Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, June 10, 1851, Image 2
NORTHERN TESTIMONY.
While the Northern and Southern Compromise
presses and the politicans are doing all in
their power to put the Southern Rights men on
a par with the Abolitionists, under the hypocritical
and scandalous pretext of Ix-ing "agitators,"
for a common purpose, the dismemberment
of the Union, a press in the interest of
the commercial men of New York, whom
self-interest makes acute, thus plainly tells the
truth.
The following extract from the New York
Dry Goods Reporter, should teach a lesson to
such Southern prints as the New Orleans Bee,
Bulletin, and Co.
The Tribune of Thursday morning contained
the following article, which we republish, to
show the temper of that journal:
Alluding to the movement in South Carolina,
it says:
"A Convention of some three hundred persons
is now sitting at Charleston to consider
bow Southern rights may best be protected
against Northern aggression, and whether
South Carolina shall now secede from the limited
States.
"We are glad that this Convention is held,
because it must make an end of the whole
wearisome stupidity (of disunion. Either the
chivalry will do nothing more than talk, and
straightway collapse into insignificance, or else
they will attempt rebellion, and straightway
experience^ the strong arm of the National
Government. Our own opinion is decidedly
that they will stick to gasconade and eschew
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action; Dut in eutier case guou wm usuu uvm
their Convention.
"It is time that two things were generally
understood, namely?first, that Sout hCarolina
does not govern the entire country; and second,
that this Union is something more than a legal
*" fiction which a breath can make and unmake.
The latter fact, especially, seems to need a definitive
demonstration. God forbid that it
should he established through anything like riot
on a scale large enough to be called rebellion
! Nor do we (ear any such necessity,
*boogh, should it arise, it will benefit enough i
wrthit to diminish if not to counterbalance its
evils."
We pronounce this a diabolical article; and
if our readers will look at it carefully, they will
agree with us in that opinion.
Let us examine this article. It announces
that this convention will "make an end of the
whole wearisome stupidity of disunion?that
- the chivalry will collapse into insignificance, or
attempt rebellion, and straightway experience
the strong arm of the National Government."
f? the first phiCe, the expressions used in this
?itrde are intended to irritate and give offence.
They show neither good taste, good breading,
^flor good manners.
Theehivalry of South Carolina have at least
in days passed, been behind that of no other
State or country. Her blood was freely shed
in the revolution; her citizens were severe suf'*
Al s: A- .1 t
icrers ironi uie enemy, wneu oiuer oiaies |
scarcely knew their footsteps. A brave, more
'gallant,' and a noble race of patriots never existed,
than those of South Carolina. Their territory
suffered more than any other States in the
tTnlon: and shall the puny petticoated Abby
Fotsom and Rochestor knocking assistant editor
of the Tribune sneer at chivalry like theirs?
.What is to be gained by such articles as these
of the Tribune? What good do they do under
arty circumstances? None whatever. On the
contrary, they oiily add fuel to a flame ready
to burst forth into one general conflagration. j
But what is the alternative of the future?
Why if rebellion is attempceJ, then the "strong
arm" of the government is to be experienced.
What is the plain English of these remarks? It
is no more or less than that South Carolina,
after having been the mark and aim of abolition
zealots for years ?the subject of their officious
intermeddling and their miserable sneers
--after she has been threatened with the entire
destruction of her domestic institutions and the
robery of her slaves, she is to bo told, while
considering peacefully how she may escape
the torture of these crazy demons?she is told
that she must.be compelled by force to remain
in the Cihoij, to he hunted, tortured, and sneer^
V2V?/-? Jc nnf 1a Ivn nl Intt'tul in PC.
VU ill lUIO CU WUC IO IIVV VV WV UliU ? VV4 *v vw
cape the misery and insecurity she endures, but
is to be chained down and compelled to bear
the further barking of these merciless dogs.
The smoke of cannon, the explosion of shells,
the flames of her dwelling, the shedding of
blood, the distruction of life, then, are the
means invoked by these lovers of peace?those
men who pray to God for his assistance in a
needless and murderous strife; who avow themi$^Xe$the
peculiar friends of religion, and or<ier,
and lie higher Jaw!
These men who think it wicked to hang
murderers or to eat mhave noking ot compunetiou
in slaying tie peopia of South
Carolina because they choose te have their own
opinions on the subject of slavery, ^consistent,
Ak many of the ablest men in this and evcrv
other country have deemed them, with the laws
of God and man,) and because they will not
give up their servants help to labor at the command
of the Garrisons and Grceleys.
-- Kill, burn, destroy: These are the watch
words of these fanatics; and tlio very government
who.se Constitution, moral and political,
they are industriously seeking to overthrow?
the very government they denounce and call
*>n Heaven to destroy?they invoke to carry
out tlieir bloody iutentions.
"We trust the merchants of this city will
take this matter into consideration. Are they
prepared to carry fire and sword into the city
of Charleston to please the New York Tribune
and its clique of infidel philosophers?
This is the issue; and wo leave it to our readers
to decide to whose call will they reply.
It is said that the open utterance of truth
cati "shame" even "the devil"?would that it
could shame the Southern Compromisis?at
least from the suicidal stultification of thors
course.?Southern Press*
(KrThe^ Equestrian Statue of Gen. Jackson
which is one-third larger than life, weighing
35,000 pounds, and made of brass condemned
by Government, is to be placed on the pedestal
in Lafayette Square, Washington, opposite
the I'lesideul'sj House, on the 1th of July.
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IS SECKSSION A CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT ?
There has been much valuable breath wasted
and much innocent ink spilt recently, in endeavoring
to elucidate the question of whether
secession is a constitutional or a revolutionary
right;?a question, the profundity of which
forcibly* reminds us of a passage in Cooper's
"Home as Found," where a sea captain, meta
morphosed lor the nonce, into a travelled savant
being asked whether the name of Byron's Italian
mistrees, Guiccioli, was pronounced Guic
ciolee or Guiccioly, answered that it depended
entirely on the way of the wind
So, the solution of the above inquiry seems
:o depend now in some degree, upon the way
the popular breeze is declared to blow. Where
the wind sets towards secession, the measure
is clearly constitutional, but under other circumstances,
it is only revolutionary. To us the
question appears most ridiculously idle, trifling
and shallow?quite as much so as a discussion
about
the difference there may be
'Twix't tvveedle-dum and tweedle-dee.
It might be answered by asking whether the
right of self-defence be a constitutional or a revolutionary
right. The right in both cases is a
natural?inalienable, right, inherent in every
free people?a right that lies at the very foundation
of all free governments, and is recognized
in our "Declaration of Independence"?
on the principles of which the Constitution itself
was based.
The principle here conteuded for. in the right
of secession, is one of the very axioms of political
or governmental science, and to deny it
would be as absurd as for a mathematician to
deny the fundamental and self evident truths
upon which he builds all his reasoning and demonstrations.
Rut the Constitution savs nothing about se
cession, and it designed the Union to be perpet
ual. Indeed ! So the Constitution saya nothing
about the usurpations of Congress?and it
designed the administration of the government
to be honestly, strictly and perpetually conducted
in accordance with its principles. The
Constitution designs the Union to he perpetual
just so long as the Union is m linluined on
Constitutional principles, and no 1 >nger.
We understand that Mr. Hilli.i.d. the other
day in the Court House, dc>' ' right of
State secession, except as a 'lionnry measure.
Well, who the duce c whether it be
a revolutionary measure, or any other sort of
a measure, so it is a right that we may justly
exercise! And what, in the sense in which-he
uses it, is a revolutionary measure, but a mea'
sure of self'tlejencc' And who pretends that
Southern States wishes to resort to secession
except as a measure of self-dofeuce ?
Really, some of our aspiring statesmen (!)
had better go back to their school boooks once
more, and refresh their minds with the rudiments
of political freedom and the rights ol man.
Government, we humbly opine, is not established
as an end, but merely as a means of social
happiness ; and its rules?at least it is so in
this country?are not sought i.i the musty records
of European despotisms, but in Lite forum
of reason, justice and common sense. What
republican ever reads now Rurke's famous essay
on the French Revolution, for the sound1
_r:?? tin. wisdom of its nhi
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losophy t?or heeds its tory notions about the
power of one generation to bind "forever" all
succeeding generations i
Who but Mr. Hilliard, and others like him,
who take their ideas of government and law,
I ready made from the antiquated pages of monI
arehial writers, would contend that the laws of
I Mexico, in those territories conquered by, and
I ceded to'this country, now override the Constitution
of the United States ??or that indeI
pendent sovereign States do not possess the
j right to secede from the Union, into wtiich they
I voluntarily entered on certain terms, when
'those terms have been wontonly and outrageously
violated i There is nothing to be found
! in the whole philosophy of government, or in
I any of the relations of man, as a social being,
that, by the rules of reason, justice or common
| sense can be made for one moment to militate
I against the most perfect right of any ?ouinern
Suite to secede from this Union, whenever she
may deem it necessary to her safety or happiness.
Law and government are made for man,
and not man for the government.
If then it would conduce to the greater prosperity
and happiness of the Southern Suites to
separate themselves from the present Union,
why should they doit??why have they not
a right to do it? To deny it, is to deny every
principle of American liberty, and to make this
government a consolidated, central despotism,
and conceding to it the power to become as
absolute and oppressive a tyranny as Russia
herself.?Atlas and Secession Banner, Montgomery,
Ala.
FROM TEXAS,
j We insert below an extract from a letter rei
peived from a friend in Texas. It will amply
| repay perusal.
i I feel groat anxiety, for many reasons, to
; know what will bo the probable action of the
| Convention when it assembles, and when it will
i probably bo called together. 1 have been led
lately to fear from the indications I have seen
in the papers as to the opinions of some ofyoui
' Judges, that they are not prepared for separate
State action. If such he the fact, and thev
can control the people, I shall deem it mosl
unfortunate for the interests of the South, and
* ** 1 * nf thn Stnto South
! entirely latai to uiu uuuui ?.
; Carolina is now hated, she willthen bn simply
j ?despised. The truth is, she must now aa
: either tragedy or farce. To he quiet is to bej
contemptible. Southern co-operation before
' action is, 1 believe, utterly impracticable?aftei
j it entirely certain. Had Wat Tyler submitted
to the indignity which was offered to his
daughter, and called his neighbors together afI
terwards for sympathy and co-operation in re
I dressing the wrong, he would probably havt
I found not one bold enough to stand by him.-But
when he had stricken the blow, they ai
once rallied for his defence, and forced royalty
. itself to treat with them on equal terms, am
grant their demands. John Ball has preached
and it is only necessary that Wat Tyler shouh
knock down the excise man in order that ou
' rights should be secured. Will South Carolim
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! tnke thnl responsimuty ; i
i rally to her defence, I do not doubt. Even
here she has many friends, and if Mr. Fillmore
[ were mad enough to attempt the use of force,
the six shooter and the knife of the Ranger
would very certainly and very soon be seen in
her ranks. My reason for asking information
as to her probable course, is that we may boi
gin to organize for the crisis, if it is to come.
We could at any moment form a Southern
Rights Asssociation in this county, and in many
of the adjoining ones; but are unwilling to do
so unless some practical good is to result from
it. It is the opinion of those who agree with
me here that unless South Carolina acts there
will be no issue made with the Federal Government.
and that by passing resolutions and form
ing associations, we will be simply making ourselves
ridiculous. We have no disposition to
follow the example of the Mother of Statesand
Gen. Washington. The Virginia Resolutions
it would seem should satisfy South Carolina
as to Southern co-operation.? Exchange.puper.
THE CAMDEN JOURNAL,
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1851.
Our Market.
We have no change to make in our Cotton Mar.
ket. But little is coming in, and prices are mere!y
nominal. *
; pW Having been engaged since our last in
j moving our Office, we are all in pi, and as we
i have no room for Editorials, we must be excused
lor our lack in this number. We have been necessarily
compelled to crowd out considerable
matter to-day?for the future we hope to do better.
}y The Office of the Camden Journal, has
been removed to Davis's Hall, immediately over
DeHay's, and nearly opposite McKain's Drug
Store.
Ooort of Equity,
The Court of Equity for Kershaw District commenced
this morning. His Honor, Chancellor
Dargan did not arrive until Monday afternoon.
O" The Beautiful Lines of our fair corresponi
dent Lizzie Clarendoi, shall appear in our next.
We shall be pleased to hear from her again very
soon.
The Third Anniversary
Of Wateree Division, No. 9, Sons of Temperance,
will be celebrated at tluir New Hall on
Wednesday Evening, 18th June, on which occasion
the Hall will be Dedicated by the G. W. I'.,
J. Beltoh O'Neail, assisted by five members of the
I Division.
The Public are invited to attend as it will be
j more than usually interesting, we hope to see the
1 room filled. After the Dedication, the audience
I will be addressed by Judge O'Neail.
I Members of other Divisions are solicited to par- I
' ticipate with us. The members of this Division I
' " -- - 1 -'-I 1
Will assemoie at i i-~ u tiuun. vcicmunivs .
I commence at 1-4 past 8. ,
A. M. KENNEDY,)
W. E. HUGHSON, \ _
VV. M. SHANNON,> Committee.
L. W. BALLARD. {
Ordinary for Orangeburg District.
S. Glover, Esq., was elected Ordinary for
j Orangeburg District on Monday the 2d inst.
Give it to Him.
1 The redoubtable Foote, the Don Quixote of the
I Nineteenth Century, in his reply to Chesnut and
! ^r,,P5> aflt'r their return from the Nashville Con'
vention, intimated his great anxiety, to meet these
1 gentlemen face to f-ce, and discuss the constitutionality
of the Compromise schemes, but sure
enough ho did'nt come. We clip the following
from the People's Press, Hernando, Miss., which
; accords precisely with the character of such a
heartless demagogue:
"Gen. Foote, whose presumption and arro.
.L:_
; gai:Ce are pruverouu in una own-, nuttm!
her last whilst traversing through it challenged
| every body and "the rest of mankind" to public
: discussion. Now. he refuses to m?*et Judge
! Smith, upon his own terms. The Judge,
| took a tonr with him in the Kastcrn counties
j and the Gen. lias found out that the Judge is
too much for him, and will no longer meet him
1 heforo the people. The Judge we trust, will
not be deterred, from following (Jen Foote
wherever he goes as tiio Gen. don \ with the
Hon. A. G. McNutt, when canvassing the
State for U. S. Senate."
Palmwtto Armorv.
I iTliia building (says the South Carolinian,) is
' j now in rapid course"of construction, and will be
I one of our handsomest edifices. The energetic
' contractor, Mr. Glaze, has engaged a large number
ofcompetent workmen, and the manufacture
of arms will progress as rapidly as possible. The
Armory, it is expected, will be completed about
the first of October next.
Whilst all good men will deplore the necessity
for manufacturing weapons of warfare, and the
contingency may never arise which may make it
incumbent on South Carolina to place these arms
in the hands of her sons, yet there are tew who
will not subscribe to the wisdom and patriotism
that prompted the appropriation made by the Legislature,
lor the defence of the State. It may
save the people in the end four times the amount.
Slavish.?For a man to repudiate the land
of his birth is indeed wicked, but for a Soutb"
? *a flin tvnrlil tlinf lio id in
L ei U Ulilll HJ | II UU1UIIII IV Vt?U IfVKM M?U? MV l? ...
r favor of the late compromise measures of Con1
gress?'"light or wrong, constitutional or un,
constitutional," is slavish?and the man who
1 in the sincerity of his heart avows such sentir
ments is no better than a slave and ought to h?
i in bondage the balance of his life.?I'wplc's
1 /'/TV*.
The Hamburg Republican,
The following precious morceau, we clip from
the orgau qf the "little Cotton Depot, just ojtposite
to Augusta
" Our meeting has been held, and a glorious
one it was. The "little Cotton Depot, just
opposite to Augusta," was well represented not
only by her "cotton commission agents; but
her merchants one of whom does more business
in two mouths than any two Camden
huckster merchant, of which we know, do in a
year. It was also well attended by the honest
yeomanry of the surrounding country, and by
numerous friends to the cause from Grauitetrilie,
in short, the meeting was a large and respectable
one, and order and decorum ruled the day.''
We grant you that one of your "Cotton Com.
misini Agents;'' or Merchants if you please, "does
more business in two months than any two Camden
Huckster Merchants of which we know do in a
year;" and yet, if this is the be it you can do, it is
no great things. Our Hucks'tr Merchants, dont
aspire to Cotton Agencies, but as yours do, of
course it follows as a necessary consequence that
you are small potatoes. There are honorable exceptions
in every case, and living among, your
hucksters, are gentlemen of the highest standing
and respectability, for whom we personally entertain
the highest tegard. But for you and your
Uhucksler's," we want nothing particularly to do.
When we say that the Merchants of Camden
embrace a large and respectable class of gentlemen,
who tor intelligence, uprightness and responsibility,
are excelled by none in the Union. We say
that which is sustained by facts.
American Art Union,
We have been kindly favored by J. N. Garr.eweH,
Esq.,Honorary Secretary of the Art Union for
Camden, with a large and splendid Engraving,!
taken from a scene in Shakespeare's Merry Wives ;
o<* Windsor, and also, a sett of five others, euibra-'
cing the Dream of Arcadia, &.c.
The New Scholar and the Card Players, are !
amusing scenes. These pictures are all splendid-:
ly gotten up. We understand that the subscription !
list to the American Art Union, has been very ;
considerably iucreased, since the last year. Those I
who desire to subscribe for the next year, will call I
on Mr. Gamewell, at the Post Olfice.
03" A letter to the "Jacksonian" in another j
column, shows how General Foote was routed
by the chivalrous General Quitman, in a political
discussion at Jackson.?Peoples Press.
03" If ignorance was punishable by the laws
of the country with imprisonment, several sub
mission orators in this county would soon break ,
into the County Jail.?Peoples Press.
Lrooa news.
The last Number of the People's Press, Her-i
nando, Miss., brings us the following:
' We can assure our friends abroad, that the j
cause of the South, in Desoto, is flourishing. [
'Legions' are rallying under its Hag, and the j
signs are greatly in the ascendant thai the i
honor and dignity of the sovereignty of Mis- (
sissippi, will be 'gloriously' maintained."
For the Camden Journal.
ORANGEBURG SOUTHERN* RIGHTS !
ASSOCIATION.
Monday 2nd of June being the regular day '
of the meeting, the association assembled at 12 i
M., a large number of members being present.
The Association was called to order by the 1
i President, Gen. D. F. Jamison, and the minutes
1 of the last meeting were read by the Secretary.
' The President then gave a short account of)
I
the proceedings of the Convention in CharlesI
ton, expressed great gratification, at the courtesy
and kindness which characterized its pro"
ceedings, and the unanimity of sentiment that
nrevailed amoiitrst its members.
[ I V
! The time had eoino when the peojde must
! be prepared to make sacrifices, if they wished
' to maintain their liberty. If they intended to
submit, say so, and give up the contest at once;
? but no!?he had no thought that this was
their design ; they did not dream of submission :
1 ?The stand had been taken, to go back, was
i degradation and certain ruin ; go forward they
mm/, go forward they would, and under Cod,
achieve their disenthrulment from the shackles
of this wretched government, or perish if need
be, in the attempt.
He felt, that with South Carolina in this Union,
there was no certainty that his children
would inherit the soil he cultivated; as he rode
over his fields this thought often forced itself
upon him?he had told them before, and he
I would repeat the declaration, now, that in this
I "nnon l,o lima nrnnfirnil In iiimLch <11111 sacrifice.
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ovon of life itself.
L. M. Kcitt, then addressed tlio meeting at
some length, arguing that Secession was a
constitutional, peaceful remedy ; if made otherwise,
it would be so made by usurpation of
others ; hut we will take no further note of his
remarks, as by a resolution of the association
they will be published.
(). M. Dantzlcr followed Mr. Keitt. Hedis.
' sented from several of Mr. Iveiu's positions,
doubted whether separate secession would bo
productive of the results anticipated. I' hut
one State would join, he would be willing to
make the experiment, ho thought the State was
not strong enough alone. The Federal Government
would embarrass us, would wage a
war of dollars and cents?a Commercial war?
a war of petty annoyances, would blockade our
ports, restrict us as much as possible, A:c. His
opposition would cease when the State acts.
1 He owes no allegianco to any government but
that of South Carolina, and whatever might be
r her fate, the same would be his; ho would
buckle on his armour in her defence?in the
\
language of ad^tl^r once in high repute?"1(^1 M
any man geu his foot? in the stirrup before I do,? 9
lie must rise before day, and whet his swords I
by the morning Star"?with South Carolinahe \ I
would triumph or fail. 9
W. [VI. Hutson then replied to Mr. Dantzler, flfl
examining his arguments in detail, differed with ^9
him entirely as to what would be the probable ^
effects of secession by the State. He thought
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IV44t viUT^iiiiiiCUb vr wuiu I <111 II JL aiicuipicu uiu
annoyances alluded to; it would annoy the .
States bordering on us, more than it would an- '
| uoy our State. The measures taken to embar- J
! rass our intercourse with other States, would 4
produce dissatisfaction between those States
and the General, Government. He thought
there were difficulties in the way of the supposed
action of the Government which it could
not surmount. A blockade would be war, we
could relieve ourselves from it etc.?that our
prosperity when once out of this cursed Union
would be great, etc. It would not be possible
to give more than a glance at some, of the arguments
of the Speakers, without occupying more
time and space tbuu would be desirable on this
occasion. Other gentlemen were desirous of
addressing the association; but the day was
warm, and more than three hours having already
tested the patience of the association, it
was deemed advisable not to prolong the meeting,
although there appeared no dissatisfaction
at tho length of the proceedings. ^ -its .
The following are some of the resolutions
adopted by the association;
llesoloed, That a Committee of the members
f *r
be appointed by tire Chair, for each Beat?ompany
within our limits, whose 4uty shall be
to present the Constitution of this Association
to every citizen within said Beat, who is^aof t?
fa tor of submission, and to reqflest his signature
to the same.
Resolved, That the Committees so appointed,
do report to this Association the progress they
shall hare made, at each meeting until their doty
shall have been fully discharged, when they
shall hand in to the Secretary the signatures
obtained.
The following gentlemen were appointed
Delegate* to the State Central Association*
Gen D. F. Jamison, Capt -Donald Rowe,
Col. P. S. Feldcr, John- S. Jennings, Col.
P. A. Fanning, Col. Abram Qtt, Dr. T? J. Goodwyn,
Dr. Edward Fludd, Dr. Daniel,Vogt^ Rer.
J. J. Wannaniaker. .
Extract from the miaiutes.
J. VV . TAYLOR, Sec%.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
From the S iulh Carolinian.
ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC.
Skw Xouk, June 7^i851.
The American steamer Pacific has arrived
here, having sailed from Liverpool on the 26th
ult.
Cotton was reported firmer, with an advance
of 1-8 ou middling qualities. The sale? were
47,000 bales?lor export and specula^on 6,000
bales. Fair Orleans was quoted at 61 4 middling
4 7-8 a 5 1-2.
! In Liverpool, on the 27th ult* there wa$an
I improvement in the cotton market of 1-2. The
I sales during the four days previous to the sail|
ing of the Facific were 80,000 bales. Mftuey
I was easy.
Mo further failures had occurred. The trade
in Manchester was improving. '
The Intelligencer of Thursday affords
another item of evidence to the truth of our
charges against it. It credits to the Columbia.
^3. <J.) Telegraph an account of an uufortunate
assault on several persons, by a man with a.
1 bayonet, who is supposed to be insane, repreI
seating him as a "Desperate Secessionikt^ The
Telegraph did not so describe tbe individual,
I nor did its account have any such prefix as ap!
pears in the Intelligencer. This is bat another
| of the habitual attempts of that piiut to create
i false impressions.? Southern Prut.
The compromise prints have circulated a
j story that the Charleston Evening News, which
J has recently changed hands, is to became an
I "Union" paper. This report has been formal!
ly contradicted by the ntx conductors of that
paper, hut the "glorious Union" men care noth- ^
: ing lor that, and keep the falsehood briskly cir*
I culating still.?Southern Tress. i
Boston, May 30.
The Abolitionists in Boston and the Coloniza'
lion Society.?George Thompson, the English
} Abolitionist, made a speech to the Anti-Slavery
i Convention yesterday afternoon, in Boylston
; Hall, about 300 people being present The
.1 - < i . /'nlnnimtinn Sncf.
' SUItJOCt was, tile ".mwricou wivu??.?
; ety," which Mr. T. denounced as the spawn of
two abominations?the Church and the devil.
,| Garrison and the Uev. Mr. May also denouncj
ed the Colonization movement. The meetings
of the Abolitionists have attracted very little at- ^
tention here, their audiences are chiefly com-.
1 posed of country people.
I Government Speculation. ? About 50,000lbs.
j of bacon owned by the government, were sold at
St. Louis last week at &N.05 per 100 lbs., which
was purchased last summer, as army stories, at
, i?;>.75. Government simulations are generally
in the opposite direction.
.4 Meteor.?The Providence (La.) Watchman
- ..... mi
says thit al?out 11 o'clock on tne nigut ot tiie
2-id ult., h I rilliant meteor was visible at that
place. Its first appearance was neatly at meridian
height. At first it was stationary for near
a minute, and illuminated the heavens with a
strong, clear light similar to that of the sun at
mid-day. The light then gradually beoamo
less brilliant, and the meteor slowly disappear
cd in the north, appearing to the naked eyo almost
e?|ual in sizo to the ;n??ou.