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i 14 Jitenled I' 0o0-pi Wbesj they ibthqptt ir~eiej ti~y, dh Pno C e 0nefhy was.itotig The 4i ht of ibm ettes thiidth Vand not of the pidie $f I,) full, ample, ",nd adequats 6p N*~esatidob and nothing l, woud A' Wa!j . pd now, fellow citilets, could 1Wy burst the cerements of the grave, and their venerated dust be sahi i-ainmated id the same patri. oi ombodiment, conid they now join in solemn conclavo to deliberate 'n the sad omens which oVershadow Bouthern rights and Institutions, what pivWld be theit bounsol? Beholding in aiibhd'innt, as they would, the onstitution violated, the South plun dered of its rights, deprived of its guaranties and despoiled of its terri tory,. the federal equality of the States destroyed, representatioh re duced to. , inere pretext for sectional 6ppression, taxation, endless, exhaust less and unequal taxation ten timeS Vnore onerous than the three penie per pound upon tea, our domestic institutions crumbling, and the very slaves they had pure ased liberated by those who received the compen. .hation.and guarantied the title deed, beholding these things, I say, would they ask if Virginia, like Achilles, Was arming in her tent? Would they 4 upplicate reluctant allies? Would they abandon their rights and insti tutions because others would not de tend theirs? Would they wait, ser vilely wait, for a vain and hopeless po-operation? Would they ask if Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter were Well garrisoned with troops and mu nitions of war? Would they not isthef proudly tell you that, with ten times the means to capture with which they once defended it, it in spires their counsels with neither fear nor hope, nor interposes a feather's consideration to the great behest of duty? Would they refer you to a floating Custom House, a Federal blockade, or the fortunes of Charleston paling under the blushing prosperity of Savannah? Why, they -would tell you that these things were tried in their day, and were the most impotent of all the measures of British retaliation; that, in the very initiative of the revolution, Boston was blocka ded, and Salem made a "port of en try" for the very purpose of destroy ing her commetce. How do they stand now? One, the most elegant and magnificent of American cities; and the other still an inconsiderable find unexpanding village seaport. hdtey listen with patience wl loirecounted the cost, or sug geste. the iluquiry whethe~astate ~. -.Oouald-mainrt~Arthe expeheei ot a Sap tArate independence? Would they not interrupt you with thd .reply, that South Carolina was ahce free, separ ate and independent, and far more prosperons, and perhaps wore patri otic than now? That even after the adoption of the Constitutions tiro of .the sovereigns of this Unitt i'efused to concur in it, and cot tltied in thteir state of voluntary exclusion to ehijoy the same peace, rights and trangqoill ty as now. That even Texas, young and infantile as she was, lived for Snore than ten years without this U~nion, free, happy and independent, (and perhaps less corrupted than she has been;) associating on terms of equality with foreign nations; nego tiating treaties with En land; dicta ting terms to Mexico, and, instead of being coerced by blockades and the collection of duties in the port of Galveston, this Federal Union was supplicating her with a bribe of fif teen millions in one hand, and (a smece, violated) pledge to guarantee her alledged limits in the other. Trhey would tell you, fellow-citzens, that there was no blockade that could be instituted that would not in every aspect of it be an act of belligerency, to which the "consuilutional sanction'' * ~ of Congress had to be obtained, wheth. . er as applied to a port of this Union or of any other country;' that no such measure to crush the instituitions of a Southern State could be introduced in tho Senate of the United States, with ont awvakening the verv instinots of sovereignty, in ev'ery Souithern State at least, to repel and relmke it; that if a blfockade is incident to sepairate seces sion', if is-no less bo to co-operation with this-diflore'nce only, that the whole Southern coast' Would thien be besieged atnd beleagured, witrioof onse friendly port like that of Savannah for the escotpo of our produce or the introduo tion of our supplies and that if State independence Would indeed circum. scribe slavtey and the slave tradh for a smngf' Siate, that a Sourlnern~ onfeder. aoy would do no less for those united under its government and Its institu. tions.i Would jou tell them of your weak. ness, o the limited extent of your ter. ritorial limIts of your trade to be blighted' your produce depressed, and your etttzens overburdened with taxa - tion to support a separate State govern menti They would einswer you, that S. Carolina ocoupied a wider space upon thin- continent than the conjoined terri sories of three of the most fanatical of her eaetern-oppressore-that these were the arguments exclusively of Ilear and not of reason, of expedienoy andi not of prfnciplu-that they would be as eon ci ttstve against resistance if abolilibn were knockinr at our dkoras or armlng ,wre resa We"i n btflfosubmihAldinJ arad Wo6ld ba ~t as sruo .anid as gpdtel4 When the ,*as abahe 'between tlsi.8ites l otl*,tiI has boen ubolielged in~ the -DirIot tr boluraibia. No, follo*'iltizens. from te virtuous and uncaloulating enlhusiasm of the men of that generation, you would hear no suggestion of fear, of danger, of dif. ficulties, of expense, or of submission. They would point you to Lexington, and bid you go -and fight its battle, i< needs be;,nor ask if you have any trem. t bling or federal.bought allies by your ( side. They would point you to Fort , Moultrie and tell you that, against odds iunumerable, a fleet invincible, wiih an exhausted magazine, a few crippled guns and a handful of brave Carolini. ans, they were enabled to repulse En. gland's choicest veterans. They will bid you (as they did) to do your duty, and trust your cause to Him who rules the destinies of nations, as well as the hearts of men. And if this should fail, they will tell you to learn, then, wis dom and experience from your adver. saries. That while you are tamely and 1 tremblingly talking of submission, the Northern fanatic has scorned the com promise, abrogated the fugitive slave law, and hurled back defiance and de. nunciation on the government, annd spurned the flatteries and the sycoph. ancy of those who have invoked them to sacrifice great and sacred principles to expediency. But should all these shame-recurring considetation not avail, the iiIking tshades of our ancestors have one ieon r ce, at least, that ha. hever foiled to ie. pond to the appeals of oppressknh l nd I persecuted humanity- They Oill com1. mit Carolinas destiny intd the hands and to the courage of ie daughters. What man fears to do, ibrnan shall achieve. Even her meek and geoutle spirit can. not and *ill not bear our accumulated wrongs. It shall wail them it) the cot. tage, it shall bemoan them in the palace it shall echo them in the saloons, until all that there is in Carolina manhood shall be roused to shame, indignutiou and resistance. Nay, so easy the tri umph, and so bloodless the victory, that we fear not that even a bodkin in her soul-determined grasp might achieve it against a world in arms, in a cause so panoplied in truth and justice. PiLosOPHY OF Swtinio.--Elizur W right gives the rationale of swimming as follows: No branch or education has been so ' much neglected as this. Alan is the only animal that does not swim natur. ally. He sinks in deep water from the 4 size of his brain when not properly ex. ercised. That is to say the weight of his brain above his nose sinks that or c uan a little beneath the surface, when he is in an erect position, before his bo dy displaces its weight of water, and d thus finds an equilibrium. With the nose under, one must breathe water and drown. But when the brain comes to be exercised enough to throw the head back and nose up, pointing to the very zenith and keep hanids and feet carefully under water, then by the I eternal law of hydrostatics, the nose wvill continue above wuter and the per. son will float like an empty bottle, wvhich is so balanced as to keep its. mouth uippermiost. No human being can sink in still water of' any depth lv- [ ing on his back with hands and feet un. der wvater.t Allen's Bomb Lance, an ingenious contrivanice toi he uised by wvhalers, was tried last week at New B~edlford. T1hie hMereury says: A vty large assemnbhage wa.is gath. ered af Fish Island yesterday to witn~essi the e*periments with A lie:u's whaling gun and patent bomb lance. AMany of our merchants & cen ptain~s were present T1he lance wa dischiarged fronm a gun weighingz about twenity four pounds with the usual cha rgeof pmvwder and was projected a distance of soime fovrt y ya rds, burying itself in the en r;h to a distance of sonmc six feet, where itexld, tearing up the ground int large iiasses. A further experimnet wasq frie~d of throwing a lighted lance into the water, wvhen it sunk to the bottomt and ex ploded showing that it enn) be used under wvater with equal sruccess. The. gun can be caried to the shoulder with ease. Thle opinion or the spctato rs was unanimnotus thait the experimnemts were per. fectly successfut, and demornst rated beyond cavil the practicability of using thesei, guns in th~e capture or the wha e. An old anid successful captain informied uts that ni , whale would move very uar after beingrub at. mitted to the operation of the paitent lince. The Albany Knicknrbocker gives, us an account ofai wondeJrful dlog i. longing to one of its enrrirr. Th~e carrier feIl sick, when lie sent out a boy to deliver the papers. All be had i to do was to follow the dlog, who stop. ped at the residence of euich subiscriber' and wvai.ged his tail-never missed one in a list of six hund red. A t the door of all subscribers who had not paid for their paper for a length of time the dog was heard to howl! This is a most intelligent and useful animal. SINGUL.AR PI'JVtENF.!NoN.--In this nevcih borhood we untderstnd thet good perople wvere witnesses on TIhursdayv, 17th, instant, of a most untisal. phenomenion. Abhout four o'clock in the evening, a hargv e loud a rose in the south, covering perhaps sixty de. grees of the visible horizon. This, undler the circumstances,- was watched with theo greatest anxiety. After incrohsing in dlen- I sity and size for about an hour, it seemed to move up with rapidity, having all the aip- I pesrance of onie from which an iabund ant rain was descending. This p)mn'ved rnot to! be thecaso, however,- for in a few minlutes4 I the whole face of nature was covered with a dense blue smoke extending as far as yeti ascertained, over an area of 183 or 20 mniles square. So thick inideed was it, thnt the vision was much iitterrupted, and treesr and houses only half a mile off were en. tirehy hidden from view. When the 1 smoke disappeared, which wvas in ab.ant an hour,.the cloud w as gone. 4REil RUMTEIBANNERl. Sumteiylle, Bo. Ca, W. F. B. HAYIISWORTI, EDITOR. 0 U" Messrs. A> Wait & Co., are kgents for the Banner in Sumterville. ? - d Tile Market. Q The Cotton market was quiet in Charleston, v a Saturday last, the transattions having been e imited to about 571 bales at extremes, ranging roma 5 to 7 1.2 cents. Prices remain about the ame as previously reported. Mr We crave the indulgence of our lubscribers for the lateness of our issue to lay. It was caused by an accident which iappened to our press, rendering some re. Pairs necessary. No delay shall hereafter iccur unless from unavoidable circum stances. Cotton open. Capt. BLANDING exhibited to us this norning a boll of cotton, from the plants. ion of Capt. JAs: D. MCFADDIN, which kppeared to have been ojen for several lays. Eclipse of the Suan. It had been announced by the knowing I mes thht there would be a partial obscura- * ion of this luninary onl yesterday morning. t it about 8 o'clock. We had forgotten to I >repanre ourselves for astcrtaining the fact ! jy darkening the mediamn through which f ye should look upon his solar majesty, and i iis glory was too little dimmed by retire ent for us to have so failed in respeci, as, inscreened fron his observation, to have i razed at him with boll, audacious eye ; so i ve are not prepared to commit ourselves to i he assertion that the N11'on did put herelf I rorward on the occasion. Jf she did, she I -ertninly gained no glory by it, but only lemonstrated her own opacity in the open lay. We learn from the Camden Journal that 'harles K. Brewer, who had been commit- I ed on the charge of murdering Elizabeth harthers in April last. died in prison on. Vednesday afternoon last. Hon. W. C. Preston. We learn fron:he Carolinian that this ,entlemann has .so far recovered from his eccit paralytic attack as to be able to ride ut. It is not however his intention again a restiume his labors as President of the 2ollege. THE SOUTHERN CoNGnR.ss.--We per :eive in the Crrolinian a conmnunication mtting JA.%is H. VITHFRspooN, Esq., of ,ancaster, in tonination as onae of the lelegates front this CongreAsional District, o the Southern Congress. .lon. .os. A. #ootdward. We find in thle Winnaiboro Register of saiturdsy a letter written by our Repiresen ative to a Committee of Arrangements of 4th of July celebara: inn in Fairfield. Hie xpresses the hope that the tiaae for the nleeting of thae Conveittion will be fixed tas early a day as possible; and withaout leciaring the particular mode of action whaich lhe wouhil prefer, announces his de. ertmination to abide by its decision. Ansti-Sece'ion Meecting. We tind in the Charlesion pape-rs of yes eriday it call, signed by about 1090 persons, ar a meuetin~g at the I libernian flail, 'thi v.-ang, :5o give expression to views of bose "who are in favor of Co-oP.':TtoNs ior thec pusrpose ofl resitance to tne aggres ions of thae Fedleral Government, but who ro o~jposed to the Separate Secession of bouth Carolina from thec Union, under ex itting cireuamstances. It was unnmouniced tiat ilessrs. BARN. m. and BUT1.ER would addrcss the meet The Methodist Church Case. Different statemecnts lhave reached us or beC proc.eedinags with regard to tisi matter fier the haearing had been concluded be. On.e ac-ounlt state i that the ne.gotiations dvised by thae Judge we'are abruptly tenmor ted by the Northern Church reinasinag to e knowledge the jaist we of the clhum pnjre. erred by thme Chmureba outh. The New Joamerc il Ade-rti ser, of the 0t h mat., n the other hmiand conaatains the tollowing: "We ILeian froms the Charistian Advsocate: : a.lturaial that the bosok ageait cat the JagtlaodIsa Epiaicop.al Church, arto g aupon'a bie sugger.t san of thae Court, an thlas late tra. - I respe-ctinag tihe church property, haive pro osedl to the coauiaioners of the Chaurel, ;outhtl, 'an adjusa iaent of t heir pirete. resd homaai by a le--.a arbitration under thle aithonrty of the Cuurt.' We are glad to earn athis,, and tra.et athat the Sout h will, iah equialI proamptit:ude anda cheeirfualness, iire.t lie pire-poal Inorabily."a Frederic-k Douglmea, Esq. This illustrious Southearan Refugee,' or, s we of thea Soth wsuaistyle himva, Ftugi ive Silave, ha's scommiaenced the pubbicationi,e Lt Rochiester, N. Y., oif a lbrge ands hand- t samaily pirinatesd weekly paper withI the atte C " F~resderick: Dousglass's P'aper.'' T he ew Yoirk Tlribunae says sit it: "The niew paper is thle renadt o~f a nimon etween'i thae .sorth .Sar. lItity paahshed y Mir. D)., rands thet Syracuise I,ie-rty I'ar Pa 'uper. Johan TIhomas, whoa formerly iiaduaatedl t latter, is the ass~ian t a I r. Obughess in thae new jouara. |r. ougabswa foraaerly a Distiionu at, bie cvrag liat thle Unait.-d States Con-t itult ian 'ivolved t he North in thae support of S inva I y. ie is now a coaivert to a lie sdoctrone oft ,yaandecr Spotier, that the Conistituotions ighatly inaterpretedl, i not pro- slavery at all,. tai that thec U2nitead States Government a as full power to ahinlishiSlavery in eivery art of tihe hand. Thlat lie is a moan a aarkedl abihaty,-no one who kaows hisin willn |eny.-l a~e.Daniel .,aUacoM~ We live niade isom extraite fromi a ketch, in the ulonvillo Journzl, or a peech recently'delivered by this distin. uished gentleman, as showing lid position n the great question of the day. "Ins a w words he hats presented a view of the rhaole..subject, and his direct, forcible rea. onings ol bhulf of separate State action eserve serious consideration. Thle people f this State, booro they determine to put f'action until they cnn commnee it with ertainty as to its triphant result, ahould onder, whether they will iot, every day hat they continue in this Union, add to its trength and its ability to put down res at nce to further acts of aggresioI; whether hey will not become less able, themselves D make such resistance, We should look into the future, and, as veil as we can, anticipate and consider its vents. Suppose the South not to unite iow, and South Carolina, tlherefore, because oo weak alone, to refrain from re~istance, rnd the Union to go on as befre, will the ase be difTerent Oien now aggressions re made 1 We will admit that there is low a strong and increasing party in the 3outh. disposed to mainatain the rights of tlaveblolters; but that party will not act mn past issues, awl it South Carolina does iot make a new one for them, they will ave to wait until IIlie North shall apply the park by committing a new ou'rage. But hey will be power'ess before that time. f we look at parties at the North we will me that the-y are turning for the present rom tin slavery quest ion, because there is io imineidiate occasion for acting upon it. slavery has already lost every right outside >f the slave States themselves. There is io territory in which it conid extend itself, inaulitnial power in (Con>rr.ss to gaini ; it a bound and imprisoned witlin the States. t is and must rem-in where the North can ay its hands uapron it, whenever there shall Le safe occasion for undernmigir it to its verthrow. It can streng.then itself by no alhance, for the laws of the Union forbid .reaties by a St-te with a foreign power, or ven with another dtate. Tre organs of he Free Soil party live alreaty aamounced her paitey, aid. crtmilent in its wisdomn and sure of its succe'ss have seriously ad 'ised the people of the South ta avert by tfnancipation, the horrors il the future. lhey have declhtred the Ciomproni.-e to be he dooi of sla.ry, anid the tadva-tage hus gained they n ii hecure bef ire they .onatenld for rnore. Niw, whde th. South is iartially aroused and indigrn:, itey can it t prucced any farther with safety, ind they ill miake no nerion atack up. ).I slavery, utiil ti a.;atio.i in the Southashiall have subdided and par.ies shaAj mave resutmed tier forimer pAtosil d lien anutlr descent %% iil be rnale u' us inud other rights ani s.daguardi wrested av.,y, anit tire sart d t iie ''e a I agaii aresent thetselves to organized re.i-stance -only worse-we will all then kinow ktat we had itefor.a inled to resat and each wl ear thati the'*' riise's ii la I i u re~s~rt atl n' .t wd al be vinu to horpe for cuibiliatin, Ior' tave we nt. to e'~lpect tha~t then, as nowi, lie Sonthern States wallt o:n~iba.e uini he tne for attion las passeti an n y, that esru'tance uponr puI.-t i?-Suies wm ie .igma le.iirlt a nad the ua ternatii 0 oiaCajuieseant >e put 5to. .i ther' tal'! T1hiesej cosii uent~ices v~e thlink are to be ixp..cted, unailess sinie rn'titioni tr the :brte~~t2r andi hribi.ti t uiiiught rand act ion ,oth at North and oul"L'th. aa:i utton occu r' W~e cannoit adhvotatt -ii..e ty ages'~ any) noure t han aay ind idl ia I; -iti we . ould refecr the p~erias . ac iaon a thause o. anac an TheL''.y lait --t .oed that~ c'ix hunI~redt aersonis at lPort an a':.ne lad revolted] gunsit :lhe guver'ianrti:; ih at the~ ;rx dlay heuv wier' i.itrtked, but raule jt the i r it,) etired to the ansartt us, wheat:e triev liad Ien joinedi by Ilr~ arge iuninter< of yoLuntg aren, iad that raari n pr-rai bet wv'en i'rira. .9-'' aid St. Js;~ , b id Jeec! .r'ea agan ilst t lie Fsarisa- Wroaua C'aula. It sLcnia tr Ia i t~er neri.inrts that the eategranhj riepoL' rt hirn'ut de.:1 ice-, (ton L'rnaiag the rin :g rin Co :i.. i as acorrect. l'he Ch'lerorkeea airrvedi ina Newii Yr brinag. rag inteilbgencer li I lliravn a tothie 17th flat. A~ le'ttr litnr t h-it city tat that daite tys ulh:at i' mouir.enrts "hr, t retired( to, tie iioua:.ainis arid put iit.anee.es ina a po. rid inatetrtl ta intini thietrseives--ta 'ig with theart th' lever t't cibz.,tioa, ai rant ing press. So mnuch tfor the tirsmt srug. les : thie , bild. "U Iri' i i; t'aa l di bc m. a! hir tat! t'h af ri. litonar, andl ini s.ty dlays, perarhtas (Creoule Iestinry ii.11 th deterriaanned. The ~ Gve'rna. rseat has beten .sjriiha' trroopjs tar .\ltanzas Ire pa~sL t ree, Uit it rseems. ihev ditd not atl ther'. ..s ioreth ig mor re urg'ent pire's. LI thieat *'.iut ward. "Thear ali~ir .. afludd' toa mi the Giivern-. aiatt pape fi' t h prinaiin, bgiL at is siap. lised, tht tihe ho lit atr is not ttahl. andr liat at is thirown i alf o laly p'rric .apre enas un herre. "Tw'io einissa ra ro.ri the 'iiitred R;aute. re spoken't oft as hterg at tihe lieid oat thIis Latbe.k, irolu ag / riog ird t..yo. iiatakesj art thei am c..ties. "Twoi~ (Crei'e youthis, a'dir -I'd in thei ;ated State, werte it the .i.m, 'd roahiay iriun y e.at-iiini'rir mr tpeni-rg am try, buat therert were rit .\ 'leretans miix dl up ii the nail -r. lThe iiannesdhrite airae oft Iis irnove.ant resti with- the ewily rippoirnt dt unahtiry Gov ernror, l'y sev rail tyrticanearid aippressamae cts."' Thei Ip'urser ofth Lia'hleroklee say s thait it , rnmiiored ahat II .i aini hans baeen placed taior nmartmtl law, ow ng to thre nntarei. Telesgra1l, the only t opSe out of this State in whiclte )t ye aM et seen ray com lts ott tie .ti a. principles aid'objdets of the4'90 Standdrd, havidisappro ved orf he . Too Courier published in Lincoldion, . C., and strongly advocating resistance jo Fde ral wrongs, condemns the Course of the Standard In no measured terms. The Telegraph, published in Macon, Ga., for a long time having battled for Southern Rights, and how ranged under McDonald, and engaged in the very heat of the con test with subinission; speaks thus of the Standard: 1" THE SOUTERN STANDAn.-Wo have received several numheis of this journal recently started iii Cliarlegton to oppose sepprate State - attion. We notice that B. C Preshly is the political editor, and Dr. Skrine, late of the Charleston Sun, has charge of the local and news, and William C. Richards that of the literary departments. The Standard is conducted wth courtesy and ahdity, but we cannot say that we wish it success in (he advocacy of principles which, under the circumstances, we should regret to see prevail in South Carolina." Now these are very significant facts. The Standard says that Secessionisir, by precipit ating the issue, are embarrassing the Southern Rights party in the other States; that thut party in the canvass now going on, is forced to take lower ground because we are forcing on the decision of the question before the people are ready to say secede-that prejudices against South Carolina and her excitable, aspiring dispo sition all tell against secession and against resistance in the other States; that we are in fact driving away our friends; and there fore it urges the rashnes, the impolicy of immediate action. Now, in this disagreement of opinion between the two classes of the resistance party ninong us.who is qualified to decide? Who can best estimate the influence of the one or the other course upon the par t:es in the other States I The common seuse answer is, the resistance party in those States. They know best what, in the circumstances surrounding them, will strengthen their hsands, what will make for or against them in their struggle. The Telegraph says that it would regret to see the principles advocated by the Standard prevail in South Carolina. Now, if the Telegraph, which is con ducted with honesty, ability and zeal, and is completely identified with the party in Georgia, has in the above notice indicated what action by South Carolina would be regarded by that party as exerting the best intluence in Georg.a, need we hesitate; do nit plence and policy advise us to act? %Vi 1aany- other course destroy all hope Iect!- ion I i Since writing the above we have found in one of our exchanges the following arti cle from the Columbus (Ga.) Southern Sentinel: "SoUTnsuu STANqDAnn-Wo have re ceiv, a number of a paper of this name, pubbs wed in Charleston, by D. C. Presslhy, ihq It is a good looking bheet, neatly prinited and see-oq to be opposed to sepa rate' State action. We cannot, in good coiisicience, say that we wash it any suc cess in its vocation--for we think tha t Southi Carolina ought to secede, and will die it, anid 1.t if she does not, she will be a by-w ord of rep~roatch for all time to comec-a (ste which maey God avert from that g.sllant State." A ne paper has just been started at Crawford, Ala., entitled the East Alani an. the laditor of which says: " lis ch of object is * to protect the South against the unjust aggresaeons of Northern fanatic.,' but he does not think a dissotution of the Uncion necessary for that puerpose. lie says, * we hold that it is en t rely consistbent with tho dignity and honor of the South. t?.at sh should remain in the Union a while lo cggr."~ lit the same tone ini which he commenms on: the Sosuherns Standand, the Editor of the Xentinel says of the East Alabamien: SIt he means by that until next spring, that will do, but not othecrwise, according to3 our oao Clsaurleston rousing haerself, On" Wednesday last there was a large imeetosg in that city for the purpose of formning ant Auxiliary Southtern Rights As.soc.ation. The reasons for this move ment are mndicatedi in the Address ad.>pted, whch we give below. Great earnestness and enttlbusiasmn are stated to have emarked the proecedings. Th'le Association was fully or',amzed by the adoption of a Con st itution an~d the election of oflicers. Hion. John S. Assr., President. Annaras. It being now proposedl to forrn a South ,ra, 1ights Assocatio,~ auxihiary to that alrceuly oargaized in these Parishes, a de cent reg-urd to public opimion requires a brie( summary of the reasons for such a couirse. lie October 18350, an organization was etle~ctedh in Charlestorr tunder the name of the Saoutheru, Iteghts Asscociation of St. Phdiiip'~ acnd St. Michael's, " for the purpose of better resmsting~ the aggressions ot the North,"' andi " to cointinue in existence aned persevere in its elyorts until the wvrongs of the South are redressed, or the State re suniee the poer hieretoforo delegated for spccia'l purpoises." Thela quarterly meet ineg bor J uly, 1851, not hiavmgs beene held as rcequire~d by the Constitution, an inquiry was pubbecly made'e for the cause, and in the satuno mucmner at has been announced thiat the Association was in but languish inig conidation. lielieving theat the same reasones for the forination of such an orga. niitat ion are as actively existing at this time as thte ime of itis tirr-t formation ; anid that if the Asso-ciation be worth preserving at all, it .s worth preserving in the active ex erceise of its fumnctioens, wve propose organi zineg aneotimvr Association with the- same Conistituition), the same object, and the same pobecy, wh'lich we all agreed to in October last, when we untited' together in forming the Southern Rights Associatiou of the Parishes of St. Philip's and St. Michael's. We have n'et changed, nor are we able to see that the position of the State is so cheangjed as to jtustify us in disbanding our Association ae to austain the State authori tes i,, w-hntevr rnnamnuw, QSasth arolin bovovedt ; *, WM #it0b.und trs esbd tilrooh hi uxi At dpirit 6f. dea" Chd estan;- it 'iliii iir to Wit.the -great objeets' ofesf-jihd As. socatin. We, do not sandj n i. tion of antilgukilsm to ottr or I Asja. tion. We are still membefd iti and ill aid it to the eklent of our power in all ef. forts to enforce its pfinciples and polidy. If for any cause this Associatibii has be come parailysid In Its energiesi *e ln~ltb all of our citizens to join us in sustaining in Charleston art active, pflatent organi zation.- Let CharlestWn be prepared, as a part of South, Carolinal ousqataip 9he State, andy sustaining the titi, 'priserve the rights and libertles of her citasons. The C4anstitution and SecesA sion. The tight of Secession seems to be un dergoing some investigation in Florida, as well as in Georgia. The Jacksonville News, a staunch South ern paper, replying tothe Republican, which charged that. the secessionists attempt to derive that right from the Constitutional compact, puts the subject in a clear light in the following forcible remarks: - Because the writers quoted by the Republican assort that the right of seces sion is constitutiona4 the inference is hasti ly drawn tlrit they claim to derite the flight from the Constitution. This, by no means follows: a right may be said to be consti. tutional when the exercise of it is not pro. hibited by the Constitution, but this is very different from claiming the right from the Constitutiunal compact. The States pos. sess and exercise many rights which are constitutional, but which, nevertheless, are not derived from the constitutional compact, The States derire no power whatever from the Constitution. The States possess eve ry right and prerogative appertaining to sovereignty, except such as they have transferred voluntarily for the common good to their common agents--the FMde. ral Government, by the Constitution. It is 'Constitutional,' for a State to borrow money, make internal improvements, erect colleges, create corporations, and perform many other acts which sovereign States may perform ; but although it is constitu. tional, it would be absurd to argue that the right to perform these acts was derited from the agent, or servant, to whom she had entrusted certain other powers, amorig wh'ch these were not enumerated. The Constitution is merely the commission, held by the General Government, to prove its authority from the sovereign States who created it, to perform certain acts therein specifirualy enumerated; and all powers not conferred on the agent by that commission are reserved to the sovereign States themselves. This, in our humble opinion, is die true theory of this (Govern. ment ; and any other must lead to consoli. dation. Whenever the time arrives-and our neighbor seems to think it has already come--when 'a majority of the people' are brought down to that point of subser. viency and 'submission' as to acknowledge that all their rights are made over in trust to the Federal Government, and that they possess no rights but .such as are derived from or granted to them at the pleasure Wf their own creature, they will be ptepared for a consolidated Government, and it will be useless to discuss the right of secession, or any other right, before a people so lost to a sense of their own fallen condition." Co-oER IATI.-Extract fromn a Jetter of General Felix Houston, to a gen:lemnan in South Carolina, dated 81st MaFy, 1831. -I earnestly hope that South Carolina will stronously adlhere to her resolution to secede without waitmng for the tardy co operation of any other State. If you fail, I for one will be compelled to believe that there is sottne inherent evil in slavery which produces the mnonstrus anomaly of a people aspiring to be tmasters withoutthe courage to avert being slaves. " The North have besieged the South for years-they have taken position around us, bought olyour allies and made breaches in our defences and a lodgement wvithin oui lines, and now the only dityerence amongs. them is between those who would atom our works, and those who would ptoceed by the nmore certaIn and less danigerous means of blockade. " In Mississippi the feeling is gradually verging to the South Carolina position. am satisfied, as I. am one who does not ex. pect an agricultural people to form a great putblic sent isnent with that. promptitud which characterizes commercial commu. nities, daiy by d~sy we are gaining strength Yet we have much to apprehend, not in thet success of General Qutmran, but in the character of thbe Convention to be elected -Mississippi is now the battle ground, and I san well a-ssured that the whole funda of the Admninistration and consolidationists will be lavishly expended to- defeat the Southern Rights party. On ther main ground we are invinicble-but the sub iiissionists are trying to divide us about the mode and manner of redress. If the South ernm States get tangled up in the meshes of the th~ous-mid and one0 projects of redress we will be tont. South Carolina must cut the gordian knot. Rely upon it, you will be sustained in a decided manly secession. If~ force is attempted you will have t he aid of thousands, who will comer not as bur dlens to the State, but with the moans ol support. War may not ensue at once, but it will sooner or later. in or out of the Union the slave holding Stafes will never 'have peace and security for their property until they practically demonstrate that they can defend their rights by arms. If the South cannot look this great truth boldly in the face, they will more certainly fall be. fore tho machinations of the North than Greeco did before the deep laid policy of Philip of Mancedlon. " South Carolina acts right when she est ablishes arsenals and preparea arms. Let it not be said of her that her resolutions are strong, but her resolution weak." The Abbovileo Ba:nner states that a duel was fought on Tutesdar morning, on one of mihe isinods of the Savannah. River, in the vicinity of Mosley's Ferry, between Dr. WV. G. Lomax and B.. L. Psey, Esq., both of Abbeville, in which the former received a slight wvound in the wrist. Weapons, pistols ; distance, ton paces. A swarm or bees hived in the hole of an old tree on the mountain at WVestfIeld, Ct., from which soon aftor, an immense num ber of black snakes, of all sizes, were seen to emerge atid spread themselves atouig the hitbs of the trees.. The neigh bore assembled in crowds andi shot some of the serpents, many of thoem measuring over aix feet In Iength; In Louisiana, under the new Cinhtitu tioni, a muan whoslage another in a duel, is guilty of murder, and all pepsi tidipg and abettipg it, arey pu wishkbld as les ,rna- bneI e th t~tIn netder. 9f .ihrpoot, 1p'nlr 0i were heard toexp oX n b 4tgb the police 0 of thei umr 'wlflob policen an*i~ the streets, ww :1rswka c*fi bet of ote sdetsoi regiment, some of thim aPW bf gan, 410, who was at tie me iiil Dale street, and unfasqing belts, made a desierSte 'attatk . upon the poor fellow. Aftadaigebti6Uly b'kt1 -Da proceeded in a body up"De street4 haw's Crow, attackig every 'polr ith whom they came in contae . was pashed to the-Rose Hillup where a ntumbdr of offleers wee iii W and those being joitiud by othersadis from the Central station, atid comnian by Mr. Inspector Towerson, speedil to the spot. The soldiers had byit spread themselves in skirmishigp tensa probably not expeeting the coneehtgsie' ted movement of the polico. - AltickiW the nilitarv, however, thus in detailthe civil authorities effectually cut off a ' #w tion of the straggling partso althetrg 10 conflict was kept up with desperate, rrdw!gg ance, as each fresh band was attacked. Cafnures of more than thirty- of'ab soldiers w'ere effected by the aid of all thi - reinforcements of the police, which, undft the personal direction of Mr. Commiselon. er )Uowling, were eventually.- brotight~to the scene t. the riot. At length a demand was made at Everton barracks for assist ance frat the officers of the regiment, wiok promptly Ai-spatched several pitcuets of 30 men to aid in quelling the diatuibirtie. Notwithstanding this, however many of the soldiers within the barrachs; what had occurred, scaled the - wall, 4 proceeded to t he rescue of their comraddej about 15 of whom had by this time been lodged in Rose lill Bridewell, previous to their being conveyed to the more se prison of the borough. Watching the absence of the fiqedt who had been engaged in clear ing the sreets, the scattered soldiers . again assembled at Rose Hill just as-the Irmo in which their comrades werd placed was being driven off, and 6 rene*ed conflict ensued, in which the soldiere were using their side arms with horri. ble imprecationr, just as three picque t were recalled and ended the affray. ThO van was then driren off with great xpeoW accompanied by : large body -of pole 5i double quick time, nnd the- prisoners were ultimately lodged in the main jqi* e( the town. A petition, very numerously sigied, bas beet got tip, prayitig for the instant removal of the regiment from Liverpo6L1. GREENVILLE AND COLUIBIA RAIL. iOAn.."Pursuant to notice," says the Newberry Sentinrl, "the directors and stockholders of this company .;met -4 Newberry C. H., or the 10th hAnst. and contined their meetingip' - - The reports of the paident) Ie engineer show the alaa company to be in a very prosperoins condition. The progress of the road to completion, of which some a're disposed to complain, wtas shown to bei as rapid as expectation founded' in reason could claim.- The price or stock increasing as the road advances is the highest evidence of the prospei-ity of the company. The- ncessary arrangements were made to. issue, ift the name of the company, bonds. tt the amount of one hundred and . ff1 thousand dollars. By the exercise of a little patience, and a prompt paymnent of stockI, the road will accomplish~ under the guidanco of its presient officers, all that its friends could reasonably expect from its completion." WoNDEaFLIL Escan.-We' have been kindly furnished, says the Anders son OGuett of the 23rd inst., bf Dr.. Th'lom~as Leo. of this District, with the -following particulars of a terrific storm, and providential preservation'- of - his children from the crushing weight. of the falling timbers of a two-story house? On Monday last, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a storm of wind and rain came up suddenly from the fouthwest,. which threw down the heavy two-story house, which had just bee~n puit up ad.. joining our residence, burying under i ruins my two children, my daughter 10 years old, and son 8, w ith -a littl. negro. To see the ruins as they now stand, it does seem providential how they escaped, their lives being saved only by a strong chest of drawers, andJ a large chair for invalids, which arrest.. ed the heavy timbers in their fall, keep ing the children from being erushed. The housre was not finished, arid onlya occupied by the family during the do where some furniture was placed - t make room in the house where -the family slept. It required considerable effort to raise a pice of timnber so that our little boy could be got out." Srtaoz~a Pit asexso.-We learn that a meteoric stone, weighing nearly or qite two hundred pounds, was found a few dy since on the farm of Mr. Newton, lib 8'pringville. It wasm deeply embedded in the earth, and the turf of the ground was stilt fresh under it. It had through a tra% break ing the branches, &c. Btut few much, occurrenes~ have ever been known, and from whene they fall is a mevitdry test creates no little speculation am'ong lear-aed men. Some suppose- that they~ fall frout the Moon er nome other planet ; and if. be trute, we wvould atig~et to0 to ipjlabt. tants of that region, ie fablo of thie hiof and the frogs-while it may be sportlto~yoe to thmrow. atone., it tray be deat Wious. - Mon-irose Dbqmog&,. Mr. Cobib, ays the Georgia Constitw1an. alist,. in his ' suppressed h tter,' detnied the~ riglit of a State to secede, andasserted If she attempted it, the Federal Governmeti* had the right to coerce her back int.e the Utniotn. . APonceialn Manufadte Is athtto b. boatififuml ware i. n-zeo it ' tnnks in t-e ~sn -icmt.ia'vanl..