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the Canraster febger. ':; 12 PER ANNUM Ui; witli (lie \voii<l??r* of e icli |>ns?.inu day. IN ADVANCE 3 /t'dlg anil }\flitital Sfimpaprt?Praotei) ta tljt 3rts, Satatts, ritrtatort, fintatinn, Sgriraltatt, Salirnal Suiprautiuruts, intnjo nnb Itamtstir 3hm?, anil tin JEnrkfts. ; ^VOLUME IX. LANCASTER II, SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MOHNIftti, FEB. 6, 1861. NUMBER 52. 5 J>elerteii $ton}. A THRILLING ADVENTURR UY A COLONIST OF TIIK FAR WKST. In the year 18?, I undertook tbe per ilous journey of crossing the plains. Our coitipauy was composed ol nine persons ; among (lie number whs llill Johnson, tor inerly a hunter and trapper of the Weal. At the close of a beautiful day in May, we tound ourselves seated around a blazing camp tire, upon the banks of the Little Blue K'ver, Missouri. Some of the | company had spread a blanket upou the grass, and were bussily engaged in a game of cards, while mvsolf and Bill , Job nson wete eagerly discussiug the pro piieiy of liav'ug au antelope hunt on the j succeeding day. We soon came to the conclusion that we would spend the daylight hunting, us our train was going to I stop here several days to recruit our aui ' mats. I cannot sav, that 1 enioved a sound sleep that night, because I was an xious that morning should arrive, for I expected earo spot t oil the coming day. I The much withedifor morning came at last; and after despatching a hasty break' fast, and informing our comrades that wo would return by sunset, we departed with our rifles on our shoulders. For three hours wetravelled in a south erlv direction from the camp without seeing any game at all, and being somewhat tired and disappointed with our luck, we concluded to seek a Midler from the hum Ing sun, and lake a short rest. Follow iug up a ravine a short distance, we came to a siuk or hob*, some twenty *Oet deep, the sides of which were of solid rock, and almost perpendicular. Carefully examiu ing this curious spot, we at length discov vred an excavation lit the wall, just large enough to admit a man with eare. This was soon accomplished, and we found ourselves in an apartment about nine feel s<|unie, with walls of solid rock. This wu thought would afford us the desired shatter, and w e were just comfortably sea led, when my companion sprang hastily to lii? leet, say ing : 'lie silent ; 1 hear a rustling in the grass, which is probably caused by an elk or antelope. You slay here.' And, ee /. ng Ins rtle, he stole cautious ly down the raviue. lie ass soon lost to view among the .1 11 .. I i.i - I .1 i iir uin cr> ^iiitii okiriVM inc rnvuiv, ivnv ing iii? hIdiio to meditate on the probalilo cause of ibe noise wii had just heard, lint I v\an soon startled and surprised by seeing my companion running toward* the cave, with anxiety am! alarm plaiolv depicted on bin countenance. 'Indian*! by thunde; !' bo exclaimed, as 1 e r sh?d into tlie cave. 'I bun lie commenced blockading up tlie entrance with loose stones and frag inetils of rock which lav scattered around. This awakened site to a sense of the dan ger we were in, a* at that time the Pawnee Indiana were known to be hostile to lha whites, butchciing all who lull into their hands. To my itiijut'ice of how many there w?re of our euemiea, inv companiou replied : 'There are. two, mounted on tlnet horses, armed with ritlcs and bows and arrows, and most hideously painted.' Our enemies weie probably aware of our place of refuge, for instead of coming up in front of the cave, they crept cautiously round to tlie edge of the sink and stationed themselves out bf the reach of our r ties, hut so as to command the en trance to our subterranean retreat. Their persons were out of our view, but by their shadows on the opposite wall w? could uote their manoeuvres. 1*1 :.i ? .1- si L. .1 i I uty eviuuiiny inuu^ui iu<ro ww uui pus of us \ but lliey^did not deem it pru dent to niuke a l>.>ld attack in front, for by to doing they would expose their |>eri sons to danger; therefore, they choee the leu dangerous p'??n of starving u> to death, compelling u? tp surrender, or hooting us if we a!templed to tvcape.? l'hus, in a manner we were completely in the power of these satagea, unless by some straiagein w e coind manage tp es cape, llut soon night set io, spreading her mantle of darkness over the lend, end pinking our situation more dismal than before. My companion took his station at tb< entrance, ready tp give the aevagee a %wann reception if they tnade an attack 1 was not capable of enduring such hardships as my companion, therefore u? jtdyiaed ue to seek that repose 1 so much needed, while lie welched the manoeuvres y( the enemy, i I Hid down on the bard .floor of the cavern, and spon f?(l ^Ifep. 1 intended to relieve iny companion iu guarding about niidolghl ; but so soundly did i sleep, that the dawn of day was Just breaking in the east when I awoke. Still at his poet stood the old hunter, without a visible trace of fatigue or suf feting upon his countenance With the exception of the lone shriek of the coyotf it the dietant hilla, all waaailfnt without, and I, thinking the coast clear, was about to pass out when my companion, in a low wbiaper, said, *I)o not move: now i? out most dangerous time; but {'II foil 'em yet* And immediately placing hie bat upon the muxsle of bit gun, be slowly moved it through the ounce*, ill* lna %o?, who wore on the look out, perceiving it, mistook it for hi* head, and fired; two balls pierced the crowo of his hat. Dgopping it, be supposed the Indiana would show themselves. But not eo. My com* panion, seeing this scheme was about to |ail| commence*I making horrible groans, as one in mortal agony. This lire sera gee took to be a sure adicaltou tliat their balls had taken effect, and, giving a yell of triumph which demons might have envied, they rushed out iu full view. 'Fire!' cried Wy companion, and the next moment the sharp reprfrt of our ri- , flee rang through the cavern, while our eaemiee, giving a,eiwoltaueous t?ound, fell with ? crashing sound upon the hot i tout of the sink ?xh one a corpse ! 1'lacing the bodies in the cave, i we mounted Otir enemies' horses, and were soon gftlloping into the camp, to the gratification of our friends, who supposed we had faUW iato the hands of the merciless l'awnfaQe . And now, ll totagfc Jtalt have passed, j 1 And (he manly fovof Ot Bill Johnson is laid it; the sileut^n|r<4vf|iSpa0t (h? mem or\ of him as a lre<- friend ami iuave man in times o! . A F " Wliiti - i.y Lty' lAinkii. r tently !" anked |Mt, jU4? he entered j tlie bitting room, tMbWfc tb* little girl wn? leaning lur forehuaflgaiuat tlie windowpane, and gazing "A into tlie evening sky. "You will think me very foolndi, l'apa. I waaju*t imagining how 1 bhoi Id like ! to he h fairy." "What ia a fairy | ' inquired the father < innocently. "Why*you kooaUfapa,juet n? well as 1 do. Little tnir??f people, tin t wear dieaaea made of tlMp leave#, aim that ritie in enaii-aheU cophea drawn I v dra. gon IlieH." "Tell me, what jrruld you do if w>u J were a fairy I" I "On ! a ihonaaaJtMng*, Papa. In the j liinl place, you netf not go down any | II. IC 1.1 dial Jing^ old office, f r A I.. I. ,-wr you wauled ivaaey, 1 CeuM t-? ?.th my w and', and up avutd cuiuu he?p? of i g..,.i ai d tilver. TIM you know, 1 %..tiLJ in..Li: Mauiiua watl,aod keep !,. -r > <. t j.i i.-'r. uo end Iodic good thing- h..i 1 ! would do I" i it * *- . ?u?w H vvnpmar, my near mile g-.n to make lit* Jiunwl tu" . t .h. | power )ou li?1? .IjMtlwd of spending t -no buuv*Vwukltig ,u \ i "All ill* j>OW<I^L**u u precious .iule, i "Vtij pr?M?M^7|Crtuiiily, tut not so llllio *|? ) (M4 HHtfJA'pose. kJepelul uJ. j on it, my deer elf, Cioii ban given yo* . 1 a woik w l.ioli, w*| acc<>ui|>linlu J, will be : mote tN-auiiful in tt> resulia 11?/< 11 t?nv ro malice ol l.niy Uil'' t,iliHii s.tt for aflw moment* musing in llie deepening ttilight, and llie aunt 1 iiioli? to lea prevnled any further coir I v?r*nti>'ii. llie 1st thought that entered | in r utile head lie next rooming waa, j "I'll te a fairy l?dai." I At litis luoiueA Willie tursl into llie | room "1 wish niollit *?Mi't aick," ho ex I claimed. "1 here- fo one lo lie my neck | cluth, or |>ui up 1V dinner for echool, or i ' find my book', onelp willi my lesson." j i ' Perhaps I oe tlx your neck-lie. Come i | here," said Lilian 4?nd let iue try." "O ! )?>u don'twiuw how. \ ou never I did it m your lilV| 'I can learn, lldigh. You shall see," isaij the little grij and she secretly re solved 'hat ahe ?lwd practice tying a , nld?on around a >Bxk for one hour every day, until she wiaWrfeetly in art. The neck-lie was araiged even to Willie's satisfaction, and tie stray books were found aod put lulls satchel. The father then appeared An unusunl cxpres aion of i< u-n iua^l waa upou his coun leiiHtHf as no uMiauwii IK a CoUllorlaUle breakfast, but wwbt-r lie attributed him I iLin^j to fa i ry J^fluence, Lilian never knew, (she not. It ?m mo ple.maot, work tinauvpec t e J ! T After hMwj^V9SS^00n<-, Lilian put up the luitewfiWftlttlhl'* d'"ner basket wub her Ow? SlffPEtt ami saw bar l>iKi|ief j|dMMflfl|?|||pJ| x ibcii crept softly toJb^S^HSnj^M iftive wlial a el ( < U l(| (to WMM of Ui she j Wtwgtd Ji< in lire Qpdfe Jhl^MBJWtM iiolher's t?"io. ii^nMPMB^Lwaf, wit) a gentle a^H HpD^at 'l.u light lutaJHH^I^H^P^t-n daturbed. | She bri|j^|^^^K|P"t)Alife thi achiug head, lliprJ^^^HVmrtMNi to just the i right -J^jH yti'il Iff lur 1111.(1. i er to btf HRiMdfi^^pAp jlf tha> time, Allf had hiMflRmri- d tfhi* tfi'orle at *wl^8lHs!P *,m<? *" i j aiatapce. Lu^ei?,iri?i|e>, Hn<J uokf|ii|M WO?l #ift?durUl in..J e!? of I. bat |.T F??c;ly talisfac lory to tb*i^pl|Ni(>loyff, who valued iI.m moat e (abort# etrueture only for the aoine it made itftfmb'i ig down. All <Ikv long lb little alien.hut wa* fully occupied IV bwuaing him,and ?h? had lima only put the ailing room again in order aid bring her fathei*a at tidy gown amf&lippere when IU night key wa% hoard iMthe door. Lilint placed herself demurely fo bar old aeal by the yindow, and with leas abstracted ex preaaion limp on the previous ni^t. 'Home goo<l fafy haa been at trork, 1 guess,' said Mr. It- , aa be t?>k the i comfortable easy chair, and glapcid at (he usually noisy btda Ally, wbo w? now i u??piy ?MortxKlB 4i??y uyo^iujporuo' , Ho of engraving , *0, no, I>*p3r?t,li?d Lilan, %% *b? , thrnw heraclf oflr tna aide o? ?bl clmii into hia arma ; lo oo? in tb? wald but jour liltU/airyflf hom* f I Now, ebildroBlaka oinmpln byl'iliau, nod aot about aflking jouraelvaa atd olh fa hnppr by panning all tb?g(*d you , can, and Ucon^kliko b?r *liul? lairioa at lioma." K An Act TO HAI8R SUPPLIES KOK TIIK YBAK COMMKNC1NU OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND KIUliT HUNDRED AND SIXTY. Re it enacted by the Semite and House of Representatives, now met and siitiny in General Assembly, and by the uuthor ! ity of the same, That a tax for llio sums, and in the manner, hereinafter mentioned, - ...ii l : I ? I 1 ;? - mi4iii uc IIIIU jmni IIIIO lilt) treasury of I his State, for the use and set vice ' thereof, that is to say : one dollar and thirty cents ad valorem, on every hundred dollars of the value ol all lands granted in this State, according to the existing classification as heretofore established ; ' one hundred and twenty s;x cents per j head on all slaves ; three dollars on each free negro, mulatto, or mestizo, between the ages of fifteen and fitly years, except i such as shall clearly ho proved, to the satisfaction of the Collector, to he inoapa- I ble, front maims or otherwise, of procur- , ing a live ihood ; twenty two cents, ad valorem, on every hundred dollars of the 1 value of all lots, lands, and buildings [ within any city, town, borough, or village, i in this State; one hundred cents per hum dred dollars on factorage, employments, faculties and professions, including the ' profession of dentistry, and iuciudtng j herein Clerks of Courts of Common I'.eas I and (ieneral Sessions, Sheriffs, Nl asters and Commissioners in Kntiilv, Registers i in MensO Conveyance, Ordinaries and , Coroners, whether in the profession of ' Law or Kcjuity, tho profits be derived from j the cost ol suits, fees, or other sources of I professional income, excepting clergy men, j school mistresses and mechanics; one < hundred cents on every one hundred dol | lars on the amount of commissions receir ed by vendue masters and commission merchants ; forty cents on the capita! , stock paid in on the first of 4 )c tuber, one I thousand eight hundred and sixty, of all j banks which, for their piescnt charters, have not paid a bonus to the State; eigh' ty cents per hundred dollars on the oapi lal stock of any bank of issue, not incorporated by tins Slate, paid in on the tir?t day of October, one thousand eight lium I dred aud sixty, doing business by agents 1 within the limits of the Stale; fortt cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock of all incorporated gas hjtht companies ; ' one aud a half per oeulum on <J| pr,, j iniums taken in tliin iStHt<- by incorporav?..| itisuriiiue cuiup uiies, and l>y the agetirie of insurance companies and underwriters without the limits of the State ; twenty two cents on eterv hundred dollars of t!ic- I amount ot sa.es of goods, wares and mer ! chaiidi/.e, embracing all articles of trade for salo, barter < r exchaigc (the products of this State, and the untiiamifo-iured products ol any of the slaveholditig States of the late United States excepted), which any person shall have made from the first of January, one thousand eight lion iireu ami sixty, euheron ins, her, or their capital, or borrowed capital, or on account ol any person or persons ar agent, aitor ney or consignee ; ninety cents on every hundred dollar* of the amount of sale*, L'"Ods, wares ami merchandize whatever, which anv transient person not resident in this Stale shall make in any house, lad or public place, whether the said sale le made bv rainj le ?r otherwise; twenty dollars per day on all circus exhibitions ; live dollars per day for representing pub licly, for gain aud reward,any play, coin edy, tragedy, interlude or farce, or other employment of the stage, or any part j '.herein, or for exhibiting wax figures, or anv shows of any kind whatsoever, to he paid into the hand* of the Clerks of the | Courts respectiv#'y, who shall I hound | I to pay the same into the Treasuries ot I I the Statu of South Carolina, except in 1 c *? ? where tho saiu* is now required by las to he paid to corporations or other w?e ; one-tenth of one per cent, on all i in ti>!hk lrinriful rnniiiv u uf ini*r*iai ul! ???? I I ? - I iii a invited in the mocks or bonds of any other State, other than the bonds or | suck* of this Stale, and other than the ?t??ks of the b titka and rail road compa ni<4 of this State ; one dollar ami tifly cei ts oil every one hundred dollars of gr<t* receipts of all commercial a^erciea wi bin the limits of this State; thuteen [Ceiiisi on every pack of playing caide eold io be State ; fifteen dollars on every bil- ! 1 liaii table within tine State used to and ' for raiting the revenue therefrom ; one 1 huidred cents on the hundred dollars of all 'he salaries, including public offices, 1 (except officers of the Army and Navy, \ and wa^es over the sum of five hundred : dolors.) from whatever source derived or j , pod in tbia State. K'ie neifroe, mulnttoe and mestizos are hereby required to make their returns, i and jmy their (axes during the month ol i March, and the fax Collector of Sr.. Phil lip's sm| S.. Michael's is allow ed until the month of May to (active the taxes of i white persons. Ttisl within thirty days after the rati' firman of ihi* Acl the vhmoua Tax Cob ' lector* throughout the Sif.e ?h?ll tile in * the otjce of the Treasurer of their respec live d vision* their respective bond*, tp J proved by CommwsioBer* to approve se curitie* to bonds of public officer* of their ' respective district*, in the penalty of twice the amount severally collected by the aid T*x Collectors during the fiscftl tear commencing in Octol?eiL tup ibepgaml eight hundred and fifty nnii^^ \ < that nothing herein contained shall rwjnire bonds lo be given by such Tax ?>!? lectors M have been elected and given bonds since the first day of December, ' one thousand eight hundred and fl'ty nine. I That the commissions to bo received by i v_ ......... t_. i v,1l?..... twl. a..1.. vailUK* t VI Ulir uiniv, fir t)i? y?<?r commencing oo the fir?l d <r (I Octotmr, one thousand eight bundr#?i tni ailty, ftbftll be at the rate of eighty ' I per cent, of the commission* now adower tliein by law. Thai the President of the Bank of tli< State of South Carolina be, and ho i hereby authorized and required to issue in the iiamo of llio Stale of South ' 'aro tinji, four thousand live hundred cortili tales or bonds, of the value of fifiv dol lar? each, two ihoiuiHtid fi\e huuured cer tificates or bonds, of tlie value of oin hundred dollars each, and four huudrei certificates or bonds, of the value of Gvi hundred dollars each, to be signed b) the said President and countersigned bj tlie Cashier of the said Hank, bearing in leresi at I fie rale of seven per Cent, pe annum, payable on the tirsl day of Juli of each and every year, at the Treasury ami redeemable tbereal ; ihnl is to sat the four thousand live hundred certifi cates or bonds of fifty dollars each to hi ... I ? ..,,, l.i- ... .1 .* ?:- i ' ?-? *vwvv?u?ti'iv Mil I lie IIIM UM> Ul .Ml IV which will be in (lie year of our Lord one thousand eijrht hundred and sixty eight ; the two thousand five hundrer certificates or bonds of one nuudrei dollars each, to be redeemable 01 the first day of Jim, which will he in t hi year of our Lord one thousand eight hull dre 1 ar.d seventy, and the four liundrei certificates or bonds t>f five hundred dol I are each to be redeemable on the firs da\ of July, which will be in the tear o our Lord one thousand eight bundr*-* am' seventy two, and which said certili eaten or hoods shall have suitable con pons, to ho sinned hv an officer appointed by the I 'resident ol tho said Hank attache*", thereto. That the said certificates or bonds, and the respective coupons thereto, shall l>? received at the Treasury of the said State as th" same shall respectively become payable, in pat inent of taxes and othei debts duo to the Slate of South Carolina. That in case there tdisl1 bo required lor uiili'ary continued* i?s a larger sum of money than shah he raised by the tax e:t herein provided for, and the issuing ol the Treasury notes also provided for, it shall ami mat be lawful, upon tins re quest -I tho (ioternur of the Stale, for the 1 'resident * I the Hank of the State *.( South Carol iu to issue a.d put in ciriu latiou notes oi* certificates in th? form eren.at er pie.aci.bed, ol ouch denominations, not ies* than one dollar, a* the as;d I're.itleiil n ay ih nk j?r??|??r ; which a.d not'-h or certificate* shall bo receive hie payment ol taxes Mini utlie- dues to the r,,r t!,n ?uiiis tin if ii express ed : J'roviJea*, u1Jlt t|ie m hole Hiiioiint ?>( such notes or ceriif)c?v?, s|,M|j nill ll.e bum of three hundred stousand ilo! tars ; and :lot said notes or c?i^."Cates shall bo in (ho following torn), uz "Tnia note or certificate shall he received in payment, of taxes and other dues to the Stale for ? ? dollars," and shall be signed l?v the I'resilient and Cashier ol the said Bank, or such other person or persona as tlie said President and I >irec tors may appoint for that purpose ; and it shall be lawlul for anr Banks in this State to pay or deliver out and circulate the uotes or certificates issued in puisu slice ol this Act. That the I'resident ol the Bank of the State of South Carolina shall pay the drafts of the Coventor, countersigned by the Member of the fcx eculive Council charged with the Treasin ry Department, for any amount not ex Ceedtng the amount of such notes or cer tificate* issued and put in circulation hy the said Bank. That the twenty first section of an Act, entitled "An Act m raise supplies lor llm year commencinc October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, ratified on ihutwenti clh day of December, one thousand eiyhl hundred and twenty three," be re enac ted ami heucefoilh declared of force in the words following?that is to say : ? "'I hat the Treasurers ol the State shall b? required hereafter not to receive any tan returns which shall not he made in strict conformity to the instructions of the Comptroller (i-ueral. That the Treaan rers oi idi.1 oiaie i?m instructed to receive ill payment of taxes, the bills and noter of m 11 the Hanks of ibis State, unless, ir the opinion of liie Comptroller >(itueral, il shall become unsafe to receivo the bill* or notes of one or more ol such Hanks in which case he shall be authorized to issue instructions to the Pax Collectors tc refuse the notes of such Hank or Hanks ' Georgia Convention?Election of Dele gates to the bouthern Congress. Mit.iLKnoKvu.lk, lunuary 24 ?Th? Convention has elected Hun. It toomta aud Hon Howell Cobb, as I tolagaUi Ir-in the State at I irge to the Southern Congress, which is to meet at Montgome ry, Ala . on tlie 41li pro*. The Dele gates elected from the Districts are a: follows : First District, Hon. Francis Hartow 2d, Hon, Martin Crawford; 3d, Judgi Nisbet ; 4lh, Hon H. II Hill ; Mb, Hon A. It. Wright ; Gili, ilon. Thomas R. It Cobb ; 7ill, lloa. Augustus Kenan ; 8th lion. Alexander H. Stephen*. The Convention has adjourned till to morrow. Captain Inokaiiam.?This gentleman a south L-arolinmn, who, when tl.a Aua trian fleet wai in the harbor of Smyrna tiici not h??itMie with a tingle abip t? open hia ballenea upon that fleet, wliicl had kidnapped ]?uezia,on)y a naturalise* citizen of Hie United State*, than e'eclri tied hia country men, and the world, loo by hia gallantry, returns home in th< Arago, no more an officer of our na?j.? We cannot part with him without regret even if Republicans can -urd hope th dag will eoon return when he will K' rt turned "to the tuire and str? Wash ( ington Utatet. * I From the Charleston Mercury. ( Vicksditru, Mins, Jan. 14, 18G1. ) b j Guarding the "Father of \Yruters"?8lis- j , j jxctnl Steamboats brouyht to?A Six " G un Jiattenj ujton the Mississippi Fir- u ' I iu<j into a Cincinnati Steamboat?the ? Resistance Fetliny in the State, etc. a A despatch was received here on F'ri1 1 I day, from Memphis, to the etlecl that it I was expected thai <?ciieral Harney, with ' B j a hody of five hundred Federal troop", ' ' j would soon come down the Mississippi or. 1 J the steamboat Sileer Wave, to recaptdre | the Louisiana torts and arsenals. Instant r lv the wtiole city was astir It did not i take long for our people to determine that tio troops should ever pass here on such 1 hii errand. A half a dozen twelve pounders were immediately brought out and ' ' planted upon the biufl commanding the ' | river. A company ol Minute Men, man 1 | ued the battery, and a rigid watch was j I ' kept upon the stream, night nad day ? I | livery boat passing downward toward 1 1 I New Orleans was hailed and examined, j i and most of ihetn look the necessary in* I terruptioti in good part. Thus matters wore along until 10 o'I clock yesterday morning, when the stea I nier /. O. Taylor, of Cincinnati, made I ' , her appearance, dow n ward bound. As I { she paid no attention to the bailing, a j I tiiank cartridge was tired at her to give | her a hint that she must stop. This, too, . botng disregarded, the shotted guns were j I brought to bear upon her. This had the j ' I desired t tied, fche speedily rounded to, and alter submitting to the proper invea j j ligation, was permitted to pass on. Thin I ' ! watch, so necessarx at a lime like the | ' j present w hen o il S 'ott is at bis tricks, will be resolutely maintained, and the co I ! ercionisls, if 111?. v mean lo subjugate the ' S ntli, iniiht lak? sonic olliei louie iIihii the Mississippi Since this Slulc hits been out of the Union :i!l J' trly dues have beeu obhtera1 j tin I, and the people are daily growing more united au<l determined f??r resistance ' Hundred* of our young men arc eager to . i help ti> tight the battles of your Statu if she should need their services. Tennessee's Fesponseto New York. Ttie following resolutions were adopted 01. the lbtli in?t., 1>V the Legislature of J Tennessee : . Jiisolreil, by the General Assembly of h, bo State of Tennessee, 'I oat this Gene' 0\ irai Assembly has heard with protouud regret of tho resolutions recently adopted M, by the Stale of New York, tendering (J, men and money to the President of the m ^-"ed States, to be used ill Coercing Cer m I lain Slates ol tlie South into (J, | obediet Co to T\i?leral Government. j(1 r he&olved, I hat lr?-. (JenerM| Assembly , j receives the action of ltl*? legislature ot ,.l ' New York as the indication of Wvurpose I sli j upon the pail <?f the people of that 1 | to turther complicate existing difficulties, j by forcing the people ol tho South to the [] extremity of submission or resistance, and $ ! to regarding it, the Governor ol the State of Tennessee is hereby requested lo in- 0) 1 I e t" ' - i lorin m? r.xecuuve oi the 5>tate of New ; ni i York ill hi ii in ilia opinion of this Gsne ,, ! mi Assembly llinl whenever the Huliiori (j ; lies of llial State ?li it 11 seiul armed forces Cl j to lite South fi>r the purpose indicated in c( , | said r' oli.lions, the people of Tennessee, j uniting with their brethren of the South, Hl will, as one man, resist such invasion of ; the *<>il of tin* South hi hII hazards and I ] to the last extremity. y ; 1 Oi r Ancient Allies ?It is the proud tl boast of the Catawha Indians, in many g i respects one of the nobles', tribes of the ; aborigines, thai llioy have ever been the j i tiie .'is of the white man. The history of ~ ! i Carolina confirms the assertion, and gives u I 1 tbeui a distinction which they share with few of the tubes and nations of Indians, h VYe have a striking and affecting proof L i of the same spirit in an offer which 1 i reached tiov. l'/cketis on VYedne&day i4 i from John Scott, the Chief of the Calaw L | has remaining iu South Carolina. Tlie h r I Services of all the fighting men of this P gioiious remnant .'ie offered toUov. I'ick ^ 1 ens for "defence of the State, ui any ruan- 18 > ! n?r he may employ tbeiu." An offer of a thousandfold -fhrc6j front * any oilier tptarlcr would not hav&heen ! ? more welcome than this instinctive tnb j b ule of h proud and noble race, whose an I A< i cestor* often aided SuUih Carolina in Iter w I h nr of need, and whom foreign gold and h t influence could not detach from their y \ l friends.? Charles/on Courier. b Kekp Hack thk Cotton.?Let the pa , 1 I 'riots and planters of the South keep hack p their cotton. In March Europe will need t| ' supplies if our ports are blockaded, Eu p rope will find a o ay to open tltern. VYe p can live?our Southern people ? for we j" onlv send a surplus crop to market, The v Cotton States have only need to agree, in j p confederation, and a* an independent j, power, demand the recognition of Eu M rnltA Tufte ulnitM IV ua almllu , -> ; U eilged aeench, and Great Britain, through . , her diplomales, tried Iter host to keep iter I v from entering the United Suiett CutfeJ. j , erncy. Willi nil (lie Cotton State* uni p i ted, we chu bind the world to pledges of } i recognition, and even alliance. We can 1 declare our ports free to the trauoof ell l c (he world, .\ w hngland excepted ;di?- u >, criminate between Southern end North i ? ern bottom* ; i?tue letters of merque end a - reprisal, end play audi a game with our t I, ' blockading gentry aa will cure them very t ? noon of their wxrlike'pauiona. Only be 1 ? fi'in, tro .i no buaineaa politique, and let t i llie Colt's and the cauuon be ready.? c j Char It iion Mercury. ) <1 ? Jfficers of the First Regiment of the Regular Army of South Carolina The following is the list of oflicers as ! ippointed by the Governor and confirm- j d by the Senate under the order of the j !t:ite Convention for organizing a regular 1 rmy for the use of the State : Jons Dunovant, Major. ARTILLERY? FIRST COMPANY. W. U. Calhoun, Captain. T. M. Wagner, First Lieutenant. W. C. l'reston, Second Lieutenant. S. Silgreaves, 'l'hird Lieutenant. 8BCOND COMPANY. j. Li. Hallouquisi, Captain. Alfred R iett, First Lieutenant. G. N. Reynolds, Second Lieutenant D. G. Fleming, Third Lieutenant. INFANTRY ? FIRST COMPANY. W. 1). Smith, Captain. Warren Adams, First Lieutenant. T. B. llayne, Second Lieutenant. War. Barnwell, jr., Third Lieuienant. L SECOND COMPANY. J William Butler, Captain. v T. A. iluguenin, First Lieutenant. S I) SkUn?A.. V..?-.1 r wfvwuu uit'UiVIIHlK. Mitchell King, jr., Third Lieutenant. TIIIKl) COMPANY. \V. 1J. DcSaussure, Captain. K ibert D. DcTreville, First Lieutenant. James Hamilton, Second Lieutenant. Willis Wilkinson, Third Lieutenant. FOl'KTIl COMPANY. George James, Captain. 1$. K. Sloan, First Lieutenant. John It. Miocker, Second Lieutenant. Dull' G. Calhoun, Third Lieutenant. FIFTH COMPANY. John C. Siinkitis, Captain. G. W. Earle, First Lieutenant. 11. l'ress Smith, Second Lieutenant. Allen Wardlaw, Third Lieutenant. i SIXTH COMPANY. Tkos. M. Maker, Captain. , J. L Mlack, First Lieutenant. 1I.S. Farloy, Second Lieutenant. A 1*. Mutler, Third Lieutcuaul. Special Dispatch to the Charleston Coulier.] Important from Washington. i Washington, January '25.?ExlTesi inl Tyler has presented the Virginia res- I ulions to Mr. liuchanan, with an expiailion that Virginia, if she considered her I vii individual feelings alone, could be < isily satisfied in the mailer of a compro I ise ; but that tier destiny was with the ' atton Stales. The only basis of settle I ent to which she could give her assent I ust be such as would also satisfy the i jtton States, and restore the Union tact. < This is considered here as settling the i lestion in favor of the secession of everv 1 # ' I tveSlale. Mr.Tyler telegraphed Judge i oberlson at Charleston to-uight, touch' R "he coudilion of affairs here. Col. H\nf 'aken private quarters at Com. hubricks. < 1 lie Yankee 1 efltov^ QouuiiJltee called a Mr. 1 yl?r today, and H prelilui ! nry conference. 1 hey urged a P^-^nue- < lent of the Border Slate l'acificatro^ I onvenlioii to a later day, as all theStates nihl not he represented hy the liuie now Hileinplated. Ei Presidents Fillmore and Van buren re spoken of as delegates from New ork. Senator Hunter called to night on Mr. yler, and expressed the opinion that a outheru Confederacy, consisting of all te slave States, would be completely or anizeJ within three moolhs. Gkkat Hi man Sacrifice in Africa. -The West African Ilerald of the 13th It., says : "His Majesty Badahung, King of I>a* omey, is about to make the "Grand ustoiu" in honor of the late King Gezo. | determined to surpass all former mou ; .l.o. ?~t ,| lum III iii* iu?^iiiiuwr vii ?iio ccitfll)Ulllt).1 > be performed on ibe occasion. Bade- , ung hms made the most extensive pre- I aratioiis for the celebration of the Grand ' lustom. A great pit baa beeti dug which j > to contain human blood enough to ! oat a canoe. Two thousuud persona ill l>e sacrificed on this occasion. The xpedilun to Abcakouta is postpoued, , u; the King has sent his army to make ?me excursions at the expense of some ranker tribes, and lias succeeded in capjring mauy unfortunate creatures. The i oung people among these prisoners will j ? sold into slavery, and the old persona rill be killed at the Grand Custom." Homicidk.?We learu that an unforuuate Hilary occurred in Sautuck, near Ins place on last Saturday, which resul sd in the instant death of one of the par* jr. The names of the party, were Win. Ilalcok and Alonzo Wren ; the former ! ras killed. Another geutleman wa* im- ! limited. All have been committed to ail. Tb? matter is to undergo judicial avealigalion, we therefore forbear pai tic- : itara. We also learn that a similar aflVay villi the same result took place at Fort Jills, on Sunday U*i. Nsines of the ; tartie* unknown.? li<yk tfill OKrwiclt. DuRaaiNo Wounos.?Nine tiraee out >f ten, a wound will heal qnieker if done ip in its own blood, than any other way. < Is for a hum, whatever will exclude the 1 iir ute quicnesi is nest. iXHUMt Will do Itiit; so will oiled silk, if struck down at he edge hy any kind of slicking salve.? ?ut nothing on a hum to beal iL Naurs will soon do that wheo the air is exluded, and the pain will almost iiiime* kiately cease. Caught in his Own Trap A girl, young, pretty, but above nil. gifted with an air of candor, lately pre seoted herself before a certain Parisian lawyer. 'Monsieur, I come to consult you upon a crave adair; I want to oblige a man 1 love to marry mo in spite of himself.? LIow shall ! proceed ?' The gentleman of the bar had of course a suilicient elastic conscience. 1U rcllec led a moment, then being Mire ll.Mt no third person overheard bun, replied uuhesitatingly. 'Mademoiselle, according to our la v you always possess the ureans of forciu'n man to mam volt. Vou must remain on three occasion* alone with him, then V' i j") hcjore a Judge and omht that he ??- yourflotfer.? a, - ale.-... . .'An-! that will suffice, fcfftuSHJBr f I. . M.Hleiiu.iaelle, ooa farther condition.' Well!' ^h^^yu will produce wicmiIm Fho will mdw ati oai t.irir having s**n ycm mm#* a good quarter ol att wftfc lit# individual said to havo^anHf '* witfc yon T affections.' Very we'l, Monsieur, I will retain you as counsel in the management of the affair. Good day. A few days afterward the young girl returned. She is mysteriously received bj the lawyer, who, scaicely giving ber lime lo seal herself, questions lier wiih llio most lively curiosity. 'Well, Mademoiselle, how do matters prosper ?' 'Capital, capital. '.Persevere in your design, Mademoiselle hut mind the next time you counsel me, you must tell mc the name of the y?.u. g man we are going to render so happy i . spile of himself.' 'You shall have it without fail.' .A fortnight afterward the young per. son, more tmivt and candid than ever, knocked discreetly at the door of her counsel's room. No sooner was she within than she thing herself into a chair saving, that she had mounted the steps too rapidly, counsel endeavored to reassure her, and made her inhale salts, and even proposed to release her garments. 'It is useless Monsiur,' said she ; 'I am much better.' 'Well, now tell me the name of the for Lunate mortal you ara going to expose.' 'Well, then the fortunate mortal, he it know n to you, is?yourself,' said the young beauty, bursting into a laugh, 'I love you, I have heen three times teto tete with you, and my four witnesses are heow, ready and willing lo accompany me .o the magistrate's,'gravely continued the narrator. The lawyer, thus fairly caught, had .he good sense not to get angry. The most singular fact of all is that he adores lis young wife, who, by the way, makes ?n excellent house keeper. A Ghost Story. The following is from the San Francis :o Alta California!! : Several weeks ago a married lady re tiding in the handwdch Islands, who had :oine to this city for her health, and was hgard'ng at a house on California ureet, ' yoke in '.he night and plainly saw a '",KIT%fcTH.Gf jier ||u#bHnd, and ii. that supposition, (o her son, n boy of a bout twelve year. * H|ivj . ',.Heu. ry, here s your father.^ ^ ' u and advanced towards the figurertL^G t|Ulip peared. She pinched he s^-lf, tv. whether she was not asleep, but found herself to be fully Awake. The vision'dis. turbed her very much ; notwithstanding the fact that she had left her husband in good health at Honolulu, a few weeks before, she feared greatly that the vision indicated his death. When she went down to breakfast in tbe morning, a gentleman boarding in tbe same house no need the make of weeping, and endeav ored to get her into a good humor. She told him the cause of her uneasiness, and attempted to remove the unhappy im pression from her mmd, but failed. She insisted that her husband must be dead, and that she must return to Honolulu by the tiiU boat, and su ahe did. A few days after Iter departure a vessel arrived from Honolulu with news that ber hutband bad died. His death, however, did not 'use place on me Jay when she saw the vision, but a week before. To Make a Cow qivk dowv hkk Milk.?A subscriber complains that he has a hue cow, which has twelve quarts of milk to spare at each milking, yet she will not let him have any until her calf has bad his supply. He wants to know the reason of this. He strongly suspects there is something in' his look*, bis hat, dress, or moral habits, or bis way of milking which has to set his dumb beast against hiru. lie is in great tribulation. Fie, fie, sir ! just try milking Iter one tent at a lime, us the culf dues, and see if that / won'i mule Lev give down. We iiuve known this to answer the purpose many a time. If that won't do, along with it try the practice of giving her some favor* it* food just to divert her attention when you begin to milk.?American Agricul' tun/lint. How to Prrvknt Kohk Shoi'ldkks in Wokkino LIokhkh.?An exchange fays : "The plan we liAve tried and never found to fail is to get a piece of leather, and have it cut into a shape so as to lie sung. It between the shoulders of the horse and tMhollar. This fends off alt the friction, at xne collar slips and moves on the leatk' er and not ou the shoulders of the horse. ' Chafing is caused by friction ; hence thia ; remedy is quite a plausible one, and is > much better than tying slips of leather Of nail ft o' ilili?n tllis under I 111. ci .11 m f 11 ,m > . ' y