Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, November 18, 1851, Image 2
DIRECT TRADE WITH THE SOUTH '
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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.
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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
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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.
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.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
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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.