Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 20, 1847, Image 2
From the Abbevulle Banner.
PUBLIC MEETING AT ABBEVILLE
COURT HiOUSE.
According to previous appointment, a
large public meeting of the cinzens of Al
beville District, was held in the Court
House, on Sale Day. the 4th instant, to
take into constideratioi ihi existing state
of our federal relations. The Hon. Thos.
C. Perrin was called to the Chair, and
Lucian 11. L';nax and W. A. Lee, Esq's.
reqitested to act as Secretaries.
The Chairman briefly explained the ob.
ject of the meeting.
On motoa of B. Y. Martin, Esq., a
committee of 21 was appointed by the
Chair to prepare a Report for the conside
ration of the meeting.
The Committee, %after re'.ring for a short
time reported, li:rough their Chairman,the
following Pr'.ambie and Resolutions
The wPssage ol Wilimot Proviso, by the
llou-e of Representatives of the United
states, and the Resolutions of eleven of
the Free States of this Union in aflirmavce
of the same measure, are events calculated
to excite rite most profound reflection, and
to arouse and unite the South to the con
sideration and adoption of such measures
and action as will most effectually repel
and resist this attack upon onor rights and
institutions. We regard this attempt to
exclude us fronm territory acquired in
coirmon by our toil, treasure. and blood
and lives, as a violation of the constilto tioll,
aud a reckless disregard of that spirit of
justice and equality in which it should lie
administered and maintained. We can
claracterise it in no inilder terms, than a
haughty assumption ef superiority on the
part of the rnn-slaveholdiri: States over
the Slavehold;ig, and an av'>wcd determi
nation to retice tle latter to the condi
Lion of social and political inferiority. To
tihe enforcement of such doctrines, we de
libcrately and solemnly declare, we can
never subnz: and this Union with all its
blessinigs and associatio!, would not ro
corcile us to, or compensate us for, the
deep and humiliating irijury and injustice
which this measure would inflict.
We wish our Northern brethren not to
be deceived, or if deceived, we wish to
undeceive them. We claim a perfect
equality in all respects,wit i tlemselves;our
institutions are as sound-our property as
inviolable, and our political rights as per
fect, under the constitution of the United
States, as theirs; and that any attempt to
assail these instituttions, to violate this
property, or impair these rights, would be
ineonsistent with that equality which exists
amongst the States and people of this
Confederacy, and destructive of the confi
dence, harmony and union of this Repub
li ., -
We do not deei it necessary to discuss
ot elaboraie tie propositions and topics
involved-in this issue. We will not appear
todelitierate, when we have already dcci
dd; We simply declare our sincere con
vict ions ,and unalterable determination.
The. unanimous concurrence of tie delega
tion if) .Conigress from the slaveholdiug
titates in rejecting the Wilimot Proviso,
and the.exposition and repudiation of its
utijust priinciples by our own immediate
represettative, 'are a just reflex of our
foeliigis and sentiments.
Resolved That the citizensof all and
ges and benefits arising from the arcquisititon
'ter'itry, anid that every inmdivida in
terrilory, carrying with hiim any) species of
psoperty which he may legally own in the
Stare from whence lie cornes.
Resolved, Tbar we are uncomipromnsing
ly opiposed to tihe doctrines of the Wilmot
Proviso, and will niever submit to their en
forcemnent, reg-ardinrg thle enfocrtcent (if
themn as a palpjable violation of the consti
rotten at war ithl its solemmr guaranties,
and an attempt to stigmatize riur institu
tions arid to disfranchise our citzens--air,
act of injustice-a violation of good faith
arid a'ursorpatioinr fi power which wrould
dismember the Union, and destrory tire
hopes of the friends of liberty thnriugliout
the world of the success of our systemu of
free government.
Resolved, That we recommendcti to the
next Li-gislature of South Carolina, to
give expression of the sentiments of our
united pteople. anid our fixed resolves.
.Resolved, That we have witnessed will)
sujtisfaction aind pleasure tire fearless porsi
rimnt taken upon tis subje.ct by the lion.
James Buchanani, arid the miantly vindica
nion of Southmerin rights by George M, Dal
Ias, two drstiniguishmed suits of Penntsylva
nria, arid we trust their examupie ni illibe
followed, arid threir iniltnence tnt tunfe-h
amongst their fellow-citizents of tire North.
Thle Pr-eanuble and Resolutiruns being
iefore tire mteeting, B. Y. Martini, Esqi.,
e xpressed hiimrself higntly gratified to see
present outr honored re-presenitalive, the
Hon. A. Burr, andi that is own feelings
but harihnized with the general wish to
hear from hitm ont tire prcsert occasion.
~This ainitoncnemnt was receiveid most
ernihusiast icatlly, anod aidi corn iinued ap
plisuse Mir. Burrtraddressed tire as.-embtly.
lUe said that btecnould nt reg:trd without
deeps emrotiurn this rene wed mnaniifestartion
of that esteem with which he had been
ever hionoired by his cuonsituents. Ihis rib.
ject was not t.> rai-e unnecessary excite
miet. lie hadn no) persional mnotives tor
subiserve, ito political aspirations to gratri
fy. Ilit ightest amibitiorn was to represent
itithifully the interests of his conrslituenmts,
to- protect the rights and institutions of the
South. and. ne looked for ward to tire day
when lie would resignr the trust wh'licht he
hebi and return :o the bosom of that co-n
8tituencie with whom he was ideitified in
interest'arid feeling. TIhe present crisis
was mnomnertus, siince it thtreatetnd the
great institution of the South-an irnstitu -
tion.whiich the fr-amters of the foderal con
stitution hand watched with tender solici
rude-in the provisions of that instrument,
and around which they had thrown every
constitutional guarantee The fruit of
that care is seen in thre representation of
t w fifths ofthe slaves populiationi ; and rte
pirovision for te delivery of runta'way slaves
on. demaud of their masters. Hein said rthe
Legislatures of several of thes Northrerni
State lhad passed:resolutiions impjaring the
right- of the master in such e.'se. Thue
Supfemne Court, lie believed, waq ready to
do the Siourth jurstice, when the right of rthe
muaster to his runaway slave ca~une before
that body. Vet evf'nl tbc itrnisters of th~lt
tribunal had been threatened by Northern
fanatics. The spirit of the whole Northern
penple was violently opposed to the exercise
of the right. So easy was it, ho said, for
runa ways to elude the charms of t heir mas
ters, that slavery in the States adjqiing
the noni-slave-holdint, was merely nomn
iual. But Northern fanatics had not stop
ped here. By libellous pamplets and
caluinuous prints, they had left no neatns
unessaved to excite discussions here and
tw lid' up the institutions of the South
tt) the derision of the -vorld. So great was
this evil, that the President directed the
Postmaster General to prevent the trans
mission of the objectionable packages by
the public mail. Under color of the right
of petition, abolitionism had in the halls
of Congress inade an insidious attaek upon
the institutions of the South. The spirit
which rescinded the 21st Rule was a gouod
index of the feeling of Congress on the
slavery question. Mr. Burt said that
since the admission of Lousiana no slave
State has been admitted into the Union
bt under convoy of a nonslaveholding.
lie instanced Florida and olters. le al
luded to the manifesto of Jahn Qnincy
Adatns, that Texas should never he ad
tnitted into this Union as a slavelolding
State in confirmation on the same view
all showing the deep and settled feeling of
the North on this sahj-:ct. He referred
to the taunts of tle North, that ihe South
had compromised the interests of the Union
in ilte settlement of the Oregon question,
for no other reason than that the Nortu
west territory lay north, of the Missouri
compromise.
lie entered into a tiniute and elaborate
history of the agitation of the slavery ques
tion in Cotgress down to the passage of
the Wilnot Proviso.-The North had
manaifeted the satnespirit throughout. and
now with a majority of forty in the House
with sixtecn out of thirty States, her au
ticipations of future success are not on
founded. lie adverted to the dauger which
would result :o the Soulth from the passage
of the Wilnot Proviso, in producing a
great disproportion between the white and
slave populaion, and as a consequence
alfecting the value labor, and the security
of that species of property, Mr. Burt
thought that no treaty would be concluded
with Mexico without large acqutisitions of
territory by this Governmtent, and in ad
vocating the right of the South to a parti
ticipation ia the fruits of victory, he paid a
touchling tribute to the chivalrous hearing
and heroic sacrifices of those sons of the
South, who in the present war had so
I nobly sustained the honor of their country's
flag.
The above is but a hasty glance at some
of ia topics upon which Mr. Burt dwell
with great force and eloquence. To do
the speech justice would requite ampler
space. It was heard with profoun d at
tetion and received with merited ap
phause.
On motion of Thns. Thomson, EqI.. the
Preamble and Resolutions, as a boLy,wcr.
unanimously atdopied.
The Chairman recommended to the,
support of the maeeting an enterprise which
originated in Charleston for the establisih
laent of a paper at WVashlin1gtonl, to "6warm
and rally" tte South oit the slavery ques
tion, and called upon the friends of the
emerprise to atlix their names to the sub
this meeting *be published in the Batner,
and other p~apers of the S' ate.
T1IIOS. C. PtitLN, Ch'n.
L UCIAN II. Lo:Ax', ertais
W, A. LaEE, * Sceais
C'orrespondence of the Petersburg lepublica z.
Ut anoso, Oct. 10, 1b47.
DEsTRtUcTtvE coNFLAG RATI')N.
lDear Sir: -l have ;o inform you of one
oftlthetmost destructive tires which has ever
otfcurredl in thtis city. It broke out in the
large Manufauritng F.lour Mill of Messrs.
War wick & hIarksdale-"Gaulle~go Mills,"
to' pretty generally known as G hevallie's
Alills. 'ITho tire was dliscovered about 5
''clock, wheno the alarm wats given antd
the tiremnet rapidtly repairod to the spot,
but the wintI taeittg high. all etfirts ta arrest
the llamaes proived unaviailing for several
leavitng nttihling but po~trtions of thec walls
stand ing aurouand the smnokinag ruitns to shtow
wvhere stoodi one of thte moast extentsive
F'lour aanutiaetunrintg M'dills. perhaps in thet
Unaion. TIhe 31lill w aht light saupjplied
wvitha aock, itt conusequtentce of the proprie
tors haavintg(ina lillin:: ordlers) shtipped nearly
as fast ns the~ ihu'r :atnd other broeadtoffs
were mt~taulocaaured. VTe .al as valued
ait hot $ 150,000-was intsuredl ira thte
htichmon'j~d lFire Umnaapany foar $1 0,000t,
Virgiaaia Maritinre Com aapanay SI 0,00), ;anda
elsewhecre to thect amouat ini alt of about
a he extenat of the'ir l'ss.
State estimaate thec taotal amounat of thec
priperty destroyedl at $3010,000I. It mnay
bec as much as thais. aaad I ama inaclinted to
thtink thec esltiate without the mtarkc, when
it is recollectedl thaut alt the builiangs de
stroyedt were large. ahree story brick, aand
wvell built, particu larala aaa mill and Ilumaber
hantate connaected thecrcwitha.
From the If'ashaington Union.
FuRft.AtRANcE HAs cEAs~~t Ti' BE A vtatTUE
Th'le ilex ican governmaenat hauviaag de
clined la accede to te liberal propaositionas
of our goavernmatent for peace, or evena, at
would i~eema, to give thtemj a serious anda
respectaful haearing, it as n)w manrifest ahant
the forbearing spirit ad obaject which htas
inaducedi the admniastration to teander peace
has baeena wholly misunderstood.
TIhe paropositinas of Mexico--thsa we
should pay to Mexicans citizenas all thae
damatages sustaiaued by themn during thte
war, surrender all that paoruiona of Texas
west of the Noueces, ahanuaon all of New
Mexico, all of Lower anad onte half of Up
per Catifornuia, leave the imports of our
own and all other mnerchats inato the Mex
ican ports open to new duties, or eveu to
confiscation, and give up aur claim to any
right of way across the isthmus-are so
preposaerous as tat put all hopes of peace,
at least for the present, out of the question.
We unaderstand it htas been determained
by the governmnent to make no furater
overtures of peaice on our part. When
Mexico wants peace hearafter, let hter sate
for it. We are now in the possession of
her caaital, prinacipal cities, ports, and
pocssbsionas. Large reinforcements are
dlaily amovmtg forward from Vera Cruz.
su..imeoa to aaner th anl i alatat column.ta ina
the present occupation OfllieCcapital,
Puclla, &c., and to open, anil kieep open,
the line of communication beiveen the
seaboard and the main army.: fil addition
to, and hesides. the regimentsnow organi
zing and moving forward from Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Indiana, other'riinforce
ments, to the full extent anthiriziil by the
law of Congress, will be called ointat once
to make certain of the securiI3 of.the army
in its present occupation and operations.
As the continuance of the wvar is forced
upon us, it must be waged' with vigor.
The coontry conquered must be -iccupied
and governed by martial law, &nd its re
sources and revenues rendered tilbiztary in
every practicable manner to the support
of our occupation and governinent.
We are happy to learn that there are
ample means iu the treasury :{hanks to
the operation of the tariffof 1846) for the
most vigorous proseeution or ih ivar, in
cluding the organizationOluipmefit; trans
portation. &c, of all the new troops re
quired, until srne time after the' ieeting
of Cougress.
Mexico would have n-ver offered -terms
so preposterous, if she had not been en
couraged by the "no territory-party," by
the Nueces party, and Alexican party at
at home, by the party which has denoun
ced this war as aggressive, unholy, and
unjust on our part. Lit its hope, Eowever,
that her recent treacherous and vindictive
course will rouse and unite the nation in
the prosecution of the war, and in exacting
from her, by military contributionioas far
as practicable, its future expenset.-.
Equal Sufrage in Connecticut.-T he
National lntelligencer says:--:Last Mon
day the proposition to abolish the -distifnc
tion between the colored people "nd whites
in respect to the right of suhlrage-was re
jected by the people of Connecticut. As
far as heard from the votes stand for the
proposition, 2,548; against it, 6.884."
So, the people of Connecticut- are not
prepared to place their colored brethreu
upon a rooting of political equakty wilh
themselves ! There is then sonething in
the color of the skin What has be
come of that philanthropy that is so can
stantly and intensely exercised abroad on
behalf of the "poor negro"-is 1here none
of it at home ? What a miserable hypo
crisy is that which sees the iote in.a bro
ther's eye, but will not see the beam in its
own!, What a hollow and heartless moc
kery it is for the people of the North to be
eternally canting to us aIboutthe freedom
and equality of all men, at the very time
that they refuse to the negro (ihe object of
their sympathy)an equal participation with
themselves in the rights and privileges of
citizenship.
Commerce of New Orleans.-' Through
the kindness of one of the highest officers
of it e revenue, we are enabled: to place. the
following interesting statistics before our
readers: For the first. quarterin 1846,
653 vessels entered the port eoC New Or
leans, the tonage of which 'was 191,819
51; for the second quarter of the same
year 661 vessels entered, the totiage of
which was 200.556 it. Total 1317 ves
sels-tona.ae 395,385. 61, Int.ihe Srst
quarrer of 1847 the number '.o-.vessels e
tered was 943, the tontage of !-liich. was,
267,880 45. In the seoundq rr),he
196 44. By the above it will 6'eeu there
were 537 vessels more that entered this
port dur-ing the first and second quarters of
the piresenit year than there werei last year
during the samne periods-N. 0. Delta.
The City of ChIarleson.-T here is. per
haips, at this time, no clity ini the Union
whose prospects of future greattness and
importance exceed those of Charleston.
Nonc cain boast a tmore liberal, generous,
chivalr-ous, and intelligent popu1ttiun than
hers, None abounda with more enterprise
fir she is now pushting her enprges to their
uttnost attension to secure the conistruction
of the mantyiniterual imnprovenments t hrough
out the South,. anid she will in the endJ re
ceive for it great rewvard. rThe day is cer
tainly tnot very far distant wheni she will
r ee the g -eater portiont of Tennessee,
Kentucky, South wve-terna Virgiuia, North
Carolinza, nud Georgia. Her liarbor will
be crowded wit h v'essels from every port,
dischargingi the fahbrics and products of
other nations, and receiving in return the
diversilied pirodtucts of the fertile lands
which will be penetrated by the Railroadls
which she is now aiding to construct. She
will becoime great, not onaly in' a. -oimmer
cia: poitnt of view, hut she will be power
ful in oilher influences which she may
brinig to bear upont the country with which
shte will thus be brought in contact. May
shme speia-iily fulfil 1/he Iuiik destiny tat
awaits her-Knoxville Tribune.
From the Baltimore Sun, 7ths inst.
Tills TrA RIF F OF 181G.
Otne of tie sources of atpprehetnsion as
siociated with the tarriff of 1846, was that
it would prove~, in operatin. an inisulliciett
umedinum fsr revenaue. Thuis is, to somen
extent, realized, in cutnsequence of the ex
traord in ary dtemnands upon the national
resources tmade by the exigenco oif war,
anda' loans have been foumd necessary to
sustain our mrilitary and naval oflicienacy
against a foreigh enemy ini the prosctntion
of hostilities. But, apart from these un
usual demands, and which cannot, of
course, be taken into calculation in arrang
ing a tariff for revetnue, except as a spe
ial suggestion, the tariff of 1846 has prov
ed an abttndant source of revonue fur all'
the orditnary wants of the government.
A nd, moreover, in its effect, itnstead of pro
ducing the wide spread disaster which was
so pertinacioutsly atnticipated by many,
out dotmestie inadustry has cinjoyed adegree
of activity and prosperity that has been
very rarely surpassed. There are still
somne who seem to think that the tariff has
been favored in its operation by fortuitotus
circumstances, but this, of course would
have been asserted by those whose pre
dictions were falsified by the result, wvhat
ever, under the occurrence of circumnstatn
ces that might have been really adverse to
its absoluto operative effect. hut, let this
pass. We ought, of course, to entertattn
due charity for those who always realize
n'suflicient mortification in the defeat of
their predict ions,especiamllyt when their wish
is farther to the thought.
In oue point of view, we apprehend the
benefit. It has afforded facilities to the
Europeans for the payment of those heavy
sums in which they have been indebted to
us for breadstuffi ; and thus we have been
saved from the disastrous effect to which
we should have been exposed, had ours
been an exclusive money demand, where
by the monetary pressure in Europe. par
ticularlv in Egland, would have been
vastly augmented. and ourselves have
becoin, in all probability, the victims of
our own prohibitory action. These reflect.
ions, taken together with the prosperous
activity of our industrial population, and
the satisfactory employment of capital in
maufacitres, are of a character to impress
us with favorable antticipations relative to
the effect of the tariffof 1846, under any
circumistances. At the same time, how.
ever, we lielieva that it is susceptible of
improvement by such judicious modifica
tion as experience may suggest.
By late returns it appears that the pro.
sent tariff has yielded, in ihe first nine
mtoths of its operation, a net revenue of
822,961,333 28, beitig $3,176,018 57 more
than was afforded dutin; the correspond
ing months or 1845-G, by the tariff of
1842. Of course the importatious have
been considerably greater ; yet, while
industry has enjoyed sullicient protection,
prices have been moderate and uniform.
Correspondence of the Baltinore Sun.
%VASHlNG'roN, Oct. 9.
The rain fell on Thursday night, in this
vicinity, not in a shower, but in a flood.
The deluge that has been the consequence
is extensive. and so far as we learn, des
tructive. The banks of the canal, the
river, and the creeks, are overflowed, and
much damage has been done to property
and buildings.
General Nathan Towson, Paymaster
Gener.. is, I regret to hear, very ill; and
I hear of severe indisposition aMoUg other
officers of government.
The government has certainly made
up its decision itn regard to Mexico, and
instructions, based on the new state of
thing<, have been sent out to Gen. Scott,
Ml r. Trist has been recalled-his mission
having terminated in another failure, and
the government havtng determined to with
draw all overtures for pence,
I presume that Col. Smnyth. the gertle.
man sent to Mexico, carries to Gen. Scott
orders in reference to the future conduct of
the war, so far as the means may be found
in her possession.
The problem as to the political . com
plexion of the House, in the next Congress
is now solved. The Whigs are to have a
small majority. The vote wil! be 117
Whigs to III Democrats, proviled that
Mr. Levin (Native American) votes with
the Whigs, and that Lousisiaua elects one
V hig.
It does not follow that the Whigs will
he able to elect a Whig Speaker. Among
the Whigs are a number of impracticable
-Messrs. Palfrey, Tuck, Wilson, Root,
Gidditins-who are pledged to vote against
any matt as Speaker who shall be in favor
of supplies for the Mexican war, or of the
tolerance of slavery in any new territory
to be acquired. On the other hand, there
are many Whigs who cant vote for no man
as 5peaker who is oppowd to the supplies,
or in favor of itte Wilmot Proviso.
The character and course of the [louse
are as much in doubt as ever, We may
a coalition between the Whigs and the
Calhoun men, and, in this case, the Cal
houn mnen will htold the power of the [lituse
and direct as they please. los.
From dhe Currespondemwe of the Chars. Courier.
WVastumor, Oct. 10, 1847.
The eftets of ithe late deiugo have been
fouttd to be very disastrous, as far as heard
fi-ot. The daimage donte to the Chesa
peake and Ohtio Canal, and to the Balti
ntore Rail Roadl, is very great. The tmails
are now taken by steam boats to and fruom
Bahtimnore by way oh the Potomnac, caus
ing, however, a day's delay in teir trants
mission, it a few days the Rail Road
will be repaired and readly for use.
I learn that the Governtent has recalled
Mr. Trist atnd semtt tt)ottu. Scott instruc
ions in rclation to htis future condluct of the
war. Jalapa is tom tic garrisonied with a
large fiorce, antd Puela is to be stronigly
garrisonted or, as some have recoimmnded
razed to the ground. Measures are to be
taken to free the road frou mtnerrillas attd
to mnaintatin an uninterrupted comamunica
tion betwoen Vcra Crux and thte city of
Mexico.
The mlive branich is fitnally wit hdrawnt
by our -Govert nenit, attd if negotiatints
shtould ag~ain take p-lace, it tmust lie at the
instantce mof the Mexicant Government.
Col. William M. Smoytht, formerly att
editor at .J ackson, Miss , aind more recently
at New Orleans, htas gonte out as bearer of
thes imipurtamnt dlespatches to General
Scntt. Mr. Trist is recalled because his
missiotn is enided and there is nothing mnore
for himt to do0.
Gen. Scott ts to establish a temporary
military governmtefnt in and~ over' thte City
and! State of Mexico.
WVhether heo has received instructions
to make alliances witht anty of the State
Govertmmentts that ntay tie in favor of
peace, does ntot appear. Nuthitng has yet
transpired as to this; but it is presumed
that, at present, it wouhil be dillicult for
him to fiud any peace party.
Thme existenice of a stronig and inflttentiarl
peace party in Melxicn has often been
alleged but ttever satisfaCtorily provemd.
Trhter was not ontly a peace party, as as
serted by somte, butt it had atn influential
leader, lierrera, antd was well orgattizcd.
But Hierrera and his friends, thought favo
rablo to peace itt thte abstract, htave ttever
indicated tiny whIsr to- make peace by sac
rificing ha~lf or any large part of the Mex
icatt- territory. Thtere is nio peatce party rtm
Mxico-at least, nonme in the ser.se in.
which some have heretofore supposed.
VThe Mexicans, it is admitted, have a fa
atical attachment to their soil, as well as
to their religion.
From thre Nashvile Union.
OUR RAILROAD.
Mr. Stevenisoit informs us that, in his
recent tour, lie succeeded in getting $280,
000) of stock subscribed. The total sub
scriptions now atmount to ttear 51,000,000.
Mr. S. has kinidly permitted tis to copy the
follwing letter from Mr. Calhoun. which
he has recently receivcd, and wh~chi, al
though not itntended for publication, will
F RT HL .L, 180b Sept. 1817.
My Dear Sir.-I hasten to answer yours
of the 5th inst., received by the mail of
yesterday.
It is with unfeigned regret that I am
colmpelled to decline the invitation of your
self and ex-Governor Jones, to visit Nash
ville, at this time, in cousequence of an en
gagetent which I cannot well dispense
with, and which will engross all my dispo
sable time until I leave home for Wush
ington, Had it been in my power to ac
cept, I assure you it would nut only have
afforded me much gratification personally
to visit your ity, but I would have felt it
to he my duty lo do so, in connection with
the highly important object towards effect
ing which you suppose my presence would
coniribute.
There are few objects which I have
more at heart than the construction of the
road from Nashville to Chattanoogn,where
it will meet the Georgia road, and through
it form a continuous connection with the
Southern Atlantic ports, and, in ever light
it is viewed, whether in reference to the
prosperity of Nashville, Savaunah, Char
leston, and other cities connected; or still
more broadly, that of the Southern Atlan.
tic, and the South Western, Western and
North Western States; or broader still, the
whole Union, in its commercial, political
and social relations, I regard it the most
important of all the railroads to be con
structed-as time will show, when it is
completed; especially if the Cumberland
river can be made as navigable, at all
seasons, from Nashville to its mouth, as
the Obio is from that point to its mouth,
This is no new opinion of mine. I have
long enteriained it. Indeed, I may say, I
believe with truth, that I was the first to
point it out, as the best route between the
centre of* the valley of the Mississippi and
the Atlantic, and, through its poris, with
the world, That it was not originally
adopted, instead of the one that is direct
from Charleston to Cincinnati was no fault
of mine,
That the stock will be very profitable
to its holders if it should be judiciously
and economically constructed, I feel cou
fideni, from the ability and business habits
of those who have taken it in hand. Such
is my perfect confidence in the road, that,
if I had at my disposal, a half million, I
would not hesitate to invest it. I would
regard it as the safest and best investment
that could be made. It will not only be
vastly profitable hereafter, with the growth
of the country, but will pay from the first
legal interest, and make Nashville one of
the first cities in the great valley of the
West. So strong is my conviction, that I
would regard it as ;a matter of just pride
to have ny name associated with the no
le work.
Entertaining these impressions, I shall
feel it my duty to give any aid and en
couragement in my power to the work.
I am decidedly of t'e opinion that Georgia
and this State sh uld both lend their aid
in its construction; and feel counident it
may be dune without the least hazard.
white they will be every way benefitted
by its completion. The amount of sub
scription necessary to secure the charter.
must, by all means, be secured. I would
be glad to know what progress you are
making, from time to time, in that respect.
I received your letter shortly after my
return from Washington, giving much val
irttsportation from New .Orleans, -- and
from New York, and on. other points on
the Atlantic to Nashville, compared with
the probable cost frotm Charleston and Sa
vatnuab by the projected road, whon coim
pleted. It is very favorable to the road;
and I have been prevented tfromt preparing
it tmemoir itt refereatce to it, a:;rceablo to
miy promtise, only3 in contsequence of the
extent of my engagemetnts since my reture.
from WVashington; and the unfavorable
state of the money 1tmarket for such works,
in thtis country fromi the Mexicatn wvar, and
in Kuropeo fromt the scarcity of provisions.
I have not btenrd fromt .Mr. Nicholson.
Yours truly,
J. C. CA LI10IUN.
V. K. Stev~nsont, Esg,
CIRCJLA R.
-CoLMniAu, Oct. 1817.
Dear Str.-Col. P. M. Butler hiving
been killed int theo battle of MIexico, it be
cottes the dluty of tho people of South
Caroliud to provide 6>r the family of the
leader of heor soliers who has purchased
renotwn for her at the cost of his own life.
F r this pupoe antd itt order that everj
citizen muny have it iln htis power to par
ticipate, it is proposed to raise the neces
sary sutm by a subscription of one dollar to
each name.
At a tmeeting of the people of [Ricbmand,
(the proceedings of which were given last
week,) the undersigned wvere appointed a
Comimittee for thtis District, and to corres
pond with the other Districts. This being
a matter itt wich the whole State is
equally concerned. we respectfutlly propose
to you to take such measures of co-oper
ation in your District as amy be deetned
tost suitable.-WVe enclose a number of
subseriplin lists, which can be distributed
througtt ths: Colonels of Regiments, to
each Beat Company, or used itn any other
mnode that many be fixod upon.
WVhatever sum is obtained is to be placed
in the hands of trustees, to be properly
invested. For this p.trpose you arede
ired to aend a delane to represent your
District in a general Comnmitiee, to meet
in Columibia, on the first Wednesday of
the naett session of iho Legislature. Each
delegate will, of course, bring the funds
from his District
Thme subscription is to be not more than
one dollar to each itame, but any one who
is disptosed ao-give more canl do is by using
ime ttamecs of his family or of others.
Also, doniations without a name will be
received. The ttewspapers of this place
liberally offered to publish weekly the
lists of names of the subscribers. If you
will forward those of your District we will
attend to their publication.
WVe are very respectfutlly, &c.,
JOHN T. GOOD WIN,
JAMES II. A.DAMS,
C. BIOOKTrER,
R. WV. GIBBES.
A. S. JOHNSTON.
JOH N CA.LDWELL,
E. J. ARTH UR,
U. R. BRYCE,
B. D). BOYD,
F'rcaulic ('ommniua~ fur TRHeland DiagrictL
With a view to create a testinouial of
gratitude, worthy ofa he State of South.
Carolina, from the services rendered and
the glory acheived fAr her, under the lea
ding of Col. Pierce M. Budler, in Mexico,
we, the undersigned, do hereby unite- to
raise a fund sulicieut to support his fupily.
in ionarable competency, and we hereby
severally subscribe the sums set opposite.
our names for the purpose. These funds
when collected, to be invested for the pur
poies aforesaid, under the direction of tlti
Esxecutive Committee appointed at-the
meeina of the citizens of Richland. of theaz
.1th of October. 1847. and such ode'rcom-a,
tnittees of others Districts as may concur.
in similar aclion. -
The subscription is to be limited to o
dollar to eachi name.
EDGEFIELD C. H.
WEDNESDAY. OcTossR 20, l*17 1
Frost.-On the 14th of October, frostfell.io.
this district. It was very white, and remained&
on the earth until after sunrise. -
Adjournment of Court.-On Saturday msour
ing last the Court of Common Pleas fodr hs
District adjourned, after a session of two we
117 We owe an apology to the wriier'ofil e
Poem called " Carolina's Lament," for hav
apparently neglected it. For some wees i
out time has been so mnuch employed withifi'
nishing Mexican news, and with oe-diif '
matters, that we must ask indulgenceeofo- r
correspondents, for not publishing theiifairi
as soon as we would wish.
Election for Representative.-On ModdayatI0
Tuesday the 11th and 12th inst., Abrama>Jonesr,.
Esq.. was elected a Representative tootlih Let'
gislature, to fill the vacancy in our district DeN
egation.
Death of Chancellor Hrper.-In anothereo
lumn will be found the proceedings of thigtal'
demen of the bar at this place-, on accoun-aof
the death of lhe Hon. Chancelloi WiL -Hair
per. The resolutions passed pay a well meit
ed tribute to the memory of his excellent nia
and distinguished jurist. In his deathsSoty.
Carolina has indeed sustained an ireopara6h*
loss. In his profession the Chancelloru*ia.ii
superior.. lia. opinions are now;tdwilb
hereafter regarded 'by-members oftherJgak pi&
fession as the highest- authority.. lrhadale
suffered from bodily afiliction, but'iis d
still retainedits vigor, and his eslleagues.ehter
tained. for. him the highest -espect'.as aiairstk
Hehas now departed from the adeneof :ia
bors, and the measure of his fambeas fal.y"
Solagi.4seblild lat. thaillq.adlx
tdomnnended t-f'" J0
Addison, and Wng -.H. Atkinsona sabbidiiil
persons for the-Magistracy in thi town.
117 We have received a copy of a patrnplig
entiried, " Annual Catalogue of thaeInsine'rs
anid Peapils in thre'Limnestone SpringasFmaje
Hligha School, Spartanburg, S. C. The Priin
cipalis of this Institution, are thae R'ev -Cmr''
tis, D. D., and the Rev. W. Cortis. Tlie
arc several Professors of different departmIents
in this School. The course ofinstruetion is ver -
full and thorough. Every facility is affordea o
the pupils to obtaint a complete education. The
repautationi of several of the Professors, especir
ally of the Rev. Dr. Curtis. is very high. aThis
last namred gentleman is a distinguished seireler,
anad from what we hiave read and bearulof him.
is dhotnbtless fully competent to train up young
fermalr-s.' We refer our readers to an advergi
ment respecting this instittton which e -
lish.
Accidental Death.-On Friday night nt.
Mr. Uri.ata Coon, of thais Distract, on hiasirstuih
home from thais plree, was thrown out of a win
gon, the htorses or oxen attached to whiehbhid
taken fright, and he" was sao seriottsly i-njure'd
as to die ini a short timie. Mr. Coon had. just
been discharged] from: the Petit Jury on which
he had servedl faithfully dnrinag the past week.
Elecheon for- Gosrrnor in Maryfar.-:-Mr~
Thomas, Democrat,. lasa been electedcGlovemnor
of Maryland.
Pubie Meettnrgs in South Carlia.-lGrebbi
ville. lBarnwell, and some other Distrnctal~tii.
lic meetings have recently been herd. 1S.trot
resolautionse, expressing the feeling andthe opi
rrions of the people on the Wilmot P1koviso,haye
been passed. It is manifest that South. Caroli..
na is mnost violently opposed to- this measure of .
the abolitionists and certain Northernpoliticians
and is pre pared to co-operate witir her Sistei'
states-in resisti'ng it.
Mleeting of the Mechanic's Washingtonias'se .
cicty.-On iMonday evening the 11th inst.;'I
mnfeeting of the Society was held at this place.
The lon. J. B3. O'Neal was again present, and,
by regnest addressed the assembly. His speechy
wvas replete with matter of an exceedingly. in
terestiang character. He considered at siome
length, and completely refuted the popular ob.
jectionas to Temtperanice assoeiations. lie show*
ed that they take away no right of the citi era,.
and that they really did not deprive him-ofioie
enjoyment of the largest liberty consistent~aith
good order. He showed that a Temperhzuce.
Society was the great ally, and the very hand
maid of religion, Instead of being antagonistic
to it, as some very worthy persons, aliiat($,
respectable clergymen suppose. He dwrelt
uapon the progressof temperance, and in Chab.
leston, particnlarly among the sailors, and-utate4.
that the society amonag them, numbered- more,.
than tharee thousand persons. He spoke of the&
great revival of temperance in Fairfield, where'
previously ithad been dead ansdburied.HMisat
that there was rnot now a.grog shop in thafdiid3