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would be ultimately for the others. Indeed it is
already urged that the two first should be so el
ected. By theJimo that is done, the compromise
which places the two divisions of the State,
in the relation of perfect political equality, will
have been utterly destroyed and the powers of
the Styto and government concentrated in that
which has the greatest number of votes. It
would he an entire, and disastrous political rev.
Inn Inctunrl ril tl><* nrPCPllt V 111! lit COll
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stitutional government, which makers ours, in
its true moaning, a Republic, or commonwealth
that is the government of the whole, we would
have an absolute and despotic democracy;?
the government of one portion of the Mat? over
the other?the one that has the greatest nutn
.her of votes, over that which has the fewest.
No greater curse could hefa! the State including
both divisions?tho one which would acquire
The power, and the. other which wonld lose it.
It would corrupt the one and debaso the othBui
we arc, told in order to induco us to
take a step so fatal, that all other States of the
Union have adopted the general ticket for the
appointment of electors. It is true that such is
the case; but it is equally so, that its adoption
was not the result of unbiassed and deliberate
preference, It was not so originally. I have
not at hand the means of ascertaining the mod"
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naouted at nrst uy. uie several ouu'-?, i?ui uun-pa
? I ^really mistake, I do not err in assorting that
the great majority appointed their electors, either
by Districts or their Legislatures, and few
indeed by general ticket. That all since, except
this Slate, have, adopted it, is attributable
partly to the violent party slrug?les growing out
of the Presidential election, and partly to that
I * tendency of all popular governments to concentrate
power in the hands of the mere numerical
majority, as already explained. In these strug
gles,ono State after another, of those that had
- Adopted the district system, resorted, in eager
^desire for victory, to the general ticket, in order
/ to concentrate their power; while the States,
which, at first, appointed hy their Legislature.*,
gradually yielded toMhe tendency towards th^
numerical majority. That this State has been
* able to resist successfully the opesotion of such
powerful causes is attributable to the superiority
of her Constitution. Longtfpav it enable her
to continue her successful resistance, and instead
of following the evil example of others,
may it he her patriotism and-pridp to be an example
to them, even if it should*rernainVto be
as it now is a solitary one.
With these weighty and to mv nunn ovorwhelming
reasons against the adoption of the
general ticket, I would here close the discussion
as far as regards it, as being wholly out of the
question, were it not for the deep conviction I
have, as to the disastrous consequences to the
State, which would follow should it he unfbrtu.
nately adopted. Under its influence, I feel it
to be a duty, in replying to your note, to omit
no material reason against it. There still remains
one such, with which I shall close this
portion ofthe discussion of the subject.
'ITir.sc who support a general ticket seem to
me, with all due deference to rest its adoption on
a series of unfounded assumption*-. They assume
in the first place, that the Federal C'onstituiio i
vests the appointment of electors in the people.
But such is not the fact. On the contrary, it
expressly provides, that each State shall appoint
its electors, with no other restrictions, except
that the manner shall l?e as directed by its Leg
idntirre, and that no Senator, or person holding
anofffi.ee of trust, or profit under the United:
States shall be an elector. It is, then, clear, j
' the assumption, that the Federal Constitution '
gives the appointment to the people, re?ts on
another assumption thatlho people are the State.
It i*^ indeed.* true they are, regarded^in 1'''
State the people, but no other. It Ww*p!ow4
ever, in ibat sense, that the advocate* of the1"'
. general ticket use it. On the contrary, they !
-* evidently apply it to the people, in their unor.
ganized character as more individuals?a sense |
in which the people are never called the State,
sior the State the people. I say evidently, he.
i cause the effect of adopting it would bo, to give
the appointment to a mere majority, regarded
as so many individuals, without the slightest reference
to the peculiar politic;^. organization of
our State, or even an attempt to adjust the '
power ofappointing the. electors, so as to con- j
form to it But the assumption, that jjie people !
are the State, iri that sense, is as unfounded as j
the first on which it rests, that the Constitution
give* the appointment to them. But even this
' unfounded as-mrnption, rests on another equally
so; that the numerical majori'y is the people and
on that rests, the conclusion, that the adoption
of the general ticket, which would give the pow.
er to it, would he Jhe same as giving it to the
people. And this bring; us to the final and radical
assumption, which lies at the bottom of the
whole series that the majority has the natural,
inherent ami indefeasible right of governing?
an assumption not only utterly unfounded, but
of the most dangerous charter, and in direct
conflict with the Constituti ut of ihis
State and that n| the Union. All natural rights
aro the rights of individuals ami belong to tlmm
as'such.* They appertain upithejj to majorities,
nor minorities. On the contrary, ail political
* rights are conventional. Neither majorities,
jBor minorities can rightfully exercise, any
such,.hut by compact or agreement expressed or
implied. S?.meoflhe States.of the. Union, it
would serm, have based their Ciontitutions on *
the assumption, that the >merc nmnerical ma- J
jority has the right to govcrin In suph it would j
indeed, be the State hv implication, and the ad- :
option of the general ticket by them, for the up- i
pointment of electors, would he in conformity I
with th?? provision of the federal Constitution,
*" which rosts ItTlrthe State. Hut. such, is not !
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broadtiT and more solid am! durable (uflRati.ni,
of the concurrent majority |?? tfi?? entire exelu
giort of the numerical. To adopt then the gmera!
tiirkot would not le* with us t?? <;ive the .to
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pomtoient to" the S:a'e. On the contrary i!
wo iId be to introdnce a new element, ea Vitated
to subvert and destroy the very Ibnndutioi. j
on which its organizationj^f^ts, as has been ;
shown. ?Setting,
then, aside the general tiefcet, lor !
these numerous and insurmountable objections
as utterly inadmissible, no other alternative i*
loll, but to retain the present mode n| appoint
ment.or adopt the district system, liy dividing
the Sftife into a number of districts equal to the
number of its electors, and allot the appoint
in*nt ornn? to each. 1 r it should hi; itirouetii
preferable to give the appointment directly to
the pe ople. without any intermediate agency,
then, the latter sho-i'd he adopted, as the only
way by which it can he truly given, to them,
and that too, with strict jn?fi?v lothe two great
dlvisonsof the State and without the hazard of
destroying or di- inching the eompromi-c between
^ thern. The strongest olijeetion to U i.-, that it
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shall continue to concentrate theirs by a genera
ticket, lint, I ihu-t say, even setting this ob.
jection asiJe, th:U I can seo no adequate reasor
fur changing the present mode. Under 0111
well constructed and just Constitution, tin
Legislature may, with strict regard to truth. In
said to be the true representative of the Slate
It lias heretofore proved to be so. in the a point
inent of electors. In no instance has it deeei
ved or betrayed the State in reference to it.
Nor arn aware of any formidable object im
against continuing the present mode, growin;
j out of '.be. late act of Congress, which ma
j not be met by an amendment of our State Con
I vtitution, fixing an earlier day lor the uioetin
of the Legislature every fourth year, so that
may be in session to comply with its provision?
and i:i having a call session for that puprposi
until the amendment can he made. Hut whe
tlier that should he done, or the District sy?
tent adopted, notwithstanding the hazard i
dividing the vote of the State, are question
to he decided, not so much hy reference t
principle, as considerations of expediency i
reference to which the Legislature is the tno?
competent to decide.
Hut it is urged, that a change must he made
because the Legislature has no right tonppoii
the electors. To this it may he fairly answei
ed, that the objection comes too late. The fee
| era! government has been in operation inor
! than half a century, during which time, ther
I have been fifteen Presidential eler.iions, n
each of which one or more .States have a|i
pointed their electors by the Legislature; an
in not a single instance have the two houses *
Congress, in counting the votes, objected to re
ceive the vole of a Slate, because it was eas
by electors appointed by its Li?.if!jmQr. v
Hut waiving this answer, I cantfWf perce iv
j any solid ground fin* the objection. The feder
! al constitution expressly vests the power of ap
; pointing the electors in the States; that is. a
has been shown, in the people in their organiz
ed character as constituting a body politic, an
t^e power of directing the manner of appointinj
i in their Legislatures, without qoalification. I
j left to their is di cretion to decide, whether i
shall be done 'directly by the people of tin
i State or indirectly through intermediate agents
; npni'iiluit ('?r? m-i n 11A r fit ri'fti.rl * vti:i fl tn? encli n
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lo lie fitirly (lie ant of the Slate: that is, of tlx
people #in 'the character above stale. Thi
; more perfeetlv and fullv it would lie theirs it
j that character; the more perfectly and fulij
world the intention of the ('ons'ituroo he com
plied wi h, whether done through the direr
J vole of the people, or any intermediate agency
; including the Legislature. Hut it is certain
that with ns, wherever may lie theca-e in nth
er Stales, no other agency cnnH lie constitute!
or any other mode of appointment adopted, lha
would more perfectly and fully represent tin
' State, or make the appointment more truly it:
! act, than that by its Legislature.
[ have now complied with your request, will
i as much brevity as possible considering the im
| poitancc and complex character ofilie qneslior
involved. I have, indeed experienced no incon
si lerab'e dilTicuilv, in discussing some of tin
points, to express myself, with sufficient clear
n *ss tube well understood, without going int<
a cJhces ioo of some of ill * fundamental princi
p!e..< of political science, if it may be so called
and, thereby, increasing unreasonably tin
leng'li of my answer to your request. As it is
I fear, in attempting to avoid prolixity. ! hav<
not sufficiently explained mynvaniug, on mum
of llu? ttointc to fihsooril v*.
Ill conclusion, permit mo to so", if what I
have writ ton should shed :i 11 additional ray >
light on tho nature and character of our excel,
lent State Constitution, or contribute in ant
degree,to giarl against the adoption of ant
j ? 1 '1 li> jinaaiii ii ni.ati--.Jl. f Ij >'
foal myself ampy compensated for the time am
refit ctio i I h :ve liestow.'d on this cotnmuniea
tioo. J. C. CAMIOUN.
"Riiml nl, That tiie Liberty Party iFORMED
31 \INLY FROM THE VVHtO. AND A (S SI K SSs
with the Wiiiis ox all national palitiuai
(QUESTIONS AND IN THE KAIN ON ALL QUESTION'S
TOUCIIIXCS HUMAN FREEDOM Massachusetts
Whig Convention.
AH0L1TI0.N MOVEMENT.
We puhlistie I a day or two since a resolu
lion of a Whig convention, which, we reouh
lisli fir the purpose of calling tlie public a tic ition
to the dangerous alliance which it porien Is.
The alii Iii?tt tru-t which it is our n ituro to
cherish in the priceless honesty of ninny men
of all [initio*?atria thorough conviction that
the instincts of self interest usually operate
whore principle is wanting; would prevent its
from entertain" the thought that any man at the
South who had commm sense or common spirit
?whether Whig or Democrat?could levitate
a mnnvnt to give his hearty an I indignant .'isapprobation
to any scheme of the Northern
ahoiitioni>t?, if the question con! I he fiirlv put
? irr yon for i' or ftganis' i'? Tii? danger we
believe does riot lay in open or direct <0i?port to
the hor'rihle purpose, of th it party. Hut there
is ilunger l'i it !his vital qA* ;,i m mn' he Mink
ed or kept out of sight
"The history of mankind?yiuch mare the
history of faction?hut too plainly proves^fhat
as a gui le to human ciiidnnt, ^nligliteije I rea.
son is no nin'ch lor passion. That man is ever
more sensible to the. prospect of present .gratification,
than to the fear of future evil, however
great. We have lonnd in the impetuous contests
of parly, that judgment yields lit?r sceptre,
ren-on her si way. That no private interest?
no p itriotic concern?no domestic lie is found
sufficient to restrain passion, and hope for suerev*.
Our Presidential elections have f .r years
aflorded instances from all parlies how fragile
are a!! "forth which unite our social Icing?
in one of ihoio intemperate struggles fir paitv
ascendency.
k And tli -re 'dies the nih licit onhes jthi'nso >h'l,
of our fear* fir the future. Upon tin's
subject we eaM tl; ?( t!f* Whigs to !oi>!< with
critical disscoiiui.'* Tlu^y ean'iot hut per
eeivethat the abolition partv lci< incensed, is
i-iercusbig an lis not lild; to Ihohiish. That
i'i-v wi'l !i.ive the aseim ! p.-v?;is ihev now
li'?!d the balance ot power. in a!! the Ivisieni
Slates needs no seer to prediel 'The \\ big*
and Democrats have bulb toM us again and again,
that we stumM depend upon mir ' Northern
brethren*' and what what have our Northern
h c'hre'n done? Why boili sides fir years
were bidding f n-their support, until a handful
nl (:inftfa< rvimi* fn lm n nfiurorfi,! ?in/l itui
' I
ted party?who <*ao *jiv*? or withhold oilier
(imf) either Whi;j or l)>"ii >oor:it, in seven ol
the largest Settles in the IJninn. 'I'lli? is vvliai
our Norlli. >r:i brethren have done. No'.\
thru, we ash the Southern Whigs if this n!li
anoe of Ii??? Northern Whig* ami \lio'itioiii<l?
should I in eonstimuiated* in the' nofuioatioii o
an abolition candidate for Presid-nt or Yi<-<
Pi iidi'iit?irh'tf. trill ihn/ th? It is idle to sat
d tvi" no' tie done. Wo Mi'<-1 naoii'st'v loi?e
t o!!t !i"J. ^Hnt wo cull oji o i! -ii to < iio<
nit m' i<r(v ihj>rrisoi,-fls a. we u i:' ' ml ?vt
tiiin.'i we may answer for lite Democratic party]
^Wvr
m ' i rri n 1 T n t
11 i: a t they will oppose such a norninatjon if ma fie
to the "extremist inch of possibility.*' It will
i be too late when the candidates are already
r nominated?when the trumpets have already
sounded the eliaroe-?when the drums are beati
j inn, tlu' banners living, and the armed host are
. slioutbin for the onset?it will be too late then
to stand "halting between too opinions." In
- an hour like that may we not have every thing
to fear from even the amiable weakness of hull
man nature? Will not their Whig brethren
g tell them?"give us but success?cariyour canv
didate fir us and we will answer lor the safety
to your institutions?" Will they not tell (lie
g Soul Item Whigs that the best men and greatest
it j patriots of our land have held the same specuiative
opinions? Rut more than nil, who among
>, the latter shall withstand?at that moment,
i when victory is about to perch upon their ban
i- u^rs?the memories ol the well louglit held* in
if which Ihey have stood together through years
is of struggle and .defeat against their common
0 | enemies th" Democrats? How muclT should
n ; we have to fear?we repeat, that the whole parit
ty would lie lured to the treacherous standard of
abolition. In what wc have written we have
not even glanced at the possdiility of the norniit
nation of an abolitionist by the Democratic
party. The truth is, there is no more, danger
1 | of their nominating ail abolitionist than a Whig,
e We confess with shame for our party at the
e j North, that they have tolerated their support of
it j ten, ami often supported abolitionist candidates
i- J for the sake of carrying elections. But when
d i it conies to principle?a question of national
fj politics?the Republican party?the true Democratic
party who support a strict edits!ruction
t of the Constitution, l?v the very tenuslpf their
cfeed.arf^H open and irreconcilable lFur with
e j every part of the abolition doctrine?arid the
- I true ami only allies of this party are the Whigs
' as ilie Massachusetts convention have declars
! ed. ? Gcor"in Gunstilufinitnlisl.
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t| j [From the N, 0,< onirayrrml Times' tt iris..]
Z I LATER FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
1 1 By the arrival here yesterday, from Brazos
t j Santiago, of the steamship Edith, Capt- Goiiili?
! lard and the finirtuasied s eamship Virginia,
i, | Capt. Tucker, sailed the.1th inst., jjjj^Jiave re
s ' ceived files of the Maiarnoros American Flag,
i? 1 to the 4tli instant, inclusive. They contain in
; tidligence from .Monterey to the 26th ulti
i j rno.
v j We find on mention made ol the reported ad.
| vance of Aiiipmlia from Saltil.lo, to 'intercept
l | Hen. Wool, and prevent his junction with Gen.
, j Taylor- That report was put In circulation by
, j an individual who was said to have left Monte
. ! ray on the 13.h. Of course, we know not that
I i it was a pure inventi >n, entirely destittile of
( j it inn.
> We ar? sorry to find tlie news" confirmed
s j that tlo? gallant Cnpt. Ridgley had met with a
! sail accident, which was likely to prove fatal,
i I Indeed, it was positively affirmed yesterday in
. ' the city, that he was dead. Our correspondent
i i refers to the accident below. We deeply regret
- 1 the untoward circumstance which has deprived
i j the army of one of its brightest ornaments, and
. the country of an invaluable public, servant.
? ' Shortly after leaving Hrasos Santiago, on the
7ih inst., the Kdith collnsped Iter flue, and seal;
ded the second engineer, Mr. Cromwell, badly
without any further injury. She made the
, passage from Brasos Santiago under canvass,
and brought hither 103 dischargetHrolunteers
t and U. S. troops.
The following items we take from the MataI
rnoros King*
f Sf. Joseph's Island.?The militai^ depot at
.S't. Joseph's Island has been broken up. Col.
> Belknap has returned from an inspection of the
military depots on the Gulf, and hyfrU orders
' rl. ?n.?> f Jk* i 1 jT i
I. The garrison stationed there have arrived at
the I 'rasos. Dr. Hawkins has arrived in the
city.
C im :n he D p edalio ts.? \ small body of
' i Cain niche Indians paid a visit to Miera few
! ; days ago, stole a number of horses, robbed the
' houses nf the. inhabitants and it is said, robbed
!! a party of American traders in the company ol
1 whom was a Mr. Bo'/ant, supposed to be from
i this p'acc, who was killed, having in his possession
at the time upwards of five thousand dot
lars. The Indians were driven ofTand pursued
bv the U. S. Dragoons.
Tin' Tennesson Cavalry Regiment is encamped
on the Palo Alio battle ground,
i Due!.?A difficulty lately arose between two
! of our citizens?Daniel Murphy and John Ivin
soy?which was thought to be settled with pisto
Is. Accordingly they repaired to the Texan
side of the river, where after measuring o'lF the
ground, the belligerents worn posted, the word
given and bo'h fired. Mr. Murphy received
the ball ofhis opponent's pistol in the side, be.
I ween the hip bone and lower rib, which inflicted
a severe, though, not dangerous wound.
Mr. Kin?ey was not hurt.
Captain Kearney's company of dragoons arrived
at Matainoros Nov'r 1st, and excited
much admiration. They departed on the Aid for
. Monterey.
! Fruits.?Large quantities of oranges liave
been arriving here,, upon mules, from MontcrojHjind
vicintv. This fruit is superior in flavor to
i... i it '*?i ?i
(lie ui'di iia?aiiU| aim <jmu:
orange?thin skin, jiiiey ami sweet. Hie np- |
pies groan Monterey, .it is said, will
hear comparison with the finest in the United
Slates.
(jitvcrnar Morales.?(lovernor Morales and
family had left the city rather precipitately, and
the civil government "I the place was heingadministered
hy an Alcalde. We can hear no
reason for this hasty abandonment of Monterey
bv the (iovertior, unless that he could not. consistently
with hisoblimitionsto his(invchiment,
I or her generals, accede to the requisitions made
upon him by (Jen. Taylor?to furnish our troops
with supplies.
Arti/lrrj/.?-Companies F. and II. 1st regular
Artillery, on duty at this post, packed up bag
and baggage on the 3d insf., preparatory to a
m ?ve to Monterey, ('apt. Norma 11, of comoany
II, rviirl f.ieut. Haskius, cd company F.
have So won npou*the good opinion o1' oiircit
i/.ens. both Americans and Mexican, that, the
: departure of their commands will be viewed
i with regret
POINT ISA R EL Nov: 2.
, i Some short time since, a party left Malaj
moras 1^?r C *??rpi?< Christa, with a drove of mules, ;
' . inteiidinn In jjo oastwardly vvilli tliem. A trout !
? the 3-iI Oltiro l?, i< is said, the parly wore iiiur.
' | dere.i and roldied of every lliintj. The pro. i
i perty. it i< rumored, belonged to Mr. Hunter, '
t who resides near Nacliitoelies, in your Slate.
I'lie neighborhood of tin; San Colorado, is no
? I doidit infested by as "desperate a hand of white
f i pecsons and Mexicans ns ever lived nnv where :
| Rumors of an expedition against Tampion
; are plenty as blackberries. It is said a naval
i force will co operate \Vitli the arniV. The |?ea
! vv pieces (.1 :i?lil-ery at ('amargon are still-he.
in,' brought down the river. The Spi'lire, and
. .i . .i._ n c ... -,.i.......
) one Ul iwcj UUILM f)l iw: u. en-am cwuvuuv ia, j
'
are ofl" the Brazos Islund, for what particular
purpose, I am not informed.
Since I have commenced writing, ft gentleman
connected with the army, has arrived here
direct from Monterey. He tells me that every
tiling was as quiet when lie left, as at any time
since the capitulation. Provisions aiul>upplies
ot various kinds, continue to he taken from
Camargo for the uso of our nrrny,. and some
of the regiments from below are moving up, to
supply the places of those disbanded. Maj.
Graham had not reached Camargo, when my
informant left there, lie will probably reach
Monterey in a day or two from this time.
O. P, Q.
From the N. 0. Picayune 11th inst.
THE VERY LETEST FROM MONTEREY.
Wo yesterday received,-after our main news
from the Army was made up, a letter from a
distinguished officer of the American Army at
Monterey, which is three days later than anything
we have seen. That portion of it in relation
to llustamente we look upon as rather
doubtful, although the old General may have
been seen seen up in the neighborhood of Chihuahua
and Sonora to look after Gen. Wool.
We make extracts from the letter, which is daled,
MONTEREY, Oct. 20. 1946.
Poor Ridgley is dead. He was buried yesterday,
and is mourned by the entire Army. |
^lajor'Lear will not live twenty-four hours long
er. We. have late news from San Luis de Potosi,
to the effect that Santa Anna was there
with 12.000 men an no less thirty-seven Generals]I
He was recruiting daily, but his intentions
were not known. It is rumored that Busty,
rrientc has gone North, in the direction of Chii
huahiin, to meet General Wool, and further it '
j is positively asserted that the Indians are killing J
| and lying waste all before ibein in tha latter j
! State. Not a line more in the shape of news, j
Yours, &c. &ic.
j '
A CON TRAST.
In looking over our New.York papers. last
week, our attention was arrested by an article .
published in the Herald, and also by another in j
Snn. The Herald say: "The women of
New York dress inore gorgeously than those of
anoth'T city in the world. We know ladies i
who wear shawls worth one thousand dollars,
and pocket handkerchiefs worth two hundred
and filty dollars." We wonder what some of our
plain country folks think of that?shawls worth
one thousand''dollars, and pocket handkerchiefs
[ worth two hundred and fifty dollars! Hut while
j the Herald tolls of the "good things" enjoyed by
the wealthy, the Sun tells of the sufferings of the
of the. poor, and the hardships imposed upon
them by their wealthy employers. Under the
bead of "The Umbrella," he. states that the
umbrella makers in that city allow the poor
girls whom they employ but 3 cents for making I
a parasol. S cents for a plain umbrella ami 5 i
cents lor a corded one, and the girls have to find j
their own thread at that. It appears that the i
employers have made certain rules for th? gov- |
ernment ??r those whom they employ ana nave |
imposed fines (or the violation of the rules. An '
instance is mentioned where one of these "Shy- j
lock" employers fined a poor girl 6il, for leav. j
ing her seat to get a drink of water while toi'ing
in his shop. The following are the concluding
remarks of the Sun upon this sulijec': "Remember,
Oh! man, that the cries of the oppress- j
sod ascend to heaven; and the storm which is |
gathering for thee shall fall upon thy head, in j
spite of all thy umbrellas, though their number
shotdd be legion!"?Chcraw Gazette.
TIIE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Europe presents a striking contrast, within a
Ir r?iintiin?ii) Ilimamn "fl T?l. .||?U till , T. litLlr '
I it had recently fallen. There are materials all
around her thrones and governments for civil
j strife and national conflict. In England, while
the Ministry totters to its fall, dear food and
scanty employment distress the working population.
In Ireland gaunt famine and internal
discord prevail extensively. Portugal is afllic.
ted by insurrection.?Spain seems on the eve*
of some convulsion in her government. Switzorland,
quiet Switzerland, has plunged into civ.
il dissensions,?while in their exterior relation;
the leading Powers of Europe appear to he rapidly
ac<*iniulating materials of new irritation
and deeper wra'h.
. ? ii- _ n _ '-1 r
I hero are unimsiaKcnme signs 01 a cnange m
Ministry in England. The Russell party have
staved off the hour of trial until the assembling
of Parliament, hilt they will never he able to
rut the gordian knot of Irish difficulties. The
Peel .Ministry had smoothed to them the path
of domestic policy, on all but the condition of
Ireland Her situation hasheconte more complicated
since the retirement of Sir Robert Peel,
His presence in the Cabinet, as Premier, will
be again necessary to solve the knottv problems
of Irish policy.
We have no apprehension that the peace of .J
Europe will soon be interrupted, although the '
causes of jealously and hatred between those 1
divisions which are separated by only a narrow 1
channel, ami which, control the politics of the ]
' ontinent, are4/npidly multiplying. < EjuLmd, |
T^ay ho.JtnWvr resentments Franct^yn^
til Ireland becomes more tranquilized, as Louis j
Philinnu tnav succeed in repressing for the prcs- ,
cnt, 1 hf* panics in France whrt ?ire stimulating 1
the national passions on account of llio English 1
alliance. A fund of reciprocal resentments is 5
however fuming between these two states. 1
which must involve the whole of Europe in a 1
war at no distant day. The press of both conn- I
tries anpears to regard this event as eeitain, at
an early period, speaking oppnly, and discus
sing freely the subject of new alliances and combinations
looking to this result. i
( un Cotton.?The Columbia Chronicle has
the following notice of experiments touching ,
the new explosive, at the South Carolina Col- '
lege. We may expect soon to he.nr of the boys
going out to shoot doves in in the cotton fields, \
armed with a bottle ol nitric acid instead of a
flask of powder. But several things remain to
lie learned yet, before Sciioenhkin supercedes
Dui'ont.
4 In an "liter part of our paper wo have published
a communication from a celcbiated ;
European chemist, revealing the method of preparing
the celebrated (11111 Cotton. Experiments
have been made at the War office in
Washington upon a quantity of it sent to this
country by Professor Schoenbein, (who claims
tn he the inventor.) and with satisfactory results
We Imve hnrl an opportunity of testing its ex|)|nsive
quality presoiially, through the politcnss
of |)r. Eliot, Protestor of Chemistry in itio
Si ml ii Carolina College, and entertain no doubt
that it will mi !>e i cede use ofgun powder?if the
cost of manufacturing will admit of it?in a
great degree. It explodes morn readily than gun
powder, and leaves comparatively no sediment
or stain behind.
It i.? due Dr. Eliot to stale, that on the annoiincen'ient
of the discovery some time before
tlie secret of preparing the cotton was revealed
lie made the discovery of the agent employed,
Ji*
and successfully tested it. Our readers will r
member thai we staled the fact, in our paper
the 4th inst; and it was some days previous
that time that we were informed of it. V\
learn that Dr. E. has since discovered that 1
adding another and a cheaper acid to the r;it?
the explosive quality is increased. Dr. E. h
kindly promised to .'jrnish us an article on tl:
substitute for jinn powder, and we hope to pr
sent .it to pur readers next week."^9
THE CAMDEN JOURNAi
Wednesday .Homin? November 25, 184(5.
W ELI AM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR.
Cotton
The sales of the week have been limited, a ?frc
portion of the cotton which carne in, having be
stored for better pjir.es. Our quotations shew
full \ c. declines. We quote 8 to 9?, tho Jarge
sales at 8;{ to 9.
Flonr.
This article arrives in small quantities, and sel
pretty readily at $5 from the wagon.
mesmerism. .
Dr. Webster has been eminently sucressf
here, in his public experiments in this science.We
should judge that ho has fully convinced tl
larger portion of his audience, not only of the tru
of the Mesmeric sleep, but of clairvoyance. II
experiments on Saturday evening, were severe
scrutinized, his patients were blindfolded, the
positions changed, so that there could be no col!
sion, anil yet every experiment was successful.Dr.
W. is now engaged teaching a private clae
embracing some of our most respectable citizer
His next visit is to Columbia. We can only s;
to our friends thero, if they can succeed in detec
ing any thing like huinbuggery about this matte
they are smarter than their neighbors.
Since writing the above,-we have ronversi
with several members of Dr. Webster's class, wl
all testify tolhe truth of the science or art, two
their number having operated on Frederick, ai
performed the most satisfactory experiments wi
him while in the Mesmeric sleep. It is the wi
of the class, and. it is possible that Dr. W. \v
comply with their wish,on this, (Wednesday) cv
ning, to give another public lecture, ami place 01
of his pupils before the audi Mice, as the operate
Such a step wc think, would remove the last ii
gcring doubt of skepticism, and establish the tru
of Mesmerism and Clairvoyance. The vast in
jority of our community are already convinced.
Call for Troops.
The requisition for a Regiment of Voluntee
for immediate service from this Slate, has heen
length received by Gov*. Aiken; Whether tl
Regiment now organized, and known as the "Pa
metio Regiment," will accept the present cond
lion?to serve for the war?remains to be seen;
we are not mistaken, they were organized and vc
un tee red for the termof twelve months. We tru
they will do so, and that if their ranks have V?
thin; ed by removals or otherwise, they will I
speedily filled up. We In.ve not seen any prod
u.ation from the Governor "yet, but presume tl
necessary orders will ho issued shortly. For tl
honor of our own District, we hope as many of tl
present company as can go, will promptly respoi
?o the present calf, although we believe now as w
nave always done, tlut a full company from th
District is more, than ought to he expected. A
efficient and well organized corps, from the Dii
tridfc of Jvcrsliaw. Lancaster and Sumter, unite
wouTd be a full quota in proportionto their po~puTi
tion, and under the present call, provided the D<
kalb Guards do not accept, such a company wi
no (oubt be promptly organized. There are eigl
regiments besides that, from South Carolina, en
braced in the present call.
(D* Since writing the above, we learn thatarol
lor the organization of a corps from this Distric
has been opened at the store of Messrs. S. .
Young, & Co. We are also glad to state, that w
understand Capt. Moffat, of the DeKaib Guard:
was the first signer?a noble example to the men
bers oi i.is company.
We have been requested to call the attention c
the proper officer, to the depredations of the Hog
about the streets. We witnessed sou.e of thei
about our Office on Monday morning. We hav
no doubt the matter will bo attended to.
Latest i'roiu .licxico. .
By an arrival at New Orleans from Campeach
advices from Yucatan, to the 2d inst. has been re
ceived. Itseeips that a portion of the Gulf Squad
ron, has made an attack upon Tabasco. Thro
Steamers and four Schooners were engaged ii
thii^tack. Commodore I'erry had an interviev
with the Coiiunandcr of the town, which Ifust havi
proved ^satisfactory, for as he was returning ti
liis fleet/thcguiis of the town were opened
intrhcTirRl toc?ustain a fire, whicl^fovc^nWi
esf. ^The.lCoiriiiiodore tlien disembarked hi:
roops and marched rapidly on the town withou
Tiuch resistance, and after punishing the inhabit
nits with a few shots, and battering down some o
.heir houses, lie again withdrew. The Americai
Fleets had captured the Brig Plymouth, with loUt
lalf bales of cotton.
Foreign News.
The Great Western at New York, and the Aca
lia at Boston, have both arrived since our last.Tlie
former biought news to the 81st ult., ar.d th
latter to the 4th insL The cotton market ha
gained |d. on the 81st, but the Acadia brings new
that this advance had been lost. They had re
ceived the news of the taking of Monterey by Get
Taylor. The proclamations of Commodore Sloa
and Gen. Kearney, have affbrdcJ a fine theme fc
the London newspapers. ? The aspect for^the pn
litical horizon, seems to be just "now, sonieuha
clouded, and the uUiente cordiale, between Franc
and England, is unquestionably hrokeu^b^o??h
present. The condition of Ireland is (l^PflroTen
the extreme. O'l'onnell refuses to receive hi
rent this year. We will give further particular
of the political news next week.
Letters of Marque!
A private letter received in New Orleans, state
that the Mexican Government had issued 3{)
"letters of Marque," accompanied with the right
of citizcn-ship for the respective crews, a?I thf
il-n i.nmoouro' documents would be sect to ha van
by the British Steamer, Jmj. A letter frotn IIa\
and corroborates the above intelligence.
WAR DEPARTMENT Nov. 16,1846.
Sin:?In my communication of the 19th <
May last, your Excellency was requested to oi
ganize one Regiment of volunteers, under ih
e- Act of the 13th of thai month, to be b^H
of readiness for public service.
to The President now directs me to notif^^fl
1 e Excellency that one Infantry Regiment <^H|
hy unteers, from your State, is requiredjt^l^^H
ic diatu service, and to continue tbef^jiTduj^^H
as war with Mexico unless sooner discharg?^^H|
lis Should the number of private*, ou^Bj
e- mustered, not fall below sixty-finr
men in a company, it will he received.
? Charleston is designated as the place
dezvou-j for the seveial companies, as tH~~^^J
j be organized, and whcrp they mar be
_ organized into a Regiment, if not filread/^B
under a previous call. The Regiment \vtffl
~~ inspected and mustered into service, by an <H
cerofthe United States Army, who wilI,H
every case, be instructed to receive nomant^B
wit " in years Apparently over 45 or under 13,'fl
en who is not of physical strength and vigor. S
, a this end the Inspector will be accompani^H
igt a medical officer of the army, and the v?I^J
fc teers will be submitted to his examination.flj
j is respectfully suggested that public notifj^H
these requirements will prevent macb dMH
]s poiniment to the zealous and patriotic citiifl
of your State who may be disposed to tmI
-^Hj
Ry the enclosed copy of an Act autho^^B
ul the President to call for volunteer*, it
? perceived that all the Field and Companj^^H
fie ccrs with volunteers taken into the
th | the U. States, a.*e to Ik> appointed and co^JB
jg | sinned, or such as i^avc been appointed
j missioned, in accordance with the latrs^^H
State whence they are'laken, and I woo^H|
gest the extreme importance to the pnbli^^B
J" vice, that the officers of the above Rp^^^h
~ be judiciously-selected. H
lf!? By the Act of Congress above referij^^H
'? i it will also be seen that the lenoa <>)
ty | are for twelve months, or to the' end/?^^^J
:t- j war. unless sooner discharged, and if
;r ' that the Regiment which has been
i your State, and is now in readiness to
, I service, inav rr<rarrl their offer as mad^H^B
i reference to the former period. Should
1 so, your Excellency will cause them
?" j ormed that the engagement require^
| requisition is to the end nt the war
^ | co, unless sooner discharged, and on tn^^HB
di j limi on I v will their services he rcquirei^^JH
ill j this understanding, the Regiment will
e- 1 cepted. If the modi Beat ion snggested^^H|
iic 1 not he acceptable to the regiment wh^^^H
ir tendered its services, you are respecU^HH
n quested to proceed, without delay, to
j organize one in fulBment of this requp^^^H
It may he proper to rematk that thq^Hflj
a" vides tor the clothing (in money) at iBflflB
tence of the non-commissione d nificetfl^^H
eians, and privates of volunteers u
ceived into the service of the (?nitedx^H^^|
In respect to clothing, the law rcqu^H^H
al the volunteers shall furnish their own
:,e for which purpose it allows to earh
mission- d officer, musician, and privt^^^H
li- dollars and fifty cents per month,
t time he shall he in the service of '-''HH
S ates. I-i order that the volunteers
st lie mustered into service under this
may he enabled to provide thnjselve*
a d suffi rent c o hi g, the com nnititio^J^^^
anc-? thrsix mouths (twenty one doIlar^K^^H
'* advanced to each nou commissione^^^^^B
10 musician and private, after being
,e service, but onlv with the express
)C that the Volunteer has already furnished
id with six monthsclothino?litis fact
e tied to the Paymaster by tho Cnptaia^^Hj
;s Company?or that tho amount thus^^^^H
? shall be applied, under the supcrris^^fl^H
. Captain, to the object cuntemplalefl^^^|
, In this letter case, the advance commfl^HD
? 'flulhin,. nill li ||
that ho is satisfied that it will bo so nppl^^HH
In respect to subsistence before. arr^H^B
" the place of rendezvous, and for travellir^^^H
from the place of discharge, the alfow^^^H
i- fifty cents for every twenty milesfttstan^^^H
Tho President requests that you
II prompt as possible in the nrrangegen^B^B
t whole matter, in order thnt the
j he ready lor immediate service. Office^^HJ
Quarter Master and Subsistence Dep^^^H
e will be immediately ordered to the plac^^^H
s* dezvous, with funds to defray the neces^^^H
' peases which may he incurred.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, r^B^H
)f W. L. MARCY, Secretary
8 His Excellency William Aikkx,
n South Carolinh.
EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAHH
We (Itiil the following account of
marriage in the Louis Republican:
Married, on the 1st inst., on board^^^^H
rner Die Vernon, by Esq. Waugh.
county, Mo., Mr. Baptistc Vcan to
lotto Hoffman. |H^H
0 'The above was handed to us last
" with a!) account of the wooing, engagen^MMB
v i speedy marriage. 'I*fie happy groom is
q j ard, wlio has just arrived from the Rio
J I tad fdr bride, a wid w w is taken from
J wJjrotijfh1 her f'rdtii Germany, an
Pj liinc they met wan ?N hoard the I?!4
s ! where each had taken passage for
t Neither could understand a word iheott^^^^J
but the enatnoicd Spaniard, with eyesau^^^B
tures, and occasional aid of an i liter pr^B^B
' vigorously urged bis-suit, that on the
1 out from New Orleans the widow surrc^^^H
3 and on the following day, there happe^HH
be a Justice of the Peace on board,
married. 'The joyful bridegroom regi^^^H
passengers and officers of the boat wit^^^H
pagnc and other delicacies, and spent
- freely. And well he might, with the ^^^B
c widow, he also got possession of forty tl|^HB|
.1 ilnl'n rs ill cold, which, on his rominrr im
U " r? 13
g she had deposited in ihc clerk's office. JH|H
From Monterey.?Wc have advices
u post as late as the 26th git. The healtl^^^H
lt troops is said to he rather had at this tii^^^H
ir principle complaints being tho diarrh^^H
>- chills and fevers. It it supposed that
it so readily obtained, increases the sickn^^^H
e Tho Mexicans do not appear to lie
e ^isposed towards the Americans in
n as they are here, hut that may ho ow^^^H
s lack of ppetning what they aro not;
ranee of|the deep counterfeits thatot^^^H
cans know so well how to play off.
belonging to the Alabama regiment was^^^H
ly strolling about outside the camp, whe^^^H
cer was down upon him and ran him^^^H
n several limes.
Before the steamer Go). Cross left
8 go, news had reached that place of a
lt dent, happening to one of our gallant^^^^l
a iMaj. Randolph Ridgley who acted sodi^H^B
ed a part in tho battles of dllay last,
recently at the storming of Monterey,
ing out, when his horse slipped and feliH I
stone pavement. In the fall, Maj.
?f head struck with such force against t^^DJ
: i stone as to fi actum his skull. lie waBHjfl
o | live at the last advices although no