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"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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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,,-/'
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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, <
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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
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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
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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,