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THE SUMTER BANNER JS PUBLISUaD k ERY TVElMDAY MIORNlINJG BY W. J. FRANCIS. '1 WO btliLARS in advance, Two Dlollars and Fifty Centa at die expiration of six mnwahs, qr Three Dollars at the end of the year. I" disnbatintid Until all arrearages tre t! bhueas at the option of the Proprietor. . dvertienents inserted at SEV ENTY Fl ' Cents per square, (12 lines or leas,) for the first; and half that sum for ouch asubaseqwmt Insertion. gr Tha fiitnber of ihsertions to be marked n all Advertiseemonts or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged becordinigly. SW ONE DOLLAR per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise meats will be charged the same as a single in sertion, and semi-anunthly the tamne an uew ones Fron the Southern Standard Letter of Hon. A. P. Butler. Messrs. Editors :-Your readers, whether agreeing or disagreeing, with the views expressed in the annexed letter, will, no doubt, feel an interest fit perusing the opinions of the writer upon the questions discussed. 1, there. Tore, send it to you for publication, with the single remark that, however much many of his friends may diller from our Senator in the construction given to the Democratic platt'rn, or as to the policy recommended by him --the tone and sentiment of this letter will meet a warm response in the gen eral heart of the people ofSouth Caro lina, irrespective of all past or present diflourences of political opinion. . Very respectfully, 1. W. IIAYNE. W AsiNOTON, August, 7, 1852. My Dear Sir.-It may be, perhaps, my duty, in reply to your letter, to express some of my opinions upon the more prominent political questions *hich now engage the public mind, especially as they may alfiet the State of South Carolina. With a firm belief, that the Consti tution of the United States has been undermined by construction, and the interests of the South sacrificed by compromises, I can entertain no opin ion that could favor either one or the other. When the Missouri Conpro mise was adopted, I believe a flital breach was made in the Constitution, and that the elements of the dominant majority were then introduced into this government, which now assume to rule the destinies of this country. This measure had the sanction of great names, and pure patriots. 1 neverthe less' think it a fatal error, influenced, perhaps, by lights which time and events have shed upon its operation, and which were not apparent to those who adopted it. It was regarded, however, as a part of the system of this government, for a long time; and if it had been observed in good ftith, perhaps the South ought not to have disturbed it. But its spirit and prin ciples have been notoriously disregard ed and violated. With this certainty befbrer me, I would have been false to may own convictions if I had been wvil ling to adopt any compromise involv ing any concession by the South. And la amnot now willing, by any opinion which I. may express, or aniy course *of policy which I mpay pursue, to give any sanctiont ttho Comnpromnise mneaures of the last Congress. Time has not made them more acceptaible to me than they were at the beginning. They met with my opposition while they were under discussion, and muly protest after they were passed,-aind mny judgment can never lbe reconciled to approve them. T1hey atflbrd no security to- the South against the agi tation. of the Slavery question. That agitation is doing its work every day --in the school-house, pulpit, halls of Congress, and in the assemblies of the people and State Legislatures of the non-slaveholding States-not onil y unchecked and uncontrolled, by coni promises and platforms, bitt, in every successive stage ot its aggression, is ratified and sancioned by them. SWith regard to the admission of' Califorda, my views up'on that subject have been frequently expressed, and remain unchanged. 'That State having been admitted without precedent, it has op~ened to the majiority the powe~r of making and moulding States into the Uniion according. to the Constitu tion. Justice and eandor, however, require me to say, that California has no temptations from interest, that I can see, to be against the South on the doctrines of free trade, aind at pr-es ent, perhaps, none on the subject of African slavery. With these views, it is impossible that I can take any interest in the Presi dential election, so lfar as to give anyi~ positive countenance to the doctrines and measures of the Comnpromiise; and, I catnuot overlook, or disregard the fetet, that both thme candidates for the Presidency, stand upon the Compro mnise, as a part of their plattibrm, each of the great parties havinig soletuly incorporated it into its political creed. 1 cannot abandon the principles upon which. I based my opposition to these measures,. or approve now what I dis approved and'denounced a few months ago. Notwithstanding my personal regvard for General- Scott, and my ~ ad iration for his military fame, f am the very antipode of his school of poli tics and wotuldbe compelled ifhle were elected, to take an active. part against hmis administration, if'it should bie coni duicted. upon. the doctrines which he maintains, and'guided by the associates with whom ho is allied. With Gener al Pierce, I might have politically, nearer aflinities. In doctrine, Iho is a strict constructionist, of the State a Rights school, and so fhr as it regards the South, IP believe he has no peu dice or bigotry, and wouldi do his duty ,to her according- to-tle Constitution. .But both may experience and observa tion teach: me, that it is in vain to lo ' UnnR for" $ie .rsfdyn& of thai9 qov the South, as the result of a Presidcn tial election. The disease which we would heal, is radical, and unless there be applied, some enforcible power to confine the tidoral government within the sphere prescribed by the Constitu tion, it must become an elective des potism. In my deliberate judgment, this nfuorcible power will never be found in any Chief' Magistrate that will over he elected. The power to regu late colmmerce alone, which Ulay be so used, as to exhaust the means of one section to build up the prosperity of another, unless controlled, will, like Aaron's rod, swallow up all the rest. These being mily convictions, do not desire to see South Carolina absorbed in any organization looking to a Presi dential contest. If she cannot be the champion of the whole South, let her assume the humbler and more unpire tending ofilce of being the sentinel if her own honor and interests, and the firm and consistent friend of' her natur al allies. It may become her duty to vote in the approaching Presidential election, and if so, that duty, though disagreeable it may be, should be per formed; but in doing so, I should be sum ry to see our State descend to wagle an it ernLecile war at hoelat. h'lien the timhe to vote shall arrive, let her take choice of the alternatives present ed, and vote tir the candidate least of felsive to her self respect and political principles. Impressed, as 1 a1m at present, I think the State should vote the Democratie ticket. in prefl'rence to the Whig. It is her duty to innintain that this is a conlfederacy of' sovereign States, instead of a consolidated cim pire, subject only to the will and wis dom of Ia bare miajority. I would out have South Carolina to foirget that she is one of these sovereign States, and to suppose herself' bo111141 to cuoiltrm i, in all things, to the policy of parties ill hier sister Southern States; yet I tlilnk it is her true policy, ou questiuns of great and vital interest, wh ich involve the public safety, not to wholly isolate herself from the States with whom she is most nearly identified. In the practice and observance of this pulicy. she may find a miotive and juistitiention fir eastillg her vote in the aip"pro)aching election fot' President. Ii dectiding up 011 her course, shet' shul1 he governed, not by tl.osa Pa t'zaln f elings, which too often constitute the celeienlts whicb enter into a contest like talit now be fore the country, but by those higl cetioideations of the iatriotic duly and devotion to principl e to Which sile is indebted fur iher lresent lanllk, posi tion, and consideration ainon1g the States of the Union. I am, dear sir, with very great re speet, your obedient servant, A. P. 13url.nu. Cul. I. W. 1layne, Charleston, S. C. Thrilling Dialogue. A gentlenai of' Snow 11111, Sormer set county, Alaryaind, w ho has just returned fromt a visit to AccoitIe county, Virginia. gives the editor of' the Ilaltiiore Argus an interest ing accoun t, of aL jo it Dem'ocutratic anid Whig meieting iln Alr1. WXise's diistrict. sp)oke eloquently for' abouit ibur hourt~ls. lie was replied to by . t r. Mlass, a Whig elector and mlember' of' the leg ishiture', who chariIged .lnolin l l'ierlce with being identif'ied w~'i t'reesuilisml an~d abol itionlisml, anid gave fihr' is aulthlority thle Concord14 Djemol crat and1 Mnirchester' D~emocrat. liIe hadl been ini New' llampirei1t some~t two v'ears ago, and hatd bliI speec'('hes 'rom1 Mr. WX'ise took the stand andI rebutte'd the chariiges mlost succe'tssfilb-, amid Fr anklliin Pierce w'' a not a hatt hese' edI Detn~I'erat) repr41esenlted4 ii to lbe. Th'ie followinlg dialogue to ok pllace': .Mr. Wise.--Wie you in1 Newv I Iunpshirel' twoi' yer agI o ~,u, andi didi you no(t hear I Iule spea'lk, and sur in his speech that. 'lhe woublll hem'i a ar- l miy to mar11chl upon01 the South1. and14 pult down slav'er'V' Mr. Mass.--I was thelre, heln- Air. Ihale speak anid say whalt you2 state. Mr'. WVise.--id)j you no 14t 1h4ar1 'If I inle shuldl head14 anl arin1 v to mlarebl on1 the Sout h, lie lhad first't ma IlrLeb ovei' his (Pierce's) dead bod iv; tir lhe wou'Ild head an1 armlly to (oppjse biiid Mr. Mlass.'-l did. p)ondenit, tihe feel ing wihich thIlii' repl elicitedl. Th'e Court house1 r'ang wit Ii shouts of' ilpphoilse, repeaited~~ agalill and14 again. M11r. WX'ise then reque11ted hi s opponlent to statte tile faets ai, wihich hei did to an11111 ahistI''1t betless au~ditor'y. '(General P iecei did say (slapapinlg his hand1( uponii his brea;si) that Iale W'Ol'l l) IA;\\'U-;T) M AflCII OX'VI Ell 8 S ; l y H))y l1EF()lml ll MAil 111) LPO.N Tun D)I:vr orl MI n. Iila s ru..--Th le Nationial IntellIigeneer', inl recordinlg the1 death of' the I Lol. Illt Iian~toul, Jr., "'Mr. Ran toul was ini his seat inl thle Ihouse (in Tulesdaly last, the 'Id inst. At that time lhe appfearled to be ~in u.su ali heal thi, with the exction oi ilf what11 lie 'onidercIed to be a s11ml2 bile uponil his for'ehiead. Oni Wedn lesday m14Om-. ing the little sore wa'ls surlroulllded by' er'ysipelatous inlflanunal:tioni, inl '1c qluence of' which lhe waslI pr1evai led upo1 toJ rem~in~ ini his room11 and0 prhioure miedical. advice. Thur~lsday tile dis eaIse seemewd to bel entir'ely arrested, and on Friday morning h~e fe'lt. ve'ry mnuch better, and1( spoke1 colilidlentl 1 u returning in a day or' two to hlis dutieus ini the JHouse. On Frliday evencinlg he4 became much worse; the cr'ysipbehas spread over the entire fihee, and14 his brain was evidently afleefed. On SatuIrdaiy eveninig the lef't sid'e becameIl~ paralytie, alfler wich lie santk rapidly, itd expiied ate about half' past 10 The Valuo cf Labor. We are aware that, generally speak ing, no regular standard has been established by the various trides and professions as reeotapetse for services rendered. 'Tis true physicians, at least those entitled to be regarded as such, recognise the existence of a 'foe bill;" so too aliong praetitioners at the lia; which f~ee bills are strictly observed by thoe who have mnde these difl'brent professious their pr usanent vocation. Auiong the. dii'erent trades, how ever, we find conmpetition carried to such an altrmitg extent that in ainny cases parties iaakiiig contracts have fixed the arnount to be received, as recompense, at SO low a standad, in order to get a job, that they have, in their f'ailures, in sonie cases, inflicted serious injury upon their creditors or endorsers. It is to be regretted that labor in our country has been so lightly re garded that the white nacl:uie in very many Cases, is coiipelled to work in coliipctitioi with other classes at such prices that serious losses are solnetinties sustained, antd his linniily coiipelled to relinquish the enjoyiclt of the coininon necessaries of' lire, in order to ieet his liabilities. Among that class who labor at the Press, or case, throughout the entire South, there has been a utibrmiii standard fixed as colipensationl, fur the services of0journeyniein. In uie instances, we are aware, that eri ployer's have deviated! frn a rigid eolipliance with these establi.led prices, acid taken a.luantage of' the wats of' the junieyliai; hciee, by a certain class whoi) ctndu et the !'ess "ratisu," is boldly emcuaitIged. SucRhi cluinaters wo detest, and iliesitatinig ly assert, that no 1unin w fh( heis served a lawfil apapreitieali to the l'1 in { tinlg t business mil inally sueeidtd in beeonting lroprietar tf a press, shoauld lie entitled to the ou nteniice aof gen tlemient, if' he be guilty of' the tractice above specified. "Labor is "iioniieV," is a proverl, admtittel ly all. iit, notwithstaud ing coinlltn custorni, :uil we inay say abmost universal habit, has fixed the standa-d fihr adIvertising thir ight out the Sout hi, as well as the !ength constituting a siluare, yet one or two;, or perhaps half' a dozen cases, may lie iiiid atiutnig the con.l uctors of' the I'ress who a;:!p!ear to regart 1 l eir se'rvices 1css ndi/ua:bul' t hi their ifllows, and are willing to Liblaar f ir half price. We are lot it' that chins. Wem ae totally (ltio sced to every tliimg wh~lieh cnay tend to initiniige' uln the prices estabhaliseld in this '.,late by every Press of respectability, either as regards comapcipen sahaiu forl' -:erv ices rende'ed, or the standard fixed upln ald strictly observed since we fir.-.t entered a Pfrintin lice, ihr the insertioni of Advertisenenits, aid we eartnestly call uipol the com.lettrs ol' the Press. gmeineally, to 1tnliitain aul a':'ry vout strictly te' uial' an. tsage., 11f'every wel regualatel anl re-aea''iae sail of diiapr->bat Sin tiuponit ay w'hoa ilitay bei guiilty tat :in inifrinigentii't of rl'he'. loriioo Sasai ai l'naa.-s tat in~lnenceta Ismillt'i's itlls a'' ti v ri.inig t: a iliSs taa lie bug~uhti uy at h-':,s tun thea u-,i al price. 'a ga'ntial dka'isiiitn will saoon be intaifest to coainph-lte. ;unil aink-rutey.a trust ieeeiaiilya fotlaw'. Would it nt lhe well luri the C(niilittot's of' t Pressi thra ughoui'alt the S'tate toi hld a Ca ivenl iin ini suieea' t ad adop~t. suich g.enend~u iut . as nuiiy lbe thtought adlvika ale. \\~' tillow' this' mint as a ft.'-. \\~hiii ay the~ l'n-s f- 1-I'iaii' a' lra't 1'uooau-:ss o' l'vt:s ts.-The''f 3.' - sendlin l'r i. flk-uita n taa the I ianu-a taf Iepresentatives', lay whaltina be . sidaereda 'a l''a sil 'ata. \\~e. le~tu-o fiouan t h apers that at <h-h ami waill autte inl th littsburib af l'-'ai t 'aventitai I'ntait the1 caaunit 'atf \!:tab ilt, in I'-nau kyl 'a. d ther. ftii thet tcity tat liailtiniiaae. Thej ab*ert t the. l-'reesail parity is the aboali'htI tat sf"~a'-ry, :tnI thuti agzit:0 iin hats enutered'a tihree if' the border.' .'' ta.. 'fhe elcta'ian of' .\lei. Ia-toaan ta te b lii,.w ai ll Iia uihtti1 a f.asii,lbitl a' i'ttiia itea I t' tli'h a n inint ain a er lie Anda if lhe is t he. a'nialbhdite thle telli-'t waifllla jaoweit'ifly fll ini thia ioide oaf the .1)a'lliaae 1yievr.N th ternl St te, a w lt a inl t,'ari Nandii aia' bing thea taele.t'action it ti l~ ase.I us rotare' proale~ thant that agittin tai the :-hivery.'r aria-t~aitn is taao con tiuu.' all Fraeeail p-tyl ist laiower.'tl, the Fr'e.'.,aail dlatin ii parea'leni~t, tad recena lt vaaicor ha:s gia eni it toao rialh caatthlenie tat tt"uinei a sitjierveilea. ithal' iin tantf arg- taa j llues.tie adh~tirs. but wet knowa'a af lii tt intao w'huich'l thle alt islxta ery va'aif noi initerfe.re. ..tAfd' we bal iiev it. is taa'w the oiiona of' iibears tof Coo au -, tt(at' of we'll inlfabrltedl jatrsaans gall a'lly, thatt theret niever'i has baaenl ai tinie. whenul antl tiatery was uita a litridaa'tt, ia't iv' anda thriaableaa. Tii is as obiouasi' waaithtin thet rankfila- f t,'wot parties as. withItoutt. Presses5~~ anda platlit iins illn aaath, whoa hav e \ hian. f i t a ie t o a v owl t eir l x d t e r a i t i a t . in ta ' - I i tai na t'i'a a ' ' fw a r ,i a t I t l aa li t a t - thitity tat ptart y andi paity' ala I fao'its t hat, praleibIe a i -eti cllua-e. it. nuiy lie expeteda t ht whtiebeveri paty ill t he Noa rthI is de(feated, it, will turlthwa'ith Iionri ani alliance'( waithI t he Farees.i Ipat v'a, alnd waahent this is donet ~ aother'i litighty 'a stide waaill bae taken towaard., that set tlenlent ht' ell the Soutth andt tihA \'rthi a ' han ecai :..~ :., ...a... i ed with all the eircumstta'ees that usually attend the march of destiny.... Southern. Press. OUa Cou'ray.-lI 1792, the corn. er-sto (,f the present Capitol at Washington was laid. At that time, General Vashintoi, in whose honor the niew seat of'Govcrninent 'was nam ed, olliciated. Fif'ty-cight years nfler ward, nainIely, on the 4th day of July, 1851, the o:r :11"n1r stonue of an extension of the buildings was laid, and the See retary oft'tate n'ade an addres, in the course of whicl he presented a sketch of thle com422p:rative condition of our country at the t we1 periods. Then we 1ud fifteen States, now we Illive til tv-one. Then otir whole populatio n w%-as three nillions, now it is t wenty-three. Then Iosii lad 18,000 people, now it has 137,000. 'hiladelphia had '12,000, now it has 400,000. New York had 3:5,000, now it has 515,000. 'T'hen our imports were 2$1,000,000, nowe they are 8178.000,000. Then our exports were $26,000,000, they are nlow * 15 1,000.000. The area of ur2 territor' was then 800,00) square miles, it isnow 8.:,00, 000. T1hen wte hi:ll no railroadis, nOW we have S.500 milles of* railroads . lhei wve ham 2( ".:00 I'2t olices, nowv we have 21,000. Our rteenue from pos-tage .then was 3100.000, ntow it i $5.000,0110. 'These arty o4nly a few lhtets to show the rapid gr)wth of the coun1try- ; aIIIl wh"it wt, .1141 our 'hik11ren itmve to do to s1cure the continlliaiie of, its ,pn-os pe'rity', is to love. filr. and241 lpey the .oil ofour fther; to avoid inlt'1per. :hl e. id!1e., ct n t 4i22, 1n(1 gr'eed11ies 44fgaill, : i lieri-h in all ' ha.:-itS a I a .i o tiiu, ai a ju-,st 12 1 iii ofolr l igation to those that l ill coie ai'. ter" us. 4Th h attl oft elt 4E tes. A1 c'1ui ts titostanite orm" arred a few da~ys back at Cuiillevilha. Fl.un-set Lo..ire. A Small ti-Amer haid inl a fim"hl ab1ou1t two hunn-d. :and fiftiv bteehives. ctnitainin~g1 ato:,t mnbn er (al' ..;. IIl. sent a oa 1with a1 e:2 :u-t. dn2wn by live bor1es, o4) relino24ve1042 (se ':utlh fr,m2 thme wall near- whichm the hive; were phn-ed"+. 'le 'elrier ha 'ivivi v in ocain to 'g' t tilhe ti+n houtse+, tiel 1h, h ,r::es to a t rn-e. A\ ho't'L inuinedi:a2ely aftir, a ntnituhd)le otf iC". either inita1ted at Oh hia' 5:k22ing of tlie hive-, or by the 1e'n2m-v:1! oft the earth 1 their wa.l, or ex\i:ld hv thme electricity with whiceh thet atiuoo phere happ'ened to be chi4-ge'd. is.'i'ul h'ro)la thme hives as it in oltdien2c4e to a given signal, and with great 'ury It ia'ked the( 41 hi rse:. la 122 inl : t the 1444r a11a11l. were enin.'iv colven42t'4 with b tra .. 1inu head to C44t; ven t hir nostri I w ere: filled witIi them2). When the cariet t'C ui"'rned2heI ' tuid on1' of the hose; lyin; de.4a11 on thel- gtn' tl. m1nd the be'e- lhui hliy attackd h'I) 12l, :m'd lih~ 144 to lun4ge inato the. po2224, and21 even'i toI Ihwe:' his; head unideri the4. water2 l'ir al few% Se'cond4I!; 32n 424 r' t1e4 m~ tli-2: la ia-i. Thie cure4. 44! ('22ilb-\ iile hu22l24 lii oo was 14ut 1t flight1 byV thle e'n. raged.l 2 int'et. AXt 1e2'i1h twE2 lire' en2 444 11he be42's. a grea t 22222424 wer'~~'e kil! ed 44n im hr"-,, 442 Iput to4 tlight. Thea. hoe42,' how4~ e'ver, wel t'o. iniuh Iinjured~~ that2 they24 died in 22n22h1ur.2 The 'vahn-1 .: 24 2 1i2:N I1::y3i. .Ash -rm.: 1 222 '"rat1s.-A-. l'tter' 12i4n1 lii itl 2 | 4 2 31' 14 2:21i4li li y' 44! t2i2414' bet ten12 ihazi and) 1the I. 2ited. S1ttes. 22 ' -2u 4) \4) 22' ll 44! 'i~lil 22' il ('-)tlfi' 42222'"' 1, hol;2esfe cr ,t 4. co tn 2422 i214 -2 j4r lili.)4 e a221 til't' t4 11 i e ('42 llt'i Ii 2', 24w flo t'r41 2n i he 'e 4'' ld tts .422 1542 ii 2' l '42 i' 4).' tI nsit . 122. ('4 t'()144r 211[ 2.4 i2' li 4444 !all1t)' 44 : lt It lot il, 1~ 4 't.ll li4l)2 te te1114 Nil-- .\~t esInI '1 I ; 1\1rd4t41 g t t24142 1422, re~ rit;.og Xl 4h2 i I es4 proposes2 321,. a~l r4 ' 1ned 2, r'44)! 4r24 'iinaili t ' 1o I'f ta ie, th4'at!h I e Itate.2 2ould pu a duy1p, 4't ing. I',22 u224 hi 2)h the 1tte ti 2 11' all 1144' .' 14.' 13224 i l enuetl2, 442., That21 hoa i ng 4 '124114 ,4 1\\2 hat, li2 e, ltr any22 ''"2V , i l t.li lIillY t, 254422 (42' 1 4tr '2r' 414'y;41 :Ind 21 that a llbjrain 144 all1re 44 r 242 22i. Tht any14 4ers2 o1r1 t r 2:1.2 244ili li 24r4 4i 42ll ia 1: 1 4' 22244inli dir4e2ct422'ed,11 144l be4 sbie21 124 '2to4 lin g23.e lilies Il vS a ilt' ti tile4 tol2 s I'll. It lie feel 1 v1' -o ' l 4!iniS 3 ilb fil i elevesdcii X/a/ates'( wd)/ Ji L yrer5 s rance;'1 the vie of avueri'yi forAti THE SUI1TERI BANNEl. Sumterville, So. Ca. JOHN T. GREEN, En'ron. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1852. Our Priucipl's. " There is one joant on which there can be no riversity of opinion in the South among those who are true to her, or who have made up their minds not to be slaves; that is if we should be f'orced to choose between resistaunce and submissiet we should take resistance at all hazards." CA l.IIoIu/. " 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. Titus in my vew, concert as the onething needful.."-CAl.uovu. " What is the renmedy ? I answer secession, unitul. secession of the sIareholding States, or a large number i them. Nothing else well be wisc nothing elle reill be practicable."-CuEVps. Q g" lessrs. A. WaITE & Co., are Agents for the Banner in Sumterville. ??:" Comuunicatiouns intended for the Banner must be handed in on or before Saturday morning, and these favoring us with advertizements will please let us have them at least by S o'clock on Monday. Agitation. In an article under this head, the (Jcrolinian asserts, that there is at this tinie a conbianation amaonig some pa pers in the State to agitate the Electo ral question, fGr the purpose simply of keeping up agitation. The evidence of such combination is not before us, nor can we believe that it would re quire any combination in order to call forth the expression of the press on this quest ionl. The cobahination does not sue tany cause fur the agitation of this question at this time, scarce the ur. pose of keeping up party dissention anod discussion and to fit mi party or ganization with the hope of petty re wards. We can satisfy ourselves that this question is now discussed for rea' sons net quite so shallow as those above referred to. That there must le' saieac elge inl the timhe of Electing g Litot(rs is bevond dispute, unless the peUolC are willing to be taxed every four years to th- amouant of some ten or twelve thousand dollars for the pri vile ge of having the Electors elected by the Leg slatuire. Either the time for asselhling the Legislature must he altered or the Election must be given to the people. This is a proper tithe to discuss this alteration, for if nothing is done: the next. Presidential electioa will fid us im our present coaditiol. This uiscussion-eantot-he tor the purpose of keeping up party liue. ir the reason that both parties have expressed themselves through canididaites ihr the Legislature, as be ing ia favor of givinug thec Election to the people I. lin this District Secession miena a.- we'll as those oft the opposite para y are all agreed. The agitators ofl bouth j'arties. (it' ..- itators they be) are ai'-ritainlyi not wveak enouagha to suppose t.hat th le part lineuas cian be kept upi upon e sucha ani issue' as5 his. Tu'l Noarnl-C .aor.isx Eu~acvraox. "Reit t's la-t chancue, fora a Sout herna State, goneia!" So exclairuae d a Scott uanao am of thie cityv. when'a. ye;terday, lie inard o f th1a viott of Noarth-Carolina. lIIe was righat: thle chaain of* S' llouhrn States wiall bie uanbroken!ii IIad the W\ hai ariced Norethl-Carohia, Scoatt miahat havea stooda~ saomie ebi-ance fori the vitet of Marylhatal, Ken~ atneaky, oa Loii m; Ent his nm~algers. at Wa.sh-. mytoni hravinag spenat theirt full sta rength upon il Noi~th-Caroljina, .and' failingf., to carry it, thea So ut herna St ates- waill now~' vcote ill a boday agrainst haima. Thle result will b~e to give us pwee, or aa .a l . jngnCraleo'S ealt hel-n part y. Frnlt (oulr Norith-Carol ina excehan-i ges. wve gat her returns11 fromu thir ty-aightaa counlt ies. lIn themui thle gainl of ar his vi t e of 1850, i aounft s to 1870). I lis milajo~rity in the whole State will, no' doniht. be over . ,000)( vo tes, probeably 5000). Thle Legislatuare will he unchan-. gedi. Thie I elemocrats. had. before, a maiajorlity- otfiur ini thec Senate, and1( tena ini the I lluse. Iln thle counities hearad from, thle Senate is lunchanlged, .and, in the I louse, eacha paty has1 gainecd anid lost sit maernbvrs.--San dard.. 'airm -rnlE INurJANs IN NEw .\l Ixico.--A let ter, dalted Santa Fe, status t hat every thaing w.as quaiet thlere, and, the eivil1 gcovernmenactt, under C2o1. Sumner.aw the mlilitatry commaaander, was progri.~essing ini fine style, 'The letter addlis: "(Ouir relationis wi th the Itndianis are in ana equally I~ it not haetter1 conduit ion. Fo rt MIassachulsetats, in the North, is ocaic ied byAajor' Blake, with two compnef1 Is, anid all inI that region iientte thlat even this thraee, pilalced in their counitry*, wvill keep t'.e Utahs tlniet. WVitha thec Navajoes the iliost frenl ireh iions exist. A naullber oft tlhe A\ pache Indians11, fromo the east erra sidet of the heiio Granlde, airrived here a few. (lays since, asking fcr fieace, lad aL treaty will he umade by Coel. Sum aner withI them~t. It is atlso know'.n t hat MN ajo r INlorris is now'. oin hais way froma Fort Webster with a large delegation from' the Gila Apaches far- thec smle pulrpose." ANoTIIEa NoINlAraox.-A commu uication ill the Winnsboro' .Diley, R~egister of yesterday, nominates Col. Maxey Gregg, oftthis place, as a candi. late for the otlice of Unaited States SenaItor At the ensinag electiotn by the Lr'i sla tu re.--Pa lna~Uo Sr., ZIa ,r. RSPARING A Sui's BOTTOM W ,ILE 4FLOAT,-The London Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal contains the; following account of ainetlhud adopted by a shipwright in thl British service, to repair a steamship of war while. afloat, whose bottom had been linjured' by striking on the roeka; near Rio Ja. neiro: " In obedience to directions to report the maniner in which I proceeded to re. place a defetive sheet of copper on the bow of Her Majesty's ship. Hya cinth, the same. being five feet below the light water-lino, i beg to state, tl.at on considering what means could be adopted for so doing. short of heaving the vessel out, it oecurred to me that the principle of coffer-drain- might be applied to it. I accordingly caused a water-tight case of three sides and a bottom to be made, ascertained the curve on the bow on each side of this detective part, and cut the mouth or open side of the case to fit it; and hav ing lined or di nafhe curved edges with felt, saturated with tallow, and at taehed ballast to the rough tree rail, and lowered until the top was within a few inches of the surface, opposite the defective part, over which it was hauled by means of t wo hawsers, one placed vertically from the the rough tree rail under the keel to the opposite side, the other horizontally froin the quarter round to the stern, to the opposite side, :aid both set taunt with tackles. By these means the case was made to fit close to the bottom, where it was firther secured by a shore, reaching fromhs the side of the ship to its outer edge, to prevent its rising. The sue tion iaise of a fire engine was then placed in the case, and the water con tained in it pumped out. When empty, two shipwrights descended, and re inoved the defective copper, replacing it. with a new sheet. The opeiation, Eom the time of suspending the case until completed, did not occupy more than twenty minutes. This principle could be applied to the repairs of many detectsunder wa ter, such as the wing cocks of ships, or the pipes in the bottom of steam ves. sels." We learn, says the Churleston .Mer culry; that a party of gentlemen are at present engaged ins a Natural History Survey of the country around Aiken and Graniteville, and that they have developed many interesting and valua ble aects, particularly in the geolour of this region. The party is eompos'ed of Professor Ilolnes, of the Charleston College, as Geologist, assisted by Dr. Miles, of the Medical College, in the depart of Zoology, and Mr. Ilenry W. Itavenel, of St. Johns, in that of Bota ny. It is proposed to continue the sur vey up to Augusta, Ga,, and perhaps still higher. O)ne of the most impor talt results of their investigntYiiscw the discovery of the outcropping of a stratum of sand-stone, of exceedingl light and porous character, and which, ifunderlying the general formation, wilafherd the strongest l.opes aof final success to the operations at our Arte sian well. The same paper says: WVe leann from authority which is perfectly relia ble, that the Co ttaolln Worm hais com-. mnenceed its ravages ini the neighbor hood of fleaufiort. Tm: SoU-rnIElnN PRIEss.--The South/ ern Press of Monday last, annouces that its publication cases with that iuanb.r. And niow, since its Ed itors have taken off their armor and sheathled their swvords, numerous lit tle skirmtishecs, who never dlared to meaet them~ inl a fair mianly conlte.st, be gin to exhibhit their- craven nature by attacking the defenxeeless. Such anltagoists are worthy comrpeers oif thle civilized savages who delight to mutilate the deadl bodies of the tihes whzom, living, they feared. Anad the editors of the Press may inow judge of how much they were feared irn battle by the virulence of such attacks upon~l them in their retiremnt.-i We difehred frorn the Press in several material poinats, and were never- reckoned with those who app~lroved its policy for the South; but we deeply regret its discontiinuance. Much as we hope for, froml the sectional Itendencies of parties, we have a fore-boding thlat the South will yet have need( ihr ani or~gan at WaT~shington1. T1he Union is not ev en ai lhir- party organ--its sympathies evidently being with the Northern section. Its aim is the spoils; aind its influence, thecrefo, will always be in favor of that section wvhich has the poter to reward; but even were this noat the case, if the paraty organ at WVashington were equally fair to every section, still the South would need he an independent organ at the seat of governmnent. T1hat shec has failed to suistauin the Press, w hile the ational Er-a is prosperous, augurs ill to anay fuiture eflert of that sort. It seems to establish the fact, that we, who have mil lions at stake, are not willing to pay t he sentinel- wilst they, wvho are banded together for the destruction of our property, contribute thousands for the accomuplishmlent of their end.-. aSouthsern' Stanudard. Tm CoPN AND) CoTloN CaOPs.-Wc have recently had the opportunitv*, says the Palmetto (Chester) Standard, of the 11th inst., of hearing tromt near ly every section of the District, and everywhere the crops of corn are saidl to be the best that have been made in this District for- miany years. WVe have 1no doubt, that the greatei- number of our farmers will make a sufliciency for two year's supply. TIhe Cotton fields look remarkably well, and have so far mta, with- no blighting influence, Shouldi the seth son provo favorable -for -maturing, there ,can be nio question that thio crop wkill be i f..ll On. Destiti o o(-te Chxaw.i0 Uher Ict cf 'luesday, uabott i>'elcek, *etf eftil3ens were stiirthld by n tetuenild ri f i crabtingfftinbii,)s If somire lange su ~ayttuetitre 'was being Bwept fIrob' it Aunidatinmlby -the hau Hean'5s.rewlsj blast. Uponjnqul iry', it was asertained to hlive been caused by the falling of a lirge poa'tiott; say two-thirds, of- the bidge ceste river. This bridge was ereeted in 1832-3, upon 'loivnes' plan, In -lntei h it .was near Q00. 1ett, md midc g -~ wooden piers, asceendiYg'inaii thsi bed of the' river, and L woRduhVab tiLfntg upon the banks. The piers were built ot black cypress timber, and have stood. since the bridge was; built. -i4 1 * re newal was deemed *neessy-b th cotpany at that timei, an-d ttvorkmen were engigd in the 'p~eiiuon. and' had succeeded ii repltidg ut half the timbers in the one -on the eastem side of the rivei-. it is bvident that the giving way of the pier undergoing re pairs was the cause of thedisastera k The strength of the sier stay)dingr is b1eyojid Conception.. More thn ,.:.0F fet of the bridge :ad no oither oypport, but that and the abutnient di {lie eist bank of the river, the w'eight of which was so great as to break all thiet:hid timbers shlrt of, near it, 'leagiug it and about a third of-the bridge' at the west end, standing uninjured. The falling of the bridge will scri' ously inconvenience the travelling pub lie; but we hope for a very shorttimIe. Indeed, ar rangeneuts are already .made, for putting :assengers over the rive TEts IlousE TR ADE OF THlE WEST. lIorses are carried by Railroad tromt Cincinnati to New York or Boston in live days, and for the sum of $13clwh The Omnibus proprietors of Ntav Ye u' are supplied from Cincinnati- Theo demand for good horses, says the- Cin einnati Gazette, continues considerable ahead of the supply..- The Mexican war emptied the pasture fields and sta b:es of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and. . Illinois, and caused a rise in stock of fifty per cent. ME.ANCOLY C~IWeIsTA\E.--WO regret to learn tht Mrs. Martlia Cunninughaum, of Liberty 1-ill, cane to her death on Monday morning last under the following circumstances: it appears that on Sunday night, Mrs. Cunniainghanm apparently its wvdU as usa: al, gaive directions thst a certi' man should wait upon her iii the iii ir that purpose of receivig strictions relative to his work thai Mrs. C. retired as usual, 'and- on'n ei day anornitng when the negro called, sha was sent for, but was not -in her .chamabaer... Search was nwpde limmedi ately for - her, and -iainfully torreL.te, he wasfiand 'suspended 4 i bilup ... a peach tree in . he garden, quite dead. ? liethe' the awful net w as eontnitted by herself or others, a-e do not know. Two negero wonuin~ 'tiinesdm- snI. picion is attached, ha beWiflkeeia~ jail here for examilnation.-.La'acastre Ledger. Info'rmation has been received at tlie detpartament of State iat WVashingte n tiomi Erancis WV. Rie, Esq., Uniited States onsual at Acapulco, of the-deatik wvithint his consular disti-iet of the foi low~ing American citizensq, w hos' late residenaces -are 'unknown, viz: %lJohn Sayres, Neil McQiuarri', and ltiehand.l W tallace. .A N A FFL.I.TED FAmIs.--Te fauni ly of'thehlate Professor Kingsley, of WVest Point, have been sadly and pain. Ifully bureaved.. In the year 1834 or 5, four lovely children died in one week of scarlet fever; suabsequekitly yet another died after protracted asick aness; then Professor Kingsley, in,1849 was thrown from his haorse, receiving injuries fi-om which he died; the re-' main ing imembers of the family, int 1850 wiere tharown from a carriage pitd he syep~eli~ pg5yeaurs was kilke. "fw~odughters' aged 13 and 21,. wea'e-among the lost an the Ihenry Chay, and their names are iwi the meloneholy listt already printed. The heart broken mother and one son are the only survivors of this striekeiv household. In their aggravated sor rows they have the symnpathies of ma ny fr'ienads.--New- York-.Observei' ..w Isaauc Lewis, of BridgeporyCt., re turned from California by the last steamer, apparently irt gb6d health; hut on getting out of the ei~fat B.' h-e appeared very feeble,'and died lin- the station house, before seeni'hisniily or fr'iends. Mr. Stone (f4 Lt~field, Ct., came home with *15,040 in gold aand in tolerahble health, bu4 ~becamne suddenly wecak anad died uinfdmror five' days.--arfor'd Tiunes. CONsUMPTION.--TwOo r ee3ears ago, experiments -were mado by the amemb ers of the London F~acuity of physicians in ditferent hospitals, for the cure of diseases of the lungs by breath mlg warm, medicated vapeirs. The suces~s of thet experitments *wo.ro so gratify'ing that an 'institutgn-r-the hBromiptont Iospital-.for ihui'-e of bronchitis and consumn'ption, WhN im mediately establishedpnils6 fvorable has been the result 'of iY.Istratrment, that between two andsthr th~id'B aind the hospital repoffsho~d thiM fuall sevecnty-five in everyuo htamdred havtt beent completely cuared. C'uoi.stua zi Naw Yoai Cipg--The Jounalof mmecedofrgay )'s: "Thsre wvoi- twenty-4veu dbatJs among the emuigranuts ,aiaVard% 13: landl, -in charge'of the Coiunikhioners ot' Eniigration, duiriig'fhi wM4M nflhg i Tiesday- lns, t4fa disun'. flm. tamed, but genecraly- regarided byihe I hysi. the diseaed, howeyer, -R~ele&hrynu, antl'ioir death sxiagi b ~ o or vj as. enlhied ia I.IA m~ infatu 4m