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WILLqy GRovE, June 9TH 1851,
Another Extraordinary Despatch by
a the ISouh Carolina Rail Road.

Another Extraordinary Despatch" by
The Souh Carolina Rail Road.
MR. EDIrf: Having ordered lot or
AZ bushels % corn from Charleston some
time since, i received a bill for the came
from my Facprs stating that 1t had been
forwarded TO Claremont Depot on the 23rd
May. On thu 2nd June my Wagon reach
cd the Depot and returned home simply
with message that there was no. corn in
Depot for mo Is not this sir, oxtraordina-
ry despatch br stcam-power even? Just
III 'choie day 10 frarel a lille orer 100
miles wih STAN cngines' Indeed sir, ths
is expeditins business with vengeance.
1t has repeatedly occurred to inc that my
cotton was two or three weeks getting
down, and several times my goods have
been delayed for few days; but that a
planter residing 33 miles from the line Of
Road shonu at this season, when his team
is worth for prices, have to travel them
near 70 mics for tho small quantity of 40
bushels of, corn. after having allowed 10
''hoie daysfor a steam engine to run lilo
miles, and lhen have his wagon returned
empty andihe trip TO mako over again, is
he chooses TO hunt up and down the Rail
Road for hs corn, is such despatch pre-.
sumo as bet few Of us country people de-
sire. My team has frequently travelled to
Chnrleston and back in nine days md upon
an emergency should certainly rely upon
i, again. have ncighbor whose goods
were ordered 10 Camden and who had 10
hire team to hanl for him. He sent there
fcice for them and has to send third time
to get them now sir, can you help us any!
Can you ferret out the rascally managers
along tho road who is delaying 10 our seri-
Gus injury our goods in this way? We
have no idea that the President of the road
viii allow this If he can only ascertain in
what quarter the neglect lies, and as gen
tie hint may do him some good will only
say that VIC country people believe that the
fault lies ct The Charleston Depot, for the
simple reason that we have more faith in
his good sense than TO believe for moment
that he would allow any engine to be 10
days on the Road between Charleston and
Camden. These things are happening SO
often that it is getting intoerablc.
Respectfully Yours,
]. y. ASHMORE.
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South Amorica.

The Brazilian Government are pursuing
their measures for the suppression OF the
Slave trade with increased energy. A fine
has been imposed on several OF the most
prominent dealers, and one Of them has
been forced to leave the country. The
Slave trade is declared 10 be piracy, and
The punishment Of death will be inflicted on
every captain Of n vessel. convicted Of the
crime. Under this policy, pursued with
vigor by the Government, there was little
doubt that the Infamous trade would be
speedily and cflcctual!y abolished The
yellow fever still prevailed among the ship
ping III tho harbor, and TO some extent in
this city. No decisive steps had been ia
ken in regard to The war with the Argcn.
tine Republic, although there was pre-
tense oil fitting out several men-of-wnr. 1t
was thought that The war would merely be
one of words.
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MosT EXTRAORDINARY EscApE.-In tli

9r3 MosT EXTRAORDINARY EscApE.--In this
city yesterday two little boys, son of Mr..
Joseph Corp, aged five years. and son Of
air. Solomon Hall, about the Same age,
were at play under tho carriage manuiac-
tory Of Mr.. Moses II. Breck, on Union
street, and where there is shaft extending
under the street to tho Union NJ opposite
and propelled by n steam engine in The lat
ter. The Copp boy playfully undertook
Ito stop the shaft, which was making $50
revolutions per minute, but after making
. one trial and finding his hands burnt by
tlle friction, he took his apron, and throw.
Z ing itronnd the shaft to protect his hands,
was thus drawn over az 10 be tightly con-
lined to tho shaft with his face towards it,,
and his body clinging round it. In this po.
sit,on he was carried round for the space
OF about three tninutes making no less than
four hpndFedGnd fifty evolutions before the
other boy could give the alarm, and have
tie steam shut off. The space between
the shaft and the beam overhead was only
GfourieeniRehes, and less than that between
tho shaft and lle ground beneath, The lat.
ter Iroing worn away by Tic toys body, MS
Ile turned on the shaft. Tie s,ranaest
, Thing of all is, that the little fellow, though
badly bruised, is in fair way Of speedy re-.
{ coyory.- Worcester Transcript, May 81
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CULTIVATION OF CoTToN ~ AFRIcA.--A
letter dated Frcetown, Sierra Leone, April,
1851, published in the Manchester Guard
ian, says:
You will, ! am sure, be glad TO learn
that large number of natives are now
preparing their lands for planting cotton
this year; and have twenty men at work
preparing forty acres of land, about mile
distant from Freetown, for cotton plan,a-
ton. Every week applications are made
TO me for cotton seed to plant in the APP
preaching rains. Some of that which you
gave me has bean supplied 10 few Amer
lean missionaries IN tho Sherbro country.
They have planted it, and intend TO ship
the produce to England. There is little
doubt lha, very large quantity of cotton
will be raised this year, bothsin tho colony
of Sierra Lcona and the adjoining coun-
tries"
1t is expected that the Washington Mon
ument win reach an altitude OF one hun
drcd and fifty feet this fall, and that it will
attain It's full height OF five hundred feet in
eight years.
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rdr..Woodward at nroniles

We find in the Mobile Tribune a notice
of Mr.. Woodward's speech before the
Southern Association sof that city. We
have not room or space for anything more
than the concluding paragraphs Of the
,TribIDe's notice:
"Wo cannot, however, attempt to do
justice ITO tho admirable speech of Mr..
Woodward. He declared that, after
thorough observation of tho character of
tho Northern delegations in Congress-
after knowing their confessions and motives
no had no hope in tho stability of things.
He believed that the fugitive slave law
would be repealed by the next Congress,
and a new programme of aggression de-
voloped which, will startle those who think
the only danger lies in dissatisfaction to
the compromise laws. Those laws arc
mere step in progression-the beginning of
tho manifestation of the power and in.
tcntions Of northern opinion--a fact which
was SO clearly elucida,ed by tho whole
character Of the speech as TO amount to
demonstration.
.sHe connselled Independence in the
action Of Southern rights men, and that
was the counsel Of wislom--for If there be
any presumption of the future which is at
oil reliable, it is that those men will before
the lapse of years--naY, possibly within q
twelve lnontil--haye no obstacle to COM
plete triumph in the South.
':Of the course Of South Carolina he
spoke without authority. and could give no
position information. He had no doubt,
however, that she will secede, but when,
will depend on the progress Of aggression
in Congress and the sympathy Of other
Southern States. He expected between
this and the time for holding her Convention.
that such now aggressions would bo made
as to bring to her side other, if not all, the
Southern States; but whether this should
happen or not, the result was not the
less sure. ' I f
The speech had very marked in
fluencc. at touched The spot" and those
who heard it went home with new subjects
for profound thought, If not sonnder
convictions and opinions"
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ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SuICIpE-N
man by the name of plcmIngs, about SIX
miles below Ashvilic. N. g., on Thursday
last, inflicted wounds on his own daughter,
which j, is supposed will cause her death.
and then endcavored to Kill himself. He
was dissatisfied on account OF the marriage
of his daughter; but at this time, when she
was on visit at his house. he appeared
friendly, and on the morning of the outrage,
invited her 10 walk with him. Shortly af-
ter screams were heard, and the son and
wife of Picmings rushing to The spot. found
the daughter wcl,cring in her blood, and
the father gashing his own throat and arms
with razor. Neither was expected to
Greenrile Mountaineer.
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Alabama.


At recent meeting OF tho Southern
Rights Club Of Iowndcs County, Ala, the
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Resolred, That South Carolina or any
state has the right TO secede from this
Conledcracy whenever it become. neccssa.
ry to their happiness, either alone, or in
company witt, other States, "whe,ller The
grievance be common or solitary"
ReSolrea, That as South Carolina was
the first colony that declared for resistance
bY arms to British oppression, she may
well take the loadin opposition TO North
ern wrongs, and we pledge our best eff6rts
to sustain her in the course she may desig-
naie.
A letter, lately received in this District
from gentleman of that County, states
that volunteers are now forming themselves
into company, in that County, TO come TO
the aid Of South Carolina, in the event of
her collision will, The General Government,
and that similar companies are being form
ed in various parts Of Alabama.
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Now the Southern Rights men of other
States see these dangers and would nervo
the people to meet them, but past issues
seem insufficient to rally the South. But
JOIN them with new one, the indefoasible
r'ght OF secession, with that sympathy and
admiration which nre felt for South Carolina
about, as they think, whether alone or aided,
TO commence the hazardous struggle, and,
with the hlightirg future before them, can
they long hesitate whether they will await
destruction in the Union. or peril all for
safety out of it?
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HArTI,-Thc Havticns and the Domini-
cans have hecn fighting tor years past, but
the Emperor Faustin has recently issued
proclamation in which he says he regrets
The continuance OF this state OF things, ard
the sacrifice il has cost. He proposes n
plan of negotiation, with view to put an
end TO the differences. He invites The Do
minlcans to come in all security to transact
their commerce, and exchange with the
Hay,cns the relations of good friendship
It's very probable that The difficulties which
have existed between the Spanish and Ne.
gro potion OF the Island will at last be sell
ticd
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Tue HERO CEor.-In a late London
journal we find the following:
As tie nineteenth century advances to-
wards maturity, fear hcsins to bn enter
tnIncd that It Will not produce that due
supply Of great men" which we are en-
tilcd TO look for every hundred years
The crop OF heroes IL becoming gradually
more stintcd. There is complaint of uni
vcrsai mediocri,y Yet even thus afflicted,
the world is unwilling. to relinqush hope
1t cannot bring itself lo believe that it has
entered on an everlasting reign OF hum
drum. Something must be in store. All
look for the coming man"
The Magnetic Telegraph has been on
tended to Lexington. Mo, The larhes, wes-
tern point that it has reached,
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Rail Road Accident in England.

The passenger train OIL the Midland Rail
Road, while stationary, in consequence of
the fracture of some part Of the machinery,
was run upon by freight train and all the
passengers injured, among whom were Mr..
TENSENT, a merchant of Charleston, S. c.
and his lady. Though seriously injured
they are likely to recover.
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ccst 81 ths Estsblishea churc1s

writcr In tho London Sun (says the
Sopthern Prese iH calling Intention fo sthe
practical iniustice ot Il gtite church of sanv
kind. Ha says The daHg6B Or Is tiist, IN astacE.
ing tho Pope,s aggressipns, the. nagfsssibna
81 the church az hoI,ss afe tofigotteG He
then proceeds thus: 5s5s.,
The established chnych in reference Is
the rest Of the ccfahsanity, ID situated
as follows: li3s 5 s"5 us'~>' :
Goxfor1,aisis.s. Nonee Noneei,fSr,n,s,s.
England contains. s, 500 600 .Ss,,
Scotland do. $4,000 jIs6 n,,,
Ireland do ,ooo, 900 10000
Total. Io, $50 900 ls.ioooO00
In The face ofthe above. to iesisIaie f6T
the safety OF the state church Ii mo oI,ss,o,a
injustice. The church has no claims on sl,e
people, II is the dearest of all 'dehomina
ofChristian churches; its practice cdhtradiets
It's professions; it's revenues are misapplieG,
In Catholic times some good was d6fie sitH
inc &C church moneys OF q populatldh of
4,OOO,O00 nearly $4,000 persons sssy;serr.
supported by them. Now, three millions
OF proceeds of church, lands, apporriopriafad
ut the Reformation, go 10 swell the incomes
OF the richest aristocracy on the face Of
tho earth. m
Dtstues the LOId chancellor has The tnt-.
ronage OF 800 lviDgs: the Duke OF Deton.s
shire of az; the Earl Of Fitzwiliam 81 "A:
the Duke of;Bedford of 90: the Duke of
Rutland Of 20; the Duke of Beaufort Of ~:
the Duke of Norfolk of "a; the Marquis of
Bristol Of Sc; the two Universities have the
presentation Of 700; the Colleges of Eaton
and Winchester Of 20 the rest OF The
aristocracy and country gentlemen q 9; 600.
Then the revenue of this church In England
and Ireland amounts to EIa. GOO, 900. Half
oi this enormous sum is spent as follower
Archbishop Of Canterbury. : -. E46.O0o
Archbishop of York. j. -. 81 28tsND
Bishopric Of Durham. .t-g-.. 10000
;bishoprlc o. London. 10000
The other 25 bishops f5, 600 eacii.i- : 10000,
DigIificd clergy. aIchdeacons, deans, dc. in@s ,
number about 10000, at an income Of :G3 900
each. -fsrai- - 3 600 600 Z.
Aristocrutical non n.rcsidents, about 5000, at an :
income of IL 600 each. 4.OOOOOD
Yet this church, thus suffering from a
plethora oil wealth--thus overlooked with
the good things of this life--wili exact from
the dissen.er, who rejects it's creed, and.
who worship not at its altars, the utmost
farthtng. .g 4.s
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PLANK RoAp MEuTING.-An enthusias-
tic meeting oi our citizens was held yestcr.
day, TO make the preliminary arrangements
Tor the forming oil n company for the pur-
pose oil constructing plank road f;om this
place to the North Carolina line, near
Wngh,'s Folly. Business prevented us
from being present; but we learn the hest
spirit prevailed. and that a company will be
organized under general law, for the in
corporation Of snch company, as soon as
the required notice is given. Such an i'm
provcmcni Is greatly needed, and we con-
graduate our citizens and our ncighbors in
North Carolina, NJ on the Happy auspices,
under which the enterprise has been CON-
mcnced. There can, we think, be no more
profitable investment Of the same amount
Of capital Chciup Gaze n.
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The usual note of continuation was
omitted at the termination on our first page
Of the interesting Anecdotes by Mr. Wen.
BER. No. l. "My IIumming Birds" will
be concluded next week
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Celebration.

The citizens of Sumter District general
ly are respectfully invited to attend the
celebration OF the 4th Of July next, at the
School House near Mr.. Thomas Twcbhings
on Sammy Swamp.
The Ladies are respectfully solicited TO
attend. An Grafton will be delivered on
The occasion by JOHN p. RICHARDSON Jr.
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Southern Rights Convention.

We publish to-day the address of tho
Southern Rights Convention, recently con-
vcned at Charleston. 1t is forcible docu.
ment and will ho read with attention and
interest by all.-The people OF South Car
ollna present the only Instance in the Union
ofa homogeneous population, not divided into
political parties and no, allied to any of the
political divisions OF the Union. She in this
respect partakcs of the character of the il.
lustriuus Calhoun who rnilh firmncss and
lofty rig'dity of purpose which knew no
parallel Vas always the same and always
answering in the advocacy of tho rights of
State action and State sovereignty.
The moral iorce Of State thus united
cannot he estimated, it is more powerful
than armies, more strong than walls, and
CORES with il ar entire people. There
are those who affect 10 sneer at and dcrdc
her attitude, hut they are short sighted
who do this. Whatever she may determine
upon cannot be of other than importance
and upon that determination hangs the
solution OF the most fearful problem which
hns ever arisen that OF the durability Of our
national compncl.-Anciem City ST.
Aug uSfiHc.
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CHoLERA.--Our exchanges from the
South and West bring US intelligence Of a
number o! fatal cases Of this terrible dis
ease occurring principally at various points
along the Oi.io and Mississippi -ivcrs.
There were twenty-five deaths by cholera
at New Orleans in one week, recently; n
few instances have appeared at Memphis
and Cincinnati, and there is aprospcct, from
the early period of the season at which il,
has commence its ravages, that the dread.
iul epidemic may visit the country with
more violence than has characterized it for
a year or two past. II is well in such cases
to be armed agains, danger, by being fore
warned; and it bchoovcs every one, for the
sake OF individual and public safety, to avoid
such imprndcncc in diet and all other inds-
crctions thar can expose or impair health,
as have tendency TO invite the disease n
nong us, or 10 increase its violence shoald
il unhappily break on, here. United States
Gazette.
RoTATloN OF TIE EARTEl--Thc appar-
atus at the Monument at Charlcs,own. 10
show Nj. Foucaulrs experiment, is now
completed and will he exhibited to the
public on and after Monday. for small
fec. The trials yesterday, in the morning
and afternoon, in presence of scicn,ic gen
tlcmen, were entirely successful, and
emnently interesting. The apparatus is
perfect, and the place one of tho best in the
country for true test. The we'll room oi
The Monument is used. All the openings
are closed, and the door is Of plate glass, to
prevent tho operation Of any current of air
on tho pendulum,
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Tie Siou.r -inurder-The ST.
Louis Republican of May 9th contains
the following:
We received Yesterday, by Steamboat, ST
Paul papers Of the Goth. From the Dem
ocrat we learn that n war party OF Sioux
Indians, chiefly from The Upper St. Peters,
went North some time ago, in search of
Chippcwas, their ancient cncmies.-Thcy
did no, find them. This party, consisting
ot twcnty-scven men, afterwards met
Chippewa Indian, with key Of whskey, in
the nelghhorhood of Swan river; they gave
chase, and The Indian dropped his kcg in
order to make his escape. The Indians, of
course go, drunk. They campcd on the
road leading to Long Prairie, near Swain
river, lU5 miles from ST. Paul. Three
wagoncrs soon passed along when several
Indians, without apparent motive fired
upon them. The wagoncrs fell down on
their loads and drove on, without further
molcstaton. One OF them soon cried TO
the other that he was shot and dying; and
he expired in about twenty minutcs--a rifle
ball having passed through him. Mr.. w.
Sturais, who was with him, immediately
repaired TO Fort Ripley, procured II force of
! seventeen soldiers, with some twenty
followed them. They came upon them a
few miles from where the murder was COM
mttcd. They fired upon the Indians, at a
distance OF 800 yards, without effect; The
Indians fled, leaving everything behind
them. The murdered man was named
Andrew Schwartz
L, is said that in firing their guns the
Indians did not desire to kill any one, and
! IL, \ l. !
and display After killing Schwartz, they
! stole from several houses flour, pork, whis-
! key, and o,her articles. Subsequently,
| FIVE of the Indians were apprchendcd and
taken TO Fort Smelling, where an cxamina-
| ton was TO take place.
The equestrian statue OF General Jack
son, which is one-,hird larger thnn life,
weighing $4,000 pounds, and made OF brass
cannon condemned by Government, is TO
be placed on the pedestal in Lafayette
Square, opposite the Presidents House on
! the 4th Of July.
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The Market.

CorroN.-Tho Charleston market was
very quiet OF Saturday last, the transac-
tons having been limited to 800 bales at
extremes, ranging from 6 Sd to 8 3.4.
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,tcorrespondence of the Goprier.I +
SANFRANcISCO. ApRII, an

q, Since our last Of the l4th inst, we have
had little change to notice incur markeis.
The arrival OF the last steamer produced a
better feeling, on account OF the report of
cessation OF shipments ii ttia Atlantic ports
generally. With few exceptions, our
market is oyerstocked with ali kinds of
merchandise, and the supply hero and on
its way is cqua! 10 the demand for many
months.
Large quantities of goods still continue
ally beenIwolf at; e,ided--at ruinously low
prices,
The accounts from the mining districts
are generally very encouraging. The in
PRODUCTION OF proper machinery for mining
purpose, with its attendant capital, has
and will prove ofgrent Importance. Large
and rich veins Of gold arc being every day
discovered in the primitive rocks. which
shows conclusively the inexhaustability Of
gold in our State.
Agriculture, too, is steadily on The in
crease, which is greatly favored by our
unsurpassed climate and rich soil, and is
yielding TO the farmer, rich compensation
for his labor.
7 SINGULAR Article OF ExPoRr.-On
"Wednesday, twelve tons of horn shavings
from the comb factory, at West Newbury,
in this State, were shipped on board schoo-
iner Charles Appleton, for Philadelphia
where The shavings are to be ground up
and manufactured into blue paint. Shay.
ings such as these are considered valuable
in Europe as an excellent and lasting ma
nIre for orchards. Boston Journal
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The New York Sun in an article upon
Mr. Webster's last speech remarks as
follows:
And now Mr. Webster triumphantly ap-
pcals 10 the fact that there are to-day no
slaves in New-alcx,co and but few in
Utah, to justify his regeneration. But
we will venture 10 suggest tlat his self
graduation IS not well founded. 1t is not
any uncnactcd /, Of God or Nature, not
the geography no leather there prevalent,
which have kept slaves out, but The fact
Ina, the North stands all ready to pat the
saving grace Of the Proviso upon those
territories should there he any movcmen. to
lake slaves there. 1t is because the South
knows that the great struggle would
instantly be renewed, noi 'ndced by the
man who once spoke for Massachusetts
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New Planet.

J. r. HIND of Bishops Observatory.
England, has discovered planet between
Mars and Jupiter.
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Appointment bv the 4ouernor

oy th0 S~oVClbOI.
t. M. Dyson, Esq, has been commits
stoned by his exccllency Gov. MEANS, n
Notary Public for Sumter District.