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THE PRESENT COT TON CROP* Persons who have noticed passinjjfevonts no doubt have had their attention arrested !?v the that yyeyy year a systematic attempt is made on the part of one class of persons to mag. Jtjlfy th^esterttofth^cot.oncrop, whiUt equally systematic* effnts are made on the part ol'anofReTportTon of the "people to mihe t!ie crop appear small. This i*A*erv natural and perfectly consistent with the world hs at present corntitu. fed. Both parties are uetuated by self interest, rind' sec tilings through distorted medium*. The producer is anxious to obtain a high price fir his cmp, henco it appears to him that the crop, will he a small one; on tli" other hand the buyers?particularly those who buy P>r tnanulaclitring?are anxious to create the impression that the crop will be a large one, expecting by this mentis to depress the price. We we'll remember, that during tire !a>t season the impression was created lioth here and iii England, that the crop wouM he a large one many estimates running as high as 2 500,000 hales, whilst the cropturne l out to lie 1 800, 000. This impression had the desired effect; a large portion of the last years crop was sold at ? a very low price. The attempt is again lining made this xcar. Some'of the estimates are "pow running as high as 2 500,000 hales; and "we doubt whether the present crop will much exceed tliatof last tear. We are aware that m a portion of the Gulf States it will he much larger. Rut judging from the receipts at New Orleans un to the urcsent time, we think that -- -r - - - r the estimates made in the early part of tho season of an abundant crop in the whole of the (region of country that fi:id< a market at this place are not likely to he realized: whilst the cop in the Atlantic Slates will undoubtedly he much short ofInst year. We therefore think from all thaf we can learn, and we have looked M^*4liife4Jt0^nalter a good deal, that the whole crop will not be muclt larger than that of last year. Under these circumstances we can but thinlc and venture the prediction, that the price will 'materially improve before the first of May.? The effects produced by a short supply for tw?. years in succession, cannot fail to lie f?It hv that time in spite ofa temporary derangement in the monetary aflfairsln England. The hist accounts from Europe show that the crisis in that conn try has passed, and that money matters arc again becoming easy. We therefore predict f?r those Planters who will withhold their Cotton from the market for a while good prices. Hamburg Journal. RESPONSES 10MR.CL\Y. Meetings have recently been held at Philadelphia and New York, to respond to Mr. Clay's speech at Lexington. Of the character of these responses, and of the views and intentions of fh??irauthors resnpetioff the South, our readers will be enabled to judge from the following extracts: Thp meeting at Philadelphia? Resolccd, That we arc utterly opposed to the acquisition, in any manner, of terri ory now "free, unless the freedom of all its inhabitant* "be secured. That, prepared to maintain at any Cast thg roivctiiteifinnl rights of all sections of ITO.Ibe Union, and regarding all as brethren, v^o protest against being made a part)', at vast expense of Northern blood and treasure to any schemes for the extension of slavery beyond its 'present constitutional limits; and that we will therefore sustain the principles of Jefferson's ordinance, and the proviso in which they have ?itir.? been incorporated. The meeting at New York was equally explicit: /lc*:i/re I, That we do rejoice to hear a voice from the. noble State of Kentucky declare, in the language of the seventh resolution, that ''we pi. tivelv an 1 emphatically disclaim and di*avowanv wish or desire on our part to acquire *iy foreign territory whatever for the purpose of propagating slavery, or ofiutreducing slaves fb?n the United States into such territory;" and we the citizens of New York, do pledge kslvM #. ?ii.lni,i ikota Irlilv \ rlll?rif!!lll SOU ?C? IV OUJIUIII ?KVOW % tilled!*. Cmolcetl, That while we recognise and respect. the constitutional rights of the Sooth to such domestic institutions as their fathers established?and disclaim any just power on our part to interfere with them: and while we feel no dejhw that additions should now or ever he made hy^hc conquest to the territory of the United Slate*, we yet feel bound to declare tffitfjfterrlforv shudd he annexed which wafVeJMteTffr^ we ncqnired it, it mtet not cease to bo.free in our hauds, hut remain so forever. GENERAL SG'OTT'S GENERAL ORDF:R. General Scott's recent hasty letter receives -^Mrt littltr tnercy at the hands of the public.? As specimens of the style in which it t* commented upon by the Notlhorn press, we annex extracts 4com two leading papers at tin* North <?f opposite political sentiment*. Tlie New %'ork Evening Potf. (Democratie.) after reviewing the order at some length, closes its reQ< (ikljiiu'c "W?.*pry much fear that Gen. Scon's Israel has been turned by bis successes in the M'-xican war. His military career thus fir Las lw>en extraordinarily lirilk'ant. II" s a brave nan, of much military erudition, and in private 1 l? we believe a man of Iciud'v feelings, bill h's vanity i* bis besetting infirmity, and so greatly does this predominate, that u beuevei Any occasion arises to stimulate it, the operalions of his mind scarcely keen ivitbin the fconods of sanity. iSuch an ??rdcr as the one we published yesterday bearing his signitme, ffit lie not a ftruery, could not have been issued hy a comnflnding officer who was not. for the ^ WI'ltn"rtTrm Iea*i7 a madman. \N e aie son\ that General Scott siiotihi have stained hireputation bv an act bearing on its face sucl m tt'ifcst evidence of folly am! injustice." The Journal of Commerce, (Whig) sav?: "We are quite ashamed of (ieii. Scott'i "general orders No 319," which we publisher yesterday, relative to certain letters from Mexi co, highly commendatory of lh" services <> k .../I niiintv In Jjfit disolea VI3IIS* ?? l/IUI ailU M IIIWXI ... - wire he Jo6es nil dignity. talk* rn>re like ar Irascible boy, than like the romm mrlVr-iu-ehie fA tba American armv in .Mexico. ?S range (that a gentleman of so much ex oerionee, aru whose reputation as brave and skilfid flenera is so thoroughly established. should not see thai bis excessive sensitiveness in a matter of (hit kind, will he eons'rued bv his h llow-citizen1 info a weakness, and is in fact a clear indica. tion of weakness. Old Zaeh never would havi been gnilty of such folly. If he did not at tin jnoment receive all the credit to which lit * :?.-..If nntlrloft hft would, instead rtf at tempting to rectifV the matter on the spot, lr_t th? force of military discipline, have either Inker DO notice of it at all, or passed it over with saint good naturcd remark, well assured that the trull would tnnrj Ire known and his services proper lj appreciated. Kidxaitek's Auhoap ?Catch the Thiki ?There was quite a sensation in our Tillage 01 Monday last, caused by the appearance of tw strangers, who Imd in-tbeir possession a miilaU i | girl about twelve years .of ape, who said sh was free, and that her mother was a white wo man. The pretended owners offered her fb sale, and represented themst Ives as brothers.in J law, one by the name of Seaborn Jackson liv ', ing in Cenrgin, and the other, John IS vans, re siding in West Tennessee, and they were scl i i ling the girl for partition. Tho gil l's statement excited the suspicions r i some* or our mosx wormy citizens, uuu ?u.t j been kidnapped or stolon. They, tli ore fore on to rod into n private mil separate; examina | tion of the girl, Jackson and Kvans, and sooi became satisfied tint she had been stolon fron ; North Carolina. J warrant was issued. Jack son wa? arrested; the ut!;er made his escap i through the forest north of the village. Jackson when brought before the; magistral j staled that his real name was Joseph S. (iinb of lititherlord County, North Carolina, and hi : companion in crime was named William Wiism j of the same place?'itat the girl in their posses J sjun was the daughter of .Mrs. Searcy of tlia county, and that thev bad taken lew from tin resi J.Mioe of one Mr. Rrnwn with whom s!n was living, on Thursday' the 23 I, hue at night and brought her to South Carolina, with aviev of making a Christmas speculation. Cibbs, (alia*) Jackson was committed ti Jail to await his trial at the next General Ses sinus. Wilson, (aba-*) Rvnrw iiItIb his cooapu *?? foot, is about live feet ten inches high, light pom I plexion, and wears large whiskers of a reddis! or sandy color. The friends of just-re and humanity will Ik ! on the look out for him* ? # Laurens illc ITcml-l of 31 s' ult. rn^Ti.Y UNIFORM. Gen. Wencin, who was so badly whippet by Gen. ^>n>it!i at Confronts possesses otic re quisite, and the chief requisite, of a grea Mexican (J Mierai: lie has a most splendid am costly uniform. If is said that when in fill Iross lie b.?re upon his distinguished person :i least $20,0(1(1 worth of j?ol(i, diamonds, am precious metals. What a splendid capture In would have been to some of our ragged boys \o wonder he ran so fast when Riley charge! his batteries. He hail snnvMhing to run fi?r though how he made such <fm>d time unde such a heavy load, was a wonder to everybody We understand, however, that the Genera was in very bad spirits?we nvan nothing against the quality of the spirits with which In quenched the valor of his soul, and kept I hi cold off his stomach?on the memorable nighl of 10:h August last; but he was dish?*artene< bv the ab>enre of a magnificent jewelled sword which cost $10,000, and which, under a mo nied pressure, he had left 4,in soak" at tin Monte Pio. Ti ls sword is now to be seen it Mexico, and was pawned for SloOO. Its ab sence at Coutreras lias been assigned by Va ' 1 :",j ?? " ??* "C it>'? eniKea iif' his de ? ii irici.t 41-* win; '? ?t?*. .??? -- -- ? feat at Contrcras. It would l>o an interesting contrast to esti mate the comparative value of the respectivi uniforms of (Jen. Valencia, the conquered and (Jen. Smith, the victo", at Contreran.? The result would throw much light upon tin gieat leading distinctive traits of American ant .Mexican character. Without meaning to im pugn the richness and extent of Gen. Smith' wardrobe, we do not think it extravagant ti estimate the value of the old dark blue coa and lightish blue pants, six-bit glazed cap, cork soled hoots, and service sabre, worn by the He o of Contreras on that memorable day, as c the value <f 815. We doubt whether any o our little Jew tailors would n't think that amouu enormous. Out the "inward man''of these two Gener a!s is not less striking in contrast than thei "outward man." The showy and costly exte riorof the one covers a vain, faithless, coward ly heart?whilst the plain, simple, and unpre tending appearance of the other gives token o the dauntless heart and indomitable character which made him the Conqueror an 1 the Hero y. O. Delia. From Ihr Cohmnat Tiltzni/ih. DAILY AMKRICAV 3TAK, A friend lias very politely put at our clcposa a few Nos. of thi< paper. published in the eitj of Mi-xic >. Manv of its articles possess con ' >iderablo interest, particularly those relntin; to the Palmetto Regiment. We give a fev ex t tacts: I fA (> QpAJlTSTtS OKTIIK AtlMY. ) Citv ol M '\ieo. Nov. 17. 1317. \ GEN Kit.\L ORDERS?No. 332. Promotions in the South Carolina Regiment. Major A. 11. Gladden, I?v the laws of Sunt! Carolina, has hcen promoted to the office o Lieut. Colonel. ( apt. It (I. M. Danovant, elected Majo vice. A. II. Gladden, promoted; to take ratil Irorn 11th Sept. IS 17. Seigt. J. W. Shedd, elected 1st Lieiitenan Company G. vice Lieut. Clarke, killed in ac ( lion; to take rank from 13ih Sept. 1347. j 2d Lieut I\ \V. Silleek, elected 1st Lien j tenant Company !i. vice Lieut. Movngne, l,iil I .wt iii ..,.1i.. 1,.1-m p.,?iy rV/im t ill, sti?i,i Private David L. Pona'd. elected 2d Lieut ('cini]>.it.v ii. vice. Lieut. Siller!;, promoted; t< , take rank from N ?v. Id, IS 17. 1st Lieut. J. T. Walker, Company II, ap , pointed Uegiiil'iital Q iirter-M i^ter. By command fit' Maj. (Jeti. SooTT. II. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. <!. i P?osl?ectivk Pni'ri.ati'tx am) destiny <>| tui: Umted States.?'Tin* Ibllowing ealeula | limis male up for Hunt's Merchant's Maga . j zine have a pow ilid and startling in'erest: ? i j In H10 tlu? United States had a popuhitioi | fif I7,0(JS.()(Ki. Ulnwing its future increase t j lit*, at lite rate of d2 4 2 per cent, fir each sin: i ceediog period of 10 years, we .shall number i I 191.). .'101.101,6 11. Past experience warrant to expect this increase. In 1790 our ntttnhe f | was d.927,827. Supposing it to have increas : ed each decade in the ratio Id 1 2 per cent, i i would in 1840 have amounted to 10,030,25(1 f j being more than a half million less than our nc >. i tual number as shown by the census. Wit! I ; d()0 000,000 we should have less than 100 t j the square mile tor our whole territory, an t I 220 to the square mile for our organized Stale? < and territories. Kngland has 800 to the squar i mile, it does not then seem probable tlin our progressive increase will be materiall > 1 checked within the one hundred years unde I oi.iittiilnrntiftti At tlu' cud of that period Canada will pro bably number at least 20,000.000. If w r suppose the portion of our country east an i west of the Appalachian chain of mountain! i known as the Atlantic slope, to possess at tint i i time 40,0(10,000. or near five times its presen . number, there will be left 200,000,000 for th | great central region between the Appa'achia 4 L \ ! and the Rocky. Mountains, and between the v 11 j Gulf of Mexico and Canada, and for the conn- a o | try west of the Rocky Mountains. Allowing o the Oregon Territory 10.000,000, there will a e be left 250,000,000 fin-that portion of th? Amo- c i. : rican States lying in the basins of tbo Mobile, i f r | .Mississippi, and St. Lawrence* If to these ! we add 20,000,000 lor Canada, we have 270,- h - ' 000,000 as (lie probable number that will in- n - habit the North American valley at the end of n - one hundred years, commencing in 1840. If s we suppose one third or 00,000,000 of this tf: number to reside in the country as cultivators ri il and artisans, there will be 180,000.000 left for h the towns, enough to people 300, each contain- ji - ing a million. This does not srern as inrie lilt hie that the valley of the Nile, scarcely twelve n n miles broad, should ba.'e once, as historians i teil us, contained 20.000.000 cities. "I .. . ? rro:n me luiaru-xiou i,mirier. ( . J FROM WASHINGTON. I, s In I!n* Semite of tin* U. Slates, on the 3 1 in s | stmt, Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana. submitted a ti i' resolution inquiring into the expedlcney of n *rrantin?r portions of the public lands in that c ' Slate, to ih<> citizen soldiers who were engaged T L> in tlie (l.'fi'iiee of Louisiana in the year 1914. which was adopted?also a joint resolution lor r ascertaining and determining the amount i f i' ! claims of citizens against. Mexico, which had a first reading. 1 Mr. Berrien introduced a hill providing f>r the removal of obstructions in the Savannah River, which was read twice and referred. ? M-. J J?-? (T- 1 .. (V||iiti<* ftj? . i- the correspondence of Mr. Wise with tlx* tirai ; ziiliaii Government in reference to the shr e 51 i trade, whieh was adopted. v f ' The hill providing fi?r a supply of clothing f | for the volunteers now in Mexico was passed. 7 The hill for the addition often Rrginrnls f, of troops to the army of die I oiled Slates, came ."3 1 up for consideration. Mr. Cass opened the de j, i hate, aiid much discussion took place on the proposition of postponing further debate on the t question until Mr. Calhoun had been heard I on his resolutions. The hill was finally laid n I over until Wednesday, and the Senate went into p t Ivxeeutive session. rfter whi'di they adjourned. 1, I 1 in the House of llcpresru'dl/n.e.y, same day, ;1 ' i the motion to lav on the table the resolution n ? 1 directing the Po<t Master G on oral to renc.v I the firmer contract fur the liansporiation of tin* great Southern mail. Iiy the old route, was withr drawn, and cm motion of Mr. Hot's, tho re- t< I solution was made the special order fir the fol- v i . lowing day. ii I Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, off*red a resolution p ' inquiring into tin; expediency of employing jj * temporarily additional cb?rks in the 1'ciimou tl I office, which was a'optml. 1 A hill was read twice providing fir the settle a i moot of the claims of .Now Hampshire against p the (7. States. 11 Mr. Ashman off1 red a resolution inquiring 1 into the expediency of repealing the law pro. hihiting the transportation of newspap ts and 0 letters by private conveyance which was adop. ted. Mr. Fin Ison introdnced a resolution inquiring b into the expediency ol requesting the President ^ " of the U. States to withdraw all the American ? firces from Mexico to tho Kast of tho Rio - (ir.inde, and to prop ise forthwith a treaty of - paaee on the basis that we relinquish all claims |, 1 fir indemnity?the boundary between the two |, countries to lie the desert between the Neuces c s and tin; i !o (Jrande, and that security should r ? be given fir the claims of our citizens at the ? t commencement of the war. The yeas and nays c were called on several propositions connected with the matter, hut the resolution was fioaliy 'f rejected by a vote of 41 to 127. 'I* Mr. Rockwell, of Connecticut, introduced a c ? l.ill n./iiM.t.i C.r ?i r!iinsii!ar system for the II. ,, ..... ... ..... J Slates, which was read twice and referred. i Mr. C. J. Ingorsnll oflerod a resolution in- tj * quiring of the President whether any notice had i< been taken of the remarks of the llrisish Secro- ,j tary in the House of Commons, reflecting on the tl - want of faith of the United States, which was f laid over. ? Mr. Dickey introduced a joint resolution Ibr the ap|iointment of a committee ol live from p each house to confer with the President on the c most efleclual mode of concluding peace with |, Mexico, which w.a< it'so laid over. H j Mr. iIam;i!o:i, of Penn., nflered a resolution ? I | that iio n-w territory shou'tl be. ad ! ol tn the , f I Stales, except by a vole of the several Stairs, j Mr. Il lusion, of Delawate, offered joint reso. ; liitious of ibanks to (Jen. Taylor, his oflieers i' and men. Mr. Ilenly moved an amendment, aiding while engaged as they were in defend- I: ingllie rights and honor of the country. .Mr. v A>!i:miti moved an amendment, adding thereto '1 in a war uniieee'saiily and iiiieonstitatiotiallv j n lieg.ui by tin* President of tint United States. : is i Mr. Ashman's amendment was adopted by a n I vote of to 81. jd ....... .1 11 _ i i On motion ot Air. Stevens, urn nouse an- v r jotirned. \ c The nomiiiattiin of Messrs. Davis as Minis, o Icr lo China, Rowan as Charge In Naples, and I Xiles as Charge ii> Surdiua, as well as a mini her of Custom House and Laud Officers, have been confirmed. fi ? k Washington, .Ian. 3. ]> , A mode of raising revenue in Mexico, for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the contiil- f' . tied occupation oft ho country, has been sugges. j1 > led and reconimeiided, as follows:?to lay a 1 duty on the exportation of gold an silver coin ^ and bullion often per cent., and it is said that " il will piodnee two millions and a half; and !o j, lay a moderate rate of duty on impaited goods, n producing three millions more; and lo lay a L property tax, giving one million more. v K Mr. Cass staled, in his speech, to-day, that c - ilie next movement ol our forces in Mexico, j 1 - wotdd be to take possession of lhe mining dis- I t riots, with a view to the encouragement of the |, n mining business, and the collection of a revenue ^ o from the same, lie said aNo that our troops o i. would proceed to take possession of several im- d a portant points, in the interior of the country, as *' s suggested by the Secretary ol War in his ren r port. i. Mr. Cass stated that the whole force of it Regulars and Volunteers, now in Mexico, Ca'i- s i. r..niiu A'f? nr mi riiiitn. iv.k <13 7."iD* lint iln?ri? i are 29,000 011 Ceneral Scott's line of operations l h from Vera Cruz, to I lie Capital. 0 Mr. Clay is to reach this city tonight. His r (I friends here are rallying already in his sup- 'I rv . .'J (> 'I o-morrow night, lie is to meet a hundred it whig members of Congress, and many other (] y j whig politicians, at the house of a citizen of n r this city. It is said to lie intended as a polili- v cal and social re-union of Mr. Clay's friends. p i. Mr. Hudson.of Mass., oflered some anti-war e resolutions to-day, and was rejected?yeas 41, d nays 137. i, Mr. Houston, ol Delaware, ofTeied a resold- " it tion, giving the thanks of Congress to (?en. 'Pay- , 1 1 lor and the Army under his command, fir their a o i distinguished valor displayed at llucna Vista. r if- f I - f Tn'liiiioi waif/i/1 f a nrlrt fJiO h f] I ;?I r? IlvlllUjr, Ui A UUIUItU) IIIUIWU IV ?' " I " rords, in "a war for I lie defence of the rights/ i nd honor of the country." 7 Mr. Ashmua, of Mass., moved to amend the j mendmont, hy adding the words, "in a war un- J (institutional!y and unnecessarily begun by the ^ 'resident of ihe United States." t Mr. J. Q. Adams led ofT the list of yeas, in as i aud and firm atone ol voice, as he could command. The result was that Mr. Ashrnun's a- 1 | rttMuIfnnul tt'Qe oiveAii/l l/? Q" O' uiiou?M;ni iw?K'M oil, iiujs Ol? . I 0 the Hoii.so has settled that question. f :Mr. Cobb, of Ga., said that the two amend ' mints presented such a remarkable issue, that a ic must propose to discuss the subject?so I Ire oint resolution lies.over. j Mr. Denton was in the Senate to-day, and j., noved to print a report containing a history of, t he exhibition of (Job Doniphan, with maps and f ;e>!ogical. illustrations. d Cass' Army Hill was postponed till Vednesrlav, it beingunderstcxW that Mr. Cal- 1 loiin will speak to morrow on \is resolutions. J Mr. Clay has engaged lodging: at the. Uni- f nd Stated States Hotel. I'e pre\le at the an- , rial meeting of the American Colonization So. o :i?'ty, on the I7tb January, to be held in the a Represent itivcjl Flail. ^ Ii riilcTinjo journal i M ... 0 Wednesday Jlomin", January 12, IMj. c WILLIAM H. JOHNSTON", EDITOR [ The Markets. Li 0^ | ( ,|, ?<u'iL en?? mi i! a eston market for the last two weeks. TlVf^ -l8 o nine cotton coining in, and that portion \f ? j * 1 liicli was offered f< rsnlc, brought prices ran\ig roinT] lo7|. "Fair" is quoted in CharlestoPht -J. Corn is selling readily at <17 to 50. ^ rivn wagons 4;j to 5 per hbl. Fodder 75. OA t 5 We do not know yet what effect the ne*v j r v the Caledonia will have on our cotton maikc!v'j rc 3 u! Remains of Cols. Hutlcr and Dickinson. The remains of tliesc gall int officers have arrived t Columbia, where appropriate honors aro to bo paid icm. Those of Col Dickinson will bo brought over ' j Camden during the present week. Arrangements [. re making to give them a pioper reception. They ! < rill he inlorrcd on Saturday. The Return of the Palmcttocs. i The following extract of a letter from Judge Butler j 1 > Judge O'Noal seems to render it probable, that our | J oluntccrs will soon Im on their way homo. Glad 1 carls and grateful welcomes await them. But alas, licrc arc many also, who will look in vain among the ! binned ranks of that gallant hand, for the faces of ' lieir friends. j 1 "From what I he President said the other day, it i * his design to confer with Gen. Shields oi: the iropriety of discharging the South Carolina Rcgi- .< lent, and will likely do so, in a general order , ouipliinenting their conduct, and perhaps giving ( he officers the assurance that Im will advance hem o!i all future occasions, should tiny ask for mploymcnt." O* Manning Brown of the Palmetto Regiment lias eon appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 12th Reg't of ' J. S. Infantry under Col. Bouhain. i The Palmetto State Runner. I We aro pleased to see that B. J. Arthur, B*g., has ! ccmno one of tlio editors of this paper, and will also ' e associuto editor of Mr. Morgan's daily paper, The ' hmmerrial Herald, tho publication of which will he 1 sinned. Success aiicnti Uic enterprise or ,ur. i'.iorm. We welcome Mr. Arthur's return to tlie Editor's ' '.air. i l The Evening News. ! : This well conducted p iper comes lo us now much nlargcd and improved. T'< those who desire a s:rictly 1 eutrul paper in ptrly politics, but one devotedly at- ' itched to tlie interests' of the South, we recommend ( Ito Evening News. In its present enlarged form, it ' i one of the cheipcst dailies published, and its con- ' uctors arc very prompt in forwarding the lalest in. ' ' olligcnco. Price 00 por nnnuin. Later lioin Europe. Tlie steamer Caledonia arrived at Boston on the 4l!i ; 1 nst. bringing fourteen days Inter intelligence. The niton market was , till depressed, and a decline of 1 <ld ' ad taken place. It is stated that the deficiency of 1 lie estimated stock of cotton in Liverpool is not so real tin? present time ns what might have been c.xpec. 1 si. The average weekly consumption is now a great I eal less tiian it was this time last year. Temperance Lecturer. j ' Wo learn by a cucuLr In in Judge 0*Nca!l, in the , I ist number of tlie Temperance Advocite, that 1,1. Dur. I i ce is e.vpecli d to visit this stale soon, as a lecturer on i 'cmpcraiice. The Advocate s.i)s Mr. I). 4,is a most I itcrosting, and even eloquent speaker?his reasoning i i close, logical, anil convincing, and yet. there arc few | eu whose addresses abound more in apposite ancc- I otu and humorous illustration." Lieut. Duryee deli- i cred several lectures in this placo during the past I o ir, which w o have heard favorably spoken of by in my f those \i ho attended them. ' Air. Calhoun's Speech. i \Vc have wl'yct received this speech. Wi? clip the I jllowiog from the letter of tliu intelligent and well s nown correspondent of the Ualtimore Sun, and ex- f res-s our concurrence with his remarks; ' The speech of Mr. Calhoun tvtts a powerful cf- 1 jitolliis still vigorous intellect, but presented I 2W points which were not already introduced ill ; is speech delivered a year ago, on the same sub- j :ct. It presented no issue, and was only an ar- ] ument against the growing popular sentiment in j - t . - " II..' . II- C..I I 1 avor 01 uic annexation 01 an .iicxico. mr. ?-?u- i iouii feels ill iriiieil on the subject, that he deemed | ! I necessary to publish h s yiti consilient to the union I imagine that if Mexico be ever annexed it i nil bo by the force of circumstances. and not in > onsequeiicc of the deliberations of Congress. Na- | ( ionalitics are not preserved or extinguished by pa- , er guarantees or declarations, however sole tun j . ud impressive. The life of Mexico cannot be pro- , unged a day by the decree of the United .States' Senate, nor is it in our power to say what portion ' 1.1/cxico shall now and forever remain a free, in- 1 ependent Republic. The problem of Mexico t aunct be solved metaphysically and by deductions i rom abstract propositions, but must be tho result | I il cmicaienauou ui msionai mum, fruiting uui | | f the particular circumstances in wfiieli she is pla- | ed, not only in regard to ourselves, but also in rcpect to foreign uatioiis. Wc have now the solu- ( ion of the problem in our hands, but we may not : c masters of the events ten years henre. f Mr. Calhoun is not against the acquisition of ler- I itory, in the abstract; but lie docs not wish to ac- < tiire any densely settled part of Mexico. lis is f a favor of a line, but lie admits that the line itself . iiijrlit not to be the same which lie suggested last ear. Ifsuch a line be ever adopted, my humble pinion is, that the generals and engineers of our nny are the best judges as to tbo points through ' vliich it is to pass and what territory it is to com- j ' rise. ' f . rin io iq i , V-'AillUJ'.Wj /XV/j xv*tv? % Mr. Edi'or: Believing I hat ,t lie within extracts | f a letter from a friend in the Palmetto Rogi- g ricnt will lie read with great interest, I send 1 hem to you for publication. Private Bradley here . Iluded to is reported to have reached Montgomey Ala. but has not yet arrived here, ilis gal- n intry on the field as mentioned below, speaks for 1, r : rr I : Z~~~~ lself, and to his good conduct and correct deportnent during the whole campaign, all his associates tan testify?let the people mark that man. Of the amended Cantey it is unnecessary to add a word. Vo higher estimate of his worth can he formed han that which has already consigned him to untying fame. Yours, &c. ? Mexico, Df.c. 10, 1847. * * * From Company C. Meggs and Levi Iradiey are discharged, and will accompany the ! rain. Bradley, poor fellow, is a cripple for life, 1 i ear. lie is a gallant fellow, and behaved like a tcroon the field of battle; I saw him wounded, and j ifter he was shot in the leg and fallen, though tin- . tble to stand, he refused to leave the field, and I | taw him kneeling on his wellies. loadinsand firins I miil he was separated from the Regiment by their idvinec when the charge was sounded. I hope hat the people of the District will do something or him. * * * In fact, our whole company | lone so well, that, it is difficult to discriminate, * * I know you will sympathise with niv feelings in Mentioning the behtvio- of poor Willis Cantey.? t is due to him to say, that at ChuruLusco, after .'apt. Moffat was wounded, (which was just beore t!ie cbnrge,) he placed himself at the head if the company, and was MO yards in advance, if the lino ot battle, with his s.ioril raised hove his head, calling on his men to follow din, and was the first man (so say all the officers) 0 roach I he entrenchments of the enemy. He esaped untouched At the storming of Chapulteec, he was placed by Maj. Gladden in command f companies C and K, (which were the-first to i ross a large ditch running through the meadow i lirottgh which the liegiment had to pass to gain i lie wall, and whose officers were absent, sick or rounded.) and ordered to advance with them.? _!_ _ ?j? i, """ Lear itlt')~ nTTTrrere cive I the wound which terininatsd his ! xislence. He lived long enough to see his de- : ' ichuienl gain the wall and I'rtve'oirillC eiltiny. ~ Tetter from Mexico. We have b en favored with the fallowing ex- ' . < acts from a letter from Adjutant Cantcy to his [ t iend in this place. The letter, though not of i | scent date, will Le read with no less interest on ! j tut account: I < National Pa la ft-: of Mnxrcn, | | October 27, IS 17. : Dcur : After an interval of five, months, | a cp,)0!tnnily is at length afforded us of coin- > unicatiag with our friend < at home, and I Jo; i t douht thai your anxiety and suspense had j r 1 -oinr. almost insupportable. Ala*! loo many ' ( 1 snir uio'st gloomy anticipations have been ! i realized. When and left us i c in June, the diseases of the climate had r jmaiegim to rage. The muffled drum and r in"f\ii'd tread of the fiiueral escort could be | liea\vfio:ri morning till night; a .d soon their i'.im.gis (t it -am was so oil repeated, mat it |i hvrat impossible. to render the unfortunate e :l>*nrl i.? sad compliment of a military hurial. j n \\ ln'ti i? marched from Pcehki on tin? 8:li of; \ August-.'iih the invading army, one hundred ' ti sick wi^left at that place, and three hundred oin-kt,is.<).,.re all that could In' inarched upon lite hioo plains of (,'onlieras and Churuhiisco si in the timing of the 2():h. The sympathy of j f] lite whole-ate mu>t he mingled with the n:l- j pi miration Stowed on its by the entire army, j ,f when the;learn that nut of that ?um h her, one wired and thirty-seven I nave, ti hut tinfortiii*, were left upon the field tj consecrated ft the lili' hlood of the hrave, the ,,, gallant, the minted Col. Roller, who had on. ,,| iy i isen fr<j 4js Rjc|< |?.J the evening before, j to 1 :ul his | rjTiaud on one ort'io most severe 1 (,i and living tV'che.sthat men ever encountered, I |,r>ver motuil:^ and hills of congealed lava. () broken hy *'*> chasms and rugged steeps? ,,1 the night dulled stormy, and the rain pouring down in l?..|its. It was one o'clock in the tn irning 1- rt? we reached o.ir position v? iround the fiirti^tions at ('ontreras. * * * * si; At day-light tli<.|iarge was sounded and in S,| less than 2d mm. j we were, all in the Sorts of :n the enemy, eapti.jr and killing all hut about |,r one regiment of .?,.rs who escaped towards die city. The wh army then moved forward ha ?n:l encountered t enemy in immense mini- m iers, drawn uj?. fori ,| and strongly entrenched ??j it Churiihu-co. 'Ivr seemed determined to ?make a stubborn fiance to our further pro gress. Lvory hou?0pf bridge or j __ mound was fortified t defended l?y camion.? j I'lit' strife was tri?at|lf,|S< jiml the conflict j 'I loudly?but poor fell*, t ||??y were, unable t?? , a resUt the impetuosity open determined to en I lor or die upon the Au armi-tieo was : concluded that evuniu^.Jwn 01|r troops hail j ? [tenetrated t<? the siibnrtif"| |;e'(;j|y. * * * * : [)n tin* 12lh Sept. the b*liir(],()f (Jhapul- J L( epeo v\ a< commenced, tji was deemed ne. ; ne pessary to the assault of tcity. On lite 13th ; ? ihe sound was again hi*ur},.|| announced the j storming of that ("Utress tlj-n(,ws no superior' in the world for stiength?\yt, ||a,| been di- j 1,0 reet d in general orders, ^ our jjttle frag (gj nent of a lleg't should be rear as a sup- |)| jorting column. ? it befoiy0 had gone 201) ,.n yards 'ro.ii Ca.pt. Drum s bat^ where we lay luting the 12th a".d night bwing to protect ^ it during its play upon Chapti}UCj i!lt? column was halted, and the noble Sh^ ordered us to Mr he front; when we had reac. t|l4J advanced position assigned us Oen. Q"u? pointing to 'ha i stone loitilioalion just "ii h" stone wall 15 hut leel high, and lined with 5 or 0 ..,0111,1 iers and :1g uipported by a -oiit 21)01) 'UUN'lr^aised in his : tirnips and said to Crf;nl?l| lJS^t the (iitu >1 llied iv depended on curryi^ |1;ll hr,?astwork and wall, anil that the l>ilttoe.s were lie Hoys to do it. II ever lltea ls a proud uid ennubling moment of a ^u'd^roliiiian's ile, it was that in which, tins of a llegiment, numbering only 130 't*ets, with ivounded and lame men in its rn.ti.r"?,.irtj this uldross of the gallant Quitman, '^iiately, Msij. Gladden said, come on boys,?wj|j try | t?and every man moved fir ward ,? a ^ ;tep and unflinching determination ?;ccco(j. j )ur way lay over an open plain cut t^. m;l ? iy deep ditches; throngli a lire froin,(),( ja runt crossed by another from the rig j't,,, q tegiment moved forward and gained ??all he I rithout dischti rising a mush't. Hut .a. lbs iy who started lor thai goal of destine'I'm, ad the 0 reach it. it was crossing the plain rf, _ doc ivallthat Lieut. James Willis Cantey, pi^ j t0^ ... : 1 1.:. n.t tvliili. InidinL' 'N . * ow, reci'ivpii ma nm.uu 0 aclnncnt nf two companies in advance o ^ llegiment, poor fellow! he was as noble I<1 jenerotis a spirit as over lived, and as ln| V ind gallant a soldier as over bore a sword; <*; 1 jonduct was the subject of remark l?y the whou'c llegiment; the death of no man, not excepting j> ?nr good, noble Colonel, was more regretted. I or lie had endeared himself to every office> lf mc private by his generous and estimable eonluct and virtues and his last act of gallantry won he admiration and esteem of the whole division, bribe charge was made in the fiice of it. His rody will be carried borne by Lieut. Clark, of Jolumbia, I would not like to entrust it to any mo else, because I know he will take as much ' are of it as I would myself. It is all I have.' eft of my poor friend and kinsman, who has^ tood with me, in all the dangers and vicissitudes-' >f an arduous and painful campaign, faraway*/ rorn home. Clark was wounded while acting r is adjutant,(as my wounds, though not sufficient / y irritable to keep mo out of the fight, wcr / mi ^pf i?!ga?cr m jam not tfell enough to permit me to discharge the duties nf my ofHCc; I have now entirely recovered without much ofn scar on my fitce. * * Poor Dickinson, who has been summoned to his long home most unexDcctrdlv to us all?his wound was regarded a* slight, having bccil \/ shot ihrough the nncklc.. without hayiitg. eey / hone broken?unfortunately he had to be ftio* veil twice, and I hare nodouht lint that ihelmv typhoid fever, of which he: died, was Jo j>atrt brought on hy this removal. .* * * Aft Soon as the castle was taken, the artny moved bn towards the gates of tho city, every inch of the^ ground disputed. To undertake to describe tho difficulties and slnugbter ebnseqnent upon the I charge at the taking of the city, isl?eyond my power?f could not see how it was possible for a single man to escape alive. The house iopk .. were covered with infantry?the streets and ^ avenues lined with cannon and musketry, firing grape, cannister, bornlwhells and round shot from every quarter. Our Regimeftt, which had Ireeu joined promiscuously by the mounted Rifle Rpjriment, wete the storming party and were the first troops to enter the great Capital of the Mexicans?and our flag the first that \j floated over the gales of the citv. (Thc.se bat-/ ties ate all described in the newspaper*, and accurately in the Picayune.) Night put at) end to the conflict, and when the morning came , the broad stripes and bright stars were floating from the battlements of the National Palace. . Santa \nna and his troops having taken theTr (lety.t iiiu.o -Jo-wrg the night. This was the Inst J 'he five hardest fought battles of modern liin.is, and with it fills the Mexican Republic. The conflicting i'lferes'u no 1 i,?.i leucine n . ? - . v j? Hi^uaav-^ ??i ww >iriu?X demagogues will not allow a peace. ami In* ultimate r?*-nil will lip the neces-don of their muntr\ In the United States. * * * I understand tlm! (Jen. SIii*?I?!< Iia? consented to visit S. ['nroliiin. ntul if h? does, I do trust that he will a* received in a prmer manner, lie i? a man it the mu.-l dashing gallantry in thp nriny, vm feetly infatuated with and devote/I to onrRer'm"i,t. .Much of its high renutntion is due to litn and uid Quitman, the ablest Genera!.in fhfi^ <?C*ice. lie too, is about to leave us. We, iirlerstatid that we are to lip discharged in the otirse of two or three mouths. * * * Even Jen Scott indu'ges in the highest encomiums if our Regiment. * * * [ n,n at a |,?3 what :on?o!alioii to ofler poor Willis's bereaved pa. ent??to say that they should be proud of a loble and gallant son., who fell while noldy J ending a delnehmettl in the storming of the I aemv's Mionger-t wotks wmi'd be loo tame, 1 ait still, it L a consoling reflection; no man J ver lived more b'doved, and none ever die 1 M tore gallant y. The communications with 'era Ihuzare now op>:i, and I will write of. - J The Legislature of the State, at its late so*ion. appropriated the ?mn of Five Thousand liars, to lie deposited in New Orleans, for the H urpore of aiding the discharge i volunteers of * H ir Palmetto Regiment in returning to their nines. Many of them reach that point ittdes. tote eimrneaoom, wiiheit th ? moms of con? nuing th"ir jonru an I the Slate, with comlendable lihiraliiv, has adopted this method '"^1 T relief. * ] We understand that His Excellency Govern^; j r Johnson, with iiis aeeitstomed promptitude, 4 ;is appointed Pktkk Cocray, Esq.. of New i rleans. the agent for the proper disbursement ^ the fund.?Mcmtry. A jT"??(! man \vi< v attempting the eon rsion <ii li'llow in jiii-iou, who ha I shown i?ii? which were considered hopeful. After a italile opening th" instructor, wishing to-j^ :?!{< his leaching appropriate, said, 4,VVhat ought von here, my "Two sheriff#," id the eaferhiirnati. "Ah"m, ye#; hut I niemii'l iiitemtwriinee anything to r!o with yo*jr> islortune?" "Yes." mi id the convict, tneekhv hey were lioth drunlj." ? ?3? - -I CDo CD^ Z2* ' r lershaw ! odge.KTninber 9 MIK itegu'ar Meeting of this Ixidge will be H lie!.| at tliei mew Hall on Fiiday evening next, 7 o'clock. ff . I?v order of the N. G J T. J. WARREN', Secretar?. I OCr'Hie friends of MajAviLMAM J. T\Y- 1 )R announce him as a candidate (i)f (Jolo* 9 ! at the enduing eleetioi. Jl 0^/- We are authorized to announce Capt. >!1N B. AllCKI.E a# aranilidate. for Colo I at the ensuing election. 1 r\Ve are authorized to antounce Maj. J. M. ' 1 w.\t''suki:, a? a candidate Jtr Brigadier Gen- ^ d of the 5:h brigade, at lie ensuing election, i> the Voters of Lanq(ii!i>r District, K fT^We are authorized b announce L. B. ATKEit as si Candidate, for Tax Collector j Lancaster District, at tlit next election for J , ,.rr,... a ...1 .1 ...1. .1 m . ....i t. in ii" >??) unimi me result; stun I up fir liim like Divid did fir Israel ti:ist Gniiali, the ehampioii'it the Philistines. ~ We are authorized to tQnnunr.e (Jul. S. C'n.vM)l.t:tt. as a randidAe for Brigadier | 1 neral of tin! 5th brigade, jut tho ensuing rlion. I ~HRE AND MARINE INSlRANCE. ? fii.1 c? Insurance Company, if New-Jersey. d CIIARTE1IEU IS 181, riie snhsrribcr having receive' the Agency of I i institution for Camden and vicinity, will re- i . e applications, and issue Polities at the cur- <4 t rates, VV. D. A|:DO WELL. J an. 5, 1S19. 1 ly 1 Special Court J J Irdered, that a Special Court ofJommon Pleas loldcn at Kershaw Court Hous<| for Kershaw M triet, on the last Monday in Febliarv next, for trial of all cases remaining on the issued jB ket, and that Jurors be drawifetid summoned erve at the said court. fov. 13, 1817. JOSIAIJ. EVANS. J 'ublished by order of the Court, Jk 1 i2t B. GA$S, Clerk. I To Rent. I '1,0 two story wooden llouse^nown as the I liouse, situated in King, a (\v doors from ad street. Possession given mediately. Ap- fl ^ u C. ATTHESON jM ~ l jtnee to retail p|?irituwf^^^*, ' g L:vy and Dickson ?t lo IIH plication for Liccnco No. 2, was IB olloyinan Jr. (two liconccs) | . ?n I'ljjut;, llvuii Jjilim pnu Jl?scpfj\y H ctics?Win. Kennedy and James Dunlpt 6 I |lso, fiom John Ingram for Licence 1 q I jtnended by C. L. Chattcn, James *' ies Punlup. Surctios?II, Holleyman, anj ssahenu. jfl Jrdorod to lie on the table and bo publy ^ ^ ' M nden Journal. , . R. L. WILSON,