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of a thousand sacrifices of the heart, and the sternness which has made also the broken spirited, suspicious, and cold hearted man or woman. Deal with your children as God deals with his children. Do not meet their anger, their petulance with your own, or their obstinacy with willfulness still greater. Overcome evil with good. "When God called himself a Father lie chose a name which he designed to be significant of overflowing love, t> tid'-r me ivy, and long continued forbearance. Parents, provoke not your children to wrath. What will not love do I What can de-> scribe its powerful subduing influences J Who ever accomplished any thing by reproaches, or violence, or harsh measures? You gratify a private and dark passion in your heart, ami arouse another 111 voui bottom. Perhaps we have all tried it tioil torsive us.' Go try the mighty ef tioaev of love. One smile of genuine sympathy is worth all your purse to tin beggar. ''Beloved, let us love .me anoth or; for love is of God; and every oiu that loveth is l??rn of God; and knowetl God." (I John iv, 7.) Kind Words in the Family. There are few families, we imagine, any vhere, in which love is not abused as fur uishing a license for impoliteness. 1 husband, father, or brother, will speal harsh words to those whom he loves tli best, simply because the security of lov< and family pride keeps him from gottinj his head broken. It is a shame that : man will speak more impolitely, at times to his wife or sister, than he would dan to any female, except a low, vicious one It is thusthat the holiest aiVcctions of man': nature prove to I e a weaker protection t< woman in the family circle, than the res taints of society; and that a woman, usualh is indebted fortiie kindest politeness of lit! to those not belonging to her household Things ought not so to be. The man who because it will not be resented, indicts hi spleen and bad temper upon those of his hearthstone, is a small coward and a vcr\ mean man. Kind w ords are t!: circulating medium between true getlomoti and trtn ladies,, at home, ait"! no poli-h in society can atone f<>r tin- hard ami dis respectful treatment too often indulged ii between those 1>imud togctlx r l>v (tod's own ties of blond, ami the still moresacret bonds of conjugal love. srlnlru 5li tirlrs. A I'ioiitixo Candidatk.? Mr. Wise in a sjieeeh in the late I h-inocratice Con volition in Virginia, made the following reference to one of their 1'residential can di.lates : " There was a young man in in tlx; navy, a pet of lo cator's?the nwsf gallant soul tliat ever lived?who actually stormec Oibralter. (A voice. "The Cibralter ol Whiggerv t'J No. the Cibralter ?t tlx mouth of the Mediterranean. 1 lie yoimjj man referred to, a midshipman in the navy went ashore at Cibralter one day. 1; was sit the time when British otliccrs wer? in the habt of insulting Americans when ever they could be found. While this young man was in 'obraltt r, t \\.? Britisl ofTtcers eommetiecd traducing the Anx ii can character, and lx> inunediatelv laic down the gauntlet, with tlx- umleistandinc tll<? louv / . * .. ~ - ?uv utuo Wi ur wtT?* 1I<?1 It bo enforced. Tin y nu t upon tin; out works of (lie f?>rt, an 1 this xoimg man 'plugged' his antagonist. The companion of tin; British officer immediately ml \ a need to arrest tin; midshipman as prisoner. Incensed at the violation of tin promise solemnly made, he caught tin officer in his arms, and giving him a clos< hug, threw himself over the parapet, ami tints locked, they rolled over and over t< the bottom, in which effort he broke his leg. A sergeant attached to tin; fort pursued the midshipman on horseback, but on coming up to him, the midshipman threw him oil', and taking possession of his horse, made his escape to the boat. Afterwards he went on board the British llag ship, and challenged the whole tleet. He met three British officers, one after another, and the result was, if I have been correctly informed, a emulation was made, that if any British officer should thereafter light, a duel, he would he cashiered the service. This young mnn was Robert F. Stockton. The promise of the boy has been redeemed in the man. You all know what lie <li.l in <'-.in'...1 ho carried his sail?>rs onshore, and made them perform military duty, although it was said in tho Florida war that sailors could compre.hend but one military command, and that was, 'Fight Indians.'" Increase of the use ok Oi-ium.?A correspondent writes to the New YorkEvening Post as follows: "One idea suggested in one of your articles is entitled to far greater weight than a person who had not given particular attention to the subject might suppose. I refer to the use of opium as a stimulation. Tho extent to which this is practiced bypeople esteemed temperate, even in this country, is, probably, one thousand times greater than is generally believed. This may tit firstseem a very extravagant statement; but a good deal of investigation of the subject has led me to this conclusion." Thirty-Five Families in one House. Tho way some people live in New York, woidd seem t<\ .. ,1: ?? ,UU<V?M/ ?? UiajAJDIlH >11 lO pain any place in a storm. Assistant Captain McKenny, of the 2d police district, mado a report to the Chief of a house in Hicks street, on Friday, and owned by Jacob Frost, Ks^.. which is occupied by about thirty-flva families, among which are many cases of small-pox, spotted fever, ship fever, and other contagious diseases. There were, at the time or tk? report, two dead bodies lying in the house. Hkioiit or Happiness.?"I require," said a sage of the tribe of Penobscot, "but three things to make me happy." "What is the firstr inquired a searcher of wisdom. VTobaoo," was the reply. "What is the second ?" "Bum." "Well, what is the third r "Why," said the philosopher, contemplatively, "a little more /tun." From th> Southern Patriot. re The Penitentiary System. m d< It is our purpose at some future time to or j bring tliis subject once more prominently I it | before the people of Mouth Carolina. Twelve j pi or fourteen years ago. whilst n member of n; the Legislature, we hud n committee organ- pi izeu lor uu' purpose ot collecting miormn- ] s< tion on the subject ot' l'cnitcntinries, with n .1 view to the establishment of one in this J I?> j State. The committee collected a great ileal 't: I ot information in regard to the various peni- ft '| tentiavies throughout the United States, and ft | also in regard to the prosecutions, eonvie- o I lions and acquittals for otlenees in the dill'er- '1 ' cut distaicts of South Carolina during the ft . j last twenty or thirty years. This informs- p j tion was embodied in a report which we had j ic . j the honor of submitting to the House of ' 11 > | Representatives at the next session <>t the I e- . o gislature. But the State was then, as she ' n - , has ever been since, too much engaged with a her Federal relations to think of State ini- ! n 1 j provciuents. A minority of the committee ; reported against the establishment of a pen- ' a ! itentiary. on the ground, amongst others, | 1 I that the buildings would cost the State two o : or three hundred thousand dollars! And t - yet we see the Legislature appropriating s j double that sum. at one session for the pur- e t pose of purchasing guns and munitions of i ^ war to rust and be broken to pieces and i c lost ! \\ e arc satisfied that the number of con- 1 ' victions in South ?Carolina aunuallv would ] i soon till a penitentiary, and it is altogether a j . mistake to suppose that there would be any , j scarcity of suitable lonvicts in this State, s ; The returns from the several clerks of the . > i courts proved the contrary most satist'aetori j ly. That there would be more convictions < I mill Mini' > fin... lilt II.I1U til 111.i* it' It'll > i I"" " ! . had a penitentiary. is beyond a'l doubt. At present tip re is reluct mee to pres. cute w hen | ' it is known that tin- poor v. retell will en to j , the whipping post or to the jr.. 1 lows. There j . is still a ere;.I rreluet in? r?m the part of ju- 1 r riesto tint! verdicts ofeniltv when they know that by their lindiny. the life of a human he- ' | jt1e forfeited. And the reluet-nee of the | | Ivvouthe in s"e:n;r enforced a hloodv code , ' s still ereuter. roe! vry oft-rj terupts him to , ' exercise tiie t> :rilonin_r i?o\vc with verv lit- ' 1 ' tie prudence and limitless. ! The information derived from various j ( 1 keepers of penitentiaries.and the reports of I their regents, satisfied our minds that the ' , criminals were often, very often, reformed 1 | j and became jfood eiti/.en--. How many lliou- I , 1 sands and thousandsare every das in society. . , who have hern tempted by evil p ssions o | , 1 eommit crime, : ml who have only escaped | , f hy accident, and eontinne worthy and res- j | " . pectahle meinhers of the community 1 It is J , total error to suppose that the huiiiam heart . , is not susceptible of reformation when it lias | . , been once polluted 1>\ crime. I! pent and 1 . ! In* saved, was the command of Him who ! , [ I # f , | died to save mankind. The vilest sinner r may return to Lis Hod. and why n??t the . wicked felon to soci ty .' Lj It was ascertained Ly the cli .irm n of the ' ( s committee that most of tie- penitentiaries in t I the United States at that time tiehhd a J | ' , liandsonie profit to the State, independent of . 1 supporting their coin i.-ls. and defraying all ( expenses. Why should j:?.t a re on.- and a r burglar he made to Work whilst imprisoned.' x Honest nu'ii have to work, and work liard * > to support themselves and their f.unilii s ami ( i pay their taxes for tin* support of the jails , i and prisons of the country ! Ami yet a ro- , guish scoundrel is kept imprisoned hy our , i present jail system, for months and years. K * without doing a day's work! Holiest men j have to work for him whilst he plats the ! j. i-in r, and has a jailor to feed htm and wait { on liiin! Iconies out oec.isionallv. and I . . ,* I k'?u\s tt> the whipping jmimI t'? r liU in?t;ulijic-rit.H j mid then returns to his cell to drink .-.ml | ? smoke and talk to his follow criminals.? ! a He conn s out very little inclined to work / ' after such an easy life in jails. ,] It has been well ascertained hy experience e that most of the mechanic arts can he car- I , 1 . I ried on successfully in penitentiaries. Kven , j, in solitary confinement the convicts can work [ c profitably at many of the trades. Hundreds : ^ could lie employed advantageously in making ! t slnn s and hoots in their solitary cells, in ' Jt sew ing and making clothes, in weaving, in | ^ coopering, &e. &c. We would not desire \ j to see a penitentiary established In South j j Carolina except on the principle of solitary | j confinement with hard labor. There is no ' * doubt that where hundreds of the worst nun , arc assembled together in laboring, they will ! j have communications with each other in spite j 1 of the rigid watch of their overseers. They j ( i are consequently hardened in their vices, and t become reckless of all reformation. Nor do we consider such a life of imprisonment stif- | . ! ficient punishment ft. the guilty. They j , ! should be cut off from society and the w rid i and have constant and long continued time I to reflect on their crimes and commune with I their guilty hearts. In most of the States of this Union there j are penitentiaries, and in most of the king,| doms of Europe they are to be found. Cireat i and good men throughout the civilized world ^ j have, for the last half of a century turned * 'j their attention to this subject. Life is the gift of (Jod, and should be taken only thro' ' necessity. If the safety ef society, or the 1 purposes of prevention of crime demand the '' I sacrifice, it must be had. Hut it should be I J1 ' avoided, if possible. At present, however, | j \vc have in South Carolina about thirty often- I { ees punished capitally. No sort of distincj tion is made between the cold blooded as- j j saasin, the midnight incendiary and the poor ^ 1 simpleton who pilfers from the pockets of ' , another a pen-knife over the value of twelve i penco! The murdering of a futhcrnnd Icaving penniless his children, is no greater of- w fenco in our laws than stealing a shilling | w from that father's pockets ! Both offences j tr are punished alike!! r? It ounht to bo the object of overy people j to punish in proportion to the nature of the j al offence. The savag* kills for everything (j. because he has no other m?*!o of punishing, I 0, and is actuated only by revengs ia meting j , out his punishment Hut the punishment h of a Christian and ' ivilizcd people is r ot for b< venge at nil. Tlio only objects of punishent arc to protect society and deter ofl'en?rs, and produce a reformation in the iminal. By solitary confinement in a penentiarv for years, society is certainly better rotected against depredations of tlie crimitl than if lie bad been carried to the whiping post and then turned loose again on jciety. Confinement for years, in a solitncell, cut off from the world, made to laor hard, and fed 011 coarse fare, will eerlinlv be as likely to deter a bad man as a I \v stripes on the bare back,with permission | > go back the next day to his old haunts t 1' vice ami crime and wicked enjoyment.? 'hat there should be a better opportunity ! ?r reflection and reformation at the whip- j ing post, in ten minutes, with a crowd of | Iters gazing on the wretch, than the eriuiial would have in a solitary cell during five r ten years' confinement with religious and I loral instruction, can hardly be believed by nv one. the most devoted admirer of this lode of corporeal punishment. But our object at present is not to write i n essay in favor of the penitentiary system, rids we may do at some future time. Our ibjoot now is simply to call public attention o the matter, in these piping times of peace, ,inee the death of secession and the hopeless ondition of co-operation for the purpose of lissnlving the Federal Union and breaking ip the American Republic. rorrcfjwitlciicc of the Charleston Courier. Washington. April 1!>. The House is thrown int.. turn...it .....I ... icicney could be supplied in this bill. Among the items of appropriation added o the bill by the Finance Committee of the Senate, is one for aiding the Collins'line, nd increasing the number of its trps to wenty-six a year, and another for complying the California Dry Doak. These items vill ho strongly contested, but they will >rohably be adopted in this or some other ppropriation bill. The negotiations respecting the interests >f the U. S. in the Nicaragua Canal route, lave assumed a new shape by the admission if Nicaragua as one of the parties to it.? dr. Marcollcta, her Minister here,is now unler instructions, it seems, to treat in behalf hat State. If among the petty powers eon* i crned, no new derangement should take Inee, before a treaty can l>e concluded, it in robable that one will be made of a charnc- ! tx satisfactory to the Id. H., to Great Britain, nd to the. Central American States. Scarcity of Provisions.?It is a long ! mo since country produce of all kinds as been as scarce or as dear in this maret as it is now; and in noticing this fact, hilst we are doing ourselves a good turn, e think we are rendering our country iends a similar service. Chickens sell indily from 33 to 37 1-7 cents each; ?gs 20 cents per dozen; turkeys $1.76, id other articles in proportion. We link that our country friends, and even ir neighbors of North Carolina, might do profitable business in supplying us at is time. We trust the suggestion will 5 favorably acted on. South Carolinian I I'nnrnstfr Xrbgpr. ' .uiK-aslcrvilU', X. ('. i t i ^ 11 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28,18.52. ! OBITUARY. 1 With melancholy feelings we announce ' ! th*!decease of Mr. Simon Bkckiiaxi, which ! I ovent occurred at his residence in the lower ' j>art of this District on Sunday last. Mr. Beckham was one of the meritorious- 1 j lv esteemed men of Lancaster District. He I filled the office of Clerk of the Court for 1 ! twelve years, from 1S3.I to 1815,and retired I then to pursue the more <|uiet occup ition of a Farmer and Merchant at Pleasant Hill.? | We pen this article in sorrow. Mr. Beck| ham was amongst the first of our acquain| tance in this District, and from a years' rcsi! donee in his neighborhood, we learned to esteem him on account of his probity and virtue. | j For a number of years Mr. Beckham has . been a constant, firm and consistent mem! ber of the Methodist Church, and the piety ' in and around New Salem Camp Ground, in ' a great measure has resulted from his exam- j j pie and religious instruction. - I I J-jt" With no intention of donning our i ' subscribers, we would merely remind them that on the 12th of May. (next month.) three i i months will expire from the time our paper j began. If those who subscribed at the commencement neglect to pay by that time, :s>2 SO w ill be charged, or after six months iJtX > We are under renewed obligations | to Mr. Woodward for furnishing us Con- j ; gressional favors. To the Hon. Iv C. Mar- ! | shall, of California, arc we indebted for a i copy of his speech on " American Pro- ' ; gress," &c. New Post Office. We learn that a New Post 0;fir?? has been I j established at Waxhaw, in this district, and j ) that W. M. Taylor has been appointed Post j | Master. i\ Fatal Affray. On Saturday last, a fat. l ..ll'r v occurred j at the mill of Mr. John U \cs in this Dis j trict. it appears that two young men bv tin- | name of Howere, went to tin- mill, ml while there, a difficulty took pi .e between Heaves urttl Thotnns Mowers, when Archib.ld Ilowers, a brother present, dismounted I'rom his horse j;n<l threw a stick, or p'n c of sawed timber at Heaves?when lb \<s got ill po* session of the s .me, and he t A Mowers s-. that he died in about si:, hoars. Ilo.iVes h. .sinci*. surrendered himself to th proper atith unties, and is now in close eoiilin no lit.? There being no animosity existing between Reaves and the deceased pr- viioisto tin j I affair, it is presumed to be the work of un . governable passion. r. < *CS . , Be careful where you tie your Horse | On Friday the Kith inst., at ilie House I I Capt. J Merry, in this District, i horse l> longing lo Mr. I). M. Tilin .n, w s tied to tree in the yard very near a bee hive, whie! being1 aoeidently upset, the nr in attacked the horse en nurss'-; it ! str n e to say, the horse did not leave the -pot for some time. At last, writhing under p in he beg n to rear and kirk at such a late no one d red to approach him. He finally succeeded in breaking loose, and ran otf apparently ; fi tlicted with Mmania ii pnlti" to which I disease it seems that animals .re as snseep 11 tilde of as the human family. After great suffering, the horse died in 8 hours. r. * Irif" We invite the attention of our reaj ders to the advertisement of Messrs. llaile | & Twitty. A Drug Store has been long j needed here, and since those gentlemen have i gone to much expense in fitting up their store I with a well selected stock of Drugs. l'erfumery,&c., wc trust they will he abundantly re! warded. r. ! I-flf" M. Clinton, Ksq., offers for sale a valuable Plantation, as w iii he seen from his advertisement in another column. It is an opportunity rarely to be met with for pur..I : mi . - I cunning. i nose in want ol" a tine lot of 1 land near this town, would do well to call on Mr. C. before purchasing elsewhere. p. A Lrsrs Natvr.f.?We saw last week in | the possession of a Mr. Hampton Huntle y, of i I Union County, a strange phenomenon in the 1 human form. It was born of a Negro wo- I man, the slave of a Mrs. IJnrrott, who lives I on Jones' Creek, in Anson County. It is a mnlo fourteen years of age?is thirty-seven 1 and a half inches in height, and weighs j twenty-soven ponnds. His height is more J than proportionate to the size of his body ; i and limbs. His head is small in proportion | to his face, and recedes to a point, much after the manner of a small ended ogg. He 1 has no intelligence more than what is com- * mon to the bruto creation : cannot speak a v word, yet will, recognise the call of his name, v winch i? "Squire." Walks on hi* hands "i and feet like a quadruped, sit* like n tailor, and when he sleeps site in this position with ' his head in his lap. Ho lives ?>n the ordinnrv t human diet, but. has to bo fed like a child. r He is up on the whole, a remarkable curiosi- n aity. His owner intends exhibiting him in the Southern ami Western States. He will then soli him to Bnrnum.?Charlotte Wkfc. tl itement on )lic printing question, it product's icarly :is much {imitation :ts the sectional disnite of I H.r)0. with which it is, in some decree. connected. The Joint Conimitteo on Printing refused to {live the work to tlie I nii'ii alone, though it was urped as necessary to the support of the chief orpan of the [leiuocaratie party. < )p])osition to the 1'iiimi las heen manifested hy the State Iliphts Democrats, h>>th in this ml other instances, hirinp the session. Mr. Norland avowed as Hie of the reasons of his opposing the pro* cets for patroni'/inp the I'tiion, his dissap|>rov.al of the course taken l.y that paper in relation to tlie Compromise. The Commit!ee also neglected the claims of the Smith rn I'rcss to a portion of the patronage.? fhe Whips and Compromise Democrats on lIn* t 'oinmittee united to pice the work to the ihlic and I'tiinii as the Whip and Demo* ratio organs. The question heforc the House is whether any different disposition thall he made of the printing. The disensiions have heen animated, and will he more jo he fore they pet throuph. for personal as .veil as party resentments have heen excited >v it. A proposition to establish a CJovornnent ITinting < Mice wasapprovved hv some nemhers.hut it is likely to t"..il. Some wish o pivo the whole joh to the Union and others to distribute it. If they should lay the subject on the talde. the disposition already nade l?v the Joint Committee will remain in Itered. The \a'i"nnl hit'"'Hi; 'ti*rr is not men iitnod m uieir controversies, nnd is not a pary to llioiii. Tli.it pup -r li sn very profitn i!i- .loli on hand which will continue for oino years?tin- printing .-.nil re printing of 'otigressional I >i-bates. The Census printing has not been yet prodded for, and is not likely to bo very soon, file plan of the publication has not yet been letermined upon, and it is now under he consideration of a select Committee of lie Senate, The Senate will resume, to^lay. the conideration of the Deficiency bill. Mr. IIuiier, in bis general expose of the <|iu-stions nvolved ill the bill, arraigned the adminisration of the War department, on tin-score f unnecessary c.xpenditiiri's in the Qunter taster's Department, and for neglect nnd onfusioii in the mode of keeping accounts ud making settlements in that department, ts an illustration of the extravagance of the cpnrtincnt, he mentioned the fact that heavy harges were made for forage, in regions vhere grass grew all the year round. But ie vindieatad the department from the charge if having exceeded their authority in ina;ing contracts for supplies ami for transporution. Tlicy had this right, without anv ppropriatiou, under the net of J820. Ijist ear, Congress cut down the estimates of he Quarter Masters' Department one half, n the face of tlie assurance of the Secretary hat the estimates could not he reduced.? Ie, (Mr. Hunter,) would not have voted for hat reduction, but for the reason that tliede The State Convention. This body met at the State House in C'oumbia on Monday last; but we presume djourned over till yesterday (Tuesday) rithout doing any business. The oft related question, "What will the Convention lo V is now on the point of being answered. Vs the time for netion has arrived, specula ion upon this subject grows mniv rife, pubic curiosity more intense, aid even the pub- j ie apprehension more excited; on the one 1:1ml, le:>st being forced by public opinion o adjourn without doing anything, the fair ume of our old Commonwealth, nnd per hanee of the Dele gales themselves, may luiTcr some detriment ; and on the other, east impelled by some Quixotic zeal to exricate the majority from the unfortunate lilcmmn in which they were pi. ced by the Charleston Convention of M y 1 st, something rash and inconsider. te. tending to the prejudice of the State, in her permanent poitical and pecuniary interests, may result from the meeting of a body, in theory, repreU'litingthe highest sovereignty* of the country, but which has in fact been repudiated by the people, in whom alone the sovereign power rests. It is as yet impossible for us to say what course the Convention will adopt. The publie press throughout the State are so diversified in regard to the proceedings of the now sitting Convention, that we can come to no definite conclusion from their speculations. The time for speculation is, however, at an end, and the actings and doings of the Sccesion Convention will, ere this, have become stern realities. Whatever they may be?whether for weal or for woe?we shall endeavor to apprise our readers promptly of all the facts. ' r. For the ledger. l^mi'tUAWUE. Mr. Editor: I law you over attended tho Temperance inertings li?-l<l on the evening of every second Wednesday in the Academy building? If so, you w ill agree \\ ith me m saying that there is no place in our necessarily dull village where one can spend more agreeably, or profitably, a leisure hour. I paid them a visit at their last meeting, and was surprired to find, notwithstanding the unfavorable evening, a full audience of both sexes. The exercises were in progress when I went in. and Master Marks, one oftlie Cadets, was delivering a selected piece, well selected, and what is better well memorised. I liked this feature, and am rejoiced to learn that the little boys are ever regular in their attendance. It answers a double purpose. It not only prejudices their young minds against habits of intcinpor.nee. but it takes them out of the street where too many ol them are often found late a! night?atfords them rational amusement. .- n I begets in theni a taste for useful matters. The very odes which they sing, inculcate pleasing but important lessons. A gre .1 man has said, (iive me the making of the people's bab l.ds,and I cure not who m k-s their laws.' The next speaker was Mr. A. Austin, w ho read a short, but ,a pl?? s nt . ddress. It scents that it w s his frst : tbmpt. and he deserves, at le st. tho ep-d't of hiving spent some thought on wit t he iiit tided to say lie w s he rd \ rv tt- ntiveh nd I hope it will not lie his 1 st iVnrt Hew s followed Iiv M.ssrs. Moore n i ti iiu-li t who are both known s pul./e nji rs, ml win ill not I' il on this hit -'"i' in ilo themelves iiistir-- i.i- v ii I i hi rks wi n i:i ! by ill - eh iriii n ii ! . iIhth present mJiiijr to 'I 1 io tin- v n I nti-n-sit ill ilo- m-'-.-sinn. '! Ii r - -i f- I,ire in thi i'nti-r1;.iniH-T.'H n!' !. v which I !i vi yet 'n notii-i-. i -i -|i tneiiih-Ts desToii- !' li-i ili' ! r lv nee tin /no'! work. I' i-i tion tin h--ii ol'til :n i . nts. They brought with ill in ri ; <-f instruments on which thcv \ ? 1.1 i ruii.h-r of hrnutifill i.nil i ppropri t-- !-. \ l - h relieved thi ti-ilinni of i Mic - i-sii,ii ol'-It s on a hackii v -'l snl. ?-r '!'! ? I" ' ''s n ttr i-tion n<l w- lil a'-m r- p tin- A cade my on :iy vcnin/. May tli -i- meeting- h n;; continued. ('osMor. Total Wreck ol t'je B. itl h Steam Frigate, Birkenhead?Losi ot Four Hundred and Fifty-Four Lives. Another terrible disast- r Ir s happened at sen. At 2 o'clock in the morning lu-r Majesty's steamer.the HirUi-nho.-d, wm* wrecker between two and three miles from the ahon of Southern Africa. The ev.-.et point at which the calamity It; ppened wrs Point wunger. < mi idih }><uiii she struck upon i reef of sunken rock*. The ship was steam'ntf <dght ?nd a half knots at tin- time. The water was smooth i ml the sky serene: hut th?'speed at which the vessel was passing through the water pro- o<l her destruction The rock penetrated through her bottom just aft the foremost, and in twenty minutes' time there were a few floating spars and a few miserable creatures clinging to them, and this was all that remained of the Birkenhead. Of six hundred and thirty-eight persons who had left Simon's May in the gallant ship hut a few hours before, only one hundred and eighty-four remain to tell the tale. No hiss than four hundred and fifty-four Knglisnmen have come tosolamcnl hie an end. There is no mystery about the calamity. We are not left, as in the e.iso ot the Amu ton, to conjecture the origin of the disaster, lust what happened to the Orion off the Icottiah eooat or to the On-.it Liverpool oft' '*iniatcrre, hit* happened now. t upturn 8?|. nond. the officer in command, anxious to ihorten the mn to Algen Hay ns much a* vn* poHHiblc, and more than w?* prudent, lugged the ahore too closely. Four hunIred and fifty-four thounnd ponton* h*ve oat their live* in consequence of hi* temeriv. A* noon n* the vohs. I atruvk upon the rck* the runh of wnter w n*o gro it that the nen on the troop-deck v ere drowned in their lammocka 'I heir* wa* the happier fate?at raat the?- w re pared the 'erriSle agony of he next twenty minute*. At least tho man nor of death was leas painful than with oththers, who were first crushed beneath the falling spars and funnel, and then swept away to be devoured by the sharks, who were * prowling rouna uic wrecK. r rom the 1110- ^ inent the ship struck,all uppers to luivo been | done that human courage and coolness could ( I effect. The soldiers were mustered on the nfterdeck. The instinct ol' discipline was stronger even than the instinct of life. The men fell into the place as coolly as on the j parade ground. They were told oil' into re- j liefs, ami sent, some to the chain pumps, some to the paddle-box boats. Captain | Wright, of the 91st regiment, who survives to relate the dreadful scene, tells us. Every man did ns he w..s directed, and j there was not a cry or murmur among them until the vessel made her filial plunge. 1 could not name any individual officer, who did more than another. All received their orders and had them carried out as if the i 1 men were embarking instead of going to the bottom ; there was only this ditl'ereaneo?that 1 never saw any embarkation conducted with so little noise or confusion. Poor fellows! llad they died in battlefield. and in their country's cause, their fate 1 would have excited less poignant regret; but there is something inexpressibly touching in the quiet, unflinching resolution of so many ; brave hearts struggling manfully to the last 1 against an inevitable disaster. It is gratify- | I ing, also, to find that the women and children wore nil saved. They had been quiet- : !y collected under the poop awning, and were | as quietly got over the ship's side, and pass! ed into the cutter. The boat stood oil'about i 1'.n I.I.J. <1 :n ... l _t ! I ?/v >uivi.i Hum iiiu iii-ot.irrru mrtvruuruu I and Jill were saved. There is not the name i I of n single woman or child upon the list of i persons who jierislied. The other boats, as is usual in such eases were not forthcoming in the hour of need. One gig mid two i cutters were all that could he rendered avail- j aide. In one account we find that when the men were ordered to get the paddle-box I boats out, the pill of the davits was rusted j in, and could not be got out. Captain W : 011 the other hand, tells us that when the fun- 1 j nol went over the side it carried away the i j star-board paddle-box ami boat, and that the j I other paddle-box boat capsized as it was be- I I ing lowered. Of the 181 persons who were I saved, lit! made their escape in the three boats which succeeded in getting clear of the wreck. Never was destruction more sudden or J more complete. Within fifteen minutes af- ; I ter the vessel struck, the bow broke short I off. Five minutes more elapsed, and the I I bull of tho vessel went in two, erossways, j i just abaft the engine-Kootii. The stern part ; i of the vessel immediately surged, filled, and j ' went down. The only hope of the snrvi- j i vors lay in the main topmast and main topsail yard, which still showed above water, j There were some fragments of the foreeas; tie deck still floating about; there Welti a ! , \ few K|??rs, and driftwood. About forty-five people clung to the yard, j nnd after remaining until 2 o'clock the fol- j i ; lowing afternoon, were picked off by the Lioness, a schooner which was providentially at band. ('apt. Wright asserts. | that of the 200 persons, more or less, who were clinging to the driftwood when lie got I away, nearly every man might have been I saved had one of the ship's bo.ts done Iter j duty. Into this boat the assist.int-surgcon ' 1 had got, with eight men. '1 h< y immediately pulled awav, and landed about fifteen miles from the vessel. The Let appears to have b?*en that the poor creatures who were clinging t?> tlie driftwood hrtcl boon carried by the swell in the direction of Point I>. ner. Tliore they got entangled among the seaweed, which :.t this point of the coast is thick and of immense length. <' . pt.W right's opinion is, that had not the assist nt-surgcon carried ofl' tlie boat. or even hud the boat pulled b;.ck to the scene of the disaster after landing the Medical gent lone n in s.fo ty, the majority of these persons might have been picked of the seaweed. It only re> mains for us to mention h re that ''apt. Salmond, who appears to have done his dutv i fter the vessel struck, h s not survived the c.damity. When last seen alive, he was swimming from the stern-post of the ship, which had just gone down, to a portion of the forecastle-deck, which wv.s floating about twenty yards from the. main body of the wreck ; something struck liiui on the hack ' of the head, nul he never rose again.?I.nn' rion Timet. ! EDITOR'S TABLEt Our thanks are due to Mr. flodey for scni ding us the January and Febrcary numbers . of his Magazine. They are both very prctA.. I L..? *L _ %l ? ?... , ly numwn mmne amy liumoer, noticed 111 ytir luat. coDUiiua uivrc reading matter th-n any we !;?ve yet wen. Aside. Our bettor-half says (iodey gives more information with respect to tho fashions than any of the other .Magazines. Mr. Arthur will accept our thanks for for> wanting us the two numbers of the Home Uozetto we requested. Arthur's Home Gazette as a literary paper is excelled by no paper in the Union. For I, one can obtain the Gazette and laidy's IJook one year. ' Herald or tiie Ukiox, Now York : Mrl-ester, the intelligent Kditor of this Journal has kindly sent us tho April numher. In consideration of the valuable information this paper contains also the superior typographical execution, added to the low price at which it ia published, it surely does, and will continue to receivo the patronage of the public. A club of ten subscribers I can *ecurc. the paper one year for $10, $1 mcIi. Wingle copy $9.00 I The Dutthhas i* the title of n m w pnp<r published in New York eitv. It in a good 1 size paper and filled with choice literary productions. Term* $'J per yeaj. , Hartaihs and Gbaiiam'h Mao.vrise* for May have boon received, which we will do. ticc next week. nr It haa l>een < eeided to ro-hnild the 11 TremoDt Temple, at lloeton. 1 ? Couifri'w. In the Senate, on Monday, the Frenclt Hj i|K)liation bill was passed, 20 to 1fl. 9H The Deficient y bill was then taken up* 9| Mr. (iwin addressed the tvnate at length. Alter some remarks l?y Mr. Hun* ter, the bill was post|?onod, and the Senate H went into Executive session, and shortly 8 afterwards adjourned. . V In the Ibnise of Representatives therep<irt of the printing Committee was recom- I mittetl ti> the Committee by a vote of 8t> tfl eyes, 71) nays. 1 In the Senate, on Tusday, the Deficiency iJ bill was further considered, and several | amendments proposed bv the Conmiittce | on Finance were acted upon. 1 In the House of Representatives they | Naval Discipline bill was discussed during (D the morning hour, and the Homestead jJJ bill was subsequently considorored in Committee of the Whole on the state of tho > Union. Stohm at the Nortii.?Tlio Northern journals furnish accounts of an unusually severe and protracted gale which has pre* vailed along the coast. Accounts are also1 given of accidents occurring to the shipping in the harlmr and along the adjacent coast. The Potomac, Susquehanna, and Shcnnnd< ah have overflowed their banks, j and the destruction ofa large amount of property has been the result. The Ne#Vork Herald says it commenced on Burt' dav, and continued up to the time of that papet going to press, appearing fo have extended several hundred miles to tho north and south. The Baltimore American savs: "we scarce remember a storm of such severity and long continuance occurring so late in the season. From tho coast we already begin to hear of ship- ^ wrecks ami disasters, which we fear further accounts will increase ; whilst in the inte- fl riortlu? swollen and ovorhurdenod stream* are carrying destruction in their course. Tl.e storm has now continued in this Q vicinity for oqcrseventy hours, and though fW the high wind with which it commenced his abated, at the time of writing this, lato | last evening, the rain was still foiling. .1 furcury. ( Gleanings from the Mails. J-t/~ A young lady of Allmny, oa we loam from the State Register, recently received , from a relative in California, in a letter, a gold watch nflti two gold chains. The pack- 1 age di<l not weigh an ounce and a half? " ' The watch is a perfect gein. It is a Geneva lever, full-jewelled, it is not mueh larger than a dime, and keeps admirable time. One of tlu> chains were of gold and agate, very j beautiful, ami the other was of the finest California gold, nnd about eighteen inches in lenirth. Such a letter in wnrtl, ? - - I?* tjlgC tit least. J High Price fcb Cotto.i.?Yesterday Mr. Joseph II. Burroughs & Son .sold n lot of of twenty b Ics Upland Cotton for nine nnd thrfr-ifxuirlrrs of ti cent per pound. This . I Cotton wan i?ut up in beautiful order, nnd we le..irn, took the first prize at the Macon Fair.? Savannah Morning .\cics, Thurtdmy. The nunilior of deaths in ihc City and Counts' of New York front the 10th day H of April to the 17th \pril w s 316?70 men, HI women, 122 I toys, and 73 girls. ? \-ff' There were '220 deaths in Philodel* 1^^ pit ill I at week died of hiii II pox, 18; eOlf H sumpion, 33; scarlet fever, 10. yf" Mr. M ngiiin. of North Carolina, i is s id. voted for (J en. J ekson, Gen. Hbsrison nd Gen. T vlor. and now desires H to vote for Gen. Scott. On the h ck of a Ono Dollar KU we find endorsed. "The last spot of ?2 000 which I md? | in California in six months.'' Jjg ' Riches have u ings.'"?.V. Y. Mirrtr. The Ohio Legislature ha* mohed i to adjourn on the 3d ot May until the 3d I Mond y of November. J-tf" The New-York Morning Stir h / tint for Mr. Iluch nan Ibi the Presidency. Hon. C. leh CiiKhinjj, it is said, is to he appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Dr. W. C. Durkin, a prominent physic in n of Petersburg, Va., died on SaturJ-if" The receipts of the American and [ Foreign Bible Society, during the past ; year, amount to 8 12.31 J. Win. la-gerlieatii was killed in Lou- i: don co., Va., on the P2th inst, by James j Wiley, during a fracas. | g-f?" Mr. Chas. I*. William, a tobacco ' , trader, was knocked down nnd robbed of j ?800, near Greensboro', N. C. on tbc 7th Goi.d Discover v.?Important gold disco- M I vcrics have la-en made on Queen Charlotte's Island, a large island lying north of the mouth 1 of the Columbia River two or three hun- . I dred miles, n part of the British Possessions i on the North West Coast Hitherto atI tempts to land on the the Islands hsvs been I resisted successfully by t'no Indians, But enough has been asosnained to believe in tho ' great richness. i wr t lie Providence Journal statos Uu4 | Micro is a luao tu mat city WHO 1UU tm flfl | wonderful power of locking s " boa with{ ' button," and what makes ffc mystery greater js| is, that he can do it in the presence or s room fud of men, nnd no one detects the wonderful art Good bye, Uobbs. Jfl Senii.n< edto be III no.?A negro girl' ^B has been sentenced to be hung in Gtlee COUDtj, Vh? on tlie 14th of May next*' I for the murder of an old negro woman. I The girl had stolen nomo thing*, and being informed on be the old woman, she rerog- I ed lientclf by murdering her with an> axi. s i' ECTAL N OT1C BUI. . I MR. KDITOR?IMeoae unnounce Cap*. A. A. GiLLEsnx u a Candidate for Tax Get- S Ice tor of Ijuncoatcr District, and oblige MANY VOTMML |g| 1-0" The friend* of ("apt. J. E. RUT!.KD(>K announce him na a (Candidate for ( olonel of tha -1 *t Regiment Booth Caro- H linn Militia. Apr 13 10 St. |B MR. KDITOR.?I'icaae announce Cfcpt. 11 A. J. Kkchcmt m a nuitnble Candidate fa* ^ the office of Colonel of the Slat Regiment 9.. h| C. M. MANY VOTER* M f The frienda of W illiak hlMm irmounce him as a candidate for the offifcs of 3 Clerk of the f'oort at the next election. '?i