any at tempt be made to land an armed force, to attack and show thorn no quarter.?lb. i if Nkw Post Offick.?A new post office boa been established at Branch Island, Pickens District, and Mr. Joseph 'fenny appointed inasier.?lb. Cfcv" During the absence from Washington, of the President, and Messrs. Webster, Critterfden and Hall, who are gone to attend the celebration of the* completion of the New-York and Erie Bail Road, Messrs. Convin, Stewart and ** Conard are left in charge of the general executive duties, and those appertaining to their respective departments. Rhode Island.?The Legislature Adjourned after a session of four and a half days. Among the acts passed was one restoring Thomas W. Dorr to his civil rights anil privileges. 1 ; ovw ... Commerce oj Boston.?The value of exports last week to foreign ports was, American products, $203,374 Go; foreign products, G2,2G0 58. OCT" The Senate of Massachusetts hns passed a hill providing for the call of a Convention to revise the Constitution of the State. Themea. sure is not expected to pass the House of Representatives. ? ? OCT A Mr. James M initio is exhibiting at Baltimore, a machine invented by him, for walking nil tin* 'Flux /'/iVvrxxn- OUro ll.nf v.. ...v .. iiv oojo mnv u?o rwiMNi operandi is simple, and thinks it will prove successful mi trial. An experiment is to be made with it in Baltimore Buy, on the 2Gth ins!. Pickkxs C. H., May 10. On the O h i:ist., Mrs. Mary Gaines, an aged willow, and for many years a member of the ' .Methodist Church, committed suicide by hanging herself with a hank of thread to the Warn of a loom. Mrs. G. had been for some time partially deranged in mind. # . - : . J ft Mortality in Cities.?The deaths in 'Nev/ York during the week ending May 10, were 102; of these 00 were by Diseases of the t^ngs, and 41 by Typhus Fever. In Baltimore, for the week ending May 12, the deaths were 74, of which 12 were by Consumption. The following is a comparative view of the' deaths during t'.ic week in the cities of New York, Baltimore and Charleston, and1 the pro. * ! portion to their population respectively: ' * , ft?w Ymk Italiiinore Cfnrtr?to?* '* Population 517.S1J ltilJ,l)25 13,014 Death* 40'2 74 10 7l-*< l'ro|)orti<>:iatc!y 1 in 1,233 I in 2,1 U ' ,.1 in 1301 *" ___ ^ | *' GkORCKToWN, May 10,1851.?Tlit^a^rioiis news received this morning by tbo Charleston papers, that the report and resolutions of the Cilllllliittei! of 21 h:ul !rf>nn iuliinfu/4 great unanimity bv the Convention," was con^, tinned by our delegater who arrived in the Gen. Cliuvh this afternoon. Their account of the * entire proceedings was indeed most gratifying^ . The memosy of the oldest inhabitant does not; bring to mind any news more jovfnlly received * by our entire population, and a salute rf guns informed our r-ouutry neighbors tKht flie' ^ Convention had done its duty, notwithstanding the powerful influnncet brought to bear ngiaiust the only practical course left us to pursue. As tiie letter of Mr. Poinsett bearsliithis district, it is proper to say that he is notauthority with us, never will he. [Gcwgdowu Observer. ^ Bounty Land, Claims.?Those who hare claims for Bounty Lands under, the late act will find it necessary to exercise some considerable, degree of patience. The number ?f applies* tions received in a day lmve run up as high S* 1500. They now average about 400 *There are 100,000 applications on filo wMJ|fr , have not been touched. The number of Wrs rants which the department have found itpnfc tioable to issue is about 200. < ti 7^e Co'lon and Toharco Crops.?Telegraph, ic despatches from Nashville, Edgeville, East* port and other portions of Tennessee, giv^ntir? favorable reports of the cotton and tobacee crops; tho severe frosts have seriously injured them, and many of the plants already up a*9* thought to have I??en killed. . i t < 0 > '~r\r ^ Dirkrct IjxroKTATio.v of. medicixas.?* Messrs. Dawson and Blackmail, as will bo poc: ceived hy advertisement, have received direct* from tho well known house ofMander, Woawer* fi'.ci Mander, at Wolverhampton, England, a la t o assortment of Medicines^ which tit?}' &ro olTering at their Store 17 Broad-street. we understand, Is the first direct impoitatioa. of the kind lmide to this port for riia^y y<yCri? and we learn xliat Messrf D. and^B. have made arrangements fur future supplies, rcgulaily from, ! lite -rune 'jn.irfe' ? jfrrcury.