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EX'&JUSIASM IX POLITIC** Which of th ? two parties lias the most rij*h * to claim the aspiration !,i* enthusiasm i:i its he half! A worldly mn:i once reproached a sin core Methodist clergyman with the observation ? 1 hat lie noticed tlio Methodist hymnn were sun; to some fashionable though beautiful airs, an* that ho considered it somewhat inconsistent will the strictness of their re.'nriou;; principles.? "" % - I.rt n/i r"%'.e/\n J lie clergyman icguui, m.,,. ...... .... why the devi i. should be permitted lo run aw a; with.all the good tunes. Upon o similar ground we know* 110 reason why tlis Whigs slioni; monopolize all the enthusiasm in politics, es pecially when they trade upon so slight a po Jitical capita!. Hut was it the herd cider or thi hard cider principle?, that raised t.':e shout?? Did they yell with frantic joy, because a ban! was to be created, making "the poor poorer and the Tich richer"?enhancing tlio value o the wealthy man's lands and houses, loading liii cellars with rich viands and wines, his dwelling with costly furniture, and his groaning tables with massive plate, and tilling the poor man's pocket with worthless rags, and turning hii children's bread to stone? Did they bear upon their bending shoulders broad banners and wn ving flags inscribed with mottoes of equality to assist in establishing a scheme of tariff taxa tion, which robs from the hard-working man's toil, to pamper idle luxury. It certainly was the cider?not the principles. Is there notion? in Democracy to shout for? ay, and to induce one hearty and ringing p?a!< rolling up from the very .souls of freemen! A cry that could fill liberties echoes until the solid eai tli reeled with the triumphant huzza! Is there no. thing to warm and excite, arouse and exhilerate in the glorious reflections that crowd upon tlie heart of man in its fullness of his fellow man's rights and prerogatives? There is a unanimity * of sentiment and feeling growing out of a community of interest, that makes men move together with one impulse. They hope alike, fear alike, enjoy alike and suffer alike. Napoleon said he marched with the opinions of thirty millions of men. But he dictated that opinion.? Democracy marches onward with the spontan eouB and untaught opinions of every human being who has a bosom to swell for the privileges of his fellow mortal. It is confined to no country, bounded by no limits, and circumscribed by no clime. Where the heart of man beats warmly in good will and high with resolute determination to protect and preserve his race, there is the music of its forward journey of triumph through time. That music can never cease while life lasts, while one instrument ol the joyous melody remains to cheer and elevate. Then give it words?give it expression. Let it Bound through our valleys and rise over our mountains. Let its spirit appear in the winning language of poetry and thrill in the deep tones of eloquence. Let nation cry unto nation, and let the cry be taken up, and sent echoing back, until the very heavens shall become vocal with the harmony, and cease its own melodious notes in transport at the sound. Natchez Free Trader. Skinning 'Coons?The Globe descants in the following' amusing manner on the subject of the recent elections: We have heard, ever since our boyhood, that 'coon-'Bkins were good in every month having the letter R in it; and we are led to believe, from the number of coons which have been skinned in the several States during the last month, ami thus far in this, Jhat then-, nnmftJj-MjJi in it. We ground our belief upon the number of coonskins the democrats have railed up to dry since the first of the last month, which we will here record in the order in which the several skinnings took place. The first was in Vermont, on the first. Monday of last month. There the democrats skinned ^ awhile; but, finding the fur not good, they suffered the coons to run until next fall. On the Monday following they commenced in Maine?which is a little farther north, where the fur becomes good earlier in the fall?and there they skinned between fourteen and fifteen thousand. They skinned so many there, that they have not been able to count the skins up to this timeThe skinnini? commenced in Georgia on the first Monday in this month, where the democrats skinned about 3,000. On the Wednesday following, they skinned about 2,500 in Maryland, where the owners of the 'coons said they were 1 eo wily they could not be caught. The hunt commenced in South Carolina on Wednesday last; and up to this time we have heard of but a single'coon saving himself?one whig has been elected to the legislature in the Richland district which set^ls four members to that body. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, all com. menced the hunt on Tuesday last. In New Jersey .the democrats skinned about 3,000. The number skinned in Pennsylvania is innumerable. From the returns now coming in from Ohio, we judge that the democrats have skinned about 3,000 there. It would seern, from the devices, or emblems, on the slips containing the returns, that the coons in Ohio, are like the old woman's eels?"they like skinning." The device on tl e slip of the Cincinnatti Enquirer, is one coon skinned, and his skin nailed up against a house; a hunter skinning another; beginning at the tail; and a third coon is at his feet, rubbing his tail against the skinner's legs, like a cat wanting to be petted.?From the appearance of the insi mentioned coon, we infer that thes have now become so used to skinning that they like it Hoarding Specie.?Speculators in fact, as well as in theory and expectancy, have always ? entertained a very decided horror of the prac tice ot hoarding specie, in trie canons or tneir church, there is no article that will justify such a conservative practice on the part of individuals. Banks, that have induced individuals to put specie into their keeping as the basis of a paper currency, may hoard it; and in fiict it would be well for the people in paper money times, il those same banks hoarded it well and kept it safely, so they might be able to restore it to its right owners when wanted. This, however, would not so well 6uit the modern race of speculators, who look to the means of other people as . the basis of all their business operations. He who, having earned his money, feels disposed to keep it and earn more, and who, feeling unwilling to risk it in other hands, is set down as a man of narrow conceptions, smal 1 of soul and not large of mind, a poor plodding old-fashioned character, and an enemy to "modern enterprise." Those who condemn him thus do not stop to inquire into his case, and ascertain the reasons fot his close conduct, his hoarding of specie; hut ii .they would look into the history of rnodprn bar.!;. \ ing, and the "business operations" of themselves and'others of their kind, they would find an casv explanation. The hoarder of specie would 01 examination be found in the person of him win honestly earned his money, and was unwilling to trust it 1:1 the hands of speculators who r.?\ei - ^ ^H--TCTrlMi?in ! ii iBaa?r?caa?*?i? earned any themselves. lie would rather keep j I t what he had obtained ag the reward of his indus-1' - try, and work for more, oven though it. should,} - bring him nothing in the way of interest, than , risk it in the hands of "risky" men who, doing s S "any amount" of business on the capital of oth-; i j or people, would feel far less concern about the ; li issue of their speculations, than if the capital i - were really their own. Vet this very class of i < s men, reckless as they know themselves to be t r generally, have always, at least when the specu, lation fever has run high, been loud in their it j abuse of those who have hoarded specie and de- | . nied them the use of it for their own purposes, t .; Such people would doubtless agree fully with i j the conclusion of the following paragrah, which j _ we find floating about in the newspapers: 11 i. "A deposit was lately made in the U. States I , mint of $2,513 47, in old U. States gold coins,j i"' all dated 41) or more vears back. The impros-! 3 sion on the varoas coins was as distinct as wlnn | r first issued from the mint?showing that they 3 had been kept out of circulation all that time.? 3 j At simple interest, this sum in 40 years would s have amounted to <38,546. At compound Interi est, to .325,358! And yet, notwithstanding the .' folly of hoarding specie, as thus shown, there is , no doubt hut that an immense sum in this coun. try is locked up in this way?of no use to the !' owner or the community." i "They had been kept out of circulation all that time"?and why! Because in "all that . time," or at least a very great portion of it, and , particularly the latter, the owner of those satne cuius saw that prudence required the sacrifice of ( a probable interest, for the security of a certain . : principal. He, and all others like him, knew .; that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the i bush;" hence the hoarding of specie, which has i been such a sharp thorn in the side of those friendly to speculation and an expansion of the , currency, to an unnatural inflation of business, .! of prices, of hopes, of vanity and of extravagance j both social and commercial; and hence also it i j has been a plague to that class of politicians, .! whose reliance for the gratification of their ani. i bit ion has been upon these false principles ?>i ti,' nance, of currency, and of political economy, . which would make three or four paper reprcscn; tatives of one silver constituent, and force our . abundant national resources into a hot-house, and of course an unheal !iy growth But be it a i plague or a thorn, or whatever else it may he likened to, people will use it. The speculator , may call it a "folly," but the prudent will consider it the part of wisdom, so long as they find safety in it and danger in its opposite; and as certainly as that whoever placed those "gold coins" in the mint, knows that he is not worth more ' it lio/l l'ri/l it nut in TT Sllntoe htniL* e?n/?L' , W.U.. < 111. .Ill" .C..UW . .....^.. , ii ten or twenty years since, so certainly will those t, who have "gold coins" now, or silver, keep n them, notwithstanding the hoarding of sperie t may be denominated "folly," until the currency g ! and business of the country are?the one est ah- g J lished and the other conducted, upon sale and p 1 honest principles. If hoarded specie be "of no ( ) use to *he community," alias the speculating |, l ciasses, it will be one day or other of use to the c I owner of it; and this is more than thousands of b | "widows and orphans" can say now of their spe! cie, which was erewhile invested in bank and p other stocks. Those who hoarded it have at least. u the principal; many of those who have lent it out. ? 1 "at simple interest," have neither that nor the b | principal; 60, to bring out the hoarded specie we J must put currency and business on sound and (. j correct principles.? Baltimore Sun. r A SHARP CtmNTKTRJATt in/t-w-Mwi/. }! A stout middle aged man, whose appearance ti showed that he was fresh from the country, came s \ into a store in Catharine street yesterday, in evi- 6 I dent excitement to inquire the route to the Poi lice Office.?His apparent agitation induced the a I owner of the store, "who, like Paul Pry, was na- c jturally curious to know" to enquire as to the o difficulty he was laboring under He stated c that strolling through South street, lie felt some-. n thing grazing his leg, and on looking for the cause p saw a man picking up a pocket book, which ap- j v pcared to be well filled, and make ofF with it in i h great haste. At the same moment another man j t i addressed the countryman respecting the trans- p action, and advised that they both should start in p pursuit. The countryman thinking he had as ?; mucli right to the pocket-bood aforesaid, as the j| man who found it, was eager to obtain its posses- tl J sion. They fortunately found the man 011 a dock f behind a wood-pile, with the pocket-book in his r I hand, gloating over its rich contents ofX's. and p V's. The man who joined our friend from the p | country told the finder of the pocket-book that c ' he (the countryman) was the owner of the pock- \ h ! et-book and money, and it must be given up to ! t i j him, and this our sharp countryman also insisted ' o | upon. The finder, however, refused to do this, / ji , I unless he was paid for his trouble, and was bent j c on keeping it unless he received at least five do!- n I lars. The countryman, eager to obtain pnssesi 6ion at so 6mali an outlay, handed out in double e ! quick timp five dollars hard money from a buck- j< j skin purse, which the finder received, delivered tl I up i he pocket-book, and made himself scarce-? I The gentleman who aided in finding the lellow p i also informed the countryman that he certainly u I was entitled to something for his trouble, and ! ] demanded live dollars also, adding that he was J then yielding up a fair claim to half the contents tof the pocket-book. This, ton, was paid, and e i the countryman hastened to his lodgings close by, 6 went to his room, locked the door, pulled ofTlus v | coat, and drew forth the treasure in order to have , t i the pleasure "all alone by himself" of counting ; ' it, his head already tilled with the good he intend- j j| ed to do, and blessing the fortunate event th.it c "carried him to 'Vorlt." There was a thick roll ' n of tens, fives, and smaller denominations, all I (] handsome looking bills, as if fresh from the dif- J s ferent banks on which they were, as their face | ? stated, payable on demand. Notwithstanding I fj the bills were so handsome, our countrymen! a who knew little about bills, except the bills of; c the Long Island Bank (he was from the Island) |, went to a broker's office to get "mint drops" in i j, exchange. The broker politely informed him I p that the money, which consisted of S1U0 in City : p Trust and Banking Co. Post Notes, Bank of Mil- | [ waukie, Hoboken Grazing Co., and other sus- c pended institutions, was not worth a red cent, p 1 that the banks on which these hills were had all v I "busted up long ago!" Our hero's eyes were a j opened, lie had been cheated by two knaves, and i ti I rushed from the ollice to find the police, lie i e ; was friendly advised by the storekeeper to let 11 the police oilicc alone?that he had no more right c | to the money (had it been good) than the two j c 11 men, and was justly punished lor his dishonest. i I intention of appropriating to himself that which. r j he evidently had no right to.?.Xtw York Union j . | A little travelling Frenchman chanced toji i breakfast in company with a lali, bony Jonathan, i whose appetite was in proportion to the magni- t i turie of his lorm, and who ate more in a meal s i than little Monsieur would in a week. The v : Frenchman was astonished at Ins gastronomic i r performances, and, after restraining his curicsi- < :y for some time, asked with a flourishing bow? 'Sare, vil you be so polite as to tell me is dat four breakfast or your dinner vat you make?"? flic Yankee at first made no reply; but Mon-* dour, not satisfied, again asked?"Do, s ire, ave lo politeness to tell me is dat your breakfast or pur dinner vat you make!" "(Jo to the devil,", says Jonathan, feeling himself insulted. A thallenge ensued, and the Kentucky rifle proved :oo much for the little Frenchman's vitality.? While he was writhing in his last agonies, Jonamac, ournh'Onivl anrl Vin nn kijfin i/uuipa^siun ?u.iU ?.? n:reated the little Frenchman if there was anything that he couhl do for him, though it cost [tears to perform it, to let him know, and it should so done. "Oh, Monsieur," replied the little lying man, ":cll me is datyour dinner or your ireakl'ass vat you make, and 1 vill die happie." F'om th e Gl?bc. THE PROTECTIVE POLICY. It appears from a letter of Lord Stanley, the British Colonial Secretary, to the Governor Gensral of Canada?an extract from which we latey published?that there is a heavy duty on the mportation of wheat and flour into Ireland from Canada; that is, from one portion of the British lominions to another. All the world knows that i large portion of the people of Ireland are jbliged to substitute potatoes for bread, and lajor under the greatest difficulties in procuring a ;canly supply ot the most ordinary food. Yet, or the purpose oi "protecting" tlie interests of >ne class in Engl aid, these difficulties are greaty increased by a heavy duty on what is emihatically denominated ' the staff' of lite." Such is the operation of the protective tariff ivery where, although it may not always be so lalpably cruel and unjust as in this particular j nstance. The protective tariff (for such it is to ill intents and purposts) inflicted on the peojle of the Unued States at the last session, is piite as unjust and oppressive to the growers of lotion, rice, tobacco, and ;.ll other staple eom-j noditics of the South?with the single excepion of sugar?as the heavj duty on Canada lour is to the people of Irelaxl. The planters >f the South, with the exception just noted, van! no protection except that of equal and iin;arti:.l justice: simply because 'here is, and :a? be, no competition from abroad. We irn- ( >ort noi' her rice nor col ton; and hence there is 10 necessity for pro'ecting these smples, at the '.vpcnse of other classes and sections of the Jnion. They can, therefore, never come in or a share in the spoils of the protective system. Nor is this all. The proactive tariff, while it bsolutcly depresses the price of cotton and rice, iy chocking the importation of those manufacured articles which arc relied on for the pay-, nent of these great staples, enhances the price, if almost every thing the Southern planter lias o purchase. His clothing, and that of his: laves; his cotton bagging; his sail; and, in ; hort a large portion of his indispensable supilies, are more or less burdened with itnposiionsof thirty, si.xty, and (in some cr.ses) three undred per cent; for which he receives no quivaleut whatever. Thus ho is pinched thro' oih ears, and his candle is lighted at both cuds. On the other hand, the commerce of the tfortliern and Middle Stiates is already withering nder the blight oi "protection." Cargoes of oods are scot tiack to where they came from, ecause they cannot bear the heavy duties of the rotective tariff; and, as a necessary consenencc, our ships will return empty from EuDpe. \\'c are assured, on authority which canot he dm-iy-og. that never, even dunno the jwesf period drttrrprossuint?wnen tnep?mrrtrrai?ars were most loud and eloquent, was there uch a stagnation of business as since the pas-1 fitro of itio nrnfnotive tariff hill. With regard to the agricultural interests, they re so intimately connected and interwined witn ommercial prosperity, that whatever aflccts the j ne must react directly on the other. It is to J onmierce the fanner is indebted for a foreign I inrket, by which the prices of all our surplus' ruducts must necessarily be regulated; and1 /hen that resource fails, they must perish on t lis hands. Nor has the farmer, auy more than j lie planter or merchant, received any corrcs- j onding benefit from the protective tariff. At the1 iresent home prices of our agricultural products, hero is not the remotest probability of their bong imported from abroad; and to lay a duty on, hem would be a burlesque on legislation. The! inner, therefore, wants (and, if he did, could j cceivo) no pro'ection. By the operation of the rotective taiiftj he also pays a vast additional rice on almost every tiling he buys; and reeivus no equivalent, either in the disposal of is own products, or in facilities for procuring lio.-e of others. It is t e same with the artisan r laboring man. The protective tariff, by thus njuriously affecting the agricultural or comrnerial interests, not only circumscribes the demand for his labor, but also its remuneration. There is but one clasp of people in the Unitd Slates, (and that, the smalhstof all) which s benefitted by the protective tariff?namely, lie lords of the loom and the spinning jinny. Nothing on earth can render the protective ystein otherwise than partial and unjust, but is entire and perfect equality; and this is moraly impossible. Even with the most pure and isinlerested intentions, where is the mind that lenrly comprehends the vast variety of combind and conflicting interests that spread themelves throughout this great Confederation; or rhore the hand that can hold the balance heween them? J?ut, even admitting the possibility of this freedom from operation of undue nfluence, jhe absence of local interests, longherished prejudices, and personal views, we aaintain tfat nothing less than omnipotent wis!om is adequate to the great task of regulating uch vasfcrid comprehensive distributions of ood and ?vil. The balance cannot be held by lUinan liaads, or controlled by human mears; I nd as nothing hut the height, of presumption on hi tempt man to the undertaking, so nothing ut evil cin result from this, as it were, snatchig the jbpire from the King of Kings, and lacing itin the puny grasp of politicians and etiilorgefci. When, for inscrutab'e purposes, 'rovidenee inflicts or permits inequalities in the onditioir of mankind?when it lets slip war, estilence and famine on one portion of the mnu, aaa causes another to overflow with milk i ik! honoy?ail we have to do is to bow in humle submission to tiie dispensation; but whenver mete created beings undertake tlie distrilution of good and evil among nations, what an we expect but jealousy, heartburnings, and oateritioti between those who are pampered and hose who are starved? Hence it is that the nost mWliievoiis, vexatious, irritating, and ippre.-sive of all governments, is that which tever lets the people alone, but is perpetually ntCi'lerinu with ;iieir occupn'ions and pursuits: ir.-.t pamper ng one class at the expense of all tic others, and then, when !he.-e last aredepresed beyond eniluranee, patciiiiU' up toc.r rags villi some new expedient of legirla'ii n; until inally, di, iu England, the burdo..is sljtl.od trc.ii >ne ehoulder tocanotijer, until it reBts pcrnta - ? /V *'.*> nently on those who have the least influence. over the law makers. There it sticks, and there it remains forever, entailing rags, misery, , ignorance, end incessant toil, on all those who cannot defend themselves from such protection as that of the porcupine in the fable. HYDROPHOBIA. Mr. J. A. Ainsile, veterinary surgeon, in a letter to the Herald, offers the following obser vations on this disease, and the only means we ; are acquainted with to prevent it: "It differs j from all other poisons by remaining in a dormant state for weeks, or even for months, and it is not absorbed into the system till some time after the bite. No remedy is known for the dis-i ease when once it is developed. None of the ! nostrums which arc said to be cures can be relied upon. The cause of the disease is equally . unknown. In many hot climates the disease is equally unknown, and it has raged among us in ! the coldest weather, In 1838, I had no less j than 48 cases under treatment; this year I have j not had one. My predecessors, Messrs. Blaine and Youatt, as well as myself, have been bitten by raliid dogs, and we are still alive; and we I have operated on some hundreds of human be-, ings who have been bitten by rabid animals, and in no case, has there been loss oManr. The : preventative is as follows: The pe'rsoH ^ttj?en should as soon as possible thoroughly wafch j and cloanse the bitten part; not suck the poison , from the wound, as is too commonly done, for | inoculation may take place by an abrasion of the lip. If the wound be superficial and ragged, let the edges be removed by a pair of scissors, and then apply freely to every part the nitrate of silver, commonly called lunar caustic, and which may be had in any druggist shop. Il the ! wound be a punctured one,' as in some cases is from the tusk of the animal going d<*ep into the flesh, the stick of caustic must be carefully pnin-, ted that it may reach the bottom; if necessary,; the wound should be enlarged, care being taken , in the use of the knife, or the poison may be carried by it over the fresh surface. The nitrate of silver completely destroys the surlace of the ..........1 n.?l . A.itfili^no tl?o r-nlcnn urYiirh rniiw?s W I'll I JU? (JIIU IICUll (I J IIIW j/l/H-VIIJ IKVO ? ? away with the destroyed surface without tlie ab j sorbents acting upon it, and if freely applied to! the part affected, the patient may feel periectly sare. I do not recommend the application of a I poultice after the operation, hut Jet the wound be exposed to the atmosphere, and should any intlamalion ensue, it may be relieved by the dressing of olive oil." Paivtinc Houses.? It lias long hern a subject ol it quiry as to the best time to ?ip- j plv paint to tin* chipboards of limtsts. for. durability. Repeated experiments h.:re( been math' wiliiin twenty-five years, which have resulted in the conviction that paint applieil between November and March will stand tnore than twice as long as that which is spread in the warmest weather. | The reason is obvious; for, in cold weath-. rr. the oil and the component parts of the l paint form a hard substance on the surface ! of the clapboards, nearly as bard as glass, ' and not easily erased, or even cut with a sharp knife, and will not soon wear off; j whereas, paints applied in the month ufi July and August, and more especially ifin asevere drought, the oil immediately penetrates into the wood, like water into a Sftoilgo,.,!. r,T IMgtMC wwUiwt* will soon wear off. Corns.?No person need have these companions about their feet unless they like thern. A simple and certain cure is (he Emrlish. sometimes called the Irish I Ivy lea!'. Steep the leaf three days in strong vinegar and lay them (one or more) on the corn, In about three or four days it will he well and the corn may he picked out. The leaf should he changed every twenty-four hours. Every farmer and gardener should have this plant. 11 is- a beautiful ornament. It will grow against a wall or any kind of tree. Post Office Uf.gitlation.?We are requested to give publicity to the following regulation of the Post Oflicc Department, i It was ordered bv Mr. Wickliffe several weeks since, in consequence of the discharge of'? mail boy, proved upon the trial to have robbed the mail, because of his tender yea is and his presumed want of sufficient knowledge of the difference be. ( tweeu right and wrong in the matter. To establish a moral and legal accountability ! to protect the mail against the deprt da- \ lions of those who are thus suffered 10 es ( c?11e the punishment denounced by law, the employment in the service of the Department ol la-Is, of such immature years is forbidden, it will be seen, by the Post master General.?Madison tun, , 1 "Ordered, That no person, tinder the age of 16 years he employed as a mail car- j rtcr on miy post route, or a cierK i>i any,.i Post Office in the United States. The heller to enforce this regulation, it is re- i quired, that ihe ages of the carriers and clerks he entered upon the oaths of oflices which they res| cctivi-ly take, before llicy are tisinsinitted by the Contmrtur or Post Master to the Department for tile.? And the Special Agents of the Departme it will promptly report all instances of non compliance wiili this regulation." Execution.?On Friday the 30ih Sept. William Watson tvas hung at WilliamsInn, Martin county, fur the murder of Fan-, ny Garrett, wife of Stephen Garrett. Wej understand, an immense concourse of pen- '< pie attended, and that he appeared iudif- , r -? I.J.. r..?? I I it'll I l?M 11 I I'll It:rem n? ma i??-. ** ..... . ..... (, that in June Inst we published a statementi of ilie murder?that the reasi n lie assign I ei!, for shooting her u as, that she was a witch and had conjured him. There was j a plum orchard beivveu tin ir residences, ami she was stooping i;t the ad of gathering plums, w hen he deljl>erat< ly shot for !( den I instantaneously. Watson was about j \ 05 \cars of aye, had !)? ? ? itvice married, j ami since his conviction, ii is said, has con-1 | fi ssed that lie caused the death of both hisS.i wives.? Tarboro' Press. 3 ** mt t . .*r' * <^ifcjg8Sl8 WEDNESDAY M0RNIN6, NOFESISER 9, 1849. ETA line of Accc mmodation Stages will commence running between thin place and Gadsden# on the 14th inst See advertisement The Court of Common Pleas and General Sessionsclosed Us Ball Term for this District on. Friday last, Jua|e Evans presiding. Elias Ford was tried, and -convicted, for the murder of John Pitts, in June last The prosecution was conducted on the part of the State by A. M. McIver, Esq. the Solicitor# assisted by Col. C. Levy, and the prisoner was defended by Maj. Smart and E. DeEeon, Esq. The latter is quite a young man, but his eloquent appeal in behalf of his unfortunate client#gives promise of future eminence in his profession.? Maj. Smart, who by the by, we observed, was suffering from indisposition, sustained the high character which he has made for himself at our bar, by his able, zealous and energetic defence of the prisoner. The case will be carried up tothe Appeal Court. Chauncey Chep.ry was tried for Forgery, and' acquitted. He was defended by Cola. Mosus and Dickinson. AGRICULTURAL FAIR. By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that the Wateree Agricultural Society will hold their second Annual Fair on the 14th insL We understand extensive preparations are making to give interest to the exhibition, and from the attention paid to the-rearing of stock by the members of the society, there is no doubt the animals to be exhibted, will compare favorably with those of any other Society in the State.? The following is a list of the premiums to be awarded: A Silver Cup, of the value of 810 forthe greatest product of corn from five acres of uplhnd. A Silver Cup, of the same value for the greatest ' product of five acres of swamp. The five acres in both cases, not to embrace lands that have hitherto produced more than 10 bushels for high land, and 20 for swamp, per acre. A Silver Cup, of the value of 810 for the greatest product of cotton from two acres, to be selected from land unimproved, that has not hitherto produced more than 500 lbs. seed cotton to the acre. A Silver Cup of the value of 810 for the great- j est product of sweet potatoes from one acre. A Silver Cup of the same value, forthe best two year old colt. a r..r. ,v.? vioat jn. kJIJVCi V>up VI U1C DIU11C ? UIUW, *V?4 ??v WVVV year old colt. /, . ; s A Silver Cup of the same value, for the beet Jack. A Silver Cup of the same value, for the best two year old mule colt. , Cup of the same value, for the best year old mule colt. A Silver Cup of the same value, for the best suckling mule colt. A Silver Cup of the same value, for the best bull. A Silver Cup of the same value, for the best milch cow. A Silver Cup of the same value, for the best yearling bull. A Silver Cup of the same value, for the best yearling heifer.* A Silver Cup of the same value, for the best ram. A Silver Cup of the same value, for the best boar. Two Sweepstakes Prizes. Congressional Globe and Appendlt.?The editors of the Washington Globe have sent us a copy of their prospectus for the Congressional Globe and Appendix, wh'ch we are unable publish this week. To the politician and others wishing to preserve the speeches of members of Congress these publications are invaluable.?^ The Congressional Globe is made up of the daily proceedings of Congress, with the resolutions, reports, motions, the yea3 and nays on all important subjects and an abridge ! rep ?r' of the speeches of members of both nirtie*. The Index contains the President's Mj,sages ,aed the docments accompanying them, and the Speeches of the members of Congress written out by themselves. Each publication is printed in a convenient form for binding, at the low price of 81. Ge>*. Jackson ?The Nashville Whig of the I5th ult. says: "We understand ilia: Gen. Jackson received a painful injury in ihe forehead, on Thursday last, by the upsetting of Major Doneleon's carriage near the Hermitage, in which he was riding out to visit a sick neighbor. The ac- cident was caused by the restiveness of the horses, which the driver was unable to control. "We hope the injury will not prove a serious one. Graham's Magazine?With its usual promp. titude, this beautiful Monthly, for November, is upon our table. Its literary contributions are from the ablest pens in the country, and the pre. sent number has twelve extra pages. Two elegant steel engravings, and a piece of music con. stitute the embellishments of the number be. fore us. v IT The Rev. J. F FREY, generally Incwa as the converted Jew, will preach in the Baptist rhurchjn tins town on the 9;h and 10th inst., and also at the following times and places: Friday, 11th, Swift Creel;; Sunday, 13th, Sumterville; Tuesday, 15*h, Conparce < li??r?-b; Wednesday, 1(5?h, B.vj!ah Church; Thursday, ? 17-h, Columbia; Sunday, 20:h, Crooked Run; Mondnv, 21st, Furm.au ins'itttioii; Wednesday, u 23d, Little River; Thursday, 24th, Rock .g