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V , >lftp|il)if. * From the CfharUttrm Stnmiarrf. LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER AFRICA, New York, April 19. The British snd North American lloyal Mai) Steamship Africa, Captain N. Shanuon, has arrived at this port from Liverpool, with advices to Saturday, the 6th inat. The Liverpool cotton market hud ad vanced during the week truin 1 8-1. a I 4d. an the lower grades, and from 1 10J. a l-4d. on the better qualities. The sales dunng tho week comprised 00,000 bales, of which speculators took 14,000 and exporter* 3,000 hales, leiving 49,000 bales of all descriptions to the trade. We subjoin the quotations current the 6lh inst. Fair Orleans 0 3 4 !., Middling Orleans, d.; Fair Uplands, 6 3 8d.; Middling Up land* 5 7-8J. The market closed firm. The Liverpool breadstuff* market was quiet, a: 34*. per bbl. of 190 lbs. for Western Canal, and 30*. for Ohio. Corn was steady at 30s. per 480 lbs. for mixed. provisions were quiet, lvosim was less active, For spirits of turpentine there was a belter demand. Sugar had ndvauc*?d Is. pr-r cwt. but closed quiet. The advices from Manchester were piore favorable. Consols closed at 93 1 8d. The bullion in the bank of Kngland has decreased JL'75.000 sterling. Advices from Havre dated the evening of the 1st inst., say that the daily sale* ol cotton averaged 1,000 hales, and that i res urduiniri' Urleai;n whs quoted at 'J'2 frs. :o: ? GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. The advices by this arrival are nniinportant. The peace conferCRCp WHS still in section, cngugod in arranging the minor d Jtaila. A vessel arrived in England from New l'oundland, reports having aeon a strainer's lights in the ice on the Grand Panics. Peace hat l?een announced at St. Petersburg and favorably received. An American squadron w as cruising on the const of Spain. Inl Ft'RTIlKR BY THE AFRICA. An imperial manifesto, issued at St Petersburg on the 1st in*t., say* that, though the war was not sought by Russia, it had been waged by her w ith great energy.? Ti e rights of the Christian* in the East had bceu obtained, and the end of the >*ar thus secured. Special arrangements had been made to prevent the collision of Russian and Turkish vessels in the Black Sea. A new line of Frontier in Bessarabia bad been agreed upon. A letter from Cronstadt any* tbat a squadron of five steamers had been ordered to get ready for sea by tbo middle qf May, and it is supposed that the Czar or bis brother will visit France. The Spanish Government had confer ?/l ?!.? ' ' ? - " 1 ' , ??> ui me vioiuen fleece upon Napoleon1* son. Seven days later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE AR.4 IHA ?:o: ? CONFERENCE STILL IN SESSION. ? '? ? IIA up AX, Apnl ?*, 1850. I The British and North American Mail steamship Arabia, lias arrived at this port with dates front Liverpool to the 12th instant. The steamship* Ericsson and Persia, arrived out on the 12 th instant. ?Jo:? TJIE CONFERENCE. The Conference still held its sessions. It was said that Austria gavo trouble by persisting in her refusal to fix a time for I the evacuation of the Principalities. Her pretext was the necessity for protecting the country against disorder?until a reg ular administration could be established; although she was bound to quit the Ottoman territory on the conclusion of peace. Russia strongly iplliered to the position assumed by Austria, (.ater advicos, how fver, state that tho Austrian trooj)* wefe leaving the Principalities. Still later ift p'lligaree say* *!*?.' Austria I..,* _ , ? lv I pvacunte the Principalities. I'llrkey shows greet anxiety to l>e re- ' lifyef] fro pi the presence of the Allies. The Paris corjo.sf.ondenl of the London Pont writes that the telegraph inconstant ly employed on the Italian question, between Naples, Vien a and Paris?f'ou;it Cavour's proposition having hcen r?h rr?d , to iIm**o Court* by France and England, for a final decision. A commission of Russian and Austrian ' officers, formed for the rectification of the ' Moldavian frontiers, was in Paris waiting orders. , FRANCE. A despatch from Paris states that the i Allies had ordered the raising of block- ' a<les in all neutral ports. | The French Government denies having in contemplation an expedition to Madagascar. It was said that the Emperor Napoto* pn will visit Algeria. I The French army is to l>? reduced from i 000,000 to 400,000 men. A considerable decline in the market at i Marseilles has occurred. WS*?:V Advices from St. Petersburg state that the prohibition on tlie export of produce , jias been repented. -j A proclamation by the Cxar says, that the Ru*e;an fleets in tlie Black and /\ioff will net be Many grain vessels at OJessa had received order* to proceed io Marseilles. The energies of the Russian Government, it i* said, will now he devoted to the accomplishment of an alliance with France, the completion of gr^at railway*, and to tho diffusion of a fueling favornlde to Russia over the continent, and especial- i ly in Germany. -jot? j WAIN. 'flie Spanish Government refuse* to i j give lodrcsa for firing into the Eldorado, i THE BOUND DI ES. : The question of the Danish Sound Dues i ; hns made no progress. The action of the i , United States Government was prohahly awaited. | It was said that the English Cabinet < i would r? jec*. the proposition for a reenpit- i ulation of the Sound Dues, on the terms | ; proposed ; hut would itself other a propo! Mil ion. ? J":? ! TUK SEARCil FOR THE rACIFIO. j The two war steamers, Desperate and I Tartarus, sent out hy tho Driiish Govern- i J iiient, to look for the Pacific, had returned , to Gal way, Ireland, after nine day's fruit- 1 ' less search, ARRIVAL "OF" THE ARAGO, RETURN OF MR. HUGH AN AN. i ?to:? Nkw York, April 24, 1850. Tho steamship Arago, w'th Havre i dates to the Oili instant, lias arrived at > this port, bringing Mr. Hiichanan as a . passenger. He was received as a guest of the. City, j nnd escorted to the Kxerett limine. To 1 morrow lie will give a reception, and do- J eliding n public dinner, will leave for Plnldelphia on the same day. MARKKT RKPOUTfi. Nkw Ohi.kank, April 24, 1856, j 8,500 bales Cotton were sold to day in an easier market, before lite reception of | the Arabia's news, after which the market became firmer. Middling Orleans i* i 3noted at 10 5 8 a 10 V 8e. fctcrilng js j rooping at 0 5 8, Nkw Voiik, April 21, 1856. Cotton is activr, and has advanced.? | 5,000 littles have heen disposed of at 11 ' 1 2e. for Middling Orleans, and 11 1 4 for j Uplands. Flour is lower. 0.500 hid*, have boon j #o!d at 1=0 12 per bid. for Straight Slate, j 40,000 bushels of corn have been sold at 62c. per bushel. Spiri.s Turpentine is worth 30e. per gal I Ion, with s:|It's of JO0 hid*. 3,500 bids Itctin have been sold at ^ 1 05c. a 1 80 per bbl. Rice is dull, with sales of 300 tierces, Freights are quiet. RATJTv W0>1 NICARAGUA. j The Defeat of Schlesaingcp Confirmed. Nkw Om.t.ANs, April 22, 1856. The steamship Charles Morgan, ha* ar- ! rived at this port wi?h later dates from 1 San Juan. 'J he repoit of CoJ. Schlessing'-r's defeat ' i* confirmed. Forty men of his force were i Lill...t nml #1./* v.......a..I ^ I ?. ! xtMvti) ? Hi' iviiinmn IlilM nill'WI i%\ T Kivas. The cause of the disaster u.is tlip 1 utter disregard of tho rtMomary preoau i tions against surprise, and the cowardly ' conduct of Sell h***i rigs r which communicated n panic to his men. The passenger* by the steamship state j that General Walker holds a fi?rt po*i tion, and in receiving large accessions to | J his force. I ; A battle hail oecurreil at Ariinp. >ka, J between fourteen American* ami two hundred Costa Kicans, in which the latt? r I ' were defeated with a loss of thirty men killed. IJ v later accounts Walker is reported to J have been at the head of VOO men, march- ! ' ing to meet the Costa Kicans who expect I J ed to invade Niarngna. Col. J'arkei II. French had reached San j 1 Juan in high dudgeon, and chartered a 1 schooner in convey himself, the materials 1 ! for his printing office, and all his property I ' to Aapiuwall. The cause of his ipiarrel 1 with General Walker is unknown. ! 1 Tho intelligence concerning thing* in 1' Nicaragua i* meagre and possibly unrcli- i ! able. A Hairs present a strange aspect. j1 i i The Notth Carolina Democratic Con* I vention. j j The Democratic State Convention as- ; : setnbled in the Capitol building this day I at 11 o'clock. It i? considered by many . i the largest political Convention ever held | in this Stale, between three and four httn- , j dfetj delegates lieing in a'.fpndaiiee. ( ; .). (.}. aulivph* f ], of Cumberland, was , I chosen to p;u*iti? ovgr the del.b< rations Ot i t' e Convention. j The President on taking the Chair, a 1- I dr< s*ed the Convention on the political i top * of the day. His remaiks were well | 1 recwvt'ii, (iov. I?r-?gg \vn? unanimously ic nomi- I nsloil l<?r the office of Governor, ami a < Committee appoints! to wait upon him I nn<) fc;:up?t |p* acceptance. Tlie Coin- | mitteo tpturped after a brief ahence, ac- 1 companied by (Jpveriior 1> , w ho out *red ( tlie hall amid great cheering and applause. 1 In a speech of considerable length, gieat , i ability and soul stirring eloquence, Gov. | liragg accepted the no||ii|intion. J t Resolutions wpre t;R*|pmou*ly sd ipted, i | approving the administrations of | r??i- j dent I'ierco and Governor Bragg, and t declaring the Hon. Franklin iVrce the ! t i first choice of tho Democratic parly of < North Carolina for the next Presidency. < Other resolutions, re-sffinniiig the Democratic policy, were adopted with < great unanimity. j The JIon. \V. ft. Asho, of New llano- i Pllon. Bedford of Caswell; i . ||eath, psfp, of Chowan; and W. i Avery, esq., of Rurke, were elected t delegates for the State at Urge to the Cincinnati National Convention ; ami the ? Hon. John IJ ill, of.Stokes; Dr. Col tun bus | Mills, of Polk; Win. Hill, esq., of llali- < fas; and R. 0. Ilayward, esq., of Wake; < weie selected as alternanes. j lion. Henry Shaw, of Currituck, and the lion. Samuel P. Hill, of Caswell, were appointed olectors for the $tnte at lar^e f From the Charleston Courier. Ait&ok tad Defeat of the Indiaju. Jacksonville (Fla.,) April 10. ^ You have no doubt ere tliix reccii'flJ the extra of the Turn pa l'entnsulnr, which passed through this place on Tuesday last, giving an account of the pursuit by ^'' a party of volunteers of the Indians who 1 lw" attacked l>r. Biadcu's residence cn the *',f Manatee, and the fatal result to them on lo thy afternoon of the Cth inst. That no- j rt'? count was given as somewhat uncertain j wa in the extra, and the regular issue of the ' Herald, which reached hero to day, states ol. the subsequent arrival of Captain Bishop, > ot from Manatee, with details of the affair. ' fiU Oapt. Addison, with seven men, compris- ! I'1 ed the attacking party. | n"' When tho Indians were discovered n ,nt poition of those commands crossed the ,0' creek, and charged the Indians in the rear, while the leinainder halted on the M'" opposite side; thus completely surround- j H''' ing the enemy. Tlueo Indian-, did not i escape, ns before slated ; all of tlie seven, | ,<>e save the two who were shot at tnc first ; fire cn the party, threw themselves into !lnt the creek, and arc supposed to have drown* on ed. The water w as reddened for some c,u distance below the place of attack, by the blood oozing from tbo wounded Indians. ?},I One of tlie Indians wlto wa* scalped was l',r ii< t inst tntly killed, but mortally w ounded. lie could talk very good English? 'nr desired to be taken to a doctor?said that on< Okchau, the sub chief who led the attack ol' on the IStli January, near Fort Detiaud, met them there; ;hat the Indian pony 'ou captured belonged to Ukehsu, and that 5?' be jumped into the creek. Lie also said co* that Billy Bowlegs had as many warriors ,m as lie wanted?that lie (Billy) had sent . him to Manatee to capture the negroes. 1,1 After sounding the creek, the bottom "!' ot which rould not he reached with "a ten ,'',|s toot pole," and burying tbo Indian bag- j gage, which would hare loaded a wagon, I w" the paity started !o Manatee with the i ,tr negroes, mules, and wounded Indian.? i ,or I hoy had not proceeded many paces, however, when the Indian fell, and was H'' until lu to proceed further, lie was then i "]( ordered to be shot, which order wn? ! T|t obeyed, j 1 'Ilia above nre all tho additional details t given by the l'. iiinsular, I '1 he same pajcr mentions that about in< foity citizens of Manatee were last week ' 'J" mustered into (lie service of die State by (Jen. Jc.jic Carter, under coii.mnud of Capt. John Addison. ' n"' It will be observed that companies nre j 111 ' being mustered ^ into the Slate's service, by ' l'l<J w liieh I hey nre not necrssarilv reeemd o1'' into ( niled States scr\icn at once. In one of my former letter?, in rcloiriig to ' 'V the or.ler emanating ti e (Jeuend com j WMI mandiii'jr the State brigade, for tlo> enrol. I I"" merit ?>f companies, to complete tlie j infantry regiment, l?y Muling that those un< enrolled were* received, ii is merely un- I *Jr' lerxioo'i a? received into the State service s " to ntflm orders f?>r active duty, ami recop- . tioti by the General (?o vein men t. Pertain companies of the State troops haw j J."" he en received hy the Government, though j '* hut a small proportion of the brigade he ! n,,t ii g raised hy the State. The preset t\is- | "* it o( the Governor of the State to Wash- ,,nl ingtc-n is I presume in reference to the re , on' ception of additional troops into the ser ' rice and provision for their payment. The Florida Prosbvtc-iv meet in litis 1 10 plape, for the first time, this evening, and ; *cr will coiil'nue their seasons from day to 'j"1 day until their business is closod. There * will he some twelve or fifteen clergymen I'.1" present, ttev. Mr. Myers, of kit. Angus ' line, ami Iter. Mr. of Paint n'" ka, aie present. Also other Itev. gentle ' " men?ii. V. Fleming, Nar san c ounty ; < ,IU * dr. Hamilton, Montieollo; f?r. Auld, Mac!. j 1,101 son. There is at pr"sent hut one Pr<-s j / ytery in Florida, wliieli includes sonic of uu., lie lower portions of Georgia. Florida dec I w as formerly comprehended in one of tin* frt>n Presbyteries of Georgia. The times of (j0n int eting are semi-annual. The last meet- 0tfv ng was held in Thomasville, (?a. A die Presbyterian Church was established in Jacksonville about 1840, and in 186d a ' uU | *ew of that devoted sex ? "the I ?st at the j j<.n, ross and the tiisl at the grave"?nuiicd : occ-i heir efforts towards the erection of a he- ! Hl, J itling temple cf worship. In tliis woik | vv,.| hey had tlie eo operation of tite*r new I r?i; anstor, Ucv. Mr. Sptoul. New a very ! ihis .-haste and commodious edifice stands us iiiuiiiimciii 01 uu'ir well doing, end *or 1 c.tJ ri-.'o is regularly held therein, in picsenee ' ran if a congregation very fair in number*. \yj The highly respaclod llishop ol the 1 _\ir Protestant Kp:fcopnl 1 >;ocea? of Florida, ' i|ic, liev. I)r. Kill ledge, was expected hero oil 1 |loll Sunday the !|0.h lilt., to administer eon ' |,es.. irmation, for which there tyera verv mi | t|)(> uerou* yatididuli 3. Mueji to the ,di#ap- 'still [miiitine'it of the congregation, the gi>od rrft [iisl'Op d.d not arrive, nor ha* ho y?t ; J cached her-, IJi* aWtire is accounted |rvh '..r by the possibility of a felapuo (>f ^iek- ry t nusti, Iioiii which he suffered soiue month 1 jr (wo since, ,\0 otIter reason woub! gru iiavo forced him to fail in an appointment I frol o which lie is ever so faithful. He will 1 we yet be hero on his Kpiscopal visitation.? ' |,e | 1'lie Kpiscopal Church here, by th? way, uf s ias la-en prospering tinder the lieet -whip | are if (he llev. Win. Hours. The building j Vvh< ias been n?w|t painted on its whole exte- ! t.au ior, and the spiritual growth oftlieChimli | [>,. aid le signally evinced by tlio number ' (J|l( >f candidates presented for confirmation. I The Mcthodis's have in liand the erec- can ion of nn entirely new church edifice.? j do liev. Air. Tydinga in now the mniMcrnf ' fj|, lio congregation. Itev. John C. lay, ' w? ' residing elder. J an)l *| lie Haptist* It are no church building j rHn vill.il) the town, although their Aasoeia- UA| ioli i* in active existence ill Florida. The |,?0 longregation here occupy a small l?ri< k I (>t" lliurch, about a mile went of the town. I w;t| The Cut holies k?cp pace, in their in- ! p,,)| renne and effort*, with thcjrcoiii|>etilor?, w|,j f 1 may ao speak of tli? dTtf^kpt branches CAn if religiouiata into w|iii-tf tlfw^lpeality, as veil an the ra<-t of tliia ctiriatian republic, ' % either fortunately or unhappily d.ri- AT led- <" <Jol. Staik Perry, of Alachau county, u.d Judgo l?. S. Hawkins, <f Apalachico- w' a, are, in common report, the properties | ne* :andidatea of tho democracy, now in con 1,"' dure nt Madison, for (Jorernor and Con- ' jresa, in th* order 1 name them. | c*' TU9CAWILLA. j Why it the letter 0 like the supt Be- | thci aute it is the centre of light ' dea AVo/rt (he Edgefield Informer. A a Eloquent Appeal. [ii the House of Representatives on (lie ill inst., Mr. Oliver, of New York,from ? i CoiuinilU-u on Invalid Penaions.reporh bill for the relief of Mrs. Mary K. iiua*), of litis District, which whs real | ice, when tho Hon. P. 8. Rrooks made j ' following eloquent and stirring appeal . (lie House, in far or of its passage We ! ;ret that Mr. Mace's first projarsition s not adopted, which would have affor- ; 1 means lor tho education and rearing i the daughter in a manner more worthy , the Government, in whos.? cause the her and brothers sacrificed their lives, i 0 bill was passed without opposition, J owing her only twenty dollars per mill. We copy fiom the National In- j ligencer: uMr. Drook?, of South Carolina, eloantlv and feelingly urged the burnetiipassage of the Lill.? It is (lie remark 1 the unanimous report of Hie commit- | to which was referred the petition ofi s. Tillman, a widow lady of toy Dis t. When a requisition was made tip South Carolina lor service in the Mexi lei i war, this lady gave to her count iv fri ry member of her family nt that time, |10 table of hearing arms?a husband and j,u ee sons. All went, Put not one return- | . to dry a mother's tears with the gal- j itiy of her soldier boys. Tho bones of' a of this family now iic at Sallillo, an- j 11,1 ler fell at Jalapn, another lies buried bv ( i castle walls of lY-rote, and the last j un' the close of his earl'rly career ami j *'"? uthful auibilion nt the capital of Mcxi ha lly a strange fatality, tho only ro- .-ic< lining son?a hoy too young to dis ?r irgo the duty of supporting the family ,.j, the absence of his elder brothers?by i accidental fall from his horse, injured ^ spine, nnd is now a paralytic for life. ^ is lady is thus left, in the decline of life, . ill a helpless chiM, and a little datigh- m' entirely dependent on her exertions their ami her own support. '1 his is a rrative of h<-r petition, ami in it she ad? tho hope that her country wi.l ie- nb anl?ci her facrifice* and rcqtrte her scr- |,n * t "... '"1 Of the farts stat.-.l in her petition it was ^ r misfortune lobe a witness. One of, I \\*( r sons enlisted in the Alnhama regint ; the father and the remaining som istered iti the sen ice of tho 1 nited I r'ii ites in a compatir under my own com Ul nd. Considerations of personal n'tivh j tei nt might possibly liavv bad sir. Influence I determining them to join the army ; but | i love of our friends is after all hill ai.- j er name for the love of our country.? j ?KI w no I* incapable of the tlrst will Mire- | j bo found recreant in I!? ? hour of hi- j ^ intrv's need. The interest I take in the ^ wage of l!iis hill is but the pure reflw ii of tlint friendship which lluit father H'x I those ln?\s ho re to me, and it con i tu" iin? nit toil., that for the mother which . th' i will not ?!o for herself. She appeal* dr< to your oliniity, hut to your magnn | lit, litv. i appeal to liotli. 1 ask you to | |ir< bread in the inotilli of the widow and | r>?( i??rless. Sho conies with confidence, | a(v I, with the dignity ?.f the mother of so modern Grtieclii, demands that Iter { lie shall be recorded in the statutes of j country. dr. Mace, of Indiana, had examined . m?' bill, and it simply proposed to pay i old widow eight dollars per month. Af j Sai the statement made hv the gentleman i lav it Smith Carolina, he was unwilling j ccr t the hill should give so mnerahle a , j|ir anee; and ho therefore moved that j nn it dollars per month he stricken out j jj ( fifty dolUta ipaerted. ,-\t the instance , ? ^ nanv gentlemen, however, lie would Itfv his motion so as tu make it f20 a , ilh. ?'d ? * ? - I Wft i MKIttCAN TltAC r SoCIl.TY, TIlO A 1 'PI, iean Tract Society lias \ely properly |(| ( lined to accept one bundled dollars ... ii a Cotigrelioiial church in |(?rtfoid j iiieclicut, on the coud.lion that it he 1 red as a premium hy the Society I'm ; Wit tract on slavery. Hitherto the I 'he icty has puhlUhed nothing distinctive fun the subject; neither could it, in cotisis- uni :y with the hrond platform which it nl* ii pies. The Jforth needs iio such tiacts j the publication of them by '.lie Socjely i tt|| ,pd nt ogee cut it off from future opeons iu the South. Its neutrality op i subject has called fpiti. the ire of the iv York liulejiendent, which has labor- ' .. to dragoon the Society into its own J ks, or *o alienate its present supporters. 1 ten we object* to the piineiple of the ' lericau Tr-.ct Wociety, in diluting the : ,nu iili>'2v u| its i)iih!ic>it.ons to suit ?ll #l?- 1 wn niitiUK ii*. him] e*|NviNi'y to its inadapt- citi * lo furnish a theological literature for . or 1'iesby teriaii Church, me regal ded and ! rev fogard our puaiii(t|u ax ?;-ujid and irliable, ^ poi turing that controversy wp bad little1 nu| ipathy front those who consider slave- ' ^ lie ell(0 and siil/Mftncc all theology ; | we now feel (io ayinpatjiy for llie j and *h:c!s they opcupv. Judging ii the antecedents of these reformer*, cr" should expect tin* next luctniiiin would l',a fu( the beat defence of the superiority '"I >llHlp'l lilies to 1 ' lh!e*. The iiioil who hie active in this movement are those ' uja jse very element is agitation. They i in no more live w ;;liont it, than, they can (vr sober ami sensible pc j?!e, like other 1 ?|-i | ,(,f t ix our op.nion that tbeto reformers i no more about the slave* than they j about the iid.ubitHnts of lioiiobooia 'u<> n. l iioy are the last |>cr?oti* to wliom should look for any practical effort to1 " ? i-liorate the condition of the colored enr i?, either a? to their temporal or spirit- *la condition. fire great body of the p?o i at the North, who are the real friend* the colored man, have no sympathy ' It ihl* faction <>f radical*, who won hi j>i? I down evcrv benevolent institution ' pjt ch will not join in their Uhninelitic' rpaign*.?- ifil $chtk>( PreabyUriaH. , )nkal>ii i. mumauty hu?m ciioi.kka i by zaxtk, ionian ui.amjo.? iterant adire* from 7/intc state that the cholera ceased to rage at that place; lull ile disponed to rejoice at this cheering ttfl tt, we mntt not overlook the fact that thj :e a large number of person* were car- j I off hy this fatal disease. The statisti l'" report e*l ihits tlic startling fact that n the 8th of October to tire 20th of l"nl renrher, 1 i.r>&, out of meagre populat ion ?tp re were 1,082 caNfs pf^hv lera, and 011 ' ' tlr*. ' f \i Iljf LANCA8TERVILLE, S.C. KDXKSDAY MOBNjMflfc Al'RIL 30, 18 OUR FIR8T PAGE C>n our first page * W be (bund an exc it piece of I'oety, written by our you end and follow*-citizen, J. I). W. V pe friend, that you w ill not stop at If t that we may hoar from you often, always a pleasure. to publish original i les, but more especially la it so, wh L>y cniinatc from young men of our tr an. There are in it, one or two error*, whl *rc trade in correcting, and r.a wo did r vo time to read it over n second time, count of the hand* having to muster H day, they crept into the pn|?cr. til I rhteenth line of the second paragraph, rej nvc e'en In victory," Ac., instead of "ga 'n victory Ac., and in the eighth li low that, read, M ll'Ao'i vanquished," A itead of' Who so vanquished," Ac. THE SUMTER WATCHMAN. Wo learn from lie last number oft ovc paper that J. R. I In;nosworth, Ks a retire i from the editorial chair of lhatt Idisliment, ard has been succeeded by Gilbert, Esq. Wo wish Mr. llnvm ?rth every siicecc* $11 t|iu new duties iv see fit to nRsume. Wo also extend t hi Hf" of f. Mow ship to Mr. Gilbert, n >h liiin belter success than generally t ids the ronntiy editor. FOR KANSAS Messrs. W. It. WlLir.n and W. X. Rtji .1. have left Anderson for Kansas. 1 I Uk p. will leave for the same place ir v days. They will go with the AbLevi |>.inj , niiii miii endeavor in gel (In months before the election in Octol \t, in order lli.it they may be legally en d to a vote. Hutu tun three ninj lite l|i d young men have, or will, taken up t c of ii|at|ih for Kansas. We hope a ki tvidenoo will preserved and prosper the I that they may never forget that tli South C'arolinii ne to the manor born. REGIMENTAL MUSTER. n e companies composing the "dint Re( nt. Sooth Carolina Militia, met on I I field in the '. h'inily of this town, lorday list * armed and equipped aa t / directs, for drill and review." The o * assembled the day previous, and wr ough the manual, which. we undcrstar s peitormed with the ulinoat aceuracy, t the perfurmanee on Saturday tvnsequ >nt Hiiprrior, ta ftp)thing we have cv n. The officer* and privates all avqui themselves admirably, Tlio Regime h reviewed by Ilrigadier General Taylo e General in a bold looking officer, m de a splendid appearance on the licld.i ;emaik?, at tlie close of the u?u?l< re W ell-ti|ped and uppropriate, and li lu? for the prosperity and happiness gentlemen composing tho Regiinei ind a resting piaci in the heart of eve ? present. Cols. Ckockf.tt and l*rt< 0 addressed the Regiment,nt|d rvrryl||(l lied e'(l quietly, and tq the satisfaction BURNING QF A NEGRO. i\ negro man w.is burned to deat|,, at \ :ig*, Muptgumery Country, . on V' 1 iu?t? for the murder of Ids overseer, Capeheart. The cirr it instances of tl irder, and the delils-ration with whi?h perpetrated, was enough to arouse tl zens of the neighborhood in w hich it w nn,n<..a i.. 1. : ? * wmhtu, iu mtu iiiiiiiimi|.iiu ana suiipn enge of lite HciidNh assassin, and we pr iif tlmt no on4' * " venture them for Hit ir*e. fitfHi ?p ucalitin wry much, tl I ivy of such action. The penalty stLohy the law to the coimiinoiitin of sui met, in siitliciciitly severe and in aueh r is certain to b o inflllieted. lb-aide*, tl city sod inhumanity of such scenes i t cnsctfd ?t -Ml. Meigs, furnishes delicti good for the greedy appetites the od-hoiinds of Abolitionism, who svi. Hi such thing* us (sod sends to aid the drawing more horrible pictures of tl anny and oppression of negro slavery.v expiring groans of the poor vietiitti ) burst fprlh from er?c^ling Hautcs s sic to tliw'.r wry ami!*- H is nol svi Iiy for the poor negro. font rather a Ip. delight they experience in contemplatii mount of ini*chief they con do to na I bclliahing and miarepreaenting the actu tc of fac|a. PIC HIC. The citixena of lamciiatcr Village, and l! itrict generally, ore invited to attend : Nic, al thu franklin Academy, in I^i Itr ut> Fridaay the ad of Ma i addruaa, on K<|uont j??n, will be deliver J. VViilltma, K*?|. Supposed Howl Of tho A deapaleh from I'rovinretnw n, ilea that a bottle had dri^rf) a*hore it |>lnco containing a U tter w^icb aaid |h i IVifip was on Grand Bapk, her puu he. ?pd her mr.chinery out of ordyr, a |a(| for inimediatf assistance. Aid w mediately sent. I'apt. Aya EMredgo cooaldyrs this rep< ipax. CtiintanitiffltiBUfl. __ *7Bi ** W (For the f^lgpr. Mr. Editor : I noticed, In the la?t number of tliu I?cdger,a communication addressed to me, personally, highly fluttering, and approbatory, ol my political opinion*, in vindication of Southern right* and inloneato, and in mtpnoing Northern wrong* and #g? g cessions; and culling upon me, publicly, to VdV'W if I will allow ?ny name to bo plnced in nom&ation on candidate to represent this bulric-l in tlw> ucxi legislatures signed * One of Many Friends and also, in tlis sr.me paper, au announcement, in which my name has been placed in nomination as a candidate fur live Isegiainture, at tlia next election, signed " Numerous Frienda.** For the very polite and courteous terms in which m( the call has been inadc, nnd uiy name announced ns a candidate for the legislature, and the very flattering manner in which the nomination has been received since its an nounccmcnt, I in ay be permitted to return my sincere thanks, which 1 do hereby cor\v dliilly tenJt r to "One of Many Frienda," "** nnd ulao to - Numerous Friends,** for this generous manifestation of their disinterested nr* consideration and kindness; nnd to express lCn mv obligations by saying, that I highly np. preehite the compliment bestowed, nnd nc| eept of their nomination as a candidate for 'v'1 j the House of Representatives, in the same ",t ! spirit in which it was tendered ; and if electon I ed, I will endeavor to discharge the duties i of the trust with fidelity, and to the utmost ',c \ of my ability, nnd in nerordance with the | Constitution of this State,nnd of the United vc ! States, in its letter and spirit. nt' J. WILLIAMS. [For the Lc./grr. Mr. EniTor.: We see Mr. S. II. Mawy I hna called upon the candidates for the l?egislatiire, to know the "why and wherefore" concerning the causes of our taxc* rising rjJ every year. Wc concur with him in hia views, and would be glad, not only to learn " ' tim causes concerning this matter, but would ,r , Ik- glad to know if some other things could be I , , , , ... .. ... - i uui uo explained wiin im m. Wc liavo ati way* thought Hint (lie Jurcr*, who arecompolled to attend lb* court*of common plea*, were not paid aa much for their service* ax they ought to be, for the majority of them arc men who live i.t a di?tauru from Uie court house,a'd are con?|?cllcd to l?e at considerable labor nnd expense to attend,* it hout consider1 * \ ing th? losa they aus'ain by hoboing absent ; from theirliOMiic**, neither does it appear to Tv | be ec(ual,f?>r thoao who live near tlie court *'r | houae^ran attend and sacrifice nothing but ; their time. Nowata the intention ol" tbe Inw U u>" | to do juat'ieo to u|l, w* would ask if a man i who livea twelve niilrafroiu the court limine in not entitled to more pay, undo the cir 11,1 ! cU instances, than 0110 who lives at the Court r- j houao | Again, the state witnesses are bound j to attend the court", and yet, Afo p.t.d not t inf. Can the Statu make such a request of ' it* citizens, w hen it i* aide to apend enorttimia b'1" *uui" of money for other things that cannot ' ' benefit many of itw inhabitant". Again, in "n | iiic trial* of negroes and inquest*. nnd capo, cially in the trials of n< groe*, nu-u arc bound ' to meet duy after day, and ait at 'heir own n> expense, oit the tri.il*, without any rrmuneration for their serv ires; but the moat ss~~ ' teniahing part of thia business, after all, ia, ,1'' [ that when men hr\e been eoni|?elhd to ?|. er | tend and *ettle ?ueh cases, according to law "* ( and ctldtnrr, which they arc sworn to do. n? j and the judge panne* aeiitenru ujwyi the criminal, then a petition may bu gotten tip* and theCoiuniaiidi-r in Chief?without hcor; ing but one aide of the case, many timr*? I' I cut) undcrstapd ilie case belter than a judge "" and tw elve ffci holders. Now , how csn s , inan who may rlinotc to bo elected Cover| nor, have moic (Jiacernmotit than those who j are personally informed sbout the mslter? 1 M la it because t||t>y hare more iufofmation '? and a greater dupcftition to do justice than ! tb? court, or ia it Itcpansu the judge and juj rors are not Intelligent and well enough 1 informed to make a just decision? I I, j That Ihj* ia l|iv present condition of afl_. ; fairs iu uur Slate, and that it?Si,?? ? ?m?v UK Uf*" | " """ w n ; nluut m above stated, no one will attempt l)o to deny. But U may Ih? said, if the juror'a il . wa^r* wrro raided, it wou'd increase onr I t.ixca. We advise that thing* be earefully ^ 1 looked into, i.o i )t?t ll.ey w ill not ronflk-t ty | witlt va^Ji otb'-r, by spending less in other et 1 Wal9lr llut suppose the Uir* should W InrrtM* I ! ed, ??u!J it not l?? |-r?fcrnLle to the present Ij I condition of affairs} The people would be | receiving benefit when called upun to serve the State. .Mr. Editor, we have not d?ne le | justice to the subject, and are not competent | to do ii, i>ui we hope utat tho candidates ( ! who are n< w before the people, to represent 0f lauieaster in the Legislature, will not only te ' g'v* u* their views, but a full explanation i ,.rn..u ?-?? ?? ? ? , _. .umja, lor we ininK they are of |(> more importance than many other tiling* whUh are Uiado h"l)bj* of. M ?SW* Z Qua CQREK8P0U DEKCK. ||. ATfHt?Ui*i K T-1 April 7th, I KM. ig I.r W?|tr.; After * journey of nearly lay three weeks, our little " Spartan Band " arial rived aafely rl the flourishing town of AU (liiaop. C|pr party, aa I stated in my flrat letter, con*iat? of nineteen young men? mechanics, lawyer*, doctors, etc.?who etrilit* grated for the purpoae of becoming ln>na jtJr a , settlors, and to protect the rights of the f- South. I bulieve we were the first enmpaJf. | ny that left the old I'almeUo State, for Ihia >*d land of promise ; still there are other rom* I panics lrow the asms section of the State ?Charleston?rowing on. An Km'graot Aid Society has been formed in Charleston, ?., oy w hlch many young men destitute of the st meant, are enabled to emigrate. Enough isl is provided fcr esch emigrant to maintain its hiiu si? month* ftfler hie arrival. The lleulh nd ia alive to th? importance of sending typi* as grants to this Tprritery, end well she msy be ae the afeplitieaiste pouring in here >rt like the loo?It of Kgypt, end are not roe. tent with earning peaceably, bet art smng* gllng in Sharp'* Rifles, cannon, etc., a qv tity of which ?rew wired n JRi# day* ay ' Islington M? Hh'-y Ufi up 'i marked *Vnrpent?r'a tools*" < I am Well pleased with Kanariu?-it Ki ji.? the place for a young man. Tiiere is I abundance of excellent land at Govern meu rates, * I as per aero. W?ge? are eery M*, in every branch of business, and plenty v r wcrk. So cume on, ye hard working miua of Carolina, and ^ct ruth. jr < There are a great many little vllagca in ' the Territory, many of wWeh arc along lb* Missouri River, and some promising to la\ come place* o? much import****, lasven. | worth city i* about the largest \ilfcgn on i the River. Atchison i? also n ptnee of roo. sidcrnble note, and is growing every day-j population about 1,000. The extreme. ' i en hi weather hna prevented much building being (bmc tdh lately; but the din j of the hammer* aaw, atul trow si, OM tO hta | heard Iron..one end of the town to.the oth. er, and the ery, > More mortar, morubrioka,"" I greets tho ear from every point QoiU a | rivalry exUt* between I^avynworth ulty an?k Atchison, which tends very materially to? j increase their popularity; nlld althoUgifti ; Leavenworth citv has the advantage of At' ehison in utMsy respect*,ahe must,nevertheless. uack now ledge the core," before th*year is out, thai her neighbor?-Atchison?* is far ahead of her. It Is nothing new to. see n village every ten or fifteen inilesjslon#Uie Missouri River, and the m ijority of them, be it said to their credit, have a newspaper of their own, which are, T am told, support-, ed very handsomely. I was inter,'stingly. surprised at the Intelligence displayed by th?I Western people, who are rough In appear! anee, though refined in manners, and as kind) I to at .-angers as men can be. The people of J Atchison bate been very kind to our little party?one gentleman,T'ol. Atiell, gtneiuna* ; Iv gave us a house to lite in, whilst otfiyr i gentlemen lent iin their nitl in various way*/ j Our party arc now >jctii?g on finely. I would ' here klitti*, for the benefit of emigrant*, that : Atchiaon i? about the brtt plater In Kan<a?r j to land at, and that all true Suntherticr* w ill ' find plenty of friends on their arrival at mid town. Since writing the al>ovr, i learn, by tli?r . arrival of the Stentner J. II. I air us at our Ijevee this morning, that the Steamer Mar. i tha Jewett, wliieh loft St. lamia n few data I k?ii, lis* on board another large company of ' South Carolinian*, destined for tliia place. Well done for the old I'alnirtto State. Your*, &r, WAMIKHKR. [A'iDhi the Ch'ti Int'tn Stamford. A RUMAN HORN. We are indebted to the polite allcnine-a . of t I'rvie i'on Uet, M 1', of dim city , lor ! the opportunity of nvini; one ul tlicMnun ' i^cal tunkb u| nuluru u ha* ever oceii our I |n>rtion to |uuk "|*Ui U ia nothing hr*a j than a horn taken from n living huiuau I head. The ci|rioaiiy ol? the pub.lc i* otteti j elicited bv fanciful reaoitililmiCCft, and an| otn:i!.ea >t organization, or olien, by coiii| teny, taken tor what they nre im ; but the Rub>t:iiu-e bef ?re u> v* *o properly ? i Iioiii that, to common olmcriMUon, the utnurdity would consist in cuhmtf it amy I lllill^' el*e. while ll ? size of It. anil ik?<? ' Mliuii mid *hapc of iu development, etc | lorcv* I lie |'plonely ul such a designation, 'l ilt! reMMIlblaHCU lo H lioril <>f lilt) Mlhc ; size, tikcii from llie I tend of a ram in |*r> feel, aiitl protruding from llu right side of ! llie lie*.I ami run in^'Ju?li?Mil so as to toutili llie leuij'ltvl i* diiti ,-ult lo realize the i fael lli.nl it ?m naturally there for the put* t jn.se t?f offence. l!i? dagutreotypeof llie ! subject wan tukeii bciorv Out lorirwaliou mm* removed, and the head present* iiuile | n loniiitlahle appear.iticu. A* Wulidetfnl a* a the ea?o lo lu, and aa it, dcul Hess. Mill be lo uur re.?<Ur?, il it Pol without a i preeedetif ill human history, ;md Dr. l'or' el.or, ill llie Medical 4oU{Wfc! M Mt} ? \ goes the f.j lot* ing account of il \ I The sill jetft of (hit lelviitlValiia Ct^sc %r?* I a ri'^rm, aged about A'j, l*HU ?* ? * HUu"laUoit in St. John ? lieikley, S, f ^ n<d I owned by Mr*. I*. She mh? o:her?\?e r?* markably healthy, and the mother of ?*t t % r*l children. Tlreiuinor commenced fuHtP ing miw eight year* since, nilh a swelhtuf ?rtl Uncharge, and. t'ier a Millie, a gt?di.<. ! al increase in ?ize. i hiring the four mouthy ' preceding it* removal il grew ?nm* t<*H inchi-s ami having, iu curving around^ ' reached llie fice in the temporal regionv j just to llie left of one eye, and having 1 coitm eneetl to produce suppuration of that kin aiili which it had come in cnftt^ct^ its immediate removal was necessitated. The horn, its il may very properly U CAliad, i* ab??ul fteven niche* iu length Colt lowing its outer border, the other ana shorter lamjer being precisely four. Ita i |r<i.i?t diameter is two and three quarter i {in hen, It* removal, which was done* iu ])<* ' ctinler, 1&M. i" 'he presence of f>r. l?. J.Cain,a.td several UudetlU of ibeCkaslcw1 ton I'reparnlorv Medical School, Was ac j companies! with eornparatively Fttle pain. niki wm accomplished with n tint pit |>iv toury pnaaed around iu bate. It hh found to Iw attached to the atulp and pi* riostvum? its proper herd structure bceom-. ipjj cartilaginous and ?oft m the aculi ??t approximated, *0 n* leadily to allow <4 ??4 entire base being divided with the kail*. There wa* comparatively HttU bleeding^ 1 ft compress of lint and ft bandage Xufth-inf, after h little while, to ftrreet it. Tl>f?u were not removed aevernl days?aim-. p!e dnieing completed the citrp, and in about tliree week* aire #*? eeat buck tc* her intatfcas completely well. It waa (band upon examination afterward*, that ?om?* r\.u*ma of the original growth etiU, rt* maincd, and there wee tome probability that it might increase ta site and again require removal. The patient te la me that she liaa Wen denf in one ear ever since the growth flr?t made ita appearance, wbi<;h can be exI j p'air.ed hy prewwre on nerrce at the W%h? ! boring parte. Sheaaya it commenced from | a alight injury received on (W hewd lion a fall. Kriclieen, in hie recent work ow jkrrr ry, like Sir A ah ley Cooper, ranka Morbid productions of ihia kind andee tttli' l tumors, "dependent upoe the gflflBftccuinulNtkm of secretion in a ing duet, or eyet,** and generally closure of the excfytnrf duet ffUft 5W remit gland "