Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 04, 1851, Image 1
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?TO THINE OWN 3KLF UK TRUK, AND IT Ml/sJT KOLLOW, A.1 TUii NIOrir Tim DAT, THOU OAx'ST NOT TUliN DH ITA.I.'JU TO ANT MAN."
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KKOWftl? COUKERR,
HlUNtKD AND rUDM&IIKD VVKEK I V ftY
THlilMIER <fc LEW IS.
w. k.. kasley, Editor.
T12 lit ItS.
0'\o Dollar and Fifty Cents fur ovu; v?,nr,? -vib
.crij>ti?>n when paid within thriven iiiiOt.s, Two
dollar*if oixyinont is delayed to tlic close of the
Huhscription year.
All subscriptions. not clearly limited, will bo
considered as nwidc for an indefinite time, and
'continued till ft <li (continuance is m-ilorvil nml
nil arrearages pai.l.
A'lvcrtinrmtnt* irnorted ftt 75 cunt per <?qti:irc
or I He Hr*t huertion, anil 37 1-2 ct-\ for each
continued insertion. Liberal <1ciluct:oiih iuas!o
to tlw*e advertising by tlio yonr.
All On irminicntioict should lie n Mresso 1
'
to tlio Phbltaliur-* puit pni-1.
* . POKT'llV*
WE WERTi". nnvs Tonptiipij
11 Y G. 1'. MORRIS.
Wo wore boy* together,
Atid neverenn foriret
Tin! lehonhhou-'o ne:ir tin- hon'her,
III chiMhoo-l whore wo mot;
Tlui humble homo to memory tlear,
^'Its sorrows aii'I its jovs;
Where woke 4be transient Mnjjc or*bnr,
When you em I I were boys.
Wo were youths together,
Aim on*iU' omit in air,
Your heart .wan like a feather,
And mine weighed flown with care;
To yon oniric wualih with manhood's prime.
To ineit brought alloy* ?
Forc-diftdowod in theprimrose time;
When yon am! I wore lioys.
We're old men together?
The friend-* wo loved of yore,
With leaves of autumn weather,
Are gone forovermt>re.
How blest to age lite impulse given.
Ti|c hope time ne'er destroys?
Wbicl> led our thought" from earth to heavenWhen
you ?nd I were hoys!
Juvi Nii.KS will find it a nlencant recreation to
select line* of nootrv from ililTon.iif i>n)l?>n
will rhyme with ouch other, ntvl nv-iko now vtybp??,
which will ~*onii tluio-? mnko uri.iu?vun -e.
Much nro oallcd cento vor.-o.?; hero arc n fow:?
I hear the tlreit:! notes of the drum, "
"The silver moon is waning;"
The melancholy (lranure come"
To uivo onr l>ovfl a cftuinir."
" A masonV daughter, fair nnd young,'*
"Cries, Boatman, do not tarry;"
" If you love mo as I love you,"
" M hen do you mean to marry! "
" Tin; moon had climbed the higha~t liill. "
The country roun ( to see, "
"Then with hor -tarry court -hesftng"
Oli, woodman.1 pave that tree. "
An Act to fJr<hib?t Rettivvc nn I'lfccfllDl.t.
I^f> ll llllMcllwl l\lf <!" Qy.
and House of l\epre ?vt?s- now
met and sit Iin<>r ip General Assembly,
and by the author'ly of the ^amo
That any person who shall hereafter,
make any bet or wager of money, or
w gerof anv o bor lh;ng of value or
shall hereafter have any share or
part in any bet, or waorer of money,
or wager of a.iv other thint? of va'ne.
upon any election in this State, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and npon conviction in any court of
session in this S?a<e. shall be fined
imt n vnnorlinnr Cwit* ..y,.l ,1^.11
IK/I vKiiiifj; uni liwnw't'll I Ml' III I'S
and be imprisoned not exceeding one
month; one half of iljp fine to pro io
the informer, and the other half to
the use of the Sta'e.
Ratified Den. 20th, 1850.
; , ,t : .. r I
Covfwion of Fol bvrti avd M >r >er.
?The Magers'own News has re.
ceived a pamphlet. purpor':ng o he
the eonfess on of one Chnr'es Wallace
vvh eh uuveK an a?rniml of ilw> !
robbery ?'f Mr. J.ihn Funk. at Ha-1
jrerxlown. several yeiirs a,<*o. eomm't1e<l
by Inrrisetf ariH afi acromp'^e
named SneU'ngf.": This confession
was written by Wallace a< hew* vs. '
from memory, and given bv Inn io
How Henry Traceys a* tbes'nke
where he was humeri alive by a
mnlvrm th? bnnk? nf tWn VTm 'icm;r?r>i
on liie 11,ih of AnfruAtJfdftO Hoi
confers Jo ltt? imtnlw' iWWin8 Marv
Rojjdifi the i)(>antifn9 rijgr>tr pr rl of
NoW York.'nnd a number of rObHoV*
i|\i ai ll othef crimes. i
In the i Constitutional Convention
of Virgin , there are one hundred i
and thirty five mortiherst of whom
Millie tm? uiwjrna^ IcIF"
niar& nine physicians* five raerrhant*,
fivecterks of riotirtf < e ffentlemanjj
Iikm'. 0110 wheelwright* and onfli
SHtWIoiV, ,??>,.'lj - -? : *?><?' 'J.
cm! . u: .'? i ; - /jff j I
The C<Wennneut of Prussia has pro
bibilod the civ of private messa- j
?68 b> electric telegraph throughout
its doorftijcto* f?>r j
j
I,-- - n - - | '-'"iir'T-'ii'-iiff
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsmvGTOtf, Dec. 21.
The business of the session will be
mti'-h protrao'ed by ibe resolution
for taking up the business where it
was left at tin la'e session.
The President's second drawing
room last n'gbt, was very crowded. I
Many Southern Senators and innmhors
wero there, and among thorn,
Mr. Bsit'er, Mr. Jefferson Davis,
and Mr. Venahle.
Biirton is fitting tip the National
Hall a<t a thea're wlvh will afford
strange s some rel'pf from -he dn ness
of the e 1 v. The assemblies a e
n!sc? about to ^ommonrc. and of pri.
vate en'eria nnvnts, l>a Is soirees.
<V(*. lliere w II l>e a eon?:nual round
from Ohrstmas lo Match.
('ov. Floyd s mess'<?re propovn#
a convention, has Hro'*H<vl some stimn'us'o
tin? eon'emplated prujet-.i of it
Na,:onal 1'ivon Mec'in# at this city. |
The Un'on mee'n<r- everywhere
have supported the eompro u w mea
suies as a final Felt lenient of the s'a- |
very ques'ion, an ! it is cla nied for
il.cin ilr.it, after anotliv year, tliev
will carry all the elct'-ons in the
Northern States, sin I <|'i r ali nefi'i
t:on. A constitutional lTuion pa v
is ?ike!y 'one very genera' v forme 1
in * lie Northern Stn'e . an:l " w i
(loilhtleSS hru>i*v-et?<ion, it: l?io
time lot* the pifrptw of ivMiiinating
M 1 ,r<>sir Inn t nit tin I 'iilln'! ** ? <
Tho^e here who were oppn e 1 'o
the eonipromrse mensnres of the !a '
session, condemn (Jov. Floyd s recommendation
of a convention tlx;
main ohiect of wh'ch is lofon'inn
tho>e men tires hv tfiv'n# them the
snn'Mion of State Legislatures. Few
of the legislatures now or lately in
session would give unqualified assent
to those measures.
It is ani^FemMidrtfl lir>t& ihm OIi:m
ahd Massachusetts, il f li??y elect n
Senator of the United Sta'es at all.
this winter, w II eneh eloct a Free.
Soiler. The Legislature of New
York wi'l c'eet (Governor I' ish as
United States Senator.
It is said here Imi ihe government
ample proof Qmtman
was concerned very deep <11 the Cuban
enterprise, and that it ;s anlp'v
sufficient to convict liiin under the
I !1 \\J At llw. com., t ?
iv? (T - * ? HIV ncmu" * ii I it;* II l\ I H i\Y 11
that he denies ihe fa^t. An aMempt |
to arrest him while he is in office as
('overnor, will he forcibly resisted.
[Courier.
Corivjpmilenco of the Oil trie -ton Coiiviur.
\Vasj11vfjTov De". 23., 1 SHO.
The recent appal! i:?r steam'oat
disaster-., alteirled as they were w h
great loss of life will indigo Con
gress to turn then- atJen on o i.e
various pro'ects before hem of /sative
enactments for the bet e: -e
enriiy of the li et- of paseoes u
vesse's projc'edby s'eam. 'Che '?l
reported in die Senate las: \ car. on
tins subject has been ta'ren ti| and
itga'i coinmi e l. : lie proje for
rail roads, and other national h <rhways
across the continent to he Pacific,arethe
suhiee-i ofmueh corner
sulion among the members. There,
have been 'wo reports n favor of
Mr Whitney s project which i- to
make a rail road near three thou: and
miles in leng'h; the government granting
for the purpose, ten in !es of
land on e her side of the route but
to receive 'en ecu's an acre for it.?
Mr. Benton s project is to make a
rail, p ank and common road of
1.000 hi !es in long h with two
branches one 300 miles to Santa Fe
anil ano'her of 000 miles to Oregon,
the government to giant for the object
150,000,(>00 acres, on tho route.
The policy of i'u'-nir h:ng >ho vessels
of our navy vvif auxiliary sioam |
power, is strongly recommended by ;
the Navy Department, in pursuance
of the no'icv adoDted bv the Rri'.isli
Adm raity.
The 'mention of screw propellers. '
which can he ea iiy *h pped.and nnfenipjietl.
isofrecen! American origin* |
Sv;tne of the old shi'^s sn< h as the
'Conslelia.ion, the I nited S,aies
ah/! the 'Constitution ate not, 011 account
of their a^e and ihe expense of
repairs, lo he aira'n fitted odt hut on
?iw. ?>
,i?o av,?I.JL3 W| IUV I UK lUOIill) U U(jl<<*vements,
ar?'to he preserved as Receiv j
ing Sh'-pa, at tno yards where ihey
were launched.
The cotton statistics cpntuined in 1
the appendix to the recoil of Mr. i
C'orwm are highly inici'c;itiijg and i
ant. Cotton, as has been well i
aider- theSouthernt States the
; ? ?? ~.im - ?'
uin^Miiq *71 lilt; WIJMM H tlHI'IMI y Ull'l
prosperity# It is the strong band of,
peace hfctwcen tho pnricipa, powers
of the wmu\. T \ ? ' '/
The stfffetical tables e^b?bit a rpinarkable
increrae in the importation
of wihjjMnto Iho United QUtQ9.-~
Six hendred thousand gallons of shor
ry were ii ?pqrted in the ileeeyoars.
ending the 30jth of June, 1850. In
the three previous years, theqnan'i-'
lv was lint 118,000 gallons. (If Madera
was imported dnrng the 'ast
ft eal year, 303 125 gallons, three
times tl>e onantitv ever imnnriprl flu
ring anv previous year, '' lie increase
is emofly owing to 1 ho change from
specific to ad va'oi'cm duties: a considerable
snpp'v ol'w lies in the south
and west.
Some of the w'nos made on the
Ohio have found their way to this
city, and '-ell at high prices. California
promis's to he a w ne growing
conn'rv. when the gold give out.
No th <^aro''na has, according to a
repo M from \Tr. WeMer. oflla'ifax
conn y. vast revenue n her native
grape, 1 lie seuppernnvr. T'y the
way \vh'"o. ai the hon: < of a trlen I >u
Virg'ira a moii'h or two ago. J lasted
Rcnppernong w'nc ! wen v-n ne
years n ho? tie. Ii was highly e teemed
'or its favor an I is ofia'ions.
It was pvoeived in T\orth Caro'na
by Preside!!! Monroe when lie made
his Southern tour, n company with
I'ft.hom) rnd Ucir ' ;n)(! ?
This asvrria.on wa roil loe 1 Mio,
more /ivid bv 'he por-raits on th?*
wal's?<>no of which was an ??'im *aI)
( ;u> I .'itjp- ike '(Mint* ol Mr. ' al'. mid
l)v 'arvis mho her of Mr. Monoe
by Ifandcr'vn an I a remarkable
portrai' oi M". Jefferson, by Snliy-r,
The wor'd Ins been <I t '<>(1 la'elv
by prom es of now and cheap pro<* !."
so.; for producing li.irht in conipcI'
-on \v h the beams of ilie sun.
The Amcrcan invention turns out '<>
be a humbug but we are now prom
i.se I with a vo'.'a:e light from an English
nvontion. So much attention
has been and is devoted to ihe sub
jert, ib/t some great improvements
in the. present processes may he the
result. Dr. Franklin undertook to
so'Ve the problem for the Parisians,
by proposing (be more general use of
day- 's ,()() short to al
'lo-dayi
the M.J |i)<tagaBMpWowftros
'I'0 passage ol
wliV-l^n sf?n)c shape or olIi'T^iere (
is a favorah e disposition.
I \ 5251,1*
To provide Jo; (he appoint went of
I\ . * 'V * ^
jjcptiruft to a .v iff hum ('on grewv.
(iiiil to roll a Convention of' the people
<>f this State.
\\ he ens ; hv convention of I ho
s'aveho ! n?r S ales la e y assembled
a. Nashv i c have recommended Jo
he ad S ate? to meet m Cong-ess
or Convention Jo be held a such
iiint- an:l | ,p''e as the Sta^ desiring
u be ^preset ed may do ^1,^0:
'o be of donb e lie limner
of jflBSbnators and liep'oseni..
, IW'... f
1(1 ? i-r? MnM' ! iu 1 <?I lilt' 111 I
Si a < -, T^^mT'ed \\ i h full power and
aulhoAfcv to de-ihura/e Willi the view
and in'en on of a ycs furl her a:rtf.vs-.ions
an I if po-s'.hle. of re.storn<j
die constitutional rifhts of the
South, and I' not to recommend
some provision for the r future safety
and independence.
Src. 1. lie it enacted t>>/ flic S note
a: t! IJonto of Represent at v-ex, now met
/in/I snth n rr in
...... ^ 'If Vf l/?|W III /I HVy//H/f Y !(/(((
/;// ///ci authority <>J t/m sum '.. That
e gh'een deputies shall l>e appoiu'ed,
in thn manner hereinafter provided,
who are hereby author! ed, as deputies
from the State to meet Mirhdcp
til es as may be appqlnle I and authorized
bv anv other slave' o'd'mr
' " _ * "o
S a'e in (Congress or Convention as
aboue recommended, and o join with
them in discus ing and devising such
measures as in their opinion may be
adequate to obtain the objects proposed
by the;*aid Convention at Nashville.
and ill rpnrr'iiiit siip.Ii mosmnmi
to 'Jiefaul several slaveholdin# Slates
as when agreed to and fully confirmed
by them, or any of them, will effecteally
provide for the:-ame.
Sec. 11. Konr of thp said deputies
shn'l he elec'ed by Joint ballot of
the General Assembly, a' ito present
session and the qualified Voters in
each Congressional District in this
State, s-hail elect two; at snch time as
is iierematier prescribed.
Sec. 111. Hie Governor of this
State shall issue writs of election to
the managers of election requirirg
them to hold eJeclibns in their respective
Ccr^ress opal Districts on the!
ferond Monday in Octohei next, and
the day fo'low ng, for two deputies to
tl e f aid Congress, in each (Congressional
District, and the said maniwr
prs nIkiII thereupon advertise and hold
surf)' elections.. find make due return
thereof lo the ('uwinor.
Szp. IV. Thas the Governor shall
dill}' commifaon all, the said depntie.a,
eo to b? by tlm GelWal A*
.Wirg?i 1V1 m I* ??M??CTBJ^J^O3M?MM
femh'.v and by the people ; and shall
<n concert witfi the Governors or other
proper authorities of other Slates
in sneh ( -ongress, appoint the
f;o|e and place of meeting, and j*ive
0,'fc. notice thereof: and any of the
VTopnt'es oji tl)g part of tiiis State,
*fho may attend at srrh time and
pSrtr-e. ?i?a!! hove ful) power to icprfrset'-iW?
State as hereinbefore preS<;
ibod. j
V- ,4.,+J b't U furi.' y'r ctlctctl
ft* tin wdhoriht ajorcnaitL That a
('njven' on >f ihe peop'c of the Stale
aou'h i a o'um *s horohy onlainjyt
lo lio assemh'cd in I he town of
V'i.'urnKu. as hero'nafer provided, !
fay,the purpose, in 'he first p'aoo, of
taking in'o considera'ion the proej&ed'ngn
and reoommondat'on-; of a
(Tonfr oss of 'ho s'avoho'd'ng Stales, ;
if tl'.e nine shall moo' an ! ho ho'd : 1
an 1 for the furtho - nurnose of ta-1
U 11# into ron dora'ion I lie general
we .U o of tlrs Slate n view of her
rc':it:/>n - in ?lu> ];uv> an I povennncn'
of ill!' 1 rni'crI S:m'(v.. nn.I thereupon
to fa'e earn ilia? tin- Commonwealth
ol South Carolina suffer no dotn- i
humiI.
Sr.c. VI. And he r euarl d [
if.' t'ts <ri'^nr ''i (if(n j(iai!f, That on
the v<'"oik1 Moii lay Ml ''Ybrnary 'iext j
1v.il on lies dav |V?! o\v n<r managers '
til' e'er 1<mv? for the seven* a Mni-m
shall. after <ri\ n;r pitb'ie notire. as in
casos of* elections for members of'
ih'e Ijejy's'ature. open the polls and
h.) (I "Irrtion-; in their rcspof.ive dis1
lie's for cle'e?raH's to sa'd ronven
iiwii- .11 11}i iiT>jw,_i? II llir
tier and fo'in and at 'he same p'ac<v>.
as election arc. now con I ic'c !
for nuMiliers ol the Lei* ^laUric.?
And a!' persons uflfio.' an*' (jna'^'c 1
and cnt'tVd !iy tli'e rons<i'ut on an I
InWs of ill's Sroir to voie for momheif!
of th^^uutlatMre- sha i ix^inidified
for saul dcl?Pi^^^>>'(>n:
ayd in
nn.-a of8gH^8H**),>r,?r'!n^ ')V 'be
de<vh. from the
State*. ot^^WEBMBPrrve, of any person
eleotfltl as|l|ffica'e to -he said
;i>"r '\(Vuxr <><"
1 the sawH^HH?P^ slia!| issm^nis
wriKaiiiu^^WpaDd an 1 requiring11
the m;u^^|HH||^e"'inns. in ihe e'ertion
tk|^HQBr1ur'h such vacan^v
innvwBw'y^Wwfqi*><!'-p?tvi?!Jf due
n o! i (jS^^^BH^flH|a
h()'(l rW^PPfwPSBPBP^'1 vaeaneVi '
as in rases for the election of memhers
of the Tic_r slatu-e.
Sr.c. VI!. Ami be it further antefed
hi/ flu; tiutli'trity aforesaid, Thai
'each election district throughout the
S'a i! sha I In* entitled to elect and
cixl to the said convention a number
of flvleira ivs equal to the whole
of Senators an I Representatives
which such list rip. iuuv en.
titled to sell I to 511(! liOiT'S-latll-O :?
an I 1 lis' li'lojraUM to ihe n it I convention
shall Itygfepntit ed to tin* same
freedom (mm arrest, in go'ng to, reluming
Iron) and wliiiein alien lane
on .-a d e.onven'ion ns is extended I >
>lit* member* of he Legislature.
Sic. \ III. And be H J'vrther wwc
led 0}/ the anthori!}/ aforesaid, Thai
;il free while male citi/ens of thisi
Slate. of the ago o' twerty-onevears
and upwards, shall he eligible lo a
seal :n sad conven! on.
skc. Ix. And l> it further cnacted
l)i/ the <intln ill/ aforesaid. I ha I the
Governor he an 1 is hereby requeued
forthwith, after the passage of this
art, lo comintnrc.ale an an. hemic
copy of the same to the Kxeniive.s of
ilw.,.lwvi.i...^ ..? .1-- it
Ii?\i nm ? t IIWII! . 11;; ? 'U I lit* I II"
ion, find to urge upon '.lie said auihoritie
. in such manner sis ho may
deem hest, the desire of the Stale of
South Carolina that the said slavehold
ug S.a'o.s do sen I, duly comu ishionwl,
deputies* to meet the deputies
herein provided lo he elected at the
i?r \T ? 11?-? ^
* n y ui ii.n?iii^ / iit;i y ii iin; o. ill(! ()I
Alabama, on the 2(1 day of January,
Anno Domin'u 1852.
Sec. X. A'ld In it fur! or enacted
by t/i3 authority aforcxfiid, That it
f-iiall bo lho duly of his Excellency
the Governor ol the Sfa e, by his
prool maMon, to call together said
convection, and appoint the time for
the inept ug thereof, whenever, or at ?
any period before the next session of
this General Assembly, ilic conjunot
lire of a Soul hern Congress, contemplated
in the purpose of this net,
shall have happened : Provided^ That
in ca->e the Governor shall not assemble
the convention anterior to the
next session of this Legislature, this
General A.sembly shaii, hy a major
uy m votes, nx ihe lime tor the mu ting
of said convention.
Skc. ? XI. Provides for the payment
of members to both assemblage
Sfx. XII, Provides for the period
of the exiatenre of the Said conven
vention, v/.: twelve months after its :
firet Qpaeinbiinj. J
In the Senate the above bill pass- J
ed its final reading by a vote of 40 to {
'A?Messrs. B. (r. Alston, Moses and
JVIiW.yck voting in the negative.
In the House the bill had been pre-j
viou^lv pas-el by a vote of KM) to
lk2?Messrs. Brerkman, P. K. Dun- j
cnn, JJunUtn, J. li. IIaywnrd
iiesesne. .Mitchell, B F. Perry,
Phillips. Wcvcr, and J. W. W ilkinson.
voting in the negative.
A FITAJTNJL RIOSPONSIBIL-'*
1TY.
Wo are informed by a gentleman i
recently from Cn Tomm llial h warm j
nnr' strong feeling of indignation has J
boon excited ihronghont that Slate, |
and pltfticnlarly anion;; the new emi-!
i:nst Messrs Kreemont and
T. Hntler Kuigi for their alleged mis- j
representations of the country in their!
pnb'ieations'ti the States. Thesenrs-j
representations are avercd to be of j
ine most paipauiy and notoriously ,
false character. A highly responsi j*
b'c. gen* Ionian assured ns that it would i
n >1 in' safe for either of the individual
referred to to trust themselves in
the mines. We were slow to credit !
snHi serious and damning impnta1
ions against men who have heen
honored with the confidence of the
neon'0 'v,t ?lu< source from, which
these charges erafn.au?, and ino pr rtimlal
it v with which t hoy arc brought
forward and sustained, leave us no
onvmi^o for (1 ^belief. If they are true. '
:i fearful responsibility will lie thrown
upon the heartless speculators who
have thus sported with the lives and
happiness of thousands. An immense
number of persons have been decoy-1
ed fr )m comfortable home bv the
ww ii^ mm t-.\i i ?iv <if.'<uii uescri|juoii.s
which have heen put a flout respeci-njjr
the facility with which fortunes
ron'd he made m the mines.
There is no escape from this respon
ihiljlv on the pha of the generality
of the descriptions and the universalitv
of the reports upon which
they weir, founded. Men occupyn<r
the positions of Fremont and
finder KinjOvcffe under a solemn oh-"
ligation to ascertain the truth of every
statement issued hy them. They
e'ther neff'ected to do this and cred
Med idle and unsupported rumors, or
they purposely disseminated the most
false and deceptive accounts of ihe
country in order to promote their
own speculations. One illustration
waspfiven wh en may he t-'iken as a
fair suecimen of the general character
or those misrepresentations. Jt
will he recollected that Mr. 'J'. Butler
Kinjr published allowing and extravagant
description of the richness
of the quart/, rock, from which, by
means of simple machinery, ffold in
large puantities couh Ijo extracted.
This publication went into every
p. rt ol the country, and excited in
thousands a desire to emigrate, whi' li
would not have possessed them even
from previous descriptions. Thisclass
of emi/rrants was composed of tiiose
who had some means, who possessed
: kill in the application of machinery.
and would not have been willing to
go to ihe country to engage in the
drudgery of mere physical labor,
such as that of minors.
One gentleman from an adjoining
Stale, who had capital, energy and
s' ill. invested some %2,5()0 in the necessary
machinery, and hired twenty
good hands to accompany him to
California, with a view of working
the quai l/, rocks. On Ins arrival in
California he proceeded with his machinery
and his hands to 'he very
reg.on indicated l>y Butter King as
dial in which this quart/rock abounded.
Here i'e found a great quantity
of tho rock, but was astonished
to )bsorve that the minors, instead of
being engaged in boating up the rock,
were digging in the beds of streams
I . * / j i *
iiiiecu aim i weniy ieei aeep, and making
a bare support with the produce
of tile most severe and exhausting
laboi. He enquired of them where
the quart/ rock could be found in
I lie greatest abundance. They replied
that any quantity of it could
be found anywhere. "Well" asked
qui*informant, "why don't you pet
the gold out of it." "Gold out of it!1'
r/tt\li/wl Krt ?v
m j/nrvi mi' nuiiwi JiMI llliiy
blood out of ft turnip before yon can
find a grain of gold in this rod; ; if
that follow, Butler King, ever comes
out here, will beat his bones up smaller
than we have beaten some*, of that
rook in pursuit of gold."
Our friend* however, determined
to satisfy himself, went 1o work on
the rock, and continued heating it ,
up, until he was rem>sded I hut d ho :
went on working at this unpiofiita* I
hie employment, ho would he out of
piovi$ions before his labors could
yield him anything. Tie therefore
abandoned the region of quart/, rock
i - I
and, leaving his expensive machine*
ry behind hid), proceeded to another
part of tbo country, where ho worked
long enough to got tb?*nieans of
coming home. This getitlemnn is a
highly respectable citizen, f. Oeorgian
I?\ birth, and perfectly rasponsiblc
for his statement. lie pronounces
Mr. Butler King'4 publication a
tissue of gross and cruel falsehoods
from begimng to end. Iffe a)so avers y .
that thethe r
riclmoss nf T<Y?>Amnnt s W?>'.wAR<sir?na
are equally unfounded and false?to
use his own languange, kl would
not give a blind mule for all the gold
that could ho found in the land wliicb
Fremont pretends to own."
Having been instrumental in giving
circulation to these statements,
we deem it our duty to give equal
K1 . 4 _ <1.. 1 * l - i r ' '*
{jiiujir.iiy iu iii<3 ueniais ana ihisiuchlions
of them, by responsible witnesses.
We have received communications
froi persons who have gone
to California under these false representations,
censuring us in common
with oilier journals of the country
for giving them currency. This,
of course, is not just, as we had no
I'^nsnn to linlini n llmi ploln??enKi
published l>v us wore not. true; but
we can easily appreciate and excuse
the irritabiliiy and bitterness which
. ry .l..rto??wv,uj il/urn / Jlli'.lllated
to excite.?New Orleans Delta.
Fugitive Slave Case in Philadelphia.
?Another fugitive slave case
has occurred at Philadelphia. On
Saturday afternoon a colorded man,
passing by the name ol Adam Witisnu.
was an* sted and taken to the
United States Marshall's office whero
a hearing' took place before Kdward
IX Ingraham, Esq., United Stales
Commissioner. The man was claimed
to he Kmorv Rice, who had run
JlWMV from Win. Kmirhf. livinnr in
Cecil county, Aid., in 1811, and his
age stated to be 35. His identity
was proved l?v a witness, who testified
that lie had seen him on Mr.
Knight's farm at that timely.
At .ilie ~loso of the arprmrrrnt tlw
commissioner declared that all the
formalities required by the law had
been fulfilled, and being satisfied of
: the fugitive's identity, he ordered him
to be remanded, for the purpose of
u,.:,... ..i~ i --- i
ui-'iifj; |>uu;cii in iiiu j9?jsa?jst)iuii UI IJ1S
owner.
A In'',tc crowed of colored people*
had congregated in front of Independence
//all, whore the case was beared,
and still continued thereat a late
hour ; lnit the fugitive had been re:
moved by the back wry, and was to
go youth by the evening train.
SnuaL-inir r>f llin nlirtirn (tin
VA IIIU UI/W? u L-UOC IIIU
Southern Press remarks :
"The proceeding was a striking instance
oi the immense moral force of
the law. The fugitive was arrested
on a pretense of < hicken stealing, ho
was stolen away from thecout house
by the officer and owner through a
haclc (loor, to escape from the mob in
front.
l,As the compromise was passed
under false pretenses, it is perhaps
appropriate that it should be executed
under false pretences."
The New Yorker says: If Irishmen
would do for Ireland what they
have done for other nations, the sceptre
of the Saxon would soon pass lo
the hand of the Celt. On foreign
fields Irishmen have rushed to vieto.1
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i j wii iuici^ii suii iih'v iiu\u ullg 1110
trench, and reared the castle, navp
tilled the field and built the cities,
while in their beautiful island home
thov have, through domestic discord
and feud, covered one of the noblest
and most fruitful spots on earth with
barrenness and thorns. Replete with
heroes, and oralors, and poets, with
ail that is glorious in genius and noble
in impulse and affection, how has
the splendor of the Irish soul, which
i i i i * * * - * *
Miuiiui iimvu runciMunuea iisilglll ailU
heat on Irish soil, shot and dazzled
over the earth, prodigal in great achievemcnts
for all lands hut its own.
Even now, with the heel of despoti
ism on their necks, and with the pow
or, in union, to hurl it oft' forever, di!
vision is victor ovor t he-sense of com*
1 ? ?i -i. "
i uiuii ?miiuhii<? iiiui blltll'lC, flTHl 1110
j memories of the nnst and of the
dead are but invoked for ihc triumph
of tactions. Shall there not come an
end io this? There shall, if irishmen
hut will it.
i Hoi/so of Re}?'e*entativcs.?The
South Carolinian informs us that "in
nrrdivlnnpo ? i-?r ,.C .1
V/ **M?I w i^auiMUuri U| llltl
Mouse ordering a list of their members
to be made out, specifying the
professions and occupations, that the
various interests am represented in
that body, arenas fojjovvs: Planters
i 70 ; Lawyers 43* Phfsicans 8; MeV*
' chants & T<^1 iw ,u ?k