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I CAROLINA SPARTAN. ; THE DRAINAGE BILL. | The following net to promote the improvement of swamp lands was passed at ( the late session of our Legislature, nnd is < now in full force: 1 An Act to promote tlio draining and improvement of Inland Swauips. I. Be it ennctod by tlio Senate and 1 louse j of Representatives, now met and silling in f General Assembly, and by the authority of ' the same, That whenever two-thirds or I r more of the proprietors of the lands lying in any inland swamp, owning nut less than , two-tiiirda of such swamp, shall associate themselves together by written articles of ngrecmeut, for tho purposo of draining ami . improving the same, (to bo filed and re- < corded in the Clerk's office of the district , in which the said land or the larger portion theroof may lie,) thoy shall thereupon become and bo a body corporate for the ' purpose aforesaid, by the name of tlio pro- 8 prietors of said swamp, designated by the ' name by which it is commonly called aud ! known, and shall have power and aulhori- ' ty to make and ordain by-laws for the re??u- ! . t - t o lation anil government of such corporation, not inconsistent with any law or statute of force within this State, anil to ruako sucli assessment* of money nnd labor on the members of the corporation as may be requisite for carrying into effect the objects . thereof. II. That it shall be lawful for every such ( corporation, by its agents, surveyors, engi- , ncors and assistants, to enter upon any , lands and preniisos lying in or near the swamp, for the draining and improvement whereof such corporation shall have been ! formed, and owned by persons not being members of such corporation, for the purpose of inspecting, examining, and surveying the same; and if it shall appear, by the report of a competent engineer, to bo no- ! cossary for the draining and improvement of such swamp, that any canal, water way,ditch, drain, dam, embankment, sluice, flood-gate or other work, should he muduor construct- . od in, through or upon any lands of any . persou not a member of the corporation, and no agreement can he made for obtaining tho consent of the owner of said laud f thereto, theu such corporation may apply, -j by pctitiou to the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas of the district in which t such land is situated, (and if it lies in seve- , ral districts, to the court of either of said - districts,) setting forth the facts of the case, and prayiug that Commissioners may be ap- |] pointed by the Court, to ascertain and assess j the value of the laud which would be oc- ^ cupied by such works, and also the amount of loss or damage which the making or con- j structiou thereof would cause to the owner < | of the land; a copy of which petition, to- i gether with a copy of the engineer's report ' j upon which it is founded, and notice in writing of the time and place at which the ' f| same will ho brought to a hearing, shall j jbo served upon tbe owner of tbo land at , least ten days before such heating. And j j upon the hearing of such petition, unless it , s be denied by affidavit that it is necessary for the draining and improvement of such i swamps to make or construct any such j works as aforesaid, through or upon the ) " land owned by any person not a member of 1 the corporation, and affirmed in the same ; n manner that such swamp can he as well ? and effectually drained and improved without encroaching upon any such land, tho -.i.-ii : - - v>uuu autin iippuml tureo competent and (lis- ' interested persons to bo Commissioners for the purposes aforesaid. And tbo persons so appointed, having first been duly sworn to ? executo and perform the dutios assigned them as such Commissioners, truly and im- v partially, and to tbo best of their judgment ,J and ability, shall proceed to inspect and v examine the promises, giving at least three ? days' previous notice of such inspection and examination to the parties intorostod, 1 and after bucIi inspection and examination 0 to make the valuation aforesaid, and return the same in writing undor their hands to J' the Court. Hut in caso of such denial and s affirmation as aforesaid, the issue so made ; 1 shall be submitted in a summary manner | a to a jury, and upon tbo finding of the 11 jury, if the same shall be for the peti- * tioners, Commissioners shall ho appointed c and proceed as beforo directod; but if the ; jury find for the respondents or defendants, i no appointment of Commissioners shall bo made: Provided, That either party may ^ more for a now trial; but not more than ' one new trial shall bo allowed in any case , on the same issue. Either party may up- | peal from the valuation and assessment P made by the Commissioners to the Court ^ at its next session after such valuation and rt assessment, giving reasonable notice of such ! '(: appeal to the other parly; whereupon the '' Court shall causo a now valuation and as Sli cessment to be made by a jury, and their verdict shall bo final and conclusive, unless ^ a new trial be granted: Provided, That not moro than ono new trial shall bo allowed in any such case of valuation and assessment, a Cpon the final determination of such valua- j st tion and assessment, eithor by the return of N the Cora mission era not appealed from, or lh in case of appeal by the finding of a jury n( not appealed from, or upon a becond finding p< aftor a new trial is granted, and upon payment of the amount of such valuation and assessment to the party entitled to receive ^ the same, or upon tender and refusal there- . of and payment of the same into Court, it ni*p shall be lawful for the corporation, at all ^ times thereafter, by its officers and agents, to enter upon tho land to which such valualion and assessment had reference, for the 8Qu purpose of making and constructing, main- j taining and keeping in repair, any such work as aforesaid. In all cases of appoal ^y( full costs shall bo awarded, and the collcc- ^ tion thereof enforced as in casos of trespass , on tho case. III. That if any person owning land in or ino near any inland swamp, for the draining |10, and improvement whereof any such corpo- |an ration shall have been formed, not being a Rpjt mornber of the same, or any tenant or agent cf of such person, shall, for tho purpose of na, J raining, flowing, or in any manner using, g?; benefiting or drawing profit from such land, i>u; iiako use of any canal, water-way, ditch, gt>0 Jrain, dam, embankment, sluice, fiood gate, c.,l( )r other work inudo or constructed by such j*ro, :orporation, without tho consent of the cor Ccij| xrration, such owner or tenant shall he liable 0 pay to the corporation such reasonable rent ?< borcfor as they may demand, not exceeding ?< me-lhird of tho clear annual value of the and, including any addition thereto derived so? roiu tho use of any such work aB aforesaid. j? L'hat if tho owner of tho land, in or near ]j0 my inland swamp, for tho draining and HO-g mproveiuent whereof any sncli corporation paj" ihall have heen formed, desires to become |jSM 1 member of such corporation, instead of mU) raying rent as above provided, he shall be j? it lihertv tn <lr? !?;<> : j j lUOJUVflVIIIUU J0{1( )f the expenses incuried by the company, y0s with interest on the same. tcfr IV. That all the lands drained and itn- ndv proved by any corporation formed as afore- and laid, and owned by members of auch corpo- din; ration, shall be liable for the debts of spo he corporation; and if the land of any Aft member of any such corporation shall be lie 1 taken in execution and sold to satisfy any niai ludgment or deciee against the corporation, ed the porson whoso land shall have been so wbi takon in execution and sold shall bo cnti join tied to recoive, as compensation therefor, by exp :onlribulion from the other member.-, of the cho :orporation, tho value thereof, and shall neo ihvc the benefit of tho lien of such judg- at neut or decree far enforcing the payment hoti .hereof; for xvhich purpose such judgment cov ir decree shall remain in full force and circ rirluo. furt V. That any person having a legal or ^ rquitablo estate, in fee or for life, in land j &r' ying in any inland swamp, or in laud hrongh or upon which it may be necessaiy j o tnako or construct any woik lor draining J l'MM ir improving any sncli swamp, (except j h nere trustees without beneficial interest,) j c'Ml1 bull be dcetued a proprietor or owner of J vou iuch land for the purposes of this act; and i ',as n every case in which any such person; ?1 hall be an infant, married woman, idiot or mci unatic, tho gnnr<?hn of such infant, the i ',a<J lusband of such married woman, and ilie j aff? lommilteo of such idiot or lunatic, shall bo i ('a> leemed a proprietor or owner of such land ''ea or tho purposes of this act: J'rovided, '}' That such guardian, husband or committee, l'ioi hall apply in a summary way, by petition, b's o the Court of Chancery, in behalf of their Cunl espectivo infants, wives, idiots or lunatics, ro<l i?r IauVA to Kaaaim a mnrnkftsfl -?? ciici -. .V.-V ? U.W.I1IV llblllUCII Ul JIIIJT I'ur- ""| loratiou formed under Litis act for draining aim lih! improving the swamp in which the 'a^' and of such infants, wives, idiots and lnua- l'irt ics, are situated, in respect of such lands, aIU' md the said Court shall have power to inpure into the propriety of granting such mo1 oavo, and to tnake such order therein ns j pcv< nay seem meet; and if the Court shall grant l'ial cave, it shall bo lawful for the person who ,MJU hall have presented the petition to become vv'1' ? party to tho articles of association fur orming such corporation in respect of such , as v and, and the same shall be as binding and ten< ift'cctual to all intents and purposes as if a?d uch persou had been tho actual proprietor , ^>'a< if such laud. I acci VI. That every swamp, except such as ,rc commonly called river swamps, or river som loltoms, or liver margins, shall bo deemed b,Vn ui inland swamp for the purposes of this , 1 ict. ,ea* VII. That every corporation formed tin < )n.< lor tho provisions of this act shall have re.sU > chairman and a secretary, and shall - 1 ;cep regular minutes of its proceedings. i *eal VIII. That whenever two-thirds or more i hlrc' if the proprietors of the swamp or bottom [u,n ands lying on any river, crock, or other ; 'JV1' rater course, owning not less than two-thirds * f all such swamp or bottom, shall enter into i at ^ rritton articles of agreement that such 0 ;rr wamp or bottom shall be deemed and ta- I :en to bo an inland swamp, and lie suhjocl I>art o tho provisions of this act. such swamn UIU* r bottom shall thoroupon be deemed and tl^' aken to be an inland swamp, and bo Mib- &r,(?. set to all the provisions of this act, in the amo manner as other inland swamps, and |'avt 1)0 owners thereof shall he invested with ' II the rights, powers, and privileges here 1 K ibeforo given to tho owners of inland ? r. wamps, and shall bo subject to tlio same ? 1 ondilions and obligations. "as IX. That where said inland swamp i-> r,,t wnod to the amount of two thirds by one i 1, 1 idividual, ho or she shall possess all the 1 glits and powers conferred by this acton al! ie corporation aforesaid. SOCII a i-. r? ,r. . Wrtlll oOl'TIIERN t^UAHTKIlLY liEVIKW.? ( tiont ublicalion, from its commencement in wc.,( few Orleans, by Mr. Whitaker, until its oojj unoval from Charleston, a period of thir- ' jg.,j on years, or twenty-six volumes completef fro^, rmly and neatly half bound, i-> offered for tjie , do Jit the original subscription price. To tjJO ( public or private library the work would n?_. i vAiuabie. . I the' The Wrong Noose.?Ichabod Criggs, I ovim aober, industrious man, in easy circuit!* very anccs, hung himself near Danville, Va. nono cause is known for the rash act, except | jn tli tat he was to have been married on the Mr. >xt day. The license was found in his Lord >ckct. of th DEATH OF HUGH MILLER, ' HI OF EDI MICRO II, SCOTLAND. [u commou with thousauds in thiscoun, wo uro shocked at tho sudden announcent of tho death, uii ler distressing eir- j, iistnnce9, of tliis emiucnt man. it seems ( . yesterday that ho recoived us in his u house, conducted us through the muni which cost him so much labor to cob t, and in tho imaginary defence of which i seems to have perished by his own hand. jj| 3 respond to the remarks of the Scottish ardian : ,' 'The announcement of tho death of Hugh 'i( ler will ho hoard with a thrill of genu- j"r sorrow throughout the Church in which ^ was astandaid bearer- throughout Scot- j d, of which ho was ouo of the most con- ^ :uous ornaments?throughout tho world j science, which associates his honored sc no with those of tho men most distin- oj shed in our day, ns fellow-workers in Iding up tho stately fabric of the modern logy." The intelligence was communi- ^ id to tho public in llio following terms n tho office of the paper of which ho was ^ '0,: . M Witness Office, Dec. 24. "u SUDDEN DEATH OF ME. IIUOII MlELKIt. 'It is our melancholy duty to announce i sad event. Mr. Miller had been ill for j le time?working hard and late at night, ' , completing his now work on Cleology. j' had become, in conscqncuce, subject to ^ ;ravated attacks of night-marc, which ' took of the nature of sotutiambu- (i i. Some time ago attempts had been Jc to break into his museum; and he, consequence, had always slept with a (| led revolver on tho table by bis side, j itorday, on account of headache and un ^ cshing sleep, he had Been his medical of isors, who had warned him of overwork, j I prescribed suitably. Last niirht. accor- I g to their request, he had taken a warm ' nge bath, and retired early to rest, er having slept some considerable lime, !?ad apparently awaked in a fit of nightie, and, taking up the pistol, had icachthe bed-room door, as far as the bath, ch had been left, after use, in the adling apartment. Thero the pistol had hi loded, the bullet passing thiough the \ hv st, and death must have been instanta- hi us. The sound not having been heaid this hour of the night by any of the "1 isehold, Mr. Miller's body w;is not dis- :u ered till this morning, I uder existing th urnstanees, wo cannot at present dwell u her on this sad calamity." *h o tlie abovo distressing particulars the Nh ifamon adds the following remarks: ! ',l However sndlv this narrative may touch 'I Millet's immediate friends, it will be to )'? in l--s startling than ( > others tinware h\ its peculiar temperament, and of bis re t stale of health as a .sufferer from ner- v> s depression and irritation. Mr. Miller ol fallen a victim to overwork of the brain th ho peculiar malady of those days, and of 11 ? of his class. Such, wu know, was and long been his own conviction. Years ( gr , and again within these two or thiee ; he s, he was pleasad, in the goodness of hi- \ lh rt, to warn the writer of thc-e. few has . and halting words against what he light dangers of that class, pointing to Cl own case as an example deleiiing from linuous efforts and anxieties. In this ,n >ect, however, Mr. Miller suffered, we H" >cct, from a somewhat peculiar temper- xv' tut?he did not work easy, but with r(* >riou . special preparation, and then with ; g> >es that tortured him duiing the process, i left him exhausted afterward. In say this, however, we speak only of the o recent years; and it is at least six or ar kn VflUN killM WO !.? ?? vl'' .. j 1111*1 wimjuhiii ; ** . hard work had left him only 'half a '' 1,' and that he could Jo only half work ' i double toil. j gr Although apparently a man of physical Zc roll as moral courage, ho had a curious as lency to keep lire arms about his house th per.-on. When he lived at Sylvan b re, to the south of the Meadows, he was vi< istomcd, when going home after night- \vi to carry a loaded pistol, and, from 0 allusions in his work, 'Kir-t linpres- 1>? a of England,1 it appears that he follow- , wi ho same practice when travelling, or at as t when on his pedestrian excursions, bo t of his very oldest friends, ordinarily th ling in a distant part of the country, joe- Mi ly surprised him one night two or three pr s ago in a well-frequented Edinburgh an et, and was amazed by bis suddenly So ling round and piesenting a pistol. We no jvo that the habit was acquired by Mr. peer when he was accountant in a bank j ?c> Vomarty, and employed occasionally to va y specie to tho other branches. To 1 en habit wo have apparently in great :ie to ascribe tho event wo to-day deplore, tin which a largo proportion of tho Scot mi people will hear with startling and th f." j all hepiincipal incidents of Mr. Miller's life lb 1 been made familar to the public in | thi lelightful autobiographical volume, "My sin rols and School-masters.1' 11 is first lit- th< y productions appeared in tho columns siu he Inverness Courier, when Mr. Miller as working as a journeyman mason in narty; and the accoin pi is hod editor of its, journal, Mr. Carruthors, has told us, as coi (rating his liomc-ly habits at that time, an winch never altogether forsook him sol 11 he was placed in a more elevated all, il position, that he was accustomed to u > ; up to Inverness witu his coimnunica m ? on the Saturday afternoons, always < Mi ing his mason's leathern apron. His do icted papers, written botweon the year-. An ) and !b32, "in leisure hours snatched , ap] a laborious employment, or dining lh .tonus of winter, when the worker in Na >pen air has to seek shelter at home," : iy tared in 1834, under tho title of "Scenes tin Legends of the North of Scotland, or tun Traditional History of Cromarty," and er, cod powers of descriptive writing of a tin high order. At an early period in the ten intrusion controversy, which resulted wi io disruption of tho Church of Scotland, im Miller published a letter addressed to l???i 1 I .rougham, defending the procrcdings of o reforming party in tho Church, in a ylc of earnest and dignified remonstrance, id with a cogency of reasoning and a force id facility of expression which at once linted him out to the leading men in the ! hurch as eminently qualified to promote' 10 popular cause. The result was the es-! iblishmcnt of tho Wit nets newspaper, and j to appointment of Mr. Miller as its editor., Our readers will remember tho zeal and : leigy w ith which Mr. Miller devoted him* i ilf to the defence of the church's spiritual i l>cr ties. Even beyond the immediate [ there of tho contest, his vigorous, lively,! id trenchant articles were universally read id admired, as specimens of powerful con ovorsial writing. Uoyond all comparison, it of the Church Courts, Hugh Nlillor wan 10 most popular champion the church pos* ssed. At the time of her triumphant exoiis, when her ministers and members as tublcd in Canonruills Hall in the full flush ' victory and freedom, the appearance of j ano of "her defenders, amidst that vast and . timated throng--where Chalmers and fclidi, Gordon and Cunningham, and andlish stood conspicuous?elicited plauis louder and longer thau when Hugh i iller was seen lifting his stalwart form I id noble head amongst the people. To Mr. Miller's vcrsat !o talents, and the | tried contributions of his pen to criticism, t, philosophy, and science, is applicable,! so, muro than to any other writer of tho | ty, tho panegyric pronounced upon Gold* uith, that there was no branch of knowl* Ige which lie did not touch, and which itching lie did not adorn. His nio-?t pro* and work, tho "Footprints of the Creator, , tho Asterolepis t>f Stromness," is a con- i ibution to natural theology of inestimable \ tportancc. It has bee i adopted as a texttok by some of the tin st cuiincnl teachers geologv in the Universities; and it has >i>o more to expose the atheistical fallacies ' id sophistries of lhe"V?stigeS of tho Xatu- j I History of Creation" that even the eln- i tratc essays ot Sedgwick and lire water. | Ac to ) 'ork Observer. j Christ no Writer. Ono of the most remarkable facts in the story of Cliri-t is, that >o left no w ritings iiiind hint, and tlie .-ink* rcpnr.l ilmm s writing anything is hi the ca.-o whero ; ie stooped down and with his finger wrote : >on the ground." \V1 at ho wroto then ; id there no one know.-; though perhaps ! c most plausible conj 'Cturo is that ho role the answer to tho question, whether | c woman taken in the art of adultery on Id he stoned' "tie that is without sin nong you, let him cat a stone at her." carer, did thi- strange fact ever occur to m, that the great--t reformer that ever * red?profess-dlv the divine teacher sent (Jod reveal his tintli t > l!ie world ? lioso teachings have .-.nvived the wreck , age-, and now e norland tlio credence, ere.spect and ili?- m ?>' profound admiin | onoi the enlighten.'! woild, and who i.- i limed as iho "author md finisher" of a | oat s\ -teiii of faith and practice, has left 1 hind him no sentence < ! Lis writing, and use unknown charncU is written with his iger in the saini constitute the sum total all his writings of wh cli there is any aclint' Is there, or has there ever been, since the vention of l> tiers, oreven rude hieroglypli-, an} -itch li in^ as a system of religion, liose founder did not take special pains to , diico his teachings to writing, and thus ! ; vc them the m -t exact and permanent 1 rm? I ' 'J he Uraniums hoc their Vedas, their;' >11 ran as, tie ;r Pumavai. and their laws ' id institute.- f M.-iiu, and these are all , riltcn and pr? ived with the utmost care.; ic Chine e h ive the r books of Fohi, their ' under, as op 1 ai. I expounded by their j I vat Confucius. The Persians have their ! ; ndevesta, alti.tii?- i to their leader, /.oro- ' lor, containing the doctrine and laws of : oir religion. t he .lews hud their sacred ' >ok<; in. 1 M m and the prophets and I >.i- I ' J, and S louicti, )n;t their teachings in , ' iling, i!;.i: th y in glit he preserved. ' Plato and 1' \ I. 14 >r is, and Cicoero and J jinostlunos, w 1 >t > much. Mahomet' o!e the Koia , am. gave it to the faithful 1 llieir gui le. I he writings <>1 Sweden- ' rg are \ duin : :s; and in our day, even ' e Moriinn imp .vor wrote his book of,1 jrinon. ]>at iieie comes one who claims ' ecedet. c\<:> t<> Mos.s and Abraham,' 1 d especially claim-, that a greater than : lomon is in ins own person, and an- 1 uncing himself as a herald of a now ilis- 1 nsuth'ti fiom (. >d. which is to cast Mo v 5 and the |>n |diets in tlio shade, and pre- ' il over all other - stems, and subdue our 1 tire race, and \ t this great teacher wrote ) vor a wonl, >;ive only tire characters in J 1? sand, which the next breath of wind ' girt ol teia:?.*. Who can account for I is strange proc lu c? Will itcotnport at 1 with tlie idea that lie was an impostor! ^ d ever an impost 1 puisne a couiso like ' s.' \i-v? r. \ 1111 11 sf.iini? i,i in 11, ?t in ?11.1 iglo fa -t to which v o have alluded, there is . ? iuipr- - of truth, and proof tint his mis 'ii is ail divine, lie sIuikIh.ouI before us onowho Knows tint his mission is from ( 1. and that it can stand upon its own nier , So confident is ho < f its power, that he is ^ Unit ti? brialhe i' out upon hod's air. ii leave it t.? live hy its own inherent and J I porp ' n 11 i: _j immortality, or live not at , Arid so ho goes ahoiit doing goo.l, w teadiii 4111 the synagogue and temple, vv talking to his disciples as he sits on 1 vet >T by the itea ol <> ililee, and now J 1" ipping a word as he walks by the way. ul there is not manifested the slightest ' r pieheiisioii thai w hat he says w ill bo lost. writes it not on stone or parchment. tV, he write.- it not at all. lie seeks onto gtv e it a Io iginent in the hearts of few di-cip e- that followed him ? to ke them comprehond it. and (eel its pow- , V and love it; and is willing to leave it j re to produce it- fruits, and to bo writ ( l?y the hand of all'ection, if it should ho . ittcn at all. Ami 011 these heart* lie did ' pi ess himself; and they, lor tho love they . 'o him, wrote the meagre sketch wo have ' ), his life and lunching*. 1 a [ fitt\ J. I>. Wtlliaivton. I i ? ? ? ?pi ? ?? II? nil?1 Charlotle and her Kecollections. Resides llio honor of being the seal oi the Convention in l7Vo, that issued tin tirst Declaration of Independence, Charlotte in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, has claimupon posterity, both singular and meritori ous. The centre of a fertile nnd populous country, sho was doomed to see the blood of her aons shod and the Declaration c Independence of all foreign dominion main tHined at the point of the British bayonet Coruwallis called Charlotte the "hornet's nest," and unwilling to pay for supplies with so much Knglisli blood, after the fata battle at King's Mountain became known to him, his lordship determined to Icarc this vexatious post. To prevent annoyance, ho chose to depart suddenly, and in the night. Mr. McCalfery, a man of wcallli and standing, a Scotchman, and resident in Charlotte, was chosen as their guide to lead them by the upper and nearest routo tc South Carolina. After so bewildering tin army in the swamps, that much of theii baggage was lost, ho contrived to escape, and leave tho army to find their way by tho returning light of day. Colonel Thomas I'olk, so favorably men t oned in tbe history of the Declaration owned property in and around Charlotle llis mill was between two and three miles south of the village, and is now called His sell's, llis body lies interred in tbe gra\< yard of tho village. Over llis grave nnd that of bis wife Susannah, his son William l'olk, Into of Raleigh, erected a marbU slab, a memorial of bis resting place. Tho I'olk family came early to Mecklen burg, and in tho timo of the llevolutioi were numerous, and some of them very wealthy. They resided, part of ihem, ir ttio bounds of Sugar Creek congregation and part of theui in Providence. Among them was K/.okiel l'olk, tho grandfather ul lames lv. l'olk, President of tho I'nitcd States. Two descendants have all emigrated from tho country, mostly to Tennessee or StaleM fnrllior Garden, in his anecdotes of the American Revolution, n i_\ "Nor were tAc ladies in Mocklenburg in any degree infwiior ii enthusiasm to the male popullioti. 1 tint! in the South Carolina and American General Gazette, from the 2 i to the iUh of 1 obruary, the following paragraph: "The young ladiu* of the Lest families o Mecklenburg county. North Carolina, have entered into a voluntary association, thai they will not receive the addresses of an) young gentleman at that place, except tlx hravo volunteers whos. ivcd in the expedition to Sooth Carolina, and assisted in sub lining the Scovalite insurgents. The ladies ln-ing of opinion that such persons as stay loitering at home, when the important call of the country demand their scrvi.es abroad must certainly l-o dc- :51n o of that noble ne-s of sentiment, that brave, maulv spiiit which would qualify them to be the dfcfcn dors and guardians of the fair sex." "The ladies of the adjoining county oi Rowan have desired the plan of a similai association to be drawn up and prepared foi signatures."?SlrttcftLS of Xorth Carolina Tin: Kivmolooy ok a Lvov.? The state inont of Col. Benton, that the word "lady* is nowhere used in the Scriptures, is, so far as the original is concerned, literally true The word itso'.l is of comparatively modern invention, and there is no word in the oti ginal of the Scriptures that ha* any signification corresponding with that of the word "ladv," as at present received. In view of llio subject, the following 'clip* is from an >ld Scoteh publication called "1 he Chiistian Teacher:" - \ I.vi.v ?'I I- ? 1 : 1 1 " -..V I.tuv l" ?lll .H'llionation of t!?e Sax -n which signilies Jirvouli/ircr. The mistress of a manor, it a time when alfi.i-.-tit families resided instantly at tluir coui>lr\ man-ions, was accustomed once a week, or -ofiener, to dis tribute among the poor a certain quaiiliix tif bread. She bestowed the boon with lu-r wn hand, and made the la-arts of the needy rla-1 by the Puft word- and the gentle am nilies whicli accompanied h?-r benevolenco l ire widow and the orphan 'rose up, and Jailed her blessed*?the destitute and the itllicted recounted her praises?all classes >f the poor embalmed her in their allocions as the LnO'daij?the giver of bread uid dispen-t-r of comfort?a sott ? f minisering angel in a world of sorrow. Who is ? lady now? Is it she who spends her lays in self indulgence, and her nights in he dissipation of folly? Is it she who li als the gayety of the butterfly, but hates ho industrious hum of the 'busy bee?' Is t alio who wastes, on gaudy finery, what vouid make many a wi low's heart sing for oy, and who, when the rags of the orphan latter before her in tho wind, sighs for a >!aee of refuge, as it the pestilence wore in he breeze? This may he 'a woman of a*hion'?slio may be an admired and an v J miring follower of tlie pay world." TlIK ]'HE*W IN" LoNlK'N AMI IN" N EW i oi.k.?Three actions for lil 1 have i- >vut y been tried in London, and in each case ho defendants liave been acquitted. Had bo cases been tried in New York, each of ho defendants would have been coi victcd. A n liave n<'tic> 1 re; 1 \ th.at I p, -b nrios are tbe staunch and unflinching riends of the l'ie?-. and that it is very di ion 11 in any part of 4 i real Hritain t> pel a crdiet against an editor, while here an ditor enn scarcely escape, atiJ j tries intra* iab!v hold "that everything which i- not Hltirt/ t . ;i man is libellous." This roceeds somewhat from the careless man* ler in which many of our cditois make their (atcinents and assail person t. chat actor, and !so from the manner in which thev habitu illy abuse each other. So long as editors ecu so each oilier of motives and conduct hat would disgrace the inmates if the hate prison, thev slionl 1 m t complain of he eonmmmu esteem litem according to heir own icport. /Wci'n S/tirit <-t !' fir/irs. A bill has parsed the Wisconsin Legis at ii ro ox raiding negroes, mulatto*.-*, lndins and black persons froin being w itnesses n that State, ] Cuba and Annexation. f | We perceive that the subject of the an: I nexalion of Cuba is reviving with renewed , force in tho minds of the people. Filibuai lering. or rather stealing, the "gein of the Antilles" is given up, we are happy to say, i and tho "sober second thought" of the I "solid people" i?, that if we have Cuba at f all, it must be by fair and honest means; in other words, having a uational treasury full to repletion, and Spain being bankrupt, i wo must take advantage of her necessities, i plank down tho cash and own Cul>a. We 1 see no objection to this course; it will satis* fv honest people at home and abroad; and as it is now admitted that Kansas will come i in as a fr*e State, it is quite likely that tho s Southern politicians will favor a peaceable i ; nc juisilion of Cuba, as an offset, and Mr. i I, Buchanan's wishes, expressed before ho was I j 1'resident elect, of securing both these ad' ; vantages to tho Union, will probably he re | alized under his administration. Tho universal desire in the North to have the su, i gar tariff repealed will probably be gratified by the absorption of Cuba, so that we shall have cheaper sugars, without any violent change, and tho Louisiana planters will . most likely transfer their interests to Cuba, and thus will be quietly and peaceably ?p > preprinted by the United States tho gre it monopolies of sugar, cotton and tobacco, all J reiving upon slave labor for their support, I and rendering the institution perniauent, ' beyond control?for so long as these great* > e*t staples of human wants are in demand, so long will tho slave ho profitable, and so - long will those interested in his fortunes 1 1 have influence in our national councils to ' protect and maintain the relation of slave 1 j and master. Tho annexation of Cuba eectns to 1 o demanded mutually by the people of ' the North and South. To the first named, I ( because it will give us a necessary of life > j cheaper; to the second, because it will strengthen its political influence, and act for . a time at least as an otlV-ot to the rapidly growing fiee States that are springing up ! hi the great West. According to our view of the m atter, Providence is working out 1 the great question which agitates the coun* I try, and by the peaceable rules of necessity. reconciling the extremes of the country, and uniting them tinner and firmer by tnuj lurl interests.?Ltxlies Illustrated iWtcsI ! pajxr. ' I . k:.ki th?n ok i'mtkd status rknator. ?Uu Wednesday last tlio legislature of Delaware reelected Hon. J antes A. liayard as I'nited States Senator fur six years from tl:o -Uli of March next, and elected lion. Martin \V. Bates for the tincxpired term of lion. John M. Clayton, deceased. We have already announced, in our telegraphic cob umn, the election of Hon. J. S. Green, by the legislature of Missouri, to till the vacan' oy in the Senate of the 1 'nited States which has existed sinco the expiration of General . Atehiton'a term on the 4th of March, 1655. At a time when the democratic parly has sustained so many losses from the treachery of professing friends as well as I the assaults of open foes, the above announcement will he roeoived with more than ordi' nary satisfaction. We may well congratulate the legislature of Delaware upon the wisdom and patriotism of their choice. This renewed evidence of confidence on the part J <? ' the democracy of that State towards Mr. ! Bayard is hut a titling tribute to his expo , j licnco as a legislator, his abilities a* a! I statesman, his devotion to the principles of j the democratic party, and to that utibcndi ing integrity of put pose w hich has secured for him an influence which is felt far beyond j the boundaries of his own State, llis now ! colleague, Mr Bates, is highly spokeu of by lib personal and political friends. The new senator from Missouri, lion. J. t S. Green, has already served with great dis1 sinctiou in the llouso of Keprcsentalivcs, i and for one or two years most efficiently , r? presented this country at New Grenada, lie is an uncompromising democrat, and possesses legislative talents ?>f a high order. ! ? Wasfiiii'/tun f'nion, Jan. 10. A Ni:w Statu.? Die Western Reserve is propose 1 as a new State, outside of i "< Miio l'roper," which "goesdemocratic'' bv rj \ small majoiity. l it" ' 'icnlaiui J'htinilciihr thus speaks; "Ohio Proper*' need 1 have nothing lo say about affairs in 'The ! Reserve.' Wo are a peculiar people, running altogether to priests, piiritaiiisni, and 1 pumpkin vinos. Oberliu is to he the cap- ' it'll of our new State, and Uiddings is to be ! the Ihighain Young of tlie concern. Wo 1" . n | men are going to vote; and men arc going to pirt their hair in the uvddle. 1'atta |.>ons will give place to pantalets, and white men will pot he allowed to run at j large without their | apers t hir railroad:, | < will urn under ground, hi 1 will make eon- I nectiona only with Canada and Kentucky. 1 he Constitution will he construed strictly, ! a . 1 all ineu will ho cons lorod e-jual, and ( sonic a litt.i i >re s >, depending oti their color. I lie Mate of 'Tim Reserve,* by the j grace o| .h.shua K. (tiddings, i^ hereby de* ^ clarcd a fie< and independent State. 'Ohio ( l'ii?p*r' and all the other Stales o! this j I nioti will please conduct themselves ac- | cordinglv." i _ i< - _ I Mk. I'l I'lUV AS' VM? K\\S\-v Sitniaof, J the know-notlung papers {?ays tl?o Nash- < \ille I ni?>n) profess to , vi that Mr. l?u- ? !?:tunt: w ili not he true i" the South on s Kansas matters. Wo toil til c- papers tlint i to ho tiuo to the South, it is only nocc-sr.rv | lie should ho true to the constitution. The : tl? tnocrntic party docs not expect noi dci'.ro i tli.tl the incoming aduiinistiation shall tlo | an\thing to make Kansas a ulnve or a fieo j ] Stale; that i> exactly the policy we oppose., j Nor tlo thev cart v. ! ,t Mr. Uochanan't j t private \ iews may h- on the abstract <pies r lion of hhivtitv, so he recognises and on force* its constitutional rights. The democracy stand upon national, not sectional principles; and all they n^k for is ibat no > otr .le i> ihif ce sioi.l i..? brought to lw>?r > upon this <p. 'Stion, hut that it shall he left ' solely to those whom it concern#, viz; Th<~ I 1 jvopY o/' thf Territory then? i Tiie Disunion Convention.?A few the Massachusetts fanatics recently lield ft Convention at Worcester, to devise idnm for the effectual separation of the free from the slave States. Senator Wilson now appears to be in rather bad order with that class, lie wrote a letter to the Convention, in which he said "that he had read with sincere and profound regret a movement which can hare no other issue than to put a burden on tho cause of f.eedom, It will, in his judgment, nrray against the anti slavery sentiment that intense feeling of patriotism which glows for union in the nation, lie regarded all such movement* as disunion conventions as crimes against freedom." Upon this, a oertain Mr. McVay arose and ol?j? cted to "calling Mr. Wilson either Honorablo or General. He protest* ?d that Wilson was not worthy of either tide. An honorable man ascends to God. Wilson does not. All the generals he had ever heard or read of would fight; whun challenged, Wilson did not tight; therefore he would strip the title* he falsely wear* from liiin." As to Senator Sumner, another apoaker slated that he had had a "talk" with him in lloston, a few days previous, and when lie asked him if, when ho got back to Washington, he would reiterate his word* again t slavery, Mr. Sumner replied; l*Hoiterate, reiterate. If, when 1 get back to Washington, 1 make the speech I expect to make, it will be like fourth proof brandy to molasses and water." When asked what result he oxpected from it, hw replied, "I expect to bo .shot; there is nothing else left for them to do." Tiii: Got.n Uegions of California Outdone.?The Santa Ke Gazelle announces the arrival of Mr. Idler, the agent and general director of the Mining Company, organized some time since in Washington city, to wotk the l'Incer mines near Santa l'e. Mr. Kurtz, a machinist from Xorris* engine shop, in Philadelphia, and Mr. Chappin, a millwright, nil enj? tired in the same business. This, says tho Gazette, Ifc a new era in the history of New Mexico, Two steam engines, with crushing apparatus, are soon to he put in operation at the I'iaccr mines, an J the question will be settled as to whether gold abounds in sufflcicnt quantities to justify tho cost of extract* ing it by this description of machinery. If tho experiment proves successful, it roust produce a change in tho busiuess of the Fenitory, for the quantity of gold Irearing earth and rock is admitted to be inexhaustible, and theio is room for any number of machines. It has been slated that the gold mines of New Mexico bid fair to equal those of California. A letter from Santa Fe to a California paper gives a romantic account of their discovery. The story goes that a Mexican woman returned from a captivity of eight years among the Covolery Apaches of the Gila country, bringing extraordinary accounts of gold treasures in the region inhabited by that tribe. The woman says that in the region from whence she escaped, gold exists in every quarter on tho surface, and in great quantities, and that there was one large lump imbedded in the side of a hill, and jealously guarded by the tribe. A Fkaufi'l Passaok.?We have been informed by Mr. 1\ F. Frazoe, Sr., who was a passenger on board the steamer Marion, which left New Yoik on Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for Charleston, where sho arrived yesterday morning, that tho trip wus in the greatest degree fearful. Pining Saturday night a storm came up, and the steamer was compelled to lay to at Cape Ilatteras for 20 hours in consequence of its violence. Tho cold, too, was so intense that horses were frozen to death, and the deck ami cnnibinrr* mult c?;i. ? i and every portion of llio vessel exposed, woro covereJ with ice to the thickness of G or 7 inches. The steamer lllack Warrior, from Havana, hound to New York, passed the Marion while who was lying to, and Mr. Frazeo informs us that she was lit% orally covered with ice. M'u take this occasion to stale that Mix, Froz e speaks in the most complimentary manner of the skill and superior management of the Marion by the olliccrs during ihe prevalence of the gale, when every pa* senger on board ha 1 concluded it almost impossible for tho vessel to outlive tU? Morm. Captain Foster and Mr. Thomaa, the pilot, proved themselves worthy the ro-ponsille positions they occupy, and thei* vessel 0110 of tho sta iiichtst crafts now plying between New York and Charleston. [Columbia Times, 22d ult. lh aim T'aini.kss.? Tt is nearly certain ?indeed as eeitnin as anything chiefly tpecnSniive can bo?tlmt in all deaths tho diysicnl suffering is small. Kveu where iumlids experience the most excruciating agoty during the progress of the ?1 urease, na u e conies to their relief at the last hour, md life g >es out gently,. like a candle in is socket. Those who have witnessed loath beds moat frequently?especially if h v have been intelligent persona, and .herefore capable of judging?agree gonerdly in considering the physical pain <?f lentU as inconsiderable. They say thai ho convulsive motions, which frequently ittcnd the parting breath, are not ovideu ?es of stifle'ing, for that the invalid is insensible. They say also, that when tho ionses arc retained, there is usually no such pasm. A lending medical authority state* .hut scarcely one person in fifty i* sensibla it the point of death; mxl some physicians is ., it that tUey have never seen a deathbed in which the jeilient ?hs sensible. As ifo fails. nature, it would seem, heueficently nterposes, deadening the sensibility of the serves, and otherwise preparing the individual for the great and inevitable change. [ Phil. Ledger, The Svcdv ov Grammar.?.To*. T. Bucl;-. ugham, one of the best of living writers 111(1 grammari m*. once said that "Not o;iq hila in a thousand ever received the leas^ >enofit from studying the rules of grammar utfora he was fifteen years old."