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f ?r^-? -- -.i--? ' A Restoration in Wcxko. K .> return r>f Santa Anna to Mexico is not J 3 Hfe!-, ,without interest, although all tlie elements of H|. . national power, and all the bases of orderly . government, are so confused and diseased, tlrat K it calls for a very hopeful mind to anticipate ii iHLT^i'%hy permanent good from it. Sunta Anna is 1, / &L _ -w-. i . II 3 ^ -j a L' Is-; . inrme ncconutimerecanea jrom cxiie 10save c > *5Mexico by a, dictatorship. Other men have li " seized upon this power and their rule been sub- p mitted to?ho' has himself done it, when it 1 'suited him?but lie alone has been called to ] the-doubtful and dangerous eminence, under \ - Circumstances that left no doubt ol its bejgg 1 . tjje concession of the Mexican people to his 1 ^supposed ability to save them from impend- 1 'destruction. "'Near the close of 1846 he 1 passed the blockading squadron before Vera i Cruz and assumed the command of the forces j 1 ^ of Mexico against the United States. Then, t ; , as now, he was an exile called back by the 1 v general cry of his country men for a leader who t could save them Trom the consequences of mis V. government. ' s o- It is true that the United States interpreted i him one way and Mexico another, and that j 'tailing to realise the hopes of^ither, he fell in- j i to the chasm between the two hopeful stools-[< erected for hint by tlio contending parties. But! ] > it is not the less true that the superhuman ex- 5 ji ,5 ertions made by Santa -Anna in the conduct ofj1 r v . the war, have left deeply engraved on the mind |' ~of both Jiatiom the convictions that he is bv i1 ir the ablest man who has ever meddled in j' Mexican affairs. j j He returns to power now^by a still more cle-1 ] sive exhibition of "public confidence?or at j ast preference?-than that which restored him , 1 , 1846. -Moreover, ho returns, after having 1 ade something looking very much like a de- 1 aration of eternal hostility against the Uni- I id States. We have neither great hopes cf 1 is saving Mexico from the multitude of inter- ^ si evils tha%t}rge her to destruction; nor have e much fear that lie will attempt to precipi- 1 it^f this chnos of national fragments of which 1 swill find himself the head, upon the United { fates. No'douhthe bates (if politicians have * le faculty of hating anything,) the Confeder- 1 ^TGdlhs.that threateningly overhangs his * teble Country. lie. remembers .that' lie was 1 ie prisoner of TcjUp; now* melted into that v !onfed,eraey?that all his mighty preparations I ?r defence in the subsequent war ended inva- ' ably in disaster and flight, and that the last * tertion of ajfl hta ^c^lties for war, was ah uh- t &Cfc^Ai1~ at tempt upon a Comniisary's carhp ? t Puebla. It i9 impossible that his personal 1 lelings towards the United States should be c iher than hostile. Suppose G en j Scott had t ired in the same way, is it credible that he 1 ^juld have cherisl^d any love.for?Mexico? 1 But one man does not make war nowadays, s hough he beealled dictator or eVen emperor. ? (takes natrons to make war, and, especially it 1 aket i money. Now in regard tp this last we * oubt if there is a .bull in Walhstreet, on the- s seeding of the tide, who is harctef pushed than 1 lanta Anna. Ail men and boys are familiar 3 rith the enormous static power of a vacuum 1 u ?uc v*pciuuoiiw oi mrcoamcsi pnnosopny. 3 : There is in the Mexican Treasury such a su- * preme emptiness as is sufficient, V? presume, * to account even for the repression of ,a more [ violent animosity than con be attributed to the ' Mexican Chief. Fc*?, after all, it is only the -shadow upon his fame, cast by these disasters, < which he could think of avenging. And if the 1 ftitflfe protiitses only to darken tnat shadow?1 if there is in the doctrine of chances, not even 1 one in a thousand that the issue .of a contest ^ with the United States could be other than mis- * ehievous to Mexico, and fatal to the position ? L. of any leader that should bring it on, we may fairly calculate that all the selfish impulses of ? Santa Anna will be in favor of peace. The late war would never have been com- J menced by him. It is true he accepted it, bet 1 because it was the condition Qf holding power. < The war was commenced by a party who look- * ed for safety to European intervention as a s means of security. The chance of such inter-7 * venlion is now very much diminished; the re c jt sources and the possibility of successful resist- '1 r. ance have alike disappeared, and the man of " personal ambition, rather than the adherent of } a political creed, is at the head of the Mexican ii ^ .Government. h y *Aftcr all, Santa Anna is more a theatrical d ? than a real hero. fiis wrongs and his resent- t ments are all very well while it ismere talk? o the preliminaries to the action; butin the prac- i> tical direction of Mexican politics, he will find u where withal to sober him to common place,- s in the extreme difficulty of providing the means s of carry ing on the common functions of government. He calls upon the army : it will a serve him if it is paid; if not, i; will be his tl master, and compel him either to plunder the ii other interests of the Republic, or to let them v * do l" either ease he has little chance ofea- si caping. Hie prospect is, indeed, sad. ? We could wish that tho return of Santa Anna, f< signalized by a far more decided and general a consent of his countrymen than has heretofore a ever consecrated the power of any citizen of b the Republic, should be directed to tho eleva- a lion of the national character and to the puiifl- I cation of its government?that a last and sue- t< ccssful effort might be made to redeem that ft (country from the position of the Turkey of the p Western Continent. y Unfortunately, the Mexican Ruler is not him- a !adf a man (o aid such a regeneration. Active v he undoubtedly is, and full of resources to meet si the exigency of the moment; but he is corrupt h and deals in corruption as his familiar instru- vn neat of policy. His whole system has refer- A ence to personal success, and his victories are a not for, but over the nation. Have not all his a successes heretofore been carved out of the h heart of Mexico?have they not each weaken- G ed instead of strengthening the power of the v Republic to stand by'itself? In tho case of a a great and rich country, like France, such success may make the Ruler formidable to all the b world; in the case of Mexico, poor, disordered v and broken spirited, it only renders her a more si provoking prey to neighboring nations. ^ CharUtton Mercury. [t tl The New Territory op Washington, ere- w atod by the last Congress, comprises that part u of Oregon which lies north of the channel of a 'of Colombia river, to where it crosses the 46th n degree of lattitude, and thence along said de- il gree of latitude, to the top of the Rocky Moun- d tains. The land occupied by missionary sta- o tions, not exceeding 640 acres to each together 81 with the improvements, is given to the Mis- P aionary Societies respectively, which establish- 0 ed the same. Stations that were so occupied 11 >rior ?o the passage of the Act organizing the territory of Oregon, arc also confirmed to the v vHch established them, r* w thnuojj 1 ' . ,v. ..-t *" '* f. .*** ' ' ' L From the San Francisco Ilcrald, April 1. Vrock and Burning: of the Steamship Independence. STATEMENT OF CAST. SAMPSON. I urn under the painful necessity of repoitig the loss of the steamer Independence,"late* y under my command, on her passage from >un Jean del Sud to this port, and about one nmdred and twenty-five lives, consisting of the >assengers and*fifteen of the crew. She was ost on the island x>f Margarita, off the coast of jowcr California. After leaving Acapulco, ve experienced strong breezes from NW, to N. 'assed Cape St. Lucas on the. morning of the 15th of February.- At 12 o'clock, M., of the loth, we were in lat. 23 04 N., Ion. 11-0 42 nr ^ ?mr i .. \*; i on; A L ? Stqermg i> *v. wy h i pur compass, tending to go to the westward of Margarita island; On the morning of tho 16tli, at 1 o'clock, A. M. made the main land to the eastward of the Island, having been set in shore by he current. Altered the coarse to SW. At I A. M. made the Island of Margarita, the south point b a ring W. 1m S. per compass, then illercd'the course to WSW. I intended to give the point a?i>erth of three niles, but owing to a haze over the land I was Jeoeived in tlie diatance. At fifteen minutes past five, jusl-as day was beginning to break, she struck on a sunken reef extending off the johth point of the Island, about n mile from the shore. The sen .was very smooth at the time, lot breaking oh the reef at all. Backed the ?ngine, sud-the came off; .examined the hold and Ibund that she filled rapidly; knew that I iv^nld have to /bench her to keep her from sinkP& got a sail over the bow (under her) to try :o stop the leak, and set a gang of men to work it eacli hatchway bailing, and ran along the west side of the Island, close in, to find a good dace to put her ashore. Told the Engineer to et me know five minutes before the water would he-up high enough to put out the fires. When we had run about four miles the Engiieer came up and reported the water nearly ip to the fires, arid that they would be extin?n O r<\tr? rv~i m Pnf k/v linl n"l ^uioiicu tw a ivn tiJiuuico* i ui> mu uvim ?mi v?i-port; and ran her ashore in a smalt cove on he sootbwe6t side of the Island, head on. Lowsred a boat and sent the mate and two men in jer to run a lino ashore to the beach, which vas about one hundred yards distant, but the )oat broached to and was swamped in the surf, -owered another boat and sent three men in ler with another line, which they succeeded in felting ashore. I now ascertained that the ihip was-'on fire. Told the engineer to take lis men, and put but the fire if possible. Orlercd the other two boats to be lowered, and o come forward, and the women and children o come to the forward gangway; loaded both )oats with women and children, and sent them ishore. The ship had now swung round broadiide on. The male and two men came off with he boat that took the line ashore, and she. was mmediately loaded with women and children, ind went ashore with them. The fire originaed from the furnaces. It was necessary,after be struck on the reef, to use wood and boards or fuel, in order to keep up steam until she truck on tte bcacb, when the water was so ligh as to stop the draft from the lower flues, vhich forced open the furnace doors, and the lames rushed out, and caught the wood work n the fire-room, and also around the smoke tack, thence spreading very rapidly. Every sffort was made to get the fire under, but of no ivail. ..The. flames were, now coming up froiti he hatchways, fire-room, engine-room, veiftila:or?, amVsround the smoke stack; everything was consternation and dismay ; the people teemed completely bewildered, and were Jumpog overboard by dozens. c???^i Jluo ovwujD.nuo pcncwiij liwini/ic aim inuv.tcribable?men, women, and children screech ng, crying, and drowning. I ordered the spars, latches, tables, and everything that would float, o be thrown overboard, which was done, and hey wereiimmediately covered with people.? Vbout an hotircfter the ship struck the beach, he was in affect sheet of flame, and there vas po one on board of her except one of the oai passers, named Beaumont, and myself. L'he smoke-stack had fallen, and the promelade deck forward had tumbled in ; the flames rere coming out of the side-lights, and it was in possible to stay on board any longer. A oat came off from the shore with two of the eck hands in her. Beaumont, who was near he fore rigging, jumped into her, and I jumped verboard, sw$m tp her, and commenced pick.ig up those who were afloat. After picking p three boat loads, Tlios. Herren,the steward, ucceeded in launching another boat and saving ome of the people. When all that were alive bad been picked up nd some of tho baggage, I landed and had lie-spars which had drifted ashore hauled up ito a ravine, and with one old sail that had ra-die'ti ashore made a tent large enough to helter the women and clrildren. The ship as still in flames, so that it was impossible ir any one to board her. I gave the male nd engineer Orders to have the dead taken up bove high water mark and buried, and to oard the wreck as soon as possible and save 11 the provisions and water that they could, then took a boat and four men and started > pul! round the north end of the island to lagdalena Bay, in search of assistance, execting to find some ships there. We pulled iiLii 10 o'clock that night, . when, not being bio to see any vessels, and not knowing in diat direction to pull, I landed 011 the north lioro of the entrance to Magdalena Bay, auled np the boat, and wailed until daylight, hen I started again to pull across the bay. ifter pulliug at) hour and a half, I discovered vessel close in to the main land ; pullfcd for nd reached her at 11 o'clock A. M.; found er to be the schooner A. Emery, Captain iordou. The captain and most of the crew 'ere ashore, looking for water; set a signal, nd they came on board. Captain Gordon said that he had been in the ay five days, and that there were 110 olher essel in the bay. After stating the circuiutances of the wreck to him, he consented to et under way (although he had but sixty gal>118 of water on board at the time) and take ie survivors to San Jose or Cape St. Lucas, diere they could get the necessaries of life, ntil other assistance could be rendered them? nd he immediately got under way and com1 1 . ? ?a. a A ..r it... 1 O?L I tencea ueaung out. /it uajngm ui me ioui, being calm, and the schooner being a long istance from the wreck, I took twenty gallons f water and a sack of bread in the boat, and tarted for tiic camp, expecting to find the eople suffering for water, as there was none n tho island tit to drink. Arrived abreast of lie wreck at 2 P. M., having been gone from iere fifty-one hour*. The surf was breaking ery heavily, making it dangerous to land, 'tie mate carnc down on the beach and said I .i< r i:i" t.! T ^aJ | t and that j- had better pull around the south end of the island to the other side, which I did, and found the boats and crews from the whale.ships Oinega, James Maury,*Meteor, and bark Clemet, busily.engaged at work taking*the passeng'ers on board the ships, which lay about twelve miles distant from the point of embarcatiun in the lower liny. While 1 was away in the boat the mate and engineer had gone across the island, seen the ships and boats, signaled them, and obtained relief. I then took a boat and crew, and started off to meet the schooner and take her back into the haf, ^ hete we arrived on the morning of the 20th. I then went on board the ships and mustered a party of men, and went across the island to the wreck, to save and bring over all the provisions we could find. \V hile at work gettingrprovisions from the wreck we saw a steamer bound down the coast 3bout six miles distant. We made signals for her, but she did not notice them. Launched a hniif mid tonic two men in. and attcmuted to get off-to speak her, hut the surf, which was | breaking very heavily at the time, swamped the j boat and broke one of the oars, and when I reached the shore again I was so much exhausted that I could not make another attempt. After getting all the provisions that had been saved, which occupied two days, I chartered the shij^Meteor, Captain Jeffries, to take us all | to San Francisco, to sail as soon as the vessel! could be made ready. While the ship was be-; ing fitted I took a bout and crew from the ship i Omega, and lay off on the island on the look out lor a steamer, hoping to speak one our her passage up and get some assistance iVom her, but none came in sight of us. On the 3d of March, everything being ready I and the passengers all on board, (except a fVw who chose to go to the Sanwich Islands in' the other ships,) we sailed for this port. I was on the larboard paddle box when the steamer struck, and had been on deck the whole nfeht. If the steamer had not taken fire, not a soul would have" been lost, for they could all have been landed safely if there had been time. . The reef on which the steamer struck is abeut two miles long, making off in a south easterly direction, and is not laid kowu In any of. the charts that I have ever seen. 4 " Too much cannot be said in favor of the humane conductand kind treatment received from Capt. J. Fisher and officers of the ship Omega; Capt. WheMoii,- of the ship Mas. Maury; Capt. j. Jeffries, of the the ship Meteor ; Capt. Lane of j the dark Olements, and Capt. Gordon o( the j bark A. Emery, who promptly came to our re-1 lief as soon as they heard of our situation,'and ( rendered us all assistance, and made us as | comfortable as possible during our stay in the bay. Yours, respectfully, F. L. Sampson, Late master steamer Independence. San Francisco, March 31, 1853. Our Toivn. The va*t improvement which our prosperous Town is undergoing, in every respect, cannot , escape the attention of the most careless observer. Some new clement of prosperity is continually unfolding itself, and everything re ..ii-. _ _i : : x "t?l _ i! HJty prestfiu* a cueenng prospect. 1 ne xne* chanic's hammer greets the rising sun, and its monotonous sound falls upon our ears until the evening shades spread their lengthening lengths . along the busy thoroughfare of active life. Our Primary ^Schools are numerous and wellntlijnded._ llare opportunities are affptdp4 l<wftbe ; instruction of that portion of the gentlert^bx who are-just passing from girlish gayety frtto the more permanent enjoyment of nmtsrer years, and the tender mind is taught, under the most excellent supervision, to bow at the shriffe of knowledge with reverence, and lqarn to lisp their mother tongue, with eagerness imd delight Our Town is quirt and orderly, and scenes of riot and debauch but seldom disturb the usual calmness and serenity whicbpervjdes our entire population, after the curtain of night veils from our view the beautiful without, and turns the contemplative mind to the wondaful scenes presented in the Storehouse of memory; The Sumtcrville of to-day is not the Sumterville of by gone days We are by no means l exempt, it is true, from those scenes whicboc- j casionally occur in ai. communities, and are j regretted by all good and orderly citizens.? i The people and the general tone of society has improved, as well as our Mechanical appear-, ance, and for purposes of Education, of which , 1 | wo now most especi.dy write, opportunitiesfcre j hero afforded which cannot be surpassed fofall! that gives permanence and solidity of chafac- \ by any town of village in our State. The ttan- j sient, ornamental flashes of fashion, are indeed :' not to be acquired hero, but these, fade tfith 1 ephemeral rapidity and are utterly valueless in tlio sterner, higher and more important duties : of rent life.?Sumter Watchman. Beautiful Building Material.?Col.Robert D. James of Clarke county, lias left at our office a specimen of concrete limestone, which is fuund in vast quantities car his residence and for miles j thence in every direction. It is of a yellowish ' color, takes a fine polish, is of great specific 1 gravity and so very compact that it would require ages to disintegrate it. When quarried, however, the blocks are split with much facility ' and easily wrought, but exposure to tlio air soon 1 hardens it. A scientific gentleman who has I examined it, says it only differs from tlio st&na I used for building in Paris, by being of a darker shade and of greater weight, consequently more* handsome and durable. This rock can be easily procured at Gainestown on the Alabama river, about one hundred nnles from the city. The river has cut through the stratum, and at low | water, perpendicular bluffs of ten, fifteen and I , twenty feet are exposed ; so of creeks and ra-;! vines. At other points in Clarke, this rock is ! likewise abundant; also at St. Stephens, Clai- j borne, <fcc. The quarries at Gainestown, espe- 1 ciallv, offer great inducements to cnterpiise ; for 1 they are so coi veniently located that even at 1 the present high ratess for labor, the stone can be laid down in Mobile on more favorable terms 1 than the granite and sand stones of the north. 1 The distance being only one hundred miles from ' the city and the river navigable at all seasons, 1 great despatch can bo used in furnishing the material for building or other purposes; and we hope the day is not distant when the demand will bo such as to induce the establishment there of tho requisite machinery and labor for prompt- ' ly and cheaply filling all orders. We are glad to learn that an effort will be 1 made to induce the government to construct the Mobile custom house of this handsome material. 1 If tasto and economy be consulted, wo feel assured that the Clarke county liirtestono will be 1 directed to be used. In order that its quality may be tested nnd its beautiful surface admired, ' a specimen will be forwarded in duo season to ! the proper department at Washington.. Wr>hifc Tribune. I jpf Catn^efi Mwhl? Jfliffiifll Tuesday, May 3,. 1 ?53. THO. J. WARREN. ;Editor. Finance Report. "Wo are indebted to the Ron. D. Wallace for a boun volume of tho Annual Report of the Secretary of th Treasury, on the State of the Finances, submitted t the last Congress. . .WVWVWNAAA^ . " Appointments by the President, Gen. John A. Dix, of New York, has been appoint od Minister to France, in place of the Hon. W. C. Rivei The lion. Richard EL Meade, of Virginia, has receive the appointment of. Minister to Chili. Ex-Governc Hubbard of Maine, has been appointed Consul at Ri do Janeiro, and Stephen D. Hillaye of Now Yor Charge des Affaires at Brussels. The'Marion^ Stir. C. W. Miller, Esq., has . retired .from the editork chair of this excellent paper,"and js to be succeeded b A. Q. McDuffio, Esq!, who we cordially welcome int our ranks. * The Vice Presidents. ' f.V ' Tlie Vico Presidency, says tho New-York Ilerali has been vacant beforo this time, on the following o< casiops, viz: twice by the death of tho Vice Pres dents?George Clinton, April, 1812, Lis term expirin March 3, 1813; Elbridgc Gerry, November, 1814, hi term expiring March 3, 1817. Once by the resigns tion of* John C. Calhoun, December 28, 1832, his ten expiring March 3, 1823. Twice by tho death of Pros denta Harrison and Taylor, and the consequent accei aion of Tlce Presidents Tyler and Fillmore to the Pn sidency?the former in April, 1841, and tho latter i July, 1850?leaving the Vice Presidency vacant^fc tho remainder of their respective terms, and the Pros dent of the Senate with tho right of succession to th Presidency. The powers and dutiea of the Vice Pn gident and tho President of the Senate pro tern... ai precisely tho same, except that the latter votes as Senator and has the casting vote, Mr. King's Death. The Camden (Ala.) Southern Republic, of the 23 ult., in speaking of the late Vice President's deatl says: "From F. K. Beck, Esq, who was with him i his demise, we learn the particulars of his last m< ments liiiim partb TTn moo a .- ?i. ?J- ??w V^uicv aUU I COJ^UUU IU Hi fate which ho had aeen for some timo awaited hin Shortly before six o'clock on Monday ovening, while few friends were sitting around his bed-side, the onl ones that he would allow in his sick room, he suddenl remarked that ho was dying. Tho watchers arose t their feet, under some excitement, when the Coloni said?"Be still?make no noise?let me die quietly, Ho refused to have tho balance of his household not ficd of his dying condition. His physician came i and examined him. Tho Colonel said to him?"Do< tor, I am dying. It seems as though I shall never g( through with it. I am dying very hard. Take th pillows from undor my head." The pillows were ai cordingly taken from under his head; but affording n relief, the Doctor turned him from his back on his sid< when he dio^L in a moment." A Beautiful Truth. "When religion is made a science, there is notftn more intricate; when made a duty, nothing is mor easy." . There is a volume of truth ih tho above short pan graph, and theexporienco of all honest men must al teat its correctness. * . ? jr . , i./J" * *** v|" Cbn. T. Edmund Wake.?This gontloman, says th Anderson Gcutttc, who was indicted and tried at th last session of the Greenville Court, for the murder i Oapt. Adam Jones, and sentenced to three monthf imprisonment, has, we understand, received a full am free pardon from tho hands of his Excellency Go\ Manning. > Louisiana Senator. Tho Hon. John Slidell, democrat, has been etocta U. 9. Senator, from Louisiana, in plaice of tiro Hon F Soule, by a majority of 33" votes over lla/t, whig. EPlrtiCOPALIAVS IN PrVVSYTVlVTA Tim UniaMM Recorder calls attention to the fact that in some part of Pennsylvania where Episcopal Churches once flout iahed, they have so completely faded away that tlici very existence has become a tradition. This region too, is within a hundred miles of two great cities where, as tho Recorder says, the church i8 fouud roll ing in wealth and affluence. Methodist and othe churches flourish in these localities, we are told, every whore, and the whole population is religious. Lord John Russoll has just published the first twi volumes of "Memorials and Correspondence of Chas James Fox," which istbo beginning of what woshouli expect to be ono of the most delightful works of tin time. Tho third and fourth volumes of his "Journa and Correspondence of Moore," have also appeared They will be announced in a few days by tho Apple tons. Cabrting Loaded Piwols.?At Nashvillo, on th< 10th, as a Mr. Ridgaway was passing down the step in front of tho M. E Church, tho right skirt of his coat in tho pocket of which was a loaded pistol, came ii contact with tho sidestono of tho steps, causing tb pistol to go off, the contents of which took offoct 01 Mr. Summfield Butto, who was standing a few pace in front, on tho pavement, causing his death shorth afterwards. mn. Kikq's pttopertv.-*-Vico President King it i said, owned an estate of 2000 acres of rich land ii Dallas County, Ala., with 150 slaves. It is also sta ted that he has left; tho bulk of his property to th poorest of his relations, though all are comfortabl; provided for. Tho manufacture of Medium Tables in aid of th< Spirit Eappings Las become a profitable branch c business. Tho Now York Journal of Commerco thu describes thoir construction: "Tho table is liko an or dinary one, with a top formed o? a thick board; bu concealed within a cavity in the letter is a small ap paratus, with a kind of hammer, for producing th "raps." Tho hammer is so constructed with a wir running down through the table leg that tho latter ha only to bo in contact with a nail head, or somethinj of tho kind, in the floor, to onablo tho operator to pro rinon tho rans bv moans ofcalvanism." An Owner for $5,000 Wanted.- Mr Robt. Ilasson, has had a legacy of $5,000 lef him, which is no\v in the hands of the Ordinary of Jackson Parish, Louisiana. His relative! and friends are unable to find out his presen residence. His brother, George Ilasson,* o Pickens county, Alabama, therefore request! us to give this notico, and would be very thank ful if papers in other States would copy th< same, so that he, or his heirs, may apply <01 the legacy. Robert Hasson was born in Fair lield District, S. C. He, at one timo, kept ti store on Big Black, La., and the last time hit brother heard of him he was farmiug in Mont ^ornery county, Ala.? lVfot Alabaman. Small Pox.?O^.tlie reportsjas tb.Hhis dis, * easo having broken;out, On^ease in ?harl<'tie, N, C., and one ut Montic^llo, Fairfield District in this State, .we him*,no reliable informs-: _ tion ; ..but presume, if there yvas.nny existence of the disease, prudent .measures have put a, stop to \i ? YutkviUeRemedy, d We .are pleased to inform our- friend of.theJ*' Remedy that a case yf small Pox lias not been o discovered at Monticella-7-fhe report is incorrect. While unon-this subiect-it is..-Droner to state, however, that wejhave; heard -rumors that an individual repently from Alabama, had died at Capt., Stro.ther's plantation, with this disease, but upon inquiry, being made we as^ certained that the individual referred to had exposed himself very nmch and died with " bilious fever, contracted during his unusual ? exposure.?Our authority for this statement is of the most reliable character, We have also learned that the case in Charlotte which was reported to bo Small Pox j turns out to be the Chicken Pox, and that the gentlembn is now attending ti? his usual oecu-. J pation, after a confinement of about two or 0 three days. Our friends abroad may rest assured that if any thing in the form_of an epidemic is dis^ covered among the citizens of Fairfield, we will be found ready to give a prompt notice of the. fact.?At present the citizens of this District are enjoying exCclleht health. - , j. Winmboro Register. l- < ~ ' ' * n A Southern HrsTORYi?Cbl. A. J. Pickett has refused to assent to be placed before the Democratic State Convention- for the nominav tion for Governor. In his letter to the Mont gomery Advertiser, communicating this fact, lie ,r 8H^8 ; . w ' "For the last nine months I have been engal" ged in the preparation of a literary work of 0 considerable magnitude, jbipbracing the history 5" of the country from the jiver of Savannahto e the river- of the Rio Gr^pdev , As I progress a with that work, 1 am, day by day; more Convinced that I ought not 0 relinquish it. For its successful completion, it is necessary that I should go to Europec It is important that 1 d should remain some timdin Madrid, Rome arid Paris. It is my intentufti to visit Europe in the.early part of the ens&ing year as a prifnte ' American citizen, on mj? own means, relying 10 upon what address I can command to he perMitted to explore the c<lonial records which a relate to this country. Alabama has* much of y her history locked up in tke archives of France,' y Italy and Spain. While I am abroad, it all o shall be embraced in thegreat work to which I si have referred. When I return.to Alabama,and " after I shall have accomplished all for her that i- I can, if then my fellow-countrymen choose-to n honor me Vnlh a distingoisfied position, it will > be accepted. If, on the other hand, they should ?t determine that I am to remain in private life, I o shall bow with respect to their decision." ' 0 The'Brotherhood of Thieves. j, Rev. E. Smith, of the Mansfield (O.) Statesman, has evidence that the Brotherhood of Thieves, the existence of which was proven'on a recent trial for burgla'ry/in Lake county, g Ohio, extends over.every State in the Union.' o He says.: . f: We are aware of the existence of said socie? ty,. by the confessiou'of ??ie of its members, t- who h?d too nuir-h cftnsrfAii?? fur ? hrft. iherhuod. He stated that Lhey .were budded _ together for robbery, theft, counterfeiting, and 6 murder, and to protect.eapb other from the 0 fangs of the law, by being witnesses for each ' 'f other, and getting on juries when they could. >' Death, be said, was the penalty of any betray ^ al of-their secrets or plans, or of any of the ' brotherhood, or of any infidelity to their secret obligations. He further states that this scttfiety is e*(e'rtd- ! ed to every State in the Union?has branches ' * and high officers in all the States?thtft its mem ! ' tiers were numerous and respectable, many of j them occupying important stations; and, hav j iiig a ttide influence,- some are members of j [g churches, and church officers, mid attend to the forms of religion, such as asking a blessing at * the table, and attending to family worship.? r These statements were made in confidence, "j - under circumstances calculated to leave little ^ ' or no doubt of their truth. The name of this | humble penitent confessor dare not be givefy * r as he would certainly be put to death rf bis confession should come to the knowledge of the brotherhood There can be no douht of the existence of ( this society, and it is u fearful state of things, j and shows to what uses secrecy can be put. j To have secret oath-bound and banded robbers, j thieves, and murderers mixed up with the community and entering into our families, and spy- j ing out all our precious things,and at the'same t time praying with us and going to the sacred communion, is truly a horrible strfte of society, j 0 But so it is;? we know not the danger to which j 8 this alarm, may expose us, but the community ( ought to be apprised of these things, and we t h?tVP. PfinolllHp.fi tr> sjrmnrl nut. tho n1:irm 0 A similar society was formed in Europe in , jj 1777, by Weishaupt, Zwack and Kniggoe, . fl which continued ten years, and was then bro- j P ken up by the discovery of their papers in the , hand-writing of Zwack. They had recipes for producing abortion, filling rooms with stupify- 1 s ing odors, and divers like hellish things, and 1 a scores of counterfeit seals."'' We shall rejoice ,. to hear of the like detection and disruption of , o the one that has made its home with us. r i The Bitter Fruits. It will be recollected that some time since 3 great excitement was caused in a village in the | lf State of New York by the announcement of the 9 contemplated nuptials of a "colored" teacher to ' the daughter of a clergyman who had long been , t preaching the doctrines of Abolitionism. The J '* community was so outraged that the people rose j e and determined to put a stop to the proposed o marriage, and the f.iher was almost distracted s on account of the wilfuluess of his daughter.? ^ 5 For two months, after baring professed to have ^ i- dropped the matter, the wily pair have succeeded ^ in their ruse, and now when public attention was somewhat diverted from the affair, the unholy ' compact was sealed, on the 30th ult., in the city * of New York, after which the negro and the wo f man sailed foi Europe. The Lockport (New s York) Courier, in some severe remarks, concludes J t by saying: f "It is well they should emigrate, to show ad- I 3 miring foreigners the beauties of American Abo- ! litionism. l<et mem aueuu mo iovojiuuho ui , 5 the Dutchess of Sutherland, the soirees of- Eur cjlish agitators, and the orgies of Exeter JIall.? * Let George Thompson introduce them as the i first fruits of his philanthropic laborsin America. * ' Lot them travel among the starving English op erativce, who would gladly accept slavery if as! surcd of a peck of corn a week; let them wander 1 among- Europoairyseifn. whose ]ifeKIa,bor/t:nd yirtue are the *gort ot '^|toU^co?npar?iVty-wl)oiH the slave-is an angel, and.;there proclj^n&their * 'holy alliance." If the victlfm-pf.^Qgiish and Continental-tyranny did not J.urn.-th^jr.back8j disgusted with th$-fbul 'co.nnexion,, their .^'gradation must be infiuiteiy. gre^r^bafmv^ had supposcd_ . u. . ..The-wide-nioutfredAbolitionists and .whining fanatics are tlujs having thejfit^(^ggy?ipfetUe>r legitimate,results, coming.hoipe to. them .- in a manner thpy do hotrelishyind such pjpetical lessons as this will be {more ^effectual inTJslowing then) the error of their ways than any. which could be administered;*?Carolinian. , y* ... ? Florida* Intelligence.. \Ve learn from Elorida that throughout Alachua, Columbia- and* ,Marion counties, cotton js in an excellent, stale of? forwardness and bids fair for a heavy crop,-tj^e_j?dd]t1oiinl (Trnitnrl nlfiritnil'tliia concnn trnVronlln/* : ma,te that .the product this yepr willbe.dpubld that of hist, or about'ten thousand bales.- The Tobacco, so fur as transplanted,, looks, well, particularly in Marion county. The eftr?? far advanced; and peas and potatoes :ptpr?iise a great abundance. The (Arrow Rootwhkh has been set oat, looks -\velj, and q, considerable quantity will be manufactured the ensaingiaCason. From Middle Florida, w e.have tlyi^me encouragiuginUlligenceparticiiJ.ar]y>iu'Madi'aon county.. Saw Mills arc rapidly increasing gn- the St. Johns. There ace now eighteen,. .miUs-in the neighborhood of Jacksonville and these are unable to supply tbe demand for rapgipg and other lumber. The erection of mills id also extending further up the river. Judge Bro.naon'-has J i'4 I_ *?L_ " '''' ^ ? eiecieu one ay jroaiana rjuiifiiug tuxsaw^, antl , a mill is in progress of^rection at Ejiter.prise, 150 miles .furthefup^ The lumber, businesspromises to be a; most .extensive and profitable one for Florida. .? Emigration to East and Middle JFlofida is increasing rapidly'and steadily.... ft^iny. planters who selected their lapds last autumn, and placed their force.upon theiryare.no.w removing thefr families, thither for -pernain^rit^ettlement. ; , v v. . The health of the conntry - will compare favorably -with that of any portion, ofthi^United States With its.iertile.suil and delicious climate, Florida will rapidly take rjjnlr.wjJ^ the most prosperous States in the .Union. , . : ChafUslon Mercury. r> VS * v CoPPEIt AND L) IA MOND3 JN.ETU;C AH OLI-4 na.? We are 11)fo rme dliy'Prof G[, U^Shepakn who hasjust returnVd "fr<fnva jQrti)igh?s exploi ration in the counties^of MecElenlnirgjJUnion, Cabarrus aifd Rowan^that the an abundant supply of copper ore is, afforded by the indications presented inHhe names of those counties. The great ntetalliferous r^mop^kgow" as Gold Hill,'.in ltvwan, and which.nejtt to the famous Donie^S rnine in this Statoj-^tliCtrjOst productive deposit of the preeioyisjneUliy'the United States?is perhaps.the - niost promising repository for copper thus far fro light to light. Other places nniy hereafter *prore equally, rich; but the gold deins at Gold Hfll, being ify*ady worked to a depth of heady 350 feet, afibrd the most favorable opportunity in the country for judging of the character of that spot for cop- * per?a metal whrcrr rofefy shows rtselnn much richness at the top of tire-grofutid. Already, from the depths referred to, tons of merchantable cOpper orCnre daily raised ; and the indications ate eueh as to the Profe*ort#*predh-t, that Gold HillWill Very speedily acquire a character lor Copper aa distinguished as that which it has long since established for-gbld-. The Pro.fessor. while rnr Charlotte, was pre sented with a diumnod,-. by Dr. Leveutbrope, a late graduate of our Medical-'College. - Tbdt gentleman had lately discovered -it -On bis estate at Pioneer Mils; and this is the secondspecimen of this precious gem f?>atid within the year in the county. Hitherto, no special search has been made for the dianiond these 'specimen having been discovered in a manner pure-' ly accidental. - Charleston Courier.-* - v,-~ . ?*=, A Curioijs Rstic.?Dr. . Craved who- has just returned from a professional #ur in North Jaro.ina, has brought u rth himr a specimen of feathers and winding- sheet, .taken from the body of a corpse-thooght to be an Indian GirL I'he body is in a perfect state of preservation; the flesh very tough and free from taste or smell, ana perfectly hard ; the feathers* iwere used as outside covering; the bark canvas was second, and enveloped the deer skins which coveied the body. The body " when found, supposed to he ip-the same .state as'otbjrs found shoitly after tbe^flood. This specimen was received from Dr.-John D. McLane of Lincoln county. N. CM a por lion of the entire relic was procured by his fa:her, Dr. Wm. McLane, iu Middle Tennessee, n-the year 1800 or 1804, where if was found n a sulphur cave. - . The body was found-in a q?ne. coffin, with Ko Iptrs cut*, dff *at tliu Inouo' anH n1a<>o^ sin 9rea*t. - Dr. Craven, who has the specimen, has seen the greater part of the shroud, and informs us that there is a peculiarity in- the eathers, not yet classified by Ornithologists, rhe curious in such mutters can see the specineus at the Doctor's establishment, in York/ille.?Remedy. , ... : ^ " A 0 Wilmington and Manciikstkh Railroad.? We had the gratification of seeing on Saturday Llie 6tli of April, last, the first cylinder which las been sunk in the Great Pee Dee Raver, being the commencement of the work of erecting the iron columns to support the Railroad bridge. This cylinder was 'sunk by atmospheric pressure, and is the first that has been employed for bridge building, in the United States. The result is perfectly satisfactory to lie engineers ungaged, and to all persons who iave witnessed it. The road is progressing rapidly completion, ind this magnifinient and useful work wili be inished throuirli the entire line of IftS miles. rum Wilmington to the junction of the Wa;erec,near Manchester (luring the present year. Marion Star. Romantic.?We published a short time since he marriage of a couple, whose ages are, resactively, 74 and 73 years. They were lovers in he hey dey of youth, and a matrimonial conlexion was then prevented by parental.author ty. They have each beeu married, and each ost a partner by death. The frosts of time iave failed to chill the affections of their *h'earts md with the weight of years upon them they iave now come together to fulfil the vows of heir early years.?Springfield Republican. A few drops of krepsote on brown paper put ? n the holes ofrats, it issaid will drive them away.