Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 14, 1846, Image 2
~tS*LLNEO U S.*
Yron UIte Lcug0" (Mo.) Tdegraph.
b1URDER WILL OUT
That trtt is strange tihan Ietion"
has lieen ofpnisaid. and the circtnstances
adbifktela d 0e1 1t all essn -
the truth of the quotatiun.
Lastwek we noticed that -0- special
tern (f the Circuit Court nas n session
-ar the trit of John C, Lester, charged
with the murder ofKing I. Scott.
Scott' ass'ayounlfg manl who was brought
gp-in this -vounty. wild tnd reckless t
bis habits, and careless nhoot the good
opinion-of. the society in which he lived.
-His mother possessel considerable proper
y. and Scon-jand Lester. n. ho had nar
ri[d-Si-ott'-sister, were her only heirs.
Mrs. Scott was, one morning after a corn
h Duing at the house of Leste'r. fonod'
her own honse dead. . When did:overed.
she was lying in, theflre. -phi.ce, ne-ark
half consumed. as though she had fallen
in the fire accidentally. and thus died
Suspecious "were aroused at the timne.
.ihat there had'teen foul play, ptnd that
old ,1rs,Scott had been mardered ; how
there was such ai appearance of
P clue could tlien be. hod to the
'.site wisniurdered.
the ih- of October, 1843, Scoti,
then abotit8 scars old wvas theo ippre.
n heded on a cltarge of lareetty. on the im
foriatioh 'f Lester, tis brother in InA
ie nuitaged to make hisescape from cir.-.
tody..uid disappeared. '-is sudden dis
appearace was freely conmmenten upon
by the neighborhood, andl there were those
who did no.hesitate .to s'iy Ito had been
murtdered. Sulsequently,'Lester was in.
dicted lar having forgett sone imstrutiet
of writing, and a inan named Jolin Eor
ton was indicted for perjnry, haviig, as h
subscribing witness, sworn to the genuine
less of the instrumient. By the delays
and uncertainties of the law, .lIlorton i ;s
first iietil- lo the crimte with whichlhe war.
charged ester so inatning the mauer
as to put OT lds it ial until the fa!e of I or
ton.was detertintied;. and at the March
term. 1-84,4of the.Laityette Gite-uit Court
Horton nias found- giilfv of p.jnry, anid
sentenced .to the wpeitenotitr). for two
years. -'Lester was subscloetttly tric I for
the forgerf and iriquiiied. .l-rnperrej
resentatiots liavig been im dc to Gov.
Edwiar ie pardiined lItron ill Apil
last-.
' Cpou-the return of. Hortonto t hi" conti
s ty immedimately-after lie received hio par
.dothef dechihred that King .. Scott had
.been -*iurdered, and aade e th beaore
-Judgea Ry.latid, that Lesier w a his tnur
derer -A YparntVa wa tmdnctiit yas
'ssued r~kesf@ sgarrest, and hi naa. a p
-prehed ,hisna the ue t vly. On
brin-ing the prisoner toto nyii he atteaspt
ed to cssp' hu .was haidiNj woutuod : d
re-captured by the guard.
-1Tle eti taginti Leg-dfuk placr
h :drore Judguigyland flhemae t day bud
o repo 1pp lie aw Les
- tee t, a 0 eti ihn
iou . - - a ua".i
eveninghel~C lenga soejjo dei.n. i
prairel kIe1.fphe dgetiiD ear
a siuallb.tekebtorkroto. indie prairie lhe
sawLesreruibd .Scoti coining do-wu ithe
prairie-.- Ie-deterinted to secrei imisehI
in. tuheilshefsth let thetm pass. but insteai
of P s~Nj'tigthef tued dlown a hil
lowin tho prair'ienear imt, and lie deter
tined to wi alch the'u and see ' hat they
wvere afniut. It tas by this nitme rog iu:
d-ar Itannd the-twpV.commrienced making a
lire. A fter they -had hghited .a lir, -a ba;
tie d's produced from wthui t hey alrtak
alternatelyyJtd. whten'Scottv itne to set
the bottle down, Lester struck himt on the
head-with 'acinh, and c-ominaued to infliet
blows .upon him until lie w'as deaad-ia
then -buried him - is a sort of- gulley,. antI
covered him with diirt andn loose st-tes.I
A.day or two after, I !srton 5aid lie had
beeni huntingr d-ucks, and m.' his retirn
htome lie saw somne turkeys n hich hei fol
lowc:to the hills-hie came sitadenly ott
thle-top) of a-steephilh, and itn the htollon
lie saw Lester digging a hole-lie crept
softly. away. and otnato rturim;;to the sputi
where Scott hittd been buried, lie sow that
hogs had pairtly r-ooted him fromti his grave,
and had eate-n a ptart of the boy-hec
than supptsed that Lester's object ini dig
girig the hole, was to make a more securec
gcavet fur- I'is 'ictirn; lhe accordiog!y
watched Lester's movements that ev-emnus
arid saw hiut retmove Scott aud, re-bury
A party was set to the place where
Horton. said Scott was buried, acc-onia
uiedl bylHI. to show the spot, and the hodly
was iakeui up and .recoginized to lie the
body of' Scot,: from the clothing HeI
washuried in a place where no sua-n he
ing would ever suppose to be selected as
r gave, and even thiose who nuere seit.
tosearch. fur this evidence to caorroborate
Horton'stestimtony, helieved .the story tat
be a fiction un'til the body was found. It
was ina rayine-where a constant stream
as-flowing over the grave.
pin this.'tesiunony, Lester was conm
reitted for triel- .
Lester. allpiefI fora ebanntge of venue,
atnaI hisgtxial wa, removed. to .Juebl.on
cout, The wiole-of the week befoare
last intl part of.,the last weare dlevoted to
theidal Circumnstantces eliciteid tesmiimo
ny other thaup that of the evidence of H-Ir
ton, ibcb onvinced^ the mimds of the
fry; aitidafter a'shor absence. they re
turned a verdic t of grtihiy.
-Ti.Judge, upon promiemg the ajv.
ful -senteneof the law, asked the prasom-r
hfle had 'any liing to say n by sen:ene
1r-de~hhihid not be pronounced againist
hi&i Lesterase, and for an hour ad
dr ell~ie cddrt. - alleginua his'innoeened,
- viawy the -'circumstanes
~f~Iii~darl againsti him, In
e5Iie Yld'rouintears
-3 yliat largeiaiece
fil~Ia~(~ Osio hiear tist awful
n asbeti pro
- -~s ha a l~ o s e
~ ~ h~dfl~)~I nh1 Kc&at e ee
a~5-bra-rprtse
~ Is~rA~h(o -a
Young.' The counsel for, the prisoner
op~rayedanttreSt of judpnent, mfuldmoveAi
for a niew trial, hich the jdoe overrufrd.
An ap i has been-'faien to the supreme:
-court.
We snid other lesihnony had been elie
ited betides that of Horton. and this tes
Iimony teuding so strongly to criminiate
hloriou, he has 'been arrested,. harged
with being a i .ccomlw ice. H is exam1t ina
t"0on commen. ced yesltrde It i-, now0t
confid tttly believed that straigr things.
will yei bu divule. atid dihat ii wtill per
haps be discoventd that Mrs. Scott was
murdeted, ad by -Ahon.
TilE SLNATE OF TIIE UN! l'ED
S FATES.
On a recent orcasion whetn Col. lleni iou
relerred to a vote 1 ite SviaLe m 1&4U, it
a ppeared 5i-om tii list if yeas aid nas
iliar the Senator frotm Alissourt is the oulk
man nw belonging to t-he Senate who
was a Senator lien. Sowe tw enty years
haveierught great chattes in the Senate
and ekewhere. A new gee-raiion is now
in tle d-iehl -With here and there a veteran
of. the -paest.
A correstpondent of the New York Jour
nal -of Conmerce. -who notices ihe llfct
above alluded to, goes on to give a brief
sketch of tlie present Senate of tie-United
States-thus :
We may itill ibost ofour Sennte. thoutli
its diguity and ability must suffe. a kitd
ofdiffusion or dilti atiflong with its con
litit t i it-tricl expansion. New States
in -their youth and wildneis -cannot he ex
pected to send ripe schaltrs-and finished
Statesmen, Hence rhe -narro fame of
Some, who are-now enrolled in the number
%of American Senators. But give them
time. There are names among them, of
which b e hive not heard till their election
was announced. -But every man here ri
ses or sinks tip his merited level. The'lan
ol hydrostatic - pressu-re is 'scarcely more
certain. This body must however alw ays
have its oriaments. Thusihegiant Web
ster is agaio among them with his lassive
proportioas of body and of iid; hiw dt-p
toned voice a-nd his intellectual'he-ad and
face. Ilonest John-Davis -on is lere onice
more in 41 his integrity and'stibility; hoti
of them tihe boast of thotir friends, and the
objects of respect-to their mna:glinimous
oppontenis; they t, e men of winm lasa
chosetts tjua~ stly be prud. And how
i, lier old sister Virginia represnt-ttedl here?
Uespectabltly, no dotib:. b% Messrs. Archer
and Petnybacker. But tle bow (if the
Archer will probably he tnstrung thorgh
it has aiode in strettgth. and it: him 'ill
relire a tiru- getilema: and a hi;tminded
Viliiinin. a man of rnuch xaucberns ir
meti exac'neg of mt inenrs. ri gndered
more rigia pierltps by labisC of --sitngle
blesedness " To hin will -succeed 't)
h.jbly n Demtnrat; hut tv cre hiow are the
(i eses. thte IaDzewellA tle Barbotour, i
Leidhs, the Rivesesq an'd nmtyty ti.ore 'f
tla hidI Order? I etnilvani as usual
sends-her siurdv names-Init l s ipeak
lit le. but.vote steadily;-herSturreon and
her Cistronnow eustain her dignity.
. no Buchanan i. tlicre-a speaker, a
thinker aid a writer. for whom inmure has
dbnie -uiueh lboth in volce 'atd, Im-anners'
thjoiu-pj-t sinppemars to 5owe mtfdeutpi
sgi!r minthe of ojisite qiilIities ihi
etistrItetin h- ciekr tian. It is diffirult
to s11y w hetir 0n the Wivhtle he is it good
look-itgr tmani or not. Tlie Prepontderaice
is in favor of ie ;ffirrintiv-. Soub Cair
olini seldiin flails. She deli2 hts to crn
centrale the %eiv essetice of her talent in
this atutust chnitiber. 1I31bre ile so prent
e ofi ti itlen. the'ariiblie and intelli
get Ilug-r (prniiitemed foin-::e) the d-s
cedant of~ thh iieemi liows amti mniiis
n forn ,'ilhtiun. ;t s'ainth~ird mtan it the
R~epjule iiamtid alhl i:is '.arietiesnlls
aiddhi-lsjura~re inl rt a'vmgistri ;Ituna
noUls. pithyV. logient, rapuid. stotng itt at go
mtet, and11( stern : itnrti ionclt..mos we rimg it
nlettwotrk of steel atrtund :is trillian, t
ies, and ning~i a reaTston fir ever, thinn
in lie Constitui iont. Set. hi- hts). black
mifticiitenrt eye lehtld the -hn sharp
anoele-s oif that ;'regot t c-raisma. he- niul
ifitlhl wikh f- w hijel acutte 'htintkit2ns a
cu, over the 'sinface of that aitXous face-.
ile hais come tr itake his pile by lie sidei
oif Mr. MceDuflie, ni hose physient ptremit
iiurity' of dceparuide seemus to moc-k ihr
Puergies of his imiperoois rnind. "Deted~
tabfle duelling! that it shiotuld htave tilaintedl
an ineradicable bullet dleep in the hotly of
such a mati, tenzing, wvorryit::, patrnt!zing
a cbild of intellect, sensibility and elo
qjuence. The mintd scor'os the shackles.
but cantnot escape lien . No! his mid is
v'igiirous. vehienment, and will speiak nout.
Maryland. too rises, in reputation wvith hecr
Johtnsd-t. Expectatiot w'.aits fort hirn.i
Georgia contitnues to ask aitetiiin to lie;
graceful Berrien, the mtodelI of a ligitied
Seniator. Alabama is weighty in her ltuge
Lewiq, the -observed of all obse-rver(, cona
joined -to Badby, no miean gladliato r. I
Ke-ntieky sustains her life and ponwer- in|I
the sit-ong, cbol, edm paie, satiirical, corrns
caiin2 Crinendeti, ' nd her Claiy-like
Motrehtead.'- Missouri tests firm ott the
broad shottlders of her aniciet and itnde
fatigabtle Bettnon. Lit tie Debt" ;;re rejoi
ces ini her aistt e, politiie. luetnt Clatyiton
never withitut dantger to he trifled with
Ohio senids her popular atid sarenastie Cor
wln, strong f'ir every thing fte udertakes.
Arkantsas her Sevier, sharp as the crack
of a western rifle. Michigan hetr Cuss.
dligtiified aiin eighty. The Eiti e State,
with a touch of alliterattion sends tier Dix
aiid Dickinson. Atd so ott to thle end of
the chaipter. Honrale Senators all.
Whlat an urenla for inttellecttual rooifliei!
A six mnonths' conflict hefbre. lhenid TIw-n.
by millions of p~eoplle lookingt atb them!
Aye, the worlJ! Arid becyond "thiis visible
diunal sphere," the solemnt shades of tie
pa;rtedl stattesmnen! "Act weil lour- par*
there -all the honor lit-s."
A ta? on Passengers. -Thle U. S Sn
premue Court anve iisde-cisiont otn Tuesday
tupon the constittuin: al power-of the State
of New York to impose na-tax on pas-en
gers'arriving at tts pnrts. The Cot-~theld
thatt -the Staie had the- powver; as a mint.
cipal, regultitii nrding- anaiuit the ex
p'ensK.6f supiorti priupers.fThe rea
s~tting Tvas that, t en Staterilaargrh: to
targ-itselfagtist the ex'penstcf pauper
;rg-t gant tir if, tn'sseniofr giving
(dribaship, wnn-; fer~iirttcenuirilne'
idys:Menuarhau tit i~dotskrt. iiug
Corresrondence d.emf stus
TN I f; Y N
Mr. Allen. Iron' the Unnim i
igu AfLiirs. re poried a -reauluttot' i rect
ing tih Secrevirv of ti S ueo
to he iretpared for the us ft. o1
10,000 co. ies iZ .he inaj of
cougiled, bv tfii licersar tlhe ExpIfht
-Expi htion,;rovintd'th e %rfi -~~
does 'nit exceed $10. per'und dI"t d
over.
Mr. Cameron. Irom ihi' Com tn
P,.nwe Buiding-, repirtied a j e .
Iton1 to. au thoit IIthe Wi fdiiU
ient Committee, to erect a -d tu
WV.Isbington8I. ou .aut part of Thefiitii
g rounld, ot altieri-iegidTiii
he ie-sign)aeid by..tLe-President i it&I
ted States. . LaIJ 4;ver.
The Setmient inti Execut essVt
.HlorE OF REPRI..s'. tTATJCS
iie -bill -for ruismg ta) corovp;71146 of
mounted riflemt-n. without objetion 'vIS
referred. io the Committee of 1heWhole
and ordercil to be printed.
Mr. McConnell. of Ala. askelieive to
introduce a keaolution, which i*j$nsJe
allowed to be read for inform ati. .The.
reuding was iti(rru)ted 'A ith ter,
and the whfie thing , was .regap by
m1u11 .s a titoing burlesque upof-.pro
ceedi' s of and speecies ii CAP..
Phnso'.AL EXeLAAx'8rsSapx -
Mr.-Prestou King of N. Y. askeileave
to make a p.ersonal explanitioniotrefer-d
ence to some remarks made by Mr 'Rheut.
of .S C. They appeared desiW only
as a further assault upon Mr. COlW ' 1by
Mr. King who is a friend of the' mtfJuin
istration. . cis -insinuation -to,.y vas;
that w hen Mr. Calhoun was the erican
negotiator uuder the last Admir0 tiiotn,
that he offered to negotiatv..w af- of
OregonI, if' England would. giv ia r 1 her
interference with -Texas.
Mr. threit said that if the iniin
from New York meant to say !4Jfr.
Calhoun did this. he pronoumnced an. as
sutmption 1nubunded in trni1 s
m r.'U.:J. INgerso!l of Pa; io add.
luel to the flaie by becomin tiord
p arty.
Mr. Hill ard. of Ala. who w illed
11) tlie floor. woubl not nifr .th s erfcr
ence A fich U as threateningt hekc
Hoisu in a difficulty.
U-RHooN DisCusSto.
Tie debate W.'s then resus, the
unfitistred butsinessufyest'er Mr.
lihna of Abi. addressed 'he -
one st the mfost ebninemen aye ~ he
esion. H* -advocated ourt- -t
w holt u-'Oreoo. bu l'sr.letA pu
It !art of it us tme btrongtest 41 r.,
rof the' ;ronng po% er of1 E anad
tte -frr ogante of thiBritih teut,
and lit'e niasre-atdy to etieck.It t'Lfie
et m inatrier he di . oei.u E y
fit'prop ittions. wh hil i zt
tee tb gentletien or the'Hone V as.
-ivainithe report of the-ot ttee Qt.
fe'rri'uries cause faitya .h land
whici m5is urs at prreo t se
-He' was alSui a Do
regon trWynlegilti1 ye c It
nIght trat. trl'thie-Excutivt. 0 Tas
.gai'ast giv 'tt the ieui astn' bi'si.tsV
hr e'c tof ssid notice migli.si govern
Ie E xecuive in manutjor wijchgvakuld
tnswer'ro good- purpose.. Viold pass
a resolution etmpoweritg the.fresidentt of
tile Unted Sfates; to gii c the:nitti'e'fea
ver in his juidgtment he thouglit it bes
o uive i. He wanld iclothe hiin With all
power
Mr. Hili. yard allo-ga e muitny facts'cou
t8e't'ed~ nith the commtterce .of-the iLust,
and te ereat ben, fit ntlinioia'cerue
Io thle Commelnirce ofl the coutry,.fronti hi'
f,.LiesmI: of' . i .)rego'u, .and oipeittng
im Commrered ofl the Iattto itn -iter
onrs, it h e Umtr'i States.
ci'e it ith gre'tt 8.8tftn08, on; rd eldntimand-t~
cii the app18idbot ion <d t-h& grei -nmjor'it y
of lhe I Hose.t
Mr. I hs.n p-nt of MWiss4. here itnade nti
'ipeal to the lion-ue to) chantge 'the mode
of discussing tee Sitnje, 11 the met' t
ofr the qujestion were'to be debiated ~iliupo
the noionlilt of refe'rence, no othier busittes
rouLldf be donle. Ile' hoped,. the'refore, that
thei r'ioutionr wo-uld be re'ferred Is, th.
(.8:8: nittee of the WVhole on the- st at of?~
thei Utsion. - .
The H bonie cnsented, and the next tm-.
iotn was thait f'or mniking the'JoinlE ReCsi
lution the special tnrder of the.' day for the (
frst Mionday-in Febmruary. ~ -
The yeas and nauys were 'oiered, hi
as~ two thirds were necessary. the moion
'n miake the resoilutioin a8 s~pcia order wtas
lot-A3yes 102, noes 82.
[Th'lis vote is 'portamtn as slhoivirng a
dsiositionj in the H-ouse riot to decide ibts
qestion too hastily.]
Mir. ilowlin, of Mo. th'etiii C'o that th-e
H-oiuse resol ve itsef int n Codirniivee oif
Whole. whilh miodion prevailed.
The .Speatker called Mr. Tilha.nis of
Kv.. Co tihe Chair, and Mr. B~owin rimived
to tnke up the .Joint Rsolutioni to. give
til one yea~r'4nIotice tio Etrmland closing
Tellers were called uipont this, moit ion.
but the Chlair decided so ;hasily.that the.!
House hadl no lopportunity to oirde-r them
Mr a. Bun fin therefore ahtined his objeci
and addres-ed the.dHousie. at length in de
fenice of the Anaieric'an cloiur1 'o the whaie
of Oregon. und jigainst thgresi've:
powet of Esigland. is sp;eech partiiik
of the prevailing, dipsition t'o say as
rruch or our bravery aind puTi!y as.'jiii -
ble rand is lithe ofIth. colurag~e -drilljj.~r
ie' of othet- naitiont's. --
l1r. Bo iwi iid lShaui-ehat O.00b 12.i-l
w ould volunteP- to ros lt ey 3 Un
ainis as sool as wir i s delareil anid of
the resul' of a co'nstaleti vtiqrv atf ,ur
mesi and-atns he haidnnmanteirf'o~dnb'.
Ai ihe elos-t of tii..j''ipe-eelf itie-(ntmit-!
ice rose atnd'the Housbe adjouraea
From the t 0 .isayty -
RUitOR'. &c . &'
Our itelihgent H si errsitit.
realence b iesn~n~'' tn.b ~cny
ahd ainlgles iu t 1 foli tg iiVt by n
ap~tteein prt..Qs~pAha4e Stsy.y
te -Vha - he
bigeIfrequently n'oiccel i .thbepapers, is
i~rgy a pratice of ic tiah'se ofI aee
Oburg.vt' her sisler. 'thil fafit, t,
[it be gMv n1) tnt' Dke .of Ilottpeonsier,
stw'ot Luoms Phibape's %umns.. A Frencht
fleert ad armay, $n- conjucntion nilh whu
lvrce--l and andt sea-iitim'i Spa canl raise,
lasCked fty all l tiglish flee-, alati to6 see
thti'tiotlina I)n '? ii done, wrl escor
the latter counple to Ame.'riu. and place
their, iild.ts iet.. un the losene of .ex
iic: Ju the Inean aijme. ci-tiotion s ourcour
resporndenit tile -Iarlin de Cyprey is to wail
Fat Laivanina 'he m:arrh tit evenits, whikl
three Fretient FriArnto are -.taiioa d Ibere
lethtips 'to place him in iriu1mph antcc
mnit- at te ejead of the ctorps-diploatique
iir Aliex ico.
Our corrispoidenti further inies ilial
Santa Anna ' is, all this b hile, a - qmel
ooker oil" in Hjavamia, pan ienitly waitin
tIh time whet: Almonte shall have thrns1
aut ierrera, and burnt old Catss-an ia
rades' fingers so k'adly that h-e wall let Fire
alone , then to slip 'in for liis-rnntry'i
kood, and put down dl: pariizsanitm, land
Iaietly uaw awoy at ' the meant fit the
jut fdramother ew ye-ars-. The health of
he tyrant is good; ni he '8eldomi rorme!
nio-lavanna. from his conrtry resadence
mcept when tile steamiter from Vera Cru2
b in ;he ofling, 1he l he comes in and
taits with all a deslpot's impatience atl
hae-riish consors for his despatchies,
vblch, it issaid, are'ueither fe-w nor small
n -buk. -
Wie have all along been of the iupinion
hat there would be some turin in the af
'airs of Mexico which tmigpt place Santa
nna once more ;:i the head, at least o
in farmy, and otrr letters-fron Havaaa gu
'ar t-strengtheia us in this beliefl. He hat
o many opponents, however, itt the
N'orih and \' esa of Mexico, to give hiam
eagth of power and sntay, even if he once
nore succeeds in reizniiing the reigns 01
rovernment. Pur-ieds is to -an exten
)owerful, and if nte are not greatly mis
aken will fight io the hist liel'ore he allows
Sania Anna again to get tile upper hand
of him.
It regftra to -the rumor about Montien
ier and the Mexican throne, it has come
o our know!bdge that letters of an offeial
haracter have been received in ti-s c'ity
*vich- more than hint that soame such
chetne is afhot. It is not to be imagined
hat.Great Britain oiitild aid in raising
mne of Louis.Philippe's sons to an Amer
en throne for 'nothiii, ntI hence it hat
een inferred ihat she itgZa receive (ubt
as her por tion of the spoils.
Fe;will cliag lo tfir Pillars of the Tinplelo
Our Libeties.arbitif it'niust fall 'ec'cillper
sh ainidi the T uilrs."
WED. tNEJAY .JAUtARY 14. l46.
All Job woil d6ie -at this offic'n lareiter
auit bd paid furi on delivery.
Cold Itenther.-Sinre cntar last, ne had a
amoy, vernal drys, !.id then -a chanuge etim
ver tei spirtl" of the weather. The weatthi
m- been qite cld and inplensaant. and tha
hermomoet:lhas beent btelow the free-zing
ILint.
Goentr of Tc~tras.-Cnerti J. P. Hender
ont haas tite:'. etetd.t~a G veranor of' thte Staite ol
['exas.
The Tn'm-perare 5sciety of our Toaen.-We'
vear re-centhy prse~ at a regutlar mneetitag o0
het Tempferantcr- isociety of tht. pilace. We.'
mdi thn aale'asuare~ of haearinaag a very forcile
ddtrss n p'n the gre't evils re-aiithiaag fromt ia
empentr:ncet.byi Dr .Trahn W. Willi:nans, n mtem
a-r of the' Soc'ietay. 'Th~e Presidtent also matde
rime approaailate remarks npoen the ?>ccusion,
re'sp-ctale naditory. prinacipally composed
(nenarn 'from the tcotunray, was present,
nd bv ltei r atteantioan. i-tvmce'd their inaterest irl
he proceeedlites of thte maeetinag. A resolitiori
as pas.nsal by the Soc'iaty, making prov isiot
or vocal anti instrmaetal muttsic. at thteir fn
nre meetiangs. A cottmrittee was nppointed
o make arrnanrtaments f'or this purpose. Th
hbOve metntionedl lesaantiton was a vecry gonc
me. and ircarried oaut. will aidd greauly t'o the
uterestaif the fauture meet ings oftahe Society,
t ias muach to be desired. that the lathes of th<
uace iteukil haoiior cacti assemblage of the
society, with their presence. Thecir radian
atnies and their voices lamestintg forth in strain
>f heticlias music. woulid most assenredly at
r~iet a Iargae conconrse of genttlemen, inaciti
ling Benedicts, yone ba'nit* artd old hache
dors, who have not yet despaired of ob'ainsing
artneas. Cotme theta. yc matrons anti blush
ng maidens, anad the Washaingmonian Societj
vill gille yout a ghost cordi-tl welcomec.
TIhe Hon. Wam C. Preston on the 5th inst
mteraed tupon his dutties as President of thi
Southt Carolia Caolaege. Upton thtat occasim
is deliveredl a beatutifu a ndat einsieanl address t
.ae Stuadeants ini thec College Chapel.
Thre Sodiha rarolinian.-Mlr B. RI. Carroll. n
rarleston, hans asociated himself with Mr
Sumiea in thte editot~intl department of thi
Soh Caurolinian.~ AIr. Cayrroli has loang beet
known as ain editor of literary jotnrnals, an
he author tf a H istoary otfSotnth Carolina H-i
repttationa as a Belles Le nes Scholar is estah
ished amoangst ins. .Dantbtiess, his conttectim
vith the Stumhi Carolittian, will adal gr-e'athy
he interes' of that paper.
THE PARK IN HAMBURG.
)n'saledalist. VI r. Henry Shila prtreha
ted the'Ijlits 1 aat16 i4,i kintiajei'Parjc
e. jrgnfor uonae'.inie 1pAste'nhner of dti
$perty, wbichlhas been suffered: o int
feuaya :As M r.._Shaltz is ngsaianOe'ainer ~
Wpe thnt thae'-pliaoe wvil..be imbirpved~uind thN
'tillt ngain'e'alerdn niof ii d fdN
A UGUSTA- BRIDGE CASE ':<
Tlaiuaiention bf our-readers-is cale.4.t&'
extlet fin the subject of 'tli' Bride iiLe, an
hich Air. Henry Shultz is a pirty. *ae than
lalfamillion ofdollays are in suit,and n taaae
for trial is now fixed upo.. The case will
come ona in April next,' and wil be tried be
fore the Circuit and District Court of Georgia,
at Savannah. We heartily wish Mr. Shiltz
staccess iaa this iaportiat ltw-suit, in which lie
h3smo long been enga ed.
We tare indebted to lae Hon. A. Burt, f1,
smverni public documents.
FROM TEXAS.
By ahe arrival of t*he Steamship Gal.
vesion. we have received our filesof Texas
papers, to the 27th ult. inclusive.
The returns of the recent election were
coming in. Gnernl trisrion is elected
Senaaor from Bastrop and Travis.. A
mong ie nanmes ofthe Senalors and Rep
resenatives chosen, we perceive those of
General Chambers, Colonel Cuney. Col.
V. E. Howard, Genieral Cazneau. Gen
lender.on is doabaless elected Governor.
Alejor Darnell,, probably Lieutenant Gov
erndr.
iat. T. Pilbury has accepted the nom
inatioln fr Representative to'Congress
Lettiers from the Red River county an
nounce a steady advance in prosperiiy,
and a consrai-t sireini of einritidU.-N.
0. Bee.
RUS~SdL'S GARDENER'S C1LENDA'R.
.1nANVAr.-Sow peas, spinach..lettuac
cabbages, radishes, pertley, beers.carrots,
salsafy, parsnips, 'tarrneps, aNsparagus.
Plant horse radish.irish poatigoes. Trans
plant cabbages aid lettuce.
'Remarks.-The bes variely of peas for
this monab are- early frameand bishops,
for an early erop, mad dwarf marrowfat
aitl d-warf-green imperial for a succession
Only a-few beete; carrots, parsrips, satla
fy, and aurilep,:hould be sow Ia this monh,
as lcy, are all 'very render while yong,
and consequently easily killed. Endive
should be tied l for bleaching. It is late
to dress araichokes and asparagus beds,
but if noa done before, they must Ire now
attended to. -Irish potatoics plnted in the
comaamencenenut of this month, may have
iheir tops kileil'by frost. in February but
,Vill not Ike injured-; towards the last hI
-the month the) m;ay.be planted for a gen
aral crop.
From the Sakthern Agrcarttrist.
To ouR READERS XYD PATRONS.
We present to our patrons andl thegpub.
lae. theist Ni ner o'f the sixth volune of
it our second series ir the Sothern.Ag
ricultuiist. . This.Joirnal was orig.inaliy
publisi-ed hy lelin D. Legare,. Esq., in
1828, and has always been prinled by the
pret propirietor nnd publisher- The
ina-k fas been.acontiIlaIa. hy. iJimfjorsev:
'eral 'yea'rs-iast, Tor'the litrpose.of.keeping
-alire tirat zeal -for' agricult'ural inprgrve
inents, whichsa 'origially-intenited by
its -poiflica'tidn fir Iprio. to 16:28, i-here
'was uoliing if- fle kind ' ntishdal'sonthif
of Baltimore, wkere, theAmedfig1.yri
mer was tuhe -eaflteo y tne-venerantae ir.
Skne as i- ertioi--nhl
Agricultura lheiety of South -Carolina 'a
promate the interests aid ciriula'te infor
nhation amoang tlhe plators of this sectIoi
of tla'Unionl w;as 'tie chief case of ts
ftrst pulbcatiin-sso kvc la'd thought that
if *noudl still have Met & fostering 'o
teetina bf int and othe'r Sdcietieia-#ihich
have since spruttg irto ieststerce. perilaps
roo. under lthe very exciireli.tit'ased
arumaoang the agrictalural entnitiest yet
it so haappen's that i: tnui languaishies ihr
that support w1hich is necessary to its
exi.,cence as a mteansaof public ntiility. It
seeams, like all other thinrgs, tao lbe pasuing
nu' ;y ;as 1the fashaion of the day -
Th'le pride uf the puablisher has been,
not to relin'juish ah'e grotun'd, hao*ever
pooarly he' hasa failfilled the dluties of an
Et rr-hint the waork woul tnt evena
hiear alhe expene~e -of paying; a qualified
person tea fill that stationa-and lest it
-lhauhia heoine a np)roachL 10 '/ae State.
ahat it lhad noat tin Agriculaural .7ournal
wi iti it, he haas cotntinue-d it-and would
anow reliskinish it to, anay person qualified,
for the benecfit of its agricultural friendas.
Noone can say thaat it odartn to c-ease to
lbe, while oan every sidle, such pubalicat ions
;'re liberally unappo'ried, rand thecar circula
itnextendingr evetn among our planters
and farmiers. WVe therefore tagaina present
it tao the naricultural cammntly, ita hopes
they will not let it jwrish forever, for the
wanat or thteir pstronage.
Anal wb on;in appeal tao those interest
*ed It) te prosperity of the agrienaltural
intecrests or alhe Souith, to aid tas with all
the uorigintal an~er they a-an. Thte termi
nre ns htereinfore, Three Dollars. payable
in advance;-for two copies $5; Saicie
It ies anal Clubs can be Aupplied withb ten
copies for $20. payable in advance.
C'-ontents of the Jranutary number of the
- Southern Agriculturis:-A. E. Miller,
Broud-st.
Drainuiang of Ditchaes in t-ice-fibids bp
ID., Somuethmtg about Madine uind its ap.
plication, by Jesse Ryder; An Essay on
Guano. by J. 1E. Teschtemacher; To any
* vze soils; Ona rotationt crops. lby M. W
Philips: Grasses fam the South, hy B. M.;
9!Oldl atmaarn atad tnew adressings; Cotton.
seed Oil, by J. Hamilton Cooper; Liq~uid
mataure fair coro, by f-. R. Srnehzer;
Okra an exceilenat substitante for Coffee,
by- J. F? (allana; New work on Shaeep
-iusbaandry, by L. A. Molarrel; Oja Suik
graiwine in New York, corresponadence
a between A C. Vaan Epps. Esq. anad James
W Chappell, Esq-; lamportarkce of Ag.
r iculture ; Colerman's Agricultural Tour;
Imaportant to grain~growers; To aseer
tatin the power raf Mill Sates (lair Manu
facaaores ;) Western ,Manufac tures; G.ua
no a-s a Mainpre forSe a lslatatd Cotton, by
J. Jenkians Mikel;.'t'he value of Corn
cobbs as a food for cattle, Plarnis delete
rinus ina confineld places, Macbane for
raillinag Tobaco, Garlig sa core for epy
idaemic an swiane; Antidotes of Poiaos;
Joutre a s i rd-herse; Sahintg..food for
S ock, by R Btte taking Coimu
apo wbrt dge .
havi ds 4fisei t lgre~ E iIO
6nAs-esacsWleW t
.santd deliars plir ibtdi &ptr
priateit Iainuni rf t fWif
no exceeding t1i i o'anY
of five dollarseach i
cerain n umber of dqy
In Maine I.e syst -
was enIi el I v oih 1In e
3eais ago, when aflha'
that useless setvice 'v rtp ~
retaining the-niiliftiayste
conatinued.,enroalment '~: ~ ~
lie bound at br call
the support o her.
of her- soil. -
*. Veranont; arie
Le'gislatuse Iug fooy
ol Maine. She pased - -
4il laws Iiha t heretofirs,
drills, and substitti.d
ment, as for jury
would, under the old-s h y
liable to miia ser-vici -
- - -.2,4a
We copied a p)rag:Ir ,
York Sun. a day (pr two -
a gentleidn o; that cith
po-erful engine forAr
The New Vork Hu.fd-i h -
tended 11otice ofLheinye.99
sid to be .simply a wu -
-principlo of the sling,ap
ory, in connectiort-wnb
throwing out adiscliige f.
In a niinatc for hourt
machine is so constructed -i j
in at one end 1:he balls je- 4 i
a otary motion is
of a 'rauk, and, by - ae
e tch ba I rec, ives a force anin
equa'l o .at cotmuni e
tit) ofgunpowder. Wle
done a slide statsni-a"
to escape in succssid ;
into a tube, whei)he
a kUost any disanesa
aim. T he -invester.is
a gentlema cdn.i.d
Yard at Brooklyn
peunmeims werv recenrin&
new engie -f d
the Goverinen't, .nif .laiA d ton
given ientiremaii;to
guished persons who f
On one dcasion alld){ t i e
s lid tiniber wcre tiiited toee -
ing. one .mpact- by
piece of wooden Arizaq
athy .open h yiii
of ordnaimexv -
utes ile whole4o id
erly deinioised f it
toer, by th -i~.M,
a r~
Clarence, son oVi3 e,
ilthei t terl ancenrts
Wingt atj~
lInd Accrdaiou toie 014m
gtl~i W45i ibris dles*ended
ri astMinjsstiil
f r h K infedlnite ifirdj,
ad the ion jeani f en tJ -
ilushi Capet, Kin tof.Pr.ane.,wo s'
was; Vilu bola o4lips.
Win'er seems to beatirpn uswuh aqp
unrelentinR hand, althou'gi 'e-linv -~
no snow, we have had very iinebru%
er for the last meath; whiep ~ d t& -t
city 'f proveinder, will ogecrate udisjpu;
amsong the enttle in the suffring di tr~
ihis State.-Anderson Gasief~..
The Pendfeton Ii sselirpf1i
inst says-We are inforimed :hht
Rtobert B~owen, a very'respectalble i~~.
of Pickens district ivas killed b'y a falltik
his i nrse, on Mnaddsvi last, on hi reitm
home fr-oni the~ Cauh Hjouse. He -d
' he prime of life', and lefra large fa~hp
The Poen a sei ~e~~ li
order ii the City Eosimager gf
ton, to the eflaerktbai allho i
documienits frainkedl by mnemnbers T
resa saoll be charged writhi lettgr pos a
unless -it shadl'applar that-tA t ~ .*
packnges emnanate4.difecrly Io
themselves.1 The effictbol'thi3fl
loners on which iherm : i~
the hind writing- of-the :~
of the retnainder oftho su
be presumed not 1o-hae te
members frankiing: said- ml~
accoulingly. If; ho. vor..ui*
the letter at its' destfi~tion
shall think proper-toipe -in~
it is bona fide cominnicaiiZ
ber; thendthe pos'age shall bilii&
Don't sell. you, Ashes.. -
late discoveries-n 4ericuial
Professor -Liebmi qayewnine
hay from the mneadows, ljri
of exhianition.ttAthe-soil isitll -p
ash ,contained: inhely
may' readily be retehrsi bv
meadows wtyrs thta
es... A vervjmuer~~~
never suffereilul Ql
fro his fam ls a~
n bushel to SOWba
To the Inep nE r
Fellow jNirenas~
viceeandaisieson 0 ft
s~elfoas a huaa
eleped h~ all
dischiarge i Iibeat
~GH.