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THE VALUE OF OIJR ACQUISITIONS
IN CALIFORNIA.
The! public press is beginning fo give strong
Utterance to the conviction, which is everywhere
gaining ground, that the acquisition nf
this vast territory has brought to our national
resources immense inherent values, in addition
to the political importance of possesing the so.
vereignly of the country. It is no extravagance
to predict that, very shortly, the common con
sent of the American people will accord to the
administration, whose policy has added that rich
province to our domain, all the eclat that be.
longs to the brilliant administration of JefTer
son. the distinguished feature of which is. the
acauisition of Louisiana.
The existence of extensive quicksilver mines
in Alt* California has long been known, and
bas been noted by all scientific travellers who
have visited that country, and who have been
careful to observe it* resources. The fact of
the existence ol such a mine, and the know
ledge of it* locality, attracted the attention of a
ItrilMi merchant, who had acquired a heavy
fortune on the western coast ol Mexico; and
hp took advantage of an appointment which he
obtained of hi* Britanio Majesty's vice consul
for California, so- e time before the commencement
of the American war. to explore and se
cure possession of a branch of the mine. He
has devoted almost exclusively his time and re.
sources, since, to the establishment of works
for extracting the metal, and has been the first
practical producer of a cargo of it in merchan
table form for the market opened for it at Ma
zailan. We are told that in April last he loaded
a valuable cargo of it for a schooner, which
he despatched from Monterpy fir the Gulf.
Tile whole remaining tract of territory, embracing
about eleven hundred acres, on which
the-mineral is found, has now come into the pos.
session of a company, consisting principally of
American gentlemen, as they are reported to us,
of great respectability, by titles <lerived through
a regular chain from the original grants of the
government of old Spain The evidences of
the authenticity of the original grant, and of
the regular descent of title, are att- sted by the
alcaldes of the departments in which the territory
lies, and by Col. Mason, the governor of
California. The extent and abundance of the
mercurial ore is certified to by gentlemen whose
reputation, well known in the Atlantic States,
entitles their statements to unquestioning confidence.
The company has been organized under
the existing authorities o| California, and is
styled "The Santa Clara Mining Company."
The mineral region is situated within thirteen
miles of the Francisco hay. and within
six miles of the road or thoroughfare leading
from Monterey to the city of San Francisco.
The approach to the mines that have been opened
by this American company, by a gradual
ascent over grounds affording the greatest facilities
for the construction of a carriage road.
The whole tract is well watered, and those parts
of the land embraced in the possessions of the
company, which are not covered and filled with
the mineral ore. afford every attraction for agricultural
operations. The experiments that
have been made to prove the richness of the
one have been performed with the rudest apparatus,
and have consisted in nothing more than
beating the ore into small fragments, and Arcing
them into the cham!?er of a common musket
barrel, inserting the muzzle in a vessel of wa
ter, an<Lapplying heat to the chamber. Yet,
by this Ptlde process, the ore, a* it is promiscii-ously
gathered, has been found to yield from 22
to 40?|X?r cent. of pure mercury.
with apparatus scarce superior
to that stove described, produced a>?out 300 lbs.
The jhre is found on the surface of the ground,
and, by excavations that have been made, to the
depth of 25 to 30 feet. No termination to its
eUfxh tias been founrt. The range of the mine,
as indicated by appearances of the ore upon the
surface of the soil, is more than three miles
long and about eight hundred yards wide. It is
estimated, therefore, by those who are acquainted
with its productions, to be among the richest
and most extensires mines of quicksilver that
bave yet been discovered in any part of the
world, if not the richest and most extensive of
any.
The proprietors crp practical men, and have
sent one of their number. John (J. Christie,
E-q , as their agent, to this part of the country
fbr a practical operation of the mine.
The enterprise has already eicited a strong interest
in the minds of some European financial
agents in this country. But there can be scarce
. X.nl.t iti.i A murii-n,, /? ., niin !i?i? will unoreciate
a U'MI"! ??? .mi' I- ? ?. ? , ,
the importance or possessing ?urh an engine of
power which this mine will inevitably prove to
be in American hand*. Th<* Rothchilds, it is
well known, have enjoyed, to a prodigious profit,
the control of the quicksilver of the mines of
Spain for many years, having held the product
of those mines in guarantee fir the immense
loans whirh they have made to the Spanish go.
vernment.
The demands created for the article by its
use in ai! the mining operation* in Mexico and
South America may hereafter be supplied from
this country, and the effects upon the interest of
the producers of the precious metals throughout
the world, felt from the monopoly of the
Rothchilds, may be obviated. The products of
these mines in California seem, therefore, to
promise not only an incalculable augmentation
of national wealth, but also to afford to this
country a mighty instrument ot national power.
Such, at least, is one portion of the treasures
of California ? in the very face, too, of Mr.
Webster'* public and solemn declaration, that
our new acquisitions were scarcely worth a dol
lar. And slill more : these developements are
now making in the very tppth of the declarations
of Ducr and Caleb B. Smith, without a
single remonstrance or protest from the surrounding
whig* of the House of Representatives,
that it i* best for us to retrocede all these
new territories so gloriously purchased by the
blood, and arm*, and treasures, of the American
people!? Washington Union.
Honorable Conduct.?Ft i* a fart (say* ih#?
Now Orleans Bulletin) which is n>nsf worthy of
record, ami one which we have receiver! fr<?m
a Mexican gentleman of great intelligence and
liberality, that there does not exist in the whole
of Mexico at this time a single unpaid debt concentrated
by any of the officers of our regular
army. We doubt rery much if the same upright
conduct has ever before marked the career
of a victorious army in a campaign of over two
years In the enemy's country.
We rejoice that the creature who receiver
the bribe for the apprehension of Smith O'Brien
was not an frishinan. His name is flulme or
rj^fljne. He has received the bribe nnd lefr
fflEFnd for bis own country, Knglanrf. ft speaks
well for the people of Ireland that, though Smith
A.llfcMi ? _ ?
H */ IHirii WHJ* iimuug n f "?I" wnr
v?&fr ftnrvint;. and nome $'2500 were offered for hi?
jBB bfirival. no Irishman, woman or child, was
bate vnough to botray him.
N. Y. Tribune.
^
From the Charleston Mercury,
GENERAL TAYLOR AND THE SOUTH, r
From the m?i!iiplied evidences of (ho fact, 1
we think there can remain hut litllp doubt, ex- s
cept among (he most infatuated, that General 1
Ta'dor has catered largely to Northern preju- t
dices for Northern voles. Aside from the as.
sertions of the entire Whig press, which claim I
I him as the candidate tnn?l in favor of tne Wil. i
i mot Proviso, and denounce. General Cass as he- r
I ing in favor of the extension of slavery, i; is \
I openly asserted by his northern devotes that
General Taylor has written letters fully *'!* I
taining these assertions. At meetings held in t
j various places, at the North, persons, professing r
I to he upon terms of the utmost intimacy with s
General Taylor, have heen mo<st exp ten in
their declarations that he is opposed to slavery
in ti.e abstract, and also to its further extension.
At a recent meetin" of the Whigs of Anbnrn.
New York, the H n. Joshua Spencer delivered
an address, and was followed by A. F. Rightor,
Esq., of Louisiana, a sketch of whose remarks
we cony from the Auburn Advertiser, a Taylor
and Filmore paper:
After Mr. Spencer had concluded, Mr. Righor,
a neighbor of General Taylor and intimate.
[ lv acquainted with him for twenty years past,
! and therefore well understanding his opinion
upon public matters, made a tew remarks in
! reb r- nce to General Taylor's political priori,
i pies, paiticularly his views upon the slavery
I extension. Me declared from his own personal
J knowledge thai General Taylor is now, as he
aiwavs has been, an uncompromising and thor
ougb going whig, as true a one as Henry Clav
himself or any other man in the Union. Of this
he said there could be no doubt. He said. too.
that if the Ir.co fbros couid have got from him
the slightest intimation that he had anysympa*
| thy with their principles, as they repeatedly atj
tempted to do the moment he returned from
Mexico, they would have made him their can
. didate for President. But they could neither i
flatter nor invptgle him into any such expression t
of promise, and they gave up the effort. Of <
I this we have not a particle <f doubt, because t
1 the whole tenor of their press corroborates it. I
Mr. Rightor furthermore said, what- he. knew
to he true from the evidence of General Taylor's
; own lips, that he was opposed to the extkn- t
i sion ok slavery, and would unhesitatingly (
sign a bill prohibiting it. M r. Rightor is the f
; brother in-law ol one of our most respectable j
! citizens, and a gentleman of high character, t
- - - - j 1?. ?i
unimpeachable integrity, anu innurM, j
i manly and unassuming; a man, indeed, whose f
appearance and manners will satisfy any one (
in five minutes' intercourse with him, that his j
word is entitled to the implicit belief, aside from t
1 any knowledge of his character lor honesty and t
integrity. We therefore considt r hi* evidence |
conclusive as to General Taylor's Whig priori- |
[?les. and his views upon the extension of sla- a
I very. We only wish that every man in 'he
! country knew Mr. Rightor, and could hear his |
i testimony upon these points. They would then, |
j we are sure, be satisfied as we are, that Gene- \
ral Taylor is all right, not only on the great (
question of Slavery extension, but upon all the t
i measures advocated by the Whig party. s
| In addition tothi-, we find in a late number t
l of the Mobile Tribune a letter from a corres- *
pondent now on a visit to General Taylor at j
Pasragoula. evidently a warm and devoted v
friend, from which we make the following px- fi
tract: c
I ih He did not hesitate to pronounce slavery an |;
evil and blighting in its effects upon the a grind- r
; tural and commercial prosperity of the South. He f
I sp-'k- at s one length on this point, and drew ma- <J
ny oftiis illustrations from ancient history. While p
j however, he regretted the. system-, he dej>rccated j'
the foreign attempts to abolish slavery, lie fi
though: the agitation upon the subject pernn-i- (
ous to whites and blacks. The two races could p
not exist together, and a mixed race, such as ?
obtains in Mexico, was ihe greatest evil that j
society could he subjected to. No plan of era- \
! dicating slavery met his approbation, unless tlie p
freed negroes could fie removed from the coun. |,
r rv II,. would not emancinale his own slaves, | (
i except on condition they were willing to go to |
* Africa." <i
In a Northern man, sentiments such as these a
might find palliation and excuse in the prejiidi- 5
ces by which he is surrounded, and his igno- p
ranee of the workings of the institutions of i,
slavery. Gen. Taylor can plead neither, and his v
expressions betray a radical unsoundness of p
opinion, or willingness to sacrifice the rights of r
the South upon the altar of political ambition. )
If by any fatuity the South should lend herself (
I to this support, sh<? will be justly looked upon p
! as endorsing his views, and surrendering herself (
to the tender mercies of Northern fanaticism, tl
j We cannot for a moment indulge the theiight s
I she will f?e guilty of a policy at once degrading a
and suicidal. s
The Veto ? Upon no subject has Gen. h
Taylor been more explicit than in his nledges to a
refrain from the exercise of the veto should he p
| be eloeted President. A mere majority in (
Congress are to exercise, uncontrolled and un- t<
checked, the power of legislation, and the whole c
power of the Government will hi? thrown into j|
the hands of the Representatives of the Free |<
States. With what justice and moderation thi? h
power will he exercised in questions where th" ti
interests of the North and South happen to he k
antagonistic, we can readily imagine from our tl
past experience. Of what avail are Gen. Tay- ri
Inr'* opinions, or his Southern predilections, if tl
he have any, when lie positively pledges him- '|
self not to exercise his constitutional privilege (|
of enforcing them. That the surrender of the
veto power is neither more nor less than a stir- f,
render of the South to the tender mercies of the v
North is sufficiently apparent from the follow. n
ing paragraph fiorn an atticle in the National fr
Inlelligeneer, reviewing the Ruffiiln Resold. n
tions. The avowal, considering the quarter t<
from whence it emanates, is hold and explicit, r
Ponder upon it, friends of the South. ti
Vhejirst of these six resolves demand free- ,?
dnm and establish* d institutions for Oregon.? |
Well, they have got all that they ask for Oregon- i|
That demand is therefore satisfied. The ground h
has slipped from under them. Thev also de. (
inand the ?aine for the Provinces ol New Mexi- f
co and (California. What sort of government r
is tr? lip given to these provinces, now Territo
ries of the United States, is a question. In he.
hereafter decided by congress', and. by the blrs- f
sing of Providence, we are going to hare, a Pre. n
side.nt who is pledged, as Mr. Van Ritrrn is fr
not, to respect the legislative authority on that, c
and ad other questions which may arise during ri
his Administrationfi
Popular Sentiment in Canada.?An nh
serving correspondent of Ih*? Nevv York Commercial,
writing from Toronto, Canada, ?ays? a
' In pissing through the country I find a f!
growing disposition to speak more favorably of a
the institutions of the United Stains than ( over t
knew before; and thi* too in a quarter where I h
. little experted to observe it. Indeed the subject
of annexation with the United States is quite
the order of tho day. v
The Friends of the S. unr.?The Provilenc.e
Journal, the leading VVhior paper of
Hhode Island, holds very explicit language in
peaking of the sympathies of the Whig and
democratic parties in reference to (he Aboliion
movement. It says:
44 The Whig party is the best Free Soil party,
f (he Abolitionists had not defeated the Whigs
n 1844, the extension of slavery which has alearly
taken placp, and the greater extension
vhicli is menaced, would have been prevented.
I'hroiighout its whole history, the Whig party
ias been the party of freedom. It has main*
aim'd the right of petition, it has opposed the
innpxatinn of Texas, it resists the extension of
Javery which is now contemplated, not only
VT i r-Jir,.,..;. i,mi thi>
>ver ilPW IflPXini tt!? i v/ainw.i..U| ..III ....
rountry which is to lie the next subject of re*
innexation, the vet unformed republic of Sierra
Mad re. The Whip party is a national party,
>vhich the Free Soil parly cannot be; and it
lumbers even in the S'ave Slates better friends
if freedom than the Barnburners of New York,
lecause tliey arc honest friends who are actuaed
by conviction and by attachment to the
jreat principles of their political organization,
ind not by a momentary spasrn of malice and
vvenge. The Free Soil men are playing over
igain precisely the game which the Abolition*
sts played in 1844. The election of Cass would
in the greatest triumph which slavery could
ic ieve, and every Whip vote that is given to
lrari Buren, i given in aid orCas?. The elec
ion of Van Buren is not expected by any body;
he choice is between the two candidates which
epresent the two great parties. Between tho<e
wo every man must choose; and no elector can
livest himself of his responsibility by throwing
iwny his vote upon a candidate who he knows
:annut he elected."
From the Augusta Chronicle.
The Hon. A. H. Stephens.?The follow*
ng extracts of a letter to the editor from a genleman
at Atlanta furnishes an authentic detail
it the rpneounter between Messrs. S ephens
ind Cone. It may therefore be implicitly reied
on.
Atlanta, Sppt. 4, 1343.
Dear Sir: The Hon. A. H. Stephens came
ip yesterday at noon, in the Macon and West,
rn cars. Having been detained at the Depot,
le did not reach the Hotel until most of the
_ - I 1 !..??, Mm onfitrlnrr
)assr!llgers nau gone now minimi. x... ^
he piazza of the Hotel, he was accosted by
Francis (1. Cone, Esq., when an altercation
ook place which resulted in the infliction, by
,?one, of six knife wounds upon the person of
Ur. Stephens. Two of these wntiruls are on
he intercostal muscles, (righ* and left, one on
he left wrist, another on the left arm just be.
ow the shoulder, and the sixth on the right
land, severing the muscles between the thumb
irid fnre.finger.
The circumstances wldch led to this deploriile
difficulty are, (as 1 have learned them)
iriefly these; Prior to Mr. Stephens' leaving
Vashington (Jity, he had been inlrrmed that
'one had charged hint with being "? Irailor to
he South" for his motion and vote to lay the
o called Compromise. Hill upon the table. Af
er receiving this information, Mr. Stephens
aid that, on reaching home, lie would enquire
nto the truth of the statement, and if Cone
vould acknowledge having so denounced hiin,
ie would slap his jaws. They met at Glade's
ross.roads, in Putnam county, week lielbre
as', and Stephens, true to his word, demand
d ol Cone to know whether he had charged
dm o| being 4,a traitor to the South." Cone
lenied having made the charge. Stephens extressed
his gratification thereat, and in the.
rankness of his nature, told him what he had
leard and what he said he would do in the case
'one should avow having used the off ensive,
pilhet. Three days nfter this meeting, Mr.
Stephen* received a letter from Cone request
ng to know if he were in earnest in saving
vhat he did nl the Glades ?to which Mr. Ste.
ihens replied. It appears, however, that this
etter had not reached Cone when he left
Jreensboro. Cone was at Forsyth on Friday
sst. (where Messrs. Stephens, Toombs, and
ithers, were engaged in a public discussion,)
.nd came to this city on Saturday. As soon as
Stephens entered the piazza of the Atlanta Ilo
el he was met by Cone, (all the other passen;ers
and boarders having gone in to dinner,)
i'Iio asked him whether he had received a Icier
from him ol a certain date, and if he had
plied thereto?to both of these questions
dr. Stephens answered in the affirmative,
'one then demanded to know whether Sle.
hens ha I disavowed using the language at the
ilades in earnrst. to which Stephens replied
hat his written answer to his demand would
peak for itself. Cone persisted in his demand,
nd ?lr. Stephens as pertinaciously refused 'onn
tver his question; whereupon, Cone said that he
ronld assume that Stephens had not retracted
eing in earnest. Stephens told him he might
ssiime what he pleasetl?that he should make
o explanation, hut referred him to his letter,
'one then used some very instilling language
wards Stephens, and Stephens struck hirn a'oss
the face with his small whalebone walkig
cane, ('one closed upon him with his
nife, with which he hart previously prepared
irnself, and, after cutting him two or three
mes, forced him to the floor?then, with Ifte
nife in one hand and the other about Stephens'
iroat, ho renewed his demand?still Stephens
eitised lo answer, saving 'mo, never." At
vis singe of the difficulty, Mr. Unnnan nntl Dr.
'hompson arrived upon the spot and separated
tern.
Dr. Hitchcock, of the U. S A., Dr. Craw>rd,
of Alabama and Dr. Parke, of this city,
/ore soon in attendance, and every thing that
vedical skill, or the attention of friends could rlo
ir our friend, was promptly done. In the
leantime, through tho courtesy of Mr. Flush
>n, foreman ofthe Georgia Rail Road M ibine
Shop, the use of a locomotive was obvined,
and Mr. Rhodes (who kindly volunteerd
his services) was despatched to Marietta for
)r. Eve. The Doctor arrived this morning on
he locomotive?and Col. Dawson, of Greensioro,'
Dr. Olgilby. of Madison, Dr. Alfriend, of
'ra wfbrdsville, Mr. Stephens, (brother of A.
I.) and several other friends front below, arived
by the Georgia train. Yours, 6ic.,
Ervin'k Murderers Hung.?The Negroes,
saae, Harry and Newton, convicted of the
nurder of Mr. I. Ervin, in this District, on the
Ill) of July near Midway Church, were hung
in Friday, Sept. 1st., not far from thn scene
f murder. Thev died, repentant and ifii the
nith and-promisea of the Bible.
Sumter Banner.
The Difference.?A gentleman talking to
friend on the subject nf marriage, made the
dlowing observation?141 first saw my wife, in
, storm; carried her to a ball in a storm; enured
her in a storm; but thank ileuven I buried
icr in pleasant weather."
There were 309 deaths in New York for tho
veek ending 3d instant.
THE CAMDEN JOURNAL,
Wednesday Morning) September 13, 1818.
WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR.
iD* "Constancy" is received, and will appear
next week.
[ "There will be an eclipse of the moon tonight
(Tuesday) commencing a little after 11
o'clock, and ending about three to-morrow morning.
HON. JOSEPH A. WOODWARD,
Being in Camden will address such of his constituents
as may desire to henr him. to.day at
11 o'clock, at the Court House.
Withdrawal.
t t r.? ?o
WiajOT JAMES U xetiu, una aiimvi h.^ij u r, ......
draw his name as a candidate for the Legislature.
In reply io t he queries of " A'any Voters," which
were published, before he had determined to withdraw
frotn the canvass, we are authorized to state
that he is in favor of the Democratic doctrines
mentioned therein, and that he should have voted,
if elected, for Cass and Butler.
The Presidential Election.
Whilst we have little faith in cither party at the
North, it is gratifying to see some indications of justice
amongst the Northern Democracy. Senator Foote's let
ter, published last week. eives us some faint hope that
the majority of the Northern and Western Democrats
will unite with the South, ot the coming session, for
an equitable settlement ot the "paramount" question.?
that is, a settlement bused upon the Missouri Ccmpro
rnisn. Allowing these indications to have their due
weight on our ininds, and attaching a little importance
' to the implied promises of the northern democrats, yet
| we must remember that these arc all given on the crc
| of a Presidential election, and may be merely thrown
out to influence the result. Senator Foote. it appears,
is one of a committee appointed at the Baltimore Con
vention for the purpo. c of promoting the olection of its
nominees, and ho could * 't.ivo adopted any courso
belter calculated to enlist Southern votes for them, than
by tho announcement of the intentions of the Democrat,
ic parly. It will be wise for the South however not to
waste her energies in the turmoil of party strife at this
election; if convinced that the Democratic party still
retains some of its ancient political honesty, and that
its nominees are safer upon the issue now innstimpor.
taut to her interest, her people should, by nil honorable
means, contribute to their success; but not even then,
should they enter the contest, with such feelings of
party slrife as may enstrange their political opponents,
and beget discord and diversity of opinion un that question
of vital interest to all.
w? !.n> n.iinod in see in a certain nunrter of our Slate
" w ***** r " ? ? - ?
?the city of Charleston?so much excitement with rsgard
to the election. We consider it a settled point,
that the vote of South Carolina, must bo cast for tlio
nominees of the Dcmocralict party, and tliureff.ro, we
cannot perceive why the friends of General Tavlor
aro creating such an excitement. As for any division
in the democratic party in this Stale, the notion is
ridiculous, and that fragmentary section ot it who pro.
fess to suppon Gen. Tavlor, must feel, though they
may succeed in aiding the wliigs to elect a few Tavlor
representatives, that they are acting with a party whose
principles, arc all it variance will) the sullied policy of
tlic Slate, and principles which they must consicntinusly
condemn.
Why then not leave tlio political friends, oflhc nomi.
neo of tho Whig party to lie the standard buarers of
Whiggcry in this stale? That standard, whose ancient
mottoes of "Protective Tariff" "U. S. Bank,"?
Abandonment of tho veto power," "Log Cabin and Hard
Cider," never yet has found the least favor with our
people, can never number under its folds true democrats.
There must bo then, other motives for the
democratic support of Taylor in this Slate. Is it
that General Taylor, since named as a candidate for
the Presidency, lias ever, by any written or verbal
declaration, avowed himself favorable to "Freo Trade,
Low Duties and a strict Construction of the Cnuslilu
tion?" Is il. that lio lias declared himself ready to in.
tcrposc his veto in dclcnce of the constitutional rights
of the South? Is it llinl he has avowed uny set ofpu.
lilical piinciplcs that now gov rn him, or may govern
hiin, if elected President, which the people ot'this
Stalo can consistently support? Wc ask if, in his
whole series of letters, there is found a single political
principlo which ought reasonably, to command one
democratic vote in this State either fur himself or It s
friends? If there is, we have not yet sicn il up to the
latest epistle from under his own hind. Nmv, on tite
Other side of tlio question, what have we gleantd from
Ilia voluminous correspondence? First, that lie is a
Whig. Second, that all questions of domestic policy,
should be decided by the will of the majority in Con
gres Third, that ho is in favor of tlio Wilmot Proviso,
or Ordinance of 1767, (as per his approval in his
celebrated Signal letter.) Fourth, that though a Whig,
he would have accepted the nomination of the Democratic
Convention, and Fifth, that nol having given
much attention to questions of national policy, he admits
his wunt of qualifications fur the office. All this,
we say, we have gleaned here and there from his numerous
letters, and it is all lliul can be gathered from
them. Now wo ask in all seriousness, if the American
people cvor had such u candidate presented for their
suffrages as this No Party Whig Candid Ue. Wo
wunt to discuss this question foberly?hut we fogct
that there arc so few T.i) lor men, in our section, it
uinnld Im mi>ri> waste of limo to de so. and therefore we
shall reserve our allotted space in I lie Jnurnul, for muno
thing more profitable to our render*. We refer our
friend* to the indication* of Gen. Taylor* v:ewa upon
the Slavery question, which w II be found in another
column. If sucii are his sentiments with rcgaid to thin
institution. we are confident lliai. he wilt not gel tlie
vole of a Southern Stale.
But in conclvsion, ar wc liavo again and again urged
upon the people of the South, it in not upon President*
or P.irtie*, wc must place our reliance, for obtaining
justice; our rights can only be maintained, our equality
secured by the united cnergio* of the wliolo southern
people directed solely to that end, without any reference
whatever to party politics
IE7* By referring to oi?r advertising columns, it
will be Been that freight and passengers are transported
on our branch rail road to Boykins Turnout,
8 miles below the town.
Ilctting on the Presidential Election.
From the Washington Correspondence of the
Baltimore Sun, we learn that the following bets
were made at one of the Hotels on the 4tli inst:
8100, that General Taylor will not get C States;
SI OH on 8 States: S100 on ten States; S100 on
12States; $100 on 14 States, and $500 that lie
will not he elected at all. A hot of $1000 that
General Tatlor will not be elected was declined.
Whig movements in New York.
The following circu ar has been issued by the
friends of Mr. I'lav in New York:
"DO RIGHT AND TRUST TO PROVIDENCE
FOR RESULTS.
" New York, Angut HO, 1848.
"Sir:?The determined friends of the Whig
cause and Whig principles, have resolved to act
as tho emergency demands. If yru can unite in
the movement, which, so far as we are concerned,
is fixed to nominate Henry Clay and Millard Filmore
you will please attend the meeting of Ward
Representatives, to be held at the Westchester
House, corner of Bowery and Broome street, on t
Friday evening, the fir6t of September, at 8 o'clock. |,
N. G. BRADFORD, Chairman. j(
D. Webb, Secretary, (
The N. Y. Tribune also contains a call for a mee- r
I ting "for the purpose of publicly and unitedly de- |
daring preferences lor Henry ('lay and Millard f
Filmore, and to take the necessary measures to
secure the appointment of an electoral ticket."
D" The harvest of the United States this year,
it is estimated, would feed half the people on the
globe, abundantly.
Encke's Comet is Coming.
Towards the latter part of August, this comet
his been discovered ir. its approach, and it is announced
by the astronnters, that it will be visible .
to Ihe naked eye some time in October.
D" Governor Dana of Maine, has refused to
6ign anti-slavery resolutions passed by both Houses
of the Legislature of th* State.
For the Journal.
Mr. EditorFrom the time the maxim quoted
by your correspondent f" Many Voters") was uttered
by Mr. Calhoun, down to the period when,
in June last, it was re-atfirmed by a meeting of
Democrats in Charleston and to the present time,
i have not doubted that it contained a system of
sound policy lor government.
If trade be advantageous at all, the more it it
unshackelled the better; and it follows that the
, lowest scale of dutiee which will furnish revenue
, for an economical adniinistra'ion of the Government
is required to allow the utmost freedom of
tradp. There is quite an much reason w hy a governincut
should keep out of debt, as there is to incui1
cate the same discretion in an individual; and the
: same remark will appiy to enforce retrenchment
and reform, when expenditures are excessive and |
abuses exist. I am quite s; tislied that there is no <
government where both do not exist 1 think, there- '
tore, that one of the leading duties of a Jtepre- |
sentative should be that of every trustee or agent, |
to wit: To observe economy in expenditures, and
reform abuses in administration, taking care to
j avoid the extremes of parsimony. I would not
have governments mean any more than individuals.
I think there is sound reason also to support the
remaining branch of trie maxim. |
There is little if any, of the practical business <
; of life that is not better done by private association i
j than by government. I do not know that banking f
i constitutes any exception to the rule. As the poJitiial
maxirn quoted by your correspondent was
uttered in relation to the federal government, I have f
no hesitation in affirming my opinion to be, that
experience has completely demonstrated the wis- s
domof "Separation from all Banks," in the action f
of that government.
These doctrines have found more favor with the
Democratic party than with any other, and, there- f
! fore, advocating thvm, as I do, my tendencies are f
' to support the nominee of that party for the Presi- r
1 dency. But there is a question paramount to them *
! all, partially developed by the proceedings of Con- 1
gross ot a late date, and at tlie next session to be I
fully presented, and necessarily to be met. ISo far
as 1 am at present advised, General ('ass is more t
clearly committed to the Southern view of that r
question than his opponent, and if I had to vote i
now, I should cast my vote lor him. But may ihere ;
not he tuture developenicuts] Ought the Mate to v
be committed, until the last moment? I hear of a 1
recent letter of General Taylor, nut yet publish- 1
, cd, bui expected in a fe-v i.ays. 1 know not what 1^
it may contain, and therel?>re cannot say how it f
ought to influence my views. I believe the true r
course of this Slate is to support the man for the c
Presidency who will stand by her on the slave
question, or who is least her enemy of that vital
matter.
Such seems to be the advice of our delegation in
Congress, so far as they have declared themselves.
r
I do not look, after all, to President for our safe- 1
ty. A temporary barrier to a Congressional majority
might be interposed by the Veto, and by other ..
action of the Executive.
But how long will that last? /Manifestly no longer
than the term of such President. For it is
..uinim ihnftlip samn nrrranizeiL sectional s
Hui c ?B_ ,
power, who scurf to Congress a majority to assail 1
us, will, when the time comes, also send a Pi esi- \
dent to Washington who will carry out their I
schemes. Theresultof all this is, that, I am ve y
indifferent about the Presidential election, and r
shall remain so, unless I can see more cause to t
arouse a concern If I could learn in some intel- .
liitihle form, the deliberate wish of this District on
tl a' subject, my own indifference between the can- *
(folates, would lead me r- adily to carry that wish p
out. If left unaided n that form, and I (an gain
no additional information to show me more clearly r.
who is our friend and who our adversary, I shall 5
not separate from the democratic party and act with f]
their opponents on the Presidential election. I am
of opinion, however, that it is wiser to leave the (
Legislatuie perfect freedom of action up to the last
moment, that they may cast a vote und *r the ful- P
lest information that can he obtained. If the people
were votir g directly foraPiesidentthe nselves, o
they would reserve to themsehesthe right and '|
benolit ot actingon 'he latest disclosures. In the ^
present cloudy condition of aff.irs, had they better a
not give to tIreir agents, who have fo act for them,
the same advantage?
Respectfully submitted, by
A. H. BOYKIN. P
For the Journal. r
Mr. Editor: In reply to the query contained in
your paper of Aiijjust 30, my answer is, I am in h
favor of "Free Trade, low duties, no debt, pepara- p
ration from all banks, a strict construction of the o
constitution, retrenchment, reform," and Cass for j
the Presidency. E A. SAL.MOND. ^
For the Journal. .
Mr. Editor: In rpply to the questions of
ny Voters,' contained in your paper nfthe SW)th
of August, I have to state that I have always y
ailhered to the ?vnop?is of the Federal polities
of the Democratic party as contained in the |(
first interrogatory, and believing Mr. Cass to ^
he the exponent of those principles, I shall, if (
elected, support him in preference to General r
Taylor. Respectfully, ?
JAMES CANTEY. ,
\
Tn? Ricf. Harvest.?The Savannah Re. n
publican of Monday says : " Our Rice planters
have had unusually good luck in harvesting.? C
The second week's work is now completed,
under the most henign sky possible, without a
drop of rnin. This weather has had its infltj.
once on the various crops Southward, and the '
accounts from that quarter are encouraging. c
The only thing now to be apprehended is the ti
too long continuance of the fircc and unremit- 1
ted heat of a snn which finds no clouds in the 0
sky to intercept its beams." e
From the Mobile Tribune. September 3. f
Cotton Chop.?The storm of which we *
have given some account in its passage through '
this state and East Mississippi, did considers- <"
lile damage in Louisiana. It tore up trees, c
prostraten fences and houses, and greatly dam- c
aged the growing cotton. It was accompanied I
l?y an excessive Hood of rain. Tho papers in I
the region alluded to say that tho cotton crop r
has been reduced twenty-five per cent by the f
visitation. I
In consequence of the continued rains, and f
the ravages of tho worm (?ays the Sumter coun- t
ty Whig) many of our farmers inlorm us that r
they will not nmke more than half a crop this t
season.
Cotton Crop in Mississippi.?A mcrcan- t
<
- i iryrfri
ile house of this city has placed in our bands a
etter dated 21st ult., at Columbus. The wri*
ersays?"When I wrote you before respecting
he cotton crop in this section, it was at the poiotl
when the incessant rains had passed away,
paving us a week or tpn days of fine weather,
Jlanters begin to cheer up and were satisfied
vith the appearance of crops, and lielieve if "J
he worm would let them alone a good yield
voulrl be made. I arn sorry, however, to in'
Iirm von ihnt this insect has aDtvared earlier
han usual and is doing much mischief, and (
tm informed ii|K?n good authority that many of
>ur largest planters will make very poor crops.
Things look gloomily and the belief is that a i
loorer crop will he made than has been known 1
n this section since the first settlement. I hava
ust been told by a highly respectable planter
hat the worms have made way with squares and
ire now fast destroying the boils. Another
'.nltivafing prairie land, informed me that he t
iPt his hands to pick the worms off his cotton
ind in one day they slaughtered between 27
md 30,000.
Yeli.ow Fbvf.ii ox Statkx Island.?At a
Tieeling of the New York Board of Health orj
he 30th, a communication was received frwi? 1
he Health officer, notifying the Mayor that ? I
lisease existed in the villages of Tompkin?vill?' T
ind Stapleton, which rescmlded Yellow Fever. "
Hie Board passed resolutions for inquiring into
he existence of the disease, and prohibiting fer.
y or other boats from touching or landing at
he docks known as the stapleton and Quaranme
docks.
The Common Council assembled the next
norning to receive the report of the Committee
if the Health Commissioners appointed on the
(receding day. It appears that 34 case* had
(.cured, 16 of which wpre of malignant type. -i
The Board have ordered all communication to
ic suspended with the infected portion of Staten ^
Island.
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
From the Charleston Courier of Saturday.
Yesterday, the Telegraph was in busy em?
j'oyrnent, and seldom has the electric fluid l?een
:h:irged with more important information than
hut which is sent over the wire* on thin occa*
Three several despatches came to hand dn*
ing the day, communicating intelligence
trough! hy the Br. steamer Hibernia, arrived
it Boston early yesterday morning, from Liver*
tool, with accounts to ihe 26th ult.
THE FIRST DESPATCH,
Gave information of the arrival oflhc steam*
tr, and as the most startling piece of intelligence,
announcing the destruction hy fire of (be
plendid Boston packet ship Ocean Monarch,
nvolving the loss of one hundued and fifty
.ives.
This magnificent vessel, one of the finest of
he many beautiful ships engaged in the Eu
opean trade, took fire on the. 26th ult., in the
Iritish Channel, immediately alter leaving port.
She doubtles had a large number of emigrant
inssengers on hoard and we shudder at the very
hought of the distress and suffering that must
tave been the result of her envelopment in
lames at tea, with two uncontrollable elements
:oniending which should involve tbe greatest
lestruclioii of human life.
Our correspondent slates that English Con*
ols had advanced. Tbe la*t quotations were
16 5-8 to 86 3 4. *
Breadstuff* had also taken a considerable
ise. Corn quoted at 36 to 37. Indian Meal
5s. C I.; Flour 33 to 35.
At fi'tern minutes past four o'clock, we were
ut in possession of a
SECOND DESPATCH,
Containing further political intelligence M a
tartling and unexpected character, but slrll gK*
ng nothing relating lo the cotton Market, ?
vhich is always anxiously looked for as soon an
he arrival of a foreign steamer is announced.
From this communication we learn (hat a
devolution HAD BROKEN OUTsratXTANEOF*.
,y at st. petersbfuko and w.vk3aw. tb?
vnpcror o|* Russia had made his escape f?
>on*iadt, and a Provisional Government wan
stuhli?hed at St. Petersburg.
In Ireland all was yet qirret. A special
oinmission was to lie issued for the trial of
Smith U'Brien, which would shortly tafce
lace.
In England, there was no disturbance, the
Chartist movement having been entirely sopiresspd.
In Paris, lears were still entertained of airiher
demonstration ort the pnrt oftlie people.
Ilie Government feared to lake active mearsres
for the arrest of Louis Blanc Pkdud?ron
nd others, lenders of the Socialists.
The Italian question had not beet> definitely
ettled, nor is any mention made h? nor de*.
>atch of the state of affairs in that quarter. <
The Scbleswig war is stated to- have been
ntirelv settled.
Piincc de Joinville and the IXtke d'AuMALE
ieing on board a pleasure yacht, had Hie high
[ratification of being the instrument* of saving
ink hi7ndsed and sixty of the passenger* in
he ship Ocean Monarch, burnt in the English
Jhanoel.as mentioned in our first despatch.
At a few minutes Iiefore seven o'clock, much
a our gratification we received
THE THIRD DESPATCH,
Containing the state of the Live rood Cotton
o
darket for tlie week ending 26th nit.
The sales oj cotton for the week amounted'
n 33,000 bales. The imports during the sum*
leriod rpached 40,000 hales. A jrlhght redae*
ion had been submitted to on the inferior and
piddling descriptions, caused by the account*
if the progress of the potato rot eitenditig it*
reland. and the wet and unfavorable- weather
vhich prevailed in England. Much dmmag*
corned to the crops from the continued rartna.
Fair Upland Cottons were quoted n* 4 l-8rf;
Orleans at 4 3-4; Mobile 4 3 4.
From the Providence Journal. _ *
The KingSxakk.?A late writer in one ?.f
he public journals, represents the King Snak.r
4 the South as the natural enemy of tlUr
nocoasin, a powerful and venomous reptile,
hough not aware that he is the enemy of any
itber of the serpent tribe. At the South, however,
I believe it is generally understood, thai
le makes war osevery other species of serpent;
te is most renowned, however, for combat*
vith the formidable moccasin, in which hoi*
I . t ? .. If *
eneveu m up, always inc conqueror, sin w* ?
?nly attacks the *moccasin when he accidentally
:rosses his path, hut he hunts him with all the
limning and perseverance with which a dog
Hints a rahbit. When he approaches hrs prey
te does it in a quiet and stealthy manner, antil
tear enough, with a quick and rapid movement,
md with a single spring,to plant his tangs in the
jack of his enemy's neck. In this he never
ails. He ihq? coils himself a round the body of
he moccasin and tightens his folds and never
elaxes Ine tenacity ofhis deadly embrace, un?
il the life ofhisrictim has become extinct.?
rtii. !? ?tpn?>r11v iii thp course of an hour nr "
wo?perhaps less. But ! have known on? i?
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