The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, January 25, 1854, Image 2
THE LANCASTER LEDOEI
R. & BAILEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TELEGRAPIi IC.
from the charleston standard.
Ity Friday's MaiL
The Pacific Railroad
Washington, Jan. 17th.
The prclitninarv report of Gov. Stophei
ef Washington Territory, lias been receiv
by the Government. It argues in favor
the extreme Northern route for the l'aet
Railroad.
The new Mexican Treaty arranged
Gen. Gadsden, is already creating quite a s
here, and Gen. Houston, of Texas, has c
cl 'red his determination of opposing it.
Wo regret to s'ate that M. Bodisco, t
Minister from Russia to the United Stat
w lying extremely ill in this city.
The Late Calamity.
New York, Jan. 17.
The merchants of this city have subsc
lied the sum of 810,000 with which to pi
vide n suitable present for the Captains
the ships Three Belles and Antarctic a
nlso the hark Kilby,in consideration of Ihi
meritorious service in rescuing the sutlerii
passengers by the ill-fated steamer San Fru
eisco.
Cholera on Shipboard.
New York, Jan. 17.
Several vessels arrived at this port to-d
from European ports, having suffered tor
bly on the passage bv cholera. Over o
hundred deaths, in all, had occurred.
Congressional.
Baltimore, Jan. 17.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, the Milita
Committee reported against giving a swe
to the nearest male relative of Major Kii
gold.
^_Mr. Hamilton, from the Special Comni
tee, made a favorable report on the Frcu
Spoliation Bill.
Mr. Sumner gave notice that lie would
troduce amendments to the Nebraska b
extending the Missouri Compromise o\
that Territory.
The House concurred in the Sena
amendments to appoint a Joint Committ
in relation to the rescuers of those on boa
the ill-fated San Francisco, and after an e
citing debate between the liurds and Sof
adjourned.
By Monday's Mail.
Proclamation against the Galiforn
Filibusters.
Baltimore, Jan 19.
The President has issued a Proelaniati
denouncing the unlawful expeditions th
have been fitted out from California again
Mexico, and threatening to prosecute i
who are engaged therein to the full cxte
of the law.
Congressional.
In the U. S. Senate, on Wednesday, ^
Gwin offered a resolution enquiring whet
er there was a sufficient force on the Pnci
to check the filibusters, which led to a war
debate.
In the House ef Representatives 011 t
same day, Mr. L. M. Keitt, of South Cai
lino, madu a powerful speech on tit a N<
York party controversy, which coniple.t?
electrified the House. lle sustained t
.Administration in the course they had pi
sued in defending slavery, and bringing b.i
tho government to its original siinplici
lie also, advocated the levying tonnage tl
tics in the States.
Baltimore, Jan. 20.
f * The Senate was not in session on Frida
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Ci
ting made a great speech in which hod
fended the I birds.
Seizure oi the British Schooner Tim
The British schooner Time has been sc
cd at Norfolk, Va., for u violation of t
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AVCTCIIUC lit V>
The Message of the Governor of Loni
iana was delivered at Baton Rcguron Tut
day. He is reported to be strongly in favi
of the annexation of Cuba.
The barque Antelope has arrived at Ba
timore, from Rio Janeiro, which p. rt she U
on the 5th nit. She reports Coffee as ha
ing declined 300 a 400 rs.
Mr. Bcdini, the Pupal Nureio, will leni
New York for Liverpool on Saturday, in tl
U. S. mail steamship Baltic, Cnpt. Comstoi
for Liverpool. "Tito Know-Nothings" a
making preparations to accompany aim
the steamer on Saturday with his effigy, A
Judge Irwin has informed the Preside
thatihe process of the U. S. Circuit Con
cannot be served on the Krie rioters witho
the aid of the military. Governor Biglor,
Pennsylvania, has gone to Washington
see the President on the subject
Proposed Meeting in New YorkBaltimore,
Jan 20.
^ A call, signed by many of the first nu
chants of New York, has been published f
a meeting to protest against the Nebrasl
Bill of Senator Douglas, and against l!
repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
It is stated that unless the British Gover
ment reconsider the despatches of Lo
Clarendon, Mr. .Clayton will introduce
bill iaio the ScnntMSAlacing the Militai
and Naval forces wr the disposal of tl
I'resldent, to compel England to fulfil It
treaty stipulations.
Mr. Houston, it is said, will call for iufc
mation nl-itivc to tho So tile duel.
It is rumored in New York that anoth
Pacific steamer had been lost at Chrif
mas, but thut her passengers had be*
saved.
There are, however, no details of tho ci
cuutBtnuco mentioned.
Judah Touro, the well known New 0
loans capitalist, died ii. that city on Wedne
day night. For fifty years have his bonev
lent and patriotic deeds hcon familiar to tl
citizens of Now Orleans. Nor wero h
thoughts confined to thnt city, //is ear
days had been passed in Massachusetts, ai
ilia munificent donation to the Hunker Hi
MMpiment evinced his love for tho old Cci
ttMfttauith. That work, it will bo reman
tared, tiad, for fourteen years, struggled o:
Aj^Mjbl. in 1839, it was announced to the D
MPStors that two gentlemen were ready I
W contribute ten thousand dollars each towarc
"its completion. They wero the late Ami
Lawrence ami Judah Touro.
Mr. Toure'a fortune in estimated at fro
$800,000 to $1,500,000, nnd it it report*
that he baaooquenthud the bulk of it
public InatMflon.
Col. Gadsdbm.?We are pleased to n
ti?* the arrival of Col. Gadsden, U. Htat
MiaieUtft hh Mexieo, in Charleston, in lit
health and apiriU. He left for Waahinj
IJtrtUL-?fioo. P. Soule haa fought a dm
with the Marquis ef Turcot the Prone
Minister, and hla eon with the Thike ef Alb
/ Ho dnmrge done.
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L.3) LANCASTERVILLE, S. C.
WEDNESDAY* JAN, 25, m
rl OUR VILLAGE.
o- Many of our cotemporarica are urj
Mj their claims for the location of the Me
. dist College in their villages. Their cli
bir ? "
nrp mi?r?rl tinnn ilm n ? ? ?..*.. ?/>?
"g ?"v" "f"" / ??-!?I.?I '
iD* village possesses. Lancaster is not n <
petitor ; the expense nnd inconvenience
eaching this place, and leaving it, is su
ent to render her an unsuccessful coin
tor. The facilities of travel to almost e
r,. village in the State, hut this, places t
ne great disadvantage: but an effort has 1
made to build a railroad, and if the pr<
goes down entirely, \v*o must only do
best we can as we arc ; in some resp
try though, Lancaster village yosscsses g
?rd advantages. In the first place, it can bo
'o* celled by no other village in the State
^ health. The lime-stone water, whLh, the
lC|j unpleasant generally to new comers, wc
lieve conduces greatly to the health ol
!"l" village. The society of the village is g
. ^ there are no grog-shops in the town, an
addition, we have a good male school.
te Carlisle, the teacher, who taught last j
and gave such satisfaction, is engaged
the present year. Although Larcaste
l8 not a competitor for tho Methodist Fen
College, we would be extremely gratific
see a school for young ladies in our vill
There are a number of our citizens 1
at this time have their daughters and w
abroad at school, some at Limestone Spri
on some in Charleston, some at Barhsim
ia* Salem, &c., when, if a good female sel
l!jl were amongst us, these yonng ladies w<
?t be educated at home. The advantages
cruing from such a school are many, bes
the advantage to parents, of having t
fr- children at home, their education will b(
J.'" tended with less expense ; nor is this a
m parent's eye will be over his child, an<
fears of her misbehaviour trouble his m
ho To tho merchants and others of the vil!
the advantage in a pecuniary view w<
,jv W immense. If we mistake not, tl^e ye
lie ladies at Anderson, in this State, expci
ur- while at school the last year, $10,00
"'k that village. This sum divided amongst
tv ?
I* merchants annually, would not he unae
i. mo wo :irc very sure. There is scar
h village in the State, but has its " Fer
>' Collegiate Institute," "School far yo
I.-idies," " Female Seminary," <f-c., but 1
caster. Why is this? It is not bee;
q onr citizens are careless and indifferent or
z subject of education ; the very fact of t
he sending their children abroad is cvidene
the contrary. Why is it, then ? It is t
us we have no suitable building, but this i
8"
&r be no objection. I^ct us build one.
will warrant if a subscription list be hi
I- round to-morrow, the necessary amount
be subscribed. Who will volunteer his
v- . vices?
i-e A gentleman of wealth in our Di?t
He purchased a lot in the village the o
day, on which he intends to erect n
J? dwelling, which will be an ornament to
town. As he, himself, told us, his obje<
nt removing to town was, that ho could be
irt ublcd then to send his boys to school. I
know we to the contrary, but if a goo<
male school were established amongst
but that others may be induced to c
here also? Lancaster is very much bel
in this respect, and wc think it is high I
for her to show some signs of the spiri
^ progress and improvement.
IK! We take the opportunity and also the
erty to bring another matter to the notie
our townsmen. The spring of the yet
nj approaching, and at that season most
n | sons feci disposed to have things loo)
ry | neat and tidy about thorn. It it nt that i
,e ! son that persons generally paint and wl
ir wash their dwellings and fences. Som
r the dwellings nnd fencing on the main st
look a little tho worse for wear and ten
Wo hope our citizens will look to the i
er ter. The cost of a little white lend is
much, and the satisfaction one receives f
the improved appearance produced by
ir- more than repays hiin.
We will be pleased to hear f.om our (
r" respondent w Amicus," again,
oie
Negro Trial.
is The trial of the Negroes, neensed of
'y murder of Mr. Aleiander Crnlg was c
'[J menccd on Tuesday, the 17th inst., sn
r," still in progress. Messrs. Clinton nnd ^
a- limits are the acting council for the defc
n? and Messrs. Mo< re and Gt<lluch:it, for
State. It is thought *he greater portior
I, this week will be consumed before the
>s suit is known.
m To Delinquentsid
No paper is discontinued until the t
to aeription is paid, unless we choose to.
intend though week after next to erase
o- names of those w ho have failed to paj
m for the drat and second volumes except th
,H who aro known to ua to be good.
Choctaw Observer.
This is the title of a newspaper we h
? received, published st Greensboro', Miss.
t i. MeCaughey dt Ce. It is small,
1 neatly gotten up paper.
MS/ttk
HH ...v
) Mr. Tatar's Address.
| The greater portion of the last Patriot is
devoted to Mr. Tuber's address. Major ?
Perry sob cts certain extracts from the address,
to prove that Mr. Taber is opposed to
popular education. He also publishes lot- 4
tcrs from Professors Leiber and Reynolds erq
uud Judge O'Neal, to sko"' that these gen- thr
tlemcn inferred the s*?me meaning from Mr. lig
T.'s Speech, as he did. wa
f It was certsiinly with pain that wo saw Se
such turbulent feelings manifested in our '
usually quiet State, towards Mr. Tabor, and ev?
had hoped Major Perry was mistaken. We coi
had only read a portion ot Mr. T.'s address, isn
and therefore adopting the opinion of those wl:
)Pr who had read it, considered that Major Per- po
5 ry was mistaken. From the last Patriot wo am
/ are bound to believe that Mr. Tabor did ex- un
press himself in such objectionable lan- tio
gungo as imputed to him. la)
Since wo have learned to know any thing ed
about politics, we have watched the course
j<|, of Major Perry, of Greenville, with ns much wi
scrutiny us any politician in the State, and f0|
to his credit, be it said, we have never found 0f
ging one w'l? *s n,orc consistent in his views, ajj
tho- w'10 could give better reasons for adopting
aims 8UC'1 v'ew*i We candidly believe ho has vil
each ^one 118 mu?h benefit to the State ns any pr
nm- manin '* on
8 Df In our last paper wo copied an article
flici- *"rom t',c Carolinian which reflected upon as
pcl-u Major Perry's course in the Legislature on 0f
very *',w Free School bill; and in this paper Gf
ls (Q in justice to the gentleman, wo give his dii
Ijee,, reasons for so acting. he
>ject President Thornwell has also written to eo
jjlc the Patriot, in which letter he makes the ef- an
ects j lo excU8e Mr. Tnbcr. We hope the
rent w',0'c matter now will he "laid on the tnex_
ble." We cannot believe Mr. Taber really jn'
for rnranl what his remarks implied; we could ^
n,,,^ hardly .suppose that one would publicly de- ^
be- c'aro such sentiments. That there are ?
(ho m?ny in the Sbite who believe us Mr. Taber ^
ood Has expressed himself we have no doubt;
tj jn iu fact we have reason to suppose that such
sentiments arc entertained by some connec,car>
ted with tho IS. C. College. th
for (For want of room wo are compelled to to
r js defer the publication of Dr. Thorn well's let- an
nolo tertill next week.) |i
d to * * mi
Our Exchanges.
who We had neglected to notice the change hy
ards which had biken place in the editorship of (h,
11<r8 the Chester Standard. Mr. C. D. Melton (t.,
ille, ',us resigned that post to his brother, Mr. m,
100I Melton. To our friend C. Dun, we ex
,uld tender our best wishes for his prosperity
, ;1C. and to the acting editor we send kind re- ex
ides tf-'rds. frv
heir The Abbeville Banner has been much en- nf
s at- 'urged and improved, and is now one of the
||f 8 best paper* in the Stale. Decidedly the best
1 ro at Abbeville C. H. jw
ind. "" nu
l;,gc 8al? of HegToes- an
>uld Mr. l'elham's negroes were sold hero on 0r<
>unjj. Monday last, and at high prices. Negro so
idedj men, field hands, brought as high as $1300, be
0, in) none less than $1100. di
out Our friend, Mr. Wilherspoon adopts the uf
con- right plan to make property bring high pri- re
cell- cu"; he advertises extensive!). When this nr
nalk is done he warrants good prices will be ob. n.,
ung^ tained. stj
Lrfin- ( " " er
Over
i the Several editorials intended for this paper.
heir "* *"* 1 pr
ic to EDITOR S TABLE. no
ius, 'Blackwood's Magazine.?The Decern- pr
iced b^r number is a very attractive one. The an
We fid lowing is the bible of contents : gr
ken j National Gallery- fe<
will A Letter from the Boulevards, pr
ser_ j The Narcotics we indulge in Part III. ..
A A few more words on University Ri.fnrm
Rapping thu Question.?A Talu of Moriot,
dern Magic. th
ther Renl nnd Ideal Beauty. th
The Quiet heart. Part I. ,
Russia and Turkey.
our Index. Pr
:t in LEONARD SCOTT, & CO., th
! en- New York. al,
low The Southern Aoriculukist ahd South- m
J fc- f.ri* Cultivator for January have been re- th
u8? eeived. The former is published at Laurens- te:
ouie ville, by Mr. R. M. Stokes, and the latter at ta
hind Augusta,Ga., by W. S. Jones. The price of ev
time each Si.00 per year. They are both wor- uj
it of thy of patronage, and deserve the support of te
our farmers. wi
e of Fire in Chesterfield. er
ir is From a friend \vc learn that a fire broke mi
per- out on the premises of Mr. Martin Aran,
tjng in Chesterfield District, on Saturday Inst,
which destroyed his dwelling, meat-house, I
lite- an(l kitchen,
u of
rci.t Large Tiee. te,
Our friend nnd subscriber, Mr. Willis di<
Gregory, informs us that there is a White o'<
not Oak on his mother's plantation, which raeas- Hi
rom ures thirty feet and soine inches in cireum- 8.1
, jt ferenco. He inquires if it can be beat ? as
Hew York Fires.
Uo . While Metropolitan Hall and I-a Furge 'ul
Hotel were still smoking, another fire broke flc
out in New York, at two o'clock in the sf- He
teruoon of the sume day, in tho large six
story cabinet ware establishment of Messrs. Pu
the Hencke dt Schroder, No. 115 Franklin street, thi
om. and in the course of half an hour it was a aU
, . pilo of burning ruins. The buildings ad- QO
' 18 joining on the wist, and the Dutch Reformed
Church on the west, were materially damn- P'1
nee, ged. The aggregate loss ia about $75,000, bi?
tho partially insured. sis
t Qf The people of that citv, we perceive, are %ni
' beginning to get alarmed, and not without ..
' re* reason, at the many destructive (ires that ?
have recently taken place in that city. Within C.
tho laat three months the aggregate is estimated
st nearly live millions of dollars. The
tub- statement is as follows:
We 'October 28, Fowler's Buildings, loss
th<, $220,000, insurance $100,000; November on
17, Empire Iron Works, loss $300,000 in- an<
' u* sum nee $180,000; November 17, Jsne and
Washington streets, loss $290,000, insuraacs
$150,000; December 10, the Harpors' f?i'
and other buildings, lose $1,500,000, insur*nco
$300000; December 27, Front street
nva and the shipping, loss $1,500,000, insurance P*<
, $600/H>0; January 8, Metropolitan Hail and *?
?V La Farge Motel, foes 1/100/100, insurance
$850/100. Total toea, $4,340/X>0, insur- tto
anee $1,780 **
COMMUNICATION !
For the Ledger.
Virtue of Boientifio Associations.
Among the variety of employments that
jage the attention of man in his progiess
ough life, there is none more pleasing dehtful,
and improving, than Ihe pleasant
Iks in the wide field of Literature and
ience.
There every association is agreeable?
sry advancement encouraging?every disrery
profitable. The widcuess of barbarj,
and rudeness of uncultivated nature,
len restricted to its refinements, attain a
lish that almost battles the skill of artists,
d which elegantly serves as a bright monlent
ef beauty and worth. In its associan
the barren mind gathers in ideas, and
rs by a store of profitable knowledge suitto
any cause or emergency.
The profundity of thought is discussed
th sagacity?the labyrinths of science unded
and developed, and the philosophy
nature expanded to view. With a liberty
unbounded by space nnd with a freem
void of oppression, nil grudes are inled
into its sacred retreat to revel amid the
ofessions of thought, and couut the econay
of mind nnd matter.
There the illustrious sages of antiquity
scmbied to investigate the hidden secrets
science, and discuss the great principles
morals nnd philosophy. And there were
scovcred the sublime phenomenon of the
Mvenly bodies, the phases of the moon nnd
lypses of the sun, the motion of the stars
d the course of the cornet.
The melody of music nnd passion of poef?two
of the most powerful agents
nature, in subduing the deep and mapiant
feelings of the soul, were never
ripen into being amid the low nnd illitere,
but sprung and grew where science
urished.
The advantages concomitant with such an
sociation, are paramount to any reasonable
timate, and inconceivably more numerous
an calculable. It is calculated to inspire
great exertions, and noble aspirations;
d has been the honored parent of some of
e most stupendous efforts of the human
ind.
The portals of Wisdom that were sealed
the rust of ages have been unlocked, and
e blessings of science are now richly exaded
to the varied wants of suffering huinity.
The wings of commerce have been
panded until they monopolize the comodities
of every clime; ar.d we can now
change with great facility, the delicious
lits of the tropics for the scanty products
the polar regions.
Man, though the swift vehicle of thought,
s become the inhabitant of the world at
'go, and has given sueh play to his ingeity
as to ride it on the lightning's wingt
d talk at once the world all over. Such
? the benefits accruing from scientific nacialions,
that the whole civilized world hsa
come revolutionized. Diplomatic agency
ffused with electric rapidity and the apirit
' freedom elevated to the highest pitch of
fined liberality. No longer can the inonch
on his throne, with unlimited sway, diet
the rcigna of royal despotism, nor
amp the prerogative of power. No longcan
the Pope extinguish the lights of scice,
nor lead his subjects to ignominy and
amc. And no longer can the Crus do
each the blind enthusiasm of the cross,
r chivalry sport in feats of cruelty and opession.
The days of nnnrchy, bloodshed,
<1 oppression are past; the lights of proessive
science revealed, and man begina to
el the prerogative ef self rule, and self
eservation. No longer dors he trust to
e syren voice of potentates, nor yield to
b stern demand of dupedoin. But with
e assistance of light and letters, armed in
e defence of liberty, I e established the
nd-marks of freedom, nnd spurns the opession
of infuriated despotism. And from
c commotion that is now agitating the en
ived minds of despotic governments, we
ay judge with almost prophetic exactness
at the rule of arbitrary power is fast hasning
to a close. Then will the manifes
lions of freedom be fully realized upon
ery port, nnd its rich blessings bestowed
>on those who are now yieldii gto the bitr
smart of cruel oppression. And then
ill a political equilibrium among nations be
tublishod which imperial re ality can nevdisorganize,
nnd which time's progressive
arch alone can demolish.
AMICUS
>eath of Judgn Robert M. Charlton.
Wc learn by telegraph the melancholy
Lelligence that one of Georgia's most gif1
son's, the Hon. Robert M. Charlton,
rd in Savannah yesterday morning, at 3
dock. Mr. Charlton was the aoi of the
an. T. U. F. Charlton, formerly Mayor of
ivannah, and enjoyed s brilliant reputation
a lawyer, and was equally distinguished
the literary world for hit many and great
f^uirements. Nor was hia State unmindI
of his merits as, in addition to other of s
of public trust, he was honored with s
it on the Bench, snd for some timo oceu d
with credit to himself snd advantage to
s nation s seat in the United States Seni,
to which he was appointed by Gorerr
Cobb in the room of Mr. Berrien. In
ivnte life, Mr. Charlton was esteemed for
i many virtues, snd we condole with our
ter city snd State in the loss they have
tained in the death, in the prime of life,
such s worthy snd esteemed citizen.?
Courier.
uovmtrTeitfThe
editor of the Wilmington Journal
utions the public againat counterfeit bills
the Bank of the State of North Carolina,
d on the Cape Fear Bunk, many of which
?in circulation. He had a counterfeit four
liar bill of the Bank of the State paid to
n a few davs aince, the engraving or which
bad, and the paper coarse an t inferior;
II they are seldom detected, unless when
id into, or presented at Bank. They look
old apd worn, aa to eoorev the imprea
that they meet be genuine, otherwise
it could not haee circulated so long as
nr appearance TOtld Indicate.
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From the Charleston Courier. I over n
HEW YORK C0RRE8P0N DEHCE. childr
ere, a
New York, Jan 14, 1854. tbe ^
The reported loss of the steam ship San these
Francisco is confirmod. The ship Three H|Cupi
Bells, Cnpt. Creighton, was the first to ar- gtovei
rive with the intelligence of the sad cnlam- be di
ity. The morning papers are unusually full most
of the details, nnd as you will receive them burnt
as soon as this letter, it is unnecessary to ^(r
repeat them. The San Francisco was built jzen *
by W. H. Webb of this city, for the houso bis p
of Howlands nnd Aspinwall, and was con. CXprc
side rod in point of strength, power and safe. ne88
ty, superior to nny vessel nfloat. She was cjes (
insured in this city and in Philadelphia, for first |
$350,000, and her total loss will cut into dnwr
the dividends of our principal marine insur. mon
ance companies in a frightful manner. There respo
is talk to-day of getting up testimonials to the s
the Captains nnd officers of the Three Bells ? V
the Antartic, and tho Kilby. The loss of Htion
Col. Washington, Mnjor Tnylor, Captain Chris
Field, nnd Lieutenant Smith,excites univer- wron
sjiI sympathy. Some public action will be to bu
taken in reference to this last and most sad to th
catastrophe, The year, thus far, has been cocrc
inaugurated with calamities enough for a ton,
whole twelve months. wron
occas
A murder was committed in a house on n par
Broadway, in open daylight, last Tuesday part,
morning nbout 10 o'clock. Dr. Latener,
who had an eye nnd car infirmary at the tl
corner of Grand street was the victim. Ilis jttXV,v
office was in the front room up stairs, nnd whic
there he must have been shot, and though PJpK
at first thought it may nppear to have been ? A
a very dangerous place to have attempted so vt,IK.
dnring a crime, yet the sequal proceed it citizc
from its very boldness nnd audacity, to have hns I
been comparatively safe. The noise of the ^
omnibusses nnd vehicles in Broadway, nnd to or
the everlasting hurry with which every one jn th>
moves in this city prevented any one hear- usylti
ing the report of the pistol. It wasremembercd
by several persons in the same build- j 8(>
ing that an explosion of some kind occurred jon j
but it ?ns none of their business, ami they land
noon forgot it. They little dreamed that a bona
murder as foul as that of Mr Tuikinghorn r-v.'x
... , ? othei
had been committed. ii?nu
A Mr. and Mrs. Hays were arrested, and Ihc I
the examination has been continued every "'"J*?
. . innki
day since the tragedy. Mrs. Lutener, wife
of deceased, teatitied that her husband was gent,
thirty-one years of age, a native ol England; year,
that he became acquainted with the //ays vva>'H
family thres or four months ago; that Mr. F **
llays and Dr. I.utsner had quarrelled soon ami's
after, and that it was owing to too great an they
intimacy between Lutener and Mrs. llays. "
Luteuer had the reputation of being n regular
Don Juan. He has been entangled in |,;H
numerous unpleasant liatons, and those ae- liber.
quainted with his history, immediately as- 'ffA' '
caibed his death na ths result of his wav,
... . c ills
ward passions. His guilt is somewhut mol- |ou,|,
lifted, though not excused, by thu develope- qq,
uicnt that Mrs. Hays is not the legal wife A lot
of him who is implicated with her in this mark
charge of murder, but is the wife of his
brother. A ;*>*/ morlem examination of do- t r-roti
cessed's body, proved that he could not have nru
committed suicide. Thu examination, thus and t
far, b ia succeeded in throwing the onui of i'
suspicion upon no one in particular, altlio'
Mrs. Hays begins to loom up as the crimi- ^ ^
nal She snd Lutener had quarrelled about ?.mp|
something. Lutener having in his posses- Seas
sion some of her letters The parties resi- days,
ded near each other in //arlcm, and did businesa
in the city ; they were all foreigners, 0f (h
Hays and his wife or paramour being Irish. 2fio i
Rascality flourishes luxnriently. Even b
the Argus eyed inspietors of the Custom
House were for a while deluded. Suspicion ap|f
was at last aroused, and ev idcncc sufficient n j|,
trumped up to issues warrant for the search strec
of a John street store, watches, die., were (
discovered to the value of $9 >,000. A aimilar
discovery was made at n hotel in Jersey t),e
City, whore nearly a hundred watches were man.
found, together with a handful or two of but j
diamonds and other articles of value, llut, ""
, , .... eonr
strange to say, no one seemed to be willing qq
to own thu soft impeachment of being their have
possessor. A steward oflhesorew steamer by pi
Alps of the Cunnrd lino, took French leave Dj'.n
of tho ship upon hearing of such strange t<,m^
proceedings on ths part of the officers, and then
has not been beard from si nee. It has si- exqu
so been announced that a smuggling opera- * ,no
tion ww detected in soino one connected ''j>
with the Baltic the very night alio arrived wool
It was announced not long since that the n
"Ericsson" would supply ths place t( the
//umboldt and go to Havre. Such is not 9,38;
the ease, as the Nashville, which was so high- creai
ly praised in your columns, sails on Mon- ouj^
day?not being able to leave to day, ss was ^
originally announced. The " Ericsson" hns j,ivei
lost ground in public confidence. If she nuth
had complied with the expectations and an- 'n w'
nouncemunts which her projectors are coniiuuaiiy
j .,..'.wg furth.it would have bees sjlw
more just to the noble inventor. New state- recei
mentsare continually being made; but since out
the trial trip nothing to test the validity of
the experiment has beru done. It is now
stated thst new engiues of siroilsr size have 8li?
been completed , and that now condensed at- ahe I
mospheric air is employed instead of ordi- j m
nary atmosphere. While wishing every *** 1
success to this wonderful experiment, we
have serious doubts thst the Ericsson will
ever lose sight of the Highlands, unless in piro
tow of one of the old fashioned steamers. ty pi
The fearful increase of esses of paralysis jj",'.|
and lunacy should be scientifically investiga- ^U( ,
ted. To the list is to be added thst of Mr. wnnl
Butler, of this city, of the firm of Hoy t, Iiut- "ur*
ler dt Norton, Hardware merchants. The
following facts were elicited in the trial of ,n(y
the commiaaion to aaeertain whether he was ty%i
capable of taking care of hie Ketate. He re- carta
eidee in Brooklyn. In November laat he ^
comme need bonating thai he woe poeeeeeed ,,
of immenee wealth, he declared hie inten- *-ri|i
tion of chaiiariogVanderbilt'e" North Star," ^ I
and of maki ng an eicurmion which ebntild
totally eclipee U.at of the " Commodore.*'
Queen Victoria had been invited to be one are i,
of the party. Hie ftunily phyeician wee to had
accompany Mm at the calory of $00400. Mr.
Seller and wMb am et?yf?# to he worth rg?
t hundred thousand dollar*. He has no
en, but hi* father, mother, and brothre
still living. He has been placed in
sylum at Hartford. The frequency of
melancholy caws has been ascribed to
ng in n chamber heated by nir tight
s, but if the trnth were known, it would
scovcred that they owe their origin in
cases ts tampering with spirit rapping
?ugs.
. Mitchel, in his newspaper, "The Cit'
this week, has disappointed some of
rofeasing friends. If he continues to
iss his sentiments with no much bold*
and candor, he will disarm every spe)f
prejudice so justly ? ngendcred by his
public speeches. He is fast sobering
i to the level of other men and coinsense.
In answer to a "smart" corndent,
who wished to draw him out on
lavery question, he says:
Ve are not abolitionists?no more abo.
ists than Moses or Socrates, or Jesus
it. Wo deny that it is a crime, or n
g, or even a peccadillo, to hold slaves!
ly slaves, to sell slaves, to keep slaver
eir work by Hogging or other needful
ion. ' Rv your silence,' says Mr. Ha ugh
'you will becomes participator in theii
gs.' Hut wo Rill not l>e silent when
lion calls for speech; and as for living
ticipator in the. wrongs, we, for oui
wish we had a good plantation well
;ed with healthy negroes in Alabama.'
j has, of course, boon roundly nbusori
lose w ho, while they proiess a " highei
1 are jealous of that freedom of speech
h does not coincide with tln-ir ideas ol
ress nnd reform. There is some hop*
r. M itched yet.
?1. 'i'homas II. Perkins. 0:1c of the most
rahle, popular and universally beloved
ns of Boston, died on Wednesday. I It
teen n senator and representative: hi
one of the projectors of the Hunker Hill
nment; he did more than any one else
iginato and complete the first railror??l
is U. S.; he liberally endowed the blind
im at Boston; lie gave the largest dona,
to the Mercantile Library Association
or the last two years interested hiinsell
curing the completion of the Washing
donument. Mr. I'er ins visited Kngseveral
times, nnd received more nttenfrom
the good and great of that connvhether
of the nobility or not, than any
private citizen ever received. He vva?
nsely rich, and iiidulgcil his children to
largest extent. His son. some verm
, was in London, and being desirous ol
ng a "sensation," lived in right royal
, taking the residence of the I'rinee lie.
and living at the rate of JC'JO.OOO pel
or a 100,000 dollars. His hankers nl
honored his demands, hut began tn
timid, and wrote to his father in Bos,
icqnainting him with the fact of hi*
prodigality, and wishing to know il
should limit 'heir credit to him. The
inn, with the feeling of paternal pride,
V answered, " let mvson have ns much
>y as he wants." He had confidence in
mi's judgment and honor, and by a wise
dity, succeeded in restraining bis produve
of display. The loss of Col. Per*
will he most severely felt when the
for public and private benevolence are
>st.
le cattle nnd poultry mania increases
, of New Jersey sheep were brought to
et and sold at extravagant prices. Twfu
, one froa. the homestead of Henry
, were exhibited in the Park, and at
ed great attention. Retired merchnnti
aiving farms in the vicinity of thocity
it,'.. ..r i.i..~.i..:? ... ..1- ...:.
rices paid. startle our phlegm iti-2 neigh
over the water.
orge Steer*, the builder of the vacli
rica, bun had his skill and ingenuity ex
ified in the passage of the "Pri ie of th<
liv her passage to Melbourne in 8(
Her trip from the Cape to Melhourm
accomplished in shorter time, by tw<
, th m ever before made. The " I'ridi
e Seas " is a beautiful little craft of onlj
tons, and takes rank immediately a
onorable representative of our nava
rlereare
various ways of advertising one'i
and business, but the announcement o
r. 1 jndesmuller, Gennnn, of Chathm
t, that he would give free dinners ever]
luring the winter, from 11 to *2 o'clock
ie poor, transcends all others. H.irnnti
Jenin hide their diminished heads befor
astounding cleverness of this " mode
" I ie does not specify about the drinks
'on may be sure that the food will maki
wish to drink, provided you have thi
age to eat it.
lie proprietors of the Bowery Theatn
determined to try the m oral "dodge
rocuring "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Bar
's Museum tried the same tiling, and fail
[nominously. It has failed wherever at
>ted, except at the National Theatre, nn<
j it is only made tolerably by the mot
lisi'e and almost inspire*! personation o
re child. The Bowery is the last plac
uch s move.
ho organ of the denomination of thi
i gives u table showing the total nutnbe
lembers of the Methodist Churches ii
fity to have been, in 1813,9,980; in 184i
1: in 18 n, 0,321* in 18(9,8,893. in 185
9; in 1853,9,319; thus showing n de
ie in ten years of 400 members, whil
population has nearly doubled,
ary lJowitt is nut with a e?rd in reply t<
" dear friend," Frederika Bremer. Sin
inn extract from a private letter of tin
or of the "Homes of the New World,
hich she is thanked and thanked ngaii
the tidclity of the translation, for tin
rt and soul and conscience," with vvhicl
iaboicd. Mary Iiov.il'. ad::.;!a that si.
veil Miss Bremer's pesmission to -trik
tko A1>IIUI llou.ikk. -
vM^v?.yimuio rrnjUTinij
I'oinaetta, and regretting tlio mistake b;
h it waa retained. Mies Bremer hai
hasty au I injudicious in this mat'ei
has not only publiabed n silly bonk, hu
lias wounded and cut herself1 off forevo
i the kind office* of Mnry ilowitt, wh<
n.?io her known outside her own coun
licAtres are doing well. Wallack h <
9 a hit in re-producing two l<ondoi
h, " A Bachelor of Arts," and "A pret
see of business." The firat was brough
by Charles Matthews, the latter b
[ stone. Ilurton also "does" the lattei
can acarrely attempt the former, to
> of a proper ** walking gentleman,
on'a new comedy, by nn American an
entitled, * Married by Fores," wa*
failure. In music there is nothing do
except that the Philharmonic Hocie
? giving their ueual subscription con
etropolitnn Hall will not la- rebuilt, bu
rntire ground will be occupied aaa ho
nd stores. The scheme to raise sub
bona in aid of the proprietors of tin
rarge oumni^ncoa nrmKiy. hut will di
the eicitemcrit which ori^iiatcd it
lie oufTereni hy the Han Franciaco, wh<
ed here teat night by the "Throe Belle,'1
B n wretched condition. Many of then
scarcely clothing sufficient to sore
nakedness. Two of them have el
y died. IMNK.
The Reasons.
Having given the farts concerning Mr*
Ferry'a vote at the last and proceediug sessions
on the Free School hills, wo s ibjoin
his reasons:
" Mr. Tucker, Iho author of the proposed
reformation, came to our seat and requester!
us to make the motion to lay the whole
matter on the table, under the apprehension
that the bill reported by the Committee on
Education might pass, and if it did, all reform
would be cut otf. The session nru'
ceeding, we endeavored to havo the Freo
School fund divided out according to vvhito
population, and were unwilling to see the
funds of the State doubled, and wasted under
the prevent imperfect system of education,
for the purpose of riveting Wiat system
on the State permanently.
Whilst we desire to see the peopffi, educated,
we have no disposition to see tlta mo'
ney of the people squandered, no matter
how plausible the pretext may be for doing \
so. We do think the present system of Free
Schools in South Carolina productive of little
good, compared to the annual appropri1
ation of seventy-five thousand dollars made v
i for that purpose. There are now more than
, twenty thousand persons in South Carolina
( over the age of twenty-one, who can neither
read nor write! Shall such a system bo
' continued, and shall appropriations bo inado
to perpetuate its fruitless operation !"
' Awful Catastrophe!
r We know not in what terms to announce
I | the overwhelming news which reached us
' last night. The fate of the steamor San
I FraneUco is at length known, and torriblo
r J beyond expression it is. Universal anxiety
i has become dreadful certainty. The ship
r foundered,and two hundred and forty of the
, seven hundred human beings with whieh
she was freighted have perished in tlio sea.
t They did not indeed go down with the ship
| I hi t were swept overboard from her (lwk?
, some days before she foundered. Hut a bc.
nefieent Providence tempers the severest afI
t'ietion* with consolations. and so this dread.
ful calamity might, hut for his mercy, have
I been infinitely more disastrous; for all of
| the hundreds on board when the ship sank
were providentially rescued by vessels accidentally
at hand. Of those who perished
f some wereofthe most distinguished and beloved
of the land. The following are the
sad particulars and the names of some of the
lost, as they reached us last night by tele.
graph:
> New York, Jan. 13.
1 The ship Three Hells has arrived with
' one hundred and sixty persons saved from
1 the steamer San Francisco, which foundered
at sea on the bill of January,
' Those w ho h ive arrived include about one
hundred ollieers and soldiers and most of the
" crew of the ill-fated steamer. A number of
" other passengers were taken oil' the sinking
1 I ship by the hark Kiihy, bound for Huston,
and many by the ship Antarctic, bound for
1 Liverpool.
.Most of the cabin passengers, together
1 with as many soldiers as it was deemed pru>
dont for Iter to Like, numbering in all about
one hundred persons, are on board the bark
Kilby. She has probably gone to Bermuda,
1 having parted company with the steamer dnring
a gale on the night of the UOlh Decentbet,
four days before the Three Hells left.
The ship A It tar tie lias on board the residue
of the troops, and Capl. Watkins, of the
stcatuer San Francisco, who has proceeded
to 1 jvcrpool with thcui to see that they are ,
i p operiv provided for { g
i iu the g.do of the 23d Deo?*inLor, the San
Francisco broached to twice, and was much
disabled On the 2 lilt all her spars and
i sails were blown a way. At one o clock in
, the morning of the gjth the engine stepped
I in conseipivnce of the breaking of the piston
rod, and left the vessel totally unmanageable,
the sua at the same time striking
j her t cuictidous blows under die guards, tear.
ing up Uie planking fore nud aft on both
, sides, and causing the ship to leak Uidfy.
- The troops were then organised into bailing
, parties. At nine o'clock on the gjth, a heavy
j sea struek the atcaincr amidships, carrying
f away both smoke stacks, ail the upper aaj
loon, staving the quarter deek, and w ishing
, overboard a large number of persons, besides
I killing three of the ship's crew. On the 28th,
the bark Kilby was spoken, and laid by the
! steamer until three o'clock in the afternoon
f of the 2*.Hh, when a number of the pusscnj
gera were transferred to the bark, which let
f go In-r hawser at ten o'clock at night, and
t nothing lias since been beard of her. The
, gale continued throughout the 30th uml 31st,
, a number of the men being sick, and some
1 in a dy ng condition.- In the evening of the
if 1st January, the British ship Three Bolls
e was spoken, and laid by the steamer u. til
e the 3d, when her boat was got alongside. On
the same day the ship Auloitic discovered
L. and ii.ire down for the steamer, and on the
4th both ships commenced Liking off the
i. passengers, together with the necessary pro.
visions and water, which was ascotnpiished
. by six o'clock in the evening. The next
j morning they took otr the officers u?d crew,
t Capl. Watkins hating been the lust man to
f leaie the ship, which had been with ditlip
eulty kept ntloat for ten or twelve day ?.
Those lost overboard are Col. John M.
s Washington, Major Geo. Taylor and wife,
r Capl! 11. U. Field, lieut. It. II. Smith three
ii civilians and two iadio? whose namessre not
?,.rv,..t...i ., ?.l .. ... . * I 1 I ? - * * -
I, irlluiKU, PIN PUUItl IWU IIIIHUIVII Hfld lllirlV S
1 of thu troops. Of (ho crew of the ship
_ there were eleven dentils from thu time she
B wits disabled till the 8th inst
Major VVyee ami lieut. W. A. Winder
r> are amongst the passengers who have nrrip
ved in New Vork, Col. Galea, Col. Ilourk,
Major Merc hunt, Cupt. J mid and wife, Lieut.
" Fremont and family* Lieut. Looser, Lieut,
ii Vunvort, and the ladies and children are on
i' board the bark Kilby. Cant. Watkins, Lt. ^
h Chandler, and lieut. C. 8 Winder are on the
c J ship Artarctie.?Inl ?
"I will, but wait till to-morrow."
\ These >>ii words hate mined morv people
th hi ruin ntid li'ig.ilinn. The day before
t the (treat Republic, was barnt, one of the
r consignees was advised lo got hi# corn in*
9 aured. lie replied, ' I will, hut wait till tomorrow."
Hud he heeded lo his clerks advice,
he would not have been out a cent ?As
lie did not, however, he was out $11,000.
1 James Harper told his brother, a few days (*
1 liefore their great conflagration, that he
should go to a coppersmith s and got somet
thing more safe lo keep the eumphene in.?
f He replietl, " I will, but wait till to morrow "
r? Tomorrow came, and with it, a notice that
' Ihi/xie A I 'hi/., of Ohio, bad busted up and
cheated the firm out of $8,000 worth of
'* books, Tliis ipiite drove the coppersmith
K out cf .Mr. ll.'s head.nor did it route io again
" till n lire broke out in the cauiphe.ne cistern
* that covered theiu with sackoloth and ashes,
" especially sshsa. Our friend Fuse,of Brook,
lyii, is isnother gentleman that is alwayaMgot
l~ .u;_- L_. ..J *
iv UV nvuiliuill^t Uttw HCfW UWf?. ? ?
'* * 1 will, l>ut wait till ttx-mrwrow." TMe U
whit h? Mid wlu-o wo to d hiai to renew
* bio policy of ioHiirancf! on hi* life That ef
11 lernoon he waaatruek down whh upopclcxy
and was carried home by four dirty boy* '
9 and a abutter. He died the aui celling evening,
leaving Mr*. Fuha with ?ix children, no
a mouey, find an imadjnated butcher's bill.?
f From hk experience karo wkdom. Never
- put off tUl to-ntoiTow wliat should be done
to-day.?.V. Y. Du'cttmm.
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