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COURSE OF THE SPATE. (ion. .John l?uchannii, the Senator from Fairfield, and one of the State-action nominees for the Convention, has given his views of the intent and spirit of the Legislature, in an interesting and ably written leiter in the Register. We cannot occupy space botfer than by rejniblisbing the most impor t.Tfu portion, which we recommend to attention : % One purpose of tin* Legislature is clear, that it intended to encourage and sustain the South em States in united action, by providing for a Southern Congress. Another object is equally manifest. That it intended our Stale to wait on these States a reasonable time, in or * dc^to obtain their assistance and co-operation. It is not probable that a Southern Congress assemble be fury the first months of 1852. *Onr delegates are elected in October next, the jl, Mississippi Convention sits in November follow^fersp.atid that Convention must provide for the representation of Mississippi in the Southern Confess, if she jhio in that measure, which is ^ prohahle, inasmuch as she was represented in both meetings of the Nashville Convention, was the origin and prime mover of that Convention, and would incline to sustain its recommendations. The delegates from Mississippi, cannot be elected inVune to meet before January, 1852. and the time is therefore given the other States interested to prepare and join in this Congress. Our act expressed a de.-ire, that the 2d Monday of January, 1852. should Viatel*. ~V.ut looimeit (n ntir ( t f?V. J. H'f uay Ul Illl'l'llUg, UUl iwtuvfli* ?y W... ^triior, jointly with the Governors of other States, moving, to fix the day; and a later month than January may be selected, should the position and wants of* any State make that enbr.se expedient. The Southern Congress, if it cfoes assemble, will meet early in 1862, but, if ascertained that farther time is required to bring together such a Congress, that tune is given through the exercise of a wise and sound discretion ; running into the year 1862, and until it is well known whether co-operation '"can be obtained, or ought not to be exacted. * 1 "The Legislature viewed it a9 necessary to re*fleem pledges already given, and as dictate!bv prudence and wisdom, to call a Southern Con.gross; but that the Legislature expected our - Couveulion to take nlterior and definite action, before it was finally dissolved, whether jrSonthern Congress had met and acted or not, I have never doubted. The fifth section of the Act is in these wards: ." Bo it enacted bv the authority aforesaid. th"at a Convention of the Statejof Sojitn* Carolina is hereby.ordained to be asscmA?-3-J'?i__ * ?.<>_i.?i:.. Dieti in inc iuwfi ujr *^oiuuiui.i. no uciviumin jp'pvjded, fpr the purpose in the first jdacr, of iaJtiug into consideration the proceeding arid reeoriimeudatifms of a Congress of the slavclu/ldiiig States* if the same shnU meet njid be 4ield; rtnd for the furtherpurpose of takirtipntp consideration the" general u-clftirr of''this 'STate in view of hqr.relations to the laws and jgpveciuiient of tbo United States, aud tbercop00 to take care that the Commonwealth of .South Carolina shall suffer no detriment." Two objects are distinctly stated. One is for the Convention to consider, and act 011 the proceedings of a Southern Congress if one had met1; the other and most important purpose is to consider the genernl welfare of this State, as influenced by the'totes and gorcrnmcnt of the United States, and on that uuUl*r to take care ..tjiiat the Commonwealth of South Carolina shnll suffer no detriment. The Southern Con gress might-meet or not, and still the Convention was to see that South Carolina was pin"'"t on 1 frmn/l-itinn iif efip.iiritv mrulllSt hai'fll "" " """" "" w" 'J - p . ? present or prospective. No remedy had heen discussed io South Carolina, as we all well know^ or was i>e]icved adequate to redress her wrongs, but secession. ThBhnu'st, therefore, lwyce been the only remedy present to the mind of lb* Legislature when it defined the purposes intended l?v the call of the Convention. The Legislature did not expect that the Convention would or could force the (ieneral Government to retrace its steps?to rescind all its proscriptfvc and ruinous legi.-lation towards the slaveholding States, and restore them to their lost right and Constitutional guaranties, with indemnity for the past,and security for the future.? No one hopes or expects that the (ieneral (.investment would under any circumstances reduce California from' a State*to a Territory, witli any part thereof open to slavery, and <\'ouId run the .\yssouri compromise lino to the Pacific Oce^u, guaranteeing the security of 1> /?!' li?n? iinii I'nr Qiavi a ?15 jiJUjn i i ) , isjvuiu wi ..?? , -----ther, that slavery Hereafter should form no ohjeclion to the admission of any State; would recall the ten million bribe given to the State of Texas, and restore to her that exclusive slave Territory, now surrendered to the use of the NbrMiern^jeeTspiler, would repeal that insidu04s and fataT^it-aljolishing the slave trade in r~"? VHgiUp.Hf* ,WT "''^frn^jp-trT- wnobi enforce effectually the fugitive sntVc+rtw, now useless or. worse than useless to the South, which she is ondcr solemn obligations as a Government to enforce, being based on one of the guaranties for the Constitution especially designed for the benefit of the South, and paid for at the time, by au equivalent benefit conceded to the North, or would by an amendment of the federal Constitution, raise slavery above the power of any subsequent amendment, and thereby establish its permanency. This amendment is growing yearly inore essential to the existence of slavery at the South, from- the rapidly increasing number of the Free States, which in ten or fifteen years willgiyc them power to abolish slavery throughout the Union, under an alteration of the present Constitution, ami which it will "jive them joy ami gladnesR to carry into practice so soon as they can seize the power. This in. creasing storm is now fearfully impending over tho South; charged with the elements of her sure destruction. From its desolating ravathere is no escape, unless we take refuge itf the conservative ami peaceful remedy of iState aition. ? * ^ ' . , /nt ^ /1 t / ? i. ...ill - l lie utmerai * uvurnmem. nvrc win rn nn< or redress ono grievance inflicted on the South. 'Tier march is forward until she lias effected the overthrow of slavery throughout the hounds ol this wide spread Confederacy. She will continue to add aggression to agression, and in suit to spoliation, of such magnitude and frequency as she finds the jailed and sinking spiiii of the South will hear. If the Legislature intended the Convention to tnkc action on the wrongs inflicted on South Carolina, whether | the Southern Congress had acted or not, as the Act" itself clearly shows it did; then it must have looked lievond the General Government for \he remedy. It looked to separate State action. There was no other remedy. I trust we have now answered the question proposed. It is not required of us, nor is it j proper at this time to di?cuss tully the question whether die State ought, to take separate action if the Southern Congress shall fail. A tlivi-ion in public opinion in South Carolina on this vital question is greatly to he deplored.? On its proper decision I sincerely believe, hangs our own safety and happiness and also the salvation of the South. I believe that Soutli Carolina may he compelled to act alone, or sink down into a disgraceful submission, leading to our inevitable ruin. And I believe furiher, that unless we on this emergency, separate, ar^i within one or two years, that the South never will act. That her doom is sealed ; with slavery abolished, and her condition made as poor, wretched and degraded as the abolitionist or her greatest enemy would desire. Rest assured if the South is unable to unite in resistance now, she never.can hereafter resist in any form. ; Her cup of present suffering is large enough I and more than she ought to bear. Every day I she is growing weaker and her enemy growing i stronger. Rul what is worse than all this, her i once noble spirit is gradually sinking down and becoming abased under the regular and con( etant conlliction of her oppressor. Separate state action 13 neitlier to be avoui| ed nor dreaded. The proceeding is ConstituJ tional and peaceful. And 110 wars, no blood\ shed, and no perplexing difficulties with the j General Government will result, or the best reflection that I have been able to give the subject is greatly at fault. Out of sound policy tbc General Government would be forced to j acquiesce. Would the other Southern States unite with South Carolina in a Southern Confederacy after 'she had successfully put in moi tion the great work of Southern redemption ? Now that all danger was over, every motive of deep interestjiud feeling would influence them to leave a ruinous, and form a safer and more advantageous connection. I ain in favor of ! waiting in good faith on our sister slave States, and of giving them reasonable time to unite with us in our great remedy ; yet 1 doubt wheI tlier the separate action of any Southern State IJ A U-! ..I A ? C! *1 p..f wouiu not iniii?? cii/uuL a ouuuieru v/uiiicui*rm:Y in a shorter time, ami with more certainty and as little danger.- We would noCe^pect of S. Carolina long t-? remain a separate Govern! menL Eighteen months, and it need not ho more than twelve or six, would not elap6e hefore some Southern State would join her in the .* movement. Either Mississippi or Alabama or both, or some others would first unite, and the rest, as 1 confidently believe, would soon follow the example. Nor is the size and resources of South Carolina and her capacities for a ' self-sustaining and flourishing Government to i be ridiculed or despised. Her territory embraces 33,000 square miles. The whole of the five New England States, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island together, have only 31 ,'280 square miles. The great States of New York, and Pennsylvania have, the first, but 47,000, and the latter qlily 46.000 square miles. The ( territory of South Carolina is larger than a ina! jority of the old and established governments ; of Europe. Denmark has 21,015 square miles, j Holland 11,470, iielgiuin 12,500, Switzerland i 17,208, Rovaria, 28,435, Saxony, 5,705, Han' over 14,000, and Portugal, once a powerful ; nation, has only'34,500 square miles. I Tiie present population of South Carolina in ! round numbers is about 000,000 inhabitants, i white and black. With a fraction over sixty persons to the square mile,her population would be two millions. Massachusetts has now OS, Rhode Island S8, and Connecticut 05 persons to the square mile. .Maryland, a slave-holding State, has 50 inhabitants to the square mile, , and South Carolina, with all the arts and pursuits of life in an improved condition could well bear a popnla'ion of two millions, and might be a greater. The resources of South Carolina 1 have been greatly underrated. Her imports i must iqual her exports, with the profits of trade i (from I'd 1-d to d;> per cent) to he added. The imports must then amount to twenty-two millions, live hundred thousand dollars, ($*22,500,000,) a tariff of duties at twenty per cent, would biing a revenue of four million, live hundred thousand, dollars. The present amount | unit woiuu support tne com. moil opefl^HPt our Government as it now does; leaving(71*all required) the import duties to support hnd defray the expenses of our Forj eigo Relations. And after we reflect, that for 1 many years following our revolution ; the whole | revenue of the federal Government, did not , much exceed four and a half millions, and that I the increase of trade and commerce from increasing population, would soon raise our income to seven or eight millions; our resources would be ample to rear ourselves a government i expectable and able to support her independence and protect our liberty. We deceive ourselves, if we suppose a large territory and extensive resources essential to good or permanent Government. The Repub! lie of Switzerland with a small territory about ! half as large as South Carolina, and a popula tion uf two million, two hundred thousand inhabitants only, and surrounded by two powerful Governments, Austria and France, and living in tlio niidst of wnrs and revolutions of Government, has preserved her independence for live hundred years, and ever from the da. of her liberator William Tell. South Catolina would he strong enough, for all purposes of good Government. Hut as we before stated, we believe that separate State action if we have to resort to that measure will result in a happy Confederacy of the slave-holding States, and I would again repeat, that i firmly believe that if the South at this time fail to r? sist and consent to submit to the wrongs already inflicted, she will never resist; lot the time of resistance be postponed so long as she pleases t<> pos'pone it, she will never he stron I ii'otw. ....... | "II i?l IIIVIV UIIIH ! .7111: Hill IIUl I I'QIDt HUH wl*en she numbers fifteen slavo States against sixteen non-ttlnveholding States, will she resist alter the Nforth lias abolished slavery in the South then numbering not above thirteen States and the North forty. The question to he deci (led is one of awful importance, and may we h >pe that our conduct in this crisis will have discharged the solemn duty we owe to ourselves, and performed the sacred obligations we owe to our j>nsteritv. ' 1 JOHN BUCHANAN. Fromtlws Evening State-Right* Republican. To His Excellency, Goo. Means: Tlic destinies of Sontli Carolina are entrusted to your hands, at a most critical period of onr history. The action of our Legislature at its last sitting, was either very foolish, or indicative of a determination on our part, to carry out our past resolves " at all hazards and to the last extremity," and much of the efficiency of that action must depend on your discretion and firmness. No one who knows you can doubt your patriotism or devotion to the interest and honor of the estate, and knowing you thus, 1 take the jfcivilege, as an humble citizen, of addressing you, in no spirit of presumption, or dictation, but from an earnest desire to add my mite to the great cause in which all true Carolinians are engaged. The policy and tendency of theaction of our State may be summed up in one phrase, "Military preparation," and this is especially the I province and duty of the Executive. The unusual amount appropriated for military purpoI ses?the establishment of a Hoard and liureau I of Ordnance?the re-establishment of Eucamp! ments, and ever)' measure adopted by our Leg| islature, must prove futile, if not carried out by i the executive authority now entrusted to'your j hands. For many years past, our Governors i have borne, respectively, the title of Commari' dor-in-chief, as empty honors, and their military : du'ies have been discharged in putting on uni1 forms and making holiday addresses. The : time for action, however, has now arrived, and 1 South Carolina looks to you as her otlieial lead' er, and to you is entrusted the dictatorial pow! er, which you are charged to exercise "no quid ' dtlrimenti res-publico caper el. ''. j As one mode of discharging thoroughly the i rltilina *4t?Jnrr nnnn ?<aii niwl uoniiittimr j self iii your highest trust, as your friends and 1 fellow-citizcns reasonably expect, it becomes you to do all in your power to put the State in i an attitude of defence and preparation. I Yotir own experience, and the advices you j are enabled to summon to your aid, will sugj gest to you the mode in which this end can be 1 attained, and I will only toucli at present on ! one point.' Nd military preparation is coiu| plete without instruction, and no amount of the mnterial of munitions of war can avail, without ! an edacated and thoroughly drilled soldiery.? Let your attention, therefore, bo directed to the proper training and drilling of our citizens, and let us all aim to attain that degree of prepara; tion, which will render citizen and soldier con| vertiblo-terms?a necessary condition of a selfexisting republic. Let our citizens, our young j men especially, and youth over sixteen, be ful ly equipped and thoroughly taught, and lor ! peace, or war, we will be prepared. A preparation for war is the surest guaranty for peace ! ?preparation .Oil our part/mm is the best step ! for co-opefatidil, if co-operatiort he at all possii Lie?and preparation now is necessary for sep' arate State action, to which we must look.? creasing the fo'ce employed in the ttstaDtisliincut, on a scale commensurate with the extended accommodations for work rooms, now nearly completed. Our planters should hoar in mind that this undertaking is a practical response to the spirit recently manifested, in various sections of j onr (State, to give tue preference to articles for ' plantation use, manufactured at home, to the ! exclusion of those imported from the North, and that they have now the opportunity of rigorously carrying out in practice the resolutions of non-intercourse adopted with so much unanimity from time to time, at various meetings of this inllueiitial class of our people. They have very appropriately taken the lead, in measures of reform of this character, and it now rests chiefly witli llicin to determine whether the movements they have recommended, and the labor and capital which has thus been stimulated into active exercise, shall prove, in the end. to be attended with promising and profitable results, to all concerned.?Chus. Caurier. (?r Industry and economy will get rich while sagacity and intrigue aro laying their plans. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. THO. J. WARREN A C. A. PRICE, Editors. FRIDAY EVEXING,*MARCH 7, 1851. Mr. Richards Lecture, On hint night was truly brilliant. Although the day was so exceedingly forbidding, a large and in. | telligenl audience was in attendance. His general introduction to t'le Course of Lectures was beautifully eloquent?and fraught with the inspiration, which the pnefy of his subject produces His experiments were entirely successful and full of interest, Science ruled the hour? Which else baJ been the plaything of an idle mind. This evening, the second Lecture of the Course will be delivered, and this afternoon at 4 o'clock, an expi sition of tbe different points of last evening's Lecture. We are sure ail rur citizens w? uld be pleased far belter than they anticipate, if they wouhl.attend?and none of them should fail to avail themselves of an occasion like this, to blend valuable instruction, with amusement?the Utile cum Dulci. O' Subscribers not yet supplied, will find their Tickets at the Book Store of jA. Young?where also, others may still obtain them for-the night and afternoon entertainments Camden Debating Club. r / We are pleased to sfate that this excellent Society has been lately reorganized, or one fqrfned of a similar character, for the discussion of Apolitical, literary and miscellaneous questions The object of such Associations are good, and the improvement of the mind i? certainly desirable, for there are none so wise, but may be improved by means nf thpse instrumentalities. The Society which formerly existed under this name a few years since?had numbered up to the time of its dissolution upwards of iwenly-ane Anniversarieshaving attained the full age and maturity ol manhood. The Meetings of the new Society are to be held every alternate Wednesday evening, at the Library Hall of the Camden Orphan Society. On Wednesday evening last the following gentlemen were elected Officers, for the present term: JOHN C. WEST, Pre&fent. D*. J A. YOUNO, Vice President. S. B. LEVY, Secretary. THO. J. WARRF.N, Trer er. "Millions for Defenoe, not a cant for Tribute." g-jgT' We copy to-dav, a communication from the Daily Eteiring State Rights Republican, calling on the G&ernor to attend to the military preparation of the State. We heartily concur with . *r? iitrii r * t _ ine suggestions 01 ju r. mi nag. j-.et us nave a citizen soldiery?let us have a Spartan training for our youths?let each arm know as well to wield the sword, as the heart is ready to resist oppression. Let our enemy see we are prepared for war, and he will be less apt to make the attack. We hope the Governor will attend to the call. High and noble destiuies are placed in his hands. Let him as our Commander-in-chief, bear forward the Banner of Secession, ami beneath and around it will gather hearts "Tlmt never beat to die as slaves? While Heaven has ligh', or Earth has graves." JJ5^"The following tribute from Alabama, has all the living fire of Patriotism aboufit. Will our State by a back-out, ever make you blush at, our name, instead of writing it in capitals.'?never! never! From the Advertiser <fc Gazette. HINTS AND HITS. At Sro.u, Feb. 10, ISoO. Messrs. Editors: If one lesson lias been more emphatically taught than ail others, by the historv of uni ties, it i? the. siunidilil of ^ | ^ A ^ m/ policy-mongers. Men who dig pita are generally apt to Tall into them. Tuere ia a4ie hi hitlireel ion. It has its just moral consequence in confusion. Every principle implies a uioral-law whose infraction never fails to make itself felt, by tiie ultimate defeat and hislionor of those who foolishly labor to oulinuiiogeMnd orerreach. the fixed purpose ? the eternal laws and attributes of the Almighty. A murrain on all simultation say I! ? The political tricker has no faith in God? in Truth?in Just c.*. lie is too blind to see the lights of OniuLcieiice ? too deaf to hear the warning of experience?too stupid insensible to fear the thunderbolt tli?t is hot in the hand of Omnipotence. These are principles?political axioms ? and these are the days to remember them. Illustrations of them might lie "brought from alar"?they throng from the distant climes of classic Greece and Rome - they are "ut our door." Monosylables supply from the living | age this lesson of the Historic Muse. Single j names illustrate and emphasize it. If i write "Ealse"?"Braggart" ? "Traitor"?millions of die American freemen know die individuals intended to be denounced. It is unnecessary to couple with these epithets, lienton?Foote? Rilchic. If 1 write " Truth "?" Dignity "? " Patriotism," is there a man in America that would give me the credit of common sense and common intelligence, and believe ine if i were to assert that I meut to associate these words with the names of any of the demagogues of this proHigate political school 1 Mo ! tuese are words?" Truth "?" Dignity "?" Patriotism" ? that lead the imagination spell-bound to the grave of Calhoun, to the Hermitage, to Monticello, to Mount Vernon. Thank God ! there are yet living Illustrations of these words? " Truth Dignity " Patriotism." Amidst the hollow scoifs of liypocr.tes and the malignant jeers of unprincipled spoilsmen 1 will write their names?Cheves, Mason, Butler, Rliutt, (!iili<iiiitt Towns, f'oi-svfli. Vioieev. fiufnrrl. Lamar, Quitman, David, Soule,?nay, how should 1 write a book of names 1 I will generalize? Republican, friends of the Constitution and of a Constitutional Union ! True sons of the old Dominiou! Enemies of lying professions, of dishonest, plundering legislation, and and dishonorable compromise! Disciples of Troup! I will write in capitals?" SOUTH CAROLINA!" Immortality shall claim the record for her own. Truth shall emblazon it. History shall preserve it?" N'omM Carolina, the Spartan Stitc!" ' Let a competent military instructor therefore, be provided and commissioned, that our citizens generally may imitate the noble example of the llichland Light Dragoons, who have gone to work voluntarily, in eudeavoiing to procure tor themselves that knowledge which the times demand. in the language ol .Milton, " a good educa1 lion is that which lits the citizen to discharge every duty of peace or war," and 011 you is now devolved the highest responsibility of fur* I iiishing in part, that education to your countrymen. J. F. G. hi ITT AG. Columbia, March 1, 1351. Sou/h-Caroliiia Shoe Mnuufarlory.?We had the pleasure, hut a short time since, of recording ] the determination of .Messrs. Carew & Hopkins ! to enter upon the experiment of manufacturing i Shoes for Plantation use, and their intention to j orect, at once, suitable buildings for the purpose. Tlieir factory lias since been located at the corner of King and John streets, near the Rail I Road Depot, where they have commenced opI orations. The Proprietors have been fortunate in sc| curing the superintendence of .Mr. l'\ M. Hartj lott, wiiose long connection with both the sale j of the article in this city, ami familiarity with I the details of manufacturing as carried on in the largest establishments in the Union, renders the selection a very judicious one. Tno buildings on King street are to be greatly improved and enlarged, with suitable oliiees and work rooms attached. On John street, a large and commodious building uf 3 1-2 stories is in course of erection, 80 by 25 in dimensions, containing two extensive apartments on each lloor, to be used for Cutting Rooms. A large number of bands, among them some sixty or seven- | ty boys and girls, are engaged in this operation; and arrangements are in progress for in * rjmir' f * jSBf* ? 4 I have said nothing ofmv native State, Geof ^ gia. When Duford ^aid in his speech, "we ore , no/ Georgian*, that we should eat our trnriU? ?I felt it like the cold pointed steel at my heart; I felt it, in the juMiie of its application to the , J Cobbs and Wellborns, the Toombs and Ste? phens; the mongrel Milledgeville Convention ot "the Constitutional Uuion party" memory; I. felt it in its injustice to thousand? o?ber no^e^apns ?her McDonalds, her Towhses, her Cc?tj^ettt her Howards, her Forsytbs. !?he foontaiusof griet extinguished tiie sense .01. .lujiijy. i remember her Tmups and iier La mars with increased satisfaction, and turned mournfully away from the contemplation of her present false position to enquire into the the state of things in Alabama my adopted home. tfVi For the Guaden JoarnaL > - yc POPULAR SCIENCE. ^ Messrs. Ediiors~ ' ' r. . , I cannot foi bear expressing my delight with Mr. Richard i's First Lecture on the Atmosphere last night, and especially with the happy .Wanner in which he made his theme intelligible to the humblest mind. Every principle was explained and illustrated, so that any one of the subject.was able to appreciate and^understand it. Ilis expeii.uents were striking and to me wonderful; I earnestly call ftjMfn" my fellow citizens, who desire to {rain valuable knowledge iu a most delightful way, to attend Mr. R's. Lectures,and to go this atyjatoon that t!u<v may begin at the beginning of hufinierest- 1 ing subject. They- whl be the wiser for it or I sim greatly mistaken. IMPROVEMENT. For this Journal. ME. HICHARD81 IiEOTDBH*' ' Last evening tire were highly entertained by Mr. Kichflrds' fiM lectuVe'ori fte-AfK^i|)bero? ;t snbject tiitere3tingr,i itself and Invested with additional interest,* by the' very felicitous and successful'manner in.which it was handed.-? The lecture was in the bq|jt style of compcrtitlbn, its language at once chaste, elegant and appropriate?its delivery, free, easy, and gcaMi? the illustrative experiments, numerous, weQjPlected, beautiful, and most soccoSsfuilly-'performed; bv means of fine annarcitus. cbnatrnrt ed after the most apprnvedtnet!iodlijf^c?4&rn art and scientific ingenuity. Wecoiifidefctly assure the community, and the loveroatid itudents of nature, that they have offered in these lectu res a rich treat ata very incons^erublrprire. Ladies should by all means attend-tath.Mii they will be of great value, and delightfeMnterftiMor they will find new beauties developed1!!! every thing, and a favorite studyy perhaps fotfglaid aside, will thus brt very easily nnd ugreeably revived. No one however should ^3en^1imtoelf such pure refreshing, and improving gratHfcntions, or withdraw himself from tltoir tallowed . influence. Parents ought by all means to send children far enough advanced ill lira study of natural science, to grasp and apveeiatelhe truths, principles and experinian's, a^ye^jpd. explained and exhibited-upon 8*0$, ii w?pid have a most decidedly beneficial i ming a study, considered dull by mariydffto ft most delightful pursuit. An atteiidariceifl^on those lectu es would doubtless exert a mbstinj; utary influence upon their future progrgssr^Expcrinients, such as Mr. Richards porformft ars not within the reach of every serniftafy^hriWnr country, and hence the impdVtance of an attendance upon 'lis course. Again, there undoubtedly rests an obligation,, upon each and evasion of as, to aid and encourage such efforts** arts made, for o.:.* good, and may .result in ourbtipi ovoinonL Let us do so, axjd give most wrdial countenance and support-^) the truly prajae* worthy (and are they not so) who seek to afford interesting and important instructions aftd to impart refined and refining pleasure. For oftselves, we confess that we feel anxious to these lectures attended by a large, respectable, attentive and generously appreciating aadiMee; they deserve it,.and we are desirous thafoppbr* tunittes snch ns^hese be repeatedly offered^ Who can say we wilfhot be extensively b^efiC ed by their frequent., recurrence? There are few pleasures more pure..dignified and eaoo? t ui:? ,i .*J ?!-S ?:o.IJB W? ..I, IJllllg UIWFWWC OVICIIVC JTICIUD. ?? u ooa mviv fore that'these fee to res be lihefatly ptftronited in ordfr that we may hereafter have more otihe same sort. , . ?? *1 1 A FRIEND TO SCIENCE. h" , w Fuoitivk Slavk Arrrstbd. ?TbeJESftrnt, Md., Democrat of Satarday gives the fbRofciiig^ account of the arrest of a fugitive sUvaln fh'av? place on Monday last, and his recovery b^ Mr master He was making His way North, .alongiforail road, in company with' a white Uii, aboK t 18 or 20 years oi age.. HtT \#A$ taken op oa suspicion, and represented himself W befree, hut having no papers he was committed, after. an examination beforo a magistrate, whifh eJus ited nothing positive against him. To eflawi his release from prison, he wrote to his roapler^ in Annapolis, assuming the name of a free vant who formerly lived with him, represeofiiug| that he had been engaged in sailing ^ vesaw^J and had been wrecked, by wbich accident he " lost his certificate of freedom, and requested iiis master, Commander Strabling, of the rStav^Ji School, to supply |pm with another. Goq^ mander Strabling having lost a servant inOslq^ her last, suspected that this was the fugit^ej,^ he accordingly dispatched his son to thu P^ca^ | who found that his suspicions were coreti*^ ....J ? T"l...I__* l,? .Anunvorl him K??k 4a _ j ?i>iu uii Ainuouaj insty iic '-p to Annapolis. When arrested he gavehis name . as Robert James, his true name being Angustns Philippe. ? 0 ??- _