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Cuba.?Wo learn by a gcntlcmon from Ha- J vam. :'nt on the ."?! iusr.. fifteen persons, all r v ... ::i; ; v.1 .it tiiat city, of whom H-n at?. i:i: .?* -. aii.] :;\o It*i?isiiv.-s. Iii their dwellings j were discovered 10,000 eat ridges, 12 demijohns ] of powder, and 20 arrobs (500 lbs.) of lead. It 1 is said that this discovery is but a priming of | wli.it rcniaius undiscovered in the interior of the ; 15-.UIU. 0:. ;lio 7lh the arrrested parties were examined, and three of them sent to the Cabanas fortification* During the week ending August 14, a good many young men were arrested, and others invi ted to go to Spain. They will be permitted to return when they obtain a diploma of loyalty.? These events created quite a stir in the government office, and evidences of alarm. On the 2Gtli July, No. 3 of the revolutionary paper called "La Voz del Pueblo," Organo do la Idependencia, [Voice of the People, organ of Independence] was published, in spite of the utmost efforts of the goverment to discover its origin and authorship. Other handbills, we understand, were making their appearance from lime to time, of a very incendiary character, and the . government were unable to prevent it, notwithstanding all the efforts of the Police, ard the offer of a large reward for the discovery of the perpetrators. No. 3 of the 41 Voice" is before us. It is a small sheet, say 12 inches by 12, and printed only on one side. Conspicuous at the top is a lone star, which we presume would like to belong to a constellatiou. We translate a few paragraphs as as follows: " We have before us a dsepatcli from the Lieut. Governor of Cardenas, Don Manuel Hector, directed to the land owners, merchants, and other capitalists of his jurisdiction, asking them to contribute as much as their patriotism dictates, fur the construction of a prison in that town as a larger one than the present is required.?and Mr. Hector expects to gain celebrity by procuring it to be built. This act, of itself, is sufficient to show to the people of Cuba and foreign nations the situation to which Cubans are reduced, and what they owe to their 'paternal' government. Prisons, scaffolds, and banishments; such is the gubernative system of our unfortunate country. " We do not doubt that in Cardenas, and indeed in the capitals of all the depart incuts of I this island, new prisons are needed?for the j vast prison of this capital is so full ofimmates, innocent or guilty, now, that they have scarcely room to stand up; and the government, far from making the people more moral, by establishing institutions of education, and houses of beneii-1 ence for the orphans and beggars who roam about our streets, is expending a still larger sum in the construction of prisons, barracks, and forts ; for tyranny does not rule without terror, and can only be sustained by military and inquisitorial power, exercised against defenceless subjects. "Doubtless Mr. Ilector will bo able to realise his desire, and receive considerable sums to carry into effect his project of a prison; but the Cuban people, who are one and all watching the vandal acts of their Government, will have an account to settle with Mr. Hector and the individuals f antl|"i jif ti|p| | 'p.. are asked to contribute* ? r for the construction of a prison in which they are to be incarcerated?to-morrow they will be obliged to erect the scaffold on which they arc to be immolated.?N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, August 20. The weather is becoming again very sultry.? Our citizens who left the watering places in the cool and rainy weather, may now wish themselves back. There has never been a season of so much travel, in every direction, as the present summer. Some years ago citizens of the South were to patronize their own Springs. It is believed that they have done so; but there were never half as many Southern people at Northern watering places before. The facilities and temptations to travel, and the abundance of money, were never so great as at present. Some of the Northern papers are speculating j upon the subject of the financial condition of the country, and some persons predict a great and sudden financial reverse. Though importations are falling off a little, in comparison with the last year, yet it is snown tnat me amount 01 our indebtedness abroad is greatly increased. We have sent away our gold at the rate of about fiftyeight millions a year. Our best stocks are gone, and individual "debts to a large amount have been contracted. All the commodities that foreign nations would take from us have gone. As to the grain and flour the amount of ex port at ions are diminishing, not increasing, and the production does not much exceed the wants of the. county. The amount of paper currency is swelled far beyond the example of any former times, and far! beyond the limits supposed to be safe. Specie j forms hardly any part of the currency, and no-; thiriLC but paper is to bo sc<*n. The inflation of the currency is followed by a great increase in tbo value of real estate, and of the Cost of all ar- j tides of ordinary consumption. It is followed, too, by an increased extravagance of expenditure. An extraordinary degree of activity is important to every branch of business, and public and private enterprises and improvements of all kinds are prosecuted without regard to cost. The tendency is to still further inflation, and it must go on till the bubble shall burst. It may go on, however, for some time; some say one and others < two years, without interruption. The subject of the acquisition of the Sandwich 1 Islands is much talked of. It may he that the 1 President will not feel himself at liberty to give 1 the information that has been called for, at any J time during the present session. The policy of 4 the administration on this subject was disclosed I in the 1 'resident'sMessage at the opening of the < ? t 4i... /.fii... , OTi?iuil. H# UH5 JHU' l?;Huruv,v> "I i in: | Islands and give them protection from any fur- I eign power is tlio object of Mr. Filhnore. lie I iitterpo^ d to protect tliein from France. ncgo- ' tiations with France on tliis subject, are proba- i bly now* going on. II she keeps her hands oil I from the Islands no other foreign power will molest them. But we cannot dissuade France from taking possession of the Islands if wo attempt to 1 acquire them ourselves. Imprudent steps oil this s subject might, bring about a maritime war with I France, and away would bo swept our commerce i on the Pacific and tho sources of the gold trade, r and the basis of prosj>ority. a Highly- Ixterestino from Havana.?The L . S. mail steamship Crescent City, Capt. Porter, arrived at New-York, on Wednesday night, 18tli instant, from New-Orleans, via Havana. She remained at the latter port twenty-one hours, notwithstanding which she made tin.; run in sixdays and eight hours, being the <|tiickest running time on record. The Crescent City brings one hundred and twenty j>assen^fc|^i ty of whom arc ironi jja\au;i. > Hates from Havana arc to the 13th instant, at wliich time tlie greatest possible excitement existed among the population in consequence of the daily committal of a large number of Creoles to prison. So great is the number of tbose already incar cerated that it has been found necessary, in order to accommodate them, to bring into use prisons that have been untenanted for twenty years'. Indeed, the most loathsome dungeons are said to ' have been brought into requisition for the safe- J keeping of those that are considered the most refractory and dangerous. Notwithstanding all this exertion to put down the opponents of the government, proclamations continue to he issued from a quarter that baffled all the ingenuity of the police. A secret press managed to supply the exciting seditious articles, and the government was unable to discover it. The consequence of all this is that most rigorous measures are instituted on the part of the government, and many innocent people are made to suffer. Almost e.\ery Creole family is under the surveillance of the police. Female privacy is disregarded, and, altogether, a very unhappy state of affairs reign in Havana. The Havana papers, winch are mostly nneci i with proclamations of a local character, say notli-1 ing about the arrests. They endeavor to keep | the transactions a secret. In fact, they do not contain a line of news of any kind. Yellow fever, cholera and small pox prevailed to a great extent, and almost every ship in the harbor had some eases of the fever. Out of one company of 120 soldiers, 110 had died, and in a chain gang of 109 there died 100. The government were sending the troops to the country. The sickness was chiefly outside the walls of the city. The city was shrouded in gloom when the C. C. left. Steamhoat Collision?Two IIcxdred and Fifty Lives Lost?Erie N. Y., August 20.? The steamer Atlantic last night came in collission with the propeller Ogdeiisbnrg, and sunk in a half hour. There was a dense fog prevailing at the time. The Atlantic had on board an immense number of passengers, and it is estimated that .about 230 of them perished?chiefly Norwegian emigrants. Whcn^he collision took place the passengers were all in bed. and the utmost consternation ensued, especially among the steerage passengers, many of them jumping overboard. The emigrants, who could not speak a word of English, or understood a word spoken to them, added to the horror of the scene by their cries of terror. The cabin passengers, and those who could understand the exhortations of the Captain were comparatively calm, and 1 provided^Ihe.maejvej . ^~.V\rr- T * i u.... V , I ??1 11. IJ L IIIU jHt'Ct'MCISf a II 1(1 II UvJI UL'llI^ Ull IMJtllU the boat; were saved. The emigrants jumped oveilloard in their terror, and rushed to certain death. The water gained very rapidly, and the fires were soon extinguished, tiie beat sinking amid a scene of the must terrible and heart rending, Confusion. At half-past 2 o'clock, amid the wildest shrieks from a thousand voices, the boat settled and sunk. The officers of die propeller Ogdcnsburg did all in their power to preserve the lives of the hundreds of human being struggling in the waves, and many were rescin d? The whole number picked up by the propeller was'250, and they were taken to Erie. A large number of tln--e left at once on board the steamer Sultana tor Cleveland, and others came down in the cars for this city. They, of course, lost every tiling, and most of them are completely destitute and homeless, at the same time mourning the loss of friends and relatives. The whole number lost is estimated bv some to be not less than 300. A large number ol bodies had already been washed ashore. The Ogdcnsburg is considerably damaged, le:ik*inrr Jvnllr litil in itnifimr ?.? lwn-f r?' 'v,"b vv" I"-"1with the remainder ot the Atlantic's passengers. The steamer Clayton was immediately despatched to the wreck, to save the property of the passengers. IIow thev Tueated Him.?In this city is an honest mulatto man we wot of named Jack. lie lived very quietly, and as ha >pily as falls to the lot of most mortals, lor about two score years, in the state of Onesimus. Jack is a preacher of moderate abilities among his colored brethren. In the last year or two he was seized with the progressive spirit of the age, and bought himself at a nominal price. Not experiencing a ri<e at home corresponding to his new relations, Jack concluded last, spring to take a trip to the "Norurd." And to tlic North he went. He had never seen any of liii friends there, but. bad beard a <rrr>nt ile-il ,.t" their love and sympathy for the black man and the freed man, and lie looked for a reception very cordial?almost amounting; to an ovation. Jack has returned quite chap-fallen. His account of his trip to the "Nnrurd" is doleful.? 1 hose from whom lie expected greetings and hospitalities, and a great shaking of hands, 'didn't come a-nigh." He, couldn't find the 'oiks that had done all that beautiful talking, lie did edge his way into one or two pulpits. Hut then," says he, "they wouldn't allow me to Lake up a collection." As for caste and cold -boulders and all that, Jack found it to increase iivtty much in proportion with the ascent in , atitude. We give, in his own words, the whole ; listory of his reception by his Northern friends : , 'They chori/cd me like a white man and treated tie like a nigger, and that way o'doing ain't air."?0. Christian Advocate. i The Washington corresnond. nt of the n.ilii- < nore Sun under date of the 10th insl. says: "The I . trenglh of the French Spoliation lijll in tlir? [ T louse was tested to-day on a motion (<> take il ip. The result is that it was defeated hv a ve- r y small majority, whioli seems to a (lord some s insurance that the hill ultimately pass. ' j THE SEMLWEEKLY JOURNAL. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1852. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. ??TWc arc a little ahead of time in our outside date. It should be August 27. Our Town. We are happy to state that the health of our Town has been, aud continues to be, good. There arc but few cases of sickness, and none that we are advised of of a serious character. Broom Factory. Wo desire to call attention to the advertisement of Mr. T. C. Dutton", (a blind youth) who has established a Ilroom Factory, one door above the Post-Office, where he is now making brooms for sale. We have recently visited the place, and have seen the modus operandi, and feel prepared to say that the brooms which he makes, in point of service and durability, will compare with any bought and sold in this market. Wc hope that he will meet with sufficient encouragement from the good people of our town and vicinity, to warrant him in continuing tlio business. It is his only means of support, and surely lie will be patronized. Tie does not ask our charity, but will give an equivalent for all ho receives. QaM%ath Srhnnls. It is not ordinarily expected that scculnrjournals aro to be constant in their advocacy of the claims ofRoli gion and kindred matters, which by universal consent, have been confided to those publications which repr0_ sent the different classes of christians in our country. Notwithstanding these things aro in able hands, yet the press is in duty bound to aid in all moral enterprises which look to the goodaof society, and the common benefit of all. We have thought proper to devote a paragraph or two to-day, to the subject of the moral instruction of the young. It is not for us to attempt to enlighten those whose age and experience better fits theni as our instructors in such things, but we may bo able to do some good by calling attention to the subject, and if so, we shall feel glad that we have undertaken the task. There is much more importance to be attached to this branch of education, than, we fear, many are apt to think. Indeed we regard religious instruction, and moral teachings, as the very basis upon which to build a thorough education, and the foundation of a useful and practical life?as absolutely indispensable to the bringing up of the youth of our country, and in perpetuating the principles of virtue, truth and justice, inculcated in the doctrines of our civil and religious liberties. Wo are plainly taught in the divine law that "righteousness will exalt a nation, but that sin is a reproach to any people." These are words of vast import, and are sanctioned by a law higher than ali other law. How can our nation be exalted unless we acknowledge the authority of Him who is above all, and greater than all? No nation or pooplc can expect to be blessed or happy who have not the fear of God before their eyes. We have only to look to those nations and countries where religious teachings are shut out from the minds of the young, to see the miserable effects of tliisLeross sin in all its hidcousncss in thcdif?..cm pnasog anil ???? at- -,r mrmuii cnaractor. Those whoso minds have been blinded by the errors of ignorance and superstition, until they believe a lie, and arc prepared to receive the most absurd and gross perversions of flicts as religious truths. We have much danger to apprehend in this country, from influences which are insidiously at work, and wc fear-may yet give us much trouble. All moral pcrsonsns well as christians, should be moro zealously concerned in the things which affect our dearest interests here, and hereafter, and we are bound to east our influence into the scale which will weigh for the common good. Sabbath Schools, when property conducted, aro the most effective means for properly instructing the young; here lessons of religious truth arc imparted, which may never be forgotten?upon the fair tablet of many young hearts maxims of virtue are so indelibly impressed that neither time nor age can efface them. Let us contemplate this subject?take it to ourselves, and view it in all its parts and bearings?as christians, calculate its vast importance, and the effects which aro to tell in all time to come. Let us ask ourselves the question, have wc done our duty? Arc we doing our duty? What excuse is there tbr us? Let us examine ourselves, that we may be able to give unto all who may ask, a reason for the faith that is in us. Wc intend to revert to this subject again. Lady's Book. Oodey, for September, is at band, and as usual, is interesting, and bard to beat. Wo loam from the .Savannah Xews that a circular was published in Macon ou Monday evening signed by tho Kxocutive Coinmittee of the Union Tarty, withdrawing tlio electoral ticket put in nomination by that party at its late Convention at Milledgeville. The same circular calls a meeting of the Union Whigs and Democrats of Georgia, to be held at Atlanta on tho 18th of December, to determine what course this party will pursue in future. I.XCRKASK ok IXTKMI'kkaxl'e IX liOSTOX.?TllCUnited testimony of tho watch department is, that there was never so much drunkenness at night in Boston as at the present time. On Tuesday night, 17th, B.'t drunken persons were conveyed to the dillorent watch-houses, and calls wore made upon watchmen toipiell numerous drunken rows in dill'ereut parts ol the city. North Oaromxa.?Full returns ol'the recent election have been received, and the result is the election of David S. Ueid, the Democratic candidate, by nearly (1000 majority. In the Legislature, tho Democrats have 27 .Senators, and llie Whigs 2."!. In the House, tho Democrats f>8, and tlio Whigs (12, making a tie on joint ballot. Some offhu Whig members arc known I to l)o opposed to (It'll. Scott, and tlie Kaleigh Standard I says that ono thing may he set down as certain?no Scott Whig can bo elected to the United States Senate by the ensuing Legislature. Grkat Dkjkx'Katic Mass Meeting.?At the mass mooting at Hillsborough, N. 11., t2f>,U00 persons arc said to have been present. Hen. l'iereo presided, and I Jo v. Seymour, of Conn., Senator Dix, Col. Clemens, ofj iVln., and other persons of distinction auurcsseu tno Meeting. Among the appropriations embraced in tlio River uul FI.iri>or l?ill which has passed tho Senate, is one of ,*.'1,000 for the survey of the harbor of Georgetown, i 3. C. For the Camden Journal. ^ Mr. Editor : Tn your paper of this date, I am J requested to answer three interrogatories, bearing upon questions of grave consequence to the State of South Carolina. 1 tire haw nr titf stats. ' As a citizen of the State, entirely unbiassed by party trammels, I have been an interested, but dis- , passionate observer, of that vigorous and able at- | tack, of which the Iiank of the State has been the , subject, since 1843. I confess, I have never been able to perceive the benefits to be derived to the State, by adopting the measures of the Anti-Bank party. J have never been able to divest myself of the opinion, that any measure, hitherto proposed for the discontinuance of the Bank, would lead to infinitely greater mischiefs, than could result from an adherence to the Hank system. I have apprehended disastrous results to the financial and commercial interests of the State, as likely to ensue upon the abrogation of the functions of the Bank of the State. I have esteemed it as part of a system which would be deranged in all its parts, by the destruction of this one great constituent. On the other hand, I have been convinced that the Bank has boon a valuable financial agent, profitably employingihe funds of the State; disbursing them with reasonable fidelity ; sustaining the faith and credit of the State; affording a most reliable circulating medium; with a beneficent but not improvident hand affording any accommodations to a large portion of our people. I am satisfied that the operations of the Bank have been to the public advantage. Hence I am" in favor of the Hunk <f the State." But I am no blind partisan of the Bank of the State?I can feel the force of many of the objections to such an institution, urged on general grounds of public policy. I regard them, however, as ajijilicatde rather to the question of the establishment of a State Bank in the first instance than to that of a re-charter. I think the Bank of the State in its management, as little amenable to censure. | as any other institution of the same character that I ever existed. It is not perfect; nor is anything else, created and administered by human agents. To this may be added the fact, that many of the grounds of complaint against the management of the Bank, either do not now exist, or have been so f.ir modified as to cease to be objectionable. If I am elected to the Legislature, I will, if the opportunity presents itself, vote for a re-charter of the Bank, and will oppose the measure presented at the last session, fur the discontinuance of the Branch at Camden. If banking facilities are de! sired elsewhere, let them be sought otherwise than at the expense of the classic oid Town ot Camden. That her commercial importance has. as yet, materially diminished, is a mere pretence, which weed never be tiue, if her wealth, enterprize and other advantages are properly directed. TIIF. ELECTORAL QUESTION Comes next in order, and presents a subject upon which the Legislature of the State has been much divided. We have usually considered this .State as differing in character and policy from all our sisters in the confederacy, and have llattercd ourselves that we had greatly the advantage of them in these respects. South Carolinians have claimed to be a peculiar people?united at home, respected abroad?proud, generous, high-spirited, chivalric, intelligent. These supposed ndvanta- j ges have hern attributed to the peculiar features in our State Constitution, which provides for a representation of taxation or property in the popular branch of the Legislature, equal to that of, i population, and al.-o n--igns to each election Dis- [ tricf, including the Parishes, one representative in i ! the s,mate.,Olid two to Chariest""?The Leglsj future, in other words, are the representatives, not I alone of population, but equally so of taxation, in I the House of Representatives ;"and in the Senate, i are controlled by the preponderance of a geographical representation trom the Low Country. The operation of this peculiar Constitution, is to I lessen the importance, in the body politic, of the people, as such. To this I am inclined to attribute the fact that we alone have adhered to a I different mode of Meeting the Electors of Presi- J dent and Vic President, from that which obtains in any other State. The people are not sufficiently elevated in this State in political consideration, and it is to our interest to give them more importance. When t-elate election for members of the State Convention was held, but few of the people of the State rennired to the Dolls, and n convention was j elected, pledged (.<o far as they were pledged) to | J secession, when tin1 people of tlip State, as such, j ! were by a large majority opposed to secession. I j But, for the expedient resorted to of arriving at; I (lie popular will. !>v bringing uj? the question col-1 j laterally, it is ditiicult to conceive of a position j [ more embarrassing than that into which the State I ! would have hetn thrown. The constituted au-' j thorities of the State were in favor of secession? : i the people were against it. Such a state of things ! | could not have occurred in a government strictlv j popular. But I am no innovator, with ruthless hands to demolish this fabric of concurrent majorities, so greatly admired bv the revered and lamented Calhoun. I only mention the subject as an introduction to my reasons for being in favor of giving the election of Electors to the people. One of the principal objections to this alteration is, that popular elections are (fangorous and corrupting in their character, and should not he multiplied. This, if true, is only so because of tho incapacity of the people of our country for soil-government, i and to admit that they are incapable would be to declare our whole system of government wrong in theory and in practice, and it should he abolished. Another objection is that it would violate the 1 principles upon which our State Constitution is I based. But this is a fallacy. I take it that the j i,?T tlir? I 7 tif* <) Sfufpc ic unt thit mnrn 1 I'l'XIIi'lli ui v.iMvu ?* tentative of tlio Stairs as organized communities, i Imt is. or rather is intended to he, the representa-! 1 tive or agent of llio People of the several Slates, 1 as such, it) their sovereign rapacity. If this is a j 1 sound view, and I am satisfied that it is, there is , 1 no propriety in the Legislature's electing Electors, i and there can be no violation of the local, inter- j nnl and peculiar principles which pervade our, ; Stale Constitution hv tin proposed change. The critical examination of the clause of the Constitution of the I'nited States from which the | 1 power is derived, cannot well load to the conclu- ( sion that the Legislature should appoint Electors, j * "Each Slate, shall appoint in such manner as the j I legislature thereof may direct, a number if Hire- j t tors, c) c." " State" is a term here used in contradistinction from "the Legislature thereof"?| The former shall appoint, the latter direct the man- j ner in which the appointment shall he made. Hut there are other reasons for this change.? j * The Presidential Electors are required to bo elec-1 h ted on the same day in every Slate in the Union, j n *' t . i | _ I , This occurs in the lirst week in wovemuer, wince i j, onr Legislature assembles on the fourth Monday ! a in November. lichee tho Legislature must as- ^ semhle specially, to vote for Presidential Electors, an operation at once, inconvenient, unseemly and 0 expensive. I have hern told that ?112,000 would 0 not ho an over estimate of the cost of this exer- ^ ci-e of power. n As to the. objection that the People exercise no c, choice in the election of President because the 0. names ofcandidates are presented by a caucus in all cases, I do not see that it is different under our N present svst >in. The Legislature elects those who %v arn known to be in favor of this or that candidate, h who is invariably the nominee of a caucus or con ; i mention. . It is not a matter of discretion with Electors whom they shall vote for, in any case, whether elected by "the Legislature or the People. In addition to this, I think there is a deplorable deficiency of political knowledge existing in our State. Few understand the system; of government under which we live?few are acquainted with the history of its administration even during their own times?few are acquaintad with the po- "a litical questions of the day, upon which the oper- -jg* afinnc /if tlio n-nrnrnmanl r\f iUlr, A? J? U.UUW. ...w wwii ui miogiroi tuuimy ae pends, and few feel any interest in public affairs. I would have all this changed?I would have our people wise, vigilant, jealous of their rights, and %v proud of their privileges. I would have the young " * men of the country ambitious, energetic, bold and self-reliant I do not anticipate these results from -Jfei this proposed change, but it is a step towards the elevation of the people. THE FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM. The State has long been al:ve to the necessity of improving the system of public instruction, but heretofore the subject has been involved in so fc -.j^ much difficulty, that no material-change has been effected. It is the first duty of the fctate, in free ^ governments, to provide for the education of the ' citizen. It will not do to stop short of the accom- " *;.? plishment of this end. The wealth of this State v-XJ is such that it will be no burthen-to provide the . *;*j| means of educating the poor. The only question / -* of difficulty is as to the mode of operations. Thirty-seven thousand dollars have been appropriated by the State for free schools, for a number of years past; and it is conceded that it has failed to accomplish the good it ought to have done* In- . deed its influence has scarcely been felt except m*) a few localities. This is attributable, principally,- ^ -m ta the mode of distributing the amount through- --fil out the State. The object of the expenditure is, to educate the children of the poor throughout the State, and it is strange indeed that the present mode of distributing the fund, should ever have : been devised, singularly inapplicable as it is, to v the object proposed. It is divided among the di? '1 ? ferent Districts, according to representation in the popular branch of the Legislature. One half of the representation, I have already said, is based upon taxation, the other half, only, upon Dopulation. It is evident then that the "free school fund is distributed one half according to population, the other half according to the amount of taxable property. It seems to me nothing can be said in % ' favor of this mode of distribution, whatever ob- tjeetions may be urged against any other suggested. The only mode of distribution which I deem reasonable, is that predicated on the actual necessity. Let a survey be made to ascertain the < wants of the State in this respect. Let the num- .? berof poor scholars in each District be ascertained, and distribute the fund among the whole num- _ ber equally. I think, if necessary, that the appropriation should be increased uutil the object of the expenditure shall be fully met, and the means of 4 education afforded the poor. The details of a system of public instruction are difficult to be settled, until we have obtained results by actual experiments, and I will not trespass longer on the . time and attention of your readers by going at large into a discussion of that plan which I have submitted to the people in private conversation, and on several occa-ions when I have had the privilege of addressing them publicly. It is sufficient to say that it embraces the mode of ascer- - m taming the number ot scholars to be educated? provides it#1 die eieuiiuu ui a \>u!iiiiii?~iuijci m every Beat Company?establishes school limits, and ascertains the competency of teachers. A superintendent of Free Schools constitues one of tin? proposed changes which I am prepared to advocate. I do not hatter myself that I can originate a plan of public instruction which will be valuable in itself, but my thoughts have long been^ interested in this subject, and 1 have deemed ifc-. my duty to advocate such measures as my judggF l ment approves. jj With these observations upon the questions " proposed, I close this extended communication. 1 do not regret that this opportunity of making known my opinions has been afforded me, since I do not covet any position unless I am placed in it "% after a full exposition of my principles. Very Respacttiillv, your's. JOSEPH B. KERSHAW. \ Camden, Aug. 17, 1852. From the Southern Baptist. Jjf To the Baptists of South Carolina. The sagacity of the Roman Catholics as a Christian denomination has mainly contributed to their extensive spread and the catholicity of ? their principles; and one of the strongest evidences of that sagacity is the establishment of a I'nivoMtv of learning at the capital of the na tion. There meet our country's assembled , ' */* wisdom ; and the young men there educated cannot fail to bo thereby benefitted. There go the sons of distinguished fathers, from every part of the land, and naturally they seek there an Alma Mater. Then scattered to every point of the compass, they carry with them what they could not, if they would, leave behind?the principles there inculcated. The Baptists, in emuln-tion of that laudable act, have established at Washington a College?situated on a lofty eminence, overlooking much of the District, a part of Virginia, the entire city in the valley below, Georgetown and the beautifully classic Potomac; it rivals in location the groves of Academus. Its buildings arc substantial and *finc; and its grounds well iaid out; and with all these ad \anlaces jI. languishes and declines, and why ? heeause the denomination that incepted will not finish; because men with well filled purses had rather see them stuffed witn coins, than their 1 College with studehts. This will not do; there must be an effort made, a vigorous effort, that ivill place its permanence beyond a doubt. Let some system to ensure this desired object bo pro->osed. Appoint an agent for each State, and Usees a certain amount for him to raise, and Jet hat amount be judiciously expended in inducements to stuacnts. Feeling a deep interest in >ne of my Ahnrc Matres, Mr. Editor, I have vritten in haste the above suggestions. Hoping hat Columbian College may yet become one of lie far famed seats of science in our happy land. Camden, t>. C. C. A. Price. Editorial Difficulty at Nashville Tknessek.?A personal difficulty occurred, as wo ?iirn from the True Whir/, at Nashville, Ten. essoo, on Friday rooming last between Gen. F[. ZollicoiVer. editor of the Republican Banner ud J. L. Marling, Esq., editor of the Union.? t had its orgin in editorial discussion. They schanged pistol shots, Gen Zollicoffer standing u the pavement near the Tostoffice corner, and rr. Marling on the opposite side of the street, ear the door of the Union office. Gen. Zolli Dtfcr received a slight flesh wound in two liners of the right hand, and Mr. Marling was seercly, though it is hoped, not dangerously ouiided, l>v"a ball striking the upper part of is cheek hone, penetrating and lodging, it is elieved, in the cavity of the bone. . ? - _