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PKI> \ \XTTT\r Turn to llic H? tccminu Slircix Mirvcy, l\T \ l\\r 4 AT/'ITl " * lwIV l\ ^ li U Jl Kie with ihc w?ndi*ni oi <';u ii imssin;; day. _l JN Al/V AJNlyJCi A J'amilg nail .^ulitirnl X'trospaprc?flraatrtNiartjje A.ri5r-?rifnr?5, litrratnrf, Or^urntiai:. Agrinilhirr, Anlrrnnl 'MnpurniMits, /urrigu nnii flauirutir jtos, nnii the 3t!nrkrts. VOLUME VI. > LANCASTER, cf II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 20, 18.37. NUM RER 14. ? , , : , ??? trlrrt Iftoetnj. . THE BURIAL OF M<JsES. / And In- buried liitu in a Telle fin tto land ot Monti, over against Bcthpcor; but no man knowcth of hi* sepulchre unto this day. [Deut. xxxiv. fi. Bv Ncbu's lonely mountain, Oil this side Jordan's wave, in a vale in the land of Mottb, There lies n lonely grave. And 110 man dug that sepulchre. Ami no man saw it e'er; tor the angels of Cod upturned the sod, And laid the dead man tlicrc. That ?as the grandest funeral That ever passed uu enr:h, But oo man heard the tramping, ? Or saw the train go forth. Noiselessly as the daylight Comes wjii'ii the night is done, And the crimson streak on ocean's cheek Crows into the great sun; Noiselessly as the t-pting time ller crow n of verdure v\ eaves, And all the trees on all the hills Open their thousand leaves; So, without sound of mu.-ic, Or vcice of them that wept, Silently dovv n from the mountain's crown, '1 hi* if noil tiriufAwkiftti mt o??l I'c reliance tlie hah! old t-iiflo <'ii j?r?-y Bellipeor's height, Out t.f his ruckv ' } rio? Looked Oil the Wl.l.dlOUS higl.t. l'crchnncu tin* lion stalking Still shuns tin.I hallow'd kj>?>1 ; For h'-nsts anil hirds haw seen a:ul heard ^ Thai which mat; knoweth not. ihit w lien the wr.rrior diet!:, Mix con.radix ill the war,' Willi arms reversed and imilllej drum, Fellow the I'uner. I car. They show the har.ncin taken, They tell h.? battles won, And utter liiui lead his ni.iaterh s? steed, While peals the aiiuute gun. Ami i I lie noblest of tlic land .Men lay the ange to rest, And give the bard an honor'd place (With costly uiarhle drest) in the great minster transept, Where lights like glories fall. And the sweet ehoir sings, and the organ ring* Along the emblazoned wall. This was the bravest warrior That ever buckled sword ; This the most gifted Poet That ever hrcnih'd a word ; And never earth's philosopher Traced with his golden pen On the deathless page truths half so srgc As ho wrote down fur in.h Ami li.nl he not hi?j!i honor? The hill-side (or Ids pall, To lie in state while angels wait With stars for tapers tall; And the daik roik pines, like loss'ii^ plumes. Over his bier to wave, And (Sod's own hand, in that lovely land. To lay him 'it the grave. In tliut deep grave without n natuc, \\ hence loo uncoflin'd elay hill;.I. break a"nin, most w ondrous thought lie fore the Judgment Day ; And btair.' with glory wr. pped around On the hills he never trod, And speak of the strife that won our life With lh' Incarnate h'un of God. Uh, lonely tomb in Moab'i laud! Oh.durk Bethpeur'a bill! Speak to these curious hearts of ours, And leach them to he still, Cod hatii his mysteiies of grace, Ways that we cannot tell; He hides them <l?e]i like the secret sleep Of him he loved so wall. Dublin I'nirersi/y Magazine NECESSITY OF EXERCISE. The benefit of exorcise to those ?hose occupation does not lesd them to make any physical exertion,cannot he too highly estimated. The body must undergo a certain amouni of fatigue to pic-serve its natural strength, and maintain all the i l : niiiRcira mm cn^Miin in proper vi-or. i he activity equalizes the circulation, and dis tributes lite blood more effectually through every part; Cold feci, or h chill any wlfire, tho?t lltal the circulation is late guid I litre. The mute let during cxer'ise press on lh? vein* and help forward the current by quickening every vessel into activiry. The valve* in the heart aru in this way aided in the work of sending on this stream, and relieved of a certain amount of labor. V? hen exerciso is nog iected, the blood gathers too much around dm rstnlrnl rotrimi utnl !?? : ...V * ?? hIh>iit the heart, difficulty of breathing, lowneas of spirits, anxiety and heaviness, numerous aches and stitches, are evidence of this stagnation. People are afraid to take exercise because they fancy they want breath, and feel weak. Hut the very effort would free the heart from this burden, by urjing the blood forward to tbe extremities ; it would ease their breath ing bv liberating the lungs from the same superabundance ; it would make the fraina feel active and light, as tbe effect of equalized eirctdation and free action. I $?lertii ^hftrjirs>;^ I A II I! - .1111 ! THJ2 %*ATH OF WASHINGTON. (From "Washington in Domestic Life"?a new work My Hon. Richard Hindi.) An nneodoto I derived from Colonel 1 Lear shortly hcluro his death in 1815, may here he related,showingthe height to which Washington'* passion would rise yet he controlled. It belongs to his domestic life which I am dealing with, having oeeuned under his own roof. whilst it uiHikx public le< ling tlio most intense, him) jiouits to this moral of bis lite. I give n in Colon* I Liar's words as nearly as I can having maJo a note of them <\t the j 11mo Towards the close of a winter's day in 179 I, an officer in uniform wasseni to | dismount in front of the 1'resident's, in fhiludi Iphia, and, giving the bridle to his servant, knocked at the door of the man ; sion. Learning from the porter that the l'rosident was at dinner, lie said lie was on pnhlic business, and had ?!ispat? h - lor the 1 icsuh'i t. A seivant was sent into ; .lie dining loom to give the inhumation to Mr Lear, who iefl tin: lahie and went in* j to the hall, where the ollicer repeated ' what "lie had said. Mr. Lear replied that as tliu l'resiileiil'v Secretary he would lake charge of the dispatches and >!e! ver tnoin at tlie j?n?j?ir lime. The oflici-r made answer that lie h:ul ju<t :tri>\< ?! tn in '.he western unity, ami his onh i*> were 10 deliver tlteiti with all piuinptitinle aid in t .0 1'le.-Kient in puis >n ; h I ?lir*r !.e w ,.itid \v i t ills <lii< elioiis. Mr. I.irir relumed, ami in a whi-j i-r imputd in iin.? 1'resident what hud pa sed. (del.end i Wash n^lcti ii so (Vi lli : lie till le.Mid Wi lit In ll.e otlicer. lie was hack in a slu rt time, it inle a w. :V. ot iij),i!(ny I n h;> ah seiice, hut no illusion (,> ilie came of it ? He had company that d?v. Ko'rvtbino went oti a? usual. It.niier over, tin'yell- ! lieu en pa-sod to the drawing muni rf ' Mrs. Washington, which was open in the ' evening. The (ieneial spoke courtei usly tu every lady in the loom, ii- was his en loin. Ills hours wvre i-:tri\, hid! hi u-i: iiV!<k'k i'll (In* couiisitn hud g"iu. Mis. , \\ ubliiiiotoii Mul Mr. Lfiir u-iitainod.? Soon MI ft. \\ iisliin^iori I. i'l ihf room. llo (hi i.,riil now \ 'H'i'il li.u kivnnl and for waul slowly for ? .< minute* without speaking. lion In hm w u ?n u *"f.i I'V (liu fire, telling Mr. Li r tr sit down, lo this inoiui'iit (lino had I er n no > liiinoe j in Ins m inner since his interruption :it the , ' lalde, Mr. I A' m now perceived i motion, litis ridno in him In- l-rokr* out suddenly, It", nil over?St Clair's defeated?r<ui . ni; the olllcois i.enriy nil ki.lid, I lie men 11v wholes de; the route compete? too ?lu i long to think of-?and a surpiise in * tin- bargain!" lie ulleied id! tins with great who lin-lli e. Then In* imuseil ??..i no i'osi.i il... , , ^ - "J ' sofa and walked about the room seVeial times, agitated, hut saving nothing? Near the door heslopped short and Htdml ; ?t:>l a leu seconds, when his wrath he eaitie terrible. "V? ?,"' lie burst foith, "In re on this very s| ot, 1 took leave of him; I wished him alloc*** and iiOrior; you have y> vtr iiihtrui'tioiiM, 1 said, from the Secret:!rv of War, 1 had a strict eve on thctn, and wid add but one word?beware of a *iirt)ii*c. I repeat it, bt ware of a surprise?von know how the Indian* light us. lie went dV w ilit that as inv last solemn warning thrown into his ear*, nrtl yet!! to suffer that army to he cut to pieces, hack'd, butchered, tomahawked l?y a nuprist? the very thing I guarded him against !! < Hi, (i *1, he's worse than a murderer! ? how can lie answer it to his country i? j the h'.ood of the sla.n is upon him?the curse of widows and orphans ? the cuise ? I I lcaveti I ' 'ibis t?>rr*-ot came out in tones appal ling. 11 ?-* very frame shook. It wasau lul, s.ml bear. Moro llinn ?nco lie threw Ins haii'ls up as he hurled imprecations lipon Kt Clair. Mr. L<-.ir remaiiieil speech.e?s ; nw cd into breathless silence. 'I'll? roti.-etl Chief sal down on the sofa once tnoie. He seemed conscious of his passion, and uncomfortable, lb* was sii lent. Ilis warmth beginning to subside, be at length said in an altered voice;? " fJ hii must not t/o beyond t/it.i rcr>m."? Another pause followed?a longer one? when lie said in a tone quite low;?"lien. St. Clair shall have justice; I looked haai .-i_ .1 i .? i my uirnugn uie ui?|>Hicncs, saw u>c win le 1 disaster but not the particular#; I will receive him without displeasure ; I will hear 1 ; liiin without prejudice; he tdiall have full 1 justice." lie t*a# now, #ai?l Mr. I>*ar, perfectly calm. Half an hour had g?<ne by. The I atorni was over; and no sign of it was af terward* seen in hi#'conduct or heard in his conversation. The result i# known.? 'I lie whole case was investigated by Congress. St. Clair was exculpated, and regained the confidence Washington had in him when appointing liiin to that com man J. lie had put himself into the thick est of the light and escaped unhurt, though so ill as to be carried on a litter, and unable to mount hi# horse without help. " Do you go to kcIiAoI now, Charley ?", " Ye?, sir, I had a tight to-day, too," ho replied. " \ ou had! Which whipped?" "Oh. I got whipped," he replied, with great franknesa. " Waa tho other l*>y bigger than you?" " No, he w;.s littler." " Well how came you to let a littler boy whip you?" "Oh, you eoe, he wa? maJJcr nor I wvn. Tfil^HORSE. Anions the "great mass of ufo4de-rol" nclivercd in the shape ot leoUnes, il is refreshing to come actors such u gem us ibe follow ing: ? iku Partington is well advanced in his class, lie is in soiiie'.hing beyond the teacher's art, and could, in fact, give that functionary some lessoiis-in arts wherein lie is perfect. Ike dislikes "composition," where a theme is given out to he written upon hv Scholars, and his credits are lu>t \< *y great for his efforts in that direction generally; l?ut ili?* other day he nston i-lovd the mister and twery one in the seliool l>y an elaborate article on (lie hoise. lb- was called upon to read it a'otid to the scholars, an I on getting upon the platform, lie Hindi! t? bow m?^1 began I " The \?Tlie horse is a ipiadi upcd with four legs, two behind irvif lwo lieiuo. lie has a t;?il that r,pTtt^.to The l.ind patt of his body, that nature has furnished him with to dri-. e the tin s aw *\ . . + * % * liis head is situated on ihe idlw-r Otid pp posite his tail, and is men principally to i ^t"ii a bridle to I:iin by, and to put into : a basket to eat oats with. Morses are very useful uniiuaU, and people couldn't get along very well without theut, especially timkim n and omnibus di iters, who limi t M Clll to he hall "Inletm eiiomrli - " r*"' , v cause they've |???l Yin. 1 hey ?rc very <onv. 11 cut ;u imals in tl." country, in \i cation lime, :?it11 yo very fust nvfer llio country mails, wlieli the hoys slick pins in tl - in, i -j.11 : > >!' enn !tv that I Woiihl lint ci.toiir.iye. II ir-i s a'e yelieriliv co vi-i e?l with re I hair, thouyli mhuo are while, iiiol olhers ate yrev ami huit k.? XoheHy t ver ,?aw a l?!ue horse, winch is coii*:<h't< <| verv strange hy eminent naturalists. lie horac is a quiet animal, ami can sleep stamhng u;>, v.hich is it very coin , n ?tn gift, especially wlicrc there i> a er??\v<l, ami it is diUkult to get tt t li.ii.ee to lay. There is a great variety of hoc a ? fas'. hordes ami slow horses, chillies home, h>>r?o mackerel, mw iioraes. hoisc ikes. I..use < I.i-Hiiur . ?nnii Iiorre and !i?n. ts radish. I lie clothes hor.-e is n very iptio! iui.in.il t ? have a- j muiul ? house, mid is never known to kick, though veiv apt to ninke a row when it gen? ea| s zed. The same may bo MiiiJ of ll?<- saw-horse, which will stand without tyug. The lior.se lly is a vicious I .east, and \ cry annoying in the Rummer when a fellow is in sw.iiintinjr. lioisc in. I do .'t know Hiiyihiiic' ahoiit, oniy that they .-wiin in the water, and are a species of ti*h. Horse chosiiuls are prime to j < it Mil kit's with ; and horsetudi-h is a inijjl'ty smart horse, hut hail tti have slait'liiio ar<ni:<l where there are children. 'I lie hor>o is found in all countries, principally in livery stables, where they may be hired F'V the utile, and ate considered l?y thctn as can t^el tit Hey a LTeftt hlXIIIV esllee.a li in t'.? ? I ,,,v season. In South America they r?>\\ wiid, and the Indians catch them with noose> that they throw over the horses' heads, which must le though'. l>y the hulrCk a great lloo">ci.OC. ? ? utt <u> m? THE CONSIDERATE DOCTOR. A | gill who had ju~t recovered hoin a spell ofsii.kl.e-s, gathered up Iter scanty earnings, and went to the doctor's office to settle lor hill. .lust at tho door, the lawyer of the place passed into the oflice h?-fore on a similar errand. 'Will, doctor," raid ho, "I believe I am indebted to you, and 1 should like to knowhow much." ? ?,'" said thedtK'tur, "I attended upon \ ou about a week ; and what would yon charge inc for a week's services or what, do yon realize,? n an ate rage, (bra week's services I "< said the law yer, "perhaps seventylive dollars." " Very well then, as my time and pro Cession are as valuable as yours, your bill is seventy-five dollars." The poor gill's heart sank within Iter, for should her lull ho ant thing like that how could she ever pay it f The lawyer paid his hill, and passed out, when the doctor turned to the young woman, and kindly inquired her errand. "I came," said she, "to know what I owe you, although 1 know not as i can ever pay you." "1 attended yen about a week," said the doctor. "Yes, sir." "What do you get per week!" "Seventy-five cents," said she. "Is that all I" ,,?f I! * " i es, sir. i l l ....... t .ti ft i iivai ?M?? ?n nri*;iil| II* C VI." I 111*. The p? ? r ii?rl paid him thankfully, and went buck with a li^ht heart. An o!i! and rich iiihii of my Acquaintame ??s once rcmaikin^ to the doctor that no one earned their money ho easily. The doctor reminded him of many losses incurred, as they must visit the poor as w ell as the rich. "Well," said my old friend, "you must charge the rich more, and then you can atford to lose by the poor." Not many weeks after the old man was obliged to employ the doctor lor some time. At the last vi??it his bill was presented, and strongly resisted at enormously h i oil. "But," said the doetor, "you know what you told ine, and I have only followed your advice." Not a word was said, but tho amount whs immediately paid. An absent wile m here called upon to return to "bed and board "Jane?your alienee will ruin all. Think of your husband?youi parents?your children, lieturn?return?all may be well?happy. At any rate, enrlose the key of liio cupboard where the whiskey is." CIRCUMSTANCIAL EVIDENCE. Tito following remarkable case of eircumstanciat evi cn<*e is taken from Cowen ami Hill's Notes on Phillips'Evidence : In tl.o reign of Queen Elizabeth, a man was tried before Judge 1 E'er, and a jury, for murder. The evidei.ee brought forward on that occasion, was wholly circumstantial in its character, but so clear and consistent throughout, and apparently having the effect of convicting the accused ol the crime laid to his charge.? Tl..i --1-1 -t . ... j . nu n-nnnm 11H! C V i<; t'TK'", JUKI strictly enforced litis view of thy mutter on the utiii.ls of the jury The jurv retired, V)Ut were too long in their deliberations lor the pat nee of the judge, who forth with Jeitl tut ntlicer t<> aseeituin the cnuso of tlioir delay. His official soon returned with the intimation that the jury had not agreed on their verdict.? After further dkens-i >n on the part of the jury, they at la^t entered the court with 'lie intelligence that they had not agreed on their vordiet. The Judge, surprised at this, as the. evidence was so clear ngnitisl the . jvi-oner. pent them back again to reCW,aider tbc tv idcnce ; but (hoy returned a An. .in] tunc with a verdict 'not guilty' against the piUmi-tr. 1 lie Judge iuii1 f ully enraged at this, and relused either l?> luCi rd the verdict or discharge Uie jury. So tent liicm back again to their apartment supperless, and without eilbet flro or li jht. But still n<> headway could be made. *1 he foreman wouVI not budge from the conclusion he hn I first arrived at? that the accuse I w?4 innocent. Ilis brother jur-as argued Willi him and frowned ii]>on Itiiit as l.eii.g lb* autlmr of ail llieir troubles. The foreii an however regard less of their eriuiiui.lions and re crinii . tuitions, said be w.a.'.d .! - couvio* |t!n>ncr> Again the jury ?}> |etticl before tbe co'jit, r? |>?-.it i._; tb< ir former verdict, Thfe court tIto tune was necessitated t<> receive the verdict, and the prisoner was ft ithwidi ncrinit< -< 1. Shortly nfie.*, the ft>rcinal) t;f the jury called one day at the resi b.nveof il.e Judge for the Jlurposo ob making certain r< \t.atioiia ( leg.tiding tin/ munbe. I'eforo, however, 1 giving the stalemin: of the fo*eiuati in leferetico to tlie iiu.ltr, wo inu-i in the lirst place exhibit the deft-me set up by the accused at the trial. Tim murdered man, so far us v?o rcinui.b< r the stoj\ a as a reaper, ac<i^?:.d his | itc.foil; I\:11 _! by him, when tJr\j accused came up to meet hull ill li s exiremitv for he was living. While 111 ? licensed was in tho net < f lifting up the man, he vomited and died. The blood saturated the clothes of the accused, and lie thinking lie might I get himself into trouble, tied, and in his hurry took aw ay the pitchfurd of tho ?lo ! 'ceased and left his own. 11 wis this unlta] pv mistake tliat Hx? . 1 11p'>ji him siis|>iri<>11 of crime, beside tho fact of his having his clothes lived with hlotnl. '1 his was tho testimony presented to the juty, ami !;:t Lr the uuuacco'.it tbie obstinacy of the foreman of i!?o jury, he would have been found guilty. 'lite foreman, however, in his interview with the Judge, showed that he alone was guilty of killing the n.an, that it was dolte in an atfrav and that he the ' reman had immediately decamped, ho i fore the accused came up. The foreman fearing thai his friend (for he was his , friend,) would l>e impeached, sought to, get on the jury, which, as wo have seen, he accomptudicii. 1'reviou* c ndilinns haying 1 tun enteral into hctwen the Iudge and the f>>r-*in an, that the confession should never he divulged during the lite of either, a promise was made that it should he |?uhiishod immediately after wards?showing t<> ill, the Jangcrofon , demiting on mctely circumstantial evidence. i THINGS WHICHTLTOLI) BACHELOR WILL 1)0 IE HE CAN HELP IT. To oegin with?<<ct outside an omnibus to accommodate a lady. ! t Jo to a theatre <>n a Juvenile Night. Assist in dressing up a Christmas Tree ?<r he present at the distribution of the gifts. Escort Lis married sister when she goes to buy :i baby jumper. Throw away his cigar when he comes't in contact with a Intiy, Take a walk dow n Uegent street at the ! time when the perambulators do mostly ' congregate. Accept an invitation to stand god fatiii er to a little "brat,'* for fear of its being cited a precedent. Give up a dinner party for the sake of i escorting his friend's wile to an evening , one. Take It is country cousins shopping for fear of being asked to carry homo their parcels for them. At'cnd a juvenile party, and submit to 1.0 made h blind man's buffer of. Oblige bis married sister at a railway station by "jual holding her 'brat' for a moment." Listen to an old woman talk. Ihtrii Ins fingers at snap dragons because '"it will please the childien so." Hon the slightest chnnco of ever being . caught beneath the mistletoe. And to end with?I tine twdco with a family where ho finds the "l.ral" handed round with the dessert.? Punch. . . Passing through tho quiet lilllo village of Saline, in Indiana, a fellow passenger pointed out a weatliAr-boaten house of worship, as the pi ace where he once beard, on a rainy occasion, the following prayer from the staid preacher: ^ " We thank thee for the goodly number here to-night, and that Thou url here [ n/so, notwithstanding tho inclemency of i the weather," A TERRIBLE DUEL. A few years since, as a New England gentleman whose name wo shall call Drown was passing a few days at a hotel in one of our Western cities, lie had the misfortune unintentionally ro oflciul the susceptible honor of a tall militia colonel, who was one of his fellow hoarders. lli? apologies not being satisfactory, a challenge was sent to him which however, lie declined upon conscientious scruples.? The colonel, who, !>v the wnv. had won iii two or three encounter* quite h teputution jis a dticILl, at once conceived that lii-s opponent was r? coward, and resolved to disgrace him in the face of all the assembled wisdom of the house. Accordingly, the tio\l day :it dinner lime, in marched tin duelist, armed with a cowhide, ami advancing to Hruwn'schair, proceeded to dtist his jacket for him iu the most approved style. Urown was astonished.? Luckily, he had been lieutenant of militia in his native Slate, an 1 lie knew the importance of incommoding his enemy by a diversion. So, >< '/.,ng a gravy tureen, he tos*ed the contents into the face of the bciligerant colonel, and before ho could recover fr in the drowning sensation thus occasioned, he sprang upon the table and began t > shower unon him with a lib. 1.1! hand the contents of the dishes Aioun 1. "You aro an infernal?" "Coward!" the colonel was about to say, I>111 at licit moment a plato of greens truck lull n|.<.11 Ids inoutli, and tlio word was blockaded?lost forever ! "Ha !" cried the.New Laplander, whoso blood was now up, fond of greens, are your taken pofatoo too I" And lie burled a volley of bard potatoes at iiiin. ' Kxeeb let L ? jr^s 11ere?capital witb calf's bead, and cra>li! came a plate of soft boiled e^os aoaiuet the side of bis craniuni. 1 be blows of the cowhide which had hitherto descended upon tie Yankee's bead and shoulders, now bc^an to fall more weakly and wildly, and it became evident lint the assailant, half stunned, ..i. i. i > iii' ui- i ami pamany n nnlcd. was got ting the wuist of it His courage was ooy.iiif; out. "Take a turkey ?" shouted Thrown as a noble old goblcr descending fairly upon tlic colonel's Load, mid bursting, filled his hair and eyes \s i11? delicious looking stuf ling, "here's the. fixins.'' he continued, as the squash at. I jelly followed after. 11 y this time the colonel was irrctrievai iy defeated ; and as ins merciless oj j<?> neat seized a lingo plum pudding, slo nil ing hot and lioUliriaf it above his head with both hands, seemed to bury him heneatli it, he quailed in terror, and throwing down his cowhide turned about and made a rush for the door. "Stop for the pudding, colonel, stop f>r the pudding," .shouted Krown. "lhubliug colonel, pudding," screamed all his fellow boardcis, amid convulsions of laughter.? Hut the Colonel was too terrified, and did not cease running until he had looked himself in liis room. 1?nt although the colonel escaped from the pudding, lie did not escape from the ridicule which the atl'air occasioned. He subsequently challenged four persons, against whom his ire was particularly ex cited, and they all consented to light, hm availing themselves of the privilege of the challenged party, appointed pud ding hags fur their weapons. At length the unhappy duelist, finding no one who was willing to shoot or he shot at, was obliged t-? quit the State. NATIONAL HOTEL POISON. \Y e are much surprised to see so many conductors of the press still pretending not to be able to explain the cause of the severe sickness which attacked those persons, from all parts of the country, who hoarded at the National Hotel in Washington City, about the 4lh of March. We have no douht that every one was poisonen with arscuir, and if our brethren of .i. ...in - ?i. 1 nit- inc.** ?;ii ( "iruii any mcuicai woik in re If re 11 oe to the symptoms produced by tiiis deadly poison, they will find the symptoms of i very victim there described. Anv one, either in or out of the medical profession, who will deny these facts, will at once prove to the world that lie knows nothing of the action of this poison upon the human structure. Wo hope some person will collect the names of the victims, and publish the li*t which, if nothing more, may act *s a ''consuming tiro" upon the conscience of that fiend in hunan foiin, who adtuiais* tered the poison. That this wholesale murder was for the purpose of killing President Huchanan, there is no doubt, and it is to be hoped that the perpetrator will yet be detected. The following dispatch from Washington to the Baltimore Sun, is positive testimony : "A post mortem examination of the re mum"* 01 ii gemieman \>11o utou Hi runnsylvania from disease contracted at tins National lintel in litis city, shows a deposit of arsenic in the stomach. A patient now here suffers enlargement of the abdomen from some cause,and with mark ed symptoms of being poisoned."?Newton'* Exjirtt8. " Figures won't he, w ill they f" muttered a seedy gentleman, holding on to si lamppost. " \N oil, perhaps they won't lie; hut 1 see a figure that won't stand, anyhow." Torter's Spirit of the Times has an ac count of a dreadful old fellow ulm 'wahI. rather tell a lie on aix month's credit, thai tell the truth for cash 1' To ascertain whether a woman is pas sionate or not, tako a muddy dog iut< her parlor. ftlisrtllniiNms. j PllOTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. Tlie S'xty-Eightli Annual Convention of tlie l'rotestant Lisco|>ai Church, in ltic 1 >ioeese of South Carolina, commenced in j '. race Church, Camden on Wednesday last. The Convention Sermon was , preached by Uov. Alexander Gregg, ol i Clieraw, which is said to have been a most admirable discourse. After the usual preliminaries, the Convention was organized foi business, lit. Kov. 'l'hos. F 1 >.v vis, 1 >, I >., Uiihop ol the lJiocese presiding. . ? i As the proceedings will shortly be published in due form, and being present only at irregular intervals, we can merely give such points of general interest as canto under eeir'owti observation,or which relate to the pulpit exercises of the occasion. in the evening of Wednesday an micros j ting Missionary Meeting was held in Grace Church, on which occasion :iddri*ssos w >m deliver^ d by Rev Mr. llolltuan from \Vostein Missouri, on the borders of Kansas, Rev. '1. S Aithur, of Greenville, Rev. Mr. Scott, Missionary from Africa, and Rev. . C. 1'. Gadsden, of Charleston. l'ablie exercises were held in the Methi odi st Church on Thursday morning at which time a highly interesting and instructive sermon was preached hy Rev. K. Reliingcr, of V nlerboro. In the < veiling services wero hold in Grace Church, preaching hv Rev. Mr. Reed of Clarendon. On Friday morning, the opening exercises in the Methodist Church, were conduels d l>y K? v. Mr. Cornish, of Pendleton ami an excellent sermon delivered hy Rev James l>. Gibson, ot \orkville. Tin; Coaxmillion at noon took up for consideration the report ami resolutions of the t.'otniniltoe, on the expediency of es. tablisbing a Southern University, and a lToei-an Theological Seminary, for the training of candidates for orders, which called forth animated and interesting ro marks firm Ucv. .1. 11. Campbell, Chair man of the Committee, llev. J. II. lilliott I lev. A oxatidcr Cregg, llev. C. Wallace, lie v. C. l'.t t'idsdon, Col. A. 1*. Aldrieli, Ceo. \ Hrvan, Esip, and others. Wo happened to he present a part of the time at I he.'iiJ tlie closing remarks of the 1?i>l. p, on the introduction of this interesting tojje. We vvi re particularly pleased with Uev. Mr. Civgg's remarks, which were full of christian zeal and practical piety. in mentioning this, however, we nr.- not to he understood as making discrimination. I he discussion although animated and somewhat voricl, \\:tr* altogether conciliatory ami judicious. Toe Convention having decided on tho necessity of a Diocesan i heologieul Seminary, a Committee was a|'|ioiutcd, charged with the whole mailer, to digest a plan for its osial>ii>hmei.t, place of location, nuinher of Professors, <Ja\, which <' ommitWc consists of llev's T. S. Arthur, C. C. P.ncknev, J. II. Klliott, and J. 1?. Campbell, who are to report at ncM ineet iigof the Convention. A Committee was als > appointed on a Southern University, who are expected to attend at Chatla i,,I.- - ..r i.'^f .\i..~ p>"? " '""Jl i?.VA. ( regg, Fx-Govcrnor Manning, and \V. A1 !aitoi? IVinglo, Ksq. Committees were appointed to receive contribution!) to the above enterprises whose names we have not ascertained. The Convention, after the passage ol several resolutions,?complimentaiy to those of our citizens who have so kindly and handsaincU entertained the iiieinLeia of the Convention during its session ; to the Methoust congregation, for the use of their Church, so kindly and opportune ly tendered by the J'astor, liev. Mr. Gantewell, and for other purposes?adjourned on Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock to meet at Greenville, on Wednesday, the bill ot June, I808. I he entire session, as we have learned lias been one of mm h interest and har mony, and we are gratified to know, that ill* delegates have been motl hospitably entertained?not confined to the inein j bership of their own Church, but in several instances that pleasure lias been shared by our brethren of other branches of Christ's spiritual kingdom. This ii only another evidence of the good will and kindly expressed liospitalry of the people of Camden.? [ Camden Journal A LESSON FROM THE BIRDS. A gentleman observed in a thicket o hushes near ins dwelling, a collection o brawn thrushes, who for several days at traded his attention by their loud eriot and strange movements. At length cu riosity was so much excited that he de ! terntined to see if he could ascertain tin cause of the excitement among them. On examining the bushes be found I t r...??u it.-...i. .. 1 - iv.iimu imiuoii, nuunn CHU^IU II h limb in such a way tliat she could no escape. Near l?y was her neat, contain ing several half grown birds. On retirinj a little distance, a company of tbruahe appeared, with worms and other im eets ii their mouths, which they gave first to th I motlier, and then to her young ones ; sh in the mean whiie cheering them in tliei labor of love with a song of gratitude. After watching the interesting seen | until curiosity was satisfied, the gentle j man released the poor bird, when sh lli-w to lier rinut v\ 111> ? orriiI?-fu! mmir I her deliverer, and Iter charitable neigh * lx>rs dispersed to their usual abodes, siiijj > , ing, as they went, a song of praise.? ftj chan</e. THE COLONIZATION SCHEME. The foolish scheme of Eli Thayer, the member of Congress, from the Worcester District of Massachusetts, for colonizing Virginia with an annual army of 100,000 free emigrants, after exciting the indignant commeuts of the Southern Journals, has received a full exposure at the hands of {boss of his own n.i-'* fallowVl llJVJOt? W t II I J V M U |M?I ?, I , x IIO IVMV ing extract fioui the New York Times, charactenzes it as a bold scheme to rob weak people at the North, being entirely visionary and impracticable. The Washington Star well remarks, that the election ol such a man to Congress, afford* the best comment upon the result of popular education iu Massachusetts, and the social moral and intelligent degeneracy of the people. Their reckless disregard ol true principle and sound patriotism, iinds a tit embodiment in the person of this unscrupulous charlatan : "Is there anything better than this iu tlio entire catalogue of pull's of Parker Vein which wo recently copied from the files of its "historian ?" Is it possible to connect a more magnificent programme of promises, whereby to entice eager and sanguine avarice into a surrender of its cash ? What farmer, struggling to obtain a bare living for a largo family from the sterile soil of New England, who will not jump at the chance of joining this "annual army of 100,000 neighbors" an J Mink' tin tnlM n.cl. 1 1?1 ?III: ? ?ii ovuu v-uon uuu HUIIUIUU Hill IIUU of dollars ovcry year 1 Wc do not know what have been Mr. Eii Thayer's antecedents,?but he has certainly studied, if not practiced, to good purpose, in the school of fancy-stock jobbing and moonshine speculation. '"That Virginia, Kentucky, and Mis: souri oiler marked inducements to labor when accompanied by capital, we have no doubt, lint any attempt to force upon either of those States, or upon any other, a supply of labor beyond its immediate demands must end in ruin, which will fall the heaviest upon the laborers who yield to its allurements. Thero are lands in these States which have been ex| hausted by bad culture, and which may lift liAlinrlil un<l vvaou'iKIm Ka >/> ?- - ? V """ ,0" claimed, Hut money to be expended in 1 manure, in extra labor, and in various im; proveinents of every sort, is the main : thing needed?and that can be expended to live times as good advantage in the fertile and unexhausted West. There may be opportunities of making mouey by i buying farms in Virginia: but who ever proposes to try tho o*poriiuent would do well not to rely with any great degree of 1 confidence upon tho absurd assurrances and palpable exaggerations of Eli Thayer. 1 A movement of this kind to command confidence and success, should bo managed with discretion and prudence. Tho 1 businecss men whose names have been mentioned in this connection with it, must j know that nothing more certain to bring it iniu uisirusi ana coniempt, ana Litem as its backers into discredit, than the abi surd overstatements and the delusive promises which form the staple of Mr. Thayer's appeals. They sound much tnore like the rigmarole of the mock auctioneer, or the Herald's bald pulls of Potosi and Parker Mein, that the sober reallities and simple facts upon which a business operation should rest for its basis."?Irule pendent Press. [Fioui the South Carolinian. Court of Appeals. Monday, May 11. equity. k j The following casses were heard today : David S. Ilenry et. ah ads. Cornelius ' Graham, administrator, et. al. Mr. C. \V. Miller for motion. Counsel for ap1 polices stopped bv the Court. ' | S. S. Karrar ik Prothers vs. II. G. Has eUljn et. al. Argued by Mr. Inglis for the motion. Mr. Ilarllee contra. dames 15 rati ley ads. Jane J. McKnight; James Bradley vs. Jane J. McKnight.? These cases were taken up together. Mr. Bellinger read the brief, and will commence the argument to-morrow. Cecelia McKnight vs. Jane J. McKnight et. al. Continued. " At quarter before 3 o'clock, the Court adjourned. LAW. 1 The following cases were heard to1 day : 1 Middle Circtit.?E. Tryon, for anoth1 . er, vs. I'olk liobinson and others. CouI ' I wnucu. Eastern Circuit.?J. N. Bethea ads. S. Berry. Argued by Mr. Seller# for the motion. Mr. 1 >argan contra. Mr. Harl* | lee in reply. Thorn## Tomlinson, Sr., vs. Mai ilia and f Tlios. Tomlinson, Jr. Argued by Mr. f Mclver for the motion. Mr. Ing'.i# con* tra. i John I>. Young ad#. Shcph ird Clinton. Thi# case was docketed and continued. Wkrtkkn Circuit.? BivingRvills M?nu ufacturing Company vs. Simpson Bobo. Continued, a Samuel Stalniul. r vs. Abraham Liv? inghton. Struck oil', t Northern Circuit.?Joseph Go#wick i- ads. John A. Mett#. Continued. r* J ,.l. ? II : U. O 1- II 11 m I/vim linuiBuii) nr., vwtvirniHiy 11. l RT> s her. Arpued by Mr. Kion for the moii tion. Mr. Boylson contra, e W. II. Elliion vs. LI. K. Aiken. Are ptied by Mr. Kion for the motiou. Mr, r Boy 1st on contra. A. FWell ads. the State. Submitted e on the brief and authorities, by Mr. Iliou i- for the motion. Solicitor Mellon contra, e The Western Circuit was then recurred o to, and the case of the State, for Mourni inp Roberta, vs. John White and others, [ was arctied for the mrol/.n l.n Mr YViUnn f- Until 3 o'clock, when the Court adjourn*