Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-02-18

A AW,pS1ys Ve1cn.-I'hc Hon. james IL
paulIinp. one of the wiscst and Purc,t men "i
hi. conntrv concludes one o! lis recent COM
.r,,,,,;c,,;,ns TO the Southern Press under the
":..,,r, ,of.A-No,tfcru n,nn AID friend to
10 Union" with this solemn and :':"pha;'e waT
ming: .. rL,,.o
,osrod through every grade Of lie, from tIat
Of . moor boy, sel.eiucated and sc;-dcrci'd";t
to q station among the highest OF the and
,b;ch attained without tie sacrifice OF my
independence.
"During ts.c whole of this pilgrimage, | have
been from kal,t and Indication conFeTS"nt
with books, and have thus added to the expert,
ence Of long life the lessons of the past; ana
faom this experience. and those lessons a"'
inevitably brought to the conviction that the
people of the South have now nothing TO depend
on for their future safety bat united action III
selEdeiencc. BY this they will preserve them
selves and the Union ali other hopes are idle
AL other expedients but daggers turned against
their own bosoms. They must assert Their own
rights, and protect themselves, for they have
no other protectors. The brand OF tanaic;n
is applcd to the homes of the people, and mnSt
be ouenched now or never. Time was-tne i
but time will soon be no more"
Mr.. Webyter's Letter 10 Mr. Hdscaan -
British riew of ia supplement TO the h!v-
erpool Journal, of the 18th nit, deroteS co
lumn to the recent correspondence between Mr.
Hulsemann, the Austrian Minister at WASHING
tom and the American Secretary OF State.
After giving an outline Of the controversy,
from Mr. nI St,Ir =
letter, the Journal winds up as follows:
"ln this way the republic is practising the
phraseology in which, byand by, she is to die
tate to de$potsm, and cheer on, every where,
the friends of civilization. truth aud freedom.
In this diplomatic set to- however, MIR. Web
ster has the best side of the argument, for he
has the law on his side while there is fresh
ness about lis courtesy that surprises and
pleases. Congress was delighted with the man.
liness of the Foreign Secretary, and it seems
the unwclcome laughter Mr. Hulsemau's nct?s
excited, reached the attentive ears of the Rep
resentatives of Russia and Austria, both oi
= whom were in the House.
a. This letter from Mr. Webster has also at
tracted the attention Of the Paris press. The
Monarchical Journals are annoyed that the
Senate laughed at the threats of Austria. and,
not knowing. what to say, they attack "tlle
low..breeding of the American Democracy
A Paris correspondent says that Mr. Webster
has done himsel! great honor, in the American
opinion there, by the decided stand he has
taken on this occasion -Battmore San
- Nushoii7e anil Chal1nooga Railroad-We
learn from the Nashville Gazette, that accor-
ding to late report Of the Directors of the
Company, the total amount, of means received
BY the Board from all sources, is ESi.533,33J-
-l2. OF THE amount thev have thus far expen-
ded for various purposes Sl,0266374l, leav-
ING balance in hand of available means of
S2O6,3S472 which added to the amount still
due the Company from all sources glve.a total
amount OF means yet to operate upon OF ST..
54l.79l,l5.
The following paragraph extracted from the
report exhibits the progress thus tar made IN
this important work:
"On that portion of the Road extending from
Nashville to the Tennessee River. a distance OF
1913 l.2 miles, two thirds Of the graduation and
masonry have been done Timbers for super
structure have been delivered on some twenty
miles. nearest to Nashville Ol som. five or
six miles the timbers have been laid down and
the iron rails are now hcimg laid Oh the track
You will see from the Report Of the CHE! Kill
gineer, that the grading OF about ioliy-thrc"
miles has been completed; and we confidently
expect, in all of next year. to get upwards OF
seventy miles of road done. The means Of
the Company will be ample to finish the road
and have handsome suplus towards build.
ing depots and cquiping the road. iouT hirrc-
tors feel justified in speaking thus positively,
from the fact that the forty. three sections; al
ready finished show an aSsonte saying On tt
estimate heretofore reported to YOU of ncIr
fourteen hundred dollals."
LiNcoLNroN. Feb. ].
E>p1oNAGE.-Ou town was visited Oh Sat
urday last, by an agent tTom the New York
merchants, whose business was to secure Il
mong our legal gentlemen, one TO act in the
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