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The projiosition would be the same in principle?as
destructive in its tendency and latal in
its results as our own misciablc paper medium
loans, or as the Alabama sch me} now if the
people arc determined to keep tlui State funds
employed in making money, at least till their
public debt is discharged, do it on safe and legitimate
principles of banking.
Your Hank has been i:i operation for thirtysix
years, during which it has experienced oc*
casiosn of "intoxicating prosperity and crushing
adversity." This period has been "filled with
events and changes of the greatest magnitude,
of all that can affect the condition of nations and
individuals," subjecting your Hank to every
possible tert of its capability as a Bank, or as a
Fiscal agent for the State. Yet it has ever sustained
its own credit unimpaired, and maintained
the credit of the State i:i Europe and at home
- . o .1 t*?1:..? *i.? a
?? JJlVUlg lO onuia V. <truilll(l mv lu^uv^i uiiu
most enviable reputation for punctuality in all
her transactions. In the statement of the President's
Report of 1841, important as has been
its aid to tho finances and Commerce of the
State, its most beneficial influence has been upon
the agricultural and mechanic pursuits. It
has averted ruin from many, held some through
critical periods of adversity, secured others
from grasping creditors, lands from being abandoned
to waste, and preserved thousands of
slaves, from being run away, to cultivate our
soil, to increase the wealth of the Statc and to
pay taxes towards the support ol'its government
He would ask gentlemen, at their leisure, to
examine a Report niadd in 1839, by Mr. Edmund
Bellinger, then a distinguished member of
this House, which would illustrate in one point
of view the beneficial operations of the bank in
relation to taxation and increase of slaves.?
Illustrated by a table.
No. of Increase DecY
1809 and 10 slaves of slaves. Taxation, of taxes
? IS KM? .jr<?
yrara prvccuing. im,<rv
1819 do do 235/219 33.853 3>?,519
1829 do do 285.180 59.211 301,710 183,080
1839 do do 29-,113 12,&i5 290,583 211.310
Total decrease from 1819 to 1839?20 years $399,310
Showing that with the redaction of taxes, slaves
increase in number. That with the average
annual taxation, for ten years preceding
1819, was $3*20,519. That the anmial average
of taxation for ten years preceding 18*29 was
401,710; lor ten years preceding 1839 was
8*280,485. That between 1819 and 18*20 the
diminution of taxation per annum was $18,803,
that is to say a saving to the State in ten years
of 8188,080. That between 18*29 and 1839
the diminution of taxation per annum was 8*21,131,
that is to say a saving in that period of ten
years of 8211,319. Being a saving to tli? people
of taxation during the twenty years of Three
hundred and niiir.ty-nine thousand, three hundred
and forty dollars. As before remarked, had
the State not gone largely'into debt, and annually
absorbed the profits of the Bank in the extinguishment
of that debt, the taxes of the people
would long ere this have been reduced to a
mere trifle, and perhaps to nothing.
Independently of all these considerations, the
Bank, as a fiscal agent, during its existence,
exclusive of the surplus Revenue and Fi.-e Loan
has received, safely kept and paid faithfully out
for the State, without charge or the loss ol a
cent, all the funds of both the Tr usurers of the
Upper and Lower Divisions of the State, as t'.ie
depository of the public funds and taxes; these
receipts and payments reach the vast amount of
'Vljjllfc IIII4?IV??W v. W.
He had feebly and imperfectly, lie was aware
replied to the arguments of those who were bent
upon the destruction of the Bank now. lie did
not indulge the hope that lie had co:ni:tced those
who were pre-rletrrmincJ, of the impolicy of
their hasty movement Their voice was, that
now was the time to give the fatal blow ! He
would invoke the House not to obey the Onieular
givings-forth. He would ask their reflection
upon tiie response of the Dclph c Oracle
worthy of its ancient reputation lor it- politic
/imAiflrm/ll i A flwk f e\C tl?A <4
IU tlAV ViVIUIIIl W4 1.4V ?r 4J?IW
Council who lias consulted it on the issue of
his contemplated Asiatic expedition?"Crowned
is the victim, the altar is rradij, the stroke is
impending." Elated with the answer as a
guarantee to success and a victor ions campaign,
a nuptial feast was had, followed 1?v a splendid
banquet, previous to the embarkation. On the
morrow an exhibition was to take pi ice in the
Theatre. The entertainment begun with a procession;
the shouts of an admiring, applauding
multitude, announced the king's approach, "lie
advanced with white robes and with festal chaplet"
in front, " that all might have a view o;
his person, and that it might not be supposed
ho doubted the universal good will of the
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\irCCRft. 1 Hi:* \t(is UK' IMWIIll-Ill Ulivil < iiuo?c
nios ran up t<? the king, and drawing a Celtic
sword, plunged it into his side. Philip fell
dead. 'i ik* answer of the Oratlo wa? fulfilled
truthfully; hut in a manner far different from
the expectation of the enthusiastic com|uo,,or!
Lnt t:? I).'.ware, lot in olatying the response of
our Orff'r we find our act to recoil in disaster
upon the ag; icultttrru and 0!!>. indu&rial pursuits
of OU< pen !? .
So f.r ]> - a nvtv* nejit was con
r nel. .! i >' c ?.sitliwd either a
iljaututu o; ,ii i .t' llai.k ni.iii; he eschewed
ail char lctei as a pur mm. lie desired to occupy
a ri 'i in position: a principle as
saffi i i ;>< iti al : . oei.d lift*. Ho had endeavoud
ia ?!.??w t...tttae .otoors and clamors
asserted concerning the :ida;i .i^l;atiou of the*
affairs of the Hank, w ore not sustained l?v facts.
Bat for the purpose of sati fvini4 the jR>ople as
to their truth or faUiy, aim himself as to the
solvency or insolvency nl tiie discount lin of
the Rank, he would vote ft>r tlie adoption of the
Resolutions of the member from Chester, (Air.
McAliley.) I hey invested the committee of
investigation witii me most plenary powers noil
rigid examination, to semi for persons and papets.
to examine reeo'iis, and to swear officers
and all otlier persons. b'pon the results ot tliat
examination, published to the people, they can
decide wli.tt to do intelligent oi' their interest
If the facts shall show corruption and insolvency
let us get rid of a losing concern as judiciously
as possible. If, however, the facts shall demonstrated
that the Hank is solvent and has been a
blessing to the people, then let them decide as a
question of expediency, whether they will continue
it to pay oirtiie large public debt by iiank
profits, redeeming the faith and preserving untarnished
f!:o honor of the .Str.tr; or wind it up
! any how, anil alter appropriating the capital
' meet any balance by incre:ised taxes.
This he deemed the course of prudence and
wisdom. He cared not to plunge the people,
at this moment, into a measure fronght with
vast consequences, perhaps of ill, to them. Such J
j an act would be unauthorizedand unexpected by >
I them. The only issue which had been made in !
! his District, in connection with the Hank, was
! on the proposition to publish amra\jy the names |
I and liabilities of the officers, di.ectorsand memi
bers of the Legislature. On that issue, iu the
I canvass, he regretted to have stood alone, but
he regarded his election by the noble District
lie represented as full authority to maintain the
same position here. Hut this measure of Vuiuidn
j lion?of taking steps toward stopping tlie farther
business of the Hank several years in adI
vance of the expiration of its chaiter, had never
j lieen presented to them; in fact, lie regarded it
| as disavowed. No where else was it presented
in the State. On a measure involving such vast
consequences to the people of the whole State,
he desired they should lie expressly consulted
before we acted. He would take occhsion to
; remark that, with his present views, he was for
I continuing the Bank only till it discharged the
onerous public debt which the Legislature had
' contracted, and till our plighted faith to the pubj
lie creditor could be redeemed without violation
! to the honor of the State.
He was happy to see that he was sustained
1 in this position by the Message of his Excellency,
a public servant whose opinion was entitled
to much weight from his long experience in publie
matters and eminent judicial character.?
Coming into public life before the existence of
the Bank, .and having occupied a scat on the
Bench for more than thirty yenrd, with distinction,
his opinions may be regarded as the parting
counsel of the patriot-sage, with no possible
motive beyond the honor and interests of the
people of the State.
He and, as he believed, the people desired to
see before they leaped, to hear evidence and
have facts before they pronounced judgment, to
have a trial before execution.
NOTE.?The Bunk Compilation referred to is
the Third Kduit.n, ordered to be republished, by
. tlw? f nmclnlnrn nt ILnninlinr X??<?inn n!"
CONGRESS.
Repotted for :he Baltimore Suu.
Washington, March 13.
Senate. ? Mr. Seward presented petitions
for the abolition of slavery in the District of
Columbia, on the removal of the seat of government,
and also remonstrating against the extension
of slavery into territories of the United
States.
The usual objection was made, and a motion
was tnade to lay the question of reception
on the tilde. The motion to lay on the table
was lost?yeas 18, nays 22.
Mr. Butler said as the Senate had departed
from their rule, he should not object to any petitions
for abolition or dissolution or any tiling
else.
If* U'inir limit ?i ctimil-ir vli?uv mid doel.-ired
*v*"b """" "* ? ? ? ?
dint lie woulil never obj >ct to any tiling. This
agitation must go on. The subject was laid
on the table for the present.
Mr. Foote's resolution to refer M:\ Bell's resolutions
to a committee of thirteen with a view
to framing a compromise, was taken up.
Mr. Baldwin mo red to except the Oth ri solution
for the admi.-ion of California, which
should be referred to the committee on tcriito- J
ries with instructions to report a hill.
Mr. Benton proposed a modification, which
Mr. Baldwin accepted, as follows?provided j
that the subject of California be not submitted
' f 11 1
i to t'.ie c UHiueraiion 01 me comiinuee. nc
wished to keep California separate from what
was going on licro.
Webster had no expectation that any series
oi',fsolutions would pass this body. He
had signified that iie would give his views t f
the boundaries of California, He was convinced
that tliejonlv mode 10 pursue was toad-1
init California as site was, and with her proposed
boundaries. He would take an opportunity
to show this.
.Mr. Cass said there was little hope from this
committee, it ollered no chance of torminaI
ting this fearful controversy, lie had seldom
seen a greater instance of moral courage than
' - ?i... n ?i, \t
\vu.> r.MiumvM n\ mi: j^riiiaiiiaii uum .?*iooiooi
jii (Mr. l'oote)in liisivj 1/ to ."Mr. Calhoun.
The count owe 1 ;i cl.'ht to the Senator from
t .Mississippi (Mr. 1'oote) for his noble efforts to
| bring about an adjustment of this controversy,
j and for placing himself in opposition to the views
of the Senator from South Carolina, (Mr.Cal;
houn,) whose views, however much we might
| admire him, wo could not avow.
The Senator from South Carolina had in of'
feet announced that our Republic was ended,
and the days of our I'nion numbered, lie
would not, except on sicl: bed have dictated
j sin ! a speech.
I We have bVen here three months and done
I nothing. There were some hopes, however.
There was no Wilmot Proviso to pass. That
was Untied. The Missouri Compromise could
?I-I ... .1 ..i.'i r.._ ..
11 |?:iss. >> iiat sriiuierii man vvumu gu lur a
Missouri line, which involves intervention north
of tin* line and non-intervention south of it.
Mr. Calhoun.? We are judges of that ourselves.
.Mr. Cass.?Will any Senator from the South
: vote for the Missouri Compromise?
.Mr. Footc.?1 never will.
! Mr. Cass.?No Southern man will vote for
1 a compromise whiHi will not establish slavery
! south of that line.
Mr. Footc would not, lie said, go for a South
ern proviso or a rNortliern proviso, l lie constitution,
lie believed, carried slavery into every
part of the territory under consideration.
' *
Mr. ('ass said there wav one tiling we could
do. We could pass the fugitive slave act. That
we were hound to do. This was the only distinct
grievance which the South complained of.
i Mr. Cass spoke very strongly on the subject j
j of.Mr. Seward's speech, which he said was the \
most dangerous speech that lie had ever heard. '
Mr. Seward vindicated himself l?y saying
that his party (the whigs) were opposed to slaj
very;and slavery was the naturalally ofthe Nor,
thorn democracy.
1 Mr. Dawson denied that the Senator from
New York had any right to speak for the whig
party.
Mr. Calhoun regretted that the state of his
health did not permit him to go fully into this
subject. .
If his remarks had been disapproved by the
Senator from Michigan, that Senator's remarks
were equally so by him.
The difference between hiin and the government
was on the nature of the ditticulty and in
the means of removing it It was impossible
for the South to remain with safety in the Union
while the power was held by the North.
To say that there could not be a guarantee
given to the South, was inconsistent with the
character of tliis Union. It was the constitutional
mode of severing the Union. Our French
difficulty originated in the late Presidential I
elect ion.
Mr. Cass would speak on the subject of the
constitutional amendment at another time. He
did not object that it was impossible to amend ;
the constitution, but that an amendment should |
be the hist of the continuance of the Union.? j
if that was the sentiment of the South, this 1
Union was gone.
Aft'-r some remarks from Mr. Calhoun, as to
the meaning of the "new," which meant as
soon as convenient?for the amendment of the
constitution was a slow process - Mr. Foote
vindicated his original view of Mr. Calhoun's
Tlie discussion was continued by Messrs*
Cal!iouil, Footo, Davis, of Mass., and others,
when the subject was postponed till to-morrow.
The census bill was made the order of the
day for Friday.
The Senate took up the California message,
and Mr. Douglass spoke at length on the sub- i
ject, and will conclude to-morrow.
The .Senate then adjourned.
Correspondence oftiie Baltimore Sun.
Washington, March 14th, 1850.
It is now quite probable that Congress will
proceed iu the eour.se of legislation in regard to
flu* InrMlArt.te titltiiili PrAcitloiif I
eel when he communicated the constitution of
California. California will be admitted with |
her assumed boundaries, and no territorial gov- i
eminent will lie given to New Mexico or to Des-,
erct There will be no Wilniot Proviso; and, |
at present, no law interfering with slavery in I
this district The fugitive slave act will pass.
One more slave State will be created out of Tex- i
as, as an equivalent to the admission of Cnlifor- j
n'.\
Tne compact for the creation of non-slavein
kling States, not exceeding four in number, |
will lw? vor? annn if fivpr I'.arripil into ef
feet. The slavery agitation will go on till, as
Mr. Calhoun says, the northern people, who repudiate
compacts, shall become a majority, and,
until they shall execrate the memory of Washington
as a miserable slaveholder.
The same men who defeated the California
territorial bill last year, because they would not
trust the slavery question either to the community
or to the laws of nature, will now refuse to
give a territorial government to New Mexico,
without the Wilmot proviso. There is something
behind all this apparent absurdity which
was qever exposed till Mr. Seward spoke the
other day.
There is a deep and profound scheme on foot
nocn?d!n/? tKo uennn/lonot? nf uii uhulenot
ii'i aooti miv ?ovviiu??iivj v> m>/wvi uv? w? limcnf
over the constitution and all the ties of
the Union. 1 presume Mr. Clay saw it when
he appealed to the North toyieid this sentiment,
on their part It is a "sentiment" well calculated
to carry away the northern people, and it
begun under the auspices of religion and liberty,
and is prosecuted in those names. Mr. Seward
discloses the fact that lie allied himself to
the whig party in order to carry out his views
and policy through them. Others have united
with the democratic juirty for the same purpose;
and, with both parties, these conspirators have
had partial success. This party is destined, 1
fear, to acquire an ascendency in many of the
Northern States. Massachusetts can resist it,
hut will ride triumphantly over nil the other
I'o.: tii States?Vermont included. The whole
development cannot be expected immediately.
We have hardly got tru pwgh with the first act
of this eventful play.
iMr. Calhoun speaks of making the California
question the test He cannot well do itCalifornia
will come into the Union upon an
overwhelming, irresistible current of popular
opinion?opinion sustained by every active emotion
nnd impulse of the human heart. Romance,
cupidity, consanguinity?every strong feeling
that governs man ?will serve to promote the
admission of California, against any and all opposition.
It will come in, independently of all
other measures.
The test question must he some other than
this?and what 1 tear is, that it win too soon
arise?though not, |>crhai>s, while Mr. Calhoun
is upon the active theatre of public affairs.
Senator Douglass has concluded, to-day,.a
very sound, able, and conservative argument. I
suppose the discussion in the two houses will
continue till some time in July. On such topics,
every representative of seventy thousand people,
and the representatives of every sovereign
State, ought to he heard, and will be heard.
Iqn.
Correxpondencc of the Charleston Mercury.
I wish to impress upon your readers a very important
fact, and I assure you solemnly, that it is
a fact, well known to all here, who are conversant
with the sentiments of a majority of the Northern
r . ,1. 1T_ fPlw.2
members 01 doui nouous. j ucu mnmo mc mauc
up to admit California, and to prevent the further
extension of slavery, not only in the newly acquired
Territories, hut Mr. Seward spoke the sentiments
of this majority, when he stated the law or
compact to he unconstitutional which provided for
the admission of three more slave States from the
Territory of Texas. They would not halt as thyy
now do, for a single instant, did this majority of
Northern members not feel some doubt about the
true Southern sentiments and design. They are
fearful you may be in earnest, though they do not
believe you are. Still, there is a doubt about it,
which might make the immediate admission of
Pnlifnrnin /lanrwrous. and theV Drefer Waiting.?
Mr. Seward honestly expressed the contempt
which the North feel on the subject of your separating
from them. They do not believe it can be
done. They believe tliat you are divided in the
South in sentiment. They say, the South has
talked about separation and disunion, that it is all i
stuff and nonsense, and mere wind. That the I
Southern people have no idna of anything of the |
kind: that the South could not be driven off if the
North was to do their best to get rid of them and
the curbed institution of slavery together; that the i
South are noisy, and threatening through thei^j
delegates in Congress, who are kicking up a rum
pus in Washington only to gain a little popularity '
and reputation; that the North should vote them
down at once, and have done with it; and that
ever after they will be as quiet as lambs; that if
any attempt at disunion is made it will be put down
by a proclamation, as was done by General Jackson
; but if the South should go further than it is
expected or believed at the North, that they dare
go, then troops and volunteers will enter such
Southern States as are troublesome, and side with
the friends of the Union in restoring peace, and
hanging the ringleaders; that if Messrs. Calhoun, I
Maogum, Mason, Davis, Toombs, Clingman, Burt,!
and other leading members of either House should \
attempt to leave their seats and return home to
their constituents, in consequence of any act being
passed by Congress, as they have some of thcrti
threatened to do, then that the Government will
act promptly, arrest and conline them m the Capital
until all is quiet, not allowing them to go home
after threatening to excite rebellion. These are
tacts. These things the North rely upon, for they
du rwi belie ce the South are in earnest; so lhr from
it, they believe it to be the mere brnggadocia of a
few dissatisfied Southern politicians. This shows
the importance of the people of the Southern States
acting together at this time, and meeting in Convention
at Na.-hVilie; tor while there is any doubt
in the Northern mind that the South are, or are
not, divided, no justice or forbearance will be shown
towards the Southern States by Northern Legislatures,
or people, or by Congress. The people o
the South should act decidedly in liivor of that
Convention. Its objects are peace, unity of sentiment,
and a desire to save the Union, if it can be
saved by a unanimous declaration from that body,
of what the Southern States demand. If the Convention
debate the matter peaceably the Execu_
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live wui inn imerieie, iunner man wnui n?s a.ready
l?een understood to have been decided upon
by the President and his Cabinet. The President
will issue a Proclamation about the 20th of May,
calling upon all the citizens of tl|f South to be on
their guard, not to be led astray, or take any part
in the Convention if its design shall take a treasonable
direction. A military force will be ordered lo
the neighborhood of Nashville, and Gen. Scott,
(who has ex preyed his willingness to take the
command of troops, and to co-operate with Gen.
Taylor in putting down any attempts to dissolve
the Union,; will be ordered to that section of the
country tosustain the General Government, should
it be found necessary to arrest any of the parties
who may take part in what the Government may
proclaim to lie treasonable to the Union.
1
m mi rtnoj TPT'TTTl T>5P A TP
| CAMDEN, S. C.
TUESDAY~EVENING, MARCH 19, 1850.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
Reported Expressly for the Journal.
Charleston, March 18.
Prices have an upward tendency, with a good
demand for the most part by buyers. There was
an advance on Saturday of $ih. Extremes 10$
to 12. " VV.
New York, March 15.
The Cotton market was active to-day, and pri.
I. CA A/ltmnrflil 3 nil llfirlinA fllllMPflllPnt *A
| the arrival of the steamer. Tlie sales amounted to
3000 bales at T?$ for Fair Uplands, and for
Fair Orleans.?Mercury.
The Southern Convention.
" Something still there lies
1 In heaven's dark volume which I read thro' mists.
, 'Tis great?'tis prodigious?'iis a glo ious thing
Ot' wondrous moment ."
When first the confederate compact?-which
we call the Union?was being formed, the South,
; for certain reasons, the justice of which has since
j been fully shown, had same hesitancy in entering
I into the compact. The North, which then, as now,
' knew its existence depended upon if, made ceri
tain offers to the South to induce her to come in.
The South did so?not front a u quid pro quo"
sense?but front a brotherly feeling towards the
i North. That agreement then formed was the
! Constitution. Under it the South had an eoualitv
of rights?the Constitution was the broad shield
under which our rights were preserved. Hut soon
llie dark process of Northern aggression commeliced.
The South pointed them to the Constitution,
and the mighty spirits who framed it seemed
looking down through its eyes of justice upon
them?they stood a moment abashed, and t'gain
the tide rolled on. The South had become attached
to the Union, and disliked its dissolution.
Another compromise they yielded?a compromise
of Southern rights?such a compromise as the
J Romans gave the Goths?a pari not to take the
whole. Aggression has rolled over all compromises?borne
down the constitution, and Vandal-like,
stands at the gates of the city, with?shall we sav
a treiiiblinrr crowd of citizens?within? No; the
American Vandals have still to learn that the
American Italy can boast her legions yet?that the
i right of Roman citizenship is too sacred to touch,
i A Southern Convention has been called, for the
purpose of preserving our rights, and through our
rights the Union. The North lias seen the probable
effects of that convention, and is determined,
if possible, to prevent it. The moderate North has
put Mr. Webster and the great meetings at New
j York and Philadelphia forward, as their agents to
! lull, if possible, the Southern people, and make
them lukewarm concerning it. What are those
meetings worth? They are bodies of merchants,
who are afraid of losing the Southern trade, and?
mind?not one-hundredth port of the merchants;
and though they were all the North, they concede
not one thing that the South asks, Mr. Webster's
| speech, that has been so loudly applauded by some
I of the Southern press, is another would-be blind.
. He says he will not vote for the Wilmot Proviso.
And why ? Because it is in effect already passed
over the country. But if that was not the case,
he would vote for it; and will vote for the admission
of California as it is. Those are but blinds?
and sadly blind must the South bo, if she is taken
in by them.
But there is still another party at work in concert
with them, though more powerful. Gov.
Seward, the mouth-piece of the President, also
speaks for that party. Says he: "If Calhoun,
Clingman, Venable, Mason, &c., attempt to leave
the Ilalls on account of the passage of any abili
I
'
tioii law, they will be imprisoned and forcibly detained?that
the Army and Navy will be immediately
used against the South." The President Iran
already threatened that u in case of the assembling
of the Southern Convention, Gen. Scott with the
army will be sent into that neighborhood to disperse
it, if it takes any definite action.'' Now we
would like to see any Southern man who can hear
such threats and still sing out, as discordantly as
the hound when chastised by his master: 44 Sate
the Union?the glorioue Union!" The Southern
convention is tire salvation of our right". Then
let the South?we mean the South?not those'
Tory-hearied creatures this side Mason's and
Dixon'? line who are opposed to it?meet, to digest
a plan to save our rights, and the Union if jv?m 1
sihle; but at any hazard the former. And let
"the Rest of Mankind* send his army thereto
hang as traitors the members of that Convention,
and he will find any other employment moreagree]
able. Wo would by far rather be the man to l>e
j hung as a member of that convention, than to bo __
i Zachary Taylor. It is sure?the fiat has gone
! forth?that lhe Union or slavery, one or the other, *
; must cease. California admiited, they have the ' .
' majority in the Senate. They have it already in
j the House. They look to the Southern conveii- I
: tion as the indication of Southern feeling. Tho- - <
division of the South on that gives thein courage.
After the threats already made and making, if the
South meet not as one man at that convention,
and teach them that knowing our rights we dare
ilpfciwl them, then let un talk no more of IteitnrftoiiB
"?* ? % .
of revolutionary sires, but kneel as cowards, who
live upon Marathon the slaves of Persian master*.
i
D*The .Enlian Minstrels performed last night
before quite a respectable house. They will give
their last Concert to-night. It is worth going to
hear Miss Ellen?worth going farther, to see her.We
several times foi n I ourselves mnttcring
"Oh, comc to the South, wc will jivr tliee mhoroe."
But then we thought ?<he had a home in the hearts ..
of her audience.
HZT'Tlie hail storm on Friday last, was very l?eavy
a few miles above this place. A gentleman
r ... tL..i (l.o. -f ?L.I J
! could have gathered up these icy missiles by the
bush-:!. From his account, any quantity might
have been taken up. Ah a matter of course, so
heavy a fall of liaii must injure vegetation very,
much. The storm in Camden \ru nut so heavy in
hail, but the wind was very high, and the day * \
dark that night seemed to have usurped its place.
We also had loud thunder, preceded by the moat . .
vivid lightning.
IT When the fierce lightnings flash, scattering
the tall and sturdy foresters, the deep-toned mut- .
ferings of omnipotence are heard; the angry tempests.we
lashed together, bearing down all before ;
i liom aa chaff: the dav prows dark and nature is 1
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convulsed and black with ragp. In such an h#?ur
man must feel his utter insignificance?pioud nun '
is bumble?brave men must tremble. Who is an
atheist then? Pale with terror, heatsnds, wbonya
there is no God. The bolt may crush the worm
to death IIow easy a thing for man to die!?>
"A breath can destroy as a breath bath made."
Man, with all bis strength and learning, at such a
time, must feel himself?
A poor pensioner upon the bounties of an boar."
It is truly gratifying to see that our old
friend, Charles A. Bullard, Esq., formerly a citi
zeii of this place, has been appointed Judge 01 tne
I 16th Judicial District of Louisiana.
Mr* Calhoun was born on the ISth of
March, 1782; so that yesterday was the natal day
of our great statesman.
g-yf* We have received a copy of a Speech d#l'vered
by Frank Gamewell, Esq., on the occasion
of laying the comer Stone of a new Methodist
Church at Jackson, Tennessee, which does honor
to his heart and head. 0
We are authorized to announce the following
ticket for Intendant and Wardens of the
town of Camden, at the next election:
Intf.nda'nt.
JOHN ROSSER.
Wardens.
JAMES DUNLAP,
A. 31. KENNEDY, .
J. T. SUTHERLAND,
W. M. SHANNON.
To-day we publish an act pa.wd by the
late Legislature relative to slaves hiring their own
time. As one-ha'f of the fine, which is $50, goes to
the informant, it woujd be well for owners of jlavei
to be careful.
AN ACT
m -1a?a , i it..:.
10 aiier uiu law 111 irictuuu u# ounca lining uicir
own time, and for oilier purposes.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Re'
presentatives, now met and sitting in General AsI
setubly, and by the authority of the same, That
the sixth section of an act, entitled "An act tor the
: better regulation aud government of free negroes
1 and persons of color, aud for other purpose**
1 passed the twenty-first day of December, in the
I year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
i twenty-two, be so altered and amended, that from
! and after the twelfth day of March next, it shal)
| not be lawful for any person owning, or having ir^
1 charge, any male or female slave, to permit sucli
! slave to hire his or her time, labor, or service; and
! any person owning, or having in charge, a slave.
! or slaves, so olfentling, shall be liable to a penalty
of Fitly Dollars, to be recovered bv indictment!
! one-half of which shall be paid to die informer,
and the other half to the use of the District
which the offence is committed ; and tjwt all pro,
visions heretofore made by law in relation to said
offence, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December,
in the year of our I*ord one thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine, and in the seven...
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n-iuurui )C' ir ui uic nu\ciuj^iuj anu iuucjkiiu*
cnce of tin: United States ot America.
ANGUS PATTERSON,
President of the Senate.
JOHN IZARD MIDDLETON,
Speaker House of Representatives.
A letter from Naples of the 9th jnet., gives an
account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius which
; had just occurred. According to this account,
it w,is on? of most magnificent ever seen.
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