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Prom the N- Y. Tribune—F>-re Soil.
THE BF6BEYR SECESSION
South Carolina, it seema mornlly cer
tain has put an extinguisher on the liub-
hle—disunion. The aignal triumph of
“co-operation”—that is, of the party
which opposes immediate aeeoaion from
tlie Union, and insists that South Caro-
liunaiiall consult and co-operate with
her sister States of the South with res-
C pt to their mutual grievances and the
st mentis of redressing them—is a
substantial counterpart of the “Union”
victories in Georgia, Alabama ami .Mis
sissippi. There may be some seces
sion triumphs in the plantation (lArislies;
but wo know that the mountain dis
trict* are almost unanimous against se-
“We hare said some strong things of
South Carolina ravings, and her lead
ing statesmen, Cheves, Orr, Chesnut,
and others, have virtually enforced all
contracting pe wars, would seem a legit- | we said. We said her ultra ists were
imnte iufi reuee from the premises. dictatorial and illiberal, and so they said,
But our view of the practical quea- j and so says her people now.
tion strips the abstraction of much of iis! “So much we of the South have done,
shadowy magnitude and importance. 1 and triumphed. We have fought our
Suppose a State to be earnestly con- | fight. Its triumph lights us Georgia,
vinced that the Union has beoome a Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina,
curse to her, and thereupon to have and blazes over all the broad Union it
resolved to secede from it, what shall has redeemed from dissolution. South
Shall we ! Carolina is not with us altogether, but
call out the militia, re-enforce our reg- disunion will not be so glibly syllabled,
ulur army, cast cannon, and pour down i and national feeling will be stronger
upon the seceding State an avalanche of' in her |imits.
bloodshed, devastation and death ? ShalU “The last stone has been rolled up
we retain a sister State in the Union by against the sepulchre of disunion. It
fire and sword, and compel her to send will know no resurrection. Sleepless
members of Congress, and seem to be
our associate and equal when she is in
fact a vassal ? Wo think not. If a
State, by a derided unquestionable ma
jority of her people, should resolve to
quit the Union, wo should prefer to let
her go rather than retain her by mili
tary force. This Union is not a slave-
pen, though it unhappily contains slave-
pens. It would be perfectly fair to in
sist that a seceding State should not
patriots will guard all that it threaten
ed—protect nil that is denounced.—
There is no loothojd for secession.—
There is no echo for treason. There
is no shelter for sectionaj demagogues-’
The 7'rue Della, another print of the
same ilk. lias the following paragraph :
“Secession is of South Carolina birth.
Mississippi and Georgia knocked the
life out of it, and it is now unceremoni
ously bnried in the land of its origin.
cession and their strength added to that willing to remain as a partner
of Charleston is decisive. .South Car- We do nt
oliua will not secede, nor even make a
feint of so doing. Her slaveholders,
notwithstanding all the clamor of rest
less intriguers for ollice, are quite
aware that their slavelioldiug interests
are decidedly safer in the Union than
they could bo out of it, and they will
not bo driven into secession. Her mer
chants and capitalists realize that their
business is far better and their property
worth more in the Union than they
would be out of it. And her larger
class of |Hior white men, deprived of
an equal voice in the government by
beV aristocratic constitution, which al
lows a small minority of her freemen,
residing in the great sluveholding par-
permit her territory to be abused to do- ’ITie Union cause is triumphant through-
fraud the revenue laws of the Union by out the length and breadth of the repub-
smtiggling, or in any way to injure her lie. Thus may it ever he.”
neighbors; butdo not have her retained The following extract is from the
as a captive and a subject if she is un- j “Courier des Etas Unis,” a French pa
per published in the city of New York,
date the 16th of October, 18M ‘
“But one of the most conspicuous
symptoms is that which has just been
developed in South Carolina—the Sc-
seuionistM have been beaten in the elec-
not believe, if the door of the
Union were held wide open, a State
could be induced to walk out in the
next half century. If any did, she would
be glad to walk in again before she had
been out two years. Our Union is tion for delegates to a Southern Con-
maintained by a force stronger than
fortress walls and more impregnable
than seried ranks—that of enlightened
self-interest and general security. A
dozen Rlietts and Jeff Davises could
go but a short way towards its disso
lution.
gress. Their adversaries, who are des
ignated by the very outlandish name of
co-operaiionuts, have obtained a deci
ded advantage. This is the death blow
of the disunkmists.”
isbes, to overbear the great majority in
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RESPONSES TO TUE ELECTION.
We invite attention to the subjoined
extracts from some ot the New York and
New Orleans papers. They prove con
ker legislature, by which hW governor, clusively in what light co-operation is re-
presidential electors, Acc.,wire regularly garded abroad:
chosen—though these [*>dr whites are The New York Star savs:
of little account and h** but a feeble . <That polUon of the vote r. of South !
voice m the usual d.reftt.oy of her pub- Carolina opposed to immediate, nucon-
hc Htian-s-wl .nake themselves poten- ditiona] «. C easion, is, in reality, op-I
U.ll r heard whenever she shall under- ) t0 disunioll M | to ,r t .ther. They;
take to secede from the Un.on Null.- know |u ,| wt , 11 thnt tho entire y out , ^
tic&tion had scarcely n foothold in the eveil a miljoi it ol the Southern States,
mountain distr.e s twenty years ago; ca|l| , ot , JL> ra|litid under the btamlaid ol
secession is weaker m those districts ^cession, and they therefore uae this
now Could the question be subnntted con j ition a8 a ^ape-goat, to gHV e them
directly to the whi e freemen of South ftt onc>e from the responsibilities of re-
Carolina '•Shall tins State secede from l)dliolli and t | 10 6Ug p icion of d j s | 0V alty
the Union-Yea or Nay f —we have fo Southern interests,
no doubt that two-thirds would thundej result of , he late delegate elec-
out an indignant and determined No; tio|1 ia So utl. Carolina is therefore a sig-
he disiiffection is mainly confined to jdticant declaration by the iieople of
the great planting distncts; its (omen- that State that they are not prepared to
tersare nearly all lawycis and otfice- out loose from the Union unless other
seekers, who deemed this the royal road States, which have already defined their
to populaiity ami power. But they have poa jtjon, will secede with them; and the
been grievously mistaken. slave States may now be considered
The people ,. n ol South l arolina, 0 pp 0sed to disunion. South Carolina’s
taoitgh they may grumble at this or verait . t hai ^tled the question. When
that act ot Congress, or exhibition ol s ij e declines to lead, wbat Southern
State will venture to take the iniatiative
in rebellion 1”
The New Y ork Tribune, too, enjoys
Dovlington flag.
Northern sentiment, are nt heart at-
tarned to the l nion, and do not mean
to leave it. The cannon which “the
chivalry” have been ordering cast at a
liberal cost, will be laid by to rust in the
arsenals. The Commanders and Quat-
tlebums who seek glory in the tented
field, must turn their arms against Cu
ba, Northern Mexico, or some other
foreign territory which lies temptingly
the anti-secession demonstration with a
very keen zest. Horace issatified that
the Union is perfecctly safe, and that
no State could be kicked out of it.—
The Tribune says;
“The |>eople, even of South Coroli
, na, though they may grumble at this or
convenient to si lived om. 1 bo list hope that act of Congress, or exhibition of
of sece.^siou has vanished, and the bu- Northern sentiment, are at heart at-
siness ot iwiug t.ie Union is virtually tached to the Union, and do not mean
extinct, j he late ol Gorgech. and the to | eave jt, 'p|, 0 cannon, which “the
i\-cue of Jerry has been dinneil into chivalry” have l>een ordering cast at a
the drowsy ears ol the South to no liberal cost, will be laid by to rust in
purpose. Go%. Johnston s defeat ought, t bo arsenals. The last hope of seces
sion has vanished, and the business of
DARLINGTON, S. C.
J. H. NORWOOD, JLditor.
THIRSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10,18»1.
saving tho Union is virtually extinct.
The fate of Gorsuch and the rescue of
Jerry iiave been dinned into the drowsy
ears of the South to no purpose. Gov.
Johuson’s defeat ought, for the credit of
to have occurred
sootier. As it is, it can-
ibr tho credit of cotton patriotism, to
have occurred some weeks sooner. As
it is, it cannot well he made the cause
of events which took place previously
or Simultaneously with itself. The
Union w ill endure for some years yet,
because no influential party concerned cotton patBotiem,
in it lias so much to gain ns to lose by . goIJ1e w-eeks
its disruption. Castle Garden may con-; not ue || bo made the eau.se of events
tinne to ic oun. with tho notes of which took place previously or simul-
Marctzck, rnt ier than the honevH taneoualy with iuelf. Tho Union will
tones o. persuasion which foil from the emlurc for some time yet, beenuse no
lips of Litllo l ^tors nnt! kindred jufl ue0 (i a l p-nty concerned in it has ns
spokosmon ol the I tuon and Safety gain .ns to lose by its disrup-
Committee, lor the pei il Ji disunion is (ion. Castle Garden may continue to
no ‘jtoMx “Othello s occupation s raaoulK ] with the notes of Mantzek
K ol ' e • _ rather than the honeyed tones of |ier-
Au now a word on Seceaaieu in the gl , a8 ioii, which fell from the li|is of ‘Lit-
abstract, which has held a promiu^nt do Bitters” and kindred s|K>kesmen of
place Ui the discussions of the late sum- .. die Union and safety committee,” for
mer nt the South, and has enureil large
ly to the advantage of the Secession
ists, who, by holding up their adversa
ries as denying the right of secession
under any circumstances, have been
able to represent them as cutting off
the South from all chauce of redress in
case of the infliction of unbearable
wrongs upon her by an omnipotent
Northern majority.
Whether-a State has a constitutional
right to secede from our Union, upon
the occurrence of circumstances which
in her own judgment render such a
the peril ofdUuuion is no more. “Othel
lo’s occupation’s goner’
“We do not believe, if tho door ot
the Union were held wide open, a State
could be induced to walk out in the
course of the next half century.”
The Crescent gives vent to its Union
patriotism and gas:
“We publish glorious news from South
Carolina this morning. The co-opera-
doubts or nnti-iinmediate secession
men have swept the State by an im
mense majority. Disunion has lost its
last foothold. Thk Union has won iis
step necessary, is a question which we noiilkst TKimrH. Tho excitable and
will not now discuss. That she has no excited people of a State, honorable in
right. and can have none, to nullify a our history, have felt themselves quick-
law' of the land, yet insist on remaining ened by the old spirit of national patri-
in the l T nion, was abundantly estab- otism, aud, however reluctantly, have
lished by Mr. Webster in Ids great do- j gathered at last, with their breth-
bate with Col. Hayne. But if we re- i ren of the Union to rapport our unity
gard the several States sovereignties, 1 as a mtUoo.
AGENTS FOR TUE DARLINGTON FLAG.
8. D. Hallford, - Camden, S. C.
Charles DeIairme, Sumterville, S. C.
We have been visited by several
frosts during the past week. Ice was to
be seen on Monday morning.
I-if" The Fall term of our Court clos
ed its session on Friday morning last, the
business being insufficient to occupy the
entire week. His Honor Judge Withers
presided, and by his courteous and gentle
bearing won the admiration of the Bar,
tho jurymen and the audience. The
greater part of ihe time wasoccupied with
the sessions Docket, which we are a
shamed to say seems to increase instead
of diminish , with the advancing civili
zation and intelligence of our District
We hope and believe however this is
owing rather to flie active vigilance
of our police officers than any multiplica
tion of crime.
ADELPHIAN SOCIETY.
We are requested to invite gantlemen
who may be desirous of re-organising
the above society, to assemble in the
Court House on Friday evening next, at
lialf past seven o’clock.
DEATH IN PRISON.
Jacob Griffiths the unfortunate old
man who a few mouths since, was confin
ed in jail on the charge of murdering his
brother, di. d on the 24th mat, under cir
cumstances the most forlorn and wretch
ed. For many years he had been afflicted
with diseased teet and legs and during bis
confinement it is supposed, other diseases
were produced from this and other causes.
He was so weak and his condition so loath
some, that it was impossible for him to be
tried at the recant term of our Court An
order for bail was granted him some
weeks since by Judge Evars, and several
of our citizens volunteered to stand his
security, but no one could be found who
was willing to take him # his helpless
and offensive state. It so happened how
ever that a kind Providence terminated
his sufferings on the last day of the very
term at which he expected to have his
trial He breathed his last inhis gloomy
cell .with no friendly hand except tliat of
our Jramane jailer to aaaoothjiis dying
pillow or give him a word ofcomfort in
his passage through the dark valley of the
.Jiadoxr of death.
A CASE or DROWNING.
We understand that the second mate
of the Steamer Marion, which is now ly
ing a few miles below Mars Bluff in the
Pee Dee river, was drowned on Sunday
last iu attempting to cross Jeffries Creek
nearfUl moulh, on a small log. A jury of
inquest has returned a verdict of acciden
tal drawing.
RISINGS ON THE PAST AND THE FU
TURE.
Well the agony is over and it has been
exultingly proclaimed from one end of the
Union to the other, that South Carolina
too has submitted to the late compromise.
The last hope of resistance on the part of
the South, to any thing that is past is now
gone and it will be seen from extracts in
another place, that consolidationists and
submissionists everywhere are rejoicing
over the fact. How could it be other
wise? Is not their darling project accom
plished? Is not the glorious Union safe?
Has not the right of secession which they
deny been virtually abandoned ? Y'es one
by one the Southern States have struck
their colors and abandoned the standard
of resistance which they so gallantly rais
ed. After declaring that the passage of the
Wilmot Proviso, or any kindred measure
would be an assumption of power on the
part of General government which Virgi
nia would resist “ at all hazards and to
the last extremity,” (our readers must ex
cuse us for using this sickening phrase)
and after pledging South Carolina and
Georgia to a similar course, she inglori-
ously retreated, and begged South Caro
lina to follow her example. The legisla
ture of Georgia passed a bill authorising
the Governor to call a convention of the
people, in case that California was admit
ted with an anti-slavery Constitution; Ca
lifornia was admitted—the Governor call
ed the convention and it agreed to sub
mit. Mississippi and South Carolina have
each called conventions, but it is certain
that they will also, acquiesce in the com
promise. We say certain because a ma
jority ot the delegates in Mississippi, are
Union men and from the response which
has recently proceeded in trumpet tones
from that oracle the ballot box—we have no
doubt that South Carolina will fail to do
anything. We are pained at the result,
but come wbat may ii^future we feel con
scious of having discharged our duty, and
bow in submission to what we con
ceive to be the expressed will of the peo
ple. One consolation in reference to the
action of our Slate is tlaM she was the
last to yield, and that the gilded pill of
submission has been forced down the
throats of the people under the plausible
but false name of co-operation. We yet
hope that in the chapter of accidents
something may occur to show our people
their danger and unite them on a com
mon platform of resistance and self pre
servation. We have asserted that the
right of secession has been virtually aban
doned. In proof of tliis, it is but neces
sary to refer to the fact that it has been
claimed by South Carolina, and denied
by tho General Government. South Ca
rolina has declared that the time for ar
gument had passed and the time for ac
tion arrived. She has accordingly taken
steps through her legislature to prepare
for action, and no sooner than the first
note of preparation was sounded, did the
Government commence concentrating an
unusual number of soldiers and munitions
of war upon our coast. For what pur
pose it was done, no eane man can doubt,
and the verdict will go forth to the world
and we fear with too much truth that
South Carolina quailed before Federal
bayonets and Federal cannon.
Hereafter we proclaim ourselves sub-
inisbionisLi ex necessitate—we have fought
a gainst it as tong as there was a ray of hope
—we have been overpowered and compet
ed to submit, it is not of our own choosing,
lake Proteus Memminger, we have pre-
fered and still prefer,” if we are to wear
chains that theyshould be put on us by
force. We at least will have part in for
ging them.”
We hold ourselves in readiness how
ever to co-operate with our friends who
have so strenuously advocated co-opera
tion, in any sensible measures which they
may projiose for the protection of oursel
ves and our -property. We confess
though that we have no confidence in any
tiling short of disunion—the deceitful calm
which is fast stealing upon us will be we
fear the calm of despotism—clouds, sha
dows, and darkness rest upon the future,
but we will yet hope that the power
which rides in the whirlwind and directs
the storm will appoint all tilings for the
best.
Thk Cotton Crop.—TlieDenmpo-
lia Argus of the 14th instant remarks
that the majority of planters expect to
be done picking cotton within eight or
ten days. When ayen and ordinary
crop picking could not be finished bo-
fore the 1st December.
The Greensboro’ Beacon of the 18th
inst presumes that coton pickiag on the
sandy lands ia pretty well finiahod.—
But on the Mack lands there la work
for several weeks. The crop in the
section of Greensboro’ will it ia belie
ved, slightly exceed that of last year.
—* /r -1 ' • —ie
From the Eufauh Ala. Spirit ofthe South.
SOUTH CAMLINA.
Incomparably the severest blew
which the cause of the South has |IH
received, is the result of the late elec
tion for deputies to the Southern Con
gress in South Carolina. Neither the
total rout in Georgia, nor the disas
trous defeat in Mississippi, can at all
compare with it. So far as the South
ern Congress is concerned, the election
was of no moment for it is well known
that no other State having chosen de
legates that body will never convene
But as a trial of stength between the
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION AT MACON,
At about every seventh year we have
in the Sooth the scheme of a convention
for the promotion of commerce or
agriculture. Another ia to be inaugu
rated nt Macon on tlie 25th of this
month. This is primarily to be a Cot
ton Planter’s Convention bat there is
to be combined with it an nuxilarv pro
ject for the promotion of direct trade
to Europe. W'e have generally very
little reliance on the efficacy of con-
ventions for the furtherance of com.
mercial undertakings. But there are
some fentares in tliis Macon scheme
friends of serrate State secession and ""d meeting that except it from the
the co-operatioaists—between the true i general description of assemblages of
resistance men and those who wliate-
ver they may say to the contrary are
practical submissionists, the election
assumes the most overwhelming impor
tance—and the event has made it al
most certain that South Carolina will
follow the bad example of her sister
Southern States and virtually aquiesce
this character. It appears that Mr.
Bayler, our consul as Amsterdam who
has lately returned to Washington on
leave of absence, and who will at-
tend the convention nt Macon, is on a
kind of commercial mission from the
merchants of Amsterdam, who are said
by to be anxious to form a commercial
in tlie aggressive and degrading Icgisla- connexion with the cotton-growing
tion of the last Congrss, Tliis last States. He pledget! himself and his
reverse completes the darkness of the friends in Holland, to furnish the plan-
gloom that surrounds us. Had South tei- 8 any amount of capital they may
Carolina stooil firm and possessed the need to carry out such a scheme.
This certainly would be a good be-
ginning, It is the deficiency of capital
with that alisence or want of combined
interest on both sides of the Atlantic,
that obstruct all enterprise to extend
direct trade between Europe aud cer
tain portions of the United States.—
Commercial men possessed of largo
moneyed resources and extended tra
ding connexion wonld present the most
promising initiative to a direct inter
course between the Southern States
and the European continent The
mode of giving effective organization
to the means provided would remove tho
irreatest impediment We have little
faith in the agencies ofcompanies except
as to supplying tho capital The work
ing of tiie machinery of associations
for the promotion of mercantile ends
has always ended in disappointment.
Nor can wo conciovc in what manner
cotton planters can enter into combin
ation with merchants for beneficial
promotion of common ends. The want
of unity, we are fearful would destroy
their plans. The interest of cotton
planters would in nine cases out of ten
be considered antagonistic to that of
the merchants which they might hap
pen to he associated. Wo have little
hope therefore in that form of associa
tion which is proposed for deliberation
and acceptance at Macon although it
is to be desired thnt the offer of these
Amsterdam merchants could be secur
ed tor the promotion of Southern inter
ests.—Ere News.
RAIN LIGHTNING AND FIRE.
The Greenville Bat riot of October
16, says:
“On Saturday night we had a thun
der shower sufficient to lay the dust
and cool the atmosphere and quite ac
ceptable after two months of dry weath
er. During tho ruin, the stable of Mr.
Smith Bradley outlie Anderson road
in this District was struck with light-
TIIE LHIIIRER IS WORTHY OF 111.8 HIKE, j uing, a fine mare killed and tho stable
The telegraph brings os the news that set on fire by the flash and entirel y
Judge Sharkey of Mississippi has rccei- consumed together with some 10,000
ved the place of Consul at Havana vice bundles of (odder, and a small quantity
of corn. Mr. Bkadlky’bIoss is near
8500. 'Fbe lire burned so fiercely that
it lit up our town though five miles dis-
distance and caused the alarm of fire
to be given and the fire bell to be
rung.
We learn that the dwelling house of
.Mr. Ashmouk, nine miles below this on
the Reedy Fork road was destroyed
by fire on Thursday morning last—
VVe have not understood the amount
ofloss, nor how the fire originated,
nerve to make the issue all might yet
have been well but when she falters, all
Iiojks of successful resistance to past
wrongs seems extinguished forever.
In spite of the triumplit boasts ofthe
submissionists, we have all along fond
ly clung to the hope that true to her
ancient fame, she wonld yet rise in her
might and roll hack the tide which now
sweeps on with resistlea force to our
destruction. Nothing but tho painful
dreary truth itself could have shaken
nr faith in her. Submission under
the specious guise of co-operation has
ed her captive in its train. The spir
it of liberty—that spirit which counts
nothing so intolerable as voluntary
servitude. The unfounded dread of
prospective pecuniary losses has prov
ed stronger than indignation at the ac
tual loss of cherished lights. Exam
ple hac been more potent than princi
pie, and South Carolina succumbing to
influences which she might have suc
cessfully resisted, has destroyed the
only chance of Southern co-opera
tion.
To those true men who in spite of
the most adverse influence at home and
abroad nobly upheld the cause of resis
tance we owe a debt of gratitude which
can never be forgotten, Unawed by
the insolent threats of a tyranicnl gov
ernment and unshaken by the denun
ciations of a misguided majority thei’,
stood, the last Irest hope of a Southern
Confederacy and posterity will not
fail to do them justice. As to their
triumphant and deluded opponents iu
whom the mercenary spirit lias extingu
ished for a time, the impulses of a no
bler feeling we deplore their infatuation
and envy neither their victory nor their
responsibilities.
“O, what a fall was there my country
men ;
Then I and you aud all of us fell down
Whilst Abolition flouri^he’d over us!”
Owens of Georgia removed for imper
tinently presuming that the President
meant what ho said when he denounced
the Cuban adventurers for stupidity sup
posing that the President would hear the
responsibility of what was discovered to
he an unpopular act when he had the
choice of fastening it upon a subor
dinate. We have no sympathy for
Mr. Owens. He was to all appear
ance the medium by which Georgia
was paid for deserting the South. He
is now paid in his own coin,—betray
al and desertion.
But we admire the fortuna of Judge
Sharkey! Wbat a dear delightful politi
cian be is! Tho President of that
hot-headed convention in Mississippi,
which blew the first trumpet note of
organized resistance to the North,
and called into being tho Nashville
Convention the writer of private letters
to Foote, approving of tho Compro
mise, about which on furthur consider
ation he was so much concerned, he
swore he would cut his (Foote’s) throat
if he dared to publish them, and which
were nevertheless published without
anybody’s throat being cut; the Presi
dent of the first Nashville Convention
and refusing to attend the second, which
met in accordance w ith resolutions he
had signed and approved; tlie writer of
caustic retorts on tlie National Intelli
gencer, vindicating Southern resistance;
and finally the active agitator forSiMtb-
ern Submission—ever new, fresh,
versatile Judge Sharkey ! does he not
deserve to bo rewarded for the
necromantic activity of his tergiversa
tions f—Charleston Mercury.
The Houston (Texas) Telegrajih of
the 17th inst. learns that the corn crop
on the Guadaloupe has been so abun
dant that that there will he several
hundred thousand bushels for sale in
the csmntiea on the river. Some plan
ters have actually raised more corn than
they could harvest and allowed their
neighbors to gather it free of charge.
’ilieSan Antonio Ledger says that
CaptThomas W. Grayson, ofthe Sal-
ado, has gathered this season from
seventy-one acres 4,500 bushels of
coni which is a fraction short of sixty
four bushels per a era.
Mf:lancholy Casualty.—We are
pained to learn that on Friday last
William Fleming an interesting youth
about eighteen years of age son of Mr.
James Heniing of Columbia county
was shot through the heart and killeil
instantly by the accidental discharge of
his gun. We have heard no particu
lars of this most melancholy event ex
cept that young Fleming was ont hun
ting and slipped up. In the act of fal
ling his gun went ofl^thc w hole load en
tering his side.
On the same day this event occurred
in Columbia county our paper contain
ed an account of a similar catastrophe in
Liberty comity resulting in the death
of Mr. Le Conte.
Thus, by these mysterious dispensa
tions* two among tho most estimable
families-in the State hare been sud
denly plunged into the deepest sor
row.—Augusta Constitutionalist.
LATE FROM THE 110 GRANDE.
Tlie steamship Fanny Capt Auld
arrived ycsteiday from Brains Santiago
which place she left on the 17th inst.
Thn report from Brownsville up to
thnrsday the Iflth at 2 o’clock p. m.
was that Col Carabnj.il was at the
head of 1100 men within ten miles of
Matainorss, intending to attack the ci
ty that night or next morning.
Amongst the troops attached to Col.
Carnbajal’s command are four hun
dred Texans. Capt Ford with a Com
pany of Rangers which had been dis
charged from tlie United States service
also joined the Patriots. Capt Ford
received a Lieutenant Colonel’s com
mand.
A few of the U. 8. troops deserted
’ from Fort Ring gold and joiiifd tho