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0Oi9f spondeao* of the Charleston Stan dard. , Nsw York, March 22, 1656. Thpsuitof Barnuin versus several hold ?rs of the Jejrojne Clock Company's notes, whicji were endorsed l?y " tlie Napoleon of Showmen," ascites the public mind iu H greet degree. Harnurn is iu the predicament of t.hu ?iudod pugilist* who, obliged Jo rest from J;is labors, aud recuperate his pasted energies, i* called to "tirse" be fore ho is ready for another *' round," Having filled so large a space in the arena of the speculative world, it is not to be wondered at, that his renl or pretended downfall should attract a great deal pf attention. Hut his ill fortune occasions one deprivation?the contemplated grand Zoological and Equestrian Establishment, of which the lovers of lious and horses loudly dreamt, will not, in all probability, be constructed before Rcveral years to come, iu consequence of Itanium1* catastrophe. We are threatened with being railroaded 4,0 death in the city. A gentleman l?y the name of Sharp, diffidently requests the Legislature to allow him and his associates to construct a double tracked rail roan hi 1J road way ; while another bashI'ul pany desires the autocratic prerogative of* turning locomotives from the l'ark, or Jhiiterv, directly through the metropolis, up to llarletu river. One of the most auti democratic sights to be been in lh:s city, is that of a stiff, formal, arbitrary car, gliding along with an obstinate .straight forwardness and compelling every other vehicle to turn aside, or take the consequences. The sovereign people whose sovereign mis representatives have fastened live or six lines of wty railroads upon us? havo given in their testimony against the utility put] accommodation of railroads running through their respective avepttes, and also giv.c it as their opinion, that the parties apply ipg for a charter, should not be allowed to run a rail uuipauce through our beautiful Broadway. Mr. llenry Haight, the princely owner of the magnifi-tciit St. Nicholas Hotel, is about to enlarge that palatial establishment, for th? further account odntion of its guests. There are more inhabitants now, of this hotel, than there are in puny towns ant} viUpges about l}ie country, anJ certainly more building ptate.rial was used in its construction than in all the bouses constituting each town, of one hundred or more, visited by your correspondent witli ... pan oia j cars. Those encouragers of rapid changes in stylo?the milliner* and dress-makers? Jiavc opened their superb Spring styleslocked stores, and we shall soon have our most popular promenades with peculiarly pretty perigrinators. The sijtc of the lion net is to be still smaller this spring.? Hoops will U.e tyorii, provided t|io votaries of fashion prove trim in their allogiapce to that whimsical divinity. Flounces still felain their place in the affections of the adies. They arc certainly 44 dressy " np.dages, and as the additional cost is of no .consequence, it is not worth while to give litem up. Van A'nhurgh, the lion tamer, has shipped several fine horses for his Circus, on board the James Crockett, from Liverpool, and is about to institute a first rate equestrian establishinent in New York. A troupe of artists from the Cirque Olympique, have at rived here froin New Orleans, having fulfilled an engagement there. Tliey present tableaux vivant* or, ,-}? we say in french, puses plasti'/ucs?il histvaUniis, htrUwbiaj wcanes and fancy pic Mires. They will shortly appear at the Broadway (Marshall's) TlicntfUCOltUESPOX DENT. Wasiiixotos, March 23, 1850. Never, in the history of our Government, have our foreign relations been so pomplieated, in a time of profound peace, us they are at this moment. Not only have we daily threatening* of a war with England, but our Department of State is in receipt of44 important despatches" from Madrid, touching (Jub?n Spanish outrages on onr shipping. Er?ni 1'aria, touching the unholy alliance between Napoleon III, and llor Britanic Majesty, fur {he regulation of uifairs on tl.is Continent; from (.'open! agon, in relation to the Sound Dues, which inn}' occasion a commencement of hostilities between the I 'nited States and Denmark, involving, probably, several of tho European States. 1 might go on and enumerate other countries with whom our relations are of a most delicate character, nor only in Europe, but in other parts of the world ? even nearer home and with our own blooJ and kindred. Central America now attracts the attention of the whole po pie, and the greatest interest is 4eU in all circles of society as to the result of the present embarrassing and cpnt^ilicaUd condition of things. The popular sentiment is muliaguisodly in favor of an immediate recognition of the now government of Nicaragua, nn?k through that means, force a settlement ?J the issues between the United Slates and {treat Britain. The rumor that (funeral Walker had badly treated Col. Kinney, excited, for a while, the indignation of a la*ge portion of our citizens, who highly esteemed Col. K, ami wiio would noi vOHklutrtncn a wrong ititlict??il upon him, even by (4ener.1l Walker; but private letter* from Granada state tltat the kindest relations exist between Walker ami Kinney, ami that a written agreement *va? entered into lattwnen theip., the exact purport of which was not know*. The Department of State at this time, is no sinecijro, ami Governor Marcy fii.<G Ilia own constitution ami great powers of endurance, severely teat oil. In additiop to all the other trouble* which have Iteen pressing upon him, hem comes Mr. Vanderhilt with hit complaints loud and Ipng against the Itivs* Government in Jfacara/<??, for seising his boats and annulling is1* contracts. The great panacea for all ills now-* days is the Government pap? or an effort on the part of the Government to right the wrougs, real or iinginanr, of every individual. Mr. Vanderhilt claim* the protection of the Government put what can Mr. Marcy do! All diplomatic intercourse botween the two Governments hmoesnod?Indeed we have re fused to recognize the Kit as Govorument. From whom then would the Secretary of State demand redress ? The only chsnce Mataver, would be to duplicate tbe dmI farcical hough it was, eoacted before T)i,c speech of Judge Douglas, on Thurs- ! mjj ! day, drew an immense crowd to the cap I j ! itol, and those who are the best judges say ' t he even surpassed himself. 1 j The Speaker has announced the Kan- js * I sas Committee for taking testimony, hut j ^ ^ , it will he forth-coming to-morrow. Some i j have predicted that Mr. Aiken will he a * j memher ol the Committee, bi|t I think not. J j I I am disposed to think that the Commit- 0^jlt i tee will be Dunn, Hickman rr.d Oliver. lVANllUli. ? wat ? imm ? wca 13 vxk llonuEiiv.?On Thursday night '? last, about 1 o'clock, some daring thief or i ' sa thieves, by means of n false key, entered { the ofliee of Mr. Ceo. C. (Jihis, Agent 'be for the "Planters' Bank of Fairfield," | Stat j and stole therefrom n package of money, ) lh's containing, we are informed, vbout six j thousand four hundred dollars, <n bank ; er I hills, chiefly of the Banks of Cur, teuton 81,1,1 and Fairtield. Mr. Gibhs was just about K0HN starting by the Carolina for South Caro- fJ,'tl Una, to settle i p his accounts with the 1 Bank, and had taken the money out of 1 m the safe, and packed it, with his looks, in otlu the bottom of his trunk, preparatory to I going on board the boat. Being called | 'uri1 I out a iliort while he left his trunk locked , I cn ' in his ofliee, the night being a bright j . ? -i iiuuuiijjiit win.", auu uie street being j thronged with people. Hut the thief, ' 1 who was, no doul>t, aware of his purpose, | '.v 5 ! and had watched his motions, took ad- *' i vantago of his short absence, and entered ^',u I the oflicc by means of a false key ; forced i J*??d I the hasp of the trunk, tumbled it?o clothes this ; out upon the floor, and carried ofl" success- boai ! fully the package containing the money I and books. No clue by which to detect i the criminal lias yet l?een discovered, ex- '] ' cept that the paper which enveloped the 0].t^ j money and books was the next morning 1 (jus i foil fid on the wharf of Messrs. Hisbeo and 1 r0q( Oanovn, at which wharf the Savannah ?^a-k liont wan moored at tlio time of the rob j .mrf bery. The supposition is. that the villain . |{rj( left on that bout.?Jacksonville Xeirn, (; 2f<f intt. Min ? I iislu ( Tjik JIt.srqnv of Soctii Caiifmna.? ; p'uti j We aregratified to learn that the Historic ' Society of the State has lately applied to I of s the Colonial Ofllee of Kngland, for p?-r- tl mission to copy from the State l'aper Of- H lice such documents as relate to the early cur> | Colonial History of South Carolina. ]ty justi a lett .1 w hich we have had t),o privilege j thoi of seeing, addressed to the Secretary by i Cell our Minister, the Hon. James liurhniian, ! enclosing one to him frotn the Coloniiil ' ?yI Secretary, the Hon. Mr. Labouchere, it ^ro j appears that Mr. Huchaaan has been sttc- st'9 1 i ccssful in procuring the u'joirable privilege tere t for the Society. 1 fcvjry effort to advance the knowledge or n uf our history is a laudably one, and we ?f ' are pleased to tiud that the enterprise of "I?" j the Historical Society i* doing what the I r State authority should long sir j hat*o <'jp" effected.? Soulh CSirothiian. cign to h ivH llkv. Pit. PaI.MKK, ok f'jt t|l Cahwi.ia\.? We arc gratifled to learn that the Qu< first Presbyterian C'hureh of tliis city? ry ] which is now erecting a magnificent i?|, ! clmrcli edifice on the silo of the one burn- 0o? ed down, opposite Lafayette square?lias jn j lateiv given a second ami unanimous call as to the liev. |)r. Palmer, of Soutli I'aroli- 0f 5 aa, to accept the pastorate of tliat church. |{rj | And wo learn, with no small feeling -d t;on satisfaction, that the call is likely to be if f ! accepted. J sr. palmer is a solid man, t|e? \ and one of ttie most ?{i?tingui?hcd pulpit ' tn,,f I pfatofs of this country. 'fhis is just the 1 ijrj| place for a man of his abilities ana power j r0A|, of tjoing good, an.} \y mo t ardently bope mof New (Orleans will be so fortunate ne to SM,| ! make so valpable an acmiisition to lier bj,Q| j permanent population.?Jr. H. /JuMrti*. ovr|, (rather the corn just as it begins to bar- Mlc' der.; boil M for the lahl# ; cut the kernals carefully froiu the ?ob | spread iliem to ^ '1 dry on a sheet or clean Hopr, and keep ",e | them (bus till well dried ; then preserve theip in a dry, cold and even temperature A till needed for use. Soak the corn a few tene hours, and !>oii till properly softened, and : into serve them to your taste. Thus you will j two hare sweet corn all the year. ' pros Ureytowo. Would this bo easily done ? j Mr. Marcy thinks not, Again as We , havo no treaty stipulations with Xicura- ! ,j gua under which to claim indemnity? j QUr and aa there exists not the comity of na- j ' tions betw een the two Governmcuts, what 1 j claim has Mr. Vanderbilt for redress ?_ tha Nuno w hatever. . ^QJ| Such, I believe to be lite present con | cjre dition of our foreign afiairs at this time. tjne Let us now look at domestic matters for I war u moment. -py The report of tlio Territorial Committee | 0 in the Senate, a copy of which I forwaid , Z|,nj you?has bccu given to the public, and scuiiie to be universally considered the y|U ablest document by far which has etna- j wy nated from the Legialaltr.o department of RSgc the government during the nrcscnt ses sit>n of Congress. It is considered a fail I cjia ! oltsct to President Pierce"':! Kansas Mes- t | sage, which took like wild fire in the j||e ! South, and bid fair to secure him the j j Southern votes in tho Cincinnati Conven- i rp i tion. This repoit of Judge Douglas, it is i believed, will ut least noutralizo the ofTects ' of lite Kansas Message, and place tlio-! 44 Little Giant" on an even footing with 1 j j President Pierce for the Democratic noin- I tj|(J in:llion* . hum Many members of the National Con- ; | volition are now piescnt in Washington, scUE j accidentally, it is said, comparing notes, j al and seeing which way the land lies. The jp Ohio delegates Bay Douglas will carry that j y ! State altogether. l'ierco and Buchanan ) will both get some votes. Louisiana goes | p for Buchanan?so does Pennsylvania.? , ' ~ ... / . : uC| lenncssee will vote as a unit, by wislruc j 1 lions from State Convention. They will i aim to secure the nomination for Gov. . y Johnson, of that State?but failing in I ,r that?Tennessee will l>o satisfied with oi- y tlicr Douglas, Pierce, or Buchanan. Ma- I a 'j ny other Southern delegates express their ! _ j preference for Gen. Itusk, of Texas, if a ! ., j. ! Southern man is to be nominated. The i yup j delegates who are hero ovidcully appro- j s 1 ciale the fact ?lint the Cincinnati Conven- | HWI| j tion holds the next presidency in their I .i.J ii " l iliu | hand#, as a nomination will be tanta- urc I' mount to an election, and it is amusing to j (( see liow tliey swell in the hotels?stalk j the avenues, and cut fine dinners at {.lie , Wl.iii. 1!?..?? 1 lie Wellington Usion publishes an ?ornte opiniou of Attorney (*eneral Ling on the enlistment qnestion, at tbe icst of the "resilient of the United es. The following are the concluding "graphs relating to iliO case of the ish Minister: In the whole, the case of the British istcr, regarded in the light of estnbvl rules of the law of nations, and dinatic usage founded thereo i, would i to resolve itself into?first, a question trict right, and secondly, of discietion ho exeri i*c of that right. : clearly is not a case atlccting the se- > ty of the Stale, and thus needing or | f} ing the interposition of summary au* j ity, as in the instance of the l'rince of ( am are in France, (Cli. do Martens, 1 ses Celehrcs, torn. I, p. 130,) Count lonlierg ir tlroat Britain, (Foster's wn Law, p. 187,) ana many other ca of historical and legal notoriety or inst. No acts of viohnce are imputed hi British Miniver, nor any porooso ct threatening to the national stability io Uuited Slates. What is charged j list him is conduct improper in apuhninislcr, illegal as re?|*vts the muniI law, injurious to the national sorerity. If sufficiently shown, it requires >e reptes-cd in such inauuer as effectV to viuill/Mlla I IvA mil.lJrt 1.AW/1- ^u' ' - . r :?,? i??~ v. ,j n righi, iiiu 4 rettdeot in ST, n# the 'en of Spain did in the case of Sir lien- , [iulwer, send hi* passports (a tlie Brit- 1 Minister, with intimation to leave the ntry without delay ; or he may well, lis discretion, adopt the 11 ilder course, 1'resident Washington did in the case I. Genet; that is, after atlLrdiug to the ] lisli Minister opportunity of explnnn- | 1 through the Secretary of Stale, then, lis explanation he not satisfactory, to : land his recall of the Queen's governit. The pcrs? nal esteem which the . tish Minister justly enjoys here in other iccts might counsel the latter Course, . 0 especially if the British Government : lining the responsihilily of his acts, ( jld thereupon proceed to tender, in its j 1 name, complete and ample satisfae for having authorized or pennitt?d ^ li a flagrant wrong na the systematic . mpt to recruit a military force in the ted States hy the instniinentality of , Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. 1 small piece of paper or linen, mole d with spirits of turpentine, atnl pnt a bnreauor wardrol* for a single day or three times a year is a sufficient ? ervative against moths. 1 [ From the Lexington Express. Arms for Kansas Arrpsted. rho good Steamer, Arabia, arrived at wharf about suuri?e this morning.? mediately on landing, a committee was patched up town to inform our citizens t a person from Massachusetts was on rd, having in his possession one hun- \ d Sbarpo's rifles and two cannon, doa- ; d for service in Kansas, and rent ford by the Massachusetts Aid Society. ' * iuioi uiaiioii brought together many ur moat respectable and reliable citi i >, when a conference was had by them i Mr. *' Start,rt with a view of inducing to leave the 44dan^eious" weapons: i our citizens for safe-keepirg. This he nted to, and delivorcd the 44 goods " subject to the requisition of Governor ! I nnon, or his successor in oflice. Tlie 1 eedinga were orderly, and although , determination to ariest the arms was 1 ded, uo one tn.kcd of violence, he arms were boxed up and marked j' irpenter'a Tools." The discovery that I ' wore on board was made at, or below, 1 gow, from a letter, of which the fo!- 1 ng is a copy, dropped by Mr. S. in cabin, and picked up by a boy and * ded to Capt. Shaw, by whoin it whs ' I aloud iu the So.ial llall. The pas- 1 ' ;ors and ofliccis were highly incensed j 1 lie disclosures, hut no indignity was (' ed to the miserable disorganize*. | 1 ^'e are indebted to Win. K. Donald- | 1 of lyaiisas?,i good ai.d true man? ( . copy of the letter for which wo ten- ' " our '.lianks. The letter is as follows ; 1 * Missoiui Uivkk, above St. Louis. 1 ' b'iiday Mori ing, March 7, 180C. jl leather exceedingly cold and disa- ' !?blo, but fair on the steamboat, Ara- i ' making about four miles an hour | 1 iust the stteum?writing in the cabin ! 1 bDat 70 passengers, somo of lUcin 1 order Hulhaiis." My party consists of I , including self. The devils do not j * lect they are 44 entertaining angola un | ' re," and talk and swear freely against ; 1 Emigrant Aid Society. My goods 4 fo disguiied that th?y will uot bo like |4 o excite any suspicion. !' shall probably land Ht Kansas city or , ! Leaven worth city, near the Eort, to- ' row night, and then bo within thirty i4 ;s of Lawrence. I am perfectly well i ' confident, with plenty of money in my j 1 cel. Can't learn anything from Kan- 1 ' The Mis?i?.-ip2>i above the Missouri 1 ill closed with smooth, solid ice, and | ' i a favorable circumstance that the * iouri has suddenly and unaccountably , ' icd, as the river is in excellent order, j * although \vc are on the lirst boat up, j 1 r? arc on the way, behind us, and , c isas is in direct communication, by , ' cr, with the free States, while the | tlicr is too cold for tho border dev ils i ' ave lioinoon a marauding expedition. | ' V again, the sudden hieaking up of i ' Missouri is exceedingly favorable to Is free Stale cause. I suppose the five ]' e Legislature assembled at topeka 1 week, Tuesday, but what they did we s r not know until Monday. It is rath- ! vruhablu that they adjourned until 1 inter, but they may have continued in ' ion and determined to *' light it out, 1 i," and perhaps that wi|l bo the be-l j ' lie end. It is somewhat probably th n ' ay go back to St. Louis soon, for an- 1 ' it load of goods. 1 will write again as soon as I linvc in- ' nation to communicate, and gel w here ( n trust the Dog l'ost Master. ' Yours, atfectionatelv. 1 ST A UT. 'he " Carpenters' Tools" are now safe- 1 tored is this city. ireal credit justly attaches to Captain ' w and his under oflicers, for the just 1 manly course pursued by them in affair. Three cheers were given the L us she pushed off. Enlistment. v/niviiim niu U-IU iur IIIC IIOI1 nee of that Convention. These propositions no s?nu man wi leny, and if they are truthful, it strik no as a suggestion of common sense th vo (who are to take tho nominee at i wont*) should io present ami contribu >nr influence to the selection of n can*, late most acceptable to us. i hope the friend* of the C >UT*nti< sill make another effort on seki-dny nei Jail a meeting of the friend* of the Co rent ion, ami urge in the call the iiupc an c.? of a full turnout of tlio friend*. The election or nomelcctiuu of a Com ratio Constitutional President, i* to set! he question of Union or Ifisuuiou. 1 I ievo that the principles of non-interve ion, popular sovereighty, (hy which ucant tho right of a people to determi n their organic law when they make tin state Constitution and when nulburiz* i?y Congress to do so,) Stub* Uighta at he doctrine of Stale Kight*, as applir do to the non intervention by Congo >t? the euljeol of slavery. I ladievc Ilie [irincipk's will li? established by tlie si I'rts of tlie hi'inrwriilin imuv l?" ?!.? "" principles aro CKtMbii&U?.*<l then the slave |tte*lii?n is settled, and wo can live 111 l! Union an J not in dishonor. if wo fn 'a'.hcr tlian exist in a Confederacy ns i nferior I am ready to break it to piece* I have written to you very burricd tnd in the midst of frequent isttcrvuptioi 1'hc point I wish to impress upon you hat we havo now an opportunity of ma npr vliis Government for all future time Constitutional Government, and I feel il tigh duty to contribute all our inflimn n this noble struggle ; and should i ail, that we can enter into another cc est with a consciousness of having do dl that patriots could to avoid an itat ivhich, its patriots, we may have to real I am very truly ycura, I\ K. BROOKE. To W. It. Parlkv, Keq. Why m a lawyer likw a tailor f fl suae ho is always ready to commence vit. The Privateer Gen. Armstrong. We find in tlie Washington Correspo deuce of the New York llerald llio folio ing brief history of a case which comma ded much and protracted attention, ai which has recently been disposed of by decision in tho Court of Claims; This case, which, for forty-two yoa has been pending before our governmei has finally been decidid in favor of t! claimants l>v the United States Court Claims at Washington. To say notliii of the UHparalclled defence made 1 Cant. lloid against the Ilritish squadr at Faynl, in 1814, the history of its pit edition, and tho eourso of diplomacy pi sued by this government, was as rcmar able as it was extraordinary. First, t government of Portugal voluntarily a milted her liability to this government.England made an apology, an indeiuni lo Portugal for her wanton attack on tl brig, aud for violating the neutrality lier port. Put up to 1818 norcdress w procured. The claimants went to Co gross, and were sent back to the llepni incut of Slate for relief. For ycais afU wards a diplomatic correspondence w carried on between Portugal and the Ul ted States, (evory succeeding Secretary Slate urging tho justice of the claim,) u til, under Mr. Polk, in 1844,Portugal d aied her liability, and the State l>?-pai incut refused to prosi-iule the claim fu [her. The claimants went again toCongrei villained n report in their favor, and tl jhso was sent b ick lo the lK-partiucnt Mate by tlie Senate, with instructions prosecute it. In 1840, under Ceil. Tuyl Mr. John M. Clayton made jiereinptoi Jeiiiand for this claim, and sent the Amc ican fleet in the Mediterranean up the Y jus to receive Mr. James II. Clay, (son Henry Cb?\) tho American Minister, case Portugal refused. The English Go eminent supported Portugal and urge lier, by impertinent interference, not \ pay this claim, but to allow all otln . Ininn, either "just or unjust." Portug >be\ed England and Mr. Clay doinimU lis passports, and returned home. Port i .1. ... i i ;n 111isii reuewreu tier projMMHluit lo Mil rate tliis claim, agreeing to pay all tl titers a* a bonus, if this governmoi would accept the terms. The propositi* was accepted hy Mr. Killiuoru in 16o' siicl Louis Napoleon was appointed nibit who decided the case in favor of l'oitug n violation of the compact of tho treat tipulations between the United Sinics ui Portugal. This ui just awa.'d, hy whi* lie claimants' rights, and the honor he country were bartered away, was a :cptod hy Mr. Fillmore's administration 18.V2. The award decided that the Ainerieai irst attacked the Ilrilish fleet, that u litt rig with ninety men commenced tl Iglit against frigates and seventy-four gti hips with over oue thousand men! Th rlaimants protesting against the nwar* ignin went to congress. At the last so ion, nf'.er the bill had once passed th senate, it was lost hv one vote. Th House sent the case to the Court ofClaiti ind in the langu ige of a distinguished j? list, we "congratulate the claimants an >ur common country on the manly emu rial ion of principles contained in the d ision of Judge (iilehrist. Ho will live i iifivr times as the pioneer in this untrie field of judicial labor, whose mind w equal to the mighty task of bringing so jreigiitv to the bar of justice, ns a cmiipu lory recipient of her divine behests." This decision will permanently est a hi it ho Court of Claims, notwithstanding tl ronkings of claim agents, ami 44 earric irtls," as Mr. Lcntnn called them, w 1 ire trying to break down the Court. From (he Lavreu?eille J/crtihf. Letter from the Hon. P. S. Brccks. llol'SK OK It KI'llKSKXT ATI VK. ^ 4lh March, liJOU. J My |>KAa Spiui?I regret to see in tl lltruht that you failed in the Couventu movement in Lumens. I must belie hat it was because the people wereum brme*l of the real issue, and because il opposition had their forces trained lor ll occasion. It seems to me that these two prop** ions ought to cor.? ineo and control ni man: 1st. Thai a Convention of iK-in :r?ts will assemble at Cincinnati; '2 1.I*l.?l I .. :il ? i- f - ? - - [From t/u Baltimore Clipjxr. n- Oar Relations with England. w* The excitement in England in relal n* ' tp thp state of affairs between that couj ui and the United States is Raid to have u tirely subsided; and we think that tl ' is a manifest diminution of tb.o war fti re> ' in our government. liujced, there ;1,? been no cause for undue excitement in ',e iber country; and, had it not been for rash articles published by the parti llS presses on both sides of the Atlantic, L?)' think ii piobablc that all differences 0,1 tween the two pations would Jiavo t >s" amicably Reltled some time since. Ir* next fail people will wonder how it k* possible war should have been apprel ',0 tied between two great nations for so t d- I ial a cause. ? J A war betwepn England and the I 'y , ted Mates would afford to France the b? port unity which wo believe she is aw . ing, to attack the foimer country. ft8 would be seized with avidity, and thus 11 should be made to contribute to the inj r*" if not to the overthrow of the only gi ?r* and free nation upon earth, with the ns fcption of our own. Whatever may l'- ' the bonds which now connect Englr and Franco together, we think it is ap " rent that they have separate and tlis< I dant interests and views; and that the F 't- poror of Franco only awaits a fa vorn Ir* moment to avenge himself on England her treatment of Napoleon the lirst. SJS cannot be disguised that, in tho war m twecn tho al ies and Russia, France I of occupied the most prominent positio n. 1? peace be concluded by the negotiate ?r now isscmbled at I'aris, (which v e tb ry likely,) the Emperor of Franco will sta r | at the head of the potentates of lite Ci n* | tinent, and will exercise n cntroliug inl encc. lie lias tho anilr'tiou to play a ? in spicuous part, nnd the invasion of Engln v | might not only gratify his amhitior., I !t' : his vetigence. There is a seeming, but to real cordiality belweeu the two nations, L'r | Tho history of the past inust be blotl nl ami forgotten before a sincere friends'<1 can cement England and France. '1 l|" present union is teinjrorary, ami will cei " with the occasion which called it into ,l* istencc. "I In this condition of things in Euro "i would it he either wise or just for tho U 9, ' ted Slates and (ireat Hritain toeticourn C I hostile feelings towards each other! \ think not. England is the breakwater 1 t}' tween us and European despotisms, a 'd we should be the last to endeavor to d ' trov the harriers?not that we believe t of powers of Europe combined could cotupi c* j our country. We entertain no such id< i" 1 >i)t, remove the power of England, a the prompt rit v of the United Slates mijj us j be checked f<>r ages to come. Ia-t Us * h" . wisely then, and not seek to light abu ? I straws, or upon such nice j-oints of dip i" joney as are not comprehensible to thei " j dinary capacity. We should seek topi ?> mote the real wolfaro of our counti ** : which can only be found in pursuing o ? peaceful relations with all nations. j! | Judge Withers?Kansas. ' | The following loiter from Judge \Vit 1 , era to t .? Kansas meeting iu Kcrshu ? will Le read with interest ; ' i 0 i Kikkwood, Feb. 29, 1850, iis Col. J.is. Cbesuut, Jr.? Dear Sir; v- I j approve I lie ot-jecl ot the ccnicinpla meeting on Monday next, anil would i lend it, il I could remain at home. 1 1 I A practical issue w ith our enemies?< 10 ilint could he directly approached, tinil i stood, and solved by our |>eopIe?is to 10 found in lite Kansas inntler. We tie' could have obtained California a* a ah State, if iu gi station had l?ecii an lion , and an honorable one. The South a South West can secure Kansas, and oil; to do it, '1 lie vagabond philanihri J?y the Northern people b?? offered ihu iss let us meet it, and comfort the etamjr 10 the vigorous process of colonization, ? then (:f t'.ey ignore it,) iu the tneasuri u ultimate rcsoit. ju. The enemies of the slaveholders Iu )t, cunningly avoided, from the foiindatiot the Federal connexion, any isriiethutt fcj likely to combine the uphohlers of i I rights of slavery, and call forth their ja J i er ill spirit and iu avt, at one and tliesa lime. They haw dealt, as far as tli could in the alstraet - iu strategy?n such modes of hostility as would at j?l clear of collision, face to face. Wc In | now before us tide latter relation, b a| i what we always needed. We can i tl| ' uinpli in this instance if we will. In tl (c attempt I will afford what assistance I < |-. and th it is mot.ey upon a proper scale contribution. I aiu willing to do my sh jn towards forwarding some rcpresentat of the rights, and interests, and seiitiuie of South Carolina, to the theatre of c< )r_ test. 1 believe that if Kansas can lie p sen ted to the Congress as a tlaveholdi |Qt; State ailr.iist.iou or rejection ffM set t|e the question of utiiop or disunion for ye ,e. i at ?i>V THtC, a?d I wish lo S<H> this qu , lion settled in my 'ifetiine. Tile knav g and hypociiU amoug the abolitionist* * ()0 scud before the blasts of such n <juesti< gj_ what the hair-bndped fanatita may d< >(j cannot predict, hut the sooner we ee |KI the Witcr. ttuoh is my recoid, wbitl commit to you. Very respectfully. ^ ' T. J. WlTIICM so ) V'c ^uite agree with the editor of r3 Xiifthville CV+srlle where ho say*: !u | "A niMn that has a soul worth a i ' ' jk'iico muat expect to hare enemies. I 1,1 i utterly impossible for the heat of men '' | pleaae the whole world, and the aoo J . this is tinderafood, and a position take! !?*' | ?iew or the fact, ihe better. l>o rifht '* j though you have eneniiea. Vou can *" < eacap* iht'tu by doing wrong. And it ' n little 4am to barter away your kopor 1 1 n j integrity,and divoat yourself of moral cc ago, to gain what! Nothing. Bet abide by the truth?frown down all on lW" j ailion, and rejoice in the feeling wh ne must inpire a free and independent ma "1 ??Am wit to Babak Jail.?The pH ner, James McCombe, under sentence death for the murder of W.T. Crosa, mi an ineffectual attempt to escape from a If on Saturday night. He gjt from his < a into the corridor, hot failed in further I fort.?Ctt rtJi n ws. gee <2 ' ' 1 rsFt^T Liuq ? _ ?try ?1 = r_ j? ? icru A >?Cr op- LANCASTERVILLS^ 8. C. "W WEDNESDAY HORNING, AHtlL 2, 18 ury Severe sickness, and death, in the fum cat of the Editor, is our excuse for the lack ex" editorial, nnd tiny other imperfections, tl inny be found in lliid number of the "Li pa ?? CICERO^DAKS, isa, ildo Formerly of this place, has been appoii for ed n Magistrate for Edgefield District, It | his Excellency Governor Adams, \ice 1 bo- j W. Adams, resigned. If J The Virginia papers aunounsc the des ;'ns 1 of Joiix J. Ml'KKEI.I., probably the Wenlt j tst man in that State, being worth fully ti " niilliotis of dollars. an j ^ ^ ^ ^ j'jj | The l'rovideneo l'i. >, announce* the mi t j ; riage of u Mr. Jonathan Know Notliir >ut youngest ton of Ned Hunt line, Esq.. to Mi ,(0 j Temperance Freedom, only daughter of tl I Kick.-poo Hangers." ?p i The Anderson True Carolinian infori l"s j ii? that the line Merchant Mills of F. IIariiisox, of Andersonvilh-, were on i vx' i -5lh ult., destroyed hv lire, together *i | their contents, about 1,100 bushels of she P?? I .. -.? i ..... .. .......^ i .'i iNtrrvia IKXir. II Id II 1,1 known how the lire originated, ipc _ m m ( The Union, of Saturday, atnte* that a U ler Ii.ih been received from Hon. JiMra H ,.s ; CIIAKAN, late United State* MiuUfcr ; t II he Court of St. Jatite*, announcing the tVo. ?li ler lie will leave for the United State* in tl - ?. Steamship Arnjjo, udv crtiacd to nail fro j'' Havre for New York Uli the U t h hint. 11' The Chancellor of the llriiidi Kxehniiii .lit , , . j(| in n atatcnielit made to Parliament, eatiuuiti 1(_ ! the coal of the two yearn' war uitli Ilu?* f(>. ' ut ?43.5ti4,000, or about JjjtJOO.OO .000 ! At y to thin mini equal ninoiinta for France, Ku ur ?i< and Turkey, and we have n total < (800,000,000. It vvi!| take, p< rhapa, oi 1 ihouaand million of dollar* to pay ail tl expense# of the war. I ^ h | SKQW. l'T? Wo were vtailed on Saturday, n?\a tl New berry AJimr, of the 2Mb, between 1 , I and 1 o'clock, by quite n anovv atorm. J fell freni a cloud |Kia>irg over from tl led Nw'h. The anovv fell no f..?t that tl m. ground waa partially coveted in n few mi ntea. The ?nuw dropa were peculiar f >ne their air.c and thv'r reaeiii* lance to hail, ler- | The cloud mhu pMwd over and the at be ahovvn out bright mid Waulitul . a over, rer | -m m ^ j TO SOUTHERN WRITERS. lid | The editor of ~The Examiner," offer lit prize of Fifty OolUra for the boat origii ot | tule (idmiot fifty |uige* of fi.oUcap in ofdil tie*. I x *' ?? *? - .j ... iixuiuavripiS Will IK" ?U "j ' mitted to n cnoi|H.'teiit committee mul IW ll"|. i^tkinn piililMivil. Should any other ' * , the tale*, in tln< editor'a opinion, Iks deem ' worthy of publiention in "The Kxtimiiu *v,( tin- writer will bo furnUlicv) with the pnj i for five years free of cxiH-nso, IHt 1 l||<. Till* proposition w ill remain ope* t?c >w* 'bo tir?l of May, 165(1. ino ' A frit or* may on? lose their Mm* * in a * i?*v arato envelope, which will not ho opes >m1 until the devi?ioii of the eotomitWc *li ill wr iriido known. Address W. II. Jul n*ti lVo Columbia. I'j* THE CIHCIHHATI COHVEHTIOS ' n ''be Washington correspondent of t of Njw Vork Courier wys tliut should t are ; Cincinnati Contention adopt tliu mode ivo , voting by delegations, a* recommended "la the last Convention, the following is tho c >n i pevted result of .<a first trial to uominatt ^ i For Gen. Piebck.?New Knglnnd, 4 New York, 35 ; North nnd South Carolii !4, lia.jrgi.v, 1), AUb-im i, 3, PJofhLt.S; Te. e?. > a*, 4; Mississippi, 9; Arkansas, 4; Mai era , Jand, 7?141. ! For Mr. Buchasaii^?New Jersey, u,'j I'enna) Ivanin, 37; Delaware, 3; Virginia, I V ' I<oui?inna, 6; Kentuckr, 13?70. D It I |4 J For J"dgc D *.'? L At.?North WmI Stat< . 3 ; Tenpeaaec, 13 ; Mis*uri, 9 ; Califnrn ?7. Instim'mrsts or DrATii.?The grouu ( belonging to the United States Arsenal, 11,0 j ilntou, Louisiana, eiubraee an area of ! mile*. In t|ie three magazine* the-e ? lix- i 30.00Q j>oii||ds nf powder, and 9,000 roun t l* | ?f e"rtndge# for stiurtl anus and eannon. : Tito aloiehwuse* contain 95,000 immko rifle*, sarbines and pistol*, 3,500 aabr . , IOO cannon*, 000,000 cannon balls a 1 , shells, $0,000 pound* oautiister, and acee ' j trementa for 100,000 men. Tho iota] val not of the Und and building*, \t Uh yuntuuta, i it over $61,000,000. ,Hr* Pr.ATH or a Clksk of tuk Ceoat.?T dcr (imileii Journal announces the dealt) of |x? Nsudin, Ksq., who has fiilod the office i.'h Clerk of the Cotut for several years. The Aseenibly of California ha* pa sad l40. bill fixing tho salaries of officers sa follot .# Secretary of Senate, Assistant Secret a . Chief Clerk of Assembly, and Assist* . * Clerk, #15 per day ; Sergesnt-at-Arnw, (i I per day ; Enrolling and Engrossing Cfei ! " | 013 per day; Copy if. g and Journal Clerl ef* | ?10 per day; Doorkeepers, $10 per d* | I'orters, $9 per day ; Pages. $6 per d*y. Comumnirntiiins, I For thf Isdgrr. St. I.otis, Mo., March Kith, 1850. Editor Lkim.-ek : Perhaps a few lines from this section of tho country might inter* est you and your numerous readers. A party of young men, (nlnctcco in nuin* bcr.) including myself, bound for Kansas, left Charleston, S. C., on th< <X*toWr, arrived in this City on the 14 h,* id are now waiting for a Boat to carry o? up to Fort (.earenswprth. We havo had quite a fine tiiuo pf jt, i?Q fur, everybody cheering us as w e canto along, and promising to keep tho ball in motion, by sending out more young __ men. If the South intends to maintain her rights, now is the accepted tiino; there are e* nough of young men, who can loars home at any moment, who ought to be on the rood to " Kansas. Whole companies of Abolitionists i'y are arriving there every day ; they say thvy of intend to make it a free State. Will tho let South submit to this ? Send us a few men u>- from old Lancaster, I know she lias some ready to maintain their rights* The following is taken from the Sunday Herald of the 19th, a paper publialicd in Hue rit- City s by " During the past season, strenuous efforts ?V. have been made to induce Southern pcoplo to emigrate to Kansas. Tempting hiduec* : incuts have Wen held out to young dh J nun to settle in the new Territory, hi* i and we observe that large numWrs hate vo concluded to try their fortunes in that land of promise and piebald pollticirns. Among the first to move in this matte.* v as the cki. " "* j vnlrlc State of Sc nth Carolina. The Kan* | ran hrrexe has stirred the Paluictto branches, '** utid a roused the spirit of such men as f??l'u* lowed Marion through the swamps, in the dark days of the Revolution. Yesterday we had an interview* t?ilh ('apt n* , W. S. Brewster, who had just armed from *" Clinrleston, with a conipat y of nineteen ' | stout and intelligent young men, en route for Kansas. These men are not mere iwlat | venturers, but are mechanics, phisiciuna, " lawyers, civil engineers and merchants, wlm | design locating in Kansas for the purpose of I r ii 1- * ; lunuwing uivir occupation*, and making U i their |icruMiwnl huiui'. WV le?ri that ??x' | other party of twenty-five, from the ?nw " : Slate, will be here in it day or two. A? f.?r j an tvr onn jndjff, they nrr juat nut-li won it " Kaunas r? <|nirvs at tliia time. We give tin; j uniin-a of the party now hero. Tlwy Intend ntnrling tu-umrrow fur Kan?il t ('api. \V. S. Urcuilvri Meorm. D? Tm r, ville, Albright, Ketutuc, Mayef, ('..urtenaT. i-n 11.nrt.y, Swift, Kelly, (iriiTwW, Croa*, C\i |;| houn, Jenkins, S. II. & (i. ||. T. Alexander, U i Yfuti, \\ Idle, Urceu and Holme*." | Si. I.oui* ia a great City, and it growing j. into importance every d.?y. Sin* li.ta a |*o|>! uIntt?*ii of 160,000. It ia very cold here; 14 j * the ground u covered 3 or 4 incite* wiiU anotv. 'j'br rivrr ia uuihi looti tphiiv* tkt I steamboats can run upaa high At Fort lasav| coworlli. I will write again a* toon at I arrive in Kan*.**, ami keep you and your ' ' leader* informed liow the Yaukee*are play. : iug their guinea. | WANDERER* ,M? ; Havana lUM "* I lly the arrival of the Black Wank# at "r New Oileana, we have Havana datea to the ia.ii. Wo lake the following Irotu un ( the J'iajjuur : \ We find in the Dinro do la Marina, of , the loth iuM., full confirmation of the 1 statement in our Havrna corre*|M>ij>ieuco ' published tbia morning ill reference to the 1 * purchase of of tile aleaiualiip Ocean Bird, ,n' to run betwecu the eter faithful island j and the l'eniiixula. The (toi eminent, it >b- J appears, ha# taken tueeaura for the lliiliiw k ir liiale establishment of a bintentual coiuof uiunkntion between ltavuua and Cadi*, vd and it ia to avail themselves of the coudi* r" ?' ait otfurod that capitalists of the former city have already entered on tlte nndcrta' king. It wat ear-voted that the CX-van t(l Bird would leave llavaiia on her first trip mIm>u1 the coiiimeucrrawiit of next month after hating lieen transferred to P|?atii?li owner* and llie Spnni-h flag; and fifteen data hail been act down na the probable b* length ot lierTotage. .*1. It i? further stated that mm* fft.? ? twenty days ?fu-r tlic departure of the Oce:?u Uird, llie M? jico would ill all |?rol*> f ability leave on a similar voyage. livery tiling promised, any* the I Hans that s'teaiu communication with the IViiitiaul* was about to acquire in a short time a "f vigor that could not hut redound to the by great and mutual beuci&l of tVv island Mid ix- the mother country. t: Tho follow ing article* of ? decree in 1. force at llavana, and of some interest to ' mariners, are publiahed under dale of iht 8ih inst.: " mAht. If 1. Nor shall any foreign saikw a* ** seaman be received or eiaployedoa board of any other vessel lying hi tide port* 7; without producing a paper examined by 15; the Consul of bis country, if be bo a foreigner, or by the Captain of the port, if he belong to this nation; penalty Any dollars, to be paid by the Captain of the rm >n< sel breaking this provision; and this tin* J..1I .iTf.u-a *7 w MWVICU il wie reception of the itxlivklu.%1 kliiUI hate been made tfttf lU <1* closing of iU? register of the tml, *| "Art. 32. la do houee, either public ,rp nr l,r'vnt*? "hall ?ny toainan, national o? I foreign, bo harbored or Allowed to WUA the eight, without expreeo lhenao front t?, the captains of tboir respective veeaela, Mi m, Mniiml by tho captain of the port,-under n?l tho penally of oight dollars; dot shall Anything bo given to them on credit, un- 1 M.? dor tho penally of forfaiting whatever tuny 11 be no given to litem, ' Art. 33. For tho fiAMtbwutioo of every foreign seaman, the comtU U his tmtr J* try mueV dr?w op and remit to tho wminwoAxy authorised by the BponUV i?ov? 1 0 era moot, .wtd whooe name may booUoiiM ed at tho oflei of tho captain of tho port, tho baa weary document. This docMM?i 1 a shall ho laid before the captain of tho par% I ? by the tnhl ?ommieeery, end tho former t 7- keeping pesoeemoa of k, >hall hone thn| 'n* necessary for tho omhercation, And on re . coiving thin loot hack, he thall sudorea u't the Ami, naming tho voanol to which tho j; teaman belonged, ?od ?haH r? turn it Ha 1 tho cofAtd by whom II wm towed,"