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rjE4jMRl ANNER ai re5~spHiso 1 M * iUE.DAY 1UORNIIN BY W. J. FRANCIS. T E RYI TWO DOLLARS in'advance, Two Dollars and Fi'y Cents at the espiration of six months, er Throb Dollars at the- end of the year. 146'zapr'discontinued until all arrearages are bAdnlens at the -option of the Proprietor. dversmemnts inserted at SEV ENrY. A. Cents r square. (12 lines or less,) for ppM.Otst, and alf t:at sum fur eath subsequent The number of insertions to be marked om a Advertisements or they will be published Uatil ordered to be discontinued, and charged 3 NE DOLLAR per square for a single ,1spriton. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise a.fi Will b charged the same as a single In sertion, and semi-monthly the same as new ones Coirespondence of the Southern Standard. WASHINGTON, April 3, 1852. B1Xoth H1ouses were engaged on Fri. ljr on.: the private calendar. The Senate all day debated one bill. The e ude passed more bills and despatch. e4.qore business than any day during t ssont Both Houses adjourned until hiondAty. Today has been quiet and still in b city, and members appidired to en. 'Uholiday fonirkAbly well, theil Ers having been very arduous foi povertl.Weeks; and besides, the coun ry will not object to adjournments over, because when Congress is not in .sesalon, the country is safe. Too muel 6g6itin is the tendency and bane : 4ll republican governments. lThe Presidential struggle is rowing ninterest and confusion olie orther Whigs, who favor the views of Seward seem determined to make Gen. Scot the Whig nominee; and it is no,* reduced to a certainty that the Southerr Whigs will pereripturly refuse t< support hini, unless ie comes out tin eeOtcicdslly, Iff fhrvr of the faithfu: #vtwitiff of the fugitive slaivd lit a' 4 Is. Itis now supposed he will makt: a.,w*rlttei PlC esi lest he should drive bff tfiar1e Soilers of the Nortf.Wome oftie Northern politician ave ibecome they will nominat< cotti and eleet emboldened by num Potse, and. declare him by a unani. Pous -Northemn vote.-If Scott i nominatod without pledges, the South ern Whigs will unite with, a few Fill. more' Whigs and run an indepen gent- ticket. If Scott is nominated with pledges to carry out.the Compro mise measures, the Whig and Demo tratie Free Soilsis will naike a nomi aaton, and .support teir ovplj mani. -The Democrats are in q al corifu son. If the camdidate i..,, Imated ii .ot accept to tlk State Rights ip'et Vf:)le South, the will'-Ann an inde dant ticket. ryy of the States di ruhtiern Rghtas mne 6-e of opinTr utistheir friends shO44ot be repre edst aff iq the 060centior4 an< left free td aceept'oirejec mekThey are of opinicn _7e too, that by keepinj herialselves indepandt or a . Is fon t 'their wishes will be or rtain1u fulted by- the nominating Convention; and this je the more aip - parent when it is refiernbered, that b3 going in, they place themselves in position to be absorbedig the Nation al Demiocracy, iridirdetly pledging thiemselves to :abide the Arnuination whether acceptable or not. "' Your State has never godet into th< $afimor~e Convention, and it'would bt Smost inopportune time now to chang< har long established policy, when tli chances are so great that three or toum candidates may be in the field for th< presidency. I would not be surprised fthe least, if the Electoral College il~ed to make a choice, anud that the ee~tion would devolve upon the States trough the House of Representatives. lso, the candidate receiving the votet ofE the Souith in the Electoral College will doubtless be elected. OnsE~lvER. Eloquents. Ex-tact. Wlio could ever think. cA flogging a imw who possesses the pliysiba4 pow. ems and' mnt'al' capabilities, imbued *lth love of country, that the follow. 'itig eloquent and granhic illustration so feelingly draws. The being thus eulogized by an accomplished mind and patriotic iceling--should not only be treated well-bnt, be eligible to the higkest promotion in the service tieni we should indeed, have a llepub lIcan Navy, and not an aristocraticav lumA for the sons of the weahhvw. WhVio is the Sailor i-In the eloquent speech in the Senate on flogging in thet Navy, Commodore Stockton said : "X Who, 0 Senators ! is the Amer. .cenn sailor that he is to be treated worse than a dog ? lie has beent mn companion. for more- than a quarter oi a. century-thirough calm and stornm, privations, sull'orings and danger. hi peace and in war I have livoedwith. hinit tabd'fought with, him. sidoe 117 side, on sea and land'. I have seen him in the Northern Ocean, where there was nc night to veil his deeds. I have seen him on-the coast of Africa, surrounde~d byrPestlential disease-. I have seen himamngthe WVest JfndiaL Islands, in chase of pirates, with his parched tWngne hanging almost out of his mouath, I have encamped with him on the htlifornia mountains, and on the plais of the Mes-! have seen the S.,. rays ofthe rnorning sun play on his carbmne and -boardmng pike. I have seen hinm march one hundred and fifty um los through an enemy', country, over mno.lntains and through rivers, with no shoes on- hut those- of c*aaS, mrade by- his own hand., and with. no provis. km. but what he teek from the enemy. 1 hqav* seen his fe~et saritie~d b.y projee, tlhg rocks, as ho hauled his cannon over thehills,... I have seen im~i plunge neeode R.io Salt Gabriel, and drag his gun.afternhln -in the face of a gallingi ikso from a desperate foe. .nd finially, I have latid beside hirtion the cold ground. when the ice has formed on his beard, S8rhis heart has'beat close to my own. I ('ughtto know inm. 7t do linow hima.' AFFAIRS ON T11 R io GRANDE.--The following is an extract from a private letter to a gentleman in this city, says the New-Orleans Piayune of the 31st ult., written from Brownsville on the Rio Grande. While expressinE no concurrence with all the views o the writer, we think they are of in. terest to be made public: It has been a matter of surpris< to us here how little apparent interesi the late movements of Caravajal oi this frontier excited in New-Orleans -The majority of the papers either dic not notice it at all, or gave circulatior to the many absurd and false rumor: set afloat by the enemies of Caravaja here. And yet, had the affair beet successful, the cominerce of New Orleans would have been materiall3 extended, and the interests of A mericat commerce generally been greatly ben efitted. Those who know somethinj of the state of our frontier here wil recollect the miserable dullness o trade nine- moiths since, and th< amount of goods which had beef packed up for nearly a year, not onl, in consequence of the onerous Mexicai tariff, but also from every possibl impediment being thrown in the wai by foreign interest in Mexico. Thes began to feel that they could no longe monopolize the entire business, an< they were and are willing to risl everything to win a trade, the effect of wbich they feel deeply. Well, the first effect of Caravajal' movement on the Rio Grande was t< compel tife Alte-ient uflieers there t lower the tiiff to d scale at Whiel all coild aflbrd to pass, and cot: sequeitly a markiet wits found fo ote'r a million of dollars worth < property. Tha fear of Caravajal's re turn compels these oflicers still t retain the reduced tariff against th positive instructions of tile Genert Government, which has neither th power nor the means of enforcing it orders.-What a miserable state Mex co is in, torn with intestine dissension and the Government without power t suppress them. The interior trade with Mexico la been heretofore entirely under the ir fluence of foreigners, who have alway thrown, and will always -tlrow ol staclesa in the .way of American entei prise. In this they are unhappily b1 too Well assisted by the treaty c Guadalupe Hidalgo. Was ever b< fore a treaty made with a foreig power in which American commere was not placed on a footing with tha of'the most favored nationsl ,a(4ravajal Is a true patr kiolos the miseries and Uid.States and' seen th. ahd progress, wishes to sC '. si'ngs f free institutions cxten:ed v his own bppressed and b6nighte countrymen. Ie has endeavored t break. up the .monopoly o, foreig pg capitalists as the first step towards th ooomnplbhmont Ve izIt gtca' objeeol ~For attempting this he has beei branded as a pirate and a traitor, bu such calumnies only serve to rende the purity and brightness of hi# g acter more' apprent.- IHe hae ab a unsucecesstid,- it'is true; but the Jerftki not &et. Revolutions never go backward, and the .banner of freedom wvill ye wave triumphant over this oppresse< and down trodden country. VEnEMOs. GREAT REsULTS FROMi SMALLI Bi. GINIos.-llert lk SIhwartz, .neOord ing to common rep~ort, riaiviiig, in soin of~ his experiments'in alchemy, piut nt, a common mortar a mixuire of salt petre and other combuastible material accidentally dropped in a sparke, whie1 lie was astonished to see the pesti, fly off into the air. TIhis incident fum nished two ideas--that of the increased power of gunpowder when confined and that of its applicability to th propulsion of heavy biodi. s.. Thes Owo simple ideas, eapcied oiut inti - practice,, produced guns, large an< small, and revolutioniized the entir, system of war. Thle vib~rationls of thme lid of a1 ironi tea kittle gave the first hint o the expansive powver of steam. Th. hint, fllowed out through innumera bl experimnents finially endhed in th modern steam eniginie, which is t'as revolutionizing the miode of both lain< and water carriage. The first idea of our modern rail ways-and( it is a very simpjle ide -came from a lme near Newcastkc England. The plan occurred to som one of' "laying rails. of timher exactl, straight and parallel; and bulky eart were made with four rollers fit those rails, where the carriage wat made so easy that onme horse woul drawv fouir or five chaidrons of' coal." Thms coal was convveed from thm mines to the~ hank of the river Tyne This modle was in practic'e in I1670 howv much' earlier, is not known t< us, prob~ably to no onew; for, thtougli a grealt idea, it was like mostV otle great, ideas, thought of' little acecoun at the time of its origin. Lik, Ciolumnbus's method oft maukinmg ai egg stars! on the big end by jarringi so as to break the yolk, it wa thought to be too simple to desery any praise. Neverihehess out of thi simple ide~a sprang onge hundred am fifty years afterwards tile modlern rail way. It htad been, noticed by chemnisti that flame cannot he made to pas: through.a titbe of small diameter. I the hands of' Sir llumphrey D)avy this fhet grow into the miner's safets lanmp, which has saved the live of thousands. Thel magnet had beven for ceniturie a plaything in Europe. At lasit it propesty,. when f reel y snspeinded, takinig a. Nurth amnd South position wva noticed, arid applied to nvigatioi This resulted iir the discovery of A , merica. The now,.. r ofteinssy discolor certain substances, had long been' knoown.. -in, the hands of Da. guerre, this great fact grow into a most beautiful and perfect method of taking miniatu'es. From Volta's simple pile, to Morse's magnetid telegraph, what a stride yet this strida'is only the carrying out into practice'of certain very simple propert les of galvanism and-magnetism. So we might go on to enuimerato the instances in which a very simple idea has ended in mighty results.-Otio Observer. PUNcni's CnIMINAL. CoU1'.-Mr. Punch sat for the purpose of trying offenders, some of whoi, when brought to the bar of public opinion, at once pleaded guilty. The ibllowing are a few of the principal delinquences: An unhappy youth was brought. charged with maliciously cutting and I wounding the English language, by r asking, "Of what sex is the National Anthem?" and then replying, "Mas culine; because its a hymn (him)." -Verdict: Guilty. Sentence deferred. A shabby-gentc person wats next charged with uttering the following counterfeit joke: a "What tree is it which i. not aflatited r by the' season, and brings forth neither I blossom nor fruit?-the boot tree." After the jury .had been absent for s seveFal hours, the foreman entered the court, declaring that there was s Vio chance of their agreeing in a verdict. The judge told then that under these y circumstances they had better go home. A youfhful individual, with a vactimt stare, was next put to the bar under r the following melancholy circut. f stances. Having passed the evening - in company with a friend, he was , about to bid the other good night, e when turning suddenly round lie , exclaimed, in a very unusual tone of a voice, "When is fleet street like the a country without a Government? When there's no cab-in-it (cabinet)." The , jury immediately returned a verdict of 2 acquittal, on the ground of insanity. The court then rose. ..FAClNG-. T1E Musc.-It has been a said tht, '"aill -discoid is lut harmony understood." The music of Ole Bull is considered only "tuning up," by t a rustic auditor, and the caterwauling f of nocturnal prowlers "discourses mobt eloquent music" in the ears of the i dismal tabby, whom it is intended to charm. To the unitiated the recent t discussions and striking manifestations o , osition among the members of mpeoratie party. onl the floor ress, would not produce the -ssion of an "harmonious burst," even of "a tuning of the in I struments." They would convince r outsiders that. the instruments were I out of tuire, and the i musie" anything , -but melody. -Yet., it- would appear a that, the good tine is comiig, when at e- the wave of -the hmin~ of the leader -of ;A the-orehestra ths fullband is to break forth into a strain of rav'ishing sweet. t ness, wvhich is to pacify the pacificautors, r compromise the State Rights men, soothe the old fogies, subdue the youing u: Denrtoeracy, and last, though not least, Sm'oothe the raven down of darknesms, .. ,jrJiItit sme, iu 1thlif peu'sor.*- 6f the Freesoilers. t And this politiecal milleniumn is to 1 be brought about bf no niew Orpheus, but by "that fll band" "ecn the B~altimowre nom,~ination is made!" This prediction, or prophecy, was made in the JHouse, a few days since, by one of the extrcmes"-a gentleman a fronm Maine. 3 Mr. Appleton, in his speech in thec lIouse on the 1-7th- of' March, said a that wvhat the Whligs list'ened to there and imagined discord, was only the tuning of thte inistr-umenats. "Whenu the Bhaltimiore nomination is made," continued Mr. Appleton, "we will give thema a huarmlonious burst from' that full band, whose music has driven 3 them often heretofore froma the field of > battle." Who this new Ty rtaue is to be, as the Mexicans say, Quien sab~e? WITNSEsSs AND) JlUiions.--The New York Conmmiercial Advertiser com-. ments atcconsideranle length on the committal oif D)r. Burnett, one of the wvitnuesses on the trial of the alleged ' Cuban expleditionkists,. for i'eIsing~ to ianswer a' qnes'ion'.- 'ile- iMvertiser~ dienounces the present mode of con-. -ducting trials in their courts, and wonders that witnesses and jurors will 'submIit to have their time an'id strength wasted, simply to indulge counsel in a display of tact in magnifying techni * cal imnpediuments and difficulties. It Sthinks that perhaps the refusal of Dr. BI. S to) antswer wats perhanps premiatutre and1( I illtimed, lbut liat, the point mamde by himi was a good one-that he was not on trial. and ought not to be comipelledl -to become the excutioner of' his slown reputation. T1he Advertiser a says: "Thme injustice and cruelty ofthe practice are bieconmmg so apparent thait men arec drivena in desperation to 0 brave line and implrison menmt rather 3 than submj.it teo the exactions and 1tyrarmy of counsel, fmrom which tcourts seem to b~e either unwvillinug or i unable to protec't themt." a| N~w DISEAsE.--The Cumberland Il (Md.) Alleganian thus describes a new -(disease3 which has made its appearance in that neighborhood: ,'A disease which has bafiled the best medical skill has bieen prevailing for isome time past ini the Glades, the up. ,per part of' this county. lts apprmoac-h is known by a slight pain, which soon extends over the system drawing the boidy nieaurly doubhle, andi (-a'using the I most e'x(rutciatinig pamiin to the pe-rson? a attacked, who is only relieved by I' death, whieb usual ly~ takes phswe in ai s few hours. Fnailies have been aul .most entir-ely destroyed by it, and we hear of an instanme wherec a widows and three children wer-e attacked and died ra -vre little child only escaping.' TlSMIT I IANNER. 9StterviIe, So. Ca. IOHI T..'GREEN, EDITOR. TIEiAY, APItL, 18. 1852. nIr Prnmciplex. " Theres e IMn an which there can se no #irsty f on in the South among those 4hoare~trte her, or who havm madti their raindsinot tot stares; that is if we shotld be brced toc ooA between resistance and submission I re should tat resistance at aU hazards." 'ALHOUN. - " To dothatrancert of action must be necesia-I Y, not to save he Union. for it would then be 00 late, bui to sar ourselte*. Thes in my t'iew, o07rert s is on hing needful.."-CA.uoUN. W'hat -s the remed ? I answer secession, anitid seceuionof the ilaveholding States, or a arc nuirrohem. Nothing else will be wise lothen flse be practicable."-CiiEvp.s. :- bsars. A. W rITE & Co., are %gents to the 1anier in Sumterville. '"3LACKWOOD's nagazine for kfarch isupon our table. aw'lERE was a large meeting of he Sonsof Temperance on Thursday iight lat. They were addressed by >ur fellowitizen JOHIN S. RICIIARDSON, Fr., and Jilge O'NEAL, the father of temperame in South Carolina. 7W I"aSUTi( arrived in Charleston >n Saturdy last. Wenderstand the people of that city behaved with be 20miing popriety on the occasion. rhey maie no parade over the great [ungariat chief. By this time we presume le understands that Northern mobocaer does not speak the feelings rf the Aniieean people. r Tp Court of Conuon Ploas and Geneil. Sessions for Sumter Dis trict adjovined on Thursday last. No eases of i ortance were tried during the term. The short session of the Cort speiy well for the District. The sessions -d ket took up but little time. The misuore Convention. Our atte ion has-been called tothis matier. by eaing -an article in the Southern Standvrd and also one in the Southern 4PaIriot. We think it but becoming) in 8;uth Carolina whilst most of lkr sister Southern States are preparino to' exert their influence in the n6mination- to be made by this Conventiini tiat she should also take the proper ie.s to be represented hi that body..., we ae .to remain in.the Union and tbjectcd to the influence of her.unjp aN. it is but right and proper 1d.d exercise all the npon us b' his onvention. 'We are beyond a doubt, in the minority in the National legislature, and our only safe Iy is in the selection of some one to fill the Presidency, who can and will exercise the power vested in him -by the Constitution, to control the over riding majority. It is high time that wle, aned d nr sparring among our veadjoining in with those equally imd alike interested with uts, endeavor so aera t'- make our inflluence felt in the aflairs of tYhe viati'on. Distraction in our own' ranlis hia's d'oi~e 1nore to injure s, than' the strengtl's of' our enec mies. The Patiot suiggests t'hiat the people in each election i-srict should ippohit dhlegates to zrset in Columabia rn the Fouirtli'Mondai'y in Asprif, if they fail to do this, it suggests the propriety A' the memblers of the Convention ounsultintg about that matter afler they have con vened in Co'lumbhia, adding, there can be no difference between the two parties ini this matter. Coi.. .u-:Es Cit sSoU, Jn.-The "Camtden J1ousrnal," well known as an able anid zealous advocate of Secession, in speaking of the nomsinaition of' this ge.ntlemsan, say's: W e are grat itled fo' see t~hs tottly gent lemian, and our fellow-citizen, nomninatedl by a writer in the Daily State Rights Rlepublicans for Congress, .1 position for which he is eminently qusalified, byv his superior talents and iubilities. We have transferred the C-Ommuiciation to our columns en tirely upon our owvn responhsibility. We hope that Col. Chesnut may be0 induced to b'comie a candidate, in placee of' Mr. WVoodwar'd, who declines s re-election. We shall1 not attempt to eulogize Col. C.--he does not nseed our feeble praise-he is sufliciently known and lppreciatedl in this the third Con ;ressiona Il.)istriet. As a statesnman we have ino feasr bit that our interests, into his hands anid keeping, ill be 4afelyV confiiidled. The P'ostmraster General lhas estab lished ihe following new Post O0lices in this State, for the week ending Afarchs 27. Broxton's Bridge, Colleton District, A. E. Varn, P'osttmaster. Whitehall, Abbeville District, WV. W. Waller, Postmaster. Edistn Island, Colleton District, T. II. Jenkins, Postmaster. New Zion, Sumnt'r Dissriet, A. K. NI 'G ibbsons, P ostmsaster. MIUsIon-AL. ELEeToN.-'rhe fislloWi ing genitlemaen says the Camidens Journs 4l of' Tuesday, were yesterday elected afbekers ot, th~e town fvr the ensig y ear': .. . -INTF~znANT.---Dr. EC. A. Salmnond. W Anaxxa.--U. WV. Chambers, C. 11. Dais, W. C. M.... ad w A. A,. The Augusta Conitibdeonliet and ?epublic, in an editoial notie of the entrical performance of, Saturday a ight in that city, thus adverts' tothe C reakness of one ,of the most..nd- e omplished tragedians of our day: C Booth made a miserable failure in Tamlet. His Royal 1ighness was nost royally corned upon the occasion, ind mouthed his piece and sawed the tir in the very nanner he cautioned ,tihe players" against. Ordinarily we have respect even for he infirmities of genius; but when )btruded upon the mpectator, who >ays a dollar for the sight, they are iot entitled to the charity of silence. It fills the miid with melancholy to gaze upon Booth, stupefied by liquor, t veteran - agglig "supelrfuous on the stage." ils fine genius clallenges our pity that it should be thus clouded. Mr. Jackson's Resolution. The following is the resolution offer. ed by Mr. Jackson of Georgia, -which our telegraphic despatch of yesterday, anounced as having passed the House of Representatives, by a vote of 100 ayes, to 60 nays. Mr. Jackson represents the Congrer sioidal District in which Savannah is included; was the candidate of tie Southern Rights Party, and was even claimed as a Secessionist. Resol'ed, That we recognize the binding eflicacy of the compromises of the constitution, and believe it to be the intention of the people generally, as we hereby declare it to be ours in dividually, to abide such compromises, and to sustain the laws necessary to carry them out-the provision for the deliveiy of fugitive slaves, and the act. of the last Congress for that purpose included-and that we deprecate all further agitation of the questions em braced in the acts of the last Congress known as the compromise, and of questions generally connected with the institution of slavery, as unnecessary, useless and dangerout. Treason Broke Loose. What's in the wind now, that makes the New York Stnr break out In the folldwing strain of patriotic ~indigna tie~n I Is there any filibustering going on among the Charleston or Savannah lines?--Caroliniana. "We take one thing for granted, viz: that no man, who loves his coun try, will knowingly do anything caleu lated to disturb its peace and prosperi ty, or to countenam-e the acts of those who labor for that purpose. We take another thitig forigda, viz: that the persons whodeli bengely seek to cultivate a spirit of hostility between the different sectiouinWf/the Union-who exert themselves tb -Uhrmy the interest, fealings and prejudices of the people, of one state against those of the people -of another-are engaged in a wit disturb' our d~iihtry's 'peace'dhd rospeity' - "It follows, that it is our dtuty, as good citizens,' to condemn' such traitors -to refuse :'to recogni'se and thif''d13 chine to assist thenm in their.pfM$ dlesigns-to expose them to oua'feews, in order that all others, &a%1#bo-, somas beat patriotic hvai-tjyikp'yig; ie imapulses, ma' avoid themn liko a pestilence, and hold them up to that contempt and negligence their dastard ly condluct warrants. "But, the law of libel will not per mit uas to do this. Even the publica tion of the truth would subject us to expense and prosecution. We can but intimate, therefore, that there is a line of steamers running ti-om this port to tshe South, which no Southern man can pahnze withorut perpetrating political smide, and' which no honest man can supp6rts without forfA'ing his self-re spect on the score ofjstce mAzid patri otism..' "Of course we dare not particularize. Bant, vre can onliy say to the friends of the Union, bewmi'! investigate for yourself! the cloven foot will soo~ex haibit itself! Thec fiend is in your midst! lie is subtle and profound ! Ie puts ona the smroothaest guise of im partiality and innaocence ! But he is onily the cat's paw of the Philistines, and he does not his work less efP'eta. ally, because he does it so secretly and with such a show of perfect jnktice. We aa f be more explicit at*n' Dan:No BURGLARY IN SAvANNAH. On Friday night last, says thec Savan nah Mlornuing News, of the 5th instant, a mxost darinag burglary was committed in this city, which should be strictly investigated by the auuhaorities, and every etlbrt empl~oyed to f'erret out the perpetrators. T1hae clothing store of Mr. T.1. Porter, and the grocery store of Mr. C. B. Scally, on the first floor of the New St. Andrew's Ihall, corner of B roughatona and J1eff'erson streets, were ihreibly enatered and robbed. 'The thieves effected an entrance into the stores by taking up the iron grating from the pavenment and entering the collar, passing from thence into the stores. They took from the draw~ers of' each storc nil the muoney which they contained. Fromn the gr'ocery store littte else was taken, but from the clothinag store a considerable amount of' goods were carried ofr. On Friday night, it will be remnem bored, theinoon shone fair and bright, and it is a little surprising that so daring a robbery could be perpetrated in one of our most public streets without the rob. hers being detected in the act. Our citizens naatur'alhy ask where were the watchmen of that wvard on Friday night? Could they have been: on duty? The city pays a hecavy tax to sup paort the night-watcha, and our citizens have a right to expect that their pro perty will be vigilantly guarded. Naw Yona.-Both thei old and the y'oung mleji's Demoeratie Conventions of the State of New York, have endors edi and approved of Lewis Cass as their Xore isseTIT ijoa Cenipaxiy. Therabove Company was organi ei t the, meethig' 6f the stockholdorfiin harleston, on 'the 1st inst., by the Lection of the following'boald of of President. D. L. McKAY. Directors. OHN RAVENEL, W. M. MARTIN, IMITH MOwRY, Jr. EDWARD KXE11mO, I. A. MiDt.DLETON, W. S. BOYD. Tu PREsIDZMOY-Mr. Buchanan, n a letter to a lady friend in Wash ngtoi, thus writes in reply to a hand .nmy-expressed wish that he might se the Democratic candidate for the ?residency: "I thank you most cordially for Four kind wishes in my behalf in egard to the Presidency. Should the Democratic party of the country uievate me tp that most exalted station on earth, I shall endeavor to perform its duties honestly and suc lessfuly; if not, I trust I possess suffi cient christian philosophy to enable me to bear may fate with cheerful and contented resignation; In truth, so far as I am personally concerned, I feel no anxious and ambitious longings tor the prize, though, if it should come, giatitude to the American people will ever be engraven on my heart.' OzoN-WvAT is hi-This was a question often asked during the prevalence of the cholera in 1850. The last number of the Scientific American thus answet-s it: "Ozone is produced when the eivctrical brush passes from a moist wooden point into the atmosphere, or when phosphorous acts at common temperatures on a moist portion of the atmosphere. To produce ozone, take a clean piece of phosphorous, about half an inch long, which has been recently scraped; put it into a clean quat t bottle, at a temperature of about 60 deg. Fahrenheit, with as much water as will half cover the phosphorous; close the mouth slightly, so that if inflamnation tak-es plaec no harm may happen, and leave it The formation of ozone will. quickly occur, being indicated by the lupinous condition - of the' phosphorous, and the ascent of a fountain-like .column of smoke from it. In less than a minute the test will show ozone in the air of the bottle; in five or six hours it will be comparatively a bundant. Ozone is a gaseous body o a very peculiar imell; when concen trated, it has an odor like chlorine when diluted, it possesseir what i: called the electric- smell.' Atnos plierie air charged -strongly with i renders breathing difficult, causes un pleacant sensations, and producei catarrhal etfrects. It is insoluble ii water. It discharges vegetable'color. like chlorine. It does not unite witl flitrogen under .? it acts pwerfully on metallic bodies it perpxidizes lead and silver ver quickly. It is one of the most pow erful oxidiers that has ever beei discovered. It acts upon almios all salts, and is very nearly related i its effects to ichlo:-ine. - The-discovere of ozonec is Schonbein tlie invento of gun cot to. gg There is no doubt thiat, in th event of another war between niavn powecrs, some new plans for harbo defencee will be devised with the aid o steam aind iron. Some new scheme of this sort have been already suggest ed here. One is the construction e iron: steamers, shot and bomb prooi of such power that with them a hostil fleet can be run down and destroyed The details of this new mnachinme ar said to be very satisfactory. It is t< he hoped that we shall not have oces sion to cry it. Our sea coast is entir< ly too extensive to be defended at al points b~y station~y *'rtifications. But sotne principal points oi .the At lantie, the Gulf and the Pacific ough to be defended by forts.-C'omwe rcia Advertiser. Dar.Ans oF MRssIONARIEs FRO3 STAavATION.-Six English missiona ries, under Capt. Gardner, R. N., wh< were sent out among the savages o tihe Straits of Magelln,- in 1850,1fe viefirns at S'panishLHarbor, last Sej: tcmber, to starvation. A British ves sel recently went- in search of thenm and found the dead bodies of two e them, and fragments of papers fron the others, detailing their frightful sul ferings. The last note of Capt. Gardi ner was of the 6th of September, ai which time lhe had been four day without food. lt appears the seurv' broke out among them in April, from' which time they began to suffer fo food. LInERATION OF THE mRiami STAT Pnitso~Ns.-The Now-York Tribun is indebted to the editor of The Iris Amnericani for a slip from The Dublii Freeman's Journal, of March 20, con taining the following important ami nouncement, which is beied to 'b reliable: It is reported that orders have actr ally been issued. from the Colonia Oflice, or shortly will be issued, direct ing the Immediate release of the Iris: Exiles, subject to the condition tha they are riot to return to any port c the British Islands. Mr. Whitesid had been an active intercessor for thii liberation. THE SITiSONIAN ReCTUnE.--Th concluding lecture of Professor Agas siz on Friday evening 'v 's highly sat isfactory to the respectable and admim ing auditory, of-which the President c the United States has been one, one o the most attentive. It was annonnee< b)y Professor Henry that these lecture of Professor Agassiz will he publshmed as we suppose, under the auspices e ime -Smithsonian Institution itself. Ari offi6ial report recuily publi*Wk in Parain. albdies the op' rthatkiA. portioni Q( the' opulation whidliwii# by villi BIhij titdu AUj eba-ity, amount*I. to sixtyth reetahousand jkhi5ydet not-inlu'de -sieli~ a sro-sup rtedb) private Iidividiss; the poW having no means -9f. btuinjns thte statistics p( this kdid lireliefk Tho wholoppuls. tion of France living upon lhe-gratuit. ties of others, whether supported lg the State, or benevolent soectiak- fit' set down at six millions.' SonO*Th over the sixth part of the eOitfe a lation. 'The frightful increasWi 1j;i titutioi. asnd.;aisendicancy ii 3ransd. may be seen at a glane, Wshen it'l remembered that -VtAiro ca*lklu0?', the whole.number of shr t* hundred thousand, tinder Lodie XVYP It is stated in the lasaeerht r England, that s. oomplete recOniiat has been effected betwenLo Jia - Russell-and PalherstoM A' di meeting was brought- about bet r It them some days previously, whewg mutual interchange of assurances ' given that the past would bb" in oblivion; and they met.for ihO #A ! time in pibli at Lady' Pp;imrsie*W soiree. .it is worthy wof r showing the importpuee te$16 John Russell attaches to tis reneili ation that ie and Lady .Rtssell o amongst the earliest arrivals at Palmerston's re-union. SorrU CMIOLJNA RAIL RoA.-Wi*e_ find the folowing item of gralifyiti. information, in our valuable exqhangeA the South Carolinian, which states that, "During the month oW just passed, there were trapo over the South Carolina M 50,000 bales of Cotton; duriiahj, month of March, 1851, there were 16,000 bales transported." 7 EMIGRATIoNN.-The number of eM grants who arrived at New York lb the month of March was .21,726,of Whoa 13,213 were Irish, 3162 English, 3810' front Germany, 542 from France, ad. 405 from Switzerland. The nurmbe who arrived at that port.. in Juanul was 11,592, and in :February,.: makis.the total in .thriee. mouths- 3 660. This is 276 short of thestanb*e who'arrived in the three moIrhauf;ag year, but an excess of over 600Qirhe~b nwonth of March. TI'RtY-FIVE FAMI . EN HIouc.-The way some people ive(jta New-York, would seeni to indicat dispbsition-to gain Af'r plateerm soarm.- Assistant. Captain McJ~enny, of the 81st poliee district, ma'deas e pdrt-.to the Chief ofa bouse inJAisek streati .on. Friday, Aowned - by.Jaob Frost, Esq., which is- oecupied by; about thirt/-e families, among Ybkh are fsiaby cases ofsmal I q 'fever e irconta vb or r the re p r , - e a t ptg the house.. A SOPUOMORK MAaRIEDa.-Mnr 'ed, at NfW41Hvn,''n ' tie' 28th, uJ; Daia'idl J. Holnes, of the Boyh61idro t cass~ of Yale College' and 'Eild' . hiM. Plumb.. On~ the evening following this eynt, the Sophomore class rhaet nsd" aopted suitable resolutions, onie 'f which we give: Resuhred, That in consideratin of r the cryingf evils which naturally: re j suit from such unions, rp.jpet b ims with a cradle, . which,. .like th purse (it ortunatus, we .trustpy f niever be empty. TuE INmIANS hN FLORIDA.-WO no. .ticed, some days ago, the capture o f aseveral imlians by Gen. I ojkins.'-e These Indians are still at Paltka atina -der guard, and we learn that one- of - thsem states that there is a cauth ndm i bering about thirty in the -vicinity or - tihe place at which they were taken.;' -It was the intention of Geni. 1lolkins. t to take a sutlicient force and ende~avor i to capture them.-Savnau News. aaa.M I hONTGOMERY, AL.A., APRIL 6L.Tggg ARIRIVAL OF Kossurr.-The. ilhtstriE >es Hiungarian arrived in our .ety..y. f the Daniel Pratt, at about 5 o'clock' I on \Vednesday afteroon~, and was ye - eivid with much ner n thusiasm on the part of the irnmens c rowd thtat thronged the whiif ail f streets. lie will be received an4 a address the citizenas at Estelld or 0 -cert Hlail, this evening, at krl~f.past ~ -ocelock. 3 STEAM BiOAT ExPLOSION AND' Loss SoF LIFE.-Sr. Louis, APRIL 4.-Ilst e i evening the steamer Glencoe, ofNow. r Orleans, while making her landlig here burst all her boilers. She hd 150 passengers on board, a large ltin. E ber of whomi were killed. The stettra. ers Cataract, Georgia, 'and Western" Swere lying alongside, and sustained " considerable damage. They had se c ral meon kille'd, but the-numbei Ia' t known, though believed to abe larg& 3 The Glenece took fire and burnt- tO' the water's edge. I EPARTURE OF TIlE STDAMSeurbP. - errie.-New York, April 4..-Tiha~i ated States mali steamship PcIt~~ t tain Nye, Jeft at naoon -yetMed 1 C Liverpool. 'She carrielt a much larger number thtan -at ThfV r here in any European steamer fithe past eight months. . 4 CmT.-New York~ A jM1 ri - steamship Empire City, froniNeW Orleans and Havanna, arrived hdethls' I' morniqg, with 58 passengers- iid~v' f small amount of specie, ,: o - I ...' !i The lowest charge for ndverthisig the London Tims, is aboutahter I, lar's a squlare. Eveni a line aW t~~ ga marriage or death, coat 1A'vnt i