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THE CALIFORNIA CONVENTION*. '; i It is probable now that, as Messrs. Fremont j1 and G win are on their way, an effort will fie 1 made to press California into tiie Union as a 1 (State with her present Constitution. It behoves 1 everv lover of order and sound republican prin- 1 dpies to pause and consider how (hat const it u- j J tion was framed. It was framed by a convcu- . 1 tiou of delegates; but the most important inqui- 1 rv is, who elected these delegates and clothed them with power to legislate for hundreds of thousands of freemen. A Mr. Russel has just returned from the ! mines; this gentleman was present during the i election, and gives sonic idea how it was con- j, ducted, lie says " the boxes were thrown . open to the ballot of everyone, no matter how : short the period they had been in the territory; 110 matter whether they hail gone to the region to settle, or merely upon a tour of observation whether to spend a few months gatheiiug gold or.trading, and then to leave, perhaps forever? all, were suffered, without regard to form, decency, common sense or law, to abuse the much boasted ' privilege of a freeman."' ... Mr. Russel observed that a striking feature of this mock election, was the vast number of abo- ; litionists, who, just on the eve of it, swarmed |' into the territory, ami fairly beseiged the ballot, boxes. He does not doubt, from tiie movements ! ..f mnn Uot tliov wppp sent nntns omissn- ! ' VI fcllVOV II1VII) vilUfc v.tv J .. v. v ...... , t lies of the Abolitionists to control the future po- < licy of the country with regard to the slavery i question. After tlie deed was done, they exulted j I loudly over it, and manifested a savage joy over I the supposed prostration of Southern rights. I I They*had accomplished their fiendish purposes, i and were returning to their homes to receive the i' congratulations of those who sent them, and of! the anti-slavery party generally. I Now, in view of this statement of facts, rela- ; i ted by an eye-witness, is it not a matter of pro- ' I found astonishment that Southern men and j i 43 ? ? f.,ntwl whn !wlvnr>nfi? flip i i i^oiunerii presses we ? , ( admission of a people and State Government i organized and constituted as was the Conven- I! tion which framed their laws I We believe in ; j democracy and democratic principles, but save I j us from such a democracy as gathered round j! the polls in California ! < Independent of the gross wrong intended to j l- +1,a Smith tln? wliolo thillir i ' UtJ 1II1IIVICU UjlUII tuv . ^ was a mockery and burlesque of the sacred pri- i i vilege of freemen. Conservatism has ever gov- j! erned Southern Statesmen, and we have an abi- j I ding confidence that no Southern Senator or 11 Representative will be found to sanction such {< an outrage upon American institutions by vote I or voice.?South Carolinian. ; Alabama.?A Legislative Convention was ' held on the 5th inst,, in the Ilall of the llouse of j Representatives, at which the members of the i Legislature from each Congressional district ; were appointed separate nominating Commit- 11 tees, to nominate four delegates from each dis- j trict to the Nashville Convention. On the fol- j i lowing evening 28 delegates were elected, to- < gether with eight additional delegates from the i State at large. The delegation is said to be an able one, and i from the names, it is evident that it embraces j some of the soundest and most reliable men of J both political parties in the State.?lb. Tin? niTnsmnv at WASHINGTON. ! 1 I1AJ JLAVT* ^ - We clip the following extracts from the Washington Corrcsponcenco of the Pcmisylvanian: 'Hie course of tlie Government in this most critical juncture, is worse than trifling and demagoguish. It is comical in the highest degree. Never have we had, in modern times, a more forcible exhibition of the policy of Nero -fiddling while Roinejwas burning?than on this occasion, when, in the hope that non-committalism may lead to a continuance of power in their hands, ' the cabinet of the second Washington see fit to I j play out their game of hide and seek as though ! not aware that under ii:eir ieei mere is a mine readv to explode, destroying tlicir charge in its explosion, which they, of all others, CuU best and soonest render harmless. 1 feel assured, from tfhat I learn, that Mr. : Clay looks upon the present crisis as just such | another as the South Carolina nullilication af. ( fair. Poor old man! his eyes are growing dim j ( or he has so long and so ardently courted the . North, (without avail) that he is unable to see clearly in any issuo between the two great sec- I ! tions of the confedreacy. Forgetting that the i ' legislature of five slave-holding States, not of nnn ?o in llin A<isn ntllm milliHcMtiiili li:iw ^ viic aa iu w*v v?*'jv v? ?.?- ? deliberately taken measures indicative of determination to stand by the proposed Nashville Convention, and its recommendations, and then j it is morally certain that with the probable ex- , ceptions of Delaware, and the barely possible exception of Kentucky, the legislatures of all the J rest of the Southern States will do likewise, he i ^ talks gravely to his friends, I understand, about i the necessity that may arise for the blockade ot 1 the ports of the South, one and all, by the Uni- I 1 ted States Navy; the ships of which, be it re- ; membered, are more than halfotticered by South- ! ern men, while those from the North iu high i | places of the naval service, have, with few ex- j ceptions, become in notions, habits, principles ;' and sympathies, Southern rather than Northern ' men. One hundred and and sixteen thousand copies ' , of the speech of Mr. Clingman have already been ! ( subscribed for by Southern members, lbr the i most part, for distribution among their respec- ' , tive constituents. 1 mention the fact, only be- ! j couse it embraces an illustration of the earnest- i ] ness with which they have adopted their present j ( purpose of leaving no stone unturned to bring i , the people ofthe South one and all tosustain their nneitiort As ordersare still iroiiur into the (finite i - o I Office freely for it, the probability is, that in an- ; j other fortnight a second edition equally as large j ( will be scattered over tho country. I hear that it is the purpose of the South to J | move for a select committee on the Union. 1 j j know not what this means, unless to report on the power and duties of the general government, , in case tho Southern States take measures for a , peaceable secession from the Union. Mr. Clay's reported conversations about the probability that the second wasrungion may nave u> nruer me American Navy to blockade the ports of the ! south, and the "second's" allusions in the message to the necessity for maintaining the Union 4 it all hazards, h ivo created, among iho Southern numbers, the impression that these two distinguished individuals deny the right of a combination of the States of the Union to secede at will, li -1 tliroaten to comj>el them by force of arms to remain under the shadow of the Constitution of the U. S., after they mav judge that its substance is auionir thin/s which have been. If this coin usittee he raised, ii will doubtless take occasion lo inquire of the Executive what ho 111011116 by r Insulinoma t > w hich I refer. Frtun the Soiiihcru'riiristiuu Advocate. OR'I'Il CAROLINA CORRESPONDENCE. , Messrs Editors:?In journeying from your hoiintiful city to Charlotte the traveller passes 1 through a country exceedingly uninteresting in J |>oint of scenery, hut rich in historical associations. The whole route is over classic ground; ' over a soil consecrated hv the blood of the rcvo- t lotion, and hallowed bv reminiscences of that I eventful epoch. True there is little to please s ll<? Vut ivl.nf A merle,in. we will not t say what Southerner, can look with indifference | even upon our swamps and barrens, when with ( them are associated the names and exploits of j .Maiion and Sumter, and their compatriots in arms. At C'aindon is pointed out the house where Cornwallis established his head-quarters; ; and a granite monument in front of the Preshy- ( terian church marks the spot where sleeps the r;,all,ant soldier, tiie Baron Dekalb, who fell near j this place while fighting bravely at the head of his command. One mile from Camden is Hobkirk's Hill, where the skirmish commenced hefween the retreating Americans and the 1 Kngiish troops. The place is now called Kirk- ' 1 1 -1 ? !?1. Inm^onmn rncii'lnnnni: I 1 VVOOd, aim IS CUVCICU niunumuoviMv which spacious grounds attached, and beautified i with ornamental shrubbery, giving evidence of ( that refined and cultivated taste which lxdongs to the Southern'character. Judging from its ] .'xternal appearance, and especially froiy the 1 peep into its society with which we were favor- ; ud, it must he a most delightful neighborhood. I ' Some miles further on, near Gum Swamp, we ! j pass the battle-field, the scene of the grand strng- j jle and disastrous defeat of Gates, of which mine of the people still possess relics in the I shape of bayonets, halls and the like. About midway between Lancaster C. H., and J Charlotte N. C, within a short distance of the t road is the spot whore President Jackson first ^ saw the light, and 17 miles further on bring us fairly within the " Old North State," and on the left is a delapi dated cabin where James K. Polk was bom. Strange that two such men should j linre sprung into existence so near each other, j and that both should have chosen the same ( State, Tennessee, as the repository of their dust, riiey are gone; tlio honors of the world no Ion* ( ?cr engjige their attention. They have laid aside ' the regalia of power and the emblem of office ^ and put on the black vestments of death. Si*; ^ transit gloria mundi. 1 The road from Camden to Charlotte is by no I means a pleasant one during the winter. The | ( distance is about 75 miles, and two days are ( consumed in making it. Tliis however, in time ' will bo corrected by the Uailrord now in pro- j cess ol* construction, which is to connect this j place with Columbia. And that is Charlottej An inland town of some note, containing.*! Hank, (7. S. Mint, a spacious Court House, and four Churches, three excellent Hotels, Male and Female Academies, and children without nuin- * her, and remarkable tine looking children too. ! < Keeping before us the truth that" the children 1 of the present are the hope of the age to come," . Charlotte promises more than any town of its j size we have ever visited. The Sabbath-schools j arc well attended, and well conducted. Charlotte claims the honor of having issued the first Declaration of Independence, called the Mecklenburg Declaration. l*t was read * here in the public square some time before Con- * gross declared these colonies "free, sovereign ^ and independent States." Here also are still to he seen the entrenchments which the Hritish 7 constructed around their camp. So warm was 1 their recention in this neighborhood that Corn- J ivailis called the place the "Hornets' Nest," a ! ] name of which the inhabitants arc still proud. 1 j (>V the way, there are two weeklies here, the j Dft^rlotte Journal, and the Hornets Nest, tlte { atter der?Yh>g its name from the above cir- ^ Mimstance. A very interesting Railro.'td mooting was ' ichl in the Court House some days since. Ir ivas addressed to Kx-Covernor Morthead, and ^ Hon. Calvin (?raves, late Speaker of the N. C. "J Senate, whose "immortal casting vote," gave lie road its^eharter. The object was to obtain subscriptions to the stock of the Central Road, ti I'licy met with but little, if any success, howev- r - ? : o _ . i: , . r, as u is mi jiuiiuj ui v-naiiuiiv iv ^ he extension of the Railroad beyond the point. t rhis great Central Road is elsewhere very topular throughout the State. It is to form he connecting link between the Raleigh and laston, and Charlotte and Columbia roads, and ,vhen linished will perhaps be the great tho oiighlare North and South. c Those Roads, already chartered and in course I1 >f construction, give Charlotte asi importance n a political, agricultural, commercial, and reigious point of view, which otherwise it might lever have possessed. Hut of this more anon, f (I Louisiana.?The New Orleans Crescent, in C 'Oinnienting upon Coventor Walker's inaugu-' *al and his recommendations upon the Southern piestion says: "It is the calm and charitable man who rousts most powerfully any serious aggressions .11 liie rii.l.tu .in/1 11r\ii/.i*t I Aiiiui.tmi line lint made any great noise about tlie course of Northcm agitators, nor lias she taken much notice of iholitionists oxtravigsncies. liut when she appears at the Nashville Convention, her voice will he that ofone who knows her privileges and intend to maintain them. Then she will exercise the influence which cool determination ever exercises over violent passion; and instead i1 of resisting Northern fanaticism with Southern \ neat and violence, we anticipate irom-inc i^oin- s siana delegation sucli a calm and decided course as will act powerfully on all wcll-ineaiiing men in the Northern States." j A Wooden Ware Factory lias recently been I started near Mobile, and promises to do well. It < will manufacture barrels, kegs, and do all sorts ofi \ wooden works in general. [ t 1-iiJUt.i. e.'Lii.mB tmmar cjut-'jajui ii-'iAtfn'aiJinBW' j.l m . i waa jJOTETpf M* CAMDEN, S. C. ' FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY, 15, 1850. . j OUR PAPER. We are trying to improve. We know there is oouilbrit. We will do the best we can?more 1 ban this cannot be expected. I% Whn #lnnt the l?A?f liis rirt'nmctnnrp flllfiWfl. 1 Does well, "els nolily : An^rlx could do no more." Arrangements have been made by which we get telegraphic News from Charleston. We are wiling to do more as soon as warranted in the underaking. We want to issue a tri-weekly, and to get telegraphic News from the North and West. We ?aut to do many other things to improve and ben;fit our paper, but which cannot be aocotnplished >v a mere " wish ivg icell." Some more tangible asmrance is necessary?something that will "Pay he Printer."' What most we want is a large numht of New Subscribers, who will settle when :nlled upon. Won't our friends help us?we need t. Our thanks to Hon. John McQueen, and ilso to Hon. Mr. Woodward, for various public locunients. 'AXORAMA OF HUDSON AND VIRGINIA SCENES. We are pleased to learu that we are soon to have in opportunity of witnessing these Magnificent Scenes. We are confident, from what we have leard of them, that our friends will be amply repaid jy a visit. We copy the following front the South Carolinian of the 12th inst.: "Our friends in Camden will soon have an opportunity of examining these beautiful pictures, tow on exhibition in Charleston, where they have ittracted crowded houses during several weeks.? file press Iras spoken highly of them, and we are urethey will not fail to be pleased with an inspec 101) OI OUJL'CIM WHICH gl UUl^ lUO CCI1CCB, uo \t e ll an mprove the mind. tjCr Since the above was written, the Pic* ures have arrived, and will he exhibited at the denude Academy, during next week, coinmenring on Monday evening next, at half past seren o'clock. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Spring Term of the Court of Common 'le&s, for Kershaw District, will commence on the irst day of April next. The following is a list of lie Grand and Petit Jurors for the Term: CKA.NO JUBOJtS. Samuel Kirlkland, A. II. Boykin, lobcst Kiikley, John McCaskill, fos< ph Bruce, Jesse Truesdel, Jouglass Minton, Thomas Cauthen, jr. ). H. Montgomery, Dr. W. J. McKain, Jeorge McKinney, VV. A. Tumor, Jreighton Williams, Samuel Baskin, rhomas Moore, Col. W. J. Taylor, loseph Marshall, William Sowell, 3etijaiiiin West, Samuel Lambeth, 3r. J. J. Trantham, W. E. Johnson, ?. F. Vilk'pigue, Levi Holland. PETIT JURORS. les.?e Kilgore, Richard Hyatt, Jolumbus llaile, U. -UatUeson, U. Ililliard, Benjamin Haile, jr. lames Love Senr, John Thompson, lohn Hall, Daniel Herron, lolin Rosser, John Drakeford, rhomas Starke, Thomas E. Ilajle, John U. Ingrem, John Evans, folui Isotu, John Clanton, f. J. llatl, Amos Hough, lohn P. Knox, II. Ilolleymaii, riioinasN. Jackson, John O. Higgins, Michael Johnson, John Ingram, (Villiain Ilougli, T. I* Dixon, folm L. Dixon, J. S. Depass, 3d ward Bowers, Ransom Evans, ).D. Kirkland, James C. Haile, taseph Ilough, I*. T. Villepigue, Vhmm Rm'U>v. J. P. Richbounrh. ......... J J - u ' ! iVilliaiu Railcy, Thomas M. Gore, Alexander Brown, Samuel Shiver, rV. D. McDowall, John Holland, ohn Wliitaker, W. R. Johnson, olm I'erry, Joakiin Falkenberry. A correspondent of the Quaker City writes j ~ ?i..? o /??;!nmimitation entitled " Sintrular ' \J uiui u w )ream of Mr. Calhoun"?a creation of his own ' rain. He being an Abolitionist, his contniunicaion is therefore a falsehood. In it Mr. Calhoun is oinpared to Benedict Arnold by George Washing- j on, who rises from the dead for that purpose,? j tut the worst feature of the case is, that the Athens 'ost, a Southern paper, has, by copying it without onunent, endorsed it. How should Southern pa- 1 iers of this east be treated ? SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. At an election hold on Wednesday the 13th in- ( tant, the following gentlemen were elected Present and Directors of the South Carolina Railroad ] 'ompany: 1 President, IlENRY VV. CONNER. Directors. I Wade Hampton, Ker Boyce, II. Gourdin, John Bryce, 1 " ?* nr i) n_: i.. r. 11. runiore, ?? iTingn-, W. C. Dukes, R. Caldwell, , (.?. A. Trenliolni, Andrew Wallace, ] Alfred linger, C. J. Shannon, Robert Martin, L. J. Patterson. Srtf The New Orleans Crescent says: "There s no need for a Southern Convention !" Editors j vho hold such sentiments, wouldn't defend their wecthearts. ^ Tiik Kfnti*c:kv IT. S. Senators.?A Mr. Arnold nthe Kentucky House of Representative, on the Kith ult., olf'ered a resolution calling on their Senaors ill f'n: In r : n :i* their vidws. lie SBVS . mi Vi'i'in* i !'r<?? iMi :ir, >: to be at variencc i vilii Uio.-e ui' a large majority ol'the people ofKcn- 1 ucky, who oppose that measure. ?t^ii.^uBfmj?lj?aatrc SENATORS CALIIOUN AND BUTLEJR. , The Senior Editor of the Columbia Telegraph, in lis Editorial Correspondence to that paper from .lie City of Washington, pays the following handsome compliment to these distinguished and justly honored Senators of So. Carolina?referring to an expected debate of much interest, he says: Mr. Calhoun is improving in strength so rapidly tliat lie Iiojk'S to he present, and Butler will certainly he there to guard and vindicate our interest and honor. 'Uo better hands than .1 _< ? u v... ?i ?? n:,., LilOSC Ul OUT til I A/1UUIWUW) Ult. keeping of that honor and those interests could not be confided. When the tug of war first comes on, though our oldest sage may he precluded from giving his words of warning wisdom to the assembled Senators, yet ready far the fray as for the feast, in the front rank of the forlorn hope will be found our " Dioiuedes," like his prototype, of whom Homer says, that his headlong valor always carried his plume into the midst of the enemy. The soil which one brother aided to win for the South, had consecrated with his blood, the otlw.r brother will preserve and protect with equal devotion on a different field, requiring courage and addross equally unflinching. Northern letter writers for Northern papers may puff into undeserved notoriety members of that body, who on its floor are but pigmies compared to the Senators from Virginia, Messrs. Mason and Hunter, Col. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, Judge Dawson of Georgia, Mr. Clemens of Alabama, and our own Butler?the worthy successors of such statesmen as Calhoun, and Clay, and Webster, who, spurning the petty acts by Avliich demagogues rise, occupy a position in the Hall which the others claim before the country without the shadow of a fcilid title. Hut justice will formally be done to the real leading intellects of the time. NORTHERN LETTER WRITERS AND RE* PORTERS. We extract again from our friend of the Telegraph, who is in Washington, and lias the means of judging and arriving at right conclusions?his suggestions arc good, and ought to be Ibilowed. "TheLion in j?sop once complained that had lie had the drawing ufa picture representing a man subduing one of his species, the positions would have been reversed?.tfje same complaint may justly be made by our Southern Lions who occupy rjuite a different po.-ition in the Senate and before tlie puDlic uirougn me agency 01 me leirer-wriiero who (with a very lew honorable exceptions) are identilied by birth, a- ociations, and interests with the North and its icpresentatives?and who take care to make Aieir owti peculiar favorites occupy t)ie domiuaut position. This is to us an evil and a wrong which many of them feel acutely, and it rests with the conductors of the Southern'Tress to correct it?which may be done in two ways?lirstiy, by combining to secure the services of one or i:_u . u . mure reiiciuit: tjuuiutui avcjjuhclo ai fTn^iiiigivu ?2dly, to lbrbear lending their circulation to the hashed up letters 10 be found in Northern prints. As an additionalsecurily also?the South should rely tor intbrinatiou on its own papers, and not seek tor forage in the camp of the enemy?for as matters now stand the Northern Press is a most potent ally in aiding the Northern members in their schemes of public policy and personal preferment while the Southern Press i.-i shorn of its legitimate and salutary intlueiicc by being made secondary and feebly supported. A burnt Jide account of "the truth and the whole truth" in relation to the pul>lic and private doings of representatives hen?the rehearsals as well as the actual performance, would throw a flood of light on the real condition of affairs here which it imports the people to obtain,but which under the present system conies to them rink- tlirmnWi chinks nml marks, not in a full flood. Booth, the celebrated Tragedian, in performing at the Charleston Theatre. lie was to appear the second night of his engagement in that City, the 13th hist., in the character of Kicitanu 111. The Hon. B. F. l'orter has recently returned to Charleston, his native City, with the intention ot taking up his permanent abode. We congratulate the citizens of the "Empire City" upon the valuable acquisition they have in the person of this distinguished Jurist and scholar. The Courier says: "We may take an early occasion to present our readers with a biographical sketch of Judge 1'. In the mean time, we lay before them the following vaieuiciory inuuie iu ms njerus, iruiu me .uuuniRegis/tr, a journal, which, although of a di He rent political school, vet liberally and cheerfully awards the meed o|'justice and honor to a political opponent; and warmly congratulates our city, in the restoration ot her distinguished and long exiled son to her maternal bosom, on the re-acijuisitjon of what Alabama deeply regr? ts to lose?"an intelligent and public spirited citizen,"?one who has adorned her society, intluenced her councils, worn her ermine,and honorably illustrated her literature and her laws. ALABAMA. The following is a list of Delegates selected from joth political parties?appointed by the Alabama Legislature?to attend the Southern Convention, \labania will be nobly represented. For the State at Large?Eon. Benjamin Fitzjatrick, of Autauga; Hon. John A. Campbell,of Mobile; Hon. Win. M. Murphy, of Greene: Hon. Fhoiuas J. Judge, of Jjowndes; Hon. John A. Windon, of Sumter; Hon. L. P. Walker, of Lauderlale; Hon. Nicholas Davis, of Limestone; Hon. lames Abercrombio, of Russell. For the First Congressional District?William D. Dunn, of Mobile; '1. B. Bethea, of Wilcox; Burkvell Boykin, of Mobile; Robert V. Montague, of Marengo. For the Second?Gen. George W. Gunn, JefferJ -on Bufbrd, Gen. Ruben C. Shorter, ami Hon. jeorge Goldthwaite. For the Third?Howell Rose, of Coosa; John G. Winter, of Dallas; Andrew B. Moore, of Perrv; William S. Phillips, ofDallas. For the Fourth?Newton L. Whitfield, of Tuscaloosa; Joshua L. Nlartin, of Tuscaloosa; John Erwin, of Greene; Joseph W! Taylor, of Green. For the Fifth?Daniel Coleman, of Limestone; Fesse W. Garth, of Morgan ; William Cooper, of franklin; James II. Weakly, of Lauderdale. For the Sixth?George P. Burne, of Madison : FamesM. Gee, of Marshall; James M. Greene,of Fackson : W. O. Winston, of DeKalh. f"' Im Sovnnth?Alexander Whitp. ofTallade ra: Thomas A. Walker, of Benton : (ioorgo 8. Walden, of Cherokee; Charles Mcljcmoro, of Chambers. PUBLIC MEETING. From tho address of our Senator nnd Hep esentatives, published in another column, it will be seen that a Public Meeting is culled to ake place in the Court House on Sale-day next. Phis will be an interesting and important meet Amy, and every man who feels an interest |n the welfare of his country, should attend, as steps will he taken then to appoint delegates to the Nashville Convention. No one who li?9 paid the least attention to the bold movements of the Abolitionists will doubt for a moment the propriety of tliis measure. Remonstrance and argument have been alike unavailing to stop the ruin which reckless fanatics and frec-booters, would precipitate upon ns. Hie time has now arrived when other means must be resorted to. for defending and maintaining our rights. Our Representatives in Congress have battled loiig and faithfully for the South, let tin* Southern jK;oj?le now come t<rthe rescue, and in an unbroken phalanx drive hack the invaders. We repeat it, let every man of our District turn out upon that occasion, let each consider well the vital importance of this question, that our lights, our property, nay our very lives are at stake, and act accordingly/ Indifference will he criminal, it would be like sitting in a Mouse wneii tin* consuming tires are btiimug over head.?Abbecillc Banner. Kditori.il Glcnning*. SONG Of JHE EDITOR. DciIicrtJed lo his delinquent Patrons; Being No. 1 of the "Gems" from the new and much-admircd Opera of "Punchinello." AIR? " Then you'll remember me." When other bills and other duns Their tales of woe shall tell, Of notes in bank, without "the funds," And cotton hard to sell*; There may, peshaps, in such a scene Rome recollection be, ui Dins ina: longer uue nave neen, And you'll remember me! When ' huril vj)" customers shall wring Your heast with hopes in vain, And deem it but a trifling thing To tell you "call again;" When " calliug" proves a usel iss task, Without the " lawyer's fee," In such a moment I but ask Thai yt/ii'll remember me ! flloru of Mirth. Reports from Washington (says the Baltimore American) state that the negotiations between Mr, Clayton and the British Minister have resulted in a satisfactory adjustment of all mnttess comprehended within the Nicaragua question. Wo.ndesfitl Effect?In looking over the list of the members of the House of Repsesentatives, we ob-esve-there* re six Kings, four Thompsons, three Harrises, two Caldwells, two Butlers, and two Brotyns, hut not a single Smith, Df.ath of the Oldest Inhabitant-?Ti e last Athens (Ga.) Banner announces the death of Mr. Daniel Jlale, of Franklin County, who died 011 the 'Jd of July last, in the 119th year of his age, leaving on the premises where he resided at the time of his death, a son 76 years of age, a grand-daughter 41 years of age, and a great-grand-daughter ?2 years old. The member* of Kossuth's family, consisting of women and children, who were in arrest have been liberated. A guardian, a Hungarian a^l Prot-stant, has hjenappointed by the Austrian Government to superintend thecduca ion of the children, to defray the expa nses of which a very liberal gra ?t has been made. Buda will be iortitied at a great scale. Several towers are to be erected on the mountains around the fortress. /i . IT TT7_a ITT I. _ iienerai janim nai>ou ?*eou, v.narge n .^naires to Austria, Hungary, and "tlie rest of inankin 1," including Haynau, secured, before liis precipita'e exodus to the promised Canaan, one of the in wt splendid official coats ever made here or else where. It was covered all over with gold, ahd would be a a week's job to the Philadelphia Mint to boil it down and coin it. Now, if General Cass's resolution should prevail or if the said General James should not be confirmed, it will boa question of in small interest, what shall be done with thai coat. Would it not be well tor Congress to purchase it, and hang it up by the side of Washington's in the Patent Office ??Eastern A rg us. The late learned Dr. W having married a lady by the name of Experience, who was very tall, on being asked, some time after the event, how he liked the married state, replied u that he tbund by long Exjterience that it was not gx>d for man to bo alone." There is some dispute about thp 44 civil fund'* collected by Col, Mason and Genera! Riley while Governors of California, and the members want their pay, The question propounded by a member of the 44 Constitutional Convention," 44 whether the General Government would pay expense*," was certainly very pertinent The next question to be debated at the meeting of a Farmers'Club is; "Can good bread be rained by wind, if the wind be east!" Western Eloquence.?Mr. J, Y. Scammon, of Chicago, closes a long appeal, in Ijehalf of a railroad to Rock River, as follows: " Shall the iron horse snort in the valley of Rook Rjvpr in 1853 and slake its thirst in its crystal stream?, or shall the Fox River and the lake alone afford it sustenance r* A country friend wants to know of the Sunday Mercury man, if those six-pounders round Lawrence's tomb are the canons of Trinity Church? Horace Mann says: "There is a time in the career of every young man when lie awakes to his great destiny, like an heir of a thronie to the responsibilities of the crown to which,he has succeeded. Let every one select the vocation for which he is by nnlure flitted. Thrt vprv msnfletnlila cnhhler mav * ' " *?J 1" * be spoilt In a poor lawyer. A young man had bettor stick to robbing another's sheep upon the mountains, than fleecing them in the Lord's pasture." It is more difficult to make the eye liethai^ auy organ we are possessed of. To tell what a Viflinap says pay attention to her tongue, If you would ascertain what she means, pay attention to her eye. To talk in opposition to the heart is one of the easiest ihings in the world?to look this opposition, lipwever, is more difficult than algebra. Again we say, never believe a girl hates you till you ask her cycn.~hxc!innge.