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9 a ' ^ ^ ^ _ From the Charleston Mercury. The New York Journal of Commerce of Satur day afternoon contains t!it> decision of Judg Payne, of the Superior Court o' New York, libe rating eight slaves from the custody of their own er, who had taken them to that city for the pur pose of transporting them to lexas. j his is : decision of momentous import to the South, am marks, in an emphatic manner, the onward pro gress of tr.e Anti-slavery feeling at the North As showing s >mc of the issues involved, we qnot the following article from the Journal of Com merce, which was published before the Judge hn< rendered his decision : The Slave Case. A case in which a new principle is involved i up for decision before Judge Payne of this city a Judge of the Superior Court. It is not th< ordinary case of a slave brought here by hi master with intention io remain, in which it ha been decided that the slave co iastonti become free, but a case in which slaves on their wa; from one State to another are taken by thei master through a free State as a matter of necessity. We say necessity, not in its absolut sense, but in thcser.se in which it is used by th Constitution in the connection in which it is thoi used. The Supreme Court have held that i means a convenient necessity. The .slaves wer on their way to Texas, and in order to avai themselves of the commerce of this port, the; were brought here, instead of being taken t< Texas by a circuitous and expensive land route 1^ is the precise case supposed by Chief Ju.-lio Shaw, of Massachusetts, but as to which bosun he pronounced no opinion, in an ordinary casta which the slave was brought to Massachusclt to remain. The care of Chief Justice Shaw ii separating the case decided, clearly shows tha he thought there was a difteienee between ihcm perhaps a wide difference, growing out of tliosrelative rights and duties that aj(pertain to thi comity of nations?rights and iuties thatslionh be mere carefully considered between States oc cupying, as ours do, the near and delicate rela tion that flows from our Constitution, than be tween States wholly separate and independent This new case, in which the slaves were seizia in their necessary transit through a f:ce Stat< to another, is the important one now to be de cided*. Our Government has claimed indemnity from Great Britain for slaves which on their pas sage over the ocean between the United Slate: and the Bahama Islauds were by stress of woath er driven into British ports, and there set lie* through the interference of the local authorities The claim has in some eases been admitted am paid, and iu others rejected, or at least not paid Mr. Webster as Secretary of Stale, iu presenting the claim to Lord Ashburton, makes the follow ing statement: "In the Southern States of Ihi: Union, slavery exists by the laws of the States and under the guaranty of the Constitutor long antecedent to the time when they ceax-t to be British Colonies. In this state of tilings it will happen that slaves will be often on boan coasting vessels, as hands, as servants attending the families of their owners, or for the purpose o being carried from port to port. * * * "The maritime law is full of instances of the ap plication of that great and practical r ile, tint which is the clear result of necessity, ought t< draw after it no penalty and no hazard." Oi these and other like grounds indemnity wa claimed. Now, let us suppose that the slaves instead of beingdriven into a British port througl necessity were driven into this pmt. Would tin relation between master and owner be changed This is a question that may arise grow ing out u the ordinary casualties upon the sea ; and cer tainlylf the slaves were in that case held to be come free by our own tribunal, it would slop it from making the claim which Mr Calhoun ant Mr. Webster each, as Secretary of Slate, mad* on the Government of Great Britain. A liigl comity, looking to the close relations that cxis between the several States of this Union, wouh certainly protect the citizens of one State fron hazard or penalty under such circumstances, tin result ofsuperior force or necessity. The case in question is one somewhat of this character. Illinois, a free State, is projector southward between portions of Missouri and Ken tucky, slave Stales. A narrow strip of Virgini; extends northwardly beyond the back of tin State, between Pennsylvania and Ohio. The or dinary line of land travel between Missouri ant Kentucky is across Illinois. The ordinary trave between the point of Virginia referred and Ken tucky, is by way of the Ohio river, in boats thai > Stop at ports iri Ohio. The principle settled i: the case now pending In-fore the Superior Court will determine probably the case that may occu in the travel between Missouri a:id Kentucky and N. Western Virginia and Kentucky by tin usual routes?routes that must be considered nc cessary, as that word is applied to ordinary trav el. What principle, in view of the embarrass ments and disturbances likely to result from i rule hostile to the interests of many of the Statof the Union, ought the tribunals of the Noril to lay down on this subject? This is a questioi of great magnitude, and we do not propose 01 the eve of :i decision by one of our courts, to ex press a decided opinion upon the subject. Th court doubtless understands that a decision ad verse to the rights of Southern citizens will b regarded as an unfriendly act, and as a groutn that treats thein rather a.s strangers than as brc titers, and that converts a necessity (such it wi be regarded) into a matter of loss and punisli mcnt. In the present irritable state of feeliir between the North end South?the remains of contest th i rejietition of which we trust is far de tant, all circumstances of further irritation ougli on both sides to be avoided. The Japan Expedition, it is said, will sail ft Jeddo about the 1st of December. It will coi sist of the ship of the line Vermont; thestoanu'i Mississippi, Susquehanna, Prince ton and ,!//< gheny; sloops of war Saratoga, St. Mary's an Vinceniies; frigate Macedonian; brig Porpoisi and store-ships Southampton, Lexiugion an Talbot?in all thirteen vessels, carrying abou 830 guns and 3700 men, including rnarines.The steamers are supplied with Paixliau guns.? Uommodore M. U, Jfetry will be in common of the expedition. Commander J. It. Sands ha * been assigned to the command of the stcaine Allegheny, mid Capt. Hiram I'ualding to tli ship of| the line Vermont. Tho expedition i to carry out, among other modern inventions, magnetic apparatus, a locomotive and rjjil ro.n cars. TIic ElecSovaJ Question and tlie ^Tumcrical majority. e In a former .article we endeavored to show, that - the present mode of appointingelectors had ever - reflected faithfully the opinions of the people; - that it gave fuil utterance to their voice, and was ft in all respects a satislacloty plan ; that it was 1 strictly republican, inasmuch as it had emanated - directly from the fathers of the lie-public, had i. obtained, in all of the Old Thirteen, and had been e atmrovintrlv acuuicsccd in bv the people of the - State for nearly three quarters of a century, 1 Lastly, we denied that the people at large hud evinced ain desire lor a change. We come now to the discussion of other points. s "The good of the people is the supreme law.'' IIow does the proposed change consist with tin'.L, "supreme law.'" j. >1 r. Camioun* in his unanswerable letter on ^ this question, has so clearly demonstrated tin s; certain disastrous consequences, resulting from lh< v change, that we can scarcely do more than restate his propositions. There arc two ways by which the change can be i di eted, h irst, by the ndop c tion of the general ticket system, and second I \ e by the district system. Let U3 consider the fore mer. It i> well known that the present constit tuiion of tiie Legislature is the result of a wist e adjustment between the. upper and lowercountry, ] ; made in 1808. by which the former has a ma jority in the 1 house, and the latter in the Senate. j i In choosing Electors, therefore, the two sections ,! of the Slate concur in the choice. A system q productive of" the most healthful and blessed re1 suits, and which alone, tf all that have been e tried or proposed,4'utters the will of the people 5 as an organic body?as a Stale. , It renders impossible the absorption of power j by either of the sections, distributes with an equitable hand the honors and etnolum< nts of the c State, and, above all, fosteis a spirit of harmony f and brotherly corrcession. To it we owe that ] unexampled unanimity, which, in times past, has made the State as one man upon all those vital . issues of policy and creed, which have agitated . the country. While other Slates have been rent and distracted, with unending party struggles, 1 their politics vacillating with every new ehction, . South Carolina has held fast to her anchorage, . Whether in the proud rejoicings of hopeful pros peritv, or when from the d'-pths she has sounded . the note of resistance, and cried aloud to God s and men for justice, her voice, has gone forth . akin to the bugle-blast, clear, full and unbroken. e Here lies the secret of that power, which has enabled a State of contracted territory and sparse 1 population, to wield an inlluence in the destinies of the nation equal to the greatest. , The adoption of the general ticket system levels I all this in the dust. We quote from Mr. Calj noUN : "Its adoption would introduce the principleoi , of taking the sense of the State, as a whole, by 1 1 the mere numerical majority, without regard to its two great natural and political divisions, and 1 the conflicting interests growing out of them ; a , principle heretofore unknown to the State, either f in its Federal or interior relation*, in any of the political changes through which it has passed. . Hut of all the forms of power, the numerical mal jority is by far the most absorbing in its cbaracj tcr and difficult to counteract. It is, indeed. , but the tthrolutc trod despotic tr>rm of Populnt 5 Government, just as much so as the absolute and d'-spotic ]?ower of one man, or a few, is of the ! j Monarchical and Aristocr tical. Now. all expej i rieiice shows that there is a constant and strong > | tendency in all constitutional governments te f i their absolute and d-spotie form, and in none . more so than in popular constitutional govern . incuts like that of this State, resting on the prim R ciple of the concurrent majority, as ail such \ governments inii.-t. Indeed, nothing short of a , high degree of intelligence and constant vigilance, , can counteract this tendency, as the history of all t such governments prove. Our own, both federal | and-State, already give strong indications of it; , so much so, that it has become a fixed opinion 3 in a large portion of the Union, that the mere numerical majority of the whole has the absolute 5 and indefeasible right to govern.*' | Here then it commences by o.-tablishing a j rin. ilili. ill <1 1 -III-* ! Vi> III ?i.t.lilil'/..|ii"s.m til fr.M-.il 1.111 it. , j self. Tin* principle that tiio numerical majority . is the and ought to govern, is the very es. sence of consolidation. It is the most subtle and j doadlv of all those fallacies which cat into, and ] destroy free institutions. Constitutional rcstric. tions, resetved rights, and every barrier which [ i human wisdom can ca.-t uj?, toeheck tin* oxtravai gant tendencies ot a wild democracy, bow and crumble before it-march. The Republics of anr ti-jtiitv fell in-'u atl: ii- blows, and it has lotig since begun it- work in these United Slates. Like the element of death in the animal frame, . tracking life at each step, from its birth, and ti. ttally triumphing at the grave, this principle dog. ged the Republic from its cradle, and is now fast t hurrying it to its ruin. Where is the C'oiistitu < tion of the United States ? Wh( re its sanctions, , its restrictions, its reservations I Tliev have bot come as llimsy cobwebs, which the band of are, -sj tlcss mmvrical majority brush away from it? . path. All the loisnde, reckless t xjictnlitmv, wild P legislation and injustice perpetrated bv this . government, are the legitimate offspring of tlii? e principle. \ And South Carolina has warred against it 1 lie doctrine ol State Rights has heeti her sworn || creed from the days ol colonial bondage, and i- State Rights and the numerical majority an jr dead'y foes. Ilor tru-ty sons in the I'Vdera ;l Congress have uttered one coiitinind, clotnie. I j protest in opposition to it. Vet it i- this saint ^ principle wiucli IS attempted to be iidrodu;ci into the State. It is not enough iImt it .. lutes without. It must licet!} enter our 1?? r and riot upon our very lienrtli stones. ( Charbaton Alcrcun/. s ? ~ A Jvst Rf.iilkk.?"Genera! Pierce, says the j Pliilade!; hia Litlr/cr, "has aln ady been assailed ,, by politicians in ijuest of the spoils, who cannot ,{ wait until his inauguration, to make known theit great merits and special claims to his cotisidera _ tion for ollice'tinder his administration. One ol _ the leaders from Philadelphia vi-ited him a few j days ago and was about to lay before him a bud 1S get of overwhelming testimony in favor of a par,r ticular friend, who is a candidate for executive P favor, when he was told by the President elect ]s that he was very glad to see him, but that lie had made up his mind not to speak on political I subjects for at least three months to come. The reb'uko was fully appreciated by the applicant ' - " jy11 1 !??? jamgct.1 jj i who returned home entirely satisfied that in polities, at least, among the intelligent, it is not always 'the early bird that catches the worm,' but haste may sometimes be injudicious, as well as indecent." -? ?> Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington*, Nov. 12. The public will look with much interest to the result of the Cuban difficulties, especially after c1?. ..!'.. i (i?\f.. T nviv ll. nnnears that I'III UUIPU1 n |*:iw;i 1\; i)Ai . ~ -.J | this Government, after obtaining satisfactory information as to the ca-e of the Crescent City, made it the subject of a communication to the , Spanish Government, and that the answer, when it shall be received, will be published. Further, Mr. Conrad gives the assurance, as the Republic did some time ago, that "neither the honor nor 1 interests of the country will be neglected." This : ought to be satisfactory for the present, and little time will be lost by taking a regular course. It is probable that Mr. Caldcron was under a 1 mistake in stating that the Government would withdraw Mr. Smith frufn the Crescent City ; for the Government has no power in regard to the appointment or removal of any officer of this steamer, except the Captain, who mtjst, by law, be a Lieufruant of the Navy. It may be very ' true, however, that Mr. Conrad expressed a wish that the Company would, for the present, witli' draw Mr. Smith, so as to avoid a premature colli ion. It am tears to be a matter of doubt, then, 1 whether the Cuban authorities are not strictly right in their assumption to exorcise a proper au1 thurity in regard to the mail steamers, as well as to persons brought by them into * ort. The steamer is not a national vessel, but clears out as a private commercial vessel, and is subject to quarantine laws and port regulations. It is contended that the Cuban Government may make the mail steamers the subject of police regulations any where within three m-rine leagues of j her coast. Granting that it be so, the exercise of the power will be unnecessary as well as irritating. It will be interesting to see what views ' the Spanish Government, tenacious as it is on ' the subject of national rights ana etiquette, will ' tnk- of this matter. The Democratic papers reproach the administration with culpable neglect of the National honor on this subject. They had better not g<> too fa-t or far in committing themselves or the party which is soon to assume the reins of Government. In the very handsome procession which was a part of the celebration of the Democratic \ic' torv, last night, the %lLonc Star" made a conspicuous figure, and was everywhere received ? !i.l 1? ' ^ f1/.,! VaVIIhV ill lllR Jill. Willi UJHIK5 ui wi. * vi uvj , ~ . dress, alluded t<> the new States which were to . come into the Union before the completion of the enlargement of the Capitol. Young Aine rica sets her heart on the possession of Cuba, and, if she will wait patiently, the prize may fall into [ our lap. Put an acquisition which is to be peace| ful and the result of commercial necessities, and the work of time, is not sufficiently exciting for ! the appetite of some of our people. There arc iu the Northern States many Whigs, as well as Democrats, who are infected with the lust of acquisition and annexation. Nearly all ' the Abolitionists and the political. Anti Slavery men, are advocates" oF the acquisition of Cuba. ?Jr. Seward made a speech in favor of the pro! ject during the late Presidential canvass. Gen. Pierce's administration will not want urging, from many sources, into a very rash policy on this subject. It is customary for the President, elected in November, t<> make up bis Cabinet in February. (Jen. Pictee will probably take the usual course, lie will riot come Southward till lie comes to be inaugurated. - ? Later from Europe.?Arrival of the Atlantic. 1>altimoue, Nov. 15.?The U. S. Mail steam. ship Atlantic, Captain West, lias arrived at New York from Liverpool, which port she left 011 the i 3d inst. The Liverpool Markets.?Tlie Cotton mar. i ket oil Saturday closed dull, and the sales comJ I lised 1 ii.OUO bales, of v. liicli Speculators took ; 1300. On Monday the Pritish Mail steamship J Asia, Captain Judkins, arrived and depressed the ; market. On Tuesday, 13.000 bales were sold. ! All qualities have declined nearly an eighth of | a penny on the prices current on Friday, the . i 20th of October. The quotations are ;is follows: i Fair Orleans (i 5-8d., Middling Orleans 0 1-8 a . 0 l-4d.; Fair Mobile G 1-4 a 6 3-8d.; Middling * 1 ' ' 1 0.1 . t*..i 1 ii i i ? r. : IHI. ?l U 1'CU., i*?111 u |;i(iiiu u 4--x <* vz j 3-8(1., ami Middling Upland Od. p! State ok Tit auk.?At Manchester Trade has slightly declined. IIavke Ciittos Makkkt.?The sales during ;; the week in the Havre Cotton Market have coin . prised 12,000 haks. On Saturday the 30th ult. (I 1000 bales were sold. On Monday the 1-t there . ' were no sales. The stock of Cotton on hand, . exclusive of that on shipboard comprised 17,500 11 bales. [ England.? No opposition is expected at the i meeting of J'arliaiueiit to the election of a Speaki ^'rAbout thirty vessels wore wrecked during the recent gale on the East*; rn Coast of England, and , ; a great loss of life occurred. [ j Thillips' Fire Annihilator Factory has been >: consumed by fire. | ; I'liAM i:.? There is a story afloat that an oxL tensive conspiracy has been d:-c owred at Foii. taiiibhiiii agaiiisi the J'n-id-iit. | The popular vole a- to wli'-tlu-r the Empire shall be j ta!-!:-lu'd. will bepnd'ablv taken oil , the 21st or -J'J.I of this m-'lilh. I 1 ' ).l' 11 m -- I he l?t !g;ai> Ministry has ls-i-n re , organized. i Fit omom.--The I'i'-dmontese Ministrv have , resigned. I LivKurooi, Nov. 3.?Since the departure of the Uiiiish mail steamship Canada on the 30th '.' tilt., the demand in the Liverpool Cotton market i has hecn moderate and prices have declined an r eighth of a penny. The sales have comprised fort v tlimisniiil hales, of which speculators have taken seven thousand, and exporters one thousand hales. The quotations are as follows : Fair , Orleans 0 l-2d.; Middling Orleans 0 l-8d.; Fair . ; Upland (5 l-4d., and Middling Uplandi 5 7-8dI A cargo of 2,000 bushels of superior white corn from North-Carolina was sold at Norfolk, Vir inia, on Wednesday, at 70 cents per bushel. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 19, 185! THO. J. WAHEEN, Editor. Our Cotton Market. The demand for Cotton continues good, but at sl'ght reduction on our last quotations, extremes ra ging at 8 to 9 J. Charleston quotations, 9i to 10. Temperance Demonstration. By a notice in another column, it will be seen th the Sons of Temperance intend making a grand demo stration in Columbia on Thursday next. We hoj every Division in the State will be largely rcpresentc and that all the different organizations of teniperan men will take pleasure in uniting with them on th occasion. uoinmerciai as ami ox voxumDia. Edwin P. Scott, esq. has been elected Cashier this Bank in the place of B. I). Boyd, esq., who h resigned with a view of removing to Charleston. Hogs. The Asheville Messenger of the 10th inst. says th several droves of Hogs have passed through that tow and that others are coming. Drovers will find rea< sale and good prices for their hogs by coining to C'ai den. ? g Presidential Election. Returns from all the States of the Union except Ca fornia and Texas have been received. Those Stat being conceded to Pierce and King, will make the vc in the electoral college stand for Scott and Graham 4 Pierce and King 251. The States voting for Scott ai Graham are Massachusetts, Vermont, Tennossc ai Kentucky. The following is the table in detail: Gi:n\ Pierce. Gex. Scoi Maine 8 ? New Hampshire 5 ? Vermont ? 5 Massachusetts ? 13 Connecticut 6 ? Rhode Island 4 ? New York 3G ? New Jersey 7 ? Delaware 3 ? Pennsylvania 27 ? Maryland 8 ? Virginia 15 ' ? North Carolina 10 ? South Carolina 7 ? Georgia 10 ? Florida 3 ? Ohio 23 ? Indiana 13 ? Illinois 11 Iowa 4 ? Wisconsin 5 ? Michigan 6 ? Kentucky ? 12 Missouri 9 ? Alabama 9 ? Louisiana 6 - ? Tennessee ? 12 Mississippi 7 ? Arkansas 4 ? Texas 4 ? California::::::::::::::::::::::::: 4:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::? or t A1 -W"t 42 Majority for Tierce, 212 Metiiomst Missions.?The Joint meeting of t General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Ep copal Church and of the Board of Managers of the.i ciety, was held in New York on the 9th instant, a tho following appropriations wero made for the si port of their missions for the years 1852-3. Forei missions, $50,000; domestic missions, $141,300; m missions, $15,000; special appropriations, $3,700? tal, $210,000. Next Secretary of the Treasury.?In N York, and generally at the North, it is stated tha strong and decisive feeling exists in favor of devolvi the duties of tho Treasury Department, under thene administration, upon Senator It. M. T. Hunter. 1 commercial community call for him with one vol His liberal principles in regard to trade are now t almost universal sentiment of tho commercial comn nity of this country. The Maine Law in Massachusetts.?Tho oi matters upon which tho people of Massachusetts i pear to be decided, is the Constitutional Convention a the sustaining of the Maine law. The latter meast is looked upon as settled. The Maine law will be n thor repealed nor modified. The minority must si mit with the best grace they can. Gueat Speed.?In collecting the election rctur in Massachusetts, at the late State election, a locon tivoon the Connecticut River Railroad, ran 50 mi in 53 minutes, making six stops on the way. On t Western Massachusetts road, a locomotive ran 51 mi in au hour and a half] including one stop for wood a water. liltlgadier General.?Maj. J. W. Harrison 1: been elected Brigadier General of the 1st Brigade, i 0. M. Taking Time by the Forelock.?Parson Brov low in his paper, the Knoxville llVi/jr of Saturday, c< eludes an article on the course lie intends to pursue follows: "Finally, in order to strike an effectual blow for ti Republicanism ; to aid in the restoration of sound W1 principles, we fling the pro id, the glorious banner Millard Fillmore to the breeze, for President in 18 and under this Hag we shall light, sink or triumph, li or die." i The President Elect.?It is stated that the Pre dent elect intends shortly to pass through Baltimore his way to Virginia, wlmro lie will spend the wint (In the other band the Concord, N. II. licporter "1 ' the best authority for saying that Gen. Pierco has intention to take up his residence in Portsmouth, j any other place than Concord, until he removes to t white house at Washington." A IIopeh l Yoltii.? A boy, 12 years of a. was brought before the Mayor's Uuurt, at t,i cinnatli, last Sunday, by Ins father, who stab that the family were absolutely afraid the you would take their lives and that he himself foui it utterly impossible to govern the boy ; that 1 had threatened them with stabbing, and hadevi purchased a pistol for the purpose of shootin Airs. \V?, his housekeeper. A double barrel!' pistol was produced in court, which the poli officer who accompanied the father to the coui room said he took from the boy, who told hi he bought it for the porpose stated. The ma or sent the boy to the house of refuge. The Fair.?The Fair of the South-Carolina Institute opened last owning, at the building 2 erected ou the Citadel Square'. The fruits of the prescveriug labors of the Coiilmittec of firrur.geinents were abundantly made apparent, iu-the . immense amount of work which they had been ... enabled to get through with during the twenty . ?v four hours previous to opeuiug. Many unavoidable causes had combined to produce unusual delay. { "* Vot by unwearied exertions, an attractive dis- f play of articles, botli useful and ornamental, has been produced? at Among the most prominent contributors, is a a steam engine from the extensive manufactory of fl Messrs. Cameron, Mustard 6c Co., which in the , estimation of numerous practical judges, \vh? 1 ' have closely inspected it, is a fine model of hand- j c'e some and substantial workmanship, [t comes ? j at entire and unaided from the hands of young ; \ Charles Ion Mechanics. In the centre of the Hall, elevated upon a plat- ) f.?rni are specimens of ornamental cast iron rail- j of ing and floors, exquisitely worked' manufactu:1S red at great expense and labor by Mr. C. Werner ofthis city. 1 v- .1* . e....: ivar mcsc arc specimens ui <tuuuais aau onus, from the Charleston College museum, prepared at by Profe-sor F. S. IIolme< among whicli are the n? celebrated head and horns of a gigantic moose a 1 *7 great curiosity, which our naturalists would do 1 n* wi ll to examine. fr.: 1 I In another Department are several elegant : J carriages built in this City and State. I j. A cotton gin mannafacturcd by S. L. Burns ' J| l~ of St. Mary's, Ga.; a patent excelsior straw cutter 1 es from Columbia, Ga., by E. T. Taylor & Co., are T; j *? among the specimens which may be regarded as well worthy of examination. A number of pretty and delicate articles of emn(* broidery and ornamental work, paintings, daguerreotypes, maps, <L'c., are on exhibition which we i rr" may hereafter find space to notice a little -more ^ in detail. The Fair will be opened eveiy day _J| this week at the hours mentioned in our last. Charleston Courier. S As Outrage.?Mr. and Mrs. Lemtfion of 1 Virginia, designing to emigrate to Texas, pro- &< j ceeded to do so by the way of New York, carlying with them eight slaves, their only, proper- *fl; ty almost. These slaves were taken hold of by " j ' the abolitionist", a writ of habeas corpus was taken out, and on Saturday last the decision was that they were free. The Constitution regards r slaves as property, and yet the owners are dc- Y prived of their all by the foul spirit of fanaticism ^ which reigns triumphant at the North. - "jf Carolinian. ^WVWWVWV ' The College Exhibition.?The Annual Ex- V hibition of the Senior Class of the College of Charleston took place last evening, at the Col- 1 lege Chapel. It wis attended by a large select 3 2 and intelligent audience. The following oration ^ | were spoken by the members of the Class, who received appointments for the occasion: ' V 1. Poem?"Creatiou," by John M. Covert. 2. Oration?'"The Earnest Man," by II. R. LMcKson. i3. "The Power of Memory," by Charles W jl 4. "Science and Religion," by John C. Delia ^ The gold medal for the best Oratory and Com. position was presented by President Finley to Mr. J. C. Delia Torre, whose remarkable proficiency in both at once indicated the justice of > a the decision. His subject, 11 Science and Reli^ qion,11 was one of thrilling interest, handled with V Bw a degree of .-bility, tact and judgement Tar be- V to" yoinl what his auditors might have expected from ? ^ "his age, and enforced with a spirit and ethusiasm- w which drew forth at its close the universal ap- - \ cw plause and approbation of the assembly. I 1 Chas. Courier. xt Banks.?The Washington correspondence of J ,1C the New-York Courier and Enquirer contains ... j ce- an abstract of the anuualstatement of the con- '* ] ;ll? dition of the Banks of the U. States, ascommu1U* nicated to Congress by the Secretary of the sd Treasury, at the close of the session in August last. From arable exhibiting the affairs of banks 'kv making returns nearest to January, 1851, it ap*P pears that there were then 737 Banks and 128 n(l branches, making 8G5 Banking institutions, of . ' irc which returns were received at the Treasury Deci_ partment. From the abstract above referred to^ j ib" it appears that there was an increase of Banking"" : j Capital in 1851 over the preceding year of somewhat o\<*r five per cent. The number of Banks n*> and Branches increased at about the same rate. 10" Tbe expansion of Bank Credit was over $48,000,Ips 000, or 13.2 percent. The amount of stocks bo held by the Banks augmented 12.2 per cent, lea The value of Re d Estate diminished. The spo nd eie in all the Banks was, in round numbers, ?52,- "* : 000,000, and the increase within the year was $6,530,000, or about 15 per cent The most ' I ias considerable advance took place in the items of S. circulation and deposits. The circulation in- * I creased$22,002,000,about 10 percent. 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