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C THE JACKSON VENTION. We have received a op of,1ie Alfississip. ian of thq &dUnst yhi i ns th& pro ceedinga of tiM 'li onvotion, whtiht bni'da o en #b inist. We hav> nto-day eAresolu lions, whicls tie found below.-Cot. 'el. 1. Resolved,'That institution of slave ry in the Southern States Is" left, by the con stitution, exclusively under control of the States in 4hich it exists, as a part of their do niestic polio lwhich they, and they only, have the right to regulate, abolish or perpetuate, as they aruy severally judge expedient; and that all attempts on thepartof Congress or others, to interforo with this subject, either directly or indirectly are in violation of the constitu tion, dangerous to the rights and safety of the South, and ought to be promptly resisted. 2. That Congress has no power to pass any law abolishing slavery in the District of Co lumbia, or to prohibit thu slave trade between the several, States or to prohibit the introduc tion of slavery into the territories of the Uni ted States; and that the passage by Congress of any such law would not only be a danger ous violation of the Constitution, but would afford evidence of a fixed and deliberate de sign on the part of that body, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States. 3. That we would regard the passage by Congress of the Wilmot Proviso (which would in erfect deprive the citizens of the slave-hold ing States of an equal partici patioi in the territories acquired mainly by their blood and treasure)'as an insulting discrimination-to which these States cannot, without political degradation, submit; and to which this Conven tion, representing the feelings and opinions of the people of Mississi1pi, solemnily declare they will not suhtnit. 4. That the passage of the Wilmot Proviso, -or of any law abolishing slavery in the Dis trict of Columbia, by the Congress of the United States, would of itself be such a breach -of the federal compact as, in that event, will rmake it the dutv, as it is the right of the slave-hokling States, to take care of ther own safety, and to treat the non-slavehonlding States as enemies to the slaveholding States and their domestic institutions. 5. That the legislatu re is hereby requested to pass such laws as may, in their opinion, be .best calculated toencourage the emigration of ,citizens of the slave holding States, with slaves, to the new territories of the United ;States. 6. That in view of the frequent and increa -sing evidence of the determination of the peo -ple of non-slaveholding States to disregard the guaranties of the constitution, and to ag itate the subject of slavery, both in and out -of-Congress, avowedly for the purpose of el ,fectng its abolition in the States; and, also, in view of the facts set forth in the late "Ad dress of the Southern Members of Congress," this Convention proclaimnr the delilbente con viction that the time has arrived when the Southern States should take cou:nsel togeth er for their common safety; and that a con vention of the slaveholding States should be held at , on next, to devise and adopt some mode of resistance to these ag gressions; and that this Conventen do appoint twelve delegates and twolve alternates-be ing double the number of our Senators and Representatives in Congress-to attend such convention, and that the other slaveholding States be instructed to appoint delegates agreeably to the same ratio of representation. 7. That in the language of an eminent Northern writer and patriot-"The rights of the South in African service, exists not only umder but orer the Constitution. They ex isted before the government was frmed. The constitution was rather sanctioned by them than they by the Constitution. Und not that instrunment admitted the sovereignty of those rights, it never wvould have beeni itself admitted by thre South. It bowed in defer ence to rights older in their (late, stronger in their claimts and holier in their nature than any other which the Constitution can boast. 'Those rights may not be changed, even by a change of the Constitution. They are out of the r'eachm of the nation, as a n'ation. The confederacy may dissolve and the Constitu - tion pass away, but those rights will remain unshaken--will exist while t he South exists and wvhen they fall, the South will p~erisht with them." 8. That to procure unity and promnptness of action in this State, this Convention reconm. -mends that a central or St ate associatonm lie formed at the capita!, and athihiated coun mty as sociations within the iseveral counties of' the State. e 9. That we recommend to the legislature of this State, that at its next session a law be enacted making it the ditty oft thme gov'ernor of the State bty proclanmation, to call a general Convention of the State, and to issue a rits of election based upon the ratio of representation in the State legislation, upon the piassage by Congress of thie "Wahilnot Proviso," or .,ty law prohibiting slavery ini the District oft Co lumtbia, or prohibiting the slave trade between the States. 10. 'Tlit a committee of - lie cho sen by the Conventien to pirepare an address to the people of the slave-holding States. ParucnTrmnt OUrIarO--Tinp afN MfUR. -Du~irn-150o 31'EN "onTt1Eti ANti(rF:rERING l1rE rzAmer..-In the flatesville (Ark.) iLagle, ofi Septt. 13, we findii, says a lemine ais er, the~ mutnbjoiied paragraphilS, co minuniiicaitoItg, in no ,v'ery initelligibale te'rmsi the news. i of a poputlar .distur bance in h arion countyv, Arkansas. *lIecenmtly, a negro was hungmm by ,yimch law in Tryville, Arkains~s. Ie de('..erved hi fate imprluest ionably; hit thei preceden imti wa a batd one. e strp~m.ae thmis new s!v't of spe.hd justioe has lbeen aidopt edl itn lanion cui, svithout an amuple' excuse or an (eiiesitely popumlar support; an:d hence this lawle. ss ouit rhrealr, thus noticed in mthe Date'svilie l'agle: Threemuen were kailed a few day s sinee 21 men enigaged in thme turst miutrder. 'aind ore hundred and fifty with the Sherifl' at the r head have fortified themselves, and g ivenm out thme news that they wi.ill die, before they will he taken. Trhe constable with otte hun. dreid men wonf. to take them, butt ne. t urned being defied on the 6hth instant lie was to go onl thto 7tht-fromt a(Cottnts t htere will be bloody work attendaing the anlir. 'These iteme were gleaned from a letter writ ten. by a truithful mnin, in Yelhville, and may be depended on. Independence county is ini readliness, to a man, to lend her helping han rd; but wo advise our citizens, as also those engagedl, to usme the utmost caution in taking steps to quell the disturbance. Gorso BAc.-Traiin's packet shipJ Wash.. lngton Irviuig, for ILiverpoolI, was towed to seai this forenom. Shte carriws ou:t friomi I150 to 200 passengers (returniig Irishi ) One of the nmnber, who attmptedl to leavie his cred - Itors in the lurch was arresinl by an ofliceir and hi to a . ...-Lno-to Trc-n-r wa given to the Grand u~ry the General Whitner, at IA0 AM. on yete}d , andWis refound a "tide bill" He isbhirbd in the indictment under the oct of 1820, w th "bringing into and circulating Within the State of South Carolina certain papers calcu lated to disturb the peace of said State." [7 Stat. p. 450.] Considerable interest was manifested by a large audience in anticipation of the approach of the case, but thdrn was by no means trat degree of excitement which a stranger might naturally have inferred from the circumstances attending the previous his tory of the case; and I am satisfied from a minuto observation, and repeated inquiries of those best qualified to judge correctly, that the citizens of Spartanburg are determined that John M. Barrett shall receive that which every defendant in a Court of Sessions is en titled to according to the whole spirit of our laws, a fair, patient, and impartial hearing and trial. The case was called to-day (Thurs. day) at 4 1-2 P. M., when the Solicitor roove ed a continuance on the part of the State for the purpose of procuring certain testimony, which he had not succeeded in doing as yet, and the importance of which had been but recently developed. It was stated by the Solicitor that he desired a speedy termination of the case, both as an individual and as a Lnwoflicer of the State. le had desired the trial to bo brought on during the 1 resent term, but as recent investigations had convinced him that there was evidence which he believ ed could be procured before next term, and which might or would prove of material imn portance, lie felt, constrained to move a con tinuance, anl leave the proposition at the discretion of the Court. Simpson Bobo, Esq, Counsel for the De fendant, in reference to the maot;on expressed his concurence in the desire manifested by the Solicitor for a speedy trial, and stated that in thojustice to the Defendant lie could only consent to a continnance on conditions that he himself had been exposed to persona' inconveniences from his lp'sition as Counsel, and that the imprisonment of the defendant has already affected his health. and could not be extended much longer without a fatal re sult. The case was accordingly continued on tha following terms, 1st. 'T hat defend ant be admitted to bail on entering into re cognizance of $1000, with good security in like stun (for which amount as'you are aware lie has now a certificate of deposit;) and 2d. That lie be permitted (in conjunction with the Solicitor) to examine by regular cominis ion all persons residing beyond the limits of the State, whose testiaony might be desired by either party. The case has thus been disposed of for the present term, and all who know the pri vato ch:aracter and professional standing of the Solicitor (as many of your readers do) must be satisfied at once that the rights of the State, and the claims of public justice have been, and will still be, promptly and faithfully vindicated, while justice compels us to add that the Defondant's Counsel has discharged tine delicate yet necessary trust which lie had undertaken. with strict regard to his duty as a citizen and an Attorney of the State of South Carolina. It is to be regarded, perhaps on some accounts that the matter could not have been tinlly disposed of at this term; but I see no reason to be dissatisfied at the order taken, which may lead to still further disclosures of great importance to the State perh:ps, and which can lead to no unnecessa ry deprivation of the defend ant's liberty. In one matter it is to be hopied that the Counsel for defendant was sonmewhiat imistaken, in in timnatinlg as he did thathle had been subjected to personal imputations of a reproachfu' char acter for having undertaken the defence of this case-if so, it must have beeni to a very limited extent; for. I think I kniow too well the feelings of Carolinians, and the high esti muation in whuich they hold the sacred duties of Counsel as intimately connected with the pure and unsuspected administration of jus tice, to, believe that such could have been the case to any general ex:ent. I shoumld state, as part of the history of the case, that defendant's CXonsel ajphed also for pernnisiion to exaniionme by commission persons residling wvithini I le State, hut in other andl distunt districts. This, however, was prompt ly anid very proper!y refuised by the Court. C. IlonnJRn.E DE~raAv'lTV AND ESCAPE of THEP Vrt.Aiss.--in the month of October, 1818~ the vault of the Van Rteissehaer fammily was entered at midnight by sonie sacrilegions wretches, the collins wvere biroken openi and the silver plates forcibly wrenched front thiem. 'l'he ghonls t hen proceedled to rob the bodies of every articre at value, savs the Knicker - bocker, cruelly nmtihating tihem to obtain the rings &c. Alter having compilleted their hor rnble work, they lef t thle vault, andu notwit h.. starndmg the most urnremnitting search, no clue could be obtained by the police of themij. A short tane smnee one of their nunber, proba.. lbly apprehendingt danger or coniscience smnit ten, turned state's evidence, and exposed the names of his associates in crime, but they got wind of it and made their escape fromn the city. It is t .ie iaod thact who the.y can coolly at midm ghit, m:uitifate the c'oi pes oft the deaall focrht nleofaa few small trinkets, will be brengh to pr mid speedy justice at the hands ot the onitragedl law.--A/any A:la.z J3EN'roX AT IloMiE.--Fromn thee ullcns fu: we condena.'sei.t t h" following fac t., as s h'. .hg the priospects of BENTiN at the latest . Nnety pw inient i memibers of thle last Log. :s laturea, fruai d thr-rent so,' tons of lhe State, lhave. avowed thlemiselve op'en ly against him. O ) the .hundges, niumberinag t weanty in tall, smxteen have cominui tted thlenmselvea ;aga iast Iu:NTorI, and not ('ne as yet hazs prioiionneed for haim. Of the Conigre'ss oaa:h deegation, three ae deadly13 againmst him---hi cal league aind twoc Rleprest-nitativ.es. On~e lIeprresntatiave lhas espoatisedm his causew, iad two are as yet on the Uf the h)emioaratic press, ten papiers are against hain,, six for him aa-i two neutral. A great majority of thle couiinity ameetiaags w.hiich have been held have gone againist himi, decisively. TIhus stands the case at presentt, in view of whic h thle Meta'ropolitain ihinks there'"s nol'ros pect of II:NTOaN obiniing a maijornty m aniy one county. "So mote it be."--Coil. 'Tel. 'JTiE R ATr.ttn RwtbTEn.-- Thais japer 'ompilhetedl its fiftieth year oni lie 3rd of this mioithl. It was esatalilshed in I30 bt.ly li G ranatather of the piresent Edlitor, (wh'o was l''rher to thle senaior Edlito~r of t he Nat ionl I Inatelblgotncer,) and duaring all that tanie it has prospered m the utifaltqfing support of Reo puubbicani princleIs, -MA TER MBANNER: iterville. 0 4 WEiNES AY, OCTOBER 1, 1849. I-.E eqal), Jun.; bitor. TRAVELLING AGENT. 117Rev. FRErDEMfCK i Rus, is a travelling Agent for this paper, and is authorized to re elve subscriptiuns and receipt for toe sate. AGENTS FOR THE BANNERI. Messrs. WRITE, & Co. Sunterville, S. C. T. W. PEGUEs, Esq., Camden, S. C. Cotton. Ch7arles8ton.-Prices from 9 1.2 to 11 cents per pound. I7T The REV. E. CATER will deliver a Lecture on Geology at the Bradford Sprirgs on Saturday the 20th inst at 11 A. M. The public are invited to attend. ACKNOw.EDE1tENT.--Our thanks are duo our Representative the Hlon. Jos, A. WooD ARD, for a neetly bound Cbpy of the Congres sional Gloe an Appendix, conta ining sketches of Debates and lPrecedings of the 2d session of the 30th Congress. The Penitentiary Quction. The sutbjct of modltfviag our criminal laws and Cstalnhitg . a pitcn1itarv ins for stie time occpttlied the atten: oi if th.- itltabitanat of this state aril we arc p il to ci. rve that a t1 ~sositiun t:ists to conform to the e. tablished and stcessutl practice of other states, both on the store of policy and hmman ity. The Penitentiary system is one of hene volence, heneficial to the convict and advan tageous to the state. Many crimes go un punished from an unwillingness to be severe in our penalties, and some are punished by death, and by castigation, which, if we had a state prison or penitentiary, would, by a pun ishment at hard labor for a term of years, meet the ends and objects of justice, withiut the necessity of shedding human blood or the exhibition, debasing and denoralising indeed, at the whipping-post. The prevention of crime is the legitimate object of punislunent, and that system which secures the greatest amount of prevention, is the best ail most desirable, and that which is practically most defective should be avoided or at once abol ished. If we look at our penal statutes we shall tind many of them tnnecessarily harsh, and severe, if not disreputable to the hamane character of a state; whipping and branding belong to the feudal ages, not to tie present enlightened times. The punishtnent of death should only be inflicted for murder, insurrec. tion, slave-stealng and aron in the 1st de gree--all other crimes should be punished by imprisoutnent at haid ab'r for periods corres ponding with the nagnitude of the ofnices. With a penitentiary that greatest of all our evils, slave-trading woul receive its udeath blow, for where at preent, thle tradler is mere ly finted and consigne:l to the l)istrict Jail for a termt of umniis with nothaing to occupy his time, he would be kept. at hard antd iudiscri miateC labor, which would, we trust, stifb~ this hydra-heade-d monte~tr. In establishing a l'entiftetiry we yiel to pubil ic (iiotn here anti e'sewhIere, which public will is law, and is the t rue theory of our govertnment, nothing, however, is easier t hian mohiyin.t (dir croni nal laws shtonhd we ;nlopit th l'I eniiten~:tiarv systemi. Se'veralI southern~ st atesa followed our criminal (or rather the old Englis) p'rac tice for many years, of hanLuging, wipping atnd brandming, which puntishmitetn covered all dlenoiinations of crime. Vi~1rgi nia anad Mlary land took the lead in abioliehintg the system~ and establishiing h'nitenitlaries, cit her So u'.h crn and WVestern states followed lie exnmti and have hadl no cautse to regret the adoption of a tmore hautmane mo'de of prevent on andi~ punishmiont of crimne. Surely :it enilihtened1 State like Sooth Carolinta ought not to be li;t mn the great mnarch of salutary reform. Let. us, for a monment , hts k to the ope rat ont of thle systema ini oither Smtates. It is possible that mianty of ottr .statesmren tm a L' entertained opinionts that s'.ate pretis or pentiteti aries wouhtl lbe a contstant bill of cos to te state, to avoid which promnpt and severe punishments for criies wotl be pre ferable. Th' sy- t em, no donht, at fi]rst wais 'leetive, hu! snehi hck teen tht. Uniproteie-; i o im t li' thiu laastrn ad Woi;m or :*., I.* I. I i'.. t si te of N'ew York 'b re pr ione hai b, a chiarge. to thec stafte, it hI en a ' rer~'tai ted to have or i.ntedl tom toaniaatniiemet. and' extravagantce, exibliting~ a oital want of sys. tem. lIn i'etntsylvania thet r;sin a :e~ pa id tteir own expenises atnd thmeir syIstiins aire ad tmirahhe. lI thi ( 'h~intin &tate prin N. Y., convyiets work the irota ine, ;and in the road~s ('anmtnot convyict labor I.e -th aintaIgfolishy alp. plied to workmlg oulr gri'nt <p10 alt1 i.s, and petfect ing the roitd passinig thou.h swaps atnt over streamns! We Ihall i n thle oirgahtiza tion of I'eniitenitiaries int~ o hetenit of all the expuerienee ot other stat es, we cain hose ntin i e(xperitttents, but ivery thIintg will be pir:itecal anid avahleb. It is triue t ihat we habior ilude sotte intconii en c ce itn telat tion to thne dhispiositiott of crimtiinal sh tes, and the adopt in ot a scenr e plani to tmake teir labor pay their expenises, but itn this~ we have also the experiencen of other slaive-st:ites as outr guieh, whutever has, beeni su''eesfuhly pac tisedI lhere i~ll alkio bei pliicable ti tts. Thics is ai sub'ject of grreat muttrest andi u.pr tattce to thie staite anol one to whichI we miay frequietly rote r. Itt order to approaich thluis subject. seeurely, umtorneingh and... ben. cially fot !e statedthe Legislature, at 4 ensuing session sigtild apppint two able, .I tolligent,' pactidal men skiqgri to examipe th6;Peniten t .tu1 state pri s9,ns in thoSouthern and. ostd4f States, the other the tamo irthe Nprthern and Eastern section of the Union and to prepare a *vitteai report on the subject embracing every detail of interest and furnishing the Governor with copies for printing and cireulationhelore the meeting of tio following' 1e(slatuare The failure of iltugary. A calm and deliberate review of the whole Hungarian campaign and an anabsis of the .characters of its leaders, adduced fron :their recent actions, make the hkey-stone of its failure plain-a total want of unity among its master spirits and a wafnt of actual indepond. ence of spirit among the masses. The people clung to the skirts of their leaders, and par. tizanship oversteppeJ .the legitimate object of their strife and they foil, overwhelming the true and the false in one vast abyss. The rcvalution took its origin in an attempt to pro serve llungary from the clutches of the Aus trian lion. Kossuru, BE:, and GEORGY, led the people on in the cause, Kossuth, aware of the feasibility of the formation of a Republic seized this occasion as ripe, for the emancipa tion of the Ilungarian people from the feudal vas.-adge, that bonilage of caste, prejudice and ignorance, scarcely inferior to the yoke of ur. rtal trranny, wrlhi l:l l them uenchained, and to dleciar:e a Republbcan form of governmnent, hi ; inig a-; a bsis siilar to our orwn, freedom of speech, throu -ht and action. But, alas for Hungary, son' of their leaders, although wil. ling to repel foreign aggression, were still loyal to the usages and mandates of royalty, the aristocratic blood which flowed through their viens could not brook the idea of univer sal freedom, and in consequence they were induced to lay down their arms and influence their armies to follow suit, in order as Georgy himself observcs, "to save unnecessary effu sion of blood in attempting the establishment of a formn of government repugnant to their feelngs." The cry was that Kossuth was ambitious to reform the nation, on the ruin of its ancient rights and prerogatives; that he sought to erase the Hungary of old, and raise in its stead a New Hungary, with, new politics, new religion, and a new creed, found ready listeners, and the disunion in :eadership and in the ranks swelled rapidly. until the prom ising fabric of I lungarimn independence, was, by Georgy's surrender, dashed to the dust. It was unfortunate for Hungary that the war wai one for nationality instead of freedom, had their armies first ralhed under that broad ban ner, had their leaders resolved on victory or death in the cause had their sluggish Ger man blood become once heated all Europe, would have failed to subdue them, but intern al jealousies, strifes and bickering among the leaders for power. rirette:d the chains of the Ilungarians. To Kosth was euntrusted the power to act as he pleased, they were willing to follow his mandiates, he w~as actually the "Sutpremne Dictator of Ilumngary. Free him self fromt all selfish thonghits and having as the idol of his heart thne Freedom of his native land, lie had implicit belief in thme patriotism of Georgy. I lim he invested with the chief taincy of the forces, in full and implheit faith of his adherance and devotion to the cause Georeyr proved false to his trust. Ihad he had honor enough to haver dleclared his oppo sition to the cause of freednm,, had he had sp,:rit enough to have said he w~as willing to lead their forces to battle against Austrian ag gresmdon, but would decaino any further par. ticipantion in his scelme for a Rlepublic, Kos sutth would no!. hnre placed hms reliance on thim. Loo0k at his actionc-he united wvith Kossuith in the war holding in reserve his imic1rahical tenencies until ho had acquired a position to dictate to, and br.eak the power of Kessuth, with the army and consequen"tly with the peoplle, he throw oiy disguise and pro claimed himself a mnonarchisa, thirewv himself on the mercy of Austria, of which he was well assured previous to the step, and betray ed his people. On him,, and him solely rests the shame of thne fall of Hungary. I)h:Alocn.rrIc UNION IN Ncw Yonx.-The Union ofn the I wo wrings of the Northern Dem oeratic l1drty in New York has been consurn imatel Iby thn niominatsont of so-ne Free-Soil. ers on Ite lIegular I) iiocratic TickLet. .:w.:h 1n ba;; adp-l wich i e;,ch w.ng ke'eps up a G -; (ilnniinne to regulate' thir at. i'rJ* Th' tihe ticket will succeed an:d be er-at.io by an on; hehniing mnaua, us Free-S wr oni .h" :1 ee will act as a lop to s tha r ou.t-*cry. The co nol idationm tic ket ho, attruck~ di ismay into thle whig ranks and they are hwe~ing hmope daily. The State and city of Newr York in the hands of thne Demno (cr..t w i ensuire a Dem~ouratic Admuinistra tion for the inext te'rm. TIhie great gain the p:.r y lies miadeo throumghout lie U~nion douring Ihe hime election will tfo some length, to heal lhe anti-slave~'ry div isions oft the party and we hope yet to see the great Deomocratic party .ata id i united oni one 1p1atform. Odr T1heo l'rcsidlent is again to visit New York,accomipaniied by Mr. ,ecretary P'reston. \Vhiat's in the winid now Il Does ho expect hat hi~s presence will stimnilate the rank and lieo of the Whlig party to extra exertiomts and so carry the state, or is merely brought for. wvard by the ofnce-seeking-wi.re-pu~hers to fac Iil.tante t heir planus for thie future ! There nm unimdounbtedily u-ome lhie ojmect. It is rumon.:id lie v .aits New York ini order to con salt thea connumiercial c'oimnnanity on the feas ability of a war with France. Time alone ~an disclose. .,i . " a .., 310 T 'dloouaf, a ci traveller a it corrno igg to l;y. Ccn'to lisod every!t 'q the 5urcoof th: river Nile, mentioit his D scovered near them a tribe oi nbdaNnegcenjled Ohilanes, wh6'h4vN a prolongation ftfhe vertebral column, amounting to a.tal frgm tytee to five inches long. The tribe utiinbers about 40,000, and mnembers of it are slaves in the city of Mecca. Their height is from four to five feet; their bodies lean and weak; their arms long and slim; their cheeks projecting; their foreheads low and receding, their ears long and deform ed; their eyes small, black, and constantly twinkling; their noses large and flat; their. mouths wide, with sharp, strong, and dazzling white teeth; their lips full and thick, and-their hair curly and short. They afford a rich theme for the discussion of naturalists' and Abolitionists, for in them we have the connec ting link between the Baboon, Orangotang, and Monkey with the negroes of Africa. The formation of their heads have alwaye'assimi lated, hands, nose, ars etc., also, but now we have the last connecting link, the tail, which, perhaps, has only been left off by some on account of being out of fashion. Wonderful are the discoveries of Science, and the old heathen doctrine that, ADAS was a monkey may yet be elucidated and established. Who knows. GT There is a report rife at the North that Air. CAr.nouN intends resigning his seat In the S:nate, which undoubtedly eminates from the Free-soilcrs, as it woulc1 be preposterous to belicye that, after so lengthy an nadvocacy of the rights of the South, that its chmpion would desert them, and that too, on the evo of a prolonged and desperate campaign, per haps disastrous to the best interests of our country. EMIGRATION-The arrivals at the New York Quarantine Ground, from the 2d of April to the 1st October, were, one hundred and sixty-!hrcc thousand, one hundred and ninety three passengers; being and average of eight hundred and ninety-six per day; being an in. crease of near 35,000 over the same number of days last year. At this rate America can almost depopulate. Ireland and the Germa nec States from whence the greater portion of the emigrants cone. [FOR TIE nANNF.R.1 COTTON PICKING. i. EDITOR :-I had an Acre of Cot ton I thought No. 1, O. K. And, to try thr siniple experimet, said to n 16-vear. old boy "Here is a twist of tobacco, l-ts see how sooit you can pick over the Acre." Tee ksult was as follows: 1st day 224 lbs., 2d day 222 lbs., 3d day 218 lbs., Total 604 lbs. His breakffast and dinner were cooked and sent to him. lie only picked from sun to sun. We say Mr. Cotton Picker, excel it if you can; it will only cost you the tobacco and the trouble of wveighting; and shiould you prove a litile smartcr thn we w'ero' on tha t occasion, let us sknow, through the colums of the Banner, who you are; and when we mcet at Philippi we will treat to a bottle of good old Madeira and if that is to pungent for y-our taste. we will try you on ginger Pop, incorporate.d with 'a little ice or soda. LOBLOLLY HIlLL. September 25th, 1849. T1he! communication signed "Loblolly [Jill" was very unexpecte~dly crowded out of our last weeks Paper. No COUr A-r L A CENS.-We were sorry to learn that JTudge O-NEA..t was prcvented from holding a Cdurt at Lauh rens thii week by the sovere illness oft Mrs. O'NeaLt, who was taken sick at Mrtanburg, hut wve arc gratified to learn that Mrs. O'NCALtLr has so far recovere-i as to be able to qtart on her way homne. ward, and that in till prTobabilily there will be no hiiidraaeo to the Judge' at tendanitce at A b~beville. [ Green Cille Mou* ntain eer. AFFECTING INCIDENT On Friday last, a scene was witnessed in our Court room, of rare occurrence in the anrnals of our crimninal judicaturo. T'reo Fatha ers, with tuo ons each, wore arraigned at the Br-, immediately after other-all being charged with ca-pitat Felonies. They will h~e tried dlurmg thie presenlt week. Other !.piial cases still remaiin upon the Sessions Dachet.-E.dgeLeld. Adeuliser. BEAT TurIs.--G. M. BLocxFn, Esg, a high ly.respee.table young planter in our D.strict, ifoiams us, that, during present year, on one acre of land in a twenty-eight acre fiel, he gathored 80 bushels of corn, and that from the twevny-eighlt acres lie measumredl 1000 bushels. Why should our citizans desire to emigrate, when, by proper culture, our hlans can be made to yield so abundantly !-lbid. TilE STATE OF IDESrER.-Trhis is thme name of a new State--that is to be--of the A merican Union. The Mormons of the Salt Lake have organized a State Governmnt, adopted a Constitntion, and will apply next session for admisson into the Union. More sensible than other fanatics, they have leit slavery alone, and do0 not design to amention oi. ther Wihmnot or Is Proviso. The Logisla.. turo, on the 3d of March, elected Ahnon WV Babbitt a delegate and ropresentative in Con gress.--Cot. Car. SIsnUafta OrTUAnIv.-..TheO followving sin. guilar onituary notice appears in the Athens (Gi.) Messenger; "lie was the father ofeleven sans--ive of the sons hmang, mai~rried live sisters. 11: had also one b u'i.~redl and eighty-nino great grand chibiire'i; and at his tuneral, two wieeksi ag last Sabbtathi, two horses were stang to doeith by hees, and ainother camneat oighslf by the same." ena oii i i~ learrn that dgarn of a X ed t Oy h a r ' tjtv - e mi y najfat i r frafltiOs too oftbhflat d believe,-was a native reareg bya fgtte Jathei% where he latily spent somi~tjt -itii ai He was in the 3bth yea got g g .Sun. At the nlection on .Monday qTd Puss, day last, Major' B. F. Pew x;was duly eleczt'd a'menber of the: Llauro to fill the place of EnDantI ME EARLE, de. ceaset. . hiere was a very. small. SQCe. Major P. receiving -mostly al--a few scattering votes were given.-lbid. Jati. llfnNT.-The Mholiilo Register informs its that the:Jail of Jaeknon-coun ty, .Mississippi, was (iestroyed bytfire ort the night -of the 30th tit., atimnded by one.circurmstance of a most painful char acter. A runaway negro was confined in one of the cells. Mr. DAIYrs, the Jui... lor, made several vain. aitenaso ach the cell-door. An effort was d to break the iron bars ofthe w thb coil; but this, also, 'dae fur4 imp ble; and the agonized speciat compelled to leave the poor nOtp fate. He soon expired. uttering t4Ii~nEr heart-rending cries; and his re 8 wer = entirely consumed by the flumes . FATAL STEAt DOJLEIt 'EmLOSIo.-The boiler of the engine of one of the downward freight trains on the Georgia Railroad, while ascending the up grade just. below Balair yes. terday afternoon, exploded. cirfyinig away the dome part of the boiler, acid so zeriously inju ring the engineer, Richard T, Allen, one of the most experienced and -cautious euineers on the road, that he died aboit 7. o'c76ek.A The two firemen on the engina Cktrn- - injured. This is the first accident'of te kind that has ever occured on the Road.- =tgus. la Chronicle and Sentinel. 12th ilis. , INTERESTING FRO3M CALUoinxrA.-WVe take great pleasure iri announcing the safe arriv al in the land of gold, of the party of young men which left here in February, tnder :tho lead of Mr. John Cripps. Letters have beern received from several of the party. .iving the particulars of the alventtures and trials by the way, of which they had'a full share. lint they all arrived safe'y,-the greater part be ing at the date of the letterd, in Los Angeles' anl the rest havinr gone North to S-n Fran cisco. They were about six months on the w1v-six months in the wildernes., the prai. rie, the uninhabited 'mountains, the parched desert--divorsified only- by various aorta of. dangers and privationq, and not one of the-: all accustomed even to the least severe of the trains that beset everyday of their narch. It is a signal proof that few thin!s are impos-. able to youth, hope and' courage.-Char. Mer. O_'aitasary: DIED--O.1 the 8th inst., near th[s placo Mr.. Miserv G. Battner-r, contirt of Mr. Wan. G. Barrett in thne 45thayear;of her ago. Annual Fair of the Soptii Caroliian Tustituce, For the P'romotin of -Iris. Mechanical lnge niuity and Industry.' tL~i The FlIRST ANNUtAL F.UlI orf the abore Institute willit-a heiti int Charl-stona. r amne meoucing otn'I tcsoDsv 2thhl November next, antd contmnue cpent during the we,:k. Spe.Ctcimns of ART I, INt'ENUITY, ME CIIANI(AL.,Sh'llannd JIDU'TRVof ev ery description,, is sult-ed nor the - labib-ion, from all the South'r t sttes, aud Ptt-MIUMS wilt be awarded to limose peencgiing the io.. spe. etmene. As this is the first eilbrt niadie in the South ern Sistes to adt-vance the Mecharnic Arts, ty means of an Ananal Fair simil~r to these thatt htave proved so bene'icial to the Northern Mechatnics, the Board of M nwrs earnest IV soicit the co-operion of a' whto feel un irt tteet ini tihe prospterity ot thz South, anJ apa pcal to every Mech1anuic, Manufneturer, and all persons entgaged in puran itofskill :mnd in dustry of whtatevar dlescriptioni, toi send some speentnen to this Exhibittion, at] tht-y hope thfat every district in tis X:nte andl of oi~r maiter States w d1) be represecntedI at th2 Fair. All these whot inter"d sc~!,:tg article--: for. exhibiti, will pleoase~ ?;v not ice to (. M. H AlTCHI, Chnair:oeny (C'.ormittee of Arrange-,~ mnents, at as etrly a day a-s potbile,,ndt cvery Specien sent ~will be carafully attendedl to. and returned after the Exhtibitio:. WM. GR EGG, Presidet.L * WVM. K [IK WOOt p', 1st Vice President. WVM. M. LAWVTON, e2d Vice President. )E. C. .JONES, Srcretary. 11. S. Gti( GG, Tireas:rotr pa. temt. lillir.CTotl S. Josepth Walker. |C. D). Ca~rr. J. HI. Tay!or- I F. J. P'orche'r. W.G . Deatussuire. | C. Vt. tich-ardson. L. M. 1I.tch. | Wmn. Lcbb y Octt 6-5 tf -Notice, The citiaus of Upper, M31 iareL~ er Slmare invited to Attende a n etn at WVells' C'ross Roals con THIII$A\J th% Q5:h inistant, to at. ont the r~eomnmenidatitii ot the Coinmnittee ot Satfery for Enator D trt, to raise anid ermttiit acorps of Cavalry purepared for asctive sorvicet and! to wnetNy emerg-'ncy yi hich, under existing circu;mstaen tces, may- art-se. Puife- spe' hi. will i edclivercJ by Ilev 'I1TO. Ri. lMNG~L~I anI o'ters. J1. 1D. ASH1MoimK, - * J. W. STUCCk-Y7 Ocet. 10th 1810. 51l Capnt. J. B. N. 1JAMMETT is atuthnrnied to act a Attorney for the~ Securitieuoi thne Rev.. Jos me Morttan in M'Pptsing of the 8;cck of Shoes~ &ce, of TPAn-T~rt.--.undaIr th:- ats:.u ment; as also thae obtg clue thne .cid Tn. TP. 3. COGH-LAN fnn Securitt3 Oct. 10 , 51 -