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w ; < ? VOL. 10. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. FEBRUARY 21, 1849. ; .V NUMBERS. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. , y ?. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, PY I' VV DPfillt'S A W* ? u v_? u UWi>* , - ISLAND OF CUBA. The party of progress in the United States as ft is termed, has its attention called off at present from the question of the annexation of Cuba to the colonization of California. Until this excitement has worn itself out the oilier will be thrown into temporary obliv. ion. There arc significant indications, however, that the question of Cuban annexation will be kept as a rallying centre for popular feeling to that party which wou'd have ?'iie?mntered w ar for the w hole ol Oregon, w hich originated the contest with Mexico, ? and which would hazard hostilities with the maritime states of Europe to acquire Cuba. k This party has its presses an I its partizans. P The lust for land, insatiate and insatiable,i* not the only feeling which is at the boltotn i of the embryo movement in relation to Cuba. There are aspirations connected with commerce?desires that l?w>k to the sudden acquisition of wealth?which the pcrspcc^ live of Cuban annexation lights up with uti wonted animation. The cities on the seaboard we find occasiona'lv echoing hack the cry that issues from the remote ends of the Union.? f those who regard the Repub I Jican destinies of the Anglo-Saxon rare, over the cootineut and islands of this hemisphere, as unaccomplished, whilst European governments hold dominion over anv part of either, the combination of mercantile cupidity and territorial lust, would leave the American of sfatuve generation to seek for the memorials oftrue freedom amidst the vestiges icft by an impure ambition and a fa'se theory of wealth The moderation which shout I be content with a more limited area for incrcas ing numbers, and with the gradual growth r\f rif?)ir>Q mirrht trnncmil to no-;teri ' . ty, not a dominion embracing a continent and a population divided by mountains and dcserts.but an empire of which the parts would grow by gradual aggregation, and the people would become knit together hy affinities of race. California at tlie other aide of a mountain chain that forms a gen graphical barrier?the focus of numbers collected from the most diversified regions? Europeans, North Americans, South Americans, Asiatics, South Sea Islanders. Indians ?in what can such a conglomeration terminate, if there should not ha anarchy, but a social patch work? It is whi'st this perilous experiment in colonization is in progress, that tlie project sleeps ?>f bringing within our limits'the Cuban Spaniards. > We have been led into this train of re flection on perusing several numbers of a Spanish and English journa', entitled La Verdad, published in the city of New York, and largely devoted to an illustration of the advantages of annexing Cuba to the United Slates. The writer enters into several elaborate statements, showing the commercial, maritime, and political benefits to be. gained by this incorporation. Now, if ihe question depended for its just solution on these elements, the decision could soon he made. If the Unitcd States by adding to their exports some millions of dollars, and to their shipping some thousands of tons, wer; justified in the extension of their territory, the beautiful is land in question, would unquestionably be among the most desirable of acquisitions; or f ?liommod in liv nnlurrsl It 'nil TT VI V --W ?~ boundaries while cultivating an ungrateful soil, the extension of our limits might admit of plausible argument. But the editor of la Vcrdad must know that such is not the position of a country which wants no capabilities for a commerce and marine, widen its present bounds, of any conceivable exfen*. We do not enlarge on the impolicy < politically incorporating rams s ? dissimilar as (lac American and Spanish, nor of the - inaptitude of republican rule to insular possessions. It were better thai our laws were > extended over spaces much larger than at present, than that any extensive island, like that of Cuba, should form a part of our Confederacy, The maintaiiiancc of large military forces would be neces-ari'y involved in the policy of incorporat ing insular territory with our Union. But viewing the question divested of these considerations, which are purely domestic?regarding it in its exterior aud diplomatic aspect, the rjito is the. policy dictated bv the statesmanship that lejects causes of national j ^aioiisv, in territorial acquisition; whilst in such additions 1 to OUrpUDIIC domain as arc roiiiinu-Mis .urn fairly purchased l>y treaty or won bv conquest, our policy is against all questioners. If the Island of Cuba could lie obtained without price, it would be a dear acquisition, for it would commit our external relations the hazards of war by multiplying the chances of conflict with other maritime countries, {apposing the title clear by which Cuba coq Id be acquired by this country. We expect. as we have remarked, this questi >11 of Cuban annexation only slumbers, under the higher excitement presented by the California movement; but its revival must be watched, as the signs of correspondence become fnore marked and visible between the agitators in Cuba and the sympathisers in the Unijied States.? Char. Ere. News. A.BYLJJM poit Tnn Pope.?From a liberal nnrf kind feeling towards the Pope of Rome, And to release from the annoying and violent course of his own people, it w as proposed Jo invite him to make the United States his residence. The Freeman's Journal of this giiXy Bays, in referring to this hospitable tender. "that as a proposition it make? his bio ?d ihrill with horror." He calls it "an impracticable absurdity." Says one half the press would insult him; "that one half the Catholic population would gape at him with their hats on, or sit in his presence with their heels tip in the air," and so far from allowing jhim to be so debased, they avow that they Jove him more than they do their country. ?nd their "arms, wealth and lite are at his service," and they hope that the Iloly Fath- < er, will not afflict their Catholic hearts by i "coming to a land so unworthy of him."? i Well this is fair and above board, consider- 1 ing that the writer lives in this free and hap- I py land, he speaks of it with unmitigated I and undeserved contempt. It is false i throughout that the Pope, or any distin- ' guishc'l gentleman, coming to this country i as an asylum, would be insulted by the peo- ; pie.?N. Y. Star. I - < Mesmerism.?The Washington corres- i pondent of the N. 0. Delta gives the follow- ( inor laughable descriulion of experiments in ] - O rj I animal magnetism. We had a highly anmsing scene last night c? o at Dr Williams' experiments on Animal 1 .1/agnetisin. It appears that the Doctor has :ho power of making a man fancy himself anybody, or anything, and so deeply is lie imbued with the impression, that nothing but the Doctors immediate influence can remove it. There were present a great many members of both i nuses, among the rest. John l\f fl?,i i??n Tim flm-inr made a vount* ' ~"V . ? . O man fawy himself Gen. Taylor, and nno- r flier M. Clay, another Mr. Webster, and a , fourth Mr. Clayton. Well, the mock General looked big?marcticd about in the most r approved military style ; then he suddenly r stopped short and exclaimed "my wounded f aie behind mo, and I will never pass them , alive." This, as you may suppose, brought , down thunders of applause from the audi- v once.?"Come Geuaral/' said the Doctor, ; "let me make you aequainled with your dis- s tiugutshed friends, Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster,: | and Mr. Clayton." The General and Mr. | r ("lay shook hands very cordially, and con j t versed in an under tone. The General met i j Mr. Webster rather coldly, and dd not ap- | f (tear to w.sh any very close confab with | ititn. "General, this is Mr. Clayton, one of \ your warmest admirers and supporters, and who report says, is to he your premier."? . The General was mum\ ' Come, General, you sec yourself surrounded by your friends ?this is the 4lh of March, and the people are anxious as to your policy, and w ho will , compose vour cabinet.'' The mock General bowed to the surrounding multitude, but j not a sylahle would no nucr as 10 ins poiicv i or his cabinet. The effect "n 1 ho audience I " was perfectly electrical. The next intro- [ duction was that of an officeholder, who j desired to know if the Genera' intended to remove him because he had taken part in j politics. The General placed his arms a ^ kimb and refilled, with ureal austerity of manner, "I will attend to such matters after my inauguration." 'I his was t o much for j gravity itsclfi and the audience burst out into [ one wild shout?even the sobcrsidcd Clay- J ton could not restrain his nsibles. Persons arc taken promiscuously from the audience j and made to undergo these strange fancies anil mutations. Verily, \vc live in a wonI derftil age. Do not turn up your nose and laugh at what I tell y??u?'lie time may jj cmiic when you will witness it, and th?n, like me, you will be filled with astonishment. You will cease to wonder how the witch of of Endor called up Samuel for an interview with Saul.?P/iilo. Delta. h Sound Sentiments.?There is not a " more melancholy spectacle to our eyes tlian i t: a class of dissipated boys whom we fie-' J' (juently meet in our walks, who seem to ' pride themselves in throwing off all restraint ' and indulging in smoking drinking and pro- '' fane swearing. All tins they consider manly and a mark of something above the com- " iw,..,i nr.-> ir.nned itti in ouritan \ Ill* Ml liV.) VI, \??? ? <11 w ...... . .. habits Some of these larls are sons of J1 wealthy parents, wli ? liavc tiie means of! '' giving iliem a good education; but that they !' despise. Some are the sons of parents, who . would tta il them up in the service of God ; " hut they say, 'II is a vain thing to serve V God." Some are the sons of ingenious, in-1 " dustrious mechanics and manufacturers, who i . would give them a valuable trade, or place j 11 them at the head of some important e>tab. j lishment ; but they secin determined that j 8 ibcy never will be doomed to get their. H bread by the sweat of their bow; they learn ! J.1 the low art of trickerv, and gambling, arid i '' * I 1 fraud ; and I) 'gin to believe they shall always j have in -ney en >ugh williout such degrading > c employment. But it is but a little wlii'c be-1 ? I'oie we shall expect to see some of these ' " 'ails caught in a spree, breaking windows, ri or in-u'ling people in the sfrccs, and then [? comfortably lodging in a watch house.? Early drunkenness will be their portion, and '' before they arc 20 or 2.3, not a few o{ them will pe tenants of a State prison. This as-j ? suredly will be their course, as that the sun 1 15 rises and sets. There is no mistake about it j ,( J And then the hearts of fathers and mothers a ! will be broken. .Sisters now donting upon v j them, will be ashamed, and partake of their ' disgrace, and what expiation they can make? 15 ; What reparation for themischicf done?? j And how ran they go back into reputable j r' : society, or find the means ol support?? s' j From dissipation they gn lioin crime to Peg- ? garv ; an t from beggary to an early grave, a Then ihev find that the way of the irangrcs- I' sor is hard ; and oh! with what bitter tears I tl do they lament the lolly which we now see, I ti but which they do so much affect to despise! n ? !a A WoMV.V WITH TWO fTl'Sn.WDS.?III. ^ terrshn% Series of I?rents.?Eight years ago J Ellen, the daughter of Philip Cornin, Esq.,' of Walbec.k, married clandestinely the son ,! I of her father's gardener, a fine looking young r fellow named Oaks. As usual in such f cases, Ellen and her husband were turned " out of doors and told to go beg their bread c if they could not get it any other way. El-1 len was then not sixteen years of age, but a j a girj of unusual spirit and firmness. She ii therefore induced her husband to go to Lon- e don, and they arrived almost friendless in c that metropolis. After staying there several weeks, ihev were enabled to do but little. |< Ellen had procured some scholars through I the influence of a former schoolmate who li was married and settled ; but this small in- i \ :orne would but litile more than pay the cnt of their room. Young Oaks, w ho wai low for the first time struggling with the world, almost gave up in despair. Finally 10 shipped as a hand before the mast on loard of an East India trading vessel; and lot daring to take formal leave of his young wife, he wrote her a note the day the shin sailed, advising her to return to her parent*, ind declaring that necessity had compelled liin to the course he had resoived on. He =aicl that in three years he would positively eturn, and hoped he should then be in a ,'onditinn to merit her love and esteem.? Poor Ellen felt terribly this loss of her busiand ; and from a feeling of resentment towards her father, who had been the cause if her loss, she determined not to go noire, nil to continue to support herself by teachng. In this she was successful. In Tair lid her father, who found how matters stood mdeavor to persuade her to return. She leclared she would not receive a penny n| lis bounty unless she received it in company .vith her husband. In eight months time she eceived tidings of her husband's death.? fho ship in which he sailed was wrecked ; ind all except the second mate and two seanen perished. Her father tried to reclaim his child ; but tow she was more resolutely prcdjudiccd tgainst her family than ever, By her in histry, skill and attention, she had secured he good graces of two- noble families ; and villi their patronage she was far above vanf. On the 1 Oth of December, 1843. Mrs. Oaks was married to Sir James G?1 ou West ley, Esq., Bart., a gentlcm.n ol arge landed estates in i\orioiK. nnc nan in intercourse witIi her family up to the iine of her second marriage ; and even afor that event she received the visits of her "athcr and brothers coldly. She has since ived very happy with her second husband >y whom she has two children. On the 23d of September, 1847. her first ltisband renirned to London ; and learning >f her marriage, he wrote a letter anrmun :mg his return, and his escape from the .vrcek nearly eight years l?cfore. The eeling ol Lady West lev may he better imigincd than described. With her eyes allied in tears she handed the letter to Sir fames, her husband. Very soon this unhapjy couple were on their way to London, ind ihpn the wife rushed into the arms ol icr first love. But the feelings of the motht finallv prevailed. Mr. Oaks was still in riditfereni circuinslances; hut yet he was far rom wishing to influence his wife to aban|on her two children to illegitimacy. It vas therefore rc<o|ved that all three should ictilion the Court for a divorce from Oaks ind for an act legitimating the children of lie second marriage. Sir James West ley has irocwrcd Mr. Oaks a government office in he Customs; and until the divorce is car. icd through, the ladv will reside at her Taker's house in Walhcck. The Loudon Dispatch says that an act of Purliament will ave to lie passed in order to legitimate the hildrcn of this singular marriage. CULTIVATION OF FRUIT. Mr. Editor: Evorv man owning a lot, owcvcr small, should embrace the earliest pportuuily to plant apples, pears, plains, licrrics grapes, ?fce., carefully selerted Cor lioir rich qualities and productiveness, iltcy are sources of pleasure and profit tot; licy are healthful necessaries of life, and !?< v arc luxuries within the reach of all. Vho docs not admire that beautiful ftgura. ive expression of "sitting under our own inc and fi^-?ree?" Who does not feel grateil to his Creator, for the blessings of life, as c walks out at noon or eve, with his better all, and their loving prattlers, to view tlie looming trees, planted by bis own hand, tltailiug the rich fragrance of their flowers f fruit? A t-appv home with these atlr.ieions will rarely be abandoned for the foul aunts of the drunkard, gambler, or liberate. Il is no loss a matter of surprise than rcret, that comforts so necessary and easily ttained, should be so long deferred by may, and never sought by ot iters. A row of -ait trees around a garden is in good taste, nd produces much Iruit, is little or no cnumbcranee to the lot, and the only means f obtaining a product from lite rich soil bccath your wall. The young farmer should ever wait to clear all obstructions to the low, and make his soil rich by tilling oc>rc he can set an apple, cherry, or plum re. Injudicious tilling will spoil an orchard, ly neighbor has ruined a nncc thrifty orliard by cropping it with wheat. The soil i yet rich, hut his trees arc in the yellow :nf at midsummer, do not hear, and in fine re dying. A part of tlie same orchard that ,ts fenced into the highway, has hod no lanuring. cropping or care, and that part i vigorous and bearing. Fine trees arc reared on grttnitc soils, too ockbound ever to he ti'led. Horned cattle iiould never he allowed in a young orchard, togs and even sheep, will soften the turf, nd facilitate the growth of trees, if not al>wed to rub against them. To prevent liis, set firmly in the ground three suhstanal stakes of durable wood; to these firmly ail your hoards, and form a substantial tringular fence around each ttee, from one to wo feet from its trunk. The best method of manuring, where and is not tilled, arid no animals admitted. s to cart, once in three years,rushes, leaves, ottcn wood, or any worthless trash, to kill he grass sod and retain the moisture. Spread t from four to eight feet from the tree, acording to size. When you have located permanent walls nd division fences plant a row by each. It ? the best loca'ion for n rapid growth, an rnament to your farm, and a sufficient or:hard without encumbering tillage. If their fruits prove crabbed and worthess, graft with such as you know to be good carers and valuable fruit, never cutting youi imbs too near the trunk to make your top 00 thick and wounds too large. ' I The New Territories.? If wc mislaki i: not, there has been quite a change in pub | lie sentiment at the North, within a shor time, as to the expediency of passing th ; Wilrnot Proviso. Several papers, vvhicl before were silent, or advocating the Pro ; j viso, have come out decidedly in favor o 11 referring the whole case to the people of th , j Territories, agreeably to Mr. Douglass's bil i now before the Senate, or, in other word j authorising them to proceed, at once, to th ; adoption ol State constitutions, with suel provisions in regard to slavery as they ma; ! dccin proper. If the question could b : fairly presented before ?he people of th : Northern States, we have no doubt that i 1 I -'V ni.tMil ? tiiAttiM fmynm-t tliA TP fn mn/'f ' liirgt; *>?/uiu nii|>pwi i ihu i i for il would not only prevent the "extensini ] of slavery" as it is caller], hut would do it ii i a manner satisfactory to the South, how I ever much they might dislilre the result ' Only three weeks remain before the prcsen session of Congress closes, It would be ' | sad pity if this dangerous sore should be lei t j to fester another season. A little healtlifu ; legislation now. may prevent a world o ; mischief hereafter. iV. Y. Journal of Commerce 1 inst. Favorable Condition of the U. S i Treasury.? A notice from the Treasun .j Department, dated the 7th inst. announce that ,4thc means of the government are com 'j potent to liquidate all clams against 1 h< ' J Treasury up t-? the 1st of April next, with , 1 out calling in before that date any furthe i 0^r?,ini #?? dm limn of 1848 p<IJ? HK.ill 9 W|| UVW'iiiii wi ...w and desiring to save nil unnecessary inter ! est/' the 4 unsuccessful bidders for that loar ! by whom any balance is still due," arc in j formed "that they arc pei milted to postpon ' i any further payment until the 1st of Apr i ! next." The notification ol the payment wi , of course, have its due and favorable effec upon the price of public stocks and the stai , of the money market. A Nit for Naturalists?We wer > shown last evening a very curious liybrir . across between the Guinea and the com . mon fowl, larger than either species, bu ; strongly partaking of the characteristic o both. The mother was a Guinea fowl, an* . from fifteen eggs; the product of this od match; but one was hatched; producing lb | specimen now in the possession of Caplai , j Lyons. It is two or three years old; wa i hatched and raised in Lexington District; an is decidedly the most unique fowl in slinpf . plumage and voice that ever our eyes rcstc upon. In temper, plumage and cry it take I after its maternal parent; but in its gencri ; j aspect resembles more its gallic ancestoi " Its disposition seems fierce and easily pro voked. and the sweep and apparent strengll of its wing* very great. It is a nut for nat ura lists.? Columbia Trie graph. Feminine Occupation.?The town clerk ' of Massachusetts in making out the census ! find ureal difficulty in ascertaining the oc cupation of unmarried j>srls and l)nys. as rt quired by law, and one of tl.em writes to th j secretary thus.?Albany Allan. "Mv vocabulary is not extensive enougl to express in a single word the occupat 01 j of unmarried young ladies. Can't do belle ; than to set it down?preparation for main niony." "Gentlemen of the jury," said a wester lawyer, "vou arc met here on one of th most solemn occasions that ever happenei since I had a brief. The defendant, bein; a stout, able-bodied man, rushed assassin like upon my client, who is a frail youiij widow; and why did ti"t the thunders n heaven blast Irin when lie stooped toward her, stretched forth his arms like the forkei lightnings of Jupiter, and gave her a kiss o the mouth." An editor thus logically urges his delin qucnt subscribers?"Wo don't want mono; desperately bad, but our creditors do; nu? no doubt they owe you. If vou pay u we'll pay them and they'll you." Dreadful Accident.?We do not romcrr her to have read a more heart rending oreur rence than that published by the Kingston (III stcr county) Journal of Wednesday, and whic occurred at Fllensville, in that county, on Fri day last, at the house of Mr. Wm, Hutchinson Mr. H. it appears, was heating upon a stovr I a composition lor paint, composed ot on an j turpentine, when it unexpectedly took lire.? I With much presence of mine! lie seized a stic of wood and set the kettle upon the floor, the hastened to an adjoining room to procure a piee ofcarpet which was in readiness, to throw ove the vessel and extinguish the flame. But til j blaze, reached almost to the ceiling, and th j smoke, completely filling the room, alarmei the. family that the house would he on fire ; am th" oldest child a daughter of nine years, soizinj i a hoy of eighteen months, ran into the hall ad J joining, followed by tho mother with the re maining child, a daughter of seven years. Their cries, and the dense smoke, attracte.i immediate attention, and an individual living ni ; the opposite side of the hall in the same house \ seeing the cause of alarm, regardless of him?e| ; hurried on a pair of leather mittens, entered ih j room, seized the flaming vessel by its sides, am | ma le for the street. But on coming into th I hall, a strong breeze from the front door drov I both I ho smoke and the blaze directly into hi (lice, burning him severely, and preventin, him from seeing or knowing anything be wa 1 obliged to cast the vessel from him, which h ' did, as far as he was able, towards the fron door. Hut being himself burned, and blinde 1 by the srroke, ho could give no direction to i and shocking to relate it struck the head of th litt'e girl who had the infant in her arms, an l who was at the instant crossing the hall, lace t ating her temple, throwing her down, and spi I ling its boiling and blazing contents over th , persons of herself and brother! This was nil tho dreadful work of a momen and when tho father renched the hall, he sa' ' his children struggling in the flames! No withstanding the awful spectacle, his presenc of mind did not forsake him. lie immediatel * threw the carpet ho had been in quest of, ov< i his children, and wrapping it close about then e at once extinguished the flames. But it was i. all too late! The little sufferers were already, ( so shockingly burned, that they could not long f( P survive. The scalding oil had penetrated so deeply their tender-persons, their heads, faces. P u and bosom*, that life could not long continue. p p The youngest lingered in misery about eighteen o c hours only, and the eldest has just now expired! f} '* FrVntheSt Louis ReveHfe. s -I'VE LOIED THEE TOO WILDLY." ?' e l< | BT MRS. R. S. XICIIOU. I've loved Ihcc loo wildly! this thraldom shall 1 ^ cease, My heart shall now slumber, my soul shall have t? e poacc; U a The chiins which enslaved mc?the bonds which s ' I wore 11 n Shall lio riven and worthless?I'll love thee no tl n more! n I'll wrest from my bosom each thought that was h I. thine, P t And a star shall arise as thino own wilt decline, v a T? beacon rno onward, through darkness and pain, H ft Re lighting the spirit lliat worshipped in Tain. ? '' I've loved thee two fondly! the dream shall pass " ^ bJ? a Th-' cistern is broken?the fountain is dry; And the ongel that bent o'er the brink of the ^ ware, 'j >. Now w cps in the starlight of love's early grave! ^ 7 Thy folly, my madness, this heart shall forget! ^ S Though visions of rapture aro haunting it yol? Though when the winds rustle the sleet in the C Pinc. n I hear 'mid their music, low voices like thine. n 1* I've loved thee too dearly! too deep was the spell h ' Too crushing the weight of that sorrow which fcl! C On a l>08om but blind in devotion to thee, ^ I, Yet discerning the weeknes*, resolved to be free! li I I know that another engrosses thy thought, C How bitter the knowledge?how painfully taught; t< jl I know Hint her smiles are far sweeter than mine; V |J May her love prove less wayward, less changeful * t than thine! (1 C l' Tiik Emigration fkom Ireland.?It is a v growing expectation in Ireland that we are h c now about to witness one of the most moment- a ous operations of society?the removal of a peo. v pie en masse to a distant shore. The half mil- 8 j lion who have got off with no very great stir in c r the course of two years are hut an advanced fi ' guard to the tnain body that follows. It must, a j indeed, he the,most furious impulse or the dir- v ^ est necpsity that can urge men at this season li e of the year to cast themselves on the deep, to ii II brave the wide Atlantic, to he thrown on they if s know not what head-land or shoal, in the ? d storms and fogs which beset the wished-for shore F !, and at the best to land in a country still ribbed ? d with ice and buried in snow. Yet we are told h g the other day of ten emigrant vessels taking it t| refuge in Cove of Cork, of crowds waiting nt a r other ports for the chance of a passage, arid of h multitudes ejecting from their holding, and now h ^ lodging in towns with no other hope njwn earth a than once to put their fi-et on the shore of the n New World. We believe it to he evpn as it is described. The failure of the staple crop, the burden of maintaining the victims of famine f* S the imposihilify of paying rates upon small hoi *j 5 dings, and the invincible object in* to pay them I upon holdings of any sire. constitute an expel. 11 lout force of which the like was never seen. ? e Pauperism in all! its I.e ring* is depopulating v the island. They who are paupers, they who 6 It expect to he paupers, and they who loathe the ti rt thought of contributing their bard earnings to 3 r be squandered upon paupers, are equally out of h i- heart, and resolved to go elsewhere. When 6 the mind is resolved, the means only are want, fl ing. But among the many redeeming virtues I! of this intractable and unfortunate rare is a a c strength of family affection which no distance, s I no time, no pressure, no prosperity can destroy; c n and even one of the half million who have safe- p j~ ly effected their retreat consecrates his first I r earnings to the pinu? work of reselling a parent. ' a brother or a sister from Ireland. V London Times, Jan. 9. ? s f A ToccniNO Story.?Hon. A. H Stephens. * " of Georgia, in a recent address at a meeting in ' Alexandria for the benefit of the Orphan Asy. lorn and Free School of that city, related the ? V following anecdote: \ I A poor little boy on a cold night in January, r s with no he,me or roof to shelter his head, no " paternal or mafernnl guide to protect or direct him on his way, reached at nightfall the house d i. of a rich planter, who took him in, fed, lodged, > . and sent him on his way, with a blessing.? I - Those kind attentions cheered his heart nnd in- e I) spired him with fresh courage to battle with the ? . obstacles of life. Years rolled round; Provi. e i, dence led him on ; lie had reached the legal ! P i. profession ; his host died ; the cormorants which d prey on the substance of man had formed a ( _ conspiracy to get from the widow her estates, f k She sent fir the nearest connsel to commit her f - I ?*?" ?? tr\ on/4 iKn pA1111cn 1 nrnvpd fn hp the ii ... , ... c orphan boy years before welcomed and enterr lained by her deceased husband, e The stimulus of a warm and tenacious grati- t p. tude was new added to the ordinary motives e j connected with the profession. lie undertook 1 tl her can?e with a will not easily to be resisted; I j he gained it ; the widow's eslatp were secured f to her in perpetuity; and Mr. Stephens added, p . with an emphasis of emotion that sent its clcc. d trie thrill throughout the house, "that orphan * J boy standi before you!'t I a " CoLonnn Population in Ohio.?"The last I f census of Ohio shows 15,005 colored people in " p the Southern division, and only 2,311 in the a [| Northern abolition portion of the State." p This i? a comment on the practical rharnc. ? ter of Abolition chartiv. The colored pnpulas lion of Ohio have shown their feeling by keeping t o clear of their clamorous friends. i s ? r i. Emancipation in Kentucky.?It is pro- I it posed that the Legislature of Kentucky shall t (| direct the Sheriff to open a poll at each precinct. t t, next August, and let the people vote directlv on ?' p the question?"Shall slavery lie perpetuated in i d Kentucky, or not?" This vote to be the inr structions of the people to the Convention. |. .? e Dkath of Col. W. II. Joiinson.?The 1 Charleston Courier nays that a telegraphic des J t, patch from Mobile announces the death of Col. ' iv W. R. Johnson in that city on 10th inst. It 1 t- is stated that Col. J. was walking about on the ' e day of his death, suflcring from influenza, but ' y not considered by any means dangerous. >r Col. Johnson was a native and resident of i. Ches'erfieW county, V*. 1 THE SLAVERY QUESTION; We ropy the following well timed remtrlt* ora the New York Express," a leading whig aper in that city. They exhibit a more libra! spirit and greater respect for constitutional bligations, than we have been accustomed to nd in the Northern journals, and it would be cell, if the head strong men who are agitating bis slavery question for celfish purposes, were > ponder upon the sober teachings of the Express. "Another of the duties of the free States is i carry out that provision of the Constitution nder which we agree to surrender fugitive from lavery. ft might have been a hard bargain lat our fathers made, but it is a bargain, neveripless, that when slaves run away from their lasters, we shall s"nd them bark. How we ave evaded that plain ronstitittional duty, we ointed out the other day in some remarks (hat f t'e copied from a speech Mr. Faujkner^as lade in the Viiginrit legislature?and the'efaion, it cannot be denied, has been pleasant to s all, and has been sanctioned by all parties ?n he free Slates, and by courts of law, as well i,..< : :L!_ J .k.< n pcTruim?ijui n iin|J</>siivie iu unij luoi ?c ave (bus evaded a constitutional obligation, nd to that extent broken faith with the South, rhe South, it is historically known, would are never formed the constitutional compact rith tin, if it had been known that thn free tate* would become a safe refuge for runaway laves. The duty of a surrender, we are ware, is unpleasant ; such a compact could lot l?e made over again?hut it is justM much ilnding upon us, as the tariff law is upon South Carolina, or as any part of the constitution. Vhat is written is written, and there ia the iw. " As we expect others to obey the laws, and o comply with the spirit of the constitution,we rho exhort or rebuke ibem must obey our. elves. To fan insurrections southward, nncf hen profit from that insurrectionary spirit by f?e seduction and theft of slaves. is as much a iolatinn of the federal compact a* any act. we ave charged upon orsuspec'ed South Carolina * intending to be guilty of. We must remenv er that the constitution wa* a compromise of laverv and anti.slavery, and that without that ompromise (his Union could not have Keen irmed. < We nmst hear in mind, too, we wfco re so sensitive upon the subject of slavery, that , ve are not responsible for its existence or coninuance where it is, and that, as we have nolhrig to do with it there, we can neither regulate t or end it. The Union is a confederation of itafes?not a consolidation like that of. the :rench republic ; and therefore the existence f slavery in South Carolina is no more' our usiness than slavery in Culm, But Carolin. ins are our countrymen as much as Ohians, in II the aspects in which we are to be regarded. y foreign nations. We owe them all, their, tyalily, fidelity, in the spirit of the constituting, * nd we intend to make them respect us, so we lust respect them." CojfMERCE OF TITE UNITED STATRS.?The dlowing statistics are from a report recently ubmilted to Congress by the Secretary ,?f the Veasury. The domestic exports of the tlni-.* . cd States during the year 1848 amounted to ' ! 150.837,464; of which stun the fisheries ielded 83,469,033; lurs and ginseng, $311,11; products of wood, ?5.996,073: agricnlire, 811,202.534; vegetable PwkI, 857.07Q;- v * or,. ftTOAOnan- miinn 415.848? ops. sugar, &e., $177,493; manufactures, '4,612,397. cotton piece goods, $4,062,523 f i\\ and hem pgoods, 84.943.404. Of flour he amount exported in 1849 was about tVvicc s large ns that exported in 1847; during the aroe time the exportation of Indian rorn in. reused about four hundred per cent; the ex. lortation of rotton decreased near $9,000,000. ['he exports of 1948 exceeded those of 1847 y S17.733.343' The importations during the ear ending Jimes 1848, amounted to $134,. >97.923. exceeding those of the previous year y ?104,997.928. As we can find room ?x? vill give our readers some additional particirurs from the report in question. Death of Gov. Wil?ox.?WV are called ipon to record the death of the Hon. John L. Vilson, who departed this life yesterday, at his esidence in Charleston, aflpr a lingering ill. ' iess. Gov. Wilson wiu? a native of Georgeown; and at an early period of his life rose to islinetion at the Rar. After serving many ears in the Legislature, and having been 'resident of the Senate, he was, in 1332, lected Governor of the State. He was a man f uncommon powers of mind, and remarkable nergy of character, and at one lime, wielded Teat influence in the politics of the Srafe.? iince his Governorship, he has resided in 'harles'on, taking hut little part in public af. sirs, and confining himself to the duties of his irofes'ion.?Charleston Courier. WilmimgTon asd Manciif.stf:r Rmt.uoad. -We understand that at the giving out of con. racts nl Gregg's store on the 1st instant, ihe ntire district from Lynch's Creek to the Pee ^ t1...I, nn at llm fttlimntoi ftf thl* /%'f uivri >? n- mm II u|? <*?. ?..v v. ...... v . . Sngineers. We nre also informed that a good poling was manifested nnd qnitp a number of ersons camp forward fo subscribe who had not lone so previously, nnd seveinl who had hern ubscribers increased the number of shares. The prospects of the Company srem brighter tow than at any previous period, and if thd ia!ance of the contracts are given out to nv-n if the same energy and character, we have iot 'he slightest doubt of its speedy completion. Ul the contractors will be at work Tjjt'the 1st of dnreh. The surveying party of engineers reached he village from the river some days ago, hav. ng located the road to this place. They pro. eeded to the Little Pee Dee to select a proper neat ion f>r crossing that river. From thence hey will survey the line to this place, and put lie remainder of the road under contract at as arly a clay the estimates can lia made up.? Marion Star. Tub Methodist Cncacrt SctT.?The connml employed by the Southern Conference in he suit now pending, for the recovery of their harp ?i| tho Church property, involving a very ar<;? amount. are Daniel Webster of Was?a. !!iii?ptis, William \1. Meredith of Pennsylvania, Severdy Johnson ofMaryland, and Daniel Lord if New York. Be kind nnd affectionate to all, ptprcially to he poor. * w - ) .' . :y v >-<?