Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, September 19, 1857, Image 2
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ItOBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor.
Tr'.lMS.? 'J!.")) j:cr annum, iu ivlvunce. I
])'u* uoiit fip <1 -1:?\eil until ufler tho cxpirationo
the yen', $2.01) For nix months, 75 ccnts, it
H'Jv.inco.
.\<lv;>rtiHOtt>int? imerlc.l :*t the- uminl rule*.
PICKENS C, II., S. C.:
Saturday Morning:, September 10, 1857.
Return Day,
For Pickens district, is Saturday the 3d
day of October nest.
The Weather.
For two or three days past we have had
excessively warm wer hor. The thermometer
indicating 82 dog. at 9 o'clock r. M. Wednesday
night.
Tho New Granadian Treaty.
We gather from the evening Star, a paper
l)lllllisll<>(i ill Wliullimnt in ?!-- <",.11 ' ?
v ... vy?l V/?VJ MIU IV/IiUV* IIJ^
item of news. A treaty between tho United
States and Now Granada was duly signed at
the State Department. It is understood not
to cover all tho points in issue between tho
t wo Governments, but enough e them to re'
move most of the causes of tho id-feeling between
the two powers which lias of late existed.
Encouraging.
Wo noticed in our last issue a specimen <>f
syrup from the Chinese sujmr Cane manufactured
by a citizen of Anderson i.istrict. Wc
<u<j nun jiujrscu 10 report tnat Uapt. McI' ai.i
nn enterprising citizen of this district, placcc
upon o,;r table a specimen of syiup from tin
mine cuno which \vc consider very line.?
0 would encourage our Agricultural friend!
in the growth uud culture of this canc as w<
feel assured they would be richly compensa
toil for their lnbor thus bestowed. It is nov
put b-?yond controversy that from thejuiceo
, t ho Chinese Cane the best crystdlizod sugai
enn be made. Wo see that the experimon
is being mode, and that too, successfulIv ir
almost every State in the Union. One ofoui
exchanges states from authority that not less
than one hundred thousand acres are now ii
hueoessful cultivation in the United States.
Texas Senator.
In scanning the columns of the Upshe:
(Texas) Democrat we see the name of Col
"Wigfam,, a gentleman well known to the peo
r?lo nf p.irnlinn ou^aoJa/1 ?? .. ill
I ?? ,,v I""
Kon to succeed the lamented Husk to the U
S. Senate. Col. WniKii.i. in a staunch advo
rate of the principles of State sovreignty, urn
in the recent campaign for the Guhernaloria
?:lmir of Toxas, fought valiantly ami success
fully in the Democratic rnnks. Like the great
Roman Orator, he boarded Sa*i Houston, tlx
Sulla of Texas, and with an unsparing hand
lashed him for his political sins. He severely
animadverted upon his political career, cs
pecially that part^jyhieh related to his vote
npon the Orcgc^. o'ill and his unconstitution
al views of the Missouri restriction.
An appreciative people in consideration o
ominnnl ..l.JlH.r ,.f .1!..*: :
I..V ..U.t.VJ v.! ??D UHlH.lgUWIIUU Villi
grant from the Palmetto State, and his ecr
vices in the late canvass have elevated him t(
the State Sonnt", arid are now pressing hi
claims for a seat in the national Legislature
Sam in his Indian idiosyncrasy will be apt U
remember the Qui. for his loving kindness ii
( ins i- curing his defeat.
Mrs. Cunningham and her Bogus Baby,
This vile woman who attempted to practice
such an impious fraud upon the heirs of the
Bukdkm- estate has been ca?t in her suit.?
Dr. Catlin, who was present at the accouch
ment, and was to have perjured himself t(
consummate the damoing designs of Mrs
CqNMNQiiAM, afterwards turned State's eVt
donee and impliedly acknowledged''life culpa
bility. He now expresses his dctcrminatior
to go to Australia.
SlIOCKIN'O ThAORDY MlJRDKR am) Sui
CIDK.?A terrible affair occurred at Olouces
ter, Mass., on Sunday aftornoon last. Th<
lJoston Herald says:
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, wife of Mr. Saruue
Davis, loft her rosidonce nt East Gloucester
in company with her two sisters and Mrs
Douglas, for the purpose of picking berries
Mp. Davis soon followed, and after 111cy hat
got into the pasture, he deliberately drew i
Hinall size live-chamber Coit's revolver an<
lired at his wife. Tlio ball took effect in th<
loft side, just below the breast, passing thro
the heart and out at hor back. She instant
ly fell dead.
Ono of the sinter*, Miss Aekloy, was pear
by, and rushed to- Mrs. Davis,.and said-r"
speak to me, sister 1" Who received no anK.wer.
Mr. Davis in the meantime walked ofl
a rod or two, and Miss Aeklcy ran to hint and
said?"you have shot my sister." lie replied?'
don't interfere!" nnd fired the second
time. The ball took effect in tho left arm ol
his unfortunate wife. Mr. Davis, then being
11 bout seventy-five feet from his wife, deliber::*eiv
put the pistol to his own breast and tired
Tim )*ill took oft'ect near the heart and lodg(1.
lie fell on his face and expired without
a word from his lips.
Mr. Davis was 34 years of age, and his wife
was 23. They were married in New York
about four years ago, and they belong to Cutler,
Maine. Doth bare rolntiona ihnn. Tl..i
husband was always known us a quiet, resiie?i:i')le
man, but had lived unhappily with
nis wile.
Skvkrk Sentenc*.?Ch? ?. Crowoll, a seaman
in the Navy, has boon tried at N. York
for being disobedient to bis superior officers,
and achteneod to tlireo years hi the penitentiary
and to he branded with the letter " D"
oa his hip. Tho Attornoy General of the
United States has decided that tho sentence
is legal, ond it will accordingly be enforced.
The North Eastern 11 aii.roan.?Wolearn#o<l
yesterday, i>nyn tho Charleston Courier
Iran tho President of the North Eastern Kailjr.rld
Oompftoy, that the rond is now comple
a Flo
Southern Enterprise.
J. Tho subjoined extract from the letter
t written by liient. Mtiury fo the Southern
Convention, contains souie facts which it
would he well for the citizens of nil the
1 States to consider, especially those who arc
' continually harping upon the superior cni
terprise of the free states. It exhibits
! the South in a plain and proper light :
' Tho Southern people have achieved
great things ; and though it is common to
taunt them lor a lack of that energy and
enterprise which characterize the people of
. the North, yet I have long beer, of the
I opinion ihnt, if the balance could be fairly
: struck, it would appear that the native energy,
enterprise and industry ofthe South
have contributed quite as largely as the
i vaunted enterprise of (lie North has done
to the national wealth of these United
States. Both sections have done marvellously,
and far be it from me to disparage
either. I only wish to state a fact or two
that I may induce you to take a view with
me from my stand point, and see if those
I wno uniw?:\na tncir name is legion?uufavorable
contrasts between the North and
South for clergy and enterprise, do not
draw their conclusions more from the apparent
than the real state of things. Let
us throv; little Delaware, out of the question
as belonging properly neither to the slavery
or auti-slavery side of Mason and Dixon's
line; we shall then see that we commenced
our career as a nation with seven free
and five slave States : that the five nricr.
f ... V..Q .
itial slave States, have, of their own ener'
tries, almost entirely alone and unaided by
foreign immigration, reclaimed, from the
( savage and tho wilderness, nine or other
wealthy and flourishing prosperous States j
I that the seven original free States have also
reclaimed nine others no less wealthy,
flourishing or prosperous; but to do this,
the seven Northern States have had the ass
bistance and capital which nearly the whole
3 foreign immigration has brought with it
into the country. When Arkansas was
c settled, it was done merely bv the transfer
f of so mucli population from some other
r slave States; but when Wisconsin was sctt
tied, it was settled not merely by thetrans!
fer of one population from the other free
p States, but in a great measure by people
. from beyond the sens, who brought, with
them so much industry and wealth. Now
if we could detect the value which the foreign
immigration has added to the wealth
of the North, and then if we could compare
r the internal improvements of the South,
and the value of the property of all sorts
in the fourteen slave States, with the internal
improvements and property in the sixteen
free States?we should see that, nc
wunuuj^ iu me population, me >>outii lias
gone much farther than the industry of
' the North towards the creation of national
* wealth. .But the achievements of the
- South in its feats of industry and itnprovct
ment, arc quietly made, and the press of
? the South has nut the multitudinous voicc
which enables that of the north to inalW'
r itself hcifRX?i..u *ho four quarters of the
. globe."
? 5
Cdlture ofthk Bi.ackberky.?The Agri
culturist has the following with reference to
the Lowton blackberry :
f " As a markpt crop, wo think this black.
berry would nay well. They arc as easily
cultivated as a corn crop, and need no second
planting. Set them six or ci^ht feet apart,
' and the only caro required i? to koo>i out
! weed . and the excess of plants that continu.
i ally spring up over the gifl^nd if not kept
> i jut down. Mulching thqu^tound, that is,
covering it over with a layer of straw or re1
fuse hay is useful. It would be well to work
into the soil n rrood Kiinnlv nf vn?l mntmrA
O I I V w" ^ 'w' v
before setting out the plants. On poor soil,
. an occasional top-dressing of manure may be
givon.
, "It will be noticed by those unskilled in
blackVicrry culture, that, like the raspberry,
fruit u only produced upon canes of the pre"
vious summer's growth. The plants can be
> set in autumn or spring, though wo much
prefer autumn, as they got well rooted and
i_ usually yield more new canes tbe following
summor than if not set until spring.
" The plants bear transplanting and car?
riago well. Tho chief caution to bo observed
is, to have the ground ready prepared before
opening the plants, and set them at once,
- without exposure to sun or wind. Thesamo
remark applies to raspberries, and indeed to
nil other plants. They appear, thus far, to
5 grow well on almost any soil. Somo recommend
moist loam, or even clay. Tho best
I growth and fruiting wo have seen is upon a
, rocky side hill, though perhaps not hotter
. than others <in a dark muck and peaty soil.
. We should not*hcsitnte to put 0 ? j on any
I soil, except a very sandy one, or one subject
i to standing water."
1 What an American Says ok Parliament,
. ?An American writes from London to the
. N\ Y. Com more'ml:
"Parliamentary proceeding* are very much
like the doings in our own Oongross. I was
in both houses two or three hours yesterday,
a friend having kindly sent mo ft ticket of adf
mission. It is impossible to get in without a
I ticket signed by n member. Members havo
no accommodation like our law-makers?-ilio
[ scats run lengthwise, and each one will hold
about thirty, 1 should think. Members sit
; with their hats on, unless they arc speaking;
and a more common?in fact, I might almost
say rowdy?looking sot of men is not often
met with. Tho rooms, however, aro splendid,
and arc lini.shod with great taste. There
are no chandeliers or lamps to obstruct tho
viow, the entire rooms being lighted with gas
iroin inn coning, pcrnnps pimottnng on the
plan adopted in tlio Methodist Charch in
soventU ftvenuo, Now York. Tho gac-lights
nro covcrcd by utaiued frlftHfl, so that you can
lmrdly hoc tho llamc, n>.d on turning on tho
gas, tho budding is lighted up an if by magic,
Tim surface from which tho light comos, in
about 15 foot by 40, immediately over tho
ocntro of tho room.
Affairs in our moro cargoos of
negroes from -AfrictV have juet been landed on
tho Cuban coast, within half a milu of tho
country seat vf Chm>r?>or (Jonoral Contjlia.?. '
Thoy numbbr I,7&^Jilcfcly hands, without
^counting iiiflfm or tfhfydron, worth in tho aggregate
$l,OG9,tfOO. this the reader may
calculato tho onormous profits of tho slave
trade. All thodo nogroos wero obtained on
the African const at very little cost. Two of
tho vessel* which brought tliOHO carjjoos wero
uuawrujruu owu uncr uuiiii^ uitH'UUrgi'U, Dill IIIO
other two went back to Afriaa ou a fronh von
turo.
PcnningB and Clippings.
Duel.?A duel wiw fought nonr Vi)k#burg,
Miss., on the 3d inst., between S. S.
Calhoun and E. J. Bov ors. Weapon#, rifles ;
distance, CO yards. Calhoun wan idiot
through the leg near the knee, o!bd liowers
escaped with a Hhot through the leg of his
pants. Cause, a bull-room difficulty.
Nativk Seuars.?A joint stock segar manufacturing
company bus been organized at
Wpstflold, Connecticut, with n capital of $150,000,
half of which wan immoiliatoly pled/.ed
? -wnereupon," says tho Uartfod Times,
"tho price of cabbago leavoB immediately advancod."
A Yankee Stout.?A Boston correspondent
states that a man thereabout has invented
a scarcecrow so utter)} terrific and hideous
that the crows are busily engaged in bringing
back tho corn which they stole two years ago.
Murder.?Benjamin Woods, living on
Field's Creek, in Kanawha oounty, Va., was
committed to jail, last week, charged with
tho murder of his wife. On Friday last, it
seems, being intoxicated, he gave her a blow
that caused her death.
Tn>: Surplus.?It is estimated that the
surplus in tho national treasury at the end
of the fiscal year will be fifty millions of dollars.
What disposition is to be made of this
surplus now engages the attention of financiers
and statesmen.
A Goon Shot.?A Miss Curtis, of Hartford,
Conn., gave a good specimen of ritle practice,
at a shooting gallery, in Saratoga, last -week.
She fired at tho distance of 05 foot, hitting
the bull's eve eleven times out of thirty-one
shots; every otlvr ball she fired struck within
two inches oi f,ho mark.
Resignation of Juduk Curtis.?Tho resignation
of Judge li. F. Curtis, of the Supremo
Court of the United States, has been placcd
in the hands of tho President.
American Caiwtol.?"The American Capitol,
at Washington, wlion finished will havo
cost $10,000,000, awl will be the finest building
in the world.
Tim Human Body.?Only one-tenth of the
human body is solid ir 'ir. A dead body
weighing 120 lbs., was dried in an oven till
all the moisture wu,s expelled, and its weight
was reduced to twelve pounds. Egyptian
mummies nrc bodies thoroughly dried. They
usually weigh about seven pounds.
Railroad Finished.?The North Eastern
Railroad connecting Charleston with Chcraw,
will be finished and in complete running
order by the first of October next!
Texas.?The political complexion of the
Texas Legislature, on joint ballot, stands
thus: For Houston, 13; aiiti-IIouston, 110.
tifKuMVr.oll, Samivil!
"Marrying in IIaktk."?A wedding took
place on the lightning express train of tho
Michigan Central Railroad on the 27th ult.
The courting was done in the short spaco of
four or five hours, while riding at the rate of
about o2 miles an hour.
Accepted.?Mr. Beverly Tucker has, it is
said, made up his mind to accept the Liverpool
Consulate. It is reported that ho wrote
his letter declining it hastily and without the
advieo of his friends, and it is even Mated
that he did not write it all.
IIere it Comes.?It is said that the new
Comet will shortly be visible to the naked eye.
Dead.?Hon. .Tiunes Lookwood, member
of Congress clcct from Pennsylvania, died ?t
Evausville, on tho 8th
Officiai,.?The official majority for tho
democrats at the lute election in Kentueky
is 12,114.
Very Goon.?One of our eotemporaries,
remarking upon the correspondence between
President Ihichunari and Prof. Silliman, the
great New Haven geologist, nays, "the letter
of response is rather a cruataccou* formation,
but disiuteresting."
Yf.m.ow Beau.?A yellow bear is said to
have boon seen lately in the Lake Superior
region. ,it is supposed to be a cross of the
polar unci black bear.
Enormous.?To carry h Collins steamer
from Now York to Liverpool, requires eight
hundred tons of coal, enough to keep an ordinary
family forty your*.
Thk Wheat Choi- in Iowa.-?The most
glowing accounts are received daily fVoin all
parts of tho State, says the Dubuquo (Irrvra)
Express, of the yield of the whent crop. It
is believed tho average yield throughout tho
State will be 2o bushels por aero.
Murokr.?Mr. Henry Mulford, a farmer,
rosidhig near East Hampton, Suffolk county,
N. Y., while 011 his way from Sag Hurbfcr to
lite voui/'oni?n ah ? -?' 1 ? * 1
to ivuiuvuuv, vii Auuc??ny infill, WJ13 HIIOl J
dead by no mo person unknown. A colored
man was arrested <Jn gin'i'/icion.
jionok to a Yankke*?John P. Groves, of
Boston, Muss., tins lately been awarded ttie
first prize as violinist, at the Conservatoire
Royal, in Brusttotff. Mr. drove* will make a
concort tour of Kuropo, in company with Littolf,
a celebrated pianist, boforo returning
home.
Post Ofjick Embezzlement.?A man onm
od Binnoy was arrested at Wheeling on Wednesday
by Col. T. P. SnallofOfcH, upeolnl innll
agent of tho Postofflce Department, chafed
with embezzling lettors from tho Chicago post*
offico.
SMiJoai,iyo.?The first mate of tho f?t<mniship
Arngo, which arrived at New York a fow
days since from Havre, lias been committed
topriton in default of $10,000 hail, charged
with nmuggliug locos and other T?JuaU?
goods.
*Sjbnatok Kvans.?Hon. Jouinh J. Kvans,
our Senator in Congress, says tho Carolina
Spartan was in town on Sunday, but loft on
Monday morning. lie was in good health
wo lentil.
Kx-Prksidbnt Tvi.ek.?Thin gentleman is
out in a letter vindicating the Ashburton treaty
in regard to tho slave trade, against the
resolution for the repeal of that clause of the
treaty paused by the late Southern Commercial
Convention at Knoxvillc.
IIoos i n Kkxtuckv.?Tho assessor* in Keni>.a>
~r i 01..1.
IV.'UJ IU|>V1? UIV KllllllUUi V/l 111 I llill OllllU
this year at 1,423,580, which is an increase
of"318,404 over 1855, and of25,383 over 1856
Tho "hog cholera," however, has prevailed
to a considerable extent einco the cuumoratiou
was made.
For SrBAKznsuir.?Tiie prominent candidates
for tho Speakership of the next Congress
are Jas. L. Orr, J. Glanev Jones, and
J. S. Phelps, of Missouri. The former is considered
as the most formidable.
Larck Sea Turtle.?Mr. Sajnuel Gibson,
fishing at the mouth of the river, caught,a few
days since, a sea turtle, weighing 356 pounds
which he brought to Washington, and sold to
tho restaurant keepers.
Ki.ectkd President.?Richard Wallach, of
Washington, . is been elected President of
tho Washington and Alexandria Steam Ferry
Company, in the placc of Judge By ran, resigned.
uaii.roai> accident.?An accident occurred
011 the Fcrnandina (Florida) railroad on
Wednesday by which Mux lligginbotham
and a man with his wife and child were killed.
Many were also injured.
The New Cent.?Within the past three
months 8,000,000 now cents hnv<' been issued
from the mint in Philadelphia, weighing 43
tons.
Co iter.?Copper of a pure quality ami rcv
oral hundred pearls have been found at St.
Croix Falls, Minnesota.
The Oi.dest.?-The oldest I\>st Master in
inou. >>. if) Jonn Hillings, who has held the
office at Trenton, N. /., since the year 1805.
Shock inc. Suicide.?A few dnyn since a
young man, named Charles EUisrtn, on being
refused liquor at a tavern, io> the Mown of
Monroe, N. Y., dolibcratoly loi<& his head on
the railroad track, as a train was approaching,
and was instantly killed..
Americans in Fi.orknl'Ki?Among the
American ftxmiles who have recently taken
residence in Florence, Italy, are those of
Commodore Coc, of Newark, X. J., and lion.
John S. I'reston, of South Carolina.
Result of the National Faik.?ItisBtat
pu vii.n mo iot.il rocoipvt ot tno national lair
lately held at Lfttmville, will exceed $21,000.
This sum, it is thought, will ho amply suflicicnt
to meet all tho expenses incurrcil.
Cotton Mim. S.ilu.?The Lancaster cotton
mill No. 2 is said to havo been sold by David
Lmgenecker to Gen. Ilihort Patterson, of
Philadelphia. Tlie price paid '.us about
$160,000.
WlIKAT AT SALISBURY DkI'OT, N. C.?We
leurn from the lhtnncr. that from tho 1st ol
August up to the 25th, inclusive, there were
10,914 bushels of wheat shipped from Salisbury
station.
Ex-Pkrsidknt 1'ikhcr.?The Springfield
(Mass,) Argus says:
" Kx-President Pierce, Hince his retirement
from tho chief magistracy, has spent n portion
of his time in Coucord, which ban boon
his rosidenco for many years bofore his oleotion
to tl?c tirst office 111 tho nation. Thofooble
state of Mrs. Pierce's health has proventod
tho Ex-Prosldont from determining upon
his residence, although he has, we think, no
idea of leaving his native State.
" The people of Concord, where he is hold
in tho highest respect and esteem, invariably
express the hope that he will fix his permanent
rosidenco .unong them, lie is now staying
tompora' iiy in Andovcr, where Mrs.
Picrce has relatives. Wo regret to learn that
her health, which for a long time has been
feeble, is not improved since they left Washington.
AVc have novor seen the Kx^President
looking in bottor health than at the present
time."
New Origans, Sept. 13.-?Tho steamship
Philadelphia has arrived at this port witn
Havana dates to thoOth inst. She also brings
the San Francisco mails to tiio 20th nit.
The fever nt Havana was increasing.
The California market* were active.
The Settlors Convontion has nominated
Stanley for Governor on a mixed ticket.
Stevens ;,ns been elected Delegate from
Washington Territory by a large majority.
Sullivan, the British Minister at Lima, has
bcon murdered by Peruvians, some sny for a
political cause, and others from an intrigue
with which a woman is connected. A large
reward ib ofTered by the President of Peru for
the murderers.
Costa Uica has decrced tho expected Walker
expedition piratical. A Congress of all
the Central Aniorican StatCB will soon he
1 ?JI ,4 O*- T
IV1U Ml UUI1 tfvoO.
Lovr. for tub Dkad.?The love that survives
the tomb, says Irving, is ono of the noblest
attributes of the soul. If it has its woes,
it baa likewise it* delights ; and when the
overwhelming hurst of grief is calmed into
the gentle tear of recollection, thon tho sudden
anguished und convulsed agony is ovor,
the present ruins of that we most loved are
softened away into ponsive meditation on nil
uiai 11 was ?u tlio day of its loveliness. Who
would root sorrow from tho Moart, though it
may somotimos throw ft passing cloud over
tho bright hour of gHyofy, or spread a deeper
sadness over thfcjiour of gloom f Yet who
would oxdinngo itlTor oven tho song of pleasoroortho
burst of rflvelw f No, (hero is a
voice f rom tho tomb Hwootor thun song ; there
is a rouxombranco of tho doftd to which we
turn even from tho charm of the living.
-?i? ?.?.-?_
Tilk two most precioiw things on this
nido the grave, aro reputation nnd life.?
Put it is to bo lamented thnt tho most con
lempuiMc wninpor may deprive un of the
one, and tho weakest weapon mny deprive
us of the otjior.
COH THE KKOH'KK COt'lUKR.
Col, An:>hkw P. Caluow.vin tho boh of on?
whnn the world dolighto 1 to honor, he was
b(.-.? iu*d raised in tlie district, is oim of tho
I largos' and most successful planters in if, is
i Prcsidixtof theStatc AgriculturnlSocioty.and
| is doing perhaps nsniuch us nny man in thestuto
to improve its Agriculture; hisaffability and
gentlemanly deportment must render him
popular with all who have the good fortune to
nnike his acquaintance, add to this his talents
and attainments and it eminently qualifies
him for StMe Senator from our District, yes,
let all aspirants yield for the good of the
whole, and let him be elected without opposition
our first Sen..tor. Tic will give us higher
position, and he able to do more for us in
that body than any wo can elect. We know
his aversion to entering political life, but
hope he will yield (this once) for tho good of
his fellow citizens. Such at least is the desire
of the writer after consultation with
M i Mv VnrKim
Tho English Indian Army.
It uuty not be uninteresting to our readera
to know that the Knglish Indian Army
ut this time is the most gigantic garrison
that the pages of history gives record of.?
It is a subject full of thought and room for
reflection.
This army holds in subjugation 120,000,000
of British subjects,and 40,000,000
of dependent natives of ilindostan, of all
manner of races, religions, and languages
?the latter, wo believe, amounting to twenty-five
distinct tongnes besides an incalculable
number of local dialects. This may be
called its home service; it has likewise to
deal > about 10,000,000 of Persians}
5,0' ,n of AlVghans, 1,500,000 Beloehe:
, o.o00,000 of independent States in
Ilindostan, and 5,000,000 of Burmese,
with most of whom they have been at war
within the last few years, to say nothing
ot an occasional protcssional debate with
China?whose population amounts to 400,000,000.
The force tlint is to perforin this
feat amounts to about 30,000 of all denominations,
and its composition mitst henceforth
be matter of deep reflection to all
who feci that the sword is, in the last resort,
the real tenure of England's Indian
empire. 1)f the Queen's troops there are
under 5)00,000 men ; of all the Europeans
in the East India Company'**service, under
20,000, including officers attached to native
rcgimotits; and they can hardly number
less than 6,000, and probably exceed that
number considerably. The natives in the
Company's service amount to 210,000 and
kiM>wr ti... r......... ?><>/? nnn i..
Ml Iia^ II1V- IVKU IVI VV iu III7UIII jV/V'l', III
addition to this they have the contingent
troops of the native States, commanded by
British officers, and available, under treat*
ies to the British Government, amounting
to about <>2,000, of whom we learn on?? of
the principal bodies, Sciudiah's the (Clwalior
contingent,) 8,400 strong, has already
moved to English assistance j and Tlolkar
and the Raj h of Nagpore are bound by
treaty to furnish contingents, the former
of 8,000, and the latter of 1,000 horse;
but these latter troops are not commanded
by British officers.
The disproportion between the Europeans
and Asiatics jo tin; Company's service
is striKing enougn, nut ovon tins uocs not
represent the number of natives actually
in arms in India. Scindiah, for instunuft,
who has lately so loyally tendered his aid,
furnishes the British with the H,100 men
before alluded to ; but for his own purpose
of government and police lie keeps on foot
22,000 men, and can in time of war produce
00,000 horsemen, 20,000 infantry,
and a well-organized artillery, llolkar i?
bound to furnish the English with 3,000
horse, but lie keens 30,000 and 4.000 in
fimtrjr of liin own ; and altogether the personal
military resources of the native princes
of India do nut fall much short of 400,000
men, not. including the polico corps ot
the quotas which the military ehiofn arc
bound to furnish to their feudal superiors.
No doubt when the military force of a native
prince is not under the command ot
European officers it is rarely rogulwrly paid,
and will be generally found ill-organised
and inefficient; but making every allowance
for a superiority of race and discipline,
it must be admitted that a somewhat formidable
majority of nativi* bear the arms o(
England and of their own chief in India.
In addition to these forces at the command
of England *111 India, she has during
the present revolt sent out 827,000 troops
of her regular army, many of whom figured
before the walls of Sebnstopol. Truly
does tliis afford a vast subject for reflection
for the present and future historian, in
moro points than ono. Yet, in one it baa
no equal. England within one year, wars
with the greater portion of tho world, nnd
I chll ltfil/lo I>a*? Am?--V? 1?/*- ? - ?
IIVIAIQ UVi UITH, tliuu^ll HOT UI1UIU If *W
have been the most powerful of the world.
[ Carolina Tim ex.
The Indian Troubles in Tkxab.?
The Gazette, published nt Ausfin, Texas,
of the 22(1 uit., hag tho following Recount
of a rcncontrc between the United State*
troops and the Indians at Fort Lanoattor.
In tho first engagement, Sergeant Theodore,
of tho 8th infantry, was killed and soalpcd.
IIo was one of a party scntoiuto escort the
Fo't Dnvis mail, and was attacked by the
Indians about 20 miles from Fort lancester.
Oapt. II. 8. Granger, of the J-it' Infantry,
stationed at the latter fort, promptly
sent out a dotachmont of forty men in
wagons to overtake the Indians if pot>siblo.
Thoy wore hidden so well under tnc onnvawi
of tho wagons that the Indians oonld
not see tho force brought against thorn,
and were induced to make an attack. The
inen got into position as soon 08 possible,
and fought bravely, killing uvo Indians
without, imnrir U 'I
.. ...J*.. J V r tiivilimnuo, will/ VII \:y
worf. Wholly uimhio to strike an effective
blow. The liidiuns were mounted and
armed with Rharp ond Minnie tmc?, nnd
when they got tired of the fight, wpully
fled.
J Death Sentence.
A telegraphic despatch briefly informed !gj
| us, a day or two since, of tho conviction at ?
Liverpool und sentence to death by hang- 9
' ing of the master and first and necond mates
: of tho Martha and Jane, of Sunderland,
I England. The English papers approve of
; tho verdict and sentonce, taking credit to
j themselves that justice in England has not
! been defeated by "insufficient evidence" or
i nogloot on the part of the proscouUon. The
I Liverpool Times gives the following synop*
sis of the cftso :
" We have heard and read much lately |
of the way in which seamen are treafed in
ti.? :..i i...? tk:
till* i;uill 1111:1 I'ltll llltl I i 111 J IJUI I II In l/??%>i; 1111 I Ml n
nil others into tlio shade, whether a.s regards
the brutal torture which Accompanied J
1 the oxtifiction of life or tho deliberate and
j systematic manner in whlyfc it was carried *
out. Kose, it appeared, had shipped en
| board the vessel in April, nhd the work of m
I torture commenced cv.en.Jjcforc the voyage
began, lie'was ufccd S0'4'phnmefully tin t
he absconded from the #hip, was brought
back, placed i?> irons, and from that tiir.o
until death reletib.id him from his sufferings J
the captain and the first and sccond mates ft
of the vessel made his torture their daily
sport. It was proved on the trial that I ?
was Hogged every day bv the three prisoners;
that a large most iff dog was set to
worry him, which tore the flesh from his
body in large slices, causing the blood to
flow in streams, and leaving behind the
most, ghastly wounds and ulcers; fchr.t an
iron holt wan nut across his mouth 'md bis
hands chained to a strong I o'.t in the deck
behind his back ; that he was put. into an
empty cask and rolled along the deck ; tl 11
bin own excrement was forced down 1 is
j throat ; that he was sent aloft naked to
j furl pails, ami vcrely beaten with n ropo
before making the ascent; that a rope was
placed round his neck, and ho was raised ^
from the deck to the elevation of three feet,
whore lie was suspended for some minutes,
ami that when lowered ho. foil on his back i
liko a doad man ! Death at length, moro j
charitable than his persecutors, put an end
to his sufferings, when his body w*s found
to bo indented with the marks of tho ropo
and his wounds full of maggots. The ev donee
was so clear and indisputable tin t
j the three misc reants were found guilty, but
j the jury, froiu conic extraordinary outuscness,
recommended them to merry?mercy
I towards the wretches, the rceitd of whoso
j deeds makes the blood of every listener and
reader run cold ! J5ut Mr. Uaron Watson,
despi the'warning, sentenced the trio of
murderers to bo hanged by the neck?:i
meruiful punishment as compared with their
brutal and cowardly treatment of their uu:
happy victim."
Havana, Sept. 0.- -The Brig "Black
Squall," Bryant, of Philadelphia, arrived '
from that port thn Nth in.st., reports that >
whilst crowing the groat Bahama bank on
the Htl inst., she saw and took on board a
' boat with three men, who gave their names
as Pot or Williams, (a Frenchman,) Abraham
Cox, (a negro,) nnd Thomas Fabry,
(an Irishman,) who stated they had b< en
w rocked in the brig Albion Cooper, of Portland,
and were the solo survivors. Shortly
after they were, taken on board the
Black Squall, Fahe.y went to Capt. Bryant
nntl sfjit.orl t.lm A IlkiVm P<u.nAi? ]? >/!
boon wrecked. but that Williams ftnd Cox
had murdered lior eaptuin, DanielR. Humphrey,
tlie eliief and second mate nnttt 01 o
seaman, and thrown the'r bodies overboard,
thou net fire to the Albion Co< pcr
and loft her in the boat. This took ph.cn
the 28th of August ult. Immediately <n
i 1 arriving at this port. Captain Bryant wei t
, to the Consulate, stated the above cireun:|
stances, and the throe 111011 were at once
arrested and placed in prison.
t Tho utmost praise is due to Cnpt. Bryant
for his conduct on this occasion. By
pretending to pity the three men as thipwreoked
sailors, ho kej?t them in ^;ood hu- 1
mour until they arrived in this harbor,
I A- i- ----
.V> l uvu UMVJVJII UII'U IIIIWI IUUK litem
. quite- by surprise. The three men hitd two
watches, some monoy Mid clothes, suppcfcd
to have bolongcd to the murdered Captiiin
nod mute, nil of which have been hand*
ed to the United States Consul. The Albion
Cooper was hound from Portlni d
[ (where she belonged,) to Cardenas, with a
. cargo of lumber ; and Cant. Barton, of ti c
barquo Cornelia, of Now York, who arrived
on the f>th inst., Reports having seen on
tho previous Thursday evening the remains
of the Albion Cooper, Orange Key
. bearing S. W., distant twenty miles.
[ (lor. ('/uirfryton Courier.
1 Washington, Sept. 14.?Th$(&tttfj&rry
of the Treasury has not deuid^iMlKut
two nnd a half jicr cent. (Inti^^ijto^a^Hs
' thori/.ed the transfer of tia
custom House, in order to makb'
the lWoffice. Congress ah)ivfflpe?^Nft
power to make the eon torn plat dtt
The large reduction of the weekly bnlnnce
in the Treasury is canned in part . *
transfer of $000,000 to the Post-Omcc Department.
Mr. Weston, of Maine, is about to ch;
tablish ?\ daily lilaok Republican pnper
lierc, the pubfieation whereof is to oommence
in the oourse of the month.
Although the treaty with New Granada
is silent upon nil points except that of indemnity
for the massacre, Gen. Cass declares,
officially. that the taxes unon nmiln
PHvpBnv - - -v
and now duties upou Ar.ionenn tonnnce nro
forbidden by previous treaties, ana will
not bo submitted to.
Kuuior wys that a pmnc of ?25,000 hos
been contributed for Beverly Tucker, as
| w.ih done for Ool. Forney, nx a consideration,
to induce bin* to t?ko tlie Livorimol
Conftwlnhip. Thin want* fonfirmntion.
?
A WK8TKUN editor Bay* lie i? hard up
for oaah, und if his mibaoriberH hftven't anything
clue, they may brin# in wood, but no
atioks ho vcty crooked tliut bin wife can't
' twiat 'cm nronml the dinner pot, nor no ^
| loft* ko tough that the ' devil' can't- npH*
I tea, 4 ';.'v