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SOUTHERN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION. . Tlie regular monthly meeting of the Auxiliary Southern Rights Association of St. Philips and St. Michaels, was held on Monday evening, 27th inst., .it South Carolina Hall, the President, the Hon. John S. Ashe, in the Chair. < The meeting being ready for business, Mr. | Wilmot G. DeSaussure announced that the following gentlemnn were in attendance as dele- | gates from the Southern Rights Association of i St. John's Berkly and St. Stephens, and moved j that they be invited to take seats upon the stage; i which was unanimously adopted, and the Del- !, egates took their seats according'}*: j ( Hon. Wm. Cain, Hon. T. L. Gourdin, Peter '; P. Palmer, Benjamin Marion, Peter G. Snow- ! den, Wm. Threat, Roye Neal, H. F. Porcher, ' P. C. Kirk, Percival Porcher, S. W. Palmer, P. ' E. Porcher. t Maj. Edward Maoigault, Chairman of the Executive Committee, then presented the following Address and Resolutions: ; 1 ADDRESS. ' Inasmuch as since our last meeting, the par- ! 1 ty towhich we belong has been defeated in an < election in which we had confidentl}* expected J ' 1 J - J * ?;*no In nniKiiior t a (lCC'lueu majority, it uctumcg w , and deckle upon, tlie position to be taken by j s our Association, in the present altered state oi' i J affairs. In so deciding wc wish it to he distinct- | 1 Jy understood, that we assume not to indicate ( t the course to be adopted, even temporarily, far j' less permanently, by the party at large, or the i < Southern Rights Associations throughout the !' State; such a course should be decided on by '' the Associations for themselves, in concert with i the State Central Association, which, by the terms of its formation, should bo shortly called < together for its semi-annual meeting. Our ob- 1 jectnow is, simply to lay down the course we J deem at presant proper for our individual Asso- < ciation. j1 Our Constitution provides that "the Associ- i ation shall continue in existence, and perse- j ' vere in its efforts, until the wrongs of the South ' are redressed, or the State resume the powers j 1 heretofore delegated to the United States for ' special purposes." Neither of these conditions ! 1 having taken place, we must still look forward { to the attainment of the grand end for which 1' our Association was formed. Yet, as from be- ! ing in a minority, we feel our inability to effect ; < anything decisive at present; and furthermore, j t ?... Iiofn nvmenrt thomcpl VPC ! ild ilic 0UV.UO31UI I'ai (j IMM V Wf W.t vv? V..V...W-. - >. ^ | to bo as highly indignant at Northern and Fed* t cral aggressions as we can be, and as zealous 1 and earnest in their intentions and efforts to re- t dress our wrongs, we deem it proper to suspend < for the present our meetings, and to abstain | t from agitation, in order that they may have a 1 fair opportunity of carryingout their plans for ! the redemption of the South, and the security i > of the State. We had an honest faith in the ' remedy we proposed, namely Secession, or the ( withdrawal of the Stato, in its sovereign ca- i parity, from the Union; and we siil! have full ; ( faith in its justice and propriety, and in its full j'' efficacy if fairly and firndy carried out. We ! d were willing to have .issued, if tlie party tn t which we belong bad been in a majority in the t State, our full share of the responsibility of j v endeavoring to put it into execution ; but the , t matter has now been taken out of our hands, j and upon the successful party must devolve at j J present the responsibility of devising and sus- ! |! taining measures for carrying the State through I the difficulties which encompass her. c Impressed with these considerations, we pre- t sent the following resolutions: d Re solved, That we still regard separate Stato s action to he in the last resort the true and ef- ' fectual remedy for the evils under which we la- 'i bor. i Rp$fJiw>/7 That this Association do anooint t: the Constitutional number of Delegates to rep- ! I resent it in the next meeting of the Stat" (Jen- a tral Association, whenever it shall be held. T Resolced, That feeling that we have done ' what we conceive to be our duty, so far as tin- >' tier present circumstances-we can, and looking t to the successful party to devise or maintain , ^ measure to relieve the Slate from her position, * we will for the present suspend the regular | meetings contemplated by our Constitution: t leaving our Association to be specially call-d , c together again, in the manner provided in the . Constitution, whenever circumstances may ren- ; dor such call expedient. Col. John Cunningham then rose and second- j ed the Address and Resolutions, and delivered ; \ an able, spirited, and conclusive argument in ' ( suppport of the necessity of continuing our | organization, in view of certain future success, ' , although, for the present, our monthly meetings j j might be discontinued. , t The question was then taken upon the ad- j r option of the address and Resolutions, and , j was uuanimuosly curried. 1 & Mr. A. W. Burnet, from a sub committee of j the executive Committee, presented the names ; | of the following gentlemen, as nominees of the [ ( Committee, to represent the Association in the i ) semi-annual meeting of the Stato Central As- |}] sociation: j . Williams Middleton, Col. M. I. Keith, Hon. I Wot. Itice, H.W. Sullivan, Hugh Wilson, Sr. t Dan'l Heyward, Peter Manignnlt Col. Clias. | j Kanapaux, Thodoro Dehon, W. K. Davis, John \ < Heart, E. Barnwell, jr. F. D. Richardson. W. t E. Snowden, VVm. Blanding, Otis Mills, J. L. 1 1 Rh??tt, N. B Hill, Col. R F. Reynolds, Ceo. S. I Hacker, W. G. DeSaussure, E. W. Mathewes,1 ] F. J. Shaffer, Col. J. Cunningham, C. B. Nor- ( throp. E. Ten net, T. P. Lock wood, Jr. E. B. < Bryan, iMnj. Chas. Parker, T. Grange Simons, I H. H. Raymond, George J. Crafts, John Dens < Charles Iverrison, B. R. Carroll, James Duffus, < J. L. Patterson, W. R. Taber.Jr. J. L.Nowell. I And these nominations were, upon motion i unanimously adopted by the Association. On motion of Major Edward Manigault, it i was Resolved, That the President be author- J; ized to fill any vacancies that may occur in ; the Delegation, and that the proceedings of the j meeting be published in the Mercury and Cou- j rier. j On motion of Mr. B. R. Carrol, the meeting I tbei adjourned. JOHN S. ASHE; President. Edwah'J. B Bryan, ? Recording Socret'ies Ciias* K. Prioluau. $ b The widow of Commodore Patterson died at Washington, Inst week. [From the Southern Standard.] Mount Elox, Oct. 25, 1851. At a meeting of the "Co-operatirn Vigilant Association of the Western part of Darlington District," held this day, the following resolution was offered, unanimously adopted, and ordered to be published in the Southern Standard: "Resolved, That this Association deems it *' ' ' ? n - n/ir. proper and necessary mai me uu-upeir? tv of the State should appoint delegates to meet it some convenient point, in Convention, and that the number of the said delegates should he double the number of the representation ol each district in both branches of the Legislature ol South-Carolina." O. D. Lj:k, V. P. Chairman. W. li. Wi.ngatr, Secretary,prolan. I'HIC TAMMAMTKS AND PUBLIC LAW. One of the resolutions passed.at the recent ueeting of the Tammany party. New York, elated to the Foreign policy of the U. States, t indicated what that policy should he?not >nly extending the right hand of fellowship to t *?-:? ill oppressed nations, niu buiueuuug he moral aid of sympathy. It plainly e.xpres>c(l in one of the resolutions that the foreign iiilicy of the United States should be shaped ivith a view to extend assistance to all rcvoluionists 0:1 the American or European contilent. According to its language the priciples jf public law should not form any impediment i'lie people of the United States should make i public law unto themselves, suitable to their nstitutions, circumstances, and condition.? I'hc international codes of the rest rest of the dvilized world, it is significantly intimated, has io binding force or obligation on our country, f this is to prepare the way for fresh schemes )f conquest?if invasion of other lands, which vc are under treaty obligations not to invade ? f this is the now programme of foreign policy ivhicli is to herald the election of the next Presidency?which is to form the touch-stone of rnrty. and the result of the election should corcspond with it?then would the maxims of IVasliingtoii, iu his foreign policy, he widely departed from, and this country will have comnenced embroilments, having no end, with the Sntions of Euro'pe which hold dominion on this i continent, or lt.-.vo colonial or uiariu;i:v n.iv. tits to defend in the Anrictican seas. We are apprehensive that some such issue is o be forced into the next Presidential canvass. iVc think we perceive unmistakeablc signs of his purpose and tendency to set aside in our country the rules and obligations which stay lie strong arm, where there is ?'ot physical brcc and energetic government at hand, to arcst and punish their violation. It is morally ncumbent on the people of the United States, n proportion as they recede from the presence >f European power, to respect public law, in 's application to European possessions on this .'ontinent. (>ur vicinity gives ns advantages, ["he remoteness of the parties which an ocean livides from those possessions, renders the claim o the guardianship of that law strong, without he sanctity that belongs to treaties of amity, vllich are in substance treaties of mutual toriiorial guarantee. .Now, that the press should here and there five out insinuations that the code of nations is iot of binding obligation on the people of the Jnion?that its licentious conductors should overtly hint to the unquiet spirits among us, hat it io the ollice of patriotism to add new lotoaius to the territory of freedom?excites no urarise, for such is their natural vocation ; but fiat leaders who profess to guide, and who fieuently control the opinions of party, should ucorporate with their solemn resolves those hat deliberately proclaim doctrines which no orm of European innovation has yet exhihited, fiords the most melancholy proof tiiat a large no tion of the American people is thought to ?e prep tret! to cut themselves loos? from (lie ules and usages of civilized nations We hope here is no foundation for this expectation.? iVe trust that these Tainmauites of New York vill meet with no large portion of popular gym intiiy, in thus endeavoring to arouse hatred for hose precepts of public law which genius and ivilization have consecrated. Char. Ere. News. DISTRIBUTION OF THE PAP. They carry on things with a high hand at Washington in the bestowal of the favors of the ederal government. A law of Congress exists iy which the public advertising of the governnent is to he gi\en to the newspapers of Washngton having the largest circulation. How he law is complied with let the following, from i Washington letter to the chief Whig journal u New York, the Courier and Enquirer, anaver: "Doctor Baily, editor of the freesoil organ lere, the National Era, has made ailidavit in lue legal form, that the regular circulation of lis paper is upwards of thirteen thousand copies, iml that ho believes it largely exceeds that of iny other Daily or Weekly paper published kmc. Elwooti Fisher, of the Southern Press, he organ of the other extreme in politics, has ilso preferred a claim to the printing, on the {round that his paper has the largest circulaion of any of the Daily journals, which alone, ie contends, are eligible to receive the honeits of the Executive patronage under the law. Fisher swears that his Daily and Weekly circulation is about right thousand. The Nationil Intelligencer shows by aHidavit that it circalates, of all issues; something over seven thousand copies; the circulation of the Union. (Democratic) is a few hundred in excess of this number. 1 have not heard, or have forgotten, what is the circulation of the Republic. The ollicial printing and advertisements are now divided between tho Inldligcnrcr, Union, and Republic:' The Express, another Whig paper, copies the above, and adds the folio .ving additional proof of the violation of t he laws ol Congress: "When the Southern Press made application for tho printing of the Treasury Department, (C. M. Hodges then being acting Secretary of the Treasury,) tho editor was honestly and independently told by hlr. Hodges, that even if tho claim of the Press was entitled to tho consideration upon the ground of circulation, it was not entitled to the public printing, as Con frrfs* nevor contemplated having its .advertise ! meats circulated in an organ of disunion or secession." Thus it appears that Mr. Hodges, an appointee of the President, sets aside with the greatest sang fraid a law of Congress, and takes upon himself to establish a -'higher law," I and obeys it to the letter. We should think ! that Congress would look after Mr. Hodges. DrnrccT Tkadk.?Speaking of the circum! ii.li.im.ifn rliirfit fr'irln KoMvnrtn flin 1 Millltl'a Hlllvll IliVII^ UIUVV ui V?VVII n?v South and ports on the continent of Europe, the Southern Press remarks: "The city of Liverpool occupies the same : position as the other cities of Europe in rcfer! enco to our trade, that New York doe3 as to j the other cities of this country. Liverpool is i nearest to us, and concentrates not only the articles of British, hut of continental production we want. But of late years, manufactures have i increased rapidly on the continent?in France, Holland and Switzerland. And the question i now is, whether a Southern port shall send a ; large part of her exports via New York and Liverpool to Havre, Amsterdam and Antwerp, I find reppivft hpr rot urns hv the same circuit, or. : go and retai n direct. It must be obvious tliat the extra expense of two transhipments 01 such a route is verv great, and the loss of time considerable. And to save these, some ad vanj tages could be relinquished, of the more coini prehensivp markets we now deal in. The cities i of the continent have plenty of capital, and \\c ' scarcely doub: they can furnish it at a much lower rate than that we now use. Indeed, we i can hardly account for the clumsy and costly ! manner in which the business is done. A ship: per nf tobacco or cotton at present, draws a | bill on his consignee in Europe on time, and i gets it cashed in an American bank, and pays I virtually, 10 or 12 per ct. interest, the value of Money here. Why is there not in Richmond, i Charleston and New Orleans, English, French and Dutch capital to advance on shipments, at the rate of five per ct. per annum ?'' Singular and Fatal Accidrnt. ? An inquest was yesterday held at No. 247 Avenue, | A, on the body of .Mrs Catherine Rudenbeck, i whose death was caused in a most singular j manner. Un Tuesday night last, it appears j she was sleeping in bed with a child about two j years of age, and that during the night the child becoming uneasy and restless fell upon her breast, causing her to wake immediately from a sound sleep. Becoming alarmed at the | singular sensation she felt when she awoke, ! she went to her sister, who was asleep in another room, wakened her, and inforcd her of her fears. The sister tried various means to I relieve her, but without effect, as she died yesterday morning. I v o # A post mortem examination was made upon the body by Dr. Slidell. who found the right j ventricle of the heart ruptured and large quantities of blood in the cavities of the pericardium, j A verdict was rendered to the effect that the | deceased came to her death by a rupture of the i heart, caused by a little child falling upon her breast. The deceased was about twenty years of age, a native of Germany. A'. Y. Evening Post. Makriaok Statistics.?One branch of the social economy, that in relation to the proportion of marriages of persons of different ages, within certain periods of life, has lately received much attention. The stnti.-tics of marriage have, in fact, como to assume the form that ad mits of so mil* important general conclusions. ' Independently of large emigrations, the decreasing proportion of early marriages is an evidence ot tiie decline of a State, acting as liotli : effect and cause, the difficulty of subsistence , being an impediment to marriage, and the decrease of population lessening its productive power, further diminishing that subsistence. From some statistics of marriage lately published in the Report of the City Register for Boston for 1850, taking this city a? a standard, j the proportion of very youthful marriages in ! the United States is much less than is supposed 1 Thus in a population of 13S.788, tiiere were ! only 2,557 marriages, or one in 54; while of those between 15 and 2(1 years of age, there , was only one in 38; between 2') and 10 one in 20, and above the age of -10 one in 110. As; suming, therefore, Boston as a standard, it appears that only five siri/ii of the American popi nlation marry bet .veer the ages of 20 and 10, ! and of the whole number of manages rather | more than one half marry between 20 and 30 J years of age. From the same statistics it ap J pears that the larger proportion of females marry ! between '20 and '25, and the larger proportion of males between '25 and 30. Of *2,557 woI men mairied, 431 were under'20. which is only I one-sixth purl. The number over 40 years of , age is quite small, the largest number are wid! ows and widowers. I From these figarcs it seems that only o/ic I tenth enter into second marriages. Of the : numbers of men who enter into second mar! riages there were 354, women '210; third mar ( riages, men 28, women 5; fourth marriages, | men G, women 1. The statistics show, is only | approximative!)', that the tendency in the Unij ted States to enter into early marriages is ' much less than is imagined by European sta'tists.?Evening News, Tim Havana I'kisonrus.?A friend at Havana communicates to the Washington i Republic some minutes ot an interview with I the Captaiii-deneral and the American prisoners. He says that the violence of the new Orleans mob towards the Spanish consul at that city, was explained to the Captain's entire sat isfaction; and he expressed his intention to recommend to his own government the release of the captives immediately on their arrival. Me spoke in just terms of the President and Govi eminent of the United States, and took occaj sion to say that they had done everything in their power to prevent the invasion. An Indian complained to a rumseiler that I lie price of liquor was too high. The lath r ' in justification said thai it cost as much to keep n hogshead of brandy ns to keep a cow. The Indian replied, "May he he drinks as much water, but he no cat so much hay/ CAMDEN, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31,1851. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market. There has bepn a slight improvement in the cotton market since our last, and we advance quotations 1 8 tor the best qualities. Extremes 5 to 7 5-8. His Excellency Governor Means, lias issued his proclamation, setting apart Friday the j 21st of November as a day of Thanksgiving. HuI miliation and Prayer, on which day, he most ear. nestly requests that all secular business be sus ponded, and that all religious denomination? meet for public worship. u-sif Wp would direct attention to the sales o sugars and coffee advertised by Mr. Mordecai, o Charleston, to take place on Tuesday, the 11th o November next. The Proper Spirit. ! Tito rollnnrinor Roonlntinnc lioro Knon nficeo^ by the St. Helena Southern Rights Association: Resolved, That as the recent election has placed | the character and interests of the State in the I hands of the Co-operation party, we earnestly | pray that this solemn responsibility be accepted and discharged in a spirit of earnest and undivided devotion to our beloved State. Resolved, That ignn.ant as we necessartly are of any sy.-tem ot policy on the part of the ( o-operationists, we will yet never desert the Mate in any contest she may commence, and we pledge our: selves to her support in any forward step she may , take in the redress of her wrongs of which she ha? ! not ceased to complain, and the maintenance 01 j rights which she has not ceased to claitn. j lliey are calm, uignineu ana nrm, ami we nolieve express the sentiment of a large number o the members of the late Secession party, who not. withstanding, they have been defeated in their action by overwhelming odds, and are forced to sub mit to the rule of a majority which must govern We believe they are as true as ever, and will b<" found ready to act in concert, with their fellowcitizens who are denominated Co-opera tionists but not those of the Perry & Co. school of anti-secessionists, who have always ami evpr will deprecate all action; and are ready and anxious to submit to whatever may come, at all hazards and to the last extremity. Our fnen Is of the Co-operation party cannot deny that a coalition of these parties took place, and the overturning of secession as demonstrated at 'he late elections pave the submissionists, in and out cl" the State, a com plete and signal triumph, for which they seem t( be very gratefui. and attribute their success to the good work performed by the Union Secessionists whose notions, we fear, of a union of the Soud and concert of action among the Southern States wid prove for ages yet to come, quite as chimerii cal as they now see m. Notwithstanding the result of the late electioi | is regarded, by all save the Co-operation party, a: | an absolute and positive acknowledgement of ou fear of Federal power, (we have the right, bu fear to exercise it) despite the unpropitious cir cumstances which surround us, the Co-operation ists have it yet in their power to stay the hand c Federal aggression, and roll back the mighty tide i.. .? i..i. .. . T-I i . _ i:> I'J u>. i lit* UL'^IIIJV u South Carolina, and the South is i:i their keeping and th"y can say to our enemies, so far shall thoi coin-* and no further. Will they do this? \\ < hope so. We cannot regard the result o! the iale electioi lor delegates, of such a character as to iuterferi with, and separate the Irw men of the Slate.? There is nothing in that election 01 result whirl should alienate friends, or cause an unkind wore lo be entertained or expressed, by those difft rinj in opinions. Wr have no fault to Hud with ihoei who differ with us; ihere may be lionest differ eupps of opinion, and one man lias as much rigli to exercise this priviledge as another. An eleci tion 'ike the onejii>t determined, is no triumph o ' personal popularity, and therefore, it is wise, tha J no exultation should be heard ; it would he in bat taste, most decidedly. As much as we regret tin result, we have no cause to complain of ourselves We did honestly what we conceived to be our du tv; we are not our brot jer'e keeper; we have n< excuse to ask or offer, and are supremely indiffer ent to those who don't like us. We expect at long as we live to think and act for ourse f, without the aid of a political dictator or adviser. Ant even if Mr. Rhett, the "great apostle" of Seces sioo (or "agitation'') should act wrong, we assuri our friends tve are not obliged to lollovv him. We regard the whole matter now as in tin hands of the Co-operation party?they must dc as scemeth unto them good?they must djvist ways and means to redeem the State from th< awkward and ridiculous position in which it i: placed. We hope their decsion will not be hope less and absolute submission ! I Won't. How full of ingratitude and bitterness is thii expression, "I won't," coming from the child wh< refuses to obey a kind parents command. "I won't!" said a child to his kind parent, whei he had been requested to do a little favor. Tha child is now despi-ed by his associates, and shun ncd by the virtuous and the good. "I won't!" was the exclamation of a scholar whose teacher had labored faithfully with hm when he was asked to be punctual at school, an* . to commit his lessons more perfectly. Tha scholar is now employed as one of the lowest per vants. in an extensive establishment. "I won't!" said a youth to his father, when ro quested to lerrn seme honest trade That youll has now scarcely a coat to his back. Cotton Destroyko.?We learn from th< Dallas (Ala.) Gazette that a disastrous fire o?* e.urred at Cahawhu AI .ihumti mi rftn tiiirlif n 1 the 2*2d ins'ant, which destroyed property to t'u 1 iiinount of8100,000 Amongst this was a cot ton house containing 2,300 hales ot cotton, al i of which was burned. The bueiness portion o ' the community Rufler greatly. The legislature, We hope, at its next session, will reduce the taxes, as it is not likely there will be another pro- i vision made for placing the State in an attitude * of defence, whereby three hundred and fifty thou- M sand dollars will bp required to buy arms, &.C. " The King of France with forty thousand men, ^ Marched up the hill, and then marched down a If " again. | More than likely this is a cheering thought to ! many of us now-a-days. , | I From the Charleston Mercury.] j TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. [ Arrival of TttK Ecropa.?Halifax, Oct. .! 28-?The Europa has arrived from Liverpool. ! I he Cotton market is denrecsed and hns dp. ' clined 1-8. Sales of the week, 30,000 hales, of which Speculators took 1000 bales, and Exporters 6000. Fair Orleans, 5 3-4; Fair Upf land, 5 3-8. Holders are pressing their stocks 1; on the market, while the demand is moderate, fl Trade in the Manufacturing districts has slightly decPned. Breadstufls are steady, Flour and Provisions quiet. The demand for Sugar J is moderate at a decline of 6d. The political ' i news is unimportant The whole French Ministry had resigned. It was the determination, -of the President to restore universal suffrage." Paris was quiet Baltimore,Oct. 28.?Hie schooner Charles l Bell, of Wilminirton. N. C. lias been stink ? the ' crew were saved, but her valuable cargo of dry goods lost. ' The Congressional election in Virginia has resulted in the success of 12 Democrats and 2 . Whigs. ; A young man, named Cunningham, belongf ing to a wealthy family of Georgia, who has i been confined in the Blockfey Asylum Phila- ( delphia, committed suicide on Thursday morn- J I ing by hanging himself. 1 J Ohio.? The majority for Wood, Democrat, _, for Governor of Ohio, will probably be 20,| 000, and the Free soil vote it is said, is only I j about 14.000. As far as heard from, 7 Whigs, ' | and 21 Democrats, are elected to the Senate; ' | and 10 Whigs, and 58 Democrats to the House ' j The full Senate comprises thirty five memJ bers, and the House ninety-six. , i The number of marshals and assistants emi ' ployed in tak'"" the late U. S. census was 3, 144. ? o~ The Mexican government, under the pressure ' i cfits financial embarrassments, has applied to : j Congress for leave to anticipate 870-?,000 ad ditional of the American indemnity. What > response the Mexican Congress will make is 1 not known. ? ' i Tin: Wilmimjton Railroad.?We are , gratified to perceive that the Wilmington Rail. road Company Iris at length declared a dividend of 3 per cent, and it is estimated that the , dividend hereafter u ill not fall below 6 per ! cent, nor annum. _ j This favorable result has been brought about, ^ ' in a high degree, by the admirable manage- 41 1 ment and the indefatigable industry of its Pres'* | ident, (ieneral McRae, who has not only ex | tiicaced the company from its difficulties, but 'f has made the road, which was at one time in a . ruinous condition, one of the best in the Uuif ted .States.? Charleston Mtrcury. ii | Another Charleston Vessel ? We nos tiee the arrival of the bark Mary, Capt. Hawes, from Rio Janeiro, via Pcrnambucco, with cof- . j fee, to M. C. Mordeeai Tliis is another ad- * B dition t<? the commercial marine of our port, tin* .Mary having been purchased by Mr. Mordecai.?lb. . . i I < ri P:iKstnt:\ri.*l Caucusing.?It is stated in tlio New \oik papers that the leading meinliers J of the C'ahiiu't ol the late President Polk are t assembled in t1 at cifv at this time, and engaged 1 1 in eoneo'.'ting a sclieuu- to defeat the movement j in favor ol Judge Douglas, of Illinois, fur the I f j Presidency, arid to secure the nomination of Mr. I t. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. ^ 3; Ft?r: in Aikk.v.?We regret to slate that . ; the resilience of Mr. J. S. Chambers, recently . erected was dest-oyed this morning, by fire, , between the hours of one and two o'cloc'*.? The fire was diseovcred bursting through lh" , floor of the front room by a member of the 3; family. The house and furniture was entirely ' I consumed. It is supposed to be the woik o ^ i an incendiary.?Evening Nnrs, of XVeltw ' j day. At a meeting of the Board of Direction of 1 the South Carotin i Railroad Company, held ? on Tuesday, the 28th nut., John Caldwell, Esq., i was unanimously elected a Director to supply > the vacancy oec i ioned by the resignation ot * Robt. Caldwell, Esq. i Idfcf W? mute iliore uli" have any reason to tear .in ilieyar inclined to he Consumptive, to 1 read le? certiHcaros oi lire- ol this disease ffec5 led y IK A R.ieers's .Svrup of Liverwort,and Tar. They se?m to be almost miraculous. ( For sale at I'liniuas J. Workman's Drugstore, Cam :? u N C. i oe ulve iiseineiit in another column. -1 CONSIGNERS PER RAILROAD. Brem At A., C. F. Carpenter, K. Champion, '? E. W. Charles, J. Crockett, A, Craven, J. D., i Emmons & S , Emmons & B., C. P. Evans, J. i P. Henderson, S F. Hurst. 11 Holleyman. < t W E Johnson, R Lntta, W. Mungo. B. B MeCj.a. J. S. Miller. R. Masley, J. 3. McCad don, Dr. Myers, F. Myers J. MrLuufflilm, ^ McDowall A- Cooper, K. C. Potts, Usry At B., Wallace Ac D , A. Young, F L. Zemp, Shaw i At A., J. VV, Morrow, D. Blane, A. C. McXntosli J 11. Stevens, Mrs. A. VV. Stevens, T. ? J Boatwright, C. B. Jones, T. Caldwell Ac Son, . , J. Mulliol.'and, T. Holland, E. D. Kennedy, S. f T. Anderson, R. A. Rouse, T. P- Smith; R. , King At Son, H. PLtt, VV. J. Myers, P. A. . Sen lord, J. A. Da .gnu. f, Cases Pine Apples, in Juire. Received and J J fur tale by SHAW & AUSTIN.