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'tse mabislied monthly or quarterly, will bi ch l q r aesqare. Advertisements not'hniioitii iteber of insertions marked - onithemwidlbe'cOntined uutil ordered out .an4 qhared accrdingly. It Co 'ui aicapens, post paid, will be prynpt fyitast~6dv attended to. MISCELLA1lEOUS. ?X!LOSWVE COTTON. Thefollowing minute and:interestieg account:ofthe.discovery recently made in Germany, by which, it is declared, that raw cotton -s rendered more pow erfully, explosive than gunpowder, Is copd'from ter - published' i.the' W~a1hingoih ton, from the pen of its E-aopean co ndent, under date of. T 6N-oNNE-MAINE. ptember 30, 1846. One ,f t ' wonderful scientific discovseoc gidern times has been ez z itehere and:'at Basi, in Switzer lanid,.wthin tlielast ;few weeks. f'ro, fess. Balhger of the. fotmgr eplaces and Scli p nj of be.latter, sinuhanep~aly by,.,a similar course of;experimentng, have tvjented a, , method of prepar ing raw cotton which will undoubtedly even tuate in the.discontinuance of-the use of gunp owl er The article which they, prepare las 'been submittedto 'many severe ordeals, and its vast ;superiority, forall explosive purp.os, ove gunp9ew der is aknow edged'by'tifistchejist an' nnit o dn riey+ cat.scarcely believe my own senses when I witness. an ,exhiltition of its ex, tra irdinaiy properties. U};on my arrival in this city I was invit'd; by a :friend, *a distinguished, member of the Gerraan Diet, to dine wir 'h , and not declininglars'hospital itV k . with and was presented to. ProfessOp . ahger, whi it-is -but proper to remark is distinguished for his attain monts, and who has charge of the public lubosautory.as.a chemical leciurer. Be fore.the-separation of the pafty, Profese sort took from each, of is w.aistcoat pockets.a paper containig asgme raw cotton; a small portion of that. which was in onq :he .placed upon a sheet of white paper,: and near, it:some gunpow% der dppn another sheet. He touched theti.atrie sate moment with the burn ingned.of-a cigar, and pith, the quick. ness ofthe.lighining's.blist, the cotton waa.sI ut'ed..withpot- smoke or odor, or ashel, or even. the slightest tain upon the st white 'sheet of foolscap; while the: igiufiin ofthe guppowder seemed to be'slow,'although of, tub best. qualify, byrhich tlie paper was burnt and cdlo. red; mtn the room filled with smoke - *He 'thenitooi a small quiantity of gutn powg, and .placing it ppon paper, en tirely coivered it with'prepaired. c~otton from'ilig othec paper.-Touching this cottoni with the blase of a match, it ex ploded, without burning the gunpowder! Subsequnly, at,.my. apartments, hc exfo'ide otton upop the palm' of m.) haniid' '66600 iny feeling the sensatiom of hea~t, such *as, the'remnarkable rapid ity-of its ignitng Ashoitimne, it'is sted by the, inver tors, is'orily required for th e preparatioi of the aitle, ar/d the 'process is so ex cuedinglyfsimple" that it catil bp manu, factuad by commoit laborers,and withI oat .any danger-whatever of combristion it.caa be fhtfor usein-a-few hours aftel 4h-cott~nds-taken from. thet balegam without the -aid- 00-"machinery ;.and.i may be thsoroughly'saturated with wale without.affectin& the properties injur lonJisy. .. Essoonasie.driedu it is agaii Iid fotse. Tine'i ioihing to appre heidft1 "'ik~~ ipntaneous epmbos tiigf'cr'iiiliflinkkb'iUiftlction 'in ii ti-dpbr~ i iifil'fdiig of fire .arms or'ibecomiit0Abfiwd under a lem, .perature of 200 degsuctiess. It- wi eatclr die cItIfer froii a'likise ordomi The fact has been asc~rli? rfror repbated iperimlenls, rhatuli&,fogt; ei'pdart otg totitice c(tpqgldp: ill ti'ajel a bailleig feg. 'Agqgricao aies fai~an us ass t tweltpahr hou'wce o 9d The siithapiiVgao %nee il'dri, a thre na '"e istance iudifdli~h8M ik~otbi cumutation of glt, whie:. 't'he gun throughout wasentirely free from heat,.in firing a 3 pounder, tiho'.result was: the same in this respect. 't'he experiments in blasting rocks witjy prppared cotton have also been emine'ntly successful. At Base a large block of. granite, measu ring 240cubic feet, was blown up by four ounces,, whih, crgildcoi .have been effected with less ibin two pounds - superior gunpowder. .* .= s Last week thg.power oC the article was tested at a 'ieeting of the "British Scientific Association"-an issociatgn compo.sedof-th toast profoundly learned individuals in ".Europe-and they .were amazed with ;what . was, accomplished. Sir. J. hersciel toot pccaaion to femnark Professor,Scl onleia-ieing present, that "the discovery in. the.next generation might arm mankind with the wildest powers. The inventor was a Titan who could tearup the tocks, and almost calf down the lightning." . I upde'rstind .that 125. lbs. of cotton is.thestate inwhich tt. is. focnd in the bale, sth'en properly prepared .wilfr.eigh 165 lbs , and that even here, ytlwre the staple is.much dearerttan in the United States, the. article will cost consider a" bly less than. gunpowder.-What the other mgqerials are used, in tKeninnq facture, will course remain a sect'et until patents are secured among .the various. nations. One has already been taken out for GreatAritain; aed, the States of the Germanic confederation bave through. the Diet, :has given 100,000 florins' merel.Vfor.the right of-ireparn:; it for the 'rmy, pro ided a commisia,.which. has b& ;institiited. to tsti in'eer 'onei e way, sha llreport favorably. This rperiment will be "mace at.May ehoe in a few days... The proportion ..of th eingredienits in 'g'unpowde' necesfrily vary to a con: sides able degree abut dafggodaquality may be coiposed ofi6 parts, of nitre; 13of:charcoal. and 9 of sulphur." So thia wq are Mdeendpnt upon foreign trra.orughtge retsof 'ti:uaietebee4 ,. .. u4(aGur4. of all the gunpowder te consume!-a fact vhich is notgene'rally nor sufficient ly known by onr countrymen. By the vigilance of that. sterling patriot and fithful officer, Col. Talcot, of the Or dnance Department, whoyear after year, acting upon the principle "in peace prepare for war," has been accumulating a stock. j6f ,aalpetie, we are -happily prepared. with an abundance of the material to carry us through a long and arduous- contest, should we ever'be in volved in one, with any nation -But with the recent improvement, our depen dence upon the remainder of the world ceases fqr .the articles ,essential to the prosecution df . hostilities.; .while the .de gendence of other powers and states upon us increase in . the . same ratio. Moreoyer, the increased production of our chief staple, and the consequent diminution in valde, , bas, the last few yrea re, scarcely afforded renudiera ting prices to our planters. Should the prepared cotton supercede- gunpowder entirely, a new - market' will be created for any- redundancy of . yield, and an absolute consumption occur. Ttwo or three hundred thgeblsa a mod' erate cali~uildtioli,'will be burnt ip anui ally. - 'Mr. Grove . a celebrated chomist of England, comnienting upon the impor tatice of the discovery, says:. "It is necessarj io mij a combustibLe substentce with- another substance..w.hich will bring forth a sufficient oxygen to..catch.fle, whereby inder a certain trmperature thii whole will. explode. These t wo ,sub stances are contained in theogunpowdej buteven iii. the best of this article ilia .s manufactut ed a. pat t of'it remains aflei explosion, on which account fire-armi reqhire-cleangg after being dischaiger of their, co (ents.. The invetitioti . Professor . Slion.bdi0 iW~ith, out thi fault,~while the power: ofits; expilosio,n-i twice as great as that of gunpowder." Cast Iroa.Raih-oad.-It is stated b tie'N, Y., Jottrnal of Commere' tha the 4larlem Company have laid downi ' ietweetr i,8th and 32d streets, in the citj a~ piece .of their road, with cas iront.rils. Those Whio. have. seen- i speak of. it in-the higiesa.terms :9fa probation. -The cosc: of othe~tistairo rails is less thtan. half the 'ces 6fth ~wroudht ones. Genernment Fnances.-.The Wasi1 * ngton corresponstent of t[Ibeg Yor Jouraal of;Commerce give,s thefuillowt iitater'nenL of -thi. conditionof ;tli ~tied. tsites ,Tarasury.-Thedh4 > m~abjectgo drf i all ,he deposit< ies i ,5e. sdqmi.: ~ ry t~7at fVasbingima', $i0,000. ?9 . pet or -.ctober,hia1 'esed hpeelpts ly$8,000O~ ~-~veii n unb'' " 1 From. fie Sknta.CaroTwrian., OUR STATE. Its agricultural Capital Yoo muc) devoted to the purchase of Land 'iid Negroes, and too little to Imp r' ment. We havA skid, there is in Southt Car 0ohna, too'largeian amount of capifal laid out at'a very unproductive interest. This'is" particular true of our Agrieul turat capital, We invest too much 110 lands andiegroes; and too little on the mprenient of those lands. A baf century ago,. this impoverishing existed all over the Union. 'Every where--the capitalist looked to the investment ofhis money in. lands-bestowed his' labor upon them, withouileaving a care to the tmprovenients.of agriculture ; and vs, in consequence doomed to see th 'roc ductiveness of his soil gradually, dinin ishing. Wii ,in a few sears back, .a mor. jud ciou system of culture has .obtainei science has coie in td thi aid of ak', ;ind ithe. farmer has been taoght; ti at.h is better to buy.od, cret and.expend a portion of his capital on its improvement, than hold two -'acres under die old plan. in (wh-tever States, lietfre, agricultural inapr6venenl hiaie been introdgced, t'he cpital. and labor of tli farmer have becn produc tively employed. Whenever the opposite course has' been pursued, inpovirish hent and ruin have'fdUowed. I4et us 'dwell somewhta-t';pon this vie oftha subject. .A oer ou State. ourplanteis have been coiiplaining .of the smaol interest derived ofrom their lhdns andnegrdes. 'Until very FeeAntl. the y was, thatprrduce of ery.eia cripti6i had come dpvi to a ere nom inj ~ alue ;,. and farming' lbor oftall kLinds-..sprofillss ~Grrntilthis: t.6; e the casi; sre Mgt su.'fd'enss iatuii fo every specie's ot al Aid' just, as certain as there exist acause fb such p idons, th ikegwis e ista remiedy.. there s ari overpr on o thsiesof natekCh coa. be siwn t t t ere is Jrge a. market foir the. consumgptjon o that article, as was ever dahceived by the most liberal. imagination, The millions in China-the nujinirous newly discovered islands , in. tie. Paciic-the Siates of South A merica-die yet u visited parts of Africa,-in a word,.all the world ii dyerning markets for this staple, and all these ma-kets must and will be supplied.. Nor are we of those who are scared into the belief, that the cotton planter is starving because the staple has come down to its present depreciation. .. Al most every thing has'nominally. come down in price ; and this will appear to any one who will make a .comparative scale of the prices of our staples, with the prices of the manufactures of other countries. 'From. an exhibit now. before is, we find; for instance, that in. .1820 raw. cotton averaged in Liverpool, 9 pence per pound ; while, cotton twist sold at.19:pence. . In 1830, cotton had fallen to only 7 pence,.in !the pound; while cotton. twist had fallen to "12 pence. .. Thus:. there had been- in ten years a fall, averaging only 2 pence on raw.Jcotton) i, while in tihessame -period, on -the tisaiiufactured ar-ticle., the. depres ciat ion was as great as 7 pence-.. *.This difference,. we. will be ,told, arises from the ,improvemerits . in ma chinery, which enables the' manufaterer to ell for muchi less. . But ma. not similar improvements take place in the production of the raw material ? Jf the past teaches any lessons for the future. wve ate certainly warranted in such a scarce seventy years since cotton.: was introduced amongst us as artorneinental Sflower-that people laughed at-the idea Sof its ,ever.beco~ping a stapie oionodi ty ; and, until W~hitney's (Cottri ..Gii, w::as introduce~d,.ho .oriee der thotighi the seed could-be s4prated- froni the wool, except by. :the' agile finders Aol -stionksys traine~d foi~ the pufsii Arc -the-imgirdv~tuens -in. .cotton - culure t< stop wi'ir' Whiitney's machinery? Wi 'cn look over the cotton plantations o tno portion of oud States, without bein1 t-conviuced. to the contrary. We cat .point to many planters in Squth Caroi Sn; *hd can nfiordl to sell cotn at. fivi D ents and vet make money. This the: are-enabled to do, by raising every thinj on plantations necessary fotii'iif wvants anti 'considering cotr~n.:is the result o ardte i tihi an li sstas, whi : nnks la rips of I lio' haiid ~.btt.save hile menev. Ori the contrar <are thee; adi very Yinin :E'makl littledaotton, but greie~n~dd to'j9mt' tO alfit sells for. Anjfne'ii lessde~ 'se per.~ is'arises.. f fh i the other1 and all over will be .t c e r . A svstetn oI.. figures has y proved it best, to make MOM on, and buy all the plantatiart wa at, few planters have -vr got .ho didt pursue anopposi cogr - lew instancis. NewEng1 n& a cars sinie found agriclturial pu 7t most profitless busiie's: Her farmet vested most of their capijalri " Inone in'improvements. Such was soongfound " uinous ; and all im'nmediately4applied. e- .-obvious .thatij- was more profit to.cultivate an improved soi tha Cpreiskad one. And those peopl pig most excellent econemists, e enough two learn the maxim tt hei would get l'he rimght "sort o(tcbe -mist first get theiright sort of wiapm .,j They set to work and lear edhe latter, and the improved cotditioiof their agriculture is evidence wh hethey have been disappointed in t ormr . -4 '8 iC EDUCATION. hirisisa subject of interest and im portancjro all, and it is time that a gen erai movenment was made in this State, con i i e see no reason. why South;p lina should be behi>3das .many ofIr sister States, in a -agi whick is nseparably connect t. her higligand . best interests. other spetssour State..may 6c 4 position aq ong her siste'rs; as : as ;ang lit in this matter ofIF fdecaliotit ,t ;must be -confess rhi Sfoes- agtain the rank, be shoui. .Itwonl . a fidsukt toth i, otof r pG 2e,.to urge u these dab esilighten jeci pof lp. concr , t pubic ducat not{apeaa t thisspbit fee1een " eo aion.- ,.ook is Neivw T and Massachusetts...,See the numbe of free; &hools, .of which both of these great.. States can Ns6 find then tuin to our own.- It is ne" cessary for us at this late day, to s4 o intelligent Americans, that the very. existence of our republican institutions, rests mainly on-the enlightenment of the masses. Scatter the .lights of education. far and wide ; Jet thenashjne aloft .at every point. The., c'ause of freedom demands it at our hands, and the Leg slator .who exerts- the faculties with which the Creator hasendowed- him, in promoting the-objects of public:education and. .intellectual. improvement,. among thepeople-deserves. .ition's thanks. Give-the people light, givre them oppor tunities.of acquiring knowledge, and we need entertain; no fears of-to4e per.petuity of the Republic. In .connection- with the suisject of this article, we may' here with propriety. dwell for.a moment on another matter. It is, rarely that-*e hear in out State. of large or liberal public endowments. Wealth is ndt, isanting among us, and yet. the .few ,.institutions we ..Hiave haire devoted to Learning,- or the Sciences, are most if not all of them poor. WVhy is this ?1 - Why in .this particulav matte,, should we be -be idth'er, States i .s the cause of- education less dear to us or of minor importance, than it is to the citizens.of~other Suates:? Syrely ilot. Why then this 'unfrequency- of;f public endowment?1 Why this continoed neg lect of an acknowledged -good - -Could the wealth-of our citizens, .be .bestowed upon worthier objects th'~a those whiil have in view theintellect~ual cultivration; and nioraliinprovemenlt ofpour country - men ? . We think not. We have! beet mush gradfeAwl ithin W 4ew -days,: c lpa'r-d, throu'gh 'tledChani'is p-ipors that Col. John L.NMsiningjvoll know in our State, for his jirtiality'for let ters has with his usuial-ibe~r'aidowvei a Scholarship in' ih soSuth-Onfolii Collego, for dhe education of indigen and clever young men; This is tr ol a noble example, and. thiat it may bi generaly imtated'is 'ear earnest- an< heaf. e*,igh. -.-. Before we conclude thp~ present arti cle,. let s15 exhort all..who would seo South Carolina, aroused4 on the subject to make exertions to itst efrect. i Press can do mucht, but individualeor can,accomish~1 wonders. It is becaus not haveennade in ain.-:-Bauikera -Pafriot. .- . s.L -. J.-.ngersolJ hiPiladelphi E nquirer states thst ther, is. a rumor 1 ~that chi'frem OIttk ial l .F-J-. gersoll is abo'ut 'to be appbiiffe i 'inister tfranlce. - the Correspondance of thu Courier. W ASHINGTON$ect.27. ,.We are still without advices fror onterey of a date later than the*25t ilt. It is apprehended that the' enem ")iave cut offall. pommunition betweei Camaigo and Montered'y et Tay l-'s force being too sriall to be dividei in the piesence of an enemy, But, lon1 before this time, the reinf rcement o four thousan4 rgep ought-to have bees upon the road, and would have kep open the communication, at leastrfor time. The rumor that Gea ie i-ney hat ordered an election of- a ' Trritbrid Legislature and a Delegate to Congres in New Mexico, in execution of hi: promise that the'citizens of that Stati should'soon be admitted to full privilege of citizenship, wants confirmation2-bu the story is told with great mninutenes; as to dates, names, and other cireumi stnnces. The Union does .net :itot'e this report'; but it gives a letter recentj received from Lieut. Gilman showinj that the fortifications of Santa Fe wouk soon be completed, and that it was Gen Kearney's intention to march for Cali foria on the, 20th, September., The Union does not give us the date -o Licpur. Gilman's letter; lbut the dat4 f the lettdr.giving the particulars of tht netw proclamation of Gen Kearney i t. 12th and is perhaps the latest re ed.- - teceived through the ,Westeri s a rumor that Gei. Kearney hat n'Santa Fe some - ten days before .official advices reached us. jt ma. 'e true, therefore, that Gen-. Kearne) as.organized a t'erritorial governmen 1v Meaico.. .1 -. -oimioddie Stoa't hlas arrived; i eenis,"at Havan b way of Panama companind , b or 'six of hii esykair fa '.: on iekton ii erce and also 4 4i o .# 'He is als< G.e AkhaCalifornia rnt(00 'rci Tz5,0O q * i~~Phtade~li 'a a'a'we earna'that Santa An n adtt ally marched from theity oflMezicoo the 28th Sept. for-th' thiatre of wai T'rom-other serces, ip learn tiat:thi finances. of the Mexican. Governmei were so much straightened riit the; could make no formidable. p-epartion for-the war. The :-generosity aed.- en thusiasmn of private citizens,' -orpor' tions, &c., had been -appealed to, fo subscsiptions to thetsopnoit of the army but. the people . had already -teei-thei contributions so 'often misappropriates that they weie- slow to repeat them. -Oct: 30.. * The inteligence from, Monterey ha relieved the public "iiind, and indeei the government, frodi -deep antiety General. Taylor, . has.no doubt, befor him,. a glorious and successful- career Nothing can now shake the confidern of the army ii- his skilftil odadrict; It has proably .commenced 'his march be fore this time, towards Saltillo-=wliec he may have more laurels to win. I no longer utapears' likelyet.at he v.i' have the the aid of General Wool ort Gon.. Kearney., If General Wooli 'going-with his 'whole fdrce to~bihuti ~as is now stated,' it will be 'ispossibl for him to joia Taflor, during the'prei ent. campaign.'. The :battle of. Saltill and:San Lois, wiill ibe folight Gthournt h aid. .* .. - . The-present -campaig--will perhaj end the war7 thodgh 1inag not lead a a t'eaty of pelie.- Mexico is too' mac exhausted and fbeihldered to continue i. raise~ armiet, and .create. supplies at niniutiotis.s The- -oierthrew 'of Sil Anxiqat-San Lusis 'Potoi, will put'an eidto thefighing. . - - Oct. S3i' *The President~has determined to ca out a large. 'body of , volunteel. E told'a Senator here, the other day, thi he shon'd dil them ichiefly roni it Soudy. So, the .South Ca'rolinal trooj will;: robably, soon have a' chance.' ..his'presumed Ahat..the object ofuli present..call has reference to the rcd forecoment of Gleneral Taylor;. and an. pxpeditioh- from"Tampico, und Major-General Patterson. ' I .There is 'every redfson to believe thy the talked of attack on thie Castle' -San Juan has been abandoaedy TI 3. overnment has information that tl , Castle can throw. 3,000 hot shgot an hou a to say nothing of other missilea. 9' Land'S'ales in Florida.'T he"' 3 ernen't will offer for sale at-the Lai , o~lca*4h St'..;ugustine, comniencine' sMondaddNoiremberg and Dat .Nei nnvilleoii the 7th Decler,,'aiof million of 'acres of landapad~Ifi n CoAst-'a great'portionati4~e Sig1ohft $t.4dele dnd .tidIiaff e~'B n'A', itsr a . the fines land in the world," yieldig" abundantly all the necessaries anid lux 1 cries of life, Cotton and sugar of iWi" finest Quality are produced, andar hot: subjects to damage rom frost. -Th* Iobacch raised is said tbbee qiq't.o e finest ihCuba; oranges of the i'ost" I deiielois.Wfavor and 'extraordiniliriss are, also grown, far, snrpassing' those'of ; the West Indies;-whilst corn and all the Stropical fruits and plants flourish in.geat perfection this is, in fact, the aocieniEl' Dorado, where it was supposed aVlivei could lie found; :'e waters of whil' I rold- impart' contirnied youth'and beau.' I ty,'if not the spot where the cavaliers of ' Spain sought, for the fountains of per petual health; and- when the* fertilityof the soil and salubrity of the climate are considered; this, idd u ill not.-be consid I ered preposterous."-Charleston Mer cury. Thie S'ouh-Cii-.4aa C'ollege.~ We learn that ithis institution, se deeily cherished by. our State aid of which, I she is so justly proud, is flunrishingbe' yond all precedvnt -onder'the auspices of the eloquent and gifted. Preston. The number nf students. is said to have in cieased "so.,greatly, that the' College Chapel. s no lengedf sufficient for their acconimodation; anY if is'contemplatid to build a new and inbre coniinodious, chn.pel on-the westernside of the Gaiiolns' -the ncessairy fun' to lie raised by' voluntary subscriptioiambng the ala. ni. Onerolf hr alumni, tle Hon. Jon ' L. Minnaig, has recently givei a noble apd'menircent'iark of devotion to his' Alma Mate iii -the endowinents of a Scholarship -in-he' institplion, for the' education' 4'indigent :and "deserving I young men 'of whei we published'an Account, -a few idays since, fiom the Columbia 9hronide.W Such'a a'blI ' sso of eealthisbonorabe io the doi o, r andvil-lie blessed-t-the obdects ottliee datinid J 1 1lAi-e: p-eff ijri th'&a to lii al eAdyfaldeie orI..* !u . t oF':1 .- THE COURTS. -at S T Tie.'Court of Conimen Pleas sail General: Session of +tiidePeace, cdrm& s mended itssittings for Darligton Dis-; . ietf'on Ionday; the'19th: dit., Judge " O'Neal. iresiding; N ?His.Honor not r only cliarged the Grand Jury at, cos." siderable'le'gtinr'pon 'the' ordinary'bu asiesa df the :lssigns,-but also epo-. I ratters' of- mone general cognizance;'. especially the. dangerous practide" of v ,carryiug :concealed weapons, .an- evil s ',hikh;has become so' rife as to call for-' I legislative action for.ite suppression. His" . rertiiarki,- repleterwith sound practicals i sense, fully evinced the feeling of a man a earnestly and faithfully"devoted to the t rue interests of the-people. ! 'The: case of the Siate -vs.- Win. A. - Poiell, indicted for stealing a 'slave, the! e .property .of Jameb' Bosentan elicited' t niuch interest. 'A gang of such thieves-" I had been prowling aboutir' this-viciity f 'f6nsoriie-tmeg (though it: 'is note kaowisa s that he'was-connected with'otherS),'and 'f it was 'deemed peculiarly' fortdnuare thatg" e in regar'd .to a crime-sd0'easy-efsperpeia tration abi'diffresit .fdetectie0gsliffi4'.: o cient evidencaihad been' obtained Itds S she' guilt of th'ahsdbeodgob 'He ivas arrsiji'd on Tusag0tiit a *and pliaded' notguilt3' "On We'dnes"~ B ot his'trial.' - AM. N'Iver:, EsqpSlt' o' licitd5rfor the EdgsternAeircuit onddd6" d ted- the prosecutiouwith-'ideh abiliy: a5 on the iarr of the ~tat'e 'The'prisonet - had lied sigbuediately nupon the cenidism sion of ihe,c~rima, having, besides thai" -negro by;-d hdrse'and' one hiundied ahd2'i 1I lifty dollars in~ uioney?' He wastaadd' e froithehedse of Mr. Bosomad to'Di ar Jingten' village. from thetide to tsparrow" e Swvanp, thence 'to >Sitkr, land' 'St. s .Jamcs; (oose-GCreek,' Ch'arkeston"Dis' tiiet,--and -subsequently was arrested-lii e- F'Iond4for a -mis~dediieunor, ands br6pght. ia to Darlin gton Districf, under a requiui-' o tion of the Govermbr'ef this:State'upon~ rt tieiForida:hauthoj.ities2 "The- efide wasentircly tircuistantial, but foirtnii g t acomletechain of the-most edi uitg fproof. He 'ws alifyisnd ze~syie e fended by .A..- Requirr'JPlipuI) e. aidd W. 'it Evans," Ess4"td aftdan" r ab.le and impartial etite"fom:,tie I$nlithe '-case' ws bdiited "o 'the jury about noon -GThursdagy Who am/ !.about threo quarters-osf an hour returne? far-,f;but strangistsi~uigf lif 'Erowded audiene non ra