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' / A 1 1 *1J 1 **j LPLL!i' ?a. "Dccliiie of the South." It has become exceedingly fashionable of late years, in certain quarters, to represent the South as degenerating and declining, the victim of an incurable consumption, and rapidly becoming a mere cypher in respect to resources, private and public. We deem it scarcely necessary to say that, in most cases, "the wish is father to the thought." All who are conversant with the present condition of the Southern States in general, must acknowledge that they tire rapidly ascending the hill of prosperity. If this statement was ever true of the South, it is not true now. The annual amount derived from the production of her great staples is yearly increasing, while she is rapidly developing those great works of internal improvements from which must tlow the most gratifying and enriching results. It is not true that she is declining, either in wealth, population, or resources. The Southern States constitute one of the most favored and prosperous sections of the Union. The hand of nature has marked out for the South a great future, ller destiny is written in her noble mountains, teeming with mineral wealth; in her beautiful valleys, smiling with " ? 1 1 KU film. iertlilty; in lier guinuuh ihcik, itu^kiuic- vi mining the machinery of a hundred Lowtls; in her harbors, inviting the commerce of the world ; in all her certral position the most favorable to commercial enterprise; in all her great and valuable products which must ever find a ready market in every portion of the gIob&?; in internal improvements, in public spirit, in agriculture, in the development of her rich and varied resources, in wealth, population and all that goes to make a,great and powerful State she is steadily advancing and laying a broad foundation for the time to come. It is true that much remains to be done, and that if the South would avail itself fully of the advantages within her reach she must use every endeavor to diversify their labor, and render herself, as far its possible, independent of the skill and products of foreign sections. The Southern people must encourage their own home enterprises to a greater extent, build up their owu towns and cities, patronize their own schools, academies and colleges, and in every way endeavor to add to the growth and prosperity of their own section. Add to this a Direct Trade between the South, Europe and -t rthpr /vMinfcries. and we complete the picture of her glorious and onward career. Who, then, speaks of her decline ? No true son of the South will look upon her with such feelings or be blind to the signs of the times. Whatever difficulties may exist, it is in the power of our people fo remove them. In the days of the French Revolution, those huge barricades, which obstructed the streets, and hindered the progress of those who were intent upon liberty, were surmounted by a very . , simple plan. Every man who joined the ranks of Freedom, piled up a stone; and by this mere act of many persons acting in concert, the harriers were passed. The people of the South may well profit by the example. It is in the power of every one of them to aid in overcoming the obstacles which may exist in the pathway of Southern progress. Patriotism and self-interest . "dv.n*.aiTd vf tT.V J/C-TJ-I- ' '?Inn and enterprise necessary to the development of those resources with which no other people have been so bountifully supplied by nature. Let them be fairly exercised, and her hi^li position, vast wealth and formidable power, will place her above the reach of one who may, now, be hypocritical enough to point to her supposed degeneracy and decline.?Georgia Home Gazelle. Consolidation. This is the era of consolidation. The civilized world is divided into three great empires?Rus sia, Great Britain and the United States. The last is not numerically equal to France or Austria, but in wealth, energy and territory, is far superior. France has reached that period of moral decrepitude at which her population is almost stationary. Austria is nearly in the same con' dition?and both arc involved in deep financial embarrassment. Russia is increasing in population, and iu political importance, arid is financials ly independent. England increasesin population, at home at the rate of about one per cent per annum, notwithstanding the immense tide of emigration from her shores to this country and ber colonies. And she is still going on in hoiEast Indian career of acquisition, being now engaged in the dismemberment of the Burmese empire. She is also pressing on Central America, 1 and on Africa". The recent financial changes in the world, resulting from the enormous production of gold in California and Australia, are.operating favorably to Great Britain. Her public debt amounts to about four thousand millions of dollars, and the interest is three per cent?or one hundred and twenty millions of dollars per annum. But the market rate of interest is declining. If nothing occurs to arrest the present tendency of the money market, it will soon be in her power to reduce the rate of interest on her * public debt to two and a half per cent., which i~ would amount in effect to reduction of the public debt one-sixth?the difference between three and a half per cent.?for Great Britain has adopted ; the wise policy of reserving the privilege of paying her public debt at pleasure. Hence, if she could obtain par for new bonds, at two and a half per cent., she could pay off the old at three. This would operate in favor of her tax-paying population, and against the tax-rcceivi g?the bond-holders, who are the wealthier class?and tr? would reduce the inequality between tlic two. If we consider the present and prospective I p condition of Russia, Great Britain and the United^tates,^ wijl perceive that there neyerwns ^^^^^^^^^^^Su^eyOTc^^^eenire^^^^ncien^uiiivc-rsal empires. Then America was unknown?Britain S- a coutemptible isle of naked barbarians, and Russia a desert waste of snows and savages. The existence of a single great and formidable power tends to the consolidation and and aggregation of other States?for self defence. The ?- existence now of several not only does this, but promises the principle of consolidation in each of theih. For the enormous expansion of commerce, and rapidity of transit, makes them ncighVvr.M. on/T motoa them ip.'ilous. What are we to U\J Id (ItiU IIIMItVW WMV>? J - " E expect ? Will these great powers come into conflict, and continue at it, unt.l one is supreme ? And will that one then fall by the corruption of . cenlralism, aud by desultory attacks around its frontiers of outside tribes and nations, as Rome w.-is overthrown. Or will tliev be broken to nieces I* 11 , ^ 4 by the shock of collision with one another i It may seem extravagant to speculate on the chances of collision between this country and Great Britain for empire, much less between lis and Russia. But we arc practically less remote, than Rome was from Carthage or from Persia. But whatever may be the tact or the fate of fu ture conflicts between us and foreign powers for universal empire, we cannot doubt, that the late territorial aggrandizement, and military achievements of the L nited States have turned the minds of the people to the contingencies of a conflict with European powers and inspired a notion of universal empire; and that this idea has had a powerful efl'ect on the internal conflict between the sections. The same motive is distinctly visible in the recent and pending organizations of party. The Democrats were not united 011 the Compromise ?and are not. Many of the North detested it; 1 for one reason, many of the South for opposite ; reasons. Yet such is the tendency to eonsolidn* . tion, such the dt-siro of about one-half the peo ' 1.1.1 1 .. 1 .1 ; ]>ie to line me omer, anu sticu iih- growing importance of our foreign relations, that the convictions and the rights of sections have boon sacrificed to the passion for spoils, for power, and to the idea of national aggrandizement. The Whigs will probably adopt the policy of the Democrats, and will accept any platform to ! prevent a disruption of the party?and to secure j j an available candidate. Ucno-the platforms of, j both parties will be alike, and the contest will be for men?or rather will be between two factions, and for the spoik The doctrine of intervention into which both parties at the North have largely embarked latelc, is-not near so much the result of sympathy j for struggling liberty in Europe, as the instinct j for conflict and foreign conquest. We are desJ tined probably to follow the example of England } ?to combine tlic passions of ambition and ava: rice to aim at once for territorial and commercial expansion. But the changes that must result from any general renewal of war in Christendom | will be too great to allow of speculation as to the ! actual condition of the world at the next general ; peace.?Southern Preus. Wc have examined the Congressional Globe,; i and common ju>tiee lorces its 10 endorse an uu-1 i statim-nts made of Gen. Pierce's soundne-s upon J the great question of slavery. He proves him| self not only a constitutional slavery man, but {capable of sympathising with the slaveholder? the latter a position, which, to line! in the Northern States, is as rare as an " angel's visit." Tliose who have the Globe, will find ample evidence of the above in the XXV Congress, Appendix, 1833. Some blind part ism furors, in order to sustain ; ! their allegations, have most willingly and flagi- i ! tiously, with malice prepense, and a glaring (lis-! 1 gard to truth, asserted that Mr. Pierce was the I first man who introduced a petition to Congress ! asking thcaboliiion of slavery in the District of Columbia, omitting theacconipaning explanatory remarks which would have done honor to a master ' O-Crt- - i.uicL l-~i -<1 111(1' . (t'lllW "granite State." lie said: "He did not feel justified in presenting the petition without saying, he regretted he was to be made the organ of the petitioners, being tbeir representative; that the right to petition was inalienable, but the subject matter of the petition was inflammatory, as it was unconstitutional." There is [ not to be found a similar declaration upon the j whole journals of Congress, unless made by a Southern man, and even then in the heat of debate. Gen. Tierce reminds us very much of a SouthCarolinian declaiming for the rights of the South O ~ and the Constitution, and is as dissimilar to the style of abolitionism as drawn opon Southern minds, as day is to night. There not even a i shade or the appearance ot unsoundness connect- j cd with the entire legislative character of the j Xew-Hanipsliire nominee; and the more hois: i known the more he will he admired. If Thcre is | nothing more objectionable, in the private char[acterofMr. Pierce than in his public, he will j at least escape the odium of the press, and cen- | , sure of his fellow-citizens, except those who arc deprived Ephraims.?Auburn (Ala) Gazelle. ? n^.n More Proofs of "Ava'lahilitv."?The Peter-burg Democrat announces, and it was currently believed on the streets here yesterday, that J; s. Lyons, Esq., one of the two Whig Electors of the State Virginia at large, and Chairman of the Whig Central Committee, had sent in his ; resignation of those two important positions to j the Whig Central Committee; and that the re- j situations of other Electors were also sent in.? j rin ..^4 4,. t. ' ine.se ^eiiiieiufu ?ire nut \\imii<r iu muiuij , themselves," in the language of the New York j Day Book,and they cannot support a nomitia- j tion made to pnipitinte VV. II. Seward, and to insult and prodrac Millard I' lltnore, for his per- i illing himself in defence of the Sou h, as thoy j have always been convinced. The Whig may j sneerat these gentlemen as ''fancy politicals who, j like sorry horses, cost more to keep them than ! they are worth"?but they have talents and influence, and their repudiation of the ticket will be a terrible blow to the Seward candidate in . Virginia and the South.?Richmond Rnijuirer. Influence of a i<mu.k.?It is related in the life of a celebrated mathematician, William I Intton, that^i.v respectable looking country-woman called upon him one day, anxious to speak with hhi};" She told him with an air of secrecy, that "her husband behaved unkind to her and sought other company, fre?|Ucntly passing hi? evenings from home, which made her fed extremely unhappy, and knowing Mr. Iluttou to be a wise 'man, she thought he might bo able to tell her now sue snouiu manage, 10 cute ner uusoaun? tlx; case was a common one, and lie thought lie could prescribe for it without lo-iug his reputation as a conjurer. ' '1'lic remedy is a simple one," said he, "but 1 have never known it to fail. Always meet your husband with a smile." The woman expressed her thanks, dropped a curtesy and went away. A few months afterwards she waited on Mr. IIutton, with a couple of fine fowl*, which she b gged liim to accept. She told him with a tear of joy and gratitude glistening in her eye, that she had followed his advice and her husband was cured. lie no longer sought the company of others, but treated her with constant love and kindness. J "N THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOHIiNAL. . 1 FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1852. , THO. J. WRAKENi Editor. - , Post Office. We are requested to state that the Post Office will , be open for the delivery of letters and papers, on Saturday next, the 3d inst., from D to 10 o'clock, A. M. and from 5 to G P. II. Wit,-n 1 !! I?. J J ( Death of Henry Clay. This illustrious veteran of tho foruin, has passed away to join the departed spirits of the great. A Nation's tears attest the magnitude of hi3 talents, and the high estimate in which he was held-by his countrymen, lie is one of the last of that race of giants in intellect, who succeeded the Fathers of the Revolution in our Federal Councils. For forty years, he lived m public station, and for more than half that time, the confessed embodiment of the principles of the Whig party. He has done more to impress the age and country in which lie lived than auv ot his cotcmporarios. Twice he saved the Union by compromise. On each of these occasions, the most formidable obstacle to his success consisted in the position of South Carolina, under the lead of a splendid array of her talented sons, headed by the great 1 C.vLtTOt'X, his rival in talent and in station, his opponent in every principle. It is not strange that here in South Carolina, IIkxuy Clay has had but few admirers, and still fewer friends. But wo bury our animosity in the grave with his body, and assume not the invidious task of scanning with critical acumen, his principles or his character. The future must pronounce upon these, the just verdict of history. it ii ii 11 mi ii ii ii iw i iiiiii in Acceptance of the Whig Nominees. The Charleston papers of Wednesday contain tclcrapliic despatches from Wasliington, which announce the appearance in the papers of that city, of "letters i of acceptance of Scott and Graham, to Chapman, President of the Convention, who in a letter of notification enclosed to each nominee a copy of the platform. . Scott adopts the platform resolutions, annexing and making it part of his letter of acceptance, and if elected, says he will recommend a single alteration iu the naturalization laws, the importance of which has been suggested by military experience, giving all foreigners the right of citizenship, who shall serve onej'car, either in the land or naval service, on receiving an*lionorable discharge; will appoint none to office deficient in integrity or devotion to the Constitution and Union; will only resort to a veto in extreme cases; will carry into the Government one grand principle of obcdienco to the legislative and judicial departments; will recommend or approve of measures with regard to the management orWio public domain, so its to secure such an early settlement as is lavorable to actual settlers, consistently, however, with a due regard to equal rights; says lie can offer 110 other pledge or guarantee than known incidents iu a long public lifo, now undergoing severe examination. "Graham's letter is siiort, ana endorses me piauoriu. Nothing new in it. In accepting the nomination he sent in his resignation to the Presideut as Secretary of the Navy. He will remain in office a few days to settle uunoxtaulliusiness. He will then iotiro to North Carolina and wait tliOTcsmr.- " * Presidential Election. Already have we taken occasion to signify our adherence to the Democratic cause, and our opinion that the State cannot, properly do otherwise than vote the Democratic ticket at the ensuing election. True, we desire no shouting, 110 throwing up of cajis, nor other noisy demonstrations of joy, over the nomination and the platform, hut we heartily desire the success of the recognised and avowed State Rights, anti-tariff party, in the approaching struggle with consolidation, high tariff, National Rank, anti-rcpublicunism embraced in the creed of the "Whigs. Entertaining these opinions, we are surprised to find so many disposed to underrate and sneer at the can didatcs and the platform of the Democracy, even while professing a determination to support them. If we support them at all, let us doit heartily. This snarling ?,1... tl.n trnv?i ;a ana aiiuj'j'iu^ at lilt ttwiiw ?? * * ?u.vu ??v, disagreeable to overybody, and docs us no good. The only effect it can possibly have is to injure the Democracy, and give aid and comfort to the Whigs. If the South, in a body, would alwaysy ield a hearty and cheerful support to that party who came nearest to their standard of right, in a few years she would dictate tho principlesupou which thecountry should e governed. This State has long occupied a peculiar position?she has stood aloof from federal polities, and withheld herself from all those associations arising out of party connection, which bind together the several States of the Union, perhaps more intimately than anything else.? She has been in iho Union, but not of it. What has been tho result ? Has any good thing been effected by it ? Doe.* any one hope that good will result from continuing in it? It is evident to all that we could not have done worse, and perhaps, if our par* lliat./.na I,ml l.aiMi ?irnn(nT tbo moral effect of our position illicit have operated upon our sister States of the South, to produce a dill'erent consummation. Wo arc now in favor of playing the best gauie we can with the cards dealt out to us, (bad tltoi gh they he,) to strengthen tho hands of our partners and wcakyi_gur opponents. ' ?** ? "? ' ( More Land. Tito Senate has recently confirmed a treaty with tho Sioux Indians for the lands owned by them in Iowa 1 and Minnesota, which it is said will open forscttlomcnt a vast region in the north-west, aud one which is re- 1 gnrded by competent judges as unsurpassed in tho great desiderata of fertility and salubrity. It ciubra- ! cos largo tracts of valuable timber, aud almost au unlimited amount of water power. Greely on the Whig Platforms Tho oditor of tho Now York Tribune wnnuly np~ nnmuidfiiMi r\C Hon f hnf ridionliiu JJIUVV!) Ul IHU liviiiiiiuyvi. v?? wvu vuv iiviivm.vu the idea that the Whig platform is to settle tho compromise question. Hear him: " But by the question 'thus settled,' the plank ovi* (lentlv means to cover all questions relative to slavery, and to denounce all discussions, criticism or remonstrance respecting the existence of slavery in this country as perilous and wrong. All this is alike (utile and preposterous?we dcly it, execrate it, spit upon it." Lano Salks ix Flouida.?'Tho Florida Sentinel says that considerably upward of $100,000 value of Land was bidden olT at die recent public sales of Internal , Improvement Lai ds in that State. Tho last sale took , placo at Tampa, in Hillsborough County, ou tho 29th , ult. ?. ^alTOT^IIE^OL^^TarhHett^o^iel New York Evangelist mentions a report that S-ria has j i been sold to Rothschild for 500,000,000 francs; \iathe < proposes to rebuild Jerusalem and Solomon's Te-ople, to allow chapels for all religions, to establish railways ind steamers, and to appeal to the Jewish nation'to i rotiirn tn rim Innrl nf thnir fiithcrs. A similar mmVr I was circulated a year or two ago. It is scarcely likelt 1 to be true, though in these days money is all powerful and may accomplish even greater things than this. \ Served Them Eight.?J. P.Smith, who was under bond to the amount of $3,000, for rescuing Shadrach, the fugitive slave, has left his bondsmen to pay the bill. The greatest discovery of the present day is that of | the Editor who says that in order to get on well in this ' world, it is well for a man to have gold in his pocket, iron in his hand, silver on his tongue, and brass in his face. Whig Clap Trap.?At the Whig ratification meeting, held in Washington on Wednesday night last, there was a transparency representing two bowls of soup with spoons in them. Heavy Betting.?It is stated that Gen. Lane has accepted a bet from Mr. Gartland, of Georgia, of $10,000, that Gen. Seott will be elected. How to Stop a Paper.?The only honest way to Btop a paper is to pay into the hands of the Postmaster whatever you may owe for it, if it be only two hum- | bers, and sec that the Postmaster writes an order for it > to be stopped. There is no use in sending to the pub- ' lishcrs letters or papers, with postage unpaid. If you I mil 10 ao mis, uu 1101 cuinjjiiuu 11 me jjuuu&iii'ia uuutinuo to send the paper. The popular vote was taken in New Orleans on the 21st ult., on the proposition to tax real estate, in order i to raise the sum of ?3.000,000, to be applied towards ! the construction of the New Orleans, Jackson and Opelousas railroad, and carried by a large majority. Old Crabs.?A physician in Mobile, formerly a class mate of the Whig candidate for Vice Presideut, says he was a good but not a brilliant student; that though in fact amiable, yet his sour features obtained him the soubriquet of " Crabs." Many of the subsequent new comers to the college never heard him called by any other name than "Old Crabs." Taking the Back Track.?The New Hampshire Legislature has repealed the law " relating to personal liberty," which prohibited any person not a U. States officer from assisting in the arrest or detection of a fugitive slave. The "Whig Meeting at New-York.?The Whig papers frotn the Empire City come to us brim full of the great Whig meeting, held there on the evening ut*the 24th ult. It was none of your little gatherings of a few hundred men, sprinkled over the floor of a large hall, but a full, large, double sheet, with three extra's attached. The main body met in the Broadway House, and the skirmishers in the Grand-street, Broadway and Front Room. The Broadway House meeting had nearly a hundred Vice Presidents and fifty I Secretaries. Letters were read to it from Hon. Hamilton Fish, and lion. W* II. Seward.? 'Ihe latter recommends that "the dissensions of the past be buried in the grave to which its errors are hastening," he also presumes to speak of an i.ltnSm-imthm "to lift cenided bv tJie piineitilt-s of order, of moderation, of devotion to the Constitution and the Union." Mr. Hoffman, Gov. Jones, and others, addressed the meeting. The Governor scorned the idea that Gen. Scott is under the influence of Seward, lie said that he "had tried with all his powersof persuasion and with a hundred to back Him, Mr. Seward amony them, for months, to get Scott to write a letter to the Convention,stating his position on political questions. It w:is made so apparent to him, that lie amid not help the conviction that his nomination depended upon his writing such a letter. But he had got it into his head that he ought not and would not write a letter, and did not write it. [Cheers.] Much as I wanted him to write the letter, as necessary as I believed it to be, I became convinced that he would not write, even if satisfied that it would make him President for life. [Great cheering."] From this account it would seem that General Scott is a downright niule-mouthed candidate, who will take advice from tiobouv. Gov. Jones, with a hundred more, and Seward to help, could not move hiill to write a letter. This news is in it cni/v> ITVIIUVIIUI, S/\. ? J'???v III If, SIMW | his organ has, from first to last, persisted in say-: ing that Gen. Scott ought not to, and would not, j write any letter before his nomination. But Gov. Jones believes that Seward is not the "raw heatP'; we took him for, since, in addition to their co-la j boring for the Scott letter, he says the other is j the "best abused man alive." Nor does he think j Gen. Scott's "hasty plate of soup" is a matter to be laughed at, for, he says, "Wintv'ld Scott is a ; working man, and, like all hard-workers, eats j quick." lie also insists that the "Hasty" shall wear his epaulettsand his feathers as he elu>oscfc, \ but ho vows that Gen. Pierce shall not do so in ! Tennessee. If he comes there plain Prank Pierce,! he would interpose but little objection to him. on ; th?" ground of personality. Hut. if as a sol 'ier. an officer, a gencrahit is, to Ki:j him , thruL'oii.iJo'd KrTfnChc would take the hbortv taking off his buttons and stripping him of hist rpoulcttes. In conclusion, Gov. Jones got funnv. He is s.vd t<? bo first rate in that lino, ami conKl not! miss the opportunity of giving the Now-Yorkors ' a chip from the. Tennessee stump, lie saiil the ! Dem<>cratic nomination reminded him of a story ! of an old Dutchman and his son, Jolmtiy. The old ; man had seen his son riding about, cutting all sorts of capers on horseback, and concluded he would try a ride on an old goat that was running about the grounds. So one morning he told his son to go down to the foot of the lane, and hide himself near the gate, and when he came riding down on the goat, Johnny was to jump up and sing out. "hot)," and then see what his father would do. Jolinuv did as directed, and yelled "boo" at the goat at the precise moment agreed upon, and simultaneously the old man got a ter- j riblc fall. Kising in great pain, the honest old Dutchman said, "Vat makes you too dat, Johnny?" 4,Vy didn't you tells me to, daddy?" "Yesli, yesh, mine son, hut dat was too pig a lioo for zucli a lcetle boss!" [Hoars of laughter.] After Gov. Jones had concluded, Mr. Edncy and two or three other persons made Scott .speeches, but as none of them attempted to rival Johnney and hisli daddy, Gov. Jones was, of course, the lion on the meeting.?Southern Standard. r" ^ 1 The Queen of England has issued the foilow-"JB ing proclamation prohibiting the public exercise of the Roman Catholic ceremonies, elsewhere JH li.m in nhiees of worship : ^ r a proclamation. Victoria R. )mM Whereas, by the act of Parliament passed in'j I the tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty lifl King George IV. for the relief of his Majesty's tjfl Koman Catholic subjects, it is enacted that no fl Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, nor any member of-B Giy of the religious orders, communities, or sochajjfl eyes, of the. Church of Rome, bound bymonas-^M tic or religious vows, should exercise any of the rites or ceremonies of the Roman Catholic reli-alB giob, or wear the habits of his order, save with- ifl in tfie usual places of worship of the RomanjP| Catholic religion, or in private houses; and,-SB whereas, it. has been represented to us that Ro- JH mau Catholic ecclesiastics, wearing the habits oft^H their orders, have exercised the rites -and ceresjjH monies ol tiie itoman ^ainouc reunion iu ui^ir/M ways and places of public resort, wth'ioany per^jB sons in ceremonial dresses, bearing bauners and objects, or symbols of worshsp in procession, the great scandal and annoyance of large num-^J hers of our people, and to the manifest danger of fcl the public peace; and whereas ii has been rep- rl resented to us that such violation of the laws has I been committed near places of public worsliip-^M during the time of divine service, and in such a ii a manner as to disturb the congregations asscm- jaj bled therein, we have therefore, thought it' our jl bounden duty, by and with the advice of our . M Privy Council, to issue this, our royal proclama- B tion, solemnly warning all those whom it may W concern, that whilst we are resolved to privet a our Roman Catholic subjects in the undisturbed || enjoyment of their legal rights and religious free- J1 dora?we are determined to repress the commis-^JB sion of all such offences as aforesaid, whereby tfresgS offenders may draw* upon themselves the punish.ments attending the violation of the laws, and^j ttie peace ana security 01 our aomimons may oe .? endangered. Given at our court, at Buckingham Palace, this 15th day of June, in the year of our JB Lord, 1852, in the 15th year of our reign. God Save the Queen. ;:~g From the South Carolinian. .1 Messrs. Editors: The Hon. J. A. Wood-^ar ward having declined a re-ellection to Congresa r-jJ from the 3d Congressional District, some friend, A I observe, hits kindly suggested my name for the^H succession. For the compliment conveyed by^M this nomination, I trust I am duly greatful; ncv-?3j ertheless lam not a candidate, never have been, i A and never expect to be. For this determination, I i| hold the following reasons to be perfeef'y conclu- a In the first place: The state of my health utr . Jj terly precludes the idea of my entering the can- ji In the second: I could not be elected if I M would. In the third: I would not be elected if I could. iM Ever since the publication of Judge Cheves' .a celebrated letter to the Charleston Mercuiy in 18- *1 44 1 have been a disumonist. My cniet,it not ;: j only, political aspiration has been an entire sever- a ancc of all connection with the North,, and thtes- x nf a Southern - *"4 ingr in this, however, as I verily believe, through . the default of South Carolina to interpose the shield of her sovereignity for the protection of her rights, I choose, for the present at least, to demean myself, if not as a contented and loyal, certainly J as a private subject? of the "king power" ot this JE Union. Respectfully, yours, W. S. Lyles. ;j Intemperance is fearfully prevalent in New ';:4 York, particularly among the lower classes, and J is increasing. It involves an expenso that fre- jm quently encroaches upon the ordinary comforts 11 of life, and the dwellings of not a few too plainIy indicate that there is a secret enemy, despoil-*& ing them of their goods, and exhausting all phy-^B sical vitality. A free Government, or the ad- | vnntarrMi of onmmon school education, cannot Jl avail to elevate the standard of character, either as to morality or intelligence, until the evil is >1 exercised. ' * t m Fearful Mortality.?The cholera, which j*. made its appearance ii MaysvfHe, Kv., on the 6th 'v ult., has proved fearfully fatal. The Eagle of the ^ Stli says that out of 26 cases which had occur- | red up to that time, 19 had ended in death ?nd ~ that there was every probability of the death cf A three more persons who theu had the disease ft No new cases occurred on the 7th, and hopes * were entertained that the dreadful malady would disappear. Among the deaths are a mother and her three children, the father being absent. A dispatch from Mavsville, dated at 12 m. on the 1 9ih, says that up to that time there had been ? dO cases and 25 deaths. A Youthful 1\icoster.?A girl only thirteen ; years old, having an infant in her arms, was ar- . j rested in riiiladelpliia on Tuesday uightjforbegCI.AotntA.1 tliof a.imfl mnnthn *1 " nu* 1 Mff?MgyiWwy V?- j i ago ,Mtr> i?K-t her lather and mother iu Mgrykoti^Hf whither they had emigrated from Canada. HerjB lather, she said, w.is killed by a tall from the top fl of a house, while pursuing his occupation, and 'flj her mother had died from the effects of a gather*,^B ed breast, while suckling the infant which she had with her, after a sickness of four days. Sub- H sotpionlly it was ascertained that her whole sforvH was false; that she had run off from a gentle- lH man's house, where she has been employed,'ta- H king away with her his only child, aud creating tin' deepest distress in tin- family.?Baltimore Sun. |H Ax Ur-CouxTBYFoundry.?One would bajd-BH ly "suppose it, but it is nevertheless true, iliat thjreflH is manufactured in the interior of AlabanMLftg^^H best quality of Cooking Stoves. Away mountains of Talladega, on the creek name, and six miles South East of the toj foundry leased by Mr. Spang (brought w business in Pennsylvania,) from our frier; Mr. Spang is prepared to do any sort ing in the best manner. His stoves are |]]l^Hj^H best pattern and material Iron is abundf^HHjjf around him; and " Maria Forge" is but at|^HBHj mile oil Put he has no outlet to market.1 Plank Road or Rail Road afforded him fa<^|fl|^^B for getting his wares to the towns beloy 9HH8 would thrive finely. As it is, the busin languishing and the lessee, we tear, disheart^^B^B Chambers . . i- ' - ^