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In the Senate, after the disposal of some unimportant
business, Mr. Clay made the long expected
report from the Commtttee of Thirteen,
on the slavery and other questions connected
therewith, which follows:
COMMITTEE OF THIRTEEN.
REPORT.
Mr. Clay, from the Select Committe of Thirteen,
to whom were referred various resolutions
relating to California, to other portions of the
territory recently acquired by the United States
from the Republic of Mexico, and to other sub
jects connected with the institution of slavery,
submitted the following report:?
The committee entered on the discharge of
their duties with a deep sense of their great importance,
and with earnest and anxious solicitude
to arrive at such conclusions as might be
satisfactory to the Senate and the country.?
Most of the matters referred have been not only
subjected to extensive and serious public dis
cussion throughout the country, but to a dehate
in the Senate itself, singular for its elaborateness
and its duration; so that a full exposition
of all those motives and views which, on the
"Wwt* confided to the committee,
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have determined the conclusions at which they
have arrived, seems quite unnecessary. They
will, therefore, restrict themselves to a few
general observations, and to some reflections
which grew out of those subjects.
Out of our recent territorial acquisitions, and
in connexion with the institution of slavery,
questions most grave have sprung, which, greatly
dividing and agitating tlie people of the
United States, have threatened to disturb the
harmony, if not to endanger the safety of the
Union. The eommitte believe it to be highly
desirable and necessary speedily to adjust all
those questions, in a spirit of concord, and in a
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manner to proouce, u prncuviiuic, gcwi<u o<?refaction.
They think it would be un w ise to leave
any of them open and unsettled, to fester in the
public mind, and to prolong, if not aggravate
the existing agitation. It has been their object
therefore; in this report, to make such proposals
and recommendations as would accomplish a
general adjustment of all those questions.
Among the subjects referred to the committee,
which command their first attention, are the
resolutions offered to the Senate by the Senator
from Tennessee, Mr. Bell By a provision in
the resolution of Congress annexing Texas, to
the United States, it is declared that new States
of convenient size, not exceeding four in number,
in addition * to said State of Texas, and
having sufficient populotion, mav hereafter, by
the consent of said State, be formed out of the
said territory thereof, which shall be e.ntillal in
admission under the provisions of the Federal
Constitution; and such States as may be formed
oat of that portion of said territory lying south
of 36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude, commonly
known as the Missouri compromise line, |
shall be admitted into the Union with or without
slavery as the people of each State asking admission
may desire. .
The committee are unanimously of opinion,
that whenever one or more States, formed out
of the territory of Texas, not exceeding four;
having sufficient population, with the consent of
Texas, may apply to be admitted into the Union,
they are entitled to such admission, beyond
all doubt, upon the clear, unambiguous, and obsolute
terms of the solemn compact contained
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in the resolution ot annexation auopicu oy congress
and assented to by Texas. But whilst
the committee conceive that the right of admission
into the Union of any new States carved
out of tho territory of Texas, not exceeding the
number specified, and under the conditions stated,
cannot be justly controverted, the committee
do not think that the formation of any
such new States should now originate with
Congress. The initiative, in conformity with
the usage which has heretofore prevailed, should
be taken by a portion of the people of Texas
themselves, desirous of constituting a new State,
with the consent of Texas. And in the forma
tion of such new State, it will be for the people
composing it to decide for themselves whether
they will admit or exelude slavery. And
however, they may decide that purely municipal
question, Congress is bound to acquiesce,
and to fulfil in good faith the stipulations of the
compact with Texas. The committee are
aware that it has been contended that the reso
lution of Congress annexing Texas, was unconstitutional.
At a former epoch of our country's
history, there were those (and Mr. Jeflerson,
under whose auspices the treaty of Louisiana
was concluded, was among them) who beiieved
that the States formed out of Louisiana
could not be received into the Union without
an amendment of the Constitution. But the
States of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas and
Iowa have been all, nevertheless, admitted.?
And who would now think ot opposing the admission
of Minnesota, Oregon, or other new
States formed out of the ancient province of
Louisiana, upon the ground of an alleged original
defect of constitutional power? In grave,
national transactions, while yet in their earlier
or incipient stages, differences may well exist;
but when they once have been decided by a
constitutional majority, and are consummated,
or are in a process of consummation, there can
be no other safe and prudent alternative than to
respect the decision already rendered, and to
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majority of the committee do not think it necessary
or proper to recommend, at this time,
or prospectively, any now State or States to
be formed out of the Territory of Texas.?
Should any such State be hereafter formed, and
present itself for admission into the Union,
whether with or without the establishment of
slavery, it cannot be doubted that Congress
will, under a full sense of honor, of good faith, I
and of all the high obligations arising out of
the compact with Texas, decide, just as it will I
decide under the influence of similar considera- <
tions in regard to new States formed of or out ;
of New Mexico and Utah, with or without the
institution of slavery, according to the constitutions
and judgment of the people who compose
them, as to what may be best to promote
their happiness.
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In considering ine question ui me auuuo?v..
of California as a State into the Union, a majority
of the committee conceive that any irregularity
by which the State was organized
without the previous authority of an act of
Congress, ought to be overlooked, in consideration
of the omission by Congress to establish
any territorial government for the people of
California, and the consequent necessity which
they were under to create a government for
themselves best adapted to their own wants.
There are various instances, prior to the case of
r>_lrr.??( ?l,n nrlinioaimi nf np\v St.*ltOS ill
vauiuiurO) ui tuv the
Union without any previous authorization
by Congress. The sole condition required by
the Constitution of t'ie United States in respect
to the admission of a new State is, that its
constitution shall be republican in form. California
presents such a constitution ; and there
is no doubt of her having a greater population
than that which, according to the practice of
the government, has been, heretofore, deemed
sufficient to receive a new State into the Union.
In regard to the proposed boundaries of California,
the committee would have been glad if
there existed more full and accurate geographical
knowledge of the territory which those
boundaries include. There is reason to believe
that, large as they are, they embrace no very
disproportionate quantity of land adapted to
cultivation. And it is known that they contain
extensive ranges of mountains, deserts of sand,
and much unproductive soil. It might have
been, perhaps, better to have assigned to Cali
fornia a more limited front on the 1'acitic; but
even if there had been reserved on the shore of
that ocean a portion of the boundary which it
presents for any other State or States, it is not
very certain that an accessible interior of sufficient
extent could have been given to them to
render an approach to the ocean through their
own limits of any very great importance.
A majority of the committee think that there
[ are many and urgent concurring considerations
I in favor of admitting California with the proposed
boundaries, and of securing to her at this
! time the benefits of a State government?
If hereafter, upon an increase of her population,
a more thorough exploration of her territory,
and an ascertainment of the relations
which may arise between the jwople occupying
its various parts, it should be found conducive
to their convenience and happiness to form a
new State out of California, we have every reason
to believe, from past experience, that the
question of its admission will be lairly considered
and justly decided.
A majority of the committee, therefore, recommended
to the Senate, the passage of the hill
reported by the Committee on Territories for
the admission of California as a State into the
Union. To prevent misconception, the coinmittee
also recommend that the amendment
reported by the same committee to' the bill be
adopted, so as to leave incontcstiblo the right
of the United States to the public domain and
unklii* nrniuirfv ill ('nlifiirilia.
Whilst a majority of the committee believe
it to be necessary and proper, under actual circumstances,
to admit California, they think it
quite as necessary and proper to establish governments
for the residue of the territory derived
from Mexico, and to bring it within the pale of
the Federal authority. The remoteness of that
territory from the scat of the General Government;
the dispersed state of its population; the
variety of races?pure and mixed?of which it
consists; the ignorance of some of the races ol
our laws, language, and habits; their exposure i
to inroads and wars of savage tribes; and the j
solemn stipulations of the treaty by which we
acquired dominion over them, impose upon the !
United States the imperative obligation of ex- !
tending to them protection, and of providing for '
them government and laws suited their condi- J
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a high duty il"it does not give, or attempt to
give, to them the benefit of such protection,
and government, and laws. They are not now
and for a long time to come may not he, prepared
for State government. The territorial form
or the present, is best suited to their condition.
A bill has been reported by the Committee on
'IVriitnries. dividing all the territory acquired
I from Mexico not comprehended within the limits |
I of California into two Territories, under the |
names of New Mexico and Utah, and proposing I
for each a territorial government.
The committee recommended to the Senate
the establishment of those territorial governments;
and in order more certainly to secure
that desirable object, they also recommend
that the bill for their establishment be incorporated
in the bill for the admission of California
and that united together they both be passed. ,
The combination of the two measures in the
k;ii ;0 f>l.ioct/?(l to on various irrounds. I
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It is said tlmt they arc incongruous, and have j
no necessary connexion with each other. A |
majority of the committee think otherwise. |
The object of both measures is the establishment
of government- suited to the conditions,
resjKJCtively, of the proposed new State and of |
the new Territories. Prior to their transfer to j
the United States, they both formed a part of I
Mexico, where they stood in equal relations to I
the government of that republic. They were '
both ceded to the United States by the sumo
treaty. And in the same article of that teaty,
the United States solemnly engaged to protect
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common in their alienation from one foreign
government to another, common in their wants
nf rrnmi rrovernment. and conterminous in some
v" e>' " o?j '
of their boundaries, and alike in many particulars
of physical condition, they have nearly
everything in common in the relations in which
they stand to the rest of this Union. There is
then, a general fitness and propriety in extending
the parental care ol government to both in
common. If California, by a sudden and extraordinary
augmentation of population, has
advanced so rapidly as to mature her for State
government, that furnishes no reason why the
less fortunate Territories of New Mexico and fi
Utah should be abandoned and left ungoverned ]<
by the United States, or should be disconnect- t1
ed with California, which, although she has or- a
ganized for herself a State government, must r
l)e legally and constitutionally regarded as a r
Territory until she is actually admitted a3 a n
State in tlie Union.
It is further objected, that by combining the r
two measures in the same bill, members who I
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may De wining 10 vote ior one ami uuwmwg w i
vote for the other, would be placed in an ernbar- t
rassing condition. They would be constrained j
it is urged, to take or reject both. On the >
other hand, there are other members who would (
be willing to vote for both united, but would j
feel themselves constrained to vote against the |
California bill if it stood alone. Each party t
finds in the bill which it favors something which f
commends it to acceptance, and in the other
something which it disapproves. The true s
ground, therefore, of the objection to the union ?
of the measure is not any want of affinity be- t
tween them, but because of the favor or disfavor i
with which tfltey are respectively regarded.? <
In this conflict of opinion, it seems to a majori- <
ty of the coiiuntttee that a spirit of mutual con- ]
cession enjoins that the two measures should i
be connected together, the effect of which will i
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ho, that neither opinion win exclusively u iumpu ;
and that both may find in such an amicable i
arrangement enough of good to reconcile them j
to the acceptance of the combined measure. |
And such a course of legislation is not at all j
unusual. Few laws have ever passed in which ;
there were hot parts to which exception was i
taken. It is inexpedient, if not impracticable 1
to separate these parts,'and embody them ill dis- <
tinct bills, so as to accommodate the diversity I
of opinion which may exist <
The Constitution of the United States con- i
tained in it a great variety of provisions, to <
some of which serious objection was made in j
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U1U I'UHVt'IllIUll WHICH luniimi it UJ U1IICIW?I% I
members of that body; and when it was sub- I
mitted to the' ratification of the States, some of i
tliem objected to some parts, and others to I
other parts of the same instrument Had these 1
various parts and provisions been separately
acted on in the convention, or separately sub i
mitted to the people of the United States, it
is by no means certain that the Constitution it- I
self would ever have been adopted or ratified.
Those who did not like particular provisions,
found com(>cnsution in other parts of it And i
in all cases of constitutions and laws, when i
either is presented as a whole, the question to
be decided is, whether the good it contiins is
not 01 greater uuiuuni, anu uuca uui. ucuuinu&
anything exceptionable in it And as nothing
human is perfect, for the sake of that harmony
so desirable in such a confederacy as this, we
must be reconciled to secure as much as we can
of what we wish, and be consoled by the reflection,
that what we do not exactly like is a
friendly concession, and agreeable to those who,
being united with us in a common destiny, it is
desirable should always live with us in peace
and concord. i
A majority of the committee have, therefore,
been led to the recommendation to the Senate
that the two measures be united. The bill for
establishing the two Territories, it will be ob
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hand, and, on the other, makes no provision for
the introduction of slavery into the Territories.
That proviso has been the fruitful source of distraction
and agitation. If it were adopted and
applied to any Territory, it would cease to have
any obligatory force as soon as such Territory
were admitted as a State into the Union. There
was never any occasion for it, to accomplish the
professed object with which it was originally
offered. This has been clearly demonstrated
by the current of events. California, of all the
recent territorial acquisitions from Mexico, was
thai in which, if any where within thein, the introduction
of slavery was most likely to take
place; and the constitution of California by the
unanimous vote of her convention, has expressly
interdicted it. There is the highest probability
that Utah and New Mexico will, when
nnnui trt tin *1R SL'lfi'S. follow till?
example. The proviso is, as to all these regions
in common, a mere abstraction. Why
should it be longer insisted 011! Totally destitute,
at it is, of any practical import, it has, nevertheless,
had the pernicious effect to excite se- i
rious, if not alarming, consequences. It is high
time that the wounds which it has inflicted
should be healed up and closed; and thai to avoid,
in all future time, the agitations which
must be produced by the aonllict of opinion
on the slavery question, existing as this institution
does in some of the States and prohibited
as it is in others, the true principle which .
mr/nhitA thn nctiuii of Oonirress in
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forming territorial governments for each newly
acquired domain isio refrain from all legislation
on the subject in the territory acquired, so long
as it retains the territorial form of government 1
?leaving it to the people of such Territory, i
when they have attained to a condition which i
entitles them to admission as a State to decide
for themselves the question of tho allowance
or prohibition of slavery. The committee believe
that they express the anxious desire of an (
immense majority of tho people of the U. States |
when they declare that it is high time that good (
feelings, harmony, and fraternal sentiments
should be again revived, and the Government
should be able once more 10 proceed an us great
operations to promote the happiness and pros- 1
pcrity of the country undisturbed by this dis- 1
tracting cause. i
As lor California, far from feeling her sensibility
affected by her being associated with 1
other kindred measuresshe ought to rejoice i
and bo highly gratified that, in entering into I
the Union, she may have contributed to the 1
tranquility and happiness of the great family of ,
Suites, of which, it is to be hoped, she may ono
day be a distinguished member.
The committee beg leave next to report on
the subject of the northern and western boundary
of Texas. On tliut question a great diversity
of opinion has prevailed. According to
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ono view of it, the western limit 01 lexas
was tho river Nueces; according to another, it
it extended as far as tho Rio Grande, and 1
stretched from its mouth to its source. A ma- '
jority of tho committee, having come to the '
conclusion of recommending an amicable ad- 1
justinent of the boundary with Texas, abstain i
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rom expressing any opinion as to the true and
sgitimale western and northern boundary, of
hat State. The terms proposed for guch an
djustment are contained in the bill herewith
eported, and they are, with inconsiderable vaiation,
the same as that reported by the Coiunittee
on Territories.
According to these terms, it Is proposed to
rexas that her boundary b? recognised to the
tio Grande and up that river to the point com*
nonly called El Paso, and running thence Up
hat river twenty miies, measured thereon by a
itraight line, and thence eastwardly to a point
vhere the hundredth degree of west longitude
irosses Red River; being the south west angle
n tkn litis* rloeurn <1 toA V?r>twf?pn the U. States and
Vlexico, and the same angle in the line of the
erritory set apart for the Indians by the United
States.
If this boundary be assented to by Texas,
ihe will be quieted to that extent in her title.?.
\nd some may suppose that, in consideration of
his concession by the United States, she might
without any other equivalent, relinquish any
)ther claim she has beyond the proposed bounlary;
that is, any claim to any part of New
Vlexico. But, under the influence of a sentinent
of iustice and areat liberality, the bill pro
joses'to Texas, for her relinquishment of any
such claim, a large pecuniary equivalent. As
i consideration for it, and considering that a
portion of the debt of Texas was created on a
iledge to her creditors of the duties on foreign
imports, transferred by the resolution of annexition
to the United States, and now received
wd receivable in their treasury, a majority of
die committee recommend the payment of the
mm of millions of dollars to Texas, to
36 applied in the first instance, to the extinction
[)f that portion'of her debt for the reimbursement
of which the duties 011 foreign imports
were pledged as aforesaid; and the residue in
such manner as she may direct The said sum
is to be paid by the United States iu a stock,
to be created, bearing five per cent interest annually,
payable half yearly at the Treasury of
the United States, and the principal reimbursable
at the end of fourteen years.
According to an estimate which has been
made, there are included in the territory to
which it id proposed that Texas shall relinquish
her claim, embracing that part of New Mexico
lying east of the Rio Grande, a little less than
124,933 square miles, and about 79,957,120
acres of land. From the proceeds of the sales
of this land, the United States may ultimately
be reimbursed a portion, if not the whole ol the
nmount of what is thus proposed to be advanced
to Texas.
Ft cannot be supposed that Texas will decline
to accede to these liberal propositions;
but if she should, it is to be distinctly understood
that the title of the United States to any
anv territory acauired from Mexico cast of the
Rio Grande will remain unimpaired and in. the
same condition as if the proposals of adjustment
now offered hnd not hecn made.
To be concluded mi Friday.
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CAMDEN, S. C.
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1850.
TRT.RGR APHTfl IWTELI.IGENOE.
Reported for the Journal.
Charleston, May 13, 8} p. v.
The demand for cottoit is good, prices having
made a farther advance of an eighth. There have
been sales of 1300 bales, at prices varying from
10| to 13. W.
Agents for the Camden Journal.
Col. T. VV. IIuf.y, Jacksonham, Lancaster Dist.
S. H. Rosser, Esq., LancasterviUe, S. C.
C. C. McCrummen, Esq., Carthage, N. C.
W. C. Moore, Esq., Camden, S. C.
And Postmasters are requested to act as our
agents.
President Preston.
The Telegraph inform# us that President Preston
tendered his resignation to the Trustees of the
South Carolina College, on Saturday evening last,
to take effect in December?in consequence of the
feebleness of his health. It was accepted, and a
very complimentary resolution adopted in acknowledgment
of his past labors and services.
Report of the Compromise Committee.
We present our readers to-day with a part o
the lomr-expected Report of the compromise com
mittee, submitted by Mr. Clay on the 9th instant
We regret that the length of the report prevents
an entire insertion of it this week; for though the
several positions taken by the committee are stated
in terms sufficiently brief and concise, such was
the number of questions that came under its supervision,
that the report occupies five closely
printed columns of the Evening News, from which
we copy. The committee (as will be seen) first
notice the compact by which Texas entered the
Union, and recommends that in pursuance thereof
Congress do admit, without restriction as to slaverv
enrh hp a- State or States as the people ofTeX
as may hereafter form out of her territory, not exceeding
four. The committee further recommends
that in view of the failure of Congress to provide
a suitable government for California, the irregularity
connected with the formation of her State
Government be overlooked, and she be admitted
into the Union as a State; also that territorial bills
be passed for the government of New Mexico and
Utah, to comprise all the remaining territory, withnut
any reference to slavery. The Report concludes
by recommending the abolition of the slave
trade in the District of Columbia, and the enactment
of effectual provisions by the Federal Gov?rnment
for the arrest and delivery of fugitive
slaves, asserting that if these means snau tan 10
secure that object, that the owners of such slaves
ivill then have a right to demand indemnity for
heir lost property from the Treasury of the United
States. In short, the plan is substantially the
iame as it was previously reported it would be.
Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, gave notice that he would
nlroduce a minority report. We give the recapi
tulation contained in the fejiflft of the measures-.
proposed by the Itidjbtlty of the committee:
1. The admissiort df drty new State or States
formed out of Texdh* to be postponed until they
shall hereafter present themselves y be received
into the Union, wheh jt will be. thy duty of Con
gress fairly and faithfdliy to ex^Cuteine compact
with Texas by admitting sUch new State or State?.
3. The admission forthwith of .California, .into
the Union, with the boundaries She has proposed.
3. The establishment of telfitorfaf gdtterfimertts.
without the WilmotProvisdj fb? NeW Mexico and
Utah, embracing aU the territory recently-acquired
by the United States from Mexiboitot contained'
in the boundaries of Californkh
4. The combination of these tWd flst-mefltfoned
measures in the same bill.
5. The establishment of the wdstefn ahd northern
boundary of Texas, and the exclusion ffoin
herjurisdictioii of all New .Mexico, with the gfttit
to Texas of a pecuniary equivalent And thesecs
tion for that purpose.to be incorporated In thfe' b/11 '
admitting California and establishing territorial
governments for Utah and New Mexkou >
6. More effectual enactments of law to secure
the prompt delivery of petsohB boilnd.to service
or labor in one States under the laws thereofc'who
escape-into another State.
> And 7. Abstaining from abolishing jBfayetfy; but*
under a heavy penalty, prohibiting thb"Have trade
in the District of Columbian . i.!v. '
California and the Committee of Thirteeth "'
As will be seen by our synopsis of the report*
well as a part of that document itself (aB that wtf
can find mora for) which appearsdo to?day'p pa***
per, the majority of this committee have reported*
as a part of their plan of compromise; in foirorof
admitting California as a State, with her proposed
constitution, to which we have sO strenuously and
justly objected. This is the test question r thtf *
matter has now assumed M a more tangible form?
as some of our cotemporaries would sayand wo
have either to admit California as she ia proposed*
and then admit every thing else, or resist this Sg?
gressive measure upon our constitutional rights.
Say, anti-slavery conventionists, is there rioi)eees?--'
sity for holding a Southern Convention! If you
stili persist in your notions in regard'to the Impracticability
of this measure, we haydno-hope for
you, but must take care of ourselves, and leave
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you to your rare. 11 in very eviutan. ig ovciy miuu
the tendency affaire are taking' at Washington* ' '*
Those great Nationalist? who would preserve this
mighty Republic by making no concession thenr*
selves, and depriving the South of.her, rights, attempting
to blarney, us up with compromises,
are quite willing to remain in the Union; ifthey aire
allowed to have every thing their own wayfie#
to prohibit the extension of slavery, admit States
with this prohibition, and eventually pass rimer*
making total emancipatiou the final result Is there
a Southern man who is willing to submit to each
injustice, and still cry out nationality J. rtu:
Southern Convention*
The following list of delegates elected co represent
South Carolina in this Convention, is takfln
from the Columbia Telegraph.
From the Slate at large?L. Cheves, Beaufort;
R. W. Barnwell, do.; i\-IL ?bnore,-Charleston;
J. H. Hammond, Barnwell. f.,V r
First Congressional District (Spartanburg,Union,
York, and Chester)?EX^GovemorDavid'. Johnson,
Union; W.C. Beatty,York. Altornaties, Dr. Samuel
Otterson, Spartanburg; John A. Bradley,
Chester.
Second District (Anderson, Pickens, Greenville,
and Laurens)?J.-N. Whitner, Anderson; H. C.
Youn^, Laurens. ' " " " ' / \
Third District (Fairfield, Kershaw,' Lancaster,
si jaw; Maxcj Gregg, Richland. Altertiatse, F.
Siimter, Suinter; t Laucasten
ry, Darlington, Georgetown, Marion and WTifijarasburg)?R;
F. W. Allston, Georgetown; W. J.
H,uma, Chesterfield. : " > .
Filth District (Edgefield, Afifevule, Newberry,
and Lexington)?Drayton Nauce,1 NewberryiJf..
W. Pickens, Edgefield. ' Alternates, John A. Calhoun,
Abbeville ? JamesJooes, jEdgefield.
Sixth District (Charleston District excluding
Parish of St. John's Colleton)-T-GeiwKa A. Tret*,
holing Charleston; "W. DuBoee,PJneville,
Seventh District (Orangeburg,'Bannwell, Beau*
fort, Colleton, and Parish of St JohnVCbflefon)?
R. Barnwell Rhett, Beaufort^ D, F. Jamison,
Orangeburg.
Bon. P. B. Simon,
Our Senator in place of Mr. Calhoun,has taken
his seat in the Senate of the United States. ;
Steam Mm Burned. " "
We regret to learn by the Carolinian of the llth
instant, that the Steam Saw MTiH'hnd Turpentine
Distillery of Capt V. D. V. Jamison, Oraogeburg
n!afrir>t. were consumed bv firebn-^naaV morning.
"We. understand" (sajrs the Carolinian) ^that no
fire had been in the furnace for twadays previous.
This is the second time Within a few months that
Mr. Jamison has suffered in the same way."
Weal Point Cadets.
We learn by the papers that the following young
gentlemen of this State have been announced to
Cadet appointments at West Pqiht- Stephen D.
Lee, of the second District, John B. Vilhpigue, of
this (the third). District, and Wm. M. Dut*ut, seventh
District.
Virginia?Southern Convention.
The opposition of a few in this State to the
Nashville Convention will no doubt" prove quite a
feather in the cap ofthe antt conventionists; but it
is said the vote taken at Richmond is not a feir expression
of*public sentiment A majority at first
were in favor of the measure. The change- is said '
probably to have occurred by; the more/ favorable
turn affairs were supposed to be taking at Wash,
ington. It is strange, passing strange, that Southern
men, in the Old Dominion, and even further
South, suffer themselves to be cajoled Into such a
belief. Let no man lay the flattering unction to
his soul, that Northern fenatic8,ttpractical atheist**
will yield us oni inrh of Southern ground until
they see that we are detehiuhep to have our
? ??un.>c *
RIGHTS, COST what tiibt mi> >i|isr uua wt,
to expect, Soulhei ners, ofjusticeo^g^nn^ from
"puling one-eyed philanthropwte,n?Io?ked up tinder
cover of great Nalumnlilyjrund* <tfthe Union*
We have leas to fear from such men #,Wm.
Lloyd Garrison, the verySfeente and embodiment
of " Whining Philanthropy," than froftr these ,
great " Nationalists," whose influence is more
. IL