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V * a , ' P4 t BBWHfB L I-? ? V 1 .. <TI)e Spartan. THURSDAY, MARCH 12,1857. ! -? " "abenct. Mr, A R. Smith i. our Authorise 1 agent at Colitin'^in, North Carolina. l'ibtlc "ducl'jiexts. f\Vo arc ncuiu under obligations to Senator Kvnna for valuable Congir?ion il Document*. Till \L FORIoiBEI. J ts. A. Price, wb<*? trial for the murder of Hughe*. some two years ago, in I'lilrD. conn- up on Thursl.-iy but in that v Uage, wiu found guilty of murder in the lirat degree, lie was avtiletierd on SuliirJuy.. laKirrfoT'iiF iiiiom. On Saturday la*t Capt. ii. NaudvUe \v:in nl mmt unanimously fk'Cldi Colonel of the 3t>lli lt? ?' iiunt S C. M., viie Col. S. M. Stioddy, resigned. There was no regular opp sitioti. NKXTSTKUER. TIic IK-iiwcrsitic nionihois of ihc present House in Congrt-tw, who witr re-elected, have generally signified il? ir clh?W of the Hon. J attic* I. Urr,ul South OnPrdftt i, foi |Ke next S|Xsk(tilii|t. SPIRT\\Rr?? \\n IM0\ RAIUO.Nl. NVe .i*v n *t itt p*ici?i<in uf the loriud piocccdin^s of the njKfial meeting of this road, held oil tiic 5th ami CrIt ins taut. From private. but reliable t<MiiW, we learn thai a confession of judgment, for ?illO,Ot<0. was executed to l.htvis Guudelock, Ks<i , lor the benefit of the creditor*, with a slay until February, 1838. In the meantime, thu l'nsi 'cut and l)irecl?>r? are authorized to use the assets of the company?$117,1)00 jnivate unpaid instalments, and jf30,000 subscription c.f the Slate in bonds?f the Greenville and Columbia lt<oJ?1? prosecute the vvurk as far as possible. At the next session appiication will lie made to the Legislature to eudot se tJie bonds ut lltu Company to the amount of $7,500 per mile?the money obtained on such endorsed bonds to be expeuded ill iron and track Jayiajf. Should the State l ad In r ere lit to tin- ro ul, as asked, the confessioti to be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Wo further (earn thxl John Caldwell, 13a). ,1'resi i nt ol the South Carolina flu I road, was present t iking an active suggestive part in the meeting, and that neatly all their propositions were the result of kis practical capacity. Mr. Caldwell urged and cheered the road forward,and expressed entire confidence in tlir ultimate completion of the wot k. We I. ope his bright anticipations maybe realized, and that the State will lend her aid to the road in the way <icsirc<i. tJn completion, without doubt, the road will pay handsomely, and it would bo a crying tdinmo to sink $81)0,000 ill failure, whore $200,000 or $300,000 more will extend the road to this point, and pay a handsome income on the investment. IMPROVEMENT. We saw an Irishman ouee, in a spasm of drunkenness, engaged in the demolition of a rookery ho owned, but which still yielded him a rent of nearly $100 per annum. We remonstrated, ami were met with: "He jabbers, haven't I a right to improve my own property?" The argument was a 4>oter, aud we Jelt liquor to do its work. Of r. dif(treat kind, however, is the improvement suggesting out head. M>?srs. Cleveland & Hivings are removing their ol.l sti>rt. room, to give place to a uew and coin mo- ) dious one, which in about a month will grace Main c reel. We hope litis example will be imitat'-d by otlietri, aud Ilint we sliuil soon have a line of stores occupying the wInde square from the Ltomur House to-Foster & .Hold's. TUB CABINET. 'I he Cabinet is continue.I, (be members o whitfh feas follows: J>wis C?*s, of Michigan, Secretary of State. Howell Cohb, of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury. J. 15. Floyd, of Virginia, Secretary t>f War. Isaae Tuucoy, < f Connecticut, Secretary of the Navy. Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior. Aaron V. Brown,of Teinnsree, Postuiasti r G. neral. John Black, of Pennsylvania, Attorney Gen oral. MEB SCHOOL RETURNS. l'ri'in n synopsis of free school returns in llicRc-puitannd Resolutions, we lind tliatllio number ? f teachers ill Spat (anbury at lust report wan loft, scholar* 1,8111; time sent, in days, 28, '.70; amount expended $3,673.58; No. of m-IiimiIs 103. la emi I rah t with this stands Charleston. She ban 17 fvachcr*; 1,18*2 scholars; 11,47(1 days sent, trusting $14,265.00?ami only II school*. LEGISLATIVE APPOINTMENTS. We take from the Report* and Resolutions the following appointments of Commissioners of Roads and new 161 vet ion Managers: Cumminitionera of Ilondx?11. F. Rates, A. C. 'Roiuur, .lames Anderson f Knorcc,) John M. Crook, Stephen Taylor, llnrv?y Waflbrd, Clayton Clark, Widen Cantrell, \V. T. Wilkins, d. It. Archer, V- . C. Kil^orc, Win. iM. Foster, l>aniel MeI?a ucliell. N'w Managera ?Thorn's Box : William CIo ments, Janus T. Cantrell. Rich 111II Box: John Reardeti, Janu-s F**U.-r, i>anie! Mm pli. Morgan's Box: Prater Montgomery. C recti's Box: Henry White, Jr., Oliver Cltnk. lounlerfriU. We nodi island that a gentleman named Carson, of Rutherford, N. C., on the 2d instant, took n mule to Union O. II., for salo. lie came across R. Fowler, wli? tin ally purchased the* initio for $80. Carson taking payment in ?10 Cape Fear, N. C., .b:tU. Through the persuasion of a man named limit, I lie first bargain was cancelled, on Condition that 11 mil would find another put chaser. This lie did?the parties pretending to be strangers toeneli .ather. The second purchaser proved to be a bro .thcrol the fust, uaincd Wade. Having secured his olijcrt, ( ai.son came on to thin place, and tendered (Miuie of h s money iu |iayment for gondii. It was .pronounced counterfeit?and all his lulls wi re of tii? nunc description. In company with a friend, Carson returned to Union, saw the party, and rue reeded iu getting $100 in good money. The parties, wo understand, were tlion turned over to the daws, to bo dealt with according to tlio facts and the prowl. It is supposed by Car?on that Fowler had , .riliodt $1,000 of this Ca|>c Fear money. The public should he on its guard. The Rutherford Democrat. The Prospectus in another column will notify the -Public that Kntherfordton, N. C., will soon have anotle r paper, and ws hope tins may prove a future. Messrs. Cowan & Tunibro are both )oiing men, and well qualified to secure success. Mr. Cowan is a ready writer, and for some limo has made liberal contributions to our .columns. We hope (or llicm abundant success. PftOHINKNT CAROLINIAN DKAII.?Col. W. J Alc* nidor died at bis residence in I/ncotn, N. (J., on Sunday,the lath February, He was an eminent lawyer, and for four or five years lilted the post of Sjoiker of the llousc of Common* of N. C. 'V"'*v' ,L * * El ' NINKTBK1 YKARS AGO. In tli* olfioo of J. II. Tolleson, CWrli of the ! Court, we cIlMntd upon several numbers of the tioi Qrreiifilin Mountaineer of 1837-38, mid were pre hivky enough to see arc on o dated July 13, of tlie cot latter year, containing an account of the 4tli of July tint celebration signalised by the explosion of a moss of scr carl ridge*, by which many were sadly injured, near tha the site now the resilience of Col. II. 11. Thomson, win This paper also contains Oasts given at the festi- No vul, nml some of them tiro unite interesting, as tail show i if how time and events coinbiued will modify In sentiment, and often revolutionise it. One of these fur toasts is quite laudatory of Mr lluchnnnn, and foil would have proved eminently useful in theliftocanvass to disabuse the public mind of the false state- .^ nients hurled at the head of our now President by ,,,, tin se wholly ignorant of his political course when the wci Smith needed strong and decided friends. We give the sciitiinont, to prove thnl his great and imjtor taut services hnvi finally met proper reward: |.?9 ' l?y Mr. Josrfh Miciiai.: The Hon. Jamrs son llmhamin, of Pennsylvania: I'or his noble seal sue in vindication of Southern institutions, his freedom w it Iroin sectional prejndiees. and bis gentlemanly re- the I gurd for the feelings of his adversaries, he is worthy for ol our wannest encomiums." mm Among the regular toasts is eno the letter and spirit of which was fulfilled by the late lamented lh^ P. S. Hronk>: ?cv< "Our Representative* i/i Congress: May they of 1 cease to reit-on against intentional and direct invu- I sion of the Constitiitioii by prayerful abolitionists? I'1' 1 the have of reason is often lost, w lieu natural force *" ' will coiiiinsitd respect." thci Another regular involved enthusiasm for the ''"."j l/ouisvilc, Cincinnati, mid Charleston Railroad. w|? j The 7.- al f.-r the advancement of this great scheme, pla< Mill practicable and desirable, and not abandoned I j wholly by some of tho able minds of the State cati J ?reminds us of the present high excitement enlist- suit el in the llluc Ridge. May not nineteen years demonstrate the wildiiew of the scheme and tiro wasteful extravagance of our people in embarking / $ 2,000,1100 of the public money in the enterprise t a di ' The Louisville, Cincinnati, nml Charlatan tlu* Knilroo.l; lis completion will ofTcet a new era ill ^,(.r I be prosperity of tfie Soiii'i and West?its propria* ? lors, if successful, will be entitled to the gratitude of the country." i | cxp j The fraincr of the 12ih toast could not have an- , . tieipated the presence hero < f two colleges, though fit longing for educational advantages. Perhaps in no ) other respect lots our district been moreadvantaged than in this: l(j . "Spartanburg District : Rich in mineral wealth of 1< ? in manufacturing power?in climate and soil, twe education can make her richer still in intellectual ges wealth.'* all i MICRO TRIALS. j Oa the 26th .January hist, Jim, tlio property of ! l',e I Cliarl s Wilson, of North Curolina, was engaged ''al i??r | at cards with M trlin, belonging Capt. Robert j jWr 1 Jackson, of Spartanburg District. Jim won tin- i in c ! game and n quarrel ensued. Jim collared and j 111,1 I struck Martin, buttlicy were separated before Mar- | (^ ; tin bad struck back. Jim was tlicu pushed out o^ tool | the bouse; auJ, as lie left it, be threw one or two mei j rocks into it, one of which struck Dave, another of f-''1 it. Jackson's boys, cutting his head very conside- pOI| rably. Jim was then advised to go nxvay, but ro- mot fused, and swore he w.is the best man on the hill. " lie then threw off his coat, and said there was no '|r" white man present to compel hiin to go ? that he ,j1(1 could light his way, and kill or be killed. At this tlm time Martincaino to the door and threw an uxo at I ' ? Jim, and retreated iuto the house. Jim then gathered the axe, and swore lie would slay them as -;-fi | he went, lie then made towards Dave, who had hoc , stepped out of the house, and had done nothing up l'l? to that time except assist Ln par ting Jim Mas- , I tin. Dave, seeing ho could not escape, picked up , a rook nod struck Jim cn the head the blow from ^ ; which it is thought he died. The next day .liin I was carried home to North Carolina ou horseback, ^ei lie lived Irom Sunday tdl Thursday, and \x.is not ' | , nui ... ?. ... I i"sl i iwu lfj a uuviur mi i-riuuy, ancr n.saeulli. -J7 ( Jackson's negruei were indicted bclore O. 1*. nat Richardson, for inurder, tried iGlli February, nnd | nlte acquitted. J. D. Wright for prosecution; O. E. l'"* GdivnrJi for defence. can They were then indicted for assault and battery anV and gaining. The assault and battery wan ubuu- so dotted. Cat Martin and Dave were tried before Magistrate , Klins Wall and a jury of freeholders, at New I'ros- [..J peel Church, on Friday, the (till instant. For the can Shite, J. I). Wright; Defence,'O. I?. Edwards. After testimony, the jury returned the f llowing verdict: prnl "Wo t e jurors, summoned to try the ease, after 1 a lull hearing of the cvideneu and argument ut ! Ul" counsel on both sides, do tind the boy Dave lint Sou \ gu.liy; and tind the boy Martin guilty, and sentence hen Iiiiii t i receive 40 stripes on the bare luick, with a i switch or cowhide?to be intla-ted forthwith." [Signed by Jury and Magistrate.] Various rumors obla lied circulation in th ? lii. , xl( triot of what Dr. Calvin Wall said before the Cor- w|1( oner's jury, which occurred a week after the death j,,m of dim?which had been talked over at the rirs: j tritd, (lie not bring present.) These rumors reachril hiin, and ho felt it necessary to mud the follow ing explanatory Utter, which bus been handed to -j us lor publication: j(. Cut.runt's, N. C , March 4, 18o7. . Wall. Blf. Dkaii Sir: I understand from Capt Jackson that I hero have been different rumors in regard t Ap| my decision in (lie Wilson negro ease, i have never ?iVt eiitertaiued or expressed but one opinion, i r '1'lie t (-|( blow inflicted ii|Min bis [don's] bead was siillicieiit to cause bis death, though I know not trotn what 1 source it Calm*, or how it was inflicted I did lint eoui Seu the- boy until '24 hours lifter li s duith; but, from the state of the wounds when 1 saw them, they ( were Within themselves soilieieiit to prodiii e death, though other diseases might have intervened. Ilut H"v' that is not for me to say, after so slight nil < xanii- urination, so long after death. As to other wounds, |(lp there were none that would in anywise Ii iv? provi ntcd him Irom lioht labor. Tin re vvi w in. bruises ol any consequence. 11 is ribs were all .jsound; his collar-bone was dctalehij from the breast bono r osliglit'y, that I could merely pass tinblade of my scalpel- -the body ?f the L.inc was nor '1 in the least hurt. tml< As ti> saying that the blows on his clu-d would bale have caused liis death, I give n flat eoiilra1 n-tioti, I'ar &c. Respectfully, CAI.VIN WALL. 7 If h.l. .NEW TRIAL. ^ We eiat- <1 last week, in connection with the trial .,;1|C of I lump, (or burglary, that nn ii|>|mm| was taken. |; The grounds worn heard at Union, on Thursday, The before Judge Wliitner, at chambers. In his order a,"j for n new trial the Judge says: pj (j "The judgment rendered in the case cannot be i sustain* d. The charge was (or burglary, and the no t conviction was for bring accessory bclore the (act mlju - the prineipil neither named nor ascrrtaine I; and, p as it would semi (rom the sequel, taken inconneetam |t j* with the evidence, the alleged principal tried sub h;uU seqneiitly and acquitted. The mere statement is sullieii lit to justify an order (or a new trial. "It in therefore ordered, That the verdict and j iidgni' nl hi the above ease be set ns-de, and a new trial granted. ! tide "// in further ordered, 'I lint the clerk of the Court of Jji ssioiis and Common Pleas lor Spat tan- ^^ burg do select some suitable magistrate of the District, out ol the town of Spartanburg, to take charge ?ug. of the case on tliu second trial to be bad in pursu- ( > anee of litis order) and it is here y made the duty ,.,,nr o( tho magistrate so selected to proceed with nnd |{jr. conduct tliesame ns though the original information " or complaint huis made before him, after due notice, and within reaaonnblw day." . ^ The new trial of Hump is ordered for Wed net- j, v day next, before Magistrate 11. F. Hates, at Rich Hiii. __ 21 Augusta, Gv, has been declared by act of Con I.*e grrsa a poat of delivery |,?r GKUIIIIO AID SP1NX1.1U. Smiic week* ago wo gave place to a c.inniunioa i ii, from a gvutk.Mn.ui of experience, against the tensions of Mr. Hcury's invention for spinning ton iuto yaru u|h>u plaulaliotM, nnd asserting also it the tiling w:ii not new. Since then wo ob- [ ve by mi article iu the Kaleigh (N. C.) Register, I t a spinning jenny, for the very same purpose*, ! * manufactured thirty year* ago in Greensboro, | rtlt Carolina, ami tint some of lliein are yet cxt?though generally condemned ami disused. . reply to im|uirien m.idu by Jiv Register, n friend ' niahea some iuloriiiuliuii about the inocliii.c, as ! owa: tjatiNitoio', N. C., February 9, I0?7. Mv Deah Siii: Aeeoidmg to proiiuae, t cxniud that Spuming Jenny (sucli 1 bcluvc sun its lie) I told yoii alioul when I 'list saw you. Tiny re made in this place b) miiic gentlemen hy the no of Andrraon. One of thr. gentlemen la now ng lit Columbia, 9. C., I think. The Iraine is feet high, long, by feet wide, or mar it ? a picker ami brush, two card* on cylinder*, ie 8 or 10 inches in diameter, nud six (lycra, h as yon will find on flax wheel*, or Very tienr, h crank drawn wheel* and pulley*. You put in cotton in the need and it come* out yarn, ready the loom. I >* tin ning the crank you put all in tion. < file hand can spin n? much n* f? or 0 in day. It wdl weigh nlioui Till or till pound*,and I when inw ubout $.10. They wrro made in i place about thirty year*ago. I think there arv rial now in use in thi* county, though I know mt otic. have no doubt but the otic here i* on the same iciple of those over which there has of late In i u ouch fu*? in the poulhern pnp>rs. Probably re may be some slight alteration, but it is up. n Mine piineiple. "lie gemler.cn ciuno from Tcnn.nv* her. From at I can learn from Mr. I >nuiel N.-ott, of tliis v, the work did not /""/. f tlie llvury ui.icliine prove to t>u only n inodill on ol this exploded jenny, wo f.sir the grand r. s anticipated will neves be rcabied. COTTON CULTURE IX ALGIERS. t e.*-res|?ondent ol the laverp ol Tune* give* Hcouragutg re, ort of the French effort to supply market* of the world w ith cotton raised iu Alia. lie write*: A* to cotton, the utmost that the most cnlbuni i e Kreiiehmaii enu say about it is, that it i* mi j emivc experiment. I liav.. examine.I iu rniu for iu cotton plantations winch produce the fungi/c : nml tliu (?Ki>? jitmir, and the fiuu stocking* eb we saw at the French exposition (World'* r.) I have been told, as a fact ?piit?. iteeiMiveot cotton question, that the prize of ^9,11001 offerinuually by tlie Km per or tor tlie be?t *|wciiiicii angue sole cotton had boon divided, hi I.so.'i, In. n a Frenchman and an Arab. Tliis fact sugt* the conclusion tl.al native* and ia.loii.st* are driving against each otlu r to pmdnee cotton, that ull French Africa is covered w;lh coiupc; cotton plantation*, 'lie fortunate winner of 10,0001. i* the Caid All l.cii Molinmcl, whose j itation is near < in. Ima. As 1 Ii id asked in vain j cotton, wherever I bad been, I bad made pre- , atoms to tuke two days' journey on mule back, irdcr to sec tliis bullous plantation, when I lortu ely met with a disimgu.slie<l A tali, who knew h the place and the I-aid, mi l \vh > assured me j t tin* enlloii plantation amounted to about til- . n acre*. Subsequent inquiry confirmed this stateiit, uml I canie to the conclusion that the GuelCottou plantation w.w not worth four days* nicy, and the further chance, if the r un should I le on, ?f being shut up in thai country for a ] nth. 'With all the forcing of tbo f ?o*? rnrnerit and its position* to buy all tbo cotton there at n laable price, all the land cultivated with cotton at last publ.shc.l return* was 1,000 acre*, and for t produced, the Government paid 300,(MM) fnne.?. j writer add*: 'Seeing that the cotton product duccd throughout the world is, I believe, about 1,(100 ton*, wlurcof Kngland consume about 1,000, thcro doe* not, 1 fear, appear much l.k< hd of Algiers becoming a verv formidablecoino r of the United State*.' " Till: RIGHT IIF SI FFRAGI5. iVe aup|ft>.<c the-complim-iil i<> lheSi.it' ... thawing extract from the New \ork Tribune will ' jrateful to the wh.loin know nolliing*: 'The legislature of South Carolina, w hich li e ; adjourned, piscd an url t > am- nd the Si ?te istitulion in nueli a manner us to rirpiirc of every oral zed citizen twoycars' residence in tin S .it* r being liaturaliz'-d a* a conditi o precedent to exercise of the right of millrugc. South* *.iio . is p'.-i haps the only State lit wliieli tlx* 'Am i p.u ty* ncV'-r display ed any str- ngth, n-.r ei. aled general Dgitntioll. Not one of lief liewsp.ipels, 1 tar as we are aware, lias looted in the iilit!Iiolic liu.it, or tiied to make pnlit!enl capital out In- vulgar ptijudice against foreigner*. And ' this ?itno South t .'.irolioa has t.ikcti a in to dc i m<|? 111 iin- iiti- iii-ii |M<ini>-ii i>y Hu- Annriii' llinu any other Stat- m the In Hu. Innv.nl uituiitir in (' i irii-i? lur a change in (lio Naiucation I .awn, she Inn iilu-rril lur own Cuii?uiu ii kiu-h manner r.? t>> give her citiiiiis more Icotii n against unfit nn>l fraudulent voting l?v 1 grants lli.in even a twenty one years' pioliatioii 11>1 be. We are not inrlined to go mi lar an , ill Carolina lias goto-, but we believe she lias la- j liobl at tl e right end." CUNIiliLSS. be Htsji.mi of Congress, contrary to precedent, inlnl to 4 o'clock in ibe morning of tin- -lib, ii a recess w.<? taken t.ll 0 o'clock. The ad11111> lit look place at noon. fod- 11 it- a<ijoiiriiiii- lit the c.vil and il|>loiliil 'npii iii< n Icli, including the Kansas appropr. ? 1 ?, was i-a*s d. 'lie comproiii'kC lar (V bill passed, red in 114 the I ur fcbcilulo to 30 per cent, iitnl ail otlicm in 1 H r ccat.?the free ).i?t bong tvloiiicil in nub- 1 ce. Also, tlic Army, Navy and I'oii iliratioti 1 iropiiat'onr, with nn niiiciidiuciit to army bill ^ tig III I?icllt I jell Scott the Urienin ef pay U.n lie,I. lie ililieielley appropriation t ill failed, 011 ac- | it of llot receiving the signature ol the President. | bin bill was designed to stipp'y deli, elieics in ( 1 r appropriations for the actual expenses of | nimont, during tin. last fiscal year and it f.el- I may render an Kxlra Session of CongrcssaLno. ' ly necessary. , Tiic Forrien News. In- 1 ite t dates from liurupc are by the Persia, to ' , 21st nil: i ] lie sales of Ootioll for iho Wei l, We|e b',1,0(10 s. Speculators took 17,000 and expoi tern 4,.aUO ' n. Cotton closed oiiict nt a decline of all id: ' 1 < ti leans. 8) , Mi Idling,7 l.'l 16 ; Fuir Upland, ' i Hid.; Middling, 711 Sale* on Friday 7,'mo j s. closing quiet. Slock 31 .">,f>00 IkiIcs, including < ,000 Ann r can. , i* rumon <1 mat < fOYcriutit m II;IK rcn ivrn ?im lira announcing tho total dcstruct on of Canton. ' Iv tiik Ati.antic to tiik 1Si ii Kkuhi abt.? ' IVra no Knvoy haa n il ingntiiitonu atl'aria, ' has rcfiiM il to viwit lioixloii. i j i.nice hu? invited Knglnnd, Russia, Austria and , .?>i i to instruct their resident miiiMeis at I'aria ; u tile the N< u'cli.iti I all.in I lie continence Is la at Pari* roily in March It is ftared that an ' ihtin< at isdinieult. lie Russians have resinned the Circassian war | rumored that they have rceeived n large cea . i of tenitory Iroin Persia. t opfkk ami Suoar.?The following figures in- ( te the entire product of the world in these ?r | 1 h of prime neocaaity, at the latest authentic ?: i ce, in l8o."? 607,<t00,000 pounds. ' :?r, in 1852 2,088,000 lilids. 1 ' , t f ten, tlo-re w* re expoi ted from Chinu to this ( itrv, from the 1st duly, I8')6, to Pith ilnnunry, | r, 11,897,201 pounds t the President's levee, oil the27tll ult.,n clerk 1 te ]'enaion office, named Me, charged that a id Hume attempted In pick his pocket. Next ^ nitiff tho latter sought the former nt his deak , tried to relieve himself front tho suspicion. | persisted, when Hume struck him with n stick then drew a pistol and shot Hume dead. < NEWS SCRAPS.""" Host.n And Now York despatches stats thnt the greatest snow anil wind storm of tlio mmkmi comnw#etd?tu 11 iv former on tho evening of the 3d, and in the latter on the 4th instant. Tho storm rati tided Mwt of Huston, culling off telegraphic connection. The South Carolinian announces the death ol Jacon \\ . It uley, I*iofi'K.?or of Chemistry nod Natural Sciences at West I'oilit. "Senses aiv r? turin-d on the proems docket <bosides 80 writs) in Newberry District. 'Hie Rising Sun ii|i|siriioiiH the share o( their 30 lawyers nt $50 Abbeville court commenced on the 2d instant? lodge O'Neall piisidin/. In his charge to the grand jury lits honor commended the penitentiary nud n digest of the laws as subjects for their report. The Yoikvillv Knquirer notices the election of Capt. Jonathan 1'itchet Major of the Northern Itnttnlion of the W. stern Regiment K C. M Diomedc K. 1 lollingnwnrtli, of I'Mgi field, one ol the 11 rooks Committee for bringing his remains homo, died on tho 2?th tilt. On the 23d instant a while in.iti named .loseph Williams killeil a favorite servant In-longing to Arthur Simliiiis.of ICdgi field, by standing Imn through tile head. John I). Ilyninn IntH withdrawn from tlm Ashe vilie'N*. ('.) Spectator, lllld its publicntioll lias heetl temporarily suspi niled. \\ e bill || fiulii the Chester Ktnildnrd that oil the 25th tilt. Iv T. Atkinson was elected colonel, mid li. C. Mel.arc major, of the 2tltli R-gimcnl 8. C. M. We liolico by thu linioiivilio Join mil that the j in iv Solicitor tor tho Middle Circuit?C. Davis | Melton?was present from the opening of the < 'ourt of I i uion District until Wednesday, when lie got leave ol utiHctiee. Tho Journal also pubb-lics nn obituary notice of j W illiam (ioudvlitck, horn l>i-ocinber I J, 1T75 i died d.imi try IS, 1857. The honorary dog re* of M |). u is ?onf?rred upon George I,. Verdier and Robert 1$ Pe*tuy,ol ( this State, hy the Philadelphia College ol Medicine at its lute ?nmincticcnii nt. Daniel McCullum ledgers, also of tli's* State, graduated recently at the K.iltiuioic ('allege of I ivntul Surg? ry. A gentleman in Augusta, Ga , has made two j bt-is $25 nguimt $*><K)?that cotton will sell nt thiity cents In lore tin 25th of Decenib> r. George iValmdv, the great Ann r can-I<ondoii banker, w.us in Charleston on the 3d in?tat;t. According to a r? port from the Treasury I >epartnieiit, tho whole amount of foreign wines. In .unln.x, jiiul in.kit liquor* ini|Mirti ti into the I anted Slates lur llio yiar ending .Iuiuj 110, 185G, was 8,8111,1170 gallons, valued at $0.17(1,939. I.<iuisiauu has passed a law allowing the load ol | each laiuily to take a $3 paper at Suite < xpense. The deailt o( N. A. Peay, of Fairfield, has taut- I ed a vacancy in the Senate of this State. It. 11. lioyUton, member of the House, lias been tiomin.v ! ted, but he deeliucs. K G. Palmer ami Jan M. Holland nro named for tho place. Lieut. W. F. iteaid, K. V. M , cautions the Southeru people not to cuiitrihute money to Col. J. T. XX'Into, who is canvassing fur aid to Kansas Heard says White U att impostor. Co|. Augustus M. Smith, of Abbeville, bus been elected Major (lenerul of the 1st llivia.oii S. tl. M., vies Ceii. MeCownn, resigned. A correspondent the Uichinond l?n?]ii'ier pro|><ises, if agreeable t Mr. Pe rce, that Virg ilia raise a stun sufVteienl to porchase a Southern home ftir presentation to him, and the writer stands ready lo put d-wn .jilOO fcs his 4 i"??p<ir!it a. Mile ol our own bitiuni, (iu i*|Mirtnuhurg,i if ih. ; lit Id of f'llrd i ,i. n is erd.'.t'Jttl, isr<aly t do hits- ' iviac. Tliu cane endings pn-cuicd by the Patent < Mice n the Wist Indies, and recently landed at Now (>ileans fur d.?tr .baiioii urn. ng planters, is in large promotion piileelly w I'deS*. 1'iop-r so l lur I I a -h ng ouiiM not be proem i d, and the bona has h-Il traces ill the enue. A htidgeover I ?uei. i v.r, on tlie Chattanooga and N .i Itv II. Il.e'rea 1, gave way oil the 3d nstint, and pree<pitated a Ire ght a am a distance of a'l feel Sovi i d . i <iiis < in;>'..i)i d on the tra il \v ci < inlaidtr killed. The appropi ialion 1' II passed in Congress givi* to > the new Charleston Cn-;?'in !bu*c ts-hJO/atO, and lit I1'.nt Sumtrr JIOO.OlMl It is now said tli.it lleury Lcilturil, ??f Itelroit. Michigan, <icticral Cass' Mili in l .u , ,.s!n In- As*.*t- j ant Secretary of State. Mr I. w * Secretary of tin- Icgat in at Pari* itinlrr ficiicral C.i**. K* Prevdent Pierce, in rosis-nsi to tins Mayor | of Augusta, announces that lie ha* abandoned In*' intention t<> make a SoiiiIn-ill tour. Through 11ic Charleston Standard ur learn tli.it l'.i|>t. Tims Pctigru, late of tin- P. S. Nuvv, died :it It * r?* .Knee in Abbeville Ihstnet. mi Knday morn ng last. Kkhinih itnck) or <!ukenvii.i.k Maj Petty, I hi tho Patriot, instig itod thereto by the rewut Ivo- ! in . 1.1 .In Ige11' N a'l, i !- ? Iii 11- alluded to in oar I |t;i|n r, indulge* a column ami a lialt of rcminisecn- | Bvi ol Croeuvillo ill l>-J3. W in.ilio mi extra*?touching a stapK* amusement, clnctlv lor the bake n! iIn- am elate: 'Card playing njt in gr> at vogue when we first knew f ?nt tiville. Tin- priiie-pul ciliius of the place would not only play in their stoic* ami pt j*a?, km s i out uinl' r the shade tree* in summer and jilny whist, and di nk toddy all day. mid very day, j it In n nm encaged in lm- no* We do not belirt i, liowever,that hey bet very high, though there were "line professed gambler; among-! them. It is Wed known that Col. Tom v made a large portion of his orliine, in f>oim r day*, by card playing. Wo remember to have heard h in say that, whilst a rcsihnt ol Spartanbu: p. he h?ii) to I liurletton, driM I in homespun, with abroad In nil hat, mid got to playing w ith a little French shop keeper, oil K ng llreet I lie I'l. lli'hllllll thought hi? Would Sis.ii I a*e tins iusIic country mail ol what money lie had I'ln-y played all night and all the in-xt day Co!, i'oney won !i>? nmtiey,! * gold watch, ami a!! hijiv-ds, winch heeaii.e.l up to Spartnuburg and le ailed at a very hand-oiiie profit " Tint Uv*im:hs \ *Lvr. or Coi.i.kokb to iiik Pi.a !m or tiiur Locatiov ludgo O'N'oall lately lelivcri'd an ad-lr ** before the Coluuih.a l.yccum in Ins recollection* ol that city, rinbrai aig sketch?s ol person*, living an I d< el, an I tie- in it* i ml projros of the place 1 n h r tin* latter view lie made he following remarks on '.lie advantage* derived roiil lllo College. A* in iity person* < *t imate these rcry lightly, we cummeii 1 the .ludg< '* npprcc at n if tliciii a* ein iuntly just: in- . -M*ui ii i umiiii i?. muge, n>>ii i i r, li is, jx-r taps, mure limn anytlin.; ? !-? , save tin* general in i iings ut the I ..gixlature,) e.intributid to I lie >v? .illIt of ('iihiinbi.i. Tln iioe, a* limn an unl.tiling imntani, ha* poured into her lap the wealth uf S nth 'atolina. For filty year* In n- has bi-i-i? on tin tiv ragi! one hundred Muit-ni, wln?e.? expei: <1 it lire It in Tubal.IV b. en s.'itlll i ai-li |-r milium, oI a lo'al ol t*J,.r?UO,U(H) in titly years 1 In- State tippri jir ill <ai ii the Mine |i- n -I h is been more tlllltl 1,(1110,1100 I low ought llio people ol his i- l v 11 > eln i >li MK'li ill institution? Tliey slinii'tl giini.I it with care In y should feel that the |>u|> Is Wife as I ho. I" own -hil.liiii they should .1 m--illage cxtrnvagaine iroti 11 them tioin i iee." AojiiinNMLvr or CoNURi M Just ptior to the tiljouriiln- lit of the I Iniike, "M? . Aiken,of S.C.,i Ih-rcd a residst'oii that the hanks of the House are hereby tendered to Mr Hanks, for the able, impartial, nml dignified mull- | icr in which he discharged Ins Jn.n-s ilni ing the ircsenl session ol Congress." Tins mosement met desi-rmined opposition, but j vs? finally earned yeas 119, nays 25. INAUGURATION OF NR. BUCHANAN. The Fourth of M.irch, being the day oppointi in the Constitution for llto induction into office the President elect, the ecrcnionies of the Inaug ration were (irrforiwd at Washington with iinusu heaiiiueee. Ity telegraph we huve the followii report i Washington, March 4.?Tlie procession slai cd for tlie Capitol about noon. It win very Ion mid prrtriitnl it beautilul sppenruncc. The iiiiht ry ol tlie District un<! our ooninunity were ful represented. Mosrs. lluolunina and lirockinridgo rode in i open carriage surioundcd by the Keystone Clu preceded by the Militury ulid n representation by l.t.iy of the Ooddcssof liberty, mounted on n fnj 11 ilform, drawn by six horses, end followed by model of n slop-y?f-war ol considerable sixc, ma by the mechanics of the Washington Navy Vni Then follow, d the various clubs, engine comj nies, Are , according to the programme already pu 1 -1 ! The crowd was immense and the ilr.cring vc cnthnvinstic. Twenty four military companies, scroti clu and associations, mid sevr r.il lire coliipaiiit s p: tivipatcd in the proer-ssi >n. Mr. Uuelianaii reached the Capitol ; bout o P. M , nnd proceeded to deliver the .'::..>jgu \ 41 ess. The Inaugural address refers first to the inipr lance of a thorough restoration of harmony und ji tics among tlio several States, as necessary U eoiililitianeu of our free institutions. 1 lio iuto | litical agitation is referred to us ended, and t Kansas-Nebraska Act is approved. It is contended that the surplus tcvcnuo shoi In* applied to strictly national objects, and that more revenue should accrue than is necessary an economical administration ol the govel Itine For this end a modification of the tariff wdl be u cif s.11 y. It is iil?o utip-d us a cardinal rule of policy a practice tli.it iliopubic lands should be |in*rrv inr tlie use of actual settlers mid occupants, wiictli natives or immigrants. The evils ol disunion a the necessity of due respect for the I ghts of Stn ore strongly urged. The iui|Mii tan a road to tho Pacific is insi ed oil, with the belief that all difficulties will ills, par with the discovery of the lot route. In l eferetiee to external relations, the inaugu urgi ? peace and friendly intercourse with nil natioi without intervention or ititerfcrcncc, unless uini the immediate necessity of self-defence. \Vu have never extended or neijuired any ter tory but bv f.ur purchase, or voluntary accct-.su and llns pt nciplo must he acted on. No other I lion can or should complain, if in self.defciico 1 are compelled to extend our possession*. The President nnuounccs that lie will not e< template a re-election, and avows lurttscIf for a str construction of the CuusI.iuSkiii. The ceremonies of the Inauguration were cr ductcii as usual, and the oath administered by Cli .lustice Taney, licforr a vast concourse. Kvrxi Skssion ?The oath was administered Mr. Ma-in by Mr. I'earce, and the tornier w iliiiM ii President protein. M. a i? ll iyard, Height, Hroderick, Cnmpri Chandler, I rixoti, I Ksdittle, 1 laiulin, hi ncdy, K'l Mallury, Polk, Ku?k, Suniii. r. Tlionipstn, of N< Jersey, an I Wade were <jualilivd. The Vice President elect txein after this came ami the oath was administered to him, when I made the following remarks: III aM-liming Hie <1U11ol II. . *':Uli I am <| 11 to conscious licit I bring to their d>*ohar few ntlu r qua! liettioiis tlmti adn-p Mhii'iiT 1 lie n port inn* ol this body iu the kchomc of the |?n?i i inetil and a fcvlintj of respect for its members. Happily, my duties art* comparatively few a simple; and I am sure they will be made rmy by preva ling tic use of propriety, which will of it*elt Mithoiont on all occasions to preserve tlic dign and decorum of ilic Senate. | In adin nisteriiig the rule* which you have adoj od tor the convenience ol your proceedings, I ?li | often nerd your kind indulgence, and I anticipi with eonlideiiee your forbearance toward* the cm that spring from inexperience. Ch< r.shiiig t Iio|m? that our otlicial and personal interc'ii-so v j be marked by niutunl confidence and regard, I In forward with pleasure to our association in the jm formulice of public duta-*. It shall lie my Constant aim, gcntlcili II of 1 Senate, to i ihi'nt at all tani*. an I ' cv. ry tun tier of this body, I lie courtesy and impartial which I* diii' iii ?tic r. j... *cii.al>?ia u. ? jnal Stat \Va*IIINCTON, M irch li ?III the Supfrllie < '< loolay the opinion of the bench vv.o ! I.mod (Jliiil Muitii'i l ain y hi the famous I'iril .SYn/ ease. The opinion w.is to the ill' et, that liegri have no right* as eit /eiis under the t 'ofistftiii:r ii the I inted States Theordinalieeol 1 7>7 is bindil as being the net ol tile several State* wvi r i_?i prior to tin formatiou ol the Coiislilut at. T NI Mumi Coinpt<ini *c i* uili'oiiit tut uiial, r> bei the act otthefi.iiei.il (iovei tim, nt en i? !*. i?u t power llot delegated by the Stall* of ? iv? re gits. The following ineiilelital ijueslioUt. were nl?o ?1 eided; The i *nre*?i'in '"Territory and other projierty tl. I it on" in the constitution, applies to the ti i.toiy only a* p .ssts'.cd at the a lopt oil of the c . titution. As Congress tines iiot p .?s.'*s the p iWerto ma enaetineiilii relative to pti*oiisor property ot e. /.. lis of the I'n te il States m th.- federal territor.i other than the com-titnt. n conft r* upon it.a.. itca not constitutionally deb-gate any such powers to I lit' legal Condition of a slave I* Hot nflcCtod by sojourn in another State. A* the itititi was no! a ciiixt-n of Missouri, ni t In * 11 fori* cannot cue in t fi?* Courts of t In- I "nil Stalin, the case was disnj *fc?d for want of juris.l, lion. Judge Nelson pare an op'nain s in Inr to dud, Taney's Judge (Citron pure the opinion that i Court had jurisdiction, but concurred v\ lb '1 ati regarding tin* cmishintioiial.ty ol tli*- M ssouri Cot promise. Sev ral oilier .I udge* deliver their viei to-lllolTOW. Corn i llorsr and Post OincK Columbia ill cca'aeii-s: Mr. IJoyoc has sueci eded ingittug appropriation of 50,OiKt to build a l a.led Stat couit room and poll oflice m that city. ThoTuii kugges!s that, as the Court llousc of the l)i?tr has been preset.' -I by the grand jury, the Cot ni ssamcrs of Pubi c Buildings might add to t u ii. and erect a tieiv one. We puts* South Car lilia u II hardly be willing t > lea.id a court liom nod give the I'nited Stat.* the fee simple of it; hi it i* <pnte certain that the latter will never ere Mich bii.ld.ug without a complete title. Ntti'OTisu It is said to b>' petie!ally un.h rsto. mi Wash npton that Major Hewis Cass, jr., will I recalled from Home, where he has been for years charge d'affaires, to t iho the position of Assist a Secretary of State t.> los father. M ijor Cass h no claims, from age, talents, or experience, to important a posit'on The highest encieoium t ever heard bestowed upon linn, was that lie w the best billiard player in Paris when his falh was minister tin r?! Important to ' ?rri< r. lloi neas.?A Wasliin ton correspoiidi'ir, wiser tlitui M.wvs, writes to Northern journal that Mr. Buchanan will ? vp< to receive the res.guatious ol till diplomatic at commercial agent* of this country abroad, and w change the department ollioinls at home. AI hi.ii riiM<hii? omit.rs ;ui?i j? siiuimi h v. ii ii*a ;iihm i'il li> m rve until tho expiration of tlicir uyct oonniiLSi.i?n?. Pi//.i.tsu.?A lady being naked by n genllenu to join in iho bonds ol matrimony with liiii), wro tin) word "stripes." stating at the tunc that the Is ters iij ikiujr uj> the w??rd stripes could be changi n > us tn make an answer to his quealioii. Wl knows tho unsw< i f ' Persist" would have been our motto. Arrest or a Murdi rer.? We learn that tl negro Mom*, who i* charged with tho crime murder, and lor whose apprehension a rewsrd oft* liuuJred dollaiH was ullensl by the < iovernur, was n arrested oil Tuusday evening, Heir the place wliel the murder was committed, lie was hi ought the city yesterday, and lodgul in Jail to await h trial. Mercury, Murcfi ti. PiioToc.Rsrnv.? A perfect fno simile of a ch? on a Itutli.ilo tiank was photographed a lew dm since, presented to the |>aving feller, and hv hint I qunlaied without hi*itatiou. The result ol ilns te sliows the necessity of an admixture ol colors checks, as well as in bank notes, to thwart iho tvi which this discovery might otherwise lead to. s???? UILI01D ME8TINC. ed At a meeting of a largo number of the citixetM of of Gretn County, oonvcnud in the Court IIouso In u- (j re?*nville, Tenneooce, <>n Tuesday, February 10th, ial 1857, lion. Thomas D. Arnold waa called to the ig chair, and Dr. Ceo. W. Foule requeued to act us Secretary. t- liy request of the chairman, Maj John McCnug, hey explained the ohjoct of tlx* meeting in a few a- appropriate and forcible remark*, unit thereupon ly |)r. Koutc offered the following preamble and resolutions, which hud been prepared by a committee mi of thirteen, appointed for that puip wc, by a incctib, ing which li.ul convened in the same place on the ' it 7th iimt., to wit: I fh Whercaa the legislature of Tonne asea, by an a act, paaacd November 30, 1853, chartered dc a Railroad, known ua the Oreentille and Frtneh d. Iti itml Ilathuad, to connect with the Must Tenia iieaNco and Virginia Railroad at Greenville, Tenn., b- and also with a Railroad to run through the Statcu of North and South Carolina, whenever *aid lout ry ! mentioned Stntca respectively aliould, through their i legislatures, notify nud confirm raid act < t incorbs |M>rulioti, and that raid Ttnneaacecharter might inir ure to, and be in force in, the States aforesaid; and Whtrtus the aaid Stntea of North and South (Jarone lina have aince that time, through their I^gialaral turcs, re*|?ectively passed similar arts, cliailering Ra lro: da I ok ing to a connection with the Hint >r- To nesscfl and Virginia Railroad, through the la- cliitbttcl provided hy the aaid Green* ille and French < a ; Ureal Ral|o>tvl ' ',a tcr, nt Crccoville, Tennessee*. s>* . therefore, he ; Knolied, Tliat the citiscna of ITpj er Mist Ten' 1 ncnacc gou? rally, and of Green county in particular, lid hail with much gratification this timely and judino i cioua notion of the i a gislaturt-s of North and South for ! Carolina, in looking to f Jreenvillc us an eligible | nt and appropriate point at which to connect their web Its- ..I Railroads with the Ivist Tstim-asee imd Virgin a ' Railroad, which is destined to h? the great thornd oaghfarc and iron <?? between tha North an ) the ed Southwest. >? r Umolrrd, That we look to this connection with ' nd (he Railroads of North ami South Carolina aa the | tes dawning of a bright coinmercial, agricultural, and noc.al epoch in the interests of Upper Knot Tennea ?t sec. and the harbinger of untold bonetita to all the ! ip- i -ectiona of country embraced in the enterprise. IImult nl, Tliat from the experimental rcconnoii.'il sauce made by competent engineers, terminating lie, both at the month of l-aurel and at the Painted l?-'r Ris k, on the French lii.iad River, it low been found IM-rloetly practicable to construct a Railroad from ri" Greenville, Tennessee, to either of raid limits, at a oust which can be conveniently met by our cnter a | prising eilixens, and therefore we pledge vu"wlv?-s ive io co-oporiit. with the eitixru ol Sor.h and South : Cnroliuu in the r|M ?dy accomplishment of so desi >n - 1 rahle n project. ict i Hi-united, That if nt nay lime it should hedeoroI c I advisable, by the ft ieiidn ol the coot em plated eBj tcrpriro u .North y^id South Carol.na, we wil meet ii'f them, hy our deb g.itcs, in Convention,at whatever proper iMiint may be dew gnatcd, to confer with to then in relation thereto, and tliat the Chair appoint 113 i a commute- of live to correspond with committvn , of either or lioth ill said i*t??t?s upon the subject, '"t j Which prcamblt utnl resolutions, bring twice tf. ' read, were unanimously adopted liy tlw meeting. w \\ hereupon the Chairman appointed the committee required t>v the fourth resolution, a* follows; Mat .lohn Mc< iaoghoy, lion. 1>. T. I'altersoii, I"-' l)r. Geurge W, Kovte, I>r. Win. \Sest, and Jo I ?-|>h II llrown, K?q. j < ?n motion of Hon. 1). T. Pntti !* ?, it was orK1' | d? rvd that the procecdiugs ol this met ting Ik- pub| I hiil in tliu " Atuciiean Prvubyterian," a in wspan* per published in this town, and that the HewapnjK-rs n North and S >uth Carolina be rrqiusted to op J Thereupon the mevtinu adjourned. a T. 1). ARNOLH, Chairman. 'K* t) W Koi'TF., S cit lai v. Uefcrriug to the above meeting, the Asheville . i < N C ) Niw? says: all J "The |Ksip'e of upj?er Ret Tennessee are st.il ito I hopeful of h eoi.ucclii.il with the Southern seaboard irs through the French L5ro.nl Valley. To say that he we are sai.gu.neon this point would le' to magnify vill a very slender hope into ? nit thine tangible and re , oh liable. That the pe>>p!e nh.tig the line, with tile nv it- s ?;aiice of our South Carolina an j Tennessee neigh ' Imii s, who are iinined iielv interested, could 11iiihi | he the road, tlitre is n<>< the ?h slow ol n doubt. 'I I at | in they will do so, un<lrr the odious restrictions and 1 >1)' abominable burden* luslrmd ii|s>u tin ob.irter tiy I rs no Sii^io.siuii. 1 jegislature, ? in.t sn cieitr, by n t ,r| b.lig shot, 'i lie simple llplh i-, we supjvwe Jhe | |,v f. _ - .lure 1 d not wish lire . vad t - a at alt. Slid [ - tin v < tuld not iefn?e a naked eharter, tf y did . ? what \vn? exactly equivalent to a refusal?saddled j,i upon it feature* <?d'>>u?to those by w Imsc assistance j ,,, it must 1m- built, if hu It nt all. I,,. "t fur Tell I lens c frit lids express S readiness to I,,, meet the friends ol the road g< uerally, in couven- : i, . ; on, at any designates! point, to consult ujs.ii t|i>* ! i,v i Im-m nniiii* for currying tin* project furwsr.l ton s iceessful CiNiiplelioli. Although, a* in iicAI.-d |t. iiImivi', we are not very hnpefnl ol being able to liecomplish any tbitig at pres. lit, we say li t the friends | ,,l of the enterprise meet and es>n*ult. laglit may l>e ero'veil from darkness, and hope may dawn from Ij. the bosom of desp lir. I.et a mtlVenl'on be held, ; by nil menus, nud the united coiiusids of nil its h, ii lends may vet work out the rnlnnpt on ul h* tj. cherished enterprise, in spite of the narrow bigot- j ?t ry and contemptible selfishne-? which have atn-nipl? od toeing it with d fticult.es. ' Anm* Col t'Wi art- in receipt <>f "a a statement ?>f lint ItofttukW care" ill the C'n uil , Court of the I iiiii'd Slates l..r (Jcnrgia, m winch iui ' Anson IJ.nu"> <V C?. arc I'L* ntdlk, and the Hlue el i P.dec Itnilrnad t'oni|?any, Dofciidants. The plain 1 IiHh Iiivu brought their suit alleging a viol.it.nii of I their con tract by tlie Company. The tntcinctit ol gi- the iMciidants' case allege* that the Contract war I,,. ! first violated by the lTi.iittVs, that tliev change rv the partnership aud released Anson Hungs, with n whom the eontraot was made, that iliey rrlutrd to j us | oIm-v the instruct.ons of the Fngineer in working on tiic Una.I, that tln-y r? fused to nn un with the ' tunnel, bridges, iVe.and that a fraud was attempt*'il in the put chase of Jron. Tics stalement is in pamphlet form, ami is sign? il by the former Pr?aiilent ! the Koad, Henry Ciourihn, Ksq.?tirtmvto ttl.e I'atriat. is ? ??? Ciii ckinii P.aii.miau Nkiti.?The friends of the ' I J! tie llldge K i.lro.i.l will Ik- pleased to learn that n the rcsump 1 >n of work thereon will take |?l .00 at lie the pleasur of the Company, the required sum of (). S-J20,IK10 li.vsritij?, we understand, been subscribed ((i The liandsouie sum of $22.?H)t? has been cured ' 111 K.ibun coil Illy, and the citi*eiis of V> nlli.ilU and 1 ' vie nity pledge the mad* en f<>r s?2ll,iMtO more. This ct .s do up a handsome thing in handsome style, and will place the load in such an advanced stage, that .In completion will no longer, we truM, be doubted j by any.? Kruirre Courier, 1'eh. 28, 18a7. In M vit. Unsuctv?A letter from the Postmaster a, at Montgomery, dated 3d mst . to the Postmaster of ^ Charleston, states that the pouch lontaiinng valuable p.iek iges m 1.led at that oilier lor Charleston Oil '* '* the 12th ol October List, wrte stolen from the rail> > r -a I depot in .ir thai city by a negro nrin employed to run with the ears between Montgomery and Co1 luinbuv, (Jcnrgia. lie was arrested at Niw OrI leans, an I brought back to Montgomery on the 2d, ''r and was confined in jad. I Ic confesses to having taki 11 the poach and abstracting utid Using the soli tents The suras stolen at different l ines amounted g. 1 o about $7,tK?0.? A'cirs. ( j The Washington correspondent of the N< w Y 1 k 1 Xciet thus acoour is for Charles Sumner's recent '' arrival at W.islung'nn: "lie li s not becti here ill ?ni c the passage of the Coinpeusaiion Act, and not o being able to get any pay until lie canto on to draw it, lie wisely concluded that he hud better come on and pocket the money, (lis absence being nttribillable to alleged sickness Will llot be deducted; 1111 <1 the result is. that this m?n who has grossly neglect- , *d Ins legislative duties ever since last summer, will 111 draw about four thousand dollars for service lie has le ni-vt r |>crforioed." .,1 M vsii 1 \iiToN, March I?.? Among the measnr. s ,, 1 winch p.Lsscd 111 tl.? closing hours of the late Congress are appropriations (or an nvcilund mail t<>San Kraiicise.>. for live veals' riav to the officers <u 11.< TYxm Navy; one ycnr'a pity to uffiwn drojijM <1 by the notion of the Navy Bonn) of Inquiry, utol one nullum dollar* for iU-amp*ln|?? of war. L" Knou K *ms\*?Arci'irt, March 7 A nn i t of the cit'itens of We-lport ha* pained resolutions "* resolving to resist all eifoits to renew troubles in l" Kansas; to extend hospitable #i Iconic i i all i hii'* until*, and nll.av the laws of Mimiuii and Kaunas to|iuinslt offenders. k The '' Wandering Jew" has been garrotted in i11 Baltimore The back of hi" vest was tound thicki Iv lined with gold coir, of all lratiom Ml I ? ? iis Hogs have been sold at Cincinnati within ' the last few days, for November delivery, n? within a fraction of (A .50 per 100 lbs net. " r 9 ? ? -- rOldest Maw m America.?-A conwpondent of tl?e Caaaville fGa.) Standard, ujn there is now living in Murray county, Gil, on tue waters of Holly Creek, a Revolutionary veteran, who has attained the age of one hundred and thirty-four. His name is John Haines. lie is known throughout the region in which he lives by the appellative "O ran'sir 1 lames." Gran'sir is contracted for Grand Sire. A grand sire he truly is. As I was on tny way to visit this relict of the expired eightceulh century, I inquired of an oidish gentleman of about sixty if ha knew him. "(Jh yes, I know him, said he, "lie is my grandfather!" John llnines was horn in Mecklenbargh county, Virginia, and was a lad ten years old when Washington was in hit cradle, lie was thirty two when braddock met his disastrous defeat in the Monongahela. He,, with several of his neighbors, set forth tojoin the head-strong and ill-lated commander, hut after several days' march, were turned hack by the news of his overthrow, lie migrated to South Carotiaa nearly a hundred years ago. He was in thirteen considerable conflicts during the war of independence, and in skirmishes and rencounters with Indians, with toriea, and with Hritisli. limes beyond memory. He was with Gales at Camden, with Morgan ut the Cowpens, with Green at Uiilsboro' and Kutaw, and with Marion in many a bold rush into a tory camp or red coat quarters. IVi.i.i.?iiisci Newspapers.?The Abbeville banner, noticing the difficulties of ea; inhibiting any uniform rule for papers in different localities and circumstances, has | the following very truthful remarks: "Let every proprietor establish such rates as w ill compensate him for his labor, and I adhere rigidly lo theru. The only way to build up the journalism of the Slate, is (or ' every proprietor to exact from his patrons such prices as will he a reasonable remunai ration for his services. We never cau have ... ? *- ? ?-?^ , on nuie jir?3??, umcss it cnn i?c made sufficiently profitable to induce l.tiout to accept its management as nn exclusive profession. Most of lite country papers are couducted bv persons having some other profession besides that of an editor; because the poei-. tion of an editor does not afford such a sals* ry as would induce him to forego other profeasioDs and devote himself exclusiv ely to ! the conduct of his journal. This, however, is an unfortunate condition of journalism, resulting to some extent from the fact lh?V ; it is overdone in the Slate. We have too many of them, nnd this evil cannot be cur' cd by conventions, but must wait the amalgamation or death of one-half, leaving the , other half successors to the business of the whole." In Central Africa, says the Missionary Livingstone, the women have the upper hand. They feed the men. The wife is obliged to supply her mother in law with firewood. A man who has five wires,having returned home, a-ks .something of No, 1. No. 1 refer* him to No. 2. No. 2 desires hint to go t?? the one he ioves best. He is handled ahont from one to another, till he la-comes quite emaged; but alt lie 1 can do is to go upon the top of a tree, and cry aloud: "I thought I had got five wives, but I find 1 have got five witches." If a woman heals her husbau.1 she is punished in this way: Both are taken to tlip market place, and the wife is compelled (o fnke the husband !i??nte <m her back, amidst the people. Chi the-e occasions the women generally civ out, "(Jive it to him again!" The English are trying toclaim our Washington. H. Matthews writes to the London I*o>t?nnd that paper is green enough to publish his nonsense?that George Washington was not an American, hut an Eng. lisijian ; that Augustine Washington was lmrn in America, while (ieoige first saw the light in Cookham, Berkshire, nineteen miles from Windsor, in England. "The house in which he was horn," says Mr. Matthews, "does not exist any longer, hut the natives are aware of the fact, and assure me that the parish books have been destroyed by the Americans." To cap the climax of his absurdity, Mr. Matthews mentions the case of the New York Chief of Police, Malaell, as a parallel to that of George Washington. The Washington Union.?Judge Nicholson, who for the past four years has conducted and edited this journal with much ability ami untirinc industry, announces in yeaterdny'a Lsue that lie has retired from iiis post, aud is succeeded by the lion. John Appleton, of Maine. The latter gentlenian was secretary to the American legation in London at the time Mr. Buchanan was our Minister to the Court of St. James. Mr. A., in assuming his editorial duties, announces his determination to support the new administration,and to enlarge and improve the paper in a short time. Pkesent for Mr. Buchanan.?Mr, Windham liobertsun, ex American Consul at Trieste, who arrived at Now York on Saturday in the Edinburgh, has brought with him a magnificent and beautifully enameled gold chronometer watch, which has been made to the order of some Italian republicans fur a present to President But cbanan. The latest way to pop the question is to ask the fair lady "If you shall have the pleasure of seeing her at the minister's!" COMMERCIAL Columbia Market, W.ireA 7, 1857. Cotton.?On Tuesday of lite week now under review, the news I rum Liverpool by the Niagara, ta the 1 ltli February, came to hand, quoting an advance of J to d Itid. These accounts had a favorable effect on our market, prices advanced fully 1 cent ou our former quotations, fair cotton being freely taken at Id) cents. And again on Saturday three days' later advices by the Atlantic were recc ved, reporting r further advance of )d. The sales of the week foot up about 1,200 bales, and we now quote: Inferior 11 all); ordinary 11} all), middling I - a 1-1; good middling I %2 ) a 13; fair 13) a 13) cents per pound. , IUcon.?The stock of bacon on the market ia (air. Tins deinainl is moderate, and prices are steady, at our former quotations; of prime old shoulder* 9; choice sides 11 all); new hacon, hog round, 11a 11 j eenta jut pound. Corn.?There has been a brisk demand for this article throughout the whole of the past week, and prices are rather looking up. AVe now quote ftriq at '.t'l cents per bushel. I t orn I'll, re i- a fn r stock of flour on sale. and tin market i?qu;et, l>ut ?twidy, m the following quotation! of ji". 5?? a $7 7.*? f??r enmmon to good brand!; ?u per fine $8; calra family flour $8 50 per barrel. , Calhoun l.itcrar) Sandy of Wofford i'ellr*e. The Anniversary of CALHOUN'S K1RTHDAY will be celebrated by the Cglhonn Literary Society, in tho CHAPEL of WOFFORD COI,LKG?,oQ Wednesday Night, Maroh 1 Slh. Ad Oration will be delivered by C. I'LTTY. The public arc respectfully invited to attend. March 12 3 U