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Finality of the Finality.
Seldom has a vote occurred in Congress, and
never a majority-vote that so completely confounded
its elements as the vote of acquiescence
in the Compromise last Monday.
In the first place the Southern Whigs have
been almost completely severed from a majority
of their party, the Northern Whigs. And, as
this Question has been made by them distinctly
a party question, and eveif rtn Administration
one, we consider the sectional division of that
. party, as a fixed finality. The Southern Whigs
will be compelled to organize as a separate party,
or to unite with others in the South as a distinct
party. We really think the treatment 01 me
Southern Whigs by the Northern as very cruel.
But we told them so long ago, and they would
not believe.
"Here ye wi3e saints behold your lord, your star?
Ye would be dupes and victims, and ye are."
But we behold immediately on the heels of
this disastrous desertion, the same wavering of
the border States that occurred on the Compromise.
Mr. Ward, of Kentucky, delivered yesterday
in the House a speech in favor of Gen.
Scott, and we understand a Whig of Tennessee
is prepared to do the same tlung. So Mr. Stan
ley is out yesterday morning in the Republic
with a letter in defence and support of General
Scott This comes very promptly after the desertion
of the Compromise, aud shows an alacrity
in sinking or diving that illustrates the extraordinary
discipline of submission tactics. Mr.
Clingxnan, of the House, aud Mr. Morton of the
Senate, have displayed more political sagacity
than any two Whigs in Congress. They beheld
from afer the result of Northern Whig policy
and declined keeping it company. Messrs.
Toombs, Dawson, and Stephens, we suppose,
saw at the commencement of the present Congress
the catastrophe which has now occurred,
thouffh it is possible that they did not expect it
to be so flagrant. They have been standing
aloof; Messrs. Marshall of Kentucky, Gentry
of Tennessee, Cabell of Florida, and others, have
evidently been apprehensive of the denouement.
The fate of the Democratic party does not
appear to be much better. The editor of the
Union undertook to organize it on the basis of
acquiescence in the Compromise. He has asserted
about forty times this session, that the
Democratic party was, with a few trifling exceptions,
united on the subject. Well, the vote is
at length taken, and the result is that it is divided
into three prongs?68 for the finality ; 20
Northern Democrats opposed to it, because too
favorable to the South ; 17 Southern Democrats
because too favorable to the North, and 32 Democrats
taken with bad colds, coughs, asthmas,
rheumatisms, and neuralgies. Not one half of
the Democratic members voting in favor of this
grand hobby of the organ?that aspires to be.
, The defeat of the Administration is most sigi.al.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary performances
of the cabinet caravan last season in New
York, there were but eleven Northern Whigs out
of 61, that appeared in its support?and of this
only five from the mighty State of New York,
and none! from Ohio!
The predecessor of the present editor of the
-Union tr<xjuontly told uo that the rights of the
South depended"on the Democracy of the North.
Now here is a vote of 36 Northern Democrats
only in favor of the Compromise, and 20 against
it. .
All this looks very much like the end of old
parties and old organs. We would not be surTTm'nn
on/1 PonnKH/> WPTfr flAW tft
piacu l? VIIC VIWVU UUU A*V|/MW..V -v.- ?
push their coalition forces to obtain the publicprinting,
in order to save themselves in the general
wreck.
It is now demonstrated, as well as anything
can be shown by evidence, that neither party is
united on the Compromise, and it is even doubtful
from the vote that has been taken, and from
the missing, whether a coalition of the compromisers
of both parties could succeed. As a party
movement on each side the failure is total, as
a coalition, its failure is rather probable, besides
involving renewed and aggravated agitation.?
Southern Press.
The North and the Compromise.
"VVe present an analysis of the vote on Mr.
Hillyer's amendment, which shows how the
Northern vote stood in the fifteeu States, to
which we are to look for " the faithful execution'1
of the fugitive slave law. The strongest sticklers
for the finality in the South, have not pretended
that they hoped or expected to get indemnity
for the past by the faithful execution of
these measures, or rather of the only Southern
one among them, the fugitive slave law, but tlicy
have Dersisted that it would nivc security for the
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future. When the Southern Rights men insisted
that reliance could not be reposed on the
North, to observe even the stipulations of its
own treaty, they were abused and denounced
for it; and behold the result already. Out of
. 140 votes, representing fifteen " free States,"
but 45 could be obtained on the largest vote
given, 55 voting directly against it, and 40 dodging
it, ami therefore not hound by it. Let the
Union and Republic explain away this if they
can.
Northern vote on Hillter's Amendment :
Teas. Nays. Absent.
Maine, 2 3 2
New Hampshire, - - 2 2 0
Vermont, - - - - 2 2
Rhode Island, - - - 2
Massachusetts, - - 1 8 3
Connecticut, - - - 2 1 1
New York, - - - 9 15 10
New Jersey, - - - 2 I 2
Pennsylvania,- - - II 4 9
Ohio, 1 12 8
Indiana, - - - - 9 1
Illinois, 3 3 1
' Iowa, 2 0 0
Wisconsin, - - - 3 0
Michigan, - - - 1 2 0
45 55 40
Ibid.
The Rabto Gap.?We understand from a
gentleman just returned from the Rabun Gap
that books of subscription were opened at Clayton
Georgia, on the 0th, for the BLue Ridge Railroad
Company, and that on that day 5,530
shares were subscribed?equal to f553,000.
The Maine Liquor Law has been rejected by the
Jsew T5rk Legislature.
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. ,Mr. Clay and Kossuth.
We have been kindly permitted, saya the N.
0. Bee of Friday morning, by a gentleman oi
this city to transcribe the following passage from
a letter received by bim a day or two ago, from
the illustrious and venerable Henry Clay. It is
in reference to a subject concerning which touch
has been said. While Kossuth has exhonerated
himself from the charge of disrespect to,"or vituperation
of Mr, Clay,' if we understand him
aright, he still believes that the publication ol
the particulars of their interview was a breach
of confidence, at which he was excessively " provoked."
From Mr. Clay's language, it would
appear that this interview was not regarded as
confidential, and that Kossuth has no right
whatever to complain of its having been made
public. We think so too.
t,r 'Jn i Qfto T npv
W ASIIINOTU.V, 01AKI.ii OU, i i ....... ?...
er distinctly understood what Mr. Kossuth said
of me at Louisville. I certainly had given him
no cause of otlence. The interview between him
and me cannot be regard i d as private, as it
certainly was not a confidential one. It was attended
by three members of Congress, and the
Attorney of the United States for this district,
and would have been by others, but for my feeble
state of health. "What I had said in my interview
with Mr. Kossuth was variously and
sometimes contradictorily represented in the newspapers.
Under these circumstances Mr. Ewing,
one of the members in attendance, prefaced the
statement which has been published, and the
substantial accuracy of which h;id been verified
by another attending member. Over my own
sentiments and language I thought I bad entire
control, just as Gen. Cass thought proper to
state to the Senate of the United! States, what
he had said to Mr. Kossuth upon their .first interview
Mr. Ewinf?. in his statement, treated
CTT
Mr. Kossuth with perfect respect, and said nothing
to compromit him in the slightest degree.
Such, iny dear sir, was the origin and such the
motive of the publication alluded to. I am,
with great respect, your friend and obedient
servant, H. CLAY.
Decision of a Slave Case.?The Supreme
Court of Missouri at its present session decided a
question of some importance in relation to
the rights on master and slave. It was a suit
to try the right to freedom of a negro slave who
belonged to Dr Emerson, deceased formerly a surgeon
in the United States. The suit was brought
by the administrators of Dr. estate. In the
evidence it appeared that while Dr. Emerson
was a surgeon in the United States army, he
was stationed at Rock Island, a military post in
the State of Illinois, and at Fort Snelling, also
a military post in the territory of the United
States, north of the Missouri line, at both of
which places the negro was detained in servitude?at
one place from the year 1834 until
April or May 183C, at other from period last
mentioned until the year 1838.
In the trial of the case in the Court below,
the jury were instructed, in view of these facts,
to 6nd for the slave?that he was, by being carried
into Illinois and north of the Missouri, virtually
set free. A new trial was moved for on
-* t r ?;__is _ u.. .1? ...l,;,.k
Hie ground OI inisuirecuuii uy uic vuurt, nuivu
being denied a writ of error was taken, and the
case carried before the Supreme Court of Missouri.
The decision of that Court was pronounced
by rJudge Scott, reversing the decision of the
Court below, and remanding the case for a new
trial. This decision overrules several decisions
which had been given in former times by the
Supreme Court of Missouri.
Curious I'hciiomvuon.
A correspondent of the (Greensboro Patriot,
writing from Mount Airy, Surry county, N. C.,
gives the following description of a singular phenomenon
that occurred on the 27th ult:
Mt. Airy, N. C., March 28, 1852.?On Saturday,
the 27th inst., we were visited by a phenomenon
such as has never been witnessed in the
recollection of any of our citizens. The day had
been very smoky, and about half past 2 o'clock a
cloud arose in the West, and came over with considerable
thunder and lightning, and by 3 o'clock
it was so dark that a person could not recognize
his most familiar ac'iuaintance at five feet distance
in the street; and five minutes after three it was
as dark in the houses as at midnight.
The darkness cominu-d until half past three
when the cluud passed over, without a great deal
of rain or wind. I sat in my house with my
family dnring the darkness, with the door and
windows open, and I could not distinguish
the features of any one of tlicm so as to know
who they were. A. D.
[The darkness on that afternoon was a subject
of remark here. It caused the chickens and the
cooks to make rare mistakes;?the former flew
up to roost, and the latter "^et about supper"
long before night.]?Ens. Pat.
The London Lancet records the death of a
| tadesman's wife from swallowing pins. Upon
a post mortem examination, the stomach was
found to contain in its lower half, nine ounces of
pins, broken, many very pointed. The contents of
the stomach were very much blackened. The
intestines contained a mass of pins, very tightly
packed, various shapes, similar to those found in
the stomach, and wholly obstructing the tube.?
Their weight was about a pound.
Respect of Aoe.?The Spartans obliged
their youth to rise up in presence of the aged, and
offer them the most honorable seats. At a theatrical
represtation, when an old man, an Athenian,
came too late to be able to procure a good
seat, the young Athenians unanimously endeavored
to sit close and keen him out. Abashed
at this he hastily made his way to the seat appointed
for the Lacedaemonians ; they alT immediately
rose, and received him in the most honora
ble manner. The Athenians, struck with a sudden
sense of virtue, gave a thunder of applause
and the old man excJaimedr' the Athenian;
know what is right, but the Lacedaemonian:
practice it.
The Court of Common Pleas and Genera
Sessions for Sumter District, says the Sumtei
Banner of the 13th inst., adjourned on Thnrs
day last. No cases of imj>ortance were tried du
ring the .term. The short session of the Cour
speaks well for the District. The sessions dock
et took up but little time.
THE SEMLWEEELY JOURNAL.
'
' FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1852.
?1
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Our Cotton Market.
1 The transactions in Cotton have been limited since
' our last, at an advance on Tuesday's quotations. "We
' quote extremes at 5 to 7 5-8. '
i Charleston quotations, 5 to 8 3-8.
New Hats.
Vosnro iroTv>w4TT. * C/vim as usual, in ad
dition to their Spring supply of beautiful goods, some
of the best kind of spring and Bummer Hats, to which
the attention of their customers is invited.
Large Sizod Fish.
"We are informed that among a number of Fish recently
taken at Ancrum's fishery, on the Watereo
river, two of the finny tribe in the shape of Sturgeons,
were caught, weighing five hundred and ten pounds.?
One weighed two hundred and sixty, and the othor
two hundred and fifty. These are what may be called
" bigfiali"Who can beat it?
, Baltimore Convention.
We regret to observe that several of our cotempora
rie9 are urging the propriety of South Carolina's being
represented in the Baltimore Democratic Convention.
We are free to admit that our State, so long as she remains
in the Union shonld take part in the election '
j of President^ but we think the course she lias pursued
j for several years past in relation to the nomination of
candidates is the proper one on the present occasion.
The little-influence she might exercise in the Convention
won Id be more than counterbalanced by the evils ,
arising frem her countenancing (as she would do by ;
joining the Convention,) the disgraceful trickery now
used by the Presidential aspirants and their friends to
secure the nomination.
The recent vote in the House of Representatives on
the Resolutions declaring the " finality of the Corapro- :
misc," is a plain indication that the spirit of agitation ;
is still in the ascendant at the north and only awaits a
favorable opportunity to ro-commence aggression upon
the South. These with other considerations, wo think, '
render it advisable that South Carolina, should stand
aloof from the Convention, and forming no alliance with
either party, when the time arrives, if necessary, make
a choice of evils, and cast her vote for the candidate
most likely to administer the government according to :
the principles of the constitution.
The course recommended to be pursued by tho South
by Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, we think is deserving of
consideration?it is (if we recollect it aright) that we
remain neutral in the nominations of candidates for
the Presidency, but when they are made, go with the
party most favorable to the South. By pursuing this
course we could wield an influence sufficiently strong
to be sought after by both parties, and might thus j
wring from the north an acknowledgment of those
rights they now desire to withhold from us. 1
It Is true, and we are sorry to see it, that most of
the Southern States seem to take a different view as
to the course proper to pursue, and are making preparations
to bo represented in the Conventions, but that
is no reason why South Carolina should deviate from
a course she has so long pursued.
Mr. Jackson's Resolution.
The following are the Resolutions adopted by the
| House of Representatives on the 5th inst, to which
| allusion is modo in the articles from the Southern
Press, to be found in another column, and to which
the attention of the reader is invited. Wo ore glad to
t perceive that our entire delegation voted against them :
Rosnloed, That we recognize the binding efficacy
of the compromises of the constitution, and
believe it to be the intention of the people generally,
{is we hereby declare it to be ours individually,
to abide ruch compromises and to sustain
! the laws necessary to carry them out?the pro-;
| visions for the delivery of fugitive slaves, and the :
j act of the last Congress for that purpose, inclu-1
I ded ; and that wc deprecate all further agitation
1 of the questions growing out of that provision of
1 the questions embraced in the acts of the last1
| CongTess known as the Compromise, and of
j questions generally connected with the instituj
tion of slavery, as unnecessary, useless, and dan\
gerous.
Mr. Hillyer's amendment.
Resolved, That the series of acts passed during
the 31st Congress, known as the Com pro-j
I mise, .arc regarded as a final adjustment and a ;
permanent settlement of the questions therein
embraced, and should be regarded, maintained,
and executed as such.
I
Agricultural Publications.
I Tlie numbers for April, of the following valuable I
Agricultural publications have been received:
The American Farmer, the oldest agricultural paper
in the United States. Published in Baltimore, at one
dollar per annum.
The Southern Planter, an excellent paper. Published
in Richmond Va., at one dollar per annum.
Tho Farmer and Planter. Published in Pendleton,
S. C., at one dollar per annum. We have so often
spoken in commendation of this paper, that it is unne-1
cessary now to say a word in rta favor.
Tho Southern Cultivator. Published in Augusta,
. Goo., at one dollar per annum. Tho Cultivator is the
oldest agricultural paper in the cotton States, and !
is well adapted to the section of country in which it!
1 circulates.
These papers are oil printed in a convenient form
for preservation and binding, and at tho end of the year
will form a volume worth half a dozon times the cost, i
The day of opposition to " Book Farming" ban passed, \
and is numbered with the things that were, and a sub* j
scription to either or all of tho above publications
would bo a profltablo investment for every one who j
cultivates a dozen acres of land.
Spocimon numbers will be shown to any of our
t friends who may wish to examine them.
IpjyMr. A. W. Dozrot, a delegate elect to the State
Convention from Williamsburg District, has addressed
. a letter to his constituents through tho Geoigctown
Republican, in which, he declines attending. After
, speaking of tho objects for which the Convention, was
; called and the subsequent change in public opinion, ho
says:
"The Commonwealth of South Carolina
I having already suffered the detriment which it
r was the chief object of the Convention to avert
- ?submission to the insults and aggressions of a
- Government, which, as truly proclaimed by
t judge Buttler, has, become the ' despotism of an
- interested majority1?the delegates to the Convention,
it seems to me, will have little else to I
mti mmmmmmmmm " I m0
do than to perform the unmeaning farce of going
to Columbia, meeting, organizing, adjourn- ]
ing, and going home again. Or, it may be, perhaps,
to register in solemn form the result of a J
foregone conclusion by passing an Ordinance of <
Submission, ,
" I do not believe that my constituents would ]
desire me to participate in so ludicrous an exhi- i
bition, and as I am certainly not inclined to be
a component part of such a show, I shall decline
to attend the Convention; for although as a j
citizen of the State, I am bound to acquiesce in
the decission of the State, yet 1 am free to say it
is the acquiescence of necessity and not of choice, !
and though, for all practical purposes, I am
forced for the present to abandon separate State
?*-? '* ^ * ?? T OKaiiI/? Q!QA <
action, It UOtSS 1JUL juuun WM m. duvmiu w>uv
abandon my principles and slide off into Sub- 1
mission." 1
Mr. Clay's Health. j
A Washington letter to the New York Courier and ,
Enquirer, says: " Mr. Clay is again relapsing into a i
condition of serious prostration, after having been encouraged
by cheering symptoms. It is painfully manifest
that the sands are running low in his glass of life,
that the sun, which once so brilliantly illumined the
political firmament, is fast descending to the horizon '
below which it will soon disappear forever.
Commission eh in Equity.?We understand
that J. H. Pearson, Esq., has been appointed J
Commissioner in Equity for Richland District by '
the Governor. The former incumbent, A. H.
Porcher, esq, had resigned in consequence of
continued ill-health.? Carolinian.
Fayettevili.e Plank Road.?This Road, the '
longest in the South, is now completed, and in 1
operation for 92 miles. The earnings of the '
road for the last six months amounted to about '
$0000, and .ior the last month, $1368.
i
Col. James Chesnct, Jr.?This gentleman \
has been nominated in the Columbia Slate- '
Rights Republican, by one of its correspondents, 1
as the successor of the Hon. J. A. Woodward,
in the U. S. Congress. Col. Chesnut is well
known to our readers to be, not only an accomplished
gentleman, but also an able and distin- i
guished politician.?Fairfield Herald.
We know of no gentleman in either District
comprising this, the third Congressional District, !
more able, or better calculated to represent us in
Congress than Col. Chesnut.
His well known ability, added to his afiable
and courteous manners, renders him one our peo-1 pie
love to honor, and certainly no better, or more
judicious selection could have been made.
Lancaster Ledger. J
A SMALL LOT OF SUNDRIES.
Bishop Hedding, the senior Bishop of the Methodist j
Episcopal Church, died at Poughkeepsie, N. T. on tie
9th inst
In Sweden when a man gets drunk for the third time,
he is deprived of his vote.
On the 29th and 30th ult, there arrived in New
York, from foreign countries, about eight thousand emigrants.
The Whig members of the New York Legislature <
have, in caucus, adopted resolutions in favour of Gen. I
Scott for the Presidency, by yeas 50, nays 1. 1
The Journal of Commerce learns by telegraph that
the Supreme Court of the United States have refused J
a re-hearing to Mrs. Gaines, widow of Gen. Gaines, by
a vote of 4 to 2. (
There was recently a communication between New |
York and New Orleans the whole extent, threo thoo- ,
onnd mi I hv the tfilrceanhic wire, in a single circuit, i
by which despatches were sent and received sixty m?nutes
ahead of time. ;
A Venerable Couple.?Master John "William Ncale, (
aged fifteen, and Miss Sally Ann Blockwcll, aged thir- i
teen, got ir^rried at Brooklyn, Ky., on the 10th alt.
A bill is before the Pennsylvania Legislature to ena- '
ble^free persons of color to emigrate to Liberia.
There is a series of resolutions before the Maryland '
Legislature tendering thanks to Gov. Biglerfor pardon. ;
ing A lberti and Price, some timo since convicted of
kidnapping, and proposing to remunerate Alberti and
Price for the time they have lost in consequence of
such conviction.
l
Advertising in London.?Tho lowest charge for j
advertising in the London Times, is about three dol* ,
lars a square. Even a line announcing a marriage or (
death, costs soven shillings English?nearly two dol ]
lars. |
Capital Punishment.?In the Pennsylvania Legis- 1
lature, the bill abolishing the death penalty, and sub- I
stituting imprisonment of not less than fifteen or more
than fifty years in lieu thereof; passed finally in the
House, on Thursday?yeas 46, nays 42
A similar bill abolishing the -death penalty which ]
passed the upper branch of tho Wisconsin Legislature,
was killed in the House on the 22d ult, by a vote of
35 to 27.
Fraud 05 the Cherokees.?Wo see it stated in.an
Arkansas Journal that Ross, the chief of the Cherokees,
lias ascertained that the survey of the line between
that territory and the State of Arkansas was
either fraudulently or erroneously surveyed, which deprives
the Chorokees of a strip of land comprizing a
population of 9,000 persons, and is worth a million of
dollars, running along tho whole breadth of the State
from the Missouri fine to Red River.
Methodist Church Case.?In the decree of the U.
8. Circuit Court, in relation to the Book Concern, it
will be recollected a referenco was ordered to ascertain
the value, and inquire as to number of beneflcia
rios, Ac. Bishop Smith and other Commissioners of
the Southern branch of the Church, have come on to
New York, and the Conference will probably proceed,
forthwith.?N. T. Jfoyrw.
Trunks aro now manufactured in such a shape as to be
small or large at the pleasure of the traveller,, and the
quantity of articles he may wish to- earry with: him.
The-principle is very simple. The trunk is of two independent
parts, without hinges one sliding over the
other, and fastened with straps and padlocks. Of
course its siBO will depend entirely on too quantity it
contains.
A bow sympathy is developing itself in UnglqwL A
society called the Aborigines Protection 8odety is in>
fall blast,, one of the objects of which is to secure to
American Indians their political and social rights.
There is unluckily a deficiency in the treasury of about
$600, so that not much can bo done at present. Mean*
I time, where is Copway.
I
The steamer Saluda, bound ibr Council Blufflj, sap
ploded her boQers at Lexington, Missouri. on the 9th
nst She bad on board, besides other passengers, a
farge number of Mormon immigrants. All the officer*
>f the boat ware lulled except the first clerk ana tonte*
ibout one hundred lives are supposed to have been
<*t, The boat is a total wreck. Her boikra ju^t
been in use several years.
Mr. E. M. Hall has patented a new infehtiflo/ttp-'
planting camphine on account of its unexploeive character,
and which ean be (tarnished one per cent cheaper
than gas, It was tested in the presence of a number ,,
of scientific gentlemen at W aabingtoh, Who were unanimous
in expressing their opinion of its superior merits.
The Odd Fellows of the U. 8tat*&-"Tfcls befWVolent
institution numbers 200,000 members. There
are 2,836 lodges and 800 encampments in the United
States. The amount of revenue for the year 1851 was
$1,200,000. The amount paid the same year, for rv
lief was $500,000, as follows i For the relief of K*
members, $330,000; for the relief of Widowed tamtr
lies, $60,000; for the burial of the dead, $75,000; for
the education of orphan*, $10,009?Total $475,000.
Vibgixia Militia Law.?An act concerning the
Militia pasted March 29th 1851. exempts aay Militia'
men paying into the hands of the Sheriff 16 aetttybe*
fore the first master of each year, from all musters, up> a
on exhibiting tho Sheriff's receipt to the captain of hhf
company, returned within that year.
The Fugitive Slave Law is wiscossnr.?Bepartrf
lave been presented in both branches of the Wiseon'
tin Legislature, instructing Congressmen from that
State to vote for a repeal of the fugitive wave law.
Correspondence of the Charleston Covrier.
Washington, April 10.?Every prominent
movement in regard to the the next Presidential
election is looked upon here with intense interest
Yesterday, some sensation was produced
by the intelligence from Albany, that the Legislative
Whig Caoctts had unanimously declared
in favor of General Soott as the Whig candidate
for the Presidency. It appears that then were
some thirty Fillmore or Webster members who
did not attend the Caucus, where the majority
was known to be opposed to them.
Last evening, the general Caucus of Whig
members of Congress was convened at the Capitol.
The object of the meeting was to fix the
time and place for the Whig National Convention.
Even as to this, there was some difference
of views. Among the places talked ofj were NewYork,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Annapolis, Richmond,
Cincinnati, and Louisville. As to the time,
the 17th of June, or the 1st of July, were proposed.
But in the general caucus the proceedings did
not go so far as even to discuss the main object
of the meeting. Some of the Southern Whigs ^
made a preliminary difficulty in regard to a platform
upon which the whig party was to stand, as
a national party. Resolutions were offered in regard
to the Compromise, and thereupon a very
warm debate ensued. After a disscussion or
wrangle of fonr hours ,the Caucus, without doing
anything, was adjourned to meet on Tuesday
week, tho 20th insti
v. .u
mere ni?y ue uiu ihl awvu<u wn *
hut there will be no Convention of National
Whigs. It is not likely, according to present
appearances, that the Whigs who support the
compromise and who designate themselves as ,
national, will go into a Convention with a party
which they consider ns sectional.
The short coming of the Northern Whigs upcn
the Compromise question in the Honse last
Monday, has produced a good deal of soreness,
cn the part of their Southern allies.
The apportionment question is not finally setlied
by the Senate. -But it is settled that SouthCarolina
shall have a representative for her fraction,
and that California shall have two members.
\n effort is next to be made toallow an additional
representative to each State, whose portion
shall be equal to that assumed for California?to
ivit: 23,000. This will bring in four States.? I
rhe fraction of Loisianna is little less than that '
if South-Carolina.
The senate has passed the Honse bill appro- - |
priating $500,000 for the continuance of the work
>n the Capitol enlargement; but with some '
imendments. All motions to stop the work wer? ~promptly
and decidedly rejected.
The Planters Bank of Fairfield.?The
names of the officers of this Institution will be
iublished so soon as the election is made. A few _>
nore dollars are needed, to secure the provisions
)f the Charter, and we apprehend the people of
Fairfield will not hold back when such a favorable
opportunity is presented for making safe inrestments.
We must have a Bank.? Winru!>oro'
S. C. Register, April 12.
<|t 1
Louis Napoleon's Personal Appearance. !
?The following description of the "Prince . I
President" is from the correspondent of the
tfew York Commercial, and is the fullest that jlfl
ive have yet seen: fi
" The Prince appeared in tolerable spirits, I jfl
stood near him for some time, and observed him Jfl
jlosely. He is 44 years of age and in person^ iH
if a vulgar mould?stout and square shoulderid,
and stiff-in his manners. He never seems JH
it ease, and when standing he rocks slightly fl|
;rom one foot to the other like a sailor. He S
iften relieves a seeming uneasiness by passing jfl
bis fore-finger over his moustache. His hair is Ui
thin and brown, his countenance dull and stolid;
kto Avta ViolF />1aca^ on/1 fiolitT An flio nroeonf
kuo uoji uvovu auu uouj vu wuv wvov?? }j
occasion h was elighted by a sort of pearl-oyster , jfl
radiance, but I saw no stronger demonstration y^H
sf emotion. He ate and drank with opponent
relish, and for the first time, he slept at the Tuil~ H
ieries. How many dreams of ambition wef? j .B
that night fulfilled. Yet, after all, it is quite
possible that he spent happier hours in his prison
at Ham, that he can now command, either H
st the TusHeries er Elysee. He cannot but be B
aware of the bitter curses that are every dajr H
called down upon his head, by the thousand vie- jB
Lima of his tyrsnoy, m prison and! in eriTe.. Nor ^ IBB
can he be uooonscrous- of the bodily peril in>*r^B
which he constantly stands. It is now aaoer- j^B
tained that the story of his having been shot by IBM
a soldier?one of the Chasseurs of Vincennes? SjBj
is quite true. This took place in the court of
fVift F.lvftno Wwoam to- T
?-v wvvttvqu auu x u wuwi a% i*iyi>p
when the President was about to eater m his 'BBS
camase to go to the house (t his mistress, near' IKfl
by. The bullet JTUed his shoulder, but inflict- H
ed no wound. The man wis instantly secured*. EM
but refused to make any disclosures^ He wasshot
and buried in the garden pf the palace.. ISM