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editor of the Pere Duohene, no arrests had taken place. It was probable this kind of excitement would be kept up till after the debate in the Assembly on the report of the Insurrection Committee. The Government had postponed the election Tor Bordeaux end other places. The reason for the postponement is understood to l>e, that at Bordeaux it was the intention of the electors to return Count Mole or M. Guizot. * * 4 - ??*mlmr Another batch 01 insurgents, w win oI 200, was on tho 20th despatched for Brest. The accounts from the provinces, and more especially from Lille, Ire and Mulhouse, are unsatisfactory. The extent of the influence and ramifications of Socialism in Paris is frightful. In Lyon* it is even comparitively more formidable. Unhappily it extends to all the great towns In the peaceful city of Tours the number of Socialists is said to bo no less than 4500. The body is said to be in correspondence with the Chartist9 of England, and that the affiliated are pledged to support each other. In Paris, at least, there is for the present no danger of getting the upper hand, and if the hopes of the country be realized, that is, if General Cavaignac be elected President, it will be long before they or disturbers of any kind will have the power to do extensive mischief. It is understood that the three members of the Assembly who are chiefly inculpated by the _ . I A??imn , w??nm C/UUHllIUCC, aic IC spectively engaged in the active preparation of their defence. One of the strongest charges against Louis '.Blanc.is the evidence of Colonel Watrin, who ^ declares that he saw Louis Blanc at the Hotel i de Yilfeon the 15th of Vfay. Louis Blanc will ' endeavor to prove that Col. Watrin was not at the Hotel de Villc himself on the day. . The most serious imputations against M. Ledru Rolin relate to the alledged liquidation of his private debts by the public money, which he will endeavor to disprove by the evidence of his notary. M. Caussidier, unable to produce any direct proof in refutation of the charge against him, will endeavor to cast discredit on the witnesses, and especially M. Uhenu, wnom ne accuses 01 being an agent of the police of the lowest order. The Marquis de Brignolesalo has presented bis credentials as Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Sardinia to the French Republic. The first permanent court-martial sat again on the 21st to try Paul Saintaid, who had beeu one of the Montagnards, charged with having taken the command of the insurgents at the barricade of the Rue du Jardin Plantcs, thus attempting to destroy the government of the Republic, exciting civil war, and bringing dovastation, massacre, and pillage into the capital. 'Itie prisoner was sentenced to hard labor at the hulks for ten years, to pay a fine of 200f, and the costs of the prosecution. PRUSSIA. Report says another insurrection took place at Warsaw on the 13th. Part of the troops participated in it. The outbreak was put down after the town had been bombarded five hours. The correspondent of the Kolner Zeitung presumes that this movement was connected with a late insurrection at St. Petersbugh. The Russian authorities are stated to have received information of the plot, and the conspirators were thus scared into a hasty and consequently unsuccessful outbreak at Warsaw, for it was (faeir original plan to strike the first blow in the .".I1, bellion, for Russia itself is in a still more violent ferment than the kingdom ot Poland; and it is to these dangers at home that the emperor's peaceable and moderate behavior to toreign States ought to be ascribed." THE OCEAN MONARCH BURNT AT SEA. LOSS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIVES. Never, in our experience as journalists, has it been our lot to record a more painful or melan. choly catastrophe than the complete destruction of the Boston packet ship Ocean Monarch, Capt. Murdoch, which took place off the port of Liverpool on Thursday last. That noble ship has become a prey to fire, and an awful Sacrifice of human life has taken piace. Wc have waited upon Capt. Murdoch, and from hiin we have the following OFFICIAL STATEMENT. The Ocean Monarch, 1300 tons burthen, left the Mersey eaily on Thursday, with about 380 souls on board, including the crew and passengers. We discharged the pilot about 8 o'clock. No incident worthy of note occurred until we arrived off'the Orrnshead, at which time it was nearly 12 o'clock. Orders were given to tack ship, and while hauling the main yard it was stated that one of the steerage passengcrs had made a fire in one of the ventilators without reflection. I immediately sent the stew, ard and another man to extinguish the fire and bringup the delinquent who had made it. Immediately after this one of the cabin passengers came on deck and staled that the cabin was full ofsmoke, which was coming from below. On < hearing this I ran donwn to ascertain the position of affairs, and found that the ship was actually on fire. I then hurried back to the deck and gave orders to have water poured upon it, and directed that the ship should he kept before t4te wind in order to lessen the draft, but the flames with a rush as almost instantaneous as lightning, burst forth, and in less than five minutes the whole stern of the ship was completely enveloped in the fiery element. I then gave orders to have the ship brought to the wind. All was now a scene of utmost confusion, noise and disorder. My orders could not be heard* Despair had seized almost every soul on board. The scene which presented itself was most awful to contemplate, much less to look upon. The flames were bursting with immense fury from the stern and centre of the vessel. So great was the heat in these parts that the passengers male and female, men, women, and , { children, crowded to the fore part of the vessel. 1 Their piercing heart-re.nding shrieks for aid i were carried by the breeze across the dark blue 1 ( waves. In their maddened despair women i jumped overboard with their offsprings in their j 1 arms, and sunk to rise no more. Men followed r their wives in frenzy and were lo-t. Groups , i of man, women and children also precipitated ' l themselves in the water in the vain hope of self j 1 nf<k?Arirnfi(in. hilt thfi \vat??r? rlnvptl rivm* m-mu ! of them for ever, and fearfully realised the in- j spired declaration that "in the midst of life wo are in death." In vain did i entreat and beg of the passengers to be composed. I pointed i out to them that there were several vessels ! n around us, and that, if they preserved order, 1 h thev would all be saved; that ulthoti?h the case s jyas desperate it was not hopeless. It was of no ; s avail. Howls of lamentation, and crios for : t help were the only answer I could obtain to my I i entreaties. Finding that every effort I made to | s be unavailing and that nothing could bo done t to avoid the total destruction ol the ship, in con-1 sequence of my orders not being heard, I di- ir reeled that the anchors should be let go, so as 1 to allow the ship to get her head to the wind 01 and thus if possible confine the flames to the b stern. In a few minutes the mizen mast went di overboard-a few minutes more and the main tf mast shared the same fate. There yet re- c mained the fore mast. As the fire was making its way to the forepart of the vessel, the pas- ^ sengers and crew, cf course, crowded still fur- w thcr forward. To the jibboorn. they clung in t< clusters as thick as they could pack; even one h lying over another. At length the tore inasi wem overboard, snapping the fastenings of the jib- h boom, which with its load of human beings drop- a ped into the water amidst the most heart rending screams, both of those on board and those e who were falling into the water. Some of the a poor creatures were enabled again to re.ich the v vessel, others floated away on spars, but inany met with a watery grave. Mean time, I gave orders to get the ship's ' boats afloat. Two were got over board, and while in the act of getting the others ready, and cutting away the lashings, the fire reached them t and they were immediately enveloped in flames, i On seeing this the passengers became more I unmanageable than ever. It was a painful e moment. Maddened by despair, and in vain r hope of being rescued they knew not how, r numbers again jumped over board. Seeing i Iheir sad plihffU and Lhe awful sao'ifico of life wntch was going on, despite of every effort f which I made, I gave direction to throw every r moveable article overboard, so that those who J had left the ship might cling by them until help J arrived. J The Queen of the Ocean yacht was the first , ?i M. 'I' | to come to our asstsance. tier owner, mi. *. Littledale, with whom were Sir Thomas Hes- r keth, Mr. Tobin, Mr. Palk, and Mr. Bufrere, i ordered the boat to be lowered, and proceeded witk alacrity and zeal, aided by the gentlemen t named and the crew of his craft, to pick up all t within their reach. I may just here observe t that the last thing which I did was to throw over ? a top gallantyarn, made fast with a rope, to (i keep it along side. The carpenter and one or two of the men assisted rno to do this, and then c 1 told those who could hear me to jump over | board and cling to the spar. A good many j obeyed my directions. At this time I was sur- 6 rounded on all sides, both fore and aft, with s the flames and seeing no possible chance ofes. capo if! remain for a moment longer, I followed F the spar. I entreated some of them to let go, v or all would perish, and showed them the ex- c ample by swiming to a plank, by which I was o enabled to sustain myself for an hour in the water,when I was picked up by the Queen of the f Ocean. The Brazilian steam frigate Alfonso, the s Prince of Wales, coasting steamer, and the | New York packet ship New World, after some time, came up and rendered effective service. r The Queen of the Ocean remained along- \ side till three o'clock. At that time the vessel j| was burnt near to the water's edge, and there tl were only a few of the passengers on bord, sev. eral boats being alongside endeavoring to take a them off*. r Finding that the yacht could do no more, ri Mr. Littledale ordered her to start for Liver- t< pool, where we arrived about seven o'clock in p the evening. ) g Although I did not see the part taken by the j officers and distinguished party on rioara mo | p Brazilian frigate, vet I am hound to return them ; fi my grateful thanks (or the very laudable and successful efforts in rescuing the lives of so n ? r< itrAu ufain uj trie lire, v^i jtfr, c Liltledale, and his company and crew, I know ] not how to speak; their conduct is beyond all ( praise. May he in whose hands are the issues t! of life and death, grant them in another and better world, the full reward which such philan- C thropy and benevolent conduct eminently do- n serves. Of the origin of the fire I cannot at present |j say. My mind has not yet been so composed as ti to enable me to investigate with accuracy the truth of the various conjectures which are afloat, tl At preset I am inclined to say that it arose from some ot the passengers smoking in the steer- w ago contrary to orders. ri The Ocean Monarch had a very valuable fr cargo, the freight of which together with the passage money amounted to about ?2600. 'I JAMES MURDOCH. \ Carnmander of the. Ocean Monarch. j a The Brazilian frigate Alfonso was out on a j a pleasure cxcurison. She was commanded bv ( the Morquis d'Lishoa. There was also on board the Prince de Joinville, his lady and suit ft the Duke and duches d'Aurnale, the Brazilian |\ Minister, the Chevalier d' Lisboa, Admiral R - " > - j _.| j:_.: :..u iireer.jeit anu aaugniers, ana mncr ui.sunguisu- i i ed individuals. When ihe Alfonso discovered the Ocean Monarch, no time was lost in hearing down to her, and it was intended to anchor F right under her how, but the wind changed a It little, and prevented this from being accom- |j plished. Four boats were, however, at once lowered, and were soon followed by a large pi paddle bos boat. The Marquis d'Lisboa jump. h ed into one, and Admiral Greenfell into the other, and were untiring in their exertions to save the poor people. Tho Prince de Joinville is stripped his coat, and was particularly assidu- pc ous in assisting the passengers 011 board the in frigate. The heat was very intense, and even T lo those on board tho boats alongside was very B oppressive. What it must have been to those as who were crowding on the poop and bowsprit of of the vessel, none can tell but those that ex- w perienced it. It was sufficient, however, to Ik make tliern jump into the water seeking suecor pr from one element, by taking shelter in another T equally destructive, bill far loss agonizing in its cc effect. From the crowd of human beings in of the water clinging to the spars. &c., the boats th was unable to get as close to the vessel as they ti< otherwise would have done, and, ol course, con- m liderable time unavoidably consumed in rescu- pr ing the poor unfortunates. la We understand that as soon as the alarm was te ?iven, the two boats belonging to the ship were th owered. The mate, with some of the crow i lild passengers, got into one. A portion oflhe ! ar ;rew and passengers, got into the the other, i ar ind they set ofT for Liverpool. They were, Is lowever, picked up In* u smack. Had they fli uade to .Mr. Liltledale'syacht, placed their liv. ft;: ng freight on board of her, and returned again at o the vessel, the loss of life would probably so iave been much less. a The stewardess lost her life in courageously E ittempting to get the powder out of the cabin. fr< I'liere were about twenty-five pounds weight wi >n board, and when she went below to get it, it di s supposed she was suffocated. The powder w txploded with a report Iilc?; that of a cannon, >ut not being confined, and there being no peo- m on at that part of the vessel, no damage it is th opposed was done by the explosion. At the wl iine orders were given to let go the anchors, a ar lumber of women and children were seated in ex oine way noar the cable, and drawn by it into Bi he water. ! ci< The Alfonso rescued in all about 150 persons j so t?n??rfniiiBiMi1 irra hi??am icluding thirteen seamen. Of these, about 40 landed, and the remainder preferred staying a board the frigate all night the .Marquisde Lisoa having given directions that all who were esirous of remaing should be accommodated in le best way possible. The dead body of a hild is on board the frigate. A noble fellow, a seaman belonginp to tho few World, went to the wreck when there as little hope of saving any more, and struck ) the hull o' the vessel till every soul had left t. ..:jit,:Unraie?u'nrthv individual, bv P.r. 11 19 9UIUIUIO|/>?wv... j , is own hand, lowered 100 persons to the boats elow, of whom a great portion was women nd children. Michael Gleeson states that there were sev. ral persons on boar d the Alfonso with their rms and legs fractured, besides being otherrise injured. From the Charleston Courier of Friday. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA ATNFVV YORK. A few minutes before one o'clock yesterday, he Telegraph office in this city, received the nformation that the British steamer Europa tad arrived at her dock at New York from Livsrpool, at 7 o'clock A. M. that morning, whica tews, according to a regulation of the Comptity, was immediately made known for general nformation. The day of sailing of the Europa was on Saturday, the 2d itist., at 5 o'clock, and consc. juenlly made her passage in eleven data and rourteen hours, and information reached Chareston several hours less than twelve da^s from Flngland. This is certainly great desptlch. COTTON NEWS. " ? - -1 1 Our correspondent informs us inai me uenand for Collon was steady, the trade not beng provided with large supplies. The sales of the week amounted to thrty-nine housand bales. Uplands and middling qualiies remain unchanged in price. Orleais Cot on experienced a decline of one-eighth,but ajain advanced an eighth on the lower aid midlling qualities. Prices of Sea Island Cotton had receied from me quarter t half a penny per pound. BREADSTUFFS. The favorable accounts of the crops frmi this ide the water, had caused a decline in Bread, tuffs. The duty on Wheat had receded one ihilling er quarter, and sixpence on Rice. Wheat vas selling at froin three to four pence per bush1 lower, and Flour had experienced a lecline f one shilling. There was a good demand for Inditn Corn or shipment. Provisions of all kinds were in a (hooping late. POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE, Russia.?There is not a word said afnut the eporled Revolution in Russia, or the iight of lie Emperor, so that it may be concluded that fthere has been any outbreak in that conutry hat it was promptly suppressed. Fkance.?Louis Blanc and Caussdikke re said to have been so far implicated in the ecent rebellion against the existing governuent in Paris, that they have deemed it prudent a flee. No particulars are given a* Jto the aanner of their escape, or where the/ have ;onc. Louis Phillippe has applied to the French [overnmenl for the restoration of his private inds. Ireland.?This country is becoming much nore tranquil, and no recent disturbances had tfencu fn eneei'illg'tnerr "Fs-caiic^fihr-iAnHerTO 'aris, and the latter to America. The trial 01 )'Briex and others commenced at the end ol he last month. England.?Five of the leading English Chartists have been sentenced to eighteen lonths imprisonment. Austria has accepted the meditation of Eng md, but the terms are said to be such as not a be agreeable to the French Government. The British steamer America arrived out on he 30th ult. At half-past 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, tc received a despatch from our Baltimore corespondent, giving some additional intelligence om Europe, brought by the British steamer. It is probably the substance of the latest 'elegraphic intelligence furnished the New ork papers, at the moment the steamer leaves, nd generally appears in those journals one day fter the publication of the rpgular news. THE MARKETS. The sales of Cotton continued steadily to a lir extent. Fair Uplands are quoted at 4 5-8; lohile, 4 1-2 ; New Orleans 4 5-8. Carolina dee is quoted at 23 a 24 shillings. Corn Meal 7s. 6d. POLITIC A L IN T E L 1,1 G E N C E. We have the startling information that the reach troops havo crossed the frontiers of aly, and it is believed that there would most kely he a general European war. 'The weather in England his generally imroved, and the alarm about the Potatoe crop ad subsided. The Foreign Intelligence by the Europa of a still increasing satisfactory tenor, both ditical by and commercially. 'The reactionary ifluences are on the increase all over Europe, ho flight of the french conspirators, Louis l.vnc, Rollin and Caussideiik, seems to isure some guarantee against the ascendency the Red Republicans. 'The party struggle ill be therefore narrowed down to a contest itween the Cavaignac, moderate Repuldican irtv. nnd tlmt nf the Dvioistie narlv. headed hv iiiKits and Hakkot. The discussion on (he institution will bring out the relative strength these parties. From al! appearances the e reaction is decidedly in favor of a Lhnas: and against a Republican form of govern ent. The provinces aro rallying to the sup>rt of the middle classes in i'aris, the small nd owners in the former having common inrests and sympathies as property holders with e latter. The reactionary turn of affairs in France, id the " ..sion of repeal demonstrations id chi novements in the fast anchored le, ha tmunicated their conservative inlences to the rest of the continent, us manisted in the easy suppression of riots in Berlin id Vienna. The questions which have for mo months agitated Germany, aro assuming domestic character, the wise mediation of ngland and France having withdrawn them mi the sphere of international relations. The ar ol races in the East will have no effect in Kttirhiiifr the frencral oeace. The narties are n n i ilhoat the circle of European politics proper. The effects of these circumstances on comerco will ho felt in the gradual restoration of at intercourse between the Slates of Europe liich has been so signally interrupted. Wo e inclined to think that there has been some atrgeralion in the alleged deficiency of the itish harvest. At all events a limited defiincy of lood, or something below and average pply, cannot provo so great an element of disturbance as has cramped mercantile enter, prise, and produced monied derangement within the lust two years. Mercantile engagements have been for some time on a scale so limited every where, and rail road calls in Europe arc 1 ?inflnnnnt*. now so mucn more resiriuicu >> ...... , (hat it will require a more general disturbance in the level of the precious metals than can be expected to occur in the mercantile operations for the approaching commercial year. Charleston Evening News. The Pilgrim Hollanders in Iowa.?The following is from the Christian Advocate of this city:?In Marion Country, Iowa, a settlement has receutly been commenced under peculiarly interesting circumstances. It consists of from 800 to 900 emigrants from Holland, driven from their native land like the Pilgrim Fathers of New England, by religious persecution. An interesting account of them was given by one of the members of the Iowa General Congregational Association at its late meeting, who labors iti that vicinity, of which the following is the substance: They are Protestant dissenters frotn the established Chuch of Holland, and under an old statute forbidding more than twenty persons to asst mble for religious worship, except in connexion with the establishment, their meetings were broken up and they were prevented from enjoying ''freedom to worship God." They were also forbidden to give their children a religious education. In consequence of this they have removed to Amo. rica and settled in Iowa. They have purchased two whole townships of land, each six miles square. The leader is Dmnine Shelle,a pious and devoted minister, who is pastor of the Church, consisting of about 150 members. He ' suffered severe persecution betore he left Hoij land, and paid at different times 80,000 guilders in fines. There are also five elders who act as *' *f- Sn tvnrrl I assistants 10 me minister, luiimnig ... and doctrine, and preparing business for the , action of the Church. The people are very I moral and industrious, and those uho are professors of religion are very conscientious in the J discharge of duty. The Sabbath is strictly obj served umong them, and their children are faithfully trained in the ways of godliness. Southern Baptist. Kidnapping.?Two tnen, named Bryant Saunders and Needarn Stephens, of Johnston county, were arrested in the Cars at Dudley. Depot, 011 Sunday morning, 3d inst., having in their possession two negro men and one woman, to whom they had no right. It is sup| posed, of course, that they were carrying them I South to sell them. Saunders and Stephens were committed tc the Jail at Waynesboro,' and on Wednesday last, a special Court was called lor the purpose of investigating the case. The whole day wan consumed in hearing testimony lor and against the accused. One ofthe negro boys belonged to Mr. AshIcy Powell, of Johnston County., the other to a gentleman in Sampson. The property of Mr. Bovkin, of Smithfield. The frequent plea of "poverty," in excuse foi robbery, cannot be set forth in the present case, Stevens is said to be a wealthy man, whicli circumstance adds greatly to the enormity ol his crime. After the hearing of the witnesses and the re-committal of the accused to awai their trial at the October term of the Superioi Court?the Attorney for the State craved oftlu Court the committal of Mr. John Williams, o G oldsboro,'as being present, and the aiding am i^beUiug, in.Ah?? $.W,ucjion of the negroes ii -<'Otnnn I 4 ,>1 5U1II Ul 91UUU, UtlU II (Ji. IJUIII?? U?IU IU CUIiipiJ wilh the conditions of the bond, was committee to Jail. A free negro, Michael Burnett, implicated ii this affair, succeeded in making his escape. Williams., above named, was examined as z witness in favor of the oilier accused, be fort his arrest, and swore that he had witnessed z bill of sale for the said negroes to Stevens. The belief is prevalent, that Stevens is at thi head of a sort of "Murrels" gang. Several negroes are missing from Johnston county, ant there is now but little doubt ofthcir having been taken away by this banditti. Much excitement prevails in Waynesboro,' and the adjaccnl country. We trust it will not subside till all the aiders and abettors of this infamous project, are exposed and punished. Wilmington Commercial, 12th inst. Death of Senator Covington.?It is with pain we announce the death of H. W. Covington, Senator elect from the Senatorial District ol Richmond and Robeson in North Carolina. Mr. Covington was a gentleman of much promise, and whose loss will be lamented by a largo circle of relations and friends. Cher aw Gazette 12 th inst: Murder.?Wo leurn that on Tuesday last, j an attrorious murder was committed in Anson county, N. C. by one Robert Hildreth, on the person of an old gentleman by the namcofWil. iiam Taylor. Wo further learn that the tnurdercr has been arrested and lodged in jail to uwait his trial. ? lb. The Mon at Cixcixatti?A correspondent of the Chronicle, alluding to the late fatal and sanguinary riot in Cincinnati, growing out of an alleged outrage upon a little German girl by two returned volunteers, says: "And now Mr. Editor, what do you think this molt has resolved into? A melancholy yet splendid humbug! The little girl was not only unmolested, but the poor soldiers were altogether innocent themselves. They wore indicted because the avaricious and almost brutal father of the girl hoped to get some money in the shape of land warrants from them. The father himself fearing an arrest has fled the city, and now the tide of public feeling is settling against him and in favor of the prisoners. What a world wo live in, and what a being of contempt and iniquity is man." The Army Worm in Fairfield.?We under| stand that the Army Worm, [which was so de. struetivc to grass and preen crops, during the months of July, August and September; in 1845?have again made their appearance at Winnsboro1 and in other parts ot Fairfield, and are very destructive. They have already de? stroyed fields of grass, and sweep every thing before them. If the drought continues, they will in all probability aMack the pea crop, nnd in that way work much injury to planters. We have not heard of their attacking cotton as vet. Columbia South Carolinian 15ih inst. Massachusetts has nine hundred miles of Railroads in operation, in which $40,000,000 arc invested. The income for last year exceeded $5,000,000. The receipts of the New York State Fair, recently hold at Buffalo', were $0114, and the number of those who went upon tho show grounds 13,320. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL,! Wednesday Morning, September 20, 1848 ne WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR. ?u _ ih Steamer DeKaiu. | ^ By an advertisement in to-day's paper, it will be at( seen tha' this fine boat, having been overhauled and rei thoroughly repaired will be ready to receive freight . this week, and commence her regular trips, Du- 10 ring the two past seasons, this boat has been very wl successful, without any accident or damage wlrate- L ver. fo Return Days rt Fairfield - - - - - - - 7th Octobe. , tu Kershaw, 14th do. te Sumter, 21st do. jn Lancaster, 28th do. ai ~ m The Hon. J. A. Woodward, jn Our able and faithful Representative, passed a few j,j days with us lust week. On Wednesday lie addressed a large number of his constituents at the Court H'.use, jj, embracing in his remarks a comprehensive and truth- ^ ful narrative of the doings at Wuahington during the late session. From all that ho said, we came to the t|l conclusion, that with regard to the slavery question. ^ we have nothing to hope from cither party at the North, 0j and that our only reliance is union amongst ourselves. w General Cass, lie says, will not veto the Wilmot Provi. so, and lie is also convinced that General Tavlor would e, not veto it. Under these circumstances, lie plainly in. re timaled that it would be preferable, and more favorable v. to union amongst ourselves to have a Northern man against us, rather than tlio Southern candidate. We Q| ; cannot pretend to give a synopsis of Mr. W's remarks; q they were listened to throughout, wiiu tho utmost at. ^ tonlion and a m inifcslalioii of deep interest, such as C( we have not seen, lierc on any previous occasion. ~ ~ ai General Taylor. C| In anoilicr column, will be found General Taylor's latest epistle; wc cannot say that it Will be the last. c Wcsco nothing in this letter to comment upon, save c that it is very well written, and that when compared p, 1 with the letter written to Mr. I.ngersoll some time wince, we must belicvo one of two things,?either that M they arc not both written by the same person, or that"' C: the Gcnoral Ins made wondcrfnl progress in his politi- 8( cjI studies. There are one or two passages which de- a serve a passing notice. He avows unreservedly that he f, is a "Decioed" Whig. This must bo peculiarly grati- w 1 fying to his Democratic friends in Charleston. The t| ' j compliment paid to Mr. Filmore, must be ulso delight, j, 1 i ful to the palate of all his Southern friends. Mil c, j lard Filmore well known and proved by his own let- 0 | ters to be un abolitionist of the deepest dye, is pronoun, p 1 ced by General Taylor to be a man of "Sound Conser- ? vative opinion." Now, probably our readers might bo c 1 desirous of being ucquiinted with Mr. Filxore's p "sound conservative opinion" upon tho only question, 0 which concerns them. They must pardon us, for occu- g ' pying our columns with these matters, uriaccustom- t| ' cd as wo arc, to devo'o much of our time to more party c discussions, but we conceive it to he our duly, when a r Souihern Candidato for tljp Presidency, in his anxiety g ' to conciliate the Northern wing of his party, unhesiti- j tingly pronounces his northern associate of sound opin- y ion, when that opinion touching slavery is us follows: | That lie believes petitions to Congress on the subj. el ^ ' of slavery ought to be received, read and respectfully c ' considered; that he was opposed to the annexation of ^ llsiirnin* flt'ifl lip iq in 1 lex ay, ho long as bi.iyi? uiu huiu uiv>v?? ...? ... ? ... t ' favor of Legislation for tho immediate abolition of sla1 very in tho Distiict of Columbia This is tho ''sound r conservative opinion" of Millaru Filmore, of N. York, '' i|,c holding of which and other opinions General TavJ lor thinks, justly entitled him to the fisrt place on the ticket. ' General Tatlor. ill this letter aeain distinctly intimates, mat lie win not interpose the Veto power against 'j any measure p.issod by Congress, and this he understands to bo good 'Vliig Doctrine. Now no conceive that any Southern man who can support the Taylor Ticket, uflor this lust voluntary exposition of the leader must do ho from oilier dictates than those of political honesty. Bad us may be a ''Northern man with Southcrn principles," we think he is decidedly preferable to a Southern man with Northern principles. Such u man from all dcvclopcinents within our uncli, we con. sider General Taylor to be. Our Position?Uuion. | There is ono paramount object, which the press of ' | the South slioulJ keep in view, and that is. the Union I ' of all parlies, on a platform embracing our constitution. n ul rights as members of the confederacy. The poni- c 1 lion of inferiority which we are fast lending to, can only be forced upon us by our own folly, in maintaining issues amongst ourselves, which are of minor importance; p, while on the other hand wcro wc to allow those issues, |, to occuoy their appropriate places in politics, and bend A | our united oncrgie, to tho accomplishment of the one p great ends?safety and security to our institutions, our success would bo cortain, What madness and folly, will) the experience of the past few years, fresh in our minds and memories, to keep N alive party issues, which distract our energies and di. vert our attention, from encroachments, that must even 01 luully terminate in our destruction, politically ar.d olh- c< crwi.se. Not many years have elapsed, since the slave 01 holding States, were not only considered equals in the pi federal compact, but were highly respected in a politi- fr cal point of view. Is it so now? It is superfluous to B ask tho question,?insulted, spat upon, and trodden C down, as we havo been, with respect to our institutions, fl our rights and equality, such a question would be mock. b< cry. Wo have submitted, we have used argument, sup at plication and entreaty, but in vain, we have held up the ' m Union?our dearly beloved Union?before the leaders, j m of these bands of aggressors, but they have laughed in ; in our face, and told us the Union was safe,?wo had not | m the powor to put our idle threat into execution, and tho I he march of their fanatic and p'undcrous hordes is still on. ' fr ward. Tell us not, it is this political party or the other, : ef it is the unholy alliance of all. The blue light, federal ' a Whigs under Webster, en masse, that band of rocre- v? ant Democrats under l!io ambitious renegade and upos. pr tute Van Buren, and that pitiful, conlcmpliblo motley ci horde of fanatics, runaway negroes and idle women, un. Ik dcr the lead of Giduinus & Co., havo all entered into hi un infernal compact, to "break down the slave power* th In what lies their chief prospect of success? In our wi own divisions. Many of the supporters of Cass at the North, are against us, and the Universal Whig parly? la the supporters of Taylor, in that section arc against us lit to a man; but these two chiefs havo each their South, th em friends, and whilst theso latter are snapping, snar- da ling and quarrelling amongst themselves about the ro- be spcctivo claims of their leaders, upon their support,? ci< tho united forces of the North, ore moving upon us in on solid phalanx. This is true. If the people of the South j continue divided upon the party issues, which have | lib hitherto claimed their attention, thoir fate is scaled,? | in the Wilmot Proviso will be passed and signed by oilher | tic Cass or Taylor, as the result of tho cloc'ion may do- ce terminc. Whore then is our hope, or in what lies our fo safety? Our hope is founded upon the intelligence of ad the Soulhurn people, which we trust will shortly man- wi ifost itself in tho renunciation of all party issues, and vii our safety lieu in tho result of that renunciation?Un- oil ion. Tho Union of tho rSoulh can wrinir justice. from <?i - -- w - o - ?" the Norlli, and tliis alone can do it. The man who pro. vii fora party success, to tlio inlorcsls of his fellow citi- co Zens, is a traitor, and should be dealt with accordingly, j O" Tlioro has been a destructive fire at Brooklyn, ; destroying 400 houses, and involving a loss of property ' Tl estimated at two millions of dollars. | X*i J The Presidential -B?U OB. Wo said in our lust, that the reliance of the SoiHft, cd not be placed upon Presidents or parties, for the atecllon of its rights. The developments of each cccediug week, only strengthens our conviction on is point. It is now recognized In this Stale at least, ut the choice of eiliicr of the two prominent candid* l>.?, is ul beft, hot a choice of evils, and this is the 'isoii, why every man of common sense or political nesty, most deprecate the spirit of partisanship, liicli some are endeavoring to a/OOSO itI this Stats, he old party issues, in this contest seem to hare ItOSrt rgottcn and the merits of the (#9 candidates tit tttA scusscd id this Sj'utc With any reference to those it* lea, but solely with regard to their view* of the test}* ition of slavery, and the eitCusiow of it to the sett rrilorics of the United States. This isstxe, in hrtftf, it deed the important one to the South si this time, id were either of the candidates known to be soand g i this question, that is, del rmined to protect the South 1 her just rights, as fur as lie could in the exercise of J s constitutional powers, we hare no hesitation in fl ying that he would receive fho ojxfiVKtetf support of m e Sluvuhofding Slates. But trow stands the case?? ^ fc have a Northern eandid<ile, who- lias openly, broad. I and distinctly avowed his opinion on one point in lis question, viz., that Congress has no right under io constitution to legislate tn the suhjeet, he* tfii# linion is rendered nearly worthies* fo as, by that M hicli accompanies it, that the people of the Territories , icmscives, have the right to settle fins mutter. Pi is fl rident with regard to llie territory whieft wrhaVe ac(pit. M id, and which now, brings this issue forward^ in ad. ffi ince of all others that slavery would be prohibited and fl (eluded, thus destroying the practical value of the fieri linion, leaving only the constitutional principle, tin J H ongress, has no power wlistever to legislate in Pier ruiuiscs. This principle is what the South haa always1 intended for and its full recognition by the present ainincc of the democratic parly, however erroneous id mischievous the other doctrine which be holds, itilles liiin to some degroc of confidence. Further ian this, wc cannot advocate the claims of Gen. Ohm, iccpt it be, that he is the exponent of that political SH reed, whose euliri principles have hitherto been sup. orted with unanimity by the people ofSoulh Carolina. jH We have u Southern Candidate?would that ho ere so in the true sense of that word?whoee polili. ji Anininm in. in iln> nniAr.t lime, are known only j far, as to present liim to lite people of tlic country, s a Whig In vain have been oil attempts to obtain om him ai.y expression of opinion on tltc question rliich now agitates the country to a degree tliat alarms ic friends of the Union. Nothing has been extorted from im on this question, except bis early letter to the dilor or the Ciucinati Signal, and his disavowal of the se of the veto power, touching questions of domestic olicy. Now whilst we dcclurn ourselves no partizanoT Icn. Cuss, wc must without any reserve, declare our andid conviction, from all the light which we have at resent, that the di ction of Gen. Taylor would be one f the greatest evils, which could be inflicted upon the ioulh. Talk of a Southern candidate, raised amougst lie people of the South, hia earliest associations, all onnecled with our institutions, his interests even tbo. oughly entwined with, and dependent upon, the in> litution of slavory, and behold to what degree of ionour he thinks himselt exalted, in his association villi Millard Fihnorc, an open and consistent aboli. ionist, throughout hia political life. That last letter, mblished in today's paper, is enough of itselfl to drive very southerner from his support, with feelings of lisgust. It is the position, to which his ambition haa Iriven him, which renders him objectionable to the j south, fur it is evident that southern nun and slave ' tolder as he is, lie dares not avow himself friendly to lis own institutions. If, however lie be such a man P if honesty and fair dealing flrinne*, and decision of lurposc as his frienda declare him to bo. his conduct eads to the inevitable conclusion, that at heart, Im is The above, wc think, is a correct andjust expositon if the whole ground with regard to slavery in this residential contest. Neither of the candidates arc riondly to our interests, or pledged to protect us in the injoyinont of our constitutional righrs, ar.d tlierefore we lave nothing to hope for, from eillici. The people of lia South have to decide which they shall choose; the r^mn r*ma 1?, >! < Ilia .i.Bi. nn tli. lanil.ni I uestion, and Ihc Southern! candidate, declined to doso, , j rhon interrogated, and besides thinks it some honour to c associated on the Presidential ticket with Millard f 1 'ilniorc! - Ik. A large Held of Corn. ! It is staled that there is a field of corn twenty two ?iles below Cincinnati, covering six thousand acres, the rop of which is valued at $72,000. QJ* It is now distinctly stated by the Northern pa. crs that Hknuv Clay has written a letter declaring that e will fee] it his duly to accApl a nomination from my respectable body of his fellow citizens, whether reresenting a Slate or County. The feeling at the North. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writing from \ ew York says.'? T No political principlo is involved in the agitation set foot by the Barnburners. One of the leading men jnfesscd as much, yesterday. "If (said he) we can ily succeed in defeating Cass, we shall hare accom. j islicd all we desire.- He cheated us in 1844, and his irnds kicked us out of Convention in 1848,?Mr. Van uren went into Convention with a clear majority, but 8 ass, by his manoeuvres, made it necessary to elect t nllr. nnri hp iv?< pli-rl.d nit Mr V:in flitrati rmt)A tt.v. fen. We will bent Cass, even though we all turn in ",1 . the eleventh hour and vole for Taylo.." Another j sin innn among tho Barnburners, by way of tcslimo- I y of his faith, offora a bet of $30,000, in one ram, or I sums to suit purchasers, that Van Buren will receive ' ore electoral votes than cither Can or Taylor! Should ' j ! succeed in making any wager, he will thereby be diiu j nnchiscd, as a statute was enacted last winter to that 1 feet, by the Legislature of Now York. F. P. Blair, delegate at his own soliclitntiou to the Baltimore Con* intion, says his "heart is with Mr. Van Buren and his inciplcs." If so, it would be some satis,action to iriosity to know the wheroabouts of Col. Benton's :art,?albeit, for tho first limo in many years, he let mself down fruin the Senatorial dignity to address o people, on his journey to New York, in coin|?any ilh Qgperal Cass. i The truth is, in regard to political prospects, calm. A lions, and chances, they stand at thia time in a par. :u!ar loose and uncertain state. Nevertheless, our >-f c moat shrewd, sagacious, and sound statesmen of tho (, y, whose judgement in such matter* has never yd \ en found in fault, considers the election already dc. tied. He says the votes have been counted and Genii Cass is President." This extract indicates which of the candidates, i? Loly to rcceivo the sympathies of the Free Soil party, \ the event of an anticipated failure with their own :kct. The pooplc of tho South ought not to he dcioved, by tho specious arguments and garblod. extracts, und iu Southern Taylor prints, for every d<y only y ds to our conviction, that the success of Gen. Tavlob, i ill be regarded oven by the Barnburncra as a partial ' ctory lor them. How can this be, if General Taylor << Liter by letter, or through his political friends, has not ven assurances that he will not veto tlie Wilmot ProMi. We ore thoroughly convinced that such assuran. s hare been given, in some form. Coanfcits. In the list of new counterfeit notee given in ItnnimiAU^ ronnrf ay wa fitir) ??wl b on the Bunk of the State of South Carolina. i