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Cincinnati Convention CoifunricK I Loom, Feb. 8, 185Q. (riitflemtn : In your* of llio 4th, and which 1 have just received by the mail, you requested me to uivo you my opinion VjU to the propriety of South Carolina sending delegates to tho Cincinnati Convention." In this request you ask my opinion on a in itter that is now utidcr tho decision ol a foregone conclusion in South Carolina. I Jo not say that it is a conclusion that lias boon attained through tho deliberate ami responsible judgment of the people of South Caro in*. lint enough has been donj to commit the State to some representation in the new Convention at Cincinnati ? a Convention that shows where the Stir of Kmpire ingoing. Such a representation cannot be prevented,? and being a ti\od (act, we must deal with it as such, and as well as wo can. My ju dgntenl is, that South Carolina is giving np her strongest position?that ot doing as she pleases?in reference to the nominee <bf the presidency. In keeping aloof, i^s she has heretofore Join-, from joining in Conventions, in voluntary and irresponsible Conventions, alio has occu pied her true Kopubliesu position?Iter Constitutional position?that of a Sovereign State, in a Republican Confederacy. This, originally, was intended to be a confederacy of Republican States?the States being tho parties to speak, through their responsible organs?a void i ig the am dgamntiou of intss meetings, in which L)utno cratie numbers must move stronger than coiotitutional weight. I wish South Car olina could Ituve retained her constitutional identity?maintaining doctrines that could survive a Constitution that should give security and equality. It was the position of a promontory in the deep? standing firm amidst the waves of agitation that were beating at its base, and resisting the storms that have assailed its bosom. The tide of events and the current of popular opinion, emanating in the North agj running to the South, have brought to boar upon" ps a fore*} which our people cannot, '1 suppose, resist. A partial representation at Cincinnati would be mischievous. It miglit control tho State without representing it, ii might hitch us to a car that might pass over anil crush eonliding worshippers.? The principlei of common law, when fully examined, are wide and even honorable, and those of ono which maintains an honorable relation between landlord und tenant; and that is, a tenant entering under an acknowledged title of his landlord, shall not be allowed to dispute it. \YUelh or the titlo be good or not, it js treason in the sentinel, ns^tenant, to betray it. ^o or these great nominating Conventions, that ha\e become, not the third, Imt the second estate in the Government. Their platforms and resolutions commit all who join them to act under them, and never allowing them to dispute their authority. I woul I much have preferred that presidential elections should have gone through the pioi'eas proscribed by the Constitution. As to nominations in some form, they could not have been avoided, and the old Congressional cauctissos were lunch hotter and more responsible sources of nomination than voluntary meetings of representative delegates? such as frequently have scarcely any constituents, and such as cannot represent the opinions of the penplo. I have no objection to ace our i)Utto be^ responsible office as a unit in the ljouso ol Representatives,??he yotiM count ihet; as one in thirty-upc in tho hemocqatiq ponveution,?she uiav yet have t^e moral influence which intelligence ami resolution may exert through her delegation. Hut in mere numcrieul jtoworsliP will he aluorhcd. Now, after what 1 have said, I will give you my conclusion. As the Statu will Ihj jepreselilcd?putting the question aside wlietpcr alio should he or it^l?let the State semi ||?t >ety (irst men??qr.lt as Gov. Richardson, (Jol. Pickens, (?>y. Hammond, Mr. Barnwell, Mr. Uhelt, {lor. Means, (Jen. Wallace, Mr. Woodward, (ion. Thompson, l^ieltard Simpson, (?en. le'gcra. These gentlemen have reputations o' something I fc.- (Jurrulo dignity. Hut there are many others that I might name, and there is one gentleman whoso name, on this occasion, I ought j;ot to omit; for while he lito; some ncljous \|i which 1 cannot agree, yet |ia is a geptlo innn for whom I have alw ays entertained au unfeigned respect,?4 allude to pql. perry, who litis he>n prominent in tfie Convention movement. I would ho perfectly willing to trust the honor o( the State in his keeping. Hut in any thing that is to he done, do not let us vie-Caro linaize ourserves. ^hovo all, I would say, let our delegates go untrammelled, and uncommitted, us to the nominee for the Presidency. I have said morn than I intended. Voum, A. P. BUTLER. NkuII'J I Ml'I.OM ATISTS. TIlO Lotldofl Correspondent of the No v York fays: "The negro representative of Sou pnnpie iiihiIc Ins appearance tbir. wccJc at the (pawn's tavee, ami In spite of aft *i lie j uOcctcd sympathy of the English f>r free j 44 ti'ltg<'r?," ho was avoided as something odious and not to Iks endured." A good t>ko of our Minister at Paris, Mr. Mason, as cotnc over here. He was at a Court hall lately At the Ttlilleries, and his eyes happened lo light on tho Charge d'Affaires of S->ulougua in France,* tins looking Pl.uk. Someone ole*erving his steady gaze, said: 44 Well, Mr. Mason, what do you think of yonder Llackee in his embroidered coat ! "Think," replied Mr. Mason, still regarding the negro with the eve of a connoisseur, 44 why, clothes and all, I think That ft How is worth a llion-! sand dollars." This i? "44Ctld yirffiny " all over, ami every body ia laughing at the 44 b?n mot* DaATii ok Kuwim P. St aim.?In our obituary column we notice, today, the death of Mr. Edwin P. Starr. He has jong lieeti known to the business community of Charleston, and more recently a* tho President of the People's Hank, at the head of which Institution he presided for the first yoar after it was inaugurated.? A* a merchant he was successful, and amassed a handsome fortune.?C/uirUsinn tStundnrd. I St. ' I [/Vo?? the Chester Standard. I Cori Washington, Feb. ii4, '50. Dear Sin?1 liavo bad various 1 applications from newspaper lviiturs to ^ ' know ujy opinjon t>f th*i Cincinnati Con- | ly *| i volition. These 1 bate declined to answer, 1 j because I presume tlio object was to give | I Publicity through thp papers. The sub- has | Jtflt is a grave one to be decided by (irgii- i 'lis ' nient and not by tbe inllijenep of patpc*. Julii i My posiliou bere does not enable me to j H'a? lurtn better opinions than may be formed | l,an' by others at borne, but 1 liaVe on tliis as | Mas on most other ipiestious, an opinion which | PO rl i ban never been withheld from my private T ? i friends, and such as it is, I have no liesi- ; a ca tation in giving to you. There are many | 11 i objections to such assemblies, the greatest j '<? d i of which is the mode of organization. If ; the they could be constituted so us to lellect 'or s truly public opinion, 1 do not see any 1 very great objection. But this is not so. 'oni> In the primary assemblies the chief actors . P<?Dl aro intriguing politicians who look to the j lltu ' distribution pi the immense patronage of , ^iteu ! tlio government hioro than tlte great prill- ' wa? fiples of the payty. The great object ! p?"' i should be ^p splept tlio mau w bo is tbe ju*t< best c*ponei|t of the principles of the p ir- ( ty C1 ty, to which we belong excluding entire- l >"lo . ly all seltisli considerations. But whilst ; war> I man's nature i;; p?cha;(ged \vp shall never ''itei i realize this. The worst symptpip of the "?t times is, the iiiiutsrous herd of oljjce-huntew. The ipicatiou w ith thorn is not who tlie will best carry out the great principles of ls ;,f the Constitution but from whom arc they a,,J most likely to obtain an office. There , ''ig aro (in all the North and West and some- I lw ' what at the South) die active politicians i clan w ho manage to get themselves appointed i bo delegates, with a view to make the best j rutH bargain for themselves. The mania of i hav< oflico seeking has as yet but little inllu- ! Hl,ry once on the people of our Slate, and it ! M'h j may bo that tlii* is owing in some degree J ''|ro i to our avoiding such Conventions. 1?*.tt J t?11* it seems to me, there are times and oeca- ^ sious which j'ltli y a departure from for- I liter Usages. l'arty is inseparable from j fkeil Hvopular governments. Since the days of l,ilP' t lyashinrton, no man has stood out so j roas ! prominently that all eyes were turned to- ; '"ib j wajilj liij'i. I'ocry section lias ils favor- > r?fci I ile, and il each section voted without con- I rvl)C cert for its fir*t choice, they would be , r?l ^ beaten by unity of action in the opposition, j or every elector wou.d go into the House j m'ni of Kcpioseutativc* to select from the three ?lo? highest. Some preconcert seems pjcrefore > Alal to l?e necessary l? >r the success of* the par * hii ty. The first mode was u pougfessional I he caucus, but this was broken down in ;t '?t 1824. flje present mode was substituted ' after (.tellers! Jacksdn's lime and lots been ,s u< acted oil ever sidrc. The greatest objec- this tioi] to il isj as J have before stated, that w it represents the iiitriguriig, scitj-h politi- thot cians, and nut the unbiased and honest w'il views of the masses. Such an assembly Al?11 will meet others and will designate w ho is '( f'1 to be the candidate of tho Democratic party, whether we are reprinted or not. ^ A It is equally ccilain that ri??uth Carolina Kan will vole for the nominee. TWK-hoice will nor | Ik! between him and the nominee of the disti Know Nothings, and the nominee of the a,no AboIitioui>t-> or Rlack Republicans as tliey rt,,(' are called. President 1 \orce is a man af- lK'rsi tcr our own hearts. I'.oth in words and that pi deeds he cOmcs nearer to our opinions su' j titan any man who has preceded him for ,ur? the last thirty yeup?. Our vote may give 1 him the nomination, and my Iwst ^tnlgment is that we ought to ^oiu it| tho selec er l| iion. ? lictlivr v e shall ilo ?o in future, J has may depend oii circumstances. proti " I would not give tho delegate* |>osi- t5:?' I live instruction* to vol* for no other, but elect they should Iks distinctly informed that he erno is not to be given up until all chance of bJonj success fails. I certainly prefer him to *hou all other men, but there are others froui * l?f whom we may expect good, hut they have shou not given, as vet, t!ie evidence. The decii great impediment in the way of Mr. or si l'icrco arises, I fear from the cause before com] stated. His re election will disappoint the of n masses of tho a. pi rants for office, as it is acta, not to be cxiKH-ted that ho will turn out 'tttei his own appo^iU.es, to put in new men of H the same parly'. |t is said the offices are j1-*01' iho gift of the r.rc.?kU.id and worth 80 of St millions of dollars for the four years.? llai For a share t?f these s*)oils ihvre are fifty* stitu thousand aspir-mls at least. If there is opin an entire change of party, this immense then r.um is the stakes to be won, ami tho in '|llu* ftiicnco of the immense nn*nt?t-r is brought lunii directly to bear against the party :n pow- thro er, and partly against the nomination of attci the incumbent by his own party. i?*t? Your obd'l Serv't, Ho> JOSIAII J. EVANS. ed tl English and French Blaster. ' ,c The French pajxirs have taken up the key notes of the Loudon press. The All- l,,H^ gcuiaine Zeitung expresses deep concern ^ for the dcnfciivcless state of our sea coast. W? thank :l for the sympathy, but feel r* '* very little concern about the matter. We won have lived through two war* w i.h Knglan I, ( hum uur country is IlOl V61 DIOllCU out from the map ol the world. Exj>erience ,l"e in an excellent schoolmaster, hut our transAtlantic cousins do not appear to have ^ans profited l?y it. We have not the slightest douht, if it should ever liecoinc our ill fortune to cope wi'yh cither England or France 1>i i on tho iicM of conflict, they would have state ample reason change their opinions Win both as to opr power to repel an 'attack drow and make an assault. England, foo, wc lell's are inclined to think, has some few uripro- lr<>m Levied ports in her vast domain, and should the 11 I ever she tiro a hostile gun at the Aim-r'* ing, i can Hag, let her lieware of the issue. The river New York Evening 1'ost correctly nays, and i "Tho true strength of our country liea noC aero? in the torts that lie on its const, hut in the tend! courage, resolution, intelligence and patri- crosv oiism of its people?in their |?ower of rn- from pidlv creating and combining the means dent of defenco in case of emergency. These rcgai advantages are no where possessed in a just I higher degree lAan in New York and its fort t neighborhood, aid on iheso we may do- starto periU in a contest with ant European pow their ! er. ty'e dejiod Great Britain when we disco' had bat throo icilUona of inhabitants and watei not a fort, anil we conotiered in the strife," tate C^jliUfabut Timet. spirit - mm m tm tees' Joseph A. Scoville, who was private i secretary to John C. Calhoun, and after| wards eJitor of the New York l'iek, is Mj now financier ol the Albany lt.-gi.slcr, a sea? George Law organ. that f 4' 4 respondence of the Charleston Mercury. Washington, March 10,1850. lessrs. J'iditors : Abolitionism has fair* [>rt|tig its rattle in both Ifouses. Kor Java pijst the Soiiato Itifs been fully *)' vised upon the Italians question, and .1 been the theatre of some rich |C?ues. .tH said, that in secret session Messrs. j "l usou, of Arkansas, Wollcr, of Califor* ... and Hugh, *f <Miio, administered a' . Jsouie castigution to Mr. Wilson, of J" sachuselta. The Navy Hoard has al* ( rawrn otl some of the declamatory fu- e" f tjto Senate. Judge llu'jer halt i;|a;je pital speech on each or theso subjects. n< [is speech on the Kansas question, and as efeliec of General AtkisOil, we think 1,1 lincst etl'ort which the J udge has made onto years. of here is some feeling here upon our oh gn relations. The newspaper corres- St lents, in pandering to a morbid appe- th among our people for novelty and ex j tic ncnt, have, to some extent, alarmed a tli feeling in our couutry. The various , be tain controversy may easily bo ?d- ' tli d. Time will settle the most, and on j si] riiiMisal bungling can magnify the rest i dl sullicieut moment to iitvolve us in a be 1 think it quilo likely that diplomatic A rcourso will be suspended, but this will as be war, although it will not ho an ini- fir on of soreness ami restlessness betw een th two countries. The cnlis'ing question wi isupiiiig a Ibrin of chronic irritation, yc wilj( l]|]less managed with good feci- gr and good temper on butli sides, lead br iarras.sing cntauglpments. The war cy tor which ha* been raised, is much to leprccated, as it stirs up (Jijjieqlties, and re cs the wings of commerce. Hut we 3( 5 domestic questions w hich now vex n$> wi ly, and threaten us much more. The i?\ itlield and lloedor case is now uj> bo- ' in tiro 1 louse, and is exercising the go- 1 wi and resources of that body. of . me weeks ago the Committee of K!eC- or ? reported a resolution authorizing cn n to send to Kau.sas fur persons and ] re els; but, as thov <lid not nnr ? . # O " J I ons fur such an extraordinary proceed- th after a short a:sd sharp debate, it was j er rred back to them. I<:ut week tbov | tit a toil back tlieir resolution, wi.h a long i cc >rt, in which they profess to give their j fa. aiis for tho course indicated. The . w. ritv, consisting of Stephens, t?f floor- te Oliver, of Missouri, ntij Smith, of Ik lama, have made a mniority report, j \V h is brief, but able unti conclusive.? at minority report is accompanied with i w| ter iroin (Jen. Whitfield, which is In *?! uul oininently satisfactory. Tiic llousc jw fairly lauuchod upon the cpjrent of discussion, and no one c:jk toll when _ ill stop. Iteedor will not l?c admitted, i"h it is nuite likely that Wlrtfield be rejected, "Vho la^a^xisin of the gr ise seems driving to ibis; but, should hi ills eventuate, it will involve us in a se :iug embarrassment. rii be bill organizing the Territories of i sas and Nebraska, orders (lie (lover- dc to take a census of the population ; to Pi finite tho number of Representative* j I'i ng the districts; to appoint tlio places i is time for holding the (Poetion*, and | gr ons to superintend it; and then says wi thereafter tho whole powur of the en cct shall be in tho Tcriilorial LegUla t\> P* bus you w ill see, that the elections hav- M been held under tho bill, all the pow St nder it, in the bauds of the (Joreri o , t<oen exhausted. Now, if the llotito ounces the Kansas legislature an illo fr, lodv. wliore is tlio nnuwr In nr.lnr miui -~J, l?"" "",v' """,7" lie ion ? Not in the hands of llio Got- co f, ^i'hore, then f In tho hands f .jross. Hut, supposed tho Senate rtll ild decide the Kansas Legist tiro to he (h jalbody; of suppeso flio J'.resident on ild so decide??{?d4 fact, he has so led?and either should refuse to pass jq gn a new hill : what would In* the lit ion of things in the Territory ? < >uo L uiarchy?profound confusion. The jh| >u of the House may yet involve us in j , ( r embarrassment. lie debate in tho House upon thosub- ^ lias been a very aide one. Mr. Hoyce, >uth Carolina, made a superb speech, none of the very best and clearest con- J* tional lawyers ill the House. i(is 11 ions always carry great weight with \Kl i. His discussion of tho many grave lions connected with this subject, was '? uotu and profound, lie commanded, t'1 ughout bis Argument, the unflagging on ition of the House. This is the best l-v ?f a man's standing in the House. Mr. * ce is regarded here as having exhaustlie iui|M>rtnnt point* in the control er- ?' ijo far as tho friend* of Whitfield arc ln orood, they can leave their case with Hoyce'a argument. His constituents ex well bo proud of him. Washington is gay. There are balls l'' jr we?*k, and private parties inniimo L'* s, TUrito are a great many brilliant ien here, and m^'ny npilct.Mf are said i on the tapis. The w eaker ha* been j\ iv an I delirious. Pennsylvania Ave ' flashes with silks, and biases with ty. I will giro the facta ccnnoctcJ ia* a? they arise. da CHARLESTON. (Aiits ny bnmrsiso.?We regret to i that on Sunday night last Messrs. tw l\ irtbiiv anil 11.. i....?? ... ? ? 11* I . f?-?v J (&1IIIVJ WUIfJ , ned in the Catawba Uiver, nt ltoz- J" Ferry in (bis county. Wo loam lcr a' gentleman who was present, tha' BU infortunel? men wereongaged ill fish- N* ?nd lost their lives while crossing tlio 'l in a small l>ont which dipped water '*.v uink while they wer^ conducting it CH' s the stream by means of n ropo exng hronj $ horo to shore. The)- had zc' n?l over once,' nnd wlion a few steps the shore, oh tlieiy return, the acoi- J"8 happened. Instead of attempting to r;'}i n the nearest slior.o, which tney had eft, they unfortunately made an ofo reach the shore for which they'ha<| V||| d, ai d sunk before accomplishing purpose. Their bodies were anon m|| rerod, immediately taken fro^n the ( -, and every effort ma<le to resnsci- ^ lliein, but witlioi^t success. Their f,j s bad left this world "to try tho roali- jj( ?t a future existence.? Char lot if crat. . 1 dri m "" yei inkind may t>e divided into two clas- yii the powers that be, and the powers ex| Want to be. of i Tlio Cotton Crop. o the Editor* qf the Augusta Cqu9titu~ (ionuli.it; Jljst fit this tiuic, whpn nil pari>es are ?cula{.ing as tu tlic probable f it yf o Cotton 'Jrop, ami consequent!. l* ef:t ou rrices, any information from a di?Lerestcd source must commend Itself to , c attention ot your mercantile readers. ie subjoined information is from a reed mcrcliant in New Orleans, but who is, as v et, been unable to divest himself itirely of our great staple. The letter bears dale 4th hist. After itleihg sotne in a tiffs of private interest, also the course of tlie New Orleans arket, for the past month, he proceeds ; " There is nothing before me in tbo way additional information to induce me to I ? ango my views, that the estimate, 3,>0,000 bales, will be the maximum of e crop. Tlio Mississippi packets are iw bringing only from upe-fourth to one- j ird of the quantity brought in 1 'ecem- 1 r, and there is but very littlo more at ?f c various shipping depots on the Missis- j C >pi rirer below Memphis?by the mid- i ki e of the prevent month, the quantity to 1 ,J| 1 received from the lied, Ouachita and p| rkausns rivers svill be pretty difficultly ; certnined; not that the cotton will all de? litely l?c in market, out of those rivers by at time, but something like accuracy i ill be reached of the quantity of last l'' lar's cotton, that laid over, and on which I" eat stress has been manifested in evory I okcr's oflicc throughout the Confcdera- lis "The receipts since the 1st, have alady commenced to fall off at the rate of >00 to 4000 bales j>er day, as compared a|| ith the receipts since the beginning of ibruafy: and it is quite evident to my ind, that this redaction must continue, 10 ith an occasional variatjop for the rest ra the season. High prices and high rivs, it will be found in the sequel, hare used the present large increase in the ceipts. At any rate, the crop of lBj'J, -*o3 will certainly not be exceeded l?y j y e one now coming to market: and hold- ^ s are nsi likely to submit to any reduc- ... m from present rates, with peueoand I unnicicial prosperity staring them in the i-o. At tliis season last year, the rivers *' i_ro low, and the receipts stnall; but al- 111 r tlio .^pril aipl May tains, the receipts canic very heavy, as you will roiuuinlicr. 'e mq.st, ihpioforo, not bent nil surprised tlio present incrcasp, uoy at the dccroase Hi liich mvjst e<.ftni\ily follow, later in the (*j Wfl;" , , 1 ih lours, truly, \ . M. - mmm ? la jl Fremont and his Mariposa Grnut. Col. Fremont has nt Ippglh got !i s cat Murijtosa estate ftp!/" continued to irv, and it hp. can tuccppd ii) taking j?oss?ion of it, may he r? gsrdcd ar one of the St host men living. The patent was cx ?ncd hy the 1'resident last wwk, and rlivcred by him at tlio White llol so.? itont* are now generally signed bv the rivatu S-.cretary of the l'a<-iidviit, who thereunto authorised by an net of Con- * ess; hut Gen. l'ierce signed this otio 0,1 ith hi* own hand. Tlio instrument i? grossed upon parchment, and covers elve sheets, including a large sheet of irclnnent, a finely executed map of La* m ariposas, as surveyed by the United t.? ates Suivevor General. ju The tract is upwards of seventy miles extent, and is situated about 'J-5 miles i,u un Sail Francisco, in an easterly three- _j| in. It embraces the town t?f Mariposa, uj. ntainiiig from 3,u00 to 4,000 inliahi ?. ills, and a number of other small towns id settlement*, and it is estimated that ere arc upwards of 14,000 people uow t^tTe*lat?. ? ' Col. |*rem??nt bought jhj* 1 i on the lib t?f May, JjjlG, of .\!vcra. , ex l,ov i'ri nor of California, for %3,0Uo, in cash, ?h d at tlio time the old Caliioruian* en ughed at it a* a very extravagant price, on fu r a h'.fig litigation, his title I.a* been jtl 11/ cun^r;u?4 by the $nprcipc :?t Lit a?hington. t|, Of the value of Col. ?fcmoiil? grunt it jn imposaihle to speak Willi detiniteness, as is, apparently, almost bevond ?aleuU. - . . ? v " j 4, >11. Mowm. ^'aimer ?k VJo., bankers of hi Lranciaco, who have advanced hcavito pay the taxes ujkjii it, and to defray c eiiofiuo^H ex pontes of tlio suit, own an e undivided halt interest of the ptoj er- J" . Col. Iremu^t alone owns the other nfl >'X _ <v-i Already about thirty *vc millions worth *i gold liavo lieeii taken from tlio 0f ick, ami the per rentage of earth which it yet boen worked, eyeit imperfectly, ? ^ cecdingly small. 'i'his is owing to the *nty rupply of water to be found on ^ n track, and a canal i* projected, at a ' nt of 000,000, to supply this deticien- T? When this is received, the revenue Mi be derived from the ear at o will amount many millions per annum.?A'ec/n/n/ 4t. T Kike.?T^'e regret to learn that on Suny ni^ht, the '2d instant, the com house rrf d s^\?) oe of Mr. K. C. Voungblood, of [ h?? scounty, were consumed by fire, with del out one lliousam^ bushel^ of copji and Or o horses, thus involv ng Mr. \., n wof- (j? <f citizen, in a sevcro hsvs. The fire was j||% covered about 2 o'clock in the night, af* lL_ the roof of tie buildings lia<i fallen in, "" d when il v.as too late to arrcqt the incs or to aavc any part of the property. i? snp|?o?ied the fire was communicated some vile incendiary, as it was a very r in night, and thorn nail been no (Ire on i plantation that day. All good citi- "pi is must desire that the perpetrator of anl h an offence should be detected, and mo tico awarded him.? Ciuirloltt Dctno- an( 4- gel " ? wr It is Ixdiuyed that Coffee can be culti- *] ted'in son 10 of our Southern Steles, at fa* cesnfully as in ltra7.il, Java, and Ja- Rh iicA. That its cultivation in our coun- |)i would 1* invaluable may be inferred mr ni the fa rt that it coata \w no less than 5>,700,00Q annually aa an importation. lt|( e coffee tree, is well knpwe, livpa to ^ freat'age, provided tli? anil is kept well * tined, ami begins to l?ear when three sU' in old, increasing m fruition till seven ,'"3 irs of age. It ia to l? hoped that the thw oeriment will speedily be tried 19 some our Southern plates. nii '!)? i?.m W*?'. vJl 1AHCASTERVILLE. S C. KDNKSDAY MOUMNtJ, MAlU'll 19, 1S6C Attrnliun indirected to (ho advcrtiscinen '('apt. J. R Colbakt,in this paper. Capl . has n full mid complete stock of vuriuu mh of goods, which lu* assures us, ho wll npose Of tit prices Which cannot fail ti case. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, Tim lion. Ji I* Our will Accept ou .inks for a cop/ ih pamphlet, of the enrrcs nidetoe between the (interments of tin lilted States ami (ireat Uritain, on the on itmcnt and Central American question. SNOW AGAIN. It commenced snowing on Thursday last id so thickly, that in a few hours the groum as covered to the depth of nt least (mi elica. The thaw on Friday w.?s nearly at pid, for by night the greater portion hat sappearcd. TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. S. U. Charlotic. We received the #3 our |>aper is sent regularly evury week.? know this, for we direct theni onraeli (to preauiuplion is, unpie one takes it frtin o oflicc in Charlotts. Please send us tin dance as soon as iuu ean, for we are ii uch nevd of money at thia time. * OUR SENAT0R8. Ill thin paper wo give tliv letters ofJudg? i TLKIi ami KvaMx, on the subject of th< n< innati Coliveiilio.'.; the former in fron o Newberry lining Sun, the latter W as ad to l)r. Joiim Dovolah. and appcaris the Chester Shtmluril. tio pepator and ^is Bon ; or, th? JJelli of ttye Hudson. This ia the title of a new and upgill" ory we will eonunetiee next week, u'rittoi prctudy for the "la.ix.r.n," l?y W. M. Com i;s, Esq. The Story will l?o continued ir veril number* It proniUc* to be one u citing interest?those w ishing to ha\a i inplete, w ould do well to subscribe a ice. OUR COURT. The Spring Term of the Court of Com on Picas ami (ieneral Sessions, for I.?n ster District, conveiieJ on MonJay last idgc Ulovf.R presiding. There is consul able business to bo transacted ; uiucb el? lainess continued front last Court, neressa j postponed inconsequence of tbo illuesi Mr. Custom, who was enga god on vm le or the other of the majority of cases. The case of greatest interest, is that o . M. Chamly fsr negro stealing. The se excites considerable interest, and wil tried to-u.orrovv. Notwithstanding tin ess of business, his lln.tor is making con legible headway. In tliis connection, wi brar-p *vln- o^ort unity tu express our npicinliou u( ijic drcifimi of tlu- Ia*gi*lalur< tln ir selection of Jadgo Giovks. Lrgi* ,ive bodies arc ip?t unfrcqueiitly at fault ii i-ir wlrctiun pf pfliccr*. Not so, huwcver I In- present inatance. In Judge Gi-orr.i combined tin- essential qualities of tin dgc and JurUt ; a Judge ever ready tu nisli crime, but nltoiiudilig in charity tu B weak ami o^irc-apd Hi c philanthropist d gcnlU-uinq. ijignilie.! in ollice, an a dgn should la. lie .it the s.UUV time, III bin ici.il capacity, ensure* rr?|H'ct without fiaure. Firm, but rqild and vourteous, lis na I tie recoct and rrf/arJ of Ilia other ri Court aud mcmlx-ra of the Bar. Wo notice several lawyer* In attendance >111 noighlKiring Districts: of the** n? rel{nir.o Messrs. WmiEU-rooa, Wilso* ir>^V? ftf Vork, Mr. Gam. a,of Cheater, Mr. Cast on, of Cauulen, aud . A t ana, of Chesterfield. 1 --? THE COJfYWfUO*. he Carolina Timet think a, and tho thought mi pi* the aaaertion, that the sentiment ol i people ia oppoaed to thn State being ireaentod at Cincinnati. So far, the f..U ring DiatrlpU have decided upon aending cgatca ColpmbiA : Anderson, Cheater, eenville, Marlboro, Kd.geftcld, Ynr^viUe. i< n,Darlington, Sutler, I'a^rfield, Georgei n, Cheaierlield aud Pifcken*. But two 01 m Districts have repudiated the action, I the remainder have e&ttiVifced an fodlf encc. We confidently nay, the State will rcpreaerVd : the major *Oj rff the yfopte of State ate in fame of representation. Aa we before stated, we do no^ doubt, in te of the dcciaion nindo hero pn la*| ea day, bnt Iaincastor npproyef of t^e >v?. Wo have been requested to call >tber meeting, aa wn are told the pcyjda aurally arc diaaatisArd. A gentleman ilea ua, that from opinion* lie boo heard jireaand, two tliirda of the District am in or of the Convention. In Charleston, rhland, Beaufort, Colleton, and other utricta that have been silent, there In aa ieh and more reason to beliera that theae itricta aro In fnvor, aa to premise thai ) nro not. The very decided sanction ol irticld, Kdgclkdd, Anderson, and others IgeaU tlie more certain probability, (bat mm Dietrkta are ia favor of tba Con tenn. Tba antecedent actios of the State, laUfciing a ^masterly inactivity," sad perItinH one Djatrpt to -peak 'I , . .'iiififfBi fur tbp -State at |**g?; P.qw, suputuHlud by half of the S(Jitfi expressing decidW approbalio;i in favor pf the Cguveijtjun, i?s to our p< r mind, conclusive cvjden.cc pf iUeff, that Uje State is favorable to the tpove. Wfjeq Hell- J CoNMtNDRH was sent frQUi Cfuorgetown* there was n passive inJitTcrelice it) every tftli- c^| er portion of the Stn'.e. Now when |hc question is agitated, we fipd one half of the t,0 j J^tatc expressing itself entirely favorable to | the plro|>oMtlon. ' I * Aetions speak huu]cj- than words," and r ^ | the netion of at least one half of the Statu, j* pfysu|!i|>tivo evidence, that the jicople are tired of tlio old foggy notions promulgated by the Timet nud Charleston Mercury, and , are determined to let her voice be hoard and Tt ilitiuct.ee felt in our National Councils. ! OUR COURT AND LAWYERS. N* Tlio session of Court in our country vil- )1"' ' lages creates as much sensation among the co' 1 ' people a* the rural fairs in England, or the 11 " 1 carnival* we read of. Alu,u"t every family nv ^ in the village are expecting some of their l8> ; kindred or friends?hotel beepers stow iwny ' an ample supply of provisions?store keep- ll*' - ore "stir their atuni|>an to have goods up by Tr Co?irt-^-<Svcry body experts to be hnay, eve| ry one thinks ho will bo the richer before Mi f ( Its close, even We think it Is a propitious ! *Ui " period for getting money?frequently a de- sin 0 j lusiw hope. j Persons froui udjoiuiug district'*, and even ?'v states, attend at (his period, some for uuc J*0 purpose, some for another. Onr striata are I Hi then busy; yon wonder where so man* pco- . ' pic come from. Old wagons ami cart*, u*od J i er i lip horses and other refuse articles are ex- ^ i posud for s.ilo in our struct*. llere, there, j { and every where. yr,? hear the auctioneer's ! 1 . . I au? cry, "going. going, *?rj cheap, gone;" then ! ^ an iiiliarmouioiis discord of most w retched j music, grouii-1 out of a cracked organ, or , i ... * . ?"? may be a shrill vo.ee :iccoti-|-.n\lug a b.?ii|o, !. , ... V ' roll sung by n woman a shade w orse .ookwg than , her song is liarsli ; then nboic nil, the cou* Stable's \o-pj calling soiiiot.-ir.lv witness? || f ^ # this j? CHt|rl time, and this glorious epoch whiclj ooy;;rs b'it ?uc? in six mouths.is now mum m v#?. *vvli- u this number of the L*Pi?t|t l*pk? in iqtercut, it munt be ( " ^ imputed tu t|ie fuel, that u t|ia am Uqsy; ^ if not receiving wntjvy, ?tili bi??y j b eviry body elsr appears to Ihj busy. Tlii? Court week it ? Cod send to our lawyers? . . , ** * tllW j thojr tf?v bn?v. jng At tlte ^lifaib-T JUr, Mi?nr Clii.tun fteq. ia the oldest and must popular metuVrr.? uy e Mr. Clinton ban been practising at this Bar Cit, for a number of yaara,and ia lunch ntww or, . ed, nut only for hja social qualities, but for (.|t b'pt loyal attainment*. Aa a lawyer, lie ha? jut been pcculitily fortunate. Ha baa, during c0 thu turm of bia praeliee, boon rn^i^vJ na w;4 j. counsel in many important caeca?mauy ill* volving a large amount of property? some ^ ^ life; and the roses in which bo was not victorious, aru feu indeed. Whether we should Su< consider it a misfortune, or merely a whim, it l we know not, but our friend has never en- rt',< gaged ia that moat important suit?matrimony, and continue* to enjoy a life of single *"? blessedness. Aa a lawyer, Mr. Clinton list ' but few equals?aa a man, he ia greatly es-. j tocmcd by all who know hiiu. The other aatelitea in our legal comtelia tj#|| a tion, are Messrs vVilluuna, Cooke, Moorr, L< Calluchat and Sec rest. Tlioee gentlemen gor have their shara of practice. Mr. William* ia tub f perhaps inferior to no lawyer iu the Nut* niu < in legal knowledge?Blackatoue, Coke and tjr. I l.yttleton have been well digested?and his . j opinion on any point of l?w, nity be Uken .s* fact. As * politician, Mr. W. is a)way* ^ j better posted than any gentleman we know , of. True, be ia oflcti on tlio wrong aide: of l( , the Calhoun aUuip, lika a groat many oth- ? era, boeause Mr. Calhoun said so and did so, ,?u , it uiuat be ao. Such nev?r consider I hat jren , circmnsUncee alter cases, and porlupa Mr. atav t Calhoun may have in<?dilird hi* opinion* on ' her . certain joints if ho were alive now. Mr. 1 , William*, to hi* credit bo it said, ha* neV*r co* ( since we knew him, been ashamed or afraid **' to express hie opinion*. whether approved 11,1 j of or l\nt bjr p.thrr^. a rilueii, he ha* C^|| , itadc great cxertivnf in behalf ??f the village and district. In ths Rail Ro*d scheme, a* ( , Col. Irby would aay, lio waa a whvul*lior*c lo j ( ?unfortniiately bowever in this matter, to t no purpoao. Mr. W., like hi* colleague, Mr. ?fl| | Clinton, h*1 ?***r )*t "won a fair lady," ed, though w? Relieve lie is popular w ith the -\u fair sex. No dfctt^ his good sense w ill yet I"* lead him to discover ^ error. l'nr | Mr. Cooke, or "Old as he ie frei|ucutly eallsd, is a shrewd lavyycr. lleiaa j first rate t*ettcian. He can if\t* rp.-.sc a ptea j.'-. UiMWWHfaHy Muall, he will pre- )UJI sent a* of most infinite magnitude. Testi- and > mony d if regarded by others, will give a anil colouring to, w hich will render it important. 1 tie, like Messrs Clinton and Williams, I* a "hi , single man. If va except a favorite cur, he too enjoya a life of alngle bleescdneee. I "J XI, Ua/.^. ?W l. " 1 , . ...., H.v?Kii fuip|*rsiivi!ij ? younj . mm, by strict and faith'"! *V U**~ incas, eajoya a Imgo amount o/' patcopagu. , A client may rest enay when hiacaao is wjih 1 Moor*; for it will be attendod to. Wa bail out I thought Mr. kf. would follow the example *'01 r of bis compeers, but finding K was not well for man to liva alone, has aiscly taken a I partner, if not to aliaru bis \egsl duties, at , all events bis legal oarnings. ^ 1 i M'4V? (jallucbat and See rest Kav? net rep h?en f o lo/\g engaged in the practice. Each \V i receives by* aha eg bHti^esa. Mr. jjU. is bin one of Ifce \ nfrn W tha districts? log There is go.doubt, bat in ^eae, he will es- <roi tablish a reputation equalle^ by lawi yera. ' '' Mr. Secrcat being in copartnership with ^ 1 Mr. Clinton, finds enough, in connection <f ( 1 with hie magisterial duties, to keep Wx\e#s- ^ 1 aUatly employed. These gs nil small m# rae ' both merited. 8o? An Infidel convention blubs held in New York, daring tho month of May '4?. v> ' The call has boen ?n4? through the N. ?H I T- V* V EDITOR'S TABLE. >dey*9 lady's Book. The April number we have received.? tlai) from first to Idist," I* a to?irliinj?ly agtilul engraving. W? think tl.i* nil vx?? IJiTit number. Many subjects discussed, of a practical pliariurtcr, useful alike to l}i sexes. t? Lady's Wreath, 1 his inouthly Tor March has coin* to lisud. 10 picture* arc tpiiiw pretty, uud the j matter ciitcrtniniug fur yoiing person*. hoick fit 8coviti., tho publishers, New ?rk, will Hctpi iton receipt off I, otiy year. te Rising Son. We have revolved a copy of s new papvr til the above title, published weekly af >w berry, l>y Chomskn fit Slidkk, nt $21 n vr. Measfs. C, fc>. have before l^yeii ineclcd with the press at Newberry, nm{ s number of the hew paper, gives us tho lurnuec, that they liavu not waned in tips icntial (|ualitieationa, characteristic of abili? either in nn editorial or publishing )' i?Weekly Mirror, Messrs. Heid fii Nucms of tho Newberry irror have issued a tri-weekly paper, it '/ neat sheet indeed,and which Newberry jUKI generously sdatidn. tt Is worthy oi 'cneroUs support. The Miffat We ImtW cay* found a readable p >por, although Vis not approve of its political dogmas. >w Novel by the late Mr*. Hentx* * V. It. i'mrntiox, the enterprising publish* I I'i.il.ulclphia, will pubiuh on the iind .March, a new Nqvcl, by .Mr*. Caroi.imf. K 111. XT*. bearing (lie title, uCourt?bi|? I Mariiiige; or, the Joy*and Sorrow* of iiciicnii Life.'* '1 lie wo.rk will be bquiid i-ioth price in paiHir, '2 tola. \ K I will bt! sent free of pontage to any oim nil ting i||?- price to the publisher. Ciuiiiinunriilioiis, For the liOncaitcr I rilgrr. M.t. KoiToit ; We have been noticing the It I It that ll.lW beell published ill your t r, anil bave endeavored to tiud out, u icli km we could, ill reference to South rolina sending delegate* to tlie Couvcu11 tliat in to meet at Cincinnati,and not nble to conic to n conclusion, we r? fernd the t 'onatitutiuil itself, and Would request the member* of the lwgislature from l#u> t< r district, and the candidate* who ?r-, w I o tn.iy, oiler for that olfut, ?t the ueAt clion, to git e u* their views ujuni tlio h article, under llic ante idiio-nt* of the itslllolioll of the Coiled Slate*, W llNfli r-tilled according to the provisions o( dili article of the Constitution iu 17t>J I Itui, uliK'li read* a* follows: file |Hiwer* not delegated to the Unilll) >tvn li) the Colialiluiluil, llor prohibited liy o the Stale*, arc reserved to the Slate* pecli-cU, or the people. *t V -ST.WDKRS. 11 - ' -'lit R*il (Load Accident. Wkuiok, N. March 10. \ (utriblv and heartrending acci*. ii uv'i urrwl on llie .ViuUmrJ and ltoati\ i linl w J<?y, A ?)*echd uicweuh.i* j.i*t willi the imcI Oicholy llig*, Hit J the o>v|l tlM produced ^ ?l |>rut<iuiK! in our continuity ll.c regular mail <?ikI passenger imi^ the !v?lnMril and K ?:? .oke ICtil lb >*4 ich left l'orisniouth tin* morning, abeu Mil one mile this ride ??l M *rg. tret teae brnlg-, |?roeredutg at a rapid i*, Mm ilirowu Itu it the track. I'lie entire tr?in went oil, engine, tender, it, baggage and passenger car*. A ier.il wicck uiaikiil, and lite la*i of life I litnh, though not precisely known c, i* ihojght to l?* truly fearlul. Horrible to relate, one of the passenger eh** took lire from the stove*, and i entirely burned up, consuming W lit Itree or lour p;w*eiiger*, who were iw. glil under the broken limltcr* thai they Id not be uttricaled. iiiforinanl t* mil iu to thice or four, ami thinks there y have been more. IIk scene is said tave been truly appalling. .Jaj*. lltKirdtftls, the well know* and Aetil conductor, is very seriotfrly injur* aitil *n a{\i many of lilt passengers.? mist the great distress aud confusion railing, il was impossible lo gather full ly.ul^rs lust or TttK Kim. vn.?JI is reported l among the killed are the following: dr. Kilkenny, thp ^dains Company's >t-.t>? liicsreiigt ( Mr. K. Was wr ttsny rs a conductor on the Wilmington and I Wei Jon Kail Krowd, and was uuirei* y esteemed, lis learns a family, tlr. W. II. Dsughtsrr, (lis mail agent, j ws behcre is n nalirc of I'uftMiooih, I well known io alt tbswctioo of couur through which the road pass as. V newsboy, named Charles Nsab. Democrat!* CoimtiM. n nlrnoet nil di li?? District* (lirov^-. I ho Hut*, there ?<ra luMiingn *t the irt Iluumi U*t mIm d?j, on Che wl?. of sending Delegate* to the National, noeraiio Conveuika. In every in%co gentlemen ween elected to meet Culmnbin the first Monday In Usy( r red with the duty of heving the Btat* lit touted in (be CineinnnU Convention, j shell expect n full meeting in Colme* Bom* neve leagLed nt these meet ? end eeid they did not represent the it of the people. Next October eleete will eeUle thnt otetke. We ehnll n eoe whom the people ere willing in it end confide in. TH{9?gh <he ballot t they win let theppUtieln^tee whethK not they ore ftmniMMK whether \ y will net in e an mat with the (bunco* y of the Union, In the rights of the ttb, the Conetkntioo end thet integrity the Kepnblic It will then be eeen it ie the opinion of the people of Sourii m-.ino the deCwutef their property en^ M .tntkmel right* fenet Ineonewten^ h the defence of ddf firifod* nod thOk^ I 'W&;r v* * ft