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"WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLARS OF THE TEMPLE OF OUR LI3NTIES, AND IF IT MUST FALL, WE WILL PERISH AMIDST THE RUINS." SINKJNs, DURISOE & :C. Proprietors. EDOEFIELD, S. C., AUTUST 10 1859. VLME X .-No. 3. Eev IJ~ .--S -0 Promn the Columbia Courant. Thie Village Beauty. BY PAM a. EA TlN. The glowing tints of a Tropic eve Burn on her radiant cheek, And we know that her voice is rich and low, Though we have never heard her speak; So full are her gracious eyes of joy, That the blissful flood runs o'er, And wherever her tranquil pathway tends, -A glory Rits on before. u. 0 ! very grand are the city belles! Of a brilliant and stately mien, As they walk the steps of the languid dance, And Airt in the pause between; But beniith'the boughs of the hoary. oak Where the minstrel-fountains play, I think that the artless village girl Is sweeter by far than they. .s. Oh! very grand are the city belles! But their hearts are worn away By the keon-edg'd world, and theirlives have lost The beauty and mirth of May ; They move where the sun and the starry dews Reign not; they are haughty and bold, And they do not shrink from the cursed Mart, Where Faith is the slave of Gold. Iv. . But the starry dews and the genial sun Have gladdened her guileless youth, And her brow is bright with the flush of hope, Her soul with-the seat of truth; Her feet are beautiful on the hills As the steps of an Orient morn, And Ruth was never more fair to see In the midst of the autumn corn! THE LIFE RANSOMs BY GEORGIANNA C. MUNRO. Softly the west wind stole over the sunny lake, and welcome to us was even its low faint breath, as we sat in the shadow of the forest trees in the sultry hour of summer noon tide. Before us the broad Huron was flashing in the sun rays, divided from the flower-gem med bank by a beltof glittering sand, while on our right, the bold head-land stretched far into the sleeping waters, whereon rock, and tree,and grassy mound were brightly mirrored. Nothing of life stirred in the silent wilder derness save the brilliant batterflies hovering around more gaily tinted blossoms, and the bright humming-birds, with their emerald and ruby plumage, glancing like jewels in the sun shine, fluttering over the flowery shrubs, and darting away across the honeycomb quartz that gleamed between us and the point, with a low hum as though they were murmuring tales of tha. old which slept below. But all- 4 theirh~iiedtr~eiures whc hta.6ie. might indicate, were in worth far below the priceless offering once laid upon those stones, and many, many years must pass away ere time, or change, the foot of the stranger, or the hand of the gold-seeker, shall banish the memories whicheling around the spot. Though strange to us, they were familiar to more than one of our companions, and as we sat there beneath the lofty sycamores, with the noon-day sun pouring down light and beauty on the fertile earth and deep blue waters, the tale to which we listened, gained, perchance, a deep er interest from the scene of its relation. The comingwinter had breathed his first frosfspell over the forest,. turning to crimson, and gold,.and silver, its garb .of varied green, when one evening a girl sat on the grassy bank watching the latest sunbeams fide from the glowing sky and darkening lake. The sunset huep had left the clouds, and the stars were glancing forth to mirror themselves in the blue waters, but still the girl kept her pst, gazing along the shore, and afar in the d'stance. - She was alone, yet the l'ne of tall trees bordering the forest concealed an Indian encampment, and,- abdve their heads several columns of gray smoke were soaring up into the evening sky, while the murmur of voices .role-on the air, and at times peals of laughter echoed through the woods. But Webegwona eared not to join in the merriment... She was wptching for the return of her nearest relative, who had ever been to her as a brother, and dreaming such dim visions as she could dream of the scened and the people among whom her mother had been born. - For though her hair was dai-k as mid night, and her features thwse of the race with whom she dwelt, there was enough in 'the ma'den's fairer complexion and deep . blue eyes-to have won her the name of Wabegwona (White Lily.). which was bestowed upon by her tribe. Her father, long dead, had been a great chief, but her mother' had'heen found as a child by the Ottowas among the ruins of an American outposz.which another nation had destroyed ; and carried away - and adopted by them, had-become the wife of one of their| bravest warriors. Yet amid all the contrasts of her wild forest lifo, the fair-haired daughter! of the pale.faces had retained some faint re-i collection of the past to, breathe into the wan-. dering ear of her child, before she, also, was: cailled a way,, and Wabegwona was left an orphan-alone, save foi' Laguiab, the son of her father's brother, who had taken her to his homse, and bade his inother. look upon her as a daughter. And the young men, to whom' her smile was cold as aunlit snow, and the 'old women, who were forever whispering like the forest leaves, said that Laguiab would maki her his wife. But the maiden's heart was still in her mother'. grave, and the boldest hunter, and bravest warrior of the Ottowas feared to draw it thence too rashly, lest it might shrink away from his touch. And now a dark speck glided among the tar-beams on the lake and a canoe came bounded forward eagery like a wild deei- to its favorite haunt. It was that for which Wabegwona watched, and a smile lit up her featuses as- she beheld it, and her thoughts, which had been vaandering far beyond the dark forest and the gleaming waves, flew back to th, present-. *"The rifle of: Lagtiab has not been idle," said WTabegwvona, who stood on the shore to welcome her cousin. "lHe has lingedlog but hisu canoe is heavv." ee og " The rifid of Laganiab lasa been his enemy," replied the hunter mournfully. " Let -my sis ter bid the young men eome hither, for the load in his canoe lies heavy on the heart of Lagajab." One glance had told the girl that a stranger lay to all-appearance lifeless in the canoe, and she hastened to summon the hiinters froin the fires, a-ound which they - aere talking of the past~dey's explsdis. Then she went on-to tell her audt~of the guest they might expect. - How Wabegwona's heart beat as the Otto was bore the wounded stranger into the lodge and she saw that he was not merely young and hadsonleyfoi'thafdwas little then to her, buf tlie race her mother had always loved.4 Ansd-when~ the:medicine men had done their best, and (s'o they said) charmed the--bullbt out of-the wounde and- spoken the wise words wheus:d-make their herby pot'ons r health to the sufferer, then Laguiab came to her.and told her how a branch had caught the trigger of his rifle, and, without his touch, it had struck down the white hunter in the moment he first beheld him. "-But .Wabegwona will be a sister to the .pale face," continued the young Ottowa. .She will know that it is the heart of Lagniab which lies wounded in his lodge, and she will watch over the stranger as the eagle watches over her young one, until his wings are strong, and his eyes can took boldly on the sun." . As the summer wind was Laguiab's voice, and the maiden's will was the rush which loved to bend before it; for no brother could be dearer than he had ever been to her. But the strong grasp of sickness was on the Atrauger's frame, and it was long-ere all their care could loosen it ; and often, as she sat beside his couch, while the spirits of the past and of the absent seemed hovering around and in communion with him, did Wabegwona fear that he would pass away to the Happy Gardens of the pile faces, and leave a shadow on the soul of Laguiab. For though the Ot. towa had slain many foes on the war path, until his fame was on The earth, as the hghts whose.name he bore were in the- sky, ad shown in the sight of many nations, and wo men trembled at its rushing sound, and war riors mused on what it might portend; still the young chief sorrowed fbr the aimless blow which had struck down a tree whose fall might crush many flowers, but gave no place for glory to spring up. But the summons had not gone forth, and the Englishman was left to find life to which he awoke, a wilder dream than tli his fever visions. Weeks and months had rlided by ; the snows which had not fallen when Seyton was. brought to the Ottowa's excampment, had melted away with the hours forever vanished, and leaves were bursting forth on the trees,. and flowers were starting up among the bright fresh grass with all the rapidity and vigor of the vegetation in that region. But spring did not find the Ottowas where the autumn left them, on the point beside the gold-bloom. Death had breathed on one of their fairest plants, and when it withered and died, they, as is-frequent among .the Indians, deserted the scene of the misfortune, and their lodges were now razed, and their fires lighted on the shores of a quiet bay several mileslower down the lake. Again it was evening, and Wabegwona sat on $he star-lit strand. But this time she was not alone, for Seyton was by her side, telling her of the mighty river beside which. dwelt her mother's people and his own, and of the s:ately dwellings along its shores, and down where the salt waves broke in restless mur murs that were fqrever whispering of the dis tant island far-towards the rising sun, where it moaned and dashed around their forefathers graves. And he told her, too, of one who would gladly bear away the fairest flower of the forest to bloom within one of those proud dwellings; and of a love which would guard it against the tempest, and.shelter it from the burning sun-ray, and cheer it, if the breath of sorrow, which wanders everywhere, should bow it to the earth. The maiden smiled as she listened, but the Englishmau wondered if it were in pleasure >r in scorn,. for the fiint light revealed her "Has Wabegwona no words?" he asked. "Say, must the pale face regret that her voice called him back, when his spirit was on the wing?" There was a minute's stillness, and then the low, sjAet voice pf Wabegwona came like music on. the ear. "Why'should an Ottowa girl speak ?" was her reply. " The words of the pale face are the stars; the heart of Wabegwona is. the lake whereon they resL Let them look down, and they will see no other light reflected in it." A joyful exclamation was on Seyton's lips, but it was stayed, as a shadow fell. on the sand, and a form stood before him. It was Laguiab; the starbeams showed him deadly pale, and his arms were folded and his lips compresse21, while his glance was as though the true Aurora Borealis had flashed upon them. " Lagniab is~ a fool," said he, bitterly. " His. rifle was wise, but he was-angry with its wis dom. Are there no blossoms beside the dis taut waters, where the pale faces build their lodges so hjgh up into the sky, that the stran ger must come with a tongue keener and brighter than the knives of his people, to steal away the only flower an Indian loved to look upon ? The heart of Laguiab was spread lbefore my sister," continued the - warrior, re proachfully, to Wabegwona. " Had the White Lily looked into it, she would have seen noth ing but herself. But at white mist has come before her eyes, and she cannot see-a strange wind-has whispered in her ear, arid the voice to which she onee-listened is forgotten." The Ottowa paused; but, surpriseid by the accusation of treacherf, of which he had no thought of being guilt'y, Seyton h'esitated to reply. And Wabewoa -bowed her head in silence, for love for Lagttiah was strong within her heart ; but it was "only as a brother that he had al~vays mingled in her thoughts, and she had never dreamed of hearing such words from his lips. After a moment, he resumed more fierely " But 'wh should that mist stay to blind the eyes of Wabegwona ? Lagniab's arm is stronger than his voice, and his anger is a mighty tempest, which breaks down the forest asit passea, It shall sweep the misit from his path, and the eyes of the W hite Lily can look once more on his face." As ha spoke the last words, Laguiab drew the tomohawk from~ his beltL Seyton had risen to his feet, but not to fly ; though a strange thrill shot through his heart as he stood for a mornent defenceless before the en raged Indiait, 'like a fawn awaiting the pan ther's spring. The bright weaspon gleamed in the starbeams as the Ottowa raised his arm. but the next instant it was whiried far over the lake, to bu:-y its keen edge in the slumber ing waters. "No," said the Inidian, in a low, deep voice, "the arm of Lagulab is strong, but not strong enough to strike his friend. The pate face has slept in his lodge, and hunted by' his side, and an Ottawit chiet cannot take the life he has watched over. There is a cloud on La guiab; but the stars are bright, and the clouds cast no shadow on the lake. Let it be so the path of my brother shall be open to the great-villages of his people. But let not his glance be ever dark to the White Lily, which his hand has torn from the home where it was loved and sheltered in the forest, to plant it afar where the axe of the stranger has left no branches to cover the earth." And before either had time 'to answer La guiab had plunged amid the dark gjedars which reared their lofty heads near the shore;' nor did he return to the encampment until the silence of midnight rested on its bark covered lodges and satouldering fires. The next m~orning Seyton~ asised in 'rain for his host; for before the last star faded fvoxa the sky, the young chief, with some half dogen iugte-s, had gone into the woods in quest of game. Had they remained, they wouild have found more nieed for their rifles. But no thought of danger was in the minds of the Ottowas. Not that they had no enemies, but that they dreamed not thiat.nyof their foes were near enough to raise. the war whoop within their hearing. It was the'oft repented. ~le in those re gisns-the wildcat stealing, i er'pray while, it slept. But this tiinesin the daylight. All was ushed'andatilL as though the voice of .aner disenn 1.d mener schedl thrvi the wilderness, when suddenly a youth rush ed into the centre of the lodges, crying " The Winnebagoes! the Winnebagoes!" A wild shriek of woman's terror. was -the reply, to be instantly followed' by a shriller cry of agony, which told that the work of destruction had begun, and to be in its turn lost in the terrble whoop of the Winneba goes, as they rushed upon the unprepared and unsuspecting Ottowas. We will not de scribe the scene of bloodshed and desolition. It is enough that death and fire reigned every where, and that Wabegwona, who had ta ken shelter beneath the branches of a fallen tree, saw Seyton, stunned and bleeding, car ried away alive to meet a darker fate than had befallen her tribesman. When Lagniab and his hunters returned at sunset, they found their encampment a heap of ruins, and those they had left in life, claimed nothing now at their hands, except a grave and revenge; so said the sorrowing and indignant warriors when they heard the tale which Wabegwona alone remained to tell. But other thoughts were in the young chief's mind as he looked upon the maiden's face, and saw in it the agony which rent her heart; and his gaze lingered on the' pale features while his tribesmen spoke of seeking another band of their nation, some days' journey dis tant, to join with them in wreaking on their foes the vengeance they were too weak to take alone. " Another chief will lead the young men," said be, quietly; " Laguiab's pith is over the water, but, he must go alone. Let not Wabeg wona weep as though the sun were gone for ever. Day will come back to pour sunshine on the darkened lake, and the drooping Lily will raise her head again." The night had passed away, and the mor row's sun was shining gaily and brilliantly on the scene we first described, and Seyton stood in the centre of that spot of gleaming quartz, to take his last farewell of life, and view calmly as he could the terrible preparations for its close. How the thought of Wabeg wona, and of that distant home whence the wild spirit of adventure had hired him, came round him in that moment when death in its most dreadful aspect stood before him, and cruel hands,. and savage looks, and taunting words surrounded him in that lonely and beautiful spot, where he must close his eyes in'agony, far away from all he loved, with not one kind glance or friendly voice to sup port him in the fearful hour of trial. Just as the signal for its commencement was to be given, a youth, who had accompa Mied the war party to serve as an unsuspicious looking scout, approached the chiefs, and in Aimated that a stranger claimed the privilege )f entering and leaving the camp unmolested. 3afe conduct was accorded, and in a few min ites a young Indian advanced into the circle >f the expectant warriors, with the haughty tep and lofty air of one accustomed to be wnored and obeyed. Despite the usual self ontrol of such assemblages, the name of Laguiab !" ran in wondering tones around he circle. "The Winnebagoes looked for Lagniab," aid an old chief, i a hidden sneer. " Had e flown up into the sky, or dived like an tterinto the lake, when the war-whoop was ounding th2!#hthewo-e ii nebsI n %a&ou.,wago1Winnebagoes," aid he coldly, " to ask if they ever heard %is name." "It is the name of a brave warrior," re ylied the Winnebago. "There is no greater a his nation" The dark eye of the Ottowa flashed proud y for a moment then he said as coldly as be bre, " Would the Winnebagoes like to boast o their women that they had slain that war ior, or a pale face whose name they never 2eard ?" " The path of Laguiab is open," replied he old chief. " The Winnebages will not eep what is not theirs." "Let the pale face be free as the wind &hich wanders over the lake," said Laguiab, 'and an Ottowa chief will be the pirisoner of us foes." Tbe old chief waved his hand, and in an nstant a ready knife severed the thongs rhich bound Seyton to the stake. "Laguiab! Laguiab! this must not be !" ixlaimed the Englishman, springing to his ide. " What have I done, that you should lie for me ?" A mournful smile flitted over the Ottowa's hce. He pressed Soyton's hand, and whis yered in his ear: "There is sorrow in the ieart of Wabegwona, and the eyes of La ;uiab could not- look upon her tears. It is well-Laguiab is content. The voices of his athers are in his ears, calling him away, and n Indian~ must follow to the land of Spirits. Why should he stay?' The light of Lagniab ill shine no .more upon the night of the )ttowas; but the White Lily will be happy n the shelter that she loves." Then .turning away, he spoke a few words o his captors, and before, the Englishuman aill knew the purpose of the Indians, who ince m'ore seized him, he was speeding over ;he deep watersar away from the fatal spot rhere the life of 'Laguiab was being paid the 'earful price of his liberty. And there, on the gold bloom, was offered up the noble heart of the Ottown chief, the lcrifice of a self devotion against which not i the wealth slumbering in the untouched iine could ever weigh. The next tempest swept away the traces >f the sacrifice;. and when we heard the tale, wd looked upon the spot, all wasn calm, as ~hou~h-the passions of man had never cast a hadow upou the earth, though even then ~he name of Laguiab was still loved and wept >ver in one dwelling far away on the banks >f the St. Lawrence. And many, many more resrs must glido into the past, ere the memo -y of that deed shall die aw; or it cease to e recounted. to those,- who,' like ourselves, may chance to rest in that wild but lovely scene,amid their wanderings in the West. .Why Don't You Learn a Trade I We clip the following fr'om the Maysville Facge, hoping that it wailnot only be perused, aut that the absurd ideas formed by most >f the young men or the non-respectability of Strade, wil~beat once- a'nd forever banished rom their minds: The question was propounded- in our hear. ng a few days since, to a young mhin who had seen for several months unsuccessfully seeking mployment as a clerk or salesman in some >our leading houses. Cohnplaining of his 1-luck, one of his friends who knew he had nechanical talent, but doubted whiether he yould make himself useful either as a clerk or ;alesmaci, put the interrogatory to him which se have placed as the caption of thiis ad'icle. The reply was, "not so respectable as a mer antile occupation." UJnder this delusive idea >ur stores are crowded with young men who aave no capacity for business, and who, he :ause of the fancied respectability of doimg othing, waste away their minority upon sala ries which cannot possibly liquidate their ex enditures. Late, too late in lire they discover their rror, and before they reach the.age of thirty, any of them look with envy upon the thrifty mechanic, whom, in the days of their boyhood, they were accustomed to deride. The false respectability which prevails in the soi distant fashionable society of the present day. has ruined thonsands of yonogmen2,ud wilirnin -hnnn naI From the Winnsboro Register. History of the S. C. College. Dn. LABORDE's History is just out. I claims to be-and very thoroughly and faith fully is--a " History of the South Carolint College, from its incorporation, December 19 1801, to November 25, 1857, including Sketches of its Pres'idents and Piofessors With an Appendix." It is dedicated to thi Alumni as a body. It is published by Petei B. Glass, (successor to R. L. Bryan,) Colum bia, S. C. To our own circle of readers-and for these only we irite here-we need not add much to what we have already said on previous occa sions. Our friends are aware that we expect ed much at the hands, of the Biographer ol our intellectual Mother. We have observed with solicitude the progress of the work. High as were those expectations, they have been fully met, in the volume- before us. The Historian has carefully traveled over hi ground, with an eye well fitted to seize upou the really salient points in the scenery through which he has passed. His official connection with the College, extending through all of twenty-five years, entitle him to speak as one having authority. in the premises. He has sketched the seve-al Presidents, the separate movements, and the various fluctuations in the fortunes of our College. He has dwelt with visible pleasure upon the high virtues and marked gifts of the Fathers who pass in review before the reader. This earnest appre ciation and cordial mention of the good that are gone speaks, to the reflecting, much fur tie. mind that dictates and the generous spirit that lingers so fondly among praises. Some troublous times too, are delineated with a deli cate but manly hand. The cbneluding para. graph in the volume is admirable in its scope, tone, and truth.-" My historical sketch is brought to a close. 1 have endeav' ored to trace the College, through evil and good report. It has survived all its shocks, and now stands a proud monument of the wisdom and patriotism of its founders. We are not called upon to mourn over its departed glory; to walk with melancholy heart over grounds made desolate, where once stood a majestic temple, with its towers and old wierd turrets -now, alas! in ruins. No I the temple still remains in all its proud and beautiful propor tions, with its spires pointing to the skies ; a strikin-' emblem of those ennobling aid eleva' ting influences which it imparts to all who in faith and humility. submit themselves to the te'achings of its chosen ministers.". The appendix contains a sketch of the Lite rary Societies of the College, Catalogues of the Trnstees-the Presidents-Professors Tutors--Treasurers-Librarians-Aluini Persons upon whomi honorary degrees have been conferred apart from those included among the Alumni, all Students admitted into the College, who in any way whatsoever left it without a Diploma-the honors awarded f'rum the first commencement to that of l58, iu clusive-and, finally. a iteneral nh-.'u 4t1" J. W. D. Columbia, S. C. Gold from the Grave. About the first of this month sone parties. exploring in an Indian burial ground at Da vid, Chiriqui, found an carthern pot at the left hand side of a grave. The pot contained several sniall images of gold, roughly cast, and about 20 carats fine. Further explora tions showed that a similar pot was placed at the left side of every grave, and in five days over S100,000 of gold images were taken from one bunco or tomb. Tue news spr'ead like wild fire. A thousand persons were soon on the ground, and it is expected that millions of dollars will be dug out of these Indian bu rial places, as there are hundreds of huacas at Chiriqui. The images are small, rude imitations of animals and birds, and probably were origi nally made for idols. One is a human figure about three inches high, with the head of a monster ; another a spread eagle ; another a frog; and there are a variety of nondescripts that will make a highly interesting study for the lovers of Indiani ani~iqutie~s. Sonme of the images are of gold mixed with copper alloy ; but the greater part are of 20 cau-at gold. There was considerable excitement on the subject at Panama, andl on tl.e .15th of July, three clhpper schooners were advertised to sa-il for the digging with pasengers and freight. Chiriqui is is the namne common to a river. lagoon and archipelago in New Grenad.a, ini the department of the Isthmus. The river, after at northward course, enters the lagoon, which is separated from the Carribean Sea by the Uniriqui A rehipelago. The Chiriqui La ;oon is a spacious bay with three entrances, md capable of containing ships of the largest :luss. It extends along the coast about 90 rniles, and 40 to 50 miles inland. David' is >ne of the small towns on the Archipelago. ?@i" From the New.Orleans Picayune we enrn that on the 10th inst., a melancholy tc ,ident occutrred ner Brnduon, Miss, A Mr Jackson had occasion to go during the nig~ht 0 the window of the room in which, with her .uaband, ohe had been sleeping. While en raged in arranging the blind or shutter, the insband awoke and seized his gun supposing hat some felonious intruder was in the room-. kirs. Jackson advanced towards the bed, al hough her husband called out to her to stop >r be would fire, and actually discharged his nusket at her, and she at once fell dead. He hen turned to the place where he supposed his rife was lying beside him, to telI her he had :illed some one, when, not finding her, the ruth flashed upon him that he had shot his uwn wife. Lma named leage Fitzpatrick died in this city, on Sun .ay e s 'ng, ofeconsumption. We are inform tithatW.' the last t wenty-nine days of his exist nce 'he par-took of no food of any description, xcept one or two strawberries. This is one f the most extraordinary instances of' human ndurance that lhas ever come to our knowi dge, and we are assured the fact is precisely s we have state~d it. He was so reduced at the 'eof' his death, thi is leg could he spann d at any part by the tzuhmb and forefinge. .ynn Reporter. An occurrence which appeared calamitous' esulted joyfully at Sandusky, Ohio, a few hys since. A lady, who had become derang d, hung herself' with the vallance of her bed, ut was discovered whmile in the agonies of' eathi, 1it seemed, and was restored by leeding. Strange to say, not only life but eson returned. She rememibers nothing of' 2e Circumstances. CIAnmcoAL AJROUT Faurr T~REES.--Mr. J. f. Smith; of Chimney point, Vt., wrote ii 854, that he had used a shovelful about le roots of his fruit trees, with the fol >winig results: " It keeps away the grass, revents the borer entering the bark, be ires being a enna exce1ant .nnn... " From the Erunswick Herald, 27th uIt. Mr. Styles Acquitted. Glynn Superior Court commenced its ses sion on Monday the 11th inst., Judge Coch ran presiding. The case of the State vs. Carey W. Styles, for killing J. W. Moore, at the Academy, on the night of the 24th December 1857, was set down for Thursday. The Solicitor, W. H. Dasher, Esq., was assisted by Gardner & Gardner of Brunswick, Gov. Johnson of Jef ferson, and Judge Iansell of Thomasville. For the defense were J. L. & B. F. Harris and L. C. Roll of Brunswick, F. S. Bartow of Savannah, A. R.. Wright of Louisville and T. T. Long of Fornandina. A jury of more than ordinary intelligence and conscientiourness was impanneled by Fri day noon, and thc case opened by Solicitor Dasher in a short; speech on the part of the State. The introductory speech for the defense was by J. L. Harris Esq. The ground of de fense assumed was, justifiable homicide. A large number of witnesses were sub poened and the examination continued till 11 o'clock on Wednesday. . On the close of the testimony, Gov. Johnson stated to the Court and Jury that when the case was commenced the Counsel for tLe prosecution believed it to be, from the representations made to them, and what evidence they had examined-what the indictment charged-one of murder; but being satisfied that such a case had not been made out by the testimony introduced, the prosecution would only -ask for a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. Judge IHansell then addressed the jury in a speech of about an hour and a half; for the prosecution. He was followed by Messrs Wright and Bartow, for the defense, in able speeches of about two hours each. Gov. Johnson, for the prosecu tion, closed the arguineut in a courteous and able speech,-to the doctrine of which, how ever, we materially disset,-of about an hour and a half. We did not hear the charge of Judge Cochran, but understand that it *as satisfactory to all parties. The Jury re tired about 11 o'clvck Wednesday night, and determining upon their verdict in a short time, informed judge Cochran of the fact, and, late as it was, he returned into Court to receive their verdict of-" Not Guilty." Thus has officially terminated, after a labo rious investigation of five days, an affair about which there hasw been a wide difference of opinion, and which has been regretted by all parties. It seems to have been one of those inscrutable decrees that man may not question, even though he cannot comprehend -perhaps the sufferance of one calamity, that a greater may be avoided. Now that the judicial investigation has terminated, we feel at liberty to say we have never considered that whiatever of blame properly attaches to the melancholy transaction was mainly at tributable to either Mr. Styles or MrV. Moore. Unfortunately, asysteni of intimidation and -.... .--..d im mm nv for .owaras tUe other; and nowever much we would rejoxce to erase the catastro phe from the record of time, we cannot but feel that it was bettcr that a conflict which to human ken seemed inevitable, should be confined to the comiatants engaged, rather than have spread in a general melee by day light. But, whatever view may now be taken ot it, the past cannol. be altered. It can on ly be used as a beacon for the future. It has been a solemn lesson to this community; and we rejoice iu being abhle to say it has not been unheeded. There is no community in the State that is mocre peaceable and orderly than ours has been for the past 18 months. From the Jouraal of Commerce. Western Texas. 'CoxaL PrarIsH, Cosmt Co., Txxas, 21st June, 18.59. According to promise, I send a letter rm this far-off and fast growing section of the Union. Th~e populati->n of this Stare in 1850 was 212,592, at this date it is upwards of 600,000). T1hey will elect Gen. Sanm. Ilouston for the next Governor. Most of the forcigin population are Germans, who wdll turn their attention to stock raisinig. it is the most profita&ble business yet, followed, in propmortion to the amount of capital invested. Stock cattle from calves to three years old are worthi S7 per hiead, and four-years old beeves $15. Large drove.s of~ the latter tire yearly dIriven or conveyed to Calitornia, St. Lonis. Chicago, and to your Empire City of New York. The T1exans gut no hay, for there is no need otf any. The winters are like your November. onseqfuently you see in winter, as int summer, lar'ge herds of fine cattle gra zing over the prairies, thbe luxuriant herbmage alifrding themi ample nmeans of subsistanch. Ildraes do (lfualiy as well as cattle. Mie ealveyard of ::81 miares are looking well; th'e average value at this time $30 per head: Mules at three years old, goomd sizes, $100 per head. T1hey are sent to the Brazos river and New Orleans for a market. My eheep are looking umsually n ell; ha~ve three fl i.ks ef abottt ly00 cach, tended by three G3er. matns as shephmerds, whose salary amounts to *i45 per month. Ta y average about 1-:2 to d- blood Merino, an I are worth about $5 per head. Shear we ,4 is worth $1 per head, in your market y-ar!y, if it is pro'perly washed and packed clear of burr. Freight from here to New York one and a halr cents per ptmnd. I do not claim that W~estern Texas, wheire my ranch is located, is the best gricultural country, but I do claim it to he the best grazing country in the wide world (you know [ have traveled in three-quarters of the globe, and claim to be judge.) I am ocated on the Gutadalupa river, near latitude 29 dg. 25 min., longitude 98 deg. 30 min.; levation 7G0 feet, about 100 miles from Mat gorda bay, my shipping: point, '- Lavacca," aving-weekly packets to New York. The eterprising citizenls are building a railroad to the city of San Antoiiio, within 35 miles f may ranch. Another road running to soe estination from Galveston is progressing apidly. The land in this coanty- is well watered, nd plenty of~ fine timber, live and post oak, edar, elm, and pecan trees in abundance, furnish the rich pecan nets, upon which mny housand hogs luxuriate and grow fat. They ange sometimes ten miles, and get quite ild. Ihave to drive with dogs, and a Hlog, unt is as exciting as a horse race at Epsom ourse. Even that pays-bacon bcing worth 2 1-2 cents per pound in San Antonia. This ounty is hilly, plenty of limestone rock. Its rea is 1,024 square miles ; value of land per cre, iproved, from $2 t> $5; unimproved, rom $1 to $4 per acre. No swamps, marshes, I or stagnant pools. It is high, dry, and heal-c hy country. Thermometer rarely goes be-c low 45 or above 85 degm ees. The State is ut of debt, andI has $2,000,000 in her treasu y, set aside for internal improvements, inter-c st upon which goes tc support common chools. Texas also owns more than.1,500,- y 00 acres of the best land in North America, I nd 15,930,770 acres, besides improved and .;m-a~udm un l..and, naem hichther mise E large quantities of sugar, cotton, rice, wheat, corn,and tobacco, with trifling taxes, only 12'- 2 cents on $100. Valuation (and that yok can fix, without being qualified) shows Texaa to be the very best State to emigrate to . It is literally the land flowing with-milk and,honey. All one has to do is to milk and gather the honey. I am yours, truly, W. W. LELAND. A'Uiox SuGGEsToN.--We find the fol lowing communication in the Journal of Com m'erce of the 26th inst., sighed " A Southern Merchant." "4 great many southern business men are nowin!northern cities, making their annual pii ga of merchandise. I would suggest that such of them as feelan - interest in the matter, and desire to promote harmony be tween North and South, visit the various daily union prayer meetings which are held in. different northern cities, participate in their exercises, and see and feel the Union spirit there sought to be promoted-that they may come back more than ever determined to cast their influence in favor of whatever may pro mote harmony of feeling and concert of ac tion among the different parts of this wide extended and Heaven blessed Union." The Augusta Constitutionalist very truly sayq that if it were known that all southern merchants would attend the union prayer meetings in New York, there would be a throng of merchants, clerks, drummlers, &c., in attendance to swell the anthem of. praises to the glorious Union; unite in prayers for the promotion of the "harmony of feeling and concert of action -among the difierent parts of this widely extended and Heaven blessed country," and not omit to distribute their business cards and invite the southern merchants to call the next day and examine their stocks -of goods, which would be sold at the lowest possible price, and the most ac commodating terms. AsOTHat LETTER.-Governor Wise has written another letter defining his position in view, doubtless of the Charleston Conven tion. In the first place, Mr. Wine goes in for the fullest protection to naturalized citizens. In the second place, he declares himself opposed to the re-opeaing of the slave trade, which he considers offensive to the large majority' of slave holders, and of the people of the South. In the third place, he does not consider the enactment of a "slave code" for the territo rie-s judicious or neceeesar7, but he holds that the slave holder going into a territory of the United States, with his slave property, is en titled, under the Constitution, to be protected in the possession and use of that property. Ile would not permit the people of a territo ry, previous to their ammnin::: the re-pn.si b1ilities of State Government, to exelide sa- e property by unfriehdly legislation.-Angusta Diispatch. 31,250. Girls from 12 to 15 years old, $1,000 to $1.100. Best plough ioys, 17 to 20 years uld, $1,350 to .1,425. Boys from 13 to 17 years old, $1,250 to Boys from 12 to 15 years old, $1,100 to $1,200. Likely families, and also hoys and girls, command high prices, as there are several rcntlemen in marke-t who are purcMasint for their own planitationis in the South.-Rich mond Dispatch. Tus A varcCA SrAIS: Tmtn i.-From infor mnation received in Washmirgton city, it ap pears that some'of the Southern Representa tives, while claiming to be opposed to re opening the African slave trade, are phdring themselves to introduce in~ Congress a hill re pealing all the statutes upon the subject, leav ing it, as they profess to desire, to the regu lation of the several States. But, as the Con stitution confrers on Congr-ess the power to prohibi t ihe trade, and as " death" seems to to beC regarnded ais too sev~ere for violating. what somec consuder mnere-ly a law regulating commerce, it is though t that others, who are opposed to the slave trade, will agree upon a nmensure, with a view to makle the prohibition and abolition inore effetive by the certainty of punishmnent otherwisa than capital, anid thus they think that good will result from the present agitation of the subject. Ma. Conm:x.-immediate'y upon Mr. (Cob 'Lon's arrival at Liverpool, lhe was called upon to address several deputations from -public bodies. 1n the course of his remarks he said: The Americans and the English seenm to me to occupy the same relation to each other which it is said Goldsmith did toward Dr. Johnson. The gruff old doctor liked to sco!d Goldsmith himself, but he would rm~yer allow any body else to scold him without taking his part. Amnd I have no doubt int the world, from all I have seen in my travtels in thme United Stte, that, were it peible that hin~d shot~dd .fiA herselr hi a poitioD wher'e ehe was hard pressed by cenies inl Europe, gire'her but a grod tcause, and give her the neceas!ty fut- help, and I have- not the le'ast doumbt in thme world, from all I beard. in. tll quarters in the United States, th~at noth ing would prevent, in a case of eniergency, thbe population of the United States--tbe rreat bulk of the population of the United Smtes--um hurrying to the rescue of the )ld mother country. I don't say thi< from my idea that we arc likely to need that help. [(think England is strong enough to hold her >wn, and that is the opinion in A merica, as well as here, in any just cause against ther momies; buit I mention it as a fact which das come under my notice from all quarters. Exor.rsU ODrW.aS.--The other eien'ng, a'hilst partaking of a " chop'' in one of t hel London chop houses. I heard a gentleman war ine call for " a 'alf go"' of bran ly, and ;urning to the bill of fare [ found a regular mntry of rate.s, as follows:I ' A go" of brandy.... ... .. One shmilling. 'A half go" of brandy.... ...ix pcelC. 'A go" of whisky..........Six pence. 1 'A half go'' of whisky .... ...bree pcince. The same rate of measurement was also' ;ien for wine and gin. I suppose, from the ariation of price, that a whole " go" must he sufficiency to make an ordinary man drunk, s some persons require more for a " go" than thers do.-Correspondence of the Baltimore1 ~mmerican. A Germai,arrested as a spy while the al ie were at Brescia, pretended to a council of Iicers who were examining hmim, to be a mecr-i 'hant of Milan, andt have lost his papers, H~ah," said a French colonel, suddenily, come closer ;I can't hear you." Thme ac used obeyed. " Now" said the colonel, in doing that you stepped' off finely .with our left foot-arm to the body by instint ttle finger on the stripe of the pantaloon.< fou are an excellently drilled old soldier, my A Great Wedding iny w. York. The great social, event of the day, the mat riage (or we should say, the alliance, since it is to be conducted.on a royal scale of magjf-' cence) between the Cuban millionaire, Senor Esteban St. Cruz Ovieda, and the fair Ameri caine, Miss Fanny Bartlett, daughter of Cap4 Bartlett,'late of the U. S. Navy, is to be cele brated on or about the middle of next months first in Grace Church to conciliate the Proi testant prejudices of the bride, and afterward, with impressive display, at one of the Romat Cn;holic cathedrals. This golden wedding: his been postponed on account of the recent severe illness of the bridegroom, as well as to await the arrival of a one-hundred-thousand-. dollar bridal present from Cuba, to be sent by the gentleman's sister to her prospective- sis ter-in-law. So brilliant a part, with his sixty years and his foar millions of dollars. hds been for more than a year the end and, aim of many Fifth avenue matrons on. behalf of their budding daughters, and of many Fifthi avenue heiresses on their own behalf; but the; ambitions hcpes of these dowagers and bellesk have been:sadly crushed by a young lady out. side of their "set"-portionless, perhaps, but rich in her seventeen years, her Eugene-like features, and her tall, graceful figure, to say! nothing of virgin affections. The auspicious blending of these kindred, hearts dates from last New Year's day, when,' under the genial influence of the season, gen erous Fortune led his prancing- steeds, his yllow interpreter, and his golden self to the house irradiated by her presence; since which time, after a speedy and successful courtship, the ardent lover has plied the curiosity-shops of Broadway for gifts worthy of his "golden tressed Adelaide." Tiffany has supplied them, to the jolly tune of six hundred thousand dollars, to wit: " One set of diamonds and pearls, consisting of necklace, bracelets, brooch, ear-rings and head parure; one set opals and diamonds; one set emeralds and diamonds; four superb fans, dazzling with diamonds; six erginisite diamond hair-pins; a watch and chnt,:inine, woderful with enamel and diamonds ; rings of fabulous splendor, and et ceteras too bril lint to enumer'te or imagine." 'The bridal jewels, par excellence, now being manufactured in Paris, ire to be cf pearls of rare size. and diamonds of pure water; and the wreath which will confine the one-thousand dollar miracle of a nuptial veil, is to be com posed of orange blossoms in jewels ; emerald leaves, diamond and sapphire flowers set in gold: "The gold doth show her blessedness, The sapphires mark her true." and we may wind up with the Elizabethan item of forty elaborate dresses, to be " com posed" in lavish style. Afler the wedding and one week of reception succeeding it, instead of the usual tour, the happy pair will retire to honeymoon it in a "palatial" Fourteenth street residence, in which, with love's impa tience, the fair fiancee is already installed, under the proteciion of her delighted parents. In the Autumn Senor 0. will introduce hi. bride to his own sunny land; after which th gay capitals of Europe will be made brighte by her advent-aud her diamonds. So the say.-N. Y. Tribune. HUSsAND's FAmLY.-A gentleman living this city, and well to-do, married about te yearsago, and after livingwith his wife son fve years, he concluded to get a divorce, acount of the unhappiness of their domes-.. relations. The wife assented, and he applL to the Courts and was successful. A ye passed, and he concluded to venture once more in the matrimonial market, and see if he could not find one who would make his home happier than the first. In this lie was successful, and a short time after his divorced wife applied to him for work in his family in the capacity of servant girl. The situa tion was given her, and she now does the work in the house of which she was once mistress, and beholds the endearments lav ished upon another which were once bestowed upon her. The husband daily takes his evening ride with his second wife, while the first takes are of the children during their absence. How the husband can endure to see his for mer wife thus humiliated, and the wife bear up under it, is to us an enigma.-Cincinnati RECIFE Foa CUaRI~ 'TDE DYSENT.ERY on SMMER CoMPLIN'rr"-Take two glasses 2f sweet oil-two glasses WVest India molasses -two glasses WVest India rum--simmer thei well together over a fire till it becomes the thickness of honey, so that the oil may not separate from the rest. While on the fire. keep it well stirred, and when taken off con tinue the same till it is cold. Then the patient, if a grown person, should take a teaspconfal nce an hour, till he finds the disease abating, then once in. two hours; or as his judgmez? may augges4, until cured. Children may tak. it in like manner in proportio-i to their age~. The person who hand's this for publication, s. movedby none other than a humane ::.otm.L He has experienced cures in his own famil. and knows nmany others of the most desperat: kind. It is a simple medicine, and not thi least injurious to the most delicate constite tion. Let those who are afilicted tr-y the e' y periment-it will do no harm-and it wit ertainly save life I Let those who miay real this, cut it out of the paper and carefully prp serve it. When at at Boyal banquiet, htandsome Prine lbert, of Saxo Cobourg Qotha, recciyed it the shape of a rose, the (tret pubi tio ,u:' tion from the youthful Victor'ia Regina, that alg had selected him from a crowd of, suitors, 4 be her future husbnd, in tho entnusiasmo the moment, he is said to have seized a tabk knife, and out a gash ini the breast of his coat for the purpose of safely depositing therein thi precious love-token. It was a little touch ol German sentimentalism, which brought smile to the lip's of many of thbe distinguisbec guests who witnessed the gallant exploit, anc very naturally formed the subject of remarl ubsequently in Court circles and elsewhere Tourvo CA'sur.-The Columbus (Geo.3 Sun gives the following, as the best receip for making tomato catsup:i-To a half bushe of skinned tomatoes, add one quart o!1 good vinegar ; one pound of salt ; quarter of I pound -of black pepper ; two onees of Afr-icar cayenne ; quarter of a pound of -allsptge ; ont ounce of cloves ; three boxes of mustard. twenty cloves of garlic; six good onionsi two pounds brown sugar, and one handful o C peach leaves. Boil tis mass for three hours constantly stirring it. to keep it from burning When cool 'strain it through a fine seive, or coarse clothi, and bottle it for future use. will improve by age, and create and ga zest to appetite, almost under the~ " ribs c death." .-- . Twnty thousand dcad-cut down in one da r -the glorious day of Solfer'ino I Hearts, .n c doubt, that bounded bravely to tho marnn sunshine, the roll of drum and clarion -call I the bugle, and were tstronig with love and hope-in the red dust all, with their fadd I pictures and broken dreams I A line for tt: r 20,000 in the newspapers-a stranger's shr( t or quick ejaculatioulI But nowhere, ei th! in the French account or the Austrian, a countr shall we find word of the wvailings alt desolate prostrations by their forever vaca~ places ; nowhere word of the shadow that ti tl great battle flung over ten thousand threi holds and into twice ten thousand lovil l hearts. The fortune of war-God sava jp rmut i-Puaduinhia Jourat' From the Charleston Courier. General Taxes of- the Upper Division. Editors Courier:-Permit mte to return you thanks fur the very flattering notice you have taken of my Statisties of Taxes'for the Upper Division. 'With true Carolina pride, I'looked over the evidence of our prosperity, furnished by these returns; but yet f hesitated in placing them before the public, lest I should be-char ged with presumption in assuming a positior. more appropriate to my superiors. In view, however, of the discussions that are likely to aise on the subject of extending purs 'pd facilities, and with the .'evidence befpf .Mo what railroads have frieady done determined on the course 'f6 pursuie, letpeop .say what they would.. No niian, howeve, from cold and lifeless i Ures, ; 4 e*naseguate concption.of beneit on r ,e opniltUper.: y the State by our railroads Thoseau ;Yho have come dowti to a good -ild ag~jismd marked successive improvetnentaas they arose; can fully appreciate the magnitude and tex care of our indebtedness to railroad.communi cations. We have seen the log meeting house 'ive place to thebeautiful temple, the old ,field .chovihouse to the flourishing college, the hickory pole chair to the elegant carriage, the ieolian hurpof a few horse hairs at the wmidow to the fine piano in the parlor, and the rough and-noisy "Frelic' to the refined and social - Bill." In one word, the people of the back e-luntry are a different people to what they were i hirry or forty years ago. In religion, in morals, in opinions, and. in pursuits, they have made an advance that must be highly gratifying to every lover of -his country, to every friend of his race. Much ha s.been said about the expense and cost of consLructing our.rail roads, and espe I ially about' the construction of the Blue Rail Road; let us bestow a few thoughts- on :bese very imp'ortant subjects, and first on the railroads now in operation. It will, I think, be generally conceded, that the increased value of our real estate, since the introduction of railroads, will more than cover the'cost of their construction ; and if any remain sceptical on the subject, thoy may easily be converted. The cost of constructing all our. railroads has been put down at S18,500,000. (Eighteen millions five I undred thousand dollars.) Now we have in the'Upper Division of the State alone, 12,233,764 aeret of land. Before the introduction of railroads, lands that now sell for five and six dollars, sold for 20 to 40 cent-i an acre. Lands that now commanud eight.to ten dollars could then be got fio two to three'doll" ., and lands that now cannot be. purchased for twenty dollnri an acre, contd then be had at five to seven dollars an aere. Lut ns then put.the avera, e advance only at a dollar and a half n acre-, and we have as t lie ies,,r, an advance in the tupibr Divisiun alione of'l $7,3.0,6-46, or near. ly enmouh to have built. all oi roads: leaving the Lower Division, with the City of Charles ton. uentirA out. of' the culenlation. Bat let us give furtler evidence to the iOrft4i'i'mtxn rOW -. or ueuriy double what they were tirny .--: . Let 1s turn L the iMw RLidge Railroad, and aWerot' one or two objections made agaitn giving it further aid, because "it will novt pay god dlividnds," and because "a great portion of ithe road is without the limits of the State." I shtall not inquire whether the conjectures of small divideuds be well founded or not, satis lied, a-s I aim,,that nothing short Jf experience call settle thUe (iestiol ; but I would respect fully say to the oppoentiis of' the ro~ad that there are miany subjects above and beyond the power of unmbers to calculate. Let -me give an illustration. We have late ly seen the Emaperor of'A ustria cover the plaims of Italy with an invadinug army--the Ruler of' France taken by aurprise, and struck with temporary alarm, scarcely knowing what to do. Hie paused. Could he secale the Alps in - time to mteet the foe with udvantage'? No t betere be could do so, the whole of Italy might be overran. IIe would go to Genoa, however, by railroad, anid meet the invaders. Orders were~ immutediate.ly issued to the Legions of i'ram-ce to i'roceed at once by railroad to tGenie, the'y arrive there, they meet the haugh-. ty Anastiiani, antd dirive him back within his own limits agaiin. W~hat Mathemautician carn calculate (lie benefits of these railroads to France, to Europe, to the world?' Their value cannot be estimated by any one of the usual rules of comiputation. I nee.d hardly make an appmlication. We all see our exposed situa tion, we all admit the signs of the times to lbe otumious, and wihm 6ill our devotion and our noble darinig, We all must acknowledge that in the du-y of'trouble helpiust coume to us fronm our neighbors. Wh''lether, thirethre, the Blue Ridge itailrond Ibe considered int ant agricul turali, ernmmerciatl or militar3 iint of view, its gireat value is beyond thie poleer of numubers to esuimate. I'The other objections mz.. i ht " alarge portion of the Blue lRidge Ladroneed he.,-..% onit the limits of the State." 'J his is to up o strange language for rtn Ameri'ant citizemi. We rem sending Nor herzn men to britig home t'2 tah dibcutlery we pa'idl for in Elnglnudj, ih silIt we pahld fort j~t Fran'ce, amd the tea we paid fur in China, while some of us are even desirous to advance t be particular iuteru,ts of the King of Dahomy. And yet we are orpps setl to lay out a dollar of' our money for the benefit of' our neighibors and rieinds; even thoughu we ourselves should receirec a full por' t ioni of the pi ofits. I repeat it again, tids is stranmge langiiag~e for an Ancrican sta:esinan; With my thani~ks I r thie coumrimnation be stowed on nmy humble labors, and an ampology for occupying a place more suitable to miy superior, I am, your obediont servant, * Tuo~zas Fax. Treasury Office, Columbia, July 27 1S3. A Mrr.mut Ts-PAavo C.oec.--A clock is exhaibited in this city, says the Expr'es, which mot onily does dmy' as a time piece, hut bo'ils he coff'eo for its owner,' and awakes him in itne to (dritik it. Attached to thu clock, ent ~he right side, is a brass plate lying parallel irith the table or shelt'on which the clock is )haced, nnd at the futrther end is a ecfee pot, ixedm upon at fi'aine, wIth a spirit lamp undei ieath. B~etween the clock and the coffee pot s an alarm bell. The apparatus is thus used: Suppose a person wishes to rise and traveil at iour o'clock in the morning ; all he has to do s to set an inner dial to that hour, while the nter or clock dial indicates the true time. lie also makes certain dispositions of the ightninig apparatus, which arc self'suggestive. Precisely at 4 o'clock a lever is moved, which mauses a drum to revolve against a friction match, the flame from which ignites the wick >f the spirit lamp. In half an hour, the coffee' s ready, when another drum revolves, ignites mnother m atch, and lights a candle, mind at he same time the figure of a monk pulls a ope and rings an alarm bell, effectually trousing the sleeper., pi Flour is rapidly falling under the promisa >f the new crop. Most kindsi can now bee brought n New York at three dollara a barral cheaper thaf -