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i * * Frrm the f-'o'i'h Cnn>hvi'in. y.ii jouxson'S uvjuixm-Ai We have littleto say in reply to the merely personal portion of tlii? article, \%Jiicli will be found on our tlrll pi<re. If coistnirxs a plausible explanation of his position between the l.'ank <>l the State ami that ofjjthidi 1:0 is a Director, made with an apprrr^nr candor and openness which are creditable to him; and entertainin.'; no unkind fcolinjr Inward him, and having r;.>! knowledge of hitn whatever, beyond what has j transpired in this controversy, wo hove made' not a single enquiry into the fuels stated kv ! Jiim, ami Jnve no desire to detract fr-?!n Msowiij norcnn.il defence. ffaK bo adnr'tod tint lie i J'imsell ran desire, still his pr?r-iir position! renders him a very unfit * e.-son in make ?;> \ lolent an assault opon the Butk 0ft!.0 S'n'e' and the motives of all who dare.I to defend it;! and if it has subjected hi - own to eisspiv.on at: ! enquiry, he has tfo cause whn'cvcr to complain.; A warm personal friend of his, in defending 1'is motives to it--, nd-nitl"! thai. his position rendered his course 0:1 this question imprudent and i:idiscree', and very naturally subjected his motives 10 suspicion, and to the enquires made by us. lie cajld our rnne-o toward him "irrelevant, unfair, atrd disenicnimiis," ami ye! irpiies m the affirmative to all-our questions, except the one as to his be;n^r "disappointed in the ra;.d,:!acy for Directorship in tiio Batik o! the St.; ? Was there no reason whalevcr to ichcve him disasppointed, and that lie acted front a sent c of disappointment, and interested opposition to a 1 rival Bank? lie admits that he is "a Director 1 of a 1'riva'e Bank, ami one of these which set j at defiance the law of the Sta e?a law t aiii.uir, I not for a dire Insure of ordinary * Bunt; sccrr?*,' < or'the nmitfs oi those who owe lhem,' hut lor such a 'pen era! statement, of iiieir assets and,! liabilities as may enable the people to form some ; idea of the validity of their 'promises to pay'? 1 a law which includes the Bank of the State, as \ well as all others, and which that Bank has : t obeyed, while that of which lie ('Tocsin') 's :i 1 Director, has treated it with contempt, and with s it the will of that 'People.' and those 'Voters,'! t by a disinterested regard (or whose wcllare and |: interest he professes to he governed." He sets j J forth, that he, and he ah dp, zealously advorn- i ted the adoption of that law, by the recusant ; t Bank of which lie is a Director; but when it re. : c jected his motion, did ho refuse to share in what- 1 c ever benefits were to be derived from the rejec- j t tion? Did lie retire from the hank, and thus It scorn to participate in that act of contemptuous J t disobedience to the law, which he thoroughly 11 disproved! Does he not r< c dlect the very j c pertinent anecdote of the school-boy who, when ; urged to join in robbing an br< hard, indignantly I s remonstrated against it, but when it was per-' > sisted in, joined in it, and shared the booty, on j I the plea that the robbing would take place any ' \ how, ,?>.d lie would lose his share of apples, if! i he did not go, without at all benefiting the own-! i er thereby? Was he a fit person, while still j t continuing a Director, md sharing in all the 's fruits or benefits of the recusancy, whatever c< they were, to innke the bitter assault ho did up on a rival Bank that obeyed the law?ihe Hank I of the State?and one whose interests, he an1- * mii6, come in competition with his own recus- c ant Bank? Was he justified, under such oir- t cumstances, in voluntarily and violently assailing without provocation the motives of all who's differed from him, or might dare to defend the t rival Bank from his assault? Was he the man 1 to "cast the first stone!" And had lie any right c to complain or be surprised, while occupying euch a position, and after so unsparingly as- t sailing the motives of others, that his own were ' quietly and respectfully enquired in'o! Were f Aismotivesofr.il others, exempt from enquiry, < and sacred from the measure he so freely me- t ted out uuto others? He may choose to consider i himcelf a very innocent, ill-used gentleman, t ?J iil-Miloufini iinlsir anil diseil- 1 1 anu our mrju.i ivs ....... genuous;" tmt-others will judge of the matter t aB well as he, as far as the paper which publish- t ed his assault will allow them an opportunity; 1 and, "irrelevant" as they be, thov have served, I by shewing his position, to take away his power ' to injure the Bank or its defenders. They were ' aimed, not at him, hut his "irrelevant, unfair, ' ? and disingenuous" assaults, and if they have ' "laid bis poisoned arrows harmless at the fee.' 1 of those he assailed, it is enough?we care not little they injured him?the less the better. We suppose from what he says, that he is a very wealthy man, and so far an influential and < powerful one; but be lie who he may, lie is as nothing to us, in this controversy, compared i; with the interests and honor of the State; and | we think the freedom with which we have aimed ; at the "truth," in him, without stopping to ask j who he is, or what is his power or influence,j might have satisfied him that we "dire to utter j it," and to defend it, when duty calls upon us to , do so, he the consequences to ourselves or others what they may. He says: "Say on. I'll hear you?the truth lies straight before you? dare you utter it," We have uttered it, as i? lay straight before us, in the records of the Bank, and we suppose lie heard u?. isut wna' of that?has lie, or the paper which published his assault, had the candor and justice to lay it before the "Voters" to whom that assault was addressed] lie calls our attention to an article of Ids signed "A Stockholder," which appeared i:i o t .paper of 7th April last, and the letter accompanying it. The latter we never satv, and presume it was burned at the April tire. He'ad in it's that "lie bus been a frequent. '<< er of money on in teres*, alias a a e B\! ?> , or in n>tininon parlance a ",-"i'\v fcut say. that he is not so now, ??r rather that si :rr- ,V:ndoning the practice years ago, he has not t hot. "more than legal interest." lie makes a ineri' of having abandoned the practice of a Shaver We presume lie did not do so till he made a fortune by it, when perhaps finding it a very unpopular business, and desiring that personal popularity and influence Irom which, in public estimation, it generally so much detracts, he abandoned the usurious interests of a idliaver, for that of a Bank, which, when it loans out three times its capital, of course does so for three timgs the ordinary intercut on that capita! ?say 21 per cent.; Bank interest, though nominally 6 per cent, being considered, witii the interest paid fn advance, as equal to 7 percent. It has been much more popular, if not always -'-IT if, r " In u'.fivo t lirn:i<-!i one r?I mur? jrnvrnA.^u, ? those "shaving machines" (as "Pinckney" calls them,) a Bank, than directjy, by one's self, be the latter as "legal, moral and proper," as it may. He admits that the "interests of the Bank ol the Stale," which he ht.s so violently assailed, ami aimed to ".abolish entir. ci.y," "come in competition with those of the recusant Bank ol which he is a Director and Stockholder." ile had then a personal interest in attempting the abolishment of the former, whether he fell <>i acted 011 it or not. "He would reduce the capitals of the Banks?not their/tro/J/s"?and 'Stool, ifih" the Bank of the State "entirely." "Th< # ' ' V# * ' profits," he says "could ! o nia 'c larger cm / rr miHions than on /'ovr:r,:n iniMtms ni capita!;" and of course the prod's <?n his Rank tstoc!:, audi its value, ivho'her to held or ?-e!l, would 1 c on-; ha tired hv alioiisiiiii;r the Rank of the State ? i The capital of his own Rani:, lie would minrr < J oiilv, a lid make "a i'lrir'T n/c vurtr r.f pro/ifs" ] i onjhe r":naii.'Iar than the whnV; he' 'he ik ill: (d'slir f'^'c lie would ".mu.rit i:\tirki,v "?1 He savs "he does not proposso Jo <tin.licit it- iin- j (! i\'a-n vs. J\o' </.'/vcit is true. Rut I dors he not ononlv and strenuously propose to. - - - < o n i "iwry v. i;ii i!;e i.uniiing | 'S no cans ?/,j in?>u: "I'an'c socrots?"?to publish anil "expose" oi'.oc. imucf of those who owe Use Hank?" And he is too well versed i:i Bank afiairs not to know tint this would not only abolish it entirfly," hit* instantly. the moment it was | decide I that it should Ire done! Would it not j i:!s'an'':; abolish its business?drive away every i rustomer cor: It having?every one that had ! citlier rre.li', honor or character? Who won'd ; borrow from a Bnuk t!?nt would "erno?o" lis' "none" to the piihiic. and the sum he hid borrowed? Vet, f'vs Mr. Johnston, ".Who would fear, e?.'y. ///.'//?"' I\ow, suppose a ?:;or-:? ii;' vcere to annou nce t lie intcu'ion to "e rpose'' to I th*> public ":'<s names" of :< 11 persons on his j hooks, would it he just or true to say that no one won-h! ' fear hut illegality!" Wm:M rucli ] an art; he honest and just to those wi:o had lis.r- : rowed ni.der the implied pledge of secrecy i;>- ( volved hi the universal custom practised itt nil t such inat-crs? Would not the inevitable ten- t ilonry of rucli an act ho to bring doubt and sus- < fi cion upon the solvency, ability, or credit ol i he persons so published, no matter how un- ; ]uestionnb!e eit'ier might be otherwise?? i iVtyild no man fear such an exposure "hut the i put!;/?" c But suppose the exposure of present debtors c ivern avoided, and. to deal cntulMlly and fairly c villi all future ones, such merchant or Bank r vere to announce that thereafter "the names" cf j ill future debtors should he exposed whenever it i suited his pleasure?who would deal with him 'c >r it? Would it not "abolish" his business,. i ind not only "entirely," hut instantly! Mr. , 'I lohnsioii may still say "who would tear, hut tl>e fc pL'ttij?'' But if such a Merchant or Bank oh-! aiu a single customer, would it not be such a ? me as could obtain credit no where else?one c lesperate in circumstances, and reckless in p ? i:.? 1>r iiinrl ifloil ! I, >y such an exposure! And would il not he het- c or to "abolish" tlie S ore or the Bank at oner, j a Inn throw it entirely on the support of such ! t customers? t; It will not do, titer, for ATr. Johnson now to Ja ay, l hat' he does not propose to abolish t he Bank I; aider Jij teen years;" las proposal to the people a o "expose" "the names of those who owe i'," il vould, he well know.-, if adopted, "abolish it," ' h vstaxtlv; and lie takes tlie most ctrec:ual way c o induce liioni to adapt it, hv surest iiw thatI n here could he no ma ive lint "guilt" lor oppo- J injrjt?'lial t ere arc'hose w!m "never expect a ind never intend I" ]>ni/"?"who wish to borrow, ' (! lever to be paid"?and "who design to 'rob the d exchequer"?and that'"the country would tie j tartled" by sticli an exposure, "and the deluded, n heated, a nil bamboozled jwple would demand a I p iio/oii-h cleansing of the andean stable." j t Now, to i.e as disinterested in act, as he as- ? nines to he ia word, why did he not iirst direct s his proposition and suspicion against iiis own t lank.' There, he savs, he ur<reil the accoptnuco tl ?l the law: h.r wby not; on i s refusal, come out u i'.'ainsl it in the papers, as he has done a/amst t. he Bank of the Slate; crv "away with the hum- v about Bank srerrts," call lor tlie exposure a il "the names of a 11 who owe i'," denounce all u ipj o iciits as "guilty" &.c. &.< , and tell them t hat thty "Jbvo darkness rather than liyii', be- y anise their deeds are evil.'" In Ins very itnpar- t in) horror of "B mk.secre.1*" how came he lo c >ass by Ins own i> .id. without a word o censure, u o denounce a rival one that liail consented to; he exposure of tlieni as tarns prop'??ed !iy law,' .vhile the former treated that i'-w wiili contempt! Fie may be, in his own conception, very dism- I erested and impartial in Ins "motives," as las as l hoo enriiti'.ii'/n<i t >*?? ?> 1 * 11 f U'O U?I.!M it ll(? IS 111)! ! V IC Ok VI I IlllbVU I uv.il >, uu? .. V .. juite so severe and unsparing in Ji.s dealings j I ivilh them, as with those of all eormer.'e.l w.Lsi , t .lie Hank of the State, or who dure dc end i*.? ! Then arc "fumk tools"bum-lit ?7/rf si'/rwd ' 'subsidizedami muzzled" "c.orrnp c.J" "if//i lesiumii;! to roll l.ieexr icqi' ".doo.l-ii.tun.i.-, t curs,"&c., &.C ?win it* Ac, o! n.i me.i connected j > ivitii Buiks, in these "evil ti.no try men's j . -u?:!.is pure, disiiilcrestc I, a i I mmiueul ite? 1 ' a monument oi iJ ink ptnv.y, iu ilie midst o. Bank i corruption?and oi Bank d;s|iiieres odr.ess, iui- 1 partiality, honesty and patriotism, looking down l Irani the lofty pedestal of shaving and usury, on ( which it has been erected, upon the dark scene of Bank selfishness, partiality, truilt, robbery," fraud, oppression, falsehood, and perjury, that spreads far and wide around it! lie proposes that a part of the means of the Bank, and of course pari ol its capita!, for virtually all its means are its capital, shall i e cat e.l i in and applied to the ex'itijfutshtne.it of the ;>u ilic rlebt, of course be.ore it become due. \ ,'e.l, now, which shall be paid urs.1 e it ive siiov, : from.he Bank records, tin- the "capita:" a .d '-annual dividends" of the Bank have hce i so!-, a.only | io ! ,e I and ?<" ; apart at various lime , tor the pay men: of She uiieios's and li.ia. re iion of i ] > S.a e's deh.s: that tiie proii s Cousn j*e a "..ir.i. tund" lor thai purpose; that ;.o iSt:?*?.? :nn no ri^.'r, according Jo those pJt'd^- ' , io 01 .?re v? oii -i.c >? .?!?!; ?.? < ordaroi j...yjiCiand use the ccij uiil in | riyioe!/, iiil mot runts aio uJuiii-U';!. The pledge o! 1^'iS, '<?i :ito i'hre L?ai , is :ii these words: "Wnon n:e ' ri.j'.l* ol the IJaiik ??! llie State oi fcjouiit Carolina sluti! have priui viio interest on cerium stocks,! .i(jd redewd said sti cks, for which tlioy June, heretoiorc been pledge,! ami set apart, ti.c real profits shall a so ho considered solemnly pledged and set apart for the payment otitic in.crest on tiie said jjuan, ami the linal redemption tliereol." ?Now, il will bo seen lut.i tins, that neither iiiO Dank or iiie Siaio has 1 ri^iii to use the capita!, or oujj'ii but the ''proii's" of the Ban!', to redeem tise prev.ous loans, or certain.y no: t.li tiioy are cxhnttsteu, and no longer siniicieiit tor thai purjtose. Suppose this n ode of payment were dunged, and iiie capital resorted to, as proposed by Mr. Johnson, and iiie capital itscii thus exhausted in paying principal and interest j he/ore the last debts were due; v.ouid not tiic | Bank thus be abolished, and the pledge of the State violated! The more capital were used in 1 payment, of course tho less profits would be re j alizod. and the Jess money finally l?e hail lor pny> incut; and if the capital and means of the iiaiifc 'were thus unnecessarily exhausted or lesseiteJ I before the iinui payment became due, would not the value of the State Sleeks, ami their socun y, i be m.sened theiehy, mid the iioiders have :tjiis. i ri-nt to chaise the tS'.are with warnou injury tit ttioi.', and a v.ola.ion el its laiii.J The yrertt value ei the jiank, i>t its existence and liability, - and ul the potter o. auc.n- it, to the l.o.dei's el ; these stocks, has already been shewn; and of ? . * cn'T o, if ifffrnp'lal wore exhausted, or so much only as would inakp it a hurthensome expense, ('cvoiciLpolelv to the collection of its outstanding deb's, 'the Stale would be greatly injured by sustainoig it, and the nubile creditors by abolish ' '.? ..C . I.? mir it. ir. is clear, mo", irum (?n.-n..Co lllc S'nte, Mint it has iin r'.rhl?o use t.':c capital of l ise Hank ia payment of i:s slocks, (and before due,) t:!l the "profits" are no longer suflicicnt to payj iiiem as they become due. In the language of the last Committee i f Investio.ition, ".hese funds are solemnly pledged and mortgaged to. the .holders of the State Slocks, without whose assent no diversion of them can lie made, or their security impaired. The Slate is hut a trus'oe,. until its debris paid; it holds only the equity of redumption, in the Bank." A word more in reference to the violent and reckless rlrrges of mismanagement, guilt, cor rupiiou, bribery, rubbery, insecurity ?>. i..- d ui's, etc.,.ngains' this institution, and all connece.! I w.ili it. Read the following extrnc's Irouj t.he Ro'.'orts Nithe I,e/isla'ure,at i's It*session, of' ' he s*?v*ral Co .an 'iees nppohucd to i ivestigatc h" Ihcik as I its B. inches, and rememher that : e -ire tun.le h\* hum of the highest rospeclaj 1 ty, I-' ;) .- under oath: Fri 7/1 lt?:- >rl on the Parent Bank "Rls? or;; c ? 1 ho Committee required the j iro.lcci.u'i o; eve; v ih.'c, tcok down the amount, | tud then compared the result with the Books ?f ill/; Bin I;,.and found thcin :o correspond. Aii?jtitr so many notes, it could not be expected ; ha', all were a hove suspic.on. But as a dis ount Ifst, your Committee, after all the scrotiiv which their own knowledge of the parties, it.dsuch information as they could obtain from lien engaged in the actual business of the comnuiiily enabled them to bestow, have oonietothe ; onculsion, that the customers; of the Bank gen- I rra! 1 \, are men who deserve the credit they re-1 eive, arid that their business renders them desi- j aide customers; that the Directors have been I udicious in their discounts, and the St ate has ! io rouse of uneasiness on this head. That some ixcept ions exist is true, but not more than are.! nl'nll TtnnWs of Di.-f'.uUllt. I Mi .iiv'm 11/ ihi; ut'ii J m*;ri wi ?... ? . riiC.-sc <Mr.< are well distributed thoughout the Stale."?Pa r. 9. | "The j cncnil result i?? that the Bank of Hit j Siii'e is inn safe and flourishing condition, and j npnb'o u! continuing its business on n sac and crmai.cnt basis, and preserving a sound and ten I thy circulation: That its debts, under an lficicnt and able direction, will be realized with s httie loss as is incident to transactions so excnsivo and variouThat the Bank has suslinetl the best interests ol the Stale, in Iter hvin?; lid in every s'agc of its existence, its officers ave oxliibi e l the most unblemished integrity, ml have committed as lew errors, as from the iinculiies and uncertainties of husidess, could ave been expected: 'J'nat. its creditors are seurcd beyond the most distant doubt, and its iuliiy to ledccm its circulation ir. sperm, certain: 'hat tITfkcapital is also secured, and its future etion prom..-es a punctual discharge of all tiio obis ol the Stale, principal and intercs', at the ay'' ?Pitied 7. "Your Committee, in 'conclusion, would re. nark on lite sound policy which Ins led the State eriodic.ally to re-elect tlie presiding officer ol tie B ink, when found faithful and capable. It ives stability to the institution, and, with the tric.t and searching scrutiny of your invostigaioiis, ensures system and fidelity. It is due to lm present incumbent to say. thai he lias dovocl himself to u.^ interests ol ilir* Hank wiili nniring zea', and bi.Mfg'in the meridian ol his life, rill every year add to the stock ol his experience, tv.l eonseipie.ii usefulness. Most of the officers if the if oik have been of long standing, ami heir iniogrity is beyond suspicion. All atforded ojr Cooi iii: o.j a ready and willing obedience i) tiiCir calks for inform it in >; manifesting a prop, ir sens" o, their du y to the State, to give the i - 1 - - ? 1 " lillSl ample account ui men sicnnio.-iiiji. Pll'_rp iy. Fmrii (he Report on the Columbia Branch. " i'irj corili.ii co-operation ?l thcoiikers of the 1 ink, wall the Committee, in their investigaams, anil the prompt am! agreeable manner in vlisch they turn..-died all the information ra!!e<i or wi.ii.u iheir power, < ontrlbuted very much o lighten the laliors of tl.c ConuuiMco, and to neiluatc a proper understanding of their duties." Page "Your Committee will now turn their at tenon to tiic deb s due the Bin!;, including Notes I.sc.;united, Bonds ami Drafts. T. esc item orm the most important brunches of inquiry ivliirii r becomes tiieir du'y to itivcs'igate, ami iece>sar.ly rojtiiicd the grea'cst share oi tiio.r labors and diligence. Upon the sou ninpss o these dents depends the security and usu-ul^ter* ;?f the Bunk. Your Committee have availco ihctuselves ol ali the mens within their rea'-h, to obtain satisfactory inmrmation as to li.e re?' condition o! ihcsc dents, ami the result ol hts etiaui'iiu .O l is, that 1 ho iVintiii'iec have no reas 11 to hejoie tiiaiaoy of them are not well secure.' "?Pajr -1. From the Hrjfirl r.r. (he Camden P -atirh. ' i'.io li us 1 . ! No.cs ol Hand duo ike Bank fr m ;!. - :-es. u. oi.i.a fn the t'ommiltce could o . a 0, :ii era cue.11; exatntualion, are well re ? It V .. .1' r:.r .' , w.'ij :]jS o.v c; ;.o.i ?<i a m.i iu <>i | ii <>; :hroe ?.r .n..r red dollars, winch api " o I nu.: /.i'ii!. o.i she whole, the Committee w : of o,..nam,iin< i!.e l>:tuk is in a sound and In ii iiy conditio.!, and tint it Ins been all!}* and ii: y conducted. It is proper to add, that every iacilny was cordially ottered, that could a .1:: e investigation."?P.nr<J ! There, People oi South Carolina, there is the testimony of your own public servants, who have cjrciuiiy examined tiie Bank?ineti ol liiyh character, acting under oath Will you believe tiiein, or .Mr. Johnson? and can you believe lor a moment, that they have trampled under foot all :!.c obligations oi duty, of conscience, and of I law! Your public otiiecrs should be held to the | strictest accountability; hut is there to be no security lor their character or icehngs, against ! such assaults and enarges as those ol .Mr Johnj fun] J Se i.i iy not bitvo read tin: reports in question; we tru;-., ,or ins own sake, that he has not: not 11' Kiirti sire not suohsent to se cine honorable men lrt.nisticii tembie charges and ass-auks, men a "-<od character and honest deuj.iou to du.y and the public interest, are no sec.unv, and-ui iio vaiue to a public otlhcr; and it you sanction such assaults, without the least proof, and against such proof, you will soon drive all such officers from your service, to be sueceeded by those oulv whose character, and regard lor it, are of as little worth as the r servi. ces. "The tiin.es are evil" indeed, if the excuse giv. en lor lue.se virnicnt assaults without, proof, and a_ainst sucii proof, is coriect and jusliiiahie, via: l.iat "iiie mural susceptibility o! tiie public unnd is s<> bluiued, ii,:u iu>Jnug but highly sea sunn d..'iies v/onkl u,? mucbed;" that ttie article ",s ;t.ioreioresimply s/riftdj" anJ ".lie sag.ic.om ! reader will pcitoivo liiefb'oject"?" o arrest puu I lie attention." is tins true of your "mind," J People of South' Carolina? Is your "moral sue t ^ ? ?" IP coptibi 1 ity so blunted." thl|&oii' cap relish only such "highly seasoned dishesT" aridr that such only can "arrest your attention? V. c trust nor, and believe you will concur with us. that even if if were so, the catering lor such an appetite, would Rtill be as Jiule creditable as the appetite itself. ^sacsrTT-trTT.jpji^im,^ u. _J, , 1 M - "* cQ-liaiDTO . WEDSESIUf Mlt.UK, SEFTfflliEK 83. 1813. O'The citizens of Camden and its vicinity are notified that the adinurned meetinrr. for con siilcrinsr * ho propriot} of constructing a rail road from this place to Gadsden* will take place on Monday next, in the Court House, at ten o'clock A. M, when the reports of the Committees appointed at the previous meeting;, will be laid bei'o'e tiiom. The members of the Committees are requested to meet at the Court House Tins Day, at nine o'clock A. M, JOHN WORKMAN, Intcndant T. C. ID" Return Day for Kershaw District is next Saturday week, the 3Ji of October. ilj" We are gratified in being able to state that at the earnest and unanimous solicitation of the officers of the 22nd Regiment, Col. J. C. IIaii.e has consented to retain his commission, and continue his services in the Regiment. Col IIaile is a most excellent and efficient officer, and has the entire confidence and respect of his brother officers, and of the men un- [ dcr his command. The Brigade Encampment of the 5th Brigade of Infantry commenced near this piace, at Camp Cook on Monday the 19th inst. and continued till Friday Evening last, ne r two hundred officers being present, exclusive of a number of sergeants. In the unavoidable absence of Brigadier Genl* llnpkins, the command devolved on Col. Hucy, of the 21st Regiment. Every thing appeared favorable to tiie Encampment; the weather was " ? - 1 II ? 1 - I!.a ueauniui ; uie ground wen ciioscu , me uii?|?j in good liealth and spirits ; tlie drill was conducted by able and zealous officers; and the whole command seemed imbued with a martial spirit and emulous of acquiring all the information the opportunity afforded. The Brigade was reviewed on Friday, by bis Excellency Gov. Richardson, attended by the Adjutant General, and Quartermaster General, and Major General Buc^man and Staffi; we were also gratified with the presence of Brigadier General Means of the Glh Brigade. After the review a sham battle was fought; one Division under the command of C?l. Gregg of the 213d Regiment, the other under Col. lluey, all acted with commendable spirit and coolness, but particular credit is due to the Marion Cadets, (who bad volunteered for the occasion) and who although broken for an instant by a:i irresistible charge of Cavalry, very soon rallied and succeeded in capturing a trophy from the enemy; af er the Battle, a truce w is entered into and peace declared. Tho Brigade was then deployed into close columns of companies, and li s Excellency the Governor, followed by Major General Buchanan and Col. Ilucy (acting commandant of the Camp) then addressed them, applauding their patriotic zeal, and soldierly deportment during the week, and encouraging them to persevere in the good work, and render themselves competent as citizen soldiers to protect and defend the liberties of their country, whenever they might be assailed ; enforcing the truth and wisdom of the maxim, that "in peace was the time to prepare for war." The several speeches were received with well merited applause. The Troops then stacked arms ; struck heir tents ; and marching in close column of companies around the colors, the Band playing " home sweet home," gave three cheers and dispesed in the greatest enthusiasm, each taking ho nearest road to his wife, children and friends The voluntary attendance of the sergeants, is emphatically expressive of the military zeal and 'enthusiasm of the 5th Brigade ; and but for the extraordinary sickness of the season, we learn that there would have been but very few exceptions to a general attendance of the non-commissibned officers. In short, from all we have seen and heard, we may well boast of the spirit, acquirements, and patriotism of the officers of this Brigade; and challenge comparison with the military of any other portion of the State. The appearance and performance of the Cavj airy, attracted the admiration of all: we predict j that, in a competition with any similar corps ir J this State, that its gallant officers are destined tc ; wear the trophy of successful merit. Let those i who doubt, challenge them to the experiment l We wish that another trumpet was to be con, tended for. [ "The Charleston Courier, Monday, contain.' an account of a destructive fire which occurrec in the vicinity of that office, on Sunday night. I first broke out in the second story of the rear o Mr. Jolin C. liurckmire's store, being the secoin northerly store of the fine block of buildings known as Prioleau's Range, situated on Eas I>av, between Dewee's and Gibbs's wharf. Ii a short time afterwards, the smoke was seen is suing from the upper front windows of the stor adjoining to the north, occupied by Mr. John ? Jones as a Paint and Oil store, and from tli , known combustible nature of it's eontents a hope of saving the range was abandoned. . fine range of building was destroyed, coptainni five store?, two of which however, were unot cupied. It is stated that the block of buildinr ! destroyed, were insured to ihe amount of fit' thousand dollars, and that about the same amoui was insured on the goods in the three stores th 1 were occupied, a large portion of which los - falls on the Life and Trust Company of that Cit %m- gr.atl&w's M a'g-a ztn ei?T h e October nuniber ^ of this elegant and popular Magazine, is already * in the hands of its many readers. fl?is beaatt' fully embellished with two splendid Stee! Engravings, "The Playful Pets," and "The Blessing; besides a piece of Music. The literary department of the number before us,, is exceedingly Interesting, and contains twentv-fodr e<! fa pages. With such contributors as Coopebv Dana)"Hoffman* and Longfellow, this Maga! zine must maintain the high character it has| made for itself. We are glad to see- Mr. PoS | again make his appearance in Gkahah?the .#) excoriating criticism which he has given "the poetry of Rufcs Dowes," is richly merited, ami precisely to our taste. Nbthiug will ,tiBnd' so- ' * much to elevate our literary character as such"* bold and merciless, though, to our mind, just and ; impartial chastisement, as is to be found in th# I writings of Mr. Poe. New Publication.?We have received fromMr. Johnston "The Life of IJenrt Clay," an? "Letters from the Shores of the Baltic." The latter work is embellished with four elegant enI gravings; it is a beautiful and well written work, I from the pen of an English Lady, 'descriptive? of the City and Court of St. Petersburg, and of j the manners and customs of the Russian Pro1 vinces on the Baltic sea, and is richly worth double the 25 cents asked for it?see advertisement for other works announced from the same source. > The following gentlemen have been nominated as candidates for the Legislature, from St. Phillip and St. Michael, by the democratic party of Charleston: For Stale Senator?Willum Aiken. ,i For Representatives.?Edward Frost, C. G. i Mcmminger, B. F. Hunt, W. D. Porter, R. W. Seymour, (J. B. Eckhard, Tho. O. Elliott, R. W, Roper, W. W. Kunhardt, Jap. Walker, Caermer Patrick, G. C. Geddcs, C. B. Northrop, J. D. Yatep, James Simons, Peter De La Torre, John Phillips. For the Camden Journal. Camp Cook, Sept. 23, 1842. In accordance with a previous request, the | Officers of the 22d Regiment S. C. M. met at the I head quarters of Mnj. Gen. Buchanan. Upon i motion, of Maj. Prxox, l\ Col. Taylor took the Chair, and Ensign Kershaw acted as Secretary. The meeting was called to order, and Capt. i Dickinson offered the following Resolution:? Resolved, That the Officer* of tljjs Regiment ; have heard, with deep regre', nRfie contemplaj ted resignation of Col. JaJ>es C IIaile?that I they entertain for linn personally, the highest ror 1 spect, and gra'efully appreciate his past services; | hut that, if other more imperative duties compel his retirement from his present office, which he has exercised with so much credit to hiriiselt and usefulness to them, their best wishes for hi6fufure prosperity and happiness will accompany i him . j Which was seconded, and unanimously adop' ted. * 1 "r j Capt. Mtckle tlien offered the following? Resulted, That we earnestly request the continuance of Col. Hails in command of this Regi, nient, if it comports with his feelings to do so. This was unanimously agreed to, as also the following, offered by Capt. Taylor? Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet-' ing he signed by the chairman and secretary, and communicated to Col. IIaile, by a committee of ! two. Also, that they be published in the Camden Journal. '-* The chair appointed Capt. Taylor and Judge Advocate Ronney, such Committee. Upon motion, the meeting adjoorned sine die. S. S. TAYLOR, Chairman. J. B. Kershaw, Secretary. For the Camden Jurnual. Mr. Editor: As nty opposition to Brigade Encampments, may not be properly understood and appreciated, by my brother officers and friends, in the militia, I would ask you to publish ip your Journal the subjoined letter to his Excellency. It "defines my position." Having l-cen a warm advocate of Brigade En? campments, before my lato, first trial of the system, it may be thought that iny opinions have undergone change from personal inconveniences resulting from il; but such is not the case. A a. for my own part, I like the camp much, and would like to attend one at "Camp Cook," evefy year, for the sake of meeting old frie: ds and making new ones, but the question is not whether we like it or not! But whether our militia is . more improved by it than it might be by fit her ( expedients. For one, I would say ' ) think the plan which I propose, is better, tiding , attended comparatively with no expense or trouble, and puts all our officers to work, from Briga_ ,diers down to Captains. The Major Generals, it is presumed, will make themselves proficient before they reach their high stations. So it will ' be enough for them to accompany the command. ' er-in-Chief and Adjt. and Inspector General-on t their reviews every two years, through their ref spcctive Divisions. They can then ascertain if f our militia is well organised, which is the main ? thing after all; for, if organised, they can be t called out upon any emergency, and soon taught 11 camp and every other duty of the soldier, and - that too in a very short time, as we would, of nee cessity, go to work with head, hand and heart.? ?. But at present, when all is profound peace, is it c to be expected that the husband, the father, the U son, the brother and the man straightened in his * -* r*\ t* nwrtxr frnm kAma mil! Kql'O ft circunis?.i?.-!?.cis, ui ?U.?E, ,,,,, C his head and heart earnestly and exclusively at work in camp? 1 should say no?the limbs will rp do their part, but what will it avail? v 1 now look upon an Encampment as an entertit tainnient for our Chiefs?a mere farce, at which at the Gold officers fill im; ortant characters, while . s, Captains with their subalterns, act as attendants, y. and the like, to swell the show. . . % It ?' :.-l. . .. m