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Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal term.-it being distinctly under stood that contracts for yearly advertisiig are con fined to the imimneliate, legitimate business of the firuror individual contracting. Transient Adver tisements vmu:t be paid for in advance. For anr.a.eing a Cindidate, Three Dollars, in advance. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. Progross. of Nullification. The "higher kmo" party are evidently on the increase at the North. Ohio hais just efected a " higher law" Senator in the person of Mr. Wade, and the Lower House of her Legislature- has passed a bill, similar in its scope and purpose, to the nullification act of Vermont. New-York has elected Mr. 11am ilton Fish, Mr. higher law Seward's friend and candidate, to the Senate. The time seems hastening on when the Constitutional Union Party of Georgia will be called upon to redeem their pledges, and become a disunion party. Yet this latter very patriotic party seem at present absorbed in the amiable business of abusing and de nouncing their Southern Rights friends, as traitors and disunionists, for exposing the rottenness of public sentiment and action in reference to the Constitutional Rights of the Slave States. Webster, Fillmore, and other first rate Constitutional Union men at the North, were foremost and most efficient in putting this anti-slavery excitement in motion, and keep ing it up for the purpose of overwhelming the Northern Democrats who stood m:nfully up for Southern Rights. But those gentle men receive the honied praises and plaudits of the Constitutional Union party of Geor gia, and are even talked of as worthy the votes of the people for the Presidency. The Southern people will indeed have be come a degraded race when they can be cajoled into kissing the hands of those who, have in times past, struck the heaviest blows at their rights in this Confederacy.-Consti tutionalist. STEAM CoMx3UNICATIoN BETWEEN ViRGINIA AND EUworE -The Baltimore Suit says: Atubrose W. Thompson, Esq., has presented a petition to the Legislature of Virginia for assistance in establishing a line of first class steatmships between Norfolk and Antwerp, in Europe, touthing in going or returning at such other ports in England and France as may be desirable-the said ships to possess I great speed and sea qualities, and to be built in such manner as to lit them for any marinie or naivatl purpose. Mr. Thompson proposes to contribute two. fifths of the cost of construction and equip - ent ojf saidastenamers, and begin. their eon struetion iumediately, so as to establish the lne at the earliest possible period, provided the Stto of Virginia shall advance its six per cant. bonds with coupons, having ten ears to run, for the remaining three-ffhs. rhe bonds thus atdvanced to be secured to the Statte b~y mortgage on the s:aid ships, accompantiied by policies of insuratnce, and a contract that the steamers shall alwayvs run from the watters of~ Virginia. The interest on the bonds lhe agrees to pay semi-annually into the treatsury of Virginia, and the whole amount of bonds thus advanced to be paid by him at their nmturity ; but he is to have the privilege of paying them off at any time previous to umaturity. The Richmond Republican expresses a confident belief thatd the Legislature will ac cede to the terms proposed. FATL ArFFRAY IN CAu!DEN.-We find the following atccunt of a fatal rencontre in Camden in the Charleston Sun: "Editors of the Sun: I hasten to inform you of the fatal issue of a renceontre wvhich jook place in our towvn yesterdamy, about half. past 12 o'clock, between Robert J. Lester. formerly of Georgetown, and Samuel J. Love, of this place, in which thme former received at pistol shot in the abdomen, which caused his death in about seventeen hours. " A jury of inqnest was called this morn ing at 10 o'clock, whose verdict will be made known in due time; eonsequtently we forbear eomment. " Love has been. arrested, and is now in jail to atwait his triatl, which will probably tke place at otur Spring Term." CAsE OF Poiso~ixo.-On the 17th instant, we learn, that Mr. Daniel Gladden and lady patrtook of poison, administered in coiree by their cook, w"ho immediately thereafter ab sconded. Mr. Gladden very soon discharged fronm his stomach the poison, by vomiting; but nmot so with his lady, to whom medical aid was speedily sectured, wvithiout success how ever, for she survived but a short time. This has truly beeni an afflicted family; but a short time since an inmtiat of Mr. GIladdenm wits burned to death in its cratdle, anid now the partner of his Ijibreias been prematurely hutrried hence, doubtless by the destroyer of his infant, for the woman is now suspected of having set fire to the clothing around the child. Weare informed that the negro has been arrested, tried and condemned to be hung on Fridaty, the 11th April next. Shte is now in jail awvaiting the time for her execution. Fairfield Herald. -, LYNeCHNG AN ArtoLITzoyIsT IN KENTUeKY. -Rev. Edward Matthews, travelling agent of the American Baptist Emancipation Soci ety of Newv York, whilist on a pilgrimage to the residence of Cassius M. Clay, of Ken tucky. stopped at Richmontd, Kentucky, and mamde use of certain unwholesome expressions relative to thme subject of slavery, which in duced the citizens to order him to leave the town. Hie left, but returned a day or twoI afterwards, whereupon some citizens seized him, and after ducking him nine times in a horse-pond, ordered hinm to leave the State. Upon refusing to do so, hec wa dipped twice miore; wvhereupon lhe promised to leave im mediately, and took up the line of march on foot for Pennsylv-tnia.-Philadelphia Ledger. WILD CAT, Es-q.-WVe take the following from the Arkansas Banner, of January 14, 1851: " This wily chief has organized a settle ment on the Mexican border, and became a justice of tbe peace, under the Mexican gov ernment. Senor Alcalde Wild Cat, with his free negro, and wild Indian constituents, it is feared, will occasion. somec trouble to Texas." EDGEF uELD. S. C* THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1851. Notice to the Catholics of Edgefield. TurE verv Rev. Dr. REYNOLDS, Catholie Bishop of tiis Doces;e, will visit Edgelield the ensuing week. " Messrs. SNOWDEN & SHEAR, (as will be seen by their advertisement in this issue of our paper.) are receiving " additional sup plies" of the richest and most beautiful Spring Goods. They are never behind the foremost in their line of business. Turn to the Advertisement. As a little variety, we give our readers, on this page, an impromptu Lyric, which has been kindly furnished us by our fair and patriotic young friend, at whose request they were written. The true Southern Spirit which it breathes, makes full amends for its slight poetic irregularities. JUDGE BUTLER. OUa beloved and admired Senator has re turned from his labors in Washington to the quiet and repose of Stonelands, his residence near this place. We greet him with joy and with pride. As no man is more eminently qualified for the high duties of a Senator, so has he no superior in the practise of social and domestic duties. Long may lie live to serve his State and to gladden his home. The people of Edgefield look towards him now with peculiar hope and confidence. They feel that a master-spirit has returned to their midst, who can quell the restless waves of contention that are beginning to unsettle our ranks. They believe that, in him, they have a leader, who can rally the most timid and constrain the most factious to the high course of honor and of wisdom. It is earnestly hoped by hundreds of his immediate fellow-citizens, that he may find it agreeable to meet them on the first Monday in April, when a public meeting will be held at our Village. We trust it will be our privi lege to announce, in our next issue, that such is his pleasure. FARIMER AND PLANTER. WE have carefully examined the March Number of this excellent Agricultural Mag azine, and feel prompted again to recommend it to the planting publie. It is indeed replete with interesting and useful information, much of which is entirely new, while the rest is se lected with jndicious care. Nothing of the kind, that we have seen, is better adapted to the wants of our people, in this department. TiE SCIENTIFIC A.'iUcAN, for March, is also upon our table, and demand.s a notice of its uncommon worth, as its just due. No Mechanic, who is desirous of imp abilities, should fail to take it and e study it in his leisure hours. It is ~among thp very b~est Scientific Jo pra'tical purposes in.the United St price is $2 a year. - - gg WE clip from the PalmcI (Chester.) the following notice, given oy Editor: " We have the pleasure of info'rming onr readers thamt we will conmmenee, next week, the publicaition of~ an or'iginalI nouvelette, written expressly for the "Palmetio Stand ard," entit led " TIarleton's Quarter ; or Sev entyj Years Ago." Cannot some one of our many accomplish ed and talented renders, bestow a like faivor upon us of the Advertiser. Ours is the larg est and most populous district in the State, after Charleston ; and we certmaily may be permitted to say. it is second to none in point of intelligence. We have but two newspa pers to a population of 30000. For ours, wvhich is the central one, we finid it impossible to get up the light reading without begging eternailly from every Tom, Dick and Harry of the Press. True, we get hold of very good things in this wvay, occasionally. But there is an air of interest attached to an original sketch, which always takes, if the subject-matter is only "from fair to middling, as the cotton buyers say. We wvould be hap py to have our colunmns, among the rest .gra ced once in a while, with something of this sort. Now there aire certain persons within the scope of our immediate circulation--upon whom we could place our finger, were it necessary-quite capable of peniiing light and agreeable stories. We entreat them to do this, as a source of improvement to thiem selves and of enjoyment to others. Somue may say, "oh, yours is only a vilage paper, and writing for it would be like " wast ing sweetness on the desert air." Never more mistaken in all your life ! Know that a village paper, wvell siipported by an intelli genit conmmuiiity, may even vie with your city gazettes, except in thme matters of Tele graphic despatchics, Steamnboat arrivals and Prices Currenit. Besides, there is this advan tage ; if your story is a failure, it will escape the severity of criticism in its snug little cor-i nr-if a good one, it will be sure to wvork its way into thme world and become "thme ob-! served of all observers." W~ILLIAM LOGUE, ESQ. WE perceive from thme Savannah Georgian, f the 1 8th instant, that this gentleman, who vas recently a citizen of this town, but now a member of the Savannah Bar, delivered on St. Patrick's day a very eloquent Orationm be fore the Hlibernian Society, in that city IRISH VERSION OF AN OLD IlYMN, AMOSG the sentiments given at thme annual dinner of the St. Patrick's Benevolent Soci ety in Charleston, wye observe the following: eHIAR ITY. Come thou fount of every blessing Tune thy souls to sing thy praise Stremus of imerey never ceasing, We will speak thy peerless name. How much of this new reading is attribu table to the Mercury's type-setters we cant undertake to say. The version, as it appears, ertainly evinces thme most sovereign contempt of rhy-me na well na resn. SOUTH CAROLINA ALONE. WE have said that we would take a view of the hopes of South Carolina, in case she is left unaided by a single Southern State. It will be permitted us to premise, that it is with feelings of abhorrence we, for a mo ment, indulge the probability of such an event. So utterly repugnant is it, to all the notions we have, throughout life, entertained of the nobility of the Southern character, that the mere admission, for the sake of ar guinent, is loathsome. But grant it-and what then! Does it follow that we are to be ruined? that our prosperity is to be blighted and our energies paralysed ? that our homes are to be given up to the owls and the bats, and that our population is to rush into strange lands, with the wild and terrified confusion of the condemned in the last great day? Does this comport with any one trait in our national character? Is such a consummation conson ant with one single item of our past history ? What is required to give even the appearance of plausibility to these deductions? A pre existing condition of heartlessness, cowardice and selfishness on the part of our people an absence of all the hjigli emotions of patri otisin, honor and local attachment. Can this be said of us? Is not every true son of Carolina ready to maintain the recerse with his life-blood? We believe it with a faith, that knows no wavering. And believing thus, we will never admit that our State is to be de serted it her hour of need, except by such men, as were born traitors. Of these, we would rejoice to be ridded. The great mass of our people would but become the more staunch and true, in proportion to the in crease of the dangers that threatened "the home of their affections and the land of their allegiance" They would take up the language of David when speaking of Jesusalein, and say: " When I forget thee, oh Carolina, may my right hand forget its cunning and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." Should we be told that these are mere as sertions which may be rebutted by contrary ones, we answer, ours are assertions based upon a knowledge of what our people have been and what they still are. The contrary opinion, however, confidently declared, would be purely prospective and hypothetical. Should we be pressed still further for the reasons upon which we ground this abiding faith, we would bid the sceptic go through the length and breadth of our State, and put the question plainly to every individual he might chance to meet, " will you not descrt South Carolina in her day of trouble?" If he escaped, in the prosecution of this experi went, eve. for a singrle day, with an unbro. ken skull, it is more than we would expect. Add to this, that it is the proud boast of T[here is nothing then. to warrant the belief that discord, or event discontent will prevail in our ranks. There is every thing to keep~ alive the joyous expectation, that our peoiple will present a solid front in defence of their State, whatever may betide ther. This being granted, we aire now to examine the extent of the evils and difieulties which are likely to arise to test the firumness of our population and the truth of their cause. And first as to the evils of war. It is said by sonme of the political ' savans,' that the Federal Government wvill not think of using coerive measures towards South Carolina, ini the event (if her seceding from the Union. Mr. Wasr has indicated that the Execu tive department is of a different wvay of thinking. He has indeed almost declared that we iil be dealt with as a rebellious Pro vince, if that branch of the Government is to have the decision of the matter. The ques tion then arises, wvill this dictatorial decision be sust-ained by the National Legislature, in which the sole power of declaring war resides. Even conceding the point that it will be the disposition of a majority of that branch to sustain the Executive, will there not be moral hinderances to the fulfilment of this policy, well calculated to stagger all but those who r laboring under the blindest fanaticism? Evidently3 so. A ny a'ct of rcar against South Carolina for the causes nnder consideration, will be a public proclamation that the Ameri cn people have renonneed the strongest feature of their Federal system, the only cheek upon the aggressions of the Central Government-the hitherto uncompromitted sovreignty of the separate members of the League. It will be canonizing the deeress of a majority in Congress, as infallible and supreme. It will be acknowledging to the world that our boasted government differs from a despotism only in name. It will be a retrogade movement that will call down upon the government the ridicule of monarchists and which will afford them just grounds to boast of the superiority of their long cherish ed constitutions. It will be perpetrating in the enlightened era of 1851, an outrage worthy only of medi-mval tyranny. It is no salvo to the consciences of those who perpe trte the deed, that it will commend itself to the support of transatlantic politicians, as ac cording with the teaching of their schools. They will not regard it in this light alone. Their chief use of it will be,to point to it as a proof of the impotency of our political or ganization. While a deed like this, by the American Congress, would impart joy to the hearts of monarchs and despots everywvhere, it would arm their parasites with a newv and powerful argument against Republican inno vations. It would weaken, perhaps destroy the moral influence of this Wecstern Republic, over the affairs of mankind. Could such men as WEBSTER and even CLA, suffer shouts of a reekless party, into a misur that would reflect such disgrace upon tht American name ? It is scarcely prohible. Another barrier against the persecution ol South Carolina by any act of war, will be found in the unprecedented .s'rength of her political position. S tands upon a inoral Gibraltar, and from,birlimmaiding height, can survey the pe jleity of her assailants, with a calm confid ngin the pnrity of her cause and an unfaltering trust in Him who has said, that " the battle is not to the stront alone." Among the revolting elements that may struggle to combine for her destruction, the still small voice of common sagacity will make itself heard, however unwelcome its suggestions. It. will force our adversaries to see and to admit that they are entering upon a confliet in which the 'morale' will be alto. gether against them. The questions will present themselves to the sober, practical farmers of the North-for what purpose i.s this proceeding against South Carolina insti. tuted? what injury orginjustice have we ever sustained at her hands.? what is to be the cost of this experiment? when is it to end ? if the extirpation of a few savages from Florida cost us several millions, what sum will be required to organise and keep up a force sufficient to subdue a hundred thousand free. men fighting for their.very firesides? Their leaders would strive in vain to give satisfac. tory answers to these puzzling questions. There would thus arise distraction and divi. sion without end, even among the people of the Free-soil States. -Fanaticism would ad. vise to desperate measures-self-intcrest would pause to consider the pecuniary ad. vantages to be gained-justice, though per. haps in a sad minority, would condemn the policy-even the violated Constitution might call around it a remnant, resolved to restore it to its original purity. Thus the very na ture of the case, to say nothing of the les. sons of their past history, will lead us to be. lieve that the Northern States would be split into factions and that their action througi the National Congress would, as a conse. quence, be vacillating, weak and inefficient. We do not speak of our sister States of the South, having agreed to admit that they will remain neutral and indifferent spectators o this effort to subjugate South Carolina. Should they be taken into the estimate, ir making up an opinion of the wrangling and dissension which this measure of oppressior will produce, the expectation of an armed attempt to force our State into submi:sion would dwindle downto the barest possibility But leaving them out of the question, ther< are many reasons, some of which are indica ted above, to strengthen the belief that nc formidable party ead be long held togethei for the destruction of our Commonwealth. we will command the issues ot this coniei for peace or for war. We will have the con. trol of~ our own free destiny, with no survei. lance but that of the mighty Ruler of Nat ions IBut if they even yield to the suggestions of that prudential patriotism, which elaims foi itself a spirit ef determined resistance, whik saying that "the time and the occasion " to] beginning the all-important movement, "havi not yet been, are not nowv," while, in efll'eet disclaimning the action of our Representative taken at the last session, then we much fea: that the "die is cast" and that the fates arc against us. Thea do we seriously apprehend that "a tale of submissioa" will begin tc be unfolded, the last chapter of wvhich will present a picture, more appalling than Brit in emancipation 'ever stamped upon the uniifor. tunate island of St. Domingo. Patriots of South Carolina! dampen not, with these temporising counsels, the enthusiasm of those, whose tohole souls and fortunes stand. pledged to the unflinching prosecution of the course, plainly marked out by otur Legisla. ture and joyfully recognised by our true sympathizers throughout the South! You may thus deal a death-blow to the great cause in which we are all engaged-a cause which must triumph, if guided by the spirit of '76. We have much ground to hope that this triumph will be achieved without the ne eessity of war; and to this view we have confined oiurselves in the above. At another time, we will consider the probability of that triumph, should a resort to arms be necessary to secure it. C0O.. I. W. UAYNE. WE perceive that the Greenville Patriot, by claiming several gentlemen as anti-secs sionists, has elicited a long reply from Col. HAYNF, through the Charleston Mercury. It is not our good fortune to understand the full force of the Colonel's demonstrations. For all that we know, or can learn from the article, the editor of the Patriot may still be right in reference to seceral of the gentlemen le lays claim to. As to Judge BUTLER and Col. IIAYE him self, we had no doubts before, of their beliet in the right and possible expediency of seces sion. WVe regret to perceive that wec have mis-judged the latter, so far as to number him among those, who belie-:e that, without a change for the better or some such positire prosect of Southern co-operation. as will warrant us in delaying, the " time and the oe aion" for action will hare arisen at the meeting of our Convention in '52. WVe supl) pose from his use of the expression, "striking while the iron is hot," that he is for waiting until our people are again placed ini the fur nace of Federal oppression. We doubt the utility of subjecting iron too often to a red heat-and we doubt the wisdom of familiari zing any population with acts of tyranny. The iron may lose its temper, and the popu latin my hae "he ege f sesibli. blunted," by 'a repetition of the experiment. It is with deep disappointment, that We feil tibligred to draw this inferenec from Col. HmAYNE'S communient ion. The name he bears is dear to the whole State. Many fondly cherisied reminiscences are awakened by its mention. Not the least amonetiihem, is that memorable occasion when a noble Carolinian maintained his ground against the boasted orator of Massachusetts, and fearlessly de clared, as his own resolve and the resolve of the State he represented, " that they would not lav down their arms until they had ob tained indemnity for the past and security for the future." The present representative of that honored nante iav b" infinenced by the same "uncalculatng devotion to the interests and the honor of South Carolina." This conviction but adds to our grief that he has thought proper to differ from the adopted and manifestly wise policy of secession, on the score of wrongs already coimnitted against the only sovereignty we acknowlelge. If we h:ve mis.construed his position, it will afford us more than gratification to know it. According to our understanding of his vie-.vs. it does appear to us that he is the ad vOcate of a course, that will place our State just where she was three years ago. The base wrongs of the past are to be forgiven and forgotten-we are to return quietly to our hewing of wood and drawing of water, until something occurs to arouse us again to a burning heat; and then we will net, and that too, at the very nick of time. We de sire, with proper respect, to enter our solemn protest against this dallying with our extreme grievances. It is throwing ourselves into the power of our enemies. It is learing to them the decision of the time and occasion for the next up-rising of Southern feeling. Their shrewdness will regulate this period according to the ascertained preparedness of the South for the infliction of new wrongs. Before it shall have arrived, the gallant gen tieman, whose views we are considering, may be gone to his grave. The old veterans of the Constitution will be all gone. Most of the eye-witnesses of '32 may be gathered to their fathers. The inundation of Northern influence, may have spread every where. Our voice may have become powerless and our hant's have become fettered for all time. Who can endure the thought.? Is it not bet ter to strike at once, before that evil day draweth near? " Strike for your altars and your fires; Strike for the green graves of your sires, God and your inatire land ' DANIEL WEBSTER AXD THE FUG!TIVE SLAVE LAW, WE copy below from a Northern Exchange the proceeding of the citizens of Marshflield, WEDSTER's home, in reference to the Fugi -' ' '-- thi. rod-like Daniel is tremzity. WVe must eithier conclutde from thuis that 3Mr. WVECSTEa has lost all manner of in fltuence in his own little townt. or else that lie is playing the part of a double-dyed hypo erite. Read the statement ecarefultly and de cide the point for yourselves. BosTON, WXednesday, 3March 5. The citizens of the town of' 3arshfield, the place (of Datniel Webster's residence, adopted, at their late town meet ing, held day before yesterdamy, M1arch 3, a preamble and series of resolutions, lby a vote of' 120 to 31t, pronuncuiing the Fugitive Slave act. unconsti tuitional. They say it is so, in thait. amnong others, it violautes that provisioni of' t he Cotn stitution, wvhich declares that tno bill of at tainder or ex pJo~e fad~o law shall be passed; that which declares that no mnan shall ibe de priv'ed of life or liberty' without dIne process of law ; anid thamt men charged with crime or wvhose interests are at state ini suits at comn mon law involving a stin equal to $20 shall be entitled to tri:.l by Jury. Further, they declaire thatt this act is utterly repugnant to our moral sense, a disgrace to the civilization of' the age, and clearly tt variamnce' with the whole spirit of' the Christiam faiith. The resoltutions are very strong. They maintain t hat until we are prepared to repudi ate the principles of the Declaration of Inde pendence and abjure all idea of' jtistice and huimanuity, we can render no0 voluntary obedi ence to this act. The second resolution is as follows: Resolved, Thait while we love and defend the Union that secures the objects for which this was satid to be established, we are not to be det erred by any threats of dikunion, or by any fear of evils, immuediate or remote, pres~ cni or future, fronm usitng all just :ind lawf'ul means to aid and assist those who hav'e the manliness and cotratge to escape from the prison-house of bondage. The third and fouirth declare that while they' desire liberty for themselves, and retain a spark of the spirit which led the Pilgrinms :cross the Ocean, while thiey reniember the golden rule and rccognize thte obligations of charity, anid love, and good will, their homes shall be oipeni to welcomie the hunted fugitive as he passes their doors, in his flight from the national blood-hounds wh'lo are buying on his track. They conmmend to every fugitive from Slavery the glorious sentiment of' Patrick Henry-"Give me liberty or give miedeh. The preamble and resolutions were ordered to be eiitere'd tupotn the public ofliia records of the town. WVF. are glad to see, by the Columibia pa pers, that the very large Southern Rights Associa tion of Riebliand, sheows no disposi tion to step bauckwards in the great cause of Resist:imee. The grounid they took at the beginning was high, and altogethmer honorable to our spiritedl Capitol. They occupy that ground still, the polished and distinguishecd correspotndents of the Greenville Patriot to the contrary notwithstanding, and we may confidently add, they wcill ocenpy it to tihe last. Indeed, from the subjoined notice of the State-Rights Republican, it would seem that the feeling for determined and immediate ac tion is increasing and spreading. "The tone of the meeting w~as firm and decided, atnd evidently every individual pre sen looeuponnn SECESSIO 5 inevitable. " One incident. however, is specially wor thv of remark. Our readers doubtless re colleet that some of the Submission Prints -the Richnond Enqutirer among the number -recently claimed with loud hosannahs, C. P. Bookter, Esq., one of the Delegates from this District to our Stnte Conveniion,and the senior Vice-1resident of this Association as a Union man. Maj. D. D. Finley, in apolo. gizing for Copt. J ookter's unavoidable ub sence from this meeting, in consequence of indisposition, stated :mid loud and continued cheering. that he was authorized by Capt. Bookter to announce, that that gentleman had now come to the conclusion that there was no longer, in his opinion, a probability of our obtaining redress for our wrongs, and that consequently our only alternative to es cape dishonor was SECESSION. This gratifying announcement is rnly an other demonstration that instead of subsi ding, the spirit of resistance is every day becoming stronger, and that despite the mis representations of interested parties to the contrary, South Carolina was never more in earnest than she is at present." It will be seen from this that old Richland is all right. Shall we not have the same to say of Edgefield ? We have no doubt of it. Come up, fellow-citizens, to the meeting of our Association on sale-day next. Let every man, who is not disposed to back out, enroll his name among the members of that body. And let us send a full delegation to the meeting in Charleston. TIlE SOUTHRON'S PRAYER, To Miss A. L. P., the following impromptu lines are inscribed by one proud of her friend ship and good-will. A Sov-TnoN. God of immortal Washington, God of the Sunny South ! God bless the land of Washington, God bless the Sunny South! God bless the .Mothers of the South, And bless her Daughters too God bless the Fathers of the South, And keep her Sons all true! God bless the Fifteen Southern States, God bless Columbia too; And pity Lord, the Northern States, " They know not what they do !" The South her Independence won, Old England's bonds she broke; Nor will a Southern Mother's Son, E'er wear New Eugland's yoke! Woe to the wretch whose traitor hand, Shall aid and comfort give, To foemen of the Southron's land Let not that traitor live! God of immortal Washington, God of the Sunny South ; God help the land of Washington, God save the Sunny South! From the South Carolinian, 25th inst. Arrival of the Artic. LATER FROM EUROPE-COTTON PIRM. BALTIIoRE, March 25, 1851. -- - - ning. She was nel on the first y a large vessel. 5ut little from 3 sailing of the in Liverpool unchanged pri striets were doing .avre cotton market was steatiy. Corn, owing to large importations had de clined from Gd. to Is. Filour in- Liverpool-Western 20s. 6d. a 21s. 6d. Baltimore 22 a 23. In France all was quiet. The Assembly met on Monday. The tlonting debt was aug mented seventy millions francs. Tis' an nouncement ha'd depressed op~era.tiosns on the Bourse. Seventy-livee are quoted at 94 franes 24 eenlimnes. Austria refuses the demand of Russia, concerning a confederation. -The Emperor of Russia has presenited the King of Prussia with a ehair worth a million of dollars. Constantinople intelligence states that the Emprorof Austria hats granted an amnesty to all the exiled Hungarians. except Kossuth and Biatheny but none of them will be al lowed to revisit Hungary. Death of Dr. Wray. " The young may die:; thme old must die." The latter portion of this impressiv-e aphor ism is solemnly brought to the minds of our citizens by the dleath of Dr. Thomas J. Wray, who depnarted this life on the 20th instant, at his residence in this city. His mortal frame yielded gradually, and without pain, to the sure progress of age and phlysical debility, whih h-ad long given wa;rning of his ap proaching end. He breathed his.' last in the midst of his famnily, and cheered by a Chris tian's hope of a happy imnmortality-. Dr. WVray was borii in WVilliamisburg, Vir ina, in IFebruary 178I, and emigrated to Anusta in 1801, where he has resided about 50 years, engaged in business until the in firmtes of age forced him to withdraw. He was one of the most tho'rough Biotianists in the conntry, and a memtber of several Scien tific Societies in this country and Europe. His intercourse with his fellow imetn was aracterized by high toned probity and gen temanly bearing. His recreations were such as marked a man of refinied tastes and high mental culti vation.-Constitutionalist. PAssroRTS TO THE WORL.D'S Faxa.--No one intending to visit Europe should quit this cJuntry without first obtining a Passport from the Seeretary of State's Decpartmen't at WVashington, inasmuch as the trouble to pro cure one is but trifling, and the advantages many b~e incalculable. A law of Congress passed on the 16th December last, makes it obligatory on a na tive citizen, applying for Passports, to make oath of his citizenship, which also must be attested to by another citizen to whom lie is personally known, before a Notary Public,I and this testimony must be forwarded to the Departmniut. An adopted citizen is required to forward to the State Department, his naturalizatior papers, and a personal description; and the papers will be returned to the applicant with the passports. DEATH OF GEN. BaooxE.-The Charleston Courier of the 25th inst. snys:--A telegraph i despatch was received from; New-Orleanis, at the War Departmnent on Thrdy an nouning the death of Brevet Major General George M. Brooke, which took place at San Antonia, Texas, on the 9th itnst. Gen. B. enteed the Army from Virginia, in 1808, and served gallantly'at the defetnce of Fort Erie, and in the Mexican WVar. At the time of his deth he was in command of the 8tli military department, (Texas,) and engaged in plan ning an expediin argainst the indinns. The Leaders. "Secession has been determined on by the leaders." So writes a Columbia corres pondent of the Washington Union: and the only remark we have to make (in the point is, that the Union's correspondent is more observant than the rest of us to discover who are the leaders. We have been using- all the powers of penetration we possess for some time past, but have not yet been able to put our finger on a leader in this secession movement, as it is called. lie is not to be found among those we have been wont to look to as leaders, for a large number of them are nowhere just now. They certainly do not occupy the position of leaders. This constant effort to class the deep feef. ingr which pervades the whole people of the State with the eferveseens of ordinary politi cal excitement, or as the result of the machi. nations of political "leaders," is mischievous in the extreme. It deceives those whose opportunities do not allow them to become familiar with the real popular sentiment in the State, until they beg n to regard the whole thing as the mere claptrap of demago gues. They will wake to the reality, how ever, when it will be too late to offer media tion, or plead ignorance of affaira as they-ex ist and have existed with -us for twelve months past. The people, and not the lea ders, are determined on secession. Vere such a movemenit the mere instrument in in the hands of " the leaders," the people would have risen in their strength many months ago, and crushed both them and their pet scheme. As it is, from one end of the State to tihe other, not a whisper from any popular assemblage, even hinting at subads sion, has been heard; and when a single press has raised its voice in one corner of the State in favor of such a course, its first np. pearance is announced in all the papers, from Maine to Texas. as a most wonderful phe nomenon-a lusus nalurr. If sccession were confined to the leaders if it did not pervade every portion of the State to a greater or less extent, why is it that a single paper opposed to it, published wi:hin her limits should be regarded as much a wonder-a saintly counsellor in Pandem onium? This single fact in this age of in. dependent journalism in the best evidence that but one spirit, that of resistance to the aggressions the Union has brought on us, animates the great body of the people. The greatest-if it can he termed a want, where all are united in a single purpose-is that of leaders. There is enough of the raw mate ri:d fortun::tAy to manufacture them of when the time comes.-South Carolinian. The following article of the Mississippian contains a pregnant truth. In confirmation of the last part of it, we should remark that Mr. Owens of Georgia has received the con sulship to Havann, and thus "the price of tie noble and patriotic stand" of his State, ias been paid with creditable promptitude THE WAY DIVISIONS ARE CREATED IN THE SorTH.-We have often argued that it is useless for the friends of the South to post pone the adoption of measures of resistance to the oppression of the Federal Government, with te view of securing unanimity. It in idle to'expeot such result, when so many causes exist to prevent it. Prominent among these, is the power which the Fedoral Gov ernment possess of buying up with office, leading men in our own section. The duuceur is held out to corrupt aspiring politi cians, and they arc sure by partizan appeals to take with them to the-support of the pw ers that, be, a s'ufficientinumber to create the divisions which we so much lament. Thus the National Treasury which is sup plied to a great extent by taxes upon South ern labor, is used for the purpose of produ cing discord in the South and rendering her powerless in the hands of her oppressors. Will delay remove this obstruction in the path of resistancee.? Will it destroy the elitter of Federal gold or break the charm of Federal oilice? Surely it will not. The nature of man will reta:iin the same, and the means of enticing the depraved will but in crease whh~l each rcvolving year. Who knows the extent of the bribes that were held out to the enrrupt demnaeognes of both pa.rties in Georgia, who deceivedl and misled the people of that State ? The Wash ingtont correspondent of thme Louisville Conr ier (WVhig) openly announces that the Presi dent promised t o one of them, the most lu crative otlice in his gift. Thme writer says: "The consul-ship at Havana, the most lucrative consulate in the gift of the excent tive, h::s been placed by him at the disposal of the delegation from the State of Georgia, provided they present a proper person for it. 'This of course they wvill do, as there is, no doubt, as good material for it in that State as in any other of the Union. The claims of Mr. Langdon, the WVhig Mayor of Mobile, were strongly urged by his friends for this consulate ; and, but for the promise made by the President to the Georgia delegation, there is no doubt but what Ite would hare received it. Front the noble and partriotic stand, however, that Georgia took during the recent slavery excitement, and Mississippi disunion, and successfully checked the head long course of sucession ; she was entitled not only to this, but much more at the hands of the General Government." DEATIT OF M1. M1. NoaH.-By tele .aph, in telligence of t he death of M1. M. Noah, has been received. Hie has been nearly fifty years past associated with the press, to which his intelligence and tolerance in matters po litical and otherwise, with that urbanity of style and manner wvhich characterizes the trume gentleman rendered him an ornament. As a veteramn in this department of public literature, his opinions wvere considered as of authoritative value, w~hich his judgment and experience confirmed. Society in general will mourn his loss, as well as those who have ever in any respect been associated with him in friendly or political relations.-Sun. The Valley W~hig cautions the publio against receiving ten dollar notes on the Charleston (S. C.) Bank, five dollar notes on te Planters' Bank of South Carolina, five dollar notes on the Northwestern Bank of Virginia, and three dollar notes on the Bank of North Carolina, without rigidly scrutini zinmg them. During the week the editor says le has seen not less than half a dozen rank counterfeits of the denominations above des sribed.-Char. Courier. SGNS OF THE TIMES.-The New York Exx press of Wednesday last says: " Our editorial table grons with some hun dred sermons and essays, written and publish ed in different parts of the Northern States, in which are inculcated disobedience to laws, nullitication of law.s, and especially the crepd that a mnm's consciencc, as a man oftddn chooses tc nickname his own perverse will, is a higher lawv with him than any lawv of the Statute Book whatsoever. These elaborate documents have been put out with more especial reference to the fugitive Slave Jaw' and they are circulated fir and wide to im, press public opinion, and to break down all regard for laws that are not agreeble. to ,nen's nalties or passions. - -