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%VEDNESDAY. NovEunt:n 15. 1S"1.l~ Cool Wearher --We understand that ice was seen in the early part of this Month in some branches and ponds. The weather was quite cold for several d:tys. The volc of Soth C:rolina for President and .Fice Pnsident.-On Tuesday the 7th of No. vember. the Le_iAlature of Snut Carobtus. cast the vote for Premidential .lectors. Cass and Butler receiveid 129 votes. Taylor, "' Blank, " 8 The majority for Cass woulJ probably have been increased. had all the members of the Legislature been present. Ve: know of at least one Cass man who was unavoidably ab sent. Presctation of a Sicord to f,tcul. L., . If'ecer. --On Saturday la=t a magnificie~ t sword the gift of il:e citizens of this Ditrict, was pitesen ted through the hands of Colonel James Stny ley to Lieutenant Lafayette B. Wever, of the "96 Boys." An address appropriate to the occasion was made by Col. 1myle.y and was responded to in quite a feeling and happy manner, by Lient. Wever. A paiucular ac conut may be published hreater. Elccli,n of Brigadier Gcncral.-We omitted to state in our paper, that Capt. Joins R. WE vEa has been elected Brigadier General of the second Brigade, first Division, South Carolina Militia. The following is the result of the polls: WVEVER. DO\,t.t. Gth Reg't. Infantry, 00 46 8th " (':' 47 9th " " 3:1 00 7th 33 1 10th " " 47 1 115 95 Weyei's Majority, 20 Sword to Lieut. Weser. We have had the pleasure of examin ing this' beautiful specimen of A mnerican Manufacture, presented by the Citizens of Edgefield District, to Lieut. LAFAYETTE B. WVEK, for his gallantry in the Mexi can campaign. It is indeed a beautiful gift. It is a straight cut.:and thrust sword, the scabbard of solid silver, richly chased with the following inscription engraved upon it, Presented by the Citizens of Edgefield District to ....the Palmett.Regttent, for hi? galllautry at era Crtiz, Contreras, Churubusco, Chspuhtepec and the Gates of Mexico. -b. cross guards and shields are solid silver. On one of the sh?ields are tho words. *Vera Cruz, Cootreras, Churubutsco, Cha pultepec, Gates of Mexico ; on the other the Plmetto Tree, gold, with words A ni mis, Opibusqute Parati, with a helmet head antd chain, and hexagon grip, all of solid silver. The blade is of highly tempered Damascus steel. Trhe Sword is incased in a beautiful Rose.woodl box, lined wi'h blue silk Vel vet, and bound with brass. Period of votingfor Presidcut and Vice Pres ident of thec United States.-Thte Presidenti" Electors recently choseni, will meet and giv their votes on the first Monday in Dee-tmbe next, at such place in each State. as shall be directed by thte Legislatnire thereof. . Iamburg Reyblin.Thte Elitor of thi paper gives notte, thtat fromn and aftter Tuesdat the 21st inst., the Rieputblican will be pubtishe Semti-weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays - This arrantgemlent will he continued till the 41 of March next, or ntutil the a.ljonrnmet< Congress, without additional charge to the sul scribers. We are indebted to Mr. Thomas F. Sumime for a copy of a pamphlet entitled " Analys of the cotton plant atnd seed, with sul:gestir as to manures &.c" As soon as we have lei ure, we will read it carefntly. A Mammoth Coffn-The coffin of the Hio Dixon H. Lewis, was of mahogany and wi the body and a lead casing, was said to weil upwards of nine hundred pounds. The Columbia Telegra ph. says: T Legislat ure adjourned very harmonious on Tuesday alternoon, shortly after nppoitntet of Electors. There wasi discussiont on the suibject ; for the wish uvoidl excitement, or controversy seem tniversal. All the memb'ers seemed feel the necessity of a fraternal feelung, a the inexpediency of creating divisions dissensions at such a crisis of our Sit and National ailfairs, as the present. 'I' feeling was highly commendable andl p trinmic~, for the paramotint issue is yet to moet, on which the State must ,present undivided front. To insure tis connsu mnatioo, all former feuds arid bickeriti should now be forgotten, and every citz be prepared to sacililice his ,artizan or litical basis on the altar of Southern sate The Presidenitial election is noev decid bevond the possibility of recall. Whi ever the result may be, we kniow that have nothing to hope from Presiden everythina from firm utnited and conceri action. Fairfield hasnmade a noble rtmo let other sectins show the somre spirit a nct as decisively, and whtatever peril mi . menate us, it will be met manifully a victo riounsly. [For mhe 4dcertiscr. . PRESENTATION OF A SVORD To Lieut. Joseph Abney, oF THtE OLD '96 BoYS. The citizens of the Saluda Regiment, Edgrfield, at their general parade of the 31st ult., presented to the above named Ullicer of the Palmetto Regimemt, the sword which had been agreed upon, at previous meeting flu that purpose. I_iV smtord is a highly finished one, from te 4lanufaciory of Gregg & lad en, Charles. oo, with inscriptions denoting the~cause and purpo-e of the gift. Col. ARTHUR ScotxK a, who was requested to act on the part of the Regiment, accompanied the pre-entation with the following address: Lieut. AiKr-l have the honor to dis charge at this cnotrcnt, what is to me a. very pleasing duty. 1 hold in my hand a sword intended by the citizens of your na tive Regiment, as a mat k of the high ap preciation with which we have all regard ed your very handsome conduct during the recent war with Mexico. Permit tne to say, that many of your fellow-cilizeus, and especially your early associates, watch ed your individual progress through the perilous scenes to nt hich that war gave rise, with much more than ordinary inter est. It was expected, sir, that you would be found on all occasions fearlessly dis charging the higlhdutiesofa soldiergood and true, and these expectations (I speak not for any purpose of flattery,) have been most fully realized. We have indeed been eratified to recognise in your name that of a worthy representative from Old S.aluda, who bore himself wherever dane ger was most imminent, with a gallantry equalled by few, surpassed by none. We were not disappointed in the confident be lief we entertained from the beginning, that your generous enthusiasm could re sult in naught but honor to yourself and to the "home of your nativity." That it has done so, is doubtless, as it should he, a source of honest pride to you and is cer tainly cause of cngratulation, to your icn mnediato fellow-citizens. As an evidence of our feelings towards you in this matter, I now, in behalf of the Saluda Regiment, deliver to you this sword. Accept it, sir, in the sense in which it is meant to be given, as a brave soldier's guerdon. And if in-the progress of the ill bodling events which thicken around ts, it shall become necessary to raise the cry "to arns for the defence of Southern rights," we know full well that this bright blade will be amonn the first to leap from its scabbard, obedient to the impulsive grasp of one who has al rea-Jy been tried and found faithful. Lieut. An'iv, nith an unafTected fer vor, which is one of his highest character istice, replied as follows: SIR :-I receive through you, the Re. presentative of the Saluda Regiment, thit elegant and costly sword, with the deepes feelings of gra'itude. The handsome man ner in which you have spoken the wishet and sentiments of your people, enhancet if possible, the value of the gift. This testimonial of the good will o Old Saluda," the laud famous for war riors and brave men, and this high, public manifestation of her approval of my ser vices to the country, is the most gratefu reward I could ask, for all the sufferirngt ilild' the'battle~6efd i ~t an offerin too, by the fticnds of my boyhood and b3 my father's frietid-by those who knee me at an age wheni the mind has no con cealment, and wli, have a right to knov me better rtar all others could know. have the honor this day, and it is my gin ry and pride, to receive from cte assoct ates of my early youth, and from thos who have observed me from the cradle "the plaudit of well done thou good an faithful servanit." In thce sincerity of m:, nature, I thank you-i thatnk youc all fu your unifornti kindneoss inc all the triatls acn ditficulties of cmy life. Iu sickness. in a flictiona and in battle, yottr warmn sytmpr thies, have ever, animtated my hecart, an intvigoratedl my feeble body. Withmc this sir. I should tnt htave beent spared I providetnce to meet with you on an occm sion so full of feeling acnd interest. IMy absece from home was attended I every anguish tha;t the body or the mit COLdC bear. hlealth was a blessing, by !I inscrutable will of H-eavent, wholly denc4 moe ; anid the wounds intflicced Iby the en my had scarcely ceased to bleed, when c bosom was made desolate by the intel gence of thte death of act only parent, Iione ctf the kinidest, and noblet and bi of mothers. Trhoughc it may intdulge sor -what too fitodly, yet the bcenc must seri: Site was the embtodimnent otf all the love ntcess, aflection, purity and dlignity of i -. man ; acnd to be a solare and act honor hcer dec'ioing years, hnd beetn the cief a acid arcbition of rmy litfe; and when was so suddenly torn from mne, I felt ti the great obiject for which I lived and bored had bteen removed, Thce prospi before me w as as blank as despair, as d as the grave. You must pardon me for alludinig ta subject that you cant ontly contemplate 51 .paint, hot which-i I dwell upon with mech icholy fondness. it was suggested by bh presence of nmy old neightbors who kct so wvell how to appreciate thte warmt cmy feelings. wc You have been pleased to speak inc k y and complimetary terms of my cond w in battle, and of my hearinig in all the t. palling acid exciting scenes of thte gr o camtpaign of G3en. Scott. In every sic di tion in which I was called upont to ac to did endeavor faithfully to discharge id duty as a soldier, and as a citizen of r great Republic. I could scarcely b e done less than I did do. e How coutld I have failed tto fight wi - represen'ing the honor of my counttry, e character of my Scare, te spirit of i District, acid the renownted coctroce of ai people of my birth place ? When gs were children, we wnere taught to res a the honored scars of our fathers recci to in the achievement of our rnationtal Ic my. petndence-we were taught their tale ed suflering- acnd their heroic fortitude t ever present to our minds. If I had p e ed through te world without bearini rs, ciy body some evidence of my devotio ed te Union, I should have felt tat I e; not completed my whole task-that I td unequal to those who went before me. y By an accident in the transmissiot id thce orders ror raisicng the Palmetto R moent.i thtis portion of the District was prived of an oppo:' fullshare in the dan as one of the few yo: in battle, I was impe to endeavor to perfot Do you think, sir," shrunk from dangei were the proud repr it of the gallant me us-when you were noble Regiment for sir-Deeply alive t your position, and spirit which God has given y.o, you could have felt no fear in discharging your obhli gatious to your frieuds, )our ngighbors and your country. if I had been disposed to protect myself from the hazards of the- fght,'the brilliant examples of the young nien 'whomt you did send to the field, would t-ve shamed my weakness, and would haqp raised tme above my fears. Of the. talve heroic spirits besides him you honon.in-day, who went from your midst to vindicate our na tional rights, one fourth wereslain in bat tle, and of the remaining number, there were only two that p1assed, unscathed through the perilous conflick in which they were engaged ; and I..ain sure that those two, in the hour of sirif, never reti red for a toment from their posts. I say it with pleasure and ith pide, that some one from Saluda was amongst the foremost in the trench in every engagement of the war. On that bloody day when the met tle of South Carolina wns taxed to its ut most-when the spirit of death walked through the field, and when our glorious Palmetto floated so gallantly anid the tumult and blaze of battle. if you had witnessed the behavior .f your buys, you would have been proud to call' them your childre4, Though I was 'the humblest amongst them, I have reason to declare to you, that they were ever with the first in the onset. 1 had determined, and I think, we had all determined. never to let our banner ftll. We would have 'preferred to perish under the flag which tore on its ftlds, the blended ensigns of'otr State and Union. But, sir, the great and honcrod leader of the Palmetto Regiment was born and brought up only a few miles from n here I now stand, and was constautly before us. a model of virtue and couri;e worthy of the proudest days of Greece and Rome. Whilst he was bleeding in the- field, how could a man of the 10th Regiinent refuse to bleed ? Whilst he was cheering his gallant men to the charge. who could have been a laggard ? If I could have faltered ir an instant in the contest, whilst my noble commander was dying by the hand of the enemy, I would have been no son of yours-no son of " Saluda." I reiterate to you, my thanks, for this most appropriate mark of the approbation of my fellow citizens. It is the richest reward that could have been btsibwed up on one, whose efforts to serve ynu, have been feeble, but sincere. I requested the committee who consulted me in fegard to it. to have an eye mainly to tolurtal and the temper of the blade. My wishes, have been fully complied with. L hall' pre. serve this sword with sacred ca6, and if it should become necessary, I Wi fry to use it wcll in the defeuce of my ntry-tn he ftro o Ar -w-+ mISr c t .._:.. _ The serious and respectful Attention of the large assemly indicated even more forcibly, thatn the loud shouts of applause raisedi by a thousand voices jat the clos5 Iof the ceremony, thatt the tr5nsaction was regarded by all, mauch more as a mtatter of feelig, thano orn From the Daily Telegra. Nov. 10. LATER FROM EU,gOPE. ARaIvAL OF THi E AMERICA. .O'Brien sentenced to Transparstion for Lifc -Further Decline in Cotton.-EA Des patch d received late last night inforns us of the t arrival of the A merica at N&w York last y evening, bringing late advice to the 28th itn France thte New Cabint has susta ' ined! defeat in the Assemibly., The decree it has beent issued for the elecit of Presi te dent by the people, on the tehofDecem-. ier. Th'le contest for thme fesidency is a e' very excited one. Lamartic declines be tY ig a candidate. Ii' The Cholera progresses ttt adowly in f Enlan-it has not beeunilent in Its et attacks. ~O'Brien, McManus, ant O'Donohoe -c have been sentenced to tranOrtatiou for life. 'I'he King and Queen oSpain have tobeen reconciled.. n 13erlin still continiues the .ie of riot; lie the goveronent aflairs havenr come to a at crisis. Ia- in Austria, the pop ulaceem resolved ct to hold out to the last. k At Vienna, provisionis iw beginning to be scarce. No engagemli hadh taken a place. At Lor.dotn, the Money Mie remained hefirm. Consuls 85b n ft. he Foreign Market.-.... tltina of the ofsteamer's sailing on the 28tIIr. the mnar, oket w"as depressed. A mgqale demnand md prevailed througbout the sk. iKxpor Sters cnutinmued to operate ta flir extent. ct All descriptious of Amerit are offered t freely at 1-8 decline since,i Hibernia's news. a- Market somewhat firm4 the day of the Steamer's sailinE 'vith royed tone. my Sales of week 28,000 bal Pork ad mr vanced 2s. per bbil. B read[s depressed. ve Large arrivals of Westerianal Flour le e30s.; Philadelphia and 'J3oro Flour, 44s. 6d. yCorn'continuing in fair jand at 34 to e3-as. 6d. eFrance in a quiet statn. re Col. A. D. Sims, R ent-itive in d- Congress frotm the 4th Ditof this State of addre.sed thme people, at *getown, onl 's Monday last. sss. The Georgetown Obsekives a short o synopsjg of his reniarksling that he to rook strong Democratic ,nd. and -ad al mniistered a wvholesom eike to that raas party io the State who a itIg me form a sectional or geographid iical party, of and shiewed conclusively if the.: sue- I gii ceeded t hey would only Jon the ruin dc- oforn unrivalled govern nJ.Courer. lION. F. W. P ICKENS. This gentleman has been nominated in several quarters as thu successor to Dur present worthy Chief Magistrate; and with no feeling of unkindn-ss to athers, I take sip my pen to present him gin to the good people of South Cat rlina. lie has lon" been in the pub lic service, but for t: '-ist two years hag been living in r etir ment.- Shall I tetl the people of this State that he served them with an ability and devotion not surpassed, if equalled, by any of his cul leagues ! If there be any pot tion of them who is ignorant of thit fact, I point to the recorded history of the day for proof that lie was prominent in th IIouseof Representatives and that he was conspicuous before the nation. Through. out his public career he has ever been the able and uncomptonising advocate of these doctrines in which alone are to be found security for the South and peace for the coun!rV. lie has de clined the highest honors within the gift of the Federal Government, lest suspic" ion might attach to his devotion; thus, like our incomuarably McDuflie, ex hibitinga bright example afsingle-hearted patriutistm in the maintainance of those principles which are so dear to South Caralina. I am no alarmist, but he muAt,bebiind indeed w Io doso not percive that the present posture of things is pre gant with dangers; and is it not a m;tter of some consegence to have at the helti of State a man of experience, and of something more than a common associa tion with the great interest now put in such eminent peril. In a,dition to his public reputation Col. Pickens has all the claims of a good citizen; in hat ever light his character may be viewed, it will be found without rept nach. Az hotne no one dispenses a nobler-hospita lity. Exemplary in all the relations of life, loved by his neighbors, simple and unnstentations 'n his manners, tired to afflu:ence and in possession of a large estate, to which he devotes his entire at tention, where will we find a richer mod el of a Carolina gentleman. But it is not my purpose to pronounce his e logy, but simply to express my prefer ence. Col. Pickens is no candidate; but I know enoujh of him to feel assured that if the State needs his services any in way, h is ever rrady to give thetm. ONE OF THE PEoPLE. From the Charleston Mercury. MEETINU AT ORANGEBURC. Pursuant to a call, a meeting of the citizens of Orangeburg District was held on the 6th inst., in the Court House, which was well filled on t he occasion. On motion of Capt. Jacob Stroman, Hon. S. Glover was called to the Chair, ani Drs. T. Elliott and J. W Ta) lor ap. pointed Secretaries. The Chairman then made some brief remarts stating the ob ject of the meeting. a o the appotiitmueil oa Uommtttee of 'fTwenty five, to ta"o into consideratiun the continued agitation by Congress of the question of slavery. Tihie Cotnmittee, appointted, through their Chairman, submtitted a spirited Re port and the follow"ing Resolutions, which were 'unanimously adtopted. Resolved. 1st. Th'lat the continued agi tation of the question of slavery by the peoiple of lie non-slaveholdintg States, by their Legislatures, andI by their Repre-, sentatives in Congress, exhibits not only a want of national courtesy, wihieb should always exist between kindretd Sta:es, but is a palpable violotioti of good faith towards the slaveholding States, wiho adopted the presenit Constitution "in order to form a more perfect Utiion." Resolved, 2' That while we acquiesce in adopttng the boutidurv between the slaveholditig andt nttn-slaveholding States, known as the Missiouri compromise line, we will not submit to any further restrie.. tion uponi the tights of any Southern matn to carry his property and his inisitutions itito territory acq(uircd by Soothbetrn blood, Resolved, 3d. That should the WVilmot Proviso, or any similar instruction,. he ap plted by Coungress to the territories of thM United States, south of 36 deg. :30 mit. North Laititudie, we recommeend to our Representatives in Congress. an the de cided opinion of this poirtion of this distrtict to leave their seat in that body atnd return home. Resolved, 4th. That we respectfully suggest to both Houses of the Legislature ofSoutht Carolinta to adopt a simiilar re commendatiotn as to our Seators in Coni gress, from this State, Resolved, 5th. That tip-on the retutrn homte of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, the Legisla ture or South Car lina should lbe forthwith assetmbled, to alopt such measures as the exigency may demand. Resolved, 6th. That a copy of the fore goitng Report aini Resolutiurq lie trans mitted by the Chairmiati of this meeting to our Rtepresentative in Congress, and that copies of the sanme be laid befoare both bodies of the Legislature of South Caroli na, From the Colaumbias Telegraplh MEETING IN FAlR~ELaD. NO VEMlPER, 0, 9i p. tu. DEAR SnR : I hasteti to give you the result of the Fairfield Soultern safely movement. At 12 M., to-day, one oh the most respectale imeetitngs, in poit of numbers andi intelligenice, I have ever teen, assembled in the Court Hlouse tt Winnsboro.' Afte/~ thte usual prehmtina ries had been gone through, a Preamtble and Resolutiotns. expressive of the sense tf the meet ing 'otn the grave su bjects whlich bad called them together, was repiorted! by he Committee of tnenty-one appointed or the patrpose. As these Resolutions vill sooti be f'urnish ad for tthe press, it. is znecessar-y to tn,ice them, further thani o say they etmbody the true Sotithern piit. The Resolutions were opptssed y Messrs. Rutland anid Buchiatnn, two romising young law-yers, as premature action. They were replicd to by uCn. s Means, in one of the most eloquent and i :onvincing arguments I have ever listened a to. ie was ably sustaiuM,d by Messrs. 1 McCall, lilack and Elliott. Upon the final passage of the resolutious, there was but two dissentiog voices out of the immense crowd there assembled. It is but just-to i the two genilemen opposing the resolutions to state Ihat they nvowed their readiness. when the proper time ca:me, to go as far asi any one in defence of our tights and our instittins. So too of the two gentlemltetn who voted .'gainst the final passage of the resolitions. We may differ as to the tituc and the mode of action. but there can bo no dil'erencu anong us as to the extent of the wrong. You, my dear sir, know how despnndent I have been upon this subject. I will d, spond no lijgt:r. I have never seen yo mtuch en husiasmn at any meeting unt any Subject as this. The people, the ut purchued peolpl', v-ero there in their strength, showing by their ittr?st in the proceedingi, their unalterable determina tint to stand by the Constitution, and their rights under 1ha Constitotiuti. It would have cheered your drooping spirit to have been there, and witness tho harmony be tween Demcnrats and Whigs, Cass men and anti-Cass wen, Taylor meen, and anti Taylor nen. all sacrificing their pretjudi ces and political ditFerencies upon the altar of the public good. Let this spirit pervade all sections of the South. and she will yet lie regener.tted and disenthralled. The spirit which animated a gut ious ancestry still nestles in the bosomls of our people. It it -"not detd, hut sleepelIt.'' Let hot Virginia or the Old Norm State or Geor gia, whose gallant sois once threw down gauntlet of defiance to the insolence of power, and stayed the strong artn of the Federal tzoverntnent, but tea-i of in this matter. and my life upon it, Soutt Caro lina will be there. InI a great cause like this, the 'post of honor is a private station.' We covet no sother. A patriot who fights for his country, igtts as bravely in the ranks as at the head of a division. Yet should our co-States of the South fatl us in this hour of our utmost need-shall we timely submit to an act of Ilamuahle in justice and wrong. because we may stand alone ? (.,d fot bid. We ask the cnope. ration of our suifering allies; we ask them t lead imf tt the contest--will they do it ? Who cat doubt it ? A comrmon sense of itjury will bring about t common struggle, and the Constitntion will let be.preserved, and the rights of the South maintained, Yours, A DE.MocAT. From ,the Chars. Mercury. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE. We call attention to the proceediugs of the people of Orangeburg district, nhich will he found in another column, They are admirable in tone and sentitt.ent, and worthy of the ancient reputation of that patriotic district. Old Fairfield, too, as will be seen by nt iaticle which we copy from the Columbia Telegraph, had a meetng at Winnsboro on Monday last, in pursuance of the call which we have heretofore published, and took bold and deciued ground upon the subject of Southerin Rights. ~The entire unanimtity of sentiment which seems to have peryaded these meet and we have reason to believethere is Jtt little diversity of opinion as to the propriety and necesstjy of the State and the Somuth taking prompt and decided action on this important questiotn. And now that the Presidential electiou.has. passed, may we not hope !hat th-a attention of the press atnd thte people tof the Slavehttlding States will bo directed to thte consideration of a subject of such vital interest. T1hat this will be so wve have somie gratifying indications. and none tmore satisfactory than thin fol lowitng from tha! rable and '.flicienit organ of the Democracy of Northt Alabamna-the Huntsville Democrat: ,"Mlr. C;alhtotn's speech in the United States Senate on the Oregon question. writtetn out since the adjuurttment, will be fountd very iteresting. lie views the A bolitionitgnestion with the eye of an ex periencedl and observant statesman, tra. eing efTects back to their ptrobjable catuses with great plausibility, atnd deducittg the probabtility of futture events. depetndent otn certaini conttingentcies, wvth tt tdegree of logical fore%ichtt amtounttttC almost5to mor al certaiuty. fle proves the necessity of union atmong Sou'lhetn metn, int order to resist, successfully, the aggressionis of Northertn fanaticistm tipon Southern Rights despite t he gttaranties ohf he' Ctrnstit taton and in ot ter disregard of' every principle of jusIire andi right reason lie addlresses Southaerners with the feeling of a Souther ner, and orge thte:r o otaintain their rights with unvielding firtness. if they would avoid being disgraced. deadated and despised ;but lhe addresses theum int as calm and unimoposioned a manner as theI circumrstances would wvarrant, appealing mnore to their reason than their passsion's.I Others proufess to see in the speech a spiritj of disunito, but we observe ntothing of the kind. On the contrary, ho professes n u ardent attachttent to the Uniotn, but Ite lieves, with a large body of Southerners thtat concessionr and for'bearance should cease whetn they invite only newv aggres ons and provocationis. 'The Union was entered into ftor the bentefit of all the States-the federal comt laie etritled all to equa3l rights, privileges antd imamuntitieq, it was dIesigned to increase the strength, to protect the interests, and muliply thte res.3urces, and in every res peci, prtomote the wvelare .tf each and all the States. It wa stever designed to cre ate sectiotnal feelittgs atnd divisios, a mo nopoly of the bentefits by ttajorities and1 prptrtitonal imptosition of bttrthen upon minorities, thte aggrandiizerment oh oe, rect ion atud a corresptondmg oppression and degradaian of anothier. We depre atc the vety ideaj of disurt.ittt, as long as anion is consistent with our Constitutional ihts, republicatn freedom. political egtnali y and genteral welfare; butt wvhten these eCOme inisistenit attd the Soutlt cotnes to <ow the Unilon only by the buribIens it i mp)oses, thlen itn spite of our Ittudly cher shted love of it, a spirit of ii-,ahTectiont, a hirst for more enlarged privileges, a purer iberty, domtestic pence, a quiet and on isttrbed objects for which sho entered the Jniotn cease, ;and, possession of our pro'. Wrty atnd enjtoyment of ouir natural andC alien,able rightst, will arise. We deplore ' hu, leas prm.pe., of seam a,ien b if, ; a ? trong ard iavincihle necessity briss, we rust the South will prove herself equal to he occasion. First, bonever, let her -ight, legally. constitutionally. unitedly, with a .uldness and determination that ears to encounter ni obstach--"asking uly what is right, subtnitting to nothin. hai is wrong." If'hehe fail in the accom plishment of her deres, let her then throw herself on her oriitnally reserved rights, ' ith a tirim and invincible resolution to abide the con.equences. *We will not state any particular wherein we dic;eut fwm Mr. Calhoun, but will content nurserves with recommending his speech to I-eneral perosal,as a trumpet note ei warning and, as we conceive. wise counsti to the South, sounded by one of her ablest and most distinguished sons." The Vote of the btate.-It will be seen by our teletgraphic despatch, that the Electoral ticket tidopted by the Demo cr:c tctber.i of the Legi,laiure was stcce.vfttl by a very large majority. The wto;e number of n.eetbers of both houses is one Iundred and sixty-eight : the num ber of votes given was but four short of tbis ; Fhowin; conclusively that the general and lively interest felt by the people of the State in the ;esult of the Presidential election has been ( u11ly. responded to by their Representatives. Some time.since, in reference to the many attempte to pro* duce etroneous impressions upon the pu6.. lic mind, as to the btrength of parties in this State, we predicted that the Tavlotr Electoral ticket would not receive more than thirty votes in the Legislature.'It has received tweury-seven; and we are quite' confident that that number represents, fairly the comparative strength of the Taylor party in the State. It affords no sutlicient basis for the support of a State party. and it is probable that in future elections, no ~ore will ever be heard of it. As a tmere matter of party triumph, we do not exult at this; but as an indication that South Carolina is true to her priaci ples. and cannot be brought to sacrifice them to considerations of personal prefer ences. wo do rejoice, and most sincerely. At no tine has South Carolina ever given a more signal proof of the impossibility of foring atnoc her people a great personal Presidential party, ;rd she has thus giveu guaranty i:r the future that her vote it the Presideutial election will always be determit,ed by a consideration of the great political principles that are especially af fected by the character of the Pederal Ad ministratiun.-Mercury. FIRE IN THE PENITENTIARY. On the lst inst., between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoou, the citizens of this place, were alarmed by the cryof fife, in the walls of the Penitentiary. It seems that:some sparks from the Steam engine. had lodged on the roof of the Stoue building, in which are the convicts' cells, on the-side-most distant from the Work-shops, and before it was noticed, the shingles being dry, bad extended so far as to render the preserva tion of the roof of that building impossible. 'T'ite snoke-bouse ad' bark-hou-se oiti gioue, which were merely wooden "sheds, were consumed to the ground. Theother buildings, between these and -ithe Easern' wall, were-in imminen dan rYbui ere saved bytheyiitirinefqfoU ' ere t e ettizens of thts.placee.: il;itr not have been for the city editne'wlhin ptoured a constant stream of waterupott these -exposetd buildirngs, thtey must: have beetn consumned. Sotme of the co,nvicts worketd as thoughi they felt that Ltheir oton house was on Gre. The zeal and well di rected etter;;iesof one ofthem who directed the mnovementts ofthe Engitne, comnianded the atdmiration of all beholders aud will, we trttst, commtendl him to E xecutive favor. This fire was unque:tionably accidental. Thte loiss sustatined is inconsiderable. The bttilditng for the convicts' cells being arched overhmead with brick, suffered no other ma. teiiai injury thtan the loss of the roof. Thte occuPation of the cells was at once resumedl by their- tenants. The adjacent sheds contsumed we,, of inconsiderable value. A few loads of coal. a few cords of bark and some 7 or 800 lbs- of btacotn, were all the articles of value destro.yed.-Migge,ge, ydle Union. Th/e Cargo Sale of Flour in Chkarie. -WVe are irndebteed to a correspondent in Chatrle,ton, for t he followitng information: --rThe cargo sale of Floor took place ont Tuesday la,-a-t which 2.500 barrels were sohel, at $3 ten $5.y5. the Baker's being 'the prtncipal purchtasers. The market may tnow'be said to be pretty fully supplied for the next five or six weeks-herefore, there will be little chance of atnj further sales here dut-ing tibut ,time."-Teerp,N. eember 9.eegak,N. Pickens Cour.-Thet Anderson Ga zette of thte 9th itnst, says:-We understand tat the two Hendersotts, chtarged with the murder of WVilsont, were convicted at the last term of the Court of Sessions for Pic.. kens district, and htave been sentenced to te hanced Ott thte first Friday in January. T'oliver Stmith, c?onviCted of the murder~of Wyudhmam, is sentenced to be hung on the irst Friday itt February; Smally who 'ins accesnry before titat fact, was sea etneed to twelve months' imprisonment. Ni-w Post Ofice,--We understand that a ntew PoNt Oflice has been establbshed at -Wright.Bluff." Sumter District, of which ihn (G. King thas been appointed Post.. naster.- Tlegraph. Tus. Greenock Advertiser tells a ~ry ren,arkaible story of "an honest -odfish,"whto hatving swallowed a bunch f keys which the skipper of a aloop had hopped by accident into the water, was ~antght by thte same skittper six weeks iflerwards, one htundted miles distant, ndl nhile g;asping on the deck in its last nonies, threw~ up the aforesaid bunch I ke'ys, and also a penknife belonging o tm brotiher skijppet ! Who doubts it ? IMPoItTANT To MERCHIANTS.--The ~. Yortk Comercial, of yesterday says Wet utnde-stantd tat the Banks of New fork, in consequentce of a recent legal ecision, decline collecting bills or drafts rawna at sight, unless the words, "with. nt grm " arc insct. i th,