The Sumter banner. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, August 10, 1852, Image 2
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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