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POETRY. /'Vow the C/iarlalon Mercury. COL. r. M. BtTTLKR. "Give us a place in tliopicture, near tlio flash" ing of tlio gun*" [ButlerThe (load! the dead! thecitvof the don<V Come go with me into its silent hall, And s?"o how lowly lies the hero's head, Who spriuig to arms upon his country's call; Who battling arnon^ warriors met his full, AikI in the "picture," too a foremost stand, W.here "flashing guns" bclch'd forth the vengefurVmll; lie found a grave within a foreign land, While leading on, to famr, the brave Palmetto Band. Tho dead! the dead! the city of the dead, How throng'd thy gates were, 011 thnt fatal day, "When, for her loved one?, Carolina shed Tonrs, hot and fast, as only mothers may; But there are tears more scalding still than they In torrents from the widow's heart they wreak: Oh! who the mounful scene can well portray When fioldii, s to her home his corpse did take Some other pen will write?I may not, dure not, UpOttK. A nation moum'd him, ns u nation ought, A nation bless'd him, as a nation might, And proud to tell the battles lie lind fought, Rccords his deeds in words of living 11<?M - o Tint those unborn when e'er -they catch the Of Butler's monument, erected high, [night, Should learn from thence, that they in deadly fight, Where honor calls, they've but to "do or die;" To meet the advancing foe, aiul ever scorn to flyJ. D. Walnut Hill, Ashcpoo, May 23, 1811). A ?R Ictf]liTIIRAL.'" ??? a*? DEEPENING THE SOIL. It must be evident (o every one that (he deeper the soil is, tlie greater and more permanent will be its productive powers. In England, gardners, who follow the business professionally, usually ameliorate the soils tlicy cultivate: increasing the depth of the vegetable mould by bringing each year a portion of the subsoil to the surface, until by this process they have secured a medium of sufficient depth and richness to insure success in the cultivation of the various n1nn?c -1~- J- -< " ' , ?. nivyii mi.-. uciiiuiiuH oi nie luxurious nobility, or the humbler wants of i (h7^0-Q!a?ae3, render it profitable for t1lcm/Pr?duce. N<^garden is there J?ss than two spitsSdeep. This is Vcted in the following way: The Spademan commences by digging a trench / across one end of the bed, Hie depth of which is equal to the length of the spade blade, and throws the dijt out from the linrl Tin dim s- - 1 Uvvi. A.u . ... I. IVIIlilllCIIUUp llgillll, 1111(1 passes along in the samo manner, throwing the dirt from the bottom of the trench on the top of that thrown out first. The upper, or superior "spit" of the second digging, is thrown into the bottom of the first, and covered with the lower or inferior stratum; thus completely revers\ intr the strata throughout wn?" depth of the soil is to be increased, tlic depth onhj^^D<y }8 ^T^entcd, 11V.a ji larger portion brought to the surface, generally not more than half an inch of virgin soil in one year. This, by being exposed to the fructifying action of the atmosphere, and other agent", soon acquires richness and presents the characteristics, and developes the qualities of garden mould, or soil that has been enriched by long and judicious tillage, or manure. The ameliorating effects of atmospheric nir on soils is very apparent. Sand or V r ?i- - 1 - wmcit ironi me Douom ol wells, [\ though for some years sterile and unprof, \ ductive, finally becomes imbued with vegetative energies, and produces, with the assistance of mamire, excellent crops of vegetables and grains. By plowing a f# little deeper every time tho soil is turned, and thus bringing a fresh portion of the earth to the surface, ,^ c vegetable medium will be gradually i"cr eased, and a deep, rich, pulverulent, and highly productive soil will bo secured, in which plants will thrive vigorously, uninjured by those sudden and \mfavorable atmospheric changes which so frequently prove fatal to crops in a thinner soil. In the cultivation of top rooted vegetables, such as carrots, beets, and parsnips, this process is highly important; nnu beneficial. Where the soil has but/ atthi depth, and in wru]er!?sd by a stratum 1*1 jj>f hard gravel, or close impervious clay, ' downward extension of the roots is Jarrested, and the lateral development iujcreasod, rendering the form short and / dumpy, and requiring an increase of surwithout affording the remuneration ipt propornonauiy increaBccI amount of t crop. Later fftom 8t. Dom^soo.?By the * arrival, yesterday mornjjjg, of the big i ^tana, Captain Mollersojior, from Goni St. Domingo, we hrtve advices to i m th instant, Information had reachlonaives, that President Qploucjue /returned to Port an PHneo with the ' l-i~ m mumi oi uis itrmy, ana ima issued A Silamntion. lie had lost 6,000 men J( Milled, wounded, and prisoners. f iTlie markets, at the time tho P. left., Ire very dull.?JV. Y. lUrald. juscellaneoi/S. * ?-?I J ?'Ar$ MR. BENTON'S APPEAL. To the Peoj)lc of Missouri. The General Assembly of our State, at its late session, adopted certain resolutions on t-lie subject of slavery, and gave mo instructions to obey them. From this I /'nmmntul T nnnnnl it\ 4lw? nnAnln aP * w VilV Vi lUlO" souri?the whole body of tho people? and if they confirm the instructions, I shall give them an opportunity to find a Senator to carry their will into effect, as I cannot do anything to dissolve this Union, or to array one-half of it against the other. I do not admit a dissolution of the Union to be a remedy, to be prescribed by statesmen for the diseases of tlie body politic, any more than I admit death, or oueuif, 10 oc u remedy, to be prescribed by physicians for the diseases of the body. Cure, and not kill, is the only remedy which my mind can contemplate in either case. I think it probable, from what I ob; serve that there are many citizens-?good friends to the harmony and stability of ' the Union?who do not see the Missouri incfl-nptlnno xl ...... uwviuna IIUU IIIV11 IIH! houn address, in the same light that 1 sec it, arid in the light in which it is seen by others who best understand it. For the information of such citizens and to let i them see the next step in this movement, and where it is intended to end. I herewith subjoin a copy of the accomac resolutions lately adopted in that county of 1 Virginia, and fullv endorser! lw , mond Enquiror, as tho voicc of the South. I do not produce these resolutions for the purpose of arraigning them ; on the contrary I sec something in them to admire as being bold and open, and to the true interpretation and legitimate consequence of the Calhoun movement. T consider the Calhoun address, and its oftspring, the Missouri instructions, ns fundamentally I.,.* ? 1 ?i?MK t uuv hi iiiiuau wiiu i/iiiiiK mom right, the Accomnc resolutions are also right, and sho-'d be immediately imitated by similar resolutions in Missouri. I produce them to enable the people of Missouri to see whnt.it is to which their Legislature would commit the State, and whnt it is they have instructed me to do. j 1 appeal from these instructions to the | people of Missouri?the whole body of the people?and indue time will give my reasons for doing so. Tt is a questionabove party and goes to tho whole people. In that point of view the Accomnc resolutions present it?and present it truly ; and T shall do the same. I shall abide the decision of the whole people, and nothing less. Respectfully, Thomas JI. 13entox. St. Louis, May 9, 1819. The Appeal of Senator Benton, which we publish to day, caps the climax of his political vagaries, lie has boldly taken ground against his own section, and staked his seat in the Senate upon the issue between himself and the constituents whom he lias insiilfprl nn/l mici-nm-ion" ted. Erratic ns his course has been, (his "last act confirms the suspicion we have for some time entertained, thatjhe designo(Uo follow the footsteps of Fremont, in tSe^ffi^JlJ^ming the magnate^** California. 0 lie ever has been one of those who would "rather reign in hell than serve in heaven." and the tnnn nf thSa nmlnni!, is so well suited to the latitude of California. that he may desire the honor* of martyrdom at home as his best introduction there. No other supposition can explain his i coui"se, unless we charitably conclude that the man is mad. ii Missouri docs not indignantly repudiate him after this, she certainly cannot claim any Southern affinities hereafter.? Columbia Telegraph. Tremendous Fire in China.?News has reached Canton of a great fire at Kwai-law, the capital of the Kwance province. It is said that upwards of 4,000 houses and shops have been destroyed, including tin. Ya-mum, or offices of the I Vicorov. Afnmr nr>n?Aln limm ? - j . ?j j/vv^lV HUT V> |JL3I ' J China Mail, Feb. 8. The Niitionnl Division, Sons of Temperance, adjourned at Cincinnati o,n Friday last, after a session of four days. M. rtW. P. Cury presided. Twenty States Mud two of the British Provinces were represented. The Gazette says: Among the alterations made in the general plan of the Order, was tho putting down of the minimum weekly benefits to be allowed in case of the sickness of a member from $3 to $1 ; and further, the granting of power to subordinate Divisions, by n. two-thirds' vote, to abolish the "benefit feature" entirely. Grand Divisions wero empowered to thcgenerol superintendence of the Cadets of Tcmpernnce and kindred youthful or uurs, receive uuur reports and direct thoir movements. ? Tho minimum of weekly dues for subordinate Divisions was put down from 0 1-4 to 5c. Subordinate Divisions were' granted the pow^'f to ox pel a member for voting in any way, directly or indirectly, td#ippovttbe traffic in intoxicating liquors. j ne ntuno of tl\o National Division was | cbnngcd fygto. National Assombly of tho 0^ % * v? United States, to^ National DivU.^i ^f North America. The next annual meeting will beheld i/> Boston, on the second Tuesday of May, 1850. ? INDIAN DErKEDATjONS IN TEXAS* Tho Brownsville Flag of the 10th, contains accounts of further Indian depredations.' It says that on the 10th an express arrived from Palo Alto, announcing that a numerous and formidable band of Indians had just made a descent un inui pmoc-finu nacr already committed act3 of savage barbarity. The stage from Point Isabel had been intercepted, and the proprietor, Mr. Bangs, nnd Mr. Lornbardo, a passenger, weip taken prisoners. These gentlemen aftenvavds escaped from their captors, but were reduced to a state of nudity. A tmin of transport wagons had also been captured, between Brownsville and Point Isabel,-'containing much valuable merchandise. Such of the citizens of Brownsville as were able to procure horses speedily repaired thither, but their numbers were too ?!tuiJ1 to do more than defend the settlement of Maj. Taylor.?Pursuit was impracticable. The commandant at Fort Brown, Col. Morris, despatched in wag ons soma thirty infantry?all his disposable force?but their progre i was too lardy to avail any thing against a wily and well-mounted foe. There were no mounted men in the garrison. Before the arrival of this force the Indians had retired; not, however, before they had perpetrated ??;veral acts of great barbarity. Among those who were slain was Doreteo Zamora, who had iustbeen elec led, under the treaty, to bccomc an Anioncan citizen. of his sons was killed at the same 'ime, another badly wounded, and his daughter, about 14 years old, was carried into captiviiy. At the rancho Santa Olaya two men were killed and a woman and two children taken captive- From the rancho de los fmlirw Mvo Win .. *1? ?S*~ ? * 11 umVJJ, mu WHO U1 \_/UJ>l. Benj. Willacy, Ins,brother and sister-inlaw -were carried off captives. The mother of Mrs. Willscy, persisted in following l\er children, and did so for some distance, regardless of tho menaces of the savager. When she continued fo follow, tho Indians seized her, tied her hands behind her, pierced her Avith their lances and arrows and left her for dead. She, how1 1 ? "I* * * v;>ui, ivnuiiuu u nuignuoniig rone no, nnu is now, it is said, a maniac. The destruction ol" the property on the loft bank of the river has been great. Seventy horses were lost by one man. Tho civil authorities of Brownsvillo called on Gen. Avalos, the military commandant nt Matamoras. A few hours after the call the Mexican cavalry, well equipped, were waiting on tho bank of the river for the military commandant on our si(!r? tn annplinn ni-Aoo!.i/. WW V....wv?vu UllVW VIVOCIU^, tiuu remained there several hours. But the American commandant declined any interference in the matter, thus placing it beyond the power of the civil authorities to accept the use of the cavalry. Gen. Avalos promptly sent his cavalry to different pnint'T p*""Vifl Mnrirnn side of the dcp\'ccU^^^ commit,**Aion that side. . A petition to Gen. Taylor is bcingTHv. culatcd in the valley of the Rio Grando, asking for protection from the Indiana. The petition requests, especially, that mounted men he sent to that frontier. MAKING LIGHT OF IT. Our friends in New-Orlenns. nro wnn derful practical philosophers, and preserve their spirits most remarkably under adverse ^ivcumstances. One would suppose, thfit an inundation which converted tho streets into tho bods of temporary ponds, and threatened the destruction of great portion of the city, would scarcely be made a jesting matter, yet in the Delta J we find the following ludicrous commu- I liicmlon, evidently intended to ridicule some of the authorities?making n joko of the vhole affiiir.? Telegraph. Grand Combination Crevasse Conccrt! _ * UND'iF TUB MANAGKMKNT OF CAPT. IlKNDF.lt. .W; The fathers of the citv have the honor of informing their gullible constituents, tflht they intend giving a Grand Jubileo Concert this evening, the 15th instant, on a dry spot, in the Second Ward, (if such can ho selected.) All of the contractors and city officials have kindly volunteered their services, for a consideration. Big Fiddle, His Honor the * * * Little Fiddles, Their Hon'rs tho Aldorinon. Part First. A dissertation on the advantages of doing nothing. Song?"I'm Afloat, I'm Afloat," by tho Audience. Song?By tho Contractors, "Flow on thou Shlhing Kiver." In which _ iL i l MI * - - wiuy wm oe nsmsled by the Hurveyors, who will give tho California Polka! witli variations. Jnlcrmixsion of fifteen minutes to JJtynk, Part Second. Song^?Bv tho Carrollton Delegation, ".lolly Beggam." flniw Vixr uw tn o "J * ? ??? luiimi ljWMi y, V ilu- I V -j - i%" PS*'' 4 * f*r ... % f my Crack Corn, I don't Care." . ^ Song?By the Planters, "A Wet Sheet nnd a flowing Sea." Song?By the Creoles of the First, 'Home Sweet Home." Song?By the Second Warders, "Some Love to Roam." cong?uy property Uwners, "The tie is rent that binds our heart." It is expected this will be given with Srent feeling, on the key of five ats to one sharp. Song?"Oh the Buccaneers," by the City Fathers. Choru9 by the Contractors. Song?By the Audience, and respectfully dedicated to their Honors, who supply us with water. The whole to conclude with the celebrated song, "Of all the brave birds that over I see, Tilrt Owl isi fiiirocl ii> KUtli " ~ ~WV?. ...5" ^ JC-3?" Performances commence at 80clock, and the proceeds of the Concert to be applied towards supplying the city with brandy to keep off the cholera. o REMEDY FOR CHOLERA. The british Ambassador at Vienna, Lord Ponsonby, in a letter to hi j brother, the Bishop of Derry, states, that to lfis knowledge, dissolved camphor provgd to be a certain cure for cholera, both at Paris and in Germany, and if taken in 4l?v^ n ?* * 1 1 uinv) uiu uum is geiieruuy cuccccu dcforo it is possible to procurc a physician ?that is, in less than an hour. The Construction put upon tho Proceedings of the Convention by the Abolionist Organ. The National JCra, the Abolition Or gan at Washington, gives an abstract of the proceedings of our Convention, and among other comments upon them, makes the following complimentary ones?inferring that we arc only "whistling to keep our courage up." like boys in a churchyard. Bittorly may it rue hereafter its own lilinrl fiindi.lon, r-11 V? jB- .1 .U..OVIV13H1 mm !?.> Vt >Tutill lb KlIIU' that in this movomcnt tho people arc ahead of the politicians. Tho Era says of the Resolutions adopted :? "We sec nothing very fearful in this demonstration. The resolutions are such as have frequently been passed in the South. They propose no immediate action. hut threatt>n. Tim fliwnf will nnt be carried out, should tho condition arise contemplated in tho resolutions?and, for the best of all reasons; those who make it will find themselves powerless." ABOLITION DOCUMENTS. Wu arc informed by several Post Masters ia this District, that almost every mail which arrives contains a number of A 1- - - 1 ' ----- I ^vpoiuion uocuments, directed to individuals residing in tho vicinity of the Post ! Ofticc. "We should like to be informed j how the Abolition fionds obtain the names I and offices of persons in this section of country. Is it possible that there nre emissaries of those blnckhcnrtcd villajp^-j travelling through our State, andjjMfj^h. ing such information?^-^;^ "sureiy see in to bo^h^<^{g^ for it can scarcely b? ^?^9$8cd that we have any one livinff - IT O midst who could be so base as to be guilty of so infamous a crime.?Greenville Mountaineer. FROM YUCATAN. By an arrival, we have advices from Yucatan, which represent that a severe battle had taken place between the indi ] !i_,1 * ' 4 mi? hiiu tuiiveu juexioan nna American troops near Uicntor. The Yucatecoes were repulsed, losing three hundred in killed and wounded. Guatemalan affairs are greatly disturbed. Hcrrera is threatening an invasion. The Indians continue in a dissatisfied slate, and fears arc entertained of n simultaneous rising among them, and a massacree of the white inhabitants. I.''/.- , ' . Down uroN 'em uke a thousand of Bhiok.?This phraso had its origin at Thinker Hill, soon after tho great battle, at least so says the General. It sce:ns tho General's father buried his tools in the cellar of his house in Oharlestovn, before the British burned that place, ai.il < soino weeks after the great battle, tho \ old man and one Colonel Wood came into i mo wwii u> huu wimi iney couia discovor among the ruins. But as they crosscd Chariestown Ncck, they \rore kccu by a 1 British officer stationed in the floating < battery, then lying in Myotic river, ana presently they were entertained by a shot 3 from one of the guns, wV ;ch burried it- 1 self in the earth near bythem. Of course . they took to their h?#$? ?ind run for life. ] On the Ncck was tlffch standing a brick 1 chimney, the hougg to which it belonged having been burnCU down, and to this < chimney they betook themselves for safe- ] ty, but no sooner had they cot behind it, j than another shot striking tho top of it, 1 rattled down 6n the General; father al- i ways exffressod it,tf'a thousand of brick c on to us. . 2L.<v< ^ h The story spread, and in time 'down upon 'em like a thousand of brick' came a 10 do a popular adage, though' it,s origin t is probably not known by one in ten ! thousand who u?c it.?N. Spirit, jh ** Letters ^raniliiiK'??tho Post Office nt PickenB C* > barter ending 31st March, 1849, wliich if pot ?kn out Within throo months will be sent totho>vt.Qfl\ce Department os dead letters. Isaac Atiu^on Vm, Hamilton, Alston Be?,Tj Mrs. Mnvy 0. Holland, Mnry Caponi Henry Johns, Richard Cotthj Daniel Moody, Thomas Carder* Henry Mortonji' Maxwell Chostain, Daniel McKiimoy, Richard Dodson, J Mrs. Aim Perry, Jacob Jillenburg, I Jabol P. "Parks, Jolui Garret, I Mrs. Mary Rogers, JessoHUnnicutt, l^inl See. p. Alexander, p. m. Way 18, 1849. 1 ' 8t. SOUTH CAROl'LINA. IN TIIE COMMOM PICKENS DISTRICT. Henry v^hitmire, ) Doc. in Attachment, vs. [ E. M. Keith Jolyi Bishop. ) Pl'ffs Att'yToo Plaintiff having this day filed his declaration in my office, and the defendant having neither wife nor attorney known to be in this State,?On motion; It is ordered, that the defendant do appear, and-pload or demur to the said declaration, within a year a? <1 a day from this date, or Judgment will be entered by 1 _ /? i' ueiauio. W. L. KEITH, c. c. p. Clerk's Office, ??) May 10,1840. J 1 ly Executive Departtuent. Charleston, April 19,1849. THE party claiming a requsition on the Governor of any State, should transmit the following papers: Affidavit before a Magistrate, setting forth the facts of the ciise; the Magistrate's warrant for the apprehension ol the fugitive; certificate of the Clerk of the Court that is a Magistrate; and certificate of one of the J udges that is a Clerk of the Court. By order of the Governor. 11 M1 1 XT A WO w ? l,. j,. iiAim, .axccuiive CJCO'ry. May 18,1849. 1 3w. jX&jr Every paper in the State will copy three times. Executive Department. CnAMJMTOH, April 10, 1840. EVERY application for pardon should be accompanied by a copy of the Indictment, the Verdict of the Jury, the Sentence and Report of the presiding Judge, and the opinion of the Court of Appeals, whon the case has been carried to that tribunal. By order of the Governor. B. T. WATTS, Executive Scc'ry. May 18, 1849. 1 3w. gpg" Every paper in the State will copy three times. Democratic Review. GREATLY REDUCED PRICE, . 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