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EDGEFIELD C. 11. \VEDNESDAY. SEPT. 13, 1848. Town Election.-In Monday last at an elec tion fur Intendant and Wardens of the town of Edgefield, the following gentlemen were elected. R. T. MAits,. Intendant. A. Busis .L., f S. BROOKS, ? 'adt. B. C. BRYA, Jso. LIPscoMa. J 'The Wcathrr.-Since our ladt we have had two or three heavy showers of rain in this nteishborhood. The earth had previonsly been very dry, and thn rain was much needed. Afterwards, there was quite a change in the temperature of the atmosphere. The ther mometer which a few days before was as high as 91 degrees in the shade. sunk as low on Saturday morning last as 56. This was a short time before sun rise. Escape from Jail.-On Saturday tght last, F. A. ScmtoEDER who had been confined in the Jail of this District fur upwards of twelve months, on account of debt, made his escape. ie was lodged in one of the cells at night, for security, as there were strong apprehe-;sions entertained, that he would break Jail if possi b!e. With a common pocket knife we under stand he cut through the tipper ceiling of the cell, then through the roof, fastened some sheets and blankets to one of the rafters and let himself down front the top, which was of consideratle height. Ie concealed his operations from the eye of the Jailor. by darkening his room and iovcring the aperture which he m.ale in the ceiling, by applying some white-wash about the place, so as to give it a color corresponding with that of .the rest of the room, which had been recent ly white-washed. We are requested to state that the Hon. A. P. Boi.En, one of our distinguished Senaters in Congress, will deliver an address in the Court House. on the frst Monday in October next. on the various topics of public interest now agitating the country The Committee ofcitizens wh waited on him, will announce the arrangements,- previous to the hour of meeting. The public are earnestly invited to attend. bianicipal Election in Charleston.-T. LEGERn HuTcsarsor- has been re elected Mayor ol the City of Charleston. - opia,-[Agi.-.p'iogJtp J.cc.t ac Petersburg Russia, and in Warsaw, and the Emperor of Russia has fled. A Provisional government had been established. la Francs, there were still apprehension of another- outbhienk. The~ Government wvas afraid toa'take' decisive mseasures with Ledru Rolliti.'snd other leadirig tmen who were implicated in.the last insurrection. In Ireland, quiet wvas somnewhat restored. The revolt had been put down for the present and many of the leaders lad been arrested. ~~ GRANITEVILEE. In our last we said somnethinig to our readers of the Manufacturing Village of Vaucluse; to. day it is on~r purpose to iratroduce thetm to Graniteville. Graniteville is located on Big IIorse Creek, one utile from the S. C. Rail Road, three miles from Vancluise, five miiles from Aiken, and] eleven from ilanmburg. rThe natural beauty of the sptot is very great, and we risk nothing itn saying, that the wild and picrtureqiie scenery is sure to attract the attention of the visitor. The village is sittnated in a beautiful vatlley, surrounded by hills of stich height as to be well entitled to the name of M,,untains. W e ascended the heights in the vicitnity cononly called " the Chalk Hdills," and were rewarded by some views wvhich reminided tus very much of the unsurpassed scenery of onr miountain region. At one point you stand upon the verge of an awful precipice. and directinig the eye towaids Augusta whlich it is said. may be seen on a clear day, the viewv becomes at once truly mtagnificent. But there is a view from the Aiken 1(nad about a iiite anid a half from Graniteville. which will please still more the lover oftiature. The elevation is very great, and the precipices deep and rugged. The lovely valley which seetms to be etitirely encltised by n monntain rane i. 'pread nit in all its glories befotre you, anid ini the distaince is to he seeni, Horse Creek rollinig its clear anid healthful wa ters. Oh, what a name ! there is snmethinig in a ntame. It is probably a corruptiotn of snine sc.ft, euphiotmous idiatn word, and oh, that some antiquarian would restore the origitnal. This very spot was once the lavorite resort of the red man. hiero lie plaiited his wig-wam, and here along its banks unit the towering hills he roamedi in quest of the wild game which nbonded in this region. But lie has gone for ever and in the progress of civilization the arts are here to flourish, aiid no sound is to be heard but the busy hutn of itndtustry, at:d the move mnen4 of miighity mnachiinery. The Graniteville Company was formed in 1845, and obtained a charter frn'm the Letrisla. ture with a capital of $300.000. They own nine thtousanid acres of land, which was psur. chased at $1.25 cet per nere, aiid which eta braces several fine .ilill sites. In March 1846, they commenced butildit g Saw..mille, nr.d fronm these milts they have supplied themselves with Lumber for all building purposes. The Village is regularly laid ouit with very broad streets, and already contains uipwardc of a hundred houses. The style of building is principally Gothic. The Hotel is a large com-. iiodiou:s buiilding, most pleasantly located, and would recelie liberal patronage. .:e were pleased to see two beatitiful Chutefree of iie Gothic order, for the worship of the I3aptists and Methodists; and we are happy to know that the Company with commendable liberality; have offered vacant lots to the other Christian denominations. Ve nuderstand that the foun dation has been commenced for an Academy which is to-be of the Gothic order, and also for a public Market. Bnt that Building which will fix the eye of the visiter now demands our no tice, we mean the Factory. It is 350 feet long, 50 feet wide inside, two stories and an attic high, with a Picker .House 84 feet by 42, two stories high. and all built of Granite blucks, It will be warmd by steam pipes passing through it, and will contain 9'40 spindles, and 300 looms, which will be employed in making brown shirtings 37 inches wide, shirting and drills 30inches wide, front No. 14 yarn When in full operation it will turn out 14,000 yards of cloth per day, and consume about 4,000 bales of Cotton per annum. The machinery is of the finest kind, and we have reason to think is better than any now in use, as it em braces the most recent improvements. The water is taken from lorse Creek by a hand.. some and substantial stone dam, three quarters of a mile above, and conveyed to the Factry by.a Canal 15 feet wide at bottom, 37 feet at surface, 51 feet deep, and conveyed from the canal to the turbine wheels, which drive the Factory through round trunks 4J feet diame ter, under ground. The Factory building it will be perceived. is of great size. and the ap pearance is most imposing. Some forty or fifty opematives are now at the looms, and the work of putting up the machinery is rapidly ap proaching completion. In a short time 400 operatives will be seen in the Factory. We were mtth struck by the appearance of the op eratives. The females were neatly. we may well add, tastily dressed, and there was Je, gree of attention to the person, which will sat." isfy the most fastidious. There is nothing in the nature of the employment to prevent this and we feel assured that the public spirited projector of this enterprize will insist upon it. The Factory Court is about 550 feet by 300. It is handsomely laid oit, and ihr- whole ground is covered by a rich, luxuri-tnt grass, interper sed with flowers and evergreens. A beautiful jet.4eau plays unceasingly but silently, forming a delightful contrast to the movement of heavy machinery, and particulaily the sound of the Plaining and Sawing Machine, which one can scarce hear even in the distance, without feel ing that his integrily is invaded. The whole Village is on an inclined plane, which contin ues for a half mile or more to the summit of tt'u Chalk flills in the rear. The Factory is at the lowest point and the streets in parallel lines, and rising amphitheatre-like towards the sum mit, overlook it. The canal is the tipper boun dary of the Court and is some 40 or 50 feet ab6ve the level -of the Factory. On the side next the Factory are Ware Houses for Cotton and lerchandize, while on the other, are rows of weeping wtllows,- whicb.hang: gracefully over it. :eascent from the Factory to the su\,cssion of granite steps which carry you over solid masonry through a tasty iron gate .opening upon the iower embankment of the canal, which is crossed by a neat and su;bstan tial bridge. Staliding'upon the Bridge with tbe eye directed towards the 'Factory, the prospect is extremely beautiful. The falling grounds, the green carpiet which is spread be foire you. the graceful jet, the massive yet ele gant Gratnite building, and in the distance in the back grotund, the lofty lu!ls clothed in pe. rennial verdure, and seeming to cast their shad ow over all, these are ome of the elements of the picture. In thns hastily alluditng to the " wonders mid beauties" of Graniteville. we must tnt omit the fine Bridge over Hiorse Creek, and the de-. lighftul Spring which welcomes the visiter im mediately upon his euntrance. WVe have tIhus attiempted to give the reader some idea of Gramniteville, as it is, but when we thinik what it tiil be. we can scarce find wvords to express our admiration. It is contemn plated by the Company to extend the works by the erection of a similar Mill, so as to occupy fully the valuable surplus water power now ready for use. Whlen that is done, she can boast her 20,000 spindles, her 800 to 1000 ope ratives, with a consumptltion of 8 to 10.000 bales of Cotton per ranium. WVith a population of 3 to 5000, a Market for all the provisions oh the surrou ndiing country, anid giving employmneni to the worthy and industrimis poor whIo wil' withiholid the mee,d of praise fr.im that man whose sagacity concseived, and whose energy andi patriotism accomplisheid thne noble under taking ! We repeat when Graniitevmlle grows to its full propnrtionus and becomeis as probably it wvill, next to Columbia, the mo.st important itland Towin in anir Sate, who will refuse to place the tiamo of Wir.oAr GREGG on the Ih.t of Souith Carolina's greatest benefactors! Iii behalf we knsow, of not a few of our citi zens, wve wish the largest succcss to our mann factuiritng Caipitalists. They are striying to develop the resources of our State, and to maititain the ancienit glory of South Carolina. There was a time when in her productions site took thie lead at the Smith, hut noaw alas with her ngriculturist the dream of wealth has van ished forever ; anid withont sotno new directioni to her capital.shte must in this re.spect att least occupy a subordinate place among her sisters, Away with all oppositin to these holy and pat. rintic efforts! Give all due encouragement to all the pursuits of industry. The Mechanic, the Mantufactuirer ahd Agriculturist, should all have a home among ius-this would constitu te a substantial basis fur prosperity. This is our hope-we look not to Taylor or to Cass, or to acts of Congress. Success, if found at all, must be found in the energy and industry of our own peoplle. When our sturdy youth shaill helv.e the axe with South Carolina hiicko ry, when atnr carriaiges and buggies shall be "done tip" in the Ironi of onr mountain re gion, whten.wo shall mailte our own -'wooden nutmegs." anid our fair ladies shall display thicetselves in prints made at some Vaneluse or Gramnteville, then shall wve believe that a day of prosperity far more gltrious than any which .., ae et, expinem, ha,. dawned.. upn.s Prom :tle Abbeville T H H ON. .i3UR. N We had the. jfeasure o last, )f hearing our immeriaieA ' "uative n Cougress, :he Hon. A. 6ueclo ad Iressed his constiients ail c tpon t the great issues now hefcire he. buntry. I lie was particularly full atd ex it, upon the question of Slnvery, an'd' rded it he'main issue in the praet? vas be tween the North and Sout.- .1, what t ie had seen in Congresshe.sa 'e had j nothing to hope for from-t ih and i abolitionists; that:a spirit h e'there hat would be'sarisfied with short I af the abolition of the institftnn f slave-' ry. He recommend-- a Soishtrr%Conven oion ofall the Slaveholdin as :the I nnly means whereby the So a save herself. With regard to the Presid&ii'aelectiou, he was also full and plainrHe:sid when he considered the silence' of Ge1 ',aylor upon the manin question-a se iann on which every Sautheruer sbhitiba bold and speak out; and that if elee hits Ca binet would be made up o taun Whigs, he cotuld not support hiin 9 ? Although he said but litte it favor of Gen. Cass, yet frotn his reinarks, -it was clear he t ould support hidim preference to Gen. Taylor. Alter Mr. Burt had closed i marks, Mr Petti;ru. of Cnarlestoi ei, resent, was loudly called; and aft h king the assembly for the call. whi. h i'd was eqvally flaitering and emb sing: he do fined his priuciplos, and tated'that he was a whig; that he sailed undirno -false colors. He traced back th'present issue between the North and Sotiilb he Mex ican war; which he denouti unmea sured terms and regarded as.ujis --that we had wrong two thirds gf,Meii from her citizens. for which wi *ad reed to pay twenty millions of dolla .-he.jotght that had this territory not have been ac quired thus. that the pairtions conttiguous to the slave States would naturlly have been settled by slaveholders; atidiho man woni have gone with hisslave3 to those pan where slave labor would ptove no profitable. lie allude,l to the treachery:ofeMattin Van Buren, the .Northern man with Sou thern principles," and asked ifthe people of the South were willing now,.upon the heels of such desertion of principles to elel:t Gen. Cass and have the same game played over. To these remakrs Mr. Burt-was callled on to reply, which he did in a happy man ner. completely detnolibbing-hie adver sary. We agree very fully with -many.of the senti ments contained in the-stbjoined report of the, remnrks of our immediate Ke-ireseniative, the Hon. A. Burt, hefiare his fellow cizeis'at'Ab: bevilte Court Hotse, and only regreittr our friend the Editor of the Banner d t gtve his views more in detail. i t would certeinly be more agreeable to our wishes if Mr. Burt co.uld reconcileAo hitmself to support Mr. Cass moie thoroughly und ,,,.nto-erore tus, it is trite, but fettdra are often sptrions,. and their meisning is often so horri bly7 distorted by political demagogues. as to renider themn jnst -as agreeable to Wigs asDe~ mocrats, or to one section -of the country as another. We helieve with onr faithful Representative, that the mitttt qneastion to be decided dturittg the ensninitg Presidenttial term, is the qttestion upon which the Southt is nmorejiustly sensitive,atid in which shtois tnore deeply interested than any oth er-is the quebtioni of slavery-is the question whthter or not we shall be robbed of the fmuits of or indm-btry, of our sntTermtgs, and of ou/1 blood, by iolenace atnd by fraud; in a word, it is the qetionts whether the South suhall be driven from te coitfederacy bty the fanaticismi and demta gogueim of the North, or be permitted to en joy, in peace, the rights tand privileges gtnaran ted to it by the Contstituttion. If no forms of law are to alThrd its protectiotn, if our righttsunut Qr the Constitmi.am are to be trampled upon with imputtity. then that sacred instrumtent has biecome a dead letter-the tunion. has he come a etuse it-stead of a bIlessing to the count try, antd we luad btetter begin to catlctulate the chiances of liv ing independetnt of our brethaten. Wei deprecate the necessity that taty torce us at aity timte to call a Conyceti of the Sothtern States for we are under the frmnn..n victiont that it will be the beginning of the final epartionu; but we must have repose-we mst have security-and our privileges must be espected. It has become evidetnt, that in order to oppose the abolitiotists with the least posible success. thte South mutst adopt' sotne wl-cotcerted plan of atction. The united wvisdomn of that section of the ountry should b)e sunmoned to die taske; .and if no other muds can save us, a Southern Con vention shoutld be cnlled, an,i we should exam ne our means of self support and out capabihi y of actinig for ouirselves. *A united ehTott on he part ot the Southern States might convince ie other parte of the conf'ederacy, thtat we were in earntest-might result in great good uaught restoreshramoniy and contfidence to the whole union; aiid might, for thme future, secutre to the South the blessings of good government. For the Advertiser. ME. EDITOon:-I notice in the last Ad ert iser a cotammicat ion signed Respon ile Voters, calling on the candidates for' ihe Legislature, to express uhemaselves pub licly itn atny way, fur whom- they are in ~avor for Presidenit of the United States. fo which I reply briefly through the col.. ims of your paper, from alt the igh's tad infornmationt I have at present of the olitics of the severatl candidates before he people for that high orniee; I am itn avour of Gen. CAss for trie Prostdency, and were I calledl upont at this, time to rote, should supuport him. 1 - R. B. BOUKNIGH-T. The Hiambarg Journal andKRepublicatn nill please copy.I For uhe Aclverliser. JASS AND BUTLER CANDIUATE FOR CoN .ORESS. 'MR. EDIToR: In presenting the tname tf SILAs L. I ILLER, E,q as- a candi late to represt-nt the Congressiontal dis rtcts of Ahbville. E'eelield, New berry md Lexington in thn Congress it tit U. 3tates, we tuke great plea<ure in aymtg hat he is a g,-ntlematt of unexceptionable niral character. inflexible integ-ity, sound udgment, and acknowledged ahilt:y; and f elected. will ably sustain his high char, icier, and add additional lustre to the re ,utation of South Cnrolina lie is vin -ugh democratic in principle-a c'ass and Butler democrat, and sustains the prini )les of the great ~Democratic Republican arty of South Carolina. Upon the au hority of the Hamburg .lourntal. Mr. Burt avors the election of Ger.. Taylnr. the autonaton Whig canlidate for the Presi lency, which scets to me bad tate. to my the least, for a South Cartlini )em )crat. MANY V.-rEtts. From the Charleston M'Iercury. THE PRESIDENCY-OUR POSITION. If we turn froiti the South its the North, little favorable as is the view to any reli ance on the support of either party that little is certainly not on the side of the Whigs From first to last they adhered, with a solitary exception in the Senate, to the extrem:e ground of the Aholnionists. They would have no settlement of the question which did not sectnte to the North the possession of all ti.se territories. and that by the direct assertion of the right of Congress to legislate on the question of slavery. A portion of the Northern Dem ncratic party, in both lionses, not only sup ported the Compromise Bill, but showed a strong anxiety, in various ways. to settle the question of slavery on ter-ns not .dis honorable to the South. Trite it is tbat even this portion of the Northern Demo crats, discouraged by the imperfect sup port which the Stut h had given to the on ly measure that promised a settlement of the quetion, and horne back by the ever swelling tide of Free Soil agitation, yield ed their puition, and with a few honora. ble exception-, jttined with the Whigs in fastening the Wilmot Proviso upon the Or egon Hill. If this proves, as we acknowl edge it dnes. that e:n reliance can lie placed upon the Dettocratic party for the settle ment ot the question, the unanimous op position to the South of the N.rthern Whigs, upon every v!te, from the very first is surely decisive that we cannot trust them. We see nothing, then, in the recent de velopments on the slavery question tt jus. tify any Southern Democrat in abandoning this party. and fraternizing them in the Whigs Presidetitial telection. Etery cao did man msi admit, that all who rntrib use to the election of the Vhig candidate. and thtus help to raise that party to power, must at least incidentally support and sane tion its principles. Directly, and by his o,vn express declarations, there is but a single nrinoin,t _ ............ ,.,, ut o tie mnterpo sed. Oa the WVilmot Pr.viso, when dis tinlly questioned. he hats as.distitetly re fused i, give an answer; and on the strentgth tif his Signiat hettet, his friends throughout tthe Free States claim that he has committed htimtself, either in favor of that pruuviso. er not to arrest it by a veto. Layitng aside this qiestion, antd where are ite grounds tit whicht we cani support Gen. Tayvlor ! The De,nocratic party atnd their cattditdate were with us on the Bank, with us on the Tarill. with us ont the An nexationt of Texas. On these issues. where were, and wvher'e will be, the WVhigs and their cantdidate ? If, then, Gen. Taylor is a Whlig. and the nominee of the Whtigs fo.r the Pre-i dey; if the WVhig patrty, on aill past is sues, have bteen against us. and Ott the .lavery question, as a patrty, iiint Free' Sttes. are worse thani th Dettocrats, antd even itn the south have di' ided againist us. disstrouisly defeatintg thme lnte Cotmpronumise int Congres. ; sond if their cauuditdatt' has re fused tut pletdge h~iself tot stanud bet weeni his party anJ. the saufery of the soth; whlat jtt-tificatiton can we. finid for dlesertine the ld Demtocrati' sitndatrud, andit enthlsting itt the ranks of a leatder whtose. ultt claimt to thte sy mpaithy atnd suptpori of Sout herni Democrats-the posiatiorn oif nit ittdt-n dent catntdidatte, uncuyntamninated by the tonch of party conver.iont4--te hans .inm-. self uneqiocamlly and anxiotisly renoun cedh! That there are grave objections to Gent. Cast we dt ttot dt'ny. At the propter timeit we set forthi and itnststed upomn these utbjec tions, its conclusive reasonts why the peo ple of South Camrolinta shiouldl reftuse to ake any decidetd part in the Presidential elec tion. We had dt'sired uttless the devel npments of the times shomtl. moke it a plain duty for us to adopt a candidate of our own,t that uncmbiarrassed andl unidis tractedt by poputlar tugirationt the Legisla tre of' South Carinita might he left free to decide upon the vote oh' the State, infln nced only by a sense or whtat wa', due to he.r prittcipl--s atnd her honor. It is th.- po sitiotn whlich, from the first, we insisted ott cs thetriteotne oif the State, and which the lsig events of the late sessio.i of Con gress have mo.st itmipressively sh.own to be the only one consistent with her principles, and with the exertion of any itnfluence fas vorable to the adjustmentt tif qutestints identified with her owti and the commott afety of the Siouth. We hear a part we should be deeply motrtified if we thought we had afl'rdedl any one with n pretext to sharge us with hearing any part-of tIhe responsibility of the mtovemenits whteh ave ind(uced perhaps a tmnjority otf onr friends to yield this position of neu'trality. 'he necessity hta' beetn forced upon temt by the notnintation tif Gen. Tlnyloir in their nidst, andi thte organization of a patrty to advance his electiont. In regard to sueh a oveent we catnnot permit tor. position t0 le questionable ; and as the proper an wer to it, andl because a pnsitiotn of nen rtlity in such circumistatnces would ho a ,asitin of imbeciity, when f'orced toan choice. between the nominees of the WI; party and the notinees of 'ho Demnocratic party. We declare our preference for the lat'er; and we cannpt doubt. that, for the same ' reasnits, the L"gislamurc of South, Carolina will east the vote of the State 1 r Cass and Butler. From the Cbrartst a .Mercury. GENi TAYLOR AND TIlE SOUTHi. From the tmotiphe'l evidence. of the lact, A e think there ean renian but little doubt. except atn' the mnost infatuated. that Gen. T'iavlor has crterel largely to Northern prejudices for Nr:hdro r vntcs. Aside frooni the a"sertions of the N..rihern Vhig pres-+, which claiit hn as a randi duate mtost in favrr of the Wil iot Proviso. and denotnee Gen. Cass a, being in fa vor of the extensini of slavery, it is open ly asserred by his N''a.iltern advocate's,that Gen. Taylor 'tas written lrtters fully sus tlainitg ihose asser'i ns. At tmeeting held in varinut places at the North- persons prufe'sing to Ie upon terms o(ftIre uttt.ot irimi-cy .iih Gen. Taylor. have bi'en must -xoliit in their declaration that le is opp",iel to slavery in the ahs:rict. ad'td also ts it- further extensinu. At a recent mneeting of the Whigs of Auhu rn. New Yoi k. she lion. Joshua S;encer d.,livere: an address. and was followed by A. F Righter Esq. of L'uisiana, a sketeh of whose remarks we copy from the Anhurn Advertiser. a Taylor and Fillmore paper. Afer Mr. Spencer had cinlauded, Mr. Rightor. a ncighhor of Ge". 'raylor and intimately aequninted with him for twenty years past, and therefore well undierstand log his opinion upon publir m.ilters, made a few remarks in reference to Gen. Tay lor', political principles, particularly his views upon the subject of slavery exten sion He declared. from his own person at knowtledge. that Gen. Taylor is now. as he aleay. has been, an uncompromising and ihorough going whig. as true a one as Henry Clay himself or any other man in the whole Union. Of hiis he said there could be no doubt. lie said to,. that if the bIcofocos could have got from the slightest intination that he had any sym pathy with their principles, as they re peatedly attempted to do the moment he returned tromrr Mexico. they would have made him their candidate for President. But they could neither.fluitter nor inveigle him into any sueh expreQsi. u of pronise, and they gave up the effirt. Of this we have not a particle of douht. because the whole tpoor of their press corroborates it. Mr. Rltightor furthermore said, what he k-nrw to be true front the evidence of Gen. Taylor's own lips. "that he was opposed to the extensuio ofSlavery. and would un hesitatin,ly sirn a bill for prohibiting it." Mr. Rightor is the brother in-law of oio of our most respectable citizens, and a Ventlemnt of high character, unimpesch able integrity. and modest. gentlemanly and unassurning; a tan indeed, whose appenarance and manners will satisfy any one in five minute,' interconrse with him. that his word- is entitled to rhe most im ...,ul Uliy on rte ure.' goriLouo:i lit Slavery exteoiion, but upontu all -the mea sures advocated bty thle Whig party. len adtditini to this, we fir.d in a late number of the Mobile Tributne a letter fro~m a corresiposident now otn a visit tot Gen. Taylor at Pasensoh, evidently a wanup aind devoted friendl. from which we make the following extract: . Hec did not he,sitalte to pronounce ala very an evil and blighting in its efJects u pon the agricultural and commnercia.l 7 -ro perity of the South. To this he aitribiuted iho daeay of Virginia. and lhe though,t it would e.xteud to other slat:e St ate~s. H e spiike at somre letegth otn this point, atnd drew m:unv aif hist illttratis from ancient histry IWhile, hou'rr. he regietted the sye!eet. he elepreated the foreign attempts to aibolis4--lavery~ Ha' thought the agita tin iorn ihe sihent penrniciouis to both wihites and h'acks. The two races could tnt exist toigeth' r, and a mnixed race. such. as eiht.nin in Me.xico, was the gree evil that soc' y couildl be 5Iubject.-d mn. N->' plani of erndiae.itingt -,lnvery mtet his approb:arit:t, iun!-.s the freed negrnes coul.l he' remottved (rotm the eo.u:ntry. lie nAotibl not emnwiaepate htis owno slaves, exce t on coindi tioni that they we're willing toi go to A frica." In a Nir.hterti onna. sentinmenits anch as these ui.ighit findl palliation nutd excite. in the prej.idicee by which he is s'irro'indled, nnid hisi ignornoien of the practical work ings or the in-.riientiotns of sla very. Getn. Taylor can pileand neither, andl hi' - pres sions betra' a radical unsmintdtness oif npiionet. or n wil'ingness to sacrifice the rights of the Sutrh upotn the altar of po litical anobition. if hy any fatnity the Stitth stoul lenr1 herseif to his stupport. shte w ill be jiustly lookinig upoit as endonrs inig his viow-.. and suirrendelrieig herself to the tendter merrcies oef Northern Painaui cistm. WVe cnnnot for a mtotment indulge the thought that site will lie guilty of a p'ilicy at onice degrad1ing and suicidal. From thee Charlestou Mearcury. A WVashtintgen correspoindent aif the Dal timoire Son conmmunie"ntes the followviug itemsc of pmoli'iacat,itellige.ntea: - *-W'.hartihe [stieanking oft Sentator Famote's Fangnie'rnpeech] says in regardi to Messrs D)ickinaton. Douglass. ilatnnegan. Bright anal Pitzeernldl, ti'ay also he imphiri'ty re heal uponi; ter lie assures me, personually tu-day, andu a uthorisc.t me to tmake the decularatim tIhrough your columes, that, ini addeitiotn to whalit he 'here states, in re earad to that :earliess, neraompli..hed, elo qeuent, statesmanlike', democratic Seniator fraim linais. Mr Dotughass. 'then he rose in his pitico anal avowerd his dleiermninatiin and the aletermitiation tof the Nuorhern de mocraits ge'ner.tlty. who had bceen heartily co-perating with himi atnd with the Soth i in our previous a.fluris nt comproimise, if we sho-ddl withdraw alt firther oppositiaon atia thus permit the Oregon bill to become a law-at the niext sess:ic. of Coingreses to unite with us anain, arnd heartily.' in ex tending th'e .1 iti..ri cornpromtise line to the Pamilc and thus etitinie the vered q;ap.tiuu firet er-to repeat, ii additiod l all this, that 'ir. Douglass and several of - the.ither;. subs:"equently and out of the Sjttcte, rep+"ttt..d it all; and further. that it was up'nu this onsrtraoe, that tire Sotiti ftalily. on 31 mlay, withlre n all opposi. ti to the hill. -Mr. h'on,te feels vrry cnnfiJent that bii4 controversy will therefore he v6r. iled next winier-that the present ndmid t'iratin will bare the credit ofsettling t i niecordance with the doctrines elf the' 'rcsi.keint's l,si :i.essage to the Hleuse. and ,h:t Gten. CuKs' ad iitinistration, contrury: to hi+ own itpre"sion. will be relieved frout all rrsptnsibilities thereto. "Mr. Foote loaves here to morrow fot his home in c\ltssi,sitppi, and will make' speeches. by particular invitation, on his route thither. at Petersborg, Va., in Nurm:, Carolihn. South Carolina. in Georgia, in Mohile. Ala.. in New Orleans, and after. t week passod at the latter place, in,Na'L ches als", on his return to Jackson, whera he resides." -'And here. at the conclusion of thid' long letter. which you will perceive, cdult' not welf be made shorter, I will add" a ctr"iusq fact viz: That the positian of Mr. Van Bnr"n's thiaugural- on the utject of slavery in the District of Columbia eon tainetd in his last letter accepting the1Jufa fAlo nutninstiun, was not part and paree, of the inaugural as originally prepared " itt was added after consultation with' Mr. Robert J. Walker, and. the subse q-i."nt enosuliation of the latter titfii.. H. S. Foote, at prese.it the successor of Mr. Walker in the United States Senate. This also is stated by authority.' II. P. S. Since the preceding, was w'riteti; I have perused n private leiter from 'Gen: Cas4. to a d'stin_uished U. S. Senator from the South, of the c. n-nts of whic1' I am permitted so far to speak'as to'say that he reeruts the disagreement in the U I S. Senate. on the last day of the sesiion: between thn North and the South,,'e. presees his unwavering confidence in the' doctrines laid down in his "Nicholsoi let' ter." sod his determination to' adfiere thereto. We extract the above paragraphs, ai_ important facts, if proved true. and caleu lated to str.ict much attention. It is sta -e1-that Mr. Foote is to address the -iti zens of several of the Southern States, and as Soulh Carolina is among the States named. it may be reasonably exisctet' that lie will take occsis,n'to express lit opinionsheft)re'a Charleston atidietice.'. On a q-estion so vital to Southern 'iiet= ' ests, it is -natural that all should desire i. hear the views of thoso who by their votes" or acts ire likely to exercise infdenck;'oP' give direction t'o the action-of ournafi6o al Legislature on the sebject of slave'y. Asjurnalists, -we have no-iblention 'i - en'er into any diteussiont or cont'roversy aflecting the relative 'positions of tle two great parties-that'aie e'ruggling'fnr. sitre macy itithe Nfitioial' Couneils'. 'iai ' a ith_pleastxirangyevideoci ota poe cF' 7 faliavery-' induld bed aldtaen oi Of n t o 'ttV h lidtH'.$im r ',rleston Mercuy.... .' O -1 MR. ;ALHOUN 4 . eOrre thatrfer thte ftr tiose~oTiimiraJtirg'Mr. Calhoun! an" rpoi tunity to correct any-:errorsee:nii have made in reporting htie late speech in (harleston,, we wrote to -him ineJaeduly"* after the meeting, -Jransmtinidg,'at the .aamie time, a copy ofithe report. We jtit lish the whole of Mr. Calhoub's 'Itefia reply. biecause it delines hts position s'o *'xpli'citly. as to leave no possible chantce of opposing parties to dra* conflicting dr% e!usion". It is the position which we had suppotsed and maintained to he him rearf' one, and it is th,e one of-all'others whiecth we prefer to see him occupy. ' Foa-i Hir.L,;Sept. 1, 18W8. My Dear Sir: Your teport of my re mxarks, considering the circumnstancess uni-.. der which it was made, was as good as~ ctould be expected. Ii wvill not he possible for me to write out my remarks in full as you desire. - fimd my engigemnents, during the short in werval until the next session, are such will fu liy engross 'all tmy time, andi leave me noi li'is*tre for relaxation,, which I li;realy. titeed andt desire. A mong other's, r have :a speech to write out from notes I brought with me fromt WVashington, which will, in pairt. c,ntbr ,ee the vi.ws I took in that I' dechy re i i Chark st mn. TI ere is. I think, but little excitement. as io the Presidentiatl question iO this . gnarter. I fear it is not the case with~ you. 1 see, atter all the pa&ns I have ta - ken to lie distinicthy undherstood as'to my posititon. I have ;.o' escaped miscotrue tion; which I attribute to party zeal. If my friends tin both sides, wvcuild regard ime as taking no part between the iwo candidlates, anrd as standitng on intdepen dent grountd, ready to support or oppose the successful. as his mieasures may Or Ima.v not acc..rd with the priticiples and views of poiev which have long governed me, they waotuld avtiid all misapprehension. I see touch to condemn aind little to up prove ineter canididlate. iu ith J. C. CA LHOUN. Forgery-An individual calling himself Ellirz, arrivedi in this city on the 22d1 of Anieuet. nd put up at the hotel of Mr.' Schneider, Queen street, where lhe remain-. edl until the 30th About half-past two o'clock on that day. he requested Mr. S. to. cash fir him a1 check oti the State Bank, hr an by C. Sith and Co. of this city. for $240, as it was after Bank h6u're. and tie a ished to pa.t fur somne Rice &vbieb he h iillpurchansed i, the tmornitie M~r.S. in-a' formedct him that he had but $80 in hand, which w.as at his service, and he mtght IIeave the check until next day. Ellitz we-" cepted the tmoey, wvas missed directly af-" te'r, and upon itnquiry of Messrs. Smith and' C'o. it was ascertained the check was a forgery. Supposing that Ehlitz had gone'a IN,ih , a miitssage was despatchedi to~P.e i tersburg by telegraph. anti information has heetn received thni an individual answering his descriptioni has been arrested ati that.. place. Means have been taken to identify him anti have him broug~ht back ,o-this rcit y .-larleeto, Merci1,