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Another unrecognized child, was a buy
about a year and a half old, wearing a
green coat and black beads around his
neck.
Mrs. Colby, of Montpellcr, left four children
to mourn the loss of a mother.
Mrs. Nichols and her seven children,
residents of Newark, New Jersey.
Mr. Towle, of West l'oint, not seen after
the fire.
S. W. D. Cook, of C incinnali, was on
board with his wife, daughter and grandson.
He saved the latter. The wife, on
becoming aware of the horrible condition
of the boat, told him to save himself, that
he could not save her and try would be
disastrous to the lives of both. Water,
she remarked, was safer than fire, and lie
better choose the former. Ho jumped
overboard as directed, but still endeavored
to save her, but without success. I lis
daughter also sunk, and he saw no more
fri.A tint.. i.?.. ?
VI wuv.ui. 1 lie ^uuiuoviij * Iivv?v> I'vjr iv
bout 7 years ot' ago, bring able to swiin a
little, was saved.
A gentleman belonging to Newark, we
arc told, managed to save his wife and
nine children. lie was an expert swimmer,
and rushed them to the shore as last
as they jumped overboard. When lie
liuished his task he became exhausted and
had to be conveyed to his homo, lie
eft the scene of disaster apparently perfectly
senseless.
Curing the evening the Albany trains
of the Hudson river rail road brought all
the Henry Clay's passengers to the City,
who were alive. The following are the
names, as far as we could ascertain them,
of those who were saved from the wreck,
and who are stopping at the principal
hotels in this city:
Astor House.?Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyck,
Mr. and Mi's. Morrill, Mis. Woodward,
John C. Carpenter, all of Philadelphia.
Merchant's llofd.?James Craig, W.
II. Shelmire, G. M. Crier, Komaine and 2
children, Brooklyn; Miss Austin, and sistor,
the latter lost, do.
Pacific Hotel.?James Brewster, two
daughters.
I'atlaCs Hotel.?Anna M Wilson, A.
Foreman, N. Foreman, J. G. Martin, of
turning from the springs.
Downing, the agriculturalist, was on his
way to Newport.
The coroner*!* inmie.*t i* *lill nrMmwu
ing. Since morning. Professor llailey, of
West Point, and John T. Thompson, of
Lancaster, have been examined.
Fifty-two bodies have been ho far recovered
from the wreck of die Clay, and j
many more are known to have been lost.
The greatest indignation is felt against the j
officers of the boat.
A gentleman who had just arrived from
the scene of the disaster, says thero are
, now fWtv dead bodies liying along the
shote, most of them being females.
Sosns Cornfield.?A Michigan paper,
in speaking of a farmer in that state, says
that one of his cultivated lots is a comHeld
si* mUcs square.
Norfolk, Ya.; Miss M. Wilson, was slightly
injured.
Loi'tjoys Hold.?J. F. Harris, W. Ik
Williams, of Hollows Falls.
American J fold.?Capt. S. Doan, lady
and daughter, J'itt-sburg, l'a.; Captain C.
AY. Uaehclor, lady and servant, do. do.;
(I. W. .Manning, do. do,; 1'. A. Spring,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
frviny J/oitftr.?H. Cooper, Memphis,
Tonn.; Joseph Pierce, Cambridge, Mass.;
W in. A. Irving, Pittshurg, Pa.; J. Fairow,
Montreal Canada; James Henry, Ualtiniore,
Md.; John \V. AYhiiing and lady,
New-Orleans; John Steele, Albany.
[Mr. Steele is an aged man, and came
within an aee of losing his life, lie was
in the water nearly half an hour, and
when rescued was nearly exhausted.]
Ifoicunt Hotd.?J. I,. Thompson, child
and servant, Lancaster, l'a.; T. V. Mills,
Columbus, Ohio. [Mr. Mills was instrumental
in saving 20 lives.]
The crews of several sloops, in the vicinity
of the Ilenrv Clay, came ? n shore
and rilled the trunks that were saved, and
even robbed the bodies of all the valuables
that were about them.
The last scenes of the day were singularly
impressive and solemn. The night
was remarkably clear, the lull moon dimly
lighting up the river and the hills; rt
one side of a gloomy arch over the rail
road was the wreck, the how still slowly
burning; bait" revealed in its lurid light lay
the bodies of two men; above the arch a
group of some twenty persons were busy
with newly discovered corpses, trying to
identify them, and decently composing the
stiffening limbs ot'tlie ile.nl.
The captain and engineer will doubtless
be arrested, and made to answer for their
recklessness.
The boat was worth $50,000, and was
only insured for $5,000. She was owned
by Wm. Radford and ( 'apt. Collver.
The following further and later accounts
wo find tn the telegraphic columns of the
Baltimore Snn of Friday.
New-York, July 20.?A meeting ofthe
surviving passengers of the steamer Henry
Clay was held this morning at the Astor
House. Resolutions were adopted
strongly condemning the officers of both j
boats, and a Committee of investigation
was appointed, instructed to draw up a
full and accurate account of events preceding
the disaster. Tbo fact of the Ilenry
Clay and Armenia having been racing
for several hours was asserted and fully
proved, and that the furnaces had been
tilled with tar and pitch, which led to the
conflagration of the boat. It was also as- i
sorted that the boat bad been on fire Imjfore
under similar circumstances.
I'p to noon to-day, 50 bodies are reported
to havo iK-en recovered from the !
wreck, making so far a loss of nearly 70 j
lives.
G 1'. M.?A gentleman who was a passenger
on hoard the Ilenry Clay expresses
the opinion that not less than one hundred j
lives have been lost. He says that at least:
one hundred were sitting at the dinner ta- i
ble when the alarm was given, and thinks j
that from the rapidity with which the fire j
spread, and from the fact that all the j
doors opened inwardly, nearly all must;
have perished. There were at least three )
hundred un board; and he himself knew
twenty-two Phihu' 'ohians on boarJ, or
whom he lias not seen two since.
The sister of Hawthorne, the novelist,!
was among the drowned. She was a very j
accomplished woman, and an invalid rn
!$ii tljr idiot JHail'i
j ' i
From Washington.
Congress.
The t\ S. Senate, on Thursday, 5th j
inst., took up tlio President's message, |
i which was received on Tuesday, in com- I
j pii.Mice with a resolution of the 23d ult., '
I requesting information in regard to the j
, fisheries on tho coasts of the British pos- '
j sessions in North Amcrca?transmitting !
a report from the Acting Secretary of i
State, and the documents by which it was !
j accompanied.
Mr. Hamlin, of Maim', resumed and
I continued his spech on the subject. He
j explained the importance of the interests
! engaged in the fisheries, and was in favor
I of protecting them, and re-iterated his i
j opinion that the interpretation put upon '
the treaty by the American government
was right, and should ho sustained at all
hazards, inasmuch as the conduct of Kng- |
; land in this matter could never be sub- j
milted to without dishonor and disgrace, j
The further consideration of the subject
j was then postponed for a week.
The Senate next resumed the discus- j
sion on the bill making appropriations for j
' the current and contingent expenses of the j
Indian I >epartmcut, for fulfilling treaty !
' stipulations with various Indian tribes for i
| the year ending June 30, 1853.
! The House of Representatives took up
| again the bill from the Committee on the
j Judiciary to regulate fe's and costs to l>e |
| allowed clerks, marshals, and attorneys of
j the Circuit and l>islrict Courts of the I'ni|
ted States and for other purposes.
The Hon. James X. McLunnhan, of!
J Pennsylvania, then explained its provi- |
I sions, and stated t!i:it tin1 subject was one |
of great importance, and demanded the i
[ earliest attention of Congress. Pending, I
however,the diseussion the morning hour ]
i expired, and <>n motion tie' House went
into Committee <>f the Whole on the state !
j of the I'nion, and resumed tin- eonsidera- '
j tioii of the Hill making appropriations for j
the Civil and Diplomatic expenses ofCov- I
] eminent for the year ending the 30th of i
' June, 1803, and tor other purposes,
j An amendment was adopted appropriating
18,000 for the salary and outfit of
i the Commissioner to China.
In the Senate, on Friday, the 0th inst., I,
Mr. Feleli, of Michigan, reported adversely
upon the land distribution hill and the j 1
j homestead hill to cede the public lands to j 1
j the States in which thev lie.
\ Mr. Seward, of New York, submitted a ! ,
j resolution, which was agreed t<\ calling i i
I for information as to whether the Sover- j
I eign of the Sandwich Islands has not proi
posed to transfer the sovereignty of those ,
Islands to the 1 "idled
Mr. Houston of Texas submitted a re- |
. , '
| solution to appoint a select committee of |
I tive to inquire into any fraud bribery, or j
; al>nses tliat may have occurred in the pro- j
: secutions of claims, Are., before Congress )
or the department, which was agreed t<?,
an.l Messrs. Houston, Norland, Hrooko, !
Merriweather and I ndcrwood were up- j
pointed as the commit tee.
j The Indian Appropriation hill was then j
j taken up, and the Senate adjourned.
The House of Representatives was again j
j engaged during the morning hour in the j
consideration of the hill to regulate the I
fees and costs to he allowed clerks, marsh- j
als, and attorneys of the Circuit and His- i
trict Courts of the United States.
The House then went into Committee
of the whole on the State of the Union,
an^l resumed the consideration of the gen- j'
eral appropriation l>ill.
Telegraphic Summary.
Livemool letters at. \<>w \ nrl: ?I... 1
- '? I
Niagara, report the sales of Cotton on ! I
Friilay, the 23d ult., at 20,000 hales, at I '
full prices, Good staple Cotton is very j.
scarce. Middling Uplands are quoted at I,
51 a o|. The favorable reports of the
growing crops have had no effect upon j
the market. j
The entire Democratic ticket has been (
successful in Missouri. Col. Denton is 11
elected to Congress from the St. Louis dis- I 1
triet. J *
The returns from North Carolina show i
. . '41
a favorablo result for the \\ hig ticket for ]
Governor and Congressmen. o
Iowa.? Doth the Democratic candi- 8
dates for Congress have Ix'on elected.
Arkansas.?Conway, tho regular I)cm j H
ocratic candidate, has been elected Gov- r
ernor of Arkansas. r
Cosui'r.KHional.?In the Senate yes- H
terdav, Mr. Dennett's Land and Home?
' \
steads bills were rojjortod against by the j j
committee on public lands.
The Cholera was on the increase at t
Rochester, 24 new eases and 19 deaths '
occurred on Thursday. It had broken
out at Chauibersbur#, Pu.
Ily an arrival at Postoii, from Port au
Prince, the Yellow fever is rej>orted to be
very fatal there.
Accounts from Cope llaytien to the 22d
u1l. stale that an Pliulernin racninlLlinn ?l.o
r ....B ...X. r
Plague had made its ap]>caranco on the t
islam), and proving very dostructive to life.
c
An arrival from Havana, at New Or- [
leans, represents that there had been sev- f
oral arresta in Cuba in eonsequenco of the a
spread of seditious papers. v
The reported massacre of C'apt, Marey il
is pronounced to l>e a hoax. c
New Cotton.
A telegraphic communication yesterday
informed us of tlio receipt of the first bale
of cotton at New Orleans on Monday.?
The first bale last season was received
there on the 25th July. The Savannah
News says:
"Many persons have supposed that the
date of the first bloom and also tho date
of the receipt of the first bale of new eotton
correctly indicate the probable yield of
the crop, that is, that early blooms and
receipts indicate short crops. Correctly
kept tables of these facts, however, prove
that they furnish no reliable data tor such
estimates. In 1845, tho first bloom no
ticed was on the 30th Mav, and the first
bale received was on the 30th July. In
that year the crop was '2,075,000 bales.
Three years after, or in 1848, the fiist
bloom was noticed on the 1st of June.?
Tho first bale received that year was on
the 9th of August, and the crop was 2,728,600
bales. In 1849, the very next
year, the first bale of cotton was received
on the 7th August, two days earlier than
in 1848, and yet the crop only reached
2,005,000 bales. It will thus Ik? seen
that the arrival of the first bale is no index
to the crop. Some years when the
receipts arc early, the crop was short, and
when later the crop was large, so that
these furnish no reliable data upon which
to estimate the extent of the crop in any
year."
Cait. Maiicy and his command sakk.
?"As we expected," says the Washington
National Intelligencer, of Tuesday morning,
"a painful rumor which reached us several
days ago, of the massacre of Capt.
Marey and his command in the Western
Wilderness, turns out to have been a fabrication.
So we are informed in a telegraphic
dispatch from Louisville, based on
till* 'llllltnrtt V ni' nil 1? V1 ro !?<?
of tlio Wliijj, published at Little Kink,
Arkansas. This Extra mentions the arrival
of an express at Fort Smith on the
J5th ultimo, from Fort Arhuckle, brining
the welcome news that Capt. Marey ami
his party were all alive, ami falsifying the
former report. It is added that this intelligence
may he relied upon."
MiCL.VNriioi.Y Accidkxt.?We learn
from a friend that Mr. Win. O Folk, the
agent and acting postmaster at I'omaria,
was killed ?>n the (Srccnville Railroad on
Thursday morning. Mr. Folk was going
up the road on business, when some of
the freight ears of the train became detached,
and ran down the road towards
I'omaria. lie got off the train and proceeded
on foot up the road, expecting the
train to stop when it should overtake him.
When it approached, the engineer slacked
his speed, and in attempting to get on the
car, whilst it was in motion, lie was precipitated
on the track, and instantly killed,
lie was a most amiable and excellent
young man, in the bloom of youth, and
the company, by this sad accident, have
lost the services of a most efficient officer.
V/i)i //i ii/iio
Henton Elected to Congress.?Raltimore.
August 6tli.?Advices received
from St. Louis, stato that Thomas H. Iicnton
lias obtained a majority, over bis opponents
Samuel CarutIters, and Lewis V.
Rogy, Anti-l>cnton I temoerat.
Coisu it Strong.?In March last,
three men in the city of Springfield, Illinois,
agreed to drink t! einselves to death.
The Register, of that p' ee, says the first
dietl in April, the second in May. The
survivor, on the happening of the bust
event, showed signs of breaking the contract,
and kept sober two or three days afterwards;
but honor revived, and lie died
in the mouth of June. Tin . is literally
true.
Troth in a Nut Shell.?W? find the
Following in the N. Y. Evening l\>st:
"A black man who was going about
the city last week, collecting money to
redeem one of bis family from slavery,
said to a lady who listened very kindly to
his suit: "Were you not brought up at
the South, missus? because 1 do not find
the northern ladies speaking so kindly
ind gently to people of my color as the
adies do who are brought up among them 1
it the South, and as you now do." i
A Sukkrit.? Duringa presidential ean ass,
coupled as it is to a groat extent with
lections for Congress, Governor, 61 c., the
mfortunatc editors in this State, who do
iot Acl much interest in the matter, and 1
rho are debarred from entering personal- | 1
y into the contest from the sheer want of '
pposition, are literally bored to death.? <
Cvery exchange paper, with the exception ]
f a few nfws journals, are crammed with i
tuff either glorifying their own favorite, i
ir denouncing his opponent, A person (
night sift a bushel of these political sheets,
ind not fiiul ten grains of sound argunent
or reasoning on either side. The
nost valuable paper is the one which can
d>u?e apolitical opponent with the great st
gusto, and tho ablest articles are those
vhieh tend to blacken and defame his
a I l!*i I a m
iriviuo i?t? wi' i an | *>11111111 ciiarncKT. iiiim
nrty journalism is current to a great exent
in the pr ent campaign, ami we will
>0 glad when it is over. There are coram
of our exchanges, at other times read
sritli pleasure and profit, which we now
lo not take from their envelopes, knowing
.ill well that they will furnish its with lit'e
matter of interest to our readers.?
kVere our subserihci* to spend a day lookng
over our exchanges, thepr would wonler
how the editors of this fttate can
nake up a p s|?er at all. It will have to he
ndured, however, for ninety days longer
?until the people make their choico. We
ail */? unn jmuf nu wiui t?/lil"
insure, find wtre advice not such a cheap
md worthless commodity, wo might profer
some of it to the politicians abroad
ind at home. As it is, we decline thoiinrelcome
task, leaving the decision where
I should bo left?with the freeman of the
onntrr.? Cnrotinia*.
ITniirastfr ICfiigrr. |
LancnuU'rville, 8. C.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 11. '52.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
A lad about 15 years of age, as an ap
prentice to the Printing business. Apply
at this office.
To the Hon. J. A. Woodward and
Hon. J. L. Orr are we indebted for Congressional
t'vors.
Melancholy Circumstanoe.
Wo regret to' learn th.itMrs. Martha Cunningham,
widow of the late Robert Cunningham,
Esq., of Liberty Hill, camo to her
death on Monday morning last, under the
folio wing circumstances: It appears that on
Sunday night, Mrs. Cunningham,apparently
as well as usual, gave directions that a certain
negro man should wait upon her in the
morning, for the purpose of receiving in
structions relative to his work . that Mrs. C.
retired us usual, and on Monday morning
when the negro called, she w..s sent for. but
was not in bcr chamber. Search w s rn do
immediately for her. and painfully to re! to.
she wrs found suspended to a limb of
Pencil tree in the g irden quite dead. VVh >th
er the awful act was committed by hers -If.
or others, we do not know. Two negro '
women to whom some susp'eion is attichcd
have been placed in jail here for ex min
tion
Dr. Wylie's Beet. (
l
The Doctor sent us a beet the other il v '
which weighs eight pounds. Now th's is
the largest wc have ever seen but. still
Doctor, you must trv again, for nu. friend
of the Chcraw Gazette received one u short '
time since weighing Hrelre pounds.
Where, where is friend Ijirk ? I
Note.?Wc will with much pic sure
ptijf pome good peaches, watermelons, or '
any other seasonable fruits.
An omission was made in the proceedings
of tho Rail Rood Me ting of s le
day last. The delegation from Cheste
composed pnrt of the committee of twent<
one to prepare business tor the meeting the
following are the r.ames: Tilman Ingram.
Daniel G. St'nson. J-'s. A. II. Gi ston. W. A.
White, J. B.Mngill, Ilenri MofT tt, nnd Jesse '
Cliflon, Jr.
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The Rail Road.
Our brothel* of the Camden Jo"rn I h 8
surely mistaken the chancier of the L ncaster
people. When some years ago, it
was proposed to run the Ch-rlotte Road by
way of Camden and Lancaster, our people
boldly and fearlessly subscribed liberally lo
the enterprise. They did not look at the
consequences which would result to the vil
Inge, but they considered the advantages
from r Ra'l Road in a general manner, and
as a public benefit.
Does b ther Warren suppose that where
a slight probability of increased travelling
facilili- s is offered us. we take hold boldly,
that note, when the advantage will accrue to
us fourfold from having a Rail Ro id to
Chester, we will fob! our amis and say, "Oh.
let us build a Pi.ask Road to Camion?"?
Preposterous! As well might we say what
is the use of the telegraph?there is th.?
st ge coach. The ."act is, the Plank Road
busmess is a r ther expensive one. We
have noticed tin- prices charged on some of I
the plank roads, and if we mistake not. it I
would eost for a s?x horse wagon to go to '
Camden and return on the plank row!, about
00?i. e., ten cents per mile.
Now, if the Journal considers it suicidal for
the Camden people to f .vor n R:>!l Road to
Lancaster, we can see no bmrfit which would
result to Lmcastcr from having a plank
road to Camden. In f-ct, if plank roads encourage
travel, it would he the means of in*
duci ig those tr. ders who now stop here, to
proceed to Camden. t
Rut, Camden, ves, Camden who h s been *
tnlkin? and Mowing ho long about i pi .nk
ro.-d. to slumber still on, - nd like tin* wagon- v
lt of f.ble origin, cull upon Hercules for aid, h
uid not make thelw-st effort himself. v
Camden does not deoerve eren a plank <
-aid. c
We have come to the coneluaion that it is *
iecided|y better for lame ster village to run t
:he road to Chester, i nd from this fact: In (
he event that tho road was built from Cam- *
ien.nnd it was found that the stock did not ?
pay, the stockholders might continue the t
road to Charlotte, especially if part of the t
stock was owned by some of the "big buys" I
of Camden. This will never be the ease to
run it from Chester. h
Camden may go on talking in her Icthnr- *
gic manner about that plank road, but she t
may awake one of these days and find she is i
solitary and alone. We are in earnest in (
this Rail Rond matter, nnd there nre ample v
means on the proposed route to build the \
Road; nnd the citizens of Camden can Isy 1
the flattering unction to their souls, that we
wi'l build a Rail Road front here to Chester, j
Vm> ttia Aknlitinniitj <
A froe negro in this District, who intends I
removing to liberie, called on us this morn- i
ing on some business. Having Arranged the
business, we inquired of him his reason for '
leaving our Dia rict and State. "Why, sir," 1
a-iid he, HI ihink I may do better, as we will j
all be there (liberie) on a level, an equality;
but,"' he continued, "that la not the mm here (
for thoM who are alavea get along eaaier, j
uid fare much better than we do who are, /
free." And in fact, the manner in which he
ipoke, induced oe to believe that if the old t
man and hia children were alavee, be would t
be coot rated to remain. I
Newspaper Convention.
An article appeared in a late number -of
the Fairfield Herald, proponing a Convention
of the conductors of the Press in this State,
to be held in Columbia during the npproachIng
session of the Legislature. We highly
upprove of the suggestion. The Carolinian,
in speaking of the subject, says:
"We in Columbia would prefer another
time, as during the session we are more
engaged than at any time during the
year. But tho convenience of the few
diould not stand in the way of the choice
or opportunity of the majority, and we
presume the time mentioned would Ik* the
most desirable for our country brethren,
as many of them doubtless wiil be here at
all events. What say you, fellow labor
era? JMiaii we meet you Here on Wednesday,
first of Deceml>er, or any day near
to that time t Let tho matter bo thoroughly
and fully understood, for without
a hearty co-operation from all concerned,
it would be useless to make tho attempt?
no good would be effected by the meeting*
As it will suit the conductors of the country
Press to assemble during the session ol
the legislature, as we presume n great many
will be there nnv way, and at the same lime,
is the proposed time subjects the Columbia
brethren to some inconvenience, we would
inggest th t it be left to our Columbia
friends to appoint the d ?v?let it be d v
luring tli<? session We presume .? edur
n:r the first of 'he session 'vanl.l suit
th ' count r- gr?cnlouns h ttrr. s u go
lown there with . II ..n\lety to s the I'.le.
phant?and we do see him sometimes ?
The Pre'-ideucv.
Through he polit mess of th lion ! 1..
drr. we h ve received a liltl p mpli'< t
Pc d?'d. "A brief eh pt r in the life of Gen.
Pr nklln Pierce."
The d"*ign of distributing ties p unphlet
n the South, i - no doubt to id nd promote
he election of Gen r I 'More** to die I'resilence.
Tin* |> mphl t is <(41 lie of wli t p
fx?:?re<l in the \ tion .1 Er n holition
Innrn I) June 18. .ml t public tion in -h"
Br w h for III- purpose of sliuwi'i.- Imw
i tv much opposed G n. Pierce w * to com
.id? ring th ipicstion s t?? the propriety o!
liseiissiiig holii'um p -tition*. Therefore
ho writer was ' some trouhl to bring i?ll
1 cotiU gainst the Ih-moer tie lioniin-e to
>1 ee him ill tin woiko light to lie bolilionisls
of the * ortli.
I'lerce'n Southern friends we presume,
nd the p tnphlef equ lly useful to them to
iistrihute in the South. We doubt if hi*
Northern frirndx distribute .-any nor h ol
\I son aind Oixon's line.
We ure you rig in polities, and do not
irofess to be :is well posted up ill tie so in t
er* ..s some of our brethren of rhe ipiill.
ind, if we h d 011 our t hie before us pub
icntion intended . ? 4 defenee of (Jen. Scot ,
here is no doubt but 4fior perusing b oh.
vithont investigating the subject fully, We
vould find one us worthy of our supp4irt s
.l-e other, and one equally us culpable its the
ither. We would loose confidence in ouriclf,
if in nuking a few rein irks relative to
he political position we conceive Gem-r.il
I'ierce holds, we should Say aught to lower
lilii in the eyes of his admirers i.nd odher.
nts, merely from a desire to m ke our first
ieclar: tion pood. No, if we could be conduced
of the hunerty of Ocn. I'ieree on the
l .verv question, 110 one would eknowledge
1 sooner then we would still, we haw
ause to believe our rssertion even in
Nerve's c se to be verriflcd, lb .1 it is liest to
>1 ee no reli .nee on Northern men's :.*huiii|>>
ions to defend Southern Institutions.
1 ition's highest gift. and th:.t 11 ition this
>rond Republican country, proud of her re.
itiblicanism. possesses an nttrietion, an inatuation,
which will poison the minds of
line-tenths of the men of America. The
insertion that Gen. Pierce wan no aspirant
ifter political fame, we do not credit. Why
lay he left the U. S. Senate preferring a life
if retirement! Gen. Pierye remained in
Washington city as long as his wife's health
vould permit, but when finding tluit a proraeted
stay there would be attended with
he most disastr 11* and fatal consequences
(i tint wife of lii? bosom, lu- returned itit
itu ition ;.nd returned to Concord.
In thin p. inplilet, the cane* re fr .|lt r:t
vlier Gen. Pierce, fmui 1833, wh'l . inemlerof
the lioUNf, :.M Well a of ih S. H;ite,
oted to l y bolition p 'itions on th< t hie.
)n all these occ sion*. we fin-? in nv Sou'hm
men opposing Pierce, ?nd frequently
Northern nun opposing hint. C.iti we with
crt.inty say Gen. Pierce w j.ctuted by
food feeling* to the South? How know
ve but n four of he dWolution of his Union.
?r some kindred me. sure, my h .vu in?ti
p.ted him to this course. We copy in oxruet
from the p inphlet, which Ih?.ih.u* out
n this opinion :
February 6, 1837, Mr. Adams ru*?,uiid
aid that liu held in his hand n |?H|H>r, on
which, la-fore it was presented, lie desired
? ,1... ..r ?i.~ ?j- i? i.
w !!???? mo uovici?mi %n mt* o|kmk<T. u
vm* ? petition from twenty-two ja-num*
Icelnrinj; themaelve* to lie ahive*. He
*i*hed to know whether the Speaker
-otmiilereil aiieh a |K-titi??t? Ma coming withii
the ruloH of the H >u*e.
The re?<ler of the dehnlm in Coiigreaa,
when Mr. Atlanta win M niggling nguinat
earful otitis for the inainteiiMuee of the
i?t.? ,.r .?:ii ~?n?? .l?
^ukw. ptTiikn'iif win irwiiww wimi men
xx>k place. The ll<>u<te wm shaken n?
with a tempest. Although Mr. Adam*
tad not presented the petition, retaining
t in hia possession, declining even to send
t to the Sinker's chair till he had chained
the decision of the Speaker as to
whether, if presented, it would come
within the rule, the Slaveholding members,
blinded by their indignation, gave
way to excess pa of passion, and introduced
me resolution after another, with a view to
nflict punishment on the venerahie man
or an act he bad not committed. Several
lays were spent in this insensate attempt
o crush the defender of the right of petiion,
and it was with extreme difficulty
m obtained the floor to correct the grots
1 111
misrepresentations of bis adversaries and
vindicate his conduct.
At last, they agreed to urge the follow- ^
ing resolution, submitted by Mr. Pattoo of ,
Virginia: 11
"RtKolved, That any member who shall *
hereafter present to the House any peti- 0
tion from tiie slaves of this Union, ought to a
be consider^ as regardless of the feelings ^
of the House, the right* of the Southern
Stall's, and unfriendly to the Union.
"That the Hon. John Quincy Adams 41
having solemnly disclaimed all design of r
doing unything disrespectful 10 the House, p
in tlio inquiry lie made of the Speaker as fc
to the petition purporting to l>c from
slaves, and having avowed hi# intention
not hereafter to present tho petition to
the Heuse, being of opinion that it ought I
not to be presented: therefore all further (
proceedings in regard to hia conduct do
now cease."
v
It was moved to lay the whole subject 0
on the table, but Mr. Adams and his friends
keenly felt that, after all the vindictive as- r
saultsujHHi hint, without opportunity liav- c
ing l>eon allowed him for defence, this s
would bo a disposition of the subject r
highly unjust. They voted against tho
motion, as did the Southern member*,
who wore anxious to have an expression
, of opinion on the transa< tiou; the motion '
failed?but Mr. Pierce did not lofeat all. t
He would not vote to give Mr. Adam* a s
chance to bo heard; he would not vote
agiinM any of his S unborn friend*.
! Felirti .rv 0. the subject lieiligstill under '
1 discission, the 111 tiou to get rid of the *
sublet by laving it on the table was again r
j mad.-, and with a similar result?Mr.
pierce still declining to vote. t
The (pUHtiou was then taken on the .
i lir: of Mr. I' ltlnn's muilnlinna iin/1 (In. '
| < i-lril iii tlio negative?yens 92, nays 105 '
Mr. Picivp not voting. The second rei
?i.?!iiti.?n whs nls<? lost ? yeas 21, nays 137 t
Mr. Pierce still not voting. i
vow. it Civn. Pierce were actuated in his ,
conrs by :i desire to see justice done, to the
Ninth, why did he refuse to vote on those
r. solutions' Can we wih a certainty sy
th t his conduct was no promp'ed to curry ,
th f vor of th people ? If we are not mis- ,
t ten, the Democratic p.rty in 183G, looked t
upon .M rtin Van Bureii as sound on the i
slavery question?South Carolina voting for ?
liiui?..rul who is now more opposed to us
th .n V. n llurcn ud yet we find Van Bu.
ren the staunch friend and supporter of
Pierce. *1 he Baltimore correspondent of tho
Ch rleston .Mercury says, "Many have their
doub's i regard to Mr. Pierce's sincerity on
the great question of si very." "
We rcit.r.to what we h ve before s id, '
th t ?\c p . e< no conlidciice in .\urthern r
men professing Southern Principles. We {
trnd V n Bureii, .nd why experiment more f
\ We wouldr.ther see South Carolina throw .
.w \ her vote tli n to inte Ibr Pierce.
.\o tioubt we ..re on the uii|m>|iuI r side,
* hen we s y th t ." outh Carolina should
li vi b.?o represented in he Baltimore Democr
tie nomin ting Convention, we c ill see
no e nlily re son why the people genor dly
>%lii ill hi In* (innriNio/l In ?tu?K .? ? ?? -upo 1
? - ? ? ? """ ?
Mouth C rolina indign ntly frowns upon II
sttnipt* to vote in the noinin ?.ing Convention,
bu! is willing t< c.utt her vote for the
nominee, because ho is a Democrat.
I'r y, what reason exists that wo should
vote for I'iurcc ? What has ho done ? Because
on . few oec isions ho united his vote I ;
with others 10 reject petitions for lh" abolishment
of alt very in lh? 1 istric? of Columbi
i, does hat remove nil other well-founded
prejudices? (Jen. I'ieree declared ho was
opposed to slavery, he declared it was a
nwr-tl r it, th t " Slavery is c oiitr.ry to the
Constitution, t.nd a inor I blot upon the
character of a n tion." l'lie Southern St .nd
an! pretends to deny th t (Jen. 1'. in such
Assertions in his Concord speech, but we re
piire stronger proof to convince us th t he
did not. Ixtt I'ieree come out as the fearless
defender of our instiutions, ns his
Southern friends would have us believe,snd
deny these charges. This, in our huiublu
opinion, lie should do.
It is useless to say any thing of Scott, wo
place no confidence in him and Udiuve.cven
if he were sound on ,L s >> r* <|oestinn
that he in incapable for t c hi<{h dnti's of
I'ruMident. lie waalil Ik* oo vpl tel> rule.i '
by Seward dt Co., etui bin . i"ii tvnul . I
how to the whole 'vorld wli ? a r f . hi 1
m 'Vement thin _?r i I pub'n- h in <ic
K h I T 0 ll'S TAIiliK-;
The Southern Cultivator, The Fanner
Planter, ami the Soil of the Smith, for
August, have l?een received. The** :i?rri
eidtnral periodicals should lx* jiMlpported
1>y the Southern |M-ople. The former in
published at Antjnsta, On., the F. A* I*. at
Pendleton, in this State, and the latter at
CnliitnliiK, Oa.
Tiik Dkw Duo :
This i the title of a very neatly jjottenup
monthly journal, devote I to the rati'*
of the Uadetx of Tempemnec?pulilinlinl |
at Wadwboro, N. ,
BZT Will Meaar*. Leonard Seott A < V>.
have the kindttea* to aend ua the June
Number of ltlackwood'a Magazine!
Bklmioit Rkvival.?"A Camp-meeting
of the Methodiata haa Item," aaya tlie
(Columbia South Carolinian, "in progrean
for the paat week, about ten inilea at??vo
Columbia, ami we learn tliat it* result ha* I
l?een about forty convert*. Home twenty 1
of tlioae professing religion have joined '
the church. An interesting missionary
meeting wa* held on the oamp ground, ,
an.l a han?l*oiiie amount wa* contributed i
to that cauae. The meeting closed on <
Wednewlay inoming la*t."
New Mrdicai. Cou.eok.~A company ?
has been incorporated in Havanuah for 1
the purpose of eatabliahing a Medical Col- '
lege in that city, to be known as t!?e | ,
"Savannah Medical Institution/* 1 <
_ .
[For the Ledger.
Mr. Editor:?I have neon an article in
tie Ledger signed, 44 Many Voters" callng
upon the several candidate* for the
legislature, for an expression of opinion
n several important questions. 8n far
s regards myself, I have no disposition
r> gfatjfy tho vain or curious; hut any
uhject or policy in which tho interest of
be people is involved, I am willing and
eady, at all times, to respond, and will
irooeed to notice the seveiWl subjects
rought to view in as 1 rief a manner as I
m capnura.
1st. With regard to the Presidential
Moctjon, I do not regard Gen. fierce or
Jen. Scott as men who should lie the
lioice of the South, as J conceive they
kill not tako that deep interest in support
>f Southern Institutions, or defend the ^
ight of slavery any further that to so
uro Southern influence, but should I be
o honored with the privilege of casting 11
ny vote for the people of Lancaster Distict,
it will be in favor of Oen. Pieice, as
10 is th * Pemoemtic nominee, nnd I preerthc
administration of the government
0 be in the hands of the Democrats ; hot
hould any circumstance occur to satisfy
nv mind that Gen. Pierce is an Abolition*t
or a Free Soiler, I would prefer giving
1 blank vote; provided there would be
10 chance for a Southerner who might be
ivailable?as to Gen. Scott, ho was put
flw* WKirr nl-ilfimn K*? !?*? AlwJlt!..
|rvu v vj IUV nUUllllUU"
Rts ami Free Soilem, and I think he
voald l?o prescriptive in hi* measures.
2d. As respect* the Free School Sysem,
I will "imply refer to the resolution
[ offered in the legislature last session, ii
vliich is as follows : ^
Re*ol>'ed% That the Committee on Edu- |
ration be instructed to report a Bill at tho
arliest |teriod practicable, to change the
node af distributing the free school fund,
Iccnnling to white population, instead of
he present mod , and that the funds bo
ncreased to fifty thousand dollars.?
Journal, jxiyt '23.
This resolution passed with this proviso,
"that the Committee deein such Bill
rxpedient." The rejiort of the Committee
,vas that they deemed it inexpedient at
his time. I did not object to the report,
HH-ausc some of the con mittoe and seve ?il
ineinU-rs of the House pledged them,
iclvca, if they should lie permitted to reurn,
they woul?l go for a Bill to aooom- *
ila-di the de-ir -d object. 1 would prefer
he distribution of the ftmds according to
henumberof beneficiaries, but I entertain
loine fears upon that plan?there has been
10 material change in my tnind upoa this
uhject.
And 3d, as regards the Bank question,
deem it unnecessary forme toaay much,
ls it is well known that I atn in fiivor of
-bartering the Bank of the 8tnte; but
iiasmtich iu? the people of Lancaster Dist.
lave confided in me as their humble servint,
I feel it my duty to let them know
hat it is my opinion if the Bank is not
v-ehartercd at the next session of the Legslature,
it is doubtlul if it ever will Ik',
lotwithstaniiing the present charter does
lot expire before 1856. There are a very
>es|?ectnble portion of the |?eople of this
state who are opposed to the connection
.f the Bank with tho government; consequently
we may reasonably suppose they
sill use their influence against it; and to
tpprise you, my fellow citixens, of the preiclit
jwisition of the Bank, 1 will refer you
10 what occurred in the Legislature last
winter : there was a Bill before the House
:o re-charter the Bank of the State, which
w>?* voted down, then* was also u bill to
re-charter three company banks, which
?xpire in Ikvtnler and January next, i
the friends of the Stale Bank made an effoitto
atiwh it to the bill which provided
Tor the re-chartering of the Company
p, i ikv hut r?th?*r than ro-clinrter the
I ..f p-e <o?t thev e'.;? d *ig linst their
t* -l VOfl'ti llJ l* 'i i / e.lJti.# *Isa
-I ? ?
.! , r'n?r f thuae C.'i?|?nnr BaiiW,
1 ho v? 'h'T" h s;r in/ to
Tank ! f' S ?. M\ {Mi*iti<>n wan
i,??t to vote t<>r 'tit;. C. inp.itiy l'aulc until
Jo'Hank recliarieml.
With lh(w remark* I Iiujm' it will !*
mtisfiu'tory to "Many Vntfru,1' at least to
ct them know where I atn. in thtta giving
i *mnm try view of my o|?inion of the
iiii'KtioitN they have prop* untied.
1 h your*, with rowjwet,
1*. T. HAMMOND.
Aaroa Burr.
The mere fact that loo legislature of J
Sou.It Carolina voted tor Aaron liurr for
the I'reanleney, in jrtvferenee to Charlea
rJote*wonh Piitckny, one of Iter own illtiatrtouft
HotMt, n a niuat startling one, ami
tlioiilil annua- our people from any w|f>
wvurity in rrfrnrDt* to the power now
lodged in the Legml.it lire. The fact i>
lii-tori wl, ami cannot I* ilenivd. K\.n
iilmil that there in only n I aim jn*mIhIity
that a vote *o utterly ukliorrent to
tin* feeling* ami opinion* of pmterity inav
l?e cn*l again, aiili, the |*>*-il>iiit y of *ii. It
an event ?liouIil, of itwf, la? *i|fth iiit to
rouae our jw<>j?le to a full txHiaeiowiwiM of
their trite aitualion. ami nnki r.oa them
to guard moat anxii v again*! it* recurrence.
I* there a Ran It Cariinun of
the preaent day, who iha-a n?a feel awnae
>f humiliation?ia there one who (haw not
Ml the blindi i f diame mantling on hit
when lie refte.-Ui tliat the pwaul
.Uinta of one of Iter own meet ilhwUioua
Ulia?that ma U?./.l..il-^"? ?l-ll-_
? ???' "wiliof
III') patriot?WW )?Mlpoi??*l t"T thw of
i man whone nuWqutMit r??n?liirf wan
itH'h M to fowl to hi* nmwt nixl trht for
il?? liiffh trim* of ttmmm again*! bl%
jooatrjr!