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the Canrastcv Cebger. fl^2 PER ANNUM Ki; with ilio wondorn of <*!?? Ii IN ADVANCE t J >amilg aaii political jStmspaptc?Btaattil In ttjt air's, jutcus, Tiltrtinrt, ftaata, Agricuiiart. Saltrnol 3iu|irautintnts, ,#artigti aim Fomtstit Urns, aab tjjt Blnrktts. V 0 L li M E IX. LANCASTER C. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 21,1860. tf U M II F. II 1 Ifln't -[(Viftrij. From Ihs New York Weekly. "Forgive and be Forgiven." ?o? or I.. AUGUSTUS JONES. Drollirr traveller through thin life. Where misfortunes oft Assail ; Hiitllu nobly 'uii<l (lie strife, Boldly face the fiercest Rule : Some may fail where you succeed ; Some who manfully have striven ; Keep this motto in your creed, Oh, "forgive and be forgiven." If sneering foes dispute thy way, W itli a smile still pass them by ; Heed u?t what their tongaea may s.iy, Toiler let tliv nim bo high : When you reach Fame's highest goal, For which you manfully have strivau I All your foea with feuliug soul, Oh, "forgive ai d be forgiven." Ever trust in (Jod above. Though misfortunes bear tliuo down ; Changeless in thy Maker's love, .-miles lie hides behind each frown ' Then w hen on your couch of death, File's last ties are sadly riven ; Willi thy lant expiring breath, Oh. "/'orgire uinl 1# fnrgiten.*' [From the South CaroliiiinuJ Legislature of South Carolina KXIUA SKSblOX. SAHI:I?\V, XoVkmiilk 10, 1800. SKNATK. llu' Stfiiii'f liji-l ??t 1 '1 u cluvk, liUrnUHlit In iiiij >liri:lli?Mit. 'I'l.e l're?iilrni 1;?i?l lu-furu the S?r>;Ut? the t'. t' >?n >11if ciiiiiiiiiiiiir.Hiion : C'JM MUIA, Nil* 10, 1800. To the Jfnnorahfe the /'retitfenl ami Jifem her* of' the Senate : ll herewith '.lit* appointment of 1 iHteil .4lnte? Seimlnr Irotu South Caro. | _ I . II ?-* * ? I f IVMIMI ? jinn. j .\i iv> c. 11 u l, J it. Mr. Nf.ir?Lrtl!, Iiotn tCommittee on Milium mioI Peufct<"?*, on so much of the 4>o i- Mnr"? n- *ei ite* to uniting the St;i'", rojM r* ! the j'..f>o*inc : '"A 1 II ii> prot lite fur the receptit'il of voltui t?er?, *n<l for ottier purjiroes," wjoc'h *?>*? reel, at.-l oid-T d !--r i* second re* 'in? f* Vi? *1 . . U* ett, fnon ttic* Committee oil tin C'o!'ej?e, IMin-ntioii -iiid Keii|riou, iiresent' <! u 'niniuMe leimrt oil the repoit of tin* ]|. ii?c fecial committee ill relation to h ii?\ < ! i 1 i ii i?. It ti in ilint i?ni hiuI [inner; i hiv'o ? Mr> C".- fin red in mid riitiuned lo the House Mr M<ifi*lii?l! gave notice of liin inten t oil In ihliodiiii- m bill to nrin tho State. Chi motion of Mr. Cntition, the Senate .Mil [tended bii*ilie?* iintitl 7 p in. At 7 p in . I lo- I'resident reMimed iho 4'lmir, Htal ilie SeiiHte proceeded with hu nil c?*? Mr. l.esesne presented a preamble and Mtl III I r \ roRll'ltl till M ii.l.\ir*o?I ?l ? J I'"" of the citizen* <>f Charleston, on tlie 9th instant, which were read and referred lo the Committee on Federal Relation*. The Home of UvprnrnlMiirtt return ed to the S'nnte a hill to provide for the calling of a Convention of the |>oo|da of the State, which received a third reading in the Senate, hik| was unanimously a greed to, and the title thereof changed lo en Act. On motion of Mr. Mo?ea, the Sena'e adjourned to meet oil Monday next, at 12 Ml. JIOUSK OF KF.l'KKSKN I ATIVKS. The ihniite met at 12 M. The roll wa? called and the Speaker took the Chair, and the House w as called to order. The proceeding* wore opened with a prayer hy the Rev. Mr. M?rlin. The speaker announced the following communication COM MHI A. Nov 10, 1800. To tht Ifotioroble the S/teakt r uiid Mnn here of the ffotiae of Urprettnlnlivet: 1 herewith resign the appointment of United Statea Senator from South Caro< linn. JAMES CI1KSNUT, Jr. Mr. DeSausetire made a report of tb? ,Committee of \Vny? :?n J Menus on a bill to postpone lite operation ol an Act, en tilled nn Act for the suspension of certain cUuses of nu Act ratified 21st December, 1857. Committee report thnl they bnve considered the same and are of the opin ion that the object proposed by the bill is discreet and wise, and will fully carry out llie movement of the day. The committee proposed to add two secti9ns as an nexed. He asked ita immediate consideration. The bill was then read a second lime. < t - r i i!- - I rip qwiwn i'fni|j p'li on pfnning ill# bid to (he Senate. Mr. DeSatissnre thought if the House understood the nature of the hill H would meet wiili singular unanimity. The bill hue three cUimes ; first to suspend the Act of 1867, requiring the bunke to hare one third gold and one third silver in its (reaurv for two thirds of ita issues. The second clause proposes that the penalty involved by the Act of 1840, be autpen tied until 1862 ; and the other clause to suspend the Act of 1862. which forbids the banks from paying out from their counters the hi Ms of other bsnks. To (be Oominittee it hnd appeared a wise pnd (ijifrcet measure to girt the people as much facility as possible in carrying out the revolutionary spirit of the Stale. In giving the banks this facility, the CoinI milteo agreed with singula; unanimity, and proposed the two additional sections | as an amendment to give still more secui ritv to the people. Mr. Mullins thought the Legislature i should do all in their power to relievo any ' pressure thaj might he felt in the move1 i merit that had been inaugurated. The discussion was further participated in !>v Messrs. Collin, Pope, Cunningham, Trcn ' holm and Winamith, when the hill was rand a second time and saul to the Senate i for concurrence Mr. Simoiiton introduced a hill to pro ' vide a police in relation to persons com | ing from States hostile to the institutions | of the South. Read a first time and re- i f?rred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Win. Whaley said he held in his ; , hand a resolution which ho knew would meet a cordial response from every mem her of this assembly. He then read the following : Resolved, -That the resignation of the Hon. James Chesnut, as one of the United States Senators from South Carolina, j be accepted, and that what under anv I I other cireninstuii??? Minn!.I t....... Igardcd with regret, is now recognized as an net of loynltv and dtvolion to the | State ot South Carolina. Mr, Aldrich, from the Committee on | Federal Relation*, to whom was referral i a hill trout the Senate for the call of a ( I Convention, ma le a report, which was ' considered iinnieiliately. The committee recommended the I words "Monday, the 17llt of 1 lecomber," | l>e inserted as the day of meeting, in lien 'of "the second Monday in January,''and "tho 0th of Decern her," in lieu of "Cih ! of J anuary," as the day of election of delegate*. The bill having received it* second rend ! iug, the question was put, shall this lull | ' | he sent to tho Senate. Ml. \V. C. Black said lie whs exceed inglr sorry to oppose the amendment.? lie was perfectly willing to vote for a convention and to go as far a* tiie far I ' | theft. lie wui in fawor of the bid as it , came from t)ie Senate. It wni absolute IV necessary that those who represented large districts of people, who were not i formed on litis momentous question, ' should have inoro tiine%for consideration. Tltev are not as vet brought up to that ( point that the people nf the city were, who received the news not only daily, but hourly. It would take some timo to go lief. the people of the upper districts i and place before them the facts of the i ca ?. lie vvas, therefore, exceedingly an j i Jtious thiil the time should not be chang | i *<' Jtlr.iioinpton also favored further time j in order il.at the agriculturalist* of the ' ' upper country might vote understanding. ' ly upon the subject. He would not like ; ! to see the measure deiV*t? d, an I therefore wished for lime to u.uivanS his district, J and allow the people to fi.!* U^Oll it cool i , Iv and deliberately. Il?t lru,l,K'*- i t Legislature should not \ ield lo I] 1 pressure in forcing this measure. lid iiaj i < | a large district to traverse. In some parts I about thirty or forty miles. Hasty ac t tion he regarded as impolitic and unwise. ( He hoped the amendment would not pre t I Vail. The House then resolved itself into a , j Committee of the whole House. Mr. ; , McGowau in the Chair. j j Mr. Ahlridi said perhaps it was not , i impioper in -him, a* Chairman of the j . | Committee who presented the report, to , | slate to the House that after much any 1 j j ious deliberation, the Committee had [ j I come to the conclusion to oiler the a I , I mendtnent proposed. There had been no , I anxiety on the part ot the Committer to ; ' determine what the State of South Caro | lina sliouhl do. Their only anxiety had ; | been to harmonize the sentiments of tins > | Asaetnhly, to let what we did do go forth | as the unanimous^ will of the sovereign , States 'which they represented. Their j only purpose was to keep the South up i lo the mark ; lo bring our sister States j to where we stand, and to net together , 1 aa one people for the g'ory and honor of I j our coin noon country. They believed | that tins result would be beat attained by ( I allowing further time, ns asked, but since | (lie development* of the last twenty four , ; hours, they bad concluded that lb* best way to act wras lo act promptly, and give assurence to those who are sending anx' ! , ious me-sages every hour of the day bv , , telegraph that we Ate ready. The amend ; j iiimiiI, which he trusted would l>e ad op- 1 ] ted, looked to mii early day, when he , ' truated theae Southern State*, at least the cotton Slate*, would be relieved from i I the yoke of tyranny now binding them , 1 to the earth. There wa? no deaire on ( the part of the Committee or on the part , of the majority of the llouae, to urge anything precipitately upon the State.? , They believed the people were with ( them, and they believed they desired us to act promptly, and it waa thought their wiahe* were best carried out by prompt | and decided action. I Mr Hoylston said ha supposed the , ' minds of every member was made up on I this question. Hy reference to a Com* | I in it tee of the Whole, it was that the House might discuss the minor details of | the bill. Supposing their minds m-.de , up, ha now moved that the Committee , j rise and report to the House. The Chairman said the motiou to rise, if adopted, was equivalent to a motion in , the affirmative. Mr. W. C. Black moved to amend the ' motion, by sinking all out after the word people, and let the hill stand as it came from the Senate The amendment waa lost Itf a vote of 94 yeaa, 18 naya. The report of llio Committee on Federal Relations ?as then adopted. The Committee then rose and the Speaker resumed the Chair. Mr. McGowan made the report of the Committee of the \Yho!o#oii a hill to pro* 1 vide for the call of a convention. 1 The Bill having been read a second 1 time, and sundry amendments accepted, 1 the vote was taken on sending it to the 1 Senate, which resulted as follows : Yeas ' 117; nays 0. ? Mr. Simoulon ollered the following f resolutions : ' Jtrsi IrC'l, l'lutl his Excellency tin? J Governor he autliori/od to call lor and secure ilie services ut ten thousand voiun | teers, lor the defence and protection < ! | lire State. That these volunteer* us thev ^ shall be received, shall be divided under , the supervision oi lite tlovernor into regiments of artillery, light infrtntry and in- | lanliy, and into brigades and divisions, f so that no company shall consist of more , than one hundred privates, with propel , nllicers, commissioned and noli-commi* | siotied ? no regiment of mote than ten k companies?no brigade ol mote than n tliiee iejjiinents--no division of more [ than tlneo brigades. That the respeciive . companies, regiments, brigades an 1 or I visions shall elect their own ollicers, pur , suant to the mode prescribed in the Ait of 1841, lo which olli ts any citizen < f ,, this State shall be i-ng'Ole. 1 ti.it the said t companies, regiments, i.ngade* and di- , visions siiall be provided with the best ,] aiir.a and e.piipments, and shall he |, dinled and instrueied at sa< h time* and ,| places as the tiovvrnot may piociioe. /it.lOll'td, 1 hill his I'.XCe1 ieliO\ tile I i liovertiui lie :\111litinz-i! to cab I r alio to j receive 111*? set vices < I vu n i*is to net as n lkvail)' ; and liia't there Mill! not he re ^ I'eiwd more than two troop* o! cavalry from earli of the present \i^ I?.- % < ! tin- 1 H Kla'e, which \oiuiiU?Ms * all I tome! , uro troops. rcgitiiet , mid brigade*, un dor the 8u|a-1 v ision ol tlii* Ciov. t ttor, e u ., , troop to consist of no inure than sixty ' , four privates, with the proper commit ' j, stoned and nun commissioned nHiccis, | and no regiment of mote than ton troops, and no brigadn of more than tlileu ir^i' menu, That llio ollicors of the s lid c troops, regiments and brigades shall lie p elected as heretofore piuuded for olHcett ,j of infantry, and that said troops, regi ? meats and brigades shad he anmd ami , v equipped in liie bt-l | oaiub.i llialiner, , and lie drilled and instructed at such v limes, in such manner, and at such places | us tiic Governor ntav direct. s ?M? ?1?? o it ill reSliiil.d.-liii. of lit.. It .Ii I' ? - ?' ) W.vfilllNuroN, November 9, IbGO. 'Hie Secession of South Carolina? ..In (ion of Other Southern Stolen?Xou- v Intercourse as a Juest lit maty uyuiust * the X'orth?The Jiesiynulion <?/ / ? //? ' s. ul Ojficers?'Ihe I'it.su/rut's Course. n The Avlnin.sliHlion await; with Rome " anxiety, the movements of South (Jam- , r' lina. 1 here ih little doubt tb;?t Iiii? Slate j v ml,' be out of the Union by Christmas, w ,t Jeast .n* t*r as she ran be out of u l?v lie act u' ber people, adopted in Con ten- , 0 ion. It is ..'M'Pot-'-d bv some, however, bat several Southern S'at>R, n?d \ e'. pro tared lor secession, wid endeavor, at a j ?rotc-r time, to d> tain It or, " "! f" deter, i emporanly at least, her final withdraw *1 ; loin lliu leJeial union. Il I- fert, nr.X..I.1.. .1... 1 1 : -II * .. I? VI J |? '/wui'in iljftl ' will iroj'dit, through i or legislature, mi act 1 )f mm intercourse w i* 11 ct-rta'n i.oii slave '. io<> 1.113.ate*, or all of th?m. This, it 1 ' ? heiieved l>y many, would la; an efii | it*iit measure fur the security ol South i rn interest* and right* from further 1 1 Sor hern aggression, ami it is advocated I '1 ia a measure tliat ought, ill deference to i " .he judgment of a large portion of the I " south, be tria l prior to sec? t ion or revo s| ution. llut even this measure will he , M revolutionary in Ms character, though j " perhaps conservslire in its effect. The President will not, it is hciieved, J 11 [ill the vacancies which have taken place I ' n fvderul otlices in South Carolina i>e fore the meeting of Congress, The U S. * l)istrict Judge, and tlie U. S. District At lornejr, and the Collector of Revenue ami the 8ub-Treasurer have all resigned. No " >ne, during the present excitement. ' would probably accept these places. * Meanwhile the operation of the federal machinery in South Carolina will he sus 1 [tended. Congress will meet on Monday, the 3d . h December, tlie day before die meeting ol '' the South Carolina Convention, and the 1 ('resident may ho expected to lay before " !hat body bia views in regard to the pre " lent cris's. If he then nominate federal 1 >f licet s for South Carolina it will be Jeeined an otLnce to that State, but it v would a (Void an opportm ty for a diacuv " lion upon tbe subject of the crnus in so* rret session. ION. a Nothing bit Politics.?'There won't | c he a darned thing this Tall but politics,' ' laid Jonathan, who was discussing busi- , 1 ness matters at (lis depot with a friend. (, i don't meet anybody but what they're ji putlin' into me 'bout the little giant, the c constitution and apread eagle, the rail , ' splitter, young Kainluck, and a thunder- j in' lot of other nainee. Conaarn it, why | the bulhfrogs in the pond back of our , barn are ail on a titter, bellowing out, I 'Old Abe?Old Abe 'lllmoia?Illinois , i 'little Dug.?little Dug. 'Breckinridge J a ? Breckinridge ;' 'Jo Lane?Jo. Lane s 'l'ut 'eui tbrougb?PdV'env lb rough-Put 1 'eiu through 1' * From the S. C., Son ot'Temperance. Sketches of the Palmetto Regiment. IIY A. MKMIIhlC. tii/, fib, blh, 1847.?Slept hurt light >ounJIv on hoard our sItii>, which nakes the eleventh night I hato passed >ti thetiuil. The transportation of our loops commenced about davlight. My lainu was among the first detail, ami 1 miuediate'v set about preparing to ex hniigo idv homo upon the rolling deep, or a more ante and comfortable one upon errn jirmu. I packed my knapsack, dis latched a "busty plain of soup," con isiing ol a crack r ami a cap of cotl'co iml left in the lm.it . n her thiol trio.? ? I * jut >15 111 :?iiy lliinps i*i inv knapsack as con ill and lull llio halation in in y trunk o the louder mercies of lite /iiiato and row. 1 consider myself purlieu' *riy fortunate ii being allowed lo l?riuj? my Irunk lims nr. as privates are not pencially permited to carry happape on exploring exiie. lilions. 1 expected lo have had its pass- ! oris refused lonp apo, i specially as I * ' vas rather a novice in llie ait of smug ;linp, Inn J<>i tuii<i facet fortHnm, proved . rile in ilns case, and 1 have my trunk el, and liave sal upon ii upon the Island , f Lohos, and wiilten love tellers I v | i llOotllipht. ! i I set my loot on terra firmu lliis morn ! up at lu o'clock precisely having I.ten I OSSt'll HO .1 liol I llilii'lll I-. (V .v.i l..r ii il<tvsr>ii<l n^lits. I iVsIt thankful in ( U-t'il for iln? hi^li hi*'I itiestiniHhlo privi j I"jo of >;ii ; a*li*>ro, ?I.or ? ?* .ipii't; tin* | anoeis of ' . florin kin/, >>11-1 the c.i- ' ( 'itcitiijs jaw * ?>t iiti* iin< ! tlio <!f ji | i li.ul t i r.icke.l lipou 111?? water so | lii.it 11.?> i land M-oiiiO'l to have the i noiion of tin* ship, nii'l I found my sell i otternm and c itcninj;, to sup'inrl invsclf, < ill thought 1 could feel the eatth rork j ml lie iv,' hem ath Mi . 1 I f *iihil the Island Hi out a mile in cir- t ii ml .Tinico, ami covered w ith vines ami j ' vei jjleeiis forming so i|?:id-9 hll Ul.'ler i rowth. that it was almost impossible to 1 i ass tli'on^h it. We 11iti] to clear a spot < ir^e enough to pitch oui tents wh eh we i ill Willi ilium-use lilor. 1 he water was j i> slutilow near llie beach that tiie boats ' I nulil not land nidi a fuh load, so we ! t ml to leap into the w iter about on * Iran- * n i?.-*j \ n iimn ine t:?ri<1, Mini o itry ? sr c una an 1 baggage above tin'* w iter, and t rade ashore. I lie water was at lirsl f bout ?a's! deep, gradually becoming i hallow cr :< we approached the shore.? i hud In lake the Wfit*?r with ni) face , wol,v\i?11 mumps, which I wou'd at j s tii* lni.e have ?i nvilerei! dangerous I m >. <>vv ! had hem mo to lie a believer in the ' i : tee that nothing Could kil. a soldier or ? ailor. | i We found 'he Louisiana anii I'cniml- ' i nr:i* llegiiiients :i..-ly landed, with i >u ? of ilo ir t< nis pitched, and clearing * lour caiup ground. 1 was introduced hv ! n eijo.ii.' 11 d er son t>> an old iVniisylvn 1 t ,a tj .pt.on by the i.aine of Hinder, w lu>m i lai \ ? I the l/.timetloos no doubt still j I LMia iiil.er, and who gave lis a hearty li .etc no- a. his .j lailers, and regaled us u .i ll much libera ii_\ on bant and bran Iv, eing about all tlm luxuries lie bad at Ida j ii oiiiliialid. I fe't ve:y gia'ifi! for tli s ' I! iiexjitvU'il . iii-k, a>. you may roadv i uppo in- noon!, a'tvi 11.iv;t;?_j forded J lie (mil on hit t, w ;i!i tnt<in{>> ai tl a Ii^l t a n1k!:?>:, iital forty pounds upon mi |a >?i k. v I explored llio Isl iini lliis morning in |i eard'i of curiosities, and found it bo Led | r || .own.! by u beautiful sandy leach, ^ i bout tv?'> ruiii in w id Hi and entirely Ireo , p mil inud or ^'roiv:L ot any kind. Not h ishing to ffn i tti 11111110, 1 took ill roe of i v i\ companions with 'no, d when wo J ad readied tLe lartherest point from our a unrleis, wo beard ibe report ff ft c.?U j c on in llio direction ?.f Vera (_'iuz, .and js n locking that way v.esaw a ve-mel, and I inok? issuing from it. \Y ? tlien hoard ii bat Hppeared to us to bo five broadsides, j( i quick succession. \V? could m t di J a iins the Cause of the tiring, but supposed j o was a salute from ibe St. Msrv's sloop 1 c f war, on lier npproacli to ibe liuibor.? | t ioiiio thought it was a vessel :u distress, ml a gun w is tired from one ol our j ,..r, mu..u .,Tn^ ] J i ik h fuel worthy of nine, and also ! r me, ilmi the i! ig of Company t?. was j a In- lirol one hoisted on the Inland, oh- e erving which to l>e llie case, we nil galh- 1 red round it, w ith Cap'. Kennedy at our a eitd, and gave three cheer*. Lieuten- | n ntn Ciark and 1 tuihnm seemed quite e!a ' o l>iI at the circumstance, and I believe the a I'tili-r made a short speech upon the oc a anion. I shall long remember with p ea* t 10 emotions the generoua deportment, 1 c ml high and honorable hearing of iho?e ii wo young officers, the latter of whom j a ell a prey to a wasting disease At Jalaps, o dole the farmer perished ariid theshunt* v f victory on the bloody fic'd of Cheru- >usco, exclaiming a* lie fell, "stand llieir ire* at all hazard*; remember where you re from." < We drank water from we!!* dug by tirstlve*, ranging from five to ten feet oe|?. The water from * hicli ha* a awe?t rackisl. taste, and i* very disagreeable it first, hut becomes more pleasant from ise. I spent m. it of tin* day in exam tnng (lie island. I think it is altogether if shell ami coral formation, hh we did iot find the firat particle of clay or soil [> digging our well*. The particle# on lie surface are sound, and something arger tlinn inoatard seed. I was rturpri* d to find the Island so dry, lining entirey free tiom ir.ul and marsh of any kind, t ?lo< p and a man of war arrived to day . md caat anchor m the harbor, freighted villi tr.npr ;.id military stores. I went >aok to the ship in the t> iat at 5 o'clock, iftsr my ttnnk, and sornc other articles I | iui<l felt, and was permitted to return, but was detained on board ail night, much against my will. Halunliti/, Feb. 0th.?Spent last night on board the ship with about ha'f the Barnwell Company. Was treated very kindly !>y Mr. Bradley and Mr. Atkinson, . members of said Company. Came ashore tins morning in the first boat that left the ship for the Island. A bor.t reached j the harbor last night at quite a late hour, i bringing the intelligence that a vessel con '.-nning i->nr companies oi the ijoms'ana Regiment liad been cast ashore in a storm on the Mexican coast, and liiHl they bad been suirounded by the Mexicans, and ! one man taken prisoner, and the rest in j eminent danger. 11.e St. Mary's sloop j ol war with about one hundred Louisiana 1 troops, left forthwith for the scene of ac i lion, for the purpose of extending what j aid tliey could to thcii beleHgureh friends, i About 1<? o'clock next morning the re- , ! port of cannon was board in that oirec i lion, hut we could not learn the result, I and was left in rather painful suspense. | ? The vcpoI did not return that night so j < wo had no news from the shore today. I t We heard the report of cannon at inter- I nils throughout the day, in the direction t nf a small Mexican town, near which it < is said the Louisiana troops were cast s ashore. ! I The climate hero at this Reason i?. r.nr. I i folly Klysian. The temperature does I I not vary more than ten degrees through. | I nil the year The verdure on the Island [ c is now as green as spring. The cabbage | palmetto, ihc banyan, the wild lemon, oa mustard, am! ihe India rubber tree, j with various other tropical shrubs and I rlants are among tho perennial growth j f thts Island. But it would seem rath- e r strange that among this "tangled wih j n lerness of sweets," this sea of fadeless | a reeli, I have as yet discovered but two j 11 rarieties <>f tlowers; one is the bloom of 1 r ho s? a mustaril, ai.d is not unlike the " Morget in-! not," or ''heart's ease," of this | 8 tout.try. The other is like the morning c ;iorv in color and size, and grows on a !' diistenng bush i ot unlike the "cross i , tine." I b ?N'umhuj, Fe!>. lilt.?The schooner that (' eft yesterday with the Louisiana troops j o relievo their friends that were driven J c isliore, returned to day, about twelve o' i n lock, bringing the cheering intelligence I '* hat the troops had escaped the watch 1 id vigilance of the Mexicans, and had I ;one hack <-n foot toTampico. Only one " nan w..s taken prisoner, and thoy treat , ^ ?d him kindly, gnvo hiiu clothes, and ' ' ent him hack to his friends. He was I 1 ck. and unahlo to escape, or they would | ^ lot have got iiito in the first place. The j 11 iiip Hint w a* driven ashore w as the On- R liaka, Cspt. llealv. There were (otir ! '' Companies < ( the Louisiana Regiment on 11 >oaid, consisting of 250 men. The boat | " 'sat the St. Mary sent ashore was fired | P ipon by the Mexicans without effect? i l' he fire was not returned. The wrecked i fR roops were under the command of Col. I ^ )eru*ha, commanding the Loutsiana Reg I R ment. The wrecked vessel was found iseless, and was burned by the St. Mary. | c< fhreo Companies of thel'almetto Reg- I ment arrived in the harbor this evening, ! 11 it der the command of L:eut. Col. I >ick l' asoit, consisting of tho Abbeville, Capt. I ^ ifarshall ; the Lancaster, Capt. Secrest ; i nd tho Sump'er, Capt. Sampler. They I P ire all in high spirits, and in good health M vith a few exceptions. The Island is in n pstcd wi'h an immense number of largo " tits, supp< sed to hsve been cast ashore I n wrecked vesse's. They burrow in the i (| round, it mi arc very annoying. There . re alto a large number of almost every j '' arietv of vermin and insects here.? ? Vmong which aro a large species of crab, P in.I a sm*l!.-r kind found on the beach, 1 w idled !i Idlers. Lizzards, scorpions, ants, c pid?rsnnd all the plagmsof Pharaoh,! Hi congregated here in one confused ] nans. 'I he centiped or stinging scorpion found i e;o, wh so sting proves fatal in ! p few hour . A small species of pelican I ii r sea gull flock to the Islands in dense i C inn U :ti night to roost and thousands of i ^ I.cm were killed by the soldiers with 1 < ',icl.s. ' f Monday, Feb, filh,?The three Coin- *i allies of the Palmetto Regiment that ached the harbor yesterday, carne a. s hore early this morning, Knd are busily & ngaged in clearing their camp ground. j n 'hey were out thirteen davs from Mobile 1 ml bad to encounter a squall, and bad, u p >n the \yhole, rather a rough passage I it throughout. Major (iladden made I i spceah to the battallion, he is something r f an orator but decidedly better in tac- I ics than rhetoric. He is by universal , s onsent the best drill tactician in the lie?! | I meiit. In the course of hi* speech lie g aid that hen. Scott was daily eipected j n >n the Island, and that those troops that * iere most obedient and discharged their Diies heat, meaning I suppose those that ' t tad their hair cut closest, and their beards liaved cleanest, and their guns it. best or- . <i er ?would have the preference in the * mure disposition that might he made of hem?perhaps a bivouac in the mote s leallhy pa its of the interior, while the I ong beards and rusty guns would be left o garrison Vera Cruz, and die of yellow : I ever. 1 * In company with Serjeant Shedd of 1 Jompany O., I visited Col. Dicknison in t i:s quarters, snd congratulated him, on 1 ns safe arrival, and happy escape from ; ( he perils o( the sea He received myself 1 ind friend with officers like courtesy, i 1 vhich made us feel quite easy during our 1 liort visit. Ry invitation from lv W. j lenks, the Major's Orderly, 1 paid him a j nail iti Major (Jladden's quarters, where < se chatted awhile, took a glass of wine, . w-ked the news, told au anecdote, left all 1 n a good humor, and retired. We have j < delightful bathing in the coral reef and on the sandy beach, and all seem dis- J posed to indulge in it liberally. Sea J bathing in a tropical climate is a luxury J only known to those who have tried it. * I notice a kind of wharf 01 molo is being ; created by the commandant which stands beyond the shallow so that troops and > military stores can be landed from the j serf beats which ply from the ships The weather is hot about mid day, but the afternoons aro rendered pleasant by the trade winds which blow in from tlib gulf. The nights are just cool enough to j render a blanket comfortable. This, upon | the whole is a most delightful climate, | ...... .? } nmivo uiiu mgreuieni 10 maae | it a second Mahomet's lJeaven, we will ! let one line from Campbell tell what that , is. "And man the hermit sighed till i woman smiled." But this desolation will | soon end, and the waste places of the j lieart may soon he fiiled by images that i night rival the poetic charms ascribed to :ho "Girl of Cadiz." For we are in sight i A the sunny shores, the beauty of whose | .laughters have been sung by every I ongue in every c'ime. Some of us may I ia?e to dash another loved image from | ho shriue, to givo place to some fair j laughter of Aztec. And as the absent j ioldier is sometimes supplanted at home | >y a wealthier wooer, wo can seo no im- j iropriety in his forgetting, whero tie may ! >o forgot, and like the gay humming j >ird, sip honeyed sweets from 6very I ipening flower. [rO 11K CONTINVKD.J Matters in New YorkBai.timokk, November 11 .-The Southrti medical students in New York, held I i meeting last night, which was largely ttended. Resolutions were offered and inaniinoualy adopted, that they should ' elum in a body to their Southern homes J ninediately and stand gallantly by their L-ction when the first Southern Stale de lares for secession. There were present , j t iho meeting representatives from every ] outhorn Stato. Stern determination earned in every eye, and every Southern eHrt swelled with patriotic .devotion.? he speeches were of the most animated haracter, and showed that Southern c len will no longer brook Northern iuso- s jnce and aggression. i There is intense excitement throughout j ? lie North, at.d the Northern journals are i f ow disposed to discuss the secession uestion in a more sorions mood than beire the election. They are beginning to I t link that the cry of disunion is no loner mere bluster and empty bravado, hut i J lie solemn declaration o( a people who | uciciiuiucu in ?uii!iui 10 no larmci I ivanion of their rights. The conserva- i 1 ve press, lion over, advocate the policy | ^ f letting llio seceding States go out eaceably, unless they leluse obedience to le Federal jurisdiction, which is a virtu- c I recognition of "State sovereignty."? 1 he Journal of Commerce (conservative) dvises patience and forbearance toward 1 1 !io seceding Stales ; the Herald auvo- ~ st*a the same policy, 'l'he violent Black ! epublican Journals are more rampant, I * iunling and defiant than ever towards ( le South. They hoot at secession and I J1 are the South to act. Here in Baltimore, as well as in other " ortiona of the State, all parties generally J ?em disposed to wait until Lincoln com i ' lits some overt act before pronouncing , i favor of a dissolution of the Union. ^ A financial p essure now seems evi ent. Many of our merchants are not isposed to sell goods to customers resiing in the States likely to 6ecede, with" i ^ ut getting the cash. There is great aprehunsion that tlie political excitement rill paralyze tire business interests of tha i ^ ountrv. j ^ News from Alabama. Montoomeuy, Ala., November 10 ?10 i. ni. An overwhelming resistance meet- I rig is now going on at Kstell Ilall.? }hurle* T. Holland, Esq., President of the Vest Point Railroad, on taking llie /hair, made a most forcible and telling esis'imce speech, which waa most entlmiafitically recu eved. j Governor Moore was called to the tand. He staicd publicly that be would I amnion a Convention of the people, to | neet in thirty days. Our people here, and in Selma, are ' j inanimous for resistance. 11 p. n).?The mess meeting at Fstell I | I a 11. is still in session. Speeches were | , nado liy T. 11. Watt, E. W. Peltus, and ! ] ion. George Goldwailh, all of whom poke in tavor of separate State action.? , he speeches were all received with the | ;reaie>t enthusiasm. Mr. Goldwailh nude a most powerful and eloquent . , peecli, as indeed did all the orators. Mr. Yancey has risen to the stand, sf , er a cheer that shook the building. Judge Rice's resolutions, recommen- ; ling separate State action without delay, vill bo adopted unanimously. All parly lines are obliterated. All i ire now unanimous. Never before was i here such a im Ming in Montgomery. I Thk Latkst ?Nothing was ever seen tere to equal the enlhusiasnv of the re istance meeting held here last night.? l ire speeches of Gov. Muore, Judge Pet' us, Judge Clsnton, Col. Yancey, and ! d ess is. Goldwailh and Rice, were revived with tremendous cheering. Tlie Hell electors, including Mr. Dawson, of Dallas County, are unanimous for seces , lion. The resolutions adopted aflirin the Principle of separate State action, but ex >ress a willingness to consult with the Mher Southern States. The people are a unit tor secession, ind Alabama will certainly dissolve her roonection with the Federal Government. The General Result- / From the telegraph and the mails, we compile the following a* the general re? suit of the election. The official returns have not jet been heard from several of the State*, hut the partial returns received indicate the vote in our table : LINCOLN AND HAMLIN. | BKKCKINKIDUK Connecticut, 0 and lane. Illinois, 11 Alabama, 9 Indiana, 13 Arkansas, 4 Iowa, 4 Florida, 3 Maine, 8 Georgia, 10 Massachusetts, 13 Louisiaua, C Michigan, 0 Mississippi, 1 Minnesota, 4 N. Carolina, 10 Now Hampshire, 5 8. Carolina, 8 New Jersey, 7 Texas, 4 New York, 35 Maryland, 8 Ohio, 23 Virginia, 15 1'enDsylvaiiia, 27 Delaware, 3 Rhode Island, 4 ? Vermont, 5 Total, 87 Wisconsin, 5 BELL AND EVERETT. Total, 176 Kentucky, 12 Tennessee, 12 DOUGLAS AND JOHN SON. Total, 24 California,(doubtful) 4 Oregon, (doubtfui) 3 Missouri, (doubtful) 9 Total, 16 RECAPITULATION. K lector a I Votes. For Lincoln and Hamlin, 176 For Breckinridge and Lane, 87 For Bell and Everett, 24 For Douglas and Johnson. 16 Wholo Electoral vote, 303 Lincoln's majority over mII, 49> The Now York Herald, says : "We consider it perlectiy safe to set down Lincoln's electoral vote at 170. The news rroiu the Pennsylvania October election, operating upon the divided Democracy >u the PaciKc coast, may perhaps give lim, also, California and Oregon. Charlatan Mercury. What our Enemies Prediot. We clip the following from the Pki!alelphia Knquirer. We clip it from an irticle in which that paper ridicules the dea that anything will be done by the southern States. We commend it to our eaders : "Georgia says to Alabama, 'you go irst ;' Alabama says to South Carolina, you go tiist,' and South Carolina seems 0 be divided between the advocates of separate* and 'co-operative, secession, with n certain number of soicalled 'subnissionists,' probably large enough to |uat>b all action. But something must >e done, and we have no doubt somehing .rill be. High stomached and full >f ire are these gentry, and it will never 1 _ 4 _ I J - +- * * " * * hi iu urck* uowii auer an their highminding tlireals There remains the isual sately valve of Southern politicians ?resolutions. We have no doubt, thereore, that a convention of some sort will sseinhle, which will pass the most resoute resolutions, make and listen to the nost tierce and fiery speeches, which will >e duly printed in the New York Herald ind other sensation papers, after which hey will adjourn to meet again on the ruins of the Capitol,' and disunion will lie a natural death." ?he Man who Won't Pay the Printer. May he be shod with lightuir.g and ompelled to wander over gunpowder. May he have sore eyes, and a chesnut ?urr for an eye stooo. May every day of his life be more des>olic than the Dey of Algiers. May he never he permitted to kiss a netty woman. i May he be bored to death by boarding ichool misses practicing their first lessons n music, without the privilege of seeiug tis tormentors. May 2.40 night-mares trot quarter ra:ea over his stomach every night. May his boots leak, bis gun gang fire, md liis fishing lines broak. May his coffee be sweetened with fiies, ind his soup seasoned with spiders. May his friend run oil' with his wife, ind his children take the whooping tough. May his cattle die of inurain, and the >igs destroy his garden. Mav a troop of printers' devils, lean, ank and hungry dog h's heels each day, tnd a regiment of cats caterwaul under lis window each night. May the famine stricken ghost of an editor's baby haunt his slumbers, and iisa ' Murderer !" in his dreaming ear. May his cows give sour milk, and his thurn rancid butler. In short, may bis business go to ruin. ind he go (o?the Legislature. Si'icidk.?On Saturday morning Mr. Win. Donaldson of this place wai found dead in hi* hed From the fact that a vial of laudnum was found near by altnoat empty, and othor similar evidence, the verdict of the Jury was "conce to his death by the immoderate use of whiskey and laudnum." Mr. Donaldson was regarded by the community as an honorable mau, upright in his dealings, but he yielded to the temper and has left us ; another victim to the evils of internper ance.? Chester Standard. - ? Lose by Fir*.?We regret to learn that, on Saturday last, Dr. J. M. Davidson lost, at h in country residence, River Bide, a very promising lot of tobaceo being cured, valued at about $550. Tbe bouse was also destroyed by fire. We are glad to learn thai no other damage wee sustained.? Charlotte Bulletin,