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IBerili^JlW JBJBJLi'lll 'l'J. UH?. THE TERRITORIAL QUESTION. There are decisive indications that on this question the debates in Congress will principally hinge during the present session, The"! provisions of Mr. Foote's hill will bring the j principle by which the issue is to be. determined { into full controversy. The right of California to j admission into the Union, as a State, having ! complied with the reqtiisi;ions of the Act off Congress, will form the chief point of the div | cessions. The question of the extent of the jo risdiction of Congress over the leirilories, and ' the political rights of the Territories, themselves j will be treated in connexion. The .Southern i delegation in Congress a ill be compelled to re j sist the claim of California to admission, from ; Iter undertaking to do that in her inchoate con- j dition, as a Territory, which they deny that ! Congress itself can constitutionally do. If the | I - - !...? !?? * cimrnrn t nmt'i>p in ! I > I" I n <" 11?1?" IS MIIIIIU IIKII ill". ... the Stain cannot rightfully exclude slavery from California, how can it be consistently main tained that an inferior and delegated jurisdie. tion can efleet such exclusion? Most assuredly j what Congress has not competency to control j or regulate, the authority of a Territory, in j whatever way embodied and exercised, miiM j fail to accomplish constitutionally. ; It is no moment to say that if California had i omitted all mention of slavery in her constitn. I tion, she might supply the omission immediate- j lv after becoming a sSlate. The difference lie. j tween Territorial privileges and State rights [ must he proserved, although the line may he ; ? faint that divides thein. The example of what I ' is done in one Territory is soon cited as a pre- j ./ cedent in another. We do not know what tor- ! ' ntorial acquisitions mav he made hy the IJtilled j States. We are unable to penetrate the de- ! signs of those who may intend new political arrangements fir the ten miles square. .Mr. j, Douglas has recently introduced in the Senate 1 resolutions which propose an enquiry into the | expediency of retroeeding to Maryland all thai i portion of the District of Columbia, which is ; not embraced within its corporate limits, and also of so amending the charter of the City of j Washington as to authorize the Corporation to | - exercise the powers of legislation usually e.xer- | cised by the regularly organized Territories of j ( the United States. This is substantially assu- j ming fur a Territory or District sovereign pow- I j ers- . I | Let it be admitted that a convention of the |( people of a Territory has the inherent right to | | form a constitution of government, excluding ! | /slavery, and what security would remain for the j fights of the slaveholders, nol only within the 1 - ?ii' District of Columbia, hui i" my other where j slavery may have bad a legal footing? All that j | would be requisite would be to proclaim State j j sovereignty, through a popular convention, to j , take effect at some future day. It appears, ! therefore, that there ran be no more right in | . the people assembled in convention within a ' , territory to exercise any act of supreme power . . at one stage than another of their political exis- j tence ?no more right to do tfiis in their ado- j ( lescence, when ready for admission into the | { Union, than iu their infancy, when in the nidi j | mental state of a political society. liven after a Territory emerges frotn a chrysalis condition j | and is about to put on the rolio of Slate sovp. I ^ reigntv, it is almost needless to observe that the j , act of forming an independent government is j. not perfected until Congress sets on it the seal j, of approbation. ' l It seems to us that this subject has given rise J to some confusion ol ideas. VVo have heard i and read in discussions, in relation to it. the 1 people of a Territory compared, as to political ; rights, with the people of a State. We have , seen article ten of tho amendments to the con- j ] Mitntion that "the powers not delegated to the j , United States by the constitution, nor prohibi- j , ted to it by the States, arc reserved to the States respectively or to tho people" cited in proof of; the position, that the word people in the above I , i* ? ? ?ii - ?i ?t^ ?r ? 'i',.-. ! article, applies as ?ni m mu prwjuc ? <? ritnry as to the people of a Slate. Hut this is i to confound personal with political rights. The j . people of a Territory possess the undoubted j right to Habeas Corpus, Trials by Jury?and | nil the privileges which attach, as individuals, I under the broad shelter of the National Char- j, tor. Hut to suppose that among the rights rc- j | served to the people of a Territory are any of | those denominated sovereign or supreme, is to , strain the meaning of the terms beyond their , received signification. In this case, the terms j , "States" and "people" are, by their justaposi i lion and employment in a contrasted sense, , clearly distinguished. Would it not be pre. ' , ? ,U? ....In .?f 'i Tnrpilnri' in f)OSieroiJ"? wi:i v mo ul ... any mode or mannei, to assume the ri??lit of; ( eminent domain, on the ground that the. owner. , ship ol the soil has been conveyed to them, by , sale, from the United States? or that being al- j 'lowed a delegate in Congress gave them the right to vote in that body, on all questions, in common with the representatives from the I | States? j | It wo'ild sPctn to follow that there is a broad j and well defined distinction between personal and political rights in the people of a Territory -?that they'hold the former from the Constitu. ( ion, hilt the latter exclusively from Congress. The Teriilories can exercise no general jurisdiction that is not delegated by that body.? The political authority which is derivative is of "course, not inherent. What may be constitutionally done when the probationary state is passed, and the functions of Stale sovereignly *re regularly assumed, is quite another matter. Then all the attributes succeed of an independent commonwealth, in whatever regards ininternal polity and administration. Hut to -* > ? ?ii I contend that liecause me people can cuiwunu* i ly do all that is usual, in the exercise of popu. j ular sovereignty, when they are organzied into \ a State, they can do while observing the same j forms, in the Territorial condition, is to blend what practice lias in the United States separated, and theory has prescribed as distinct in tracing the great lines of constitutional demarcation.?Charleston Evening Aries. From the New York Times. THE TEXAN BOUNDARY. Texas is coining before the country in a lew months, or perhaps a few weeks, with a question that will almost shake the Union, i The probability is, however, that she will get ! less tlian justice, rather than more than justice;! for the few persons who understand the tangled skein are unwilling to tie op in it their person- j nl popularity. Texas, as is well known, in her war of itule- ' .Dondencp, claimed to the Kio Bravo. Mexico t f r would have made peace, towards the last, on : the basis of tin* Nueces line; lint this the? Tex. | :tns would not hear of, as they haJ friends along i the Itio (j'raiide who were anxious to get under ! .1 flag of their own, where they could enjoy >lable laws and liberty of conscience, and have j a press, school houses, and churches. To at. j lain for herself and her friends these blessings, | Texas struggled on. and would sign no peace J thai cut down her limits to this side of the Rio 1 (I ramie. In the prolonged conflict, another reason j arose, lor the tenacity of Texas in i h is matter of j boundary and domain. The lands along the j Rio (>rande, from its month to the mining re- , gions, were nearly unsettled, and their saie | was a resouree f?r the public debt. Her do. : .. .1 . |,ir j mail) IS ?lll HUH I unu wuuin u|r.ii .... payment uf the <l"!>is of Iter war of independence. I5y the treaty of annexation, Tojii* kept Iter public lands, and paid In*r own debts. j In litis Iter condition differed from the otlirr ac- j ijnircd States Th"V were paid fir out ol lite federal treasury, and the cost of acquisition was made good to the confederation ?,Jt of the proceeds ol their land sales. Texas then re. signed to the general government Iter commercial revenue, in exchange lor the advantages of the Union, and engaged to pay her own ' debts out of her own resources: the United ! Slates, meanwhile, taking charge oflier unset- i tied boundaries. The late administration gave Gen. Taylor | discretionary power to take tip any position he , chusn mi llx* Rio (i ramie, and u collision with: lite .Mexican forces followed the advance of our j troops. Thereupon we had war, inasmuch as (according to the solemn declaration of (Jon. gress and the cabinet) the Mexicans had com ; milted hostilities oil our soil, by coming in arms this side of the Rio (Jrande. After considerable outlays ofhlood and mo.; ney, though with large returns in glorv and heroes, we. made peace by paying the eighteen j millions for California and a settled boundary. | If this sum and the expenses of the war are I >o large a price for what we have obtained* the , limit is in those who made the treaty. They I bad the power in their hand* to enforce a bet | ler bargain for tlieir country. Texas now* claitis the territory about Santa i I'e as hers by the terms of annexation, and it [ibices the Mexican war party in this position : ' ?ither the war was made under false pretences, ; "or soil that did no! belong to the. United States ; by the treaty of annexation; or, the war be.; ing justifiable, this territory belongs to Tex-i IS. At any rale, Texas is ptb* [hiring lo ftlakd .1 1 "ormal demand that the United States shall tint j interfere between Texas proper and herclaimed i erriiory, while they settle between them their ! mitual limits and concessions ol the three States that must come out of what was origi nallv Mexican territory between the Sabine ind Rio Bravo. ' 'I ?T - i ...MI _ i _; ? .i.? I IIP UIIIH'II OIJllCS Will CIHIIII HOll |!?, uiinajorily in Congross will claim?the tnrrilnrv '?orth of 3"2?, ami leave Texas lo pay her revo. utionary deht, or repudiate it,, as she can.? \ Texas will secede from the Union sooner than ; lie driven from this point. The shortest land j route lo California, and the only one that tra lerses a rich and dividend-paving, mining, ojr j igricultur.il district, runs through this delta- j able ground, and both patties will be olwli. j uate. ('orresjHiiideMee of the Charleston F.vcniii? News. j Washington, Jan. 16, 1850. ! - . i Iii (In* Senate, among other memorials. wa? | mo by Mr. Holler, from iIip Charleston Cham* | ber ofCoinmeroe, asking that metal buoys, of! in increnspil size, lie substituted in the place j if those now used in the Charleston liar, etc. It [ was referred to the Committee on Commerce. I .Numerous petitions against the employment i >fpuid Chaplains by Congress were presented, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Seward presented a petition from citi- j (tens pf Albany. X. Y. for the. abolition of slavery in the District, an J morcd its reference , lo the Judiciary Commit teeMr. IJerrien moved that the question of re. neption be laid upon the table, and the question j being put, .Mr. King, with some warmth, said j be had stated the other dav that petitions ol i diis kind would be objected to, also that their : reception would lie objected to, and would no. : ver be tolerated by a portion of the Senate.? lie argued that the first question put by the j \ ice President ought to have been "Shall this i petition be received?' A Her some discussion on the points of order, die question was pot on the mo'ion to lay the question of reception on the table; it was car- i ried by a vote of 10 19. 'Phis, I presume, will decide the fate of all similar petitions. .Mr. Hamlin offered a series ?r resolutions, ' which lie over, requiring the Secretary of State ; lo give all I lie information in his pmvor rolu- ; live to the ill treatment of American sailors in j Japan: also whether the King of Siarn has not j violated the treaty of March, 1833, l>y the mo- j nopoly l?y him of the staple products of that ; country. Mr* Benton made his promised motion fir [ leave to hring in a hill for the reduction of the ! limits of the State of Texas, lie argued that i the present limits of Texas would pontain seven : Slates of the first class, and that for her own ' welfare, as well as that of the other States, she , ought to ho reduced to a reasonable size. His i hill proposes to reduce her with her consent, lo ; a State of about 150.000 snuarc miles, and ! eventually into two States of about 75,000 mileR . pncli. The reduction is proposed on the principle ol leaving all the present population, and I the. organized counties untouched, and ceding1 the unseated tjnd wild lands to the (J. States, i The bill, after a speech from Mr. (teuton, was I twice read and referred to the Judiciary Com- i mittec. Mr. Foote, in accordance with notice asked leave to intioduce his hill providing for the or- J ganizalion of a territorial govornment in Cali i forma, Deseret, and New Mexico, to enahW .u- i? ..r .v.? ?.......i ilitr |irii|MU ui ifiiMiiiW) uimi iuu v-i/innu in IUA> us, lo provide a Conslilulioii and State Government, and for the admission of such Slate into the (Jnion. In the course of his introductory remarks, lie was very severe upon Mr. Benton, lie said that the fact that Texas is too large for one Stale is no new discovery, the very terms of her admission implying that it was designed at some future period, to subdivide her into four J States. He then argued, at some length, that j the effect of this movement to narrow down the j boundaries of Texas, would bo to unsettle the' question of slavery in those portions of Territo. ry which would be left. He. was sure that ' Texas would never consent to any division of her territory which would serve to bring upon ! the South such a stale of things. The bill was finally received and read, but the question of reference lies over 31 r. Butler reported back ft'otn the Judiciary j Committee the lull providing fir the more ef feet mil execution of the clause of the Cnnslitu tion which provide* fur the recovery of fugitive ! slaves, with some amendments, in reporting the bill as the organ of the Committee, Mr. 15. said lie had bv no means abandoned the position ; for which lie. shall always contend, viz: that it is the only o! the Males themselves to ptovine l?y special legislation for the same object. The Itill was t hi* n made I lit* special order of the flay for Wednesday next. The H iii?(j spent the whole day in an ineffectual attempt lo elect a door keeper. The resolution of Mr. |)onj?!a?s relative to a relrocossion of the District of Colmnliia to . Maryland and the erection of this city into a ter | rilory is at present the all absorbing topic.? Probably three fourths of the members would vote lor it, provided the proposition could lie . presented in an uutrammeled shape; lint in i these time> of cross purposes that seems impos i sible. The Maryland papers, in discussing the ' nultject present one view ol' considerable iin ! porlanre to that State, viz: whether the retrocession, might not, at same future clay, cause the removal of the seat of tlie General Govern niant to some other place? It is very obvious i that the advantage derived by Maryland from the retrocession would not be equivalent to the disadvantage of having the seat of government I removed to a distant location. The llongaiian refugees this morning visited j the 1'ostmaslcr Genoral and other Heads of |)e- , jiarlments. The bill of Mr. Seward, [>ri viding a grant of land for them and others, it is tho'l, j II - - ?!.i . - i> . : 11 .1 will |).1^5 wiiiioui c?|?[>nsnmil. i>iji win inrsr warrior?, accustomed as they have been !o the . excitement of military life, be content to settle j down as fillers ol the soil? In the office of the Auditor of the Treasury; Department additional frauds are hiring brought j to light every day. It is almost impossible to I guess ut the prohalde amount that has been i abstracted by means of false vouchers. Since the establishment of opposition lines j of Telegraph to New York city, there is no j longer any complaint of the want of despatch. If some enterprising capitalists would construct ! an additional Southern linn, I think it more i than probable that messages between this city i and Charleston would he* transmi'ted iti less ' than four hours. THE NATIONAL LIBERTY POLE. j Yesterday morning, at 7 o'clock, a salute of thirty guns was fired in honor of the American Flag, a gun lor each Stale represented by a 1 star in the flag, which was displayed at the ; masthead of the new liberty pole erected on Canal street. The morning was thick and hazy, and when 1 the hunting was run up, a leeling of anxiety sceined to prevail among the crowd of specla- ; tors for fear that there would not he sufficient nir stirring to display the "stars and stripes."; But as soon as the hunt had reached the littck, j it was pulled lose, when it fell in heaut'ful fes- ' toons, and being caught by the breeze, the tbir ty stars shone forth in all their splendor. A* it was greeted by a shout of many voices, and the booming of artillery, our mind invuluntarily reverted to those beautiful lines of Drake : " Wlmn Freedom from her mountain height I In Curled tier standard to the air, She tore the azure robo of night And set tho stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgc<-tK dyes Tlic tndky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white Willi slrcakingH of the morning light!" The original flag of the United Slates was ; composed of thirteen stars and thirteen stripes, : and was adopted by a resolution of the Contb ; nental Congress on lite 14lh of June, 1777.1 On the 13th of January, 17UI, nlier two new States had been admitted into the Union, the National Legislature passed an act, providing that the stripes and stars, should on a (lay fixed, be increased to niit'cn cacn, in comport vmi > the tli<* 11 number of State. Oit ilio 10th of L)e. j ceinber, 1317, Mr. Oendover, of the House of; Representatives, introduced a resolution to in. quire into the expediency of altering the flag of United Slates, lie gave it as his opinion that i the flag would ho essentially injured hy an al- ; (oration on the same principle as that which : had been adopted, viz: of increasing the stripes and stats, and stated the incongruity of the flags , then in gqnnial use not agreeing with the law | and greatly varying with each other. The resolution was referred to a select com- ! rnitte, which made a report on the Oih of Janti ary, IS 18, accompanied by a flag so as to re- j dime lie mrioes to the original number of tliir ; teen to represent the number ol States then j contending for and happily achieved their inde. i pendence, and to insert the stars to correspond i with the number of States then in the Union ] and thereafter to add one star to the flag whenever a now State should he Inlly admitted, which was adopted. On the 2Gth of September following, being the fourth anlversary of the hattle of the big Genetal Armstrong, at Fayal, by orders of the Secretary of the navy, the new flag for the first time at the Navy Yard, Charleston, and on board the national ships of war in Boston harbor nnH was sainted hv each vessel. Similar honor was paid on its hcing.hoiiitcd at nil the stations. New Orleans Picayune. Si'pkrstitiox.?An " exile of Fein." of the feminine gender, called at the Marshal's office yesterday morning to know if she couldn't have a " small hit of the rope wid which the mnn hanged himself a while ago." Colonel Clapp, though grey-haired, is nevorlheless a joker, asked Iter what she desired to do with the rope; to which inquiry she replied that she was in a " had way wid the king's evil, and if she could get a hit of the rope, about three yards long, to lie about hershnuhlers and body lor three nights, it would cure the disease." The Colonel, who has some knowledge ol Irish character, thought , it bettor to comply with the poor woman's re. j quest and indulge her in her superstition, than to argue against her cure, went straight into the ^ cellar under the Marshal's office, and cut from , a coil "a bit of (he. rope about three yards ' long," which he gave her, and which she re. I ccivcd with many cuilsios.?Boston Courier i * Ji'L-B*.! - ?r=rji J wi ... r.'jg-igj fMM j@TJ3M.MA, CAMDEN, S. C. / WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23,4850. IP* Amongst olhor improvements iiyour town, we are p'eased to learn that our venerable market steeple (and the house too, we suppose,) is to have shortly a brushing over, which has been loo long neglected. We presume the old warrior, (the Indian,) who has liecn a faithful presager of the w&aihcr, will also receive a new con', of bronze. He needs its badly?his oh! suit is very rusty. 07" A ham containing several hundred bushels ? ol corn and a quantity of seed oats, on the plantation of Mr. Joseph Cunningham, about a mile and a half Ironi this place, was destroyed bv . lire on Saturday morning last. The fire is sup- , posed to have beer, the work of an incendiary. J J" We have rece:vcd a'number of Richards' Weekly Gazette, formerly published in Alliens, Georgia, now in Charleston. We would give, with ; the greatest pleasure, his prospectus a place in I our paper, but for the fact that we are crowded ; with advertisements.. As it is an excellent jour- , nal, one of the standards of literature in the South; "* wu ujwi Viirnccuj uwr uur menus iu |jiui>ui?e .Mr. Richards' Gazette, instead of sending tliei* money to the North to build up periodicals the obleel of which is cither directly or indirectly to injure us. O" The severity of the season \vc have never seen equal led?a moment's sunsliin , like the . bright spots in life's journey, is quickly driven _ away by storms and clouds. Vet we gathered to. , day some beautiful flowers, blooming brgbtly mid the cold, like stars in a winter's sky. Earth is ah . ways bright so long as those fragrant stars light up its surface, as the heart is when smiles throw i their influence around if. We love flowers?nature's soft poetry?and could almost believe that #* KftaniTfl/tflon r>f fl.m'nra fnn I lici t; MUIIIU UC a IliOUiiCUUWlt Ui M'fMVio %wu. A NEW STEAM SAW MILL. , A steam saw mill we learn is about to bo erected some eight or nine miles above this place, on or near the Robison Roads, which we think is favor- ' able to the Plank Road enterprise, although it is i by some considered impracti. able. Vet cvrtain it is when the steam gels up, " Go ahead'' is the re- | suit. The wear and tear of wagon-, and flic breaking down of horses, besides innumerable ad- . Vantage* resulting from the building of such a 1 road, of which we have not time to write now, ought i to be sufficient reasons for its construction.? The present er udition of our market roads, with the bad prospects, (it is raining again,) makes it a slote business wagoning to market, so that here tlie advice, " Be sure you're right, then GO AHEAD," in useless. i GE,V. FOOTE'S BILL. This is "A Bill to plovide for the Territorial Governments-of California, Dir-mrct, and New. Mexico, and to enable the people of Jacinto, with the consent of Texas, to form a constitution and i State Government, and for ti e admission of sncli : Slates into the Union upon an equal footing with ' the original Slates In all respects whatover." This is the title of a b II offered in the Senate ' by Gen. Foo'e, of Mississippi, the first clause of ?I.a? ?l.o? nnrtinn of Tprri'orv from 4*2 dog. north latitude south to the boundary line ! between Mexico and the United States, extending east to 110 dog. west longitude, shall be known as j and called the territory of California. 2d. The Executive power to be vested in a ' Governor with certain powers, and the control of j Indian affairs. iJJ. There filial I also be a Secretary to act in place of a Governor, until one shall he appointed and cnlcr upon tlie duties of his office. 4th. The legislative power to be vested in a General Assembly with certain limbed power--. 5th. There shall be a legislative council consisting of 9 persons, to hold office 5 years. Gth. The sixth article provides for the election ; of members to the assembly for the period of one r"" 7th. This provides for tho election of members ; to Assembly for two years. 8th. Thjit the first meeting of fie Assembly shall boat San Francisco, ami take place on the first Monday in December afterward annually. 9th. Qualification of voters. 10th. That the judicial power shall be vested in Superior Courts, and in Inferior Courts, and ; Justices of the Peace. llth. That the said Territory of California ' shall constitute one Judicial District of the United States. 12tli. There shall be appuintod for said District a United States Attorney. Kith. There shall also be appointed a Marshal. 14th. Said .Marshal, Secretary, District Attor. ney, Judge and Governor,, to be appointed by the | President of the United States. loth. A Deicgate from said Territory shall be elected to Congress l>y the General Assembly at its lirst meeting. lfltli. Relative to ports, harbors, tfc. 17t'i. The general laws of the United States shall extend over the Territory. 13th. Relativo to taxes. DF.SEKET. 10th. Descrcl bounded, beginning at the point on the 4'2d deg. of north latitude where it is inter- ' scctcd by the 110th deg. wost longitude?on the west by California, south by New Mexico. The provisions for civil government samo as California NF.W Al 1X100. Mfith. To he organized tvilli like restriction* in the To incr. JAI'INTO. r>It )i. lly consent of Texas In form a Stale. .Villi. Ilnuiulary?on I lie weal the llr.uoa river up to ila intersection with iho northern hnomhox line of Texas west to Arkansas, eoulli dew n ||ie western haundary and down tlio Sahino river to ila mouth, westward along the shorn ol dm (?u!l el Mexico to ihc starting pond, \m : mouth ol die lira/.oa. followed hy iiuportiiiil rest lid inn-> so lai as they dillei horn die precetliutj. [ ID* We acknowledge .with pleasure the receipt of a pamphlet entitled "An Address before the State Agricultural Society of South Carolina, in the Hall of the House ol Representatives, Nov. 29th, 1*49, by the Hon. F. W. Pickens." It is a production worthy of its author. ; (D'Mariiii, Badiali, Salvi, StefTumone, and Rosia, forming the facon Opera Company, are soon to' ! visit Charleston. 'How glad we would be to see i them in Camden. ID" Mr. Asa Whitney, of N. York, has sent us a pamphlet entitled " Project of a Railroad to the Pacific, by Asa Whitney, of New York." Mr. W. can say as inueh in favor of his project, and that as imicli to the purpose, as need be. lie knows we are in favor of his jtlun, but never can be in favor of his route. Editorial Gleanings. REPARTEE. One (lay a j istice much enlarged On industry, while lie discharged A thief Irorn jail. "Go work," he said, " "Go, prithee learn some betlerj.nde, Or mark my word you'll rue i'." ... , . " My trade's as goo-!." replied .the knave, "As any.ppy need w;sli to have*., And if it don't .succeed, d'ye see, ; T <<' * 'i'lie fault, sir, lies with you, not me; Vou won't let ine pursue it." DID YOU EVER ' Know a man with a shocking bad hat, along beard, and a ragged coat, who cotild find a reepee* table hotel that was not full. To BACMEtoits.?A sensible writer gives the following hint of the qualitie he would seek for in his choice of a wife : Enough of beauty to secure affection, Enough of sprig lit' i iters to cii'e dejection, , Of inodert diffidence to claim protection; , A docile uiiuo subservient to correction. Yet srored with sense, with reason, and reflect!**. And every passion held in due subjection, Just faults enough to keep her from perfection; \ When such I tind. I'll make lie> rtiv election'."- v. Why does a clock alway# present a bashful appearance? Because it always holds its handt ha* ' fore its face. ' . "1 am the victim of an unrequited attachment," as tiie fellow said when the Sheriff"arrested bint Youn,,' ladies kissing one another, is a dreadful waste of the raw material. Good?A lawyer not over young or handsome, made many attempts to confuse a young lady, whom he we q lest oning as a witness. She, however, remained calm. At last, determined to perplex her, the lawyer said, "Miss, upon my word you are very pretty!" The young lady very promptly replied, "I would return the compliment, sir, if I tcere not on oath." FiitK.?The roriductor reports ihflt'the Mill lately erecteu i>y uapi. jami-on, a mjiru thin sirle of Orangeburg Court llollse, on th? riailro.nl, ?n* on Sunday morning decoyed by firn. 11 is supposed to have lieen the act of nn incendiary.?South Carofiniun. f, A SwiXDLKR.?The AugilMa Constitutional* ist cautions the public against a swindler, who has I mm* i) flourishing under tlifTI* r??i?t narpea in various towns in Ohio. Arkansas, .Mississippi, and last in Angii?ta, where he called himself Dr. R. 12. Peel, lie left that city, tho Consti. tutiooalist says, a lew rlavs since lor Charleston, leaving sundry hills unsettled. He is drscrtl?fd as a fine looking man, neatly dressed, an<| tic* <<n eii>n:i 11 v tvenrs spectacles. Extract frein a letter dated, Ai?al\ciiicola, Jan. 10. I80O. I have wait?*l ton long, |>erhnp?, in giving my opinion a? In ihe ** xi*>nt of the Cotton crop in this region. It will certainly'fall short of ihe estimates of the planter* a month since. In. deed, from all quarters will they )>e disappoint, ed in the yield. :>!v early figures lor thin year'a crop were 2,100,000, hut my present view* fall fur much helow tlmt point, certainly 5,'if not 10 per cent. <?(//tor. .Ifercwry. IIkavy-Wbbk's-BrsiMtss?The New Or. leans Delta ofthe 13th i 11st., says: "The salet of Cotton lor the past week, have lieen the largest for any similar period this season?emhra. el.AllI /lie/li./ltMA* /AikOP/lti// Aa/ea ? fillip U1J1IW /Wfyvwrt. MMMioufMt t/urrj* a iivcw^ ton, have advanced nfM half crnl, notwithstanding the recent adverse Kur-pean accounts ?showing, very conclusively, I lie growing ronviclion of a much shorter crop than was looked for a lew weeks ago. / _ / * . ( DRATII ok GKOHUK WASllIAMSTdx/tiA -KAT? kttk.?The Oeath of (ieorge Washington Lf* Fayette, son (Jeneral I.., is announced by Jet* ters f.nm Pari*. Ho accompanied his fctber in the final visit to the I'nitot! Slates, and deservedly shared the manifestation, and regards iif'ilio \merieiio ooimle fn nil ike relntinnm/' life he enjoyed ilt?* wannest eaterm in Fmikt; lit* never swerved front h?<* i*pitMtran prtnci* pies nml llie example >( ihe illiiMiiuiM parent. His dissolution look plnre hi Lagrange,'the Imnilv seal, nlmntthe first of December. Thn corpse was inlerretl within ike walla of lbs ant'ieill I'lmviml nl I'iopus, where under a aim* plo loud*, lie* tienem! l-nlayetie. (i*or(i Washington Lafayette. tv??, during the -'yr iniest day* first revolution, a uvtiJhrr of ike liiinilv nl (m*ii. Washington, l?v whom ha whs luritiorlv adopted. Tin: INiow if i'iiw Wiutii i Vftrthfrti man, w tiling upon the *ocial position oftta lahoiiog ela??e* ?>| the North. ?nt? the aristocrat* ic castes into whit h wealth hat divided the peo. pie *nyt: ."No one win* hat redded at (he North will he w illing t.i dotty the alleilgerf inequality in the iauk id tttir eitisen*. |i must he acknowledge that l ho to ha* 4t|tiiitis up amongst tit that odious .i| all speeiosof aii*tocrncy? (he aristoc* incy of gold. Wealth has already atlained n potwoi w hioh it mint lie admitted elevates it to a tank uiiappronohahl? In the poor. Already have we the upper, middle and lower ranks of ot'society ; and no one will presume to assert that ant fcrsxuuil merit will entitle the unfor. innate iitoittlior ol" the lower ea?te to mingle with the higher. It is the inevitable conse* tpieinv ol lite revolution which divides society