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ADDRESS OF THE CONVENTION OF
SOUTHERN RIGHTS ASSOCIATIONS I
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Differences of opinion will, and do exist, in
the South, as to the extent and degrading character
of the hostile action of the Kodeial Government
ijpon the rights of the Southern peo
pie, and also as to whether any course for re
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While candid minds, even in the North, frankly
admit that great injustice has been done the
South, there are intelligent Southern men, of
such obliquity of menial vision, or so devoid of
those nice sensibilities which rentier a free pooplo
jealous of their rights and their honor, and
quick to resent a wrong, who honestly contend
that the Southern people have nothing to conj
lain of; no wrongs to redress; no ground on
which to demand reparation for past injustice.
Others, taking Council of their timidity, and anxious
for repose and quiet, however inglorious,
while admitting that injustice has been done
the South, are willing to submit, for fear of
greater practical evils. Others, again, politicians
by profession, knowing and appreciating full
well all the enormity of the wrongs, and the
sure tendency of events under continued submission
by the South, to repeated and redoubled
outrage, have a nersonal interest iti auietin<r ex
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citoinent, in lulling to a false security, and in
persuading the people to be content wilfcrthings
as they are.
In South Carolina, these distracting influences
exist to but little extent, and her people are
in a condition to view the subject in its true
I bearings. Differences do exist, of a grave charactor,
as to the proper remedy, but opinion, in
South Carolina, is unanimous as to the wrong.
The Address put forth by her Convention of
Southern Rights Associations, is entitled to
great weight and consideration throughout the
Union, as a trutlifal index of the sentiment of
thafStnte. It is entitled to especial consideration
throughout the Southern States, because
it declares, in impressive terms, tbe resistance
of South Carolina to separate her destiny from
that which awaits her Southern sisters.
The following jmssage deserves long to be
remembered and may hereafter be suggestive
of bitter regrets on the part of the Southern
people:
"We wish that the necessity for separnto action
by South Carolina, which we have contemplated,
may be hverted. We confide in the
gaHant spirits whom we address. There may
be Some hope of the assembling of a Southern
Congress, to devise'measures of redress and relief,
upon which some of the injured States
may unite. Wfc have heretofore been willing
to sacrifice much for Southelra Union. We still
are. We do not, desire to lead, but to follow.
Propose any effectual measures for vindicating
our common rights, and providing for our common
safety, anwe will heartily unite with
you in carrying fBcm."
^ Had the .enfjre South been as South Caro
lina is, a unit as to the grossness of the fraud
- sought to bo perpetrated-upon her iu depriving
W her of her share of the acquired territories, aud
i?i denying to her the right ofwer extending
tiie arena of shivery beyond itopresent limits,
the fraud would not have been consummated.
Were the South ho\v united as South Carolina
is, wrong perpetrated, could lie,, even
at .this late day, in a measure, undono?
the division line of 36 30 would be run through
California to the Pacifir, and all South of that
line would be open to the South and her slave
institutions.
Buttherq is no such Union oTthe South, and
no injuheiTiate prospect of it. The great majority
of her people are willing to submit to the
fraud and the injustiec. Virginia and Georgia
have s<rwjlemtrly derided, ami tire same decis-^
ion is virtually made in nearly all the other
siavenoiumg suites.
The Address further says:
,-In all Uigse proceedings, wc think that the
citizens of South Carolina have evinced all proj>er
anxiety to avoid the appearance of arrogance
or dictation, to act in concert with the
citizens of the other Soutlmrii States, and to
do nothing separately. Arid now, strongly as
we luuy; expressed our belief that there is no
hope itir the South in the existing Union, we
are prepared to give a trial, fairly and in good
faith, to any effectual plan which may beproposodliy
any sister State of the South, for obtaining |
redress- for the pi& and security for the future,
with sot a dissolution of the existing Union, if
tbero be a possibility cl such a consummation.
In the faco qftlys notorious willingness of the
majority to 'submit it is vain to'call on any body
of men in the.other Southern. States, to propose
an effectual measure of vindication. The
Southern people have resolved not to vindicate
their violated rights. They have accepted that
miserable humbug called the Fugitive Slave
Law, the ottci inefficiency of which lias already
been exhibited in a way which proved the
complete triumph of Abolitionism over the Constitution,
as an equivalent. It is a law; which,
if worth any thing, the South was already entitled
to the Constitution, without paying for it.
The law will stand for years upon the statute
booh as a solemn , mockery of tho South; for
as long as it will take fivg thousands dollars, to
recover a slave worth one thousand dollars, the
Northern people will have no adequate motive
tq repeal the law. The only motive to repeal
it would be to put a wanton insult upon tho humbled
and degraded South, a3 was the case when
tl?ey applied the YVilroot Proviso to tho Oregon
territory?a territory where Slaver)' would not
have gone even had this outrage not becu committed.
As it seems a settled matter, that South Carolina
will net get the co-operation of any Southern
State in a measure of vindication, the next
-r question for her to decide is: "Will she secede
alone from the Union?"
She, as a sovereign State, lias the i ight, and
as an intelligent State, has the capacity to decide*
this question for herself.
The whole South should should rise up as
obo man aud mnintain this right for her, and
insist that no steps shdfrffl bo taken by the
which Sonth Carolina secedes
if she iWcides'te'c!o so, to enibarniss her in its
exercise, or to cripple and retard Lor p*osperilv
o! lfi<? Union.
'A'up ' ooi<\-t ; y'apathies of !m:'.v:u vil;ir?
viOfl ! 1 to, to shi. ! ; hi. is- j-i itod. I
but comparatively feeble nation, from ungenerous
hostility, and from oppressive legislation
against her .commerce and her institutions.
In the South she should look for this sympathy,
not from the characteristic magnanimity
alone of her people, hut from the commonest
dictate of interest and self-preservation; for if
South Carolina were allowed to he made a victim
by anti-slavery hostility, her fate would in
time become the fate of the other Southern
States. They should remember that anti-slave*
ry hates not South Carolina alone, but slavery
and that hatred will show itself in deeds as well
as words, when it gets, as it evidently must, the
entire mastery of tiiis Government.
Separate secession is a question of policy for
Soutn Carolina. We see hi it a formidable and
appalling array of diiiicultics. and we conceive
it would be no dishonor to that State to avoid
them. The Federal Government would not
shed the blood of her citizens, hut would victimise
her by hostile legislation.
It would do this not by tiie votes of Southern
members of Congress, IVir. Clay and a few such
apostates to the South excepted. But there
would be Northern anti-slavery votes enough in
Congress to do this, and the anti-slavery section
of the Union would find in Millard Fillmore, and
abolitionist and slavery hater in heart, a willing
instrument to carry out the attrocious schemes
of oppression.
If South Carolina elects to remain in the
Union, and, true to her past history, continues
to fight against anti-slavery encroachments,
contesting inch by inch her friends in the South
will increase, until more than one Southern
State will be in full sympathy with her. This |,
union of Southern States will check the abolitionists,
and save our institutions in the Union,
or it will produce a Southern Confederacy
which will be suficiently stro ig to protect itself.
Either result will be creditable alike tothesarr.w.ifti
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MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR.
On the 2 ith ult., Charles Sumner was elected
a Senator to Congress from the State ot Massachusetts,
for six years from the 4th of March,
1851. This is another signal triumph of the '
"higher law" doctrine of the North, and one of '
more fearful interest to the South than any that
has yet taken place, because it was a contest?
a regular "stand up light," between the Constitution
and "Higher Law." The latter has tiiumphcd,
and Massachusetts has said by the act, I
that the Constitution will be no barrier in carrying
out her fanatical purposes of Abolition. 1
Will our neighbor of the Walchm<in notice this
fact, and tell its readers if Sewardism is waning 1
at the North or not; or will it say, as in tiie 1
case of Fish, that he is no Abolitionist, but a '
very conservative man ? Here are Sumner's 1
deliberate sentiments, deliberately expressed : 1
CHARLES SUMNER IN STATE CONVENTION. j
"VVo demand, first and foremost, the iiistant
repeal of tho fugitive slave bill.
"We demand that Congress receive into the '
I
Union no new slave State.
"And yet 6ne thing further must be done: J
The slave power inust be overturned, so that
the federal government may be put openly, actively,
and perpetually on tho side of freedom.
"And still further, as if to do a deed which |
should make Heaven weep?'all earth amazed'
?this 8ame Congress, in disregard of all the
cherished safeguards of freedom, has passed a
most cruel, unchristian, deyi!i?h law, to secure '
tho return into, shivery of tho3G unfortunate
bonduieu who are found sheltered by our liresides.
? j
"Into the immortid catalogue of national
crimes this law has now passed, drawing with
it, by an inexorable necessity, its authors also,
and chiefly him who, as President of the United j
States, set his name to the bill, and breathed
into it that final breath without which it would
have no life.
"Other Presidents may he forgotten, hut the
name signed to the fugitive bill will never be .
forgotten. There are depths of infamy as there 1
are heights of fame, liettcr far for him had 1
he never been born ; better far for bis memory
and for the good name of his children had he J
never been i resident.
"Sir, 1 will not dishonor this home of the
pilgrims and of the revolution, by admitting?
nay, I cannot believe?that this bill will be executed
here. Individuals among us, as elsewhore,
may forget humanity in a fancied loyalty
to law; hut the public conscience will not 1
allow a man who has trodden our streets as a !
freeman to be dragged away as a slave. The j
fugitive slaves of the United States aro among
the heroes of our age."
From the Columbia Telegraph.
Let the first business of the State Conven- t
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teution of theistate of Smith Carolina, lo loavo (
the Federal Union. This notice might be ser- 5
vedou the Governors ol* the States, who would t
doubtless present it to their Legislatures for '
consideration. The Legislatures wouhl all dc- 1
clare their opinions on the question of the right
to secide. i
By this course, wo would ascertain what J
Suites recognise the right to secede, and what J
States deny it. The question whether wo '
would bo permitted to depart in pence, or '
whether wo should ho required to cut loose by :
the sword would iu a great degree bo settled. j
We should then better know what to do in the '
way of preparation. It is of the greatest im- 1
portauco to know whether Secession is to be a 1
work of war, or one of peace. Until this is i1
settled, our people will not unite with the same (
interest and zeal, in making the preparation '
that may be necessary to carry us out of the I
Union. Indeed it may not require any prcpa* 1
ration to withdraw, as many of our wisest men 1
believe, and therefore the funds and labor thus .
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UAjJCUUCU, WUU4U UU 1U?>1.
The momentous question of State Sovereignty,
would then receive a profound and deliberate
discussion, and a practical consideration
by all the co-states, a consideration under circumstances
of the deepest interest. The grave
question, vt our Government practically, what- 1
(vcr it may haw. thought to be in th'ory, a mere
dcu&cracy?<t Government in which a majority
ihajl rule, rc arJ,'rss ofallie check* of the Canfuvfiou
( Tito StuUteiW. refuse to meet u>
ii tbo Southern Uongrcss, wii! be 11 weed to <
mwmmmamammm. n.iiwwmwi-iiiiBw IMIWI n>PtP
meet this question. The "Old Dominion," the
once proud lender in the advocacy of the State
Sovereignty?the "Old Dominion " that from
her numerous resolutions on this point, is entitled
at least to the name of the State of Resolutions,
will have an opportunity of indulging
in this, her excelling nature, by adding another,
to her already ponderous stock of Resolves.?
She will have an opportunity of completing her
political figure ofa beautiful beginning, although
of a mongrel middle, with a noble finish. And
the balance of the Southern States cannot
evade this question, but must march up to it
and say whether their property, their liberty
and their lives, shall be subject to the will of a
heaitless majority.
It would appear decent in our State to notify
her copartners that she intends to quit the concern,
and it would moreover, argue that we believed
we had a right to secede peaceably.?
Tiie notice should be served 011 the co-States,
and not on the Federal Government. The coinpact
was made with the States, and from the
co-partnership entered into with them, we propose
to withdraw; and when wc shall have
withdrawn, the Federal Government can no
longer rightfully operate upon our citizens, as
it received its authority from the State to operate
upon them. The Federal Government
ccnsHS to exist rightfully over South Carolina,
the instant after she declares herself to be out
of the Union. She has no more right to control
the citizens of tins State than those of Great
Britain, and the citizens of this State owe her
110 more allegiance than our ancestors did, after
they had established their independence and
ot/c/t/ ci^, /u
As wo should bo CMifitled to .1 share of the
public property?our share of the investment
mid the profits of the copartnership?it is also
our duty tocall on the co-States for settlement.
With them we made the burg tin, and with them
we should propose to settle, and not with the
Federal Government. And when we notify
then) of onr intention to withdraw, it might
seem advisable to notify them of our desire to
have our share of the public property delivered
over to us, or its value in money, as it might
serve to fortify our State, and purchase or build
a navy. J. F. G. MITT AG.
<.OH O?
COTTON POWER OF THE SOUTH.
The New York Herald, in drawing a comparison
between the political power of the
North and the cotton power of the South, remarks:
"Docs any one duubt the extent of the cotton
power, or of its ability to tear up, even to
the smallest fibre, the cankerous root of abolition,
let liiin only study the true nature of the
infliction which the withdrawal of the Southern
trade from Boston his put upon Boston
.luring the past season. That city could have
better afforded to have given tiie entire prelect
of the gold mines of California, for the
[last year, to the abolitionists, that to have had
their action and agitation, it lias cost them
noro, and will cost them still more, now that
they have elected Summer. The retiihution
r?f the .South is a featful one, but it is proper, i
When men break their political faith?all the
dedges of the compact and constitution under ,
which they have agreed to live?they cannot (
xpeel that honest and high-minded men will j
represent them. On the contrary, they rnu3t
xpect that they will have no couiiutuiicatiou
with them. This is now the case. The cliivilry
of the whole South is aroused by the airowcd
determination of sections of the North (
to assail their rights, as defined by the conali- '
anion. That chivalry is something stronger 1
nul deeper than the mock morals which ori- 1
'hutted the anti-masonic excitement, and which I
ailing in that, has now taked up the abolition ]
lausc for political effect. It is an abiding and
sincere sense of lienor and justice?and it will j
trray that tremendous cotton power, which ,
can move the world, and even revolutionize it. j
n such hostility against political presumption, ,
:hat many Northern cities will he made to safer.
Tiie instinct of a great people, in such a '
;ase, as our southern neighbors will show, 1
will be beyond the common ways and means :
which might he devised to cripple enemies.
Filey wiii see where they can beiielit those who
ire opposed to them, and they hare the spirit
.o cut all benefit, oil', if not by individual skill, ;
miniated by warm feelings, then by a chival- (
rous and solemn league, which, knowing its |
lower, can ben 1 a large portion of the world to
Is will, at the cost of only slight retrenchments
md sacrifices.
"If, in view of this subject, any one doubts
llie power of the South to touch the pocket
which is the soul) of .hose who are arrayed
igainst her interests let him remember the
housands upon thousands of Southern families '
who pour; during the summer mouths, millions s
>t annrrrs" into H e lap ot tiio iNortii. .Last ,
summer they avoided the infected districts of j
lie North; and during the present season they ?
tvill not l>e found, we venture to say, carrying .
heir wealth for distribution into Western New j
i'ork, where abolition conventions and free
soil-holhouscs are as plentiful as potato hills- '
Neither will they extend their journeys into
New England. The soil of these places can (
rave no charms for them. The people will be i
lisagreeable to them. They will not wish to ]
issociate, much less spend their money, with t
those who, through the ballot box, would sneak- ]
ingly rob them of their rights and property,
as guarantied to tliein by the constitution.
On tho contrary, despising the spirit of i
[ very section which has devoted itself to un- ;
Jenninc their security, and to steal their goods ]
from them, they will have too high a sense of j
personal comfort and relaxation, to distribute (
their wealth among their foes. No?the cotton
power will show what it is?a power be- '
yond political power?beyond the money pow- 1
erol tho North?patient ns well ns valiant in 1
the chivalrous spirit of protecting itself, and >
forming a compact of intentions which will I
confine its power of benefitting the country to I
those sections of which are ready to maintain ;
inviolate the sacred compromises of the constitution."
0O~ Those who endeavor to imitate us wo
like much better than those who endeavor to i
uni tl u*: iinitaiiun is ft sii^n <>l esteem, bul 1
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THE CAM JOURNAL,
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1851.
TO ADEVRTI3BRS.
As the circulation of the Journal-has been steadily
increasing within the past sixteen months,
and particularly since the first of January last, the
r\o rw?t? o a crnr\A fi/l irnrf iciwcr IVIM/Iilim. an/I a?
? a""" ?.......fa
an inducement to merchants and others, we have
determined to contract for yearly advertising as
heretofore.
Our Cotton Market.
The receipts since our last have been very light,
and the principal sales at 6 to 9 cents.
Corn and Fodder are very scarce, and high,
the former, commanding from the wagons, ?1 to
?1.06?, and the latter $1.50 to $1.75.
Chakleston, May 19.
The sales on Saturday footed up 700 bales, the
market continuing depressed, and at the irregular
decline of f to as reported on Friday, prices
ranging from 7 to 9 f.
Brigade Encampment.
The Encampment of the 5th Brigade commonced
on Tuesday. A large number of Officers and
Sergeants are in attendance. The whole is under
the Command of Brigadier General Chandler.
Cif"A writer in the South Carolinian, ofSaturday
last, under the signature of "A Disunionisl,"
in the course of some strictures upon the proceedings
of the late convention of the southern rights
associations, says "Kershaw is nearly unanimous
against separate state action."?meaning we suppose,
that the People ol our District are nearly
unanimously opposed to that measure. Now, we
have no means of knowing where or how "A
Disunionisl" obtained his information, hut that he
has misstated the nosilion of Kershaw, there is
not th.! least doubt. We are free to admit that a
large number of our inilueiitial citizens are opposed
to immediate separate state action, but that
there is any approach towards unanimity in that
sentiment, we most emphatically deny. The only
test that has been made in Kershaw was the election
of Delegates to the state convention, when
the separate state action ticket was elected.?
Taking that election as a test, (and we believe it
a lair one,) the voice of Kershaw is lor separate
state action. True, the vote was a small one,
but the presumption is fair, that at least one half
of those who did not vote are in favor of separateaction?at
all events, we have as good a right to
claim them tor our side, as "A Disunionist" ha* to
claim tin in ro,' his, until they express an opinion,
and when that opinion is expressed, we have no
fears of the result.
The writer further says, that he knows that in
d'l of the Districts except six, some of the delegates
to the state convention are opposed to separate
stale action, and that in Charleston, York,
Abbeville, Chester, Lexington and Kershaw, the
entire delegations (or nearly so) are opposed to
that measure. Hid assertion in regard to other
District's may be correct?we will only speak lor
Kershaw, and will let our delegates to the slate
convention speak for themselves. In answer to
]Ueries addressed to them previous to their election,
two replied, th-.l alter waiting a reasonable
time for co-operation without obtaining it, they
were for separate state action. The other thought
the "argument was exhausted," and South Carollna
ougli* to act alone.
Thus it will he seen, that as far as our delegation
are concerned, and so far as the sent meats
cf our people have been expressed, "A Di-unionst"
has placed Kershaw in a wrong position.?
We assure our friends that there are no subnfsuouists
in Kershaw, and whatever mode of resistance
the State in her sovereign capacity may
idopt, we will be found with her.
Secession in Alabama.
It is graifying to know that we have at least,
1 few friends, firm, tried, and true, in some of
the counties in the adjoining States. Those who
know how to appreciate South Carolina, in the
midst of a crooked and perverse generation; those
who, regardless of the idle slang and viie abuse of
her traducers, are willing
"With tier to wan the sword on high,
And mvear for her to live, with tier to die."
In Alabama, we have many substantial friends,
inflincbing advocates of secession and State
sovereignty. The Loundes County Chronicle, is
i faithful sentinel at the post of duty. The Montgomery
Atlas, has been for a length of time, the.
stern and inflexible advocate of Southern Rights,
1 ~ i_:-Li &_ i ... 4 MI
iiiu we are iiigiuy gnumca 10 iiiui ii max n will in
"uturo. be published under the name of the "Atlas
md. Secession Banner," by Messrs. Cragin & Co.
[t will advocate the policy of Secession, as a remely
for Southern wrongs, so says the Chronicle.
\nd we are glad to find that there are yet a few
presses in Alabama, who are not atraid to assume
,he pioud position of Resistance to Federal usurpation.
O* We have a few thoughts yet left on hand,
vhich we intend to submit, nu the practicability
ind necessity, of our citizens building thai I'lank
Hoad; when we have leisure to transcribe them
nto our columns. In the interim, we beg that
aur people will take into consideration, the importance
of the enterprise. Should the State
secede, that is no reason why the Road should
lot be built?but rather a stronger inducement for
is construction. The gentleman who told us a
few days ago he was willing to give as a donation
throe hundred dollars towards its construction,
md pay his Tolls besides talks the way to suit us.
Hon. Joseph A. Woodward.
The Southern Standard, (Columbus Mi.)of the
10th inst., says : The Hon. Joseph A. Woodward
member of Conprcfs from the tliir 1 district, South
Carolina, spent a day in our ci'v .ltui; : tho prosent
week. lie ha- t'riei !. r>. i.lijis! it; *.?. ? !i : !
. ; > 'It? icy j*s a. m 1111H mpwwwww??i . a
i:igcounty with whom he wi'l spend a few days .9
and it is then hoped he will visit our city, and V
should time and convenience permit, there are Amany
who would be delighted to hear him speak. M a
^4
Rio tit.?That objectionable paragraph In
the Methodist Disciphne relating, to shivery, has
been expended in a new edition of the work,
published in pursuance of a resolution passed
by the South Carolina Conference at its last
annual session. The purified edition is for sale
by John W. Stoy, Agent, Charleston.?South
Carolinian.
Cuba.?The Huston Advertiser learns from
a good source that the Cuban authorities have
ordered the Spanish meu-of war not to capture
or molest any suspicious vessel they inay fall in
with at sea, bat to watch them, and, if any at
tempt be made to land an armed force, to attack
and show thorn no quarter.?lb.
i if
Nkw Post Offick.?A new post office boa
been established at Branch Island, Pickens
District, and Mr. Joseph 'fenny appointed
inasier.?lb.
Cfcv" During the absence from Washington,
of the President, and Messrs. Webster, Critterfden
and Hall, who are gone to attend the celebration
of the* completion of the New-York and
Erie Bail Road, Messrs. Convin, Stewart and **
Conard are left in charge of the general executive
duties, and those appertaining to their
respective departments.
Rhode Island.?The Legislature Adjourned
after a session of four and a half days. Among
the acts passed was one restoring Thomas W.
Dorr to his civil rights anil privileges.
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Commerce oj Boston.?The value of exports
last week to foreign ports was, American products,
$203,374 Go; foreign products, G2,2G0
58.
OCT" The Senate of Massachusetts hns passed
a hill providing for the call of a Convention to
revise the Constitution of the State. Themea.
sure is not expected to pass the House of Representatives.
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OCT A Mr. James M initio is exhibiting at Baltimore,
a machine invented by him, for walking
nil tin* 'Flux /'/iVvrxxn- OUro ll.nf
v.. ...v .. iiv oojo mnv u?o rwiMNi
operandi is simple, and thinks it will prove successful
mi trial. An experiment is to be made
with it in Baltimore Buy, on the 2Gth ins!.
Pickkxs C. H., May 10.
On the O h i:ist., Mrs. Mary Gaines, an aged
willow, and for many years a member of the '
.Methodist Church, committed suicide by hanging
herself with a hank of thread to the Warn
of a loom. Mrs. G. had been for some time
partially deranged in mind.
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Mortality in Cities.?The deaths in 'Nev/
York during the week ending May 10, were
102; of these 00 were by Diseases of the t^ngs,
and 41 by Typhus Fever.
In Baltimore, for the week ending May 12,
the deaths were 74, of which 12 were by Consumption.
The following is a comparative view of the'
deaths during t'.ic week in the cities of New
York, Baltimore and Charleston, and1 the pro. * !
portion to their population respectively: ' * ,
ft?w Ymk Italiiinore Cfnrtr?to?* '*
Population 517.S1J ltilJ,l)25 13,014
Death* 40'2 74 10 7l-*<
l'ro|)orti<>:iatc!y 1 in 1,233 I in 2,1 U ' ,.1 in 1301 *"
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GkORCKToWN, May 10,1851.?Tlit^a^rioiis
news received this morning by tbo Charleston
papers, that the report and resolutions of the
Cilllllliittei! of 21 h:ul !rf>nn iuliinfu/4
great unanimity bv the Convention," was con^,
tinned by our delegater who arrived in the Gen.
Cliuvh this afternoon. Their account of the *
entire proceedings was indeed most gratifying^ .
The memosy of the oldest inhabitant does not;
bring to mind any news more jovfnlly received *
by our entire population, and a salute rf
guns informed our r-ouutry neighbors tKht flie' ^
Convention had done its duty, notwithstanding
the powerful influnncet brought to bear ngiaiust
the only practical course left us to pursue.
As tiie letter of Mr. Poinsett bearsliithis
district, it is proper to say that he is notauthority
with us, never will he.
[Gcwgdowu Observer. ^
Bounty Land, Claims.?Those who hare
claims for Bounty Lands under, the late act will
find it necessary to exercise some considerable,
degree of patience. The number ?f applies*
tions received in a day lmve run up as high S*
1500. They now average about 400 *There
are 100,000 applications on filo wMJ|fr ,
have not been touched. The number of Wrs
rants which the department have found itpnfc
tioable to issue is about 200.
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7^e Co'lon and Toharco Crops.?Telegraph,
ic despatches from Nashville, Edgeville, East*
port and other portions of Tennessee, giv^ntir?
favorable reports of the cotton and tobacee
crops; tho severe frosts have seriously injured
them, and many of the plants already up a*9*
thought to have I??en killed. . i
t < 0 > '~r\r ^
Dirkrct IjxroKTATio.v of. medicixas.?*
Messrs. Dawson and Blackmail, as will bo poc:
ceived hy advertisement, have received direct*
from tho well known house ofMander, Woawer*
fi'.ci Mander, at Wolverhampton, England, a
la t o assortment of Medicines^ which tit?}' &ro
olTering at their Store 17 Broad-street.
we understand, Is the first direct impoitatioa.
of the kind lmide to this port for riia^y y<yCri?
and we learn xliat Messrf D. and^B. have made
arrangements fur future supplies, rcgulaily from,
! lite -rune 'jn.irfe' ? jfrrcury.