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Mr. (le Torqnerilie In Mr. Rush. , [Tiao* ati-.n.] t Pa hi?, \o?t?>i 9, 1949. STr . I have received' with the letter which . you did m* th ? honor to wiite to niR on the Tih of last month, the ropy of the correspondence which has taken place between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Slates and the Minister of France at Washington, npon the subject of two claims, which the latter had been charged to present to the Federal (?ov ernment; one against the irregular detention of! the French shi|? I'Kngetiie, by Commodore j Carpender. off Vera Cruz; and ibc other forlhe purpnse ot asking f??r an indemnification in favor of M. Port, a French mpichant, for the ab- j rogation ofthe salp of a certain quantity of tobacco struck off to him by the commander of the American forces at Puebla. These two affairs having hitherto been discussed at Washington, where they are to be concluded, it is not my province tocxamine their ' I am inn fi?rt:iin of ihe intej? i (IK'llt** urdiur..^ > >? ? ? . n rily of ilir? Government of th*? Union to doubt > that it will ultimately acknowledge every claim founded in right; and, on its part, it cannot think that the French Government allows itself to ho drawn. l?y the desire of protecting its subjects, to support pretensions the justice of which has not heeu demonstrated to it. These sentiments of recripocal confidence being of a nature to avert and prevent, in the discussion ofpriva'e interests, those snsce.tibili. ""'v understand in os which cannot fail to complicate them, we have >rriv m'mlt I astonishment r.s regret the turn which the communications exchanged between our envoy J ntid .Mr. Clayton have taken. Even Insfbre I ! h&J received the letter which you have written toe tQ call my attention to them, M. Poussin had transmitted copies of them to me. I had lioon fnl11> iinnracuid tn finrl in that corresnnn ? V ? . denee a tone of acerbity ami harshness very I it tl?* comportahle to the friendly relations he1 wee it the two countries; hut I ought 'o say without entering into useless recriminations, without seeking fir the side whence the first injuries proceeded, it had appeared to me that this observation was not alone applicable to the letters written by the Minister of France. M. Poussin, doubtless, misconstruing some expressions in those which have been addressed to him by the Secretary of State, believed he saw in them a want of respect, fir which he may have manifested his resentment with ton much spirit; l?ut if a passage of his letter of I he ?ol Aprii rray have hurl Mr. Cla\ton, it seems thatllipre is no longer any ground to take advantage of it against him after he has consented to withdraw it, ami he has given a pretty signal pJCPof of his conciliatory spirit in abstaining from Hi ipiad version upon an expression in the answer addressed to him by that minister on the 21st of April, which estimated with a certain degree of susceptibility' might have seemed to be rather an imperious Summons than a diplomatic invitaton. Furthermore, sir, it is not necessary for me j to tell you that I entirely concur in the opinion ' which you express upon not deviating, in nego tiations, from the observance and firms of a benevolent courtesy. 1 invite M. Poussin never to forget this rule in his intercourse with the Government of the United Statps, and [ am sure that, if it lie re- I eiprocralrd, the observance o( it will be render- j eu easy 10 nun. Receive, sir, the assurance ofihe high consideration with which I have the honor to he, > ymtr very bumble and rerv obedient servant, ALEXIS l)E TOCQUEVILLR. The Secretary of Stair, of the. United Slates to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France. Department of Statu, ) Washington, Sept. 8, 1849. \ M. Alexis de TnCaUKVILLP, .Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic. Sir: I have received a despatch froin Mr. Rush, ibe American Minister in l'ari?, of the 13th of August, covering a note from you to him dated the 9th ol that month. Both have heon submitted to the President, with the correspon- j ence to which they relate. As Mr. Rush is returning home, and Mr. Rives, who has been j appointed to succeed him as Minister to France i has probably not yet arrived in Paris, I hasten I to avail myself of the only means ofeotnmuni. t cation l?etween the governments we represent by addressing you directly on the subject of your note. You acknowlege the receipt of the correspondeuce "which took place between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United I States and the Minister of France at Washing ton," from which it must have been obvious to your mind that the latter hail repeatedly and gratuitously addressed communications to irus Government, highly offensive and discourteous, i both in manner and in substance. That correspondence was submitted simply to enable your Government to decide upon the course lobe taken in regard to its own .Minister. You appear to have considered the occasion as one which called upon you to construct an a polo. ' gy for that Minister, by indiscriminately con. ' soring both parties to the correspondence. You J were not invited to decide as an arbiter upon < the mode in which the Arr erican Government conducted that correspondence, which was not! only courteous and respectful in terms but entire. \ lv unexceptionable in spirit; and you could not Have failed to observe that this Department had not, in any instance, descended to recrimination j heihcr useless or.otherwise, with Mr. I'oussin. j Should the correspondence of any Minister of this republic prove insulting to the friendly : Government of France, thai Government is too i confident of the desire to maintain kind relations 1 with it to doubt that the President of the United j Htates would (eel it to he a high doty to exam- j jne the complaint, and to render a prompt and \ proper atonement (bribe injury. Rut the issue presented in the correspondence of Mr. Poussin ; cann.it be evaded by any charge of recrimiiia j lions. If that charge ran lie made with any! shadow of truth, Jet it be separately presented, and it will be most promptly and most respectfillly considered. The President instructs me to say to your j Frr#>ib?ncv that, as from the whole tone of your I communication to Mr. Rush. which lias struck him with much surprise, i< would seem lliat the ' disrespectful language of the France Minister ! at Washington ha* ben received with indul- j genre, and held worthy of palliation hy the djs- I tingtiished Minister of Foreign Affairs of F ranch ; who has manifested no disposition to redress the U'ropg, he, as the Chief Magistrate of the United States, feels himself at perfect liberty, and [ii far.l constrained, with a ?iew to preclude opportuoitie* which might he again abused, to perform without any further delay, an unpleas. unt duty, Irotn which he had hoped his friendly appeal to the French (iovprnment ivould have relicred him. This Government is the guardian of its otvri j honor, and, as on all occasions, it seeks to avoid , giving causes of offence, so will it never sub-1 /nit to intentional disrespect. By the time this j gffi'L.-1-g.' !1?L 111 11,1 * ' .J lifter rencnes your Kxcellency, Mr. Poussia will hiivr heen informed that no further correspondence will he held with him liy the Pixeculive of the United States, and that every proper fa? ility will he offered hint should he desire to return to France. The President further instructs me to express to your Excellency the friendly sentiments of himself and of this Government, for the President, the Government, and the People of France. He does not doubt that these kind sentiments are reciprocated by them, and he anticipates, with lively satisfaction, the arrival of .Mr. Ponssin's successor, with whom it will be the study of this Government to cultivate agreeable and friendly intercourse, in the terms and the spirit of mutual courtesy, which will be equally honorable to both the sister Republics. In the mean time, prompt and respectful attention will be given to any communications touching the interests of our respective countries which may be made, through any other diplomatic agent whom the French Government may see fit to select. I avail my?t If of this opportunity to offer to your Excellency the assurances of my most distinguished c nsideration. JOHN M CLAYTON. Department of State, > Washington, September 14, 1349. ? Sir: The President has devolved upon o>e the duty of announcing to you that the Government of"the United Slates will hold no further correspondence with you as the Minister of France; and that the necessity which has impelled him to take this'step at the present moment ha? hi-en made known to your Government. In communicating the President's determination in regard to yourself personally, I avail my.se 11 of the occasion to add, that due attention will lie cheerfully given to any communications from the Government of France, affecting the interests of our respective Re. publics which inay reach this Department through any other channel. Your own Government will he able to explain to you the reasons which have influenced the American Executive in delaying the present communication until this period. The President has instructed me further to say, that every proper facility for quitting the United States will lie promptly given, at any moment when you may be pleased to signify that it is your desire to return to France. I am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, JOHN. M. CLAYTON. Mr. VYm. Tell Poussin, &c. Nf.xv York Methodist Book Concern.? The la?t issue of the Christian Adcocate has its leading editorial devoted to the Book Con. cern. It states the fact that the husiaess of the Concern has been falling off for the last lew years, and of course its issues are neither so widely circula'ed nor so profitable. The late reduction of prices, seems not to have resulted in an increase of sales. It is complained that the agency of the preachers by which the hooks of the concern used to he brought into the hands of the people, is less efficient than formerly.? ' Whether some other mode," says the Advo cate, can he devised lor the circulation of our hooks, or whether the preachers Can he brought again to engage in the business, to the extent desired, we will not now predict; but it remains a settled point, that, unless one or the other of the events can be brought about, the business will continue to decline." How far the decline in the prosperity of this establishment may be traced to a forfeiture of the blessings of God occasioned by the injustice of retaining what of right belongs to the Southern Conferences, the official paper does not inquire, it might well have been considered among the other speculations of the "Advocate," whether on any principle.s of natural or revealed religion, a professedly religious concern which is found in the present circumstances of the Hook Concern. could succod, no mailer how uhle its management. Methodists at least, profess to hold to the belief ol a special providence which is pledged to uphold the right. It is a solemn inquiry f?r all concerned in the present case, how far those words of inspired truth are applicable: "he shall hold it fast, but it shall not last." GoodTimks on tjik Tkail.?An overland emigrant gives the following account nfllie fun they have on the overland trail to California : Hunting buffaloes is the greatest amusement out. We can run them down in a three or four miles heat, and sometimes one or two miles. Wo kiil lliem that sometimes weigh twelve or fifteen hundred. It is just dangerous enough to make it right amusing. I have been thrown off my horse twice byj their making at the horse.? Once I came within an inch of being killed by one making a pitch at me, after being unhorsed, but I shot him by chance so that I got off sale. I was riding my mule at the time. I have stop, peil iho huff ilo game with liini; is too hard work. I caught an Indian horse, that was running loose, lhat can't be beat for buffaloes. We have some great limns with the Indians. We expected to have a fight with them for the last fe.v days, but I think the danger is over with them now. ITc fight more awing one another than wr. do with the Indians There have been four hilled, and one with a buffalo, and sixteen died of sickness. This is doing very well fir a company of eighty-one young men. I have never "pent so happy a time in mv life. If any of our chaps are coining out next spring tell them to bring a good horse?one that can goat the rate of fifteen miles an hour, and keep it up filteen hours. .My Indian can do it. It you were here after one of these buffaloes, you would throw yourselves right straight; it heats chasing fixes all out. If any shipes are starting for California tell them to stay at home, they can't come it. I have met 3UU persons corning back and going home. Rklioious Rkvival.?Wo clip the following from the Spantanburg Spartan : ' I was glad when thoy said unto me, let lis go into the House of the Lord." This is the spirit, and this is the gladness, with which the people of our village are blessed at this time. I'or a week past, the .Methodist Church under the care of the Rev. Mr. Durant, has been almost nightly crowded, with a serious and attentive audience, Eighteen in all have recently united themselves to his Church, and many others appear to be deeply a dec ted, by the almost irresistible appeals and manly eloquence of this faithful and much Jovorl Minister, We hope the benign inflnences of a giacious revival may go out and reach every Church and every heart, 0^7" The Prince Royal of Sweden is about to marry a Princess of Holland, and Louis Bonaparte u Prineos of Sweden. O" Oscar, King of Sweden, has turned teetotaler, and is sending If dotal missionaries throughout his country to show 'ho blessing* of Tcmporanco. - THE CAMJDEAI JOURNAL ? Wednesday .Horning, October 3, 1819. |e W. THURLOW CASTON, EDITOR. ? OUR MARKET. For the benefit of country customers, wc would 0 . i state that our inerc'iants have returned home bring? 81 nig with them an unusually large stock of goods tj of ev!>ry description. Boxes and bales are arriving 0 by every freight train, and their contents ?re fast t| finding their places in the shelves and cases, to he re | moved soon, we trust, to supply the wants of cash tl customers. Every preparation i6 making for a o heavy business this season, and our tip country a friends need not hesitate longer to send on their 8 orders. New stores are going up and old onee are a being removed and enlarged, all ready to offer bar- ? gains for the real Californiy. The cotton market is about fairly opening, and the very highest prices ? are given consistent with the state of other markets. The completion of the Railroad sensibly in- j c re. sed the trade here last winter, and tt is confi- v dently expected that a proportunate increase will E continue to be felt by our dealers. All purcnasers f will find it to their advantage to examine the in- " ducement8 now offered by our merchants, before u going elsewhere to trade. Our streets at times ? present a lively appearance, and a Plank Road iR r only wanted to increase the number of wagons and [ customers. During the past week, a large and active busi. ^ ncss has been done in Cotton, at prices ranging c Irom 10 to 10 56. p Flour is very scarce, and sells readily at 86 to o 86T-2 per barrel For other articles, we refer to a our Prices Current. r t CTWe refer our readers of Sumter to Ihe com- c munication of "Aristides," in answer to "Subscri- ii ber,'' in the Banner. 1 .Several oiher communications will be found on 0 our first page. RETURN DAYS. e For Fairfield, Saturday, October 6th. " Kershaw, " " 13th. " Sumter, M " 2()th. " Lancaster, " " 27th. SOUTH CAROLINA FEMALE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. The circular and catalogue of this time honored Institution, situated near the town of Columbia, has been sent us. The list of pupils, and additions to the Board of Teachers evidence that its merits are duly appreciated in this, and neighboring States, and that its sphere confluence i6 greatly on the increase. We perceive a spirit of determination on the part of well known principals to maintain ts deserved its reputation, and to make it one of the choicest schools in the Southern States. The services cf \V. II. Talley A. B a graduate of Columbia College have been procured in the department of math- . ematics and Natural Science, and enters upon his j new duties with the highest recommendations for . ability tnd scholarshio, and Mods. Eugene Dovil* < liers takes charge of the Drawing and Paintinj ? department. Prof. W. H. Oscliard fand Miss b'. 1 Bluxotne in the music department, and Prof. Man- ' 'j get in that of Modern Languages, will continue in 1 : the Institution. Additions are expected to be 1 i made to the Instruments and appraatus. The I t nllocriatP venr rommences on the first Thursday ! ' ~ ! i in October. This Insii'.ution is in a healthy lo, cation. We desire to see our own fine school , to which we directed attention last week, supported j and built up; but if it is deemed proper to send pu- ( pils abroad, we know none more deserving of pat. i ronage than this Collegiate Institute. 1 THE FRENCH DIFFICULTY. The Washington Papers have published llio corrcs- 1 pondcnce in full, relative to the French difficulty, pro. perly laying before the world the commencement and ( | progress of tho insolent bearing of a Foreign Minister, ' I whoso dismissal has been regarded necessary to the 1 ' right preservation of national respect and dignity. It ' is loo voluminous for our columns. Our rcudcrs will find in the Officii) notes, published in this issue, which 1 passed kclwocn Mr. Rush, our Minister in Paris and ' M. do Tocqucvillc, French Minister ofForoign affairs, ' sufficient indication of the lone and feeling that marked ' the French dignitaries in this unfortunate affair. Tho ' outline of the facts wc have already given. The letter ' of M. Poussiti, which was considered offensive, and was 1 forwarded to the French Gove nnient, was written op. 1 on tho claim of Commander Carpendcr, fur salvage, ' for saving the French vessel L,Eugenic describing it i ns derogating from the "dignity of tho national nnrinc, ' ! and charged tho Government with "subscribing to tho 1 | strange doctrine." professed by Carpendcr. In the opin. ! inn of our Attorney General, the claim was in uccor. ' l dance with the decision of English and American ' Courts, and founded on the broadest principles of jus. ' ticc. The New York Tribune says that Poussin's re call hud been decided by the French Government, ! somo two months previous to the difficulty nnd tliul Air. < De .Monlholon, son of Gen. Monlholon, is said to bo I named his successor. It is rather surprising, that both of these French officials, Do Tocqucvillc and Poussin who havo travelled extensively in this country, and who might bo supposed to entertain tho profoundost respect for our institutions, could havo so far forgotten J their position mid rules of diplomatic couitcsy, as to become insupporlably insolent and fault finding. THE ADMINISTRATION. Wo think the Administration properly rebuked the . impertinence ol M. Poussin, and repeal that we have reasons to conclude, that no efforts will be spared to protect the dignity and honor of the Ainorican people. We are not among those, who disagreeing with the Administration in political creed, and so blinded with devotiuii to party us to see nothing worthy of commendation in its conduct. We heartily detest that party prejudice and wilful blindness that lead men to con* ileum every courso of uction adopted by political oppo. nenls. Many of the Democratic press, with the Washington Union as file leador, hold themselves in readiness to pounce down upon every movement of the Executive, and pour out unmeasured strains of abuse upon him, without wailing for full information or Irgiti. ' mule results. Such a course reminds us of Purson Brownlow's rule of conduct in relation to South Carolina, that upon every political question uboul which ho is uninformed 1 if lie should learn what side South Carolina will lake c under a heavy aonse of duty he would be compelled 10 " lake the olhor. 1 With such we cannot concur. Let tho principles of c right and justice be extended to all, arid truth, digni- ' find nnd ancrod truth, lie revered without regard to llio ' source from which it cminatos. Prosident Taylor has forfeited tho support of the South. Under the pledge that ho would not bo tho \ President of any party, ho has thrown himself into tho e arms of the Whig party; has colled around him strong I whig abolitionists and manifested a disposi'ion to disturb | tho present tariff for tho benefit of tho iron mongers of c Pennsylvania. For these, as woll us for other masons. | lie deserves llip CQndernnqlipp p[ the South. Put wo a '40 ro not awaro that these errors have rendered hiiz> toilly incapable of doing any tiling that is right, At nbocilc am) ignorsnt as ho may be, we have yet lu :arn that stern justice does not deinund (he withholding f abuse, when his administration, whether occidental or therwisc, strikes out upon a proper line of policy. Justida fiat should be the tone and determination of f every independent Paper. We hare been led to lake these remarks, from an unwillingness that our lonce should be construed into a concurrence with tone Southern Journals nod sonic of the lending ones f our own State, that indiscriminately find fault with lie diplomacy and foreign relations of our Goternmenl. In the matter of the Cuban expedition, the course ol Ne Executive was in irked with a duo regard for out ur character as a peaceable and luw-abiding people, nd his prompt and successful measures to arrest it deervo the commendation of the country. The sup em cy of Ihe law, thai boast oi /lmcncn, wait maintaind, the rights of u neighboring nation rcspi cted, and n and of wild, lawless adventurers prevented from plun. fing our Republic into great difficulties, if not iulc ctual war. The severe rebuke administered to the impertinent frenchman, and the position assumed, bnstd Upon tli( isages of international intercourse, will, doubtless, I t ustuined by Congress, if ever mode a question be ore that body. Not a cause of war, nor indeed ol crious difficulties, it will increase our respect ubroad ind will show to the world, that though liberal in nui dews, we demand a rigid observance of the rules thai nark the intercourse of other nations. lit tho Hungarian struggle, if we understand it right, the administration did all that was consistent vitJi strict noulrality, to aid in the cause of freedom I laudable aspiration was shown to be the fiisl to wol. ome that unfortunate country into the family of indo enderil nations, had she been successful in throwing 3'the yoke of tyranny. In sending M. D. M., an matcur diplomatist of ability, some months ngo, to b? cady to extend tho hand of fellowship, at the propel iine, certainly manifests a strung sympathy for tlx nusc of that brave people, truly expressive of the feel ng that throbbed in American hearts from Maine U Texas. Under all circumstances, let error be condemnor nd truth and justice be revered and commended. A Homicidk ?We learn that J. A. Colclougb, Jr. if Sumter D strict, was shut by a neighbor, Uichuri Marshall, on last Sulurdny evening. The effect ?se nslunl death. The statement of facts we have re teived is not sufficiently authenticated to warran ublication. Loss bt tub Siiip Ciiarlbston.?Tlie Packet Slii| Charleston, from New York tor Charleston, rcccutlj lurnl at sea, had on board goods belonging to many o lur merchants. Messrs. MeDowiill &. Cooper, C Hatheson, Workman & Boone, A, M. & K. Kennedy ind J. R. McKain, ui d perhaps others, are sufferers hj he accident. However, the most, if not all of them ire secured against loss by insurance. The delay ii irrivals will bo the source of Uie greatest injury. Tin dultunore correspondent of the Mercury says that tin ressel and cargo were insured ul .New Yurk fur twi lundred thousand dollars. DANGEROUS COMPANY. TIip. two wings of the New York Democracy have or some lime, been making strenuous cfTo. Is to coa csce and become one in tho struggle with the Wliij arty for the State offices. The question of Fice totlism disturbed the harmony of the union, and sever >1 Conventions failed to reconcile the difficulty. Tin H9.nlu1rn.ra insL.ii'J Lilian a free-soil clsiiino in lh< ivritlen compact, but the Hunkers demurred. Tin Hunkers licld a Convention at Syracuse, at wliicl evolutions were passed containing tbo tcuns upm vhich they would unite. The Barnburners ul tht-i Convention held soon after, at Utica, adopted them ind nominated the following Statu officersF. C Jewell, Judge of Appeals; Henry J. Kundull, Score ary of State ; Benjamin JVelch, (the editor of tbi 13uffulo Republic,) State Treasurer, and for Slate En juicer, Alex. Campbell, of Albany, leaving the te noindcr of tho ticket to be filled out by llic llunkcrs \t a mass meeting held immediately afterwards, b >oth parties, at Syracuse, the union was completed ind approp.-iutc resoluiions were adopted to soleinntzi lie marriage ceremonies. The South has continued cau.>e to doubt liic fa ill >f all parties at ti.e North, and to disclaim teilowsliii villi any of them, Whig or Democrat. She must idj ipon herself alone, nml ought to luku slops to uiiiu icr strength and combine her foices. The //uukcra ' purer than all tho tribe," are now fast locked it iie embrace of the Barnburners, rampant Free sellers bllovvers of Van Borcri, and admirers of Benton.? Now is the proper lime, and tho Memphis Coiiveiiliut ,vill be the proper occusion, whore every Snuilicri Stale will bo strongly represented by Whig and Dcin icrat, to consider the necessity imposed upon the va nous divisions that now distract the South and weak in her strength, to " bury the huteliet" ol parly, am ay hold of the " olive branch" of union nnd peace A proposition from that Convention to unite am old a Southern Convention, would command lespec ind attention. The Wliigs and Democrats of the South have tin tame love of country and interests st stake in the gres Mtur, and ought to have the same aims and objects United wo stand?divided we fall." The Motrins Convention. ? His Excellency, tin Governor, has ognin published the names of Delrgatc "mm this State to tho Memphis Convention, with thi cqucsl that they also attend the Ruil Road Cunvcnlioi if St Ia?uis on the 15th October. The Conveutioi it Memphis will meet on the 23d October. A commit ce of tlio citizens of that Town hove published a cir :ular, assuring the delegates that there is no ciiolcn n that region, and that ample arrangements will hi nude for their accommodation. Most of the Railroad and Steamboat Companies villi praiseworthy liberality, liavo determined to pus .hem free of charge. As questions of momentous im wrlunco to the South, and to the whole Union, wil ikely be discussed at the Convention, it is hoped tlia .his portion of the Stale will be fully represented. W earn that it is probable a strong Delegation from olhc lections of the Sluto will attend. As tho question of a Southern Convention, to com line all parlies of the South, in arresting the aggres lions of the North, may be mooted, or somo gram icheme proposed, by which the Union may be saved ill eyes arc turned with intense interest to its proceed ng. We again publish the names of the DelcgsUi roin this and Lmcustcr District: Col. JaincsChesnut K. li. Boykin, Cnl. T. W. fluey, Hon. Dixon Barnes I. F. G. Mittag, Geo. McWitlicrspoon, and J.met II. Withcrspooii. Governor Bell.?It has heen staled in many paper hut Mr. Bell, recently elected Govurnor of Texas, i l Whig, but a correspondent in the Washington Unioi iays that ho is assured by an old Texian that the new y elected Governor lias always been a staunch Demo srat, and that whilst stumping it through tho Slate ii July Inst, ho repeatedly declared that he was i VmnfiraL Maryland Elkctions. ? A correspondent of tin iVnshington Union from Baltimore, rays that the rcsul if the elections will chang" the chancier of the Mary and Delegation in Congress. The Delegates will In our Democrats and two Whigs, instead of two Demo irals and four Whigs, as in the last Congress. Truman Smith is in that Slate, attempting it i aid, to influence tho elections. ?g ! "The Dur Mute."?Wo liare rocciwd tlio first i number of "The Deaf Mute." a semi, monthly piper, | published in Raleigh, ut tho North Carolina Institution I for the cduCnlion of ti e Deaf and Dumb, edited by I William D. Cooke, Principal of the Institution, ?nbsciiplion price ?1 per annum, payable in ndvnnc-\? i ' The old Nortli Slate is taking tho lead antrng Iter I sisters of the S?nth, in providing an Institution for tho nnfmtunnte Deaf and Dumb, where they may acquire the knowledge of some useful art, and be enabled to I i gain a coinfnitable subsistence by the labor of their own hands. The art of printing is one of the branches taught, and this excellent piper is issued from the office f where they ore learning to set type. Tho cause of humanity will be subserved by giving it an extensive t circulation. Stranger's Fever,?Tltc reported deal lis in Charles ton for the week ending on Wednesday last, utimbcr. i id 28?14 of which were by the Stranger's Fever. 1 > It is not yet regarded as an epidemic, but is confined 1 > to foreigners, whose habits of life subject them to great exposure. s "The Palmetto Post"?This new paper comes to > us enlarged and improved. We heartily wish the proprietor succc s in showing that " some things can f he done as well as others." , The Palmetto insiiluiion* find support in her "Bin* r ner" nnd " Standard," and Beaufort is succeeding in I contributing a strong " Pest" to ?pht>W the fabric, l Til* next Presidency ?Some of tho western papers I have linistcd the names of J. J. C rittenden, of Ken. lucky, and Wm. F, Johnston, of Pennsylvania, for President nnd Vice Piesidetit in 1852, sabjoct to the decision of u National Convention. Irish in America.?The New York correspondent of > a Dublin (Ireland) paper, estimates the numlier of Irish r in this country at four millions, or one fifth of the en : tire population. i For the Camden Journal. I Mr. Editor; One who signs himself UA Subscriber," in the " Sumter Banner," of the 26lh tilt., announces the fart that the people nl , Kershaw are getting a petition to the Legisla1 tore, signed, praying to incorporate a part of i Clarernont cotrnty with Kerslmw; and by way ? - ... - _ .1-- i ...i ",i _ * I oi Killing ine project in me iiiiu, comes uown i upon it with two heavy blow*, in the ho|>e I hat it may never lie lirwid of again. He appeal* ie> llie District pride to fie amused and prevent > the dismemberment of the territory of Clare , mmt, and then interposes a constitutional f objection' In regnrd to tlir Cnnstitntion, we have to say that we perfectly well understood our posit ion ir from the first, and knew that to accomplish 0111 t object the constitution had lobe altered, so far t as the boundary in question was coneerned.? B The Flection District boundaries were made B permanent by the amendments made to the i, constitution in 1808, and to change them, the course prescribed by the constitution for its alteration must be pursued ; and that course we were well aware bad-to he pursued, nnd is the one which we are now at. It is hardly worth while to stop to break a lance wiih " A Sob, scrilier" upon an immaterial question which he has raised, to wii : whether, the boundary of Claremoul county is not Pine Tree Creek, as c determined by the act of 1785 : that is one mile South fiom Kershaw Coort House. Hut if he will again examine the constitutions of 1778 an I 1790. he will find that the Iwninduries of 1 the Election Districts are not mentioned or al luded to, and of course does not contml them. Under the constitution of 1778, the Election ' Di-trict was thus described, 44 the district to the Eastward of Wateree River," shall send two member*. The constitution of 1790 says thai 44 Claremonl1' shall send two members, but left the boundaries to be altered or amended by the ordinary Legislative art. 44 Claremont" would still beihe same, if her boundaries were chang p(l. in the view nf the constitution?a ml so t lie ' Legislature thought by changing the boundary in 1792?in which Clnremont has now acquiesced for filly years, fini we understand that " A Subscriber" not only denies that Clare, moot can he abridged of her fair, present pro. poilions by Legislative Act, and calls upon its citizens to rally to prevent the dismembermerit of ill.? county, but nl?o to claim that its boundary rightfully is Pine Tree Creek, and to insist upon tneir right. Then,in his view, this is a disputed boundary, (as Kershaw has been in possession of a large part of it since the year 1792.) and is an open question. If so, we invite Clnremoiit to make the question before the Legislature, where we shall he happy to ; meet them, and discuss not merely the rusty j records of the past, hut the fitness and propriety ! o! the proper boundary hetween Claicmont and Kershaw. 1 The pride of Clareinont and Sumter District ' is appealed to to prevent the cutting off a part 0 of the Ibrrner. There is a pride of men and 1 another pride of nations, but ceitainly they are * close nkid. Among men there is a proper pride which impels us to leave the company of those who desire not our presence, and to let those e depart in peace, who do not .vish to remain s among us. It might be proper for the people 0 of Clnremont to consider whether pride and a a just self respect ought not to induce them to 1 permit a people to separate from them, who do . not desire to remain among them?certainly . such is the course which our worthy liieud i "Subscriber" would pursue in respect to himself. 0 Since this question is not to be left to be decided by the wisdom of the Legislature, but i, public opinion is to be. brought to bear on ii, it 8 i is proper that the views ot those seeking the . ch.ngu should he beard and understood. The 1 people of Kershaw are not moving in the t matter, but the whole movement begins and c ends with the people living on that ship of t land in Claremont proposed to he annexed to Kershaw. That .strip on the river may be some eight miles wide by ten long up to the main fork of Big Baft on Creek?from thence j to the Lynches Creek line, it cannot be more than five milps wide. These distances arc judged of by viewing the map of Mills, and may , not be entirely accurate. The reasons of the [ inhabitants who live on this strip, for desirng the change, are plain. They are nearer to ' , Camden to perform all public duties required of] them by Law, which require their presence j there, such as Jury duty, militia duty and so { forth. Their private business carries them to * Kershaw, not JSumter. Their connections are s with Kershaw in business and in interest, in 1 every way. Their feelings nrc with Kershaw? * for where the interest is, there will the heart be - also, and they call upon every liberal minded . man in LJaremonl to ui<l lMem in their petition i and wishes, the granting of which does not injure (Jlaremont, but materially benefits the petitioners. d The public reasons are equally forcible.? t Kershaw is a small District, for which one . week is more than enough to transact all her o law business. Sumter is a large District, . requiring two weeks at each Term. If by lessening her amplitude, we fill up the week for r Kershaw, and reduce Sumter to one week, it is a decided gain to the people of Sunder gencr* 1 illy, who have to attend on Court a* Juror*, parties or witnrerea, and enve* money to them, l?y not having their business delayed. Sumter ha* too strong Regiments?Kershaw ha* one weak one. Equalize them, and the citizen soldier i* benefitted, and the State gains an iidrantage. Our friend " Sulweriber" my* remember "the great rxprnre we harp Wen - ^ ^ " * at in Imtlcling on* of ine ?*** tami rioMwu m the State." Wp|i. tb* petitioner* say thai it i* finished, they hel| ed you to build it, roil do not want to hnild another oil*, then why not let i?*? go? They will release to you all their right and pride and "lory in having one of the l*-et ? Court flniises in the State, and thereby all those benefits will be more concentrated in the other _ citizens of Sumter. The sub division of the State into Districts* Counties ami Parishes is for the convenience of the citizens. When the arranged boundaries do nut contribute to that convenience, lull adj a burden to the citizen, the. boundary ought to be changed, as it has been repeatedly in this State. Kquality of burdens and lienefits is all thaf the Petitioners ask, and that is equity and common justice. AltlSTI DKS. Correspondent?* of tlie (.uniilen JnuruuL CHARLESTON, Oct. 1st, 1949. My Dear Sir> Wmry exaggerated ffftnor.4 have doubll*** reacheif Jotf, relative to ih# prevalence ol Yellow Fever in Cha-lesion.?* ^ We do not pietpnd to deny that our bills of mortality give sufficient evidence of the exis. tencc of the disease at this time ; But there is little or no cnu?e ol alarm. Tire casos'whicb hare occurred are cotifiued exclu<ivejy to those j classes of the coiwmuirify whose habits or occu. pal ions subject them to peculiar-exposure, and consequently to disctse, at all seasons of the , year. A very large proportion of the victim? have been persons of longstanding intemperate habits?many ol thern notoriously so, and in nrr instance has a native, or a visitor to the city merely ill the pursuit of business, and strictly observing habit* of regularity and temperance^ contracted the fever. Cases of high hUhajs fe. ver are not iinfreqneul even among these; but it is worthy of note, that of* 29 death* reported in last Wednesday'* paper, 14 were of chrouic and ordinary affection* incident to the~ season, and out of these 14. only three were natives? showing a degree of health among the accli* mated population, far exceeding that of any other city in the. world. The worst has, I believe, already bepn passed over. Appearances indicate that the visitation under which we are -* laboring will be hut temporary, and I trust in a few weeks, our up country friend* inay visit us without ihe slightest tear or hesitation. The question of extending the term o! the Mayor and Aldermen of the city to two year*, is to be decided at the ballot box.on the second Monday of the present month. It is most earn. estly to lie hoped that every good citizen who desires to promote the health, Itotli moral and physical, of his native or adopted city, will give his mite oil that occasion towards ridding u*oC. these worst oi annual pest* to the community, City Election. Their corrupting, iiiflueqers are deeply felt among us, and are lasting in thfir consequences. Had we not lieen cursed wiih the last September election, our country friends might have coutinued to visit us with the utmost confidence. I have seen more drunk* ^ en vagabonds #i?ce the election than during the ? ? ivhitlrt of llin nroeorlinn ronr or.rt nin?*.l??ntlil of nil tin* sickness thai has prevailed may !rj traced directly to this prolific source of evil. Travellers for the summers are returning home every day in crowds, by the cars. It is pleasant to see the affectionate greeting of" so many friend* who have been long separated. The bloom of health and cheerfulness lm.v been restored to not a few delicate or care.worn cheeks, and numerous agreeable friendships formed between those, whose pursuits or associations had not thrown thein into the.way of each other at borne. Mutual prejudices have hem overcome, and in some instances, harmony restored between parlies long estranged, but who meeting accidenta l)- in a stranger land, have yielded to those generous impulses which a community of interests and fcympu hies is so well calculated to inspire, when we leave fnr a while the contracted sphere of home, and wander forth among those scenes of innocent re. creation and enjoyment, where all vie with each other to mnke the time pass agreeably and sociably. Wm. C. Richards, the Editor of the South* crn Literary Gazette, published ill Athena, Ga., passed through our city on his way to the North, a week or two since.. He has succeeded in the ^ permanent establishment of an excellent and w??!l.conducted Family Newspaper on the plan y >f those of New York and Philadelphia, which a is exceeding popular in this Slate and Georgia. * The October numbers of ihe Southern Quarterly, DeBow's Commercial Review and Winder's ^ Magazine arc expected to be issued in a few days. We have had only one alarm of fire for sere, ral months past. It was in a thickly settled part of the city, in a neighborhood furnishing nin|?lf material for an extensive conflagration, but was extinguished in a shoit lime without material damage. The only public amusement with which wo have been farorcd as yet this season is the Cir' ma. and that has in its turn departed. It attracted crowds of dnrkies and children, to witness its (noieries?the more sen-ilde part ofih" community appearing to have lost its relish, in proportion as the exhibition becomes annually more ridiculous and trifling. Tbe taverns (?) (grog shops) have profited to the heart's content of their proprietors ?some dozen or two in that section of the city hcing mainly supported by the opening of such places of resort in the fall and winter seasons. Our King and Hay tin street merchants haro been laying in an extensive supply of goods for 1 tbe opening trade. The King street stores furnish a brilliant display of silks and satins ribbons, shawls, gloves, mnus. delaines n>ul cashmeres, cloths and vesting*, casvim-e merinos, &c.?French and German broadcM * are advertised at $*2 to $3 per yard?tnou?i delaines 12 1-2; cashmeres (choicest patten- ) 25 cents. In the Grocery line there has been a brisk business transacted?Mies 01 sugar very neavy ?nnd prices on the advance. 500 hogsheads have changed hands at prices ranging from 5 8 4 to 7. Very little Coffee sold. About 100 barrels Western Flour brought 5 3-8 per Imrrel; a few small lots Baltimore nnd Philadelphia $5 3 4. 900 sticks western Corn wcro received and stored; rates quoted 62 to 65c. Some 900 sacks Salt realized 85 to 90c. Rope 10 1-2 to 11c. The receipts of Cotton during the pnst week were 2,881 hales, and the sales in the same time 4,457 bales, ranging (rum 8 1*2 to 111 3-4 cents. Sntne 7 or 800 tierces of Rico brought 3 1 4 to 3 3*8 per 100 lbs. A comparatively new article of produce, Turpentine, commands pretty good prices. Between 5 and 600 barrels have been soli! during the week at $2 1 -4 to $">.