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CAROLINA SPARTAN. ii 11. , ; i 1 1 -J*rraai (ki Bomm Ddi; Qmmi. BIUm and Skarpe* Rifles. tTh? poet oopiss the closing proceedings of the Kuw Rifle Meeting in Nkw Haven, and thus 1 oomaieou apon the nw*.?Ed*.) Should you ask M, whence tliie story? This discreditable story, This ssd t^le of downright folly, Witba shade of drunken inaducss, With the odor of sol pot re. With the murderous crock of rifles, With thorsohlsss speech of outlaws, And the ribald slang of grog shops. With the wild talk of great niuuiee, With their silly repetitions, And ooeuraulsting nonsense, And folly answering folly, As of thorns beneath the kettle, The unmeaning, senseless crackle? Ws should answer, we should tell you, From the city o( New Haven, From t e Blue-law State's chief city, From tho North Church of New Haven, From tho land of wioc old Trumbull, And that trump, Dwigbt, reverend doctor, Where ore stiflest steeples lo nning Through sweet Heaven's peaceful sunshine, Where the sanctuary's droppings Ought to fall like amrel's whisncrs. Where their orthodoxy ancient Onoo had common sense nnd reason, And where, if their mind* were narrow, Still they minded their own business; On the shortest road to Heaven. Then their eyes lonkod, straight before them; On the right was no defection, Nor yet fallings awny leftward, And their hearts, still stout and mnnly, Felt some love of common country, And, where'er her flag was streaming, Of its starry constellation Shone Connecticut not dimmest, In the storm, or in the b ittlv. Should you ask, who tells this storyf This extraordinary stori, Ask who gives this wild narration? Wo should answir, we should tell you, In the New York Times we find it: It bos spread from town to village, It has stirred op indignation, It has wokened honest sorrow, It has called unwonted blushes Of deep slianio to manly faces For the church's desecration, For the Christian name perverted, For the scandal and the outrage, For the sneers of the world's people, For the ieers of all outsiders, For the holy name of Freedom Mode a mockery and hy-word, For a cause more holy, wounded In its friends' own house?the Gospel, Mndo the banner-cry of discord? "Ponce on earth" its once sweet message, Now turned into?"Get Shnrpc's rifles!" What a spectacle for Angels? What a spectacle'for Devils! If still further you should ask us, Haying, "Who has done this mischief?"? Tell tu of this ruffian preacher,? And this Sdliman, npnlirring Civil rage and wild dissension? We sluUl answer your inquiries, Btrailway in such words as follows: In the outskirts of Manhattan Lurks this playhouse preacher, Btec her, And much rnbblomcnt's deluded Ily his heller skelter ravings; Hut moat decent Christian people Do a very wide berth give htm; And the Silliman, one* noted For n peraon ecientific, Aa his head and beard grew grayer, Must liave grown himself imbecile; Hut the church's pastor, Dutton, And tills Harvey Hall, its deacon. And that fighting Mistress Pardee, And the "significant" Killrnn, By oar troth, we know not ol then*; Bat a very jumbled notion Must they have of Christian doctriue, And of man's aublimer spirit, And of woman's softer graces, Of the uses of their Bibles, Of the law and of their duties, And of all that boys in College From their cldc: s should be learning. Should you still persist in knowing Something more of our opinion, We should make a sweeping answer, Which we hope may prove sufficient,-? That ench Sophomore, cr Freshman, Who refused to give the rifle?, Might have told thcin?for such conduct, For their wild, half-crazy speeches, For their braggadocio bluster, For their mischievous intentions, And their actions cot respondent,? Any Freshman might linve told them, They deserved a Jeddart Jury, To be hung aa high an Hainan, High as Hainan, the Agngite, Tied around their necks "tlio Bibles," Dangling from their heels "the rifles,"? They would their deserts have gotten, And the world have been no loser. Baknum's Masterpiece.?Bnrnum 1ms ' performed ninny wonders, but the greatest of nil is the following: It consists in no- i thing less than passing down the Niagara cataract in a. vessel constructed for this purpose. Tho vessel is a ball of gulta pcrcha, thirty feet in diameter, supported in its interior by hoops, rings of steel, and wood. Strings of gulta percha, coming from four points of the rings, meet in the centre of the sphere, whero they are fixed to a coat of mail of the same material. This is so fixed that a man buckled in it hangs, supported by the four strings, Rjlfe in the middle of the ball. At the lower end of tho ball, whero the lower pait of the mail is directed, soino lead is put, so | that swimming in the water the head side will be turned upwards. In this upper part o i.~i~ ? > . .Hi's >? < ?uiu nunHi m;ty ne opened 1>V 1 iho person in llio interior. Tito ball is so etrong ns to sustain, without danger, tho shuck of the fall. On account of its size it <CAnnot sink, nor crii the person buckled in the coat of mail sulfcr any harm from the violence of the fall. As soon as the ball, nfter its fall, has found its centre of gravity, its inhabitant unbuckles himself, opens the flap, and gets out of the hold, waving the United Stales colors under the Rpplause of some 50,000 or 100,000 spectators, whom Itanium intends to assemble, at ono dollar each, upon the occasion of his first performance, From every such performance a; gain of $20,000 or $30,000 is to be counted | mi, eince froiu all parts of the Union spec- , tutors will flock to the cataract of Niagara. 1 Itanium is about to make an experiment svith a clog. If that animal arrives nil right below, a nigger will bo engaged for the next experiment. If that one arrives ; equally safe, the Yankee undertakes the first serious passage hirusclf. Tine Kiokt Sfimr.?At the fttnte eon ! vention of the democracy of Louisiana, Mr. j !?.? II - jinn, oi inorenouse, onererl it resolution, "that the nominees of tho Cincinnati Con- ' vention, whoever they may ha, are the choice of this convention for tho offices of President and Vice President of the United Slates." Tho resolution was adopted amid the most tremendous applause. The recent horticultural exhibitions held in France and in Deigium, indicate, it is said, that thoie lias been of late years incredible improvements in fruit, that many varieties hi.herto unknown have been made familiar to the world, and that a very general attention is being rapidly drawn to this highly important subject. An oeeasiona) foreign correspondent of i the Kdg*8*!d Atl??rt??r (urni?li<? (he f??l- ! lowing sketch of a "character:" Paris, Jsn. 28, 1866.?U was while imoking a cigar in tho Buffet nt tho Dal Masque, of the Grand Opera, that I made the acquaintance of a most singular individual. I was speaking English to A young man, when a tall, lank mulatto, in n loose shirt and trousers, hearing me, hailed me with "yes, sir?how do you do, sir?" lie 1 was passing on, but I cried after Lim, "Well enough, how do you do?" lie turned, saying?"very well, thank you, sir, but I ain j i! , . uwvensu inirsiy, ami wish you would stand I ft drink for me.""Goodl what'll you have!" "Grog American, thank you, sir." "What's your iiAme, friend?" "John Matthews, sir, guide and interpreter, always before Meunrite's Hotel, sir, and be very happy, sir, to serve you any way." Hut, to bo brief, here's the fellow's history, which I got partly from himself, and partly from others?and the various accounts agreo so perfectly that j there must bo a good deal of truth in the | story. John Matthews, after being engaged as a | boy in the cod-fisheries, having been born i in Hoston, went to New Orleans as the ser- j vant of a merchant. Afterwards lie serv- ' cd ns undercook or. one of the steamers ; on tho Mississippi, which place he changed for the berth of steward to a steamboat on tho Mobile. Thence lie vent with an American Minister to Q?, where he learned Spanish, and subrequently to San Francisco, whore his master having the bad ta*tn to blow out his brains, John took to the mines, filled his pockets with a couple ut thousands of gold dust, and returned to New York. Having acquired a taste for travelling and having heard talk of Europe,% he determined to visit it. Landed in England, our hero became a pet of tho Dutchess of Sutherland, and made the acquaintance of tho young nobility of her set; but finally found himself ieduced to tho life of a liny-Market sharper, lie left London for Paris and got the place of valet nt the American legation. Having acquired French, his reputation as a diplomat domestiquc spread so rapidly, that he was sent for from Kussia to instul our Minister there. Hut having the misfortune to be found drunk and creating a distutbance in tho streets of St. Petersburg, with Ltffrd D. I ami some other young nobles, he was put into the lock up, and thus losing character, he tnnde his way hack to Vienna, attached himself to tho legation, learned German and attended the court halls. lie travelled with various masters, as interpreter, over the East, nad Italy, and wns put in jail at Jerusalem. Afterwards, being in l'aris, ho gallantly espoused the quarrel of three Americans to whom he was acting as guide, against four gendarinos. He knocked two of them down and was given apartments at Clichy for two months. In this unfortunate condition ho wns deserted by the Americans, and came near starving. Released, he threw himself on the mercies of . one who gave him hrcaa and employment, and finally sent him to Spain to instal IJodge. Again in Paris, Matthews finds his business poor, lie made a raise in the fall by being at a party of I^oretlos, who were gambling with some French nobility; the party being broken in upon by the ]?olice, John mnnaged to secrete four Napoleons lying loose on the table in his stocking, and he has lived on them until now. lie has kept a diary, which ho tells me will fill two printed volumes, and promised to show it to me; hut I have not seen him re- ; ccntly. The fitting up and publication of : this diary would bo nornenn literary sj>ccu- J lation in these autobiographical days of ' ours; not, however, that 1 intend to under- i take so glorious an enterprise. Tiik Question loxonEii.?Tho Mercury, J Timet, Mirror, Laurensville Jferald, and , other papers opposed to tho Cincinnati Convention movement in this 8tate, have j all ignored the true issue, and oversia Jgbed the argument in vain effort to draw off | and distract the public mind. Finding themselves weaponless and powerless in tho great argument, as to tho propriety and ' expediency of a Democratic representation from this Slate in the nominating Convention, they have turned redoubtable knights, and are now engaged in a most terrific wind-mill conflict, sawing the air j i..-ill,. .1...:- 1? * m IIIOVIIJ nun VIICII H <JII<Climi V UlilUV>. I jIKO , peevish, querrulous boys, when forced into i obedience, lhcy undertake to compromise with the ascendant power by ignoring the orignal cause of quarrel, and in setting up a most piteous snarl over side issues, "full of hollow sounds signifying nothing." About six weeks ago lliey started on a crusade against the Conve ntionists, armed with a howling trumpet, and denunciations dire and dark, for their presumption in pre sinning to presume that the of South i Carolina aro so presumptuous as to oppose the dictates of the oligarchy; and at las', accounts they weie lashing their victims most unmercifully on account of "small turn outs" in Abbeville, Laurens, Barnwell and other Districts. Verily, they "saw tho air thus."?E'hjrftcld Informer. ? ? m ? From NicAitsot a.?The steamer Charles Morgan has arrived at New Orleans from San Juan, with dates to tho 10 h. The steamer Orizaba arrived there on that day, and landed 625 passengers. Gen. Walker was reported to be all right. Col. Schlessingcr's defeat is confirmed. He had 50 men killed. Tho cause of his defeat is attributed to total negligence on liia part. Tho remnant of his party has arrived at K:sis, and the men cursed their "cowardly colonel" loudly. Captain Thorpe faced Itiin with a pistol on the field, and threatened to shoot him as a cowaul. All was useless, however, as his cowardice had i created a panic, lie had not taken a sin gle one of the usual precautious against a surprise, though within tho heart of the j country of the eneniv. Capt. Thorpo came passenger in the Clias. Morgan. Jlo reports Walker as in a good position, prosperous, and receiving largo accessions. Another battle bad taken plnce at Arcogoka, between 14 Americans, under Capt. Baldwin, and 100 Costa Kicans, in which the latter were defeated. tviili ? loss of HO killed. 1 ^aI<Jwin had only two men killed, A Nkoko'h Ii>p.a of Uaicboad Tuavsi,i.i:?o.?The facility of railroad communication in^ourday is very pointedly illustrated I in an anecdote before us, wherein a gentlomnn, inquiring of a negro the distanco to a certain |>lacc, receives this reply: ,-Dat 'pends on circumstances, massa. If you ; gwine afoot it'll tako you about a day; if you gwino in de stage or the honoybus, you |< make it in half nday; but if you git in one of dcsosinoke wagons, you almos' dar now." i d\)t Sjmrtan. spamAmsra?._ ;. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 185t. J |! Crowded?U Correipondenli. Viatok fill* a large apace in our columna this week, and our Charleeton and Columbia corretpondents occupy nearly all that remain*. Den- 1 went and Amki.ia ice are compelled to defer till ( our next, and we era re iudulgence of both for the delay. rKissisncBiAi IULLKUC AT LAUKEJIS. The Laureuaville Ilcruld says tlint the Executive i Commute? of the Presbyterian College tit Lnurcns have determined to coniMOUCc the erection of the necessary buildings forthwith. Tlii* is we!!, nod we hope for'the institution n degree of prosperity equal to tliat which hnx attended our own female College. district! "offices. All |tersous having business with the puhlie ofli oera heretofore located ill the Cotiit ll< use will find them in other buildings, v'u: The Clerk of the Court, Commissioner in Equity, and Ordinary, in tiio b biding south of the Spartan office, lately occupied by I to ut and Triinuiler, down and up stubs. The Sheriff may he found at his residence opposite the Court House. sot'Tii nROLrnlxTiJi Kansas. We l> urn through a friend that on or about the 19th ult. forty-four South Carolinians had reached Atchison, Kansas. This make* n total of sixty four now in that town. Pretty well. "arbrotvpks. We nre much pleased to learn that our friend Col. Greene, determined to keep pace with the progress of ! nrt, has ja?t returned trom Ch luiulra, where, under the skilful tuition of .loo. T. Zcaly, whose reputation in eo-exteusivc with tiio State as a master of his prof s*ion, he lias perfected liimself in the pr s.*ess nnd mnnipnlation of the Amhi olypr, or glass pictures. Col G. has shown us a ?|s-cimen of his own execution, combining all tho excellencies of the nn?st finished engraving, distinct in nil lights, nnd s.i tinted as to resemble tin-breathing miniature of former days. The Ambtotypc must supersede the Daguerreotype Inun its greater delicacy and durability,nud as it involves only about the same expense. Col. Greene it now engaged in the preparation of the various chemicals requisite for the no.v process, nnd will in a tow days lie ready for the reception of sitters, who can readily satisfy themselves of j the truth of oar commendations by personal inspec- j lion of his specimens. Uootns on church street, , opposite Palmetto House. PROLIFIC. A correspondent, formerly of this 1 fiatrict, wri- ; ting from Columbia County, Arkansas, stales that a negro woman, in Ins settlement, nged twentyone. has nine living children. She had firo the fust tin e, three the next, mid about the first of February l.-ist gave birth to four. It was facetiously rumored that if the accoucheur lind not been exhausted the number might have been doubled?of course this is Hot vouched lor by the gentleman communicating the above facts. WRIT DE Ll'NATIlO INQllREXUO. I'nder the above writ n court was held in the ' Couit House on Monday last, in a civic Kx-parlo Stephen White, in the matter of Daniel S. White. I After testimony taken botoro the Commissioners j the jury failed to agree, and n mis trial was the re- ! lilt. A new trial is fixed lor the 24th inst. lit. Mii.it a ry Election.?On Saturday lost Mr. j Jeptlia Turner was chosen captain of the S|>art:iii- 1 burg Volunteers, vice .) llaiuscy Howdcn, resign- i cd. MOUNT TERN O.N. The letter of John A. Washington, addressed to Mrs. MariaS. WntFord, stating that Mount \ ? rnon ?iu not for sale, published in 111 S|uirtiui ul the 27th March, has drawn Irom the pap is of the country various opinions as to the purposes and ' motives of Mr. Washington. Nor has ilie discus- | ion been confined to editors?correspondent* and others have entered the arena tor attack mid do- i fence. Wc have no denite to heap fuel ti|xiu the excitement thus raised in again alluding to the ' matter. Our purposi is simply to call attention to the article on our outside Iroin "A Southern M it rim," which was ? lit to us with a request to copy, to undo the mischief of the Washington letter. We conclude that the paper from which wc ?xii."VH this article was sent by the Corresponding SocJTtnfV of the Southern Matron, as it cama from I'hiladelpi.ia. n.*?d wc In g to call tl.c attention ol that "wiled lady" l?> the letter ?p|?eiided to this at tielc, to conrincc It 'r (hat Mrs. ollbrd ncitlicr addressed mi "idly curious ?oi 0" ffulling"i quiry to the lordly proprietor of Mount Vcinoit. Adnnttiug thai he is overrun with sncli favors, wo!'Id J the labor ot preparing a polite and gentlemanly re" 1 ply have been greater than was bestowed upon the ! curt and petulcnt note so generally condemned !>y . the press? Whatever of liarassiiient eireuuutauces may have suhjected Mr. Washington to, he should not have forgotten that his Correspond-iit * was a woman, and from the d'stiuclive sulnK-ript i (adopted only because of the existence in tins vicinage of a plurality of Mrs. Woflbrdsj lie had a right to presume her a lady. He chose t > ignore this fact, and to our m.nds lie richly deserves the casligalions s > lavishly h< stowed upon him. It may be true, as alleged), u the communication of "A Southern Matron," that Mr. Washing toil never offered for sale the M< unt Vernon estates Hut we ! very well recollect that the circulation of a rumor that Mount Vernon was about to pass into the hands ot a Northern Mmiufhcturiiig Company, for speculative and mechanic.il purposes, first tired the patriotism and poii.tid the pen of a Southern Matron, and gave life to the scheme hy which the la die* of the South sought to rai*o the enormous sum of 5>2l>0,0()0 to pay for 200 acres of the land attached to the estate of Gen. Washington. That rumor may have been true, or il may have been false; hut certainly il afforded Iter a text for n glow ing app al against sueli d?* crution of the sanctuary of the illustrious dead. Wc perhaps have no ri^jlit to find la a It \\ it li the sum Mr. Washington thinks lit to demand for h;a property. It seems enormous? , $1,000 an acre for land intrinsically not worth alnm* $40 or And il we ware to say that th piaec smacks of the Romish practice of realizing large revenues rom amtly bones, wc hardly think tin. harshness of the expression would meet eondein nation from the public judgment. While wc will not sav that, we must remark that were the venerated remains of the great and good Washington enshrined hevolid the limits of those estates, the land now olTercd to Virginia might he had for $20,000. Wc submit the letter addressed by Mrs. Wuflbril to Mr. Washington, and only to slin v that the lat- ! tcr was totally inexcusable ill returning the answer adverted to, as the inquiry was refi rable aloue to the general plan ol I ho ladies of the Union, and , indieated further effort to n>d the noble work over i which the "Soulhern Matron" is the presiding gc niu*. We hope the papers that have copied the answ er will also give this letter a place in their col minis, to vindicate the discretion ami motives of a 1 lady. srxrtanburo, March ?, 18o0. Ma John A. Wxrni.soroN: Drar Sir: You will excuse the liberty I take in addressing n few lines to you. I see from various Suites they are making up a fund to purchase Mount Vernon. I wish to know f von desire to sell it, and if so, what is the price. Through a Mali on of Virginia, some three years ago, there were meetings all through our {State, and a , great ileal was subscribed. Kvcn here in our little village there was a hnndvmio subscription. Wc believe, if you intend selling it, we should purchase it. The North, Mouth, F.ast.and West nro interested in that. Wlulst polities and abolitionism divide us ns n people, the pureliusmg Mount V urn on may throw a cord of love around, and be the means nf preserving the Union. Asa Virginian I feel very much interested. The name of Wn-diington is dear to me and should he to every American i i ion. An early answer to this will bo grntotully re- < peirH. Very respectfully, MARIA S. WOFFORO. ' Wkl?w of tlie late Rev. R. Woffer d, < Founder of Wpfford CoJIegc. CHARLESTON CORRGSPONDKNCE OF SPARTAN. ChaklKihox, 8. C., April, 1800. Mwm. ICrr-oMt Winter with all its srowr? it* (rusty mornings, sod its cold winds, hns passed twsy, nnd Charleston in beginning to put on its Spring attire, presenting nil the vnried beauties which :no sought nnd admitcd in n southern city it this delightful season ?>l (lie year. Owing to hud iveatlicr nnd other onuses, the spring trade was thrown behind, nnJ consequently Churl* stoti is still j crowded with iviunlrv iner<-li->ul? Every nlitrDimn King street, the favorite prorninade of the tan- on?n, glitters with all the gorgeous lines of glossy silks and sparkles with bright eyes and | retly (sees. Truly the Charleston ladies are worthy of the (nmc they hare won, for beauty nt any rate. The harbor is now crowded witli ships from tfr?ry country, whose tnll masts remind one of a dismantled pinO forest, where the (ire has raged end lc(t the forest giants barn and leolhs*. Charleston is happily situated for {tNnmeixS.d purposes* The Cooper und Ashcly rivers rolling on each *'dc }?>in to form her bay before emptying th< mscWt-* into the sea. ''The ocean," says Win. Gilmore Sinuns, "rolls in sight, ns it wcro before her doors, hut six miles distant, but shut out from violent intrusion by long arms of sand, islands that, stretching out on either hand, I inn n capacious basin, in which the city is equally conspicuous and secure." We were walking on the Battery the other day gaxing out U|k?ii the many objects which were en!- i eu'uted to nltrnet ntt< ntion, and the thought struck us that we should like to take a trip to Sullivan's Inland. The boat was about to start. We jumped aboard, and soon loutid ourselves fast receding from the wharves and the city. From the middle of the bay a must beautiful picture is presented to the view. The first object which attracts the nttention is Castlu Pinckncy?a strong fortress?whose yellow avails, rising front the bosom of the waters, make a beautiful Contract with the clenr blue sky, nu 1 when we have passed it mid looked behind upon the city, the effect is heightened to a great degree. The spires, steeples, chimneys, mid the dense mass of houses, would mskon very pretty picture. In about half au hour we arrived at Mount Pleasant, which seems indeed to be a jilraiant little place. The l?ont stopped here about twenty minutes, and we had time again to gaze around. From this point is afforded a very pretty view of Sullivan's f.tlnnd, and of the entrance of the harbor, including Fort Sumter and Fort Johnson. Moultrieville looks much belter at a distance than upon close ins[*-clion. When viewed from the boat on her passage from Mount Pleasant it pr? sents quite a picturesque appearance, seeming to rise from the very bosom of the ocean?white far above all, as if pictured in the sky, floats the star-spangled banner to the brccsc, reminding the U hold, rot the greatness and glory of !iis native land. Such a scene would not uihivi ?iiv vircuinsianccs x?? open every spring of feeling nnd sentiment in Iris limrt, l?iit lmw much is tlio effect heightened l?y the remembrance of tlint particular n|hi| over which it ward, a*|?ot con sccratcd by blood spilt in the gr?nt struggle for freedom, and interesting a* the see no of America's first victory over a British fleet. At the name of Fort Moultrie a Carolina In-art would be dead if it lid not bound with pride. Wc landed and mounted into a sort <>f one-horse railroad cur, which has been the butt of many a j.st. After a ride of alioul hni. n mile, the engine <a raw-boned,badly-fed horse) stopped, nnd we dismounted nt the very portuUof the fort. We passed the sentinel beneath the archway and found ourselves in the b<Atim of a strong military fortification, with its magazines, liarraeks and guns, which we spent alsiut an hour in examining ? and afterward* took a stroll011 the trench. When we returned we were shown the grave of Oeeola, whieh is bv means the least int. resting ohj.-et to he Seen at hurt Moultrie. \\ ? believe 110 I le ?<t this distinguished native chieftain has yet he< it piihli>lied. so perl.ap* a sl.it.-h of Ins life - the mntct nils of whi? h we collected for our .or II gist Ii" it ..ti- -would In t be uninteresting t>> your readers. It ymi dunk so, I propose to make it the subject of my next commitmention. K. K. COLOMBIA COIIKIiSPimiCNCK OF SPIKTH. Col.i MliI ?, Apr i "fi, I Sort. Mr.-tuns Bioroits: As wo write, lite weather is decidedly hot?-Jr.i? h i ii so for some t.ine?,ui.l proiuu.es to !>.. m ire so ?h irtly. Walk ng abroad at noonday is rather uncomfortable,? r. mi ds one of summer; an I to the calculating iit.ii f suggests the query, it it s s., J| now-, hmv much hotter w ill it be m-xt hi.mill J But as a full recoiiipet.se for this warmth, wo have no many beautiful (lowers,? su.-h a pleasant shade Iroin .rcos in lull foiliigc,aml such s.vect music of birds singing by morning's dawn, iliat we th^ire no change. tfiimmwr in.l. cd is darning, when the grass shall wither and streams dry up. But while in a eity when- g. nilt- brei-7?-s are ever Uowiug, and shndc trees ward oil" the tin's fierce rays, wc dread not it* approach. In contemplation of sundry walks to Sidney I'ntk ami frequent visits to the Ice Cream Salo ii*, "we r. st come t." W c notice in to day's papers an advertisement of SIgMb.i !T l^afJombc, a French Me re tiles, who for tlio cnforiwiuni'tnt of the public will land liars ot iron, hit up at oi.e time half a dozen nu n, ami p. form similar inter estb.'? feats. A night or two ago a grand "spurring match" was announced, and doubtless was attended by nnity, wh;'e a (.'otter rt by Mi?s Clara Kean aud Mr. Caoniei.* attracted but few. Sjhall we regard these facts as ind.eations of the taste of Columbians? W u hope nut. The May Kxhibilioii of the Senior t lass of the South Carolina I \ill.*i?r? will lnL? n >1, <>n tlie second i'liursday ninl l'ridity evenings in that month As the names of the gcutleimn w!io are to speak hare already been published, we uill not here mention them, hut merely add that lliey will well sustain the reputation that the sons ol llieir AI inn Muter have hitherto |matws?cd n? clo Inc 111 ami graceful *p?akers. ?>11 Friday evening we ha.l the pleasure of hearing an address from Mr. tJi-orge M. Fairloc, of Marion, In-fore the Collego Temperance Society. It was well written an I well delivered. Mr. Kairh-e is considered liy tlie students as "first honor man" in tin- present Senior (.'lass, ami is undoubtedly a goung gentleman of much talent and promise. .lames McCooniba *ull'< red the penally of the law on Friday lasi. At nil early hour the j.ul was surrounded by a large crowd impatient to nee the t disuned man. The gallows w as . reeled but a short distance lioin town, nnd it t<s> was suirouniled by hundreds long hrlore the erauyial came About 1, IV M., the ropo wni tied and the unfortunate man, n'tcr taking lea. e of Ins friends and praying, was "east oil'" Soon as the support from his feel was removed the rope broke and lie f? I! ? his nrek being apparently dislocated. I le was again cnrr.cd lip on the pl.itlorm, hut spoke not, except to say "O I/vd," as the ollic.Ts were carrying lum up Anothi r rope win tied, and **>ii he swung h- two. n the earth ami the hoax ens ?n terrible .sight, ami a solemn warning to all No blnim-can he at'n.-h. ! to the Klu rill" lor the break ng ol the rope, as it had been tested by him oil lhc morn ng of the excculion, and sustai <d a wv ght exceeding tli it ol the criminal. Met '.snubs w as not out down until a few minutes before two, when a physician pronounce! life to he extinct. I lis ho.lv was given to Ins friends. While regretting that lie came to such an untimely end, we must think that Mcl'oonibs deserved the punishment lie received. It is to he Imped that murder will ecssc in llichlund, lor a short time at least, and that a regard for odious of the law will he enforced upon those who think that oil) imhoecan Is- murdered and iho offender csoar*-. On Friday Alirrniton, the Orccnville tia.n ! brought down the Washington I. ght Infantry leturning home Iroin their "pilgrimage" t<> tin- li. l<i of Cnwpeus. They wtro rrciivoil at the depot by (lie Uichland Vol inte?r Riflemen ami the <?ov?r nor'a Cunrds. and escorted to tin- (.Jongaroe House At 7 o'elock iho Company had a dre*? parade, and ! ilUrwanln marched up ami down Main street, nliih ling hy their evolutions a thorough knowledge of Inciter, such as is aci|U red I?y exjsricnce. This Company i* said to lie one of the beat drilled in the State, hut it ha* a formidable rival in ' in rifle cor] a ?and wo think that the Intter for variety and ra- , pidi v of evolutions, if not in other rv-pcets, mil ? xeel tlia former. In the evening of the aaine day, the Oflieetv of the Volunteer ilattnlmn, wifu the W. h. I. nnd other invited ggests, s.?t down to an elegantly prepared supper, and purged oil' sevi ral < hours in pleasant inter-nurse. Next morning ti e Company departed f?*r Charleston, well pleased ' with thc<r hnef sojourn in the "( ' ty of liic < >nkv" . Yours, trufy, CONGAIJKjv. ' Fur th? Carolina Spartan STATE PATRONAGE OP THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Must civilian] nutions liarc by custom, P'lwdtni, or usage, tliat a Stats is bound to prorids for it* destitute, or indigent population. This custom is justifiable on tliu ground of humanity,or of Christian obligation. In our State, each 1 district is obliged by law to provide for ita own |ioor. This provision f>r the necessary physical wants of our pauper population has been cxteuded,on hbe rai consul oration*, to the rudimcnlnl vulture?to the elementary mental instruction, o( a davit removed above the |>auper, but who arc pecuniarily unable to provide such elementary instruction for their off spring. In a republican government, where the people nro the depositaries of power?where they nre (in theory, at leiut) the only (rue sovreign*, it lit deemed important (hat these arbiters of | the publie weal should be enlightened?should be | able to judge correctly of civil and political rights, and to decide question.* of public interest, rxpcdi! ency nnd duty. And,n* every individual member of i!'? body-politic is supposed to have a personal interest il1 l!'rt safety of the State?in the good government of tliC Stutd, lie is, by consequence, bound to assist in providing the hest menus for the attainment of that end;?bound to eetf that the ruling element?the people?is properly enlightened by nn elementary education, nnd thus prepared ! to govern wisely and well. Wo nrrivc, then, at the conclusion that it is right ! ?that it is politically just, at least in a popular government, like ours,?that every iin>n should be taxed for the support of elementary school* where i the indigent youth of the State may obtain the rudiments of common learning. 'I'llis custom of affording such instruction at the public expense ob j tains in every State in the Federal Union, and in | most, if not all, the States of l?uropc. This is right. 1*. is the Stale, liko a thoughtful and solicitous mother, providing for her helpless and depenI dent children. It is a contribution from the rich, j on Christian and patriots grounds, for the elevation and well-being of the |hxt. The people arc rightI fully taxed, and the fund is designed for noble and laudable end*. Now, apply the f>rcgoing process of reasoning to ; the State's yearly tribute to the Sou'.h-Carolina ! College. Kfcry man, woman nn?l child {owning \ property) in 'lie State is taxed for tlic support of a college. Hut who derive the resultant benefits ?>l such taxation? If the pupil* of that Institution arc the parties who receive the advantages of hu"Ii nil expenditure, then the belli lit* are confi rred upon | ' >ne Four-hundredth part of the free white youth of | the State, who are < f a proper age for educational I advantages. Three hundred and ninety-nine | young men are niadu to w< rU for one young man! If such an expenditure of the public money were necessary to prepare that one young man tor the ' pro|>er discharge of the duties of citizenship, and to i raise him to a level in that respect, with other free* ! m? u of tlic State, and if thi* necessity arose out of the indigence and destitution of this one young | man; tlu-n the taxation, and the expenditure, might , well be justified on grounds of public and patriotic duty. 1 tut the educational benefit derived is not necessary to the duties of citizenship; and it is llot necessary for the purjswe ot elevating thro/ir young mail ton eoinparatively e-jual intelhgciico with the 1 Three bundled and Ninety-nine young men, who arc made to pay, by taxation, the motley thus expended. A eollegintc education s not a public necessity; it may be an accomplishment?a literary luxury. The iu<?t wealthy young man in the neighborhood iv, gin-rally, the on'y one who ran allied the xpi'iise ?,f g.,ing ihrmigh ;h? South Carol. n i t 'ollegc. The in ! lie c!as?i-s . ml jw- .r young nu ii of the ueighlsirlioo 1 have to pav iln- tribute, and then Heaven hies* them in their go-*! ivnlk>l take care ot themselves ! Assuming, tin II, that tin* graduates of the t'-dlege ai e the I* infill. d parti v. we stiliilt t, w ith due and solemn reg.,r 1 !- all the inle* of /.-go*, with awful de eteiice to ail I he logical one*, that the taxation tor such pur|?*se i? politieally uiijii-l?that I i* a legalised trau-l, and a* imp -s-niou upon the people i t the State. Hut the students of that College nre not 'lie bein tii.11 a.* ot the public donation. Their individual expenses arc as large?as heavy, in that Col lego, as hi any other college in the United Statis. They get no pecuniary advantage, whatever, from Twenty-live thousand a-year paid out of the public Treasury. To do them justice, they would scout, with unutterable - - rn, the idea of their bring p? us oners of the Slate. \\ ho, Ui- ii, gets the public motley? The Faculty of the College get it. And they gel soine - Five, or Six, Thuusnti I Ih-llars n-year more, over and above, wh eh i* made up of the tuition fee* paid by tht student*. llt?ul. > all wh eh, the State furnishes g-?* i Iron-enfor thetn to live in, mid good j books for them to r.a-l. And the kind-hearted, , generous people of South Carolina pay tlve charges i every year. Hut who are tl-e faculty/ for whom and to whom w e arc compelled by Jaw to pay tribute? ? l.wt i . .> .1 -.1 i * - - ? Minn ! ? ??% k iju.i-i. ? \vi* 111 nvi noi be invul <>??, >uu know. They are not very >tdrtinmtnntiunal,'1 [ believe. Two of litem -Iyou w ill not K|M ak of it! two of tliom :uc dtntmguuhnl foreigners, tliat is, horn in flic old countries; some others arc nntivi-s of oilier States; and the rest,?well, I h.ivn't heard; but they arc all very groat mi n?none 1 ko them in all the colleges; and besides, they're not at all denominational. Hut, to return, seriously,to the subji-ci. Is there any ground of public Hoc Jsily, or of grnertil g?sxl, or of patriotic duty, which requires tit's annual tax.iion this annual absorption of the public money ? li is suggested that the highr.*t, as well as the Intrrst, .irdi r of education must I e provided by the State. ifut Three Slavs, out of more than Thirty Stat* r, of this I'liion, hare attempted, ?r dared to attempt, so f.ir as I am infornud, to provide the highrit edtiealion for a favored class. Have the nlber Twenty sight Stales n<> AigA/y-educated in a I I ).h*s liioSotitii Chmiuia (Jolicge atlbrd the only high education that can he obtained throughout these broad lands of light and intelligence T Perfect equality of rigid* is the boast of our Ilepubliean and 1 K-mocratie Institutions. Mr. Jefferson's cherished idea of the jicrfcction of a true and democratic government was one, under which, every man should enjoy the fruit of Ins own l.ihor, exempt from unnecessary control, and from all unjust impositions, either from In* own, or any foreign gov ei nmeiit. If if h?* disinible that any class of men should be favored with the highewt education, is it just?i? it in accordance with the genius and spirit of our lll-titulioiis, that Three handled freemen shall ho required to yield a part of the fruits of their labor to confer oil one fucniun tins advantage of high cdue.it i ll? Shall it In' replied, that the expenditure is for the common h< m-tit?that the college is open to allf \N e r< ioin, all cannot. !? Possibility. 20 to the col lege. < Mic half?one-four til?oi?o-t wontieth?one* tittictii, )>.ii t of nil cannot go to the college, Home * To the late K*-Governor MidJIeton? Father of the 11 tilt John Star J MiJJlctott?hclonga the honoi of firet rocomm* nditig and inaugurating thia proqpann for the poor of the State; and the ayitcin wna rstal*h?hcd during his administration. cannot, eoiuiatcntly with Uitrir conviction* ol morn] duly, send thnir conn to be caponed to tbo ruinoun eooae<juc?e?nofoorruptiog and vicious W?it?, which | Uicy arc no liable to contract in the eapericueen of City life, at nn age of |>ooaliar susceptibility, and left, an tlwy nrc, nlmont entirely without moral re tralnt. Ity far the greater number nrc utterly and abno ' lutoly unable to bear the pecuniary expenses of 1 educating their sot.v obro-ul at college. Practically, therefore, the many aro taxed for the benefit of j the few?the poor for the rich. But if thme men uro honest nnd conscielnious, or if they nro not wealthy, and therefore cannot a -ud their sms to the College, it ia "theif look out,"?they hare no right to complain of being taxed! "O, lame nnd impotent conclusion!" If wo may hare an established College for which all must pay tithes, why not hare mi established Church, also? Is it becauso there nro numerous religions denominations, an 1 hencc.it would be unjust to compel all others to pay tithes to one! But in coutern, plntion of Law all may join the established Religion; J nnd if they hare not the saino faith, nnd choose to hare a Religion of thoir own, why, it is "their !looli outThere is ns much political nnd moral justice in the one case, ns in the other! This, nt k-ast, is thu conclusion to which my logic conducts I inc. There is no ground of public duty, no clement ' of equity?that can justify the taking of the money ! of the people of the State, orery yenr, nnd giving ! it to the Scren, or Bight men, who teach in a College at Columbia. The young inen, who are cdu- I oalcd there, can obtain high education, nt loss ex! p< nse to themselves, in nlmost any other college in | America. And the only extraordinary benefit to ' the State that College has conferred, or can confert me judiee, is to create nnd perpetuate n class, rery nearly akin to an aristocracy, who hare controlled the policy and p tronage of the State, without any exalted intellectual or moral excellence that would entitle that class, by virtue of merit, to nny such eon'rolling influence. But, it is modettly hinted, 1 we are too late with our inquiries?the case is decided; the State lias settled this matter Fifty years I ago! And another sapient, flippant scribbler (to ! Iwhom we shall pay our rcs|>ects in the sequel) ? informs the ignorant and the simple-minded, tbst, 1 "what our State functionari- s do, the people do; ' . they arc mere instruments in the people's hands, . * * * * in making nnd unmaking laws, * passing or rejecting resolutions, electing officers," Ac. The Stale tina .t~.-..l-l .1? 1? -l ? * . -<v>uv> IKE Mliiun, IHH III .1UU what the Slnte functionaries have done, the people | have done! H'hii did the |>cople acltle the principles now discussed by vote at the ballot-box T Fifty years ago? IIow many of the now people ( voted, at all, hulf-a-century ago? How miny were ever called upon to vote, at any time, on the pro- I position to pay for the education of a wealthy class, | comprising One Four hundredth part of the cdu cable youth of the State by taxing the toiling mil- I ' lion? by forced levies from all other classes? J If the State ever settled this question, it has the | power to unsettle it. And we devoutly wish the j question may enter as a main, potent, decisive dc- ' ment into the ensuing general elections. If this is the case, the question will be unsettled Iwfore the kalends of Novcnitwr; and it will l?e re-adjusted on a new and right basis In-fore the "Stale functionaries" leave the Capitol in December! It i? deemed very objectionable?very monstrous indeed, that Colleges, directed and patronized pr*iioi|tally. by the several religious dcnomii ations of the State, rdhuitd be entitled to a portion of the money they pay under any circumstances, even for the i nrpnsc of educating indigent young men under the direction of the legally constituted Boards ./ public instruction. I>ut it is allowed to be very just and right to tax, every year, every member ?' every Christian denomination in the Stale, and give the money to a t .'ellege which lliey cannot p itronis -, and from which tliey derive W? benefit! And the reason, we supjMMH-, is, thai the latter is tlic Ustublished fidlr^e where AigA education is to be imparted to a Aig/i class of4 the people!" j The votaries of all Religions must lie taxed to aup|M>rt one Colli ge of no Religion, but not one cent shall they have for themselves! And this is defended as the doctrine of justice, and right, and |*-!ttioal equality in a State called free, wher e "the , |H-oplc do whatever the Stale functionaries do!"' Our proposition, ns we have before shown, was designed to approximate something akin to equality ol right among the ditTerent edu sationnl interests of the State, and specially designed for the benefit of the h ?H-favored classes, by appropriating a small snrn annually to ereiy regularly constituted College in the dilate, tor the education of poor young men; and this without reference to any denotniua tioti.il clwu rcter of the Institutions, whether "Roman j Catholic, Episcopalian, .lew, or Infidel;"?an np- j preprint inn, not to a sect, nor fur a sect, but to and , f>>r Literary Institutions, n? such, and for the j?ur- ' poses specified. 'Hie t wattle nl?>ut "a Connection between Church and State"' in the preiitiwt, is mere meaningless rant and nonsense. The argument that the accruing benefits of sueli a measure as the one we pro[>o9ct] cotih) not be equalised among (lie different religious communion* (who have nothing to do with the matter) is a sha'low sophistry. The nicmbcis of every Christian denomination, patronizing anv College in I lie State, send their sons either to the S. C. College, or to some one of the oilier ' Colleges. If they support any one of the so-called denominational Colleges, then they get the benefit, if any, of the appropriations. It they support the S. C. College, then they get tlio benefit, i( any,of a much larger nppropt iatioii. So the argument, draw n from inequality of burden and benefit, melts [ into air. Th 'so who are afflicted with suuh a mania on the subject of detu'tv.iualioiial mischief, and denominational ascendency, may well bo asked, what is the d stinguishing religious type of the South Carolina College? Is it drnominational, or otherwise. Are any rel g ous principles inculcated in sabath ministrations? If >, by whom? Ity uti Kpiscopal j I an? Presbyterian? Baptist? Methodist? Catholic? Jew? ?There is either some Religion, or no Religion. If the former, then, that Religion is taught hy some one of the Christian Communions. And thus,so lar as there is any denominational influence , everted by any College, (without any purpose or \ effort, to make proselytes,) (he same kind ol influence will be exerted m the S. C. College. Under the administration of a C?oper, the Religion will lltillmlilv lw. llir?l of I W.i.MI- nil.1?r tKn I 1 of an able Diviue of any one of the several Chris* j tian communions, tlie llvligion will partnko, more ' or lew, of lite character of hi* Church. To litis, ' wc arc not now objecting. 11. lite nature of the ease, it i* a neccssnry consequence. If yoa have no Ileligion?n?> preaching for tlii* oabaih?and rabslilutc ft Politician for n Divine, llu-n tho rcli- | gious crevl may ho Whig, or Democratic. In this view ?.f the case, how senseless, and how false and unreasonable, i* the cry of dcuominatioaal ' Colleger?sectarian influence! , Such objections proceed, generally, either from J masked Infidelity, or secret religious bigotry. Some individual, unknown, to whom we hsveal- | ready referred, writing over the signature of "One j I - I the People," iu the Express of the 124th April, w i' ' smssmmmmaBfmmm bat thought proper to wing hli ibtfli at "Viator* from Uia mrrut wrrrt, taking U" KW?*r to tell dw world who Viator to, whfl-j abtotding lumaeif under a fK-titwiu* nam*. Ilia fiiwt and prio tlpnl pnrpoaa sevrna to have boon to pr? jndfee Viator bctbre the rending public. W# ar? gravely iatormod, that,? UA prominent feature #/ the scheme a/ Mr.Tucker (if / mistake not) woo to arm the Cum missiontrs of Fro* School toUh power to tox every District, and to give them m per cent. urn the taxes for a reward!" . rtNow tbiaataleroent totlie product of bald, blank, barren igtioraucc, or of unacruputoua malignity. The author of it inny aulect, guided by Ida tauter which of tbeac t-xcuaea lie prefer* Tho atataaiaui ia not only false, it ia ridiculously faiae. Mr. Tack; t-r never did propose any such thing, in any tow or shape. No other man ever did propuae any auch scheme in South Carolina, ao for aa Mr. Tucker knowa, or believer. mr. inciter aid oppose tli? amendment referred to in the no?e, on the ground that it would giro to the more wealthy Districts a larger aharc of tho public fund, while the 1cm wealthy Dvtricts reqirred it mwt. Mr. Tucker did propose a capitation tax for school purposes?the money to bo expended in the District within which tho tax was levied} the precise expedient which "One of tho People" now says would hate been the only proper mode of increasing tho school fund! A system f.nr common sch k?U which was carefully and maturely considered, and framed, after a review of every school system in the United States, by the best models, nnd conformed, in hs leading (enturoa, to those system* which hove been most successful in practice, is described as a plan to tax tho people by the Commissioners of Schools, that they might got a per cent, on the fond! And if the plan had any other points, there were "multitudinou* objections" to them! This very fair, disinterested nnd patriotic individual "rejoices at tho defeat" of Mr. Tucker's school measure; a measure ho had not sufficient capacity to understand, or sufficient honesty to represent faithfully and fairly. If he wants to discuss the question of State patronage of (he South Carolina College, lie has the right to do so over any signature he may fancy. If ho wants to censure Mr. Tucker's legislative notion, let liiin Cotne out into the light, and do so in his I *mii proper name. lie wni wen r?*iire Hid consideration at our hand* which lie may deserve This "distinguished I^egtslator," ns the Kx press has designated him, "maintains, that whatever ths State fuuetionarics do, the people do." If hs liad sufficient intelligence to make a decent Doorkeeper lor legislators he would know, that, of Ten hundred questions decided by the "State functionaries,*' the people do not, ill fact, decide Ten of thein} that, |hey never have any previous knowledge of these question*; that, unlnw brought to llieir noticn af.ttnrahls, either through the prone, or from the stomp, they nerer hoar of thorn; that, as to the eloetion of tnoro than one hundred public afiern by the Legislature, which recurs from time to time, the people, as such, have absolutely no voice, And but a very remote influence. If corruption and fraud have been perpetrated in the decision of three i questions, or in the election of these officers, it is j next to impossible to apply n corrective. Who will go abroad and canvass the State to arraign the corrupt, or the unfaithful, before their own consliti ncntsf If it is s-night to be done through the me hum of the Press, that press is prc-ocvupied by strong local iuAuence, ntid is closed against such discussion; aud it it were otherwise, one-halt* the voters do not rea l Newspapers at all. And when, feeling this State of tilings to be a great public misfortune, u|k?.i which every patriot must look with regret, the true friends of popular rights and pore government propose to elevate the standard of common intelligence, and tench freemen to read end to think, tlx-n a large c!;i?? of men who despise ths cl iime of the many (of which this vmu->nc of the People" seems to be a genu tic type)?set themsclves in array against the measure, and "rejoice at ! its defeat." V?-t! they rejoice with a reason, aixl ' fmtn n motive! The theory of out government recognizee the pe?q>Ic as governing tlieinsclvcs; and what is done, I legislatively, is done in the'r liainr, and l?y their supposed sanction. lint, in practice, as political purer is now exercised, they have but little to do, and but little real iufloi-nce in the Control of government. And unless they take their rights iuio their OA-n hands?elect the State officers, themselves - dr mind the State reforms that ace so much n>?ded?they are likely to have still less power and lens impirtanec in future. Wltcn great, siugle, political issoes ors midr ? such ns State secceaion; State Hank, or no Hauk; or the election of a President of the United States; then tl.c |K?pnlar will is obeyed, if not reflected. I'nder most otlier circuttixlances, the man who will venture In make a reference to the dignity sod au Imrity of the people, la-lore tlic legislature, iu very likely |o be stK-ered at, and pronounced a demagogue. "There is OM (?udr and Mahomet is hit Prophet." is the creed of the Mussulman. "There is one State?the Palmetto Stale?and the College is its College; and WE nre the State's masters and governors" is the creed of a class of men in South Carolina, who will never bo found in the ranks of popular reform. They "rejoice at the defeat" of reform Bills; and affirm that "wAafreer our State Functioftrieado, the people do,'* mean-tig possibly, the people have no right to complain of wli.it is dune I Ai Mr. "One of the People*' Joe* not chooae to I let the world know who hg is, he perhaps learts them the privilege of guesting as to trio lie is, and i what lie is. We pr >|vwe to make three guvaaaa I in the prem sea, via: 1st. That, although not ft gr.iduate of the Sooth Carol.ua College, lie is uow, ?w has been, i Pmti ron of that College, mid that he belongs to one of < the l>e nominations "which no vet hare no College of their own." 'dud, That, although lie styles himself "One of the People," he is, in hesrt an.', life, au aristocrat in the most offensive sense of that term. 31. That ho in inoch more emulous than wise, ami possesses ft reputation lor intelligence that he | never deserved. Should he give us his n .me, we may have reai ton, when wo know him, fas we do not, nor have we the least means ol fixing his identity,> to form different opinions of him; if so, we will state them. Wc have extended this eommunieation already too far: hut, (or the present, wc design it as the last, on the subject discussed; unless we are again put upon the rack of aolf-defeuco. lie, who attack a us for daring to spoak the truth, in tho spirit of the truth, rosy r.ot expect to do so with impunity! If the voters mid tax-payers of South Carolina are willing to be kept fir merchandise, and to he bought and sold as sheep in the market) If they are willing to ho saddled, like asses, with the bardeq of State Colleges and favored ci uu?os, and to be refused even the crumbs that fill from the table* fqr; niahed by their sweat and toil, why, let thepa dq so' * The Hon. John liard Nliddleton proposed (and carried by a large majority of the llouae ) an amendllii-nt tn AIIP S..l,/vxl IIaLu m Hill rt%si ior. ??-- aW __ Comin vsioner* of Schools to r.iiso by MHMmtni, in enuli District, a limited amount for mjhool purpo si's, to be expended within the District, and pledging t Its ? late to pny over a like amount to tlio Its triet *o assessing itself, in Addition to the regular annual appropriation This was designed to create a local, District interest, in favor of the common school system. No one ever hoaid of any reward or per cept. in connection with this matter