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From the Charleston Mercury. The Presidency. We copy below the Resolutions adopted by the recent Democratic State Convention of Pen it- J sylvan ia, which by a very large majority nomi- ! nated Mr. Buchanan for the next Presidency.? i We take no part in the approaching struggle, ' and devoutly hope that South Carolina will allow no solicitations or blandishments to seduce her to depart from neutrality. The United States can be misgoverned without her help, and , there is no ground of hope that any exeitions j on her part, however ardent and untiring, can I save them from being misgoverned, it is is spectators only that we remark upon the aspect of the Presidential question. Mr. Buchanan starts with a strong support.? ' lie is the choice of the Democracy in his own j State, in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and we i tnink, in Florida and North Carolina. The ! great prominence which the Pennsylvania ltcsolu- j tions give to the doctrine of State Rights and strict construction, and the strong pledge they j give of respecting the rights of the South, will tend to strengthen Mr. Buchanan's party throughout the South, and the more, because these doctrines and pledges are in harmony with the principles he ha" always maintained through- 1 out his long public career. Ilis high ability, abundant experience, and his moderation of char? ori^ acter, are au strong argumcms m ma ?..? increase the chances that time and examination will rather enlarge than diminish the number of his friends. Still, such is the |>erversity and crookedness of party politics that it by no means follows that the candidate in favor of whom the most and the strongest arguments can be fairly urged, will win the game. So much dej?ends on adroit management and bargaining that the considerations which naturally would decide the matter, have a chance of being overlooked, and a choice made, not because any man thinks it will be the best for the country, but because a sufficient number of crafty wire pullers believe it will be the most profitable for themselves. Apparently, the most formidable competitor of Mr. Buchanan, will be Senator Douglas of Illinois. We cannot suppose that Sam Houston and Gen. Cass will be much in the way.? The former has neither respectability as a man, nor weight as a politican, and the latter very greatly undermined the confidence of his former friends, by the strangely unwise course lie has pursued in regard to the foreign relations of the country. He has not only made very foolish movements, but he has failed in getting even fools to follow him. His statesmanship has been an abortion, and his candidacy, if the party should be weak enough to select him, will prove a still greater abortion. But Douglas is another sort of man. Really superior in talents, he has the secret of ma king all his powers available for popularity and influence. In the Northewest, he woulc have a very cordial and general support, and has not a fanr oiinnnrfpro in VirrrinisL The (Treat danger *v-" ?rr?? -o ; o ?=> to the party is that the claims of candidates will be pressed with a zeal that will degenerate into acrimony and that when the choice is finally made there will be no general concurrence in sustaining it. If Buchanan and Douglas could be agreed upon as the Democratic ticket for President and Vice-President, we do not believe that the Whigs could make a respectable showing in opposition. But it is probably expecting too mu?h medemtion in the candidates, and too much common sense in party, to look for such a combination. But we leave the subject and quote the Resolutions of the Pennsylvania Convention: Resolved That this Convention cordially approve and endorse the great Democratic political principles embodied in the resolutions adopted by the last two National Democratic Conventions, held at Baltimore in 1844 and 1848, and believe their strict observance to be not only conducive .o the prosperity, but essential to the preservation of the Union. Resolved, That the Democratic party, in view of the present critical condition of the country, should now, more than ever, resort to the principles of its glorious founders, as furnishing the safest and surest guides and landmarks; and that among those of primary importance in the existing position of public affairs, we may enumerate: a strict conssruction of the powers granted by the several States to the Federal Government under the Constitution of the U. States, and a denial to Congress of all doubtful powers; a sacred regard for the rights reserved to the States respectively, and to the people; an absolute non-interference by the several States and their citizens with the domestic institutions of each other; and a rigid economy and strict accountability in the expenditure of the public money drawn from the pockets of the people by taxation, confining the appropriations made by Congress to national subjects plainly authorized by the Constitution. Resolved, That the coner stones of the Democratic party were securely and deeply laid during the "reign of terror," by the immortal patriots and statesmen, Jefferson and Madison, in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, and in Mr. Madison's report; and that whenever the government departed from the spirit of these resolutions and this report, dangerous dissensions aud injuiious con-eqnences to the country were the results, Resolved, That the Democratic party is the true Union party of the whole country, and we recognize no other. We rejoice to witness that the Democrats in other States, who disapprove the Compromise measures of the last Congress, have, for the sake of the Union resolved to acquiesce in them as a final settlement of the vexed and dangerous questions arising out of demestic slavery; and that the Democratic party throughout all the States, are now re-uniting in solid phalanx upon the principle that the meatures must and shall be maintained and executed and with the firm determination that the party, shall be restored to its former ascendancy and power in the administration of the Federal Government. Resolved, That the Democracy of Pennsylvania will maintain with fidelity and energy the faithful execution of the fugitive slave law; and that we pledge ourselves to exert our best efforts to secure the SDeedv repeal of such portions of the "State Obstruction Law" as deny the use of our jails for the detention of fugitives from labor while awaiting their trial, or in any other manner interfere with the constitutional rights of citizens of our sister States in reclaiming their property. Resolved, fhat the Democracy of the old Keystone Commonwealth, having deferred their claims to a Presidential candidate to the appeal of her sister States for more than half a century, do now by an unprecedented majority, earnestly and energetically assetr their strong and long-deferred right to the honor of furnishing a President for the Union in the person of their fellow-citizen, James Buchanan. They have no second choice, and they firmly believe that should he be nominated bv the Democratic National Convention ho will receive a triumphant, old-fashioned Jackson majority in the Keystone State. Resolved, That we present James Buchanan as our candidate for the Presidency, with the full confidence that the Democracy of our sister States will concede to the Keystone State the honor to which she has been so loner entitled, and which she has so loner generously yielded. That the fame of our candidate, as a sound statesman, and zealous advocate of republican principles is not surpassed. He is a consistent and uncompromising Democrat, an able defender of the Jeffersonian doctrine of State rights, a foe to the unconstitutional doctrine of centralization ; the advocate of universal suffrage?the early, tried and confidential friend and adv >c;.te of the immortal Jackson?the leading and successful opponent of dangerous national monied ! monopolies?the supporter of an economical administration of government, the friend and promoter of agriculture and commerce, of domestic manufactures and mechanics. The services of Mr. Buchanan, in the cause of the party and of ! the country, are recorded in the hearts of the people, and we believe that, in his hands equal justice would be awarded to all the great inter ests of the country, and our beloved Union be safe against the inroads of foreign aggression, and the dangers of intestine commotion. Resolved, That the delegates elected by this Con\*ention be and they are hereby instructed to vote for him from first "to last, and to use all fair and honorable means to secure his nomination. Resolved, That we congratulate our fellow/tifivAne nrmn flio cii/i/>Accfitl fnpminflfinn nf fliA I late Gubernatorial contest; the election of his Excellency William Bigler, as the Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth, has secured to the people an able, enlightened, honest, and economical administration of the government, and redeems our glorious old Commonwealth from the disgrace which has Ixx-n brought upon her by ! the late extravagant administration; that for the personal and untiring exertions of Gov. Bigler to secure the ascendencv of Democratic principles during the late canvass : ' ~ eloquent and statesman-like di?cussior ? the people, j of the great national issues, v made the late | contest memorable and critical tor the country, and which conducted to the glorious result, the Democrats of Pennsylvania and of the United States owe him a debt of gratitude equally difficult to be estimated or discharged. The disgraceful fight that took place last Friday in the House of Representatives, forms a natural supplement to the character of the proceedings since the commencement of the session. The public business has given place to personal squabbles. The national faith has been tarnished in the prolongation of debates that involved no public principle. The n- cessnry appropriations of the government, have been postponed, that partisans may engage in t1"- undignified pursuit of President-making. Can anything be imagined more disreputable to republican legislation? Where this evil is to end no one can foresee, and what may be the lowest stage of degeneracy in our national representatives is fearful in the contemplation. It appears that demagogues are in the almost exclusive possession of the House.? T. -1 . .1 A. 1 1 .. .1 L 1 -- it seems mat tne respecunue portion 01 mat rxxiy who wish to see the public business put in progress are constantly outvoted by men who alone possess its ear and shape its action. When retrospection carries us back some thirty years the mind can scarcely realize the contrast between the present and the past, in the composition of Congress, especially the more democratic branch. The more intimate relatiou between the representative and constituent bodies has certainly not improved the character of the House of Representatives. The closer decadence of the National legislator on his electors has not rendered him more efficient or dignified.? The theory of the National Constitution is unchanged, but practically great changes have been wrought. If we had made the Congressional elections annual, instead of biennial, we would not have produced a more radical alteration in the composition of that body than we have effected by simply extending the suffrage under the State constitutions. If the former system of suffrage, qualified by property, had representation, for able and respectable men would have been re-elected who have been driven into retirement, because they refused to enter into political rivalry with demagogues, for the suffrages of the people. An animal election by an amendment of the Constitution would not have cairied into the House of Representatives a larger, if as large a number of demagogues as find their way into it, under the system of universal suffrage. There is no remedy, apparently, for this state of things. We are apprehensive that we have not arrived at the lowest stage of national degredation when the representative body is determined in its complexion by such qualifications for the electors to it as State Conventions choose to im[>ose. In connection with the mischief of this closeness of political intimacy between the people and their National Representatives, is the short term of the Presidency. The evil tendency of a quadrennial election to this office, like a biennial election to the House of Represcnsativcs, was mitigated in practice by the fact that we had, in reality, no struggle for the Executive chair, with one exception, until Mr. Van Huren succeeded to office. VVe have had a hot canvass and an ear nest struggle every fourth year since. This must disfigure the legislation of Congress with party squabbles, at every shoit interval that the contest is renewed. The greatnese of the prize, the z?>al of partizans, carries their contentions for their favorite candidate almost necessarily into that body, which is thoroughly identified in political sympathy wiih the people. The battle is fought within the House as well as without?as earnestly on the theatre of legislation as on the j>olitical platform. Can it be otherwise than fatal to the public service when the combatants meet on this field, their appetites for offices of profit and distinction, sharpened by the rivalry of opposing partizans ? What then is to be the issue? Shall we have every fourth year, in addition to the ordinary causes of conflict for party ends, at every session, the Presidential controversy thrown into the arena ? Where is the remedy ? It is to be found = only in the self-denial of the people?in rejecting the flattery of demagogues who persuade them that the frequent exercise of popular power is es- 8 sential to public liberty and efficient political con- t trol. It is not so. The perfection of supervision over the representative by the constituent body t consists not in frequent exercise of power, but in t the check which the power confers to displace tlmse who abuse the agency with which they are entrusted. When the people keep in view, and act in conformity with this maxim, a theo- 1 rctical alteration, or constitutional amendment g may be foregone, for sound practice will correct j t or modify the errors of theory, as it did under j ^ our first Presidents; but without such self dcni- j al as rejects the blandishments of the demagogue,! ( in alteration of the Constitution, prolonging the i . terms of President, as well as National Represen tatives, to four and eight years respectively, will become essential, or we shall proceed from bad to worse, in inevitable progression. Charleston Eve. News. i Anson Pank Road. J We merely mentioned the fact last week that 1 the contract for the construction of the above road . < had been closed, not having time then for a sin-J gle remark upon the great influence that impor- ] tant improvement, when completed, will exert1 upon the prosperity of our town; nor of its incal-; culable value as a feeder of the Cheraw and Darlington Rail Road. Since then, we have seen the . proceedings of a respectable meeting of the cit- j izens of Concord, North Carolina, called to con-, sider the necessity of a continuation of the road . from Centre to the latter place. These proceed- 1 ings will be found in this days paper, from which 1 it will be seen that a resolution was adopted in 1 favor of the project. We thus have under con- 1 tract and in co.irse of construction, forty miles of 1 plank road directly through the centre of the 1 voIIavt r\f tKo Pua TW tir%A in norcrvo^tu'A fl pnn- 1 .c.vj v.. wv. ^ ..v. ... - tinuation to Concord of 35 miles more, which i upon every human probability will be built in < les9 than two years. With this main stem com- i pleted to Concord, with such lateral branches as I the resources of the adjacent country requires, < we need nothing but the connecting link of Rail ;, road from Cheraw to the Wilmington and Manchester Road, to command the whole trade of the Pee Dee vallev. With such inducements, j shall not that connection be at once built? A c.asual glance at the map of the country, j will satisfy the most doubting, that no other out- : let to the seaboard can at all compete with this. In every other direction nature's bariers interpose to prevent an easy ingress and egress. And shall we nor profit hv her promptings and aid? I But the road once completed to Concord, would : it step there? By no means. Beyond that place j into Tennessee and Virginia it must go. The to-! bacco, corn, flour, beef, butter, flax seed, whiskey, and the thousand other productions of that fertile region, which now will hardly bear the expense of transportation to market, would find a cheap outlet to the seaboard over our roads.? We receive samples only annually now, of the products of this almost inaccessible region; but provide, a cheap transj>ortation, and who can es timate the produce that would passover it to enrich those who may make the expenditure. We know that but little is known abroad of the vast, almost dormant resources of the region of country to which we allude, it being only occasionally that a solitary wagon emerges therefrom to seek the seal>oard for a few of the commonest necessaries of life, for luxuries in the common acceptation of that term they wot not of. If we had had a De Witt Clinton this would not now be so. Indeed, his enlightened mind saw little more in prospective when he planted the great works of improvement in New York, which will immortalize his name forever, than the I\?e Dee valley ( presents to the vision of those who know the ex tent, the fertility, and its resources. Chcraw Gazette. Indian ITosTiLniEs.?The Indians continue their depredations along the Rio Graude and Nueces, even within fifty miles of San Antonio. On the evening of the 21st ult., a party of them, fifteen in number, charged on some fourteen Mexicans and Americans who were out running wild horses, near San Antonia, killed Ronaldo ! Navarra, a citizen of that place, wounded anoth- i or, and drove off all but six of their horses. The j last courier in from Laredo rejtorted several Mex-1 icans killed by Indians. Two hundred of the latter, warriors, are reported as encamped at j Lake Efpantoza, near the junction of the Leona and Nueces rivers, and about twenty-five miles 1, above the station, where the six companies of mounted riflemen are to be stationed. The In-: dians design making the above |>oint their head- J J quarters for some time, and small parties are con-; tinually sallying forth for the purpose of rapine ' and murder. On the 16th ult., the Mexican who had been for six years a prisoner with the Camanches came 1 into Belleville, opposite Guerrero, and r? i?orted a party of Indians from whom he had e.^a,. J, in the neighborhood. In twenty minutes the ac-, tive and efficient commanding officer, Lieut. C. II. Tyler, company C., 2d Dragoons started a i i party under an old and well-tried soldier, Corpo- j i ral Stranger. They struck the trail, following it! until dark, when they came on the Indians, thir I teen in number, entrenched in a ravine in front i of a chaparal. The corporal instantly ordered ; and led the charge, which was done gallantly, killing four of the Indians, the others escaping in the chaparal, and from the darkness could not lie taken. The troops also captured thirteen horses and two shields.?JV. 0. Crescent. m9m j; The accounts from Spain, to the 25th ultimo, 1 state that the Government has ordered a sum of i 6,500 reals to be invested on behalf of ever}- , 1 ' ' ** ?? k/?iin nn fVm como Aq\r qc ' cmia 01 poor I'rtirutn ,rui i. ?i. wjvp *..v .... . the Infanta. The money, with interest, is to be j presented to the recipients on their coming of age A merchant in Indiana offers to make a bot 1 of ?5,000 tkat he will swim from Cincinnati t? ' Madison, in the Ohio River, upward of 80 miles, 1 in the month of August next, without sleep and ' with only fifteen minutes rest and refreshments j 1 every six hour?. 1 ] THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 10, 1852. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market There has been no change in the price of Cotton ince our last, though the market has been more acive, and the receipts larger. We qnote at 6 to 7 7-8, Charleston quotations 6 3-4 to 8 1-2. A lot of 50 tales only brought the highest figures?the bulk of he sales being at 8 to 8 1-4. New Mail Arrangements. We learn from our Postmaster that on the first of \.pril the Mail Route from Camden to Cheraw will be o changed as to make May's Depot on the Wilmingon and Manchester Railroad instead of Camden the >eginning of the route. This change it is said, will lave a distance of twelve miles of staging, but it will lelay our Northern mails twelve hours, without expeliting their delivery at the offices beyond Camden. Our Postmaster informs us that we are to have a nail twice a week between this place and Yorkville. By the change of the Cheraw Stage, a dozen miles will be saved in the running; but those who desire to jo to Darlington from Camden by public conveyance, will find tho route considerably increased?say about thirty miles. It will be necessary to go as tar as the function of tho W. and M. Rail Road, and S. C. Rail Road, below Middleton, a distance of nearly thirty miles; thence to Mays Depot via Suraterville, and from Mays to Darlington?a perfect wild goose's chase. We ire inclined to think that an easier, better, and shorter way will be discovered by those who desire to visit Darlington frora this vicinity. So far as the stopping of the Stage is concerned, if will be a matter of no great moment with us in CamJen ; we are not aware that its coming to our town if any great advantage to us; yet, we have always been sc accustomed to seeing "the Stage" come in and go out, that we shall feel somewhat at a loss, when it comes up among the missing. This is only what may be regarded as the beginning of the end, and is but reasonable to suppose that the days of "Auld Lang Syne" are numbered, and that ''Ichabod" is written already upor our door-posts. Unless the people of Camden deter mine to avert this calamity, by doing something, out fate is inevitably sealed. We shall become so much out of the wag, that the people will forget where Cam den is! The local trade is not sufficient to support the place, and we opine that ono Hotel on the principal cross streets running through, and a few stores, will b< sufficient to supply the home demand. Have we, fel, low-citbens, deliberately concluded to fold our arms and await the coming evil ? Can we do nothing t< better our condition ? We think we can!?you know our remedy! South-Carolina Hail Road. We are glad to learn, as we do from the Southeri Standard that the prosj/ccts of this Company continue very favorably " The receipts for February exceoc $104,000, those of the corresponding month last yeai being a little over $80,000. The increase thus far foi the month of March has been equally favorable." Sheriff of Sumter. CoL Jons C. Riiahe has been elected Sheriff o Sumter District, by a majority of 46 votes over Wit. A Colclough, Esq. The vote was, for Rhame 718; foi Colclough 672. ty The Rev. WJI LEWIS, urainary 01 ouimcr u\a trict, in a card in the last Sumter Banner announce! his determination to decline a re-election, and bid! farewell to his fellow citizens as a candidate for office In his card ho says: " You have been pleased to elecl me ever}* four years to a District office by overwhelm ing majorities, and I have, as you are well aware, jusi entered upon another term of office, which, if I shoulc live to its expiration, will make 20 years that I hav< held office, a term sufficiently long to satisfy any rea sonable man, at least I so feel it." The frequent re-elections of Mr. Lewis afford ampk evidence that he has discharged his duties to the satis faction of tho People of Sumter, and we are sure all o other Districts, who have had business transaction! with him will regret the retirement of so urbane anc competent a public officer. Cuban Prisoner*. Ninety-five of the Cuban Prisoners released by the Queen of Spain have arrived at Boston in the ship Prentice, from Cadiz. They are represented to be in good health and spirits, and speak in very favorable terms of their treatment while in Spain. "Let your words be seasoned with salt." This is a divine injunction, and if followed by those of the present day, would prevent a great deal of surplus talking, which, many times, has no point or force; and in place of doing gooc , does evil. Virgil, it is said, was so fond of salt, that he seldom wont without a box-full in hu pocket, which he mado use of from timo to time, as men of the present day use tobacco. Virgil usually spoke to the point, and bis words were well seasoned! We understand, says the Daily Wilmington Journal, that the two men who pretended to lecture here last Tuesday night, on Psychology, and to play the violin, left without paying any of their bills. They stopped for some five days at a private boarding house, kept by a widow lady, and did not settle with her. Other things which we forbear to mention, are laid to their charge. The names on the handbill were Dr. Parks, and Marquis La Fayette. No doubt they are arrant humbugs, and should be passed round. They can neither lecture, perform, nor pay their bills. Wo regret to learn, says the Charleston Courier, of WorinnaHnv that a toleoxaDhic disDatch was received in this city, yesterday, announcing that Mrs. Eliza Kohne, a lady endeared to this community by a long life of charity and benevolence, bad paid the debt ol nature at Philadelphia, on the morning of the 15th inst. She had reached her 85th year, and has left behind hex the memory of a life devoted to the exercise of every Christian virtue. In her the poor have lost a friend, and society an example of an illustrious matron, who made her wealth the auxiliary of piety and benevolence. TvmvrTinv o\- the Art Union Lottery.?The New York Herald says: "In a few days we expect to an ounce the issue of an injunction on the fhrther proceedings of the Art Union Lottery, with a view to compel that corporation to come into court, open thair books, reveal their doings, and account for the hall million of dollars which they have received from the public during the last eight or nine years." ? United States Bank.?In the Court of Common Pleas at Philadelphia, on Thursday, it was decided that not only the assets in the hands of the several trusts created by the Bank of the United States, amounting to some $15,000,000, but all property what, ever, assigned for the benefit of creditors, is liable to taxation ror state and county purposes. A challenge passed between Messrs. Wilcox and Brown, (of Miss.) in consequence of their altercation in | the House of Representatives, but the dispute was ad- / justed without recourse to a duel, by Messrs. Johnston / and Polk, the friends of the parties. Mr. Buchanan baa been nominated by a Democratic J Convention of Accomac county, Virginia, for the Presidency. A err v it r a Cube fob the Blues.?Poor Luther exclaims?"When I am assailed with heavy tribulations, I rush out among my pigs rather than remain alone by myself. The human heart is like a millstone in a miB; when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to flour; If yon put no wheat, it stflj grinds on, but then it is itself it grinds and wears away." The experiment of cultivating rice in France lustraeceeded perfectly. - -I - - t A Senor Quesada, a Creole of Havana, fe said ^ to have invented a varnish for the protection of houses from fire. - Y . On the 8th inst for the edification of the scientific, two houses were burned upon the "Oam1 po Mars," while one between them, and distant ' two or three feet, covered with a newly invented ; varnish, was proved non-combustible, and saved from destruction, although filled with material ; which was consumed by the flames, and the exterior enveloped during the conflagration of i some twenty minutes with an, unbroken sheet , of fire. Senor Quesada, has obtained considerable*e- % nntat'nn frnin hk results. but be has com , bined the discoveries of two other persons, is- r; ( volving the material in varnish instead of paint, , thereby making a decided iraprovemet, as it can t be brought to the protection of almost any article in a household without imparing beauty or . utility. t '/ ' The experiment was on a scale sufficient to prove that, for the safety of property from a thousand casualties of negligence or improvidence in the use of lamps, candles, matches or fires, the varuish is valuable, while in commtrai* nities where it might be generally adopted, it would certainly materially retard the progress of ' the destroying element. r Marlborough Court.?The Spring Term of this Court was held last week, his honor Judge Whitner presiding. The most important ea? on the Se^ions Docket, that of the State vs. 1 Barantyne, was saken up on Tuesday evening, > and occupied the Court until 12'o'clock on Thurs1 day, when it was given to the Jury, who remainr ed in their room until Saturday, being unable to ' agree on a verdict, when they were called into Court and discharged; after which the Solicitor Nol Prosed the case, it being the second time that a mis trial had been made, f We were not present on sentence day, bat learn his Honor f it called upon to mete out jusr tice in pretty heavy doses, in the way of fines, imprisonment and the lash, remedies the most likely to correct the evil habits of the vicious. ' We learned last week much to our surprise, i that since Marlborough was made a judicial Disi trict, there has never been bat oue execution in J . the District, and that was of a man innocent of I the offence for which he suffered. This was & Mr. Hodditord, who under the ganows protested t his innocence, which was confirmed many year* I afterwards, by the confession under the gallows > of the principal witness against hitn. Since then . whenever a culprit is brought to the bar of justice, poor Boddiford's ghost is always conjured 5 up to frighten the Jury out of a verdict of guib . ty, with what success the fact above stated is f conclusive.?Cheraw Gazelle. j i Counterfeiters Arrested.?Some weeks ago a caravan of North Carolinians passed through Columbia, offering for sale various articles of produce, and purchasing clothing and other arti, cles, for which they offered in payment paper ( money. This was afterwards found to be counterfeit. After leaving us they proceeded down as far as Orangeburg, where the wagons and a portion of the party remained, while two of them proceeded to Charleston to prosecute operations in the main branch of their business?the passing of counterfeit bills. They re-appeared in our vicinity on Saturday, when our indefatigaKlo tnnnininal <vw>TV>mrinrr with TV R Ulv III UUIVI|.i?? J'VUW^ VV O ^ # 1 Miller esq., made a descent on the camp, about ' four miles from Columbia, in Lexington district 1 at six o'clock on Sunday morning, bringing the 1 whole party to town where they were safely lod- ^ ged till j'esterday morning, at which time they had a hearing. The investigation resulted in the committal of two of the party, and the examination of the balance is reserved for to-day. The following are the names of those on whom counterfeit money was found : John D. Nelson, A. N. Dixson and Geo. W. Ray, of Ashe county, N. C., and Thomas Jefferson Reins, alias Johnson, of Carroll county, Va, late of Ashe county, N. C. The counterfeits were of the denominations of 12, $10, $20, and $100 bills on banks in South Carolina, Iouisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia They were also provided with a few copper dollars of the Bogus stamp. The parties who were swindled in this place were reimbursed in good funds.?Carolinian. A letter from Havana to the New York Her aid says: "I have heard that a new theory has sprung up among the wealthy classes, and that is, that they will strive, by every means in their power, to induce the American government to i purchase the island. T1 ey have come to the conclusion that more expeditions would only lead to a civil war which the negroes would be the most likely parties to derive advantage from, and so they are all now for the sale of Cuba to the United States." A terrible accident lately occurred at Insterburg, in Prussia. Seventeen children returnig home from scnool were passing over the ice ot tne nv?r Inster, to shorten their way, when the ice broke and they were all drowned.