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From tbe Charleston Courier, of the 7th inst. DEMOCRATIC MEETING. At an overflowing meeting of (be Democrats ** of Charleston District, held last evening at the 'Theatre, In this place, on motion of P. D. Torre, Esq., the Hon. Daniel Elliot Huger was called to the Chair, and Hon. John S. Ashe, Hon, Ker Boyce, Hon. T. L. Hutchinson, Messrs. James Rose, W. C. Dukes, Charles T.Lowndes, and Robert Maitin, Dr. E. (Jed t:4., dings, A. Tobias, 'Thomas Lehre, Alex'r. Ma jtyc|<, W. P. Pringle, George N. Neynolds, Jr., " "?l:- n- ^ n?a?_ Dr. Jose oil . . ncnrjr UDIUill, i/l u. a?w. .j r Johnson, Col. James Gaddens, Charles Edtnondston, and A. G. Magrath, nominated as Vice Presidents. John Cunningham, W. Alston Hayne, C. E. ,v . Kan&paux, and F. J. Shaffer, Esqs., were requested to art as Secretaries. Our distinguished and venerable fellow citizen, Judge Huger, on assuming the chair, presented in a vivid and distinct manner the objects of the meeting, dweit in a solemn and eloquent strain upon the rights and duties-of every Southerner and South Carolinian, and demanded the assertion by them at this critical period in opposition to all parties, Conventions and i Congressional proceedings. Col Isaac W. Hayne then arose, and stated, that upon conference with many gentlemen, he ? was delegated to. present, to the consideration ol the meeting the fallowing Resolutions. He prawented-ia strong and explanatory terms their v scope and design. . t. . .1., Resolved, That the Democratic party ol this District have unabated confidence in the ; principles of Democracy and those cardinal measures which has been as watch words to the ,'v party; "Ffee Trade, Low Duties, Separation '?- Q-"U? Pannnmir mid a strict adher ir irU 1,11 ??? ? - .; eoce to the Constitution." 2. Resolved, That while we would be glad "Ja at all times ?o co o|>erate with a party prof<??. n, sing such objects and approximating toward-* their practical adoption, and while any alenia. j,- tioo or separation from them is to us a source ol deep regret, there are, in our opinion, questions paramount to party.association. 3. Resolved, That we concur in, and, in the name of the Democratic party of this District, adopt the report and resolutions of the meeting of citizens held in this city in March, 1847; that ; * since that lime there has occurred nothing to change the views then expressed; but, on the * contrary, much to confirm and strengtl <;n thein. We reiterate the sentiments then expressed, to wit: "that in the opinion of this meeting a sub. mission to the proposed exclusion from an equal. ity of benefits, in the territories of the United . States, beyond what is already yielded by the Missouri Compromise, would be unwise, dan. V gerous, dishonorable, and debasing; that this is ?> a question paramount to all considerations ol oe party,or mere temporary policy; and that he ^ who falters, and, Esau like, barters his birthright for a mess ol pottage, is recreant to the memory of the past, to his duty in the present, t and a traitor to posterity." 4. Resolved, That we adopt as our own the : ? 10th 11th resolutions a* passed by the Democratic Convention of Alabama in February last. *_r?o wit: First, "That our Senators and Repre sent&tives in Congress should be vigilant to oh tain, before the ratification of a treaty with Mexico, ample security that the rights of the ? Southern people should not. be. endangered du rmy-q>*.rwariiidihe territories shall remain un . der the <^ntroTornre-i7T?u??l States, either fronr (jfrlittffi'{fitndgril&Ciou oi the' Congress 'of the United States;" and secondly, "That the opinioi ., advanced and maintained by some, that thf . people of a territory acquired by the commor toil, suffering, blood, and treasure of all the States, can, in other events than the f>rming n constitution preparatory to admittance as a Sta'e into the Union, lawfully or constitutionally pre vent any citizen of any such State* fr un removing to. or settling in such territory with his pro periy, he it slave property or otherwise, is a restriction as indefensible in principle and as d&pgerous io practice as if such restriction were imposed by act of Congress." .. 5. ReiolcecL, That we approve and profound, ly appreciate the high purpose to which thai ^Convention stands pledged in the 13th resolu< lion adopted by them; and we too, the Demo, cralic party of Charleston District, pledge our. selves to each other, to the country, and panic* ular to brother Democrats of Alabama, "Thai pnder no-political necessity whatever will we Upport for the office of President or Vice Pre* ident of the United States any person wht does not amply satisfy us that he is opposed tn any and all forms of excluding slavery from the territories of the United States." 0. -Resolved That the party machinery known as Nominating Conventions is, in out opinion, corrupting in its influence?calculated IU WUUVCIIiatllC |/W1? V.I III IUU iianu? ui vv*fW|r??i< lew *nd intriguer#?i* an unfair exponent o tbe sentiment* ofthe party they profess to rep resent?destructive of individual independence tends to merge all other questions, however vi tal, in mere party issues, and is on this accounl especially dangerous to the slave-holding Statei whose vigilance should never sleep, on a great paramount, and peculiar question, which is a< part from and above all party issues. 7. RrsolmL That all those objections lonp entertained hy the Democrats of South Carolina have been strengthened and increased bv the action of tbe late Convention in Baltimore. 8. Resolved, That opposed as the Democrat ic party ofthe Slate of South Carolina, compos, ing almost her entire population, were knowr to be, Intake any part in this Convention, thf Indignity to the State offered by the Conventior In accepting as a delegate one without the pre text of authoity to represent any more than s portion of a Congressional District, thus aiding him to place us in a false attitude, and permit ting him the influence ?./ nine votes in their pro ceedings, is in itself an illustration and confir mation of many of the objections we have sug gested. 9. Resolved, That the open abandonment bj Southern delegites of the instructions will which they were charged, and as we conceivi of principles essential to the prosperity an< safety of the South, is a still more alarming coin mentary on the evil and dangers incident t< such Convention. 10. Resolved, That the Democratic party o Charleston District had neither lot nor part it the late Baltimore Convention; the nominatioi ofGeneral Cass for the President, and the pro ceedings generally, arc un*atisfactary and ob iectjonahle, and the action or that Convention i disavowed by u?, and imposes no obligator upon the democrats of this District. 11. Resolved, That we deem it inexpedien now to commit ourselves as to preference fb the Presidency, we shall await the developrnen ot events, and at a proper time will use our bes exertions (or the candidate whose elevatioi would in our ooinion best serve to advance th< principles set forth in the foregoing resolutions the great question of equal rights under thi Constitution of the slavchoiding and non-slave Irolditfg Slates being ever' considered by us as ] paramount to all other issues. i Henry Bailey, Esq., moved the adoption of | the resolutions with great force, touching with ] scorching contempt upon the course and recep- ; tion of the Georgetown delegate in the Balti- | I more Convention, nnd ended by presenting the ' Hon. W. L. Yancey ol Alabama. This genlleman, whose effort was the speech of the oc- l 1 casion, addressed the meeting at great length, and with absorbing eloquence and graphic power. ^ , ' Mr. James (?. Holmes here moved the con- ( sideration and adoption of the following reso- | lotion, and sustained it in a speech of spirit and , ofsome length: j i Resolved, That confiding in the integrity and | ability of Gen Zachrv Taylor, and in his deter- | mioation to be considered not a paity, but an Independent candidate f.>r the office of F'resi- j d-?nt of the United States; in his own language? ' Having no private purposes to accomplish; no , . party projects.to build up; no enemies to pun- | ' ish; no nothing to serve but his country"?we hereby nominate him as the candidate ol this I meeting, and will give him our heary support | I as one whose intersts are dcntified with our , own. Henry Bailey, Esq., in a striking and pow' erfal manner, advocated a motion to lay the | - resolution of Mr. Holmes on the table as prema- | tn#e. His motion was carried with but two dissenting voices, that of Mr. Holmes and the gentleman who seconded his resolution. , P Oft motion of M-r. Torre, tho following reso-. j lotions wp.re enthusiastically adopted. , .. jRcso/i;ed,That the thanks of ihe South are in an | : eminent degree due, and the thanks of the peo- | V plo td this District are herpbv relurned, to the , Hon., W. L. Yances for the bold, manly, and intrepid course lie haR always pursued in de- | fence of the South and its constitutional rights. | Resolved, That the conduct oft hose who ac- , ted with him, in sustaining the Southern posi. . lion at the Baltimore Convention, meets with J . the entire approral and the sincere thanks of | this meeting. , ' On motion of Mr. Cunningham, the thanks | of the meeting were given, with the most afTec- i in ih? venerable Chairman. I D. E. HUGER, Chairman. i John Cunningham.') i IV. Autos Hayw. I s , C. E. Kanapavx, I i F. J. Shaffer. J GEN. TAYLOR'S ALLISON LETTER. j We re-publish for the information of our rea- ( | dera the following letter from General Tavlor to Capt. J. S. Allison, giving his opinions on subjects of national politics. After reading this letter, we apprehend it will require consid1 erablo ingenuity, to reconcile the supporti of General Taylor, with an adherence to Democratic principles. Baton Rogue, April 22, 1843. Dear Sir?My opinions have recently been 1 so often misconceived and misrepresented that I deem it due to myself, if not my friends to make a brief exposition of them upon 'the topics to which you have ca'led my attention. 1 1 have consented to the use of mv name as a ' candidate to the Presidency. I have frankly avowed my own distrust of my fitness for that 1 high station; fait having at the solicitation of : my countrymen, taken my position as a candi. ! date, I do not feel at liberty to surrender that position until my friends manifest a wish that I ' should ' party projects to build up, no enemies to punish 1 ?nothing to serve but my country. ! 1 have been very often addressed by letter, 1 and my opinions have been asked upon almost : every question that might occur to the writers 1 as affecting the interest of their country ?>r their ! party. I have not always responded to those inquiries, and for various reasons. I confess, whilst I have crrcat cardinal prin ciples which will regulate my political life, I am not sufficiently familiar with all the minute detail* of political legislation to give solemn pledges to exert my influence, if 1 were Presi. dent, to carry out this or defeat that measure. I have no concealme nt. I hold no opinion which I wonld not readily proclaim to my assembled countrymen; but crude impressions upon matters of policy, which may be right to day and wrong to morrow, are, perhaps, not the best test of fitness for office. One who cannot be trusted without pledges cannot pe confided in merely on account of them. I will proceed, however, now to respond to your inquiries. First? I reiterate what I have often said?I an a tehig, but not an ultra whig If elected I would endeavor to act independent of party domination. I should feel bound to administer the Government untrammelled by party schemes. Second.?The veto power. The power given by (he constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto, is a high conservative power; but in my opinion should never be exercised ex- ' cept in cases of clear violation of the ronstitu1 tion, or manifest, haste and want of considera1 tion by Congress. Indeed, I have thought that, > for rnanv years nast the known opinions and J w wishes of Iht* Executive have exercised undue and injurious influence upon 11?? legislative def partment of the Government; and for litis cause I hare thought our system wa? in danger of undergoing a great change from it* iru<? thnory. The personal opinions of the individual who mny happen to occupy the Executire chair, ought not to control the action of Congress upon ques tions of domestic policy; nor ought his objections to be interposed where questions of constitutional power have been settled by the various departments of Government and acquiesced tn by the people. Third.?Upon Ihe subject of the tariff, the currency the improvement of our great highways, rivers, lakes and harbors, the will of the people, as expressed through their Representatives in Congress, ought to be respected and carried out by the Executive. Fourth.?The Mexican war. I sincerely re. joice at the prospect of peace. My life has been devoted to arms, yet 1 look upon war at all times and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor. The principles of our Govern, ment, as well as its true policy, are opposed to Tl Inn nf rtllinr nntinnc n nrl tka rlia. i iiir niiifju^nnw.. w. ...w w..,_ i memberment of other countries l?v conquest. In i the language nf the great Washington, '-Why should we quit our own to stand on foreign - ground?" In the Mexican war our honor has s hern vindicated, amply vindicated, and in dictaJ ting terms of peace wo may well afford to ho forbearing and even magnanimous to our lullen t foe. r These are my opinions upon the subjects re* ferred to by you; and any reports or publicat lions, written or verbal, from any source diffe. t ring in any essential particular from what is i hero written, are unauthorized and untrue. . I do not know that I shall again write upon the subject of nation politics. I shall engage in no schemes, no combinations, no intrigues. [f ihe American people have not confidence) I -ne, thev ought not to give me their suffrage 1 If they do not, you know me well enough to biieve me when I declare [ shall he content. 1 ( im too old a soldier to murmur against sih s liigh authority. Z. TAYLOR < To Capt. J. S. Allison*. i GEN. CASS'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE t VVasihngvox, May 20. 184! ? " L- L- I t li BSTIEMBN: I nave nits iiunur m ii(.nu->> psdge the receipt of your letter of the 18th ist., announcing to me that I have been nomiited by the convention.ofthe Democratic party s its candidate for the office of President oflheJnited States, at the approaching election. While I accept, with deep gratitude, thiidislingtiished honor-and distinguished indeed is[ do so, with a fearful apprehension oftheresponsibility it may eventually bring with itand with a profound conviction that it is the incJ confidence of my fellow citizens, far more tan any merit of my own which has placed me uis prominently before the American peoplr,? And fortunate shall I be,, ifthat confidence shuld find, in the events of the future, a better jus\fication than is furnished by those of the past. I have carefully read the resolutions of thj Democratic National Convention, laying dowi ihe platform of our political, faith, and I ndher to them as firntly, as I approve them cordjally And while thus adhering to them, I shall do o with a Barred regard to "the principles ami con. promises of the constitution," and with ah eirnest desire for their mai itainence "in a spirit of moderation and brotheily loVe, so vitally essential to the perpetuity of the Union and the prosperity and happiness of our common country,' a feeling which has made us what we are, arl which, in humble reliance upon Providence, w may hope is but the beginning ol what we arc to be. If called upon hereafter to renderan account of my stewardship, in the great tost you desire to commit to me, should I he abb to show that 1 had truly redeemed the pledge hus publicly given, and had adhered to the j-rintuples of the Democratic party with as much fidelity and success as lias generally tnrrked the administration of the eminent men to whom lhat party has hitherto confided the chief esecu I ??..U live atJinomy oi mo ?*ov?rmut-mf i uw?m?j;n..w no higher claim to ihe fa vorable consideration r>f ihe country, nor lo the impartial commendation of history. This letter, gentlemen, closes my profession ot political faith. Receiving my first appoint* ment from that pure patriot and great expounder of American Democracy, Mr. Jeferson. more than forty years ago, ihe intervening perind-of my lifejhas been almost wholly passed in the service of my country., and lias been marked by many vicissitudes and attended with many trying circumstances; both in peace and war. If'my conduct in these situations, and the opin ions 1 have been called upon to form an express from time to time, in relation to all the great party topic of the day, do not furnish a clear*!position of my views respecting them, and at the same ?ime a sufficient pledge ot my faithful adherence to their practical application, whenever and wherever I may be required to act, anything further 1 might now say, would be mere delusion, unworthy of myself, and justly offensive to the great party in whose name you are now acting. My immediate predecessor in accepting the nomination by Democratic party, who has since established so many claims to the regard and conyears ago, His acceptance of a similar honor, announced also his determination not to be a candidate f?r re-election. Coinciding with hiin in his views so well expressed, and so faithfully carried out, I beg leave to say, that no circumslances can possibly arise, which would inni|,n mn nmiin In normit mv nnmt* In hp lirniioht ,,,w "b" I" ? ; "D " forward in connexion with the Chief Magistracy of our country. My inclination and my sense of duty equally dictate this course. * No party, gentlemen, had ever higher molives for exertion, man has the great Democrat, ic party of the United States. With un aliiding confidence in the rectitude of our principles, with an unshaken reliance upon the energy and wisdom of public opinion, and with the success which has crowned the administration of the government, when committed to its keep, ing, (and it has been so committed during more than three-fourths of its existence,) what has been done, is at once the reward of pnst oxertion and the motive for future, and at the same time, a guarantee for the accomplishment of what wo have to do. We cannot conceal from ourselves that there is a powerful pnrty in the country differing from us in regard to many of the fundamental principles of our Government, and opposed to us in the practical application, which will, strive as we shall, to secure the as. cendancy of their principles, by securing the ejection of their candidate iri the coining contest. That party is composed of our fellow cit. izens, as deeply interested in the prosperity o( our common country as we can be, atid seeking as earnestly as we are to promote and per petuate. it. W? shall soon present to the world tho sublime spectacle of the election ofa Chief Magistrate by twenty millions of people without a single serious resistance to the laws or the sacrifice of one hutnun beinji; and this too in the absence ofall force, but the moral force ot our institutions; and it we should add, '? all 'bis an example of mutual respect for the motives 6f the contending parties, so that the contest might be carried on with firmness and energy which accompany deep conviction, and with as little personal asperity as political divisions permit, we should do more for the great cause ofhuman freedom throughout the world, than hy any other tribute we could render to its value. We have a government founded by the will of all responsible to the power of all. The very first article in the Democratic creed teaches that the people are competent to govern themselves; it is indeed, rather an axiom than an article of political faith. From the days ol Gen. Hamilton to our days, tho party opposed to us?of whose principles lie was the great exponent, if not the rounder?while it has chan ged its name has preserved essentially its identity of character; and the doubt he entertained and taught of the capacity of man for self government, has exerted a marked influence upon its actions and opinions. Here is the very starting-points nf the difference between the two great parties which divide our country. All other differences are but subordinate and auxilarary to this, and may in fact, he resolved into it. Looking with doubt upon tho issue of self government, one party is prone to think the public authority should he strengthened, and to fear any chango might weaken the necessary force of government; while tho other, strong in its convictions of the intelligence and virtue of the people, believes that original power is safer than delegated, and thnt the solution ofthe great problem ofgovernment consists in governing with the least force, and leaving individual actions as free from restraint as is compatible with the preservation of tho social system, there i ifli I Iiatin .. ni n???>????a >y securing to each-all the freedom which is fj lot essential to the well being of the whole. ' As a party, we ought not to mistake the signs ?fthe times; but should bsar in mind that this is in age of progress?of advancement in all the ~ dements of intellectual power, and in the opin. onsoflhe world. The general government ihould assume no powers. It should exercise inne which have not been clearly granted by he parties to the federal compact. We ought a] o construe the constitution strictly, according ? o the received sound principles of the Jefferson n ichool. But while rash experiments should be t| Jeprecaled if the government is stationary in its b principles of action, and refuses to accommo. v .late its measures, within its constitutional sphere cautiously indeed, but wisely and cheerfully (o e the advancing sentiments and necessities of the age, it will find its moral force impaired, and jthe public authority itself should readily do, { when the indications of popular sentiment are r clear and clearly expressed. With great respect, gentlemen, I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, LEWIS CASS. f Hon. A. Stevkrson, President of the ( Democratic Convention, and The Vice Presidents of the same. THE COUNTRY. . t We do not use the word country, in its widest t signification, as applied to the United Stales? . but in contradistinction, to city. Nor am we , going to pen an article, on the culture of cotton, t or improvement of stock?but we do wish, to say a few words for the land we live in, to speak up for the dwellers in the fields, the cultivators ' of the soil, the real strength and dependence, ' the main stay of the Government?the pr'odu- 1 cers of all that is absolutely necessary; and of 1 all that gives impetus to commerce, manulac- ' tores, and mechanics?in briefi for the people of the country; without whom there would be ? no cities, no commerce, no government. We are wearied and disgusted, with the man- ' ner in which the denizens of the cities?who ? because they reside amidst labyrinths of brick ' and mortar, scarce erer seeing the sun, inhale an atmosphere loaddeJ with foul smoke and noxious gases; seem to think they are the porcelain, the rest of the world clay, speak of us of the country. It is always sneeringly. They cannot allude to a countryman, or to one who even resides in the country, let him bo farmer, lawyer, doctor, what not?hut they must needs add, he is a country merchant, a country phy.>ician?as if that in itself was sufficient to prove him. not so talented, not so worthy of confi dence, not so estimable a man, as he would have been, had he been born, and bred, and reared, and lived in a city. What is a city? It is nothing more than a vast assemblage of dwellings, crowded, jammed so close together, that the habitations of vice and virtue, poverty and riches, pleasure and pain, are in such near juxtaposition, as to he continually staring in each others faces, and the narrow streets, bare, ly of sufficient width to admit air, nearly exito rnliin orf. nrib bed. confined in ha. bitants, the invigorating light of the blessed sun. And for what wore cities built? For the convenience of the country, as depots to receive, sell, tranship he products of the agriculturalist's labor. And what supports the cities? Why still the labor of the country. The country could do well enough without the cities; but cities, huge bal ykns as they are, would soon dwindle to their fall, deprived of the aid, ? ; And from whence, do the cities deiive the majority of their men of most brilliant talents and highest standing? Still the answer is the same, from the country.. Nine in every ten ol the giant minds, that give the cities the reputation they enjoy as being the nurseries, the hot beds of talent, have emanated from the country. In this matter however, the city (oiks, are not so much to hlume after all. The fault is with us, and in our hands rests the power of remedying the grievance. It is natural lor man, to arrogate to himself, pre-eminence over his fellows, and the more readily are his claims acknowledged of course, as a self evident consequence, the more he will assume. Communities being but collections of individuals, a general rule that is applicable to the one, suits equally the other, and it has become so much a matter of habit with us, as a people, to acquiesce in the justness of this assumed superiority of our city brethren?that without ever stop ping to reflect on the matter, hardly imagining that there is room for n cionbl on the subject we acknowledge the equity of their claim. Not in so many words perhaps, but by our actions. We do not wish to deny to our lellows of the ctties, any of the merits ro which they are fairly entitled. We allow them the credit of having amongst them more men of talents, than can he found on the same space of ground in the country?but not more than can be found amongst an equal number of countrymen. We admit lhat they as n body, possess more wealth, more Jinikin refinement of manner than we do ? but we deny that they have more independence of character, better hearts, or clearer heads than can be found among us. And wo do honestly think, tha' it. is full time for the peo. ! plo of the country, to assert their equaliiy, and not submit to being placed in the back ground ahrays?by those whose only additional merit consist in brick houses, and in h.rgor communities than we do.?Laurensville Herald. Reware of the Counterfeit!?A man passed here, by stnge last Saturday, who marked his way from Raleigh westward with counterfeit mony. Hocamo from Fayetteville to Raleigh the 18th, undor the name of Oliver, and had hi? namo entered on the waybills to Hillsboro' and Greensboro' as 0. E. Tompkins.?' He passed a 820 counterfeit bill on the bank of Georgetown to the stage agent at Raleigh, and another bill of the same description to Major Howerton, nt Hillsborough, also another of! the same description to the stage agent in this I place. He went from here to Salem, where he registered his name as John Smith, and passed ofl'anothcr of his counterfeit bills. He left Salem towards Winnsborongh, and we understand ho was pursued without success. Ho is a middle aged man, rather thick set, small whiskers, dark compleclion, thin face, wore a dark summer frock coat and chip hat? sometimes a cap. Slightly stooping in his shoulders. This man is noticed hy the "Observer" of last Tuesday as having passed through Fayettevillc, from Wiliningtion. He has flooded the country below with these spurious. The notes are thus described in the "Observer:?"820. Bank of Georgetown; vignette female looking at a ship under full sail; on lelt,head of Washington; on right, head of Lafayette, sheaf of wheat and plough between signatures. D. S. McKay Cashier, D. J. W. Coachman, President. The dates differ, some being Dec. 9, 1846. Letter 1 n ? ?C ikn Mnitin1a.ru il. hnnp I k a tfamn nf !/ OUIIIO Wl 1IIO VUUllllVKVItS '/vu? IMV BIUIU^ VI Silshy'f Exchange Broker*, on them. Greensboro' Patriot. HE CAMDE^IlUftML, S Wednesday Morning, Jane 14, 1848. or WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, EDITOR. 8e : "j The Temperance Convention. G The semi-annual meeting of the State Temper- nt nee Convention will rommence this day, at ten pa 'clock, in the Lecture Room of the Presbyterian m 'hurch. Addresses will be delivered in the evemg by some of the eminent speakers present, in 01 te Presbyterian Church, at which time notice will b< e given of public meetings. The citizens are in- th tA?t in oMnn/1 ^ IICU bU Obl&IIU* 1#( For the information ol'thoso gentlemen appoint- ^ d as delegates from this Societ}', we subjoin the st:?J. K. Douglas, W. T. Caston, .1. R. McKain, i. M. Kennedy, J. West, John Workman, Rev. )r. Davis, Rev. S. M. Green, W. E. Johnson, J )unlap, J. B. Cureton, T. J. Workman, T. J. War- re en, F. L. Villepigue, D. H. Shular. . re " y hi The Market* < i tl, We have no remarks this week on the state of rj iur market as we know of no transactions. Fine rj Cotton brings 6J- in the Charleston market. m vi Our returning Volunteers. I)( It requires no labored appeal from us, to exeite |c >ur fellow citizens of Kefshaw an<5 i*ancastor Dis- () ricts to the performance of a most pleasing duty c ?giving a cordial and fitting welcome to the rem- p rantof those two gallant corps, which, some eigli- i' een mOntlis sinqe,. left, fqr1(the Jjeld of strife, 0 carrying with them our blessmge and most fe vent P jrayers. One-iburth, perhaps; of those two com- ^ aanies, will shortly be a'toongst us. and richly do w hey deserve a soldier's wkelf:?me,?let it be such a eception, as will manifest our' appreciation of u iheir gallant deeds. - ' Cotton Bloom-*. We have receiveJ from ""Mr. Hughf.s, the over- 0 VI 3eer, two full blown cotton blossoms, from Mrs. John Chesnut's plantation. They arc the first 0 we have heard of this season. c O" We thank the Courier for continued favors. nr..i?no;**. 8 * ut Jtcicgiajru viuw< The Trustees, Directors, or Superintcndants, or whoever they may be who have control of the management of the line in this section of country, ( have done a serious wrong .to our community, by , removing the operator of this office to another, , without providing some one to take his place. We | have had no telegraph communication with this I place for ten days, because, the operator here wa6 i wanted for Columbus, Georgia Our citizens sub- < scribed their money for the benefit of a speedy 1 communication, and to be on an equal footing with ' their neighbors more than for tire profits arising from the investment, and it is a violation of contract, to shut up the office, and deprive us of a privilege and right, which we paid for. The fact is, the telegraph us far as our observation has extended, has been but poorly managed, along this line, and the grumblings of the press arebegining to be heard. It would be well for the President or beard of Trustees to see that they place energetic and thorough business men on the line as officers and sup^rintendanta, to insure some regularity as well as correctness in the transmission of messages. It will become a nuisance, to us, if our office is to be kept closed a short time longer. Sjjbscribpxa juill ?j uc willing to pay further instalments, until the benefits they expected to derive from their outlay, are secured to thpm in some way, and tlioy are right. The company can find operators in this place, ana are witliout excuse in that respect. We think they are guilty of gross iniusticc to the community, in closing this office, and there are modes of retaliation, which if employed, would not be very agreeable to them, or acceptable to the public. IO">ince the above was in type, we learn that an operator has arrived, and , that the office is now open. Human Magnetism. Dr. Williams stopped a few days with us last week, and gave two or three lectures accompanied with experiments, upon.Human Electricism, as he calls it. Not having had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with his theory, we shall express no opinion concerning it, but merely remark that one of his experiments (drawing persons towards him against their will,) seems to favor the theory of some kind of magnetism. We leave the investigation and explanation of the phenomena exhibited, to others who are better qualified for the task. We do not believe in human magnetism, but that the phenomena exhibited were produced by other means. That apparently very strange phenomena were produced, we cannot deny, without discrediting the evidence of our own senses. Arrival of Troops at Vera Cruz. The Columbia Telegraph, of Saturday says,? "We learned yesterday that a despatch had been forwarded to the Adjutant General of the U. S. at Washington, from Gen. Brooke, of New Orleans to the effect that some five or six thousand of our troops had arrived at Vera Cruz* from the interior of Mexico, on their way home?i As our Regiment is attached-tp Gen. Patterson's Division, which was to have come down fircf, we may look for them even earlier .than we at first supposed. It should be known th.it Governor Johnson ever mindful of the comfort and welfare ot our Regiment, in a coriespondcncc with the War Department at Washington, received a pledge that our Regiment should sail direct from Vera Cruz to Charleston, so as to avoid the danger of detention and hazard of Yellow Fever at New Orleans. General Commander. This gentleman has appeared over his signature, in the columns of the Wirtyah Observer, correcting the report of his remarks at the Baltimore Convention, as it appeared in the Washington Union. He says, "I did not say that the democracy of the State were invited to assemble at Georgetown, or that I was appointed at that meeting to represent the State of South Carolina." This admission, places the gentleman in the position of usurping that which even the small meeting who appointed him a delegate, did not see fit to authorize him to do?to cast the nine votes of the State. But not satisfied with the mere correction of the error ot me reporier, me uenerai continues iu explain: lie says, "This explanation is to my friends and is not intended to propitiate the Charleston Mercury, or the yelping pack who have been train ed to give tongue wherever the Mercury says bore, wore." Dignified language truly towards the almost entire press of the Stale! We should think it beneath the dignity of the person, who, took up on him, to cast the whole 9 votes of the State, to get out of temper, on account of tbe yelping of this pack, whoso echo-yelp says, are "beneath contempt.We should certainly have left tho Gen __ ) al alone in "hie glory," to enjoy the noteriety he i has gained to himself, bad he not used this un- 1 urteous language towards the newspapers of his i n State; in doing this, we think he has laid himIf liable to the annoyance of a continuation of 'elping." We have no disposition, to follow the eneral any further, but turn him over to his near 'f >ighbor, the leader of the "pack." We write this I iragrap I:, merely to do the Gen. justice, as he was J isrepresented by the Northern reporters, and that jr readers may be undeceived, with regard to his jing appointed to represent the entire State, by le Georgetown meeting "rf 54. He sayi that was a erely "the undemanding ex preyed!" in hie ere. sntials. . ,,, , The position of the South. ' ' 'v Wc Iiaro, on several occasions, invited our reader* to r fluct opou the position of tlio Southern Slate*, with gard to their institutions and political right*. Wo ave warned them that the time was approaching when leir political and constitutional equality as cnufedete Slate* of the Union, would bo cteniad, and their glitn Irnmplrd on. We p-diitcd cnt at that time, a icasnre which if adopted, we thought would have pre. soled such an attempt?a Southern Convention. We aw beg leavo to roiterale this suggestion, as befnro , ing it may bo "loo laic" even fur thai to nerve.as a revcntivo measure. Wc have ind cation*, of each a onscqnencc around us, wc have Southern Democratic resses. who call tho S. Carolina people "abstraction, its" who do not hesitate to admit, that thero ta a want f unanimity, in the South, on the territorial question, resses who would even yield this point'. 'rattier than roak party tics, presses who tell us that the position diiclt Alabama, Florida and South Carolina-took ?< tho seent (invention, was a "sectional view of a section* I question," though probably in the same articWtell *, they agree in this sectional view, thereby, making j n avowal of desertion of principle, for thfe take et liar, ionizing the party. ' It is more than desertion of prin* iple, it is yielding our claim to a constitutional right, rliich nt the next slop, will be demanded as a^'Cssisomite," by our democratic brethren." This wedge is r.tering, nnd will be driven in by comprmriire after ompr.imixe, until tlic constitutionality >t our wibtituions, as tlicy exist will lie cvo. tnally, totally denied. If ro have not union among ourselves, no matter how trong may be the devotion of the South to lioT own5!*orrals, if "conce-sioti" after concession is given *1nost as soon as asked, though we may'" consiAVit a rery small fractional portion of onr fights, if wa are sailed "abstractionista" by Southerners for cltngifig to hesc riphts. and defending them as we best can, where, vo a*k, in ihcrc any chance for our Miration from po? ilicnl degradation? Ha* not (he political truckatcf Uten advantage of evrry former concession and eon.proruse? If sucli and a ich rights hate boon conceded,' and made the basis of a compromise, w.iII not more bo donanded until we are afiorn of every vestige of political jqualily with the Northern Slatr*? Of wltat valpe will ?oullieni capital be, if the owners of slaves are prohibit- r _ . ... -i v1 cat. * ?d from removing into contiguous territory, aa it or inay bo acquired, by treaty or otherwise? Where wjll bo our safety if surrounded l?y a belFof free states, our limits prescribed, and the right of tilling ihe soil, by oof species of labor denied us? These ire plain questions, and demand the serious'consideration of every Southerner. It cannot bo denied, that the representatives of fcie great political party, in a national assemblage, have repudiated litis fight by an immense majorhy, nor can it be denied that the individual they present to ns foi oar suffrages, entertains ihc same'opinions, ar.d jet, we seo Southern presses, snd hear Sonthcm men approving of this repudiation, aod sustaining tl>? nominee. -The most of the Southern Sutcs," through thoir Lqgtslslpfrs, ana primary meetings of the people, proclaimed and declared fairly and broadly their feelings snd sentiments on this very question, yet after all this, wc have lite hemiliating spectacle, of Southern men, cringing and truckling, boforc the fuul spirit of abolitionism, fur the sake of uniting harmoniously tho component malrriija of the Dallimore Convention. We arc proud of the position that South Carolina has taken, and nobly we trust will sho maintain it, even though she may be s^ii. tary and alone. The democratic party, as represented In this Convention, have, without hesitation, arid -with more unnnimily than we dreamed of, consent)*} to their own destruction. Southern Democrats, so long a*Jl their rights and political equality aro denied them, cannot. nay dnre not fraternise with men who have aaan. mod this hostile position towards our inetituiiona. 8o mucli for the Democratic party?liavo we any thing to gain by fraternizing with the Whig party? Clay, Webster and Taylor are spoken of?at oar writing, we nave rim ruccivcu 1110 ijuuiiiiauuii?bo iiic iuwt piwur ncnl candidates. The two former cannot receive tlto votes of Southern Whigs, and the litter, although Southern man and a slave holder, has rendered himself less acceptable to the South by bis avowrd sentiments on the veto power, so'that it would, be jumping outvof the frying pan into thofire, leaving out of the question their mere party principles, for the South to go over to the Whigs, Ccncral Tuylor would, of coprsc.bc more acceptable to the South than any other Whig candi* dute, for there is some possibility that even if Congress were to pass the Wilmol Proviso, or any kindred men. sure, he would hove firmness enough to veto it. But we contend, that at this crisis, the South shoald not support any man who is not pledged, and well known to bo a lover of the constitution of his country, and a strict and close adherer tc its provisions. Taking thia slate ofuff. irs into consideration, wo believe it is time for the Southern Slates to shake off their apathy and indifference, to annul the bonds of party fraternity, and decidedly, through a Southern Convention, to take their position, and express their determination to maintain it at nil haznrds. A new party might grow -not. of such a courso of action, but it would-be a true Ro* publican party, uniting the good men of bolb parties, and, if successful, giving to the country the purest administration we have had since the earlier daya of the n t.i!. KCpUOIIC. Whig Nominations. The Whig Convention have nominated Genera) Zachart Tavlor for the Presidency and Mr. Famore of New York for the Vice Presidency. It-is a strong ticket. Foreign News. The Br. steamer Acadia, lias arrived at New York from Liverpool, having sailed thence on the 27th ult. The crops in England are fine, which haa affected the price of bread stuffe materially. There is a great demand for corn in Ireland, and it is quoted at 33 to 37 for white and yellow. Canal Flour 28s; Baltimore 27s. No change in provisions. France continued quiet, The factionista were struggling for the ascendancy. It is said that Lamartine and Ledru Bollix had resigned, and were succeeded by Marrast and Abbago, Threats were made by France to send an army to assist the Italians, if Austria interfered with them. Troubles and insurrections continued at Naplee. Four hundred troopa had been killed, and the city given up to pillage by the Government. j.,t Ireland continues to be greatly agitated by. the State Trials Cotton at Liverpool was dull and gloomy. Prices ksd receded one-eighth of a penny from the rates of the preceding week. Fair Uplands are quoted at 4|d. The sales of the week were 28,()00 hales. - . yy