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^^ ''' ^^ ' ' '" ' * 41 TO THINK OWN SKI.F BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOIXOW, AS THE NIGH ' TliE DAV, TIIOO CAN'ST NOT TURN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." BY HOBT. A. TIIOMPSOX. PICKENS COURT HOUSE; S. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 1(>, 183$. VOL. IX. NO. 26. i-u... i ;...! 1 ." J ' 1 ? * piOTOTTO IPOETKV, A Sleoping Wife. DY .1UI.IAN CK.'.MKH. Delicious tusk! to nit and watch Tlio breathings of a sleeping wife, And murk the feature* of tliut state Dividing death from life. How swbdther nluinl>pr! On 1w>>. ii.ia The flUgpl, I'eace, Imth set it* Heal ; Aiul to her uotich the Guard forbid* An envious Cure 10 steal. IIow beautiful! f>he would coin pel The tribute of n stolo'i kis??; Angelic purity might dwell In sui'li 11 uhrfnc n.s this! And here it iIwoUm?uuHlaincd mid Wight, Tlio' hull" concealed by modest four; Yen. were this soul disrobed to-night I'd wee t\u angel hero! How sweet her (dumber! None but thoso Whom iicav n Imth number'?i for its olins Have jtrominc of nuoh calm repose? ouch pccioci rest?ns tin?! . Unconscious of the woes ami euros Thai weigh us down ill waking hours. Her gentle spirit only wears A burden now of flowers. Hho dreams! Her radiant feiitnreffspenk Of thonioik tlint waken deep delight, Tor smiles attorn her Hp nnd cheek?.Smiles beautiful ami bright. Oh I could I lit1! tho Jealous vert That doth these joyous tho'ts conoonl, Tlio spotless page a sinless talo >VoulU presently reveal. Anil hark 1 Tier parting lips disclose Some cherished sccrot lon? roprosseu; Mark how her check with blunlius glows, How heaves her Dwelling breAHt! She breathes a name.? nmiilth-j Jroam? Tho soul of Love is in the tone! Ilorpheok with deeper blushes teem? That name?IT is mvOwk! v Joy ! joy ! My bliss is perfcct now? The boon I craved is mine?is mino ! Upon my bonded knee I bow, And thnAk Thee?God divine ! ]ly night, or day?owake?nslcep? The signals of he* loVo 1 sec ; t ruow urii ioyc is pure and uecp, And <M>nu-roil hll in mo. * The Palmettoes in Mcxioo. i-jfy onk oir tjik two iiuxdhkd. SEW B Kit IKS?no. FIPTKftNt It wi\s tho evening of tho 2f)th day ofMaroli and tho 3rd day of tho boinhardmont ot'tlio city. For Bovoniy-two Iiouvh tUo hissing nholls mill tlio booming shot had riecoohottod along tho stroota of Vera Crur., desolating its iilturn ?...i is ? 1 1--.-- ? ? mtu iui iimniiiun, miu iniii'iiii^ in ouo common hocatnmb, tho soldier andtho citizen, the old and tho young, the strong aiul (lift weak. It was ouo vast charnol house, reciting with tho funics of putrefaction anil death. Heroism was unavailing. livery Sol'lier might fall at his post fighting to tho death, hut it was fixed as falo, unalterable as necessity that Vera Orni \s as won and lost. Tho Qomtnondor General Morales well know it's incvitahlo fato, hut ho was bravo, ltroiwl niwl hiimrMv miH ? >>-?.. dor. IIo know well, too, tho character of his unreasonable coiftitrymen, ini?l that to 8urromlor tho city would bring their condemnntioiutpon him. The citizens with fhoir wives ami children implored him to sufrendotj and HaVo them from death, ami tholr houses from doiolatlon. Ho miiKt have been a stern man to resist such appeal?. Finally, siekenod hy (lie scones of havoc and distress, and wearied hy thoir importunities, he feigned sickness, and gloomily retire'] to th" i.'a-iilf. ?!?? nW tit command of (3oh. Laudoroi By this insrenionx artiflcfl bo sought to stive Ins own honor, and avert from, his own head tho disgrace and the punishment which ho feared from hid o\vn countrymen. (Jon. Laudoro a gond, catty, Iciml-h'cartnJ man and from his* eorresjtondonco I infer a weak minded one. yielded to tho prayers of tho citizens and at fivo o'clnuk on the" evening (if the 25th, lie rnn up the white Hag of caoitulatlon. But a few minutes before a gallant <>|Beot of tho nrmv hud fallon ut hU< gun ; Midshipman Hhnbriyk, of South (Carolina, was the la.it victim of tho Kio^o of Vera Cruz. - ** i Tho first oflicor w.ho fell nt Vera Orius was Lt. Qol. Dlckerson, of the I'lilinettoen; (he imttwHn-who foil in tho ?ioj?o was Midshipman Shnbrick, of South Curoliim. The ftrat victim niul tho lost victim w?b fi?rnishod by South Carolina in tho pomms of hor brnvoht howl And thus ifc-wus always ( in butt Jo, in (mfforincf, and in death the l'ulmcttoos wore tho Alpha and tho Oniogh. Twodays were consumed in oorrospondonco nod arranging tlio terms of tho capitulation. Thtf capitulation was finally mado. M.. foil v.?u Ml-. ?...*1- -Mill - V.I. Viun Uiiu VI l U Uiimiu Ul UIMHI. On our part it wks a brilliant &ii? of nrmw, tml a *plontlul triumph of military soleuce. t liiul ox?rciHod the !?ip;h?i?t virtues of tho loldier?-onduranoo, patlonoo, passive, courage, It might havo boon romlarecl moro Ir'ngio, an<t In the view of Home, moro brilliant by the quiokor hut vaatly more sanguinary plnij ft" H8f?ault l?v #torm. Smno porhoiih koo in war nothingout the Hhmro physical; forcoH, ami recognise >>o laurels oxcopt v,those orimsoncd in the blooil of hecatombs of tho fallen braye. In their vioN\< a victory ih Ontiinfttc(i nnlv tiv fliA ? nf ?vv ^.v "M'VU ^arclmsfld it. A i Vfra Cjrus wa? worth tho Tosh of ftvo thoutniul mon?4u was won with tho lofcMof only Bovonty- fnon. Molirio Pol Rey wan not worth ->,?yi1W Hftoriflflo of A flozon mon. iind it- wiih ' by tho Hjvcrifioo of 87G of the flowor of tlio tivmf. Tholoyera of ?litiighter. tho Mvollora in blood will cojisuloi- Molina tho greater victory. Tho niilimry oriilc, wiu f?iV? no IangMftgO iwlo<junto to tho oulr,?j of too otto, OP ino eomlfiinufitlon of tfto othnr. Vurn Crux U tho only WlllW otty \n M?<V; c<V, It in romnn'i 'Od by U hrlck *vnlt nlwttt fen Too* N?li. aiVUtwo fcofcthiok. ?? would mriisont 9. coOHUlor;vl'4??bpf*o}o ?? ??? Sftrt wt iti/.uM luvv. I > i 1 At intoTvnln of tHrvo or fo?ir ftundrm yards it vi\s dofeitfM >'V '? l?no of fortK nml l>ivttcr?6#. " * - i nvao iori? iwoivn in nvimffl* ftnU iitOMni^lnfllii Obntr.ictfonn vr,>,? uirWn up ouUMo Ml? wnlln, l>y ^ ojf irtux Y/r hnp*t< Tho wnlls wore inoskdk pWrtjfi; alxl . f P " 4 ? * * * ' . la, f- - vrorb scaftbldcd for infantry. - Tho houses nil- t jacent being llut-roofcd wore nl?o ft nnfc ami ^ commanding position for tho defenders of tho city. A thousand yardu from the wall t wn's the bnso of tho Hnndliillt*. The intevven- j ing eptico was an open, lovol plnin. It wi'l t therefore bb apparent to the military critic f that n plnoo so defended and having u garri* t Bon ofoOOOmfln, though it might indeed have 1 been taken by n fored'aoulile in nmiilutr \-?t . it would have been clone at a fearful fiicriticc j oflife. It would liavo cost at least 3000 men, f and had it been done, 1 might never liavc i lived to write tho history of its fall. Foreign <J critics whose mental vision, is gangrened by <i jealousy, have insisted that it should have c been assaulted, instead of the linmhn??ilmr??i* upon considerations of humanity. Hut such i a view is a patent absurdity. Tho loss of v life on l>otli siilca would havo boon greater in ] an assault. And it would have been a orini- \ innl and reckless conduct in Gen. Scott to u sacrifice on? Fourth of liiHarmy to Accomplish I I an object, which only a few days delay veil- o dered cortuiu, without any lots, llo is twice i a victor, who gains a battle, and saves bis own men. An assault in the first instaneo 1 Was a blunder not even to bo thought, but. it j t was planned as tho finale of tho siege. Un- . h dor cover of out batteries, wo could sap, and n mine, find push our way to tho vory walls, r and with their batteries silenced or weakened, nnd wide breaches nindn in thn n-nll>i ? ? 1 could have stormed their Malakoflfs a id the t allies at Sevastopol. v NRW HEItlKrt-*-NO. SIXTKKS*. T am admonished l>y the tardiness with which my narrative proccods, that I have 0 boon too minute and circumstantial in details. ? M_Y narrativo is drftgging too slowly to its c.onftlimirtn mttuf Ua 1% ?...?? imu.jv ti\ iiiioiviicii uj it muru rapid paco. To wrlM iVfiill}* would roqniro fj ft volume, and n decree of loisure which I cannot now command. This is written with ' a hastiness which sadly mars its beauty, per- B foe.tion, and acotiraey. Jt Is duo to tnft I'M- " motto .Stivto, and her gallant regiment that 0 its history should he written, in a more sol- il enm and enduring stylo, than those c*?vlc n afwl careless chanters. Hnrin?iii(r in Im. . ' < ! x moments from tho midst ofouons and confu- 0 nton. SlmuM T over h?tve rnjmso and leisure 'I to perform thin "labor of love" 1 will d'lH- , ehu.'ge the grateful djity. Hut now I must expedito tho end of those chapters. Oil the 29tli day of March the City of Vera ' Cry/, and the castle of l.'lloa were surrendercd to our arms. It was a clear, bright, calm j J drtY, succeeding a torrific norther. At ten ; ! o'clock the Mexican garrison marched out to ! ! the plain on the south nido of Vera Cruz, ! 1 which waft selected for the ceremony. Our , 11 army was drawn up in long lines in open or- j " dcr, and in tho centre wore two flags, planted ! in tho ground ; The stars and stripes, the , emblem of victory, and a whito flap, the em- * blom ofpeaoound inorey. Tho Mexican gar njsim nuiuuermp; some B,uw men n. reueu " out to tlio appointed spot, Mucked thoir arms ' and were then dismissed on parole of honor. 4! Tlio Mexiuan otljcers seemed deeply humilia- J! t(jd. The soeno was one of thrilling interest. I A deep and respectful silence prevailed dur- 1 | iiiR the entire ceremony. Scarce a word was 0 spoken niul not an not 'was dono to wound tho 0 pridoor tho .sensibility of the Mexicans. Not c only were tho courtesies of war ohsovvoil, but J not a word or gesture wtw offered by our sol- 1 diers at this mortifying seeno, but rather the : f>yinpnthy of generous victors, for braVo men J in misfortune. Tho garrison had fought and xufVere.l with genuine iieroism. Ono thousand " of them had fallen, besides at) oqnnl number c ,of citixenn nnd they had surrendered only 1 when the call of Immunity seconded the con- 1 > nil.Ill III Ill'n|i?n. Illlll lilt!}' III.'IU mil lliri.T dny? longer the City would liavobcen stormod Tlio approach of reinforcements, ami tho unproach of u greater enemy, the vo,nito maJn ' .ftilUty tliLV ftUoliicet. -Tin' Mexican flogfl wore taken down hy the garrison mi>l saluted hy discharges of artillerv. In a moment more up ran ton btinnor of tfio Htais and stripes. Htfluted hy the roar of cannon, and the welkin-rending fhouts ofour ftVmy. Words cannot describe tho thrill of pride, patnotinm, and delight which tlio ?oldier foids in a foreign land, when ho beholds that Marry ensign of his own country "Tlio land of the freo and tho home of tho DFUYC. , That fla^ which hn?l stronmed ho gallantly in j "the perilous light" how Haunted as the .sic- ( nnl or victory over the socynd strongost citstlo r in tho world. t Just twanty days after our first division t landed wo took possesion of tho city ivndciistle. " Tho Mexican garrison wan suifering for ( food, and Goin Scott generously gave them , 10,000 rations, from tho stores of our own , ivrjny. U., ... i - ?.111 i ii l viiu u^u ui war, fro woiimi nave now j the garriHou, except the officers, in jltiao confinement na pmonors of war, l>vit ho wiis ob- , liged by tho inoonvenionoo of feeding and j Kunvding thorn, to lot thoin go upon purole. r Many of thom broke their parole, and fought t again M OoVro Gordo, but he could not do , otherwise thiui rh ho did. ( Wlwlo the capture of Voro Cnft "wan on our ^ jnrt n brilliant nchioveinoht, vot it fell by the ?j tolly and blind new* of tho Muxidnntf. Had - Jjauhi Anna mui'iiliotl to VoraCiti* instead of t llnona Vi?tn, he might hnvo anticipated tho t arrival of Scott, una with 30,000 mon, ho ,, could havo defeatod the doseont upon that c city. I noud not arguo ft statement so aelf- f evident as thi*. To doubt it would betray a j total ignortinro of1 military operations. Had j he donu ?rt. this oiuupaign would have tormi- <. natod ift disafctor anil disgrace. In all proha- v hllity no other attempt would have li)tninado t towards tho city or interior of Moxico, tiio do- , fonslvn policy of Mr. Calhoun would have ? (liOVaUcd. and fa this .lav !.V,ew h?4v? 1 f)Con '? Strtto of Mror vritb Sloxieo. Cfllifofrnin would not hiivo been acquiror, Its gdld-fiold# nothnve boon discovered, the compromino of' 'I 1850 not Imvo boon pnsHWl, tho Knu&u* bill t nut pasnad, and tbo Mifldmtri Com prom i no not c ,rt)pcrtlo?l# Jbiobftimu would not beon olootqd f President, no ropuWi6<V1 flrottld ljftyo ' boflfi in existence, find ji hundred othwr Jm* ! port Ant events, Mmngirig tho wbolo history of c wr country "Would bavo boon othorvrfa*. Tiot I tin r, li i\ ??ia I? ? * ?* . ..vr ??>V? IUIIVUUI IH HUB iVI | i thoRo *ro l^l'Jnuito of fcho fall of t Vwn Cjrn?,. Oflon hiyj tho fntc of nfttionn and t pf tho worl?l hung upon tho ovont of a nhiglo \ brittle. Tho fate of cltiltauliftn -was ftactileri t on tha plain of Mfltnthon, tho fnto of clirfa- u trinity upon tho plain of Tom's, and pcrhnpa I 4 ? V'"4 * ho liberty of these Stutes upon the field < f Ark town. Ho much then dopends upon one battle,an lint l?attie often upon one man. Snuta Ai iu hold in his hands the fntc of Mexico, un he political history of thin union. Like ool, ho wasted tho golden moment, anil lii ory has recorded the fatal consequences < tin folly. But even then the Mexicans uctc ..:n I ti 1 *T 1 <>uiv)i? nisuuiii. iimi morales ucen us ci mblo as lie was brave, ho would havo sei nun the city all tlio noucombutunts, supplic t amply with provisions, and fought to tl loath. Even as it was, had tho city he! nit 12 days longer it would havo been relic d liy an army of 10,000 men. The garriso if tho eitv might liavo fought to tho lust m iient and thou craped to the castlo. ITn re taken possession of tlic city, wo could m >siv?* lioUl it untlcr the "line of the cnstle.Vitli this ami an army ot relief of 10,000 me gainst us we would still have been defealct n a few weeks the yellow fever would ha\ onto to the help of the Mexicans, and "sid te.-s swallowed whom tho sword had saved. 1 am now done with thoaoigeof Vera Cru; have given a faithful account of the open ions of our army, and the incidents of tli eign and bombardment. I hope 1 huvO lo clear and distinct impression of it upon tli eaders of this narrative. As this chapter is si. irter than the usiu ength.nnd it requires another chapter togi\ he march upon Alvarado, I will close th k ith a few remarks upon the history, topi ;raphy, and climate oi Vera Cruz. It is the oldest city in Mexico, of Rnanis riirin. lnilfloil in o rnw Imtwlwwl *-.?? / f Hie point whcro vo landed, oppositb th slaml of Sai-riiioios. Ho Boloctod tlio nil ipon which tlie city i* built, designing, uccessful, to found thovc a maritime city.t is upon n hcndland oxtendinj; a little Inl ho cu If. Jiaok of the city, high, shiftin andhill* extend for one or two smlod. Thos ??>VOO1j!I\i (Ulil.iUo ) U? - ? ?" *' ' nlucly displaces them. Just ljehind tliei vo ponds and marshes reeking with malarii ntl from April till November, tho yellow f( or prevails with great fatality. One lift f the population die every year. The fn juont northers which continue from Noven U?l* till Ar*t*il Kl/?w ftlV ilm ittnliifin >?>?' y the atmosphere. It luta a population < bout 6000, most *>f whom ore engaged i omirierce. Tlio city is very limited in e: cut. Tt is less than n mile in length, an [>ss than a hull* In width. There is littl sisto or elegance of architecture cither in pu its or private buildings. The Custom Horn n the most handsome building. It is bui f Massachusetts granite, and lias a fino ro f coriuthian column?. Vera Cruz, is tl nost tilthv, sickly, disciistinir and intuleri .1.. . it ." ..l.i *i*I. ? i.:. i i - "W V.IJ ..1 mu 1 uu lllgliwr niin I iloxieurfs are wonderfully cleanly ami el ;ant, but tlic lower ?lass avo the most tilth md obscene wrotolios that i oversaw, it rue they wash frequently, bccause in the limute bathing is pleasant, but they aro co* red with lieo and vermin from head to foo I'hey do not smell as strongly as a nogro.bi hey arc equally as unclean. We found tl ity intolerably filthy, and odorous as aeaj if unclean birds. I only wondtfr that avnr'u an tempt anybody to livo in such a hell.Yhout five miles South of Vera Cruz is M loll in city, a beautiful phico, where the wei hy citizens of Vera Ortiz rosido, and con 11, and attend to business every inorning.I'hero is a vnrv f\n?? vii'.lrniwl ntinnilin'i- snvo il mile* Into tlia interior bevond ftlodolli it v. Tiio bind in Vera Cruz is, in ?|>ota, v y tortile. Cotton, tobacco, rice, ntnl troj ml I'rui.tt, grow luxuriantly. Murders in 1857. The Polico Oa/.ette publishes a list of ?i V inurdorH which have been coinniitted i V'rw York n1nco.fan. 1. 1857. But ono ox ution has tukon place* that of tho colon nan Dorsey. TLireo persons conviotcd apital crimes aro now under sentence loath?Miehncl Oancomi, for (ho murdor I'ulicetnan Anderson; .lames Rogers, for tl nurder of John Swansuy ; and James Sho lord, for arson in the first degree. A remarkable feature in this appalling li >f crime ia the fact that in a large majority irtWs mi circumstances have pointed wither ainty to tho criminal. Suspicion has, i loci, rested upon parties in most casos ; hi hoso have hccu in somo instances entire utfounded, and in othors too vague to wa ant the finding of an indictment; and up he present moment there is a long oatalogi ihroudcd in mystery. Tho Bond street tragedy created moro o Moment than any other in the list. The ho 'ilkln rlntnilu r.f (lm noooajlnrtflnn ? fhn.ni>HA ind trial of Mrs. Cunningham, tho vurioi lluiios tlio caso tlssumcd, orb fresh ia the pu ic memory. Tho murder of Policeman AndorbOn, win n tho di?charj;o of his duties, next to tl Jurdcll murdor, attracted most attention, 'roftt funeral procession, in which inaruhc lie entiro police force of the city and an ii nonse votinuo ofcitissens, attested tho inte !?t whioh tho event oxoitcd. Tho Italit 3nncomi has been twico tried fur inurdor. L'he jurv diaagtoed on tho first trial, ho wi lonvictrd on tho sceond, nod sentenced I hid^e Davies ; but his counsel huve rt?rri? ho miio to tho Qourt of Appeals ori a writ < srror. Tho most alarming featuro in the: a.?os is tho apparent absence of any motb bi'ftJTJaflsination. ManymurdorMhaveaeemii y boon committed for tho more lovo of kil ng, Thus a colored man, m.Qtnl Franc ialtcrs, was deliberately shot in Thomasv>! vitlm^t tho slightest prbvocatlou or any m ivo ot quality, xno i\*.tas#ipe, upou 001 uifctiug tho dc#d, jumped into ihoir carriaf iml drove oft", j.robitbly without ev?U knowir he name of their victim. A WATBK-i'noor Mixtuse von t/p,ajijkhFnkfione jf>jpt of tnnhcr'n oiilmtlf u pound ttllow. 11 himri of oroOd rnsin thft *!?? of h hjfot >8^, lnui|ch)Hvkv tin-flo contu worth ; mi* t t;othoi', and molt gradually ovor A xluw fir iVhon to bo ftppwod, tho mix.ttu'o idxould I nadn'about miIk-warj^- iu:d put cu .with lean apouge. Tho lonth^r may bo nitwits ittlo damp, not w?t. Tho (\l>i>ve comfln rhon applied to lootii ?md ?l?o??, will <jtF?ct klly prevent ihoi.v tior.kjng water, atxd kt< ho leather pliant, and the feoi of the wow vavrn nnd dry. Kvory farmer who ro^nvi :omf?rt bh a do?idorntum, nhoutq impplv lib iclf \frith thiK artirlo. and aonlv it "to h joots htul vhota of Acts of the Legislature. J An Act to provide for the further Main foil hmit.-o of tlio I'enue of thLf State in rcid lutioti to Duelling. ft 1. He it onaotcd by the. Senatoand House of Representatives, now met and sitting in (.lencr.d Assembly, and by the authority of n_ the same, That whenever any magistrate, or .? IIIIV ll.lir. l.nn" " -- , v ?I'vd-vn n ii \j iiiio ucv;iij Ul lllil V llUICilimr id bo, constituted a magistrate, c.v ojficin, shall ?e rcccive information in writing, and under oath, that any person or person*? are about v" to leave this State for the purpose of sendiug or receiving a challenge to light a duel, ,1 or for the purpose of fighting a duel after )t m.oh' challenge shall have been sent or re- j ? deived, it shall be the duty of siteh niagis- | 11 trrtte, or magistrate forthwith to I ' I issili' )ii? U'liri'mif fill* !?? - l' 1 ( ..... .......... I IVI (UIUOI Ul .Mll'U pur- I (> j cons, to bo carried before some magistrate, | wboRbnll require such person or persona to 1 r outer into rccognizuncc in such sum as to : v such magistrate may seem meet, condition10 cd that such person or persons, shall keep ft the peace within this State, and shall not 10 leave the .State for the purpose of sending I ior receiving a challenge to light a duel, or ! (> for the purpose of lighting a duel after such challenge has been sent or received. H An net tn mnlio - ? * x ivo|MCWi:i? illj i dictable. |rt J. Boifcnactcd by tlie Senate and IIouso o fr>rjRopi'e.sentatives, now mot and sitting in lo Jfieneral Assembly, and by the authority ot' 'f the same, That any person who shall wil? f,,ll I *..i - > ? . iimj , unit! ? 1 <>!!_) UIKl lllillicinusi v cut, snoot, [I I uio??>?, wound or destroy, any horse, mule, j neat {cattle-, hog, sheep or profftj rho pmp. orly of Another, shall he guilty of a inisdenl incanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall i, } bo lined urd iinpriuoiiod at Uvo discretion ,of the ti udi*i Lut'nro whom the ease sn?.u | J1 'tried. , II. That any person who shall wilfully, j. unlawfully and maliciously cut., mutilate, )f defoee, or otherwise injure, the trees, hous11 |cs, out-houses, fences or fixtures of anoth- | 1 er, or commit any other trespass upon real *' property in the possession of another, shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con\iction thereof, shall he lined r.nd imprisoned at the discretion of the Judgo before w whom the ease sliall he tried. !o 111. That whenever any person shall he prosecuted for any of the misdemeanors hereby created, the owner of the property injured snail not nave ttie right to uiainj8 tain a civil action for the same injury. n An Act to amend an Act, entitled " An kt* Act to niter the law in relation to the Action of Trover, and for other purposes. 10 T. J?e it enacted by the Senate and House ;c of Representatives, now met and sitting in :c (icneral Assembly, and by the authority of ? the same, That an Act, entitled "An Act n- I ? - ii - ii i ? - 1 I m inter mc taw in relation to tno Action or | 1 1 Trover, nnd for other purposes," rati tied ^ the ]{)th day of Docoinbcr, A. 1). 1S27, he bo altered and uniended as to require every in Sheriff who shall fake tho Bond of a Doc fendnnt or Defendants, in any action of " Trover, or any successor of such Sheriff, at the request and cost of tho Plaintiff in such action, or his or her agent or attorney, to assign to sueli i^aintiff the said Bond, by indorsing the saim , and attesting it under o- his hand and seal, the presence of twoor mI more credible witnesses. 0C An Act to niter and amend the law in roof lation to the Qualification of .Jurors. ie Sp.e. 1. Ho it enacted by the Honorap hie the Senate and Honso of Kcprcsontv fives, now met and sitting in General A?"j, aonibly, and by the authority of the game. u j That every person who may be entitled by | the Constitution of this State to vote for ut ' members of the State Legislature, and who ly ! .shall havo paid the year preeeeding the sit r-1 tint? ot tho Court, at which a new Jury list *? 1 shall be made, a tax of any amount whhtl(" I over, for property held in his own right, I shall Ho liable to serve as a Petit and Comwon i'leas Juror. st 8kg. 2. That all clauses of Acts bereto18 fore paused repugnant to tho provisions of h- this Act, bo and the same arc hereby repeulle Cd" ^ io An Act to exempt Munngons of Election A from tho performance of Ordinary Militia duty. Sko. 1. He it enneted by tlie Senate nnd llonso of Representative* now met and ?Uting in General Assembly, ond by the auns thority of the same, That Mnnagoroof Kleciy tion in this 8tnto be, nnd thoy aro hereby )d exempted from tho pcrforinnncj of Ordina^ ry Militia duty, for and during their term ~ otservice. '0 -? Jp Gkn. Walker, it it* said, estimates tho ;H losses sustained by liim from the seizure of \.t his proporty by Captain Jhtyis anil Coin. o-> Paulding, nt 8140,000. Tt is said that the Ut fillibwstors brought. home in the Saratoga, W and now lying in Norfolk harbor, refuso to 'J? tlrn vraffl'l iilildca ftii'ortil ft" "<*? Thfcy Hay they arc. pcnnltoss and homclesn, ? and demand to po carried back Uv Nioar* ';(f *& ..... n- Ybm-ow Fkvkh \VDFi.onvRnff^?A writer in one of th?> Orloftr*?tjoiunal? argnti that )0 | ho polnotf producing yellow fovcr i? fungi dif<* fiMod thrnuprh tho fiFtunami?r<v inn*, nu 4lm '? oiforiferouft pnrtfolWi of jvtoho, <tr othnr frrtt. flO\rer, urcv rttffiiHod tlmmfch it, find ii* known by tlioir ?alutiug our nlfnctnrifw on :P ftppfoaofnng; <hc,ni. Jtoit ' leithdr ohomicaf 4Uftly?lsnor th^ujfwrfcopo is ffMa tfl dfctcct fc> tho mfnote purtiolon of roattw Unit H* mulfA atl^lt (in ??inv*a?_ow.t\ ?U^. ^Lf ' , I vn HIT, ^ ^ I'l" tl??>r havo thoy Iwti abln to th$ suhtlc I jwitjon that produce* yellow f<noi>. <($? . ? A Remarkable Book. A book litis just boon published in Nov York, by John C. Hamilton, tho son of tin great Alcxftmlor Hamilton, the object o which is to establish that his fnthor was no only Alexander Hamilton, tho letulcr of tlit Pottorn 1 party, but that ho was also the rea George Washington who guided the Rovolu tinn nf fhn PnlnniAu : ...v, vioimvo .1 fuftvsim inpur, nuc presided over tho infant Republic for the tirsi eight years of its existence. fp other words Mr. John G. Hamilton undertakes to show that it is n great mistake to suppose that Gen George Washington did any tiling of aimse^ for the United States, but that all his public acts connected with the trials and triumphi of the Union were originated by Ale.sandei Hamilton, who used hint as'aYerv cobvonienl puppet for tho accomplishment of the gram and patriotic ends which Alexander Ilainil ton had conceived. The chief evidence relict upon to prove thin startling fact is that the hulk of Washington's military ?ud other of fieial correspondence is in the handwriting ol Hamilton, and, proceeding on so small a premise, the new writer of historv eunrludos thnt every letter, paper, dispatch, draught of instructionu, Ac., ?&o., which is to bo found with Washington's signature :ippe>ulc<l to Hamilton's penmanship, was really the latter's production in thought and purpose. Of uoursc such an assumption must involve Mr. John C. Hamilton in numberless absurdities, but he euro-: nothing for this, nud goes on to the end of ;l e chapter magnifying the power liehind tho throne, till the throne its?lf is entirelv fti'mwlinilnnni/l - ' -- ? -j ...v.w..??uwuv,M. in uiiu [MiiuU) wnorr Washington lmil delegated Hamilton to perform certain specific duties, wo arc gravely informed that Hamilton (in the place of Washington,) addressed to himself particular instructions defining Ins line of notion, having previously chosen hunsolf, (011 Washington's oehalf,) for the honorable service, and tin* transaction to ho complete, ought to have terminated in a letter written hy Hamilton to Hamilton, thanking himself for the zeal and ability with which the duties were discharged. This is surely a new way of writing histoin-to'ikr140"' as wc n" Know, was Wash and was ftftonv \11 tC?')siderable period, the correspondent o of'Wi lUH' ^lint during this period, have boon inf?H. should, hand-writing, is by no means romavkabh\? To argue therefrom that tlio secretary should have all the credit which lias attached to the principal, is absolutely to insult tho understanding of the world. All biography must be re-written, all history must bo revised and corrected, to suit such a theory. The credit of Napoloon's campaigns would thus be taken from the crent tlnrsic'in nml Hivirloil nmmui a score cf individuals who wrote at his dictation ; while the laurels which encircled the brow of Sir Walter Scott would be torn into many fragmentary chaplets, for the undistinguished amanuenses wlio committed his inmortal works to paper. In the case boforo us, there was indeed nc occasion to assert bo monstrous a doctrine to redeem a name from oblivion. Alox. Ham ilton needs no Buch service nt the hands ol his son to fix his reputation upon an imperishable basis, lie was a man of great and original powers ; he assisted very materially in the cause of the Revolution; lie participated in the glories of Yorktown, and ho impressed his ideas of Government uj>on the country as few men have ever donosincohh time. The Federalist is a monument of tlu vigor and acutcuess of his intellect. In an ago of extraordinary men, illustrated in botl: 1?- ....... 1? - i X.V.J ,,j VI/.IO |MVMVU1 VAillll|MVO VI mental and moral greatness?the age of Vol tairo and Frederick, of Turgot and Lafayette of Chatham and Burke?ho stands .mt as r great, independent, reprosontativj inun, anc tho attoiopt to add a cubit to hi;, statnro, a tho expense of the first man (if .vil time, can not detract from his proportions, though i mist unquestionably convince tho world tlm i ?intellectual development Mr. John 0. Ilam "ton is a very unworthy son of such a sire. In tho matter of the Farewell Address which is claimed for Hamilton, upon ground' -.1 !l.l~ ?u_ - .... .? Iiioni Jiirtuoiun; UIUII int; M:I 111*111 IUJUM* CJIMC3 of disputed authorship, it is time, wo think thut tne truo facts should ho brought out b> our Historical Society. Wo have hoard tha in the hands of a momhor of the Washington family, are all tho documonts connected will the aiVuir, which are ample to rcmovo oven doubt that lias boon raised hv the Hamilton! an claim. Perhaps Mr, Irvnig will seek ao ccs to them, with the view of settling tin controversy forever in the fifth volume of hi; Lifo of Washington. At all events, justici uumnnus truu tne nocumouts should be pub liahed, nnd wo hope the history of the Fuic well Address will sortn bo written by thoii I ight.?I'cUrsbu rg Fxpreuts. TitB Administration ontheArresi of Okn. Walkkr.?If the nrtielos of tlx Washington Cuion are to bo nooeptod u; indications of tho opinions of the Prcsidoiit thero in reason to apprehend uint tho ad ministration intend to sustain Comiuodor< 1! V- XT" mi v iiuiuiii^ n MiKinibiuiiM in leanigua, ill* general tenor of tin elaborate editorial 11 Friday's I.'iwn betrays an emphatio oppo I sition to Walker's enterprise and a dispo.si tion to justify his arrest, lloro is an ex traot: Tho oonmtry will still reoognize and np preciato the grievous injury which lawles; expeditions, liko that of Walker, must tone to inflict upon nil our national interests commercial and pJiticnl, fa Central Amor ica, and the popular judgment will, doubt les?, also doiermino foviUself what substnn tiu), advantages may inure to o\v/ nation a i i 1 e-i -l * ' inwiiii uujoQia ui mm (|unr Vtar from ?tojpta\n rcoont act.? Thai officer noknowhulge* Mini h<v a?mme< ft grove rexnoiiHibility in taking tho *?"p )j< did] and throws liiinHclf upon tho Admin itifrn^iAn f'AH^^ALU. #.?W1 *1.^ 4? * '? v^iv^ivno aiiu uiu uiuiiiii v mr mi ju-itiftontioi). JU i?* a bold ant} frank nppeal nnd will be mot, wo lmvo no doabt, i ! proper spiril, Uichmomd rfr,' ?7?n. 4.-*?'Tho oxoH^ moot and indignation felt in tW city ant in Petersburg, on nuoount of tho seizure o Gen. Walker, i? intcnso. JicAolutionH it 1 k t- ,? _/V -I _ I wMugiii:i;uion mm ccnstrrr 01 me wevsurv I *erc iokroduccd U> (toy RtoMht^e^iaM # m Cot-reijjQpdcnec of the Charleston Mcrcury. Kansas, Dec. 22, 1857. \ ' Messus. Kditous : Tnc election in Kan' bus has passed. The great question is now 5 settled, ns far as the pro slavery party of j Kansas is concerned. We have fought our - fight', and now look to a higher authority? I tlu; Congress of the United Stnteurrwjiero [' wt' jSxpect justice and our rights. Wo have thin <l?y made Kansas u slave State, miller the Constitution made by theorgan'[ io law of our Territory. It is now the duty * ?. . of the Southern States to protect it and i keep it so. The Constitution, with the ! slavery clause, received the largest vote 1 , that was ever polled at any election in Kan' i sas?hundreds of Free State Democrats vot1 , ill!-' with lis ill nrofWnrw.fi ?1.- H ( r r , jplitlon party suceccd in their hellish dc. signs. Let our friends in the South stand ' j linn, and bleeding Kansas will bona ac/iaoi ; to our opponents. They will have to seek I some other clime more eongeuial to their | polluted natures than our beautiful plains, which are destined by nature to the South, . and will soon see the end of their treasonai able and fiendish designs against our South and the institutions of our common couuj try. Hub, Messrs. Editors, this day bus 1 | repaid us for all our eternal and wo. rejoice at the conclusion. The new tJovbrnor pro tern, has arrived, and assum, ed the functions of his office, and tlio traitor Stanton has gone to Lawrence for condolence. The lr. S. Deputy Marshal and throo , others were killed at Fort Scott, on the lilt-li instant, whilst in discharge of their official duty. The ptfoplo of Lawrence and vicinity repudiate the President's message in ioio, una have hold mass meetings, denouncing mankind in general?the tdavelioldera in particular. But we r>ay uo attontiori to their ravings, but place onr confidence in our own stout hearts, hacked by the strong arm of our Government, directed by a just i and linn Congress. t~J K . * ? (Black llejfth>..<IaU' t.?Tho Demoer.it from Kansas report thal'ttitUu.t passengers taken placo between Jim Lane and lnMjna ccs, and the United States Dragoons, and that, the latter retired with a loss ot' threo men. Reinforcements were expected on both sides. There was intense excitemeut. From Washington. "Washington, .Jan. 4.?On motion of ! .Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, orders were I passed calling for the correspondence and i instructions of (l>c Executive relative to tlio ' seizure of (Jen. Walker in Nicaragua. 1 Senator I'uuh, (democrat,) of Ohio, introduced a Kansas Compromise bill, proposing to admit tho Territory into the Union as a Stato with the Lccompton Consti tution, submitting the slavery clause to the people, and authorizing tho right to amend ! the Constitution in a Convention to behold 1 on the 7th of April next. lu tho llousc, Kansas ufFuirs were dis, OU83cd. f Mr. ('lineman, of North Carolina, offer - e<l a resolution, which was passed, called , for information, including the instructions " 1 and correspondence in relation to the seiv * urc of Qen. Walker. A calm discassiou \ took place on this resolution. t Mr. Quitman, of Mississippi, asked cont sent, which wjih refused, to introduce a bill - providing for tho repeal of the neutrality laws. i Washington, Jan. 5.?In tho Senate * I to-day, the French Spoliation bill was referred ton select committee. In tho 11ouse, Mr. Quitman moved to t refer to a select commitfeo that portion of i tho President's message which relates to > Central A mericau affairs. This motion was made with a tiew of reporting a bifl for tho repeal of the neutrality laws. Forcible * speeches were made by Messrs. Quitman,' s Keitt, Stephens and Houston, in support of > the motion. No action \>as taken. WaSiiington, Jan. -In the Senate, If /i - .nr. vyvmciuicn s proposition to increase the r tariff was debated and tabled. In the House tha Central American por' tion of tlic President's Message was dis) (Missed. Messrs. Sickles nnd ilaskins, of * New York, and Oilman, of Maine, partici, jwted, and although acknowledging the - seizure of Walker technically illegal, j\ifu ? tified it under the peculiar circumstances ? under which it wns mndiv ? Mr. lilisfl, of Ohio, made q,eech con donning the decision In the Dred iHcott - case, aft or which the HotJxo adjourned. -r?.- - ? i BnlistmrJ?t foii nrcahaaifa.?Tho excitement ir? regard to the capture of (leu i Walker, still rages unabated in the cities of I the South Went. In Richmond and Petersburg, Ya., the onlistmcnt for Nieara\ gim is going on, one hundred and thirty-two men havincr oft'cr?>d fclir'r unv> i,.nu ? fourteen hundred men nrc now in thnt city j and Mobile nwnitinjr Hbipment. The men from the Jowe* park of Toxdh, COO in number, sailed on the dlai.gjt. Id I is impossible to imagine the fepftug there, 0 ns well.ns throughout the eutw Shito. So in*-n? juMira irom f'?s fi*e?Mon, tho H poof?U aw in arma and enger for the fray, (.Wcirn t'lioBHonJ utond of armu hnvo boon ? collected, nnd n thousand men aro willing ho tender thoir son Q&roli*.a Timr*, An old rctoln donor ?iy?, that of nil tlm J solemn honrs b? ever saw, that occnpipd in f goinft home ono dark night from the Wid, ow Iwm'rt nftor boing told by her daughter > I .Sully trliat ho "needn't conio a^f?in,"~ yrc* j1 the uoo.st rtfosua. t * i' "* *