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HE Subscriber has been, by ume Jude nr * the District Court for Suuth Caronasr kt.appointed Commissioner for F*d:efield ,pursuant to the proavisimons of thea Act Ceg'ess, made, and now in force. concern Therefore, any person wish * itasefferaid Act, will pleasea call - pepr ~a snecessary to a final en llb- a term.' as any other j~er basing parecured all the Rtules and Blanks 4ftami Court regnttwed.ae. ROBERT ANDERSON. Mabr.June 27th1842 tf 21 .Br~iAt. obte Jatt F this iaa egen man who smys his nme a Josea and that he belons to Pattrson NacienIsland, S. (.... of 5omplexin, wiker fromn ear to ~The otrner is reuse to come forward. property.pykra and takehaim away. C. H. GOODMAN,,r. a. a. a 319. t 49 & 303 13111TDFG very description executed with nessand despatcb~at the Office EjosnzzspApviaTsa. wiscelssoss. Fron the Canaden Journal. Mr. Editor: As my opposition to Bri ode Eneanpments. may not be properfyI understood and appreciated, by my bother officers nnd friends, in the militia, I would ask you to publish in your Journal the sub. joined letter to his Excellency. It - de fine' my position." Haviug been a warsn advocate of Brig-1 ade Encampments, I.efore city late, first trial or the system, it may be thought that my opinions have underzone change from personal itconveni.-lres resulting from it; lut snch is sass' the case. As for my own part, ' like tOe camp much. und would like to attend one at - Camp Creek." every year. for the sake of meeting old friends and making new ones. lut tbe question is not whether we like it or not? But whether our militia is more improved by it than is might be by other expedients For one, I would say uot-as I think fie plan which I propose, is better. being attended com paratively with ntoespense or trouble, asd p.uts all our officers to trork. from Briga diers down to Captains. The Major Generals. is is presumed. will snake thes selves proficient b-fore Ihey reach their high siations. So i! will be euough for theasn to accompany tse Coumander-in Chief and Adj. and Inspector General on their reviews every two years. through their respective Divisions. They can then ascertain if our milisia is well organited. which is the mais thing after all; for, if I organised, they can be called out upon ay emergency, and soon taught castsp and every other duty of the soldier, and that too in a very short time, as we would, of necessitv. go to work with head, hand and heart Aut at present. when all is profound C peace, is it in he expected that the hus band, site father, the son. the brother and tie man straightened in his circumstan es. for away frons home, will have his head and heuri earnestly and exclusively at work -in camp ? I should say no-the limbs will do their pact. but what will it avail ? I eow look upon an Ern entertaisment (tour C farce, at which the field ofi. tat character, while Captat. saalterne!. act aatedgta~a waii im stilattachado the militia:. intend te hang on to the humble but rable command of my Beat ComI. and to make myself proficient in lia ' science that I may render myself worthy of the high distinctio6 to which I once as- c pired and being wothy, I shall hope to attain it.-Norw a word to our Agricultural brethren, of which are most of our mili ia officers. To you, I would say. give to agriculture your first tboughts. bs the inhject of most impotince.-Beleve an the truth of the assertion . that whoever could make two ears of cort, or i wo blades of grass to grow spon a spot of ground where one 1grew before. would do better ror mankind, and ds more essential ser- r vice to Isis country than thse whole race of politicians put together.' Let us then, t.,rn to agriculture witls the militia. as Ier right and srong arm; the iautually aid Flood support each other-nt agriculture b first!-Th'lie lorce of my quotationia above, is obvious.. It will he aiparent with in o erensed mnens of support, we shall have ncreased population or at any rate, "check ir putot down dlat tspirit of esmigration. whichi has already in its .current, "welt weslth, popoulation aid patriotism before ." Hut enough-l'lealse pubmlisha this andt nmy letter. V'ery respectfully. &*'.. STONEY iIILL. Sept. 25, 1842. To nt E'xet:E.K?(:cY 'rnt: (GO1F.-aOaa Dear' Gorrnor-l was disappointed in paying my respects to yosu at the Camp. is wishsed and intended ; bsut, so conavice: you' that I asm not unmtindlful of you, per. init ma to send vost apecimens of Cotton d Plans. They w ill show you whssa " Old Carolina"--.our own, our native laud" t can do, when humored, and aided by the n proper mens. The cottn sent, grew upon land which s was purchaosed by amy fasthter, ina I814 or 'l"-ceared long bsefore, frotm the name 1 he gav it. ("'lThe Olsd Black Leve'l.") ..nd planted hy lhim every year, up to 1832,e isn osson, unaided, nod since '32. every e eiar hv mue. ins cotton, except one year m t 'orsn, hat a-.,ised aslonsg wvith the needful. Yout would cosnclude. frosm the age anad eu!:ure' of te bands. 'hat it was the worsti if wear. aind nteeled aid-and from the j pecimens sen', that it had received it, ande hnt liberall%. My object in sensdinag a yon this cots.niand caliling your attesntion t io the improvementt of our ctulture und . lands, is to entlist you in my ranks, hiavinig deserted yours. insmuch as I ensnt now I support yosur favorite measure. (Bri~tadec Encampments.) with my waonted zeal. I prestime that you have hea'rd that my pinions are chanced, with regasrd to Brig-' d Encampnets, as I have expiressted them very freely. Now, as I may receive! an attack from Yost, when we meet, I have thought it prudent to entrench myself be hind my favorite and strong harrier, Ao I have come to the conclusion that ithe week or ten days which many will be ash-. set from their homes in going to, remasa tog at, and returning front camp might be I beuer..m.loyed.i tbf.r.n, en t men-. ion the strong argument against the En ampment system. Its effects in forcing nany a clever fellow to resign, or not ac 'ept office. from inability to attend the Encampments aned be absent from home o long. I mean of course, those whose ircumstances cannot stand the expense hose who have to work themselves-in nake and gather their own crops. Of vlhich class are many fioe and efficient of icers. As for my own part. I like the amp much-but what is pleasure, lire to lie officer who is able to stand the ex ense, is death to the poor man, pwhose neans of support depend upon his own >ersonal exertions. In other words. En .ampments do not make, but break many ;nod officers. My opinion now is. that it vould be enough to ensure an efficient nilitia, that the lirigadier General be re Iuited to attend and superintend Compa ty drills. Indeed, I am ultra enough. at itnes, to think it would be almost sufficient hat our yeomanry should lie well armed -having arms, would ensure a knowl dge of their use; and as for the rest, we all Lnow that it is only neces4ary fur a free nan to think that his country needs his rigilance and other services, and lie will tep forth at once, and with alacrity, anti ipating a call upon him. Do not suppose that I am. altogether, r Agriculture. I would snot legislate nuch upon the subject; bat would let it lone, as much as the safty and defence if toe country would allow. I would uard and protect it by amending such nactments and unwholesome existing aws, as trench upon or impede its improve nent, Just think, if we should fail to im ,rove the opportunity which is now at iand, (.abile Agriculture command- the ighest consideration and respect of all lasses,) to timulate and urge our coun rymen to bestir themselves-to reduce igriculsure to a science, and go earnestly D work to reclaim our worn and thread are lands-s/ould ice neglect it, what will ie the condition of our dear and gallant 5tate? With our lands wort out, we will e compelled to seek others that will do more f.r us. I repnt it. a-.- -:11 or leader, in advoeuting such measures a may tend to support our great and good use. In conclusion, let me add, that tho coun ry must suffer. if a timely bplow be not truck for Agriculture. Within a short ime, I have heard several worthy citizens f Fairfield and Richland, speak of the rest with a feeling of regard which I did ot like, though at times. I find myself rith them (having strong sympathies) al insi concluding to go and look at the i(d of promise myself. For years. I have resisted the importu ities of relatives and friends, to quit our ireadbare lands and seek others, that rould do better for me In reply. I have lways contended, that I could do -better cre, all things contsidered, than elsew here; ut if otherwise. I would prefer a compe. *ncy in Carolina, to ailuetice in any ther State. I would say, Carolina now nd forever! Let us first improve her soil he will then retain her own. and many till seck her a- a home. and be proud Io efrnd her. Excuse my long I--ter. which was in -ndled at first. to lie only a rnhor-t note; lint dhen I mounted my hobby, he ran off' rith me. With great respect and esteem, I remain, truly yours. WVILLIA.\ J. T.AYLOR. Pronm the Nete Vsrk le'bian. Sept'. 0Q. SE'NTENCE O1-' OHN C. COLT. courT OF 'rTxx AYD Tr.asttaxaB. The court room was crowded with i. ennec crowd. yesterday, to hear the dread ul sentence of the laws pronounced on the nfortunate matn Colt. convicted or the iurder of Samnuel Adlams, oni the 17th septemnber, 1841. Some thousands of per unis were ousidle, unnlsle to obtaiti admis ion. Au a little alter 10, the prisoner wan 'rouighit into the court room, under charge 'f officers Calvin ands Smith. lie looked are-worn hut not sindetermined. Cloee onfinement had made Ihis cheek pallid, rash had physically debilitated him. iis tep was infirm. atnd when he walked to vardl tihe seat usually allotted to prisoners, I was in a hurriedl but faltering gait. Bie uire he sat dossn, lie cast a searching ;lance among the spectators and took his eat with Isis face uswards the bench. )tnring the initerim before the arrival of uslge Kent, sand Alderent Purdy and ,e-e. the other members of the Court who iresided at she trial, Colt conversed with 'ase andt perfect non-.challnce to Isis coun el and several nequtaintances, and then serused with seeming interest one of the sapers or the day. After the Court was eased same 'oniversattion was had with bir. Whiting, the District A:warney, and Joht was placed as the har. Mr. Whiting read a certificate en y of he decision of the Supreme Court, ap >roving of the finding of the Courn. Mr. Selden said he had not before seen hat doctument. Mhr. Whiting-You were served with a Mr. Selden-It was that the exceptions be ove rron there is that a new The Supreme Court had - a previous de cision d @ing fomd the county of seided that they had. viewing de cisions of fdi tarlocutory question. I y communi cation with ued that mo tion, that at . inder discus sion, It 'was pabl 'of review. Judge -do you of fer - Mr Seklo bappy to Ie permitted to ont to whicb I allude. I a&-the ruling of this courts with the opinion of t Judges. Judge give -you the permission Mr. Set have sometimes consented ta. a reviewed. J odge farther, aIr. Selden ? Selden The Clerk- then desired Colt to stand i him in usual form "You may o have rure been i nurd, on I t indictment Aged, you plea ded not gu t yourself an the benefit of a rofound guilty, what have kjawhy judgment should not against you ?" Tile Friso prepared a few remarks which- o go to the Court. Judge Kon wish it read aloud . Colt-Craeo Judge K the following pa. perbanded prisoner at the bar. -The pos holdis, to a senti ent being, lzing possible. Ia is more. the struggle of death itself 0 of procedure that I am. -through before my case r tribunal of the state to w rried in accor dance wih be ... . i-oc' ittruti that no man can question. thet haosa reputable cbar atters have often prejudiced, even without thense= av 'ng aware of the fact. How far *udices alrected by the Jury, may be from the fact that one of them., Hasied. remarked before the trial, that Cola should be hung first and tried a " which will be proved by the a of several res pectable Ie tubfortunately situated as 1-im, I '' expect is an tin partial trial byjury. -;Ihis is all I desire. and this the meanest Igrant in the streets has a right to denn". Misfortune, not crime, has placed me this position, and althnough as low dowsfes possible without being annihilatedstil.iest assured, I have' not s lost my eIf-repect, nor regard for ihe credit of the species, as to submit calmly to this injustl As this conse quently ir not to he the end of this busi ness. I dcaire that the-Court will 4pare me the pains of all unnedessary powers of sentience, especially thie accompanying comments." Judge Kent.-The Court has no desire, I can assure you, lo* make unnecessary comments. The sceneis as painful so the Court ats it can be .dlatessing to you. I only now refuse to aeeedo to yonr regnest by 'rnkig a few reminuks on the conduct of the jury. It is duetojusice, and it is due to tine of the modlitelligant Juries that ever sat in a Coutfof Justice, that I shunlkl not allow theduim this their appro priate tribunal, to ha. traduced (for I must use that expression,) without entering my aolemn protest against. Ir. -The Jury was selected out of three hbtddred of our must respectable citizens. tak'en indiscriminately from the city. selected~umder most vigor ous exercise of the gelaintory challenge by thte prisoner; and striy case when ob jetions were raised and alowed it was in favor of the prisoner. Thus selected, their demeanor in Court wajeth as to entitle them to the highest CpIdation of the tribiur.al in which they A~ered. Cut ofi' from intercourse with thl-families, sep arated from their b ss' and the world, encircledl here in a si -f prison for II days, I have never m~a of them ex hibit the slightest 'tji l eon the con trary, they bore with--inatesemplary pa tience and dignity evejncnessary de lays in the progrOesspb . Miie gimiy, honestly, unfalferigyM1aetanly to dis cover the truth froot:4h~ appallhng evi dence spread before heee Had these mien been followed to~h a t~Wwould have seen the sami4 a..ae honest inquiry attqaa . iasesng their delibertin. i brhe tre, as this paper zps~ usd with, ajdcontempih@ia. Jury, ks is teconseetitonsi"ahint who now addressee you tihat i-i rlincorrect and unsupported. If ~ uterred at all Ibelieve it did itlp1aet a eon struction of the cei o5paSS~f your of fence. and happy wilL . bnnocenc in all future time to bho . t before a triunal s wilfl t'ready to be lieve,.as humane to m1 d~o not wish to prtand this dlsYara- arn a man of educaion-. man of talent. We have had the most striking unit impresive evidence that you can catlmnly contemplate and coolly meet the most alarming crisis in human life. I will not therefore address to you any of the common-pluce, ordinary topics addressed to criminals on the ap proach of death. I leave that to your re flections, simply adding, that so far as the Court is concerned, they are now about to appoint the ultimate hour of your exis-i tence ; and I trust you will meet that hour relying not on human means, and that when earth is disappearing from your view, not on earthly things will your thoughts be I placed. It is my duty to say in addition. t:as it appears to me that you evinee the most total insensibility regarding the crine. the co-nmission of which has brought you to that bar. For be it ret membereat, though lawyers and jtiries de bated what degree of ul1ence it canie to whether it were technical murder or tech nical man-slaughter-no man ever doubted that it nas a crime of the greatest tnagni tade and esormity. and n hich has left the *in of blood guililess on your soul. 11 is berime, too, which has sunk deep in the ommunity. Leaving out of view all those appalling circumstances which foillowed the commission of that homicide, which I will not distress you nor myself in, sum ming up now-leaving out of view all but those gaping wounds themselves, no doubt can exist that the deed was marked by fe rocious passion and sanguinary cruelty. Colt here rose and made an e.'T1rt t,) speak. Judge Kent prosed. and the pris I ouer proceeded in a loud voice and hur- I ried manner--- wanted not to convey the , idea that the Jury acted wilfully wrong, I but that they were misled. The Judge's charge is the hon arguinent to prove that.I I do not impugn the motives of the Jury -I only speak of them as having been in error, which is I beliee. now the opinion of nine-tenths of the community. As far as regards my owu conscience in thin af- I fair, 1 assure you. sir, that I would rather itst the whole atTir to Gx himself than to Man. I never comLatttt ... he pronounced, with an expression of the regret with which the Court have marked such morbid sensibility which you exhibit in your last speech and which convince me that any further remarks would be lost. The sentence of the Court Is, that you, John C. Colt. no the l8tb of Novem er next, be hanged by the neck nutii you . be dead. and may God have mercy on your soul! Remove the prisoner. The prienner was theu removed, and left the court apparently without the least emotion. The Raren and the Silk flrreches. The raven is an anazingly sagacions bird. His thefts are ry corious. Lauder, in his notee on "F orrest Scenery," tells an amusing story of a lame raven. whose adroitness in catchitg atty thing was mo great, that it was impossible to throw him, with all your force. the smallest thing to eat, without hii ceatching It in his eak he fore it caine to the grouid. titt he soon egan to indulge in lung dighats, aud like many rustics corupted by a city life. he became very iopudent ani full of trickq. Often, says Mr. Lauder, have we seen him flying along George street, and peeping into alt the open windows ; and one day toa the great surprise of the paasenger, in the streei, he was observed soairing away with a pair of handsomte blat~k silk breechesc sreamina fromi his beak, 's bile a gentle man, half dressed was seen stretching him self fm-m a garret window, and lootking most anxionsly after his stolen prpety The history of this transactinn ais, that the gentletman was dressitng to go on'. to dinner, and while his head was in the ba sin, during the operation oif washing his face. the raven, who had been eying him from the roof, knowingly took his opportu nity of flying through the open window, ad carrying off the silk breeches from the hack of the chair, over which they were banging. A hue and cry was raised! after1 the thief-the populace shouted-the bird became alarmed, and dropped her silken prize, which came slowly to the grond with many a strange gyration , and the garment was recoveredl in time for the mortified bea lo be encased in it, and toI tinny to the feast to which he had been bidden. Remarkale Case of Insaincl in a Bird.I --One of the most remarkable cases of instinctive knowledge in birds, was often related by my grandfather, who witnes sed the fact with his own eyes. I~e was attracted to the door one asummer day, by a troubted twittering, in dicasting distress and terror. A bird, who had built her nest in a tree near the door, was flying hack and forth with the utmost speed, ut tering waiting efies as she went. He was at first at a loss to account for her strange movements, but they were soon expla ed, b'y the sight of a snake, slowly wind-. ing ne the tree. Autmal magnetism was then unheard of. and whoever had dared to mention it; would doubtless been hang on Witche's jilil, without benefit of elergy. Nay irtheless, galous and altogether no enuntable stories have been told of the Snake's power to charm birds. My grand. rather havinga mind to test the truth ft such stories. ahonght he would watch the progress of things, but, being a humans tian, he resolved to kill the snake tefore he despoiled the nest. 'The distressed inothr, meanwhile. contined her rapid novements and troubled cries; and be snod lisenvered that she weet and came con inually with something in her bill, from ):o partiular tree-a white ash. Taie inake wound his way up. but the instant is head came near the nest, the folds re. uued. and he foll to:the ground rigid, and apparently lireless. My grandfather mado ure of hi-i death hy cutting iof' his head. td then mounted the tree to examine itt o the mystery. The snug little nest was illed with eggs. stnd covered witb Ieaes f the white asA! Tbe little bird knew, ir my readers d, iot. that contact with the %hite ash"ij leadly poison to a snake. This i, an idfle 'uperstition;' but a veritablejrct in naturnl listory. The laaeliinda are aware ofit antd wistigarl.inds of white ash leaves anut heir ankles as a protection agninst .ratile nakes. Slavesoften take the same pr-. ,oaniun, when they travel through swmntps and furcers. guided by the N.,rtli Star; iar o the cabin of some poor white man; who eaches them to rend and write by the ight of pine splinters, and receives his wy in massa's corn or tobacen. I have never heard any explaneaion of lie ei'ect produced by the white ntsh, but knowg hat settlers in the wilderness like D have theseltrees around their l-ag-lton es. being convinced that no snake will 'oluntary come near them. When touch d with the boughs. theytare %aid to grow uddenly rigid, with strong'convulsione. fte- a while they slowly recover, but eem.sicklyifor some.-Mrs. L. 41. Child. Sore Teated and K'ckin.-The 1i swing prescriptionifor treating cows thus viled. appears in the Farmers' Cabinet: Merely place the patient in a stall, a beam over head, and fixing a run noose over her horns, throw the end , rope over the beam and poll away, to raise ber bead pretty high intha it not so as to lift her 1eg roam the d. In thitsposiwion. she will cn- ? I0 disabled -aa bikikigibut win These cows are also liable to the it, as well as sare tests, bosh of are eASil cured by thelapplicatioan te point.Lid on with a small brush; ne hody of the paint acting mechanically n preventing the action of the air onj the ores, and the lead operating chemically, ir medicinally, in drying and healing hem. Care must however be taken, not o apply the lead to theytents while they re suckling calves; and afterwarde cans ion must be used at the time of milking -but no danger need be apprehended in be hands of careful persons. In inveter Ste boof-ail. it might first be necessary ither to cauterize the sore, or dress with lne-stone ; after which. in all slight al'ee ions. with white lead dressing. In other rards, painting the Gores will be found uficient to efect a cure." Tcazing an Elephaa.-On Saturday vetring last several gentlemen went iutij wild beast show at Sherness. some of whom began to teaze the elephant, which urtus part ol' the exhibition, and which is lt confined otherwise than by a short hain round one of its legs; the said gen. lemen amused themaelves for a Ahile let 'ering the luge but alocile animals aple' ad other things, and when ha extende. io proloscia tw receive them. putting them ito their pockets again; but not much plishing such srt eof sport. the aagaeciias ninal, taking an opportunity when sev ral of his tormentnre were in a cluster lear him, extendedl his tunk, and nttt sue swap) laidl seven of them sprawling in thte floor. who, not knowing what guhe mest evolution of the "' perfriang ele bhant" might be, bega~n to call oat lustily sr the keepers, but their presence was nail eeded, as Leviathatn seemed quite 'aetis led with htaving laId his torwmentors pros rate at ha's feet. kicking about to get ont uis reach, while the wives and daughtert if some of the party were going into fits, and the company generally rushing to. ward the place of egress. All the gentle nen who were knocked down by the ele ahant escaped free from harm, except a ;ood fright. whicht they will no doubt re aember should they ever eater another taild beast show.-A cat. Herald. A Norel Sight-Yesterday morning hortly after a shower or rain a number ot argo rst's between 20 and 30 were obsaear'ed a acrowd of persons attracted byv the govelty, on the slated roof of a three story, ouse, ont East Bay, apparently in quest sf water. The roof being raiter steep. hey seemed to move with some caution. )tte of them was knocked of', and oen eaching the pavement rebounded several imes but made good his escape.-Char eston Courier, 6th inst. Kept his Word.-A poor scamp left his wife in a great rage, declaring she'd nev ~r see his face again, till he was rich enought o come back in a carriage. He kept his word, for in less than two hours be was arought home drunk, on a wheelbarrow. Dpding on Circusstaners.- Said Dina to Samba, as they were taking a oving promenade. " Sambo what your' 'pinion bout de married lifei tink it be de neost happiest ?" " Well, I'll tell you; str, dealtogedder how dey enjoy