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BY CAVIS & trimmer. titeotib to San%rn flights, Politic*, agriculture, j. $2 pee AjrannaT * ' ^VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. ., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1857. ^ ^ ' THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. ?f? BV OAVIS & TRIMMIER. ?? the T. 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor. of? Price Two Dollars per annum In advance, or $2.50 at the end of the year, if not paid until after the year expires $3.00. tp ( Payment will bo considered in advnuoe if made lion within three months. pur No subscription taken for less than six months. ?ajr Money may be remitted through postmasters at ear risk. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, and *ull oeatraots mado on reasonublo terms. tion The Spartan circulates largely over this and qq | adjoining distriots, and offers an admirable medium . to our friends to resoh customers. A Job work of all kinds promptly oxccutcd. nea lllnnks. Law and Equity, continually on hand and or printed to order. rati CAROLINA SPARTAN. ? - drat THE DRAINAGE BILL. J*n: The following act to promote tbe im- jf;tj provement of swarap lands was passed at Qr o tho late session of our Legislature, and is corf now in full force: Pori An Act to promote tho draining and im- jPP' provement of Inland Swatnps. lor OU6 I. Be it enacted by tho Senate and Mouse jant of Representatives, now met and sitting in fron General Assembly, and by tbe authority of the same, That whenever two-thirds or mnv more of the proprietors of the lands lying j' in any inland swamp, owning not less than g^uj two-thirds of such swatnp, shall associate n themselves together by written articles of av agreement, for tho purpose of draiuing and Hl |j improving the same, (to be filed and re- cf t] corded in tho Clerk's office of the district in which the said land or the larger por- j tion thereof may lie,) they shall thereupon become and be a body corporate for the purpose aforesaid, by the name of the pro- f prietors of said swamp, designated bv the ^ ' name by which it is commonly called and known, and shall havo power and authori- , ty to make and ordain by-laws for the regu- .* lation and government of such corporation, ^ ? not inconsistent with any law or statute of force within this State, and to make such j-j assessments of money and labor on tho ,0 members of the corporation ns may be re- ^on quisite for carrying into effect tbe objects for) thereof. II. That it shall be lawful for every such tj,c, corporation, by its agents, surveyors, engi- or neers and assistants, to enter upon any v|rl lands and premises lying in or nenr the ^ swamp, for the draining nnd improvement whereof such corporation shall have been j"''11 formed, and owned by persons not being -?111 members of 6uch corporation, for (ho pur- . m pose of inspecting, examining, and survey- ?' ing the same; and if it shall appear, by the vi n vuui|i?icui eugiueer, 10 l?e ne- | cossary for tho draining and improvement of such swamp, that any canal, water way, ditch, | drain, dam, embankment, Blnice, flood-g? to or other work, should l>o madoor construct- | ed in, through or upou any lands of any |jU4 persou uot a member of the corporation, con and no agreement can be tnado for obtain- j ing tho consent of the owner of said laud ^ thereto, theu such corporation may apply, by petition to the Court of General Sessions and Common Plena of the district in which lo'( uch land is situated, (and if it lies in several districts, to the court of either of said for districts,) setting forth the facta of the case, and praying that Commissioners may be ap- ?U) j pointed by the Court, to ascertain and assess j.UH the value of the laud which would be oc- , cupied by such works, and also the amount j of loss or damage which the making or con structiou thereof would cause to the owner jQa< of the laud; a copy of which petilion, to- , getber with a copy of the engineer's report jeaj upon which it is founded, and notice in wri- ajM ting of the time and place at which the ^ inmo uiill K* 1-? *- - 1 * " lfw uiuu^ui 10 a uearing, suail ^or* bo served upou ibe owner of the land at j ( least ten days before such heating. And e'g-0 upon the hearing of such petition, unless it suc| be denied by aflidavit that it is necessary ^ \ for the draining and improvement of such swamps to make or construct any such works as aforesaid, through or upon the ar0 land owned by any person not a member of the corporation, and affirmed in the sumo un 1 manner that such swamp can be as woll act" and effectually drained and improved without oncroachiug upon auy such land, the Court shall appoint lbreo competent and dia- * ' interested persons to be Commissioners for ? the purposes aforesaid. And the persons so appointed, having first been duly sworn to ? { executo and perform tho duties assigned them as such Commissioners, truly and iin- wal partially, and to tho best of their judgment ? and ability, shall proceed to inspect and wn examiue tbo promises, giving at least three ?wn days' previous notice of such inspection *cen and examination to tho parties interested, . and ufter such inspection and examination " 1 to make the valuation aforesaid, and return " the same in writing under their hands to Ject the Court. I3ut in caso of such denial and 8anQ affirmation as aforesaid, the issue so made .,0 shall be submitted in a summary manner . ' to a jury, and upon tho finding of the 111 ' jury, if the same shall be for tbe peti- 9wa tiouera, Commissioners shall bo appointed co" and proceed as before directed; but if the jury find for the respondent* or defendants, . j. no Appointment of Commissioners shall bo . . made; Provided, That either party may more for a new trial; but not more than one new trial shall be allowed in any cnso on the same issue. Either party may ap; ^ peal from the valuation and assessment PH" made by the Commissioners to the Court at its neat session nfter such valuation and ro,n assessment, giving reasonable notice of 6ucb t?on appeal to tno other parly; whereupon the ^ir,n Court shall cause a new valuation aud as scssment to be made by a jury, and their a P1 verdict shall be final and conclusive, unless * a new trial be granted: Provided, That not moro than ono new trial shall be allowed iu T any such case of valuation and assessment, a a Upon the final determination of such valua- stan tion and assessment, either by the return of No the Commissioners not appealed from, or that in case of appeal by the finding of a jury noxt not appealed from, or upon a second finding pocl ir a now trial is granted, and upon pnyut of the amount of sucb valuation and ?sraent to the party entitled to receive same, or upou tender and refusal theremd payment of the same into Court, it II be lawful for the corporation, at all es thereafter, by its officers and agents, mter upon the land to which such valuai and assessment had reference, for the pose of making and constructing, mainling and keeping in repair, any such k as aforesaid. In all cases of appeal costs shall bo awarded, and the collcci thereof euforced as in cases of treepasr the oaso. II. That if any person owning land in or r any inland swamp, for the draining improvement whereof any such corpoon shall have been formed, not being a nber of the same, or any tenant or agent uch person, shall, for the purpose of ning, flowing, or in any manner using, silting or drawing profit from such land, ce use of any canal, water-way, ditch, n, dam, embankment, sluice, flood gate, ithor work mado or constructed by such >oration, without the oonscnt of the corition, such owner or tenant shall be liable ity to the corporation such reasonable reut cfor ns they raav demand, not exceeding third of the clear annual vnlue of the I, including any addition thoreto dorived ) the use of auy such work as aforesaid, t if the owner of the land, in or near inland swainp, for the draining and rovoment whereof any such corporation 1 have been formed, desires to become nombor of such corporation, instead of ing rent as above provided, he shall bo ibcrty to do so by paying his proportion lie expenses incurred by the company, i interest on the same. V. Thai all the lands drained and imred by any corporation formed as aforoI, and owned by members of such corpoon, shall be liable for the dobts of corporation; and if tho land of any nber of auy such corporation shall be sn in execution uud sold to satisfy any gment or deciee against the corporation, person whose land shall have been so an in execution and sold shall be cntito receive, as compensation therefor, by tribution from the other members of the aeration, the value thereof, and shall e the benefit of the lien of such judgit or decree for enforcing the payment roof; for which purpose such judgment decree shall remain in full force and ue. . That any person baring a legal or ilablo eslnte, in fee or for lile, in land g in any inland swamp, or in land mgb or upou which it may be necessary nnko or construct any work for draining improving any such swamp, (except e trustees without beneficial interest,) II be deemed a proprietor or owner of ? land for the purposes of this act; and every caso in which any such person II bo an infant, mnrricd woman, idiot or atic, the guar<?tn of such infant, the band of such married woman, and the imilleo of such idiot or lunatic, shall bo med a proprietor or owner of such land the purposes of this act: Provided, it such guardian, husband or committee, II apply in a summary way, by petition, be Court of Chancory, in behalf of their icclivo infants, wives, idiots or lunatics, leave to become members of any torsion formed under this act for draining improving the swamp in which the I of such infants, wives, idiot?, and luun, are situated, in respect of such lands, the Baid Court shall have power to inre into the propriety of granting such re, and to make such order therein as p seem meet; and if the Court shall grant e, it shall bo lawful for the person who II I - * - \ -1 - - *- * ii iiitvo presented me pennon Io become rarty to tlio articles of association fur ning such corporation in respect of such 1, and the same shall be as binding and dual to all intents and purposes as if It pcrsoy bad been the actual proprietor luclt laud. rI. That every swamp, except such as coininouly called river swamps, or river loins, or river margins, shall be deemed inland swamp for the purposes of this rII. That every corporation formed untho provisions of this act shall have chairman and a secretary, and shall p regular minutes of its proceedings. 'III. That whenever two-thirds or more he proprietors of the swamp or bottom is lying on any river, creek, or other or course, owning not less than two-thirds II such swamp or bottom, shall enter into Lion articles of agreement that such mp or bottom shall be deemed and tato bo an inland swamp, and be subject the provisions of this act, such swamp KiIUmu shall thereupon be deemed and en to be an inland swamp, and bo subto all the provisions of this net, in the ie manner as othor inland swamps, and owners thereof shall bo invosted with the riirhts. oowers. and Drivi!***?.'* hor*. w ' ? ' ? r o"" "v,v iforo gi?en to tho owner# ot inland nips, and shall bo subject to tho same ditions and obligations. X. That where said inland swatnp is led to the amount of two-thirds by one vidua!, ho or aho shall possess all the its and powers conferred by this act on corporation aforesaid. outhkrn Quarterly Review.?This lication, from iu commencement in v Orleans, by Mr. Wliitakcr, until its oval from Charleston, n period of thiri years, or twenty-six volumes complete, ly and neatly half hound, is offered for at the original subscription price. To iblio or private library tho work would 'aluable. he Wrong Noosk.?Ichabod Griggs, obcr, industrious man, in oasy circuinces, hung himself near Danville, Va. cause is Known for the rash act, except he was to have been married on the . day. The license was found in his cet. DEATH OF Mill MIUKR, or edinburoh, 8cotland. In common wilh thousands in this cour try, w'e are shocked at the sudden announce ment of tbo death, under distressing oil cuuistances, of this eminent mau. It seem but yosterday that he received us in hi own house, conducted us through the mti seum which cost him so mnch labor to co' lect, and in the imaginary defence of whicl he seems to have perished by his own banc We respond to the remarks of the Scottisl Guardian : "The announcement of the doath of Ilugl Miller will he hoard wilh a thrill of genu ino sorrow throughout the Church in whicl ho was a standaid hearer? throughout Scot land, of which he was cue of the most con spicuous ornaments?throughout the worli of science, which associates his hon.jrc natno with those of llio men most distill guished in our day, as fellow-workers ii uilding up the stately fabric of the moder geology." The intelligence was communi cated to the public in the following term from the office of the paper of which ho wa editor: Witness Office, Dec. 24. "sudden death of mu. iiuuil mxl1.br. "It is our melancholy duty to announc this sad event. Mr. Miller had been ill fo souio time?working hard and late at nigh I in completing his new work on Geologj lie had become, in consequence, subject t aggravated attacks of uight-mnre, whicl fiartook of the nature of soinuambu ism. Some time ago attempts had heel made to break into his museum; and li< in consequence, had always slept with loaded revolver on tho table by his side Yesterday, on account of hendache and un refreshing sleep, he had seen his media advisers, who had warned him of overworl and prescribed suitably. Lnst night, accoi ding to their request, he had taken a ward sponge bath, and retired early to resi After having slept some considerable timt he had apparently awaked in a fit of niglii mare, nnd, taking up the pistol, had rcaeli etl lite bed-room door, as far as the ball which had been left, after use, in the no joining apnitmont. There the pistol ha exploded, the bullet passing thiough th chest, and doath must have been instant? neous. The sound not having been heart at this hour of the night by any of th houiohold, Mr. Miller's body was not dit covered till this morning. Under exist in circumstances, wo cannot at present dwe further on this sad calamity." To the above distressing particulars th Scoinnian adds the following remark*: "However sndlv this narrative may touc Mr. Miller's immediate friends, it will he t them less startling than to others unwar ot his peculiar temperament, and of his r< cent stale of health as a sufferer from nei vou? depression and irritation. Mr. Millc has fallen a victim to overwork of tbo brai ?iho peculiar malady of those days, and c men of his class. Such, we know, was an had long been his own conviction. Year ago, and again within these two or thro days, he was pleasad, in the goodness of hi heart, to warn the writor of those few lint ty and hailing words against what h thought dangers of that class, pointing t his own case as an example deterring froi continuous efforts and anxieties. In thi respect, however, Mr. Miller suffered., w suspect, from a somewhat peculiar tempei amcnt?he did not work easy, hut wit laborious special preparation, and then wit throes that tortured him during the pro cos! and left him exhausted afterward, in sit) ing this, however, wo speak only of th more recent years; ami it is at least six c seven years since we heard him complai that hard work had left hint onlv 'half i ... - Minn, nnu turn no could do only half wor with double toil. "Although apparently a man of physic; as well as moral courage, he had a curiou tendency to keen fire arms about his hous and person. When he lived at S)lva j Place, to the south of the Meadows, he wa I accustomed, when going home after nigln fall, to carry a loaded pistol, and, froi some nllusions in his work, 'First linprei sionsof England,' it appears that he follow ed tho same practice when travelling, or .1 least when on his pedestrian excursion One of his very oldest friends, ordinnri) residing in a distant part of the country, joc ularly surprised him one night twoorthre years ago in a well-frequented Edinburg street, and was amazed by h-s suddenl turning round and presenting a pistol. W believe that tho habit was acquired by M Miller when ho was accountant in a ban at Cromarty, and employed occasionally t carry specie to tho other branches. T that habit wo h.tvo apparently in gre:i part to ascribe tho event we to-day doplori and which a largo proportion of tho Scol fssL people will hear With startling an 8riof" The principal incidents of Mr. Miller's lil have la-en made familar to tho public i his delightful autobiographical volumo, "M : Schools and School masters." His first lil 1 orary productions appeared in the column I of the Inverness Courier, when -Mr. Mi He 1 WAS wrulritir* nc n inii.no->.."- ??? - > > * jvmiiioj iiinu Illlt^Ull I ; Cromarty; and tho accomplished editor ?. I that journal, Mr. Curruthere, lias told us, n I illustrating his homely habits a', thai tinu and which never altogether forsook bin when he was placed in a more elcvate< social position, thai ho was accustomed t walk up to Inverness with his oommunica 1 tions on tho Saturday afternoons, alway ; wearing his mason's leathern apron. Hi collected papers, written between tho year 1820 and 1832, "in leisuro hours Miatche* from a laborious employment, or duiinj the storms of winter, when the worker ii I the open nir has to seek shelter at home, appeated in 1834, under tho titieof "Scene and Legends of tho North of Scotland, o the Traditional History of Cromarty," am evinced powers of descriptive writing of i very high order. At an early period in th nonintrusion controversy, which rosultoi in the disruption of the Church of Scotland Mr. Miller published a letter addros&ed t Lord Brougham, defending tbte proceeding of tho reforming party in the Church, in style of earnest and dignified remonstrance and with a cogency of reasoning and a fore and facility of expression which at one pointed him out to the leading* men in tin !' Church as eminently qualified to protnoL * tho popular cause. The result was the es } tnblishment of tho Witnct* newspaper, am s tho appointment of Mr. Miller as its editor j" Our readers will rememlx.r the zeal an< ,* energy with which Mr, Miller devoted him self to the defence of the church's spiritun liberties. Even beyond tho iwtnedial 1 sphere of tho contest, his vigorous, lively , and trenchant articles were universally rent I and udmirod. as specimens of powerful con I' trovorsial writing. JJcyoud all comparison ' out of tho Church Courts, Uugh Miller wa tho most popular champion the church pos ' scssod. At the time of her triumphant oxo . dus, when her ministers and members as seiablod iu Cunontuiils Hall iu the full fiusl of victory and freedom, tho appearance o II none of her defeudera, amidst that vast am 11 animated throng--where Chalmers nn< '* Welsh, Gordon and Cunningham, am } Candlish stood conspicuous?elicited plan s dits louder and longer thap when llngl Miller was seen lifting his stalwart forn and noble bead amongst tho people. To Mr. Miller's versatilo talents, and tli 0 varied contributions of his pen to criticism r art, philosophy, and science, is applicnbb also, raoro than to any other writer of th * day, tho panegyric pronounced upon Gold " smith, thai there was no branch of knowl edge whicli ho did not touch, and whicl touching he did not adorn. His most pro " found work, the "Footprints of tho Creatoi or tho Asterolopis of Stromneas," is a con :i tribution to natural theology ofinestimabl importance. It lins been adopted or a text '. book by somo of tho irust eminent teacher 1 of geology in tho Universities; and it hn k' done more to cxposo the atheistical fallacie and sophistries of the "Vestiges of tho Natt " ral History of Creation" that even tho oU borate essays of Sedgwick and lirewator. !? [Neva York Observer. !* Christ no Writer. [. Ono of the most romaikablo facts in th d history of Christ ?s, that lie left no writing e behind him, and the only record thero is < k. liia writing anything is in tho caso wher j "ho stooped down and with his linger wrot e upon the ground." What ho wrote the i. and there no one know*; though porhap g the most plausible conj'cturo is that h [| wroto the answer to tho question, whetht the woman taken in the act of adulter e should be stoned! "ilo that is without sii among you, let hi in ca t a stone at her. h Hearer, did this strange fact ever occur t o you, that the greatest reformer that eve e lived?profoi-s^dly the divine teacher set >. of Cod to reveal his truth to the worldr. whose touching* have survived the wrc-c ,r of age*, and now command tho credenci i) theropect and the most profound admirr ,1 ti onoi' the enlightened world, and who i J claimed as tho "author ami finisher" of t great system of faith and practice, has lei e behind him no sentence of his writing, am 1S those unknown characters written with hi , finger in the sand constitute the suu) tot# e of all his v\ rilings of ivli eh thero is any u< 0 count? u la there, or has thero ever been, since th s invention of letters, oreven rude hieroglypl c. ( ics, any such thing as a system of religion p. whose founder diu not take special pains l |i reduce his teachings to writing, and tlui li trive them the !lli?t PY.-iPt nil. I i.orm.n?r }j , tot in? r? The lirahmins have their Vedas, tlioi o Peruana*, lh ir Riunayni. and tiieir law ,r and institute.-! of Menu, and these arc a n written and preserved with the utmost can The Chine.-e have their books of Fohi, thei Jc founder, as opened and expounded by thei great Confucius. The Persians have thei ti Zendovosta, attributed to their leader, Zori is aster, containing the doctrine and laws c iC thoir roligion. The dews had their sncre u books; and Mores and the prophets, and lb is vid, and Solomon, put their teachings i L- writing, that they might bo preserved. ? Plato and Pythagoras, and Cieecro an 3- Demosthenes, wrote much. Mahornc wroto the Koran, ami gave it to the failhft it as their guide. I ho writings of Sweden ?. borgare voluminous; and in our day, eve y the Mormon imposior wrote bis book < : j Mormon. Put here comes ono who claim o * precedence even to Moses and Abrahan h and especially claim-, that a greater tlra y Solomon is in his own person, and ar e nouneing himself as a herald of a new di: r. pensnlion from God, which is to cast Mc k sos and the prophets in the shade, and pri o vail over nil other systems, and subdue ou o cntiro race, and yet this great teacher wrot it never a word, save only the characters i >, the sand, which the next breath of win t- iniglrt obliterate. Who can account fo u i this strange procedmef Wiii itcomport s ; all with tho idea that ho was an impostoi c Did ever an impostor pursue n course lik n | this? Never. And it seems to us that iu th y single fact to which v e have alluded, there i t the imprt-.is of truth, and proof that his mil s I sion is all divine, ile stands.oul before u r . as onowho knows that his mission is fror n < ?otl, and that it can stand upon its own mot ?f its, So confident is lio of its powe r, that lie i s content to breathe it out upon God's air i,; and leave it to live l>y its own inherent air 11 self perpetuating immortnlity, or live not n 1 all. And so ho goes about doing good o now teaching in the synagogue and tempi* now talking to his disciples as he hits o s Olivet or by the sea of Galileo, and iioi s dropping a word as he walks by tbo waj s And there is not mauifestod the slighter J apprehension that what he says will bo losi ir I lie writes it not on stone or parehmcn n Nay, ho writes it not at all. He seeks on " I ly lo K'vu a lodgment in the hearts c s tho few disciples that followed him?t r make them comprehoud it, and feel its pow J er, and love it; and is willing to leave i a there to produce its fruits, and to be wril 0 ten by the hand of atl'ection, if it should h 1 written at all. And on thoso hearts hedi I, impress himself; and they, for tho love the i) bore him, wrote tho meagre sketch wo h.av s of his life and teachings. a ' [ fitv. J, D, Williamson. Charlotte ami her Kecollections. c Besides tho honor of being the seat c 0 tho Convention in i77o, that issued ill 9 first Declaration of Independence, Charlotte 0 in Meckleuburg, North Carolina, has claim 1 upon posterity, both singular and meritori ous. The centre of a fertile and populou ' country, she was doomed to see the bloo of her sous shed and the Declaration c ' Independence of all foreign dominion niair tained at the point of the British bayonei e Coruwallis called Charlotte the "hornet1 J nest," and unwilling to pay for supplie with so much English blood, after the fatr battle at King's Mountain became know ' to bim, bis lordship determined to tear 8 this vexatious post. To prevent annoyanc* '* ho chose to depart suddenly, and in th night. Mr. McCalfery, a tnnn of we all and standing, a Scotchman, and resident i j Charlotte, was chosen as their guide to lea ' them by tho upper and nearest route t ^ South Carolina. After so bewildering th . nrmy in the swamps, that much of tliei baggage was lost, ho contrived to escapr ' and leave the ariny to find their way b 1 the returning light of day. Colonel Thomas Polk, so favorably met tioned in the history of the Deciaraliot 0 owned proporty in and around Charlotti ' llis mill was betwoen two and three mile '* south of the village, and is now called Bii ? sell's. His body lies interred in the gra\ yard of the village. Over his grave an ' that of his wife Susannah, his son Williai 1 Polk, late of Raleigh, erected a mnrbl slab, a memorial of his resting place. r' Tho Polk family canio early to Meckler burg, and in tho time of the Uevolulio 0 were numerous, and some of them ver wealthy. They resided, part of them, i 15 tho bounds of Sllicnir ? : ? &... v,w? VWUg.OgRIIVI and part of them in Providence. Anion a tlioin was Kzokiel Polk, the grandfather c i James K. Polk, President of the Unite k" | States. Tho descendants have nil einigra , ed fiom the country, mostly to Teunessc t or Slates further South. Garden, in his anecdotes of tho Amer can Kevolution, says: "Nor were the ladh e in Mocklenburg in any degree inferior i ;s enthusiasm to tho male popultion. 1 fin )f in the South Carolina and American Gei e eral Gazette, from the 2d to tho Oth of F< c bruary, the following paragraph: u "'1 he young ladies of the Le-U families < s Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, hat o entered iuto a voluntary association, thi ;r they will not receive tlie addresses of an y young gentleman at that place, except tl: it ; bravo volunteers who served in the expod " , tion to South Carolina, and assisted in sul 0 i doing the Scovalite insurgents. The ladu :r i being of opinion that such persons as sta it loitering at home, when the important cal - { of the country demand their services abroa k I muit certainly bo destitute of that nobl \ new of sentiment, that brave, rnaniy spiri 1 which would qualify them to be the dtfei s der.s and guardians of the fair sex." a "The ladies of tho adjoining county t ft Kowan have dosired the plan of a siinili il association to bo drawn up and prepared f< is signatures."?Sitlcht* of Xorth Carolina il :. The Eiymoloov of a Lauy.?The slat ment of Col. Ponton, that the word "lad} o is nowhere used in the Scriptures, is, so fj ,. as the original is concerned, literally tru if The word itsell is of comparatively modor o invention, and there is no word in the or 18 ginal of the Scriptures that has any signil it cation corresponding with that of tho woi "lady," as at present received. In view t ir tho subject, the following 'clip' is from fi rK old Scotch publication called "The Christifl II Teacher:" 8. "A Ladv.?The word lady is an abbr. ir viation of the Saxon LatFJau wbi.-li m?m?mmmi TT Cuba and Annexation. I , T the ?f We perceive tliat tbo subject of lb? an- q0|) e nexation of Cuba is reviving with renewed for ?, force in the minds of tlte people. Filibue* frcn 9 tering, or rather stealing, the "gctn of the now i- Antilles" is given up, we are bappjr to say, tjtaj s and the "sober second thought" of the v^ni (1 "solid people" is, that if we have Cuba at >f all, it must be by fair and honest means; in mQr i- other words, having a national treasury lQ _ t. full to repletion, and Spain being bankrupt, jt w 9 we must take advantage of her necessities, nnt; 9 plank down the cash and own Cuba. We 0f p d see no objection to this course; it will satis- nn'j n fy honest people at home and abroad; and a3 ^ e u9 it is now admitted that Kansas will come frce , I in as a free State, it is quite likely tlint tiie aro, e Southern politicians will favor a peaceabto ^j, h acquisition of Cuba, as an offset, and Mr. j a Buchanan's wisbea, expressed before bo was d President elect, of securing both these ad- \yXi o vantages to the Union, will probably bo re eVC| ? alized under his administration. The uni- cjm r versal desire in the North to have the su- jJ0 ?, gar tariff repealed will probably be gratified [ v by the absorption of Cuba, no that we shall ^ have cheaper sugars, without nny violent filat i- change, and the Louisiana planters will j j >, most likely transfer their interests to Cuba, jlQ , ?. and thus will bo quietly and peaceably np y\?n ? propriated by the United States the great a ?* monopolies of sugar, cotton and tobacco, all -l(*r o relying upon slave labor for their support, d and rendering the institution parmauent, mj^ n beyond control?for so long as these greate est staples of human wants are in demand, wji; so long will the slave be profitable, and so t > long will thoso interested in bis fortunes ^ n have influence in our national councils to J' protect and maintain the relation of slave '] n and master. The annexation of Cuba seems Qir I <. to 1 e ilemandcd mutually by (lie people of c?8 ? the North and South. To the first tiatucd, J gCI, >1 because it will give us a necMwr* Itf- 1 j org d cheaper; to the second, because it will cj|'v 1* strengthen its political influence, nud net for |?0" e, a time at least as an offset to the rapidly et,g growing fice States that aro springing up c|i; - in tho great West. According to our view srm ? of tho matter, l'rovidonco is working out 3 r 11 the great question which agitates the coun- Tvv d I try, and by tho peaceable rules of neceasi'* ty, reconciling the extremes of the country, p|n J* and uniting them Grmerand firmer by mu- ^je(j lual interests.?Leslie's Illustrated Kites* cjc1 rMPfr- ing u Election of United States Senator. pro - ?On Wednesday last tho legislature of Fci '.c Delaware re elected Hon. James A. Bayard ear '* as United Stntes Senator fur aix years from bio the 4ih of March next, and elected Hon. ma iS 1 Martin W. Hates for the unexpired term of 1 r j lion. John M. Clayton, deceased. We have Xe '.s already announced, in our telegraphic col* fori ' iimn, tho election of Hon. J. S. Gieen, by fori 0 the legislature of Missouri, to fill the vacan- the ll I cy in the Senato of the United States which Mc 11 has existed sinco the expiration of General of < . Atchison's term on the 4lb of March, 1855. oft At a timo when the democratic party ncc u has sustained so many losses from the hal jr treachery of professing friends as well as tha a' the assaults of open foes, the above announce; gol 0. meat will be received with more than ordi- ant r? nary satisfaction. We may well congratu- on< ir late the legislature of Delaware upon the hill e w isdom and patriotism of their choice. This n renewed evidence of confidence on the part J j of the democracy of that State towards Mr. in>< 3/ Bayard is but a fitting tribute to his expe- w? .j rienco as a legislator, his abilities as a Ma jf statesman, his devotion to the principles of afw ltl the democratic party, and to that unbend- wb n ing integrity of purpose which has secured the for him an influence which is felt far beyond B. the boundaries of his own State. His now ?lu j. colleague, Mr. Hates, is highly spoken of by Ca] ,r his personal and political friends. l(j The now senator from Missouri, lion. J. *cn u S. Green, has already served with great dia- tho s hi net ion in thu House of Representatives, tine v and for one or two years most efficiently jr represented this country at New Grenada. 0 0 I- lie is an uncompromising democrat, and ori possesses legislative talents of a high order. P?3 0 ?Washington Union, Jan. 10. tint d ' 10 A New State.?The Western Reserve ,, ps is proposed as a now State, outride of n c "Ohio 1'roper," which "goes democratic" by , ,ua id i small majority. The Cleveland Plain- j '"c s-: dealer thus sjieaks: "Ohio Proper" need 116 is have nothing to say about affairs in 'The f,;n ?r Reserve.' Wo are a peculiar peoplo, ruu* ,mJ n ning altogether to priests, puritauism, and 1 1 pumpkin vinos. Oherlin is to be the cap- 10 ps i ital of our new State, and Giddings is to lap ^>0 Is the Hrighain Voting of the concern. Wo T?5 it men are going to vote; and men aro going "'2 >r to part their hair in the middle. Par I a n loons will give place to pantalgia, and -| a while men will not be allowed to run at j n large without their papers Our railroads r>f will run under ground, and will make con* ] n ncctions only with Canada and Kentucky. ?,nj* I The Constitution will bo construed strictly, | __ atul all men will be considered e^ual, and I t'1( vs some a little more so, depending on their i j color. I he State of 'The !'???? ?' ti.^l ?"v I iC grace <>1 Joshua K. Gidding*. is hereby ?le-1 ^on claret I a fie? an<l independent State. 'CMiio i '| Proper' and nil the oilier States of this l'- : Union will please conduct themselves no- o h cordingly." jJJ ? ~~~~ " the Mr. Nucha nan and Kanb\s,?Some of nth n I the know-nothing papers (?ay* the Nash- ees t villa Union) profess to believe that Mr. V?u- sen (l rhanan will not bo true to the South on son ^ Kansas matters. We tell these papers that spa j. i tt> be true to the South, it is only necessary thn jr lie should bo true to the constitution. The at I (j ! democratic party docs not expect nor desire ! has j. thai the incoming administration shall do be? r# anything to make Kansas a slave or a free life State; that is exactly the policy we oppose, mt, ie Nor do they care what Mr. lluchannn's ner private views may bo on the abstract qnes vid io ! lion of slavery, so he recognises and enforces its constitutional lights. The democracy stand upon national, not sectional principles; and all they a^k for i? that no ?0g * outside influence shall l>e brought to bear an< i- upon ibis question, but that it shall 1>C Toft chil ?s ao!elv to those whom it concerns, viz: The ben 1 jwiyi/,* of the Territory tKtm?eh*s. \ V'? j ^ " ~~ "" ~~ U' f " *',v '* t5 * ir i lies Brcadi/ivcr. Tlio mistress of a mine r 1 at a time when utlUieut families reside y ' constantly at their country mansions, wj accustomed once a week, or oftencr, to di ,j tribute among the poor a certain qunntil .. of bread. Slio bestowed the boon with In n own hand, and made the hearts of the need glad by the soft words and tho gentle an j enities which accompanied her benevolenc ^ The widow and the orphan 'rose up, an ,1 called her blessed'?the destitute and tL atllicted recounted her praises?all classi n of tho poor einhrdmed her in their atTo< jj- tions as the La if day?tho giver of bren g and dispenser of comfort?a sort of mini , tering angel in n world of sorrow. Who a lady now? Is it she who spends In j# days in self indulgence, and her nights i the dissipation of folly? Is it she who r j. vals the gayety of thebutteitly, but bat( .. tlio industrious hum of tho 'busy bee?' r it she who wastes, on gaudy finery, whi 0 would make many a widow's heart sing f< n j?y? who, when tho rags of the orpha j tlutter before her in tho wind, sighs for r | place of refuge, as if tho pestilence were i ^ the breeze? i'iiis may be *a woman i > fashion'?*ho may be an admired and a 0 admiring follower of tbe gay world." Tuk Press in London and in Nu 8 I York.?Three aclions for libel have recen \ ' ly been trie<l in London, ami in each ca; the defendants have been acquitted. I la 1 the cases been tried in New York, each < i the defendants would hare been convictei \Vo have noticed repeatedly that Hughs j juries are the staunch and unflincbin 1 friends of the Pre-v. and that it is very di j i ficult in any part of (treat Britain to get ' verdict against an oditor, while here a " editor can scarcely escape, and juries inv; riably hold "that everything which is n< ! complimentary to a man is libellous." Th |; proceeds somewhat froin the careless mai ^ ner in which many of our editors make the J I statements and assail personal character, an ; also from the manner in which they habiti ^ ally abuse each other. So long as edito accuse each other of motives and condu< that would disgrace the inmates if tl: { State prison, they should not complain i j the community esteem them according I their own report.? Portei's Spirit <y' t) ji Times. y j A bill lias parsed the Wisconsin I-egi e laturo excluding negroes, inulattoes, 1ml aiis and black persons from being ivitnossi in that State, he Disunion Convention.?a. fawfif Massaclrusetls fanatics recently held* vention at Worcester, to devise rnssat tire effectual aeparation of the free i tlie slave Stales. Senator Wilson appears to be in rather had ordwr with .class. lie wrote a letter testis >* I 'Ion, in which he said "that he had read ^9E&? I sincere and profound regret a ra6*6?w>L it which can hare no other issue than ??-. ' iut a burden on the cause ofiN. eedocu 'ill, in his judgment, array against the < slavery sentiment that intense feeling v alriotism which glows for unipn in the . ? on. lie regarded all such movements lisunion conventions as crimes against Join." Upon this, aoertainMr. McYay ie and objected to "calling Mr. Wilson or Honorable or General. He protest* .hat Wilson was not worthy of either . An honorable man ascends to God, * >'.< trou does not. All the generals he had heard or read of would fight; when Menged, Wilson did not tight; therefore ". j would strip the titles he falsely wear* a hiin." U to Senator Sumner, another spanker ed that he had had a "talk" witu hini k?"; iOston, a few days previous;, and when isked him if, when he got back to shington, he would reiterate his words - *1 in t slavery, Mr. Sumner replied: "I$oate, reiterate. If, when 1 get back ta shington, 1 make the speech I expect to *e, it will l>e like fourth proof brandy molasses and water." When asked it result he expected from it, ho replied, ixpecl to be shot; thero is nothing else for them to do." Liik Goi.d Regions op California rrnosK.?The Santa Fe Gazette nnuounihe arrival of Mr. Idler, the agent and ernl director of the Mining Company, anized some time since in Washington to work the I'lacer mines near Santa ?? ?a??a ? ivir. ivunz, a machinist from Norm* iiio shop. in Philadelphia, and Mr. ippio, a millwright, nil engaged in ilia _ le business. This, says the Gazette,It iow era in the history of New Mexico, 0 steam engines, with crushing appara* , are soon to l>e put in operatiou at the ccr mines, and the question will be set1 as to whether gold Abounds in suffl* U quantities to justify the cost of extract* it by this description of machinery. Tf experiment proves successful, it roost r duce a change in the busiuess of the litory, for the quantity of gold bearing th and rock is admitted to be inexhausli, nnd theio is room for any number of chinos. It has be. li -lated that the gold mines of w Mexico bid fair to equal those of CxR* nia. A letter from Santa Fe to a Calinia paper gives a romantic account of ir discovery. The story goes that a xicau woman returned from a captivity right years among the Covotery Apaches he Gila country, bringing extraordinary ounts of gold treasures in the region iqlitcd by that tribe. The woman says t in the region from whence she escape!, d exists in every quarter on the surface, I in great quantities, and that there was i large lump imbedded in tho side of % , and jealously guarded by the trine. V Fearful Passage.?We have been rimed by Mr. P. F. Frazee, Sr., who i a passenger on board the steamer rion, which left New York on Saturday rrnoon, at 3 o'clock, for Charleston, ere sho arrived yesterday morning, that trip was ir? the greatest degree fearful, ring Saturday night a storm came up, I the steamer was compelled to lay to at r>e Ilatteras for 20 hours in cann>mipnr?^^^^' its violence. The cold, too, was so inse that ltor?es were frozen to death, and deck and combing*, mailt, sails, rigging, 1 every ]K>rtion of the vessel ox posed, ro covered with ice to the thickness of r 1 incites. The steamer Black Warrifrorn Havana, hound to New York, sed the Marion while whe was lying to, 1 Mr. Frnzee informs us that she was lit* IIv covered with ice. IVu take this occasion to slate that Mt\ >z.c speaks in the most complimentary nner of the skill and superior inanageut of the Marion by the officers during prevalence of the gale, when every pasger on hoard had concluded it almo*! [>ossihlo for tho vessel to oulliyc tko rm. Captain Foster and Mr. Thomas, pilot, proved themselves worthy the ronsitlo positions they occupy, and tbeis sel otto of tho sta inchest crafts now ply-. I between Now York and Charleston. [ Columbia Tivits,22d wit. !>kath Paislkss.?Tt is nearly certain nilee-l as certain as anything chiefly ca?ri?w vnu W*4lwi in air tieatua llm rsicat suffering is small. Even where iaids experience the most excruciating ago-, during the progress of the disease, na^ a comes to their relief at the last hour, I life goes out gently, like a candle in socket. Those who have witnessed th beds most frequently?especially if y have been intelligent persons, and refore capable of judging?agree gonerr in considering tho physical pain of :th as inconsiderable. They say tli.n convulsive motions, which frequently snd the parting breath, are not oviden...ff : .- . .i -* - * ui *iiuv<'"f^t wins cue invalid is in? sible. They say alto, that when the sos arc retain*!, there is usually no such sin. A lending nuvlicnl authority elate* t scarcely one person in fifty it tensiblo ihe point of death; ami tome physicians urt that they hate never teen a deathI in which the ]inti?nt was sensible. A* fail*, nature, ii would teem, bcueficently isrposes, deadening the sensibility of the ves and otherwise preparing the indiual for the groat and inevitable change, [ Phil. IscJptr, I'm Siuov ov Grammar.?.lot. T. Bucfcbam, one of the beet of liviup writers I grammarian*, <>nce said that "Not one Id in a thousand over received the le*e>% lotit from studying the rules of grammar ire h* was fifteen ;re*rs old."