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Cljf | LAJNUA8TERVILLE. 8 C. WKDNE8DAY MORNING, MAY 2, t8#0. The Convkntios?W* have carefully compiled from our Charleston exchanges a j condensed xuoiuiary of the proceeding* up j to the nlleriioon ?e?hion of Fiidty, which ! will he found elsewhere. It will be seen that the adoption jjf a Platform was the ubaoibinir mutter at that sLa ire of the uro- I ce.dings. We learn through v private source, that up lo the adjournment on Sat. urday, no nomination had been made.? Whether a Platform li >d been agreed upon, our informant did not know, it has been announced that the South t.aroliuadelegates have agreed to vote for Hunter. We are requested bv* Dr. Bennett to ata'e that, when not professionally engnged elsewhere, he may'hereafter be found at his office (two doors below Air J. Adams' Store) which has just bepti e^.rcssly lilted up for the purpose. The Meeting in Camden.?We learn .through a private source, tbut according to appointment, a railroad meeting was held in Camden on Saturday last, and warm resolutions adopted favoring the contemplated toad from that point tp laincs^ter. A com ipjttee win appointed to pnnraas tjje town suJ I>i*lrict for subscription*. The meeting adjourned to convene again on the fourth Wednesday in May, when the com uiittee will report the result of their efforts. We will doubtless be prepared to give further particulars next week. District Items. A sojourn of a few days in the lower part of the District last week, enables us to speak definitely in relation to the appiaranuH and prospect of the crops. The Wheat crop is exceedjiigjy unpromising ; dry weather and other cuutej} hav* opnjbin ed to make it so, and unless the seasons are favourable from this to harvpsl tippe, a liajf crop can scarcely lie expected. In no event pan an average crop be made. The .Oai crop is also unpromising, but lljere is yet time enough in w hich it insy greatly improve. The Corn is up generally, looks Well, and there seems to be good stands,? * Cotton is begining to come up. Guano has been pretty extensively applied in that section and an increased yield of cotton may be reasonably expected. Peaches and other fruit promise to be abundant. This, in the face of the mnny fronts during the months of March and April, is unexpected an well as highly gratifying The exnuisite sensation which ideas of peach pica conjure up, is lens u visionary speculation now than it was some weeks ago. The health ot the section, usually good, was never better than at this time. The accommodations at the Hanging Rock Mineral Springs have not yet been renewed. When the Lancaster railroad is completed (and nobody doubts now thai wc will have a road,) this w ill no doubt be an important and much frequented place of resort. A road either to Camden qr JJjghqpy;J)e, must pass within a short difiaqce of the ^springs. It is now otic red to t sale or rent. We happened at l'leuaant Hill on Tliursday morning when the mail came down from I Lancaster, and was gratified to note evidences of a lively appreciation of the "Ledger" in that locality. We have a large lint of subscribers at that otlice and would l>9 pell pleased to lengthen it. iMeasant 1 lil? sustains its charaeter ns a public thoroughfare and place of resort. Situated at a point where three roads leading from different sections in North Carolina con. verge, nnd in the centra of a thickly sottied neighborhood, it is one of the most publjc places to be found in the up country. Messrs. Mugill &. Bcallie have a fine stock of goods ; seems to be large and full and, in this respect, adapted to the wants of the large section which they supply. It js now the only storo within five or six miles of that plsueAmong tfie indications of thrift and a spirit of improvement Itj ^hnt gecfjon, ptay be mentioned with credit to all concerned, the )>piljjing of n commodious and wel) constructed Church at Salem Camp Ground. It will be capable, when finished, of neatI rig one thousand persons Not much of the inside work is yet done ; both floors have Uen laid and the ceiling overhead, of both, partly finished. The walls arc to bft plasferpd. |t will be, when finished, so fur as our know ledge extends, the finest nd largest Chufch in f)|? District. Other sections would do well to Imitate a worthy example. A neat and well finish; ed Church is cn'd.ta^le alike to the taste snd the intelligence of s community ; and a dingy hi id ill-shaped one is a positive disgrace where belter can be Convention Demoornti. The editor of the tidgctield A<fverliter, who w us a delegate to the Columbia Con* veniion, writes as follows to his paper : It can no longer be said, that the Convention Democrats of South Curolinu *re weak. There were full repres? rilutions ul Columbia frotnuil the Districts of the Stale except two or three of the 1'arish Districts and several Milliliter ones in the upper coun try The material was substantisl us well as el.listened, while a patriotic devotion to the honor and character of South Carolina beamed from tape to fapt The SlU'e fiss on!ijilift i?i njiprvrij&iuj jor hitr pr*?ua reo i^ilion with kOi'ii Jiifh around Imr, Ixi'Dtu arena National <'ouvrntioti or a Southern Coilveniioo, n National Congreaaor a Southern Cony re**. Conawrvatim in Nhliinim 'but re?oiule in thu ultimateailuinnienl'of right, Um Convention Deuioerata ar?i tru? aoni of a apt rl ted auecatry. Lot it bo Ihett glorjoue part, >o a-Hi-t in Hiving the C<-natitut ioA mid the Count.j, a nile Oi?y avour* lua perM r^iMlitjt *4 Unit Suot*on The ConYention. An tlio Charleston Convention is at thin lime the absorbing matter ot interest before the country, our renders no doubt expect mid desire as full n report of its deliberations as our space will admit of. Our Charleston exchanges furnish us with complete reports of all the proceedings, debates, &e., and from them we propose to cull a brief and iiiteMigrblo sunininrv *~of that which seeiua the most ijuport.act. For an abstract of the first day's proceedings, with Francis B. Fluurnoy, of Arkansas. I'r?*si dent prt) lejn, in the Chair, we refer to our first page. Thtt (^Ammittnp oil Drirnnliolinn r*?n^*r ?d (i report on Tuesday morning, recommending as permanent offi!i>r< of the Convention : for President, the linn. Caleb fuelling, o/ Massachusetts, and thirty-three Viev-Pjesidents and as ntnnv Secretaries, one of each from every State represented in the Convention. Ftorn this State, B. H. Brown is minted as Vire President and Franklin Gaillard, Secretary. The Committee further recontruiended thnt the rules and regulations adopted bv the National Democratic Conventions of 1852 and 1856 he adopted by Ibis Convention for it{. gov ernment with this additional rule: That in any Slato whieh has not provided or directed by its State Convention how its vote tnav be given, the Convention will roeogni/.o the right of each Delegate to cast his individual vote." The first part of the report (nominating office/a for the Convention) was adopted unanimously ; the latter par.t, recommending that each delegate be accorded the right to cast his individual vote in the absence of any positive instructions from the States respectively, was the subject of an animated discussion both before and ufter the permanent officers were installed. Gen. Clark, of Mississippi, and Col. D: .L I -< in; ? ... iviuiinruaou, 01 niiiioia, were nppoiniert a Committe to wait upon and conduct the lion. Caleb Cashing to the Chair. The President pro tern, in retiring from the Chair, made an appropriate speech in which he held lip to the Convention the necessity and propriety of being governed by harmonv and moderation in its deliberations, lie then introduced the Hon. Mr. Cushing us the permanent presiding officer, who on Inking the Chair, addressed the Convention as follows : Gentlemen or the Convention: f respectfully tender to you the most earnest expressions of profound gratitude for the honor which you have this day done me in appointing me to preaide over your deiibe rations. It is. however, a responsible duty imposed, much more than a honor conferred. In the discharge of that duty?in the direction of business and of debate?in the preservation of order, it shall be my constant endeavor, fuithfullv and impartially, to officiate here as your minister, and most humbly to relied your will. In a great deliberative assembly Ijku this jl is not the presiding officer in whom the strength resides. It is not his strength tint yours? >our intelligence, ymjr sense of order, your instinuts gf self respect. J rely, gentlemen confidently upon you, not upon myself, for the prompt and parliamentary despatch of this Convention. Gentlemen, you have come here from the green dims or me r.asiern iroiu Hit rich Slates of the i(n|ieriul centre, f'om the miii lighted plain* ot the South, from thilertile State* of the mighty basin of I lie Mississippi, from the golden shores of the I distant Oregon and California. (Apphinae.) You lime come together in the exerci?e of the highest function* ot u free people, to participate, to uid ill the selection of the future ruler* of the Republic. You do 'lii? a* the Representative* of the l)?iino?riitic party?of that great parly of the Union wluiHe proud mission it has been?whine proud mieaion it im?to maintain the public iibertiea ; to reconcile popu'ur freedom with constituted order ; to maintain the sacred reserved rights of the sovereign States (applause); to stand, in a word, the pt-rpetual sentinels upon the outposts of the Constitution. (Renewed appluu?e.) Ours, gentlemen. is the motto inscribed on that scroll in the hands of the monumental statue of th$ great statesman of South Carolina ? " Truth, Justice and the Constitution."? (Tremendous applause.) Opposed to us are those who lauor to overthrow the Con stitution, under the false and in-idious pre tence of supporting it; those who are aiming to produce in this country a permanent sectional conspiracy?a permanent, a traitorous sectional conspiracy of one-half of the States of the Union against the other half (applause)?those who, impelled bv u s'u pid and half insane spirit of faction and fa natieism. would liurrv our land on to r?vn ?. - / - -----lution and civil war. Those, gentlemen, llio-e the banded enemies of the Constitution, it is the part, it is the high and noble part of the Democratic pnrty of the Union to wilhstur.d, to strike down and to con quer. (Applause ) Ayt that is our p ?rt. and we will do it. (Appluijye.) Jn the mime of our dear country, with the help of God, we will do it. (Renewed applause ) Ay, we will do it ; for, gentlemen, we will not distrust ourselves?we will not dispair of the genius of our country?we will con. tiuue to repose with undobtiug faith in the good Providence of Almighty God. (Great upp'nuse ) The Vice Presidents and Secretaries elect then came forward, took their seats on the phiiform, and the Convention look an informal recess for about ten minutes, to enable the otbceis to make arrangements for proceeding w ith business. A vote was taken on a motion to strike out the latter portion of the report of the Committee on Organization, and resulted as follows: Yeas 101 j Visys 194, South Carolina voting in the nfbrmaiive. The question t|ien recurred on t|)e adoption o! the latter portion of the report as it came from the Committee, and it was adopted by the Convention. The following are the rules of former Conventions adopted by the ubove vote : 1. Renolctd, That the rules of the Mouse of Kepreitetitative*, no far a* applicable for ! Ilia government of the Convention, bo a dopted a* the rule* of Ihia Converjliori. U. Retolitd Tint! two-third* of ihe whole number of Vulea given ahull be necexaury to j a nomination of eondidatee for Preaident eod Vice Preeidenl of the United Slate* by Ihia Convention. 3. Retolced, 'I'hst, in voting upon any qumlk>p which may ari?? in the proceed iiig* of thie Convention, Ihe votea ahull be ! tajicn by Sutft] at the requeal of any one S>?F;. |&c)> State to by entitled to the number of rolea to which a.,id State i* entitled : in the next electoral college, without re I g**d to the number of delegates in atteg dunce, tho mapper in wbiuli said vote U to be i'i?l to be decided by the delegation oi et?cb State tor iliielf. i Together witu the additional role, giving | each delegate the right to cast nis indlvidu1 al vote under certain circumstances j Mr I'utne, of Ohio, called up the resolu lion submitted by Iiiuj be/ore the uojouniinent esterday. It v\ a* read at to I) o >v a : j Hestilved, That a committee of one dele1 gate from each State, to be selected by the j delegate.* thereof, be appointed to repo>l 1 1 rejoin lions, and that ajl resolutions in rciai tion to tin pint t or id ot the Democratic party, be referred to said committee on presentation \v illioul debate. I: . 1 . J ? - ? nun auopiuu una me com | I tniltee appointed ace trdipgly. John 8. ! Preston represents South Carolina jn oiiid 4 Committee. j Mr. Burrow, of Arkansas, offered the folI lo>\ ing reaolotion ; That thi* Convention will not proceed to ballot for a candidate for the Presidency until the platform shall have bet-B adopted." Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, moved to lav the resolution on tho table. The vote j was tat en by States and tlie motion to lay | on the table decided hi the negative ; Yeas ' 3^1 ; Nays '210) ; South Carolina casting ! her eight votes in the regative. The res- I olu'iou Has then agreed to uoaoiftiously. Mr. Hi-hop, of ContieyticiB, offered the following resolution : Resolved, That no member ip Ibis Con- I Veotioii be allowed to speak more than once upon tips same question, nor (or a Ion- j g.-r tipie JJian f)fieeu ttjinutes. The President announced that under the rules of the House of Representatives, which had been adopted, this resolution would stand over for consideration the next day. The following resolution, ottered by Mr. Fisher, of Virginia was adopted, when the Convention adjourned to 10 o'clock, A. M. Wednesday ; Resolved. That the President of the Con vention be and he is hereby requested to invite the ministers of the different denominations of Christians in the city to open the daily proceedings ol' this body with prayer. THIRD DAY. The resolution submitted on Tuesday by Mr. bishop, of Conn., was taken up, when * lengthy discussion upon it ensued. Mr. i>; ,i j ... ...j 4 .i,,, i IlltllUjl Ul'IIIUIIUl U IIIC j'l C ? IMIin t|Mt ntlUK l?j> on the resolution Gen. Walker, of Ala., desired to move HO to amend the second branch of the resolution, limiting debute, ho an to make it apply only to queMinu* having no reference to the plat form to be reported by tho Coin mi I ten on Uesolutioon. He would vote for the resolution, provided that members of tho Convention should be 1 allowed to discuss the platform to be reported by the Cotmnittou at aqv length H might | be the pleasure of the Convention to allow. I Gen. Walker then moved to amend the ' latter branch of the resolution, so as to provide that jf should not appiv to any discus ton upon the platform to he leoorted to the Convention hy the Committee on iluuo lotions. The I'resiiiunl decided that the demand for the previous question had eut oil' all discussion or amendments, and the previous question being seconded the vote was j taken hy States upon ordering the main question with tho following result : Yea* 121; Ni\i 182; South Carolina voting in the negative. So the Convention refused to order the main question, and Gen. Wul j ker submitted his amendment; and the resolution as modified hy Gen. Walker's aiiienduient, wns, alter a long discussion agreed to. Tho Committee on resolutions not being ready to report, nothing el*t* of material | ctinHcqiieore transpired the third day. The | Committee on Credential", to whom was referred the question of" right between the ! d'ipb|n delegations whjcli had presented | themselves froil) several States and J)im trie Is, made their report, recommending : That the sitting delegates to this Con- I ventlon from the State of Illinois, of whom Col. \V. A. Richardson is Chairman, are entitled to their respective seals. That Cornelius Doherty and K. S. Clinf. fee, delegates representing the 6th Congressional District of Massachusetts, are entitled , to their respective seats. ThalT, M. laitiahana and Robert J. Brent, delegiles representing ttie 4lh Cougres- | sionnl District of Maryland, are entitled to I their respective seats. That the delegation to this Convention tV<< n the Stale of .New York, of which Dean . Richmond is Chaiman, are eutiteid, us such , to scuts therein. A minority report from the sarqe Coins ] ipit.ee, was announced through Mr. Broods, j j of Ala,, recommending : That the two delegations from New 1 York bo authorized tu "elect eitch thirtylive del.-gates, mill that the seventy dele- I gale* thus ho I voted be admitted to this Con- j vention as ttio delegates front the New York Democracy, and that they be allowed two bourn to report their selection. The majority report wan adopted in full, and thereby the contesting delegates from ' \fw York and Illinois excluded froui the Convention. i FOURTH DAY. ' The Committee on Resolutions not ha\1 ing reported a '"Platform" op to the hour of ' adjournment on Thursday, nothing of ma' lerial consequence was done in the Con veil' tiou that fluy. FIFTH DAY. 1 The Convention resumed ita Session at 10 o'clock, A. M. Mr. A very, of Norm I ^a/tlima fmt\.saa t Ra Ittaainrtf U i\f lK? Pmnu.il U-e on Kesoluilona, reported the following Platform ; lir^.Ued, Tliat the Platform adopted at Cincinnati be alhruied, iy|tli the following rend | nil on < : 1. Ht solvd, Thut the Deq^ooraor of the ' [Jniletf 8latea ho|d thene cnrdin.il prmciplea on the auijoct pf #l?iv?rv in the 'l'erritoriea: i Kirat, lliai Congreaa ha? no power, to abul. i iah blavery in the Terrritoriea. Second, Hint 1'erntoriul Legiulalurea have no p<>W> er to uboliah alaveiy in any l'erritoriea, nor to pioiiibil the introduction ol alatery therein, nor ?uy power to exclude it h very ' theret roa>, a or any power to dealroy or iia- j f?air Ihr r.ijflit of property in slave*, by any emulation lyhisti-ver. 'J. ileaoitrj,Tlitii thn enai-lin. iits <>f State Legislatures to defeat III faithful exiviilioti of tin- Fugitive Slave l?uv are lio*li.e in ciian.uU r, sulnei *ive ol the t.'onslilutmn, and revolutionary Hi ttieir idled. 3 ItrsoUid 'Flint it i" the duty "I ll.e Fedcrm iju Verrmei i t<> |irc:irt, when necessary^ tlie i^nit uf |n rMU^ and proper!\ on this li'y.'i sea*, in it? 'IVrritoru-M. or ?iierevi r else it* ('oiistilnliotial autliori'y ex-end*. 4 He tolled, Ttiat tiie Iiriii' eraey ol' ilia j Nation recognize it ?? th imperative duty of litiH Government to |ir??ti*i"t the iiatiirnli Zed citizen in nil Ilia ri^hta, whether nl liouie or in foreign lands, to the same extent as ' its native-horn citizen*. I) Het-olved, 'I'hut tin* National Denmcru ? !' n'irnii.1 it* I- .O.II.iii.OI.II I u.,i?.i i. o I tin- Inland of CIIfoil al till* earliest practical bio |icriod. Wlierrtis, 'I'lial one ol tin* grcrleat neces silies uj the ii^Vi hi a po iUial, cumiiiiTi'i il, I postal, and milltiiri point ol view, in a -pee dy i'oiiiuiiinir itioti between the l'. ciliv aii?l AI lull I io oo a-U?. Therefore. bo it Resulted, That tin* National Dcinncfiiie party do herein pi' d{.'o themselves to one | every mentis in tliei. power lo Seville tin* j passage ol* Motile Hi11 tor the coosiruction of a I'acihe Rnilroiul, fiom lae Mississippi River to ilie Pacific ffveaii, ill the curliest practicable moment Mr Avi-rv in explanation said Mint tin* report wan not adopted with iitiiiuiinity. - Thw i*t aim 3d re- lutions ware adopted ( by a bare niajmity, tin* remainder, except | tbo limt preamble and resolution on .11i moiisly. Tin* bint bv a in joiitv. '1'lit* J prrhx to National Democracy I ad b^-cn struck out. 'l'tio second resolution having beun ap plnlidcd. the Chair -aid applause ill tin* gal loiii-H yvoiild not In- tolerated. It it occurred again it would be cleared. This report wan signed by all tbe SjiiMi mn inembera of tin* Committee and those from Cttlilornia aim Oregon. Mr A v. ry called for Hie r? tiding of the minority reportM. wlieii Mr I'axnc, ot Ohio, from a Minority of the Committee, submit ted the follow ing ; 1. Resolved, That we, the Democracy of theUiijoii.il) Convention assembled, here by declare our afliimuriee uf tin Resolutions unanimously adopted and declared as a p'al form of piini'iplett hi lite Deinocr.nii* Convcntion al Cincinnati, in thu ye.*r I Sib. foe licviiig tiiat Democratic principles are un cliaugeafole in their ii ttiiie, wiien applied lo I u mine subject matters; and we recom mend aw llie only further resolu ions the following : 2 Resolved That nil questions in regard to tlie rights of properly In Slate* <>r 'IVr ritoiics, arising under the Constitution of ilie United Mair.t. are policial ill their eliar neter ; tllld the Uellioeiulic p:irl> is pledged to ab de by rind faithfully carry out such ilu termination of these questions as lias been or may be made by the Supreme Cou.t ol the Uliiled Stales. 3- Resolved, 'I'lirit it in the duly of the United Slates to nil' rd ample and complete protection to all it* citizen*, wliclher ai home or abroad, and whether native or foreign 4 Resolvd, That one of the necessities of the age, in u uiilil.nv, c.ooiiiercial, and postal point ot view, is speedy coiouiUol. a tloll between the Atlantic alld I'aeilic "stales; nod llie Democratic p.ir;y pledge *ucll I oil stiluliuiial liny eminent ad us will insure the cuiis'.ruelioii ol a railroad lo tile I*..elite coast, i?l llie earliest pravti juble period. 6. Knotted, I'lial loc Ileiiioeratic parly are io I,.v.o ol the acquisition of llie Island ol < ulia,on HUC'i tonus as shall be honorable to ourselves and j'ist to Spain0. Resolved, I'lial llie ellai'liue.ds of State la-gl*. .tine- '< dole,.I .in- l.iillilul .\eeut|oii of to.- . ugllive Slaye l.iW, nil: li-'S-.i'i* ill >-li..ruclei i I ine t s..in.o n, ul.d leyoiuU.m . ;>i 11. .i .lite' This report *.?.? s.giirii h) an llie North* era members ol llie Committee. Mr. Payne moved iiie.se resolutions us an amendment. i Mr Butler, of Mllssaelol'Mil*, as another Minority, hii)*anilled the lono-vlug addition* at ini.ioiity report: li'Sulid I'll.it llie Democracy ol I tit' Union, in Uoiiv cation assemble... herein declare our ullirilinlii e of toe D.niiocra le Ten olilllons unanimously iiju|ileit and declared rut u I'luitoriu ot t'rinciples at l.iiicinn.iti in the year lttob, without addition or micro lion ; belle.Ilia thai Democratic principles are UliCliaugeabltj iri their lia.urc, w licit aji piled lo tlic same subject mallei, mid We recommend a* the only furtlier resolution, j ine following : Retttlsed, i'hat il is the duty of the Uni- i led ilUlf lo extend its protection alike over all its citizens, whether native or natural j iZed (Signed) I) F. Bur L.RK. Mr. Butler moved these resolutions as an Kit amendment to the uillUldlllfill. Mr i'o) no of Ohio in |iresenling his re j port, staled his minority report, represented lib electoral voles against 1-7 represented by the majority report. Air. Bradley '1\ Johnson of Mary land ask ed him how many Democratic. voles his 17b -?V- V J Mr. Avery, of ,\ort'i C'a-olina, proceed-I td (o defend the majority repoit, lie rep- I re sen led in Ins report w Inn is required l>y ' seventeen Deiin-cruliC Slates,as a vlt <1 |>i in Clple retio^tliZin^ toe equality oi toe people of all ilio Stair* to too ler.llories ?u i quirevl liy the eouminii blood und lr?iuiir? ot all. (Applau-e ) Mr. Avery, llien referred to the oilier , Slates winch liad signed the majority re* : port sad wmcfi wars now Democratic j States. Was such u phalanx of i). inoeratio alienjjth to cuiiceOc to a tiiinoroy winch mil (if 170 e>ecloral Votes, does not repro I lit according to the last elections a single electoral vote what they contend for in me j minority reports. Air, Avery denounced Squatter Sovereign- | ty as diuigviroU* and heretical u? Coqgreasionai prohibition, flu alluded to the advantage of Nortnerii Kiuigrutil Aid Societies over Southern scltlcis in (tie Tv-riilorica ? If this pr>nc.p!e nl' Teirilori"! Sovereignty was then aUopicd it would atteel hie rvoiith lht? same as the Wilinul 1'ioyiso. We of I the South do not propose to exclude the property ol our Noit<>eru brethren, we only waul what We eoUcede them Mi. Averv forcibly defended the majority report, and exhibited lite injustice which would be worked to the houiii if the pun oiplt* of territorial sovereignty was adop led. Sovereignty did not commence until the condition of a State nad lieeii reached. The Cuba resolution proposed Would be valueless to South, ** well as nnv acq in si- | lion of Territory, if (hi* piiuciple wa? es { tablisiied. I lie implored the Northern Cetnocrscy : not to press the qqesttun. Thvre never ! was n lime when a bold and in.inlv course had nut met the sanction of the Norl-iem Democracy Tne Hresideiil (Mr. Cusninjfj f?inuwu v lib ii m VI'UI nr, miM nc i ill M* 11 y ou lh.il il in Uif true w?y to m t.iin miiuee?a. (Appliiune ] The South rrquirvd the (,'ouveiition to m.'ke U l? old HUtild. The judicial uJc.i in ih? minority report afforded ! iu? ao..'tioit uf 11k* question ft very muri i there from thr North w?t u t?*%? nhtdtftif citiMD, itu iaiyre any declaration on that | point vviim iuiniMteiial. .Mr. I'ayne, of Ohio, cddresned the Con vention in behalf of iiit minority report.? fin' minoritv hml pom* into the Convention ' v. i:n nit earnest de?ire to nceoiniiioUulo the I diiVoit'iiee-* in the part*. The question of! slavery had distracted I lie parlv nnd the e?'iinii> hinee The North lind hoped 1 t ? the Compi ionise measure* of '50, the | K li*;.a It il oi *.-,4. nod (to* |dittloriiiH of 'oil I .'toil '5G h. d linyllv settled ?hi* question ? I I lie h id hoped that it w is finally removed ! I unit Congress, where nil ji*. Union hail orinitialed I he Deiuoer.iey ol t<*e North I clniiii no eredlt f*r slitiiding hv the rights f the South Though lliev had ueeusionnily teen deiionneed ill the Senule ,1k Soii:hem men, as "unsound nioi rotten." tiny In.d always neled in good tailli. Ti.e platform* alluded tu emanated from ttiw Smith, and iccogm/.cd non-intervention ? llo vniilit |>r vc In tlx.* record of Southern argument III tne Sc. ate Mini llou-ie of Uepre**eiiiativi*.?, tiiat ilu* construction now contended for l?y tin* Noitli wm their*. itli out a ?ii-*en iiiL' voice up to 1858. lie read iIn* extracts. Mr I'nvtie contended that the South iih well a* the North had conceded it to be II judicial qu? stion. lie sent t the Secretary's desk ""extracts from speeches of the I Ion. Isaac TmiceVi Secretary ol the Navy ; I low ell Cobb, present fcSwrre'ary of tin* Trcu?iuy; Vice l'rcsideut lircv kenriiige and l'.x Speaker Jatin-s I.. t Irr, of S. C, w ) icli were read, sustaining his po-ition ? V; r I 'at nc the.i read ttie Cincinnati Platform and contended that it meant the same tiling I'l.c ''iiiuuiiiati I'm.form hod h<-en adopted b\ lie* representatives of Hurt', ?>lic Slatciinaniiiioiislt, with the exception of tin- Piteifie li.iii itoao rcsolntiou. lie read part ol ,\Jr liiteliatlali's letter of acceptance to show that lie regarded popular sovereignty ns in the pl.illorm. The Nortlicrn mind wu* iuihncd with the love ol tin** pre.it principle. We give t ?? people no r>ght that the Constitution docs not pire llieni The extent ol this light I tin* courts could decide, and t It is North would abide b\ the decision. lie then read the platform of the Ol io Democrat*), recognizing the jiniiciul character of the issue. t/|iiowus coimiiii'ed In the aclu.il of Congre-s and the 'o.'iveiitioii ot the Democratic party. Shccaliii*>l recede fioin it without dishonor, and so help n Cod, we never will. (Applause). Seif. respect was as dear to them us to t|ie lllcli of Hie South. If the (iinjoiity ruporl is adopted the South cannot expect any u*sis> dice from the Northern Democracy. Mi. I'ut nc concluded in an impressive manner exhorting the South to ucourse of modern, tiou and not to huidcti the Northern Dcm* ocraey Willi tiio much weight 111 Hie coming contest. II the mujoril platform w as a,united he tvotiiil go home ami light H e bailies as heat l.c may. air. lluii. r. of \ei?,:ii'iiii.i>ii. i!.!,,......! the (Joiivtiilion fur about unv lioiir upon Iim additional minority rujiuit, when a re* ft.1.1 AU? Lillil'll II..til 4 o'clock i? ?r? !? Mews Items Kx (joveniur iiultimton, of Vermont, one <4 Hit* iJi-ifu.,1, h to ;|u; N.iiion.ii Cuiut'iilion, died ut) nuddciiiy in Ulmrlciuiii on I lilt' 'idiii ull. A flinch of nil earthquake any* Ibe fain. | ii..ii SjHirhin aus \i-ry vi.nl>.) ft l in ti.ii | 1*1 .co uii yrnlt'itl") fU'iiin^', m lew iniiiotu-. Im I'oii'8 uVlufk i'lie viif'ili.iltuii ittiiivd to be In.hi I..til lu \\ til. llr.i|iTANCI? To 11?K U. S. AUTIIUHITY.? ' li iippeitm n. Hit r? |>orl of llie iiiiimn.il <>l i < >iii<> dun liit lit public am uI A ill inbuilt I full:it\ are ill arm* lu rc.iinl tilt' I'Xfi'illloii j i>i nit Senate'* uiilliorily to biii*^ lirowu ' ti< lute tl.t coiiiuuMeo charged ii'lin Hit inn-.tligation ol i|it liii|i< r'? ftny ull.ir, i Social on >IUM.to*?Tim Coiiritr i* |i|tll*t(l tu tttilt<* lli.lt liuHeH'f ahnrp Hit |u> il.if .I iilituioiiiillia ill\ olved ill Hit I'oiiien ti?n. tin* social . uiiillMliicatioiis brtMrrii < llie dilVorent tleleff.tlioi|s fuitp Uv*VI biybl)' ! agreealxe; ' A delegate" pr *!?!?gal ion" is n *utlj | eieiit imrutlueiioii to toe public rooms or i niiarleis ol itoy one ol the nelegatioiis. umi lite *png o| mini tastefully arranged in a 1 liquid boij ict mis been recognized as an uiivr liriutcli by the representatives from | Maine uml (niitounn, and ail Hits fSutes Hcallcreil about belvveell these geogftipnical I extremes. The ituullt luriitsiies llie thirst > provoking weither ami the North tumislies the tee alio then Cincinnati )>heii Ine pint- 1 foi lit uthl the "corn coidiul." and ("uha gives the sugar, and Alt'ies is fieqneiiil) repre ' scntcd in Ihc (>uii)mcde m.u mixes ami stirs the eup and thus all timl at least one p-niil and 1'iii.cip.e of union and confoderation. (Advei lisenient,) .Mn I uiroK : ? 1 intvu been waiting pa? tietitiy to see who wouid be nominated lor Ine Legislature, hut I have hot seen olio single mime as yet. I therefore suggest toe lollotvu.g gclilnuieli as being |>re eioi lit nil) juitiiiu'ii hi every * ay t<> reprcaeut ilie District v\uii. Fur the Senate,our true and tried friend (Jr. VV (J. vJuultieii, Fur Hie lluuae of R<pt c?ont.iliv ea ? }le|.<r?. jonn VV'iiii?nix ?u>i Robert >1. i aiuin. Ily electing lliia ticket, Me will Imve tno upper, luAur unit iiinlitic uf toe District repreaenled. Fucli auction Mill rav? it Voice Uealdea, air, llieae are reliable lllell, lliey never dotlge the i-naue?no inullvr Wiml coiilea. They are too lioiieal to "ail j oil Hie lence" until the die ia cant to hud out m nicli ia the airong aide, and then come 1 out ita if they Mere the ring It-utlvia of the ao-culied "popular aide." '1 lie tiuio for "ieuue riding" ami "popular aide" aeekeia ia over. I look upon llua, ua the v ear above ad olliera?in m nicli ?t ahould vail upon ! our best, hil<l moat reliable men. .Meania. Cauilieu ami Wiliiaioa tiuvo both been trieo ami proven Ineu.aelvea Mortlty of our Uuai. Mr. diun turn j?t tu bo in public 11IV, but judging from bin munly bearing, 1 aiiouid w), lie loo la linn, de* I cidcd mid ilrliarr.de. lie la dmcipluivd aa la lii* uniid, aa lie graduated at a Military l|i?iilul? wliere a man can't alip through, liui I inuat not any more, I only auggeal Inene IDell, btcmiMi I bel.eve lliey are ijualdied uud reliable. Au>J 1 hope Die election III October, next, will prove thai the people of Hip iJiitiriul think ao too. I dope ineae gentlemen will ailow their namee to be placed in nomination. With Una hope 1 remain, 11. U- 11April W, tbbO. LOCAL'S COLUMN. Our render* should not forget that < Monday next (rfnlesday) n railroad meeting will bo hold at the Court Mouse. Military. At an election on Saturday last for Captain of Beat Company No. I, II J. Wither- | spoon, whs elected over his eom petit or by , a majority of 31. ? > Frost 1 A slight frost appeared, nt this place, on Thursday morning of last week. The weather being very dry.no d.inage was don? 'o either fruit or vegetation, na ?'t ' have heard of. The weather eontinuea cool, and tire is quite comfortable. 1 Religious Services Will be held in the Methodist Church, ' common dug on Thursday evening next, and will continue to Soud'tv ni.'ht. The Lord's ' Supper will bo administered on the Sab- ' bath. Several preachers are expected to 1 he in attendance. I ???w Ladies Fair. The Ladies of the Lnncnstervillp Pre?bv- ' torinn Sewing Societv will give their first Fair at the Court Mouse on the evening ot I the 23d inst. A sunper vviM also h> pro pared in a room adjoining tho Fair Room. A* the Ladies are the originators and no tors in this matter and as the object in view is entirely of a re:lei?us character, it is confidently expected that a'! persons who can conveniently attend, will patronize the enterprise. Plenty Room. We lenrn from the Cuntlinian. that thu large crowd expected bv the Hotel speculators, during Convention week, did not arrive, and great inducements were held out hv the proprietors nfter discovering their peruniary situation. The American Hotel advertised at three dollars per day. Abun dnnt accommodations were prepared In tIncity for twenty tbousand persons. Declines. The Hon. Henry A. Wise has written a letter staling that, inasmuch :t? hi* Sta'o has not declared it* preference for liim for the Presidency, lie declines to have his name presented primarily to the Charleston Convention, lie de-ire* Virginia to vole as a onit in Hint body. Congress. Nothing is expected to be done in Con* gr *a during the Convention excitement, many members being absent at Charleston. A correspondent of the ( arolini.m writes from Washington that Congress is in a state of parulyris, n? the Senate in adjourned, and hardly a rpioritm of the Ibniic present. Printer's Rules The public are Well an are, that of necessity, tl.e pi inter in hound by a principle of j lioii 'Mtv lO't lo expo-e the Inline f a eon ' iribntor to Ion jouianl. Vet, who is it. that I does not trootile themselves and the pria j ter too, with their"* ho in this * mid "alio was Hint correspondent Tl.pre are a ten i (eeptiuns Printers are compelled to hn?e secrets! the snipe iis any otlny hraiich of Industry, if they wish to prosper. We politely mot j respectfully u?k it of our fiieiid*, when they wish to know who correspondent* are to please apply to the ediloi, as we have ; tin rt.ilil 1st nt-ilr- tboie ""l ie The Crop* Tue reports of the Crop* from various section* of tne Slate, nee in to indicate a bountiful harvest, if no back-sett in met with. A llhougli. il is too early a day to speculate extensively upon the prospects of, the corn atid o.-ilon crops, yet, we are inInriited by n genllein.in, tbul some of the farmers in bis suction have good stands of j cotton up. I lie I'ickeiis Courier lias the ' following relative to the subject : "Our observation for ttie laal few days I enables us to speak somewhat of the erop prospect. Wheal is looking Well, and, in mouiu cf ttie d'stncls be|nwr, is heading out Cotton is just coining up tbeiu ; corn looks well .-nutliiieiil frutl for the wants of the coimnuiiity are repurtc.l from entry quar ter." Chuich Improvements character of a place u ^eiiurully jud? jjed by il* ich^ious gitueiitliuiiii ami neatly arranged Cemetery's lailicunterv illo, to its size and population, it a* wealthy and in- ; It .igent na any * illagc in the ISlaie. Taking I '* ??! illi<iini consideration, we think that ?he at.mild not be behind the n^o in j these ill important ma'icm', and we are lisppy to aay site i? not. '1'ha 1'renby leri in*, fiiriii indications, M ill shortly commence to build a lie w church; the baptist* have been j jf.iliiering fund* for a like pirp-me. Cam nut the Methodist* make an ellort in the nine direction 1 Theira is not ail old Choreh.bul is scarcely adapted to thy wnnta and eapacilles of the Olaselil lime and imiis. ration. (We knpw of one who will head iIte nubwiiptiun with 9I U0O.) We era persuaded that the undertaking is entirely feasible and can be accomplished without extraordinary exertion. The wheat tieldn, says a correspondent of the Charlotte Hulletin, for a diatancs of lea miles, extending Irom Hlateaviiie tu the di. recti on of Wilkeaboio,' give u more Halter! promise of an abundant crop than tliey ^ ha\e given during tayqty year* ot the past. Thr Cnowu (m Chahlrmton.?The anlicipation of a Urge influx of visitors in Charleston during the neasion of the Convention hae not beeu realised, according tp the varii ua report*. Aside from the dele, galea, who number about 600, only about I boo visitors were reported up to Monday morning the did, e number nut much Iarg?r than one if lite his. visas Hotels could scvotuiuodate. T ?? I Fur the Lancaster Ledger. fl The Proceedings 1 Of a merlin# held at Itelhel Church, in the fork of Little and Hi# Lynches Creek, in | regard to a Railroad leading from Florence to Ijancatlemille. On Tuesday last qui\<s n respectable meet- 1 bg of the eit'uciis of the immediate noigli - j Ijurliood assembled ut lliu appointed place, lor trie purpose uf receiving conditional ?uInscriptions lur the said Kail Road and appointing delegate* to a Con volition to bo liolti at Rishopville on tlw 15lh day of May neat. Oil motion of Cnpt W. Kelfey, I>r. B. S Lucas was called to lliw Chair, nnd Capt. 4 Dion. R Cautey requested to act as Secretary. The Chairman appropriately acknowledge ed his thanks for the cull to the Chair, and explained the object of the meeting, ('apt. Ulair then made a few remarks concerning the Kail lload, and in conclusion, he moved that a eoniiiii. tee of ten he appointed to examine into the different routes contemplated, nnd the tirsi live named be appointed to receive conditional subs -riptions to the said Kail Rood. The committee consists of: Capt. Win. Mungo, Capt. Wiley Kellef, Dnn'l Hethune, Air. ? Thomas, John R. Shaw, Charles Rainy, J. it. Hell, 1). (Jartjitjcr, Capt. ? Graham, Fiuley McCaskill. ('apt. Rluir moved that each indnidu.nl who wishes to subscribe to the s.ii<J Road, would come forward and write their conditions and sign their names. tVe are glad to say that the subscriptions were betond the expectation of the friends of Die Road. It was then moved by John R. Shaw, that lilts following gentlemen bt appointed to attend a Convention to be held at ilish* opville on the 15ili day of May next.; Capt. Wilev Kelly, Capi. I,. VV R. Illair, G. K. King, J. I- l iller, Geo. W. King, it. ii i nomas, l.. iHclYiiinoi), John H. Shaw, 1) Gardiner, I>. liclhune, AJ. AJcCas* kill, John Gardiner, B 8. Lavas, Jr , Cupi, Win. Mungo. Un motion of Cn|?t. \V. Kelly Ilia Chair* man and 8ecreiary were appointed to tlio delegation. 8peeciies were made Gy Capt/a Carnos, Kelly, II..ill" and John K. 8nu\v, abutting i lie importance ol a Kail Ko.id through |iii* section of country. There were also letlcia read I loin Col. Jaiiies 11. Wiiherspuou of Lancaster and W, Kodgera of tiiahopvillu. Moved by J. L. '1 liter Hint tne proceedings of this meeting be published in the I .alienate' Ledger and Soulier papers, ami all other journals in f.toc ol this enterprise. All business bi'injj transacted ii very cor Oi.il iiivilatioii itasc\tended l?y Cnpl. Curnes i;i hell..11 of liie citizens ol llisiioptdie to the deiena.es alid ail oilier peisolis to partake of llictr hospitality lino feil Inclined to attend the eonten Ion. On motion of Joi.ii li 8li.ni, ti,e meet* my adjoin lied. Lis. li. 8. LUCAS, I'h'iim. C.ipt. T. II. Ca.vifcY, ?Vc y. Hon- Fernando Wood. A lor 'v tio'ail.er ol the citizens ol Chars lesion serenaded Mayor Wood, ot New \ .ill., on luesday eieiiing. 1 he (JotiritP iJIVCa lilt) lul.UAIH|J lepuil ot Ilia rvilialkt III l?|iOIIM! lo llie Colli|*1.Illi'III ; M\ friend*, 1 ilmiik \on lor ilna colli> jilll.eill. It la ' ? Unexpected w> II la IIII deserved. 1 Mti;iuii it ma m:i evidence ol j till! MppleclHlloli ol llie CIIV 1 fepl cite-Ill, M|||J lla Mil iitaUlur oi llie LilltllV Itclil lllielila entertained lo ilioae wlio, under nil cir CUIIItlMUCCt, Vtlil IIIM.IlUlll llic CollSlllUlioii mhU llie Union. Mr. \N ootl ilitu referred lo iLu ini|>??r IaiiI cOnaetjUOIiccM dependent Upon tbe uClioli ol llie Convention lion MUsc-uibtcd in III.a ciIV. . lie bMid it.Ml upon lla delibeiMliotir Miid coiiciUMona bung llie exit* teuce Mini continued coiiaoiidnl oti o! llie National i leiliot i mc} , Mini ill Ml upon llie National Democracy reaied llie columnmiic* ol llie Ul.Ion. tie proceeded lu counsel harmony Mud calm deliberation, Mini appealed lo llie nieinbert cre-eia lo Meigli v?eli ami judge aiaeiy. lie aaid Ho tqiivocal piailomi luual be Mdupled, (lie ngliia ol Mil aecliona ahould be rrcogu ted, and 111 prnicipiea etiuuciMied iiol conaifcleiil Willi llie theory of our intuiu liuita and llie obligations ut the freUer.il Compact. Mr. Wood llieu referred lo ibe intimate commercial Mini social relations earning between Ni w \ o;k Mini Clmilwtuii, Mud kxitl Uimi in bi? |m(3u|i lh? |i?u|>le ul Cbxrlesion Mild of Souili Carolina, iiiighl receive assurance* of continued aiuiiy, Mini ibal however jointly tbe niceuoury docliiuea ol liiaik UepnbucaiiB had heretoluie pervaded llie Nurili, Ilia lime li?d at ta?l arrived w lieu New York would supUeevluliy ibrow tieiae'f llilo llie breach lor Ibe viileiy of our coiuuioii country ? ibal probably ibe preaeul dangv r and llie pre*eiil struggle wmb designed by i'roviueuce lo leal Hie system of our government?Iq ?e? how tuucli 11 would bear wuhoul bieakring ; but ire had tio doubl llie worel wae paaaed, and thai llieolu Ship ol Stale Would aooii be fmod even more safely moored In ibe harbor of Na'.ioual Safely, Col. Seymour, of Charlealoii, replied^ Mild referred in bandaoine lerma lo lb* [ Convention lit session, ami aaid if II would even now, throw me mantle over the shoulder* of Mr. Wood, U w <uld coin maud il|e reapeel and aauclion ol ibe entire Southern country. The Will ofVrt. Herd. The Will of ibe lale Mr*. Eliza l|ow aro uurd, widow of the late Jviward : Snippen Burd, K*q. Iim been tiled in tbe office of ill* H?glater of W ill*, by the Kxecuturs of the instrument, Messrs. Klj K. Price, Joseph B, Townseud, nod Kd* ward 8hipp?u. The great bulk of th* i esials, including tbe two leuibe ol be* | husband's estate, to the final disposition of whicb she was euutled by tbe provision* ol bis V\ ill?baa been bequeathed to the Vestry aod Warden* of 8l. lite plivu't Church, for the (uainleu?i>?e of tbe Bjird Orphan Asyluqi of $< Stephen's Church, Philadelphia. 'fbe testatrix in ! making ibi* bequest stales that it m nerved