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VOLUME XXI. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, ^TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1860. . NUMBER 42.
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4 YE SONS OF CAROLINA.
Te aon.3 of Carolina,
Our Eutaw flag that bear,
And glory in a glorious name,
That knows not shame or fear;
Tha sacred trophy that ye keep,
The matchless names ye own,
Stili need tiiac your aeea
Shall not shame the triumphs known:
Shall not shrink from battle's raging: fires,
* Shall not shame the triumphs known.
'The memories of bat'.lo
[ Shouid be living in your souls,
^ "While the crimson plaius of Eutaw rise,
And the stream of Ashley rolls;
On shores whore gallant Moultrie fought,
Tour hearts shall gather flame,
"Which shall light, through the fight,
To* as proud and pure as fame ;
'Though the storm of battle rages wild,
Which shall light yc still to fame I
.Your souls shall need no succor,
Though the tempest rages fast,
"While ye prize'the mighty memories
That have famous made the past :
* While ye think of Marion's rifles,
And of Sumter's gleaming blade,
And the name, and the fame,
In your Kutaw flag displayed:
> . Ofdhe proud and matchless name ye bear,
And liio Kinnnr fltill flifinlnvpd.
That banner still shall triumph,
In the troublous storm at I.and,
And ye shall joy, beneath its folds,
To light each meteor brand;
Wild then shall rise, ye warriors,
Tour shouts above the blast,
As ye claim, for each name,
A brave triumph liko the past;
" -T As ye vravo your Eutaw banner high,
In a triumph like the past.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Colioqcjr bctwecu Ittr. Yancey and
JPartont Brownlaw.
Hon. W. L. Yancey spoke at Nashville,
Tetin? on the 18th nit. The Register reports
Ins address, and says that just as lie was closing,
Mr. Manly asked the speaker the question : I
"What would you do if Mr. Lincoln was elected
^ President frt Mr. Yancey called his interrogator
to the stand, and, alluding to the fact that he
r had resided twelve years in New England,
answered Mr. Manlv's question hy asking
another, viz: "Who are you in favor of for
Presidentr Mr. Manly replied; John Bell;
and Mr, Yancey asked him if he would indorse
what Mr. Bell had said regarding a dissolution
^ of the Union! Mr. Manly replied that he
r asked the question at the suggestion of five
other gentlemen, Messrs. J. It. Rogers, Win.
Rogers, John M. Fleming, G. Srowulow,
ad O. P. Temple^ They were invited to the
ataod,; and asked the same question seriatim.
; - : i
>,C, Mr. Brownlow, in answer to it said yes, and
-added?I propose when the secessionists go.to ,
. ..Washington to- tWhmno I innnU._J a*" .
W aeising a bayonet and forming an army to resist
? atich an attack, and they shall walk over my
ArnmA twwtv ns tliiMr wav.
S. R. "Rogers indorsed Mr. Brownlow's posi*
tion.
J. M. Fleming?if Mr. Bell had been interrogated
on this point, lie would indorse bis
answer.
When tLe question was asked Win. Rogers,
Mr. lirownlow said, we all answer in tlie affirmative.
Yancey?I asked him. I suppose lie knows
better than you, unless you have agreed on a
stereotyped answer.
Brownlow?No, wc have not been initiated
into your league.
Yancey?No, or you would have been a
* fetter Southern man.
Mr. Yancey then read an extract from John
Bell's spcecli, and said: Now, gentlemen, 1
will answer your question, and answered it in
the following words:
now proceed to answer this question,
kfengh nuablc to perceive in what manner
iny future act in Alabama can in the leasdegree
affect your votes here, on the question
of the election of a President.
"By an act of the General Assembly of AlaLama,
passed last winter, it is made the duty of
tlie Governor, in the event a Black Republican
whail be elected President, in a certain period
after he ascertains it (thirty days, I believe) to
make proclamation of the fact, and that an
eieetioti fciiall then be held by the people to j
elect delegates to a Convention of the people ;
of die Slate, which Convention will consider j
what die sovereignty and wrongs done lie j
Slate requires at his hands.
"As I said to you in the earlier part of my
rich, I am a States Rights man?believing in
right of a State to command the allegiance
and obedience of its citizens, and therefore that
iny allegiance is first due to uiy State. 1 do
not believe in exercising the individual natural
right of rebellion, until both State as well as
Federal Constitutions are broken and my rights
destroyed. If the Federal Constitution shall bo
broken and destroyed by the usurpation of a
higher law faction, my right to resist is subordinate
to my allegiance to my State Constitution.
As an individual, therefore, I shall not
rebel against such an election, for that would
be rebellion also against my own State authority
But whatever course Alabama may take.
fat course I shall be found as a citizen, and
if'it is to fcquisece, I shall do so?if it is so to
secede I shall cast my fortunes with thatuf the
'State. If the Convention shall see fit to go
into a consultation with the other Southern
^0^ States and act as they agreed, I shall abide by
action. If it shall decide to demand new ;
" "* ^fflBHjfcrantce* for its rights, before it will remain
.^^ MMnger in the Union, I shall acquiesce in that.
IIE-fll*finc> as I am bound bv, so shall I acquiesce
IinI, nil that my State may decide to do.
i "If mv State resists, I shall go with her, and
jf I meet this gentleman (pointing to Mr. I
Brownlow) marshaled with his bayonet to op- j
pose us, I'll plunge my bayonet to the hilt:
Shrough and through his heart, and fee! no j
nmpnnctiom for the act, and thank my God |
py country has been freed from such a foe. j
This man, forgetful of his nativity, had uttered i
patricidal sentiments of hostility towards men J
If the South who differ with him upon their j
|iewB of their rights, and the timeai.d manner
|n which they should be asserted and supported,
but who, if they err in judgment, err on
the side of patriotism and through their devotion
to their native land. If Providence in
pity refrains from sending its thuudcrlmlt,
Crushing this old oak tree, whose boughs now
Shelter us, and which has lifted its head to
Heaven since the days of Washington and our
revolutionary sires?he, hut one individual of
jilie South, might safely leave the author of
such sentiments to the reproaches of his own
conscience and the retributive justice, which,
sooner or later, ever overtakes those who oppose
tbeir country's zeal. He recognized those who
came on the stand as gentlemen, and he bore j
ho personal malice tow ards them. lie hoped
uo malitia office would be conferred 011 this
gentleman (pointing to Mr. Brownlow.) He
had better preach. He regretted that he had
been diverted from words of peace through
interruption. He called it an interruption. He
called it an interruption but in one sense, and
that not an offensive one. lie thanked the
people for their kindness and courtesy. He
also thanked the Hell men who were gentlemen,
and those not gentlemen. He knew the
power of the Press, the base slanders it had
uttered against him, and between now and the
end of the canvass they would still go where
his voice could not reach. Their lies were like
a scrubby quarter nag, while Truth was a
thorough-bred four-mile horse. On a short
race the quarter nag was always successful, but
thorough-bred Truth w:is always victorious in
a long race.
After a few other eloquent and coniplimen
1. . . . I . !_.! _ V? _
ian, remarKs to inc lame*, jir. i aiicey
| closed.
lliUlitUle, Wi^JllsEiOrO,
S. C.
Mkssks. Editoiis : Om: of your number is
bound to take an. interest in the aiuionncomeiiL
which follows, as it relates to his native
District. Many others who wish to keep tip
with tiie times in educational news, will he
glad to hear that Mount Zion Institute now
promises to renew its youth and redeem its old
historic place among the literary institution of
our State. Since the death of that remarkably
successful teacher, J. \V. Hudson, who for
nearly thirty years crowded its halls with pupils,
circumstances have, rather been unfavorable
to its prosperity. The Trustees have now
called to us head two gentlemen, under whose
control we hope to ste its iortunes rise again.
One of them is <'ol. John A. Leland, so well
known (we use tins ambiguous expression in its
very best sense) to many of our citizens, who
remember his private and personal worth, during
a residence of several years in our community.
He leaves a Professorship in Davidson
College, N. C., to return to his native State,
lie began life as a young teacher, in Catnden,
S. C., twenty years Hgo. His genial sympathy
with the young, and his" intrinsic sense of right,
seeined to supply the lack of extended experience.
He combined to an unusual degree gentleness
and firmness. He was not simply a
trin,l teacher?lit- was more?be was a man.
When he uiet a pupil who on the point of yie'dto
discouragement, because the chances of life
seemed-to shut hint out from x liberal education,
he encouraged him, and by kindness in
word and deed changed the current of his
life. ' *
ilia colleague at that time was Leslie MoOandless,
Esq., cvcfi then remarkable for thorough
scholarship and untiring industry in his
own study and the school room. There *?ns
sufficient difference between these two young
teachers to lay the foundation of an intimate
friendship, as well ps t<? furnish the supplementary
traits necessary totlionianngeincntofagood
school. Mr. McC. has been engnged in teaching
in Camden ever since, having declined, a few
years since, a Professorship in the South Cnro
iina College, rather than relinquish his school.
By a singular coincidence he is now elected
the.associate of Col. Leland in the Mountjfton
Institute. He leaves Camden, where tho whole
of liis*profcssional life has been spent, to unite
.with tho friend of his earlier years in the aitemnt
jo hnild up a Classical and .Preptjjratory
"which iimfluo' second to xioiie" in the States.
We hope to hear early next session that all
our old rooms and benches arc filled.
AX OLD MT. ZlOX BOY.
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New Atlantic Tclegrjpli,
'I lie seas, we trust, will soon he cabled, ami
the. globe hegirt with telegraph wires. The
failure of the Atlantic telegraph ought not
seriously to discourage us. It indeed demonstrates
two things?that a cable can be laid between
the old world and the new, and that the olectric
spark can be transmitted from the one to
the othes. Had the first steamboat exploded at
the close of its trial trip, would steam navigation
have been given up! Had the first steamship
that crossed the Atlantic Iweii wrecked
on her first, voyage, would the idea of navigating
the ocean bv steatu have been a'niinijoued !
A new telegraphic ro ite has law.; proposed by
do! >SintV -ei* b-'tw?'i?!i this intntrv aud / r?c.by
w?:\ ?>i Labrador. irsmland. a.. 1 r <"
islasa.s. It has been aireudv s-.tti-vej i,v its
: !?.? < ', wl hi reports that it is free from any
. I -I :-?? u <in/l ?,il< <11,.,< i
' lot cri-toent to make a iimr:- careful aud
authoritative survey. The advantages of the
route stride from the shortness of the s::i>iiii;ri ;e
cables. The Government survey, it is hoped,
may be made, as it might be justified by the
claims of science alone The J'anish Govrnment
has conceded the r:_!*i of laying the
lino through tJroi-u'ued ?; V- i-finds. The
. -I'S-otal
sn'C-t *! i : v: * tt?* hcikievik.
a 'i.w-. \ >. the idund;
thence to the so t!io*rn end ??! (liveniatid distattec
troin 500 to GOO niiics; thence by land
lines from the eastern shore of (Greenland to
Juliatisliaah; thence a submerged line leads to ,
Hamilton's inlet, on the coast of Labrados, a
distance of 600 miles, thence land lines proceed
to the. shores of St. Lawrence. Such
points, it is said, can be chosen for carrying
the line to the land as will protect it Iron the
disturbance of icebergs. The water by this
route varies from 300 fathoms to 1500. It is
computed that the speed of transmission would
he twenty words a minute. There are more
extensive enterprises on foot; they seem visionary,
but there is no setting limits io the achievement
of science.? Adroca'r unit Join nut.
A Hit of Advice.?The following were the
coin-fading remarks of Col. O. A. Lochrane, in
- -> i- . - ,r._ i__. i
Ills Iiuuress 10 me graduate* ai me i.?>u v^i.-innicnceinent
of the Reform Medical College, at
:'uaeor:
"As . means of resisting the temptations of
youth, I would only repeat a long entertained
conviction, that young men should marry early
in life, and commence its cares with some
loving heart to iean upon, and the inspiration
of some, soft sweet voice to nerve him for the
conflict of cftre into which he enters. Let her
be no painted butterfly to lead liim along tlie
path of pleasure ; but let kindness warm lier
heart, affection beam in her eye, truth cling to
her lips, and ahove all, let her intelligence be
linked with religious convictions. With her,
life's darkest hours will brighten wiih h*>pe, its
worst fortunes he met with courage. She will
bring heaven to earth, to cheer you with its
promises, and even through her tea is will- rise
a bow ot happiness to span your future, and
betoken a brighter t?i-i?iorrou for your fortunes."
But for the sorrows of the heart, where
would the affections find tiieir strength Our
virtues, like the aromatic shrpbs of the forest,
only give out their sweets when their leaves
are bruised and trampled. Lie who has not
felt sorrow may be scarcely said to have known
love; since the most precious joys of the soul
arise from sympathies that arc seldom known
till they are necessary to soothe an infirmity,
or Fatisfv a need.
Anion Kendall.
Amos Kendall must now be nearly one
hundred years old. Don't let any one imagine
that we mean to hint that lie is in his second
childhood. Jiut without disrespect or cffcctation,
we really thought the poor old fellow
was dead a quarter of a century ago. ?c
distinctly remember that when a hoy, thirty, or
maylmps thirty-five years hack, Kendall and
Blair (the hand game and ho?n-t F. 1'.) were
engaged in making mints of money out of the
Dtmocratic party, and in persecuting John C.
Calhoun with the bitterest hatred. Calhoun
and his friends, after a period, got the better
of this braee of worthies. By way of showing
his gratitude lor past favors, and of trying the
temper of the people of Maryland, among
whom he lives while trading on treason, Blair
and his hopeful demagogue sons are now busily
engaged in aiding and abetting .the triumph of
! the Black Republicans,
i Not to be outdone, Kendall makes adcclarai
tiott fur the little "sucker," and appears before
! the public, resurrecting from his death-like
political sleep in the shape of a long letter to
Col. Orr, ul .South Carolina, heretofore recognized
as one of the most moderate of all
>outhern Statesmen. In this epistolary effusion
the venerable gentleman . plays, in his
fashion, the role o{patriotic conservatism. He
: is so anxious to prove the Constitutional Democracy
in the wrong, that he deems it his first
duty to apologize for Black Republicanism.
He then proceeds to defend sq-ntt-r sovereignty;
to threaten the Southern States with the
Federal power, supported by an army of two
hutidred thousand -Yankee volunteers, and to
denounce Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Breckinridge, the
Democratic Senate, and the whole Constitutional
part}-, as being no better than a set of
i disunion conspirators. The Southern States,
lie thinks, have wrongs to. endure, present and
prospective, "hard to be borne," but he is of ,
opinion they had better "grin and benr them"
i than to be ravaged by volunteer Yankee armies.
1 Besides, be is of the further opinion that the
Southern States can safely trust themselves to
j the good sense and generosity of the moderate
j men in the Middle States, who, after Lincoln's
j election, will undoubtedly band together to
: check the contemplated rascalities of the Aboli- 1
i tion Administration. *
j Now we have not referred to Mr. Kendall's let- '
I ter for the purpose 5f undertaking to criticise it- 1
minutely or to answer in detail its several specifications.
Life is too short for such a business. But
while we sympathize with Mr. Kendall's Union 1
sentiment we differ with him as to the best '
means of ensuring the stability of the Government.
Mr. Kendall's fortune is principally invested,
as we learn, in e/eyraphie line*, and he can '
hardly claim to be a citizen of any Southern 1
State. We can, therefore, easily comprehend !
how he should prefer the peace of the country '
and the enjoyment of her telegraphic property, !
depending entirely on the public tianquility, '
to any consideration for the property rights and j
! personal security of the Southern people. There
is up telling how many thousands of miles of 1
telegrapliie'poias and lines .Mr. Kendall had in '
his mind's eye,, while composing his philo- '
sophiea! and patriotic letter. Thrxt trleoraphie
pelts and lines wu tilth be* the eery first Ihiur/s '
to i.o down in utter wart; utid ruin in the event J
of civil comow'ionx. Is it unreasonable, then, J
i to suppose that Mr. KendallVpatriotism is in )
| the pur valor of his tclegrjin^^stock, and 1
Iqgj^gl^j^j^much ^
-i.: v
mm $ *?? VAIJJV....-V, m/ s
I ern rights ? c
(,'n the contrary, the patriotism of a Virginian 1
or (ieorgian is not so much in the ancient v
: Kendall's telegraphic dividends as in the safety !'
of his negro property, in the political iudepen* '
. deuce of his State, or in the personal security J
of himself and his wile and chiidren. In view '
j of tliesc indisputable matters of fact, wc pro|
pose to Mr. Kendall that, instead of tniug to '
| convince the people of the Southern States
i already suffering gross wrongs, as he admits, to J
j hear, -with unexampled patience, additional
j injuries and accumulated disgrace to he visited
: on thrin, in the event of Lincoln's election,
; that he had hotter persuade his friend, Judge <
Douglas to consent to aeh a fusion of the conm;
i n o.
ScI'Va-lVi.' wcniilltcill III 111jmcuk: oiaics as i
?i!i defeat Mr. Liie oln's election. Tliis coin- j
htuulmi* :*.*?.* iie cffe -ted, its we nil know, if |
oi:g n?? ! I.is "straight out" friends will
iijir.- ir faith. is not an ounce of
V 'l- . WOSt!' it poultd of >111*0? ( )til* Hgod
friend perceives it wisi-inaxiin here.
Then instead "f abusing tl.e < 'onstitntkiiiiil
i . . mo-T.i'T Hit'J All*. JitlcliaiiHU, why will not
Ai:. Kenbili arraign the Abolitionists. and IioIiJ
tiii the.tr villiti-.oils design* to tin- general people
? Instead of i*i);il:seKiiig tlie South to stillmit,
knowing tlnit no portion of tin* American
pen pi,* .mil be persuaded to submit to real | t
tyranny, why should not Mr. Kendall tell the
Black Kepi'.iilicaits to desist fi*MU their unblushing
treason J Instead of giving aid and
futntort. to tin; >?<piatter Sovereignty humbug,
,. * h> t:id not. .Mr. Kendall advise Judge
i a>tigia< to retire from the canvass, in which
lite question is not possible or probable success,
but whether lie can obtain one single electoral
vote.
Here is the true and only remedy. Let
Douglas withdraw, and we can elect JJreck!
ittridgc and Lane without the sligliest doubt.
, Pennsylvania would be certain for them, and
the pros'lit danger will pass over us as a dark
and angry cloud passes from tile sun, whose
briirhtness it has for a time obscured. This is
the way, Mr. Kendall, to preserve your telcj
graphic poles and lines and stock. Depend on
it, that when the country shall abandon all
thought of covering the Southern people with
a moral stigma and robbing them of their
Territorial rights, and when it shall abandon
the ''irrepressible conflict," and settle down,
under the decision of the Supremo Court of
I the L'nited States, on the great principle of
; State equality and sovereignty, the true Democratic
platform, all will he peace and content,
now irtid henceforth.
J'hiladclphiu I'cnumjh'aiiian. 1
Ham.roaij Condvctoi!.?The rail road con- '
. dnctor is one of the productions of the age, a !
J recent phase of humanity. Amid the roar of a '
, score or two of iron wheels, and dying like a
j bird, lie must lead a quiet life ; accurate amid
confusion ; patient amid vexation ; courteous
amid censure and complaint ; and prompt as
: the sun. A first rate conductor can he made out I
j of no poorer materiel than a first rate man.
? - ?.../I.w.f. fli.it- u'tu
JOll WHS never ll irimuiuiui, v..... .......
spilled liiin. Of all torts of money, all sorts of |
weather, lie is the special victim. lie cannot j
keep aloof from a bear or a bore, any more j
than lie can form a bride 01 a beauty.
Like death, he must approach '"with equal !
step," ami pay his respects to every body, lie j
must bo accountable for the snow drift that |
obstructs the track, for the broken rail that turn- j
hies the train into the ditch, for the cars that
tailed to connect. He must know when everybody
will get everywhere, what will it cost to ;
go, ami where is it best stay. He meets poo- j
pie sometimes who do not know where they are '
going, and he must be able to tell t hem, people
who do not know where they got cbonrd, and '
lie must gently remind them.
A wise man will desire no more than lie
may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, i
1 arid leave contentedly. j
i
The IiiNurrct*l<?iiary Plot In Virginla?Several
Aryesl* Tlndc?Important
Development*.
Tlierc seems to be I some foundation for the
rumor mentioned on; Saturday, that an insurrectionary
plot has ^been fomenting among
some of the negroes ir Princess Anne and Norfolk
Counties, Va. The Norfolk papers of
Saturday bring us various exciting accounts in
regard to the affair. The Aiyu*, of that city,
says;?
Several negroes liaxe been arrested in Princess
Anne, and their confessions (though in
some cases extorted) have developed the same
story, and led to further, arrests. The confessions
show that a ri^^^^as contemplated
at Hickory 0'ronmJ, in aoiWK- uouuty, 10morrow
(Sunday) night, and thai the matter
was instigated by t'reej persons, some of them
free negroes. Two arrests have been made in
Norfolk city, and the tmil is fully struck.
The citizens of the two Counties have resorted
to vigilant measures to suppress this vile
conspiracy, and to detect all offenders of all
colors. Active patrols have been organized?
and gone to work. We advise all suspected
white persons to quit th'c^parts "lietwecn two
days." On ThursdajT night, a white man
naiticd Fly nr. was shot:-lend by a patrol party
in Norfolk County, on Jjie Hue of the canal,
about 17 miles from Portsmouth; There were
several men engaged iiirAptehiiig ; and they
were camping out in that neighborhood. The
place was suspected, a)id their tent visited by
the patrol for a search. '.When the patrol approached
the tent, and 'dialled, the man Flynn
came out and aimed Ifls gun at Mr. Warner,
one of the party ; but before he could fire, lie
was shot dead by another of the parly, At
the same moment a negro darted from the tent
" w' ornnriA.-l !?? tvlutrla A fr/>n llftfirrn
iiiiv.1 w*.-npv;u nuu mv < w j
named Dick Smith, has Been shot also; lie,
however, is not dead. We understand that lie
war shot while running from some gentlemen
who were endeavoring to arrest him for ^>iuc
incendious expression that lie had used. ]>cn
negroes are said to be in-custody in PrtSkiss
Anne and two in Norfolk&ity.
The Norfolk liny fiooffpi of Saturilny^freniug,
has the following^^yi^. .
Wc continue from
ihe surrounilinpMH^HH^H^^^KinlL'iiseA
free negfl^M^^^^^^B^elinrst,
was committed to jau^^M^Fningpby Justice
3ihson, informed that^Hntleinan that a plan
jf operations had beeJnmaturing ever since,
ast spring, and that a freJ negro, named Dick
Ryan, had written to the Worth and engaged,
the services of parties-tlufe who were?to ar ivc
at Old Point or Norfolk this/c.ytfiii)ig,-in
r vessel, with arms and nnirij who^'wen; to as-;
list in the liberations of our. slkvcstoririorrow'
[Sunday) night. Upon tljc tyccptionpflbb
nformation, fiar a# iospct^^M^wofr'as"
.'an be found in Norfolk ll^Ht^^Mrossed a
otter to Mayor Lamb, whofwifl^akc Hie nc:essary
steps towards the [loveio/incut of the
iclicme, and the* arrest ofMgrossel should it
irrivc on our coast. "
Th rec negroes?two frttoVaifl oife slavevlio
had been examined bthe
iountv, were committed S*?|^^6jrt^iiidntli
ail this morning, by JustioiGihijOt}. The declopinelits
in their case (jg'ilar'towArr's provng
tlrcir complicity in tlxTf cireine. ' Thus.far,
iftccn or twenty arrests haf'rbeen made, and'
m"'
iessary witnesses can he B?tten together. liJ
he meantime, armed im"1 are Kconrimr the
roods and swamps of the co"ntie.s iT.imed,
ind the negro Dick Itvarr w''l he captured, but
t is feared he will be' sl4(,t <low" before anyhing
like information ea'1 begotten train him.
I'lie excitement against him is very great*as
le is regarded as one of t!ii* ring-leaders in the
Movement.
The Cotton Manufacrt"i'C ofErtffhmtl.
From an article in the London Qunifrr/i/
Review, entitled "Cotton 'Spinning .Machines
md their Inventors," we the following
txtracts: *
One of the remarkable results of the Cotton
naiiiifncture has been tl?e creation of Liver)ool,
which, from an obrc,,ru fishing village, j
as grown up into one 01 l'ie largest ports in j
he world. In 1858 the' registered tonnage I
>f Liverpool was 4,441, 9^*1 tons. In 1758 the :
otal imports of Canton!!!!0 n" England did
iot amount to inor|||ffin^l>ree millions of
the Vktaa^^J^^Hj^m^-ousiiuied
eaiidlewii'H^^^^^^^^^^^BP century
the (pinlMj^^^HHHIVipallv
Jvcipool, was upwi^U^^Wonsaiid luiliious
if pounds. It is ohvioiis ",at fhe Cotton man- i
tincture fs not without ?* perils. In ijie eoningeney
of a war wi1'1 either America or
'ranee, unless England c0,,l?' secure, by means
if her maritime police, t'ie ""k transit liv sea
if the raw Cotton iiiwai''"' "MCI t'"' manulaetiir:d
fabrics outwards, a "Late af tilings would j
nddeiilv be developed |l'ronghout the Cotton I
naiitifactiiring districts H'bicli the mind sliud- |
lets to contemplate.
Tin. nntii'n I'miImp of the Cotton CVnp, SMVS |
ilr. Ash worth, should 't evcr occur, would
ittcrlv destroy, ami, ?<fliaps forever, all the
Manufacturing prosper?}' Wo possess. Figures
:an give hut a faint idia t'm present actual
alnc of the Cotton iiraM?faeture as a branch
>f British imlustrv: hut u'? will mention that
lie total value of tli- C otton ii.aniif'aetiires
in ion n Is to about si)'}"s'x millions sterling
'C.irlv, ami deduct in* the value of the raw j
Jetton, which is abi1"- twenty-six millions, I
here remains in the '?""try an anntiii.' sum
)f aliout forty million^ sterling, which is disributed
amongst tli- work-people as wages,
unongst the manufn;"irus as profits, and anongst
the various c'hvr hraiiees ofindustrv
vhicli mainly depeir' upon it for their cxisetice.
...
Lvcie.v hen Dr. Franklin was |
n i'aris, negotiatingthe alliance with France, |
lie was visited one ilorn'Mg bv a young sprig !
jf the j\i>b/rssrt wli? ?*aiiie to tell him that
since the America^ ',at' thrown off' the yoke
of Great Britain, uH ^'ore without that indispensable
requisite tr existence, a King, he proposed
to offer his S'IV'CL'S in that capacity.?
lie was, in a word, ,vl"ln.2 to hecome King of
America, and ask<(' nothing in return for so
great a condescend0"'. 'a|t boundless submission
and an endb"ss eivil list. The Doctor
promised to think the matter.
Prince Lucieu '"rat is evidently one of
those who thinks t'1"'' f',e world not onlv can
not tie governed h11"""1 ?>h ,? .
tlie Koiiupartc fan1''}"- things (Jaribaldi
lias t'ouglit and ti 'in,I,'K'(' tor nothing in the
world hut to makr hhn King of the Two .Sicilies.
He is verv kmo,'(-'sh however. He will
only chiim the til"*"10 ?': condition of his elcc- !
tion hv the peopP* ^ should like to see it :
put to the vote. "" he got as many votes, in j
proportion, as tin opposition to the sale of the
canal got?that t,iree Against eleven thou-!
sand?wc should ',c "inch astonished. If,
however, he shotj'' he elected, the Emperor,
he says, is plcdSclt t0 support him. It is a
very simple mattcr tn "lake a pledge upon an
impossible eontiiKenc.v- 't he Emperor knows
well enough tha-. ,s tor unity, and that
Victor Emanuel.'"5' symbol.
Richmond Dixvntrh,
I
B lie Slt'UniMlif) uui ?V? _
ul Sea.?All 011 Hoard Saved.
Boston, October 9, 10 a. in: .
A fearful minor is rife iierc tlijs morning, to "
the effect that the iron .steamship t'o/'/icr?//'</,.
one of the new vessels of the Gal way line, wasburned
at sea, last Saturday, during her passage
from St. Johns to New York. A portion of
the crew and passengers had been saved by a
brig and brought into Scituate, a port in
Massachusetts, about soventeen miles south of
Boston.
The Conna nghl sailed from Gal war on the
25th ult., and touched at St. Johns on the :hJ
inst. From that point we have already received,
by telegraph, the more important features of
her advices.
The greatest anxiety and uncertainty prevails
in our community concerning the fate of the
noble steamer, which is believed to have contained
a large number of American passengers.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Boston, October 9, 0 p. 111.
The terrible news of the loss of the Con uutfht
by fire is confirmed. She was burned on Sunday
morning. Fortunately, all on board were
saved, but the vessel and cargo is a total
loss.
Tllinn DESPATCH.
Boston-, October 0, 10. p. in.
The Con nan y hi was built at a cost of $000,000,
and was fully insured. It appeals that,
I on Sunday morning, the steamer suddenly (
J sprung a leulc, by which the fires were very
soon extinguished. Almost simultaneously fire .
i was discovered between decks. The devouting 1
I element spread with a rapiditj^liat bafiled all ,
efforts to keep it in cheek, and the passengers ,
were soon rfflrced to take to the boats. Nothing, (
whatever was saved from tin* wreck, excepting
the lives of those aboard and the mails. (Japt. ,
Leach declares the springing of the leak and
the subsequent fire are quite incomprehensible (
to him.?Ckarlesl'ii Mercury. .
Tlic Pennsylvania Elections. .
Baltimore, Getter 9?9 p. m.?The scat
tering retuins, ^o fit-r as received from I'llila- '
Jelphia and else wht're, indicate a large major- '
.ity for Curtin, the Lincoln candidate for Gov- i
fcrifior of Pennsylvania; I
'- 10 p. m. The retuiAto are construed as in- i
dicntiug u.majority ot'*W,000 for Curtin. t
^ * .$> C/un4lc*l?? Cornier. i
? 1
Cliio and fiulian:: Elrctiotiii. '
Bal-timore, October 9?10 p>ni.?There
ports received here show that Olift* and Iudi- i
.ana lurvc gone for the Lincoln nominations by |
'large majorities.? Chui lesion'Courier.
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i - ifshlKfc jiai. I
fv; ; ^ 1
S!fe subjoin from the Sumter \fylrhma?, i
mn-c tin"? ( 'ulumbni (rum-Jinn, the following: no t
tice of a Soutlicrn Mights Association just cc-J i
tublished in this city. We are pleased to in- c
form our eotenipornry that tlnv movement lias t
been crowned with complete success. Our c
best men, both young and old, are becoming j
members as rapidly as they possibly ran be J
admitted, so that within a few days several I
hundred have declared their allegiance to I
Southern rights arid their determination to i
maintain the institutional equality of their t
otr, as the business of enrolling
yet precedence, and, so far, luts prevented the n
necessary arrangements for it:
A large meeting of tlie good and true men, I
of undoubted Southern Sentiment, from dif- I
ferent portions of the State, was held in .the p
city of Columbia, on Wednesday night, last, y
The object was to effect an dlicictit organization
of "Minute Men." We were unable c
(though in Columbia at the time) to attend li
the meeting. We learned, however, that it j
was licndcU l>v tlie leaning spirits m mai piasv,- v
?cool, determined ami gallant defenders of
the State ami South, ready to face and resist
the foe, even to the last extremity, and dosir-,
oils of placing themselves in a position for *
prompt and decisive conceited action. An v
organization was eifeeted and a system ad op- |j
ted, the liinutue of which we cannot now give.
Some public demonstration will likely take ji
place mi this (Saturday) evening.
A badge is to dcsig.-.ate the members, which f
consists of a blue rosette, of about two and a
half inches in diameter, w ith a military hut- v
ton in the centre, to be worn upon the side of t
the hat. <i
This movement at our Capital, will doubt- |
less send a thrill throughout the Stale, which #
will result in similar organizations in every f
community. Those who tarry in the present t,
and oming crisis, will and must be left be- i
bind. Carolina can never submit to the des- jpieable
tyranny and shame of Abolition rule. (
She has sworn solemnly never to?she will j
never wear the mantle of disgrace. No issue, f
presented in the past, has approximated in im- ,
porta nee and vitality, to that now upon us. j
Recession in the past may have been impotent f
of practical evil?recession i:o\v is the death- j
knell to all of glory and independence which t
clusters around Carolina's name, ller sons v
will never sutler her to he dismantled, or see
her proud banner trailed in the dust. Let the
hour of trial come, if, as it now seems inevitable,
it must come, and there will he Jaspers, |
and Sumpters, and Marions springing up from *
every quarter of our loved State?merging !
from their peaceful seclusion, striking terror s
and dismay in the enemy, and covering them- i
-1-- i ...... ...I'titi-Iicnti with new ! I
ami um ui.?iv .1 w wm.
and unladed laurels. *
Anotiikii Auoutiuxist.?Officer Hicks, Mon- j
day evening, arrested an individual of gentle- j
manly appearance, who gave his name as J.
0. licattie, on suspicion of being an aholitioii
incendiary. He bad been staying at the Mer- ,
chants* Hotel, and having, as lie thought, se- t
cured the co-operation of three or four of our | j
citr us, very boldly divulged his views to |
tin in It was at lirsl proposed to treat him to .
a coat of tar and feathers, but it was finally ,
resolved to turn liiin over to the friendly ser- .
vice of the Police, and Detective Hicks was
put on his track. Hicks introduced himself as
a friend of the same sentiment, and he again
expressed his opinion in an emphatic manner, j
saving that he was from Maryland ; that his 1
father had once owned slaves ; had given them
their freedom, and that lie was now engaged '
in preaching against the institution as strong- '
ly as lie had before been in fax or of it.
The officer tlnm stated his real character, '
arrested and carried him to the. (Juard House. '
lie says he has a partner traveling in tieorgia
; 11 at his occupation is that of a cabinet- 1
maker. \\ hen asked for reference he failed 1
to produce any. An investigation of the case
will In. bud before tlie .Mavorthis morning.
(.'hmlcion ''wirier, !)/'/ /??/.
I
{ SncioE.?Mr. Thomas Stevens, who li.ns
j'ltet'ii mi iiimatu of t lie alms-house fur .some time
past, ami who, as lie stateil. Iia<l hecoine tired
; of lite, jumped from ihe fourtlf-stnrv window of
that ilistitution, on Sunday mornim; last, and
. died from the injuries :i few hours afterwards.
| Stevens was about sixty years old.
S!'-Cilr>>, 'Mk i
Wc-hope the (Jay is not far distant wlicn a
very large piopnrtion of tlie cotton now shipfed
to England raw will be manufactured in
tlie South. \Yc cannot see what is to prevent
it. The original saving in the prime cost of
the. material, other things being equal, would
be a fortune in itself, for hundreds of Southcm
manufacturers. And why can we not
manufacture here as well as in Lowell, Fall
River, or Utien J There can be no reason
win* we should not?except a want of determination
to try, and try right. On the hills
around Atlanta there might be a dozen huge
cotton lactones?each employing a thousand
hands, and each making a fortune. It is erroneous
to suppose that water power is necessary
to the cheap manufacture of cotton goods;
steam is a better motor, and in every way preferable,
for cotton manufacturing purposes, to
water. We have spent a large portion of our
life right in the midst of the manufacturing
districts of England ; and we know that all the
leading manufacturers .use steam in preference
to water?even where they have the most
abundant water pow er for nothing.
The Whitakers of ilurst (Ashton LTiderLyne),
the largest-manufacturers of England,
who for more than twenty years manufactured
hv water power (on the Mersey at'Dukinfield),
iii 1840-7 built' tliice new mills, :i mile away
from the river, using steam power in preference
to water. Sir James Watts anil other
lending manufacturers of Manchester, Mr. J as.
Kershaw, of Stockport, ami indeed all the great
cotton manufacturers of England, have done
likewise. There is so much heat required in
the several departments of cotton manufacture,
that the cheapest way to supply it is by the
waste steam. In all large establishments they
manufacture their own gas from the coal repiircd
in making the steam, and thus the heat
ind gas light so much required are created
with very little additional expense.
The acknowledged health of Atlanta?we
picsli.m if there is a healthier city in the United
States?its central location as a great thoroughfare,
its railway connections with all
parts of the country, combine to make it the
<i'e that capitalists should select as the great
manufacturing centre of Georgia, if not of the
South. J bit it is not a small, picayune factory
that will succeed ; it should be a large establishment,
on a scale commensurate with its
mportance * and managed and worked by cot:on
hands h-ttl In the fn/ninenn, paid at rates satisfactory
to them and to the employer, those
rates a great deal lower than are now paid to
ucxpcrkured hands for work which thev don't
mderstnnd?which they have never learned.
We know a supply, to any number, of such
lands might be obtained in the manufacturing
listricts.of England, who would gladly exchange
their position for a home in the South.
The raw cotton of Georgia and the South is j
iow. and has always .been, the building up of j
icli commission houses in Now York, ami lines
>f ships Ik twee 11 there and Liverpool. It has
loiistitutcd a very large portion if not the prin
pa;l trade of Liverpool; and it has built up
lu."tradesmen of .Manchester and other towns
>f Lancashire ami Cheshire, to be merchant
winces, and, in no few instances, peers of the
British realm. It is now supporting, and has
ong supported, over four millions of the popuation
of England, and all this at the expense
tf the Cotton States of this country. Those
our millions of people can do nolli?/\~vi>e but
he mountain won't go to Mahomed, Mahom11
ed must go to the mountain."
That cotton manufactures in the South may
>e eminently profitable, it requires only that
liev be undertaken by men of energy, eiiteririse
and capital. Their success would be bc'ond
the shadow of a doubt.
It is with groat pleasure we see it aiinouned
that the Macon Manufacturing Company
lave declared a semi-annual dividend ofJt're
?er cent, on the last six mouth* operations.?
?outiimcd sa.-cesi t? them.
A thin ij Iiite'li'/cuccr.
Fu.i.i!;i:sTKKrsr.t .vor Dead.? (Ton. ?Fciiningen,
Walker's old companion in arms, has
vrittcn a long letter in vindication of this noted"
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llllUnsUT. \ ifii. II. ?ks ii>inn\>. i
S?? far from tillibustcrisin being faid in tl;e
;ravc of William Walker, it may safely be i
iredicted that from every drop of blood shed j
lorn the death wounds, iaHieted, as we are inLirmcd,
"amidst the cheers of the natives,'' to
rhom he had been delivered tip, bound, by
he infamy of Xorvcll Sainton, will spring
mother ardent tiliibuster. It is well that its
low exultant enemies abroad and at home
liouhl know, and I am in the position to in- j
urm them, that its views are in nowise cluing- I
d, its spirit in nowise impaired. So far from
icing depressed l?v recent events, since the
irst report of Walker's execution, and especially
if its occurrence through British interference,
have been overwhelmed by communications
rout men impatient for immediate action, and |
nost eager, personally, forthwith, at all hazards, j
0 depart for the scene of the late tragedy,.or I
torn others anxious to countenance and snplort
them. To these all I reply here, to bide
heir time. When tli -t time comes, their cause
vill not want either followers or leaders
? - !
Diiikit I.mpoKTAtio.vs.?The Southern pen-!
de, in many places, are beginning to act as
veil as talk on the subject of direct importation '
com Kurope.?Charleston is impoiting upon a i
eale miteli mole extensive tliau formerly, and |
ier good example, we are glad to see, is being |
ollowed bv some ot the interior towns and
il luges.
The Canideli Ji iin.nl reports that among
lie consignees per ship (fwidnr, direct from !
,ivcrpool, recently arrivetl at Charleston. were
iielnded seven packages of Mdze, for .Messrs.
\. .M. tV: It. : cmiedv, of Camden.
We observed in the store of'.Messrs. Hasscl1
in- A- Masse v. of this ok-see. a few davs since,
ivshlv opened goods, which hiul been ordered J
iv ilium direct from Kit rope..
Sii. ii i viilunvs of ian.lni.lA enterprise on the!
>:irt of .'ill- (.'aiudeti and Lancaster friends,.
leservcs in l u specially reinarkud ami eueonr- \
Igcd.? i. iiiO'slt r
C'OS.'M'SION.S >!' A XuKTUKKNKK.? A C.?r cspoiideiit
oftheXow A ?rk Jfmiltl, travelling
n tjcorgia, transmits tiiu following:
Kcturnir.g from a brief but searching visit to
ho interior plantations, your correspondent
las aniveil al these conclusion? :
1. That the Northern people labor under
he grossest ignorance in regard to the relations
jf master and slave on the plantations.
That intense excitement exists in all the
isolated districts in regard to the movements
of tin* Abolitionists at the North.
:t. That the agricultural population is rife for
revolution and separation.
4. That if Lincoln is elected, men can he
found ready to go to \\ nshington.. and, bv
force, prevent his inauguration.. Ami,-.
5. That there already exists an armed league,
pledged to this and other purposes, iiostile to
Lincoln's government.
There is no policy like politeness; and a
good manner is the best thing in the world to
get a good <>r to supply the want el
it.
The returns of the census, so iar as received,
! justify tlic expectation that tlic population oi
, tlic city of New Orleans will be shown to ho
| near 200,000. This is a result as astonishing
i as it is gratifying. It shows that New Orleans
i is at this nioineut one of the most prosperous
j and most rapidly increasing cities in the Uni
ion. The common opinion was, that in theI
race for position among the cities of this coun'
try, New Orleans had been distanced by many
I other communities,. in relation to whose pro- 1
j gress, in population, tiie most Incredible cstimI
ates had been formed, and the most cxtrava;
gant predictions ventured. It had been supj
posed, and the supposition was backed by assertions
so emphatic and dogmatic that wo
fend been left far in tlic rear by Baltimore,
rm, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and even ChicaBut
it appears that the calculations in rcganl
to the population of those cities lias not
been verified, while New Orleans shows a population
much larger than her most sanguine
friends had claimed. In number of inhabitants,
she exceeds any of the cities named as
her competitors, except Baltimore, and she is
not far behind even her.
One remarkable fact in the history of New ]
Orleans during the last twenty years lias been
! the discrepancies and fluctuations of popula-- J
tiou that have been exhibited by tlic various . J
emimaratioiis made during that interval. By JS
the United States census of 184 ) her population
was returned at 103,000. This was much |H
larger than liad been anticipated, and subsequent
investigation led to the belief that a ma- vi?
terial error had been committed in the returns
for the third municipality. In 1847, a State
[ census, taken under the Constitution of 1845, ^
showed a population of only 77,000. The '
United States census of 1850 returned 113,000,
which was, probably, very nearly correct.?
Again, in 1853, a State census was taken under
the Constitution of 1852, and this showed
a population of 149,000?an increase of 30,000
in three years. In 1858 another State
census was taken, which gave a return of 137,000?an
actual decrease of 12,000 in fivo
years. There being much dissatisfaction with
this result, the city ordered another census to
be taken, the returns of which did not maternally
differ from the first. We could not claim
a greater population than 140,000, and thus
our representation in the Legislature, compared
with that of the rest of the State, was seriously
diminished. The decrease was with,
lea?on attributed to the severe epidemics with
which we had been visited in 1853, '54, '55
and '58?a greater number than had ever before
occurred in New Orleans during an equal
period?and to the effects of the commercial
panic of 1858. After that year New Orleans
seemed to take a sudden start in advance.?
Her trade increased with marvellous rapidity ;
the price pf real estate rose to an unprecedented
height, and rents went up in such a man
ner as to sluw that population was being augmented
in an unprecedented ratio. But no
ono supposed the increase to be as greiit and
as rapid as it really is. Indeed, no city wt the
United States has increased, during the feist
two years, in anything like the proportion j;x- J
hil-itcd by New Orleans. While, during &
ten years, from 1850 to 16G0, we have gaiiBragBHH&flS
75,000, or 06 per cent.?n rate fully np to tH
of the most flourishing cities of the countrJH
(yUeou^^^e^^iiiiot expect
such an bxtraorumnry rate of progress will bo
maintained for any great length of time ; but ^
we can reasonably hope that, with continued
health, and with proper exertion on ttte part
of our citizens to develop the resources of New
Orleans, she will, before inanv years, assume
her natural position as the second, if not tho
first city, of the Union.
Xeic Orleans Delia.
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Palmetto Sketches.?We are in almost
daily receipts of letters from members of the
Palmetto Keginient, enclosing subscriptions,
?j(h directions to send them the Son, com-"n#aeiuGi
with the first number of the Sketches.
AHfae-ng many others, wc have received the following
from one who was an officer in the
Abbeville Company :
1 see by the papers that you propose publi>hing
some Sketches of the Palmetto Regiment,
and its noble deeds in Mexico. Iam
glad that you are going to undertake the task
of setting forth the principal incidents connected
with that Regiment during the Mexican campaign.
It will prove of interest to all, especially
to the now surviving members of that immortal
hand. Let my subscription commence
with the first number containing the Sketches..
Bennett net lie Hon <y Tewjwrancr^.
IIow Gkn. Walker was Shot.?The exact'
manner of Walker's taking olf is thus- given,.by
an apparently well-informed correspondent :
"lie marched from his cell to the place of"
execution with a steady step and unshaken'
mien. A chair had been placed for him with
its back towards the Castle. Having taken his
scat, lie was blindfolded. Three soldiers stepped
forward to within twenty feet of him and discharged
their muskets. The ball entered his
body, and lie leaned a little forward; but, it
being observed he was not dead, a tourth soldier
mercifully advanced so close to the suffering
man that the muzzle of the musket almost
touched his forehead,, and being there discharged,
scattered his brains and skull to the -?wines.
Thus ends the life of the 'gray-evedinnii
u! destiny."
Tiik Election in Delaware.? We have
returns of the election in Delaware for assessorsami
inspectors on Tuesday. Tlic Breckinridge
men have carried the State by about nine
hundred majority over the Bell, Douglas, andPeople's,
or Lincoln Tickets. The majority inNewcastle
county is 246, in Sussex about 250,
and in Kent 440. They have also carried
seven out: of ten hundreds-is Newcastle county,,
live out ;?f seven in Kent, and seven out of teiu
imndreds in Sussex country..
Char. Mercury..
?*
Ax At.AUAM'.V Due GL A SITE ON DlSfXIOX.
John Forsyth, the only prominent Douglas
man in Alabama, uses the following significant
language :?Char. Mercury.
If a Mack Republican Prcs'nh ill should be
chcled by a purely sectional vote, the South'
resistiny and the Northerners uniliny aortitis I
us, this is no Union for slaveholders to lice in,
/ should yo with Mr. Yancey for disruption+
"halter" ur no "halter.
Tlierc is- nothing men like to write about
better than good wives. This is reasonable
enough; for there is nothing, certainly, in
; which mankind arc more interested. "A good
wife," savs one, "is to a man wisdom and.canr.I
age, and home and endurance"
! Fifteen vcars ago there was not more than
tifiv miles of railroad in Mississippi; now, it is
! said that there are about eight hundred miles
| of completed railroad in succcs>fu! operation,.
am! about tlic same nnmber of miles of road iui
1 {!:- . tor.iTc of comtr tct-'on.
i