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BUlBi CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MOKNIXG. 31 AY 2!KlsG0. ' ," - #NUMBER\l.. ' C" ' , ? .W ???^?1^== .- , - ^BWwMiy IKcelEaneotts. Kirn tfie Jlon, Howell Cobb. felSHIKGTON ClTV, Mf>.J 9, 1860. wk f Your letter of tbe Sth instant, fefbed uie^ The limited tilne allow* ?!, induces '.ne to comply with your Rot "prompt"' answer,^and I shall en* K,\ke it equally "candid." ItKlize fully in'your apprehensions for ijdfoOy cobntfy. It cannot be disftt both the safety of the South and l. ? .?. _ TT l'_ .1 |g*|[;rjiiy ojiiuc umou are Bcriuusiy uircu|l|'i is"my -hottest conviction that the IflMends upon the action bf tho Southern this important juncture. A 'firm, ?^Hl unfaltering policy on. the part of the I'^Rvill give security to her own rights and Mfand quiet " to the Union. Any other be equally fntal to the preservation ;Bone and tlie maintenance of the other. iHourselves, I have looked to the National Wcratio party as the only political organiza? which the sound constitutionalelemente. Hj; whole country could be brought into Hi and cordial co-oporation. With tliScon|o I witnessed the proceedings of the late Boston Convention with intense anxiety, Rceply resetted the causes which led to Ksruption. ft considering the proper course now to be rued, we should, understand, distinctly, the ton of the failure of that Convention to . ce upou a. platform, and candidates for the port of the Democratic party. If the dif nces which led to the result "at Charleston, IXt immaterial and unimportant,fbereis no cause. Br trouble or apprebeusioD. The public mind Mould promptly pronounce them to be so, and Key should be dismissed from our thoughts as Bnworihy of future consideration. Arc the people of-Georgia prepared to pronounce this judgment? The answer to. tbisinquiry. involves, |h ray opinion, the future destiny of the South. There were two points of difference atCbar Icston which produced the dissolution of the 'Convention. 1st. The Platform of the party \ ou the subject of slavery-2d. The nomination of a proper candidate for the Presidency. The fifteen Southern State*, iu common with the two Democratic States of the Pacific, agrc- < cd upon a platform, which recognized the equality .of the Southern States, aud the right of thoir citizens to go with their properly into the" Common territories of the Union, claiming for them and their property the same protec- ; tion which the Constitution and laws of the" 1 land extend.to their brethren of the non-slave SVaIB holding' States- and their property?nothing < "w^1 perlffct unanimity, agreed upon this plat- ] form, are ah of them certain Democratic States, j BB Tfcd candidates-to be nominated by the Demo- 1 sraifti party for President and Yice-Prcsidcut, J ' 'HI must receive their votes, to.give them the ' H " slightest prospect of success. The remaining 1 B sixteen States, by virtue of their superior nuin- ? bcrs in-Convention, refused to rcojguize- these ' principles. ~ They did not assert by .the plat- i |S form' they adoplcd antagonistic principles to 1 flicsfiur, tbose agreed upon by the Southern .and Demo- 1 S cratic States. Their policy was to leave the i H qnetfion an open issue, so far as any declara iy: tioh of principles was concerned, but to give a i girls; practical construction to their platform,-by the i air, and nomination of a candidate,^ whose chief elairn i 3 I J^JK^^de'ilnrgarets gipsy-like-half Er&f'riSrvvTtobingprudes, SN-AtKriJnriv] and rnvelv alL tretns of the mothers fond 1 ^And lathers prbgd, who watched the lilly poud A a tho'it ^eJcfflneir hopes of earth* and heaven. I jJgme! ah, me 1 hotv soon such hopes are rireul ! ft . '. Whafcrcerty, tiny shrieks of mimic dread! ' m- What girlish fup, as near a rocky bed i T 7 The. raft advanced! Not once of danger dreamed ' H * "Those gay young things. Life ne'er had seemed 1 IPortops more bright. 1 V .But, hark !?see, it has $truck the cruel rock! ?B it shivers?groans?oil, God! a second shock I H While the spread arms in vain madly implore, ! W With shrieks^ help from the breaking hearts on shore. 1 8 Terror?confusion?cries?oh, heaven! so -wild j They tarn the soul sick?maiden, youth and child I In one lieart-rcnding shriek!?then the calm waters ' i close ' 1 In treachery silent o'er their struggling throes. 7" " The yellow curls float tremulous, and hair of jet , Spreads o'er some tangled form, in glossy net. ' 'y Among them some are saved by mtaily hands, very many more, by God's, commands, Lw The kind deatl'. angel gathers to his breast "? sleep eternal ; 7" In the pimple " x 7" Tho evening sun sank calmly. BirdssJjJI^ang, , ^ "And nature seemed unmoved, thoqgKwild rang I~T ~ The cries of breaking hearts anjy maddened bnun3, ( I N _ As one by one the last cold, jjid remains 1 !r Of the beloved were rescuedr' One futhc of fivo 1 .Dear,, blooming daughters hrbuglit to the shore alive i .. A maiden and two htflSjones; but his, alas, too sad!? js&gy' Hie -were all drowned! Ilid he not nigh go mad? 1 Another hadr'but one sweet flower fair? . N One wee-ewe lamb. From out the waters drear 1 Hw' Ho rescued four; tlieu feeling 'neath his feet floating, grasped it?'twas his meek, ISr v His precious only oks, dead?drowntd quite! ? But beautiful in deatli, tho starry light 1 <Of peace gliSwcd on her face so pale, 1 As over her still form broke forth the desolate wail, i- ''Give hack my child /" ( I- t ' { & Oh, God of love I j >. To those poor breaking hearts Thj- mercy prove. 1 | ^Vliaspcfr^greater.evils'that might come ic' To 8Datch't Kos&gentlc flowers to- a worse doom. ^ (Scnd tbem Tfiy mercy angels, Hope and Faith, to greet i J. Tlie mourners; tell thein they shall meet f. jFlerpunfled, as. in their infant days. (QIi, make them comprehend that, tho' Thy ways I' -f^'Airi st^aning cruel, they are for the best. ' -. 'tci Thy "small voice" speak of the gentle rest V1 S ,pr thelff bcioyen onc3,?saie irom an earm a nanus, I"" ^itiirn Tl?3*pure and fatlitriy kind arios. .-a Lord, aDdoli! most Holy One, HKH ' Forgive, ?/ not quite yet they any, Thy will be done. jBi. ' * BPSAUE IrANAHAN. $ | Early Wjisat.?TJie Sa%ion$h Ntvis says: 1 fiBr" Mr. Charles Dahiell sends us a sample of wheat SSj grown at "Oglethorpe,^ the ricippiantation of "his father, Dr. Win. Ch Daniell, opposite this paf city/and which is now ready for bai^psting.? ' It is of large grain, thoroughly ma&qpd, and i E9 is, wc arc assured, a fair'sample of tmy entire field, which promises to yield flbod^hventy : pfl bnsliefe (of about 60 pound's #cflch) to tlip aere. 1 gaT It will be in market in a few days, ana^t will Hi prob^y^bc the earliest ci'T offered in l"nVun fcj^-The Galveston (Tesas) CivilIl crops in the neighborhood . t>romisin?r. The 7 sSffijjfy: arc vcry 0 uFStfefntttg^s of our delegates at Charleston their cordial approval and authorise tlietn, ih co operation with the delegates of those States with whom they acted at Charleston, to renew at Baltimo^ re their efforts for a settlement of the difficulties which led to the disruption at Charleston. The course of the delegation has been ijo true that they are entitled to the unqualified confidence of their constituents, and can be safely trusted without embarrassing their action with specific instructions. The endorserr-eut of their past action .will be the best instruction for their future conduct. The same delegation should be authorized to representtlie State in the Convention to be held in Richmond, and if practicable, the time,for the mcetiner df the latter Convention should 1>e. postponed to a day subsequent to the^Qltfobrtion at Baltimore. I vrouldthus afibfd ererv opportunity for healing tl>0;dissension& in one party and bringing its different portions" ohcei more into united and cordial co-operation upon a sound platforfti and in tlio support of a'souud candidate. I believe it can bo accomplished; and it only requires firmuess aud decision; oh tbc part of the Southern Democracy to bring it about. You may rest assured tbat your true friends at the North?the men who havfc never' deserted you to save themselves?will not force upon you terms of humiliation, and the rest will not venture to press them unless you first indicate by your action that you are pccv pared to surrcndcr at discretion. . : The Democracy of Georgia must now cli'oose between the two wings' of tire party at theNorth. The one has been true and faithful in past, and offer you every assurance of'their aid: aud support in "the future. The other abandoned you in the hour of danger ijnd trial, and invite the renewal of your confidence witli notice in advance that you may expect in the", future no butter faith orercater security than yon Lave received in the past. With tie first yon will certainly maintain your honor and have a fair prospect of preserving your rights. If an alliance with the latter promises any j greater advantage, I confess uiy inability to: discover itT . I am. respectfully, vours (to., "HOWEL COBB. Messrs. Robt. Collins a?d others, Macon, Sa. Methodist Sunday Sclio ?I Convention* On Friday evening tho Methodist Sunday School Convention assembled in the Methodist Church. Quite a large number of delegates were present, and a fine audience, as iCtvns nnderstood that an address would be made by Rev. W. A. McSwain. The address gave very general satisfaction, and was listened to_wi?h great interest. We forbear further remarks upon the effort, as tho whole proceedings will;, hereafter appogr in pamphlet form for circula-s tion. . ; f Saturday the Methodist SundnySchool .aft;embled in Woftord Cbapofc' together with, the superintendent and teachers, and a vast con-;ourse of visitors and residents^ The Sunday School from Unionville was also there,"having :ome up by special train. Addresses "were P.\if /At PaI 1* _T .-Wijrroti lliDUV UJ 1VC>| VI ium vuiowitj wit a.? V* ? I |*? J vi>) md Iiev. J. W, Kelly. The speakcre were very interesting, witty, effective, riveting not- only die-attention of tlie children, but also iustructf[SSffip^i'difyitig the adult audionefc ^ ? .Wfo'jferyfo i TI'I *i ii ii^'la ii| li^to Uufdocti-iue for which-thoSoutlicru and j Democratic States contended.- .The seventeen Democratic States were prepared fo unite upon my true and worthy man for the Presidencj*. l'here was on their part no disposition whatsver to force upon their brethren of the other States a candidate unacceptable to them. The issue on their part was for principle and success, involving no consideration of mere personal advancement of a favorite candidate. The sixteen opposition States, on the other hand, not jnly refused to unite upon the platform offered to tucm ny tneir ureiuren 01 iuc i/cmui-rauc States, but struggled to force upou the party the nomination of Jnd^c Douglas, against the stern and united voice of every certain Democratic State of the Union. I venture to assert that such a spectacle was never before presented in the history of party conventions.' The States were as nearly equally divided as it was possible for them to be. On one side was every Democratic State, and on^thc other, all the Opposition States; ancKthe latter, who were not certain of giving a single vote for the candidate that in^ght^be nominated, insisted upon making'both a platform nnd a candidate for the. Democratic States to elect. There certainly could not be a more unjust distribution of responsibility and duty. Such was the condition of things at Charleston.- The delegation from Georgia would not consent to the consummation of this tnrcatffned policy of the numerical'majority of the Convention. In common with thc'dclegates from seven other Southern States, the}* withdrew from the body. Their action should be sustained by the Democracy of the State. .They were true and loyal to the trust reposed in them, and deserve the cordial approval and renewed confidence of their constituents. If they had returned from Charleston, bearing to the people of Georgia the humiliating terms of surrender which the majority of the Convention sought to put upon them in the platform and candidate proposed, the people would have received their report in orrow and spurned their candidate with indignation. It is dneto the Democracy of the sixteen States which I have designated as opposition States'to say, that I use the term "Opposition States" in no spirit of disrespect, bur. simply intend to designate them as States in whith, unfortunately for the country, the Democratic party is in a minority. In many of their delegations at Charleston, there were large minorities who condemned the course and policy of their colleagues, as wrong in principle and unjust to their brethern of the South. . Tin's was particularly the case in Pennsylvania and other States, to whose votes, in connection with the certain Democratic States, we look with the greatest'confidence for the election of our candidates. The truth is, that the sound Democracy of the North are determined to stpnd by the ] South in this hour of'trial, if the South will only be true and faithful to herself. The unii-ivo /lmdiirfliinn of n fiav Southern men. in ! favor of the nomination of Mr. Douglas as a matter of policy and expediency, has contributed in no small degree to the present unhappy state of things. These exceptional cases have, unfortunately,' been mistaken, in some quarters, for public opinion, and will account for the otherwise unaccountable persistence with which the friends of Mr. Douglas press his nomination against the earnest protest of a united Sonth, J have thus briefly alluded to the difficulties in the Charleston Convention, and the cause which produced them, as proper matter for consideration in determining upon the course ot action which the Domocracy of Georgia ought now to pursi/e. As the time isj^dKu^Jboforc the re-assembl^fraLtlie Convention at Baltimore,' I would " ^^ j^^^t^uiiinmcdiate call, by The issue, "We regard the withdrawal of these Delegates as altogether warrantable and just. The States they represented had a perfect right to expect of the Convention a full and avowed recognition of their rights, and their Delegations were mainly appointed with this view? many of them being pledged to stand or fall by it. Failing to secure this avowal; they were compelled to der^ their allegiance to the doctrines declared by Sic refusal, and tlipy had either to sit tamely by and assent, by their continuance with the body, to the assumption that they bad demanded more than they were justly entitled to, or to secede. A compromise of principle in'this regard would but have served-to rivet the nails of oppression which the majority "of tire anti-slavery States have long been striving to "drive homo" on their Southern co-proprietors in ;tho territories of the Union. ' . It is true, the result/of this division is pregnant with importance to the Union ; but the question involved being one of principle, not effect, it was really a paramount consideration to that of tl|e perpetuity of the union between .Northern and'Southern Democrats. The only disappointment we have experienced under the circumstances is that the South was rot united upon this issue, in action -.as well as by profession and interest. Let the South but yield to the principle that the people of a territoryriiave a right to legislate upon the question oh slavery while that -territory remains in the poiidition in which it is the common-, propertrjJ.of the States, and they yield up no mere Attraction?they yield thereby a sacred right, and a consequent compromise of honor is effected. The subterfuge of leaving the. question to^the Supreme Court jjfor decision is "no guaranty, that the principle wilhie inviolably defended. The Constitutionjlb-guaranty is a just one, < and we can sec no reason why its provisions vfehoulel. not be protected "by the General" Government. The insfitntion of.slavery at the tjme of the adoption . of tliis noble instrument was not ouly recognized,'Jbnt tolerated and ^enjoyed by the partiealhhreto; and now tha^it is found unprofitable.iin certain sections, forsooth it must be left j an open question for judicial investigation and decision?thns beggaring, as it were, the dis I tinguiBiWDg icaiure or oue-pornoii oi mo confederacy. 'Tree, the question has been decided favorably to us in 'tlloDred Scott case ; but who can believe that the successors of those ablo^CDea who so decided' be of the same stauip?" The question, tlien, should not remain open to contingency;? it is a guaranteed right, and without its openf and expressed recognition. and protection, the Southern States capnqjf-ieniain in tlie Uniou without a stain of ?Greenville Pu,lriol. Direct Trade with .France.?The arrival of t^dsfiK^^Lono Star/ the pioneer of the FrancdijTrginm line," at JNorfoIk, has been noticed^ The Argus says:? She has a cargo of superior, wines, brandies, and oils, besides a well selected assortment of drugs, silks, crockery-ware, hardware, perfume- 1 rv, <kcn including a variety of those delicate 1 fancy articles which* are ..manufactured nowhere ! to such perfection iis in France?consign -the civterprisining firm^ brKader Biggs d^B of tlia^jci^', "flgimts of^iipjFrencF ccmjfl In the morning a large) number assembled 1 in the Sunday Scbooi Koom of the Methodist < Church, where the usual I?ercisc3 were otnit- i ted, and the time occupied by the hearing of interesting addresses from delegates representing the different parts cf.-jthc Conference, and delightful singing by the scholars of the school, under the admirable training and direction of 1 Prof. W. I)uPre. The occasion was a most delightful one. Kev. H. Spain preached a most instructive 1 sermon from the 9th verse of the 119th Psalm, at ..the Methodist Church, in the morning; < i / ill ?:?: on 1 wiicre, at tnc ciose 01 uie wrviw^ nuwut uw young persons were ^received into full connexion, mostly young men. Tlie "right hand of fellowship was given by Rev. N. Tnlfcy, Iiev. 1 II. A. C. Walker and Rev. A. II. Lester, rcprc- ,! sen ting the three classes of ministerial labor.? It was an impressive and deeply affecting 1 scene. In the afternoon Rev. J. T. Wightman preached a very interesting and eloquent ser- 1 mon at the Chapel of Wofford College. In the cveying, Rev>R. J. Boyd preached to parents, on their duties and responsibilities, an instructive and excellent sermon. '* The pulpit of the Presbyterian Church was occupied on Sabbath morning by Rev..C. H. i Pritchard, and in the afternoon by Rev. P. A. 1 Mood. i The Baptist pulpit was filled?morning by Rev. C. Murcbison, afternoon by Rev. Mr. McCorquodale. After public service in the Chapel, the delegates held an informal meeting in the upper room of the Methodist Church, detailing facts " * .a M O j and incidcuts connected wiio ounuay ocuuui? and scholars. Ayiong the numerous speakers none commanded more attention than Col. J. Felix Walker, of Paeolet, Union District, and Prcst. W. K. Blake, of the Female College Spartanburg Spartan. From Mexico. New Orleans, May 22. The Vera Cruz correspondent of the Picayune reports that Gen. Ampudia was concentrating his forces, preparatory ' to an attack upon the City of Mexico. There had been a change in the Juarez Cabinet. The City of San Luis Potosi was in the possession of Gen. Uraga, with a force of Libf crals. I A crisis in the' aftaiis of Mexico was impending, and distress prevailed everywhere. Zuloaga had beem imprisoned by Miramon. I An expedition was being organized by the | Liberals against Puebln, under the command | of Miramon. A Close Vote.?At the municipal election in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, over -7i,000 votes were polled^ of which the Democratic candidirte for City' Comptroller had 35,720, and the Republican candidate 33,713?a majority for the former of seven votes. The New Crop of Coffee.?An arrival at Philadelphia from Rio de Janeiro, May - * -e I 13, makes the tallowing report ui mu wu....jj crop of Coffee :? The new crop of Coffee is represented as being larger than ever before known?the lirobs of the trees having to be propped up to prevent their breaking beneath the weight of the growing berries. The. new Coffee would not be in market before the middle of June, Southern Made Saws.?It will be'seen by nn advertisement in another column, that Messrs. Lucas and Strohecker advertise a variety of sawa?oL Southern manufacture. They ;aro from the manufactory of Messrs, Bugler and Boyle, Richmond, Virginia, and are warranted and guaranteed equal to any ip the ^uaiket. Messrs. Lucas and Stroheckci1^^!^ jgfcgj^omplcte^^mM^^^J^ue cutler Geographical Peculiarities of .Morocco. We "abridge the following from a recent Spanish newspaper:? "The Moorish territory is divided, like the Algerine, into 'Tell,' that is, country susceptible of cultivation, and 'Zahnrn,' or desert. The dividing line between these runs between 40 and 50 kilometres south of Uzdah or Undxhnh, on t'iic frontier of Algerian, to Snluga; and thence to the fountains of Siz and Larag'h, on the southern slope of the Atlas; then skirting those mountains, and inclining towards the South, to the Lake Ed-debia, terminates at Cape Nun. The Tell covers a strip of country whose eastern border is nearly paralel to the coast of the Atlantic, 850 kilograms in length, and 300 or 400 in breadth, being about twofifths of all Morocco, and nearly half the ex tent of Spain. . "Morocco is very productive, notwithstanding the neglect of the people. In January the fields are covered with grass, fiowcrs, and young grain ; in March is the barley harvest, and in June that of wheat, maize, and sorgho; and these, under the culture ofmiserable wooden plows and rough harrows, never yield less than thirty fold, and sometimes seventy and even eighty. On the plains and hills grow olives, figs, pomegranates, almonds, oranges, oaks, some of which arc evergreens, and mulberry trees; and their southern slopes bear date palms, whose fruit is one of'the favorite kinds of food of the Moors. "There are also numerous date paints in the north and west; hut their fruit is inferior. It is sufficient to say of the oranges and leuidtis, that they are esteemed above all others in Spain, and, like the grapes, ripen ranch earlier. The melons ripen instantaneously, and therefore "cannot be exported. In short,'all fruits and vegetables abound in Morocco, and are of the finest quality. "But the locusts sometimes produce terrible famines; and by infecting the air when dead, bring on the plague and contagious fevers.? Lions, panthers, hears, hyenas, jackals, and foxes, abound in the woods; while there is much trade in fine camels, oxen, buflalos, horses, mules, asses, and sheep. Poultry is" extremely gbundant. * Camels' arc far cheaper than mules, though carrying heavier burdens, and more able to travel in deserts and on rough roadsi They can transport troops with great rapidity. The horses in the north arc of the Barbary breed, and in the south of the'Arabian, and, although the tyrannical government : seize upon all the beasts -when they can, some ; of the independent tribes iu the interior rear those of the best blood, with the greatest pos- i sible care and attention, equal to what is prac- 1 tised in their original country, and by the i Arabs of the desert." I MkLaxcholv Accident.?A little girl, only 1 four years of age, named Mary Jane, the daughter of Mr. James Martin, residing in Lingnard- j street, was run over by*a dray, yesterday afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, at the cor- ^ ner of Market and Church-streets, and was so ] seriously injured that she died in less than half 3 mi hour. The dray was driven by Jn/t", the slave, of Mr. J. li. llenneker, who alsji owned-P the dray. Coroner M inting was Jtrd'cd to ju^^^hiqucst onjhe'body, and Me jury^ai- j shipped" by tbcHihe of wjjjeh .tln5i/hng hfthe: * first venture. It is specially desirable to re^~~ ceive consignments of produce to load the ves- 1 jel, preparatory to her return to France, w .J SPautanburo and Union Railroad.?Rcadears wlio design enjoying an'd excursion to the delightful regions and summer retreats in the North-Western section of South Carolina, and in tli? AVestern portion of North Carolina, ' should not omit a trial of the Spartanburg and 1 Union Railroad, whose schedule and advantages-are announced in'an advertisement. This road is thoroughly and safely furnished, and the trains are under careful and 'respectable ] conductors. Travelers will be taken within a ' short and easy connection with Glenn Springs or Limestone Springs, and the town of Spartan- < burg, the terminus of-the road, present many 1 lttrtetions and inducements for a visit. ' For cheapness pleasantness and beauty of 1 scenery and ether advantages, no better route can be taken for Buncombe. The Black Re^blican Agitator in* the ' House.?The Princeton (Illinois) Democrat, pnblislied. in the Third District of Illinois, savs i i . i - e tt,.*,, 1 some naru unites m no Owen Lovejfcv, who, it appears", partly by his own admission, went' to Congrbss to revenge ' the death of Ill's brother. The Democrat says J that, during his boisterous and abusive speech the other day, he was very careful not. to mention how he hnd defrauded the disconsolate ( widow of his brother out of the small'cstnte , left hcr'by her husband, leaving her dependent upon the cpld charities of the world. The sister of the unfortunate widow is also nil inmate of the Lee County (Iowa) poor-house. Weather and Crops.?The wheat crop is < all made now. The general impression is, about < two-thirds of a crop will be made. We have seen some good wheat and some very bad.? 1 Tii j corn and cotton arc looking well for the season. The nights, for two weeks past, have been almost too cool for the'eotton plant, but 1 it will be kept in fin$ order notwithstanding by the warm showers and mid-day sun until ; the next month shall open upon it with long, hot days, and-short, warm nights. The rains so far have been opportune, and the prospects ( for corn and cotton crops are flattering. Newberry Conservaiist, 22il inst. The Ckots and Weather.?For the last week or moee, the weather has Leon fine?the days warm, and what we sometimes hear called real growing weather. The nights are a little cool?only pleasantly so. The corn crop looks well; cotton is doing well, and wheat will, wo loarh, unless some unforscen evil overtakes it, make an average crop. Lexington Flag. Seven-it Acres Plowed rv Steam.?Tlic Prime Farmer lias an account of the working of a new steam plow, which the editor has seen hi operation in Minooka, in Grundy .C'oun- l tv. It turns over six furrows, nine feet in width, at the same time, and in seventy-two minutes, including stops, it plowed rather more than two acres and a half. The whole cost of running the machine is estimated at nfiic dollars. Ukiuppy Casualty,?On .Wednesday last, the IGth jnst,, Capt. Jesse DeBruhl, of our. city, was ijccidontiy so injured the falling of a tree top, that ho survived only until the following Saturday morning, Capt. DeBruhl was in excellent health, as we are informed, and was prosecuting, with his characteristic energy, a large planting biisLess in Columbia county, Florida, iljs rcniaii^rjached here on 21 Ih in*/. Death of Hon. William C. Preston. Wc grieve to announce that the Hon. W. C. Preston is no more. The enchanting orator, the brilliant wit, the accomplished man of society, the elegant scholar, the trusting Christian?he who had somany aiid strong titles to our regard and udmiration, has yielded up his spirit and gone to his rest. Honored and blest be his memory, and warmly cherished be the associations of his name and multiplied honors with our community ! The grave into which he has descended so hopefully, ha* swallowed up all, in the living around him, bnt the kindest thoughts, the most touching recollections, and the most heartfelt heiiisons. The bell toils as we write, and sends a thrill of sorrow into the hearts of all, tlrat the venerable form, which enshrmed so.much genius, so many accomplishments srich spotless honor, and such a lofty spirit, shall be seen no more amongst us forever. "Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets." ?But tlicy mourn n?*t without hope. '"If the mere conception of the re-union of good men iu a future state, infused a momentary rapture into the mind of Tully: if an airy speculation could inspire him with such delight, what may we be expected to feel, who are assurtd.ofsucli an event by the true suyinyx of God /" Southern Guardian. ^ ? The Darlington Flag, In a recent uotice of the opening of the 9th volume, says:? While we earnestly desire the continuance of the Federal Union, we will not concede the ninety-ninth part of a hair when its preservation shall require the shadow of a compromise of State Sovereignty. Believing that the only safe-guard, 6f the Union is the faithful execu- 1 tiou of the articles of the Constitution, and the firmness of the South in demanding such a course on the part of the Executives of the dif- ' ferent members of the Confederacy, through 1 the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, we have \ no faith in the availability of that conservatism 1 which would seek to save the Union and avert 1 the dangers and honnors of sectional warfare 5 by compromising with a determined and uncompromising enemy. Let us hear no more i about irntif/inary wrongs, for no wrong \vhicli 1 involves the principles of "truth, justice and ] fhp rV>li5>tiJiltir>ii" pmi hp imnmnnrv I ? The true Democrats of the North who have ^ boon battling'for those great principles tell us they can 'Jo nothiug unless we stand fairly and 1 squarely committed to the world in the momentous struggle which is now going on and 1 will grow hotter during the next Presidential I campaign. If we are modest in out claims, r the foe will become more bold and arrogant n in their demands. There .must be no dough-! faces in onr ranks, and, as Democrats, we can- not stand upon a double-faced platform. We a vsk nothing, but ft hat is right, nothing but ~ what is the inheritance of every white man in a lie Union, and we will liafe nothing less.? 8 Phis is our position. Is it right ? Is it true ? v Is it constitutional ? It is right! It is true! [t i? constitutional! And we will maintain ^ t! I * Presldentnl Dinner. " ^ ,1 his last letter from Washing- i ^^delohia Press, describes a dia- j. Jli rail road depot, and that l^Sj^'se was 0 walking at a moderate pace when tnBiccident tl )ccurred. The driver was arrested inweuinic- o y, anJ lodged in the Guard House. 1 Charleston Mercury, 2-1 th\nst; c - -? ?? ? The State ok Alabama.?The State of Alabama contains 50,722 square miles, and its population in 1855, was 841,704. The State Senate consist', of 33 members, md the House of Representatives 100. Alabama was admitted into .the Confederacy ii 1810. ".Mobile, the only seaport in the State, * s thijd in rank of exporting cities of ttye Union. t The number of convicts in the Penitentiary, :>n the first of October, was 217. Of these 78 | a ere committed for offences against the per- j son; for offences against property. 121; for miscellaneous offences, 18. According to the census of 1855 the population was classified as follows; "Whites404,450. j Insane persons, 404. Slaves 374,782. Free prcsons of color. 2,406. | e . A Mother's Love.?Some of our readers t may recollect a thrilling ballad which was- ( written on the death of a woman who perish- f id in the snow drifts of the mountains. That ] mother bore an infant on her bosom, and when ( the storin waxed loud and furious, true to a , mother's love, she rent her own garment, and t wrapped them around her babe: The morning x bund her a "corpse, but her babe survived. * That babe grew to manhood. Now thrilling must be his thoughts of that mother. How many a mother is there who would die for her son. Let sons when far away from home, on the land or sea, when the eye of no mother is upon them, remember her love, and be restrained by it from entering the path of vice. Let them say nothing, do nothing, which a mother would not approve, and they never will bring down her gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. The Geokgia Lotteries A::oi.isiied.?All 1 the Georgia Lottery Grants are foreclosed by t prohibition of tbe drawing, under a penal en- ] uctincnt of the Statu Legislature, to take effect ( on the first day of June, 18C0. The. act was ; passed at the session of 1858; and the owners : of legalized grants arc making arrangements t to close up the business. Therefore all letter- i ies pretending to be drawn in Georgia, after < the above date, must be illegal, and. a fraud 1 upon the public. Dcstructirc Fires IVear ESosion. Hoston, Mass., May 21. J On Saturday night the l'jiper-Hnngiiig Fac- ( torv and four buildings adjoining, belonging to Norton NeWcani, Jr., in Maiden, were destroyed by fire. Loss Si 2,000?half insured. i At the same time four wooden dwellings in ( Somerville, owned by J. M. Oniric, of Norwich, , Conn., were burned. Loss S3,000, Weather and Crops.?The weather with us, with the exception of a few rather chilly nights for the season, has been for some time very favorable to tender vegetation and crops, we learn from various parts of the District, arc looking well.'?Orangeburg Southron. Crops in* Georgia.?Our Georgia exchanges speak in the most flattering terms of the growing crops in that State. In the Cherokee country the iate frosts nipped the cotton in some places, but generally corn, wheat and cotton, now promise an abundant harvest. Lip Service.?A Chicago surgeon was caled upon the other night by a man who wanted his lip "mended" he "had the'piece in his hand, comprising the entire under lip from corner to corner, which a big niggier had bit out in a fight. The surgeon cleaned it and sewpd it on in the faint hope it wofd'l stfy there. i ? i * Trvm the Sumter Watchman.] Railroad Meeting. At a meeting of the citizens of Clarendon District, assembled at Manning, on the 11th inst., on motion of Dr. John I. Ingrain, Hon. L. F. Rhame was called to the Cliair, aud W, E. Keels requested to act as Secretary. By request of the Chairman, Dr. John I. Ingram explained the object of the meeting W. J. N. Hammet then offered for the com sideration of the meeting the follwing preamble and Resolutions. Whereas, it is in contemplation by the citi-. zens of Lancaster and Sumter District, to con-: struct a Railroad, commencing in or near the village of Lancaster, passing by Bishopville, nnH rVionfP tn unth flip Vnrtli 7?ocfi?rt? Railroad, and whereas, also, the citizens of Sumter at a public meejjng on the 3d -Mjiy inst., held at Carter's Crossing, have invited the citizens of Clarendon to join with them in their deliberations upon the route and. construction of the proposed> Railroad at a Convention to bo held at Bisliopville 011 the 15th of May inst. Therefore ' Resolved 1. That we, the citizens of Clarendon, are awore of the importance of the construction of a Railroad will be to the interestsof this District, in developing its resources, botl? in an agricultural and mechanical point of view, should snch Road be made to pass in a central line through Clarendon Revolved 2. That twenty-five Delegates, he appointed by this meeting, whose duty it shall be to represent Clarendon in the proposed Convention on the 15th instant, mid that they are . hereby instructed to press tbe claims of this liberal subscription to the completion of said Road; provided, it is made to pnss through this portoin of the District. Resolved 3. That should the proposed Convention determine 011 the route for a Railroad through this portion of Clarendon, the Chairman of this meeting is empowered and requestid to call at an early day and adjourned meeting of the citizens of this District, to hear the. report of the aforesaid delegates and to take >uch action as may then be necessary. Messrs. W. -'J. N. Hammet, and John P. [iicherdson, Jr., made forcible and conclusive' ipeecbes, advocating for the location of the, doad, the route from Bisliopville, Sumter and1 Manning, fb some point 011 (flic North Eastern Railroad. The Preamble and Resolutions were unani: nously adopted. On motion of Dr. John I. Jngram a comnittee of Five, to report,immediately was ap>oiuted by the Chair, to nominate delegates to opreseut this District in the Convention to issembled at Bishopville on the 1,5th ilist. The Chair appointed Dr. John I. Ingram, It., L Chandler, W. J. N. Hnmniet, W^. C. Nelson ind Maj. Joim Whitworth on that Committee ?The Coniniilte withdrew, and after a sho?*t_, bsence, returned, uml reported the followilng ;eut)cnien as delegates to said Convention, rhicli was unanimously adopted, viz*: { S. \V* Nelson, J. P. Richardson, Jr Ji S. JeFaddin, E. K. Plowden, 11. Kelly, W. T. .esesne, U. A. Bctlinne, S. E.--N. Plowden, W. J. Keels, D. E. Hodge, J. L. Nelson, John C, lethuno, \V. R. Coskery, Dr. Jns. McCtfalcy. B. A. Walker, T. H. fconners, R. L. McLeod, . C. Blackwell, John K^nTetiT^P^ri^niTTiT^^rnrctakingthcirsuper. You n-ej'ivo a card about the size of an , rdinary plavWrd, and if you are invited by G lie President tlm dinicnr.ioWof -tlie card are ouble, and geiier;illv rcaHs'as Inflows: a "The President requests the honor of your ? oinpany to dinner on Friday, April G, at C t 'clock, p. in. An early answer is requested." _ If you go to the President's you are expectd to dress in your best clothes, and to wear rhite gloves. Von arc introduced into the mull reception room, where you find the Preident, Miss Lane, Mrs. Judge Roosevelt, James Juchar.an, jr., and the rest of the household. Utcr being duly presented to theiu, you wait he arrival of other gwests. The private sccrcary, Mr. Buchanan, jo, quietly informs you ^ hat you are to csccrf-t to t\ie dinner such a ady, whom he now ititroduccs to you, and tiic ady in your company is presented to another rentlemen, who is to be her companion during lie feast. The hour having arrived, the eoni>any move into a large drawing room, where hey are dazzled by the gorgeous display of date and gas light, and see a number of grace- } ul waiters, also in white gloves, whose busi- t less it is to attend to the guests. The President ] akes his seat not at the head of/ the table, but \ m the side exactly midway, Miss Lane acting ? is his vis-a-m. Yon find your name bcMitifuly written on a card laid upon the plate, before t he seat you are to occupy, and the entertain-11 ncnt begins. The cooking is generally French ! j looking, the wiiics costly and rare; and you vill soon have an opportunity of hearing the 'great man" talk. You need "not be informed . hat Mr. Buchanan is one of the most delightiil diners in the world. He has a fund of imall talk for the ladies, a Variety of old-fashion- J d anecdotes, and, as he is by no means ' paring of the juice of the grape, lie grows ' liorc easy, and more affable, and more agrcea-1 In :is tin! ri-nast o-ocs on. callinsr out one after |c *1 O ' w . I ] lie other of the company, ana paying compli- \ ncnts to the ladies, occasionally taking wine j! vith them. You never ask tht President to j ako wine with yon, but wait to be invited by j lini. Alter remaining in this-dclightful socie-1 y for several" lrours, at a given signal from the !! ['resident the company rise, return.to the re- j j icption room, where they are served With coffee u:dtMfjnms, pr, if they prefer it, with brandy, 1 il'terwliL-h you take your leave, and'go home :o remember tlic hospitalities you have enjoyed Some of these dinners are dull and stately I :nough, but I have' known them to be as de- < iglitful as tb>i most genial could desire. J' .Moxlmextai..?A monument of marble ! i with a shaft 10 feet high," has been finislicd in ['; Charleston, S. C., to be placed at the bloody [ field of Wax haw's where Col. Tarleton, with a Joiibly superior force, slaughtered nearly a whole regiment of 350 Virginians, under Col. , AbrahanflJuford, after they had surrendered. Hie Virginians had left home for the relief of Charleston, but hearing of the surrender of that city, were returning when surprised and cut off. Jt was from this fiendish massacre that sprung the American war cry, "Remember i'arlctjon's quarters." A British historian con-! losses that at this battle "The Virtue of hu- j inanity was totally forgotten." .... , ,r I Laugb (J.vkgo.? J lie Savannan ivew.1 says i the steamship Joseph Whitney, C'apt. Loveland, which cleared Saturday afternoon R>r Boston, | had a very large Sargo, said to the largest ever j shipped from that port. It was as follows:! 1,080 hales upland cotton, 375 bags peas, 50 casks rice, 250 dry hides, 100 boudlcs do., and 60 packages merchandize. Half of the grapes at Vcvay, Indiana, a wine-' producing district of the State, have been killed i by the late frosts. Jk Appointment,?Mr. Isaac Mordeca^Sj city, has been appointed Notary Excellency Governor Gist. v x4$E ^ fflHHHjl^nB ;jmBm BBRHHB9^H^HHHMHHBi I ? "^Ml Ippointcd to nominee delegate*. and ti^fl lian of meeting, were adclecf to the h'st^| rates to the Biseopviile Contention. On motion of Ji P.Mclnj'rJson, Jr., ip ^^^^^^^^roceeuin^oniiisnteeting^be niblisljctl in the Clarendon Banner, the Sum- m er, Kershaw, Lancaster and . "Williamsburg pjv*?$ On motion the meeting then adjourned. L. F. KHAME, Ch'nv . W. E. Keels, See'y. Death of a Merchant. Al'oi'sta, Mav 231 Andrew Burnside, a prominent and weft' mown merchant of Hamburg, South Carolina*, lied very suddenly in b*s store, this after- _/? loon. Tremendous Tornado. Cincinnati, May 2.?, Tire most destructive tornado ever known icrc, passed over this region on Monday. fu he city it is known that six were killed and a urge-nupiber injured. The Church steeples vere blown down, and the houses unroofed?' oinc of thqm being totally demolished. The telegraph line? were prostrated, antl rains blown from the track. Many vessels lithe river were stove, and the damage to pro* >erty is thought to be immense A Real IIelisher of a Joke.?A man late* y received twenty lashes well laid on, at tho vhipping-post in an English town. The cul>rit, instead of bellowing when the constable ipplied the lash, laughed immoderately, which nadc the angry officer lay on with b; r !er fore"* 3n giving him the twentieth blow the angry ifficer could stand it no longer "Well, here, nistcr," said the offended officer, "I've dono ?y duty, and I enn lick yc no more, but I'd est like to know what it is that's so funny!"' ^ ^ 'Funny!" roared the other, "why it's excellent Yon"on got the wrong Smith,I I ain't the man bat was to be whipped ? It's the other one ! N'ow you'll have to go u an ovci uguimu Really it's ton goid\ You must lick the otRer nan ! Ha ! ha I'1 A young ensign of a regiment stationed .not . tar from Manclie.<tcr, residing in loding, the- f 4 sitting room of which was very small, was visited by one of his fashionable friends, who? an taking leave, said : "Well, Charles, ho<v much longer do you moan to stop in this nut- * \ >hell ?" To which he wittily replied : "Until! I become a kernel!*' A fire which lists been raging for about eight Jays in the woods of Maine, has reached the- _ town of Prcsquc Isle and destroyed property to the amount of $25,000. 1 An excessive drought is prevailing in the Western States, south of Minnesota. The farmors iu Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa, arc sutic severely. A Printer's Wit.?The New emits the following beam : entered cuscd the compositor of noU4S9^H^MH8B?HBra liis communication, wher^Bj replied : "I'm not a nd^BBH| Every adj ness, a 1 wa "So lone^tf^^H