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i In the bi 1 which In s i-ist passed Congress, j ^ to prevent bauds > n the Treasury, a clause has j u A been iuserteii piouibiihig parties from roceiv- j sj ing recompense, with lite intent to aid or assist ! > if in prosecuting any claim before Congress. We I si ( trust such is the initial step to that system of, i: puriiication which is required in neaily ail the. ; a K departments ol tue government. I" rnuds nave >' I grown wit],, if they have not outgrown, the inS crease of Federal patronage. Everyday re- c i veals some new phase <>f corrnption. It is not a a tncreh that official influence is u.-ed to procure >| the passing of claims, with the promise of roeotn 1 [ pease if successful. Bat the forms which are is H. most hateful in the old and corrupt govern- ? E. meats of Europe, are, if members of Congress 1 K are to be believed who have access to correct t! I. sources of information, in constant u-e at the v central scat of authority. The funning of offices a ?in other words, their sale for a pecuniary o ! reward?are in familiar operation among those n [ whose position affords tin in facilities and op- c | portuhities to carry on that species of traffic, h ' When a country reaches this stage of corrup- ri tion, and the people look on supinely, the pe Iriod bus arrived for bartering away the public t< liberties. We have not yet reached this crisis. v It is only necessary to awaken the people to the w fatal proclivity towards corruption which the c public affairs exhibit. w Out the reform contemplated by the bill v which protects the Treasury against frauds, in t4 the manner indicated, does not go far enough, ai It does not reach the source of the corruption, k L/^rhe mode of purification should embrace the a Wr^ ^remedy that Gen. Jackson was anxious to adopt. tl W\ He wished the lustration to reach not only those ? ' v counei ted with the Administration, and the De A f* partrnents, but members of Congress. lie n wished no man to accept of an ofiicc of profit d under the government, while he was in the a jr performance of duties iu the national legisla o ture. If this prohibition were established of- n fices would n<>t besought, intermediately thro' n a position which necessarily increases the in- ** fluence of members improperly. The Congrts- o sio^lpf^jo-.-ia-now made the stepping stone for p ^ to sonic post of profit. The citi- b zcns-1f^ng?are placed at a great disadvantage, n as regaiwxiaims to offices, to which they have equal pretensions on the score of both moral a and intellectual merit, with %-those who have ^ > f.iiin.-t tlipJp ivat info C!n?<nvss. Now, there may be some public disadvaii- )' tage in the exclusion of members of Congress s( O * from offices ofhonor as well as profit, by such sl prohibition. There may be peculiar qualifica- s' tions for'official station, by serving it^Congress, 11 on the score of experience and knowledge ot n public affairs. But the limitation in the range & of choice to such individuals as possess political experience out of Congress, would be much U less than is supposed. The men who have ^ been trained to public atfairs, by one or more :l legislative terms, would be in sufficient nbun c< dance to meet every public requisition. There Vl are always a sufficient number of ex-members I 11 to supply the wants of the Government in the higher offices. The benefits of puiificatiun 'f from this exclusion, would liir outweigh any public inconvenience from such exclusion. l' But the effect on political morals would be highly salutary. It would raise the standard ^ of official purity. It would render the exam- w pies of that purity, in high places, of the most ^ beneficial tendency. Men would not seek the 0 post of Representative or Senator in Congress with the view, not to serve the public, but to w their own personal advancement. Much of P that squabbling which now disgraces the do- :i , bates, with a prospective view to party promo- '} | lion, would be checked. The discussions would be purified ; for public objects and not private ^ ends, would inform the deliberations. Until , the nrizes of office are removed from the grasp t( i of Congressional aspirants, we fear that ofTec-1 J tual reform will be hopeless.?C/tas. Eu. News a England and Cuba.?The New Orleans PicI ayune, of the 24th inst., has the following inter- tr j esting details on a subject hitherto alluded to in jc / our Telegraphic despatches : tl y "By private letters from Havana, we learn o that on the 18th inst. the commander of the ?,< British ship-of-the-line Cumberland waited upon o Gen. Canedo with a formal demand for satisfac- p, tion and apology for the outrages committed h lately upon the persons of British subjects in the ai Isifind of Cuba, and for the insults to the British rr Government in the persons of If. B. M. Consul rc General, and the commander of the ship-of-war cl Vestal; and also for the late connivance on the r< part of Spanish officers in the slave-trading operations in Cuba. Gen. Canedo assured the Bri- in tish commander that it had never been his intcn- el tion to insult the officers of the British Govern- rr ment or to reflect upon theirconduct in any way, pi and that immediate examination should be made b' . into the claims of British subjects and ample re- rr paration made for any injury that might have ci resulted to thorn through unjust proceedings. );l "The letter bags of several of the late steam- tl ers from Havana for the United States had been pi stopped while being taken on board and taken b< to the police office for examination. ol "It was rumored in Havana that a British 10 Commissioner was od his way there to demand ei the immediate manumission of even- African that if had Wen imported into tlmt island since 1S21, in contravention of the terms of the treaty with tl England. This rumor was causing great con- sj sternation in Havana, as it was supposed it would A manumit three-fourths of the slaves in the island, si 'The Bristish Admiral had sent orders to Her- t.| nu.da for some more English ships of war to pro- ()| cecd to Havana, and the permanent English na-! Ci vnl force there was to he largely increased. An > js effort is to be made to stop the slave trade by | pi direct intimidation of the principal authorities in in the island." lb S we Vo'. k Kakntnos.?The practice which j .j( apprentices, clerks and others. have of spending i tlx ir turnings as fast as tin v accumulate, is one ' ( gn at reason why so many never attain a position ah'ive mediocrity in life. A person who receives ! ^ lint a small Compensation f?>r Ins services will, ^ with a little care over his exchequer, and a sys ^ til of regularity in his expenditures, find that at tlie end of the year lie is prepared to encounter any emergency or mishap. J tut, as a general I. tiling, they manage to get rid of their earnings i quite sis quick as tliev sire due, thu?leaviti?-'thcui : , , n i c .. , : .. i... J? ? v iloii> lllij'l''i'iii'**i ivi ? iii? i m nv.1 > ij\ or otherwise. A system of curtailing unnoccssar expense, if adopted by our younger folks 1 !U would bring around the most happy and trr:iti ' >t fving results, and Ik> the means of raising toemiuencc and standing in society many who now 1 a' have contracted the hahit of parting with thr-ir!1' earnings so readily and foolishly ; for the hahit j {!* of keeping continually in deht begets indiffer-j " rnce and dissipation, a lark of self-respect, and . an utter disregaid for future prospects. The; real cruise f"r a great deal of crime mav be traced to the habit of a foolish expenditure of money in j111 C;ir!v davs.~ ? Allxjny Trow.-rriyt. ' $?. Ife. I'iie Effects of European Wak upon Ami:- | ican Commerce.?From a long and powerful I'CCch made by Mr. Cobden at a late Peace Feting in Manchester, which was attended by anie. six-thousand persons, we take the follow- I ig striking paragaraph relative to the effects of ! European war upon American commerce. The osition is unquestionably a sound one: Now, I have heard a great deal of trash talk- I d, and have seen a great deal more written, j bout what is to be expected from the United dates of America, if we declare war with France. )on't deceive yourselves. America is not com- i ig to put herself in alliance with the Anglo- 1 '.axon race to make war with France. (Cheers.) f ynu go to war with France, I tell you what lie United States will do?the first thing they < ill do will be to assume a very bold attitude, i nd require you instantly to abandon that right i f search which was claimed and exercised dur- t ig the last war. and was left an open question j ven at the peace. Now, you will be obliged ? * - f - ? - - ? A istantly to renounce me rigm 01 visuiug -ivmeican vessels. America will no longer allow you, with her sniiage, now nearly equal to your qwn, to do -hat you did 45 years ago with impunity; and hat will be the consequence ? America will arry on the commerce of Europe. Do you think, ith your navigation laws repealed?now, I initc the merchants of Liverpool, whose organs ilk so glibly of war, to pay attention to what I ly?do you suppose that, with the navigation iws repealed, if '.here is a war between France nd England, anu our narrow seas swarm, as hey will, with privateers having letters of marque, lany and many a strout steamer built on the itlantic shores coming over here with letters of tarqe to seize as prizes your merchant vessels? o you suppose that, under such circumstances, nybody would be such a fool as to send one itnce of freight under the English flag ? Would ot the insurance be some 'JO or 30 per cent, lore than the insurance of some American ship ? nd who in the world, do you think, could carry n competition in any commodities, if he had to ay 20 or 30 per cent, more than those who 1 rought their goods in any foreign ship ? What j nist be the efDct instantly of war ? Your ships must leave your harbors and go nd enter themselves and get registered either as imeriean ships, or Dutch ships, or Hamburgh lips, and be anything but English ships; then < uu may bring your commodities here under >ine other flag, and what will become of the ! lipwrights of Liverpool, when all the English j nps are gone, and no others building? They iav follow the shins, or they may go to the orkliouse. (Hear, hear.) That is what will illow a war; that is what will come of the "high , and," ami "pitch into France," as the saying is. ] Laughter.] And right well would the lner- ( mills of Liverpool deserve such a state of things ' thev sanction such a course of policy or en- ( jurage that tone of the press which invites pro- . ovation and war of that kind. Though we have ot sufficiently thought of what a war would do >r ourselves, have you ever considered what c-f ct it would have upon this district?this busy ( ive, which sub>i>ts entirely upon the industry ; lat is employed upon the rrw material brought j oin abroad ' It would be a very different tiling > throw the country into distress now, for the ant of the raw material, to what it was some 0 years ago, for our capital has increased four r five fold, and our consumption of the raw ma- l. 'rial has increased sonic eight or ten fold from hat it was in those days. Don't listen to those 1 apors which talk about "pitching into" Franco, ' ml don't delude yourselves with the idea that ! ie United States will ever come to help the ' Inglish in any war that may he carried on. The i iinericans are too shrewd to fight other people's attics; when you find them fighting it will he >r themselves. [Cheers and Laughter.] j The Senate has recently added to the annu- , 1 remuneration of the heads of departments, j . motion to increase the salaries of the Dis ict Judges was withdrawn, equivalent to re- ^ ction. Now we see no objection, abstractly ie above named addition. The salaries of j ur heads of departments are inadequate to the ;a!e of living in Washington, looking to the fficial rank of these functionaries. Hut it looks < artial and inequitable that the salaries of the j igher officers of government should be raised nd those who occupy the subordinate depart- j lents entirely overlooked. If there are good ( ;asons, to give increased recompense to one lass, there is equally valid reasons for higher ( miuncration to the others. The argument for increase must be sought i the reduced value ot money and consequent levation of prices. Public salaries generally ! iquirc revision. The. poor clerk in an official , ost, without influence, is made to sustain the urthen of increased house rent, and higher ites of living, generally, while those who oc- j! ipy the elevated stations, many of whom have ,rge private fortunes, are relieved of this bur- x ien. The laborer in all graduations of the ublic service is worthy of his hire. There can j no justice, no equality, in relieving the head c fthe department, while his clerks arc over- L ioked, who if less anxiously filled with the 1 ires, arc often more incessantly occupied with c le labours of office. There should have been no steps made in { lisdircction by Congress, utiles* the whole! 1 diere of public, remuneration was traversed. I ^ measure ol this kind should lie comprehcn-1 ve. The; scale of increase should embrace the j itire circle of oflit ial services. The elevation j p salary to one class, and that, the most iiiiln-; it ial, is not only wanting in beneficence?it j v inequitable in being partial. When it was ; ^ oposetl to provide official residences at Wash- i gton for the heads of departments, this was a rm of remuneration that hud loss the appearan?of preference and partiality than an angmenta- j r?n of salary, which it must be supposed, was c IcimIciI as a money equivalent, The ground ic "the increase luu-t have been that rise of real j j tale and rents i:i Washiuglou which has ta- J t, n place in other cities of the United Stales, s ow, as this is a cause of general operation 1 .. il.it enlo.na lilfi f it fnnnt inii'ifmc I f lituv m;uwinmiM?w iuiiuh?miui iv.7 . ust make their retreat intt> hovels, if their an-j tal recompense does not cover llieir expendi-1 I ITS. The most equitable course then would have j Vii to deter, to the next session of Congress, j ^ o subject of remuneration of public function-! s ies. A eonituillee then could hiive made a j j, imprelieiisive investigation into the whole sub-1 ( et-inalter; and made a scale of increase, if; c iy were deemed necessary, embracing on j |uitable principles, the entire body of ollieial q rsoiis, in each and every bianeh of the jiub j( r service.? (Jbur Union Even i ny News. j A " curious woman" in Rnckvillc says the | .artford C'ourant, counted the stitches she took I making a shiit. The number was fourteen t i?Mlsaiid four hundred and thir'v-five. r Later front Em-ope. Arrival of the Jlumbolt at New York. Baltimore, March 1. The U. S. Mail Steamship Jlumbolt/ Ciipt Lines, has arrived at New York from Havre dis ibled. She left Southampton on the 10th ult The British Mail Steamship Europa arrived a Liverpool on the 13th ult. The Jlumbolt hai brought 'Si00,000 in gold, and 65 passengers? among them Kossuth's Secretary, M. Pulzsky. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Monday tin 14th ult., was Bull, and prices declined one six Lentil of a penny, the sales amounting to 5,001 bales. On Tuesday the 15th ult., the markc ivas linn and 5,000 bales were sold. Messrs Wright & Candy in their'Circular (juote the de dine at an eighth of a penny, hut state that a the close of the maikct, it rallied to a sixteenth Oilier Circulars quote the decline at an cigth oi the Middling and lower qualities without changi in other descriptions. The Havre Cotton Market declined a franc ii ;oiisequence of the advices brought by the Eu ropa to Liverpool from America. The sales oi the 14th ult. amounted to 500 bales, and holders were pressing on the market. Great Britain.?The Ship Caspian fron Charleston is still ashore near Torbay. She will however, be saved. She is insured at Havre fo 000,000 francs. The Steamer Queen Vidorii lias uecn wrccKea on the const ot Ireland, an( 50 passengers drowned. In the British Parlia ment Lord John Russell stated that the Govern ment were perfectly satisfied that Louis Napo Icon had no hostile intentions against England. France.?In the Chambers on the 14ih ult. the Emperor in person said that lie had decidct to* reduce the Army, in order to keep up a gooc understanding with Foreign-powers, and to con lince the incredulous that when France express 2s her intentions, she must be believed. Thii speech produced a favorable effect on the Bourse and caused a rise in the Funds. Italy was all quiet. Accounts from Milai represent the recent outbreak in that city as hav ng been a small affair. The ringleaders hac !>cn hanged. Martial law was rigorously en breed. Still L,at<nr. Arrival of the Cambria at Halifax. Baltimore, March 3.?The British Mai Steamship Cambria, arrived at Halifax at hal past ten o'clock this, Thursday morning, will 35 passengers from Liverpool, which port slit left on Saturday the 19th ult, The U. S. Mail Steamship Baltic arrived ai Liverpool at midnight, on the ISth ult. The Liverpool Markets?The sales o Cotton during the week comprised 40,15C bales, and the imports 8000 bales. .At the Bommencemcnt of the week the market open jc! heavy, but improved towards the close.? Quotations, however, arc from a sixteenth tc in eigmn 01 a penny lower man uiev were or :lie. 12lh ult. The lower qualities have de filled an eighth?Middling the most. The Circular of Messrs. DennMown & Co. if the lSlh ult., quotes Fair Orleans G3-Sd Middling Orleans 5 13-lGd, Fair Mobile G l-8d Middling Mobile 53-4. Fair Upland 0 1-Sd. tnd Middling Upland 5 11-lGd. From a private Liverpool Correspondent. LrvKitrooL, Feb. IS.?Cotton has declined i'lice the 12th ult., fully an eighth of a penny, Hie week's sal^s amount to -10,000 bales, including 7000 on speculation, and 4000 for ex >ort. The sales to-day are 5C00 bales and ,i juiet market. We quote Fair (JrlenoHQ l-2d Middling Orleans 5 3-ld, Fair Upland G l-8d ind Middling Upland 5 5-8d. Trade in Manchester had slightly declined, The London Cotton Market was quiet on die 18th ult., with sales on that day of 200C jales. The Havre Cotton .Market had experienced i decline of from one to two francs chiefly in Uplands. The sales for the week ending the 15th ult., comprised 3250 bales, and the stock, xclusive of that on shipboard 32,000 bales. Great Britain.?The political news is until portant. The returns of the Board of Trade show that the business of the country has in :rcased. Sixty-eight persons perished by the linking of the steamship Queen Victoria, on he coast of Ireland. France.?Louis Napoleon has had a private riterview with the Russian Minister. An acive Spring business is anticipated in Paris, ind large orders have been received in that :ity from America. - * ? Discontent in Europe.?An American genlemnn, writing to the Boston Journal, from 'am. confirms what everv intelligent traveller in turope must have observed. He says: "In Austria, despotism is doing its work ; by usbing matters too far, slfr is preparing trouble or herself in the future, and that future not n cry remote one. I affirm, as the result df peronnl knowledge, that there is not a province of Vustria that is not discontented. Italy is but me mass of conspiracies, and the beheading of a lozen conspirators but calls into existence ten inu-s that numbeh Hungary is quiet, but is mly the quiet of a temporary exhaustion, rcnlered inure necessary by the hordes of the Czar till hovering on her borders. The Sclavonic rovinccs, the supporters of Austria in lierstrug;Ie with Hungary, are murmuring. Bohemia s discontented; ami the Tyrolise.?that noble loople, whose patriotism and whose courage have >ecomo proverbial ?wbo, in 1 848, received with nitstretelied arms the Emperor, Hying from his apital?are now ready to join any movement vliieli shall present a prospect of freeing them iom the enormous burdens under which they ire groaning. The number of Steamboats in the United slates, according to the just completed report ?f A. tiiithcrie, steamboat inspector, is 110u if which only 317 are low pressure. The toal tonnage of these steamers is -191,003 tons. 5t. Louis takes the lead in number, having lL'O tearners; Cincinnati 101, and I'itlsburg 101.? Sew York city has the largest steamer tonlage, (owing to the ocean marine,) 01,417 tons, jail Francisco, New Orleans ami Buffalo are text in point oftonnoge. Washington Irving, while at Mount Vernon he other day, remarked that he remembered eeing (Jen. Washington in New York, when io was a child live yoars of age, and while the Jeneral was passing through the street, acompauied by a crowd, young Irving was atended hy his nurse, an honest Scotchwoman, ['lie woman forced her way up to tho (Jeneral, ending her child hy the hand, and approachng, addressed him?"Your honor, here is n mini that is called after you." Tho (Jeneral mused, and placing his hand upon (ho boy'f lead, gave him his blessing. Mr. Irving state; lint lie has a distinct recollection of the whole icono?which occurred tho year 17^7. |jf fluikn tUfchli) Jionrnnl. Tuesday, March 8, 1853. * THO. J. WARREN, Editor. 1 TO PRINTERS. ' A good Journeyman Frintcr will find a permanent situation by immediate application at this office. e Snow. On Saturday last wo had a beautiful shower of snow : which lasted four or five hours, and fell to the depth of I full five inches and a half?the largest fall that we have '* ! had for many years. Our streets for a short time were " j alive with the boys snow-balling it; and of larger' : sized individuals, who seemed to enter into the sport \ with great spirit and zest, now and then a sleighing 1 1 party, with "tinkling bells," would go whizzing by, I who were invariably saluted with a shower of compli^ mentary balls, which gavo evidence that they attracted rather more than a passing notice. Columbia Train. It will be seen bv an advertisement in another col umn, that the tri-weekly train to Columbia ha3 been | discontinued. The train will run directly through and ^ back on Saturdays. | Congressional Election. , Tho following is the result of the election in this District, for Member of Congress, held on Monday and Tuesday, the 28th ult. and 1st mst. It will be seen that tho vote is unusually small: Moses. Boyce. O'Hanlox. Total. i Camden 143 71 2 21G \ Flat Rock 9 23 9 46 1 Liberty Hill 15.... 6 1 22 - Buffalo 22...*. 2 0 24 - I.izenby's 14.... 3 0 17 3 Schrock's Mill 29.... 1 0 30 Curcton's Mill 10 9 0 19 ' Goodwin's 1.... 6 0 7 1 243 126 12 381 The following is the result in the Congressional Dis1 trlct: Borcp. Moses. O'HAXLoy. Richland, 248 310 74 Fairfield, 870 92 19 Kershaw 126 243 r. 12 York 434 402 33 Chester, 303 347 42 ] Sumter, 568 *. 876 ? 2,549 2,270 180 1 Majority for Boyce, 279 Congressional Election. ' The following gentlemen have been duly elected as ^ Representatives to Congress from this State: 1 1st District?General John McQueen.'* ^ 2d District?Hon. IVm. Aiken.* 5 3d District?lion. TV. F. Colcock.* 4th District?Col Preston S. Brooks. 5th District?Hon. James L. Orr.* ' 6th District?Col. TV. TV Bojec. *Rc-elcctcd without opposition. Clarendon Senator. ' TVe loam from tho Black River Watchman, that Dr. ' J J. Ixgrem has been elected Senator from Clarendon. ' He supplies the place of Hon. John L. Manning, our ' present Chief Magistrate. Trouble on the Camden Branch. ' "We learn that Mr. Laurence Belserhas a steamboat at the TVatcrco bridge, and insists on its being cut ' away for it to pass." So says the Columbia Bonner of Saturday last. It L was cut away, but the pretty part is, the Steamboat 1 passed up to Camden empty, and parsed back again ! 1 without obtaining a single bale of Cotton from our merchants, although the terms proposed by Mr. Belser were at least a third lower than the Rail Road ComI pany now charge. Post Offices. The Post Offices known as Timmonsville, in Darling1 ton and Sparta, in Spartanburg, have been discontinued, and the names of the following changed: Rock1 well, Pickens, to Fairplay; Mush Creek, Greenville to Pomeroy, and Lynchburg, Sumter, to Mcintosh. Charlotte Rail Road. Wc learn from the Columbia Banner that the Char! lotte Rail Road will resume carrying the United States ! Mail, the Government having yielded to the Company their old schedule instead of requiring night travel. Important to the Exquisites. 1 We observe in an exchange, that tho black dresB ' coat is doomed. "A ukase of His Imperial Highness, Napoleon 111, has banished it from the.saloons ofParis, and as Paris gives tho vogue to all tho world wo may soon sec it disappear from tho western hemisphere. Its 1 successor is a blue velvet, single breast, d, standing collar, steel buttons, braided and gilt. The old black was a very unpretending garment, and as it would last indefinitely for parties, it was cheap, very cheap, compared with its more conspicuous successor. It has had a pretty long reign, surviving some half dozen French dynasties, and yet the Paris writers deplore its demise." Wc reckon we shall be unfashionable, generally speaking, all our Ijfo, for if there wcro forty ukases issued by President Pierce against these becoming garments, wc should be obliged to rebel, or secede?that word suits us better. Wo arc something like that ancient economical individual we heard tell of, who wished they would make plates out of tortoise shell. Southern Quarterly Review. The January Number has reached us, and wc take pleasure in welcoming so agreeable and so ablo a visitor. Tho Review has long since acquired a standing and reputation, which could only have boon obtained by morit, and wo doubt if there is a bettor or moro ably conduoted Periodical in tho Union. Its tono and character are of such an order as eminently to qu dify it for a SouthernJtcviow; and tho objections which wo havo had occasion to urgo against certain othor Periodicals, do not oxist in tho prcsont ease; on the contrary, tho Publishers note will give tho reader a correct idea of its principles: "Jn politics, it advocates the pr'nciplos of States Rights; In literature, its critical standards are Catholic, liberal and genial. It rides no hobby; it belongs to no clique or party." The present number presents an interesting table of Contents, which we had time only to glance at, and , shall take pleasure In referring to hereafter. The Review is published by Messrs. Walk Fit & Bunkn, Charleston, S. C., at Five Dollars per annum. 1 British Periodical Literature. Our friend nnd cotemporary of tho Anderson Cazctte says:?"We are pleased to see that two of our brethren of the press, have in their last issues agreed \y ith us in our notice of the "Westminster Review." | , From the numerous notices which havo been given in , other papers, without a word of condemnation, we con elude that many havo been deluded by not having per* t used attentively tho articlo in question, previous to I giving a notice of tho work. Tho papers alluded toas > entertaining similar views to ourself, aro the 'Camden > Journal,' and tho 'Duo West Telescope.' Was moro 5 attention paid to the proper sifting of each article container] iu many of o'tr Northom periodicals, nn well as ?aawwBB?asmmiw ? ? ?nm i'i iwikMjs our foreign ones, by thoso called upon to 'puff them the time would not be far distant, when Southe. n pat onage would be turned into a diO'ercnt channel, and Southern publications would assume their merited po sition. Let the press look well to this matter. It be comes us to do so in self-defence, and wc may rest as sured, that if we discharge our duty, tiieso incendiar journals will soon be consigned to their merited ob livion." To which, Brother Gazette, we may also add tin "Black River Watchman," who, as a faithful and fear less sentinel, sounds the note of alarm. We joiu yoi in wishing that wc might have the pleasure of readin; the British Periodicals, but we do not desire to indulg this gratification at the expense ot our principles, aui at the sacrifice of right and justice. It is our duty am the duty of every one connected with tiie press of tin South, to expose every innovation upon our rights whether they be insinuated under the guise of polit and refined British Periodical Literature, or the gros fictions and inflamatory publications of Northern libel lers, who as.sert falsehoods without fear or shame. Blackwood's Magazine. "Wo have the February Number, and from the Tabl of Contents, wo see nothing to which we can object "We do not have it in our power to read very careful!; all our exchanges, as our increased Editorial dutie render it almost impossible, in addition to the detail of office business, to give particular attention to all th< books, papers, 4c., which we are daily and constantlj receiving. We wish we had the power to pay stric and entire attention to all the departments belonginj to our papers; but we cannot do this, for it require: a separate and distinct Editor for each part, if it wen done well, so that we are obliged to console ourselve: with the reflection? "Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, act$ nobly: angels could no more." Something New. A bill in relation to free persons of color has beei passed by both brandies of the Illinois Legislature. I prohibits the entrance of free colored persons into th> State, under the penalty of being sold into slavery and authorizes the admission of slaves if brought in o sent by their masters. The Now York Courier says that schism has alrcad; began to work among the Mormons. A party callin; itself the "New Church" lias sprung up and separatci itself from the original Mormon Society. The "Nev Church" has appointed seven rulers, answering to th branches of the Golden Candlestick, and the authorit; descends from one to the other, so that it can neve cease while one is left. A Small Crowd.?It is said there were last week seven hundred people at the National Ifotel at Wash ington, and other establishments of the kind weri equally crowded. Upwards of three thousand offie seekers were in the city. The Vice President.?A bill was last week passei by the Senate authorizing the American Consul atlla ana, or any judge of the United States Courts, or ma gistrates, to administer the oath of office to him ai Vice President cf the United States. Inauguration of President Pierce. Wc see, by the interesting telegraphic intelligence reported for the associated city press of Charleston that Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, was inau guratcd 0:1 Friday last, at Washington City, as Presi dent of the United States. The number piescnt, it ii stated, exceeded that of any former similar event. Gen. Finnce goes into office under peculiar and plea sing circumstances?there is no case on record, of late where a man has been eivvatvd to tlt? highest office ir the world, with such singular unanimity. We hope and believe, that President Pierce will fulfil his obli gations, and make himself worthy of the high vocatior wliereunto he lias been called. The following is said to embrace the substance 0 the Inaugural Address, which is all that we had rca son to expect: The policy of the administration, he said wil not be controlled by timid forebodings ofevi from the expansion of our territory. It is not to be disguised that the acquisition of certaii nnssHssiims not within the iurisdiction of the x ; a United States are important, if not essential for the preservation of our commercial rights and the peace oi'tl^ world. Should they, how ever, he obtained, if. will he in no grasping spirit, hut in a manner consistent with the strict e>t national faith. Foreign affaiis, he stated, will be marked bj ust and pacilic views, and he re-affirms tin doctrine in the strongest terms. Relative to official appointments, he says that the Administration cannot be expected t( retain any persons in their official position; who are lahoiing under the influence of politi cal hostility and paitizan prejudice Jo it, whet it should expect cordial co-operation, having n< engagements to ratify, 110 rewards to bestow no resentments to remember, no personal wish cs to consult, he, will he governed in his selec tions by no motive that does not coutcmplutt the efficient dischuige of his duties to he per formed, and the hi^st interests of the countn requiring in every instance integrity and ca pacity, to present peculation. He considers the preservation of the Union as the grand point, dear to every American heart. Riot out one star and the whole will he dimmed. lie believes that involuntary servitude, as il exists, is recognized by the Constitution; thai it stands like any other admitted right, anc that States where it exists, are entitled to effi cient remedies to enforce all Constitutional pro visions. He approves the Compromise measures, anc says that they are strictly Constitutional, anc to he unhesitatingly carried into effect. Ill hopes, however, that the question is at rest and that no sectional or ambitious, or fanatical excitement, may again threaten the durability of our institutions. ick Pkesiubst Ki.no.?The Washington Liiinii announces on the authority of George II. Jones, Esq., the gentleman commissioned to notify Col. King of his election as Vice President of the United States, and who parted with him on Monday evening last, that Mr. King has gained rapidly in strength, that he walks twice during the day to the place where the process of boiling the cane is carried pn, for the purpose of inhaling the vapor. lie manifests a hopeful spirit, which itself is an auspicious indication of improving health. Mr. Jones also states the tact that the Havana mails intended for the Empire City and Crescent City, wore intercepted by the police, opened, and examined, on a suspicion of inflamatory correspondence. Ho brings despatches to the government from the American consul at Havana, probably in relation to this matter. # * Arrangements are being made to light up the streets of Charlotte, N. C., with gas. . I Fur (he Camden, Juuruul. - j Female Benevolent Society. j " Ye Lave the poor with y<>u always, and -j whensoever ye will, ye may do them good," - seems not to have been fully recognized among - us, either as a matter of fact; or as the teach j ings of Holy Truth. It is truly a matter of . astonishment, that in Carnden, one of the oldest Towns in the .State, and in which many He3 nevolent Associations have flourished for a . number of years, that no general organized ef* j fort among the benevolent and religious has r ever been made to relieve the sick poor. * " They are with us always." Indeed Camden j has a i'uil share of the needy?the destitute and j the suffering. Who knows the number of cases in the back streets of sickness' Who can tell when they 1 are prostrated upon beds of affliction? What e organization, in which all can participate, have 8 the humane adopted to search out and relieve the suffering sick ? True?the Masons, the Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance all exi>t among us, but yet very many, a large majoiity of the sick poor cannot have any connexion e with either of them* These associations have " done, and are doing immense good, that the ^ uninitiated know not of, yet their spheres of 3 action are special, limited, " noted down in s the book." 'J here may l>e, and doubtless are 2 many cases of orphaned children, widowed fer males and invalid men. whose cases are never 1 met by these associations, and whose sufferings ? never reach the public ear; and unless they 3 fall wiihin the knowledge of some humane 2 neighbor, who may have the will and means to 3 assist, (some of whom, in this way have been severely taxed,) they end their sufferings in a death of starvation, penury and want. It is a painful truth, and one not calculated to reflect much credit on the activity and benevolence of the religious part of the community, that more * i than one case in the last five years has occur t red among us of a death hastened on by actual 0 want and neglect. f It is unnecessary to particularize. It is r to be hoped such scenes will never occur again in Camden. The hearts of all, who feel a throb of sympathy for the distressed poor will deF light to learn that there is a movement in con5 temptation intended to supply, what was bed fore so much needed among ns? a Female y Benevolent Society to be formed fur the pure pose of adopting some systematic plan to rey lieve the wants of the sick poor r On Wednesday evening at 4 o'clock P. M. in the Lecture Room of the Presbyterian Church let all the Ladies of Camden meet and take counsel together in this interesting and . necessary enterprise. A Constitution and Bye Laws of a similar Institution in a neighboring e Town will be before the meeting. Probably no Town of the size of Camden in the United States is without some organization of this 1 kind?certainly no one can need it more. If . wc u have the poor among us always," let "our . charity begin at home." \ 3 A< The greit event in Wa'shington, (sn}Ts the New York Herald of the 28th ult.,) seems to , have been the marriage of the rich and accom, plished widow of Gen. Ashley, of Missouri, - to Attorney General Crittenden. The nuptial - ceremonies were attended by the President i elect, President Fillmore, many members of the present as well as prospective cabinets, and . a great number of other distinguished personsigcs. > O I ; Coolier in Citoa.?Br. sbfp Panama, from Singapore and Jamaica, arrived at Havana on i the 7th, after a passage of 131 days, with 261 Asiatic coolies on ooard, to be introduced to f the labor of the island?purchased for a ser. vice of four years. The loss on the passage was 5i considerable per centage, being 90 1 thrown overboard. The British ship Blen1 heim had also arrived at Havanna with 41*2 t coolies, having lost 38 on the passage. ? Distressing Occurrence.?We learn that , on Tuesday night last, the house of a Mr. f Stogner, living in Richmond county, N. C., . was consumed by fire, together with Mr, r Stogner, his wife and their children. The . house was a long cabin, with two doors, and when discovered was falling in. The remains t of the unfortunate family were found together > after the house was consumed. Cher aw Gazette, f j Ciikraw, March 2,1853. ?Our River.?In 3 our last, we stated, that our river had then - risen about twenty feet and was still rising.? ^ i It rose up to w ithin three and a half feet of the ) August freshet of last year. It has since gone , down to good boating order. We have heard - of no damage by the freshet, and presume lit tie was donu further than to retard planting ) operations. | Steam Boat Excursion.?The steamer i Robert Martin, cap!, unite niaue an excur* sion on Friday ni^ht last to Sneedsboruugb, Anson count}-, North Carolina, a feat which 1! has never been perfoimed by any steamer be' ; lore. She left here about 8 o'clock, a. m., ' i and was three hours going up a distance of | about 15 miles, and after loading a lighter I -; with tan bark, returned, making the run down ^ 1 in 49 minutes. The river at the time was ' i quite high, there being 18 feet water on the * i shallow bar. The natives we understand, * i were utterly astonished, many thinking the last ' day had come. Many prayers, it is said, were ' i uttered by lips which had never prayed aloud ' : before. A number of our citizens availed 5 themselves ofthe politeness of Capt. White to ^ > make the excursion, and were much pleased * 1 with the trip.- Gazette. Another rencontre took place in Washington \ on Wednesday, between Col. Creecv, a clerk 1 in the Solicitor's office, and a Mr. Thompson, * ! a lawyer. Blood was spilled, but no lives were lost. J The Due de .Montpensier, son of Louis Phil- i lippe, by virtue of his marriage with the sister of Queen Isabella, is the head of the Spanish nobility. According to the Spanish law, daugh- I ters ?f nobles inherit their titles, and transmit them to their husbands .when married. Thus, if the Emperor Napoleon accepts the title of nobility from his wife, he must, under the law, ? make a declaration of his acceptance to the \ Due tfe JMontpensier. North Carolina.?The North Carolina Standard says internal improvements and common * schools "have become the settle policy of the > State." It also says "many of those who op- % posed internal improvements have already perceived their advantages and realized their benefits. ' . i