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REMARKS OF MR. CALHUN. on * nTVgr#Sent of Mr. Wright's bill, as: ae by.the motion of Mr. Cuth .bort to strike out the specie section. Mr. Calhoun said, as late as it is, (10 o'clock at night) and fatigued and exhaust -ed as the Senate must U after sitting ten hours, he was compelled to intrude himself on their patience. The question was on the engrossfient of the bill; and, as he couti not possibly vote.for it in the shape it had assumed, he was constrained to assign'his reasons; but lie would do it in the fewest words possible. He said he was most aix ious to vote for the measure. He had ta ken the deepest interest in it, and felt most solicitous for its success; and, if be thought that the billas amended, advanced the great cause, for which he had been so earnestly contending, one inch, lie would give it his vote. But such was not his impression. On the contrary, lie believed that it was an entire surrender of the cause. He would go further, it was a retrograde movement, and would leave the cause in a worse con dition than it was. So far from a divorce from the banks and a return to the constitu tional currency, the bill as it stood, would virtually restore the deposit bank system again, with some features more objectiona ble than it formerly possessed; which he would now proceed to show. On thu motion of the Senator from Geor gia, (Mr. Cuthbert) the 23d section, which provides for the collection or the dues of the Government in specie, was struck out, with the aid of a few on this side and the entire opposition to the divorce on the other. That section provided for the repeal of the joint resolution of 1815, which authorizes the receipt of bank notes as cash in the dues of the public. The effects of this will be, should the bill pass in its present shape, that the Government will collect its revenue, and make its disbursements exclusively in bank notes, as it did before the suspension took place in May last. Things will stand precisely ns it did then, with but a single exception, that the public deposites will be made with the officers of the governmen instead of the banks, under the provision ot the deposite act of 1836. Thus far is cer tain. All ngree that such would be the the faict, nd such the effect of the passage of this bill as it stands. Now he intended to show couclusively, that the difference between depositing the public money with the public otlicers, or with the banks them selves, was mierely nominal, as far as the operation and profits of the banks were con - cernied; that they would not make one cent less profit, or issue a single dollar less, if the deposites lie kept ly the officers of the governmeut instead of themselves; and, of course, that the system would be equally suiject to expansions and contractions, and equally exposed to catastrophies like the present, in the one as the other mode of keeping. He spoke of bank profits and bank issues generally, as derived from the deposite of public money-the aggregate pmfits andi issues 'f all banks, without re ference to the distribution of the profits un der the one or the other mode of keeping the public moncy. He would show in a -vord, that the bill would no more divorce the Government from the banks,jn relation to the deposites, than it would as it now m#w)..Qreggvihivdi i &Vt4ai,"Win dues and disbursements; and that it would tnite them as effectually in respect to both as they were before the suspension in May. Although the assertion might excite some surprise at first it would be very easy to make plain every word he had said. The profits which the banks derive from the public deposites. when their own notes were collected and deposited, as wvould be the ca se ifrthe bill passed in its present form, arises fi-om the withdrawing of their notes from circulation. While their notes are in deposime, they are as completely withdrawn from circulation for the time, as if burnt, or destroyed; and the withdrawal makes a va cuum to that exter t in the circulation, which hams to be filled uip by new discounts, and. of course, increased business and profits; anid this was equally true whether the notes withdrawn were deposited in certain banks, as under the deposime act of '36, or in the hands of the receivers general, and other Exeeuiive officers, as propiosed by this bill. The p~rofit depended, in no degree, on the laces where their notes were deposited; but on the amount withdrawn anid the length oif time they were kept otut of circulation. The~ larger the namounit wvithdrawvn, and the loinger kept otit, the greater the businiess and profits of the banks. Nor cainthe issues ex ceed the sum ineceesary to fill the vactuum occasionedl by the deplosites, whether they be made with the banks themsilves, or the oflicers of government. WVhen the vacuum occasioned by the withdrawal is filled, what ever exceeds that, mtust return on the banks, wvithouit regard to the place of deposite, and check farther issues. It follows clearly from all this, that the deposite of the public funds. if collected in hank mnotes (as proposed by the bill as it now unfortunately stands amend ed) in thme custody of the ptublic officers, wotuld not in the least affect the discounts and the business of the baniks. They would be as great as if deposited with the banks, and would keep the circulation of bank notes as mtuch expanded; and subject to as many fluctuations and shocks. These pro p ositons he held to be incontrovertible. He would be glad to hear any member rise in his place amid attempt to answer them. Nor would thme Trreasury be a particle more independent of the baniks, than under the deplosute system before the suspensioni of specie paymnents. The revenue, as he had said, would be collected under this bill, shotild it pass, as it was then, exclusively in bank notes, which, on aniothier suspension would lhe just as worthless ini the hands of 'the officers in whose custody they mighlt be deposited, as' they would be. in the banks themselves, and which, of course, would again compel the Government, in such an event, to pay its debts in wvorthiless rags, to its own great discredit, anid the loss of its creditors, or not pay them at all. Nor wvould it be possible, any more than in the presen~t instance, to collect its debts in the legal currency of the country. Gold and Silver wvould as certainly disappecar as com pletely from circulation under the operation of this bill, as it (lid under tlie system of bank deposite that existed at thme time of the late suspension. A nt tf it wUi baen un effect n r .....i... the Treasury more independent of die banks, 4 nor in limiting banking operations or profits. c as it certainly will not. where, he asked, I will it differ from the late deposite system I under the act of '36, .which this bill is in tended to supersede? There is and.cat be f but one point of diference, vz: in the dis tribution of the profits from the deposites, 4 and even that difference, he would show, is more apparent than real. Whereihe re venue is deposited with certain banks, so lected by the Secretary of the Trehsury, as under the act of '36, the profits of the depo. sites accrues almost exclusively to them. They discount on them, and issue the notes of other banks which they hold in deposite, or draw specie for them, and thus increase their business and profit, without incurring any additional liability, but where the de positcs are made with the Executive offi ce, the profits would accrue. apparently to the banks generally. Ile said apparently, for it would depend wholly on the officers holding the deposites. They can, at plea sure, give the profit to what banks they please, by holding back the notes of one bank, and disbursing the notes of another, and thus keeping the notes of one out of cir culation and throwing the other into circu lation through disbursemeuts, to return on the banks issuing them. The eff'cts of this would be to give one all the profit that it could derive from being a deposite bank, and stripping the other almost entirely ofthe advantage of having its notes received in the dues of the government. Take for in stance two banks, in a place where the av erage public deposits were a million of del lars; is it not clear, if the executive officer would make it a rule to disburse the notes of one bank, and hold back those ofthe other, it would operate in fact, as a standing loan to that amount to the favored bank? The result is, that in either case the dis tribution of the profit resulting from the public deposites would depend on the Exe cutive Department, whether made with the Executive officers, or in deeosite banks un der the act of 1830. The Executive in one case would have the selection of the banks, and in the other the control over the subor dinate oflicers of his department; with this difference, that when the bank was select ed it would, tinder the net of 1836, he un der the control and protection of law, but the officers would be completely under the control of the head of the; deplrtnent at all times. This is the sum total of the ditfer ence. If you pass this bill you have the one, and if you defout it you have the other. Thus regarding it, and being opposed on constitutional grounds to receiving any thing but the legal currency of the country, or government securities ;n the public dues, and to the increase of Executive patronage, he could nor possibly vote for the bill as a mended. lie was decidedly opposed to all discretionary powers, especially in the Ex ecutive branch of the Go% ernment, and this bill would give greater than any that has ever passed. It would not only give fle power to which he had already alluded of fa voring what batik it pleased, but the control ling power of demanding specie at the plea sure of the Executive or any bank it might desire to oppress. and abstaining from de manding of those it intended to favor. Powers such as these he regarded as incom patible with our free system of Government, and he for one could not consent to confer them. But he had other and insuperable objec that the total separation of the overnment and the banks was indispensable. .le firm ly believed that we had reached a point where the separation was absolutely neces sary to save both Government and banks. lie was tinder a strong impression that the banking system had reached a point of do crepitude-that great and iniporant chan ges were necessary to save it and prevent convulsionis, and that the first step was a perpetual separation betwveen them and the Government. But there could be ini his opinion no separation-no divorce wvithout collecting the public dues ini the legal and constitutional currency of the cobntry. Without that all would prove a perfect de lusion, as this bill would prove should it pass. We had no constitutional right to treat the notes of mere private corporations as cash; amid if we did, nothing would be done. These views and mnanay others similar he had openly expressed, in which the great body of the gentlemen round him had cont curred. We stand openly pledged mo them before the country and the world We had fought the battle manfullyi anid stuccess fully. rhe cause was good, and having stood the first shock, nothimg was necessary but firmness; standiuig fast oii our piositions to insure victory-a great and glorious victory in a noble cause, which wnscalcu lated toeffect a more important reformation in the condition of society than any in our time. lie, for one, could niot agree to ter minate those mighty efiorts, at this and the extra session, by returning to a perfect re untion with the baniks in the wvorst atid most dangerous form. lHe would tiot belie all that he had said and dlone, by voting for thie bill as it now stood amended; and to termi nate that whiich was so gloriously begun, in so miserable a farce. He could not but feel deeply disappointed. in what lie had reason to apprehend would be the result ; to have all our efforts anid labor thirowvn awvay, and the hopes of the country disappointed. All would be lost; no-ho expressed him self too strongly. Be the vote what it may, the discussion wvouhd stanid. Light had gone abroad. The public mind hind been roused, for the first time, and directed to this great subject. The intelligence of the cotintry is every wvhere busy in exploring its depths ad intricacies, and wvould not cease to investigate till all its labyrinths were traced. Trho seed that has beoen sown will sprout and grow to maturity-the revolts tion that has beent begun wvill go through, be our course what it may. 'rho alternative to the rejection of this bill would be to do nothing, wvhich, in his opinion, was infiniimely preferable. It would throw the responsibility from this to the op posite side. We would tihus have-done all wve could, and if notiing be done, theirs would be the fault; amid the country would hold them responsible, lBut to pass this bill in its present form would be to assume not onily the responsibility of acting, but of 1 leaving things in a wvorse condition thsan wve find them-to strike the disease imnto the system atid to render it more concealed and dangerous, while the attenition of the patient wnnirl ien wvisrae fo=rn a time fro-- hs anger. If, on the contrary, we sta fast in our principles and professions, ansuffler he bill 'to be lost rather than to yiydd'our Principles, the public attention would be loubly roused; thme subject would b.more ully and perfectly investigated and 4t*4r tood, and the great cause we haves. hobly upported, would finally and gloio tri mph. Let others do as they many, he old naintain his position. and stand wherehe ito'd in 1834, and ever since. Hecould tiot be driven form it when others t, e to it, and now he could not be drawn In it by their departing. To stand alone had no terrors for him. it was to him not unumual. From the Kentucky and Ohio Journl Mr. CLAY & Mr. CALHON &TRn Sum TRASURY BELL.-BUt to return to Cal houn and Clay, who were especially anta gonistical in this debate,-and we. re t that we have -not the pencil of PluttsvEto present them to our readers in contrast thronghout-it would appear, we think. that if Clay can oUT-raAY, &alhoun can OUT-PREACH. Mr. Calhoun confined him selfstrictly to the financial and constitution al questions which grew out of the bill, condensing, we think, a little too much- for the ordinary reader, while Mr. Clay in his meteoric excursions, touched almost every other subject but the one before the ouse. Mr. Calhoun probes every subject to the bottom, and whatever he attempts, lie de nmonstrates. Mir. Clay cannot reason logi. cally-he is a fiorcihle declaimer, and - his power in debate consists in action-in mAx r4ERISm. Hence, all who read his appeches are disappointed. It is indeed unfortiunate for the fame of Mr. Clay as an orator, that his speeches have been published-posterity will nlaco Imany of his contemporaries he fore h min, and among the number hitis par ticilar friend Mr. Calhoun. If you wish to understand the merits of the sub-Treasury bill in all its important bearings, read the speech of Mr Calhoun or Mr. Wright; and if you wish to under stand electioneering slang, and how Mr. Clay hates (en. Jackson, and most of Is )olitical rivals, read his speeh;-the one thought of the welfare of tie republie-the other of himself and the presidency. Mr. Clay's speech upon the sub-Treasury hill is a failure, nnd must he so cinsidered by his friends who say that questions of finance are not his forte. It is. we think, a mise ruble piece of pntch-work; "a tessalated pavement without cement"-filled with di gression upon digression-taunts, sneers, stale jokes, local prejuldices, jealousies and. malignant personalities against Mr. Van Buren and his cabinet and friends; deliver ed in a dialect and manner unsuited to the place, the time, the occasion, and unwor thy of his eminence as a statesman. Mr. Randolph would have called it "fanfarin ade." No man is more sensitive than Mr Clay, or more prompt at repelling encroach ments upon his personal or official dignity, and with all his appetency for populair ap plause which he has somietines mistaken forthe trumpet of fame, he not unfrequent ly draws around him an atmosphere of re pulsion which lie allows no one, not even his satellites to penetrate. 1-is course du ring the present session has been uncourte ous dogmatic and insolent. He seems to have taken the orator of Roanok (the marks of whose scourge lie will carrtto his grave) as his Senatorial prototype.1 I We ha4been'.particularigg of u~tteofiel rise of ld,'hI ys prays in public, in the streets and -'iarket places, and .nover at all unless lie ita can didate for the Presidency. and that lie has been fo'r the last twenty years. lie reminds us of the Duke of Gloster as painted by Shakespeare, who, when he had resolved upon the crown, never appeared in public except in the company of priests, and with a prayer hook in his hand. And ini this devout mood Mr. C.com mnced his great speech upon the sub-trea sury bill, under, as lie said, "oppressed feel ing" and "al deelp sensc of awful responsi bility." He spoke of his anxiety, his slee p less iiighmts and "Is fervent prayers for Di v'ine assistance." le "thanked his'God that Ite had prolonged his life for that great occasion." lie "thamnked H Jim for the soft anid aweet repose whiich lie had experienced the night before;" and in imitation of Crom well when lhe was going into battie, he pointed to time sun aiid thatiked his Maker for the light and warmth lhe shed upon tihe earth, &c &c. Now, all this we arc compelled to believe was Pharisaical cant, for at that very mo ment his heart was filled with unchmarita bleness towvard General Jackson, and all his piolitical opponments; anid from the abun dance of the hecail the mouth speaketh" for lie had scarcely finished his orisons when with thme ferocity of a tiger lie pounced upon thme hero of Orleans, amid for several hours matngled his private anid public character. By way of let tinig his admiring audience know that he had been in Paris, attd ini the palace of tihe Tuillerics, lie alluded to the fact of time Bourb'ons endeavoring to otlite rate tall traces of Napolconm, and then asked when we should see eff'aced all traces of the ravages of General Jackson's administra ion; during wvhich lie said "society had been uprooted, virtue punishied, vice re warded, atnd talents and intellectual endow nents despised-brutality, vulgarism, and aoco focoismt u pheld, cherished andl cone mnnced." But bmy way of clitnacteric lie mid thme Genernl's unpardonable sin was his. var upon the Bank of tihe Utnted States, tad here upon time ruins of tihe monster, as ipomn the bed of Procrusetes hie stretched the venerable liero, and after torturing him wvithiout nmey for uapward of an hour, by 'Shirewbury clock," left him to die of his tounds and bruises. This seemed to us time mnkindest cut of all-for Mr. Clay himself was the first to wvage wvar against tbis insti ution. Ho dlenouniced it as unconstitution ml and danigerous; but this was before lie was a candidate for the Presidency, and w'hilo lie was actinig with time republican iarty, before his alliance wvith thme New Enguulatnd puritan. We have now waded through several :olumnns of Mr. Clay's speechi, upon which, ye wvere prayerfully admonmishied in the ex >rdium hung the future destiny of this Re )iic, andu not onie word uponi the sub Preasury bill. Nothing but the coarsest ibakdry and b'itterest persomial invectivo ugninst that venerable patriot whom Mr. leifersonm said had filled time measure of his ountry's honor,-and time miost illiberal and mnwarrantable strictures upon the measures f his administration.. U From the Wadsngton Groaid. C COMrLAINT8 AND THE CAUsE.--Ex- u ahange on the North is now at seven per g rent premium-in Charleston at four to d live, and at a small premium on Savannah. The bills of Alabama banks are fifteen to U twenty percent discount, and Mississippi d money is scarcely worth house room. A ft merchant, residing in Alabama. passed through this place a few days ago, on his a way to New York to buy goods; prior to o leaving home he exchanged his Alabama It money for hills of the Western Bank or Georgia, giving 5 per cent premium for I them; these lie brought to this place and r, sold at a discount of ten per cent for tihe 9 bill* ofother banks; with these he purchas- a ed a check on New York at seven per cent r premium, making a total loss of twenty- 1 two per cent or nearly one-fourth of his mo- < ney, to enable him to get to New York from e Alabama. Well may he exclaim, Oh! the c glories of Jackson's and Van Buren's ad- 9 ministration!"-Augusta Chronicle. | There would be much more reason for I him to exclaim, "Oh! the glories of the re nowned Credit System--and the folly of I those at the South who are laboring to fix it I irrevocably upon us!" What makes New 1 York money better, by 22 per cent than I Alabama money? It it because the notes are convertible into specie? Is it because the banks that issue them are sounder? No -not at all. 11- is because this "credit sys tem," aided by the operation of the Fede ral Government. has centralized capital at New York4 and given to the brokers and bankers or Wall-street, the complete control over the money atid property of the Soth. "22 per cent" helow par. qnitoth ? We wonitel hit oeavei it were 90 per trcnti-if no hinmg elke will serve to opi the, eve; of tle Soutih tio this extoritiemery & swidilling svs tem. The Chronicle wmr eiatidieed I with the state of things: yet vents his wrath against men. vile hiee adevocamtes the metas uires that have r(dnled thle South to this dIe pendenlt conldition. It goes for a National Bank-whiiebl mumtst eventually exercise a perimanent and milimited control over the issues (if Southern Banks, and time pro ducts of Southern labor. This was tihe engine which first centralized capitl in the North-the grinditia effects or which we now feel. It would have the government to link itself to the banking system again; and throw the whole of its tremendons weight in time scale of the Northern hank ers, brokers, shovers. and stockjobhers, en abling them to realize prineely estates out of the honest labor of the country. We raise our voice and hands against it. We of the South have sulTered enough already. The New York money changers have fat tened on us enough in all conscience; and, changing the application of tihe Poet's prayer, Let not the vials or their vengeance. poured On our devoted heads-be poured in vain! It is time that our suifTerings should teach us wisdom, if reason he unequal to the task. To endure whut we have endured, and then run back and embrace the system that has tortured us, is an infatnation without paral lel. For one, we will never consent to be made the dupe of such a disastrous policy. Donaestic News. From dhe Augusta Sentindl, April 5. DINNER TO TIE M EMBERS OF TIE CQKV.TION. Last evening at nat past 6 o'clock, tihe members of the Convention sat down to a splendid dinner at tihe Masonic Hall, given by the citizens of Augusta. and provided by Mr. Batty of the Globe Hotel. JOHN PHINIZY, time Mayorof the city, presided, assisted by the following gentle men as Vice Presidents. hMEssRSs. SAa!UEL: H ALE, -(GEN. V. WA.KF.. Dn. A. CUsNUnAar, Jso. BONEs, EDwARD THtoafAs. PAUL FIrzsrasioNs, E. B. BraLL. SAa:L. CLAmmaxr, ADAnt Jotnas-ro, ANDRtt'w J. MILLER, JAMtES W. DAviEs, A fter the cloth was removedl the followinig regular toasts were drunmk. REGULAR TOASTS. 1. Our Comutry-Thme whole Imusmt pros per, when every part takes care or itself. 2. T1he Conrention-May time sicecess I of its measures, egnal the patriotism that p~ronmptedl, and the ability thmat hasamatured I them.i 3. Southe rn Conmmerce-With Southbern resources, she need only arouse Southern I enterprise to time rescue. j 4. Thme Northern States-Let us show 1 that in honorable enterprise, brothers may compete anti be brothers still. 5. ld Virginia-Int the career of im provement may she "mnever tire." A fter tihe three rounds of loud and long appilautse whmich succeedied this sentiment. Mr. Milson, of' Norfolk, rose andi returned I his acknowledgements in behalf ofhinmself and his colieagues for the complimient paid to Virginia. lie regretted that thme "old Dominionm" wvas but partially represented, but wvithm a mtxiesty and earnestnecss wiebic betokened his sincerity, lie pledhged that the p~roeedinmgs of time convention would meet I with a responise in every quanrter of time State. lie concluded, uafter addresing the comapany < for a .few minuttes ini a very hanmdsomne andti appropriate manner by offering the follow- c img sentinment, The A ugushta declaration of Inde penmdence I of April 4, 1838; worthy of the sacred pledge I of " our lives, our fortunes and our sacred -.1 honor." 6. .North Carolina-She cannot falter in the strife for commercial independence, whoi wvas th~e firat to p~roclatim independence from n Colonial thraldotm. The enthusiasm wvith which this mentiment L was received, called nup Mr. WVinslowv one of s the D)elegates from Fayettville, whio in a t happy and beautiful monner addressed time i !ompany for a few minntes. Hie spoke as e a North Carolinmian should; bothm of his owvn s modest and umnassunming State and of her d mister Southern States, anmd concluided b~y affering as a compliment to South Carolin'a d lime foliowimng sentimnent. i Hon. Geo. McDujie-The liberal states- o nan, the eloquent gentlemnm; time mam ti whom South Caroalina dleligmts to honor. d This toast called tip Got,. McDufe whio 'I expressed hmis gratification at time quarter it rem which time compllimenmt proceededi, and ii he maniner in which it was endorsed bo the t: mpany.-After speaking for a few min-' u tes in enlightened strains in relation to the a rent objects of the Convention, he couclu- b ed by offering the following sentiment. 1 Tie Southern and South Western States- c nited in their commtaercial and political il estiny;-"uuited they stand divided they ill." 7 South Carolina.-Ever ready in spirit nd resources, let indusiry rival the chivalry f her sons and she stands the first among er equals. After the applause produced by this toast i ad subsided, Col. M emnminger arose and g esponded to the compliment in a hand onto and eloquent manner, lie spoke like miai and a patriot, a worthy son of chival ous Carolina. His is a heart that knows io feelings of party where his country is oncerned, and a tongue lavish of the sweet st and loftiest clo(uence in behalf of- the 'ommton good. Carolina-n, he whole outh may well aoint to himt , one of her righ test jewels. le concluded lby oflbring he followitng sentinte:t The State of Gcorgia-The sent of hos >itality and public spirit; standing between lie mountains and the ocean, may her sons advance with vigor to forge the last link in he chamn which is to hind together with ron the Atlantic and the Mississppi. The toast was greeted with long applause, vhich having subsided, Col. Tho's Butler King arose and responded to it a handsome nanner and concluded by offering. rihe interests of the South and South West- "What God has joined toget her, let ot manal tear asunder." 8. A tabama.-A thrifty scion from Geor ria. her pare nt stock ; may they Ilourish or .all togeaher. Mr. Robinson, of Tusealoosn arose and dlrcszed the rompaniay itn behalf of his col ctaguaes and the State or Alabama. in a 7ery hal)py anda ttractive manner, eliciting ;reat applause nnd concluded with the fol owinag sentimoent: Thc Union of the States.--Besi maintaitn .d lay each of the confederating powers nainaaining its own strength and its own *espectability. 9. Florida.-Soon to add another flower o the garland of our Union. Col, Long, one of the Delegates from Florida respontled to this sentiment itt t blort but appropriate speech. He returned lis thanks both fihr the complinstt to tle Ierritory and for the gallant assistance ren lered to its citizens by the volunteers of [Georgia and South Carolina. lie gave the ollowing toast itt reply. The Volunteers of South Carolina and Georgia-Noble, generous, brave; always -aedy at tle call of their country to breast hIem to the shock in defence of their unfor unate and defenceless fellow citizens. 10. Georgia-Her maximt is, to act first ind talk afterwards. Judge Loogstreet arose to respond to this :oast. lie thought a response would perhnps -ome better from sonte otto who had quar elled Witha Georgia tcss-it coulI not cotmie Fron one who loved her nore. He alluded .n the happiest manner to mnany acts ont tle art of Georgia illustrating the truth of the toast Ithat Georgia acts first and talks after wards. Ile was repeateely interrupted by he most lively applause, elieited from atn imused anld delighted audience, declaring hat his motto was "GJe'rgin, I'll have her -ight if I can, but Georgia right or wrong.' -le gave .A*auaa kt. K.-,ayn&--The man so whlom ts poltacal Oppolents necribe tle jest of hearts, and his political frietnds the 2est of heads. Gen. Hay n arose and addressed tle con wany in a most eloquent and Ilappy mttannter. We catn convey to adequate idea of the ;peech, or the orator, anl shall not attempt t. Every-body knows Robert Y. Ilayte, and we can only say thtat Ite was ont this 0ic :asiotn fully hinmself. Applautse after apj ilause marked his words; and he conacluded ay olrering thte followinag toast. The cities of Chtarleston and Augusta. Blroughtt ittto neighaborhood by thte South aarolina Rail Road, mnay the frienadship ,vhbich nto wv amamates thec bosoms of their citi sens be perpetual. I I. The Southern Slates not represented n this Convetio-Silent, thto' twice called, ye summton thtem yet agaitn. 12. The Union of the Atlantic and the JTestern WFaters--Its object, like tat of the irst uniotn solemntized in thec Gardent of adent, to be fruitful and maultiply and re alenish the earth. A Itarge numbher of voltunteer toasts were 1s0 given, of a highaly patrioticechatracter, nterspersed witha songs anad stories of an 'taiveninag character, but wec cannot attempjt n report them ntow. Thne comnpany ad attaned at a seasona~ble htour, and in thae est order. From. the Moentgonar-y ( Ala.) Journal,..Apjril 5. BLOODY TRaGEDYn.-One of thte mtost fa atl atal lamentale occurrences whticha this ommtutnity hans ever been called to witness, ook place itn this city on WVednecsday af ernoont, te 28tha ulttmo, int frotnt of thec >lontagomtery Hall. Believing that wec can lot oabserve too uchl cautation in regard to mndue itnfluenices upon the piublic tintd, in ransactions thtat are to undtaergo Juidicial atvestigation, we shaltl refian from anay hinag like a detailof thte facets in this case. ndteed,atur feelings woatH- prompajt us to draw veil over the whtole 11atal talijair, taut that ur duaties. as a p~ublic Journalist requtire a ifrerent cotirse atouar hnands. At thec time nd pltace above statedl, a reancotre took lace between Williamn J. Mooney and Eenyon Mooney, htis seon, uapont nae side, andal 3dwvard Boll antd his brother, Bntsharod BollI r upont thte other. Dutring thte affray, three istols were tired, anal kntives or daggers rerc resorted to. Edward Bell inns shot m the throat atal aneck wmith three balls, rhich pentetrated to the vertebhrca". Kenyoat loonoy was shtot tharough te right arm,'the1 all .grazimg hais breast Ito also received a lb in the samte am,which passing thtrough,< routnded hint slightly itn the righat side. Villiama J1. Mtaooney was stabbetd intt wo pla.t cs itn the abdoment, oentirely dlividing the I omaht. 'rTh yotunger Bell was, we unt erstanad. uaninjuredl. Mr. E~dwvard Hell, was most probably isabaled at Sthe first onaset, thtotgh thea athitir l' yet eavnveloed itt somae mtysaty, as fewm r ntone oaf thte witnea-ses sitaw ah 1whlte oaf te affray, atad it was~ begunt an,l littally en-.i cal itt the itetrval of bt at very lew se'Ott,,.u 'ho elader M~oontey adied an IlThursay~ monrta ig of his wotundas. lie hans left a large :anda: teresting famaily, and~ a circle oaf re'spe-,a ntimnely and violent ca'Jd Ile wis kind nd hospitable in his relations in life, lnd' eloved by his friends and neighbors, but ho a fallen a victim to the liendlish practice of arryingdeadly weapons, and that still more isatiate andi hellish monser inlnt perance. Vhen will the votaries of these vices hear he voice of warning? Mr. Edward Bell, died of the wounds re eived in this fell rencontre, on Friday last. L'he numerous friends who crowded around Nis bloody pillow, and te anxious crowds vho waited with anxiety it the door of his lick room, can bear ample testimony to his Numerous virtues. le was generous, cour eous, peaceful and brave, even to a fault. rise chivalry of his nature, and, perhaps a nistaken, though generous impulse, for an ibsot and traduced friend, led to the un rortunate affray which terminated a life dear to his friends and valuable to his country. Ile has left a widowed mother and inrant imers, to weep over the short anid unfor tunate career of a mtost affectionate son and brother. - But we must turn our eyes from tle sor rowing relatives or a, husband and father, sent to a blot'ly grave in the noontide (of lire, 1tn11l of a Sol) .ad brother, wlose memory is hallowed by a thousand tender recollections, and sec if t here h)e not others upon whom, at least, some share of popular indignation should rest. flow stand the importers and dealers in Pistols and Bowie knives in this matter! Where, the still more immediate accessories. the retailerof the intoxicating draught which fired the brain, and made the hospitable, kind, neighbour, forget the feel ings natural to his heart, and seek to embroil in bloody affray, those who tinder different circumstances, it would have afforded him pleasure to serve & acknowledge as friends? How stands the case with our police and city authorities, when men armed with the instruments of death and slaughter, had been, for hours previous to the fatal catas trophe, parading the streets, in a-state of intoxication, so that such difficulties might have been reasonably apprehended? Shall we hold those blameless, whose timely in terference to arrest the unfortunate Mooney & his companions, when the peace and good order of the city called for it, would have prevented this dreadful stain upon our name, and have saved the lives of two valuable citizets, atind the heart rending anguish of their families? If our citizens are not safe from such fa tal rencontres, which might so easily and timely have been prevented, then indeed, we live in fearful times, and a still more fearful place. From the Charleston Micrcury. MORE INDIAN MURDERS. A gentleman, juat arrived fironi Tallhals see, says the Darien Telegraph, of the 6th inst. informs us that oi the night of the 1st inst. a family of the name of IFurifoy, were murdered within 20 miles of Tallahassee. The Indians burned the dwelling andl two white children in it; two negro women were also killed; and Mrs. Purifoy received two shots through her body and was stab lbed by the Indians. She crawled, howev er, into a thicket, where site concealed her self. Dr. Taylor, of Monticello, stated to our informant, that she could not possibly survive. 0 The Jacksonville Courier of the Oih inst. says:-By a letter to our excellent AMayor, Col. Dell, from his brother in Alacdua emnuty, dated April,--sA-vtre bustl of the letter, Air. Brooks, our worst apprehen sions of further-indeed of continued Indi an murders, are confirmed. "They killed two Irishmen. on the place that Brush cleared on the hiicanopy pondi-" Signs near Camp Ia mnnig are spoken of. "God only knows what we are to do; but still hope Jesup will be able to relieve us." hiope dleferredl; and still farther to be deferred as may be seen by the General's own showving. Mr. Brooks gives the rurthser informationa that two voltunteers were fired uipons at Suwanee, Old Town-and severely wvoun ded; that Indians have been seen at the Echetokamy Sprinigs, and signs about Fort WVhite, and near Newnansvilce. FUaRTnFa PAaT5cuans.On Saturday evening last, abotut (lark, a party of Indianis, suepposedt to number 30 or 40, attacked the dwelling of Mr. Putrifoy, residing in thie vicinity of the previous depredations, mur bred two children anid three negroes, plun dered and sot fire to the builings, and made their escape-the children were burned in lie dwelling. Mrs. Putrifo~y, although se verely wvounded, miraculously made her escape from the savages. When the attack was made there were none but females. bout the premises, a fact supposed to have een known to the Indians. Mrs. P. was lying in bed wviih her twvo children, heard a noise in her room anud on looking up founal it failled wvith Indians, who commenceed dis ~harging their rifles, several of them) aimed ft herself andl children. T1he childiren it is tupposed were killed at once. Mrs. P. re ~eaved a hall in hecr shioulder, which passed ut at her breast. The savages next comn nenced hacking and stabbing her with their knives, aund inflicted a nutmber of severe wvountds on her bend and several parts of ier bodly. 'Their attention was a moment lirected froni ther to a noise made by the aervants in atn adjommtlig room, whets Mrs. P. making advantage of this circunmtane tscapedl to the yardt, where she was agaitn ,hont dlown , hnt sneceeded in gaining mthe wvoods, itending to reacts her father's resi lence, Cap1t. D)aniel Bird. abotut two miles lisiant. Fainit from the loss of blood andl be severity of her wounds, she was una lte to proceed mnore thans half a msile,whiere he was founid next morning. Mrs. P. re eived. we utnderstand, ten distinct wvounds, several iery severe, btit her pahysiciani en ertains strotng hopes of her r-ecovery. To heighten the catastrophe, Mr. Purifoy, vhtose chaildr-en and slaves were slain, was 4 ahsent from home, fulfilling his ministerial huties. As soon as the attack was discovered, the roopas at Camp Carter, tinder Capt. Shte tee, were sent for, but the Indians had aIls iersedl ins three patrties anda fled. Maj. Tav-. sir wvith Ca >t.- Newsam's company joinedl Jap~t. S. on MoInday morning, anid have fol iwedl the several trails, bt with what suic esn we have not undmerstaood. The honse attarkedl is several miles with is the frontier settlements-the hotuses of lost of n hiebi aire piketed in. WVe trust he occurraee will awakens the Un~ite.I 'sites ntuiborities to do sorrething miore ihr je prot'iecnon of our frontier.-T2ulldmsse c lor iltnf.