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We will cling to the Pillar@ of the Teuiple of our Liberties, an uSt fall, we will Perish d&mudst the Ruins." - VOLUME. VI. gee C.Ont H we89.-* ,EJ3GE]FIELD ADVERTISER ZY. W. F.DURISOE, PROPRIETOR. TERMS. Three.Dollars per annum, if paid in adianee-ThreeDollars and. Fifty Cents ifnot paid beforb the. expiration. of Six Mojsrom the:date-of.Subserption 413 ~~~ar Dollars if iw paid within twelve Mo Subscribers out of the.State are re iir4 topay in.adeance. -.$o sription received-for less than ne year-, and. no paper discontinued until all arriarages are paid, except at the op tion'of ihe Publisher. - All shbscriptioni will be continued un. less otherwise ordered before the-expira tion of the year. Any person procuring five Subscribers and becoming responsible for-the same, 8hall receive the sixth copy gratis. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 62i cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 431 cts. for each continuance. Those published monthly, or quarterly will be charged $1 per square for each insertion.- -Advertisements not haVing the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued tintil ordered out, and charged accordingly. - All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will be promptly and strictly attended to. PROPOSALS Foryuliisngby subscription,at Edgefeld,C. H. A Semi-Monthly Agricultural Paper, entitled The Plough Boy. INpresenting to the public a Prospectus of -.-a Agricultural Paper, the subscriber is well a-ware of the many objections which will be started against it; such as often frighten the most sanguine,and generally terminatethe existence of such periodtcals, before their intrmsic value is fully made to appear. Knowing all the-in. conveniences which' must necessarily arise; in bringing outa work of this nature;. but, having received assurances from a number of gentle men, well skilled in the Science of Agriculture, of their assistance in his undertakin;; behopes to be enabled to nurse it thriough its infancy, and by the aid of our enlightened Agriculturists, he has but little fear that it will eventually reach maturity.' . That such a work is wanted, in this section of our country, none will deny. No Agricul tural paper is at present published inthis State, and those publish6d at a distance, aie difficult of access, to most of our Planters and Farmers, on account 'of the heavy charge df postage, and uncertainty of the mails. - THs P.o0o Bor will be entiiely devdpd to Agricultme, and all- exertios wi to n gI ommunicatiois: roa our oldest Plabters and-Farmers, on tiat subject. No pains will be spared to make it a complete Text Book for Southern Agriculturists. WM. F. DURISOE. TERMS: Tar. Pr.ouGH Boy, will be published Semi Monthly, and each number will contain sixteen pages, royal octavo; making a volume of four undred and sixteen pages, yearly, exclusive of an Alphabetical Index, at the end of each vo lume. The first number will be issued on the first Saturday in July, and mailed regularly to sub scribers. The price of subscription will be $1 50 per annum, four copies for $5, and ten copies for $10; payable in all cases, in advance. The last page of THE PLouoH Bor will be reserved for the insertion ofany Advertisements which may be sent, relative to Agriculture, but none others. 07 Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for the woik; nnd all persons wishing to sub scribe, wiil please forward their names and Post Office by the 25th of June. 07 All letters addressed to the publisher must be post aid. .f 14 May b;tf1 NEW GOODS. JOHN 0. B. FORD, HAS Just received from New York, a full stock of fashionable -Spring and Sumnmer Goods, Containing, beside his usual supply of Staple, Domestic Goods, a handsome assortment of fine Lawns, Muslias, and Lace Goods; Super London Light Prints, fashions of 1841; Pr'in ted Swiss Muslins, and Printed Lawns; Dam ask Satin, Embroidered Lace, and Filet Shawls; and of all kinds of Fancy Goods, his assortment is more than ever varied, and complete. To those acquainted with his estimate of " an as sortrrnent," be deems this sufficient without an enumeration of articles-fresh supplys being received by almost every arrival. Country Merchants supplied at unusually low rates. 'Hamburg, April 5, 1841. if 10 Y EL LOW UOUJSE, AND General Dreug Store. Centre-street, Hamburg, S. C. opposite the OLD AMERCAN HOTEL. GARVIN & H AINES, [Suecessors to H. R. Cook, Sf Co.] Z EEP constantly on hand, at the above . ..House. a general assortment of DRUGS, MEDICINES. INSTRUMENTS, PERFUMERY. PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, HATTER'S MATE RIALS,WINDOW GLASS,&-c. All of which they offer at the lowest prices. and on terms toe suit purchasers. ptoswl Di7 Physician's and family prescriinswl receive prompt and faithful attention,.at all hours, day and night. All orders executed with neatness and despatch. .A supply of warranted fresh Garden Seeds alwvays on hand, suited to the season. I. P. GAaviN, M. D,) Wxs. Hirwis, JUN. J. IH. MURAYa, M. D. Hamburg, S. C.;Feb.68, 1841. Feb.10 tf 2 300E &r 303 RINTI2NG ?FEvery description executed with neiatiiess and despatch, at the Office of te ErDaZrIErm A ovrarrsERi. From the Augusta Mirror. COMMERCE. T:z light that makes our land arise to view When mind beholds the range which trade runs through, Is shed by Commerce, whose increasing sway Has guided nations since the Earth'syoungday. How roqe it first? How sprang its form to birth? Who gave it wide dominion over earth ? From Heaven it came: He bade its vigor grow An aid to science and the planter, too. Bold-eyed Convenience saw within its-might The power that wielded, raises lands to light Which else bad slept in error far away, Where burns with lengthened lustre, tropic day. Soon passions grew, and where the merchants plied, Fiends, shaped like men, for goldaid jewels cried, - And plunging onward with the tiger's speed, Seized fast onricheiwhich theydid not'need Nor learned the virtuous actis to iri iate Of better men, who met a better fste;:2 Unlike that man* who by his traffic won Such wealth as moulded would have made a sun Who with Tyre's king his fleet sent far abroad, And unto learning showed the royal road Who brought the gold whence Ophir's fountain purled And with it found him wisest of the world. Next, Commerce spread through classic Greece and Rome, And e'en in Asia found congenial home, Spread-whide her sails upon the iinerseas, And on the main dared firsttorcouit the breeze. Then Florence, Venice, Genoa, tiled, their power, By trade its gifts o'er many lands to shower And German states improved their growing land - Byleaguing in the Hanseatic band. Grext~r' eaughtthf4er-he halung n eg o Becoming g orious for all aflertime. View now her station as she-shines afar, Like to the splendour of some lustrous star: And this young land-her offspring and her child,v Dn which the light of Commerce last hath sailed Mark-how like rivals both now stand apart, Yet hav.in common, impulses and heart! Brightlight ornations-Commerce-thou alone Giv'st wealth to freedom,glory to the throne Thou rul'st the wave-and long-laid islands rise, - To hail thy coming 'neath the bright'ning skies; The savage looks, and wond'ring at thy sway Treads with delight his fast undark'ning way: Ay! every nation hails thee with delight, When first it sees thy wings unfold in sight Time adds new vigor to thy growing wing, And hations bless the blessings thou dost bring. Advance and prosper! In thy pathway rise, The arts that soften and that civilize Science and letters hand and hand with thee, Wing their swift way o'er many a distant sea, And Error's clouds and Superstitions dream Fade from the nationswhere your pinionsglear. Advance and prosper !-Bec it ours to aid Your onward progress, till a way be made O'er icy fields, and sands that flush and glow, That man in man a friend shall ever know, So coie connected every distant shore, The name of stranger shall be heard no more. A. L. S. *King Solomon. REQUIEM. BY J. 0. PERCIVAL. Web's " Come yeC Disconsolate." Low in his narrow house darkly reposing, Calmly the great and good sinks to his rest. Though the grave over him dimly ias closing, Weep not-his dwelling is now with the blest. After life's fitful dream, gently reclining Doves sleep not sonlier, warm in their nest. Soon a new morning dawns,cheerf'ully shmning. Soon lhe awakens to live with the blest. Well hath he done his task, nobly contended, Firm for his father land battled the foe, Bright too in peace hath shown-all nowv is ended ; Patriot and Hero, here lieth lie low. Be not disconsolate !-He is ascending;. Where his Sire welconmea him home to his love? Spirits of other days, over him bending, .. Fondly invije him to join them above. '" A DROP OF 1NE, Falling like dew upon a thouglir, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think, 'Ti. strange the smallest letter which man uses Instead of speech, becomes a lasting link Of ages. To what strains Old Time reduces Fril msn, when paper e'en a rag like this, J4gricutural. School for - Indigent Children,on Thomp. son's Island,- four miles from Boston.. For the first time we lay before ourria ders a faint resemblaace of stich a'-rin school in.the United States, as we desire-to see in our country. The Farmer's Mon&.l l9 Visitor gives a short history of a saloMI for the poor, which-the Bostonians have had in successful operation seveinfears We are not sure but the wealthy prqld tors of this school would do well to.hav. their own sons there as well asthos62: in reduced circumstances. The acco pot shows that something can be doe, d-i therefore we entreat all to read it. "We have ever been favorable to'schools in which farming business and mechanical trades may be united with other objects of education. Several- years ago,-in the ex cellent regulations of the -Asylum Tor the Deaf and Dumb' at Hartford, Conn, we witnessed-the process of instructioniil rious kinds of labor. Particularly ivere we atone time interested in the pdefori ance with the needle of a young feindfe from the State of New Hampshire, whod was both deaf and dumb and blind. It. is all but inconceivable how any one depri ved of sight,'of hearing and necessarily of speech should be instructed to do any thing In the absence of the grater facultie's the subordinate senses are .made to supply their place. The touch -enables the. blind mute to distinguish not only substanees but colors-to identify b'oth living beitigs and inanimate objects: the smell is likewise an assistant which comeiAn continued aid to the operations of the mind. Under a course of careful instruction, the deaf and the blind are tatght the purposes ad - the njoyments of life, and the utterly helpless how to become tbeir-own helpers. To the deafind dumb atiHaitford, the value of instruction in ihe different kinds of -labor by both males ani.females,-has heen.iani rest in various - drecdotrs. M atrimonial onhexious ofthetio i-sexes have there been formed'wheAreboth 'were deaf and :umb, in which the parties entered on the business of lif' with all the alacrity and success of those -who could both hear and ipeak. .There is a farmer in Merrimack ounty who manages his concerns with great prudence and discretion, and who ,as thriven in property, married to-a mute wvho also acts wellkh part in.the:dram& of a~f~ris ar hv ~ told ^r acatiin at Hartford, and wero taught 'ot >nly tfie rudiments which open to them all he advantages of language; but the male svas there instructed in the business of the arm, and the female in the management >f household affairs, in the use of the spin ing wheel and needle, and in the economy )f the kitchen. Among the charitable institutions that re peculiarly characteristic of the city of oston, where there is a coin mendable zeal to minister to the wants of every destitute and afflicted child of Adam, our attention has been called to the "Farm School for Indigent Boys," instituted in 1833, for "t'e education and reformation of boys, who from the loss of their parents or other causes, are exposed to extraordinary temp tation, and are in danger of becoming vi cious and dangerous, or usele3 members f society;" and which in 1835 was united with another charitable institution located within the city of Boston, fur the purpose of "relieving, instructing and employing Indigent Boys" belonging to that town, which had been in operation more than twenty years. For the. purposes of this institution, Thonipson's, one of the many islands that beautify Boston harbor,- was purchased at the price of $6,000, it is four miles from the city, and from one qluarter, to one mile and a half from the surrounding shores of the towvn of Dorchester. It cotutains one hundred and forty acres of land ; and the soil, whbich consists of a rich loami, with a tight subsoil, is well adapted to the raising of all the grains and vegetables usually culivated in New'England. The establishment at Thompson's island is situated on the highest part of the island, and commandls an extensive and beautiful view of the city, its harbor and tho sur rounding country: the main building is 105 by 36 feet from outside to outside, with a projection 39 by 25 feet. The dining hall, school-room and bed room, are 48 by 33 feet each; and the family rooms are about 20 by 17 feet. It is a neat and substan tial brick edifice: the outside course of the entire building is laid in Connecticut cement, and the inside is plastered with the same. In the years of 1837 and 1838 the esti mated annnal produce of the farm was $4,500; and the expenses incurred in farm ing operations, exclusive of the hoard and salary of the superindent, and the board of hired mer', was~ about $1000: about $1500 each year was realized from the sales o1 produce which wvas not cosumed onth island. *The establishmentis under the directioc of a board of Managers; of whom the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary are members ex offcio: these re side in the city. The immediate directior is under a superintendent, a matron and an instructor of the school. The expenset of the institution over and above the in. come from the property at the'island, and the interest on 837,000 invested, amouni to about 2000 per annum, for which il depends entirely en the annual contribu tions of its mnembers and such donationt toWII t The expenses of the -In the year' 1838, including Vietisl iis and wiges of domes licse .el, furniture and -repirs, expense ;with -produce of the farm cooso-timated.at $3000, amounted in the 9,277. te discipline, the object is tA dib I.and in'telecinal culture; Anth ipO: thefai ,otat-other pt,- both morning and af Sut six hoirs daily, in 1-writing, geography and ught. - During -the even ube.winier-months,- in iven n the, first princi Oeii tar, -horticulture and bota at kinds of soil, the most iahporantaON esses of cultivation, the names, us ' ad distinctive qualities of seedsipla d -tres are.explained and illustrate. Sun Land other religious in strucfion nly kept up. Durig ason of farming opera tions, the oys assiston the farm six to seven ba the -day, under the care 1 rthe supe ent,. who is a practical rariner. i agyinter season, only a few boys areite for out of door~work: these serving-in , the. remaiinder attend 'schooI. T arage ofschooling through the y.ear ii urs each: the small boys more.. B' laboring'-upon the. farm, the :boys4 ead. and- make-clfothes, wash; iron :d perfom much of the service ab6 e. The object is to make skilkul, -p farmers:.and they are taught to e. the ground, sow the seed, hoe* - ed and gather in grain and veget a uch of the lighter work is done by-I ". During -t summer an extensive piggery Ian one. hundred feet in leigth, w s for the deposit of ma terials an facture of manure, has been cons - The cultivated ground has been improved by the 'nMa nure which" pen made, or by the ma rine mono ich: has been gathered on the shorei island-: the carrots and other roote here to unusual size. The pe t this time- employed at the Institoti are a superintendent, -a teacher, 'ie ersd a-matron, and four female as --There are now eighty boys, wh -average fdurteen years. . The- he farm-is 4 oxen,. 14 cobs, ~ shep and-50 swine. -on-. thelo gh was rye,. di a, -o (which fired from blight) facre aspara gus, 1 acre ruwa'baga; I acre sugar beet, i acre carrots, 14're other garden vegeta bles. 1 acre. rotnd turnips, being a second crop. The estimated mowing ground was 30 acres, exclusive of marshes. The superintendent of the island farm is Mr. James W. Locke, formerly of Peter borough, N. U. In addition to the foregoing facts, the editor- or the Visitor has been furnished with the following, which shows a produc tion rarely to be met with on farms of the same size in'the interior: Produce of the Thompson Islam! Farmfor In digfent Boys ti the year 1840. 150 bushels Rye worth 68 cts. $97 50 400 " Corn 70 280 00 2500 " Potatoes 40 1000 00 1000 " Beets 30 300 00 -800 Ruta Baga 30 240 00 500 " Round Turnips 30 150 00 10 " Beans 200 -20 00 200 " Carrots . 50 100 00 Consumed vegetables estimated 200 00 Asparagus 50 00 75 tons English Hay at $16 1200 00 10 " Marsh " 10 100100 15 " Straw 10 150 00 12 " Corn taps& butts 15 180 00 200 lb~s. Butter 17 eta. 34 00 4500 gallons Milk . 24 " 1125 00 Increase in uober and value of Swine 300 002 10 Calves weighing 1000 lb., at 6 cts. 60 00 Profit on Poultry. ..20 00 6 bhls, Winter A pples at $2 --12 00 400 lbs. Citron Melons at 4 ~16 00 300 " Musk Ifelons 2 6 00 300 " Water Melons 2 6 00 15 ox-cart loads Pumpkins and Squash es estimated-at 3 dollatrs per load, 45 00 1000 Cabbages at 6 cents per head,, 60 00 $5751 50 Ounlay for.cultivatinigexclusive of -- interest on value of farm stock, tools, &c. 500 00 Balance, - 5251 50 Bee Moth.-Cover the floor on which the hive stids, with common earth about an inch thick. -A hive set on earth will never be infested'with worms, for the bee tmoth will not deposite her eggs where the earth will come in co~tact. She naturally resorts to a dry board as her element. The remedy has been employed by a number of parsons rithis viciniry for several years with the most complete success.-Orchar dist, Sjc. DAMP STABLES. -A correappondent or the Farmers Cabi noat states that on -taking possession of a newly purchased farm, his horses became pbor, diseased, and incapablie of labor; his cows becatde sickly, their milk diminished, their .btttir became bad,, four -lost their calies'two'died.6fadours in spring, with other a'ttendant evilsi.. The d'am pness of the stable, whicht was, built under large trees in a low siti tion aind with a nporth ern aspect.- It wasimmediately torn down and anotheyrerected on a drier -situation, when aurwis expected, all these evils van ished at once. Stibles made of stone, are mor lnia to this difficulty. From the Camden Jmrnal. A meeting of the'Wateree zAgriculturaI Society was held on Thursday the 6th of May, at Swift Creek. The President be ing absent, Capt. Thomas Lang was cal led to the Chair, and the Society brought to order. After reading the proceedin e or the last meeting, Abram D. Jones, sq. Dr. John McCaa and General James W. Cantey were severally proposed, and un animously elected as members. On motion made, the Chair, in accord ance with the provisions of the Constitu tion, appointed the different Comniittees: On Cotton-A. H, Boykin, W. J. Tay lor, Benj, Haile, jr. Jacob Little, T. J. Ancruar, T. Whitaker, L. Boykin and John McCaa. On Corn, the Small Grain, Root and Grass Crops-J. M. DeSaussure, Abram D. Jones, James Chesnut, jr. W. Sander, R. Cameron. J. W. Arthur, B. F. Hop kins, John Whitaker, and C. J. Shannon. On Stock-Col. James Chesnut, sen. B. Boykin-L. L. Whitaker, D. Lang, W, A. Ancrum and J. W. Caniey,. It was moved that the Chairman and Secretary be added to the Committee on Stock. The Committees having retired for a short time, returned and made their sever al Reports through their respective Chair men, wbich, after some modification, were adopted, as follows. The Committee on Cotton awards a Silver Cup, the value of 15 dollars, to the greatest quantity of Cotton produced on an acre; if Swainp, the product should not be loss than 2,000 lbs.; if Upland, not less than 1,500 lbs. But should Swamp and Upland come in competition, the Commit tee will award pro rata, say the yield shall be in Upland to the Swamp as 15 to 20, hiving an eye also to the quality. (Signed) . A. H. BoYiai, Ch' I 'fIe Committee upon Corn, Small Grai,, Root and Grass crops. recommend, that one Silver Cup, -the value of $10, be awarded for the best acre of Corn in the Highland; one Silver Cup, of the same value, for the best acre of Corn in the Swamp; one Silver Cup, of the same value,. for the best acre of Sweet Potatos. 'Signed) J. M. DEsAUssURaE, Ch'n.. .e Cmmittee on Stock recommend, tti-six premiums be awarded at the So cisty's Exhibition: One Silver Cup, of the valhesof $10, for the best Horse Colt under one year old;. one. Silver Cup, the value of$10,. for the best Mule Colt under three . old raised ine hee'hibi value of $10"for the bet Raii; onei. ilver" Cup, the value of $10, for the best. Boatr. Premiums only awarded to members, and they to be bona fide owners of the Stock. (Signed) B. BoyTr,- Ch'n. The Society, after spending a part of its sitting in a lively and animated conversa tion upon various subjects interesting to the Agriculturalist, Mr. A. H. Boykin mo ved, That the Chairman of this meeting be requested to have made the Silver Cups that shall be awarded, and that the Trea surer do pay hisorder for the price of them. On motion of Mr. Desaussure, Resolved, That an extra meeting of this Society be held on the 2d Thursday in July next ; and the most approved method of cultivating Cotton, Corn, and the making of manure, will engage the attention of the Society.in a free conversational style. On motion of Mr. Thomas J. Ancrum, it was Resolved, That the proceedings of this day's meeting be published iu the Camden Journal. The above resolutionshaving been adop ted, moved, that the Society do adjourn. J. BOYKIN, Secretary. Beet Paper.-A Mr. Ryan has obtained a patent in England for making paper of Beet roots after the juice is extractedl and crystalized into sugar. The manufactu rers have commenced with the coarsest kinds of paper and pasteboard. anid have not yet attempted any fine writing paper. But this far their success is comaplete. Good printing paper is produced out of what remains after the saccharine matter is extracted, and they have no doubt that the same almost worthless pulp will fur nish the finest kinds of writing paper. Char. Patl: .WIsce~aneous8. 'COURT HOUSE SCENE. - The following ludicrous scene occurred the other day in New-Orleans, in the suit of Mrs. Gen. Gaines, before Judge Bucha na'u. It is part of the, report of the case made by the Picayune, and is worth the reading: Here an informal discussion was enter ed into, in consequence of Mr. Peyton pres sing his right to read t'ne evidence which he held in his hand; and when this was de nied him, of giving the substance of that evidetnce orally, instead of-as he was esi led on to do by-the Judge-stating wvhat it was that evidence would go to establish, if it were ruled by the-Court that it should go to the jury. . It ended by the Court cal hong peremptorily on the counsel to d'esist and follow no further the. course he -had beeu pursuing, otherwise he would hold him amenable fora contempt of Court and a violation of all the rules of practice. Mr. Peyton said be might have been guilty of an error, but before:no other tri bunal would that be construed into a con tempt of Court. If, however, the right of effering evidence were denied him-if a bt-and-bradooa were to be .plar~ed on his mout..-he would at once w,,hdrnw fromI the defenca of the caso; and herenpodhh , -learne4 gentleman took op his bat good-day to his fair elinran th left the Court. Here General Gaines indMrs suddenly started fromtheir seats. .Gen. G.'-" May it please the court, lady will take charge of the case hersef she is prepared to do it." Mrs. G.-(taking the book in har haod which Mr. Peyton had been preventedfriin reading)-" Yes, ~1 will proceed with the-' ease." The Judge.--" Do you intend to offer the testimony in that book -as evidence ?" Mrs. G.-"Yes; part of it."- - The Judge.-" Welf, then, I cannot e mit yotr to proceed." - Mrs. G.-'-Then I thank W 'Goa can go before the judges of the U. S. Su- - preme Court, where I will beeheard, ad where justice will be done me; which! cannot expect here, .where .I see.such par tiulity." The Judge.-"General Gaines,- thisis - language which I shall not suffer. Deco. rum must be preserved in ibis court; there 3 are no privileged classes here." Gin. G.-'-It is not my intention to be indecorus to the court. I know. myright and will- maintain them in despite of my enemies, and despite of Ne'w-Orleans anid its sixteen -banks." The Judge,.-"Order must be preservei in this Court," - Gen. G.-"Has not your honor acted as ounsel for the opposite parties in this case before you were raised to a seat on that bench-?" Mrs. G.-"Yes, be was;. and he is 11ow titting in judgment against us." The Judge.-"Mrs.-Gaines, I agin 40-f peat thatI will not set hear and suffers ch language--as this to be made use of, 116D by a woman." - During this singular-discussion, one4f the officers of the court was sent for irs. Grimes & Chinn, the associattof Mr. 'yP - ton for the defence..to take charge of the ase, but neither of them was fortbcomingv and. Mr. Smithagain addressed'the court urging the right of the defendant's to rlib', sral constructiun of theJaw of evidence General Gaines again rose -qnd alluded o the controversy wbieb closed pirevious to Mr. Smith's addressing the court. - The Judge.-"I have said nothing, Gene Laines, against the lady. 1 am-sure I k ed ith great forbearance, '-did notr renti' atgsent of ant t 4pJt itirietarve t it isiboond to e 7ortiepese Doforder" Gen. Gaiueze-"I have something o ay for whichl I hol' myself.responsible to this Court add. to be worfd. The coun'sel for'the plaintifs.(Mr. Roselins) -said yese erday that my remaiks relative-to ond-of the parties to this suit were impertint. This I never suffered auy person to tell me - before, but coming from that gentleman,l let the language pass from-my ear liki-the idle wind. Since my wife has been alld ed to, I insist upon 'her right to be heil." The Judge.-"I do not deny-her ijht to address rho Court, but is the evidence elorsed ?" Mr. Barton, for the'plaintiffs, argued that rom the nature of the'pleadings put in by the defendants the evidence- was itecessa rily closed. The Judge then gave his decision on the points of law at issue between the parties. Hie-frst ruled that theevidence offered wab-. inadmissable, except in as far as the repre sentatives of Ellen O'Brien was concerned, in whose suit it was originally taken; that the authority of the plaintiffs to sue as the' beirs of Daniel Clarke should have been denied by a special plea, andithat a sub ,equent~ will to that under which the plain ifls sue must he specially pleaded and proof ofits being produced given before it enn he entertained by the Court or offered as evidence. Mr. Barton, for the plaintiffs, eddressed some remarks to the Court, to show that from the positioni in which -the case-stood the defendants could offer no evidence, nor' had' they ay which could be- received by the Court. Gen. Gaines then- said, as the evidence was closed on him, and a i was deserted bhis counsel; ho would take the case in hts own hands. If he appeared in the uni form of a United- States officer it was more a mark of respect to the Court thani as a' badge of privilege. - [Here the Judge explained what ho meant by " privileged characters."] - The fact of his wife being in cotur?,-.he . aid, was no subject for a sneer. -.She waar. deeply interested in the issue of?this cije,, and he thought that she, or any well edu cated lady, or indeed any woman of an in' elligent mind, was capable of forming ,a correct opinion of its merits as one of tho. other sex, and that she could as well un. derstand it. as she could- the proper. forbe lows and flounces of hor gown.-. With the permission of the cour,--RMrs. Gaines then rose and' read to the ecurtawid jury several pages of manuscript, beingimn' elaborate history of her own .alledged wrongs and the arti~ces and- dovices of. Riliard Relf, Beverly Che'v. andeothers. to keep her' fronm possessing'or .eojoyiug the property of the late Daniel Clarke,. be queathed 'to-ther by -him,-whose'legitimato daughter she was and not his natural chikd,. as they have' alleged. *.- '. - 'it -6eing now four o'elock, the Judge di charged' thaejry until-Motddaj *e (tte