Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

'ifa. '*> V *+'''.-, v^-v" /' 2^%4 $ , i 1 ' -m ^olifal. . Tlie American Party of Chatham, 6a. At a nmetiug of the American Party this citv an J county, the following rcso] tions w<?re unanimously adopted : Wheleas, the sentiment of the Americs Party of Chatham County, as expressed in tl declaration of their Delegates at tlw. Sta Council of Georgia, which Convened at "SI con in the month oTfftrie last^J^wosed i the introduction of the elnn^tof religioi f?roscrh)tion in any shape, cither expressly < >y implication as an article of their politic I . v creed'?which sentiment-, it is now con side cd proper solemnly to reiterate, am\ publicl to declare: and whereas, also, .the Vte N| iidhnmAUl -1 1M.1.J > " m - ? t?i j. uiiHueipiiiH Ipis Remove tho veil of secrecy, ntul abolished the 01< Kfcwal 'roJjnirthg* oath or aflirmatiuh fit>H inember*, adopted as expedient in t^o\uc?p tion of the order ; l>e it therefore " 1 AY.W/v</, l'.v the sevcrni Councils Vont posing the American Parly of phatfcuit "County in ntass meertrrg- assembled lATbattha Aiooiieau Party o^f'hnthatr County do not recbgnt*?- **o rf doctiine^ their political faith, any opposition to itidi visuals on account of their religions creed, nor the imposition of any civil disability, not the ih ptrvaridti of any civil rights, on tlia4 account or for that reason. 2. That henceforth, tlio only obligation that will be requited from any otto desirous of connecting himself with litis Party, will be his endorsement of tho principles of the Party as act forth in their Platforms. 3. That tho American Party of Chatham County shall bo henceforth regarded as it is u^arty, and not a secret order. 4. Tliat all persons in thc'County of Cliatimi coinciding with tlie American Party in opinion upon the political issues involved at litis time, and approving thoir doctiincs, shall be regarded as its members. 5. That tlie American Party of Chatham" County have no rctrospectivo -objects ; that no'ntteiiipt will be made to effect tho rights atid privileges of persons who arc now citizens of the llnited States, or of the State of Georgia; that the main and distinct objects.Af'ti;l:pa.t., t * t 1 V*. ,?.|IU JL CV1VJ ?tiv Ifl, I KJ 11 ri ? 1" ?* pri,?|fUr illKl impartial administration of our City Ordinonces arid Laws; 2d, Uio cultivation of an intensely American sentiment; and 3d, A proper modification of the . Naturalization j Laws of our country?to the end that "Americans smai.t, nuu-: America'." Thus the American party' has thrown off its swaddling clothes, and doffed the tappings of n vigorous * manhood. The smne thing ha.s*bccn done in other portions Of the State apd of the Union, and at tin's time there is, practically, no ditforenco between the organization of the American parly and other political associations. Thitfstep has been ,tpken in pursuance of the action of the Philfiml ^""ii Ly tbo CtimkAV JL.. nWn ItW jMtf ""country siiKe that'imo, i t w as A hjp to- till of 4 - Avaut of information. ^ ? It is n pity thus, to deprive the Democrat-, ic press and orators of their standing nrgtt' ipent, but justice must bo dene, though the licaveus should fall, and with tlietn the aforesaid press and orators. We would add, by way of explanation, tliat the American party of Chatham has not disbanded itft councils, nor surrendered its charter. The councils will be continued as valuable auxiliaries, through which the business of committees will be transacted, and persons leprous of formally connecting themselves with the party will l>o received. Iti other words, the organization will be preserved, though the ritual, oliigations, die., have been dispensed with.?Savannah Itrjiublican. Tha Penitentiary Folks. Now that tho elections are over in this State, and tho excitement consequent thereon, all parties will bo able to contemplate facts and figures, calmly, dispassionately, and impartial}'. We a-k all such, then, to unite with us in considering who are the penitentiary folkc of this country ? The answer is, that in the general they are foreign-ers. A table published in the Compendium of the late Census, giving the number of convicts in the prisons and penitentiaries, shows that tho average in all the States is six to one of foreigners over natives! In Maine, there arc five Foreigcncrs to one Native. In Kentucky, six to one. Jn Mississippi, ten to one. In New York, thrco'to one. In Tennessee, fifteen to two. In Month Carolina, twenty-eight to one. In Alabama, fifty to one. # In Georgia, six to one. Jn incnani, luur u> uiie. Out of the capital offences, in the tamo State, where hanging was tho penalty, three- tr? one were foreigners. Those fact> spdfflv for themselves, and need no comment from u?. They are well calonlated to open t!to eyes of onr eitiwns to the importance of arresting this tide of Foreign emigration, so rapidly lloo.liag our country, and crowd.'nj onr jails, with tho worst population on earth.?Brovrntoufr. Wh in. Items from Washington. Washington, August 31. William M. Iturwell and John W. Hrye have bargained for the entire owucrship c the" American Organ, in thi.soitv, which i * - held at ?15,000. The entire number of applications undc the Bounty Land law of March lasf*up t the present time, i., 209,800, of which 10 70(5 were filed in August louring thesauri month 8,700 warrants were issued. Tli entire number issued is now 24,000. The amount of money in tho public Trca airy subject to draft is $19,010,0 19. frovfrnni nf has advices which state tli: no f'rv<*r exi (ton leer d 'he frigate St. hat icneh* at N wfoHr, "as j ?? -\ v>nHy reporter!. A aIItoii'Sciioot..?One kept in tl: MMS5S j JsOlJTHERN MTERPR^ ' ? . Friday Morning, Sej* F? f AOBNTe/ / r~ E. w. carr, tf. w. cor. of Vulnut aid Third-sfc ! y Philadelphia, is anr autprized Agent. K w. w, walker, coiu,y?, a a * 7 A. m. peden, Fuirriey/P. O., Greenville Dist wm. C. BAILEY, PIeasijt Grove, Greenville. WT. R. Q, ANDERSON Cedar Falls, Greenville. . ; \ lUYAnfrs LETTERr Tl?i ? communication, found in today's pa Rer, would havo appeared in our last, if it P Iij^d -not hacn'Aaigscnt from tlie Oalumbia c<ITA muj soundt nfleY1 the <Iapso of eight days'. Such tETngA will occur in the best regulated offices. HENRY VERNON; OR THE DREAM. _ I This delightful romance, written by " A Ooorgian" has been kindly sont us, by its author, Mr. James M. Smythk. It is highly recommended by the press of the South, and all who havo rend it, and so for as wo have progressed in its pages wo aro prepar- ( ed to say that we aro more than pleased ] with it, and cauuot do it a higher'favor 1 than by saying that every one who reads 1 should immediately send for it. Enclose , your orders to James M. Smythk, Esq. Au- < gustn, Geo. Single copy 75 cents. A club < of thrco or more 00 cents. 1 PAINFUL OCCURRENCE?A LADY KILLED 1 j AND SEVERAL OTHER PERSONS INJURED- i It has never fallen to our lot to record a 1 more heart-rending disaster, and ono that ( our community havo felt a deeper regret, | than tlift one which happened to the family , of Lieut. Governor Cain between Decver's Springs and Ashville, N. C.. It occurred whilst descending tho hill at tho French Broad river, about two miles from tho village of Ashville. In consequence of the break i becoiniug wcalc^ or giving'way, tho hack S was thrown "with great force upon tho i horses, causing them to start with conaidera- ( bio rapidity. A negro girl, and perhaps quo of thf lailiaA tjninnr nQ,ir illu driver, bo- S Luke llio Jiijoa ficnit tho drivo^ tne I homes, together with the liaclc and ull on board to be precipitated down an embank- 1 mcnt often or fifteen feet. Mrs. Cain was so t much injured that she lived only about half 1 an hour after the occurrence. None escnpod without injury. Col. Cain, his littlo son, and t tho driver were badly hurt. ^Mrs. Cain was buried ir> Ashville on Sunday last. The persons injured arc thought to bo in a fair way to recover. The Accident, it is thought would not have occurred if it had not l>cen for the taking of the reins from the driver, and is a fearful warning to all, never to interfere with a driver or his lines in a case like this. We undesrtood the horses escaped without much ( injury. The hack, (which was almost a to tal wreck) together with the team belonged , to the firm of Walkicu Jc Huti-edge of this village. ?-<o> KNOW NOTHINGS IN COLUMBIA. Wo noticed an arliclo copied from an Anti-American Journal of Savannah, Gn., going the rounds of the up-country press, in which it is confidently stated that * we will hear no more of Know-Nothing victories in Columbia or Charleston.' For the information of our friends we will state on authority reliable and dependent in a high degree, that the principles of Americanism and "Protestantism are still in the ascendent at the Capitol. One fact alone will show the strength of the American Party in Colbia. Their opponents are too weak in numbers to follow tha example of their Charleston brethren aud organise an Anti-American party. Moreover tlicy cannot find a candidate to oft pose W. li. Talley, Esq, the American candidate, in place of Capt Dc-Saussure who , lifts resigned. The ' Ides of October' will soon be hero, and K'clilnnd District have the glory of'electing, without opposition, a true i American to represent her people in*tlft 1- T W-ll I>W.1>!?..,1 I l't g I^HIl 1?H3 If m U'/UC| A VII .11 lilliu Dc^irfognesgc^nnot mislead, or foreigners conl?l thy patriotic sons ! 3 1 ? '*?>'' ?f UfAief fon the Sl'fkf.iikrs.?The visl* torn nl|ho White Sulphur Springe- held A nicetifej, on Thursday, over which Col. Pick0 ens, rj South Carolina, presided, and raised t- a fiu/criplion of$900 for Norfolk and Tortsic moufi. w. J. W. Bowman, A. M., formerly of fl Collnbia, has settled in Montgomery, Ala., amlwill take the superintcndency of the Fev tnal Institute, formerly conducted by the lanintcd Miss Cunningham. The testimo(1, niaf to his ability nnd character are of the { nijert order. I : ;:] < v * ' ' "j. , ?aag Berioui Accident on the Greenville & % road. We extract the following particulars (cj the accident on the Creeuville and Columtti Rail Road on Saturday last, froru the CaroiJ na Timet, furnished to them by a psrti^gfrft Messrs. Editors : On Saturday mortrinJ last about 10 o'clock, a. m. the jpesseng* train from Greenville, bound to Columbia^ encountered, serious difficulties fii Captain J, Cochran's field (about four miles betas Cokesbury Depot) the consequence of the intentional removal of a bar of iron by soma person or persons. J ^nChe spikes were drawn and placed oppJ site where tbey were taken out. The poiti of the crowbar is visible oh the brosS-tie, anl also on the rail. One of the spikes had i)J head broken off, and several of them shrf where the crowbar was used. In cow ?uence of the curve, the engineer, {M, hornloy) one of the most careful onjK road, did not perceive the difficulty unfft was too late to reverso the engine and Kg warning with his whistle before the iMm. renco took place. V ? The engine, tender, platform, btockJW, And baggage/cars wererthrown off the'lflk Wjutd tlie front trucks of the fidS senger car were also thrown off. The *nJneer was thrown to tlie ground, and onjf the firemen slightly hurt. The track wasv^ much torn up, hut no damage was donpi) tho engine or care. All the passengorsftunatclv escaped injury. Traces were traced from the road tma peach tree, some three hundred yards inie fields, supposed to bo ikose of the pereoJor persons Who perpetrated the crime, lie course pursued was not straight. All nar places in the field seemed to be avoidedJnd the track appeared to be those of a mite man. , * The cars andjpassengere under the mai tgement of our fellow-townsrrtan, Mr. Isaac tie conductor, who did every thing in his o*r ?r to make the passengers comfortable ayl tiappy whilo sojourning in the corn-fiel i. At 5 o'clock, p. ra. another engine am cm having been procured, wo started ngaii for >ur destination, but shortly after tho e6j$ne jumped from tho track, when several dE the Hands, firemen and others, jumped fndSLthe cars and we, regret to stale l^int onG if the Iremen was seriously injured, fracturii* both \nc!cs. Tho passengers generally, eleni>ed without sprious injury. For SvuliMm Enterprise). Public Meeting. ' Agreeably to notice, a portion of the citzens of Greenville met in the Court Souse, catuday evening, 1st inst., for the pttrposo of lominatmga suitable ticket for Ao next Council. < \J/r' On motion of Maj. Ilonry > P., Goodlett. Esq.. was nilliMTlEi the On motion, the Chair appointed* Jhe fblowiug Committee to report suitable fttadi-4 lates: Mnj. Ilenry B. Williams, John Mc{ny, Esq., J. II. Randolph, J. Feoster and r. E. lLirrison, who retired and reported he following as the ticket:. ' fok intendant, DR. A. B. CROOK. for wardens, J. W. STOKES, Esq., PETEll CAUBLE, L. B. CLINE, C. J. ELFORD, Esq., The report wrs unanimously coofim* ad. It was ordered that the nomination! be published in the papers of the village. The meeting then adjourned. 1 S. I>. GOODLETT, Presided Wm. M. Tiiomas, Secretary. Tiik Common Schools of this country re sinks of moral pollution and nurseries ofl ||. [Chicago (Catholic) Tahiti Are they ? You have a queer taste,, r. Tablet, Americans differ from you in <i n ion. In spite of the efforts of Archbi} >n Ilnghs, aided by Seward, <t Co., to debt ill and destroy "the common schools oft is country,n they will be sustained, and i ill continue to educate the children of a freead happy people.?Rochester American. 1 A Fact of Imfortaxcs.?The entire jltcstant population of the couutry, coinpiU with that of the Catholic, is about as tw<fc to one.?Boston Bee. \ 1 What are you scared about then ? .|e you afeared that 0110 Catholic, will lid a dozen Protostants I?Pilot. No, but we are "nfearcd" that villainyjfe more tlian a match for honesty. Ono it| ten egg will spoil a dozen.?Bee. Tur. Wavto Tk8t It.?A Kentuckii . requests us to deny any woman was burnti 1 roasted to death in the riots At Louisville.. He promises to give ten dollars towards t relict' fund for every one that can be naind 1 provided the Lepublican will give the RnnJ | amount for each American named that wj 1 shot from tlio "Quinn buildings" before tb<) were fired. No backing out now. Con( up with the nainos.?Baltimore Clipper. Humor.?It is reported that Preside! Pierce has recently bought a farm of fh hundred to six hundred acres, near Cole ville, Montgomery county Maryland?a fe iniles from Washington, as his future r? dence. It is also reported that in the own of his receiving the Democratic nom instil for the Presidency in 1856, he will run afj Maryland and not as nNew Hampshire cn didate. We give these rumors for vrh they are worth.?Amtrie** Organ. * ' , 1 fl!'1l' t American Hotel, ) r; # Columbia, Sept. 1st, 1855. J MfcP. Puck, Eprros ok ire Enterprise. !^l*y Dear Brother:?Notwithstanding the Winer heat, I have sat down to drop ydu -i * * ' the transition from the atmosphere of Gtfee&viHe to this place, is like passing from tie temperate to the torrid xone. Clothes Ac a perfect incumbrancd, and when reduced ps low as decency will permit, still the perspiration covers the whole body, liko your morning dews. Unquestionably, Columbia is one of our hotest summer towns, and in winter, is one of the coldest. Spring is her time of glory. Then indeed she is the loveliest of the lovely. She is entitled, lhe?, to be called the Damascus of the South. At present every thing is dull. Trade and her fashionables are all alike, won est. The former is asleep in the country, the latter are at won* fmvn thia inrinm. th? North, and nnv where, where amusement can be found, and money spent. The late organisation of the State Agricultural Society seems to have not met the approbation of one of the beat Agricultural Societies in the State-r-the Fishing Creek Society. They insist, that to be a Stato Society, it should be constituted of Dolcgates from the Societies, and that nofie should be reoeivedas members by paying $2.00. On this ground they have refused to have anything to do with the Society. I confess that there is a great deal in their objection. The object of a State Society, is to diffuse, as I should suppose, Agricultural information throughout the State. This can only be done by encouraging tho formation of Dis trict and settlement * Societies. Tho present schcmo will send every ambitious planter into the State Society, and like Aaron's rod, it will swallow up all the local Societies. I object, too, to tho permanent location of the Society in Columbia. It should meet annually, and successively with the respective District Societies. In this way its missions of good will be to each and to all, instead of being confined to the peoplo of Columbia, and adjoining districts. I object, too, to tho timo, tho second Tliusday of November. The Courts are sitting, at that time, in Fairfield, Sumter, Spartanburg, and two of the districts in the Eastern and Southern Circuits. It is impoe siblo for me even to attend the meeting-? Liut 1 suppose (hut might fiavc been intended, i ift m* 'imifftuMw * Society wu not represented. It is strange, lliat there should be such n disposition to find fault. I was obliged, by provious nr1 rangements, to set out on the 7th of August for my Greenville place. I had spent all Juuc and July in public engagements. I hud only about five weeks to give to my enfeebled wife, in a puror atmosphere.? Ilence I could not attend. As to the Newberry Society, I bad no authority to appoint delegates. This I announced in the Newberry Mirror, some weeks previous. I should think those were answers enough.? But I am not at all sure tliat any delegates from the Newberry Society ought to have been appointed. We had invited the meeting to bo with us. We wore an organized Society, and one which had the merit of doing some good. In Columbia there was no ((Society. Ilence if there be any thing wrong it would seem like we were the parties to complaio. T I ? 1 a* - * -- i nave jaooroa tor tiie Agricultural interest? of tho country, as woll as many other interests, for many years, to the sacrifice of my own interests, and it would seem, that at least, common charity should shield me from rash and prejudiced insinuations. Tho Newberry Agricultural?ociety meets on tho 18th and 19th inst. I have been the President from its commencement (say 17 years.) It is timo some one else should tako my place. 1 sincerely Retire to resign ray place, and hope sotnc of vny younger Tnenus, tnay be placed in my stead. How do our young friends, the Cadots of Greenville get on I I hope prospetoutly.? For when I looked upon them, the other night,marching atoadly or. with their blarng torches, heeding neither the sneers on the right, nor tho riotous conduct on the left, it seemed to me. that they showed how much superior they were not only to tho hcod ol those who wore disposed to inock nud insull them, but, also, to ail tho indifferent, hi they young, or old. I was almost dispose* to cry out with Old Uornce, 'Odi jtro/anun vulffut, et arceoP | Temperance is looking up here. Scvoi 1 were initiated at the lAst meeting of th * Sons. Five are to be initialed at the ne*i f. What is your Division doing ? Is it asleep s If so, give it a rousing shake, and let ever ? one be up, and calling to his neighbo ij "come and go with us; for the Lord In lit|spoken good concerning its." Carry is i mm come to olumbia this winter, during tl B | Session of the legislature, and at the mec ?-png ot the Grand Division. Will not evei at fDigtriel, hate a IMvition, and have it re ** tf tented on that occasion f I ****, T" J! - ^ r7*?> r.*r' ' ^ . . ?/ # j . ! ?' - /. ;/ FJ \ #' # " -c ' ' . 3ft-r : j / %? . ^ n;n,nniniTiiii y H*ii |)ii? m wiguiUJ I hope so. To carry Out *1 hope, I b*i speak the aid of your vigprou* pen, aud your excellent paper. Yours, in L. P. A F. JOHN BELTON O'NEALL. Correspondence of the Enterprise. ROMAN CATHOLICISM INIMICAL TO REPUBLICANISM?No. 2 Columbia, S. C., Aug. 80th, 1855. W.J\ Prick, Editor -or tub EntkbpsiSf.. Dear Sir :?lu our last, -we proved by reference to reliable authority that Roman Catholics owed allegiance to the Pope?were bound to obey his dictates?and, in short, to tevefence him as mtheir Lord and Master,* high Above all earthly potentates and powers. We argued that his allegiance to a foreign prince was contrary to the spirit of the Constitution and incompatible with our system of government; and that therefore Roman Catholics should not be permitted to bold offices of honor or profit in the Uni ted States. We argue, furthermore, that Roman Catholicism is incompatible with Republicanism because# Secondly?It forbid*"freedom of thought and right of speech. Thirdly?It allows no liberty of religious worship. * No extended argument is required to prove the first assertion. Proof of it is recorded on the page of History and written in the blood of Martyrs. We can point to the terrible Inquisition where men were mur. dercd not only for their religious belief, but also for their opinions on secular subjects.? have not forgotten,Galileo the illustrious astronomer, whom Catholics tortured because lie expressed his belief m the daily revolution of the earth, nor Petrarch, the persecuted poet, who would not bow the knee to a corrupt and ignorant Pope, and whoso sonnet mnv bo vet fresh in the memory of m&nv w ? * * a scholar: "Fontnno di dolore, slbergo, di ira, dre." which may be rendered into English ; "Fountain of grief, abodo of anger, school of errors and temple of heresy } formerly Rome, now Babylon, fulse and guilty, through whom there are so many tears and sighs ; mistress of decoit, of prisons of wrath, where the good perish, and the Jwicked are cherished and increased, hell of the living! it will be a great marvel of Christ is not angry with tliee at last I" Nor need we recall the names of Dante, Ariosto, Tasso Boccaccio, Gukcwdioi, or "Friar Bacon." They were men who 'Hi' Upimip^ngipiiwuanulidfc down by the Roman Catholics. But wi deem it useless to dwell on this point longer, as enough is known, apart from what we have said, to convince an unprejudiced peraou that freedom of thought and liberty o speech are not granted by Roman Catholic powers. They form an indispensable featuro of Republican government, hence, on this point RomAn Catholicism is incompatable with Republicanism. We present a few facts to prove the correctness of the thjrd assertion. \ In Rome, Protestants are not permitted to assemble on the Sabbath for worship; and if they do so, they are liable tofine and imprisonment. In Spain, an assemblage of npre than ten Protestants is declared "illcgal'/hnd is to be dispersed by the Police. / Throughout the Catholic countries of Europe, travellers having Bible*>r Testaments are closely watched and suleoted often to indignity and insult. It is in direct violation oftie principles of the Roman Catholic Churcy for the people to possess copies of tho Pro and even in the United States, Catholi priests havo collected and burnt publicly*>pies of that holy work. / Any Roman Catholi' using a Bible or other religious (Protestit) works is liable to expulsion and excommunication. In the United State* Protestant cannot be buried in the Public cetnetenffl? o^,wt J J bo interod in the suburbs of the city. j Such ia Roman Catholicism pcrsoctl^ , the living Protestant and endeavoring tot a reproach upon those, who "sleep in J evil I ! Do vou call that Republicanism t , * Men of Greenville! shall Jesuit! nn'r l priests, and cravcn-hearted Protestant seejfi* p ing after foreign votes, rule over yoJt Loq I your action* speak as words, and jc I. heart j and hand with your fellow-citizeni of this 1 great and glorious Union in dri og tJie t Pope's minions from America and t ng the I land of Washington from Catholic *sr?|e BAY An e Tho following is an extract from y^. I, t. dier'a letter in tho camp in the CriineT |. 1 "The other night I WB9 in the cntn>. t moot*, and a good number of u* were sL I * tegether amusing ourselves. One waslL r? ing a aor.g called, "Mary, weep no moroy t( is ine,' in which occurs these beautiful line! (>| to 'Far, far from thro I aleep iu death, y., Bo, Mary, weep no more for me,' It, t when a shell came in, burst among us, killed the man while he was singing A 'y song. I never was bo vexed for any one 1 P~ my life; it opened his sknll completely, ai he died in an instant." L t >?|/y V * /_ > * . * . ;* 7 > w." s? ? ' *H /? - - .;.. &*;.'y* I;,V t*\-V J ^?V ' ,?'* V 'T* i %' ** :$-': y *? r?r * loellWB au?tesVM% ,T?V , Prooetdinga r*m?* Brta a?d Grange Railroad Co*vwrtiwvkeM mi ^ Greenville, 8. C., August 80th, 1855. This being the day appointed for holding the Convention, a number of delegates frora North Carolina and elsewhere assembled at the Mansion House. On notion of Gen. Waddy Thompaotr,Co!. T. C. Perrin was called to the Chnir and John McKay appointed Secretary. The Convention,- upon beiug- organized, was addressed by Hon. John Baxter, of Hen* deraon, N. C., and Hon. Waddy Thompson, of Greenville,*8. C., relative to to &a object for which iVwas assembled. 1 V y i | On motiou of lion. Waddy Thompson, a Committee of five was raised to ptepnrebam* iness for. the Convention, and the" Cbair appointed the following Committee: Geo. Waddy Thompson, Col. John Baiter, HonJ. B, O'Neall, Col. S. Fair, Msj. B. P. Perry. Onjpotion ofVardry MoBee. Esq.. it was resolved that this Convention adjourn to meet at the Court Rouse, this evening at eight o'clock. ? >/.. wkose4day kvenino, 8 o'clock. According to adjournment, tho Convention re-assembled at the Conrt House at 8 o'clock, P. M. Ron. Waddy Thompson, Chairman of tho Committeo appointed to prepare business for tho Convention, submitted the followingReport: Tho Committee appointed to prepare business for the Convention, have instructed me to say tirtt, concurring, as they do, in tho ' report adopted by this body, on the 12th July, at Aslitflle, they deem it unnecessary to re-state the argument therein oontainod.? Since 1836 ro one has ever doubted tho importance <f the connection of Charleston, fx)uiAvilleantVCincinnati,by tho French Broad Valley. The Committee, believing that tho time has now rVrived when that connection ought to be math, recommend the adopliois of the following resolutions, viz*. 1st That this Convention, m common with all tire peoplo of^outh Carolina, dorire .. .. ..I 1 .. i i> i r?_:t U?o construction oi me .rrcncn 1V*" road, ami ft connection therewith by South Carolina Railroad. 2d. Thn* f* 804X1 a? the surveys and estimates can bo made, tho work should I* attempted by securing private and State subscriptions. The resolutions were ably nnd eloquently advocated by lion. Waddy Thom^n, 1 on. 1 John Helton ONoal!, Col. N. W. IVoodHn. L i..TT ? U.n Bairns snjl adopted. On motion of Gen. W. Thompson, the 1 following resolution was submitted and unnnimonsly adopted, viz: Resolved, That a Committee of be appointed by tho Chairman of this Convention, to ask of tho Legislature of this State, at its next session, an appropriation for n llailr ond to tho line of the State of Tennessoe, from snch point in this State as may be decided upon after the surveys shall be comploted. In accordance with tho foregoing resolution, the Chairman appointed the following Committee: Gen. W. Thompson, S. Fair, Esq, Maj. B. F. Perry, Col. T. F. Brockman and Perry K. Duncan, Esq, On motion of Judge O'neall, the following > gentlemen were added to tho above Comraitteo: N. W. Woodfin, E*q., and lion. John Baxter. Ou motion of Col. Baxter, the Chainnan, Col. T. C. Perrin, was added to tho fVkm mittee. On motion of P. E. Duncan, Esq* lion. J. B. O'Neall was also added to tbe Commit tee. After somo remarks by tbe President upon tbe objects of tko Convention, the meeting was adjourned tine die. T. C. PERRIN, Chairman. John McKay, Secretary. Tub Gorgetown Pee Dee Times of the ?mrn: 4 On Wednesday morning last a warrant was issued against one Howell (of notorious notoriety ia WilliamsMi rg and this district) on the affidavit of his vife. The sheriff dispatched a deputy and i posse of some five or six men, who overtook towel! some eight miles from town. As oon as Rowcll saw his purs iters approachig ho alighted from his horse, and Kited is wife to the saddle, for be bad made her alk the entire distance, and then posting mself in tbe road as they rode np he nrt-. I,itoil his double barrel gun, support*! by a right band, and with a revolver of si^ * els in his left, and foaming at the mouth v. mm me whole company if ^dared approach him one stop?urging t '10ccssity of his counvo from the need of | ydr six suft'oring children at home.-? ? outy, who was near enough to see the tun jn tlio muzzle of the ina4m*n'? r1'1. Vdrew hit company, very properly, itmI 'Aped to town, tl?ey having, very >robabu,0 weapons with them. Horrible 0 ltowell, proceeded on hit way > hit diiL^ children, and in their pittance, it is^t murdered hie wife, under cirimsiawe^f atrocity, tbnt would hare locked a ?*ge in hie benighted day. owdl, weij^nd, wae arretted ami mnutted t\e iail of Wilmiamtburg on bnday. W, _jy0 no <^^1 of facta, at IT b in ^to wait hit trial iq 8<*??