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CAROLINA SPARTAN. AS SSOUSBSAN IS AMBRICAT" f?'( Hi* Opinien } War between England and tie l,u United Statee. of The following article appear in tbe f?! London Shipping mid Mercautiia Gazette: tin Sir: I have now made tho tour of the State* of North America, and think it P? Cobable I can giro your readers some use- UP I information. I landed at Now York ll|i city ten months ago, and hnvo spent my bii time in studying the character and customs Cu of those people, and must confess that if I remained luu years the reeuit would be the same; and I know very little about them. But upon one point?national pride?men, women and children are all alike, and the cr' idea of any nation of Europe, or the^vhole ^ of them put together, conquering this couu- *< ' try is perfectly absurd to lliem. Every body reads the papers, and a good-humored r|l urchin of twelve years used to rale mo sli soundly at l'hiladelnhia for our f?ilnro? ?? lo1 Sebastopol. The beat version of Amoricmi or sympathy was given me a few days since, When the war commenced tho Turks wero ft ( the weaker power, and our sympathies re were with her. After tho alliance it was 1>U three against one, and our sympathies wont Wl for Russia; but, should France join Russia to-morrow against Eugland, ouf govern- ar ment could not prevent its citizens froiu l'* not only sympathizing with Englaud, but assisting uer with material aid. This I VV1 heard fiom a very intelligent man, who 1 do not think suspected my nationality; Sc and I firmly believe it. In the South I spent Pr some tiino upon the plantations, and many *n times held long conversations with the laves, and always with the saine result. !U1 Tboy are much better satisfied than I sus- l'' pectcd, and when 1 spoke of the probability fei of a war, I was answered that, "white folks 18 wouldn't let nigga fight." "But," said I, nr "the blacks from the West Indies will come Wl hero and help you to gain your freedom." J" "What! black soger como here; let 'em 'a cum, don tnassa let's fight do nigga, 1 know, and Gar Almighty we givo 'em er gosh!" It not expressod in the same lan- *Vl guago the same feeling was ever expressed. J, I have visited all their nuliomtl at morion, ' nnd although the country is at peace, the grentest activity prevails; all the old arms cc are condemned, and by next spring nearly ,n 1,500,000 Millie ritlos will be ready for dis- cv tribution, besides (Jolt's, Clark's, and others. A Mr. Alger, at Boston, is now engaged to on a now kind of gun for the navy. Tho range, with solid shot, is nearly five miles; tr with shell, somewhat shorter, and the ex- SJ' plosion of tlie shell renders conllagration certain to a great distance. Those are call- a? oil, l>y those at work on thoin, tho secret I" gun. But what tho secret is I could not , al ascot tain. Since tho war ruinois I have ' been observant of all nnd every thing that i could give mo a clue to tho feelings of tho ; 01 {>eople. This is not difficult to come at, j ar or tho feeling ii general, and their coufi- IV dence is so great in their own strength that the most diffident, speak only of the consequences and the result. In company 111 with a party of merchants, most of whom n< wero engaged in trade with Englaud, I \ Sl1 broached the war subject, and was aston- !" ished to find then) so indifferent about the i j consequences. One of thoin, largely inter- j . ened in clipper shi|vs, in nn*wcr to a ro- ! 111 mark of mine, that he would have to lay up his dippers?"Not a bit of it," saiu he, **lhey will make capital privateers; the government will-furnish guns of long range; no.British man-of-war can cn'.cli them except a steamer, and they cannot in a good A breeze, so wo must lake chances." "But! th where will you get your men'" "Where! | do Wu have 84,000 enrolled fishermen who ' th will Hood our sea-ports, and I will tell you th candidly that in less than six mouths after di? war is declared llicro will be 500 of the iir fastest vessels in the world afloat as priva- on teers, and an English meichanttuan will |>e not be able to show herself at sea. What dit if we lose a few, we will make it up in the wc end. Two steamers were launched a few | It days since, each aUiut 4,000 tons, built in cu eight months, and it is just as easy to build J tio 50 in the same time or less." "Ilut your ; tlx coasts are not defended. Uotnembcr you aU have no Sebastopol or Oronstadt." "Nor act do wo want any. Wo have a few very isn pretty forts, but should any nation attempt Oi an invasion, we will meot them with hand wl and hearts equal to any, superior to most; hb and we can concentrate 500,000 men at toi any point on our coast in a few days, bet in* the alarm be sounded at this moment, and six in a few hours near 50,000 men will make mi their appearance armed and equipped.", Co This sounds liko bragging, but it is a fact. , in This city (New York) has near that nuin- bil ber enrolled and equipped; every man pr< keeps his title at home or in the private pri armony of the company to which lie belongs t?> and 1 Hud it the same throughout the I. country. I have frequently met with boys no of 1*2 and 14 with guns and game-bags, tra starting at early dawn for the woods, for iiero uiey can shoot gamo wherever found. 25 War is argued against l?y every body as bei something to bo avoided, but tlio idea of on backing out to avoid it does not appear to trn cuter the mind of anybody. Some of the of 1 papers speak of tlio President's message ly disparagingly, but the people are with him, cui and I candidly believe lie would be elected ' if the election camo otf to day. And 1 ro-' lio gret I cannot defend my country at this pet time as I would wish. The Ihiltver Clay- tin Ir^ln *i? ... I It-?. -- ? .1 * HVIHJ 10 (lint CApilt'll, KliU iilUdU people don't and won't understand double as meanings in treaties. Tliey say the man for with the while hat does not refer to the "tu individual in the white cap, and mv Lord | 1 John Kussoll acknowledges the American | cul interpretation. There a'o thousands of cie men hero that the Americans would he glad to get c!onr of, but that does not justify *tai Kngland in breaking their laws by enlist-1 the ing thein; and my Lord l'almerstou's in- ' stfustions wero something like telling a nto man to stab his neighbor but not hurt <*1, him. If the treaty (Clayton and Itulwcr) is ad- ckn bored to,'wo have the States pledged never To! to occupy it. (Central America,) for, say J what we will, llioy will slick to the treaty foil and it will never be annexed; abrogate it, '<< and in less than ten years it will bo one of eac tJio States of tho Union. The Canadians poti are a very loyal set and think they could dra take possscssjon of tho Stales at a moment's -1 warning. They liavo caught the habit of con bragging from their neighbors without I having tho wherewith to brag on. A trip j diai up tho lakes is tho most convincing proof six wo can have of '.ho dilVerenco in tho two pun people. In tho Amerioan are well finished cub cities and "towns, saw mills, railroads rtiri-| thur ning in every direction?in fact, you gel- { the ikjsu Ioho sight of the tecomolive?and i fort; there are iu'iuutci.iblu steamers at every! 0 ? \ . *'v } *- > .- .% . * ? v?3 re tiinoro wheu the putnpe are starts 11- Washington, and we cannot see whi bd load will not arrive at Washington as rt, as llio shaft has made 27 revolutionnju live minutes?with a pressure ou the pi re equal to drawing the load, vis: less ir, ono half pound to the inch, re Those who have examined this woi er . ful invention are generally cgnftdci m | their belief of its practicability, and >r- grand results must flow from its ado ed by the Government. cu ARRIVAL OF THK CAUDA. yo Halifax, March 28.-?The steamer ( ?! dn has arrived, with Liverpool dates v do 15th. 'co Tho Conferences had repotted pro ujt and tho indications were highly tuvo cd to peace. Prussia had been invited t< tho Conference?, and llarou Mantcutic er- irono ninlHiiihnli<ntinrv ^sBmmmmssmsBsamasamasm idiug. On tlio Canadian, whore the ?settlements, you seethe well-kept, coi tabic dwelling*, the smooth-hear. tii, and everything wonts an aircoinfu t little or no business, with the exoeptn the groat railroad. However, tliey a sidly improving; but should there bo wi I largest and best portions of Canada a t to us. Quebec, Halifax, and olb inta would bother tbein. but to su my own observations after every opp< lily tliat one man could liuvo atlbrd n, tho result would bo as follows: Mexi* iba, and tlio whole of Central Anicri >uld bo annexed in the South, and I lin lie doubt of Canada, iu tho North; n; ns of trcasuie and thousands of valual \s lost to England forever, ourcominei pplod in every sen, and some fighti at will gladdeu the hearts of our tri Idiery. Now, what can wo gain? A foot of t ory! We don't want it; mid if we d i feet for the majority of our bravo I ivs, 1 fear, would bo the extent. Na' military glory wo don't want, and as e sand beach of the Mosquito king it decided humbug. What would bo t suit to litis country! It would put 1 ick iu prosperity for half a century: suld ruiu thousands who aro now in icnco, but would enrich thousands w o now poor, but the groat ndvantu o Americans have is that they can p ice and inauufacUiro everything tli rut; the different climate affords t! icy would get accustomed to their o< tods and discard ours forever, but l eatest injury to all parties, and I ni y to the world, would be the making is nation of 25,000,000 a warlike pooj id, once instilled with the love of w o propagandists of Europe would hav< nrful ally. Tlio last year's crop of wh officially given at 170,000,000 of buslu id everything else in proportion, so tl e cannot starvo them out; and, from i vn observation, 1 would rather see Er ud contending with the whole of Eurc an against this country. I am no croi , nor have I any doubt of the power n ealtli of my beloved country, and, if iu i, could again handle a musket for 1 mor and glory; but tho day that war rehired between these two mighty riva mtest will be commenced that will bri ore horrors iu its train than the wo cr yet witnessed. There is another item which I am 1 forget. Many of my countrymen p! cat dependence on the abolitionists, icudsof freedom in this country; but I re you tlioir greatest protection lion icir insigiiilicance. They tlonri.-h as It thouglit harmless, hut tlie sliirlitcst s cion of tlieir collusion with a foreign f id they would be annihilated; in fae ivo proved to my entire satisfaction tl oso leirihlc and exciting questions ; dy intended for political ctfect; but att; ty importance to them atfecting the rests of the country, and they are go ou would, no doubt, be astonished ar that many children of foreigners, ni fact, foreigners themselves, aro kne ilhings, started to proscribe them; 1 cit is the fact. I have extended my arks further than 1 intended, hut ll ive one desirable feature?that is, tru lould they provo acceptable, I may ag: trudo on you. 1 remain, yours, .1 A .NIKS 13. AY AUKKX HuO'alo, New York, January 11, 1S5< The Atmospheric Telegraph. When the world, says the Haitian r/iericun, had recovered uieustiahly fr< o almost overwhelming sensation of vv< rincnt produced by the achievements o electric telegraph, we may supp? at it was fully prepared to award to tl icovery tho title of ultima th ule of, rention. That other inventions, and gt< es, would follow in the lapse of time, w rliaps more than probable,?that ai scovery worthy to be compared with tl mid be made was deemed impossib whs reserved f<?r Mr. Morse to reach t lininating -int in the worhl of invt n, and win tliis magnificent trophy I 2 tir.st half century. Such speculatio 0 are likely to piove premature, or to counted but tho ebulitions of old fog 11. A greater than Morse is at liar ic I. S. Richardson, l?y "ciaft or cunninj lich at an earlier day would have broug > bones to the rack, proposes to trans! m of mail matter from the city of Was jtcui to New York within tho period ty minutes, or at tho rate of five miles nute. Mr. Richardson has petition >ngress for an appropriation to aid hi doing this thing. At tho last session 1 was reported in tho Senate, whii rvides that tho sum of *7,">,000 bo nppr ated to enable the 1'ostmastcr (lenei test the practicability and usefulness .S. Richardson's atmospheric telegrap L moro than two feet in diameter, for tl importation of the United Slates mai ' An operative model," says the repo (t. long, is now being exhibited to tuei rs of Congress and officers of the < lo intent in the Rotunda. This inachii nspoiU letters, packages, A*c., at a .?pe< over f)00 miles per hour, with a ecrtai and safety before unknown, whelh ved or on a straight line. "With this great speed, thero are st tis on the lino at which the load is sto 1 nnil i*linnm#il in n . j nuui i le, it ml lliuli ji 5 low c?l to pass to anotii lion. To produce ft partial vacuum easy ?s to apply tlie power in hiiv otli hi; and as tho load is progressing, tl nosplietic resistance is obviated. The plunger goes forward without ca able friction, ami its touch is not sutl ally great to create objectionable hen "Tho engine, tender and fuel, a denary, and the power used to dra in and their appertcnniicea is saved. 'The actual cost of transportation is n re than one sixth that of any other incll and inore than ten times as fast." I ho following short statement of m< mical facts respecting tho Atinospheri egrapli is given hy the inventor. I. Tho area of a two foot plungor r hundred and lifiy-two inches. !. The pressure of one fourth pound o li inch is one hundred and ihirloo lids, and 113 pounds tractive fore ws seven tons. >. A two f?iut cylinder, forty miles Ionr. tains about G 10,001) cubic feet of air. . One pit in |> cylinder, twenty feet i in ter, and twenty feet long, contain thousand cuhie feet. Two of the* ips, double acting, will exhaust 24,OOt ie feet of air at every turn of tho shaft eforo 27 turns of tho snme will exhaus number of cubic loot contained in th< y mile cylinder. . bet the lo(|d of 7 tons itait fioiu J'.il iu,% Mr. Dallas arrived on tlio 12ili in VI- Atlantic, and was favorably received, ml Tlic opinion universally prevailed for pence was now certain; atill, questions is live to tlio Danubian principalities an bo Asiatic frontier remained unsullied ier was, however, roported that these i i it be referred to Commissioners on the i af The British squadron was pushit ho wurds Kiol, but Admiral "Watson bad go oidurcd not to engage in hostilities, ro- The Auslriau army would be furth my duced. lis. A despatch from Berlin says that < ivii Orloti'had made known at St. Peter die that a definite understanding had iay reached on the fifth point, and peace ofj assured. tie, A correspondent of tho London ar, says that an American Commercial 1 a pauy was about boing foimcd at V oat for the purpose of establishing direct Is, between Austria and tho United i! iiRt and importing cotton and other arlic! ny is estimated that a treaty of coinmerc ig- soon ha formed between the two con >pe The Paris correspondent of the Time nk- that Russia has agreed to tho ncuti ind lion of tho Black Sea, and the dismn led of the fortresses along the coast. Iter Cotton hail been quiet, and lower is j liesr were l-8d. lower, other gradi Is a | changed. Sales of tho week 18,000 itig j including 5,000 to exporters and sp rid j tors. Fair Orleans, G 3-4.; mid 5 15-16 d.; fair upland, G l td.; mid ike 5 13-lGd. to 5 7-8 d. Slock 35G.0C iico including 235,000 American, l-'lou or advanced 2s. Gd, to 3s.; Ohio 35s. ( as- 37s. Wheat bad advanced 4d. to J is com Is., ivhito, 31s. Gd. Provisions >ng Consols closed at 02 I I to 02 3 8 us- At llavre, cotton was quiet but fir l( I The Mkkchant and the woui.n-n i nit cidk.?The l'aris correspondent of tin are York Kxpress tells the following ich Krenchy story: in- 4,? >ne day last week a wealthy nici tie. of die rue Jfontorguicl was walking to the hanks of the canal St. Martin, nd, l>o observed a young girl of wild am iw tracted appearance hastily pass befor< jut Apparently supposing herself tiuobs ro- she knelt for an instant on the grou iov >f >? prayer, and was about to in: th. spring into the water, when the met tin seized her arm, and, gently repron her for attempting to put an end t' life, demanded to know the cause. U. would-be suicide lecouuled to him a l ing story. She had, she said, just lo father, her lust surviving relative, an sole support, and finding hersell al?? ,,e the world ami utterly destitute ?>f reso "" thought the best tiling she could d<? 1 . be to put an iimuediate end lo her existence. Whilst she was speaking benevolent merchant observed that sli it 'P'ite young and very pretty. 1'i ui ,l' to piovido for her ftiinre welfare, lie !? "Ht from the spot. Talking together the as arrived upon tlio lioulcvards. in * ijuenco of her misery the young crc J13 had not eaten anything that day, naturally, now began to feel hungry. ie new-found friend straightway entoi neiirbboriiii* rvsifinrimt ?n.l .... 11.? l i r , .o o 1 ' private room. After eating a bou ns dinner, llio young girl, wishing to some woman's request of ilie dti/nr </e ( y loir, left the room. After waiting for 1 time, and finding that his protc<ic ?li >' | return, the merchant determined to pr ! i hill, but what was his chagrin, on scan i j his pockets for the wherewithal t?? do " ascertain that his jtortoionnie had ? ? ' pea red, ar.d with it the contents, arnou to over two tliousand francs. The | chant has come to the determination ,u i for the future, if pretty young women n to drown themselves, ho will not otlV " ' slightest obstacle." al Dank Kouiikky.??>11 Thursday of last about 1 o'clock, some dating thi ih, thieves, by means of a false key, en lie the office of Mr. (loo. ('. (lihhs, Agei Is. the "Planters, Hank of Fail field," and rt, therefrom a package <<f money, coiitai n- i wo are informed, about six thousand v- | bundled dollars, in Hank bills, chietl ne s the Hanks of Charleston and Fairfield >d 'lihhs was just about starling bv the < n- lina for South Carolina to settle no hi or 1 count* with the Bank, ami had taken money out of the safe, and parked it a his hooks in the bottom of his trunk, [> ' paratory to going on board the boat, of ing called out a short while, he lef er 1 trunk locked in his oflice, the night I is a bright moor,light one,and the street! er thronged with people. Hut the thief, ie was, no doubt, aware of his purpose had watched his motions, took advai il- I of his short absence, and entered tho i h- by means of a false key, forced tho ha it. tfth trunk, tumbled the clothes out ro tho lloor, and carried oil successfully w ; package containing the money and i* No clue l?y which to detect tho orin 10 lias vet been discoverer!, except that i ' paper which enveloped the money : Imoks was Hie next morning found on e- , wharf of Mossrs. His bee rk Canovj ic j which wharf the Savannah boat was n ed at the time of tho robbery. The sup is lion is, that the villain left on that boi [Jacksonville Xcwk, Match 2 n tub Cot ?t.?11 is Honor Judge Wiiht .q despatching the business of our Court with i \|M .li|inii ami ability. 11o consumes hut tune himself in t:tlkiu<?. and encourages the I > ' tullow his example. I In. rospinno l?? ihe I'rt I uiciitof tho Oram! Jury, on the subject of 11 i iliopt and li'|ii?ri, was admirable. 11o pret] s that if the Town Council permitted retailing College would l>e broken up in ten jtar*. case of murder resulted in tlic conviction ol Si " : Rsily of manslaughter, and the neijuittal of I t; : I truce. Tho fao's developed in ties ?a*o w< I i ki I commentary on tho nionds of tin-Heights* u in which tho homicide was committed. A j ' whiskey was the origin of tho dilliciilly, ami ! d< atli ofHtsithr ru wuf altrihntalilo to it. (St j 11 lie I'alrivf, '?l i &)e Spartan. - ?y BlPAMWAHlBHra? _ "uL TllliKSD.tV, APRIL S, I8J?. nUer \ VIXIJIIR. 'I Anmii|| itliffl n?w tu o<ir town w* liml tho pltiwurx of scolug MP ilno l>. Voung, I'rcotptlOll ,,f tt?i H|mulanhtirg ninl I 'uioo Itmlru ml. REPORT OF TMK*UtANU JURY. Tliin iliM'uim ni will l?? liiuoil iu itiK'llirr ooluinii, .'aim- mil] we ooioiurud it to lit* sttvutioii uf Mir rvad*i? )f tho XLc ivuiark* about i n ii. >v C-4it SivCi.' a 4 worthy attcutiou, ami wo li< pv Utv CmumiMioners gross, ttf I*uhlio Uu'lldlugs will null*)/ Ooliui.tr r I In w irablo i-ccnuiiueudatioiui uf Ibo grand jury and ilia ?uy J Jon! geslious of liis liuiior in r< lutlou W> (ho matter il bud * ^ ? MILITARY ELECTION. I tbo Although wo uro not yet iu |sas4asi?u of ihu raturna, wo uudei.-taml tluit W. II. iluut, of New* i ^ berry, has boon eleoted llrlgudler (lourrul of (Juv'.rt1" ulry, 9th Brigade, S. C. M., vice Nilcs Nvsbitt, u the , jt resigned. f s'ould THE.WEATHER. *pot. For two weeks wo litive boon blessed with cold, 'J? ^(>" blustery and otherwiac disagreeable wcntlier-dntcr* U06I1 mixod with ioo and frost. Winter lingers n* though reluctant to yield dominion to his mora goer rc* ninl suoeiasor. On Sunday night we heard the ,, ! rumbling of thunder and saw a few weak flashes _-ount ^ lightning. On Tuesday morning a white frost I on oorcr,',' 'be ground; and now, while we write, n wiim I 0o^ drizzly rain is falling, with n temperature i making over-eonta and tires necessary for comfort. Though spring is backward, our eountry friends Coin- n'lK>rl lit* grain crops in tho ground, ionti *i W'tiit promises well, and though the se.'isotis may trado 11 little late, we have no reason to augur other States than favorable results in all departments of buses. It bandry. Karly peach trots nre almost iu blossom, 0 will 1 and we do not think our present cold snap will do ntrios. them any injury. Si ' . ~ tihTPUR ~ n,|j , The I-tdios of the I baptist Sewing Society held j a very pretty and pleasant fair in Palmetto Hall on qtiftli- Tuts,,n.v ftn<' Wedtuvlay evenings, for the sale of s litt- f-ttiey and us.-fnl artieles, to aid them in means to bales suitably decorate the new Itnptist Church. We Cetilii- bnvo not h?ird the amount realized; hut, judging tllintr, from the number ?>f |>cr*oiis present, we should dlilirr, think the sum satisfactory nnd equal to their rx)0 bis, pectalion A* fir as \vr could judge there seemed r bitij j to be lull enjoyment in the crowded room for caeli 5il. to | one present. IMRPBTTMAGAZITE. quiet. Tlie April h among . .cry best of the isau.'s m of this piptil .r Monthly. The biography of (Jen Putnam is nlotiu worth double the price of the No B Svf Tlio other principal |wi|>crn nro?Mnderia, Port, an.I 3 New Sherry; A Homo in tin* Cinnamon l?lv; "11 n- lievorv nurrection Flower; Panpertown; Utile Ih.rritt? continued, and other niiftcvllancoux reading, \a. reliant Nobody should Ik.' without this admirable publicaalong tioit. OIK COURT. J hill) *>,,r 'Pr'" lerm commenced on Monday, Judge ervetl Wither* presiding. A largo Iwir wax in attendance ixl as fr?m he circuit?itinoiij whom <v? noticed the iko a fflieicnt and gentlemanly Solicitor, .1. II. Ileid; chant Menem. Young, Sullivan, 1 lender*m and ItvII, ol telling I -aureus P?rry, Kllord, t ondlctt, and lt.niJiMx.it. t? her "f iJrcciitrill" ; Thomson, <J<>u.1tl<?k, fi.ulbtrtv, 'I I... nn.l s i? <:;? .a t oijfli Although no i'.uhd of (irc.il importance lire on St tier the dockets, y?-t the busimw is heavy, mid Judge il her Withers, by sitting from '.I ;i in. to 0 and 7 p m , no in :* <li--p.it' hing it rnpi'.li \Y?- have rarely nt-n a ttrccs, judge nx rc p:iti< nt, cairNou*, ami pcr*cv? ring, or would a court iiiok- orderly nnJ inlt lit on liin>in?r. own Judge Withers. nt tli > tc hi, Kulixf-il a!i our f, our i,l,-as of what a judge should Ix- Tl orouglily lull was r,,riiH-,| in tin- science ol law, be applied its priin-ilistllg p],^, clearly, promptly, ami impartially, with a |? r ?l her bearing of groat urbanity ami dignity. Wi twain MW none ol tliat p<-tul< hoc and hauteur usually at. otiso trit*ut?.sl to Ins honor, ami wo arc quite mire Ins rcnppeitraiicc iiihwi ;lm? circuit will be ha led with jj ' I hearty tsiti?f.u.-n <ii. n ! TUB KWSAS KIMMITTBE. lor a | The committee to take evid'-in e 'u the contwtol liliftll Section ease iHtwevii \\ hittieid ami Ui-olrr is 0 composed of Mr. Sberinau of Ohio, Mr. Howard of tjitiji .Michigan .and Mr. Oliver of Mi?'>uii. The two tinit ure U< publican Know N >tlii gs. Mr. Oliver _ I . was tho choice of the Southern nn-tiilH.-rs w ho were , . ill favor of the N'-brask.i Kansas bill. t'hltl<i i .... . . . . I hey take out wuli them a stenographic r< i*>rtto , . . . i cr' a c't-r'v il"'' aasistant, ami perhaps <<io or more tiling ' n,ar,hnU tlicr- i Keedcr lia- left for Kansas. < it-n. \\ liitlllilt ' 8" willi the committee. wish | "Tin: Srurix?The f'iirn/in<i Sjmrlnu, we :i tuC think, is mistaken. It was r. letter ol our> that calleil out the reply Irotii Ju?lge Itulb-r. -Xttrherry /fining Sun. : The Sp.ir!nti gave credit to the Sun in publ sli?| ' ing Judge liutler's letter, and the subsequent allusion was in the Kline d notion. We only stated lit for . ... j uuit nil* ?i trcurif I mil calk-il on our Scuutois lor their opinions, *v!u*n, unknown to it, they hud .-lining, . ri'iuly bttii given. Our language niny I wive I wen ( amli:^uour, liut we tliink the Sun ivill see that it Mr attr''>u'e ntiswcr of our Senators to the l*.iro, call of our Charleston cotemporary. > nc' Kansas.?Tlio com 111 it tec At AMieville have made a report, of which the following is an extract: j "The Coimuiltec are h;i|>|iy to announce to their i JTO" fellow eit / lis that eleven true anil gallant men? He- I >r. IV M. IVI.it, ,1. II t\uiiior, (>. W.Connor, t his W. V OnttrJon, ' I McNeill, William Apicitiir pletoii, William Mc<?ill, Alexandei McNeill, ami Andrew N I >arrioott -have > urollcd their iiiiiihh ' in emigrants, ami that handsome contributions of who money have been made. The committee are cn, >itiel courage*! by their present minrts to hope that italic twenty-five or thirty men will he enrolled, ami uftioe a,nl''c hurls to eipiip them Obtained, by the day npj. pointed for tiieir departure*." Upon I'. T. liiKM m and iiis Faii.i'sk.?(in Thursday tllO | Mr. I'. T. Itanium was put under examination lx>joks. forejudge IIofTii mi, in New York, relative to hi* nittiil property, nt the suit <*>f Cashing ?fe Co., who have 1,10 1 obtain.judgment against him. The Mirror *?**: find ; 'Mr. 1^ was questioned also ..n Friday as to hi* llio present mean* of living, and staled that he took 1, at i boarder.-, and had t' e vegetable pro. I net <>f Kridgetoor ' lM,rt f,,rm '"d summer, lie had friends who ! would keep him from starving and had tendered him money. In reply to the iju stion. he nek now I'* edged that he had a gold wat.h, which he would 2. produeu if required to do so; also, a diamond ring. Itcing asked it he ti l l a piano forte, lie said yes, r* is ',,,t '' wa* mortgage.! for all it was w? rtli,ns well as great 'dl'er tumiture." i'r'to ' "a' ' '''trleston company for Kansas, which sent- Mnrted some time since, had readied St I sacs on letnil their way to the new Territory. Southern etuilifted | graiiti .re il.aviiig m fiom other Sta'es. , our , m . ',ir Nr.w 1'psi Office.?Mt. I<ebaiioti post orttce, ^.,-fy "i 'Ida Distriet, has been ro-estaldished, and ('aire a i v'" Foster appointed |u?tmuster. ng of ' Kmiijsition to Kim-o?Mr. I*. II IJirey, Info tl o of the Orangeburg f'/sriwi, starts with his family 1 r it ( : K..'.. Is . h parp >iC to go al'uic :i"J iij ? Oil Ills I mi r< ^Km?ibllltv. TfljfHKWBEEEY MIRROR. Wbun the Newborry Mirror utakoo out igiiMt ii>? opMi %?*o * ukw U(~V~~L of polities'. vciiiij m wo bare uguiuat it, woo) ul] undertake defence. Not before. | Wo deuy IIm Mirror'o account of the origin of the Cour vlHioo muitnuitl. Aa tar bock aa A uguat our editorial colotnua foruiaL evidence that we bod o|Miuuita oil tho subject and Ofuwal tbelli?Olid aimilar o|iiuioi>o wero odiawnl by tbo Kdgeficld Advertiser, Winueltoro' Ilegister, and other jouriinla. I Wliy, the Mirror, on the subject of tbe eouventiou anterior to lb* n|>|? nrance of Col. Orr's letter and ibo legislative paper of tlio forty-eight, ia aa tad aa tin- Jtourboue, wbo wished to blot from tbo bietory of Frame tbe Napoleonic purioj, and tn at tbo eli?l? mWrrtrgiium aa a biiuik in (ororuutut. Ismg brloro tbe .'|ifH-nraa<<e of tke DudWy Win r tbn i|ia''U<aaioU lad been deouive of representation at Cluuiuuali, und it hulejmmad W|> tbe urguiueula and gave a plan to tbe umnuioul. Evidently tbe I editor of lb?< Mirror was ign .ruut of tiieae tliiuge, or Iruati d su<'b i|Ueationa to tlio keener political sagacity of Ucll. < <ui hliglnu, wbo it wna generally thought done Up tbo "bin buaim-ae" of tile 0"Illxrtl. A a to tbo number of Ihslricts wbiedi have sent delegates, wo liuvo only to any that 13 or 14 have done so, und thill ia pretty nearly one-half. One would infer from tin- Mirror's loose way of spunking that tho numticr wna limited to a baker's bnlf dozen ?or evoii !?ti. We feel greatly llatUTed at tlio application to ua of the term'demagogue. Great men are often thua designated by tboac who would decry their influence, and wo must e'en submit to tbo classification. j?|iuuvi, miwuro-, ii>" argument?util iu absence, and proof licit the latter commodity in sea roe. Inverting the order of our coteuipornry*s comments, wo now eonie to the house of glass. If he 1 thinks wo lire ill a dwelling of this brittle material J let liim "reri" away! Hut we beg he will remember the advice conveyed in the words "/irene* garde," or n stray splinter might do r-ad damage to his person. PRESENT*KNTTPTHE GRAND JIRY, KI'AltTANlll ICO, SritINU TKItM, 1850. The presentment of the Grand Juiy, for Spring : Term, Spartanburg llisliict. showetli: Tliat we j have examined the jail and public nthc*-*, auJ find that the inmates of the jail, as far as we could i judge, are comfortable and well provided for. The jail itself is in g"od order, with the exception of j iillc d?**r, shutter, a few panes of ghisn, and one t lock, which need rejiairing, and some plastering which needs to be done, which we beg leave local' ; to the attention of the Commissioner* of Public ; Huildings. The offices we find in as good coiidf; tion as tlicy could well be kept in, from the dilapi! dated condit on of the old Court Mouse; but Tlx an . appropriation lias been made by tbe legislature for , the pur|x?*e of building a Hew Court House, we deem it unnecessary to make any presentment in reference to that matter, further than to recommend to the (aHnmissionars of Public Huildings to I make inquiry and ascertain whether it would not be to tbe interest of the public to let the old Court ' House remain, and build an addition to tbo rear end of it, so ns to enlarge the court room and tbe ^ | iiffici* below; o* to purchase a |x?rtion of the lot | adjoining the Court House, Itekingiitg to the estate I of the late dairies K. Henry, and build an entirely j new one, leaving the old to he converted into a | Town Hall, to he rented, with the offices below, to . I he Town Council and o'lu rx who mav need lliem. ' I And we are inclined to tuition, that if the ' 1 I aforesaid lot can he purchased at a r< asonahle price, it would he better to build an entirely new Court < Hons -, leaving tbe old one :i? a Town llall, to be ' , ' i rented out. We further pr*. sent, unanimously, that tin- sys- i i ti III of taxation in tins Slate operatis unequally and j ; unjustly ill relieving a certain class from the bur- J . i . I m taxation. met requiring another oIim to 1 bear the entire burdens, nn<l thcreiorc recommend to tin- I.?-g:i-laturc of t!ii* State to |wuw a law, at its ' next session, imjsisiiijj a prr capita tax upon every J free white man <>f ami nv? r the age of twenty-one. j .1 C. /I MM HUMAN', foreman. I'LKSOWL DIFFICULTY. The personal affair betwr n Pr. .1. A. Metis, of I' uion, ami S l< Katie. of till* A ndcrson (jioitlr, growing out of nrtiehw published in the pap r*. h is la ell s itisf.telor.ly adjustrd by reference to a board <>' honor. The following is the basis of set- ' tlement, as pubi s bed at the Anderson Gazette, Trm Carolinian, an 1 I'nionville .Tournal: The board of gcnilcnn n to whom, by mutual consent, the whole subji-et in dispute between 1 >r .lohn A Melts and Maj. Sani'l ti. Karl* nasi reb i reil, tiiii 1: Tint the d.tlietilty originated entirely in a newspaper o> ntroversy?the parties not l?eing jh isoiially known to each otln r. .Maj. I'lnrle, ns editor of the ?ml Idtitrnlr of Anderson, published Motile comments on the lareI Well addliss of Col. Will. II tiisl,ol CllioO, to his constituents. l)r. Metts n lis wired these cum1 menls in an artie'e over the signature of "Forty Fight." mid, in doing so, used language- which Maj. Katie consult red ,K r?oliallv otli lisive. Maj. Katie r< plied in an editorial of thc'JOtli of Februnrv, wh eh Pr. Melt* coiisah red personally oil. nkin and iip.n the snbjeet matter of this editorial e unnoticed the corn *p?i?dciieo uliich led to tins refel eticc. The artieh of | >r Mitts, although not so considered or int. ltded hy him, was personal, and "cxeeeiltil the legitilll te bonllds of new-spa|>cr oriti- , i-ism." I'pon Its publication Maj. Karle ni ght, and it he had intended to pursue the matter further p. i liap-< ought to, lia\e rcquitcd an ? xplunat.oii or disclaimer. That course would have been more ; regul <r, mid I em likely to complicate the matter, than the oflei isivo reply cotila llcd in the editorial 1 of the 'JIMIt of February. The editorial wi.m, how- j , ever, published, winch also "exceeded the bounds of news|N?pcr criticism," and was very personal and offensive. lint the whole matter now hcitig l?efore us, in order to do substantial justice, and 1 remove every cause <>l irritation, wa decide that the nflruivti port Wins of Dr. Mi Us' article, signed ' "Forty -Bight." and also of Maj. Karle's editorial, j of the tiOih of February, be both mutually w ithdrawn. and thus tin- difficulty i* M-tllul honorably to bi.th gentlemen. In our judgment tliey both I can with I onor to theinselves sign this paper. , i This piper is signed: J. U. Adams, J. M. I f Jadherrv. S Met Sow-in (S 11 Tittm-m v i i . . Summer; and accepted by .Its, K. llist for I>r. Melts, and J. I>. Anlinioro for S. (.?. Kurle. i *1,1 * Just *t wk Scrrosito.?The following is an extract from a letter r?vciv?*d by an old farmer in Con- ( ; neclicut from his son, who lives in Kansas. 'Hi* lrtt?r is dated I-tivrrnec, March I, 1856: < "1 suppose you h.-ar n great deal in Connecticut ' alsait 'civil war' and 'outrages' in this Territory, ; not one-halt of which is true, and the other half ' will bear reducing greatly before you swallow it, , It is rather a rough country to hegm in, nnd the " people, perhaps, somewhat different from those wo ! meet at homo in Connecticut; hut t bare experi | meed nothing hnt kiinlm** at their hands. There | are some bad fellows liere, ns tborc arc everywhere; 1 but they are not all Missoitrinns, by a long slmt. ' The trouble here lias grow n out of the abolitionists < ? I ni?*nn the political ones?who think they can " bluster and brag hen* sa they do in Massachusetts, 1 and are doing the Territory more harm than any- i t body c|*o. 'I he story alwut its not being s?fe here I tor a northern man is all gammon. Itusinrss is ' gissl, and those who attend b> it can do well enough ' 1 lure." ) \N as KxrxNsr.s?The Chancellor of tho Rritish f Kxclu-qucr, in u statement made to Parliament, es- c lintntes the cost of the two yivirs' war with Ruw>a f at ? lit,Stl 1,000, or about $$00,000,000 ! Add to a this Mini equal amounts for France, ItuMi* and ^ I'm k* v, nini we have a total of $800,000,1100. It * will take, fH<rha|ts, one thousand millions of dollars ^ to pay all tho expenses of the war. ,J ill [For the Caiclma Spartan] BO FOB MOm C1K0L1NA. tsa! rut tzj>! Muui. Kditom : Every ashoolboy baa learned Crow lii* geography that dagalae ahrub mm lis ia found iu the eoatheaatera |wt of Anuria*, of which ilia natives make to*; but it will Im astonishing to your reader* to Uara from lite sebjoinod article, aopied frota the ooerespaudsnce of the Journal of ComiBaroa: let. That salt arlicla, as a beverage, ia regcrded as cot only a great luxury, but almost a MM Mary of life! 2d. That <> vast an amount of it iu exported to other parte of the world, llut above all, 3d. That it hat long mince been known ia abound in North Carolina ! lioping that oar industrious neiglibora of thnt Stale will do the public the favor to look after tbia rare and valuable shrub, aud gjvo us mourn wore definite account of it, I beg that you will insert the following article and oblige, Yours truly, 8PARTACUS. Matte or Paraguay Tea?itm use in Spanimk America?found almo in North Carolina?itm preparation in HrotU. Ha* Paulo, Brazil, 1955. While ill the neat Br ixilian town of Paranngue, in the new province of Parana, 1 observed many raw bide cases which tlie blacks were unloading from mute, or conveying to the ships riding at anchor iu the beautiful boy. Upon inquiry f ascertained that these packages, weighing about 120 |K>uu<is each, oonsistcd ot matte, i. e. Paraguay a ft i?a ?. l-.ll- I ?- -* w mi. x ?ic nuwiuiuci-, " *i?'Wit m uie u nited Statin, forms truly the principal refreshing beverage iff lite Spanish Americans south of the equator, and million* of dollar* are annually expended in Uaenee Ayree und Cltili in it* consumption. Tlio town of Purnungua in Soutlirrii lJruxil, containing about tlirco thouannd inhabitant*, exports every ycur nearly a million of dollar* worth of matte. Matte la the name of the prepared article of the tree or shrub, which is commonly known to botanists tut the Ilex Paraguaenaii. It is slso classified by Yon Murlius as belonging to the Rhamn family, and he gives it the scientific name of Cattine tlongonha. lite Spaniards usually denominates it Verba de Paraguay 1 was not a little plcoavd to find tliat my friend l)r. It. (the American physician and botanist mentioned in a previous letter,) was pcrfoctlyaoquainVcd with the mtsle of its pro|?arnfwiu, as well it* its class und family. The pltasure tliui. derived, however, gave way to ustomshmcut, when he informed me that in the United States the 1'arugu.iy lea not only was to lie found, hut was actually used as a beverage by the people of the region where it grew. Dr. (I. recounted to mo, one day in his office at Limcira, f Province of San l'aulo.) his A'oudcrfui adventures, when a younger man, lie roamed over nearly every Southern and Western Slate, hunting for the weed which was vulgarly supposed to cause the milk sickness. Although he did not find the eouso of that disease, which has so damaged many a speculation in western towns mid villages, yet lie made the acquaintance of a little tree- in North Carolina, from the leave* nf which many of the country people of the old North State "made* tea." If I remember rightly, he informed me tluit it was the Ilex Kupauia; hut scientific reader* must not hold mc nwiHiutiblu for the mum-, as my notebook may probably mislead nie. A few years afterwards Dr. II. w.'.s in this most glorious fold for a botanist in the world?this Southern Itrnxil, whose magnificent Jlora has been the wild delight of every favored follower of I.'-uiia-us that lias Ihou permitted to enter it. In the course of his ramble* he encountered the Ilex I araguaenxie, and immediately saluted it us his old acquaintance (under features but little different) of North Carolina. Some months cla|wcd, and he visited Paranagua; and he was almost as much sutqwisod at another discovery, which was not, however, in the botanicul line, lie found ill this out-of-the-way pnrt of llrazil nn American woman engaged in the delightful art of preparing feij+esami touirioAoi pork and Ix-aiu-) for hafivi-s and foreigners wlio might patronize her establishment. Ill Conversation with Dr. II in regutd to the matte, she rti-Uiniol, "why. Doctor, this is the same track we u?o in Carolina to utnlie ten." Mere was i most striking coiitirinotion of the true con<-lu?ioti of science. Now, iflliis Irit- or hush really alsiuudsiu North Carolina, w hy may not the enterprise of sonic of her eitizt lis add to I lie e-xports i hud down in crcry geography as uir, tobacco, turpentine and lumls-r, matte.' liroxil and Paraguay are re:i|>iiig their millions from a shrub which grows ?|>otitaiit<ou*lv, and the subject is really Worth UlVe-st'gution in our ou n country. In Itrazil and Psrnguay the matte can he gathered during I lie w hole y ear. Parlies go into the forest or places where it grows, ami break off the hraurlo n with the leaves. A nnn-i-n. t Lit.. Hi:! in roortnl to in woods, and I lien the branch) s and lenvt i are transported to places where there in water powi.r, and are broken in mortar*. The Milvtanee, alter tins operation, in almost a powder, though small stems denuded of their bark arc always permitted to remain. I ?y this simple process the mntlr is prepared for market, only requiring the raw hide cases mentioned ut the Is-ginning of this communication. Its prc|?arntiou f< r drinking is equally simple. A small '|iiaiitity of the leaf, either with or without sugar, is placed in a common bowl, u|?on which odd walit is paired. After standing a short tint", boiling water is added, and it in at once ready lor use. Americans who luive vailed lluenos Ayresor Montevideo may remember to hare seen, on a tine summer evening, the deltilctts of tliat portion of ilie world engaged in sippiug, through long tubes inserted into highly oriiomeiited oicoanut bow Is,a liquid, which, thotigh not so palatable a* iced juleps, wns certainly far less harmful. These cit xens of Montevideo ami Buenos Avres were enjoying with their bemlnlhn* n refreshing draft of tnal'e. It must be imbibed lluough u tubc on account of the ptrliclc* of leafund stem which tloa: U|?>n the surfueo of the liquid. Thin tube h is n fine glotailar strainer at the end. Kidder. in his "Sketches," snvs that great virtues nrc nscriU-d to ih'n tea. It supplies the pL-tcc of incit an.I drink. "Indiana who have bceu laboiing at tlie oar all day, feel immediately refn-shed by n cup ot the herb, mixed simply with river water. Ill Cluli and Peru, the people believe that they could not exist without it, ami many persons take it every hour of the day. Its use was learned from the natives; but, having been adopted, it spread among the Spaniards and Portuguese, until the demand became so great as to render the herb o( Paraguay almost as fatal to the Indians of this port of America as mines and pearl fisheries had been elsewhere. It grows wild, and never has Ihmi successfully cultivated. Although attempts were made by tlie Jesuits of Paraguay to transplant it from the forests to i heir plantations, yet it wns without result. I 1io|h.' that tins liltlo (wnmunk*ali<in may come und< r tlio eye of some North Carolina pvnUt-iruin, who li.i* a turn lor such matters, an.I will yivc nil examination of tin? ion in-aiing ties winch is found hi hit Stale, mill which Ii;ih mi lunsj furnished a beverage to Muue of the interior pvoj.le. 1 remain your* truly, ? r*ri.. Hacking I (own in Kansas.?Gov. Tfc.- iitson lint M-ut a second message to the Free State I.cgisliituru of Kansas stating that in hi* previous coniinutiicaiion he intended to recommend lio course lo l?e taken in opjxwition to the General Government, or to the Territorial government; while it ?hall remain with the sanction of Congress,colliin in with either is to he avoided. In conformity a itli these suggestions of the "Free State" Governor, lioth houses have adopted the following resolution: Hrtolrrtl, Hy lie Senate nml I louse of Ihprelentniiv. s ill the Stale of Kansas, that the law* on\etcil by the priwcnt legislature shall not have efect unul au act be jwrsed by the |>rcsent or some utttro legislature declaring tlietn in force. It is stated that .lodge l.<eoomptc, cf Kansas, has siuse.1 the indictment of the members of the free <tnte 1 legislature, and that several of thent had tec it arrested, and others had lelt the Territory. Visit or tiik Sih.tan to tits Allik*?The Fremdt h Matt of Vienna states, on the authority of ts Constantinople correspondent, that tlir nppoarince of the Sultan at the balls of the Knglmh and French embassies was but preliminary to more e*ended visits. He intends y. icing hut respects in arson to his illustrious allies in Vienna, Paris, and j guidon, to thank tliein for the generous and disin- j created aid rendered him within the last three ears. The arrangements for th? journey arc so- j retly made. A flotilla of three Turkish steam ' rigates and s>* steamers of the allied flett will no- j oiiijstnv his Majesty to Marseilles, from win ner ' le will proceed to Tnrin, and from thence to Paris ml London. ]l? will return to < 'omtantinnfde via ienna and lbs Damibian principalities. I lis uite will consist of Admiral Achinct l*a. ha, the InlilHr bmtrl Paths, aud ten other dignitaries f the empire. < ^ I 4 *? "Hi??mbm | [FortbaBpartm] Olift IBUfltMWITi ItSAT SUTIQL Ms=*na. Ksrrcaa: !n fj-tfcii tg.gfc i of iha CUytun-Balwar Traaty m <w^ wgaffNMUljr by y*? onnfoiiM*' 1 rotload An Aw | Lwadom ?uri wpwiciH of lb# iTwmN Qmmhm ?evidently u American, and as ardaat iilui aad friml of oar Qoteramaal wy Aa am maiw* m tho only prop* aula of yaaiiaaAa. Ua Hkaitotagljf Mtra *ai tha Ooaaal afOmal Britaia.aad ?ba oat km at their haaha, wM mad by their interpretation of tha Trthyl Taa ww: th*y wil draw tba award Iwhw day wA rueed*! Thay woald giro bmHmmm not la ha htil to fight tha moat vdaabie trksd aba ever had an earth, but aha a itwat* Am aba wouM da ?Ug?adad in the eyea of other nattaaa wara aba to accept ear eonatruotiotf in Ka? of bar awm. Even thoaa 8igIwhincn who eatectn aa moat remark?Thia ?nil never do-, ought you to be m> uareaaoaable aa A desire Mich a proculnre.' *' Having aaid thua,tba aatno writer f&ea ramaribt If tlie Treaty van be abrogated by the gatMbnient of the I'nited Stater there ie net th? aligbeeat danger llutl the pence of the two eoaatriea wH ever be interrupted on account of any portion af Central America. When California m> the aaA joct of grave vexation with Gen. Taylar, be mad to exclaim that be wiabed it would reapermttl It ia ao with the Britiakry in relation to Kaataa aad tha Momjuito Coaatj they wiah they woald nayr rnu.' A few years are likely to fill up Nicaragua and her oiater States with -mi effective population, by which their reaourcca will be developed la tba benefit of all the IndnaCrial purauita of tbia realm. 1 ti.;. .....ii --? -? * ii... ?whj . cvuuuue uie government to abandon i her pseudo lSlovloralt, and restore to Honduras ' the Islands she occupies, hut to which she has not i the shadow of a claim. j If there bo strength enough in the Senate forth* . purpose, it assuredly ought to be employed for the 'muicd'mte and unconditional abrogation df a treaty, which, ns hir as one of its negotiators was concerned, wm perhaps intended to admit of a doubts ceo* struct ion. Mr. Clayton dearly meant otherwise, bet his Cuith was too implicit. 1 think the reasons for its abrogation ar* ae ovgwhclmingly powerful, tliat they ought to iuilaeM* united action on the |>art of the proper asthodty, ~ Tlie measure would not occasion a murmur bare. On the contrary, it would be generally regards/a? i a Ciod-Mud deliverance from impending danger. a iai a 1 Tna Hurt Kidgk Railroau.?The pi smdhti of Monday evening are of unusual interest. Is ' the first place, the Ituerd of Directors deter mined I to put an end to the contract with liongs ft Ce^ | (the original parlies having altogether left the concern,) and to take the work under their iiumedintn management. In the second, they elected to the office of Chief Engineer, Cut. Walter <Jwyn?, o gentleman who has ha.l, probably, a larger experience in such works, and shown a more per her knowledge of their cost and management, than any nun in the United States. We cannot but congratulate the Ihmrd on their choice, u we Srs sure it was the very best they could make. In a notice of this distinguished Engineer, which we published a few days since, it is remarked ns a notable sad. j almost singular (act, that ill all the estimates of the I cost ot great public works of this kind, which he ' has been called upon to make in the last twenty y?*ars, in no case law I tie acton) expense exceeded I the telimale. The tribute of the Hoard to the fidelity, intsgvi; ty, ami fttl of Mr. Lythgne, their lute Chief Kngi I nocr, is sincere and well-deserved, and will be *? outlet) by till who know tliat laborious, hen est, aad. ; (nie-lii-.trkd man. We may state that the nlEiira of tlie Hlae R 4|? ' Itnihund are now in n very promising condition? I latter lhan ever before, and that its steady anal rsp1 id advancement ii confidently counttd on. The ' tunnel at the Stump House Mountain bus Wen nt to the ilialitUtf ot 170 feet on tl>?s> wile, ant) GU f??t on the otlu-r; while the four shafts nan above have | bt-t ti tiinU to about half tin ir alepth The look i?* everywhere louna] of a quahly not difficult to wa rk. i hut compact, ami nmliu^ no masonry to support i the excavations. S>> far, the coat of the work baa i been within the ostiiii.it ??a confirmation, if any ' were needed, of Mr. I.ythguc's sagacity ami tateg! ritv. Tlic Chief Knoinm r at once cnlrfi on the date* I of iiia new |Mmitioti, ami ariiitnpiiiii it by Pmidrtl Frost, lert the city last evening for Andevsou.? iVkarltaton Mercury, March ~2ti. Titr. Mom Vr.avo.v IawrV AsanCUTtua *Tit* I'.noN.?We have hrretofiirv stated that a , bid had been passed by the Legislature o( Virgisia ine rjsmiting the "Mount Vernon ladies' Anvia t on of the Uukm." The object itfV affret lb* purchase, by individual subscription, ofYwo hundred; ' juTen of Mount Vernon, ttirlndirig 'h? imuwuii, garden, tomb ot Washington, and the wharf and. landing on the iVtotnac. with the intent that tha? mine sliall lie ceded to the Sute of Y irgima, and. , In Id snored forever an the I oine and lust rafting place si the lathi rot Id* country. The wrm aatrdi t by the present proprietor, Mr. .lohn A. WnsWacton, for thCtwo hnndred acres, ia two linsdrtdi thousand dollar*. The net authorises the Govcraafof Virginia to obtain within tour year* a deed ( conveyance of the properly from Mr. Washington^ ' The money to make the purchase is to be drpiwitaak ; in the State Tieaatiry id Virginia, a* it may be rofrtribunal Ironi liinc to time, and to be tnvtsled ife 1 stocks or lunns, at ?ix j>or ti nt. Pnvat i* conferred u|*>n the Association to charge each prrtan ' over kn years id age, who may land nt and visit Mount Vernon, not exceeding 25 cent*; and tka Governor of Virginia in annually to appoint fiv* persons to visit and inspect the place, and see that the Ameialinn complies with its act of incorpnrwlion. Hie New Vork Connm-rvial says : We notice that the act in question invests tW association with the title of the "Mount VrrMS IsdiiV Association of the I'man " Wc like that from Virginia?from the In-art of the Old l>odiia~ ion. It has the right cheering ring of former ;-U r oua days, and will, wc doubt not, be promptty v i diced frofi Ni-w York nud other Northern States in protfers of liberal co operntion with the Indies nt \ irgima to ra'iae the r. quired sum for the psrvtissu of the privious earth that holds the utoublrriafp hot is of the nian who was, is now, and ever shall be, "lirst in the hearts of his country men."?flab ttmmr Sun. Kkgi-asd t\u tiik Unit to Stxtks?We ropy Iront the Washington I'nion an article which mark* forcibly, and in terms of moderation, I be points on tvhii'li myii) t<> hii)]>e our pro nt diplomatic com plica I ion with Great Britain. Tim Hriti-h Ministry have certainly not dealt Curly in these mutters. They have claimed an informal verbal rucKitiivn of la>rd Clarendon, to rrfrr tha Central American question to the arbitration t4 n friendly power, as a formal proposition of the Bhtiili Government, and they have made the aaina use of an instruction to their Minister at Washington, which he kept to himself for three mootba. There m another point <>u which they hav?been | equally disingenuous?the enlistment question. They claim the credit of having niude fall amends an J apology for the atUmpta to enlist .eldisrs in the 1 nitid States. The fact is, that the system of enlistment which was developed in the late trials was devised after the boosted ammdc, and ia coo- a sequence of the <vm plaint of our Go\erwroent,aiu| was a studied attempt to evade the W-tter, while it , defeated the purpose ot our laws.? Mrreury. Ot a Kmigkamti.? The Kansas Association of ' Charleston forwarded its secoad corps of emigrant*, by railroad, this inorninp, at sevca o'clock. It ia composed of a fine body of tyirited aad aetrva I young men, nurrdiering twenty-eight, who go wiUs , a firm purpose to advance, by industry, their private fortunes, and to maintain, by their inanliuean m eitiasna, law and >.rd?-r and Sonthera rights ? Kansas. Tiny proceed under tlm business ihwH 1 of Mr. F. Q. Palmer, ft graduate of ow Citadel ; Acndoiny, and a practical civil engineer. Thsy : l in brace a nmnbt r of mechanics and artisans. Nvt n doubt can be entertained that they will well rep' resent Sooth Carolina. Tlteit equipment haa mm I the Association a considerable amount, a portion of which has yet to bo met by voluntary csntrbolioaa. It is to be hoped that our cttfecna will promptly step forward and make them, and also enable the Jto social ion to continue its patriotic and argent w?vh, A laxly ol fourteen or fifteen other emigrants, mostly from Orangeburg District, proceeded op from Branchville yesterday.? Krtming <V?sn. Tur Msthohist Rook Cetciu.?The re part of the Methodist Ihs'k Concetti for the year I8M, presented to th?- conference of the Method's! Kpianc pal Church at llaltimorr. states that the parodies!*, except the Christian Advocate, failed to rare! the s of their nuhticai nn. The asasla of #m? j concern amount to #7.18,977, ajpnnM which thm an- linhilitin to the naannnt ftf $tWV94JT, lmv\nd a capital i-totk of