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From the Charleston Mercury. The Administration and the Lawsi Two successive Whig Presidents have made blustering pretenions and prochinia tions against alI manner of fillibusters, lovers ot Cuba more than lovers otliaw. The world has been told that the laws of the United States would be inexorably enforced against all who shared in these attacks upon the peace of a friendly country, and that the President would employ the land and naval forces to suppress and frustrate such at. tempts. In the face of these offitial mouth ings, what a spectacle does the country present! In three of the great cities of the *nion, almost at the same moment, public meetings of the most violent character are held, virtually to demand that the Govern ment of the tnitcd States shall as.ume the protection of those whom it denounced be forehand as pirates. In one of these cities the former Whig Mayor presided. In ano ther the Spanish Consul was publicly insul ted. In the third tha' functionary was as sailed and driven out of his Consulate, and the office of a Spanish newspaper law lessly invaded and despoiled. In this same city a powerful expedition had before been fitted out, with scarcely a pretence of disguise, and set sail in open day amid the cheers of a great crowd. We sh.ll not pronounce whether the Ad niinistration was right or wrong in making its pledges,-nor whether the fillibusters were right or wrong, in treating it with con -tempt;-but the Administration having made these pledges, and with endless iteration icnewed them, what are we to think of its course, its faith, its statesmanship, in allow. ing such acts to be prepetrated, without even an attempt to control them ! Where was the army.-the sphere of whose duties Mr. Millard Fillmore is so intent on enhrg. ing! Ah, thereby hangs a tale. All the disposable forces of the Goverament are needed in Charleston harbor, and therefore there were none to interfere Gen. Lopez, or to protect the Spanish Consul from out. rage-an outrage dis rraceful, we must say, as ever was perpetrat Ad in Boston or Phila. delphia. One thing is certain,-the Administration is not executing what it clainis to be the the laws of the United States, in the case 01 Cuba, nor has it made even a decent attempt to perform what it has assumed to be its duty in the premises. We have a right tc conclude that this it has been by design. It is a favorite policy with all weak and mnean. spirited statesmen, to get rid of downestic difficulties by breeding foreign broils. The recent conduct of the Administration will make it extremely diflicult to avoid a foreign war. The American Consul at Havana cani hardly fail to be paid with the same coin pliments as the Spaniard at New OrleanS Then we shall hear bursts of patriotism " to make all split." Has not the Administration been preparing for this? Nowhere has it made any effective preparation to "execute the laws of the United States," except inl South Carolina, and that avowedly :gainst the supreme authority of the State. From the Abbeville Banner. Do the Secession and Co-oporationists of South Carolina essentially differ ? We have not been able Yet to aseertain what the Co-otierationists would do, or wheth. er they wvould be any thing~, in case their offorts to effect co-operation within a reason able time, say one, two, or three years should fail. It is not pretended that there is any secessionist whe doe; not desire, and wvhon does not hear#1ly wvish to sez co-opeationm brought about; but yet should :m1l the eff'orts used to accomplish this, wilhin the time spe eilied, or thereabouts, there is nou dillienlty in finding out where lhe is: ini that case, he w~ould strike for secession wvithmout further waiting. WVould our friends of~ thte co-ope.ra tionists do this? or any of them, t hiink that, without further cause., the presenit atggres. sions doi not just ify actcion ? or wvould theyv put up with that bill of iniquities, denomina ted the Compromise ? or do they. or anyq o/ thm, candidly think that unless Sonuth Caro lina, or some other Sonthcern State, or more of them, jointly or .wparactely, do somethmiig, Congress wil not abIolishm slivery inm thec States, or in the Dicit of Columnbia, c~s sion as the Constitutional maority of Stamtes is acquired ? Or, if they think Congress wvouid not, we should be glad to hear a ream son for their thinking so, consistenit with past aggressions. If they ha' e done what they have done, without authority, we should be happy to be informed of reasons which would justify any sane mn:m in thinking, that they would not do moore, tri/h authority, or with the semblance of authority, at least. Upon all these points, we wiil be glad to hear from the Co-operamtionist's press in the State ; and we hacve propounded the above questions in the spirit of candor-in a spirit whose sole object is /ru/h, and right, and Light, in these great namtters. A Brief but Ihccolont Lotter. 'The followingr letter from the lion. WV. F. Coleoek, to the late meeting in Chairleston, embraces in a fe~w words, plainly amnd intelli.. gibly put together, the real position of the Stamte. As lhe says, the "plroposit ions are plain and simple." and cain be easily under stood by all who choose to understand them: "GRAH[A3IvILLE, August 13, 1851. "GENTLEMEN:I have the bonor to eknowv ledge the recip~t of your favor of the 6th inst., and to return you my thanks for the very kind terms in which you have been pleased to express your i'pprobation of my bpi conduct. -bpi "Irget extremely that my engnge mnents wilnot permtit me to accept your invitation to address your Association on the last Mon day in the month. "I feel satisfied, gentlemen, that the peo ple are daily becoming convinced that the pledge which South Carolina has given to the world "never to submit to the past," can only be redeemed by secession-acs no other measure holds out -.ny promise of practical resistance. The issue is now reduced to separate State action, or acquiescence in the compromise. Disguise it as we may, "to this complexion it must come at last." Co operation in practical resistance cannot lie obtained on p~ast issues, and if to wait for future ones, is not to submit to the pamst, then .1 do not know what submission is. -"Now these are very pliain and simple pro positions, and the people cannot be deceived by any false coloring 'which can be gie them. Georgia hais erected her platform. We have dlenounced, derided and rejected it. South Carolina must nowv build hers, and if she rejects submission, as she hacs sworn to do, she mut adopt secession as the only mode of redeeming her pledge and vindica ting her honor and her rightls. "I have thme honor to be gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient serv~ant, W. F. CoteocK. C:" Sou-rurfl x T aAos wrrn E unorr. -WVashington puointed out the mouth of James River as the point at which the com merce of the other side of the Atlantic .thould be met and received here. The citizens of his native State begiai to perceive the (Aj-D 1,*' rwr bfsa# EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER d, 1851. IMMENSE SECESSION MEETING. OUR STAR IS IN THE ASCENDENCY! A Glorious turn-out of 2,500 Free aeu!! WE have jtlst time to say that the Meeting held 1 near the Ridge on Tuesday last was one of the most enthusiastic and overwhelming ever known in the District! Every thing passed off in the finest style imngi nable. Several eloquent and powerful speeches were delivered-among the rest, we were delighted (and so wtere nine-tenths of the vast crowd) with the brilliant effort of that high-toned and talented Carolinian, Gen. JAtES 11. ADAmus, of Richland. It produced a profound impression v1pon the hearts and understandings of all present. Col. BAUs KETT and Hon. N. L GRIFFIN also addressed the meeting with their usual and well-known ability. Jlidge BUT-LEn was present; but declined an invitation to speak on the high ground of abstain ing from party-strife. 1is few remarks were warmly applauded. But we are promised a full account of thits inte resting day for our next paper. We therefore say 'nothing more at presett EXCUSES Oud readers miust pardon us for the meagre ap pearance of our department this week. We have been ont among the Barbecuos and Pic-Nies. ta king a little recreation. It is alost the first We have permitted to ourselves this year. CHANCELLOR IIAlIGANVS LETTEl. WE call the especial attention of every one of our readers to the highly interesting letter of this distinguished gentleman. It will be found upon our first page. No one can object to the kind and conciliatory tone which pervades it. Every impartial mind will be struck with the force of its reasoning. Read it attentively. C-7' Arrot\T.lENT CY THE GovERNOR.-Mr. JonN McBRYDE, of Canbridge, has been appoint ed by his Excellency, Gov. ME.rNs, Notary Public for the District of Abbeville. CHANCELLOR WARDLAW. Titis gentleman has given its to understand that we misapprehended his views in allusion inade to him in a recent editorial of ours. Sorry are we that this is so-but as it is so, why e'cn let it pass. We still hope that tle Chancellor's own exposition will not be wide of the true mark. We should he sorry to lose entirely the co-operation of snch good and true men as lie and Judge BUTLER. " The light of other days" colies beaming upon us as we think of them, and it is with pain that we even ask ourselves the question-" are we at length to be separated from these gallant nullifiers of *32!" We are mortified-but the fault is not ours. 31ORE WITIDRAWALS l'RO31 THE ANTI-SE. CESSION RANKS. rTe following gentlemen have autthoriz'ed atnd requested us to announce that their names were pllaced upon the Committee of the Anti-Secession Barbecute, without their knowledge and against their principles. They desire this public~statement to correct~any wrong impression whbich may have gone abroad ini the District, as to their positiotn on the politicnl questions of the day. They are ACTIONISTS fur co-operation if attainable-biut if co-operationi dloes not come, for Sece.ion by Sotuth Carolinta. We heard of others similarly situated ; but we think proper to name only stneh gentlemen as made a personatl requnest. llereI'are the natmes: 3M.u. Wts-r. J. Wisi.:. II Attn, WV. PAn GET-r. D. 3iI:..ERt, J1. M. JONEs, WV. L. S'roNcE, .IoixN 1iuiNEtr.R. .31.iJ. .J. P.tDGETT, Et.hiER-T L.O-r-, LuKE Lo-rr. EIIGE'IEL.D SOUTIIEIIN lIIGlITS ASSOCIATION. Old Edgefld flight! A meuetitng of this Anoeiationt was hemld oil 'Mlnduay, 1st inst., Col. BhesKET, .Presidlent, itn the Chair. The President extilaitned the .hjeet oif tile mecetinlg int a clear ant forc~ible add ress. Mr. GRtt'FIN, on the~ pairt of the Gemmnittee cOf Iigilanie, mladle the followinig repo)(rt anid exposi tiotn. TIhey .wvere suppilorted by air. G atFFiN ini an elouenvit atid eti'etvo spieech-anid were adopted wvitht perfect una~inihtity. The Connnittee of Safety, upon the matters whieb sem to fall wvithtin their peculiatr pirovince, beg leave to subtmit the followitng R EPORT : The Adadress atid Ikesohmttiotns of thme Conveni tion of Associations, whlicht wa held itt Chtarles ton in 3May last, have received the general Apprto bationi of the Metnibers, nlot otily conmposinig this, but the other simiilar~ Assiociattiotns thtroughout the State. The principles therein avowed and the matlde of actiotn by the State thereby itndicated, senm not to have met at htome any seriotus objee tion, so far as they depend ott mere abstract right, oonsgetions of expedieney, provided they Icould be sustained by sufficient practical strengtht in their development. But your Conttanittee regret to state, that out of the proceedintgs of that Cotnvenltion a dissatisfac tion has arisen atmng a portioni of thme peole of this State, coenittteintg with a few wvho were pres senit as nmetmbers of that body, aind extending by accession to their numttbers, so as. at this time to etmbrace a pourtion of sonic of our most worthy atni respectable citizens throughout the State: atnd that disapprobation is now embodied in ant Iorgattized palrty, who call themselves Co-Opera tionsts, whose chief purpose seemts to be, to lire. vent the people of the State ftom setting down decidedly in their opittionis now, that we should secede alone itt the event thatt wve fail in obtaining co-operation. Thaut question sents to be desired by that party, to be held ini abeyance, or if brought inito pulhie view by disettssio:t, separate secessiotn is deprecated under existitng circumustattcs, as in jurious antd hazardous to tho great Southiernt cause, atnd thte people are desired to pronouncc judgmenctt agatinst it. The adhieretnts to the pritnciples of the Conven tiotn, attd the eatusc of acetioni indicated .are styled Separate Secessionists, or the Actiion ptirty, anid thle precise difference between the two parties, thtat arc thus apparently organized amid arrayed against each other, will be better understood by givitng at Tair and candid statement of the posi tions whlich they respectfully assume and endea vor to suta~tin, Thme Action party believe thatt for many rea sonts, anid more especially the recetnt aggressions of the Fed~erall Govermenctt, int its action upon the territory aerguired front Mexico, i coninexiotn duty of tue South, if they desire to maintain their institutions and their liberty, to dissolve the political connexion as it now exists with the Northern States, to secede from the Union, and reassume each $outhern State for itself, its origi nal sovereighty with a view to such Southern alliance or confederation as may include only similar and homogeneous interests and feelings, but as may be necessary to give assurance and confidence, not only in the permananey of our institutions, but in the preservation of liberty it self amongst i1s. And that the existing causes for such dissolution, now past and remediless in the Union, furnish not only ample justification, but imperiously demand of t:s a course of pro ceeding that shall surely, effeetually, and at no great lapse of time, secue a consummation of that end. The Action party also believe that this put'pose ean be most conveniently and safely effected by the secession of two or more of the Southern States at or near the same time, by a previous understood arrangement as to such simultaneous action or co-operation; but if such co-operation cannot be had within a reasonable time, then it is the firm faith and creed of this party, and they so announce it, that rather than submit to past aggressions, and occupy our present political po sition in the Union, South Carolina should secede alone, and rely for her protection and support upon her own sovereignty and the sympathy of af her sister Southern States, for whose interests, as well as her own, she will then be destined to bear the standard of Southern liberty. The Co-operation party admit the grievances of which we complain to their full extent, the necessity which utrges that we should conic out from under the dominion of the Northern and Free-soil people of this Union, who now have the control of the Federal Government in their own hands; and the expediency and safety of procuring the co-operation of other Southern States, if it can be obtained; but if it cannot be had, then they as a party have nut made any au thoritative public declaration of what they would or will do in that event, and they seem to stop short at founding and building all their hopes of security for the future upon Co-operation to be secured before Separate State Action by Seces sion can be had. It will, therefore, be perceived that the two parties agree and larmonize in their measures to the full attainment and consummation of the end proposed, provided we obtain the co-operation which both desire, but in the event we should fail in that, then the Action party say that South Carolina should secede alone; while the Co operation party on the other hand have not an nounced wlmat course they would advise the State to pursue. The precise difference or disagreement be tween the two parties may be said to consist inl this: that the Action party declare now what they propose the State should do in the given event of failing to obtain co-operation ; and the Co-operationists except to that declaration being now made, on the ground that they deprecate separate secession, under existing circumstances. It will not fail to be perceived, that in the event we should be sustained by any one or more o1 th~e other Southern States, then this division of parties, with the distracting conseqtuences, likely and threatening to result from it, will have~gen wvorse than useless, and all thme zeal and efforta made to sustain their respetive views, will be labor lost on both sides, itn the discussion at hmome of a by potheticatl question that camnnot then arise, :md which does not seem to possess that positive cet-inty which should now emnbitter one portion of the commitunity against aniother. Caudor, h~owever, requires us further to state that the Action, party htas been reproached, by members of the othe-r party, with not desiringt earnestly andi heartily the co-operation of other States; with being impatient of the necessary lapse of time for the maturimg of the steps essefi tint to the great end we hae in vieev, and w~ithi bing precipitate andi reckless in our counsels, ~ithout having a due regard to the consequences that will likely flow from separate secession in thte event anud at the time contemnplated. It would therefoire not be iumproper at this juncturte of the qunestions at issue, to mestatc nmore in de tail what we have. done, what we propose tot do, and the timne, as near as thme present mnay look into the future, within which we propsse to ac compish the final act. The Committee therefore suggest that the As' sociation take umeastures to re-state their views amd putrposes, antd to this end they recommend the following E~XPOS1TION Thme Menmbers of the Edgefield Southern R. Association have convened to-day, for the pur. pose of using every effort in their power, to avoid divison itn the District Ont the political questions which now agitate the Stte. In their opinion, the stuccess of the Great Southerna Cause de petds upon the Union of the people of South Crolina ;and to effect that Utnion, the Mem bets of this Association on behalf of themnselves, and, they believe they may safely add, thmeir brethren of the Action party in thme State, are wiling to do every thing in the way of concilia tion, short of the sacr-ifice of thmeit principles. They confide in the firmness, intelligence and patriotism of their fellow-citizens who have indi cated the designt of organizing themselves into a Co-Operation party. They havec no reason to conclude that any considerable portion of the people of South Carolina are niot willing to unite in all proper measures for supporting the hounor ant securing the safety of the State, and they ar firmly persuaded that the threatened division of our people, into opposing parties, is the result of a radical umiscotnceptionm of thme true purposes of the Action parIty itn thteState. It is alleged, that the Action par-ty have not sought, atnd do not desire the co-operationt of the other Southern States ; that they are for imame diae separate State action, and that their mecas ures are rash and precipitate. With the view of placinig themselves in thteir trte positioni, a position which they respectfully submit thtey have all along occupiedl, atnd with the most amixious desire to avoidl strife and divi sion, the members of this Association and othecrs present belomigitng to the Action party, would make the following declaration, amnd sincerely trust that it may have the effect of uniting our people in one solid and unbroken phalanxi, for the redess of commton aggressions: They declare, that they anxiously desire the co-operation of the other Southern States; that they hae labored, and are noro laboring to secure that co-operation. To show this, they make the the Legislature, unanlimouly approved the Reso- vc hition of ihat body passed in 1848, declaring A 0 that the tijpe for discussion by the Slave-lhold- re ing States aseo their exclusion from the Territo- b ry aequired froin Mexico has passcd," and that the State was prepared " to co-operate with her V sister States, in.resisting the application of the S Wilmot Pro -to such Territory, at any and all S hazards." - In accordance with the recommendation of Mississippi, thosdwho compose the Action party, united in sending delegates to both the Nashville Conventions, to codnfer with the other States and, for the -1lke purpose, our friends in the Le gislature aided anipasiiing the Bill, providing for the election of'puties from this State to the proposed Southern 'ngress, and indicated the time and place ofite-meeting. In Maj of tNresen - r,tbe Ctnention of 11 Delegates (abQ 00 iin-number,) from, all the C Southerikig1 isociations of the State, mct in Charl+toh; %at Convtidon adopted with great harmony an Address and Resolutions: the Address vas "ta the Souftern Rights Associa- ( tions of theother Southern Mitates," and presents on every page, our iearnest- desire to secure the co-operation of these States. One of the reutions conains the avowal on out part, that we ill iakeeveyry sacrifice, short t1 of submission, to obtain -the concert of one or ti more of our sister States of the South. The ti members of that1Convention adopted measures v before its adjou rent to secure the wide ciren- 11 lation of that addicss and'resolutions in the other Southern States'adevier since" by virtue of steps then taken,rwe have aided the friends of b Southern Rightsin.those States, by the publica tion and circulation therein of matter calculated and designed toe if'eefthew'ork of co-operation. All this and moY ha -been done to secure the il concert of our slater 'States of the South.' Aid now we go fri r an' declare that we will sup port the addption of all measures which the t Legislature, or Ainy department of the Govern- I ment, may suggeit to obtain the co-operation of Q the other Statcsf1i-hether through theagency of f accredited Commissioners to those-States or s otherwise; and when the Convention itself shall meet (as we think it ought in the spring of 1852) we are further of the opinion that its earliest menasures should have direct reference to the co-operation of the other Southern States, and that the Convention, if necessary, should adjourn from time to time witifn'the period of its legal existence with a view of using every honorable effort on our part to get the co-operation of those States. And now seeing that according to these views the next And the succeeding session of Congress will inerverie before the legal exis tence of obt Conteition will terminate, and we shall therefore hav 's.dffof the events of those sessions of Con, unitethe Soutihi we Ask and we beg-our friends of the Co-opera tion party not to chargogs any longer with behi opposed to co-ope-ation. We are not opposed to it. Wewish Co-operation, we knew its im portance; we hav.labored, and will continue to labor for it; and fOahe sake of harmony and the success of tle eAse, %e invite our friends to unite with us in th~ declaration of oit'incniples and purposes, that ph honorable efforts for co operation failing, ,V' ate all of opinion that the State Conventioheaote the period of its final lidjourimn~thould 'declare Soutih~'Carolina no longer a member 6f the confederacy of the Urni ted States of North America. A fter the reading and adoption of the ab~ove, the Meeting adjourned, evincing the utmost satisfaction. ' .JOIIN T3ALUSKET. President. A. SIrnxxs, Recording Secretary. September 1st, 1851. CO0MM UNIC0A T ION S. MR. COBB AND GEORGIA POL.ITICS. " If I could b~iese as Southi Carolina does. I rou/L resist to thec last drop of blood."-I owe6.. Cosh. A gentleman of intelligcee and iintegrity, whlo was present at a late political meeting in Angusta, Georgia, has just informed me, that lie heard the great Union leader of our sister State, make the above aniionneement, wvithi deep feeling and efleer. The speaker, at the time, wns defending the late Compromise measures, and while alludhing to those opposed to them, who deemed them an injury to th - South and a fraud upon her rigthts. lhe made I In the feelings of his heart, the eloquent reference to this State. How will the declaration of the honorable gen teman be read by his friends ail syimpathirersI here, wvho admit the wrong, and yet Iack the spirit to apply the remedy ? HI~nv will the Co-operatioti party themselves feel rebuked under the withering scourge of an avowed Unionisti That peculiar indescribable party, which is neither white nor black, which is neither fur re sistance nor submission, and whose whole purpose I seems to be aimed to produce distraction anid dlis-h organization, have all along acknowledged the b injries we have received from the North, arid the foul treachery of the late Compromise, and of all our Compromises, and yet they propose only to wait, and co-operate, and co-operate, and do no thing. Suppose that all our efforts at co-operation fail I -and what then ? Resist or submit ?. Our party 'n says resist to the death. The other prudent souls, a who profess to monopolIze all the political wisdonm and sagacity of the State. say they will tell us what to do when the time conmes. rTey u-i/ cry out " breakers ahead," when our gallant vessel shall be struck upon the reefs. We go for co-operatioin too, blit wve go fur resis tance alone, if that fail. Now what do our fllow citizens of the other side go for,if the oilier South er States submit. - H. L. FoiL TilE A DvEatTi~stn. Ma. EDzTon,-I see in your last an editorial Iti notice of a new Female Aendemy, in our Village. ti i that notice, you say that you know nothinig 1 of the qualifications of the Principal, althou~gh. ei you presume that they are such as to umake the r< School one of high grade. Perhaps I may khtow more of them thtan most of your readers. A limited nequainttnce wvith the Rev. Mr. A,.unicu, has convinced mc that lie is a Southern Gentle- al man. I have seen, moreover, one at least of the letters whiich.he brings. This testimonial is from It the Rev. Dlr. BAiMAx, of Charleston, a scholar known not only throughout the Uniited States, but to men of science theroughout the world. Dr. H IACstMan's letter gives Mr. AL.Daton the veryW highest character as a Man, a Christian and a v Teacher, This opinion is based. the letter states,A upon an intimate acquaintanc for sevenal yearsa past. Mrs. McC.:N-rocK is known in this como munity as a careful and successful instructor. w Mr.BC ' repu....ttio -,s a Treadier, is deser- e dly very high in this community and District. dd to this, that the two latter persons are a - ady residents of our Village. Should this School patronized in proportion to its merits, the Rev. r. ALDRICH Will. of course, settle among us. fe have then a prospect of a permanent Fenale hool, of a very high order, a strictly Southern :hool, whose Teachers are not only Southerners it also native Carolinians. Aug. 28, 1851. VILLAGER. FOR THE ADVPRTISRn. OUR CAUSE OF QUARREL. FELLOW CrrizENs : It. would tax your patience, to waste time, in roving further than I have done, that the prop ty of the Government is, truly, the property of tIthe States. One of the first and most serious questions mt arose to disturb the Congress of the Old onfedleration, was this very question of Territo . The smaller States maintained, that the as uneel limits of the larger should be restricted, nd the land thus cut off, surrendered to the rovernment, for the conimon advantage of all icotherStates. Delaware sent to the Congress, mong other resolutions, the fosllowin.r: "Resolved, That this State consider them elves jt:stly entitled to a right, in common with lie menibcrs of the Union, to that extensive raet of Country, which lies westward of the fron irs of the United States, the property of which -as not vested in, or ,r.u t.d to, individuals, at o conmnencement of the present war: That lie same hath been, or may be gained from lie King of Great Britain, or the native Indians, y the blood anl treasure of all, and ought there >re, to be the common estate, to be granted out, n terms beneficial to the United States." The General Aesenmbly of Maryland instructed t Delegates to Congress in this impressive ]an " We are convinced, policy and justice require, iat a country, unsettled at the conitInenteemient of his war, elainied hy the British Crown, and eded to it by the Treaty of Paris, if wrested romi. the common enemy, by the blood and trea tire of the Thirteen States, should be considered s a common property, &c." In consequence of her failiig, at first, to obtain amendment of the Articles of Confederation, r any act of Congress, embracing the sentinentso ind asserting the principles here set forth, Mary nnd refused to accede to those A rticles, for three i four years, until her wishes were substantially :oplied with. From the very liberal course of New York, mia from an eartest appeal of the Congress. New Cork, Virginia. Massachusett, Connecticut, S. 'aolimna. North Carolina and Georgia, made. at arious dates, relinquiltnents of large extents ,fterritory. Before, however, a single State had noved in the matter, Congress passed a resoli ion, of whieh-tiys is time chief portion : " Resolved, That the unnpprolpriatodlands, that nay be ceded or reliitioished to the U. States, by ny particular State. pursuant to the reconmmen lation of Congress of the ith day of September ast, shall be disp.sed of for the connnon benefit of he United States, &C." It-.pears clearly, from all these proceedigs, ht t nost promincnt idea advanced, sustained mde : reed u~n, by~he Old Confedeitio was, ot onhy, the' political sovereign eqali the ttes, but their eiiuality of. interest in the py blie lonmain. The same principle was grafted into the Coni titutiotn, ande enforced by the practice of the visest builders of that sublime andi holy strtutre. Thle Wilmmot Proviso denies that principle. dec *trays thme so~ve reiglity antd independence of the sintes, refuses to the ~Southm, a commonn enjoy nent iof the piropeirty, l~urchaslsed by time h~ersoi iehiemenctts of the pieople of all the States, in. riuges the Constitution, in its pelainmest nmeaning, rainnples upan the lirst rights known even to, lvge men ; and shoiuldh, thuerefeore, be met, itf eessary, with, the samie stein courage anmd lhigh -e 'siilutiitn, thait replle.d the knoghty pr,. tensionus .f Great Uritii. umt wvithistoodl the fierce aggres tons of the banuditti of Mexico,. STAR 11i1)OUBT. NU.IL EXAilN~ATlON OF TIlE HODGES' iALlE IXSTITLUTE. Te lioard oft Visitors, inl attenaehnee upon thme n nuael exate inationi aund exlhibeit ion of the 1!isdges' Iale Institute,' at G reentwsomd, A bhteville. D istriet, i. C., talko pleasure in expressineg teir satisfnme ion tvithe thme performanet s of tile Studlmils.i, h rer~e exuituied upon the usualt studies of youth, repaig heir College. aund gave pheasing evidence *f iprovment. rTe exercises of the upper classes ini the Latiti d Greck Classics. andis the mnuthlenulties w'ere artiuarly grait ifyinug, as aflbrding satisfnetory roof of capacity amnd application in the Studenits. nde 00hlco etney' andl diligentce in the Itusterctrs. hist the exhibiitioti of thme ynuntger p~upils in rononeintg selketedh orat jons, was very aeepta . The delivery oIf their origmtal coumpositions y the elder sttudenlts wvas peculiarly gratifyitng. Th'e appenennete, the gesttures, the intonations f voie, ini bot1: the youn'iger amnd the eler penkers, were very generally correct, and fur i..ed good proof of aecurtite training. The op is indulged that from the Hodges' Institute, -ill go forth im no stinited numbers, well taught, n well trainedi youths, to be a blessing to their auuntry and the world. WILLIA.M B. JOUNSON, Chtairtman of the Board of Visitors. A ugust 1. lS5l. The spectators expressed them,,selves highely leased with the exercises of thme Miilitary Corps rthe istitiutiont, uneder the itnstructiotn andi rilling of Mr. .J. A. Watlker, nnd it is with plea ire the Boeard annontnees to their patrons that cy have beeni fnrnishecd with arums and241neeoul emnents bly the Executive of the State, so that ec traiing (If the young gentle.men inm this nun-. anl healthy exercise, can be piroperly attenld I to. The exercises of the Institution will be ,sumed Monday, the 15th of September. A. WA ,Lim, General Agent. DFTJ! or N. M. DYE.---Ve are paitned to [monn~ee (sanys the Autguta Chronicle 'entinel, of the 28th tilt.) the deathl of Mar-I n e. Dye, Eseq.. hate of Savanniah. He died Madisoti, whit her lie had gone wvith thle rpes of regaininlg lhis health, oni Tuesdaiy me 2(ith inst. nfter at protracted anti severe line ss, froml wichl lie pttilly recovered, hen it was deemed atdvisable thant he should it the ump-ounltry. But alas! too bite. native of South Carolinni, lie had beenl iongr resident of Georginl, where lhe- settledi in aly life. Hie frequenitly represented the tizes~ of Bnrke county in the Legislature, ene he removed to Augusta, atnd for ser FOR THE ADVERTISER. Ma. EaorT:-Towards the close of our late Enicaptent, We concluded to ride up thinking! we would perhaps have the pleasure of an ocular view of the physiognomy of some of our pld friends and acquaintances in that quarter of the Tistrict-and truly did we see many of them with some of our Piney Woods friends; anl, as a matter of course, we had to take a social- glass together, which to do, we had recessarily to walk about a qqarter, athere was no accommo dation of that sort allowed within the compass boundary by those in authority. On our arrival at the bar, or rather the house in which'the bar was kept, our attention was particularly attracted Ily two persons, one on his horse, the other standing, or rather staggering about in the Piana, talking very loud to each other in an ill-humor. We were strangers to both of their names. For the sake of conve nience, however, in this sketch we will call the one astride his horse, Nic BiDDLP, for lie, doubt l-ss, well understood shaving. The one in the Piza we will call BILLY TInT GRIP, na lIe truly verified his extra power in that art before the scene ended. They. as a matter of course, hald " bricks in their hats," though Tiarr Gar carried rather the heaviest one. It appeared as if they had but a short time previous swopied horses, and IIDDLE was to give in difference twenty-five dollars, but as lie had not that much money with him, Tnowr GRIP agreed to take his note until they got home. Tihe note was aceprdilngly made -anl delivered to cltimant. After reflecting on the matter a while, TruwT G ntr concluded that he had a good deal the worst end'l of the trade. owing, he said to BIDDLE taking the advantage and swoping with I him; when the "brick in his hat" was at its greatest specific gravity, and that he intended to hold on to the horse until the money was paid, nbout which time lie seized hold of the bridle reins. Tintwr Gare now felt quite sure of a new bargain, for lie was very certain that BrunLE had'nt the money. BoDDLE was however too smart for such stuff as that, and had no notioni of fooling away such trades, for they were not to be made at any and all times, and told himl Ie in tended to hold himls to the contract in rpite of a law-suit. Trar GRIP still continued to eihibit an extraordinary power in the shape of a grip, by holding on to the bridal reis, which tended not only to prevent BIDDI.E from riding the horse of, but also to keep him (TIGIIT GRiP) from gravitating to the groiund, in consequence of the increased weight of the brick in his lint. At this time tihe following remarks past between them. I3iopr.V--T.et go mlly horse cousini Will. TaWIT Gn'ir-Its moy horse by G-d, till tie Imoney is paid. 3omn.s-Its a d-d lie, I've swoped for him and I intend to pay you as snon as 'We get home. TIaHr G Ir-Can't take hilmi off till you pay tIe twenty-fiVe. BIDDLE-By G--d, 11n1 good fur the iinoniey. -TonnT GiP-So you may be, a;nd I'm good for the horse till the money is Spaid. BfDDl.'s anger now seemed to swell up to almnost bursting. nnd lie connmenced using his E46-0skin at a rapid rate on' lis beast, hopfig thbreby to diseungage the pony fronm tihe paw of ITzoan-r-Unsbut failed. B3IDD.' aingsr did'nit ab~ate in the least, and lie commitenced stripuig ITarayGRIP's hound wIth 4is cow skin, whlIch -Tioner flair iet loose the bridal lie comnunenneed a series of blows on thne carcass of BIDn1.E, which Isoon bromnhnt him to the ground front off his hor'se. 'The mnomnent BIDmLE landed Ine seemed dletermtined on ascertntining tine amuount of' force r'equisite t'o diseingage the hair of Tmo:r Gnuir fr'om his scealp, an'd e'fter leading~ abount by it for swime tuie, asked Tmonrr Gr.nr if lie would give up tine horse, providedl he would let his hnair loose. Pay tie the tweinty live, was thne replhy of TnTn' Ci ulr. A bi uit thIS tIme tip staggered a yoithl of aboutt tweitmy, dressed ini a linten suit, whicht lookedh as if it mnight at ione time been wItle, but fromn eithner having spenit a few tii.;hts in thne guardi house, or' else havinig miadle mnity mnissteps, oiwing to thne weight of thne briek he hadl thne apptearance of catrryintg ini his hant getne raliy, it tmighut nmnre piroperly be termed orainge colonr, aund said, comne boys stop this, it wonn't doi, bunt rathier at lie sanme timen semed1 to k an to rnn ;Gurr, which was very soom observed be Bhourn.n, andn lie consequnentlhy gave himi about fifteein slripes, aind~ they well piut oni with his co-v skin, neries hi.4, shoulders, whnen lie remarked, go youi d--d so~n otf a B-h, aund bring mne a dhrtnk of wvater. Yes sir, said thne youth, anid obeyed thne order. JEmiot~ now r'emnt~tited the po~ny~ to manke anothier eflert to disengage him front tine poaw of TiGn? Unnir. After' tnn.kiing an poverful ciflbit with his cow-skin over thne pony, Ine gisve it tip. lIe sented very tmuch einraged indneed at the idea of not tbeinig able to get his potty away, antd nev'er until mow did we begin to appr hneind any thing serious. BriontE in a powerful fit of annger drew a knife fromn his pocket, renmarki:.g to him-. self at thne samte time whnat Ine had determninned to do, which was in these words, G-d tI-in yotur soulh, I'll eult your thnroat from ear to earin, aind thnen cut your d-n guts out, if yotu doin't let that bridal loose. HeI opemned thne kntife, mid to thne great asto~nishiment of all present tine onily use mnade of it was to .dislodge a goodly portion of rich lookimng soil from uinder his little finger nail and returned it to his po(cket, remarking to Tran-r (GtOr in a very kinid and hunmble tone of voice, entrsin Will, niow I mnighnt hurt you ; aind jm-t at that imomenit lie sented to perceive thne hol of Tain' GRr to be rather slackenned, anid gave thne potny a very sudden aind severe rap wvithn the cowe skin anid hec disenigaged hinmself, after mainy u efi'etual efi'arts, front thne paw of T:GnT Gnir. Now all you sportsmnen, and especially horse racers, go aind trade for thne potny, for I tell youi there is motney in himt, aind he will do to bet en, amd you would say so too bad you been permnittedl the privilege of seeinig theo speed aind velocity withn which B~wDrit w'as removed from that plae by thne poiny after he was released front the pawn of TWouT G nir. ITe left shout and htuzzas as a matter of course withnout numinber behnindi him. WE AND) PINEY WOODS. REGDIENT FOR C. BA.--Thm Monfgnnmcrv (AIa.) Atits of tihe 28th .nlt. says:--" By a1 telegratphie despniteh to au geintlemnn in tidis ity, we learn thIat Jaments II. CIlanton, of' Alontfgomtery, is elected lieutenannt colotnel of a regimtent boutnd for Cnba. Thne regimnent rentsista oft 1,200 mnent, all well supplied with rmos aund amimuinition. They are itt New Orleanis, andti expect to leave sooni f'or tine field of strife. 3Mr. A. RI. 3MeGiboiney -is chosent eaptaiin of' tine company which left tii. ,,1.,.. .a en. d2i... .itn... I From Cuba. CHARLESTON, Sept. 1, 1851. 'By the arrival of the schooner Merchant we learn that General Enna was killed on the, 17th ult., and buried at Havana, with great =eremony, on the 20th. Ln)ez is reported teg be advancing on Havana, with front 1,500 to 2,000 men. He has constant accessions from the ptople of Cuba. The. Merchant was not allowed; to! land or-take any eargo. Five hundred Sp'abitih soldiers are reported to have been killed in the battle it Lapaseas, NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 1, 1851. The steamer Cincinnati arrived from Ha vana with dates to the 25th nit.. The ac counts via Savannah are confirmed;incbding the death of Gen. Enna. Considerable loss of Spanish roops, and.adrmee.of. Lopez..,, The Cincinnati passed ie liari it'sea. NEW OaLE A NS, Sept.~i, f85'f~ At Havana police and nilitry officers were very aetive to prevent news from the countiy bei'ng communicated. Fonr leaders ofte volt, near Principe have been shot in the bick as traitors. Full list of Lopez's oflicers is published in the: Faro Industrial.' Lopezs whole force when he landed was 400, inclu ding officers. All Americnn vessels are strictly searched. All Antieridans are closely watched. Five Spanish officers, besides En n, were killed. - Report -ofcruelties,/when Crittenden was shot, fully confirmed., ARNING THE STEAMERS.-The7'NC1f ork Sun of Wednesday says: .".We, le'n that the United States, mail steamer Cherokee, which left this purt on Tuesday afterihoon for Chngres via Havana, went well arm having on board ten fine guns, six of .yrh . are to hle phced onl boarn the seanmer Falcon.. - We learn that the commanders of these veiv sels have instructions to resist firomptli, for the future, any insult or Indignity' that may he offered them hy any of the Sp:anish ves sels of war. This is th' ightspirt'.*ktwj1 meet the hearty approval of the whole. Amer." iean people. The commanders. of ther veq' sels named Are brave and expej~sd naval oflicers, and if thev. come in conthdwith any of the Spanish hir'elings they wile agool account of themselves. We shold not be surprised to hear of a brush betiieri one oir our steamers and the old Ca'lid176' Ha- - banero, before long." - lornE VOLCTEERS. FOR CuBrA-,.A letter in the Savannah Miorning News of Frida dated Jacksonville, FloridaAugust '25.atiites Ihat five hundred men compo II fledFlorida Regiment. were to have embarked forCiba in a couple of days from that ,date. . he writer understands that they are to be com mnanded by Col. Henry 'Titu's who bore i distintinished part in the Cardenhi. xpediton. The. Lient. Col. will.-Most prohabkjbe:Col. 4 O'llara, who commanded the Kentucky regi ment in- the same expedition, and. wiho wo hadly wounded in the battle 'of. CardesI -' Who the othef officers are is not metitio'ned. The following are the names of those shot in Havana: Col. V. S. Crittenden, Capt. F.Sg~awer,... Capt. Victor Kerr, Lt. J. 0. Bryce, t: T. C. James, Snrgeon John 'jsher, apt.. T. B. Veney, Corporal K. A. W.niqn,.t;.ergt. J. Whiterens, Sergt...M. Coteltetto R. C Stan ford, privates Win. Chillin,... A'.bConk. 0. Jonsd, 'M.'H. Ball;. B~1er. Sert! t. pa leoni Collins, private R. 'Galdwell, itergt.4. . 31. Green, Sargt. J. L Salomousprivates.C. C. W. Smith.-A. Ross, P, Blarraurk ,1 Chls tides, W. H. Hopine Sninel (ersd Nicman, E..T. Collins, JamieuGStanton, .P Harn:att,,Ansehino, T..,Hernnnder, Pnatrick~ Dillon, Alex. Mileer. Thos. Hlenre:Bamil. R red, Jno. Stulbhs. Jats. Ellis, H: T.'Vi~nne; Win. Hlogan, M4. Phillips, Chas. A. Robinson, Jas. L. Manv'ille. A NOBLE SENTIMtEN.-Spe:IkIng of the coolness and bravery of' the Havana massncre, tl-e New Orleatns Crescent says: "Whten the momuent of exe-ntion enme, many, U'ud. Crittende'n, na Cnpt. Vic'tor Kerr :imoeng thenm. refutsedl to kneel with their bneks to, the excentijoner. " No." snid the chivalrous Crittendotn, "An Amerienn kneels only to, God, and alwnys f::ces his cenmy." They stood up, faeed their executioners, were shot down. and their brains then knocked out by e.inlbbed muskets. The blood, rnns coa14 'befoire thle terrible narrat ive or their barbarons fate, and we seem iathier tor re-. coerd tlhe inhuman ve'n'iennee of savages thtan the stern justice of civilired man." From the Pentdleton Mlessenger. Who are the friends of Ce-Operation. Great eflforts have been made to convince the people, that the only true friends of the union ot' the Southern Statesin, resisting the usurpation of' the Federal Governme'nt, are those wvho enill themselves co-operaiotists; and that ptortioni of the resistirece party', whlich advocates the right of each State to' net separately, is opposed, or inditfirent to this nion otf aetion among the friends of .the South. This is manifestly . wrong, anil uni :ttst, and ungenerous .to thos6 wvho advoentd the separate action of the State in jiefer enco to siibmission. The separate State aetion men :ire represented as being for immnediate action, without regar~d toi thte position of the other Southern Srites.' Now, so far as we know, or are informed, there is no party in flavor of this course of con duet ; on ihe contrary, the "action men," as those with whom we act, are called, are as earnestly and decidedly in favor of cn-opera ton as any others; and would make any saeriflee, sliort of submission, to accomplish it. We are not, as is charged upon us, reaidy to snerifice the peace and prosperity of the country, merely for thme purpose of trying an experiment ; but are willing to waiit for Co operation, so long as' any rensonable hope rematinsi of obtaining it. Neverth~eless, we beieve that a movement on' the part of South Carolitna will be the surest means of bring-. ing up the other. States to 4he position se now ocenpties; biut to avoid division among the resistunee men, wve are and have been al ways willing to wvait 'and giv them a flair chance or trying a Southern Congress, for the purpose o'f uniting the South. There is one thting,-'however, we w~ill never consent to, and that is waiting. for newv aggressonl and outrages upon tho rights of the South, before we move for redress. This is the trte position of the secessionists, and if it does not entitle them to be considered as the frienids of co-operation, we cannot under' tndany thminag. This is the course marked out by t'he Charleston Convention; the ac. tion of which b~ody', in our opinion. has dpnme :.ore to stinmulate our friends in the other Sttes, thtan every thing else; and we marvel how~ any true friend of resistance can object to it. If we Itesitate, halt or flatter, it cnn bit have the effect, to dishearten cur fjdends elsewhere, and weaken the cause. So long as 'e advance, our frienids will advance; but when we retreat, they will retfro'hO alt wvill be evidence to' them, either thqd we doubt the cause in whichs we are entgnged, or are too faint-hearted-to meet the diffieni.. t... tat li, i,, war. A patle iwdil come