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TIigo jtid are 'tlo f ttion6i and that, 6reforo, the -majoritj must Ioerty for there is no. logo reme ainst its -acts. 1rom al this, i1f61lwes that cur only Ireined is .thsdich belongs to us in Corn maotkt our slaves-revolution, an no moro. I oanhot but think, therefore, tha if South Carolina declines to seced4 for aftasliko this, she will give v deatl i6*, to the g eat cause of Stati Rights-tqr which she has hithertc perilLA so much, and with which hoi name '1 O"$rou4ly associated. Let.us glapce, however, at some of the difficultics which it is urged iio in.our way as a free, sovereign and Independent State. It is said we Will have to resort to smuggling for alivelihood. That our negre yopuhiudn 'will become redundant, and th'iit if they escape we cannot reclaim te.lie The objection in re gard to 'smuggling is sufficiently an. swored by showing that if goods are carried'from our territory into the other States, it must be done by the citizns of those States themselves, and they must settle the matter with their own. government. As to a re. dundant population, I have no fears whatever on the subject. If we ever have more slaves than we can profit. ably employ, we will be able to sell them at a reduced price, and I have no doubt that the surrounding slave. holding States will soon be able to obtain the sanction of their govern ment for their purchase. It will be a very different thing from the Afri can slave trade, and as our slavehold ing neighbors are to be the pets ol their government for fear of the con tagion of secession, I have no doubi they will be able to make satisfacto ry arrangements on this subject even if it should involve an amend ment of the constitution. Long be fore the day could come, when wc would voluntarily give np our territo iry to our slaves, and run away fron them, or they could conquer it frou us, our neighbors would find meant to relieve us as well as themselvei from such dire calamities, by giving them much better employment iri their rice and cotton fields. Souti Carolina will not be permitted to be come a St. Domingo in the boson of the South. History presents nc instance of a nation perishing from t redundant population-a peacefu: exodus has always been found. As to the difficulty in relation t< the recapture of our fugitive slavea it is obvious that as the slavelioldinc States would be exposed to the samc evil by their slaves escaping into om territory, a remedy would soon b< found by our mutual necessities. Interest will regulate these subject as@t has always done. Should our sadrs escape into the free States, we still have to do just what we arc doing now-submit to their loss. Mr. President, I admit that it i! very easy to say many hard things against secession, so I apprehend ii is just as easy to say many hari things against disunion. Our friend: must allow mue to say to them: Pusi not your arguments against secessiox too far, or you may find your batterie: turned against your own favoriti scheme-disunion by co-operation Do you know that you can accom phish disunion and the establishmen of a Southern confederacy withou many of those very sacrifices voi urge against secession? If your con federacy consists of the cotton States do you know whether vou will be permitted to secede without coercion' May you not encounter blockades ani a wvar of custom houses? WVill no slavery become hemmed in and local ized within the borders of your con federacy? Will your power o m1capture be perfect and complete' May not the commerce of Charleston and your other ports, be harassed and driven away? Who shall havi the mouth of the Mississippi? ,I ave heard many brave words utteret by western men on this subject or the floor of Congress, and high claim: put in to this right. Speak kindly, therefore, I praj yon, of senession, for it is the firs born, the lawful offspring of disuniom doctrines. Such, be assured, will be the judgment of a candid world, th< record. of impartial history. I admit, however, that our friend: have one advantage ovor us. Thei1 scheme lies in the future; ours is a hand. They have the chapter o: accidents on their side; we have onl~ the chapter of history. I admit, however, that our friend: haive one adlvantago over us. Theil sehemo lies in the future; ours is a haud. They have the 'chapter o accidents on their side; wve have onl~ the chapter of history. t am awvare It may be saidl that,i according to my argument, there is n< danger of any overt acts of aggressior against the South on the part of the Government in our day, then there i: no danger to us if we remain in the Union; that in this respect my argument is contradictory. But the reply is obvious. The argument 01 tho other side is that our destruction is inevitable if we remain in the Union that it is tihe Government of oureneme - who wvill annihilate us, but that furthei .aggressiatns will soon be committe< w hief u'llt unite the South in conjoin ..ebesasion. Tfhe first branch of the pro iesln I adhnit, but ilhe latter I deny oi Answer,1y h radual but certainavavsncor abolition; by the pjp;oasloapping andui-ring; by im. In ' grati; by the spread of -intl. slavery opqns; by 4efgrading State rightan- elting federalism;. :by combinink'g measures of wrong a fugitIvssave bill with an anti.slave trade billrby dividina the South; by party contents; by detnotincing slavery as an evil, and hoping for a remedy through the dispensiation or Divine Providence; by going on step by step in this vay, until corsolidation and abolition become so strong that (if I may be pardoned the quotution) the "one shall hold whilst the other skins.' This is the way your dest ruction will come, and there is no contradiction whatever in the argument. It will stand the test of any scrutiny. Hear what the leading journal of Europe says on this subject. The London Times thus describes what is to be the result of the Uinion to the South if it goes on as it has been doing: "Slavery is but a question or time. It is searcely possible to conceive that a hundred years hence there will be one slave in the United Statis, not to say in the whole continent of America. The slave owners see the ramparts rising, the trenches opened, the corn munications established, anid tine blockade closing arounid them, hiat is one day to reduce them to unconditional surrender. We douht not for an instant that our children's chlduren will see the chains drop in one iou r from the limbs ofthree million slaves. The Ftgiti-o Slave bill is only a last legislative effirt against ihnt which is more powerful than legislaturers the progress of human aiTirs. Every acre added to the territory oftihe Union, every freeborn child aded its population, and every iminigrant tiht lands on its shores, is another weight to the scale of abolition. Thon why, except because they are deniented and doomed, do the slave owners take no steps whatever to prepare for iie great day of reckoiiing? Why do they as snime the perpetial stability of an in. stitution at variance with the whole tenor and course of iodern civilizw. tion? We d not hesitate to advise them to set their house in order. If it is harder to do so now than it was sov enty years back, instead of ling ons. ier, as the great statesmann of that day hoped and expected, if time has hilh erto aggravated rather than removed the enormous diflicilties, what will be ithe case thirty years hence, when per. haps there must antid will be abolition without either the slave or his miaster being prepared for the change7 The choice lies between gradual and sud. den abolition, and it is for the slave States themselves to choose which of those two they will have-for one they must!' Behold this picture, and say if it is true! Ifit is, then let mie ask you, will delay :zar down these rampart, close these trenches, inise this block. ade, and save you from unconditionil surrender! Ye are men, answer for yourselves. I have thus, Mr. Presi. dent, endleavored te give my~ views on the present deeply interesting condition ofour public ailbirs. I um sensibile that I have performed thlis duty very imperfectly. I have pu rposely ab-) stained from any iitt empjt to stimullai' tile counsels of this ns'mbly, or the popuilar mind, by iippeals toi pri'l;, toe passion, or to p rejudntice. I trust I feel too deep!ly the hiea'vy responsibil ityv wichiii rests uipon mle, to addriess mytself to anoy other tribuia.l thant the caim judgment of an intell igenlt people. have endea vored, too, earefu lly tol avoid the use of ally thing like the ilangiuge' of crimninationi or ceinsureI. I k now. too weoll thlat such hang uage onlm!y closes thei door to reason, aind opens lie wiindows to passion. I deprecaite fromn thle hot toni of my heiart aniy thinig like angry d issensinis w ithlin thle Stt. ur en. Semies arc watching oulr councils, and wVill rejoice at oulr dilvisionsi. I et us give thtem no suhl triumph. Let us tell t hem, onuce and I reve r, that, thiough wve difl'r, wye will never da ie. FroeI rdo not regret thi jitrodlii. tion of this discuission. it has been~u saidl t hat youir Conivenit ion was1 e'lected~ before thle que lstion of seterssioni wais discussed. If t hiis he so, theni let the argument be lienard be fore t he judiigmnent is pironounicedl. Ieree dliSeniSon lever1 Ihiinde red any cautse. Oni so g raiv nat issue as that w hiebi is now presentteid to the peo~ple3 of South Car olitni, thtere cannot he too great dliibe rat ion, as there should be great thunity . In the hotur of her trial ihie State n. ill needl all her sons. Let uts then reaisotn to. gethier w ith fira terna! coni i'dence ande respect, remembertieing that wh ilst we difi'er as to the meonr. weL tall seek a common end( "A gojtveranment establiiiishen the hnm. D~sPLAYw OF INsTINCT--A fe~w days since, a lion hav ing a brood of chice' ets about six wveeks obli, by somec iiocans lost her life, andh lher heici wes :eninaltt~ted andh thirowni atway. To'wairdhs evenlintg the click ens were missing fromi thie barni. Afier nmuchi search theyv were ftOnnd~ ini a box ini the yard wvhere they hail never been seen, before. On e'xatnniatioen, :t was ondc ihat the hiead of I .0 hen haid dropped there, In. the chickens were all htieh ied togi'h~cr byv the side of it.-/-tonu/ .Ioura/tt. IrLTmois.-Theo anlti-slavr men of Southern Illinois met inl Eden, Itndohi county, Juno 4. TIhe fugitive Slave I ,aw was severely denounced, andI a roe!oii'ion)1 adopted advising the organinto of a Na. tional Anti-Slavery party, andi pledg-c t he Illinoian, "in the event of sneh a~n or ganization, faithful ly to sitpport suchi candlidates only as iehall have given fulil proof of thorough iattneien~t to the principles of equal liberty." TitE IIODCARtRIEs.--We undierstandl the strike of the hold-carriers of this city hb .s been successftil, and thau~t they hive re atumed their work at $1.25 pun day whneb was the rate of wiges demnanded by them. [Cinm. Non. THE SUMTER BNMU Sumterville, so. Ca, V. F. 1D. HAYNSWORTH, EDITOR. VEDNESDAYs JULY 28, 1851. " Messrs. A. WHITE &'Co., nre Agents flor the Banner in Surmterville. To Our Subscribers In conseruonceq of the alter:tion in our country niails we are induced to change Our day of issue, as under the present arrange mcents. our papers for several offices lie some days in the Post Office in this place before they tire sent of'. The Banner will hereafter he publbshed on Tu'esday and we thus hope to carry the news to our count ry readers before it stales. Tie Market. The Cotton market was quiet in Charleston, on Saturday liat, the transactions having been limited to about 258 bales at extremes ranging from 5 to 8 3-8c. The market wax depressed, and pricce nominal. Unfortunate Occurrence. We regret to state that about 10 o'clock, on yesterday morning, the 22nd inst., the residence of JAMteS II. ntITTON, Esqr., situated in the suburls of our town, was en. tirely destroyed by fire. The fire was first discovere'l in one of the chambers, the bed and some hangings being in flames; some niatches were seen scattered over the floor, and there being at lihe lime no one in the house but a snial negro boy, it is supposed th-it, in igniting matches for sport, lie care. lessly coinsntiiicated the flame to the bel. Very little of value was saved (if the furni ture. Tiaviely Preparatiosa. We have been struek with the: fore cast and astute providence apprent in a communication in the Patriot of the 18: inst., which cam- accideiallv into our possession. It seesims that two Miajors are catuidiaies for tie Colonelcy of lte upper regiment ofGreenville. One was kown io be a Union partisani, the other thought fit, a short timet since, to announce that le was not in favor of secession. lr. G..sy MOUNTAIN, (for so t.he writer of the commoriii. iiication we have referred to subscribes hinself, na inlicative, we suppose. of hIt love of simple trutlh) olject s to that C ression as being evasive, and asks whyI he d;d not go a littlie uriber and deny (isuioni.. in anv shape; for many dismunionists are op posed to secession by a single State. GL. sY MonrTAIt then subioits to the voters of upper regiment that "the Colonel of the regiment is an important oflicer to the peo pie in these times, when disunioen stalks abroad throughout the land. Ie not de ceived, " lhe begs then, ont look well to your own interest; a heavy responibility rests upon you. It is much easier to avoid an error than to correct one." The lofty peak first sees the coming morrn, ande glistens wvith the efrulgence of the day, while vet the shiadows~f.h eigt linger drowsily on the plain. ''Te anti-secer.sioni :assembtly on thie 4th only contemnplrted opposition Iby argu - ment and remonstro nee, and the exstreine penalty wich they d.-cared against Seces. sin wa thzat it seihb lie treated w ithI con-i tempt and as a nul lity, unless s:inOct ioned lby a lippubir vote. Bitt they are onl th en lin. arnd liiebt dwells with MIr. G. Mo!7s-r.s Upoii Is pr'sc'ieint ken has alremely risenc the day when will lbe felt thee ady .mage oef hiavinig that. tipper regiment well otiir'err . "Diseunione talks a bro-ul t hrouighout thle 1lan d," and inay at length becomie so ram pant a monster as to reeli ire the heat ef focrtsr of' that tippetr regiment, ini iis mt~ei etlicient pousible state of organ izatiorn. tol annihilate it, or (een to check its ravages. I low unfeortunzate it woni he, if, wheni that~ i:pper regimiient :naerches downo to airre..t ihle Statie of S. Ca reon, it shioul d find lhat, hv istake, it head piut itself tinder the corn maminl ot a dlisunionuist. and tims had rendher ed itself enitirely ineflicienit for its patriotic ...... I-c ~u'r- let as In:iti l~xitr...----\Nc.is.s one oef thle I rishi patriots, has escaepedl fre ri South Wales to San F'rancisco, where hce was reeeived woih much embsiasm~.. Smnith Ihn~le:. and eother Irish IExilcs hineI inae an unsuiccessfuil attempt to escape at thee sam e time. Theellowinge saiiesfrocedng ini Cafri and I libnis wecll conetra',t the dlli-rent appreciation in tho'se St ate~s (if oerael obbeganeons: A tn in se r.1rec.riyr, s.a v t: r.., wh..-\e learn Irouen icir ceorrespeent th:a c bngt.v shave lae.v hi is paessedl the hiouse, wiih .c i ie peresbpect of ge m g throuigh thle se. wiiich proivoees t hat aniy per..oin who ieiey b trmyi slaves mito the state ee goode fa.::n imeay le piruititedl to send th'ree had1 I m secu~eld tone, andi it makbe's :t the dovi oft ther-fl'seee andother oflie'rs, tie ail ine thie e.er uition of hel lawI n. Theo provmon ofii ~ lthe act ebrace al thii..-e whoi e irr.e i tlheves intoe the sltte previoaus to its ain.r, csmni etnto the uionie.-.llemphilis .:Ipeeal ITirIe i'mie!:iis i:.-ThPle Newr Yeer .\brror oef lFasheiiin ler ,icly says: Ahhour h it is "nonii'ee ofur biusmiiis,"' wVe we! ri k Ithe cotes.'ieice eof stat i'g Ilhat-weinic tihe heehes el or e..y havie set ther tece, riatiunt thee adofpt iin of the "ewe.. e rice''w aes not to te'all eoi thce' sei n. LiS \li llse Glouceste'r, N. J., to iitheninbce'r ofh sreven' or eight hunicdred, haive' siroek mi coeii)((u'ence of the Comminciy re' fet-iiig tie compiyi wvith the provceaiens of the tenc hiour law pcasved hev ther ,e'gi's latutri' of thcis State last Wianter, which wa~s ho go intoe operaitioni on thin l 4th. A~ prcsso wavs foreed bcy t hi. strikers, whvlo are pcrinceiparlly Ie-mah-es, andl aI m.etincg heldi in the wooexds beclow G loticetr. Extracts from nnattiole, inl B3roW8rnon's Quarterly Revi!w, oi the Fugitive I Slave Law. "Nothing in thworld is iejn'er titan to get orstaie con ccng!irtnst slavery, and in favor of 1il .ut tit., tian Wil) deils largely in t * c oImnt'nt places it I always ai tyrant inl iM heart, and one whot it will ne'er do ttrtust with pt.wer. The e*sence of ti $Inry is ilt I lie predo ilinaince (f l'asionul over 11-so0:, nrml pMASion1 pre doniiii.ttes in tle clotllilnity over reasont in the exact ritev ill which law is weak or wanting; 'or h in s the rc:iison of the conmrmnnity. Asce isdividii cai be free Itimself only by tit. pin-iirnhnce ot reason i n his interior life, so c-an a conpminity be tree in it. ieinbrs only by the ltsironcy of IaV in its bisonl. Thl niauderst iaeinens conceivah!o in tlnt hvIt wc prolpse8 to abol. ish ti ry antd e 2 re I r( lotii Iy aboli.sh. ing Inw-or govertrnet, witlout which tle miretnicy eo law cannot be trm1iintined. It is ti s inadne ss thiat lls eized the Free. Soilers or Ajosiwsm's. 'I'i:r principles st.rike at. tile bowl2riatu of ;ll government. inid thierefoic ;e irc-poti.i it to the indis. pensble colnin-il it . l1 'reedmit. Withotit go', vtriiniiti, stron; and eilici"2it govern. 11P etit is i 0 MA I ieIl t I I1: I!01 H he -u preonary ot law.moil %-.i.:e i I h on tn ante of Iilt iirimacly, tiherine i-i no gtaran'y iut treeiio:i I-1lber for biack mian or wht 1 iinan. Th supwion .- of lan- it as necciny to sceiir' the Ired'in of the r- %v u h-It enliane-prise , nt. to pre servo the freerlo'n tof thl, mwvutor now%. Withouit it thler i*' only anaireby Its nhi' %% e ht .s Irp tha place ill' r.tht. :1l th ':lk :re the prey* oy f the st ro.g. Vou do not ai.nie freedoi wis~i te in~nejalOdw 1lav'- fronm hum inmst Ir by wvi ribron g -i 'svr',;iieti; von I only tiwereh% render trotsdernl inlqxltihlie, wai Or!o-h the -o t dhae-taible species ol'yr:..n cocei hb, o .hn h1 your emn erv .'' .\iier :% iin 11 .*inel t ; I II n s I r vi the re.st rai ion ol Kiit. , I , 2n ner, .r. ".\r. tid--rpt~~n' 00.0918 resistanore 'tli h1 r... -'. :w 'r' - ' re''e 1a ad e l i , w :-. ---,.C'.y no n.-.1 . T - h c 2r' i I cost , a[ ill Ills . 'I. ,fh he preti . *r , h iU -2 ju : it.'; it li t21 ie! 4ni til '.Alit .! Th i t .0.-. i *i ln1. i, h :0 trn iii is r 11 -i --. N i I I.- ik utii n.: to the 2v1 rt 1 1. tl p ts 1 1 t t intor, , :- . t t but a l ir i e% t oi , S res . Andih %--hat ii c.' P. ,m ,- rhie i - .-l - I -v : .21 or a. i s t1o . powe I:in ths$39 ,,1 h2 hek fi r s t0.h 1W 1 4S. til i- I.' :1ki ill Governor :tti tht - n ir-iy .t it.epri. .-e t .ves -1 b2 bn 4e o i.Con,?. 1:itf rides ,Ar i Irtit * 1! I. I. E S :1 4 kit O Ih..: it i u m -n .attin, labnost the iajorit'. -i .. \ i k, i 'rii - tiinph1 int inl \er12o,21t , we er iut ju2t not wty, :;-o mn New If m hi e. 1its w..h h e. \ . . ;i cav, Is 222 w2 I asn II' a Fr1e' -lor \\'muro;- th \L,.cn i te tr te 'ti .2ler ii ir'i in .n 1 .l .i riili (et ii ry and w2:b hown 12h. 2 in2r dIIm. *.u Senator T;.1priyha bored he I-': It': -:- d ::n 22k1 o -e v s I.Ie h d n e u tr in :i,iar . - . 2 i~ n ;' '1'222-- . 3 g that. ii t . '. .1. y r - i.-' :i,1I re. -t -tl :: it' I w I- : b . . I it 422 in venre fakingnodefficiett mnan-to rgress hem, and they very naturally cihault so. iession from the Union as the only means if self-preservation that -remaIn-tolhem. I'hey may he wrong, but we df thod Norihl invo no right to blama them for 401- gwhet ve are forcing thon to do, if they wsh.to -etain any soniblanco of freedom. "Lot no man deceive himself with- the tain hope that-this radicalism now repre eonted by the Free-Soil party would stop ,vith the mere abolition of negro slavery. [t is the persuasion of so many of our :itizens that it would, which renders it an langerous. The abolition .of slavery -by violence nirgainst the will of the masters, din without compensating them for the property we compel then to surrender, vould be a great evil, but it is one of the lightest evils to be expeated from the pro. zress of Free Soil fanaticism. We assure lie public, and it is the point we wish particularly to impress upon our readers, that the abolition of negro slavery is only In iicillent in Free-Soilism. Neither the Free-Soilers nor we can foresee where they would stop. Combining as they do in on all the several .classes of fanatics in the country, and being the party opposed to law, tW constitutions and govrnmnents, cert ain it is they would not.stop so long as there remai:ind a single sare guard for indi vidunl reedom, or a single institution ca pahle of iinpoing the least restraint upon lavle:.s and dospotic will. No doubt there aire honest bit deceived, individuali In the party, who will not go all lengths with It; buL they will lie impotent to restrain it, and the party itself, augmenting its forces as it marches, will on whithersoever its licen tiuis land despotic principles lead, unless speedily and ef'ectually resisted by the soiunder part titf the commununity. or by the mnereiful iiterposition of Divine Providence. "Thc essential principle of the Freesoil party, that which gives it so terrible a vi. tahty. is not, we repeat, exclusively or 1iam11y, opposition to slavery. Half un. known to itself, It is a party organized agi :%t law ini all its forms, against all the principles and maxims of the past, and all ti timoral, religious, social, and po. ltical institutions of the present. It is a pirty formed against the common reason, comimon .se, and common interests o iiii nt. With the cant of religion ant morathty on their lips, its leaders are almn-st 1o ai man, infidels and blasphemere 01 well na traitors and disorganizers 'I'h are m en for whon it is not enougi lo .in fron appetite or passion, but wl< nimst sin from principle,-for whom it it not eniiotu to see the good, approve it, an )(t pursue the wrong, but who mus p crvert cinscieice itself, erect evil Intl goid. anI make sin pass for virtue. Thel aiim at revereang rl. the judgments of man hind, ami brand lie Christian virtues a nce-, aid exalt the vices opposed to then to Ii, rank awtl dignity ofChristian virtue Vhatieve-r has littherto been counted sa cred they pronounce prifane. and whateve ias - lut hierto counted profane, thei coiimm.mrid us to respect as sacred. The say with IMN'd Its's Satan "All gnod to me i last; Evil, be aiou my good." Sale of the W. & M. R. M. Bonds. We take from the New York Erening Ejepress, of the 11th inst., the following larticuiar riport, showing tile uccessfti bidt, th.e nutber of hids, the number o Londs bid for, and the number of dollars or the IIuradned that wvere ofTered. The bonds it will bc romembered were for a thousanti dlb-r . each. We have summed up h sales anid find that, for the bonds for O800, 000', riwrc were realize~d $279,0-10,c0. The ha!ds for the WVilnmington and Man che-ter~ Itonds ($t300,00) were opene< ye'-tesd:,y aftercrtoon, at the ofytce of WVins low, I,-moier & Co., at9) o'clock. The nums ber of htonds bid fur, was S5'1,000O. Th< tfooi mci wi-mere the snecessful bidders: TU. Wi. Chiarlesi, Durlingtoni. S. C. - Su00 II. Nutt. Wiritoniur, N. C. -. Sal 00 .'N. N imni, Wilmiington, N. C. - 5a 100 A!i'n-<tI Smith,. Whitesviille, N. C. - 10n 100 C . J. Wi. .'ie( al, D~arlinigton, S. (C. 13a100 It. Itgrs iun.Ilack Creek, S. C. - - 8a98 3.4 John .A. lt'miers-~n. Ilack Creek, 8. C3. 3a96 3-4 J:,m.- . 1Minentsly, Wtiitcaviile, N. C. 10a95 Gitlla: IPoe rn, WVilmington, N. C. - S94 ld' inIrd Hilelr, do - - 5a94 .tithni A. T'aylor, do - - Saul II. .31-.111 ~lin Whiitersvitle, N. C. - 39 (1alin I nye-s i, - 39 Alintr t.: & Itrmvn i. Wil'neton, N. C. 5a92 t-'timume (lark. ( levlanid, Ohio, - 10a91 1 (Cureoranl & liig-pe, Washingutera - 25ui90~ C dot ,u - - 2.ku90 4 ci, rio - - 25U2 bdo - -20ai91 Chubbt Sc-henck & Co., rie - -- 30.90 5 di dIo - -10a 9 0 Ii. S. Wh-len~i. & Co., 1'hila. - - - Sa90 2 Thons lAtlheie~. Now Yornk. - - 2.90 C C . I. W. .le~(nmli, t~hirnn. S. C. -1?a90 A'lb-nm.31e Farilani, Cheeraw, 8. C. . . 9(tnge .31..31 .\al. Darlingion, S. (C. - 2_9 Wm~t 1:~s Marion Ct. 1ine, S. C. Sa90 .. A- .3labbty, Whitesville, N. C. - 5a90 .laitn ihnm sonr. Wilmiiington. N. C. -59 It. Wouten. Wihuningtoni, N. C. - -29 lIn adietion to i the aice, there we're 221 bond til for. 2 I at freon 80 to '90. mostly at near hat iternea-, and 10 at lirter 80.'' A FATcr." Dti'i..--We are grieved t rntice thle lame,~ntabI issue of a meet in1 that tk phaire yesterday, in the vicinity e Ieil..mek l, b~ehteei Dr. I lunit and .Mr h-.'ot, niltt r ofl the. Cresicent. It has bee: 1n :c leno some time 1.ast that a ren cotre noub anIl t ike phicee; foir to such na e.~ eent h:i ll personal :rninosity been au ar..v..ed, thrt a hostile meeting seeme .nii'hl, buit lio (o33 was prepared for th deherabb1' issue. Tlher pairties. accompanie by the'. r respttive tr:enids, tmet ini the rea of ttm t . 8. Ih ,racks yesterday noonl; th wii e p 'ni-. -.d wer hiot guns. loadhed wvitl li.&, th damee'in torty' yardls. Twoshot nm *r i--.e a- iinged---t hei. first fire wnas mir:Ia, lne!tier party' being touched; a th mil tine, Melr. I'riot was shoc thirough the~ breamst, the hail passing niea thec ra-ein of ithe heart; lie lived abou tetyV inu~tes. D~r. I hunt escape unhuert. lie:th 'if thr-e genitlemein iimplicauted in thi eat nuuis aet'.or eren almoneg our proiminen ani m-st res'perc:ed etiziens, and the issu wnats watch-led with paimful solieitude. Ott aila ance-m wnith the deceased wavus ver huinted; ior a yoing man, durimg his uhioi r.enc.' mi this city, lie hiad acquire - en:dembleI, reput ation, particularly a a or ble., .imatul speaker, arid a zeOalouI pa rty m iim . I bsm iiimato frends and as cirte-i speak mt high termus of his comn p'anioiable qualmiis andl his generoiu uiiJinpis. Mir. IFrosat was a widower, an h leflt two children to mourn his utimr deitl.--N. 0. Commercial Bulletin, liti A smal.l pijece of' paper or linen just mois 3 teed wm tu 3rrpcrntmie and put into tha waurdreebte or drawers for a single day, tw< or itree timies a year, is a suflicient pre Tfid seventy fifth Anniversiry of Am0 9 can Independence wias rel brdd Paula, with mtich, spirit *idO s a portion of tihe citizens ofl ieno WAt 12 o'clock M. a procession evai formed iW ront of the A.-ademy under the diretlon ' or Capt J. M. Owens, Marshal of the day, j aind marched to the Church, where the I Declaration of Independence was read in a 1 clear and impressive manner. by Dr. Charles Henry, and an eloquent and spirited e oration delivered by P. G. Benbow Esq, a After tle delivery of the oration the coinpa.. t ny partook of an excellent dinner prepared P for tie occasion. J. Harvey Dingle, Jun., Esq., presided, assisted by Capt. TP. H. Connors, Dr. T. IV. Briggs, Capt. J. H. t McKnight and Maj. W. F. Butler, as Vice Presidents. After the cloth was removed, tie following Toasts were announced, and i responded to by the company with und.. cribable enthusiasm: REGULAR TOASTs. lt. The day we celebrate.-Sacred in It the annals of the past; may we never for. e get the divine principles it inculcates. IT 2nd. South Carolina.-The leader of a t forlorn hope ; she casts herself Into the ii breach that her country may be saved from destruction, a 3rd. His Excellency the Governor.- a Prompt and efficient in the discharge of his duties, when the nen are ready, the Means t will never be found wanting. a 4th. The memory of Calhoun, Elmore t and McDuffie. "lionior comes a pilgrim grey To bless the turf that wraps their clay And Freedom whrll awhile repair To dwell a weeping Hermit there." 5th. The Constitution.-.Erected as the bulwark of our safety, it has become a tool in the hands of ambitious politicians. Gth. The Union.-A confederatian of r sovereign States having equal rights and I equal prmvleges. These once destroyed it is no lIrnger a Confederacy, but an oppres sion of tie strong over the weak. 7th. Secession.-The reserved right of a sovereign State for the protection of her -.h. Our Institution.-But rights iner ited from our fore-fat hers; we will main tain them at every cost and every hazard. ath. The so-called Compromise.-ikh I MAltoni'ts bridge it would lead ts "Smooth, L easy, inoffensive down to Hell " > 10mh. The citi:ent suldiery of South Car. r olina -The achievements of the Palmetto Relriment furnish the highest evidence of ther efficiency. 1 Ith. The im. Jos. A. Woprfurd.-S. Carolina will sustain him in his mainten. ance of Carolina principles. r he. The Souh.-She has acceded to r one Comprmisae, she has proven her fidel ity to the Union beyond cavil. She will still show her faithfulness to Iiberty and tie Constitution by leaving the Uriion if necessary to preserve the one and maintain the principles- of the other. 13th. Woman.-With her we enjoy all that we can of the primitive Eden. With out her Earth would revert again to its or iginal chaos. r VOLUNTEER ToAsTs. ByJ. Harvey Dingle, Jnn., President of time day.-The orator of the day. By his successful efforts before us this morning, ie has given promise of future usefulness to his country. P. G. Benbow, Esq., the orator responded ;in hap anid appropriate ternms arid conclu ded by ofyering time following sentiment: I Thme lHon. RL. B. Rhiett.-TIhe Chamnpion -of thme Some~h. H~is fearless vindication of thme righatm of the South entitles him to the a hightest honor that South Carolina can award hmim. Bly Capt. T. H. Connors. Ist Vice Presi dent.- 'I he Hion. John L. Manni. A fathft,l public servant. Weoll may C~aren, dion boast of such p citizen. The President read a letter from Col Manning stating that a pre-engagemnent prevented his attendance, and offered the following sentimnent as embracing his opin ions briefly: A n Independent Confederacy of the Slare houlding States.--T'he only moude by' which, the rights of the South can be mamtained 2 and Southern civilization preserved- Let not Soumth Carolina by hasty separate ac tion endanger the accoemplishament for us of tisi noble dest iny. si By Dr. T. WV. Briggs, 2nd Vice Presi. 5 dent. --Capt. M. M. Beno. His vote at Sthe has't ses~sionz of the Legislature for the i call of a State Convention is highly approv-. ed by his, constituents. Capt. Blenbow briefly giving his views on time present question, concluried with the following sentiment: A Confederack, of the Stare-holding Sta:es.-T'lhe best, and most effectual, but noit thme only mode by whaich the rights of Southa Carotina can be secured. - By Capt. J. II. McKnight,3rd Vice Pres ident.- The reader of the Declaration, Dr. Chmarles Henry. Ilis modest and unassum-. ing de po rtment. havo endeared him to nil. t BylDr Charles Ilenry.-Separa'e State SAction. Tme only effectual means of re. .dressing past wrongs amdotiigscrt Sfor tiauture righmts. dotingscry - By Mlaj. WV. F. Butlecr, 4thm Vice Presi i dent.-Siouth Carolina. May she live in -Independence or die in its defence. I By Capt. J. M. O)wens.--Sont Carolina. 3 May sheo be isolated rather- than submit to I Northern alegression. r Hv WV. M.. Janmes.-The Hion. George t Mfclufle. May his national career ever iho wvarmnly felt and breathed in time hearts s of every A merican. a By P. R. Riley.-The Genfus o~f Liberty. t She has fled to South Carolina tor sanctua try. Let us defend her with our lives, our r fortunes, and our sacred hmonors. t By .J. Hi. Gayle.-The lion. R1. B. Rhett I and 1D. WaVllace. Tme pride of Carolina. Secessionists m principle, secessionists in s practice, secessionists at all hazards and tto every extremity. Bly A. R anti n.-T he Constitutional ri rhts r of Carolina. Her sons are ever read to y' sustain her in defending them. t By Rt. Rtutledige Dingie.-Seessionm. S. :I Carolina wvill lead ofy that others may fol a low. if the G"overnment attempt. to coerce s her, time firs.tldrop) of blood spilt will shmattor - the Union as the red lightning of Hleatven -shatters time decayed oak. s By Edwin J. Belser.--South CJarolina. 1 in every emergency true to her motto f' "Ammais Ophus quo Semper Parati." in By Thomas H. Waties-Whether in peace or peril time heart's truest sytmpathmy as to be found in constant, confiding, faitha fuml woman. Ott among the rtmdent shocks of life's wide sea ahe shares man's lot amnd. :: more than half the burden bears." - By WV. WV. Benbow.- Seeesuion our o41v aalrstion, nly remaing 4 y~~~ H.rhr.i hbough dead' hi oerrnpry wl~i eo hearts of a grigef'ul intIn ify J. A. Mrpua..'/e ko.LP. Rc,.1r rdson, one of Statf ejzil10 t'&th4A. rn CJongress. In him we reedg~q -' ble and eloquent tcdr nfti~h. ae whole Snutae*~~~' a articular. To Inj m Trid if~r~i e tender hi u By J. M. Felder.-Cnhoti ntdli'e; m mnts. - By D. L Ragin.-The Se-.eusin s~ ~auth Carolina. Like the patridigM ie seek no a remedy for the past fr that hzopurless, but'irecul-ty for the fattii' By Mi. J. W hite.-ike. President of the aye. Ono of Clarendon's faivorite sons. Ihi fellow citirzens appreciate and'tove'him, By D. Steadham.--Southr Carolina. Jot 4 er iitiating steps in interposing her sever ignty be marked by no retroirrade nfovet. ient. Her sons a ready to maidtain .eir equality in the Union or achieve their dependence out of it. - By a GuIst.-The Ladies. Too gener ily the advocates of Union to favor a sep rate State. By C. King.-The Southern States. I ue to themselves a mnst glorious -destiny waits them- Should they falter degrada on and ruin is their fate. - By Rt. .. Thames. Shalt the Patmetto Stati Thtus sit in debate WVhether to die or be staves I No, take ip your 'ield March for: to rhe fiid. And seek ye our honorable graves. By a Guest.-J. B. Richardson, 'Jui., A oble scion of a noble stock. Clareridor, as mnarked hirn as her own. By J. B. Richardson. Jun.,-The mrno. y of/the late distinguisied spatesmrn ,John 2. Calhoun. If there ev'er wes a time ebhen the sorvices of a great man were iceded, the present is that momentous By W1. C. Nelson.-:Te President'ofte rye abily with which le dicharg lia dluty entitles hia to our confidlnce and rdmiration. By J. HSarvey Dingle, Jun,-epqate State action. thie only practical mode er see~uring the prompt co-operatIon of' the Southern States in resisteng rho aggressions af an op ressive Government. - By L. 3. ouaoer-Dr. T 1V Brigg.. 3I:iy lie never die unti- he is' killed by the Yankee Militin. By Dr. T. h. Briggs-Sccessin. South arolina's vatchword. Let her do her du. ty andi leave the conse.iences to God. By Ji Elon-TIhe IIh. W. F. Col. enck. in him we recngnize an ab~le anrd el.. aquent defender of the rights and- institu Tions of the South. By Juoel Rh~odus.-Co-operation of the uthern States. Worthy of many sacri lice, but not the e out c involved insab. mission. on By B.Bicheo:t.--onth Carolina igilant, rif her rights, zealouu in t he mintenane of all her dIties, and ever ready to defnd them at every haza:dl. By a Ldy.-We lavish our charns on no rnan who counsels submission. - After the reading of the Tono WV. C. Butler, wth h his usual bhrew open his honusefir 'the ~ '2 4 those who wished td "trip the i astic toe." iiere the young ladies eio erstlemen adjoturned. and ivery shortty righit formis might be seen gleaming with n the brilliant halls to ~tr ceench anting ounds of music, "all went merry' s a narriage hell" until the crowing of chanl icleer reminded those who wvisrhed to see be sun rise at home that they must haste do so. Thy adjourned, and mot pleas. itly ended the clebration at St. Paule By Watchman leise cop. --.. ..V-EA... SOER... We learn f'roni a ,Constantinople lettee >f the 15th ult., in the Risorigjmeto, of Turin, that pbrlic attentione bdo heer, ratly excited hero by th discovey f an immeinse treatinre of Greeklcan. uscripts, of the hightst antinity,. Found by a learned Greek of the namt a Simonides, in a ev situeat at 'the root or Moutit A Wthos. According tothii account the importanace of this diseove ry. is incalculable, since it brings to light a great quantity of clebrptect worka quoted by vitarious ancient writers and hitherto deemed entirey rost. They' 'urnish, as mny be imagined; arn e' tensive list of proper names; carculated to throw grent hight upon niany obscure periods ofhistory. Among these preou-s volumes, which are composed of ery thin membranes (the nature of which is not stated,) (ied with , microscopio characters, some are calculated toglyea complete intorpretation of' bieroghyg~4on writimgs, the fortunate discoverer havmigt alreatdy successfully applied to the in., terpretatuon of' the inscriptiomns engraved: ont the obelisk of' the hiipprodroneo Constantinople. A PEnstA1 FAnt.--A merchesn~ hada pet parrot, and previous to going& India he asked poll' whet present he should bring her. 'No present,' aaidi he parrot, 'only when you see my: brothmers dancing oni the greenswardt. eli them how I pine in a little. prison?' The merchant journeyed and dlelivered he message, nnd a parrot immediately ell dlead from a tree. The merchant eturned and tohll his parrot, who fell lead from his perch on hea ring the newsi Phe mierchant with tears pieked up the >ody and cast it out, whlen to his murprise the parrot revived and flow 'to, a tree, singing-"The Indian ptirrot aug ht mne to die to be free, one. ky ) mnast'er thou shalt so gain thy freedond i EscarEn .ItL.--Samudl J, o ionvicted at the lest term bfour Ouri >f' the murder of' fohort .3. Lpater, and~ man named WVillinmgon, conitte4. mn a Peace Warrant, efteced thek 'scape frnm our jail (says the Caede Tournal of' the 8th inst.,) on yesterda. af ternoon, about t wo o'clock.Wbo he Jailor left for his dinner, b . du, ilicate keys, with wvhich they ,ieri' irovidedt by some unkurmvn nican.;~i~ inlocked the door, leadingnt . issage at the foot of the' sarwva hra ieffected their ese'r~ '~l myre haeen mlade by th~o r.ih rj~tr u itotse