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MTER BANNER Is PruIiistED - ~RVEVEi~DAwiztlNIlIo v .-J. F itA'NCIS. nbLIRS n'nadvnnce, Two Dollars eAj4ita 'at te exprlMtiO' of Pi moials, -er' Dollata 'twie-j'd of-the year. *NdpaPes direntitred ;Until all arrearages %re *Us unless at t.nistion of the Proprietor. OAdvo jniepts inserted at SEVENl'Y FP .CatInl' O re6f, (12 lines or les,) for thfstu, analifthat sim for each subsequent TisaA'U ~~'iii'qertions to I~e markedl I vo 6N miriW) un Ativb JJ.or, they 'will be publishedl until e iered to dscontinued, and chargel t LAW per.rquare for a single - insertlonu. Hy-,And Alontily Adlvertino sonntsrill beohargqd 1he mnie as a single in "Olion, and seini-in'thdly tiW sanid as new oges U~owghe South lost her Direct Foreign -Tgade? This question is answered by Lieut. Maury, in the following. extract from 4'.magnificent-n-ticle of his which lately ppeared in 'the L'Southern Literary Messenger, The -extrat is one ofnut little historleal interest: Th. cQurse ofwavigation from Eu. opo to this country used to be down along the coast of Africa, to the region of 'the N.- E. trade winds. There winds are fiir winds: for getting to 4 'tle westward. -Ships took thuem, and w 1th. 4 jAt (aN ovl-, filling in with the so"tlii p firkt, nid intking the land bf Charlestofli- the cap'es of the arblin!shuf~fridii, they would tIbtittahe a kosii' departure fqr New Ybrk, Boston, or their. port - of des ntln,'liervver it was among the Na* England States.' ."hiernade of Charlesion and Nor folkI griE'reo station, and placed ..44 .ot~ nghp'ol'dthb oinmercial .Nhigh leading from Old to New Englande" It wa. rirelf that v6ssels were found in those'days to sail more than four or fiveokitidth nder the most fitv rable s.:ei rvmurstaices. About two niles ther liour *a- the average rate of sp'eed or mornhantmien in those dys. - It was -not so - fast as the gi1)r'sfr&A woUld carry a log. A-longthe route now pursued by vessls bound from Liverpool to New York, the winds are adverse and the gulf sfrea'm has' t6 be stemmed- Wearlf all- th'e Wa-y.- The m'e.A'n't'men of the laat dentifry wa inicapable of beating up against th *ind and- tide both; con. iequently -the n'orthern passage was elomed to. them and the usual route *d to follow the track of Columbus; pasti-ough' the-Sargasso Sea, catch the N. . trades, and getting on the pprollel of sone southern port in An -ierlea to stde'rdue west they made th'e lan'd.* . th:riecigmeA of'that day after, I i g hr'lanid fit]-asertining 4o.i.oiY "47W keeping away from )e1ppri,.gt ..W. gal or a Snow ,tora;~ asji mshe was;:very apt T'6fdi Ne~ rW Trk or Boston, her c* rpe'dturita hadk south, and to ex n-.ha'rleston -iuntil-h net prn *atn foood weather, arui a thir iopprtunity. for going northward again. --Though.the existence of the gulf stream-was known more thanm two eenu turies ago, the' fact that its waters were wanrmer thn those of the sea dilong side of it, and the idea that this difference of termperature could be0 - made available for longitude at sea. --was nmot promtulgted to navigators tIntil 1796-7. .fi his.: is an' epoch in navigatio n, - and ifrom it- commences an era ini *he conr~se of tradle, between the ~old..world,-and thenuew. In those days if-the mariner at sea ypph lay his ('~ otspread ha'nd downu -'~ upon is chart, and -say that it oeer. teinly- covered the .place of his shlip Iheavs called a "lucky dug" and eni tit~ed to be considered a navigator. -SatShirs 'the course oIf nlavigait ion, such-the difhicuilties in the way of trade - eruarthe Atlantic prior to 179J6, that - hpriesion aud, Norfolk, otf necessityv, - bcame the hIf-wyhoses, the great mhuica~tioni betwveen Europe anid the F Jromn 1.770 datcs a new era in tihe *political ailldrs 'of this coumntrny-andl * om:I L.706,4wenty years after-andmu - - so- on at int~ervals ottwenty years dates -retgulifry' a new era in theo allairs of * :caml)ineree and na'igation. Tihen in '96--it was imade knownu to navigatours how, by dipping a ther - *Inometer into the water as they ap ptroachued our shaores, they might tell whether thsey wecre in or out of the gullf streamn-whether they were onm this or that side of' it, and conseqluenit hy known their longitude. TIhis was a * discovery. It was hailed as suich by tie whole sea-farinug conuinuntity. * Works were written on "T1hermual *Navigation;" and the streaks of hot and eold water in anid near thle gulf -stream werehlikened to blue andl red ** ribbons, which-Providence had st retch --ed upon the.greeii bosom of the A t lantic, to warn the navigators of1 his Appr#9hlf'ouy shors,'and tell him Iis' lohgltude.. Here was removed on"ietosal to the Nortlien - Passage.. Aguti greatt rmprovemenats in naval ai-clitecture took place about that tidaie. Td keels ot the fastest ships that'~~We.Ja',N .in our navy at this --day were'laid then. This remomved * onlld shisboumnd froPm uoIeto - -ap *.proach the .evast ., the 1 aited Sttswith the gulf stream for a 1acot.4 and they, muore'over, eniabled -- - inerohantmnen, by beinug swift of d'o tok .tarn tsthe wind ward better, *anflconseqlontly-t'o :beat over fromi * dJIti~oagains8t the guilf' stremm and the prenilng~bstrlywinds of the direct - Thus .tfaderh becgan to como direct -to our Northern pourts, instead ouf first htching at the~ Sonthrnm for a hiuml.jhh l n i eun wothiu'r Thus Charleston ceased to be a half way house, and was made an outside station. Tile South, quietly and in silence, looked on while this revolution ii was making its changes. ( After en ,ther period of twenty L years, viz: in 1816, another era in coin- 1 niercial affairs, and the business of e the sea, was commenced. In that r year, Jeremiah Thompson, Isaac I W right, and others-in honor of I whom the city of New York should I erect a monument-conmened the 1 system of packet ships, departing at s stated periods throughout the year. t They put three vessels of 300 or 400 tons each, on the line to Liverpool, to Sail on statt d days regularly once c a month, or thereway. The croakers d all th >ught, and inany said, that these u ships would be "no go"-that they t were entirely too large, and that after I the day of sailing would arrive when s there would be neither freight or t passengers to take. But the stated v old Quaker who was in the concern ii knew what he was abont. l1e sailed t< on the regular day, and gave his cap- u tains the postage upon all the letters 'J CilVeyed to and fro, for a quick o passage he promised tleI I iew I gown for their wive-, sometimes a t new coat for themelvea. The "Liners," as the packet ships of e New York came to be called, went oni increasing in nuinbers and size and in lILvor With miehnits and ship owners, j until the sea became white with their C sails, and New York the focus I-oni which they diverged to all parts of the world, and to whieh they all returned. Opposition lines were got up to Liverpool, and independent ones estab lished to London and Iavre. Besides these, lines. of packet ships,, packet I brigs, and packet . schooncr.s were es tablished between.New York and eve ry seti-port towyn. in the Unit6.d States. They all lad their regular day of sail: ing, and daily flects of theni were to lie seen going out and coiing into the harbor of New York. Having their regular days of sailing for New York, they would lring any thing at any rate of freight that vould pay tr putting in and taking out, rath er than- return elapty. lence they would take for a mere song, pine wood from Virginia, naval stores from North Carolina, stones from New England, beeanse Cuba ores served for ballast. Tims tie packet system built up New York, aud made Iier the great central inarket for all the su rplis pro duce of all sorts from all parts of the sea-board. Whatever the country pro duced for sale, sauilples of it were brought. by t lie piackets to the wharves at New York, and thus the warehouses of that city became an immense varie ty store, in which is to be fouiid what. ever is to be bought or sold in the United States. The packot ships carried the mails across t he Atlanti. They nade New York the point of comuiniication wit i thme Old WVorld; and they controlled the business of dispatch for lie whoile c'otmntry. They wereo the "Adams' Expreiss" of the day. The iinerchiants of the North and the South all seiit lby them f'or the'ir sprinig and fil iision' special orders were executed in thamt way. So completely had they imonop olized evcryting for New York in the way of foreigni buiniess, travel anmd co~rrespondeince, that in the year I n, when they had ser vedl omut tinty years there was not a siingle vessel that cleared f'roin Boston to Liverpo ol. lBut they had run their twenty years. and another era in the business of conimerce was about to rise. luigl837 coiiuieiiced the era of( Oceaii Steam Navigation, though twveinty year's before tiiat. the South had sentl ut, un avanit courieri'frott Georgia; but lie SolithI rested ('4ontcent with the hun. or ofi beiing the first to stride across thle Atlantie uinder' steami. This waus thle tiine--'37-wheni the idea was thirownii ioit that Vir'ginmia should offer to c-p elate wit h t he Freiich anid invite thlemmi to sciiul t heir steniiners into Noii k. Tlhe steamiers, conitrmary to all e'xper tat iomns, gave ani unpuilse to lhe limeket ' ships. the packet shuips( re-acted upon ' thle steamericis, aiid bothI great ly in creas edl ini nurnbier~s aindli Ina rged the bui- .~ iiess of' the counitryv. Boston gotit line oif steaimers, sent its ships to h.iver* p ol, anmd recovered aut thle trole I, andI monre too, t haii it hmad lost whenk steanu er's first begain to l'y. TJhie stenuiiers, it. was fiinnmil so fo r Jiom inuterfin g with lthle regular "li ne"' ereat ed a buisiiness if t helir owni. Ne*w Yo rk loioked on <liet ly for teni ycamrs, beafore she miialerstood s tius imit ter, or' begn o mveini it. Buit New York dhurinig the interval, was f'eeliing the way with English capital, as ini thle imeantimie N orfolk iiighit havu e donme I with Lk'ench ('apital. l'iially, New I Yfork got, the federal govrmneinmt cot miitted the tunle of'iuny millioiis for hier steami ship enteruprise. Tlhuis bencked up, Newv York lancheid her ocean steameirs, and now heads the world ini e that. navigation. Aso-rln (MPuo.\nSK.-A Wash- I inlgtonii letter says thait thle t arith' and u1' pl Iic lands are to lie 'oinnec'tetd, to, ;I somie exteiit, with echl oither, in thle e legislation of' Congress. TIo the hlai bill Iit is prioposedl to hitch the taril. aind (itheri sLces for the benefit of' the old States. T.he letter' adds: "This is thle cuiiomromise oif this i Congress, mid if' we hado thle gi'eat 'omi- t promiser' ofI Kenituck y ini his seat init Congi'ess, lie would proLbaly carryi' it inito sne~cessiih execution. 'fie We(st erit and Soumthlwesterni States are ti take thle public domatini, and thle domues tie inidustry of' the middle aund Easterin i Slates is to be furither protected. Up. on this scheme Pre'jsidenmts arie to be i made in suiccessinn thri a iiuinber oft' termis to conme." gr Why is a drutiken miinu like av "galley, of ftp? I From the Southeru Prss. The Georgia Union Part y. We observe evident signs of a split I the Constitutional Union party of reorgia. Both its heads and its noni ers are disagreeing. This is shown ot only in the novements of its polit il file-leaders, but also the prelinina y, ineetinigs at boine. A very in ortant ditireice of opinion has pro ailed among the iuembers of that arty since the Milledgeville move bent, whieh will probably show it eli more strongly in the. State conven ion, 8s0o to mect. 'The bone of contention is the pro riety of sending (legates to the Balti lore conventioii; a proposition with rawn 1Only, but abandoned by its riginators. Mr. Steplhens deemed the king -Sufliciently serious to write his Atter on the subject, and. he and his up)orters will, ef course, resist a rnster of the patty to the Denoer-t y. On the other inuld, Mr. Ciastaibai, i his spececl, pIeoclaiis the unadultera Ad Democracy of himself aid his co perators, and Governor Cbb makes 'amimny 1 hall re-echo his protestationis ftidelity to lie "true principles of )emoeracy," aid hii anxiety for their Mr. Cobb's visit to New York was xceedingly oiportunie, and the publ-e iusiness witili cniried him there, is no oubt, engaging his atteitiona. The era/d gives the Ifolowinog brief sketch ' his lahors The Hon. Howell Cobb, Guvernor of 7eorga, and the Tamman9 Spelety. ,ast evening was held a special mect ng of the Tammiany Society, in the rigwam. Ion llowell Cobb was >resent, and gave the brethren ai at ount of the condition and prospects of he Democratic iarty in the silly louth. The ineeting was wound up rith a supper, 'which was acconipaied y a a feat of polities aid a flow of liipaigne, whlein Mr. Cobb delivered long ind able Union speet I, in which re cut il secession on one side and reesoil on the other. We have not ooii fihr it to-day, but sh:l publish it u-iorrow. Mr. Cobb did not declare iiiself in favor of any pmirtieilur can lidate, but urged tlt a laittfrlan of rue Demioeratic principles was niore nimportant. thai the nmie of any indi 'idumal. The honorable gentleniti was nost eithusiastie, eloiquient, clerget:e Iud vehinent, the perspiritioi runiiff Iown his taee in large drops. 'I his liy fiom 12 till 2 o'clock, Mr. Cobb vill receive his friends lit the Govern ir 5 roomii. Frot this lirief sketch it is evident hat Mr. Cobb is cordially co-operating Vith tile Coimpromise coalition of the Yniou and Republic, and the "fimility" non generailly. To "eut uip secession il one side and freesoil on the other," md to strive to place both in the same ategory, is the policy of t his coalition. ['le suees that has attended these la >ors of love hitherto, hats been so indif cirenlt, that thei neled of reinftoremiuents vas felt. Mi~ r. Cobb's mission, hiower r*, moust be a brief1 onie, fhr the Georgia >ap~ers show that this p~arty aire not maving an easy time1 ofit att hIirn. TIo estaublishi t he correctness of these 'ie'ws we subhjo)in a fi-w paragraph is i-on iithe leaiding Conistitumtionial Unoioni lai pub~llihg thei call fhr the Con - aiilutiomnal Uion~ i conivenition. the Au ;ulstal Senine/ hiolds the following~ sig ii tant language: "The a bove cardn of thle central comn niittee ain~hted byv the lMiiledgeville neetong, presenlts dircctiv to thle Junion party of Georgia the qu~estioni, vlhethuer they will determinie to tranisfe~r beiniselves, soul and bodyv, to the i nimate association11 in the Baltiiore onvenitloll with tiIhe Fieesoi lers ofi he No eth~ and1 the Disumninists oIf the soutlh. whether they aire ready to thIulln ithle picipl~es of the G eorgia dat Ibrmi,, m114 ini piursuit of thle spboils, iie wth the miotley crew of the ih imol~ re c01 onvetionli, with t het ihm m11 thler like sp'irits of the North,and14 lie tSecessionist5 of the Soth~ I! It ,ehe 1V- tihe Unioni party, therefore, o prepre fu.r the issue, and to ee0 timlt they ~I are 4ropel y rep 4resenited ii thle Apri11 convenition.'' Iii Floydl county, there ha-~, b eenl (as ii many11 other co~unties) ai s/iyil, dill rence! of oinion101, salys thet 1111me Lrece 0 to thle propr3Jiety of'sending del.. gate's to thle Baliniioire Coinvent ionl. lie Courier states that, at onte t ime a dlisrion~ ItIuwas ant jiiptedl." IIlow. ver, mailtter's were ad4justed, and thle allowinig gelntlemeni apint~lIed, wtith lit inst ructionis, delegates to the Alit * ai. i umpk in, .l oshiiua KnoI wles, Jotsephi \at lers and1( Wiilliamn 'T. P'rice. 'thae grounid oIf tis diflerence oif pinion1, is Ii*lbuned in the fiet, t hat lie Unmiona D eiemcats are in favori' If ;oinlg into the Blaltiimore coniveintion iid suppi ortinig tile noiniee, whilte '1i14n \Vigs arie nieithier ini favor of hil one, or the other. The tilowinug .\tract, f'rom thle Athieins J/'ral, shows 'w far this diff'erenice of opiniioni is .liibit ing' itself: "We daily hear, anld hear of con ersaltions amioing heading miemabers of' lie conicern,' whIich show that dis fkection, biekeriings, and heart burni igs haive entered its ranks. We will ive a caise inl point-not thlat we ait ieh anyv imaportanuce to this particular e uirrenlc-buit, oiily to develop our acainiug. At Ja1ck(so n 'ouirt last 'eek, the editor of tile organ of' the agitiators' ini this pla1c, (the Athenis WIanner,j beinig asked by a WVhig .U. if, in case, the Baltimore coni ention1 should adjourn withlout adopi ing die "'finality' principle, and thle V hig coinvenltion should pass it, thethuer ho (tie editor aforesaid) rouibl supp~iort tihe Whig noin~liee? (r. mt le tmei t 41. No.i Ir--1 , Si ocracy making catspaws of the Whigs, and requested the editor to put iis answer to his interrogatory in his aper; but we presume he will not do "Every where the Democratic C. U's are rCady to support the Democratic nominee, if "finility" should be adopt ed (and they will do -it atiy how) and are tryingto.. coimit the 'Whig C. .'s- to- thwir support-but when asked if their smv.enpion sliould reject and the Wfu Dgs tadopt "finality,' if they will support -the Whig nominece, they indignantly answer 'No! no! ' gyy' The fMliivini letter, hitherto unlublished, which i:lighly honorable to the limnanit.y of General liainilton, and the habitual nobleness of his senti. miients, alis just made its appearance im the newspalers. It was written by General llamiltin to the lady who afterwards leame his wife: Mr. H(mton lu Miss Schl uyler: Tappan, October 2, 1780, Hlead Quarters of the Army. Poor Andre sufers to-day. Every thing that is amiable in virtue, in for titide, inl delicate sentiment and ae complished mainners, pleads for him; but har1d-hearted poliev ealls for a sac rifiee. Ile m:lust die. * I senld you iny actcount of Arnolds aflitir; aid to jus tify myself' to your seitimenits, I nmDIst iiuforim you that I urged a compliance with Andre's reqpuest to be shot; and I do not think it would have had an ill clefet. But some people are only sen sible to motives of' policy, and sone times, from a narrow disposition, mis takes it. When Ainire's tale comes to le told, and present resentment is over, the refuising him the privilege of choosz ing the annier of his death will be branded with too much obstinacy. aIt ws propost'd to me to suggest to him!in the idea of'in exc'aige for Arnold; but I knew I should have foritited his esteem by doing it, and therefore de clined it-. As a man of honor, he could not but reject it; and I would not for the world have proposed to hin a thing which must have placed me in the iiuiiable light of supposing hili capable of meanness or of not feeling Imyself the impropriety of the measure. I confess to you I had the weakness to value the esteem of a dyirig iiman, bez cause I reverenced his inerit. A. IIAMLTOx. Pntolos)n NEw SrEAT.-T1'he Leg islature of Wisconsin are deliberatiig upon a new memorial to Jongress for a territory coinpromnising that portioni of WVisconsin lyingf no'rth of the forty. lifth degree of.11or1th latituide, and that portion of f ihigin laying west of' Lake ilichigan.-This territory, it, is ille(ged, isaverv much isolated from the States -todI it is attached, and has soparnte-aind individual interests peculiarly its own, Which, under the p resent organmizatitoni, do not receivye the f'ostering svaro of' its several Gov' erinmients, whieh the best, interests of' the coutriy r'eqire t. The separation of' that territory, it is thlought, would r'esult in no disaidvanutaige to the States f'romi which it is prioposed't to det achl it. whlichl would 1be mliore han complenisted' lby thle aiugmenited connni i~eria~ul and poli tie'al aid vantiages tof autding anlolher State to. the Norit h wes.t. A Iscm'ovm:itr ms Si'eaom'nvi.-'A Proiisviani n:11nied A vain is sid. to halve itnatde a dicver-v ini surilgery that is exc4i tilng consider'ale initerest in the sc'iet'i i c'irces oif I'l irii. It is t he aplilca:t ion of chlloine to reliev pain. l'inlike ('lltooi'irm, it c'ani be used'. wit houft thle leasit dangei' to th~e paltint, anid is very' e'ffectual in its opertioni!. Fri'm the acounmt, a smai~ll qulanita it ofite flu id (fri-om teti to it ent drops) is drioppe~ld oni the piarit 4.effected, or' til a linht baiidage slight ly miois'tened with water, and theni appljiedl, and all 1,ounid uip iin oil silk, and a- hiiteinn. A fter from iin-ens--ile, antd the pain is nio longer ti-lt, w hether it. li'ei ti iheiimatie. nt'rvtils to' tthei' diso rtders. After a timteD it rt'ttrn~s aigain, but usually wt'aker,. anda with seve'ral applications it is often relieveil. Thie discovi~eir hats presenMtted a mieimrial on thle s~ubj ec't toi the Academiy at Paris. lIoan.- A Ia rge Itot of' rail road iro'ni, the betst TF rail . hais ari'iedc at Mlem plis. TIhie work of' grad ing on1 the road is ii'ogr'essiing Iiiiely, the cntrt 'tor's hiavinig teni mileo oh' theto track fi-oim t'lemp his ut i'eatdy for tim11bet's atnd rails, in olit ion to wvihi ther't ai'e abou nt liftee m.tl iiles5 morel gradedt't in dliff'err't 1places. TIhe pro'tspec'(ts are iir fihr the road 14. lbe itn suitcssi i opier'ation1 to TLgranige.-f'ifty miles -hv thle first of' Oc)tober ne'xt.-Aew Or/leans P~icayune. Tm'ii: A sses Ph'.AsKs li.-WYe learn 'ri-om the Chleraw (azette, that this P lank lI oad, exteninig fr-om Che-. tIae ft ui les, thirough the v'allhey of thIe 1)ee. is nowil unlderi c.ontract ini 'ourse'iL of ' onst ruc4tion. TIhe (/uz ette also stiutes that, np~on thle COmD pletion of' the sauid fhrty mies, the roaid wvill probabily be extended thirty five miles more to concord. VALEDICTORY OF A)N IDIToDR.-Thie following is the valedictory of Din editor out West: "Th'le undersigned retires from the editorial chair with the comtplete coniviction that all is vaniity. F'romi the hour he started his paper, fto the presenit time, lhe has been.'i soilicite'd to lie uipoii every given sub ject, an~d ca'Dt,' remtember ever having told a wholesotme tenith, without dIiiiishiing his subsciption list, or making ani enemy. Under these cir eumDDstanDIcs oL' tr-ial, and having a thorough contempt, f'or himself, lie re Dirt's, in ordeir to ri'iruiit his mioral con iii atsat id, TUB SIMTR BNER. Sumterville, Bo. Ca. JOHN r. GREEN, EDrrOR. TUESDAY, MARCH, 28,. 1852. P ............ - ....... .;; ...--.. Our Principlet. er one point on which there can be no daversity of opinion in the South among those who are trueato her, or who have made up their mind# not to be slavte; that ii if toe shoutd be forced to choose between resistance and ubmaission we should take resistance at all hazards." CA 1.ION. "'T'o do that, cencert of action must be necessa ry, not to save the Union, for at would then be too late, but to save ourselves. Thus inmy view, concert a tie one thing neeful.."-CAL nOUN. * What is the rendy ? I answer secession, united secession o the etrveholding Ftates, or a lare number Y ttem. Nothing else Umil be wise noting else w-h le practicabe."-Cuzyvs.. glr' Messrs. A. WHITE & Co., are Agents for the Banner in Sumterville. We have received the January number of the Edinburgh Review. Mr The Palmeto Sentinel, publ ish ed by Mr. E. A. Baoitso,. at Black well in Barnwell District, according to previ ous announcement, muiade its appearance a f-w days ago. It is a neatly printed and well filled sheet, and the Editor's ad dress to his readers is wrrtten in good taste, and gives indication that his journal will be not only a credit to the press of this State, but a great advantage to the District in which it is published. We wish the Seitinel all tl.e success it can desire. Rail Road Mecetiig. We had the pleasure of attonding n meet ing of the citizen'. of Darlington District at the Court House on Tuesday of court week, for the purpose of expressing public sentiment in relation to the Cheraw and Mlarlington Rail Road. Major McFAInLANF (Presidefit of the Anson Plank Road came first) addressed the ineeting in favor of the enterprise. a.sisted by ColS. MCKNGnT and Wji.soN, who also spoke in favor both of the Cheraw and Darlington Rail Road, and the North Eastern Road. Col. Me KNIGHT wts a friend to the Eastern Road, not only because it would give the Dis. trict of Williamsburgh convenient cotmnu nication with Charh.ston, but because lie believed it would unite and bring together the lastern portion of t.e State by uniting their commercial interest. Gen. H Art.L.EE spoke in favor of the Cheraw and Darling. ton Rail Road, but opposed the North Eastern Road. le said, that tho project of buildinr a road from' Manchester to Wihnington was,jat the beginning seofred at by the peopile of Charleston, but now that there is every probability tho road will be speedily completed, the people of Charleston are crying out, that the North Eastern Rtoad must be built to counteract thne effetct upon trade, and which the Wialm ington and Manchiesteor Ro-id inust have. Gen. IIAIRLLEFE wenit on to say, that so soon as the Road should lhe completed to Wihnoington, the Wilnington and Man. chcst'er Raiil Rail could compete wvitha the North E;ntern Road by shipping all the cotton beyond the P'ee D~ee to WVilmnington, frotm which it would go to New York for less thtan it could be carried by any other route. ie also gave some informna. tion as to the progress matde tupon the WVil mnington and Manchester lRoad, giving the most flattering prospects of its early coin. pletion. Ihere we wv ill addl, the WVilmington and~ Mlanchestcr Comopanty couldI have secured the services of ito oneo whose heart is mtore t horoughly interested in the enterprise over which they h ave placed him. Congress. WVe took occasion in our Inst issue to ail lude to the improper scene which occurred in the Utnited States Senate between Mr. Ri nETT of South Carolina and M r. CLEN: ENs of Alabama, anid we now notice the tmore disgraceful scene which has occurred in the Ihouse of Representativyes, between Mr. Wu~cox and M r. Bnows, both of Mississip pi. It would seemt that the llouse determ-. inc to sustain its ancient reputatiotn for rowdyism, na td fearing that the sparin~g be. tweeni the Senators above named should lead to such another light as took place be tween Foo'rE and Bf:N'ToN, (when Foo-TE adlvancedh in a line parallel, and hence nev er could reach him,) have taken an occa sion to make a demonstration which wotuld lay in the shade any pretentions entertain. ed by the Senate. Mr. WVr~cox made a staitemnent in relation to parties in Missis sippi which BaowN asked him to explain, in doing so Wircox repeated what hie had before said, adding that any one whio disputed it was a liar; Baows then asked if lie intended to call hinm a liar, the answer to this was such that BaowN felt himself called upon to start a game of fisticuffs, and thtus it is that the Representatives of the country are spending their time quar relitng and fighting to the detriment of their consticents and their own diugrace. One of the members of the com.t mnittee rose to reply to Mr. Stanton, but Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, who had obtained the floor, refused to yield it, and made a speech of an houir in defence of the Southern Righte party and condemnatory of the Union party. Mr. Wilcox, of Mississippi, followed and after prefacing the remarks he was about to make with profession he of friendship towards his colleague, went on with some remarks, in which ho al luded to a statement mado by Mr. Brown as not being correct. Mr. Brown inqutired if he mneanit to s .y that lie lad said what was not trute. Mr. WVih-ov renliedl that lto hwi i. . ken distinctly, and, his language was not suscepticle of misconception. .,Mr. Brown rejoined, then you inean to say that I have said what was false. Mr. Wilcox said ho meant to say that if he had made the statement as he understood it, he had said what was untrLe. The parties, who were at no great distance 'hen the altercation c-,wn inenced, had-by this' time approached close to each other, and Mr. Brown in stantly struck the other, who returned the blow, and in a monent both were down. ' As soon as it was possible, the nearest Mienibers. interfered and sepa rated them. 'Tihe Speaker was at no great dis tance during the disgranceful scene., with much earnestness and regret de pieted on his countenance, and all arouid was a scene of indescribable scene of confusion. A motion was made and the com mittee rose. As soon as the Speaker could obtain comparative order,(the combatanuts still endeavoring to get at each other,) a motion was made that the Sergeant-at arms take those persons into custody. But the Sergeant-at-arms was not in the House, and a page was sent for him. Mr. Clingman, of North Carolina, moved that wheni the Ilouse again went into committee all debate should termi nate in one hour. A motion was miade to lay the reso lution on the .table, upon which the yeas and nays were ordered, and it was rejected-yeas 78, nays 106. Mr. Brown here rose and expressed his regret at what had taken place, which he said he deplored sincerely. He trusted the House would receive his ap.)logy; he apologized to the country, and rssured the 'house that a similar occurrence would not again happen, uhless circumstances should occur to warrant it. Mr. Wilcox also apologized to the Ilouse. lie said lie had endeavored to do his duty and to observe the rules of the Ilouse, and his violation of then on the present occasion was a source of heartfelt sorrow. lIe assured mein bers that lie had intended no disrespect to the representatives of the nation, but considered the wroig and outrage that had been perpetrated towards him as having warranted him in the course lie had pursued. AiinIVAL OF TilE Si11ir PRENTICE WITH ilE CUDAN PRisoNEas-SALISo OF TiU Fit ANKLIN.--New-York, Marcha 13, P. M.-The shii Prentice arrive i here this morning from Cadiz. She brings the remainder of the Cuoan prisoners, ninety-live in all, who were part of the Lopez expedition, and liberated by the Queen of Spain. They are all in good health mid spirits, and look well. They speak in highly fa vorable terms of their tra-metwh-vhle in Spain,.ad -are lavish in their praise oft the Queeni. Thley purpose mtaking their way South, as soon as an opportunity is afforded. Generally speaking, they arc a fine, hardy, resolute looking hody of men, though they be.ar evidence ofliaving undergone hardships. Tlhe steamer Franklin sailed to dlay, takinig out thirity-one piassengers, and one hundred andl sixty-cwo thou sand dollars in specie. COUNTERFEITEIIs Ati E~ST~in.-Some weecks ag~.o a caravanm of' North Carolini ians pass'ed thog Clumibia, off'ering for sale various articles of produce, and purchasinig clothing and other articles, for which they offered in paaymnent pa' per money. T1his wias afterwards thuind to he counterfeit. After leav ing us they proceeded downi as far as O)ranmgeburg, where the Wagonis anti a portion of the par ty remained, while two of them proceeded to Charleston to prosecute opmeratioins in the imain branch of their business-the passing of counterfeit bills. They re-appeared in our vicinity on Saturday, when our indefatigable munici pal police, co-ope rating with D. B. Miller esq. made a descent on the camp, about for miles from Coltumbia, in Lexington district, at six o'clock on Sunday morning, bringing the whole party to town where they wvere safecly lodged till yes terday miornin, at wictiehy had a hearing.' The investigation resulted in the conunittal of two ot'the party, and the examination of the balance is reserved for to-day. The fhillowing are the names of those on whomi counterfeit money was found: John D). Nelsonm, A. N. Dixson and Geo. W. Rlay, of Ashie county, N. C. and Thomas Jefferson Reins, alias Johnson, of Carroll county, Va, late of Ashe county, N. C. Tlhe counterfeits were of the denom inations of *2, $10, *20, and $100 bills on banks in South Carolina Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, anid Georgia. They were also provided with a few copper dollars of the Bogus stamp. The parties who were swindled in this place were reimbursed in good funds.--Carolinian. ACCIDENT ON TnlE MUSCooEE RAUl. noAn.-A dispatch to the Macon Citi zen, dated atl Co umbus, the 12th inst; says: 'Last evening after cars came up some human devil put a large square piece of timber on tr-aek, somne few miles below. Cars going doivn were thrown from tr-ack twenty feet. En gino smashed, Engineer's arm broken, and lhe was mortally scalded. Anoth er had collar bone broken, and a negro bruised to jelly. JDamage estimated at twvo thousand dollars. Tie scoun drel is not found out. So much for malice and liquor. Virgil was so fo~nd of salt, that lie seldomn wenit without a box-lull in his pocket, which lie made use of fromn time to time, as mn of the 0; BEwARK OF IGMPo8TUIUta- e6'* - derstand that reports are in clretalatlitn in some of the uneighboring -countiq%. calculated to efiect injuriously-the ied.: it of the Svannah Banks.- _,as qui Lion our friendtiagalist these ruoum. There is not the slightest grouisd for such reports. - The - condition of th Bailmnnah Banks never was better-nd. the public, need ap rehcnd no:JuW* from rebelving'or holding their bi . Georgia Telegne AnniVAL OF AL'S .HO The ull lngth liortrait of Mr., C011n041n, by Healy, ordered-by the City-Uuuiacil some time back, is urrive, p dV.A*s first opened this muorning In' .Apn11i Capt. R. B. Marey, of. the U. K Army, says the Washington -1e4t0i40, uns been ordered by the War '.PVj'uirt ment with his company to the head of the Red River, for the pui&6i of ex ploring that hiiherto almost unknown" region of country. 'T7he Spirit of the Times says, on the:, subject of racing time: "No horse ever went a mile within a-minute,hal though it has been alleged of ihe Ely ing Dutchman. Such a feat is impos sible-for it would require to have j horse with a stride of ninety feet, and perform it once every second. Thei best time ever made was in-a -four mile race by Fashion. The time was 7 minutes and 38 7-8 seconds." Mona Sns-rLAslu.-Dr. Brande reth, of pill-fhme, has bought the prop erty bounded by Broadway, Canal and Lispenard sto eets, (New York,) for $120,000, and go-ng to erect a gratid buildinig, in which will be establishtd a bank, of which ho will be the pruici pal stockholder and President. CIHANGE OF MAIL ROUTE.--TilO Darlington Flag says: The folloIing order from the Post Ollice Department has been shown us by the Post bast r at this place, from which it appears there are to be material ebanges in the mail routes through this district on aid after the first of April next: POST OFFicE DEPARTMEN', -I. Contract Office, March 11, 1852. Smc: It is ordered that route o 3107, from Cimden to Cheraw, 1. C., commence at Mayes' Turn Out, onr the Wibinington and Manchester RI. ., and1 embrace the offices now oil route No. 3154, between Willow a Grove and Darlington C. H., and that the latter routo be curtailed . and changed so as to supply Lodibar, Mt. Clio, and Bishopville, from -Mayes Turn Out, twice a week. Mt. Elon and Swift. Creek will be supplied sehai weekly froin Bisliopville. The e changes are tA) be i thle 1st of April next. AFRICAN COTT-o.-The .atimunster (England) Guardian, b'y the latsteam er, has the following nlotice of some Afriean Cotton, exhibited 'ii that market: ~swa h 'Yesterday wsaatherooms of the Manchester Conmmer'cial' Associa tion, samples of nine bales of Cotton, which have been received bf~ Messrs. Brown, Coultate & Co., brokers, from Africa, and which, as it was bronght to London b~y thes ship Governor Maclean, is in all p)robability the indigenous. cotton, gathered ini Albeokuta, a por tion of tihe country adjacent to the ter ritories of thie King of Dahomey. The capabilities of this district for the p~roduction of cheap and valuable cot ton were pointed out by the Rev. Mr. Crowther, a colored minister, in an in-. terview which took place a short -time ago between himi and the directors .of the Coimmiercial Association. This parcel is the first cleaned cotton which has beenm received from A frica in bulk, and is valued at from 4 14 to 4 1~ 2d per lb.' Accouints from Spain, to the 25t1h instant, state that the Government has ordered a sum of 6,500 reals to be invecsted on behalf of every child of poor parents born on thes same day as the Iutamta. The money, with interest, is to be presented to the recipients on their coming of age. The New York Lantern emits the followuig sparks, or as it has beent termed, "Lantern jaw.". To An-rsrs.-Rtequired an illus tration of Gov. Kossuth's Views on paper. A dr-awing of the Art Union-in chialk. A slight sketch of Genu. Wool's rrospect of the Presidency on canvass. A plate of Gen. Scott-finished. T1he arms of George Law on cart ridge. An outline of SamHosndsgn -in water. A "bust" of John B. Gough-ini bronlze. A copy of' the htead of the censua. Iopartnment, cut by Senator Borland ni distemper. A mowdel of an emigrant board-house -in basso relief. A highly colored ftgurc otf speech, -after Greely-in pen jandibik. A column o9f the "Repuli'~n lead. It was the custom of the higher >rder of the Gernwns~ to drink mnead, a >everawe mlade with honey-for thirty lays af er wedding. From -this enas .um the epresion to "spend the Eg A merchant in Indiana offera .o make a bet of $5,000 that he 7IhI rwim from Cincinnati to Mdii ho Ohio River, upward of 80d1l ia ho month of August next;: ithout ileep amid with only fihleeinmijntes-rest md rofreshmnents every six hourms~ A man eanght in' a i aih-oad collision, -(m~uked that presence of'-nhied might a gOod, but Zbsecile of bodly wasbet. xr,