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Who is Gen. Pierce. S^C: :" As this is the great question of the clay, wot give the following brief sketch of hi? life, drawn; -j up by one who is evidently a very friendly bioggy' rapher.?Ncio York Erprtss. General Pierce is a son of the late Benjamin T>iorrv? ivhr? fh11crht in the revolutionary war 5 was liigh-shcritf of the county of Hillsborough, in New Hampshire, and was Governor of the State in 1827 and 1829. Frank, as his son was call??v ed, enjoyed the advantages of a high education y in the neighboring colleger j&"-, General Pierce is therefore of a good stock, and he has proved himself a Worthy scion of that Kyi" stock. He was born io Hillsborough, New Hampj|l<; shire, and is now about forty-six years of age. Frank Pierce was brought up to the pro fession of the law. He now follows the legal profession, and it is estimated that he realizes by it about 13000 a year. He resides at Concord. In his personal appearance he is of middle height - and size, and of good address. -? --- 0Kt;/ He was elected a member 01 uou^resss uu me democratic ticket in 1833, and was re-elected in 11335?thus serving four yearn in the House of Representatives while quite a young man?name-: ly, from 1833 to 1837. He had previously been a member of the Legislature of the State, and Speaker of the lower House. While a member of the House of Representatives in Congress, he "was elected a member of the United States Senate for^the term of sis years, commencing in 1837 ; but resigned in 1842, the fifth year of his term, and returned to the practice of the law. His colleague in the United States Senate from 1837 to 1841, was Henry Hubbard, who was succeeded by the late Levi Woodbury. Upon the accession of Polk to the Presidential chair, Mr. Pierce was offered the Attorney Generalship, but declined it. He said he had no desire for public office, and he would never consent to leave his home for any purpose unless to servS his country in war, and that in some case of necessity. At that time, Col. Ransom, who was President of the Military College in ? . r% i , I. Vermont, wanted a commission in order to ngut - in the Mexican, campaign. Mr. Pierce, who was a warm friend of his, wrote a strong letter of re.. .-V' commendation of him to the cabinet at Washington, urging them to appoint him to the comvnand.of such troops as might be raised in New England. The reply of the government was, . that the request could not be complied with, as it was intended to confer the command upon a New Hampshire man. That man was Mr. Pierce r;,'' himself. 'But he will not take it,' said Col. Ransom. ' But he must take it,' replied the Mr. Pierce was immediately offered the Colonely of the New England regiment, and was inJ A ?n,i Tfancnm was annoint Bfcgjj aucea u> auwpi* jv, ?uu w.. ^?- ~ ?I r " 35 ed Major of the same regiment. Before the regi&;j mftt was raised, a vacancy occurred in the office Bff of Brigadier General of the Third brigade, con; sisting of the Ninth, (New England regiment,) v the Twelfth, raised in Texas, Arkansas, and other , 'v':l Southern States; and the Fifteenth raised in Ohio and Wisconsin. He was appointed to this w office; and the other brigadier generals appointed at the same time wereThos. Marshall, Joseph ** Lane, James Shields, George Cadwallader, Enos D. Hopping, Caleb Cushing, and Sterling Price. He was superintendent of the recruiting service, , and took an active part in raising the troops. The commission of General Pierce was dated March 3d, 1847. He took command of 2,500 men, and reached Vera Cruz June 28th 1847, which shows that he was not asleep. He joined General Scott's army, at Puebla, in July; 1847. 0.. ^ .:'.->He was engaged in the battles of Contreras and ? li!. Churubusco in August, 1847. He was twice inK-" - iured in these actions by falling from his horse. Is When he reached Contreras, ho met Uen. I , . Scott, and under him engaged in the battle there, fov There was a deep ravine between the United States troops and the Mexicans. The enemy i'. was drawn up at the other side in the battle array, and with his batteries placed. The order # was given to charge and outflank them. In charging down, the round shot of the euemy was flying over their heads and ploughing up the ground. General Pierce cutting at them with his sword, would say, " There, boys, is a game L - of ball for you." In this charge his horse fell and -.rolled upon him. lie was severely iujured and r ^the horse was disabled. lie mounted another T- horse, and joiued the light. He su lie red great . pain all night, and could not sleep. The surgeon ordered him not to go into the field next v .* j,; . -day. That night they had lain in arms, and the rain was terrible, and the surgeon advised him to go back to San Augustine, were there was a depot; but he would not. He determined to go on to Churubuseo. At a charge in this battle, both his brigade and that of Gen. Shields were ordered to get in the rear. He was again thrown from his horse with such violence that he fainted on the field. Afterwards, when the troops, coming up, wanted to raise him, he told them to charge on and he would take care of himself, though the Mexican tk? ~ p Lancers were then charging on the spot, and towards a cornfield. lie commauded his troops to charge tnem in auvimw. After this battle an armistice was proposed, and Gen. Pierce was appointed one of the commissioners. At the battle of Molino del Roy ho rode over the field, with bullets flying about him, and was called off by Gen. Worth, who told him he was rash, lie was at the battle of Chapultepee ; and when the victory declared for the stars and stripes, the South Caroliuians and the Ninth regiment, I which had fought together at Churubuseo and Contreras, met. Their blood had mingled iu one common stream, aud the Palmetto regiment showed its valor by the number of its men that lay dead on the field. General Pierce adaddrcssed them and said, here the extreme North and South had met together, as common sons v t of the glorious Union?met to maintain its rights and uphold its honor. These bat' les had cemented the union of North and South, and lie hoped they would be forever united. Ninecheers were then given for the Palmetto regiment, which were loudly responded to; and the same compliment was returned by the Carolinians to the Yankees. After this battle he resigned his commission and came home. The state of his health continued very bad all the time he was in Mexico. He waa on the best terms with General Scott and General Scottt often invited him thinner. On retnrnipg to Concord, he continued his I', BK/ \rr'y practice <>f law, and has been in private life ever pince. He is married, and has three children. Who is William Rufls Kino. lion. Wm. ftufus King, the Democratic candidate for the Vice Presidency resides at Selma, Alabama, and is now President of the United States Senate over which body lie presided in the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth Congress. lie is a nativeof North Carolina, is about sixty-five years of age and lias never been married. lie is, we believe the same William It, King who was a member of Congress from North Carolina, from 1811 to 1816, inclusive. On the admission of Alabama, as a state he was chosen one of the first United States Senators therefrom and took his seat in that body in 1819?continued to represent Alabama in the Senate tor twenty five years, viz: from 1819 to 1844. In the latter year he was appointed Ambassador to France, and represented the United States at that court, until 1847, when he returned to his country, and was again elected United State Senator from Alabama. Mr. King is of the Southern Rights school of politics, and did not agree with the Union party of the South in their movements. It will be seen, however, by the following letter from him to Capt. Scott, of Virginia tli^t he acquiesces in the Compromise: Senate Chamber, May 20, 1852. Sir?I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and hasten to reply. I have little expectation that my name will, as V,o v>rosnntr? tlir> RiiltJn'nrp (7nn ^ ? --- vention tor the high office to which you refer; but, as I have no wish to withhold my opinion on any question of a public character, I comply, without hesitation, with your request. As respects the series of measures of the last Con gross, commonly known as the Compromise, most of them are beyond the reach of legislation; and although I consider some of them as most unjust to the South, I was probably the first individual in the slave-holding States, who publicly took ground in favor of acquiescence, and I am gratified to find that such is now the determination of all the Southern Spates. 'The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted to carry out an express provis ion of the Constitution, and, therefore, does not stand on the footing of ordinary legislation; and, should it so happen that I should be placed in the Presidential office, I should feel myself bound, by every obligation of duty, to negative any act for-its repeal, or so to modify or change it as would destroy its efficacy. With the highest respect, I am your obedientservant, WTTITAVt D ITTXTn. VI lUUlillU XV. illiiu. To Robert G. Scott, Esq. Mr. Pierce on Abolition. We have several times asserted that Mr. Pierce was true to the constitution, on the abolition question. That our readers may judge of this for themselves, we publish below a short extract from his speech in the Senate in 1838, on a resolution presented by Mr. Calhoun, to prohibit the reception of Abolition petitions in favor of abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. Standard. Mr. Calhoun's resolution: "Resolved, That the intermcdling of any State or States, or their citizens, to abolish slave in this District, or any of the Territories, on the ground, or under the pretext, that it is immortal or sinful, or the passage of any act or measure of Congress with that view, would be a direct and dangerous attack on the institutions of all the slaveholding States." On this resolution, Mr. Pierce, of New-Hampshire said, the Senate had come at length to the ground on which this contest was to be determined. The District of Columbia was now emphatically the battle field of. the Abolitiouists, and the resolution immediately under consideration, with, perhaps, some modification in phraseology, would present the true issue here and to the country?an issue which would raise, not a mere question of expediency, but one of a much higher character, iu which the public faith is directly involved. That my position, said Mr. Pierce, may be distinctly understood, some explanation is perhaps due to the State which I have the honor, in part, to represent, especially as there is a manifest disposition, in certain quaters,to prevent our voter and misrepresent our motives. I have given to the resolutions all the consideration which I am capable of bestowing, and have listened to the debate which they have elicited with interest anil protounu attention. If the grave objections suggested on the other side were sustained by an examination of the resolutions themselves, or a course of sound argumentation, they would insure my opposition.? What are they? The first that reached my ear was, that they contain latent nullification. I have waited to hear the particular resolution, sentence, or phrase pointed out in which this heresy is supposed to be concealed, and I have waited in vain. Having, then, assertion on on* side, and what! appears to me to be the plain reading of the res-1 olutions and the frank and unqualified declara-1 tion of the mover 011 the other, 1 must be excu-! seil if I do not take the alarm. We have next eloquent disquisitions upon the liberty of speech and the freedom of the press.? To every sentiment tittered upon these subjects I yield my cordial assent; but why introduced on this particular occasion, 1 have been at a loss to determine. Would anv man here abridge the liberty of speech, or assail the freedom "of the press? I take it not. Is there any thing in the resolution to sanction the invasion of either?? Not a syllable. That these arc privileges most dear to every American is freely admitted by all. Why such a variety of changes have been rung I,, tl.iu :... IIJMJII ill' III 111 uin Vi' "tin;, wiurn t *11I I 11111IV". It is nut my province to judge of motives, and I would take occasion only to remark, that no man shall make up an isMie upon a subject for in-*, 1 oppose the Abolitionists, for tin-very reason that I entertain a sacred regard for these in common with all other rights secured by the Constitution. But it is further urged against the resolutions, (said Mr. Pierce,) that they are mere alwtrac tions. Mr, ir is quite immaterial wlirit name von apply to thorn; sufficient is it that tlioy meet the case; that they encounter the Abolitionist upon sound and tenable ground, and furnish a conclusive answer to his importunities. To say that the petitions refer only to this I ?istiict, and that the principles asserted in the preceding resolutions nr^consequently without application is perfectly idle. It is impossible to read a siuglo number . . . " .. ." .. memammmmmmwmmmmmmma??? of the leading abolition periodicals, without perceiving that their object reaches far beyond this District and stops at no point short of e- i mancipation in the States. And, yet sir, I sus- i Pect that you would find but few intelligent abo- ; litionists, who would assert that Congress has ] the constitutional power to interfere with slavery ( in the States; but admitting the want of power < here, they hold it their duty, as individuals, to persevere in the cause. ( Regarding the institution of slavery as moral- ( ly wrong, or sinful, if you please, they consider themselves, as citizens of the Union, responsible for its continuance, wherever it may exist within our borders. This feeling has its origin, to some extent, in a misapprehension of the structure of our government, and this error the preceding resolutions are calculated to correct. They assert, in effect, that the citizen of New Hampshire is no more responsible, morally or politically, for the existence and continuance of this domestic institution in Virginia or Maryland, than he would be for the existence of any similar institution in France or Persia. Why ? Because these are matters over which the States, respectively, when delegating a portion of their powers to be exercised by the general government, retained the whole and exclusive control, and for which they are alone responsible. Now, let these Joctrines be universally understood and admitted, and you take one great step towards satisfying the consciences of honest but misguided people, in one section of the country, and quieting the irritation, for which there has too much cause in the other. This we have attempted to do. We arc bound to go further, and frankly declare to these petitioners that so long as slavery shall continue in Virginia and Maryland, it is in vain for them to expect its abolition here; that we are forbidden to legislate upon tins suuject, unacr existing circumstances, , by obligations hardly inferior to the Constitu- , tion itself; that Congress cannot abolish slavery , in this District, against die wishes of the inhab- , itants, without a gross breach of public faith, and an outrageous infraction of private rights. THE SEMLWEEKLY JOURNAL. TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 15, 1852. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market. The Cotton market has been quiet since our last, 1 the receipts being light. We quote at 7 1-2 to 9 8-4. Charleston quotations 7 1-2 to 10 1-2. Court of Equity. Tlie Court of Equity for this District commenced on yesterday?Chancellor AYardlaw presiding. Hon. Wm. McWillie. AYo had the pleasure a few days since of meeting | with our mucIf^Btoemed ami former fcliow-citizen Col. MoWiLlti He was on his return to Mississippi, from Baltimore, whence he had gone as a delegate from 1 his State to the Democratic Convention. ] He gave us an interesting account of the ballottings 1 for the nominee, lie has confidence in Gen. Fierce, 1 and believes liim to be as well suited to the South as i any man we could get. The Col. is in "good health, < and looks well. Wo wish him a safe return to his adopted State and to his family. Wo have no more ^ such men to spam from South Carolina as William MoWillie. ^LnJWWLlVW I jggTOur townsman C. A. Price, Esq., has been sc- ' lected to deliver the Annual Address before tho,Litera- 1 ry Society ofCokcsbury College, on the 29th inst. Nominations for Governor. < We observo in the Carolinian that General D. F. j Jamison has been nominated for the Gubernatorial I Chair. Gen. Adams and the Hon. W. F. Colcock have also been mentioned in this connection. South Carolina might well be proud of either of these distinguish- , ed gentlemen, as her chief magistrate. Accommodating. In the editorial correspondence of the South Carolinian, from Washington, we learn that the Post Office Department, in response to a memorial iromuio citizens of Columbia, has ordered a mail bag to be made up at New York for Columbia, thus expediting the mail one da)* between tho two points. Tlio department acted with great promptness in tho matter. Hon. J. L. Orr. We are under obligations to Mr. Our for his kind attention in forwarding us a copy of Hon. Yolney Ii Howard's speech on the Homestead bilL South-Carolina and the Presidential Election. On this subject, the course of tho Stato has been rather anomalous on several occasions. To show disapprobation of the action of the Federal Government, and contempt for those struggles in which tho gainers havo too often used their power to injure and disturb, she has repeatedly thrown away her vote. In reference to her conduct in these particulars, wo do not intend to speak. But it has become a subject of interest, and perhaps of importance, to enquire what will bo her I.. ?l>n nnnrmipimifT ploptifin Wlint ir TV-ill bfl fVUVJ ... ...? O we know not, hut as to what it ought to be, wo have a decided opinion. The Democratic Convention, recently in session at Baltimore, has nominated, with great unanimity, Gen. Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, as the candidate of the Democratic party for the next Presidency. Ought this State to support the nomination? Many, no doubt, will insist that it wili bo a degradation of the State to bring her down from her high position of indifference in such matters to participate in any manner in the struggle of a Presidential election. With leference to the present contest wo cannot think so. Wo have always been, and wo are still, the strenuous advocates of that abstract truth and justice which it is supposed give the distinguishing feature to the Carolina School of Federal politics?and it it were possible wo would secure tlio full triumph of this doetriuo. Although wo cannot in any unlimited sense sanction the policy of " the best wo can get," yet woennnot so stultify ourselves as to forget the lesson which experience teaches, that in tlio practical affairs of life, it is utterly impossible to enforce, without occasional modifications, the abstract notions of any school of theorists, no nintter how right and puro. Men and nations aro obliged to submit their conduct to the requirements of this necessity. Such being tho rule that wisdom dictates and principle sanctions, let us look through the mists and vapors of mere transcendentalism in political philosophy, and viow tho bu joct in a practical light. / J N V I ~ - "-^,1 In federal politics, South Carolina has always belong ed to the School of State-Rights Democracy?and- a; she remains in the Union, it is to be presumed she will continue to act with that party, if she acts with anj not purely sectional. "Whether she will so act, we suppose will depend on the further enquiry as to whetbei cr not her action will tend to maintain her ancient principles, and advance her present policy. We pubHsI to-day an extract from a speech of Gen. Piehce deliV' jred in tho Scnato of the United Statos in 1838, sustaining certain resolutions introduced by Mr. Calaoux :o prohibit the introduction of abolition petitions, 4c Sen. Pierce then came up to the mark as boldly and iquarely as it was possible for man to do; and the in :ormation which reaches us now from all quarters, establishes that he is still sound, and of the strictest seel of the State-Rights Democracy. It appears then, thai in supporting him, South Carolina will but maintair ler own principles. But there is also a question of policy involved. It the present juncture of Federal affairs it is manifestlj the policy of this State, and of the whele South, tc transfer and confine the discussion of the slavery ques, tion in connection with the powers of tho governmen! ;o tho North. Unite ourselves and divide them, the rictory is ours and we control the government. II there is any party to be formed on this question to prelervo tho Union, let it be there and not h?re. "We lave had union parlies enough in the South, and the jnly reason why they have not been formed at the North, is because tho South has ever been in too shameful a hurry to preserve the Union, at tho expense ol right and character. We believe it probable in the highest degree that the ''platform" of the Democratic + will fliio ^lorttiooiAn tn flto Mnrfli TTn. L/IMJ > UUtlUU \Y III VU1 IJ blllO UIOVUOUIVU IV vtiv Aivtvui on the issues submitted, tbc ireesoil and abolition par ties will war fiercely with the State-rights democracy of the North, and this last cannot succeed in the coum try without the aid of the Southern democracv?witl it they can. If the Southern democracy therefore wil unite, they become not only essential, but available tc secure triumph. This ability to give or withhold sue cess, will cause them to be respected and courted, and will put them in position to give law to the entire par ty and to control once more the federal government. We think, therefore, that this State should join witli all the other Southern States in thoir support of the Democratic nomination for President and Vice Presi dent. National Division S. T. The National Division of the Sons of Temperance o f the United States met at Richmond on the 5thinst., and elected the following officers: Most Worthy Patriarch. Hon. John B. O'Neall, of South Carolina; Most Worthj Associate, Neal Dorr, of Maine; Most Worthy Scribe, Frederick Fickardt, of Pennsylvania; Most Worth; Treasurer, Robert M. Foust, of Pennsylvania; Mosl Worthy Chaplain, Leroy M. Lee, of Virginia; Mosl Worthy Conductor, William Richardson, of New York; Most Worthy Sentinel, J. F. Grost^ of Illinois. The Convention resolved to hold its next session at Chicago. There is another war anticipated between Uayti and St. Domingo?tlio Emperor Soloiujue, refusing to ao knowledge the independence of the Dominican Repub' lie, and threatening unless t?!c Ifaytien flag bo hoisted by it he would invade it in October next. Arrangements are making to meet him on the frontier undet General Santa Anna with a fi..ree of G000 men. Mr. John Capps, residing near Marion C. II., had his house, furniture and wearing apparel consumed last week by fire, which originated, it is said, in conso quencc of his imprudently putting pine straw undei his house and setting fire to it for the purpose of do stroying tlees. (loot) Fisuixo again".?Four gentlemen, who hat been on a fishing excursion in Chesapeake Bay, return ed to Norfolk on Monday evening last, having caugh in less than four hours time, with hook and "line, 123t Ssh, of which number 1007 wero of the kind eallcc Croakers. Tost Office Operations.?The Postmaster Genera established for tlio week ending the 5th inst, thirty four new Posi Offices, discontinued seven?amoni thorn Rod Oak Grove in Barnwell District in this Stati ?and changed the names of nine. Wo see it stated that the genuino plates of the Banl of Kentucky, of the denomination of tens, have recent ly been stolen, and a large batch of the notes printed of course thoy will bo put in circulation. The thef was managed so adroitly that no clue can be obtainei to its discovery, or to lead to the detection of the per potrator. Tho plates were stolen from the engraver ii Cincinnati. Kossuth says ho is very sorry that Mr. Cass has no received tho nomination for the Presidency. Kossuth highly eulogised Meagher in a speech a Utica the other day. Wm. G. Crosby has been nominated as tho whij Candidate for Governor of Maine. The new Crystal Palace Company has a capital o ?.100.000. Tho Marion Star states that Mr. Davis, on the 3d in stant, killed a rattlesnake, on his plantation, in tha district, measuring 5 feet 11 inches in length, and 1] 34 inches around the largest part of the body, witli 1' rattles and a button. Hon. John M. Clayton is industriously cultivatinghi; farm three milesfrom Newcastle, Delaware; and, instea< of running a race with compotiiiors in tho politica field, is endeavoring to d:stanco his overseer in ngri cultural pursuits. Each has selected his field, and i wager lies between thorn which shall produco the rich est crop from his allotted portion. The Texas papers say that there never was a bette prospect of a large crop on the Brazos. Tho cotton although retarded by the recent cold weather, has gen orally recovered, aim mo crop uius iair 10 ou ?i iurgi one. The corn hnssufTcrcd some from the drought, bu is in a forward condition. The prospect for large cropi is very good in that section. Mr. I'ieuce seems to have shown much goo< anise amid the late excitement. He promptly declined a public reception at Concord, N. II. tendered him in a telegraphic disj>atch, and lef the Brattle House, Cambridge, next morning (br Northampton, where he will remain som< days. Mrs Piekce is with him, and in delicatt health. They have three children. It is statec that when the telegraphic intelligence camet< ? ^ n? .IT lien. rierce at tue iremont nouse in dosioi on Saturdry?where lie was with his ladv at th< time?of his nomination for the Presidency, i gentleman congratulated him, to whom he re plied; "Sir, you could not congratulate a more sur prised man." For Ox Camden Journal. Vjj 5 Mr. Editor : By reference to the Charjes^n .Vj^JJ I papers it will be seen that the Wnrcs.'/OF-^^M r Charleston have held a mceting and appoijaj>^JHj ed Messrs. Waddy Thompson, S. H. Dickson,'/-/jH : William Gregg, T. Tupper, W. Whalev, Geo. W. --Blown, "William Patton, H. II. Williams, and i Geo. S. Bryan, as Delegates' to the Whig N'a- B - tional Convention, which meets in Ba I ti m ore-orr . tomorrow. Being a member of. tlie Democratic party. I Gel a Utile curious to know whether the -Zjfm above named delegation will go to Baltimore to j represent the Whigs of Charleston, or whether Jj . they will assume the responsibility as did Gen. Gm Commander of representing the Whigs of South' Jk t Carolina ; and whether the Preamble and v solutions complimenting Fillmore and WAhfrtetP-T ' were not Intended as gentle hints to' the delega- 'jfl tion to support those two Northern .gentlemen^'-jH (because they are whigs) for the Presidency and ' jaB \ Vice Presidency. It is hoped the city papers will give us all the information they can,1 thereby oblige A LIVE SOUTHERNER. The Palmetto Rcgimeut. ? \ Executive Department, 'm Columbia, 10th, June, 1852. The medals which were designed by the Legis-J^^B i lature to be awarded to the members of thePaUT$| "3 i metto Regiment have been bestowed' on the 8uiw;:^^E . vivors of the regiment only. ' r The following rules will "be observed iu their fu- t -1 ? , ture distribution: a . 1. That medals be awarded to all officers and , men who were honorably discarded. T . 2. That when an officer resigned and anotnepo^H P was appointed in his place, medals be awarded to v t 3. That when a man was discharged' and ri'ffijrjl ( substitute received in his place medals be givdntor-hijfSk ' 4. All the above rules to be subject to excep|^|gg t tions, where, in particular cases, circuinstances^^M existed which should justly deprive the soldier of the houor. 5. That in the case of those officers and soldiers 1 who have aied, medals, be given to, their nearest ? In accordance to these rules, all members the regiment who have not received medals and Jm the, ntarc.it relative of those w ho have fallen in . .'m battle, or have died, will send in their names, ; > written at large and legibly, to the Messrs.- jH I Gregg, Hay den & Co., Charleston, who are^OF. , prepared to have them cast, and their names en-^^H , ^ The muster rolls of the regiment are deposited ' in this department; but it isffcnbught the adoption | : of the mode recommended will facilitate-the end t desired, which will be compared with the muster JgB ; rolls to tost their correctness. agi,. By order of his excellency the Governor: y ' L. B. T. Watts, Secretaiy.-' al jtSTAll the papers in theState -willcopy once ij a week fur two weeks. j South Carolina Railroad. Jl We copied a paragraph from the Augusta Coo-' ? 1 stitutionalist last week stating that the S. C. Rail road Company had purchased a site for a depot. " just outddc of the corporate limits of Augusta, .-VjB with a view to throwing a bridge-over the river jfl for their railroad track. We learn silice, that J the land opposite on the Carolina side has been " 1 1 " purchased by the Company, and that all | tKe-g^lj necessary arrangements having been nemTy.com- ll pleted, the work will very shortly be eorirmcnced;J"j*l and will no doubt be finished in the shortest pos-: s&jfj sible time. 1 Thus iiysnll be seen that this long-contested - question is about to iceeivo a simple and etfectu- tV*: t al solution. It is not one which we had desired '., 'f I or which the Railroad Co mpany have resorted to' I u-itlvuif liovinrr ftvlinncfo/) ai'amr waoma Vv*?mW'. 'ItxJI i itiwivutumtii.^ vauuu.t^u uav.tin.-5 iv/ wtng'r ajj th&rily of Augusta to a reasonable compromise. ; j We arc sorry for our neighbors over the river, but^%J| as Caesar said of his dead enemies, '-they would J& , have it so."?Chas. Mercury. Tiie Season and the .Clops.?The seasoa. : 3*3 thus far through remarkably dry, has been high- , ly favorable for the-crops generally. Oats' have suffered most, and are generally low, bnt wo; -la think the yield generally wjtt be fair?Corn and Cotton generally look well and with favorable aa seasons, from this time forward, must turn out a . al most abundant yield.?Cheraw Gazette. Tiie Case of Wm. L. Chaplin.?Judgo.;J<3j t Crawford, of the Criminal Court of Washingtoh ^. city, has rendered judgement in favor of the Uriiy >? . ted States, against Selby Parker and others, who'%jM went bail in thesum of ?6,000 for Wm L. Chap- ->JH lin, charged with kidnaping slaves in 1850, ahd* ' also judgement against Chaplin, whose recognis- -."jM ance was forfeited, as he never appeared for -'*3| f trial. ; X of the Baltimore Sun says that the Central * ; t Democratic Committee, which will act in Wash- . l ington, have come to the conclusion that they r: will assess each Congressional District in tho /v I Union for the expenses of the election, and not-^ ! office-holders or office-seekers, and that they will.^J ' j not tax the Government with the postage of the X|1 ' documents to bo distributed by them; but that -1 oat of the funds thus raised they will pay the " i postage on every pamphlet or printed sheet that 1 may be forwarded for circulation from Washing- ^ ton. y'} n< H7 r>..? A t r 1 IiE W lilu 1 l\r."ll'fiAJlAu xxu . a Meeting of the Whig party of South Carolina 1? . last evening .as the Masonic Hall, King-street, <9 j I)r. F. V. Porcheriu the Chair, the following gen? jfl t tlenien were appointed to represent this State 3 the Whig Convention to assemble in Baltimore on Wednesday next, viz: Hon.*Waddv Thorny -9 son, Dr. S. H. Dickson, Wm. Greeg, T. Tupper^ jfl I W. Whaley, G. W. Brown, W. Patton, T Williams and G. S. Bryan. -1 A pieamble and resolutions were adopted, com[ plimenting Fiilmore and Webster, but the Dele- ^1 gation was not instructed as to their vote in Uae m I Convention.? Charleston Mercury. m l Abcnutiful eye makes silence eloquent; a kind j3| > -eye makes contradiction an assent; an enraged fl * eye makes beauty deformed. ? * - - -- - ' r~ People in Maine no longer ask eaoU. cUJier to - "imbibe, swallow or snyle^ The invitation nd\r is, "willyou violate?" a T~~T Mi ^ J