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RULITICAL. 'rom the Charleston Mcrcu7. PAEsIDENTAL CANMIDATEs- rEE - TAaIFF. Under this head we the other day, warned the people of South Carolina of the neces sity.of looking more to themselves than to either of the great parties of the Union for relief from the oppressions of the Tarifr. The mighty- concentrated money power of monopoly is uniformly brought to bear pe egiation as often as the protective qs- is in danger-with what results let hA t answer. The cries and tears of lhe axntArocodile .proved an overmatch or reason and justice atd the #onstitution -ai hope then that they can subdue anudeprve- of his prey the full. grown moonster' NQ onlyis the powerof :the Tarifr party resisalesio icorrupt Jegisition, but they are-arnied with a spelle ,vicandidates for -offld Well informedinednkuew beyond doubt where Mr. Clay's"desires and prin eiples tended-his whole past 'life.was a pledge that be was for- a high protecive tariff-never has he voted willingly for -any other-n.ever has he omi.ted an oppor tunity to'aggravate and strengthen that ac cursed sytem. Yet, Mr. Clay, from anat ural love of deception, or a contempt of the people, or, a wish to explore the ex treme limits of humbug, has ever-dodged the explicit avowal of such a principle, and played off infinite Summery about moderation, compromises., revenue purpo ses and incidental protection-till the mere reader of his letters and speeches, one who had.no key to his words in his votes, would never suspect his true position. The man ufacturerers were not conten; with the pledgeof the past, however-they rightly judged that a -politician who could juggle the South, migkt take a fancy to juggle the North too, dnd they- immediately de termined to drive Mr. Clay from his doub lings and fix him irrevocably. They ex tracted from him, under date of June 29, 1844. the following explicit declaration: 66 have every tohere maintained that, in adjusting a tarif for revenue discrirnina ticns ought to be made for protection ; that the tari' of 1842 has operated most bene ftially. and that I as utterly opposed to its repeal" The tariffof 1845 is definite enough and Mr. Clay has no need to write- any more. We haye only earnestly to request that all editors who support him will pub lish his letter-which they seem little in clined to do at the South. But the manufacturers were notcontent to hook Mr.Clay-they have baited a hook for Mr. Polk also. They seem resolved that all who are not with them, shall, if possible, be driven into an equivocal posi tion that shall distract and discourage their opponents. - When the nomination of Mr. Polk was made, we expressed our- cordial and en tire acquiescencein *the choice. We had the pledgeof his votds-.as well as his word -he had. never given a vote for protection -he hadsnpported every measure tend ing.to bring the duties to a revenue stan dard.. We had too, his declarations on the questions of the tariff its its latest.phrase, made during his last canvass for Governor of Tennessee. Thus on the 15th May, 1843, in answer to. questions abour direct taxes, reveiue tariff and protection, he re plied as follows : - "I answer that I am opposed to a sys tem of direct taxation, and I am in favor of a moderate scale or duties, laid by a tariff on imported goods. for the purpose of raising tho revenue ivhichj may be needed for the economical admxinistration o~f the Government. In fixing the rates of a ta -ifft, my opinion is, that the object in view should be to raise the revenue needed by the Government, leaving 'the interests en gaged in manufacturers to eujoy the in cidental advantages which the levy of such duties will afford to them. JAS. K. POLK. On the 29th of the same month, in a still more public manner, Mr. Polk made dec larations still more explicit,- as follows: To the People of Tennessee : "-The object which I had in proposing to Governor Jones, at Carrollville, on- the * 12th of AugustL last, that we should each write out and publishour views and opin ions on the subject of the tariff, was, that, our respective posltions-might be distinctly known and understood by the people. That my opinions were already fully and dis tinctly knowno, I could nots:dou~bt. 1 had steadily, during the p~eriod I toas a repre sentative tn Congress, been- opposed to a protective policy, as my recorded votes and public speeches prove. Since I retiredl from Congrees,1 had held the same opinion. In the present canvass for Governor I had avowoed my opp osition to the tarif' act of the late Whig Cgress as being highly pro tectise in its character, and not designed by its authors,. as - a. revenue measure. I had - avowed my opinion in my public speeches that the interests of the country-and es - - pecially of the producing and exporting * States-required its repeal, and the resto ration of the principles of the compromise tariff act of 1843.">. . J. K. POLK. What could he more clear and unequiv oal than this-strengthened to the utmost. .too, by the whole course of 'his acts on the tariff question. ' Immediately after the nomination, these proofs of his entire -identification with the free trade, or revenue tfariff party were published at the North ~and he was die nounced as might be expected by the plun -derers, who had gained a vested right in their.neighbors pockets. It was said too, we scarce know with what truth, thgat Democratic Meetings were held in Phila delphia and its- neighborhood, threatening to withdraw from the party ont the ground of these declarations of Mr. Polk. There was certainly dircontent, and to. allay it, itir. Polk was written to. The lettEr ad dressed to him has never been published-. it was-probably a curious document, weil weitby of study, if we could get at it. Mr. -Polk's reply was as follows: CosxUNDI, (TF.NN.)June 19, 18dd. tear'Sir.:I have received recently sev etal lettershn'reference to my opifliou, on - the subject of 'the tariff, and among oth ers yours of the'3Othrnjtimo.- My- opinions *on 'this -subject haieens.often given to the public. They ara tof.e:found in my * ublic acts, and in the -pshlioldisetissions ID which I have participated.& I mnin-favor of a tariff for revenue, such .a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the Treasury to defray the expenses of the Government economically administered. In adjusting the details or a revenue tarif, I have heretofore sanctioned such mode rate discriminating duties as would pro duce the amount of revenue needed, and at the same time afford reasonable inciden tal protection to our home industry. I am opposed to a tariff for prctection merely, and not for revenue. Acting upon these general principles, it is well known that I gave my support to the policy of Gen. Jackson's administra tion on this subject. I voted against the tariff act of 1828. 1 voted for the act or 1832, which contained modifications of some of the objectionable provisions of the act of 1828. As a ne:nber of the Cotn mittee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, I gave my assent to 'a bill reported by the Committee in De cember, 1832, inaking further modifica tions to the act of 1828, and making also discriminations in the imposition of the duties which it proposed. That bill did not pass, but was superseded by the bill 'commonly called the Compromise bili, for which I voted. In my judgment, it is the duty of the Government to extend, as far as it may be practicable to do, by its revenue laws and all othiirmeans within its power, fair and iUst,irbttion to all the great interests of -the whole' Union. embracing agriculture, manufacturie. the mechanic arts, to com merce' and navigation. I heartily approve the resolutions on this subject pasbed by the Democratic National Convention, late ly assembled a Baltimore. I am with great respect, dear sir, your obedient servant, .JAS. K. POLK. John K. Kayneg Esq., Philadelphia. We have not-time now to comment on this letter, and merely remark, that if we had not the pledge of Mr. Polk's whole life to the contrary, we should interpret it as gIving up the priuciple of a revenue ta riffi-bnt we cannot. consent to put such a construction upon it. Of this we shall have more to, say. TE DissoLUTIoN OF TunE UN1crN. "Th'eglorions union of the brave and free, That. but for treason, must endure foiever." The Whigs have become desperate. Seeing their inevitabie defeat upon all the great issues involved in the contest, they are attempting to introduce a collateral one, a "cold deck," as -Mr. Clay would say-by which to win the Presidential game. In their extremity, they row charge upon 'the Democratic party a design to disslve the Union, because -we desire the annexation of -Texas. Was there ever such.an idiot absurdity? What! the Union to be dissolved by adding another member to the Confederacy .a What! General Jackson in favor of a dissolution of the Union ? The charge is preposterous upon its face. How, by any human possibility, could a dissolution result front the mere addition of another State to the Confede racy ? Dismemberment can he efrected only by tearing assunder, not by extend ing and strengthening, the batnds of the Union. The charge is so shallow and in consistent that a child can detect its ab surdity. - What the Whigs mean is this, that they will dissolve the Union if we annex Texas; and, being positive in that determination, they hold that we, therefore, are in favor of dissolution, because we favor annexa tion. That is the way the thing is to work. We add Texas ; they dissolve the Union. This is a threat to prevent annex ation. H aving seen that four-fifths of the people are determited to embrace Texas in our federal sisterhood, the Whig leaders are attempting to frighten them fromn their purpose, by threatening to rend the Union astunder, if autnexat ion is accomplished. "Js add Texas if you dare," they say, "and we will dissolve the Confederacy." This threat, though recently loudly re peated, is not a new one. It was raised when the proposition for annexation was first broached. We have before us the origin of tho whole matter, and append it "fur the public eye." John Q. Adams and twelve other Whig leaders, avowed, as will he seen, over a year ago, the determi nation to dissolve thte Utnion if Texas were aninexed. In thts declaration the whole WVhig party, North atnd South, have qui etly acquiesced ever since. The truth is, a distmembermentt of the Union is a favor able measure with certain Whig politi cians. Mr. Adams has offered a petition for that lexpress purpose in the halls of Congress; Mr. Giddings, of Ohio, drewv down upon himself the itndignation of the House of Representatives for submitting a simnilar proposition ; and the Legislatut-es of Massachusetts and Vermont, at thaeir last session, gave countenance to the -same doctrine, by the adoption of joint resolu tiotns touching the slavery qluestion. "A considerable and respectable portion" of New England thus responded to this trea sonable threat ; and nowv, at least, thae Whigs of the South, are joining in the chorus with searcely a modification. Hon est souls! They swear like "the army in Flanders" that they are in favor of annex ation, "under proper circumstances," and yet in the tnext breath they assert that an nexationi is equivalent to dissolution. This charge against the Democrats, in sulting as it is, in one point of view, su premely ridiculous ? The WVhig threats are all bluster and bravado. We have no doubt that John Q. Adams, and some forty other Whig commanders, desire dissolu tion; but as for Massachusetts and Ver mont, the 'thing is actually laughable. Thtey in favor of dissolutionl Why, you could not force them out of the Confede racy. They feed and fatten upon it, and draw their nutriment, by Congressional legislatiotn, from their "subject province," the South. By the tariff'system alone that piracy upon the high-,seas of the Union-they take twenty milliotns of dol lars, at least, out of 'the piockets of the Southern people, and put themn in their own ! - The magnificent real estate oPtfiis realm, the public lands, in the Soitfh and West. ls~ak~o a fund that they ijl never willingly relinquish. Besides, Cengress is every year making the most lavish expen ditures of the public 'revenue forthe im provement and enrichinent of the cities, harbors, and foas't of Noew-England, while the South gets not ajopper.- These things convitice us that not even the madness of abolition can drive the-mjoititej'the peo ple of Massachnsett, a. wr- t. State, into a serious efnort to realize their favorite threat of disunion. Let, then, no true American, from an honest effort to "add an empire to this Confederacy, & a Gibralter to the South," be deceived by this croaking cry of disso lution. We honestly believe that the Union cannot be preserved permanently but by the annexation of Texas. If Great Britain gets possession of the mouth of the Mississippi, as she now has of the Gulf ol Mexico, the Sout h %%ill soon be a conquered colony of Queen Victoria and the "World's Convention." Where then will be the Union.-Tuskaloosa (Ala.) Jour. 8f Flag. We copy (says the Charleston Mercury) from the Mecklenburg, N. C. Jeffersonian, the following letters, in reply to invitaions te attend the late Barbecue of the Demo cratic Party on the 23d uIt. in that county. WAsumowToN, June 30, 1244. Gentlemen: I am honored by your note of the 15th inst., tendering to me in the name of the republican party of Meeklen burg County, an invitation to a barbecue at Charlotte, on the 23d of July next. I regret that my official duties here, compel me to decline its acceptance, as strong as is the inducement, which the occasion and the plahe hold out to accept. I am highly flattered by thecordiality ofyourinvitation, and the grounds on which you plaeed it. There is nothing which I have more at heart, than to see restored and placed in the ascendancy in their full vigor the old principles of the Republican party. My conviction is deep and of long standing, that on it the duration of our glorious po litical system depends. It is that alone which can resistrthe fatal tendency to con solidation, which for many years has marked the progress of our Government, and which has been accomplished by in creasing conlusion, corruption and loss of confidence, as it approaches nearer and nearer to itss.consummation. It has been my destiny to sfand in opposition to this fatal tendency a large portion of my po litical life, often under the most trying cir cumstances. If it is ever to be arrested it tnust be speedily done. It will soon be too strong to be resisted. luch will de pend on the approachiug contest. Should the Republican party succeed, and should they in good faith, earnestly ani early commence the great work of bringing back the government to the original principles and policy of the party, the hopes of the founders of our political system tnay still be realized, our liberties preserved, and our free, popular, federal nsutitutions be ever the admiration of the world. But if not, it is to be feared, the opposite will be our doom. In conclusion, I offer the following sen timent: The Republican Party-May it succeed in the coming election, and may its suc cess be followed by the restoration and firm establishment of its origiinal principles and policy. With great respect, I am, &c., J. C. CALHOUN. To Messrs. C. J. Fox, and others, Com mittee of Invitation, Charlotte, N. C. CuEtny HILL. July 12,1844. Gentlemen-As I sectotfln-a -fsw days for the Limestone Region of Tennessee, by the advice of my medical friends, it will be out of my power to be with you on the 23d inst. I beg -you to be assured, however, that I take a deep interest in the political conflict now pending between the two great parties of our country, sincerely believing that the principles and measures of the Witigs wottld, if carried intro prac tice, corrupt the Government, demoralize large portions onf the people, oppress and impoverish the great agricultural tmasses, and finally destroy the public liberty. I am with great respect, Your obedient servant, GEORGE McDUFFIE. To Messrs. WV. J. Alexander, C. J. Fox, andl others, Committee of Invitation, Charlotte, N. C. LETTER TRO3I Mit. CAI.HOUN. We have considered it unnecessary to say any thitng in vitndication of this pure Patriot and eminent Statesman fromi the charge so falsely brought against him by WVhig newspatpers and stump orators, that he is disatI'ected towards the Union. His own spotless character, his entire history contradicts it. But at the request, not of Demrocrats, but of some Whigs, who, in their political differences, do not forget all truth and decency, wve ventured, but tho' slightly acqiuainted with Mr. Calhtoun, to represent to him the calumnies which were circulated concerning him. In reply we had the honor to receive the following truly eloquent letter : "STATrc DEPARTMIENT,? 1st August, 1844. Sir-I duly estimate your tmotives for giving me the information you have, but the charge of being unfriendly tQ the Union is so utterly unfounded, and so obviously, circulated for mere electionee'ring purpo ses, that I cannot think it worth y of serious refutation on my part. The whole tenor of my long public life contradicts It, and every friettd and acquaintanco I have, knows it to be false.- My life has been devoted to the service of the-Union, and the constant and highest object of my am bition has been t'o preserve and perpetuate it, with our free, popular, federal system of Government. But according to my opinion, justice, equity and a strict adherence to the Consti tution are the basis of outr Union, and they wvho most firmly mtainlain the-n, are its best and truest friends, and not those who most vociferously cry out Disunion, and at the same time embrace those, who not only openly avow their opposition to the Union, but push with all their zeal mea sures, which they must know will, if suc cessful, end in its destruction. With great respect, &c., J. C. CAL HOUN. T. C. Reynold's, Esq. "Our Union is perfect." So said Mr. Webster speaking of the. whigs. The whig candidates in this .district unite in advorcating the amendment of-the consti tution limiting the tenuire of the office of Judge to the, age of sixty five, The only three whig papers in the state are ont against the alteration; and the Charleston Courier even deem, it of muflcient :impor tance, to propose forming a ticket pledged to vote against the amendment!-Penrde MISCELLANEOUS. Froma the Glasgow Argus. JUDGE O'NEALL'S LETTER. Case of John L. Brown-The late Meeting in Glasgow. SPRINGFIELD, NEWBERRY DIsvRIrT, South Carolina. May 1st, 1844. To Batlic Mastic, Chairman oftie Anti-Slavery Meeting, Glasgow Sir-The Glasgow Argus of the 18th of March last, reached me the other day, and I was astonished to find that, even in Scotland, my name was not unkunwn. The association, however, of it with a name so utterly infamous as John J.Brown, and the pre-eminence given to him by your community, was very far from flat tering: Still, I confess, the thunder of the Glasgow oratory has very little terror; and I should treat it with the evntempt it de serves, if 1 did not desire itcorrect the va rious mistakes under which you and your community are laboring. As I presume thateven'a slaveholder and a South Caro lina judge will, in Glasgow, be heard with patience, when his object is to state the truth to honest men, Ikhave addressed my self io you, and throuh yon I claim as an act of sheer justice, that this short note should find its way into the columns of the Augus. In the first place, I am not the judge of Fairfield District, but one of six law judges to whom the administration of the law in South Carolina, on the circuit, and in the Court of Appeals. is committed. John L. Brown was tried before me at the No vember Session of the Court for Fairfleld District, upon the charge of stealing the slave, and aiding her to run away. The evidence very well warranted a conviction of either offence. The facts were left to a jury of the vicinage, well acquainted with Brown, and they chose to convict him of aiding theslave to-run awny. The case was carried to the Court of A ppeals, sit Lting in December at Columbia, and his motions in arrest of judgment and for new trial, were refused. As the organ of the law I pronounced the sentence, which your Rev erend orator has termed "a cold blooded address." I do not quarrel with his terms or his charity , he has a master to whom he must account as well as I, and if he can lay his hand upon his heart and say, "1 have done right," I shall leave him to the undisturbed enjoyment of conscious recti tude. I hope, however, he, you, and the Glasgow community, will observe that I did not make the law under which your much pitied victim, John L. Brown, was coedemned. It was passed in 1750, while we were under the rule of Kings, Lords, and Commons. Even in Scotland, I pre sume, it is known that a judge is bound to enforce the law ; and hence, therefore, you will know, that I had no more discretion in awarding Brown's punishment than you would have in enforcing the laws in your own burgh. Mly sentence, if it be consid ered 'cold blooded'in Scotland, was written with very different feelings. It was inten ted to prepare as well as I could, an erring young man for death-the death of the body. I am aware how difficult it is per form such things to the taste of every one ; and if I had supposed it was to undergo a Glasgow criticwm, by Rev. clergymen und public speakers, it would unquestionably have received more polish, and would have stated fully the facts of the case, and thus have saved the speaking gentlemen from occupying very silly positions. In the second plaee, you and your friends have made a sad mistake, in selecting the benevolent minded young man, John L. Brown, as your martyr in the cause or slavery. You supposed him to be an abo litionist ! Hinc ile lachtrymiae ! H e is a native of Fairfield; an idle dissipated young man. He kept the mulatto woman whom he aided to run away as his mistress. His object was not to aid her in escaping from slavery ; but either to conceal her in South Carolina, and still keep her as his mistress, or .to carry her to some of the other slave States, and then, after his htst was satia ted, to eel! her. le is still in the world, and if he were to-day charged with being an abolitionist, lhe would regard it as a greater reproach than to be called a negro thief. In the third place, John L. Brown, has not earned the crown of martyrdom, by being banged like a dog. A t the instance of myself and brethren, the Governor, in two or three days alter the sentence was passed committed the punishment to forty stripes, save one ; to be inflicted on the day assigned for his execution, the 26th day of A pril. Trhe reason of appointing a day so distant for his execution, was not as your orators supposed, to aggravate the punish ment, but to keep him in the solitude of a prisotn, with the terror of an anticipated dreadful punishtment hanging over his head in the hope that it might be the means of reforming him, and sending him from the jail a better man. At the instance of his neigchbors of Fairfield District, the Gov ernor granted hinm a full -pardon, and wvas discharged from prison on the 29th of March, six days after your great meeting. But if its proceedings, and kindred procee dings of American abolitionists, had reach ed the Government, I fear that they would have constituted poor arguments for mercy. Inathe fourth place, if you and your Glas gow friends are sincere, and wish to ame liorate the condition of slavery, and expe dite emancipation, you will permit one (who has the benefit of some experience, and who possesses a little more humanity than your orators, clergymen and scholars though they be, are willidg to give him credit for,) most respectfully to say, that you are pursuing the very course which will defeat you. Abuse never convinced men that they were 'wrong. Reason ad dressed by men who are exceptione majori may do much. But until even the great masters of Glasgow look into our southern towns, they will be incompetentto advise about negro slavery. Let me, however, ask-Is Scotland free from the sin of sla very-.-white slavery ? A re there no task masters in England, Scotland, and Ire land, who can vie. with the very worst amongst us ? Uompare our slaves, negroes though they he, with your white servants, yourstarving laborers, your suffering ten antry, and if they have not more comfort, more happiness, South Caroliniants will be content to be branded as -merciless ty rants. But until that condernnation is brought about, we say to -your censors, "Physician, heel thyself." In the fifth and last place, I regret th snirit which dicated the resolution advi sing the Fee Church of Scdtand-tosparu South Carolina'soffering of generous sym. pathy. if, in return,.weshould determine not to buy a yard of your manufactures, you would begin to feel how foiolish was' your course. Whether slavery be rrght or wrong, it is now useless to argue? -it -is here, and here it must remain. We cad not if we desired. get rid of-it. Butwe are far from believing it to be .wrongor desiring to get rid of it.. The position we occupy is merely stated to show you how utterly mad it is. to reject our charity. - it was, I know, offered in the kindest spirit. Not a Carolinon heard the story of the wrongs, sufferings and independence of the Free Church, whose heart did not burn with honest indignation. Your missiona aries were heard with delight in Charles ton and Columbia, and itn answer to their appeals, and those othe Rev. Mr. Smyth, South Carolina made a generous dona tion, to relieve the Free Church. Had your proceedings in Glasgow preceded those efforts, your missionaries and Mr. Symth would have appealed to bare walls and empty benches. JOHN.BELTON O'NEALL. Congress of Sovereign.'.-A meeting of tile Great Sovereigns of Europe was ex pected to take place shortly on that Conti nent, and the American papers contain speculative suggestions. showing from the information communicated by their Euro pean corres-pondents, that this Grand Council of Monarchs is about to occupy itself with American affairs-with deliber ations and protests or decirations against the further extension of our territory, either by force or negociation, beyond our pres ent limits Westward. The recent visit of the emperor of Rusia to England is even supposed to be connected with this scheme of intervention. Now we have no idea that the Great European Powers occupy their deliberations so largely with the con cerns of the United States. Americans have the national vanity to suppose that all the world stands in trembling expecta tion of each turn and movement in their public policy-that our example, as a Dem ocracy, affects with awe the Heads of Eu ropean Monarchies. Whatever may have been the feelings of alarm at one time, on this score, for the security of European thrones, our internal dissent ions, our violent party conflicts, our mob excesses and our re pudiatioti have effectually displaced tlem. The Sovereigns of the old world sagacious ly perceive that their subjects are not like ly to fall in love with these these things. The perils of American Democratic ex ample are removed indefinitely as regards any sympathetic influence in Europe. And as relates to the extension of our ter ritory the risk is too remote to those pow ers of* Europe who have possessioas in America, that such a subject should at pres eut occupy their Councils.-Chars, Put. Thunder Storm.-The Baltimore A .merican of Friday says :. A very heavy storm of rain, accompanied with vivid lightning and loud peels of thunder pas sed over our city yesterday afternoon be tween 4 and 5 o'clock. The rain desceu (led in perfect torrents for the space of an hour, completely flooding the streets. Se. veral of the thunder claps were terrific, following almost instant aneously upon the explosion of the electric fluid. The masts of two schooneers on Frederick street Dock were struck and considerably shat tered. One of them was named the Ver million, of New York; her fore-ropmnast was broken of and foremast considerable injured. The other is the Sarah Catha rine, to atoms. Some eight or ten per sons were on board these vessels at the titne, none of who-ni, we are pleased to learn, received atny serious injury. A large, unoccupied three story brick house, at the South-west corner of Prait and [High streets, was also struck by the fluid and the roof torn off in several pla ces. Three men were in the cellar at the time attending to some repairs, only one of wvhomr felt the shock lightly. From the Sun of this morning we learn that "the dwelling of Mr. Richard Git tings, three miles out on the Bel-Air reed, was also struck by the first shock, the fluid entering the chimney and passing down to a Franklitn stove in the .parlor, which was shalterad to pieces and scattered in every direction about the room. Mr. Gic tings and his son were standing at the door at the time, and were both knocked down and laid incensible for seome time Dr. Hintzie was immediately sent for, and arrived in less than hlsf an hour, when it was found that the Kuid had apparently entered Mr. G's left shoulder, when it. could be traced dowyn his left side to groinT wvhere it passed over to the right leg, and~ down to his foot, ripping his shirt. paont.~ loons and boot to atoms, and leaving% burnt mark on the skin. The listtbo was apparently internally-, as nor'marks were visible but be vomited considerable blood. Dr. H-intzie gave them every;at-. Aention, though they are still in a' ery. dangerous conditton. Mrs. Gittingce hert daughter anil a child were also pii house at the time; and received a sere electric shock, knocking an in~pti~f Mrs, G's arms, though not injunrm ehr ofrthem. ' The barn -of Mrs. -Goldsmith, not a great distance from the dwellingo Mr. Gittings, was also str'uck and enurl-co sumed, with its contents; whai ount of the loss is, we did hear estimatd . Three small d wellings, adjoitini~ ted in Caraline alley, near o street, were each struck at~bT~ stant. In one otbthieea coed wo i named Julia AmnMyers, was killed r clotes were set on fire. .Medi~tlihvas procured, but without effect. Threesoth'e coered women, oite namei!Bafriet ooese the other Henrietta -Hins,-Maigdthe thiird Elizabeth Hawkins, In the ddjtitnig hon sesy- also received considerablenuy Medical attendance was proffrrinct b r Moore, who rendered them immedaere lief. When the storm passed offi - pere continued warm and cls evng a beautiful rainbow exhibited~to th-east ward. We hear of no whi c'andidateo on gress in atny district in South CaIlie cept this-and here, wve have not t~~ib et apprehension as to the r-esulth. ea sure our frietids elsewhere, that at fe or e are, gratly dceived.-Pun M' U 5TO AwigtiL-' The British-Rtoyal hi1a1i Stea mc'aledo- ..' niaawas teleg'raiphed thitsmornnga aal( Ssi'10, and arrived atr the Mhrf at shoLd W'elock. - She left Liverpoo r tle .teraino; of se 19h, ai ha iade th passage iniless thai 13days The.Cotton marketisin a d op state The new iharter of theddak of Eqg land will beinfilLoperatoiin hourse of a'fetv-weeksli'Trojn.the present t ne par t of the billr wilicl rst es ther attention of ihe moneyy c i ibat more than seven niillionsi oEg land notes are tIobe eancellj o lirer so early a time as he 10th .of Oeinber The famous AL Hunte er Pa dent of the Protestant entiuto f Sfieff hausen, has embraced catholiesqwn' is alIjuralion of protestanisa took-lacompi great ceremony at the ciapel of thi Car dinal Orsini at Rome. 'Accounts from Warsaw state. thati e - Emperor of Russia has granted permission to a still larger nuriber of eiiIed Potli return to their country and entrl into the possession of theirgr ri At the weekly meeting oflhe assocationr - on-she Sih instat, Mr haclii1.P. for Cork, presided. He Allarea*diiniU an ardent Repealer, but disaproybifof the propositioni to coerce theIrisb inemce who had not yettaken the Repealfipedge, -The crops of Wiore than 100. armiers.ave been destroyed (says theBrussels Gazette) in the commune of Landeughen, Easter". Flanders, by a violent bail stdim The loss is reckoned at upwards of 181,004) francs. The activity noticed in the iron.a e short tine back still. continues. The de tndbd seems principally for railjy- iron..P * France, Morocco and Alfiers.-We-sta ted in our last, that the Prince de .oinvil had sailed from Toulon, at the be6ad of a squadron of three sail of the line, a frigate and four steamers. The rAnce has arr ved at Oran with-his Beet, and immedi ately despatched a captain of enginers3z6 explore the coast between~Tangier and Mogador. The Moniteur has -u6lssied two despatches from* Marshal Bigead one dated June 19th, the other June 27th. We give the most important. "On the 16th, 1 informed the Morocco chief that I was about to marchon .Ouch"a:, but that I still offered the conditions pm posed by me before the battle of ithe 15th be replied pacifically, but without comsing to any conclusion-. On the 19th ' enterd Ouchda without fiung a shot.- - The .Mo roeco troops had retired ~abouti-t wdag 'iefore in the greatest disordo. Discord reigns amongst the chiefs, and indiscipline amongst the soldiers. This small army appears to be dissolved. Ouchdaivill be respected. I shall leave it on-the 21st, taki ng with me about 1,500 persons of the pnpulation of Tlemecen and the remnan:of the Deyza, who were retained by foke; and are desirous of following us." Ouchda is a smalT place containing about 1000 inhabitants, sixteen leagues-frontTie necen. The prompt movements .of -the French seem to have struck terror into the Emperor of Morocco, who is now anxious for peace. The result has alse disappoin ted Abd-el-Kader, who attached consider able importance to.the supposed invincible' courage of the Emperor's guards. An en trenched camp-is now establishqd 6yd-:ihd; army at Djaina-Gazonna, which:-wilprn iect the French frontier of Lawer:-Tafna.& True to his promise, Marshal Bugeandleft, - the miserable little -town of Ouchdanaid took up his position in. the, above plaes The entrenched camp is prophetic. or war.. -the evacuation of the Moorish village is indicative oft peace. The probability, hdw ever, is, that the miatter will be satisfacto. rily settled between F.rance and-Morocco. Spain.-Thae following is-anaextract of a letter dated Barcelona thei st-inst :-"It is certaitn that a decree 'will be -published on the 10th inst. dissolving the Cortes, and assembling new chambers for the 10th of October ; and that in the same decree the Government will make knovin its system of Government.". A European Temperance Ship.-T he first whaler ever-equiped at the free city of Hamburg left that port sometime in May last, for the South Seas. This vessel, cal led the. Anseat, measures about 650 tons. All of-the crew had entered into a formal engagemenat to abstain, .during the entire voyage from every species of spirituous liquors, on condition of receiving two retions a day .of coffee. A very small quantityof brandy and wine was taken on board, to be administered only as a medicine, and in pursuance of express directions from the physician. ;liseems that temperance is of paramount tmportance on board of whaling ships; for sriisproved by reliable statistics, that nine tenths of the disasters that have befallen Diintsh and Swvediah whalers have resulted fromn the abuse of spirituous liquors by their - crews. - .. .China.-We have before usia privatei lati rom- oae of the American Baptist lisonsesat Hong Kong, in-which-il is 'sited that a Chinese, -who has been for nine years a Budhist- priest, has embriced Christianity. Rev. -Mr. Shuekholds% ~# ligious services: in- Chinese every day,. and -sometimes -twice. At the iclose of the Chiniese - services.- on- the .Saliath, Mr. S. places a tt act orlbook in the hands of -each person present. In the'-Queen's Road Chapel there is English pr-eaching every Sabbath ovening, A liberal jentle man has ofered. to pay the salary oa. tcaehier, provided a ischool o@f dot less than afifeen . Chinese -boys- can be~gatheredt Some of the native converts are actively employed, in connexion' with-the fhoigit missionaries. -- -A Model Printing Ofice.-Mr. S. Ni Dicking,of Boston, has the most pesfec prittaigestablishment in the-l&udty. :ir. Edward .Willmer, who is now on aJour ney through the-United States and Canada on business connected with.his jounal, -- the Euifopean Times, -writes home as foiV. lows: "I have been- practisrally engag'd in -Egland iti all thedepartdients ofprintr ing for 30 years and have 'epassed through a printing, office asts thoroughly systematic -and Defe~s a of Mr. St N. Dickinson ofutimasschusetts., on my retnpo bomishakftever remuember this as one ine'lleasinig and satisfactory inoidei connected with my visitirf4ho luiihd Siafes and Canada,