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fill LiR CASTER LEDiiKR. Pabli?hed every Wednes *ay Morning w. M. CUNNOHS KUMOU iVJ) I'KOI'KIK'I'OK. T K KM S: (n advance, - $2.00 At the expiration ot Six Months, - - - 2.60 At the end of tin; Year, .- 3.UO j o3<) ADVKttTlSEMKKTS Will l>o inserted at the following Ion rates: One square (of lt> iinea or less,) one insertion, or, it continued, 75 cents for the lii.-t insertion, and 60 cents for each subsequent inserion. ST See fourth Page for deductions in vor of standing advertisements. The number ol insertions must be written on \\ each advertisement, or they w ill be inserted till ? rdered out and charged accordingly. III! ? I III I IH ? IHHI * Hi?tory of the Dred Scott Case. p: As Drill Scott seems to liavu become i* tjuite a dis'itlguiahed character, un<] is ?r likely to figure ejUcUaivcly for some tiiue, to cotue in the political contest* of the country, we snl'tjoin the following Uriel Mat or v of his rase n? furnished l>y the C! Washington i.Ti>ioo. i j.? Scull instituted n suit in the circuit court of Missouri to obtain a discharge . from serrilndo for himself and family.? On the trial it was proved that be had been originally n slave in Missouri, that I1' his master fiist took him to the military j Kt post at Rook Island, in Illinois, and suiise- !1,1 quently, to Kort Snelling, in Minnesota, at ! \v u noint nnilh of the Missouri eomnroinisn i I ne, and that lie and hi*.family subsequently returned with liim to Missouri.? J: II was contended in his behalf that inas- al irruch as liis owner had \olnutarily taken a hitn to a place whcie sb.vi 1 \ did not exist j by law, loth he and his family became j j free, and remained so after returning to a i , slaveholding State. The circuit court tie oided in his favor. ()n appeal to the Su- i or preme Court of tlio State that tubunal 01 lield tliat he and li s family, on returning to thaStale, continued slaves. Between the annunciation of the opinion of the court and the tiling of its mandate in the vv drcuit court Scott voluntarily dismissed his suit in the State court, thus evading . the decision against him ; and thereupon instituted another in the circuit Court of the United Slates. In this court the n question of jurisdiction depended upon -v his being a citizen of Missouri, and the ' defendant a citizen of another State.? n ]f the court should he of opinion that h he was a citizen, then he claimed that ho was free, because his owner had ta- ; J ken him to Illinois, and also to a part of the Louisiana territory north of the compromise line. The Circuit Court rendered final judg- j mont against him; and thereupon he ap- j " pealed to the Supreme Court of the Uni- ! " ted States, where the same questions were :i raised and twice argued by his counsel, ' and also determined against hiin. The . f cause was last argued by George T Curtis ! ji brother of Judge Curt is, Jand Montgomery j ^ Blair, son of Francis P Blair, for the plain r tiff, Scott, and by Senator Geyer and t lteverdv Johnson for the defendant. On t tue ftrsl argument neither Mr. Curtis nor Mr Johason took part. The fact that the J court ordered a re argument is ample '' proof of the importance of tho questions v involved and tho difficulty of solving them. 11 On the last argument the court was filled with intelligent and anxious listeners.? e The court took time to deliberate and pre- li pare their opinions. Each judge formed 0 and expressed his own. Tho rensons sns (| taining his conclusions aro placed upon t record by each, and his countrymen will read and reflect, ami test them by tho rules of common sense and everv dav rea son. No judicial tribunal can reasonably object lo criticism based upon such prin- 1 cipies. Truth will never suffer by being I a subjected to th$ lard of reason and | j The Poisoned at Washington. Tbero wero more sufferers from the } mysterious poisoning at the National Ho 11 tel in vVashington than is generally sup- J c posed; and some notod citizens of New ! ^ York, were among them. Messrs. Cyrus I W Field, Peter Cooper, Horace II. Day t and Marshall O. Roberts, sickened from s that cause, and although each is better, neither has yet entirely recovered.? Whether tho cause of the poisoning was In the water?surcharged with arsenic j from the poisoned rats-*?or was?as some j affirm--from the use of copper kettles for , culinary pnrposos, is still a query. Some j ay it is neither, hut that an epidemic 1 'eholeroid," is raging about tho Capital. However this may he, it is a fact thai many of those who left New York for Washington about Inauguration time re- I turned very sick, and still remain so. We do not mean to insinuate anything, hut Derhans it was not in all ni*in.< /> ?- I !_ , ? "? " " '"8 v" I t tiroly to the water, that was poisoned by , rait. Mr. Field, above mentioned, we see by the New York Timet though still suf- ; " faring, left for England in the Pertia on I Wednesday, to assist in the arrangements 1 c for Saying the Atlantic ?otegrn|>h Cable, t QharUtton Courier. j r Compensation of Postmastkks.?There 1 is an impression that the emolument* of , " the postmasters in our large cities, rcault- | n ing from ilie hire of huxes or otherwise, a are enormous. This is a mistake. The r commissions of po*tmasters are limited by j, law Ui i wo thousand dollars,nnd'.he receipts a | from boxes to be retained by postmasters 1 t I are likewise limited to two thousand dob | n I Jar*, * ' that fmir thousand dollars is the j n inaxiiiMim annual Hilary f>r the postmas1 Its of the most lucrative ullicft. ? South Cundntian. I Ukwovii. from Opfiof.?Home of our | 0 coteoip rrarics Irrire alluded to a prob.abi i j B tr that the Postmasters of Charleston and t Columbia would bt? soparseded. From information which we consider re- | B liable, we lml lev* thin is a mistake. Char- ( B lesion is opposed to any change there, and ^ B we are sure the Uw?rini?iilt as well as 11 B the citizens of Columbia, aro eiiitrd) satis- l' M fled with the very estimable and ellicicul >' wfllcer who so worthily Qtl* our ..Hi ? ,? ( 8 Spqth Caroliniui*. J * cT Ijc rr? - -T- S3 i lANCASTEIiVlLLE, S C. L *KDNKSDAV MOUSING, APIilL. 1, 1857. ________? ! gf A new mail hook is used by us this week ' r the lirst time. :ni?l although tho utmost 1 ii?s were taken to prevent mistakes, yet it possible that some have occurred, and if | j >, they will be. cheerfully corrected when rought to our notice. Trustees, Guardians and others, arc interred in a notice from the Commissioner in j tjuity for Lancaster, in another column. j ' A copy of the second annual Report of , ' e Southern Mutual Life Insurance (Join- j my has been placed upon our \nble. Per- I >ns interested can obtain any information 1 ereto, from Col. James II. Withcrspoon, ' ho is an agent of said Company. ' We arc indebted to our young friendt I ' lines 11. Withcrspoon, Jr,no\v sojourning ' the University of Virginia, for a No. of * monthly Magazine, published by the lite- ; r ry societies of said University. It is a a mice little work, purely literary, of a high- j s refined character, nrd speaks well for, as j " ninnting within the walls of the time lion- \ 11 ed University of Virginia. SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. I Any of our readers, tillers of the soil, v ho would like to procure a first class Agcultural Journal, and one that is very * heap, would do well to subscribe for the 1 hove, published monthly at Augusta, (5a., t ?1 per annum. At this season of the i . . t ear, especially, such a Journal is invnlua- J le ; we find it so as an exchange, and have j ' indo liberal use of the April number, which j i before us. ? ?i - 'ORTERS' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. 1 We have had it in mind far some time, to j L'kttnwledge our indebtedness to this Jour- ! al, for many choice selections published or. ur outside. It afford* a source from whuh n exchange can draw liberally, and we j vail oursolf of it, always, however, allowlg the proper credit, except in his "Draught rom tho Seine," scraps from which, we npiropriato without creilit. "Porters' Spirit" airports to bo a chronicle of tho Turf, Ag- I icultuje, Field Sports, Literature and the stage ; affording a choice fund of in forma- 1 tut., t at l. ni'cX, it pun ii i iso Interesting subccts. William T. Porter, a host within I limsclf, is principal Editor. Published j redely, New Vork City ; price, $3 per an- j um in advance. j Wo are indebted to tho "Spirit," for an i ilegnnt engraving of "Flora Temple," the j icauliful animal that trotted, in harness, , n the Union Course, I.ong Island,last stunner, in two minutes 2 1J seconds, the fastest ! ime on record. THE PRESS CONVENTION. This is still a subject of dircussion by the ' 'ress throughout tho State. A majority j re desirous !|int such Convention take ; dace, and all, we boliove, have expressed a rilllngncss to go into it ; but a selection of i lie proper place of holding it, seems to be lie difficult point. Onr neighbors of the I ]'ee Dee Herald, suggest Columbia, and this i perhaps the most central point and would ome nearer meeting the w ishes of all.? ; iVo vote, therefore, for its being held in Coumbin ; at the same time, w e have no pnrlcular objection to any of the other places uiggestcd. NEW GOODS. Spring time, with its delightful nccompa-1 iniments and agreeable associations is upon is, and some of our Merchants nre begin- : ling to unfold to the ey es of their oustomeis. ipecimcns of the gorgeous anil fanciful j tyles of goods and wearing apparel, suited j o the senson, and designed expressly for 1 lie Spring and Summer of '57. Times nre | irosperous, the future is apparently clenr of irenkcrs, and if the proper inducements nre j iflkred, our Merchants mny reasonably esl- ' ulnte upon n rich and abundant harvest.? \ I'ho most tempting inducements nre offered ! it one establishment, nt least, that we speak inouingly of, and we ehnllenge the uploontry to produce a more tasteful and spleu- i lid exhibit than is found there. The rooms j ire handsomely nrranged, and tiic shelves 1 re being laden so profusely, as to meet lie taste of every one, both in tho useful : ind ornamental line. Salesmen are courtsas, and obligingly propose to sell cheap \ 1 nd the inlmitnblo "Miss Hicks," with her adiapt smiles and almost alabaster beauty, ; i tbcre to entertain all, who favor her with j visit. Ws advise every one to read Messrs. j issseltino it Cureton's advertisement in nother column, and to give these gentleif n a call, A WORD TO FARMERS. We congratulate planters and farmers [onernlly, upon the very favorable time they | a\e had latterly, for preparing for the splotching eiopping season. They have i cry inc'-htivc to induce a cheerful and vigirous rj plication to their I..bora?pleasant nd imigorutiiig went her, and an admirable rospecl for ronlLing living returns for Iretr efforts. Experienced farmers tell us^ lint a thorough preparation of ll e soil, W (dispensable to the making of a good crop, tide ' I.ong tir?bs," and other authorities) . nd it behooves the tiller of th.? soil, nt this I season ?r tho year, therefore, to be wide [i a Wake keep hi motion, plow deep, puJver- ,* izs well; and also look forward to an early start, whieh last is of great importance to , ; l1io?e who plant heavily. Wo intend for r the future, to devote more spac* in our pa- ' per to the .Agricultural interval of the ' ' country; and we invito contributions upon s Ibis subject, from all whoso experience np- ' ti on this branch of industry,will enable them t lo communicate profit! bio suggestions and ' deas to their fellow-citizens. Our own ex- j ' (tericnce in this line is rather limited, never* ( lieless, should we find leisure to prepare I hern, at a future time, we intend giving, for " what they are worth, a series of articles en- | c I iiled "Notes front my Farm Uook" doited I c Jown at various times, from the icar '51 to j y 56 | E We rrtigh', jf disjvoscd, write a paragraph i ipon the advantages that farmers and plant* jrs possess over other elapses of men, in ! lending con paratively, a cheerful, easy, j tlensant, and ntore desirable life every way. ' I lis "Homestead" or possessions, however ^ imall, if free from entanglement of debt or | otherwise (and farmers, of all men should p lever go in debt beyond their income) is v in element of true happiness and content- i ncnt with life. He ia independant, and it c lot 'I ord of all lie surveys'is lord of bis own | w Homestead, and under such circumstances. ic can never be called poor. If not conten- I 'j cd then, be never will be. Manual labor, s not unfrcquontly regarded as the curse, J , ippointcd to mankind, in consequence of i \diuns transgression; but philosophically ' ronsidered, it would not be hard to estub- ' j ish, that the necessity for labor, instead of j icing an evil, is a blessing. Man is so con? ' . tiluted, that employment of some kind, is let es.snry for his health and comfort, as well s, for the proper appreciation of the purpo- j cs of life. As a tiller of the soil, he is entitled to comprehend 'he existence of Deity nd the beauty and utility of bis works, be , 01 ippreciatcs the privileges extendoti t?> him, j ri o adorn the earth and hring its productive j ^ tower into action ; it is an occupation, that j J t honTightly understood, serves to improve I r' ltd expand tho mind, to cultivate and | 1' trenglhcn its moral power. These should I " to the cfleets of labour, and so considered, | 0 t constitutes the highest happiness of man. H iVe will conclude, litis rather strange wind- j '' ng up i f a strange subject for an editorial, ' c ry a line from?somebody ; r "From labor health, from health content- 11 merit springs." j f And yet another: t1 "I.abonr is rest?from tho sorrows that c greet us : _ ,] Rest from all petty vexations Hint meet ' us, _ j 0 Rest from sin promptings that ever en- c treat us, , t< Rest from worhhryrens thai lunc us to f t ' |v MORE ABOLITION DEVELOP- " MENTS , We stated in our Inst Issue fn fact which I we had learned from several of our exchnn- j ges) that a lady had been lecturing in vn. riouft pnrls of the Stale upon the subject 1 of "Woman's Right*." From a communication addressed by a Committee, to the Intendnnt and Council of the Town of Sumter, and published in the Sumter Watchman, ' it appears that she had other objects in view ! , aside from that of enlightening the people of tlie South upon the naturnl rights and J privileges of her sex. She is cn'lcd a Mrs. Mm en-on. She delivered a lecture in Sum- | ' j < tor, and the lecture itself, and her conduct generally, while there, was su< h as to in ^ duee I lie good people of that place, to holievn that all wok not right with her. Her manner is represented as having been unwomanly?imtnt>dest, and she openly ndv ocatcd doctrines repugnant to the feelings of a ! ^ Southern mind, and to a refined sensibility, j Her manner of travelling w as strange?by j private conveyance and alone?nnd taking ! with her nn undue niljwance of baggage | These circumstances very justly uxcited tho I ' suspicions of the people of Sumter, nnd it ' was determined, that a committee be np- i pointed to investigate tho character nnd j signs of the said Mrs. Emerson. The rc ' suit of their senrch among her effects, is ' stnted in tho following extraut from tho report of the committee: ' Finding there was no way in which she ' could nvoid nn investigation, she at length, ' consented to n search. Accordingly the j ' Committee followed her to her Hotel, where, ' | upon nn examination of her effects, they found matter which fully corroborated their j ' worst suspicions. Upon inspection of her ' papers, they came to the conclusion that ! i she was a philanthropist of the Madame \ Beccher Stow e order ; and thnl her mission ( among lis, if tor no worse purpose, was to j collect material for a work similar to Uiivlc I Tom's Cabin. \ A list of her correspondents w as discover- j , cd, w hich embraced residenta of almost eve- I f ry Stnte north of Mrsoii's dl Dixon's l.ine? ! most of them, indeed, appeared to live in 1 Ohio?the very hut bed ot abolitioniam,and she, herself, was proved to be from Cincin- t natti, niter having aaid in the eaily part of i the evening thnl ?he hm from Virginia!!! j Among extracts cut from various papers | and found in her possession, were accounts ( of negroes lieing burned?insurrections?ef- t fects of negro preaching?advert jpemenU of j an individual wishing to purchase a likely , young negro woman, Ac. One of the Com- ' j " ....rtiKii/i tli?b lift wiiu Knr nvtrui t ft . 4 letter from an envelope and secrete it. She bitterly defied lite truth of this assertion, but at any rate, 'he envelope was found empty, addressed to some oue in Mnssaehu- i ells. The Committee (wet and wearied, having been cought in a shower, w hile going froui tho lecture room to the hotel) convinced of her guilt from the partial examination they hud made, did not think it necessary to go through all her baggage. Before the Committee was discharged a motion was made to sell her conveyance aud other things belonging to her?give her the proceed* and aend he; and In r remaining ef fecit back to the North, by the public con- ! veynnce us apcedily as possible; hut more I moderate counsels prevailed, and it was re- [ solved to report the proceedings and discoveries of the Committee to the town Council.which, sfter due deb heration, might act as seemed most becoming, and also, that there should be a publication of the tranaccth us in the Kumler Watchman, ae that the people of the district, Htaie and country at large, might he put upon thuir guard. The Commit'** beg leave to slate, that hey nelod as gon'ly nnd respectfully .is I hey possibly could under tl?e circumstan:es. But though ii woman, she has put lersclf outside of the pale of woman's privlegcs,-and deserves no respectful consider alien. The aholitiotiSMs afraid of receiving the , >unishnicnt duo their rascality, and yet delirous of carrying on their nefarious ! chcines are trying to carry out their plans md screen themselves from punishmenl by ho aid nnd instrumentality of their women, {flying upon Southern gallantry nnd geneunity, thev pick up abandoned characters vho will do anything for money, and send hem down here to corrupt our slaves and iclio out institutions thinking because they , re women thov will be safe fioni South* rn violence and reproach, 'l'lio above is i truo statement of facts, imd each and very member of the committee call upon j on to net decisively, nnd for the common food and welfare of our country in behalt oft ho Committee, Chari.fs Wksi.f.y Wolfe,See. , After these developments the lady (!) lade a speedy exit or, the Town Authorities lould doubtless have taken eognizancu of lie iitr?ir, as recommended by the conimilL'*. . . i 'I hese instances of the audacious and palable designs of abolition agents at the ioulh, are being so frequently detected, as a seriously ndmoui-h our people of the nueasily of dealing summarily and rigorously ilh every rutyeel detected among us, w helh* r wearing the habilimciits of a man, or onncd \% it Ii the garb of a w oman. Ncessitv knows no Inw : nnd uln-n llir i.lurn. oned cinisartes of a lawless faction collie mong us, and their nefarious iJvsign* are inde manifest, they should he made to feel lat we fully appreciate the character of ieir mission, and knowing to what it may ad, are determined to adopt measures for nr own protection. RIGHTS OF THE PRESS. We have just read a lengthy and interring letter in the Chai leston Courier, in L-ferenco to the ease lately tried in Columia, of R. W. Ciibbs, vs. E. J. Ar.hur, and olin Rurdell. This ease, our readers will i nu niher, w?s brought 1m l)r. (iibbs again*' lie Major of Columbia, and his agent, for ' n indignity offered to Dr. U. in the Counil Chamber, torcibly ejecting him from the amc, because it was presumed that he ill* elided to report the proceedings of Counil and publish tho same in his paper. This , ight was denied him because, the proprie- ! ur of the Carolina Times had contracted ar the printing of Council, and claimed lie exclusive right to publish the proecdings, first, in his paper. Dr. (5., in <>rler to test the authority ol Council tor this utrago upon his person,and their right to e\ludc from their public meetings a repor- j or, w ho was also a corporator ; and also to est a general and important principle, involing tho rights of the Pros*, instituted uit against the Mayor and his agent, lay ing lis dumagss at tlU.UOO. The ease was too ' duin a one to require much litigation, and i verdict tor tiie pluinlill" was accordcr, satsfying the principle iu regard to the rights if the pres.*, but in respect to damages, I nothing was obtained. '1 lie correspondent of the Courier (whom ive take to be Mr. \cadon, who was one of ho Counsel for Plaintiff), criticises pre'.tv levorely the course pursued by Judge i\ itliers, who although in hi* charge to the lury, fully sustained the position assumed jy I)r. Uihhs, jot, ah stated by the corrcsjotulciil ot the Courier, lie took occasion to lenoume tlu press of the Country in general terms, representing it ns doing more utrni than good ! This is n singular charge o be laid to a Judge, upon the licnch, of Sou'h Carolina. '1 he doctrine is old fashioned? is a remnant of a darker age, and we quite agree with the Courier in its pubic condemnation of ?ny such erroneous n?lumptions.ns applied to the pn si of tho . ouiitry generally. There are hounds to I tlie lihertj of the press, and in many cases ! doubtless,this burner lias been broken down, ind an instance of a In cncious press is the runsequence ; but is this the general characler of the press of this country ??is it the iharaeter of the press of this State? If, possibly, his Honor alluded only to the iso a ted instances where the press hud been usde to subservo to unworthy ends?put iug this construction upon his remarks, * here is the relet uiicy to the case in point? The I'lsutitl's press was not of this character. It is presumed that lie would have jiven s correct report of the proceedings of L'ouncil, ar.d his right to attend the meetings ind report foi his paper if lie chose, was "ully conceded by tho Court in his charge o the Jury. If we understand the correspondent of the Courier the charge was a vholcsalo one, making no distinction what jver. Wo append as much of it (the correipondence) as we have room for. Speaking >f the Judge, he says : 3. lie manifested an entire indifference to lie rights, and especially to the liberty of he press, taking occasion to denounce the nodern pre*- of this country generally, and .hat of New York, especially, as an instrum-nt of evil, doing more harm than good, ind he made no exception in favor of the irrik of this Slate, or of the plaintiff's press ind met the citations, made by one of the lUiiiiifl's counsel, fiom Milton's noble "Ar opagitica," in favor of the unlicensed frecloui of the press, rave by way of an hie |iic(ii re*ponsitulity Tor sedition profanity, >t !?bcl, by a denunciation of Milton for servility to Cromwell and the SStuarta tnd aa a mail ofdoub'ful mornlv lit- took . efugc, too, under Mr. Jefferson's malicious tnd revengeful hostility to the press. w hen ; t began to torn on hiin the fangs, whieh ie had previously, through his instruments iharpeiied, envenomed, arid pointed at A'nehtiigtun and Ins administration. Mr. Jefferson began political life, and ad- I raoeed to eminence iu it. aa a devoted ad- : toenVe and admirer of the newspaper prea* In a letter to Mr. Corringt?>n, dated I'nria, January 16, 1786, he aaid of the newspaper ires*, "If it were left to tue to deride w helh- [ rr we should have a gotrrnmmt without ietrtpapers, or nrurpoprrt without a govern 1 men/, I ahould not hesitate a moment lo prefer Ihe latter."?Jrjferton CorrespotuUncr vol. 2, p. hi. Alter lie had reached the Preaideney, and himself become a target for the party war far* of the opposition prras, the Ucth a he ind |hia newspaper friends had adopted iga'nst the administrations of Washington and Adams, having been turned, against ' him and hi* administration, his opinions on ? the pres.i were nrohUktuued, and he had j. the injustice ?nd wmr.t oT magnanimity, to denounce the nowepaper press in the follow- | ing strain:?"It is it melancholic truth, that n a suppression of the pre** could not more *< completely deprive the nation of ita benefit* j (J than in done by ita abandoned prostitution i j to falsehood. Nothing can now be belicv- | ed, which ia aeon m u newspaper Truth * itself become* suspicious, being put in auch | o a polluted vehicle. | Cl "1 wHI add that the man, who never locks ' o into a nrws|Nijn-i in uuitvt informed ihan lie i who rends Uiem; inasmuch a* he who knows nothing is nearer to the truth than | n he, whosu mind is tilled with errors and ?i falsehoods."? Letter to John .Xurvtll, June . II, 1807. On reading the exposition of Mr. Jr.r- | TF.cson's w idely discrepant opinion* about : the press, ami his ebullition of spleen : ri against it, will not Judge Withers feel : J rather dissatisfied with his model ? The Judge was himself an editor, in eirly life ? was the press, under his auspices, an instrument of more harm than good ? Or, was iic a model editor, as Mr. Jefferson was a a model politician 1 Judge Withers has re- .. eently had the arrows oT the press directed against himself, in common with the majority of the Court of Errors for a decision, which leads to tho unsettling of legal " principles, and doing away all confidence in e tho adjudications of our State Court ofj f, final resort?ha* he made Mr. Jeiff.hson j his model in the application of the lex tali- i on is I I ant at a lo* to know, what could have induced his Honor to lann'h such a philippic, from the Bench, against the newspaper 0 press?i was out id' place, uncalled for, and did infinite prejudice to the Plnintilf's riglt- " Icons cause ; so far as the question of dam- P ages wn* concerned. From one of the! a Jury, in particular, I observed it provoked *i a laugh, and chuckle, of delight, ami c.vuh I tation, and, I doubt not, that it was the ! CnujtJr uruce, in respect of damages. I ant j * disposed to think, that mere war wardncss. I 0 captive, or pleasantry, i-, the real solution of u the Judge's course, on the occasion ; hot bis Honor should have remembered, that what wns sport to him. might be death to principle, to right, ami to justice. At all a events, ns hi* Honor has seen lit. freely to t, exercise the freedom of the tongue and of |( the Bench against the newspaper press, I ^ tiust lie will have the magnanimity to en- ' dure pntivntlv this exercise of the freedom c of the pen, and of the press against the ti Bench. ii At the conclusion of the Judge's ehaige, the Jury retired, ami, niter a brief interval, returned into Coi.it with a verdict of $-5 :i ngain-t E. J. Arthur, and (>^ cent* against j John llurdell, thus discriminating between j the principle wrong doer, and tlo* mere m in - t, isleiial agent of the wrong?'Violet ing the ' former in more than double the aiiioiini. I necessary to carry cost*, and letting oft' the ! latter with "a song of sixpence"?a diserim- J I in si loll, just 111 ) ! iii?*i|>l<*. although actually v\ shabby, (us ri'spci'lt the jurors.) in amount n Tin* triumph of principle. tlirri'luri', i* ( . will) Dr. (iihties. lit- tin boldly stood forth 1 ' as a cl nn.pioD of the freedom of the pies* ; j " lie has been sustained, in law and principle, l< hv the Court, ami a veidiet in his tax or has . ? been s*runj; from a reluctant Jury?a vcr* ! diet, which crowns him with the laurel of victory a. d piinciple. but wi 1 live in the orcliievcs of oui Court, to the rerpo; oh of lj those, xxho so belittled a great principle, in M the way of damages for its invasion. Dr. Ciibbes Iw.s had his legal right established to beard the Know Nothing I .ion hi lii? den. j I Under sll the eircnnistaiiees of the ease, eon- j il anh ring the high character and many xirtucs of Dr. (iihhes, his literary mil scientific at 1 taiiimciils,, his hoiinrahle and useful life, bis .... > , i ii position in society, as a ht-ricxolent man, n skillful and kind physician, and a public ' spirited citizen, a* n uinn of letters, and n liberal patron of the arts, and, above all, his attitude in the ease just tried, as an injured sj and outraged newspaper proprietor and ed- , iter, and as a successful champion, in right I a slid principle of the liberty of the press gen- j *' rally, mid of the newspaper press especial* ii ly ; and in \iexv of the scanty justice done v, lnm. in the damages awarded hv the Jury, I would it not he graceful in the newspaper press to present hiin with either a gold pen ! v and hiiiidsoino ink stand, or both, in testi- , d nioriin', of their approval of his course, and n of llieir sympathy with him in his triumph I , <>t pilllclplo. NEW STATE HOUSE The Editor of the Winnshoro* Re^tsier, who has recently paid a visit to Columbia, thus n!hid<a to tho new State House, now being constructed : "While in Columbia, we visited the State House now in '.tie course of construction.? ,, The work progresses slow ly, as might res- . sonnbly he expected in an undertaking of, such stupendous magnitude ; but this much ? must be said, that so far as we could judge, u it was being constructed in a manner that j would make it a monument for eternity to gaze at. A friend of ours, who was con* ' tcmplating its probable durability, remarked " that, if the last day, when the beaten*, should come together as a acrol and every- I! thing be lost in the w reck of worlds, hap- j| pened in his dav, this would be the place j. w here he would take refuge, for he thought I if any one thing resisted the general des- n ruction it would he this Slate House.? si Gen. Jones is indefatigable in his attention, j [j and is always to be seen at hU post super, j intending the work. We do not think the le gislature could have selected a more sub 0 table person for this position. h ? : NEWS OF THE WEEK. Fire.? A fire oeenired in Chesterville on ^ Wednesday of last week, consuming the j dwelling iitiu out houses belonging io Mr. James Hemphill. The loss is estimated by the Standard, at four thousand dollars, on which there was ?n insurance of thir- | teen hundred. i , i Consul at Manchester, England.?Mr. ^ C. G li?) lor, w ho lias received the appoint- ^ rneiit of Consul to the great uinuulactur- j ing city of Manchester, is the great chum- j pu'ii ui uiivvb ir.nn- uie nuum. rim i appointment is one of great importance to 1 our plantera, and to the intervals of the U South. There ia no doubt he will have " great facilities in carrying out hi* favorite scheme of advancing the prosperity of the South. j Tho administration hna done the South service in their selection ot this gentleman. ? Carolinian. KcLioiots Revival?A gracious out- * pouring of the apirit and iulluenee of the goa|>el has prevailed, for a conderable length of lime, in tha liaptia* Church in this place under the administrations of I)r Teaadale. " Many hate passed through tha ordinance of ' Baptism and have been received into the 1 fold of the Church.? Humltr Wmtchman. ' Homuuiu:.?On Sunday last, a?)s t!ic f 'heater StmidnrJ% a Mr. Gibson, living a i I jw in ilea west of this town, waa shot and 11 illcd by Mr. WoaJy Carter. W? have ' ot learned tfee ?\art particulars, lmt, from * nine accounts, which, moat likely, are ns ' tuch exaggerated as usual in such coses, i ley are of an aggravated character. A \ < 'omner's Inquest was held by Dr J. Knox, ^ n Monday, but \\m luxe*. cot seen the pro* a codings and prefer to await an adjudication f f ths matter before entering into particu- | irs. Mr. C. is of a good family uud con- ' cxion*, and hence, this most unfortunate , < nd s id aiTair fails like a pall on tlio public I lind. | 1 TltK nldeat man in fAmeiica is said to ! caido in Murray Co., (in. Ilia name is j uha Haines?he %vns a revolutionary vete- i ? ui, mid is 130 years of age. ? The Postmaster General reports the prob- t bio number of dead letters for the past < ear to be three millions. e A Yankee propones to bui'd an establish- ' lent w lik?ti lie may drive a sheep in nt one nd, and have it couio out at the other as * jur qiinters of mutton, a felt hat, ? pair of ' raw era, a leather apron, and a quarto die- ' onnry. ' A a Ken within a a Knn.?A young Indy f this place, one day last week was break- c ig hen's eggs in a bowl, when to her sur. ' rise on bieaking one of the egg? she found I ' Mother egg inside of it. The inside egg is I till unbroken, nud is less than half the sue t f the outside one. We feel curious to > now what kind of an animal such a eotnbi t ation of eggs would h ive hatched.? C7in* | | >)i (.V, C ) Independant. ' j ' Trial Foil Murder.?11. II. Corder, tried I the setting of Court last week for Ches- 1 ? r District, for the murder of a negro bounding to the Kstuto of '.he late Henry ' laeott, we understand, was acquitted. The 1 ase excited sumo interest. The proseeuon was conducted by Col. T. N. Daw kins i * nd J. 1). Wylie Ksqr., anil the defence i lanagcd by Messrs HcriidonA Patterson, | I mi Haves &i Thomp.-on. Imi'Iiovfmkmts.?The Winnshoro Regis- ^ r, speaks of various new improvements ' , oing on in that Town. Among the rest, u* largo old building south of the C'our1 ' ^ louse, that has been troubled niutijr years ' itli "infirmity ot the spi ie," is about to bo ^ L-inovvd, with the view of putting new . uildiugs oil the spot, it is said to have I ecu standing for titty years. This is a J ir.g tiuie; hst we h.-vc un idea there is ! nine in laineiitler more venerable Ihnu ml; ami, it not diseased particularly ir. the spine," arc most indubitably,and hopelessti on bled, with a general disease of the . hole si stem. Nature has done its w ork, nd their reiuovul now, would only antic- { >ate u few years, of a general smash | moiig the timhois. Ht-Airoisruisr. ? Dr. J. J. l'etligrovv, I f Charleston, has been ru-appointed by the i 'resident, Inspector of Dings for that city, j Accidkat ?The Republican banner of ! 'ulisbury, N. states that on Friday last, 1 (| negro boy aged about 14 years, the prop- (| rty of Dr Cliiinn ot that county, was play* i lg on the tongue of a w aggon to which (| ras attached u h.liter, llio other cud being ( round Ins neck, and from some mishap he (] ras thrown off and iiis neck broken lis ( icd instntitly. A jury of inquest was held I L nd a verdict rendered in accordaueo w ith t lie shove fuels. jj 1'ayikg Inti?T.?The Krmigh Ueg- c tier mhv? a gentleman of that eity at the iorth Carolina Mate Kui', bought n half ^ rrol Devon cow, four years old, for which c paid $40 to n IA nchborg (Virginia) den!r. The purchase was uiade ou the 17th > htober, since which time a strict account * | f the milk obtained from the cow baa been ? ept, which foot* up the enormous quantity ( f three hundred and eight gallon*. V'al* t able investment. ( ?^ ? t Most Impoktaht fkom Utah.?We Into , o doubt (ways the Washington Star) that v here in pnaitive information in this city that <j Iringham Young and his crew havo burned a he United State* srehievea, court records, | ic , in Utah Territory ; that they have de- t landed tho appointment of one of the two ihcdules of federal oflicers, boih headed bv Iringham Young for Governor, with the i vowed purpose of driving auy other 1 ut of the Territory by force of arms. The f ruth is, the Mormon* are already practical. c f in a state of rebellion. Miu. Bc*ht.?The Steam Grist and Saw ? -fill, the property of Messrs. Cosher di Co., 1 ,_j _? r_i i J -? J * \ u?r>uury, wm neiirojtn oj nre : n Friday night Inst. 'I'll* origin of Ibo fir* 1 .a? s*ppo**d to have been accident*!. Dead?Dr. William Ynlos. alio first in- f reduced vaccination into the United Siatea icd at Morn*, N. Y., on tlie 7th instant, at c he age of 00 years. II* was n native of ^ England, but arrived hero in 17911. Col. Pickens.?A telegraphic despatch reeived a*. Columbia, states that Col. Pickena f this St Me had been tendered a foreign uission. Chief Justice Taney ha* administered the ' path of office to Presidents Van Uureii, liar- | t#on, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce md Buchanan. , The Kingalree Star says that the depot ' it (iourdin's Turn Out, on the Northeastern 1 itailroad, was burned with it* contents, oo Saturday, 91st inet. There was an unusual |iianiity of goods stored in the building, ' md the It saw very considerable. Messrs. J Kelly Si Kidgill, of Manning, estimate their , oes et ?10,04.0. The Stmr says that the , ire veae (he work of a burglar. I ?r % One of tho editors of the New York Pay look. willi "hi* wife and children, were a* 110,'t> poisoned guests at the National lotel, Washington. He complains indigluutly of beiug fed on "rat soup at two did" ire alid n halt a day.1' A correspondent of the South-Side l>en oral mention* a duel near *av*nnn)i bv | wo Jew*? the only instance on iveord of i duel between members of the l?*btiw aith. Army Oudkr*.?Gen. *V?oul has bee* rdeled to aseume the Department of tin* >ast; General Twiggs the JJcpnrtun tit of I'cxas, and lire vet Brigadier General Cork* h? Department of the Pacific, Jlawi.At'uiirKR.?Tho young Man Marlon, who was indicted for killing a little nerro girl, the property of Mr. Ransay, waa ricd } e-terday, and com ictcd of manslaugher. He i? sentenced to ait month* imprieininent tnd to pny a fine of five hundred . loilars?-llarnuell Sentinel. M - t ow? 4 Fist: CoTTok.?'The editor* of the Now k'ork Couiier und Krquiier have been ihown a aatnplr of Sen Island cotton, taken Torn a bale sold in Chnrlcatwn South Caro* ma, at ! 3j ccnta per pound, probably the 4 lighest price paid in twenty years. Tho actors who sold this bale arc confident that t is the finest bale of cotton tint haa ever rossed the Atlantic. The planter (of Ldato, South Carolina,) took the medal in tho 1 Ijondon Kxhihition of 1851, and ti e prize f Kile, though it spun yarn up to No 000, is , relieved to be inferior to this. This b: la 1 vns picked out by tho lady of the planter m villi ht r own hands, and it is a uiarvel ti e J rerfectioii to w hich she has brought the itaple. It i* to go to Havre. I'risewoiiTHY Liberality ?The Super*, iilciidcnl ot the Soutli Carolina Railro <1 raa kindly offered to reduce the fare one ?alf to th se members of vhe Grand Divilion of the Sons of T? mpcrance and their htniliea, provided that they return within me wecK Iron) the day of their arrival ? I'lle liiuu.l Division of tlie Sons of Ten ? leriince will meet in tliia y;iLy on the U2d of \nril next?Charleston Standard. AbolitiotIst.? A man culling himself i J. Thompson lately stopped ul Chariot e t>. C. mid sm detected tampering with duces of that place, trying to impress upon heai the ideu that it was wrong for negro. o whik for white men,and that they sh ml I >e free ?&?c. These circumstance* becoming mown to the iilizetis of the place, lie was suited upon l.y several and escorted to ihu all road depot, and invited to take passage lorthwurd, from whence h?* euinc. lieii.rowly escaped a coal of tnr and feathers. Tax I AST Do 1.1.An.? A str.iv b. uk bill bund its way to our office a tew d.-.ys sgo, kith the fo.lowing inscribed upon lie back .f it : "Tliis is the lusl ? f n once large fortune; t iiow goes at a game of 1'oucr. Would o l.'cuvin I could lecull iny former sct'oiis, tut alas, it is loo l?tc ; go tlie wnv of !iy krcdecesaors. Will. J n. Mobile, Alu, June 30, *b0Anothcr Daminu Outrack.?A young usn. n clerk in on* of the large est. bli^linenU on King street, whose name we withioid for the present, while proceeding lei*irely homewards Inst night ubont IJ o'oloek m Hearing the side door of the Mills House in Queen street, wus suddenly knocked on he head, nnp remained insensible for aloi t n hour. On recovering same whs t from tia acute paim caused by the weveri y of lb# ilow and warning his poraoii ho found that ie had been robbed of his gold watch and haiii. He was not aware of the proxitnilv if any peraon either before or after ha waa itruck.? Charleston Mercury. The remain* of Hugh S. la-gare, K?q? of South Carolina, I lie able advocate, profound icholar, distinguished jurist and patriot dalesman, no?v repose at Monut Auburn Cemetery, Boston, without n tablet to mark he spot. The editor ot the Charleston 'ourier, after interesting himself to djseoi? ir their resting place, (about which Htvrs teems to be some doubt,) lias opened aqWl it his oflic a for siibsctiplions from all w leairo to contribute to tliv erection sf W kuilable monuiueiit over the irrnva of the iu ustrion* Carolinian.? An#uHa Con*lilu\ ionnhst. The Jourri Case.?T!w Court of Ap>eala granted a new trial in the cnae against he Executors of JoliflV, who left hia property to colored pcraone under peculiar ircutnaUnces. The new trial h<ia jut taken place iarnwell Court, and the will haa t??en aua-** aiued by the action of the jury, thua revarang the former decision. Mr. Bauakett and Mr Bellinger have gained their cam under he moat unfavorable t ircumatanpaa, uad igainat long odda ? Sottlh Carolian. Vacancies?There are three vaeaneie^ or South Carolina in the the United Htalea Military Academy at West point. The vai anclee are in the District# represented, res* wctivuly by Gen McQueen, Gen Aiken and n the one, lately, by the lamented P. 8. Brooks. Death or the " Oi.oabt i>pibitaxt.h ?We learn that Mr. Samuel Turrnr, a 1 alive of our D'alrict, died si hie residence >o Thursday l?*t, aged 08 veara. ilia to reine old age hud lor many year* renderid biin totally helpleea, and aiinoat entirey deprived him of the u?? of hie imht, On Saturday, hie maideu daughter, Saah Turner, died at the age of 72 yea re, Hirough lliia long lite alio had remained done with her father?hie au|>|hwI and rornforter; and when her d'Jty wae done* 4 departed in peace." If it could now he written, the affections j( tlione two livea, thue mingling long and f>eac?-fullj together, might he mada die theme of a beautiful el apter in the great volume of human bietorj. Not often hae inch a tola been told.? YofkinfU MWfwjr rtr,