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?Jl)c ami)cn louvual. PUBLISHED BY THO. J. WARREN & C. A. PRICE, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS TERMS, For the Sam Weekly, Three Dollars anil Fifty Cents if paid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is do layed three months. For the Weekly, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents in dvance, or Three Dollars after the expiration of three auortlhs. COTTON CROP IN THE P. STATES. The London correspondent of the National Intelligencer says: The cotton crop and trade still engage much of the public, attention.. The New York correspondent of the Times now estimates your crop at 2.400,000 bales. The Economist has devoted much time and space to the statistics of cotton, justly arguing that a raw material, upon which lho welfare of nut less than four millions of English and Scotch people depends, is a sub jeet of primary importance. This four millions is composed of two millions in Lancashire, one million and four hundred thousand in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and nearly 600.000 in Lanarkshire?leaving Cheshire and other iso. lated place* <?ut.of the question. We have during the last fivp years imported as follows : Where from. Bales. Bales. Brazil 495,635 or 69,137 annually. Egypt 2*24.579 or 44,916 " East Indies 899.213 or 179,942 Sundry places 44.832 or 8,966 " 1.664,309 or 33*2.361 ? Our average annual imports from all other nlncps. pxramt tha United States, were, during the last five years 7.333 bale* less than those of the five years which ended in 1839, and 60,000 bales less than those of the five years end. in<? 1844; whilst ottr exports of the raw mate, rial during the last five years have increased 54,000 bales annually. This shows anything rather than an increasing independence of a sup ply from the U. States. Our imports from the East Indies alone have fallen off 54,000 bales on the annual average of the last five years. Our imports from the United Stales have increased on the average of the last five years no less than 77,000 bales. After a long array of figures and calculations, ?:.k ...III ??l ~r.r I tin tv illl v? niuil wu u||| urn tvwvi j win ii.wwx ?of ?uv well-informed Editor fif the Economist arrives at the following conclusions : 1. That our supply of cot'.on (excluding the "United States) has for many years been decidedly, though irregularly decreasing. 2. That our supply of cotton from all quarters (including the United States) available for hom? consumption, has ol late years been falling off at the rate af 1000 bales per week; while our consumption has been increasing, during the 4tme period, at a rate of 3600 bales a we ek* "8. That the United States is the only country where the growth, of cotton is on the increase; and that there even it does not increase on an average more than three per cent, per annum, ou,uuu oaies annually, wnicn is oarely sufficient to supply the demand for its own increased consumption and tor the continent of Europe. 4. That no stimulus of price can materially augment this annual increase in the United States, as the planters always grow as much cotton as the negro population can pick, and the negro population does not increase more <han three per cent, annually. 5. That consequently, if the cotton manufac lure of Great Britain is to increase at all it can only be enabled to do so by applying a ? ? ? ?* alSnikitliia Ia flirt a kaihi k nl aalf/kll i n Alllfll* grrni buuiuiu* m? ... w. ... countries adapted (or the culture. The changes which have taken place within 4he "memory of many now living," says the Economist, in the countries whence we have derived our supplies of cotton, are very remarkable. In the infancy of our manufactures our chief supply came from the Mediterranean, especially from the Smyrna and Malta. Neither -of these places now sends us more than a few chance bags occasionally. In the last century the West Indies were our principal source.? Tn 1796, out of 20,000,000 pounds imported, "5,000.000 came from Smyrna and the rest from -i t*T . T J* t i n j r? I.. mo >?esi innies. in we receiveu oiuy about 1300 bales from the West Indies. Hra. zil began to send us cotton in 1731, and the supply thence continued to increase, though irregularly till 1830, since which time it has fallen off one-half. About 1322 Egyptian cotton began to come in considerable quantities, its cultivation having been introduced into that country two years previous. The import exceeded 80,000 bales in 1845; the average of the last three years has not been a third of that quantity. Cotton has always been grown largely in Hindostan, but it did not send much sto England till about thirty years ago. In the five years ending 1814, the yearly'average im^?i. oo snn ;? l qui ii 07.1 . fpv,..., ou.vvw ... ., .. - 000 bales, and tnay be now roughly estimated at 200,000 bales a year. The reason for the falling off in the supply of Cotton from Brazil, Hindostan, and Egypt, is said to be the dnprecia lion in price, which, says the Economist, "is equal to 40 per cent, since 1836," this depreciation having directed capital and labor into other channels, and prevented so bulky an article as cotton froin being grown or forwarded. This is particularly the case in Brazil and India, where freight and carriage form so large a portion of the price of cotton?good roads, convenient vehicles, and safely navigable rivers being yet the desiderata in the. cotton growing districts of both countries. 'I ho West Indies, Africa, and Australia, are regarded as the countries which are to supply the increasing demands of British manufactures, or at least so much of them as would prevent any serious difficulties in case of a deficiency in your crop.? The importance of this subject to both countries must justify us to your readers for saying so much about it. Profits of Plank Roads.?The Waterville and Utica road, nineteen miles long, and costing 831,000. has just cleared a dividend of ten per cent, laid out for repairs. The Utica and Bridgewaler road, twenty miles long, and costing 840,000, pays 25 per cent. A coffer without a lock, shows that it contains no treasure, as a inouth always open denotes an empty brain. BLUSTER AND TREASON. Ia an article on "the Slavery Convention at Nashville," the New York Mirror My? "The general tone ot the leading Southern men partikes so much of the (spirit of hln-ler and bravado, that we altach but little importance to their impotent threatening* 'to dissolve the Union.' The dissolution of the LTnion is a moral impossibility. Such n calamity could only be effected by a majority in both Houses of Congress; and we have loo much faith in the Almighty Ruler of Nations, to believe that a dozen men in either branch of Congress, would ever be lelt so abandoned of God and reason, as to raise a sacrilegious hnnd against the blood cemented Union of the States. "The very first suspicion of rebellion against the Union, on the part of a single State, or a single individual, would bring the moral and physical force of twenty millions of Unionists upon I lie devoted head of the offender. Trea son is the very highest crime that can he committrd against the State. The statute still exists; and the penally under the Constitution is as summary and severe as the ancient code of Draco." The above is a fair specimen ol the spirit and manneriin which the Northern press speak of Southern men and the slavery quesiiom The Miiror is not particularly rabid. There arc others morh more abusive and denunciatory. Observe in what a matter of course style it says: ?-iK? creneral lone ot'leadiior Southern ruen nar. lakes so much of lilusler and bravado, (hat wo attach bill little importance to their impotent throats," fire. The man speaks as if he werp uttering a recognized trttlh, and is as cool about it as if he were paying a compliment, instead of assoiting that the leading men of the South are blustering, bragging.' impudent and lying bullies; for that is the plain English of what he does say. Yet the Mirror, we b 1T.5 ro doubt, speaks what is the sentiment of the people about it, for all the other newspapers talk in the same way. Now supt o c the Southern press should adopt an equaiy complimentary strain, and as Northern men mistake Southern ardor for brav?da. the South should set down Northern cold ness 05 cowardice, and denounce Northern ] men as unprincipled and degraded poltroons, j It would he quite as just as the epithets bestowed upon the leading men of the South, but we rejoice to say that no Southern press has stoop, ed to such calumny and denunciation. The talk about "treason" and the "penalty under the constitution" is characteristic,) and illustrates the Northern crotchet, that dissolu lion is treason, and that somehow if the South ern States endeavor to dissolve partnership, the North can have them lake to the City Hall at New York, try them for treason, and hang them at a lamp post. The idea is prevalent among the cockneys, and especially rank in infant schools and nurseries. But fortunately the "code of Draco" is not in conformity with the genius of American institutions, and if it were, the North cannot raise a "posse comitatus" big enough to put it in execution. Richmond (Fa.) Republican. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, January 11,1850. The discussion of the slavery question has commenced in the Senate in good earnest. It arose on a motion to print the Vermont anti. slavery resolutions. Tho whole of yesterday was occupied with the discussion, and it will be resumed on Monday. Every view, connected with the topic, has already been presented. A j ? i * * r .1 IT-.? _ J ? I uissoiuiion 01 ine union was more uecmeuiy indicated, in the speeches of Mr. Clemens, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Davis of Mississippi, than it has ever been before. Mr. Clemens is a young Senator from Alabama, and is full of fire and energy. He spoke with burning eloquence upon the subject of Southern rights, and Southern wrongs. fie declared the Union was dis solved already, by the legislative action of the North, prohibiting the nrrest and recovery of fugitive slaves. He said it was the policy of the North, as he had understood, to bring forward but one question at a time. They now urged upon . ? the prohibition of slavery in theterritories. Gaining thai point, they would next demand the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and at forts, dock-yards, and arsenals, where the United States has jurisdiction. Next, they would abolish slavery between the States. Then, they would come into the States, and emancipate the slaves there. Xo one at the South talked of submission, the South had now drawn a line, and paRs it, said he, if you dare. He called upon the Northern Senators to carry out their instructions. In the words of a member of the other House, he called upon them to stand up and 44 face the music." The South was desirous ol meeting the question now, but he perceived that Northern Senators intended to Judge it. Mr. Butler, in his earnest remarks, dwelt upon the fact that the South had sustained every proposition of a compromise of this question, and was, at one lime, willing to adjust it in any way, in which she could save her honor. Mr. Chase, the Free Soil Senator from Ohio, made long speech, in which he declared that his purposes would he satisfied, by the exclusion of slavery in places where the United Slates had jurisdiction, and that the free Democracy of the North, to which he belonged, would be satisfied with nothing short of that. The Legislature of Maryland will undoubtedly pass resolutions, fully sustaining the rights and interests of the South. Gov. Crittenden, in his message to the Legislature, takes such a course on this suujeci, as 10 give great sausfaction to the friends of conciliation and union. The north western States, judging from the tone of their presses, are more decidedly oppo. sed to the extension of slavery, than any other portion of the country. The prevailing opinion, among the northern men, at present, is, that California will he admitted as a State, at this session, and with her self imposed restriction of slavery; and no other measure as to the territories will pass. Congress will let New Mexico and Dcseret alone. The delegate, sent by Dcseret will not headmilted to a scat. The Senate has been several times in executive session, but has not yet acted upon any nominations. The administration and its policy aro lost sight of, in the excitement produced by the ngitation nf the slavery ques. lion, and in the embarrassment of the House, caused by their inability to complete their organization to elect a clerk. The Committees of the House are idle, having no buoincss before thorn. TIBDB JOTIEHiv,3Lo CAMDEN, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IG, 1850. 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We will be must happy to furnish all our subscribers with the ecnii weekly until the publication of the tri-weekly is commenced, which will lake ils place, and to'ts many new subscribers as are disposed to give us help; which ire c:-l 1 flu.' right sort, when the-CASH conies, or its equivalent, in the shape of a responsible promise to f'u, with tlio p odge, on onr pari, to make the Camden Journal every way worthy their patronage. a . i Five new ca.sh subscribers can get the semi, weeklv for fifteen dollars, and the same number the weekly, for ten dollars; and for seventeen do), lars, ten copies of the weekly. The money must always accompany the order under these terms.? The tri-weekly will be four dollars, invariably in advance. (ET Postmasters throughout the State are respectfully solicited to act as our Agents. The Postmaster General has decided that Postmasters have the privilege of franking letters to the publishers of newspapers covering money for subscriptions, or the names of subsc ibcrs when the Postmaster is agent for the publisher, and his agency will be presumed from the fact that he franks them. MR. WHITNEY'S ROAI). We publish this week a communication froni Mr. Whitney, the " Napoleon of Railroads," anRu-primr objections offered bv Mr. J. F. G. Mittag. We think that as far as logic is concerned, the objections of Mr. Mittag are answered. But it stops not there: Mr. Whitney, it will be observed, says that "his plan designates no particular route." Now it does not, in so many words, 6ay that the plan proposed, shall be effected between St. Louis and San Francisco, or any other points, as termini; but we distinctly recollect, on the first morning of the Memphis Convention, while spending some hours with Mr. Whitney in his room, he demonstrating and explaining his plan, on that same little globe of his, that he made this remark : " Now you see that the shortest possible distance for a \a this rnmmpnrinor at Lake Michisin. and terminating at Puget's Soond; and if this were not the case, it is the only route upon which my plan (the only feasible one) can be effected." We recollect too, that a day or two after that, when Mr. Whitney's "only route" was likely to ruin his plan, he abandoned the proposition that that was the.only route on which his plan would work. Now, so far a.', we are concerned, we would as soon have a road built by Mr. Whitney alone, as any company, provided he build it south of "Mason's and Dixon's linein fact, it is the plan for democratic principles ;?but we would prefer a Southern Whig Road to a Northern Democratic one, without any charges. The vaiue or 6ucn a roan, who can estimate it ? From the Mississippi to the Pacific, over thousands of miles?a fertile, untilled clime?build the road, and the Genius of improvement, which seems now sleeping in the hidden vaults of the Sierra Nevada, or the'migbty plain, stretched out like an ocean, with a vegetable surface, shall waking, scatter over the hills and Tales a thousand towns and cities, interspersed with the rich productions of our unequalled clime,?while the lightning belt shall bear the new6 borne on the Pacific's wave to the Atlantic shore, ere the second wave shall reach the grave of the first. Nor will it stop then: the flying steamship shall in a few days return from China and Japan, "the middle Empire" and "The Gem of the Sea," richly laden with fruits and gold, pearls, and still richer productions of the land of Confuscius. From Kamschatka to New Holland shall rise the streams which will flood this mighty current, pouring its inexhaustible treasures in the lap of the Genius of Commerce,.whose home shall be . Where? Y?v, the Southern people must say where7 If what we get must always be scconded-handed,?if we arc too poor to import for ourselves,?if we will, at this'time, when a dissolution of a degraded union is imped for, submit to the route of this railroad being so marked out as to throw this mighty stream of wealth into the hands of Northern capitalists,?if the Genius of Commerce, who has so graciously fcmiled on our country, be forced to seat herself upon the cold and barren hills of the North, instead of the soft And fertile plains of the South,? then may the South put on her badge of service, and do fealty at the feet of her Northern masters. Mr. Calhoun's Expected Work.?Tho Washington correspondent of the New York Herald annoounces that "Mr. Calhoun's work on Government, with comments on the history of*he constitution is now in press and will soon be published-" V/V11UIVU* Monday, January 8. Senate.?Mr. Upham presented the resolutions of the Senate aud House of Representatives of Vermont, against the extension of slavery into the territories. Mr. Butler said he would vote for them, in order that the .South might see the feeling of the North, as cxprersed in tho resolutions of their Assemblies. Mr. Berrien did not agree with Mr. Butler, but opposed the printing of them. Mr. Halo said that it was a remarkable coincidence that eleven years ago?on the 8th January, 1849?Mr. Prentiss, of Vermont, presented the resolutions of the Legislature of that State against the annexation of Texas and the extension of slavery, but the motion to print was laid on the table, and the resolutions also. Mr. Phelps said lie had not mixed in the slave agitation, but if the North shouId})aes the-VVilmot Proviso, could any State raise the standard of disunion ? Messrs. Berrien, Calhoun, Davis of Mississippi, Dawson, Downs, Houston, Rusk, Soule, Stewart, Turney and Yulne, voted against the notion to lay upon the table the motion to print, which was lost. Mr. Calhoun explained that he voted in the affirmative because another Senator (Mr. Foote) was entitled to the floor, and he knew that when Senators had the floors they disliked procrastination * Mr. Borland would vote against the printing.? He did not feel himself bound even to extend courtesy ir. return for opprobrium and insult. Un motion ef Mr. Uliase, tl?e subject waspasBea over informally. Mr. Foole spoke at length in favor of the resolutions for suspending diplomatic intercourre with Austria, and adverted to the objections he had met with from two Senators yesterday. * . Mr. Hale explained that he had not voted against the resolutions. Mr. Foote could, he said, easily distinguish be- | twceo the rose bush and the serpent under it. He j complimented the eloquent letter of Ex-President ! Tyler, relative to the Hungarians. In the House.;?The House againTailed to elect n Plorl, F.trnov mraivincr tin* liirrliMt Vote. ? *>1* " -J & " O 'V, Januarv; 9. Sekate.?Mr. Butler was electedchaplain.over Mr. Slicer, by the casting vote ol the Vice President. Campbell has been re-elected Clerk of the House, having 8 democratic votes. . . ! A volcano, called the Marepn, in the island j of Java, commenced in September last, throwing out stones and ashes without explosion,? The inhabitants fled in time, but millions of coflee trees were destroyed. Also the entire tobacco crop. Don't care for the Tobacco, but don't like the Coffee loss.?Ed. ' Correspondence of the Camden Journal. Charleston, Jan. 13. Messrs. Editors i Since my last, very little has transpired to put in commotion, and stir up the peace and quietness of our city. We might well say that it is hard times, at least tor us who endeavor to scrape up for news, all the important items that we can lor your many readers. If we should be found 44 wanting" in our usual supply, it must be attributed to the scarcity of news at this time. The papers are lileraliy crowded with 44 sayings and doings" in Congress which are calculated to interest hut lew at this stage of the proceedings. In our cotton market on Friday, the enquiry for uplands continued good, but owing to the light supply on sule, as well as to the high rales demanded by holders, the transactions of the day were confined to 1100 bales, at very full prices. Yesterday the prices continued.to im prove, and with a good demand tne laies amount 10 over 700 bales. . Weqtiote li<38 toI21-2. 11 must be gratifying tfi'hose who have held on to their cotton so long, to observe the steady tendency of prices upward. This is well for the planter, who wc think should avail himself ot the present prices, though we do not pretend to say how long prices will thus continue. We notice the arrival ofthe steamship Isabel, which made quite a short trip to spile of bad weather. By the arrival, we have advices from Havana to the 8th of January. The news is unimportant. There are now in the port of Charleston 22 ships, 23 harks, and 22 brigs, besides a host of schooners. This speaks well for the increased j commercial business ot Charleston. We learn ! that a new channel, has been discovered across j the bar, deep enough for vessels of any size to enter. Il this be as represented, it will be of incalculable benefit to Charleston. Heretofore vessels of large size have been compelled to await the flowing of the tide before they could j venture to cross the bar. In the way of theatricals, the different houses j of amusement continue to draw crowds. The I theatre was densely crowded last night: we! don't know when we have seen a belter or more j crowded bouse* The performance was for the I benefit of the Firemen's Association. We have here on exhibition a painting by Winner, wh'ch J in our humble opinion, is a masterpiece. IIis subject is " Christ blessing Little Children." There is another which will do to be scrutinized" also. This is " Adam and Eve." Both are admirable works of art. We shall soon have an Opera Company here, who will perform alternately between this place and Savannah. It is said to be one of the strongest and best companies that has ever come South. D ?SH. FROM MR. WMTXEY* Nv . To the Eilitore of the Camden JoUrrxri: Gentlemen:?The article in your paper over the signature of J. F. G. Mittag. reached r me'only a few days since. Mr. Mittag gives but a faint description of a project so vast, but has named 44 some ol the objections made to it." 1 have therefore taken the liberty of giving ft short explanation, presuming it maybe acceptable to your readers. The objections named aro: 1st. "That he cannot execute the road thro' a wilderness of savages." 2d. "That the road would not run in a direction to unite with California." 3d. 44 That there is ft moral objection to investing a single individual with so much conse qucnce and power." 4th. And that "the compensation in lands which he requires for building the road is too great." The answer to the first is, that if it was not a savage wilderness through which I propoae to run the road, I could not have the lands, my only source of means. The fourth objection may be considered as connected with, and con. tradictory of the first; for no man can for a moment believe that the tract of wild land 60 miles wide, from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, in all 78 millions of acres, is now worth, or could be sold, for the oue.tenth part of the sum that the road would cost; therefore it is only by building the road through these waste lands, by which they would lie made available lor settlement, and by connecting their sale and settlement with the progress of the work, that they can be made to produce the means for the con* struct ion of tfie'roiid', And certainly it is by this process only that their talue can he raised to a consideration on which (o found the 4th ohjec* tion ; which fact fully answers the first objec* tion; because, were the road built, on the plan proposed, the country on its line would no lon> ger be " a savage wilderness," but become towns, villages, cities, and richly cultivated fields. The second objection, like most of the objec. tions raised, is an objection to what I do not and have not proposed. My plan and (he Bill do not and cannot fix upon any route or terminus. I have only given my views and oprmwrs of a route generally, (which I believe to be ewcct,) particularly and fixedly. The route frem the Rocky mountains to the Pacific must be (ftcid* ed upon hereafter. "The South Pass" 3,?? the parallel of about 42 1.2 dog.; San Ffuvr cisco about 33; and Puget's Sound about the two latter being in precisely the same me?ridian. The distance from the South Pas?,< must therefore be almut the same to both ; anrf if, while the road is lieing built to the ?outb^ Pass, it should he found that a route to San Francisco is feasible, and that that would Im the most desiruble terminus, at! things con?id> ered, that would he fixed upon I?t the terminus; and I presume no man \vi?uM do-dre that termft nus, unless by adopting it, we n-tiiil secure the great olrjerts we aim at in ihtf work. At pages 8, 9, and 10 of the pamphlet will he found an estimate of the cost of the road, and present value of the lands. Objection 3d. On reading the bill, a copy of which you will find at pag 83 of the pamphlet which I have sent you by mail, you will ace that this objection, like the others, has no lonnda* lion except in the imagination of those who have not read the bill, and do not understand the subject. If you will ropy the bill into your [ aper, your read?rs will have the whole subject explained. I have no doubt to their full satis* faction. Hut allow me now to say, that I be* lieve it would he difficult for any one to define the power or influence that could be invested it) or exercised by a single individual in a country of uninterrupted prairies, without popolati >n ; and when by the facilities which the building of the road onlu can create for *pul<?mon? if become* peopled, the inhabitants would own and hold their lands, not from myself, but direct* ly bom the government to thern, the same precisely a* all who now purchase from the government and settle upon its lam's, and would make their owq laws as they now do, I could have no more power or influence/over them than I now have over the people forming new States,, and the road itself and its operations would always l?c under their control and that of Con^ gress, Congress having jxnrer 'to fix and regulate its tolls, and pouter to give its management to any other pcrnon at any time its management under mu direction did not meet the tennis nf the people. This objection to individual power, 1 think must have Iseen raised by those who do not un> derstand our institutions; or those who have not well considered the subject. Our institutionsare ba?ed upon individual enterprise. It isonw of the cardinal points in the Democratic creedr that the commerce, the ways of transit and in* trrcuurse, and the business of the whole coun* try, shall be left to arid carried on'by individual enterprise; and even in Eugrand.where legislation is omnipotent, when sanctioned by the crown, they have iett all these )o individual enterprise. Those who fear the influence of individual consequence and power in our country, must have forgotten that they are not still living under the Divine influence ut a monarchical government, whore individual power and con. sequence might benefit the condition of, and gain the affection* of the people to the prejudice of the crown. Under such a government, th? individual who would devote hi* life and hie means to benefit and elevatejhe condition of ht? fellow men around 'him, oppressed and downtrodden to support the splendor of a throne-, would no doubt be a dangerous subject to the crown, but not dangerous to the people. With us, it would be different: all men having the same political, religious, and civil rights, with equal power to exercise and enjoy them;?(and no one will ever surrender them trom his con. trol;)??o lliat a man's wealth and personal consequence, can never l?e exorcised except for the benefit of those who, having less wealth* often have a great political power, and excite a. jealousy against wealth to such an extent as tocheck and destroy all influence except for thegood of the many. So long as a man devote*: his wealth and efforts to promote the interests, of his neighbors, and benefits them and others, at large, he gains their friendship, and he holds, an influence over them so long, and to such an. extent only as his acts result in good to them? but so soon as it is suspected that he may havehad some hidden motived or even should he mis., calculate, and his efforts, which he had hopedmight benefit oihers, from unforeseen causes: foil so to do, all turn against him* and bo ia. condemned nnd~ falls to the ground,. Most respectfully yours, ASA WHITNEY. Washington, 0. C., Jan. 4, 1950. SOUTHERN CONVENTION. We would call attention to the Card which will he found in another column, signed by our delegation to the State Legislature, giving no? lice of the meeting to be held on the first Mon* day in April next, at Winnsborough, for the purpose of selecting delegates to elect Repre. snnlfitivPL In I ho nrnnncnrl PnnVAnllnn In ha held at Nashville in June nest. It will also be ohserred that Camden has been proposed as the most central and conve* nient point for this Congressional District.? VVc presume that this will meet wi?h general approbation, and would like to lu*ar from our exchanges on the subject.?Fairfield Herald, Address of tiik Memi-his Convention.?, Lieut. Maury disclaims all connection with the Address lately published by the Committee of the Memphis Convention, and addressed to the ppople of the United States. Lieut Maury's name was appended to the Address without his knowledge or consent. New Orleans Crescent* The Chinese Rre strange people: witness tho following extract Irom their papers: "The lady of his Excellency the JIoppo of Canton died a few days since. Her death xvas announced in the Tartar manner, hy saying she had gone to ramble among the Cenii. The Coventor ami all the great officers of the province called and expressed their vexation."