Letter from John Forsyth. f We find tlie following additional letter from wl Mr. Forsyth, in reference to the printing of Con- j Ai gross, and the calumnies of Maj. Donelson, of N; the Washington Union, in a late number of the j tai Columbus Times. j ly MOBILE, May 4th, 1952. j lor The Washington Union of the 23d ult., con-; of taining the following, has been brought to my jto attention: ^ " The Cou'Mbcs Times.?The editor of the U'J1 above press, after spending some weeks here in !SU: an effort to make a coalition with the Washing- to ton Union, to divide the public printing between it and the Southern I'ress, goes back to his trade 5111 of slander and calumny, and cries out " bargain th and corruption" because the committee of the 110 two houses of Congress have performed their 110 duty, and contracted for the work upon such k" terms as they have thought best for the public interest. We have rejecteda!l coalitions, wheth- L;1 er proposed by Mr. Forsyth, of the Columbus co Times, or Mr. Fisher, of the Southern Prest, or any one else. Will Mr. Forsyth explain how ce: long it was after we rejected his terms of coali- !|f] tion that he thought Congress ought to give the th printing to the lowest bidder ? Will he tell his ut readers in what respect it is that the committee a have violated the law of 1846, prescribing the Lb duties of the contractor under the low-bid svs *1. teni ?" To which I have to reply, first: that "slander and calumny" are not my " trade," and he is a ha calumniator who says so; and second, if it were, w' I have not " gone back" to it from Washington, p?i because I have not written a line of editorial for il 1 the Times, except in letters, for the last three w; months. I demand of the Washington Union I'1 to make this explanation, to relieve me from the P? false attitude in which it has placed me b< fore cr; its readers of being a changeling of opinion at ^ the suggestion of interest. The gentleman to th whom in my absence, I entrusted the editorial th management of the " Times" has expressed his rei opinion (which he had a }>erfect right to do) on to the mode of executing the public printing. On rig that particular point, 1 do not agree with him. th I believe the system to be a dead failure, and ex- ov perience has proved that it has only resulted in gr embarrassment of the public business and ruin pc tc the contractor, except where Congress steps th in to relieve him from the effects of his improvident bargain or greediuess to get hold of a gov-! ernment contract upon any terms. I believe it tc' is just as proper in a political party to elect a public printer of its faith, as to elect a speaker, a door keeper or a sergeant-at-arins. And 1 believe the true principle to be, to ascertain the j da actual cost of the paper, composition ana press ; vu work of the public printing, and allow the pubilc printer a fair profit in a fixed per centage? go and by "fair profit," T. mean such profit as a simi- Ha lar amount of skill, industry and capital would of earn in the same business if done for iudividu- M< als instead of the government. I am oj'posed to an the system of robbing the Treasury to enrich fla party favorites in printing jobs or any other jobs, ex If the census printing, for example can be exe- La cuted to the satisfaction of Congress for $100,- sh 000, as I believe it can, I am opposed to giving M. the editors of the Union half a million of dul- coi lars for doing it, because one of them was a pet Hi of Gen. Jackson and the other carries scars, ha which Gormon so eloquently dwells on, and both str were advocates of the compromise of 1850. It ni< appears then that I have not changed my opin- Tli ions on this subject, as the Union has advertised Mi me to all its readers. stc The Union talks about a "coalition" that I da proposed. I understand by a political coalition, th< a union between parties of different principles to effect a particular object I went to Major Don- ab elson as a Democrat, proposing to a Democrat, a measure I believed necessary to harmonize the 00 party. Maj. Donelson never did reject my pro- of positions. On the contrary he at first entertain- 50 ed them?he even selected a distinguished Dc- for mocratio Senator to confer with a friend of mine Jo on the subject. That conference came to naught, ou But from the beginning to the end of our inter- W course, Maj. Donelson neither accepted nor re- 'injected my proposals. I could get nothing out of of him in the 6hape of a direct answer. The bur- su then of his song was, "wait," "wait," "be cau- stc tious." I was amazed at, because wholly unused Mi to, such rare and muddy diplomacy as that with , ?1 which he met a plain proposition to take a step los I deemed necessary to re-unite the Democratic ? party and give it an organ. Maj. Donclsoti frequently said to me that it was hard that the Democratic organ (meaning the Union) could th: not obtain from a Democratic Congress the pub- on lie printing. I said to him, the difficulty was precisely that the Union was not the Democratic m organ?a large portion of the Democratic party gc (its southern wing) did not regard it as a Demo- h} cratic organ; and 1 told him, what has since proved true, that without such arrangement as I proposed, he could never get the printing from the present Congress, unless he made a coalition rii with the Whig party. At this thought he was w< diplomatically indignant, but the thing has been sa done. wi But Maj. Donelson was not so averse to " coa- th litions, as he terms them, as he affects to be.? st lie proposed a coalition to be personally. It or was to go into the Union as a co-editor?a posi- 5-. tionin which I understood, as a Southern Rights man I was to be tolerated for the sake of a few to Southern Rights Democratic votes in Congress, lai I rejected this "coalition" for two reasons?1st. S< It would not attain the principal end 1 had in 2, view, the re-anion of the wing of the party, and bl 2d, it that could not be done, and the war was to be kept up between the Democratic compromi- 2,i sere and the Southern Rights Democrats, I was ha certain to be focnd fighting on my side of the T1 quarrel and not on the Union's side. There was crt auother coalition to which Maj. Donelson was all quite ready to listen?it was that by which the l.u Southern Press should be absorbed in the Union, the present editors of the Press thrown overboard & its subscription list in my hands carried St to the Union office. But I demanded fair and to equal terms and perfect reciprocity. I maintain- lai ed that the Press was as fully entitled to be cal- Bi led the Democratic organ as the Union?that wi they each represented wings of a divided party: w< and that the editors of the Press, had ably and wi fearlessly performed the duties and executed the co trusts confided to thein and their friends could as do no less, with honor, than to stand by them.? tic In this connection, I may.add, that lam sorry to wl see that some of the Southern Rights men in mi Congress have not stood by these gentlemen hi? th the devotion and unflinching fidelity with rich they stood by the rights of the South.? ad it is a mortifying reflection that while the itional Era, published at Washington, is so susned bv abolition subscribers as to yield a princeincome to its editor, the Southern Press has to m for pecuniary support on the private fortune its proprietor, Mr. Fisher. The Press ought have 50,000 southern paying subscribers.? has done incalculable good to the southern use, and I trust, the people of the south will stain it with a liberality and zeal proportioned the importance of its existence. And now I hope I have done with answering ^representations of my conduct in reference to is printing business. J said nothing and Idid thing at Washington that I was not and am t perfectly willing to have the w hole world ow. I thought the Democrats Noith and l.? in.ltn.l r.i> a fair ;itif] honorable 'Utll VA/IUU l/V ll III lA VI vii it ?* sis of amnesty for past disagreements, and of mmunioii on the ancient and cardinal points Democratic faith. I did not believe it was nessary, as in the case of the "W'hiir party, to rciirm the compromise, because in reference to c fugitive slave law, the only one of the states that is considered repealable, there was not shadow of danger that any nominee of the omoeratic convention, would hesitate an inmt to veto an act passed for that purpose, ould such an act ever pass the ordeal of a mocratic Congress. The Democratic parly d no arch '"higher law" man like Oov. Seward, jo is using his strong hold on the fanatical ssions of his party in the free States to dictate free soil candidate for the next, and pave the iv for his own candidacy in the succeeding evidential canvass. I was. I confess, disajt intcd in the temper of the compromise Dcmoicy, represented by tlie "Washington Union, ith accents of conciliation and harmony on eir lips, there is a deep well of bitterness in eir hearts against their Southern Rights broth i. Their ideas of conciliation appeared to inc be limited by the need to have southern jhts votes?while the platform, the candidate, e offices and emoluments were to be all their vn. The Democratic convention will have ave difficulties to encounter, and if it can, com se. I thought they ought to have been set d early in the present session of Congress. I hored to accomplish it?I failed ; and now I int to see what the convention will do. to dermine my own course. J. F. Fire in Chcraw. A slip from the Gazette office, dated Thurs- j v morning, says of the fire on the night pre- j >us: Upon reaching the scone, we found the dry ods store of Mr. John Kyle enveloped in mos, which, together with the adjoining store Mr. James Lynch, to the north, and that of ?ssrs. Evans A* Mclvcr, on the corner of Front d Kershaw streets, wore soon enveloped in nies. To the south of Mr. Kyle, the fire soon tended to the ste.rc of Mr. W. L. J. Reid, the iw Office of Messrs. Englis it Wallace, the tin op of Mr. C. IJ<-lines, and to stores cf Mr. II. Touiliu.son and lYter Ilailcy, which were all usuuied, with almost their entire contents, it for the calm which pervaded, the tire would vc been much more exsensive. As it was, the deuctive element was restrained only by the >st indefatigable exertions of our citizens. ie store of Mr. J. A. David, next to that of *. Hailey, was several times on tire, as were res of Messrs. 1). McN'air" Threaded! A Ken11 and D. Matheson, on the opposite side of j street. The loss, as nearly as wc can estimate it, is out as follows: Messrs. Evans A Melver, stock of gi axis ?14.0, on which they hold a policy of insurance ?10,000. Three store houses insured for ?2.-1 0. Mr. James Lynch, loss ?4,000, insured ?1,500; and all his hooks and papers. Mr. hn Kyle, loss in goods ?9,000, insured tor ?4,0 ; also his books and p ipers all lost. Mr. . L. J. Keid, loss in goods, ?8,00<>, insured for ,000 ; also one store house, and the law utile*' Messrs. Inglis & Wallace, loss not known, inred for ?800. Mr. llolmes lost his entire >ck and tools, sa\ ?-'1,000, insured for ?1,000. r. II. M. Tonilinson, loss ?.1,500, insured for ,500. Mr. l'cter llailey, absent from home, is not known, nor t lie extent of his insurance books and papers saved. We believe all the Cotton in the store lots vs saved, and arc happy to he able to sUte at no serious personal accident occurred to any e. Considerable damage will be sustainecd by any of our merchants, by the. removal of their iods, which with all, we understand, lie covered insurance. Cotton Statement. There have been received in Charleston duig the past week 10,700 bales, (corresponding sek last year 4,5G<1 bales.) Exported in the me time to foreign jm.iIs 5,93(1 bales; const- | ise .1,591 bales; making the total exports of e week 9,527 bales; and leaving on hand a rx:k of 44,125 bales, inclusive of 19,702 hales i shipboard not cleared, against a stock of 27,12 bales same time last year. The total receipts since our last report amount 40,381 bales, (against 33,477 bales same week ?t. virnr *1 lnakiier a arand total since the 1st J v ? ~ r>- ? 'ptember to date of '2,820,007 bales, against 174,814 bales the same time last year, ami 1,(5,474 bales the year previous. The total exports to foreign ports amount to 015,374 bales, showing an increase of 403,070 lies from those of last year to the same time. io shipments to Northern ports show an inwise of 268,934 bales. The stock on hand at I the ports are 7,991 bales less than those of it year at the same period. Interview ok Maryland Whigs with Gkn. :ott.?It is stated in a letter from Washingn, that several of the members of the Maryad Whig State Conventinon, to assembly in altimore on Thursday next, had an interview th General Scott, on the 1 1th instant, and *re assured by him that he thought and felt, th them on the subject of the propriety of the mpromise. He gave them, it is said, every suranceon the subject, and imposed no rcstrie>ns upon them in regard to the conversation iich they have detailed. But he has deter ined not to publish any letter on the subject or ; views unless he should be the nominee. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ? TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1852. sei B THO. J. WARREN, Editor. CJ Our Market. The transactions in Cotton have been limited, owing to the light receipts. Prices continue to advance.? We quote at 7 1-2 to 10. ^ Charleston quotations, 7 7-S to 10. no To delinquents. We are sorry to be again compelled to urge upon our delinquent patrons their duty to give immediate attention to their indebtedness to this oflicc. It is nu quite unpleasant to our feelings to be obliged to call otl upon our subscribers to pay us, and is more trouble- im some to us than it can possibly be to those who owe be us, to settle. To make personal applications to our patrons is exceedingly disagreeable, and not at all y( times convenient?to employ agents, would consume a cr( great part of our profits?and when each individual thi can, without much trouble, remit the several amounts, which separately, are small, but in tho aggregate a ^ considerable sum, it seems to us that each one should ,m feel it to be a pleasing duty to render unto the Printer the things which arc his?that is to say in our vernacular, pay us what you owe us. c The patronage which some of our subscribers confer ^ upon lis is exceedingly unprofitable. Wc are obliged to pay the money for labor, and the materials used in the prosecution of our business must be paid for at the time or at the end of six months, with an additional prolit to the dealer for giving time, and when a note is due, it.is required to be promptly paid. IIow, then, are we to meet our engagements from the proceeds of our busines?, unless those indebted to us discharge their duty? "We hold that the relation existing between ni' the publisher of a newspaper and his subscribers should e^( be a mutual one in all respects, and where one roceives value for that which lie enjoys from the labor of ac another, lie should he willing to pay for it. We indulge in no figures of speech or verbose reasoning? ^ we are dealing in common, phlegmatic facts. We arc ')r at all times most happy to accommodate our friends and are thankful for patronage, but we must be paid for to it. We find that the most hearty and earnest wishes for our success have not given us one dollar towards the payment of a bank note. One paying subscri er ce is worth a dozen good wishes. My lriend, if you owe co the Camden Journal any thing, consider yourself per- th sonully called upon, and pay up without delay, aud if th you are offended at the plain talk of the Editor, just re discharge your duty, and you will find it the best way to ah get in a good humor with yourself and every body gr else. c.\ Additional Terms. We call attention to the following Additional Terms, ^ which we have found it necessary to adopt. They ' will be strictly adhered to: , All Job-Work must be paid for on delivery. .| ? 11 .?A #1i.i>rticnm?nlo nincf 1if? nrp-imiil JVII llalUCIVIlt - J- - r J Xo Subscription received for less than six months? ^ which must be paid for in advance. Xo paper will bo discontinued until till arrearages are paid, except at the option o1 the editor. Postmasters will oblige us by giving immediate no- 11 tiee of all who desire dkcoutinuances?it is their duty to 'lC i dc do so. When is Woman Greatest? This is the title of an article sent us for publication. It purports to be from a lady, but from whom we do t not know, as no name accompanied the article. In a note to the editor, the writer complains of our neglect in omitting to acknowledge the reception of some lines sent us previously lor publication. In the progress of the complaint, the author savs, "upon j(| mature reflection, reason convinced me that no true gentleman (a South Carolinian especially.) could be so t', ungailant as to wholly disregard a lady's request, which Jj should be command.'' Xow it comes our turn to talk. ;e hi the first place, we arc not exactly willing that our iii gallantry should be called into question so unecrcmo- I niously, and judgment passed by an unknown individ- it uul. i:i I he double capacity of accuser and judge, par- ]" tieularly when we have no assurance tiiat the writer tu is a lady. As a matter of course, we must remain iu profound ignorance of the real author, as we have 110 evidence that it is or is not a ladv. Secondly, we do not consider ourselves hound to give implicit attention to the Cl productions of every anonymous scribbler, even at the risk of losing caste (in their estimation) as a gallant Carolina gentleman. Wo have something else to doIf the author of "When is woman Greatest" will r..m,wii l.r-r or bis name, wo will trivc the communica- ." tion in question all the attention it deserves. The Baltimore Convention. * Ion-, a Washington correspondent of the Baltimore : Sun, in one of his recent letters to that paper states 1 \Y that lie knows that Gen. CohmaniiKR will he present and assume to represent South Carolina in the Haiti* j Convention. Upon this statement the Georgetown observer remarks: "Whether the information is true or false, is not known to us. Gen. Commander resides in our district, and if lie intends to represent the State in th<- Convention, ho has kept his intentions to him- j aril' for lie has not spoken of the matter to any one with whom wo have conversed. Wo wore awaro that | j| lie was in favor of the State being represented in the I Democratic Convention, but we never heard that he w intended to assume powers which the people refused sj to delegate to him. The whole thing looks so ituproliable and absurd, that wc will not venture to mako c.| any further remarks, until wc are better iuloriued on ] the subject." H, The Florida Indians. The editor of the Tallahassee Sentinel states on the authority of a letter from Tampa, dated the 21st ult. that one family of Indians, comprising two warriors and seven others, had come in for emigration, and woro Ik to he sent off on the next trip of the steamer James L. tl Day, in connection with the nine captured by General cc Hopkins, and turned over to General Blake. Two tl more families were expected to be in for the saino pur* <1< pose, in time for the steamer: and thus the work of emigration commences?small at first?wc hope it will not bo "beautifully less." ? ? -? A "Warning.?Mr. Ilnlo, ill tlio United States Sen- (Ji ate, on Friday, very boldly defined the position of tlio 0f free-soil democrats on the compromise question, llo (.j says that if the democrats at Baltimore make the fugi- to tive slave law a stick of timber in their platform, they at may look out for the revival of the Buffalo party and a of Buffalo ticket for 1832, which will leave the democratic II candidates as high nud dry as in 1848, and by the of same operation. \v Quick Time to Charleston*.?By the Nashville and a lattanooga Rail Road, not ret entirety finished, pas- 1c ngers from Louisville reacli this city in 3 1-2 days, p r December next the cars trill run lrom Nashville to il larleston. V Q The Bank of Augusta has declared a semi-annual ridend of four dollars per share. Hon*. Josiaii J. Evans.?The Marion Star states ^ at rumor says that the friends of Judge Evans have minuted him, as a candidate before the next Lcgi.s- s( ure. for the position of United States Senator to rep- cj scut this State, for the six years uext after the dth ^ March, 1853. L Toji Moore.?It appears from a note in the new a! mber of the Edinburgh lit view that the journals and :ier manuscripts of the poet Moore are in course of mediate preparation for the press, Lord John Russell ing the literary editor. Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt's Concert at New- c, irk on Tuesday night was a brilliant affair. The >wd was immense, and her reception warm and eu t< usiastic. tl A. despatch from New Orleans states that there have eu horrible robberies and murders on the Rio Grande, 5 d that the Americans are arming for defence. ^ Escape of Cuban* Invaders.?The Iltra.'d of New , irk, says that Don A. Lages Yznaga Miranda, Don uacio Belaprez and Don Juan O'Bourko, Cubans, with n ijor Fichelsinger, a Hungarian, had escaped from the j anish Penal Colony in Africa, on April 24th, and ared at Liverpool on the 3d inst. They belonged to Lopez Expedition, and were preparing to leave for a neriea. s. The Flask Rovn.?This road moves steadily 011 by gree.3; slow but sure, which, wc believe to be the w st fixed principle in accomplishing anything of mag- ti ;ude. The Company has now completed, the rise of :vcn miles of the main trunk leading towards Edge- tlinf smtn lms been re :uu puiu. |/ivu^w iv ? w ...... .? cmod, and s!ic may calmly rejoice in the conscious- I " ss of having noblv accomplished a noble endeavor. c The Natchez Free Trader states that Jefferson Col- n go, at "Washington, in Adams county, Hiss., id about , lay claim to a very valuable property, consisting of renty acres of ground in the business portion of Mo- 1 le. ' 1, For The Camden Journal. 0 Mu. Eihtou: The time is now f;i>t approach- h g when the people of Kershaw 1 district will :ive to choose a Senator and two llepresenta- t ves to the State Legislature. Three gentlemen ? avo already boon announced as candidates, but ' s it is not definitely known to many whether jx 1 i>t they will accept the nomination, it \vu. not ' trust be considered tin)"'discourtesy to them fur 1 ie to suggest, through the medium of your pa- I or, two other names for Representatives. 1 do 1 ot wish to be understood as intending to an- s ounce thrm ns Candidates, but only to bring loin fully before the public, with the hope that ( icy may be nominated, and also, that they will 1 jiiH'iit to the nomination, and serve if elected. s The gentlemen to whom I allude are Jos. lb [eksiiaw and L. W. It. 15l.uk. With regard > the Senator, if Col. T.wlok is still willing to :rve, I have so suggestions to make; if he is f ot, we have no fears that a suitable one will not 1 e found to fill his place. I The objection to the nomination of Col. Cues- '> ct for that post is, that I, in common with the 1 tizens of his District, would much rather see c mi in the place soon to l>e vacated by .Mr. \v oou- i aud, or as a .still higher mark or appreciation 1 f his talents, see him occupy the Senatorial uiir in the Senate of the United States. CAMDEX. For the Camden Journal. c Mr. Editor: I perceive by a Card in the 11 an nul of the 18th, over the signature of "A'er- ? utir District," that I am nominated as one of a ic candidates to represent the District in the * ?.\t Legislature. This nomination was made ithout my knowledge or consent. Much as I c lould esteem such an evidence of the respect c ul confidence of the people of the District if 0 cctcd, for reasons entirely of a private nature, * am constrained most respectfully to decline the * ^initiation. Very respectfullv, etc. a T. E. SHANNON. Camden, May 21, 1832. t Fir the Camden Journal. t Mr. Editor: I see by your paper that I have ?en nominated as a suitable persou to represent 1 lis District in the next Legislature. With due nisideration and rcsjiect, 1 beg leave through ic medium of the. Journal to say that I must jclinc the nomination. h J. C. IIAILE. o \\ The Funeral of Mrs. Adams, at Washing t; in, on Tuesday, was marked, as we learn from a ie National Intvllif/enccr, bv those testimonies n respect due to her estimable character, and her s| ilinent place in the public regard. It was ;;t- li; nded by the President of the United States di id the members of the Cabinet, the presiding sj fiecrs and many of the members of the two t! ouses of Congress, and a large body of citizens, o ficial and unofficial. The religious services a ere solemnly performed by the Rew Mr. Pyne fl tin'i ii magOBH? in'i i' n> iwwbwbb? ! nd the Rev. Mr. French, and the body was folnved to the grave by one of the longest funeral recessions ever witnessed in Washington, the n.nmti oi>fiiur nn: T'all Rearers: lion. V. R. King, Hon. Mr. Mangum, Hon. Mr. uninor, Hon. Mr. Fowl or, Mr. Seaton, Mr. F. ?. .Stockton, Hon. C. M. Conrad, Hon. Linu >oyd, Coin. Morris, Gen. Jesup, Mr. R. Smith, Ir. \Y. T. Carroll. Mr. Charles F. Adams, of Boston, the only arriving son of the deceased, did not reach the ity in time to close his venerable parent's eyes, ut time enough to unite with the other memcrs of the family in paying the lost offices of Ifectiun to her remains. Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF TIIE AFRICA. New Youk, May 20.?The Royal Mail Steamr Africa arrived at New York this morning,, ringing Liverpool dates to the 8th inst. Cotjn has advanced one-eighth penny. Sales of ae week 83,000 hales, of which speculators took 0,000 and exporters 12,000. Fair Orleans -7-8; Middling 5-1-4; Fair uplands 5-3 8-d; fiddling 5d. Flour has declined Gd. Corn unchanged.? Vheat is lower. Riec 19s. Consols closed at 99 3 4 . The Manchester larkct was firm, and trade in the inantrfactw. it- - .1 i i. ng districts generally was improved ooui iu rices and the extent of the demand of goods. The Liverpool market opened on Saturday lie 8th) firm, with a good demand and large lies. In Havre the sales of Cotton for the week ere 12,000 bales, Prices firm at last quotaions. The political news is of little importance. The scape of the Cuban prisoners from Africa is conrmed. Loud Joiix Russell declared in Pararnent that there was no reason whatever to pprchend a French invasion. Iu Paris the anivcrsary of Napoleon's death was to be celerated with grand ceremonies. The General Assembly. This distinguished body commenced its annu1 session ou Thurso ay last at 11 o'clock, in the ilebestreet Church. After the usual exorcises, in which the Rev. Ir. Rico, of Ya., officiated, a sermon was proounced by Rev. Dr. Humphery of Louisville, [y. It was in all respects a production of a ery high order-. He reviewed and illustrated .ith great force, the more striking points of the Jalvanislic crml.^At times he became indeed loqucnt; and tlie audience thoughout evinced heir appreciation, by an unwearied attention, "he Assembly was the organized, and after tho ustomary routine of verifying members, it-adjurnod to meet in the Second Presbyterian Jhureh, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. At the hour appointed the Assembly met in the lecond Presbyterian Church.. A Unit, two hundred mcmbcteoverc present, reresenting Presbvteries in all partVof the Union. Yc observed a large number of ladfes and eitiens in attendance, who had availed tnetnselves f the publicity of the deliberations of tiieAsembly. After a few pivliminaries, the election of Mc*K rator was entered into, which resulted in the' 1 nanimous choice, by acclamation, of the Rev, \ I . C. Lord, D. D., of Buffalo. We take much ^ I 1 insure in announcing this result. To the dis- \ I inction of a learned and zealous divine, Dr. Lord \ m ins also added that of a bold and able advocate 1 M f the constitutional rights of the South. Ho |l ias wrestled strongly with the accursed errors of jfl bolitioti fanaticism, and in the midst of its voaries, stntxl forth in behalf of equity and good lith. For his noble services, lie has of course een assailed by their reviling* and abuse.? ' ut in being elected to preside over so honora- g >le a body, xre have most ample tribute to the M unimpeachability of his character and conduct . ? i:"i- m I is, moreover, mo unic jmui.ic iu lino ivjoviuu.j _ u say that it knew how to appreciate and honor ' itch a man. Rev. Mr. Lowrie, of Now York, was chosen ?lerk. After some conversation relative to the lours of regular meeting and adjournment, the tihject was referred to a Committee. Charleston Mcrcurg. The New Cotton Law.?We publish below tn act passed at the late session of the Legislaure of this State on the subject of selling cotton. Jntil yesterday we had no knowledge of such ,n enactment. According to its terms it has ind force and effect since its passage ?a period f three months?yet wc doubt whether a coton dealer in the city was aware of existence. The aw is as follows: Vn act to regulate the sale of Cotton by commission merchants. Si:c. 1. Be it unacted, &c.t That from and afer the passage of this act all cotton sold by ommission merchants to brokers or buyers shall iot be considered as delivered and the ownerhip given ii]), until the same is fully paid for; ny order for the cotton, law, custom or usuage o the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any otton broker engaged in the business of buying otton, cither on his or their own account, or for thcrs, who shall buy or engage to buy cotton, rum a planter or commision merchant and shall -r lil or refuse to nav for the same at the time t greed to, and shall make way with, or dispose f any cot ton purchased and not paid for, shall ic deemed guilty of fraud and embzzlcment, 1 ml shall be liable to be imprisoned on convicion, in the penitentiary not less than one nor nore than five years at the discretion of the jury rying the case." Approved Fed. 10, 1852. \ Mobile Herald