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1% . LANC ASTER V1LLE, 8 C. WEDNESDAY VlOKNINO, JUNE 0, 1*?0. - J _ J1 -I. .!! _ ' Aiill .Stone IIkanch "?Our eorroapon dent, whoif Article U published elsewhere we think, is entirely mistaken if he tuippo es thai there is any desire or diapnsilior here l?? make Lancaster C. II. the terminal of the proposed railroad. If we secure : road connecting with the North Hasten railroad) it will unquestionably be extended to Charlotte Such was the sense of tlx Ilishoprille C< nvention, and in fact '?? ul tirnate connection with Charlotte i3 one o the grand ohj -els contemplated by tin movers along the entire line of the propO' sod road. Wo would suggest that oui friends in the. upper part of the Di-trie embri.ee Charlotte in their subscriptiot lists, if thev prefer to do so. and report u the Sumter meeting. It will be n snbscrip tion from Lancaster District, and will havi the same effect that other suliscriptions fron this District will have , . New Amerioan Cyclopaedia. Tl\c ninth volume <>f this valuable worV has coine to hand. Tliis volume extendi from "llayne" to ''Jersey" inclusive. He sides various interesting articles upon Lite rature, Science, Ail and like subjects, wx fin.) >t, iU lli...trnt\l,i...il llonutlinutil oil of Gen. Havne, the Imp Dr. Robert Henri of the South Carolina College, Irving, Jack son, JelFerson, and uinnv others. This wo'k we regard as being the moat compre hempve and valuable of its kind ever offer ed'to the public. For particulars, as U terms, &c , we refer to a notice in nnothei part of this paper. The Slate Convention. A synopsis of the proceedings of the State Democratic Convention, which ad journed in Columbia on the evening of tht 31st ultimo, may be found in this paper. We endorsed the action of our delegate! to the late Charleston Convention in with drawing therefrom, arid believe that their course throughout that exciting and critical occasion was everything that could huv?j been desired. We believe furl her, that unity among ouiselvea is now of the lir-t consequence, and that South Carolina in going into the Richmond Convention.should be, represented by delegates who could hui niomre and net in sympathy with the delegation!} from the other Southern States. Entertaining these views, we cannot con. sisti-ntly endorse the course pursued and the Hppointments made at the late Columbia Convention. In ru'ing put the old delegation, the courne pursued by theiu in the Chqrl<ston Convention, which was well received throughout the State, is virtually re pudiatcd ; and wounds have been inflicted und hard feelings engendered, which at this time is peculiarly unfortunate. Personally, we can have no objection to the appointees The.v are able and worthy gentlemen, and if the delegations from our sister Southern States were as ripe for a severance of the Union as thev doubtless arc, we would not object to them on the score of ultraism in politics. Hut believing as we do that the Rictfmond .Convention, in its deliberations. >\i!l look solely to the mointename of the rights of the South in .the Union,.a more AnrourontSt'o <)ulurrutinn frmn VSiuitk Jin in that Convention, Mould, in our opinion, more effectually exert the influence to which the State is justly entitled. Our fortunes are indissnblv interwoven with the fortunes of the other Southern States nod if they will not harmonize with us and suffer themselves to he led out of the Union, it is our policy to Fihrtnonize with them and make <>\ir r?use the cause of the whole South. To do this, we should not address them in the language of dictation or intn. duce into their councils elements with which they have no sympathy. We trust however, that the party which until recently were anti conventionists and who have how taken upon themselves the responsibility ol' repro-enting the State in the general Convention at Richmond, will faithfully carry out their difficult mission and they will bens heartily supported by us as were the old delegates in the Char leaton Convention. Tfee EainaSeveral heavy rains jiavo fallen in this vicinity during the tnst week. The creeks in several localities have been high, doing much damage to the corn on the bottoms. A gentleman writing to us from ?ureton's Store, says : "On Wednesday last (the 30tIr ult.) we bnd a severe htil storm at this place which extended to tne Rivfcr. doing much damage to the crops, especially the cotton crop. This was in the morning slv<kiil CI aViIi.oI# An fci #1 A n *<% ansnli.ii I wax told that another hail storm, doing much damage, passed over the other aide of the River in Chester District." A new Feeder for the II. ?. Railroad. The Clarendon Banner urge* upon dts renders the importance of constructing the proposed road from GoordinV ftrry. vie, Manning, Sumter, die., and says in connection with this subject : "Should the road be built from Gourdin's as far us Manning direct, it will he contin Ueil to th* water pump at the Wateree sw a ill p. Itud trout thence to Columbia. This is the 'tiea'reat* md most direct route from Columbia t# Charleston being a saving ol some eighteen miles hearer than the South Carolina Road. The merchants of Columbia re anxious for this connection, and will subscribe liberally ; besides we have been Assured that their Town Council Would give three hundred thousand dollars towards the enterprise. They are at the mercy of the South Carolina Railroad, and have much higher freights Co pay than Hamburgh and Augusts, simply because they cannot help themselves Beyond the possibility of a dmht this eon* Dec I ion will be made, as it would be as line paying slock as the Mouth Carolina Railroad, and come fully lu competition with ik Wo have been requested by Capl. Robt. M Sims to say that he is not a?candidate for the Legislature. Yorkville Enquirer. This enterprising and well conducted * ! Journal will commence in its issue for the I 7th of. June a new original Story, entitled | ' "Ellen Campbell, or Kings Mountain."? Seethe advertisement (n tliis paper. News Items The Ex Presidents.?Throe of the four | ex-Presidents (if the. United States were in 5 i New York city lust week?Messrs. Van . i Uuien, Fillmore and Pierce?and all oflliein f ) in excellent health. Mr. Van Kuren is aped ? ; 78 ; .Mr. Filliuore aged 60 ; (Jon. Pierce . i aged 66. r A Small Missive.?The Japanese eXe? ' cute their epistolary purposes on a giganic 1 senle. Their letter accepting the invitatioii I to dine with the President is said to be a * document of greet dimensions, enclosed in B an envelope about a foot in length, and cor1 respondingly broad. The eonu-nts, on unfolding, expanding to even ample proportions. A huge paper was thickly covered with the cuiious configurations of the ' Isle," or highest order of Japanese writing. The Sumter Watchman in view of the fact that an adjourned meeting of the railroad Convention lately held at llishopviMe, will take place at Sumter on the 4th of Ju- I ly. proposes that a pub'ic barbecue he given bv the citizens of Sumter on that day j and a general invitation he extended to tincitizens of thfe Districts interested iu the proposed road. At a late meeting of the Fishing Creek Agricultural Society, E. J. McDaniel, Editor Chester Standard, was unanimously elected to deliver the Anniversary Address, on the 3rd Wednesday of August next ? , Several essays -ire expected, ami Mr. Julius Mills was elected to deliver a complimentu- | . ry Address to the Indies. The Winnsboro Register says : We linve 1 received a letter from Mr. Win Carlisle, of Ridgevvny, stilling that on last Tuesday, a violent gale of wind pained over the Dutch in all's Creek plautatinn, on the Estate of N 1 A. I'ea-v, during which Mrs. Campbell, wife of the overseer of the place, was endeavor, ing to bring one of her children to the house, and in passing a dead oak, a forked limb blew off, each prong passing over her head nod shoulders, and struck both arms a little above the elbows, knocking Iter down, while she still held her child by the hand sod although the limbs would'have measured, some ten or twelve inches in circumference, the child was not in the least injured, and Mr* C. escaped, with only a ery slight flesh wound on each nrui. Ex- | cept the blowing down of some fences, our Informant has not heard ol? any injury done by the wind. The Kingstreo S/ar says: Ebeneezer J Cock held, of whom we spoke some lime since of having drowned his child, lias ended his own existence, tie was found dead in jail on Monday morning last with his sus peiiders tied around Ids neck and fastened to the bars of the window, iie evidently choked himself to death. It is rattier re m irkable-that he should have ki11<*<1 him- [ oelt in the manner in which he did. Ilia i head was not two feet from the Hour and j he had the full use of hi* hands and feet | and could have relieved himself had he j hecn ho disponed. We aav it in ri-marka j hie, becaUHe it is natural for one to relieve ! himself, when he can, from so duplets- i ant a sensation as choking. Washington. May 31.?A dispatch ?as j i received here to day from Jackson, .Miss., j ' .signed A. M. Kimble, who in not recognized j 1 by the party receiving it, which sa\s that j 1 the Democratic State Convention, just held 1 in Mississippi, was die largest ever conven- j ed in that State. The Convention unani- 1 mously sustained the action of the Dele, gates to the Charleston Convention. It was also resolved that the Delegates chosen by j ' it should be fully accredited to both the Richmond and Baltimore Conventions. 1 mm m m ' Congressional. Washington, May 30.?Sf.natb.?The Oregon War Debt Bill wus passed. The Postal Deficiency Bill conies up this morning. The House Bill for the relief of invalid petitioners, involving an appropriation of j $1,501),0U0 fur arrearages,comes up to-mor* row. May 31?Senate?In Executive Session on the Mexican Treaty. It is understood that they have emphati i cally refused to ratify tne Mexican Treaty and it is feared that the Nicaraguan Treaty shared the same fate. House of Rephesentativbs.?The Sen' Ale's Bill for the relief of re captured Afii i cans whs niiu-no.-o una inft<lu the special order for Monday next. The Hilt,establishing ft Government Printing Office, wan passed by u large majority. I Washington, June 1.? The Proceeding* . in the House of Representatives were on important. A personal inisunler standing i between Messrs Houston of Alabama, and Than, of Ma*saciiuse?(s. occupied nome i hours of Uie session. It resulted in Mr. Houston uppologizmg to the House for a 1 violation of the rules, when a resolution of cenfture, which was pending, was withf drawn. Mknatk.?Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire introduced a resolution of inquiry concerning the Naval Depot at Brunswick, Georgia' which was adopted. The Postal Deficiency Bill was taken up, and discussed at great length. Tne proposition to reatoro the mail contract to the , sieuin ahip Isabel, was rejected, and the bill amended so as to adverties for proposala for carrying the mail butween Charleston ami Havana, via Savannah and Key West* j The bill waa than passed [reported tor the ledger. i Erection of the Monument of Buford'i Battle Ground. We repaired lo the spot where lay mouldering in the dust the boi.en of those noblr and patriotic Virginians, who lost theii liven on the 29th of May 1*780, nine mile* Kiist of laincueter Village, on Saturday last. We found a goodly number ot people g littered lo take part in the proceedings of the day. About 11 o'clock the meeting was c-a'leii to order by Mr. Stephen T. Small, ami opened with a very appropriate prayer b> Rev C. A. 1*1 vler. After the meeting was organized, 1$ J. Witherapoon. K-q . made n few prelimi nary remarks ; stating the object of tin meeting; that we had assembled togelhei to erect a monument in honor of the bravi dead, who had for so many years tenanted their silent home4 without a stone to mart the spot where they h?y. Mr. \V. proceed ed to show that I ancaster District was no negligent or ungrateful, and in proof of thh rend an able Report tnnd* some years tinci relative to Hie same subject, but for tea sons unknown was never carried out. Mr Willterspoon then introduced to tiie audi enee Rev. 1) P. Robinson, w h<> enchainet his henreis for three quarters of nil hour .Mr Rnhinson commenced as follows : We have assembled, aa an act of grati tudc, to show respect to that noble band o soldiers who fell at this piace. ** And tradi lion, if not history, will hand down to pus icriiy win 1 we this day are doing. Tin brave and gallant men that fell here loui come from that noble and patriotic vStule the mother of States and of great men to tight our battles and in returning they fell, lie was proud to say they fell in lam caster District, among a people , who feh grateful to tietn anil have met mix (far tt show it. They tVII in a struggle for liberty fighting for our whole country They did not tight for themselves, but for posterity The pitiful tax upon ten w.is nothing; they resisted because it whs not for tiiemselveti ulone tliev fought, but for generations \et unborn ; this tux was only 11 beginning of aggressions and by resisting this, they ueliieved for lis this glorious Rep iblie.? Those noble patriots never dreamed that this glorious country would be so distracted ?divided by party strife, as now. We were then u unit, and each man done Ids duly and his whole duty. .Mr. It. in an able argument took very doeided grounds ag linxt Squat'er-Sovereignty, Recommended direct trade and nan inter eourse; that our merchants should bi.y their goods in Charleston, and if they did not, we should not purchase from litem ? He further recommended the South to live independent, elect factories, hojld railroads IMiuruvr iit-i rjunn, i|*r in* on the North, r.ud we lire ready for any tiling. .Mr Robinson's address wni very able, in struetive and eloquent, and will loap bo remembered by llmm1 who beard it. We are conscious of not bavinp done jnstieo to <t in this hurried outline and imperfect -ketch. After recent of ono hour the company npain assembled, and formed around the place the uionument was to be erected. The Rattle Ground it pine mile< East of Lnn-atter Villape, on the Rocky River road about 100 yaids South of the place where the ''he-terfseld road crn??ct the river rand. A ttranper travi.dlinp the Knekv River road can learn of the battle in a miceinct way front the iiiKcription on the monument. The Monument is- in three pieces, the ba?e it a sq-iare block of sandstone, on this rests another Mjunre b'ook f marble, ?nd on this the shaft, a solid block ? f marble some 20 ii eliea at the bite and tapert up 10 feet in a pyramidal form, the heipht from bate to top it about I') feet. The in-orip tion delineated on the several aides is ? < follow* : ON TIIC SOI Til R1DR. Erected To the Memory A nd in I lonor Of the Reave and l'atiotic American Soldiers Who fell in the Rattle which occurred ut tbii place on the Stfth May, 1780, netween i 01. a in ahum uuionl. Who commanded? Regiment of 3'to Virginians Ami ?"ol Tarletou, of the British Arinv, Willi 350 Cavalry ami a like number ol Infantry ON TilK KA.4T SII'C. Nearly the entire command Of Col Union! Were either killed or wounded. Eighty-four gallant soldie-s are buried in this grave. They left their Homes for the relief ol Charleston ; Hut hearing at Camden ol the surrender of tlia City, were returning. Here their lives woie ended In the service of their country. ON Til*. NOHTII BIOS. The cruelty and burharous massacre Commuted on this occasion liy Tai l ton ami his Command, After the surrender of Col. Htilord ami his Rogi iiient, originated the American ?ar cry, ' Remember Tarletou'* quarters." A Riitish historian con lessen that at this bxttli "The virtue of humanity was loudy forgotten.' After the erection of the Monument Mi Stephen T. Smail addressed the audience thanking them for their attendance and lib oral subscriptions in procuring the mono iReist ; he Imped the day una not far dis tant when such like mementoes would In ereeted on every B >tlle Ground when American blood was spilt i.i defence of on l t:ku.ii^. 'J o Mr. i*m II grent credit in dim in pro curing and erecting this monument, am perhaps if it had not been (<t his exertiom she place where originated the America) war cry, "Rteineu.ber Tarleton'a Quarters,1 and where a British historian confesses tha 'Toe virtue of humanity was totally for got," might have for ages to come remain ed union (lied. The assembly was then dismissed will prayer by Rev. VVm F. Mrnziogton, as ap propriale, feeling and patrio'ic as we eve he.'fd. Our fellow citizen, 0. d. Memminger (says the Charleston Courier) has been in vited to vist) Sumter, S. C , on the 4ih July to address the community on the subject ol Common Huhooia. Railroad Meeting l The citizens of Lancaster and Kershaw | Districts are respectfully invited to meet at | Flat Rock on the 9th in-taut, to confer ; j with each other in relation to the proposed Railroad from t.'nmden to Lancaster, i A Dinner will tie prepared tor tho occasion. John I Tranthak. ^ r (' l>k akh-'"ki?, ! ? j m i no ham. \ comIs B. {vritvuisoR. J ' ! June 2d. tStit,. For the Lancaster Ledger. Mr. F.DtTOR : I aee tny nmiie nniiouuced us n candidate, to leprcsunt Lancaster District 111 lilt* llIU l*r tirill.l'l* 111 t 1144 114* VI I -4? it 144. ' hit lire. r | After due consideration I find th*l it ' I Mould con diet two much with rnv private | interest* to canva-s the 1 iatrict at thi? time. ' I would therefore retmn try thank* und with nil due - repaid* to uiy friend* decline 1 1 the nomination. J. B MOBLEV. For the Lancaster Ledger. Mr. Editor.? It miis inv desire to hnve . j bpi-n present at the late Railroad meeting I nt Lancaster, C. il , hut being quite unwell . j wan deprived the pleasure. However, my presence could not have accomplished what - ' I desired had I been there and need all inv I feeble efforts to hear upon the subject, as I I see hy the proceedings of the meeting that j il r Black proposed an amendment to the . Caption of the subsciiption list which env I er* the grounds d-sired That is, let it read , i from -'Charlotte \. C. via Ijincnster to some , ! point on the N. H. or S. C. It. It." This amendment to the caption, I am sorry to see. was "tabled" and lost, when I was informed bv tbe citizens of Lancaster them i selves that t'tev desired the Road to extend . to Charlotte, N. C. The caption adopted I I must necessarily deprive at least two ttiirds of the length of tfie District of Railroad facilities, ?>r even of the benefit of seeing anvi thing they niigot subeerihe add to their 1 facilities, bcttelii or accommodation. And " to lake stock, a* the Road is now prnpo-ed, i thev might as well take 'I in the "l'atiaina Ruilrund" ?< htock in it liI pnv, whilst , the other is verv <l<*>iL?tfill. Rut, Mr. Kdilor, my ot>j,-cl is not to throw cold water i | upon the Road. it in to advocate its ex ten* , sion to Charlotte X. U. Mi reason* for advocating this extension is, thai bv so do ing'lt v> ill open to u* tnelgrent Bact n, giain ai.d produee markets, nol only of North Carolina, but of Tennessee, which will not only materially udit to our commerce, hot also iiiere;i?o the value ot the stock and our nc on.modutionn, o liicu at thin time is mi , peculiarly denned, not only in thi<i District, hut others in the, State whi.'h is shown by their great demand for liacon and Grain ? My the extension of ti e lload from iaincnater to Charlotte, a distance of 3ti miles, it w ill eouneel with the X. C II. If. to l^aleigh, W'Inen connects with lite If. &. o Road, the (ireal Southern Ifoad at (loldsboio, the C & S. C. It II , the W. 0 & Rotin rford. ' and the Aibtuiie, Tennessee ami Oho It. It. I making live connections of length) and im n?irf.?int R -tilritiiri* nil i>nnuurir?n.? f/s ????< diverging from Charlotte N C Am I understand (he dimniu'v from Char leV.on, via titxirdin'n Ferry Manning, Sum- | (er, Hi*hop?ille, I .an canter, to Charlotte. N (in a shorter route trum l?v the C. A: X C It. It ,t?? 27 inilcM. |iy going (heCtmr lotto aod I.oricM?ier route (ha i.Wuinl.ige in 1 distance, both an regnrda time, frrigh'H and piiNMehgcra, nil nt uhtch vr ill inevitiibly fnl low toe Hlmrtct roii'.o uiid (he one that in 111% cm I he fastest time, <in the Inritl of char* , ge* on freight mid pannage, in in proportion to the dintllllfe to he rilll. v .... ... ...: J- r u it j : . I. ..'i. i #o j |>rutiurii tn?* ii'inu in Ud'li l<? * IJJirlotie, N (*, il lint (inly has tin- udunliij;i) i in distance. hut is a d'rcct mute f??r both tin- transportation of fit-i lit *nn<i passim g<rs, ami must necessarily command the tr.idi- ut both, beside, it woulit not onlv de vclop iht- natural re>oiirrvi i>f our District, b it every portion or the State through , which it passe*, infusing new life and vigor into every community within Hie sound ol its whistle. If Lancaster ia the terminus of the rotel, two ihir.ls of the District will have no ro id within its limits. The C.St S. C Railroad scales her western mdJ, and the N. C- Si R road scale* her eastern and northern aide, both of which moat nrcmni. ! riiy receive tier freight*. the distance being | shorter from the upper portions of the Dis' tricl to either of lt.e?e roads. Should the road terminate at Lancaster, she must lose the great continuous mass ot travel and freight. which would he forced to lollow the ("harlotle and Lmcaster road to (,'hurle?ton Railroads, to pay, must be Imili for the . j accoiiiMiodalioo of the lluinv, lor the lite I ot a railroad is dependent upon the mass t fur patronage and support, and wiiliout " , which, tto-y nil.not exist. Therefore, it in >, i idle to enteitaio fir a moment the idea of i, Lancaster being the terminus of h railroad, j \\ here is her In ighl to come from ? w tie re ! her ti isneluiers ? t.'ul utV bv two ro.-uls . scnin g ervery limits on eiiher side, it it t. prrponitTuiM lo nu|ipi).it) that she could exf> i?t ii|i(m her limited mid pent up p ilron.ge. r Huilromit need not oniy inlet* hut hUu out. left, tor they arc the gieat arteries of a . nations prosperity and the natural channels 1 11?rouoil which ner commerce ritual flow, ( and as u'lerieH in the human body unlet i be conlioiivii-l/ fed by living tributaries >u " alto, railroadt mutt be fed by freight and t travel, or moat r.c ccHsarily cense to exitt ; . they need the grain of the mountain vtlliea an aell as the cotton of the Seaboard lo keep t bem in mo<ioii. It Is I lie vooiiecliuii* i of eoniinuoua routes, the exchange of coot . module*, the egrets and i;.great of paatelir g. rt that make, noi only the stork valuable but develop" the resources of a countrv and gives its inhabitant* activity and energy, , There are three grand object" in building a Kailrond, 1st lis enhancement of 'he , value of Real I'lslule ; 'id. the accoinuiodar tion thev give in the way of traveling and id transporting products or frights, and "u, ; an an investment of capital in the stock.? 5 Now will these objects be fullv accomplish i ed. provided the Koiid tern.(nates at Ivin- t caster instead of terminating at Charlotte. I and forming a continuous route from the < Seaboard of South Carolina to the great 1 i commercial market of the citv of New York, | I thereby lining bare to us all the advantages ' to lt.? derived by the interchange of every j < commercial cominodilv known to civilized 1 men. i I am fully convinced that the grand objects for building a roar! will not be nccom plisbed by a termination of it at Lancaster, and have no doubt the sober second though t of the people will extend the road to Char- ' I lotto, N. C. i hope the Sumter Convention 1 will tuk* the matter into consideration. "Mill Stonk IIrancii." For the Lancaster Lcilgcr. Mr. Editor :?Having been appointed /roil) this Dislijct to attend (lie State t'nn vention to be held in Columbia on the 30th lost , to appoint delegated to the Constitu* tionid Democratic Convention to be held in Richmond, V.i., on the '2d Monday of June next, for the purpose of counselling and 1 consulting with delegnt?8 from the Southern States. to give Home authoritatton expr. naive ol the determined will and wishes of the alavuholding States, in reference to the establishing of n platform of principles , {ind the nomination of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the | United Slates. 4 Feeble and inefficient as my effort* are, gludlv Would I accept the appointment Were it in mv power to do so I therefor* re I spectfullj decline the honored hut r. sponsible trust conferred upon me. Permit me i in this connection, brielly to express my i views, in reference to the causes of ti e j danger which now threaten us ; nnd , the course, i s I conceive, the South should pursue diuing the "impending crisis." In passing the "Missouri Compromise" of I8tp?..the South bartered and surrendered tier constitutional rights to the fa.oitieal and now dominant party of the North. She I made the surrender, knowing it to he ?o at | ti.e time, hot believing that the products ; and climate of the territories North of the | compromise line 3<>* 30. were not inviting I t shoe labor; and that all the territories i SJ tl. ,.f si. .. I i _ . .. ?L f a I o mum mi iiMi 11vie* ? trrv ?>pt*n iu tlit? I durtion of nlnwry, with thu ultimate ex| tension of this lino to the 1'ieific Ocean, ( w ithout hindrance, lot, or molestation from | Federal or Kxecntive authorities, or ovon ) i Hio "irrepressible" mandates of u higher ( law-. I Such was the Co'itproiuUe of I'M). A sacrifice muiio hy the South?fatal to- ( dec.I--hut glorious as ?he then thought f-<i the sake of th?* Union, and to forever set lie this vexed question of shivery. Hut | altiH for the Irailtv of hun nn initure ! Tlte I t icldtng of a principle upon our p?rl, ha? ( hut Invited n crusade of still further ng- ^ grits-Ions, until we have receded nni coin* promised, and compromised and receded, ( until we can recede no farther without vivid. 1 i iii^ l'u' institution of slavery in tho terriinrii'* a ml circumscribing it to iln present Im.ilH. From the time above indicated down In 1850 when California wan forced irim the Union an n free State, South of the "Mis-ouri Compromise" hue, iti de?p<te the remonstrance* of the South and in violation of the compromise itself, our Heaven protected nrk of freedom hui been 'rocked nn l tunned amid the ntorniv billown I i of p.irlv rage, "that ever and anon have I . 1 i ? i untied ihi! rights of man elsewhere."? i Mill h1 e tl ii?# on while party madness and sectional ntrife deluges the land, and llie hoarse el.inior of discordant elent nts, the voice of pntriotinin whisper* that ilesvpii will ' ?t evert the storm, and our ark will \ el find a tv# in if plaee on the glorious nr.ton "f the States Hut fanatics nay the South broke tbo compromise by panning the Lrsaku and K ansa* llilln of 1854.? Thin in not true The Compromise wan rendered void by the admission of California ; Mid r.o fact in belter established by t / ? : i i * ! .1.:. ?pl v ?ni^r?**ni??niii iiisiory iriaii iiiis. i in* South with singular un.uiiuiitv has evrr viiled tor the preservation mid extension of tluit line to ttic Pacific ; even wtien nppaI rent advantage* were offered to us, knowing (fiat the North desired noma pretext for | violating the Compromise. So that bv a til jori'v of Northern votes in 1850. t'alifor* niii, South of 36"*3')\ wan brought Into the Union t? ith a prohibition of slavery engrafted upon her Constitution?thus jutting an end to the (' niipromine "f 1820. Sueh ?a* the opinion of Mr. Webster,; the great expounder o! the Constitution, ; that a ''contract broken on one side xv m broken on the other" The pma.sgc of Hie ; * Kansas Nebriska Bills" placed na onee more upon tho broad basis of the Constitution. a itti the express provl-ion that Con, gress has no power to legislate slavery into or out of a territory, or as Mr Calhoun said, that Congress shall '"leave the whole subject where the constitution and the I great principles of self government place 1 it. j But wliv thin great excitement and alarm , for the safety of the South, the stability of ] the Union, and our existence an a nation ? I It ta this. The great National democratic Party, the only political organixation to widen We have been accustomed to look to, us embodying the sound constitutional ami united elements of the whole country an a national party, iina disbanded without establishing a platform of principles or nominating candidates f<?r the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United Stale*. Se"entcen Stales wiih great unanimity agreed upon a platform, recognising and aanerting the rights of the people of every State in the Union (North or South) to go willi their properly in'o the common territories of the Union, that they and I heir property in whatsoever form or shape, should have the protection no? only of the territorial laws, hut of the strong arm of the Federal Government as gnaranleed by ! the C.institution. This platform of prineiI pies, just and equal aa it was to all tbe States, was voted down by the snprior t lumbers of sixteen free {Jtntes. Not?nlv t u>, but the dominant majority uttemptd to * force upon the Convention the nomiotion v if ii man (Judge Douglas) of knownbos ^ lilitv to the principles announced it the platform of the seventeen States. I letice it was that eight cotton Stntesvith t J ew and recommended the holding ?f n ' f Itinivnnlitn in I) >.>k,.win/l .in llwi I llklnni. I . " ?'u %iio a * next. The Charleston Conventiof t?l*o adjourned to meet at Mainmort- on tlr l^th ? of June That we approve of the ourse < pursued hy our delegation in the Oftrles- ' on Convention, and that we ahouB send 1 delegates to C lumbia and to Riclirnuid is | conceded by all. Mut whether our delegation to Ricmond, should be instructed to attend the Nttionul | Convention at Baltimore, is n cjuestici upon whieh I differ with many of my fellov eiti- | zens. Not in the principles contented for i hy the 80111I1, hut in this; I stilllutve a hope for the Union, while they hnvsliot? 1 Then I ?ni for instructing ourflelegites to the Riehmoml Convention, to ntt-nd the Miiltiiuore Convention, and there renew their efforts (perhips for fie last tine) to settle the diffn-ullies whieh led to he dis. rupture at Charleston,upon the broitl basis of the Constitution ns enunciated in the platform of the seventeen States. I<et its go into the National Convmtion ; let us never again sign a couiprotiise, ?r surrender a piineiple guaranteed in III- Constitution?forbearance has ceased ti be a virtue, and further submission wotld he cowardice. Should the South refuseto go into the Maltimore Convention, it would be, if not an entire surrender of the Union, to cariy the eleelion of President into Congress?a thing to he deprecated and amid eu ni mi nines una mure especially now.? No hiiiiinn intellect cnn calculate the value of the Union thus restored, none can catenate the good it hint accomplished, or foresee the misery and wo thai will follow a dissolution to ourselves and the unborn millions to follow ua. "Wind and waves may toss and vex I*. still. Hut myriads ol sell devoted hearts, . Will gather around the sacred hark, And swear to eatli other never to give up the ship." South Carolina, gifted and patriotic as : she ever has been, lending the vanguard of her coutitrv'a honor in the field of battle.? She w ill not refuse to co operate with her lister States of llie South in going into the Nationr'i Convention nnd to nettle if possible the conflicting nuJ distracted elements i>f our happy country upon the enduring basis of the Constitution. Hy her own voluntary act al.e all)red the signet of her sovereignty to the groat in len'.uro of I he Union. "She never will tiply nor repudiato her lesl.*' Willi patriotic leart alio lui* faithfully performed her plighted faith to her Kit tern. "She deniroi to do so alill." lint demands that thev perform their pledge*. their duties and thor ibiigations to her. If ao, will stand l?v Lheiu upon the battlements*' of the ("on itiiulion, clinging to the Union of the State* and ttie rights of the States; n-i'il the Stars ahull ahoot from their spheres und the sun go down in an eternal night. Although South Carolina v ill never leap cowardly trout that liign position she now ueeupieu, she will nuver recede from the L'onalilution nor deny her plighted faith aa * member of the confederacy. Yet if compromises und fanatical aggressions of a higher law ahull sweep away that s tored instrument of our fathers, she will lush he;, self to her State rights, und if destined at ' last to g<> down, "I pray (iod she tnav go down a bold and true heart?untainted by treachery ami with garments unsullied by treason or reproach." WM BLACK. Democratic btate 1 ouveutiou. The Convention met hi 8 o'clock, and whs cHlled to order by Mr. T G. Barker, Chairman of the Centra! Democratic' Committee, w'.lo staled tho object of (be Con volition. On motion of M?j. W. 3. Lvlen, of Fairfield, the lion. C l'. Stillivnn, of L ill reus, whs chIImiI to lite Clintr Col. Joint Siosi), of Pickens, was requested to nci hs temporary Socreurv. Mr. Sullivan, on inking tbe Clniir, made some remiirk*, in { wliicn lie urged litnl lite South should remain true to her position with firmness I Resolutions, for the purp *e of organizing J were introduced by Gen. Oadlterrv, of Union. After some discission, thev were withdrawn. Ii was then determined that h permanent President should he elected by bahot. (ten McGotvan nominated Kk Gov. J II Means ; Mr. J I. Middle ion ruminated Gen. A C Gailinglon.? M <j L ie? state I that Gov. Means had been put in nomination with a view *o harmony ; but as his nomination met with opposition, be took the liberty ol withdrawing it. Gen G arliiiglnti's name was also withdrawn ; and, on moti-mfof Col Preston, G ?v. Means was elected by acclamation, I he following gentlemen were put in nomination and .-lei ted viva voce : Firtl ('.ongrcsxional District?G. A. Dargan, Vice P'e?idetil J W. lngiis, Set> retary. Sccoml District ? Win. M. Burney, Vice Piesident ; M. P. O'Connor, Seer?, tarv Third District ? Klinnnd Martin, VicePresident ; K S Hamnioiid. Secretary. Fourth D strict?V. C Pernn, Vice President : B W. Ball. 8-cretarv. Fifth JJutrict?Gabriel Cannon, Vice; K >bl. Thomson, S?< retxrv. Sixth Diti'icl?Samuel M. Aliley, Vice l*r??iii?sni ; Thoe. J. Warren, SeoreUrv. Gen I'. Q inulebaum, Gen. 8. NlcUoe> 4fi nn<! Col. J. a. l'?e*ion were ilien ap |?<miii**<i a committee to inform Gov. Mem* of hie election. The Convention adjourned U 0 o'clock line morning.? South Carolinian, 31*/ ult. HKCOSD DAT, The Convetrion ?ak called to oHer at 0 o'clock. M . Mnlline moved that lion. Mr. Knffin,of V*., be invited to *e*t on ibis floor. Mr. Qualtlebauui inforuied lie Chair that the committee appointed o conduct the President elect to hi* seat ?ere ready to perform their duly. Mr. Sullivan, (chairman pro tern) introduced iov. Mean* in a few remark*. The President, upon taking his seat, iddreaaed the Convention. Mr Ed wards,frottl I'rmre William, mov d that the Convention proceed to ballot or four delegates to represent the State . i .1 _ .... I <' ? II linn* III 111*1 IVICM IIIUIMI VIMIVCIIUIIII. Mr. Robertson, from Fairfield, moved, is ho amendment, that a committee of waive bo appointed?twofromeach Con?re?sional District, bv the delegates from hose respective districts?to nominate four delegates to represent the Slate at arge in Richmond. Mr. Edmund Hliett wished to move vnother sot of resolutions, bv way of ainoudmeni; they are as follow* : 1st Resolved, That this Convention heartily approve nf the action of the delegates from South Carolina in the Uiiarl?eton Convention, in withdrawing from i>aid Convention, ?d. Resolved, That it approve.-' of the platform of principles reported in the Charleston Convention, which occasioned by its rejection,!he secession of the Southern Slates from said Convention. 3d. Resolved, That this Convention, at the recommend a lion of the seceding South' em delegates, is of the opinion that South Carolina should send delegates to Richmond. 4ih. Resolved, That a committee be formed of.firO delegates from the parishes of St Phillip's and St. Michael s and one (rorn each other election district, to be appointed by the delegates from the several election di-tru'ls for the Purpose of nouii - V X hating four delegate* and alternates to represent South Carolina at large in tlie Ili> hinoml Convention. 6 1). Hetnlved, That tlie delegates from each Cougie-sional district be h commitlee to nominate two delegate* ami alternate*, to represent cacli Congressional dia trict in the State. After some further tfiscussion the Con' vent ion adopted tlie resolutions, ami the amendment of Mr. Edwards. Maj Li le*, of Fairfield, nominated the old ticket for- Delega'es of lite S'Kle M laige. !Ie avowed himself as extreme as those who are most ex'renie, a disunion ist jxr tr, and a secessionist, but he could not see the advantage of replacing gentlemen who had avowedly done well. We were here to sustain those Delegates by resolutions of approval, *nd by re election to tlie posts they had so well discharged ?such was the way to ptoritre harmony. Mr. Mullin*, of Matton, nominated Hon. J. J. Middle'on as a gentleman of great purity of character, and of umpios tinned sound no-s in his political setiti inents. lie replied at some length to the positions of M?j Lvles. Mr. Pope withdrew the name of Hon. Jaines Simons, and substituted that of l I L.,?? VV U...... w*?? nnnv ?? . w ?? j no. Mr. AI<1 rich nominated Hon. U. 11. Kliell. 'I'll** first ballot resulted as follow* : ? lllieu. 84 ; llayne, 07 ; Garlin^ion, 0 ; Mid.Uston, '2 7 i3 ; K. It Horn*ell, 7 713; Ucdiiwn, 1. H|-on ;he announcement of this result, h scene ol deep mid extraordinary intereat ensued. The Delegates of the S ato nt lar^e who were present, Mtid also Hon. J. S. 1'reMon, and F Gtillard, K?<j . deleys'es froin I hi a Congressional J)i?iirft, severally, in language of deep feeling nnd earnestness, declined the noiiiinaiious whndi hail been leti-le.ed, or were antici pated. Theodore Marker, IC-q , Chairman of '.he Central Democratic Commute*, !>r John Wallace and Gen. Marti' , also spoke to the Convention with effect and power. Tiie vote was ordered to be taken by Districts, it being understood Hint there was but one t'cket. The vote wan taken and resulted in the rleclion of Mr. Garlington, Mr. Muldlelon and Mr. Hurl. Convention took a recess till 0 o'clock. KtOIIT HEMION. The following gentleinen were elected alternates for tlie State ?l large : Aden Macfarlarn, Jobn T. Sloan, George A. Treubolni, W. D l'orter, and the following gentlemen Delegates and Alternates lor the several Congressional Districts *. DKt.KOATKS. ALTBBNATM. J. A ')irg-.n, John G. Presslr, W. A. Mullins, Henry Mclver, \V. K. Martin, S. W. Barker, C. M Fitrman, J. E. Career, |) F Jamison, John Townsend. A. 1* Al*lrich, Edward Martin, W. 1) Simpson. D. NV. Aiken, [ Hetij Wahlo, J 1) Nance, i A. I'. Calhoun, S. H. Gist, |W. Choice, NV K. Kasely, CaWIwaHader Jones, I It A Springs, j A II. Itui kin, I N. it K?vea, Mr. Martin subrntted soine resolution* 1 of instructions winch be supported by a i short speech. r .n..,!.. sr_. i vi timi/st- rrrrc IJIiTINl ? J. A Parian, lieing in the Chair?to the I'reanlent for the dignified Ntul impartial manner in which he had presided over ihe delilieralione of the Convention, and to the SrorelMriM for their efficient nervf' cea. 'I he l'reanJei.i returned thank* in hamUome lertns. Adjourned vine die.? Gnat d tan. 1*1 in.*/. Proceedings of the Adjourned Rail Road Meeting, held at the f owa Hall in Camden, May 23d, I860On uiotton of J. M I)*H*uMure. J. B. Kerahaw whs called to the Chair, and J. M leuiiealed to acta* S?> r.urt A - - w" ' 'l'ue i bnirniMQ slated the object of the meeting, and called for (lie report of lite Committee appointed at former meeting. J. M. beStossure aa Chairman, reported the following Resolutions mm having been agreed upon by (be Column lee :? Iif*otvtd% 1st. Tliat it ie Mi?r and expedient that (he citizens of Kembaw bis trict should aid in butlding a Rail Road from Camden into North Carolina by the way of Lancasierville. Hetolvt l, 2d. That tha eitisena of Kershaw will sulwcribe one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and upwards to sid in building the said Road and goarantea the right of way be given to the aaid Road through Kershaw District free of cost. H*$olv4d, 3d. Thst the meeting will