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Senate.?A message was received from the President of the United States in compliance with the resolution of the Senate inquiring in relation to the recent expedition against Cuba, transmitting reports from the seversd heads of Departments, containing all the information in possession of the Executive relative to the subject, and stating that no information has been received establishing the existence of any revolutionary movement in the island of Cuba among the inhabitants of that Island.. The corres nnndpnee discloses the fact that repeated at tempts have .been made under the direction of foreigners enjoying the hospitality of this country, to get up armed expeditions in the United States for the purpose of invading Cuba, and shows that the Government has been faithful in the disoharge oi its treaty obligations with Spain and in the execution of the acts of Congress. The message was read and orderod to lie on the table, Mr. Seward presented the proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Syracuse, New York. The first resolution oondemns the loss of time in the action of Congress, which the meeting considers as having resulted from the efforts of the slaveholders in the South to give unreasonable and unjust preponderance to the interests of their local institutions. The second resolution declares that in the opinion of the meeting, and, as they believe, in the accordance with the unniversal and unanimous sentiment of New York, California is entitled to admission into the Union with her present condition, without restriction or limitation, and without reference to any other question now before Congress. The third asserts the constitutional power of Congress to prohibit slavery in the Territories of the United States, and protests against the nassaire of anv law for the establishment of I -'O t V Territorial Governments in New Mexico and Utah which shall not contain the Wilinot Proviso. The fourth protests against the passage of any law for the apprehension and surrender of fugitives from labor or service which shall not recognise the rtght of the writ of habeas corpus and of trial by jury in the State and in the county in which the claim is attempted to be enforced. The fifth asserts that it is the duty of Congrew to pass laws providing for the security of all persons, inhabitants of a free States, whose business or inclination leads them temporarily ???? el.uKjIml/linir Shitnc IIIIU <111J VI MIV OtUI&UVtUIHg VMtWU. The sixth protests against any legislation in Congress by which the continuance of slavery in the the District of Columbia, beyond the time when its abolition may be demanded by public opinion, or become necessary or expedient in the judgment of Congress itself, shall be effected, or by which such abolition may be made to depend on the assent of any adjoining State, and expresses a desire for the removal o slavery altogether from the national capital. The seventh expresses anxiety and alarm at the attempt to induce Congress to assent to compacts and compromises tending to compel or restrain the action of future Congresses. The eighth declares that if the Constitution was formed upon the plan of compromises to feeling and opinions then existing, it by no means follows that the system of compromise should be |>er|>etual until the end of time. Mr. Webster, by unanimous consent, asked and obtained leave to introduce a bill amendatory of an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from their masters, approved 12th July, 1793; which was read and ordered to be printed. On introducing the bill, Mr. Webster remarked that at an early period of the session, he turned his attention to the subject of preparing a bill in respect to the reclaiming of fugitive slaves, or preparing some amendments to the existing law on that subject. He conferred with many eminent members of the legal profession, and especially with a high judicial authority who had more to do with questions of this kind, he supposed than any other judge in the United States. After these consultations and conferences, he prepared a bill amendatory of the act of 1793, intending, when the proper time came to lay it before the Senate for consideration. He now desired to present it to the Sen?L ? *A eAmn Icilipimrv lucf Hit, as ii was |?rtjmii;u ouiuv ? ? * vuiu...^, ....... He moved to lay it on the table, as it seemed to be now altogether uncalled for. The bill was as follows: A liILL amendatory of " An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters," approved February 12th, 1703. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the said act shall extend to the 'I crritories of the United States; and that the commissioners who now are, or who may hereafter be appointed by the Circuit Courts of the United States, or the District Courts, where Circuit Courts are not established, or by the Territorial Courts of the United States, all of which courts are authorized and required to appoint one or more com j uiUsiuncrs in each county to take acknowledgments of bail and aliidavils, and also to take de! positions of witnesses in civil causes, and who snail each, or any judge of the United States on complaint being made on oath to him that a fiti gitive from labor is believed to be within (he j State or Territory in which he lives, issue his ; warrant to the marshal of the United States, or to any other person who shall he willing to serve it, authorizing an arrest of the fugitive, if within the State or 'Territory, to be brought before him ; or some other commissioner or judge of the United States Court within the Stale or Territory, that the right of the person claiming the services of such fugitive may be examined. And on the hearing, depositions duly authenticated, and i parol proof, shall be heard to establish the idem ! tity ot the fugitive and the right of the claimant, ; and also to show that slavery is established in j the State from which the fugitive absconded.? . And if on such hearing the commissioner or | judge shall lind the claim to the services of the I - - i ? .4-.:?I i?.. *!..? !.> %/>/. i lugiuvi:, ussorieu, suaiauiuu uv uic cnuuiuc, i lie shall make out a certilieate of the material facts proved and of his judgment thereon, which he shall sign, and which shall he conclusive of the right of the claimant or his agent to take the fugitive back to the State from whence he fled. Provided, that if the fugitive shall deny that he owes service to the claimant under the laws oi' the State where lie was held, and after being duly cautioned as to the solemnities and consequences of an oath, shall swear to the same, the commissioner or judge shall forthwith summon a jury of twelve men to try the right of the claimant, who shall be sworn to try the cause according to evidence, and the commissioner or judge shall preside at the trial and de. termine the competency of the proof. Sec. 2. And br it further enacted, That the commissioner shall receive ten dollars in each case tried by him, as aforesaid, the jurors fifty cents each, and the marshal or other person re ving the process shall receive five dollars for serving the warrant on each fugitive, and for mile igo and other services the same as are allowe 1 to the marshal for similar services, to be examined and allowed bv the commissioner or judge, and paid by the claimant On motion of Mr. Clay, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the bill for the admission of the State of California, the establishment of the Territorial Goveminent of Utah and New Mexico, and making proposals to Texas lor the settlement of her Western and Northern boundaries. The Vice President stated the question to be upon the amendment proposed by Mr. Chase, to an amendment submitted by the Senator from Mississippi, (Mr. Davis) to the 10th section of the bill. Mr. Soule gave notice of his intention to move the following amendment, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. After the word government, in the title, insert the words "South California." Strike out the 1st, Znu atiu ?ju sections, una insert: Be it enacted, That as soon as California shall have passed in Convention an ordinance providing that she relinquishes all title or claim to tax, dispose of, or in any way to interfere with t..e primary disposal by tiie United States of the public domain within her limits': that she will not interpose her authority and power so as to disturb or impede anj' control which the United States may deem advisable to exercise over such districts in the mining regions either j now discovered, or to be discovered hereafter, as may be included in any lawful grant made to private individuals, or to corporations, prior to the cession of California to the United States; i tnt I.iiwL- ?r flm iiMH-rnuiflitfilfi ttliiill llpvor be taxed higher than those of residents; that the navigable waters shall be open and free to all citizens of the United States, those of California included ; and that her Southern limits shall be restricted to the Missouri Compromise line, (3(5 deg. 30 mill, of North latitude,) and as soon as she shall have produced to the President of the United States satisfactory and authentic evidence that the terms above set forth have been fully and exactly complied with, the President of the United States be. and he is hereby, authorized and requested, without any further action on the part of Congress, to issue his proclamation, declaring that California is, and she shall thereupon, be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever. Sec. 2. Be. it enacted, <$v., That such portions of the revenue collected in the ports of California as may remain unexpended at the time of the issuing of the President's proclamation as aforesaid, shall be paid over to the said State of California. Sec. 3. Be it enacted, tfr., That the Senators and Representatives elect now before Congross from the said State of California, shall be entitled to receive, and shall receive, the mileage and the per-diem pay allowed to the delegate from the Territory of Oregon, from the day that the message of the President transmitting the constitution of California was received by Con- ' gress. ; Sec. 4. lie. it enacted 6j-r.t That the country 1 lying between the 3(5 dog. 30 iniu. of North latitude and the boundary line between Mexico 1 and the United States, established by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and extending from the 1 Pacific to the Sierra Mad re, shall constitute a ; Territory under the name of the Territory of i 1 South California and shall be organized as such I 1 under the provisions of this bill applying to the Territory of Utah, (changing names where they ought to be changed,) in all respects whatsoever, and shall, when ready, able, and willing to become a State, and desiring to he such, be admitted into the Union with or without slavery, | us the people thereof may desire and make 1 known through their constitution. 1 Mr. Clay said he was very happy to perceive a disposition on the part of those opposed to the 1 hill to present a contra -project. He thought 1 the course pursued hy the honorable Senator 1 from Louisiana much more consistent with his duty to the Senate and the country, than that which assumes that the minority is not hound i to offer any proposition. He was glad to see that the Senator had taken a different view of i II 1 - 1 J I 1 L the matter, ana una presenu-u nis iimenumem. Mr. Hale explained that in the remarks mado i by liiin the other day, when lie expressed himself opposed to all circumlocutory amendments, i I and in lavor of meeting each question openly I and distinctly, lie did not mean to imply that i ??'HI lie was not pleased with the amendment submitted by bis fiivnd from Ohio, (Mr. Chase.) ? On the contrary he thought it was eminently necessary to meet the amendment of the Senator from Mississippi. Mr. Douglas opposed both the amendments pending, as well as the original proposition restricting the Territorial Legislatures from legislating in respect to African slavery. The position which he had ever taken, and still maintained, was that this, and all other domestic ipiestionsand the policy of the Territories, ought to be left to the decision of the people themselves, and that Congress ought to be content with whatever decision of the question they might choose to make. lie trusted that the objectionable clause would be stricken out of the bill, to which, be was satisfied, it gave no .W.tl. II..t ud.ui il" it ilid it lUKriit llilf. tn 111% OH VlljjW.. 14 1/ C?v.. > ? .v -^?0 there, because it was a violation of a principle upon which many ol'thein had rested a defence of the course which they had taken upon this question. He did not see how those who had supported the doctrines set forth in the Nicholson letter of 1818, could vote for a provision of that kind, after having so long and earnestly contended for the principle of non-intervention. Mr. Downs, in reply, said that the Nicholson letter was interpreted very differently hi the South from the construction given it by the Senator from Illinois, or it would not have satisfied the people of that section. He also alluded to Mr. Chase's amendment, as, in effect, the Wilmot Proviso. Mr. Chase explained and defended his amendment It was not the Wihnot Proviso. It was intended merely as an explanation of the amendment submitted by the Senator from Mississippi?to render its terms definite, and not liable to different constructions in different sections. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, observed, that his amendment did not imply the existence of slavery in the Territories, or the right to carry it there. There was a very great difference between deciding the rights of property, and providing for their protection when ascertained.? If.i ontiliiwl frv #!?o o ivmMiAiif nr<?Q/?l? tivl bv I Mr. Douglas. The difference between that Senator and himself was simply as to who constitute the people. The Senator claimed the inhabitants of the Territory to be the people; and if that were true, one man, or ten men, inhabiting a Territory, could exclude the whole country. He (Mr. Davis) held the inhabita its of a Territory to be a people, when the}' possessed sovereignty, which they did not obtain until it was conferred upon them by Congress. Mr. Douglas, in the course of his reply, said that the bill under consideration conceded to the people the right to govern themselves; why, then, reserve from their control a single subject of legislation: slavery ? In conclusion, lie expressed his conviction that if the question of slavery was touched at all in the bill, either to restrict, control, or protect it, the bill could not pass the Senate. A n feu- remarks hv Mr. Davis, of Missis sippi, and Mr. Walker, Mr. I'utler defended the amendment submitted by Mr. Davis It did not declare that slavery exists in the Territories, or that it should or would go there. The Senator from Mississippi had never himself said, that slavery exis's in New Mexico, or that it should or would go there. His amendment simply provided that it slavery shall be found to exist, or if it should go there, the slaveholder should be protected in iiis right to try the validity of his title to his property; and have it decided under the Constitution and laws of the United States. If some such provision as this was not inserted, no police laws regulating slavery could be passed in the Territories, and the slave-owner would be subjected to innumerable annoyances troin unprincipled men. In conclusion, Mr. lb said that he would take another op ??!i.. .....I.So mum ill,, milium I I JKiriUIIHJ 1(1 IIIO lltn o >?v gv.v... scheme of compromise under consideration, and would then declare explicitly and candidly what he thought would satisfy him as one of the Representatives of a Southern State. VOTES ON TIIE COMPROMISE. In the Senate, on Wednesday, 5th inst., Mr. Yulee moved that the message of the President relative to Cuba be taken up. In the course of some remarks he expressed the opinion that the President had violated the Constitution in the measures he had adopted. The matter was laid over. The Senate then took up the Compromise. The question (tending, was upon a motion by Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, to amend the following portion of the tenth section of the bill: "That the legislative power of said Territory (Utah) shall extend to nil rightful subjects of I legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act; hut no law shall he passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil, nor in resyect to African slavery," ?^c. Strike out the words " in respect to," in the 6th line, and insert " to introduce or exclude and after the word " slavery," in the same line, insert: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall he construed to prevent said Territorial legislature from passing such laws as may he necessary for the protection of the rights of property of every kind which may have hecn, or may he hereafter, conformably to the Constitution and laws of the United States, held in or introduced into said Territory. To which Mr. Chase had moved to add as follows: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall he construed as authorizing or permitting the introduction of slavery, or the holding of persons as property, within the said Territories. The immediate question being on this amendment to the amendment, Mr. Clay called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered, and resulted as follows : Yeas 25, nays 20. The question recurring on the amendment of Mr. Davis, it was rejected as follows: Yeas 25, nays 30. Mr. So waul moved to add to the 28th section of the bill as follows: " Provided, That slavery nor involuntary servitude, except for the punishment of crime, whereof the party shall bo duly convicted, shall not be, but is hereby forever excluded and prohibited in the said Territories of Utah and New Mexico." And the question being taken, the amendmcnt was rejected as follows: Yeas.?Messrs. Baldwin, Bradbury, Bright, Chase, Clarke, Cooper, Corwin, Davis of Massachusetts, Dayton, Dodge of Wisconsin, Douglas, Feleh, Greene, Hale, Hamlin, Miller, Morris, Seward, Shields, Smith, Upham, Walker, and Whitcoinb?23. Nays?Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Benton, Be . ?en, Butler, Cass, Clay, Clemens, Davis ot Mississippi, Dawson, Dickinson, Dodge of Iowa, Downs, Foote, Houston, lluuter, Jones, King, Mangum, Mason, Morton, Pearce, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Soule, Spruance, Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, Webster, and Yulee?33. Mr. Berrien moved to amend the section by striking out the words "in respect to, and insert " establishing or prohibiting." And the question being taken, the amendment was adopted, as follows: Yens?Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bell, Berrien, Borland, Butler, Clay, Clemens, Davis of Mississippi, Dawson, Dickinson, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter, Jones, King, Mangum, Masou, Morton, Pearce, Pratt, Busk, Sebastian, Soule, Spruancc, Sturgeon, Turney, Webster, and Yulee?30. Nays?Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury, Bright, Cass, Chase, Clarke, C'oopc., Corwin, Davis of Massachusetts, Dnj'ton, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Felch, Creei.e, Hale, Hamlin, Miller, Norris, Seward, Shields, Smith, Uiiderwood, Upham, Walker, and Whitcomb?27. Messrs. Hale, Chase, and Douglass, offered each an amendment, which were all lost, and the Senate adjourned. In the House Mr. Deberry offered a resolution, which was agreed to, instructing the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads to inquire iiito the expediency of establishing a mail line from Yorkville, S. C., bv South Point and Woodlawn, in Gaston county, N. C., atul by Cottage House and Vesuvius Furnace, in Lincoln county, to Newton, in Catawba county, N. C. The California question was then debated in Committee of the Whole, and the House adjourned. In the Senate, 011 Thursday, the Gth, that body passed an order to meet at 11 o'clock here after instead of 12, daily. The Compromise bill was then taken up, and Mr. Dayton's and Walker's amendments concerning the abolition of Peonage in the Union, were both rejected. The first by yeas 24, nays 2G; and the last by yeas 20, nays 32. Mr. Yulee moved to strike out the 21st section and insert " that the Constitution and Laws of the United States are hereby extended over said territories." After debate this amendment was adopted. Yeas 30, nays 24. *r i> 1 1 a- : . K.I?4 Yf^.. Mr. i>ii id win movuu in maun unit uic .?icaican laws prohibiting slavery shall continue in foree till repealed by Congress." Rejected? yeas 23, nays 32. The Senate then, at 5 o'clock, adjourned. The House went into Committee ot the Whole on the California bill. Mr. Tuck spoke an hour in favor of the Wilmot Proviso and against the Compromise. Mr. Di mmick made a speech in favor of Territorial Governments and non-intervention. Mr. Bowie spoke in defence of slavery and in favor of the Compromise. Mr. Dickey advocated the immediate admission of California, and non-intervention. Mr. Mi-ado obtained the floor, and the House took a recess till 8 o'clock. Correspondence ?f the Charlesten Mercury. THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION. Nas||vii.i.k, June 3.?The Convention will meet this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing; and 1 will mention to you, in a postscript, the names of the officers. But as it is likely that nothing else will he done today, 1 may as well jot down a word or two that I think will be of interest to you, as marking the prospective deliberations of the first Southern Congress. Delegates have arrived in sufficient numbers from all the States that were to be represented here; and I have learned enough of their sentiments to ground a safe conclusion as to what they intend to do. The Tennessee Delegation will (as a body) sustain no measure of resis'ri...w nw, c.itiefwul with Mr. Clav's I.IIIV.V. 1 IIVJ .4. v. j Compromise, and will not object to the endorsement of it by the Convention. But they will find countenance nowhere except from a few stray Delegates from Alabama, Georgia, and perhaps one from V irginia. Nine of the Southern States (not counting Tennessee) are here in the persons of a set of as resolute and noble men as I ever saw. They repudiate Mr. Clay and all his Compromises, anil will advise the South to take nothing short of the Missouri line. Of courso it would be hasty to predict the exact form in which this resolution will be expressed; but you may count, with a good deal of certainty, on its being put in a shape that will make it etfectual with those in whose behalf it is pronounced. Whether it is done by general resolutions or in an address to the Southern States, Gen. Foote and his Southern colleagues will receive a memorable rebuke from Mississippi and ? C.U.1? I at least eight other aouuieru ouuua. * ua.c been much among the Delegates, and speak with some confidence on this point. There are some half dozen who will hesitate and perhaps, ultimately, rebel. Hut excluding these and the Delegates from Tennessee, the Conventien will be unanimous for strong measures, in opposition to the Compromise Hill and every other Compromise for the fraud and ruin of the South. General Henderson says Texas will not submit to the spoliation of her territory. The Federal Government might buy the land, if it is disposed to speculate, but Texas will insist on reserving the sovereignty of the soil. In the meantime she is marking it off into circuits, and sending her Judges a.id civil officers there to sot up and maintain the jurisdiction of her laws; and it will be for those who doubt her right, to get rid of her in the way tlioy may think best She has physical force adequate to her purposes, and she will exercise it when there is occasion for it, without regard to compromise of any kind. You will be agreeably surprised to hear that the spirit of tho (icorgia and Alabama Delegations are (with the exceptions already mentioned) as high as the spirit of our own, and that they harmonise cordially. mmJJ0TOKAIL. CAMDEN. S. C. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1850. The following gentlemen are Agent* for the Journals Col. T. W. Huky, Jackson liara, Lancaster Dirt. S. If. lfossKa. Khaj., Laiicaxtervillr, S. C. c. c. McUhummkn, (^artliage, N. C. W. ('. AJooiic, Camden, S. C. G. W Hkj.l, Traveling A^ent. And PwUnaxters are requested to acta* our Agent*.We are requested to give notice that the Rev. J. 0. B. Dargan wiil preach in the Baptiijf Church to-morrow evening at early candlelight ^7? We return our thanks to Cola Chesnut' and Grecff. our Delegates, for wlinu pnnta?*!*??? ?!..? --og, "O """ -"I" VV.IM?in?0| uro proceedings ol the Southern Convention, The Washington Monument. Dr. Carlisle, Agent ibr the Washington Monu' ment is now in our town, on the business of his agency, and we have no doubt our citizens wilfr contribute liberally to build a monument worthy of the " illustrious Southerner," who by common consent, is properly named the father of our couif try. The agent has just visited Columbia, wherer the people contributed handsomely towards bail' ding this greatest of all monuments to the great' est and best of m :u. Court of EquityJ The regular Term of the Court of Equity for this District commenced yesterday moruing. Ilia Honor Chancellor Dunkin presiding. Interment of OoL Elmore. The remains of Col. Elmore arrived in Columbia 011 Saturday evening last, for interment They were received at the rail road depot by the Committees, the Town Council and a large number of citizens, and escorted to the Presbyterian church yard and there deposited iu their final resting A place. On Sunday afternoon an impressive fune ral sermon was delivered to an usually large congregation by the Rev. B. M. Palmer. State Agricultural Society of South Caroline. The semi-annual meeting of this Society will be held in this town on the 15th day of July next We understand Major A. H. Boykiu, of this District, will deliver the address. Being a practical planter, and one of the most successful in our District, we are satisfied the address will be an able one?full of useful and interesting information, upon this subject The agricultural cause is one in which we are all deeply interested. There is much more involved in the success of the planting interests than those who are not immediately concerned are apt to imagine. The prosperity of our country depends more upon this than any other cause which it is possible to conceive o& Should the products of our soil fail, how soon would the wings of commerce droop, and every department of the commercial and business world be alFt cted by such failure. Only let us be deprived of agricultural resources and we cannot move. Herein consists the advantageof the South over the North, in this particular at least. Their d' stiny is in our hands. Non-intercourse is the Joctrine of some. We believe it is a practical oue, and the only one left us, before we arrive at that point where the lamb is changed into the lion. Had the South, en ma>se, thrown itself back upon its natural advantages?had nothing t > do in any shape or form with those who have not only filched from our pockets but have taken from us our good name, how much better to-day would have been our condition?free and independent, in place of being regarded as secondary in morale, intelligence and enterprise, by those who are, in eery many respects, very far our inferiors. Our Rail Road. The Cars, on Thursday and Saturday nights^ were behind schedule time in arriving here, some three hours. We are satisfied u good and sufficient" reasons can be given for the delay. We have no disposition, nor do we intend to find any fault with the potnrs that be. We take occasion again to say, that in our humble opinion, our Rail Road is doing as well as any Road similarly circumstanced, in the country. Accide.its will happen in the best regulated Companies, and there is do way to avoid it, tor me itseit is a volume ot accidents. We are honest in the opinion that ihose engaged in the management of our Rail Road are energetic, efficient men; they know ih-ir duty, and are careful in its performance, always allowing that "to err is human, to forgive divine." Eulogy On the life, character and public services of the Hon. John C. Calhoun. Pronounced by appointment before the citizens of Cheraw and its vicinity. By Rev. J. C. Coir. We acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the above Eulogy in pamphlet form, comprising about forty-one pages, closely printed. We have, not yet been able to give it a careful and enUre perusal, but are pleased with it so fir as we have read, , and will preserve the book ft r future reference.? The Eulogist appropriately remarks? "We have had in the Federal Government, unfortunately, too many lawyers and too much law; too many soldiers and too much military despotism; too few statesmen and political prophets like Mr. Calhoun, to preach the pditical gospel to all the people, and to defend the perfect law of their sovereign liberties. "The rights of the States can never be defended by federal or national political parties. Thepast has proven that position to a demonstration. These rights must be maintained by the States themselves or their own people, where* rights, honours, or lit*, erties may be invaded by federal usurpation. If they do not understand, or are not willing to sustain tliem, if need be, by the sword, they are unworthy of them; and their inheritance will be taken from, and given to a people more worthy than they." Copies may be had at Mr. Young's Book Store. Plank Down.?"Citizens of Lancaster and Ker? Pha\v?why don't you build a plank road P Thus asks our neighbor the Camden Journal. We say ditto.?Columbia Telegraph. It is estimated that by December next, 4,000 miles of plank toad will be in use in Ohio.