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THE SUMTER BANNER .S PUaLEDSII EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY W. J. FRANCIS. '*O DljiARS In advance, Two Dollars apd Fifty Cents at the espiration of six mouths, e Three Dollars at tha end of thme year. Nb pr disebutinidd Until all arrearagen kre IA ti ale.s at the option of the Proprietur. .Advertisements inserted at SEVENT i flVI. Crnat per square, (12 lines or less,) for the firsts and half that sum fur ouch subsequemnt lasertion g;F The hittnber of itsertions to be marked n all Advertisements or they will be published until or'dered to be discontinued, and charged hicotdingly. E$ ONE DOLLAR per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and MIontaly Advertise ments will be charged the same as a single in sertion, and semi-inunthly the same as new ones From the Southern Standard Lotter of Hon. A. P. Butler. ' Messrs. Editors :-Your readers, whether agreeing or disagreeing, with the views expressed in the annexed letter, will, no doubt, fel -an interest Iii pertising the opinions of the writer upon the questions discussed. 1, there fore, send it to you for publication, with the single remark that, however much many of his friends may ditlfer from our Senator in the construction given to the Democratic plattforn, 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 of South Caro lina, irrespective of all past or present differences of political opinion. . Very respectfully, 1. W. 11AYNE. S WAsHtINOTO\, August, 7, 1852. My Dear Sir.-It may be, perhaps, my duty, in reply to your ]etter, to express some of my opinions upon the more prominent political questions *hich now engage the public mind, especially as they may allet 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 opiln ion that could favor either one or the other. When the Missouri Comnpro mise was adopted, I believe a ittal breach was made in the Constitution, and that the elements of the domitinant 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. I neverthe Itess" 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 fitith, 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 bebKre me, I would have been falise to my own convictions if I had been wil ling to adopt any compromise involv ing any concession by thte South. Atnd I-am not now willing, by any opinion which' I. maiy express, or any course . of pol-icy which I may pursute, to give any sanction t~the Comnpromnise mneavures of' the last Congress. 'iTime has not made them more acceptable to me than they were at the beginning. They meut with my opposition while they were under discussion, and uiy protest after they were passed,-and my judgmet can never be reconciled to approve them. T1hey afford no security to' the South against thte agi tatsion- of the Slavery question. That agitation is doing its work every day --in the school-house, piulpmit, halls of Congress, and in the assemblies of the people and State Legislatures of the non-slaveholding States-not onil y unchecked and utncontrolled, by ~oni promises and platforms, butt, in every successive stage of its aggression, is rati fed and sanctioned by therm. SWith regard to the admission of' Californas, mny views upon that subject have been freqtuently expressedi, and remain unchanged. 'That State hav~*intg been admitted without precedent, it has opened to the :najority the power of making and moulding States itnto the Union according to thte Constitu tion. Justice and eandor, howe'ver-, 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, and at pres enit, perhaps, none on the subject of African shavery. With these views, it is impossible that I can take any interest in the Presi dential election, so fair as to give anmy positive countenanice to the doctrines andl measures of the Compromise; and, I canuot overlook, or disregard the fact, that both the candidates for the Presideney, stand upon the Compro mise, as a part of their platform, each of' the great parties having solemnly ineorporated it into Its political creed. I~ cannot abandon the principles upon which I based may opposition to these measures, or approve nowv what I dis approved and'denounced a fewv months ago. Notwithstanding my personal regard for General. Scott, and my ad miration for his militatry thme, I am the-very antipode of his school of poli ties ands wouldsbe compelled if'he were elected, to take an active part against his admuinistration, ifit should boe' cn ductedi upon. the doctrines which lhe maintains, and'guided by the asociamo with wvhom he is allied. With Gener. al Pierce, I might have politically, nearer affinities. In doctrine, he is a strict constructionist, of the State Rights school, and so far as it regards the South, IP believe' he has no prejlu dice or bigotry, and would' do his duty to her accordingto-the Constitution. But both my experience and observ'a tion teach;~ me, tha~t it is in vain to 'oo Ua E R Jdite -ref0rr of this gov. the South, as the result of a Presiden. tial election. The disease which we would heal, is radical, and unless there be applied, some enforeible -power to confine the federal government.within the sphere prescribed by the Constitui. tion, it must become an elective des potisl. In my deliberate judgment, this onorcible power will never be found in any Chief Magistrate that will ever he elected. The power to regu. lute comnierce alone, which may 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 my 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 unpre. tending office of being the sentinel of 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 mnay be, should be per formed; but in doing so, I should be sot ry to see our State descend to wage till internecine war at hnlie. \W'hen the time to vote shall arrive, let her take choice of the alternatives present ed, and vote for the candidate least of tensive to her self-respect and political principles. Impressed, as 1 amd at present, I think the State should vote the Democratic ticket, in ireference to the Wlig. It is her duty to muaintain that this is a confederacy of sovereign States, instead of a consolidated emii pire, subject only to the will antd wis dom of a bare majority. I would not have South Carolina to forget that she is one of these sovereign States, and to suppose herself bomntli to conlotbrm. in all things, to the poliey of parties in her sister Southern States; yet I think it is her true policy, on questions of great and vital interest, which 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 policy. she may find at motive and justification for casting her vote in the ap'proaching election fir President. hi deciding up on her course, she should be governed, not by tl.ose pa t'zan f clings, which too often constitute the eleittients which enter into a contest like that now be fore the couitr'v, bmt by those higl considerations of the patriotic duity and devotion to principle to which she is indebted for her present rank, posi tion, and consideration aunong the States of the l'nion. I am, dear si', with very great le spect, your obedient ser'vant, A. P. I3U-rm.i. Col. I. W\. llayne, Charleston, S. C. Thrilling Dialogue. A gentletmain of Snow 11111, Somer set county, Maryland, w ho has just returned fiom a visit to Aceotnine county, Virginia. gives tlie editor of the Bltiiiore Argus a initeresting accounlt (of a joinut D emtocratic aid WVhig meieting ini Mr. WVise's district. Thait able and distiniguishedl hemiocirat spoke cloqiuently f'or about tonur hiouirs. lie was replied to by Mir. Mass, a Whilg elector' and minber' of' t1h leg ishatuire, who chiargedl Fr~anikliin lierce wIth being identified with frieesoilismi and abolitionisin, and gave fthe his authioirity lie Concor id D~eino eraut :iii Mattnchester' Demuoerat. I Ie had b~uein in N'sewv Ilaimpshtire sotmie two vearis ago, andI had he.ard. slpecebes. 'romi .1lolui P?. Ilale andI GJeneral i eree. Mr'. WVise took the stanid and rebittedu the' chiarges nmost succeessf'ulh-, andii made~L Mir. Alass actkniow ledge that abolition Wh ig papers. (althiouighi call ed Deinioer'at) repriesenited hlim to he. Thelm f'ol lowing dialo gue took plaie: M.\r. WVise.-Weiec you ini New llamnpshirte twvo years ago, andu didl you not hear I laile speak, andh sur ini his spteech thatt 'lie u oul hiceladii ar myV to mtarc.h uponi the. Suth. anmd 1put downi slaivei'v." MIr. iMas.-l wvas t here, hie:mli .\ir. Hale speak and say what you stte. Mr'. WVise.-Did yoti inot hear' 1Fr'miklin P'ieiee r'eply 'to thlis mald ray: 'It' Ilale sho uhl hed ain armiv to Iiarchil ont the SouthI, ht e had first 't inarche over his (P ieree's) deadi bd I- turt lhe would heatd ain ariiny to oppje:,e hindi ~ Mr'. Mass.-l did. Youl ctan i niiginte, say VSOilnr( corres p)onduent, thle feelinig which t his replIy elici ted. The CJoiurt hlouse ran g wuiiIi shouts of' app'Ihiuse, repeactted agailt ;iuel tgain. Mr'. XX'ise~ then re4p11: ted his oppronient to state the' i hesiragjiu, which lhe did to ant aboos44 t beallthle (sltappinlg his handit upon01 hits brtead) that .ltale Wt)I'l.l) IIA\\'1 'T) MAICII O\X'El~ IllS D)1 A ) ltIl) ICF(.?E I1110 MAlCIlC 1" P(JN TllE .:xrm oF MI i. lI wrni..-lTe Nationatl IntellIigenieer, ill record in g the1 death of' the Ilutn. IHublert Ranmtoml, j. savs: "Mr. Ranltoul was ill his seat in the Ihouse oni Tulesdayi last, the ;id inist. A that tim ih le app1 eared lo he inu aul heal th, wiith the excepto of411(1 what he considered to be ta smll ile upon 141 his forehea~td. OIn Wednliesdaly mo in ing thle lit tle SOre wats surri'ouledI lhv erysipehatous inIfilnanaittionl, ini conse quhenice of' which lie was p'revatiled utponi to r'emtin in his room4i~ antd pro4ure1 meidicatl ad(1vice. Thu111rsdayv the dis ease seemed to bl emntirely a rrestedI, and oin Frtidaiy Intoring hed felt. ver' much bettet', and1( spoke coidenitlyt1 (if returnzitg ini a day or' two to) his tities ini the llouse. On Frtiday evenling he~ became much worse; thet erysipelaIts spreaid over the entire fac, miail his brain was evidently aif'ecied. Ont Sauturday evening the left side her~mute paralytic, af'ter which he sanlk rapidlI y, antd expifed t about half past l10 o'clock, .M. l Tho Value of Labor. C We are aware that, generally speak- u ing, no regular , standard has been established by the various trudes and professions as recompense for services rendered. 'Tis true physiciins, at < least those entitled to be regarded as such, recognise the existence of a '-fie bill;" so too aimong practitioners t at. the Bair; which lee bills are strictly observed by thoe who have imade these dillerent prolessius their pea maIlelt vocation. Aiong the difierent trades, how ever, we find comnpetition carried to such an ahtrzriinig extent that in many cases parties titakilg contracts have fixed the uaiount to be received, as recoinperi', at so low a sttuidard, in order to get a job, that they have, in their failures, in sonic cases, inflicted serious injur.y upon their creditors or endorsers. It is to be regretted that, labor in our country has been so lightly re garded that the white inechltie in very inany cases, is comipelled to work in coinpctitioi with other classes at such prices that serious losses are soinetiiLes sustained, and his ilueily comipelled to relinqujaislh the cijoyiient of the coliniln ncessaiesic of life, in order to iateet his liabilities. Aitnong that class who labor at the Press, or vase, throughout the entire South, there has been a unaitbarti standard fixed as cotilpensatiot, for the services of journeyvtinen, lai :,oane. instaiees, we aie aware, thilt clit ployers have deviated f(romtl a rigid cotnpliane with there estahlished price,, andl[ taken a4h antage of the wants of the journeyt in: i; hence, Iv t certain class who conduct the 'ress ratismn," is boldly encotuCIirte. Iluc ht characters wo detest, and Oitesitatitg ly assert, that 1no) iian mw h ha served a lawil apprlntie:hlip to the l int tini g busincss and finialy succeeded in beconting p''oprietilr of a liress, sioul1 be entitled to the coblluntenanltce oi gea tienten, it' he be guilty of th. [practice above specified. ":Labor is "mo ney,"' is a proverb adiitted ly all. it ntl.twit hstaind ing coni111n11 (ltoltl, ial we iliy stay alini.'t uilivert-al itaibit, h;is fixed tIr StainhlarI for ad vertisin g tlhtiugh out the South. as well as the length constituting a sipjlare, yet ol.e e," two, or perhitaps hila a di Z/.il cases. ilay hie louni aii4nog the cotductots o1 the l'ress who apipear to regarl l ;r services /ess ra/ua/2/c thmu their illows, and are willing t lab ihir half price. \''e are noti f that cliss. \\We are totailh- op'osel toeve I thing wlich iay tend to iltiniiig upo'n the pices estahti:-hedn in this State by every Pie -s of respectability, either its regards colpensaltn fihr services rende- ed, or the standard fixed tpotn and strictly observed since we fir.-. entered Ia l'rilntintg olicc, tr the ilisertion (t' Adverl isenlits, ail we c ;tnnesly Call u.,un thecndtrso the lress, gete drtlly, I) Itinnintaini ml([ carry out strictly ti' rtib-a :id u;saIt,; otery el reulte idre tal Isetal of' disaprobationi upon( on-tty whi niay e gu ily efan infrngenc110,4tI of thshlesIn at long ista il i.,i sull'ers it haivetising eain1us to be11 bough':t yiat'h, thanol~ thie ui a l pie. a gen ti l di-,p sition wia l si~ e ia i esti i o co plteh:j a'ndtor h f the.Itgl Prek t!.rln- h o theo~ Statelli toisl a Connii on in a Cot hni duigth'et ino sujet. Ltidt :iliSf)p t uch genend rul4' ' throw11 tis otl ~~ at a 1::l. \\'ha say .4.I the t'es4---| tti>:\1eId. 111 //r t'. l'uoIi-:s~ s or l F' tvrij:it i lTin elii alur hele'tion' hals prtbaly I 1 r i. ted in slid 1)g iii' ,.'I atrl' ti l s th li ' i I ge NIt fh is 1444 11 eprsen aves, :1 Iy ltt ia t be c'n lileredl a I l -'ris, i l~. klte. V h \ 1.1e1 111141 the1(1 1I papers th-itl\al ,hlet ao will1 attend th11 i l 'ifjl11l brlh Frlls i (' 1114ven tin t'rint~s the com t l tat4I an, n'i li eni! '4'tiky, 40 mithe than41'. theicityvci of ihdthore Th iobVice of Ithe l'reei, it t w i t'utI4la- ab.,!iiil sitlcvltryl, ont'4 1t tu hegit tiln h a nt -, three~' b.\ of the hoolersate S I t ~1with all the icirll1ntaLce' that sually aittend the march of de~stiny.-. ;u(h ei. P're.s. OUR COUN'cry.-Ia 1792, the corn- - r'-stenfo of the present Caipitol at Vashiigtoin was laid. At that time, - "aid, inamiely, onI the it Ii day of Jiil3'. 851, 1 hi+ corner 514li,? of ant extensiion f the buiildinigs was lad, and dhe See-.' etny of' ,tellmade an add'css, in" lie course of Jwl'('SC'ili (rsetd i ketih o t l orm I'll Iie 44con'ditionl of'r ,n'u nr a:iltl' I the two peLriods.! Then' wit had fifteenL' States, now we Inve thiilty"iai'. Tihen our wh1ole popuiationl %%-as tilleC I iili bus. flow it is twentV-Iiree. T'lt-[] 1itst 4'!! 11,1(1 18,000 peouple', now it hits 1 37,000. P'hiilade~jlia had '12,000, now it has 10,000. New Turk Ihad 33,000, flo(w it hilts 15,000.1 JlTen ti' import1's 44tr(e ;21 ,00,000,1 loiw they are 178,00J0,000. I. ll('i our! i'Xjltt welre *.2,000,000,1 Llitv are now ::1,51.000.000. 400fl,000 sijibliIe les 11, it isn0 3l'', .300, 1)00. 1Th1,u wt- hadl no( railroads, iow~ wve .'liti 'e hiad ",'00 pod~ uflices, flow we liave 21.000. Om- 44c'llie frm 1 ,111J4'tll( lten %,tUs : l ()1)A)01, low4 it is 5.I000,000_ the rapid giowtli of the (notht 1; 811(1c %wlhit We andiour ((Itliildi'i'i !lave, to bI to S'cure. the cofitil! il21lL o it s p1r14s-~ I.' Iti Ib(, anf'Ie 'l-l 'ir, III D Il' l: lts al b,I~iib'hitbl L011 to hos that -1::111 COtie. iii tei" it.s. 'i' fl;: ttIt' of the !::ees. A1 4'iuiioul ('iI(4i(:s:e 4 r''i l i It-%v d.ays bVS a i'tt ( * ii le ilL'. ii it~e 1.4u :i. A -Mull l;ruetr had'. iin a f'ield UIlbilt two, 1l1111411e'1 :1,I ('fi( ?" ht'Clbi4' (1. 'S!1lt :t Ill1 itit ar:t. dllL:4v11 by five 1l4)i-.4s, lii 1'elI44\'e "al 11t' 414h i'nui",1 thet wall n ear I' w icli the? hiI~vr 4415V'Cl1 4i't'~I Th ate 11.4~i I r I~i.?I't :tio ~ to flt' I itl housl'e,(h IIl, e:s " to : ti . if1(.1 . e tiher iriat I':11'( theI n slia!iiig ef' t1i_~ Ili4es, orby1h cio:I(114.I ea l u byll til-li 4444:ii, ii' t'\ i t' the4 It'r happj.ened to Ihe ella1Z'4l1. issuiedI tIaniil thei In yes as if' in ) 44 o t l4('e t~ i giveyn .i'ial, anid w~ithz great furyit wvith bL'.4 atltI llei~d 144 fat4i; L'44't'l lc'i' 114stri I4 Wveie-li Ifild withi thea. \V' lhen the4'L c144c lr1it' illS lL4'abillble t~ll. 44~the I'.e 1 1 sltaUb4 oill til: tro (>d4and4t' Owg44 unlt'1. A; I4'l1li t44'ut I1(t'.l_ TIII SUMTER BANNE. Sumterville, So. Ca. OIN T. GREEN, EDIrolt. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1852. Oser PrIencIplex'. " There as one point on which there can be no icersity of opinion in the South among those -ho are true to her, or who hare made up their Buds not to be slaves; that is if ee should be >rced to choose between resistance and submissiuh :c should take resistance at all ha:ards." A I.IIOIPN. "To do that, concert of action must be necessa y, not to stave the Union, for it would then be ,o late, but to sace ourselvcs. Tius in my -cew, oncert is the one thing neidfu.."-CA I.'o UN. " What is the remedy? I answcer secession, nitl secession of the 'larholding States, or a 'rge number of Ihem. Nothing else will be wise othing elUe mill be practicable."-Cu zwvj. g '' Messrs. A. VuITE & Co., are genats for the Banner in Sunterville. =" Coim munications intended for he Banner must be banded in oi or iefore Saturday morning, and th.se hvoring us with advertizemnents will )lease let us haive them at least by 3 o'clock on Monday. Agitation. In an article under this head, the Carulinian asserts, that there is at this imne a counbinaation aming soi pa pers in the State to agitate the Electo ral question, itr the purpose simply of keeping up agitation. The evidence >f such comnbination is not Before us, 11r can we believe that it would re rFuire any combination in order to call turth the expression of the press on this iiuestion. The comlbinittion does not sue any cause for the agitation of this question at this tiuie, scarce the pur pose of' keeping up party dissention and discussion andi to foa n party or gaIizattion with the hope of petty re wards. We can satisfy ourselves that this question is now discussed for rca; sons not quite so blifllow as those above referred to. That there must be sae biange in the timtie of Electing Eieetors is bevond dispute, unless the people are willing to be taxed every four years to th a1111ouni1t (of n01110 ten or twelve thous.aud dollars fur the pri vilege of having the Electors elected by the Leg stature. Either the time '6r assellblinag the Legislature must he altered or the Election must be given to the people. This is a proper tiine to discuss this alteration, for if ntthilng is done the next. Presidential election will fmnd u1s iml our present (condition. This discussion-earmotche for the purpose of keeping up party line. or the reason that both parties hav. exp ressed themsielvyes through c~adidates for the Legislature, as be ing ini Ia vor of gi vinig the Election to the people. In this District Secession maena as well as those of the opposite ptariy ar'e all agreed. The agitators of bo t h parties. (if agitators they be) are certainiily no t weak enough to suppose05 that the pamrtyV lines ca n be kept up uponii snehi an issue as this. "Rettt's last chimee, fu r a Sout hernt State. gonte!"' So exclaimiued a Scott uiinm of this cityv. when. yeusterday, lie harda o f thIN vot~e of North-Carotlinia. Ile was right: the chain ofC Stoutherni Stateus will lie unbroken! IHad tihe W hig< carried Nort h-C'arolina, Scot t mnighlt have stooda sonec chimaee for thet vote of M~iabul, Kentucky, rr Loutaisilana-. but his nlumaigirs, at Wa)ush ihngtonl, haviaig spenuit thei r fllI strength liltont Noitlh-Carolaina, andt faiilinag to carry it, thle Soutithlern St ate~s will nsow vs.te itt a bodt~y agiaist haima. Thea~ resul t will 1be' ti giv'e us peace, or ani timeo~linral te Sothernlii party. F~rtin~ our Noartha-arotlinai exchan ges. we gat her returns fromii thir vy-eighat cun tt ies. I them thle gain of I leidl, the Demoa crat ic candtidate, ov-~ or his vtote of 1 850, amaouants to I 't7I. IIlis moaji ty~ ini the whoile State~ will, not dlonhlt, be over5 'I ,0t00 votes, parobabl y 5000. 'The Legi slatureo will be unchan gitd. 'The D emocreat s bad1. before, a majity oft~a tur in) the Senate, and1( ten in t he I louse. It the counties lhe ardi fromt, thle Senate is unch~aanged, :and, in the I louse, each party has ganed and lost siit rnbe~l~rs.--Stan l'iac wrr vilS iliIoraasNNw Mixco.-A let ter, (hated Santia Fe, states that every thaing was quiet there, and14 thle civil go ivenmntt, utnder Cl. Smiunaer, the umilitary comimander, was progre~ssinag in fine style, Thle letter addIs: "( aur relations wvitha the Indiants are in an equially~ if naot biette(r econrdition. Fort Al assachiusetts, in the North, is terniedS lby Alajor Bilake, with two compianaies, andI all in that regioni itndicate thait even this thrce, placed ina thir countryW, will keep t'.e Utahs linie. WithI thle Naviajoes the most friendly relaIstins e~xist. A nliumber of' the A pacuhe lidians, from the east .rtn side of the lI io Grande, arrived lere a few dy sie, asking for iare, and a treaty will be miade by ol. Siuner withI th. It is also iatown that, MIajtr Morris is now ona is way froma Fort Webster with large dlelegationt from thle Gila \achules fotr thle siame purtpose." A NoTain NossAro.--A commu-. ient iona in theo t Winnasboro' Dlailey Wy'~ister of yesterday, nominates Col. iaxey Gregg, of.this place, a atdi late for the oflice of United States ;enator ait the ensuing election by the REJ'AIIUaO A SUiiP' B oTOM WiLE FLOAT.-The London Civil Engitner rmd Architect's Journal contains the. following account of amethod adopted, ; by a shipwright in the British service, ti to repair a steamship -of war. while a ifloat, whose bottom had been injured : Ly striking on the rocks near Rio Ja- r tieiro: i1 "In obedience to directions to report L the mauimer in which I proceeded to re- t place a defietive sheet of topper on r the bow of Her Majesty's ship: Iya einth, the same- being five oet below t1 the light water-line, I beg to state, .th at r on Considering what means - could be adopted for so doing. short of heaving c the vessel out, it occurred to mre that r the principle of coffer-drai might be t upplied to it, I accordingly caused a r water-tight case of three sides and a r bottom to be made, ascertained the e curve on the bow on each side of this detective part, and cut the mouth or I open side of the case to fit it; and hav- t ing lined or diedshe curved edges with felt, saturated with tallow, and at tached ballast to the rough tree rail, and lowered until the top was .within a few inches of the surface, opposite the I defective part, over which it was hauled I b1v means of two hawsers, one placed I vertically from the the rough tree rail 1 under the keel to the opposite side, the other horizontally fi-om the quarter t round to the :;tern, to the opposite Side, a aid both set taunt with tackles. By these imeais the ease was made to lit close to the bottom, where it was tirtlier secured by a shore, reaching from the side of the ship to its outer edge, to prevent its rising. The sue tion liie of a fire engine was then: plced in the case, and the water con tained in it pumped out. When empty, two shipwrights desceirled, and re tuoved the defective copper, replacing it with I new sheet. [he opet ation, fI, ot the time of suspending the case until completed, did not occupy more taun twenty minutes. This principle could be applied to the repairs of many defects under wa ter, such as the wing cocks of ships, or the pipes in the bottom of steam ves sels." We learn, says the Charleston Mer. cury; that a party of gentlemen are at present engaged in a Natural History Survey of the country around Aiken andi Graniteville, and that they have developed iany interesting and valua ble facts, particularly in the geolor of this region. The party is composed of Professor 1Holmes, of the Charlesion College, as Geologist, assisted by Dr. Miles, of the Medical College, in the depart of Zoology, and Mr. llenry W. Ravenel, of St. Johns, in that of iBota ny. It is proposed to continue the sur veyv up to Augusta, Ga,, and perhaps still higher. One of the most impor taut results of their InvestigtitisT the discovery of the outcropping of a stratum of sand-stone, of exceedingly light and porous character, and whitli, if underlyilng the general forationi, will afibrd the strongest l~opes of final success to the operations at our Arte sian well. The same paper says: We learn from authority which is perfietly relia ble, that the Cotton Woirmn has comn mneed its ravages in the neighbor hood of Blenuto~rt. Tnua Soc-r n nN IPaEss.--he Sonft cern Press of .Mtnday last, atnnouncs that its publ~icationi cases with that mnmb-r. And now, since its Ed itors have taken off their armor anid sheathed their swords, numerous lit tle skirnmishes, who never (hared to ameet themi in a fair matnly contest, be gin to exhibit thecir craven nature by attacking the defenemeless. Such aniitagonists are worthy comapeers oif the civilized savages who delight to mutilate the dead bodies of the thes whoum, living, they tfeared. And the editors ot' the Press may no0w jumdge of' how mtuchi they were feared in battle by the virulence ot such attacks upon them in their retirenment.. We differe~d froitn the Press in several material points, and wetre never- reckoned with those who ap~proived its policy for the South; but we deeply re-gr-et its d iscont inuance. Much as we hope for, from the sectional I tndenlcies of parties, we hav a foretboding that the South will yet have need for -an -organ at WVashaington. The Unaion ms not e en xa fair- party organ---its sympathines ev ideLntly being with the Northern section. Its aim is the spoils; and its influence, thereforec, will always be in favor of that section which has the p)orCer to reward; but even were this nmot the case, if the party organ at WVashi ngto n werea eqalIly ht-i to every section, still the South would need lie an independent organ at the seat of government. That she hats failed to sustain the Press, w Ile the .National Era is prosperous, augurs ill to ay tfuture etfort of that sor-t. It seems to establish the fact, that we, who have mil lions lit stake, are not willing to pay the sentinel--hil st they, who are banded together for- the destiruction of our property, contribute thousands for the accompllishmenlt of' their end. ~Southerin ~Sandard. TnE CoPN ANni CoTi-oN Caoxs.--We have recently had the opportunity, says the J'almxetto (Chester) Standard/, of the l ith inst., of' hearting from nea ly every section of thme District, and ever-ywhere the crops of corn are saidl to be the b~est that have been made in this District for man y. year-s. We have no doubt that theo greateri nuimber of our farnmers will I make a sufficiency for two year's supply. The Cotton fields look remarkably well, and have so far tmet with no 1 blighting influence, Shtogld- the sea- t son proveo fav'orable for maturing, I there can ho no question that thie I ecrnnop1 .ih a liI A. Destinc i the Cheraw. zti. On 1A sy e iii' lar-s !leraw naOtt cf 'ticeday, Iaiou 'elock, ?.tficitialua were stairtled by sr remniidutid craubiig of tinirisiwa" if ame lage sup ^tiuetiare. wias -beig wept' frouit its undtiomrlsy the hur icane's.residit blast.. ' linquiry, was aseeitained to have bee eansaed y the fulling of a hrgue ' pttion; sny wo-thirds, of the bi Idgo across 4he iver. 'Ihis bridge was erected in 1832-3, poll TivnWJes' pilan. Ili lerith; it.wras ear QO. feet; ai.id, .riestm4fLt U , ruoaden piers, asceriding trin tithbrd f the river;and wooadbtfabtnantv ion the banks. The piers were built f black cypress timber, and have stood incee the bridge wasit built. i ewal was deenefi necess1 ry b5 th olupany at that time, and ivorkmen ere irgagd 'iii the " %"ti fei iiid' lad succeeded in rip14id1i3ut lhalf ho timblers in the on(e on the eastern ide of the rivet. - It i$ afrident that the ;iving way of the pier mndergoing re mairs was the cause of the disaster: The strength of the pier standing;is wcyond conception.. More 1tang is eut of the bridge I: a no QtIer $}ippo t ult that tad the abutinelt on ths east mnk of the river, the weight of Wii. ch, vas so great as to break all theetrcdti imubers shmtrt off, Tear it, leafing it Ind about a third of the bridge' at the west end, standing uninjured. . The falling of the bridge wilt.seri. iusly incouvenience the travelling pub lie; but we hope for a very. &ort,time. Indeed, at rangements are already .made fr putting p~assengers over the river, T'hi.: house TaImADs of TIlE WEST. IHorses are carried by Railroad. fron Cincinnati to New York or Bogton i five days, and for the sum of $1 eseh" 'Tae Omnibus proprietors of New-Y rk are supplied from Clncinnati, The demand fur 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 ecnt. ME.ANCIEOLY CI1eUsTANE.-V regret to learn that Mrs. Martia Cunningham, of Liberty Hill e.cane to her death on Monday morning last under the following circuistanees: It notlnears that onl Sunday night, Mrs. Cunningham apparently as well as ust: nl, g:.ve directions thintt a igkA imt should wait upon he'r iii the ing fir that purpose of Ireeivilv structions relative to his work ; th .Mrs; C. retired as usual, and-on Mon daay mornuing when the negro called, she was sent for,-but was not ;in -her chanaber... Search was Iade.ilrmedi ately for -her, aud pae'afully, uiereb.,te, SIe wts' fonadtsapetded -o M 1i hstp . a peach tree in .he garden, quite dya4. V Ifethdi- the awful act Mas oninittod by h-rsi'hf or others, we'do not kliie,. picion1 is alttabbhed, lu('b befrayredd'i jail here for exambilatioi.-Laledte? Ledger. Informiation has been received at tle departmlent of State ill Washingt. sa 11i:m Erancis W. Rice, Esq., United States Conisul at Acapulco, of *the death. wiithinu hiis coiuiiar disti-iet of the fi lowing American citizens, whose late residenaces -are 'unknown, viz: "John Satyres, Neil McQuarrf, anld Ri-chard Wiallaee. A N .' FF L CT E D F'AusIL.-The faini' lyofth lae Professor Kingslelv, of WVest Poinlt, have been sadly and'pain t-tlly bwreavecd.. In the year 1854 or 3, four lovely children died in one week of scarlet fever; subseqnrtly yet anothler died after protracd siek. hess; thlen Professor Kingsley. in 1849 was thrown fromr his~ horse, reciving injuries from which he died; the re miinglI ilembers of' the family, ini 1 850 were thlrownl from a carriage hd the yggetchl gp years was killed.. .1'wo' daugihters aged 1;3 Id 21,- were- among the 'lost on tile Hienry Clay, and their names are iby h~e melonehioly list already printed. File heart broken mother and one son ire the only survivors of this stricken Ilousehlold. Inl thleir aggravated sor rows thley hlave. the~ symlpathies of ma ny frienlds.--NwC- York .Observ'e~... . lsaae Lewis, of' Bridgeport,,.Ct., re tuirnedl from California by thie last Iteamner, apparently in good health; but on getting (Jut of tile eads'at B. h'e *hpeared v'ery feeble, asid died in the tat ion house, biefore socingthia' hiily >r fi-iends. Mr. Stonoet of"1t~field, C.aine home with 81.000 i gold nid ill tolerable health, b~ubbecamne auddenly weak and died in ogntor five Jays.--Hartford Time. COKsune-rION.-Tw< or tree sears igo, experiments were made by tile inembhers oft the London Faculty of' ihysicianis in different hlospitals, for the ure of diseases of the lhngs by--breath mlg warm, medicated vapovs. 'The amecess of time experiments Were so gratifying that aln -institultion-thec lBromlptonl Hospital-for t:ih ire' of lronl'chitis and eonsunmpjtloi,.i im8 1 med iately esta blishedinfm'd #aivgrable bals beenl tihe result 'of' iitt eattnent, hait between two andi-e llfiiuirid; hid the hlospital repuffshowthiut full aeventy-five in every enehumndred have 'ieon completely enired. ' Cuoi.sa i i Nw YoaL Ci.( hle JTournaal of Commnerce, oft1'ridlay, ays : 'Thei'e were t1wenty-sevenl deatl unlong~ theo emigrants 1 Ward' aund, in chairgtioh'the Lomdesiioners ' Enmigration, during the .Mekeniig e~a. ['nesday' last, of'a disMha h()t banltd, nit genierlly- regaruded 'bi' th& ulhysi 'Ians as Aslatie -'ig; ovzefe:~ lie dilseased, hlogever; yyyedir nidtheir' 'do'th rna 'hq o3,rjy as rii;cd'lodahola infahtum-f..4