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THE LAXmTEll LEIHiKR ^ i ' ' TT'o? i' ,Pcbiiihed every Wedues lay Horning Tt I W. M . CONNORS'., " * SI KDITOK AN'V V.iOfKIKIOR. j fu u3o vv TE41M3: I vj, advance, $2.00 . |ll( At the expiraticA of Six Months, 2.60 J r< ' A the cad of the Year, 3.00 ; J .? .?. of 0"0 ADYEHTISEMENTS ! w| vVill be inserted at the following low rates: One square (of 16 line*, or less,) one insertion, j wf I ; or, if continued, 16 cents for the first insertion, and f>0 cents lor eaeli subsequent insertion. See Fourth Page for deductions in sit. or of standing advertisements. The number of insertions must be written on : j( Aach advertisement, or they will be inserted till . . ordered out and charged accordingly. * The Echo Case, | At difl opening of the Court, Lieuten 1 1 >. nnl Carpenter proceeded with Ins te?ti* ' t!i toony. He slated that the anchor swing in itig at the'bow \vh? the only preparation ft for landing that lie observed when he : bv bearded ibe Echo. Many ol the negroes i no were suffering from various diseases, and i rej the vesbel was'filthy to the last degree. | Vt 'Hie model of the Echo, which was i ge made br order of the Court, was here J an shown, and the uses of its several apart , iu\ rnenls explaii ed to the jury. This little j Tli em't is a /be simple ol'the slaver brig, ' pit reduced in dimensions on the scale of re! four feet JLo t!:e inch. It contains two | th< slave de?ks under the main deck, one tei forwartl and the other aft. The latter tin "was occupied by lite females and some no of tlje vonnyer boys, ami the former was em appropriated to the males. Helo v the pel Slave' deck water casks and provisi >ns th< were kept. se<; There were brands on the backs and go< shoulders of the negrces, by which they { could be designated by their owners.? i sta lletservs, one of the prisoners^ staled lie ' ha owned one of them, and pointed him | of on*. Ilenervs a'so mentioned that the | im ves?<( wws from Africa, and had been out | tin forty three or fort) four days, and that | sei tliev had made sn tials fnr landirnr tiie I .It. negroes fit Krv Verde that afternoon ? w| There were three hundred mid twentv A negroes on board the Echo at the tune a ! of the capture ; when she sailed from I of Africa the number amounted to lour luirr | ot i dred and fi'ty. On the passage of tlie vie Echo to CbarlrHlon tlie deaths averaged su. 'three h oh.*. i lor John Monalian was sworn. ,lle was m< cockswain "t die Lhophin. lie was or at 'gered to search the vessel, and fomi I a j Ku 'white Hag with a black cms*, and a loa . no 3ed revolver The tia.ne 'l'ntniHli. New ; ,1a (Orleans,' painted in white letters on the ' is stern of the hrig, hail been p outed over i is w ith a coal ol black paint; and the i co> word 'Echo' whs painted oil a board nail I ed oil i.'.e jiern. above the rudder. The in. bu k of the negroes were crowded togcih' { hui ei on 'he shiVo deck ; these in the htttch mo w?v w ci e expose., to a.! w?ivllie.1... Just linn bef.ro the seizure, he s.;w' two ligh'era ire clf.nding for sea aflei w ard they headed j an 'tor tlie land. ( pel The District Attorney proved tlie J dd ownership i>f the Echo by Capt. I'owii I t!isend, by Mr S Dopescas, who testified sin to the genuineness of a bill of sale I v em which that vessel was transferred from J. eli. J. fceriia.ideZ to Townatmd. ref Kusseil Clalf testified that E. C. Town- gr. send was a native of l'roviden-e, It I., i gel and that he had married and resided 1 asi there Bv request of the District Atu.r du gcv of Rhode Island, he visited Town- j ly send while in jail in Boston and recog- J a t nized him. the J. W. H nks proved the shipping arii- res and the crew list ap.d the certificate i do of registry of the Putnam. of / x . . r * u re.. .1 ? * v^.spi. ?r. *1. v^ommamier ot the j uln United Sates brig Dolphin, was llie next ? witness examined. After narrating the I history of the capture, he described the i 'com! it ion of the vessel and her living Weight as shocking and deplorab'e. The fr" whole crew of the Echo was sent b <ck to j "f that vessel, with the exception of Town i ins send and two men who wee sick with African fo*e.r. lie thought it prudent to Co j*Ete,i)J fdwi.'sciid 'Oii the Dolphin, because Iw bis intelligence aild reckless air led him *'?< to fear he might prove troablesome ? ( l'i? These he took to Key West, and after sir exerting his utmost to have them sent to j am this port, imperative orders from Wash- i *'?' in<rton obliged him to leave I hem there. | 0. The slaver was seip to Charleston becadse cot he Vnew there were several places where j lrn they could be comfortably lodged. J ?>' 1 and especially on account of the facilities im for telegraphic communication between ' rec this place and Washington. i tin Dr. Urown, surgeon of the Dolphin, ! I'e gave testimony to the follow ing fads :? ! of Iff was on board the Echo with Capt l'h MifHlt the day after the csptufp, about \ even o'clock in the morning; the vessel ! ed, was exceedingly filthy ; the negroes were tin from five to twentv five years ol?l; lliev J bo wt>('e u'ltac aied and haggard, and many po< of thrift weie t ?}cted with disease of the ( sol ye and tiie skin, and dysentery ; ihev | lac "Were suQ'erliig'ffbm tywfit of food, and de I va Joured rnvonr tHl v the biscuits flint were | los thrown ti? Ihedi; iha eii_k Hnd the well : lar were mingle*! indiscriminately together H> on '.lie deck. lie advi*ed Capl. M ?Miu j "di to le??e ilie sick men they had taken J *k ,?oin the Echo hi Key West, because lie , 11 1>e.ittVH.t iher would certainly die on the lilt 'vo\ age to'New York, and been use he wni lis. nptireliettoive 'llfey might communicate j din their diaeape to the crew i-f the I) ->lph n. 11 n On the poop deck of the 'Bcho he (omul j hy two botes of medical stores, but there ed were no hospital arrangement* or? that **h vessel, sih Lieut- Carpenter was called again, and h!e prosed two charts found Oil laiard the ilii Echo. On these charts was traced ac<?n timioua line of that vessel's course from lea the coast of Africa to the point of her ins capture. far Tlie testimony closed on the part of the sin Slate. Tire compel for the defence gave dm no*ice fiat 'f they conoujifed to rlispense ' ten Willi testtitionv, thev would he' prepared wil t > or i.vs | ?ri'h t'1# argument t'V.Ny st tun 10 -tiK-lf T'l- p'i"?iier? WI | b- defended < It,* L VV Sprat l an i R DwTreriJfc, of h i* Chariest on. and Maxcy (rreg^ am! fid rov round Bellinger , of Columbia. lire phik- hoi 0ttl>ou will be conducted by Mr. Juries ip?K inner. United State* District Attorney. left desti Charleston Courier,' April 14. ! llit-ii jiij; - ^ ' c?tir*?n,?. 10 Recent Fugitive Slave Case in veil to f. Ftuadelphia. Tlii? get Tlie decision in ihe recent Fugitive itve Case in l'luladelpliui I y wlm-h ilie j Wi,J's I'1 nawav with ho illustrious name, Daniel ] chanty. Ybstcr, was sci in liberty, in direct I dalion of the conslituiiopaj rights of 1 ? ow ner, is a circumstance deeply to lie ! 'I {relied by ail who value l!ie perpetuity lire Union. There call bo little doubt _ the mind of any unprejudiced uiati io Iihh read the evidence in the case, at the "decision of the Commissioner is determined 'not liy the facts as they re presented to him, but by the out . le pressure to w hich be was subjected. ] ih mam point of issue was of course the Sf entity of lite slave, and never, in our aj unfile judgment, \\us anything more ?arly Or fully established in a court of itice. Yet it was precisely upon this nit, and the alleged lack of proof that inivl Webster was the negro claimed, at the Commissioner rested his action j defraud.ng the owner of Iter property. 7 is easy to see that lie was influenced the consideration that the negro could j WKDNK t have been returned to the owner's ??? tresetitativea and brought back to The ( tgmia, except at the liaz ?rd of a dan- nQ rous disturbance of the public peace <1 raits in Philadelphia, which should | rolvo bloodshed in their suppression'.? I ' N L e angry crowd, made up of .-ill com j * V?u 'lions and grades ill society, except the j ,8? ruriV'' ined and the law loving, was outside a doors of the buiUlfng ready to atThe npl a forcible re-cue in tlio event that Mr. W t decision had been different. We Jo taker f?r t sav that the Commissioner was influ wj,|, t;le i:ed bv any apprehension of personal Vill ijgo ril, but we can act rtsist the conclusion j tt lie shirk'e,} his duty for fear of con j k [fences alarming to the repose and I * ' nd oidar of 1'l.ilH.UI.do,, I whose t> We rrv this is h deplorable circuit) j whose r" nee. Not that a citizen of Virginia i Mr. R s In en kept hack from the enjoyment j trict. 11 hor law'ul property, tmr ev< irtlmt the I there nrt muni'ies guarantied to tlie citizen h\ ) vet to ci i Constitution have been withheld, taken, t! ions as this may he, hut because it in | ;)H r,.p,,ri ales a temper in the Northern pontile j lich bodes no good to the country.? ready we have seen the requisition of i (Iodv* Northern tinVernor on tlie authorities ! f,,r Mississippi for a fugitive from justice I ?jroinpt , enly disregarded, and with men ?ce of ; Wi | deuce to the offi-'er, ami we !'. rr tiiat I i ' e i i i i* ? I ch ilco n J. Hti exercise o: 11 e lex'r > ,.i [winch , I I** ' \ ' " I V I IK* l? inn III otir>e.*es wc ilisj.jq.ioiej wi.l become j >rc frequent with e*?r\ fresh outiaye! ,SM"' ,H ' the North in res| cct of im lift ing i^?e I ^ r igitive Slave low |i is a matter of i er.tlure > consequence that prnpem in iie^ro readers I aes is Hot fecoon Z-d at the North - It I cert lilily lacognized in the Constitution, and | tastes an the duty of all who hve under ihn ' ' pact to ulifV its r> .viisitions. Th We are hot going into the old ar^.i j In ncr tit here to 'he right > f the question, I oji. n. J| t if tlie ^ortherti people persist in tre.r. | ,.,j t|u.ir j ; our just demands with contempt, ibex j jlV s,tt,-r 1st rea.?ot-.sh'v look for the same sott of I . ^ itment at ihe South. Tlie legitimate , i e i . i . ,n t'tetui d sorroAf.il re-tilts i,I such a system ol riodical ' oJl'ei.cj a?i I r. t;.li..d<-.i i-, no: . 1 're lijult t-.: hdes'M*. \\ hell t he 11 'tie Collies ' tdallle tl oA*-*tillers escaping from norther cities | '"rally t til not t?e delivered up to justice !? many fre ise of the Constant and systematic tier so many lion of the noli slaveho ding States in j interest i using to give back our run-away lie 1 The per c>. then the Union w ill be hound to j fttiJ seem liter by green withs wh.cli w.il lie rem ! j,ri. Holer as readilv as those wlucli lettered I vhor ! giant of o'd Meanwhile, we can on. , .. s , , ... i I at:i.at ue stand oil the defensive in the hope thai ' I I I lie 11 I'll t ! teller opinion may ye. prevail l eyornl f . i I'otaiti ?c, mid wkilj fl jir eating the Next. 141 urt to retaliatory measures, punish with thei,- s?v s u> Hii'ai Biucrnv me sngii'esi miracuon sung noj our own laws concerning die slave pop J ncrurncy ition whenever we catch the offender. |y, citinc Petersburg Express. | ,,h0 wj,|, The Recent Fire in New Orleans. Giikat Loss of l'uoi'Kicrv. ? We copy '?,H* 'au' in the Picayune, ihe follow ng account i l'K> cr??w the tiro wliicli occurred on (lie O h l'11' |?erf?. tjtnt, in New Orleans : nothing The fire broke out in Chase it L illy's would jn tton Pickery, on (?real men sireel, he- niost fas een Clouet anil kiontegut streets, and tainnient hi communicated' itself to O'Brien's ' kery, on the opposite side of the 1 eel. The cotton \ ;?rd* Nos. 1, 2, f> d part <>f No. 4, were destroyed, with ,\ min ue 1'2.000 hales of cotton. Yard N > 1 ?r which contained a large amount of ||nssst.*nit .ton, and is so situated that its des | . iction would have enured lhat of the . ler building* qf the p'.eca, a,id made it ' . ' possible to check the fire in that di ' *nichnr lion, was saved, owing principally to ' heing ru| i w?dl directed efforts of the 'men of prices ai lie.in llook and Ladder Company, one aspiie to wiiom bad his hands badly'bur lied? includes e two pickeries "and some sixty or tiuir c.l 'eiitv buddings were entirely destroy ' These Some isolated fires in building* pkowisc ee souares distant (one a* far 1 ack as ,, c , r . v i to, n| ( ve street| struck m>w terror among Hie | ^ ^ ^ ur resident*, threatened fioin every ... e. and no*, knowing which danger to ' '* e. Mr. Ileiiediet, clerk of the cotton diseases rds, who reside* on M integut street, " " 'ar I two bouses, bis furniture, and a cherry-b; 1*11 in ??? iimmk'j iiu i)h*i hi norm*.? ;\jr j; * three children w.tre in the liou?e : ?p(.n|(,, ? len it took lire; the frantic father, who, |((r ? cjr busy about the cotton yards, ran up, ( ^ I rushing into the bouse, toon I bis ' ' I* girl asleep on the be?l ; the llatnes | ' ,e' I gained the whole front ? ( t!.?i trjil- '''* I" g, and be bail to scale the back fence. J "hick is ? two Other cliililren lia<l been saved five, w!,, some generous citizen, who d'sappear When y* after pmi ting tbein in safety, and efng, i*V osa name no one could fin I, not with |ity j? Mll tiding die rnanv inquiries made. The \|r j, ssinga of a' family attend ilie generous ret-eivsd known wherever lie mav be. , , tilings, ii 1 lie cotton destroyed, represents at . ill half a million ol dollars ; it was all " ' " ured mi th.s city with the exception, so ' a? we eoijlJ ie,trn of 1,600 bales m "P*'*1 ed in ^jrope. And the yard bud* order* hi igs, the two b'lckVriss and their co?, ly and mi lis, and the prtvat/ dwellings, and we \y? n I rind over a liiiiidrmj t'lousstel dollais ^ |^.ltj,( Afie* noticing those Itrg** ft/uies we ' >m to think of the loss oi p/ofa-rtT not ' ered?i?f the hundred famines ?||i?S| I'riiaU nee have been destroyed, many were . U-realed >r people, bard working men, wbo arc ( this Dist iiute of everything. So sad is sitioii tha^, &oi|>e of our benevolent themselves sufferers, hate resol- j >nn it subscription for their relief ' v temus lnovenienl will no tloubt I _ nuluu to br our citizens, who al j o\o 3o ready to concur in acts of i 1 , h . ' U II) f j; ii A?UASTERVILLE7r"c. | I SDAY MORNING, APAIL CO, I8&9 ????; t 'it ari.estok .Mails.?VY'o received , ti IrstuitsyiaiI on Monday night and (| t-ntly lyy not up this week with the } vents of the day. The failure of i teuton mails, which was formerly I . lave latterly become quite frequent. ^ Population of oqr Village. 'illi.un Robertson,the Slate Censustins Imtrict.has kindly furnished us (i number of white population of our 0 'i lie whole flu in tier within the (; e limits is *273 ; Males, 151 ; Fe- : ^ 2J. This does not include those j laces of business are in town and sidences are without. p has not yet taken the entire Dis- l> le has about K000 names and tl inks j d probably two <>r three thousand ^ iter. If wo aie rn.t greatly mis- j ie white population of our District, j tl ,ed ten years ago, did not reach 11 il - r s Lady's lloor, ? Toe I^iiiy's Book j ' ' r 15 ' .s upon cur tuple, it ?j ever j ^ md regular in its appearance, and | n lliis number filled as usual with j s< tcialiire and vsrit u* and rich cm- j *' eiits^ 'I'lie "B.rd Nesting" in tliis : ^ i tine cngrav ing ; the fashion plates i are gori?e<-us and dill*ise. The lit g ieeiiis weil adapted to the elass <<f l". ">>r which it is designed. U.di is unrivaled as a caterror for the id fancies of the gentler sex. c Everett Entertainment oro.?"ee with the not ice previously ,, j . " ' ! "i r r.verelt .uo Ins i/ou^ comment? |M-rf?nii;?nees at this place o.i \Ion- ' noon. Owing to some dmuy or i in thu hour, but few persons were ' '' lanee in the afternoon ; but at night j I n s a In I house, including a large atof ladies. The villagers very gen- j nriied out, together with a good ^ in the c?unlry. The presence of f ir faces added no little to the 1 it the occasion. farm inees w ere highly entertaining 11 led to be heartily enjoyed by every ' tent I'irst, came Mr Everett in j 111 icter of the wizard, who with his | r i ... . j i... iii .!!? ti I . ^ I' | I H ' I I I , I 11 , l?V IlirilH ! and nploiiLlied hi* audience.? j no toe juvenile performers. who in i w ??ra! cI.iirac'.TS in 'lie dance and | Jr lilted theri|*e1yes pLb exceeding , pleasantry and good taste. Li-.t- e< the comic songs (t>y ilie uav, the ' 01 t lie IS links per can flourishes was ex- I" ir.d the Ktliiopian melodies, and the ijh which constantly rung through ' d, attested how well this part of t nuance was enjoyed. There was in the whole entertainment that r unpleasantly upon the ears of the tillioiis of either sex. The enter- | will be renewed this (Tuesday) 1 ' ; Advertisements j n iber of interesting new advertise- j aeeonr columns this w eek. Messrs. no Si Cu/elon, who have one of the , * I ?, ' | istablishnients in the up-country, J 0 will he seen, opened their supplies; j f" f as comprehensive as usuaj and arc ; pidly disposed of by virtue of low r id attractive styles. Ladies who < 1 lir t choices, (nnu we believe this a all of them) had better be ear!v in 'J I s. I ( gentlemen, ij yill be seen, are 1 d a gen is of llavilaud, Stevenson it ti Jlnirlestori, for the sale of the cele- f< oliimbian Hitters. This eotnpound 1 * 1 be a panacea for the cure of many ti and we "shouldn't wonder" if it is. ! miipern r. no d? ubt, to the popular A ark and eorn-wlii?key pre pa rati mi. : a iIhpm It Mis frill nf Plonuniif llill ^ ntrlligibly and convincingly t<> bin l'Ic of cumomtTt. Mr. Mugill is a * ferchant, nn<i no one knows belter hew to cull for the various tastes ; " itrons. lie* slates that bis present more than usually large and iittric* le the prices are lower than e\er. h i.ods are filling and cotton ttdv.uu H irlalbly a otoat opportune time to j ** ' I.. '* 1 i | pp.us. 11 ?hn MeKuin. of Camden, having a late supply of Drug* and other i for ins the renders of the Lf.dgek '* k'l. "McKain's Drug iSto.o" is one V ixed institutions of Camden, aroj j l' i front experience when we aay thai that establishment will be promptili-ftclortly tilled. t'.-r to tne eard of Mcesr? Kerrieon >g, of Charleston, wUo will be O receive call.; or orders from ibis n ; ll >?*, Guardians and oliters are in. 'I in a nonce front the Ordinary pf ? rict, in another place. di The Souther^ Convention. Gov. Gist, it will be seen, l(a* nppoin eleg?it"< to the Southern Couimereinl C fiitiop to mutt'inbli' at Vieksburg. ,\Iiss , th May. pr>?x. An eloquent appeal lade to the citizens of the Southern Sta y the coiuiuilteo of invitation, nrgin eneral attendance in view of the mom nils questions to be discussed. The p eedings of the Convention for the last t ears, we do not believe have been such he Southern people generally can indo "'he next meeting, however, may be ditl nt ; we trust that it may, nnd upon roapect that a more conservative up .ill prevail, would urge upon the varii )istricts the propriety of appointing ates. The original design of these c enlions was certainly worthy of all ouragetnent and promised great good, i f t|ie slave trade matter does not tnonoj i?e too much of its time at ti e propoi leeting at Vickshurg, something inav one for .the advancement of Southern C\ lerciul iptercxU. A list of the. delegates appointed bv iovernor will be found in another phi !. Allison, F.*q , in the list (Von the I 'or.gresxional District, we undci stand is tuled for It. i) Allison, iOsq., of this pi: lie first initial having by some mist: een omitted in the original publication. The Governor of Mississippi has app.? ed 3(17 delegates to represent that Slott lie Convention Court in Camden The Court in Camden occupied the re week, being engaged the greater port f the time upon the cases of McKnii; 'adow &. Co. is Barnes, late Sheiitf. : !. S. Farrar &l Bros , rs the name 'I 'm/rtiai furnishes the unueved particula Il?m. F. I. Moses, and \V. I.. IVPi Ikij., represented l!ie Plnimiirs. mid Mr* iershaw, Shunhofi, and Tavlur, the Del' ant. These suits were irMif uti-d against h-fendant for ttie escape ?.f i prisoner vv m lodged in til tor debt, at tl.e suits le several parties Dallied above as J'l.i its, The eas?s occupied it least half be time of the Court, and elicited ennsi ?hle interest among the "outsiders " \o ease, for several vcar?, has heen tied in our Court with gieater uhilile. ithef side, than this. m:d. we nr.- mi.,- t one ii.tv?- rei|uired nicer diseriiniiialo.il : Hinder judg'io ijt. There vver some j.oi f a uiosl deli,-at., i haraeti-r, - r: i t|,e?e v* UmtsSvd wilii all bliitv uhisti Olid il l : have been Mirpi.ss, ,1 an* where The verdict -if the Juri s in the ea i\e the Plain till s ?j-ist enough irry costs. All appeal has been taken by the Pin tl ? Attorneys Snuff Dipping The editor ef the Sumter \Y I'rhmun lidcnlly a bold man to "d |i" so uneereii ioiisly into the operat'oiis ot i ur si-r. It is vi?-ciucily ui,gi limit I oijld not tlonk of trusap issing so fir, eeiallv since hearing a young linn. I ther d iv, speculating upon the prohil rotits of iiierelu nts in the snuff bo-iti, i a way that induced as to belh-ve thr mall trade* in that line ;. <?ri\-.:i h- r-j ut hear the W'aCtkn.nr. : "DtPfisc." ? It is common for people dip in" to a great many things with ?vh iey have no business. but I It*, modern ha f "dipping" into snutf, seems to us lost irrat onal of all. "Take a dip !" >iw a f.miliar invifuioi 'vhen 'lad-, n-et, and at it tl:ev go. We have heard a broken circles, ill the centre of wlii as located a box of the "cleansing" art it ito Which "uips" were frequent and qui i succession, us each fair participant eje I upon surrounding substance * the sat us formations of a former "dip" and p ured for the enjoyment of a new sen sat i f luxurious pleasure, as involved in I dipping, process. Hut vve fear we are venlUiiug too far. lend hoar at hand, savs tliat if vve iio i vercisu more chariness in our remarks, t e may be ' dippej into** ourself i.fte isl ion that might not prove 9,1 agree., > our snu(f i*h proclivities 'j'liis d. . em to h ilii* ring of whnlesomp itdvi jeing that the votaries of thf dip" arc timcrous and wide spread " News from Mexico Important news from Mexico is brnti| y steamship Cily of Mexieo, of which >1 lowing is a vuscincl account : Munition w>lh 6000 men, besides nrti y, having made a reeonnois.inee of V 'ruz, li.Kj ijtreuled to Medellin, disl bcutp miles from Vera t'ruz. On 7th ult., the first division of bis ar Negrete) bad begun to retreat from .1 dim towards C'lfiji fa. and it was r?-u i'd that next day the entire nrmy was nllow, hut on the ^9'b he was. wilh rcond division, still nt Medellin, pre par D retreat A column had been detached to atli ilvarado, but when it wns about to e?i icncc the attack countermanding ord fere received and it retired. Vera (Trux h i I 300<> men to defend sW of whom, IriWeVy;, were veterans. The Liberal party are slated to be ui ig great progress in the interior. At Yucatan the Indians were conlinu heir war of extermination. They had icked and burned several villages, and sssinated a number of per-ons The (i rninent had re informed the Guerillas ? lie troops destined to exterminate tp arbnrinns The two missing boats of wrecked B ih gunboat Jasvjr, were pi?k?.d up b dimmer from fJayin mas, an?} ^arr > Jamaica. The NVinnsho'ro W'^ufrr says thi enHeman arrived in tlt.il town n fevy d go, with a case of sickness, which \ [ on developed into small po^. (jr (eitefm-nt was esused by the sfinou.i tent, uod in consequence the exer? an le Mount Zi >n Ac.id-mc w is susp< ud \i? excitement tne He^mler thinks van Mary, and apprehends 90 extension cf leexse. jRe*<4iUion C$?a tod Tile following fli-pat<jh we find in our on- Charleston exchange* of Thuia^av. it is on .pf a startling character, j.nd highly jpipqrin tnnt if true. It may,, however, like many tos other (olographic roportH,all end in-moke. ?r u i It will probably be contradicted oreonfirmen i od before Una issue go us to1 .preys : to- 1 >JEw Voiik. April 13.?Tl\y Sqn hoists vVO the Cuban Hag this morning, and ya>'* that as by this lime.no doubt t*?e whole Island has rse. i revolted. ( It also lei'.orates the report that a strong expedition for the invasion of Cuba 1 " : left 'his eitv in the latter part of March, the j The IJcruiJ also thinks that possibly irit ! there may be some truth in the Cuban re. .us ! P'Tts. le- j The Charleston News of the 14th, thinks on- ! that the above dispatch may be classed with en- ! the political myths of .lie day. Illd I ? ? ? no- Kike is Cuba.?The llavanna corressod pondent of the Charleston Courier, states be that an Immense fire had ocyurrud in (I'D m- neighborhoods of Matan?ns and Curdenas. j Near a dozen estates were destroyed. As the to the quantity of sugar destroyed, it is all ice. gtiess w ork. Extensive merchants and farir>t I tors state that the quantity does not exceed in- j ten or twelve thousand boxes, whilst nthice, I tr parties estimate it at five limes that ike j amount. ,jn I Mr. Buchanan's Visit to Chapel Hit,:.. . ju 1 ?The Warrenton New* is informed. by a ; gentleman from Washington, that Mr. Buchanan will certainly lie present at the commencement at Chape! Hill. V* , Dkath or Billy Bowlf.os?Accounts '')n ! from New Orleans announce the death or ",lj ! the notorious Billy Bowlegs, the chief (if 'M' the Seminoles. lie ? ? rs : The Greenville I'.itriot and Mountaineer iks sav* : "We have seen wheat heading and <rs corn sprouting. w hile the appearance qf the ( "- fruit trees leads tis to expect a bountiful ll , supply of fruit, notwithstanding the frost llft during the pa*t fortnight. Peterson's Cheap Edition or NVavku* itn,,f lev Novels. ? We have received ltoB""Y, de- ! bv ^ir Walter Seott, being the third vol; unie of T. B Peterson Jc Biothers' new and j ar cheap Week IV issue of the Waverlev Nov- I on I . hat ?.* *"''r 'liter Seott. (iiving truthful ind delineations of people, character and man* ' '* . tiers ? ever upholding the cause of religion, ' morality at d virtue, they should he welcome r?i | ' at every lire side w h-rt theee precepts are sen taught The great ba.rier hcietofore, to I he introduction of the-e works, has been j the high price at which they have been held >iii- I , . . . . ..." I out this objection is being ro v oven nine, J l?y the pub ic.it ion of these woiks ,,f Scot I 1 j in such a lorut and at such a low price as ] i i-. , to Ining them within the means of all per- | an- i-ons w h tevcr. To Meesra T. B. Peter- j il.e son & Brothers of P.oiladelphis, more than I IV all otlo r pulilisheiy are We indebted for this ' ,-k- new fe iti.re in American literature. The I the works of 1*1,.as, Dickon* Chas. Lever, Mr*. Illi- , Southworth, and many other popular wri* >s. ler*. h ?ve been is?ued from their pres.* in a ii a I cheap form, and their last enterprise i* in .? , L'|Vi"j,' I" 'he public, the work* of Sir Walter Seott, rump etc and unabridged, at the i t>, v' ry l?w price of U5 cents each wa.rk, or the uln lc series for Five Dollar*. The IC " edition embraces the whole of the uiithor'a ilic Work*, and will bo contained in J6 volume*, i one of which will be issued on each sueceeding ij..t,;ruuntil complete. A full of *'*1 'H1 for warded, fie? of postage, by ! Mail, to any part of thu L'^.iteJ States, to le> ' a"-v 0,"*? by the publishers, on sending a romiltunce of live dollars to them, for the . twenty-six volumes. At this low price, all v. i per?ons should possess themselves of a I "en, """ w?* woniu lane this eceiaion lo 1()I1 ' ndiUe all of our renders t.i mike a remit liis t-'inf? of Five Doll .r* at oner, per fir?l mail, to T. II Peterson At Ilr.ithcra, i'hil.idelpliia, ^ ^?.r the entire sett, w ho u til send them eotnI plete to any one, free of postage, on receipt lint th:lt r a MkTIIODIST S. v- CtJNVKSTION*.?Tlte Ve Committee .if Arrangement* in Columbia ?e< through llev. J.din T. Wightman, Chair L?, man. report that the Convention will o. inept in Columbia on Thursday, May 5tl? at toe Washington ijlrect Cburcli, at j o'clock in die afternoon. It **ilI then organize and l?$ rea.ly for ^ht bti?ine?* by Friday morning. Tbo anni tlie ternary of the I'arent S. S. ^octciy yrill lie Celebrate I, ilnrme tl.d silling of tbe Convention, on Sunday tbe 8 b. It is "r lio;>ed tlial Itisbop K tvatisngh will favo. *'r" tbe Convention by presiding over its <!? ant liberation*. Several distinguished brelli be re11 from tbe West aro expected to be my present. de. Arrangement* will be inadj with the mr* Kail ltoad* to pass person* attending tbe i to Convention tor ?.ne fare, the ^ Committee of Arrangement# re. (t spectfullv reoiiesl tbe delegate* and th<>*? brethren wlnl expect to attend, to nend their names to tbe Cbairinan of the Com 10 imttee, and on tlieir arrival to call at tbe ,ni* Cburcli to learn tlie place* which lia\e er* been assigned to tbain. We ea*ne*tly hope tliat a vety l*;gn and general atten t, ilance will tm li>? i from nil tfi?* School* within din Itotmdcuf the Sooth Carolina nk- Conference.?Cam I en Journal. ! j. W. cookk, K?q ? Th(} pincaeter ft( L-i1i?rr infirm* u? that tin* gentleman, well known in line com in unity, Ami for n** many year* a prominent member of the Her, Ui become a hcen*ed Piearher in n ' the Methodiet denomination at Lancat **? ler. Mr. C<x?k is gentleman of fine talent, rit. and we have no doubt that he will prove y * not only a ur.eful and popular Preacher, ied hut accoinpliah much good through ' hie ininieiralion ? Colun\bia /tullrtin. ,t ? M AioMiq.?I'he M wnu of our town jva I"*"* Iwen having what flight he called vaa i M ' "'tf" protracted mee'lng. I>r A O. Market, the (iramj High Priev of the Grand Chap'er of fioyal Arch Ma*on? ha* lieen epetnting ?e?rril data with ue '* an I Itan ori'aM'fed a Chapter of Royal A rrh M?*oiu in I hie place. The ni??.iiiic order, we are happy to lh? aay, is in A vert flourishing condition in thiatoWB.?CKerata OvutU The fickle? Trial. In We give Ih.*Iow a cQnJpi?!<e<l report rf ' the Sickles trial now in progress in Wash* ,r ington Cilv, and which is crccupving so I o| much of public attention : | j, vWasiiinoton, April 10. j ? .Th?vSickles trial has reached its crisis. . " It is the wish of defendant to spare the ! '* character of Key, lor his children's sake, !" hs far as it is compatible with the provo 1 cation lie is obliged to prove. Beyond Jr this, it is not the desire ot Mr. Sickles to go but if the prosecution, from hostile motives, are determined to assail the anteco^ciits of Mr. Sickle^, lie will respond " | t,o llnyn ,1)' unfolding a hitdgel of licet.liousness that will astonish this coin mil n \ n' itv, and carry desolation to many Hre- j n' I ... ! Conclusive evidence is prej.ared lo c?' tnhlish against Key, a series of libidinous 1 ' acts lor the last two years and upwards, | 1,1 that will bring shame on a',| in any way j ! connected with .him. Let it bo bn|uu|, j for the sake of the parlies, hs well as for j J1' public decency, that the prosecution wj|| j 1,1 pause and reflect before it is, loo late. Mr. Sickles declares that the allega lions of the prosecution against his early j * manhood are unfounded,*!;,! no more than i j $o many idle threats iy doter him fiom ! j exposing the itptp^rality of K**y. lie is | willing, fpr reasons stated, to.show for 1,1 , hettrajtce, U;t il.is for the prosecution to >' j decide. | M The venerable Judge is an old friend j ' of Key and bis family, but he inu?t forget u all spelt lies and exorcise steru inipartiali- '? iy. |f he allows testimony to assail the P1 prisoner, bo must also allow the prisoner M { to rebut rliia with testimony against the ll destroyer of his peace and licit}?, (!t is ' a: thought hjre that Judge Craw ford show 1 '? ed Luis for the prosecution, in not ruling, 1,1 as he had done in similar cases, that But i lerworth, an eye witness, should la* put ! * I on the stand by the District Attorney.? B It may be, however, thai ho acted consci- ^ * ct.tioiisly. ? j A striking demonstration of female sen I tiiiieut here, took place last night, when tienrge Sickle*. Iitli-r < : tiiopr, iter, w a* *urpri.ii>] vj I' visit at l?hotel of some : twenty ladies >vho came in a h?dv t?> r\| pre** their svnip uihv for 11 i-? #o?, and *. > I sav Hint if he thought ,U would give any j cmnforl to llie Aceiuoi, the,y would daily present thcinseles, with n\r\uy |^>i?, at i (lie C"'iri ll.tii?e. The ptsson at the head j <>f the depilt ?tii)ii was a venerable woman ; <>f si line three fcore tear*, and alio u*e.l | the strongest expre "simis id coiiimiseralpm fur the prisoner. 'We demainl hi* din charge,' k h e said, 'mi boh "*lf of mir sex.? j Ie*l liiin he convicted, and 'he lilteiline I I oh'aiu* new license. Let hint he vindicu | led, an l virtue obtam* new guarantee. 1 ,Mr. Sickles, sr., made a feeling ac ^ know lodgement in reply to this novel hut I touching d<*p av '?f good and virtuous I 'entonent l>V ladies in liil* community ? '' C'qrrtxjfyt.Jenci .Yew }~ork Ifernhl. Wisiltsorox, Aj.rd 12. ? S-ven wit acsse* fill tl.j th-fence h ive ihiw been c\. ** I indued, including the 11 I>. It. J. W .?tU r " ' and a set v ml <.t Sictli-*, slm was present " 1 at the time Ma. ,"vicklc* ijiisil the eon ; fe?sioii i?t h r gu ll. I^urmg tlie rendition ; ^ : ol M r. \\ Hiker .i liM.ipoUV, the pllsOlier w >* so overcome 1 v lojj lUll'dioH-. as to ' ill ike it necessary that J.e should he re moved temporarily from the court rooin. i * | JT I hi; court atlj turned yi.de the argiliiieul jt way pviid'iig, touching lite ad.i.:?sii>ilil\ ; o( Mrs Sickles'eonfc?si^;i, a* evidence in the case, whic'i is said to contain t!,r 'nil I pari icu la is of repeated ollon e*. 1 1 h \N vsniNUToy, Apiil 1^?Judge#Jravv. ford 11 1* decided Hot to receive NJ'S. v'Ci o klea' confession in evidence. Several ytl ( uesse* were examiuyy as to hi.* state of i i mind previous, t-.inj the circumstances i n which iniinediately ^>iycu.led thy killing. A great deal ol sympathy i* inaiii/v.fclvd a in the community for the accused. ei W VHMlNii tov, April 14.? Three wit-' t uesse* were ex ?mincO t<eda\ loj the tie* j fence, clnelly a* to ihy frcuuont signal* j made by Phillip l?art.,n Key before the nouse of Sickle-, and lit? Ircipient meet '< _ lings Willi hi* wife. Some "very sharp a ' words passed between tin* lh?tnct Attor ney, Olds, and Mr. K. M. Stanton. of the j defence. ' j Speech of Hod. M L. Bonham j 7 I lie K-lueliidtl Advertiser rufuirlr ilm a sabslnnce ??f (Jen. Hotih to.'# speech on I' M?u Uy I list lo it portion of hit const it u ! flits at Ktitfeflel.l Court Il.uis>*. ^Ile mI- 1 1 Imle.l to the increasing danger to the ( South jroin the ami.slavery aquation ;iii>I Ironi a p obahle increase of the tntitF. lie lienoiiiiceii the So tatter S >verei^nty ?h?c- " trine# of Senator Doiijjla^, ami claimed that it was ihe tjljty of .Congress to pit*? * i h law providing protection for slave prop. <1 erlj in the Territories. I|e denounced tiie Homestead hill a? no Abolition meat i ure, ami also opposed the Pacific K til |{oa<! schemes, ilie Mi*x can Protectorate. and the abrogation of the rlallMi ?hich m ' restrict* the admivuon of K before m ?he 11hi a congresrionef population. lie ? i iuni*led upon (lie sternest opposition to n mii int rea*e of taxilion nod a protective ; tariff, hi,(I urged tint the government ,j, expenditure* could win! he re- tj ! iliiew!. ,j Hi* spirited and searching speech chw, u ' etl with li e following manly advice and (>| view*; I) i "TIim.*, **id the speaker, "have [ hrief- ! ly adverted to *oi|ie ol the ilnn^err that l>e?et otir pathway in tin* Government. , ^ Vmi wi I now naturally a*k me?what i? 1 the remedy t The question i* one of inomcttiiu* inlfiol end neither to he mknl nor answered lightly. In replying to it, I cmii only *|a*ak lor iny*?ll; end 1 utter what I would ?iv if my voice were po tent in the South. Since tho tune when you honored mo with e eeet in the Suite Convention of 18A2, I have ever l*eu * ! a secessionist, and h separate secessionist ; *' hut the even's of that period *howed hut hi tin) clearly, that no Southern Stale u , likely tQ make a ureal movement, like w line alone. My sugij-.ttion is, that the ** South aland up a* one man in defence uf nl her rights m the Union, haying for her w fir?l great object ihe control of the Item- ! ocraiitf party. Hut it that party ahall te ?* fu?e to atand whIi us, lio n will it heco i e ' ri noco-urary that we take >ur own position oi as a sect ton. |f our whole fieople. Dam p ocrat*, WUijjs an^ Know-Nothing* will j v aside their difference* ami unite fv>r iin work ; if we shall resolve together i avoid all distracting issues, t.ew or e can tben make the Ueinoira^.e ^ a.-,ty f the coun'.ry feel th at we intend to ave our rights in lIn? Union or out nf.il , -and tlien tjiere may be . hope. 13til, li'ing in tbis, w hat should we ?ln ?*-land alill and have the chains of slave* irged upon us? Every true Sou I hern eijrl will answer ' never." Some move, lent musl.iiien l>e begun, if noi by all. y soma portion <?f the slave Slates, at rcrv Hazard. We have the example of le Old Thirteen to cheer us, in the his irv of their movements towards the war f the Revolution. That, inurement was ivt a simultaneous pnc,_and so rnav ours / r?t he. Like l.bem,. some I s o or niyre.of le slave States may be compelled lp. lake ie lead ; and, like them, all the rest wih >llow and consuinma'e the great achieve* lent, lint in tlie initiation of such a loveinent, there are two or three steps will be right in us to take. First, let s drop the exisiin" Compact. Secondly, t us form a new Compact with .new iiard* for our safety and equably in the nion. If this he pot accepted. Worn hat is left n* but to lling to the hrec/.p ie hannet of a Southern Republic ?" Awiukst.?Mr. James l)orster of-Un . n courttv cinyo to his death bv being iiowii from his buggy on the 21st of larch. He was on It ie wnv to Lanca* r. S. C., accompanied by his son John, ' hen the aceit'ent happened. The hor?e >ok fright and fan off. John, losing ossession of '.lie reins, jumped out, and on after the old gentleman was either trt.wn or jumpetl out. striking his head uainst the wiicwl as u supposed, causing wound from which he died the followig Monday. Mr. Itorster war 50 years of ace. and as a highly resjref table citizen of Union. lis nntime'v death is deeply regretted by tniiueroiia circle ??f friends ami relatives. - fh'irhutt Democrat. (T rhuirajiljif. Later From Europo. A It It J V I I, (> h' V H K I S r ;fe?*r-"'j#1 yv\ City cf Baltimore. ?>(:)?> r Nkw Yoiik, April 12. ? The iron screw e?:n ship C tv of Ilaltnnore, C*pt. I.eiidi illi dales from I v.erpool (y iyl-t/ch 30, :?? arrived. I.IVIfltl'OOI. Conov M sinter, March SO. The sa'es of iIip three dais *nm ii|? d.OOO bales, tif nli'cll lix k 000 nn<l rters -1000 Imip?. Hi# rirkel w r?* f?? rr* at lilt- o}vetim?. hut elos1 quiet ninl .lull, ihmioli sP-adv. \v?lb h.Ulmo "r!chn^ 7 3 3-1. hi <1 Mi-l llin^j Ipl.it.ds 7 I 10 ii 7 I 3d. General Intel! ijeuc;?. It ?a? expeclcd ihrtt tfip iVare ( **?r?-is woiilil meet in I >.)<.n Ket*e.n tf.?s flt'Hiiili hiiiI iwriitifttfi of April, I'ied mill moiiIJ probably In- :?d.i?i.lr?! hi.IiIII it Vl?t#?. France. Austria hii<I Sardinia still cm lined military preparation*. In (lie lliitist of Coinuiono the debit** n llie Keform Mill whs pressing, Tb*r i-veriiiimiit li.id sluiced it?o f on I Inhe vole, il *ii? suppose !, would lie tafcei* n lite 3 I st of March. There win lew* confidence manifested l |??ris, Vienna and Turin, and in each ity y.'Hrlike preparations were continued. 1111?: MAKKKTS. + (JoLl'MBU, ArKIL in. JL The sale* of cuttpn were lig'it yesterday -only thirty ha'es sol.I. There has been decline of fully Jo. We .,uole 8j to 12$e. Mobile. April 15. Sales of cotton to dav,?,Q0Q bales?midlino |-J| to l ljc. Sales of the W??k, I I,50 biles. Heceig's t.f thi, *ok ?t gainst 0 Jo0 bales miine dale I,si yyaf.-^'rcights to Liverpool 5-16. New Voi:k, April I The cotton market closes quiet, with solo t i.oou hale* Wheat is vrry dull, ofld il?*s of no importance Corn i* dull ? iixrd 83: tcllo* 8u n 87l?\; *?!? * of 5,* l>(> IiukIicI?. Turpentine also dull. :il 53f 55c. Ko?in and rice maintain the former notations. Speoial Notioes nt m rou L'-on* Mkx !?It cosu a deal of mney to he rich, and It is a question If ?q inch la worth so little. After all. ia wmI ll) ortli the coat?first, in acquiring it, ncil iu ipporting it, and lastly, in Indring up under nlien you have lost it ? It may cost a great i-al to be rich, but if you hare to enclose bqt ie mini* ot |l<), #i, or |'1 5o, to Wood, KJ- ^ y A Co., Wilmington, Delaware, the propria>rs of the legalised lotteiiea of that Scale, r tli" Mine amaU a-nounts to the mho* respon Mc (inn*, at Aii<n<U, Georgia, you in ike a if* invmtment, a il inwaro your chance in aetring a competency, qr making a rapid lor inc. You will acknowledge, tpid-ir the dhb inuUnrrf, that your wealth, Oiu* mijmnod, an "wotth the coal." Wood, F.d.ly k CS#., rc the *ucce?*ort of Gregory k Maury, and fl. wan k Co., and are now the tugaliied lottery Iterator* of the United Statea Hollow**'* Pii.ia,?Death* from apop^pflp re iu ipoet caae* aliribulible to inpruddnee id neglect. Uet person* of a full habit, Sit are a predi.iposiljijii to the di*ea?e, re on I to li.4 great Vegetable ee?4nl|t?) giiij alterauio lienever they leel a *ea<*tiou ol fulneea in te head, or are een*it>ie ot ytf ^it^un excitv* tent in the yjetial ayalein or the nereee, and e will gny^nl** them again** apnpleiy, and leo again** a'l di?ea?e* of the heart which dp nt re*ult fo.m maUerwtation or a ehange of rweturti A* a mean* of regulating the flow f the blood, aad p*< ifyiug it (row aM nerhitl art idea, iheao Pill* bit the A a* pi*** in I ha tateria medic*