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Jj^ - ^ (^^i/ '% J^^lj^1 J- iLiy* Ji?yJ?1LIk J 4 DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POMTIC8, M? 4rC. TERMS?ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM,] "Ii?t It be Instilled into the Hearts of your Children that the Liberty of tho Press is the Palladium of all your Rights."?Juniwt. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VOLUME 4?NO. 17. ABBEVILLE C. It., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1850. WHOLE NUMBER 173. THE INDEPENDENT PRESS PUBLISHED WKKKI.Y, AT AUUEVILLK, S. t\, AT ONE DOLLAll A YEAR, HAS a circulation of nearly one thousand i* Abbeville District, and is constantly increasing. Its circulation in tliis State is about fourteen hundred, and its entire list of subscribers numbers over sixteen hundred. It is therefore offered to the mercantile and business community generally as tlie best advertising medium in the uj>-country of South Curuliua. 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Benton's defeat in Missouri, and the triumph of the Democracy in Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, and Kentucky?which last was supposed to he the stronghold of the American party in the South?have produced some strange revulsions. The Benton Democrats, we arc informed, have dropped their own Electoral ticket, and united with the anti-Bentonites, while the Fillmore party has divided into two wings? the Southern go'inix for Buchanan, and the f? v.??....* TI -V . ..<uiuiviu iui 1 1vi1iuui. llicnc MitLCllll'IllS nro not yet positively verified, but their truth is very probable. We are indebted to our own telegraphic reports for the former, and to that of the Standard for the latter. >m> far as Mr. Fillmore is concerned, this course of his friends but realizes what the elections have made apparent?the hopekfRiiesR of his causc in the South as well as the North. The letters of the two Senators from Maryland, advising the people of that Stale to support Mr. Ituclianati, went far to extinguish liis hopes, where before they were so samruinc niid rotifiil?>nr A*wl #1.:.. foul in Kentucky completely bcwiklcrwi lie calculations of his friends, and foretold fttkdoom in the other Southern States. Mr. lFiflwrare's on!}* expectations were in the South. At the North, there was not a sin .gle State upon which a reasonable hope could be based ; and therefore, in the face of the developments at the South, nothing was left but to write the verdict already declared, and withdrawn him from the field. 'In romnii) vvnnlrl Iia nnlv i/\ /Jml^wacc success of others, without benefitting himself. Regarding Mr. Fillmore, then, as in fact out of the contest?whether withdrawn or not?it becomes a matter of interest to consider what effect his withdrawal will L. .'have upon the chances of the two competi5*foors, Buchanan and Fremont. In the first place, it is clear that it will not affect Mr. Buchanan's prospects in the South. The recent elections show how uniied the South is in support of the Democratic nominee. nn<l how wlln of the opposition. Mr. Fillmore's withdrawal, therefore, will only secure to Mr. Buchanan larger mnjorities in the South, without in any degree affecting the final result. Mr. Buchanan's strength in the Electoral College, so far as the South is concerned, will be neither increnscd nor diminished by any course Mr. Fillmore's friends may se? ui 10 pursue. But liow will it affci-t Mr. liuchanan at the North ? Tim is the point moRt imporrtnnt to the result. With the infinite shades of existing opinions, the force of merely lo.cal interests and prejudice*, the animosities of old party divisions, and the thousand otlier elements which must enter into the calculation, it is, of course, impossible to predict with accuracy what the effect at the .North 6f the withdrawal of Mr. Fillmore. | Put ibis point, ve think, must be admitted ^U)illlibandsu tbnt it will bring to Mr. Itachf lijlnlMf's support tlie conservative fueling jf" Jfttherto wasted on Mr. Fillmore. Divided 2>etween Mr. Buclicnan and Mr. Fillmore, <)u? AnnuiHfstivM nf lli'd Wnrfli S.. pome States, an easy victory to lilack Il?nuhKcanism, But united in favor of Mr. Buol^aoftn, -Ukey will improve his proepecta, where, till now, they fcavebeen gloomy. It cannot be supposed that, in a contest bel tween die Democratic party and Black Be< ' poblicauwm, the Northern conservatives wHi hesitate in their choice. On ibe other hand, it is stated tlrat Mr. FiIIwokPs Northern friends intend to witbdhn^Wtti tafafcor of Fremont. A strange i specimen of . party faith, when Mr. Fillmore ' * ' has declared that be Regarded the suooess of Fremont as the dissolution of the Union!" But it doe* .hq* appear improbable, when we reflect that Mr. Haven, a member of the Il^uae from New York, formerly the law partner, and now the confidential political 1 life ' i adviser of Mr. Fillmore, voted with the Hlack Republicans in their recent Abolition amendments to the Appropriation bills. The withdrawal of Fillmore will, therefore, give to Ihichanau the conservative, and to Fremont the Frecsoil. portion of his part}*. It will narrow the contest down to a single issue, between the Democratic party and Hlack Republicanism. It will present to the North the simple question?whether the South is her equal in this Confederacy or not. It will league all the elements of a lawlessness, fanaticism, and sectional ambi- a turn, against the constitutional rights of the South. And, finally, upon the issue of 4*Xo \ more slave States," it will decide whether v there is, at tiie North, n party true to the c South, and capable of protecting her against o the aggressions of Abolition?whether, in a word, the South can, consistently with her existence as a free people, continue in ( the Union. We agree with the New York Tribune, that the sooner this issue is tried ^ and determined, the better for all parties. Charleston Mercury. v [From the Clinrloston Staixlnrd.] (j State Temperance Convention. At the Convention of the friends of Ternperanee and the various Orders of Temperance, at Greenville, S. O., on the Oth and ,r iHi August, the Stale Temperance Society of South Carolina was re-organized l>v a|?pointment of the following officers : Presidents. Hon. John l'elton O'Xeall. I'/'re /'resident. A. Wallace, Esq., of Richland. T Hon. J. N. Whituer, of Anderson. Rev. l.)r. J. Hachman, of Charleston. li Col. West Caucthinan. of Lexington. Col. W. ('. lieatty, of York. T Row K. K. Prosslv, of Ablievillc. Simpson Uol?o, K*q., of Spartanburg, j; Msij. H. 1 >. Townscnd, of Marlboro. Coi. 13. II. Brown, of Rarnwell. ,Secretary. Maj. Henry Summer, of Newberry. Corrcsjxmdinf/ Secretary. Simeon Corlev, Ksq., of Lexington. Treasurer. ^ Robert Drycf*, of Columbia. The llev. E. K. l'rcslv. D. I)., on bebsilf! of the committee appointed to prepare business for t!ie Convention and Society, presented the following report, which was unanimously adopted : y The committee appointed to prepare j business for the meeting, would beg leave ^ to report: T 1. That this meeting consider the pro- (| jirwiy 01 urging uie iriends ot temperance throughout the State to re-organize the old z temperance sociev on die basis of total al>- (1 stinance; the old meetings in their respect- A ive neighborhood* for the purpose of discus- 11 sing the gvcat question of temperance in all its hearings, and that strenuous and per- ^ serving efforts he made to give the State '' Temperancc Society the prominence and v efficiency which it formerly enjoyed. 1 2. We would suggest to the meeting the j propriety of calling together the friends of j temperance in the State Temperance Society in the city of Columbia, on the Tuesday ' after the 4th Monday in November next. |. 3. That prohibition bo held up before i lli/i iMtlklw* miri/1 OS 'irt/M-zlin/* tlm ??1if hope of final success in the glorious cause.!?1 4. We recommend that this meeting con- j 1 si<!er the propriety of appointing an individ-| ual to prepare an address presenting the'11, claims of temperance, earnestly am] urgent-1 % ly upon the citizens of our beloved State, j 5. That wo consider the propriety ofes-j^ tahlishing a temperance paper in the, city i of Columbia as the organ of this Society,; i1 and that a committee, consisting of ttev. J. I J1 I. Bonner, W. P. Price, Esq., and G. E.! Elford, prepare a prospectus of said paper,! v and to distribute thein through the State, J ? that the friends of the cause may procure j Rl subscribers as early as may bo practicable.; ? 1. We recommend the meeting to con-11, .1 _? ? - i ll diuki wo |ni#|?rieij 01 one man i in each District to exert himself in promo-1 ting tlie pood cause, and that lie rnport to' ^ the President of the Society ail thcinforma-: |, tion he may be able to procure respecting: ^ ita progress in his District. I ^ ! 8. That a committee be appointed to so- j 'j licit the services of Gen. Cary, prossing him ! t to visit the State as early as tho middle of j,, October, and remain until tho close of the i. year. ( AH df. which in respectfully submittal. ti K. E. PRESLY, Chairman. f The fuMowing are the persons nominated l under the sevoirrti resolution : Charleston?ller. W. K. Yates. f Beaufort?R. W. Barnwell, Esq. I Colleton?Daniel J. Henderson, Esq. 1 ' Barnwell?Col. B. JJL, Brown. I Edgefield?Dr. Richard Mims. i Abbeville?Rev. Thompson IL Sloan. r A nrlprtnn A TC Tamom Vaa ft. I*ickens?Joseph; G. Norton, Esq. llroetrvfllo?Dr,AV. L. M. Austin. Spartanburg?Shnpv>n Bobo, EsqUnion?Dr. Joseph H. Dogan. Lawensr?Dr. John W. Simpson. Newberry?Maj. Henry Summer. Fairfield?Dr. H. Neal. Chester?Dr. Jno. A. Walker. , York?Rev; R. A. Roes. . L*?caster-^Rev. D. P. Robinson. Kershaw?W. Thuriow Caston, Esq. Suiuter?Rev. Wm. Lewis. . Williamsburg?Dr. John Williams. Georgetown?llcv. William T. Capers, llorry?John Heattie, Ksq. Marion?John M. MeCall, Ksq. Marlboro?Rev. 1*. E. Bishop. Chesterfield?George W. Mclver, Ksq. Darlington?Dr. John 11. Zimmerman, lticldand?Maj. S. S. McCully. Orangeburg?Dr. J. B. Elliott. Lexington?Joseph Wingard, Ksq. His Honor John Helton O'Neall was ppointed by the Convention to prepare the ddress under the t'outh resolution. llev. Kbenezer K. l'rosslv, D. !>., Kev, v.? ...wl u l.V? .ere appointed utulcr t!ic last resolution, a ommittuu to correspond with <?cn. C;uy, f Ohio. The Dry Good's Clerk. >1i ! is it mil n pleasing lift', To lie u clerk in a ?lrv-goodsstore? "o laugli ftwnv at care ami strife. Ami toss new linens o'er ami o'or ? I'hat matter if one's eye* are gray? What boots it if one's hair is light, >li liatli tut not tin? maidens gay To chat to liim fruni morn to night! ["is said ho works from early <lay Until the eloek strikes eight at night: lint half his time is thrown away On fair ones who won't buy a mite ; lilt why sliotihl he repine at that. As he keeps tossing cambric o'er ? 'he ladies all are liless'd with ehat. Ami like the clerks in a dry-good .store ! lie rieli man may have jolly times, (Provided lie i.i free from gout.) f he knows how to spend his dimes, And hug them when there's rogues about: he student limy look wnnd'ruus wise. And blow in crowds about his lore, !ut it would fill them with surprise To work awhile in n dry-good store? ,n\v talk 110 liutl'c ?>r litis m* tlmt? Of limiting after jcwt'Ia rare ; f butdiiT trade tlmt. makes men fat,? Of farmers breathing country air ! I toy* re nil a false alluring sliam, Ami will be praised, of course, the jnovo ; lut tbtre's nothing like !);? fAhey man Wlio win* the twirls in a iinroioiu sn-itt:! [ruli Tin: IM)CI'KNI>?NT l'KKSS. ] Sonnet to Miss N. C. N. veji iti my heart thy cherished secret lies? >eep ns a tu-nrl on ocean's soundless floor t'hero the hold diver never oan explore lie realms o'er which the mighty liillows rise. I rests fnr hidden from nil mortnl eyes? ot e'en discovered when the piercing light f morn illumes the uncortnin skies, .lid fills with suushiuc the dark vaults of night, epose in me thy heart's most saered trust, nd nothing shall betray it; I will bend his human fabric to its native dust, :?t nothing from me s>hall that hoc ret rend, fhieh to 1113- soul id brighter, dearer far, hail all the beauty of sun, moon or star. W. [From the Southern (.'liriatnin Advocate.] Cokesbury Institute, 8.' O. This time-honored Institution celebrated s Aniversary and festival on the Oth ol' illy. It was the gala day, and the village rowded to the Campus. Seven speakers ad been chosen for the occasion, six of Nioni delivered addresses, which lor richess mid ileplli of thought, chastoness and legancc of delivery aro rarely surpassed, 'houias Thompson, Esq., of Ablnjville, clos(1 the exercises with an eloquent oration, efore the Krosophic Society, in which lie dmirahly culled tlie lessons of history and itcrwove them with sober advice and enoling principles. The occasion was enliened with several national airs and passed fi with high honor to the Faculty ; and urely the bright eyes and approving smiles f many in the large and intelligent audince will animate the youthful orators to reak another lance for their Alma Mater. Tlio examination which preceded tho xhihition was highly satisfactory to the ,'ommittee. Rector 'Round's class in the igher hooks of Algebra, and Professor Vigbtman's in Homer and Horace acf|uited themselves handsomely. Mr. Alford 'urpiu tuned up his little boys and proved hat if there was no royal road to Mathenatics, there is at least a musical one. They ..a* ft an.. O UICII ICUIUIUUII III IIIIO niVIIIU lliu iramnmr Class of noble little follows could lot be puzzled and showed that their faithul instructor had given them a clue to every ciiot. This Institution as a preparatory school or College lias always held a high position. fa vatififlp man firn havap in/ltwwl a M.VM ...V ..v,v. " 'rofesaor in the So. Ca. College, said to the iector, "we like to got your boys, Sir." V thorough and systematic training of the rtind for throe yeare in an Institution like his is worth more than ten years of desulory reading. Hard study in a good Instill tion will make men?men of mark. The ige in which we live, may be fitly called he age of central ideas. The mind foi nany centuries back seems to have lingered iround the periphery of truth; but il tow has advanced to a position from which ta thoughts diverge in every direction* and ouch with power every department of life, Hie boy stands now whero the roan stood i few centuries back. Great germinal ruths which philosophers have groped foi * A ages to discover, are now thrown into the young minds to spring or balance its powers. Books open the past; seienec places her electric wires in his liand: art, philosophy, religion, throw the nerve of a giant into the arms of a child. See this illustrated in tlic youthful orator, whoso sound speech ami ennobling views of life, whose broad ami benevolent principles, far beyond his age to producc, inako an appeal that thrills on the hearts of multitudes and : transforms the nerves of the strongest into threads of lire. Parents who ni'^lect to put this power into the hands of their sons, (lie very sons who must take a position to wield the coming crisis of their country's destiny?are criminally negligent. Educate your sous, in knowledge and truth, and the continent may rest upon their shoulders. (Jokeshury possesses a dry and salubrious elimate, is proverbial for health and its fine society. The Trustees at their recent, meeting elected (ten. G. \V. I lodges (<> fill the vacancy in the Hoard caused by the resignation of l)r. F. G. Thomas. The rates of Tuition arc, 1st class ?i?0 per year, 2nd class $2 I per year, 3d class per year, 4tit class ?io per year. A competent Faculty is at the head of the Institution, ami give their undivided attention, not. only to the mind, but the, morals of the youths committed to their care. The Committee ?muu c.\ press nii'ir ingn satisfaction at tho flourshing state of tlic school, ami earnestly com ryot id it. to the patronage of the public. II. .1. 1'oyi), ) Visiting 11. II. 1>i;hant, ) Committee. J. T. WlOIITMAN. J How to Meet a Duelist. We have always regarded the practice of duelling as a relic of the barbarous ages?a custom which is sanctioned neither by the lawfiof religion or of reason, and which should be condemned by every moral, sober judging man. Of courage the duel is no criterion ; oftentimes it liappens that the nrofessed ilni-lwf >vli/.n A..1I...1 * , ?J -IVII Vlllll-u 11(1011 lO IIU'Cl death or danger in an unwonted *hnpe, is t.lio ni-st to turn his back and fire. A few years since as a Xew England gentleman, whose name we shall call Brown, was passing a tew days at a hotel in one of": our western cities, he had the misfortune to unintentionally otleiid the susceptible honor of a tall Indiana Colonel who was one of his fellow boarders.?His apologies not being satisfactory, a challenge was sent him, which, however, he declined, upon the; ground of conscientious scruples.?The colonel, who, by the way, had won in two or three encounters, quite n reputation as ji duelist, at once conceived the idea that his opponent was a coward, and resolved to disgrace him by flogging him in the face of all the assembled wisdom of the house. According!}', the next day, at dinner time, in marched the duelist, armed with a formidable cowhide, and advancing to Brown's chair, proceeded to dust his jacket for him j in the most approved style. Brown was as-! tonished. Luckily he had Iteen a lieutenant j of militia in his native State, and knew the ' importance of incommoding his enemy bv | a diversion. Ho, seizing a gravy tureen, lit*: tossed tlic contents into (lie face of his bel-j ligeront colonel, and before that hero could ; recover from the drowning sensation thus oc- j casioncd, he sprang upon the table and be-; gan to shower upon liiin with a liberal hand,! the contents of the dishes around. ' You are an infernal?" "Coward," the colonel was about to say, i but at the momenta plate of greens strink' j full upon his mouth, and the word was; blockaded and lost forever ! "Ila !" cried the little New Knglander, J wiiosu DiooU was now uj?, "fond of greens, are you ? Take a potatoe too ; " and lie hurled a telling volley of hard potatoes at him; "excellenteggs here; capital things' with calves' head ; " and crash came a plate! of boiled eggs, against the side of his eranium. The Mows of the cowhide which had ! hitherto deseonded upon tho Yankee's head j and shoulders, now began to full more weakly and wildly, and it bccamo evident that j uic assailant, half stunned, choked nnd par- i tially blinded, was getting tlio worst of it. His courage was rapidly oozing out. "Take a turkey," shouted lirown, as a noble old gobbler descended fairly upon the colonel's head, and bursting, filled his hair and eyes with delicious looking stuffing ; "nnd Lore's the fixings," he continued as the souash and iellv followed aftur. By this time the colonel was irretrievably defeated, and as bis mercilcss opponent seized a huge plum pudding, steaming hot, \ and holding it above his head with both i hands seemed about to bury him beneath it, 1 he quailed in terror, and turowiug down his i cowhide turned about and made a rush for i the door. "Stop for the pudding, colonel; stop for the pudding," smftited Brown. "Pudding, i colonel, pudding," screamed all his fellow 1 boarders amid convulsions of laughter. But ! tlws colonel was too terrified to listen tp their > kind invitations, and did not ceaSe running until he bad looked himself into'his room, i But iilthoagh the colonel escaped from I the plum pudding, he could not escape from the ridicule which the affair occasionI ed. He subsequently challenged four perI sons against ? whom his ire was particr ticularly?*?fted, and the^ all consented to ^ . fight, but availing themselves of the privilege of the challenged party,appointed puddin;/ bugs for their weapons. At length the unhappy duelist finding no one who was willing to shoot or be shot at, was obliged totjuit the Slate. [From the Charleston Courier.] Washington Correspondence. Washington, August 10.?The compensation bill of the Senate was improved by the House, for with all the radicalism of the Republican majority, they are not insensible to the claims of justice and propriety. They increased the annual salary of members of Congress to three thousand dollars a year, and made it date back to tl... ~r ?t._ . v.v. -v iiv iir 01 luu j?resi-ni session. Tim Small! concurred in tli?s amendments, and tin: bill lias absolutely passed. The amount is not greater than was originally proposed in Senator lhitler's bill ; but bis bill made the compensation prospective, whereas the House so modified it as to embrace the present Congress. The measure is proper and conservative. The salary proposed will not be objected to by a people, now rich and prosperous. No service under the Government is more important to the public interests than that of the members of Congress, and, certainly, none is so illv paid. Within the last ten years, the pay of almost every service under the government has been increased except that of the legislative branch. The pay of the President ought also to be increased. I hear, from the best, authority, that l'resi ueni I'UTce will retire* in a condition of embarrassment, if not poverty, and be obliged f?> return to the practice of bis profession fur a subsistence. This ought not to Ik?, nt a time when onr revenue is so easily drawn upon without being felt by the mass of a great and powerful and opulent nation. { We increase the pay of members of the Cabinet, the VrcRidpntinl - , ??" wub"fc lv Mns , allowed a laiger snlnr)*. Gen. Washington expended 28,000 dollars during his Presidency of eight years. A President, living in the same manner now, would necessarily require double that sum. The legislation of the present session has been liberal, as many would deem, extravagant.?The. appropriations will oxee?*1 no v. enty millions. At the hour when this was written, the? Committee of Conference had not agreed upon tin? disagreeing votes as to the Kansas restrictive provisos. 1 think still that the Republicans will yield the {mint. Tlie Senate?the noble Senate?hns <lone every thing that is proper to be done. They will stand upon their rights and their integrity to the last. The compensation bill of Congross is a grim measureot reform. W e congratulate ourselves upon ttic fact that it was brought about by South Carolinians?by men who, secure of their positions at home, couhl venture to act without reference to the clamor of demagogues. Senator lUitler originated it, ami Col. Orr carried it through the House. It was amusing to witness the the dodging of mcmlnMS of the Houso, who wanted the bill to pass but wero afraid to vote for it. They had, at one timo, actually lost the bill by their hesitancy. Hut before the vote was declared, some members wero iiuluced to throw themselves into the breach, and change their votes to the affirmative. Of the 00 negatives, not a dozen were on posed to the measure. Some of tlie negatives implored others to go for the bill, saying you can do it without hiiznrd of popularity at home. How Whiskey Tastes. The editor of the Boston Olive Branch says, that at a recent session of one of the Western Conferences of the Methodist Episeopnl Church, the venerable Bishop Dome, in making some otwervations 011 1 lie subject of Temperance, is tepresented as having sa'ul?' Though I liavo passed the seventy-fifth year of my age, I hnvo not yet learned how whiskey tastes !" True to the letter. Wo were present on the occasion, and heard, as the old people used to say, "with my own ears," the statement as it fell from tho lips of that eminent minister of tho cross of Christ. And here it should lvn knnun nn?1 w?ll understood by all concerned, that as the legitimate result of this rigid ndliercnce to the total disuse of ardent sprits, flie Bishop, though now verging towards the eightieth year of his age, is possessed of .a muuh larger share of physical energy and muscular strength than usually falls to the lot of men in the prime of life ; nor can his most intimate and intelligent friends and acquaintances perceive the slightest abatement in the herculean force and vigor of bje mental iHcumes. xie Manas as upnguily, walks as briskly, eats as heartily, sleep* as aoqndly, talks as fluently, preaches ap powerfully, nVay? ns fervently^ awl ,feel? ? aeeply, ,*pd intensely for the interest and. prosperity of the church,.? bp,$dforty yeats ago. ,, Id addition >to his incessanLand ardnniM labor*, witbijt tlielirnitsof the several States and Territork* of this greflt confederacy, foY the Ij^t.fidf century, U? haa'twioe oro4Md the Atlantic, performed the tour of Europe, and pitched the glad tidings pC aalv<uion to adoring thpuuuid* in n?arly *11 the principal towns and cities of the British *** ?? ? V"' *? ' ' ?r- ' Empire*. Huskies tliis, within the last tyrenty-four months he lias twice visited California, superintended both sessions of the Pacific Conference, and traveled extensively through many portions of that far-distant land, proclaiming "Jesus and him crucified," as the only hope or a wretched and ruined world, to tlie vast crowds that everywhere flocked to hear him, in the wide wastes, as in the cities fill). Hut not having yet filled up the measure of his obligations to the Church and the world, lie is even now holding himself iu readiness to pay California a third visit, should no one of the youngor members of the Episcopul College find it convenient to enter upon the performance of this important mission. Such, in brief, is a rough outline sketch of the physical, intellectual, moral power and efficiency of the man? and the only man?who can, in truth say, at the advanced age of seventy-five years? "/ have not yet learned how whiskey tastes ! " "Partisan Insanity." Under this head the Columbia Times has an article, the statements of which are so preposterous that we can scarcely imagino in what, mood of mind they were made. The article opens thus : "The organs of Democracy in the South are jubilant over the recent election of Francis 1\ Tilair, Jr., as a Representative in Congross from the State of Missouri. They hail it as a glorious Democratic triumph, and as a bright omen of the success ot Buchanan and 13rcckeuridge in November next I ?as the triumph of Democratic principles over the prosenptire tenets of Know Nothingism." The editor then proceeds to prove, from the St. Louis Republican, "a paper derotod to the fortunes of Iinehnn.m" Dlair was nn avowed Frcesoiler?as if all the world did not know it ! As if it vu not notorious that he was tho open candidate of tho Denton party of St, Louis, jm opposed to the Democratic party, which has just elected Polk Governor ot' Missouri by si great majority over Benton! As if it was not notorious that not oidy tho Democratic press of the South, but tho Democratic party in the Cincinnati Convention, had formally disowned Denton and his clique ! These tilings are as well known an Any tho most familiar parts of cotempornry history. Yet tho Times affirms that Mthe or| gans of Democracy in the South are jubilant over the election" of a uian thus notoriously representing a faction which the Democratic party has openly renounced. Our acquaintance with the Democratic press of the South is Dretlv extensive ??! I \vc have nut seen the first word to justify I the assertion of the Times. The Washington U nion classes Mr. Blair ns "nondescript/' and that is the amount of its "jubilation." The assertion of the Times that that "the orgnns of Democracy in the South" hare rejoiced over the election of a Freesoiler to Congress from Missouri, is a grave accusation, and when put forward, as it is, without the shadow of proof, has alt the appearance of an effusion of 6pite. We ask i ?i.-* - - - iu miuw wnui j?;ipcrs 01 me rsoutli Hate no dishonored their section ? We have seen none, and wo shall not believe without eri* deuce, that the Times lias any justification for its assertion.? Charleston Mercury. The August Elections. The results may be briefly stated i? follows : Iowa lias gone fur the Republican Coatlit inn litr nlumt !?/* ... ..j ..Uvu? ?..v> miiiiq niiijurHjr w till year, when tlic majorities of the candidates of the same party* were 3,922, 4,441, and 4,737. One Fusionist is certainly elected to Congress ; the other in depute. If Augustus llall, DemoorAt, is re-elected in Ibe 1st district, which at present we can neither, affirm nor deny, then the delegation yill Kuinu as m present. II.HI, It is said ClalEM the election. Kentucky has gone Democratic by 7,000 or 8,000 majority. The election was only-, for Judges and other district officer* % Missouri.?The contest for Governor is close between Polk, Democrat, and Ewlng, American ; hut wetbink the formerb elected. Benton is leftfar behind. Blair is the only Bcntonite elected to Congress. The other six members are divided between Democrats proper and Americans. Thau Democrats have pretty certainly elected three and possibly four of the six. Tfco years ago, Phelps was the only Democrat elected in the State. Neither of the three parties will have a majority in tho Legislature.' If the Bentonftes vote for Buchanan and Bracket)ridge, as they profew thetr lmeniiQP to do, tine result of the Prtridtth tial elcotion cannot be doubtful. . Alabama.?DemocrAtio by 3?rge a?*. incwasedtitajorUy. Ekwtion oprfy ft*$3fcofflceni ' *'TP "v. . ' North Carolina.?GoYeroot BraM1 Democrat, re-elected by 8,000 tWlO^OOOr majority. LegklaUre DemooraLio by,a lafga and iocrapned majorityf , od O^rdw by a majesty 000. LcgWataw largely Two Democratic membot* 6f CfenffWiL twecnwooci ana vtrareor) elected M usttttf' Jour, of Com,**'..