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"We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if a,we will Perisk amidst the Ruins." VOLUME IL a t3 PUBLISHiED EVERY WEDNESDAY. BY W.M. F. DURISOE. EDITOR, & PR OPRIETOR. NtVWTERMS Two DOLLARS and FIFit CElIs, per ennum, ifpaiditnadvande -$3 ifnot paid within six months front the date of subscription, and *4 if not paid- before the expiration of the YeAr. All subscriptions will be continued, unless otherwise ordered before the expira. tidn of the year ; bitt no paper will be dig. 4ontintteil- until all arrearages are paid, un . less at the optiin af the Publisher. Any person procuring five responsible Sub 1criber!, shall receive the paper for one Year, gratis. Aowr= n tan-s conspicuously inserted at75 zents per siuare. (12 lines4 or less,) for the tiratinsertion. and 34 for each continuance. 'lhose published monthly or quarterly. will be charge a $1 per square. Advertisements fhot having the number of insertions marked on them, will ba dantinued uutil ordered out and charged -cordingly, Communications, post paid, will be prompt Jy and strictly attended d*, D7 The following gentlemen are anndunced by their friends as candidates for the Office of Tax Collector. at the ensuing election: Cal. JOHN QUATTJLEBUM, GEORGE J. SHEPPARD, EDMUND MORRIS, 04MPSON B. MAYS. LieutJAMES B. HARRIS. Maj. S. C. SCOTT. -LEV[- R. WILSON. g7 The following gentlemen are announced by their friends as candidates for the office of Ordinary, at the ensuing election. -Cot. JOHN. HILL, Capt. W. . COLEMAN. gyT rieuds of JA M ES SPA NN, Esqr. respeeifully announce him as a candidate for .h6 offleof Tai;Collector. at the ensuing elec. tion. .- april34 tf 12 - : .Froas LAe 'Ascaloose Observer. The followiig lines were written last pight. in a fewminutes, by a Carolinian, to please a circle of* young persons, who seemed deeply a'e'eted by the fate of the Palmeto Regiment. ' SetC . 1841.7 TIlE. BALL %D OF CHURUBUSCO; -. .RTE MEXICAN TRAGEDT. Woe, woe to-ye,my eountrymen, There'seguil upon: thie land; - re,9.vatling at thearrior's hearth, ~ 'l~'~ ~9d uPotrhs hand Whrern*aY teej, ham I heard the children's uerry Come floating on the gale. The plough is idle in the feld, The home is drear and lone; And fast adown the mothers cheek, The scalding tears they run. There's a cry of battle on the ear, Of mighty hosts withstond;* Ofgallanit men who went to war ; Of t'urela dyed in blood. What hoots it that a thousand die What of great battles won ? Ci these live to that home again, The father and the son ? The trumpet rang from hill to hill, The drum it rolled from far; O'er all the'land the old and young, Went rushing to the war. Six thousand men, all bold and true, In all their pride and show; With gallant chiefs to lead them on, T4 roroign realms they go. O'er rocky steep, o'er passes drear, With gleaming arms they hie; W here the mountains tall likepillars grand, Uphold the southern sky. Loj yonder now, the foe they seek, In all their martial pride ; ~"Full twenty thousand men, secure, In ramparts strong they hide. Our men of might they onward pres., A shoiut the welkin rends ; Dirk sulphi'rous clouds enshroud the .air, The iron hail descends. ~'Against th' embattled wall, that pours Its flood of murky flame ;. Ahand conspicuous lead the van, Their standa'd br-oad that heats the wind, A green Palmetto hears ; In gold, "Dum spiro spero apes," The motto that appears. And what of hims, thiat God-lirke man, Wbd reads that band so free?7 Pierce Builet is that-chieftian's name; Nose braver lnves thanr he. Beshrew me, 't was a noble sight ! To see t hat host combitned ; They seemed a field of riperning wheat, Alt-lended by thte wind.. Alt eager for the dang'rous- posr, They move aeross the plim; -Fast as death'e sickle reaps them down, Their columns 1111 ugain. f'ar in the, front on milk wlrite steed, Pierce Butler's blade it shond And when his noble beast it fell, On root he cheer'd thetm on. ,And thrice, be rear'd that banner high And led the foremost rank; And thrice the bullet furrow'd earth, The heroes' blood it drank. KNow faint and bleeding" from the field, *Thaechief they led away ; They ihok again-his flashing sword, Is foremost in the fray. At fatas]gbhance-deaths fiery shaft, Tlirice marks him as its own !. Was ever life more nobly lost, Or ftme more dearly won ? When time shall cool the heated blood, And tranquil days restore; And men shall speak midst battle fields, Of heroes then no more Whetn days of strife and angry wars, Shall once again return; And deeds of valor sung to 3outh, Shall cause their cheeks to burn No name in peace shall sofier sound, In War, none brighter shine; Like trumpet rouse to greater deed., Pierce liutler, sure than thine. And you brave Dickinson %those arm Aloft the standard bore. When twice its faithful bearers fell. All weltering in their gore To you. and all who on that field, Immortal triumphs won, The sculptured pillar high shall rise Each was Carolinas son ! Then let us siug. God save the land! May foul ambition cease; May clouds of vengeful war, no more, Obscure the rays of peace; Whether to California's steeps, Its icy peaks to brave. Our eagle flies ; or dips its wing, In the Pacific's wave. The Female Army of Switzerland. -Wo have mentioned in a previous number of two regiments of the women of the Canton of Uri, but we find in a French paper a notice of them which we translate literally : "The two bat talions, numbering fourteen hundred females in military dress, present an aspect at the same time formidable and captivating. In their evolutions and discipline they tare drilled to perfection. Curiously enough, superiority of form and beauty has been very much the reason of difference of grade; the hand somest are of the advanced guard, and this post of distinction and danger seems willingly conceded them by their com panions who are less favored by nature. Some classification has been guided by temperament also. The more vivid and flightly have been enrolled as vol tigeurs, or light-horse-the more phleg matic as grenadiers. Those who have figurs of moe embonpoint are statfsd at theings. The coarse -and udie . 0910= v hit~ with lits, disciplig and nthustasm,. seems likely, ikt.hfirst .throe of the coming political movemert of Europe, to take possession ol the Helvetian soil) is ar exercise of ihe powerful genius of Salis Soglio, who has reservad to himself the general command. LIFE AT THE SPRINGS. Wet clipped the following from one of our exchanges a few days since, but cannot at this moment recollect to which one belongs the credit of bringing it to the light. Whether the incident hap. pened at Drennen, or Blie Lick, or Harrodsburg, we are not advised. It is a "good 'un," and will create a heariy laugh wherever it is read : A few days since an elegantly dress, ed and handsome young gentlemen ar rived at the Springs. Curiosity wias on tip:oe; nay it leaped into the very air, to jiscover all about the sttanger. The register was examined; his name was entered in a plaih round hiand-Willie P. Mangum, Jr. Notth Carolina. The sensation prodnced by this discovery was trentendous anad unparallel. He was the son of a Senator--his father wvas once Speaker of the United States Sen ate, and his family connection had long been distinguished for their enormous wealth and unquestionable ability.. The ladies immediately emptied their trunks-spent hours, in dressing, and ap~peared at. dinner arrayed in all then splendor of beautiful laces and costly silks. A t she table all eyes were direct. ed to- wards the Senator's son, and mana a lair one anxiously desired an intro duction. The afternoon passed by evening approached-and, an hour be. fore the usual time the company assem bled in the dancing room. A t nine o'clock, precisely, youii Mangum entered the hall, and a buzz o admiration followed. One of the belle: fortunately attracted his attention an< he led her to the dance. [is over' movement was closely observed, an' fronm the hadtes such exclamationh as: "What princely manners !Such magnificent figure !. Such graceful dan einig! A love of a foot !O, he is aduel of'a deat, charming fellow !" and othe similar expressions peculiar, I believe to- the sex. During the entire evening the farorit Belle received the most devoted atteni tions from Mr. Maigum. Many of tht ladies, who thought -they possessed s.'m attractions, were greatly mortified at hi marked preference, and two or thtreec the gentlemen evinced the stronge! symptoms of laboring under the infu ence of envy and passion. Your friend the lyjtty and graceful Col.---, an the accomplished and handsonme Majo ...-w ro completely thrnwn into thi shade, and your humblo servant, Rustic, was driven from the list of competitors. The Senator's son was declared victor, and nobly did he bear his honors. The ni:xt day Mr. Mangum was again the reigning lion. He was flattered, admired and courted-by all the ladies; but the sirperior tact of the charming Belle ena bled her to engross the attention of the ardent Southerner Evening once more advanced and the company again assembled for the pur. pose of dancing. Mr. Mangum was again by the side of the happy miss, admiring her uppearance and compli menting her beauty in the most extrava gant language, when a steamboat captain entered the roum. Looking around him for a moment, he remarked to the wri ter "Well, he's cutting it fat." "Wlho?" 1 inquired. "My steward," he answered,pointing to the Senator's son. I replied that he was mistaken-"the individual was Willie P. Mangum, Jr. of North Carolina." 'Mangum, indeed," was the reply, "it's Tony Welch-my steward, and a very good Steward" The news circulated--Tony saw the captain and disappeared-the mortified Belle took the first stage, and is now at home, deeply regretting that she met and admired the Senator's son i THE DE PRASLIN MURDER. The N. Y. Express contains a full report of the proceedings of the French Court of Peers in relation to the murder of the Duchess De Praslin, accompanied by a plan of the chateau in which the ciine was committed. Sonte of the pro ceedings appear to be of quite as extra ordinary a character as tile murder itself. That the Duke De Praslin was the as sassin of his wife, is placed beyond all reasonable doubt by his suicide, by his partial confession, and by a mass of strong circumstantial evidence; but the species of moral. torture to which ho was subpected.after lie -had taken poison a wasi Mnea .-.- 6iieaion .b de I gated him bilefo th'iins f'Peers und'assuminglhis guilt, charged Timdi. rectly witr the crimie. H etold him "it was impossible for hin to.deny It-that lie did not darn deny it;" and notwith standing the evasions and partial denials of the miserable man, he pertinaciously insisted upon a categorical answer of yes or no to the question of his guilt. According to the principle, of our crini inal law, no one is bound to accuse or condemn himself; and a confession to be of any value, must be perfectly free and voluntarily. Besides, there was evidence enough, apart fom the confession to satisfy any rational mind of the crinii nality of the accused; and tihe application of t his sott of ezpcrimentum crusis to drag out an acknowledgment of guilt from a dying man, was unnecessary in point of fact, as well as dangerous and unsound in principl. We append the partial confession finally made to the Duke Decaz-s, Gand Referendary of the Chamber of Perrs, and by hin communicated to the Court of Peers. The Mlurderers' Confession. -"On Tuesday morning," sai thme Duke Decazes, "at the :equest of the family and to accomplish wvhat I considered a duty, I waited on thme accused in his prison. The Duke de Praslin having complained of excruciating sufferings, I observed to him that heemust have anti cipated those sufferings, since they wvere the result of the poison lie had taken, and that the physicians, being ignurant of the nature of the poison, had hesitated to prescribe for him, when they were informed that two phials of landanum nearly empty had been discovered. in his desk. The prisoner replied that 'he had not taken laudan-jm.' In answer to a second question, lie said he had swallowed arsenic, which the small hot tle found in his robe dc chambre on Fri day had contained,' 1 then asked him how he procured the poison. He as sured me that 'nobody had given it to him,' and lie brought it, on the eve o the crime, from Praslin.-He moreover protested wvithi warnmth against the sup~ t position thiathe had intended it to poison r the Duchess." *"He added, thiat-'he had swallowed that poison on the day of thme crime, at e the moment when he perceived, by the ,measures adopted with regard to him, e that lhe wvas ieriously suspected.' Ilis e suicidP, in the face of suCh an nCCUsa s tion, was confession. Having remarked I this to him, he remained silent, but he it 'denied woith considerable vivacity having confided to any person the a project of his crime; and, as his expla. d nations wvere interrupted by moans ,caused by pains he experen ced. I ask. e ed him if the sufferings'of his mind wvere not still all ignant than those of hi body, and ey did not inspire hin with a desir allay them by the ex pression of repentance he most fee in his heat dding, that his familj was incline6d W beieved that he mus have comindl so barbarous a crime ir a paroxysm, -.irious insanity, whici he had 6o t ittetly deplored. "The ui py man, raising his eyes and handslot rds heaven, then exclaim ed in a brok bt strong voice, 'Oh, 1 do deploreji I next took occasion to say that, in a t -supreme moment-in ordei to satis both the justice of God and man, it. s desirable that the ex pression of lr epentance should be as public as his-i, and thaf a full con. fession shoul xplain, at last, if it were p.ossible, tileltrium under which he acted. .1 i,.If lie were disposed to m.ke that 'Onfession, to send for the Grand Chinellor. or to write it down and certify Pit myself. These last words, whih e listened to with a lively emotion, seiaid to excite a sit uggle in his breast a 47-after a moment of les. itation, he're ied, '1 am too fatiged too sufferingi' at present. Tell the Chancello* t , request him to come to-mor~rtvw "The ditug ed state of the mind of the accused as too visible, and his suffering cd ion too serious, to permit the o n -of our conversation. The physicia r, besides, had just declar ed that it- w urgently necessary to ol'er to. the p inf the last consolations of religion. The family having made choice of one ergvman, in the absence of the vener ble parish priest of St. Sulpice,tlie ncellor entrusted that missI n to.e arish priest of St. Jaques de Haut P.sas The court is aware that, after the piq rmony, which appear. ed to have te red.a little strength aind calm to Jicedsd, - theVChancellor offered on r* but i5 vain, to receive the deeli lie halmanifosted a ilng ns I -e cia'ifjppef~a ra soes ofnid encral G -a rilliant character atnd :ecalls to trind the. days of chi" valry; -1I mustrelate an interesting..and an exciting incident that. occurred during the rare of'the hattle. A Mexican officer being seen-by-one-of Pillow's aids to leave'the enemy's lines, and to-ad vance several-yards nearer our position, the general, as soon as he heard of the impudent rashness -of the Mexican, put spurs to his charger galloping full speed towards him. As soon as lie got near to the Mexican, the general called out in Spanish, Saque su sabalpara dejen derse-let the honer and prowess ol outr respective cotinti eps be deterrmined by tire issue ofthis.comibat. Straightwaiy tIe Mexican drew his sword with one hand and balanced his lance with thte other, and tished towards our general, &io, with a revolver in- the cne hand and his sable in the other, waited the onset of the Mexican.-The combat was a long and severe one. The Mex ican was a larger, n.uscular man, an'd handled his arms with great vigour and skill, but our general was his superior 'm dexterity arid coolness. At last ilie Mexican mado. one terrible charge al our general with Iris lance, which the latter evraded~ with great promptitude and adroitness, rising his sw.oi d, tossed the weapon of the Mexican high in then air, and then quietly blew his brains oul w.ith Ihis revolver. Both the A mericar atnd Mexican armies w.itnessed this splendid effort." Novel Stwindle.-Several of the fash ionable novelists of Paris have recenti had a laugh together-for Inch, however they had pre-paid rather a high price A chance inquiry, .by one author, int< the cause of another's un'. onteddepres, sion of spirits, exposed a mutual expe rience, which' -was- found. afterwards t< be the exact counterpart of the expe rience of half a do~en others. Eugent Sue was one of the .suflerers, and hi: account of it, given at some length i1 the French journals, is briefly as fol, Iow.s: lie was called upon one morning after breakfast, by a person who begge< a privated interview on a matter of irn portance. The -stranger was a melani choly, but rathe~r -fine looking mrtn o for ty- five ore fifty, of prefpossessing main ners and very sintple dress, who, aftel some prelimninary ,embarrassment, tol his story. He had once been thn possessor of a fortune,. had wasted the greaiter portion in- the excesses of youth and finally, sick of the world, had givei the remainder ofjhis means to the Con I ent of La Tra~ppe, and entered th cloister of the .speechless brotherhood i Here ne was at last content. Years i rolled on, and he grew happier and happier in his seclusion, till, one fatal I day, changing his cell to one which had been occupied by a passing traveller, he found-a copy of one of the novels of the author he was now addressing! In the fascination of this intoxicating cup of genis-by its bewildoring and vivid pictures of life-by its adorable portraits of women and wild passions-the dor mant nerve of his turbulent soul was electrified anew! His hr-in was fired as he read. His blood kin .ed to a fever. He lust control over is thoughts and limbs, and in frantic thirst for life once more in a world so bewilderingly pic. tured, he tore off his monkish cowl and rosary, dashed his missal into the corner of his cell, and ied by night to Paris. lie had revelled here for weeks, lie knew not how long-when his strength gave way-illness fullowed, dand lie was just now creeping forth from an hospital. Sick and in want he had come to the author of all this evil-sme that in the genius where resided this wondrous power, there must be also a feeling of justice and compassion, to which lie could look for a partial reparation. The victim needed money-he required means to return to the convont he had deserted, and something to present to the treasury of the brotheihood as an' expiatory pence-maker to insure his reception. Such an appeal, of course, was not to be resisted. The coiavicted and flattered launcher of the thunderbolt pulled out his purse in pity--gave the scathed sufferer a handful of gold-and grew (not unpleasurably) pensive over the new view of his responsibility as a possessor of appalling power. Called upon by a brother author, during his contrite reverie, he disclosed the cause of his sadness-which was re ceived with a roar of laughter,: he listener had-just been "done bro the same-eloquent -impostor, on a Aisbojks- nd not-Monsieu Su chi&f6 its fcina cin'! ie m monk, it need. hardly lie said-,tur ned out to be one of the most accomplished swindlers of the.continent. [Mome Journal. The Slavery Question at the North. -Tie determination everywhere ap parent throughout the South to resist, at all hazards, the threatened invasion of her rights, his brought the leading poli ticians of th-e Nori to a pause. While the Whigs are endeavoring to evade the Wilmot Proviso, by substituting a new issue-against the further acquisition of territory, nany of the Democrats are for quietly laying it on the shelf at present, and others are openly taking ground in favor of thi Missouri Compromise. These results are the best evidence of the propriety of the policy advocated in our coltmns, and of persevering in it unil such a union and organization of the Slave States is effected as will enable them-to resist with prompiness and efli cioney ny inv.sion of their rights. Upon this alone can they depend for safrety. * Of the recent'inlications-in the North ofa return to a more ' htahiy public sentiment upon this subject, none are more gratifying than the proceedings of a large meeting of the Democracy of Pittsburg, Pa, on the 18th inst. It was addressed by Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, whose renlilks, we. are told, were re ceived with the most enthusiastic tip plause. We annex that portioii of them relating to the Wilmnot Proviso and the Missouri Compromise, to both of which expresses his opposition, for reasons that are forcibly and felicitously stated. The Sotth has already cause of grati tude to Mr. Dallas for his independent and patriotic course up)on the Tarif,and his hold and explicit avowals upon the subject of Slavery give him additional claims to her consideration-'Charles, ton Mercury. Primne Ward & Co.-A New York let ter of Wednesday saved "The suspension of Prime Ward & Co. will fall very heavy on this side, but not on the creditors in England. By the so feat calcultation~there is more I han suficient remit ted to pay ever'y dollar in London, and it is expected there will be a surplus there of over 100,000. This will leave a -ag elcec to the American credhor., htis expect ed that the house wil nt be -able to meet their engagement in full."' Financial Strateg'y.-The Philadelphiia Pennsylvania tells a story of a spectulator who has a greal habit of ridinig in omani buses, and who always hands up the change from passengers who sit betwvixt himaself and the door. It seems that lie -buys up tickets by the quantity at le cents a a piece, and when' st ixpeniny bit is hian . Aed him for the re of a nassenger. he pockets the cash.and gives the driver -if of his tickets instead, by which Iii mslies a clear profit of 33 per cent, Real Estate and Robt. Rand.: iin the past few days, ad article headed "liise in Real Estate"-which, so fr iaitset is literally trie,-has been going th iounds - or the papers; and has called to thenem6 ory of our sonewhat ageli and hightlyes teemed friend "Senex," a matter of fact from which we create .the following .stiiry, which will undoubtedly be rec'gnized.by some of our older citizens as te -to dar letter. One day in the nionth f bDcei. ber, A. D. 1818, our friend 'Senex" (who by the way, is a laiwyer by professiou,) called upon to visit a tenant of the. "old Alms.house," then situated on Leverett street. The natne of the tenant alludedfe was Robert Rand, familiarly knowhi stire time ns "Rob Rand." and for seiralyears previous employed by the late Shubase Bell, Earl. at the jail office, in writing f& htm, but who afterward had the misfortune to become very intemperate, and watsent to the Alm4-house. At the interview, Bob inorurmed Mi. "Senex" that lie believed be was l'gp entitled to some "fats" near the bc~ttant AfPoplar-street, and wished bim to ex amine the records, and iflhis title Was found to be good. to caise his right iile property to be sold at auction for cash, for the mot that was offered. Upon examina tion of the records. it was ascertained that Bob toas legally entitled to the "'ats" di represent ed, and also, that -e was* the: rightful owner of one-sixth of s.Homeila wharf," situated on what is-now called" Fulton-street. According to Bob'esequesf the flats were duly advertised and -sold it public auction, by Mr. Jutan aIld.n - auctioneer, doubtless well remembered -y manyof our citizens. After dedueta the necessary expenses, Bob receive'dfrot the hands of "Sehex" that'som o .160 being the proceeds of an estate which, together with the subsequent improve nients, is at the present time valued not far from -75.000. At t he time-of payinj Bob the prceed6 of his ftias;S " 'uoforme him n lht5 tile to-a: Sr'a rha Ifo -atters at the Ais? praa cangertoi, is to receive m ,O 2300Tor an: esiate including iitproimenti, whicb is no.w worth nearly' $200.000.'.:The terms .C payment were $900casli dowi,~an. three notes with.interest. given by MV. Hajer, a on six, twelve. and eighteen months.. A deed of the estate was made, signid sealed, and delivered-the cash payment was made, and Bob came out a dasting beau. Feeling himself, perfectly indepen dent, and that he had sufficient means' t becure to himself a "living in high life" for the remainder of his days, lie made ar rangements to lie master ofa house, sit usted at the "North end," the reputation' of thich wagby no means the best that. could be desired. It is unnecessary to say that a life of dissipation was commenced, and thoroughly persevered in, until his "mint of money" bad been squandered. The seqtel to this simple story is, that in less than six weeks afterward, all- hit ready money had diss;apperred, and, so order to replenish his stock, he was com pelled to get his three cotes discounted, paying therelor enormous per centager and in less than six months. after- the sae of the'"flats" at the foot of Poplar-se, Bob Rand was agaitj a penniless tenant of the "Old 4lnms House," where be shortly alter breathed his last. -'- [ Boston Mercantile Journal. Tlie Cotton Crop-T he Jackson Miis. saippian of the 17th says: "We reyst to state that our advices from the courntry continue to b'e unfavorable.' NOr it the ravage upon the Cotton crop confned'it Mississipr-i atone. The whole cotton grdo - ing region is complaining,- Our exein ges, received during the past week. froin Louisianna, Alabama, Georgia, Tennes see, and A rkansas, speak of exten~ivo da mage already done. The wyork of des truction is from the boll wotnua notr the caterpillar which visited our plantatations last year." Th~e Nashville Wldg of th~e 18th sas "The weather continues as line in thjs qnarter as could possihty be desiredr Three weeks nmore of such, and our cotton. pilanters will be"oot of the iioods." Eve ry day of ii is good fa them for thousnalW and tens of thoufsauds of dollars. Noid o~f Vicksburg, the hope end -prayer ofjhe planters are a late dry fall. In some pa ces the crops have been seriotuslyand per matrently injuired by the wet weather and- - the boll. worm, but .good weather and's - late fall will still insure for the most part - en avernge crop. South of thre pointwe have designtated, the crop has been so fat' placed beyond the reach of contingency, as to leave no doubt of its being a full one. Whbether there will' be two million of bale. made this season is a mere question of' weather. It will require a very favora ble season, ro onr opinion to make that .a mount'. W~ealth of Harvard College.-Thte he quests made to this Institution are enor-. muus. 1n'the annuat report of'the dies seers of thatt ijnaitution we noice unbrlasa