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From the Savannah Georgian. v SOUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHlT. c SETTS. m Messrs Editors:?The citizens of many of n tbe Districts in South Carolina have thought k proper to hold primary meetings, for the pur- t pose of taking into consideration the Address t put forth by a portion of the southern Members n ?f Congress. And for this great offence the I colums of the Repubiian have been filled with n a parcel of trash, which it calls ridicule.? n Whether the pipces referred to were written by li its^orthern or Native EJitor^ 1 am unable to h to say: neither do I care. It has become so d much a habit with them to decry South Caroli- 1 nn and uphold Massachusetts, that they have J either forgotten the history of the two States, or t else they have nover known it. For their own r information, therefore, as you will publish the t following extracts, hoping they may profit g thereby. J Boston, the cjpilal of the State which has g sent Daniel Webster to the Senate of the Union 1 uses these strong terms in a memorial to the si Legislature of Massachusetts, 29;h January, c 181)9. , , " t " '?Jie inhabitants of the town of Hoston, in 1 town meeting assembled, respectfully represent: j That they are constrained to apply to your hon- t orable body, as the immediate guardians of their rights and liberties^ * the interposition to j procure for them relief from the operation of the < L.vws of the general Gorernment, abolishing t foreign commerce, and subjecting the coasting I trade to embarrassments which threaten its an- < nihilation* Our hope and consolation rest S1 *1 r ? -T ?? it'ltAm it iu < wun me ijngisiuiurc uj mn ? , competent to devise means of relief against un- ( constitutional measure, of the General Govern- ! inent ; that rour power is adequate to this ob- < jeef, is evident from the organization of the < Confederacy." j But another town of this National State, New. < buryport, January 3lst, 1814, in her memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts, adds her i authority in this language: " In this alarming I state of things we can no longer be silent.? i When our unquestionable rights are invaded, we will not sit down and coolly calculate what i it m?iy cast to defend them. We will not bar- < ter the liberties of our children for slavish re- ( pose, nor surrender our birthright but with our lites. We remember the resistance of our < fathers to oppressions, which dwindled into in- ' significance when compared with those we are i 'called upon to endure. The rights which we have received from God we will never yield to man." "We call upon our State Legislature to protect us in the enjoyment of the privileges, k* assert which our fathers died, and to defend | which we profess ourselves ready to resist unto , blood. We pray your honorable body to adopt | measures immediately to secure to us especial- ( Iv, our undoubted right to trade within our own ( State. We are ourselves ready to aid you in , securing it to us, to the utmost or our power, peaceably il you can, forcibly if we must." , Where then was Mr. Webster? In Con. -, grew abetting these proceeding, endeavoring to , make it appear that Mr. Madison was but an ( fmbecita mental of France, and strenuously en- , gag?*d in embarrassing the council, and pal- , tying the energies of the General Gorerment. , Where was Lowndes, Cheves, Calhoun and ( William*, of South Carolina? They were also t in Congress, but resisting Daniel Webster and , and supporting the Federal authorities. How ; then was the Legislature of slandered South t Carolina engaged? Not in arraigning herself against the Union, but in opening to it h w treat- | ury, in pledging to it her support, in animating , her own citizens to preserve in their holy de j votion to the Republic. At this crisis, when . she is so infamously decried, examine hor an- ( nals, and those of other members of the confed- , erady, and then answer the question, by whom j is she to be rebuked? Let not Massachusetts appealjn triumph to her practical nullification j of the tea Ihx of Great Britain, in December, j 1773. for South Carolina can, in prouder tri- j omph,appeal to her resistance to the stamp tax ( and her seizure of the stamps at Fort Johnson, ( tn 1665, as well as to her subsequent formation i " 1 %-to -C ,L. fi.,1 /'....lIl.Hinn in infircn niu, ui mo in si v/uii?i<iiiiuii America. jf On the 22d December 1814 the Governor ^sTSoulh Carolina addressed the following let- . -lev <o the Secretary of the Treasury of the Ufaited States. > December 22,1814: Sir: On the 21st instant, 1 received a letter Irom Major General Ptnckney. covering several otb^fp, the purport of which was to inform me that the funds of the General Government at his disposal tcere exhausted, and that the troops now ia service for the defence ol this State, could not he subsisted without money, and suggesting the property of my recommending to the Legislature the expediency of an appropriation in relief of thefinances of the United Slates at this moment. ! have the pleasure to inform on that two hundred and sixty thousand do|. jars have hern put at the disposition of the Government by the Legislature last evening. II R. Wlliams. Thus it is an Historical fact that in one of j the darkest periods (Hartford Convention in j session at this time) of our country's existence, the embarrassment of the Union was commit, nicated to her Legislature in thn morning, and before their adjournment in the evening, the the Representatives of the people of Smith Carolina freely, and at great sacrifices, opened their treasury to relieve and sustain the Union. To a man of plain understanding, it would appear that one such act in the hour of need, would outweigh ten thousand professions of patriotism 1 - e* n ) , at th'- present moment ot oar uovernmeni s ui- r roost peace and power. j JOHN M. BOTTS. t A gra?hic account of the career of the Im- I mortHi is furnished us !?y rhe Richmond Exam* ? iner. The Examiner sepms to have a sympa- a thy for Mr. Bolts' qualities, and takes his part a on all occasions. The Exaniner's style, how- c ever, in the article from which we quote, is I rather too tine and .Macaulayish fir the subject (> of the piece. Bo ts, shown up in such senten- i ces is, to adopt the Macaulay style ourselves, like a bull-dog in a hnudoir. The contrast he '1 lween the manner and matter spoken of is, however, striking and impressive : 5 "The leaders oftfce whig party in this Gi- t bralfar picked up Mr. John lit. Botts some years c ago on the race-course. Upon that sterile and ii unprofitable soil he was wasting a great deal o of money, and the powers of a x'ery vigorous h and uncultivated mind. They set him up in ti the new business, and for a long time maintain, p ed him therein?not from their particular love f( and affection to the brave and unlucky race, ? but because they found need in those days, ol J just such a man to do their rough work-in fight v the fights which they did not care to fight lb'*m. e selves?to electioneer among the peaple with r whom they did care to associate much them* elves?to make morning calls on the elegant h village of Darby-town, in Butcher-town, and in tl the salubrious suburbs of Screamervillc. They e ranted a man of rjoeight to decide the political fi omplexion of 4,Negrofoot,' \HdLiown? and a Cbis-cms.' These gentlemen had been school- a nates of Mr. Boon. They all had practical tl uowledge of the strength of his strong arm, and S he scipnce of his sledge hammer fist. So they h ook possession of the undeveloped Trnmortul, v nd put a collar round his neck, and turned y din loo<e to be their Irg boll dog in the Rich- v nond district. They found it a firstratc meas- li ire. Butts turned out to be not only an excel- s not boxer and fellow of indomitable pluck ; but ii l<o a demagogue of the very first water?one fi f the very strongest popular leaders who has u men seen in this district since the day when li Sathaniel Bacon harrangued Virginians from r he same stumps. Darbytown turned out en 'I rtasse. Scrcarnersville was stirred up. The t nddy drinking patriots at Beck's and Thomon's smiled their approbation. From all the ( Slashes of Hanover went tip the sympathetic I ell. The new wire worked admirably. Holts i wept all before him. He went to the Legis- i ature until his 4pen.feathers' acquired strength I ind then he flopped them for Congress. Nor t lid the noses of his constituents grow pale at ? he daring thought. The gentleman from I 3utcher-town was sturdily icturnedas the Hon. < tenlleman frotn the Sixth Congressional dis- ( rict." t After speaking of Bo'ts's conr parative failure t n Congess, and thpunfitness of his intellect to ieal with general questions of national policy, he Examiner goes on to give the reasons why < Mr. Bolts is so violently opposed in the present *nnvf?ctt f "This, then, i? the secret of the ferocious i ?xcitoment to which the present canvass in this ! listrict has given iise. Persons without the ? Slate look on with wonder at the animosity ( exhibited for so small a cause as Bott's advoca- t :y of Mr Clay last spring. Thousands of other i ?reat men on the small scale in other States t lid just what he did, ani it was a'l forgotten.? t But when Bolts is viewpd in the light of a rebel, i ihe wonder ceases. He has gotten too big for 1 his breeches, and won't do what his mam- 1 ma tells him, and refuses to be spanked? I Those whose incantations evoked the devil, find < ihemselves unable to lay him now his work is t June. The hull-dog chases off the legitimate t awners of the plantation. The men who made Botts find themselves unable to work the wires t af tl.eir own puppet. Hence their rage.? t Those who built hirn up are now striving as bu- < lily to pull him down." i i From the Norristown (Fenn.) Register. I JAMES K. POLEv. The period has not yet arrived when a just history of Mr. Polk's eventful administration ' may be written. The billows of parly violence ' have not yet subsided into calm?the mist and iarkness of party prejudice have not yet been 1 rfispplled?and whether the ta?k were attempt- ' pd by fripnd or foe. the result would be equally J imnntanl ?, nrE unci! tdf.nrtnrV. Btlt the time will 1 J come when an impartial historical review of the 1 past four years can be taken, ami posterity will io ample justice to an administration which was I characterized by t' c occur.-eno<*of more re- i narkable events than marked the course of iny that ever preceded it. It seems as though 1 jestiny had crowded into the brief period of 1 ime between the 4th of March, 1845, and the ' 1th of March, 1819, a sufficient number af ' subjects of grave deliberation, actions of excit- 1 ng interest, and incidents of romantic, and ' hriiling effect, for the spare ol half a century. ' The future historian will pause in wonder, as I ae attempts to delineate them, and unborn gon?rations, as they read the record of the mighty ' )a?t, wii! deliberate whether the pages they | ire devouring will; eager interest contain maters of veritable fuct, or a?? filled with the outiouring< of a fictjonlst's attractive bat mere'v. maginative conceptions. ! But, as wo have already said, full and ample ' ustiee will be done to Mr. Polk and his admin- 1 stnUion in future time. It will he seen that all ' ts measures were directed to the promotion of ho public welfare, and that all its energies levoted to the maintenance of the national ' !ionor. That such legislation only was recoin- ' Tiended and approved, as had for its object the ' equalization, alike, of the public burdens and ! blessings; and that the integrity of purpose. | which was a leading trait in the character of ' ' ? -i:o*. i :| the head 01 toe government, uuiusru u? njuui throughout the entire system. The trials and ' peculiar difficulties to which Mr. Polk was sub- ' lected during his official term, seemed but to ' awaken new energies in his nature to meet 1 them appropriately, and the prudenco and ' forecast which marked his original selection of 1 "abinet advisers, gave him associates and friends 1 worthy of reliance, and whose counsels, united ' with his own talents, enabled liirn to bring the < ship of state safely to anchor in a "snug harbor," 1 jnder the protection of the constitution. 1 The state of public affairs, when tlio ex- 1 President laid down the insignia of office, was ' is remarkable as it wa? happy. The financial ( ;ondition of the country was sound?its repu ation was "blazing in brilliancy"?it had con- ' purred one nation, fed another, and spread its 1 >wn fame throughout the world: there was no < >pen question left for prospective arrangement s ?nor was there to be seen in the political ho- ( izon even a little cloud "no bigger than a ' nan's hand," to lead to future troubles and col- ' isione. All was calm, all tranquil, prosperous, ' md happy. The proudest monument of a good ^ idministration is to be found in the prosperity ' ?f the people governed, finch a monument ' vas reared by Mr. Polk, and his wise, patriotic r ind sagacious cabinet, and it will live long, rery long, after his revilers have "strutted their irief hour," and passed away and been for- I jotten. f The ex-President surrendered tho trust which ( he oeonle had confided to him, in safety and in | r r lonor to his distinguished successor. May that t uccessor be imbued with the same spirit which t Li)imated the retired Executive, and stand, like l vigilant sentinel, on the ramparts of the I :onstitution, to guard the rights and interests of ( he people, and maintain, in all its dignity and r ;lory, the proud and unsullied honor ol the American name and character. r niE ODD CABINET AND THE NEW. J The following article from the Burlington g Sentinel refers to an essential distinction be- t ween the e'ements and composition of the old c abinef and the new. Mr. Polk's was nn unit, ii the true s^nse of the term. (Jen. Taylor's, n the other hand, although it may not already h nve broken out into dissensions is made up of it io discordant materials for any spirit of com- o minise to knit them firmly together, 'lake, g .r example, one of the questions to which the h ientinel refers: and see how Mr. Reverdy c ohnson (the new Attorney Ge.neral) agrees r .nth Mr. Col lamer, (the new Postmaster (sen - li ral.) Mr. Johnson declared in one of his u ecent speeches: ti " Tho spirit of abolition is like tho fabled ft ydra. You may cut off one of his head"; but c fie loathsome, slimy sprpenl still exists, and is h ternally hissing and throwing out his thousand 2 irked tongues to insult and annoy us. -Sir, the ccount between the North and Soutli is long nd heavy. We have reached that point whep he harmony of the Union and the safety of the South require a " settlement in fulland the pads of the hydra must be cut off, and the rounds seared with a red-hot iron, else he will et live, and infuse his deadly poison into every ein and artery of the body politic. No mere pgislative expedient will settle the question of lavory. It can only be done by all parties, n the spirit of patriotism, taking their stand irmly on the constitution. Let the North do lothing which it forbids; in word or spirit; and ? ? - t . pi the South, as one man, resolve 10 suumn u> milling that violates its sacred guaranties. I'his will give quiet to the country, and hind he Union in honds of adamant." Mr. Collainer, on the other hand, voted for iott's famous resolution, which, after a pream>!e very offensive to southern men, instructed lie District Committee to report a bill prohihting the slave trade in the District. Mr. Colainer even voted against laying on the table ho still more famous bill of Giddioog, "to luthorize the people of the Di Irict of Colum ?ia to express their desire as to the continnance ?f slavery therein this bill even proposing as Giddings declared) to permit all males, free >r slaves, over '21 years of nge, to cast a vole ijKin the continuance nl slavery! From the Burlington (Vt.) Sentinel. Gen*. Taylor's Cabinet.?Due oUhe great sources of flic strength of ex-President Polk's idministralion was the unity between hiinseil tnd his cabinet on all great questions pertain ng to hi< administration. It was not alone localise Buchanan, Walker, Marcy, and the ither members of its cabinet, were able and listinguished statesmen, that the late adminisration was distinguished fir its wisdom, or that it was enabled to carry out so many great Measures ; but because, among this individual ibility, ihere prevailed a unity of sentiment, which gave harmony and direction to the whole. Such a unity is necessary for the lealthy working of any administration; and towever great its abilities may be. unless its :ouncils are united, it must fad ot success in he conception or adoption of healthful measures. Tho members of Gen. Taylor's cabinet are nostly, we believe, men of acknowledged ibility, but most certainly there is not?there rannot be?that union ot principle on the neasures which they will he called to act upon, o insure that harmony which prevailed in the ate executive council, and which many of the ivhi<j? would fain hope to find in Gen. Taylor's. \lready on the subject of appointments it has !?ccn divided. ****** On the quotation of slavery how can it ngree. when one portion of its represents the ultra muthern ground, while another tlie northern ? In fact, on almost every anesi ion of national poli ry, we fltil to fin I that unity of sentiment existing in the cabinet, which did prevail, in so remarkable a degree, in the old. It may be believed that Gen. Taylor's great genius will be able to unite and model these BXtremo element*, and, by his consummate wisdom, bring order and union from where otherwise there would exist confusion and discord. This lie might be able to do on the battle-field, in the council of able generals ; but we fear that in his cabinet, from his want of experience in Stale affairs, he must look to his chosen advisers for that assistance which, in his former sphere of action, lie would^ave found in himself. It remains to be seen what the result of this cabinet, composed, as it is. of undoubtedly aide men, but of opposing elements, will be. Should its deliberations be characterized by union as well as wisdom, it will be fortunate ; but should it sepaiate on its first attempt to change the InrifF. or settle the slavery question, it would be n? more than what might be expected from iho o- posing elements out of which it was formed. Focgive and FoactiT.?An intoresting circumstance has just come to my knowledge, which speaks well for the honorable Senators concerned. A difference of feeling was creaed a year or two ago, which broke friend-hip between Mr. Webster of Mass., and Mr. Dick inson of New York, in relation to a deficit in he public funds, in Mr. Webster's Department, when Secretary of State ; alleged by Mr. (J. J. ? . i? ?i ?i IfljJPifiO.l OI 1IIO limivr, anu uruiitiru hi me Senate by Mr. Dickinson. It is well known hat Mr. Webster triumphantly vindicated himself from the charge, much to the chagrin and norlificntinn of his accusers. The two Sena;ors have not spoken to each other since. A evv days j.gn, a visiting card was received by Mr. W. from Mr. D. Mr. \V. delivered the ;ard to an officer of the Senate, with instruc ions to see Mr. I)., and ask hiin if the card >vas sent by his order; and if so, to return his nvn card, and say to him that as soon as he, Mr. W..) should return from Boston, he would ;xlend bis hand in friendship; but if not, to etiirn the card. The message was delivered o Mr. D., who said "the card wa* seat by his >rdcr; but that ai the time of the affray, he was 10 closely cornered by Mr. W., lie saw no tihcr way but to fight it out. The difficulty is herefore settled, and Mr. \V. on his return, vill meet Mr. I), with the band of friendship. Foigiveness and reconciliation become even LJ. L Senators; but if our great m?n had a. little nore forbearance and christian principle, there voiild be far less occasions fir quarrels and ecritninaiions.?Mmlpclicr ( I?.) Messenger. Slavks for California.?The Washing, on Era is informed that several parties of laves have lipcn sent out from the South fir California, and that individuals, ns well as cominnies, Irom that section are taking slaves with hem; one company parsed through Washing, on the other day with eight or ten slaves.? Krrangements are in progress in this country or the establishment of a press in California, o advocate the pro-slavery side of the Terrilo. ial question. The Era also stales that Mr. Crnnp, a South. :rn gentleman, recently editor of the Richmond Va.) Southerner, is about to establish a paier in California that will dispute every inch of [round against the introduction of slavery in hat territory; and being a southern man he an derive his arguments from experienceCaution to Corn Cutters.?Much regret ins been expressed in the city at the demise of At. White, of Cheapside, under circumstances f rather singular character. The deceased ;entleman, it is understood, had for some years ieen in the habit of having his corns cut by a elebraled chiropodist, and upon tho latter etiriner from business, another party, we lie ieve, performed I he operation. A alight cut, nnoticed at the lime, subsequently led to morficntion. and the toe dropped off; while, from ir. White being of a full habit of body, it was onsidered that not even amputation could save is life, and ho speedily sanlt.?Lloyd's London Vcirxvapcr. - THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.]; Wednesday Morning, April 25, 1849. ! ~wTTIIURLOW CASTONTEDITOR. I The Cotton Market. i The news brought by the Europa has had ' a favorable effect upon the Cotton Market. In 1 New York on Saturday last, 2000 bales were J sold at an advance of from one-qnarter to three | eighths of a cent. In Charleston on the Rame J? 11 ...oo rrrafxf n/??li*itv nrtroK a s c 11 m i 11 f7. 1 oar, iiicio ??i g>r.a. frii in ihe after part ot the day, an upward tendency but without any actual advance. The sales amounted to 2644 hales, at 5 7-8to7-12c, In our own market on Monday and yesterday, there considerably activity, without any actual advance, though no choice cotton was ofTered. We quote at 5 to 6 3 4; a choice article might command an eighth more. " Steamer DcKalb. We feel sure that our citizens generally will rejoice with us to learn,that the untiring energy of our old friend Capt Lubbock has been rewarded with complete success in the restoration ofthis vessel. We find the following notice in the Charleston Courier. Steamer Dekami.?This steam boat, which was snagged and sunk at Frying Pan Point, in the Santee river, on the 9th of February last j we are happy to stute, has been raised, and arrived here on Monday last. Capt. Lubbock, her commander has exhibited the mo^t indomi. table perseverance in the recovery ofhis vessel. Se n after the accident, Capf. L. obtained a couple of lighters, and with chains and cables Rticeoededin raising her within a short distance of the surface o| the water, when the increase of weight was such as to break the chains, and the boat again went to bottom. C'apt. Lubbock then came to the city procured other and more substantial cables, and finally succeeded in rais-' , iug and pumping her out on the 10th inst. Fler ' injuries are far less than was anticipated. She came to the city under steam, and had two tow boats attached. Wc understand that the place where this accident occurred, has acquired the name of ' Camp Lubbock," and well docs the spirited and industrious commander of tho Dr.Kalk tie serve that the scene of his operations should , be memorized, that all who navigate those tva. I ters, should take an example from when him placcd in similar circumstances. I Editorial Correspondence. Lancastkk, 21st April, 1849. The Court of Common Pleas has just adjourned. An unusual sight was seen here last i -*sunil:iv iii a heavv fall of snow which covered 1 the house tops and shaded places three or four inches deep. Persons in attendance upon Court from the adjoining Counties in N. C. say it fell (here to the depth of six inches. Such another snow storm, attended with so much pinching cold, at this late period of the season is ru>i within the memory of that important peri sonage 4- the oldest inhabitant." The injury j done to the crops, just coming up is regarded as being most serious and extensive, and thousands 1 of dollars havo been swept from the pockets of i the farmers. Immense fields of cotton, corn, wheat, 6tc., arc reported n* completely ruin?<l, and even the ornamental trees about the vil. lage, bear evident signs of the nipping cold. Under the aide, courteous nod persevering administration of his Honor Judge Frost many important issues were di*posed of, and not withI standing the Court convened every day at 9 o'clock and adjourned about 5 and 6 o'clock, a full week's work probably remains on the dockets untouched. Only two cases on the Sessions Docket were tried Ibr assaults, in both of which there were convictions. The labors of the able Solicitor of this Circuit, Col. T. N. Puwkins were light compared with the duties of that officer in former years. The new bills of indictment were few and for slight offences, affording an unmistakcable cvidenco of the wcil regulated lone of morals, and the increasing respect to" the principles of temperance and sobriety prevailing in the District. Never was it freer from crime anJ scenes of ! vice and outrage, and seldom have the duties of the Grand Jury been more easily discharged, i Their presentments contained nothing serious or important, if we except that they brought to the attention of the Court, the grievance of the illicit traffic in ardent -pints resulting from the Town Council, and the Commissioners of i Roads and liridges refusing to grant license. The friends of Temperance during the week, took an important step in forwarding the Reformation, by organizing a Division of the Sons .i._ ..:ii?,?., ....eld,,|,v a Delegation from Ill mi? I|II?1^I) ui0ia*wM ... n VVnteree Division. It commenced under most favorable auspices, and the success that has attended the Institution throughout the State and the Union, the energetic, sterling material of which this is composed, and the de^p inter, est it has excited among the people, warrant the conclusion that the Order will soon sweep the District. The number of Applicants for a Charter was *24, and the number of Candidates proposed at the first Regular Meeting was 13. Wateree Division must bo 011 the alcrl or it will soon be outnumbered in Member*. May the banner of the Order be fanned by the breezes of every clime, and its moral influences encircle "earth's remotest bounds." A most unusual and heart-rending death of an inebriate occurred during the week, which imparted greater interest to, and aflbrded an awful proof of the propriety of the organization of the Order. The poor unfortunate victim, named Smith, a silversmith, of a few month's residence in the Village, from a distant State, while in a state of beastly intoxication fell into the fire, and before he was rescued from the flames, all the right side of his body and face were charred and burnt into a crisp. He lived 5 or 6 hours afterwards, suffering the most excruciating agony, rolling and tossing, cursing and swearing, like a maniac. *. 1... n,?nnn,w| nnd rational, and /II Him:* lir ??ai vmh|'w.-. , told of the manner of his fall, and while writhing under the pangs and tortures of his con- < ditinn, he is represented as exclaiming in great j distress. "I smell the fires of hell." i In such agony, and uttering such expressions he died the horrible death of a burnt up drunkard, adding another instance to the already lengthened catalogue, that tell in words of fearful import to the drinker, the awful consequences resulting from the use of ardent spirits, i i For the Journal. THE GRAVEYARD. Visiting the graveyard a few days ago, Mr. Editor, I was gratified to see that the fence, i which had been prostrated in many places by < the recent storms, had been rebuilt, and that < the entire enclosure, with the exception of the I gateway, which I suppose will bo fixed very t rampling the grates of our friends. For the < ast three or four years, the Council hate berti i n the habit of appointing a day, or more, when he town hands, and such other as the citizens i night feel disposed to send, were set to work, inder the direction of the Marshal, in trimning up the trees, removing the undergrowth md brush, and clearing out the walks in the graveyard, and this plan has aided much in giving the place an air of neatness, which it has never before exhibited. Besides the actual work which has been done in this way, it has awakened individual attention to the Mibject, i _ . ?i anu many vt-rv neai wnmirn ciwnrtiu vo ua>c been erected, beautified l?y a variety of shrubbery and flowers. It is peculiarly gratifying to witness all this? it speaks well lor our people ?those who do not forget the graves of their dead, Mill not be likely to neglect their duties to the living. There is however, onp drawback, to this feeling of gratification, which I am assured has only to be mentioned, when it will cease. I refer to the practice of visiters plucking the flowers which grow around the graves o| the dead. Thpse have been planted by the hand of devoted affection, to beautify and adorn the last resting place of those we loved while living, and whose memories wc venerate now that they are gone. Who can tell, except those who have experi? il>? -?/l.l..no.1 luo!lnir ivliirli ncnptrfites iiiCfu II( iiic oauuriiru n wmig i* f the heart on visit ins the graves of our beloved dead to day, and finding rudely scattered in every direction, the leaves and flowers of a hush which we have perhaps, carefully cultivated for years, and which but yesterday, was blooming beautifully, an ornament to the place? 1 am too charitable to my species In suppose for a moment, that it is premeditated wickedness which produces ihift sort ot desecration of the resting place of the dead?it is thoughtless ness, and I trust that a simple reference to the subject trill be sufficient t put a stop to it. Instead of gal/wring flowers at the grave yard, let us when we visit it, carry them with us and strew them on the graves of our lamented dead, and thus enrourago a spirit of refinement rather than of barbarism. W. For die Journal. Sons ol Tcmpernucc. A Division of the Sons of Temperance was organized in our Village, on Wednesday 18th inst.f by P. G. W. P., W. Thurlow Caston. assisted by I). G. W. P's McKaix and Kennedy, and Brothers Warren, Moffat, Wylie and Hammond, under a special dispensation. After the organization, the following Officers wero elected, and were forthwith installed. PR. R. F. WYLIE, W. P. A. MAYER, W. A. JAMES R. MA GILL. R- S. S. A. ROSSKR, A. R. S. DR. S. L. STRAIT, F. S. S. R. EMMONS, T. JAMES R. LARK. C. WILLIAM ROBINSON, A. C. K It. BILLINGS. I. S. JAMES DENTON, O. S. Rev, P. T. Hammond. Chaplain, who was also appointed P. W. P. for the ensuing quarter. The Lancaster Division has commenced work under most encouraging circumstances, and l?id< fair to reach soon the numbers of older Divisions. JAMES R. MA (JILL, R. S. Lancaster Village, April fil. 1949. Temperance Advocate will please copy. Camden, April 21?t. 1949. At a meeting of the Committee of Safety for Kershaw District, held this day, the Chairman being absent, on motion of C. J. Shannon, James W. Cantpy was called to the Chair. A communication was read from Col. James Cliesnuf. tendering his resign \tion as ('hairman of the Committee, on account of his inability, from ill health, to attend its meptiugs,? On motion of E. A. Salinond, it was accepted. On motion of 0. J. Shannon, James Chesnuf Jr., was unanimously elected Chairman. J. II. Kershaw, submitted the following reaolution : Resolved, Thai an Executive Committee bo appointed, to consist of the Chnirman and six members of the General Committee, who<e duty it shall be to correspond with similar Committees in other Districts, call meetings of the General Committee prepare business for thp same, and do such other acts, as they may deem expedient and proper for the advancement of the object, for which we are associated. Which was adopted. W. E. Johnson offered the following. Resolved, That the Executive Committee be empowered to represent (lie District of Ker sliaw, at the meeting in Columbia, on the second Monday in May next, which was also adopted. The Chairman appointed the following gentlernen, members of the Executive Committee. James Chesnut Jr., Chairman. Memhers.?William E. Johnson, L. W. R. Blair, Wm. M. Shannon. Joseph B. Kershaw, A. E. S.tlmond, John M. Desaiusure. On motion of Joseph B. Kershaw, Resolved, That while wo adhere to the posi. lion assumed by the citizens of Kershaw District, that non-intercourse is the most praclica ble expedient and "Riflhifid Remedy," yet for the promotion of the harmony and union of sentiment and action, we leave our Delegates entirely free to advocate such measures as in their opinion will best tend to produce this result. On motion of Jatnes R. McKain, it was Resolved, That the proceedings of this Meeting be published in the Camden Journal. On motion, the Meeting then adjourned. JAMES W. CAN I EY, Chairman. Wm. M. Shannon, \ 0 . . J. II. Kershaw. 1 S The Court.?The Court has continued its sitting during the week with indefatigable attention and has managed to get through a very heavy calendar. The Grand Jury, we are hap. py to say, found, but three indictments, nono of any importance or for any heinous crimes, which speaks well for the sobriety and morality of the district and will contrast favorably with any in the State. The Calendar as we before mentioned was very heavy, consisting as follows: 336 Summary Process Docket. 117 Enquiry 44 90 Issue 44 Up to the hour of going to press Court had not adjourned, though it will not continue in ses. iion many days longer. Sumter Banner. The Science of Surgery is making rapid strides towards perfect ion. A skilful surgeon :an manufacture a respectable looking nose out if a slice of skin and flesh from the forehead, hut Dr. Wildman, of Gerrgin, has carried the science one step forward, and has made an j v If v ^WJ entfra lower lip for a young lady, out of a slice t * of the right cheek. The young lady bad, through an injudicious administration of calo* mel, lost a portion of Ler lower jaw and the entire lip. She stands, therefore, as a living monument of the ignorance and the skill to he ?. found in the same profession. - -r .vl a ?/ ' :l ' v From die New York Commercial of Thunder. -*mr- t ARRIVAL OF THK EUROPA AT HALf. FAX. THIJtTREJf DAYS LATRO FKOX EUROPE. The steamer Europa, Capt. Loft, arrired at Halifax en Tuesday morning, at half past 10 u * "* n< The synopsis of intelligence brought by the * steamer was expressed lo Si. Johns, ami thence telegraphed to the associated press of this city. commkhcrar. Affairs.?Under the influence of more favorable advices from India and the existing lull in the excitement of continental politics, trade in nearly.every department is beginning to assume a more cheerful aspect. " 1 There is still an uneasy feeling respecting the threatened hostilities in the north of Europe. Rut since lite abrupt and decisive termination of the conflict between Sardinia and Austria? r the complete prostration and abdication of Charles Albert, one of the most serious ohxfa. ^ cles seems to be overcome, anil could the Pa* nish quarrel be disposed of?which, unfortunate, ly, there is no prospect of,?nothing material * would stand in the way of permanent protperi* ty in commercial affair*. MARKETS. LivEnpoor., April 7. Cottox.? For a werk subsequent to tlie departure of the Niagara the Cotton market was dull, particularly for the low and middling qualities, arid price* farther gate way l-8d per i |l>, hut this week we bare a better demand for consumers; and this decline is considered as ^ recovered, ?o that our last quotations of 4 5-8 f..r Upland and Mobile is new repeated, and _ fair Oileans, for it* relative scarcity rained to 4 7 8d, Middling Upland* and Mobile 4 1-id, and Middling Orleans 4 3-8d per lb. Still the market is not buoyant, and in fact clo?es rather heavy tojlay. the quantity offering being beyond the demand. The sales for the ( week ending 30ih u!t. amounted to26,010 bales, of which 2000 were on speculation andf 5000 [or export, and the business for 5day* to the 5th is 35,580 bales, of which 1900 is to speculators and 3900 for export. [The 5th wastJood Friday, a day in which no business is usually transacted in tbe English i -a * ' markets. I * t . J ^ r .t _ i * xr - xrora me lyiuuiCMuii iracrcvry THE COLD WEATHER. . * . 1 ? ' We continue fo receive from, our cnrrwpoq* dent* and from our exchange* account* of Um desiiticiive effect.* of I he recent extraordinary s spell of cold weather upon the crop*. Bjr tbn following extract* ofletters from Columbia and and Hamburg. it will he perceived that they had another hard frost at those places on ... Thursdny morning: ;/ . ... > "Columbia, April 19tbt 1840. "We had last night or this morning plenty of frost and ire, this, I think, has done more dam* ago than that of Sunday night, and to-day it is still very cold." -j.. M "Hambuhg, April 10,1849. 4 "We had a hard frost again this morning, which done as much, "if not more damage to vegetation in this viciaity than any previous one." Augusta, April 18,1849. "The accounts we are receiving, being from all parts of this State, are very gloomy for tba > , < s Cotton crop." . The Marion (S. C.) Star sap : . * This storm has occurred at a most inoppor. tuned lime for some of our planters, whose rrnns were jusf making their appearance aWo ground. 'Hie Orii on tome piunfarNms vu several inches high, but has been cut down , in many instances it will hare to be rr.planled. On the other ?i le of the Pec Dee we had an opportunity of seeing some small portion of the devastation commiited by its touch. Several of the planters had their entire crop of cotton upy which has all been killed and will have to In* re-planted. Cotton seed, we anticipate, wHl now l>e in demand, as our planters are in the habit of using their surplus seed as manure lov corn, and many of those who have sustained the heaviest loss in cotton hare no seed left with which to re-plant." . ? L The Tuscaloosa (A lu.) Observer of Thursday says : * The weather is very remarkable. Yea. terday there was nsnow shower, which lasted .l i:. > about twenty minutes, i ais morning laero was a white frost." j.jr./ y ^ t The Mobile Advertiser of the 10th inst.a&fi t ? " There was an unpleasant change of weatht er yesterday. After two or three days opporr tunely warm a cold north wind set. in yesterday morning great coala were brought out ngaio, and fires were indispensable to cooilori." . ,ja The Athens (Geo.) Manner of the 19th ?a/*: "Cotton, of which we suppose a great deal mu?t have been aimve ground, is no doubt as ,..r. dead as a door nail. In the meantime the weather continues very dry, and this, together with a deficiency nl seed for replanting must materially abridge the ensuing crop. Wheat is frozen in the joint, and can not make more than haira crop?fruit entire!* killed.*' The Milledgevilie Recorder of Wednesday says: " We learn that the frost of Sunday night has, in this neignbnrhond. totally mined the early cotton. To such an extent has thi* destruction gono. we would state, that information has reached us from an adjoining country of whole plantations being re-ploughed for n m? planting. The scarcity of seed will greasy embarrass our farmers, and must be productive -* of a rnmarkably short crop in thin State the present year; and if the frost extended through* * out the Southern slates there cannot possibly bo ' a half crop." * The La Grange (Ga.) Reporter of the ldtlk SttJS . " Our section tvas risiled with a severe frost on the night of Sunday 15th inst. Cotton was very much injured by it, that which was up being entirely destroyed. Wheat was destroy. % ed in a great measure . corn, garden vegetat* hies, Ate., were stunned and withered. I his visitation will certainly have a very injurious effect upon the crop of 1849; for it is now lata in the season, and 6eed, especially for cot too. are scarce." , The Jacksonville (Ala.) Republican of Tues. daysnys: . ' The extent of damage cannot m yet ha estimated with any degree of certainly, yet we foar it will l?o immense. One gentleman on whose judgement we rely, has already inform, ed us that he thinks the corn, cotton, and wheat is all destroyed, and almost the entire most af the forest. This calamity, added to the immense disasters in the West froiti floods sad - M overflows, leaves tw but a gloomy prospect of h scarce year ahead." ?'? J 1 _ 1