Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. * t . . 1 0- * . , * ? f ? ' . * * * # ^ * # ' IKIgflDMIglg jBBHBfci(KtBlHBIgl!lfgia? ' i 4 V * * '.' ?' . 44To tliliie own self lie true, and it imut follow, n* tlic i?i|zlit the <Iny, tfltoii cau'?( not flscn bo false* to any mail." A ^ ^ .._ , ' ri . ^ . . ? 1 . - -. , .^ -, ,.-vr - ^ liY ItOB'T. A. THOMPSON. , PICk'fcNS COUKT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1857. VOL. VIII. NO. 51. r "81glLE?Tl?:'r) IPOKYRV^ Mothor, Home, and Heaven. DY UHLr. CtLDSMITH. O earliost known and Isitcst loved ? f> Fair angel, that dost stand Guarding tlio Beauteous eastern gato f Of life's young golden land ; O'orshadowing with thy wing of I'caco Tho sacred walk of fiotao; Lovo following over, wheresoever 't'liy pilgrim child doth roam ; Then ol tho heart and hrow inspired? Where, earthly loves are dim. And passion?."mouldering and spent. Thy spirit shines on him. Homo of tho heart?our early home? Wherein ouv foot have strayed. Still wave nl>ove us tl o green trees Beneath whoso leaves wo played, Tho shadows linger on tho sill; To tho flagstones cling the moss ; Still laughs the babbling brook we laid Tho mimic bridge acrMs. Bofcro tho door tlio children suort, The brothers1 avo apd gootf, And flit among tho groves and bowers A happy sisterhood. O thoino of promise and ofhopc, Our native land on high, Amid the warring clash of this, Thy holy (piiet meets the eye. There dwell the loved?thoro sit tho saved; 'Chore biilo tlfo unforgivcu, 'Clio sifllcss wuls, porono hn?l calm, Rich in hi* perfuc? heaven. And hiking through the bars of oven, We deqtn tlioir nngol oves Shine on us,by tho light that j>oura From Iho clouded, sapphire skies. Ah, mother true?ah, peaceful homo-? An, fcntteie I nooHvliQlU band? Still turns thufraitcil heart to ydu, Through i?lI this woury land 1 Ami oh, if ctno sweet hope across Life's turmoil ever comc, It is, to fin l you nil fur uyc In Ood's eternal home, To know, our frail bark's moored at last, * The fitful temnrst done. Tlio broken bound* of earth shall meet, Inmc innl Ix-men ho one. Correspondence of the Keoioco Courier. Kingston, Ga, May Joth, 1857. i My JJear Friend; Now, that winter is passed and sweot spring tins coma, I re8Uii)0 my pen with a heart as merry as the songs of the birds to finish my long-deferrod communication. The extreme coldness of tlio winter is my excuse for not writing sootier, and-boping that I havo your forgivness for my long silenco, I will proceed at nne.rt U'riln ilu> fiimlo T Kotim-n iho? ilm i ? - ...... ...^ | last placo to which I carried your imagination was Walhalla, tho beautiful German Village that I attempted to describo lo von iu my last, and now that I have you there in mind, please follow us again from thero to Pickens C. II., at which place our company was enlarged by tho addition of three, viz. Mrs. II. from Cartersvillo, (ia., Miss ]? from Anderson C. II., 8. C. and last, hut not least, tho driver. 1 have already tried to givo you a description of the Capitol of i'ickens, as his Honor ^ Judge O'Neall, of South Carolina, has been T* pleased to icrirt Piokon* C. II, and ?.s you have my description, I will givo you his of thia romantic place. Jla snvs that it is not situated on one hill, but, liko llio king of j birds, ia perched in the midst, of oragga. I think, however, if hi* Honor would make a day or two day1?* drivo North of tho place in quoaLion, lio would he willing to acknowledgo when ho returned thnt ho was for once, mistaken, and that Pickens C. II, or rather the " Capitol of Piekens'District," is situated cn almost a plain in a very level portion of tho District, for so would it ap-, pear to his honor after having struggled up and down tho6o famous peaks of tho Hluo liidgo; hut, as I was going to remark, our party loft Pickens C. II. on a vory wet Mon <Jay morning, rnther nn inauspicious time, I admit, to set out on a joui ney, but i^ll were ; anxious to roturn homo; and bidding our* tfriwxite an affoctionate rtdiou, wo loft. As :ttic carriage rolled off, I f:ast my oyc3 again, r find again, ou those objocta and placff^ to familiar to thorn, and vhicb wero hwjfast fading from their sight, every objoct I saw bad its history in mY memory. Thoro was the church, whoro I had flo ofton attended divine service; and thoro stood tho Academy, whoro my vounfj mind bfcd boen j "taught how to shoot," and there, in tbo Acaaomy yard, stood the dear old hickory treo, in whose friendly shade I had roinpoJ mid played away so many happy hours of ! my childhood, and aa we crossed the little Btreatp hard by, it lw?d its talo of by-gone days to tell; for many bad boon tho svriously out mook-diacoond, litllo flint rocks And otbor pebblos which its bed nfforded ? -I-. ^ iti.i. D .i lit _ t o? puu, Hilt* msintiHiiy iiuio iwiios wiui rwu-unp 1 eo<J ailvery sonic*, whvcli I would hurry Jioina with, and lay before the a?toniahed ftyoa of o)v littlo brother* and alters, as 'trpphiv- of my adventure V ^Happy aportive ohjldhood.,r Sweet me yovirdayal Mow pffen^aat it la to. retroapeet, in after life, tno bright sunny hours AjUlk. of childhood that bnvo stolen away like a mrghoatand never 16 return agata, 'IJov dear to every ?ftcmo?y u the vetfcemtpMM of that dream?pnrt of v*h?6 id childish glee wo bounded over tho green valleys or hillock* in Rcnrch of flowOrs, or chased tho wily butterfly, as it coquottishly How before lis, saluting ns it went, every flower that come in its way, as if in mockery of our vain attempts to make it our prisoner, or when wo sought to tnko the unsuspecting trout that played in the spark ling waters of tho boautiful brooks that wont hobbling around, tho hills and thro' tho verdant valleys, or sol us down, beneath some old familiar oak, to listen to the wild sweet music of tho tuneful birds, or paused to admirn thn ntnflv himha ?? iUv?nA>i^ -- r? ? over their carpets of green grass, displaying at overy, movement their snowy whito fleoce." Thus mused I. ns tho scenes, so familiar to mo, ocourrod, to my sight, and theu rccodod a* the carriage drove rapidly oti to bear mo away from them I. leaned back in rather a dreamy manner, and so remained until wo arrived at Walhalla, which place, I have before attempted to describo to you, and deem it unuessary to say mnch moro about it. Miss K? remarked as wo passed through it, that sho had heard a great deal said of the German Village?its speedy growth, beautiful location, fine atmosphere, and puro cold water, and finally the industry and enterpri/e of its inhabitants, but that tho half had not yet been told, it was even beyond what she had expected to find it, and Mrs. H was highly pleased with it, and pronounced its location one of tho most beautiful she Inn) iivcr ?nnn W? 1 1H 1 ' v. wvw?>? T?v> H viuyi II l? v ll IVV.AI III HUll to liftvc spent ft whilo in this beautiful viiliigo, so Unit our friends so lately added to our company might have had the pleasure loo, of surveying it at more length, but the rain wan still falling in copious showers, and wo kept on, not wishing to surprise tho good people of Walhftlla with our draggled appenranco. Bcforo we reached tho western end of the village wo took a loft hand road, which loud us near thoCemetry. This spot, I think, is as beautiful a place as could have been selected any where, where in to deposit tho dead. Its location is high and level. Some, I saw, had already paid tho last debt of nature, and wore resting in this beautiful spot in sweet forgetfulness. Wo drovo for six miles over a very tine road, when we arrived at the residence of j Dr. 15 whoseself and family wo found in tho full enjoyment of good health, and in tho midst of plouty, for never do I recollect to have seen more corn at one place, and I am sure, I never saw a higher number of | Shanghai cliiokons, large and fine; andc* rtain am I, that I never saw better cotton I anywhero than his, oven if he docs live in Pickcn3. Wo spent finite a pleasant night at tho Doctor's, and next morning, we aroso to greet tho sun, which was rising in unclouded splendor, shedding his high rays of burnished light on all creation, and infusing delight into every grateful heart. Af- i tor Dartakinc of an excellent. br?nkfji?tt wrt I | | o ~ ~ _ . y * j j took leave of I)r. E , and his interesting | I family, secretly wishing thai he might have > j as great success in farming the ucxt season j | as ho had had in the ono passed, and that 1 ! his kind and intelligent lady might have j ! equal success, in raising fowls. j i Nothing occurred worthy of note on tho j road during the day, until wo arrived at | the foot of the'l'occoa Mountain. The road , ascends this mountain in a zigzag direction, which makes tho ascent much easier. But wo piefdrred walking**!)) to the falls. I will tako this moment io inform you that the talis are a-.noston tho summit of the niounj tain, and wo loft the vehicles in charge of the driver to be driven ui> the mountain empty. Wo took a left hrtnd path, or rail)* or a road, tor carriagos can travel over it with perfect safety, and had not walked far, before a soft low tmivcal murmuring saluted our cars, and in a moment afterwards, a fcceno of surpassing beauty, bur?t upon our delighted eyes; wo stopped almost involuntary, and gazed upon it with wondering admiration. Thero lay before us in all their picturesque beauty, tho far famed Toocoa Falls, appearing just like n cloud of snow, stretched out, and hung upon nothing. Tho pitch of the falls is almost, or quite perpendicular, and tho fading wators break up into millions of sparkling particles, which danco and glitter in the sun liko diamonds, as they hurry down to tho basin beneath, a distanoo of ono hundred and i eighty six feel! Tho basin is, I eupposo, 1 altAlll AUfl !klln<lt>A/) Ctt r? ??WI'WV VIIV IIIIIIUIVU KCb III UirtUIIIIUIVIIUU, and from eight to ton feet deep, ami in its transparent water, may be seen playing mapy of the finny f-ibe, the most prominent of wL.oil, is tho mountain trout. I wns almost enchanted, as I gazed on this noeno of Nature's lovolinesn, and listened to its musical murmuring*, and I could not keep from thinking how much a KonettT UtraNO or a Walter Scott, would have beetl dolightod in the contemplation of a scene so vrild, so grand, and so imposing. * It jg.iudeM a picture that would do hon or to Any canvas?/' thought I, as we approached nearer to it, and stopped to receive with giad weloomoa the sweet cool breezes that saluted u?.? The wall, over which, the water precipitates Tstsel^. consists entirely of rock, laid one upon another, with iho nicest precision and oneoannot keep from remarking as he surveys it, ?wba4 no excellent stone mason Nature is ! Hore are her work* wh'oh ab? did o?a*fy thousand* years ago, and yot thoro i* not tho slightest of (loony T What a perfeot workman f Thw wall has an area of about ihreo hundred feet, and entsmls ir> a ooocai* forty North Btf&t to ftoutb TreH, tod hiU'ob a side of oacbof the two mountains, which wall in here tbo banks ofToccoa. I Itave not informed you, that Toccoa Kalis areiti yourown State, in llabbcrsham county, not more than ten or twelve tnilos from Clarksville. Four hours, did we linger around this beautifully romaniic spot, climbing up iho craggy steeps around, and gathering horc and there, the rich allium mil flowers, which gave additional beauty to the scone. These wild relicts wore pre served with almost miserly care, and brought homo with us to show to our friends, as mementos of our visit to Toccoa Falls. I know not how much longer wo might have remained at these enchanting falls, had not tho lengthening shadows of tlio surrounding trees and mountains warned ti.i that the sun was fast sinking behind the "western hills," and we left sending " one long lingering look behind." It is worth many miles travel to see these grand fulls, and it is a wonder to mo that Southerners do not patronize their own country instead of spending their money among the people of tho North, who, after they have pocketed it, are ready to cut their throats if they could, or dare, and destroy their property. When will the Southern people see their ? ? iV 11 . - 1 C . % * a jjruao iony. and ceasoto cnncn uieir toes ! I lave Dot tlio mineral waters of llio Sotitli the same virtue as those of the North ! Is not the mountain scenery of the South as rich and picturesque as any in the North ! Aro not her mountains, hor cataracts, cascades, livers,.hilU, and valleys as majestic and beautiful ' Is not her mountain atmosphere as pure and bland as any in all the world ? Then whv go abroad to seek that, which we have so abundantly at home? Wo drove over a fine road, for four or five miles, till we came to a comfortable looking farm-house where wo stopped for the night, and were kindly entertained, i am sorry that I have forgot the name of the proprietor, but I would adviso all who visit the Toccoa Falls to give him a call, and am sure that they w?ll not regret it, especially if they be lovers of "hot cakes," for I bclicvo that we had tho best biscuits there, that evor tempted tho palate of a hungry individual. Evorvthinor fllsfi. whs nrn^rl nl. ?-? j "V" P "r"' y ?7? *" so, bal I apeak particularly of biscuits, because it is so rare to got a good one, and when wo do, wo are opt to remember it as a great luxury. Tlicro uro several classes of biscuits, viz J [SEE SECOND PAGE.] Ultraism?1? it Wise? The Charleston Afcrcur>/ and the New Orleans Delia rank deservedly among the most patriotic and influential journals of the Soul hern country. They are faithful and hold defenders, of Southern interests and of Southern rights. Hut there arc veiy many amongst their admirers who have been un^ able to sympathize with the zeal, or appreciate the wisdom, of their recent appeals to the resistance feelirtg of the South. Far be il fi*nm lie In Viitnrvnl veifK /\i?v sv.i1!?%r?fr i * ' -j "/ vn" a brothels on lho score of this dilforenoe.? They are doubtless actviatc-tl by ft noble love of their homes and of the h dlowcd us ?ociation tliat render those homes more to them than nil else on earth. The strength of this motive ci>n but be recognized by every true son of the fcSoiuh. Vet there is surety something slightly morbid in the desponding tone, the deep-seated nlarm which mark our distinguished cotcmporaries nt this tiino. In their comments upon the dangers that sui round us, fluty arc most unhopeful lo say the least. Their premises seem to be regarded through smoked glass, and their conclusions are by consequence full of dolor and darkness. It does nppenr i lo us?(and we say it with great respect for those whoee views we criticize)?that the reasoning ti tucii liiiuij (u Miiiii gloomy ccr>elusions is fallacious, and that the id vice tWn$i> deduced, and nresaed upon the peopie of our section, is ill-considered and impolitic. It is urged (li.it tlie South is beset with such difficulties M have never before encompassed her, thai her enemies arc thickening ! on every hand, and that, as things go, hor doom of i'l-ouuctiofi is fixed. And yet it is notorious that her position in the Confed[ eracy is nt this very moment more powerI ful thin il has been for many fears; it is well known that the Federal Executivo, the Federal Supreme Court and the United States Senate are on the aide of her constitutional rights ; and it is altogether probable i?iat such will be the controlling tone of the next Federal House of Representatives. Il is also argued, that our institution of domestic servitude is beginning to totter to its fall, and some of the border States are pointed to ao presenting the mo?t melancholy proof of the reasonableness of theso prophetic -tears. And yet il is patent, that the i msiiiuKon was never ocioro bo oicsscu fit 1 Heaven with success and prosperity as It is [ this very day ; it is shown by tho newspa per exponents of Virginia anil Missouri? (which should certainly be received nsgood authority in their own CBsesJ-r-thnt rintislavery tendencies were never weaker within the borders of t*iose I wo Stales; it ?indisputable that <? firmer conviction nevor before possessed the entire Southern mind of tho morality as vfcll as the expediency of the institution of Slavery ; and it is observable that the intelligence of Christendom is becoming more liberal (because njore eniighteflcdj fowor3i>that institution than ever ll'Wlt* mnartj. i? io iiirMieruiCi'C urge-' br our ?ot?mporft?ie? ot< fcho alarmist school, ihul nn nfxrtby the rflo*l (fapfoi-ftbTo hat 'prAnd itself like a i*?ll over the spirit ol the South, and that, without n ch'nngo for the belter, wc are soon to be bound hand and foot to the car of Northern power.? While, in point of fact, the real sentinel-men of our section were never so well fore-armed as now ; while the States of the South were never so completely united ; and while their manifest ability to protect themselves never before called forth from the rabid exponents of Northern Abolitionism such un mistakeable evidences of mortification and disappointment. Still, it is persevoringly intimated that we are upon thu verge of a vortex in which we may soon bo swallowed j up with all that wo hold dear; and the i place among nations, which Knew us once, i is to bnotv us no more forever. What and i where is this vortex ? Is it to he found in Black Republicanism ? The South knows thnt enemy wt'll. and, will) that knowledge, feels secure of her ability lo vanquish its endeavors for evil. Is it to bo found in "the powers that be ?" They are all for us. Is | it in Souihem dissensions? We were nevl er more united. Is it in Southern conces ibions? The South, stands firm upon the Georgia platform of 1852. Is it in Congressional oppression ? We have gained the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, a mote explicit recognition of our rights as to fugitive slaves, some lessening of the burden of Tariff exactions, and we may. without infitfualion expect yet greater justice in the future. Or i> it in the crushing pressure of J an outside civilization? Let it suffice to! sny that our labor clothes the world.? Where then, we nsk Again, and what is this vortex ? We should like to know of | lour friends whether it is to drnw vis down by tbe road of Emancipation, of Abolition, of Geneial Impoverishment, of Anarchy, or of Despotism. The thing is ns yet on- i d-fiord, even by those who shrink bark from ! ii in horror. In thus expressing ourself, wo j would not be understood ns believing that | nil Elysium of peace and ease lies necessarily before us. Such is not often the lot of freemen. With us of the South especially, it cannot well be the case. For we are a peculiar people and may expect to have many rough waves to buffet in our onward onreer. Out, at the same time, wo have ninny high elements of success in our social organization as well as in our civil polity ; and with piudence, firmness and unanimity, we must triumph over all enemies. To prodiet the reverse of this now, when we hold in our grasp the laurels of a present success, is moping without cause and desponding without a shew of reason. Rut again, the Mercury and the Delia are impolitic in urging their rather extreme views at this time. If theie was an occasion for action, if there were any present act of wrong by the General Government upon which 10 rany me eouin, mere would Ijc j meaning, there would be force in those ur- ! gent calls upon the people of the South to vindicate their tarnished honor even to the severance ofthe Unionifneed bo. Hut when uosuchoccasion exists, when no such act is per petrated, and when it is clear that the great Southern mind is quiet if not contented, how futile it is to uplift the voice of extreme advice as though the destroyer was at our doors. The people think otherwise ; and j believe otherwise; nnd they will come to look upon the cry of warning with distrust when it shall appear that it reiiches them j in sunshine as well as in storm, 'l'lie harm is, that the public mind may become incred| tfliuia of this cry, and that able and patriotj ic journals may not possess their proper influence when the hour of actual petil shall approach. More than this, however, we take the ground thai any extreme course in the present posture of political alTiirs at the South is likely to produce division in our ranks, nnd division now might prove tantamount with a deeper submission in the future than any yet recorded against j us. At present, there is ground for faith in the determination of the Southern people j to abide no furtln>r nniiinl wriSnr* ?i iliu . hands of the General Government. Until that wrong shall ariso, we can see no wisdom or propriety in clamoring for an oxiremo line of policy.?Edgefield Advertiser. Judge Butler. Tlie following interesting anecdote is told of Judge Duller, by Judge O'Neall. In December, 1840, be wns elected to tbo Bcnate of the United Statos, and bo tbere remained until his death. An incident, connccted with the commencement of his Senatorial life, may Ireio be appropriately montioned. On his pas ^ m 1. -A . _ . - * snyo irum viiiiriUHMHI 10 \r IMIlUlglOl), Oil his first trip to Washington, iho boat was otertaken by a storm which rendered her an unmanageable wreck, She had been 48 hours at sea, the Captain pronoitneed her lost. While she wrh rolling in the trough of the sea,and ex peeled every moment to founder, Judge liutlor bad all called forward, and desired that each should know ouo another, no that if any reached tho land, he, she or they, onght report tho fate of others. An olderfy negro woman, (the slowardness, perhaps,) snid, " old master, this is no timo for introductions ; you bad bet tnr nrnv." Ha said. u 1 ennnnt hut nm? i -v ? - ' - - > ? I"-; old lady if you can. She instantly knelt down And poured out a fervent prayjfr to. (Jod for dgjiveranco. In a moment after, the the stoamcr sent from Wilmington, in search, of the missing boat;,wore (wen, artd they wore saved. Mrs. Thompson, who heard the Judge1* narrative afior his return home. ?aid to h?m, ? brother , Piclcene, that oid woman's prayer saved you!" Great Deluge in Ithica New York. A letter from llhicti, New Yoik, dated June 18, says : This town was yesterday visited by the most destructivu Hood that ever came upon it, from the many streams that pour their waters into the basin of the Cayuga lake. The win of yesterday was a deluge. The waters of the Six Mile Creek, gathered from the many hill sides, brought with them trees unshorn of roots or branches, sweeping ?nvay the log boom of the (riles1 saw mill pond; about one mile above this village, and bringing down by a rupturo in the dam the accumulated waters of the pond, as well as the large stock <>f logs secured by the boorji. The dam of (lie llnlsey grist mill wny, i?uu fiiuiicu u?? ItJllllllt.'U WillUl.s of litis second mill pond into the already swollen stream. The waters with a terrible energy swept ofF the whole line of buildings upon the bank of this creek, and Hooded nearly the entire to w n. The stack of chimneys nnd outside arrangements for the large steam engine of ihe Ibilsey grist mill was carried away. ? Their barn, already surrounded by w,tter far out into the stream, was swept of!", with its occupants, four horses nnd four men.? The horses and the men, as they parted from the building, struggled for the shore, and the struggle was awfully exciting among such a mighty whirl of piled up waters ? Some of the men nnd hoises were carried with the fabrick, crumpled into a shapeless mass, through the conlrnoted arch of a stone blidge, and took a fearful plungol elow, and, strange to say a man and horses passed through unharmed. Omc horse readied a mile below, alive. One young man, Matthew Carpenter, has not beun hoard from Ho is drowned, of course. Presently the massive stone arch spanning the stream gave way and the Iranian beings precipitated many feet into the waters so mad with conGnement and frightful in their rage, renewed the struggle for life they had just seen their fellows make, nnd with au earneatness as dreadful. Mr. Moses Reeves, daguerrean artist, buoyed up by a floating limber, was seen to ride high above the surface with portions of his body, for a dis':mce, then, struck by I,-.,, l.? i .? i t..:?1~ '% U.OCj^KrtltU, tmu III 1113 ineiiUS V. His lost ; but by a strange good fortune he states that lie emerged some rods below, clinging with a death grasp to his float.? Onward ho floated, among the wrecks of buildings and a furious surf, and saw a fellow voyager in the same rapid current, Mr. David Coon, gunsmith, who clutched with him the float and hung with it until he was struck of by a floating timber. At eleven o'clock at night Mr. Reeves reached dry land about one and a half miles below his place ofl* starting. He states that two other persona he saw go down, lie never afterwards kiiw them. During this time the extensive morocco factory and tannery of Samuel Stoddart, at the east end of the arch bridge, and the "dwelling of James Glos, at the west end ; it... v...u?...i \v:i i:..~ vy bio, and oilier smaller buildings in in ibe vicinity ; the entire livery stables and barns of James Cowles; the hat shop and buildings of J. S. Ticker, a portion of Mr. Ksty's tannery, the tobacco factory of 11. G. (rra-^t. the diatiiiery, some barns of the Forest City House, had tumbled with a crash and been swfept oft" by the flood.? Piles of buildings rocked to pieces and logs had formed barricades in front of dwellings on Cayuga street, where it runs parallel with the creek. The stream becoming blocked up a branch forked out, ploughing a channel among tbe dwellings in the vicinity, whoso affrighted inmates hurried through the rapids for dear life. A number of men, women and chijdren oiimbed tor safeiy n tree standing near the former bank of the creek. Darkness cldxed in upon them. The piling ing waters uprooted the tree. All escaped 16 An island, and spent (he night in safety in the wreck of Moore's sash and blind factory, except Mr. Ilawlv, brewer, who was swept down the current. Mis wife heard his farewell to her as lie swept past his dwelling in the darkness. The morning found him f'ir out upon the marsh, and this after noon the coroner holds his inquest upon his lifeless corpse. Adown the main street of the village ihe water rushed from the bursting bunks of the unruly creek full up to the gambrel joints of. horses. It spreads out over huge portions of the town. The plank of the main street is corded up high. Here the ancient norl of below the gravel is in farrows exposed ; there instead of furrows, a deposit is made of soil from some far off fanners' lands. Very many gel noticed by some marring stroke of this unfriendly flood.? But Mr. Stoddard, the Messrs. llalsey, tho Cayuga division of the Susquehanna fy.ilrond?losing considerable uf their track? nnd the corporation, are the largest suf feref-s. Turc Hamilton Banner fella nn Amusing story about the non-fulfillment of predictions by h snble clairvornnt, touching the lute r;?oes in Ibnt'eily, and fhows how some poor fool lost $500 by depending on a wretched sorceress. The woman too, it is said lost ft 160 on the ruce, hnt she managed to k Jitort most of her losings buck again, by resorting to a Hood of tears. What a world of humbug this is! The most insidious dsstroyer of life in (KKi AAimtfii tu ?A?onlwnli/?A ? /? vv iMa iw?o VVM'HI 7 19 ? IV vniMrn v/ll ode hundred thousand |>muu? iiuuually. Court of Common Pleas. The clay was consumed yesterday in tho triul of the case of ihe State vs. Theodoro S. Miller, for Bigamy- 1. W. Hnyne and C. Richardson and Ft. W. Seymour for Iho defence. J. J. Magilire, who married tho sister of Miller's fust wife, was the prosecutor, together \ iih Mary O. Alvery iho uu: fortunate victim of the second marriage. The case attracted much attention, as well j front the important points involved, as from | its novelty, as it wiis ascertained that a liko I action had never been brought before in , any of tho courts of this distuct. Tho ; Court House was crowded at miifonn ..ml.' i V j hour, nnd bundled* were stnridmg without, unable Jo obtain the necessary space cither ; for sitting or standing. j it appeared from the testimony on tho j part of the Slate, and which was not denied on llio parl of the defence, that Theodore S. Miller, th" prisoner at the bar, hnd. nl it former period, married Miss Mary Gilbert of ('olleton district but from some cause Or olhei they had separated, she going back to , her mother and he taking up his residence in Charleston. Since the marriage of J. J. Maguire to her other sUter, Mis. Miller hnd lived wi(h him. She had often expressed a delerminaiion never to live with h*?r husband again, and even desired a written agreement releasing her from his bed and j board, and bai ling any clnim that he might nave on nei' person or ptoperty, us his wife. This agreement lie refused, (o enter into. On coming 10 the ciiy he look lodging with his brother-in law, Mr. ihiuoh, who ' mm lied his sister, mid il was here that lm i fust met the victim of his caprices, Mary C. Alvery. It appears that they wero frequently thrown together, and she being of rather a romantic turn of mind, a congeniality of feeling and sentiment led to tho development of a tender passion, which was finally consummated in tho unfortnnato farce which brought the prisoner to the bnr. Tiw. ....... ? ?? " ..iv MiiMliriVj una UUM'ltCU 11}' 111 IS, DllllCII, the sister of the piisoner, aud she apprised MissAlvercy that her brother was a married man and had a wife liting. Her father who waj a Spaniard, but whu had been in this country for thirty years, had brought up iiis daughter with great Cf.ro, scarcely ever allowing her lo bo out of his sh'ht. ll seems that lie was nr.t nware of the pttachment that existed between Mr. Miller and his daughter, always | having heaid him spoken of as a married j man. Mr. Alverey and his daughter also rcj bided will) I lie family of Mr. liuitoh. It Appears thnt Mr. Alverey had no suspicions of the designs of Mr. Miller and his fdaughter until the day when the nuptials ; were contnmnted when he was informed by some of the family. | They were privately married, no person being present but the parson, who perform' ed tlio ceremoiiy, the bride remaining thnt I she was q.iito a romanlic young lady, and piefei red doing things in a novel and ronian uc way. 11 appears tliat she went directly i home afier the ceremony, by herself, and j was reprimanded if not punished by her fatlu-r, and Iwd never been permitted lolivo with him up tu the day of his triul. I'.uth the marriages being proven to tho ! satisfaction of the court, the defence inee! niously directed their e fforts to theconside; ration of the facts which would go in mi.li' f : ? ?ri., .1 rl t . , <f<mun in fniiiiaiittii iiv. 1 iiu vk.-h.iicc icirii red to previous decisions to prove that the i smallest acknowledgment on the part of the J husband tluU a woman was his wife was | sufficient to establish the fact agaiust him at law. It had also been ruled that th*?subsequent exercises of marital rights was not necessary to render the contract binding in law. No particular ceremony is prescribed : h,, i.,.? it.:. ?' " - ..... > vino vmuuiy, mm marriage is regarded merely in ihe light of a civil contract, ?* ' ?/ ! ? ' ??-t ; r f c ??> ?\ ?o/?i?' ?*r ? ?.. u tVllljwij VlUl vO l<MVyi*iu -y vwiul llv yi pill tie's before \vitnesses, bv' a simply mutual recognition tmd acknowledgment. The Attorney Geoeial was assisted by C. Hichavdson Milrs, Esq., who opened for the State in a lucid and logical argument, stating I lie facts and the law as applicable thereto. He was followed by II. \V. Sey-. mour, Ksq., for the defence, who made ono of his warm and eloquent appeals to th?? jury, for which he is so distinguished, llo managed his points of the casu with much tact and irtgmuity, and pioved his power over the feelings and passions of the human neau, * u. Kiehartlson, E.-n., followed for iho defence, in a close, well conceived and logical argument, in which he evidently did the Lest for his client that the law and tlie evidence would admit. Attorney General I. W. llavne closed for the State. The charge of His Honor Judge Glover, 'vns clear, brief and comprehensive, summing up the law and the evidence, nnd presenting them for llu> consideration of tho jury; who retired, and after a fehort consultation, returnred with n verdict of guilty, with a recommendation of the prisoner to the clcmenoy of the Court. The crime of bigamy is one to which our law allows the ~r / -- .1 - ^ciu iii ui viurgy i?>r ujo ursi OHrHCO, 111? punishment, being firw* and imprisonment. [ Charleston News, 20th. A waggish fellow, somewhat troubled with an frfffrediment in his speech, while eno jay silting at a public table, had occasion to tife a pepper box. Afitr shaking it with all due vehcta6nee> and turning it in various ways, he found that the peppercorns wero in no wise inclined io <;ome forth. "T-l-thtM* p-pe-pepper-box, with a facetious gjin, is some something lijike myself." "Why '60?" interrogated n neigbinM. " P?poo? 1 poor fli'iTVP)^, was> Uie n-ply. ' 'L * ? ?*