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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-10
From the Charleston Courier.
Convention Of Southern Rights Associations
at Military Hall.
SECOND DAY.

SLCOND DAY.
TUESDAY, May 6, 1851.
The rules reported by the committee yester-
day, were taken up and adopted. Col Maxcy
G egg submitted the following resolution,
which was agreed to:
RESOLVED, That committee Of 81 members
be appointed by the Chair, to prepare and re-
port business to be submitted to this meeting
and that all propositions which may be intro
duced in this body shall be referred, without
previous debate to the said committee for con-
sideraton
In pursuance of the above, the following gen.
temen were appointed to said committee by the
President:
Maxcy Gregg, Richland; D. F. Jamson
Orangeburg; James Jones, Edgefeld; Peron-
ueau Finley, p. Della Tore, St. Phillips and
st. Michaefs; John s. Palmer, st Stephens;
James Chestnut, Kershaw j. A. Bradley, Ches-
ter f. d. Richardson, Sumter; ]. A. Calhoun,
Abbeville; T. B. Haynesworth, Darlington; G.
Manigault, Prince George, Winyah; Is. X. Hen
negan, Marion; ]. s. Manner, St Peters; J. G.
Durham, Barnwel w. H. Gist, Union w. B.
A. Maxwell, Anderson; J. ID. Wright, Laurens
1'audv Walker. Greenville.
Ex-Governor Whtemarsh B. Seabrook, was
originally placed on the committee, but declined
the appointments and stated his intention OF
not taking any active part in the proceedings
unless necessity should force him to do so, on
account of his being delegate elect to the State
Convention.
On motion of Mr.. Edmund Rhett, the secre-
tary.proceeded to call the several election dis
tricts of the State each association, having reso
lutions, presenting them on its district being
called which were referred to the committee In
pursuance of Col. Gregg's resolution. We pub
lish thh following, as indicating the general
tenor of those submitted.
Whereas, crisis has arrived in the history o
our country calling for some decisive action OF
the part of the friends of the South.
LAURESs' REsoLUTIors.--l. Resolped, Thai
conciiation is virtue, and cc-o alton desirable
but that, if need be- separate State action is thu
rightfnl remedy to which, or to any effectun
measure of resistance BY the constitutional con-
vention we pledge our all.
g. Resolred That more effectually to secure
the cooperation desired, State Southern Rights
Association be organized by this convention
to be composed of delegates from each Associa
ton in this State, which shall meet semi annual
ly mt Columbia.
3. RESOLVED, That each Southern Rights As
sociation in the State be requested to call .
meeting of their MEMBERS rs early AZ practc.
able, and ascertain the name and number o
memhe era over the age Of II and under 40; and
nil over the age Of 40, and keep roll Of the
same eparately, to be reported to the State As
sociatie.n semi-annually.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-10

ism OF To Siding scale, were none OF them
abandoned s3thouts long and arduous assault.
And Whist were these interests In Great '8Fitain
compared With the pecuniary and political oaes
involved In the maintenance OF the slave power
OF America Ipasuch contest the first thing V,
not to conceive Of the possibility Of failure; the
second, to act with system and perseverance,, tor
success Clergymen may betray their God, and
political attorneys may receive their ten pieces
OF silver, for their treachery to their country;
manufacturers may prefer their cotton 10 their
conscience. and ship-owners choose freight in
stead of liberty. All this has been done before,
and therefore il may be done again; but there
il nothing in 1t now which should swcrye true
and honest spirit one hairs breadth from the
line Of his duty. With truth and honorsJustic
right feeling, liberty and sound morals on our
side. we may we'll afford to wait awhile for rea-
son to execute its perfect work.
Neither 10 there anything in the present as
pect Of affairs W disheaIten u.s. On the con-
trary. it is clear that at no preceding mopent
has the public mind been 30 free from all exter-
nal influences calculated TO withdraw attention
from the mischiefs of slavery. The old party
organizations, which are, after ALL the most Of
fective barriers erected by the slave power, have
been storrned, and are now lying pretty nearly
in ruins. Discussion is more freely INDUCED
than it ever was before, and men are not dis
qualified for public station, simply because they
are suspected Of too much hostility to slavery.
The general opinion of the civilized world tends
the right way. Nothing, indeed. opposes us
but the banded conservatism of certain pecuni
AIRY and political interests, and these may be ul-
mately discomftted in regular ways Let US,
then, all agree TO mature a definite and vigorous
plan of constitutional acti0n to the execution o.
which, in The ,oide future open TO u.s. viL pledge
our Efforts Our object must be to redeem the
Union from the grieyous shame which certain
of its noisiest and falsest eulogists have lately
been inflicting upon it, We ought to save it
from being the mere hand maiden Of slavery
the instrument Of narrow and selfish sectional
power. Let US heartily join and try; and if in
the distant hereafter, the dim prospect should
appear to our vision Of so perfect regenera-
! ton Of opinion in America, as that the eloquent
language Of one our friends in a neghboring
Sta Q shall have taken the character of prophecy
If, indeed, it be in the designs Of Gods provi-
dence that from the arctic to the torrid zone OF
America the sun shall, ut some time or other,
shine upon neither master or slave, let it be an
encouragement TO our exertion to think that the
very passage Of this abominable law, and the
stimulus OF our opposition, may be among the
elements that will work together for that grand
| result. | am, dear sir,
Your obedient servant,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-10

e3S~ We regret to see tie attacks made on
Mr.. CoRwIN, Secretary of the Treasury, in the
New York Herald None lament more deeply
than we, the opinions that Mr.. CoRwIN has
adopted on certain importo mt questions. But
from some years of personal acquaintance and
many of general knowled &c, we have no hesita-
ton is saying that hisper sonal integrity will abide
mistaken "the test OflIuman scrutiny, of talents,
and of time."
Whenever any definite accusations are made,
we are assured Without any intimation for Mr..
CoRwIs, that t'iey will be triumphantly repelled.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-10

gg" The, contemplate penny-a-liner who
has wliggled himself into the editorial chair of
the Richraond Wing, is trying to wriggle him
self into further notice from us. Whenever
he achieves any thing of enough consequence
to eNlitle himself to our attention, he will re-
cciv, it,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-10

We rlght 70 IeaVe Inc c0niederAcy, peaceAb1y ana
without molestation. If the act Of secession il
not permitted to be peaceable, it will be from
usurpation of power by the federal government;
not from the nature of the act performed by
South Carolina.
Accustomed az we haze been to violations of
the Constitution, and of the rights Of the South
ern States by the federal government, we have
to look forward to the probability Of another
outrage by that government, in the attempt TO-
force the State to remain in the Union We
suppose the attempt will be made, II the other
Southern States permit it. Those States must
decide for themselves whether they will permit
it. South Carolina must decide for herself
whether It is necessary to secede. Her sist@r
States of the South will have no right to com
plain that she forces them into position where
they must either interpose to prevent her sub
jugation, or by conserving to It, abandon their
own sovereignty, and lay themselves at tho
merry Of despotic power. In seeding, South
Carolina will simply do an act which ali South
ern men who believe in the existence of State
rights at all, must admit that she has perfect
right to do; AMI which she regards as absolutely
necessary. She will be acting on her sacred
right She will be acting as she would have to
act If none of the other Southern States were
in existence, and she were the only object Of
aggression by the Northern States and the fed
era government She il not answerable for the
usurpations and injustice which may be COM
mitted against her. And for the sister States Of
the South to AJAX of her to refrain from an exer-
else Of the right which she regards M indspen-
sable for selfpreservation, would be nm intsvfer.
ence with her free action of far different char
acter from any with which she Gun be charged
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-10

oceh IeuuereO more insulting Dy m0ckery OF
language, under the term OF compromise
were final in their nature, and we're not to be
followed by any further aggressions we should
still regard them as outrages to which sovereign
States, possessing the spirit of freedom, ought
never to submit But those measures only
form part of a system, gradually commenced.
steadily carried forward, gathering strength from
development, and proceeding with fatal momen-
tum 10 its end. That end is the abolition of ne.
gro slavery in the Southern States, and the low
ering of the free white population of the South
to the same level with that agrarian rabble which,
already strong and dangerous, seems destined
before very long to be the controlling power in
the Northern States
We sec no remedy and no safety for the
South in the present Union. But we know that
IN this we differ from very many citizens of the
other Southern States, spirited and intelligent,
having the same interests and suffering under
the same wrongs with ourselves, and who cher
ish the hope that the rights Of the South may
be indicated and secured, without dissolving
me existing confederacy. In this difference, II
does not become us to assume to dictate, and
we hope to, stand free from thnt charge. Up 70
this time, the citizens of South Carolina, aware
that popularity of political position, arising from
past events, rendered certain reserve on their
part, prudent and proper, have studossIy avoid
ed every thing which might look like assuming
the lead, in the defence Of Southern rights.
They desired to nct because they believed that
safety and honor required action; but they hoped
that they might find leaders in other States
whom they might follow in defence Of the COM
mon cruise. When the ancient commonwealth
of Virginia, the proper leader Of the South, de.
clared her determination to resist mt all hazards,
and to the last extremity, hostile measures then
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
The Magnetic Needle.

By paragraph in the London Philosophical
Journal, translated from a German work by
Schwenter. and published in 1886, it will ap-
pear that the crude idea of the electric telegraph
was entertained previous even to that date, for
Schwenter himself quotes from previous au.
thor:
"HOw two people might communicate with
each other at distance by means of Magnet
ic Needle: IfClaudius were at Paris and Jo-
hannes at Rome, and one wished to carry some
information to the other, each must be provided
with Magnetic Needle 80 strongly touched
with the magnet. that in may be able to move
the other, from Rome to Paris. Now suppose
Johannes and Claudus have each a commpass
divided into an alphabet according to the number
ofletters,and always communicated with each
other at six o'clock in the evening then, latter
the needle had turned 1-2 times from the sign
which Claudius had given Johannes if Claudi-
US wished to say to Johannes, come to me- he
might make his needle stand still, or move till
it came to C, then to o, then to NJ, and so forth
If, now, the needle Of Johannes compass moved
at the same time to the same letters, he could
easily write down the words Of Caudius and
understand his meaning. This is a pretty in
vention; but do not believe that magnet
of such power could be found in the whole
world"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
VOLUME VIII. NO. 9.

to the Equator, will be occupied by civilized
communities of the European race, and probab.
ly under the dominion of Great Britain. Among
the discoveries in the new land of promise, are
ivory in considerable quantities, and many other
articles of commercial value.
Some travellers have arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope from the Zula country, which is de.
scribed ns being in some places fertile and beau.
tlful, with vegetation luxuriant; in others the
land was barren, with not tree to be seen for
miles. The chief food of the inhabitants is
milk, rice, and sweet potatoes.
The natives use black earthenware cups
These cups were go beautifully glazed, and 0f
such curious workmanship, that the travellers
we're surprised to find that they we're manufac-
tured by the natives. The kraa or hut Of the
chief was surrounded for miles with those of his
relatives. About 100 ofthese vessals were sum
moned upon one occasion, and despatched to
hunt buffalo. Large crops of mealies, sweet
potatoes, and Caffri corn were seen, as we'll az
immense quantities Of sugar cane.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
Music by Steam.

Mr.. VIM. Hoyt, of Dupont, Indiana, has in
vented the following plan for making music on
a steamboat:
Place pipe horizontally across the boilers,
of such length and size as may be proper; both
ends of said pipe to be stopped tight; in or
near the centre, there must be a connection pipe
to let the steam out ofthe boilers into said hcri-
zontal pipe. On top of said pipe, there must
be placed seven or more small pipes, perpendic-
ular, of such height as may suit the operator
on top of said small pipes, place whistles, of diff
ferent sizes and tones, similar 10 those used on
locomotives and steamboats,. Said whistles to
be SO made that the top part will screw down
or up, SO as to regulate the sounds, while tuning
them at any convenient part of the boat; place
a get Of keys to operate on said whistles, to let
on and off the steam by means Of pressing down
those keys similar to playing on piano or
there can be cylinder SO arranged as to oper-
ate on the whistles by turning crank similar to
hand organ.
Mr. Hoyt says, 81 am satisfied that music C an
be made by steam on a boat OF locomotive, as
well as it can be played with brass instruments
and much cheaper, much louder, and without
Glessa Gf Wuhstt WRHs surplus
leaving. 1t is my candid opinion that the West
ern boys will hear Old Dan Tucker" Aud
Lang Syne," &C., played on the Western wa
tiers, by steam, at distance of ten or twelve
miles"
This is going music with rush, and when
perfected will astonish Barnum and Jenny Lind
Sci. .4m.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
POPULAR MEDICAL ERRORS
TIGHTENING BEFORE DEATH.

TIGHTENING BEFORE DEATH.
Not unfrequently long periods OF delirium or
maniacal excitement have shut out from anxious
friends the consoling but painful intercourse Of
the death chamber Sometimes sudden geam
Of returning reason will light up the darkness Of
these abberratlons, and admit the last farewell
and diving look of affection which dwels forever
in the heart.
Who has not felt a something Of the super
natural in those timely revisitiugs of the mind
in those who are about to part with time and all
who loved them2 Nurses, who love the mys-
terious, delight in stories of this kind, and call
this return of the mind tightening before deu'h'
thus lkening it to these of dying fame, which
for a moment shed sickly illumination around,
but only to make the darkness more apparent,
and more appalling,
That the mind is thus often temporarily re-
stored, is fact continually brought before US,
and one which is far from beng so mysterious
as it may at first sight appear. Sir Henry Hal
ford, IN collection of essays, which were read
before the College of Physicians, has alluded to
the subject, and gives an explanation which ap'
pears to me sufficiently satisfactory lie IS
speaking of the necessity of cautiously eStlmat'
ing symptoms of apparent improvement IN tne
latter stages of disease ;and mentions the follow
ing instance:
"a young gentleman Of family about twenty
five yOars of age, took cold whilst under the ln-
fluence of mercury. The disease increased dal-
", until it was accompanied at last by SO much
fever and delrium, as made it necessary to use
not only the most powerful medicines, but also
personal restraint. At Length, after three days
of incessant sxertion, during which he never
slept for an instant, he ceased to rave, and was
calm and collected. His perception Of external
objects became correct, and they no longer dis
tressed him, and he asked pressingly ifit were
possible that he could live! On being answer
ed tsnderly, but not in way calculated to de-
ceive, that it was probable he might not, he dc
tatsd most atfsetioRate communications q bis
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
Select AlistrlIanp.
From the LADIES' Repository.
LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS.
BY REV. J. b. FINLEY.

The following incident is one among many
which have occurred in the history of my life,Hnd
which so strikingly illustrates the special prOvi-
dence of God, that am induced to forward it
for publication in the Repository.
Mrs. Bearer, the heroine and narrator Of this
story, was the wife Of Mr.. George BoareF, and
was, by education and parentage, Roman Cath.
Olic. Her parents were natives Of Berkley cOnn-
ty, Va, and, at the time, we're residents Of the
country in the vicinity of Sleepy Creek. Early
ON the morning of the 9TH of January, 1900, she
lefl home on borrowed horse to cross the Ca.
pin Mountains, to visit her aged parents. She
took with her an infant child, daughter, seven
months old. The SHOWS upon the mountains
were three feet deep, and the weather was sx.
eeedlngly cold. For defence, and cOmpany's
sake, she took with her the house-dag, a very
large spaniel. Having gained the top Of the
mountan-range, she concluded to leave the
road, and by short cut, arrive the same night
ut her fathers house.
She had, however, not proceeded far beforC
she found herself bewildered, and, in coAse
queRce, became frightened, She dared not turl
back, but wandered about through the mountain
until night had settled its gloom over the world
She then dismounted and having fastened he
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
A very Curious fact in Physiol-
OgY.

The Boston Medical Journal states the fol-
lowing very curious fact in physiology:
at has been observed that persons who have
lost limb, or part Of one, are at times very
much troubled with an intolerable itching, or
sometimes pain, in the fingers or toes Of the ex-
tremity which is lost. A case Of this kind lately
presented itself to us for advice, which, being
little out Of the common course, we have thou ght
proper to give our readers. A young man had
his hand anputated just above the wrist, on ac-
count Of having 1t shattered by the bursting ofa
gun. This happened some two years since, and
the deficiency is supplied by means of wooden
one.
At times he tells US that he has the most in
tolerabe itching between these wooden fingers
in fact, insupportable, and, to use his own words,
he would give hundred dollars for the chance
of giving them scratching. At other times he
has much pain where the fingers should be, and
he can only obtain relief by altering their posi-
ton. When free from the pain or itching, he
can discover no difference between that hand
and the sound one. He can will the fingers
of the lost hand to act, and they seem to obey.
At times the ends of the fingers are quite numb
and cold; being partly fiexed, he feels that he
has not the power to extend them. There are
other phenomenon connected with this case,
which, with those we have given, would be very
difficult to account for on physiological princi.
ples"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
Golden Apples.

Cherish tile tender buds Of pity, and they will
bloom with benevolence
Sins are like circles in the water, when stone
is thrown Into it, one produces another.
Quarrels would never last long if the fault
were on one side only.
The duty of the happy is to help the suffering
to bear their woes.
Ease is the proper ambition Of age.
The earth is always frozen to the idle hus-
bandman.
Those who speak without reflection, often
remember their own words afterwards with sor-
row.
The weapon that no enemy can parry h a
bold and che spirit.
The most ignorant have knowledge enough to
detect the faults of others; the most clesr-sght-
ed are blind to their own.
The future is purchased by the present.
IfthOu wilt be cured of thy ignorance confess
it.
Hypocricy is the necessary burden Of villainy /;
afectation part Of the chosen trappings Of fol-
y.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
THE DEATH OF. AUDUBoN.

John James Audubon, the ornithc logist. died
at his residence on the banks of the Hudson,
January q, 1851, aged rs; and was buried in
the rural cemetery Of Trinity Church, adjoining
his estate.
This celebrated man was the son of an Ad.
miral in the French navy, who took him to
France, where he received a varied and accom-
pllshed education, receiving lessOns in drawing
from the celebrated David He returned to
Louisiana, his birth. place, at the age of about
seventeen years, and entered upon his paternal
estates.
He early manifested his fondness for natural
history, commencing his collection of designs ON
a plantation on the SchuykilI, whence he sub
sequently removed to the Ohio.
In 1924, Lucieu Buonaparte proposed to him
to publish his drawings, an undertaking which
carried him to Europe, where he was met by the
friendship of Prof. Wilson and others. Ills gi-
gantic publication then went on by subscription.
He returned home to pursue his studies, and en-
counter new adventures of travel, such as flu rn-
ish the fascinating sketches of his serial prefac-
es, which are models of their kind--pictu uresque
and vigorous. The Quadrupeds of America was
his latest publication, in connection with Dr..
Bachman.
MIR. Bryant's Evening Post devotes the fol-
lowing sincere and respectful paragraphs to his
memory:
"He was as staunch as a man, as he was re-
nowned as a naturalist The child-lke sympli-
city of his manners, and cheerfuness oftemper,
were worthy ofall imitation, and made him be-
loved by all who knew him,
"At the age of sixty years, when he was first
personally known to the writer Of this sketch,
he had all the sprghtliness and vigor Of young
man. In person he was tall, and remarkably
His whole head was remarkably striking. The
forehead high, arched, and unclouding; the
hairs OF his brow prominent, particularly at the
root ofthe nose, which was long and aqniline !;
the chin prominent, and mouth characterized by
energy and determination. The eyes were dark
grey, set deeply in the head, and as restless as
the glances of the eagle.
"He used to say he had no faith IN genius =.
that man could make himself what h. pleased
by labor; and by using every moment of time,
the mind might be kept improving to the end Of
life. Look at facts and trust for yourself, he
would say mediate and reason; it is thus
man should educate himself
sin the finest Of his works he said, he had
always described from his own observation,
and that in coloring his drawings, the plumage
appeared so brilliant and beautiful the his
eye he could never get his coors to equal
them.
"In correcting the errors of other writers, he
said he always did so with tenderness, and from
sense of duty"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-02-27
Gbe family Circle.

Tennyson contributes the following stanzas 10
one Of the new Annuals for 1851:
Come not when am dead,
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
To trample round my fallen head,
And vex the unhappy dust thou cOuldst not
save.
There let the wind sweep and the power cry
But go thou by.
Child, if it were thine error or thy crime
] care no longer, being all unblest;
Wed whom thou wilt, but am sick Of tuna,
And desire to rest.
Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where lie.
Go by-go by