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'ljf jLriqri. LAHCA8TWLVILLE. 6. C. WKDNESpA,Y MORNING, MAV ?, >800. "Flat Ckef.k.''?We w ould with plea* ure publish the card, purporting to come from a portion of the citizens of Flat Creek but think it entirely unnecessary under th< circumstances. Tw o of the gentlemen pro. 'poaed have already been cnlled upon, umj '(tbe third can appreciate the compliment ai well, unattended with the usual publicity. Land Foil Salf.?$>lr Mcllwnin often for sale n valuable and desirably locutcc tract of land. See his advertisement in to da)'s paper. V~s ^ V*. yPrnoiw who deBire to purchast Bacon, Lard, &c., arc referred to an advertisement by Mr. L. L. Coulter, in this paper. Railroad Meeting. The result of a Railroad meeting held at this place on JJonday last, will be found on another column. It was gratifying to see the /.a/ge number of persons in attendance and the enthusiasm manifested upon all aides. Our people are determined to have a road?whether to Camden or to the Worth Kastern railroad, will depend upon the' rt>>suit of the e^Orts how being made by the friends bf thte respective route*. The upper portion of thu District wn? pretty well represented, and it is the wish of thai quarter thut the road ho extended to 'Charlotte. There Is no doubt but that it will ultimately go there. Informal,io.p has been received from a source entitled to credit, inducing the belief, that considerable stock, will be taken in Charlotte in n road from that point, Via l^ancaater and Itishop ville, to conntct with the North Easterr railroad. Personal After the adjournment of the Kailroai meeting on Monday,Col. J. II. Witherspoon who had had been in attendance upon tlx Convenliqr. in Charleston, as a delsgat frog) Ifie first Congressional District, wu vociferously called upon fdf a speech. H promptly responded, giving nh outline o what was done in that extraordinary set ion or the National Democratic Conver tion. As we nave collected for our renc m, from other sources, a synopsis of in entire proceedings, it is not necessary t advert to any other part of Col Withei spoon's speech, but that in which rcferenc was made to his ow n position, lie state that he was as conscious as any gciegsi pould have been, of the importance of sue a recogniiion of our rights in the coiumo territories of the United 'Slates us was ej pressed in the majority report, and w he the imoortnnt nnaitinn r n - agiuiie whether Southern deiegules would remni iu the Convention with the platform tin was adopted, or wilhdruw from it, hia fee inga ana influence were decidedly and ui conditionally in favor of going out. H ha^ resolved upou that course, even in th vent that not one of hia colleagues lui agreed to go with him. He was glad, hov ever, to any that fourteen of the aixte? delegates from this State agreed with hiri and responded promptly to what seeme the united wishes of the cotton States. Col. W. was frequently interrupted t applause throughout hia able, entertainin arid effective address. Distressing Accident. Our community has been much concert ud about a report of u most distressing n< cident which occured near Camden on Sa urduy last, occasioning the death of 24 p? sons. We fire indebted to Mr. James Det ton for the following particulars . n tuiujiiuiy pt young persona, forming pleasure excusaion, or fishing party, asseti bled at lloykia's Mill Pond, ten miles beloi Curaden, on Hat unlay last. They, to th number of sixty or sixty-five, male and fi male, got into a Flat, which was convenien sod rowed out into the Pond. When aboi SO or 40 yards from the bank, the Fiat snn and 'J4 of the above number perished. Th others saved themselves by swjming or b flinging t6 the Flat We append the name 'of the unfort unate ones, w ho were thu suddenly launched into eternity : Miss Holly A. Young, Miss Mary / Young, Miss S. H. Young, Mr K. Jose lluggins, Mr. J. R. McCloud, Miss Mitt Alexander, Miss Lizzie McChagin, Miss A1 ice Robinson, Mr. R. Richburg, Miss Mar Iljnspn. Mr. Win. Ia?grand, .Mr. L. R. la grand, Mita Levins Crosby, Miss Murgarr McCowd, Miss 1 <ou. Nettles, .Mjaa Warn Howard, Mr. Willie McChagin, Miss Jan Kellev, Mist C Jenkins, Mr. Frunk Ho colt, Mr. John Oaks, Mr. I). McCowr and two colored persons. Thr South Carolina Delco ation., A correspondent of thu South Carolinian a luding to the effort of a portion of thi press of this Hate t > create the impressioi that the South Carolina delegates in Char lesion were behind the other Statss in as sorting the priociples of the Platform, adop ted by seventeen Slates, soys : "W* have the information from thu h?* authority, that in every form in wbieli thu platform wm presented, the Son^h Curoli na delegation waa among ita moat cngei and earneat supporters, and always uhulii moua ; while the delegations from every other Stole were more or leas divided.? Any assertion, therefore, or insinuation, that our delegation was behind any other In asserting nnd maintaining the platform adopted by the Southern orgarrizstioh, is simply untrue. Such and sueh like assertion* sod assumptions are not ealeulated, tg harmonise the people of South Carolina. We think tho reault shows more than even tllji wi?doni nnd propriety of the people of tlie State having been represented in tho pobwation. Th? Convention?Failure?Secession. 1 ' W# give elsewhere in this paper conden- , sod reports of the proceedings of the Natiotial Convention up to the time of its nd , joornment ; also of the Seceding Convention. The very voluminous and excellent I reports of our Charleston exchanges, have ' enabled us to do this. To Col. Wither- 1 . spoon, delegate from this Congressional j , District, w ho returned on Friday, we are in- i debted for papers in ndvance of the mail. , We take this occasion to thank our cotcm- ' . pornry, the Evening At'us, for sending u? J [ its daily issue during tho progress of the j , Convention, it has jnvuriably supplied ua j with the luteal intelligence. The National Convention is a complete j failure, nnd the course pursued has oecnI sioiied a feruieot of excitement throughout the country, the end of which it is not easy to foresee. It behooves our bcNl and j wisest men to bestir themselves in the ef- ' fort to unite the South for tho emergency , ' at hand. The Northern democrats refused j n just and proper recognitiou of the rights of the South in the common property of the United States. The Southern delegations were then forced to adopt one of two alternatives?remain in a body w here'they were not recognized as equals, 01 secede from it. Some of them adopted the latter, and their course should, and no doubt will, be sustained by their constituents. Tho fears expressed bv certain editors nnp newspaper correspondents, that the South Carolina delegation would not act with tho delegates from other Southern States in a proper emergency, is proved to have been entirely premature. It is said that our delegates was on one or two occasions hissed by lookers on in the galleries, because they did not exhibit as much tire as these outsiders thought tho occasion de1 manded. All sensible people, how ever, w ill 1 allow that our delegates were better judges 1 | of bow they should comport themselves. ' that) thi' clftHH of outsiders usually found * ut these political convocations, animated as 1 the latter are by party and sectional prejudice# aud iu many instances by bod \\ hiskey. When the question of withdrawing from 1 the Convention was being considered by it the Southern delegates, Senator Hammond a communicated with our delegation by teleu graph, urging the latter to go out of tlio s Convention if us many as two cotton Slates 0 would agree to go w ith them. The lireif oateia who have suspected our distinguish1 ed Senator, of becoming ton national, should i- make a note of this. We linvo never que# I- tinned his thorough devotion to the South ie If the South can but become united, We o have nothing to tear. Are the eotton Stales r* prepared to make the question of protection e to property In the Territories the ultimatum d of their remaining in the Union! If they .e collectively, calmly and resolutely take this h positi n, all will yet be Well. n ~ * m ? For the Lancaster Ledger. n Rail Road Meeting (| 1'ursuunl to a call made several weeks |0 ago, a large number of persons assembled ut the Court House on Monday last to eon aider the proposed railroad to this place, j. The meeting was organized by calling |_ Col. Jus. II. Wjtherspoon to the Chair ami )0 W. M. Connors, E?q , was requested to act ,d as S?cretury. ... The Chairman explained the object of ,n the meeting"and imparted some appropriate ? information in relation to ttie proponed d route by way of ^inhopville, connecting Lancaster with the North Eastern Railroad, ,y obtained in a recent interview with the g President of U>c North Eastern It. It Company. The Chairman also apprised the meeting, that a meeting had lately been held in Camden to consider the practicability of building a pond from that point tj I-alienator.? The report of a^id meeting was then callI" ed for and read. A letter front tho Presir* deut of l)ie ^ortatjastern railroad was also *T read. Mr. S. B. Massey submitted n resolution * that delegates be appointed to represent 11 Lancaster in the railroad Convention to bo w held at Bishopville on tho 16th innt., to 16 which we have been invited. .Mr. M's rese* olution was adopted and the following persons appointed by the Chair to represent this District in the Bishopville Convention : k SB Massey, J T K Bclk, J I) VVvlie. M e I1. Crawford, R L Crawford, VVm Stevens, y Geo McC VVjtherspoon, James H VVither8 spoon, J Williams. W A Moore. J A Has eltine, J Adams, John M Crockett, Jones " Crockett, 1) W Brown, R M Simnia, J C Cnldwi II, Adam Ivy, I)r T L Johnston, It ^ M Miller, Thonius R Magill, T K Cureton, A!ft*pnH?r \!m? I o " .........mt-. ?-j ? f uiiuui uii j n. ojiim i ^ Robinson, John Clyburn, Ttiomna 1. Clyy burn, Charles Bird, W C Cuujh^n, I.cwis I- M Cauthen, Jutnea M Ingrain, Je*uce IJ y Mobley, Utinh Fnnderbtirk, C F Hi neon. Amn* McMnntia, l>r J N Nisbet, Rev D F Robinson, Col Rulledge, K K Allison, I)r I, Z Wiliamaon, Wm Dliick, Jsmti Miller,F I) li , (iteen, F T Hammond, A I Stewart. VV G 0 Stpwurt. VV J Cureton, J U VVulsb, K Robinson, Henry H ^orh, -|aipea VVt-Ilwain, B J Witlierspo'n, ^tlines L Reid, Andrew ' Nelson. 81, Wf|liam RVed, Dixon Barnes, John Foster, J I, Dnnlap, J N Crockett, W M Connors. Joa A Cunningham J J Craig, Hatn'l Fanlkner, Messrs Crnig di Ts\lor, J VV Twitty, James R M.iyill William l? ] J Mcllwain, Joseph ('lark. R D Mr.nlgoine1 , ry, J B Couaart, (.-apt Glass Cnaton, (ieo i Sinclair, Rev VV F lirazington, J H McMur. rv, K G Millings, Stephen T Small. Geo VV Bell. G T Wade, W I, Huey, Dr R E Wy. lie. Saui'l McMnnus, Capt 'i' R NDbet, R * S Mchwain, Dr VV J Bnakina, R D M DunInp, J F G Mittag, H II Duncan, '(ieo F , Duncan, ('apt J Cauthen, Allen Morrow. . ii VV Campbell, Dr H I. Strait, Capt J F ; Ferry Dr Frank Maekey, S J Dnnlap, A S r ^li?b.)t, S It Knitpons, Julie rsott Belk, J C Small, A J Connors, H J Hancock, John A Stewman. On motion, reaolved that th? nnd .Secretary of thin meeting bp lidded to tlie above Committee. The following preamble and resolution* were offered by VV. M Connors, Esq : Whtreat, We the citixena of Lancaster District hare assembled, having tb^beat interests of our District in view, are (irmly convinced of the importance of connecting her by railway with some one of the tall. J road* South of us leading to Charleston ; ' Therefore be it ( Resolved, That it is our purpose to insti- j tute measures for the accomplishment of 1 this object at the earliest practicable period. j Resolved, That our grand object is to so- ' euro a Road, the point at which we should | connect, being a matter of minor eonse- j queiteo ; and while we express a preference ' for the shortest route by which we can be brought iu communication will) the seaboard, we will nevertheless adopt that route,! where, by the co operation of other sections, | , u may do aojuogea to oar interest to go. j , Resolved, That wo hbl?l ourselves in readi* ( ueas to perform our full aliare in this enter- ; prise, and whcnevcf the efforts in favor of : eaelt of the proposed loute* have lieen devel- I oped and ascertained, wo wiU unite our re- i couro.es \* ill) those of the friends of that ( route who will have given u.h thu best proof | of their ability for tlie undertaking and of . their inlenlious to prosecute it U> u speedy 1 termination Resulted, That the delegates appointed ' at this meeting be, and they are hereby in- j slrueted, to consider the foregoing resolutions as expressive of the sentiments of the j citizens of luiiieastec here assembled. The above resolutions formed the subject of quite a lenglny and animated discussion. They were supported by Mr. Connors, Mr. j 1 Massey, Maj. Joun I). Wylio, Dr. Williuai* sun, Mr. J. T. K. Belk, and J. Williams, i Esq. Opposed by Mr. 1*. T. Hammond, 1 and M. 1'. Craw ford, Esq. The latter gen | tlcmen held up thu advantages of the Blab- ' upville route over any other, and urged the expediency of directing our attention sole- i ly to that quartar. Mr. ll.unmond moved the following us u substitute for the foregoing resolutions ; Resulted. That the delegates appointed by this meeting coufer with the delegates at Bishopville us to thu feasibility of constructing a Kail Koad from that place to Ijancustcrville and report to a meeting ol the people of this district Hie result of said conference. Mr. Massey moved to lay upon the table. Mr. M.'s tiloticn wao sustained by a vote of I the meeting, and the substitute accordingly hud upon the table. Msj. Wylio offered the following ns an amendment : Resulted, That the delegates appointed at tins meeting he and tliuy are hereby re | quested lo report to an adjourned meeting I of this bodv. to be held ul Lancaster C. II on the lirst Monday in July. 'l'lie HiuenJinenl was accepted, and on the question being put, the resolutions with their preamble and the amendment were adopted unanimously. On motion, it was unanimously resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be published ic the Lancaster Ledger. and that the t'amden Journal, Kings tree Slur, Cheraw daze lie, the Sumter, Darlington un i Charlotte papers be requested to copy. The meeting then adjourned to convene again the first Monday in July. J AS. 11. Wn ilKRSI'OON, Chnin. W. M. Connohs, s'c tj. [A meeting of the delegates whose names appear in the above report was culled in the afternoon where it wut ascertained that about twenty of the number appointed will ! attend at Disliopville on the Jill, instant ] j The Rational Convention. \Ve fefer to our liist page for an abstract ot t|ie proceedings of ihe Convention up to the afternoon session of Monday 30th. In the ufternpon of thai day, the delegates I ironi me oiaies ot n 'uoamtl, Mississippi, j [jOuiiitnn, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Florida Hid a portion of the delegates from Delaware, having been defeated oil the question of the recognition of Southern rights and the protection of Southern prop ertv in the Territories of the United States in the Platform of principles adopted by the I Convention, withdrew from that body.? The .Mercury states that the movement was : caluir.y, quietly and firmly made on n rndi. , cal difference on a great principle. Kueh j Slate fts it withdrew presented its protests ; against the action of the Convention. We j can only muke room for the protest of the j South Carolina delegates, which was pre- i aented by Mr. James Simons and is as fob ' 4 j lows : To the Hon. Caleb Cushinif, I'retuient fj ; the Democratic Convention. We, the undersigned delegates appointed by the Democratic State Convention of I South Carnlina, beg leave respectfully to | state that, nccording to the principles eriiin ciuted in their platform at Columbia, the power, either of the federal Government or ol its agent, the Territorial Government, to ubolisli or legislate against properly in slaves, by either direct or indirect legisla- | firm tsa liVaUioSl lu ?? 1 - 1 ' I ....... .. v?|...vi?; Uiuicu , HIIU nn ine p I ill . < form adopted by this Convention palpably I and intentionally pretermits any expression , atlirming the incapocity of the Territorial | Government so to legislate, thev would not ; t>ti acting in good Tuitti tp their principles, | or in accordance with the w ishes o| their constituents, to longer remain in this Convention. T!>?y therefore respectfully ani nouuce their withdrawal. JaME* S|MoNS, S. McGowan, ll II. WlLSON, it It BoYLsToN, Delegates from 'he State at targe Jas ii VVlTHERsroUN, K. w. Ciiaiu.es, Delegates from 1st Congressiopal I)i?t. G. N. Reynolds, Jr. Tji .s. v. Simons, Delegates from 'id Congressional Din',. James Patterson, It. II. Brows, Delegates frcAn 3d Congre?sioual Dist. 1 | J. A AIetts, I Delegate from 4th Congressional Diat ' Jolts S. I'resTos, Franklin Gaillaru, , Delegates from 6lh Congressional Dist., j One regular delegate from thin Stale, | i Col. II. F. I'erry, und one alternate. Mr. j I Samuel Boozsr, remained in the Couyen* ' j tion. i The Convention then adjourned for that day, the Georgia and Virginia delegations ' uaking time for consultation. The .Mereurv ' in announcing the above facta, nays : , The events of that day will probably be the most important which have taken place < stnee the Revolution of I*77t5 The lust party, i pretending to be a National party, is broken I up ; and the antagonism of the two eectiona i of ihu Union hae uothiog lu arret Us fierce [ colliaiona. Thus, a practical separation has , t already taken place in religious eocietiee, I f :hurchca and parlies. What shall be the [ sequel ! I ni men He excitement exiata in the ' sily, but the mint perfect order. On Tuesday morning, the eighth day of the Convention, the Georgia delegation, following the lead of her Southern Sisters, withdrew, Says the Mercury : The Vir ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina rind Ke itucky I)elegates then naked leave to retire from the Convention for the purpose of consultation. It wuh aupposed that the ..vu^uituiiuu suugni uy mcso Delegations was concerning their v\ iliidrawal from the Convention. They returned, however merely with a proposal to niuiMiii the rule I requiring two tiiiiiis of the "yofea given'' to ill cot a nomination for President, so thai tw o-thirds of the votes which the Electoral Colleges shall east, shall he required to ctlYet a nomination. The object of this amend- i mcnt was to render it impossible for Mr. Douglas to be nominated, by increasing the number ol votes nquircd for a iiojninution. Ilia friends opposed it ; but tlie vote of > New V ork carried the amendment against them. Whilst is it impossit>lo that Mr. I Douglas, under the new rule, can be nominated, the ditliculty of making any nominu lion is increased. His friends can check more easily the game of nominating any I other individual. At present there is not the least visible chance of any one getting the '202 votes required for the nomination, i The Convention then commenced to bal- I lot for President. The t'r.-t ballot resulted ::s follows: FIRST VOTR FOR PRESIDENT. Maine.? Douglas, 6 ; (Jutlirie 3. New Hampshire.? Douglas. 5. Vermont?Douglas, 5. Massachusetts?Douglas, hi ; Hunter, f>: Davis II. Rhode Island ? Douglas, 1. Connecticut?Douglas, -jj Toueey, 2}. iNtfW \ ork? 1 >o?ij?!u<*, 35. Ncw Jertey?liiiihrii',1. Pennsylvania?Douglas, 51 ; -Guthrie, 9 ; j Dickinson. 2 ; 11 urjtor, 3 ; I unc 3 ; (fierce. j 1Delaware?Hunter, 2. Mart land?Douglas, 2 ; Dickinson, 1 : I Hunter, 5. Virginia?Hunter. IS. North Cnroliua?Douglas, 1 ; Hunter,'J. i South Carolina?Hunter, 1. Arkansas?Hunter, 1. Missouri?Douglas, 4$ ; Guthrie, 4J. To n ? cases?Johnson, 12. Kentucky?Guthrie, 12. Ohio ? Douglas, 23. Indiana?Douglas, 13. Illinois ?Douglas, 11. Michigan ? Douglas, t> Wisconsin?D nights. 6. Iowa?Douglas, -1. Minnesota ? Douglas, 4. California?Dickinson, 4. Oregon ? I .unc, 3 Whole number < f electoral votes, 303?Necessarv to a choice, 202. Douglas, 14.5j; j Guthrie, 3!i ; Dickinson, " ; Hunter, 42 ; ' Johnson, 12 ; Ijme, (? ; Davis, IJ ; Toticey 2* ; Pierce, 1. Up to the afternoon session of Wetlnes day there had be< n 31 hnllottings, with no material variation from the above, nnd no seeming probability of n nomination. Twenty three ballots more were bad durt.,.. 11... : e .i ?> > > ?.?? ?IIV r(viifi>K nrnsiuil i?l till* '.Mil imV% H1JI- I king in nil fifty seven ballots; the Inst Lai- | lot resulting us follows : For Douglas, 151 j ; (iullirio,.'?! ; Pick. ! inson, 4 ; Hunter, 16 ; I,ar.<? I t ; Davis, I. I OnThursday morning tin- luili dnj, there | being no likelihood of a nomination, the Convention agreed to a resolution for adjournment, offered by the Virginia delegation to meet in Baltimore on the 18th June next. Thus en led the most extraordinary session ct the National Pemoeraey ever held?having completely failed to accomplish its purpose. Seceding Convention. The delegates who witlubow from the ! National Convention on Monday, assembled at 8 oYlock tlint evening at St. An- ' drew'n Hall, and organized by railing Col. John S. l'reston, of South Carolina, to the Chair, and enrolling their names as members of c Convention of Constitutional PunOCruts. Col. l':eston, on. taking tho i Chair,addressed the Convention as follows : 1 OtXTLEMER : Tho eall you have given lite to preside over your deliberations in thjs temporary organization, was m> uuex peeled that I e.an hardly find Woids to ex 111 phh !il Vi *i llt?t n??nsiilii?nu I '? - a - I. : r? - " /?*" ? i the Cnuir to preside over this umtin^. I > certainly should not accept the p avilion you have nsMgricd uie, were it not for live | fact l},at, in doing *u, i occupied u mere I siuecuie ; that 11 is only for the fulfillment of the forms necessary to elVccl u permit- I neiit organization of the meeting?a meet- | ing of patriots, engaged, in my judgment, in the gravest mission that lias been presented to our people since lite existence of this Kepulilic We come here to night, gentlemen, not I as seclionalisls?not as purliz ?as ?but we come here as the representatives of the 1 Constitution?lovers of this Republic Wo own here, and know no latitude?no lorigi tude. We know no Knat, m> North, no West ; we only know the iuiperiltd institu- < lions ofour country under its constituted ' forui. tieiilleiuen, it is a strange spectacle, this. ; We come here to Charleston believing, and r.s i think, liuly believing, that the Deino cralie party of the Union hud but one uvo- I ration here that its sole, lite giving element wus the protection of our constitutional j rights, Slid the redress of our grievances i uudar the Constitution?that if you lake j away that from it, it has no other being, no other purpose, no other attribute?thai it has no other name than that which came of j this sacred purpose. Tout is t ie purpose 1 for which we came here ; that the pmp .se, in in v conception, for which the Democratic parly cumu here. Tlie Mark Republican cohorts slund itlone upon the avowed purpose of destroy* log the equality of the tuales, and the rights of fijun) htutea. The Dciuocrutic pari)?and ltint is proved by our being irue to night?exist* ulonc fur the purpose at preserving our rights und redressing our [ wrongs. The> Inive fulled in that purpose ; they mve lulled in Wis unssion on which depenled entirely tlis integrity of the party, und, m Roite ol us believe, wilj depend the existence of litis Republic. Such, then, gentlemen, is the reason of >ur meeting here to-night. As 1 ?*id, it is i grsvs purpose, it is a very solemn purpose ; leel it preasiug upon my heart and upon ny brain to nn extent that no other purtose in my Ido ever has reached. Tn?n, .1 taking the posiUou in which you hava tlacvd me, I ean only bog those who are ! round me to cou\e up to the majesty of the ] great issue which is presented to us. Tho I issues which we are called upon to initiate i are those effecting life, land, and liberty i for if wo had submitted to go buiore the 1 country with the issue presented to us in 1 the Convention we have left to day, we should, by that net, have done that w hich, , 1 in my judgement, eventually would have ' driven us from llie land of our fatm-rs and j from the liberty which they bemieathed to ! us?that which would have denied to iik i i the air which we breath, and which wo all 1 know would ultimately have driven us from watching over the graves of our falh- ! era, whieh have been consecrated by their | ashes Now, gentlemen, it is on this view of the i matter that it dims seem to me we are met j as our fathers met. nearlv 11 lo.nlnri. i.. i achieve, to protect and to preserve our liberties lint in doing that we must have re- ' gard not only to our own feelings unci our j own sentiments, but to the feelings, sentiments and hopes ol those whose interests are coincident with ours. We cannot, in the issue that is before us,separate ourseh*? from those whose interests, whose vital interests. are coincident with ours. Therefore, I call upon you, gentlemen, to night, it) your deliberations in whatever you do, to bate regard to the onion of the States which have united with us in this Convention upon the great matter at issue. .Mr. Yancey proceeded to state what ho conceived to bo the issues before the Seceding Convention. lie did not understand its object to be to make any scperate nominations unless the circumstance* should require it. He desired to pi/^ecl the or- t ganisation, and then reinaiu inactive, n watch-gourd upon the proceedings of the other Con\ention, and so that the republic shall receive no detriment at bis bands. If that Convention, however, should go on, I as indicated by w lint has occurred to day, to consummate the purpose for which the resolutions have today been j.s??e*J, and put upon their platform one who accords with its principles in his action?one who, lie might *?.y, originated that platform ? then he should conceive it the highest duty of this body to recommend to (he people of the United States a ticket for President, upon what is not alone a Southern basis, but what is fully equivalent In a Southern basis?a broad constitutional basis. (Applause.) They could not tjo it by autb >rity, its delegatus represent,i.g thn States Irout which tliev catnc, buL simply t.s citizens in the performance of a great and pa triotic duty. A committee uoii-isting of one delegate from each State represented, was appointed l?v the Chair t?> report pcrm?ic;/Jt olTjecrs for the Convention, when the Convention adjourned. 'i'lif Convention lili't oil Tiualav llioril* in or. Mr I'ortcr, from (lie Committee on permanent organization, made a report, reu* o.uiiicihiiiio t'..r President : lion. J.ones A. Ihixnrd, of Delaware, and one \ icc-l'resi d ni aid one Secretary from eaelrepresented. Mr. itaynrd, on tukinv llieMhnir, Maid l!iat those who liad si ceded from the National Convention must meet the responsibility. It wn* a hold *tr|> to lake, ami thev must rely upon their own consciousness of right, | ami the fret that tiiev were vent here to represent principles and not merely to leet men. Dlevied as delegate* to the regular Convention, and having acceded there* from, they had no authority to land their constituents. Tliev could, however, re* commend such its they thought nccesaarv, ii) view of the notion t J'iho National Con | ventioii. The plain enunciation of ttieprinciples of the South was voted down t>y 1 thai Convention, and in its place they hat adopted all utiiOlglloUs platform to which ! different consii u tious w, re yoo i It only reu.:i'.;ie4 for them |li>w to plae ?n that ' pl iltarm the known expounder of the doetl'i'.e of Siptatter Sovereignty. Should thev ' iit? ibis, l.u was free In my for himself that hi* w ouiil unite with iIni Convention in iieiniiniling eandidutea fur the Presidency Mid Nice Presidency. (Load chi'trn.) If, mi the 'iiln r In lul, llioy should nominate n man whose known opinion* acre in nceor dm i'c w.lli ilii ir construction of the pl.itforui, il would be left with tliom to excuse lit Iv nil - latency o! their position. A committee to report a j 1 at form and resolutions win appointed, and the Convention adjourned to Wednesday. Oil Wednesday, a IMalforni was adopted substantially tbc ume as that reported by the majority of the Committee in the National Convention. Up to the evening Session, nothing else of material consequence was done. Sumo of the delegates were in favor of proceeding to ballot for President and Vice-President and not a vail the nc- , lion of the other Convention. They insia It*i1 Ifril tins win the true Democratic Convention n?i thai they should uiiike a nomination with their PPHHHvl 'r11^ sj1.!"'11' 10 the people. The Convention adjourned on Thursday evening without n nomination. The following from the report of the Mercury, given tiie fiuai result. On motion of .Mr. Jaeknon, of ticorgia Rrsolceit, That the Democratic party of the United Stales, who nru in favor of the platform of principles recommended hy the majority ot States in the Charleston Convention he invited to send delegates to a Convention to be held in Richmond on the j second Monday in June next, and that tfee ' basis of repaetilation be the anrne as that upon which thy States have been represented in the Charleston Convention. Tile resolution was then agreed to. On motion of Mr. Barry, of Mississippi, ' the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the delegates from South Carolina be requested to publish the proceedings of this Convention, mid to iucor- ' porslo them in a pamphlet containing so * touch of the proceedings of the Cunventioq I from which this Convention withdrew, as | explains the causes of our aopwratiun from ' | it. ( On mutiun.it was resolved that the South Carolina delegation be appointed a committee to mal<e nirangeiqents for the Convention to be held at Richmond. I On motion, it was resolved, that the thunks of tnis body be tendered to tbe I're- ' siding Officer ; the Secretary, for tha die ' charge of their respective duties; and to ' the citizens of Charleston, for tho hospital- I itios which had been so kindly extended to i mo uteiutnra 01 me Uonvtution. j j A tnoliuit being made to adjourn, before j it waa put, Tno President (Mr. Scott, of Alnbaraa.j ' naid that it wua the eaai. Ht tning under the 1 aim to reoolve. They had adopted reaotu- 1 i ion a here for their aetion, and he hoped , < they would follow them up by doeda. (Ap- , plauso.) Ijo should go to his hoiue in South AUb.-imn, ana by pight and by day, in time and out of time,* he should labor with his people, lie should cnrry with him that noble platform contained in the speech of Mr. Yancey, by wlilch to shape his actions. lie entreated his country men to go to work and victory would perch upon their banner. (Applause.) On motion, the Convention lh.cn adjourned to meet at Kichnund on the second Mouilny in June. Religious, Rev. Mr. Craig, requests us tossy that : l,e will be absent on next ISabbath on njiy- j isterial duty. He expects to preach in lliu Village on the 20th mat, ut Wouglusa on j tin; 127th an J ul NVaxliuw on the 3d of June. Ladies Fair. \Vf are authorized to say, that the Iaidios ' of-The Sewing Society," will he pleated j to entertniu a large company, at the Court llouae, on the eyeiijng of Wednesday and ( Thutaday, the 23d and 24 ill inst. Doors open at 8 I*. ?M. Their taste and quality have for some- 1 lime been taxed, in making preparations, | and we predict for them the most credit a- ! hie success. Many articles of real value, as well us beauty, will he oll'ered for sale that the buyer may get the worth of his money, (''special and abundant yroviiions, will be made lot the hungry. It is expected that "the Hand" will be present with their music, | the room will be handsomely decorated, and in a word, there will be something 1 there for everybody. The proceeds are to , be applied to church purposes. The public are invited to Httend.uot only | in\iled, they are cxjvcled. Lancaster Rail Road?Public Meeting;. In pursuance of an invitation from'the I Town Council of Caiuden, a number of j the citizens of Caiuden and Kershaw Dis I trict, assembled at the Town ilaii this , day, (April 28.h.) to take into consideration, the proposed ltail K >ad couiiectioh 1 between this place and L uicastvr Court lloiiea. m On motion of A. M. KennudyA L. Me Candle-* w ss requested to take the chair, and J. M. Davis was appointed Secretary. 1 lit* uieetinjr w.ih illhii culled li> order bv the chairman, win) in m few remarks explained it* ol j *iM. 0? mottut! of NVIK. H SllilMIIOII, tlltl h committee l>e appointed by the chair to piepalO buailltsM tur t lie meeting, I III) following gentlemen were upponwu-d ', Win Nl. Shannon, A. M Kennedy, 0. M ?t hc.-oo, I>. i) tl >:uti, J-?*. D.nl.ip and J i.s A You;.,;. lull commute. I *4 v i 11 milled, iii it tew liMMi.iiiH returned, Hint through ilicir ch-iirnrtn, \\ in M. Shannon, retorted the fu diwii: fCtoli.l ?iit, wliiv'.j Wcio uuiiiiiiiiuiiil) itdn^itd< 1. /ietf/i t</, |intl wo. li e iil./fii* of Kershaw- |) Mr:ci, o>;*itikled t > i ?!c - into cmih.ilei utiu.i t'je-subj -ct o; Kill lli.nl COtlllUC.IOI) wu!l Ktliu.mler D.n.l 101, ilo heartily aymjimh /.<s with and appreciate the ctr.ut- of ttie oil j-'tis of L itiivm'nr Din pet to i hi* <" !. 2. He*oh'?<l, 'i iiat '.*e *i!l h*?riily <* operant in the endeavor inure ?lonely to ui.i e, those w'io nlrca.lv have no much in common, both in the ao n? business walks ol life and i-i in ire private uni in teresting relations. 3. litsolied, That a committee of tif teen persons, representing the localities of their District must directly interes'ed in lite proposed Kill K(mi! I>o pop;'.? <! to cmiVHti) ttie l'uwii and Uitiricl f>?r Halt- I scription*. and iliat they report to i^ii adjournal meeting. 4 Jit solved, I'll til? liitendanl of l'.>o Town of Camden l^t* requested to call m meeting of tlie citizen* of lliu Tumi, to consider the proposition of a corpora subsciiplion to the proposed Kail Uoad, hiiiI llihi lie be also requests! to invite I be citizen* of Lancaster District to nt tend llie said meeting and aid lis with their views and information on ibis sub ject. I be chairman appointed ;bw following gentlemen, m committee in accordance witii die tbird of tbe above resolution* ; A M Kennedy, J as Detilap, C Matheson, J S Meroney, J B Curelou, J \N Ciiitev, J M I teSausauie, D 1) llocott, J J Irani bam, Jnmea M Ingram, J It isa Dve, John Thompson, L J Patterson, J.ia C Unite and John Brown. f\ t ? " " 1 1.'|| IIUUUII III t\. M. IVtllllleUy, II wn? resolved that the proceeding* of this meeting be published in llie Camden Journal ami also (lint a copy l>e sent lo the Luicailer ledger. On motion lli? meeting tlien adjourned lo meet again on llie Ion rib Weduvs' Jay in May Dejt. L M'AJ^Kut.it^a, China J. M. pa via, Sec'v. (JrOUIlKTOWM 4nd laNOAIIIKK kaIL hoad.? We are requested to state that there will be a meeting lield at Capt. Knight's Muster Oiotitic! on ;he 14th NJay, for llie purpose of appointed delegates to die Kui Road Convention to bft bold in Hiabopville on the 15lb of May next.? The cilixene of Kniuter, Williamsburg, and Clarendon I ballets, together with all who feel an interest \p tbe proposed Kail Hoed, are respectfully inyited to at tend - Kingitree Star. Itaii.roaii Mkrtikg.?Tli# friend# of the Lancaster arid Hiabopville Railroad enterprise contemplate holding a public meeting at Cypress Church, in this 1>i?irict, on Saturday the fitli inet. A very large attendance is anticipated.?Darlington Southerner. Tiik canhue.?Circulars of instruction liave been issued lo llie Marshals for tbe taking ot the eighth census Tbey a re Full and explicit and ere accompanied by UMtf iinsii tn? ~-L f ?w? iimaing U|> tiit) return* with uinformily. The mutter *u<] form do not differ materially from ihoae u?ed in the eeventh oeuaua. The ?u|>erintend?ut eipecta complete return* ;>reviou? to October. The ceneu* taker* tr? cautioned againat communicating (e >oli* to individuate lor private purpoaee, >r to the preaa foi publication. Charlitton Courier, Lancaster and the Proposed Railroad. We are pleased to see that the citizens of Lancaster are moving ip co oporaliou Willi the citizens of 3umt?r, who propose I huildiiig n Railroad from some poiot ou j the North Eastern ltoad via Bishopville, to the tirat named place. Tlie Cooven. | tion at Bishopville, on the l&'.li inst., will, we trust place the propose^ route in tangible foriu. The last Lancaster Lodger contains a call for a meeting of the citizens of that JJistrict on Monday (Salesday) last, for the purpose, among other J tbini?s, of appointing delegates to the \ Convention above alluded to. The call of the Ledger is strong and emphatic.? It . ?... i i _ - ftfr nraj n IIC?CI IIH3 vii? |?nmpcci onuwn ; brighter, or tho opportunity for Lancaster ' to ?,ti]?>roe from her obscurity been mnr? f prominently developed than ni>w." We hope to hear of other sections which will he represented in that Convention. It will he ? most important ineotmg, to the prospects of t)ie Hoad ; ill (net, the whole problem wliftbei or not the Hosd will he built may bo sieved either favorably or adversely bv the course theu ana there pursued, and the spirit arid showing theu and lliero exhibited. li Iiishopnile is to < have Railroad facilities, she must as it appears to its, receive support and co op eralioit from Lancaster. On the other hand (lie matter stands differently ; Lancaster may have a Koad without co opralion w ith Bi-hopville. She will doubtless, as intimated by the Ledger, cast her aid, (which will he considerable,) in the direc tion from whence coiues the most sub stantial propositions, touching the work of building the Uoad. We look with in tercel for a repoil of the actings of the Lancaster meeting, as at that meeting it was expected a fair expression of the desires and capacities of every part of that District would be made.? Sumter Wutch man. No Mokk Mails.? We are informed thai the authorities of the Ualeicru <k Gas toii, North Carolina, and the Charlotte <k [ S. C. II tilroads, refuse tu cairy the Mail* uwr their roads from and after this date More pa) is demanded, which demand the Departimjnl };a? rjot granted, hence i the refusal to carry the trails. This will cause great inconvenience to the public, ] especially the business portion ; anil what is to be done, we can't tell. 1 lie roads have a right of course, to ??k tlJore pay ; ! but whet loo I hey have a right, or arejus' tided and etcusaldc for causing s? much ' iucomeniutrcu by slopping the iriai s, is a question about which there will be a dif leretice of opinion. Certainly it should ii >l be in Hie power of UailroN^l I'resi dents to slop the mail* whenever they ? please? Charlotte liullctin. Toironko IlV lil'ant).? As it (nay liol be geneiall) kiiyniii l'"u (jumio is poison ou?, we deem it important to uut farming rie|o|s especial!). to slate a lata! case that uct uued near tins village Us', week. A n?gm man belonging to, ihe K-t ?le of 1*. 0. 1" niton bad a wound on one of los j hands mid while working in (iiiano he ! became poisoned with it. Tlie poison extended up his arm and Was conveyed into tire nt stem, the r fleets of which caused hint to sutler the most intense pain. lie smvived ten ijay>. Thh I'll)ticiaiis who attended him related t hese facts to us. We chronicle them for what they are worth, liuaim, j we believe, is composed of ?egetatb!e and iimmnl mailer, the Initi-r nl' which, in k KtHltt tit tleCOlllpllSlllOll Is pOIHIIlOUS.? KiiKjslrtt Star. No Mam.?We have hat] no mails \ fur 111*9 last two diivs, wm) consequently hive no news from w reliable woUroe from i the Convention Our paper will Iwil to 1 reach wubacriheta in the country, this week ' ht the proper time, on litis account. Tho Kail Koad Coinpwiiy demand u larger nuiii of money for carrying the mail ; which thus far has been refused thetu. ! We hope the thing will he put right iu h few davi.? Chester Standard. Receipts. ('apt J M Hi-lk, April 6, CI j Houston &l Howie, Feb 16, 60 ! J A Bridget, Mar 20, Co I J Adams, Aug 12, 60 1 A Mayer, Dec 4, 60 Hon 1> Harriot, Feb 12, 61 1. M <.nut lien, May 6, 61 1 T l^than L' 1 . . , r cd i~a, Di F Al Denton, April 10, 69 ' M V Wood, Aug 1, GO Or j C Craig, May 'id, Go ' \V J Stevens, April US, 61 I)c T I, Johnston, June 3. 61 Jonathan V\ nllncu, (Jet A, 60 I W W Buskin, July 9, GO li l> Crurkvtl, Feb 12, 61 I Thomas Carter, (Jet 26, 60 I J Ci Magill, Nov 2, GO. | W J Fletcher, June 1, 61 I John 8 Ftctcher. January 25, 61 J 11 Hood, March 23, 61 A J Stewart, Sept I, 60 I John 1, Tilluian, Sept 16, 60 Juinys Jurtderbork, Jan 6, 61 | {Jri?U FunUeiburk, March 23, G1 A S McAlear, Aug 9, 60 1 Mrs J 1J Masaey, April 8, 61 1) G Lacier, Aug 4, 60 A Aualin, Aug 12, GO Kli T witty, 8, 60 Josae Kilgurc, June 4, 6<J James Sillier, Oct 8, 61 J C Small, Aug 9, 80 T C Ivy, Jan 6, '61 The Rev J. C. Kt-i*t?-? ?* ? * evening, a brilliant lecture ou the religion, customs end people of Hrexil. Seldom heve we relished anything more Uien llie picture be laid before hie audience of that exuberant garden of the topic* laden with tie atrenge variety of fraile end flower*, teeming in perpetual harvest for the hand of man. Surely that country must be the garden of the world, and if its people had the enterprise whielt move* this Yankee nation, imagination could not vet a bound to the results they would produce there.? As revelent to this comparison the Reverend gentleman stated that the best Remedies employed there for the diseases to which they aro subject, are invented and supplied to them by oar own well known countrymen lir. J. C. Aycr of Ixswel, M*se, and that not the people only, but the priesthood ana the court of the h in peror down, have conautnt revouse iu sickness to the Remedies of Ihia V idcly cel?brNt*d American Chemist. J^dtfrr, Hot on.