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SOUTH CAROLINA.
It h.:3 been tlie practice of small tl.uigwhangers
anil demagogues to belch oat their foul
streams of abuse on South Carolina. When
their narrow intellects and anti-southern feeing
and prejudices are without a topic, that
gnlfcut State furnishes a theme on which they
suppose they can successfully arouse the prejudices
of the people. Cut that theme is getting
threadbare?that demagoge claim r is fast los;
j ig its force. 'J hat State has'at all .limes had
pior.e talent in it in proportion to its population
than any other State. It has at all times been
di languished for its freedom from pauperism*
and crime; for the noble and exalted hospitality
of its inhabitants, and for the bravery of her
sons oa the field of battle. We believe we
sneak the truth vvlien we saw that more of her
zr. ?- --- S(?:is
voliKUa/iij declined exalted official stations
in the State and federal Government than in
any State in the Union; and we ask with triumphant
defiance the calumniators of South
Carolina to show one ' single instance in the
tchole financial history of the country in which
ff^-it^ has invested five hundred thousand dollars,
in a public enterprise in another and distant
State in which she loses every particle of
benefit Hiking from the local expenditure of the
money! i'onder on this, ye calumniators of
Charleston and South Carolina!
v Uut, oh! South Carolina nullification! exclaims
the wilv demagogue in his appeals, who
SvTskes to use old prejudices for the destruction
of slavery. South Carolina nullification ! exclaims
the consolidation federalist who wishes
toiobiiternte State laws and have one grand,
corrupt, central, consolidated government!?
And what of that! Is there any one now who
haS the impudence and audacity to say that the
monstrous larin 01 ic?o, oui ni which oouin
Carolina nullification arose, was not a gross,
an abominable outrage on the rights of the
f?dnth? Where can there be found a defender
of that unequal law now ? And no doubt South
Carolina,having but few manufactories?fewer,
perhaps, at that timcthnn any State in the Union
?hew great staples being rice and cotton?
South Carolina, having almost e/ery thing to
bujrfrorn abroad, and selling nothing but her
staples, was worse oppressed than any State in
the ynion. The people of the United States
Juvp passed a final condemnation on the explog|
ded theory of protection. The State of Pennsylvania,
in the Presidential election, organized
at public clamor about an iron tax, but the thing !
to Tf Itno Ko/tn At>A?#lt PAiun * ? ? i^fiirlunrl i
la u\NIU? utid wrru u*ci WII v?? u 1.1 X?U^HHIW,
jfldiwffl soon bo regarded as or.e of the exploded
.fa 11 acies of a by-gone age; and the course i
.of South Carolina no doubt had its share in the
destruction of that system. If South Carolina
aitttKl hastily then?if she committed excesses,
none will now lie so false and audacious as to
3eny that she was provoked and enraged by the
Action of the general government, by the passage
of the act of 1S2S. She acted under a
goading sense of wrongs and injuries.
- But South Carolina advocates the immediate
withdrawal of the Southern States f.omthe
Northern States! Some of her citizens do and j
some do not. What the action of the conslitu- I
authorities ol the State will be. lies in the ;
fatore, and depends upon the united action of;
flie southern States, and upon the prospect ol
continued aggression by the northern States, l
leading direct y and plainly to the emancipation i
of four millions of slaves in these southern i
States. South Corolina has more slaves than |
'\Vhites within her borders. She Las a deeper !
pecuniary interest in the question of :l.;\u.ry j
than any of her sister southern States, il'-r !
soil is most highly fitted for slave labor, and i
the destruction of slavery would desoi.ite that ,
State forever, even if they could be removed. |
Sooth Carolina is exposed in a higher degree I
to the danger of insurrections from these liar
rassing agitators than auy other State. Gen. j
Jackson in his message in 1832 told these ;
abolitionists that their agitations might lead to !
insurrections and that they must end thein.? I
This idea so far front quieting them seems to j
stimulate their activity and increase their zeal, j
Is the exposed anddangerousconditimi of South j
Carolina, is the prospect of unparalleled desn.1
lation staring them, as they believe, in the face, j
sufficient to furnish no apology for the various j
opinions and action of South Caroline, from :
her sister States who have a deep interest in '
the same question ? South Carolina is acting 1
on the defensive. She is not the aggressing
party, and it is a base and unblushing calumny
to charge that she is tho aggressing party. If
Senator Seward were in Nashville as the conductor
of a public press, seeking the destruction
_ r l l . i.i a 1 _ _ _ _
oi siuvury, ue avuuiu uic his pnpgun once a i
week at Vermont and his seventy-lour daily at j
South Carolina. U there any man in the State
who believes that if South Carolina felt secure
in those rights which the Constitution guaran- |
ties to her, she would not be tranquil and sus- >
tain the Union of these States if No, not one i
but knows she would.
We deeply apprehend from the dreadful
storm which now rages in the North, that the
South is to he degraded from her equal condition
in this confederacy, and that the worst anticipations
of South Carolina are about to be 1
realised.?Nashville American.
A Railroad to thr Pacific.?The use of
National Hall, at Washington, has been tendered
to Mr. Whitney, by its proprietors, lor Saturday
(tomorrow) evening, for the purpose of
explaining his great project for the construction
of a Railroad to the Pacific Ocean to those who i
may desire to hear him. The Republican says:
" lie will exhibit maps, and explain the position
us well as the condition of the population
on the principal parts of the globe ; from which
t - a ? il.i al- a
ne proposes 10 prove mm uie American continent
is the geographical, commercial, and political
centre of all, and all can be made tribubutary
and subject to it.
Railroads i\ tub Umtkd Statkt.?The
total number of miles of railroad in operation
in the United States, at the beginning of the
present year, was 8,797, which cost to build
them 828*J,155,078. In New York tho number
of miles in railroad in operation is 1.405, at
a cost of 855, 202.000. Pennsylvania 917
miles, at a cost of 835,401,033. New Jersey
259 miles costing 88,225,000. In all the New
England Stales there wore 2/644-wiles, costing
v *03,940,410.
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MK ANN ESS.
Under Ihi* appropriate head the Charleston
Sun makes soidh comments upon th? following
article fiutn a Georgia Submission paper, in
which a:i ill-di-guised pleasure is betrayed at
the possible chances of difficulties and hisses
uveitnking a sister Slate itild city. We do not
tloijlit thai these outward croaking* and inward
chuckling* at the prospect of profiling at the
expanse ?,f South Carolina will he baulked and
cliejited. This sWcet dream of ruin to Charleston
commerce and prosperity, conjured up by
perverfed leeling* and a detestihle selfi.?hness,
ci.uld not he realized, 'should Smith Carolina,
at attv lime, choose -to withdraw from a Confederacy.
of Sovereigns into which she entered
a* a Sovereign of her own fee will. The jn?t
pride nfj-be South, and In r own security, the
honored'principles of Slate Rights, would rUe
! op and forbid coercion by the Federal Govern
i in*'lit. The moral sense of the world would
revolt at it, mid South-Carolina would find
friend* stepping forth to protect low throughout
the Union. Foreign countries intere>ted in
her commerce, would vindicate, by treaties of
alliance with her, the prinriples ot political and
and commercial freedom involved. Should Iter
soil he polluted l?v the footsteps of an invading
army sent bv aGovernmon' she helped tdcrcate.,
and which giown insolent in power, should
attempt to conquer her proud spirited fiOemen.
tens ot thousands of Southern men?aye, ot
Georgian*, would rally to her standard.
Akin to ihe croaking* we have spoken of,
are the petty and disgraceful efforts of Georgia
Submission papers to di*eredit the Dank paper
of South-Carolina at this time, by predicting for
her, in case of secession, a suspension of her
lianksau.'l a great depreciation of her paper cur.
rency, and loss ol'State credit.
Those predictions we consider as ill founded
as they are malignant and dishonoring to the
source whence they emanate, and the efforts
to effect piesent injury to Carolina Banks, will
he as impotent as they are disnraecfu'.
Wh like In see fair and honest competition
among Hanks?each one laying claim to credit
mi its intrinsic merits and resources. In point
of ability and readiness to meet their engagements,
the Stale of South-Carolina and Carolina
Batiks, will coin pate most favorably even
with the history n| Georgia legislation, and
Georgia Banking iiistitul'inn*. No judicious,
we will not say generous, tiieiul nl'lhe Georgia
Banks would advise a wai fare of this conlcmjt.
ab.'e Rort.
The financial honor of ihe State of South
Carolina has never been turuifbed. She lias ,
never repudiated honest debts?"'or scale, them
down, and at this moment her Stale securities :
are probibly higher than those of any olher
Southern Stale. May that gallant Slate forever
enjoy her high and deserved fiscal credit. This
supplies to nations the sinews of war, and is
n >1 less valuable lhan com ape and military
energy. Should circumstances ever unhappily
fin re her to lest their ellicieucy in defence
ol her rights and her liberty upon her own soil,
they will prove adequate to the emergency.
The land of Sumter ami Marion and Moultrie
can never he a conquered country.
Angus!a Cjus!till!ionalist
Impor's nf y^tcbrrn.? We copy from a late
nomWer of the Newheiniau, the to lowing state,
incuts ol the impoits of Newhern, einbrai#i
it it II m V :? r i?n? 1 it ?r ( )i*lnlinr 1 S.'ill*
..p ~ s 11 ' '
(i.)OO barrels nf Flour,
3000 barrels of Lime,
JUDO barrels til Fork,
2 000 barrels of Whiskey,
37,000 pound* of Hotter,
35,000 pounds of Cheese,
100,000 pounds d| Hay,
40.000 pounds of I oltacco,
40.000 pound* of Lard,
37,500 pounds of Cotton Yarn,
4.001)4iii<di.?U of Potatoes,
500 barrel* of \pp!es,
1.335 Ki gs ot Nails,
325,000 worth Domestic Goods,
76 Timis off run,
27.000 pounds ffollow Ware.
IMPORTANT FROM SofTIl AmKRJCA.? Proh
ab!r IV" ir: (.'ommertiul Crisis: Gen. Tm/lor's
Death. ? Hv nil arrival at New York *\e have
advices fniin Montevideo In tin* 23d of October.
The threatened rupture between llrazil and
it is probable our next adviees will bring intelligence
nf the beginning ofopen hostilities.
A revolution has taken place in the comnierrial
circles of Buenos A vres, and some of ilie
heaviest merchants have gone by the heard.
A French commission merchant hail failed
for $i,400.000, and another for 81,312,000.
An KnglUh house had also failed*
The highest honors were pan! to the memo,
ry of General Taylor at Montevideo. The
fligsofihe shipping we e p'aced half mast,
minute gnus filed, und other maiks of tespeel
manifested.
An Ameiienn ship honnrl to California, with
a cargo vhIiumI at ?I ()ll,(M)(l, is ri-jmrlrd to have
!?? ( i? !o>t 100 miles south of Cstpe St. Antonio.
(Tew and passenger* saved.
" Yankee Influence.?You have no idea ofthe
dependence of New Orleans on New York.?
The dependence ol Vicksburg on New Orleans
is not so great. New York gets the profits of
the business of this city. It owns neatly all the
banks here, and elects its own directors. It
owns all the newspapers but two, the Delta and
Courier, and there are not three more Northern
Free Soil papers in the Union, than the Crescent,
Bulletin and Picayune.
, "Sam Peters and that clique own the Cres
Cent and Bulletin, and they have caused all the
excitement about Downs and Soule, and produrcd
bitterness here greatly to be deplored.?
The Northern influence has greatly the majority
in New Orleans in all departments of trade,
aod power of all kind, and they use it for the
benefit of the North."?Nrm Crleuns correspondent
nf the Vicksburg Sentinel.
Since Property?Free Negroes.?The value
of the slave property in the United States is
computed to be a thousand million of dollars.
In all the slave States the blacks increase more
rapidly than the whites, in proportion to the
numbers. The number of free blacks in the
Southern State* is about fifty thousand greater
than the North ore.
South Carolina Atlantic Steam Navigation
Company.? The. entire amount of private subBciiptious
to this company, one hundred and
lurniy-fire thousand dollars, was taken np yesterday
forenoon, in a Very short time after the
hooks were opened. By the Act _?f incorporation,
a like amount of 125,000 will be loaned
to the company by the State, and they have
authority to extend their capital to one million
of dollars. It is estimated that the subscription,
made yesterday, will build the first ship,
and that she may be put afloat by the first of
July next. One subscription only went to the
highest amount limited by the law ($12,000)
the rest was for smaller sums, many being for
a single share, $1000.?-Char. Courier.
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.a bottle \\ as picked up by tiie master of a
fishing smack, on Sunday last, oft'Cape Remain,
which contained the following;
"Whoever picks this up, will please report
the Robert Y. Ray, a brig 250 tons, hailing
from Newport, Rhode Island, capsized in the
i Gulf, and alt hands lost."
Capt. HENRY ARLINGTON.
July 18, 1850.
We give place to the above, without, however,
placing any reliance upon it.?lb.
j AccinuNTop thb Rulroaii.?It becomes
| our unpleasant duty to record another accident
j on our Railroad. The passenger train in com1
ingdown from Hamburg on'Saturday last, and
; when in the act of turning the long curve in
sight of Blackville, the iron rails suddenly opcn.
i i i .r? ....a *t.? v.. A
t*U l<> lilL* aim it'll aim mc i^uyiue u*upI
pet! between. The Tender and Baggage Car
were thrown from the track down an embankment
of some ten or fifteen feet, smashing the
Tender to pieces, and very nearly dragging the
passenger car after them. It appears the trains
was just leaving the old rails, and getting on to
the new, when the accident occurred. Had it
not been for the slow pace at which the Engine
was travelling, the consequeeces would have
disastrous?we are gratified to say, however,
i that we have heard of no one being injured.?
j About 8 o'clock p. rn. the shrill wliistlennnounced
the arrival of the long expected mail train.
Still Another.?The Cars in coming IVoin
! Hamburg yesterday met with another mishap.
Tliev had plain sailing until they arrived at
vi i m iv.?? ?u;c
.Tiriiuu cs i iv/ uiiico iium iiuo | ??nv.i |
of the passenger Cars attached to the train were
thrown from the track, from some cause or other.
Tho passengers had to make the best of a
bad bargain, and ride in the Baggage Car, with
the expectation of better comfort being provided
for them at Branchville. In this, Lhev were
disappointed, however, as in the Columbia Cars
there was no room for them, and they had no
other alternative but to take "deck passage" all
the way down, <nrriring at a seasonable hour
(between 1 and 2) in consequenco of the lightness
of the train.?Char. Sun.
Luxs' of tlir Srhr. Enterprise, of Harrington,
.Ifrv?The schr. Enterprise, Mitchell, master, 5
days from the Delaware Breakwater, went
ashore vesterilav. about half oast 12. p. n., on
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the South IJraker of North Channel. The ollicers
and crew remained by the vessel until near
night, trying every means to get her oil*, but
without success. They were taken from the
wreck by the steamer Ci. W. Coffee, Capt
I'ai ie, who went from Sullivan's Island to offer
assistance. The Enterprise was from Philadelphia
bound to this city, and had on board
about 200 tons of Coal, for Messrs. Gibbs d:
Williams.?Char. Cornier.
Drjt'rurfion of the Min borough cotton Foetori/
bjj Firr. ? We regret to learn that the Marlborough
Cotton Factory, owned by M. Townsend,
Esq., and located near Bennettsville in this
State, was consumed by fire on tbe.'tlst ultimo.
So rapid was the progress of the flames, that a
part of the hands had to jump from the second
story windows. By great exertion the store
hrwicn du'tdlimr rind nntfrm hntiso were Saved.
Iii the latter were stored 300 bales of cotton.?
The Factory and machinery were valued at
820,000; yarn, loose cotton, &c., 2,000; total
loss, 22,000. Insurance in Howard Co., New
VoiIt, 5,000; Protection, Hartford, 2,500.?lb.
The Cholera at Kingston.?The cholera had
abated at Kingston, Jamaica, having decimated
the city, but was raging with increased violence
in the country. On one plantation nine out of
ten were taken off. Over 4,000 deaths occurred
in Kingston alone.
Warning to Di/spej>tics.?A man who had
been in the habit of taking two ounces of Hi car
bonate of soda every day for two years, for dyspepsia,
suddenly fell dead. The constant use
of alkalis obstructs the (unction of the liver.
Go it Booh.?A Mrs. Boots, of Pennsylvania,
has left her husband, Mr. Boots, und strayed to
parts unknown. We presume that a pair of
Boots are rights and lefts. We cannot say,
however, that Mrs. Boots is right; but there is
no mistake that Boots is left.
New Post Offices.?The following new
Post Offices have been established in this State:
"Willow Creek," Marion District, Thomas
\V. Lane Postmaster.
"Friendfield," Marion District, Moses W.
Brown Postmaster.
"Zeno," York District, A. A. McKenzie Post
master.
"Clay Hill," York District, John W at so 11
Postmaster.
"Natural Grove," Williamsburg District, W.
H. Cockfield Postmaster.
Kentucky. ? A bill litis just passed the legislature
which prohibits the transporting of tie.
?mes across the Ohio river by owners of keep
era of ferries, except in company or their own.
era, or h) their written authority in the form of
a power of attorney duly acknowledged, ceitifi.
ed and recorded, and imposes for every such
offence n forfeiture nl the ferry right, a fine of
#200. and makes the owners or keepers nfthe
lerry liable in addition, for the full value of the
slaves. ?
The strength of the British at my is 128,768
mm of all arm*, besides 65,000 odd of pen- ,
sioners, yeomanry, &c. Ireland engrosses an
arnty of 2*5,100 tnen.
""Inane jjOTmSf^"
CAMDEN. S. C.
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TUESDAY EVEXING, JANUARY 7, 1831.
Cur Terms for 1851.
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case where it is possible. We don't intend to
make personal applications to our subscribers for
advance payments, these are our Tut:us, and they
have it at their option to do as they like best. Orir
accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be
presented quarterly for payment.
$5^* We shall discotmnue advertising by the
year, but when an account amounts to more than
30 dollars, a discount of50 ner cent will be matin
6n all amaurita a'jave thai stun. A!! yearly c.intracts
which have not yet expired, will be completed.
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rules: For one square I l-J linen or lew) in the semi-weekly.
"ii1: Uo'lar far tlie lirnt. and twenty-five rents tor each
subsequent insertion.
In the weekly, seventy-five rents rcr square for the first,
mill thirty-seven nnd n half rents for each siiljseqtictit insertion.
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Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisement?
charged the same as for a single insertion.
We call attention?attention?to the corn
mimication of J. F. G. Mittag, Esq. Wou'd that
every man in Carolina would read it. Let names
or families, or influences, other than patriotic direct
a vote on tliat day and so far we become contemptible.
Let not a man be sent to that convention,
but such as you would stcrar would never
tanker. It is not a time when we should pander
to mere feeling of respect or take this method of
conferring a favor. In that convention must Le
men of decided principles?firm resolves?unswerving
patriotism and Southern Eights to the
Death.
Action of tho Convention.
I; is said by many abroad that South Carolii a
will show the w hite feather when tins day of trial
comes?and after the Southern Congress is jessed,
and no co-operatinn of Southern States, ihat
we wiil find many tin re of the "watch and wait"
policy. It will he too late for that policy then?
hut the election crrnrs off* before the meeting ol
that Congress. Wo therefore would suggo.-f. :!)'
propriety of each candidate for that convention,
pledging himself to action, in case of the failure ol
co-operation by that Congress, phdgc himself to
vote for immediate fcttate action. We may send
men then? unpledged, elect them now when there
is no real issue hefote tlit id, and then w hen the
dayol'lioal action .-hall come, t!.- y may flv otfat
a tangent and say they never were in favor of separate
State action?advise /// ,' and waiting
?and throw the State in the very purlieu of disgrace.
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God, the refuge of his people.
Is the beautiful title of a Discourse delivered before
the General Assembly of S. Carolina, in December
last, by Whitetbord .Smith, D. D. It is like
all his sermons, of the first order?pointing die
People to God as their refuge, persuading them
from reliance on ail arm of flesh, to rely upon the
Eternal God. The Lt gishituro ordered the print- ,
ing of 25,000 copies for distribution, and we think j
did right.
Southern Education.
We cannot too strongly urge upon our citizens
lllW ausmuu: necessity ui sunidiiiiiig uinui.iuui ui |
Southern enterprise and independence. To all ;
southerners we would sav, educate your rhildreii j
at home?we mean at the South?at institutions
where no Northern influence is at work to underuiiiio
and destroy the southern feelings and principles
of the rifting generation. We arc satisfied i
that the South has sustained immense injury by
the fictitious belief that Northern goods were hut-1
ter, that Northern educations were more polished J
and finished than Southern. These are all no- !
lions which it is necessary we should get rid of, j
if we ever expect to maintain an independent po- j
sition towards that portion ot tho Union which ,
seems determined to oppress and destroy us?not j
regarding us as equals, hut inferiors, ff we w ere j
inferiors, then indeed would our condition be hope- j
less, then might wn w ith propriety go to the .North j
for our models and every tiling else?but we
km/to that in no point of view whatever, are we inferior
to the North. Why is it that our people act
so very inconsistent with their interests by educating
their children abroad, when they caft be better
educated at home? We have no reason to believe
that those persons educated abroad are more
intelligent, refined, more highly cultivated, or better
suited to the callings and professions of lift*
than thoso who have graduated at Colleges of
our own. Perhaps those men who are eminent
in their professions, and have risen to the proudest
eminence, and occupy exalted and honorable
positions in our midst, who wero educated or graduated
at Northern Colleges, would have risen
still higher, and attained the very acme of fame, if
they had been educated entirely at home. There
is no certain rule by which we may determine
this, but the inference is just, that they might enjoy
as many advantages in the one case, as in the
other. It is idle talk now to say that a Northern
education is prelsrcblc to a Southern. If pjbp!..
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f must tend abroad, why let them erwl ty Europe,
j That would be something worlh tniking about.? '
We heard an individual once, not a thousand
* miles irom here, say, that he ccuidn't lie unrated
! to attend the Lecture.0 of the d/cdicul College of
Soutfi Carolina at C jtrleston?an.! wherefore bej
cause he preferred going to Philadelphia or New
York v\ here gteater au vantages might be derived,
by his qsKOciaiit .gr. we t.tij pose he meant, with a
greater number of eminent tueu in tilt medical
i profetbioii. Our piivafe opinion of ihi.sgeutletxiau
is, that it makes but little difference with him
where he graduates, a.-, he need never hope to excel
our own Sani'l Henry Dickson in the practice
; ol medicine, lor in the first plat e the prerequisite*
j are necessary, and in the second place, for a
j southern man with southern affinities to pref-r a
| northern college now when iust as eood nt 'v be
I had at homo, he don't deserve success in anything
i lie undertakes. We have no patience u ith sucliindiriduals.
It is a matter of inexpressible deli: h: to us, trr
I see that in some measure lite charm is not wmas
great as it once was: the spell is evid> niiy breken?"
and we hope the day is not far distant when a
thorough %nd effectual system of non-interccuivt?
iir'fTns particular.least, shall be measurably'
adopted bv the southern Slates. Let (he Soutff
1 tal-.c its cause into its own hands. Educate at
i inane, and in this be dependent no longer upon
i those who by a long train of usurpations and
[ abuses evince a settled determination to reduceunder
absolute despotism." I.et the commence- f
merit he at the beginning, lay the foundation ihr
the prosperity and perpetuity of our institutions,
I in the education and training of the rising gener|
alion?then may we hope to see them worthy ot*
! their noble heritage. In every branch of educa.
lion we are abundantly blessed at this day in the
South. It is only necessary in order to render
these institutions superior to those at thi North,
that they should be patrcni/ed. We hope the
claims of all may be regarded?the primary
schools for the preparation of students for College
are abundant and worthy, the claims then of south*
ern Education we earnestly hope may not te disregards
d.
The Int" Snow storm, which has visited us, is
J sai.l to have been about the heaviest tall within
liiti recollection of the ''oiliest inhabitant,?m
J si me places above this, we learn the snow wa? v
j some nine or ten incites deep. s. f
Congress. '
The proccedincs of Congress, since tfie com- c|
mencp ticnt of the present session, have pgssess- ,5
ed so little interest, that we have thought it Dime-' g
cossary to copy them. The holidays bein^over a
however, we suppose tliat body wiil gp to^work. fj
We shall keep our readers duly advioid pf its *
j proceedings:
i 2-iV'*^*e 'p"ri1 ,roui Courier, that His Ex- J
j cellency Governor .Means leit Charleston, on Sati
unlay last, alter a Uriel' visit on official business.
; The British Consular. .Mat hew and lady enter- "
i tain- (I the GovernoivWjo .Marquis de Lalayelte, ''
and a small circle of' at a dinner given on 1
| New Venr's day, at the f^J?rle*ton Uote!.
Arrest of a Robbar. i
| We learn hyp* telegraphic despatch from Macon, j
] that II. B. KirnUroujjh, \vh04bud lately been a tern- |
porary clerk in tlie Post Offce at Culumbuff, had |
I been arrested on a chart:o cf stealing $6,000 j
i winch was mailed at Chcraw in Nove inber last? 9
Kimbroiigh confessed the crime, and delivered fl
up j,j:3?J of the money. |
- ? j
i ??r inc journal. i
Office ('. R. R. Co.. jf
j Camden, Jan ~d, 1851. )
I Messr* K Vrnrn: From n statement in your
paper of the 31 at lilt., I perceive you have been
; at a loss to find out who is chargeable for the
[ mismanagement at the Depot, in regard to the
breaking up of lluggies, Carriages, ?Vc., caused
-ouie davs aco by some person having thrown
a bunch of crackers into the fire, which had
been built 0:1 the street by negroes or some
other persons, waiting the arrival of the cars. !
Von have attempted to saddle the blame 011 the
officers, or watchman of the company. I do
not undertake to say, who is chargeable with |
tin? mischief, but refer the matter back tojou
lor reconsideration. I would however remark, M
that the mischief was done on the public street,
iu front of the passenger Depot, and, that I do ^
not consider the officers, or watchman, of the j
Company as having any control over persons
on the streets of Camden. "Justice to whom
justice is due." N. D. I3AXLEY.
lor the Journal.
The State of South Carolina lias assumed a
high responsibility. She has committed herself
to lead in the redress of Southern wrongs'
and perhaps to (lash single handed Into the bat- .
tie field. She has opened her Treasury for a
...ilit.irv nrorviriilinn tn hnek fli? liitrh?st rocnlvo
of a Convention of her people. Whether this
libeial oiler, the means to uutrammel her lights
and restore her to her high estate, sir. II be applied
to effect, or be uselessly and oven ridiculously
expended, depends upon the decree of
the sovereign people acting in their highest Assembly,
and what this assembly shall do, depends
upon the mind, the intelligence and the
will that the people themselves shall throw into
that body by the election in February next.
The State has assumed n high responsibility,
because she is required to execute, in works,
that w hich requires great ies? of mind and the
greatest boldness of spirit combined with a su- .^B
pe:ior degree of political intelligence.' -4H
Before she shall nut loose fron^-the Fed^^.J
Government, the manner of ^toing which, J
tlie highest skill, may be a subject for the exl||^|
ciso of much judgment aidlcng discDMMmlHj
government must be framed competentHMttij "B
age her foreign affairs not only
abi cad, but with die neighboring Ml
may be, for a time, foreigtfto be&B
not of separatiotr shaH be dedqrj^^Bfcipl^^H
governmental machinery
transact our businos* not only at hOTM.'but*
with other nations?not a vessel t en leave V
p'):ts for a foreign country without a con^^H