The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, July 19, 1848, Image 2
MR. WOODWARD'S SPEECH. ~jg
The Wa*hin?il?n Union give* ihe following
%Hstmct of a lale speech of our Representative
*>n th- Territorial Qoestion. >.
Mr. Woo-iwanl then obtaining thi flloor, after
a. few preliminary Uortk. A-clared. his pur
pose to examine the question of the relations
between thisgovern met and the territories.?
This Question was a Very broml one. It involves
first, the question of the powers of this
government iwrer the territories; secondly, the
question ofthe power* of the inhabitant* of the
>erfi*ortes to legislate for the thrives; andlbitd- i
lr, the qnestiort hfthe efficacy vK'etching laws
fininil in the Tfrrftortfts. It Would he difficult
todtawtss eTiher of these questions on const it uVhiMal
grounds in le*s than an hour of time; he
WnttlJ l?e forced, therefi?re, then, to confine him*elf
to a mere skeleton of argument. He oh erred,
also, that he took no interest in this
question, anv further than it was calculated to
nffetrt the substantial rights and interests of the
South. 4le cared little fir ab-itiaet questions,
without practical hearings; and therefore, withoot
attempting any careful connexion between
paragraph and paragraph, he would proceed to
his conclusion.
* With reference to the proposition that the people
of a Territory possess the inherent right to
regulate all it*interest, as they are connected
With the interests of all other communities.
* We re told that the people of a Territory
Possess the risrht to manage their own internal
r , , n affairs
in their own way. There was more
forking sophistry in this declaration, perhaps
Ifcan in any other phrase of the same number
of Words. Oo its fiice it contains as much *adcaptandum'
as any other phrase that can be
quoted fiir the right of self-government. Bui,
except we repudiate all political science, no one
can pretend that he is by any authority author.
i*ed'to:flpeak of the inhabitants of a territory as
people.
Thn word territory,1* in the constitution of
the>f7nited~ States, is used as a mere geogrnphieaMerm,
synonymous with "public land;" and
being in the ningtifar mtrnber, is applicable to
fclf public hmds, whether south or north of the
Ohio river. But now, here in this house this
t(N>rd has come to be used in a political sense,
nd to he taken a* descriptive of n certain conditfan
of society. invested with certain powers
Wider Which they claim to enact and reverse
fows. The word "district" was formerly used
10 indicate ihe condition of society which the
word territory is now made to represent. In
tfco ordinance of 1787, the word district was
annlied to the territory Northwest of the Ohio
1 j rn
riewrjwnd Mr. W. raised the question whether
tMi world eould hate heen applied to a soveVtffgn
jnrbdictionT?contd have been regarded
hf the convention of that day as a fitting word
to'Atlwto a people possessing the right of self.
gtrtre'mmentF ?< :
fc *Bot again: We were told that these ppoplr.
of the territories have a right to control their
d#n internal affairs; and it is assumed that there
it*# no affairs in a territory but internal affairs.
And at the same time it is admitted that the
United States own ninety.nine acres out of eve
ry hundredofthe land; ret no affairs are internal
in surh a territory but the Internal affairs of
the settlers. They claim to set up exclusive
jurisdiction. They would erer exclude us by
making a condition to our ownership ofthe soil;
by taying what shall be the condi-ion of society
there; hy establishing a sort of naturalization
system by which to admit whom they please,
and to subject us, the owners of the guil, to some
sort of test upon which we may enjoy otir own
property. Yet, doing all thi?, they are but
managing their own internal affairs.
Mr. W. gave the example of one of the set
tlements in the Territory of <>regon for ilhntration.
The extent of the settlement was
abopt thirty miles square. The extent of the
whole region of Oregon was about seven bun
drftd miles square. Should the authority or
this settlement extend orer the whole ro?ji<in?
or if ?n?, how far. What should be the shape
of the area over which it might have jurisdiction?
Or suppose Congress to divide this region
into two territories; could the authority of
the settlemet break down the line? He argued
that the sovereign community mn-t be a unity,
capable ofpreserving itself in a state ofindivisibiliiy.
in this region ofOregon, there \*ere three seU
Uemenl*. Where was the authority to prevent
one of these communities from setting itselt up
and claiming to control the actions am! interests
of the other two? Or suppose Congress shall
pass a law nrgenizing them altogether as one
people, and they sot afmut establishing a local
constitution; could they erect themselves into a
sovereignty with a territory less extensive than
Hi at determined by Congress? If they attempted
it, such a boundary would be only as a mere
flight in the air, Congress might shape their
territory, and make it triangular or quadrangular,
without remedy on their part.
- Mr. W. then produced the authority of Mr.
Madison, in the **Federalisl,M to show that Congress,
in legislating for the Territories had overleape
i their constitutional limits by the necessilyofibe
case. The same paper which he
rear! from (the "f ederally"; cnaiactcriz?*ci mis
legislation as a task imposed upon Congress.?
Mr. Madison, in ihe convention, made it a? an
objection to the new constitution that it legnliZed
this-power of Congress. Authority like
that of Mr. Madison was not to gire way before
amempbilosnpical deduction frotn the Declaratiati
of Independence, or Torn. Paine*s Right*
of man. The Declaration of Independence it Ifwas
nothing more than a revolutioncry prontmciamerito?a
brilliant and glorious one it
was, but nothing more. It emanated from an
association of men who were composed of
monarchists and democrats, in which the former
greatly preponderated. He went into an enumeration
of the constitutional powers awarded
to the President of the United States, to show
how unreasonable are the feelings of horror
with which gentlemen allow themselves now to
eontemoiate the control exercised by the general
government over these juvenile eommunl.
tie* composed ofthe people of the Territories.
Ho looked into the origin of this authority in
Congress to legislate lor the Territories. The
condition ofthe government at i'.s origin made
the exercise ol this power necessary. These
external colonial dependencies were part of the
United State*, and the constitution was made
for all.
w?_ J -t_ n ,L._
fin hiowcii inr power 01 i^oni^rcii over iiiu
Poet Office; and ihn whole postage system was
f b?rired wholly from the constitutional provision
that Congress shall have power to establish
post offices end post roads, to the authurify
of"Congress lo legislate' lor. territories,
derived from the second clnuse of'the third section
of the fourth article ofthe constitution.
-The rights involved in legislation for our ter.
rHoriea am the rights of persons?individuals,
not of Slates?the right to properly. This
provision of the constitution was a personal
guarantee; Stater do not own slates: Personal
rights arc all absolute with which contentions
and constitutions hare nothing lo do but to pro.
taaMhath In any State oftbls Union, every
citiz?*ni> under the authority nftwo constitutions 1
? the Stati* constitution, and the constitution of
the IJoil?'d Slates; whereas, over the Territories
there extends.onlv the authority nfthe Int.
ter.~ IfStWe cotfsiitutirttM A'ere abolished, he
showed th?M &U these guarrantees of ahsulute
rights would remain: every otie ofthese guarantees
would stand. The distinction between a
State government atld k Territorial government
was. that one was federative, and the other
consolidated.
Mr. W. went into the history of the arts of
Congress has enjoined upon sundry Territorial
governments liie practice of non-intervention in
the matter of the right to the properly in slaves.
Non -intervention being enjoined upon Congress
makes the same injunction upon, all its dependencies;
and nil be claimed was, tbat this nonintervention
should be enjoined upon all the
new Teiritories.
Let this Congress do its duty, and let the President
do hi* ilntv on ihis subiert. and he was
J "J *
willing t<> trust the decisions of the Judiciary,
to which all such questions must coma at last.
He felt assured, Irotn his acquaintance with a
long series of decisions upon this subject, that
the interests of the South would lie secure in the
lands of the Judiciary.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
CONTINUANCE OF TIIK REVOLUTION OFJARAUTA
AND PARADES.
We have received by the steamship Palmetto,
our hies of Mexican papers to the 2d instant
Irom Vera f-ruz, and to the 24th ult. from the
city of Mexico.
According to the news received by this arrival,
the revolution of Parades and Jarnuta appears
to gain strength daily, and is not by any
means the contemptible affair it was at first
represented by the government papers. Parades
stiil remained in Guunajuata with his forces,
and the government commanders, Bustamcnte,
Cortazar and Doblado, were endeavoring to
screw up their courage to the point ot attack.
by issuing magniloquent proclamations to the
Mexican nation in general, and the army in
particular. Parades has issued another manifesto,
openly denouncing the treaty of Guadal*
upe, as unconstitutional and disgraceful. Notwithstanding
all the appeals of the general officers,
the troops under th -ir command were de.
serting to the insurgents in large numbers, and
it appcursto us that the revolution must lie suecesstul,
as the government will soon lie left
without an army to sustain it.
Gen. Buslameiile, in an address to his army
pihortino them t<> fblelilv to the Government.
says that the faction of Parades had modified
their urigna! plan fi>r an insidious purpose; originally,
it proclaimed war against the North
Americans; in the new one, the Convention is
to examine again the treaty of iwace, and decide
on what is to he done, 4-c. FA Monitor
calls on the National Guard, the true citizens
of the Republic, to sustain the present order ol
things against a set of cowards, who were afraid
to show themselves in the presence of the
enemy; now the latter has evacuated the country,
they are loud in thpir declarations of valor
and devoted patriotism.
The Monilor ol the 24lh ultimo, contains the
plan given out at Guanajuato on the 17lh tilt.,
and signed by three hundred officers of all ranks.
In the event of the success of (he revolutionary
movement, they have decided in adopting six
articles which are to be the fundamental basis
ol the new Government. In these, it is stated
hat a National Convention shall be summoned,
composed of two members from each Stale,
withiti five- months. This Convention shall
examine and decide on the treaty of peace lately
made with the United States. In the interim,
the Executive shall be composed ofthree or five
individuals to lie elected by a junta, formed by
a deputy iroin each State. The species of Government,
ad interim, shall bo invested with plenary
powers to levy men and munitions to carry
into effect the decisions of the Convention.
The property of the Clergy will be religiously
resjiected.
The Monitor says that Parades lias sought to
unito the clergy, the army and the puros in hostility
against the Government, a view to further
iiis interests and objects to which he is devoting
himself, in this damning act of his treason. The
Govennenl is exhorted to l?e firm and unyielding,
and citizens, men of property, to resist to
the utmost. Padre Jarauta, with the advanced
guard of Parr;!?*- force, had entered Querciam
Pareaes ftund a lurge sum money* in the mint
at Guanujuaia, and lias appropriated 8600,U00
to support his army.
tV.. I I cOS.i. ,k?? ?k..
vv c iruiu muni mr ijigiu ui iiiu ^lua, nia> ?? ?conducla
which lelt Queretaro with a largo auiouiit
of money, had arrived safely at its des.
ti nation. An attack had been apprehended
from four hundred rjjvolutinnis's, who had posted
themselves oil the road, hut owing to the precautious
taken the train was not interrupted.
The same paper contains the following:
Latest-?The express arrived this morning
and confirms the news of the union of the forces
for the purpose of suppressing the revolutionists.
General Cortazar had 920 men on the 22d ult.,
and on the same day Generul Loinhardina arrived
at Queretaro, and was to march on the
24th with 900 men.
"Prisoners.? Last night at 10 o'clock va.
rious individuals were arrested who were
thought to be engaged in a conspiracy, among
them was L.Jose Maria Hordo. A pronunciainento
headed by Dun Eligio Romero, was
ttnoknn of in llif? ritv nf t J ii.ldn Innii. Si'nor II?
. 1 _ -n
nacto Jaregnt continues in prison at Santiago,
awaiting the decision of the Supremo Court of
Justice."
From the Siglo of the 21st, we learn that
the journal called the Congresso has been sup
pressed by the government. The editor, N.
Kedondas, has been arrested. The Congresso
was a puro paper and advocated war with the
United States.
The citizens ot Mexico had contributed $232
toihe reliefotthe San Patricio prisoners.
It was suggested to scatter thein, by settling
thein down, in a species of military colony, in
each of those Slates most exposed to the incur*
Mons of the Indians. A nucleus might be thus
formed, in several points, of hardy enterprising
foreigners, who would prove valuable citizens
to the Republic,
General Arista had issued & proclamation or*
tiering all general officers captured, acting with
the insurgents, to be immediately shot.
The Alalaya of Duraugo of the Oth nil. expresses
great fear o| an invasion of the Indians.
The same paper states that the Americans in
i.i l ? r, ? .u? o.i
^O'luanua wnuiu lll?n n oil Liuianjju oil mo ?u
ujl? if they did not by ih.it time receceive information,of
the ratification of tbo trewry.
N. (). Crescent, 13ih inst.
The New Orleans Crescent publishes the fob
losing:
To the Editors of the Cf-escentt.
G.k.m&KMK.n; The- f?llo.vw?fr card'appeared
in the Picayune at the VirM h of Jane iiwt:
MA Cab?.?We are authorized by Gen Taylor
to lay that the cour?c of tbo Louisiana Del.
It ** > I. -IV-s
motion j>f the Whig Convention, lately as?em- j
bled at ^hiladelpliia, meets with his entire, full,
and u^nivocai" approbation.
"That he not only never doubted, but never
-intimated a dmibt that his honor and reputation
\vere safe in their hands. Balie Peyton.
Logan Hu.vn n.
"June 23, 1849. A. C. Bullitt."
The high character of these gentlemen af- |
fords a sufficient guaranty for the statement
therein made.
But what will be said when the statements
of Col. Winthrop and Col. J. N. Stevvnrt?gen
t!emen of equally high Manning, ami friend* 01
Gen. Taylor?am laid before the public?
A few days since, on the return of I hose gentlemen
from a visit on the coast, during which
time thpy had an interview with Gen. Taylor,
they stated that Gen. Taylor disclaimed the an
thority of the Louisiona Delegation to make the
pledges for him which they had made in the
Philadelphia Whig Convention, that Judge
aunders was not authorize^ to declare him an
unadulterated Whig; that Judge Saunders had
no authority f>r pledging him to abide by the
nomination of the Convention, or any authority
to withdraw his name as a candidate tor the
Presidency, in case he had not been nominated;
that Gen. Taylor adhered to his original in.
tention of running as an independent candidate
and not as the candidate of either party, that
Gen. Taylor had never written a letter to Mr.
Clay declaring that, incase Mr, Clay wa? noini.
nated, he (Gen. Taylor) would not run for the
Presidency.
An article was prepared under the dictation
of Cols. Witiihrnpand Stewart, for publication
in the Delta, setting forth the above facts, which
was not published, as Col. Winilirop, from some
c tiise, had changed his mind as to the propriety
of the publication, and requested it not to be
published
Should the above be denied, I am ready to
produce the proof in support thereof.
W. II. Wilder.
GENERAL TAYLOR'S POSITION.
Mr. G. B. Duncan, who was one of ihe
Louisiana delegates to the Whig National Convention
at Philadelphia, has pnblishcd a letter
vindicating the delegation from cen?ure for
some of its proceedings, in the course of which
occurs the following interesting amd important
statement:
At a meeting of the Louisana Delegation
before referred to, an effort was made by reason
and argument on the part of the majority
to secure unanimity; this, however, failed. Dr.
Brasnr and inyself were asked whether we had
any doubt about General Taylor's politics, and
his being a true and genuine Whig? Dr. BraRear,
answering for both of us, replied that
there could not he a pat tide of doubt on that
subject, and at ail events he had none; that no
man in Louisiana who knew any thing on the
subject could doubt. We were then nsked
whether we had any doubt of the power of the
friends of General Taylor to withdraw his
uame Irom the canvass in case he did not receive
the nomination, and his determination to
support the nominee in case of his own withdrawal?
On this point, I understood Dr. B. to
have no difficult); but Ihe case with me was
tar different. 1 told them that in this lay my
only diffieiilty, and although I knew him tu l>c a
truehearted, genuine Whig on alii the great,
fundamental, leading questions, past and present,
of governmental policy, yet that upon this isolated
point I had difficulties of so grave a character
as to have induced me publicly to declare
in New Orleaes that I would not go the Philadelphia
Convention, and that I had been indu
ced to abandon this resolution only by the urgent
solicitation, oral and written, of many
Whigs, for whose opinions I had the most prof.Hind
rennect. and to obliVo whom I was ready
to inakc any sacrifice. Trie delegates then
informed me that the question had hern asked
in special reference to the position which they
understood 1 occupied. They adted me whether
I was willing to he satisfied that I was wrong?
Mv answer was that 1 was not only toil ling,hut
that my solicitude was boundless. I was then
asked whether I was not aware that General
Taylor had said that he never offered himsell
ns a candidate?that his position as such was
the. work of his friends, that as he had not offered
himself, so he would not withdraw himself,
lint that hi * friends might! i replied that I was
aware of all that, but that I wished to know
where the organized body of his friends could
be found, that [ might address them and thus
inform rnysC.'f ?"<"> the contingency upon
which iiirJ" withdrew him. To lliis I .?? inform
thai his friends in this uon'.'l!1,: WC,(J
those recognized. I asked for the evidence.
They asked what evidence I wished? To this
I replied that there are gentlemen here, merit,
hers of this delegation, whom 1 know from
their intimate personal intercourse v/ilh Geo.
Taylor?the fact that they are his neighbors
and friends, personal and political?and from
my knowledge, too, of them, that rio word
would be uttered by them in which t did not
place implicit reliance; if they would say to me
that they had such assurance from General
Taylor, I would be perfectly satisfied.
If *wnc (Ktsn ihnt ihuu /I ma n 1 0# iTrrtWl
General Taylor himself, ichich contained the recognition
of his friends in the Philadelphia
Convention as those authorized to tri'hdraw his
name, if they thought proper, as those referred,
to in a previous publication of his. I at once
informed iny friends that this had removed a
mountain of difficulty fiom my mind, and though
I had before resolved, under all circumstances,
to support General Taylor, ntier the first ballot,
if Mr. Cl?'.y was unsuccessful, I should now do
it with a light and cheerlul hpart. That Whig
a< he was. as [ knew him to he?as good a
Whig as Henry Clay himself?1 thought that
the uncertainty which hung over his position
on this point was peculiarly unfortunate*.
i he Louisiana t'eiegation men discussed me
propriety of their making n siutement to the
Convention on this subject founded on General
Taylor's letter. Some opposed it?not on the
ground of such not being the duty of his friends
in case he should not be selected as the nominee,
but that it would bo singling General
Taylor out as standing on a different platform
from other candidates; that such a statement
would not bo mado or expected on behalf of
any other candidate, and nothing should bo done
on his liehalf to influence tho Convention,
which was not done by other candidates. This
discussion ended in a determination to draw up
a statement in strict conformity to the letter of
General Taylor, as literally so as possible; and
to present it to the Convention in the name of
the Louisiana Delegation. Such is the history
of the statement mado to the Convention?
made in the name of the Louisiana Delegation
L ..L 'P 1 ^ M J f^\ ...
?~IKHn I ft > I'll IIICII BIIU IllCfl*
The Louisiana Delegation assumed nothing
in thai italement upon their own authority, but
made it from the highest and best autnnrity.
Yours, respectfully, G. B. DUNCAN.
The Mackerel fishery this year is said to be
poorer than ever.
F H E C AM DE N J? UfFN A L,|
Wednesday Moling, July 1Q, 1848.
WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR.
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y Relent of uhe Volunteers.
On last Wednesday evening about 8 o'clock, the
booming of the cannon, announced the approach of
the Volunteers. Our citizens had provided carrigcs for
their transportation from the terminus of our rail road,
and a committee of our citizens met them at that point.
Maj. K. S. Moffat, Capt. James Cantey, Licuta.
Biu.inqs, and McCaskiu., with some 25 or SO men,
were nil we had the pleasure of welcoming, out of the
two gallant com pan es, numbering some eighty men
each, (from Lancaster and Kershaw,) which loft us 18
months since. War and disease, had made sad hnvock
amongsl'thom. Thoy were met at tho outskirts of the
town by the Intcndant and n large number of our citizens
and escorlrd to Boyd's Hole', where quarters had
been provided for them. They received a cordial and
hearty welcome, and it seemed to us that our whole
population hod turned out on tho occasion. Boyd's
H..lol Duvi.'a Hnlrl nnil '-Our House." kent bv Mr.
McKcnna, were all tastefully illuminated.
The Laiicnxtor men left fur llieir homes on Thursday
morning, accompanied by a Committee from Lancas.
torville, and on their arrival ut the lino they were met
by the citizcaa of the District and welcomed back to
their homes.
Right glad aro we to ;;ce our friends amongst us
again, and long may they live to enjoy their well earned
meed of honor and fume.
Our Returned Officers.
We certainly have reason to be proud of our
two young fellow townsmen, Major Moffat and
Captain Cantev. They have both distinguished
themselves on the field, and have earned a good
name and high reputation for our town and district
Both were wounded on the field of strife, and both
received honorable notice froin their superior officers,
for their courage and officer-like conduct.
But not only in the din of battle and mortal conflict,
have they won imperishable fame; in tliqir intercourse
with their lellow soldiers, in the camp
and on the march, they luve gained the affection
and esteem of their brethren in arms. It will be
recollected after the fall of Colonel Butler, an
election was held for Colonel of the Regiment,
which resulted in the choice of Captain Cantet,
then Adjutant of the Regiment lie nobly declined
the honor, and we understand distinctly avowed
his intention not to serve, previous to tbc electionIlls
conduct.w s highly honorable, and was duly
appreciated by his company and the Regiment.
Major Moffat, is spoken of, by every volunteer
we have seen, more ns a broiler, 1 htm an officer,
lie has gained the csleem and affectionate regard
of every man in his command. We arc also int
1 ,l... r> 1 <21,, ??1-? ?{ j,;m ;n ,|l0 I
lurmeil lllftl ucuciai uiiiLbi/n cja/iw. "I (lilts v?v
very highest terms a* an officer. Both of these
officers return amongst us. having fulfilled our
highest expectations of their valor and worth, as
soldiers and as kind and careful companions to the
men under their charge, and we feel assured'that
their services will be gratefully remrmbcred by
thsir fellow citizens.
/
I V Colonel Gladden,
verbis gallant officer has proved himself a worthy
successo- to the lamented Butler. ) Of his
gallantry and courage, he gave the most indubitable
evidence, ia the bloody conflicts before the city
of Mexico, and as an officer his reputation is second
to nono in the whole volunteer division. Nobly
has he sustained the well earned reputaiionof
our regiment?he will find his reward in the grateful
hearts of our fellow citizens.
(ErWe observe that extensive prcpaia'ions are ma
kin^r in different quarters to give suitable demonstratrationstons
to the different Companies of returned vol.
unteisrs. Dinners are to be given thcrn in Columbia,
on llic26lli, in Cumdcn on lhc27lb and in Charleston
on the 28th inst.
Liberality.
By an advertisement ia to-day's paper, it will be
seen that the Rail Road Company, tender free tickets
to the members of the Palmetto Regiment, and
to citizens generally the fare is reduced to ?2 00.
South Carolina Delegation.
The Richmond Enquirrr, announces that every
member of Congress fiom South Carolina, but
one, is for Cass and Butler. That one we suppose,
is the somewhat remarkable member from
Charleston. But our information from Washington
is materially different from that of Enqu'.''rNous
Vernns.
iTT Not a word yet from General Taylor or
Millard Filmore. The General is waiting for
official notification of his nomination, and Filmore,
is wailing for the General.
IP* Henry Clay is said to have written a letter,
in which lie says lie ennmt endor.-e General Taylor's
nomination, lie savs, "No note can be pro
1- ?j 1 i?e ?i? . ft
peny cnaurtcu ooiuro witj mascr 5igns ?.
Something Tangible.
The New Orlcarin Picayune, says that up to the
6ih inat. General Taylor had not received notification
of his nomination, and adds: We know
what we say. The Charleston Evening Netcs sayB
that General Taylor has said 6ince his nomination
and since the Bailie Peyton card, that he is
the candidate of the people and not of a party and
that whatever nomination he accepts will be without
reference to any party platform: It adds, ice
also know what we say?Quere. Is the Evening
News, the organ of General Taylor, in this State!
Tn til* rhnrlp.tiMi MpTi-npr.
; - With duo courtesy to editorial rights, we must
declino complying with the request of the Mercury
\o copy the editorials of that paper and the Telegraph,
in relation to the proposed '-Regimental
Festival." Were the articles rcfered to, of a reasonable
length we might do so, but we would be
doing injustice to our readeis to inflict upon them
two or three columns of this discussion, our limits
being confined to a weekly issue. We merely expressed
an opinion, with regard to the relative
claims of the two cities, for this demonstration,
and in expressing this opinion, we were partly influenced
by kindly motives towards the people of
Charleston, as wo aro confident that, should they
persist in their determination, to invite the whole
Regiment and the citizens generally, they will find
the whole affair a magnificent failure, and they
might be compelled to go "into the streets and
lanes of the city" and even "into the hedges and
highways" that their tables might be filled^ "Enough
said."
Accident to (?ov. Joiinson.?We deeply
? - & . _ _ .?*.
regret to learn ny a (ener iroin unionvme mat
his Excellency Gov. Johnston, l?y a fall on
Thursday evening last, fractured his left leg in
two placet. ?Charleston Mercury '
lit .. :> to .cmsyn 5; i r ' .. t :?.
, THE ?t)L(MrE^|. |
We hre requested by the ]Rorf^j|ohn .
Sanssure, Chairman of the publfej^eeiiqy'helc^g
ottlhe 17th. off. for the purpose of
rangemeuts to receive the returning volunteers, \ |
to state that at the request of the Chairman of ,,
the' Committee appointed at that meeting to
provide a dinner on the "27ih TnitaiVt, he has added
the following named gentlemen to said 1
Committee, vte: Win. Anderson, Capt. B. Boy. (
kin, Capt. J. B. Mickle, Col. /> C. Haile. J.
R. Dye, Col. T. L. Dixon, Wm. E. Kirkland, i
Capt. B.Jones, Wm. Mlinger,J. L. Reid, W. 1
.T? Cpr.ilrl. Ciinf. ft. H. Rclvin. Jas. Teem. W.
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B. Wutkins, and Emanuel Parker. ' .
Decidedly Rich.
The Pre88 in Charleston seem to be in a fever ^
about a general reception to the volunteers, to (
come off in that city. But of all the reasons, we |
have heard of, for giving Charleston the preference,
that advanc d by th ' Erening News is the most ;
amusing. If [me did not know that the ediior of t
the News?the Napoleon of the Charleston press? I
was not in the habits of joking, we would decided* 1
ly be of the opinion, that he was!jesting when he f
says: "It seems to us that the Colonel surround- 1
cd by as many of his inen as could be brought together
should return to the city Council the Fl ig
which the Mayor of the city, first placed in the j
hands of Colonel BcrtER." And this is the ruse (
the News would employ to coax the volunteers |
to Charleston! Of what value was tint piece of <
blue silk then, but as the gift of the city Council,
and now that it lias become precious, not as the
gift of the city council of Charleston, Columbia or
any other corporate body, but as the victorious !
standard of the State, the Charleston people insist 1
that it be returned to the "donors" (!) and not only
so, but tliat the shattered remnant of that gallant
band, three-fourths of them living hundreds < f |
miles from Charleston, should also dance attendance,
to see that it was actually returned. Verily
if all this fuss be the "roaringof the Lionwe i
are mistaken in the noise.?that's all.
;
(D*John Mitchell, the Irish patriot lias arrived
at Bermuda; he lia.I been treated w lli much consideration
on his passage, ai.d it is stated, that he
will be accommodate 1 with a separate state room,
on board the convict ship. Tnis treatment certainly
relieves the sliadows of the picture. , ,
Foreign News.
The Ciledonia his arrived at New York, bringing
dates to the 24th June. The political intelligence
is important, especially from France. The
feeling in favor of Louts Napoleon, is gaining
ground. lie has declined taking his seat in the
National Assembly, of which body he had been
elected a member: his reason is that his election
had been made the pretext for disorder and dislur
bances. This is thought to he a stroke of policy.
Riots in which his name is mixed up, are of daily
occurrence in Paris. The latest accounts statu that
a collision between the military tvas inevitable;
barricades had been erected in many of the streets
of Paris. It is siaied in a Telegraphic despatch
for the Courier & Enquirer, that the Executive Government
had resigned, and that Gen. CavaignaCi
at the head of the troops Iiad proclaimed the city
in a state of seige. The greatest anxiety will be
felt for the arrival of the next steamer. IiiIxelaxd
the oxcitemeir continues. The Confederate clubs
were to have tuel on Donnybrook green, on the
Sunday after the sailing of the atcamer. A pre
testant repeal association had been established in
Belfast. Mr. Holmes, the venerable counsel fo
Mitchell, has resigned his Ben'chership. The
Irish Felon newspaper was to have oppeared on
the day of the sailing of the steamer. 15,000
stamps had been taken lor the first imprcssion.and
the greatest anxiety to sec the first number was
manifest. The Tribune, another new Irish paper
is very daring and tierce, and the Nevvy Examiner
and other papers seem to take up the cau.-c of the i
cause of the people boldly.
It appears that Austria has accepted the mediation
of England, in the dispute between that country
and Italy. The cotton market at Liverpool
was a shade better.
For the Journal.
A meeting of the citizens of Stafrshurg and
its vicinity, held on the lOlli July 1848, on motion
of Ct?l. O. ?L Bees, Mr. John Bradley was
called to the chair, and J. W. Diukius reqrsled
to net us Secretary. The object of the meeting
being stated by the chair, C'J1.. 0. S. "ecs offered
the following Preamble and Resolutions:
Whereas, The citizens of Statpsburg ntid its
vicinity, have recently learned that the Sumter
Volunteers ot the Palmetto Regiment, would
shortly reach the Slatesburg' Depot, and this
being the hrst soil of llieir glorious and beloved
Sumter District, upon which they will put their
feet, deem it proper, that they shall be received
with the hospitality and distinction their heroism
so justly entitle tlicin.
Be it, therefore,
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed
by the chair, to meet them at the Stalesburg
Depot on their return home, and to invite
them to partake of a public dinner on that day,
to be given at China's Motel in Statosburg,
upon which the chair appointed the following
gentlemen, viz: Col. O. 'S. Rees, W. Bonneau
Murrray, B. Hood, Dr. W. James, and
1\ D. Sumter.
Resolved,'That should the Kershaw Volunteers
be along, that the said Committee be authorized
to extend the said invitation to thent.
On motion of Col. O. S. Hees, it was,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting,
be published in the Sumter Banner, and
Camden Journal.
JOHN BRADLEY,^Chairman.
J. W. Dinki.ns, Sec'y.
Army Ordkbs.?The Washington Union
publishes an official army order, ibunded on the
President's message, relative to the treaty closing
the wnr with Mexico. Many of its provisions
are similar to those of tho order issued 1
some time since for discharging the officers and '
mon ol the new ten regiments; mustering out !
all, either new or old recruits, regulars or vol- '
untpers, who enlisted for the war only, die. '
Such muster rolls and returns are also to be
sont in as will "belter establish the just claims 1
of the non-commissioned officers and privates 1
who have been wounded, or of the representa- '
lives of those who have died and been killed in 1
ba lie." The following is entirely now:
" The President directs it to be auoouoced iu 1
'general orders' that deserters from the array 1
at large may peaceably return to their horues, '
without being subject to punishment or trial on
account of ?ueh desertion. No reward or expenses
will be allowed for apprehending any
soldier who deserted prior to this order; nor i
will any deserter be allowed again to enter tho i
army." i i[,
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~ Baiting Son,
" v' iy JfACHETIC TELEGRAPH.
ievei4x)ays later from europe,
terrible conflict in France.
The following telegraphic despatch came to . ,1
^^gsTeWfkTernwnVfrom
ntat Boston: (1
Boston, July !J-? */!*.' * ifl
wwJti, ACtiwjjarBosiwi this rooawngi Sho
ailed on t he made
he passage in less than* A
She brings the particulars of a terrihlpTo^"*^^*,
lid at Paris, of which we received telegraph]^ J
ntelligence l?y 'he Caledonia. "
The difficulty commenced through sdhic mi*? * ^
inderslaneling of the Mayor, ^rinaml Marast, in j
in interview with a deputation from a body of J
he insurgents, who demanded the resignation
?f tl e members of the Provisional Government.
i)u Thursday uighf barricades wert erected
throughout the city. The rappol was Inslaptty
ijenten, and the National Guards called oat r;
The insurgents seized I hat. portion' efflrt &Y
ibout the Fouburg St. Attlofne, andffirejiieM1!
he Hotel de VfUei On Friday The fighting
jegan. The insurgents were at first succe>aful.
Lamurtine rode oiit with Gen. Caraignar an!
Oaff, and" was. con 'pit-ions in his endeavor*, to
restore order. -y-< .!'?
It \\ ns at length found nece.ssary"to use
tillerv; but at night the emevie had gained
ground and strength.' ,(bi Saturday, tfid
lembly rdeclared itself en permenencc. -r Tho
Government resigned; aud the supremeexec<Jlive
authority was given to Gen. Cavaiguac,
who declared Paris ioa stale ofseige. o >. a
The whole Hay, with the exccptiofl of ft iittfci *
while during a thunder storm; was speof 4n
fighting, which wa? attended with prat hltfrid*'
hed. Toward niglit the scene becameVw*
rul; troops were pressing, in,from iljo.^part- i
uients and the contest Vas'iJesperite.' tl '
The President of AsvmMy otiTkmday ?-*
tmunccd that, nllcr a flighted sacrifice of life,
I lie Government had completely suppressed ,t fan
revolt on the left hank of ijbe. &'Hm? *iid' that'
Gen. Cavaignac had given those on . (tie '-tfght
side until teu o'clock to surrender,
iog, howe.ver, continued all day. : r''
Oo Monday Gen. LaniarftfV^e"
rcinforernentf, and, after ten hours'nioitf itf til*5
terrific slaughter, the Government 4 mops* trerer
entirely victorious, the insurgents being eitbeir
slain, scattered or captured.'?' a > ir.'tf ajjT ,
On Tuesday all ?ign* of resistance b?!/tKs>.;
appeared, Ingeiher with other evidence*;df,
disorder. Over fire thomand primmer*; jref#;
taken, niul a commission litis been appointed^,
to tr| those who were arrested under aim*.The
insurgents, and es|MTially jhn wornytl,
had treated those who fell into their hand# witlt
the. most cruel baibarity. The bands and feifj
of some were cot off, and other* .tortiireiJ in eyl'
erv coneeivajiie man tier. fOur despatch at iliu '
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po;ut,.is some what uJijirpl.J
The loss o f li!e .in this affair has heeii tred#^'
dons, and estimated at between night
thomand. Six deputies and fourteen geneniF7
officers lost their lives in th^stiuggb?.^- TW!'
Arch Bishop of Pari* was riuf?^^Jm?ih>wii
while approaching the inairgent^Q^HpM^"'
vor to lestore peace. "* " > \ j
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SKCOND DISPATCH*- . , srit : I!n
Nkxt York, July )2-^-0p. '
It is universally ronce-ded that Lanmulra*'*:.
Iiravery saved the KepnWie. The tmop#HU>i
embraced* him with cries of MVi?e la Repub*
lie!" -
Several change* have takru plane in the
ministry. Admiral Le Bla.nr. refused.the . ap.
pointineril of the .Minister Marine, and Bastude {
was appointed, General BodeaV was appointed ,
Minister of Foreign Affairs. Merie. is Frc^idetfl
of the National Assembly. . , ' #j
General Gnvaigiiao is strongly recommended,
for the Presidency.
Nearly all the prisoners taken had gold in the if
possession. ' " " ;
Assassinations are freqtfently taking place id *
discontented quarters, by poisoirand secret muri*'
der. '
The estimates of killed and wounded differ
materially. The number will probably rfracH,,
fifteen thousand on both sides. p,<j .
The total nmount of insurgents engaged in ...
the conflict was about forty thousand. ..,{f
The Knglisb Ministers bad fifteen majority ?
on the Sugur question. ,
Vicencia has Iteeii returned to the Italian*. #
Padua has rapitulated. Trieste b blockaded. '
The Lumbar! army was debated msar Vernon.
A formidable Carlist muvement has comnctw
red n S; nin.
It is rnm;,retJ ,jiat the Austrian army Inw
been ordered to invade Spain,
There U but littie doubt but an iurnetw* *r
my is ntarching on Poland.
There is n prospect of a speedy peace and7.
termination of the German war. A.drafi t?f a
new constitution has been framed, which is like*
|y to be approved. "
The French departments arc generally'tratt*
quil.
The tfhellious disnosition of Greece litu? ,
been completely subdued.
The Danes continue to make reprisals a! seti''
on Prussian commerce. iv* .1
England is generally quiet. All tumultuous
assemblages of the working classes have ceased, J
and the excitement has subsided. .;( >
Irel vnd.?The armed movement in Ireland
i< unabated. Tbou-ands are flocking to the
clubs and Government is apparently unable to
rleviso means In check the. movement. Th* i
union of the league was not yet perfected, lint
the formation was daily looked lor.
The Repeal press, headed by the Irish Felon,
revels undisturbed in the use of what may b*
termed most seditious language.
No doubt remains that h considerable physk
cal force movement will be made in autumn*
uTiie Old Sarpknt.'?A foiv day* since*
vessel I mm the African cnasl arrived at ?*s'V?h%
Mass. bringing as passenger one of those Vvg.
toons Boa Constrictors that "we read of. ' Uil
which never before has been captured by m:UK
It was caught in u heavy rnpe-net m i'l lor
[he purpose; and while ooiled up; this net \va*
thrown over him;, and tho captain of the! vote!
solemnly avers that it required the united effort
if 120 negroes for more tkau seven hours to sorure
his snake-ship! He measures U0 feet in T
length-?and the morning before his arrival 5?
eggs were found in his cage, which were depot*
itcd in a single uight, and the aggregate treigfu
if the snake s eggs is 70 pounds! Uneofthe
egg* being broken.was f?und to contain a young
snake seven inches long, which immediately
upon emerging from the shell, crawled aliout
I he cage with grrat rapidity. A few day*
therefore, will doubtless hirng the other 5ft
youngsnakes lo light. What a nest of serpents? * !
Liu " ii?awBi^
O^T* We ere authorized to anrtounOe /h^tr* ,t
soft K. Core well as a candidate lor Tax Collect
tor of Lancaster District atihtt' enduing $e<5*;
lioo. . . . <gT,r
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