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pSr ' - -v ., c . 2& ..-."v.(he JaclsCkVii'CRisks Kxh ? <&2$1.18M. Great Excitement - t^The Steamer Welalra Fired Into!?The Engineer Reported to be Wo?mdcd.'f'' In 'anticipation of the 'steamer Weliika nttempling-to n>d ?^Q^cfuarantitic established by the Town GouncifpWe following resolution of fered-by Con^Uman- Call, was unanimously adopted by fire Council: ' -licsofvcd, Tjiat the fuleiidant be, jufd he is ^erebv authorized ami requested to take such forcible steps: as he may deem necessary. to pro vent future mfrac:ioas of our quarantine. laws ^ thesc i 11 bt i i'ic't:o[i.-i^vo 1 tintV'ors were en''rolled, and a battery, cohststihg oi'a twentyfotir, mid a brass skvftp'uhnerj was planted on tlietblufi', in-an tqicn lot, between the mill of Steven?,'hV/d'IVIt-ssrs. Mooney & Goo, kin's foundry and, machine works' . p The Fori- Pk vsickui ?*vas then despatched to.the quarantine, ground, .at Dames' Point," ' witll^the warning -to C:Vpt;iki King, that if lie attempted-to pass Jacksonville lie "would be ^fired into. In order that the passengers who . .might be on board should nul be exposed to the p.~ danger of the fire, another messenger iva3 doa; -;j)at6hed to May Port,.with a like warning. The ; ' passengers, if there were any, were advised to . v/go ashore at both of these points. The Port ' " J Physician aiul.messcnger were sent down by h;rv; the ateainer Meyers. We also learn-that Mr. Bisbee & Cunova", agents of the YVelakn, ae' _'CQmpa,nied by Captain" Sha\y, of the steamer rtr'x^ CUston went dowu in the Meyers and earnest]y-entreated. him not to endeavor to pass Jack ^wmvillee -.Hwkwwvof lothem wasf that he ILL-i j- :<v_ is:i..4i.^ u.,..,, 1..1 i.?. ,1 wrus uvuiim iui'i.iiaiiwi, ami iiucmimi muiv. ^ His .'answe r to. I ho l'ort Physician and mcssen.. ger was: ''You have done your duly, .but I' fur Pajatkn." . At-eight o'clock "on Sunday morniiig ihe vo . lunteers assembled, according to orders; estab : Wished a military camp, planted sentinels and .manned their batteries. A look-out was post'*-edAipon fhfi dock of Messrs. Stevens &- Fosters' - \vho^wati- t6>^'hnoimce the- approach of a > vsteamljba^ by; the discharge ofhis rnuskefc . The dAy passed off eery quietly, very little -- exciteraeut.being exhibited by cither citizens but-a firm determination was * . evinced by evecy* coan ten aVice, to uphold the laws tvliich thsy.were galledtuponto defend at any sacrifice. -This determination was not the ^ result ot-A^udden ebullition of passion, but that _ of seUleilconviction,.that they wererperforming Vtheir dtity.v and in full view of the responsibili" IVr"";'i"" A f sun set'an 'evening .-gunmj^aa.Tired, and it was fondly hoped that the -Mfelaka would not; make her appearance?that she hftd-b^otigliWip at the quarantine ground, .^^ i-Andj^uld respect the laws of the town. Those su.on dissolved by the report of a */.. .. musket frora-the lookout station, and soon the ^y^amokeofa s'eamcr became visible over the point. -As the steamer advanced she was as v^C6^au>^.d.to- be the'AVelnka, and the batteries -were manned and port fires lighted ready for a discharge... As sho came abreast of the bat ^Verlery.'aTfblank catridgc was fired to bring her to ' ' v.^? T t *. . i . - .1?. -? - oai ns sue uisregaraeo me warning uie guns ^.^^NHheiushotted; and '.commenced a fire upon *'' .'JCrvr-nlwsr.vJt was now growing so dark that the f - aim of-tfae-g.uiis coulJ not bo certain, mid tlie " steamer'passed on np the river. It is suppos"ed, However, that she was struck, and a report -v. - -has just cciuo in that.hcr engineer was woundaepiinter and carried ashore to tjie resi. . deuce of I>. Athurst, ncar Phillip's point. ^frtrTowh Cdun'cU tire in session this morn(l^thfinst.-) and what farther measures will - he resorted to, have not yet transpired, we -. - .^wait? the-result. Tjtelbft'ow'ing* fa" from-' the eharter of the %;io?,vn, granted by the Territorial Legislature, "" indorsed by Congress upon.its passage through that body/ and subsequently confirmed when . -tc-v -Fterkht^became a State : .. fc"They -shall have authority to guard against . the .introduction of infectious or malignant disease,\ahid, for this purpose may prohibit and re gttlate the-ingress or-approach of vessels into . the waters within the limits of said corporation, % "and whenever necessary may compel them, un\*jt dfi.r fixed and certain penalties, to perform quar antiojp^wd?to observe snob other rules and re gulations. as the said Council may deem proper - by ordinanco to establish." w-*'be found the boundaries of the **vv to.wn, wOiot), it writ, be ooserrea, tanes me 4^^-whole?.of the river: * * - An Act to -amend an Act to incorporate the town of Jacksonville, ljst.' Be it enacted by.the Governor and ^Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, :-c .*y-";oTbet:so^?Kfch of the'act entitled an act to in b ^-.corporate the.-Town <rf" Jacksonville, approved lOt^.of iFeb.^L341^a8 defnies.the boundaries of -fy^. -^8aid.to\vn be. and the same is hereby repealed. To^ke^flect from and after the approval of xv- - tbk.actf-a?d .iliat-from and after said approval * *'- {-.the boundaries of said town shall be as follows, &{o. Wit> Beginning at a point on the south bank "of St. John's river directly south from the . ^ mouth of Slogan's creek, thence north to the - {? -mouth of llogan'e-etcek aforesaid, thence along said .creek ascending with theineanders of the south braifclf of said creel;'to a point near the - f't public road (called the king's road) Where said . creek takes a direction from nearly southwest 'to pearly northwest; from said bend by a direct - line nearly a southwesterly-direction to the m A-rninuth?ofMcCoy's creek, thence across the St. /^^i?aiti?wl?y'"7a'*.tiireclPliite, to Ilcndiick's point, theuce eastwardly along the bank of St. *'< iiiKn'# frvor tn ihp nninl Immnninir. w? Passed the House 29th Jan., 1842. Passed the Senate 25th Feb., 1842. i&S Approved 4th March, 1842. P. S. ? Wo''learn'"'tFiat tho Town Council have decided npon letting the^ steamer Welaka . . out of the river without molestation, but that . if she retains her reception will be a warmer one than what fthe bas now experienced. Near? -ly^tlic whole community, comprising onr oldest and best citizens, are "enrolling themselves for future service. The Interklant (Hon. Mr. Barret,) and the greater portion of lire Town Council, were on the ground nearly the whole day, aiding "and " encouraging by their presence, the vindication .... by the military of the laws of the Town, even oato.the "bitter end." CboWTnkau S.wannah. ? Extract"?om a .. letter received at the office of th$ Ssitaunah. rj^Jiep^ublicari, dated Hryun county, Sept. 13: "1 flwi plft4 to say that since I wrote you lust (l thorough inspection of my crop leads me to hone tuut I aiii better off than most, if not all o?py. tMjjhbors. . 1 learn llml on the Ogee, chee rivtr 'the sh-:r.V was most destructive to .the ?ice i-u..'J i no of my neighbors, who i planted for lot) bales Sou Inland CoUou, toH jne he thought might now make 20 bales." "s * \ . ''A hi ^5? * ' ?v\ ^ ? " ki ' ivirtL ' ck* . kk-.' k,.'_ wit. Mb. ' 7 - " . -k'r - v ' v u-..' -vc; - ? . s . ~ ^ n.-~? X. ;-,- J *.. .. ?v . :.T ? " . . * i V ' ' ". '" _.l f r.^ .J* TMIM Nkw^BaitissTiCuvacii.?Tho Snnitcrville' Baptist Church xvas opened for holy, worship | on Sunday !asi. ' The.dedicatory serinon, an interesting and instructive one by the Rev. Mr. Beajer df Darlington, was founded, on the-first verso of the 3rd chapter ir TheSsnlbnians, "Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may. have free course, and be glo rifled, even as it is with you." Pinyers were ; offered by the Rev. Mr. Mason, of Kershaw, and the Rev. Mr Graham, of this place. A prolonged mcetiug.is now held in this cliui cb .Mini \\?A infAi'innil ffhsil nminonf iVf of the Gospel are "expected soon to assist in tho services. The congregation have not yet succeeded in obtaining the services of a - regular Pastor, but bopo-todo so shortly. I .* Sitiulcr Banner. Amongst the ministerial resolutions in the Canadian Parliament, was one which declared that.the Assembly "has learned with satisfaction thatAhe United States government "have exhibited such an amicable and liberal spirit on the Reciprocity question, that Canada will show itselftuHmatcd by the same sentiments." Instead of which, Larwili, opposition, moves, in effect, that PnVlin-inent "will exhibit a liberal and amrcabje deposition towards the United States for the generous spirit with which that government has treated the question (of Reciprocity) and that as a proof the disposition the Provincial legislature will exact in future from black immigrants the same capitation tax as is now upon other strangers entering the Province will incorporate 110 further societies for the es pecial benefit -of ulacks as a. classy"and will discourage the formation of any institution, the object and end of which-shall be a union with ' the Abolitionists of the Northern States for the furtherance of the dissolution of the American Union.. Off for Nebraska.?We learn that his Excellency Gov, Burt, and suite, left Pendleton on Monday morning last, bound for their new homes in the far west?Nebraska. Two esteemed citizens of our own District?James A. Doyle Esq., and his brother, Col. E. R. Do)le? were to have joined the Governor's party at Athens, Ga; from which place they go direct to St. Louis, Missouri, and thence to Council Bluffs, Iowa, which wiirbe their address for the present. The Messrs. Doyles will return during the rie'xt year; when, should they be pleased with th'ftir exploration of the country, it is said they will remove their families to this land of prom ise. A friend, who accompanies his Excellency, has kindly promised to keep our readers ad vised of the movements'of the party ; the incidents of the journey ; the soil, climate, and prospects of Nebraska, and^bis adventures with the Dears, Buffaloes; and "Red men of the forest" of that distant reeion. May success attend them! Kcoioce Courier 1 Glh inst. Waol-Growing.?We learn with great satisfaction, that the experiment of rearing fine breeds of sheep fur wool, in the upper part of South Carolina, promises to be completely successful. Cnpt. J. D. Wagener, the Hon. R. F. Simpson, and other gentlemen in Pickens, have engaged in it, that sheep flourish in that region remarkably well; that tliov can be raised at trifling cost compared with that of the"wool-growing "regions ofJ,ho North and that thtf cpiality-of tfw wotd^uf itie Choice" Err-"" ropean breeds does not degenerate. Cnpt. Wagener.bas taken an active part in this enterprise, and has imported a stock of the famous Saxon sheep which is found to thrive well in Pickens.- Specimens of wool of his raising, were transmitted to one of the largest Manufacturers of New England, who pronounced a a most favorable judgment on them, and rated them at the top of the market. We attach no slight importance to the induction of wool-growing in the upper Districts. Properly followed up it will prove a-source of wealth to that part of the State. Moreover it is a wholesome and pleasant employment, beloved of poets, and thatuflurda between man and beastthatequitable distribution whereby the latter is made cool in summer, and the former nm i-r?N in mint av< A twl tlion thn cw/iot I'm t milf. tnn.-r-hovrevor, we must nut indulge that vein of thought.? Charleston Mercury. Indiana.?The democracy of this State are making a gallant fight against the contending isms and factions of the day, and all looks to victory. General Joseph Lane, Hon. Jesse D. Bright, and Hon. John L. Robinson, are travelling through the counties, arousing the Democracy by their eloquent appeals. The speech-' es of the veteran Lane are producing groat effect. Bright, always true and orthodox, is full of energy and resources, and full of confidence. Of Robinson.a friend who has heard a great deal of the speaking on both sides, says: "He is decidedly the best speaker that I have heard in many years. lie labors constantly, and is doing good service.? Washington Union. Memphis Navy Yard.?At the last session of Congress this naval station was tendered as a free gift to the corporation of Memphis.? The people of the town, however, have had a public meeting, and resolved"iro't to decide upon the acceptance of the gift until the people of the Valley of the Mississippi "have had time to consider the subject. They havo-nlso requested the Secretary of the Navy to arrest any sale of public property at the navy yard until the meeting of Congress; the object of these move ments being of course, to make a strong effort at the approaching session for the repeal of the section giving away the yard. ' Plagiauism Extraordinary.?A writer in the Mobile Tribune over the signature of U. I brings a serious charge against Blackwood. He says: J* The August number of Blackwood's Magazine contains the coolest specimen of literary larceny that we have met with for many a day. 'The Ethnology of Europe'?an article i of eighteen pages, and by far the most interesting -iir- tlte whole nuipber?is stolen bodily, and almost 'piincluatim ct literatimtrom Dr. Nott's Types of Mankind.' It is worth any rtnri'c ifliilu *vlin fmirl nf fun fn tjiIfr> lilt L\r,,v' ? rV ?' ?i' i Blackwood ana compare 'The Ethnology of Europe' with the original from which it has been so unceremoniously appropriated." ? San Jcan.?Last night a special bearer of despatches to the British Embassy arrived in ' Washington, direct from London, with the British Government's first communication to their minister here on the Grcytown affair. ? Washington Star, Saturday. 1." * y.>"\ / . * - - - r?*?# v.an > - " .t, UM.?i H I m i annfiw??????? flit (Cflikn littkli) jpurnfll. Tuesday, September 21, 1854, r m AnBrlM nju X xa y> y . " xxxvxvxix^ a xjuitur. Agents for the Journal. Charleston?Augustus E. C'ouen. Columbia?W. W. Walker, Jr. - < Lancaster?A. Maykr. Jaeksonliain?S. A. Hosser. ' ? ' 1 's , Tax Collector. It will be remembered that the polls for Tax Collector will be opened only for 0110 day?Monday the 9th ofOclobor. To Correspondents. The chaste and beautiful lines of "W." will appear in our next. Camden?Its Trade, &c. We are glad to see evidences of tho opening fall trade. Cotton wagons are beginning to come in, and our merchants arc preparing for a heavy fall and filter business. An unusually large number wont Eclth this summer, all of whom we are pleased to see, hive returnee! in good health. Their stocks will be uncommonly good, and will 'be sold cheap, of course. The fact has long been an undeniable one, that Camdei; is about the best cotton market in tho State. ' In a week or two, we shall take pleasure in referring our readers to tho columns of the Journal for particulars in regard to good, cheap Goods. 1 % v. i .-y , Replies of our Candidates* ' "We publish to-day the replies of our Senator and Iteprescntaiives in tlio Legislature, to certain queries propounded to them in our paper of the 12th inst It will be seen that Col. Chesnut and Major Boykiu havo modified their opinions considerably upon the electoral question, which wo are pleased to find accord with the views advanced by us a few weeks ago in an editorial upon this topic of State politics. Col. Kershaw maintains his former position, and gives good reasons for prefering a change. / We aro pleased to know that these differences of opinion between our Representatives will occasion no sort of misunderstanding, as all parties agree' tc disagree, without creating the slightest agitation upon a question which our people are willing to let aloip, and every one act and think for himself. As remarked, it, is a question which "docs not involve political right, that is conceded on all sides: but is one of expediency alone." * 7 / A New and Valuable Invention. ^ Our worthy Post Master and Telegraph operator, at this place, John N. Gamcwcll, osq., has receitly re. turnod from Now York and Washington City, where ho lias beon for tho purpose of obtaining n poUnt for his valunblo invention, which properly arranged in connection with the telegraph wires, serves adcirably to attract the atmospheric electricity from tho same and renders the office and station of the telegraph operator perfectly safe during the prevalence oftto ltoaviest thunder storm. Tho principles which Mr. Gamewnll nlnimo Ina Inefrnmnnf I """ ,v* imovi Uiuwuv iiuvv uttu i>iiVAUU?iujr examined aud approved by scientific men of the first order, and a practical application of the same was made previously by Mr. Gamewell tvitb complete success, during a heavy storm of thunder and lightning', illustrating by matter of fact tho words of the poet where, "The bolt passed the suppliant harmlessly py And left the freed captive to wonder." Tho matter is no longer one of douBtand uncertainty, for seeing is believing,, and-wheiv-auch men as Professor Morse?tho inventor of the telegraph?aad ProfMaor Kllctf, yvi'onoWuoe favorably'fttitTgtTO vxrriltieateSto that effect, Mr. Gamewell and his friends may ivell have cause to calculate largoly upon complete success. Arrangements have been made to secure a patent for the United States, Great Britain and Cuba. Advertising Worth Having/ . Our Anderson friends, EARLEand R .ce, arc fortunate in the way of advertising. In their papers there isan advertisement, by tho Commissioner in Eqiity, of the lunds of the estate of Mr. Maverick, which measures forty squares, and is worth about ninety dollars, according to published terms, which we presume our friends observe. This is equal to ninety cash subscribers to the Gazette, and sixty to the Advoeato, for a wholeyear. "Wlion we think of the petty anuoyances attendiug the publication and mailing of papers to subscribers, fifty-two times a year, with the multitudinous complaints about not receiving their papers, which subscribers rarely omit to mention, when a single copy fails, one may be pardoned for wishing tbatallouriubscriptions were in the shape of advertisements, for one good, liberal, prompt paying advertiser is worth a dozen or two cash subscriptions. But we must take things as we find them and be content to do the best we can. Ilere we take occasion to remark, to subscribers, that whilst wo regret exceedingly the great and increasing irregularities of the mails, that wo consider our part of the contract complied with when we print and mail our papers. As soon as we confide them to tho safo keeping of "Uncle Samuel," we are not then responsible for their non-arrivals, although, the effect of these provoking mail failures, falls with' crushing weight upon the shoulders of the printer-man. Is there no remedy? Forlorn hope answers Nose. The Cost of Paper, Says the Cincinnati Commercial, is becoming alarming to newspapor men all over the land. As long as advertisers were prosperous and eager in competition, tho burden fell upon them. There was hardly an at om of profit in mcro circulation. The white paper that tlio New York TribunG was printed"upon, |>eforo its sizo was cut down, cost 09 much as the paper, when printed, sold for by the earners. The depression of business cut down the advertising patronago on which it had depended, and the Tribune had to haul in its horns The reduction of the size of the Tribune will reduce its " paper bill" six hundred dollars per week, or thirty-one thousand two hundred dolars per year. The New York Journal of Comment, a paper of immense dimensions, but of small circulation, recently stated that its bills for paper amounts to near fifty thousand dollars per year. Tho New York Times states that its paper bill for tho lost six months was sixty thousand dollars. The Edisto Clarion. Is tho tfee of a new paper which Mr. P. H. Laret proposes to publish at Orangeburg, on or about the first of October next, tho prospectus of which wo publish in our paper to-day. "We shall cordially welcome Mr. Larey into our fraternity and extend to his new enter prise our prompt recognitions, and will at onco placo tho Clarion on our books as an exchange. , Bridge over the Pee Dee. The Marion Star of Tuesday last says: "The bridge of the Wilmington and Manchester R. R. over the Pee Deo is in a near state of completion. Tho cylinders liavo been finished some time and there remains but one span of the superstructure to be completed, which it is expected will bo dote by tho 16th of October, and be ready for the passage of the trains. ,,r> v \v,'vr"'r\ " ~Z . -' .-. ... ? . : ' . . # . i Noble Sentiments. The ipllowing extract from odo of Lord Morpeth'f Speeches on America, is worthy to bo treasured np( and held in sacredTsmembrance by event patriot, ir this and in every country. Lord Morpctli had traveled extensively in our country, had seen and heard foi himself, and knew how to appreciate the glory o America,?unlike many of those base and treacherous European hypocrites, who come here and shan largely of American bounty and pretend whilst in oui midst, great admiration for our national character, vet abuse and villifv us, when they return to their own countrj. Hero are tho words of a wise and honorable man: " I do desire, with the most fervent feelings, that the peculiar glory of America in coming generations, may be a social, an intellectual, and a moral glory?the glory of laws made more equal in practice as well as in theory, of institutions mndo more enlightened, both in their general and in their special application ; the glory of descending into the receptacles ol suffering, of filth, of ignorance, and of crime, in order that by descending wo may cleanse and. illumine and amend the glory of raising and eribouraging industry? whether in agricultural or manufacturing pursuits?ol commerce extended?of education made universal? the gloiy of drying the tears, of brightening the hopes, of elevating the character, of recasting the destiny 01 man, of making freedom the guarantee of order, toleration tho ally of religion, government the object ol love, and law the helpmate of virtue." Glenn Springs for Sale. The Spartanburg Express informs us that the proprietors of the Glenn Springs, yielding to tho urgent solicitations of friends, have consented to dispose of the property in order that it may bo converted into a "Watering Place again. Some Independence, That. A candidate for the Legislature in one of tbe upper Districts of our State after avowing his political principles to bo those of " free trade and sailor's rights," <fcc., concludes, very pithily, with the following: "If you like my principles, and can come to the polls divested of every influence b"t that exercised by an independent freeman in casting his suffrage,' then I shall be proud of your votes; but if you are trammeled by individual fears, sectarian training, or party drilling, I beg of you to serve your masters, I ask the suffrage of freemen only." Davidson College. "We see it stated that the Rev. Dr. "Williamson has resigned the Presidency of this College. Death of Bishop Wainwright. We see it announced that Bishop Wpinwright died in New York on the night of the 21st inst. Yellow Fever. The .Board of Heakh report 128 deaths by yellow fever in Charleston for the week ending at 10 p. m. on Sunday. We aro gratified to see it stated that the fever had ceased in Wilmington, N. C. We are sorry to stato that it is prevailing to some extent in Augusta, Geo. Closed. The Telegraph Office iu Charleston has been closed for a few days in consequence of the sickness of MrComnnl TT Pinivlinm tlio Hliiaf OrSornfnr , ?w vu.v. Harper and Putnam. There was a time when we used to talk a good deal about the inconsistencies of Southern people, eucour aging Northern, and other incendiary publications, to the almost utter exclusion of thoir own paporsand magazines, when wo endeavored to-urge upon our people the importance and .necessity of foeterjngjapd protecting llome Industry, 4c., but we grew weary in our almost useless and thankless task. Whilst our feelings remaia unchanged, and we regard the same advice as proper now, and the necessity as great, if not greater than ever, we prefer to say but little, and let others write and talk. Wo are nevertheless quite pleased whenever we find n paragraph, in any one of our cotemporaries, like the following, which wo take from tho Southern Weekly Post, published at Raleigh, N. C.: Harper and Putnam.?Many of our Southern cotemporaries have already given vent to a very just in dignation against tho publishers of these two hitherto popular magazines, on account of their recent course on the slavery question. We, ourselves, have had no occasion for a long time to pass a judgment, good or bad, upon their respective merits, because after receiving some sincere and cordial commendations at our hands, the publishers thought proper to drop our acquaintance by a summary "cut" and have never honored us with a copy since. We have nothing to re tract of what wo have published in their praise, but we will very heartily unite'Vith.our friends iu this region in denouncing tho' political principles they have recently avowed,, and most earnestly urge our fellow-cit izens to bestow, for the future, upon their own literary publications that patronage which has been so grossly abused by these Northern magazines. Justice requires us to say that Putnam has violated the public confidence much more heinously, perhaps more candidly than the Harpers. The following is tho proclamation of that treacherous periodical. Ours in return is, "No more putxams ix the southern market i" "We repent, that until the sontimont of Slavery is driven back to its original bounds, to the States to which it legitimately belongs, tho poople of the North are vassals. Yet their emancipation is practicable, if not easy. They have only to evince a determination to be free, and they are free. They are to,discard all alliances, to put aside all present fears, to dread no future coalitions, in the single hope of carryiBg to speedy victory a banner, inscribed with these devices: "The repeal of tit* Fugitive Slave Law, "The restoration of the Missouri Compromise, "No more Slave States, "No more Slave Teiritoiies, "The Homestead for Fee Men on the Public Lands." Putnam's Monthly for September. Tho Corner Stone of the new Court House in Green-, ville was laid with Masonic ceremonies a few days ago, Dr. A. G. Mackey, of Charleston officiating, whose attainments in Pree Masonry are said to be unsurpassed in this country. A new Methodist Church will be dedicated at Marion Court House on the fourth Sabbath in October next. Large Sheriff's Sales.?There are one hundred and twelve tracts of land advertised by the Sheriff of Marion District, to be sold on the first Monday in October next. New Post Oefice.?A post office has been established in the lower part of Greenville District, by the name of Cottage Hill, and T. IL Stokes has been appointed Post Master. The ^London Times, commenting on the English crops, states that the difference in the price of wheat compared with that of the previous twelvemonth, will be at least twenty shillings a quarter-in faver of the public, which on the whole consumption will amount to a boon of ?25,000,000 to the public on wueat alone, bsides corresponding relief on other grain. We see it stated in a Washington letter that the Grey town bombardment question, as between us and Great Britain, will be settled soon, together with the whole Ceutral American question, and that the Administration is likely to reap substantial laurels bytho settlement. * . r**' ?' * - - A r . ....... J ' Cotton. i We extract the Mowingjparagrapbs- from-the annual circular of Messrs. 'Boeder & DoSadsrore, ol ' ChnrleatcD ; "During the. year under view, commor.ce .has suffer cd under great depression ; nearly all descriptions ol provisions have ruled at high "prices, and the money f marketTialsijeen stringent', to an extreme point, and these ha*o been continuous4lm)ugh tlie entire acasoD: much has been written ori/tKiVast point, many causes > suggested, and tiie opproblum cast.qn tho|>ankinjrih stitutiona. While wo admit that the hanking inatitutiong-fraVC devoted a lamer nrrthortiou offheir capital to'fexchfrnges 1 than has boon convenient to the wants of local Pom morce, yet as this stringency has not been confined to one locality^but has been, felt with pqual severity , throughput tho United States, from ''Main?.to. Texas, we must look' beyond small 'localj causes for this derangement Vf the finances df the country, and"Sve see ' three prominent causes which behr heavily^and ramify themselves extensively into-thi&subject. . In 1852?3 the low rate of interest in Europo sent a . large ameunt of Europ'onn capital to the United States, ' which was loaned'out "on call;" in'the'TaH'of 1853 the ' rate of interest began-to rise in Europe, and theao funds . bavo been gradually recalled, depriving- the United . States commerce of a-Jargaj flowing capital, and caus. ing the stringency in money,*under which wo are, now laboring, to commence last October. The European war, involving the largest commercial nations there, has created a great want of confidence in trade,/and kept exchanges at a low point with tho -United Statespausing also an unusual export of our breadstufl'8, and thereby: enbarfeingithe price both of provisions and "of labor. t? The merchants', In their cotton operations this sea-; son, have had littlo or no margin totact upon, and have most generally been losers, which obliged them to rnifcd C??J- r.... ttiair Incooa 1UIIUS JUUIII UlllCl 1COUU1 wco WW iViMvw In looking to tlieap'prbachmg season," we have every cause to believe that the crop will be as large'aone as has evor come to market, and unless peace, is restored to Europo, the .prospect is that present prices will not be maintained ^igquld therefore recommend our friends rather to push theii1 cotton forward early, than to keep it back lor better prices, and we point to the following causes as bearing upon the future prices of cotton: Europe must make a heavy drain upon .our abundant provision crops, for in addition to the large amount of laborers taken from the fields to recruit the armies, it must be remembered that the seats of the war are upon the Baltio and Black seas, which may be called the granaries "of Europe. This will make, provisions high and labor dear, both of which have always been found to depress cottoni The large number of vessels lost in the foil of J 853 have not been entirely replaced; while long.voyages to Australia, Chinca, and California are employing a greator number of vessels; the European difficulties also have takon many vessels out of the merchants service to act as transports and store ships for the armies and navies, these combined make vessels scarce,-and freight high, and are adverse to. tbo price of cotton. And lastly the Russio Turkish war, with all its injurious effects upon commerce, .sterns far removecf from any prospect of a termination forinany months to come/ We close with the remark thai bagging and'rope are likely to rule high during this season,-for the Russian hemp cannot: be exported from that country, and tlie crop of the United States is not adequate to the wauts of the trade; while tljo prices of gunny bagging for twelve months past had got down to so low a point that the East India merchants found it an unprofitable articlo ofimportation, and the supply which is coming on this season is reported to bo very small." . The Cotton trade.?rue jN ew x orK rriee current publishes the official statement. Of the cotton crop for 1833? 54. The total amounts to 2,927,608 bales, or 335,27-1 less than the one preceding. The export to Great Britain has "been 1,603,850 bales being a decrease of 833,110 as compared with last .year. To France 374,058 bales, decrease, 52,676.. To North of Europe, 165,172, decrease,,G,Q05..'. To other forcigo-ports, 176,168; decrease, 17,468. Total exports, 2,931,148 boles; decrease as compared with last year, 200,352 bales. The quantity taken for consumption in the United States is 700,769 bales, or-64,240 less4han last year. The araounton hand in the-ports of the United States, including Augusta and- Hamburg as well as Boston &c., is 133,866 bales,"against 135-,G43 bales last year. The stock on hand in the ushnf shipping ports is 1167^ 27 bales, against last year, 106,340. * Shippers and speculators-during tho pastseason hovp; ing upon the article infbreigh markets, aidecfru a measure by the heavy cost of transportation. Planters, on the contrary, have every reason to be satisfied with the result of the year's business, since at no time during the season has Middling in the Southern markets been sold below 7i cents per lb., aud during fourfifths of it the price has varied from 8 a 9 cents per lb. The prices for the ensuing year will depend chiefly on the probable extent of the growing crop, but the war and its attendant circumstances will have a powerful iufluouce in Europe in checking speculation, and confining the operations in cotton to legitimate purposes. To this fact it is stated mcrci.ants seem fully alive, and thero seems to be a determination to avoid cotton as an article of speculation until the future gives better promise of good results than can be at this moment discovered. _, Diabolical Attempt. tt7.. j i? ilj i ^ j v> u ill w gi icvcu iu uu uuiu jjejicu lu icuuiu such an offence as the diabolical attempt made on Monday evening to throw the passenger car off from the high tressel-work at the npper end of town, and opposite tfie dwelling of .Mr. Jas. R. Aiken. It appears.from the .statement of Mr. Fowler, that some one had deliberately in a spirit of fiendish mischievousness laid a rail across the track, which if the train had passed over must have precipitated it to the depth of some 40 or 50 feet. Most fortunately when the train stopped to exchange mail bags, opposite the ?ost Office* *the'light irom 'the lamp revealed the obstacle to the vigilant engineer. We conld not before, possiblv have believed that we had such a wretch within tKe'limits of our State, much less here in the very heart of our District. What could have been their, of rather his object, (for it is to be hoped ttat we have but one such blood thirsty scoundrel in our neighborhood)? It was'not late enough,' and too near town for robbery to have been carried on successfully, or to any extent A few trunks may have "been made away with in the first "awful confusion, but from the number that would have been collected speedily, plundering would soon have beeu checked. .It could only have'been ddh'o. by some'being whose heart was not only destitute of human sympathy, buf'filled with'" hellish 'designs. The^ villain no doubt would'have stood by, andchuck: led horribly at the crushed and mangled bodies, frhctured limbs and broken heads, and revelled in the sights of blood and human suffering that would meet bis eyes. Could he be detected no punishment would be too severe. In truth, a reward should be offered to any individual who could devise the punishment corrimensu rate with such a crime of wholesale slaughter. Every citizen should be vigilant, when' such acts are being attempted in our midst.? Houses have been entered, robbbrie3 committed, and this late devilisb attempt made, and vet no one has been detected^ and we have the disturbing fact to reflect upon that, the perpetrators are still going about ahiong us, perhaps shaking hands and bowing td us every day, nnwhipped of justice. A reward sboflfft at once be offered by the Company for bis apprehension, or discovery. Many a deed enveloped in more obscurity than this, has been disentangled and the criminals been hung at high as Hnman for it. Let us all be on the alert, and the Marshal in partiuclot.? Wirihsboro Register. There were upwards of sixty deaths by Cholera at Pittsburg on the 19th inst. The new cases haying diminished, it was supposed that it h:;d begun to abule. ' . * r\i *' * T f ' Jbr'tiie Cairtden Journal,. To the Voters of -Kershaw District. r I perceive certain que&ions propounded to me as a Candidate for the Legislature, and I f am altogether inclined to answer; ' u " 1st. "Are you in favor of the present mode L of appointing the: Electors -for Presideotaind Vice President pf the .United Sjtates?" ( An anxious jcphsideration of tlzid question, under all tbe lights in -v hich it has been prei sertied^ afid-^on attentive observation of the dis1 cnssioiwf it in the qonrse of tb? past summer, judgment which I had iien^bte'Wbrmed. I - forbear to'ftrgup^be'strbj&H^^^^MHnnot be'done without taxing, iikptWjHpatience of printers and readers^ Let md&arely attempt to-state the position which ! fifed ray , mind occupying aUpres^nt. In view of,,all that. occurred in. the Coayention which formed and pfapoaed itherCkmstuq1 tion of tbe United States, Lam persdj^ed;"that the broadest latitude of thaHhereds np^Yioiafo^ - vote or me peppre^ ifcennetnem nporr^e^ora?, "State/^ii'spppint," &c., is pot suflgggSra^tin^uish the-broad light der&djjw^^g^ specific form" q?app t^clpsiop seema inevitabieii; tija^iEiectois apP9PH h Pe/^p'e. or r Legislature'-^\?oW%be brought into existence w1th,-entir^c^ianity to the scheaie of the Cou8titution;<ftc'cordingly, either foimpf^appomtrrient. was -^dle^tB^^by quently^,and tlie validity-of such appointment, in-1 be-o i) frfavp^orttlrt o^rer^v?ai*^M^i?tlpd. It follows, tbat;po greflt queaflcniqjffiyflfoicpters into the matter,^nd^hafci^oi^ei^o graver inquiry thanmne.of-expedieniiy^Hcy, or convenience. -Now,abougb-jU-is, pnguestionable, tbppthe Peapie>haveva Tight^^ey' have the ,power^rto;dant'roj, apply pediency, ^here is Congress^haviitg-fi^^iay'roS^^^xnt. ment of <?lecU>rs^antenoa. to -that^whiabHhe constitution-of Sooth .CiKoliii^^iwt?^?sh!!><?for .me meeting or my ?>enfc(by the-k^aU^ pense antl uiconvenieoce ofr?vsbbFt,jextta session, in every T.jur|h ;y^ar,Jqr-<lmtv&oW-'parof the Legisture a ail tijle of Autumn, Winter. -r-L*i rripfcj jh OiflljP theJLegishiture^ini-o.? 6pace^.AbQripjgWy occupied \vith otber prdinary^aqd,- nccee^ary.business of thjB. Go on this subject. Pnvthei oVhep. ba^^thfrpnictipal effort, fi;equen%^t).e, ?t>8$ WWW the difficulty - Qf^.:pr 9e4bHt^e:^p3od^pf & dU rect popular ^bJte^fpr EI e c to re . as* to*wid a di8turbance^o.ptlmt ftnd&ncnttfl. organization is, so.as.to secure '{hut reJative^weighf jn.app.oiiiting Electors .u'hieb?flttLdiflfereii?v8ectioi)a of the State, politics 11 v eonsideredj^d^-^ield in .omTtrmT^^R^riffJ^hoqg^Tllii^^pepaliar organizivtipA,.pg?taip.s ,?pqpiaijtf^;<^^b-firov. ernment, jet itat present^t in^Uffact of electing Electors , by t!ie..JUgbh?fef?^iind I would, np^/ijeca^ it. But I urn afraid, tVoin-,recent and.current developments, that makes tne. hest^ito /iud fe^neitpr^'tbat th% change of the .cnpd? oC^ppoijitingdSiftptors is . designed, and .if.Jcatried,^jlbi^;pade^.entering wedge tp^opn.a breach ip our jhufwarks ?and through this fljaj^M^haogMraf*vastly .more,, moraent^ojf-tnischieyoos vfes'njt^ to bo called reformations, nmeliqrntions,--J<ka, but which wfll aeUiis afloat upgn ^ie?e*;qjf ^xperi yfcOt,sfanftqg^|toamble by that which, exists/, becausehas long.existed, is xvell enough ridiculed *and condemned^ But^a wild^ianoya^^^tvratnpant lovo-of change, is. perhaps*; AV-j^se.- ^C^pnBtitution-niaking has become: a .mania in,this day and in too many States -of thtsF-UcioB." I, for one, am indisppsed to enooar&gekthe importncal philosophy ,,so' rife aeoun^ us.^^There is . such a thing &f} %0anscrvatwn*. ^.aimoit that. It is equally removed;from^^ilddp^0iOJ|change and a stolid adherence! tof A^Tyoatt&ffiees or establishments^ .But I think the. unnyn?nt danger of the times is a p rt > cl ivityJtTcAa*ges, an inconsiderate imltatiorvpf a stirring*.,example from our neighbors. .- Looking^ia*ucb-a light at^the,movements ..now in pwg^ess^ipon the questions under Review, it'is.pmpert^aay, that I .shall probably he fonndr if;/ vot&'iOxthe Legislature, in bppcsition to s?<y s-chasg^- in the 'mode of appointing"Elector8.-- .A^yalrfady intimated, 1 do uo.t rggvitftp. m^tter^ .separately and alone, as a y'itai one., l.fear,.however, it /Minnot wisp.lv hn pnnsidprprf finr) oMn/t nnnri in .... .. J. ? *that character. 2d. As to Free Schooled haivd^toibing to adi to that which I h(tye heretofore^d opon this subject. It Is v.eryjiaucb mqrepnAterial to the general and prominent interests,.than the one just treated. I am confident that a capacity.'for self-government "defends,'ih-atT'leminent degree, upon that kpo wledge^ mefcpopstitotea wisdom?the. School House is in general, the only gateway.which opens to.fr phi t^the road towards knowledge, .and I wbuli;promote a free acce?s theretoJyi^asj^ cmyLyJUto State, in every possible degree, the enpoumgement pf privat^ means. carry this, in any degjee*Jo<ft.^y^J^ily.? In much of the StatP;; trt? ?oi#I\^on is too sparse for .this pyrposej a$id anptlie^mtsfortune is, that vpr'^often ,a .parent Otinks^he cannot spare the lab or. Vt-p^^|N^e of the advantages pf^est&opj. Icanqri^ay. that I depend on the^trpe^ to attioug those-iv hp ash g ^regiji^n^ powers, iind thus dependingfoqMftjHiljSS^ tfons of "oar Institutions-; ^tate^^federal, I will be ready, in either'n.pdya|^p?n2^lic capa<^X? to advaoce*the kii^wl^fge^f. the rank an&ple; and thus to co^olf^ate tKej'sole founageneWtfifd sure progress in'Uii^reat and ' reliance on the part or each citjzen enlivened by & deep sense of obligation ta his poslcity.r