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i % > CAROLINA SPARTAN. J AS K.1QL18IUAN IN AMERICA. Hi* Opinio* if War between England and th* | United State*. t Tko following article appears in the ' London Shipping nud Mercantile Gazette: 1 Sir: I have uow made the tour of the ' Slates of North America, and think it 1 probable I can giro your readers some use- 1 fill information. I landed at Now York 1 city ten months ago, anil have spent my ) time in studying the character and customs * of those people, and must confess that if I v remained ion years the result would be the ,j same; and I know very little about tliem. ' But upon one point?national pride?men, I women and children are all alike, and tho < idea of any nation of Europe, or tke^vhole 1 of them put together, conquering this coun- * try is perfectly absurd to them. Every body reads the papers, and a good-humored 1 urcldn of twelve years used to rate me ' roundly at l'hiladelphia for our failures at ' Sebastopol. The best version of American ' sympathy was given ine a few days since. ' When the war commenced tho Turks were 1 the woakor power, and our sympathies 1 were with her. After tho alliance it was ' three against one, and our sympathies went for Russia; but, should France join Russia ' to-morrow against Eugland, ou{ govern- 1 meat could not prevent its citizens froiu 1 not only sympathizing with Englaud, but ' assisting her with material aid. This I heard fioin a very intelligent man, who 1 do not think suspected my nationality; i and I firmly bclievo it. In the South I spent ! some timo upon tho plantations, and many times held long conversations with the laves, and always with the same result. They are much better satisfied than I suspected, and when 1 spoke of the probability of a war, I was answered that, "white folks wouldn't let nigga fight." "But," said I, "the blacks from tho West Indies will coino here and help you to gaiu your freedom." "What! black soger como here; let 'em cum, den liiassa lot's fight do nigga, 1 know, and Oar Almighty wo givo 'ein gosh!" If not expressed in the same lan- j guago tho same feeling was ever expressed. ' I have visited all their national armories, and although tho country is at peace, tho , greatest activity prevails; all tho old arms i aro condemned, and by next spring nearly , 1,500,000 Minie ritles will be ready for dis- j tribution, besides Colt's, Clark's, and others. A Mr. Alger, at Boston, is now engaged on a now kind of gun for the navy. Tho j range, with solid shot, is nearly five miles; with shell, somewhat shorter, and the explosion of the shell renders conflagration j certain to a great distance. These aro called. bv tlioso nt wnrt nil tl.nin ll.n i gun. But what the secret is I could not ascot lain. Since (lie war rumois 1 have 1 been observant of all and overy thing thai could give 1110 a clue to the feelings of the fieople. This is not diilicult to coiuo at, ! or tho feeling ii general, and their confidence is so great in their own strength that the most diffident speak only of tho consequences and the result. In company with a party of merchants, most of whom wero engnged in trade with England, I > broached tho war subject, and was astonished to find thent so indifferent about the j consequences. One of thcin, largely inter* ! e?ted in clipper shiiv, in answer to a ro- ! mark of mine, that lie would have to lay up tiis clippers?"Not a bit of it," said lie, "they will make capital privateers; the Government will-furnish guns of long range; no.British man-of-war can ca'.ch them -.x i cept a steamer, and they cannot in a good breeze, so wo must lake chances." "But I i where will you get your men.'" "Where! | < Wo have 64,000 enrolled fishermen who ' l will Hood our sea-ports, and I will tell you candidly that in less than six mouths after < war is declared thcro will be 500 of the i fastest vessels in the world afloat as priva- < teers, and an English raeichantman will | not bo able to show herself at sea. What j < if we lose a few, we will make it up in the ' 4*11(1- Ttl'n cfnnniorj u-orA l.mnal.A,l ? ' days since, each about 4,000 tons, built in < oiglit mouths, and it is just as easy to build I 50 in the same time or less." "1 tut your I coasts are not defended. ltoniember you ; have no Sebustopol or Cronstadt." "Nor i do wo want any. Wo have a few very i pretty forts, but should any nation attempt < an invasion, we will meol them with hand ' and hearts e?pial to any, superior to most; I and we can concentrate 500,000 men at i any point on our coast in a few days. Let i the alarm bo sounded at this moment, mid f in a few hours near 50,000 men will make their appearance armed and equipped." < This soynds like bragging, but it is a fact, i This city (New York) has near that nuin* I her enrobed and equipped; every man j keeps his title at homo or in the private ] annuity of the company to which lie belongs, t and 1 find it the same throughout the I country. I have frequently met with boys i of 12 and 14 with guns and game-bags, t starling at early dawn for the woods, for fioro they can shoot gauio wherever found. ' War is argued against by every body as I something to he avoided, but llio idea of < backing out to avoid it does not appear to t enter the mind of anybody. Some of the < papers speak of tho President's message t disparagingly, but the people are with him, c and I candidly believe ho would be elected if ll.a ??<?? MV ?? .1.... *...? I - ' ? ?? VIUVUVII V?UIIU VII IV lliM . alliU I IIJ* * gret I cannot defend my country at this l time us i would wish. The Bulwer Clay-' t ton treaty is plain und explicit, and these * people don't nnd won't understand douhle a meanings in treaties. They say the man I' with the white hat doos not refer to the " individual in the white cap, and my Lord John Kus.si-11 acknowledges tlio American c interpretation. Thero aro thousands of c men here that the Americans would he glad io get clear of, but that does not justify s Kngland in breakitig their laws l>i enlist- I ing thein; and iny Lord J'nhner&ton'.s in- ! afflictions wcro something like telling a n man to stab his neighbor but not hurt o him. If the treaty (Clayton and Bulwcr) is ad- e bored to,'wo have the States pledged never 1 to occupy it. (Central America,) for, sny what we will, they will stick to the treaty ft and it will nover bo annexed; abrogate it, ' and in less than ten years it will be on a of e the States of the Union. The Canadians }> lire a very loyal set and think they could ( <1 take possession of thu States at a moment's warning. They have caught the habit of c< bragging from their neighbors without having tiio wherewith to brug on. A trip d up tho lakes is the most convincing proof si we cau liavo of tho difi'crenco in tho two p people. In tho American are well finished ci cities ami towns, saw mills, railroads run-1 tl nii?nr in every direction?in fact, you sol- t| d.mi lose sight of tho hiconiolivo?and i fo J.hero are itpimncrablu steamers at every | ^ ... _ milling. On the Canadian, whore then ire settlements, you see the well-kept, com oriabio uwoSkr.gs, the smooth ihcmd awn, anil everything woais an aircouiforl tut little or no busiuoss, with the exceptioi ?f the groat railroad. However, they ar apidly improving; but sliould there bo wai he lurgest and best portions of Canada ar ost to us. Quebec, Halifax, and olhe toints would bother tliein. But to sun ip my own observations after every oppoi unity that one man could have aflbrdc< litis, tho result would be as follows: Mexici 2uba, and tho whole of Central Atneric vould bo annexod in the South, and I hnv ittlc doubt of Canada, in the North; mi ions of trcasuie and thousands of valuabl ma lost to England forevor. our commerc :rippled in every sen, and some fightin .hat will gladden the hearts of our trie ii.ldiery. Now, what can we gain? A foot of te ritoryl We don't want it; and if wo di( iix feet for tho majority of our bravo fe lows, I fear, would bo tho extent. Navi i>r military glory we don't want, aud as ft Lhe sand beach of the Mosquito king it a decided humbug. What would bo lli result to this country! It would put hi hack iu j>rosperity for half a century; would rum thousands who aro now in a Huenec, but would enrich thousands wb aro now poor. But the great ndvantaj. the Americans Itnvo is that they can pr duco ami mauufaclure everything the want; the different climate affords tlii Ihcy would get accustomed to thuir ow goods and discard ours forover. But tl greatest injury to all parlies, and 1 it's say to the world, would bo tho making this nation of 25,000,000 a warlike pcopl and, once instilled with tho love of wa tho propagandists of Europe would have fearful ally. Tho last year's crop of who; is officially given at 170,000,000 of bushel and everything elso in proportion, so lh< we cannot starvo thorn out; and, from n: own observation, 1 would rather see Enj land contending with the whole of Euro; than against this country. I am no croa or, nor have I any doubt of tbe noiver ar wealth of my l>clove<1 country, and, if net bo, could again handle a musket for h honor and glory; but tho day that war declared between these two mighty rivals contest will be commenced that will brii more horrors in its train than the wor over yet witnessed. There is nmther item which I am lil to forget. Many of my countrymen p!n great dependence on the abolitionists, < friends of fteodom in this country; but I a sure you their greatest protection Iterc their iusigtiilicance. They flourish as lui as thought harmless, but the slightest su picion of their collusion with a foreign fo and they would be annihilated; in fact, have proved to my cutiro satisfaction tli those teirible and exciting questions a only intended for political effect; but altar any importance to them affecting the ii tcrests of the country, and they arc con You would, no doubt, bo astonished hear that many children of foreigners, an in fact, foreigners themselves, nro knoi nothings, started to prosciibe them; hi such is the fact. 1 have extended my r marks further than 1 intended, but tin have one desirable feature?that is, trul Should they prove acceptable, 1 may aga intrude on you. 1 remain, yours, .IAMBS 15. Waukkn. liuHalo, New York, January 11, 1850 The Atmospheric Telegraph. When the world, says the ltaltiinoi American, had recovered nieusuably froi the almost overwhelming sensation of vvoi [lurmeut produced by the achievements i dio electric telegraph, we may suppoi that it was fully prepared to award to tli; discovery the title of ultima thule of a invention. That other inventions, and giei [>nes, would follow in the lapse of time, \vj perhaps more than probable,?that an discovery worthy to be compared with th would be made was deemed impossibl It wits reserved for .Mr. Morse to reach th culminating point in the world of invoi ion, and win tins magnilicent trophy fv [ho first half century. Such speculatior dso aro likely to piove premature, or to L recounted but tho ebulitions of old tbgv ism. A greater than Morse is at Irani due I.S. Richardson, by "ciaft or cunning, which at an earlier day would have brougl lis bones to tho rack, proposes to trunsfi Ions of mail matter from the city of Wad ngton to New York within tho period i iixty minutes, or at the rate of five miles ninute. Mr. Richardson has petitioue Joiigress for an appropriation to aid hit u doing this thing. At the last session >ill was reported in the Senate, whicl vrovides that the sum of $75,000 bo apprt printed to enable tho Postmaster (iciierj ,o test llie practicability and usefulness c [. S. Richardson's atmospheric lelegrapl tot tnoro than two feet in diameter, for th reimportation of tho United States mail: uAn operative model," says the repor io It. long, is now being exhibited t?> men era of Congress and officers of the (lov irnment in the Rotunda. This innchiu rausporU letters, packages, ifcc., at a .-pee if over 500 miles per hour, with a certain y and safety before unknown, whelhe :urved or on a straight line. "With this great speed, there aro sta ions on the lino at which the load is atop ied and changed, in a very short space o ime, and then allowed to na-- to annthc talioii. To prolines a partial vacuuin i is easy as to apply the power in any otlie orni; and as the load is progressing, lit itmosphciic resistance is obviated. "Tho plunger goes forward without cnl ill a hie friction, and its touch is not sutli iently great to create objectionable heal " J ho engine, tender and fuel, ar tationary, and tho power used to drav hem and their appertcnnnces is saved. "The actual cost of transportation ism acre than one sixth that of any other mctli d, and more than ten times as fast." 'I ho following short statement of me hanical facts respecting the Atmospheric 'olograph is given by tho inventor. 1. The area of a two foot plungor ii mr hundred and fifty-two inches, 2. Tho pressure of one fourth pound Oil nch inch is one hundred and thirteen otinds, and 113 pounds tractive foret raws seven tons. 3. A two foot cylinder, forty miles long mi taint about 010,000 cubic feet of air. 4. One pump cylinder, twenty feet in i.under, and twenty feet long, contain? x thousand cubic feet. Two of those iinips, double acting, will exhaust J 1,000 ibic feet of air at every turn of tho shaft; lorcforo 27 turns of tho snmo will exhaust ic number of cubic tool contained in the rtymilo cylinder. 0. l et the load of 7 ton* it.ut from }:.il a tiinoro wheu tbe pumps aro started at - Washington, and we canuot see why tbe i 'cad wilTnot arrive at Washington as soon as the shaft has made 27 revolutions?say u live minutes?with a pressure on tbe pumps e equal to drawing tbe load, vis: less than ouo half pound to tbe inch, e Those who have examined this wonder { r ful invention are generally confident in ! ii their belief of its practicability, and that grand rosults must How from its adoption j by the Government. a ARRIVAL 0F*THK CANADA. o Halifax, March 28.?Tbe steamer Caua! da has arrived, with Liverpool dates of the 0 15tb. e Tho Conferences bad repotted progress, ' 1 and tbo indications were highly lavoruble d to peace. Prussia had been invited to join tho Conferences, and liaron Mautcutfel had r- gono as plenipotentiary. Mr. Dallas arrived on the 12th in the 1- Atlantic, and was favorably received, d The opinion universally prevailed that >r peace was now certain; still, questions re'.uis live to tho Dauubian piineipalities and the >e Asiatic frontier remained uusuttled. It :r was, howover, roporled that these would it be referred to Commissioners on tho spot, f- The British squadron was pushing toio 1 wards Kiel, but Admiral Watson had been ;o ! oidurcd not to engage in hostilities. i>- The Austrian army would be further ro?y duced. s. A despatch from Iterlin says that Count n OrlotF had niado known at St. Petersburg >e I that a definite understanding had been iy | reached on the fifth point, and peace was of j assured. e, A correspondent of tho London Times r, says (lint an American Commercial Coma pany was about boing formed at Vienna, at for the purpose of establishing direct trade *, between Austria and tho United States, at and importing cotton and other articles. It iy is estimated that a treaty of commerce will ; soon ba formed between the two countries. >c The Paris correspondent of the Times says k- that Russia has agreed to tho ncutralizaid tiou of the Plack Sea, and the dismantling sd of tho fortresses along the coast, er Cotton had been quiet, and lower qualiis ties' were l-8d. lower, other grades un>a changed. Sales of tho week 18,000 bales, ig including 5,000 to exporters and speculaId tors. Fair Orleans, 0 3-4.; middling, 5 15-10 d.; fair upland, 0 1 Id.; middling, iO 5 13-10d. to 5 7-8 d. Stock 35G,000 bis, ce including 235,000 American. Flour had or advanced 2s. Gd, to 3s.; < )hio 35s. Gd. to is- 37s. Wheat had advanced 4d. to 0d.; is eorti Is., white, 31s. Gd. Provisions quiet, ig Consols closed at 02 14 to 02 3 8. is- At Havre, cotton was quiet but firm. >e, ? ? I The Mkhchant and tiik woui.i?-be St rut ciue.?The i'aria correspondent of the New ie Vork Fx press tells the following very ;h Frenchy story: ii- "One day last week a wealthy merchant e. of the rue Afontorffuicl was walking along to tho hanks of tire canal St. Martin, when d, he observed a young girl of wild and dis,v Iracted appearance hastily pass before him. ut Apparently supposing herself unobserved, e- she knelt for an instant on the ground, as ;y if iii prayer, and was about to make a J,, spring into tho water, when the merchant in seized her arm, and, gently reproaching her for attempting to put an end to her life, demanded to know the cause. The would-bc suicide recounted to him a touch ing story. She had, she said, just lost her father, her last surviving relative, and her sole support, and finding herself alone in 10 the world and utterly destitute of resource-, 111 | thought the best tiling she could do would "* be to put an immediate end to her own L> ! existence. Whilst she was speaking, our ! benevolent merchant observed that she was jl| J 'lu'1? young and very pretty. Promising 10 piuviuc lor tier iiiture welfare, he !?. *] Iter 11 from the spot. Talking together the twain 13 arrived upon tho Boulevards. In conse quenco of Iter misery tho young creature ls had not eaten anything that day, and, e* naturally, now began to feel hungry. 11. r e new-found fiiettd straightway entered a l" ! neighboring restaurant, and called for a )T ' private room. After eating a bountiful 13 dinner, tho young girl, wishing to make somo woman's request of the <lam* </< romploir, left the room. After waiting for some time, and finding that his protege did not return, the merchant determined to pay his bill, but what was his chagrin, on searching r his pockets for the w herewithal to do so, to '* ascertain that his jyortmonnit had disappeared, ncd with it the contents, amounting :i to over two thousand francs. The luerj chant has come to tho determination that, 11 , for the future, if pretty young women wish :i to drown themselves, ho will not oiler the 1 slightest obstacle." ili Bank Kouiikky.?on Thursday night if last about 1 o'clock, some timing thief oi i, ! thieves, l?y means of a false key, entered e the ollico of Mr. (Joo. C. tiihha, Agent for a. tho "Planters, Bank of Fairfield," ami stole t, ; therefrom a package of money, containing, i- i xvo art! informed, about six thousand four | hiimbod dollars, in Bank bills, chiefly of c i the Banks of Charleston ami Fairfield. Mr. d t*ibits was just about starling bv tho Caroi lina for South Carolina to settle up his ncr 1 counts with the Bank, and had taken the money out of tho safe, and packed it with i his books in the bottom of his trunk, prei paratory to going on board the boat. Bef ing called out a short while, he left his r trunk locked in his ollico, tho night being s a bright moonlight one,and the street being r thronged with people. But the thief, who e was, no doubt, aware of his purpose, and had watched his motions, took advantage i - I of his short absence, and entered tho ollico l?v means of a false key, forced tho hasp of tin- trunk, tumbled the clothes out upon e the lloor, and carried oil successfully the | r i package containing the money and books. No clue bv which to detect the criminal > lias yet l*?en discovered, except that the i | paper which enveloped the money and bonk* w us the next morning found on the j j wharf of Messrs. Itiabee ?k Can ova, at ; . which wharf the Savannah boat was moor- ( i ed at the time of tlio robbery. The supposi- ' lion is, that the villain left on that boat. |Jacksonville .Www, Match 22. i ' Tint Coi sr.? Ills Honor Judge Withers is . despilchiiig the business of our Court with great expedition ami ability, lie COtistimes hut little time hitiMelf in talking, an.I encourages the Uitr to : follow his example, lbs response to the I'resent* I iiklitaf the (Jratiil 'Inry, on the subject of rctnil ! I i sho|is ami luptors, was admirable Ho predicted , . that if the Town Conn J permitted retailing, our 1 College would Is- broken up in ten years The ; easy of murder resulted in the eotivieliou of Serena , 1 i Haily of manslaughter, ami the acquittal of 1'erry i j Itruec. Thy fao's dcvclop-d in this ease wore a i i sad commentary on tlio morals of them ighliorhotsl i ' in wliieh thu hoiuieiilo was committed. A jug of 1 I whiskey was too origin of the ?lifli<-nlty, and tie 1il< a(h o| South'rn was- attributable to it. f!rr<n- J i t lie I'olrivt, &\)e Spartan. ^FA)2TANBlDr5?_i_ _ THURSDAY, APRIL J, I8??. _____ Amon^ ?. tlicrs now la our town we hod tho pleasure of arcing MP. J no. L. Young, 1'resident of the S|KU-t:iuburg nml L'uion Ituilrond. BKPOgf OF T5K"CRANU JCRY. Tliw document will be found in another column, nud we commend it to the attention uf ear readers. TLc iciiMiks about tbv tCW CulTt t'o"EJ l.? worthy attention, and wo hope thv Cum missions rs of Publio Building* will seriously consider these recommendations of the grand jury and the sug' gcations of liia honor in relation to the matter. MILITA RY*"E LKCTI05I. Although wo uru not yet in possession of the returns, we understand that \V. II. llunt, of NewI berry, hna been elected Brigadier General of C'uv. airy, IMh Brigade, S. C. M., vice Niles Nesbitt, resigned. THE.WEATHER. For two weeks we have been blessed with cold, blustery and otherwise disagreeable weather?intermixed with ioc und frost. Winter lingers as though reluctant to yield dominion to his more gonial suoe< asor. On Sunday night wc heard the : rumbling of thunder and saw a few weak (lashes i of lightning. On Tuesday morning a white frost covered tho ground; and now, while we write, n I cold drizzly rain is falling, with n temperature i making over-coat* nnd tires necessary for comfort. ! Though spring is backward, our country friends report well of the ginin crops in tlio ground, j Wheat promises well, and though the seasons may , l?e a little late, we have no reason to augui other j ! than favorable results in all departments of litis- j j bandry. Harly peach trots nrc almost in blossom, ! and we do not think our prcwut cold snap will do ! them any injury. tiiiTfair. The l.adies of the baptist Sewing Society held 1 a very pretty and pleasant fair in Palmetto llallon Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, for the sale of fancy and useful articles, to aid them in means to suitably decorate the new baptist Church. Wo ' have Hot heai d the amount realized; hut, judging from the number of (hi-soiis present, wo should think the sum satisfactory and e?jual to their ex- 1 pcetalioti. As far as we could judge there seemed | to be full enjoyment in the crowded room for each i one present. ihrppr'Tmabazime. The April s among the very ln-sl of the issues I of this (stpul >r Monthly. The biography of (Jen. Putnam is alone worth double the price of the No The other principal |wi;>crs nrc?Madoria, Port, mid Sherry; A Home in the < 'innamon Isle; 'Hie Resurrection Klowcr; Pati|>ertown; Utile Dorritt? continued, and other niiaccUancooa reading. A: Nolssly should lie without this admirable publication. oi k nil'rt. Our spring term eonimeneeil on Monday, Judge \\ itliers presiding. A large Isar was in attendance from the circuit?among whom wo noticed the efficient and gentlemanly Solicitor, .1. II. lb-id; Messrs. Young, Sullivan, 1 lender-sou and Itill, of i I .aureus; pi try. Kttord, ( Hett, and I lotialdsoii. of fJrectivilh-; Tlioin-nii, (Jouililwk, (iadhiriv, and S. R. tlist, ol 1'iiion. Although lio eases of great iui|x>rtaucc are on the dockets, yet the business is heavy, and Judge Withers, by sitting from 'J a. in. to fi and 7 p m , is despati hing it rapidly. We have rnrely seen a judge more patient, eourti ous, and persevering, or a court mote orderly and inl? lit on business. bulge M itlu is, at lb s te in, realized all our ideas of what a judge should be. Thoroughly informed in the science <>t law, lie applied its prilici| pies clearly, promptly, and impart ally, with a per! soiial bearing great urbanity au<l dignity. \\\ ' H.iw none ol thai ih-iuK ? :mJ I, o- - ; tributed to In.- honor, and w? tre ijuilc sure Ins rc: appearance upon iliin circuit Mill be haled with ! hearty satisfaction. TIIK Kl\sTr*miM!TTi:i:. The c* inuiittiv to take evidence it the Con tint til | election case belwet II W hilfteitl an<l llcedcr in Coni|Hi?et] of Mr. Sliermau of Ohio, Mr. Howard of Michigan, and Mr. Oliver of Mn-souii. The two ] first arc Republican Know Nothi gs. Mr. Oliver was the elioioe of the Southern nicutlH'rs who were in favor of the Nebraska Kuusu bill. They take out with them a Monographie ri j?-?rtcr, a clerk and .vuintiiiit, and perhaps oio- or more i marshals. Cov Kecder has left for Kansas, tleii. Whitfield g.a-s with the committee. , " ; "Tiik SrtHTts?The Carolina Spai tan, we I think, is mistaken. It was r. letter nt ours that called out the reply from Judge Ituller. -Sttrhrrry /fixing Sun. The Spartan gave credit to the Sua in publ sliing .fudge l.utler's letter, and the subsequent allusion was in the same direction. Wo only stated that the Mercury had called on our Senators for their opinions, when, unknown to it, they had alI ready been given, Our language may have l?een ambiguous, hut we think the Sun will see that it ' did not attribute the answer of our Senators to the eall of our Charleston Coteinporary. Kansas.?The committee at Ahlievillc have maile a nqnirt, of which the following is an extract: ; "The Committee are happy to annouuee to their follow-citi/.clis that eleven true and gallant mtl?? j I?r. I'. M. IVlot, J. ||. Connor,O. W. Connor, W. A. Cray Jon, J T McNeill, William Appletoii, W illiam Metiill, Alexander McNeill, ami Andrew N Darrioott have enrolled their iiiiih-h as emigrant*, and that handsome eotitnbutioiis of inoiu-y have been made. The committee nie en- ' Couruged by ilieir prisent anccenn to hope that twenty-live or thirty men will he enrolled, mid ample fun I* to equip them obtained, by the day appointed f<>r their departure.'' I'. T. IKixi'V and iiis I'viiu sr.?< hi Thursday Mr. I*. T. Itanium was |>ut under examination l>eforo Judge Holla pn, in New York, relative to his property, at the suit of Custiing t\r Co., win# have obtained judgment against bun. The Mirror nays: ' "Mr. 1^. was qnest oiied also on Friday as to his I>ir?t iu uitniiH ui living, nihl f*iatr?l tli.it lu* t?*?k boarder*, mill had l! e vegetable product ?>f Bridge|>or l farm of last summer. lie hud Irienda win. 1 would keep liiin fnnii starving and had irnilitol him money. In reply to the <m stion, lie acknowledged ili.it In liitil a gold uralcli, which lie would prodlice if required to do eo; alwi, a diamond ring. Being linked it lie had a piano forte, li<> mud yea, , lint it vat mortgaged for all it Mas ivt rtb.an well as other furniture/' The Charleston company for Kaunas, which started some time since, had reached St. Ix.uis on tlmr way to tlio new Territory. Southern emigrants . re Mowing in fmm other Sta'e*. . .. - - ?- - Ni? IVi < trriCK. Mt. I<cbmioti post ortleo, in this Diatriot, has been rc-estahlished, and Calvin Foster a.p>|wiintcxl p<*tmu*tcr. K\iina\tion to Kivm.?Mr. 1'. II l^-irev.lnto I of the Orangeburg Clnriun, Marts with his family 1 f n h ni- li in In- pnvp 'oC to go si-sit am] up- y on Ins own rtoponsibility- I ^ssssssssssssmmsBSBSBssssBam. THE NEWBERRY MIRROR. Wlwn tho Newberry Mirror tuakea out igtixt the Spams ss ckar s trcs-b of polities' veraeHy as we have agoiuel it, weal-all undertake a ilfwM. Nut before. We deuy the Mirror's aooooat of the origin of the CouTcnt ou luownirut. Aa Cor bock as August our editorial colamua furuUL evidence tluU we bad opiniuus on the aubjeot uuJ avowed them?aud simitar upujiuui wvru auiuuu.M uy iuo JMgctH'lU Advertiser, Winusboro' Register, and other journals. Why, the Mirror, on the subject of the couveutiou anterior to the app< uranee of Col. Orr's letter and the legislative paper of the forty-eight, is as bod as the HourUnis, who wished to blot from the history of Frame the Napoleonic period, and trtut the whole interregnum as a blank in govsrnmant. Ix>ug before the .'ppenraace of the Dudley let > r the discussion LaJ been decisive of reprtaeulalion at Ciuoiuuati, auJ it bulsuiumwi up ths urguioeuts and gave a plau tu the utovetuent. Kvidsutly the * editor of the Mirror wus igu .ruut of these thiugs, or trust id such questions to the keener political sagacity of Gen. Garlington, who it was generally thought done up tho "big business" of the ooucern. As to the number of Districts which have sent delegates, we have only to sny that 13 or 14 have done eo, and that is pretty nearly one-half. One would infer from the Mirror's looev way of speaking that the number was limited to a baker's half dozen ?or even less. Wo fee! greatly tlatu-red at the application to us of the term'demagogue. Great men are often thus designated by those who would decry their influence, and we must o'en submit to tho classification. Kpithut, however, is not argument?but its absence, and proof that the latter commodity is sea roe. Inverting the order of our cotcmporary's comments. wo now conic to the lions'* of glass. If lie thinks wc live in a dwelling of this brittle material let him''rorit" away! Rut wc beg lie will remember the advice conveyed in the words "prenex ' garde," or a stray splinter might do sad damage to his person. PBESBNTMKlfoPTHB GRAND JURY, | KI'AKTANIU'KO, St'ltfNO TKItM, I860. The presentmeiit of the Grand duiy, for Spring Term, Spartanburg District, showcth: That we have examined the jail and puhhe ollics, and find that the inmates of the jail, as far as we could judge, are comfortable and well provided for. The jail itself is in g"od order, with the exception of I "lie door, shutter, a few panes of glass, and one lock, which need repaiiing, and some plastering ; which needs to lie done, which we lug have local' J to the attention of the Commissioners of Public i ' Ktiildings. The offices we find ill as good Condi- | ; tiou us they could well he kept in, from the dilnpi- I j dated condition "f the old Court House; but ns an j appropriation lias been made by the legislature for ! i the purpme of building a new Cuurt House, we | , deem it unnecessary to make any presentment in j I reference to that matter, further than to recommend to tho Commissioners of Puhhe Ituildings to I j make inquiry ami ascertain whether it v.-ould nut be I to the interest ol the public to let the olJ Court ' , House remain, and build an additiou to the rrar ' end of it, so as to enlarge the court ismhii and the | "Ric'-s below; o* to purehasu a |>ortioii of the lot adjoining the Court House, Ik*longing to the estate of tho late dairies K. Henry, nml hu:.l*l an entirely new one, leaving the old to be converted into a Town Hall, to he rented, with the offices below, to the Town Council and o'litrs who may tiro] tlo-m. i And we nre inclined to the opinion, that if the ' j aforesaid lot can be purchased at a r. asonable price, t it would Ik* la tter to build an entirely new Court j House, leaving the old one a? a Town Hall, to Ik* 1 . 1 ICIIted oUt. \V c further pr*.sent, unanimously, thut the sen- . t< m of taxation in this State operates unequally ami j | unjustly in relieving a certain class from the bur .j.-ns ot taxation, nn-l requiring another vhi?a to j l?Mr tin* entire burilena, ami therefore rce.inirnrn<l to tin- I.i-jj:xlalure of tliUi State to (now a law, at (fx ' next aesxion, iin|Ni>i|io a per capita tax U|mi|i every free wliito man of ami ov?-r the a^r of twenty-one. .1 C. ZIMMERMAN, lufttnmi. ri:KSIIN\L DIFFICULTY. Tin- |iers?ni:il affair botwt- n Hr -I. A. M< tlx, of I nioii, anil S (i l-lirlo, of ilo Anili-rmin tiaiitlr, Knuviiii; out of article* publishd in tlic |?|icrs, ' li as bii'ti i;itixf;u-lorily ji.lju>*?-.1 by rvforoiii-i- to a bonrtl o' honor. The followiug i* the buai* of net- ' I lot in- lit, as publiahcJ in the Aiiileraun Uaxcttc, ' Trtn- Carolinian, ami I'nionville Journal: The boarJ of gt-ntlenii n to whom, by mutual ctkj~ nt, the whole subject in ih?|.ale bi-twecii J)r John A. Melt* anil Maj. SaniM <?. tirlv wax ! refi-ireil, liiwl: That the il.llieiilty originate.! entirely in a newspaper C< ntrovorsy?the |>arli<s not ; being |n iMiuallv knmvn to each otlo r. Maj. Karlc, a- editor of the tiax< tie anil 1 droente of Ainlet-son, |>ubloheil some comments on the tarewell aihlri mi of Col. Win. 11 t.ixi.oi I'uioo, to{ his constituents l*r. Metts u(7* wired tlux.' ciitnmenix in an article over the signature of "Forty Fight." an J, in doing m, u?<-1 Luiguji);? which \hij. Kiirle innsuli nil |H-r?oiiallj oil. naive. Maj. Kuril1 ti pin-.I in an Cihtorial of the "nth of Felirua rj , wim-ii it >hii? r<ii personally (!? n ti\<-, mi l u|sm tho subject mailer of lltw iilitnrinl e inniriicril the corn s|miidciieo which led to this rcfi'l etlCC. Tin nrtieh nflir Mitts, although not mi cousiJrrnl or mi> mliil by him, nai personal, ami "exceeded tln? legitiin tc hounds of newspaper criticism." I'pon J) publication Maj. Mario night, an.I it In- liaii intended to pursue the matter luitlier perhaps ought to, have re.jioie.l an explanation or disclaimer. That Course would have la-en inure rcgul .r, ami less likely to complicate the matter, than the offensive reply coiita iicii ill the editorial <>f the 30th of February. 'Hie editorial vena, however, plihl shed, which also "exceeded the bounds of new-paper criticism," ami was very personal and offensive. Ilut the whole matter now being tie fore us, in order to do substantial justice, and remove every cause ol irritation, we decide that the offensive portions of l>r. Metis* article, signed " Forty - Might." and also ol Muj. Marie's editorial, j of the 30th of February, be 1m>iIi mutually with- , drawn, and thus the difficulty is nettled honorably to both gentlemen. In our judgment tlicv l*>th ean with I onor to themselves sign this paper. This pap< r is signed: J. If. Adams, J. M. ( adhcrry, S Mcfvow.m, G. I). Tillman, A. <?. Summer; and accepted by .lis F. fiisi for I>r. Metis, and ?l. 1>. Ashmoro for S. 13. Karlc. Jusr ah in Si'prosKii.?The following is an extract from a letter received by an old farmer in Connecticut from his s?>n, who lives in Kansas. The letter is dated I/twrence, March I, 1S."?G: "I suppose you h<-at a great deal in Connecticut about 'civil war' and 'outrages' in this Territory, not one-half of which is true, and the other half will In-ar reducing greatly belore you swallow it. \ It is rather a rough country to begin in, and tho people, perhaps, somewhat different from those wo meet at homo in Connecticut; hut I hare exneri eiiccd nothing bnt kiudinsHi th?<ir hands. There | are some hint fellows here, as thore nre everywhere; but they are not all Missuuriaiis, by a long shot. The troiiblu here has grown out of the abolitionist* ?-I m??in the poltical ones?who think they can bluster and brag hero as they do in Massachusetts, and are doing the Territory inoro harm than anybody elso. '1 he story al>out its Hot being safe here | lor a northern man is all gammon. ItusincHs i* good, and those who attend to it can do well enough ' here." \t a a KxrussRs The Chancellor of the Itrilish 1 F.xcheqner, in a statement made to Parliament, ea- < 11mutes the test the two years' war with Kusa>a I at f I I,.'????,000, or about $300,000,000 ! Add to i this sum tonal amounts fi>r France, Kusaia and linkty, and we have a total of . JKtH?,<WK),tM>0. It . * w ill lake, perhaps, one thousand million* of dollars ! l- pay all tho expense* <4 the war. 1 ? Ctirulma to in .Uo ten." Hire w;is i nu*-t strikui^ confirmation of itio trui' rutirlaiHin ??f rei< nee Now, if tin* trif i-r hush really aU.uuds in Nortl Carolina, why may not tlie enterprise of souk o livr citixt iM ad.1 toilie exports tlnal down in ertrj g< gr.i|'l,v as tar, tobacco, turpentine nn?l lumln-r nuittr.' 1 >rt>x:! luul Paraguay arc reaping tlicil million^ from a shrub which gr?>wa F|KNitatiinuily .1 it-1 the subject is realty worth investigation Hi oui at n country. In lit axil an<l Paraguay the tnnlle can lie gailt < rul during I lie win tic year. Parlies go info tin form: or |iiaci-a wlictc it grows, ami lircnk off tin brant-Ins with the leaven. A |irut?? of kiln <irv nig m reportvil to in woods, mid tlu-n the branch.; in-l leavi a arc lransf>ortcd to |4.ices where llu re u water pow..r, mul are broken in mortam. 'flu substance, alter this operation, in a!m.?>t a jinviK r though small stems ilciiu-lcti of their bark arc ah ways permitted to remain. ISy tins simple pfoct* the M'ttlr is prepared for market. <aily requiring the raw hide oaBcs mentioned at the Is-ginuing oi this coinnmnkatMHi. in prepnnttiou fl-r drinking is equally simple. A small i|tiaiitily of the leaf either with or without sugar, is placed in a common bowl. u|m? which cobl water is poureil. Afici standing a short tail", hilling water is a<liletl, ntnl it is at once re.-v.l v lor use. Americans who liavt vailed liueii'ii Ayrcsnr Montevideo may remcrnher to have seen, on a tine summer veiling, thi denizens of thnt portion tif the world engaged in ?i|i|iiug. through long tubes inserted into highlj ornamented cocoanut b.w Is,.a liquid, which, though not so (..datable as iceil julefsi, was certainly far lew linrmful- 'Iliesc cit'zrns of Montevideo and liurnm Ay res were enjoying with their brmbtlhaa a refirsh'.ug ?lraft of wiaf .'e. It mu*t be imbibed tluongh u tube on account <d the particles of leaf and stem which thmt u|Miti the surface ot the liquid. This tithe li is a fine globular strainer at the end. Kidder, in Itis '-Sketches," says that great virtues arc ascribed to th's tea. It supplies the place ol mcil and drink. "Indiana who have been laboring at the oar all day, feci immediately refresh til by a cup ot the herb, mixed simply with river water. In Chili and Pern, the people believe that they could not exist without it, and many persons tike it every hour of the day. Its use was learned from the natives; but. Slaving been adopted, it spread among the Spauinrds and Portuguese, until the demand became no great as to render tlie herb ol Paraguay aim-->-i as lata! to the Indians of this port of America as mi lies and pearl fisheries had been elsewhere. Il grows wild, ltd never lias been successfully cultivated. Although attempts were made by the .iimiii* i iiraguay 10 transplant it (ihii the lorcst* to i heir plantations, yet it was without result. 1 1io|m.- tluil tin* little communication may com* uud?r tlio eye <>f aimc North Carolina gentleman, wlio I ma a turn lor audi matters, ami will give an examination of the lea bearing Jltx which i? found ill lii<< State, and which lias so hint; furnished a beverage t*? aouio of the interior psoplc. I remain youm truly, ? rattL. IUciuno Ifow* in ktNscs.?Gov. Tfo'iinson lias sent a second message to the Free State la-gialaturo of Kansas stating that in Ins previous communication lie intended to recommend no course to l>e taken in opposition to the General Governmcnt, or to the Territorial government; while it shall renin,n with tho sanction ol Congress, colli ion with either w to lie avoided. In conformity w ith these suggestions of the "Free State" Governor, l?>tli houses have ndopt-.'d the following it* 'Union: Rttolmi, Hy the Senate and House of lleprescnlatives <>) the State of kaosas, that the laws enacted by the present legislature shall not have effect until an net be passed hy the present or some future legislature declaring them in force. It is slated that .lodge 1-oOoliipte, < f Kansas, hat .niubci) th<* indictment of the members of the free State Legislature, and that several of them had been arrested, and others had left the Territory. Visit of tiif Sv|.tan to his AlmkiT.?The Frrmdm Malt of Vienna states,on the authority of its Constantinople c rrespondent, that the nppearimoe of the Sultan at the balls of the Kngl.sh and French Htibmuei was but preliminary to more extended visits. He intends paying his res|M-ct* in person to his illustrious allies in Vienna, Tar is, and Is'ttdoti, to thank tliein for the generous and disinlerestod aid rendered him within the last three years The arrangements for thoj>?urney arc aeerotly made, A flotilla of three Turkish steam Frigates and six steamers of the allied fleet will accompany his Majesty to .Marseilles, from win ner he will proceed to Turin, and from thence to Paris uid Loudon. lie will return to Constantinople via Vienna and the Panubtan prinoipnlities. His mite wilt consist of Admiral Achinel Pacha, the Mushier 1-m.u-l Pacha, aud ten <>tln*r d'giiiturni it the etiipirc. [For the Carul.ua Spartan.] BO FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Tl*! TWA 1 tSi! Mimu. Koitom : Kwy sohoo&oy has IrmiTi! from hie geography ibtt I riagabt ihrrt ??i?^ mmiIf is fouud in ih? southeastern fart of Sooth Amsriea, of which the natives wiiba tea* bat It will 1m astonishing to yoar reader* to lean from the subjoined article, eopied froca Um oorreapead?n< e ol the Journal of Couxneroe: let. That ?ii urticb, w a beverage, it regarded ae cot only a great luxury, but almuet a Mseeesory of life! 3d. That so vast an amount of it m exported to other ports of the world, But above all, 3d. That it Ans long swire been known to abound in North Carolina .' hoping that our iutiust. jus ncighoora of tbnt State will do the public the favor to look alter ibis rare and valuuble shrub, end givo us so cue more definite seoouut of it, I beg that you will insert the following article and oblige, Vours truly, HPAttTACUS. Mutt* or Paraguay Tea?ita use in Spanish America?found also in North Carolina?ito preparation in ttraxtl. Am Paulo, Bbacil, 1855. While in the neat llnxilian town of Paranngua, in the new province of Parana, 1 observed many raw hide casta which tl?? blacks were unloading trom miVe, or oonveying to the chips riding at anchor iu the bcautdul boy. Upon inquiry I ascertained that these packages, weighing about 130 pouuds each, consisted of matte, t. t. Paraguay ten. The substance, so little known in the United Stall's, forum truly the principol refreshing beverage Asffhsi KnaniaK Anwrironii kitullt nf ??? ?'? 1 v, ,?V >/| ...... - - - ? ?? ? MIV VJUUIVI , illlU millions of dollars arc annually expended in Dacues Ay res and Chili in it* consumption. The town o< Purnniigua in Southern llrazil, containing about three thousand inluibitnnts, export* every year nearly ft million o( dollars worth of matt*. Matte la the name of the prepared article of the tree or shrub, which is commonly known to botanists a* the Ilex Paraguaeifi*. It is also classified by Von Martiu* 21s belonging to the Rhamn family, and he give* it the scientific name of Cos*ine Goitgonha. The Spaniard* usually denominate* it Verba de Paraguay I was not n little plc;i#?d to find thai my friend Dr. R. (the American physic-inn and botanist mentioned in a previous letter,) was porfoctly.acquainted with the mole of its preparation, as well 11* its class iinil family. The pkasure thus derived, however, gave way to astonishment, when he informed mu thai in the United States the 1'uraguay tea nol only was to l>o fouml, hut was actually used tui 1 I leverage by the people of the region where it grew Dr. IL recounted to mc.oiio day in hi* office a Limeira, (Province of San Paulo.) In* woudcrfu adventures, when a younger man, lie roamed ovei nearly every Southern and Western State, liunthu for the w cod w hich was vulgarly *tip|?oscd torauw the milk sickness. Although lie did not (itid lh< cause of that disease, which hn* *0 damaged innni a spccuhitii 11 iu western towns and villages, yet In made the acquaintance ol a little tree in Nortl Carolina, from the leaves of which many of tin country people of tins old North Stale "made* ten.' If 1 renumber rightly, he iufortned me lliat it w? the Ilex Kupuuia; hut nciciitific readers must no hold me responsible for the name, a* my ii<>tebool may probably mislead me. A few year* after wards Dr. 11. was iu this nn-st glorious fi? l.| for 1 botanist iu tli ) world?thi* Southern lirnzil, uliw magnificent Jfwrfi lias been the wild delight of every fnvore-d follower of Iviiinrus tlmt has beeu per uiiticil to cn?ct it. In tlie coarse of hi* ramble lie encornter?-d the Ilex I araguaensi*, and im mediate') saluted it as hi* old luvjuniiilanee fumfci f?-!?tur s but little different > of Norili Carolina Sou, inoiitlia ela|HU'il, and ho visited Para nag tin and lie was almost a* much sutqirised nt nnothel discovery, whieli wu* not, however, in the hotnni oal line. He- found in tlii* out-of-the-way pnrt o Itrnzil an American woman engaged in lliv do hghtful art of preparing /ri/sMiisl touiriubo 1 |*>rl and lieniu-) for uativi-s and foreigners who tuigli patronize her establislimcnt. In conversation wit! Dr. It. iu regard to (lie matte, *hc ru-hinuil "whv. 1 toetor. till* is the MWi trurL ? 2 It ^ 5il OUR RRUT1MI VrntUATRUTABL MMM . I I" ? * *! of ths CI?rloa-B?!w? Traa?| to strongly argad1 Mirttljr by year aorreapoodsnb?I mM (but tbr Umdoa ourrcspeodent of thaJearaaTot &??*?? . ?evidently bp American, and aa iMnr and friend of ear Qoveraaaao> f the aw aaw? as ike ealy proper mode of piiiaHte. Ue unhesitatingly dealarea that Ike OwaaaaN ef Great Britain, and ?ke antien 1 ibeir beska, iM Mad by their interpectoUoo of the Treatyl Tea awe: they wiB draw the ewerd before they ?HH reeedel They weald give miUioos not la ha taaai to ugh; the moat vdaable (viand eke ever had eft ' earth, bii' rh? la b?r?c? uw* ?lw wv*?u be segiejeS , in the eyre of other nations were eke to aoeept ear eonstructiotl in Bee of her awn. Even duo. Englishmen who esteem ae moot remark?Thla waald never do; ought yoo 1e be aa unreasonable aa ft desire such a procedire.' t Having said thus, the mm writer theoremarhm If die Treaty can be abrogated by the gevwftment of the United States, there ia net the slight eat danger thut the peace of tke two countries wiH ever be interrupted on account of any portion ?f Central America. "When California was the aab, ject of grave vexation with Cen. Taylsr, be aaad : to exclaim thai be wished it wonld reepsvefr/ It is so with the Brilishry in relation to Ksstsa and the Mosquito Coast; they wish tbry wonld nsysratt! A few vears are likely to fill ap Nicaragua and her sister States with an effective population, by which their resources will be developed to tha benefit of all the industrial pursuits of this rcahw~ Tliis would rcooncils the government to stain date ' her peeudo Protect orate, and restore to lloadara* I' the islands she occupies, hut to which shs has Mt , i the shadow of a claim. If there be strength enough in the Senate for tbw purpose, it assuredly ought to be employed for the , immediate and unconditional abrogation <ff a treaty. 1 ?- ? J ' I ,.... ? vuv vi iis m^uuiiiiTi wma concerncd, was perhaps intended to admit of a doable ceo* ktruction. Mr. Clayton dearly meant atherwiae, bob his faith wu too implicit. 1 think the reosotia for it* abrogation are an ?ay. whelmingly powerful, that they ought to infioaoeoI united action on tho |?nrt of tlic proper authority.. Hie measure would not occasion a murniar boa Uu the contrary, it would be generally rrctrMm i a God-aeud deliverance from impending danger. I The llu't iii doe Uaileoao.?The |iinniiadingn t of Mouday evening are of aanaual interest. In i the first place, the Hoard of Directors determined to put an end to the contract with Bongs ? Ce^. t (the original parties having altogether left the cooI corn,) and to take the work under their immediate r management. In the second, they circled to tW f office of Chief Engineer, Col. Walter Gvryun, a gentleman who hns had, |>robnbly. a larger cmporW ; ence in such works, and shown a more perUtt / i knowledge of their eoet and management, than any is j mau in the United Sta'cs. We cannot bub rbai j graiulate the Board on their choice, aa we Ore sarr e I it was the very best they coald make. In a natiea ' ! of this distinguished Engineer, which we published t i a few days since, it is remarked as a notable and. t | almost singular fact, thai in nil llie estimates of the t | cost ot great public works of this kind, which be hns been cnlltd upon to make in the last twenty i years, in no case has the actual expense iioetlsd p the estimate. Tile tribute of the Board to the fidelity, intsgri. ty, and n-a! of Mr. Lytlignc, their late Chief Engi nocr, ia sincere ami well-diservcd, and will be aeo. o tided by all who know tliai laborious, hsnesl,ssi r I roe-hearted man. . | We may sttite that the nlEiirs of I lie Bias Rdga ; | Huihond are now in a very pioniisiiig c<>udilioo? r I Is-tter than ever before, and that its steady and rupid advancement is confidently coantid on. Tba f ' tunnel at the Stump House Mountain bus been eat . i to the distance ol ITU feet on this sale, and GO feat t 1 <>n the other; while the four slmtu 'nun above Itava t , been sunk to about half tin ir depth. The lock is" . 1 everywhere lound of a ijutdily not difficult to w< rk? , but compact, nn<! neol ug no masonry to sspport i tin- excavation*. S>> far. the cuat of the work bau i been within the estimates?a confirmation, if *ny . j were net. loI, of Mr. I .y digue's sagacity aud iaiegi rity. f Tlic Chief Engineer at once entefs on the d sties' of his new |M?ition, and aecumpunird by I'rnidfSt , ' Krost. left the city last evening tor An.lersoo.? ! Charleston Mercury, Mar eh iti. Tiik Mount Vkunon J.aomV Association untiie Ustos.?We have heretofore stated that , btil li.ul been |Kissed by the Legislature of Yirwtwis. ; incorporating lite "Mount Vernon istdiss1 Auu*iit t on <>f the Union." Ths oltj?t ifii ?<frct tha purehusc.by individual subscription, uFViso hsodrwk i acres of Mount Virtion, ny-hiding lbs mansion., i garden, tomb ul Washington, nml the wharf and. landing on the Potomac, with the intent that th* t KUtiv sliall be Ceded to the Sutc of \ irgiuta, aai. , held KKttil forever as the l olue nnd l:.?t ft it 1(1 It , place ol t!?? latlit rot his country. The sum asked! . by the iireseiit proprietor, Mr. John A. Washin*-I ton, for the* two hotwired acres, is two ligndrA thousand dollars. The .net aitihorttrs tl?c Governor ol Virginia to obtain v-ttliin tour year* a deed ? , 1 conveyaneu *?f tin- |uojk rty from Mr. Washington.. The money to make the |iuruliase is to he deptsutadl | in the Statu Tieasury of Virginia,as it may kecoa?tr.bitted from titne to time, and to be invested ti . ! stocks or iunns, at si* j?er cent. Pow?t is confer* red u|?on the Amrouiat on to charge each person i over nit years of age, who may bind at and visit, r Mount Vernon, not exceeding cents; and tha i Governor of Virginia is aunually to appoint firs i persons to visit and inspect the place, and see that i the Association complies with its act of i it Cor position. The New York Commercial *av? : We notice that tin* net ill question invest* thai association with tl?c tit 1?* of tfic "M?>ont Vnwa Association of the Union " We like that from Virginia?fr?*tn the heart of the Okl l>oil?in~ . ion. it lutm tin* right cheering ring of former fW 1 ' r oui lays, and will, we doubt not, be promptly v < diced front New York nn<l other Northern State# , in probers of liberal c?? operation with the Indies of i \ irgiuia to raise the required mm tor the psrehnsaof the precious earth that holds the nvotilderinfr hot ?s of the man who was, is imw, AJ.d ever shall be, "first in the hearts of his countrymen."?04* lunarr Sun. kkgumo anu tiik r*rr?d Statu?w# eope 1 Irorn the Washington Union an article wbtcW marks forcibly, and in terms of moderation, the points on which seem to lunge our pr?* nt diplomatic complication with Great Britain. ThaBritish Ministry have certainly not dealt fairly in tln-M- matters. They Imve ehtinusl an informal verbal suggestion of laird Clarendon, to rodrr tha Central American question to the arbitration of n friendly power, as n formal proposition of the Brit" is)i Government, and they have made the same u.-c of an instruction to their Minister at Washington, which he kept to himself for three mouths. There is another point oa which they hava beets | equally disingenuous ? the enlistment question. They claim the credit of basing made fall amend* and apology for the attempts to enlist soldiers in the I'nittd States. The fact is, that the system of ! enlistment which was developed to the late trial* was devised after the boasted amende, srvd in cmsequence of the complaint of oar Government, anil * was a studied attempt to evade live letter, while it defeated the purpose ol ottr laws.? Mrrcury. Orn Km to rants.?TIk* Kansas Association of Charleston forwarded its second corps of emigrants, by railroad, this morning, nt seven o'clock. It in eompKH'd of n fine body of spirited and letbs 1 young moil, numbering twenty-eight, who go with a nrni purpose 10 jw ranee, oy iiKfomry, the if pci' i vnio fortunes, and to maintain, by their i* a altar** | uh citiaena. law and <-rdrr and Souther* rights ia ' Kuians. They proceed under tlw I>uwmm ahargw \ ! of Mr. F. G. Palin<-r, a graduate of oar Citadal ' Academy, and a practical eiril engineer. Thuy unbrace a number of mechanic* arid artirans. Nut n doubt ran be entertained that they will well rtpre*eul S.*ith Carolina. Their equipment h*a nai ' ! the Aaaoctntion a considerable amount, a portion of which hna yet to be tne* by voluntary eanthUatioM, It ia to be hoped that our citisrua wfll promptly step forward and nutkc them, and aho enable the Association to continue ita patriotic and lirgrnl troth, A body ol fou teen or lideei other enngravts. mostly front Orangeburg District, proceeded ott from Brunchrillu ycaterdny.? Krestng Netoo. Tnr Mxtiiohmt Book CsNcrat.?Tt?a rrpo> of the Methodist lh? k Coittctii for the year 1896? prosenp-d to the conference of the M.thod at Kouaopal Church nt Baltimore, auto that tha peroneals, except the Christian Advocate, foiled to meet tha expensca of tlieir publication. The assets of tha I concern amount to #738,977, agamat which those are liabilities to the naaonut of flW.HS*. WnafoaA a capital stock of i