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PIti1g,*pondence of the Soutl imn Lit ' ,;erary Gatette. New rk rl: a u"aeki t. T ho'great tttraatlon which New York nov ag dg visitor, are the spirit t4akocngs Rchoster. ladies, who ;occupy at JBarnutn's, late the i toward et o readily; assented to - he propositien o(. .g i d9nnected with so1 fit> (lJ Iy res o'r tr ' ect s to theme idikingtiA 'phod la)f accordinirly we p~'air otrWith himntw -hotel. We were own into a privateparlou '; which were ready nesetabled. ore of per nt, upon whee vawts an evi . dent expression of interest and curiosity.. Upon the entrance of the "ladies," we found them to-be- very interesting iersns, three sisters, the eld'est married, and the others apparently eighteen and sixteen years of age respectively. Their app'ear ance indicated great intelligence, and we could not help fancying, in that of M rs. Fish, a mixture of humour and shrewdness, both very great antd evidently subjected to -'the controul of a strong purpose. The ladies now seated themselves upon a sofa, in front of which stood a long oval maiog any table.., Connected wit lh the party were -two ytmg 'inh, one the door-keeper and the other a sort of general usher. The nothet of the ladies was also present, and while her face beamed with interest in the scene,. it certainly betraved no contcious ness of any organized deception. . Among the visitors, we noticed the cole brated clairroyaun, Mr. Andre\v Jackson Davis, whose "Prudential Rlevelations;" -and other hooks of mtysteries, have won for h'in no stall degree of -fame. hi e hias a tie,.Justrous eye" anId is exceedingly vcoin nuhiiichtivci'hen'interested. - The visitors were invited to draw their chJairsarond the table' anid awvait thn'-Mh ani fciestations of the Spirits." . ''h'se were de liyed same live minutes, ducriig wvh ieh a general silence prevailed, and Citri: ity sat Ler impress on every face. ''he t wo tirls whispered Iplayhti!v to each other. and .\rs. Fish sat ilent at! apparently unc inharmas sed. At length a distinct rapping weas heard up1on tie table, and iunnrnldiately t wc or three stooped to look beneath the cloth which nv cretd it, but their investigaltio nst wort not re var:h-dl withi alny lisc'overy! We ntoticeil a faint hut somwhant arch smile uipon the face of Mrs. Fish wihile the votingecr sist'rs look ed at each otlefitd langhed-. Onti' ofthegpaty now bemsl tOqulestlon the "spirits,'' their consent toiold coioiunia tionwith hini havin;g been iitdicate'd ly tlhreec distinct rapcs upon the table. Of conr.-e as the only moodo of repaly vodchsafed by the spirtnil strntigtr. wis that of rippinig, all- lustiCions hwel it b 1pro oposed in a forma admitting of direct answers. either aflirmative or negative, the former hby thren knocks and the latter by two. '1'Tie ,irst qptestioner was a man of at least fA years, a fin', grave-looking p'rsonntlge, go asked "the spirits" -a name applied by all to the knockers f'or want of a better - -arious questions touching a deceased reha tite, to which, after some little con fusion of ideas and interpretation, he obtained correct repliergndseemed to be deeply imatpresseld with the result of his inquiries. To the - next, party soliciting commniticatin, the " 'opi4g refused a reply, also to the next, but ni-- d o' ng pressed, promised to answer at an htlmer time. A bustling little min now pi push 'l foryard, and asked in loud tones, "Will ' y~ a mtynghitic to m questioTs'" i fid theri _ "op~ ~ ~ e'tt end igi l ne. Th'le it1041st evidently wish to be supsed no ctii ai afyected a most blufl'mn careless, tne; bat we coul nti help remnarking as hei' rovedi'tc hisi first questin m~yset f1' . l ' j.. . .iiked, b-aucce unin to~cigible, that liegoned eagerly forward. attd putting li ininth closo to the table', dle -inandedl in very loud tone:; and slowi words; '-Does the spirit nmn to answer m! V"out need not talk so, loud, Sir," saidl .Mrs. iFishi.] T1hie spirit rapped again. anid again tho visitor asked, "fhlow long has may lathaer hoodfdeadt" No reply, lbut a remark fromt thle young man in attendance, "Ask it to rap ie inumbetr of years.'" ie dId so, acid eight distinict knocks upon the table were heard, up~on which the querist looked up) in great surprize andic said to eager quelstionts, "Rtight." Several queries now folhlowedi. to which aniswers wvere "knocked,"' withI miore or less precisiont, hut not withot conif'sioni toid -misapprehension," as the ladies te'rmead it. After a whiilet it camne to onr turn to qipses ion thes iniib~tlo orarle, andc' we w,:re t;an n' ite iin gettingL an audcieiic't: atice. We ni on I otte onver.sationh prix:i-ely c., it occur-C * ,~''Is tlhe party' of wihetit we arce thmiringc~ now living?" "Tlap, tap, tapi.'' (Ves.) "W~ill the spirits; reveal the pilce i h-re 'Tap, tap, tap.' (Yes~) We then wrote on a slip of paper 'cveral nitnoS of cities, aridc point tig witlO ur Ienc il to) etach in order, etnquired, '-is it tii. 1 oil toiield'ng thu tiaiine oft lha-lhti~c, Itr-a kniocks weore distincily giveni. O ur it-xt (1ptestioni was-, "Is the party of' whom wie are thiingc ci relation oft ot-r i'liap, tap." (No.) "iN the party a comuitetionci of our? Upon heinig asckedl to indcica'tc e i coittec. tion; -thio reply was-a wife. We then misk * ud 'ort our reidenice, atid the . reply was Charuleston tand to a iither quegtion, it we~c had biecat thtere in then presenit motth, thretea raps wer~e giv'en. [We heft hom rn m on d- t dhay of Jumne.| W Vconfessic2! to acht ~ liue urpi at the freedom wiith whicht we were mmvewirid anid at length we as-kedl it -'i th pi rim / were-i' not weary of convei'cr~ttg wvith us, when-t a liond negative was rappiled ouit. Maciy other quceries wore then proposed to thu cocmuni uicativye st raingcrs, soitme ofr thr foeittr thto-c -who coul thiemelves get nio reply. Tio atl veo obtained pirompjt aniicwe'rs, and whaI'VIt is nim~ore, correct oneLs, atid whiein we rea':sed, ''the Spirits'' indicated a wish to contverse w>iitl u~s hereafter! WVhther we aire in-. delited for tis mark of lavoucr to) any pcr cm liar appearaneci of credulity. cor whet hier itey tcok at lhaciy ton us, we cainnoit telh. WVe ertainly reisolvedh to visit. thetm agauin, ade ternmnation hitherto unfamlihl. The removal of' the ladies to another' pa~rt oh the rooma, trainsferredh thle knockings to thec winsii-cotting, t he f loor, at-mt contiguaous tablec. Tihyy wiere subhsequenthy heard ini twoc or that mo places ait otnce; andu the hidies inmtonrned ins thmat wvhen this occurred, convecr-,atiui could nuot be nmatishictorily carried otn! (Our spade forbids ns toc record maany haughablehc incidenits that toiok place, soch aims awvkward *questions andh indinite anstwers, cons.iastcing of koncr-proctractedh rapipings. Tlhiere wvert' -~~ also pa'Ipabele misitakes muile byth "sirits" Sprobablyariintg from intattcntion, posibly'c - fromn we,ld'uiias on their pcart! Duaring nratrly two hours we watehced narraowly andt critically to discv'er tlce sonree'c o~f' thme knocikings-, or tol fitd -somei c-hi cto thtit mosat uniparalledh deceptfion, butt wec chlems i wais till ini vaini. We' havc tico lto:mncur of doubat thact it i& a dlec'ptioni, h-'ceait-e we' can - nrot belittv tio be tlfimatu/l i. Thk'Luc rather Wgeinoiu#, though it is hird to doubt their softly-spoken wordis and their urtloss ttitnor. It is certidnly a curious spectacle to wit nos raltv incir1, divines, professors, editors, and ot aers; nil absorbed in these nysterious "knockings," and suggesting as ite mot reasonablo explanation oC them, a magnetic origin! ft is worthy o( remark, that the "spirits" refuse to reveal future events, or to- be con cerned in any rovelations of a mercenary ctiritcter, except tilt of receiving one dol. lar fron each visitor who records his ime upon their "spirit book!'' Mfrs. FIis-h and her pretty sisters will grow rich, we presnlne, adl for our part, if they catn succeed in liunbugging the "doc tors" s a rllnleesly tas tierhy aire now doinig, we don't .see why they iuld not! We do not know what is "behiu tIle eurtain" in this strange athtir, hut we are firmly prstaledl, n'evertheless, that when the cnrti rises----as it rise it Munst-a very simple and natural apparatus will lie re vealed s; the rause of these ",spiritual Inockings." "l 'sanwhile we are content to recoid ourselves auuiong the jlzzled mu. titude. From Ite fruoton Trnvelleir, June I1. Prof. Agasusiz on tie Origian of tn E IIutlanant Race. Prof. Agiiit 'delivered a lecture on this sunbject, on Tthursday evening, before the Young en's .\ssociation of the Lawrence Scieintitic School in Cambridge, which was -ime:::lal by a large audieienc of ladies and gentlemten. A- w imnderstood lie did not wish hise lecture reportet, we shall atteiipt i more than a brief analysis. Ie om - imeileeld by otservinl' that anl inciteital re mark whhichi he h.nI mad ai particular occasion had ben co01inneted upon exteni sicly, and trought out tie discussion of a ani in whtich it was iot Ihis object to en. ter into. lIis object was, oni that Iccatsio n, to speak of the utnity of the iuman race simply as a itistiilu of N:ttiral tl:.ttery. tlit hit reiinart had called forth disensiuis of tlt a<pie-5uton nith i'ferciiie of religion anit pott ira! co: hitoi. Tlit tlpestion, how iian wias created, was cntirely distinct from relii'oni-at MUM:re ;pion oft N-n.nral { I:iwtorty, and as; -tich, . itil;n iph'r, lie eli -e" l tilt righit to dt:- s it. l lat. ie wisied it distinct lv undes, id tthat lie took; ino 44,uiiidh in o1ppo.'ition to the tlosaai re cord, in the 10k of G.'iies;:s. We h:ve no re!ercwe, tie :tail, in that aiccun'i, to any p:itof thi w lti thiat was unkthnowii to ;ths ateienits. 11. also disclaiine.d all idea~ ofc"nnnectin!.Z this puiestinl with slan-ery, ur'threpelitical cutnd~it of tio ?African race. The un'ty of tIei hnlan rae: aail the di %er.ity of their orie.rin, he sail, were two distiint tieStiolns. II" artcnotwledgel ithe unlity of ilciiikin , hit thi.s Llnity coulti (.X ist it ertect cosiistency 'n iti this divers:ty of their orip;it. There was another question, also, in volved in this inpiry: "1Io all intwn -u long to un'e spcices, or are there dtiercnt species of iton!" lit. diversity of origizn, tie said, did not involve either the untity or pluralit y of species. Ie .vent at contidera ble length into an explanation of tie siuh ject of species, is understood in natural history, to prove this assertion. 'J'The questin also involved the liituits within which organized beings are inodti lied by circumstances and condition; and there were sorsie ascert.ainiedfaqt, ho ',j d, hiiicoul4be used anta, 'ngu the subject. Skelotons had 0ii d id {n Egypt, which hladi been buried forthousauids if yea rs, andu wittb th;e. mT. rtf$gigi WAi~.,-i~ilInts'. wtehi had been pilanuted aid hatd grownl Itit thiese muiummi-s and biase lanuts coirrespaoia~ed exaictly to cer. .4n1 othier planits and other hu'i~nanl bein low to be foumnde in ve ry di librent c ircin ~tanices. T'here appeared to be at regutl ar dani, by wInch oirgamszed beiings, hothI daintlsu an :niimals, ne are d~st ribunted mier the eartht, whecrehv the samtie plants, an d hie saitue ailnials,were constantly tonid in eritai gegrphca ps t.' Thia ihisdtorical races. Amti thesec geograpihiea t posit ions were almiost eiitirety withoutd reference to) ctliinate. lie raun ever a sp~ecification of the iiler 'it variet ies of ccrtain aniintats anit of lie i imain race, wichid were fotondi consantsly n certa in localhties and po sitiounst from shiich lie dhrewv the coirii onia that I ihse~ .nrieties couba 1len t ie been produlcedl by tie mnodfyinig infienre utf cimiat a' andic-r ti hedlireit tsaiues aliiith Il'anatal v;|t at ra'euthir pili-h--hii'ot. that th Vre icreate.t in mlasse', in. the' per-:no1 i i I 11iav ar,,tin;ilty (at-elijned. ,Ail' rt ithet.r ts blearmgui oi t h iin, luz .' ' hit t he ti.n wi ': s s!n ayt. ;s:.d i h r.a 'itl nti havei gone by iim:gration, .nd si ilei, thaere werel etatin vii trwtes v.ial iih hait wereia~ tnly' tfinia m the nlake with na i'.. 4iAnd it wvas :a remai~rkabile tiat. Ihait hie :aorigines all :Amerien, wvith ;all it . 9a -ietyV( oi lihmati, blongleda~ to ane shnd the Itf111en1 origiated fria I(c-moon ren er, alnd were ihtfi-eidu oen the earthh thr >resenit ciomtijat1)n 5 it ti a(bee prhuiredita ead it been so, thuera wonhal atuve tbeeni iorae silarity between thise which iutait i iuilar inriliuls of ttiw narith. lI Iaw only a rnri aatru ' cot lo tilt -et ,(ti itt ~~i ltO il it Ut-' utiat ttuoe edci a'h ..ii tl,0't ilw, -ieu :, .unee- , aft r ar;uh~at. Vr.o ae onn tnin cenjtir aat tirit the~ non-hari .e et iial rate on11 ii 1r~ hi eenl er-itn'hi1 han placihes timyir' l r-nped ttii t~ -it tiw. oi'i a ain i-:-ured b.:;tai :niitiuo , wa'vri tm lti t :rc i danchI e waiul-it lhy .\an e ;an li u it. us btd flti heelsutte~,ta h r!i o hes rdesigni olf d ibiIl t o ti .\los~n1 ist. ord Cor with anyl\iw r l l', m the piit ii-i Inl-al ,ucmbion oifth Ne Meec, both oft he pimpresisii'il uor treeinhdtir-u thei litre ia' tiit howiver thse Ivl-itws whou I tid'Ie 'i.nr ti S- i than ritua ''I lh, here istno CXriiger that~ \ lt i th-ithnntolL 0 eiv pno nti sbet emdfo ti wholo vet.'. Nparly. every mat Ji willmng'r to 0 jldis gut and do nd the rights of"'T4s at- 13 ann n's mnouth. Wo:tfladerstand thaf, Gov rnu or IeI ha.mnado.o peremptory do td on the U. S. Governor fbr the rgh. of our State, aid shcjukl this have no ot, ho will doubtles. irerh with volur eer' forces, and take th'at portion of cous ry, which, of right, belongs to us. The Galveston News, says: We- can otnIy say, that we are glad the truo issue has been at lust prese ted to our citizens ; who can now, de ido whether they are ready to meet hat issue alnl defeId their rights at all inz. ards; or whether they will lamely j4ve up their rights, in view of thu stipetior povwer against which we shall have to contend, in order to maintain them. The Galveston Journal, in refure.sco to thie proclninution, says: We forbear commen't until a furtuer development of facts. It looks, though, wonderfully like a part of the systen- of tactics that has beer adopted to exort frot Texas a sale and surrender of that territory. Til 8 ER BANNER. Sumterville, So. Ca. WElDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1850. .1. "i. (,;. Eiclrardsoia, Editor. \tes-,rs. A. Wa'rtr: & Co., are Aents fur the humer in Sutainterville. ItE E.1OVA L. TIhe oilicer Il the NUM~wr::n laxe hasE 1 bleen removte d to the now bnilingr (npstairm) tilne 1ihi r north of A. J. & 1'. Mh ses' store Tite ala1:rket. (t_ U1"'< IN.---The Iransctions in C'harles titn on atit turday la-it were cornlineil to soei 800 Iae-. at 13.1u ner prices. The sales were Itt extrcie., rnnging froi 11 to 1,2 3-8 t'ilts. We are reginested to state that Mr. Jn t WV. -reesr has been pi1 t intcd to take the (len au of lhi list rt, 'To the I lin. .. o. \ otuw.t:n, we are indebted for several C ongressinual I)oc u ieutLts, ail to the lion. Jolns MlQ tos. for a copy of his able tnd itetre.stinig speech on the shuilnion of C:alifotrnia. The Amiti-Hfiik 1'arty. Iy the Anti-Bank party, we nuderstand not those who mrely tmay not fitvor a re t:arter etf the RTank, or who reserve their opini pt qu.i e11 that t tstion, but thoso who are not only against a re-chimrter, but are also in fi-or of piling the Bank in itnmcdiatQ li. tnidttion. ''ho friends of the flank fiyvenot applied for a re-charter. Its present citar ti will not cxpir until 18.56, and we preau: Navliat n br h oilttet e:et t ne.al. T1'he <pitestion then, which the anti- hlankh party hias brought before the peo ie of ti. State is Rnot upon re-c'hatrteringf~ the iimk, but upon I hysidating it-not uponm giving it a tnew lease fur aother term, but npn i1caiinRg lit titd cancelling its presett lease. We dlo tnt consider the tmaking of thIis q ite'~lion of liepuidation, as very imi por taint to) thoie whlo arie opst3OCl to the Ilank, atid we in eh regret t hat it hatus been madeitL at atimnie whlen on r nationatl ailltirsi ex.hiiit sO ail.irmibig an1 aispect, mid1( call for auicl an imI. ity S of ~ sentnet andI tfeeling arniotg rour seh-e.'. hlait the ijle'stionl hais been nmde, ati as It is cert July onel of vitil imiportanice to the Iih. it nmal.t be miet by its friemds; for edunnibi the aititack sieeud. lie Bapnk- is at ani (eidi l'oreveyr ; thouigh. idiotid it fail, it tadt intenid t ti tion., :mdi we dto niot loo ~~th-u w-i a :y tin w heri' eaf u ter (hint that pl'ui dihnin ofi~ iiliti' uetion.l iieHot we' uptheiiVin sionv~dy of ign aion. there o -hoi ng iC i~l' lhj ii t o Vilthtiel s ins tn tin, ..les Cd iRS! t i.- i dnents. i i The llti i. no i ale R. ted atvn to dfei itselft (iml an- atck.'VI its sppoen audeadmil that554' i It he chnii hetv c\one it pihta efesi proaiion. t ti need not ,.Ihil doi so, the poiioni~ oif the' parties wilt bei a~ vers.ed. It will thun he ihie actoer. and thi* hoi.' ing~ will haiv. toi bie on~ its piart. lint neriindedi byv dlhunienijii ahit'. will toit (a o%(f '(TenspetaerC4. 'i' folhlin ttl , (hie, were c eiil. Il la -'.ttl S e i r;: i. W .I. hr t' qrri' r. . . : .!. . Wt-i . '~. .\.W Anow I'ost-ofiico has been established .atPakaville in tisle District. HI. Klysu., Postmaster. I4TdAr r Dacrsiox.-.-John Norris, of Boon county;. Ky., recovered a judgment of 02,800 ogapst Newlan, Crocker and otherts, last week; in the U. S. Circuit Court, at Indfanapolis, Ia., for slavcs which they had forcibly stolen from Norris at South Bond Ia. Norris had followed his runaway slaves to tiat place, and recovered them, when a few 'philanthropic' thieves took thnr from hin by force. The costs of the suit are about 82000, which added to $2800, mnakes A 1800. Coil gressios 3a . On the 20th tilt., the credentials of the Inu. Ht. W. BANWELI.. were presented and, he was qualified and took his seat. On tie sano day " Mr. SOUL E " says the corres pondent of the Charleston Courier "off'et ed a substitute for that part of the adjust mnust bill which provides for the admission of California. lie proposes. in substance, that California be aduintted, upon tihe pro clanation of the President, as soon as she shall, by an ordinance, adopt as her South - ern boundary, the Missouri line of 36dg. 80:nin. north latitude, and also secure. to the United States, the sole right to-the primary disposal of the soil. The revenue, collected by the United States nn Califor nia, he restores to her and ie provides for the paynent of her Sena-.ors and lepnre sentatives elect. The part of California, south of the line :tidg. 3(hunin., lie proploses to form into a teirritorv, to be called South California, with the sinne provi. ions for its governmnent as that of Utah, and with the further provision that, when it forms a State Constitution, it nay conie into the Union as a free ur slave State, as the peo ple of the territory tuay choose. Tlhs is a'utbstintially his propo;itioL. 'The gencr al remarks with which Mr. Suanle opened hi:s spee<h, were very cloginent aii very just.. Ti a argurneint, as far as he pruceedI ed in it, yesterday, was directed to one ob. ject--to shrew that the whole or nearly the whole public domnain of Cahifornia-with gold bearing lands of a value equsal to the amotrmt of the aggregate debts of every na tion in the world-would pass to California as soon as she is admitted as a State, by the passage of the bill before the Seinate. lie argued tha t California had vot, by her Constitution, protected the United States in the right to the soil, and that, in a certain ordinance sent here subsequently to the presentationn ofthe Constitution, and the printed copies of whicb essentially varied froin the original t orls, which had been altered by soni utnknown hand, it was pronised that, after rese ving eleven hun. dred thousand acres for ti. purposes of sclool., the vacant and unocennpied lands should be relinnuished to the United Sates, There woul not be nuch lantd lett vacant and unoccupied, Mr. S. said, in a country where thcre were now tu'enty thousand ag. riculturists antd a huntlredl anti fifty thou. nnd gold diggers. lie wont into arg'uments and statemntns to show that it was necessary, in order to show that Cali fornia was not a party to the bill, andu would not lie hound by its provisions, annd that it "sary, in 9tder to reserve thne , >~tCalifounia asovergi State." ' - On theo 20th Mr, SOL'L. resttimed and con-. ci uded his reninarks on thne annnondlnenntr, of-. fered by hm to thec Comnpnroile Hill. ()n ilhe 27th " M r. Iti~u w::.r. ro.e" says the corresplondent of thne liniiint're Stin 'ani e'xpressedl rone reluctannce to engnnge in de. bate, imivi ng~ lonig bee on(ttct of pra~ctico in pmblic nasseiniblies, aind feelinng under ennair rassmnicnt in stieceedimng so ditimngunied a Se'nator ii- hnis predecessor. It was inia sibile for nity onte atssociating wiithn thnat be-n tor (Mr. Canlnotnn) to avoid thne influtentce of his opinnionis in inanny respoewts. Ili psition asm to thne M issounr1 Cotntprotnnse was, hec prc sntned, thne sainne sa s own. le clatinned for nine othd eglnality of r'ighnt . To thnair intel lecltual and inoral excellenceL lie nnighit njppenl ris beintg such a., wavmrrantted tnn, exelin sin of themin fiomi a participationt in the con: mnon privileges oft adl thne States. "i ie wenit Otn to recite the rniseries whichn the South luud etilired fr .in thet Nor: In-r'n people--not fanniet'., hat e'lebnrated and inn t''tini int'n-na.-ihe'r' nof~ Cnr .Tin-iiti a ~ thnis di.':ne, so' dely'in rio'tedt. lI ac.nrguedi' that slaven wire pro perty, and ha In~d bee'n ehlaimed an, suc.h by utive'rnnt'i---re fe'rnnn, ito "'in of.l r. I'*!:n' statde pape'rs. lI Iw' 'it not 'io w'iil arg~iuinted'a ith the cun'n;t hii -tory of tIm' que:n.tio'n as othaers we'ire. hint lie woutld re~view thne groindns tat. kent byv thne Nor in ont thle territorial q pse.,inns andl see, what night theny ha:ive' to say that in a ny~ tirnuiry it' the' Uned Stantes, its wiell nit any otheir species ofC proprty. " lie dbeclared, in cnhiio~n, tInait thne Soil ih wotidi asseunt to, th inMllis..i0nri ('11n proiinise. mis a reco gntion of the rauialt rights if the Siouth, liut th"Y wonill de'tniinl thati SonthI of the lint", slanviery shnoiuld be. protect "r Sir l.tWtNwF'E.n." says din Sonthern Il'ress "' the. new Senatoir" frout Suith (.'aro uina, was uelnji lp byMr Fn rrr:'" ex po'i t itn if thet '.in''iws' of' bi'shpred-en'o~nr, attn Idne thai d is poi~iitonand tint of t.w Sounth wiith egtna zeal anu d lojpnn-. .\lIr. itiiinweln is a wiry unmpres.ive. annl ndig:nilint speak--r ich-tr anmul counci', in hnis .,nlenitnt of facet.s, logicalI in his, ieai.niane'-:nnl try ndecidedu in it 'hixpre int ni fIs oplinin. ~li'o tookih ftu.: oten aiim nd mot' expren ed tin an jpt thei \Ii -'nr i ul'nmlronti e'. Fr'ini thei ( 'urun-'upounent of thm' ('hls-t'' h tin ('uitr we~ nmhe, t het fli9n . e:act: W.\Milll\;T')N JIlTNl. 27. Initellig' ate wian 'iest'nlar rece'ivnl her,' tliht (f''I. .\linon,i, thi' Militaryv (i'ernor of Neiw !lexico , hand, in cnfornnity with die or de'r tain tine Waur Deanrt menit of Nov. 17. 18 19. nli'd a ('u nve.ntn for thne puiirpmo ofl forminin a State ( 'uiistilttionn, atnd byx anonthier dispatchii it wa is inmade kniowin tat tshe I"in ve'tin h:iul umet and couple~dated' thir work. byv aidptinig a I inistituitiont proibliting slav ery. Althoughi'l that lhad blen m franinim timeit exp~ec'tedi. it pnroduced'i smne sensation :nnnniwr nwmbeiniirt. in then Southnerni De,'nnwr'atic n aink'. .r. l''oite tnllk-red ai resoiilitiiniof imiiry, ini thne Senten, andi promnnneed tine tnovem.-i'nt a high~l-handned'i nnmsure of ai'sumpnltin-nnn ant tn'mp~t to' ttle' by thne 'iwnni Ia quesition wihnich wias. now thle ;ubject of dibheraitint int ti body. As thne resolution wais likely to gziivo rise to a diebate thamt wonhl inte rf'irie with thne Adjuist nmeunt h ill, it wats upermted to lie over. TheInappl~icantiotn for thue alhnission of N'ewii Mlexico, ann a Slae, will lie here in a monthl. We htad a rmnt r h:.'me, vetnilanv, that Txi mihnI luised. 2(tn mi .i to a c'erI heri an-i thoriv in New \l''.w'n. Th'is' wi i riiled hev a .lOnhi.h rmmt Mr. ('unn .... S. m.... an Agent at Banta F aattls t ajor Neighbotri would return in J Mi 6om as, with a large military force, and proceo4 to establish tie- jurisdtion of Texas. Calhoun correctly advis s. thdtthegd 'gverd: tmett should intorfere.and sottle fhof, ques: tion in an amicable manner. The subject was yesterdiay beC'r6 the Cabinot. An.additional force ;of' six hut, dreottroops have be'b ordered from several anilitary depots to till the comipnies now in New Mexico. It is thought that the urgency of this mat ter will expedite action by Congross upon the Senate adjustnot, for it is seen thIat there is no way to avoid a collision between Texas and New-Mexico but by a compro mise similar to flint proposed in the Sensato sclhem e. ''he United Slates Govermnsent si now pledged to take a part in favor of New Mexico, anul to hold possession of the terri tory in dispute, till the question is decided by cosnpotent authority. Texas Bouudary. Judge BUTLER of this State, in a late debate in the Senate thus briefly stated his views upon the merits of this question : 'Mr. Butler. On a forner occasion, I expressed an opinion thaTexas was bound ed by the Nueces, but since the tertaina tion of the war I take a different view of her title. As I underta'nd it, Texas proper was a State, and she acqpaired her independence by revolution, which was co-extensive with her state boundaries. She assumed, how ever, to havo done more. After she had acquired her title by revolution, shte also contensled that she acquired other rights by conuiest beyond those limits. Now, Ith part of the country which she clains to have acquired lies between the N ucces and tlh Itio Gkrande, and this t.overnment has acknowlegded that her title to that terrio ry was good, for it was in rotnse~tnctee of the invasion of that diisputed territory by the Alexicass that the war was conmmenresi. The territory of whicl I speak did snot esabrace ast portiot of New .ulexico. But 1Texas also assumed, by the decIaration of a solemn legislativc act, that she had ac. isired not only the countrv lying betwees the Nueces and the Rio Grande, but that she had also acquired to forty-second par allel of latitude cast of tha Rio Grande, or that portion of the land which is now claitm ed to be ils New Mexico. Sir, if we had not gone to war, and it had not been a fair subject of negotiation between thne United States amid Miuxico, 'Texas herself could have mnade good her claims by the sword. But instead of Texas maktng g oad hier claim by the sword, what dtid the United Wjtates do! Their took nmpi themiestns the quarrel. Var was the arbiter, and it vas nut a mtere tres-pass to try title; fur when we resort to war we undertale to snake igoud every acre which we claim, andI having assuned that position, we cannot turn round after (having becn the a'ly of Texas, and now be her adversary, and act ny this c'ains against her. I mIstist regard her title to the extent of her clain. It was potentially good before, and we have, inale. it good by war. The sword has de cided that mcatter. and I canniot therefore, entertain a doubt upon tihe subject. Sit far as regards this botutdary, I grant that Tex as in c :njunction wish the United Ststts, inight appoint a cotnttissioner to lay it ont; but so lung as she conteits it, we Isave not a right to interfere. When we take th; sword nut. of her handa, we must a Chtarlestons CoredltEAat t 30, we taike the followissg extracts, to whicht we atdd the r'emasrks of the Editors of' the (:iuarie'r thercont. Tut:5.v5xNoLs CIIAsiI.--Tlable Rick, at Niagara Falls, fell to-day, with a tremenci dous crash. A carriagoeconstainsing' six persoins, were ptassmg over at the ti~ne. Thtose in the carriage escaspeud--the carri age itself west, over withs the rock. D)s. WE13sTElt ANti PAfl;K 5ANJ. Dr. Webster hsas written a letter to the Governsor of Matssachusietts, ini which heo confeises the kiling or Dr. l'arkmn, but that thse act w~as not witht a stnurderonss itn tt, stnd prays for a cfommsutations of pusn [The items of intelligentce respectinig the falhnsg or the T1able Rock, ansd thse confes-. sions ot D r. WVebsiter will hwev at starthnssi etli-et. lThe tirst we are ahlsiost inclitwdoi so bllievte a hoiax, nlot on accounst oft te imi pirobabtity f thi' e ore Urance, hsaiit that Sit is assi r ated with thes statemsenst thast s he inidi vid uas ill thle ciarrinagt were satedtt, when' the vehicle fell wviththe Ra ock..--/d. Co~urier. Tl's s N er-rT I sox Won rs -The 1sI metto State hlanisor otf thse 25th Issit , sayvs: " We ma ide rstanssd fromsits 'untihed antt hoari ty thait the Neshhit Irons Works were dix. poiseda of at Chairlestons, lis Fridayt lass,' to a Swtedishs Cotsspansy, lit termss W cic will msore thans satisly the delis 4:e to thle lhhink of the State, withs all intec..st anid expenises thereons." Frosm sthe Nashtville~ I'sions. Time Soutit Cauroliman Deiegsa tiosa. WVe can sca rcely saty whlat we wish to say of the consdusct of theo Sosith Carolisna delegates to thse conventtion withioust re wsjhhng thtemu that the' cit i:-.ess of theoir state are soetme sO htel nt as hngbhe-rs to irighsten ttiid sout hern poilit tiius wih. T'hwy k now how earnmatly it hais beent chairgod, by wayv if repjroachI, thlat lhe "Smuth (arolinta dlisunsi'osts woisu controil the conventiosn, ands edi ne. hope~s, pardonis us tor ans express in of thSe grit i it On we i~ al reeing~ these, unputsIiont so cilheti,. ully dispeolled liy their actiosn. They' lave hve te al d :lIsown, in less lihan t wo wveeks. Tlhiey do rbned stking th~ it la.ol in the pro tte-~ tbilitiy t sa Istate andos cstee ly \in tilltht Sl~iti ,,ioss scusatn uliatnhl lbE sneh~ as toi enabtlh- ,south t'arozli. na to~ follw the bead of other :t at es. here was less of a Ehta4positions son their pairt to ctttrol and lindl fault thIant on thte part oft an sy o ter tdele;;ations, ansd Eitnite atisitmneh of a di'apoisitionl to conlciliatte andi ha~rmionl. ize. Thhey havte esntirely revoilutionized iEth oinjion hsere wvhicht stuspected thsesm ot In klewarmunsess tol thIe Uinto, andl have won oldEnt iionils from1 aill choses for thteir utate, their cauise, andh thteseItes. Time Rev. .fasper .1Edamsl. WVe have bteens retmEindted recen tly sof theii clais upons the attentions of thsem who dii ret't thme pubhlei ednesaatonim, of a wvork hiy thle late l'resisdent of theo Chasrlestoin College, lie Rev. D r. Adlamts. We allude to his "Elements of Moral lhilosoaphsy." The ansthsor was a schoalla r, a deepi thIisnker. asnd amn excellenit moan. Ilslil hppens~ it t hat a wvoik, einbhoratedl tvith msneh care hsv sneh-I as sitn, hit bseen al lowed~a to ll Iinitoseg 0ee ' Wean see EbuV it onet reasoni. IbI views' ot slaverys dres.: sipn hiis welk 1n and of course secure{ ent xcusione il , and' wde gent all our class hoks fraln tti regunitf ls not alr at the.Pheidsophyf Wrwoan~ith ist, In out achuol's, i toudtof a Work w)~e. viiidicat&s our citizens. Itis tirnewe loo. d Intothis matter. Th(, Toachers' U - venition, 50011 tosseinle attCohIunbia, tf aflbrd a good opportpeity, and anmong the subjects worthy their attention, wo com mend this one of the introduction of Dr. Adans's loral Philoso.hy as a class book. Mercury, [-rot the N.Y' Con. Adv. June '24.] From Californaia. ARRI VA L OF TIl CIt ESCEN'l' CITY. The U. S. mail stean ship Crescent City, Captain Stoddard, arrived at luarentiie at hull. mlbt 12 o'clock this tnorning, and at her tlock at U o'clock. She brings one hundred and fifty six passengers, in whose hands, the officers of the vetsel report, are about $25-0,00- in gold dust. By this arrival we have advices from San Francisco to the 15th May, being fit teen days later than our prev'ous iitelli. gence. (RICAT FIRE0 A' SAN FRANCISCO. A most destructive tire took place at San Francisco on the miording of the 4th May. All extra Alta California, issued on th, lay of the conflagration, furnishes the follo'ug part iculars: About 4 o'clock this morning the ain m of fire was given in Portsamouth Squir , an:l flaelCs were seen issuing rin .he bluiling kinowi as the United s-te-ut - chan.fre .jr:torc iamy -persois hiad cotlk fed the cot ire buildtig was c ivulope tlaiiUes, which co m mnunicated "ilt l - 11ing-hI ke raily to'ii the I'honix Exch.6 toward Wa;shilgb:in street, and to the it, pire llousC upon the Clav street sdel. \lari and confuson pervaded all .sId, andl dl the tl' rta wl:clh coiud be us' 'i o chey k the t tiwes, were utterly fruiue The scene was aniuated beyond Cxpr riun, and hinedreds were seen, hurryini and tro endleavoring to clear their store-r t, goods, and c< nt: e tl.n to La place of safe ty. The tilnes spread acroms t u.-iiiti .at reet and caugiit the bold ing upon the u positte corner, uand also the S. A. Wright. Ilall. What little assistantce could be of fered toward checkig the llames was of no a.nil, aml the ILge lltkt, of burning lma lerials, itch were wafted by the breeze al full tutpon ti: surro.1 ninug building!s, rendered their destructior, itvitabIe. The entire block between Kearney. Clay, W\anltgttIon and .0lntgon:ery streets, was entirely der-tr'yel, with the exceptilmi ut DuboW:'s banin rg house, amt; Burgo~yne & Co.'s. 'PThe hooks, rnonev, anid v auable papers in abnoist all tihe iie:cutilc hou:C1e welC s we.i. i'p-:> the Nor; i .-ide :" \Was!iing t''n-.treet nearly all the builditgs v.crc cumbiiIteI to blontgomery, inchidug tu I l the1 large brick buiiding oci'Jel ai the Nat.on l 'Theatre. 'Tasking a backward cour..e, the fhume., spread across WVashing itoi-streiii muldteri.;d the Bielta Unita, I bley ! lus:, \1 ashington llall, fit. Charles liotel, Ala CaItornia printing es tablishment, Frazer's building, and all the ediics up as far cos 1)upait st., ;wPeep,:;ig tIhroughI to Va.lcdic, 1ud going twlst. a gain to the lower corter. 'I'f:e lss of property is very brcat, vari, ,valsy estimatc'aL from t hree oo e nail lions f/dultars. A icoon as it w., renaer enaled through Oth kindnt.I mn iii1 and an'ipaimtanices, whlo promtptly caime to our aIssistantce, 1(o succeed 1, saving a con sidlerable portion of our mlaterial amnd our pres, ahboughi much41 damtagedl froml lire. Th'le iuildolgs both frontL and rear were eni tirely' consum Ied. -Upon the sotnhl sidet o1 Clav st. all the stores were badly scorched and'11 eritously damlagnd, but n'erc saved froml destruction by the~ arduous exertions of the citizenus and property holders, who threw water upont tihe scorchaing frotnts, and kept the roots covered with wet blank. ets. One or tw engines also did good service m: that sectiont. T1here is no doubt whlatever that thia lire was the act of incenldiaries, and we are happy to hlear tlhat there is a prospect of their arrest Suspiciont has already attach e'd itsel t to dt-h rsons, we~ learu, land the I-ohee hae tupon~ their trak. On)ie oh thlem: has haL~en hrre-ted. It is stated thlat tolaids uleepingi mI th Ibal~semenCt of the Erinpnre---int the boau lingt saloon-prished mI thuo lines. Me-er,dl personts w-eLre in jtared byV thle dischargeof A ire a.rmIs cauused by th e a-i :, bt none of themI~ dainge:rouisly. '{1'h imie., were no~t subdue~ltd unitil abouit eleven o)'clocsk, andii wthd we!it write the CIm bers are sol Il: dum brightly andl glowing' w.th ang ry be4.1t, as il in tr iiuphl at the work of d1evaltailoin of th lI ire kiog. )our nteigh li ors of th~e l'acic News lnaoved all their Iaatesrird out of their oflice, buit uneceeded inl~ aving' their buoildlii. Th'le 'hlice of the .Journal of Colirmerce was destroyed, aind a portionl of the type anmd mia'(erial of thei establ ishml~ent. Th'le tfl:cts of1 this coilaigration wiil fiall hieavdyi) uipon the city at the presenlt timeI, andl~ probabthYly rodutce a temporary dlepres Sioni mi husiness. Thi.- scarecity of water, and tile tutter wiliant flany thingt like ani or ganlization~ In the workinig parties, rendered theirt services less available tha-i they woui d o~etI'rwise lhave beee'. A r ewaurd of $100 l,000~t has been. offered byl 10I ihislmr the Ayor for the detctiont of thle incenmdiaries. II i we take into( cinside'rationi the g'reat exten lt ofI i pperty de'stroyed coveing~ ani a reau miore thn Othiree t unes as artge as t hat of the D)cembuer fire, we' doi not tIn11k the el tnted less of dlIlars is e~xaggerratedi. Th'le Sanh F'ranitsco .Journal of Mliv 15 'Thetu n.r of re-contu'ritiotn goe' lbrave. Iv 'an. Au n adyv llo. n torty f'oir new hiouses are oI tiore.,S of er(euan, somei of iEipial dlunensions wvithI thosie thalt wetre: detstroyed~t by thle tire, andl lnt a few netarly comiphs ted. In au lew dayts more,.be0 Wreck of the laute coiiiagrat ion willh be cleared away, anid searcely a vestago oh dtevastat41ion will remuaint m lar the-generall alspect ot sp'irit ad plrospe~rity winch chairacterizsi our1 unuittsnally f air cityv. The energy and al-~d a' ruty--the expedienits anad resouirces, nthieb dIiistiingiuuih lhe AnIglomric utan hpoubition of Cahf iornita are cotnspicnlon.dty ermetied ~i these rapid antd choorin~g opera. tions. F'l T Il E GI)ID RlXGION$. TheO I'acitic News of May i15, nent ions that a mtass of gold anid qinartz, weighing liftly p'0onds was tounid near M ar~iosa, anid The 8u1 k toin 'i Tus furitics h the fol. lowintg ite mis of intell1igence fromt the South-. Mr. I 'eteor Mhlan, of 8ionori, inf~ om nts 1th.t thil plascer a:t Gohnlaruhi. ecty, (abmtt ftre iEM; tutre~knd tquartzlias5rt >nof., ed.L Thoughou the wlbplq da dance has been tall,; 4, that the whure areat oft~h m~ ~ is of the Warnse character , j:lier5s blivo take'n out roal fou,~ -five poundss of gold peer day. Several rei .st nstj have beens youmn, and l e * 'ikisag at-Oun at1d~ ,; .: r t isi ju~~heio tie surface of the earth: Thie Northern papmersf coan tiii hw trovergil platter n relzstjos to tie t*&1 e discovery of Mr. P'aine. Thme *ilC)fl msen genserally discredit hsis. PrtstrHnro te lqb "t has sent a strids paper to: t tr~ 'tribunse is ridicule of ilit.: PJUrx fA. liols as a discovcrer. T'he IlaItisqo~~gp countains thme following stater ". - a s bjoct :-Mtervury. ; "We have a lengthby ailk subi. jest froma Prof. Rtobert G t, Al o1 muuchm prisetisusi Skill aind colb prToduction of differenatgas, 1now opvrattng at W~asmnb ;nber i ItU li~e 1 ul the g')vcrItas:;t r tlimt<<linto lie aSays: '" M JJI Iaion is that l'rsine. baa the gas previously mande and C usds~ns 4i in w tchllsc v~eie, frou hence it* is alit, to tjeM 61111 111 athewer, asu,as to :j a IsIrw;: 1( through a subs. Thle Inc u denszer being ttantceJe ill the ib 't is. prctendedl c'nst~sjj time menal; " '.'. tile the tube aipears Ii ti - cOcI'hictstag wire:, re[;reseuI ng' ue: Is. issaascrt~cgj its the water, i, msad o au ''e thme nl'lae.sraniL. c'f dc~ iti s~tir, by jaurtorat smg d1 it'W t ut111 is fil 1: :s~ truss M bhis the gus' I) Ssc4 ina lmuallhte :s through a culndr" ist~~or isgr ' CIM:rro~ts,.-..'Vhe ' to herd !'rests ofthacm ,lital jst, sayse:. We lz:'. to uhsussfncwe, ,1 the ujsiuaiou, or thoe :.ne:y the hest. infourmed, that the Gurl- L= ",r; e of .Jr. (laty will fil. TIC 1, F'L J1fr.wl':&;. "ELL1S ANDs FoUR r, ."n trr.-'r New-Yeeri; Day ""luiismlditelv after the an stun *X.* i, ; the ?storlsijz puappers of. tie tent,, *.f 750 e:wpn F'rrs andi Ysllus thme iV s:.,.' a arads (.'r~i Was densely ltul,'s ,' ust time sprit where the first hlu .::: I. A ring wase e -ai forms.. fIs.. " twrenty ljhas,wbloelrsr ed tl.rt't t; rih fur tdasis ion t ' jso 1ilst. llrsjsriate i~ttratiuulW gubsIi by ol1n 151 SJthan .,,rjetorj, Up t'' twohrQ-il5~!a idianr v-- '*e t tlnoep cle cnmL Iiat?cu ftot abueil::, ::: *.,1 go jsere tlsou' t ' '.13 hI; pig U!. ~'1!' 'loWsx it) th sv iciiiitV 4 edt that a,:st last affair .s-rrst1 the~ 7fl1a' elfJurne, 31l' .e G i f i matyke=1 was Soughsta lf1? thsre-quartet :,i. ?,