The Sumter banner. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, July 03, 1850, Image 2
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. ?,