Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 23, 1857, Image 2
.KKOWKE COnilKR.
ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor.
TKItMS.?91.50 per annum,in (\<lvune?\ Tf payiKviit
l>e iloliiyeil until after tli<? expiration oftho
v-. r?i ma iiimiiiH, 10 111 advance
A?lvort isenieii t? insorUd ftl the usual rutin.
PICKENS C. If., S. C.:
Saturday Morning, May 23, 1857.
Correction.
In (lie tax statement of Insl week a slight
error occurred ; in, lliat the Tax Collector's ,
commissions should liftvo been $.*105.79, in- I
ntead of $383.79 as it appeared.
Tho Appeal Case.
Tn tbo Court of Appeal*, last week, iho
e.iso of Wm, Hough vs. J.T. I-'khousox, el.
a! _ Commissioners of Uoado, was submit- |
ted with brief and written argument. Gen.1
JIaiikison for motion; Mr. .1. P. Kkko,
contra. The opinion of tlio Court has not
vet been delivered.
The Invasion of Sonora.
Some lime uinco ono Col. Chads, with
_ a ? 1 1 ? " *
w ivw iiuihii'<hi troops rocruited in Califor- .
iiin, mado a descent upon Sonora, a small I
frontier State of the Mexican confederacy. j
The Mexicans, it appears, wore prepared for
them, A telegraphic despatch, received at |
New Orleans011 the 14th. rays that Chami'k ,
party had been attacked by the Mexicans
and completely routed. Fifty prisoners
were taken, among the number Col. Ckahh.
i . i ? ?
una mo wnoie parly ordered lo be shot.?
We have not learned whether these orders
have been executed.
The Battalion Review.
The lower battalion of the 'id Regiment
paraded for review 011 Saturday last. Capt.
Lrdiiettek, in tho absence of Lieut. Col.
IIuKMci rr, commanded ; and discharged
that duly lo general satisfaction aoJ credit
In 1.;.v.aotf 'PI,. ? I * " "
,v x iiu iMiJivs wuru hoc as mi! as
wo have seen them, but those in lino peifortned
their duty promptly and correctly.
Col. Pkatuer, with a full and well equipped
staff, were the review <g officers, and
presented quite a handsome appearance.
Afier the review, Col. 1'uathbii addressOil
ihn Imf Inli^n ir? o f/??? 1 11
.? II IV II cj'IIJiVU UIIU wen- I
timed rcmntks. IIo lias tho happy faculty
of infusing his military upiiit and ardor into
the ranks, and tho oftioora under his
immediate command,
(.'apt. Lf.k's well appointed Artillery
company brought to our remembrance tho
"oiu or.g'.nai lUinc-en," ?iiii ioud report
nit J sulphuric odor. The "big gun" is
well manned.
The attendance of spectators was largo,
ami we had tlic pleasure of reluming the
friendly salutations of numerous kiud
friends. The ladies, in large numbers,
graced the occasion with their presenro,
adding mucli to the eniovment of the dav.
The Weather, &o.
The extraordinary weather continues.?
Several mornings this week we have had
frost, but no injury, as wo learn, has been
sustained by the growing crops, ltaiu has
also full in large quantities, and the wind j
that fol'owed lias been cold mid unpleasant; |
in faut, the weather has been on a freeze J
for the past two month?. 1
The wheat, although later than usual,
looks well, and some of it is in bloom. It
has nothing to fear but the rust.
The Walhalla Banner.
The first number of this now paper, published
at Walhalla by ?.lessrs. F. N. Gai<
vis iV Uo., has been received. It is a largo
handsome sheet, and furnished to subscribers
at $1 in advance,#1,50 if not paid within
six mouths, and $2 at the expiration of
the year. The name of the editor docs not
appear. The Jianncr has our best wishe?
for ita success.
From Europe.
The steamship Asia has arrived bringing
Liverpool dates to 2d inst. Cotton
was dull, and breadstuff's generally advano- ,
ing. Many thousand Chinese have buen |
(slaughtered at Saranak by tho British and \
iihiivu iroops in a recent uauie. uiseoritent
is increasing in llio Turkish principalities,
and anotlu-i outbreak is feared. The
Grand P"ko Constantine, of Russia, had
been received at I'aris with great honors.
By a inter arrival, we lcnrn that a con- ]
spiraoy to overthrow the government had
been detected in Snain. Tho trooDs com- i
posing llie Mexican expedition were cmbar- ;
king for Vern Cruz !
The Palmetto Boy?.
Iii Columbia, on the 14th inHtant, the
i . f . I.. e t i-? i .. n . . 1
uiiiu.fhi. <n iiiu miiidi i aiinuuo rtegunem
-i ,* , -f .. , i i
!<-> ,\j |i,n|mn) ui morning f?fi miumw
from flon. MoGowah, one of their number.
Tho military of Cohmhia were out in full
feather, ft* well a* tho Appeal Court, College
student*, and citizens generally. Gov.
Am.ston' ami Col. K?rrr were also present.
Tho spe?ch of flen. MoOowan is spoken
of in llie highest term*, and will soon be
published.
IT. S. Sksatoit Dead.?stephen Adams,
of M'im., died in Memphis, Tonn., dining tho
railroad celebration thore. Ho t?m a nft- ,
live of Tenwesaco, r.nd n <Ji*lingiii?hed man
io bid own btato. J
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' The College.
The Trusteoe of tho South Carolina (Jollogo,
tis wo loarn from the editorial correspondonoe
of the (ireenvillo i\.triot, liave
tnado arrangement.* lo admit into (his insti
I. .. : r. i
m.ivMi v>uu uuniMiviary iruin cacn district.?
This is right, and will liavo. tho efFcct of
diminishing tho opposition to tho College
Tho Commissioners of Frco Schools fur
each district mako the selection, or rather
recommend tho henefiriary.
The Blue Ridge Rail Road.
x no nnanmai condition of this groat work
is thus clearly shown l>y tbo (Jazettv and
Advocule. It is truly gratifying, and cannot
fail to infuse now lifo and animation
into the business prorpeuts of tbe district:
44 Wo understand that tbo work on tins
great enterprise will pooh be more rapidly
and enerrM-tu-jdlv #>?? i !' ?
C* \"J | VM ? ,Un>l ,W Unn
been f??r some time past. Tho Comptroller
General, Col. J. I). Ashmore, lm? made the
secoiiJ subscription of &>00,00() of State
aid, upon tho application of Judge Frost,
the President, who has succeeded in raising
Lite private stock which was deficient
last December, as well as in collecting tho
5 per cent, in cash on the same a? required
l?v the Act of 1854.
Wu are informed that the deficiency w.ia
$222,84d. New stock raised (upon which
5 pur coot, has been paid in and received,)
making a surplus over amount required to
SCf-tiro s??lwiorij>tiot> of ilia fcitntc t'O^IOS. j
From this surplus the sum of $0,0 TO was
taken and applied to f.tock on the old subscription
list, which was not now considered
availably after w hich is left a surplus of
9d,955. 1 Ins is exclusive of some three
or four thousand <lr?lji*r*. of Rlnrk np?'?
which tho 5 per cent., as required by Acl
of 1854, had not boeu paid, but which will
doubtless bo available to the Company at
sotno futuio day?Bay, $4,000. It is al*o
exclusive of $2.700 which has boon worked
out by contractors, but for which scrip had
not yet been issued when the application
was made to tho Comptroller General. It
is also exclusive of$25,000 of stock author\,oA
?r? Ko c..l.ci.r;i^ U., ll.n/1 Ml 1
, ,..v. wv .uvuvnuvu IS J IIIO Xjil^UIIVIilO tlllU
I Colubmia Railroad with certain conditions,
but which was not presented by Judge
Frost as a part of the subscription, as tho
i Direction of the Blue Ridge Company had
not v?t acted on it, and there was somo
probability that the Greenvillo and Columbia
Direction would change the conditions
of the same so as to put : in a more acceptable
form. If this be done, it will mako
a surplus of $30,055.
We understand ihat the subscription list
presents one of tin* best array of names that
has ever been seen on a similar roll, and
that it is composed of tho very ablest and
best firms and individuals, both in the city
of Charleston and in the country, in a pecuniary
sense."
Flowers!
Tbo Isvo beautiful boqueU lliat found their
way into our sanctum during tbo last few
days wore thankfully received, and the fair
donors gratefully remembered for their appropriate
present. May your paths through
life be strewn with the flowers of happiness !
Admitted.
The following gentlemen have beon admitted
to practioc in tbo law Courts of this
Slate :
Thou. W. Allen, Abbeville; W. 13. Culp,
Columbia ; W. L. DePiias, Camden ; 1*. C.
| Dozior, Williamsburg; K. W. IJondley,
I Columbia ; J. II. Hudson, Marlborough ; J.
F. Ixlar, Orangeburg; S. W. Maurice, Williamsburg;
J.C. MuClenaghan, Marion; F.
: M, Mclvcr, Cberaw;T. II. Muse, Barnwell;
T. P. Oliver, Orangeburg ; Henry J. Smith.
I Greenville; R. P. Todd, Laurens; J. Wuiics
Columbia ; 0. W. Wolfe, Orangeburg.
And in the Court of Equity the gentlemen
named below will hereafter practice :
J. 1?. Cohen, Charleston ; Win. J. DcTroville,
Heanfort; T. Q. Donaldson, Green
1 ville ; P. C. l>ozier, Williamsburg; S. ]).
| Ooodlett, (ireenville; I). K. Jnmfeon, Orange
hurg;J. C P. Joter, Greenville; Jos. J.
| Norton, 1'ickons ; I hos?. J'. Oliver, OrangeI
hurjz; Jnmes B. Steedman, Charleston ; II.
I T. Wright, Edgefiuld.
Bad Cotton Pit okp (tore in Ai.au vma.?
A correspondent of the Mobile Daily
[ Register, writing from Monroe county, Ala.,
under date of tho 10th. nrp?<>nla n ^l,.l..fnl
? r , ' '
, picture of tho future prospects of cotton in
ttiat county, ami ns far as known fo the
writor along tho cntiro region of Alabama
river. The frosts of tho Oih, 1 lib and 12ih
April, ho says destroyed nil tho ootton and
much of tho corn. The weather then he.
came milder, planters,replanted their crops,
and cotton especially, shot above tho ground
rapidly, when on tho '23d it was overtaken
by another frost, " and literally swupt from
iho earth."
Seed tiow became sadly deficient, and all
i woro not able to replant tho second time;
; but tboRo on the river bottoms who had
i not suffered so much from frost, found a
~...i A..^t i - - J
iiv?t nun u i ii3.\ | fwivu uc?uu|er III lit* su<li
den nnd fearful rise of tho river, which on
I tho Ytb, Bill and Otli of Mny overflowed its
I bank*, and threw into ihc low lands vast
I quantities of water from 4 to 10 feet deep,
1 which it is estimated put tho finishing work
i of destruction on not less than one-third of
j tho cotton crop along tho entiro valley of
I the Alabama river. The loss in Monroe
county is estimated at 00,000 ; one plan
I icr wiiii isuu sores sn ooiion lins jjuo Hood
j ed, another with over 500 has 175 in the
i same condition, the third with 400 in cot|
ton and corn ha* 100 acres under water,
j atid so on?making the present the very
won>t season for these crops that has been
known for a quarter of a century.
! Pkuisiikd.?A woman died at Manchester,
near Pittsburg, Ph., on Sunday, who
had not tasted n mouthful of food for five
u<noL'd Qlui lotiArnr) iin/lnr !*/* I ?%
r? jxw, wiiv uiiuvi vuv Iilipiuqaivil
thai her friends were trying to poisoo her,
Pennings and Clipping*.
I COMMISRIOKKK OK pKNSIONS.-'-CieorgO
C. Whiting is tlio Commissioner of Pen,
sions. Ho may bo addronsed froo of postngo
on all matters conoenlcd with his ollico
* riu ^ ?
lxavouhation.? l no Common Uouiuril ]
j of Boston have appointed a committer to 1
| prepare for tlio reception of tho President,
i Vice President, members of I lie Cabinet
! nnd Gen. Scott, at tho ceremony of tho itj'
ftuguration of thostnlutQ of General Warren,
on the 17th of June, in that city.
Dkad.?Tho*. G. Key, lv?q., a practising
lawyer at Edgefield O. 11., died there last
j ?
week. He was, for several years, editor of
the Ilnmhitrn .Ttmr*tut
Dbatii of Ja6. Doatwiuhjit.?This von- j
crablo citizen of Columbia, ago J more than I
four seorc years, in dead. Ho was an 08timnblo
citizen in nil tho relations of life.
! u Oct NVkst."?Col. Orr wa? in?St. Louis,
vi! i ? -
Missouri, on ilie uili instant.
To bk Mauiukt).?A young lady of six-1
teen, of distinguished 1j th nud fortune, is
j about to marry tho hero of tho Crimea,
j Marshal P?llis*ier, who in sixty years of
I ago ! It, is said to bo an affair of tho most
romantic sontimunt on tbo part of tho
youthful bride.
J A OlEKMAN U>IVttlWI V IN AMtnin ? Ti
is designed to oroot and endow a German j
University in Ciiiciunntt. Tiio funds arc !
| lo bo raised by subscription, and tbo cliftiis
to be filled by importations from Oottongen
I and Ilallo, The projectors intend to pur;
chase h college edifice already erected.
I
! High Prick for Nkokobs.? At Marion, j
| Perry county, Alabama, on Monday, 4ih I
! inM., two negroes, well borers, wore sold on
the block, and brought tho snug sum of
' four thousand and seventy five dollars.
AiToiKTKD.?ilon. Fayette McMullun,
: of Va., lias been appointed "Oovotpor of
Washington icrrilory, in place of Anderson,
resigned.
High Pkickd Shawls.?A shawl was
lately Sold in Philadelphia for one thousand
four hundred aud twenty-five dollars. In
the same city women make shirts for six
ceuts each. Thus foolish extravagance and
and sufteving females go hand iu hand. i
Agricci.tiual Com.kos.?A College of
Agriculture has been established in Michii
gan on n handsome farm of 700 acres. It i
has an endowment of $56,000, ai|d in
the last two years the Legislature ha? given
it $20,000. Students are admitted without
fee, but are obliged to labor lhreu hours
each day.
| Defalcation.?The Mercantile Dunk nt
Hertford, Conn., lino discovered a defalcation
of $3,700 in the accounts of the lalo
teller, Mr. Dwight Ledgwjok, who ha.-{* ir.c
to California. The loss falls on the lc'! r'a
bondsmen.
Sn'o*v.?A snow storm was in progress
j nt Muttalo, N. Y., on the 11 th instant. This
is what we call unowingin the"lapof spring."
Rsciiuns.?A recruiting office has "been
opened in Charleston, by ibo Governor of
Florida, for volun eers to engage in the Indian
war in that 3cate.
Hacking Down.?Mr. Wm. J. Wilson,
_r if i * ^ -
ui imywooo, Co., in. u.t requests the Heraid
of Truth lo .say lhat lie withdraws fiom
the canvass for Congress, in view of '.been]]
which has been made for a Convention to
nominate a candidate.
A BRAL'tifti, SIO?'-?R? Wi'h
School children of Augusta nniiml and had
their May celebration on Shuhz's Ilill,
| Wednesday last. Thtt ('hrnnirlp unva llirt
procession numbered over six hundred, and
including i he invited guests there were scattered
through the woods over one thousand
"fairy forms flitting about like elfin spritea."
Famins in Tkxas.?New Orlenns papers
of the 2d instant contain Galveston dates to
the 28th inst. Thero was almost a famine
for breadstuff* in the counties) above Uas!
Iron, and 42 <> '> wn> <li>muiwli>il fi?r > Ku?t>ol
.. , , ' r ???"?
of coin.
I and J.?There are no two letters in
the manuscript alphabet of the English language,
which cause so much misconstruction '
as I ?nd J, as most people write them ex- I
| acilv the si?me. The ruin for wiiiing (hem
properly, and which de?ervea to he universally
adopted, is to run the J below the linfc,
and I even with the line.
Tight Aoai*.?-By tho last advice* from |
wvorpooi we icnri) Hint the money mark*!
i? " Htill light." We should like to kop.w
wlmt is tho mnltor with it; it is nosrly fllwnys
tight of Into.
Sino StKo, N. Y.-*-The prisoners at- j
tempted to csonpo from this prison on the |
ium, dui were ueiectea in the act. In
Arresting them, two men were slio', bat not
futility injured,
In A had Humou.?The English Press J
manifests a eood dcul of indignation at tho t
refusal of the United St iles to join England ,
in carrying on a iv;ir ngainsl China. The
London Post, (Lord Palmorston's organ,) ,
says that tho policy of our government is
"tnljllll* linwnrtllt' r. T n m-jm* iirwl nnlurlit. i
J J " " 1
ened nation," nnd tho London Chronicle ,
thinks the refusal lo co operate, nn itindi to '
England.
Fkimt,?Wtxlertnillions should be culii'
?ted largely and carefully this Reason, snya
the Edgefield Advertiser, ns (hero will he
scarcely any other kind of fruit to ho had.
Yes, thoru will bu Blackberries and Grapes
and Giouu'l-peas arid Ohintjuepins?oh ! i
we'll not Uc so bad oil in the fruil lino after '
Mil.
i
Cauojit.? A widow lady down in Brad- |
ford, Voruionlj heard a robber descending ;
bor chimney last Wednesday night. He
stuck fust about half way, whereupon the '
old huiy promptly heaped straw in the fireplaoc
and lighted it. The robber, half suf
focated, roared lustily until ho was drawn !
tip hy ropes, and landed ovor to the inor- '
cios of (ho law.
Kansas.?Hon. Robert J. Walker, Gov- I
ernor of Kansas, was to have loft Washing- 1
ton for that territory on Monday last.?
Tims far, his appointment soctna to have f
given general sntiofaolion to the AQttlers, i
excepting, 01 course, tDo cjmciplea of llo- |
race Greeley, whoso dearest project is to I
biing about civil war.
A Hkko Dead.?Jl>swcll Bcacli, in the '
103d year of his age, died alius residence
in Washington township, Belmont county,
Ph.. 011 thi! 11th instant. Tho flonp-isprl
was ii soldier of the revolution, and was enfj
t^ed in several of the battles of that war.
Tun Serenade.?Tim Hon. L. M. Keitt
was serenaded in Columbia on the J2th, bv
the students of the South Carolina College
Uo acknowledged the compliment in nn eloquent
nnd npproprinte specch.
" What's is a Na.mk ?"?Rewnre of (op
heavy names, such as Bvron. W usliinirinn
'
and Shakspeare, w hich onlj' serve lo belittle* !
the wearer. I3etter by half call them all 1
John And Mary. Givo them good, pl?in, |
manly, spelling-book titles, nnd then if any
man nicknames your child, prosecute him
for slander.
11 ia ii Rivkr.?There lias been n rise in :
1
the Cape Fear River, above Fayetville, N. :
C!.. of fortv font. A i?*nr* ll\n RrtnnnuA lJ.v. i
er, in North Carolina, tlic low lands are I
covercil with water to the depth of twenty j
feet in somy places. Crops, fences, &c.. j
have been swept away by (lie flood.
South bun Home foit Mu. Pieiice.?The I
Vioksburg,. (Miss.) Winy, of Wednesday !
Inst. Jl-IV ft lllrtl ninofv-Kiv <1 -vH .i? I
r w.v - - 'J
had been subscribed in that city to be' devo ;
ted to the purchase or a plantation for Ex- 1
President Pierce, The sum asked fur the
proporty fixed upon id $ 100,000?so that
only (54,000 nioie is wanted for the pur- !
ch?se. ; |
Monkv for Kansas.?Col. A. .linker has
succeeded in raising the sum of $3,340.00
in this Stale, for llic Southern cnuso in
Kansas. This is independent of the nmounta
heretofore secured in Charleston, Columbia
?nd other places.
Baitist Convention.?The Southern
Haplist Convention assembled in Louisvillo '
Ky., on the 8th inst. llev. Dr. Howell was |
chosen President of the body. All the '
Southern States wore represented, and ihe i
whole number of delegates was about ono
liuiidrcvl ,tr.vl fifty. A rcjv>rt was ir.ado by
a committee favoring the location of the
Southern Baptist Thcologicr.i Seminary at
Greonville, in this Statu.
Rradt M.vuk Ifol'skb."?Ono Cincinnati |
firm lias shipped to the western territories
since tho sccond day of March l?\st, one hun
dred and fifty ready-mado lu?usc*. Theso
buildings nre of tho eottago style, mid,
though transported in piucos, can bo put
up reftdy for occupancy in forty minutes.
Detroit, Mich., May 15.?'Thero is groat j
destitution existing in Gratiot county and I
?iI 1:.??-- > '
uinci ouoiuui'u luunMiius lu mu uoruitjrii i
part of this State, and several porsons have
already died from starvation. Manycatllo
are also dying for want of susleoanoo.
XjAoies' Vkic.s.?Curtis, tho celebrated
writer on sight, says that the wearing of
voils permanently weakens many naturally
(rood eves, on Account of tlia pndflnvom of
the eyo to adjust itself to the oeaselo^.i vibration#
of that too continon article of
dresH. Ladies, then, should beware of hid*
ing tboir pretty facts with veiU.
A T7AU f ftWV A PAII?IM liWill liKni !.a?
"?M/ -uun.crself
near Pontine, Michigan, having run away
from her wealthy parcnU in Canada,
becauso thoy wero trying to compel her to
marry an old man whom the hfiteth Tha
ball entered nea?* tho pit of tho utomaoh,!
aud she was in a very critical cpo^itiou, j
r &*** t >.
A Li'ckv Man.--One of our ox^lmKgt;*
announces llint a.Mr. Whijo, living in Venice.
I'rt., was recently murdered iirllU own
be*!, by some ono wlio wished to got his |
money. Tlio editor adds that " luckily'. !
Mr. While deposited hia.monev in hank
the dny before. Mr. White lost nothing
but liis life.
?)ojj*t Kii.ltiik Biuos.? In order to con- j
vineo a neighbor the usefulness of bird*, a J
farmer near liinghamton, New York la?t 1
year, shot a yellow bird in his wheat-field, j
opened' its crop, and found in it two bun-I
died weevils, and but four grains ot wheat* '
and in these four, grains the weevils had |
burrowed.
Man Shot in okoiu;ia.?John IvJ wards, j
a citizen of Tidbol county, was shot ntTal- j
bolt on on the 2nd inst., by ono Wm. (?id- :
ding1*. Mr. Edwards lingered until Moil- j
day tlio 4'.h, when ho died.
Nkw Oki.kavs, May l-'l.?The steamer^
Prometheus Ins arrived, with advice* Aotu
. , . . . *
Havana <o mc hhii instant, ?nn mi: tyHinornia
ni.iil of the 20th April. Sho brings no
news of importance from Nicaragua or Aspinwilll.
Among her passengers are Mr. ;
Kh'tclier, Ameiican Consul at Asphiwall,
and also the French Consul.
Private letters have been received at Havana
which state that Wulkef has evacuated
llivns, and is now safe or. boaid a Krit:..i
l .... .i. .
oil \>i yudsftl'l uu nit: l 'iuiuu iun.ll,
Nkw Vokk, May 13.?Tito steamer j
(ioorgo Law, with fcl,700,000 in treasure!
lias arrived.
A liill 11nil pnMCfl tlio California Asscm- J
lily, Appointing n Hoard of Examiners to j
fund tl)o indebtedness of Sai\ L''iancUeo, .
accruing previous to July. 1855.
Tbft Judiciary Committee of the A^sombly
bad reported a hill proveniniq lhe ??>migration
of colored persons. The bill will
probably pass.
A bill had passed tho State Senate submitting
the payment of the State debt to ;
the people.
Tile Legislature had voted to adjourn on
iho 25th of April.
The mining news was very favorable,but
business gonerallv lull.
Okboon.?It \ generally thought that ;
the people of Oregon wouUl adopt theStato !
form of government and a Constitution pro j
hiliitiiig slavery.
Hkigiixm Youno jn a Ttoiir Pi.ack,--j
A report was prevalent in Canon Yidloy, j
that the notorious Hrighnm Young hn<] I
been compelled to flea from Salt Lhko city, :
to save himself from the furv of bin Hook.
It is not stated what became of his hundred
wives.
Tlio Govornor of Panama has mood ft ;
proclamation prohibiting the entry into
that country, of any adventurers who ?w?y
bavo takon, or intend to take any part in '
the Central American war.
Daxviixr, Pa., May 1?Much oxoite- i
moot prevails here relat ivc lo the death of;
Catharine Ann Clark by poison, supposed j
to have becuadministorcd by bcr husband,
tr i ? "
\> iinniii viuiK. Jier oouy lias been ex- I
limned and an analysis of tho stomach is j
going on under tho direction of the coro- :
nor. Cliirk has boon arretted and is in cits j
tody, and a Mrs. Trtiijgs h is also been ar- j
rested on tho supposition of being an ac- I
complice. Her husband died suddenly !
about rbree \>oeks sinco under similar sua- !
pioiuua ciroiunstances, and his body will bo j
exhuined for examination. It is supposed
that an improper iutimaey existed between
her and Clark.
~ - 4*-?.?
Tub CJinnes TkstiMom at.. - Wo are Imp- j
py to announce that tho member* of lite :
nres*, including tho heads of many ct our j
book ami job printing establishments, in >
our city, very generally, an.I other aympa- j
timing fliends, here, and elsewhere, have
united in presenting to 11. \V. Gibbc.", M.
1> , editor and proprietor of" tho Columbia
South Carolinian, an Ink Stand, Puper Cut- j
ter, CJold Pen and Pen Knife, in token of
their approval of his independence and
esprit dv, corps, in vindicating the rights of
the press and of corporators. in tho reeent
ease of II. W. (Jibbes vs. K. J. Arthur and '
John Burdoll, tried at Columbia, before his |
Honor, Judge Withers, and which resulted
in a verdict for the Plaintiff. Tho Ink staud :
bears tho following inscription :
It. \Y. Clibbes
vs.
K. J. Arthur and John 11t\rdull.
Triumph of Right and 1'iinciplo.
March 14th, 1857.
Presented by sympathizing members of tho !
l'rc&s and other friend*. i
[Charleston Mercury.
Tub Dkmoohacy ok N'kw Knot, and.?
The Lonisvilly (ICy.) Democrat vory truly
say*: " There is a glorious Democracy it)
in Now England, although generally in n
minority, i'hey fight through all manner |
of isms, against tho world, the flesh, and
tho devil; but they never surrender." To
which tho Now Hampshire Patriot adds :
" tho Domooracy of Now England, althougli
now undoracloud of oiggeriain, aro bound
to sliino out yot. They have been dofea
uxi on nucouiuoi tneir persistent adlieronc'e I
to tlie Idea that a whito man'l* suporior to
n negro; but that doctrine ia daily becoming
mora popular, wo bolieve, and its ultimate
triumph hore in >few England will
occur at no distant day."
Lol'isvuj.k, Kv., May 13.?The four negroes
accused of murdering the Joyce family
some months uincc Inve hecn acquitted.
Ono.of them turned State'# evidence, but
his testimony is not legal. It corroborated
me milliters. J hero is ^rent excitement
nbout the court-house. The mob jjot ounnoii,
nnd phced it in front ol the j*il. t\
number of shots were fired from the Jull And
from the mob, nnd the jailor fencing tho
escape of the piisoners, furinnlly surrendered
two of them ?nd they were hung ifr.n
third cut his throat. The negro who lurfted
Blaics cvidcnoo was unmolested
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Rewords Offered.
The New York Ihrald of the )eth inst.
informs us ijinl n few days since Mr. lirnndetli,
tho c"Uhint?'d pill vendor, offered to
nutko one of twenty or thirty persons who
should ench subscribe one thousand doV'.rs
?.v v.., ... .. A r..- !.. j:
Ill wv prnu II irnrtlVI IVM IIIU UlSfU^tTJ CH
the murderer of l)?<ctor BOrtMl, nml, on
yesterday, Messrs. Wenloy it Co., ilieMork
jobbers in Wull *?treet, made mi offur of fivo
thousand dolhns for (he snmo purpose.
The Hcmll (hen.rcmaika :
When private citizens come forward (o
take tlx*, place of llieconstituted nuthoiitien,
the peril must ha imminent. Ii is the duly
oi me puixic press-?10 wnicM the peoplo
look tor counsel arid nid?when their iegal
representative# full in their duties lo muko
a move. Therefore?
[Mere the [fontId commences n reenpitu*
1-ilion nf the murders committed in New
Yoik during 'he pistdeonde, ns follows:}
In the very di-tiict whero Dr. IhirdeU
wns murdered, two gentlemen walked oui
from th<jir hotel and are seen no more.
little further-up (own, in the centie of nristoerncy,
n young man is seized, murdered,
and thrown into the river, where his body
whr found some week* afterward.
The Herald then offers?$3000 for infornvilion
leading lo the detection and cohvic
cion of the mutderer or murderer# of Mary
ItmfiMs. ilif TubacconUt.
$5000 for the pnriic's implicated in the
murder I Dr. Buidt'l).
fc.1000 for the pinies implicntcd in tho
murder of Dr. Lu'ner.
$>000 for the murderer* of Mrs. Housemnn.
$5000 for tho murdem-s of Mr. . ierce.
$5000 " " Newburg huly.
<t*.r?000 " " Polioeronn, Ilanderbrook.
The proprietor of the Herald oftets the
Kiimc rewarq?nvo HiouSnnd dollars?~in the
cnses of I?iithoh>mew Iiurko, pol ler, liitlcc* ^
in the shop corner of White street n'
Brond way ; Mr. llenr) Oorlies, shot on viie
corner of Leonard street and Broadway ;
Mrs. Walker, murdered in her own house
in Lexington nvenue; Mi'; painter in Ann
street, supposed lo have been killed bv one
of his nppreniiceP, two or thice years since ;
nnd the m-in killed at the corner of A nn and
Nassau streets at about the same time.
In the cases of ilic following named misting;
persons, the propiicior of the Herald
oilers a reward of one thousand dollars each
for *u?h information as will lead lo a discovery
of lheir whereabouts :
KrnstUft L. DuFoiest, from the Metropolitan
Hotel; John 13. Vedder, of Chicago,
do., and Mjss Sarah McClelland, fiom
Hrooklyn.
Tim proprietor of the Herald, will jjive
likewise n gratuity e.f ??even thousand flvo
hundicd dollars ($7,500) to any country
lawyer who will come to the city and clear
the dockets of the ciiminxl cases
The Propeittors of the New York Timeaoffors
also a reward of five thousand dollars
to any person or persons who will furr.h4i
iitfnrivfcii" . 1? It 1- * v
?*'*w , viv*i * iHtn nunii leuo lO mo
detection and conviction of I lie murdeieiLor
murderers of Pr. Ilorvey Burdelt. <
If the llcruhl and Times are sincere and
really de.serve to bring to punishment ?lm
authors of the several minders commi ted
,ji\ the Northern ;> totes, they would ofl" r n
similar rewind for tho 11prehension and
conviction of the murderer*: of Go'such. and
of UachulQr?the former killed in an attempt
lo recover his pioperty in the person of a
rtC{fio, and the hitler whilst discharging Ids
duty as an oflicur.?Carolina Times.
St. Loch, May 13.--The Republican'*
Lecmripton correspondent says that Judge
Cola's court was opened on the 5th. Several
gentlemen nmong ihein piominvni free
Statu men. u-er?v mlniiiin/l ?
.... - %?# iiv
llu1 0:1(1) to support the Kansas Nebraska
j.ct.
At the solicitation of Governor Robinson,
Secretary Stanton had nppointed Joseph
Lyman, of Boston, commissioner of deeds.
The II iys case had been called by tlio ft
district attorney, hut the Statu was not
rendy for trial. The treason cases would
not be reached for some time. The crimi?
nal docket contained nhoni srn ?nc??
V* v V'OVC.
Axor.tw.t Gold Di*oovkiiy!?A gold
vein luts been found recently on the 'Dunngun
lot,' which appears to be exceedingly
rich. Th'j lot lifts within, three miles of
Prthlonegii, on the Cheslutee, near the well
j known 'Calhoun mine.' This is thi?'srcond
or thiid riolk discovery made here within ?
month. Tbe olil plan of skimming over
I the country fot gold lias bten n hand omul,
and miners ore now going inlo the bosom of
aur mother earth; nnd lhu$ far, some of
them hive met with groat encouragement.
This country has nevut> ;?cl fceen righily
pio*pec ted i but our peofwjiew, seem dctonnii.e'l
to goat the work in earn<**f
1' \Dahlonf<ju Signal.
Til?. Late Fiikshkt.?The riso in our riv*
er, nolioud last week, continued unlil Iho
water w;ls in three feet of the highest (rater
mark. The dninage lo the orops is ccil>sld- j
crable, but nbi lo the extent wo fenied.? (
Tho oils in muuy places are uninjured.-'-'
I The wbeAt, perhaps, did not f:?re so Well.-?
1 %m. s ....
I fliucii corn vr?I1 have to be planted over, And
in low places, the cotton is destroyed. It
is not too late, however, to pUnt the low
bottoms whero the cotton 1ms been destroyed,
in eorn. 80 we hope, upon the whole,
(though the cotton may be lessened in some
i degree,) the corn crop will bo extended so
! an to counterbalance the Ions in that atnnlo
i We need scarcely add, (lint many planters
| who ?ire now buying corn, (yea, sending to
Egypt for it) At til.00 to %1.25 por bushel,
will fare better by the freshet.
f Cfyenxw Oaxetlt,
CikoinnAft Mouai-s.? A singlo paper*
of Cincinnati, on Monday, chronicle? the
desertion of his fondly by n city oflloinl, in
! oompany with hie wifu\? aunt il??
meat of the wife of h real estate broker; iho
*>l?p?nv?it of tho wife of a uteamboHt cap.
lain, and the attempted Buioido of Another
wife on Aocount of deaertion by ner hug,
band, And oonncqUent destitution, Thi? in
certainly a startling group of immoralities*
to bccouae jnillic iu a iju^la day, ^