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T HE LANCASTER LEDGER I, li. 8. IfAlLJiY ; EDITOE AND PEOPSIETORWe take the following from a Northern paper?the JYtw York' True American, < which, by the way, is nti excellent paper. ! I I Material for another "Uncle Tom's | Cabin." The following account contains excel- 1 lent materials for some of the abolition 1 Stowo school to work up into a thrilling 1 tale of cruelties practiced upon the poor 1 negro. Thev could easily create second 8 -Unolo Tom s" out of these fiends, and make them martyrs in the cause of cliris- 11 tiau meekness. Many of the political c clique of abolitionist-4, of both sexes, would rub their hands in an ciMacy of delight !( at the recital of this demoniac outrage; 1 as in almost every lino they could recog- J iiizo tho fruits of their christian teachings. 44 L >, poor Negro." The Mississippi Frc* 7V?u/<Tofthe 25th nit. contains a long article upon the story ^ which recently appeared in the Tribune v ot a slave having been burned alive at 1 Union Point, on the banks of tlic Missis- 1 sippi, in reply to the request of eorrespondents,the K htor of the Free Trader gives j V the following as an authentic account of l, .ho transaction referred to : The circumstances on which tho fiction s is doubtlessly founded, occurred, from the 1 best iufonnatiou we can get, in the Sutn- 1 tuer or Fall of 1841. Two runaway slaves, in the Parish of 0 Avoyelles, Louisianna, had for some time ? elude 1 capture, and had become a terror 0 to tho whites of that thinly-settled region. * The first crime of magnitude which they a committed was the murder of an old man 1 named Harrington, who was living on c lied River, near the Mississippi, with his 1 only daughter, a young woman v;ho as- i aisled him by her labors in obtaining a ? meagre support. The negroes had previ- ' ously forced a negro woman, belonging to a neighboring planter, to join them. " Altei murder ng Mr Harrington and rob- 0 bing his house of everything available to s them, they forced his daughter to join 1 them, tearing her from beneath the roof v where her murdered father lay weltering 1 in his blood, and making her the victim r of crime* too honibloto he told. From ' the house of Mr. Harrington they proceed- I ?d to Red liivor to the mouth of tho Coe- ' dra, where was then living a Mr. Todd, 4 with his wife and child, who kept a small * store to supply raftsmen. At that time 1 the two negroes were armed, one with a double barrel gun and knife, and the other with a ritle ami pistol. They demanded food and liquor, which he gave 1 thein. After satisfying their appetites ' they demauded a free pass, lie pretended ' lo comply, and wrote an account of what , had transpired at his house, stating his bilief that they intended lo murder him, , They did murder hiin by beating out his i brains. They then departed, taking with < made the victim of the same horrible crime ' to which they had devoted the innocent ' young girl whom they had ruthlessly torn from the homo of her murdered father. , Miss Harrington seemed to have lost Iter r reason, hut Mrs. Todd, it seems, was a r woman of great strength of mind, an I knowing that so soon as the murders and abductions became known the neighbors would be out iu pursuit, she endeavored [ to mark a trail for the pursuers bv leaving i shreds of her dress on the bushes as they a passed, and making her little child walk \ in the mud of the swamp, at times that; i its little track might a third indubitable i t proof of the course of the savage fiends j f and their unhappy victims. j In a week or ten days, while the party 1 were at a halt, about three miles hack of ] Union Point, which is on tho Mississippi Iliver about thirty-five miles from Nacliez the two negro men toll asleep, one of thorn I with bis bead in Mrs. Todd's lap, and the < negro woman kept guard. Suddenly Mrs. j Todd perceived the approach of tho armed i pursuers. She with admirable presence * of mind, motioned to them to be cautions. They advanced silently, and when she ' tlionorlit lli?m cnffirionil.- ?l... .... ...M. ' ? - ? ?Mvaat WM??? 4 UUai y 3UU U j ? ? 11 11 a shriek ofdeliriousjoy,and rushed towards i them. The negroes sprang to their feet? one was captured?the ether escaped several shots having l>een fired at hint as he ( 4* fled. The party were then taken to Union I Point. Many of the neighbors were collected. Miss Harrington was a maniac, t hut the mind of Mrs. Todd was clear and uuclouded. Site told her story with re- t tnarkahlc clearness and consistency. It t was enough to make men weep tears of hlood~a series of crime black enough to , ho execrated hy devils. The poor assembly did not take long to deliberate. A ( summary execution was resolved upon. The captured negro wat tied to a tree? iaggols Were place 1 around hint?and i Mrs. Todd herself wit first to the funeral pile. It wax the one who hnd murdered I her h unhand and had frst outraged her- I elf. About ono week afterwards the other I negro was captured and met a similar fate. Tho negro woman was not executed Mrs. Todd statin? that she h??t stnvtul tKft 1 life of Miss Harrington, and herself several ttines from these savage Guilds. This is as accurate a histo.y of the transaction as cait be given at the lapse of time without reference to old tiles of newspapers which wo have not been able to obtain. It i* drawn from the narrative of several . old citizens of this neighborhood, and in I part from a gent'em an who witnessed the execution and heard Mrs. TodJ'a tragic and heart rending story. Doth the negroes made foil confession ' of the horrible crimes. They confessed further that they had lurked round the Cnatation of another planter of the neigh- I rhood, for the purpose of murdering him aleo, and of obtaining possession of his wife. We have seen and conversed with * highly intelligen: and respectable plantar of the neighborhood, who witnessed (ha execution of the second negro and (H nnnnend to it thinLimr it h?at til* Uw i ikbouM uk? iu course. Ha conversed < tire negro from trhoui h? Iieard a < fVr * fail confession. The ant gentleman *1- i *5 So informs as that the negroes sasanh'er) i sfN hr mart anxioas for th? execution 1 .. p?i ?> * , > '4& [hail the whites, and that it was with dit ficulty, after they heard of the crimes lie liad committed, that they could l>e re'trained from tearing him to pieces?thai ie himself addressed thorn to prevent them join taking vengeance of the inhuman Send. The region in which these criminal: ?otnmittod their liorred crimes was then, tad is now, to a great extent tliii 'v "'pn ated, a region of gloomy and almost im assahle swamps. The cireninstances we have detailed arc itidoiihtedly the basis of the told abolition -alumiiv. The villainy of that calumny oiiMsts in its pretending to relate a eer ain oecnrreiiee?in its assigning as a reaon tor the "burning of a slave alive,' hat be " merely raised bis band against i white man,'' and in the fanciful details if horror with w hich the scene is pictured, lie story of four thousand slaves being isscmhlcd,and addressed from magistrates, ninisters, Are., is totally false. Not mora ban thirty slaves, at the utmost, could lave been present. Had the perpetrators of these awful rimes, for which they terribly atoned, ieen white men instead of negroes, they iould have met the same fate; nor is it robable th ;t the story would have been evived at this late day, or that the phi [inthropists of the north would have found into for the expression of sympathy or lie outpouring of indignation. It is only >r negro slaves, who crowded into a short pace of time a series of ciimcs too black a be given in al! their horrid del ails, that lie abolitionist lias a heart to mourn. lie oes not think of the two households des lated??>f an oi?! man oil tin* brink of the ;rave, li.ingiu quiet seclusion with an nly and b "love! daughter, murdered in old b'ood ?<>f an honest trader brutal!)' iSsasMitatisl after he had administered to he wants of the murderers?of an inno' ent young g'rl and a virtuous wife diximo a fate which makes the heart shudder, Ul these tilings are forgotten by the ne ^rophilist in his savage sympathy with he slurc f If there ever was a ease in which sumnary execution was justifiable, from the hara.ter of the crimes committed, the ah olute certainty of their commission, ami he necessity of a terrible example, this vas one. None ever occurred appealing noro powerfully to every noble feeling >f everv generous sympathy, to mans ligh sense of inexorable justice. They ?erished?perished terribly, but justly? itid they who read the story w ill aekno.vlalge in their hearts a perfect harmony jetween the crimes they perpetrated and ,he fate they met. Oration. We learn from the Carolina Times, thai he Anniversary Oration of the Kuphrailian Society was delivered in the College Chapel in Thursday evening, by our young tow ns, nan, J. I). WmtKuseooN, Jr. The audience ,vas unusually large, and the Address which was highly creditable to the Society is well r.s to the orator himself, was liste. eii Lo with great attention. We have sehhur icon a more attentive audience. The subject ~*tf-.rasdtVry-..|i[KbpiVne*mie tof Mio bcesien tud the manner in which it wis handled, onld not fail to make it interesting. The iddress displayed great taste,as well as study ind r.search, an the portion requiring the nost judgement and tact namely, the closing einarks to the Society, was very successful Yorkeille li remedy. Ants.?Stew prunes in water, and then 'lace the water where they can get it, and t will slay the whole tribe. Some one iceideutly placed a vessel containing the \ater in which prunes had been stewed n a cupboard, which was infected by hose i isects, and on being looked at, a i;xv days after, all the liquid had disap>eared, and in its place was a compact nass of dead ants weighing more than a nouml. To Rkmovk Marks from Tabi.ks.? Hot di-dtes sometimes leave w hilisli mark' >n varnished tables, when set, as they ihould no; he, carelessly upon them. Ti remove if, pour some lamp oil on tlx ipot, and rub it hard with a soft cloth. I lien pour on a littlo spirits, and rub il ivitli another cloth, and the white marl will disappear, leaving the table as bright ?s before.? Cotton Planter. Somebody naked, "Is it lawful to hang rlothes on Mason and Dickson's line!" Just as lawful as planting beans around the North Pole. And just as proper, too, aa for a tcme ranee man to "double the Horn." And as safe as it is for a hungry mar ;o mftke a hearty meal on the wings ol he wind. Piocb Gkseleman.?"My boy, my boy rou do very wrong to fish on Sunday. Boy.?It can't l?e no harm, 1 ain't hatching nothing." " Doctor, do you think a little spirit/ now and In en would hurt me very much.' "Why no,sir," answered tho doctor de liberatelv, ' 1 do not know that a little? now ami then?would hurt you very much: but, air, if you don't take any it won't bur you at all'." Oysters, as every IukIj knows, is per son a! property, but they are no soonc eaten than their sheila become real estate There is a boy in Chicago, fifteen year or ?ge, who measures in his boots, (lov hee'ed), six feet HnJ eight inches. Hi name is Is>ng. A drunkards nose is said to be a light house warning us of the little water tha passes underneath. HayJoek lh<? temprrnnce lecturei was arrested in Washington. 1>. C., a fe? days since, and imprisoned for colleclin( a crowd in the street. Qjebt.?Does n man feel girlish shei he makes his "maiden speech." [Yes, if ho blushes.] Since the divorce bill bus gone into ope ration in Ohio, the marriages are place* under the head of "limited partnerships.' The audacity which is one of the es entials of genius has always laughed al what tha conventional would describe ai decorum. Genius is discovery. Hoe ihould it submit the training or its eyo 19 those by who* no 'hmsorerieo ksve y? nxtfle J #xv lancasterville, s. c. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19. \m. mr t lie i ..monster ledger is printed vocif every Wednesday morning at the following nioui rates of subscription, viz : spcal Single copy one year S'J.OO Mr Five copies, 8.75 and i 10 15.00 tu,iV 15 2000 and 20 25.00 j Advertisements inserted nt moderate i , . to fin PnCOf* . . , . was Job work of all kinds executed with despatch at short notice, and as low as can hear l... ...I n?,?,*, uu uviiv ?ii? nuvivji "IT" 1 " woul self I i A Call for Money. had i It is impossible for us to carry on our business without money. Our subscribers ronj are aware of this fact. Why then, do they ncssi not come forward and pay us our just and religi hard-earned dues? Two dollars is a small ^ amount with thorn and yet, in the aggre- furrj. giegatc, this small amount from oneh in- after . debted to us, would make a sum sufficient of th I for us to pay our debts. , A number in the village have not paid ; . . pork their present year's subscription, whilst some tions ' have not oven paid for last year ; this is tho Isl * ease likewise with many in the district and an?l1 elsewhere. We are sadly in wnnt of money, ||,eu Delay no longer, but oblige the printer by gr( , paying biin his just dues. Mi _ tions Acknowledgement. For a copy of "Report of the Finances" and 'Obituary Addresses on the occasion of ^j,c ?. the death of lion. W. It. King." we are 3r. indebted to the attention of the lion. J. J. Sout Evans. t ^ from Cold Weather. ? an,! | On Monday last, the 17th, there was a dueei ' light fall of snow :.t ibis place. This is ^'e* ' i ... . . , , the till later than the great snow storm of tho j,e 1 taife ?f'IQ T) - *--- v i colli since. abou ? the i Thinking the proceedings of the Com- "n*'u mercial Convention would prove mote inter- I"" , 1 , vice , esting than anything from our pen, wo tie- j)Ul f vote the most of our p.v>cr to the proceed- cm o ings of that body. i Greenville Mountaineer. Mr. Thomas lias become the proprietor. ? In the editorial duties, he is assisted by one of its former editors, Maj. (1. F. Towns.? ' * Our old friend, O. //. Wells, lias taken the * ' publishing department in band. We notice already an improvement in tho paper throughout. j,'( * - ? " day, Any suggestions which may be induced utuiil by nn examination of the tables of the U- i ing p nited States Census for this District should meiit 1 he forwarded at an early day, to Mr. De aeetii Bow. Superintendent of the Census Otlioe profie ' at Washington, with a view to the cor- r " rectness of other publications from that of- . 1,9 r . s . nee. " I ^ no c< : . advu The Minutes again. 8t.(. j We have received n letter from Captain '|'l Twitty, in which, though he doea not accuse of co r us of an intentional wrong, intimates his un- the c unwillingness to l>c accused of nny error in nortl I thu transcript of the origin d sermon. Hs l',e states that so far from his being any way I 'kOH' culpable he sent us the icritlen mvnuscrivl l'' it IIll M from which ike ssrmon was f reached. j', ' We beg to assure Capt. T. that it was jnco, not our intention to nccuse him of any IntenClonal omission?we only mentioned it as (Jour a probable or possible consequence why the to tr whole sermon was not printed. We are mih-i L satisfied, snd wo are sure onr friend //ender- they son must now be too, that he, (//.) made once i tho omission. As we In-fore stated, it was 8,x 'i not done intentionally, and Mr. //enderson ( has since informed us, that although the fault defei ' may l>c his, it was very far from his inten- ^ ' "J > tion to commit such an error. , t doilu d?t* Abolition Documents too t Mr. T. K. Cureton has sent us a letter X r and an address on the subject of slavery Ac instil ' which are post murked "Philadelphia," and just i , j seem to emanate frotn some European Qua- ? hie ? j kers, requesting us to peruse the same and *0VCI 4 i mnke inch i>nmmunla 'i--m ' tl Our opinion is, thut the leas notice taken of ; *" audi documcnta the better. The people ' |||er( ^ of the South r.re aeqiiivinted w'.th the nature : an | of our institution, they should treat these tv.e(k documents with the notice they deserve? ?i,j ' not to notice them at all ; and the people peup of the North, the intelligent people of the let tl * North, are disposed to lot us alone to enjoy ohj*H the liberty given us by the constitution, it is t'W*1 1 only from low abolitionists, or evil design. ^*>UB ing politicians, that we receive such docu- " ments, and the beat way la to pay no atten- ?1 1. - tlon to them. 1 ' hare The Southern Agrieultnriat 1 l,H t The April number appeara to bo aa rich. tj^a , ly laden with -luscious" Agricultural fruit r as any proceeding number. It ia only ft 1 j,0pj I per year, sabaeriptioo price. Addreee Odm t A. m. BtOCSS, At u LaorcrsviJIe, II. C. moS * ?? ? Mrs. Mowatt's Autobiography. e are indebted to the Publishers Me nor & Co. Boston, for a copy of att's book. o have been amused, interested an< by its perusal. It is written in a in, and with such pathos, that v tiavo finished the book and laid it your thoughts/overt to the author, id of considering hor as an "actn tress in the sense in which the w ex the word, you consider her as ha a sphere honorable, nay, exalting an ; under the circumstances, a sp h exhibited the woman's soul, h she filled artistically well, w s forth the praise from every g heart, and one which, as an horn c profession, must elicit a kinder or "stage actors," from every one ice gl.25. Address Alio Publisher Parson Brownlow. iring the sitting of the Convention ;, in Chariest-n, at a time when t a temporary suspension of busine erous call was made for Brownlow 'itod the rostrum, and the Courier ks of I is speech : Brownlow, however, did make a sp not the worst it has ever been our nunting the rostrum, lie dcliber, with much self-possession, lie ni s hat iin-l stiek, and began to Mor j had expected (he said in substai d many intelligent gentlemen here not disappointed. He had calcu many of them would be nnxioi their own voices?he had nut boei nted. He had been led to fear tin d not be able to obtain a hearing it the Convention, and necordingl innounced, en nmte, a series ofapp !e from Knoxville to Charleston. s had addressed the people 'ilonf on all questions, for at home in je, he was a general siiperintende ion, morals, polities and agricul ic interests, accordingly, are well a ;o in Tenncsses. He concluded b ig to an old historical incident. ! the landing of the pilgrims, a nui em, who had penetrated some diat ie interior, held "a Convention," ted, as is said, by tradition?for ou r was not there?the following res t. Retolted, That the Harth is the I he fullness thereof, d. That the Lord designed the cartl se of the Saints i. That we are the Saints, r. Brow nlow would amend ths rci so far as to read thus: t. That Cuba is the Lord's and ess thereof. d. That tho Lord designed Cubn taints of the South. I. That we are the Saints of h. ?e resolutions brought down the II the third tier to the pit. r. Urow nlow. on retiring, was lo uslilv culled for, so that ho wa i to return. Looking towards th in the private boxss on the left 1 tage?there we?c many in utU-ndan Idrcssed a temperance speech to til uisiu M ounce t the ladies of a certain town hi 1 norul of which was, that the h Id nut run their hands or nrms handles." This may be very goof for Ohio ladies, for aught we k iur Indie* are not prone either to bh r jug handles. COMMUNICATION for the Ledger. Eoiior, ir :?Will you bo so kind as to place iu your columns, to inn otion to the citizens of the In< n :i.low Citukks:?In this progrei when not only Nations and Gov s are consulting together, and d lans fur the convenience and adv* . of tlia intercuts nf their ciiiion. >n?, communities, and the ditfe ssional classes, have taken the i to hands,?Then why not the of the Indian Land be np and n oiiiething for themselves ? llnv< nvenieneo to consult?no inters nee f Let us view tho premises, ie Indian Laud boundary is a set mntry tittevii miles square, loeatt aster corner of York District, i western corner of Lancaster Disi Charlotte and South Carolina I intersecting it at right angles i rough the centre, giving us good e facilities to market, nt, yet, we are laboring under a g ivcnience. Our section of countr I hstrict* being quite remote fron t House, many of our citizens 1 itvul twenty-eight mile*, and tl i to get to the Court House, w nre called by law, many ?>f t , some twice, others three four imes, in the course of a year, in e of jurors, witnesses, plaintiffs, idanU, administrators, executors, g *, commissioners, drc., subjecting t Intel bills from five to eight and rs, according to the length of ned, and many other iuconvenie edious to mention. ew this is burthensoine, yea, in it iic<-s, provoking; and is, in rei sihI sufficient cause for complaii it we hear so much. Now ha 1 a slight and very imperfect gl ie inconveniences to which we erf, and con.plain of, us nd and see if there is no rrtnedi i no way to remove those com pi* at the same time advance th< t and promote the welfare of cili make them a contented and hi le. Yes, most assuredly therein, ie people belter themselves, and * is gaiaed ; let the people be a liter and nominate a candidate in ids of the Indian Land, in both >, pledged to carry oat oar riews ? same time get up a petition tc ilatnre to incorporate us into a i District, (not an Election Distri no idea it cotld be carried,) v ve no doubt can be eaailjr done, would have no more of these < its. I have thrown oat this tug to the oil urns of the Indian ? nf to draw out others on the rut a, sdnsebody, sal a day for a tnee Noa future day you may hear I fafa). Toon, " 0 vtawh 4p? SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. ; AC j u(j There was little done on Monday beyond 8l ^ the organization of this body. There was rhcn * 'ar?? attendance of delegates from various ju Qn0 States reported thcinselres. The following w and '"the report: ess." Maryland 11 ol 'orl'd V'^nia 96 S vino Georgia 78 m * Florida 3 here Alabama 20 ? one Mississippi 7 w hiel. Kentucky 6 at pure Tennessee 229 M )f (o Louisiana 5 North Carolina. 30 0| South Carolina 240 ^ Arkansas 1 ^ Missouri U ~~?1 tii i last Total 617 ^ there The following were the officers chosen '**, a for the Convention : He rRESTDEST, n| thus Hon. William C. Dawson, of Georgia. g First Vice President, I.ieut. M. F. Maus'cch ry. rc for- Secretary, WilmotG. DeSausure, of South g, Carolina. ^ VICE TRESIDERTS. f. nle." I Virginb. nee,) Gen. J. Winslowr, North Carolina. jr ?ho Hon. J. A. Woodward, South Carolina. jn lilted Judge E. T. Neslct, Georgia. idis? Hon. C. C. Clay, sr., Alabama. w it he S. W. Oakley, Imuiniann. m him- W. D. Coleman, Mississippi. g oinT Nr. John Shelby, Tenneasare. 0, Gen. Italic Comba, Kentucky. 0| r tho W. I). Moaoley, Florida. s, Ten- Thomas Whitridge, Mnrlyand. D' 8F.cReTARir.si. ^ t?*? T- T Huteh'"9' Maryland. u y re- Mr. Rose, Virginia. toon Thomas Ixtring, North Carolina. n) A. P. Aldrieh, South Carolina. e, 'and Jnniea Hamilton. Georgia, r re- John VV. Join s, Alabama. a iolu- J. It. Leak, Louisiana. ol Mr Mathews, Mississippi. "?r * R. L. Saunders, Tennessee. ti< l for Kentucky. p< 0. A. Price, Florida. iti On motion of C. K. Marshall, of Miss., it 01 was resolved that the delegates from each the State appoint three of their number to com- re pose a General Committer, who ahnll pre- rc > pare and submit to this Convention such re business as the) may deem suitable for its deli'wrations. ti< ouse The several delegations having been call. m ed upon, mimed the follow ing gentlemen for re u,!'y members of the committee: ' oi u Marti.ars?Win. Creighton, George bj from Bartlette, Joshua Jones. su ce? Virginia?James Lyons, Mver Myers, ;htn IHOI5TI1 V. AliOLIRA?Df. J. II. Gibbon, P- V( idiea K. Dickinson, A. J. I)cRosact, jr. r< into South Carolina?Jnmc* <'hcsnut, C. G. ' Memmiiigfr, Henry Gourdin. re mm, Georgia?Nelson Tift; Judge E. A. Ne^ jn JOIU bit, Hiram Roberts. ?? Florida?Benj. F. Whltrer, J. B. Brown, v< Stanislaus Glinake. |j, Alabama?Daniel Coleman, N. J. Scott, N. Locketl. ol I Louisiana?Samuel ft". Oakley, David J. tj. Hook, Jonn B. Is-cafe. tl Pive Misstsstrrt?J. W. Clapp.T. A. Marshall, .? R R. II. Crump. w >a" Trsremee?Win. II. I'olk, J. Knox NVaI- dj isive ^vr. **en. Win. C Kyle. ern. Texas?Mr. Ray. m evis- Kestucet?Gen. Italic Couibs, Lieut, ince- .M. P. Maury. ol but The following resolution, submitted by e? rent Mr. Geo. A. Trenholm, of South Carolina, p. was referred to committee on resolutions, c'li* viz: tit 1 ?* RruJtfJ, Thnt this Convention reeoni- as 6 we ? . . . mendii in th? most enrnoit inannrr. to the it to and P?0P'e 'be South, aud more particular- |u ly to the merchants in the seaports, to cm- fo stiun bark a suitable portion of theircnpital in the re >d in construction or purchase sf ships, to conand vey directly to foreign ports our agricultural |u trict, and other productions, and bring home the tu Rail return cargoes of foreign commodities.? b< lear- That s commercial marine capable of perH,M* forming this service would relieve Uic South re -real ^r?m 1111 '"""n0011 ,r?buto now paid to other L< ' j States of this Union and fore gn Countries, th i the an<* turn gains of this lucrative and in- fe liave vigorating pursuit into a new element of ,jrty Southern opulence and strength. ea here ? sn hein Tuesday, April II, 1054 th Ami The Convention was called to order at at 1 'be 9 o'clock by the President, and the minutes of the preceding meeting w?r? read ity the ;ui?r- BecreUry I *Ton President aubinitted a letter from the Qt time enmmittee of arrangements, requesting the ncee dalegatee to wear their badges; atatiog (Set the reception room ia open from 8 a. in. to ftj innv 10 p. m., and reqneating the committee*, of ^ ility, the Convention to nae the reeeption room ^ nt of when the theatre ia occupied. v'ng On motion by Mr. Oakley, of Louisiana, ance the Preaident waa requeated to furniah the r? preeiding Secretary with a copy of hia ad. jn . drca* on taking the ehair aa preaident, that '' /* the same may be published with the pro,'D;? eeedinga of tbie Convention, j in- n K,n| Mr. Conner, of Kwnth Carolina, presented ippy a letter from J. B. DeBow, Esq., and other , but paper*, which were read, and on hi*motion, ^ I the ware referred to the committee on boeialled nee*. ?! I tbo Mr. Combe, of Kentaeky, announced that . V* Meeera. A. L. Shotweli W. II. 8*Bdiford.of . Kentucky, and Mr. Hamilton Smith, of In- ? ! J? diana, had arrived, and moved that their J? names be entered on the list of delegates, hich *0<* ^ they be appointed member* of the ^ ljien committee on bneif taa. Km. Mr. Jonas, of Tesnaasae, submitted ram rgee olatioos In Imt of the eooetrwetioa of i ^ and, Railroad to the Pmiie, which upon h*a mo. "" ject. don were laid opoa the table, to he taken * t<ng- np tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, when to* Mr. J. will addrsns the Convention on the 1 * a. subject,. Mr. Myers, of Virginia, submitted resolu >ns for the establishment of line* of stea en to Europe from Southern cities, whid compnniod with some remark* upon th< ihject The resolution* were referred. Mr. Combs, of Kentucky, presented reso itions in favor of s Pacific Railroad ; whicl ere referred. Mr. Coleman, of Alabama, submitted res lutions in reference to the establishment o outhern manufactories, and the employ ent of slave labor; referred. Mr. Coleman of Mississippi, submitte< solutions in favor of th* Railroad billi hich have passed the United 8tates Sen now before the House of Repre Mr. Norcrosa, of Georjfia, submitted res utions in favor of attracting foreign capi >1 to the South, which nfter some ex plana ry remarks of Mr. N. were referred. Mr. i*ikc, of Arkansas, submitted resslu nns in favor of a Pacific Railroad; afte >me remarks, were referred. On motion, by Mr. Jones, of Tennesse< !r. Rhfa, of Texas, and Mr. Smith, of Indi >a, were appointed Vice Presidents for thci tntee respectively. *1- # ! 1 1 e \t ?? n it * ?,* ??r. vjiuuon, 01 nonn uaroiinn, nuomiuei solutions in reference to the mining inter its of the South, and a general system o linage; which after some remarks, were rr rred. Mr. Tift, of Georgia, presented resolution i reference to a general system of railroad i the South. On motion by Mr. Printup, of Georgia, i as ordered that hereafter,at the commence lent of the sessions of the Convention, th tales should bo railed on in alphabetic^ rder for resolutions. Mr. P. submitted re* lutions recommending liberal grants b outhcrn States to Railroads; referred. Mr. Heart, of South Carolina, offered solution for the appointment of a commit e to report on the deficiencies and irtegu rities of the mail service, foreign and do estic, in the Southern States,and the prop remedy; referred. ? Mr. Campbell, of Tennessee, submitted resolution for the remission or reductioi T the duty on railroad iron ; referred. Mr. Tift, of Georgia, submitted a resolu an directing the general eommittee to re irt upon the mode of a State's proteclioj self against violations of her constitutions natural rights; referred. Mr. McGinsey, of Louisiana, submitter solutions recommending the South to pat mize their own merchants, &c.; refer d. Mr. Morton, of Georgia, offered resolu ins in favor of the appointment of com isaionera to mediate between the bsliigc nt powers of Europe, which he sceompa ed by some remarks, lie was follower r Mr. Marshall of Mississippi, on the aami ibject, and the resolutions were referred. Mr. Underwood, of Tennessee, submitted resolution for the support of a press to sd >cat? thu objects of the Convention; refer fd. Mr. Ayer, of South Carolina, offered , solution in ftivor of the encouragement o emigration; rerrefed. Mr. Crandall submitted a resolution in fa >r of eatsbliahing and patronizing Souther ties of steamers; referred. On motion by Mr. l^wton, of South Cat lina, it was ordered that gentlemen addrcs ie Convention from the rostrum wheneve lev speak. On motion by Mr. Smith, of Maryland, i as ordered Ihnt the I? lily with prayer. Adopted. Mr. Trciiholin, of South Caroliift, nub itted a memorial on education ; referred. Mr. Gibbs, of Tennessee, aubmitlcd a rea ution in favor of chartered companies t< itnblinh steamships and sailing liacft u ickets front aouthern cities; referred. Mr. Price, of Florida, submitted a rcaolu >n in favor of a railroad aero** tho Peoin lift of Florida; referred. Mr. Wilcox,of Tennessee, offi-red a revo tion in f.ivor of negotiation with Chini r the introduction of cotton and tobacco ferred. Mr. Whittle, of Virginia, submitted rcao tion in favor of the adoption of Consti tion for the Convention as a perm.men >dy; referred. Mr. Combs, of Kent nek , presented thi solutions of the Chsmlior of Commerce o auiaville, asking that the next meeting e e Convention may be held in that city; re rred. Mr. Brownlow, in response to a genera II, addreaaod the Convention briefly on tin ibjeel of Cuba and temperance: whcreupoi e Convention adjourned until to-morrow 9 o'clock. Charlf.stoji, April, 13th 1854. At 9 o'clock. A. M., the hour to which th< on vent ion adjourned, the lion. Wm.C wsnn President, took the chair. The President stated that in consequent ' the slrsence of the clergyman whom h< kd requested to officiate, he eouldnot hav< is Contention opened with prayer. Upon motion the reading of yesterdsy'i urns! was dispensed with. Mr. Whittle, of Virginia, offered the fol wing resolution, vU: Rrtnirod?That the resolution of yester ?y admitting certain New York reporter i members of this Convention,he reeonsid vd sad rescinded. AfWr uoch dissuasion, participated in b; essrs Morris, of Virginia; Parhast, of Ten teeoe; Colemsn, of Mississippi; Ciapp, e llssiaaippi; Cloy, of Alabama ; Jones, u esooese, sod Whittle, of Georgia, the res lotion of yesterday was rsanosidrrad. The resolution was then taken op for eon deration, and Mr. , offered aa a sab ituts the following rsaohtliee, whieh wo l"*pted, eta: Jfrsnfaad That all Miton and raperter >r Mm peas, who moy attend this CtafN m, lm admitted to mate at thn reporter1 nk. The President Isid Ufcn the Copvss m tatter from Mr. H. W. Condor,. '" ^1? 'MPm* ' 5 * +' or', . donee with the Chamber of Conimeroe of - Cincinnnti, and the correspondence was re* t ferred to the committee on resolutions. a The President also laid before the Con* vontion certain papers from Mr. J. J. Seibels, . United States Charge d'Affair* at Brussels, li which wore referred to tho committee on resolution. i* Tho President also laid before the Con* f vention the following letter of invitation - from the Charleston Library Society, viz: Charlestoh, April 11, 1854. i To the Honorable the President and delegates 1 ' i to the Commercial jContention: Gentlemen:?1 am instructed by the - Charleston Library Society to tranamit you t.ie following resolution, viz: * Resulted?That the President of the Char. . leston Library Society be requested to ad dress to the members of tho Convention, now witting in this city, an invitation to visit . the library nt all times during their stay in r Charleston. In conformity to the above resolution, T ), beg leave to state, that the Library situated j. at the North-went corner of Broad and r Churcli-stree's, will be open overy day from 10 o'clock to 3 o'clock, for the reception of d the Delegates. Rcapecfully, II. A. DbSAUSSURK. I ,f President of Charleston library Society. >. Iieut M. F. Muury submitted, from the Committee on resolutions, the following s viz: a Resulted?That a committee of ??? bo appointed to consider and report upon the it propriety and expediency of adopting some >. plan for promoting Southern and Wei?torn c manufactures and mining operations. Resolved?That this Convention reeom- . i. mend to each of the Southern States having j a sea-port, to encourage the establishment of u direct trade with Europe, either by oxn empling from taxes, for a limited time, the goods imported, or by allowing the iinport rs nn equivalent drawback or bounty, or r by such other mode as to legislatures of the respective States may seem best. Resolved?That efforts should be made i] to establish a direct line of steamers with n Europe, freni some Southern port or ports, icit':oul fxtrUur delay; and that, in the event * of the establishment of such a line, the uni ted support of all the Southern States should , ] f be p'edged, if possible, to sustain sucli a J line. R,solved?That this Convention reeomi mend to the Government of the United - Stat s the formation or reciprocal treaties ? with foreign governments, for the admission of their res|s-? live products at reduced and .R . equal mica of duty ; and that the Senators . ;.nd Representative* from the respective A . States be requested to bring the suhject be fore Congress. 1 (coRTtRt'ED KKXT WEEK ) South Carolina V/m Association. 4 ' CHARLESTON. April 1 ?. The Association, ,in pursuui.n of notice I- ,u? pw U.Z* ?,? u. 4at the Kd.il. - ion Hotel. In thVttpMtiee of the Secret ..rv NV. B. Johnson Was appointed Secret ry , . r? inn. i m? iiimmcn ??i in? ia*t meeting 1 wore ro?d and confirmed. The President th**n read tho Constitution ofth<* AMuci uinn alse n letter from Camlton, Oi., limned by a ^ number of citizen* of that place, staling that (| the cstahlishin nt of a weekly paper at that point would bo very dcorabl*. KecievmlsB inform.tion. Inciters of apj lication front tha following ? gcntl mcr. were tcceivud: John Heart, Churlr ratoii Murciiry; H. Julge Moore, Ywrkville Remedy; Jnsepch Walker, Southern Review f.. W. Spruit, Charleaton SLntdxrd ; ?. ' ; MehrVna. Charleston Zcitung; II. VV. Ilab1 ershent. Charleston Self Instructor; W. V. I'uXton, Charleston Evening News; John , Cunningham, do; A. Carroll, Charleston Courier. Win. laidlor, do ; W. M. Thomas Greenville Mountaineer; J. R. II lynesworth, r Suniter Watchman. M i? : An election having been entered into f*r f ' the above nnmed gentlemen, they were unanimously elected The President th??n rvtended an invita tion to the A asocial! on t? meet him at hia - residence on Saturday evening ne*t. Before the adjournment, the President also i announce! that Mr. Buttertield, had prepared ' | for the members of the A*s-?rintlon acolla1 1 lieu, to which the members adjournal. 1% 1 ; Was a h indeome compliment from M f. li'! terficld to lite Press. After the cliscns*ion ef the good things fhw nished by Mr. Bulterflcld, the Association " adjourned. t R. YEADON, President. W. R. JoWSSTQS. SrcBKTAUT* I "Who are the Candidates for th? ^ f noxt LeffisUttrtY' f This is question almost daily propound. ed to ua. Wo are sorry to aay to our re.*- , ders that we are not vet in puaaiision of this, important piece of information. From all we eau learn we are aatislied there will be b?> ? scarcity of them. Quite a number of highly i respectable gentlemen, who would fetfeet r " o?i brli?v? no one ha* M yet formally uno?we> 1 <nI himself as a candidate. Perhaps thi* arises from exeesdre modesty, es Merit in always modest. They need not hold boek H any longer, for we promise them aH they " " ah nil bo sleeted some to go to CmSmMs, and others to remain at homo. This la Certainly a great time to tan; it matter* not In j what crowd a man's let rosy be east, he trill* , have lotaof romp my. Those who are eiee-. ted wllf be burdened with the cares of State ?a tremebdone roeponstbility they all hoi t while those who remain at home?the mer-. i rieet and jollies* crew, will have great** liesnre to piwito thenmelvoa for tbo nasi ight. It will Im a seises to thorn, thoagh. * doomed to roeaaia la obscurity for atanm, to think "their limw!II huauxt" To than* . who are elected, the most unwelcome ml alt the maltiplleity of rarea ~ with which they * are harreseed and perplexed will be the '* eooeeqoencea of n defeat. Between the hopes of the one, and the fear* of the other . it wontd be dlfBenlt to eh asm. Bush la life ' U..I M.~ ? > I ?>?>|? mtv f?" m riipn? " j ? Ox wttdbliaa of a&iara nevfa alloy. ' And U-nt M(1 Borrow Cm the Aroof joy,"' f BiliMllMiUttWMlalTpl.vtlunrMhr. . ad Um nomination. of Col W. *. Wll^.v # Kiw?ri Mo??*t Koq; mm! A. 8. WtHlwv Bos which wil U tommd h another wU<w. h ?YnrMlb MimUmtf. ko . - ?v A?tooiidi!I4 DivctorMEiiTft ? We loan* from * prWata letter, written by a MrM In, I Row mi county, U??t a groat oxrltomruft wa* J peulpiaJ a fcw liji afoot la toot ?NMMk m i- ty by tha Moon vary ftaMUv. Thai*. Me- I Poo?M,a aaioiatae of tha MatiioiUt Mm, n?? tVnt, am! a art of Mtimrto oabb?~ Ukoti eliarartcr, k id IW a Bnbo of.year* Won mmM to aawtmiM; ImrW ?V ' Bania and private tiWMuria In a larg* w. amount. TWotMiuWii oMrtu^ i? ' n' ^'-T