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To the Sauife and Hons< of Iti/ircsi ntatl-cs : I transmit, herewith, reports of the So rotary of State, the Secretary of the N av and the Attorney tumoral, in reply to resolution of the Senate of the'J4ili March last, and also to a resolution ol'tl lioiiso <l" Representatives id' the f.h May, instant, both having reference to tl routes of transit between the Atlantic at Pacific oceans through the Republics New tiianada snd Nicaragua, and to tl condition of u (fairs in Ccultul America. lli<-e documents relate to questions the highest importance and interest the people ol the Pi.i'.el Stales. The nanow isthmus which lonmvls t! continents of N?ith and isouth Americ has, by the facilities it nllbrds fur ens transit between the Atlantic and l'aeil oceans, rendered the countries of (.'onlr America an object of special considciafn. to all maritime nations, which has hot greatly augmented in modern times 1 toe operation of changes ia commerci relation, especially those produced by tl genet ai use of steam as a motive novo by land ittid sea. To us, on account its geographical position and of our polii cal nits i t as an American State of pi mary magnitude, thai isthmus is of pec liar importance, just as t'ne isthmus Suez is, for corresponding ror.som-, to il maritime powers of Europe. Hut, h!kv all, the importance to llot United Sid of securing free transit across the Am i can isthmus has rendered it?.t paianvaii interest to us since the settlement of tl Territories of Oregon .and Washingto and (lie accession of California to ll Union. Impelled hv tli.se considerations, tl United States tuolc steps at an early ih to assuro suitable means of cmnim ivi transit, by canal, railway or otheruis across this isthmus. We concluded, in the first place, treaty of peace, utility, navigation hi commerce with the JUepublic of N<Cranada, among tlie conditions of whit was a stipulation, on the part of Ne (>ranada, guaranteeing to the Uaiu States the light of way or transit aero that part of the isthmus which lies in tl territory of New (J ran ad a, in cotisideiati. of whuh the United States guaranteed respect of the same territory the lights sovereignty and property of New (Iran da. The effect of t'-is treaty was to afford the people of the United Slates laoi:i i for at once opening a common road fro (!ha"l"fts In l':in ini'i on.I f- I ' ...n. ? - , MMM ' .?i ivii-ui na.rucliog a^aaiSvay in the same dirccti" to connect regularly with stcam>hips, t'< the transportation of mails, specie ami pa senders to and fro, between the Atlant and Pacific States and Territories of li L' nitod States. The United Siatca also endeavored, l> unsuccessfully, to obtain from the Mexico Republic the cession of the right of w. at the northern extremity of llie isthmi of Tehauntepec ; and that lino of cumin ideation continues to be an object of so citude to the people of this Republic. In the moan time, intervening bft\vo< the republic of New Granada and ll Mexican republic*, lie the Slates of liuat maia, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, at Costa Pica, the severed members of t! former republic of Central America.Ilcre, in tlio territory of the Centr American States, is tin} narrowest part the isthmus, and hither, of course, publ attention has been directed as the ino inviting field for enterprises of inter-oceai ic coaununicntion between llie oppo?d shores of America, and more c-.ptvinlly I the territory of the States of Niearagn and Honduras. Paramount to that of any Rurnpen State as was the interest of tho llnim Statci in tho security and freedom of pr< jocted lines of travel across the isthmus I t!io way of Nicaragua and Honduras, sti wo did not yield in this respect to an suggestions of territorial nggrandizemeu or even of exclusive advantage, either < communication or of commerce. Oppo tnnilics had not beet: wanting to tl United States to procure such advantagi by peaceful means, and with full and fn assent of those who alone lmu any legit mate authority in the matter. Wo disr. garded those opportunities, fr >in eonside ations alike of domestic and foreign pol cy ; just as, even to the present day, w have persevered in a system of justice an respect for the right* and interests of otl cr? as well as our own, in regard to eac itrd all of the States of Central Ainerict It was with surprise and regret, tber< f ire, that the United States learned, a fo' day* after the conclusion of tho treaty < OrtiMrtlupo Hidalgo, hy which thel'nite States became, with the consent of il Mexican republic, the rightful owners < California, and thus invested with auj ineutud special interest in tho condition < Central America, that a military cxped lion under the authority of the Brilis Government, had lauded at San Juan d< Norte, in tho State of Nicaragua, am taken forcible possession of that port, th necessary terminus of any canal or rail way across the isthmus within the ter ritorics of Nicaragua. It did not diminish the unwelcomenee to us of this net on the part of (Jrea Britain to tind that alio Assumed to justi fy it 011 the ground of an alleged prolce tonship of a small and obscure band of tin civilized Indians, whoso proper name cvei p hud become lost to history, who did not h constitute a State capable of territorial it sovereignty, either in tact or of right, and u ; ^a!l political interest in v. hom, and in the ti t- riitory they ype.;pied, t!rent Miitniu had '1 previously renounced by successive treaties b ' with Spain win n Spain was s vercign of o die count iv, and snhseouentlv with hub- t ' pendent Spanish America. j j Novel thelcss, attd injuriously alVected as u the I uited Stales conceived tlniiiscb?s to | lU have been by this act of the British (?<?v- ii I eminent, and by its occupation a Unit tlio p same time of '"sular and of continental n portions of the territory of the State of ti Honduras, we ronienihonsl the many at- ! e< j powerful ties and mutual interests bv j .1 j which Crcat Hrituin and the I niled ! in j Stales are associated, and w e proceeded <1 j in earnest good faith, and with a sincere v i desire to do whatever might strengthen J h lnl ' ihe t'oiuls of peace between us, to liego- ti tia'e with CJreat Uritain a convention to c< ! assure the perfect neutrality ol all inter- ' ii ,v" j o,. auic cominuiueati'ju ? across the istli- i f; I mils, aiivi as the indispensable condition of , a ' such neutrality, the absolute iiuh pendencc z I of the States of Central America, and 1 n c" I their complete sovereignty within the p ,v> : limits of their own territory, as well ( a " against tjicat Uritaiu as against the | t ol United States. Westip! ?oscd wi had ac- J n 1'' l oinplisli .1 that ol i.a t bv the eotiviiition I g of April ltlih IboO, whi h would never j t 10 j have been signed nor ratified on ihc part v "I ol lie United States but for the conviction i that, in virtue of its provisions, neither I 10 M'neat Hi.tain nor the United Stales was ti I thereafter to exorcise any toriitori.il sovcr- o eignty, in fact or in name, in any part of tl l" j Wertral Alii 'l i' M, lnwi'M'i' (.'i whensoev r p ! ac>|uired, eUieT before ot afterwards. The j a te j i SM.'iili'il object 11 the convention?the i a H? ' muiiializutVii of th?- ishtiuis?would, of n -> j oouvse, lecotne a nullity, if either tireat j a I liiitaiu or tin? lulled States were to eon- J S :l' linne to liuhl exclusively islands or main j a ,h J land of the isthmus, and more especially i a 11 if, under i uy ilui-it of protectorship of In I p > ' dians, eiihei < iovet iniu-nt were to remain I e "I i for. v. i >ovotvigii in fact of the Atlantic J ? . slo res of the three Stales of Costa Uien, e ' . .... ' i '' ,\ teni a gun, and 11"!a.lit is. a I have already ei uinmnicated to (lie | t< ' two house* of Voile;e.-.; full information of j r i* j the protracted, and hi'her'.o fruitless of- " "* j foias, which the I ni'.ed S.ate* have made h ?l to urr.?t:ge tliis intci-natioi.nl ipiestion o 'e ! with Cheat luitain. It is relet red toon b I lite pieses.t c> on*iu!i, oaiy because of its p v- j iuiitn ite ci nnei :i? n w ilh ilie special object w i j ttow to he brought to the attention ot j (i ' j Cot gross, I a " Tint unsettled political condition ot j p : >.i ii; of the Spanish American nptihli-. i >' i- I has never ceased to be tegaidvd by this j h j ( oivi t anient, with solicitude and regret or their own account, while it ha* been tin; h >y source of continual emhnirnsstiH til in our ' t 'd 1 public and private relations with litem i o, In the midst i f tlie violent icvoiutioii.* and u I the wars by whi.lt they sue conliitu T, i li a agitated, theii pu- lie authorities are ut.a- , c ni ! Lie: to afford due piotcctioli to folvig.d w and to foreign interests within their total -s I lory, or even to defend their own soil . n * against individual aggro sots, foreign or J i j domestic, 'he burden of the inconveniences , | ' and losses of which, lluicfore, devolves in ! { > 1 no in: on. id. -rabic i!i glee upon the foreign ? States associated with thetii in close tela- ' u m tiotis of geographical vicinity or ui coin- u ot mereial intercourse. n a Such is, more emphnticallv, the silua c ? ..r T 1 o.... ' , ... .. i.iu \j iiiitii oiiiirs i111 ivspeet to | i'( I" j the lb-publics of Mexic and of Central | s es All) riia. Notwithstanding, however, the ; ll it) relative remoteness of the European States n ') Ii miii America, fills of t!u! same mder ?" i). have not fa:!. ! to nj>| oar con picilotisly in ti I , .lioir intercourse \vit!i Spauidi American !* ' republics. (Iivat liritaiu fas repeatedly J n ie I In on constrained to recur to measures of g e force fortl:e protection of lhitish int. lost.. 11 in those countries. lrance found it nc- j w ut cessmy to attack the Castle of San .luati | h ?ii de Ulna, and even to dehark troops ,-u i s< iv Vera Cruz, in order to obtain redrc of I si 11* wrongs done to Eiciicl.ineu n. Mexico. v n- What is memorable in t!iis respect in h !i- tint conduct and policy of the United r< States is, that while it would he as easy a n for us to annex and absorb new territories h io j in America as it is for European States to it c- 1 do this in Asia or Africa, and while, if j b id done by us, it might be justified as well, 1 ? ie oil the alleged ground of the advantage e ? J which would accrue therefrom to the tor g al j ritories annexed and absorbed, yet wc of | have abstaine I from doing it, in obedience j io to considerations of light not less than of | a st j policy ; and that, while the courageous r; a- , and m it-reliant sj hit i-f our people prompts 1 ll le them to hardy n!< rpihcs, and they oeea- si lo sionallv yield to the temptation of taking j r< lit i part in tho troubles of countries near at j | hand, where they know how potential | w n ] their intluencc, moral and material, must 1 S 1 l.? .1? * ? ? I ?> -, IIIU /\ uicni jin government has imi- ) if ?- formly and steadily resisted all attempts of <1 'V individuals in tint I tiitccl States i<> under j " 11 take armi-d aggression against friendly j ^ y Spanish American republic*. It t, While the present incumbent of the ex- ! ft uf ociitive of lie lies been in discharge of its u r- duties, he has never failed to exert all the j n ie j authority in him vested to repress such en* 1 ol s terprises, because they nro in violation of h the law uf the land, which the const it U- j f' i- , tioti requires him to execute faithfully; | at j- because they are contrary to the policy of! s< r the government; and because to permit ci i- them would be a departure from good i tt o faith towards those American republics 1 p d ! in amity with n^, which are entitled to, tl i- and will never cease to enjoy, in their ea- | tl h la initios the cordial sympathy, and in c ?. j their prosperity the efficient good will, of ! j- i the government and of the people of the (ii w i United States. | r: )f \ To say that our laws in this respeet nre d ' sometimes violated, or successfully evaded, n ie 1 is only to say what is truo of ail laws in a >f! all countries, but not more so in the ci ?- United States than in any one whatever ci d < t the countries of Europe. Suffice it to tl i- repeat that the laws of the United Stales, ii Ii prohibiting all foreign military enlist o ;l ments or expeditions within our territory, ci I have been executed with impartial good V ? faith, and so fur as the nature of things o - permits, as well in repression of private r< - ' persons as of the official agents of other " i Governments, both of Europe and An.er- ft * j ica. rr t ! Among the Central American R? pub- ol - lies, to which modern events have impart ed m jst prominence, is that of Nicaragua, , ol by reason of its particular position oa tlie J m i klhinus. Citizens of the United >S:utes | th avc established in its territory a regular b iter oceanic transit route, second only in 1 tibty and value to the one previously es- , i< ddished in the territory of New Granada. ti he condition of Nicaragua would, it is j clioved, have been much inoro piosper- u us than it has been, but for the eccupa- i il ion of its only Atlantic port by a foreign | s? tower, and of the disturbing authority set I a p and sustained by the same power in a j z< orti< 11 of its territory, by means of which 1 o Is domestic sovereignty was impaired, its ! si ublic lands were withheld from settle- s lent, and it w as deprived of all the mnii- i t me revenue which it would otherwise J o jllect on imported merchandise at San ] ( uan del Norte, t In these eireunstnnccs of the political i ebility of the republic of Nicaragua, and hen its inhabitants were exhausted by : 1 >ng continued civil war between parties, either of them strong enough to over onto the other, or permanently maintain iternal tranquility, one of the contending ; ictions of the republic invited assistance lid co-operation of a small body of citi<ns of the United Stales from the ,State f California, whose presence, as it apicars, put an end at once to a civil war, ml restored apparent order throughout lie tenitory ol Nicaragua, with a new administration, having at it.-> head a distin[iiished individual, by birth a citizen of lie republic, I), l'atricio llivas, as iu proisional 1'resident. It. is the established policy of the nited Slates to recognize all Governments without question of their source or rganization, or of the means by which lie governing persons attain their power, Vovided there be a government ife fuclo ' evented by the j eoplo of the Country, ml with reserve only of time as to the I'cgnition of revolutionary governments ' rising out of the subdivision of parent " dates widi which we are in relations of mity. We d ? not go behind the fact of s foreign government exercising actual :I ower to investigate questions of legitiniay; we do not inquire into the causes 'liioli may have led to a change of gov* iiiiiipnt. Tons it is indilVeri-nt whether successful involution has been aided bv j reign interveiitii n or Hot; whether insureelioii has overthrown existing govern-I I I - I I in, mm ,-iimun'r ll .s llOCtl OSlahtMlOil III 1 , place according to pro ox'sting form-1, ' l ir. a manner adopted t'? r the occasion 1' \ lh?>s? wIk.in we may lind in the actual v osse-sion of power. Ail tlu-se matters re leave to the people aii<l public authori ,, esof the patticular country to determine; nd their determination, whether it he hv o.iitive action or by ascertained aoqiiiosl'Iico, i> to ns a sullicicnt war; antv of the . , i * n gitiinacy < l the new government. During the sixty-seven years which ave elapsed since the establishment of ho existing gorcmumnt of the United " late-1, in all which time this Union has ' taiatained utidislmb.d domestic tranquil ?> ty, wo'have had on a?ion to recognise I n\c" i:n:* u(> </c /</('<), founded either hv f< ointstic revolution or bv inilitarv invu v ti ft. m abioad, in many of the govern Kilts of Kuroj e. I It is mote imperatively necessary to apdy this rule to the Spanish American retuhlics, in consideration of the frequent ml not seldom anomalous changes of or ; u.i/alioii of udininiftlialioti which they ' ndcrgo, ami the revolutionary nature of ' nost of these changes, of w hich, the re- 1 lit series of revolutions in the Mexican ' iqiuhlic is an example, where five succes c ire involutional)- governments have made e licir appearance in the couiso of a few t lonlhs, and Leon recognised successively acii, as tin* political power of that coiiuy, by the I iti: d States. When, thoiefoie, some time since, a ew minister from the republic of Nicaraua presented himself, bearing tbe com r lission of 1'resident Kivas, he must and ould have been received as such, unless ' e was found on inquiry subject to per- 11 Mini execution, but t">>r it.? ' <"1 - .v-. MIV Mifotiicv; ??i ' ' ntisfactjry information upon the question j ?. hcther l're&ident liivas was in fact tin* cad of an established government of the ^public of Nicaragua, doubt as to which rose not only froin the circumstances of , is avowed association with aimed cmi rants recently from the United States, | ut that the proposed minister himself J as of that class of persons, and not oth- j < rwise or previously a citizen of Nic.ua-I ' tin. .Another minister from the republic of t iiearagna has now presented himself, nd has been received as such, satisfacto- i y evidence appearing that lie represents * lie govcrmenl dt J'uclo, and, so far as | 3 uch exists, the government Jejurr, of that j public. ^ That reception, while in accordance itli the established policy of the United tates, was likewise called for by the most * operative special exigencies, which rc- j " nile that this government shall enter at ' nee into diplomatic relations w ith that of licaragua. In the first place, a (lifternee has occuried between the governjent of President liivas and the Nicarag- * a '1'ranait Company, which involves the r ecessity of inquiry into rights of citizens j ? f the United States, w ho allege that they ? uvo been aggrieved l?y tlio acts of I lit* v >riner, and claim protection and redress ,j t the hands of their government. In the ?cond j)lace, the interooeanic cominuni[?tion t*y the way of Nicnrngun is eti'ec T in'.ly interrupted, and the persons and 1 ropcrty of unoliending private eiti/.ens of ' lie United fit*tee in that country require H lie attention of their government. Neitli- n r of these objects can receive duo consid I ration without resumption of diplomatic c itercourae with the government of Nica- s spun. r Further than this the documents com a| runicated show that, while the interneenic transit by the way of Nicaragua is tit off", disturbances at l'annma have ocurrcd to obstruct, temporarily at least, bat by the way of Now Granada, involvig the sacrifice of the lives arid property f f citizens of the United Slates. A spo ial commissioner has been despatched to v 'anama to investigate the facts of this e incurrence, w ith a view particularly to the nlress of parties aggrieved, llut rneas- P res of another class will bo demanded ' >r the future security of interoceanic coin- ^ lunication by this as by the other routes f the isthmus. It would be difficult to suggest a single t ^ject of interest, external or internal, a lore important to the United States than o 10 maintenance of the communication, ! h v land and sea, between tho Allanic am 'acific States and Territories of the Un >n. It is a material element of tlio na onal integrity and sovereignty, I have adopted such preen ut ion a r reasures, and have taken sueli aetion, fe ie purpose of att'ording security to th 3vera 1 transit routes of Central Anterior ml to the persons and property of citi ens of the Tinted States connected will r using the same, as arc within my con lituliotral power ami as existing cireum lances have seemed to demand. Shoal liesc measures prove inadequate to th ibject, that fact will Iro communicated t 'ongress, with such recommendations :i iie exigency of the case may indicate. KUAN KLIN 1'IEUCE. Washington, May 15, 1850. (T'ljc Crkjir. r-"-j? I-J- b r JEsl LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. VKHNKSDAY MOItNlMi, MAY 2 8, Ifi.V Wi1 Ni'Mil this number of I lie I.tXKER t cveral friends of ours out of (lie Distrirt mi if not instructed to the contrary, \vi ntcr their nnnies as subscribers. TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. W. B., Atlanta, Ca.?Would he gla u enter your name tin our hooks : but \\ antiot deviate from our rule iu not sendin >:i|iers out of the State, or even in the Stat r> persons that we do not know to be re: lonsi! !e, unless their oidersare uccompatiic kith the cash. T. it. S , Kufiiila, Ala.? Your advanr ub.scriplion expired on tlie liotli inst. FLORIDA VOLUNTEERS. \\ e h.-ne been kindly furnished by a frien it Camden, with u list of the Volunteei iho went from Lancaster District to th 'lorida War in the year 183G. This In nd accompanying remarks which will I outui in anothereidiimn, cannot fail to prov d interest io the survivors of that meiiior: >le campaign, and to the families ol the in .irtunatu deceased. We agree with tli niter, that it should he I ound and prcscrv d by every family connected with one v hesc heroes of bysgonc days. ? ?<M> ? M. M CHANEY. We learn fiom tl o decisions of the Coui f Appeals pit disl.ed in the Columbia Can iiifiiu, that the motion for a new trial ? his unfortunate ind'.v idunl is dismissed, an ie is senti need to be banged on the 11! if July n?\t. Nothing but L'.xeeutivc cleu ney can avert the impending doom, and : hat w ill scarcely lie extended in the prcsci ase, may the attention of the wretelu riininal be turned to a Higher Tribune ml may his appeal he met with that mere ml compassion that his ease so urgeui of] u ires. Mokf.s (iossCTTr., convicted in Union I)i riet for a similar offence, (stealing n slave in! whose application for a new trial wi ilso dismissed, is sentenced to be hangt in the same day. TANK'S OWN BARD. The following is from the Edgefield A ertis'r : " The Yorkville /wi'/uircrenumerates Pa I. I la/lie, Howard II. Caldwell arid J. Wot hividson as the rising poetic tri?? of Son .'arolina. What has become of Tank's ow Hard !" The Jlntfuircr copies the above ai d ndi he follow nig: " We haven't heard of Tank's own Ban if Into; and we tear that the ruthless mot) iter that brings on in his train the 'sere ai , el low leaf,' has spirited his muse away.'erhaps the new regime of the laincaat Lf.ucku may tune him up again. Wo tru 10." IIV trust so too ; and wo opine that o 'xehanges w ill soon perceive that the "se iml yellow leaf," has not iinpnirt-d the pot c genius of this popular author. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. To the exclusion ?-f other matter, ?ve pr cut in full, this valuable document to 01 eadr re. it gives a clear iiisigiu into ii (fairs of Central America, and presents lb iblo reasons for the acceptance of the pre nt accredited Minister from I'hv dillicultio* that surround our Kxecutii t this particular juncture, seem to muitipl apidly, and it is Minted tlint the Capitol n n state oT unusal excitement; with t! eports of new hostile preparations in Kai as, the stirring times in Central Aincric nd the threatened rupture between tl Jnited States and Great DritUin- We huv very confidence, however, in our uble si vorlliy Chief Magistrate, and if it is in ti lower of muii to guide the Ship ot Sta iright, and weather the storm succesfuil ve helicve that lie will siuxeed. JU DUK O NBABlT This indefatigable ('liamplodfaf th<- 'ItfeN eraiiee eause, proposes to revive tl.-- tfl ttate Temperanco Society. From n rai rhieh we find published in soveral of oi xchanges, we extract the following : M As the President of that body, impose to nil orders, organizations nr riends of Temperance generally to assen ile, by delegates, at Greenville on the fir Vednesdny in August next. I would sii| est Unit each society, diiision, tent or scion be represented by three delegates; an hat every friend of Temperance who wi ttend, he considered as the represcntaUi f thu part of tho Stale in which ho ma .ve." 1 KANSAS. > It is gratifying to notice the almost daily l" arrivals of southern emigrant* to Kansas.? The praiseworthy efforts of the citizens of * the South, during the past winter, to | eople u that Territory with those holding our own ( j sentiments in regard to the question of slnvej_ ry, are now beginning to bo felt; and so fa-. I, j as we can understand the reports from that i- quarter, the pro* slavery party seem, at prcsi cut, to be in the ascendant. Should this d preponderance bo sustained, the southern 6 party, by the prestige of their numericnl su* " pciiorily, will in all probability, prevent the IS | open rupture between the contending factions, that appeared so threatening several j months ago ; and we are clearly of the ? opinion, that Kansas can be secured to the South, by the chivalry and liberality of individual enterprise ; and without bringing in^ to requisition those potent hut dangerous - j arguments?the Sln.rpe's ritie or I ho Colt's | revolver. I Should Kansas he peaceably conceded to j the South, and admitted Into the Union as j a slave State, it were diiticull to conceive I the immense advantage of the victory achievi ed, in establishing more iiriniy the institution of slavery, and in adding to our position in I the general (iovernment, both morally and : politically. Nor should the pecuniary considerations and advantages be lost sight of. ! Slave hbor, it is known, will be immensely profitable in Kansas, and nut in the production of cotton ; and as the labor that is withdrawn from the cultivation of that article must correspondingly diuiish the quantity j produced, so will the price of the article bo j necessarily and proportionally enhanced.? . j This state of things must, of course, add m j greatly to the value ?f slave labor; and i should Kansas be really secured to the o I , 1 I South, this species of property will, in all II ' probability, reach a valuation hitherto unknown among us. Aside from Kansas,other causes will contribute to the same end. Il is well known that for yearn past, the pro(j duetion,of cotton,although rapidly increasing, t, has inn kept pace with the groutli ofconaump ,T lion, nml that within the Inst two years the ., article has paid remunerating profits, and that too in the face of the most disastrous t| war, that has for years disturbed the maritime and cotiuiurcii.l relations of Knrope.? Peace having happily been concluded upon j a til in and reliable basis, we must necessarily receive a share of the benefits, which the joj fill sidings will oecasi in and secure to (| the different branches of trade and commerce. Already have we felt the effects, in the in, creased demand for our staple article. The acquisition of Kansas, and her ad)t. Inission into the Union with a pro-slavery t, constitution, will act as a powerful au.viliar;. in bringing about a commercial and f:. naucial prosperity that must he felt by every class of citizens in the South. Kvcry dollar that the South expends in the cause ,j- of Kansas will be returned to h?*r fourfold, provided she succeeds in her object; hence the necessity of continuing her exertions, until all doubt of the final issue has passed, rt Kansas lost to us, and the defeat is irrepar, able ; the vietorous party will be encouraged ,f to greater exertions, and on our part, it may ,1 prove tin! beginning of n retrograde moveI, merit?the o|N>nmg of a downward torrent, that will be found more difficult to stem, ... limit it v* ill l?i Ia ' ?- ? ltl .. U, , ... I.iiwv I III- lOUIIlilin 111 il a different direction, and lo the dismay and ,j confusion of our antagonist*, d, I*. S.?Since writing the above, later de?v patches have arrived from Kansas, the parly port of which is, thai Hie contending parties arc on the point of an open collision. We s? trust, however, that the reports aie exage,) rated. See them under our Telegraphic l ead, is _ ,,i CHASTISEMENT. From Monday's mail, we derivo the intelligence that the notorious abolitionist, Scn.v j tor Sumsek, of Massachusetts, lias received n severe eaatiga'.ioii from the hands of the lion. 1*. S. Hiiooks, of this Slate. This oc,,j ; eurred on the 22d iuat., ill the Senate Chamth her! The following, from thu Ibiltimore I'utritU, seems to be a condeiiai d statement of the facts : '* 44 Wasiiinutox, May "2'2.?Immediately alter the adjournment of Congress to-day, J,' while Senator SiMXKH, of Massachusetts, is- was still in the Senate Chamber Mr. Hkooks, id a member of the House from South Cnroli? na, entered, and approaching Senator Sumer ni.r, accused him of libelling South Curolist ! na, and Ids grcj headed relative, Senator Hi tler?immediately after saying whieli, ur he struck Mr Si mxek with n cane. Mr. S. fell to the floor, and 31 r. lh:o >ks repeated the cauing, until Mr. Suuat-R beenine deprived of thu power of speech. Previously lie called for help, bill no one interfered, until his assailant hart complete! his design. Mr. Sl'MNKiC was then carried to hia room, ft la net j et ascertained whether liis injuries are serious or not." "r K'om tliin it will Ik* seen, that tho imme. " diate cause of tho ditlieulty, was the abusive remarks Mr. Memxkk applied to Judge Bur" i.f.r, whilst the bitter was absent from the Senate Chamber and from the City. Our !' apace will not allow us ?? ?* ... fc..w ? .pv-VIUK-U | of these remarks ; Muf.ice it to any, that tliey IH 1 were anything but chusle and elegant; a 11 1 tirade of low and vulgar abuae, as degrad ing to the dignity of the United Slate* Sen** ate, an personally disgraceful to the author. | .Mr. linoons took the matter in his own '* hands, and the Senator from Massachusetts as a reward for his scurrilous remarks, reIP i ( eeived a personal rhaatiaement, amounting to soil)-; lifty atrokea with a cane. Km Sir. '' Simnlk, personally, it does not matter, brute force ia necessary to curb a depraved future when milder muans have failed, and ^ attack may he justified upon that ground; jj In* we regret that it occurred in the Senate /Chamber of the United Stales. Such jr scenes only tend to promote civil commotion at home, and cannot fail to deteriorate from I our dignity and reputation abroad ][ CAROLINA TIMES. j. We notice that the firm of K. II. BsrrroM c- Si Co., of tlio Carolina Timet, is dissolved. "{ James II. Uilks, Kan., the associate Hditor, III I ! retires from the firm ; and the paper will j ' hereafter he published under the sole superI intendence o( Mr. B. If. Rbittok. A CAUTION. OU The following, taken from the North Carolina Whig, may prove cf interest to ^ merchants an! others in our vicinity : raw Wo saw the other day nt the Bank of Vjl Charlotte a $5 hill changed to $.r>0. Wo pre would put the public on their guard. It can be easily detected if persons will bear in mind the difference between the genuine *l!* 5 and ibills. TIio vignette of the $5's a 1 is a steam car anil that on the $50's is seve- ten ral mounted hunters pursuing their game. ~ ? m M atti MINERAL 8PRINO. prn By reference to onr Advertising columns, fu:. it will be seen that Cnpt James M. Irciram, pu, ! ? making arrangement., in nprcminndutc r... invalids and pleasure seekers, who may be ^|W ' disposed to visit tho Mineral Spring near ),;n i Hanging Bock in our Disltict. ? The valuable medicinal properties of this 50t water have long been tested, and only rc- prj( ipiircd the usual accommodation and convc- slK | niencos, and sou reus of amusetmsnt, to rcn i dcr it inferior to no watering place in the the ; State. The situation is highly desirable; ew ' perhaps there is no healthier section in the I S'utc, than on the head watcre of Hanging ; Bock ; and, in addition to this, the intelli- ,,f j gence and social advantages of the surround- tlsi ing country, are of the highest order, and i will tend greatly to the comfort of bosrd?n> j . J and transient visitors at the Spring. We rv( arc glad to note the beginning of this landa- set j bis enterprise in our District, and to inform or our readers that the matter is in the bands of a man, w ho has both means and energy , to carry it out successfully. ^ saj NEW YORK DAY BOOK. M' \vr. rile following extract from an article in ^ th's valuable Democratic Journal, pictures . in true colors the miserable victim of nholiWCI tion fanaticism. He de*-ribes with * vivid ,j,j pen the moral and hopeless degradation, in* j ^ to which this frenzied feeling nut) lead its deluded followers : *, ? But he does not .stop here, or rather he cannot slop here. The monstrous lie he "] has burdened himself with presses him on- wj ward?the huge phantom his disordered per- , eeption lias conjured up urges liini forward; ' the devil, to vvhotn he bus sold himself, gives a ci hint no pence, no halt,no rust; like Sulttlhinl pos the accursed, he must on, on, always on, #t.n w ithout rest to his feet or sleep to his eyelids. Ho sees the people quiet, contented, r happy, lie sees progress, prosperity,enjoy- self I mellt. uncxnmoled in liintrtre >n.l I. ' J able elsewhere. lit sees nt Ihe South, wlifrv this mighty wrong Hliouid hlniit and wither, und strike it* uphddem with more than mortal punishment, the moNt orderly Sot and peaceful society in Christendom, which, 'I for seventy venm, has never seen an nrined loo man in its uiid&t, or sli"d one single drop o it. blood to sustain It lie sees those who practice tills wrong, who own these "slaves," _,ir' the women just as pure and the men just as hrave as elsewhere?instead of being cor- ishi r-ipted by it, unsurpassed in true nobilitv by any similar number of people on the whole , earth, lie sees, above all, perhaps, these cruelly and frightfully wronged "slaves" to. tain tally unconscious of it tliems.'lves, not one riet single one among them dreaming, even in mK n hundred years, of resistance, who instead of pining and d>ing out as white men nlways have and must, if in such n condition, of perfectly uproarons in their joyousncss, and 1 actually propagating faster than their aini- jnj. ters. And finally, lie sees that the noor misguided one that he and such as he have seduced from their homes and thrust in an 1UI unnatural condition at tho North, are social monstrosities, who wither and die! Now, these contradictions?these irreconcilable things?this good and evil thuseonfounded?this right und wrong thus pcrvcr- __ ted?this cause und efleet thus disconnected ?this injustice of irnnand hlcisiug of Prov idenee?this mortal iui<|uity and heavenly IrcW'aru?in If tin man wii'kinlnciM ami divine ; beneficence, utterly confounds him. He ? losses all belief, all faith, till hope, in society, in the church, in humanity, in God. He Vor becomes a traitor to hi# country?an enemy to society?an infidel in religion, and a bias- bei phonier against the Almighty. We do not Al? mean to say tu?l all those called abolition- , ists are thus ; by no means, hut they are ? travelling in the name path, and must come Prc to the same end as those that have sounded wit its depths, w ho like Garrison, step by step, rx? liuvc reached its ultimate and only end? j)|t utter disMief in man and impiety to (Sod. It in the end, the actual condition of ail those w ho have labored lor year* steadily and hou- co1 estly to prarticnli/.e a false abstraction?to Fh transform n lie into truth?the phantom of j|lf their own diseased perceptions into a teality ? to undo the work of the Almighty and ",c make the negro a man like themselves.? th< Starting with n lie,and such a lie,that wide- to ly different things constitute the satno thing ?that the negro is a w hile man?in short. . that black is white, nil they have done or , tried to do or hoped for, in, of necessity, i vw equally false?are lies, measureless and j dej fathomless as the great parent lie that licgot i ||? them. And now, after iillly years'effort, the ! ^ U'sl argument they can offer to the people j I ia to ruin themselves, to accomplish the abo- j lition "enterprise"?to dissolv* the Union? I to break down "slavery"?to abolish their pr< own institutions, that they may "abolish" jt, , the natural relation of w bite men and negroes , ?to trnmple their own laws under foot, M.? that they may pervert the decrees of the | "? Almighty?in short,to cut their own throats ric for the imaginary good of the negro! to It is, indeed, a wonderful ueiu*ioa, and 1 deplorsble as wonderful. It has squandered untold treasures of intellect ss well as i money, and it has left sad and desolate, if A ? -- J * ' U<r>^9iriu|f nnu iaiuness, some of the finest winds and noblest hearts that ever lived. 1*1 Accounts from the interior of the Suts T1 of Mississip|ii, says the Charleston Courier,, 1 inform us that the water courses are all swollen to an unprecedented height, flood- | Jr Ing the lowlnnds, sweeping away fences, | W ' bridges, die , in llu-ir progress, and submerg- ^ ing the young crops of cotton and corn. At jn the tow n of Enterprise, the Chickasaha river jM had risen feet, overflowing its banks and Ih ' covering the roads to the depth of 8 feet J This is the greatest rise ever known there. On the Mobile and Ohio rail road a train of three care going south from Hcooba, ran off \V ' the track from the undermining of the ap- W proseh to OkaUbba bridge. The trackn?ss- *J ter, who waa enjoying a ride on the cow. jj1 catcher, waa thrown into the stream, but ea- <j, caped by swimming. A few other alight Jo breaches ia the railway had also bees made. - - Je U We were shown yesterday, aaya the W Charleston Courier, a well executed coun- A. terfeit #10 bill on the Hank of Georgetown. There are, we learn, many in circulation, but tliey can be detected from the dim apj?enr. < yj, nee of (he vignettes ' R FAIR FRIENDS OF CHESTERFIELD. iVe learn by the annexed from the Che> r Uazcttr, that the Indira of Chesterfield lugo have practically demonstrated their ference for Prohibition, and w ithout waitfor the usual tedious formalities in sneh es, dotermiued to make their community sober one. by yepioving the ar.arcc of iptation. Wo do not wonder at the dis-? nfiluro and retreat of ti?,e proprietor w hen ipkcd by a regiment of ladies, and he has Ctiyally learned the lesson, tlj^atwhcn the sex have determined upou eiyviiug * pose, np slight difficulty will detci; ^hem s: carrying It out. Our neighbors, a^0 abiding, however, they wished to pay. X for his " drinkables/' so that they might gutiy" have the plensure of seeing it ab-. bed by our mother earth ; but the proLior no doubt horrified at the idsra of:li n waste, prefered to beat a retreat: ' We understand the Indies (God blesa m) of Chesterfield Village on Saturday uiag Inst, iueited thereto by thp delete, us effects produced upou sundry person* iuibibiiig nn exhilarating fluid, sometime* led bnld-iace, waited l|gon the seller therein a body, t0)d.emphatically informed him it be must and should eeaao to deal out ! h\jnid fire. They generously offered t?, , Sum for his stock, that they might legalempty i? on the ground, lie preferred to, novo front the \ilhge. which they conited to, provided lie did so by last nighty tlicy would their wait upon him again.**' LIGHTNING. VV?r )mm that oi; Sunday morning last, ? the Carolina 7Vmk?, the resi.b-ore of Michael l.orick, in Lexington district, a struck by lightning n?d sustained much n.vgc. line of the gnUo en 1< entireremoved, and brick ftvw the ehifu.ney re thrown n great distance ftojothe house, o family were in the prirlm at the time escaped u nharmed. A servant girl was rhtly atuuned. A mole standing sorns taiiee from the house was instantly killed. Hie Kmpernr has ilist j itldinhrd a derrre ich orders that w henevor the imperial bathe VOIIIIff .1,1 flm Ki.nHk - - - --e - -i - - ?r""" onipany on parade, a barrack, a military t, or an otlu frlle, the noldicri ni?mt pret nrniH, the drum* must roll and th? ns toot, the name an for hi* Majesty hinf? ? Altar's <T i! li I r. ithcm Cultivator. The June number ha* arrived. We have ked through it carefully, and we regard s one of the cheapest and beat AgricuTil Journal* published in our country. It if large ?i/.e, very neatly printed ; i* pubi-d at Augusta, (!a., at one dollar a year. e Ladies' Wreath. I'he May number i* on our table, ft coni* aomc handHonie engraving*,and a vav of light literature. I'ubli?hvd by Benk &. Soovill, Now York. jor Jones' Courtship, and Sketches Travel. IVo handsome reprint* from the l'uhli*hI louse of T. B. I'r.tr.rso*. Tlicsr hurniia u-niL- ??' *- - 11 ' * ......... ...v >>? men Known lo rere encomium* from us. Coiniimiiifotiflus,. (Kor the Lancaster Lnlgrr. The Florida War. I.arcartt.n YwLUftTKr.R* or lRllG. 1'lie present period of the world, could V appropriately l?c called the Marble, or uiumcntul age, na Monuments arc now ng erected over almost every great man, 1 to cmnmcino.ate every great deed permed by our ancestors. I would feel >ud if, alter writing this, I could exclaim ih the great 1-atiii Poet, U.\hmumrntum gi prreaaiuj <rre," it is, however, but an luble tribute that I expect to bestow on >?e gallant men, who responded to their entry's call, at the outbreaking of the irida \Var of 1H3G. b\ giving a list of ir names for publication, as it appears to i, that it would be a source of carioaty to ? rising generation, a source of pleasure those who had friend* or lenitives en* ged in it, and a source of pride to thuso ive men themselves, who so willingly lonteercd their services, and who by their portment maintained that reputation of South Carolina Soldiery, which has ever en justly bestowed on it, e*cn since tho imea that tried men'a souls." In publishing this, I would suggest the upriety of doing it in such a manner that can be framed, and placed in tho houses t only of thosa who hsd friends or re lacs engaged in this war, but of sirry pat* tic citizen, who luay be ao fortunate as obtain a copy? Hamuel ft. (Jibson, Captain, * l-erny Keeresl, lat Lieutenant, 1- It * - (iiiiupnruy*, M " Thonuu C. M?iwy, Ijiiign, Thomas J. Wright, 1st Sergeant, C. W. Sims, 3d Sergeant, >or.)us Addison, Stephen D. Hough, >ter Usher, Benjamin Hough, hnnias (1. Bell, Francis I*. Ingram, 'illiaiu Baker, Abner f>. Johnston, ison Barnes, John R. Johnston, n. Black man, J. F. G. Ifittag, fftrson Ulackmau, 1 I- Herschel Massej, W. Blackinan, John B McCsskill, rinh Blucktuan, Angus McDonald. In) Gray Bowman, Klij.th G. Morris, 10 Harrison Brown, llenry Maaeey, nica Craig. llenry V. Masse y, mil l H. Cantzon, James D Mcllwain, K. Cowtnr. Andrew Mcllwain, iddlvton Caston, Klisha Masttn, tnes A. Csrnes, Daniel D. Perry, (wis Croiton, (Allien Powell, r. Jackson Curt-ten, Hansen* Plyler, m. Cunningham, Conrad A. Plyler, inor Clinton, James K. Robinson, nos. Clyburn, James Rosa, enrjr M. Cook, John Heercml, , \V. Compton, Thomas A. Hale, tin Y. Dean, Willisss C. Steele, imnel Douglass, Jsiuee |? Howell, sac Felts, James R. Truesdale, tvl R. Gray, I James Terry, illism Hays. Wm. J. Vsugbsu, Harrell, John Williams, irreli Hilton, Nathaniel Wueesr, inaom D llunley, John A. Welsh; ithaniei Ilough, Geo. MeC. Wltirp uses Hough, spoon. m '