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! "" -- - "' '.-? ' -1- "- '. '. 1 . " . . ' i . . 1 i 1 . in ...... . I . . i . . ' ' i. i ii. . ' ? "TO THINK OWN SELF Bli TKUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TIIE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CAN ST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." 1*Y ROB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COUIIT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MAHCU 27, 1838. VOL. IX. NO. 30. r-~j 1 , ! u 'J' i i. i . i. i . ' ' _111 ' ' ' ii. W&M&GYIS1B POETfR-V* y--? ???r.r-_- r?r r' : . It On)y Seems the Other DayThough swiftly Tinio, nnd rapid wing.", Una borne us from oldsi-enos wo know, Yet memory of tho picfnvc brined In glowing colors back to view ; Thus curly friends tonfcnxbcr when Tlioy first as school-boys mot in piny. And yet, though yours havo passed sinoc then, It only seems "tlio other day."' The form of lior wolnvod of vnf To whom wc pledged ull'eotion s vow, Will glido before our eyo# oucc more, Though but in ijisroory living now l Of Mint dark liajf oite (r'oss nlotie? A trensuted gilt?Is sparoil decay, | Y} worth in that familiar lono hcoiu only bi'cullied "the other day." . Those friends appear "o more Ihe sartio Th'nt shared our mirth and dried our tears, 1 Or taught us childhoods favoritegame-?> 'I'Un llnir Al.l 1 * v/?r Vl>? IIIVIIMO Ul VilllJ %>VUIV?i Bui when wo ask if tljcy fofgct TIioho momoi'ittH of the past, tliey say? ho' time has wVoitglit soiite changes, yet .t ftnly Kccnis "the other clay." The Kansas Debate. The Kansas diftCUspioti vrag continued on Tuesday in the Senate by Mr. Hamlin, ( Mo.,) and in tho House by Messrs. Keitt, (8*. C.,) Olembns, (Ya.,) English, (ftid.,) I'hil'ips, (Pa.,) and others. Mr. Keitt 8 remarks arc thus reported by the i n ion : Mr. Koitt, of South Carolina, said ho j should limit himfeclf in discussing tlm ?# - i n ?V.inission of Kansas under tlie Lecompton Constitution to two questions; first, the constitutionality of tho application; and, Kficond, tho'expediency of her admission. The first- proposition naturally came under two heads} first, the power of Congress in | the promises; and, second, the character of the proceedings in Kansas. Whatever power Congress possessed must bo derived from tho Constitution. The Constitution of the United States w;tb a conipaet or treaty between States, delegating certain powers to agents created or appointed by thorns'Ives for a certain purpose. It was difr ferent from " the Constitution within the limit* of a Stato, because tho .State Constitution was a prohibition upon the e sere bio of powor. Tho Federal Constitution was a delegation of pnwivv, and Congi-ir*.* <x.u)d not exorcise any powor except that which was strictly within the stipulations of the organic act or federal compact. There could be no exercitsO of implied power bv Congress ? V O except under powers delegated specifically. If it was truo, then, that the federal constitution was a compact hotwoen povcreigti and independent States, and truo that | they ctmld exercise none but powers specified, the (jucyfcir 4 came buck to. tln> power congress naum r4c premises?tlmt wfts- in I tho constitution. No power was granted ovor this Rubjoot, except in those, words : j'Ncw Htntes may he admitted by Congress into the Union." What was a State"? It was n political tor in representing two ideas ?a ccrtain amount of land 1ai?i off on the Ruvfaeo of the earth, and a population, not in tho sensd of mere individuals, but in tho sense of people who could not dio, people perpetuated ^enoration after generation.? Tho absorption of thc-so two ideas, the IllRllilinir ?> " Lti? unii-itii.il ? ! !< ?Kk ~ - ? ?1 0 w ui?o i.-ui in the concrete form of political society, wa? a State. It was a State such as wore < * the old thirteen 1 that deelaied their inde-1 pendenco and maintained it by force of arinH, and tho po^rci' to admit a noVr State was the power to tro:tt with an cqusil.?This clause did not endow Congress with power to rear aud train up and form a State nor to munipivkito a Territory into the maturity of a State; hut it only gave it power to treat witu aw ofjnal, and when they treat- i oil with KanjjftK tlioy treated with an erjnal. The next clause wasi that tho United Staters I ulrtfuld guaranty to every Statu a rcpubli-1 can forin of government, and that meant any form of government which corresponded with the government of any ono of the original thirtcou States. They *werc not loft to nice distinctions. It was the partition of power, into the great departments of IdRwlativ?, oxoontivu and fudietal. Wore not nil powers divided under the constitution of Ktfitatt a between tho legbdntivc, executive riuI judicial departments, and was ft pot that republican ? Under tlio cotyftti'tnF iion tlio power of Congress was exhausted whoh it imd inspected the for in' of government. - llo catfio next to tho proceedings in Kunmm. Tho fedoral government being it?olf founded by political Hooictica could kiiow nothing but ft political society. AH-interior matters, all manioinnl atf'nirsi wcro obil. - - > " nvMuujiy wnum wo scope and commas* 01 State jurisdiction. A State eOtjKtitution sprung fropi a maito of men, but the federal cdnstitutlniMprung from organised politijf' eal Bociello*; ivHtate might thorofoVo know * ibdtviduala, hut tho fedcval constitution mtost know only political soaioty. The Hill organised a government, and in deed a political Bocioty. Til in govommortt, of nourst!, porpetafttoil itsolf, ninl nothing I eouhi bo known, oxespfc what onrnothrough It. Tho only authority oxbrting in Knn838, tho only organised political aooioty, through thxir ncntfsory formw, tstilud ?pon t,|?y &? Mnatf whether ?p, ??ot thoy would hftvci a convention #nd fbrr5? ? WJUatituiion. Theytdd they would- ThatIf convention ?m >? ^ lrv^ ' L nation nml oiu|/o<Uimmt ortho pcofcj*I ->W?WO of rovefoignfy. TJboy-^y * a%* know tho spirit of the govcrnmcut through its form, and government itself was nothing but a higher form through which society cu lived and was expressed. The ratification cd of the constitution was reversing the march cs of mankind, and blotting out the experi- tin eiico of oge.s. oc Cottld society live without law and order, ^ j and without form, and could it haVo these with the individual put above society, and cj, society elovated abovo the government ?? U' lie concurred with his collcaguo in the Senate, (iVlr. Hammond,) thatconwt'uucioii.s i >.. were made by the minority. It was true !. there were two groat objects in all govern- g^\ mcnts, personal rights anil property rights. ul. 1 n a government like ours, the same person- 0f al rights were possessed by each man, and *n they were safe. But property was in the D hands of the minority, and was constantly Sil in danger of aggression. In his opinion, the people could not ( chanire their constitution before 18(>4. So V. ~ . ... 1M cicty itself was but the aecrction of indivul- |s nals. an<l government but the instrument <ji by which society was kept together. lie vi admitted that the sovereignty of the peoplo ',l did reside in the Original convention, and P( admitted that one sovereignty could not bind another; but the sovereignty of to- th day conld put checks in the way of the iu sovereignty of to-morrow. Tlioy might tell him that when the convention met it was sovereignty ; but they must understand they wcro confounding natural right with ^ the social right, and if they put checks q 1 x -..1,1-1- - ..1 1 11 il -- ii|m 111 iiiu umy wiucu cow mi can iiicm p] together, then, when it met, it would bo In nothing more thau a mass meeting. si Foul Murder in North Carolina. tl The murder mid robbery of James L. tl Shaw, tho wnggonor and tobacco trader, '? has caused a degree of feeling and cxcito- p mo:it to be manifested, h'thorto unknown ^ to the people of OoUunbus county. A cor- j*, respondent of the Wilmington (N. C.) ft! e f/t/rc / /e l< ? lUl IIIOIIVJO l IIV lUliUWUl?? |litl l/IUIIIltl C5 ' > Mr. Shaw was n young man about twen- al ty-four years nnd three months of age?he j . wus jnst setting forth in the world, with 11 fair prospfcets bofore him in his line of busiiic?5; ho was born in Alamance, formerly a portion of Orange county. His untimely ei and dreadful death will be a saddening tale > to reach his family, relations end numerous Vtends in the l >nd of his birth. Mr. h'haw . ? loaves a father, now living in Virginia; ? one brother, who reached this place while .1 the Coroner's inquest wns being held over 0' the dead body; one sister in Alinancc county; one sister in Tennessee; three sisters a in Virginia, and a large circle of warm N friends, who nre thus called upon to mourn (| hi>< fiiteful death, lie hud hoen trading in * this ond the adjoining counties for some M i years past, and in all his business transne- 0, j tions, had shown himself to be a gentleman, I and made frionds of all with whom in1 dealt, c I Tina manner of his invsterious disnWnonr- o J - Y II , rtnco'nnd the discovery of his death, lins for j the print two week# been thoroughly invcstU ^ gated. Tho facts brought to light by the jury of inquest, and the citizens generally, g wlio lia.vo shown luueh intero.st in ferreting A out the murderers, have implicated one fl whitemnn.'liythcJ Mitchell, and three free " negroes, Henry Patrick, Joshua Freeman ^ ami Eli Jacobs, who have been committed to jail, and will bo put on trial for the of- t( foiled. AW fmlip.'ir fin ovnvneeinn At nnin. I *1 lot?. Tho circumstances conncdtcd with this c tragical deed, tho blackest in tho catalogue of criiuo are briefly theuc: " Mr. Shuw *' was trading in that portion of the county | known um tho Green swamp country, and while traveling there, stopped by solicits- ii tion, nt tho hou?c of Mltohell, on tho night of the 18th of Inst February, and from the t' f?ot\ and circumstances deposed to, wn.s * murdered and robbed that'night. From .1 H._ 1 -1 t i 1 - ? " CI.IO VMI HUM <111 \jlIU JltMlll lie IJIllHb JlilYC (JtUU n struck three blows with tho poll of an axe; j blood wos found in Mitchell's yard, buried s somo three fee,t underground. On the p thirteenth day flftivr the murder is alleged 11 to have been committed, the body was found on an Island in (Jrcen Swamp, about [J two miles from Mitchell's house. The snot p selected by the foul porpetrators of this crime, as the last resting phco of poor t Shuw,;>3' di'i-udful to coi)tomplato; it is in P a secret aud almost inaccessible retroat, in 1 one of the most torriblo swamps in our 1 Stato. In tliio dismal biding, with nought , b\it tho wilds of the wilderness, and the n howling of rnpaciou* anitnnhi around him, o Shaw was secreted ono, foot under tho cold ii asulmut'dy earth. In thin lonesome grave, > the guilty folona Supposed ho would lio l' forever, while they would be secure, with thei? ill-gotten booty, vShaw's money, the y only cause for whioh he could h^vo beeiv murdered. It is duo to tho goodeitizo^ of this county to. say, that they na,vo - M with commendable aoiivity in uurft^''u(? Ai.^ i i*.\_ i mts uiyaujry wmu.a luwg nrouini iuT -- - . ful crimG} tlifly havo tmown ft '' tiou t'nati the guilty ehottldj^''^01^'** t< 01< jUHtico. j? J*. |u> \ u,m aftlt>^x','evr: rocket* 1}0 a hit mis^b> ^h. william j,o< woro invented u>j?\n whon ? congro : ^fazov Abboy, iu compnqy LTkl il!a afk'"tion directed th i ' ff?e |?arty to tho inscription oq ?n? i>y anjtf qompogop. JViroelJ'a lvonwnient: yo ??? iu t,U.K. u?<w vviiuro ufiiy iiih y&do onn bdoxoclhij/l "Thfcro, Sir WU- } , ittiu," Hrtid the 'T.un? buly, " ptthsfif.it. fireworks fot nuinle, run! that epitaph will drawer for youruejf," > . cu * Jt i ? ? * - * ? . " ?* From Washington. Washikotov, March I k?'The Kansas disssion in the Senate has, so far, been mark- I with unusual ability. Among the speech- I which will conunar.vl universal admiration d will retain their !!t?res lotiji after the eurronco that.elioited them shall have pats away, are those of Senators Benjamin and unter. Senator Douglas is yet to speak. 1 d it in possible that the discuHftlon will he ( >sc<l with the close of the week by Senator if in. Wasuisoton, March 15.?The Kansas de,tc i.I'l end tc d:'.y cr Wwovrovr {?>. the mate. Wade, of Ohio, matlo a long and ttcr speech in the Senate, on Saturday, ami ill has tho floor. lie,.as well as other North n Senators, have trioil to inufco capital out Senfttor Hammond's speech, wherein )ie ys the North have their white slaves. These la'-k Kcjjuhlicans seize upon ?. erytliing iii vy 00111110111 memuors, 10 exasperate oir section. The local politicians arc very much conrned ut tliis moment by ooi tuin district ap)intmonts, especially tlic marshalsbip. Tina said by some to bo the best office in tlie ft of tho President, in a monied point of ew. Colonel Scldon, a very old gentleman, is received tho nomination, but strong op>sition is made Ux his confirmation. Tlie knowing ones still say Kansas will be imittcd. Tins is likely to bo tlie result, if ic advocates do not split on the terms of the (mission. ]\fl* lTiintm* mnJo n mnctnvlv* cnnnnfi nn flift lmissioQ of Kansas. Mr. Hunter is, 1 think ie wisest of the Southern Senators. A displo of Mr. Calhoun, ho trios to carry out ith consummate prudence tho policy of Mr. alhoun. lie is thoroughly Southern, vet rudont and fur-seeing. When ho speaks, s treats liis M'hject like a statesman. J Ie istains tho interests of tho South with connnato ability, and a discretion that haffies ie opposition in their efforts to misrepresent ic South. Ifo iias thecontlileuceof Virgiu iiiiu uic oouui?ne minus my mint 01 uic outhern gontjeman. Ho commits no follies; r is calm, cclf-poHsesscd, wictf. 'lie speaks ot merely to his own State, but to tho intolKenco of the whole .country:?North as well < South, lie is nearor to the old school of irginia statesmen than any man in the Sente. Oonoarrr. Washington*, March 16.?TheSonato wafc I HitsKinn nil l<mt nwrht An !\hon?nfirm rtf? irred between Senators Groan of Mo;, and umeron of l'u., which was explained away -day. Tho Kansas disoussiojn was resttni1, to-day, and it is understood, will end on londay next. In the House, an immense number of bills, solutions and petitions were intrpduocxl by tat eft and Territories'. Among those wasono rom the Legislature of Utah declaring that icy will maintain their lights in spite of nrth nml h~l. Washington, March lfi.-?The Senate, sat ntil half past six this morning, debuting the Lansas question. All parliamentary cxpeients to offcet an adjournment* woro tried in ain. Soinetimes there were scarcely a dozn members in their peats. At 2 o'clock this mrning, theSorgeant-at-Armswa? dcspatchd for absentees, aiul returned with sovor il. >u?ing tho session an exciting altorcation ocurred between Cameron,of Ponn., and Green f Missouri. Tho President called the paries to order, and order wa? restored. After limy votes taken tor tiic purpose, an adjourn ncnt was'effected. To-day (it 11 a. m., tho Republicans of the lenate -vore in caucus, and resolved to fix on londn> next to take the voto on the Kansas uostion, which proposal was accepted by the emocrats. A personal explanation took plaoolietwcen loRwrs. Green and Oamoron. The former rithdrew all-offensive remarks, and tho lativ asserted that he did not uiedn to impeach lie voracity of tho former. Mr. King made a speech on the Kansas ontrovcrsy. In tho lfouso Air. Plair asked loavo to in i - i.:ii i . i. ii.A : LIKlUUi: II 1)111 V) {UtlllSI! WU 1II1'?UI Ultl?;il U1 laves under the prcteuco of Miuruntfc&hlb; lofusrd. Mr. Greenwood introduced a bill for pundung negro stealing in tbe Indian county. Mr. I'hclps introduced a bill providing for be construction of a rail wav" from St. Lpuis j San i'ranciseo with four branches. Mr. Montgomery introduced a bill for the dmission of Kansas, which provides for a ew convontion for tho consMft'ration of thp ^( nmntnn OnnstlVilHiin litifl thftf. t)n> . Vi'r * I ;? titiition bo subsequently referred to thepeo* lOi The bill wtw referred to n, Soloist Coraiit?ce. Mr. Covpdo offered ft resolution that Cor>,rcH8 adjourn the first Moiulriv in dune, All titer bills and resolutions, V!& 3 of uu uuiinortftut clmractor. A memorial was roooivod fr<\?? TjftgiMauro of Utab, complaining tl?** ^,0 on'^ r08onse of a previous iwino'pi for a voice in ho Appointment of fed**" the toritory, wn* t ho aendWg'OUt of n new sot, back d by tin aviny. /"ty to know why licirrfimpQ^au"* Wfta ^'oatocl with contempt, ml say thoy t not Submit to tbo misrule f demagogy"- Thoy narrate the sufFerinw* i ft Missou/olftim to bo n poruon of. Unoticjw'/^cor>lo. ftn'l ?uy thoy have,* right o don^d justice. Thoy ask th? pv'fcvnhiont o^ndraw tho troops, itnd 8jt?-"ioy will d? pw* wiuir roiigum in Ml. XI) oy auy soiuo of ?o ??'my officer* dei*yft t<> he hung. AV^suiNaf0N?K$BV tlio Sonato 'r. nmdo'a 3poocb ngiUnst t.cimpton,,-/' , - L' jn ^vo House tho Utah momorial wa* or* fcxjtfto bo printed. The Houho investigation Committee di^ )?oa thp fact that the Cost of printing for the <t, two Congr?t<88H, amount to nearly $/>,0,000. There will bo two ronorts. tbo ma Sly rjmoft (VvDfh)* (\ reduction cif 3"? por i)t., und giving tlip Mndirig to tljc lowest Iflcr, rm<t Ktrip tfro of n^asos.y - Thtj niinftrlty fnvtv the iwtubllHlurionfc of 9 Printing Hurouu, ftntf wxlueing fcho ji>unt?f?ublta advortMug. Tlioy ftleo H'Jotfto giv'nrf M?fe Piiparlmonfc Printing to ihp >vOSSw unmi>r? ^ ... lie BepiU?lUi?n? Jfouao (tosiro ono Ato wookii for ih? dttjciissiou jf the Krtrtaua fj ,w? : h\^9. ? Ti. , % ? The Army tfltl ?rr?<Hh?n takefti upnM <U?* 1 asiwlmwtif the hour of adjournment, < * * Foreign Intelligence. By the arrivals from EurogC, wo havo full particulars of the capture of Canton, as follows: flfcK OAPTUKlJ OF THK THKA8UHV. Fotf six days the Western gutojiad been Open, and exit bad been denied to neither tuen nor goods, nor treasure. Surely therecould be nothing left to reward the captors. Mow can we strain our minds to comprehend the stolid, stupid Confidence of these Chinese otlioiald'i The Treasury was full | lunilvoi. iu> fiill nrobr.blv. it ovw ' Fifty-two boxes which u mail could not singly lift wore found, and GO packet# of solid ingots. There was also a storehouse of tho most costly Mandarin fur dresses lined with sables and rare furs, and there was a room full of copper coeb. Now a strange scene occurred. The instructions were to bring away any bullion but to touch nothing else. These orders were ..1 ?.l ...M. - i 1 ' ' 1 "I uuuyvu wim a siruugu una son-aenying 11- j dolity. The soldiers uud officers in strict j discipline turned their watering eyes away froui the rich dresses. I5ut how to remove the heavy load of bullion '( Crowds had assembled in front, and p happy thought occurred to one of the ?;i8. " A dollar's worth of cash to ^jolte who will help carry tho?*ilver to the English Camp." I n a moment the crowd dispersed in search of fcho;r bamboo poles, and in another moment there were a thousand volunteer Cantonese contending for the privilege of carrying for an enemy, their city's treasure. With thoirstipnlated st rings of cash around their nooks, away they trudged with tho English soldiers and the sycoc silver. Colonel Graham, who had advanced from the south to tho Bamo point, cnmc up in time to direct this operation. When the last British soldier left the treasury, the mob poured in like a countless pack of famished wolves. Tho retiring and self-denying English could hear their yells and shouts ?i.~ r i- ?i -?i to v* \ i iiiu mi uiuow.-) mm Utll cr stores that had been left untouched. Tliji CAPTURE OF YEII. The longest chase must have an end.? At last, the guides called a halt at the door of a third-rate j'aniun, which appeared close and deserted. The doors were forced, and the blue-jackets were all over the place in a moment. It was evident that they were now on the right scent. The place was full of hastily packed baggage. Mandarins were running about?yen, running about; and at, last nnn name fnr\v;ir?l :iih1 ilnli vnrn/t himself up as Ycli. .Hut ho was not fat enough. Parkcs pushed him aside, and, hufryingon, they at last spied a very fat mnti contemplating tho achievement of getting over tho wall at the extreme rear of the yamun. Captain Key and Commodore Elliot's coxswain rushed forward. Key took tho fat gentleman round the waist,and the coxswain twisted the august tail of the Imperial Commissioner round his fist.? Thnvn wns no misfiilrn. nnw 1)ii? tniu thn veritable Yeh. Instinctively, the bluejackets felt it must bo Yeh, and they tonsed'jup their huts ami gave three rattling cluors. Yeh is by no moans the hero people thought him. 1 Ic trembled violently when he was taken ; ho strenuously denied his identity, and it wis not till Mr. l.'arkes lmd several times had the satisfaction and triumph of assuring his old oncmyof his personal safety that ho grew composed. Ah soon, however, ns he felt himself safe all his arrogance returned. He posed himself magnificently in his chair. He laughed at tho idea of giving up his seals, and alsd at the idea of his being led away. He would waif, there to rcccivo the men Elgin and uros. mey scarcncu an ins pncicngog ior papuiflj and found among other thingH the original ratifications of tho treaties with England, Franco, aud America; thoy wore, as he intimated, too unimportant as docu merits to be sontto Pokin. This search lfiftcid three hours. The news of the cap lure Juki been gout to head-quarters; rolHoolfer was despatched with a Htrong Wd)' of marines, nnd Yeh again tremble*? ^ ho entered his chair a captive. At tho foot of the teif**) before the great joss-house on IS I ?v5"ajr* i n o-h i 11, oft'-sct. ting from tho branfMteps, i? a collegiate quadrangle, ll"'? tho dons of tho cocIcsU nstioul itistitvvfou.clustered. 8omc small cellular a^'t'uontH, opening towards the liiU (M^d^btlcss tho private ahodea Of th* bronzes; two largo rooms, whoso windows look over the city, wcro tho hull nod ser.io? Qoramoa roc::i. This quadrangle is a littlo ohi.*)KCd in it? uaos. It j? become the Britwh head-quartere. 1'ho Admiral and General lwvo nppt> printed .tho hull and common room, and tho oells. Tho servants imvc uiiiiHuu tuo mm?a dozen Crimean skirts nro tlioro hanging to dry. About 12 o'clock on Tuwtifty tbc calonnnde of this small Quadrangle was loosely throfiged by po.st cnptnins find colortols and stiialW brtrbarinn ntaudnfms. Tho news that the city had bfcen dragged and &11 the hit? finli had Rnrnad. hlvnrvfwirli/ wr?a _0 ... T_T.T ' anxious to 800 the pviwjncra brought in.. Flint marohod T*ch-kwoi, whom t have already described, and aftor him, with rolling fltfcjV fttmo^t gigantic in xfcntuo, mid imiuoiibo lh bull?, cam ft tho Tnrtnf General.-? Ah ho paused ulnae b'y me I measured Hhn hy my?olf, he niunt bequito nix foot f'onr Inohos, high. They were iwhered into a umnll >?AAin ? /???/! a IT/./..I v?iv v? ??** VIA 111V. t't'M'lliim:, vvhero tli" (JrnxTal and tlm two A(Jiniraln were assembled. The. two mhndHrinx toofc Hieirscatrf ft? though they hqcl coind of their ?wn free \* ill to p'nj no or<liuary visit.? The ifi\rtor General, with his head thrown back so that you saw only the inside of the brim of his Tartar cap, looked not unlike our Eighth Henry as llolhcin shows him. There is a groat show of dignity and courage about that martial Tartar, but he is only a type and specimen of the great Imperial sham of which ho forms part. He is an empty imposture. During t he fight he nov er appeared upon the walls. A r?er (lie fight lie did nothing to gather Ilia 70tO nieu around him. When the French came he made no defonce. but ran from room to room, and was dragged from a tilthy closet. If ho bad been taken by Tai-pinga inaterfd of Europeans, he would bo howling at their leet. Knowing himself personally safe, he swells himself and tries to look majestic. He believes lie has to do with men more superstitiouxly obsequious to Chinese rank than the Coolies of Canton are, so be tries in th.im In. l.So iM.noA,w.a l.~ is right. There is too much of this nonsense. The interpreters catch the luauia of mandarin worship from their teachers ami their hooks, anil their Chinese books and our leaders?pri-dispoi. by the truly English deference for high-sounding titles?catch the infectious folly from the interpreters. What shall be dono with thoso men ? ^Scnd them both aboard ship," advises one interpreter; "Send them back to resume their functions and to save the city from pillage," advises the other, Lord Elgin is consulted, and has the boldness to be lieve that the general principles of human nature arc not to be extinguished by paper lanterns and peneoek feathers. 11o advises "Let them both roturd under conditions. Let Poli-kwoi re-establish his court under the authority of and in co-operation with au European tribunal. Let Tseang-keun return under conditions of disbanding his troops aua delivering \ tncir onus."? "Impossible; they couluu't do it?contrary to nil Chinese'precedent, &c." "Try." The trial is mado, and the indignant mandarins laugh loudly at the impudent suggestion. Left together for a night to consider the matter, they arc found in tho morning like pricked windbag, ready to surrender their inflation under gentle pres-1 sure?but I am anticipating the events of subsequent clays. ltoom for the great mandarin ! Preceded by Colonel Hockor,with hissword drawn, accompanied by Commodore Elliot and Captain Key, and followed by two files of Marines, waddles the great Yeh himself. ITc is not ushered into the small room, but !..i. il . 4 I ' ?? * * ijuo nio miiiiirni a 100111. xo piacc nun with the (iovcrnor and the General would be to confine a pike with two gudgeons.? Peh-kwoi and Tseang-keun shook at the sound of his footsteps. TIIK EXAMINATION OF YEW. If he had six herdsmen in his train, and if we all stood kidnapped men before him, he could not hold his head more haughtily. It is a luigo, sensual flat lace. The profile is nearly straight from the eye-brow to the chin. lie wears his Mandarin cap, his red [ button, and bin peacock's tail, but in other rcspects has tbc ordinary quilted blue tunic ana loose Brecclica, the. univer8a\ -winter wear of this part of Cbina. He seats himself in an arm-chair, and some inferior Mandarins who havo pressed in after him and stand round and make him a little court.? The officers who fill the room are passing tb" and fro upon their own duties, and, of course, retrain trom staring at lum. i ct no ono oun look upon that face without feeling that he is in tho presence of an extraordinary man. Thore is a ferocity about that restless, roving eye which almost makes you shrink from it. is the expression of a fierce and^angry, but not courageous animal. Wfiilo tho long nuils of his dirty fingers a^*? u'cmhling against the table and lii* are ranging into ovcry part I of tho scarch of every face, hisnose i oj rfigrmy is too palpably stimulated to infspiro respect, cvou if you could forgot his deeds, Hut uo ouc can look upou him with contempt. Tho two Admirals and the General now a'frive, ami, after some salutations, which were naturally morn embarrassing to t .1 cantors than the captive, tho English Admiral innum-d whether Mr. Cooper, Sen., was still living. You will reoollcotthe circumstances under which this ecntleman wna kidnapped. Yoh buixt forth into a loud lough, whioh sonudcd to every ono , present Rfl though ho were recollecting and onjoying tho re.coHo' tion of this poor man's aufl'eriiiga. When he had finished his eoch- 1 inotioiuv he replied, "1 can't recollect about j this man, but I will mr.ko enquiries to- ' morrow, and if he can be found, you shall , have him." ] The disgust was at this moment so great, i for many in the room had known and es- ' teemed poor Cooper, that if the audienco could have tl'eidod the matter, >foh would , have been t ken out And haugod. IIo wits told that Ub anftw*?r wnH nptcour- I teouH, and ho replied .that it .was, at anv t rato, tho only answer h? ?hould g?ye. 1 The admiral now asked whether he hflil any 6thor priaoncrA alive in bis custody.? f Ho appeared to have misunderstood tho question, ibr ho replied, " Thono righteau j men were my prisoners of war. I took ft , great ilea) of trouble about thoso portion* to have them properly buried. I- can show i you their graves tit this day." "What * cichtcon men Y?crothcy?" asked the Ad- 1 'puriil^ rtoiwj When Wore, they taken?" " How can T toll you who they were, and f how can I fuinemhcr \\khen vtctf K. " " keu? Yott yrcHo fighting from October till January, when you wore beatqn oft'and cxpelloG, ami your nhipe ran away. It was during this time." it was evidently not consistent with the dignity of the Admirals and General to prolone; this conversation. After a moment's consultation they directed Mr. Purkcs to nssure "his Kxcellu.icy" that every earc Would be taken for his personal safety and convenience, hut that he would be removed forlho present on board ship. "I don't bcc any necessity for going on board ship," replied ins rlxeeiioney, "L can uu overytliiun that, requires to be done just as well here." -But wheu Yeh observed that tho Admirals were grave and impassible, and *1 ? 1 it.? -l 1 a_ < ! 1-I-. - niia im'j ivuru uuuui/ u? rcme, 111s oyc? roved round the room again in terror, and lie added, "Well, T will accept j'our invitation. Iti fuct, I Khali be very glad to have an opportunity of seeing one of your ships." It waH more than an hour, however, and after delays ho frivolous that I oannot describe thoin, that he was at last fairly seated in his cha.r. As he progressed, with hi? escort of Marines, along the walls to the landing-place, ho met a gang of our cbmuiisiarriat coolies. I am told that these fellows put down their loads and saluted him with a rotir of laughter. This was too much, lie gnashed his teeth with vage, and made a threatcninir cresture. Horrible Treatment of a WifeA ease of unusual interest w:<s tried in Walton Sitpcrior Court last week, consuming Four days. A. man named Thomas Kelly, or O'Kelly, was arraigned for tho murder of his wife, who was found dead, (frozen it is said) in her place of confinement during the extraordinary cold weather of 1850. The deceased, it was alleged, was at least partially deranged, and had been confined a number of years, 11 or 12, wo believe. It was proven that her place of confinement consisted of a pen constructed of poles, notched at the corners, and covered with clap boards. In this was a hole, ten by four inches, some four or fivo feet from the ground, with a shelf inside, upon which was placed her food in an old frying pan. Her food, some of the witness on lestitied, wns promiscuously mixed together in this pan, boiled bacon, "collards," aiul milk being frequently mixed together. Many of the witnesses testified that tho chinks or cracks between the poles of this den were open?tlicro never was any fire in it?no bed or bedding, and the poor creative wns sometimes entirely naked, and always nearly so. I n this den she languished soven years, until relieved by death from her horrible sufToring. One cold morning that winter she was found upon her hands and knees at the door, nuked, or nearly bo, fid stiff frozen. Many persons think there ib renwo.U to bulieve that starvation as well as cold had something (o do in bringing' about her death ! We understand tliattho dcccased, beforo her uiind became impaired, uun c% pviiqimiu uuu iw|'vvuiuiv uuuuaiuu >>??man. As before remarked, it is no part of our purpose to give the testimony in this cake?it would till a book. We only refer tit material points against the prisoner. Wo did not hoar one syllable in bis behalf.? The minutw, or Idling iu of the picture, is too sickening to lay before our readers. The husband was indicted for murder. Tho attorneys for the prosecution were Mr. Solicitor Thurmond, N. (J. Foster, and others; for the defence, Judge Floyd, Mr. Clark, and others. Tho prisoner was arraigned on Wednesday morning. Whou we left not one half the witnesses had been uattiiuui'u. iyc 10am tnat t.lie pleadings commenced late on Friday afternoon. At the time we writo wo have not heard what tho verdict of tho jury was. Since the above was written, we learn that O'Kelly I)a# been sentenced to three years in the Penitentiary.?A /hens ?Gu,) Watchma >i. St. Eons, Mo roll IS.?Mr. Hartwcll, Secretary of Utah, has arrivod In this city. Ho 16ft elio ?*mp on the 26th of January. Tho troons troro in u comfortable condition and in cood health. Only tonr deaths hud occurred siiico their urrival. H? thought that nn entrance to Salt Lnko Valley could ho effected by a route 100 miles longer, but offering no obstructions to tha trains. Tho Indians give assuranco of mOddnltip. Mr. Hartwcll saw no snow on i,he route, ivnd believed tho grass would start unusually ourly. -MJrLw'j- -w * " iUUJill.E, .MUTCH 10.?-A (lUPl WaS fUflgfifc near this city on ywwrdny between (.'nptaiu UoHcvioro, lato At the Koiuivu army, who lms boon viiUtinK ami lecturing, and Captain Mnury, Into l'. 8. Mnrtdiul. The weapon'* iverc C'olt's navy pistols, at fifteen paces, with privilege of advancing. C Apt (win I'eHovievo recttived two wounds?not dangcioux. 11U Aart?kA,l ?-- ? ?inii^?'iuov vrtw<tj?v;u till WliOllt'tl. Washington, March 15.?In the Senate, roports, memorfrtU, ?to., were inlrodiicod. Mr. Brodcriok nmdo a personal expl?mo? Lien, in wliioli ho branded the correspondent rflfonoett'g shoot an a falsifier of fai:ts. Mr- "Wade resumed the rrtsou?Kion ou Kan tas, and wew followod by Mr. Masori. At a late hour the Senate %vi\h still diincutJiia& tho Kansas miestion vrtth a prospect of joiog in so<<sion tho greater portion of tho \ight. .... ? .... lUtbo Ilou(rfe, Mr. Ertglish introtUicoil it 'tuition of enrjui^rehnlvc to the LontsvUlo nkl Portland MmV vriih a Vlow to feritMhi# ho tolln; which vrqt passed. : IVivato biils worn introduced and referred, of On., iuti-odneed tho iutiu OMI; ana .Mr. of Twm., the iV .'Uk ItiMlrwul Will,