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elevated views, consented toamake the
concession to Maine of Withdrawing
his troops. Maine alone, then, re
maiued to be brought TO reason. TIM
Scott now soon effected and thus, BY
his prudence and humanity, for the
fourth time deserved that noble title q
the Peace Maker, which great warrlos
have seldom been good enough men
to earn. . ... .....s.. zg
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS OF lS4e
AND 1914: POLITICS. l'
Between the Maine affair and tie
Mexican war Gen. Scott had nothing to
perform beyond his ordinary military
duties, except 80 far as some important
public conjunctures called him to tne
duty of taking some action or eX-
pressing some opinion on matters oil
high national concern. In 1S40: when
the delegations from New York and
four other States were about 10 bring
his name forward in the Harrisburg
Convention as the Wing nominee br
the Presidency. he wrote letter de-
claring that he thought the NOMINATION
was due. first of all to the public merits
of Mr.. Clay; next, if he could not be
elected. to Gen. Harrison and. lastly,
that it should only be given to himself
| if the chances of success seemed des-
Eperate, and foTlorn hope" was TO be
| led. Six copies of this letter were
placed in the hands of as many mem
| bers of the Convention. and there made
known. Again. in the nomination o
1914. be signified, by published letter
his preference for Mr. Clay rather thar
himself. In the same year he made
known by a circular, in answer to in
ouiries. addressed to him from many
tauarters, his opinions as TO all the malI
questions on party politics. They
| showed him to be eminently Whi4
and Conservative. He had previously
| in letter to T. P. Atkinson, OF Dan
vile. Virginia, avowed all his view
on the subject of slavery. We neeC
only say that they are precisely those
of Watkins Leigh They amount tt
this: that he dislikes slavery, like Mr.
Jefferson, and would like 10 see it abol
ished. but cautiously, slowly, and onl.
BY State legislators; for he holds Con
rress 10 have no power over the subject
| except in the District of Columbia
where in good faith they ough, mol t,
exercise it. The measures OF the Abol
itionists he considers mistaken ones
that wonld bring great calamities npoE
both whites aud blacks. He looks OF
the fanaticism which has been kindle'
I'D, aud all agitation, as only injurious
to the public good and to the cause
Emancipation. These are rhe opinion
of a wise man, patriot. and a tru'
friend of freedom They may displeas
the fanatical in the North, or tn
equally fanaticaI in the South; but HI
opinions were not put on to pleas
either. And here we may Just as vel
add that he stands in the same position
as 10 the Compromise of 1850: he wa
and is its friend; every body knows It
and he has never sought to conceal
/ from any one.
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NATIVE aMERIcANIsM.

We mean not 10 niue any tHIhS III tu0
history Of Gen. Scott. We write OF him
admiringly. but we shall write of him
frankly. In 1845 the pretended Dem
ocracy. bv representing the Wings as
the enemies of all foreign-born citizens.
deceived the great body of these and
secured. their vote IT was thought to
have defeated Mr. Clay's election
Besides ihat, the, conduct of the !" En-
pire Club i'm New York. the bloody
riots il Philadelphia, the Plaquemines
frauds and other like events. alarmed
many good and sober citizens. and
seemed TO threaten that compara-
tiyely small number of de1nded men
we're going TO govern ms. Under the
excitement of these circumstances,
Gen. Scott, like many others, Thought
our bifthfight was going to be taken
away from US. and declared himself IN
favor of frightening the term now re-
unired for the admissions OF foreigner
to the rights of citizen. lnthe beat OF
the moment be and many others failed
TO see what they must now see, that not 10
the naturalized citizens were to he
blamed for what had happened, but the
native-born Locofocos who had I'M
posed on them, and who impose ON
every body else equally that they can
deceive. But time, reflection, and es-
pecially the bravery and patriotism
with which he saw our tnaturallzed
soldiers fightthrone b the Mexican war.
convinced him that he had been
wrong; and, as brave and honest men
are the promptest to make amends, ne
made them 10 those to whom he had
done Injustice by letter of 29th May,
fs4s. to Mr.. W. E. Robinson.
| THE MEXICAN wAR-sCoTT PLACED IN
T 49, ~ +, COMMAND.
| We come now TO that great and bril-
liant series of military operations; the
daring. and it may well be styled ro-
mantle, expedition. against the city OF
Mexico, which, by its bold conception
and admirable execution, must place
The name of Winfield Scott among the
very first in modern warfare for con-
summaie soldiership. The facts, how
ever, are so recent SO fresh in the
memory of many. in all parts OF our
country who shared in them, that we
shall have less need to relate them
with any minuteness. =
In the very outset of the war the
brave Gen. Taylor aud ms gallant army
| lhadI won a succession of vlciotles,
which, while they gave great rePuta-
| Itio6atosourarms, plaeedus possession
llof the Mexican territories, on that side,
a iars ss Tampico on the coast apt
SalfiIla IN the interior. Stockton and
Rrsmont had sseisea on Upper Callf0r-
dias with little fssistauee; Kearney on
New. Mexico with less: and Wool and
Doniphan were marching nnopposed
over wide and worthless regions. But
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HE aur1Ls THE TROUBLES OF THE CANA,
- DIAN FRONTIER.
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EIIegC;iei0la.

During the short space of few
months, We have noticed with much
satisfaction and pleasure, the attention
given to this Important subject, by
various Journals in our State. As
it applies with equal force 10 every
people and community, we have been
induced to think, that by saying Il
lew words more, it might possibly be
like unto ''sced cast into good ground, !"
Many good and wise men Of our
State, have observed with much re-
grct, the repeated failures Of the
various schemes and plans, adopted
by Legislative authority, for the
spread OF education through the land,
and especially, for carrying know
edge TO the du:kcucI minds OF the
humble poor. The wisdom, (would
that we could say the energy too:) OF
our Legislature, has been Of none CT.
feet in dcvlsing IL feasible plan for the
attainment Of this desirable object.
The number of persons in the State
who can neither read or write, is
truly astonishing: and it does strike our
minds very forcib!y, that tho vel
fare, prosperity, dignity, safety, and
pride ut the State are involved in
putting tho means of information
within the reach OF the truly destitute
portion Of our tcllow-citizcns. Here,
then, are reasons Of erpediency, suili-
GENTLY potent to bring every lever in
to play, which can have any effect III
rsn 0 iIg this incubus which rests upon
our people, to say nothing OF morul
obligations, which portion are ten
fold more weigh,y and strong. An
enlightened public mind, and coli
scqucntly, high national moral
toie, is the surcst foundation upon
which can rest the pillars Of any
government. Republics like ouls,
are more especially, based upon the
integrity Of the people the source OF
all their vitality and energy.
Purity the fountain, and from
thence will issue streams that will
gladden. and lertiiisc the land" That
nation which pays proper regard to
the mental culture of her citizens will
stand firm, and immovablc-when
others pursuing different course, will
have boon buried in the rubbish of
Tie past. If all eflorts to extend the
blessings Of education have failed
SO far, this is no reason why another,
and still another, should not be
made. We are not prnp,rpI to
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ward, found no water on tho floors
sbutsconld not get up the hatcbes to
look below; then returned to the fire.
hold and saw water rushing in in tor
rents, carrying with it coal, ashes &c;
then .wentsto listing her with passen-
gers and freight to the starboard, in
.hopesto relieve the leak; found it i'm
possible, rs she was setting forward;
then returned to the hurricane deck,
and heard Captain Petty giving orders
to those congregated there to keep
quiet. Orders We're then given to- get
the two boats which were on the hur-
ricane deck ready, and also the work
ing boat. The steamer settled gradu-
ally, and ] should Judge it was all of
twenty minutes before the water came
up to the hurricane deck. should
think it was atleast half an h. ,ur after
we were struck before the propeller
came within hailipg distance. Had
the propeller when we first saw her,
put her wheel a port, We should have
cleared her.
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stiate en- matters Of such uaiyersal nc
itoiicty.
1t was inevitable that Louis Napo5
leon should come into close contact
with the Count here in his days of ex.
lie and adventure. ItSmay besaddcd,.
that it was in no spiritof selfish ealcu.
lation that D'0rsay rendered valuable
services to the nephew of the Emper-
or. whose chances of an imperial
crown were then of tho most imper-
ceptible nature. The gratitude of the
latter toward his London friend had
been SO long quiesecnt that its recent
display has called forth moro surprise
than applause. Z
"Que scra tamen respcxit iner,cm
Candidior postquain tondenti barha cadebat."
In his decay and decrepitude he was
granted splendid annuity, but if he
has not lived to enjoy the tardy arri-
val of better fortune, neither has he
trusted to circumstances for fitting
sepuchre wherein To sleep after Iife's
fitful fever; for he had prepared his
own resting place by the side of Mar
gue~ite, Countess of Bles ington.
He spent his last years in erecting
on a green emincncc in the village Of
Chambourcy, beyond st. Germain-en-
Laye, where the rustic thnrchyard
joins the estate OF tho Graminont famii-
ly, a marble pyramid. In the sepnl-
ehral chamber there is stone sarco-
phagus on either side, each surlnoun.-
ed by a white marble tablet: tl:at to
the left incloscs the remains Of Lady
Blessington; that to the right was
"untenanted" at the time Isabella Ro-
rncr described the mausolcun in Bent
ley's Miscellany, May l, 1850. Since
then the fair hand that wrote the ac-
count of that tomb Is itself cold in the
grave, and the ';tcnant" is now foi TIL,
coming for his sclfappointcd home.
London Glove.
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Abolition Nonninatio.a.

The Abolition Convention lately as
sembled at Pittsburg, adjourned after
session of two days. The Convention
nominated John p. Hale, of New
Hampshire, as their candidate for the
Presidency, and Charles P. Julien Of
Indiana, for the Vice Presidency.
These nominations cannot fail to
weaken Gen. Scott's chances for sue
cess in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York, where the votes of the treesoiers
were mainly relied on, for giving him
the votes Of these States in the clccto-
raj colleges.
On the other hand, the Democratic
candidates chances Of success, will be
much increased by this split between
the Hale and Greedy men. All the
democrats in those great States are
now knit together in the closest bonds
of union-a union which will COM
mand 50 electoral votes in November.
This number added to the votes of the
democratic electors in the South and
West, to say nothing of the East, will
cause victory to perch on our stand.
ards.
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Go1SG HOME AaAls.-The Charles
ton Courier Of Monday relates the
following:
On Saturday last a gentleman of
Alabama arrived in this city from
Baltimore, having with him a negro,
who had run away from his plantation
sometime since, and whom he had re-.
covered under the following singular
circumstances. Standing one morning
recently in front of The Hotel at which
he was sojourning at Baltimore, he
was accosted by halfstarvcd and pi-
table looking negro, whom he present
ly recognised as the fugitive from his
estate. Asking him what he wanted,
ho stated that he had been residing in
Canada, and after having suffered in
Vulnerable hardships he had determin-
ed to retrace his steps and return to
the home which he had so abruptly
quilted, and had got SO far when prov
idcntially he found his master, and
now entreated him to take him back
with him. The warm heated Planter
at once consented, fed and clothed him,
and the negro passed through this city
with him as contcnted and happy u
mortal rs any OH earth. lie has learn
ed lesson he will never forget, and
affords a practical commentary on tho
of those who would interfere
with a condition Of things, the praetis
cal working of which is perfertsy uas
known to them.
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Indian Affairs in Florida.
KEY WEST, August 1G, 1852.

KEY WEST, August 1G, 1852.
Schooner Emma, Capt. Alder, flom
Tampa, yesterday, reports tho Indians
quiet, and that Billy Bowlegs had fix
ed upon Friday next for a great ttaIls;a
There seems to be no doul 6ls thai
Billy's party will cmiglate, as he has
promised Gen. Blake that he will.
make his terms un that occasion.
Gen. Hopkins, now in command Of
the volunteers of the State service, and
to serve, if necessary, in war of cx-
termination to be waged in the event
of Gen. Blake's failure, has ordered
that a company Of so boatmcn be rails
ed i'll this city to operate with the land
forces i'll the everglades. Twenty
have already enrolled their names. 1t
seems from this that the State were
about to take the matter of removal
from the General Government, and
place it in their own hands.
The followingis another letter bear
ing tho same date:
The mail between this city and
Charleston will be carried tliis month
and through September in sailing yes
sells, the steamer Isabel having been
taken from the route 70 undergo re-
pairs. She will resume her trips III
October and run as usual for the sea-
son.
Tho Mobile steamship, the Black
Warrior, is hourly expected from New
York. Her ay'ts, Livingston and
Crochcron, have written for one of our
best coast and reef pilots to take their
ships down the Florida reef and into
Key West harbor, passing through the
\. W. passage into the Bay, and thus
cutting OH much distance and avoiding
the current Of the Gulf ana tn. doubt
ling Of Tortugas. This shi~ehns 3aot
heenEad yertised TO- stop at5
yet '@e$are led 5akl fbelicyes ?eSsSts 80
Letters otshcr,agsfats :3liat Tho sss ysSt ss
through as abovesand they GsSsss;s $500 VI.
well avoid giving us ascall. y:
have, strong hopes that some sf9;ss tsti;' ttt;
Cahioniia steamships will make
West; their depot, 1iuyana having been
entirely Abandoned 1t will Ire Il hap
py day for this city when they decide
10 stop. 1t is said, by gentlemen well
posted up, that their trade was worth
TO Havana over 100000 per aiipum,
One half Of this sum expended here
wohld make us Il prosperous city
Correspondence Of tie y. Y. Journal
q ConMcrce.
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SouLE AND PIERCE Mr.. Soule, the
distinguished Senator from Louisiaaa,
in private letter to his partnCr, thus
speaks of Gen. Pierce: I.s
81 have seen tie man, and "A n.tsslshes
is, Of lofty micn, of winning manners,
aud easy and elegant speech, of great
directness ofpurpose, of facile access,
and yet digniied and imposing
man, tell you, who will grace the
Presidential chair, add to the credit5of
our party, and do honor to the ma
ton. In him we may repose the
most absolute and unreserved con-
fidence. His mind is of the high.
est order. What strikes in hirn4
most is tho bold confidence with.
which he addresses himself to any
subject-an unerring revelation OF
conscious recititude and of moral and
mental strength. "
ARREsrED.-Tbe Savannah journals
inform us the arrest Of Rollins, who
by successful strategy succeeded N,
relieving q gentleman recently o +
more than 500, and . gold watch an i
chain. Iie is supposed 10 have been
an accomplice of the notorious DIR.
Hines, and engaged in the late project
for his release.
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po;nb,, p,,n,o,. p,n,o, \,

Paiyul Rumos.-Runlor has it.
says tho Chcraw Gazette, Of the 9th
inst, that q rcncontrc occurred al
Wadesboro' on Sunday morning, be-
tween NJ. J. PICKET, Esq. and a Mr..
BoYD, in which the former received
two pistol shots in the abdomen, which,
it is thought, will prove fatal We
have not the particulars, which We sup
pose can ONLY be ELECTED by judicial
Investigation. Mr.. BoYD surrendered
himself up 20 the officers of the law,
and is, we unders:and, in Jail.
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Georgetown Harbour.

Among the appropriations III the
River and Harbour Bill that has just
passed the Senate, is one of $4,000 for
the survey ,lf the Harbour Of George.
town, S. c. We are glad to see that
South Carolina will come in for small
share of the appropriations of the pub.
lie money, %hile hundreds and ,hous.
ands arc sqinndcrcd at the North, and
in the West, for the Improvement OF
their rivers and harbours. Surely our
fricuds OF the North will not withhold
from ns such small sprinkiings Of Con.
gressional iaYors.
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lTHE SUMTDR BANNER.
Sumterville. So. Ca.
JOHN II. GREEN, EpIroR.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 81. 1852.
Our HDriIacinaes.

!" 1herc rs one po,nt on uhick there can be no
dirrrsity Of opinion in The South among Mose
uho are true 10 her, or uho haze made up their
minds not to be siares /; that is If ,re should be
forced TO choose befwccn resistance and
ue should take resistance at all hasards.'-
CALHOUN.
Is 10 DO that, cancert of action mustbc nccessa-
ary, notfo, saue The Union, for IL ,pould then he
too aotc, bnf 10 sdre ourselves Thus in mn rier,
concert as fae one thing necdfnl.. .''--CAL,rouN ,
~! IS Waits the remedy? ansuer secession
utiited secession 4of The sioreholding Sfafes or a
large enun,ber Of them Nothing else u,n be ,oisc-
nothing else w,R be practicable. .'-CuEvEs.
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=. . Is . Z
Loss Of LIFE AND PROPERTY BY
STEAMBOAT AccIDESrs.-From lS4S
to 1851, both inclusive, embracing a.
period Of only four years, 563 lives
were lost. and 50. O7s,O46 worth of
property destroyed by steamboat acci-
dents on the rivers and lakcsS$ofthe
united States. The present yea. sat
little more than half gone, aada d
.frighifal iNcrc;tse to Nlhe number Of
victims. BY the disasters 10 the AT
'antic, Henry Clay, and st. james,
alone, at least 400 more persons have
pclishcd, SO that within less than five
years nearly 1000 human beings have
met sudden and awful deaths, by fire
or water, in consequence of steamboat
accidents on our rivers and lakes.
Bali. Sun.
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engaged iii studying tits subject with.
an eye tt, 23tacticat | resp! While
onr Legislature is cndcavorina to
throw more elections into the hands of
the people, let them ren,enberthatpo,-
lion of the people who cannot, from the
very nature of things, vote understand
ingly, but are the willing dupcs of
ambitious men. Let no portion Of
any district then act as a continual
drag upon tho other; but let all
things move on harmoliionsly and
orderly working together for good
Black RiVer Wdtchman.
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BAnHwELL MURDERERs.-We notice
by the Macon papers that an attempt
was mad in that city, on Thursday,
the 10th inst, to arrest Daniel Tobin,
aflgitive from justice in South Carroll
na, charged with the murder of John
Mcdonald of Bamwell c. II. This
individual, with his brother VIM. G..
Tobin and S. +. Farmer, all of whom,
it is stated, we're concerned in the mur-
der, have been spending the summer
very pleasantly at the Indian Springs
Mr.. Shaw, the city Marshal Of Ma
con, attempted Tobins arrest, and with
the assistance Of Mr.. Aldcrfield, sue
ceeded in taking him, but a struggle
ensued, and a confederate OF Tobin,
who was armed with pistol and bowie
knife fell upon Shaw and Alderhold
and compelled them to release the
prisoner. Tobin and his friend walked
off and are now in parts unknown.
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EEagEsS

TWO ID oLBA1tS in advance, Two Dollars
sard my Cents at,he expiratipno nof six months,
SorsS Three Dollars mt The end of the yeur.
No paper discontinued until I'LL arrearnges
afe Am, unless mt tl;e option of te Proprietor.
~ advertisements inserted at SEV EN'rY-
sEl We Gents per square. az lines or lcss,) for
the first and half that's sum for each Subsequent
Sirsersion,s
Tho iiambcr Of insertions TO he marked
on all sAiiyertisements or they will be published
snniil ordered 10 be discontinued, and charged
snccordingp. 7'ss
lEsl sS2S ONE DOLLAR per square for single
sinsertion, Quarterly ind Monthly Advertise
fpeiits Will be- chnrgea the same as q single in.
8sertion. and semi-mOntl,Iy the same Us new oEes
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The Iormspcr:,cy OF Georgia.

We are rcjoiccd to learn, says the
Georgia Isle2raph, that the Dcmocra-
cy throughout all middle and south
western Georgia, rs in many of the
Cherokee counties are beginning to
unite harmon {ously in support of the
regular Demo cratic ticket. We learn,
also, from the same source, that many
OF the PATRIOTS Wings, diSgusted and
dissatisfied with the nomination oflhcir
own party have come over to the De-
mocrats. Gehcral Scott is tincturcd
too strongly with SEWARD doctrines to
get the support of honest Southern
Whigs-he nhust lean for support
upon his Northern friends. lie is the
man who woul d sooner cut OF his right
hand than lend it to the support Of
slavery.
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~" We have les ived copy, in
pamphlet form, of an address deliver
ed OH the 24th June, before Recovery
Lodge, No. 81, at Grcenvillc, S. c., by
". II. Campbell, Esq, and published
by request Of the Lodge. In this ad-
dress Mr.. CAMPBELL answers many Of
those quclulous objections which have
been raised against the institution OF
Masonry. We would like for this ad-
dress toibe read by those, who, with
out taking the trouble to examine into
the endorsed object of this institution,
are always ready, in ignorance, to con-
dcrnn and find fault with it. In the
last few years great numbers have
been added to the Lodges; old Lodges
havefbeen revived, aud new one orga-
,nized blind prejudice begins to give
q ISs Se tho light of reason. The
4 l2accept our thai.kst.