University of South Carolina Libraries
DIRECT TRADE WITH THE SOUTH ' * 7" It has been common at the South, ami it is so i nrfw at the North, to shj that the Southern are ' great agricultural States, and it is their destinj: to be confined, to the productions of the soils. In some respects, the South has falsified this very common assertion. Iler numerous manufacturing establishments, and other diversions of labor and capital, have subtracted, in no * inconsiderable degree, from her.agricultural ? Pursuits. But manufacturing alone can neither devel)pe the resources and wealth of the South, nor relievo her of her present commercial dependence upon the North. Our exportations in cotton, rice, sugar, tobacco, &c., are immensely greater than those of the North, and vet how Is it with the return trade? These products are taken by a circuitous route to Liverpool, and other foreign markets, in Northern vessels. The importations show how this system works. New York imports from six to eight times as much as all the Southern States put together. Her importations vary from 810(1,000,000 to 8130,000,0(10; those of all the Southern States ' put together vary from 15,000,000 to 20,0')0,- . 000. Why are the importations of New York so heavy, compared to those of the Southern States ? Why, simply because she imports for * hm _ v r i : mem. j nreo-iouruis ui uer uiipuiiuuuuv naintended for the Southern and South-Western : States. The Soutli pays the expenses to New i York in going, and from New York,in return, i to her own ports and interior towns, besides i others of an enormous nature. i She is not only subjected to heavy expenses by this method of conveying her products to i foreign markets, and receiving her supplies in return, but she loses all the advantages resulting from this foreign commerce. It is that which adds so much to Northern wealth?de corates their cities with such magnificent palaces, and makes a people not "blessed with a i fruitful soil, or a desirable climate, the richest i in our laud. i Why is it that the Soutli will not shake off 1 ( its lethargy, and vie with the North in plowing , the great deep, to build up Iter cities and towns, I j and poor into her bosom the rich treasures tuKinli flow from tliic nrolifip. emirep ? Ta eli- I - -mate against us ? We have te finest climate j in the world, and ourciiies-Richmond, Charles- I ton, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, &c., lor 1 , any term of years, will compare favorably with , the great Northern cities. Do we lack intel- ( lect? The South has shown, from the origin ( of our government, that she is fully the equal ( of the North in intellect. Southern materials, J for ship building, are said to equal any in the ( world. What then, is in the way? Why j nothing that we can conceive of, but an indis- ( position to give op old practices and habits. ] Capital must be invested in land and negroes, | for the purpose of making more cotton, and ( what is the result? It very often obtains a . lean per cent, when the large production of | cotton depresses the price below the point of remuneration. I Some of the Southern States have reason to boast of their rail roads, as well as their j manufacturing establishments. With the pow- ( er of railroads to produce wealth, the country is familiar. The facilities they afford to the . public, could not now be dispensed with. , Railroads are increasing on every hand, and ( factories are constantly going up, with their | machinery to be propelled by steam in some ( instances, but in most cases by the abundant | water power of the county. These arc doing j much for the Southern States I It would ba a digression from our main oh- j , ject to descant upon the advantages which j ft>o,r Crt cinrnnll r nfFnrd. How iinIJOI't.'lI!t it i would be to add to these the advantages of a j . direct foreign commerce. * Much has been said about Southern rights. We question whether they can bo secured till the South shakes oil' her feeling of dependence upon the North. She cannot do that by her railroads and manufactories alone. She wants her commercial marine; her extensive shipping i interest?her commerce with foreign nations,; by d!rect exportations and importations. She ; wants her hardy sailors and seamen, some of j whom could be easily converted from the t peaceful pursuits of commerce, into brave and i hardy tars, to fight, if necessary, her battles upon the ocean.?August a Constitutionalist. -?.?>.* The Difficulty in Neic Mexico, hcticc.cn the Mexicans and Americans.?has been stated that two recent murders of American citizens, I noor Stnfn Fp bad nroduced much enrnitv in i t the minds of the Americans against the :YIexi- I cans?a feeling which appears to have been < growing gradually some time previous to those < occurrences, but which now threatens an out- i break of a serious character. A public meeting has been held at Santa Fe, at which the i governor and authorities were severely censur- I ed for their lack of energy, in not punishing the c murderers. They denounce the Governor, 1 James S. Calhoun, for his conduct during the t late political contest, which has been the principal cause of ill feeling, and call upon ail the inhabitants, Americans, Mexicans and foreign- . ers, to aid them in their attempts to maintain law and order throughout the territory, and to j seek out and punish those connected in any , way with the murders lof Burnett unit Skin- | ner. The following is the resolution referring , to the governor : I "That it is the opinion of this meeting, and of nine-tenths of the American citizens of this , territory, that the course pursued hy James S. | Calhoun, the present governor of this territory, , is such a course as we have denounced in the j foregoing resolution ; hut the effect, if not the intention, of the movements he has set on foot, j as we believe, for his own aggrandisement, is | to confirm instead of softening the prejudices j with which the Americans are naturally regarded by their Mexican fellow-citizens, and is calculated to produce the most injurious influences upon the host interests and solid prosperity of this territory, by tending to make it impossible for the Americans to live in it." i Skinner was killed while serving a writ at Armija's house. Burnett was shot on the election-ground, where he was merely a lookeron, it is said. The Mexicans came to the election polls all armed with muskets. Several Americans were wounded and thrown into i prison, but when Mr. M. Tuley, who was em ployed, together with several other legal gentlemen, went down to release the imprisoned T1 men, the keepers had thrown open the doors and windows of the prison, thus giving them w} full liberty to leave if they saw fit, hut the pris- ful oners preferred remaining such until they could sl? be released by a writ of habeas corpus. They ral were taken to Albuquerque for trial, but as no ha one appeared against them, they were dismiss- to ed. When the news of die second murder was th< received in Santa Fe, the people there were so X, enraged that, could they have obtained any tul mode of conveyance, they would have proceed- tw ed immediately to take vengeance on the per- AI petrators of the crime. No means of trans- po portution wore at hand, and they were thus |o' prevented from accomplishing the project. co _ gh Slaves found on Hoard a Northern T esse!.? i If We learn from the Alexandria Gazette that the ; t\\ sclir. Sican, Captain Kirwin, on hervoaygo last | wi week, from Baltimore to Alexandria, fell in | as with brig Emily, Captain Small, of Bath. Maine, ' is hound from the River Potomac to an Eastern I port, with a cargo of timber, and the Gazette wi gives the following acecouut of two supposed I he slaves found on hoard : | th "She had loaded near Boyd's Hole. From 1 th some circumstances which transpired, Captain ha K. was induced to believe that there were ah of sconding slaves on hoard the Emily. Upon of investigation, such proved to he the case. Cap- wi tain lvirwau proceeded to the brig, where two fr< negro men were found, who stated at first that ga they belonged to Messrs. Caroliuus Turner and . gc JLiiHUHIII V^lirUT, til I\|II^ unnjjr, i/ui, cuuof j |/1 qnently, to .Mr. A liner I'l ice, and Dr. Horace j fr< Ashton, of that county, They were taken on | an board the Sican, by Capt. K. anil the crew,' m and brought to this place, where they have been j fn deposited in jail, to await advice from their lb masters. Though the Captain of the Emily I dc offered no resistance to Captain K.yet he ren- I tr ill*rod no facilities in restoring the negroes, and, j th if satisfactory reasons are not given for his ' ur conduct, and a ful1 "cplauntioii rendered of this w whole tram . lie will not take a load a* j C gain from I . Hole, or any where else on ! c< ihe Potomac () The Winchfs!rr Tragedy.?The Winches- ^ ter, Va. Republican, ot the Otl^ inst. has the 5,1 following accnut of the late terrible affair in m that place: It is our painful duty to record one of the most distressing occurrences that has Di ever taken place in our community. On Fri* Wl Jay evening, about nine o'clock, that portion a" of our town in the vicinity of Cork and LouJon streets, was disturbed by the report of 'h) Ire-arms, and other demonstrations of riotous n> conduct, between Joseph P. Flemistcr, a man by the name of Toit, and Mr. Nathaniel i\Iuliisin, which finally ended in the death of the hit- hV' ter. For the information of our readers, wc fl'' inoeud the following evidence, as elicited he lore the Coroner's jury: I a That after I'lemister had cowliided Toil, his J t? lather-in law took him away, and all was qui-: an jt. A short time after a number of persons ! s<( iad collected on the corner, and I 'lemister was j called over from his father's by a man named ' Magrudcr. When became over, the deceased ;in who had a cane in his hand, raised tho stieli j (''' aver his head and asked Flemcster if lie could I Pr lake that stick away from him and break it as 1 ^;l ie had done one a short lime before. Fiends- j ';1( :cr then said, " Are you ready forme ?" Mill- 1 f'!) ikon replied, " don't come too near to me."? j j"' Flemister said, " I must get ready too," and [ 'n; out his hand into his pocket, as witnesses sup-1 W1 losed, to get a pistol, and then rushed upon j ne Mulliken and got hold of the slick, and a scuf- j fo' tie ensued in which .Mallikin was thrown down ''u tnd I'lemister stooped over him. frc Mullikin's son who was present, ran to the ral bakehouse and got a musket, which it was sta- Su ;ed his father had loadeil to shoot some person ir persons who had been stealing his wood, tnd returning immciliutely ami finding his fa- 1 ? -tUI m.nii ?)i? rr-n:in.l -mil i'lemister over! P*" ,I.V? ? , ii:n, lie fired the mu.-ket as was supposed at Remister, and shot his lather in the posterior *' uart of the thigh, carrying away a part of the xu nuscles, and severing one or two arteries. At ?' ho time he fired his father's knee was raised jp, and placed against I'luinister's breast. F. n.? ivas struck by one shot just above the eye.? " The jury brought in a verdict according to the X'Stimoiiy thus recited, and exonerated the son from all blame in causing the death of his fa- ( 0 ;her. w< We have been furnished with the above par- " icuiars by a friend who heard the testimony in 011 lie ease, and give it to our readers without Pc> jornment. The deceased only survived the operation of amputation a lew hours, which kl was performed by Drs. .Mctiuire, Conrad and ?? Smith on Saturday morning, and his remains ()l were followed to the grave 011 Sabbath evening VXl ?y a largo concourse of our citizens. The de eased has left two children to mourn iiis me- ' ancholy fate, who have the warmest sympa- ! u hies of the public in their bereavement. it.j >.,.7. u i- .. .fii/iind aaiuun *?. ?/iouvj?, "pv" | [)> ihoul 17 years, a sou of one of our most worthy tla jitizens, on Moutlay morning last went on a ;U) muting excursion, and liis non rtturn in the pri, . veiling was a cause of much anxiety to his re- 0f lativesand friends. On Tuesday, strict search t|j( was made for him. The last seen or heard from i],; liiu was from a negro belonging to .Mr. Delaigle who saw him ahout 9 o'clock on Monday aI1 norning in the vicinity of his master's plantation. livery exertion was made yesterday to |U| liscover him, without effect, until towards even e? ing, when his body was found in the field of ()jj Dr. tlarvin,#surrounde<l hy a pool of hlood. It |aJ is supposed he accidentally shot himself, and as va his gun was not found with him, the supposition is, that ho was endeavoring to make his way Inwards home, and fell where his hnilv vv.-is i # J eu i< miimI. We deeply sympathize with his bereaved j)a l??trents.?Augusta Constitutionalist. ry 0^7" A Writer in describing the last scene in Othello, has this exquisite passage:?"Upon which tha Moor, seizing a bolster full of rage ^ mill jealously, smothered her." " 1 feel," said an old lady, " that I've got about through with this world. I shan't enjoy ho much more trouble, nor sutler much moro com It fort." til [From the Augusta Constitutionalist.] IE PLAN OF THE ABOLITIONISTS. The question having been frequently asked i tat was the plan of the abolitionists for the ;ure. the last number of the National Antiivery Standard undertakes to answer it. That ; bid abolition print says, that the abolitionists ve had no particular plan,but have continued > agitate the slavery question and exerted t L'tnselves to influence the popular mind of the . arth as well as the South, against the instition. It shows how weak abolitionism was entv vears aero, and how strong it is now ' "ter boasting of its triumphs and present vast wer, it concludes its article as in extract bew. It will bo scon that its eftbtts are to be ' ntinnod, ami by the same moans which have . en it so much success up to the present hour. abolitionism has effected so much in the last enty years, from so small a beginning, what ' 11 it not accomplish in the next ten, wielding I it docs, such tremendous power now! Here i the conclusion of the article. ( " 0.:r plan has thus far worked exactly as ? expected in all material things. We always lieved that the South would be aroused by e movement of this question to that madness at goes before destruction. Perhaps we could i dly have imagined the diabolical impudence the Fugitive Bill, or the infernal absurdity Judge Kane's Law. But the ex il spirit ould cry aloud and rend as before it departed im us, we always believed. What has been | lined bv (lie Fugitive Liiil ? One slave drag>d back from Boston, against all law, over the ostrate institutions of Massachusetts ; two ">in New York; two or three from Buffalo; id three or four from Philadelphia. We do t take into the account those carried hack nn the free States along the lino of slavery, r slaves have always boon recovered in that batealde land. But in the parts of the counv where fugitives have been considered safe, ese cases make up about the sum of the trinphs of the Fugitive Law. And as an oflsett, e have the Rescue of Shadrach, the battle of Inistiana, and the storming Syracuse barra1011. How stands the Agitation account? n which side of Profit and Loss is the bailee? 'l'his Agitation is "the Plan" of the bolitiouists, and we have to thank Mr. Web?r and the slave catching Judges and Comissioners and their whole tube for the help ey have given us at their own charges. Whigs,,' L'liiocrats, and Frce-soilers are busy doing our nrk. It is our business to keep them at it, id in due process of time out of the chaos of inflicting passions and opinions, the New Pol will take unto itself shade and substance.? o." Spanish Bandits?An act of great auduciwas lately perpetrated near Avila, a town out thirty leagues from Madrid, on the road Seville. At about nine in the morning, on Sunday, six men, well armed and mounted, ok possession of a small inn by the roadside, d, after having made their arrangements, ipped and robbed every person that passed. f live in the evening they had one hundred irses or mules shut up within a narrow space, d l'or(> persons tied hand atul foot. They 1 not maltreat any one, and even gave their isoncrs some food. Near the close of the v a post-chaise passed containing two men, i lies and a child. They i dled these travellers mpletcly, taking away even the ladies' man's and bonnets. At last, when night had set the robbers took their departure, carrying tii them nine mules loaded with booty, and arlv 10,000 francs. From some words which 1 from one of them, it is conjectured that ?v were expecting the arrival of a rich family im Madrid, whom they intended to hold to isom. Fortunately, the expected party took me other road. Pay as you (io.?The famous rule laid < wn by John Randolph, for promoting pros- | rity and fortune, is perhaps the simple secret ( effecting the entire reform of social society. ( iv as you go! Fay what? Your debts? ? ill mm ii.- ii . i? i ir. j uese uuuis uiciuue, 1101 umy wuaiyuu i'e to man, but to your country;?not only int yon owe to your country, but to yourself; j ' t only what you owe to yourself but to God. ' i* greatest of all creditors. Pay your fare; i ur tailor; your washerwoman; and, before all, i ur printer! Your debts to society, are inclu* i d in the virtues of forbearance, charity, public ( jrks; to your country, patriotic sell-sacrifice, , d the devotion of your inind, body and time, all occasions of pub'ic exigency. To yourI f, in doing justice to your natural endowments ' uir conscience and all proper and pure sen dlilies. To God, for an i' * you have, acrding to the laws he has prescribed. Payer, "bearance, love to your fellows, faith in the i jrld's great Governor, and a perfect resigna- i >n to bis will! Properly considered, this sim- , grille,?"Pay as you Go,"?involves all tlio ties to yourself, to society, to the country, the ( ,vs and religion. ? Evening Sews. M | ? Convictions in tub II. S. Court.?In tlw S. Circuit Court yesterday, a young man med Robert Melton, about 17 years of age, d a native of Alabama, was tried for stealing in the U. S. mail, a letter containing a draft $t>2. There were throe ennnts in the ill ;tment and the jury found him guilty on the ( rd, which charged him with stealing from the lil. He was a mail rider between Darien <1 Ilawkinsville, in this State. j On Tuesday last, II. L. Kimhrough, of Conbtis, in this State, was tried, charged with ' ihezzling six thousand dollars from the post ice in Columbus, some time in December st. The jury found him guilty. At a pre- | his term of tie Court, this young man was , ed, hut the jury did not agree upon a verdict. | Wo are informed that sentence will be pass- | upon them to-day. The prosecution on the | rt of the (iovernmeiit was conducted by lleuWilliams, Ks?]., U. S. District Attorney.? 1 ivaunah AVi/y 1 'Vh ins!. m* Tin. It,.,, rr,...s II. Kenton left Washing, i last Saturday lor Missouri, to devote his time i the next political contest there. The Telegraph ys that respecting Mr Benton's historical work I mo very erroneous reports have been circulated, t is not all written yet, and will be laid aside tin- I nis return to Washington next autumn. < CAMDEN, [TJESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1851 - i THO. J. WARREN, Editor. i Our Market. riiere has been considerable activity in the cotton narket with an increase of supply, and in some nstances, a slight advance upon our last quotations. We continue however, the figures ot Fri. lay?5 1-2 to 7 5-8. JgfFriday being Thanksgiving day, no paper will be issued on that day. Georgia Senator. The Hon. Robert Toombs was elected by the Georgia Legislature on the 10th inst. as U. States Senator. There "was no opposition to his election. In the evening, he addressed a numerous audience at the State House. One of the Editors of the Augusta Constitutionalist and Republic, writing from Milledgeville to his paper, gives the following as the substance of his address " 1. We understood him distinctly to announce that the Constitutional Union party will adhere to their present isolated independent organization and name. 2 That it will not send deleeatcs to, or be represented in either the National Whig or National Democratic Conventions next year. "3. That it will wait until those Conventions have assembled and set forth their principles and candidates before the country, before it determines which side it will take. "4. Thai as an indispensable condition of its support, the National Convention, whether Whig or Democratic, which it coalesces with, must adopt the Compromise as a part of its platform. "5. That this condition being complied with, the Constitutional Union party will be free to unite with either the National Whig or National Democratic party." This important information is derived from our valuable exchange, the Charleston Courier, by which we perceive that the distinguished compromiser of Southern Rights has been elevated by his political compeers to a considerably higher position in their estimation for his valuable services, and for his devotion to the cause of the Union, to the injury and destruction of his own country? yes, to the destruction of the institution of slavery ! The Federal Whigs and Unionists are reaping a glorious (!) harvest, and the recent elevation of Fnole over Davis in Mississippi, conclusively demonstrates the utter futility of hoping that the Southern States will act. They (the Unionists,) have completely blocked the game upon us, and we see no hope of escape. Things look most beautifully blue, on our side, and that we are in a decided minority, we presume is no longer an open question. Go on, gentlemen of the great National Union, submission party, and make things to suit yourselves?but bear in mind that we submit because we can't help ourselves, thus making a virtue of necessity. Rail Road Accident. We It-am from the Charleston papers that a dreadful accident happened on the Rail Road on Friday evening last. As the night train was passing down from Hamburg, when about 17 miles below Aiken, the boiler of the locomotive James I<. Petigru exploded, killing instantly, it is supposed, the engineer and his two assistants, being the only persons present The engineer, .Mr. Scholle? has always sustained a reputation for sobriety and steadiness, and has been twelve or thirteen years in the employment of the company. ITEMS OF NEWS. The message of Governor Powell to the Legislature of Kentucky is devoted to the discusdon of the financial affairs of the ijlate, particuarly the sinking fund. Upcn Federal politics, Governor Powell is very brief. He congratulates lie Legislature udoii the Dassinr? awnv of " the o i ^ ; w. .... lark and lowering clouds that recently threatened he existence of the Union," and declares that Kentucky is the firm and devoted friend of the Union ; and is for maintaining inviolate, and carrvlg out, in strictness, and in truth, in the ietter, uid in spirit, the Compromise measures." He presses a hope that those who have resisted the ;xccution of the Fugitive Slave Law in the North null he'Vigorously punished. CT Cotton From India.?A vessel winch has arrived at London from Bombay has brought 5250 hales of cotton as part of her cargo, of East India produce. (D* The Scarlet Fever is prevailing in the lower end of Hampshire county, Va., and is very fatal. The Romarey Intelligencer states that be. tween twenty-five and thirty children have died from it during the last four or five weeks?several families losing two and three children. Dr. Kendall, near Pleasant Dale, within the last ten days, has buried all his children, three in number. Newspapers in the United States.?Hold, ridge's Statistical Almanac for the year 185*2, estimates the number of newspapers published in the United States, annually, at 412,880,000, being equal to sixteen and a half copies per year for every man, woman and child. While in the British Empire only one is published for every 2,000 of the inhabitants : in Belgium, one to every 25,000; in Persia, one to every 20,I8d; in Russia, 3nly three copies to every 1,000,000. Kossuth had been received in London with great honor and enth"si?srn. He was to have left on the 12th inst., in the U. S. mail steam ship Atlantic, for New York, with his family. The banquet given to him at Southampton was briliant. The London Times, continues to attack him, and to some extent has afFected public opinion. An Editor Turned Banker.?The Washington Telegraph learns that Mr. Gallagher, of the ... . 1 I'^nuhllrnn ie nknnt Innnon in VVncb. Iticiini""" '"-i ? ington city a new banking concern, to be called The Bank oj the Union, in one of the new marble rooms under the great Hotel of the Browns'. n that city. It is not Mr. G's intention to sever liis connection with the Press, but will still retain Jn interest in the establishment. ?? O* An exchange paper says the city of Boston is worth the whole State of North Carolina. The assessmeut of Boston city amounts to $169*. 000,000, while that of North Carolina does not exceed $140,000,000. * CThe Willmington Journal learns from Mr. Fleming, the Resident Engineer of the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road, that on thrl2th inst., a section of about ten miles on the South-Carolina end of the road was opened for freight and travel. The laying of the iron is said to be progressing with considerable rapidity. TELKGRAPHIC ITEMS. Baltimore, Nov. 15. in the New-York market on Saturday, Cotton was dull and unchanged, and eight hundred bales were sold. The sales during the week comprised elevea thousand bales. Mr. Webster has made a proposition to the Spanish Minister, which it is said, will, in all probability, remove all difficulties. Ex-Governor Jones, Whig, of Tennessee, has been elected U. S. Senator. In Wisconsin, the Governer and Legislature are whig. In Michigan, the Democratic party has heen successful, and the new Banking law has been adopted by a large majority. T8H The official returns of the election for the S.ate of New-York show that a Whig Treasnr- " er and Canal Commissioner have been elected. < The remaining officers are Democratic. a Foote's majority in Mississippi will be above " fifteen hundred. The Lousiana Congressional 4 Delegation is composed of three Union Dera- ^ ocrats and one Whig. [Correspondence of the Charleston Conrier.] 1 Washington, NOV. 12 There is some foundation for the belief that Don N. Calderon de la Brace, the Spanish 1 Minister, intends to ask fcrhis passports if his | demands be not fully complied with. He has undoubtedly stated, in conversation with some of his friends, that he expects to be obliged to j go home. Ilis instructions are to leave, and " also to withdraw all the Spanish Consuls from port* in the United States, in the event of the refusal of this government to comply with the demands of Spain. Every thing, and even more, than Spain requires has been tendered to her, except in regard to one matter?the salute required, upon the reinstatement of the , Spanish consulate flag. The matter stands now just as it has done for several days. The President has the papers before him and has given no final decision upon the matter. Official interviews and notes between Mr. Webster having made all the ovei tares that he has to make on his part, and having refused to comply with the demand for the salute.* In our intercourse with the Barbary powers, ivc have required the same that Spain now demands of us. In the case of Mr. Cdrr, Consul at Tripoli, who had met with some insulting treatment from the captain of the Port, it was required that, when he returned, his flag should he saluted. This was done, and immediately after that ceremony, the Tripolitan flag was saluted from an American ship-of-war. But ^ in that case the outrage was committed by a public oflicer who was; in consequence of it, deprived of his command by the Bey. In the New-Orleans case, the Spanish Consul's ofliee was assailed by an irresponsible mob He sustained no injury from any federal or local oflicer. No officer is, at all events, amenable to this government for the outrages that were committed. For this r-ason there would be no propriety in directing a national salute to the Spanish Consular flag. The insult was not national, and therefore it requires no national atonement. All that the government can properly do is to denounce the act,and compensate the parties for any losses they sustained. This will undoubtedly be the judgement of the country. If Spain is mad enough to seek in this demand, a pretext for war, then this is a serious matter. But this can scarcely be the fact It may be some days yet before a solution is found of this diplomatic difficulty, but the best informed and most judicious persons here think that it will bo settled. From the Charleston Courier. SOUTHERN <fc WESTERN RAIL ROAD CONVENTION. To the People of South Carolina. The people of Louisiana and of iMississippi propose a general Rail Road Convention of the Southern and Western States to be held in , New Orleans, on tha first Monday in January ^ ne-xt. The objects of this convention are as far as possible to bring about a concentration and unity of effort in all these States, in the extension of their Rail Road system, and in bringing into more immediate and active connection their population and industry. It is desirable that every section of the South and West should be represented by their most intelligent and practical citizens, and delega tions have been already appointed in many of these States. The people of South Carolina are earnestly invited to take part in the proceedings of this Convention. GLENDY BURKE, A II I A V iVf ovAf Af N O J. D. B. DeBOW, ALEX. MOUTON, C. S. TARPLEY, of Miss. Committe. Gospel Wastes. ? Wo have frequently deplored the scanty supply of teaching and preaching under which numerous sections labor in the South; but our case is scarcely so bad as that of Long Island, where, we are told that. East of Brooklyn, there is a region forty miles loug, and from six to eight wide, in which there is M neither Church nor School, although the country is tolerably well settled. But the objection to provide it is one that every body ought tc understand by this time. It is too near home. If it were in Calcutta, or any where in the extremo West or East, you would find missionaries enough. "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view;" and we will expend our priests and our shillings upon foreign ignorance and superstition, while the deadly shadow reara itself up with awful impunity in front our own dwellings.? Evening News.