Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 17, 1851, Image 2
come to tna ccnvmtioi w tli his '
niiwl made up, but w tli an h nest
purpose to change u cbo ito uny good
an I sufficient reason have' em shown
lie must ccn'ess, however, that i.e
was precise y of the same option
then as he wa=< on his onto, ox he
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riau; ami that >?oiit.\ C arolina ihould
act alone, if she could not get cooperation.
lie had come to the conclusion
thatif we reihain any longer
in the Union we shall loose our pronertyTonr
lives, our self-r?spect and
honor. He 1 hanked God that he had
not heard, tluring this debate, one
individual state that he was for the
Union at events. The peop'c were
united in the feeling that tl e honor
of South ( /iimlirin urne r> I itoln It
has been said Ur.it the gold of Philip
was at-work, he therefore advised
the State to strike in t'm?, and thus
save the honor of ihe people from
the deg a lat'on tlxy would imur
were they to accept u.
Mr. Badger, a d(?!e,rnfe from both
the York and Indian Lan !s A oci \tion,
craved the indulgence 01 he
i ?
iiiuciiug lur iiudi I'ftsiu x iii'in, i u con*
sidercd that lie shoul i be tka I o he
noblest princip'es of n tu e it he < o 1 1
sit and hear, u nnmeJ, the many
compl moi.ti that I a I been pau\ durih#
the p.ojfress of ti e debate, to
North Carolina, his adopted Shit v?
His forefathers were South C'arolini-1
ans?he himself was n Vsr.?ii.;n:i hv i
birth, and was now half way hack in
his pilgrintagc: lo the Mecca of his 1
fathers. Mr. Badger, with eons'der
able earnestness ami eloquence, advo- j
cated separate State action, and ::s- 1
sured the Convention that th mo-1
went So. Carolina acted, she would:
touch a cor.I i \ ihe hearts of the '
young men of North Carolina, that
would bring th< m from the mountains
to the seaboard, to her si'ul.
Mr. McG'all, of Fairfield, nt some j
length, addressed the Conven'ioi ?
He considered co-operation use es ,
though he would wait a teason;>b e ;
lime- A blockade, in his opinion, i
Was a war measure and in direct vio- j
lation of the law of nations.
Col. Maxcy Gregg, as chairman of j
the committee of 21, then rose to close !
the debate, nrior to the oticstion brintr !
* i - rD |
put on the Address and Resolutions; ]
and replied at length to the various
arguments at'duced by Messrs. But- i
ler, Orr, Barnwell, and other advo- !
cates of delay f >.t the present.
Mr. VV. M. Law ton briefly alluded !
to the attacks made against Charles- j
ton, in the course of the debate, and ;
repudiated w.th indignation, the idea
that her citizens would make a question
involving the honor and safe y of |
S. Carolina, one of dollars and re its; i
and deprecated the rema k-< dropped i
in relation to the foreign population. |
j ne convention, at tlie conclusion
of Mr. 1 ja\vlciii*s remarks, look a recess
nn'.il 4 r. m., at which hour it
was agreed the quest on should be
put. i
On re-assembling, afte* some discussion
a6 to how and on which part
of the report the vote should be taken,
the minority report was rejected,
and tho question came up aga n on
the Address and Resolutions origin
ally r<po ted, which were adopted.
The Address, and the second and
third resolutions unnanimously, and
the first and fourth with but few dissentient
voices. Several crentlemen
of the delegation o. St. P..? ?p s and
S*. Mi cliel s, prior to the vole being
taken by acclamation, briefly defined I
their positions. We could, however, ]
barely hear the sound of their voices, i
.much less what they said. Y\ e un- !
derstood, however, Gen. Martin to |
SaV 1 lirti h#4 ? 1 ?r?Wa<??4 morn ..f
ine A(Uirc3sauu liusu!ni.ons <4nil t .at
it was with him the settled | r nriple
of a life time to get rid of this Union
as speedily as we can
Col. Simons, we understood to say,
that ali hough he was will) a majoiity
of his (folium t inn who vr?t?rt Olfo.nut
separate Sinte notion, yet lie could
not consider submission in any aspect
whatever. He preferred the
minority report; if, however, he could
not get that, he world endorse the
first, second and third resolutions, and
would that he could endorse the
fourth, but bis judgment warned him
not to do so at this juncture.
TIL. 1.1... I - -
a lie luriner repori ot the committie
of Twenty-One was then bro't
tap and adopted.
Ex-Governor Seabrook having taken
Ihe. chair, on motion of Mr. P.
Dela Torre, it was
Hefiolvecl, That thank of the Con*1
?: 4 1 ' * * **
-rfiiuvju im iu 7PiC MOu. !
John P. Rirhasdhon for the urhan ty, i
dignity, ftrn' impartially with which
be had presided over its dehberal ions.
The P esident, in eloquent terms,;
expresse '.his tlmnkfl for the rompli-.
ment1; ai I h.m l v th *. Con tention, j
and c >n^r ?tu!eted it 01 the hci that
no traitnr f?i* wro ~ '?- ' --
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the .tump.
/* -n n n > ? #
Prayer Hftvii # heen offered up, ihe
Convention, at 6 p. St., a.ljouined
sine die. Xl ;
^ * < < 'W.
1 ho narrowest ?;? po that we've
ncaisi oi Wn 8 that of Hie rhftp who |
creeped through a knot hole, when
his wi*e wa? chasing him with a '
broomstick.
?
Tlic fir-l (Hscovcry of California
Oold. I
It is generally understood that tl>e
gold of California was first discoverered
in the mill-race at Cullona, in
the spring of 1818. We think it was j
uiannnvu i ty tin amri u<ni Millie Hill
tern years ajjo, on I he middle branch
of the North Fork of the Yuba river.
W hile we were encamped, about a ,
year since near the head waters of
this stream, hii American trapper
came to our lent for a night's lodg- j
iug, having that Afternoon arrived in
the neighborhood after a journey of'
several hundred inijes from the vicini- j
ty of the Russian possessions. His ,
name was . r . i uompson, a man 1
of mueh information and intelligence, |
and had heen trapping in (lie Kocky j
Moun;ain> and the adjacent territo- j
ries some fifty years. Late in the autumn
of iSIS. being then from three
hundred to four hundred miles northeast
of the Russian possessions, he
hoard for the first time of the gold
discoveries in California.
T T m t 11 i ? -
tic men rec.oiieciee. mat just twelve
years before, when 1 rapping on the }
North Yuba, ho an,I his party rested
at noon upon n saiul-har ny the river,
where they found pieces of yellow
melal; he insisting that it was golc\
hut the rest ridiculing the idea,he was
induced to think himself deceived.-He,
howe ver, carried, away several
pieces, he thinks about a pound, or
8200, which bo. a f<?\v months nftoi*
loft upon the battlements of Fort :
Leavenworth, then a distant back- j
woods fortification, no one in or about
the fort seeming to know the ?'alue of I
the metal.
He thought no more of tlu> incident,
till he heard of this discovery
at Sutter s Mill, when he started at
once for the bar already spoken ol,
and af.er traversing more than 2 000
nines 01 iNorlliorn iorestsaud snowy
mountains, lie reached our ne:ghbor- :
hood, and l>y tracing out the camp
ground where he and his companions j
spent the niarht af:er they {'ound the j
pieces of yellow metal, he was ena- '
bled to lake his course directly to the
spot. It was but half a mile above
our own camp, and had proved to
coatain one of the richest gold depo.slie
ill 1 INTni'l I wn't-i !?.?* 1*
. . W nil. KUMIIl/lll , mil II1U
trapper had the disappointment to ;
find the bar entirely dug over.
Much of the gold from this bar (a
fine sp< cimen of which, weighing several
ounces, we have now m our office,)
was in large pieces, a fact so j
fully corrohated our informant, who
had known noiliing of the kind of'
gold taken from the ground till we
told him, that no doubt remained on
our mind of his story, or that tlie discovery
made by him twelve years
before, was the first gold discovery
made in that part of the continent.
?Wormier (Mass.) Transcript.
K 10 O W 1010 C 6 U Rl 10 k .
; Nalui'day, May 17, 1 H.T 1.
J Our correspondent kT. II. B.1 will I
I. . I I C i_ -
uj ucu.ru i.om in our ne:i.
! The State Rights Convention, j
?We give our readers this week a
synopsis of the proceedings of thi.
Convention. The address adopted
! bv the Convention presents a forini|
dahle array of facts, and from its
manly and dignified tone, cannot fail ;
to command the respect even of our '
I pnPlU'HC. rrh? ill n?Aot " - 1
V..V..OVW ? uv vnuivoi rv 11II11 clliu
courtesy characterized its dclihera|
tions, and will* one voire it lias expressed
our wrongs nnd a'niost as
unanimously pointed to the remedy.
Those who have l>ccn accustomed j
to sneer at South Carolina chivalry,
and to gratify the malignity of party,
while they display their own vulgarity,
by applying nick-names to her
people, will he a little i ortified to i
find there was so \\w\g Jire-eating \v\ \
the Convention. In its action the 1
IVAl'li"] nannAi r?'?l ~ * I-- I -1
..,,..1, ........wi Kill 11; St:ii llie IIOIIOSI ,
opinions and fixed resolves of a large
majority of the people of a sovereign |
Slate, touching the most vital questions
which can ever engage their attention.
South Carolina helives that she
cannot maintain her independence,
or longer preserve the rights of her
ch Idren in the Union, nnd nei being j
? uiiicm inai iney snoukJ becomo the
slaves of a debauched and nnscrnpU!ous
Government, she feels hirtel!
called upon by all she n\ves lo lier
fathers, lo herself, and to her posterity,
to take such steps as the exigency
of the occasion demands. If any 1
one sneers nt this lie mocks at n!
people for desiring to ho free, .and for ;.
rising in defence of wlmi they con- >
ceive to l e the rights, prerogatives ji
ahd power* of freemen.
Hi i r- u I '
A despatch from Washington
states that B. F. Hall has been ap- j j
pointed Poslrti^sier at Augusta, Ga., |,
vice Mr. Glascock removed. ; j
The New Bridge.?The outer- J
prising contractors, Messrs. Max-!
well &, Hnnnicutt have completed
the Bridge which they undertook to
build for the public, over the river
near this place. The bridge is 200
feet long and elevated some '25 feet ,
above the surface of the water; it is j
a very substantial structure,?costs j
the District $3.37? 00, and stretching
across the beautiful Keovvee, presents
a very graceful and handsome
appearance.
A vessel laden with animals for
Barnum's museum caravan lately ar
lived al New York- There were
nine elephants, a zebra, sixteen enor- ;
inous serpents, including two boa
constrictors, SM and 10 feet long, a
porcupine and an immense company
of monkeys on board, ^mongthej
wonders there is an infant elephan*
nine months old, weaned during the (
passage from Ceylon. A native j
chief of Ceylon also accompanies the I
?
I'AIIIUil IUII.
The Natchez Courier of the 29th;
ult. says: llo this neighborhood there
is a very general complaint amongst (
the planters, and especially among {
those north ol us, of the untoward
prospects of the cotton crops. Many
V
|/itui;i lo im?t i;ci:ii wlll|)UIIW IW }IIUW
up and plant over.1 From all parts (
ol iho South we hear of the same j
backward and unpromising state of
the crops.
The Ouhav E\peditiov.?Theal
lodged expedition to Cuba is said to
have heen abandoned. Persons who
were understood to have been connected
with it.have returned to their
homes, and the impression is general
that no further effort will he made,
at least for the present, to invade the
island.
We learn that Judge J. J Evans,
has determined to retire from the
bench.
it t1 a i if i
uv;!i niMiiy /%. >v ise nas occnp
ed ihe attention of the Virginia
Constitutional Convention for five
days in tho delivery of one spoech;?
the subject must have been thoroughly
canvasscd.
The Hon. Judge C. 15.Strong, of
Georgia, died at his residence, on the
2nd inst.
Hon. Philip Hone, of New York,
(lica in mat city on the <ltli inst.
The President lias decided 011 the
form of the Senate Chamber an I
Representative Hall: they are to he
rectangular, instead of curvilinear,
that they may he tho hetter adapted
to h'aring than the present Hall.
I* R lMVIV/1 Pniun rfO Tl... At
- f uiburi* i iiu nr
torncy-Cieneral lias given a decisii a
lliat members of Congress are entitled
Ir iho franking privilege for the
whole time of their election; this reverses
all former decisions 011 the
subject.
An aetive dispute '?? fifoinff on between
the newspapers of the
and Democrat ic parties as to which
nartv is rAsnon^ihlpfnr tlwiiliioiinn ..f
r ^ - ~t 1
Charles Sumner for U. S. Senate
from Massachusetts.
Small Pox among the Indianft..?
This terrible disease is said to he rag
ng with destructive violence among
tlw Sioux on the upper Missouri.
rri,?, i-- i '
ii< ui/IIKI^IWII is Aprriuiingi nun ll)()
disease is making its appearance
among the lowns, Sacs &l Foxes.
CJarab ddi, I he distinguished Italian
patriot and exile, sailed in the
Promet hens for California.
Cholera.?This awful scourge is
again prevailing on many of the Bayou
plantations.
Important from Nicaragua?f'apt.
Kllery, late commander of the steamer
Orus, which was hoarded in the
harbor of San Jean, and token possession
of by a detachment of En- j
glish sailors and marines, having drriv?
<1 at New York in the steamer j
North America; furnishes intelligence i
of the withdrawal of the British na- ,
val forces at Snn Juan, the probable
ihan lonment of the Mosquilo Pro- j
i^i?i? ?-- ** ? 1
uy tue r,iign.-n, mid the sur !
render back to Nicaragua of the port ,
if San Juan and ail the territory,
>ver which the Brhifeh are said lo
mvc h*Ui swny. The truth of this
ntalhgeiice is however doubted by a
>ortion of the New York pre?9.
Southern Opinion.
The Columbus, (*a., Times strikes !
the chord that has been strung by the |
recent movements in Sou.h Carolina, ! i
in the following eloquent strain. No ( <
true Sou ill Carolinian will read it (without
a quickening of tin; pulse ]
and a proud exultation of the heart. '
?[Mercury. I
Mouth Carolina.
"Wo find in the Richmond (Va.)
Examiner, an address to the Poop*' (
of South Carolina under the sigua- (
ture of "Citizen of Virginia.'" Would
to Cod, Viririnia had more such riti- i
zens. Ho views the east? as we do, i
that tl c liberties of the South are 1 (
suspended on the action of the People
of South Carolina- Toeir heroism
is the last plank to which they |
can clinjr for salvation. If they quail I
.i \ r . i t i l
i low * in i jie language. 01 me juonrton j
Times, the ''institutions of the South !
are doomed."
Shame on the other southern States,
that one gallant sister should he left,
undefended, unsupr.o.ted, and with
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win ny in uiu utmuiy oread), i
baring Iter breast to the assaults of '
their collision enemies! Shame that
in Georgia, and Virginia and Alabama
should be found public men and
presses, joining in the abolition howl
that transmutes her self-hacrificing demotion
to their common liberties, into
rebellious treason ! There stands !
South Carolina alone?like a lion at !
bav, heroically confronting- horivm-M
of enemies and preparing to cxcule j
those resolves which Virginia and ;
Georgia have made but to abandon. '
The eyes of the world are on that!
Slate. Her enemies are straining to
i catch at every symptom of relaxation
I in (lie energy of liei high ptir|.".scs,
and her friends in the South, with
burning hopes that she may prove
equal to the emprise, courageous in
the crisis, and bravely throw down
1 the wager of battle which is to decide
whether the South is to be the
home of a free or an enslaved people;
Carolina must make the issue?the
; practical issue, and draw the line boldly
and distinctly between the enemies
j and the friends of State Rights, Sove:
rcignty and Equality. That line will
?w. ?i i -?- - -? ' 1
<i icutii iu lllf |n)llll('iailS ?V WHOM! I
acts 1 he people Imve boon lulled into '
i a false security, and terrified only by
| libellous portrayals of the principles
and purposes of their true Southern
Rights defenders.
We believe this day, that tin* hearts
! r>f tlw. -f .1 I I 1 \ !
i wi ?i k wi till" ?I.CI JUtcmiiiltoil I
! n^/iinat (lie (ruckling' course of
I he Legislature of Virginia. VY e believe
thai ( eorgia. despite the 20,000
majority for submission in November
last, is sound at heart and true to her
1 principles and her destinies, if that
heart could be reached through the
thick c >at of deception and falsehood
with which the trained bands of parI
ty politicians have conspired to over
lay it. There are thousands oven in
the Union party, who arc restive under
their wrongs, and whose consciences
upbraid them as disloyal to
their instincts of patriotism. Let
Carolina unfurl her banner of rcsisiance\
not in words to be eaten?not i
in resolutions to be retracted?but in
deeds- and then, and then only will
the direct appeal be made to the people
of the South to take sides in the
| great sectional battle, whose forces
I have been mustering, and whose antagonisms
have been coming to a
head for twenty years past. Let the
signal be given?let the battle begin.
ii were Doner to i>e conquered in a
manly struggle tor freedom, and lie
five, than live the minions of power
and the slaves of a despotism, consolidated
of fanaticism and cupidity.
VVe have strivt 11 hard to repress these
sentiments, when speaking of South
Carolina. As a Georgian, we have
l>liis)w?'l f/ir ilm
lining |)t)MIIIUII III
which her politicians have placed our
State, whenever we have thought of
counselling our bravo friends beyond
the Savannah. But in the name of
the People of Georgia?in the name
nt l<>nul r\f " !???" 1 " 1
... .I mi^ri nuit'druciienriefli
ardeitl and patriotic minority, wc appeal
from the decision of parly politi*
ciai>sgarl>eb in the voices of tin* people
throng!; the November Convention,
to the People themselves; and
in their name we say to Carolina,
lead ns on to freedom! Blaze the
paltu and the people will foilow it!
through weal and through woe, to ;
t??r.n|)<: irom the degradation of sub-!
mission.11
The new Three Cent Piece was j
fingered by us yesterday. In size it
is between the gold dollar and five
cent piece, is thinner than the latter,
and the metal ban lheannnariiii#>i?
silver. On one side it is circled by
the words'United States of America ,
1851/ with n single star filling the ,
centre, and on which is the usual re
presentation of the shield. On the
revorso side is thi* circle of thirteen
stars, with a Inrge C enclosing Hi. |
It is n very neat coin, and though t
careless DcrsoiiH ininrWi ?'
wi t iisiunniiv i ;
mistake it for half a dime, there w ill j
not he more difficulty in the matter '<
than is often found in distinguishing J
the littler coin froi/i the old Spanish : 1
fip. So says the Baltimore Sun, of j |
tho8thin?t. 1 <
Foreign News. II:
The British mail steamship Kuro- n
Da, from Liverpool, Ajnil 2f>lh, ar- I
*.ved at Now York after a itassage ?
jf twelve days. . She brought only
29 passengers.
The suppiession of the insurrcc
lion in Portugal is the chief item of I
political intelligence. The comincr-! ?'
rial news is loss favorable; cotton . !
lias fallen 3-8 to 1 k2d. , <
France.?The Moniteur announ- | I
res thai the party of order has obtain , i
cd an advantage in the elections for j I
lhe municipal council in the depart- j i
ment of the Rhone, and in (he clcc- i ;
tion of the Judge of the commercial . I
. !?* i I i . ' *
nouns ai mom in me department oi; i
Puy flo dome. i
The Monitein announces n victo ;
ry over I he Arabs. They were at- I
lac ked by a column of French troops 1
near Onad Ualil. and routed. The I
French had 11 killed and 35 wound- :
ed.
Germany.?Berlin, April 523.? i
The last Austrian note repels the
long-approved of division ol power,
aud declares that Austria is ready to 1
return to the basis of the Germanic i'
Diet, ou condition that certain reforms
shall he decreed at Frankfort.
The Berlin ministerial papers of I
the 21st inst- state that Austria has !
proposed, in case of certain events, !
to march i<J(H),000 troous throiurh ! i
Piedmont. This proposal, which
Ims been submitted to the Cabinet of
Turin, has made a deep impression
at Berlin. The
same papers mention a secret
treaty between Russia and Austria
and (hat I hey endeavor to gain;
the support ot Prussia.
The oniunt of the secret tieaty is
......I." ? .?. .1 -i.
iw i /iiiupr int; ]
of a crisis which is impending in
France.
Our Vienna correspondence is of
the 20th inst.
It announces th?< appointment of
Prince Schwarzenherg to the (?overnnorship
of 'I ransylvania, vice
/ ? ... I \\T I .1 *
vjenurtu \v (ligemuiiii ueceateu.
liaron Gehringer has refused to :
accept the post of Stadtholde ofj
Hungary. '1 he post is now to be j
offered to the archduke Leopold.
Our correspondent states that a
change of measures may possibly be (
expected with regard to 1 lungary.
The Emperor who was confined ;
i/\ lv*A?Y\ I tW r\ f/> til ?? '
%\/ mo a w\;iii it R" w d Ity <1 Ml^lll
inriisposit en, lias again appeared in
I nbhc; his brother, the archduke l'cr
dinaut) Mnvilian. i* lym# '<1 a fo- '
ver at Trieste. The Duke of Bor-'
deax is again somewhat indisposed.
A diplomatic quarrel has broken
out between the Austrian Empire
and the Sultan of Turk* , which has j
I 1 A - I '.I!
lea so inc wunurawai me lormer
from Constantinople' 'i ne Sultan j
has given offence by declaring that
ho will not detain any ionge Kossuth
and the other Hungarian generals. ;
The period of one year, during which
he promised, at Lord Palmerston s 1
suggestion, to keep them in safe enstoilv,
having now expired*
?l.,^ I , ? K.ll ?_ A a - c
*, av; (1IW otTlHIS ?? Hill It) /tllStl'lil lor j
the expeiiees of their main!(.'twice, i
and of guarding them. Besi.les this,
ho complains Msas Austrian influence
has fomented the rebellion in his
Botlmian provinces. Tlu? said insurrection
appears now to be pretty
well subdued by Omer Pasha, except
I lint 11 fdiVV llir?ll?sinelu rtf t ll*? l-nlinli! 1
since the last great battle, have rallied
at Bihar..
Spaiv.?The Portuguese Charge
tl Affairs had not yet been successful
in prevailing on the Spanish government
to tender the offer of an armed
interference to put down Saldanha.
There is good reason for believing
that government exacts from every
person aiming at being ft deputy, a
pledge that lie will vote for the settlement
of the public debt of Spain,
and that those who do not assent to
these terms may expect to have their
election contested by a ministerial
candidate. The Prime Minister appears
to be firmly icsolved that this
desirable object shall be the first thing
which the Cortes are to pass immediately
after their iner.tinir nn ihn let
of June.
Portugal.?The military rebellion,
headed by i he Marquis Saldanha,
against the government of the
Queen ot'Portugal, does not seem i
likely to gain success. In scvv.-al
important provinces there has been
no rising, i'lie king, who commands j
the firmv. wiiU il?? lii'l"' ''''
......j, .... t/uitc kji i;n%r i
ra, has occupied the fortress of San- i
< ft rem. ami the only remaining chnuce i
for the insurgents, namely, the taking
possession of Oporto, seems nil hut
hopeless for them; since the Junta, or i
local rulers of that city, cannot ngrco 1
to Saldanha's stipulations. On the <
other hand, some of the officers and
soldiers of the royal army are sus?
pee'ed of disaffection. <
? (
Gen. Quitman.?A Savannah rnr. .
respondent ol the New York Herald | (
rirtserts that Gen. Qiutman was in 1
Savannah 011 Saturday, the 20th ult., 1
mid that he was to lead the lately* i
nxnloded Cuban expedition.
J'hisran hardly be so. We notice
>y the Jacksonian, published at Holt j
y Springs, Mississippi, that the Geo- '
jral wan to lx* entertained with a bar (
lecue at tlint place on the 14th inst.,
ind thousands were expected to he
)iosent to hear him defence of Southsrn
rights.?[Carolinian.
Michigan.
Among the acts adopted by the
ate Legislature was one abolishing
,11 I t.tin.- ?l... ?II--: " '
... *v/i me uuiiccuon OI debt.?
Vjuhigan has now in force the most
j| llie national reform measures. No
and limitation law has yet been enloted,
although the homcstuai| has
ong been exempted. A number of
mercantile firms and dealers in Kaluua/.oo,
since the abolition of law reatmg
to debt, haue announced their
n tent ion of publishing the names of
dl delinouents, 'beincr wrllrnnvin#* !
is they say, 'that 110 man of j?ood iitIcntions
and hftiiorable principles
will allow himself to be thus posted
before his neighbors and fellow-citi/.ens.'
The honor ol the man is here
uftert to be the foundation of all ordinary
transactions.?Carolinian;
Tim #?? '* --1 ?
..... unviulilVHIU ItlllBVnUI {TIVPS
the following account a murder, and
the prompt lynching of the perpetrator:
When our informant arrived at
Shasta city, of Hedding's Springs, he
there learned the particulars of a
most horrid murder that had been
committed the night before, about ten
miles from liinhniiinn. ll nnnooi-d tl>o?
I
! wo persons, who wore In ilw snmc
mess, had some slight dispute, when
one of them seized a gun and shot
the other, I lie hall taking effect in the
left breast from which he died instantly.
When shot, the victim made a
leap, the blood gushed forth, and he
fell dead. As soon as the deed was
committed, the murder started to rur,
but he was pursued and recaptured
without much difficulty. He was
tried and sentenced to be hunjj.?
When asked what he had to say just
previous to the execution, the murdeier
simply responded by saying that
it was the result of drinking, and
warned others from partaking too
freely; that the only regret was that
he did not have time to write to his
wile, and with a sudden leap lie raised
himself, the platiormfell, his neck
iii'dL'o mill i<? ?1"
u.u.wi uno usiiiiiuii iino eiernily.
As lie did not wait for the platform
to he knocked from under nim,
he may he said to have been his own
executioner.
Horrible Case of Maitft\rct
AIcOuimickauu Mary Welsh
were convicted at Philadelphia, on
Thursday, of mayhem, in depriving
John MeCann of his eyesight, in
throwing oil of vitrei in (lis lace, all
because he would not marry one of
them. Thel<cdger says:
1 iis appearance on the witness
stand shocked every one in court.?
His scarred and sightless face was so
shocking to heboid, that, after the
court and jury had had an opportunity
of seeing his condition, an officer
was requested to place a handkerchief
over his head. The physician
who attended liini stated that in consequence
of the cauterization of his
torchead, an artery w as ruptured and
that he would have bled (6 (loath,
had not immediate assistance been at
hmuT.
A Captive Recovered.?We learn
from the T'ort Smith, Ark., Herald
that Capt. Marry, at Camp ArbuckIc,
has received IVon# the Kechi Indians
a boy, supposed to be a Ger
stuiuu iroiu so m r; oithc settlements
in Texas. He is about five
year* old, thin and delicately formed,
liulit Imir and sharp features.?
The Keechis said they had purchased
hint from the Camanches. He
had lost all recollection of any other
but the Indian language, and evinced
irr<!Sit in 'I??
0 'VUllllg IIIC-UI?
The Chilian Government arc calling
in all their currency to coin a new
one, same as that in the United S.?
dimes and half dimes, quarter dollar,
halt' dollar, dollar, (both gold and
silver,) quarter eagles, half eagles,
who!.} eagles, two eagles and ounces.
Good News for Homes.?T. M.
Coleman lias filed a caveat for an
improvement in India rubber horse
rollars and saddles, which are inllated
with air, instead of being stuffed.
ns is nos the case. If the air can he
retained at the very point qf pressure
this will prevent rlmting, and be
a great relief to the noblest of domestic
animals?tho horse. We shall
then expect to see this inventicii invention
in general use, as humanity
demands that even to tli<? creature
the hack should lie suited to the bur[Ion.'?Hnrri?bnr?r
n A
negro \vom?n was relating her
experience to a gaping congregation
her own color; among other things
*he Raid she had been tp heaven.?
One of (he brethren asked her, 'sister
i/oiI oitti 4? !L- ... '
, > > mil uiui n inins ill ll*jmwi|l
^he replied, 'Oh go out--?pose 1 go
n de kitchen when I vvaa dar,*
Mrs. Partington fays it is a curious
provision of nature that hen*'never
ay when eggs arc dear, and always
ominencc when they are tftcnp*