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Mr. Everett's Address though
or tore*
Kinslei's Hall was crowded last flight. Hl
Frout the city, from the surrounding coun- fur |(er 1
trv. Iroin tl.u diffei?iit ?ii?? - -
?? "---i 'H"s "w ] ted npu
gathered as respectable hihI intelligent an jr(lt, i,ai
audience as we have ever seen. It was leJ ?|ie
decidedly a South Carolina audience, An ii
come together to express their sympathy dered it
jn the great and good cause in which Mr. Ibitli p
Everett is enlisted?lo pay respect to ? diabolic
representative ot '"ancient'' Massachusetts, eaiitesai
as tlie Lion. Mr. UoS.tussore, who so very ghelbv
liandsoinely introduced Mr. Everett, well pjiiisht
said ; for of modern Massachusetts, a* we |axv.
see ?t"through Iter politics, lie is certainly 1'ou
no representative. Need we repeat what have it
every one feels, that no disappointment outrage
was felt ; or if any, then a standard had annals ?
been fixed by those who w ere disappoint
od to which human efforts could not well Anor.
attain. It was a grand and magnificent Staktli
discourse. The orator prerented his sub- brings t
ject in imposing grandeur, perlect unity the Sp
and exquisite chastetiess. a projec
Whatever others max say of the South, all her ?
Mr. Everett must certainly have perceiv- iong rej
ed front the immense concourse that haughtx
greeted and applauded him, that theie is er Span
no reckless spirit among "is that will men of
plunge the country into revolution, unless this ore
urged on by itisui portable insults hurled in and o
defi intlv at us bv fanaticism and political at once
demagogues, must have perceived anaii sa
that we cherish still a love for theconsti- ago, am
tulional republicanism that our Washing- he says:
ton 1/UVfl II* ttliil lllul I ' 1 1
p .. -| ? ? ?? iv n#v? i u" | II act U II lJ f L
tional agitation wore to cease, the South fathers, i
woul I he ready to join in that great na our posp
tional jubilee which he hoped would he Afri
spring from the hearts of every section to Deniingi
celebrate lite next anniversary of Wash to her w
ington's birth day. The destruction of to extent
the Union of Washington w ill not he a onsly to
Southern ?vt. for he must have perceived the fair I
how, in the midst of South Carolina, lie that the
was cheered when he made allusion to rapidly I
that Union. The South ts readv to pre- These
serve that, hut not the present. When he jeel has
has completed his Southern tour, let him collect
make a Northern one ; lei him hold up complisl
Washington as a rebuke to the L)ema- sleeping
gogees there, an i if he can succeed in and
placing a check upon then), if he can pro- tention <
cure a popular feeling (here that will ed to tin
frown down their attacks upon the South, There cm
then will the South join with the North eve of nt
in hanging to that Washington who, arouse a
though dead, yet lives in the hearts of While 1
his countrymen. other mi
Today Mr. Everett leaves us. He has Abolitioi
made a most favorable impression upon have hoi
our people, and we hope he carries with New }r<
him the conviction, that when South Car
olina speaks of a dissolution of the Union I'assi
it is not because she has forgotten the son rv*e
great man to whose character he alone meiit for
seems able to do ample justice.? South negro of
Carolinian.. """ 1
? '"i ,vr:
The Banks Again. ^ ^
Last week we penned an article, in .
which we said that the bilfaof our banks ?jr .
had lost the prestige of tho;r name abroad your not
and stood not so high as in days of yore, nunents.
Little did we think that so M>?n it wonld 'n reJ'
. ,ft not
be more than strengthened and confirmed. jg8UO ?n,
During this week we received a letter persons <
front a gentleman of our Town now out A p?ssp<
west from which we take the liberty of 'lH'
extracting tlie following : of^olor"
"At the ticket office of the South Wea lMhen pi
tern Railroad iny Carolina Bank notes Qj (^e j)
were "no go.' The agent refused to take j?e|,)Mlre
lite bills of any of our Banks, requiring |o 81f
the specie, or Georgia Bank bills. If I
bad not taken the precaution on leaving
home to provide ntyself with a little
gold 1 would have been "in a fix." A StlCtt
fellow traveller was standing by who also morning,
had nothing but South Carolina bibs.? young w
lie had put his baggage aboard,but when eominhti
he saw my money refused, lie swore that No. 93 F
it was an unheard of thing thai Georgia dose of a
money was to be preferred to that of Car aniently
olina, and said lie would not ride on such Phillips,
a "J??d road" and he was as good as affi meed
I.: i ' ? - - - -
ins worn, lor i saw linn take I.is baggage he had ?
nut of the cars ami leave in the omnibus the inter
that brought him to the Depot. I liked came he
his spunk hut I ha<l no other alternative her frie
hut to ride on the road. I lo->k hint for small do
a Caro'inian. The Railroad Agent in she swal
formed me that the notes of Carolina life. Tl
1$ inks were rtfused on all the road* di an inane
verging from Macon. D,ty Iio>
"An intelligent gentleman informed me
that the mason our hi Is were retu-ed, was Buok
that the Georgia Banks were ready to ro- prisoner*
luine specie payments, but that the Caro hy som?
lina Banks would not consent to resume, cells, an
and the policy of refusing ?lteir hills was front on
resorted to, to compel them to resume.? Fergu?n
What will Carolinians think of tins I? North C
I inust conf. es that I felt a hlush tingle what inj
my face, when the credit of the Slaie 1 ven, con
love so much was thus blown upon." McAmlr
It i? so, we cannot help ourselves. We Miller,of
mutt grin and bear it, hut we trust there with forj
is a time coining wdien our representatives nf J0|,n
and Senators will learn to do tltoir duty vigilanct
ar.d Dot be fright full at far off shadows. an_
If the penalty had not been remitted
every suspended Bank would have re- Punu
iimed Ioiijj ago. We are clieored with youth, *
the oonvielton that a sounder and hotter at the Ir
system of hanking will yet be in opera- to death
lion. Their minds have been aroused to to ettew
tkia subject. Their eye* have been par his puni*
tislly opened ; end their determination in Ave IhhIu
"Banking shell hereafter be conducted on the 8
upon proper, judicious end legitimate disniissei
principles.'' We lite in hopes if we die tion of
fu despair.-? jVev6erry ft map Sun. Suu.?
# . ? / 4\<a
A Horrid M?rder. >' i
ave recived fro:n a reliable source '(r JJJ^
iculars of a most inhuman mui- /
petrated, last week, in Cleveland ?? ?
North Carolina, upon lliu person
d about eighteen months old.? if
lies implicated are George Scales I
mother, Mary Scales. The moth- V i
i child, a pauper known as Jane I /? ^
, left the I\>or llou>e of tins Dis- j frfMa
February ; and while upon r vis !
upper portion of the l):strict, met '
1 was married to George Scales, | fRnl
ing her child, went witii him to 1 skfl!*
e, about one hundred yards over I
th Carolina line. Several weeks '
ring her absence, her husband and |
her, desiring as it is charged, to |
ay with the cliild, placed it, i>h- i t an|.,
tiie hearth very near the tire, j
>n it a stick of wood heavy enough ! WKDSF.SDAl
But its escape. In this condition, i ^??
g excruciating loiment, it was I " TT7
?y the mother or. her return. Al ! "E EAT'
terribly burned, it survived two j svc,'?"
i weeks while the mother was a- j Wt'l'k, but not
sent, seeking to beg nourishment ! 'he woathi
clllhl. a severe wound wua *l'l.
ii its forehead, apparently with an j been very favo
miner, which effectually comply | learn that ihe
het.dhh work. , *ta:i<ls of com
nquest was held and a verdict ren j .iri. gri.atlv in I
i accordance with these facta.? soll throuKh..!!
antes charged with this strangely J be lo
i?l murder, after having mane
on, were bulged in the jail at !
, N. O , to await a richly merited j Nf.w Dituo
nent?the highest known to the ; to ndverliaemi
John J. McK.ii
r statement he correct,?and we ; medicines and
from very reliable authority ?this j ^or rel,der-s n
is certainly uuparahdled ' in our j 1(imt couU1'm,
jf crime.? Yorkrule Anauirer. I , ,
tiT bands.
trios or "Slavbkv" jn Ccua?
no News.? Tl.e steamer America Advektiskm
be startling annotinceineiit that um|M a|V?rd
auish Government has presented ... .. .. ,,
r i ii- r . i ?i Hits week. Mi
I for the abolition of "slavery in .. ... ,
, ? ., it will be seen,
:olunies. Ibis only coiin.ius the
.eated boast of this decay ing and j slot
nation, that Cuba should he eilli domestic g
isli or African. Tue wisest slates- get their wants
our country have long anticipated best of terms.
adf.d extremity, which would de jjr Da?m ia
f this country a course of action . , * .
distinct and terrible. Mr. Mud, 8,00k e'"'
w this <lcsju*raiecontingency long , prulila, uii <
I in his celebrated Osleml* letter havc tl,He"H
: "We should ho recreant to our ' j?"?d bargains.
10 unworthy of our gallant fore Qur frj,.nds
and commit base treason against n ,(rp j
.ertv, should we permit Cuba to '.. , ,
, . , 1 10 supplies, w I no I
canizo! and become a second St. , .,
?, with all iis attendant hnirors . n<)W '* U!,ua -'
hile race, and suffer the Halites ,,ur readers ot
J to our neighboring shores,.seri when in need
endanger or actually to consume our paper and
fabric of our Union. We fear bad.
Course and current of events are ???
leading to stall a catastrophe." Porter's I
fears are now realized. The pro- j This journal
been started, and helore we can 1 wt.eU l?; (|
our power the deed niav be ac . ...
, I ,, , o * , 1 sanctum. It is
?ed. llave not the South l.a^n I
upon a volcano? Wehaveurg- . PnPl'r v??ntninin
urged for two years that the at- i uP"n almost ev
if our statesmen should he direct 'he drama, the*
e designs of Spain and England, politic*, foreign
n he no douht that ?e are on the know. Term*,
ost important events, which will _
II the patriotism of the countrv. ? ,
se have been quarreling about ,or,y H '*dy
itler* of little consequence, the I M".v? u0 hn
tiists of England and America | 'h's r
*n concocting this infernal plot.? j vunee of any of
vk Day Book , It especially, a
interest to the 1;
outs to Nkoroes.?Senator Wil of ?u. ,eMSon ._
r.lly applied at the State Depart , ,it ,t..
a pa sport tor I) J. S. Koclc. a ! . . . '
Boston, and received the follow l,l,ns? 1,1 ,nfi
i( from the Secretary : tion.
Department of State, i
Washington, April 2. f | M(
(on. Henry Wilson Semxlt Cham- ! We have ree?
sequcntly one i
I have had the honor to receive ,(|u ...\i?unUlin
e of yesterday with Us acco.npa fn
ily, I have to inform you that it "id*1,
e practice of the Department to ?f Bmt inatituti
f other paper than passports to wrh'?n compo
going abroad from this country. altogether, ii
>rt being a certificate of citizen an interesting.?
i never, since the foundation of j duclion It is i
rnment heen granted to persons ' year.
No change in this respect has J _ . _
?ce in consequence of the decision Death
red Scott Case. Returning the ?. .
i in your letter, I hare the honor , 'nctf a"
C(1 U1 OI lllC
Your obedient servant. Benton, of .M;s
Lkwis Cash. inglon, on the
?? a flection of the
>i? ok a Youno Laot.?This he had been aid
' 10 * ^"V^1 Few ...en ?,..ve
oman named Knthar'ue r lelding
, . . , , / , . , DOSltlOII III lit
*1 snici le,at her father s residence |
"irnt avenue, by taking a small C.W"S ,"r ' '
raeiiic. It appears alio had been United States
attached to a \oung man named nieniber of the
and a few days ago heuanie his Porae?*ed of n
i. List evening, she heard that wi'h unwearier
doped with a young lady with large ambition,
ition of marriage, whi. h ho over sueh c.iinbimili
r, that in spite of the eflforta of 0f (in actjVt, ijf
ml* she managed to procure a we? M faal fr:(
?se of arsenic this morning whiidi . . ..
i i i ,i i ii ,v vears in the
lowed and thus destroyed her
16 Coroner was noliHeil to hold w 1,1 ' " . "*
nt this after noon.?New York "reineM h??i
nfc complete. It i
_ M m mm _ lie lias left nn
k Jail. ? We understand that finished by oil
* in jail, last night, alamt 8 o'clock
i means bmke the locks of tbe Finn is Caj
d by means of blankets deeeiided Jtmrtuil, that,
e of tbe windows and escaped.? .. i i
c , hre broke out
n, confined lor negro stealing hi ? .
arolina, was caught, having some 'u pr "n *
nred liim?elf in his decent. S'a His stable,con
vi/>la,l ,,f l.i.rl. ..... .,.1.1.... ti of Hour, nnd f
. .?? >vw.>vr?
pw, of burglary, Spaulding and ?f corn, waa d
r irrarnl larceny, Hmitl , charged adjoining atubl
jery, and n ne^ru, tlie properly Graham and ov
It. Brown.Iinve ?? f?r eluded the The total loan
? of the police.?S?uth Carolini- about #1,400, t
ly uninsured.
uimknr Cumhi'tku.?L Siaven, a "
rua convicted of highway robbery pAMI( T? Si
,t i.rin Owm, mid muxokI , ???
Ox.. Alfexx t... 1k-.ii ^I.xiukI c br?
I mercy to him, and coin matted , .
hmettf. He it to receive twenty fa,n*t * cnptio
?9 on the 23 I Apiil, and nineteen *>in' n *',ive w''
0th, in the jail, yard ?and to be an ow,,e'' I
J, on the 6il? of May, on condi- Mave * P11** f?r
perpetual banishment from the The jury found
Carolinian far verb oflvnei
v Mount Vernonj|
pi>t|,VT A new impose is given in on
j * the noble project of the purchase
. Vernon by the vis>it of Hon. Edw
^ ^ ett, who lectured during the pas
cities of Charleston and Colni
"^J^T ^ the 1 jfe and Character of George
ton. These efforts of the dial
> orator is spoken of by the presf
leston and Columbia in terms of
| est commendation ; ins rhetoricu
Jll^ I ftnd the magic effect of his sin
^I soul stirring eloquence, is said to
conception. The theme of Ids di
such as points to the heart?it
I the nobler impulses of man, at
. I cans of every class and party v
ISTERVILLE S C l l^c nua,s ftn<^ history of their
j from North, South, East nnd M
MORNING, APRIL 21, 1858. ; join in a homage of veneration k
j trious Washington nnd mutually
ier?There was a light frost ] to a scheme which is to pcipi
on Wednesday night of last ! name nnd memory,
sufficient to Injure vegetntion I l he Pr,,ceed? of these leeturi
;r turned pleasantly mild the | Kverctt nre pl^ed at the dispc
e season has certainly, so fi.r, Mount Vvrnon ***<* >?'
ruble and xve are pleased to ! '",s alroftd>' boen the '"^rnu.ent
farmers generally have fine | "ver d"n?r? f<"
and cotton. The indications | and Knod !W)J he r"ntin
favor of a good mopping sea- | l,,rc wilh 11,0 "amB generous j
t, and wo trust that this may 1 PnrrP<,"c*
.. lhe purchase of Mount Veri
llio lullest extent. , .. ' ,, . ,
"biuie* Mount Vernon Associati
**"* " Union," has at length been consul
Stoke. Wc direct attention though the necessary amount of
;nts in this paper from Mr. nnt been raised. The project li
H u! ('niitiit'iL <ii'!tli?r in Driwro
, _ "H" contemplation lor seven years,
I numerous oilier articles.? encouraged l?y the noble exan
ceding articles advertised by Southern Matron" The pro
t entrust their orders in bet- Mount Verron, Mr. John A. W
refused to sell the property cx?
?mm - United Slates or the State of ^
KNTs.?Our adveitising eoU | The United States could not pi
i unusual degree of interest 'he reason that Congress is not i
essrs. llu'jscltinc <L Cureton, the Constitution to purchase lam
have opened.as usual, a very ereign St ite without the eonsi
; of every species of fancy Slate in whose domain the propi
oods. No one can fail to Virginia refused to cede to Co
supplied there and upon the ''tl*5 ''f Mount Vernon. and sh
wise refused, emphatically, by a
. , cision of her legislature, to own
likewise opemng an elegant , ,, ....
... . , , ertv herself or to purchase it in tr
I lis rule is cash and short ..... ,,
? , "Iaidics Mount Vernon Assoeiat
isc who are fortunate enough ... ,. ... ... .
.... Union, whieh, decision, is bv n
h, w ill be lortiiOHle .n dri* nig .. , , . .. ' . .
? favorable indication of the patriot
people of (lie Old Dominion, In
at IMeasant Mill, it will be degeneracy of that haughty. vet
in receipt of their Spring ce-tral pride w hich characterized
i tile people of that section years gone by. The "Southern
I abundant and complete.? as the leader of the American i
all sections ot the District, (|,j4 amiable project, was not to b
of an article, may refer to by this act of the Virginia l.egi*l
ascertain where it may be straightway she appeals again to I
ington, with nil the pathos and
? ? of which a noble woman is capi
Spirit of the Times. Iinlf of a noble object, urging bill
after an interval of several to a sale of the premises to thi
lakes iis appearance in our Mount Vernon Association" dir?
a lavorite exchange, and a was favorably received by Mr. \Y
g more of general interest and the nnle has been consummate
cry topic, embracing music. Association is pledged for the p:
arts, the turf, field sports, the purchase money, the raisi'ig
i a d home news, we do not depends upon the patriotism of tl
, per year, 83- Will they disappoint an expect!
? upon such foundation ?
'? Boo* -The Ij.dyn-.ok We could not better nwi-t lhd
tin UMii.il elcpni.:ly illuslra- Mom,t Vt,rnon' U,nn b* *uh?il
uspecI it is ct-rUinly in ?d. "nvl,'in? n.iKl.t say.the concl
it-.. u... j.... tioncMlie Southern M .Iron's lot
t this til,us afford* peculiar Wuihfiiglon. If ?ny can read
?die*,as indicating the styles nn lnU"r'",t ,he "bJl Cl- we
-it is an unfailing index - ?" h?1'"?
itures have also their attrac- '* n* R '?%V tb^ *
[ amusement with instruct . ,tn. vour,,}lfe l? Proc,,r? t'or 11
dentil,)'?to place II beyond the <
eics ot lime and change, ineepai
?' ? private pusses-ions, you have ,
inntain Echo lh"1 >ou u'wub? oll|y ?" l" '
States, or to Virginia r or *<
tved I'oin a friend, and Hub- yt,u have received advances whicl
>r two copies by the mail, )?u to believe that the Federal G<
Keho," a modest little folio ?,r l,'? 8ll?de i.,tended to purel
>111 the Spartanburg Female "*vrn Jem. von have awaited >
.. , . , decision, and the result is now L
the direction of the Indies ,,aM. y?u nol done all that c.
on. It contains several well self-respect, and ancesirial pride
silion* of the pupils, and it furnishing these repented oppo
1 iU tone and appearance, ?'ie Stole and nation, to become
, . , and guardian* of the home an
-haste, neat and modest pro- . . . ,,
your ill,istrous ancestor : ll<<
issued monthly at 50 els. a cannot puichase and the other wi
von continue to rctiise the overtu
^ ties who pledge themselves to i
of Mr Benton ll"' end b,>'b f,,r lb? P1"
nation ?
t, the intelligence has reach. May we not hope that the ev<
death of Hon. Thcnius. II. past year alone have been -utf. ie
souri. He died at Wash. *" ??. you thi'1 l,'? P??'P'? chcrisl
. . ? _ . ory of the father of their coiwitrv,
loth inst , from n cancerous , . ..
be the most proper guardians ofh
i stomach, and from which Over 'It* length and bread'h of
Turing Tor a number of years. there ia but one voice to be h
oceupied a more prominent rock-bound New England,^ re\
, . .. .. i? . . over the plain* of New Mexico.a
iblic lite tlmn Air. Jsenlon. , r . ....
oed from the golden gate <>l Ualit
irty venra a member of the Wealiingtnn belonga to the w
ttenatu and several year* a try, hia grave ahould Ins the prop
popular branch of Congress. nation. 1 he nation a rcpre?enti
intellect above ordinary, no power to make it no,and Virgi
... . to do it herself, or to aid others
J energy, imperious will ami (( vej|rtljng yt.H, ? nM
it is not surprising, wuh ,ng. for the heart of this great
ions, that, through the course been touched, und the old audi
e, he made bitter enemies as '? *?. women and ehihfren.nrator*
end 4. Hi*great work "Thir. m",1" ^"4, Ac , the children
it j wi . ? ington, of every elsas?political
U niten tales Sennte upon ,,nd social?uniting in one comni
boon engaged since hi* re- erhood, pledge themselves and th
public life, he did not live to danta, to the l.ile*t tiro*, to guard
4 presumed, however, that ?r lheir unowned f.ther, whoee i
. , . ... . lone can have the power, while
nteri.il wherewith it may be fir?t jn ?|eir h,.nrt^tw bind ther
era. . io bonds too strong to be severed
?? - In the name and on behalf of I
\at i e i?. Mount Vernon A asocial ion of tl
nr.dm.?We learn from the . , .
we now approach Vou to renew
on Sunday morning last a to purchase Mount Vernon. We
on the premises of James F. the hope that you will not again
iq , on Broadstreet, Camden. k""* lhat you appreciate th
twining five thousand pounds and devotion whnh pr
. . . , , , sustain* (his movement. We Wil
our or five hundred bushels f?re you ,m.h evWt<nre ?f pnnX
estroyed, together with nil and present pro-pecta, as most cm
e, oeeupied by Mi. W. A. that, in rel)ingnnthe palriotii
vned by Mai. John Rosser. countryman for the means tor
, e . .. ... pledges to you, we rely on an
bv the firs is estimated at Uicl. will not be exhausted by on,
ind the property was entire- We oflVr to obtain every legal
needful for the protection of you
and not inconsistent with the pa
"** ject we wish to keep steudily in v
laves ? Judge O'Neall, in {**Jf y??r most serious consideral
: Chester (South Carolina) ,u" "J?1 ""rl" D?* ""
in the United State*, except the M
t by the owner of a eln\e nof) ^aiiociiiiinn. which i nn make,
n of putr<>l, for twice whip- to make Mount Vernon the prop*
lh a tnonlhlu nau /turirl.ut nation? taiiK "' ,l-',|l
!?* a Iffful right to give hU U?e **ri* j ??hr* of wJifcli
a definite time ipraMed? '.T*
t .L i ,m/Z i .. <MM? MM MM ? *,* ran n nt i
for the plaintiff fifty dollar* daciaion With .entim^nU ..f hiu
? by tbu dafmdtot A 8ovt?s** H
the Regent "of the Association Thk Utah Commission.?A Washington ^
iso of tho Homo and Grave of telegraphic dispatch says that enough is
>y tho Association. Tho par- known to warrant the assertion that Gov.
ie given in a few days. Powell and Mnj. McCullough, tho Pence .
t? - Commissioners to Utah, will be instructed i
Receipts. to assure tho Mormons that it is not tho
Feb 12, '59 desire of the President and the United States a
uolap Jan 19, '59 suthoiitios to make war upas them* but to ^
April 1, '58 secure the enforcement of the laws, to which . I
illnoe June 10, *58 end they will be counseled to participate.? I
Jan 30, '59 The commissioners will also inform them
tr Feb 12. '59 ",!,t s?me troops will bo leluined in tho j
Julv 21. '57 Territory to protect emigrants to tho Pa.
Washington Items. ton, Ksq, *d4
f '? Uowditos or Affairs at Washington. for the parohs
? I* i.'>Un^ ?*^,e Washington correspondent of the Washington I
'r n*'" New York Times,in describing the sndcon- tlenlars will b
t uti ,n dilion of affairs, in a letter dul.-d April A,
*"*r> **ys that "Washington in a pandemonium.
as ung There is no other city of the Union, not A C Dunlap
.inguUlud one, in whieli the life, the person and the I'r Tlios 1, D
' *"jiar~ property of the citizen are so unsafe as in Chas Smith
tin, high- Washington. You speak in disparaging Jonathan Wii
d powe.s terms frequently of New York, Baltimore Wm Ileed
gulnr and a|lj New O.leans. Compared with this W I, Foulkn
beyond j,|aCt.? New York is a field of Klysium. It Wm Dewees
'"course is has, with its suburbs, 900,000 inhabitants; llm I D Wit
apptals to Washington, wiih its subushs, has lesa than Sanil Qooduil
id Ann ri | 70,000. Yet I doubt whether there have Dove Segsrs,
vho rut ere 1 i,t.en m?ny deaths by violence, s 1 many Chapman Pat
country j rj0^, |n New Yoik ns in Washington dur- R II llutsnn
^ 8' -nia) I ^WQ ycniH And Ihe wholo of this ler- D li I.anier
) the illus- ; rjye 8Ct.?(. of anarchy, crime and eonfnsion T R Xlesbil
contribute . ri.HUn 0j- jr,>vernment The so- J D Kaulknei
L'tuntc bis v;,|| crisia which we have reached is traced. Eli Twitty,
- ,, in every candid citizens* inind, to the sedi- Jesse Kilgort
ja of Mr. I , ... ... , d ?r.
. . . lions arising in party contests, and the in- Julia r. 1 hon
>sal of the i .... f l 1 sr 1 jLion
lie i co,nPc*pncy !,n<* viciousness of tho?c en- J Vanlandinj
, . . trusted with tbo administration of law. Mur- B B S'ogner
of raising . * ?
. der.riot, rubbery and arson rule the city.? Peter W Tw
this great ?
lies to I I hey stalk abroad and take possession of A Carter
Hid ||^.r i| tbe streets by day and by night. Kach Jesse Catov
week the peaceful and worthy citizen la- j John C Wilii,
ion by the ,,u'nl* l',e black record of ita predecessor, | W J Fletchei
ion of the nM<^ hopes that the next will bring him the I D Kirkpatriil
mruatcd.nl- ''iiinunitv from danger and insult which lie '
funds hns ^orn,er'y enjoyed. But eiime grows by I Ltick
ias been in w ''at 11 feeds on, and has now become inled
on and endurable. The patience of the community ^ nppenra
jple of "A '* exhausted." sides matrinn
prietor of Washington, April 12.?After the House 11'u,-by apeci
aslnrigton. sdjourned to day, a man named W. II llel- ney' Vitnw
ept to the per [II. If. Helper, the statistical slanderer "If* n* Sum
Virginia.? of the South?) formerly of North Carolina, now^ vo'
notecoun- I "" ?"? ? wu? e??i:y o? kept up hy market *m
uTty of the | ;,PP"'n',,"'n** from the eaptainn,a* now. By
itives have ,','M change. #*piranta could aeeure the glonia
refuaet rX n,,mo without burdening t he mxiu- Nave \ or
to grulifv ",e heavy expettae attending the Aftica, Cap
hii'k venrn di*gu*ling mummery of military training, ilua |h?u wit
people ha* initkiit.
lie voting. Thr Duel betwek* Kiiitoii* ?It *pnnd
pear* that the duel between Ben l<nn? I'o- The ahipn
"f 1.V!"'h' aey and another Alabama editor,which ?m graph cable
, religion* ' ... . , .. . .... .
on broth arnouneed na having taken plice, di d not 1 lie retain
eirdeacon- come off, after all. The Montgomery Ad- land give on
the grave verjirrr of the Jhh in*tant *ay?: Spain con
neniory a- ., , ... the (Julf of >
it remain* "Ala*, what peril# do environ
ii together man w',? n,,'ddlea with eold iron " Cotan
I. "Ttie duel did not rome tiff. The par lie* Livkkpoo
he laidiee' were all on the ground?Mr Po**v sent hi* qtialitiea of
t? Union challenge Mr M-ia t? fi-t.?
VI 3 8d , and rr
r our offer Mississippi rifl. e, at thirty pace* Mr. I'o- ,
do no with *ey declined to fight with rifl s. nnd was P*r 'I *'r <
refuse, for thereupon notified ilmt Mr Rcui and his UflWuin({?l.
v unselfish friend Mould be on the ground ?l 6 A. M-, Pr'*?" 60.00
oniptu and Thursday, the 4ltl? insl., with rifles, to give took 6600
II plnee be- him On* redress he h?d demanded, nnd that leaving 36,0
uceeasea, foiling to appear, they Mould feel dischsrg the trade. '
ivince you ed froui any further obligation to remain. ,|,,rg offering
int of our They had previously refused to receive any <jr|eHn?
adeem our further eommatdcation from him. They . y . ...
exchequer went to the ground, waited one hour, nnd J**n* " ' "
rdemnnd*. returned. Mr. I'osey attempted to re-open ' * l!'.
guarantee 'negotiations ;* they refused to notice any '*n'' Fair *1
r interests communication from hint, nnd returned by 6 1 2d. per I
triolic oh the morning train from Weal Point. Mo
lew. W?t end* the roiitcnoplated tragedy. j
Lion of the M m M ?
or power X||lt Wohbs or a<n?r.i hah Pouchas- .
lonnt Ver. .. , . at Na? Orla
,?M|W to M.y.r Vt.to, !_W. k.pp, w - u,.n
?rty of the "ounce (aaya Ilia Richmond Enquirer) that bo
jl. Hocd ?o on tho 6th instant, ia lha presence of tha ons were due
Hflon, sod tvro pariici. and lha eounaal of tha Aaaoei* balls, and (hi
lo'ubtToor *lion lh" ProPr'*?,or Mount Var. tha fits! ftra,
h respect, non? * contract was formally entered into, in bia hip.
I ATaoa. ' before a ootsry, batweao John Washing- bis saooeary.
irohnae for ",,uU' n,? lU'-!U'k uPon Mr" r?l'r,",eu* %5a.<HK); nnr
,11.,wed by 1'itivo from that Stole, upon the floor of the Cl,mb||(ati?n
1 in a *ov- House. The former was worsted, howctr- The vxWf
i?nt of the ?n^ was ?ubsequuntly bound over to Sw|l||.- ^.n,
L-rty lies.? keep the pence. eonalitiitcs 01
ogress the April 13 ?In the Senate, to-day,a com- mu?t l?e eom
e has like- mittee of three wn* appointed, consisting ??f BUc|, m favor
recent de. Messrs. Green, of Missouri. Hunter, of Vir fhasv tii'lii'U.
the prop- ginia, and Seward, of Now \ork, to confer j^bed at sudd
uat for the \\ i I It a Hiinilur coinini'tee of the limine, up- them,<eUe? a<
ion of the on Kansas nflaira. The Utah telegraph wondered ho'
0 means n wnn pontponed till December. nnv aval
iatr of the in the House, the Washington Police wny Q(1 enqi
it rather a Hill was debated* The Kansas quntion ^ t;mi,?
noble an- a ill be taken up in the House ut one o'clock w papers "Lc
1 til. tn in to-morrow. mystery ts ail
Matron," April 14.?In the Senate to-day, Mr make money
voinen in Hroderick, of California, refu-ed to follow n fortune by i
c deterred instruction ol the la*gislntur? of his We have j
ature, and State, to vote for the immediate admission Swan & Co.'
tlr Wash- of Kansas with the la-compton Coitslilu- with the Casl
sentiment tjoni The Pacific Railway was discussed. We shall c
ible in be- The House authorized the appointment notice how tl
II to agree uf w Commit tee of Conference on Kansas bei sudden f
e -Indies April 6.
et. I his April I.V?Tho Senate veaterd iv resolvashington
^ to njj?lirn the first Monday in June. <
d, and the 'j'rt.day the consular appropriations were '^1
lyment of and the Pacific railway discussed,
of which the House, Messrs. English, (Dem.)nf
ho people. |n(||anatv Stephens, of Georgia, and How ard T.at.ftr
,tion built ^lihtck Hcpublicnn.) of Michigan, were ap
pointed a Committee to confer with the .
A . Ml SO (> . .. mm t% i\ fC
Committee trom ttie Senate upon Kansas
uling or n|Tiiirs. The Committee on Commerce ha.
uding p^or- f|.portr4j ? appropriating 8I,500,IR)0 to ^
\t to . r. r|ver a?j harbor improvement.. Only three
it ami not . . . m
new work, are lecoiumeiided. ^
*b?o' . .Mr. liou.lon intends to bring befo?e the Ci^V I
p.ilrmli.m un Monday next a bill proponing *
that the United Slate, assume the protecL
a .aered %i v
tc'utc of Mexico. Ntw 1 on
isnnliPgcnruble
from ' " C,/y ?f
tnnoun.ed Th? Militia Syttem lYtrie, has a
he United The lirund Jury of la-xington District erpool dale*
'** '1 tear. f(teakt na follow, of the Militia System :
Lniment _ W* l"""''1 lht* Mi,itia S>"'em of SoU.,h Later aiWi
L? . Cuioluta ?.? a great imposition upon the . . A
V ; fi?? people, and one of the w.riest huiiibogH of m. On ll
i r i o ?** * - We hate closely wstcl.ed it- bell w*. bef.,
Mi*i*icney f|,r y#|,r* pwat, and are rrarfy to exj^ct^iJ
're ,ir in pronounce it. burden, not only nncroiia bill Scattering i
r to nit e it to entirely useless. We believe lh?t in uny with tie rein
possessor. emergency, Which would call the citizen ?|H,igliter. '
d grave of ?o,d'?ry into the field l? maintain the rights ,.M>rU,jon ?f
a use one ?nd ?.onor of the Smte.more could W learn- ^ lfi
>11 not, will ^L,c " ""*'*>> " """ling under efficient R
f officer*. than I. now learned during a life- , '
" Jl". . tunc *erv iee under the present arrangement It Vj'iOetl VIC
'i-r nnd ll " that darling .talent iiuiai be kept up in 1 be repori
" ' order to create captain. *nd colonels, Ihu. inent ia to al
nt. of the opening the way t?> higher position*, we torie. i* inco
. ... ... trust that ilie Legislature wpl .iinplv re- _
nt to eon- ? ,i C<
t the mem- qnire * registration of Ihe names of nil inand
w-nuld di*hluaU liable to do military duly, and or- LlVRRPOO
is remains' d**r nn election for officer. of every grude, |,a?l declined
this land ev,'ry lwo y** tn br h,,,td "l U,e "n* of the tbr ? da
card, from ??- ?'"* ?nentber. to the legislature, so a. of w||jc|| ^
to waste no time on them?und nt the aaine _ ,nL
t 'V I lime innltiplv more rapidly, place.forthose l",r
irni i th-lt thi'*'ing for miUltjy distinction. The pal m1M dmc,i
herspoon Feb 19, '59 ' cine aguost nttiekn rroui hostile tribes?
I Jnn I, '59 They wil! go out with the next roiuforeo- 1
Jan 7, '59 | m?nU- ?
e, ? ? '59 . - -mm
> ? 59 LANCASTER PRICES CURRENT. .
Aug 4, 58 j CORRECTED WEEKLY, BY j
HASSELTINE & CURETOX. 4
Sept 8, '68 BACON, Shoulders 12J 4
> June 4, '68 , f'des 14 VI
in"on Oit.i4,68 jaill ^
[bain Jnn 10. '69 CORN, pei bushel 75
Feb 10, '69 MKAL. " " 75 1
fl i El 1 II I
ittv Doc 25. '58 j li w "J " S ^
t I MOLASsfiS, per gallon, cash,
Feb 1, 59 New Orleans 60 l
Nov 19, '57 M tscnvado 50
atns Aug 6, 58 Wnl India 40
r June I, '59 COFFEE, per lb., casl>, .
Ki > 14 |
k Nov 28 58 javn 00
SUGARS, New Orleans 9 a 11
$50,000 Prize Sold in Clarified 11 all
8avannAh Powdered 14 a 15
there are other lotteries be- ^ru*'u'^':*y ;* ,4a-l* i
... , ,, I KOI >l)hli, por hundred lb 75
>nV, which prove essentially to MACKERBI., No I hit (scarce) 3 00
ilator therein, a matter o'mo- No. j 14 hlils 10 00
is the above fact wherein the REEF, (very little offering). ... 8 a 9
innsh, of S. Swnn dt Co's. re- " " 8 a 0
i ,, , , . EGGS, per dnz 8 a 10
gin Lotteries, drawn at Audits CHICKENS 124
of the tickets which drew CAN DEES, Adamantine per box 30
??ly: Nos. 6?19?28 of the Single pound 35
scheme. Tallow 22 a 25
isive patronage, received b) 7 ^ 777 * a
ry nil over the United Slates, I HE MARK EES. 1
ve of the proofs that there Columbia, April 16. 1858. z
ething beyond excitement in In tho early part of the day, yesterday,
of the world at large who pur- t,H *'"* ft" not,v? d. mnnd for the article
We have often Iteen a?ton- In the evening, however, there was less
enly seeing persons spreading anxiety to operate, nnd the market closed
i well off in the world ; we I"'?1- Some 250 bales changed hands at
iv came such so, we could not 12 cents
latde means in the ordinary ? ? ?_.i ,,flra
' (.IIARLEnToN,April In 1858.
ury, some pers >ns who knows IV-wvr i? . . j ? .. i
, r COT I ON.?The market to day maybe
all things nlout every one, ., . , , i . . . . . i .>
, _ , 3 , said to have been brought ton stand, as the
ittery I leket, nnd the whole , .. ... , , ...
, sales were limited to 15 4 hales, which were
Ived. The mm that cannot . .
, sold before the ArniCA s news was receivany
other way secures at tunes
. . ed.
j lucky ticket.
u?t received a visit from S. Naw Oklkaws April 15 1858.
s Csshieer w ho visits this city Collon is irregular, and 1200 hales were
i, to pay off the above prize, sold today. Middling is quoted at I In
erlainly be on tile qui lire to ||jtf per lb Sugar is firm. Idtc WheU
le lucky winner bears his or is worth $1.12|.?1.17 pti bushel,
nrtuuv? Savannah Georgian,
New YoiiK, April 15. 1858.
Cotton is irregular With Mllt'l uf700 bales
at nominal q millions. Fh-tir is firm, but
I Im ^llPltll IMF Onio lias declined 10c. per bid. The sales I
' ' U l|^l UjJlJll , f?r ||lt. J;ly comprised 14.000 bbl. Wlieat
. _ is firm, arid 22,000 b ishels changed hands
p At 81 36a2.47J for Southern White. White
IOIU XlUTOpO, corn is quoted at 65 Jc, and Yellow at 70c,
per bushel.. Turpentine is firm at 52 i52$?
/ I A L OF 7' II E p,?r gall. llo?in is firui, at SI 50ol.55 per
iOP I JflNKLM HOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATION".
5Bfc t-'ure* Gravel, Bladder, Dropsy, Kidney
WKLVIIU' D'S Genuine PrcpirtiiiNi for Ner?
af RShlD^tOlli I J} voUAand Debilitated Sullotera.
?s | lHfKL.VHOLD'S Genuine Preperalion for Low
of Power, l.oa* of .l/eiiioij.
tK, April 13.?The steam MfeK?MBO/,D*S Genuine Prcparat'on for Dif
' Wathinyion, Ctpt. P C. 99 BcuKy of Breathing. Goneial Weaktieaa.
rrived Hi thia port, with Liv- ttljEL.l/HOLD'S Genuine Prepeniiiou for
lo the 31st ult. l,V*k -VcrTc^ ?*?* o( De*ih, Tiembllng.
General Hews. Jt* ELM HOLD'S Genuine preparation for Night
iii , . (MA. Sweats, ''old feet, Dimness ol Virion,
cea had heen received from SS^f, if HOLD'S Geimiiie P.epa.aUon for Unit)
9-b of March, lien. Camp ^ K?>ur, I nivcisat /.aariludc of the J/uacular
ire Lucknow, and an attack j system
I to I* made on the lOrli.? ' BEAM BO AD'S Genuine Preparation for Pal..counter*
bad taken place ? KrTlo,"\.
, . , . i ' M?# E AH BO AD S Genuine Preparation* for
teeulltxl in great ^ Vain* in tlio Hark, Headache, Sick StoiuTim
statement aa to the Iran | aoh
'he King of Delhi, i* errona- I tJf~ See advertisement headed
lal *?? still progressing. IIELMHOLD'S GENUINE PHkl'dK/iTlON'
Tor Napoleon i* again to vi* n another column.
toria. ^ aawwaawawwaiiiaai|WBaaiMaawi^Hi
i that the Spaniah Govern- Advortisompnts
M.l.al. slavery in all iu lerri. <wew AQVeTOMmenM.
rreot.
. ?Hgr The friend* of S B. M ASSEV
immerctal llffl. announce him a* a candidate for Ordinary
l Cottom Maiikrt.?Cotton at the next election.
I 1 8d. per lb. The *alea for ?? ?
ys comprised 21.000 hale*, SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
culalor* took 4000, and ex j AT?
I halea, leaving 12,000 hale. .? PAQANT TTTT T ? n
pi ion* to the trade and the A nlLtb, ?. KJ.
irregular. I 1*7K ARK JUST RECEIVING OUR
STH L LATFR Spring and Slimmer Good* from
New York and Charleston and invite all to
K, April 10.? 1 he *team*hip come and examine our Stock which la unt.
Shannon, ha* arrived at uaunlly large and comprises almost every
h Liverpool datev to the 3d article kept in a country alore, all of which
will be a??ld on the nioet Ai*c<?mtnod ?tin?
General Newt terms. We return onr ?incer? thanks for
lent of the submarine tele- we l,?ve recd,,U ?n4
hupe to uunt m oonunuHiice of Hie same,
wasprogressing. II iGILL & CAUTIIEN.
on* between France and Eng. April 21, 1838 ? loif
easiness. _
i:Z*" 10 SHERIFFS SALES,
tereiai inuiiijence Personal Propsrty
l Cotton MaInferior UY ^IKTUK OF KUNMKY WftlTO
Cotton had declined 14a ir T ', 1*" 7 !
... , ? . . before the Court House door at Lancaster
< g que 1 tea I8r| 4d. Ar, the first Monday in Mev nest within the
JescriptKMW, however, were Icg.i! hour* of sale thu following property
I lie sale* for the week coin* to wit:
0 bales, of which speculators ONE "egm girl (Mime) one lot of house
and etporior* 8500 hales kitchen furniture, one bed.strnd,
00 hates of all descriptions to \*? ?? h,,'r D-'" Cnno
riie ...arlr^i ~l '"I I it i. i bottom Chairs, one email work table, one
7,1 I . ' . ?'** *?"? "??* OM d""hla
* N"1 ?0t Pr?"">K *!* . barreled shot u un, |ii<n in and to he sold
w?s quoted at 7 5 8 1; Or I ? property of J*m?. T. W?de ut the auit
"If ?t 8 3 4d . Mobile Fair at of (InmM T Wade. et al.
Middling at ? 6 8-1.; Up ALtlO, On? Horrel Mare, levied on and
7d, and Upland Middling at ?? be sold aa the property of Jon,.? J. Fonder.
b'irk at the hIi ?f Jeremiah Fundrrburk,
Guardian, against, Jonas J. and Jacob Tun*
darburk.
Affair of Honor. AU80, On Tuesday following (4th of
ipril 16.? A dual was fought May) at the residanc? of A. J. Buker near
Uf, at 11 o'clock, thia mom- Tasahaw, within Iho legal boura of sale, 1
n Henrv Daae and V\ . J. will sell thu following proper!? : Onu black
tb of ibia city. Tha wnap- Cow and Calf and one Mule 'ailed on and
I _ ? , . ?i-- to ba ?old aa the property of A. J. Biker at
J.ngp^ carry.ngounca ^ M|l of S-muelriTk for J. P Stowa*.
? i " S , Coadiliooa Caali, die., $1.36 each.
Kennedy raeafrad a wound HENKY HANCOCK.
Thar? ta hope, bowarar, of m. L D.
April 1$, 4 10?31.