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Ti liVIIJJi 1SA.WEK. IIUNRY 8. KERR, KDITOU AND l'KUt'ltlKTOn. TERMS OF sunscmmuN. Two Doi.i.arn jK>r uuinini, if j>;ii?l Wilhitl six mnntliR from the lime or MiiltKMriHiHg; Two |)nt.t.\HH mul Kiktv {V.SYh ?!' not lirfi>rr the expiration of llitil nMtl TiifcRK Ilm.if payment bo ***?!it lilt end of I ho jT?r. HATKS OP ADVERTISING. I 1 8H?rtrc (lii linen or Ii-m) for lliv first insertion, "Jii " ? ft* rneh subsequent " 37 '? >' '?one niiinto ? 1.(10 %* " monthly, or qtinrlerly, each " 1.0(1 For announcing u candidate for office, .1.11(1 IVr*nnul mutters will lie charged ijjtl per square, Which in nit cuse* nuist bo paid in advance. IL?" Communications designed for publication honld bo written in u plain, legible hand, and upon only one sido of the sheet. 117* Letters and communications should bo adaddressed lo the Proprietor (po*l paid) to iuMire Httention. I ^Vbbcuillc ttt. $ SATURDAY, APSIL 19, 1851. Dissolution. The firm of nom.e &. kerr is this duy dissolved hy nmlual consent. The j rtoic* ;iihi .\ccotiiU5 clue tltc cMatilifliuieut up to tills dute having been pitrchnpcd by II kmcv 8. < Kkiir, payment iiiiikI bo niacin to him. EDWARD NOllt.F.. II ION IIY S. KERIt. Abbeville C. II., March 31. 1851. Grkkn Pkah.?We arc indebted to Mr*. Ann , Moork of thiii village, for a handxonip in ess of (ireeu Pchh?the fir?t that wc have seen thin season. Battalion Review. It wan our good fortune on Thursday last to witness the review of the Lower Uuttalion 8th Regiment. There wan, ns we were informed, a small turn out, no doubt in consequence of the bridge* on Lung Cane having been recently swept away. Tito review wan alike creditahlo boiH Jo officers r.ml privote*. Good order prcvuilcd throughout the day; and 0110 fact, which was highly creditablntothc citizens of that community and section ?thcro was not a drop of the " liquid fire" upon the hill, which usually cause* soino very fine, goodhearted fellows to play ground and loft v ' ** very much to their * ^ ?...* ? <? and dui^ruur. , itlcCiOWKN made a very wnsiblo speech at the close of the review, which won well received by a sober and intelligent citizcn soldiery, lie spoke of the iinportanco of the militia system sustaining itself?enjoined greater vigilunce among his subordinates in enforciug the militia law, as the best means of making it a self-sustaining power. Ho exptuined the amendments made at our lust IiMHuliittiM ? ??"'? '* SEt 'r?Vi-'w-j-- -- ? . I w WV V/tMUp 1U UDIOI p V 11(1 in ja^ireiMng upon their minda the grent imporin very aW <ve thought h'?n>? merited. One fyt I'M *9 militia law we will mention, as there IT? # ^Mt aMUy *vho are under the impreiwioil tftat- wfc ve ia {blare to have nix |>etty muster*. Thl* is Wtkkrr'lKt^t-mll be only four, an heretofore, th?M hkitaf Vra w> alteration in the number of nrnsters:*' > .. The Boston Slave Case. The cose of the fugitive Sims, which had bee? in progress in Ronton for several days, has been terminated, and the owner will perhaps be able to recover him, at an expeusu which will exceed his value. Tho interests of that commercial city have been and are likely to be deeply touched, and tho over-awing influence of the military, combined, prevented a re-enactment of the scenes which followed the attempt to reclaim William lind Ellpll f!rnfifl tttwl SkmlronW ? ?..? N/i.uuiMWU* JkllU WIUIU CIC" menU were distinctly visible, but were held in chock, and as the location of Boston afforded facilities for avoiding a land route, to this hi* recovery may, in |>art, be indebted. This miserable specimen of legal acquieaeuce, which requires the weapons of despotism and pocket patriotism to force an obeyauce, affords another nut for "Southcm patriots" to crack, as well as reflection for ? traitors." If the reclamation of Sims could be tortnred into on omen of returning justice on the part of the North, to what should it be attributed? The feeling of Massachusetts aguinst us, with enactments bearing the stomp of age upon her statute books? the"?* great expounder" having his home and influ ence within her borders, and tlie learning aud general intelligence of that state, forbid tlie thought that it could be tlie result of a returning reuse of duty, or a conviction of error. We believe it only an extra effort for effect. At the same time we nee leading men and papers at the North, who ut the proper time were as silent as the grave, now warmly advocating (semi)-jnsljce to the South*? South Carolina is still Uhe theme. The finger is till pointed towards her, but the tone and temper has been changed from ridicule to the humiliating acknowledgement of her power and importance.? The cry is now heard?"Th^ Union is in dangermen aud brethren of. the North beware and desist. See South Carolina preparing in earnest to strike a blow which must inevitably bring destruction upra at." .. . If all these things ore hmnbuggery for effect, and unretiubfo for good, at which we have not the J east doubt, they are worse than cootejoptiUo. But if, Uti the other hand, they afford consolation and licpe to the sotxaisnvs, what do they afford to tboas whose motto is, to -"ask for nothing but what js tight, and snbrfiit to nothing that is wrong," at nXt baxards, etmt what it may. If the cob) which o?<* Mate has tije nerve to apply, as the leost of etistjirg evils, to sore herself from disgrace hqd destruefon, hos earned lending mint and presses at tbe North, after winking at the agitation from its commencement to Jt? erUfe, to come oot ijow jn_ favor of givfrig jiiMlce to .South, (by which Jhey mean us jniKih, ahd ju4 a* Utile, e? wHl boW am together,) what might not bov? been expected, from A bold and united flo^t qjf the ^uflth ia <k?ft?no# of hw . lVy rwoegb lor capital for thunc who with |o ttotn } MWt a m4 ?*ciafclp M Mnenlcd! A ??w)oriiv of ac^okKOed,'or a^nie^ng, with the '/Old hrr back to the eitemjr, aid far fait 'p? ?> >?' CfiroCws, Imploring her <M*f MMyU'd<*!Kratk,A>f those time-honored principles she had taught her to venerate! We liiive noticed the Boston nfFair, audolher/awablc indications of Northern feeling, as mere llrttw of news, mid ore Ictl to these remarks for the benefit of those in our own State, and others, who Are disposed to catch a gleam of hope front every I pacing ?nW. We have no doubt lulluhyH will In; ; mmg, nod " triumphs of law and order in Ibwtou" | pntelainicd from the l'otomac to the Wio (iruude, with n voice even in our own State. We Ix-licve | " n better day is coming," hut it will l>e after the [ link has been broken, Virginia forced to hoist her I true colors, and her sisters of the South to stand to their arms. Not a drop of blood will be spilled? food for fanaticism will l?e destroyed?jwace re| stored?pros]?erity unequalled follow; and the "Confederacy of the South" will stand rcsjiected end respcclahlc among the powers of the earth. Reply to Mr. Pcrrin ...Continued. ??e now proceed 10 consider Hie acts of the last 1 | legislature, in connection with the resolutions of '48 and MO. We have already shown, from the rrwilnliom, tln.t ill 1848 "the time for discussion hud passed," uud tltiit i ho State wiis prepared to resist "the application of the principles of tin* Wilinot Proviso," with or without co-operation, utid "at any and every hazard ;" that in MO, "the period for decisive action had arrived," and that "the people of thin State," entertaining "an ardent desire and fixed determination to resist the lawless encroachments of Congress," had authorized the Coventor, ti|x>n the passage nt the Wilinot l'roviso, or any kindred measure, forthwith to convenc the legislative, in order to take mich step* as the rights, intercuts and honor of the Stale" demanded. And that by the last resolution of MO, the legislature had further solemnly resolved, that upon the adoption of thcWilmot Proviso, "the rights, interests and honor of the Stnto" demandtd, that "the Union" nhottld "Ik* dissolved," and that South Carolina "icould" dissolve it by secession. Ill tin- full of 1R50, tlie. principle!) of the Wilmnt Proviso were applied to California, by the excitation of slavery from the whole territory, by act of Congress, and by no other authority. The Governor, as requested, did not couvenc the Legislature, and why? Because the new legislature would soon lie in session. This new I legislature, fresh from the people, clccted after the admission of California, and expressly with reference to action by the State, convened in November last; and what did it do? Did it merely make further resolves to resistance, mid publish additional (hedges to co-operute with oil?or States?..' No; it ceased to resolve, and coni"ailed a convention of tlig_yx'.-plc?it invoked the . 'vereign power of the State. And for what wa?*tlfiswmv?nUon called? Was it simply for the purpose of doing nothing at nil r Was it to lie assembled merely for the purpose of proclaiming, like the Georgia convention, our submission to past wrongs, and our empty threats to resist future aggressions? Won it iiiicuded that the convention should meet, merely "to publish a man* ifesto, jay down platform and. sound tlio alarm," and that, too, ia the fee? of oar rep?Atud declaratinns, "that the time for discussion had paused?" Or praf ii merely tore-enact the "ridiculous" farce, which, Mr. Perrin would have us'believe, the Legislature hns been rehcureiiie for the last three years ?make a solemn declaration to our sister States, that we are prepared to co-operiite with them, if they choose to reast, but if they prefer to submit, ho will wc? , - '-i-r-t The convention was called to carry out that "fixed determination to resist the latdmj tuewMhments of Congress," expressed in th*. rtsnkitldeiof | *48 . to take thi>t JSnoiattd "deriffrc .*ctior>," no 1 touf teftwc spoken of and contemplated. It won mmw ****><**? care tlitii the commonwealth of ! 'wflTer no detriment." Now how is thin object? Mr. Perrin admits *YHat injuries and insults" havo l>een heaped ItyiSrt'-UR by CongreKs and the 11011dnvelioWing States, "sufficient to justify any course of action" on oui part. How, then, is the convention to redrew these "wrong*, injuries and insults?" Can the convention restore us to that perfect equality in the Union, from which we havo been degraded? It cannot; but it can give us independence out of the Union; it can sever the tie that binds us to the confederacy; it cuii "resume the powers delegated to tl?e United States for special purposes," ...... .n mo vnty IWIK 111 WHICH II1C Convention can "take care that (lie coiiuiiunweuith suffer no detriment." Now, if the purpoao for which it was culled, con be accomplished, only by giving us "independence out of the Unioti," then the act calling the convention is, itself, the strunge* pledge to secession, that could possibly have been given by the Legislature? unless Mr. Perrin be prepared to retract all he has said about "wrong*, injuries anil iimults" received by us, and to inoiutaiu that wo have "snlFered no detriment." And in this very act, calling the convention, there is conclusive evidence that the legislature do not, like Mr. Perrin, regard a pledge or offer to co-ooe rale, and a pledge to resistance by secession, ao "inconsistent." For in the same act, the Legislature have a Ian provided for the election of delegates to a Southern Congress, which is to convene prior to the meeting of the convention ; and has provided that tho convention, when it does assemble, shall, In the first place, conrfder "the proceedings and recommendations of this Congress, if the same shall meet nnd be held," and then, "further to take into consideration the general welfare of this State, in view of her relations to the laws and government of the United States, and thereupon, to take care that the commonwealth of South Carolina suffer no detriment?thus lioiding out, until the very lust moment before separate State action, an offer to our sister States toco-opcrate with them. It is evident, then, that th? I^mdninr. ?i:.i ? consider the I wo pledges as inconsistent with each other, when in the name act, calling the convention that in to take the final uUp in tceuion, they make express provision to redeem the pledge given to our sister Stat*# "to co-operate," by going with them into the Southern Congress; and for that purpoee have postponed the assembling of the convention until the Congress "should meet and be held,"?or fail to meet?thereby, providing at the same time for co-operation, if it could be procured, aud,if it could uot, for action by the State, separately, and alone. It is also apparent from this act, that whilst "the convention is, in any event and under liny circumstances, to tako action for the | State," and-see that ebe "suflerno detriment," it is like wise at the Mine lime pnftidod, that such separate and independent action fcry tbecoureatiuu, lp not to take plaoe entS after the Coogreat ehall biwiWM towwitwj wtofjn convened, ihoakl mat b*v<rj*VTM#i #tt lAeQtfki temvjf ' ' Bat Mr. J"errfB, In all thie, can e*e oftly a pledge to &*>oper?ie? and thtaka that each pMge fa wholly incoftfwtertt with, and fxdad*? (A possibility of + pi'dge lit iwistauco by secession. 11?- it> doubtless | entitled tu hm opinion, though it does directly coh: travelie that of the legislature ilwlf. I Hut this tint, railing a con volition of tin- people, is not only a pledge to resistance bv secession, and | the strongest, too, that could possibly have been given, but it irt also the first and most imjiortuht $iep ' towards ciirryintr out that resistance. The ineiii| Iktp of iliis legislature Were elected after the api plication of the principles of the Wilmot Proviso to the territory of California, ami elected, tint, expressly with reference to action by the State on this subject. Now in every instance in which it is no cessarv to invoke the sovereign power of the State, the net calling the convention, and prescribing the i>u[|mpw ior which u itf called, ir not only tli?> first, but most difficult step in cflccliug Hie object in view; and for thin reason: It requires tlic constitutional majority of two-thirds of liotli houses of tlio I Inture to cull the convention ; but that body, when assembled, muy act by n bare majority. The Stute, then, iH not only pledged to resistance by Hcccssion, but bus actually taken the most difficult nnd im[iortnnt */c/? necessary to carry that resistance into effect. She has, through her legislature, and by a majority of two-thirds of both houses, i called n convention of the jicopte, expressly for the | purpose of inking "care that the commonwealth suffer no detrimentand that purpose, as we have shown, the convention can accomplish only by secession?by giving us iude|iendeiicc out of the. Union. Itut not only lias the legislature, by the net call 1 iuji the convention, taken the first anil most clifltoiilt step towards resistance hv secession, hut it hns made nctuiil provision for the result tiint may follow thnt resistance. It has made nn appropriation of 9350,1100 to put the State in an attitude of defence?for the purchase of arms anil ordnance, anil for training the militia of the State. Il lias also made a loan of ?125,000 to the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, free of interest for five pears, upon condition that their vessels should lie so constructed as to mhnit of being converted into war steamers. "For what purpose were these appropriations made??to what did they look??and hy what reason is this extraordinary e\[K>uditurc of public money justified 7 They were made in the expectation of a conflict of arms, they looked to the separate action of the Stale, and were justified hy the necessities of the case " Does any one sup l?o8c, Ibnt in (he opinion of the Legislature, coercion would In- attempted againxt the United South ? Or that the Legislature would have inadc the appropriation, merely to enable the State to co-operate, when scarcely any hope whs entertained that co-operatiou would be procured? _ - *' But tho matter \* nirfi Ti'^l * irMinilil Tlio I<egis| laturc, uy tho udoption of the report of the military [ coinmiitee, recommending the appropriation, have j expressly declared for what purpose it wan mude:? "In order" to enable the State "to ;uwnnic that attitude of competent power," nccemtary "to vindicate the indisputable right of secession, unaided nnd s!>;!!?" The vfeo!? report. cxivMiliiw rl<-tails, is ob follows: "Your committe? hnv?_^jered tho several propositions submitted toThrm as* constituting porta of the geiierul subject of State defence at die present jiuicture of uor public affairs, rather tlian as distinct and wnnraln nim?ir?' Ilm-nBai- :S-.I may h<i the opinion upon the wibject of wpurate State action, thin committee cannot doulit, that nil concur in the existence of cauxea of difference between the North and South* juthich mart inevitably lend to the dbmniMbenDfaitiOf this Con fed- ! eracy, at uo distant day. AM though there may beibttie ifiserepWeV of o/n'mon as to the probability ?# pe?CB or wur, resulting from *ncl? a movementv yoinr committee believe they arc called upon reoonppMirf pfeparation for the contingency ofwar, as the l>est mode of increasiug the probability* ?f poacc. "If the Stato of South Carolina olioiild ct any time find it nccetuury, alone and unaided, toexercixe the indif<putable riijlit of secession, your coiiimittee conceive themselves warranted in the belief, that the Federal power of coercion, so recently ana insultingly menaced agaiiut the Stuteof Texas, would be resorted to, to preserve the Union, unless restrained by the demonstration of power in the State, to vindicate that right. In order to a*tumc thi* altitude of competent potter, your committee aro agreed," &.C.; and proceed to recommend the training of the militia, and tho appropriation. But Mr. Perrin, in his last article, whilst undertaking to give the report, omits altogether that port of it which expresses the object and purpose f the appropriation, and at the same time charges Abbeville with an unfair recital of it. Mr. Perriu is peculiarly unfortunate in his charges of unfairness For it so happens, that iu every iustaucoiii which he hits made such charge, it uot only turns v?> iv wo miunjr giaiiiiiuuv, uui 111 me very net oi mukiug it, he really, through inadvertancc, or otherwise, subjects himself to the same charge. In hiH first article, iie charges Abbovillo with making "garbled extracts" of the resolutions, be* cause, he could see in tliem?what, to Mr. Perrin's "perception," was invisible?a pledge to resistance by secession;?and whilst, in Iho very act of miking the charge, lie really "garbles" the resolutions himself, by omitting, altogether, the most important one of the three. And now, in his last article, the charge is, Hint Abbeville "has taken part of the report, and dwelt upon particular words in it, co as to give no adequate conception of the wholeand in undertaking to give the "whole," himself, h<* omits the only important and material part contained in it?that which shows the obicct for which the appropriation in made. The purpose for which the report is referred to, in, to show the intention with which the Legislature made the appropriatiou of $350,000; and yet that port of it which declare* Uiat intention, in words as plain aa language can express, Mr. Perrin entirely overlooks and omits. The omission, no doubt, results from an entire misunderstanding of the report, or of the object for which it is cited. It is not in the report merely that the pledge to resistance by secession is looked for, but ill the act itself, accompanying it, and which Is explained by the report. In this report, nothing else is spoken of or referred to, bat 8(ate defcnce, separate State action, iliawiawlm. ?? ? ? ? -- W> MIV wiurucrucvt pfUCO or wnr, weflon "unaided nnd alone." Even Mr. Perrin's favorite word, co-operation, is not mentioned, nor is there the slightest allusion to the action of other States; and we cannot imagine, of what omission it can be, that Mr. Perrin complains. The words of the report show as plainly as language can deciare, that the object and purpose of the Legislature in making the appropriation, was to prepare the State for the result that might follow the act of secession ?to put her in a position to repel "the federal pow er of coercion." In the language of the report it* elf?"In order to amoroe this attitodo of competent power, to vindicate the indisputable right of eceeron, anaided and alone," in ita event there sitould be any attempt, by "the Federal power," to restrain Ha exercise. Thia act, then, making the ippfoprtttiofi of $940,000, taken in connection with the report of | the military comrtifttM,' shows conclusively, not 1 ytcrely a ptedge to rtuisluuca by secession, bat that nctuol preparation has been made to curry that resistance into effect. Hut Mr. lVrriu says tlint the State cannot be "pledged," becauso "the convention" is "to deliberate and choose." Yes, doubtless, the convention is "to deliberateami in ita delilterelioiiR, "to take cure Unit the commonwealth miflvr no detriment ;M to see, that tlie State have equality in the Union, or iudc]>riidence out of it. The convention is to de- ! liberate?not whether tho State shall riolale her | pledge*?hut in order "to take care, that" at all j hazards, she redeem them; that she act, us liecomeR her character, and her |iosition, pre servo her consistency, and vindicate her honor ! And the conj veution is, emphatically, to "choose" between *eccHxiun and tnf/mission?resistance and degradation !?And can the convention long debate, which of the two to choose !! So nuich for pledges by the ?slatc, through the acts and resolutions of her legislature, and by her I character and position. And this brings us to the proposition, that tho "District, and Mr. Perrin with it, is pledged to resistance." Dut this wo mint make the subject of a future numlier, and, for the priwnti clow; "tho cfl'iieiona of Old" t ABBE"*I.LE. Greenwood, April ' Mn. Koitou :?Between three and I k on Tuesday morning lust, ono of tlio mos ful tornadoes that ever visited thiB c> ?.-/? passed about a mile from this place. Although it left in its trail wherever it passed, some evidence of its power, yet it seen.ed to reservo ils fury for the premises of I)r. Horacp. Lki.ano. The next day his settlement presented a see 110 of wide spread ruin ; four of his out-buildings wero raised from the ground, one of which was carried about 100 feet before it was torn to pieces; the dwelling house was nearly unroofed, and both chimneys broken off at the caping. The garden fencing was torn away and many of tlio pailings carried several hundred yards. There were four negroes in one of tlio cabins destroyed, ono of whom was cnnxidcrubly injured, another scrabbled out of the ruins nftor ?li<> Bin"" I... J ? - ' ' * - - ? nuu pMwu oui lortunaieiy no ono killed, or dangerously hurt. Very lurjje shade trees in the yurd and about tho premises, to a great number, were toru up by the root*, or twisted oft', and one, at least, us largo as any in tho forest, was carried between twenty and thirty feet. Much of tho Negroes' rppurel was blown off and lodged on neighboring trees, and a handsome frock, now waves from tho top of a large pino, as gracefully, as will appear the flag of South Carolina, ufjertlio. storm which now threat's* iter, shall have pussed. As our fate is in the bauds of Iliin, who ruleth the political as well as the atmospheric storms, may we be able to say when it is over, no one has been killed or danjerously hurt. C. . Tbe Young Men's Southern Rights Association of Greenwood. The young ineu of Greenwood, feeling a terp interest in the movements recently taken by the students of tho University -of Virginia, and llso in ma.ny other p)aces,and being determined noWo be behind in assisting to ward off th?? nifwninkw dauger, thai lowers darkly orcr lho rights and atltulions or (he South, colic ctod -til6mSeltea3iogethcr in the chapelf o* the 2"3*at Fefcrnary,i>r the <potpaM.br coribMfiag onHhe of fojfriinj* thehW'lwM' hifH' W <rf?*?!ur X?Abchrtioti. *Afti>r due 'deliltarifttioti bpori the?i6jc?"t, tiiey determined .to rtfcrfotf the following Saturday, for tlic purpose Of" forming themselves into a regular organized body/ Accordingly 011 Saturday, the 1st of March, a respectable number of tho young men of the pluco, collected for that purpose. Dr. J. II. Loguu having heon requested to deliver an uddretw before the meeting, appeared and ndtlreraed them ut some length, 011 the importance and imperative necessity of the citizens of the South, and especially those of South Carolina, to be placing themselves ill ait attitude of dcfenco. The address being concluded, the following resolutions were read aitu uiltilllllJUIlMiy UUUplCU. Whereon, the dangers that havo so long menaced tho rights, the interest uud institutions of South Carolina, and of the whole South, from tho unconstitutional encroachments of the non( lavoholdiug States, are pressing sorely ii|k?i ?is, in a great aud federal crisis, which encroachments have been heaped upou us, despite ourmoet earnest entreaties, remonstrances aud even threuts of resistance, it becomes tho solemn duty of every citizen of the South, hut especially of South Carolina, to tako a decided and determined stand, therefore, we, the young men ot Greenwood, dodare in tho following resolutions, to our elders aud the world, tho position we occupy in this trying hour of our country's peril. 1. Resolved, That we venerate the Union framed by the heroes of seventy-six; but hate and denounce tho present one as the degeuerato cumipi rt mains 01 mat uoDie work. 2. Resolved, Tliut we oppose auy compromise except the constitution. 3. Resolved, Thut our only safety dopends upon scccssion, in co-operation with our sister Southern Stutes, if we can,?alono if wo must. 4. Resolved, Th&t in capo South Carolina refuses to secede, if any aggrieved slave-holding ' State, alive to her wrongs, and awakened to her high sense of honor, sliull secede, we plcdgo our lives and our honor in tho defence of her cause. 5. Resolved, Tliut wc earnestly recommend the young men of South Carolina, to form similar Associations, and request a correspondence with them. The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers, which resulted us follows: J. W. Hitch, President; T. S. Farrow, Vice-President; A. M. Reid, Secretary; Dr. J. H. Logan and J. E. Iluekhalter, Corresponding Secretaries, and J. F. Daniel, Treasurer. A resolution wa? then adopted that the Araociation meet regularly onco a month, to debato queries relativo to the great question that disturbs our Union. It was then moved and seconded that the proceedings of this and the former meeting of the Association be published in the Abbeville Banner and Laurensville Herald. The meeting .then adjourned to meet on tho third Saturday of April. A. M. REID, Sec'y. Tk. .iiU... -r AVI ? ?' .muvmwui </i avik?iiin ltimtici, residing in the vicinity of Cherry Hill, the late residence of the Hon. Geohok McDuffie, met at Willington to testify their respect for his eminent character and virtoes, and their sense of the great loos the State has sustained by his death. Captain Paul Rogora was called to the chair, and Dr. Nathaniel Harris appointed Secretary. A committee of five, consisting of Wm. P. Noble, Esq., Gen. J. P. Graves, Hon. A. Bart, Dr. Jas. Morrow and Dr. W. C. Waro, were appointed to prepare resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The Committee reported throaoh their man, the following resolution*: Retolved, That in common with the people of Sooth Carolina, we have hoard with deep mmhility of the death of the Hoa. 1G10MI McDur! *|E* i Resulted, That his tobg aud euiiuent public services, his extraordinary gciiiuH, his inatchK-SH eloquence, h'w lofty patriotism. uml his unfaltering dischar^o of h'w duty, won tlio confidence mid oxcited (lie admiration of his constituents and liiti country men. Re*olrrd. That as a friend and u neighbor, ho prftuticod tlio virtues that adorn tho character of both. Ucsolvctl, That, an liiri iiiunrdiato neighbors and I'rii'iidti, we sincerely deploic his loss, hm uca liiuiity to our country, and a painful bereavement to this voniiiiiuiity. Itrttolrcd, Tliut u copy of the foregoing resolatioiiH bu transmitted to Ink immediate family, mid that the Nowxpupero of tho State he rtHpictrtcd to publiMh tho uiiiiio. PAUL IIOCKUS, C'h'n. Natii. 11 ahwih, Sec'y. Judge Butler's Speech. It will bo perceived that wo have not cvon attempted nti outline of this speech. i Copious notes were taken with the intention of giving it in full to our readers in this week's issuo of our pupcr; but finding that the time before us, independent of other engagements, will not sutViee for preparing it properly, and desirous of subjecting our re|?ort to the. revision of the speaker himself we have thought proper to postpone its appearance. Uelieviitg, however, that the views of our esteemed Senator upon the exciting measures of South Carolina legislation will be looked for with much anxiety by the people of the State, we take tho liberty of giving, in advance, what occurs to us as being the sum and substance of them. lie is, then, clearly of the opinion that j tho Federal Governnment is \ ut another name for tho despotism of a majority? | mat, under it, the Southern States have been plundered and insulted, until it lias become their duty and only road of esca|>e to dissolve tlieir connection with it. We will sny, in passing, that the Judge was eloquent indeed, when dwelling nj?on this point. He is, without a shadow of doubt, the advocate, under existing circumstances, of a dissolution of the Union. In reference to the nctiou of South Carolina, he is convinced that secession will not be opposed by any act of war on the part of the (Government at Washington, lie has come to tlio concision that tlio State will be permitted to secede peaceably. This ho considers by far the most formidable danger that lies in our path. "Were war a consequence of our action, ho would not dread the step as much as he docs, lint he looks with alarm to the indications, which are be1-? ~i?? ? - - s |>ni|>iiviv, Him mi win oe permuted to depart without molestation. Ills npprc- j hensions of evil from tliia course of masterly inactivity, are based upon the dissensions which, he fears, will spring up among our people, from the strong opposition of the commercial interests in our midst, and from the annoyances which Federal gold may bribe the surrounding States tp iutlict upon up.' lie fears this may render our action ft fajbirfl. ftut ha firmly believes thnL. if South Carolina were safely and UiP -jVpm M the tfif so)e purpose of.m?-. iSBWUg that course willcUH'tyep <?Prtur to fcnn' most advantageous "to the State, lie declares his resolve to go with the State, whether that Convention may chooso to adoot his advico or not. Sudi nr.-? bis views and feelings, according to our understanding of them. If there bo nothing very definite in this brief delineation, tho fault is not ours. We perceived that the Judge was labuiing un der some degree of resentment imposed by his present connection with the Federal Government. But for this, his views might have suited a majority of his hearers much letter. We are free to declare, as faithful journalists, that our honorable Senator indicates a temporising policy as tho one towards which ho leans. Wo of Edgefield sincerely respect his opinions; but many? very many of us were utterly unable to rec oncilc his brilliant eloquence while depicting our wrongs and powerful demonstration while arguing tho futility of hoping for any good from the Government, with tho singu 1 lar conclusion ho deduced therefrom. \v? e. i? / 1 ? ? ho miivi)' ^Jimi >vu nujiu Avitituui. a thought of disrespect to the distinguished Senator) nsscrt that ho left tlic nudience almost precisely where he fouiid thcin. Those who had made up their opinions, saw no sufficient reason to modify them. Those who had not, saw nothing sufficiently express or definite to induce them to either side. There are two facts that we adduce from the occasion. One is, that the speech of Judgo Hutlkk was in the main tho best effort we have ever heard from him. The other is, that the secession party of Kdgefield are more determined than ever.?E*lyeJield Advertiser. We thank the People and take Courage. _w? i^> ......i 1 r. i* u muni' w ptiiuuiiL'u iur 2111 c.xjirt'rjjjiuil of our humble acknowledgments to our patrons for their wnriu support of our press. Our subscription list continues to swill with numbers, and "still tiiey come." About thirty new names have been added since our last issue, making an accession of about three hundred since the beginning of the as it year.?'Tliis is the more guateful to our feelings is an expression, we deem, of approval of our humble efforts to promote what we regard the true interests and great objects of h free people, while straggling Patriots crowd our l>yc-paths as thick as blackberries in June. Although our "lesser luminary" humbly shines in such dazzling proximity to that avalaneJu; of light aud truth, of patriotism and Unionism?the New Revelation of Greenville?still it is not wholly eclipsed, but calmly shines on, holding its appointed course, and gathers new strength for every ordeal.?Spartan. Salt Wells in Tennessee.-?Mr. Eas? tehdkook, formerly President of the Knoxville Univeisity, snys tlio Mobile Register, 1 a< beon for some time engaged in sinking a welt in Anderson county, East Tennessee, and has succeeded in reaching a bold stream of strong; salt water, at a depth of about five hundred artd seventy foot. TubesJiAve been ordered and nil possible despatch willt)o employed to commence tlin mnhnfiifinvi tnli 'riie well is surrounded with ft denso forest of h^?rv timber; and is within one or two hundred yards of irieihWtetible fcoal beds, so that fuel will ever be cheap. Other wells will sottn be sunk, and tlio prospect now is thrtt hitherto nndiwover'Cil Rourco of wealth to KftSt Tennessee is about to he unlocked, New York Politics and < onversa!Ion. It is useless to deny tlint the majoritj- of | the people <jf tho State of JS'ew York avo deadly opposed to slavery, and Iinvo fully inado up their minds that it is tlio .religious - j dutv to do all in their power to destroy it V in tlio United States. To use tlic words of <Ak an old merchant?The State is rotten with ul>olitioiiisiii 1 Take out the citics of New York and lirooklyn, and we can scarcely . inline a town where the out-and-out aholi! (ionist would uot have a majority of tho j votes in a contest with the silver grays or old hunker democrats, So determined are the people in the western part of this State to destroy tho slavery somo way or somo < how, that they look upon what arc termed Unionism in this city, as their natural onemies, and they insult and taunt members of the Union Committee with cowardice, knave- *' >? ry, treachery, <kc., <fcc. Country merchants If i now in tlio town, go bolilly into the stores V I ancl counting-rooms of our citizens, nnd be! gin to tnunt them with having sold themselves to the South. They call the in doughfaces ! men who liavo 110 souls! no patriotism ! 110 minds or principles nbove dollars and cents ! They tell us that the Southern people are knaves, tyrants nnd thieves, and ! that they have no rcsnect or regard for thr whatever. And as for dissolution or sec sion, ilieir language., js, uI/ct tliem (the CJ South) go! they have always been a curse .IS and burden, nnd the sooner they go out of VM the Union and use themselves up the better. Their negroes then will nil run away, and they will have to go to work thcmslves, as wo do, and get their living honestly." Any one at all acquainted with tlio course of the Albany Evening Journal, and the New York Tribune, readily sees that this language is of their teaching and comes from their school. The patronage given to Urn Tr!l ?!.!- _!a~ ? ?..u.i.iu in mis city oy our merclinnts and brokers, and to tlio evening Journal by 1 the Wliig pnrty, has enabled them to circu- /' late through this State and Ohi:> thousands of copies of their cheap weeklies filled with ' " ? these sentiments and slurs against New Yor- 's kers, until they have poisoned tho public ,l? mind and tnrned the current of feeling J dead against U9. Since tho opening of river navigation and the arrival of such vast numbers of country people, our merchants and tlio Union Committee seem to have become convinced that it is useless to attempt to change tho curI rent of public opinon in this State. It is 1 all one way, and directly opposed to the efforts of the Union Committee, and in favor of high handed measures' against tho South. It is as common to hear men speak of tho weather, as to hear a merchant say? " O it is lflln frk nllnmiil " ?"? ?! !< ?t -,: - . .~.W .w MWVVMIJ'V KV HI o n Wll tion current.: New York nnd Ohio aro nil over nbolition, nnd the people will'listen to nojy^gi>at'anti-8lnvery, free' aoif^nd the ' * the fu gi ti ve slave law. The Presithey cgtitiflue, "had lie taken (Some out With I (SWPntRl (Tetelrnrinkti6ti| wfld removed eve- ? ry higherlaw offider, apd put in their place, * (nentk iffic? titthpwn i?e,1wve broken up j the Seward faction, hut it is too late. IIo h:is done just enough, and that hesitatingly, to get the hatred anil contempt of the free soilers, and not enough to inspire confidence nnd courage in his friends." "I toil you," *ai?l one of tho loading committee men and a merchant on Saturday to a company of merchants?"We shall linvo i non-intercourse with the South in less than five years and shall prepare for it. Seward I is as cunning as the devil and as ambitious ' as Csesar. He has been here and made a ^ ( . i Union speech ; ho thinks to quiet us nnd n )}! , make us believe him our friend, nnd he lias | j quieted n good many, but he is a devil ( <iim m.-u) tuu Minrcs oi me cicvu. ine state ^ if is as completely under tlio thumb of Weed and 0rt?ely as tlio members of a Catholic (| church are under the thnmh of the bishop. i We liavo been cheated and humbugged all J our lives by these fellows : we paid for print- |i ing a hundred thousand copies of Seward's \ higher law speech when vie pnid'fnoWey to ( l)raper and Grinnell for the Whig pjnrty, now I we are paying to print sermons to counteract - j I it. We have paid for and supported the ' 1 Tribune for ten years, because we thought ' * 1 it a Whig paper, and now we are getting I abuse from it. In short gentlemen, we have 1 Ijeen turning the grind-stono to sharpen tlio knives which aro to cut our throats."? ifl N. Y. Day Book. '[ * 11 G'ocrt Week.?The court of sessions la and common pleas for Chester District, held H its spring term session last week?Judge VVhitner presiding. The business was very ' H j ngm, ana ot a very unimportant character. I It was decidedly the most uninteresting court week we liavc had, since it has been our lot to participate in such matters. The only suit which seemed to elicit any interest, or in the slightest degree to task the ingenuity and ability of any of the gentlemen of tno bar, was an action in the case for killing a dog! The court adjourned early on Thursday morning. We have heard no expression of other than entire satisfaction with the manner in which Judge Whitner discharged the duties of his new position. His demennor towards the crentloinen of tlm linr tlio nt ?i?? court, and indeed towards nil with whom ho fl had to denl, was in the highest degree cour- B teous and nffable.? Cheater Standard. B llo! von Ccha!?One hundred and B twenty enterprising looking young men tpok B the Macon 6c Western cars from tliis clty, B this morning, boiind professedly for CaHfor- 88 ilia, but it is well understood here.UM^dbeir B intended destination is the Island, of Cuba. ^B Several young men at Atlanta joined the ^Hj Company before it left li is perhaps, worthy of notice, in this connection, that half a ckjiwn boxes of Kifles were yesterday momins4Ap- Bl pea on the Atlanta and West Point RwhWidi from this place.?Atlanta Intelligence*^ iiaMBURO and EnOEFIKLD x>lank RbAO Company.?Hie lie publican my*: "Tfcjjte* miles of this lloml has. been opened for th? y^Kk uso of tlie public about ten (lay?. Its ad*$ri.tage seems to bo appreciated by our country friends, as pearly alt the wagons and pnsa oYerlt ^ ThQ^travel. aVI^; <eMon^C, l>er cent, nor' annutn <ru*