The Sumter banner. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, February 19, 1851, Image 2
ronesy of Preed.
The New Qiloans Bee, which we inti
nated, a goo while ago, to be a rather
arosy pI seg b n. an.ne or two articles
latl oI1n,,., facetious. WVe are
tglad to i:But the Bee han conceived
* _ the curiousidea theti we are behind the
timee: * at'n d nouncing the acmpromise,
as wettnibe iticidentally to do, we are
oP Isa scheme which has not only re.
ceivo4..th sanction of Congress, but the
p n ntblat the eyes of the country are
now tytrned to other thinigs.
N e think the Bee evinces a deficiency of
recut intelligence not to be accounted for
by the fact that it is located at the end of
be4eje, ph The-Boeit seams, has not
hearithiat. the States of Massachusetts,
New York andOhlio; have thus fur failed to
elect Senators to Congress, front the unset
tied condition of their Legislatures on this
"Very setfierrient. Nor does this proceed
frap1 the opposition of a few otlponents of
it ir these tatee, for in fact the comprnni.
aers ar so few that they are only able to
act'ii'Opoliey of frustration--a policy
hipbtho ompromisers denounced the:
uther~n ultra4 for resorting to last session.
It) Massachusetts the election of a
Janiing Freesgil enemy of the Compromise
h ithhusdfar only required the vote of two
c mpromisers.
In New York a single Whig of the State
Senate, has defeated the election of i lamul
too, Fish, an adherent of Mr. Seward. In
Ohio, a few State Senatnrs, of both parties,
jefeatem the election of a Freesoiler there.
These compromisers who insist so much on
submission to the will of a majority, are all
opposing the choice of decided majorities of
,thelr Legislatures on joint ba'lot, if that
couldbe taken.
Then there is Vermont, she has nullified
the Compromise; Pennsylvainia ha refused
to repeal her State law in opposition in it.
The candidute of the Detocracy for Gov
ernor, in New Hampshire, Mr. Atwood, has
written two letters against the compromise
and only oer in favor of it. Visconsin has
elected an opponent of the compromise to
the Senate. Connecticut is notoriously
opposed to it. These States, all Northern,
have oilw more members in the House than
all the South. Then there are South Caro
Jina and Mississippi, both well known to be
opposed to it. And we believe not a single
Southern Legislature has yet declared
even its acquiescence or rescinded its res
olutions of last year.
If this is what the Bee calls the general
approbation of the people for that tmensure,
the Bee must have contracted a notion of
language and conduct eminently original,
and such as to lead us to the suspicion that
the editor of that print is engaged in a series
6f excruciati g jokes at the expense of the
poor compromisers, whilst pretending to
accuse us of falling asleep "just a year ago,"
Which was some five months tetore the
Southern Press begun.-[ Souehern I'ress.
10 BILE, FEll. 10.
GEN. QUITMAN IN CoURT.--In the
- United States Circuit Court, at New-Or
leasos on Friday morning, at 11 o'cl.... t,
while Mr. Benjamin was proceeding with
the argument ins ~te case against John
Henderson. Gen. hn A. Quitman, ate
Governor of the State of Mississippi, appear
ed in court, accompanied by ir. Fielding
Davis, the U. S. Marshal, for the Southern
Distr'j of Mississippi, and the lion. A. T.
McM rran, a distinguished lawyer fromi
Natches and a former partner of Gen.
Quitnan. .
Tho. U. S.. Marehal, Fielding Davis,
. iaeing rotirned the writ of arrest toth
Couu't, Gen. Quitman arose and stated that,
waiving the reading of the indictmnent, he
desired to enter the plea of not guilty, and
should demand a speedy trial, as he had re
signed his office as Governor, for the pur
to enter into a recognizance to appear from
day to day until his trial.
The court ordered the clerk, Mr. J. W.
Gurley, to take the recognizance of Gen.
Quitman, in the stum of $1,000. TIhe
Geneial then entered into bond, with Mr.
Henry W. Hill as surety.
Th riCourt. stated to Gen. Quitmnan that?
it should give hinm as speedy a trial as wvas in
its power.
Mr Benjamin then resumed his argument.
--Register.
'THE FIRST AND LAST FATAL DUEL nv
ILLINorAs-In the year 1820 a duel wais
fought in JBellevillo, 5'. Clair counitv, tbc.
tween Alphonse Stewart and Wiliamt
Eennuett. Tihe sconds hiad made it up to
be a sham duel; Stewart, one of the parties
was supposed to be in the secret; btut
Bennett, his adversary, believed it to he
a reality. It is supposed that Bennett
somewhat suspected a trick, and after re
ceivinag his gun fronm his second, rolled a
ball into it. At the wvord fire, Stewairt tell
rmortally wounde ; Bennett. was inidictedl,
tried, and convicted for murder. A great
effort was made to precure him a par don;
b ut Gov. Bond would yield to no eot reaties,
and Bennett, suffered the extreme penality
of the law by hanging, in the presence of a
great multitude of people.
This w~as the first and the last duel
which has ever beeni fought in the state by
fniy of its citizens. The hanging of
Bennett made duelling discreditable ;and
S unpopular; and laid the foundation of th
abhorrence of the practice which ha~s beeun
felt and expressed by the people of lilinois
.The present Judge Lockwood was thi.n
Attorney General of the state, and prose
outed mn this ease; to his talents and sutc
cesp as a prosecutor, the people are in-.
dabted for this-early p recedet and exarnm
ple, which did more than is generally sup.
posed to prevent thme practice of duellhng
from being itroduced into his state.
Ghica'go Comn. Adv..
*TiIE COTT'ON EXPEBRIMF.NT IN JAMAICA.
--"The fiest Report on the Progress ot
Cultivation from 21st Oct. to 81st Dec.
1850,'' has been presented by the matnager.
lMr. Wiillans states that ho has hardlly had
timne to carry out his arrangements; but he
feels as con fldeni as he ever did, t hat cot ton
catn be. grown in Jiamaica to compete, in
every respect, with that of Amienact, pro.
vided that sufficient and continuous labor
enr bo obtained when reqtuired. On his
ti~king possession of Greenwall, t hero weore
already planted seventeen acres ini cotton.
from whyich he antipipates obtaining thre
or more bales of white, and nearly one of
y ellow wool, by the 1st March. Th'le
breaking out of the cholera, and the inter.
verntion of the holiday., tended in a great
measure, to retard his operations; but then
neople have commenced to work, and he
hopes that the enh~v.vion will now go oni
without further Interruption. rThe expen.
ses of the~ undortaking, to the ;J1st
Decembor, amnounted to .?172 I0.
Cordova's Advertising Sheet, .Jan, 23i.
.IeutJI L~Aquen..--r. Bertinrwl, of
Larrior inGermany, is said to havo discov
ered a method o~fmakinag leather out of cor
tair ftuseaK Wast atnmal substances.
ibhp esta~lished a mnantufactory near
Vlenna no part of the process is explained;
bitfet i s stated that the subsetance is at oe
stage iin a stte of 4udity, aitd may thenm be
cast into boots, shoes. &c.
Theo State Couveniion.
The hA Iowiti etmblracesi thu resultt o,
i ho electioni for I )cleg'Ites to the Strito Con.
velitibii in thlei ~is~tricts 'fromi which w(
have receive'd nceltit.
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hast. resulited in 1111! cmlte I tru1Jihi i of
the . -tt :'ctior, lit 111". ht:1 of whliclh !s our
es? temetd ('hiCI maI~guistrate (;(11. Mc1enius.
'1140 11:11' 1Viil4 "a ruth' I iitt't an nutic i,::l-I
Iv contitiiet, hull aitlwu^.h the'- dIk'rc e .
t 1vccti the prt'i:s 1v :s nolt 1s W wide! fsi c~c~
in wo'irds, ([h)?pil hecut.',.: lvilctifigat lie hail-t
or :Ind4 1 'i'1Iri of ouer yir')~e't the iticot
wVas il:ct:ictlv Irawv, :111 :ihlv dlsi't.Il5'd
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'llml ii, ult; .I le; t'r, 1r, el 'i. iThe
first tw'o r i lr r "'
seller hive e''f 64 ' r:0"1.1 Ee l t*.I i t) t ilt
St :itc ('ozlvo:'t cu Iial .~i>t \ li re \ pair
ill.
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roprislit sI' i'I::u 1':. .'11! ;.Ce: (la~.
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11. Dt'auit?, Joh I'. 1h'' , . . vlt :en,
S.iW. 1'AU i: i1rs . !''.. WilS~ey.i
(jI a ihai.
P3\t ? III I ',- i~x" -'I' l ' Tuh> C;.,
lieulir1e1 ihirl~e i't er,",/ 1, leiii to,~
trict, viz: I . !{flng r jr. ( : I (,Cill CtS. W .
Ti'rts'ti J. t V. Mane I 1u A 1. A dieh
Till!"UMTI1 BANNER.
Sumterville, 8o. Ca,
J. S. G. tICIIAItDSON, E O
W. 10. B. IIAYNSWOR, a EnT'Ors.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1851.
V ' Messrs. A. WIrTE & Co., are
Agents for the Banner in Sumterville.
* undecs' u r.
The Ladies f tlothtk neighborhooil will hold
a Fair,at Col. NZTTLcs' iouse, formerly occu
pied by Mr. liuansoN, near Bethel Church, on
Wednesday 5th March.
It will comaence at 1 I A. M. Entrance 25eac.
Chiliren half price. They respectfully solicit
the tpatrsnage of the public.
We will commence next week the pub
lieation of an interesting communication on
the "Cause of Fever."
Time lYarket.
In Charleston on Saturday last 1000 bales
of cotton were sold at prices ranging from
I1 1.2; to 12 1-2c. The market remained
nnsettled and somewhat depressed.
I' 1t ADEas ENCAMPMENT --We
learn from the Columbia Telegraph that
the Encampment for this Brigade will be
ordaered for the 19th of May next, at
C:tuden, S. C.
New Manufactory.
Drependenco upon the North for so many
of the necessaries of life, m'st be galling to
every Southerner who properly appreciates
Northern aggressions. But we are gradn
illy growing out of our helplessness, and
learning somewhat of our as yet undevelop
ed strength. It is with pleasure therefore
that we notice the fornation of a company
for tmtanfacturing paper on a large scale,
ini our own State.
'T'le Company has purchased a favorable
location on lorso Creek, a few miles he
low Granitevible, and within one hundred
feet of the Itail Road, and have secured an
abundant supply of pure Spring water. -
Te work has been commenced already
and will be completed in about six months.
This is the second estabhishment of the
hind in this State. 'I'he other located in
Greenville )istrict has been, we believe, in
uccessal operation for somo years.
Our thrifty house-wives, who have con.
vtenint access to the Rail Road, can now
tu-rhe lucrative investments of all those
odds and ends which at present accunulte
!o unprofitably and rannoyingly on their
hands. Rags will soon be in demand.
TE ATL.ANTIC .SAFF.--Tho 'elegraph
brings us the gratifying intelligence that the
Steamer Atlantic, which had not been heard
of for about six weeks, and concerning
which .o many, fears were entertained, is in
the docks at Liverpool undergojnr ig
When mnne days ou; shenokehersaf. and
encountttered sauch terrible weather that. her
hulwatrks, plelis and machtinery, were
serioutsly damaiged and two months at least
will h~e required to refit her.
Blefore the accident occutred she had
I madie 100 Oan iles.
Thme Casase of time Sonstla anot yet
lost in time Soasti.
Southi Carolina smarta not alone undera
seniso of wronigs and insults, nor does shte
st.and upl aono to repel them and oattle for
Soth ern Rights. Weo have niever aban
ondthe heolief that there were' those, and
noinya of thenm, ini the other States who still
hiii! ind ti-r I .oosms t he souls of freemen and
who niever wuldh endure oppression,
whentycul fling it from. thiemt, nor
conird wei he convinced that such gallant
spira wuldbe driven into subtuiisd on by
.i'aliusy of Soth ICa2~rohnta. Butt such a
tear hais ptrevail in our State andl many
ha wairned us to delay dinmg what our
cona~scaiinevs tell us is right lust we drive
aiway our friends in othier States and pre -
Vatnit i'o-operation: anrd thuas wihe otur steps
in t he pith of duty have been slow andt
b t:i lug we have lost the leadl and our
younl tger s..,ter hasM 5 stepe to the front
ok andiit throwns to the breeze the bannear
a!5 Sarn It h t is.
Vt ai le to' the action of the Saiuthierni
* I hl:s Cono ensoni of Alablamia , lhe resuolu
t.m-ai ad pte~d lby witich will lbe tound ins
outr coimitis tIs moormsag. Evet admtit
ti.', u~ hh wlae doi nti, that the maijority ini
Ibl.t d'ae ire not. yet p lrepa~red for thle at-.
*on des iginated in those resoluiition, yet
a' rb a re'uit mu ist Ihe spjeedd y brought
abett Tri.thi and Itight are itn their sidue,
t.lni hire neicessatns to thle ir ununnhlers wal
if Ii;y iiatrk te tromanzlsilt progress of their
h..~ Monitmigositery A ilas itus remarks as
ttht ctihopoitiona oii the Convention:
Tit' farge ma:'jo rity ofi thtemt werei from
thle st1aear eiountiies, arvd setned to have
a. ier-~a~ted Iroi that chliss ii etir sit:
tisswni asi the statattantiail bone nauj
in- ai or agricuiltuiiral d istricts---emi-.
I e ly pracict an dd att er-uoi.Inct farmeors
--tati iof tiut;t t aid chtarat-ter; lhe
ryt last e la--a of peoplhe on earth to become
anli altics," andl thle very laist to ho "drivena
in its helar piroplrety." liy anaiiginary provo.s
cau ot' , and io-iis is jia. inary dangjers.
Senator for St. Paul's Patish.
A tani elect ots hieb ont the 1th and i ltb
ti..t., lawiass S. Kaso was elected Set.
.tor of St. Ilaul's I 'arisha to fill the vatcancuy
raeioneda lby lie election of Ilin. i. 1F.
l.unia;v.Sec retary of State
it a receit I tie hii lao Re r. Tr i,
ofCaiiinnauti, Manis Foaiisenan Te-.
-i ro., La-q., athe ditigishaed tauthior of Pa 0.
vrial I'hiilosophay. lisatnines his intention
of~ vishin mthe a UnoTited Stiates wvithjin ithe
nei 't s\ix iiminths.
hitean livstsoisu, the celebarated wa~ire
walk r, on the -ithi in-st., attempted to wvalk
fraom a Ihe to'p ofr the State I louse to the Mar.
ki ilb uie, in Biton Rouage, La. WVhen he
wai absout naidwauy lie fll anal wnas so much
haiaredt that daah enattedl the samn's even.
fif.
A Good, Move.
A Convention of the people has boon
called and delegates to It have bden ejedted;
delegates, who we venture, in advance of
accurato information, to predict, will, wheq
assembled together, be willing and determ.
ined, as individuals and as representatives of
an indignant people, to pursue that course
which alone can maintain our honor and
secure our liberties, a separation from those
whose contact is baneful.
But the. meeting of that Convention i6
afar ofi. The contingency is barely possi.
blo which will enable it to assemble during
this year, and during the interval the peo.
ple will rmain without organization. In
all or nearly all of the Districts in our
State, Sonherr Rights Associations indleed
have beer formed, but these Associations
are disconected and have no concert or
unity of tction.
The niw and untried relation., which
we may inve soon to asstume towards other
States, slould be well considered in all
their bearings. What now seem dangers
may, waen more closely and clearly
viewed, to found to be but shadows, with
nothing of substance in them. The com
bined wisdom of the State may be able to
throw so strong a light upon that which we
believe to be the only path of'honor, that
even the most timid shall be assured and
apprehensions which now unnerve their
arms shall be scattered to the winds. The
desired combination and organization we
believe may be ef'ected by adopting and
carrying out the subjoined resolution:
"Whe: eap, it is deemed highly important
by the Committee of Safety of the Southern
Rights Association of St. Phillip and St
Michael Parishes, that the various kindred
Associations in tais State should be fully
informed of each other's views and opinions
as to our wrongs and the mode and mea
sures of their redress, and that a more
perfect organization and closer union
should be formed between them in view of
their own efficiency and the future action
of the State: Therefore
Resoved, That the Southern Rights A.
sociations throughout the State he invited,
through thme Chairman and Secretary of
this Committee, to send Delegates to a Gen
eral Convention of these Associations, to
be held in Charleston on the first Manday
in May next."
The Mercury makes the following just
comments upon this movement: .
The importance of their being in full
communtieation with each other, none can
doubt. The dissemination of information,
the reconcilettent of conflicting opinions,
and the adoption of practical measures for
the advancement of their comnon objects,
all depcnd upitv such free comtunication.
We trust that no Association in the
State will fail to send a strng delegation
to the proposed Convention in May next.
The idea -f such an organization of South
ern Rights Associations, by a general meet
ing of Delegates, was first started:in Ala
bama, where it was received M. soot, as
proposed, with universal and warm approval,
andh=C yntinn of ..relegates met in
Mdfrit nry lloini t liifetadearo~,.
ceedings cannot fail to have a great eflcet
en thme putblic opinion of thte State. and in
every way strengthen the Association for
the won k they haave before them.
The Assaociationt here at onice recognized
the wisdom o this movemtent in Alabarna,
and tollowed its example. These Convemn
tions of the individual States, soon wall leaid
to a Convention of the Southernt Rights
Associations of the whole South, and then
the great cause wvill rest on sairnething like
a firm and effective organtizaition. It is
through this orgntization alone, thtat we
niust look to see the Sou'h brought in c
harmiony, and her safetyv and lastinag inter
eatst inatdo a power that shall 5weep) all
tritnmners, self-seekers at-d traitors out 01
her pathI.
It wd al be seen, theni, that the (object
comntmplated. is' no ntnpirary otr loctal onae,
but conicernts the leadi if prmtc ple ont whi
the Associations are fuoundaed, anmd aims ti
stremngthlen each tine tby gayvmg at the aid andu
actiiu sysoapathiy oif all the others. We
uarge tiponi our I rieinds, biraoughoiut the State
at aince to put thletinseh 'is mi ciaitiiaunicatiom.
Wvith th le A-.uari;at aon heare, a nil to iake
preparaitiont. tbr a fu!I repare.sentation in tt
ptroposed Convien lt.n
We' learn froin thei Canienili .Iournald thai
the Kershaw Association,. oat Wednesdas
last, re-dedu to t he propositIion amnd eet
as ihe'ir deliegtsesar JA~ms CIssNIT
Jmt , J. If. Krn.naw. C'. A. liN:teF, A. II
Boy KIs, W.T'. CASTaiz antd Wt. M. Snta
NoN.
Wet may rennt-rk that .innai ar resoltutitono
have been'i zaipt c-I by the Be-auftort a m
(ira iatngebrg A no :itionts; thIey haowevel
Iugs th secondai .'l- wilay ini 3ay fo)r thr
tiumet,atnd Cohninhl.a for the place ot meet.
img.
Th'fe deteIrrmti nationt of a mai~jority of th<
.A,-.ociattionts n. il we .uppose settle thets<
d ifle renceiis.
S. C. R. R. Conuapany.
A\t it metLng ofm Stockfhoilderzt on tht
1thI mae., it wais li'--olved that everi
Shiarehlder, ni hi ,-aall hn ave owned hi
stock lair thItree itona thei lhe tor the Geneara
Anianual eat ing aof Sta i; h lders, he per
itied~a to at on~ti thte lioi, to andl froui
thte sauid mteet og, freei at c'hirge; atndi thia
the rt'%.-1 it. ot of iat ye i ra, cxtenti r tthi
prviha-ge to lhe lamd y of Shareholders, b
hterebly resemtided.
Thei tt ohav ng gentt''n aititwe're electe2
otlicers. For 1)irectoir5 of the Roiaid.
Wi. ft ' i. st.t:, Routti iT 31 A ITIN, G A
''tR F.Nut itt, 't. . ) t: s :s, hhioni- T CA I.U
wVE .1., Ksa tloyrs:, A-snatLw W'Art.AC)
A. lit-i: ,st ii:, Joints ihm vi:, C7. J. SnuA
NON, A itrue ii c tiFi, IIsitNv (Gt ote
& I.. J. 15t rteisiis.
At theit firt meaiet og' of Ithe I )irectoir
II. WN. C ox Nca, wtas~ ie-alected liresidei
Foir I). rectotrs am t Iohe Bak. J A M
llOsE, G;. A. I lort'.ny, 31. C. 3ltlanErA
Ii. Wt. lEt:tnosI:Ar, (G. iB. LoeCK, JAI
ATION-, (7. A. NAauw-oon, & 0. B. HnIt
r.AI C .
UL TitANst'It Or R. R. SToex.--Th
Wilmtington Chfronicile itatei that by a joiu
resolutiini of thle Niorth Ca rolinta iegish
ture, paissed naar the e lese oh the iasesi
T -1
the Treasurer, is empo to nafer, -
on cortain conditions, two (housand hares
the hil n 4lnd oatak Rail
ad ;the eok' niogton
und Mtt hes # Rail ad.. #
J hic Intl J.i.' r.
Nwv YongK, Feb. 16- p. n.
The Royal Mail Steamer, Africa, -Cap.
tain RyRan, brings us advices from l.iver.
pool to the 1st inst a summary of,whic ja.
herefita forwyar o {,.
-:ierepoo, Ieb' . 1t.=- Amorican -6
scriptiona.of.cuttonare reported at1-&d be.
low our last figures, and a feeling of dull
tess and inactivity pervades the market.
Cut Tl.
PREAMSBLLM -ANDI ltR$SoLtlTONs pf the
d6uihern Rights G nveitidai of Alabama,
adopted on the 10th of February, 1851:
-Titoprenn18bttotld Catistitution of th'
United Statos declares the objects for which
thne government of the United States was
formed. Those objects were "tq form a .
more perfect Union, establish justice, en
sure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general wel.
fare, and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity."
Those objects, in our opinion, have been
wilfully disregarded in tn administration
of the governmnent-comnmencing with the
law admit, ing Missouri into the Union, and
closing with the late syrstem of measures,
miscalled the Compromise.
'T'ihe pretence upon which this system of
hostile legislation has been based, is that
slavery is a moral and political evil-its end
and aim the emancipation of every slave in
the United States.
The governent is in the hands of a sec
tional majority, and political interests and
cons:iennious convictii'ns of duty alike urge
them to the successful prosecution of this
system.
Believing that the aim in the formation t
of this governnent is no longer to be ob.
served in its administration, we, the dole
gates of the Southern Rights Association of
Alabama, in Convention assembled, do
resolve.
1 That :n our opinion, the powers grantedJ
to the General Government by the people
of the State, have for a long series of years,
been perverted by a dominant sectional t
rnajnrity to the aggrandisenent of the non
slaveholding-and to the oppression of the
slaveholding States.
2 That In our opinion, powers have been
exercised by the General Government for "F
the purpose of restraning the extensicn of
the institution of slavery, and of eradicating
it in places where it now exists, which were
not granted to it by the people of the States. "
3 That in our opinion, a radical change
ls been effected in the character of the
General Gosernmont by the success of this
system of legislation; that the power and
dignity of the Union hnar;jbecome destruc
tive, in a very great degree, of the rightsa
and dignity of thae.States which created it.
4 That a tanesubmsston to, or a patient
acquiescence in this hostile and unconstitu
tional legislation would not, in our opinign,
be conducive to the peace, happiness, pros
parity and honor of.the Southern States.
5 That we tully indorse the doctrine of
Mr. Madison, no contaued in .the. Virginia
resolutions of 1798--"hn cas ,o of a de
aljio int.2 ! ipo,!
power not.g. yi dgcipgct
the States wino .are parties :thereto, have
the right, anid are in duty bound to iinterposq
for arresting thne evil, amd mnaintaining in
ineir respective limits tine ntut horities,.rights
and liberties appertaninning to themn."
0 That such inperposition should nota be
made, so long as there remajins a reasonable
houpe that. full and ample redress will be
made for past injury, an n provision be made
against future aggressioni.
7 That recent e'vent, in full unison with
that system of legislation whnich 'weihave
condenedn, assure us that there is no rea
sonatble ground on wvhichn to base a hope that
we shall obtain either redress for tite past,
or guaranties for the future..
8 That in our opilnion, a due regard for
thne rights, hnonior and miterest of the people
of tIs State, and of ea~chn of the Southnern
IStates, dlemiands that. they should at. once
"set their house in order" withn a view to
- That as eachn State voluntarily became
a mnember of the confederacy, so it can
be no just cause of war upon any State,
that chnooses no lonngerr to remnaini a memiber
thmerot.
10 That tine question of tine seceion of
Alabama froum thnmi government, is reduced
to that of tinme only.
11. That we approve of the proposition
of the Nashville Conivention, that the slave
holding States hold a Coungress in Novom.
ber next, amnd pledge ourselves to use our
best exertions to have Alabnamna fully repire
Ise'nte "in than~t body, tand coinciar ini tine stug.
gesitin, that said (.ongress be held in Mont~
1.-Thnat we recommenond to thne pneople
of Alabama to suspend their old party divi
sionis, until redress and security cani be ob
ained as proposed~, anid to knmow no party
hut thei great .nihern party.
13.-hat thne Governor of Alabama be
reiqtested to coinvene the Legislature in
extra se.'.sion, fom thne purnose of providmig
by law, for the electin of members to tihe
pronposedl Sonthermn C~ongress; such called
sessioni to take place after the first Monday
in August. Should tine Governior fail to
convenel, tine Legislature, thnen we recom-.
nmnd tinte variouns precincts composing
the scveral Congressionanl Districts, to open
a poll on tine first Mlonday ini October next,
Ianid hold an elnctuon for oine memiber to re
prese~nt cach Congressional District in tine
State; suchn elect ion to be in all thmnes gov
erined by thne lanws, usages anid regulations
whniebi govern elections for members of
Conngre.
14 -Thanut should that Congress declare
it to be thne duty of the Southern States to
secede, & one or imore of tine Statecs should
Ido so without such action by tine Southern
Congresst in our oipinnion it will be thle duty
anid itnterest of AIln.iama, and good faith
to sunchn seceding State mr States require,
- her hnkewi'se to secede. sund to use all pro.
- per etTortsn to tine formation of a Southern
, Cn!eracy.
. lIa----That in order to render ourselves
mnore elTective in sustaiiiniig thnese views.
'ell epairate ourselve.s fromnn all old fe'd
rapat rgannizatmnis, anid that we wvill
c ultituatem it doct rme of State reliance, and
ecalrtiall lhe algenies min our puower, pohiti
cainstrialI, conumnnercial, social andi edu
catiomnal, to lprre the State for that crisis
I whnichn nederal policy. perverted and dnstort
ed by thne anit-slavery spirit, hnas forced us
to contemnplate. - 1
Tine Ilotine of Representaunves did net
adjourn until inearly 4 o'clock thnis mnorninng,
The question was inpon (Anti-Sumnner) wars
e tunrned out. 'theo Whligs wished tdCqeli.
t tion spved t offwith calls for adjonrnmnt,
yea anljag,&g;, and finatlly abutrfred
SaWr a astorthy sni of Td~ hours withouit
nh ny rertult. It isa thounhint to ennapotibla
to elect Sumner to-day. 'On Thursday
vacancy in ibis city is to be filled.
Corresponadedn K e G k rv
WAst iOs, 1
Among the matters w h funh a
c of remark here ii " tra4 for
>rinting of the next tigress. PM
>oeals were opened on Saturday: '"Tht
owest bidder was Mr Boyd Hamilton, o
Philadelphia. His bid for paper and pree
Swasp forty per cqt belo ' theprice o
, a p q aire* (; I hi 'hid f or equipo.
ui ion wae Ilftheu rea-maid tojou.
ie)men. The other bids allow a margin
otprofif rebiTdn'p'. cent.
The bid was defective in form, and it re
nains to be seen whether it will be compli
ad with. Congress is called upod now tc
ndemnify Mr. Ritchie for his losmes on hie
:ontract, and he asks for a profit of ten pe
ett. or for a rate of prices fifty per cen
ess than those fixed in 1819. For sums
ear-past Congress -has-allowed remuner
ation to their printers, over and above thei
:ontract.' The muay, for many reasons
llow it to Mr. Ritchie, but will hardly con.
cent to make it a permanent rule. Many
nembers are in faor- of a gor-srnmen
>rinting office; but the contract system is
ikely to be continued. The census ,print.
ny has always been a great job. Blair ?
EDives made two hundred thousand dollars
>ut of the gensas prmnting. But it is not ti
a given out 'at present, for the work wil
tot be ready till next f(lI.
There was a great and final struggle it
he House, yesterday, upon the Senate bil
or the ;stablishment of a Board of Accounts
Flhs bill underwent many - fluctuations, bu
vas finally rejected, even after it had pass
-d to a third reading, and some member
vere indifl'erent to its passage and occa
dionally changed or witheld their votes; a
abor of eighteen sessions is therefore to be
on through with again. There are some
line thousand private claims against the
tovernnent, which Congress will not at
end to, and which the department will no
onsider. In all other countries, the cits
.ens have some means of prosecuting de
nands upon the government.
Miiss Dix, whio has for ai long time, s
nuch interested herself in benevolent ob
acts, has finally carried in the Senate, her
>roject for the benefit of the Indigent In
sane. The bill provides for the grant o
en millions of acres of public land to the
everal States, old and new, in the propor.
ion of their territory and population com.
ned, to be applied to the benefit of sndi.
rent insane. The bill would not have pass.
rd, but for the reason that the members
rom the old States, have lately begun tc
lann an atetrest in the public domain..
No appropriations bill but that for the
apply of deficiencies. has yet been passed
i'here is an increasing disposition to cur.
aid expenditures, butstl the appropriationa
will not probably fall short of fifty millions
The project or a line of steamers to Afri.
:a, is to be soon brought up. The majori.
Y of the 1. '%lature, and of the Constitu.
onal Convention of Virginia, have recomin
nended it,- but Mr. Miason, in presenting ti
nemorial, stated that he did not concur it
he name. The rum asked from the gov
'rnment is 16O,00 dollar's a year, for eacl
,hip of four thousand tons.
A proposition for steam cotununicatina
)etween California and China, lias been of
ordd by Robert T. Walkes aniMr..Thotpp
favr oit. 0,h tby
Mro%)re, of Cincinaati, Is before the Senate
rhe last offer is I'or'twelvic~shipa of- 4001
ons each, making weekly trili--the U.*
zovernmnent to pay for thte same the amoen
f mall postage actually accrucing, or 160s
M0) dollars a year, for each ship. Furthie
he overnment is-to give Mir. Moore ths
ariviieo of harboring sixty sections of pub
ic land, which heo may- tselect on the Ore
son coast. No advances are required si
noney.
The two Hfouzses have disagreed as to th<
ilan for tho 'enlargement of the Capitol, ana
lie President is to decide the matter.
Nrsw POS-r OFFner.s.-The following ney
Post Offices have been establishedi in thiu
Stat-e, vi:
Little River Depot, Richland District
Fauotas Rt. CEN4TER, Postmnaster.
Calk's Ferry, Lexington District, \V. WV
[IuLE3AN, P'ostumaster.
Rocky Well, Lexington District, G. J
Lloors, Postmaster.
Heech Islanid, Fsigefield District, Taos
NI. Fosmsa, Postmnaster.
Ilope titation, Lexington District, Ii. J1
Bemrao, f'ostmaster.-State Rights Re
pub. ican.
A Diash of Parodi a la Willis
The followingv exquisitely characte ist,
aketch of the Rtomaee and Juliet of Parod
and Miss Whiting, from the pen of Willis
weo pluck--a golbish fromt the sparklin
waters of thie Iomo Journal- Parodi
must ache ;ndl male, attire. playinug th
Romeo to a JulIet's first appearance, ha
been a novelty by which the Opera ha
p~rofited lately-no seats being vacant es
cept thoso of the very fashionaable subscril
era. Great interest wvas felt to see ho'
the vehemuent prima donnaa would mali
love ini hose and doubtlet, and she, at les
satisified cunriosity .'s to her probable idea
what energy is usually expected. She d
it like a muan. The absence of petuicoal
wams no emabarras.4ment to her usual loet
mnotive Unlcontciosness, and, indeed,
her means of getting over the ground hi
booen used to daylight all their 1lives, the
could ntot have strudod about wiuth prompt
tude mnore easy anid fearless. She play
adialadsn.wt that aatisfyi
nessto he arwh~h aripe apricot guin
to the thsroat- in a summuer noon. So fruit
and sensmuous a voice we certainl nova
have heard as this of Paurodi. The ho
notes which are so remarkable, and whic
she seems to undervailue, (an people ofte
undservaltue thteir best gifts,) found the
proper occasin under uhe hat and feathe'
of Romeo, and drew a muurmour of deligi
fromt the audience, whenever they plowa
ump the mellow cadenaces of adolescence fi
theo oar of the blushing Juliet. We ma
add, by the way, that the mustache wi
very becomting to P'arodi's upper lip, thoug
perhaps, it is hardly evn.sigelical to adis
it---the Bible decladu.g (Deuteronon
xxii, 5) that "the wosnn shall not we
that which pertaisneth unto a man."
Of M iss Whitmng, the debutante, the cri
ics have left uis nothing to say. She wa
dlressedl chnrmingly, hooked pretty, sat
correctly, and wvas vociferously applaude
The audience ca led her on the stage aft
each act, and there was a hearty laugh~
the cosistent gallantry with which Parot
Romeo picked up the bouquet. and p.
senlten therm lovingly to Jutiet--half
them, at least, intended doubtless for hc
oelf. Yt was in these stoopings-down,
thei "sy, thiat tier movemeqt made their e
ly:berayal of the disguise-thie kinelt
benudiut womnap-eagely inwathautqad
ini shly qu, prd-nall othet poits t
g1htan ppm dna acinmg as any get
man vefid do in her nlae
We ,gtaote Ahb. following from a recen -
ombial per a Lieut. Maury.
"I b lsoeceived an intrea et
ter frot Cap Waters, of the si
paslan,'deac r ga remarkable ''tide
seen by ber 10, 1850,at.80
0 Mis deg, W.
The y was beautifully clear, with . '
wind southwardly and light. Heo ras i
r ting in his cabin and heard a loud ;oarinw
noise, not unlike that of a large waterfall?
He hastened on.deck, and could she noth
img,:but mounting upon the house, he saw
with his apy glass, at the 'distance of three
wiles, the surfaceof tbq ate ig se
three r four feet above that nearer, and
approaching at the rate of three or four
' miles an hour. - Y
When close to the vessel It haOlne
appearance; the waves were raised at lait
four fest above the level.of that neJirert an
falling over some, like the wais d
dam, and breaking against the vessel's sided *
with such force as to heave water uponow
decks. We saw at afdistance,two others du.
ring the day, but not so-large as this. I have
before seen the 'tide rips,' -se called, btrt
none ever to compare to this,'nlwize
or beauty.
. In the various abstract logs 'returnedt,
this office by mariners who use the 'wind'
and curre.t charts, - freqluent meritlori;i*
made of 'tide rips' in -this region. But thisa.
evidently could not have been a atide 'rip,
caised by a current, for ue ship oxperi.,
enced no current, tand had it been -a 'tide
rip,' as the agitation of the water by :cur
rents at sea is called, then it would have
lasted longer.
The position of this vessel was north.,
ward and eastward of the supposed range
of submarine momtains. This 'tide rap'
came from the southward and westward,
the direction in which they were, and pass
ed offto the N. E.-..that is perpendicular
to the line of their axis. Might not the
extraordinary' tide rip' have been caused-by
the throes of a submarino-volcantol I ask
the question for the purpose of calling at
tention of mariners inure particularly td
the 'tide rips' to often seen in equatorial
regions."
A CuRious INcIDENT.--A curious inci
dent recently occured in France, at Stena,
(Ardennes.) A. M. Losquinet was bunt-.
ing a hare, when his dogs came uponanad
der of unusual size, which the huntsmnan"
not whhout difficulty, conttived to killiandN
which, on account of its great lengthbe
carried home as a trophy ; .and the next day
proceeded to skin, in the presence of several
sportsmen of hie acquaintance, who "halt
come to see this species! of garife. But
What was the astonishment 'of M. L bn
skinnjig the creature's head, to find, em:
bedded in ie .flesha superb diamond of tho
purest. waterl-This *tingualar discovery>
has excited great interest amon, the natur.
alists of Paris, M. L. having presented 0e
reptile to a celebrated saran o"f tlie :ruee 'dot.
VYnguard. The diamond' was sold-h M:'
Lto Bablin, the well known jdveller
the Palals National.
Two Noble Boys.
On Saturday, about noon, W. S. Hosmes,
rine years of age, a son of the editoriof the.
Advertiser, while skating, ot. .thrived:
broke througi'tbe..ice in I8 etwatar,. r
Pf, iyrp site. fielt4s' r
upon ine dd site C
follow only ten years of ago, a son of& TL~
Sanger, sq., of this city, cane-to theie,
assistance, but was told by .yhung McFar
lane, who was clinging to thne ice, "notot
mind him," but "ton save Hlosmer," who hind
sunk out of sight. At the imminent ei-ilf
of his. own life, he went to the hole aiidl
- 'sneceeded in reaching Holsmner just ai 'li
wasa in ning. .Young MlcFaiiane suc
coed igetting.u wout utaasistarice.'
Thee. Y~ih oF GutbYin.F
quitJuurnal aindD D iary?)h Wnt tr,
kept byha acentury ago, -hasc left oni rea
cord data wvhich p rove the wvestlef l7355
51S to be thne mildest of which there is any'
chronicle, int New Englani. We 'appendae
few extracts: '
January 6th, No snow on the 7th,.
Sno storm. 12th, Thaw. 15pe
is entirely out of the ground. 2 e, eath r
like Maiy. 24th, This winter will go owvn
memorable to posterity. e
-February. T7his imronth his. been ier
like spring~ than wh..er-moderate genet".'
ally, and several days as warm- as :Mai.
-18th. Pleasamst weather suid. This wvintert
ends-a wonder through the wh~oie.
March 5th. Snow torm. 13th, pino
spring wreathier the rest oif the month,
:except the last four das
A new article of boots and shoes has just
come up in England- It in calted the" Pa.
nama C~oriunm. or the leather chinth, and:
was invented by a person ' ame~d lii. Them
e mnaternal is cotton, hut has tho .musad
general appearance of leather, and eceives.
a polish from ordinary lackn, aiid in the
-same way. It is used only for thme nppern
the sole [eing leather. It iF sa d to be Na
Sdurable as leather, never cracks or splits,
e and possessues the advantage of not -draw..
ing the foot.
d
- NOTICE,
The next meeting of the Claremont ad
d 'Salemn Vigilant Associatin, wvill be hold
at "Coopers Mills," on the Firsk Frf '
Y in March next. A punctual attendence Ia
Sparticularly requeste d.
L. L. FR ASER, Sr. Pre't
Wu. UleGER., Seet'y.
' Feb'y. 19, 18.51. .17. 3t..
- Gi The Friends of W,
Lwsannounee him a Candidate for the
U offlce of Ordinary, at the ensuing -election int
ir January next.AN TE8
it b 1th, 1851 17 ti -
y Os Sale next I will soil to the highest buideter
is for cash, 31 Ne in famnhes aa folluws. One
Womte about * ers old; her two Cthildren,
'. Girls, p.ged S and B years old. 1 Wompn 21
-eas lwthh3 Children. d 4 and 6 teatw
1y old, the 3nd an Infant. 1(,iri 17 -earsold;
ir with her infant child; and two likely oy. aget
13 and 19 years. T'his 14th Febaruary 185.
tWarranted Titles wilt he gIven.
I* Feab. 19. 1851. 17 3t P1,
Collection of QUlaies
at ,The Subscriber respectfully oi~gsh
h- public :is service in thme colles'~r a f
e-NtsAcuto., and itst~he k qiia.
of tion oclainw. His charg"a wi ll
r. cent en notiey coll d3a p
by cenit onn accoutlitquidMt by date.
n. aolletnga et. e VOeWpatrnnnlge of the
, eofteDimtnct, heo pledges hie most
ofdis tattntion to Whatevor busaiess
a ayb nrse ohim.
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