The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, March 21, 1850, Image 2
The Camden Journal.
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TIIO. J. WARREJf & C. A. IMtlCK,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
TERMS.
For the Sent I-Weekly, Three Dollars anil Fifty Cents
if paid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is dcluyed
three months.
For l!ic Weekly, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents in j
advance, or Three Dollars uCler the expiration of three
months.
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\Vasiiimstov, ."\lnrcli lit.
A ililliculty nriiso yesterday in front of the 1
Intelligencer ollico lietween Set inter 1'uote and 1
Borland, out ?.>t a conversation on tlio.slavery '
a -\t IV i_ I_. 1 - P.,.,. *,f
subject, iur.jookmiii?|i|.w..1 n.-? i??nvi.-.t
" servile followers" of Air. Calhoun, which Mr.
Borland construing t'? reflect upon ]si<>>vt If. 1
scnillc ensued, in which Con. l'oote was struck
in the face, lie had hut recently recovered
froih a severe attack ot pleurisy, ami wa> hardly
prepared for a street light. Mr. Borland, the
moment the Mow was struck, perceived himself
the extreme impropriety and ungciicrousncss of
his conduct, and apologized for it since in a
manner which alone could atone for his rash
conduct
The occurrence is the more to be regretted,
as Messrs. Foote and Borland ha\e lieen friends,,
and Mr. Toote had. on a very recent occasion,
defended Mr. Borland against the assault of his
enemies. I am glad to add that the unconditional
apology offered b\ Mr. Borland, has -inec
been considered personally satisfactory l?\ Cieu.
Footo ; and that in all probability, Mr. Boiland"!
will, this evening, be introduced to the bed-ide
of Con. l'oote, to shake bauds with him. Alter
so grave an oiieiice was committed, it was certainly
an act ??f justice ami respect for his own
dignity, as well as the dignity of the body of
which Mr. Horland is a member, to apologize,
as he has to a tricnl and true friend. After
an error is committed, the host plan is t<> acknowledge
it frankly; and not to aggravate it, '
by false pride that would add crime to rashness.
?Baltimore San.
There is so much of avowed "mental reservation"
in the doctrines of the conscience party,
that we can never tell exactly what they are '
driving at. Jlythewnv, the resolution ollered
in one of the liberty conventions, declaring that
every person who took an oath to support the
constitution should mentally reserve the right
to disregard all provisions for the support of
slavery, was erroneously attributed to Senator
Chase of Ohio. It was offered by the Rev. MK j
Pierpoint, who wasformerly a resident olJkiltiniorc,
and is distinguished as a poet mid a public
orator.
A combination of religious phrenzy with po- i
litical guile, form a dangerous faction, lint I
think it will be put down in the North.
I learn, by gentlemen from Boston, that Mr. i
Webster's views are highly approved by all the
moderate and sober minded im?ii in the East,
but that the conscience party, led b> Palfrey,
Summer and K Adams, arc rabidly opposed
to it. These furious fanatics are making an effort
to get up a legislative demonstration in opposition
to Mr. \\ cb.-ter's views. Tlic Lcgis
: ? a !.??, <!?. 5<
JUUIIV id IIUW HI W SCI"H, ??!?% imviv "* .
to l)e fought An opposition will ho, of course, !
made to his re-oioction, l?y the abolitionists and
their kindred cliques.
Whatever anxiety lias prevailed as to the re- !
suit of the present difficulties, it may lie considered
as certainly removed. California will ho
admitted as a State, and with her assumed
boundaries. The fugitive slave hill will pass.:?
No territorial governments will he established;
but necessary legislation will he given New
Mexico and Dose ret. The qne-tion on the '
Texas boundary will either Ik* settled, or an offer
will lie made to Texas, which will leave a '
settlement at some early day, and the compact
made with her as to the admission of new States
*? ?!) lot f/ietowitoil Tlw.iv. miill lot ti.i linr!w'l.ill..ii
as to slavery or the slave trade in this district at
present.
This adjustment will probably lead to a reorganization
of parties, and there must be, both
in the North and South, a great democratic,
Union party, founded on broad and national
principles." Those who, like .Mr. Seward, united
with the whig party for the purpose of converting
it to an abolition instrument, will separate
from it, and become allied to the faction led
by Mr. Van I'liren at the late election.
It i> said that the agents of the ('uha revolutionist*'arc
issuing script, based on the success
of their contemplated onterprize.
The hoard of .Mexican commissioners will ad
juurii aooui lilt' mill 01 -ijiril, till IMC next nil- j
tuinn.?lb.
The American Gobi Double Eagle.?We yes
terday received from Miosis. \danis& ('o. several
of the new American #'*10 gold coin, just
issued from the Mint, made of California gold,
which il has hern proposed, most appropriately
to style "Washiuglons." Tliev are about the
size of the silver dollar, l?ut of course considerably
heavier. On one side it has the old orig- 1
iiial head of "liberty" across the forehead, sur- ;1
rounded by the thirteen stars, and stamped '
"IH'iO." On the reverse is the coat of arms of ; ;
the Union, being the figure of an eagle with ' 1
spread wings, of different design to thoseon any
other coin, with arrows, olive branch and shield, 1
sukI the motto " v, rliuiluis I. imm on scrolls '
on cither side. Tin1 ca^le is surrounded with j'
the words '-'United States of America," "Twon- 1
tv I)." and has, immediately over it, a circle of '
thirteen small stars. It is a most snhstantial '
and beautiful coin, and will be both useful and '
convenient.
Murder.?A murder was committed in Trade- j '
water, twelve miles north of Princeton, K v., on i
the 2f?th lilt. II. F,. (':ii-tivrinrht u'jie uliot tie ! j
liis brother-in-law, Thomas Carney. An old j
grutl^c existed between the parties. They nc- J
ridoutally met in tin* road?no one present? I
vhen Carney shot at Cartwright and missed
" Iiim, hut killed Ins horse. Cartwright then shot s
at Carney, hut missed ):im. They then separ- :
nted, each going his own way. Carney then |
way laid Cart wright, and shot him through the t
heart ; he expired almost instantly. Carney s
has given himself up for trial. i
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WlLMlNGToN am) Rm.KIGII HaILROAD.?
The receipts uii the Wilmington and Raleigh
Railroad lor the months of October, November,
December, January and February, of the present
year, compared with the same months of the i
last year, show an increase in the receipts'of,
the Company of83*2,110 03,viz:
1848-9, 1849-50 Diflercncc gain.
OctnU-r, ?*21.259 20 i$25,702 11 8l,5th> S3
NovemlKT, 10.713 10 21.562 51 >1.819 11
December, 38.222 00 41.4-10 31 3.223 71
January, 17.271 78 24,390 03 7,121 85
February, 19,130 70 31,570 48 12,145 72
>112,027 50 ?141,714 13 ?32,110 03 ' '
The above statement will cheer the hearts of :
the friends of this road, and he a source of grnt- j
iiication to tlie whole community. The inci- j
j?.c^ ....i ,.i 41 /r..;... '' c *i.:. i> i
ULMU." vmm iuu liiitill.'s ?ii una Jiwiiu
are nit illustration ui the reward of persevering !
industry and toil, and is the result of an energy
and a determination of purpose that does not
know the inonumg of the word defeat. The
Road has heen, and is favored with an intelligent
and patriotic Directory, who have heen
ever ready to make personal sacrifices and en- !
counter pecuniary hazard for the good oi the j
Road. They are favored, also, with a lYe.-i- I
dent, second to none in the I nion, in all the os- '
sential qunlilicutions requisite to promote the
interest and property of the establishment?and
with otlieers in the other stations, honest, zeal- ;
ous, and capable. Are not these the elements j
of sitcfess ,y
W e do not look upon this increase as a "flare
l.u" ..l't/> 11 i -:i-v- i.i'iKiii'rilv \\ e:ttv rnotitleiit
I' I" I . - ---tin
present position of the mail will he sustaini'd
till tin? completion of other improvements
render it us J>rt?lit:iljli_* as it is honorable to the
community.'? Wilmington Commercial.
The Dollar. ?(i ill's the lee hirer, says that of
thirtv thousand nouns in the Knglidi landin g ,
the dollar i~ that which is most frequently heard.
Like the theme of symphony in music, it isnev- j
er lost in the storms of the orchestra- The dollar
is n noun substantive, a noun ubiquitous, a
noun omnipotent.
Barrett, the Abolitionist, it will be recollect- |
oil was admitted to bail at the last term of the
Court at Spartanburg. By the following, from
the Spartan ofTlmrsday last, it npjtearshe has
forfeited his recognizance:
/V.??. I h-inv# ie ?/-%**? in cncetmi 1? TTiitme
VIII \ to ll"? III OV.PCIVIIJ III- IK
Judge Withers, presiding. Ilarrett has not ;
made his nppoa ranee. It is said here, that lie
had hcen attending the Law Lectures at < 'i.icintiati,
hut hv the advice of his physician, lie has
given it up, in consequence of had health, and
has returned to his home in Indiana."
Missi&sijipi.?The Mississippian of the 27t!i :
ult. state- that "the report of the committee on I
federal relations was the day before unanimous*!
ly adopted hv the House. The report provides j
for the election hv the legislature-, in joint convention,
of four delegates for the State at large,
and hy the people of two delegates from each
congressional district, iu addition to the dele- |
gates'to the Nashville Convention appointed ly
the people in State ('onvention in t )c toiler last.
"" ?>.?? I i- .. ,1. . .1 . I
I lie >11> hi is appropriate i mi nn-in-. i
ffayal i?f*on| <.'!!.m'S, and the sum of 8200,000 is !
reserved in the treasury for contingencies. The
loth ivsi'loth'ii declares that the State of
:issippi v. ill stand hy and sustain her sister
States of the South in whatever course ofac. \
tion may he determined on hy the Convention
of the slavchnhJinjx States, to he held in Nash- j
viiie on the first .Monday in -June next. An ;
amendment offered hy .Mr. Stuike, and adapted,
authorizes the governor of the State to issue
writs of election immediately upon the approval
hy him u! the resolutions."
Vcxiirius.?A London letter in the National
Intelligencer says?
"The February eruption of tliis burning
mountain is said to he the most splendid which
has oeeunvd fur many years. The ashes have
heeii carried considenddy more than twentv
iiitLit! Tk/. I'tvo Imi%. nv(iii).l<wl fn on 111111?:ii?11
distance, and large stones thrown to places
which have hitherto been tire from their dangorous
descent. An American oilicer has licen !
badly wounded, anil his lite is despaired of. A \
young l'ole has been Killed ami many other casualties
have taken place. .Many arrests continue
to take place in Naples. .Mr. Ilrown, an
Aineiican, ami formerly ('oii.mi1 at Koine, has
been ordered to quit Naples in forty-eight liours, !
and an indignant and angry correspondence has
taken place between the American ('hurged'AfI'aires
and. the Neapolitan government. There
is nothing yet known of its termination.
The Easton Mil. Star of Tuesday relates the
following incident:
It appears that a young man, who resided in j
Easton a lew years ago, by the name of F- , '
and afterwards removed to the village oflT ,
a few miles from (' , became enamored
of a young lady in the neighborhood, the daughter
of a wk ow (J , to whom he afterwards i
became engaged to be married, but from opposition
on the part of the parents; both of whom ;
were then living; or some other cause, the con- '
summation of their "plighted vows" was deferred.
'I bus matters stood until a few weeks J
ago, when the wily mother sent the roniiding
and imsusnectinir daughter on a short visit to i
C , mid during Iier absence drove i;i(<?
town in (lushing style, in comjwuiy \vit!i M. I \ !
mill actually?married him herself! The us- |
founding news of Imt mother's marriage threw
the poor girl into spasms, and at one time her
life was despaired of, so overpowering was the
shock that fell npuii her young and confiding
heart. Her mother is said to lie ahout forty- |
live years of age, and has been a widow only ;
nbout six months! Strange world this!
The. General Conference of the Mclhotli.sl '
Episcopal Chnreli, South.?The Columbus |
Southern Sentinel understands from the I tew j
Dr. fierce, that in consequence of the prevaonce
of cholera along the waters of the Mis.-is<ippi,
it has been determined to change thesesdon
of this body, which was appointed to meet i
it St. Louis, in May next, to some more eastern
mill I ; several points have been suggested to ;
li.i llSel.oiie mill iiinoiur iillliilV ( ' I 11 i 11111 ?11 < tlu?
election of whieli is urged l?y tin* editor on . i
iiuiiv nrcmuds.
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Mli cUOTfflfiMJvjLs, !
CAMDEN.~S.~C.
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1850.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
Reported Expressly for the Journal.
Charleston, March 21?7h. 30 in. p. m.
The market is much depressed, with but few
buyers. Sales 500, at lo|f tu 12. Week's sales i
/uuu. rair lttjf. >v.
New York, March 20?0^ p. m.
This being steamer day, but little was done in
Cotton, the prices of which, together with other j
articles, remain unchanged,
All parties are looking for the steamer. The
Niagara is duo, having left Liverpool 011 the 9th ,
instant.?7'elegraph.
Next Monday week is the District meeting. ,
Who will be absent ? j
*1.' We regret to learn that Mrs. Harriet II.
Sizer cf this town, with her little daughter were
jT.f.-engcTS on board the ill-fated Orline tft. John,
v.hieli was destroyed on tho 5th inst., and that;
they were also among the unlbrtunate number j
who perished. Nie too, has ieit three orphan
children, two of them of very tender ape. May
the Cod of mercy " temper llie wind tc the shorn '
Ininhs." These little ones present strong claims l
upon the sympathies of our community. When
the call was made upon Kershaw for volunteers ?
for the Mexican war, their lather and eldest bro- i
ther gallantly offered their services, and both lost ;
their lives in the service of their country. The mother,
though possessed of limited menus, with an
energy and industry, rarely equalled -hy any of her
sex, managed to provide comfortably for them;'
but Cod, in In* wise providence Las seen proper to i
take her from them,
i-*?" We lonrn from the Alabama Journal that
the bodies of five of the ladies lost from the Orline
St. John have been recovered, among them were j
those of Mrs. MrKain, Mrs. Sizor and Miss |
Yaughan. The others were not recognised. The
Journal says the inhabitants of Wilcox county,'
adjacent to the disaster, organized themselves into
a committee of vigilance of a hundred or more, ]
and were exploring the river for miles below, for !
the purpose of recovering the bodies.
The body of Mr. McKain has been recovered
and with that ol his mother is now on the way '
to Camden, in charge of Dr. W. J. McKain.
Mrs. Rizerand Miss Vamrhan were interred at
Camden, the county seat of Wilcox.
The Washington Monument.
The block of marble to be furnished by the "reviled
I\.lmci?o" lo the Washington .Monument,
we understand has been finished by Messrs. Boy lie |
& Sprntil, and reflects much credit 011 the above i
talented sculptors. The arms of our Stale arc j
beautifully executed, and ilie entire piece will comnarc
favorably with the offering of any of tlie oilier
stales, il is a glorious work?a national iribnlo
to him on
' Whose name each distant acre shall craze:
The niirrlny sea-mark of those troubled days."
Wc would >aggos1 (and bone thai it may be done)
thai there be engraved on tlie block, in llio most
conspicuous place, "The Illustrious Southerner." \
These words, to the ears of a southerner, would
make that monument more vocal than Memnon :
ever was; though it might in Gen. Cass's car? !
"grate harshly." j
An overwhelming meeting of tho citizens of j
New ITanover, Dtl'plin, Rladen, Robeson, Samp- j
son, Cumberland Onslow ami llrunswick counties,
\. C. was held at Wilmington on the 11th inst.?
Resolutions appointing delegates to the Nashville {
Convention were adopted with great unanimity, i
lion. Robert Strange (dem.) and Griffith G. IMcltee
(whig) were appointed.
CC'* We have received from 'Washington, a :
private letter, from a high source; apart of |
ti'liioli \vn rri\*A 1i\ mil* ft"i(li?vj Mini nol: n /tuen
ful perusal:
" If I cnn venture an opinion on tlio state of j
tilings here at present, it must he unfavorable
to the cause of justice to the South, so far as !
the action of this (ioveriuoent is roneerneil.? i
\\ e have several times hail the North frightened |
as to the Union; hut as often has some politi- 1
eal hack or aspirant for the Presidency from the ,
South, niulone everything we had accomplished.
( lay, Houston, 1'eiitou, and Stanley ot
North Carolina, have all in jured us?Clay per- I
haps more than any fifty men could have done.!
I lis location, his long standing, and great personal
popularity, have all greatly injured us in |
the course he. has taken. The North ask hut
division in tin* South to accomplish iu regular !
progression all that Horace .Mann predicts; and
Clay's miserable oilers for what he calls compromise,
encourage them vastly. With one
foot in the grave, and the other scarcely above j
it, he would barter his nativity, the rights of
the people he represents, and liis honor, in my
judgment, that he might gasp his last breath in
the long-wished-lbr White House, ltenton
.....l 11 i.<l... ...l.
111*1 H?M1."|WII IIIV ?nII 1.111 III l< HI |
til* so many, or weight of character to injure j
lis so much; hut they make a further schism j
with the same object; and .Stanley, wantirtg n 1
" mission," turns his views entirely into those :
of Denton and the North. These things have "
all conspired to weaken our efforts; and at no
time since the commencement of the session,1
have the abolitionists lieen bolder than now;
and I am inclined to think they will admit California
with all its boundaries and ini<]uitously
pass bills for territorial governments in the rest
of the Territories; that they may, by similar <
hasty adoption of Constitutions restricting ]
kI*ii*iiiHi* hi *i< miVf?r<?Hrii ?it Hi<? i
host period ; and thus deprive us of every foot i
of new soil, secure perpetually the balance of i
power to themselves, and ultimately, if tlio [ \
South piM-ndi accomplish all their.cuds. This 1;
is a gloouiv picture, hut in inv judgment a true ' 1
one from present indications; and I do not !
think it wise for the South to look to Congress | <
4
for justice and her i ights. I am glad to see delegates
being appointed to Nashville, and hope
there will be 110 division of sentiment in our i
little reviled Palmetto. It is amusing to see .
the various efforts of Jlnnkcrism to try.to patch
up some fraudulent terms of reconciliation, that
precedents may bo made bv national patties.
General Cnss has struck at almost every point,
of the compass, until 110 one believes now be
knows his own platform. lie is a miserable
trickster; and old Zacli is the dupe of our one- j
mies, if nothing worse. If he knows what is 1
ff/iin/r n'i Iu? in inn/'!i wnrso T (Ion T'onfo '
',v- ? - I
(our fik-rni) is lxing leu away by old Ritchie
and Con Cass; yet J hope be will see bis folly,
and come back in tiiuc. Ritchie has done
us much injury. His dear democratic brethren
lie would gather as a lieu doth her chickens;
and he would swear to us they are good democrats,
notwithstanding they vote always with
Root, Gid iiog^ and Allen on slavery; and
when he sees lie cannot succeed in keeping the
South in darkness by the harness of his old j
party strings, he looks like a buzzard weeping
over the denuded bones of a departed carcass.
We have no organ here true to the South. The
Republic and fntMligencer are abolition, and
Ritchie as a .Southern man is as had. If he
does not go entirely over to the majority, I
shall he surprised."
Editorial Gleanings.
Father Mathew v;as in 3Iobile on the 15th. lie
had administered the pledge to 800,
7W lit.r.i Tjnr.is Phillippc Ttnrw.d.?The tow
hoat Lot i is Pl.iHij.po. Cnpt. Jlillcr, left port last'
night with ship Waller Jones at:?l British barque
Elhrslit* itt lew, ami when in the English Turn, ;ti
about hail-past 11 o'clock, she was discovered to
l?o on fire. Tli'! vessels in tow immediately cut
their hawsers and drifted to anchorage without
...
sustaining any damage. The Louis l'hillippe burn- !
id to tin. water's edge anil sunk.. She is consid- i
orcd to he a peril c: loss. The job boat Bourbon,!
coining up tlu- river at tli time, went to th"ir assistance
and tool; off Capt. Jlilier and crew, who
barely escaped with their lives. The fire origina-1
ted under die ash pan.?.V. O. Picayune, 1Qlh inst. \
The Canadian cattle trade with the United
States, is becoming of considerable importance.?
The Kingston Herald mentions that loOn head
have b< en purchased in that neighborhood alone, i
during the In t lew weeks.
IJirnrce.? lhe legislature ol XentucKy navo :
passed a bill giving the Chancellor o! Louisville i
jurisdiction lo entertain a bill for a divorce ou llie j
part of Sally W. Lawrence, against her husband,
Timothy B. Lawrence of Boston.?.V. V. Mirror. ;
The Tresid-iit has issued an order to the Secrotary
of War, directing that the full uniform row |
worn in the army, a blue dress coat with white luiff j
linings, band-bov hat, <?.c. &o., shall be thrown j
aside, and the aiillresg frock now worn shall 1)3 the |
full uniform, with the addition of epauletts, sash, j
&.e., &c., the removal of which makes an undress i
uniform. The dress coat worn by the privates Is (
substituted by a sack.
?f T rrii ? Oi T !_ n t 1? '
jicncy liiiss.?iu? ?3i. Junius ivopuoucan snys
tlmt Mr. Dessucr, a merchant,,on hi? way to the
East to purchase goods,lost a bolt containing $'in.000
in money. Mr. T). was a passenger oti board
a steamboat and having occasion to lay his beltofl"
for a. short period, lor-t it, probably overboard.? j
The money consisted of six thousand dollars in
gold and seven thousand in paper.
Tlie w idow of the late "Yankee Ilill" has secured
a copy right of a volume about t-"> he published, '
entitled "Life and recollections of Yankee IliU,
comprising his comic speeches, lectures and cn-^
tertainments."
A lire proof calico is now made fir children by i
immersion in phosphate of magnesia. It will ignit.?
l,v r-r?ntnr>1 ivilli ibirifi lull llir> fire will lint
spread. It goo? out immediate ly.
A couple of ladies of St. Louis have beer ma- |
king a shirt apiece for Prince Albert and bis
son. Wonder how their husbands arc off for this j
article.
Among the recent arrivals at San Francisco,;
were a iiuiuIkt from Jlotany Fay, one ship alone j
brinprim: GO convicts from llobart Town. Occa-!
... i
sionally tin so valuable new citizens distinguish j
theiusi Ives by characti ri.-tic ?cts of daring and '
heroism, and are rewarded by the authorities oi
.Siii: Francisco, with a hall and chain, and the privilege
of working on the streets.
Mad'llc Rachel has utterly failed in comedy. Ol
course. Why is it that some people of genius,,
not h' iitir content with greatness in one line of art,
will insist upon being suporior in all?
Tho Governor of lvamtschatkn, 011 account of
the intense cold in December, was obliged to retreat
to his subterranean palace, 20 metres under
m-ninul u-itli nrrnrntiinilntimis for :2()n nersnns.
Aliijali White, fur being thrown out of his wng-1
on, in con.-equenco ofn pile nf oyster shells left in
the road, has obtained a verdict against the city
of Boston for ?309 90.
When a man complains of having no friends,
he ought to,ask himscif the question whether he
is a friend to any one. . [
Why should chickens hatched by steam be well
taken care of?. Because their mothers don't know
they're out.
Do not inhale the smoke of matches while ignited.
It is highly injurious.
1 He that lives by shifts will soon be reduced to a
small crop of shirts.
Why is a dog's tail like the heart of a tree?
Because it is farthest from the bark.
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Speech of Me. Caliioux.?This speech
will Ik* found entire in our columns to.'
day. As a work of genius it is worthy of all'
praise. Its view of the wrongs inflicted upon1
the South is as just as it is eloquent. Doubtless
most of our readers will disagree with some!
qf its coiiclu>ions, hut all will admire the emu-'
pact reasoning by which even those conclusions
ire arrived at Our admiration so largely overbalances
our objections, that we record only
the former, and leave to others the work of!
L'riticisni.?AVivAivV/e Union,
an i'i.Tr..v?-t f -JI i Mp#
Atu meeting held nt Darlington (J. H., the
following Resolutions were passed unanimously
Respited, 1. That the decided unflinching
attitude of resistance which the people of the
Southern States and their representatives, have
assumed to the arrogant, unrighteous and unconstitutional
demand of.the people of the North,
in relation to the subject of slavery, meets with
the'hearty and cordial approbation of this jnyetincr
11 O . #
2. 'i'liat we approve the action of the members
of both branches of the Legislature of South
Carolina on the 10th oi' December last, in responding
to the action of the people of Mississippi
recommending a Southern Convention 10
be held at Nashville, Tenn., on the first Monday
in June next, to enable the people of hie
South to take counsel together as to the most ,
effectual means of resisting the aggressions of
the Aortli, and enforcing a compliance on tneir
part with their Constitutional obligations.
3. That events which have transpired during
the present session of Congress, and tne
unanimity which now pervades tne whole 3outU
in view of the dangers which threaten her very
existence, convince us that the present b t.io
most propitious moment for the people of tno
:>outh in 0110 unbroken phalanx to demand a
settlement ot' the.agitating question which .now
threatens u dissolution of the Union, upon a
lair and honorable basis, which shall put it at
rest iwrevor, and allbrd new guarantees to the
rionth against all ollicious intermeddling with
her domestic institutions from the iNortli.
4. That the Suutli caq,iot abandon her present
high position on this question without the
sacriiice of a principle upon which, depends her
safety?her honor and heij existence; and if
driven to the necessity of choosing between her
own degradation and a dissolution of the tiliion, ^
she cannot hesitate in choosing the hitter.
5. That tiiis meeting forthwith appoint three
Delegates for Darlington District, to meet at
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.'lilll'MI W, XX. U UU UUUti Vli^UbVO 14U41a VUl
sister Districts, on the iourtii Monday in March
iust. to elect Delegates to represent Luis Congressioirtil
District 111 ttie iNasiivilio Couveution.
On motion of Dr. Zimmerman,
limn/ceil, That the Chair appoint a Committee
of three gentlemen from eacu lieat Company
in the District, to nominate suitable persons to
represent tnis JJistrict in the Marion Convention.
The Coniniitteo consists of the following gentlenieu:
D. ivirven, W. ll. Evans, E. i>nd, J.
ivilgorc, J. Norwood, 1J. McNeasd, C. II. Nettles,
15.1 lan is, D. C. V'v'ood, Daviil Darge, De\iitt
liekls. iV Stiie Ice v .Icmuw Keith. I Lev. W. J
llrockingtou, Puwei Carter, Ucv. J. L. Timnions,
Dr. W*. E.'Dargan, Jno. Morris, E. \V.
Charles, J. 1\ Ervin, George McCuii, John
Fountain, '1*. C'. Williamsori, ltobt. Ilogers.
During tho absence of the Committee, several
gentlemen responded to calls made upon them
uy tire meeting, in stirring and eloquent' addresses.
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'1'lie following gentlemen were nominated by
the Committee as Delegates to . Marion, and
unanimously approved, viz: lion. JohnD. Witiierspoon,
Col. E. W. Charles, and Dr. i'homas
Sfmita; and as alternates, Win. Law, Wui. E
James, and Captaiu G. Fountain.
J)ealh of a Pecohtfionary Palriot.?The last
Jacksonville (Ala.) ilcpublicau contains an obituarv
notice of Jolm chandler. "better known
us grandsirc Chandler," who died uear that
place ou the 13th ult., aged 101 years. He was
a native of \ irgiuia, but moved to South Carolina
iu early lite, where his family resided during
the llevoiiitionary war. He served seven
years in that war, under General^ Greene and
Sumter; and participated in the battles of E titan',
Camden and Cowpens, and other skirmishes
with the Tones.
Wisconsin?JWr. Clay's Compromise, <$v\?
The Legislature of this .State adjourned sinedie.
011 the 11th inst. A bill passed the Senato to
abolish capital punishment, but was killed iu
the House,whore theeuacting clause wasstrickcu
out by a vote of 31 to ^0. A joint resolu
lion 01 instructions to the Senators and Representatives
of the State iu Congress, to oppose
Mr. Clay's compromise resolutions, was passed.
Mon nun 200 acts were passed duiing the ses,?tn"
The Cholera.?The Courier of the Teche of
the 2d iust, published at St. Martinsville, contains
the following: The cholera broke out on
board the steamer Dove during her trip from
xNcw Oilea'ns to Camden. When she reached
here on Friday week, eight of her passengers
had died; of those who landed here, thirteen
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?Mrs. Aim Eliza young, wife of Mr. Smith
Young, of Clnrksville, Tcnn.; Mrs. Martha
Tucker, wife of llev. Robert Tucker, of Christian
county, and her two daughters, Miss Mary
Jane and Miss Virginia J. Tucker. The others
are negroes, the property of Mr. Young. ^
Something out of the Common.?Monsieur
Proudhou has just married a young lady of im- *
mouse property. Now, if all " property is a
theft," it is clear that Proudhon stands at present
in the ignoble position of a receiver of stolen
goods, and the receiver, we are told, is fully as
bad as the theft. Proudhon was generally looked
up to as "the Solomon of Communism." but
the result has proved lie was nothing in com.......
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mini itii uiv luiiiiu, iaruK'r uuiu iwiug mi j
Ikey Salomons. If tried by his own Laws of
lVo|>erty, he would most certainly be condemned
"guilty of a-feuce." The only thing he can
do to save himself, will be to restore the property,
which lie clearly, by his own confession,
has stolen.?Punch.
The River.?The Bayou S:ira Ledger of the
7th, says: The Mississippi is still rising, though
slowly,at this place; it is now seven inches
higher than the highest water mark of last year.
Four or live inches more rise, and there will
out hi> ll.-ill' ;i il.r/iwi ilrv liitllfios in thn (i?vn '
lour inches will bring it in the Ledger office,
and wo know of hut one house that is higher.
The waves uf the steamboats as they pass hy
the town enter most of the houses.
In South Carolina there are oft newspapers
?ft daily. ft semi-weekly, and the remainder
weekly.
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