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THE SUMTER BANNER ~ s.'euuususi, EV3l t TUS 6AV MORNING BY W. J. FRANCIS. TE RMS, &TWO, DpLA RS in advance, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the expiratign of six months, or Threo Dollars at the end. of the year. ,p paper discontinued until all tirrenrages are All), unless at thao option of the Praoprietor. - ' Advertisements inserted at SEVENTY. FIV ' Cehts per square, (12 lines or lets,) for the first, and half that suin fur each ubsequent Insertion. gji The nuinber of insertions t6 be marked on all Advertisaanonts or they will be published until ordered to bo discontinued, and charged OE DOLLAR per squnre for a single Iisertion. Quarterly ant Monthly Advertise anents will bo chargeac the same as a single in sertion, and seni-monthly tile samne aum new on4s From the Baltimore Sun. i'urther Particulars from the Wreolc of the Henry Clay. o sarclt for th bodies of those 'whose lives were so wantonly sacriticed . the burning of tho steamboat Henry lay, was contint.o I on Friday nd 8aturday, in the presence of a la g number of. stricken relatives and mourning ftiends. About noon, on Friday, three bodies \ere recovered and ice'ognized aS ttose of Mr. Abram Crist, of Brookh n: Mr. Joseph J. Speed, of taltimore, and a child, (Kittrena Chiatillot,) daughter of Mr. John Chatillon, of New York. Mr. Crist's body was recognized by his brother, Mr. David Crist, who rv sides in Waldron, Orange county, N. Y. Mr. Crist was an eminent lawyer, residing in Brooklyn, and a most esti mable citizen. Mr. Speep's body was kfecognized by Mir. Waimi. Norris, of Baltimore, and M r. Daniel Dorecy, of New York. An inquest was held over it, and the following facts elicited: Walter E. liarding. of 109 Clinton Place, N. Y., testified:-I knew Mr. Speed in Baltimore, where he lived; he was a It eyer between 50 and 60 years old; he was horn in Maryland; was a passenger in the llenry Clay; he had no family. I recognize the body; have no doubt of his identity; lie ap yet'rs to have been drowned. Ilis body wis fift.d some twoimiles below the *reck. . Daniel Dnwey-Lives at the Irving Mouse, N. x:. I knew Mir. Josd l J. Speed; I. faist sat; him in New 'ork about ten days ago, at the Irving House; r do not know as to his being a passen ;er on board the Clay. Hie had been *pending sometime at Ithica. I gave him e $200 for scheck the day before he left. I expected him home on the day the steamer was burined. 1 have no doubt as to this being his body, from the size of the body and the marks on his clothes, handkerchiefs, &c. Wmll. G. Ackerman-1 found a body Aaving the marks of J. J. Speed on the elothes: I found the body this morn ihg about 6 o'clock, nbout a mile be ]'w the w reek, in the river. Two men were just taking it up to the Leach. I did' not see arty marks of violence upon the body.- Mr. Wim. Norris, of Balti more took' thei body away. A valuable chroniometer, which Mr-. Speed hadl vhen last seen alive, is said to be miissirig; At about live o'clock, P. M., aoth. er body wvas f'ound, which wits identi fled as that of ex-mayor Stephei Allen, of New York city. Otr Mr. Allen's body was found a beautiful gold wvatch. At diamond breastpin, pair of gold spectacles, morocco wallet, eon taiinnhg *24 in bank bills, a number of' blanuk checks, p5.75 in silver coin, an old let ter, somea mnemror-atinu pa~pers, anud a newspaper scrap, ,headed "Keep giod domnpany or ntone.' This letter maemento may well lie r'egarded as a legacy to his son, who received it,-toe-ether- with the other ar Tde C'ormmercial Advertiser pub. lishes a list of 44 victims whose bodcies were recognized, among them a lady with light b row'' hai r, turnung gre); wore large nboo, .-ar-rings, blac k op en *ork bonnet, had goldI ring oncond fmnger of the left band; gold etufl pin. wiith blackt enamel centre; lacuk En~ug lish lace veil; a cotton travelliing gown, buttoned up the breast with b)lack jets; book imuslian lhit; skirt: black eciotha gaiters withant ies. H'is has been recognized to be bodly of Mi-s. ill, of Philadelphnia, who wans in company with Mr-. Sp-ed, of Balti mlore.] The t t hers ar-e three G ermanus, t wo females and onie male, andl one Iraish inn They wvere all interred at Yu. Rers. -- J'ury.-Auguast 4.-Thae jury wvhichi have been in sessio n over th bto ldies of the unfortunate passengers whlo laost their- lives by the buarning of1 t he lien ry Clay, have renidered a verdict to thei effect that the deaths resualted frm rbcklessness on tbe part of th~e owiners and otlicers of tho boat. Tis verdict -accords with' the second definitio~n of the cime of murder in the Statutes ol the State of New York. REPOIa'r.n No~m ON OE Mit. W\EU-. s-rER.--The Washington Union r-eceiv e'cd by telegraph, oni Saturday night, frm Philadelpahia, a detailed accounat of the nomination of M r. W ebst er for the Presidency by awmteting calling it a he National Union Convenation.C< 'The .empb-t gives the full organizat ion of the Conventiori and aL re'cord( of its proceedings. J. Wayne Keunneidy, oft .Pennsylvanian, is mentioned ats the nominee of the3 Convention for tihe * Vice Prieside~noy oni the nseand b~allaot. The Union doubts thle corr-eetness of the dispatch; and the lBaltimoreo SanI adds- that its advices fromt that city up to Saturday evening mnake no ienation of any such Convention being in ses sion mn that city. The army worm had appeared wilh such dostructive efreeat in Cim ke coun ty, (Ala.) that one planter has had his bottou crop almost cntirecly lost. Horrible Tragedy in Texas-Murders and Suicide of the Murderer. The Red Land Herald published at St. Augustine, Texas, of the 17th uilt., gives the details of one of the most heart-rending tragedies we have ever been called upon to record. It occurr ed a fi'w days since in the Southern part of Shelby county. Aquilla and Jesse Ballard, (broth ers,) were culti vat ing a plantation in partnership, and their feelings towards each other had always been of the most fraternal description. The whole fami ly consisted of Aquilla Ballard, wife and child; Mrs. Haynes (sister to Mrs. 1.) and child, and Jesse W. Ballard. On the 11Ith, (Sunday,) Aquilla Blal lard rode over to his mother's, a dis tance of ive niles, to sit up with a brother who was lying dangerously ill. Shortly after he left home his brother Jesse invited Mrs. Ballard to take a walk with him, saying he had a secret to toll her. A short distance down the road they stopped -ome time in deep and earnest eon versat ion ; Jesse exhi bi ted considerable excitement. When they returned to the house Yrs. B. was pale and melaniiholy, and co.itina tied so during the rest of the cvini. Jesse Ballard, however, became unu sually Ii". .ly :and Nl iritd. Thie Aloi day niorniig following, Jesse inq1uired of a neglo boy whether his gun a; loaded properly. l laving discharged and reloaded it, he set it against the side of the house. Soon after he had another eonference with Mrs. B., when the latter returned to the house and told her sister that Jesse was going to kill the negro boy and then kill her, (Mrs. 1.'.) A bout this time Jesse called up to Clara, (Mrs. B.) to colie to hime, but she refused. Ile again, in a manner mild with frenzy, called to her, and comUianded her to come, saying he had something to tell her. Mrs. 13. obeyed, approached him and threv her arms about his neck. Some words passed hurriedly between them, but what those words were will only be known at that day when all things will be brought to light. As he tore him self abruptly fron her, she was heard to exclaim, "Oh, Jesse, don't do it." Seizing his gun, he aplroached the kitchen, where the boy Nelson was, and asked him how he felt. The boy replied, "better, and would be able to work in the mar ning." .1esse told him that he did not wish hin to work any more, that he was going to kill him-and, suiting the ac tion to ,he word, and telling the ne gro womian to swand out of the way it she did not wilh to get hurt, he raised his gun and shot the ,negro dead. At the tire of the gun, Mrs. 11. cauight up her child and ran out the opposite side of the house and hid in the top of a fIallcn tree. Mrs. lall-id also start, ed to run, but again returnel to the house. After shot :tig the negro man Jesse, with one hand on his lta aii the other h'd)ing his tu. toied rap idly on his heel four ,r five lilies, when, coing to a . t, lhe saw As. Ballard passi thr'ough the gate a n the opposite side af thte house. He iue diately pursud her, and when w. ithin a few feet. IireLd theL secnd barrel, iodg. inag the whole load in hern back, several shot passing enttirly1 through her body. She fell de. d 11s next moi~vemnent was to draw~ oIT one' of .his boots by her side, when sunddeily turaning, as ii recollecting that both bar~rela (of his gun were einmpty, he returned to the house, anid procurinig the onlyv load oif buckshot left,,lhe lhuirried oflf to a hmnmeh abtout d00 yards d istat, when, haueig reloaded onme of the barrels of his gun, lie blew olf nearl y his cnt ire- head by placing thle miu7.ile of the guni under his right jaw and touching the t nrger with ltisi toe. I'attIi wit the Indinsa'i. Capt. AI'rey ad his C.om:nu;.d Dc'. Iie lltj i.re Stiti, of' the Sth Iiult. says "luItelligence fromi Fot ?'miith,. Ar kan. publhii.,bed uinder our tel e land ieen ititghit Iby ('a t.M arey, and'. ilarcy indI hi5 whol, e iommiandi wvere nmurderied. '. le d isjiittei u Iii es wn precisely where thet attaick was mrade. ('ilpt. M are*y was recent ly in conilnat l at Fort Simithi, tnear the boundallry line of the Iudian territory, lbut the. troop that post, anid another Fort was in pro eess of1 co nstrauction. It is probable that-this hatter 1)1 e~ was the oin ofA attack, anid t hat the I ndians were at - tracted ini such numbilers lby the hop e of phliiler 1from the millanerosCalra iraills which ar n~ tow cro:>sing thle pilainis; Foit Smiitihibeinig one of thle startinig poiits5I fr emiigranit. Cap1t. Marey heonotged to the~ 5th infiitiry. lie was thle son of Go~v. Nlar1ey, who was Secretary of War ain l'rsident Polk's Cabiniet. Capt. Na irey was an offier of great accoump~d liiihmeiits, aind his dleathI, ifI the news as reportd sh lallI prove true will be severely felt in thle serviel. TI he repoirt. does not i'agur wecll fo.r the iafety of the Cahlibr,i. trainOs. 'Cous5in WNill iiam,' said a miierrv. rni nhievouis young girl, what do you think I leanrd aU prett v laiss say of your1 'I don't. know-somiethliig go id I hope. Wh Io was it, miy pretty coz!' 'I shan't tell vyou; In't it's the t ruth -t very pretty girl did say something about you. 'Wel, tell me what. it was.' 'I'shant unless you give moe that. annuil you bought.' 'Well, agreed--you shall have it now tell mue.' 'WelI, now--do'nt bihish so-shte a vyo wae tim 1; ?dl'Jtie '.7 r . The Fisheries. We said in our last paper that Mr. Webster had expressed the opinion that aggressions had been committed by the Yankee fishermen uponi trie rights of British Aleriei. We see that a different version of his opinions has since 'coine from the Northern press. Whatever may be his opinion it is clear that a treaty protects the British coast for the distance of a mara time league, and that the Southern people should take care to avoid i clash of arins 'with a friendly nation, and a good customer, even though we may disappoint the avarice of a while fleet of codtishing freebooters. There are many of our Northern brethren who would rejoice to see the United States and Great Britian involved in a war on account of 1te fi:sheries. The high tariff party would have a pretext for additional protective duties in rais ing revenues to defray the expenses of hostilities-the abolitioniists would look to the aeqlisit ion of new free-soil States iii the Conquest of' anadla-Uen eral Scott would realize his cherished scheme of annexing the Baitish Amueri can doiiinions to tie United Stiates and he withi his whole body of parti zans and parasites would delight in thus.building up a perp~et ual asec..d aney il the North over the doomed and victimized South. It is rep~ol ted that our seamen have gone into the pruhlibited waters to finsh, and have in a lawless iimnner trespass ed on the rights of Bri. i:hx suljects by taking the fiih out of their nets after they were caught, and by going on shore and creating disturbances. We are thus to be brought into IL bloody and expensive war with a friendiy pow cr. It'the adininistraltion canl persuade us that any principle of iniiternationa l law, or any iipulk of national honor d ietites ia war for such a cause, the President and his Ca bi net w ill ell tain Iy be eititled to 1ll credit ;or dIipAu macy, and we will :seure for ourselves at least the crown fur honest credulity if not the distinctioi~ lopg ears. Aarion Star. l ocAG OF u1NDNE:s.--The follow ing ii anl extract, froii a volume bea: ing the ab;ove title--by the brothers M a yhew. 'B fire Man was create'd. and when the Ileavens and tli Earth were with out form and void. ( oi made the mnet als. And Ile loc:ked.them up in cof fers of stone, and. setting huge rocks upon them, buried them deep under the ground. 'First, Ile made the yellow gold gorgeous as the sun. A ad tie angels cried aloud, -Ve prae ThI, O Lood Ileaven and Earth are full of the i." jesty of thy glory. 'Then the w hite silver-chaste as the moon, was made. And aigain th angels cried, 'We praise thee, 0 Lord.' 'Next the copper was forme1d-re'd as the mo44rnin. And once 14 ore the ang1ls cried, 'Hea .. ve n and Er: th nr full of lie mamie~sty of thy glory.' 'Andl theti lle ma~de the iron41-greyV ais inight-and the lead-in color like the thmundoer eloiil.-Hut the angels grieved at the sight andc were Nilent. 'Anad 'emnce bent do.wn her head, antd weepingL, crird. .\hlake thetm not. Alifui~~l Fiither! maike them 1no! hor, thiouigh Thou loc44ks.t themia 411 in coJtfers (ifst ne, amnd hide:,t them in thie bol44web , f the carthI, manm will litnd t hell out anid use thleni to shiv Iti bro4) ler a~:nd 1 and1( myi sisttr auiPls wvill imtve noi re:din piar onC (: e::ab.' nad cied, \l ak thm, () Lo n. te ii 1or Man.1 ''er 4 tim. si leited( a 4 ;ide roundm~ abt the I r h, that swr d. rnul hh: i til- with v ti a ma *'i int n ihily.~ And hib-ad h' pouer their lminds in:o tim.l. 4of th4 thIr .>4 e heardi by it far be4vond he e-mn4141n's rarr .hmiih tell thle whol 'Th n the4 ainge-i. re *nthig. erd tilta t rn! inal:4' ih.'i: () Lord ~i ev,**4 anld the F4.-h he full ofth milje-ty of1 hy glor: !' Hi r A (cci.13tv :Aw .\T l1Hr. A tsiarnutA D ~oor : ,.-l- 'a w thI in' w iih as at gt h-mani i 4 :I!. unbi4m liv in~g at h~ome. at eae I m..ld have a:.ed to drim1 cf: I -awv lzhsan:. hun1I4:l(s. buzt un I saw b:elrs c of miis :;yie as.-:'ect sedui~ludy rorinig thle ii adile. I sawv -evend membe irs of tihe Med4. dler liinnily. diligently mininig the4ir own bu )4siniess, inst eadl of every. b 4d1y's Sa a si-l b~oe--hing,~l literail yto somie pups hiere. J saw lots~ of Londsoni loungers en jvying the utter reverso ('1 ''llim I sawV tham~t geiirmaii1nd utter pit'h ing co ttedly i-:t: a knao hp 'I saw :im ex pwelliiingon, dress ingt out lisi last week's hdirt. Iawmaiiy an emi;;raimtedI Paue'r picking up aL decenlt lii. iir inlf Ihere lierely withI his pi .4-axe. I i'aw numyi) 11n expa:tr: ed4 Maw4\. wor4m,14 whio, demn go4. ld l e 'Ihle rooit oft all evil,'erata:iniiy prm~oe hlimi sellf mo(st zealous in assisting~ 1(o eradi cate it. And finally, I saw on all sides, abundadmt e:videne4 to e-how t ht onel of the richest fi-Ida fori enterprise ~was 'ilt; CoNTRAST.-'Thp Pennsylvan. inn draws the following strong contrast between the candidates for President: Grin. ScO-rT AND GU1. PIza:ce.--We accord 1tll honor to Gen. Scott as ia hero; but like Gen. Taylor, who wits frank and fearless enough to confess his incapacity for the Pres. idential chair, we do not believe he is competent to the duties of the high station to which lie aspires. Gen eral Taylor, we had abundant Whig authority in 18.18 for saying, was superior to Scott in . many respects, especiully inl modesty, in prudence, and in the inantigemetnt of those in his command. Thence the comparison is hardly treasurable. Nor will it be treasurable to say that Gen. Pierce is a litter man for President, by ten thousan d times thun Gen. Scott. The career and the chara'ter of the Democratic candidate alike and a bundantly establih this fiet. The two, however, furnish some strange Gen. Pierce has modestly refrained give a few: Gen. Pierce has nod'estly refrained froi pressinig himself fhr public station. Gen. Scott has never been satisfied, but has always been cry. ing with the horse-leech, "Give, give, give," whether of oflice or emolutnent. Gen. Pierce has repeatedly resigned high statiois, preterring the quiet of private life. Gen. Scott has nlever been satisfied, but, now hold.(, and doubtless will continue to hold his I osition as on nnder-in-chief of the A rely of the United States, ev cii while the W hig candidate for Pr esiden t-a positiin woi th, with the periuisits, amiiount.i to about, ten th o'usagnd dollcr-s a year. Gen. Pierce is a singularly un obtrusiv e, well-baahmced, and well. discijplined s atesni:ui. (en. Scott is it vain, ael f-piniOtd, and illy reguilated1 public rnan. Gc'n. Pierce, in his whole career, li never once pandered to ftinaticisn, whatever shape it assumed. Gen. Scott was originally for Native Anm ericanism, and for years past has given his coinidence to the leaders of the free soil Whigs. The contrast 11nay be, and will be continued hereafter." FnEE DnvELorMENT OF IAN.-If I were to express in a line what cii 4titutes the glory of a State. I shiuiId say it is--the free and full development of hunmari nature. .The country is the happiest and noblest, woe institutio ins and circunistances give the lirgest range (If action to the humnin powers and aflections, and cal1 firth oan in all the variety of heis facuilty and feielings. That is the happizo.t country where there is mo-t inte-lligence and freedom of t i X11ht, most, -d" -etiou and love, ncr't imaginatti'.i and taste, most pub I;;" sp ir most .lmnsticvirtue, most oIscice, m st pier-.-Wenlth is a .I.d only as it is the production and i root lf oho viiirOus etercise of num's~ p owers,- and is ai meants oif br iung'ng out his aleetionis and en 1:argii g his lioeult ies. Man is the otnly glory tof a countryv; and it is the olvancernet and ninfo di ng of ilidinanI nture which is the true in tere~st, of a Sti a t .-Ir. ChaLLnbin. N Cror~ai Cmos.-Friom the f'ollowinig stat ernent, mtade bv the Blos toni Atlas, it w~oull appear that this dise~ae is conttagiou-i: "'A few days ago. an eldlerly matm. a resident of t tio (ity, opposim Clevye 1lan d, went Itoi Cincinna~lti. GO his re t un tiomt thc laitter city tio his hou.e, and on atter ILe rea-he his dwellii.7-, who0 took eret of himl, were :ttacc-,I. xin3 nier 2nstiwr:an e :: a.'~ Tuf *o G i'i .Kf I aihl res i l . v.: : .t. nde . I tb i abo'.L ickueds ;m~idV . w d dheirtno hrs' of the!nlyo -i e .itn who Ltenedte .nI wire aho I a is:a id ~ !.:i1 t\ei nUf .eli other w1~i. - Thus in les th-i week.i iui die of i, t first tietist:n : i ~mt inue toI .H is hi-vcaul ' o~' e n-i i eawiet uon te '.u tio.3 nl .i I "f i \Ve havt thethets from ai g~:eti the nones- of the~ . victi, av.1w h tiot good to be lost. I lauie. stepped out1 tio refre-h the.Kr tirsty spirj its at Casarsh's retiectory, they- panedl out, thliy saw somtie Light tr ine Ilabores ci Irntessedti to a1 sledi. haing a stione aboutn t hiealvy enioughr for Line ho'e, w.hile Line, acetingt as, diverti, iuly waVilked along side. (All the lah. ers are on a pe dimal sace, as weillI as thle mem i Pa~ 'uig to wiitness this operation to thir own aridliouts labors ins thle Iuie seri .ce- dne of th mem iiiibers drin~ "t he driver,"' saido \IIl, friinds, '?iou3i aremakinig was.I~ t he prhomplt rejindeiir, nio by the poer~s its it iiighty 'i:'ht b~ette*r t han mai~kinig asses Lof lhe co nv'.ersat ion abruptlt y closcd, and every main of that Ipairty patroniiized ICasariish to the xient of to julep TOl SUMTER BANNER. Sumterville, So. Ca. JOHN T. GREEN, EDITOR. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1852. Our PrJncipe. - " There is one goant on chich there can be no diversity of opinion in the South among those who are.true to her, or who have mads up their minds not to be slaves; that is if we should be forced to choose bet wen rcsistonce and submission we should take resistance at all hazards." CAu.n6Un. * To do that, concert of action must be necessa ry, not to save the Union, for it would then be too late, but to save ourselves. ''hus in my viee; concert as the one thing needful.."-CAL.HoUN. What is the renedy ? I answer secession, united secession of the slaveholding States, or a large nunbcr of them. Nothing else will be wise nothing else will be pratirale."-Cu EVES. E ' Messrs. A. WHITE & Co., are Agents for the Banner in Sumtervillo. - Coin iun ications intended for the Junncr must be handed in on or before Saturday morning, and those faivoring us with advertizemiients will please let us have them at least by 8 o'clock oi Monday. r We are indebted to the fon. J. L. Onn for a copy of the epeech of the lion. S-rI:IEN A. DOUoLAS, at the Central )m2rnocratie Avniation of lichmonil, on the 9th of July last. i We observe in the last Green ville Mountaincer that Col. CAMwBELL has di posed of his interest in that pa pea'r to Mr. GosSET, one of the former proprietor. The editorial management will be under "Maj. S. A. TowNEs one of the foirimer editors. :' 'he publication of the George. town True Republication, as we learn fror its issue of the 4th instant, will be suspended for some time-perhaps until October-in consequence of the proprietor bein~g unable to procure hands, " in part owing to the short'ho tice and the untfavorale season of the .war." lie prornis:, however, that when his journal re-aplpears. it will be estaldishAd on a more permanent basis than heretofore. Balk Mi eetinag at Siunterville. The citizens of Surater Distriet, be ing requested, through the coluins (of M1ur town papers, to meet at the Court lIouee, on sale-day in August, in:tant, to take into consideration the import ance of the estabhlishmenit of a Bank in the District. A respectable numiber assembled, and the meeting was organ Jzedhby Mr. W .L. Baucsoz bein called to the Chair, and J. B. N. IJAM MiT reqnsted to act as Secretary. When Gencralt S. R. C2uADLIE of tfe redl the following Preamble and Re' solutions, whaich, afiher beinag dliscussed anud slightly amenactded, reads thus: WVhereas, the conuntereial inaterest~ of our counuunity have. since the es. tabhlishmnent of the WVilmnagtoni anti Manc.hester Rail Road, greatly in creased, anad t'.er'e being naothinig now wanting to lpreserve the pr~iosro !onda~itionat ol our District and To. wn, tad maaainaint at all times a mnarkel fhr thle purt.. u-,e, andl ini part th. cn sanny ltiaonat l' fl e p'roduitions~ anid manuthetuares, exceptinag the' in~ouave nience'i cau.ed bay the inabi lityv of omt iaireX.~tsa'a other citizen~as, atL n!. time being able to procure sufllicien1 umaa- 'aof aowney to purchi:te such pr deli a ' d ialaiutaetaures: Aalit sh reasa, -.uch. dIiflicuilty', and incon'lveni -i i he remo veal if a llank ws r< I........ our comuiity. Thert. Ru -olre /, Tant an apiplicaltiona bi made a t th r . sesin af ath le Legis heur a -a Etar ter' a llaank / ' (' O lhtnmitteeC C a . the (Chair, t< hi.- ; auni e at thle ner n .~i 'uorial tao se ba fla h - -at ni .edu-v to satisf\ he n 'i ha' imiema beri t hereof,~ a beIi i a umi-c oaisuth fln inistituition ii ar e; . inaniy a nd.ia that the sait I'n 1i::ee enqire' ad report to i mhat e held next~ ta e-daay, the prable * muionuat oftatoc~k w'l~ahic ua a tae. i the event aof the establish tat of aak in Sntaervihie, mual a! ah matt'rs in arelationa to the. iame' 3. Ro leed, Tihat tour R--presenta ive a're hae'rebay instructed to( use thii inaluebtIie ini praocuraiing said Charter. Thea Caommulittee appoinated nudiaer that seconetl Retsolutiona are.., Gen. S. Rl Ni H~Asow, Cap1t. L. F". RIIAMr, M. E .1nw doins 11. Dixos, M. MI T.I D. Fun:a2,-', a'2 .1. Jl. ln~aA.. ordered . ~atic: i~ th tepapers of' the Distr'ie beinhg ire auested to publish thme proa eeedingr.~ W.L. JBR.'NSON, Ch'n. I 7 Th'e Ciommiittee aapp oinated uin der' the 2d resoluttioni, are respect ful l reqiuested to mettet inl Sutivi~ille or Thui-sdaiy the 12th itnst. S. hR. CitAnut-:n, C'h'ni Coim. Ihatha of the J nerican Consuil a Barbladoes.-Wiiliamn f> I ayes, Esq. Ameritcan Conisul at in'rbadoes, dic< there otn the 13th ult., of1 ery-sipelas 2W~ Tua Watchman of the 7/th inst., says " By particular request, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Farmers of Sumter District will be held in the Court Ihouse; at Sumter Ville, o'i Sale-day in Seternber next, for the purpose of forming a District Agricultural Association. All. who feel interested, and the Planters espe cially, are requested to attend." . From the Watchman. SUMrERVILLE, 5th Aug. 1852. . Messrs. Editors.-Dear Sirs: A paragraph, which appeared, (without my knowledge or consent) in the 'Watchman, some two or three weeks ago, announcing inc as a candidate for the next Legislature, although discon tinued, seems to require some notice at my hands. Not being ambitious of any political distinction, and greatly preferring the ease and quietude of a retired lif-, to the excitement and anxiety of a politi cal contest; I return my most sincere thanks to "Many Citizen," for the honor intended to be conferred; and I do hereby -most respectfully decline the nomination, and positively assure them, that I am no candidate, never have been, nor ever ex peet to be. Yours, most respectfully, J. M- PI'1'TS. Marine Disaster and Loss of Life. The schooner " Joseph Tremble," on Saturday night last, nn her passage from Conwayboro' with a cargo of Naval Stores and Staves, bound to Charleston, when about nine miles frotn town, in the Waccamaw river, carne in contact with a snag, which penetrated the how of the schooner, causing her to sink imtnediately, crean ing a little on her side. At noon on Sunday the sloop " Edwin Forrest" was cd spatch to her assistance, and sue ceeded, as we learn, in uprighting the vessel and getting out a portion of her cargo. In connection with this.atlhir we are sorry to be informed that a va luable negro belonging to Mr. J. izard Middleton lost his life in endeavorin to save some article (unknown to us) frot the cabin of the " Trenmble.' lie went down some two or three times without obtaining the object of his scaci and was finally drowned in t. e cabin before he could be rescued. W1inyuw Observer, 4th inst. The Charleston Courier of the 30th ult., 5ays : Understanding that various rumors are being circulated in the interior that the Cholent and Yellow Fever are prevailing in this city, we most cheer fully state, and we do so on the high dst authority, that there is not, nor has there been, a single case of either of these diseases in the city this season. -In faet,-as the twy-statement. deaths clearly indicat'-, Chirleston at this moment pre:ent.s is clean a bill of health as any city of' the same popcu lation in the Union. Our country friends therefore need labor uinder n'o appreension, but may visit our City with the most perfect impunity as far as ur~y epidemziic is conce~rned, and we assure themr that should unfortunatelv an ccr aspbi Journalists, w'e out the Union, as promiptly aid dis tinctly to make the thet known, as we now contradiet the existence of' any contagious dlisea~se in) our midst. TnEi lar(.-At 8 o'clock XWednies day evenuinmg we re--visited the scene of thle coniflagraition, and have to add hat the hblock of snallI wooden build ings west WValnut-street, in the vicini ty of the fire, have beeni nearly all de st royed. The wind about this time thritinnely died a-:v, and( the comipa nie's, by abnuost suplerhurnan eflibrts, nl(ecee inl airesting the further prio riess of thle dlevouring lement, other wise tihe los might have been beyond nic'st of the buildings destroyed were of but little value; but the sufl'e I ings which nmst result from this fire will long be fi-It by a large and indus trioutsec!ass of our citizenms. Over two hlundlred personls have beein rendered -hiouseless at at ime when I here is scariee ly one uinoccup~ied d welling in the cityv. Owing to the confiisiong which pre vails, it is impossible to obtaini a cor reet staitemecnt. of the various losses. We learn that the tid.1lowving are the princilpal suni-'rers: H. Tfhomastorn, . S. Zeigler-, . Naylor, Mr. Statlbrd, Mr i. Cook, Alirs. Morningstar, estate of' Hoberts, and the estate lotf Wiinkler. We are inmformmed that the whole insmiunce on the pro;~ erty does not ex eeed MVt)0.-Saawn .ah (eorgian, fi t - Ilo~s:-m.r DFrrmriOxs, nY A IIAcH children have their own way, and married meni resort, when they have nowhere else to keep 'themselves. WVife.-the wvomuan whio i, expected to purchase~ w1ith'ouit means;, anmd sLw on1 buittons before~ they c'ome o0'. 13aby-A thing on aceont of' which its miother could never go the op (era, eocneiietly need never have alw a't. D)inner-Th'le meal which is expectedl to be0 in exacet readliness whehever' thle miast er of' the house haien~~is to be at, hiome to eat it, w~hethl~er it, twelve, oir hialf-past three. --Washing day3 -The ti ine whei a woana can thirow a b~room at a thievishi dog, or say 'I won't,' with out bing thought ciross. 'Trousers -The dispted~ territory." Narw Yonv, A ugust 1.-The cholcera broke out at lhutlhlo yesterdaty causing great ailartn and driving many pesn Iout of' thuercty. A gentleman, his wife, two children and clerk all died Tim, Mikjij!%- st IoN.-It has recently lb C.ongreiss and elsewhere, tltat o tion of the teritory seq b;ira lexkiohad beeni lost b3 the bt~ of the Commissioner, Mir u rtt t ow engaged in runniuig the houhdasy' ine between the United Statoa sn' Miexico, from their having s art ?t t the wrong point. "Veritas, tfe Wti-o t.S. shington correspondent of t York Courier and Inquirer 4li ts the matter right: ." A few indisputable f cts w ill& rne to correct these mistakes, and at the same time to do justice to a.. othy officer who is not present to.defepd him, self. A map of Disturil'aealtl s tee i tached to the treaty, which was refer red to as authority for fixitug the bound. A. aries. Acecordingto that apa a yondmt north of El Paso, oh the Rio raide,' about 32 22 was named as the inter secting initials for starting theJjit&, run to the western boundaryarfyNew. Mexico. -When the Commissionr of the two governments rea&he dig. ground, they discovered to their fon ishment that the Rio Grande was aetu ally nearly three degrees of longitude - west of the description laid don'on' - the map. and El Passo, instead of. he' ing north of 32, as. there described'; was really in 31 45. " Under these circumstaee ,r. Bartlett proposed as his only resources. to fix the initial point on the -parallel of latitude named in the treaty, anci then to extend the line westward a 8many degrees of longitude as" were originally contemplated, so as to in brace the same extent of territory as nearly as possible. This course was pursued, and the result is satisfactory. If the boundaries had been rm-.within' the short limitations, starting from the point on the Rio Grande where the river was found to be, our possession in New Mexico would not much ex teed a sketch of domain ten miles in width. The whole difficulty has arisen fromn the imperfections of the map, which was accepted as authority 1I am informed by an intelligent member of the H ouse, who supposed the Com mission had involved the government's in serious embarrassment, and .who presented such a view yesterday, that upon eramnination he finds himself mis taken." Forcicgn ilemus. . The recent but weather in London. increased the weakly number death*. about ten per cent,.,.:oPirnine deg res of increased temperature, a hundred persons more than usual have died. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott Lawrence have gone from England to Paris for a short tim. Prof. Graham having investigated - the causq of the .destruction of .the Amazon, attributes it 'td tunpentine. whiltTheIsra;.Mt the temperature. gft. 110 degrees, makes the air around cx plosive. _ The cholera is raging in Russia, a the mouths of the X istula. The fireinen on the Thames have r fused to work the floating fire engine, uponl the river. . .. . The imiportation of wines to Eng land during the last mionth has fallent on' one hialf. The emiigration to this country,.from Liverpool, has fallen oil'during the. mont h of June 6,000. Naidaime Castelian is engaged for the Italian (operil, Lisbon. Captain Back, the navigator, is now ranked among the fashionables of Lon-. Workd pokethandkerchiefs are (lemedunsitalefor gentlemen iu England. The pollee reports of London show a constant increase of drunkards ever since the year 1844, equalling in the aggregate. about fifty per-cent. The A mneric~an equestrian, Mc~o~ lum, is gathering new laurels at the' Cirque Orieuntal, in London. Mademoiselle IFavaniti has re-ap peare~~d with great success in the nius, cal world. The Prince of .Joinville and his three brothers have been making a tour in Scotland. D)EeAY OF Ex-rIusuAsu. PounTca. AND M iu-rTant.-Tlhere is a'remarkable absen:ce of political and military er-~ thuusiasm in all the meetings that have heeni held since the Balti:"ore nomina tions, of both parties, with the exceps. tion of the first ratification meeting he~d at Tamniny Ifall, which was one ot a rath~er boisterous kind. 'The meet ing at New burg was rather tame, 'and the Lundy's Lane afihir is as flat as soa a'u r that has ceased to effervesce. This is not the season to get up the steam, and the politicians and the newspapers. have rather up hill wvozk. They pile log atter log upon the fir; but the boilers are leaky, the machine- . ry all out of order, and the ship will not go ahead. Thaey do not seem t unlderstandl~ that all the military enithmi slinm that has ever been generated in this country, has been preceded b ' some political, social, Ilmancial, or pop'u lar movement, that stinmulated it into activity. liut there has been nothing of this kind to operate now upon-tieo ntionmal plise. 'The country was nev-. er so prosperous, and the military en thusiasm is contined to the politiciens of both parties. It is far easier, just no0w, to ge4tiup an e~xcitemenCit about codlfish, than about the military fame oif. otor tihe private charactet- &f Pierce. It is easier evenm to gb't up the steam about a steamboat accident, or the breaking down of a ferry brldge; and it sceems the only outsiders who nmlingle in these political assenmblage~ are pickpockets, drunken rowduiaga d thieves of all desceriptions. Wi nt~ curious pheniomuenon it is, to 'OiO thieves and dlrunkakrds colhl(ted or at Niaugaram Falls, by the Maine l