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THE GREAT AiETisoqisP ::HuRcH CASE.
- This case Was opened ON Aionday NOR
ming inthe United Statoa District Court, at
New ork before Judges hi son and Betts.
The court room was crowded, and several !
Methodist clcrgymen were present. The
following IL mn acc urate, tltough bref state:
ment Of tiiG cnee: 5s ssI
Tie Roy. Francis IIanlifg,a s1ayebols
der of The State of Virginia, was suspended
by the baltimore Conference. which was
held about year previous 10 The General
Conference OF lS4d, forl his connection ui,}t
slavery. Tie action OF this body was af.3
terwards confirmed by The General Confer
cncc. which also suspended Bishop An
drews from the performance ef lis flicial [
duties, because Of his holding slaves whom
he had obtained possession Of by fnarrjage.
and OF his refusal to libcratc them. a IN rs
In consequence Of The course taken by
the General Conference, tho Southern del
cgatcs declared that continued agitation,
OF this subject would compel thcin either ID
abandon the slave States or separate from
the north. II.
The southern delegates afterwards agreed
upon what was called plan Of separation,
and southern convention, held on iheir
| return home, resolved TO establish scpa-
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crs were appointed by the General Confer
cnce (Soutl) TO institute his suit for the
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The EilcaInpment,

The officers oftho 9Th Brigade of Infantry
under command of Gen. CHANDLER, and Of
the 9th Regiment of Cavalry, commanded by
Col. ANcRUM, cncnmped near Camden on
Monday 10Th inst, and were dismissed on
Saturday last. The attendance Of those
required by law to be present was very
full, and the various military exercises and
camp duties were performed with spirit and
alacrity. The weather wns however very
unpropilious. Spring seemed to have pre-
maturcly expired, and an August sun pour
cd down its burning, cxhausting rays
Gov. MEANS, attended by several OF his
staff, reached the camp OH Wednesday and
on each subsequent day gave close and
watchful inspection to the various exerci.
scs. The Cavalry were constantly super
viscd by Briga 'icr General Owens.
On Friday evening, after review, tho
Brigade and Cavalry were addressed by the
Cover rnor, who expressed the pleasure oc-
casioned TO him by the large attendance and
by the patriotic spirit, good order and gen
tlcmnny conduct which had been displayed
throughout the encatnpmcnt. He then,
with great force aud eloquent earncs,ncss,
depicted the extremity in which our State
and the whole South were placed and cx-
pressed it rs his solemn conviction that
secession by South Carolina was the only
course which held forth any hope Of safety.
On theSncXt morning, after an address
from Gen. CHANDLER, in which he cxhih-
ted in strong light the aggrcssions OF
FanaticisIn upon our institutions and libcr-
ties and the destruction which awaited us
If we remained supine and unrcsisting.
which destruction rn.!t'. as he thought, he
a~cr.rd only by tho Withdrawal of our Stn:c
from ibis deadly Union, the forces were
dismissed and tho encampment brought to
close.
We regret that some unfortunate occur
rences marrcd the pleasure will, which the
officers separated 10 seek their homes
again. On Friday evening an officer by
the name OF FLETCHER exhibited some cvi-
dcnccs OF alteration Of mind, owing, rs it
was thought, 10 loss of sleep and the heat
of the weather. lie was however soo,hcd
to sleep. but, about midnight, some noises
aroused him, and, cxclaiming that the .ndi.
ans were attacking the camp, he rushed
out of his tent, seized muSkct and pre-.
cpitatcl himself upon several persons in
the vicinity The lirs, attacked was DIR.
CHAELEs SHANNON, who received Il scvcrc
l!lrus, trom the bayonct N his breast and
one in his hack 4 Mr.. WATTS, Of this
District received severe wounl in hi.
thigh, and Mr.. HALE was slightly wound
along his side. The attack Of the maniac
was SO sudden that it could no, hc avcrtcd
We learn that DR.. SHANNON lies in a very
dangerous condition, slight hopes being en-
,crt,incd oi his recovery. 1t was not np-
pretended that Mr.. WArrs's wound would
prove mortal.
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The Augusta Rej"b!ic, speaking Of the
late meeting in Charleston, says:
We have watched the progress Of events
in South Carolina, viii, The most anxious
solichudc. IVchavc sympathiscd with her
in her de,cstalion o the wrongs which have
boon inflicted upon her, in common with the
other Southern States. and we unhcstatng-
ly believe she has the right TO decide for
herself whether she will submit to them or
not. Ter righ, to sccc'lc from the Union,
we hold 10 be perfect, inLispu,ablc and
sacred.
In looking over the names of the mem-
bcrs OF the Cony. .u,ion. The reader will have
been struck with the cioqucncc, the patriot
ism and statesiirulship OF which 1t was com
posed
The report of the committee Of twenty
one, is very finished production, as to
style, and moderate and modest. but firm,
as TO its tone and sentiment. The wrongs
complained oi, wc believe exist In our
opinion they should be rcdrcsscd, and the
prospect, or even probability of future ag-
grcssons, should be guarded against BY
firm and effective means. We arc plcasc;!
To see that The rcpor, nvows n Willingness
TO agree TO any plan, without dissolution
w llc SttN'ii, WHICH VIII aHoTu TcUEcSS lot
the past, and sec .Isi..y for the future.
Never wcF sts5sorc so!cmnly convicted
of any truth, itli.n'tllat the South will be
subject TO untold, carly and overwhelming
evils, without the safeguards 10 which the
report refers.
It's susceptible Of the clcarcst demon
stra,io", ,!,nt the Southern States, unitei
as a distinct people. have over the North
an immense prcPondcrancc of all the
elements Of national wealth, greatness and
power. Hence. tho idea o! danger TO them,
il united in 4 separate con!cdcracy, is al
most foolish.
This we have occasionally shown, and
We intend again 20 exhibit its truth IN our
columns at some early period
!. such is the fact, rs we have said
a hundred tin.S, we want nothing hui
union among 0nrS,itpS, To secure ample
justice and preserve the Union established
by our fathers. What in the name OF
all that's good. is ii ihat prevents such
Union among The people rl tho South
Is il that the representative IL controlled
by the rod Of tho constituent. or is II the
constituent blinded by the representative,
lio think tho latter Public and influential
rncu at the South, have substituted S,lhtlety
for Wisdom, and sGlNshncSs for patriot ism
The people mus. rise up like lOu from
sleep, aud shake ,hc.r terrific inanc I'll!
dcmumogUcS shall quake and ;rcmblc
Th"rc IS a magnitude III tie danger
which threatens The Sou,h, and Il moral
subl!mhy IN the position OF South Carolina,
which renders unnecessary any apology
fer occupying 50 nuch room with these
pXClijnr prtIC.ruluuS
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The Charleston4ireniag Ne,cs, ,ofThurs-
day last denies thh that paper had been
sold out to party Inverse TO the rights and
interests of the Sol|h, as had boen rumorod.
Neither was it pbbablc that The Ncps
would changc itsFpescnt Proprietors, Edi-
tor or position. Tic Editor defines, his po-
sition at some lc,glh; which, as far as we
can judge, is tho advocacy oi tho Union of
the South.
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New MEXIco AND THE PLAINS-Wc
had the pleasure OF few moments con-
vcrsa,ion with DR.. Connolly, whom VIC
mentioned yesterday rs having arrived in
company with several gentlemen from
Santa Fe.
The military, under the command Of Col
Monroe, have been quite active during the
winter in watching and putting check
upon the ibieving excursions of the Indians,
winch have heretofore been quite frequent.
The new Governor had called on the mill
tary to aid him, and with The forces under
his command, had succeeded in capturing
the renowned Chief of the Jicarillas, Cha
con, who with his formidable band OF
warriors, was the author OF the murder of
Mr. and Mrs. White, who, it will be rccol-
Icctcd, were killed OH the Plains last
Summer. a treaty Of peace had been
concluded between The chief and the ntl-
thori,ics Of New Mexico, Which stipulated
for the restoration TO the whites Of all the
stolen goods in the possession Of the Indians
at the lime The Navahocs are rcprcscr,-
ted as being unccasng in ,Icir Acprcda,Ioms
upon the property OF their white ncghbors
in consequence OF which preparations
were making by Col Monroe, ior dcsccn,
upon them. The campaign was 10 com
ncncc abou, the Is of May
Business in Santa Fc had been and was
still quite brisk. a contract has been
made for the supply of one mi ION pounds
Of flour of the product Of New McNicr, for
the use OF the United States troops
Our informant is confident that this anouu,
| will be easily furnished bv the three Touring
; mills now in operation III the territory, and
thinks that in the course OF two or three
years the whole amount annually consumed
by the troops will be supplied from ,la,
quarter.
On the route in, the party experienced
fine weather, and found the grass on the
plains Of good quality, ana in abundance.
They met numbers oilEdians, principally
Arrnpahocs and kiawas, and the Ciu,rrorc c
and at the fort. They are represented AS
being bcggarly set.
The trip occupied 81 days, the party
having left Santa Fc on the I'd nl March
arrived at Independence OH the "a OF April.
81 Lonis Lm'eiiigcnccr.
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The New lo,k r. ibmnc laughs at what
il calls the Bugbcar of Dsunion 1t thinks
that it may be safely hoped that the Con
vcn,ion OF the People will follow in the steps
OF thc Charleston Convention and p stponc
to future day the dread disruption Of this
Conicdcracy; for, according to the conccp-
tons OF the Tribune, no Southern man.
with single eye to the tranquility and du-
ration OF Southern institutions if he takes
Il clear and calm view of the matter, can
fail 10 see tina, adherence to The Union is
tho sole path Of wisdom and that al! else is
siarkest folly.
Now this same paper takes the position,
and sustrins il by strong statistical aruu.
mcnts, that, fifty years hence the slaves OF
the South will be free, either by cmancipa.
ton or by successfully rising upon their
masters. The natural increase of the
slaves, shut up within tho limits which the
Compromise has fixed, will bring about one
OF these states OF things. This is The tran
guilty and duration which slavery secures
TO itself bya continuance OF this Union ~!
~~~~~~~~~~-. -0~. --~-~~>>.
The IchgrnM states that the acconmo.
dallon trips from Columbia TO Camden will
be continued only Y on Wcdncs sclays. instead
of tri-weckly. The usual accommodation
trips from Camden to Columbia will be con-
tinucd as heretofore, on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. This change is rem
dcrod necessary in order to facilitate the
rebuilding of portion of the Camden
Branch.
-..-0~..-~~~>~~~>~
The Tricnnial Baptist Convention, lately
in session at Nashville, Tenn. adjourned on
Tuesday tho 18th inst, after transactinr
much interesting business. The establish.
mcnt of Bible l'oa:d was determined up
on, TO be located nt Nashville,
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camlt's experiments witha pendulum 2I6a
feet long. Mr.. Bond and Dir. lIorsiord Of
Cambridge, will supcrintend it, and the
public will be admitted by paying a small
fee. f rs
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South Carolina Convention.

We devote considerable rortion of to-
days paper to extracts from several of our
exchanges, containing information respect
ing the South Carolina Southern Rights
Convention. This body assembled at
Charleston on the 9Th, and adjourned ON
the 9Th instant, after passing series of
Resolutions declaring that South Carolina
cannot submit 10 tho wrong and nggrcssions
which have beon pcrpctrated on her by the
Federal Government and the Northern
States, without dishonor and ruin; express
sing an earnest desire for tho cooperation
of tho other Southern States; affirming the
| right Of State TO scccde from the Union
rs necessary consequence Of her sovcr-
eignily; and resolving that South Carolinn
should sccedc Mt some future day, though
she should do SO alone; and calling on the
Legislature to take tho necessary steps to
hold Convention Of the people. TO exert
the sovereign power of the State in defence
Of its rights. They also adopted spirited
address 10 The Southern Rights Associations
Of the other Southern States.
That the principle on which South Cur
olina acts is just, we think every State
rights man will readily admit, but the pru-
dcnco and cxpcdiency Of tho present and
contemplated movements, may be liable to
question. 1t should be remembered that
we cannot force pusic sentiment, and it is
unquestionably the fact that large number
of our citizens have not abandoned the
hope that the South will yet receive justice
or something approaching to justice with
out recourse to extreme measures. But
be the event what it may, let it be re-
mcmbered that the Democratic party has
ever and boldly opposed the assumption of
undclcgated powers by the Federal Gov
crnmcnt and the aggrcssions of tho North.
Had the efforts of Randolph and Macon
and others, staunch Democrats, been pro-
pcry seconded and sustained when, more
than thirty years ago, they predicted TIC
very state Of things which now exists. and
declared that they would not yield tho nine
tecnth part of a hair, it hud not been
thus with us. In the language of Langlon
Chevcs, "rhc philosophy OF liberty is ica-
lousy. The proper action Of patriotism is
the earliest possible resistance to tho
cncroachmcnt on the public rights" We
feel that il is time that this exciting ques-
ton was settled.
We may exercise lorbcarancc, we may
cry peace, pace, but there is n time when
duty cries iii you have humanity in you
bear it not II is due to postcrity that VIC
should not be inlirm of purpose and put off
the evil day, but if we are involved in
sea Of troubles let us bear the charter Of
our liberties in our teeth, and with strong
arms and determined spirits buffet the
waves hoping to land on secure and
peaceful shorc.-Raleigh (N c. Standard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-08-08
, AND eENKaAz 1NrEEaTaENeB.
NUMBER 49,. e

We buried him with the honors of the Or
der, and o if the benson of dying man
bringeth good and if the feryent prayers Of,
surviving kindred avail with Heaven, then
shall that Division be blest indeed Rear
der, Harry Hartwen was a drunkard, was re-
formed: fell from his high position, was
sought and restored and died sober man.
Think you that while we stood sadly about
his grave, we regretted our efforts III his be<i
half? His was noble soul though eoutami-
mated for time, with base encasement
Son Of Temperance, dost thou know Harry.
Hartwel! !! Learn moral from this simple,
story, w. g. g.
MOBILE, (Ala.) June 1851. araa
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gers as though she bad found something of
immense importance there.
Now, if you cannot make me happy, af-
ter all my suferings-I shall go away. l
shall 60 to Europe, and never come back.
know it is foolish in me to be loving my
own ward in this way-who is so young
but l cannot help it, Fanny--indeed, my
dear girl, / cannot
You have been very chilly of late, said
our modest Fanny, actually stumbling awk-
wardly on a pun.
Have I? OH the Colonel laugh
ed.
Just then, john, who was escorting the
lovely Julie under the portico, around tc
the cellar cap, heard the Colonel say. MY
own Fanny-my life, my love- and all that
This was as music from the spheres to John
Now, Miss Julie, decide me too, implor
ed the ardent servant-man,
I must learn my MISTRESS frst,' sait
the lady with the earrings.
Don't you hear 'em just over head, m,
lovely LADY,
'Pshaw = said Julie.
Now listen, do-take my word for i
Miss Julie-it's 5 all right above-just let N
salute your hand in token implored Mr.
Steptoe ardently. Here John hung on t
Miss jules hand like a drowning man to
straw-and caressed that charming extrem
ty, covered with brass rings, until he wa
summoned to get Col Roland's cloak, VII
was going out to tea with Miss Fanny
| There were three weddings at Blooming
dale in the Fall, and I am sorry have n
moral to tack on here. The only moral
can find, is-that if all handsome ladies wer
as modest and wise as my heroine-theI
would be fewer runaway matches-fevt
miserable parents-and more happy wive
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-11-27

wise man will never entirely recognise, nor
entirely deny.
The vain abhor the vain but the gentle
and unassuming love one another. 1t is the
effect of sympathy with the latter, the want
of it with the former.
With true Wife, the husbands faults
should be secret. A woman torgets what is
due to herself when she descends to that re-
fuge of weakness, as female confdant.-
\ wife's bosom should be the tomb of her
husbands little failings, and his character
should be far more valuable in her estimation
than his lifc If this be not the case she pol
lutes her marriage VOW.
Be not niggardly of what costs the nothing,
as courtesy, counsel, and countenance.
A man too busy to take care of his health
is like mechanic too busy to take care Of
his TOOLS
The testimony of those you doubt the least
is not unusually that very testimony thai
ought most to be doubted-LacOa
Lord Bacon beautifully said-''If Il man be
gracious to strangers, it shows he is either
of the world, and that his heart is no island
cut off from other lands, but a continent thai
joins them"
David Hume declared that he would rather
possess a cheerful disposition, inclining al
ways to look on the bright side, than with t
gloomy mind, be master of ten thousand {
year
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-11-27
PETIT JURORS.

H. Smith6eld; William Cashar, Jacob Court
right, George Kintner, Christian Eylenburger
Paradise; Peter p. Dornblaser James Henry
Abraham Hllgert
Stroud; Joseph Dusenbury, Daniel Lee. John
FrankeDfeld, Joseph Kerr, Alfred Drake, Sam
uel Philips George w. Brown, James Ii.
Stroud
Chesnuthill; c. d. Keller, Jacob Dorshimer,
j. E. Hocdmacher, Michael Getz
Price; Edward Mott
Jackson; Philip McClusky, Peter Miller
Hamilton; Charles Marsh, Joseph Starner'
Joseph Fenner, Samuel Snyder, jr., Thomas
Heller Jthn Groner
Smithfeld Benjamin Bush, Abraham DeTue,
William Transue, Joseph Zimmerman
Ross; David Barlip
Pocono; Jacob Stouffer, James Trach, jacob
Transue
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-11-27

pay for wretchedness at home. Compan-
ionship with the fashionables of the hour,
the butterflies who futter in the sunshine
of fattery and of envy, can never COM
pensate for the loss of real independence,
domestic harmony, and peace of mind,
which are indeed among the brightest
jewels in the moral treasury of our ma
ture. The folly of living to dazzle and
astonish others, to excite envy and graft
fy pride, while all the purer and holier
objects of life are neglected, can only be
likened to the delusion of the poor
moth, which fatters around the very
blaze by which it is doomed to be con-
sumed.
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No 9.

These vegetables are not the result of forced
culture. The soil, in many localities, can't
help producing them. Very little attention
is paid to tillage, and no manure is employed.
| am informed that some of the gardeners in
this vicinity are applying manure, but have
not seen a load of that commodity in Califor-
MIA.
Tomatoes are plenty. at shilling pound,
which is considered cheap. Grapes are com
ing in, and bring IS cents to 81 pound
They will be cheaper before long, as immense
quantities are to come from San Jose and
the adjoining VILLAGES and from down the
coast.
a cargo of oranges lately arrived from the
Society Islands-the first offering, believe,
made by those Islands TO California.
Wages continue high. Farm hands have
received from S75 to 800 month and found
A mere child can command twenty to forty
dollars month, " to mind the baby" Thir-
ty dollars was lately offered for the services
of little girl of IL years, but her mother
declined the offer, as the girls services at
home were worth more to her than that 4
laboring man made wry face to me, and
complained that wages had fallen so that he
got but four dollars day
There are washerwomen here who make
from 80 to 80 dollars week, by the labor of
| their own arms. The price of washing and
ironing is from three to four dollars dozen.
Board, with lodging, is from $40 to $50
week.
Weddings, after the Atlantic fashion are
becoming quite common. Mr. Douglass the
.. S. Marshal, brought hither from Sacrament
to blooming bride last week. On Friday
evening party was given here at the " Ori-
entail" and things were conducted in Orien-
tai style. The party cost thousand dollars.
Boston Ice having melted away, the snow of
the Nevada Mountains was used instead
This native production is brought to Sacra-
mento wrapped in blankets, on the backs of
mules, and is there shipped to this market,
where it sells for fifty cents pound
A Grand Division of the Sons of Temper
ance has been organized here. Mr.. Willis,
of Sacramento, is the presiding officer, and
Henry Haight, Esq, of this city, is the Grand
Scribe. a large number of tire Policemen
of this place are members of the subordinate
Divisions. Five of them joined at one time,
last week.