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AwA . Imeinoeatte 3jouxual, reieteY to sot1ern 3tgijts, 1'eins, e~ot era inteutente, Lterature, ?Woraite, Empwtauvwe agictu set W. F. DURISOE, Prprit. EDGEFIELJUNE 12,1851. -A A. Afe turfM ii i Ubotr t sotbcr I~3Ij~t ICwo,- iot "WO ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - -il -ln totePlaso3h eperis n f i t&1 ewl aihais h We~~~~~~~~~ F. 1UOPo DEFJN 2-81 THE PRESS. SUNG aT THE PalNTEas' FESTIVAL, BOSTON. Let monarchs revel while they may, And drain their goblets bright; No heart sofree, or gay as we, On this our festal night. We need no regal pagant here, No banners-wreathed with fame, For brighter far our triumphs are, Of history and name. Each printer lives himself a king, A monarch in iis might, And throne and-crown~nust topple dcwn . Whenbe is in the right; And o'er the world his banner waves Where freedom's sung or told, The ?rrTaD PaoE-the truths of age, And glorious songs of old. High honor to the noble art By far the brightest gem That ever threw its lustrous hue From freedom's diadem. E'en now its gleams the ruiding star, The watch-word of the brave, Where millions fight to gain the right Of freedom or a grave. Then, brothers, let our daily toil Be sung in festal strains, White bards shall sing or weapons ring On earth's wide battle plains. .or while one tyrant's throne is left For truth to trample down, Our mystic art will beak its part Of glory and renown. * ~ Truth. The power of truth is irresistible. We may run from it, but we cannot fight auccessful against it. No one by resis tance ever made the truth, false. It is possible to resist the truth, or rather turn aside from its influence, but it ever re mains the truth still. Like God, the trith is etdrnal and unchangeable. When truth is permitted to exert its hallowed power upon us, it is sure- to benefit us, but, when we strive to. push it from us, we loose by the eftq.t Light is light; a man may close his eyes, or shut him self upipdarkness, but all around him and,iusfis hiding .place. the light ik still shiniig. 'Those..who desire not 6o wA - iwri or k-ia i hili theyu-may be thus governed. -.. is a badisign.i0 seelenjstriving to-get away froM the truth, from whatever motives; "honesty is. the bqjt- policy;" and we love to have all e'"'me to the light that, "theii deeds may beif.uade manifest whetheirthey are good or evil." Men who know th'ey are doing wrong think to hide by feigning ignorance, of making apologies, or excdsing themselves, or by other subterfuges of hypocriby; but if they would let the truth have its way, they would soon be. ashamed of them. selves, and be led - to abandon their evil way. The world is blessed, with the word of truth, as with the .light of the sun; but how are they weddeT to error, and will cling to their idols! They seem to think the truth will sufler by their delinquency. Not so. It must increase, but they will be sure to decrease. How ever they may think on the subject, the friends, advocates, and lovers of truth will come off " more than conquerors" in the end. Truth must prevail."-Col. Fountain. THE PS-r, THE PRtESENT THE Fi 'UE.-Who can fathom the depth of meaning these words convey!? Through the varied and intricate walks of life, sur rounded by temptations, rich in splendor and beatiful in form, yielding to the siren voice, allurement, we heed not the ad monitions of the past, or apply the les son they hmave taught to the dangers of the present. The past w"e look at only to remember what has been:, con templating pleasure enjoyed or sorrows endlured,, as something once ours, now lost 'to posse3Sion, gone forever, half forgotten, concealed by " oblivion's veil." The present-headed not, 'mid the hopes, the imaginings, the anticipations of the future, its .value is not estimated, its worth remains unknown. But the fuiurc may never come, it is a blank upon its page, the purity attached to the truth must stamp its seal, ere we can sully its verginity, or call it ours. Oh wherefore do we wisli jo live ? What charm hath earth away to give, . Probation's days are few in years ' Mid suffering, trouble, pain and tears. The past has gone-the present come, Our course through lite is quickly run, T 'hen freed from earth, in Heaven we find, Woi-thls was all we left behind. REvENCE~.-The noblest revenge we can take upon our enemies is to do them a kindness, for return malice for malice azed injury for injury, would afford but a temporary gratification to our evil pas sions, and enemies would only be render ed- the-more bitter against us. But take the first opportunity of showing them how superior we are to them, by doing them a kinfdness, or by rendering them a service, the sting of reproach wili enter deeply into their souls; and, while unto us it would be a noble retaliation, our triumph wtill not unfrequently be render ed complete, not only by blotting out the malice that otherwvise stood against us, but by bringing repentant hearts to offer thcmselves at the shrine of friendship. From the Hamburg Republican. PUDZ.ZC MEZTZNG. Pursuant to a call of over four hundred citizens of Edgefield District for a public meeting, to take into consideration the alarm ing position which South Carolina is made to occupy by the recent Convention which as sembled in Charleston, and to adopt such measures as, in our opinion, will relieve the State from the evils of separate secession. A large and respectable portion of the citi. zens of Edgefield district was held in the town of Hamburg on Saturday the 31st of May. The meeting was organized by calling Capt. Andrew J. Hammond to the Chair, and requesting C. W. Styles, Esq. to act as Se cretary. The Chair having in an impressive and ap propriate manner stated the object of the meeting on motion, a Committee of thirty was appointed by the chair, 'consisting of the following gentlemen, to report business for the consideration of the meeting: Willis G. Harris, Levi Hill, D. J. Walker, W. Rountree, Samuel Clark, C. McDonald, Samuel Glover, H. L Jeffers, M. O'Keeffe. James Purvis, G. C. Cunningham, J. R. Cook, C. P. Cassin, W. J. Wightman, W. P. Delph, J. W. Stokes, C. Williams, Charles Hammond, Joseph Heightower, Dr. A. J. Creighton, M. W. Coleman, Win. Lanham, W. C.. Bowley, Joseph Morris, E. Gallaher, A. Burnside, H. A. Kenrick, . Radie, E. J. Buckmaster, Robert Andermon. The committee having retired, the Hon. W. A. Owens of Barnwell was invited to ad dress the meeting, on the prominent question of the day, which he did for upwards of an hour in a strain of patriotic eloquence, and irresistable arguments in opposition to the policy of Separate secession on the part of South Carolina, and the action of the South ern rights convention held in Charleston in April last. The remarks of Colonel Owens were responded to in such a manner as to in. dieate very- clearly that the people are not disposed to. risk the dangeroi.usconsequences of:separate State. secession, under existing circumstanees. We deem it, unnecessary to comment further bn. this masterly efTort of Col.' Owens as-we expect d6py for publi cation, suffice it to say; that; in-all respects he echoed the sentiments of the -people. At the conclusion of Col. O's.remarks..the com mittioofthiirty rturnedeand"aihroU'gh Mr. G.RCssindaubitted'tieolidiigpream bli and olutionsfo.iAhe-ensidratiun of .A crisi.ihlarrived intu aff oslii4whie4. it behooves 'every citizen ofttifc State with out concealmen't to diseovar is.political se'n timents The-i'ction' of'the last Legislaturk convoking.-:-a- Constitutional: Convsntion of the people, the.election or;Delegates to that body, whose province it will be to decide final ly on the action, which the State must t'ake in removing. paliating or redressing the griev ances imposed on the South by the Legisla tion-of Congress in the passage of the so call ed compromise measures and the contempla ted assembling of that body early in the next year, 'presents issues of the gravest import for the contemplation of every citizen. We had hoped that no proceedings would be taken in our State to forestall or control the final determination of the Constitutional Con vention and that the delegates elect would be left entirely free anduntrammeled to act in accordance with the prospects and circum stances surrounding them when assembled. But the late convention of the Southern rights associations in Charleston, as also the tone of the public press seems to indicate extraor dinary and unexampled unanimity, through out the State in favor of the Separate and ear ly secession of South Carolina, either with or without co-operation, and as we are well satisfied that there is a serious division anmong thec people upon this subject, we concoive it to be a sacred duty we owe to ourselves, our country and our posterity, to place our opin ions upon record and itf by oar counsels or example we can aid in saving the State from entering upomn the dangerous hazards of sepa rate action, without any prospect of co-ope ration or sympathy from our Southern sis Lers, we shall feel that we have discharged a .,ohemna duty and done the State some ser vice. And we are the more solicitouas that moderate and prudent councils should pre vail, because it is inevitable that the Southern States are destined at an early period to be come one grand confederacy of independanat States, wit hout the necessity of forcing an issue upon them which they regard as prema ture and unwise at this particular juncture and calculated to defeat the great measure we seek to carry out. We are not the supporters or opologists of the compromaises, wve think that thne South has been deeply wronged by the adoption of these odious measures, we are not for ae quiescing in them, nor do we oppose separate secession for any such end, we are for resist ing them b- any and every practical mode which has been or may be d'evised, but we believe that no efficient redress can be ob tained without the co-operation of other slave States, whose interests arc now and whose destiny in every respect must ultimately be the same as ours. We expect most confident ly to obtain co-oporation, not only in conse quence of thne aggressions of the past, but from the emboldened spirit of fanaticism all over the North in the daily perpetration of new outrages. We have confidence in the patriotism of our brethren of the other South ern States, as they are a high minded spirited people, no reasonable fear need be entertain ed that they will sink down in tame and wil ling acquiescence in the wrongs of the past or idle and indefferent spectators of the out-. rages of the present, and prospects of shame and humiliation in the future. We merely state our opinions without entering into a discussion fully of the reasons which bring us to the conclusion, that under existing cir cumstances South Carolina cannot with wis dom or prudence secede from the Federal Union. But when the prospects for co-ope ration brightens. Wheon other Southern States will gave assurance of their readiness to dissolve their union with the Northern States, our hearts will leap and our voices join in a hearty amien to the joyful tidings. 1. Be it therefore Resolved, That whilst we are in favor of resistance to the late un just and odious legislation of Congress, known as the compromise measure, in the most ef ficient form, we are opposed to the separate secession of South Carolina as being ineffi cient and utterly inadequate, as a remedy for past wrongs or:a security against more threat ening dangers in the future. . 2. Resolred, That the co-operation of other Suites in the South, having with tin a com mon origin, institutions and destiny is 'indis pensable to the perpetuation ot African slave ry, and that all hohorable means should be used by South Carolina to produce unity, concert and harmony, with other Southern States in anj organizeed plan of resistance to the eneroachments of the Federal Govern ment, 3. Resolved,: That the final determination of this question by the. State Convention af ter its adjournment should be submitted to the people of this State for approval or dis approval at the ballot box. 4. Resolved, TthAt- the destiny of South Carolina is our destiny, and that we will-use all the meansplaced in our power to avert the evil of separate secession at this time. and a reckless disolution of the ties that unite us with our brethren of the South. Whose ori gin. interests and destiny are inseparably linked with ours. The preamble and resolutions having been moved for adoption. W; W. Boyce Esq. of Fairfield district was called for, who arose, and at some length enteriuined the meeting with itiring eloquence; and sound argument in support of the resolutions. Mr. B. pointed out. in, a vivid manner -the evils consequent upon separate State action, and showing the impossibility of forcing the other States of the South into measures contrary to theirjudg ment, by the mere aet of our se'eeding alone, demonstrated the folly of such a move, as be ing no remedy for the wrongs we seek to redress, but frought with uischief too painful to contemplate, he argued the impossibility of South Carolina maintaining her existence as anl independant sovereignty among the. n, tions of the earth, and adverted briefly to the vain hope of. obtaining co-operation, after the act of secession. M. B. ga-e ample evidence of his sincority in-the cause in which ' he is engaged, and. of his determination: to exert all themeans in his powver :to shield the.State from the dan geir ihieli ibientenher. Weiforbear further comment upot so able in effort, as we ex pet.a.copyofit.also for publication, and-it must:be re$dt o beWappieiated. Mr. B. hav i'ng ccludedAhi' reinnrk,'the following Lttsw wis~iiylua8foi i sHnofAP P. Butler iisididing tWlan invitation to attend and address the meetidg on thlis occasion. A Letter from Benator Butler. 1tonelandi, iea- Edgefield Court House, May, 28th 1851. To C. W. STYLEs, LEvI HILL and A. WaAY, Esqs.'Hamburg, S. C. GENTLEMEN :-You did me the honor yes terday, to ca.ll -on me in conformity with the following resolution, adopted by numerous subscribers for the call of a public meeting in Hamburg, on the 31st inst. to wit: "That, C. W. Styles, Levi Hill and A Wrny, Esqs. be appointed a committe to wait on Judge( Butler, and deliver the public invitation to him to attend and address the people on the day named,"-thc object of the meeting be ing to consider the question of separate se mssion of South Carolina from all the other States in the present Confederacy. Allow me, gentlemen, to thank you person ally, for the acceptable and polite manner in which you acquitted yourselves of the duty imposed upon you,-and to return my cordial acknowledements to my fellow-citizens for the flattering compliment implied in their call n ma to address them on the occasion indi eated. From Intimations which I have recived, it is probable, I may be called on to address other meetings of a similar character, from' the best view which I can take of my duty, having a regard for my official relations to all the people of South Carolina. I have some to the conclusions that it would be bet. er that I should not mingle in such public meetings just at this time. Trho subject of your meeting is one of reat magnitude; and one which will be dis ussed by the people. I sincerely hope that it may be so discussed and considered, as to lead to no intestine or party contentions in the State itself. The crisis is one which gives to your meet ng great dignity and solemnity. I have eve ry reason to conclude that the result of your proceedings will justify a high opinion of your intelligence and patriotism.. I cannot contclude this communiention with. out making a remark or two, on the great subject, which has9 occasioned your meeting. No one who looks at the certainties of the past, and the tendencies of the future, but must regard the crisis in which wec are in volved with anxsious concern and solicitude. A large proportion of Southern represen tatives-and several State Legislatures, by lemn Resolutions, have declared that South ern Institutions are not safe in the hands of the present Federal Governent. They have received too many stabs under the dec'eptive masks of Compromises and party organiza tions, to look for future security. Another question has presented itself~ for considera tion,-would the non-slaveholding States, by an adequate amendment of the constitutton, give additional, or any guarantees, for the. protection of Southern rights, and sectional equality !-The manner in which Mr. Cal houn's intimations to prepare an amendment of the Constitution, was received in Congress, is a pregnant commentary on this new stib ject. Mr. Calhoun commenced his last specl with the following passage: "I have, senators, believed fromn te first that the agitation of thme sub~ieet of slavery, would if not prevented by some timely and effective measure, end In. disunion.. mEnter-. taing this opinion, I have on all proper oc asions, endeavored .to call the attention of both of the two great parties. which divide the country to adopt -some measures to pre vent so gat a diaster, hnt withant sucess. The agi-.i nen . itta to phoce~d with ali t pt .iesist it, Until it hds ri6h'ed i nheii Ciawio longer be- disguised. r'dthiuilie Uiiondi in danger. Yo~ had forcedupon ycl the greatept, vest. that C:ui ever ewne U io n b e r The mudde i fi e nion'as indi cated by that with .nothing-. dunefations of ant imptilennj Wiatalter en is lftto the South ern'Sl . tie vinleot !n king- ca - -1 sre : how is theiroto be done * F-s the fiinatio equate Gover su.' a Government as could iavest- i h the.:powers, andq. eh rg'e the u a pohtiel soyereignty, among the'nii t e 1th-Boundless in--resod&es,' a eiIlturA and manufactoi fumefous and -intelli gent popultio$dtatesm-ot wisdom and expereme, - iith a. 'model of.the best.don' Hu'. A ever The Southerid hav& all'the elements of a gat- n Ith, think that Sout sparate se cession, .eauld- ei assume 'the posi tion. ofs:amp1 ament: for all the pur poses of natio ncq,-there are com iaritively vcr 0 would st on such an opinon.tsever theState not alonef hernStates but from Southern allies associates, and i its operation, woul inly require great and destructive s "cTo speekeofno other it would riqiir' sarife eof the only great -Sea-Po of -thd State, -vhat tateisian e erh advice -under such -a juncture amas exists at the pre. senedhaml. U Those whq a So th Carolina moving, alone, lave- 1ed bjcs beybid her sepalrate e6w'and when eoi to-mnoveiiq profoundest judgmeiit thatsever hed on her detiies. Asa disting neorgian has remarked "S outh- Cros 3ke a proud position; sh6 o occupy it, as to ex clQooffiers f pying it witnf herta and--are-enos -in Miss Ala bama and, e Were never.4isLOi~ictly prsented beo -as, cer tinly as I aam writing, tle. illeometo judgment, they will~ W 'udth.ntent. The cit n'il i'eav g -,"turale n Preiden-a- l u any te! great- pdlitif tfthSouth iidm dtver as eSovth . inaepr by o ee s hope fulmen-:vfo al theipr - SWhitW'is the ane.te W ef fareicom apteevi- what will it bl three yearithence undei the- tain tendeiiy of. eveu a s cunder the divie righit . of usurpation a -utions of a blinod ajor itystheficedo the po pie of 'the" -Soth ftha thse mus'take wom moacouncils-to.aver e xommon.daniers. The attempt towforce other Southern State to fol lown, our led wouidea-dagerous expoeri tmoe, aidin my opinion would result in failure and'in disaster. d One oie by Sonth Carolina, is to bringAO bo'tlpeles? Isolattonf or civil war. I hope itaill not be regarded as egotism in me, wvhen I-say-that I have more.. - liiness in a crisis, than; boldness to makeone. henSouth Carolina does move Uhe MUst beopreparedfo its consequences; Ilshall help her! in i I believe thatl the great-State-Righti cause and principles are stronger in the'Southern States than they. have ever been. - There is less jealousy between neighboring States that formery, when ,Federal preferments gave araelter to p coy. 'Godhath joined South' Carlina llnd'efrfgin toether, and let no man tr men putfhe i unaer! Those who sow the seed of discord between them, have mucl to aiiswer for before the tribunal the ofstihis -ofuth Suth' er hads-taem woiuncilSttesvern-womon-angeers iTe atept and wifore ethernStatheeis to fo mnt, in mys ta opmo oud resulte an Commoweald n ter e iver Son Caiaih-to ilbrting'bomifoplesbioutn rys egotis -a real bodhetn beaytatnI he mtote. .ns n rss -hr bodest Gaeneme. When South Caolin doe move and murm. -epeae o t osqecs G eTlee t-th greatyStateeRihatsase and uncles arenstonerm in ourn youtadtes thnoehav invier mee. -y Thereti hever je iosy diibetween ne'boing, tates thave frenlywe bFst'iediera ostpresent lute aad ierh toai-ty. 'aGod hthe sined dout mare.n ad4eji togwibh-ot-ethes, and e olo mair e utik emrtasu ner Those who that the eodof dcr' 'beee the suve frmsuch ad~swerfoeforue the iua theadlonginien of thoei he wulds-h pripihae Stsuh awho-wion the. e itr Ienetsabwle pusue olthori of spi.. rio n thae tose that urg d the iate nyor tommonalth orsn Ejti.Tre ~ivpertn whideha-u delierceis ~~oniinalv n vSltate S taei-.ot~~'ol~in Gthedlmer ntu Thesolutonssion isl .bndnYursi, ith adRsfthe et in, Oli aaNE heIILL, Cale29o8 L haE nTEENoute gratlyuc fareoftht wIsuld tae pnnble i:tonetendseeeen ind your assenton tha t 'ofae-mtdhismnth ono wih wholl dsitte o tioit Ime. not re ceve receny rm:ftfalidn theninout it.o Thos whosure u to ch.temot-reklssn poplte'o hi State.Iheafrtil f cton s, tl youi, that th peogle~ hfaroe fa the Stats feat such-mdnbessho prbukle heL oprechiae sunheuila suon th e no - Iancofntepetable hote~rigt of. seces. iome to bey othse woure lieoi State-t iesr o oit,:s tha-eet uulaitnr.effdo rtretmaed to dsens that etecie wohruld,hohdyin vveeStatemd nca host'inolsio' with us-eitderlb govnmet.hiconcsion, eis aby urantly e, in Dliern. .gc oint iet ainst hir wlatly Age; m' Carletod Iha it is one mission to save the South from thi doom that impends, and that our first gui will rally the :slave holding states, under ou banner. I tell you, gentlemen, we can draN no Statfeinto our difficulties. It is preposter ous to.think of it. Would it be manly to di it' if we could? We must concede to th< other States; what we claim for ourselvesin telligence to understand their rights. an( eourage to defend them. Yes,'we must tak< for granted that they also have some self-re spect, and that they are not cowards and era vens. I am proud of the valor and heroisn of Sonth Carolina, but J am of opinion, tha other people have these qualities, also. An< it isin- my judgment. bad policy, as it is baa taste, to assume that South Carolina,.alone has the spirit and the intelligence to defeni ind preserve the common rights of all tho Southern States. ( I believe I have the means of knowing the public opinion of the slave holding States and I. declare, with sincere sorrow, that no une of them, nor any considerable minorit3 in.any one of them, is prepared to advise o iustify the secession of South Carolina. Ai to publie sentiment in the other States, I tak issue, and demand the proof. I know, per sonally and well, thegallant and distinguishec tnd true men, that represent some of then in Congress, but I know no man amongs1 them that would not stay us from the mad. aess of secession. Let those who affirm the .ontrary, name the man. No, gentlemen, we have no hope, that we mn coax or coerce any other State into se, -ession, at-the present moment. I think we should deceive ourselves if w( suppose we should excite the gratitude of the Southern States, or even their admiration, b3 secession. They will let us understand, i is not their battles that we-shall fight, or thei :ause that we shall uphold. They will nol bail us as tie champion. of the South. Bu1 if the seeession of this State-its politien epratio' from the other slave-holding states ould be aLffected as-peaceably and quietly ai some .have tried. to make uk believe-if il mould be :done without the, use of a muskel or a dollar, my conviction is, that it would b4 a dreadful calamity to ourselves. We'shouli be thd vietims of the most extraordinary. de hision that ever ruined a country, or a pea ple. And in my deliberate judgment all gooi men-all patriotic.men4-should strive, with uut Peeasing, to avert a disaster so utter, an< so irreparaile. I should have been mostappy, if I Cout( have coneurred in'what sierIs the-inslt&i ble determinatioobf-the.States. .kno*thi aonsequences of daring toi_1ent-from tho* who have lead'us to the brhik.of ,tlie prec] an ani prd'parei dtd meet 'tlie Ali1.; v sotirPEer-nohieir,:oriinc ertheir eness.. With r . espiect, Ihave the honor t6b your e ient servant. .. ARMSTEADBURT. The vote was then taken on the preambli and resolutions, which resulted intheir adop tion without a dissenting voice. Ur. C. P. Cassin offered the following reso ition, which was unanimously adopted. Resolced, That this medting requests thi people of South Carolina, who entertain sim ilar opinions, to assemble, in all parts of thi State, and respond to our resolutions. On. motion, Messrs. Boyce and Owens, thi gentlemen who addressed the meeting, wer requested~ tb furnish the Secretary of thit meeting withcopies of their remarks for-pub lication. Mr. Win. Gregg, Esq.offered the followin, resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the proceedings of thii meeting be published in the Hamburg Re publicnn, the Charleston daily papers, th< Columbia daily papers and the Edgefield Ad vertiser. On motion, tho'thanks of the meeting wer tendered to Messrs. Boyce and Owens fo heir kindness and patriotism in attendin; and addressing the meeting. 'On mofion, it was resolved that the name: of the subscribers to the call for this meetinl be published with the proceedings. On motion the meeting adjourned. ANDREW HAMMOND, Pres. C. WV. STYLES, Secretary. The followving is a list of a portion of tha names of the persons who subscribed to tha ~all for the meeting of which the above arn the proceedings: ames Purvis, W. W. Guyton, W H Weaithersbee, J. R. Cook, S Seinvarts, J. W. Logare, Thos McMillari, D. Toole, G F Toole, H. D Bryant, P Sciuvarts, Henry Ford, ames McLaren, Benjamin Barton, W A Meritt, Andrew -Barton, I M Hendrix, .. Daniel Turner, D M McCall, Charles W. Hunter', W Hamilton, T. H. Marshall, T P Marshall, F. W. Clark. Michel Howard, Joseph A. Thompsos1 R Gullidge, Asa J. Reardon, John V Pelt, James Walker, George H'anderson, Daniel Walker, Abert L Holley, -W. B. Good, Michael A Brien, . H. Jordan, B P Tyler, . Michel Dunkle, I Jinnings, Wd Monday, W Freeman, James Coten, A G Roundtree, - Samuel Cook, N Gullidire, Kindred Founting, Ker Boyce, .George W.&.Morris, Jacob Wise, Smith Radford, J F Polatty, WV. D. Green, John Coursey, W. F. Lupo, B T Reardon,'" John Jennings, John A Cannon, John B. Carter, Z P Claxton, Amasses May, William Quinn, Richard North, John Cook, , John M. W. Wall, John Adams, T. W. Johnson, C~yrus Vaughn, Luella Stevens, John R Wells, Samuel Cook, J Wise, William Sang, S Kirkland, Benjamin Burton, HI Searborougha, Dos. Jordan, Patrick~ McEvoy, Hardy Fortner, H WV Roders Samuel B. Coom, Miles Busbee, S. Langley, Wnm Laincaster, Szinanel A. Russ, W F Sneed, 3. .1- Gentell, - Charles Sliinling, - 4Westley Merchant, ams Merchant, Ansi! Devore, John B Walls, Thomas Gennings, John Busby, John D. West, Win Dicken, Noah Platt, George P West,. Valentine Weleker, W R Gunter, William D. Netts, John Pond, . E. C. Plumer, John Pilken, Shanby Oak. William Walls, Richard Burny, i Bennet Day, Thomas Price, C B Gable,' Simion R adford, R W Gable, W J Price, M. M. DeMedicis, J Wise, Elias S T Kreps, Win Gregg Levi Hill, John Wise, Thos H Stafford, A M Benson, John Usher, Jr A C DeCotte, L M Churchill, H A Kenrick, I John A Campbell, John Shinall, G. Damn, William Lanham, William B. Newell, James Reynolds, S. V. Shelton, A J Hammond, L. H. MeTyre, Joseph Morris, E. J. Buckmaster, John M Oliver, Edw'd DeCites, Willis G Harris, W. T. Traynham, Geo S Lamar, W. W. Wolling, J M Hill, C. Williams, Thomas H Smith, Abraham Levy, E M Fitts, James N. Carlisle, Stephen Faughnan, John Usher, Sr. A Faughnan, J. H. Price, James Kihbrell, J. L. Knight, M Salat, - Samuel Rea, Lucius L Hall, T. J. Benson, Daniel Prescott, A. Furguson, T. Burkhalter, S. W. GArdner, K Weidner,. A. E'Llmury, Patrick Smith, Win. Elkins, R Brighton, R. W. Owings, J W Stokes, C. B. Lamar, C P Cassin, H. Miller, Thomas Kernaghan, A. J. Laughton, C W Styles, Samuel Clarke, Charles Hammond, E. L. Whatley.. R Campbell, Richard Prior, B Mims, George B. Mills, Thomas S Roach, Johrn Sturzenegger- W S Smith, A. A. Clark, John Bull, John Clarke, Sr. J ' Howard, Thos. M. Foster, W P Delph, W. F. Parker, J Rosemor, David Z;Clarke* T M Brinly William-Foster, Mw WCleman J. IMClarke, Jr. James -Mathen - -J..T: Madly, Jr. W Miller - L, . Morton, T. D Cobb, A. J. Creighton J H Richardsons Rob't. Anderson, A Wray, G.'G. Cuninhaii, J A'Gurley,, Sj-Bowdrse J'M166iiim61 B'jamin Beard, PHCs, eebiry,,r! --W; WiGtWnmnn .,O ts Q B. F. M e' d; D.urzer1L Edd .Joseph Tirrner R..L,.Gei . - TWiley Pardue, .Tames W. Gurley, Jesse Bartee, L. Suber,. G Robinson, W.U. Bewley, Wm Gregg, 3. F. Osborne,- J-G 0 Wilkinson, M. L. Gearty, J D Plunkett, Thomas Kelly, C H Plunkett# Josigh Titus, Henry. Day, i Hugh- Matthews, Allen Franklin, Charles Carter, M. D.William Atkinson, Thos. White, Martin Walker, B. G. Carter, D Sigler, 0 0. H. P. Cunningham,John Seigler. H. Myers, Joshua Seigler, T. Sosenthal, W John Turner, Jos. J. Kennedy, James H Marritt, James Lundy, Philip Brogden, E. B. Smith, D L Adams, J. C. Garrett, E Adams, W. H. Crawford, H L Jeffers, Thos. B. Reese, A Burnside, R. G. Gurfin, Henry Pond. S. E. Babersham, 'rhe 2ffect of the Late Convention. That the action of our late Convention has had a powerful effect upon the minds of the consolidation party is evident by the fact of the sudden cackling among them. It cannot be concealed that the Northern people are -now beginning to open their eyes to see that the South no longer fearing the loss of such articles of manufacture as she has been pur chasing'north of Baltimore, is now determin ed to RESIS'T at all hazards and to the very Ilasqt extremity. In all this disastrous controversy the South has ever acted upon the defensive; the bull. dogs of the north, set on by the hyenas over the "big pond" have heretofore waged a cow ardly warfare upon us, resorting to every species of' rascality which the most reckless and abandoned minds could invent. Coun tenanced too by persons high in authority, they have been working the wires of destruc tion until the patience of the South is brought to a necessary panse ; and the action of the late Convention speaks truly and fearlessly the course of at least one Southern State. It has now become a fixed fact that South Carolina will secede, with or without the co-operation of other States. No other re snilt need be expected. Georgia and Missis sip~pi may follow; but we cannot count upon them as certain. No State labors under the burdens that this State does, and -has for many years. Nor is there any probability that she will be relieved of them otherwise than by secession. The meeting of the people has done much good in laying the whole matter before the country. As an orphan State, South Caro lina only asks to be allowed the privileges and immunities guarantied her by the Con stitution. Tis being refused. her, to what source can she go ; her only remedy is seces sion-and our prayer to heaven is that it may be accomplished without dclay.-Marion &tar. MET!HODIST CHUuue, Sotrrm.-From the statistics, recently published, we learn that in the twenty annual conferences composing the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church, the~re is a membership of 514,601; of whfeh 3'75,520 are whites, 135,594 colored and 3,487 Indian,.. In the ministry there.-are 1,582 traivelling preachers.-. During the past year, therehas been an increase of lO10,ii'ntheO membership, 44 in the'travellIng conp ,entIOen, l "on the-superannuted liat ad7"oa nreahars. From th. Chail Ar the 06kthersa tate l Abolish3i i i1 One of the m1it 'j og haVpn eu of secession very truyf i L- '7 "This instution ofelaver wih ern States, constitutes not onjy .'A terest, the mignitude .f liisian o easily over-estimated; WinEg the ve basi of all~ their industrWa-pursuit, but e viiy foundatidn' df .theireV9i W d 'is the law ofithe socis relatinsf . deeply marked divisions of the hnumiae na e int e 0nitediloaL^~nt hesitateto szi7zit it ~~irtheg ple of the slare-hoiingWtates 'ieauick are deeper and moreIt& be e he. ar ligaments of civil ...! Well, if all this is true,,a w oieiet to. ,be, what right havewe te syppoi thIl-vhpW Sbuth ina aecedsifrn threatens overthrow of this6lhidU6f, and se9 t she-may 'ta -the other Southern States will the "artificial ties of civil poa the deeper ties of slavery, and will ai4in its utter destruction?~-Its verf"fiseles to at. tempt to disguise to ouelves'thECiiitirdi ie. sult of things. : If the -Southern Steistawd by and.allow South Carolina.:te be warred against and erushed by the Pottesjin the great controversy. in which she 'i en gaged for the-maintenanos of the institftion of slaver, they abolish.Plavry n~tiAgjutb. They will not .onXjjWepke.n ieiros, y brenag down, tO d. egr'yzf. que of the verv st'ro gest Sttes edhid * ' defence, but the moral effect wiliviiis ble. It will be a declaistilnof thi iiole world, that the-institution -of slaveryis'aM an end. Iftin Europe the opinion 't be universal, that the asmion.ofher8qedi ern States to-their. exusip ttbint tution of layery, from the r y" ed by them inicomm on be is a consissivs is f the institptions Oyqrhrow, what will be o the Siters Statel I and sei SoithCaolinan this lnstitutionut ' - Governmenta sc r the-ithsy6uana p slavery abolished. Jy t enersd Gevrn ment. TM dhit them selves.- Tjm-,C-da I-1 sion e- GRE s Ure -6 .uua:fm, to -io. would kIowbeter howt selves and -thei .pperty..-knio- pio, dastardly andliaaee tha the Southernpeo~ie'#'.l_ 14 _ 0 rt, never .s ga ean. We dont believe in Southen asstnenis's should the Gensral 0averinui'n istiit to coerce South COlMiiri6Wils eft'eadson that- we do not.believeothatleisetI hern people are.prepared to,-abolish slavesyin the South. They may 4b.fat-beneath W- igh itadard of moral and itellectual elevation which our friends, who insit that they, %il bW neutral or hostile, have-attributed fotliem; but they. are -men-men surroifnded with families; possessed of property, home -and country; -and they will not surrender'.them all hy. suffering their friends to be deired -by their-foes, n order that they alsoiu -'y"b the more easily destroyed hereafter. c canbe no supineness, there be no aeutrality, in the issue which South. Carolina militiialle by secession. That issue is, SlialI Slavery in these Southern States be imaintained or abolishedi Every Abolitionist uithe'North know that this is the issue. .Hene~ho~nrges force on the part of the General e~grn ment to put down Souh'Caroli'nainJm se cession, and with her the institutidh thea~ ry. Every Abolitionist, also,'i the ~dimth, hiding his wishes beneath the niantis of Unionism, bounds on the General Goxen ment, by apoligisi'gfor its oppressegand chamioning its auiprity to coerce us.. The South will not be slow to undrdra d what the whole world fuilly comprehends.We have not a fear of the-General:i3oertient; we have not a fear of the South. The for mer will he false if it deres; the latter dares not be false. We will leavepeaceablees abon: or, if eoeicion Is attempted, a S'outhern Confederaef; The South is not prepared for the Abolition of slavery...- -- TaE SALT LaEE.-Lieut. Guniison,ofthe Topographical Engineers, who has been cm ployed fora long time past in the surney~of the ..Great Basin in which the Salt Lake is situa ted, speaks-of the lake as an object of.:the geatest curiosity Thie .water- is abot oine tird salt, yieldxg -thatrainount- in bling. Its densit is considerably greater thihi that of the eaSea. One eanubdrdlyrget! his whole bod below -the surface. In a sitting position tehead and shoulders will- ,main above water, such is the strength of tlie.brine, and on coming to the 'shod the body is cov ered over with-an incrustation of slinlfine crystals. The 'most surprising thingabout it is the fact that during .th'e uumbieu seson the lake.throws up salt while in thotwinter season it throws up glauber salt .in lag quantities. The reason of thisgh lf the scientific to judge, and also what become~s of the enormous amount of fresh waterpouired into it by three or four hige rive~s.Jordon, Bear, and Weber-as there is no:, visibie outlet.-Buffalo Coinerdil Advertiser Omrons vs.FAers/JnfrialitP~ifl~th, Mass. a day r twoeago, in the Supreme' Judicial Courtte testnnony of three experta, who pono a . & ignature stoL note a fo Ney as taken byto juy~~us ~the 'poste eswearing of' tli~ other men, thst theyspersonally -witnessed' the sigo :bftlie ~name to the note by the person . acosusaip it bore.g. ,The juymshv~togtta ani nna ra ,na amki an fact.a'