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Ot6GANSW FRANCI8. 0 DfLLi edvance, Two Dollare -Cents at the expiration of six months, Dollar at the end of the year. o paper discontinued until all arrearages * * ]PAID'- unless at the option of the Propretor. Advertisements inserted at8EV.NTY Cents per qUa, (12 lines or lesis,) for tri,nd half that sum fur each subcquent 1W.The number of insertions to be marked :n Advertisements or they will be lished tloied'i teo be diseundnued, wMcharged coDrdingly.. ONE DOLLAR per square for a single ertuon, Quaerly-and Monthly Advertise mentswill, be charged the same am a single in seron, and semi-muonthly the same as nolw onze A FATHER's DYING ADVICE TO HIS Onrntt.-Put your trust a'l confi 'a be in God, and you will be safe Oid happy. Be obedient to Him. Daily read a portion of his Word, and day go to Him by prayer, and cast all your care upon Him, who careth for yo. Be sensible of your failings, aind.triy to live in peace, Love each laes, and every body. W hile you live in the world, live useful lives, and above all for eternity. You all need a- new heart. Give yourselves no peace, until you have made your pence with God., Let it be your aim to glo. rify Him. Seek not for the things of this world, but how to glorify God. Let your minds be fixed and stayed op Him. Encourage all societies, whose aim is to spread the knowl. elge of God through the world. This I regard the duty of all. I think I must say that it has been pleasant for me to give, and I feel as thotgh the Lord has greatly blessed ine for it, and that He will greatly bless you, if you ebeevfully give from a right heart. I woUld warn you to regard the Sab. ath. Endeavour to keep this day holy. Keep from playing and wordly conversation. Love the house of God. Let this day find you there. Let no small excuse keep you away, but such as will answer at the bar of God. Go not there to see and to be seen, and to return home and talk about things of vain consequence, bot to worship God. Feel that yon are in His presence, and that His eye is directed on you. May you be found at the Bible elass and at the Sabbath school, so long as duty calls yoe there. May the eon feience room, and all religions meet ings where duty calla you, not find your place empty. Oh, that I could at last meet you in heaven! Live for the other world. Make your peace with God. And may you be happy in time and in eternty ! Remember that you where ,sent to prepare for eternity.--Boston Beeorder. PLAIN TERMS VR.-This is not from an Arkansas or Wisconsin paper, but from a late number of the 'Lon *,don Weekly News.' The Marquis of Hastings lately wrote to a clergyman, near Norwich: 'Sir,-My keeper has just informed plantation with your dog. I have or. dered him to proceed against you. I am only sorry to say you have been guilty of very disgraceful conduct for a gentleman, and I can only add that I regret you have got a black coat. 1 have given may keeper orders to pre vent your passing over my lands be tween Basham antd Snorings; you shall1 not put your foot aigain on any part of my property. I have directed him not to receive any insolent langtuge from your mouth. If you do, I trust * he will give you that which you have so long deserved, a good thrashing. 'Sir, I remain your obed't servant, lIAIasss.' In reply to a very dignified renmon strance and denial ofithe trespass, the * Marquis further added: *,The language y ou htave used in your letter confirmns the opin'on I have al~ * ays entertained of you, namely, that of being a great Blackguard; and I on ly regret your profession precludes me from . demanding that satidfaction I otherwise should have done!' SINGULAR DUEL.-Kenldall, in his last letter from Paris to the New-Or * eans Picayune, gives the following amusiing account of a duel: *An original and most singuliar duel, *and a most ludicrous withal, was fought * .here in Paris a fewv days since, the par. ties being a couple of coachmnt driv ing for private famiiies. TIhere had long been a grudge betwceen them, a deep-seated animosity, which led to constanit quarrels whenever they met. By accident they happened in at a last week, and after a few high words, oeof them said to tihe other : "Our uarrel has now lasted long enough ii.s time to put an endl to it, Let us have one lit. and jlet that be tihe last.. We neither of us understand anythirig of sword or pistol ; let us fght with our whips!" T his stronge and eccentric proposition was accepted, 'seconds were chosen from among their brother coachmen, and armed with th~e * only wveaponis either of them perfeiet ly understood the use of; they repaired to that noted field whlere all honorable digputes are settled-the Bois de Boulogn e. At a given signal they cornmlencedl cutting anid slashing, laying on the more lustily as the combiat progressed, and the painis of eithter became more aceite. T'here was no let up on either * side, on the contrary, thety belabored each other with a wvill which showed :he violence ot their hatred. The shouts and eaths oif the combatans at length reached the ears of some of the ~endarmes in the vicinity, who came up and arrested both wvhile still unmer ei fully cutting. cach other right and left, and marehed thema ofT to the gua~rdhouse. One of the belligeranats ha iseveire lash or gash nor tli e bithei. had an ear Imol eutsof1' and. both were'severely punished abouttheir heads afid shoul ders. All a'coounfs agree that both parties behaved with the greatest oool. ness and gallantry while thus settling their adh'r of honor. Great Exctement In Lockhart! OODD DISCOVERED IN TEXAsI The tranquility of our peaceful vil lage was somewhat agitated some three weeks since, from the fact of a rumor, in relation to a recent discov ery of gold, about seventy miles dis tant is a north-west direction from Lockhart. Presently on the reception of the report, many ofour citizens, not only in town, but also those in the country, proceeded immediately to the designated place, for the purpose of ascertaining its accuracy, and amongst the number was a few upon whom our community relied with implicit confidence because they were known amongst us as men of veracity, and besides, they had, heretofore, success fully worked in the mines of Cali fornia, consequently they were es teemed fully competent to judge. But, previous to the latter starting, they wisely provided themselves with im plements and the necesrary tools for mining, and arrivirng at the spot, they carefully explored the whole adjoin ing country-and since their arrival in our town, they report, that they fonnd gold on the surface, and the fhrther they descended in their dig gings, they reulized the veins to be. come richer; and from the specimens of quartz, which have been submitted to me, I have no hesitation in pro nouncing them, after a rigid analyza tion, equal in value to any I over wit nessed in California. Various lumps of gold have been ob. tained and exhibited in Lockhart, val ued from $50 to $175; however, the largest piece which I have examined, was worth agreeably to the stan dard value oi gold $150. Yt, with out exaggeration, the public may rest assured that there is god in this section of country, and it is as abun dant as in. Calilbrnia; nevertheless, there will be some Solomons, so far in advance of this intelligence, who will display their sagacity by their un belief, for no other reason than that Texas is not so far off as California or Australia. Amongst this class of do mestie stages, "Distance lends en ehan1tment to the view." The gold region is located in the mountains, enclosed by the Colorado on the east, the San Saba on the north, and the Llano on the south. Lockhart, April 25th, 1353, . A Crr17xN. [Lavaca Commercial. Capt. Southron, of Indianola, re ceived a letter from a gentlemen of undoubted veracity, written from Hamilton's Valley, in which the wri ter, says: "I am at work, digging gold in a neighborhood where there are about three hundred persons, who, with my self, are averaging from *5 to *6 per day, ahd the prospects are certain ly improving."' We are assured, by reliable authori ty, that the wr iter of the above state ment may be strictly relied upon. CONDENSED IlsToniF OF S-rEA. About 280 years 13. C. Hero, of Alex andria, fornmed a toy w hich exhibited sonme of the powers of steam, and was moved by its power. A. D. 450. Anthemius, an architect, arranged several cauldrons of water, each covered with the wide bottom of a leaithern tube, which ruse to a nar row top, with pipes extended to the raf'ers of the adjoining building. A fire was kindled beneath the cauldrons, and the house was shank en by the eilorts of the steam ascending the tubes. This is the first notice of the power of steam recorded. In 1543' June 17, Dlasco D. Garoy tried a steamboat of 200 tons, with tolerable success, at Barcelona, Spain. It consisted of a caunldron of boiling water, and a moveable wheel on each side of the ship, but was laid aside as impracticable. A present, however, was made to Garov. In 1650 the first 'railroad was con structcd at Newceastle on Tyne. The firt idea of a steam engine in England was in the Marquis of WVor eester's "History of Iuventions." A. D. 16i63. In 1710 Newcomecn made the first steam enginle in England. In 1718 paltents were wranted to Savary for the first application of the steam engine. In 1764 James Watt miade the first perfect steam engine in Ensmgland. Ini 1736 Jonathan Hulls set forth the idea of steam navigation. In 1778 Thonmas Pai ne first proposed this applicatioii in America. Ini 1781 Marq~uis Joulfroy construct ed one on the Saone. In 1785 twvo Americans published a work on it. In 1789 \Villaim Symington umade a voyage ini one on the Forth and CJvdle Canal. In 1802 this experinient was re peated. lIn 1782 Ramnsey p~ropelledI a boat b~y steam at New-York. In 1787 John Finch, of Philadelph. ia, navigated a boat by a steami enigine on the D.elaware. In 1793 lsobert Fulton first begani to apply his attention to stean, In 1793 Oliver Evans, a native of' Philadelphia constructed a locomotivye steam-engine to travel on a turnpike roadl. Th le first steam vessel t-hmt crossed the- A tlantie wais the Savanniah' ini thme month of June, 1819, from Charleston to Li verpouol.--Hunt'sJ Merchant's W:(5' ... Go M inst. By ti rrival of the stearnshil Mex. 10o, we hve Galveston dates to the 10th inst, A gentleman from Lochhart informs the- editor of the Galveston News, that a party of citizens of that place (some of whom had experience in the Cali. fornia mines) recently returned from the reputed gold region ofTexas. They state that gold is found in the moun. taine between the Llano and San Sa. ba, some 70 or 80 miles northwest of Lockhart. They found gold not only gob y on the surface, but also by digging, and they brought back some lumps, valued from $50 to $150, After a rather unaccountable silence on the exciting topic of the Texas gold diggings, the Austin Gazette now gives the following strong endorsement of the most frvorable reports. The pub. lie have looked to the Austin papers for information, and they finally give it, with the assurance that they will ,"practice no concealment to gratify the avarice of speculators." Considerable excitement is prevail. ing throughout Western Texas, on the subject of the gold discoveries in our neighborhood; and we have had sev eral letters, and observe notices in our exchanges. asking information on the subject. That there is gold, and in great quantities, on the tributaries of the Clorado, a short distance above this city, we can no longer entertain a doubt, for some specimens shown us are of the most beautiful character. We understand, upon good authority, that one specimen has been found with $24 worth of gold. This report, we have r.o hesitation in crediting, as it was brought by a gentleman of undoubted veracity.The number of persons, now at the mines, is very considerable, set down by re ports at from two to five hundred, most of whom are greatly eneouraged by their success. Persons are Rocking in to- the mining districts from al parts of the country, and we shall not be surprised to hear soon of discoveries equaling i* importance the golden stories of California. The Indianola Bulletin says Mr. Win. M. Varnell, of that town, with several persons frorn Port Lavaca and elsewhere, will soon leave for the mines, by way of Gonzales, Austin, &c. The district of country in which gold has been found, is a very extensive one, and easy of access from this city. Our readers may rely upon it, that we will give them, from time to time, such in. formation on this subject, and such on. ly as can he relied upon as true. Wc shall practice no concealment to grati fy the avarice of speculators, nor un, duly magnify the extent of the gold discoveries, to mislead the unwary. The following letter is published ir an extra of the Lavaca paper. We learn that it was not written for pub lication. Fast Sailing Clipper Ships.-A Challenge to the World.-A merchani of New-York offers to bet $50,000 or *100,000 that the clipper ship Sover. eign of the Seas, under the command of Capt. WVilson, a Baltimorean, nowi master of the ship Andalusia, will oui sail any vessel in the world. The tri al to be made from New-York to Sat Francisco, and the vessels to go it hallast or otherwise, as may be de. sired, anid to sail within thirty days oj each other, or together. lie says h< is so confident of the lecetness of t h< Sovereign of the Seas, thaut he throwt down the gauntlet to the shipping merchamte of~ the United States and Europe. Several other bets hav4 been mnande on the speed of a num, her of the clipper ships now at New York, viz: 'That the Comnet will beai the Queen of clippers from New-Yort to San Francisco; that the Young America will beat the Queen of Clip pers; that the Comet will bent thi Young Amer ea; and that the FlyilnL Cloud will beat the Queen of Clippers AI'PPLTCANT FOR PIER IU5JnAND.--Th< New York Evening Post gives a graph Ic descripti of a woman pressing the claims of her husband for postumtastei of a village. The joke is at the ex pense of the Secretary of State. Among the host of besiegers in pur suit of place was a woman wvho wa, extremely anxious that her hiusband sthouldl be mande posttmaster in somt country village. She was most per. severing in her solicitations, in seasor and out of season. She stood at th< Secretary's door when he came out o1 his room in the mtortuing; she intercept ed him on his way' to his meals; sht followed him to his lodging at tnight On one occasion she renmained unusu ally lato; the Governor listened to hei as lonig as lie could, when he requested her to exeuse him, bitt she lingered. At length every gentleman but one had gone, and the Seoretary took oil his shoes. Still she stood her ground quite unmoved, Growing deCsperate thme Secretary fmnally rose from hit scat, and proceeded to strip off hti coat; them, turning to the woman, hc exclaimed: "Madam, I am going to bed and if you dont't wihdraw, 1 shall write to Mrs. Marecy about you." Thei lady i mmnediately retired-from the room." It is stated that so great is the un, healthiness of the lsthimus of Panama, tha't olut of 1000 Irish anid Dutch Ia borers sent out to build the Railroad, not over 100 are alive at the end of six months, and it is caloulated that there wvill be a dead laborer for lest than every foot of the road. Lo3rd Bacon beautifumlly said: "hfa man be gracious to straingers, it shows that he is a citizen of the wvork4, and] that his heart is no islanid, eut ofl fromt the other islands, but a cojti nent that joins thek" THE -UNTER ANNER. J. RCHARDSON LOGAN, EDITOR. TUESDAY, MAY 24. 185& COTTON IMAILIKET. Charleston,. May 23, 1853. The market om Saturday was inac. tive at p' Ives ranging from 7 to 10 3-8 cents. Provision iMarket. WE would call the attention of our farmers to the following table of prices for provisions in this place; if they have any spare stock on handr now is the time to sell. BEEF, 9 to T0 cents. Pont, 8 " 9" MVrrowI : 8 "10 " BUrral S :25" 37 1-2 12 1.2 per dozen. The Weather Is still, a subject of anxious conversa tion. The drought continues with al. ternate and sudden changes from hot to 'coid nights,' the light showers we have had, have been confined only to one or two plantations, and but few of our planters have anything like a stand of cotton, and what is up has suffiered much from the cool nights, the corn too we are told is wanting rain, and everything in, the shape of vegeta tion presents a parched appearance. A Chance. "TO a sisehes s othe .lee w. An opportunity now presents itself to the citizens of Sraterville and the vicinity to se themselves in minature for a very reasonable charge. Mr WZLLIA, Daguerreotypist, has ar rived and taken rooms next to the of. ftee of this paper, where ho solloits the visits of the publio. See his advertise ment. The Southern Agriculturist Published by R. M. STOKES, at Laurensville, Sop Ca., A. G. Sux. Mns, & Wx. SuMMER, Editors, terms $1. 00, a year. The May number has been received and rend with pleasure, we hope ere another year passes around to this valuable journal will be so wide. ly circulated as to need no further com ments from the press, when this is the case, we shill confidently look for great improvement, in the Agricultural inter ests of the, State. Time Westminsteir Review Ie. publication by Leonard Scott & Co. New-York. Tux A pril number has been received and present the.following bill of read ing matter. British Philanthropy and Jamaica distress, Thackeray's works, leonoelasmn in German Philosophy, Martial and his times, French wvriters on French Policy, Ruth and Vilette. Educatior al institutions of the United States, Poems of Elexander Smith, Early Christianity; its crecds and lieresies, Cotemnporary literature of England, Ditto. Do. " America, " " Germany, " " France, " " The Isadependesst Press. This is the title of a new paper published at Abbeville, So. Car.; B. L. PosEy Editor. It is, a neatly printed sheet and its projectors have our best wishes for their success, which b~y the fo'Iowing editorial which we extract seems to be deternined on. "Tony Is -rO Bs."-ln obedience to the above verdict pronounced by the, people, The Independent comes greet ing to its friends "and the rest orman-. kind," as saucy, slashing and self-wil led as could be desired, ready to embrace a friend, or "run a tilt" with a foe. It announces its readiness to bear a hand in ainything that may turn up, claiimning the notice of News pap~erdom. STATUE or WVasfisaoO,-Mr. Clarke Mills, the senlptor it is stated, lhas had an interview with the Presi dent in relation to the execution of the equestrian statue of Washinmgtonm, wvhich by act of Congress, at the late session, is to be committed to Mr. Mills, under the President's direction. The Presi. dent requested Mr. Mills to subinit to him a plan for the work, with an esti. mnotc of its cost, which will acecordingly be done, and the work will be com meneed without delay. The act of Congress on the subject makes an ap propriation of lty thousiand dollars for the object, but does not limit the cost to that stum, Mr. Mills will, no doubt, propose a plan for the work, on at seale of unagnificenc commensurate with the grandeur of the subject. Mr. Mills thinks that the work could be tin ished in three years, FLatS COo.-Tbe coinmmittee. of the South Carohinia Conference, on the establishment of a Female Bot. lege, are to meet at Spartanhurg C. 11. on: the fourth of July next. Spartan burg and Camden are the most prom inment places spoken of for the location of this institution. The foundation of a newv and very handsomne Episcopal Church was late ly laid in New-Orleans, at the corner of Camp and Bretholnmew streets. W~ub punfrz aIssue the head of news an Act passed -by, the Legislatui-e of Virginia abolishing the Militia musters, and substituting in its place a tax of seventy-five cents on every person liable'to do military duty. To this we added some remarks of our own cxpressing our approval of the measure, as- en in keeping wtlb the spirit of the agef We are against the present militia system of South Caro lina as unjust, tyranical, oppressive, and productive of no benefit whatever and much harr, and shall urge these facts befbre the people, whenever an opportimity offers, We find the fol lowing very sensible remarks on the subject in the 'Wilmington (N. C.,) Commercial and quote them in full: " We wonder if the people are not beginning to get tired and ashamed of our militia system I The militia laws are the most unjust, unequal and tyran nical, of any ever submitted to by a people that made any pretensions to equal rights and general freedom. For years past the publie sentiment has been that it is entirely wrong in prac tice; having no claim to the counten ance of common sense, except in mere theory. We are not disposed to enter into a full exposure of the great injus tice of this system, at present; but will do so if it should appear to be necessa ry, hereafter. In the mean time why do not the people of the State take the matter in hand I The power is with themselves, as has been shown in some counties, whose example, we hope, will be followed. Every patriot who holds a commission ought to resign, and eve ry citiaen who feels himself a man, equal to his fellow should refuse to elect others, if others can be found who are willing to perpetrate this farcical display of military pomp- this shame ful burden on the working elasses; this useless robbery of the time and money of the industrious poor man. We assert, without the fear of con. tradiction from any quarter entitled to consideration; from any one who has a practical knowledge of the subject that ten times the amount of tactical knowledge can be acquired in thirtp consecutive days, by citizens drafted for publio requirements; than in jifty years under the present system. The enrolment of the names of citi. zens of twenty-one years of age and up. wards to the exemption period, is all that the puplio interest requi-res-and encouragement to volunteers would furnish all the means. of defence and protection necessary for the public peace. We hope the press of the State will take up the subject. But whether oth. er Editors attend to it or not, we will do our duty." Melancholy Otcurrence.-The last intelligence from California, brought by *the steamer Daniel Webster to New Orleans, embraces an account of the death, under very painful circum stances, of Willaim 8. Bolling, a young gentleman of excellent character, form. erly of this city, and conneoted with one of our most worth - and estimable families. Some partsally erroneous versions of the eireumstances having been puplished in the papers, we have been shown a letter from a friend of the deceased, and fuller aceounts from the Sau Francisco journals, giving the facets of the case, which have created a great sensation in that comamunity-. lt appears that some time in March last, a Mr. Brown actuated my feelings of enmity to Bolling, brought against him the foul and mnalicious eharge of robbing his express bag. This of course, greatly exasperated the sensi. tive and honorable feelings of Bolling, and after demanding and receiving ai trial, in which he was fully acquited and restored to the entire confidence of the community, lie asked of his nc, cuser a written statement of' his Inno. cence, and the circumstances of his arrest. This Brown insultingly refused to give ; whereupon Bolling, smarting under thesense of grievous injury and indignity, and well nigh driven to in. sanity, shot his reviler dead, on the 1st of April, and fled. Public opin. ion, to a great degree, e.'itenuated this act, but a large reward being oflbred for his arrest, pursuit was made by the Sheriff and other oflicers. They dis covered Bolling, who had determined not to be arrested near Mormon Bar. The oflicers ordered him to serrender. Trho foliowinig circumnsttgees, as do. tailed by the San Joaquin Republican, then ocoureid: lHe turned and drew his pistol, and snid if they advanced any thrthIer, he would shoot the first man that did so, At that moment he dropped his pistol on the ground, and drank off the contents of a two oune vial, containing prussio acid, which he drew from his pocket. The eflicers thought lhe was ooming to moot thorn as they advanoed, but at that moment he picked up his pis tol and started off, and said again that if they advancoed on him lie would shoot them. The offloers again hailed him to stop, and he not heeding them, fired upon him, but did not hit him. lHe went about one hundred and fifty yards, and when the oflicers came up with him lie was dying, and ten mi utes afterwards expi red. Tihus terminated, in a most melan choly manner, the oarcer of a young, man who was goaded by Is nioo sensi bilities aiid delicate feelings of honor, to the perpetration of an act which was more painful to himself, than it could be to any one else, and under the mad dening effects of which he sacrificed his own life. 'Those who saw him in Calilornia, speak ins the highest terms of hsis character, and premise further explanations in vindication of his con duct. The minds of a charitable pub lie, while extennatisng the act to which .* sr. to obl hj7s 7 Tkt-ea M SAt.-A peasure part; ty of Germ , miale and female went out yesWrday,(saya the August. Chronicle & Seethil, of the 17th) on the Georgia Raioad, to Belair to spend the day in recreation and amuse uont. While there, we: learn, some difficulty arose with some citizons of Columbia county, when a man by the name of Luke, fired a revolver- at the Germans, woundiug three of the party, two in the head and one in the ear, and made his escape. The wounds we believe are not considered danger. ous. Hazlam, Cooper and Weigel, are the names of the wounded men. jFron the Ba rer Sun.3 TiRIBL TRAGEDY.-Washington, May 15, 1858. Our Northern Liber ties were last night and this morn. ing thrown into a state of excitement never before witnessed there on any occasion-whilst a bloody tragedy in. volves several worthy families, here and in Baltimore, in deep afliction. Mr. Robert A. Hawke, fbr the ten years 'a faithful messenger in the olice of the, 'Third Assistant Postmaster General (finance bureau,) retired about nine o'. oloek last night with his wit to bed. They occupied the front cham ber, and an interesting daughter of twelve years of age slept in an ad joinin room ininediately in, the rear. No unkind wrd had marrod the tranquility of this apparently happy family. At an early hour, on the last evening of the week, two of this little group surrendered thenseltes to repose, little dreaming that the an gel of death was hovering- over them. The daughter was in deep sleep; the inference is also clear that Mrs..Hawke was asleep on her right side, her face turned to the wall; when her bus band grose in the bed. and deliberate. ly cut her throat on the left side from the "apple" to the lower bone of the head, severing all the arteries and the jngular vein ini a most shocking manner. Another wound, transverse ly, bore additional evidence of the de termination of the murderer. Strange to relate, the mangled woman, as if to ascertain the author of the deed, sud denly sprung up, bathod in blood, when sha. saw. her husband by her side- with the-same razor,.in. the act, of cutting his own throat. With- a power which must have been imparted by death, she knocked the razor out of his hitr4 then leaped out of bed, the blood spouting from her, and. with an ex clamation "10h my God," ran down to the front gate. There a youth,. Robert Johnson, was passing, who. beheld with, horrow the woman ran next door, alarmed his mother, Mrs. Ann Johnson,-aid beibre Mrs. Johnson ar rived Mrs.. Hawke had beentwcetq the gate; although thenlehtirel e . less, but pointed to her throat.WHen. Mrs. J.. reached Mr. 11awe's gate he was at the window Imploring some one to- come in, stating that he had cut his wife'.' throat, had: ont his own throat, and intended to kHll, his daughter. When Mrs.. J.. came in, Hawke was on his knee- leanuing~ ov er his wife3. Mrs. Hlawke had returned to her back room, where she had fallen, and was dyng.~r A skillful physician was ent orwho testified to the nature of the wound, estinated that altogether she must have lost six ty ounces of blood, and died in a bout thirty minutes after the wound was inflicted. Soon after the arrival of Mrs. John son, Mr. George H-arvey, attracted by the confusion, entered the house, seized Hlawke, and confined him on the set tee. Hawke told him that for a long time, it had been impressed on his mind that ho must die; that his wife was an Angel-one of the loveliest of woman-a saint, and he could nov. or brook the idea of leaving her be reaved, or that another should take his place. lie intended that all these should dir ->gether, and be in Para dise this morning. Hie added that the innocence and beauty of his little girl had paralyzed his arm to such -an ex tent that he could not despatch her. Reason seemed at this. point to resume her throne, and he desired Mr. Harvey and atll to exert their efforts to restore his wife. In as short time Mr. Allen and other mnem,bers of the guard arrived and took HIawke in to custody. Their daughter wan conveyed to the dwelling of her uncle, Mr. Patrick H. Sweeney, of the cily postoflioe, and, on leaving, H-awke desired to kiss her, which ho did, and bade her an adieu. It seems, indeed, that the full view of Hlawke's bleeding wiff broke the spell whitsh hound him, and impelled him to call for assistance at~ the win dow. The chamber walls and the bed exhibit a most shooking scene of crimson gore, Hawke handed to the Guard a let ter which he wrote yesterday--ii which, addressed "to the citizens," he complains of imaginary ill-treatment.; wills his property and ef'ects-and re quests the excellent Head of lisa Bu reau, John Marrow, Esq., Third As sistant Postmaster General, to see his wishes fulfilled. This gentleman has for many years been the firm and in dulgent friend of Mr. Hawke. Hawke was committed to jail by Ca ptain Goddard, and conveyed thith or by officers Handy and Woollard. Coroner Woodward, this morning, held an inquest over the body, when after a careful and severe investation it was shown that for several months Mr. Hlawke had labored under a mel ancholy state of mind, and was un questionably a monomaniac on reli gious subjects. A verdict was ren dered accordingly. Before closing this I have seen WA I to hi i Irble Pea - .Loasuof Niarly T~4wo I , have 1o record er fearful cala I "I vessel ase, W tht nearly two Uh od I A Capt. Forhdo lt Cir ter, from R into port this morping th mate, and uix of the cre -ship Willian & Maryf B)h were picked'up (-in laf. 273O( and n beet wrened ear the Bahama Iland& Captain Stenson, Mary, has furnislied particulars of the' Which was n*te er pool to New Orleans,w o rail rad iron and two un nd eight passengers, chief. "I At seven o'clook A. M., o o f May, during cloudy weathe ah4J t breeaes blowing from. the, I they passed the Hole in'the which is the southern pait oftheittl island of Abaco, one of thip Bahsinas" nearly north of Nassau. Atooa the made Stirrup Key, and tlfde .be 4-0 about ten miles in a soutietly,direc-' tion. The weather . grew hickdall the while and the wind stronger, while the sea began to roll at afearful rate.. At sun set nothing could be sen of the Key, and the captain suppo.sed that he was well to the north of. it, kiaving. steered west by north since. eridian.. At 8 A. M., when he judged hlaekif sufficently to the noreh and .est of. the Great Isaaes, he put the Ahip.pest by south and cemmenced healyng the lead, but found no bostom in twenty fathoms. About half-past eigl . , the' vessel struck upon. a suanken roek,. where she hung for 'ome tie , with,. ten fathoms water all around. After pounding heavily for fifteen minutes. she got oil bat immediately struck. another rock," within a few rods of the firstgwhere she again poundeA forsome time, and again went off.. It was theni' thought expedient to lel go theanchor and prepare 'the boats for un n. The ship was taking in .wter veryfasti. and though thiepassengenrs orked fiw life at the pumps, t~iey flnud I' sible to keep her free.. t idn there were feet water in thield, 4 A M., with-botpuinp-oikg,gts feet.. The weather-wns-very Eic . aend ually, and the sea tremeiusly high.. rtly after day break, thy found ten feet water in, and t0e essel appavnt. ly going down,- The ensternation of the croWded decks at-tispeiodena then made read'aid .launc , 4 u two.of them'were stovei en touching. the water,. leavizngynny a asmil boat, and one-long.and~une life:.boat., Thesa wtere; manned' by' the captain, and the crew, togethien .withias mnanje gassen. ~ra as couldsbe crowde4 Into theie-, hromaiuto Of Ibe nger t~re 1.fta onoard, ansdwao few minutes af, ter i..c. alent- sig4?-'le'ek 4 if., Ment down toithi the veasel. H6o zoiny per, ished, it is itupossible to ascertain,,but from this account. oflthe esp'taiywe~in,. fer that not less than one hundred'and fifty persons,. men,.-wulon and chil. dren. At the'time,, the Greai Idi~aes was bearing east, by southestsa~iut seven miles. The several bosta- ws:E sepajued af r leaving the ship, bup the cpain sa frm te boat ht~ wiohe.*as a harque, apparently bottnd'7t6.urope, hove to in the direction oft 'the long and life boat;, and he surmises thantha people in them were piekc Usg Jgut there is no certainty of' this1ia t. posing them also to have been lost, th total number of deaths wjltieoer two hundred. The cook and jeward of Williamn de Mary together withi~to, of the seamen were amonig those .lefb behind, when the small boata utpfl. Capt.Stenswn bas no inomora'bdnm off the names of tbe la'st, wich. Nara coasequently unable to give.' This one of the rnost'dreadfutwreeks~ that we have had occasion: to record for mainy years, and, coning so, after the great rail road calaules, us with emotions of' horror and icomrn. N. Y. Evening }%st 181k subtU. [Froma ?he Bahtimore Sun.] Southern Baptist Convention. This religious body, composed ofi clerical and lay delegates froni theva-. rious Baptist Churches of. tho :South. ern and Western States, Fridaty morn ing assembled in the Seventh laptisti Church, (Rev. Dr. Fullerisoorneret Saratoga and Paeastreetals~geeablysto. the previous aqjourninehti '1trd wha. called to order at ten dlock, by- Rev, IE, B, C. Howell, PD D, of'Richtnonc), Vt., the president, 'Mo read--an ap. propriate portion of scripture, and an. nounced ai hymn, which was sung whery Rev. N. M. Crawford, of Georgia, in, voked the blessings of Divine:Ptov7 dence on the deliberations. On motion, the convention te proceeded to the eleet-lon n Q49 rS, which resulted as follows; IRev, 15. C. Howell, D, .D,, proueident; . Richard Fuller, P., ,, of 144 R ev, J:~ II, Jotor, of Va,, Rev. W~iliam .. Buck, of Tcenn,, and.,udg T.Stoeks, of Ga., vice presidents; Rev, . C. ?res. glof Charletiton, 3, C., Treasurer, MrH. . Elysnof Richimond, Va. anid Rev. WVm. Carey Crane, ofAs sissippi, secretaries. , Sovrg CVIQvNA, Comanga .... an announeemev~t in the bouthea i Christai9 Advoceo. we pereel~Q the next annWal sessjp.f j Co4nferowee will bp op m4 Na, ber