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election of its men)bers. Tl)# subject v? a* ! by its nature, one appertaining excluaive y | to tha jur'wdiclioi) of the local authorities . of llie Territory. . Whatever irregularities ' tp?y have occurred :u the elections, it ; skeins too late now to raise.that question. ! At all events, it is a question as to which j neither now,nor at any previous time, has j ttia least pomible legal authority Iwen poa- I eseed bv the President of the United j States. For all present purposes the leg* j dilative body, thus constituted at d elect* 1 | tpras the legitimate assembly of llieTetri- 1 $ory. Accordingly ; the governor, by proclamation, convened the assembly thus elec* ted to meet at a place called Pawnee City; the two houses met and were duly organised in the ordinary parliamentary foriu; each sent to, nud received from, the governor the otHciai com iqq mentions u?u a\ qp such ocptysiopsj an .el^borat# message ppepiqg the session w en communicated by the governor; and the general business of legislation was eotereu upon l>y the iegis- | lattve assembly. But, after a few days, the assembly re ; solved to adjourn to another place in the ' Territory. A law was accordingly passed against the consent of the governor, but in due form otherwise, to remove the seat of government temporarily to the "Shawpee Manual-Lal>or School," (or Mission.) Itnd thither the assembly proceeded. After this, receiving a bill for the establishment of a ferry at the town of Kickkapoo the governor refused to sign it, and, by special message, assigned for reason of refusal not anything objectionable in the bill itself, uor auy pretence of the illegality or incompetency of the assembly as jucli, but only the fact that the assembly had by its act transferred the seat of gov (fj-mneut temporarily from Pawnee City j to Shawnee Mission. For the name re*- j ton he confinuod to refuse to sign other bills, until, in the course of a few day*,he by official message, communicated to the a senibly the fact that he had received a potiGcation of the termination of his functions as governor, and that the duties of the office were legally devolved on the secretary of the Territory; thus to the hist re ccgnUin r the body as a duly elected and constituted legislative assembly. It will be peiceived that, if any constitutional defect attached to tho legislative j^ct* of the assembly, it is not pretended to consist in irregularity of election, or Kant qf Qualification of the members, but qtl)/ i|) tue ulinnge of its pi.wo of session. I[owever trivial this objection may seem to be, it requires to be considered, because upon it is founded all that superstructure of acts, plainly against law, which now threatens the peace, not only of the Terri p>ry of Kansas, but of tbe Union. Su;h an ohjecti >n to tbe proceedings of the legislative assembly was of exceptionable origin, for the reason that, hy the express terms of the organic law, tho seat ot government of the Territory was "located temporarily at l*ort Lear en worth," and vet the governor himself remained there fees than two month*, and of hi* own discretion transferred the *eat of government to the Shawnee Mission, where it in fact wat at the time the assembly were called to meet at Pawnee City. If thegovornor ha 1 any such right to change temporarily the scat of government, still more had the legifdutire assembly. The objection is of exceptionable origin for the further rea son that the place indicated by the gover jior, without having any exeiusive claim of preference in itself,was a proposed town sita o ily, which he and others were attempting t?? locate unlawfully upon land within a military reservation, and for participation in which illegal act the com(riandant of lb* post?a superior officer of the arinf has lw;en dismissed by sentence pf court martial, Mor is It es*v to teo why the legislative assembly might not with propriety pass the territorial act transferring its sittings to the Shawnee Mission. If it could not that must l>e on account of some probibi i tory or incompatible provision of act of f' ingress, but uo such provision exists, i The orgsnic act, ae already quoted, says "the seat of Government is hereby located j temporarily at Fort Leavenworth;" and it then provides that certain of the public i buildings there M may be occupied and j paed under the direction of the Governor i and legislative assembly." These expres- i sions might possibly be construed to im- | ply th it when in a previous section of the L....i. I .u - >< .i-- a?, i?: i- i pr ? "f>? vixiM?l Mink WIG Umi ICglSIB j live Hit j;r>bly h?ll meet at such place and < ua such day us lb* Governor shall appoint, I tlia w.?r<l " place" moan* place at Fort L nsver.worth, not place any where in ths Teritory. If so, the Governor would itave b en the first to err in this matter, (jqt only in himself having removed the |M -l w( 'VQrnnieut to the Shawheo Mis fio.i, but iq a^qin removiiig it to Pawnee <?ity. If there was any departure from the letter of the law, therefore, it was hie ju both instances. But, however this may tie, it is most unreasonable to ?uppo>e that by the terms of the organic act Congress intended to ilo impliedly what it haa not done expressIs 7s**' hat is, to forbid to the legislative assembly the (tower to choo?e any place it mi^ht see fit as the temporary scat of its deliberations. That is proved by the significant language of one of the subsequent acta of Congress on the subject, that of ,^|M*roh 3, 1855, which, in malting appropriation for public buildings of the Tcrri tory, enacts that the same shall not lie ex ( f ided "until the legislature of said Terri ! tory "h*" l??*? by law the perina- 1 ncr(t seat of governm ml." Congress, in |hese expressions, does not profess to he grantigg the pq*er to fix the permanent Ma* ol governiqen;, ^qt recognise* the power as one already granted. Jlut how? \Jndoubtediy by the comprehensive provision of the organic act itself, which drclafes thqt '.'.the legislatiiB power of lb* jl'wrri un thai) p;i?nd to ail rightful suU j*oU ofleynlgtiim auusiat*?dl *li? Constitution of the United States aitii the pro: visions <4 this act" If, in view of this aft the legislative assembly had the large power to fix the permanent seat of governiggnt a* any pkee in Ha discretion, pf covin* by the same enactment it had ;fcn tines *nd the iudnded power io fix it temporarily. ' Wnfertbslsat, the allegation that the i M# of the legislativs e*pmbiy w?retylp, flft> bf reason of this removal of Ua p|?s* si MMton ?H brought forward to hiatify movement in disregard V iaw , - ? > within the Territory. Que of the acts of I th? legislative assembly provided for the j election of ? delegate to the present Congress, and a delegate was elected tinder that law. Hut, subsequently to this, a |>ortion of the people of ;he Territory proceeded, without authority of law, to elect another delegate. Following upon this movement was another and more important one of the snme general character. Persons confessedly not constituting the body |>olitic, or all tbe inhabitants, and without 1 ?w, have undsrtaken to summon a convention for the purpose of transforming the Territory into a State, and hnvo framed a Constitu| tion, adopted it and under it elected a i governor and other officers, and a representative to Congress. In extenuation of these illegal acts, it is t.leged that the States of California, Michigan and other*, were self organized, j and a* such, were admitted into the Union j without a previous enabling act cf Congress. It is true that, while, in a majority of case*, a previous act of Congress has been passed to authorise the Territory to present itself as a State, and that this is the most regular course, yet such an act has not been held to be indispensable, and in some cases, the Territory has proceeded without it, and has nevertheless been admitted into the Union as a State. It lien w ith Congress to authorize beforehand, or to confirm afterwards, iu its discretion.? Hut iu no instance hat h State been admitted upon the application of persons acting against authorities duly conatituted by act of Congress. . In every case it is the people of the Territory, not a party among them, who hare the power to form a Constitution, and ask for admission as a State. No principle of public law, no practice or proccdent under tb? Constitution of tho United State*, no rulo of rea> on, right, or common sense, confers, any such power as that now claimed by a mere party in the Territory. In fact, what has been done is of revolutionary character. It is avowedly so in motive and in aim as respects the local law of the Territory. It will Itc-come treasonable insurrection if it reach the organized resistance by force to the fundamental or any other federal law, and to the authority of the General Government. In such an event, the path of duty for the Executive is plain. The Constitution requringhim to take care that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed, if they bo opposed in the Teriitory of Kansas, he may and should plucu at tho disposal of the marshal any public force of the United States which happens to be wuhin the jurisdiction, to be used as a portion of tho jtotae eomitatua ; and, if that do no* suffice to maintain order, then he may call forth the militia of one or more State* for that object, or employ for the same object nuy p irt <-f the land or naval f >r e of the L ailed State*. So, al no, if the obstruction be to lite law* of the Territory, and if it be duly preseutcd to him a* a case of insurrection, ho may employ for it* suppression the militia of any State, or the land or naval force of the United States. And if the Territory he invaded by the citizen* of other State*, whether for the purpose of deciding eiec tions, or for any other, and the local authorities find themselves nnabte to rej?cl or withstand it, they will he entitled to, and upon the faet being fully ascertained, they hall most certainly receive the aid of the General Governineif But it is not the duty of the President of the United States to volunteei interposition by force to preserve the purity of election* either in a State or Territory.? To do so would be subversive of public freedom. And whether a law be wise or unwise, just or unjust, is not a question for hint U> judge. If it be constitutional ? that is if it to the law of the land??t is his duty to cause it to be executed, or to sustain the authorities of any State or Territory in executing it in opposition to all insurrectionary movements. Our system affords no justification of revolutionary acts for the constitutional means of relieving the people of unjust administration and laws, by a uhango of i public agents and by repeal, are ample, I and more prompt and effective titan ille- i gal violence. These constitutional means i must he scrupulously guarded?this great < prerogative of j?opular sovereignty sacred- i ly respected. i It : the undoubtod right of the peace- ( able and orderly peoplo of the Territory of Kansas to elo* their own legislative body, make their own laws, and regulate their own social institutions, without foreign or domestic molestation. Inleforence, on the on* hand, to procure the abolition or prohibition of slave labor in the Territory, has produced mischievous interference, on the otucr, for its mainten ance or introduction. On? wrong l?cgeU nuinvr. ouionicnii fnuraiy uuiuuri?je<i, or grossly exagcrated, concerning event* within the Territory, are sedulously diffused through remote States to food th? (ltm? of sectional animosity there; and the agitators there exert themselves inde fatigably in return to uncourage and stimulate strife within the Territory, The iutlatnatory agitation, of which the preaont .i hut a part, baa for twenty year* produced nothing aave untritigated evil. North and South. But for it the character of the domeetic instil ntions of the future new State would hare beon a matter of too little intereet to the inhabitants of ; the contiguous States, personally o.* col- ! lectively, to produce among them any po litical eoiotion. Climate, toil, production, hopes of rapid advancement and the pur suit of happiness on the pert of the settlers themselves, with good wishes, but with no interference from without, would have quietly determined the question, which ie at this time of such disturbing character. But we are constrained to turn our attention to the cireuinstance of embarrassment ae thsy now exist. It is the duty of th? people A Kansas to discountenance every act or purpose of resistewie to its laws, ^bove *11, the emergency appeals to the citizens of the States, and especially of those contiguous to the Territory, neither by ieten|| .tarn of m>q residents in electioos, nor by uqnu^horiud military force; to attempt iq encroach upon or usorr the antkorfty of thy in^abiuou of the rerntory. No etiiaea of our country should permit himself to forget that he n a part of Ha govern meat, end entitled to be beard in the determinatio of it* policy *qd Us mensures, and that, therefore, the highest considerations of personal honor and patriotism require hiin to innjiitnip, by whatever of powcy or influence hp ?uay jwsxess, the integrity of the laws of the republic. Entertaining these views, it will be iny imperative duty to exert the whole power j of the Federal Executive to support public order in the Territory ; to viudicato its 1 laws, whether Federal or local, against ail attempts of organized resistance nnd to to protect its people in the establishment of their own institutions, undisturbed by envroaehineut from without, and in the full enjoyment of the rights of self-government assured to thein by tlio Cons itution and the organic act ot Congress. Although serious and threatening dis- i : turbances in the Territory of Kansas, an- i nounced to mo by the Governor in Do- : eembcr last, were speedily quieted without j the effusion of blond, and in a satisfactory manner, there is, I regret to say, reason to i apprehend that disorders will continue to | occur there, with increasing tendency to j violence, until some decisive measure be i taken to dispose of tbc question itself, which constitutes the inducement or occasion of internal agitation and of : external interference. This, it seeins to me, can best be acoom- j ; plished by providing that, when the i inhabitants of Kansas may desire it, aud aliall be ofsufficient uuuil>?rs to constitute a State, a convention of delegates, duly elected by the qualified voters, shall assemble to frame a constitution, and thus to prepare regular and lawful menus, for its admission into the Union ns a State. 1 respectfully recommend the enactment ' if a law to that ottect. I recommend, also, tlivt a special np ' pmpriaiion l>o made |o defray any expense wbwh may become reqiiir-ito in the exeou- ; I. nf ik.. ' I ..VII V. ?..v inn" Ul UK lliHIIIICIiaiH'O OI public order in the Territory of Kansas. j KHAN KLIN I'lEUCK. WahiiINOton, Jauunry 24, J 856. | From the S/>irit oj the South. . To Kansas Emigrants and all Friends ' of the Booth. I bad proposed to start with my company of Kansas emigrants on lite 1 lilt of Kebruurj next, but tuany of tbetn being unable to get ready by that lime, and others being unwilling to go before spring | and especially as 1 am advised by my correspondents that the Missouri and Kansas rivers aro already i-u(?eiided by ice,I have determined to |Kwt|>onu starting till the winter breaks. The emigrants mav rendezvous at Kufaula, on the 31st of March next, at Columbus, On., on the I'd of April, and at Montgomery, Ala., on the oih April next so that I can >t>ri from Euftula, \ iu Columbus and Montgomery, collecting on the way those 1 find at the different places of rendezvous. The company will travel f.oir. Montgomery by steamers, via Mobile and New Orleans, or else by railtoad via Atlanta to N;ish\ille,and thence by steamer to Kansas. I engage to transport no baggage except six blankets, one gun, one knapsack and ono frying pan to each emigrant?for baggage over and above this, the emigrant Utimeif must engago transportation?many will have no | I more, and 1 must treat all alike. While , I I tbonght my company would be small, 1 I expected to be ablo to taaa wom??n *l>il. d en and ilnu'i; but I find I must Isave llicin to give place to tnetl, w ho are now greatly nccjcj in Kansas to j reserve the* public posco and enforce the laws. I now xe|<ect over four hundred men, and 1 will take no females, nor slaves,nor minors uu- 1 der 18 years of age?women and children should not be exposed there in tents in the spring?but the husbands should go first and prepare houses. The regiment will bediv ded into companies of forty or fifty men,under the usual inilila*y officers, elected by the nieu.? Officers have no emoluments, and the or ganisation is on the principle of volunleei militia to sustain the law*; a majority of ; each company may expel any member.? I Rations, transportation aud fare, that of soldiers in service. JJy remunerating me j for the privilege of joining iny party, for ; subsistence and transportation to Kansas, and for furnishing men to enter his pre- ' smption each, and topayms, when his titles are perfected, a sum equal t > the value of one half of his pre emption, which , obligatioa he may discharge in money, or property at a fair valuation, at his own option. 1 had heretofore, from misinformation, %tipj>of-ed pre emptions assignable before patent, but on examining the act I find they are not. Neither dues the do* nation act apply to Kansas, but each male of full age, widow, or head of family, who has not had a pre-emption under the act , of 1841, and does not own 320 acres ol land, and who has improved and settled on it not to sell On speculation, but f-r his own use and cultivation, is entitled to I enter 100 acres at #1,25 per acre, pay- ' able any time before the laud sales. I have simplified mv pro|io#als to a single proposition as above, in order to l? more easily understood and to obviate the many questions that overwhelm ma. IU?m? i-i-;? ? 1 .-wee*j Iirw lumtm Ufcr MO the great number of application* compel i this further modification, i. e.?I will receive only those emigrant* who rendezvous at the place* above designated?at either of which place*, i. e.. Kufaula, Col { I o hi bus or Montgomery, I will receive all i males over eighteen from any Southern State, wlm join me at the time above designated ; their rations to begin from the time* above named f??r tendczvou*. Km- j igrant* inust pay their own expens a to , lb* plaee and dav of reodagrcii*. Tho*e gentlemen in California and other States, forming companie s to join me, can very easily obtain free transportation tor their | com pan tea, by proper applications to the directors of the railroads over which they ! must pass. They give free passage to eat j tie ami agricultural productions to fairs, and why not to volunteer* perilling nil in I heir defence! Without Kanaee and ela- , very, free negrodom will soon crush out cattle, cotton, college*, p-operty and pro gra?e-~drones will eat Up th? hive, railroad* disappear, sod wild beast*, brier* and brambles overrun the land. It b it 1 notion net of property, hot of tho supremacy of the wbito reoa in which rich and poor have eqnal interest. Kansas feat, I and all west, nay! all met, of the Missis- j ipjH must soon follow. Kan act is the ; | great out-post nn?l stand point in the con - [ | test; a people who will not defend their j t ! outpnnts have alreadv succumbed to lliu i i invader. l)o we fear to send one man, t I let^st the North may send two! then we c havv inghjrioiisly surrendered without a i struggle. i f j Is not Kansas now in our hand*? and if! I wo only encourago the Missonrians, will ; i ! they not retain it! Did not the South f send to Mexico doubla tho volunteers sent * by the North? and when was it discovered : 1 that they were more patriotic or enthusi- I \ astic in defending their country and their | 1 ; institutions than we? The way to quell the , <. , fury of the fanatic and wild beast, is not to ! i crouch ntid tlee, but to turn and look hint ' ^ in the eye. for else he will spring upon you j * and rend you in pieces; and depend on it j a when once the North catches the steady ; t firm gaze of Southern Heason, her coin- ! n mercial and conseivative instinct will awn- c ken and save us, our institutions, and the t Union, from her madmen. a And who is perilling the Union, but the impious intermeddlcrs, who fain would ; n make us accountable to them rather than I God, for the trust which ha has commit- j S ted to our keeping? And is not slavery a i trust given us of Providence for the benefit c of both races? Can republican equity,as yet. c be perpetuated without sugar, cotton and , L cheap clotbing, can civilization maintain j n its progress? and can these l>c supplied to j the world without slaver) ? Nay! slavery is is the only school in which the debased son 1 of Ham, by attrition with a superior race, can be elevated. Slavery is not of chance . nor of man, but of God, and has not ret worked out its mission: and will not l.ave done ao till the two races are fit for self government. Dare wc, before God, cow ardly sneak oil", and like tin profitable ser | vants basely surrender this guardianship, 1 because vain, self righteous interined-; dlers, have made it troublesome to main tain? What good, what valuable thing, I was ever brought forth without labor and ! travail) and wh it ever preserved without j toil and danger! Are we preparod to l??como the serf* of I foreign meddlers and masters) Are we prepared to sink to the level of the Kthio- \ pian, and clasp him in the fond embrace of political and social equality and frater- . nity) For to this Abolition unstayed must come. Fanaticism must defend its beneficiaries: first, by sending the federal army to protoct thorn, and ultimately by giving them the right to boar arms, to vote, testify, make ami administer laws ?to eat out your substance, to pull you down to y their level, to taint the blood of your pes terity, and bring it to a degrcdalion from which millions of ages cannot redeem it.- ^ This is a question of races. Ain I mad : ' for perrilling my estate in the attempt? I call it hopeless attempt?to transmit con-' servalive institutions to my children! lint I rather are not you mad who eagerly gatli 1 j, er wealth, not (or your posterity, but that I free negro drones may liavo hoarded it !Are not you mad who construct railroads . hot for travel and commerce, hut that the rank forests may choke them up?you ! who build cities and palaces, not for high j r civilization, but thai grass inay grow in , the streets, and f??xes look out of the windows) j Let every one awake to the terrible is I sues now u|a>n us. Let us cease fiddling " ' ami dancing while Home is burning ; let 1 [ every 0110 man the engines, let all con- ; 1 tribute according to his means. Let us 1 < awaken I bo prayurs of the church, the en- \ ihuaiusm ofour beautiful daughters : let : ? them hold fair* and put in use their many ? pretty device* to raise material aid. t Look not to the alow inadequate action of political leaders; .paralyzed by the shackles of patty, wo fear they enn only atnuse you with rain scruple* and "strife* of word*," or only "crv peace: peace! w hen there i> no peace." And yot, what politi cinn so demented, that he would renew () old strifes to dissuade State action and ^ organized defence, under the vain hope j that disconnected individual effort could meet the emergency! And yet for this let not individual* despair,but rather let them J ' increase their contributions and redouble ; w their energies. L?t chivalrous and hope- I I t'ul ?eaker* of fair chines coine on and join | ti our expedition. I have before told you f? what Judge Cato (Judge of the Territory) i say* of that fertile region. In his letter of j November last he says, "corn is plenty at twenty-live cents per bushel. This is as j tine a country as any on earth, the profits j ^ on its production far exceed that in the i <d cotton regious. All grain, grass, clover, j r< and hemp givo large returns?at least n< from thirty to forty dollars per acre anna ! j? ally. I have seen no poor land; it all seems ;icher than the be*t Chattahoochee bottom, and most o' it is just like adjoin ing Missouri lands that now sell at twen ty to fifty dollars per acre. The estimated average of the corn is one hundred bush a, elr per acre, and six tons hemp per band. A worth $140 per ton. 1 can give no idea ' of the beauty and fertility of rhe soil and j n country; good wells can be obtained - I where, aud runnng streams are frequent." 1 l)r. Walker, a long reddent of its l>or d?r?,and of high character and intelligence ??) #, "as far ah health, climate and profit of labor ia concrrnod Kansas is tatter than R any p'?rt of the Union. There ie no coun- ^ try whore a roan can l>c more indepen* t dent, and make hi* bread and meat with leee capital than here; ten or twelve fur. v row* will make ton barrela of corn per acre. One thouaand pounds hemp per i acre ia a common crop. There are awarms of cattle and good market* for everything. ( Another di?lingui?hed resident of Weetern Mieeouri, in hie letter of 80|h Uccein ' btr to me anya, M Planters are making j v twice the money n? r hand that they are i 11 in any o( iier part of tlie Union, One hand ' will raise five tom of hemp, and tliia don't 1 interfere with the corn, win at and oat crop; pl otter* have no aupplic* t<> purck??o.bat j etert thing to m*II. .\ neighbor U?l year 1 with fourteen hand*, men, women and ' l*oya, averaged eight hundred and thirty ia dollar* por hand - negro fe Iowa, Held hand*, hire f?a throe hundred doliaea per ' annum?mechanics tAQO; white men ft < per month; any number of young men, in | the spring, can find ready employment at (h tt ?rice, and thi n they liavo other ad- < 1 vantage*. Kanana h the starting point > for California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico thousands of wagon* leave every spring?they carry three million* of good* J per annum to New Mexico, besides itn- ' meuse government supplies to pay Indi I ' ayr and ay* am our mint try poet* At. i bot every one wiping to go urge I ifighbor to hold meetings to appoi igeiits to solicit every man s costributio ither in money or note payable after t 'migrants are takeu out. Coulributioi nust not be to individual members, h or tbc common benefit. I could by tl nst of March raise a thousand men, iftl ontributions reached, say ?150 per hei <>r ithat would enable me to furnish i villi their military and agricultural outl am aske-l, "what military and other m ice do I requiief'-iioiio except that win io gets to Kansas,the emigrants shall l< fin some holiest employment for a livii f it be woiking on his claim?they w :ive him credit to buy bread on. (_)a I vay there he is expected to bo order .lid temperate, to attend the leading he Scripture and prayer, night and inc ling, learn to fear Cod to ho charitable ur enemies?gentle with females ai hose in our j*>wcr?merciful to slar nd beasts, and just to all men. All who intend to go will please wri lie immediately, \Y. 1'. IScUicr, Esq., Abbeville C. I I. C\, and Capl. K. 11. JJeil, (JranileVil Mgcfield, S. I understand, arc raisii oii-paniss to join inc. They doublU an get free transportation fur thein 'otiimbiis, t?a., and Carolina emigrai light do well to eotnv with one of thei All editors friendly to the enterprise, i hoped will c?>pv this nddiess in full. J. 1UT011D. Eufala, A'a., Jan. 10, 185U. LAHC ASTER VILLE. 8 C. ITEONESDAY MOKXlMi, FEB. Oni. 1? Cotton iu Charleston i* wur li from 7 * t 9 7-8 rli. SHOW AGAIN. We limi another fall of anow on Sund int. The weather e er aince has been < eaaively cold. RECEIPTSWe publish in another column the liat cceipt* for Mihacription* up to thi* date. r.ay Ik- that nome error* have been ma i* during a part of the time, we were ui >le to attend to the ulT..ir* of the otVice; to. we particularly request those interest o ?ive ua notice of the *ain?, aa early xiHuible, and hiicIi error* wiJr be chrerfu orrected. On aoine two or three occaait ve hn?c dunned subscriber* when thev I >aid ; this will occur at time*, w hco web: >o many names to deal with, but ituovcrl >eon dune intentionally. We hope in I ireacnt install-e, our request will beutlei <1 to. DEATH OF J Z. HAMMOND, E8C We very mueh regret to bear of the de: f John Z Hammond Esq , which oecurr 1 Winn*ln?ro on Friday before last. 3 lamtnond was a native of this district whi e had a large circle of rv-lath na and friem lia death was quite sudden, the diaoa hic-h terminated his life b? ing Quinsy, '.very tiling that Medical skill could do, w itd, but proved unavailing, aud l.e died w hours after he was first attacked. 8ELZCT10N8. In this number we give the President lesrage, relative to Kansas affairs. V so giva the letter of Col. Jlufnrd, addren 1 to those who would like to settle in tl fw Stats. These we think will prove itereat to moat of osr readers; we ther ire have made room for them. BILLS OF LA8T TEAR. The accounts of those indebted to us f ilvertising, job work die. are mnde out. ai e hop* those indebted will rotne forwa nd settle. During onr absence, our Foi >sn, who can be found in the ollice at i Dies, will receipt for ua. WANT8 OF LANCASTER. We need is this pl??s Sadlery and lit sas Shop. As ther* i* none at present he place, and as Diontha ago there w? wo, we are sure one properly conduct rould do a good business. THI HOLLY TREE IHH. Thin U the till# ol ft Christinas Story, 'r1rlu Dices**. It is better thnn 1 trevious Christmas fltories, and is w korth reading; m iaerery tiling that on into* from hU pen For sale by lb# p? Isher, T. B. Pitebsos, Philadelphia?pr 8i cent*. SVARS * WOODWARD'S BLAC no. We have bwi naked vhm thhiMcelk Blacking can be procured in tbift plaoft. V mow of no merchant who baa it. W? < rise them to send to Cheraw and get ft si Wy?it will meet with a ready sale. JOVTHXRB MEDICAL * IDRGIC J JOB REAL. We Bfft Already in receipt of the Krhrui lumber of tlits excellent jo urn*/. Aa us are And It Weft filled slid beautifully pi led. ft la published monthly to Adfd tH Irr lamrc Mrfaffvfty ef fi a yeir. rs THE LADIES' WREATH ?t February number received. Content! n? varied arid interesting. lie ^ m m ? ?? MR. HAMVOTO'S REPLY. I Our representative 1'. T. Hammond, E?q I I has promptly responded to our request in ( j | last ,,L*doek'*?his reply will bo found in tj| this paper. Wo are glad to find ho coim il. cides with us. Wo have not room to say r- more. Wo would bo pleused to hear from en Col. Barns and Dr. Cauthen. ijj THIS PAPERill We are somewhat proud of this paper " r.nd yet wo nro going to do better, and whnl '.v is more, our arrangements arc so perfected ? that we confidently assure our readers, w? will keep it so. Wo are determined to tuukt 1j j the " Ledukr ** equal to any paper in the CH ' country, and we earnestly hope tho goot citizens of Lancaster will sustain us in oui itc efforts. Have we riot some subscribers I who, feoling an interest In the prosperity <>l I., the District, and therdore a corresponding ?*', iutorc! t in the paper, will use some efforts tc 'I? increase our list of subscribers! Ws nri **s sure we have some such, and we call upon them to aid us. 'j* Our expenecs are now very heavy,and w? are obliged to have money. A great number of subscribers arc indebted to us for lh? year past, and some for two and three years We hope, gentlemen, you will call and rot M tie these amounts, or else remit to us by ; nisfl. It would be unpleasant, very unplena. | ant, for us to resort to stringent measures but we must have money. Subscribers whe 'continue their subscription,(provided tbsj pay up by the 1st of March,) we will oulj charge ihc advance price, |J a year. Wt ( hope this call will be heeded. MR. COOK'S COMMUNICATION. Wo would oall particular attention tu tin communication of our correspondent am friend. J. W. Cook. Esq. Ill*view* art*our ' root: I lie people of South Carolina will fin< tliom xo XVt arc no convention advocate we net now lodge the justness mid truthful ! ilea* of the assertion, that a nominative con I vent ion is invalid, is unconstitutional.? Twenty years duration, however, have fixo< the fact upon our mind, that custom it Liu ~ , We are obliged to regard it. Every St?t< in the Union acknowledge* the iuiportanci of t**e convention by sending delegates, bu S.ustli Carolina. At another time, we wouh , g say ' hold on," be true tn yoi?r?e.f and you principle*, and keep nloof: but note, we say put on your ariuor, and by i our influence neck to preserve the Union ??l lite States. 1 1 to achieve this, a sacrifice of your rights am y I privileges is demanded, let the Union go x' ! and as you leave the convention, shake (hi { dust from off your feet; if by Uie ndoptioi I of n platform favorable to the party and sat isfactory to the interest* of the South, yoi 0f i eun preserve the unity of the States, do it jt People may talk about dissolution and pre jv ! tend indifference?such have uul eonults as- I ,l?* ^lIf I Dut, road Mr. ConK*t article. Krad III w(j call for a meeting ?>n Salesday uexL \V< us hope this meeting will be attended by ul Uy .who can cutnc; let us have an expression o uis 0l'M'ioii from our citizens, on a question o in(] more magnitude and importance, thai) man; lvc tuiagiue. r ADVERTISING. the j We are determined tu prsaunt every iu document to the business community, in 01 iler to prevail ?i|m?ii them to advertise. Tb< I.ii.t is?vvhuli we declare ill all soberne* ^ mid tjuthfulness?our |mpcr, fo. its eircula '''* tioli. deserves a --1 - m. ?... muvwut vi wwtrua ''"J* patronage. 'r J Motile four or five month* ago, we rvdne *re j cil our advertising rates, that la, we alloww j ? lurgrr *p.tce for u *<ju.*re, than We did be "M* foru. Whcr?M wd^uunted twelve line* t< the Mjuare, we changed it to sixteen, nn< *" ever eitice, wo have counted sixteen lines In ' * the square. Why thie ia a great deal cheap cr than aiuw papers. Rut *e we will wile still greater inducement*, in order to a?e i i the businesscommunity will advertise. Wh; t'? the truth i*, we receive a greater amounto fa advrrtiaing patronage from abroad, tiiau Iron ia. j home, l'roleaaur IIoi.lowav, one of lie lie moat enterprising men in the world, am of from our htiwlpe** intercourse u illi him, wi ? - are free to nay, one of the mo?t honorabli of men, advertises annually to the auioun of at leuat half a million of dollar*. li< pays annually to the I^un^Um Timer, for ad , vertiaing, the vnormoii* aunt of Vet he luakea money ; lie hna mad* a for f ( tune Hi* pill* and oitmeolare known au< appreciated in ail parta or Ibe world. ^11 We will make the following deduction in favor of standing advertisements, (allow ing the advertiser to make four or Ac changes during the year,) and we are aor , but few pipera, with the subscription I in we hare,advertiao eo low : 1? 3 mourn* 0 mouths. I thai re One f*<|narr, $3.00 $0 00 $9.u Two * 0 00 lft.no Three ? 9 00 14 00 18.W Half Column, 16 00 29 00 JO.O One * 80 00 46.00 60.0 Business Card* of Are line# or tees, ineerl ^ ed one year for fire dollar*. THE WOMAX ADVOCATE. Tbia is the Mile of a paper, established ii ^ Philadelphia about a year ago. It ia edited and all the type are set up by females. W hnd formed a vury good op'nion of this pe per; in It* eolumne from timo to time w found interesting articles, and hara elippo from its png-e mora than oaea. We repeat ere liked the paper very well; H professed >ot ae its title purports, to be the adroeate a the rights of woaven. bed no ohjaeOai to this, ia rery fiu-t, we have are/been amon, ?P* those,who would give to woms tbssa tmua cities a hi?h by natnrs aholaotfUMt* W hare 0rer been among those, who wosld eh IX, rate her to her proper not anl fi-r her to be push at ?d sod Ignored no ansa wy of the " l-orda ?r Creation * would hare he nal So fbr, then, *? aaw no Neaoa to qnenOo in* the right of Mia McDuWKLL, the adkfta sta Who the ndraoAa nf her own sen. m rb*? MM IWi fir Mm dirt ? A ]<i * "" f ; ' ndt ocaW' ?>f lit# ftbulijiun of tliiTcry, vr? have , a ri),'ht lv upraL SUe is departing from the ' numnl principle she at first atarUnl with.? j Whht business has she, the advocate of wo! men's rights, with the subject of slavery * , Doe* alio know any thing abynt slavery, or. i it alio merely endorsing the opiniona of Wafc i II. Skwaid, ono of lior snpportors t 11a* Miss McDowell overseen slavery in Sonth> > Carolina ? We know bow nogroea aw treati cd in Sovth Carolina, and wo have soen tho poor half-starved devils at the North, an?b fpr Miss McDowell's information, now tult, her; that the South Carolina negro slave he i a prince th the half-fed, half-clothed frcaWK t gro. , Wo tiavQ.nothing else against the Advo,. s cate ; it is a neatly printed and very readable ? paper, but we insist, that itsjfSnr.editress ha?.4 nothing to do with sueh black subjects I D1CKEH8 rVnOAVX^Y, Quite An agreeable episr.de is it in theeor politicul times, when every tongue itches*, r to talk of the speakership, a war with Eog^ > laDfi, inu v.incinnili uouvtntion Ate, to tun*, J tho ntti'Dtion to a theme more congenial tip-, i our feelings. In the Literary world, tftero. I is no strife or discord. Wo nee from tho i I perusal of Dante, or Byron, or Shakapear,. . or Goldsmith, in peaceful serenity?not aoi after perusing the Waabiuglpa Globcv . where in the Halls of Coegress, we find vituperation to be the order of the day. Tito Literary world U at present almost. . surfcctcd, ()etauxious for more) by the > , i reception of the Ird and fourth volumes of ? McCuuley'e history of England, and by the r new novel in sovial numbers, "Tho Little r Don-it," by Charles Diekeua. England at. 9 present la enjoying the triumph achieved by two of her greatest writers. So tranaeeu* d.?nt is the lustre of their success, that Bel* wer since the completion jt "Zsidee" in i> Blackwood, Dr. Warren, Madame Sand, I Alex. Dumas, Eagvue Sue and a hoet of - others of lees importance, ere silent. Tho ! sale of McCauley's history of England will ; be very largo in this couutry. In spite of ' former strifes and fights, we love our old. mother country, and arc ever dedrowa of; knowing all wo can of Iter. Thackoray one ; 1 of hor most popular writers, who is at pres. >. er.t in Charleston, has attracted largo audi* [ once* in all the Northern Cities, by ble lee* ( tures on the Georges. This success will t follow him through the Union. It has ta* I ken Mctlauley six years to write these two r volumes. In that apace of time, Diekeoa. , has wrilien a great deal more, but yet b? i, doubi his labor was not as arderoua as the f eminent historian's. 1 "Little Dorritt," the advenes shod* of i, which have been purchased by tho Harpers, b for their magaxine, and which is published it in sundry other papers, bide fair to be a at? ry ol intense interest. Diekene has a great ! a many admirers in this country, in .apito of' k. liia severe criticisms on our habits and cuek turns, which were published soon after his 4 tour in the United Btaftee seme years ago. In our own country. Literary writers i- j seoiu to bo waiting fur a better time. The c I lurjfw puoiwning hoiiM, excepting n few I | volume* of light rending from Punj Pirn, f Mis. South north die. have been occupied f in the publication of Mbod book*, republi* )' c*ti*n* of standard works mod the Ilk*. I Coinumniratinns. W , t IKor tkt l+ig*r. t Mr. ICditor:?I m sorry to Issrs th*t . oar present *ble and worthy Benal?r dw? . cline* re-election. CoL Bars** has done himself credit and hns been on honor to the . District He bat seldom spoke In the 8es> | ate ; bst when he did, ho spoke to the point* . *nd commanded the mpwthl attention of d Senator*: mnch mors so than seme who 4 were on their feet on every question, Bach ? men are almost ears to besoms borwe, aad ^ ccrtiiuly can exercise no ladnsnas. Bush a t Senator Col. Bsrsoa wao tot lie had an I excellent judgement, and it waa reapsrlsd j and consulted, lis never argned question* f as a partixaa, bat ss s statesman; looking j to the right; therefore any statement be L. would tusks was soofideoUy received by j hi* brother Senators, aad tied on' ttks fasta ? of their owa knew ledge. . Hsnee hhh , enca he possessed. BnlCoL IsiaJWas li. ( c lined to ran again. He will taho with hint ? the good-uriaheeaf all, and tip thaahoof bk . Di*tnet. but in retiring, hp mast oohnewK ( edge, the people who pU*d Um U peek w lions, la which he fouM do hlmeelf and I them honor, have a ilea upon Urn. and amy i , Mi W.o M?[ U? Mii, m3! Ua tr SS?s I B *w?. ^ 7 1 ' ** The decl?n?iea of C?L Iwtw, mkn k i noanwcy, for Ike pi>yl> of ft> PtortrtU u look abeal for a aalinhU panoe to All kU | plocr. Wo Mod lot vote oatU MOdtoM ^ proofnt theowelfoo, to neke eoloot ion i. from among then. Theoattoe pfliliw 0 of liMMMlir lo ImM |o oMMMMd i aMfcp 0 among that popnlaUoa. lll* W fet* f> 0 good cUUeoa to eeieet tfee moot weftoy 0 (according to oer Jadgwaato) to<krtof far. U ward hit narnr ; lud naleon bo mm gtoo a very good oseaee wky wo afceeld Mt dkl him. I hope thft wttt to toe mmN of too next election, lowdir han now tor aa? a oral yean pool lam ably aepaeeeatod ia toe I, Haali Tbe ability eat dignity af bar flea 1 e atom, hero eeauaaaded tor ker tie raape*\ k. which In her doe; sad 1 da key* aad traat e her fetere will be like ker pet. A Bonder d ithoald be wetokfei, etteotore, latelligaak I? of clew judgment, and ; miiul ef a largo I, emoaat of giuanl ad^dHbl lafurmodoa. f Seek mm to Ooergo 1M?. WHhrrapooa n WMto I hay aaagkt to nay ng?i?-t toe g otolan ofetooea, who any onytto to toe of. I it 4