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THE WHIGS?THE FREE SOIL P.VRTY. There is now no mistake, thai the Whigs of the North, in order to keep their rank and file from going over to Van Bureu, have taken the hold ground that they aro the genuine original rjfii*MH?il party. '" Their argument is, Gen. Tavlor is S.q^JBVINLY PLEDGED to allow the 'Mjority in C ongress to do as they please ; that i Jj?it .majority is in favor ot Free Soil ; that Millard Fillmore is with them ; that Gen. ' Timor can, and Van Burcn cannot, he elected ; ^ ^wlTfiat free soil and nholition of Slavery in ><|Sf 'District of Columbia, are certain iu lite v . tft&ht of Taylor and Fillmore's election. But we do not speak without authority. Look at ' ' the following extracts from the address of the , r Whig Convention of Massachusetts: , The sentiments of General Tat/lor are be. liered to be in accordance iciJh those of the '* WXjjfr.f of Massachusetts, while those of Gen. Cass are known to be directly opposed to than. " * * * Now, if there ever was a question settled by ?v_ nti,? iuc vaiiu>l9 l/r|;uiiiiirino ?/. %? ? ... . nod acquiesced it) by the people, it must be that of life ordinance of 1737. It was affirmed by the^Brst Congress, and expressly recognized in the organization of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Iowa, and Oregon : and has the sanction of WashingfWi and his sue. cessors in office, and has been sustained by the j highest judicial tribunals of the country, //ere, then, is a case where Gen. Taylor would br bound to withhold his veto, in case Congress A should pass a bill excluding slavery from the Territories. Nor is this all ?he ha* pledged * -- himself not to attempt to influence the action of Congrrss on this or any other question of domestic, policy. * * * * j 'Under all hese circumstances of the case, we aug satisfied that tdk election of Gen. Taylor is tiie most effectual way of securing the object we all have at ~ iikakt. Such are our convictions, and such ire believe will be I he conclusion to which ALL FREE SOIL WHIGS will come on due reI flection." Sec too, the address of the New York Whig ^ Convention : All we have a right to ask upon the subject of ' Free Soil," or all wo can expect from tho candidate of a Federal Union, in which there are as many slave-holding as non-slaveholding States, arc pledged in the principles of the Allison letter. If we can obtain a majority in ^Congress to prohibit the extension of slavery, or-io maintain freedom where freedom already axis' ?if the democracy" of New York, (?o culjied.) which has been hitherto opposed us on this subject, will unite with us now, and create , that majority, the principles of Zachary Taylor, who has never broken a pi edge, will secure -.freedom in a Terrilory which their war con quercd for us to quarrel with the South and to jeopard the Union about." tv. Head again these extracts from a speech of linn. Walter Forward, a leading whig of Pennsylvania, and once a member of .Mr. Tyler's cabinet, delivered on the 14th nit , at Pittsburg. ,.AIr..Van Buren is the candidate of tbc free soil party. As for their free soil, it was noth. tug but an old whig doctrine. The. whig*, as a ^ j party, have always been opposed to the extension of slavery?many prominent whigs in tho ..slave States were with tho Whigs of the North r -in their opposition to slavery extension. Where were these men, these free soil men, in 1344? -f,Were they not united to a man in favor of Mr. Polk, and in support of the measures of slavery ' ... :? u? ? Wl?, ihn.i i UliCiMIUift WUIVU 11(7 rin.wuivu j .? ..w . withstood the schemes with which Mr. Polk ! was identified?the slavery, annexation of| ^Texas, and all the issues growing out of it; of j war, debt, and demoralization ? The whig . party, fellow citizens ; the whig party did it, ^jithilo not a .word on the subject was heard .jkorn Mr. Van Buren and his friends. (Cheers.) was glad to see the principle of freedom I appreciated by those gentlemen, Mr. Van Buren and his friends, but their free soil doctrine was one item in the old whig cr^fid. [Cheers.] It is our old principle, and their new position. [I#oud and prolonged cheers.] Mr. F. would repeat what he had once before said, the whigs want nothing that they cannot attain from a majority in Congress. ,They desire to see the will of the people car. ried out, and not defeated by an exercise of .'authority as arbitrary as that of the Emperor of Russia. Thpy were in favor of popular sovereignty?and Gen. Taylor, in his Allison letter, and hy various other means, was pledged to their views on the veto power. Gen. Taylor said it should never be exercised, except on ..great occasions?when necessary to save the constitution from violation. The veto question "was a question betwpen the Executive and the people?Gen. Taylor was on the sido of the [people. He will sign a tariff, it passed by Cong ress. * t * * * But let us look a little further into this qnesiion as to the extension of slavery. Gen. Taylor has pledged himself to the whig doctrine on tho veto question. Ho is pledged himiteir to abide by and submit to the will of the people as expressed through Congress, unless such expressions involved an infraction ol the constitution. What man, the least acquainted with the constitution, does not recognise the right ot Congress either to permit or prohibit tho extension of slavery in the territories? No question has heen more plainly decided, in effect, hy the Judiciary. It is a question of rights and limitation, about which there can be no difficulty. Slate sovereignties have the power of controlling the institutions within their own limits, Congress has the power of controlling it in the territories. Gen. Taylor, irrre he " A?// i/ii'/jn/r tho t> riru v/nn nf vlst. IAJ UfTIM U ri*?- v.v i*u?v.? ? / very, would be false to the most s-demn pledges. He will not do if?he cannot?dare not. ,Wh:?l Southern man can resist this evidence? What Southern man can rejoice over Whig victories at the North, acquired under such au?plccs? Who cannot see, that if Taylor and Fillmore are elected, the South is hound hand and foot, and that the days of her prosperity are numbered ? What Southern man, j will lend his aid in forging the manacles that ' are preparing for her? Will hot the danger?the imminent peril of the South, open the eyes of her own sons and restrain them from the suicidal act, which many in the madness of | arty zeal, are prep.uing to perpetrate ? A SgoHciiRu!?The following is an extract from an eloquent and powerful letter of CJov. Smith of Virginia : " Tho ambition of the nou.Klavehnlding : State* which seeks its gratification by exelud ing us from cur newly.acquired territory, ami which is most strangely countenanced if not encouraged by a great party in our midst, leaves me but a hope that our Union will endure for the ordinary ago of nations. Were our people united in stern rebuke of the North for the wrong they would do us, I should have no apprehension of that great calamity? disunion. But when did the Whig party of the ??fa? South arraign tboir party or their leaders for unjr act ol hostility to the South? They will bitterly denounce, however, Northern Democrabs who take Whig ground upon tin; slavery questim?; they will stoutly argue to show that those of them who take ground with us are unsound, and therefore ought not to be trusted; and if they fail in'making their positions eiear, ill ay will forcibly denounce them as tiicksters and tiaitors, acting all the while, too, in close and cordial Harmony witti those who ?,10 pressing i 1 determined hostilily upon our common and most vital interests. 1 have not seen or heard from whig person or paper a complaint even of Mr. Weli-ter, for his remit kahle avowal that he would not support General Taylor, but for his conviction that he (the General) was opposed to the introduction ol slavery into our newly acquired territory; not one. Yet, with the charming consistency, as modest as consistent, they affiliate in brotherly love with Ashrnun, Corwin, the two Smiths, WebMer, Fillmore, and hosts of such worthies, and at the same moment denounce Folk's signature of the? Oregon bill, and rant in good set plnasc at General Ca?s (or alleged unsoundness on the slavery question. Oh for a whip of senqduns to lash such lactionFts naked around the world !" RIFLE MAKING AT WINDSOR, VT. A correspondent of a Rochester paper gives the following interesting description of Robins dz Lawrence's rifle manufactory, at Windsor, Vermont. They commenced their building about three years since, and expended in buildings, machinery and materials, 811 ">.000 before they made one rifle. About 4000 of their rifles j ha*e been doing our country service in Mexico, j Their principal building is 100 feet long and 44 wide, and four stories in height. They have several other buildings for forging their work. Hiid lite various other operations connect. I ?1 - :.r .t.-:- V 1 ......tr-iet wilh e<i wuri int* i iiuaint-s.'<. nr uw> ...... the United States Government was lor 10.000 rifles. They however, have another, and much larger contract, made last January, although the first is not yet completed. They turn out 500 rifles per month, all in complete order. 'I hey employ 100 artizans, besides 35 in the furnace business, making castings and carriages for the Rail Road. The barrel is made from American iron, diawn froin flat liars into "scalps" of the proper length arid thickness. These scalps are then rolled and welded around a steel rod under a hammer that makes 1500 blows per minute. During this operation the rod has to be frequently withdrawn to prevent its becoming welded with the iron annealing. The barrel thus formed, next goes through the process of "/in/ boringturning, rimming and straightening, a!! of which are curious enough, hut the last more particularly so, as it is done, or rather is ascertained to he correctly done by the eye observing ft shadow. The next step is passing through a trial and inspection by persons appointed by Government. They are loaded with 130 grains of powder, two balls and two wads, and tired each twice. If they stand this test, they pass on to the process cf finishing inside, which is dune by rifling machines at the rate of one barrel per hour to each machine. They afterwards pass through the process of browning, which requires groat care and skill to make it succeed perfectly, i..-;., or., iciwinf.wl ;?nil verv few reiecled -l-.il.I J ?.V ..?r. - j j on account of the smallest possible defects in the. material. Stocks are made Iron) Black Walnut, which has been seasoned three yoirs before working. If you have seen .Mr. Curlis's last machine, you will have a tolerable idea of the first process. These stocks pass thro gh six different machines ; and a rifle, before it is complete in all parts, passes through more than 100 different machines, a gieat share of which are tlio invention or improve, inent of Mr. Lawrence. If he wants a cer. tain thing, ho first invents a machine to do it, and then sets it to woik as a man would a hoy. The most singular machine is the one he calls the "letting machine." It performs ser. oral difficult and delicate operations with a facility and ea?e that is perfectly nMoiiishiiig. It cuts out the places to receive the barrel, ramrod, lock, patch box, butt plate, guard strap, side plate, bauds, slings, dee., so exact that they require no hand labor. The mounting is of brass, fini.-died nearly complete by machinery. The lock work is forged in dies. It afterwards passes through a great variety of machines and comes out in the most perfect shape. These machines illustrate mn.?t effectually the surprising advantages of "Yankee ingenuity." Each piece will lit in any of the numerous rilles made here. There it no such thing as trying the several parts to make them match each other. Baits that are alike are thrown together and taken at ran dorn, when wanted to make the gun, and so perfect are they that they need no alteration whatever. There are constantly employed three United States Inspectors in the estalili-hinent. The rifles when complete do m>t vary two ounces each from the other in weight. CoUNTEKFKlTKK A HUESTIM).? V mail who gives his name as Collins Smith, and says he lives in Floyd, County, Georgia, though a native of Spartanburg District. S. C. was arrested near this place on last Thursday, charged with having passed Countcifeit Money. He passed through litis village and exchanged so v. en dollars ot his spurious coin with one ot our grocery keepers, hut had not been gone long In-line the fraud was discovered, and lie pursued and apprehended. A portion of his counterfeiting implements were found in his pocket and a small ipiantity ol the base metal hit used, in his saddle.bags. He is now in jail?sole tenant of that building, and the first one it has had for a lung time. Our County, it seems, would have little or no use for a prison, were it not fi>r confining rascals who come amongst us from other quarters?or else, like the printers, it cannot get its thtrs. The; seven dollars wnien oiniin excuangeu hero, an; imitations of the Spanish dollar, and dated 18HJ. though lie; Mump found in his pockel is engraved with 1818, which makes it probable that he has different stamps; and it is quite likely may be connected with a gang of regularly organized swindlers. We shall wait for farther developemetit.s. ? Mountain liamicr. Hr.oony Tkauudy in Auk.wsas?A dreadful afFray took place at Yebville, Marion (bounty, Arkansas, on the illh instant, in which three men were killed and several wounded. The Batesville Knglc of the 17lh furnishes the following account of it: The town Yellville, in Marion county, was on last Monday week the scene of one of the most frightfid and disgraceful rencontres that we have ever known. We would premise, *'?4 /*?? line luinii utoiro/l lin. lli;u H?r III Illy Illi-Iii II"- in VII nn^vu tween the Tufts aiul their friends on the. one part, and the Kvrretls nndtheir friends on the other, a most deadly fend. The wnr between tbo Montagues and Capulets did not begin to ?s equal it. It seems thtPa man namrd Mooney, < who belongs to the Everretts wing, was badly ' beaten some three or tour weeks since; and ( that the Kveretts and Mooney got tip a kind of t agreement among themselves, hy which they t ami their adherents formed themselves in- r . .. ?...I..,:..,. .i! fin,I flufilfirti) ihnf the t I HI <1 I r^lllilllll^ ...... ! Kings, Shelt, Williams Hampton and Tutt must j I leave the courtly. Oil Monday llie; all met at S Vcllville. Hampton Tut I lias a store there, i . and was prudent enough to keep out -ifthe way. i ] iU Jtnew that a row would lie raised, and that t they would', jfpossible hill him. J. Turner, j Esq., spoke there thai day, and after the speakinn, the two parties armed In i';e teeth,had some i words, and drew up in buttle arra>; hut the mat- I tor was quieted, and no outbreak t>ok place, i A man liy the name of Wailkitis, ofthe. Everett | party, shot down Jack King. At the same | time, Sim. Everett fired at Sinclair ami missed | hiin. Sinclair returned the shot, inorlilly worm- ! ding Everett. King's brother was iliot at by t liurtlett Everett, the ball grazing his shoulder, l he in turn, shot Martlet! Everett (bad in his tracks. After Sim. Everett was shot, he galli i ered a rock and pursued Sinclair; nit finding i King, who had been shot in lite beginning of lite right lie turned on hiin, and inashtd bis skull iu a shocking manner, and expired while in the act. King lived until morning, W'adkins was badly beaten. He was taken into ersloily, but rnT'ie bis escape, tliat night. It is to be hoped that the people of Marion vviI unite in puling down these deeds o! blood. W'e fear, however, that the matter is not at an Mid. YOUNG MEN AND MARRIAGES. The lirst thought of every young man who I wishes to live an honest, virtuous life, should be, | when settled out in business, to connect him.sell with a helper by a judicious matrimonial alliance. Don't <ay you arc pour. Who has a good wife has a good helper. Besides, early iiiitrriuges tetol, when judicious, to ll.c savin" , of young uien from habit* of extravagance, dis| sipation?and, consequently, crime. In jiiiti| fication of the last proposition, examine the i prison registers. They will show that five. I sixths of all the convicts are unmarried ! | in forming such an alliance, let judgment j direct the choice. Where passion guides, irre. concilrahle inequalities of disposition will he , Mindly overlooked, and a life of irksomrness ' ensue. As it is a life-partnership that is formed, too j much foresight, judgment and discretion cani not ho used. Look for the woman who is cheerful at all times?who has been schooled in habits of domestic economy and cleanliness, j who is willing to add to the common stock l?v her hearty co operation. Such a woman is a merchant ship. In your courtship, do not raise expectations | which you cannot fulfil. Nothing is more dis, honorable. Having gained the affections of your partner, it is binding upon you to merit them afterwards by a strict compliance with the understandings of your plighted faith. But the young man of good principles and good j common sense, will know how to perform his I rliitt.i.1 it,;., mnifer nuite as well as we can tell him. It is the common error of a false pride among young men, that they should commence : a married lift- in a style at once commensurate with their hope of success in whatever vocation they follow. Not so. Let them learn that it is much hotter to begin humble than to r? trench a too highly graduated style of living. As our Uncle Jedediah used to say, "don't begin to build your chimnies at the top." Wheeler's Jouruul. The Taylor Democrats ol Charleston. The following Resolutions were adopted by the , Taylor Democrats of Charleston, at a meeting ! held last week. I. Resolved, I hat while we forego none of the principles which have hitherto governed ns in the subordinate struggles of the parties which have existed in these United States, we adhere with unshaken devotion to the great principles | which define the government of our country, ! as one of limited powers; and declare "dint I ihe powers not delegated to the United Stales | by the Constitution, nor pro! ibited by it to the i Stales, are reserved to the Suites respectively, ' or to the people." , 2. That the increase of power and influence exhibited by tho Ami Slavery party in these United Stales, exchanging, as it has done, a ' spirit of political fanaticism for a confirmed j desire for sectional domination and political I control, while it must excilo the apprehensions i ?f all who desire the perpetuation of our Union, ! at the same time admonishes the Slavohohljng : States that the period has arrived when an open and direct attack wid be made on (hi ir peculiar institutions; and nil considerations which make its continuance and safety impor? tail must urge them to its determined and united support against the aggressions so unrigh* tiously threatened. 3. "That tin? Territories of the U. States belong to the several Slates composing (his Union, and are held hy them as their joint and common property," and the adoption of the Wihuol Proviso, or any proposition intended to accomplish the same end, carries with it not only Ilu* denial of this right or properly; but moreover decrees tin* political disfranchisement of tin* Slavcholdiug States, an?l assigns to litem a po-i ino of degrading inferiority. 4. That Congress, as tin* joint :* ?? nl and representative of the Stales of ihis Union, lias no right to make any law or to do anv art whatever that shall directly, or by its effects, I make any discrimination between the States of this Union, by which .my of them shall be deprived of its full and equal right in any Terri. I tory of the United States acquired or to be I acquired." : 5. "That the enactment of any law," cither ; by the Congress of the United States, or by the : inhabitants of a Territory belonging to the I United Slates while in its Territorial condition, ! "which should directly or by its effects, deprive j the citizens of any of the States of tliis Union from eminigrafing with their property into any | of the Terriloiies of the United States, will i make such discrimination; and would be, there; fore, a violation of the Constitution and the j rights of the States from which citizens emigrated, and in derogation of that perfect equality which belongs to thorn as members of this Union, and would tend directly to sulwerl the Union itself." G. That the adoption hy the Congress of the I United States of the Wilmnt Proviso, or the ! adoption or recognition of the same principle in whatever form it may lie proposed, "makes 1 it the doty of every SJavehohiing State, and the ' I citizens thereof, as they valne the dearest privi- I i leges; their sovereignty, their independence, and their rights of property; to lahc firm, united j and concerted action in this emergency." 7. That to whatever conduct our sister SlavohohJing States should incline, as most | proper fir opposing this violent aggression on our Constitutional rights, we pledge, our hearty and united cooperation. Thai while wo re * ' ;ard as highly important a Convention of the] Slaveholding Stales, as affording iho best plan or a common understanding and concert of ac- ! ion, we express no preference for any panicilar plan, except in so far as it will conduce to general harmony, and promise the most effecual resistance.. And that a Committee be ap>ointed, to correspond with all portions of this State, and the Slavcholding States, for promosng a concert of action, and an Executive [Committee of Fifty, who shall be authorized to assemble us together, whenever the great oh lectofthis organization may require it. 8. That so far as the Parishes of St. Philips ,n i m:?i.ooIo nrn <-nnoi?rned. the Presided lial election is settled. The excitement growing out of it, so far as wo are concerned, has passed away. We have no organization to preserve, exc?*ot that which will tend to main, tain the integrity <ind independence of Slaveholding Stares. And while we believe that Cien. Taylor will prove fcilfiiM 10 the Constitution, to the preservation ot our i''ghts. and the Luaiulainnnce of our political equality "td honor, yet, if in this we are deceived, we can rccognize no obligation on our part to support any man who is not true to the Constitution, the Slnveholding Slates, and the whole Union. 9. That determined ourselves to devote all our energy and strength to the great purpose of combining the Southern people in every portion ofthe Slnveholding States, we invite the co-operation of all who believe with us that a struggle of great and vital importance is beforo us; one that calls for the union of all men, and all parlies who are willing to postpone every other consideration to the preservation of onr Constitutional and Equal Rights, and the maintainance of our political independence and honor. 10. Tliat in view ofthe common object, the safety ofthe South, and the integrity ofthe Constitution, we respectfully invite the people of the several Dislrics ofthe State, one and all, to organize themselves, as we propose to do, in a great "Southern State. Rights Republican Par /y," pledged to each other, to the. South, and to the nation, to leave no efforts untried which shall secure them in their rights, their institution ntnl thnir nronprtv. I?I J ' 11. That whatever course of conduct the people of the State ofSooth Carolina may ultimately decide on, us proper for their adoption, in relation to this important issue, wo shall stand ever prepared to give it our decided and most hearty concurrence and support. THE CAM DEM JOURNAL. Wednesday .Horning, November 8, 1818. WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, EDITOR. O* Lieut. Duryef. will deliver a Temperance Address this Evening (Tuesday,) at 7 o'clock, in the Bastist Church. The public arc respectfully invited to attend. Agricultural Fair. The eighth Annual Fair of the Wateree Agricnltural Society will take place at Swift Creek on Thursday, the 16tli instant, at ten o'clock. The public are respectfully invited to attend. list OF premiums to BF. awarded. 1. A silver nip of the value of ten dollars, for lie greatest quantity of cotton. 2. A silver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity corn. 3. A siver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity of potatoes. 4. A silver cup of the same value, for the greatest quantity of noas. A silver cup of the same value, for the most meat, ti. A silver cup of the same value, for the most domestic cloth. 7. A silver cup of the same value for the beM milch cow and calf. 8. A silver cup of the same value, for the best two year old colt. 9. Two sweepstake prizes, each of the value often dollars. J. BOYKIN. i>ceretarv. D"T!ic absence of the EdiU r will account for the barrenness ol our editorial columns this week* The Markets. During the past week, the supply of cotton has been good, and up to Friday l3st, sales were made at 4 to 5 1-4. On Friday, Telegraphic advices were received of the arrival of the ilibcrnia, bringing intelligence of a further decline of 1-8 farthing which produced a corresponding decline in our market. We now quote at to 4;}. Flour is r.vhcr scarce, and in good demand at 5 to x\. Other articles of country produce meet ready sale at our quotations. ClMDLKSTON, >ov. G. We had a very dull Cotton market on Saturday last. The transactions were limited to some 606 bales, at ori. ccs ranging front 4 1 2 to 5 1-2. The market cannot bo said to liavo fairly opened under the advices brought out by the stonincr Ilibcrnia?llio sales made, howcver, exhibit a decline of 1 8c. on the prices current on the proceeding day.? Courier. The Legislature. .... _r.t? r : ???,l i no exini 5c>5ii,u ui iuu li^ioimuic iuu?uiiuu on .Monday last, for the purpose of appointing Elcctors of Piesidcnt apd Vice President of the U. States. We received the following despatch, dated Tuesday morning, just as we were going to press? The Legislature organized yesterday. Angus Patterson, President of the Senate ; Mr. Middleton, of Georgetown elected Speaker on the Gth ballot. At a meeting last evening, the following gentlemen were nominated as Electors. Far the State.? II. F. Perry and Thos. I.ehre. F?r the rt ssinaal Districts.?.\\ 11 Eaves, Alex. Evans, John L. Manning, W. J. Hanna, P. (!. Caldwell, J. IS. Campbell and IS. G. Allston; who will of course be elected, and throw the vote of the State for Cass and Puller. Governor Johnson. The Columbia Telegraph of Saturday says, "His Excellency Gov. Joiimson, arrived at that City on Saturd iy last, to attend ilio Extra Session of tlio Lcgislntre, which will convene hero to-d iy. Wo were most agroc. nlily surprised in finding His Excellency in so much bettor health than could have been expected, after his long untl serious sickness. He has taken lodgings at the P\l.metto House. His numerous friends will he most happy, wc arc sure, to find him in lino spirits, and ablo to move about his apartments comfortably, with very slight artificial assistance." Foreign News. The steamer Hibcrnia arrived at Boston on Friday last, bringing Liverpool accounts to the 2lst ult. There had been a decline of 1-8 farthing; the sales of the week amounted to 25,000 bales, and the market closed with a downward tendency. O'Brien had not been executed at the sailing of the steamer. The Jury's recommendation to mercy had been laid before the Queen. O'Donaghue had been found guilty and recommended to mercy There had been a complete failure in the potaloe croo in Iroland. ' Hon. J. L? Manning. TVs gentleman, who had been reported to bo den* gcrouely ill in Virginia, arrived in Charleston on Sat. urday last, and is now at his post in Columbia. Col. William McWillie. The following paragraph from the Mississippinn, will show in what estimation, our former distinguished fellow citizen, is held by the people of Mississippi, lie is truly one of the "brightest jewels" of South Carolina, both as a man and us a statesman : This distinguished and glorious champion ol democracy, has addressed the people of Holmes county, at three limes and places, viz al Richland, on Tuesday, 3d. Raynor's, VVednes. day, 4th, and at Lexington (al the great mas." meeting.) on Thursday, the 5th inst. He has amply vindicated, before the people of Holmes, the great truths as contended for by the demo, cratic party; and his speeches will tell at the ballot box in November. Right well may South Carolina point to him as one of her "brightest jewels." and proui may Mississippi be, that she has given us s< able 5 man, to battle itt so glorious a cause. Col. Mcwill not be forgotten by the de. mocracy of H< ?:nes soon, arid at some future day, they will assist i? placing him in a situa lion to which his commanding talents and higf attainments entitle him.?Mittiissippiaa. Penmanship. We invite attention to the advertisement of Mr IJayden, to be found in another column. We hav? seen specimens of his writing, and they exhibi the hand of a master of the art. Mr. If. bring! testimonials of high character, and we observe ma. ny favorable noticesof,his qualifications as a teach, er, by the press, and among them, the following from the Abingdon Virginian? (?) "We stated a week or two ago that Mr. Ilayder was one of the finest scribe* we had ever met with and it now affords us pleasure to say, after bavin* examined the proficiency of many of his scholars that he is as fortunate in imparting instruction, ai lie himself appears to have teen in receiving it Wc think we can bespeak for him the confiriuet encouragement of the people of Abingdon." Fur the Journal. LAYS OF THE SOUTH. Tiib Union. From Western wilds a La.id hath sprung?a penpli great and free, Whose farno is known in every clime, their flag or every s'o, Wlios-e heritage and pleasant homes, by mountain vali and wold Were won through fields of blood and strife, by patrio sires of old. What though this people's history, tells of no roya line, No titled ancestry or birth, or kingly right divine ! Bright deeds illume its every page of higher, noble worth Than ever graced the lineage of prince or king 01 earth. Yes, search through the most anciont towers of carl; feudal lore, The legend-talcs of chivalry?of belled knights o yore:? Bring forth tho annals of the great, of every land am avo. And cull Iheir loftiest, noblest deeds, from every glow ing page? Recall the proudest names that e'er, have thrilled thre minstrel's lay, And choose the greatest and tho best, from out thi bright array! And where aro found more glorious names, in story o in song Than those who hurled from our shores, lh' oppresso and his wrong? Oh ! 'tis a goodly heritage, this glorious 1 nd of ours Although we boast no ancient halls, their castellets c towers, True hearts are found in every home, by hillside, dnl and glen, And their fathers tombs around them, record the name of men! Out from where that tall battle pile, oVrlooks ol Fancuils, dome, Diro sounds of bigotry and hate, with blighting influ encc come, Across this fair and happy rccne, and gnlb'ring in thci train, A mingling horde of fools and knaves unite to swt the strain. Oh ! what would you, Massachusetts ! have tho spirit of yoar siies Departed from your classic shades, that Treason thu aspires. To desecrate tbeir hallowed tomb, that sacred spot^ claim Y A birth.placo for her mongrel spawn?a brood^fc" si and shame W What would yo, brother freemen, by -the qnifri Ken ncboc, Or 'mid your srow white granite hills, hy4he shore of Mcrrimoc ? A Why do " Green Mountain boys" fornJ||Uieir sire deeds and fame,? A|' Is not ours a common herilngc?our weal o.' wo, th sarno ? /* Has the South proved falso l<y |,onour, or Souther: valor quailed ! f Have her gallant sons e'er fullered, or in duty ove failed ? N?! that llag so lately' furled, linn been the gloriou pall Of thousands of Ix-r noble hearts, who blessed it i their fall! 'Tis thus tee love the Union and thus her flag revere And her stainless name and glory, still, s.'.ill to us ar dear, Hut for sacred rights and honor, we must not pleud i vain, We were equate in the compact, and equate mut remain. Belle. For the Journnl. SOLUTION OF LUNAR CAUSTIC. v,?. Electromagnetic Counterfeit Coin Detkcter. Mr. Editor:?We wore nr uch amused a dir or two since, at a scene which occurred be twecn an itinerant vender of a recent (?) scien tific discovery, and a gentleman of this place The vender, a covey, apparently about 25 o 30 years of age, with full face, lair complexion large whiskers, and "brass enough for fou men," presented himself at the counter of oni of our merchants, with the air of a tnan whi I had much weighty business on hand, he drev from his pocket a package or lilliputian vials and with the volubility of a Philadelphia law yer, began to expatiate upon the virtues o "the great German Chemist's discovery in de tecting instanter, all base coin. But Kcce sig num. gentlemen," a number of coin spiruou and genuine, were laid on the counter and th< infallible test applied, which wonderful t relate, "told the tale in a moment," at this timi 4 - n - - . the gentle man to whom we have alluded drew from his pocket a small vial of Solution of Lu? nar Caustic with the stopple of whicb he also j touched the different pieces, when lol the same effects were produced. At this our hero for a moment looked blank and seemed willing td "slope" when the gentleman thinking it a pro* filahle business selling two drams of an article * for filiy cents, which co*ts a but it fifty rents per gallon, proposed a partnership, hut his offer i was politely declined, "he had already supplied the place and beliered he would now try p CharlestonA.nti Hujidcg. ,1 ' i . , 1 Soptu Carolina Rail Road.?We a re ? , much gratified in being able to r'nte tluit fbe ( ; Railroad is now doirga I letter business than it ( 1 lias done at any former period. Large quanlij ties of produce are finding their way down to me cny r?y mt-ans 01 mm important avenue; ? ^ | ami we understand that goods In an immense amount are transported back in: exchange tor | i the productions of the interior. We hare not , the smallest doubt (hat, when the arrangement* | which are now in progress for the accommodation of business shall have been cmnpfeted, the Road will more than realize the largest eipcc} tations of its fiiends. The Company hare i made extensive put chases in the neighborhood j of the present Depot, with a view to its imniw diate enlargement; and when this is done, its benefits will be felt not onlr in the increase of the business itself, but in the facilities it must M afford to the officers of the road and its cits- I omers.?Charleston Mercury. | 1 1 Ocn Railroad.?The following stalcmcnt m 3 of the amount of produce loaded at Hamburg, fl - one of the termini ol our Railroad, tor Charles- 1 ton, during the month of October, will give ! f sooie idea of the extent of its Irostnesa: ?. 20.856 bales of Cotton; , 13.666 bushels of Com;''' ' .*? - J w , 330 bar-el* of FliMir;:? . /"' >i A ; 120 head of Beeves; ^ 781 Hogs. ' / . V ' For the accommodation of this amount of j business, extraordinary activity was necessary on the road, and we learn that its whole mn. live power has been working double time?two sets of hands being engaged night and dar ] fa r> . : I'dbji; o<!i Hon. George McDukfie.?We copy with t 3 | much plea ore the following paragraph from the j Hamburg Journal of Thursday: 1 tiWu liii ifrul iliit/l l/\ nnnitiaitixn nn tkn. fllitka#. ity of a letter to a gentleman in this place, thnt 3 (he health of this di*tingtii?he<J gentleman U j0j greatly improved; and that strong hopes are eni 1 lertained by his Plivsirian of its complete restoration. Should such a gratifying event, occur, I it would not only he hailed with delight by his numerous friends and admirers, hut would furnish the strongest evidence of the efficacy of r the Water Cure?a system, we truly believe that is destined to confer upon mankind ouch signal benefit and blessings." f ' , Smith O'Bkibn.?An Incident.,?During V the progress of the trial of this distinguished Irish patriot, a gentleman applied to him for ^ his autograph, when he handed him the following lines, betokening no drooping or faltering ' on the part of Mr. O'Brien : ' ' 1 7 ''1"Whether on the gallows high, " ''i: 1 Or in tire battle's van, . The fittest place for Alan to die , Is where he dies for Man. ..< / J William Smith O'Brien." ^ """~_, ' ' T r MEDICAL USES OF THE WILD CHERRY. Ever since the settlement of America, Wild Cliarry bus been known to pusrcM very important medicinal r virtues. Every body know this fact, but nobody kusw how to extract its essential properties. Every mother gives Wild Cherry tea to her children for worms, I5>r ' cold*, and for almost every disease; and adolls throughir out our coanlry nre io a habit of making a compound or syrup of wild cherry bark, urid otlrer ingredients, to e be used in spring as an antidote to cormijgj?ef1frcident to that changeful rcason.JU-i*HWrf{dby experiment * llni^ ?fc* s even fur n.oro important * " qualities lhan was iis^ibed to it. .For the first stages a of Consumption, Astnma. no matter how longstanding. Coughs. Liv?psCoinpl?iiiil?, &.c., it in proved to be the . beat medicine known to man. Dr, VVUlar'a Balsam of Wild Cherry in a chemical extract of Tar, which crw ir hunccs its value. Iu success in curing pulmonary disease, in almost every stage, ufter our best physicians 1 cuuld do no more, has astonished tho faculty, and led them to confess that Wistnr's Balsam of Wild Cherry pos.-esse* a principle heretofore unknown among raedi. 8 cat men. None genuine, unless signed I. Butts on the wrap, per. Sold in Camden by J. R. McKain; at wholesale f by P. M. Coi'ik.v, &l Co., Charleston, and hy Druggists . 0 generally in South Carolina. fll n WAY&YOUTIHF.I) IT?? If not do n? delay anohter day, but sTTJri-uiinnsliately: if vou have hern one of the ^ wise and prudent, tuul already bought a bottle, the ques. lion is settled?yoo Imve recovered yonr health, ? J.iyne's Carminative Bitlsnin lor Bowel and Summer complaints, nerve fails. It is the only medicine that will core. ? r Thousands of persons, have given their testimony in its favor. No family should ever be without it. * WIIY WEAR A WIG!?A majority of the wigi wornr are wholly unnecessary. The use of JAYiNE'S IlAlIt TONIC will always prevent the hair from falling off, and; 0 its continued use will in most eases rc-elothe the head" with a beautiful crop of new hair. ' > i - 1 n Fever and Ague?cork warranted?Jatxk's acce: rti.t^are warranted to cure the worst form* of Fever and Acne. The money will be refunded in all cases if r they fail to cure?But they never do fail. Prepared only I)r. I). Javnc Philadelphia, and ?o!d or* g agency by JAMES R McKAIN Camden S. C. "* roon I.. /i| 1?.? C!.. l.....!.Li 1--. n IS1('j17 III V/lliiril"Sli?ll, nil milium Iiijiiii iaa<i after an illness ofhut a few hours, Dr. M. IK I DkLkon, formerly and for some years, an eni? ine.nt Practitioner of Med'cine in this city. Duo ring his residence here he was, from the high esteem enter ained fiir him l?y his fjllou'-citlii zens, several times called to preside as Chief Municipal Officer of Columbia. it Columbia Telegraph. * CAMDEN PRICES CURRENT. . Rngsiinr. per v?I. IS to 20 j Lanl, lh 8 to Wt Bale Hope. lh. 10 to 12 ' Lend. lb 6 to > Bacon, lh, 71 to 8 3Iola**e*, gnll. 31 to-lU Butter. lh. 12 to 18 jMarkarel, hbl 8 to 12, Rmndy, gall. 28 to 35 ; Nails, lh 6f to ft Beeswax. lh. 18 fo22 ' Onts. bu.-h 30 to 35 Beef, fresh, lh. 4 to 6 ! Oil. Sperm, gal. 1 to H i; ltv 14 i Linseed, ir.il. TO to 76 . Coffee, ib. 8 to 10 I Peas, hgsh $0 to 55, Cotton, lb. 4 to 41 ! Potatoes, sweet bu 27 to 50 Corn, bushel, 40 to 45 j Irish bbl . Flour, barrel, 41 to 51 . Rve, hush 75 to 874 Fodder, cwt. 60 to 75 i Rice, bush. 3 to 4 Feathers, lb 25 to 90 j Sueur, lb 8 to 16 , Class, 100 feet 21 to 31 Salt, sack to 14 r Hides, (dry) lb 8 to 10 Shot, bog ty 11 Iron, lh 5 to 61 I Shindes, mle 2 to 24 3 Lime, bhl 2 to 21 i Tobacco, lb 10 to 75 a Leather, sole, lb 18 to 22 Wheat, bush 78 to 90. SOWS OF TEMFBRAWaa. lVatercc Divitioi) Xo. 9. fl I The regular meeting of ibis Divaion will be held ' ! on Thursday evening next* at their Hall at 7 o'clock ? J. K. WITHERSPOON, r. s ' s I i i i i ? a Dwellings House. 0 j To Rent, my fonner Resilience on Pair ctreet. 21 Sctu 13 (.17 tf) W, ANDERrSON. '.ii'H'ttn v?:v