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Ffetus southersPatriot. The Hon.; E. Holies having. been addressed through the Mercury !on thb question -"What is the proper remedy for - the evils w hich affilict .the South ?" has raged the. fjowigreply, in that pa per of ti' morning, which as the delihe rate. opirion' of our immediate representa tive, we think should be placed on- record and generally'circulated. fitorf th Mercury: . A writer inyour paper under the of "Hamden " has propounded t fuestion--what is the proper or the evils which afflict the e unequiio'cally, Resistance cM S.1Outhern rsistance, if you can 5~ftvike~ SUte Re'usistance. t he .aq tien. is narrowed' ipAesP bedience, or iu~ ." e~ii t iOvils of the STaf da~aoinoexaggerate& That in a ifew1yearit will oleta to er Cotton Platii'f ob6h Croqaiut alue ii.T Thiat nivsubtnii't~ t Cotton Planting wn'biehours a ay tidegrofitably employed.E'9We may be omlielled to- mandfaeture for our own Leonstimpttio,'becate.*eyi y bedepived of all: Iens of purchaing; as tieo~dians are -compelled4d *nanuacture their own insbcdideB atid~db8 siias robes. Ilut the idreaWf'estbiing SouiltCafolina to the prosperity she oneenjoyed, byi converL in; her labcir 'o'-miiufacturin- purposes, appears t- iei preposterous.: -The result is obviots. If Europe is rebtrained'from eelling the -products' of hei industry,"she must bmy less of ours ;.and increased sup ply vith' a decreasing demand, must -so reduce- prices as- to cOnine -the' Cotton Planting to the most favored region, where soil aind climiate both combine to yield a larae return. for labor. - The consumption -of Cotton has- been stationary in Great Britain forihe last year, 'and has actually decreased in FrauceAuring. the years '42 and 1843. Nb one wilcontend that the population of these iwo great nations is on the -decline; neither will it .be contended, that less ne cessity for clieap-dlothing now exists, than W-o yesis'n'ce.-- What then is the infer ence ? Why, that the :Frbncb and En glish have not cqnsumed, because they had not wherewith to-pay forcunsuinption. The Tariff has deprived them -or a market of eighteen millions of people, who, in pur chasing.the articles fabricated by.Europe in lahar, enabled those- laborers 'to con sume the products ofr our fields. - This-at present is -partial, out under the stimalus of the Tarif, every thing desired for cnn sumption in this country, wil be r'ade by Northern labor iad in the eXact~'rates of decreased importations, will be the ile. mond for your agncultizral products, until proliibition -is-reach4'; and then India Cotton will entirely aupercede your coarse teaterialT'. 'hWconsequence of this will be, ait i4fasfer of your negroes to the SoSilbWest,' abjd s all the-income of the B9te is derived from ihe products-of your prts, Rd, the products derived from save laborSouth Carolina will have no income. .iButi is thsinc6me annually fidwing fronsagriculture, which, imparts value to bpnlks'tocki bonds) houses in town, and wharves. This income which pays the professioual and laboring classes; vhich, in a word, imparts value to all property, fiethe security of which govern ment was'formed, and without which go yernmenit is . a Enrse. 1 have' therefure coate to. the conclusion, however relue tant', that our prestnt situation is one of decay, 'our progress onward to ruin ; and unless the causes'of the maladly be remo ved, the property and the dignity of the 4'South will be annihilated. - The extraordindry emergency then has arisen in whichj resistance is demanded. The degree'of necessity exists which justi fies resistance, andI reniders it lawful and commendaie. There are, however, rea sons wvhich'cousel forbearance until after the Presidditia.1 electioni. That portion of the Democratic party, Alii~ opinion coincidlewith ours, and whoss co-operation we ought to hope for, gre activey engaged in the Presidential canass.' Tbiey inform you thait they ex pet that a modification of the Tariff nill result from: the succcess ofttheir candidate. Now,.althotigh no favourable results are qpeetedl by me,. either as it regards the - anase, oi- the influence of the Democratic candidate'shotuld' he he elected, yet not itdetainlywould' I so far defer to the opin iis~of otr 'friends, as to forbear doing anthionhich mtay embar-rass' them. I stiould'prefir' t'o wait until (aa I appre pieod wiltlie the cae the Tariff President and Tariff -Congress . ' have been elect ed.-when 'all hopes or ameli~ration will halve passed frodi the mind of every South ern man--when-in aConvention of South 4(ra States; w bere'interest9, where ny mpa thies,.andw where sufferings are identical; the. qpsion' 'can be distinctly propounded. "Now' that' the system' which deprives you 'of Alhe products of your labor ; and that', of. 'the system of the abolitionists, whieh threatens the very existence of that labor..has become the settled policy of the inajolity'; are:you for passive obedience, or f-manly resiakpnce !'" Upon the decision of that Convenli9o i e shall be at liberty to'et- If they -conclude to assert their rights and vindicate the constituition, it will be .all 'vell. T hSoth unied can repeal the Ta Sf,~ arnd save ihetUnion,' It may be asked bhter. ' believe the Sooth can be bi~io'act? 'I candidly,confess, that' my.fC1T5.preponlderate over my hopes. But'a wise' mani ill .exhaust hope, before lie arrives si ihe dreadful necessity of in dividual .resistance, to an organize socie ty or government. . * -,1am obliged to acknowledge, that after the psition assumed by Sonth Carolina ip232{after the declaration she pit fdrth ~iei time, she, througb the Convention, a~o~i~hecompromise- hat'.if'the expiratiotrof ten years. brought' Mot the proniised.re~ Jahewould ngain re'sist; that the ' ~ui~pased in our J egisla 'tore in 1 i~app~trsistanice. after the hope of relief 116 call'fa 'only' value of libetges ini ihefescu ity imparted to. propen adhOprotee tion thrown-arond . societyr. Our 'prop~ ....y nd society depend so essetitil li ultimately upon our peculiar institutions, that whatever affects those institutions in juriously, endangersour liberty. Liberty is a'blessing too inesitimable-for a Sfate or People to yield.. it, when here. appears any probability of preserving or recovoring it, however great the labor or imminent the peril, if, then, we have rights which We solemnly bell'eve are violated-ifrights without a remedy be'an absurdity-if our wisest politiciansand most profound states men despair of any ordinary temedy-the remedy in this case must be the extraor dinary one of Resistance. For it must be admitted that affairs have come to that extremity, that the Constitution can be defended by it alone. I trust that I have spoken plainly-I know that I have spoken honestly. The opinions of others, wiser and more sagacious than myself, to whom the Stat looks for counsel, and whose eyes are ever watchful over her interests, difler from my own. . A remedy. it is thought, may be found in other expedients. It is certainly due to those who have piloted us through so many difficulties, that we act not rashty. That. we wait a% bile the chapter of acci Vents. Bt upon the failure of those ex pected remedies, we must finally decide Passive Obedience or Resistance-I can to hesitate. Respectfully, . E. HOLMES. CLAY t, LoUrsIaNA. The .CJ6y* pasty in Louisiana only saved themselvf.ir m an overwhelming defeat by nomitijg candidates who were known tobefthe zealous friends of annex atnon, and.by defrauding sixteen hundred of the natralized citizens of New Orleaus of the"ri of suffirage. Mr. Clay's own p6pulityii dchance of success with the people' oLouisiana. ray be estimated by the fate of some of his nmost prominent personal and political friends in the recent contest. Samuel J.. Peters, of bank mem ory, was defeated in his canvass for a seat in the Convention. Randolph Hunt, an othe distinguished friend of Mr. Clay, and the great whig orator of tie city of New Orleans,-was also permitted to remain at home. WinChristy, wht made the re ception speech on Mr. Clay's recent un ortunate visit to New Orleans, was like wise Iiglioriously beaten. A. C. Bullitt, editor of the Newr Orleans Bee, the great guo of Whigery in New Orleans. shared the same fate. And last, thought not the least remarkable, Hon. Rice Garland was beaten in the Opelousas District 413 votes, When the Whig candidate for Congress received a majority of 257. We consider Louisiana as certain for the Democratic ticket in November next as Alabama or New Hampshire- Young Hickory. From the Boston Daily Advertiser. Native Americane.-We are sorry to see measures adopted in any part of this State ror establishing a Native American Associ 2ion. There can be no distinction piade between the privileges of native nnd dopted, citizens, without the utmost baz rd ofserioua consequences to the harmony and good order of the community. The rorming of associations of the character proposed must necessarily lead to the for mation of associations to counteract their inafluence, and the consequences of the ospitality thus produced, must ultimate. ly be violations of the constitution and laws, aDd very likely disturbances of the >ublie peace. If the naturalization laws ire unwise, let those who think so use heir infuence to have them amended, but et every good citizen beware, how lie at empts, by associations with citizens of a varttcular class, to deprive his fellowv citi rens of any other class political or any ther rights which they have lawfully ac juired. We hope that the project of sue mn association which has been suggesteh u a neighboring town williuot be preserved Catching a Tartar.-A gentleman in his village, who appears to be the body tand soul, if not the breeches of whiggery, ately- addressed a letter to the Hion. Gu in C. Verplank, who has deserted the rhig for the democratic .ranks, with the xpressed ex pectat ion of eliciting infortua on in -regard to his supposed free trade iewvs. Not long after, an answer was re eived ; hut instead of Mr. V. being a ree trade man, he says, in substance, if et in so many wvords, that : "I went with Mr. Clay in his advocacy f the compromise act, but beyond this I ~ould not go. My income and resources arise almost entitrely from agricultural pro lutions, and I in common with others, ave severely felt thme burdens imnposed ipou us by this present prohibitory tariff. [ am well acquainted with the private noral -character of Governor P4,lk, and lso know him to be a man free from the nost remote taint of nullification, and shall ;ive him my support." N. B. The conscientious coon who re ~eved the letter, has, we understand, some ioubts now, whethei-lhe -has a right to how this let ter in public, it being a private pistle. Wonder if these scruples would ive existed had Mr. Verplank opposed ny tariff at all.-Ithirca Journal. Joint .Endorser.-Williamn Slade, who, as a member of Congress, was notorious r his reckless Abolitionism, is now the Whig candidate for Governor of Vermont. 'be Clay party having endorsed him assa ood Whig, he returns the favor by endor ting Mr. Clay as a good A bolitionist. The ollowing is Mr. Slade's language in me epting the nomination for-Governor i Spctator. "I rejoice to say" (samid Mr. S.) "that I Elieve Henry Clay has and wil do more o abolish slavery in this Union than anty 'ther inan. Mr. Clay is a citizen of the south:. the So.th know that his feelings ad sympathies are with them, and conse luently are less ready to suspect thbe purity f his motives upon this great question iving as he does, in the. mist of these in. titutions, his facilities are more aimple for warring againstthem." 4%S~rs of the Engili Press.-.A gentle. nn'wais.yesterdmy brouglit up t6- answer Feceir6offia'ving catess a heien-ycoach iniifodeldtagnoo'rthin iis fare; i'~d .do'obthiervesaccutidadf stealing a imall oxrdut of the Bath Mail; the proper Laterfrom bominrsca.--The brig Smith Tuttle, -from. Guadaloope.-arrived at New Haven on Sunday, bringing: advices from Dominica to the 22d-June. The accounts we had vesterday were to the 8th. We learn from the New Haven Herald that the insur-ection had been put down with out much difficulty, and that the operation of martial law was suspended on the 21st. Great damage was done to several of the estates on the island. The Governor had issued a proclamation of amnesty to all, with the exception of the ringleaders, .ninety of whom had been retained in the prison to undergo the decision of the laws, several hundred having been discharged under the admonitory advice of the Go verior. The islands had been overwhelmed with rains and floods, with great damage to the roads, &c. A singular discovery had been made in taking a ceisus of the Island of Trinidad, being that of "two encampments of the aboriginal Indians, of the Island, belonging to a race perfectly distinct from any hith erto known." The fact is noted in the Trinidad Standard of the 27th uIt. Charibs, probably. The same race yet existing numerously in Guiana, Brazil, and other parts of South America. They were once very numerous in Trinidad, but after long and desperate struggles against the Europeans they abondoned the island for the main. Remnants of them are found in Central America, degenerates but not distinct frotn other tribes. Translated for the Phila. U. S. Gazette. l'UERTo C4BELLo 3d July. , The Small pox has nearly left us; the cases of infection that have appeared for the last two or three weeks have been comparatively slight. The fears of this contagion, so seriously affecting business, have disappeared, and merchants feel en couraged. The reports of the severity of the disease have been in a measure exag gerated in the Interior, and this taken to gether with the wretched state of the roads leading to this place. has caused an almos stagnation of all tbusiness operations. Of course what Coffee, Indigo. Hides and Cacao left in the country will when, brought to market, from their scarcity. realize a higher price than the rates quoted to-day. The following details may be re lied upon relative to the late fearful inun dations:-The main road from Caracas to Puerto Cahello is impassable; and the whole communication is now made by the old road roud the Cape. In the Valley of the Tny. the unfortunate proprietors of plantations have lost their all. In fact, the destruction to -the Coffee and Cacao trees is immense, and the soil is either ruined by being washed away or else cov ered up with the-sand brought down the river. In fact the poor laborers are beg. eared, and the laod-holder is in despair. Thus riuch for toe fearful inundation of the river Toy. In the very fertile District of Sinamaica, in the valley of the river Limon, the loss by the flood is incalculable. The destruc ion of property far exceeds that caused by the great overflow of thei year 1830. Cat tle of all kinds have perIshed In almost in credible numbers; and what few houses on the plantations not actuvlly 'washed away, are so injured as to be nea'rly worth less. In the unfortunate city of Carora, half of the population have lost their homes, and the Governor has been obliged to offer the hospitals and barracks as shelter to the suffering poor. From Bogat a. Carabobo, Maracaibo, &c. ~he accounts of suffering caused by the de strution of life and property during the late inundatione, are really mournful. It will take years of prosperity to replace the damage done by the fearful rains of the year 1844. . Sinking of aices Bed.-T he H a vanna Faro Industrial records the sinking of the bed of the river Almendaries to an extraordinary depth, on the 30th June last. On 29th, there had been a heavy fall of rain, causing a great flood, fairly sweeping all before it. The very next day, in place of keeping up. the river fell to a level three feet below whlat it had been at any time during the previous se vere drought. So suddenly did the river fall, that boats, which at the timje of the rise were made fast to the trees, were found the next morning entangled in the upper branches. The importance of this river to the city of H avanna is very great. It supplies the basin and acqtteduct, upon which the city now .entirely depends for its wanter, atnd fears are entertained that it may sink'su low as to render the acque duct useless. Havana.-By the brig T. Street, which arrived yesterday from i-Iavana, we have received our files of papers to the 6th inst. They contain little thtat is new. Puerto de Principie is sickly,.malignant fevers and dynasties prevail there. Provisions are dear. Rice sells ar- SI0 a quintal, lard 37h ents a bottle ; salt beef at S12 per 100 Ibis. At Santiagode- Cuba a pretty severe shock of an earthquake wvas felt some weekssince ; it-lasted, however, but a few moments, and did no damage. Abundant rains have fellen on all parts of thte Island, and the prospects of the planter have revived.-N. 0. Bee.' Health of Vicksburg.-T he V ickst g Constitutionalist of the 19th inst. says : We have much sickness in the city and count y-congestive fever in adults, and the usual summer complaints of children are very severe and fatal in many cases. Death is with us; disease is agonizing our friends; distress is 'upon us; widows and orphans are daily added to our long list of the afflicted and 'sorrowing. Pa rents are snatched from their ch'ildretn; children are torn from their parents-we know not where the shaft-is to strike. The~ Influence of Wealthi-A fellow by the name of Lyman Kendall' has been sentenced to three years impribonmrent for purloing money from the Cleveland (Ohio) Bank. The oflender being a man of wealth, and belongi'i to 'afaiiy of high staning, this feile indIeation of' the outraged 'law, by boifjijg and juary, has raised.a, considrable excitement and eey eIRort. is making ti iosecre ..hts .reine. I180lSELLANEOUli.e from the Concordia Inteigeucir. Jud 13. VT. e O7* rfow of 1844.-Theiextentof -country overflowed by the flood of ,he present season, though far less than was covered in '28, contains within. its limits property to an amcount of tio th6usand per cent, exceeding what u as then exposed and neglected to injury, and we hazard nothing in asserli4 that this amount of loss by the present flood. will even far exceed that wide proportion. We shall, .as suecinctly as possible, lay before our readers a few memorandums, based upon data -nade during-.our ram blings through the region, and with a view of calling public attention to the exposed aid unprotected state of the Lowlands of Arkansas, Mississippi, and those of the Cocordnia District. The two countries of Arkansas that bor de-r the eastern margin of the Mississippi, south of the junction of the Arkansas with the latter stream, have collectively a front of one hundred and fifteen miles, embra cing somewhat over one hundred planta tions. There are :also numerous settle ments and extensive plantations bordering all their lakes and bayous. Carroll Parish, Lonisiana, fronts on the Mississippi about filly miles, with about sixty large front plantations-while her lakes and bavous are almost all densely ser led-Joe's Bayou, Swan Lake. &c. Madison Parish -fronts on the Missis sippi near eighty miles, with about sixty five large front plantations. She has on Walnut Bayou, near twenty large places; on Ruudaway and Vidal Bayous, fifteen the two latter.making, during an ordinary season, ive thousand bales of cotton. On Bayou Macon, forty places open; on Tensas about the some number, and on all the minor bayous and lakes, thick set tlements, ench making from twenty to one hundred and fifty bales. Tensas Parish fronts on the Mississippi fifty-nine miles, pith forty-five large froit plantations-twenty on lakes St. Joseph and Bruin-perhaps ten on lakes Mound Saddle-tree Bayous; twenty-five on C hoc taw; about ten on Macou and Tensas, be sides many others on the minor bayous. Concordia Parish fronts on the Alissis sippi eighty-four miles, with sixty-five large front plantations ; on lakes Concor dia and St. John, eightean large planta tions; on Caney and Brushy Rayous,and Tensas and Black rivers, about twenty places, averaging 150 bales. Cataboula and Franklin, west of Ten sas and Bayous Macon, front on those streams, and the former on Black river, one hundred and sixty-eight miles, with 42 places. So far as we have been able to learn up to the present moment, nearly the entire surface of the two Arkansas counties has been flooded-all the back and interior lands of Carroll pariah, say over nue half the entire surface-near one half of M ad ison-near one half of-Tensas-one third the eastern front of Cataboula and Frank; lin taken collectively, mostly in Franklin. Of thinmterior crop of Concordia. we canuot as yet offer a probable estimate several places matkin, three and four hundred bales are half flooded, and the water gaining on theim rapidly, as it must Continue to do until a positive, and not reported, fail takes place as low down on the Mississippi as Natchez. The actual loss up to the present date, no Roundaway, Vidal, Alligator and Mill Bayous, is bales 3,500 OIn a front of forty miles in Bol ivar co., Mli., near --20,000 On Choctaw Bayou, Parish of Tensas, over 2,600 On Lake Joseph and Lake Bruin Parish of Tensas, and vi inity of Hard Times Landing, 3,000 In the Parish -of Concordia, about 3,600 On ten miles of southern front of Chicot county, Arkansas, -7,000 This is but a partial estimate, but shows the damage and loss in the particular vi inities tnmed. The direet loss is immense, lhnt as yet no probable estimate of the entire amount an be given. We hav-e mad~e arrange ments for collecting the details firom the mouth of Arkansas to the mouth of Red River. E~stimates of the loss of cotton by the loods on Red River, Arkansas and the Mississippi, we bear made in New Orleans last week, as varying from one to four hundred thousund -bales-the result, we anticipate, will be in the vicinity of the later-but the facts shall be supplied as early as prasticable. The ultimate effects of this terrible visi tation must be yet more calamitous. Thousands now see ruin traeigthem, in face of the fair prospects promised a short month since, and want is known whre of late plenty was; and dark des pair has stolen anty a hope away. The Wabash Flood.---Thbe Goshen Re publican coniains an 'extract of a letter from Terre Haute. Ind. whichbsays. "To give you some little idea of the do struction, I will state, that 19 out of every 20 houses from Fort Wayne to this plac~e are deserted entirely, and the inhabitants compelled to leave for the high land, miles back from the river. eVery often passing a house you might see ponliry of all kinds n the tops of barns ; houses, cattle atnd hogs on some bigh bluff, surrounded by water for miles. The prospect along the river is deplorable indeed, and must pro due an unknowvn amount of sickness as soon as the waters subside." Remole Views--It is common to over look what is near, by keeping the eye fixed on something remnote. In the man ner present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds bsied in extensive ranges, and intent up. n future., advantages. Life, however short, is made shorfer by waste of time ; and its progress toward happiness, though natrally slow, is [made still slo'ver by unnecessary labor, . Reatty Fall of Rain.-On Sunday last we were visited with. a very henyy fall of rai, accomipanied~ with severe thunder and lightning.. The E piscopal Church and the District Parsonajge of thae. Methodist Church were partially injuredby the fluid' From lei prance VIETHODidT E. C a11 C l At a quarterly inbeing 6e te Methodist, Episcopal C1n0 fcui, bia, held at the Sabbath S Ii said Church, on Sattirdak20ilif 1844, the followihg Preamble and Resol9 ' lions were unani;isljitpted. -. Wiereas,:in the cours'whichhas been usually pursued by the General- Confei ence of the Methodist Episcopal Churcb, in its action pon -the subject of slavery, round has been- ocdupied for which. we believe, no warrant is given by theeword of God, it being a matter wholly:belonglug to the State, and over which- the church has no control; and which action has had the effect to excite distrust in the minds of the citizens of the slave holding States, with reference to the Ministers of. :he Methodist Episcopal Churchi labouriog among them, lest, they had -lost sight "o their high callitg, the salvation of menup souls, and were disposed to interfere w*itii the relations existing between wasterand servant: And whereas, in the action ro ceutly had by the General Conference, in the cases of Rev. F. A. Harding of the. Baltimore Conference, and Rev. James 0. Andrew, one of the Bishops of the M. E Church; the southern portion of-the church, by. maintaining the cunniiional union, as herotofore, is brought into con flict .ith the laws of the several slave holding States, so as to close against her self the door opened by the good provi dence of God, for extending- among mas ters and servants the invaluable blessings of the common salvation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: And whereas, this is emphatically the appropriate and legiti mate work of the ministers of the Great Head of the Church: And,. ithereas the recent General Conference !as made pro vision for a division of the* Church. Therefore, Resolved, 1. That in our judgment, duty to God, to mankind; to the Church herself; renders it imperiously necessary that the jurisdiction therefore exercised by the present General Conference of the M. E. Church over the Annual Conferences lying within the slave holding States, be no longer exercised, but that a division of the Church be effected; and the Southern and South Western Conferences, he form ed into a separate Church organization; and in expressing this opinion, we believe we express the unanimous sentiment of the Church in this place. Resolved, 2. That in a division, of the Church North and South, as the Church North. being relieved by the separation from all connexion with the subject of sla very will'be more likely to cease the agi tation of tse subject, and return to her ap propriate work, so: the Church South, be ing relieved from.all ground of apprehen sion to the people of the Soutihwill find the door for ucefulness more widely pened, and thus, we trust, the glory of God be prom'ied by the division. Resolved, 3. That we still recognize the Rev. James 0. Andrew, as one of the Bishops of the Methodist Chuich, in'all the fair and honorable standing he ever has enjoyed ; and that his conduct in the aillictivo and irying circumstances connec nected with the action on his case by the General Conference, has tended greatly to elevate him in our esteem and confidence. Resolved, 4. That we highly approve the Christian course pursued by the South era and Southwestern delegations. during the recent session of the General Confer: ence. Resolved, 5. That the independent and Christian course pursued by Hishop Soule, and those members of the General Con ferene, who auted with the Souathertn and South WVestern delegationis in the ncaion upon the case of Bishop A udre w, deserves, and ontiller them to our highest approba tion and confidence. - Re~solved, 6. That we approve the sug gestion made by the delegates from the South and South West, for calling a Con vention of Ministers, to meet itn Louisville, Ky., on the first of Ilay, 1845, to organ ize a Southern Methodist Episcopal Church. Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions, be published in the papers of this town ; and in the Southern Clhris tian Advocate, with the reqtuest that the other papers of the General Conference copy them; and that a copy be forwarded to Bishops Andrew anad Soule. CHAs. BETTs, Chairman. RuBERT BRYCE, Secretary. Linching.-The Memphis Enquirer of the 10th tells the following story: We understand that a case-of lynching occured in the town of Panola, Mis., two weeks ago, under, the followving circumt tanes.-'A laborer in the employment of a clergyman in hlolmes county,; Miss vhose name our informant thinks-.is- Rait ney of Raynor, stole from his employea~ra negro man, tiro or three horses, -andgs two daughters, one about 12 and-the .alier 10 years of age. The scoundrel :ped through Panola, where he sold one oftie hoses, and was making towards Helena, Arkansas, near which -place : he . *al caught by a company who purstued fitin from Holmes county. It appears .tiihave been his design -to-criake his way%.Arkcan es or Texas, where it was his:;and -Ins black comrade's ictention to maks; wives of their. captives. By- threats the most horrible they had intimidated tIletwo little girls so that they were afraid to make any alarm as they were hurried through the country. A fter the two fiends were taet hey were hand-duffed and broughat back-to Panola. The-citizens, heartng tnie cir cumstances/and fearing that they mtght in -some way' escape ihe punish'meandue their crimes,-organized themselves tnto a jry of twelve-mna, who sentenced them to be severely-cowhided, they sentence to be executed the one upon the-othe Tis was accordingly done, the negro recettfg thirty-five and the white man i v lashes, well laid on with a s id: The sentence wtas for each to reee . lashes, but they were so -gashe b$t tpmber above-stated that poptzu i~c remitted the-balance. They- w* UAhn over -to their gitardtto be- tak uk to Holies.: Our inforomanohenrt i aolai tha&the whit ganaliiialie wpplto deipth-y the cittaeh'Ofs t~tco~by~ is not certain'that hti inrma ~o rod' 3Jo yioene had be~qofiectte nte 0(11 WQF5~~5WWt tbue oey she e e ereache, whereiny hhjepouk fe woWkil hum. The n m b 4 been-eiploye some twe by the ather- fie little girl. M TOM#* on labrer-is'abodV3 e 'appears to bean irishman---n ua Teral names H ~4w~adj be a -1r mu, and appare d2 Me n intie knowle6dge4 ed hrougli tiat part o EDGEPED D .WEDNEsE&J ti'~ "UriV i oP cutrL abr e .~ i jlPeiu amilst the Ruia.' Democratic R-Annezaton Tckt -AM FS PRIsDENT. - TAM ES-K.P0LK. ofqT% 1see FOBSCK PREsIDENT." - GEORG . DALAS of Penn ELE ION RETURNS. Return ofivQes received at't.IEsei'on held on Mondiiy and Tuesday, hh nd and 23rd insti,' fo aClerk olithe Cour"t'of Common Pleas and General Sisionsof Edgefield District. Bo4s. Court House, 208 10 3 22 Longmnires, 6 1 73 80 Colliers, 60 8 - 3 Cherok. Ponds, 33 5 00 48 Pine House, 56-00 2 58 Towles 39 61 OL Dunon's 46 -68 Sheppard's, 35 Ridge, 74. .12 .Sumylel 's, '43 l 26 80 Hamburg, . 146. .14 1 1 Mount Willing, 25. 48 2 Richardson's, 14 15 37 Cot's. M, Roads,.-: 1-2 337 Park's, 30 44 Perry's, 23 96 133: Moore's, 20 1 47, Moseley's, 17 3 55 75. Alen's, 5 4 4 -4 6 Powell's, 6 1 00 67 Long's, 57 30 2 89 Dorn's, 28 1 Randall's, 60 Boutlware's, 57 14 Red Hill, 80 0 4 4 Rochell's, Krepp's, 5 tloar's 2 814 0 7144 Nail's,- 37' '5 00 .'42' Ethridges, 16 46 12 74 1469 ' 544 372 340'e Louisiana llection-The N. 0. -Morning Herald, gives the idlowing. as Inel result or the State elections: for Congress,3-Demo crats, I Whig; Stste Seate, 9 Dernocrats, 8 Whigs; House or Representative, 2l Demo crats, 31 Whigs.; which. gives the Whigs a majority of one-upon joint ballot The Con vention will.consist of'47 Democrats and 30 Whigs. - ____ Democratic Badbecue.--The Democratic As sociation -or.Richmond county, Geo., invites the cinzensief Edgefleld aind Barnwell Districts, to join them in a Barbecue to be held. t the CityHall of Augusta, on Tuesday the 6thinst. A large. number of the most prominent.Demo cratic Orators of Georgia-and South Carolia, ha 6 been inivited, aiud aiccepted of the invita lEP.The .AndersorGat~eus, says. * The vo rs of Anderson District have at this time 43 daianidte sbefre tisemrfor their sufirageuevirsi Sr..Congress; 16 )for Iegiulatdre; '5o Tax Collector; ,4:forClerk, and 5 for 8heriff stranger woutld conclude we ei ri rather-a a ofice seeking people." Snicid.- -On'Monday the 22d inst. Mr 8-B FAM cbDowEr.L,. a' Teacher,. wiohad 14~ ome tl monthspast taught School upon th9 Columbia toad, about 15 miles fromn this willage,' ut srieend to his existence, by cutting bothjug ydiar veins with aknife, Mr..McD. leIn the village that rnorning in thestage, for home, swhen abo itt he milei and an half upon therkoad,-he'leapqd fromt th~q stage, telling the driver where to leane his bag gand madels a intq$ bl d~ts hairsa mile from the road, whomr.b commtttd the rash act. Although an -ajarm ,wasin te next day,nd numbers wentI in'who' ef body ifwas not fonttd .utf. 8 evening, rleen Corers Iaque~st; was and returned a'verdict of.Suici'.. -. * Mv MCDowell wqs-tuoh respecieut dhaneein qu state of slight e~a diae nt for some two or three wek le as abot thirty-two yeara ohige. ., a " "epudiggion Clicked9-.Thei .Clail us* i ibi of the 27th iiifst.shte' that' S{treme Con ofCpnrctiift has relationto the hndaed ety theAJpiton *f the horoigl totidnn tuhH i satnic -rairiad and h erfI 'a tes'a tijpted.to reudiate , beast~on'of' te Cutdclares th t in9. pivate pioperty4o.the~ pijrible to be ssied for "the payuent-g