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Confession of Conrad Vf^er.-J^^ hardened criminal, who h*'" rc'injjfrted loufc to the better influxes uoj/g[ sensiin tlie hope of affccjMg bis frunk, bilitics, has ne voteless nij|ftcss'j0U Qf voluntai-y and unreserved /,4f themimU^Mr. ? uu/.niw vr1'!'' v which ]ie was recently evicted in Haitimore county court, lifins, as wo have liacl occasion to statemanifested the coolest indiftVnyA' (o his faj^q, and W...WOC.1 upon \y "uujuuw 01 nv$,approaching execute' ??ai?ly 'ln relation to the amount ofVv8'0^ SU'F r'"& involves. > In proy ct ?f that event, he has, however, ca^ssed the murder of Mrs. j Cooper, nafcharpjed. He states that on the d?iy aAfrs. Cooper's arrival at Parkton, ho/nd follow her as she passed down the if id towards her home. lie had no weapon on his person, but as she passed through tho secluded spot, near which her body was found, he stepped up quickly behind her, having; Jirst pick cu up a large stone, the same that was })roduced in court, and with this he struck ler.a violent blow on the side of the head, which felled her senseless to tl^e ground, and no doubt a corpse, for she neither spoke nor showed any signs of life afterwards. Ho committed the deed himself, alone; rifled the pockets, and carried and dragged the body tQ tlie spot where it was found and concealed it by piling lintel* f - '' W1.W, himi i?noe raus upon it. After luiving completed the terrible and revolting tragedy, he returned to Parkton, lirst passing accrossthecountrv into the road above. At Pnrkton he fell in with Paul Kunkel, and there met him lor the first time in his life; he remained and conversed some time with him at Mr. Crockett's house, and then left him, but where he went we do not learn. It was , during this absence from Mr. Crockett's i however, that he was recognized as hav- | ing been nt Mr. Hunter's house. In the j evening ho returned to Parkton and went: up to York with Kunkcl. lie exonerates Kunkel from ali participation in the per- | petration or kno\vlt>Hgo of the crime at the time of its occuircnce. He did not then know Kur.ket; had never Been him. ?Bait. Sun, 21)th ult. ??o A Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore .*? /? nnve "It is now pretty well settled that the Hon, William C. Rives will be Minister to France, and Abbot Lawrence Minister to England. Mr. Rives is, no doubt, well remembered in Franee; and Mr. Lawrence is, by his ample private fortune, well able to sustain our commercial interests in England. These appointmentdispose, of coursc, of the clnims of Robcrt Wmthrop and Daniel Webster in NewEngland, as well as of those of Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll, John Sargent, of NorthCarolina, will probably go to Spain, and disappoint Jas. Watson Webb, who will V?a a*?'* ' "*1 1 iv.iv/ m uiv onmw category wun ins oltict colleagues of iliu press in Baltimore, ^nxy-Vm-lr Mr Fuller, of the New-York Ali;To/^YW^vA<i'L.. "The new Secretary of State hasHfrk hands full. Not only are the continued j changes in Europe altering our relative j position in regard to European powers ; but themselves are compelled to withdraw the extended hand of friendship to sustain tK jselves at home. Thus our treat * ith Hanover, Oldenburg nnd Mectaw/urg Schwerin, made but a year ago, arc on tho point of becoming annulled ; these powers having already given the required notice to thnt effect. It might have been foreseen that a political change in Germany would compel these pc .rs to join the other German States, politically and commercially, and thnt a treat.V witli Om*ma?kiT nnn *" ' ? J ...v.. ? , VUI1 uo IllillHJ with those pow<iiPs who, like Prussia, represent hom. The unceremonious manner with which the Prussian Minister, Baron Roomie, has lately been treated in regard to the aleam ship United States, has not smoothed the way toward a better understanding ; and has rather had an acid * ? j 1 ny iu? uipiuiiiuiiu ujimency. wc nave laid too much stress on separate treaties with the smaller German States, and have neglected a treaty with the Zollverein. "The different blockades of Venice, Sicily, the German ports on the North > jSea, ?fec., may give rise to complicate question, all of which will require an immediate Rolution at the hands of Mr. Clayton. The occupation of the portion of the territory of Nicaragua by Great Britain, and tho appeal* which have been made by that power to us, may also be worthy of notice, though the British pretensions to California set forth in some of the English pHnta, are never intended to acquire more Minn a mere literary and scicntifio reputation." _' [Correspondence of the N' Y, Exqtrc**] Ikbrpkndesck, {Mo.) May 18. Terrible Ilavafje* of tfu Cholera?The cholera here ia sweeping even/ thing before it. Lieut. Sch*nck, U. 8. K., on I;is way to Sun Francinco, from St. Louis, to join tti$ IS'avy, took ftck at ten o'clock last evening of cholera, and was o. covpso at 7 next morning. Ho ha? left a wife and obild at the latter city, to lament his loss. Gloom reignc on every aide. Busiuess p at ft cob]pJfct?.pt?nii CiJifor* * ' j-CS z mans have pretty much left/in affright. The cholera rnges so extensively among some of the immigrating parties, that tli'ey do not even stop to bury their dead I Corpses arc found, wrapped in thoir wini ding sheets, lying along the road, in heaps of five and six together. The scene on every side is painful and horrible in the extreme. Yours, in luistc, W. II. 8. Father Mathkw.?It is announced that this distinguished apostle of temperance was positively to sail for Now York | from Liverpool on the 21st inst., in th<* j packet ship Ashburton. At a farownll temperance meeting held in Cork, hesaid: "I to afford myself the pleasure and consolation of beholding my exiled countrymen, not, as here, lingering thro a life of protracted starvation and constant misery, but in the midst of prosperity, enjoying the remuneration of their industry, and all the comforts that plenty and domestic happiness confer. I am anxious to visit the land where T will behold no Irishmen or IrshWOmCH deprived of I.1ip _ ?..v .tv VV/.JOUUC.") Ul 1IIU, but where I ivill see all enjoying peace and, prosperity under the wings of the American Eagle." Mr. S. G. W. Dill, one of our most energetic officers, charged with a requisition of Governor Seahrook, upon the Executive of Louisiana, for the arrest of John W. Olark, charged with nrsnn !> ?<. ^ ) il*0 O UV'" ccssfully accomplished his mission. Mr. Dill left Charleston on the 10th ult.?arrested the prisoner in New-Orleans on the 24th ult., and yesterday at half past 1 o'clock, P. M., deposited him in jail here, occupying less than thirteen di'^s in the discharge of his high and responsible dut}'' citvttau-mm.oo w i t, uiuck, ivl. At n meeting of the Board of Health held this day, the fallowing communication from I)r. Allen was received: Kentucky Lunatic Akyi.um, ) Tuesday, May 22, 1840. \ "There occurred on Saturday in this Institution, srx cases of cholera, of whom two died, four rec-vered. "On Sunday, three cases, of whom one dred, one recovered, one relieved. "On Monday three cases, one died, one improved, one relieved. "On tVlio rnnwi!"" ...w.miiy vurue cases, all 01 whom seem relieved. "No symptoms of other attacks up to this hour, 0 o'clock, A. M. JNO. R. Alien." Convention wit\ Brazil.?The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes as follows : "The long unsettle,! ? -< * m;u UIUUU9 ui American citizens on the Government of Brazil, hnve been adjusted by a convention winch has just been brought to this city by Mr. Morgan, Secretary of Legation at Rio dc Janeiro. The details of the treaty have not transpired ; but they are, as I learn, of a liberal nature to claimants. The convention pwovides for the distribution of an aggre1 gate stun among the claimants,pro rata. Thus u uifticnny4ias been settled which, at one time, mar ed thrTnAar.n nt in.. f.?-? countries. The American vessels Adljch were, at one time, seized and detained,' were given up, and compensation is now to be made to American owners, ?&c. disarrearatfce of Small, Pox.? We are gratified to announce the total disappearance of Small Pox from Cass irr. " * tuuuLy. w o arc imormed that not a sol* itary case exists now in that county, nnd no clangor whatever can be apprehended . of its return?Southerner. LOOK OUT FOR THE VILLIAX6. Some desperadoes, on Sunday nigfc^ last, broke into the office of Col. J. II. Irhv?opened his iron p.bn?f. nn/} ru?on/*lrA/J tiuioilVIVCU it. Fortunately, however, tb?y found nothing but law papers?all the money having been taken out on Saturday. Disappointed, by their first effort, they then made nn attempt upon the Sheriffs Office, but luckily they did not succeed in their endeavors to force the door, although it bore testimony to the fervency of the rascals attack. Who these villians are we I know not, b it trust our citizens will I snai'ft nr> r>nin? ir\ I U1UIJJ IUC!!I W JlUjllVB) ?Laurensville .Herald. FIRE IN MOBILE. A fli c brok^ out m Mobile on the worning of the 2uth nit., which destroyed property to the amount of eighty thousand dollars. The amount of InHurance on the property is stated at about thirtythrco thousnnd dollars, all of which loss is said to have fallen on offices in Mobile. Severn! young men were caught beneath a fulling roof, and, seriously injured?the life of one is despaired of.? Charleston Courier. Destruction of the Pines Arrested.?A. North Carolina Piint says that thtf'insect which destroyed, for two seasons riant. nn many of the long leaved pines, received J a check from the nosi and anew of the j 15th of April, and that a large fly, which j attacks and killn the insect, has lately ftp reartd in imrnwjs* swarms _ " ' 1 ' TI*E PRESBYTERIAN CJENERAL ASSEMBLY. PiTTsnuno, Mny 20?a, m< The old school of the General Assotn- < lJw ~r ii.~ n..- ' ' ? wi wic i iesuyicriun UhurCU, at their mooting yesterday, resolved that it would be inexpedient and improper to propose , or attempt any measure in the work of ? emancipation.?Telegraph. , An extra session of the Legislature of , Virginia, was to commence at Richmond on Monday last. The 8j?tf5fftl object of J this meeting is to take intoconsid -nitinn the report of a Committee appointed at i the previous session for a revision of t lie . Laws of the State, ?rr? i Health of Philadelphia..?The deaths , last week were 137. Of consumption, j 27 ; of scarlet fever, G ; of small pox, 0. Destructive Fire in CiiAni.r.sroN.? ' By a telegraphic despn'ch received at this office last night, we lenvn that n fi"c broke out in Charleston ohout 3 o'clock yesterday morning, on the premi-es of . Mr. Albert Klfe, situated in Lynnh-atreet. His Workshops nnd a three story brick ' nousc owned by CI. W. Logan, were dc- ( stroyed. Other buildings in the neighborhood nre ;ilso reported to have been . more or loss injured by the destructive J element. The loss is estimated at . 000.? Columbia Telegraph. I The barque Florida, arrived a' New ' Orleans on the 22d ult. from Chngres, (( brought the welcome intelligence that j Col. Fremont had arrived in California. _ J < HAMBURG M A P Iv E T S . j ' (reported foil the kuowee cc*t,isb.) i j HamIjpro, Jur.c 0, 1849. Wc have late news from Europe by tho steamer Niagara. Cotton not liaving advanced in Liverpool in consequence of (lie April frost, ^ as had boon anticipated, prices with uh have gone down 1-4. We quote, 5 1-2 to 7 1-4. Corn and Meal very scarce, and arc selling at ' l <0 to H'J 1-2 per bushel. Send us a few loads from your well fdled granaries. I3acon 6 ccnta. Other articles at last week's notes. Politically speaking, affaire remain on tho the Continent of Europe as per last advices. Yours, <fcc., II. HEAD QUARTERS, ) 1st Division, S. C. M. f EnOEKIELD 0. TT Anvil If* O CAPT. W. B. IOOR, having been appointed and commissioned Aid-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Bonham, with the rank of Major, will be obeyed and respected ac corcnngly. By order of Mnj. Gen. Boniiam. W. S. GRISHAM. Jyne 9 4-3w. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. PICKENS DISTRICT. Ill Equity. Jnni ttavfM* X. TJ Al? ^ ,?..V uuiwiiw i. . mw I ander, Adm'x. & Admr. John Lndd at\d "Wiley } Bill foHlelief. ' Reavw I Id,-g at I i , L;i?rl5fB. Barton,dec'd. J It appearing to my satisfaction that Benj. F. Barton and Joab Lewis and Wife, Phalby, Defendants tp this Bill of Complaint, reside from and Without the limits of this State. On moiion of Whitner & Harrison, Comp. Sol's., It is ordered, that they do plead, answer or demur to the allegations in suid Bill, within three months from the date hereof, or their consent to the same will be taken yrra confesso. MILES M. NORTON, c. e. v. d. Corn's. Office, Piokens C. II., S. C. ) June 8th, 1840. { 4 14in ORDINARY'S SALE. By order of \V. D. Steele, Esq., Ordinary for Pickens District, will be sold on Sfile-day in July nuxt before the Sheriff's Office, within the legal hours, a Tract of Lnnd belonging to the Estate of Wm, Addis, deceased, containing One Hundred Acres more or loss, Jying on Beaver-dam Creek, adjoining lands of C. Hunt, Wm. Giant and ntn av? u sold for Partition among the heirs of said deceased. Tekms of Sale, Twelve months credit, except the cost which will he required in advance; purchasers giving bond and good security and a iror%nge of the premises if required by the Ordinary, to secure pay- i tlio. nnMtinoA v? VMV IllVJIlCy . J. A. DOYLE, s. p. d. | June 4, 1840. 4~4w "NEW GOODSTT The svnscnmEna would respectfully Inform their friends and customers, that they are now receiving a fresh supply of SPRING anp SUMMER DRY OOODS! fm ^ ?ALSO? - ? - ' Groceries, Hardware, Shoes, Booto, Haw, Diicos, Medicines, &c, &o., which they will sell low for C*aii.--?-Cail and examine for yourselves. Pi <fe E. E. ALEXANDER. Piekens.C. H., 1st June, 184P 3-tf * M . ' MARRIED, On the 31st ult., by W. C. Lcc, Mu. Wii.mam Boi.les to Miss Elizabeth, *- J fuugutvi ui ivuurew uoruen, all ot this l District. At Earle's Furnace, Cass co., Oa., on ; the 10th ult., by Rev. John W. Lewis, Cor,. E. M. Fiku?s, of Canton, to Miss j Cohkklia M. Hakkisom, formerly of Greenville, S. 0. SlIEKIFF'S SAIiEg. PICKENS DISTRICT. BV VIRTUE OF WRITS OF FIERI FACIAS TO MB DIRECTED. Will be sold before the Court House in this District, within the legal hours on tlie first Monday and Tuesday in July next. 1 Negro woman, named Milly, and 2 nMlriron Pnv?i;..? * 63:..- i?s -? iiiiu omii, icvicu on ??s the property of T. D. Coleman nt tho i nut of John Bowen vs. T. D. Coleman j uid Abigail Coleman. 2 Bay Marcs, 1 Gray Horse, 1 Road ! W ggon and Goer, all levied on as the j property of John McKinney at the suit i :>f N. J. F. Perry. ] 80 Acres of Land, lying on the waters jf Twelve Mile, adjoining lands of James Porter and others, sold as tlio property jf Isaac Murphree at the suit of W. 1). Steele. One two horse Wagon and Gear, one sorrel Horse, and one bay Horse, levied m an me propertj of'John M. Phillips, at >he suit of W. D. Keith. Also, one box of Silver Ware, levied 3n ns the property of Absalom Hyde, at :.he suit of W. D. Steele. Conditions cash,?purchasers to pay 'or Titles. ?J. A. DUYLK.fi. r. I). Sheriff's Oflice, ) June I), 149. ( 'ALL AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES S. KIRKSEY nnc inef . . . j...>u icuuvcu a new assortment ol ' fancy and staple dry goods, i conristino in part ok mublin8, cambuics, i Prints, Laces, Cloths, Casimeres, Satinets, Kentucky Jeans, Monterey Cloth, Vestinos, Bonnets, IIats and Shoes. Also, Sugar, Coffee, Crockery and Glassware, Saddlery; &c? <Sic., Togother with a general assortment of Goods usually found in the up-Country, ? sii * it 111v'11 nc mil sun as low as the lowest. I His old friends and the public generally arc invited to give him a call. Pickens C. H., June 2, 1849. 3-tf south" carolTna" PICKENS DISTRICT. Hannah Clnyton, Applicant. vs. Charles Allen and Wife, Sarah A. Allen, James Young and Wife, Mary Elizabeth Young, John Thos. Clayton, Ro- 1 bertC. Clayton, Stephen G. Clayton, ? /Si?*? * " " xuai^mct v^iuyioiij jcssc m. u lay ton, Defendants. For the sale of the Real Estate of | John Clayton, deceased, not disposed of by Will. And it appearing that TWr. Clayton residcsjjtia^-lTtiTclunits of thi^ therefore ordered, that he do' appear within three month from the date hereof, or his consent to saul sale will betaken as confessed. W. D. STEELE, o. p. d. Ordinary's Office, ) June 1st, 1849. f 3-m3 Notice or not TYoticc, as you all please J w t . ? vt cj -e r> i * ... iwKbAnu, m. o., oi uacneiors Retreat, is decidedly the tallest man in tliis part of the country?and some say, he is the d?dest fool; and others say he should not doctor a dog for them:? but he practices ou, that is his business; he rides further and taster, nnd does more of it than anij man now living, since Davy Crocket's dead. He tronts as the symptoms appear; he pukes, ho purges, lie bleeds, he sweats, but don't steam at nil, and cuts too; and seldom, if ever, loses a patient while he or she ' continues breathing. Ho has a pill, a ponder, a d-op, a plaster for every pain, ache, and ioilment in the wholo catalogue of hurrvfh diseases, and will positively sell them lower, by one-half, than any other perror, white or black. lie makes out lm own bills nnd %v.?r. - ? w..iv? uuy thorn, rome'imes, and sometimes they do not. They say ho cannot collect by law, but Tsay, 'if he can't, he can a-most.' Picke District, S. C., June 2, 1840. "JAIWLBS Merchant !Tailor, "VV ould respectfully inform his friends and the puoiic generally, that he has on hand a Vine VAiur/rir of BROAD fiT.fYvwr.ft r a dtxrs-m?o Satineto, Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans, <tc. ALSO An AfeSOnTMENT ok ready-hade CLOTHING, W: whlekbo will cell cheap for Cash. Thcrpublio arc invited to call and examine Ha Stock, before purchasing ekewhere. jJfr WX.Ui /v TV w . - ' ripens u. n., mjf 25,, 18.495 fyft ! *??' 0- ' New Store. BENSON & TAYLOR Have iu?t OW>nftH II fino ufn^lr "f "M17W ^ 4 ^ ^..v uvwn Vi AlJJiTf GOODS, in tin; Store lately occupied by W. 1). Steele, which they respectfully invite their friends and the public to call and examine before purchasing elsewhere, as their object is to sell. ^ Pickens, C. II., S.C. ) W May 18,1840. f 1 tf Hiixv vr?t*T> ? rwvf M > vvi\ xsi.iiftQ AM) kisap youft ljollaks?A Punny saved is a Penny made. TEN POUNDS good IUO COFFEE will bo given for One Dollar, and. other Goods at corresponding prices, at the NEW CHEAP CASH STORE, no kens c. ii. BENSON <fc TAYLOR. Pickens C. H., S. C. ) May 18, 1819. j" l tf liea|) as tlie Cheapest! Tub subscriber respectfully informs bis friends and tbe public generally,that be is receiving nt short intervals a HANDSOME SELECTION OF Dry Goods. GROCERIES, Hardware & Cutlery, CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, JDrugs and Mcdicines, ?fco. itc. iVc. All selcctcd expressly for this market and will be sold positively a; chenp as th?* cheapest for cash. S. R. McFALTJ. Pickens C.II..S.C. ) May 13, 18-19. J 1 tf Look at this! The fit*." r>f tl,~ c T' '-i 1 Aiivmpun oc i\euu navintr boon dissolved, those indebted to it will do well to caTl and settle with E. M. KEITH. May 18, 1849. 1 4t Notice. I Mary Rogers, tbe wife of James Rogers, who is a farmer, residing in Pickens District, So. Ca., on Little River, do b#>v i ' 7 y"by give notice of my intention 'to t\ ft8 n sole trader,' and to exercise all tlie j.ilcges of a Free Dealer, after the expii. tion of one month from this date. ' ifARY ROGERS. May 18, 184$. 1 lm I>ook Before' Yoil I^eap!! /vll pei^ort&arc forewarned f-om trading for any or all of certain notes givon by myself to-James II. Hecder, being six in number, dated January 8, 1849. Tho first due the 25th of December, 1850, and each of the others due on the samo day of each succeeding year; each given for seventy one dollars and forty cents (?71 40), as I do not intend to pay the same, unless compe|lcd by law,?tho *?Tven7 has in part failed. THOMAS A. YOW. May 12, 1849. 1 4t ( The Subscriber has removed to the first door on the South side of Main street, nearly opposite the Printing Office, where can be found Bureaus, Sideboards Bedsteads, Tables, -rand a general assortment of FURNITURE, which ne will sell i.ow for cash. Those desiring to purchase are requested to call and examine for themselves. V II. HUGHES. Pickens C. II., May 25, 1940. 2-tf e~~5E if e i t IT, ~ |, Attorney at Law, Wili. continue to practice in the Courts " v of Law and Equity for the Western Circuit. Business entrusted to his care vrity, ^ meet, with nrnmnt Officii at Pickens Court House', 8. C. jjteMay 25, 1849. 2-tf Br. J. N. Ijawrcnce. Will attend punctually to all calls in j the line of his profession. Unless absent, on professional business, he may be found at his Office, or his private residence in the Village. He also, has oh hand a general assortment of medicines which ) | ne wiJl lurnish to customers at reduced ! prices. _ 1 | Pickens C. II., S. C. ) # _ May .18 \ 1. if I J AME 3~V. T ftIMMIER, | ATTOIEIW^ AT LAW, I I GPA^TAITBURG, C. IL, 8.0. 1 | "WrtL praotice jiu the Court a of YTv,;?~ I Spartaaborg and Prcei\<itle. g All buuiacts committed to. his caro will reccive fl prompt and MtMul attention. . 1 atFSaENOxa: ( i, Hof ?. Wallace, Union, S. O. ' / L T. O, P, Vernon, o. k. o. o., Spartanburg, 8, 0. M*V 13, 18115 * ' l-tf V ' | Buf>r y \ i