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? c % . i. ^ ? jwwiflw? .From the Columbia Fanner. Interesting l5ocument?Proposed union of Soutt Carolina and Georgia. Tiie following letter fro.m Wm. Henry Dray ! ton, Esq., to-Humphrey Wells. Esq, gives tin history of the proposal of South-Carolina t( 5 Georgia, which we have before alluded to. \\? \ have the. originals of the communication fron W. II. Dravton and John Smith, the Soull Carolina Commissioners, to the convention o the people of Georgia, ami an invitation fron N. YV. Jone?j spenkor, to them to app.ear be fno that body; together with the address o -VV. II. Drayton, and his notes of the speech o B. Gwinnett, a Haded to hf itis letter, and tin ve^OTtion rejecting the proffered union b^ South Carolina. The papers will probably Ik | given in a volume of Documentary Distort r which we propose to publish, when we gel ? through onr present series relating to a latei f period of the revolution. Snow IIxll, S. C., June 8, 1777. - Sir:?In compliance with your request, 1 dc myself the pleasure of committing to papei some of the principal circumstances and arguments relative -to the late proposition of an p union between South Carolina and Georgia. By our General Assembly, which is a pretty numerous body, it was unanimously resolvt ed, that a union between the two States would tend effectually to promote their strengtji, wealth atid.cfignlfy, and t?> secure their liberty, independence and safety. Commissioners were sent to Savannah to treat of an union, and I was honored by being sent upon tliis business. .. Immediately after I arrived in Savannah, 1 found that-every gentleman in public office, with-whom I conversed, was strongly against an union. However, L had the pleasure to find Rome gentlemen of fortune, though not in office. or convention, who heartily approved the measure. The convention was adjourned when \ I arrived, the beginning of January last, but upon their .meeting, I notified that I had important-matters to lay before them as commissioner from. South Carolina. I then was assured, ayd I gave full credit to it, that I should fail in myappliealiun, but I proceeded in the discharge of-m-y^luty.. - t Beijog admitted to an audience in convention. " 1 - -i - e r # alter a snort inirouucuun <jl wuui i nau w , I^^ated, that chance had originally placed the present'districts ofSouth Carolina and Georgia i- undor one government at Charles Town; and I although these districts, then forming but one, bad-been separated and placed under two gov. k ernments, y.et nature pointed out that the two r should 8gain form but one; for their climate, soil, productions and interests wero the same. : Tliat if they continued two States, we had onr iy to recollect the history of mankind, and the | nature of things to foresee that from such causes fe their counsels and conduct would clash; and ?? of codr'se jealousies and rivalship would daily F . increase between them, to the natural prejudice of their internal improvement, common produc tion and foreign commerce. That there might be dangerous disputes about boundaries and the property of Savannah river; since on these subjects many people in Carolina and Georgia thdught very differently; a natural and great obstruction to the rise of the value of property. But that on the other hand, by an union, all such jealousies, rivalship, prejudice, danger and obstruction would be removed. Improvements of every kind, especially in agriculture, inland C navigation and foreigu commerce would be studied and advanced with rapidity. The expenses of government would be lessened, to the great ease of the people, because only one establishment of civil officers would be paid in the room of two The public defence w ould bo more powerful and at a less expense under one government, than under two, w hich might be jealous of and therefore often desirous to thwnrf. p.-wh other, and at anv rate certainly li able undesignedly to defeat each others plans to the ruin of the people concerned. And thus, sir, yob see many Important advantages that would be common to the two States by an union. But there are" others which would be i peculiar to Georgia. By an union, the laud in Georgia would rise in value because the Carolina planters would be encouraged to extend their improvements into Georgia, and the merchants carry that trade immediately to Georgia, which otherwise * must continue to be carried on as it always has been and especially of late, through Carolina. The Georgia currency always hitherto of inferior value to that of Carolina, (something more than 20 per ct.) would be put upon an equal footing with that of South Carolina. The town of Savannah in particular, and the adjacent lands, would be of much more importance and value, bpcause Savannah river would be immediately cleared, a measure that would encourage and occasion an immense increase of agriculture upon all the land within reach of its navigation, and hence an amazing increase of produce and river navigation, all of which would centre in Savannah. Thus in a state of separation from South Carolina,Savannah could reasonably expect, and that but by slow degrees and at a distant day, only the one half of the produce of a well improved cultivation of ihe lands on that river, but by an union, Ehe woujd in a very short time receive the whole r : ?I U. .,,,,1 OI m>lt UIipriMCU builnnuvu uou nuuv, c?..^ - lier own commerce would be increased almost beyond imagination, although she would lo3e the seat of government. Finally, I iff ay add. that in a state of separation in all probability ^Savannah w ill be ruined, because, it will be our interest to preserve our trade to our own people. A town will rise on the Carolina side ol Savannah river, which will be sure to preserve our half the trade of that river, and by being wisely supported it may draw to it the other half also; and let it not bo said, we cannot find a situation for a town, becauso it ought to be remembered, that history is full of instances ot towns having been built arid made to,flourish in situations that had been deemed impracticable for such purposes. Rivers and lands make wealthy towns; for these are natural causes; the presence and expenses of a few officers ol government are but as drops of water in the oceau; these go but a little way towards filling a government post with loaded ships. The principal material for the building of such towns arc policy and opulence; I thank God, Carolina is known not to be in want of either. In s!io#t, sir, it was in vain I declared thai Georgia should not be liable to pay a shilling of the public debts of South Carolina, that vvc would not be unwilling even to aid Georgia in the clischa'ge of her own; that we would condition against taking up of great tract3 of land south of Savannah river, and that we were desirous of granting in the treaty of union, what ever they coulJ reasonably ask for in case ol an union. It would be tho duty and interest of the inhabitant* north <-f Savannah River, li prf.-nr-'e lie p'o- rr'y <f t:-s vh of it k. i equal!) the same, as it was the duty and intei i i est of the people in Georgia north of theOget j chee, to aid those south of thr.t Iliver. Upo -! the whole, that we sought to promote the gen i? i oral welfare, and that \vc knew such an tun > would not be obtained, but by an union haviin 3 justice and equity for its basis. i Having discoursed upon such topics abou i no hour, I delivered a written,proposition as i fl ground work to proceed upon, and then depart i j ed. The Convention then determined (an i . > was said) to "consider the subject t!ie next day f| in the mean time, in the evening, 1 repaired t< t ur. ?iones, their opeaKer, ana iniormeu nun 5 tiiat as the Public Body of Georgia had hear* i at largo the Carolina reasonings upon the ex ; pediency of the union, I thought it equitable that the Representatives of Carolina should al t so hear at large the Georgia reasonings upor r the same subject, in order that if objection! were made, they might, bv knowing, have ar , opportunity of endeavoring to obviate them? 1 and I desired he would in the morning take the i j..sense of the Convention on this subject; he did so, and informed me that I was not to be ad . mitted as a public person to hear their reason i ings. Thus while I found they had shut my mouth, I was made sensible that they thoughl their objections would appear to be more weigh ty by being set 11 red against the possibility ol a reply. And so Mr. Button Gwinnett appear cd as the champion against me, when he had taken care to.- deprive me of an opportunity ol exposing the fallacy of his arguments. However, I.took notes of his principal answers to what I had said; and in an hour alter, in presence of an officer of high military rank, and of three or four members of the Convention, I produced those notes and asked if they were just; and they agreed with mc that what he-had said, was either gross misrepresents' .tiops of wlpt I had advanced, or no answer to my arguments. -In the afternoon, the Convention delivered to men paper containing their rejection of the prollercd union; fuundeU, as I apprehend, upon a reason which does not exist in nature. For, they declared, they could not treat of an union, lecau&e of such a particular article (which they specified) in, as they said, the Confederation of the United States, to which they had acceded. A confederation sir, which I do assure you never existed as a public Act of the general Congress binding upon the States; but which nevertheless, the Convention were taught to receive as a public Act of Congress, and to consider as. such. The Convention . were certainly innocent, but some individual is culpable. I received the paper, and in silence quitted the room. I am, six, your most humble servant, % W. II. Drayton. Hcmphrf.y "Wells, esq., near Augusta, Ga. Warlike Ifcws by tlie Arctic. ] The intelligence from Europe, by the Arctic, is of an unusually interesting and warlike character, more especially that from the Bosphoi us, a part of the world which has for some time past been, and indeed is now, the scene of a good deal of diplomatic intrigue on the part of England, France, and Russia. The Russian Ambassador, Prince MentsehikofF, having presented to the sublime Porte his vllivutluta, and that ultimatum being of such a character as to leave Turkey no alternative out a declaration of war; and as a preliminary to that step, the rumor was that she had solicited the alliance of Fntnce and England. That solicitation, the further rumor was, had been met by the British and French-embassies at Constantinople in So prompt and decided a man ner, that it was at first reported a British licet from Ma!tu wds actually on its way to the Bosphorus, and a French squadron had already taken its-departure from Toulon for the same destination.?From the 7'imes of the 2*2d, however, we learn that Admiral Dundas, in command of the fleet at Malta; found his instructions would not allow him to obey the request for his presence in the Dardanelles without special orders from England. .The British fleet, therefore, remains at Malta, and the French squadron will probably rendezvous off the coast of Greece or Smyrna to watch the course of events. The French Funds had been seriously I affected by the reports from Constantinople ; and to show what impression the news had upon the British Ministry, we copy the followin": from the London Morning Advertiser of the 21st:? . Alarming state of Affairs in the East. ?The peace of Europe is in imminent peril, as will bo inferred from what we are about to state. In consequence of despatches received by the Earl of Clarendon at the Foreign Office yesterday, his Lordship proceeded to Downing street, and irni-ediately dispatched messengers to summon to the Admiralty, at the residence of the First Lord, Sir James Graham, the lnnfllntr member of thn Administration now In IVMM'Mg "" -- * " * town. The conference of the Ministers was held at the Admiralty at four o'clock, and was attended by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, (who was summoned from Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, by a special messenger.) the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Palmerston, and Sir James Graham.. All Downing street and Whitehall were in a bustle, and there can he no doubt that the despatches received from the East must liHveJaipu of an unusually interesting and important character, to have acquired tire at* I tendance of the highest and most experienced members of the Cabinet. It is obvious that something is brewing of more than ordinary import, to bring together in the Easter recess the leading statesmen, who had intended to enjoy the vacation in the bosom of their family circles. It is said that the Agamemnon, 110 guns, has been ordered to proceed at once from Portsmouth, to reinforce our squadron at Malta ' whose services in the East are required ; am! that the Vengeance, 90 guns, Lord Ed wan. I Russell commander, which has been kept it readiness outside Plymouth harbor, has beei ordered to the same destination.. Without entering further into the question uppermost in everybody's mind, respecting tlx affairs in the East, it seems perfectly clear thai ? the attention of the .Ministry is actively direc ted to the present critical conjuncture of mat , ters, and that a very alarming crisis is at hand only 19 he aver ed by a thorough and cordia understanding between the governments c > France and England. > The causes of quarrel between Turkey am i her powerful neighbor of tho north, have o late years been innumerable. In short, th< 1 world lias imbibed a pretty substantial suspi cion that a war with the Ottoman Porte hai long been coveted by the Russian Bear, as i f means of partitioning its territory a la Poland and helping heiself to a much coveted senpor > !) the Mediterranean. I" these schemes then t *s cr.cf! n a /Mi to liHievft that the Court e 4 { . ; j St. Petersburgh has the secret co-operation ol ' 1 Austria. The London Standard says : ( n j "At present they have seized upon twp : i rather inconsistent pretexts for insult. Austria d ! threatens to draw the sword in support of the : r i barbarians of Montenegro, whom by a foul If j bel upon Christianity she calls a Christian t people ; Kus>ia, on the other side, menaces a Constantinople with an attack in vindication if - the claims of the Greek Church to certain sx- ; t crcd sites in Palestine, against the usurpatiu: ; -of that Roman Church to which Austria bc3 longs, and of which she is, indeed, the ntos( ^ , i zealous champion. There is not much of the 1 j lamb like character in Turkey, but such in- 0 -1 consistent pretexts for quarrel must remind , every one of the fable of the wolf and lamb, - Austria acts in support of the Greek Church 0 1 in Europe, and all the influence of Austria, in ' 3 common with the other Romish Slates, is em ? ) ployed against the Greek Church in Asia; but v - in both cases the unlucky Sultan is the object v s of menace. There can be no difficulty in e I drawing a just inference from such a complice- c ted policy ; that inference is, that the wolves '' are resolved upon devouring their prev, if permittt'd to do so." 11 The London Times is inclined to doubt the authenticity of that part of the news which v r announces the sailing of the fleets; at any b rate, it is sure it is greatlv exaggerated. The ? 1 Times manifestly has no objections to protept F Turkey : but it talks as if it did not like the o prospect of having to act in conjunction with such a dubious character as Louis Napoleon. f Later from Europe?Arrival of tlie Alps. Baltimore, April 14. d The British steamship Alps has arrived at P Boston from Liverpool, which port she left on d 1! the 30th lilt. ! Tub Liverpool Market.? The*Roval Mail d steamship Cambria, which arrived at Liverpool u on the 29th ult., having brought favorable ad- si vices from America, a more buoyant tone was it imparted to the Cotton market, and sales were o effected of middling and fine grades to an ed- L vance. The lower qualities, however, were b unchanged. The sales on Monday, 28th, and o on Tuesday, 29th ult., comprised together 19, o 000 bales, of which speculators and exporters a took 10,000. - h In Manchester business was limited. b Advices from India state that the Burmese ri have abandoned Pegu. r) The insurrection in China is progressing. Z( The coronation of Louis Napoleon has been a deferred until August, in consequence of the a Pope being unable to leave Home until that t] , ri '1 he furbish difficulty has been settled, but ^ not in a manner satisfactory to Turkey. The English fleet was still at Malta. 3 . si ILaler Still. R Baltworb, April"14. ri The Royal Mail steamship America, Capt. fi Shannon, has arrived at Halifax from Liver- \> pool, which port she left on the 2?J inst. li Tub Li vkrpoolMarkkt.?The Humboldt's news had a favorable effect upon Cotton, and p under the Pacific's advices Fair and Middling c, qualities advanced a farthing, and New Orleans n and Upland Cotton, below Middling, from <a ^ sixteenth to an eighth of a penny. t- n The sales of the vtrctjt cw?pri??o 82,090 bales, e of which speculators have taken 38,500, und p exporters 14,500 bpies. > s ^ The sale's on the 1st instant were 10,0Q0 bales, of which speculators took .3000. Prices I were a little unsteady. The sales ofthetvfo j days proceeding the America's departure, coin| prised 32,000 bales. ; a The quotations are as follows: Fair Orleans r< f> 5-8d, Middling Orleans 5 7-8(1; Fair Mobile G l-4d; .Middling Mobile from 5 3-4d to 5 18- ? lGd; Fair Upland G 1 -'Id; and .Middling Up- a land 5 3-Id. c The slock oil hand, exclusive of shipboard, _ amounts to 850,009 bales, of which 552,ODO arc American. Havre Markets.?The sales of tho week c, ending the 30th nit. comprised 0000 bales.-*- "| Middling was worth 85 a 80 frs. and Good ai Middling 90 francs. The Rice market was 11 dull, ami the quotations ranged from 31 a 33 j francs. FoKKtr.K 11ems.?A despatch from Paris u says that the American Government consents to indemnify the owners*of the French vessels seized in California. * . . A conspiracy lias been discovered at Berlin, B and many arrests have been made. Arms and ammunition bad been discovered. The insurrection at Palermo had been suppressed. Southern Italy is represented to lie I in a more alarming state than it ever has been, j Laige numbers have been arrested at Naples, j 01 A doubtful rumor was prevalent at Palmer- P mo to the effect that Persia had sought tho protection of Russia against England. The European Dmiocrats have sent, it is j said, an address to President Pierce by Pulskv, j 11 Kossuth's Secretary, which is supposed to con-' tain a request for arms. Tho outbreak in Switzerland among the pea- j gantry has been quelled by the military. The American lady who was arrested at Heirlnltiorir <>n KiKnipioii of eirculatinir.revolution-1 [ MVK/Vgt 1 - C # V i my documents, has been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. Advices from Bombay to the 1st of March -*?ite that Rangoon had been nearly destroyed ? by fire. * 81 ? <l^? ? h 'I'llk SuoAH Ckoiv?A Mr. Chnmpouier, of 11 Louisiana, lias published a statement of the sugar crop of that State lur 185*2-53. With re ' gard to the coming crop, he says: "As for the coming crop, its result is, ?f't| . course, in the future; but we may remark that ^ I as far as the season has gone everything looks ( I well for the planters. L'laeh and every one of 1 them has made a good planting, such as has i never been made before in this State; and he ; 1 sides this, the rattoons must b??good, for the f , winter and spring thus far have been of the i most favorable character. Thus far, therefore, t the prospects for a tine crop may be said to bo good, and considering the extent of the plant* . ing and the rattoons of the lir>t year being l! , good (for there are hardly any other than first ' ' I year) should the coming season be as favora- u f ble as the last tho crop cannot fail to bo very huge." j Up to the present time, says the Picayune, f the seasdn has proved very propitious, and there is good reason to suppose that the com | C . ing season will give ypt still stronger evidence j f s of the great capacity of our Shite in the pro- 1 i duction of sugar. 1 t What is Faitii.?A simple minded chris- y ;* tian being a^ked, "What is faith?" he answer- j f rd. "A sweet lullaby in the lay of Jesus." ' * tl)f Caiitkn Hlfckli) Jonrniil. | Tuesday, April 19, 1853. TRO. j. WARREN, Editor. The Wateree House Burned. On Friday night last, about a quarter past tduven 'clock,, our citizens were aroused by the alarm of fire, ' vhich proved to be the Wateree House, formerly Dais' Hotel, owned and occupied by Capt. II. IIolleyiax, who at the time was absent at Augusta. When ' liscovcrod, the roof was on fire in one or two places, 1 nd so rapidly did the flames spread, that in a few minitcsthe entire roof was enveloped, putting it entirely (03*ond all human efforts to save it. The exertions of j nr Firemen and citizens were then devoted exclusive y to the preservation of property immediately conti- J ;nous to the burning house; and nobly did our people rork. "We have seen several fires before, but none rliich appeared more alarming, and which called for ' ;reater exertions. Providentially the flames did not xtend beyond the premises of tho "Wateree. A small ouse was torn down to prevent an extension of the ire, and the exertions of the Fire Companies upon . hose houses most in danger succeeded in keeping tho ire where it was. The night was calm and of course , ras greatly in our favor. Everything was exceeding- . y dry, and had the fire got under way there is no tellig where it would have been arrested. The general impression is, that the House was set ( u fire, but there is no positive information. ] "Wc understand the house and furniture were insured \ or about thirteen thousand dollars. Lancaster Rail Road. t As tho attention of a part of our citizens seems now < irected lo the project of a Rail Road to Lancaster, it t erhaps may be well that we occupy our columus to- i ay with a few thoughts upon tho subject. 1 We are still of opinion that a Rail Road from Camen to Lancaster would be comparatively of little vale to us: and that a Plank Road is now the only fea. ible plan upon which any reliance can be placed lookig to the benefit of our town. Yet, notwithstanding ur own opinion is decidedly against a Rail Road to .ancaster, and strongly in favor, as we"have always een, of a Plank Road into North Carolina, for the sake f conc.liating as far as possible existing differences of " pinion, we are willing to waive our views at least for i time, and give the friends of the Rail Road a candid earing and a fair chance. We advise that measures e at once adopted to ascertain what amount can be , lised by subscription in aid of the construction of said Dad. The people of Lancaster with commendable eal, have taken the matter in hand in good earnest, nd seem determined if possible to have a road. They re inov.rig every thing within their reach to effect his object We do not blame them at all. They are ight in trying to get a road, and the question now is, hall we aid them? There is no need for long spcechs?the matter has heretofore been thoroughly discusBd, and the whole range of speculation gone ihto with s nice a calculation of probable cost, and anticipated esults, a3 could bo desired. Then let the Rail Jdoad iend3 here go to work, and show their faith by their forks?let them subscribe if they desiro the road, and Jt them do so without delay. It is manifest that the only route practicable and ossiblo will be to Camden; it is idle to talk about a Ounection at Chester or Ridgoway with tho Charlotte Dad; the money for oithcr of these routes will never o raised, notwitstanding the Chester Standard urges I>?fi ?ta people tliQ.i[aDorta*">? of entering into tills. .] nterprisc. "Wo do not believe it will bo done by the ( eople of Chester. What good will it do them ? Cam- ] on is the route?the best and only route for tire peo- ( lc to consider. ] If any thing is to bo done for tho Lancaster Rail < load, let it be done at once, and if possible ascertain i t the cnrliest moment exactly what amount can be 1 lised in Camden and vicinity for said road. i We of course do not desire the friends of the Plank load to givo up this project; let us still keep in heart, nd entertain tho idea of a Plank Road into North- ( arolina ultimately, with or without a Rail Road. I ? l "Look Out! LookOut!!" I A fellow calling himself Howard has chiselled us out j F a Circus poster and an advertisement or a grand Uirjs Company to exhibit here on the 25th of April. He goes ahead" engaging lodgings for men and horsos, nd thus gets his own. leaving the bills to be paid by ic Company which has no existence. j Columbia Banner. ^ The same scamp passed through this place and gave ^ s a benefit after the same fashion. The South-Carolina Rail Ro^d. A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, writing j om Augusta, in regard to the South Carolina Rail | ;oad says: ' Tho Road, it is understood, is doing a very heavy ad profitable business. The receipts for the month of [arch amounted to $145,000; while tho aggregate rejipts for January, February and March were $375,000, r at the rate of $1,500,000 per nnnum, with every J rospcet of a progressive increase." College of Charleston. J At a rocont meeting of tho Alumni of this Instituon, the following gentlemen were elected officers: Hon. W. D. Porter, President. Joseimi T. Lee, Vice President. * Jacob Willwan, Secretary aud Treasurer. , Rev. C. C. PixgKXET, Orator for 1S54. t Mr. King's Health. Mr. King has arrived at Mobile, on his way to his omo. A dispatch dated tho 14th inst. savs that ho j has experienced since liis arrival sovero spells of j aughiug. Last night, however, lie rested well, and j jemcd decidedly better this morning, but his cough , as returned. Should ho bo no worsoMie will go up j 10 river to his plantation on Saturday." , The Lady's Book. Tho May number is at hand. Wo will let Godey ;11 his own tale. '"Our May Number?Seventy conributors and forty engravings?a great Number! 1 ( Ve havo nover published a prettier mezzotint than Attacking a Crowned Head or tlio May Queen in J )angcr"?a prettier fashiuii plate?"Tlio Dogged Ar- | ist" will provoke a smile?while the ludies must be , leased with "The Embroidered Nolo Case" aud Not jr tho hair." , Peterson's Magazine. Wo have also this monthly for May. Tho cmbol- | ishments are "Crossing the Brook," Fashions for May," | Hannah More," "Travelling Bag." This is a cheap j nd interesting periodical, published at two dollars, by , J. J. Peterson*, Philadelphia. ( Tiie Wheat Croi\?The editor of tho Milledgffrillo | Geo.) Recorder, who has just returned from tho uppor ounties of tho State; says tho growing wheat crop iromises an abundant harvest in that region, and also n Tennessee. In Middle Georgia it is remarkably ' .roraising. Mr. Christian Snavelv, a worthy citizen of Harristurg, Pa., has bccomo a victim to tho spiritual knockngs, and has been sent to tho iusauo asylum. Ho is aid *obe n raving maniac. V '* am mnmaa A "Washington correspondent of tho Now-York Courier and. Enquirer nays: "Geo. Dix has accepted the appointment of Assistant Treasurer, and has returned to New-York. J t is expected that he. will hold office about sixty days; after jvhieh he will probably receive an important foreign appointment." California Gobi).?Hunt's Magazine, from reliable sources, puts down the gold dust shipped from San Francisco at $15,559,171. Of tins $39,007,307 was destined to New-York; $470,7S3 to New Orleans; $6,020,027 to London; $46,000 to Panama; $15,000 to San Juan. The Virginia House of Delegates lias passed a bill providing for the removal of free negroes and mulattoes from the Commonwealth, with the title of the bill imeuded so as to road "an act establishing a colonization board, and making an appropriation for the removal of free negroes from the Commonwealth." (The appropriation ot this bill is $30,000 per annum, and a tax of one dollar per head on all male free negroes over twenty-one years old.) 4 Early Squashes.?The Ocala (Fla.) Mirror notices i squash vine, on the premises of Mordecai Alexander Esq., which has already extended eight branches, two neasuring 17 feet, and tho shortost 5 feet. On it are 25 fine youog squashes. - i Gejl Scott.?"We see it stated that Gen. Scott in;ends taking up his residence permanently in New York. Ho has purchased a splendid house in Twelfth street, or $20,000. Three Cest Pieces ?Over thirty-six millions of .hree cent pieces havo been coined at the Mint. Their coinage ha3 been discontinued for the present, with ;he view to the more active*employnmnt of the whole "orcc of tho establishment in the manufacture of the icw silver coin. Tho New York Journal of Commerce, in noticing :he opening of the spring fuslnons at tlie milliners' es;ablishmcnts in that city, says "bonnets are lumbered jp with 'artificials,' lace and ribbons to a remarkable ;xtent?making them more like flower beds than head Ircsscs." Can Abolitionists be Gentlemen??The New Tork Pick says: Of course-not?they acknowledge fiieinsclves the black-guards of the North. ? ??.? Bishop Socle.? We had the pleasure, this iftemonn, of meeting Bishop Soulo; the venerable patriarch of the Methodist Episcopal Church' South, in the United States. The old nan is 12 years ot age; but bis step is vigorjus and his form erect. lie looks as though lie would outstaiid many more days of tra"cl. fie remarked, respecting his trip to California, that, in addition to the'objects of his mission, lie had another incentive-*rtu|viiig journeyed through every other State irr.-the Union, and the territories adjacent,-hfe strohgly desired to -ee the whole of California. For half a cenury, this man has wielded na /uncommon inlluence iu the Church organization by which he s now venerated as a patriate!* He is u pow-. ;rlul preacher, an effective." defender of the Church, at all points?and he bears the unmisakeable inipres>ioii of the man on his massive oreliead.?Panama Echo. .?? Mills Destroyed by Finfc.?We regret to uarnr??u tbo Cba_u?r istaiifbyd, that on Tliursiiiy night lastjnhe Grist and Saw Mills of Mr. Danl. G. Anderson, at Cedar Shoal, on Fishing ['reek,-were entirely destroyed by fire. These Mills had been recently fitted up in a large and commodious building, and furnished with the nost approved machinery. The loss, it is said, will scarcely be less than ?5,000. The fire is supposed to have resulted from accident. Wilmington and manchester R. R.?The ja?s are now running on this toad to the'Darington (James') Depot, and we learn that the :rack-layers have progressed several miles farher, and will likely reach Gregg's within a *ew miles of the Pee Dc-e river, by the first of May.?Darlington Flag. 1'rkk .negroes in Virginia.? I lie Virginia louse of delegates lias passed a bill providing for the removal of free negroes and mulattoes from the Commonwealth, with the title of the jill amended so as to read "an aet establishing x colonization board and making an appropria tion for the removal of free negroes from the Commonwealth." The appropriation of this iill is $30,000 per annum, and a tax of one iollar per head on all malts free negroes over ;werity-one years old. The African Race in New York.?All xcrsons having a shade' of philanthropy in .heir composition, must have that feeling exeied by witnessing the poverty and degradation 11 which the African race exist in this city. Systematically shut out from all mechanical mrsiiits, and expelled from almost all the inferior positions they were once allowed tfi lold here, they have seen their places filled by jermans and Irish; and now there are not nore than half a dozen occupations in which hey can engage. Even as waiters in our hods?one of the last and best strongholds left hem?tht\>^find that they are constantly losing irouiid by the abler competition of immigrants rom Europe. ~ This expulsion of the negroes iom almost every branch of industry has had ts natural effect in thinning their numbers. \nd while during the last ten years they have nereased in the Soutncrn States at the ratio if thirty per cent, the negro population of this State has fallen from lifty to forty-seven thousand.?JY. Y. Herald. Our Village and the surrounding country was, on Wednesday Ia?t, visited by a mo-t violent wind. The morning though ealin, as die day advanced, became more and more rilustcrouu. About twelve the wind raged ivit-h great fury, blowing oft* one of the clinuleys of the Court House, in which the Court was then sitting, besides blowing down much fencing and a great quantity of timber. On ;he same day many were great sufferers by ire, the woods being ignited, and the wind blowing so violently that to attempt to subdue it in its onward progress was worse than vain. Some had all their fencing entirely consumed, or nearly so. We expect still to hear of more disasters, as we have never witnessed so violent i wind.?Pickens Courier. Death of a Cextexnarian.?We are indebted to a friend, says the Augusta Chronicle, for the following notice of the death and sketch of the life of a Ccntennarian who has goue to his account: Died, in this county, on the 5th inst., a negro man, familiarly known as "Old Jacob," whose great age, faithful service, and well know n pro \ | bity of character, render' him well worthy of ai passing notice. *> * He was purchased by Mr/ Tbos, Walker, one of the earliest settlers of this county, in.1768, as the bill of .sale declares for ?800, being then 20 years of ago, making him at'the time of.his death 105 years old. During \tbc revolutionary war he was frequently taken from-his-'owner by marauding parties of Whigs or Tories, tis one or the other happened to be in the'asccndant, and. was an eye-witness to many of the scenes of that eventful period. He would narrate with considerable eloquence the inglorious defeat at Brier Creek, of tlie Americans under Gen. Ashe. He served as cook to au officer whose name lie said was Williams Williamson,in"lhe British army at the seige of Savannah. invariable practice was to seize the first opportunity of es cape and return to his master. His ideas 6f the merits of the glorious contest then going on, seem never to have been very well defined, for when asked which service he preferred, Whig or Royalist, his reply was " wer'nfc j>o dilfrrence? all rogues, sir, all rogues." Doubtless a correct commentary upon his individual exnerience.v For many-years before the death of'Mr^Thos. Walker, he was but nominally a slave, and at his death Major Abram Walker, whose property he became, gave him.entire freedom, which for forty-five years ho 1ms enjoyed in.uninterrupted, health, and with every comfort, with whi<hlbosa anxious torepay-diisiidelity, could sui round himr Ills death was the result of, no positive disease, but apparently a mild and gradual decadence of his physical powers. Fatal Accident.?We regret to learn that on Thursday the 31st ult;,- Mr. William E. Muse, of this District was 'killed near -Elizabeth in Bladen County, North Carolina," by the accidental discharge of a. pistol in-his own hands. It seems that Mr; Muse ya's letting down a pair of bars, when -the pistil fired ; the ball entering near the edge of the-jawbone, between the throat and chid/ and coining opt of the mouth. He lived several hours, and as he could not use the muscles oY.his mouth to throw off the blood accumulating in his thrpat, it is probable lie died more from strangulation than pain caused by the wound. < . Darlington Flag. Extensive Pigeon Roost.?Wo learn that there k a pigeon roost, extending for upwards of *20 miles on either side of the Poteau, commencing about 28,miles from, this city, and ' running within a few miles of- Waldron, in Scott county. We have seen several persons who have visited the roost, and the accounts they give of the number of pigeons to .be found there is beyond . computation?the eggs are scattered over the ground,, broken. - The air, in this region, at this time; is filled with large flocks of them flying in every, direction, affording fine sport to the fowler.?Fort Smith Herald. Th-e Silver Coinage.?The money- article hi the Baltimore Sun, of the 8th; says: Large amount? of silver are daily being sent to the Mint, by Banks in New-York and other cities, for coinage, and the. Mint .will. be fully occupied for some time. About*8100.000are already coined, and will he delivered about the 15ih of this month. Tho quartcr-tjollurs are . said, by those who have seen them, to be a .very, handsome coin,- XU. price oftcred 4or silver is, if the coin he new, a fraction over 4 per cetit. premitlm 'oh A-inericah, aYid about 5 per cent, on Mexican dollars. The deiioniitia-1 turns of coins that will be first issued are quarters, dimes and half dimes. ,Tiik Copper Mines of North Carolina. Though it has been long knowrr that there was Copper in Guilford and.Chatham counties, of which we had rich specimens given qs wlien in flillshoro three or four years ago, it is but recently that these mineral deposits-have attracted rniieli attention. From a geiuiemah of North Carolina, an old 'acquaintance,of ours, we learn that there is now quite a> mania on th? subject?that an individual who.istli6 owner of one fourth of one of these mines, has been 40f;n nnn ?*..- i.:? u ...L? i. u Wiivivu V"?w^,v/uv mi ul3 lllt.ctl.-3t III It, WHICH TO has refused?that a good miner can get out a ton a day of the ore, and that it yields thirty per cent, of pure metal?and. that l?y the rail roads and plank mads now in progress, it will find u ready market. There is no telling what North Carolina may yet become?with her forests yielding lumber, tar and-turpentiner-with her mines of gold, and coal and copper?"with j her agricultural treasures?and what i3 more valuable than all, an educational system which is beginning to operate with effect, in developing her amazing resources.?Richmond? Observer. Bunker Hill Monument was twice struck l>y lightning on Wednesday afternoon. Persons who were in the monumeiiwtho.ught it was going over. The bottom of one of the rods where it entered the earth was slightly melted, and a gentleman neur the top who was passing down and holding by the front rail received a shock from which he did not recover entirely for a couple of hours. The second shock, Mr. Goodenow says, sounded like the crash of a large quantity of glass thrown down the inside of the monument.?A urora. Mormon Emmigrants.?The St. LouisXews says: The Grand Tower, up on the 29th March, had 22b Danes, all Mormons, and bound for Salt Lake. 'Ihe John Sirunnds, in this morn ing, (March 30) has 240 English and Welsh of the same faith, and bound for the same desti nation. Large numbers of emigrants profe.-s;ng this creed, are now on their way from Europe. A ship was at the Balize when the Ji hn Simonds left New Orleans, with-about 400 of I mem on ooaru. The News of the 31st hits the following : Faithless Mormons.?We are told that a large number of the English, and a few of the Welsh arriving here within a few days past, professing the Mormon faith, have refused to emigrate farther, and more especially do they refuse to go to Salt Lake. From what we are told, a large portion of these emigrants came over to this country under the care of a Mormon agent, and by a joint stock concern, making bargains with ships, and steamboats for a large number, several hundred at a time the pro rata cost of transportation t6 greatly reduced, and the average per head, including memhers of families, does not, by this wholesale sy>tem, exceed $8 or 810 per head from Liv. erpool or London to this city. Since the arrival here of a large number of these people, it appbars that they only professed belief in the doctrine of Joe Smith for the purpose of-having themselvesand families cla-s cd?s Mormons in the emigration list, thereby ?. ? , * . 1