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Tliirtf-Flrxt CoHgress--lrt Session.
Correspondence of the Charleston News.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.
In the Senate, tlfe consideration of the Fugitive
Slave Bill was again resumed, and the substitute
for the bill offered yesterday by Mr. Masou
ngreed t;o.
Mr. Pratt then moved to amend by adding
several sections, giving the owner who may
lose his slave, after using all the other means
provided to effect his recovery, a remedy by
biiit against the United States. He said this
amendment would not do more than carry out
the provisions of the Constitution, supposing
all other measures to have failed. He referred
to the losses suffered by the Southern States
owing to the obstacles thrown into their way in
the recovery of fugitives, and ntentioned Severn!
instances while he was Governor of Mary
land, where the authorities of Pennsylvania had
set at defiance his requisitions. In one instance,
the master went himself, to Pennsylvania and
seized his slave, took hiui before a magistrate,
and the slave was delivered over to him. But
before he could return with his property, a mob
rescued the slave and murdered the master, and
to this hour no one has ever been punished for
the offence. He argued that the opposition, to
slavery was entirely an abstract proposition,
for he was sure uo Northern State would, if it
could, vote for the abolition of slavery in the
Southern States, * .
Messrs. Wiuthrop and Dayton opposed the
amendment on the ground that it would make
the U.iited States an endorser of persons in
their property.
Mr. Badger supported the amendment, and
referred to decisions of the United States Supreme
Court, that it is the duty of the General
Government to secure to the persons whose
slaves may escape, the return of those slaves.
Mr. Butler argued that it is the duty of Congrese
and of the several States, to see that the
provisions of the Constitution, in this particular
be executed; at the same time, he did not
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believe toe uenerai uoveraniein. iu im wid icooi
responsible.
. Mr. Sturgeon replied to the remarks of Mr.
Pratt relative to the conduct of Pennsylvania.
He said it was true there were many bad men
in Pennsylvania, but the State, as a State, was
sound on this subject With regard to the
master of the slave alluded to, the authorities of
the State were set at defiance by a mob who
killed the owner, but all who were concerned
in that riot were arrested and punished. In
addition to this there was a civil suit brought,
and heavy damages recovered. The authorities
could not restore the dead to life, but the}'
did all in their power to punish the guilty. In
conclusion, he said, Senators might rest assured
that the Courts of Pennsylvania would do their
duty under the provisions of the bill.
The bill whs then laid aside till to-morrow.
In the House, Mr. 'ITiurston, the delegate
from Oregon, presented a memorial of the General
Assembly asking a donation of pdblic
lands, which he moved to refer to the Committee
on Territories.
A long and tedious debate arose, as to wliethcr
a Delegate had a right to make a motion
of any kind. Finally, the Speaker decided the
point in the affirmative, and his decision being
:tp|)ealed from, was sustained by a large majority.
The Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill
was then once more taken up in Committee of
the Whole.
A discussion of several hours arose on an
amendment appropriating 820,000 for an additional
wing to the City Hall of this City. It
was rejected, after which the Committee rose.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL. The
Fugitive Slave Bill, in the Senate, was
still before that body at the time to which the
proceedings have been brought down. Mr.
Dayton, a free soiler from New Jersey, attempted
to engraft on it Mr. Webster's amendment,
to give the absconded slave the benefit of jury
trkd. This was voted down. Mr. Winthrop,
another free soiler, proposed to attach the right
of habeas corpus to the bill, 'f his was also voted
down. Two more bare-faced attempts to
nullify the rights of the slave owner, under the
Constitution, was never made in Congress. The
arguments hy which these propositions were
supported were as llirnsy ns their aim and pur
pose were sinister. What slave owner could
recover his slave in any village or interior town
of Massachusetts, the State from whose Senator
this propsition first emanated ! Mr. Dayton
said that the people of New Jersey were prompt
to surrender the fugitive slave under the forms
of jury trial. Does Mr. Dayton answer for other
and more fanatical neighborhoods ? lie has
explained why the people of New Jersey are so
ready to do justice by means of juries. It is a
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DUruer own.', n uaa uccti VKrwunuvu mvu
worthless free negroes. It does not wish to
augment the burden of their maintenance by assisting
in the escape of slaves. Would juries
be so ready to administer justice in the interior
of New York, whence their men of weulth, like
Gerrett Smith, are offering premiums and rewards
to promote the escape of slaves from their
owners ? With juries in constant communication
and intimate sympathy with an incendiary
clergy and incendiary demagogues, is it not a
mockery to speak ofjustice administered through
their means ? The slave owner would not in
one instance in five hundred recover his property.
Iii this way it is proposed to do justice
to the South by those who affect to comply with
the constitution, in this matter of the reclamation
and delivery of slaves.
Rut Mr. Winthrop discovers, and Mr. Dayton
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while he could not carry his own, that it would
be consonant to justice to throw around the person
of the absconded slave the shield of the habeas
corpus. The former offered no argument
in its support. He merely said that the delivery
on the finding of the Commissioners was too
summary a mode of trial. But Mr. Dayton dilated
on the necessity of carrying up the judgment
to a higher court for revision by means of
the writ. Mr. Mason, who had charge of the
amended bill, repelled this attempt to make up a
false issue, by showing that the design was to
open up the general question of slavery in the
courts of the North, whilst Mr. Berrien, with
the promptitude for which he is distinguished on
judicial points, showed that the question, wluth
er the slave is rightfully or wrongfully held tj
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servitude, can be promptly decided in the courts
of the State from which he had fled. The free
soilers argue this matter as if all semblance of
right were banished from the courts of the southern
States. Tbey reason themselves into the
belief that in respect to slaves none of the personal
protection which is found in a just municipal
code is to be sought in those courts. The
attempt to incorporate the trial by jury and the
writ of habeas corpus in the fugitive slave bill,
is a device to nullify the Constitution, under a
pretended regard for personal freedom, to gratify
fanatical passions.
Charleston Eccning News.
From the South Carolinian.
SOUTHERN RIGHTS MEETING IN
COLUMBIA.
-Pursuant to previous notice, notwithstanding
the inclemency of the weather, a large and influential
meeting of the citizens of Richland
District was held in the Town Hall of Colum
bia, on Saturday the 24th inst., for the purpose
of adopting a plan of organization to give concert
and " harmony to whatever measures for
the defence of the South may be deemed advi.
sable by their fellow citizens in other Districts
of this State and our sister States.
On motion of Jas. V. Lisles, Esq., W. F. DeSaussure,
Esq., was unanimously called to the
Chair; and on motion of Dr. W Reynolds.
Messrs. John G. Bowman, W* B. Johnston, W.
B. Carlisle and Alexander Carroll were appointed
Secretaiies.
The meeting having been called to order, and
the Chairman having succinctly but emphatically
6tated the object of its convention, Col.
Maxcy Gregg submitted the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting
that a District Association should be formed, to
be called "A Southern Rights Association."
Resolved. That a committee of twenty-two
members be .appointed to report, at an adjourned
meeting of the citizens of this Districr measures
for effecting the above mentioned object.
Qn motion of CoJ. J. S. . Preston, it was
unanimously
Resolved, That the committee be requested
to report to the adjourned meeting to be held
on the first Thursday in September next, at
eleven o'clock in the forenoou.
In conformity with the second of the foregoing
resolutions, the Chairman nominated the
following gentlemen to constitute the committee.
R. H. Goodwin, ' W. Hampton, Jr.
Hon. W. C. Preston, Capt. J. H. Pearson,
John Caldwell, Dr. R. W. Gibbes,
James V. Lyles, A. F. Dubard,
J no. A. Cravvfor J, I Capt. J. Douglass,
B. F. Taylor, j Dr. J. R. Adams,
A. H. Gladden, I John R. Brown,
John IS. Preston, C. Bookter,
Maj. W. WnL-iee, Joel Adams, Sr.
Dr. Win Reynolds, Dr. Center,
Dr. Edw. Sill, Sr., Richard O'Neal.
The business of the day having thus far proceeded,
the Hon. J. A. Black announced that
he had that moment received tho subjoined series
of resolutions from the Hon. W. C. Pres.
ton, whose feeble state of health precluded him
from being present and offering them in person:
Resolved, That the persevering and systematic
assaults made by the non-slaveholding States
upon tiie property and feelings of the slaveholding
States, render it expedient and proper that
the latter should adopt measures to arrest the
grievance, and secure to themselves that peace
and safety, the enjoyment of which is the object
of all government.
. Resolved, That the attacks upon our honor
and our interest subject us at once to insult and
injury, under which no government is worth
preserving, end to acoid which any danger
should be encountered.
Resolved, That firm and concerted action is
necessary for the protection of the Southern
States, and, for the purpose of effecting this,
it is expedient to organize an association for
the maiutainance of Southern rights, honor and
tranquility?the principles, rules and constitution
of winch association arc hereby referred to
a committee of twelve,"to report at an adjourned
meeting this day week ; the members of the
committee to be appointed by the Chairman.
On motion of Hon. J. A. Hlack, the fore;
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ifOlllK resuiuiiuna were rcicneu tu uiv i/uiuuiutee
of 22.
On motion of Mr. John G. Bowman, it was
unanimously
Jliusolrrd, That this meeting recommend to
our sister districts the formation of Southern
Rights Associations within their respective limits,
and that the Secretaries of this meeting be
requested to convey said request to such persons
as they may think appropriate in the several
districts of the State.
During the proceedings brief but impressive
addresses were delivered by various gentlemen
all sustaining the greut object of the meeting.
On motion, the meeting adjourned until
Tlinfurln v S/.ntoinhpr ft at 11 n'p.lnrk in the
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forenoon.
W. F. DkSaussure, Chairman.
John G. Bowman, *j
W. B. Johnston, ?
W. B. Carlislc, Secretaries.
Alex'u. Cauroll, J
Among the excellent post office regulations
of Great Britain are two which are particularly
entitled to be transferred to this country.?
One requires that a letter having the name of
the writer on the seal or written on the wrapper,
and failing to find the party addressed,
shall be returned to the writer through the post
office, instead of being sent to the dead 4etter
office. Much inconvenience, anxiety and misunderstanding
might be avoided by the genoral
adoption of this regulation. Another rule requires
that when a letter is detained in a post
office for the want of pre-paymont of the postage,
as a letter to go out of the country in a direction
where payment is demanded, notice is
aunt tn the nnrtv nddrnaqpii unrl liv fnrwardint?
the postage and calling Cor the letter by number,
is sent to him.
Tickets to the Hanging.?The Bo?ion
Transcript slates that Sheriff Eveletb has issued
his invitations to those designated to attend "the
execution of John W. Webster, on Friday, the
30th inat., at 8 o'clock, A. M., at the jail, in
Leverett street, Boston,
flnHDB .MMMHAIL
CAMDEN. S. C.
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27,1850.
Our Market.
Cotton?A few bales of the lower qualities, of
the old crop, have been sold during the week at
10$ to 1 lie. We quote at 10$ to 12. North
Carolina Flour is scatj^?we continue our quotations
ot last week, 7. There has been a
further decline in Corn, the highest price obtained
during the week being 12d. No change in other
articles.
Our Commercial Prospects.
We understand that eight or ten new mercantile
establishments are to be opened here this
fall, in time for the winter trade. Our country
friends may be well assured of high prices for
their.produee, and cheap goods in exchange.
The Plank Road.
The Convention will assemble at Lancaster on
Monday next, and we earnestly hope it may be,
attended by all the Delegates appointed from this
District. . /
. The Oele.
On Saturday ai half past one o'clock afternoon,
a severe squall came up with rain, thunder and
lightning, from the south, and southeast; and the
wind for a few minutes was unusually high, but
soon subsided. About two hours after, the wind
commenced blowing "great guns" from the southeast,
south,and southwest, and continued with increased
violence, accompanied with heavy rains
until about 9 o'clock P. M. when it reached its
height. We have never witnessed anything similar
in (this latitude, and fear much damage has
been done to the crops throughout this part of the
country. Trees were prostrated in every part of
the Town and in some instances chimneys and
roofs shared the same {ate.
Since writing the above we understand the River
at this place is higher than has been known
in many years. All the low grounds are covered,
and as the corn was in many places prostrated by
the storm on Saturday, we fear its effects will be
doubly disastrous.
From the Columbia papers, wo learn that the
storm raged in that city and vicinity with equal
fury, without however, doing any more serious
damage than the prostration of trees, and fences.
The Power of Majorities.
We recently had occasion to notice the ruthless
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exercise of power, by the sovereign majority in
Congress, and we recur to the subject to-day in
consequence of other indications of their intention
to over-ride Law, Order and Decency to accomplish
their purpose.
The threat now, is, to raise a point of order
against any Southern member who may attempt
by motion, a call of yeas and nays, or otherwise to
delay or retard the favorite free soil measures, and
if the point is decided against them to appeal to
the House and reverse the decision, right or wrong.
The correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin
very coolly says in regard to this trick: uBy continually
overruling the Speaker, ichere his judgment
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conflicts with the progress of ousiness, ine wnoie slavery
question may be disposed of in three weeks
We are decidedly of opinion, that such a course
would settle the question in three weeks, but it
would be by the resumption of their original sovereign
rights, by the Southern States, and a dissolution
of the political bondage, into which under
the operation of these higher law principles, the
Federal compact has degenerated. The Letter
writers, Editors and Politicians of the North, are
perfectly satisfied that there is no degradation to
which the South will not submit; but, though they
have from time to time thrust us to the wall,trampled
upon the Constitution, and shouted in derision
and triumph a ruffian defiance to every threat
or remonstrance we have uttered, yet we are assured,
that even the submissive South would re?
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pel with contempt, an association wiui a legislature
which would resolve itself into a brutal mob,
to rob them of their rights in violation of all Law.
We see in all this, only the'savage nature of the
Freesoil Demagogue, revealed. Confident in numbers,
they no longer conceal their game, and believing
in the cowardly infatuation of their victim
they stock the cards to his face, and dictate submission.
The Meeting in Richland.
In another column will be found the proceedings
of this meeting, held on Saturday, to consider
the propriety of organizing a Southern Rights
Association.
A resolution was adopted, recommending similar
movements in every District in the State, and
a Committee was appointed to Teport upon the
subject, to an adjourned meeting, to be held on
the 6th of September
Resolutions from the Hon. Wm. C. Preston
were read, and referred to the Committee. They
come fully up to the mark, and are important, as
indicating the opinions of a leading South Carolina
Whig.
Whitaker*a Magazine.
The August number of this Southern Monthly
is before us, in a neat dress, and bearing a valuable
freight, judging by the li6t of articles.
Th* Mail Meeting.
The Macon Meeting was a greatdemonstration,
and resulted in the declaration of true Southern
principles. Many distinguished Gentlemen addressed
the meeting, among others, Mr. Rhett, of
this State,
The following Resolution was passed, which
may be considered a fair indication of the spirit of
the people ofGeorgia:
"Resolved, That should the events occur, in
which it shall become the duty of tho Governor,
under the direction of the last Legislature to
call a convention of the people of Georgia to
consider the necessary measures of safety to
the State, it is the opinion of this meeting that
oar Senators and Representatives in Congress
should immediately return to their State to. unite
w ith their constituents' in consultation arid action
on such measures."
TnE Weatiieh.?We were visited on Saturday
morning, with a heavy blow from the South
west, which prevailed without intermission for
twenty hours. We should not be surprised to
hear that it was the wing of a severe pale on
the coast. It has, at any rateserved to interrupt
the mails. The steamer Gen. Clinch, which
left here on Saturday morning for Savannah, returned
in the afternoon, unable to make headway
against the wind. The Wilmington boat
due on Saturday, the Wilmington failed to
come through by reason of an injury to her
boiler, which comoelled her to put back.?
The boat duo yesterday, the Gov. Dudley, met
with detention on account of the violence of the
weather, and did not come till near 11 o'clock
Inat nicrht. The mail wjir not di'liverd. and we
were unable to obtain any papers from the passengers.?Char.
Mercury.
Gen. Wallace's Letter. ,
We alluded briefly in our last, to the letter of
Gen. Wallace to Gen. Houston, in reply to Houston's
late attempt in Ihe Senate to revive the
slander that the Mississippi Convention was gotten
up by Mr. Calhoun, and that Gen. Wallace
acted as his agent. Our readers will recollect that
this statement was promptly contradicted by Gen.
Wallare at the time, but Gen. Houston saw proper'
to repeat it, which called forth a letter in reply,
from which we make the following extracts:?
The studied assault which the Senator has
made upon me may not, perhaps, be characterized
by the element which always attend the
crime of felony, to wit: malice aforethought.
The malignant hate which, while living, he bore
to another, who in life lived upon a moral eminence,
which his malice could never reach,
bums so fiercely in his bosom yet, that he cannot
permit his ashes to repose in peace. Toe
sanctity of the grave affords no shield against
the Senator's impotent vituperation, and lie attemps
to drag me into view to enable him to
nrld venom to the arrow which he hurls at t' e
memory of the honored dead; and I shall perhaps
teach that Senator in the end that be shall
not use my name, either directly or by implication,
for such a purpose, without having administered
to him merited rebuke.
" An act like this, which includes in it copus
delicti 'the sweeping of all other vices,' and
which can be truly characterized only by the
term meanness,'is without puliation or justifiable
pretence, and can produce no results but to
cover its author with the scorn and contempt of
mankind.
" The Senator say the 'eagle seeks his prey
at a distance ; he does not seek it about the
eyrie." 1 will bring to the mind of the Senator
another illustration of the qualities of the eagle,
to which he has aptly compared Mr. Calhoun.
44 Xbe Senator and Mr. Calhoun once sat
together in the Senate chamber. They were
equal in Senatorial rank, but their equality
ceased. The country will bear me out in the
testimony we give, that there was a wide difference
between the two. This difference was
precisely that which exists between the eagle
and the owl. The one soars aloft in the broad
light of day, and gazes steadily at the face of
the sun. The other shuns the day, hides its ignominy
in darkness, and disputes with the reptiles
with which it broods the right lo batten on
garbage. The Senator can be ut no loss to determine
the place assigned him in the background
and twilight of this picture.
" I have suid the Senator does not act without
a motive. I may be able to afford the public
a key to the motive which has prompted the
Senator to assail Mr. Calhoun and South Car
| olina with unmitigated malignity for the last
quarter of a century. 1 will, for a moment,
Messrs. Editors, change the venue from you to
the Senator himself, for the purpose of propounding
to him a few direct and plain interrogatories,
and hope he will favor the public
with a distinct answer to each.
"I ask you, sir, did or did not Mr. Madison,
soon after the battle of the /Horse Shoe,' appoint
you to the office of sub-Indian Agent for
one of the southern tribes ?
" Did or did you not, sir, hold this office until
Mr. Monroe come into power, and Mr. Calhoun
under him, as Secretary of War?
" And did, or did not Mr. Calhoun cause you
in romniwl frnm tile office of SLlb-Illdian
agent, for malfeasance, in office! Mark the
word, sir, I say malfeasance, not deeming it altogether
in good taste to use a term with which
all are familiar, who are acquainted with the titles
of the criminal code. Will you, sir, give a
direct answer to these interrogatories, without
resorting to your usual prevarications! Tl}p
public will be gratified, doubtless, to hear your
response.
' If these questions be answered in the affirmative,
or if you remain silenMjfa&jDublic will be
no longer at a loss to discover the source of
that hypocritical pretence of patriotism, under
cover of which you have for the last twenty-five
years given vent to your spleen against Mr. Cal
houn and South Carolina. Until you answer
these inquiries, in charity to yourself, sir, if not
those compelled to listen to your croaking, pray
cease to make yourself hoarse with the parrot
cries of 'Calhoun/ 'South Sarolina,' 'Union.'
It is said to be a fact well known to those who
are acquainted with the history of criminal juI
rieprudence, that a convict who has once stood
in the pillory, never looks at that instrument of
punishment afterwards without an involuntary
sensation of anguish. You, sir, would perhaps
bo a credible witness on this subject.
" If anything is to be learned from the history
of your life, you belong to a school of philosophers
whose creed is only to be found in the
moral and political lex non scrip/a. That creed
is briefly this, that dishonesty is a cardinal virtue,
and knavery an accomplishment, which
alone oan qualify a disciple to act his part upon
the public stage. Of all the honors of this
sohool, vou, sir, have shown yourself to be worthy,
and casuists might even oonclude that the
pyramid of transgressions which time has ereoted
to your memory, and upon which your epitaph
may be written, entitles you, without any
additional achievement, to an honorary membership
for life.
"If I, sir, in conclusion, felt authorized to offer
you a word of counsel at parting, I would
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tell.yoitin all sincerity to retire at once from
the gaze of a world, from whose sentence of
reprobation you can never lie reprieved, and to
the society of which your presence can Iqopnrt
no value. Posterity, if it should condescended
notice you, will be at loss whether to assign to
you the rank of a knave or a fool. ^The-present
generation, who are better acquainted wjth
your qualities, will be at no loss to detemifhe ?
that you possess in your person and5character
the most extraordinary combination of bddjit~As
you cannot then, sir, hope (to reverse this
sentence, retire to merited obscurity,'arid devote|
the few remaining days allotted to you' and#
! the sun in preparing yourself by repentanCCfb# ". * "
I a coming hour,' when you must yield up a lire
j which you have spent without adorning of digi
nifying a single virtue which stomps a man a?
! either good, wise, or great D. Wallace.
For the Journal.
PLANK ROAD.
Mrssrs. Editors : 'i*he prospects ofthe Plank
Road enterprise are still brightening and the attention
given the subject by your paperis"Wo king
out its legitimate results. Lancaster District
and Union County (N. C.) have responded
promptly to the suggestion of the RershaW
meeting, by appointing, in Lancaster 40 dele- j'
gates, in Union county 31 delegates, to meet in
Convention at Lancaster on the 1st Monday in
September. The right feeling is last spreading, .
-and now is the time for Camden to &6t It w .
expected that she will lead the way?othere are
willing to follow her. It is a matter of the atmost
importance?the success of the enterprise
may uepena upon it?mat a lull delegation
from Kershaw attend. Her capitalists, her
merc hants, her owners of real estate should, by
all means, be there in strong numbers, to represent
fully the interests of the District snrd assist
in the deliberations. As Camden will uidst
likely receive a large share of the benefits
of such a Road, the determination of her citizens
to co-operate in building it may be Safely relied
on. And as neighboring counties in No,'Carolina
greatly need improved facilities1 to "reach
markets, equal confidence may bo extended to
that quarter. The Road then will Certainly be
built, if Lancaster does her part. Of this there
may exist considerable doubt A proper appreciation
of the undertaking is unquestionably
confined to few individuals, for the mass of her
| citizens have heretofore manifested but little in
terest in its progress and success. It war eminently
proper therefore, apart from the consideration
of its central position, that Lancaster,
ville was selected as the place of the September
Convention. That nreeting will lie composed
of the strong friends of the measure, who will
compare views, fbrin right conclusions, make a
beginning, give the public mind confidence, and
above all, will disseminate nil available informotion
as to the real advantages of the proposed
Road, its cheapness of construction, the
many facilities at hand to aid in its erection and
the general l>enefits resulting to every kection
of the country. To secure a hearty co-operation
on the part of Lancaster f)iHtrict, the Kershaw
delegation mast do two tliiugs-~first, to
assure her citizens tliat Kershaw is jn earnest
: Prejudices exist among them to some extent, in
; relation to the late failure of gcttiitg the Charlotte
Railroad through her borders. ;Thc*fe ate
to be removed. An earnest zeal hi behalf of
this Road may be all that is necessary. The
next thing is to satisfy thein that Kershaw does
| her duty when she carries the Road to the Dis
trict line, or to prevent a failure sne ta renny to
go farther; The opinion generally prevails that
as Kershaw District .is most interested, she
ought not to stop at any half way point in constructing
the Road. , These however are ques;
tions for our capitalists?the future destiny of
i Camdon is in their hands.
There seems to be but little contrariety of
opinion as to the route. There can be but
one opinion until the Road reaches a point
some 9 or 10 miles this side of Laneasterville;
beyond that, slight differences do exist A few
favor the route up by the River, others; a straight
line to the village, and others, and it is believed
a large majority prefer a line, to-the east of the
village not far from the road that runs by the
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i sieaui saw mm, <eauiug in uie oirecnon 01
Concord, tlie desired tenainos of theftoad.
This would be decidedly the cheapest route,
running on something of a ridge, rather high
and dry, by a steam saw mill, and through the
very heart of the piney woods. Lancasterville
will strongly oppose this, but the number of hills
on both sides of the village, and the ease of
rniifitriwlinrr a branch from the main ?ti?m of
the Road, from about the steam mill to that
place, may induce her citizens to concur in the
other route. But doubtless, the route deckled
upon, after all proper surveys are made, will be
generally adopted and concurred in by all die
sections interested in the Road.
'I he Convention has important work to do.
All the preliminaries are yet to be arranged.
A wrong beginning many defeat thb enterprisea
proper one may ensure aepeedy success.?
Surveys are to be made, the 'route located, the
right of way secured, rules to be adopted to procure
subscribers of Stock, shares to be valued,
Committees appointed, hooks opened, and above
all the amount of money necessary.*** build the
Road, Most likely it wiilbe irftpossibte for the
Convention, at one sitting, io gtve proper attention
to all these matter*. If so, let it adjourn
over until Court week in Lancaster 18th November
the third Monday in that month, by
nli Imta manv rlilToMnr n/iinlu mtcrli# ko a<if
vriiiuii miiio uioiij uuiriciii pvinu iiit^iiv uc oci*
tied, and much information obtained.
To secure the right of way from land owners,
tree of oharge, a matter which seems to
have been heretofore very muoh overlooked*
mtfht itself require the operation of months.?*
May harmony, good feeling, and a firm determination
mark the counsels of the Convention*
and the speedy erection of the Road result front
its deliberations Is die hearty wish of
/ A LOOKER ON,s
The Susan Loud and Georgians* the two
American vessels captured at die island of Contoy
by the Spanish foroes, at the time of the
Lopez excitement, have beea finally disposed of
at Havana. The brig Susan Lood. being ai\
old, worm-eaten vessel, was sold at auction
on the 29th ult, but the twque Georgians,
proving a fine staunoh craft, was to be.sent to
Cadiz as a trophy of the loyalty of the Cnbar\
subjects to the Queen of Spain.