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The journal of Yesterday's proceedings was roii'l ami amended ho as to embrace the opening address of tlio President in full, and then approved. j The President laid before the Conven- | tie;, various communications, which were : read. Mr. E. p. liryan of o. C., submitted i the following resolutions : JiesotvfJ, That in the opinion of this I Convention the eighth article oJ tire treaty | of Washington, ratified 011 the lOih of November, 1842, ought to be annulled, I under the provision of the first clause ut the eleventh article of said treaty. Jtcsolred, That a Copy of the nbovo resolution be sent, by the President of j wjis vyunveiuion, to uie senators and llep ! resentatives in Congress from each State I liere represented, with the request that it j be laid before the logis'.atutes of their respective States for their consideration. j [The eighth article, above referred to, | piovi los for the keeping of a squadron on the coast of Africa tor the suppression of the slave trade ; and the eleventh article provides that after five years froin the ratification of this treaty, it shall continue in force until one or the other of the parties shall signify a wish to terminate it.] Mr. Grice, of Va., moved to lay the resolution on the table, but withdrew bis rpsnlnlnm of <l?/i .,b tiic JV^UC3?? Ul Mr. Krvau, wlio niovo.l to refer them to the oommiltee on business. Mr. Reese of Tetin., renewed the ino tion to hay upon the table. Upon this motion Mr. Bryan culled for | a s^calo vole, which was ordered. The ^wcsiioii was tben taken by'States, | upon laying the resolutions upon the table, and it was not agreed to, as follows : Yea?0?Kentucky, I'2 votes; Tennessee, 12 ; North Carolina, 10, and Maryland S.? 4 2. Nays.?Alabama, 0 votes ; Arkansas, 1; Florida,3; Georgia 10 ; Virginia, 15 ; Mississippi, 7 *, South Carolina, 8, aud Louisiana 0.?C2. Mr. Martin, of Tenn,,"offered tip following resolution. Resolved, That no member of this Con i veution ba permitted to speak loncrer than 20 tnimiles on any -jucstion, ami not nmro : than twice upon any tjueslion. Mr. Smith, of Ala., moved to amend j by inserting at the end of the first clause of tlio resolution, the words, "unless by the consent of tho Convention," which amendment was accepted by the mover. After soino discussion, on (notion of lion. Win. II. Polk, of Tor.n., tho resolution was laid upon the table. Mr. Elliott, of South Carolina, offered sundry resolutions in relation to tho expediency of fortifying tho harbor of Port Royal in South Carotin i, and nfaking it j a coaling station for the larger steamers j of the (j. S. Mr. lilount, of Ala., moved to amend < by inserting the name of Mobile, Ala., , which was accepted bv the mover. Tlio resolutions were than referred to | tlio Committee 011 Iiusiness. Mr. Churchwell, of Tenit , olTered a ! resolution that tlje Convention recoil)trend to the Governor of each of the Southern \ States to appoint live delegates to present 1 the subject of the steam ferry as proposed 1 by A. V'ldly Mann, and which was en- I dorsad by the Convention at Savannah, to 1 the people of the Southern States, and ( solicit slock for the same, which slock should bo represented in a Convention to , be held for the purpose of electing officers , to manage and control said company at j such lime and place as said delegates may select. The resolution was referra ! 10 tha Com- j rnittoo on business. Mr. Boyce, of S. C., offered a resolu ' tion in relation to the repeal of duties on , imports, and the establishment of a system of direct taxation. Referred to the committee on business. ! Mr. Pryor, of Virginia, offered tho fol- , lowing resolution : Jiesoloed, That it lie recommended to the Legislatures of all tlie slave holding States to pass acts exempting one or moro slaves in tlio bands of each slave' ' holder, from liability for debts contracted i after tho passage of said acts. Mr. Campbell, of Va. moved that the resolution be adopted, and spoke at cou iderable length iu its favor. Mr. Vmbaugh, of Mil., was in favor of S tho resolution, but was opposed to the j establishment of tho precedent of noting i upon such matters without their being i considered by a committee. Us therefore moved the resolution be referred to the committee on bu->iiie*s, which was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Trigg, of Tenn., the convention look recess until four o'clock r. m. Kvkmko Session. The Convention re assembled at four o'clock, P. M , and was called to order by |ho President. Mr. Starke, of Ala., offered the following resolution : JScsoSytd, That es a means of raising 9 SVIIIV'VIII IUHU IV uvun^r IU*J UI | ' publishing in pamphlet form the full piro- ; | ccedingsof this Convention, each delegate I of the Convention be and is hereby re-1 Untested to contribute tlie bum ofouedol- I ! litr for that purpose. JtcsvlcrJ, That u Committee of five be straight vjiv appointed by too chair, cliurged with the dut\ of cctleeling those con- ! tribntions front the inombers ; also to coinplote the neoesfc iry ai rangemeiits for the prompt publication of the report. The resolutions were adopted. Mr. V. . C. Floiirnoy, of Va., altered tlia following resolution : dfe it resolved by thin Convention, That the scheme of Mr. Dudley Mann toeptab- ' 1 ish a steam lerry line, for the transportation of person*, produce and manufactured goods between the waters of tlio Chesapeake and Milibid Haven, bo approved by this convention, and we hereby pledge ' ourselves to use our best exertions to ac- i coinplish the objects thereby indicated. Mr. Flournoy said that as lie was coin . pelled to leave the convention after to day i lie was an.xioup to p'ace himself upon the ' record of the Convention, in favor v>f the scheme oj Mr. Mam*, and therefore, ho i would ask tor the immediate consideration j of his resolution. Mr. F. then proceeded to aigue at length in favyr of the propo sitiou of M;*. Majtn. Mr. J'doiint, of Ala., spoke at eonside- I raid* length, in opposition to the resolu- I lion. Mr. Flourncy replied. Mr. IJ n n t?* r of N'Oifolk, Va., moved that the speech of Mr. Maun, delivered in the Old IMiiil convention bo referred to the committee on business, which was agreed to. On Motion of Mr. l)c:ui, of Va., the resolution was referred to the committee on business. Mr. Lyons, ot Va., from the comniitUgj on business, reported back to the Convention the resolutions otJVrejl by Mr. Bryan of S. C., this morning, in ralation to withdrawing the L". S. squadron from the coast of Africa. The resolutions were read, as published in the report of this mornings session. The ipiession was upon the adoption of the resolutions. Mr. kl. B. Bryan, of 8. C., spoke at length i;i favor of the resolutions, and without coiieluding.gave way to a motion i to postpone the further consideration ol the rCf-Ol::ti"i.e, and make them the spo ! cial order for to-morrow iijor'upg at ten o (mock. The motion to pasipono was agreed to. THIRD DAY?Mohnini; Skssios*. W'l'ilnMihiv Ainf 1" T'.io Convention met at nine o'clock and was called to order by the President. l'rayct by tb.e ll<-v. lb 11. Uverliy, of] Georgia. The journal ef yesterday was read and I approved. The president laid before the Convention a cominunication limn Mayor Chase of lVnsaeola, Florida, in relation to the necessity of increased h?l?or in tins coon try and the means of opening a source of .supply to meet the demand. The communication was read and referred to the committee on business. The hour for the special order having arrived, it was taken up for consideration. The special order w as the consideration of the resolutions of Mr. Hi van, of S. C? 1 in relation to the withdrawal of the U. S. I Spiadrou from the coast of Africa. Mr. Jhyan resumed the remarks l agan ' on yesterday, lie commenced by saying that he had understood that many gen- ' llemcn of the Convention were under the impression that the object of the resolu lions lie had c 11' re-1 was neither more nor less l!i;tii to procure there < per.ing of the ' African slave trade, He would stale distinctly and einphatically that such was [ not his object. His was a distinct and isolated proposition. The question of the Alricnn slave trade would, when the time came, be thrust upon the people of the South whether they devised it or not.? | The present was not the time for that, | ail he drsired was to bring forward some proposition itj>on which the whole South could unite in advance, so as to divoil 1 'the morbid sentiment that would other | wise arise, and turn the minds of the Southern people in the proper channel. [After a lengthy discussion, and other j resolutions by way of substitutes had l een offered and rejected, and aUo after sever- j al amendments had been rejected, the t resolutions of Mr. Uryan, in their original form, were adopted by the following decided vote.] Yeas?Arkansas 4, Georgia 10. Mis- i sissippi 7, Louisiana 0, Alabama 4?, Mary ! land 4, Virginia 10, Kloiida 3 and S. 0., 8,?00. I Nays?Tennessee 12, North Carolina 10 and Maryland 4,?26. Mr. Lyons, of Vs., from the committee j on business, made a report upon various ; matters referred to them. The committee reported back Um fob ' lowing resolutions and lecommend that I they be adopted by the Convention : lie solved, That, in the opinion of this Convention, the establishment of lines of steamships for the conveyance of passengers and produce between Southern ports and foreign ports form part of the com* | inercia! development of the South, Resolved, That, ?s the building of rail- j roads has been deemed necessary for in- j ternal intercourse and commerce between i the different Southern States, and the ( satne )ias been fostered by public aid from the respective States, so the commercial intercourse of the South with foreign nations is al-o entitled to similar public aid and consideration. Resolved, That, a lib the large capital and facilities for business and the estab liahment of avenues of trade of leading Northern ports, tho commerce of the South with foreign nations can only r?e ' diverted to herself by the temporary sac- | rifice of capital ?rf the establishment and early maintenance of her enlemrise. ami 1 lo secure ihe^o ends public aid is necessarf Resolved, That copies of tbo above resolutions bo sent to the legislatures cf the different Southern Hiatus. Also the following resolutions ; IlfMoht-d, That the present discrimination of the general government in favoring lines of foreign mail service, starting from northern points, is unwarranted And unjust ; and that at an act of equal justice our representatives in Congress bo requested J<> insist-that the sumo amount of encouragement under tlio same conditions, he granted to nay company or companies | which may ho founded fur the purpose of sustaining lines of rou'o service from 1 ports of lire South. Jicsolval, That a committee of fivo he appointed hv the president of this Con iciiiiuii, iu memorialize tfio l.ogislatur.ea of the Southern States in fuilhcrencc of the subjects set forth in the foregoing rcsoUu! o. Mr. I.voos also reported hack the following resolution, otl'ered by Mr. Churchwell of Tonii., ami asked tjiat the committee ho discharged from its farther consideration. Ji'isoltcJ, That iliis/Convention recommend and request the (Juvoruorj, of the several Southern States to appoint five Delegates for each Slate?whose dntv it shall he to present the subject of the Sten7)1 Ferry across the Atlantic?/pro ]>? >St* J by the Hon. A. Dudley Mann, and J cndoisQ<! hv this Convention at Savannah ! to he established for the building up of Southern Coin;ncrce nn.l the better devel- ( opment and protection of Southern inter ! est) to the people of their respective States | soliciting stock for the same, to be presen- J ted in a Convention .vhich shall hecalled ' by said delegates at such time and place ! as tlicv ;nav select for the numose r.r m- I ?i? nization. Mr. Lynns reported fioni tjiocommittee 1 resolutions recommctidinir that the next ! session of this Convention l>o held in the 1 city of Montgomery, Alabama, pn the second Monday of Mav 135t>. '1 ho committee also recommended the i Convention to adopt sundry resolution* ; encouraging southern manufactories, and 1 merchants who import directly from abroad. The committee also recommend trie j adoption of the following resolution : litsolrt<1, That il be recommended to tlio Legislatures of tlio slavo lioKlivisr States to pass acts exempting one or more slaves in the band. of each idavo holder, from liability for debts contracted after j the passage of said acts. Tlio committee also recommend tliat ; tlio following resolution be rejected l?y the , convention. Kexolfi'tl, That the indirect svstpin of taxation by duties on imports should be abandoned by the Federal Covemmcnt,| and that direct taxation should be resorted I to exclusive) v; thus securing entire fioe trade, perfect equality in the burdens of taxation and tlio utmost economy in the administration of the government. The committee aske l to be discharged from the farther consideration of the document of Mr. Chase, of l'enshcola, Florida > upon the labor problem, as the subject -? in i "He nun mu v/oiivvrmon wouui | now properly consider. The committee also recommend that the Convention reject tho following re&olutions: Rfsnlrc'l, That this Convention recommend to the Legislatures of the different States that they lay a tax upon ni! articles ' of merchandize used in the south?rn States ' which are manufactured in States which refuse to support tho Fugitive S!a\e Law. I Resotitif, That it is the duty of the President of the Convention, to hring this resolution to tho notice of tho Governors of Southern State*. The Convention then took a recess tin I ti1 half past three o'clock, V. M. Tho DifferenceThe Richmond Enquirer gives the f<>|. lowing vcrv truthful distinction of the : divisions of the democracy: To he a State Rights Democrat ii to I he an advocate of the Union, as I >ng as the South is safe wi'hin it, an I to hold in resetve as the remedy, when 1 State sovereignty and the Constitution are inadequate t?? the maintenance ol : Southern interests and the defence of < Southern honor. To he a Disunion Dent ocrat, i* to deny the efficacy of lite Con- ' fedoiKCy, to ahandott all hope of peace I and desire for fraternal friendship with ! the North, and to contend that a separa I lion of the slave, and anti-slave Slates is i to he w ished and worked for earnestly nnd ' industriously h\ the people of the South. . The one only asks that the Government shall he administered impartially, as it was originated and designed for the hen- i etit of all parts and portions, of each State ' and sectien of our common country ; re ! monstrating against every indication of aggression upon the States, hut unwilling to cry out for disunion on account of t every imaginary grievance. The oilier looks with an eye of prejudice upon each j act of the Federal Government, regards ' with distrust tho protestations, aye, the manly acts of our allies and friends at ! the North, arid is ever arguing, or rather ianting,, to prove that the Booth is saeri- | ticing herself for the sake of the Unto*., ; that. the Constitution is altogether nnnuil. I ed, and that then* is no security for slave- j ry evceht in separation. The State flights | Democrat is lie who would raise the war cry rY Southern secession, in such an event as the election of a Black lb-pub lie an President, or the restoration of the 1 Missouri Compromise, but who sees as yet nothing to justify a disruption of the confederacy, and hopes for the perpetuity I of the Union, by an unprejudiced and impartial enforcement of the Constitution. The Disunion Democrat is he, who, reckless of consequences, and regardless of the fact that the government is still in the hands of able, honest and patriotic men, that abolitionism has been beaten again in its efforts to seire upon the reins of power, and that the South is stilt so- J cure in her rights, would dissever the North and South to irioirow, and Hud no regret in the thought that in the burial ground of nations, the resting place of litis Union would l>c marked hy a broken Column. The State Rights Democracy arounwilling to abandon the Union yet. Hut, while liioy hone to perpetuate it, should the rights t>{ the South become insecure in i's keeping, they will not hesi. late to unfurl a flag of independence with only fifteen star* upon it. Oen. William Walker and Gen. G, T. Ilcnningacn have arrived in thia city and have tuken rooms at the Mills House.? Mfrcvry. | lje ITriujDr., j lancasterville, s. c. WEDNESDAY" MOUNIS0, Alt!. 1Mb 1657 the convention. We are indebted t<? C<d. .las. II. Withersponn for two copies of lite "Kmwiile ! Register and \\ big," of 'ho 1'Jlli and Kill) ! inht . forwiiidod through M \ j. '1'. Iv. llolk, : who lias j'ist rotiirned from the Convention, i These givo us the -d and 3d days |>roeood. 1 inga, (Utli and 12th hist .) which we have trimmed down and condensed to suit the : space in our coiiitni.s. Tlic proceedings in our paper embrace everything of imparlance ! before the Convention up to Wednesday . night. We find that l'n>f. J. I>. II. DcUuw, of Louisiana, occupies the ("hair i?t l're&L dent ul the Convention, and a very augges. ; live and appropriate addrevs delivered by liiin on Mond.iv in published. We lind ulso I ' a li>t of tlie delegates in attendance, near eight hundred in number. Fiom this Stale, about seventy names are reported, and among thetn we fn.d two I'rotn this District ? Messrs. Jus. II. Witlierspoon and J. 'l\ b. He Ik. j; The proceedings that we get from the : "Register and Whig" is later than anything tiiat w e Jiiui iu our regular exchanges. The | Carolina Tiuics ha* the proceedings of the ! first J.iv, (the lull.) which was mainly oe- j copied in preparing for business. It was 1 resolved tjiat the < 'onveiitUn \<>te by llie cle. t. r.il vote of each Stale, and a Commit* tee of three from each State was formed j to pr< pure business. 1'jib Wbatiibk.? We l.ave now had for j upwards of a week, exceedingly warm and oppressive weather. On Monday night we I had a very refreshing rain, but to-day I (Tuesday) is again hot and sultry. CorkECTiott.?The Intcnduiit informs us j that our Village Council did appoint dele- | rcnti'U til tlin Iv navt ill.? < '.?? ii. ? ?' * n . v ..IV ? v W???Villl'M|, uuu ujai they intended to publish liio fact, but afterwards neglected to do so. \\ e, of course, had no previous intimation of it. CuitlUUK, V> uv. -V kliilb .,r < orn hn? been sent us with thirty two well developed shoots upon it, nil in a cluster at the top ol i the stalk where the tassel usually appears. It grew upon the premises of Mr It. Hammond. Nortii Caros.i.na Ki.t.enoss.?"Free Suffrage" has been largely approved in most of the counties that we have seen return* from in this Stale. The democrats haw j jr*-n*?rally been successful. in Union Coun- , ty,Joseph Ilou^li (formerly of litis 1 >istrict we tliink^ has been elected County" Comt Cicrk. Ho.w(> ibk.?A homicide was perpetrated several days ago in Hit* lower nod South- I C istern portion of this District, by one J U. it i ne kin on upon the person of a man named Jas. Honey, originally a North Carolinian. it occurred at the house of said < BLckmon, a place of ill repute, lloney attempting to enter the house against the express orders of the proprietor. He was i shot with a L'un, somewhere ubunt ih? l.ir, i ? - -?' ! and lived several days afterwards. It!nek- | inon, and Ids son, the latter having Wen present at the fracas, decamped and have not been arrested. The balance of Itiack- j nion'n family?aoino four females, have been , lodged in jail nl this place, committed, we have understood, as accessories to the act. EXCHANGES. Cody's Lady's Hook.?The Iaidy's ltook for September is a rich and interesting number, fully equal to anv of its nredoeessors If you wish to invest $1 profitably, subscribe f<?r licit and the htdger one year. Graham's Magazivk.?NVe nre ulso in I receipt of Graham's Magazine for Septem- I ber nnd it deserves all the prn.av ;o could give it in respect to it a lu-ut appearance, ' well executed illustrations nnd its excellent reading. Terms S3 n year, published in Philadelphia. North Carolina University Magazine.?This literary Periodical for August has been sent ns. lis leading article is the ' ["Life and Times of Richard Caswell, tho first Governor of North Carolina." The contents generally nre varied and interesting. I la.appearance is neat and it is printed uv iiic i,impel tiii; (incite oilier. Terms, S- per annum. ATLANTIC TELEORAPH. Among tlie latest items of news from the other side of the water, is the notice of a grand banquet given by tlio shareholders in the great enterprise of stretching the telegraph cable across the Atlantic, which is now so near completion. At the meeting a letter whs read from I'resident Buchanan, in reply to one from Mr. Field. It stated that he (Mr. Buchanan) would feci honored if the first message across tho Atlantic be one from C^ueeti Victoria to the President of the United States, and that he would en* demur to answer it in n spirit nod manner becoming the greet oocaaiou. The content# of thi# letter Was received with loud ehceiing, nnti it wa* suggested that the mesmgo refered to, be the ?Serit>. tore text?"Those whon? (Jod hatti joined, let no man put asunder." *" Fifty year# ago it required months to deliver n message across the Atlantic ; Twen ty years ago the world was astonished that ' it could ho done in so short a time through the agency of steam ; hut now, messages are to be conveyed across w ith the velocity of lightning ? Tliis w ill he a grand triUMph 01? science, and the mind of man can j scarcely tonccivc that still greater achieve- j met.Is will he developed through thefuture. J THE DEMOCRACY. The recent elections m Hnnm of the j S'ates indicate a large democratic gain, and J this party now, doubtless, embraces within its folds at least three fourths of the people of the Cnitcd States. It is becoming unwieldly and already it i.,iy be said that it is composed of several subdivisions.? The Southern Democracy is classed by the Richmond 7'?u/uirtr under two heads?Disunion Democracy and Slate Rights Democracy,and this paper defines each in a very distinct and truthful manner. The En- > i/uircr's remarks arc copied into another i part of our paper. direct"trade. It is expected that one of the chief mat. tcrs for discussion before the Southern Commercial Convention, at JKnoxvilie, is the project of the lion A. Dudley Mann, discussed at the recent Convention held at Old Point Va., which is to establish immediate communication u ith the Transatlantic Manufacturing Cities. Tlicre are few, w? j hr.iam.l.. ? I rk u-nxl.l !-- I salary under which the South labors,Is more of a commercial limn a political character, aii'l if politicians would evince half the /.eal in 'he ell or t to achieve lu-r independence in thin re*peet, a* tliey do in pro. l.iiinmo her political inferiority and in snuffing danger where none really exists, tliey would much better nerve their constituents and their country. l.et those who talk so much about accession and disunion, first as- , *i->t to make their section really and practically independent of those from whom they ! are so desirous of severing their connection. I tired trade with Kurope is what the South needs particularly at this time, and if the present Convention at KnoXvillc puts in shape a I'Un that will eventually succeed,it will have done more for the South than one half of the political conventions that have met for the last twenty year4. MRS. EMMATUNINGHAM. New York City is again the theatre of an intense excitement caused by a second outrageous crime laid to the door of this tiotoiious woman, full particulars of which, w e find in the Diy Bonk. Our readers wt'.l j reutetnber that it was but recently she was j tried for the murder of Dr. lJurdell and acquitted, but under sticit circumstances as to leave the world ta but little doubt of her : guilt. Jslio also partially established the | fict?made it sullieieutly plain to satisfy the ! I 1 12. ... ?1 a t ... ?t ? --- iii%\ wr i>r, i? \ * ? wi*;i ant* w.m i?u* wiuuw i of the murdered nan, and ronuuqmnily. j pari air to his immense estate. Not con- I t'.'iit ?illi only a part of the estate, her dii- j bolical nature conceived a plan for imposing 1 a fictitious cliild-biitli upon the public,) with tlie view of securing the whole of it 1 lo herself. Site caused to be circulated a I report, thatsome time about the first of tin i piescnl month sliu would be delivered of a cliild, and engaged one I)r. Uhl, wbom it , seems site bad some reason to suspect 1 aught be moulded to her purpose, as lier medical adviser. The Story goes, that after several preliminary interviews, the Doctor* entertained t suspicions that Mrs. C. was only feigning 1 encirnt', and so strong was his doubts of her j situation, as set forth hy the huh, that the Doctor sought and obtained an interview ' with the District Atlornev. This last named gentleman and tlic Doctor thru devised a i plan for the detection of any crime, if such was contemplated by Mr*. <\ Dr. (Jhi then returned to Mrs. C. an.I, pretending to be her confidential adviser, drew out un ndtiiij- . hion from her that the expected birth was a fraud, and concluded to put herself into the power of Dr. Uhl, by offering bun S I 000 if lie would find a child to "assist" at | the accnuchment. | The District Attorney nnd the Doctor then lent themselves to this perfectly outrageous scheme, and carried it through.? ! M r?4_ 1 ' 14 i ?? ill i (a l.i.rrAtt n I'?o?.? !?-. 1 Iosjiit.il, t!?o confinement lake* place, n medical adviser?n part of thtf plot?is call- 1 od, together with a midwife; Mrs. C. prolends to feel tlie pangs of labor nnd her cries oven roach the ears of he." neighbor* ; j the child is horn, alio tails back exhausted, is fed with weak nourishment, is palo and colorless, and after due time the child is glv a to her to fondle, the police rush in and proclaim, according to the arrangement entered into by the District Attorney and ; Dr. Uhl, that the farce is over and she had better got up. Mrs. Cunningham (or Mrs. Iluidell) with some of Iter accomplices have been nrrested,but it aeeins that the arrest was premu. tare?that the crime was only contemplated , viz, her purpose to palm this child otV as the heir of Dr. llnrdull, and for which offence the law provides a ten years real denoe in the State'* prison. The Doctor aid the District Attorney should hnve wnited until alio had act forth tho child'* claim to the estate. Ax it is,the law i* powerless to affect her, though she is inoral.y guilty of a crime that i* scarcely infciior in magnitude to the horrid deed of murder itself. ^KANSAS. We find pttb'isncd in tho Charleston A/er* j cury, some extract* frein letters received by Col Alpheu* H.iker from (Jen. Atchison in Kansas, in reference to tho present aspect of affairs in that Territory. Coming from L J C biii:ii n Bimroc nnu miring Of?n written Upon ' the ground, the opinions and statement* set forth in these extract* may be relied up* on. lien. Atchison is by no mrtm dispoaed to give up Kansas nnd regards the chance of making it a slave Htnte not altogether hopeless. Ho believes Ibul if tlie Convention submits tbo Constitution to tho whole poople of the Territory, it will be ratified. Under date of July 90th, he says : Our cause is not a hopeless ono. We nl. ways have had, up to the 1st of March last a majority ,of friends In Kansas, and I be- ' lievo we still have. I will give yon my ren- ' sons for still thinking so. The registered j voters amount to near ten thousand, nnd this registry was made last winter nnd spring nnd at least wtie-lenihs of the voters are pro. t la very men, for tho Abolitionists refused as a general Hung, to register their names,nnd hie reason f?r their rvfusal was, in my opm- 1 ion, that thcv knew they were in a small minority. Jt was not topruaccve their twiisiatency, for Abolitionists are consistent in nothing except in villainy. New, if onr 1 Delegates to the Convention shall refer the Constitution to the registered voters for ratification or rejection, then we will ratify the Constitution. If it is to be referred, as Gov Walker says, to all the pcoj.de whovhall he in the Territory on the day of voting, then j v.o inu ht and will have a majority at the polls on ti nt day. If the South would but J make one specdy'nnd united elVort.all would he sife. If Walker's plan, however, pre- : vails, it will give lis infinite trouble, but, il will also give the Abolitionists more.? . Walker has done n* and our cause more j injury than. Hale, Chase, or any other Abo- ; litioiiist eould have done; yet, I repeat, I do not despair. One more effort ! It is the last we can make, and w e w ill succeed. i i ii i m j nu a o f 1 Ij c 1V? r r k. Rev. Charles 'J'ayh?r, who was recently ' elected J'rcbidcijt of the Spartanburg Fe? male College, it} place of J. NY'olIbrd Tuck- j or has declined tlie office. The Chapel Hill ( Ja/.ctte is authorised to j stale that Mr. Charles A.Mitehcll,has bought i one hundred acres on the top of of the high- j est peak of II lack Mountain ; and that the I remains of his honored father are to be removed there in the fall. Among tlio seven member* of Congress elected l?y the Democrats in Kentucky, is lion. James 11. Clay, son of Henry Clay.? j lie was formerly a Whig, bnl i:i the last Presidential campaign supported .Mr. Huch- J nn.in. The New Y?>rk AYws has a long article to prove ".[Jricaii Sim-erg nut Incompatible with American Liberty.'' Such papers as I the .\cirs, the I toy Hook, ami the lloslott j I'ust are friends in the enemy's camp.? J Good policy requires us to encourage all SUl ll. Horrible?Hoclustor Aug !i.?In Claik* sou County yesterday a Mrs. Marsh, who has been for Sometime deranged, attempted j to murder her three children by pouring hot ! water into their ears!?One will die from j the effects of the injury sustained. The miserable mother then committed suicide by banging. W ati.r. from tiik Jordan.?The water j used in christening of the 1'iineess Ilealriee, ! (|ueen Victoria's youngest daughter, Was i Lrikii .rill Ir.ifM f lid rit'nr luril ill If ? i imnaL ' a - v...--. | dial Captain (Jouflrcy Nightengale, llydcr* ; nhad, Cavalry. \\hen travelling nome time , since iti llic Holy land, visited the rivvr | Jordan, and had luinv of ll?i water put into , bottle*, which being hermalically sealed,the Captain brought to I'ngland ; and upon tliu 1 birth of the Prince** Hea'.rico ho plaeed :.l the disposal of the Queen a quantity <>f the water, hullicittnl for the baptismal eereniotiy. Captain Nightengale'* offer was accepted by ller Majesty,, nn.1 the Jordan water wan accordingly placed in the royal font, an ! tiled in the ceremony. A writer in the Carolina Time* speak* of the molasses produced from Chinese Sugar Cane, grown on the plantation of I>r. I). W. I Cay at the fork. Dr. Kay ha* planted fopr acre* with this Cano and expects to produce from it fifteen hundred gallon* of in > h:..l. .. '.II I.- - II - - On Frid.ty last a Bale of .5,07fi bnjjs of cotYcu was made nt Richmond. Va. The j price* ranged fro;n $11.25 to $12 30 per c\\ t. Neuro TRADING.? A meeting of the eiti- , zens of Marion, m as held nt the Court House on Wednesday night to devise measures for the suppression of negro tradinj?. Much in terest wna manifest ed nnd it dpt<';ntiil:\^lon 1 evinced to put down this nuisance. Con. Tom Thumb lias boon exhibiting nt Newport, Kngltutd, and the Town ilall was , crowded at every exhibition. So largo were the nndilwri who flocked to see the "little \ wonder," that the manager* determined to (five four instead of three untertnina ent* on the 18th ult. All of them "'ere fully nttended. Another New F. so ink.?An extract from lliti letter of a friend, dated Hranchville, inform* us that 'The Ijiwreuce M Keitt' is the name of nnuth t new engine recently placed by the S. C. Railroad Company upon the Columbia branch of thnt road. Our correspondent any* "though n very handsome one, and highly finished, it has not tho same elaborate and finished appearance n* tho "Prc?ton S. llrooka." Sutnler VYnlchmun. Accident on the Gkecnvilue Road.? \V?? ft* i/r*? t f A lonan ' 1 - * .. . ...... .. h iiiuiiriiiui act nieni I. I occurred on Wednesday at the Saluda bridge. The paMonger train had a abort I time previoualy passed over the bridge, but , a freight train which followed waa not ao . fortunate. The engine and tender, with I several vara, fell through, from a pier giving way, and Mr, Dobbin* and Mr. Morriaon fireman, wero killed?the engineer eacaped. Carolinian. Two Mas Ku.LKD.--Or> Monday night, lOtb instant, near Aiken, S. C., two men were killed?one of tbem wua named Win. iUndle, and aoaftlly known, in bit neighborhood, a? "Teach Orchard Billy Handle," and the namu of the other waa ?? Taylor. They were found dead on the line of the railroad, but whether kill* ed by the cart, or murdered and placed oq the track, we bare pot learned, Monday whs the (lay of election in Aiken, being one cf cite precint* for holding the election for }*heritt' of [iarnwelt district, ami *\e understand there wns un usual exoit fluent and mm-h dissipation. It is probable the two ituliviiluiils who were so untimely killed, mingled rather too freely in the sceue-s of tbe day.? Ate (/ust11 ('oiiatiluIionulixi. Tor the Lancaster Ledger. At a recent meeting of thu Lnnmstcrviile It lilr? Strvdiil t* lwiMi>n r.f tliw hl-iPA on ih.i 17th inst., :il which mooting I lie Rvr. K. A. Holloa was present, nfter hearing the Treasurer's report for (he fiscal year, on mo ion, the following. resolutions v.ere unanimous* ly adopted : 1st. ItesnltcJ. Tlmt this SoeU-ty deem it expedient to enter as hooii 11s possible upon tjie work of exploring this District for the purpose of supplying the destitution, which may he found. 'Jd. Resolved, That the Kxeculhe Com* iniMcc, he dirwiod to confer xvilli the other Societies in this District, to ?ccure if possibie their co-operation in this work. 3d. Resolve^, That the Committee, lie re. quested to collect all needed iuforinati' ii on this subject, and report to the regular an. nivers.iry meeting. Jth. l{?nolc<tf, TJiat the several Societies of tide District ho requested to meet with "? -V',1 ?? ? ,1" "i'l'vi'vinug iiiiiii* vi *? ? i J mcelinjj. M. 1'. CilAWFORD, tS'rr'j. /.to I fin. rlinpjiljir. LATER FKOJI EUHUI'E. ARIUVAL OF THE STEAM Eli C A N A D A. Ai'oista, Anjr. 12, A. M. I in- M.tit S:o;vn Ship f'anntl.t. Captain , litis arrived at ItalifaX oti her \\iiv to lioston, with the Liverpool Mails < ( the 1st inst. Commercial Intelligence. Cojros'.? The sales of Cotton fur ilm week endituj the 1st inst., were G'2,000 hii!e?, of which -p'1-oUtor-i to. k 0.000 a in I exporters l.oOU. The market at dosing showed mi advancing tendency, and this was most in a iked in middling*. The .1.ii/lu Sixoh'h advices reached Liverpool before the Canada sailed, arid caused mi advance of 30 d on MnhiVs, and placing the quotation*?Oilcans Fair 8 T 8d ; Oilcans Middling 8 8 8 1; I p lauds* l air 8 5 fit", I'plands Mid.Hit o h | Id ; Mobile Fair 8 7 8d ; Mobile Middling 8 o 8 1. Stock at Liverpool 400, 000 hale*; Ameiicnu Cottons 408,500 hales. The sales on Saturday, I *t inst., were 5000 hales, closing qnivt. ii whk M ai:kkih ? I rv? Ordinaire is ijiioicil 11 y. Accounts from Manchester arc f.iv ?r il,!e. PllOVISIONS \NI? Ijiik vusn fks ? Urea Istalls generally ate <juiet, and Wheat i* declining. Tlio weather Iiuh been favorable f>#r the harvest. Momk.v Markki.? 0' n?oli4 closed on Saturday. 1*1 i?n-L. at 1)0 I O. General Intelligence. All the vessels employ ed tvitlt the snhinaiiiie cah!e at Cork loft for Valentin r the 1st. The liinU at working out the cable were Micressful. Mr. Tenbrock's American horse*. 1'rinr and Prioress, were beaten in the Goodwoo l Unco The India Mails do not confirm the reported capture of Delhi, l.ut ruin rs are prevalent, with general credit, of a discovery of conspiracy for a general revolt. All the Kuiopeans at Calcutta hint been a ruled. Evacuation of Lawrence by Gov. Walker and United States Troops. Si. Louis, Aug.8. * Advices from Kcntni slate thnt Oor. Walker evacuated Lawrence 00 tho 3 1 insiHut, with all 1L0 troop* except f?>rty. 'I lie ostensible csia* wst that the Indians had attacked Fort Riley, hut it is regarded neic as a ruse to get the troops away. The vote in Lawrence on th? T peka constitution stood 052 for to 2 against.? The State ticket was elected. The Goodwood Race. Ilnli(i?x, Aug. 12. The French horse M?>narque won the flnni|?no<l race?the English horses Riseber and Fisherman counnaifBfctt'oini and third, and Prior and P.ioratA Afth _l Departed tliit life no Thuradny 30tli ult, after a short but painful illae**, I.atta Mclaxctuoh, infant Sun of l>r. I. Z & II. v I*. Williamson, ?p? ?l 'J months and 0 day a. .Sutler liltlo children to come itntn me for nf a null is the Kingdom nf Heaven.'' Died, near New Salem on tlie Dili iust, at the re*idrnco of Mr. NVin. Duncan, nan , liia wife, Mr*. M. W. Duncan, in her year. She waa long and favourably known | in the community where a he died, lief many virtue*, nod amiable trait* of cliarnc- I ter drew around her nmneroua friend* out- J aide of the family circle, who feci sensibly the lose tliey have auatained by her death. Gcntlcncaa and aunvity of manner*, char- 1 acterucd her entire inteicourae with *?u,- t ty. A consistent member nf the Uaptist * c >iii in union for many year*. *hu bequeathed the legacy of a piou* example to her surviving friends, worthy of thtir emulation.-? The religion that atifilained her through It'. me a lit* proven * *ol?ce in (he trying ordeal of *tHictioc through which the |>??kod ; which wn* protracted and very inten?e. It wm the melancholy fileaearv of the writer to viait the drcoaaod, * *hort time befofh . he died ; to whvm the eapraaaed not only \ * witliugneM, hut an nmiely to bv "absent | from the body, and prveent with the Lord." In a few day* after, the pasted away from I " arlh horn woe and rare" to the houie of the hire! where the wicked eena* from troubling and the weary are at rest C, Pleaeaut Hill, S. C.