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"TO THINK OWN SELF UK THl'K, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TIUJ NTOHT THE DAY, THOU CAN'S!' NOT THEN 15K FAl.SE TO ANY MAN'." RY ROB'T. A. THOMPSON PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1851). ' VOL. X. NO. 45. ?1?!L.B?(f3,V " m (E5> *=>.=* n-5 I am ?... .. ? i - - - u u u iri II j From Mock's "Songs of (lie South.'' Tho Mothers of tho South. Tl>c Mothers of the South ! In the lurid morn of battlo, When from the ciitinon's mouth, ('nine the thunder'sdendly rattle? Their fair and fragile forms Shrank not, in terror from us, Hut?rainbows on the tttorms? Still .... r ? ? MVI UUMI .-i jjruuusp ; , , Then pledge to-night tlioir memories bright, Our noble Southern mothers ! Who iu tho strife maid. matron, wife? Stood by their sons nnd brothers ! On Camden's fatal plain, At Kttlnw ami Savannah, The star of freedom's train Wiih beauty's woven banner ! Throughout tho night of woe. The tlag wns still resplendent, And ninny ti son fell lowTo keep it:' folds ascendant ! Then pledge to-.light their memories bright, Onr noble Southern mothers! Who in the strife?nmiil mnivnn Stood by their sol)1? nwl brothers! Oli. yes! we'll keep tlicir names Kmbultncd in soup and story, Tlioso iron-hearted dames, Wlio cradled freedom's glory ; Ami should the strife of war lver tinge again our waters, Wo'll flml, our hearts to ohoer, TIioho matrons in tlicir daughter* ! Then ple?ljre to night their memories bright, Our noble Southern mothers ! Who in the unite?maid, matron, wife? Stood by .their soys and brothers! [ml,ij* p>en n '/a *xn<v/ IMJ J 1^ U O Remarks of Mr- Farrow, On the Resolutions in favor of He-opening the African Slave Trnde. in tlio Convention, at Vicksburg, May 1-tli, lfi.VJ. Mr. President . I do not rise to enter into the discussion of tho question before the Convention upon its merits: but. inasmuch as the hour for taking tho vote has nearly arrived, nud sincc tho Convention has ordered that tho vote bo taken by States, and as it is uncertain what nitiv be the vote of tho delegation from South Carolina, and as there are some of us who intend voting against tho resolutions, whose opposition may not be known tinder the plan of votincr bv States, f rise sit the request of live of my colleague.*, who agree with me in objecting to the iidoption of these resolutions, to explain tho position wc occupy. and the state of the question as we understand it to exist in South Carolina. In December, 1850, Gov. Adams, in his Ao>uial Message, recommended to tho legislature tho. re-opening of the'African slave trafle. This was the first time the subject was over brought before the State in any other form than through the newspapers and prcpqnf.incntK of one or two grand juries.? I p<>? the rcfercnco of tlie message, that portion which rotated to the African slave trade van referred to a special committee. In that oommittce.there was a difference of opinion. Thecommittee asked and obtained leave to make their report'to the succeeding session, to wit : 1807. At this session, there were inado elaborate) reports, both by the majority and minority of the committee. Both those reports were printed and Iftid on tlie desks of meinbors; and when the question wns tttl:on up; both reports wcro ordered to " lie on the table." The ensuing summer brought on the ran ws ioj* ll><! goucrill election*. Ilut if thero xvns a pinjrtc election district in which the que*t:t>n of tho African tdavo trade was made an issue, or even entered into the canvass enough to approximate an issue, cxcimt, possibly, tho oloetion district including tno city nf Charleston, I was never apprized of it.? And I doubt very much whether I need make t|iw exception, for although my distinguished colleague, (Mr. Sp'ratt,) who introduced' tho resolution before us, was then now i^oogui?od as a champion of tho ng^reswivn an fJi?* snli'ini^ o?nl ? ?1 by * fluttering voto as one of the members of the Legislature from the city of Charleston, yet other gentleman wore roturned inomlwr* mnrt the same election district by equally Hut tering votes, who were well known to lmvc j boon warmly opposed to any agitation of the subject. Hut further, sir, in the session ensuing this cluction. jtiy colleague (Mr. Sprntt) introduced in the Legislature of South Carol! im certain resolutions embodying his viows on tii7TAfrican slave trade. Those resold Htm* twru iiiuuu uiu bpuoiiu oraor?men* dintingui.diod mover was hoard in tlioir behalf in a very olaboratoar^ument: lie was repliod td by ono of his c >llo>aguos, from the city of Charleston, and thereupon tlio wlmio subject was again ordcroil to lie upon the table." (Jullcd upon, sir under these circumstances. to cast a State vote on this suljoct, five of my colleagues here, with myself, entertain the bolief, with duo doferenco to those ot'our colleagues who may favor the adoption of these resolutions, that the question ot reopening tho Afrienn slavo tradn has. unto this tune. boon entirely ignored by tlie 8tato of South Carol in a. AikI this statement is made in jiwtlco to thoso of us >f the South '**' Carolina delegation whoseopposition' might otherwise be buried umicrtho plan of voting by States. If I have orred in litis statement, I will thank anyone of my oolleagucs to correct. 1110. A word a? to the verdict of the Charleston Jury in tho rccent trial of tho Kelio crow.? II has been assumed bv gentlemen in discussions on this floor, Anil I Itavo heard it assumed on the strcots and in tho halls of tho hotels in this citv, that the Jury in Cbnrles -.1.-1?I- 1 -!? urn uiiuumiuK. i<> uuuiuu upon ino inw iih woll n? tlio cvidcnco. I have good roasnns for bcliovin<jc that thi# n?sirnption is ftrntuitOiw. The 1 try ncvor considered Clio constitutionality or uiiconstUtitinnality oft ho law*. In thoir judgment, tlio ovidonco was not sufficient to show tlint the defendants wero truly charged. [ Imvo been credibly informed that this declaration hn?l boon nmdo.by orery juror who was charged with tho.oaso. If I uni nut greatly mistaken I Imvo heon so iiifbrniod by niv collotiftno (Mr. Sprntt) hii?e>6rf, whewe authority will nut ho (|ue.itioncd. ][p..\r.Ti? constitute* |ho lmppino?3 of tho ah ; virtue of U>C mini. uuia>:vcn.iuu r ust?a .uugs in .Europe-. As n nmtter of interest, nt present, wo givo the following result of desperate battles fought in Europe since 1812 : On the heights', four four miles from Salamanca, in Spain, the Rnglish and Spaniards under Wellington, totally defeated the French under Marinont, on the 22d July, 1812. The allies lost 5,200 mcti, and the i French lti.000. At the battle of Smolenski, in Russia, | in 1812. the French loss was 17,000, and that of the Russians 10,000. At Rotodino, on the 7th hYptembor, was fought a desperate battle between the Russians and Frcneh. The -French lost iu hilled, wounded and prisoners, ?0,000; j and the Russians about the same number, i The survivors of the French army, from j the Russian campaign, were not more than : 35,000 out of an army of 600,000 men. j At liUtzen, in Russian Saxony, on the j I 2d of Mtiv. 1813. tlu> ullioil HiiwHitut in..] i i Prussian forces woro defeated by tlio j French under Napoleon, the French losing 18,000 and tlic allies 15,000 men. At Bautzen, in Saxony, on the 2lst arm: 22d May, 181$, a battle took place between | the allies and tlic French, in which the : French low Wan put down at 25,000 men, and that of the allies 15,000 At Dresden, in Saxony on the 26th and ! 17th August, 1815, the allies were dt feated i hv the, French. The loss of thb allies was I ..Knni ? 1..VX/..V ?.',vvv ninvii, nviuimnuinu pnhUlltTS, ami that of the French about 12,000. At Leipxie, in Huxony, in October 1913, a desperate buttle was fought, whicli lasted throe days, and the French wore totally <Iofoatcd by the allies. Napoleon lust two i marshals, twenty generals aud (>0,000 men. j The allies lost 1,790 officers and about 40000 men. At Victoria, in Spain, on tho 21st of June, 181.'}, the F.nglish and French fought a buttle, in which the French'lost 7000 and flic Kiii'liuli A iso At Toulouse, in Franco, Wellington defeated tho French under Sonlt, an the 10th of April, 1814. The French loss was 4,700; allied army's loss 4,580 men. At ljijjny, in Fr.uiee, a battle occurred between the Prussians and French on the l<)th June,1815, two days before the hattie of Waterloo, in which the Prussians lost 15,000 men', and the French 6,800. In the indecisive battle at Quartre llnffcs, in JJelirium, on the l(>th of June, the day before that of Waterloo, the allies lost 5,200 men, and the French 114. At Waterloo the total loss nf thn nllinu was 15,Gn<> men. Napoleon's was about 40,000. Neither the Austrians nor Prussians can derive much encouragement from history to en?ru<;e in u war with Frnneev? The French troops have only been matched in these wars by thc-Knpclish, the Spaniards and the ltussiuus?scarcely by the lust numcd. jf Position and Strength of the Contending ArmiesTlyprn wr?rr? Aitwl tii Kv* oK.Mif #l?rv r....-.* I ? ^ w >?V| (lUV'Ul lll?; HI .11 UI May, 75,000 Sardinians in Alcsandrin, ('itsale and other towns; 40,000 French at (Jenoa,and jismany more on their way toSusa; while the whole number of Austvians on the west side of the Tioino is stated variously at from 80,000 to 120,000 men. A41 these forces arc within a comparatively email distance of each other, ana could bo brought into contact ri\ a fjew days. According to the statistics of a writer in the London j Times, from Aronn, the most northern point already occupied by the Austrian.1*, ,to (?enoa, the most southern point occupied by the French, " the distance in about one hundred aiid ten miles, or very nearly the same as from &usa to Uufl'alora. From Genoa j to Alessandria it is only fVjrty-six miles, and ! from Alessandria to Turin less than sixty. | From iSusa to Turin agoin, tlio distance is j but thirty-three miles; so that in their two j principal position* of Turin and Alessan| drift tiic Sardinians are, in the one case, within fort}*, and in the other within fifty miles of their powerful allied. The Anstrians, too, would b<} equally near their resources. Novara in about live miles, M?> tara about ten miles, and Vercelli but some twenty miles from tho Lombard frontier, and these arc the points at which tho first collision may be anticipated. Thus far it would appear that the Austrians have not shown tho celerity of movement on which it was supposed they had ioundoa mar nopcs ol succoss at the outset. However, with at least one bundled thousand men Menacing their flank, and half as many more awaiting them at find beyond Turin, tho Austrinns may well hesitate upon their course TJnt whatever their commanders may decide, a collision could not long bo deferred ; the terrihlo collision of two of the finest armies modern Europe has seen, armed with weapons of tho full and fearful efficiency of which no just estimate can ns yet be formed. The Austrian troops are commanded bv j General Baron Zobel, (Jen. V'ou Durficld, and Oen. Huron Iteischach. TiikGukAT Batti.r Fiki.d.?.Sardinia 1s tlio natural bi'ttlo field, geographically considered. It is composed of Picdnionjf, (the principal part of its territory audits centre,) with the nncient province of Savoy in tho north west, and the .maritime territory of?0<ftio4 >in tho sontheoslf.. It is ono hundred mites in width from its western to it* eastern frontier. Its whole western frontier adjoins France; a potion of its eastern frontifcr rests upon not exactly Austria, as tho London Times assorts, but upon tlic A iistro-Italian province of I.onibardy and the Duchess of Parma. On the uortli it is bounded by tlic (Jnlf of Genoa, nix! on the south by Switzerland. The river Ticino, flowiiifj tbroltgh tlic lal<c Maggiorc, forms tbe boundary IIlie between Sardinia and l^ioinbardy, while the Alps scparato the former from France. The scat of War, therefore, may be regarded in itxgeneral aspect as a broad piece of territory, between n chain of mountains and a river.? The French had to eros? the mountains, the Austrians tlic river; nnd the distance between them wan about one hundred miles. Piedmont is traversed in its breadth by the windings of the river 1V>. To the south of the stream Piedmont borders on 1'urnia, and to its north only on the hostile territory of Lombardy. Those two divisions of the Sardinian kingdom differ totally in their natural characters. To tho north of the i river?the district immediately exposed to j the Austrians??nll is a level plain up to tho | foot of the Swiss Alps, wheroason the south- i crn side is all mountainous, and tiio whole i spnec is filled with the shoots or spurs ofj the Ligurian Appcnincs sloping away from f T.. ?i.t? _r *i. i.t i I ov.ivu. I II biliO un 19IUII Ul MIC KI lignum | lie the strong places of the Sanliriiuns. Alessandria, Oasale, and Tortouo, aud { on its western edge stands Turin itself, the \ capital of the State. Within or around these fortresses the Sardinians have, collected the hulk of their army, leaving the plains <if the north comparatively open to the incursions of the oncmy. Tho Men of the TimeWo condense the following sketches of some df the leading men in the impending struggle, from various sources: | Victor Kimuuicl II., King of Sardinia, which CftUtltrv nlnuiut i to tlio pending European war tliat Turkey j did to the Crimean, is one of the prominent I actors in the groat drama now being enacted i on the Eastern hemisphere. I The lloUfe .of Satov, of which he i-< the head, descends from the old Counts ofSardi: nia. The latest news places General Momora in j command of the Sardinian army, ready to I co-operate with Louis Napoleon against Au?| triii at a moment's notice, General Mtunorn j is am old and tried soldier. Whon tlio Crij mean war broke out, and Sardinia joined the I -iir ?-* western A'owers against Kussia, and the Sardinian contingent was raised, lio was placed in command, went to the Crimea, and behaved in the noblest man nor. i taking himself famous ns. one of the generals of Kuropo. The Marquis D'Azeglio has figured in tin* quarrel very prominently. lie is tho Sardinian Ambassador, and one of tho oldest families in Piedmont, and one of considerable i distinction at the present tune. I The firm stand tnkerr by Count Oavour, j the Sardinian Prime Minister, to compel tl.e admission of the Sardinian Government to a ; representation in the proposed European j Peace Congress, and to enforce a recognition I of the imnortanpo of tl??t Pi?wi?i? m.w.nf* Mm ! great nations oi' Europe. litis marked hint aa a prominent man in view of the impending war. and of the part in it which is necessarily assigned him. He was bom in Turin, August 10, 1X10. and belongs to an ancient and wealthy family of Phcdmunt. Tho name <?f Joseph Mary (laribald?ho who now commands the ton thousand Italian volunteer in defence of Sardinia against Austria?is suggestied of liberty, and by many of his country men he is revered almost as a Washington. On Louis Xapolcon-altonmlely tho Prince, thr> nuki'njsK tlu? A *i mi; |ii ipwiiur, mi; pamphleteer, adtl tlie Kmpcror?tlie eyes o* the world are now fixed, as upon the arbiter of iho destinies of Europe. Francois Certain Canrpbert, Marshal of l'runce. Senator, was born in tlio vcar IHU'.t, and belongs to an honorable family of lJretnjjne. lbiraguay D. Uillors, it is announced by the Niagara will command one of the division of the French army to co-operate with Sardinia, and is, therefore, of note in the present crisis, lie was in 184U Military Governor of Home and Commander-in-Chief of the French army in Italy, though formerly lie had licon a Frond) prisoner of war in l'orChester cattle, and a timo when no parole was granted to any prisoner, whatever insist be his rank. Count Jacques Louis Cicaar Alexandre Itaiulon, Marshal of Franco, formerly Minis-, tor and Son ft tor?now named as the Mnjor-Oonoral on the I'iedmoutcsc frontier?wan born at Grenoble, on the liotli of March, 17 or). Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, who has been so energetically preparing for war, in spite of his youth and inespopenco and of the Napoleon with whom he has had to deal, in connection with the infuriated Liberals of Italy, has undoubtedly been m tuoted by a determined ambition. 11 e was born in August, 1830, ami is cosequently but nearly twenty-nine venr* of age. lie is a son of tbo 1 Aruhduko I'Vaneis Joseph. His titles, besides tl'.nt of Kmpcror of Austria, arc King i of Hungary and liohemia. King of Lumbar- , dy ftnd \ onicc,- Arcbduke of Austria, and otlior minor title*. A NKluilBOW of iniuo was, fairly or otherwisc, necdsed of striding sheep, and tho day was set when lie was to nnswoi tbo obnrgo boforo u court of iustieo. But. as it happened, before the day of trifil -he oiok- ' oncd and died, llis old mpther wjis overwhelmed with grief, find sat long by the corpse, fdling the house with lamentation. At histu.thci'ghfc tjcomed to strike her; she ' brightened up, and throwing up her hand* 1 she piously ejaculated, " Well, tbank Uod he's out of the fthcop scrape anyhow ! A TKAchkK wishing to explain to n litIIk j- l .1 - ' ur ?in mc innnoor in wmcti a lojj'xtpr e.ist h'tK tdfell when ho has Outgrown it, said, " What do you. do when you have outgrown yo&r clothes ! You throw them asld", (loll*t yon? Oh, no! replied tho little one, " wc lctout tho. tucks !" 4 I JrJCSn Agriculture in XMckcna. We are indebted to our cntcomcd an<l , nntorprising, Captain J, A. Wagoner, for the privilege of placing before our renderr, tbc following interesting cxtrnets from a 1 jotter From Walhalla, ?rivinjr some proofs of the great progress and results achieved by the thrifty and industrious residents of tlmt flourishing and well oYgfihizcd fettle- , ment. The letter Is as follows : Knowing that yon still take an interest in our success, and to show what careful Working tuny achieve, I copy from tlic minutes, the records of the l'ickeus J)istrir-t Agricultural Society, at Walhalla, the report of Mr. M. HullVinKcl, who received , at our anniversary a premium for the larir- | est yield of hay on one acre. Ho raided on , it HI AO pounds, and that, after having liar- j vested nn the same uere, a crop of wheat ! of 1N.$ bushels. It ought to ho remember- j ed that the last year was not very fnvoni- j blc to the growth of wheat in our region.! The land is naturally poor and broken; it , in inn- ui ishj acre iuis, about ?>U yards north <if the main roet, no:ir tlio eastern ex- i trfcmitv of the. lower, and in its n:.tur?l Ptnto, tho land wonld. most like'y, lib con- ! tddered very unpromising; lint the expevimentsbows t'.ut if is susceptible of a high < degree of cultivation and improvement.? How readily prejudice occasionally obtains i currency, may be inlet red from the fact, that a eouimittec appointed to inquire into , tho cost of cultivating an acre of corn, ! wheat. See., in I'iekens l)istrict,say within j seventy miles of Wulhnlla, reported that i the. cost of cultivation would absorb the total value of tho produce. Now lot. m i hear Mr. Btillwinla;] on the question.? j lie makes an acre of ground : 7.)r. To manuring anil ploughing the ground twice for Wheat ?5 00 To hauling the Wheat to the Thrasher 2 no To toll for thrashing 1? bushel 1 1 To Seed Wheat 1 50 ! To mowing grass 1 00 ' To drying uud hauling 2 00 | S15 :5T J dm frit (Jr. My IS J bushels of Wheat 818 50 By Wheat Straw C 00 T>?> i r r\ ii * . ?>v .?tw i ub* J my, at i D "cents 25 V2i-r$40 62j Actual profit from one acre ?3-1 25 For argument's sake let us grant that the value of the wheat straw, having been estimated too high, ought to be reduced to 81; and that the interest on the capital invested ought to enter into the Calculation, it would still be evident that a judicious mode of farming a fiords ample encouragement to enlightened agriculturists.-'-(Hutr. Menury. The McKbxna Wiu,.?We pro mined to keep our readers advised of the progress of affairs as resnCets this Will. nn<l it se?*ms (Iml mutters have arrived at the point that will justify us in making another report. Wo stated that. the. Ordinary hud received notiec from Mrs. Mittag that she required the Will to be proved in solemn form, which notice has heen indorsed hy her husband, Dr. .1. l\ U. Mittag. Tho Ordinary then, an is usual in such cases, gave tho qualified Executory notice to prefer their petition to him to prove the said will in <lue form of law. The Executory appeal from this requisition of the Ordinary, on the ground that thero is no proof before him that the parties repairing the will to be proved in polemn form are competent to give such notice?in-other words, that the tqud.parties wuuld have heen interested in the Estate lind ttie deceased died intostato. This appeal from the Ordinary will I.. .1. . l-i . D II ni . . . I iu ihi; v,ourioi ?/nimnou rien*, winch (iocs not sit hero until Oqtober. The matter doe." not rest here, however, for tho Ordinary. ii? the face of the notice of appeal from the Kxecuturs, has summoned all the parties before him on .Monday tho 18th July next, to proceed to prove the will in solemn form. How these erosa notice* and exceptions are to he reconciled, wo must l>e content to reganl for tho present as one oftho uncortaintiea t^f the ! fu t u re.?Iax nvas/cr Ltt/i/cr. S'J'1 LL Sl.KFKItlNO FOH Foot) IN ToWA.? Wc are sorry to learn from tho J.owa papers that there is still much suffering in i ? 4 ? rn Iowa, from want of food. During the early part of Spring cattle died of starvation by scores, throughout the Slate, there being no grain to feed them with ; and that affairs are not a whit improved at this time, may be learned by the following picture of distress, from the Kddyville Commercial : Jt is useless to deny or attempt to conceal the fact. This region of tho country is destitute of the ncco^.nies of life. Tho stock of food for man and beast is about exhausted. There i.*, perhaps, corn enough to feed thOse who arc ifnable to buy flour, btit they have not the means to buy eorrt. It is in the hands of a few persons, and they will only sell for the cash, at a dollar a bushel. Npt one-third of thoso who need J io uuy corn nave tne uoiiar, or auy means yf getting it; for the money, like tho corn, is out of tho roach of tho destitute. We arc no panio-makor, hut of this wo feel certain, and wo speak advisedly, that in thirty days from this time, unless thoso who liavo a surplus agree to part. with it on time, at r fair price, it will ho distributed and carried away by bands of desperate men, to J feed thcij; starving failles. This sounds ' terribly, but it is too near the truth, ai>4 j men will not Kufftir their families to starvo when food enn be procured by going and I talcinc it. ... 0 ? ^ ^ ^ 'I am tliv fatlior'H spirit," ?s (lie lx.ttlo sniil to l!u? iitth) bt^yVliOri m> found it bullion Lu tlic woodrrfic, and wondered what It fa y. S* History of the floWThe flint plow i# supposed to have boon the rude brnntdi of a tree, cut sons to have n yloft end, tho point of which, dragjred I ?U>ng the surface, of the gronndt ?0 raped a furroW into which seeds Wore thrown. Jt ; soon occurrod to the husbandman that he uiiuht relieve his own labor bv vnlciiif nn ^ IfJ T-"P I animal to the lon^ arm of his primitive instrument tlicn arose the necessity for n handle a1Fixc<l to the bflek, f?o that the plow might be guided. The strength of the animM sOomvote away or brokd the cleft of the branch, and "this necessity' gave rise to invention of means for attaching movable shares first of wood, and next of stone, copper or iron, worked to a shapo adapted to the cutting of furrows, so as to avoid the excessive labor arising from the plowman's having to lean upon the plow with all his weight, to press into the earth. Just such an implement as those i-onii><> I turps indicate, was used by the Saxons. Some of the facta connected with the history of the j?low arc almost incrcdible. j In Ireland there once prevailed a custom (if "plowing by the horse's tail." The draft pole was lashed to the trtil of tho horse, and as no harness was employed, two men I were necessary, one to guide and press upon the plow, the other to ilircct the horse, ' which lie .did by walking backwards before | the miserable animal, and beating it on the j head on either side, according to the direction required. This custom prevailed for J a considerable time, in spite of law which was pusiyxl in the carlv lir.lt of the seven tcenth^Kntury,' imposing severe penalties upon persons found guilt}' of "plowing by horse's tail," as in tlio net mentioned and described. From the-llev. Oivsar Otway's "Sketches in Krris and Tryawloy," it appears that tiio barbarous practice lingered in tho remote West of Ireland at the year 1811) ! And from a paper " On the breed of Horses in Scotland in the Ancient Times," printed in the first 'Transactions of the Society of Antiquarians of Scotland," we find that the custom was practiced in that country as late as the year 1702. [ 1 *) ()</n:tis ti/Atjikulturt .] A Watf.IU.OO VK.TKUAN TO TJF. Exvx'rTK1> fon Ml lun:H.?-We have already alluded to the arrest of a celebrated Dutch _/r. ? s mi.. if uiucer mi nuisiuiiiii^. j. ue uauge correspondent of the Now York llcrald furnishes the sequel : Lieutojiant-Ocnend (lunkel?a pensioned officer, who has seen much service and distinguished himself on man)' a field of battle, Warterloo included?has escaped the shot and bayonets of the enemy to die on a scaffold, in his eighty-fourth year, for tho crime of murder by poison. The sausage, seasoned with arsenic, which lie had prepared ior ins mistress, was rejected by ner and eaton by bcr brother, who died in conscqucncc. The hoary criminal was accordingly arrested, and the evidence, os well an his own confession, having shown him to be guilty, lie was sentenced last. Saturday to bo hanged hi the Hague. He has since appealed in Cassation, but tlie sentence is sure to be continued. The culprit has for many years been on intimate terms with the royal family, and it is not improbable that tho king will excrcine his prerogative by commuting the punishment of death into perpetual confinement. The miserable old wohlier, who, notwithstanding his odvnueed ago, is in' full posnfcssiou of his faculties, has mode several attempts at self-destruc tion ; but measures have boen taken that he shall not client the gallows of j its due by thus evading the ignominy of! il vim/ An if ~j?c T ^ r A Two-IIi:adf.d (.Jiui..?-The (Joorgia papers speak of such a frlrl on exhibition in that State. The i'alliouu Plutforii) i 8">'s: . . . , , I * Tliirt astonishing irirl, than whom a more wonderful freak of nature never existed, is to ho exhibited in Calhouu on .Saturday, April 80th. Wo nro informed by those who have. seen her, that she Is <|iute pretty, though the style of each face is of an entirely different ensto. ller limbs, | of which she has a double number, sire nor- I fcotly shaped atul of equal size and ; ; liCV mental faculties are of an excellent or-! dejr, and lier organs of speech, thov??rli dou-1 ble, are used distinctly, or together as the j onsomay require; speaking on one sub-j jeet with one or both montlis, or on two] dilforcnt topiot* with different persons tit I the same tune. She is verv lies Itliv. nr. I live and ijuito vivacious. She may very property be slyled tho Wonder frf Nineteen I Oonturio#, fof hev like hns never before boon wjon, and it is to the.last degree iinprolrttblo tbnt this generation will witness tier liku again. The opportunity, therefore* of ftcntDg her ought not to-be unctiticcd, but by ull means go and soo her say we." Dlfloou uaoi no N r.ws-?Si vfkr i x(i AMUMI GoiiP Uvntkhs.?Atchison, Mny 7.:?The Salt Luke mail ban jijst arrived, and by tho courtesy .of Mr. JCracoy, the Atrent. of tho Iloekndnv Mull T.in<> i !mv,? just perused a letter from one of their agents lit CyttQiiwood Springs, It gives a doleful and disheartening account of tlie Pike's Peak emigration. Large numbers of disappointed gold huntors were already wending, their way hack to tlie pale of civilization. , Cut tliis is not tlie woj-?t fuuturo of the hu.iin.ess.-'Thcy gome hack, as, tuiuiv of them went,, without any moans of living on t.liu "way.^jJlbstituto of provisions or uionns of convrvance, disnppoinlca and utterly dieiicarteii | od, with broken hope:? and blasted fortunes, toil-worn, foot worn and heart-weary, theso wretched adventurers come straggling acro88 tho plains, in squads of dozens or scores, begging at the stations for food to <?:it find it tfuiinm\Mrv uholhM* frmn flin ilriv iug storms. J'lie woll knowu generosity of tlie contractors on the line will doubtless save many a jiqor fellow from famishing by ! famine, but wbat cau they do to supply the wantfl of a starving multitude'( Although these men have acted with great indisere tion and iiu pi'avidouco in their prcmaturo ' and ill-starred journey to the land of goldi on promise, yet they arc fcllow-citizens, anil the hand of a just and generous gov| eminent should be stvctclied -out to givo : tljcm aid in their extremitv. As yet no acts of violence have been committed, so far as I can Team, but as tlic numbers of this starving crowd of wanderer# increase, what assurance will there be against scenes [ of rapt tie and plunder, amongst the trains and stations along the route to Pike's Peak. As Affkction'atk hut Ovf.u-Anxious Husband.?The Detroit papers tell a very pood Story of n gentleman who lives j in that eit v, and who is the possessor of an ! amiable wife. lie had the misfortune a short time since to see her prostrated on ;i bed of sickness, which, as appearances indicated, was about to make an cud of her I 1 ! l?? hid * lie was excessively grieved at tlie prospect and out of pure desire to be euiployed in some labor of lnvc as an earnest of bis | a (lection, lie posted off to tho cemetery and J net tho mechanics and nursery men at work, and presently bad so charming a nook fit? ! ted up that it would have been a pleasure j to any sqnftible poison to be buried in it. i Not bo with the lady, however, and before the roses budded which were to have waved over the grave, the lillies had departed ' from her cheek. The husband, a 1 ittlo i abashed at his over-tempered zeal, said not j a word about tho lot in the cemetery, but by J some means she hoard of it, It is not pleasant to have such close reminders of one's future existence, and the lady felt not a little vexed at#the extensive ! prepnl. fions which her beloved had mado i to get her under ground. She strictly followed his example, and kept her own counsel, but by way of retaliation, posted oft'to the jewelers, and ordered an oleirant silver r./.nw. wl.i/.l. ul... ?i... VV"? VII H?"VH Dill ?i??v* IIICIVIIMUU Hit. J namo of her husdaml. and an appropriate epitaph, leaving the blank,s for his age anil daje of death. This the astonished benedict, found on his bureau one morning when ho got ?]>. ' lie saw the joke at the same time that he heard (lie &tippro>scd laugh of th? spouse from under the bed clothes. Tbo plate is now stowed away in the lady's writing-desk, as a standing offset to the flowery nook in the old cemetery. . Smokino a Cause ok Insanity.-The terrible ravages which tobacco is making on the,minds and bodies of tljo young seems to l?o attracting tlio attention of uxedical men in various parts of the world. In a ; pamphlet jnst issued by l)r Seymour, of London, on Private Lunatic Asylums, ami the onuses of insanit y of late years, the Doctop donounces with emphasis as one of tho producing causes the practice of immoderate smoking indulged in by boys and young men at the universities and " large schools, now called colleges." The Doctor's remarks arte as applicable to the yofttlih of this country as those of ! Miirr>rt/i - XT?s - i.v. wnvi n.iiirlMlll null UlSCilSU candoubt that excessive smoking, especially hi the enso of young people, must Iks highly injurious to' both mind and body.? its effect is to depress the circulation?the heart becomes weak, irregular in'its action, and.the pulse is scarcely to be felt. Tho victim becomes irrcsotUte and nervous, his appetite fails, nml his mind fills with imaginary evils. This May co'iiimtel'or years, but'at length thesmokev dies off suddenly; then exnlnination has shown that the in?i?cidar structure of tho heart is imperfect in its notion ; the left side is thin, and in somo cases, in which sudden dentil has occurrcd, there has been found little more than a strip of muscuh-r fibre left it on hut side. The question of restraining hoys from smoking Cs rather a dflieult one to deal with, but tbc grave interests at tftake seem to demand that some notion should be taken in the premises. r?? ? ? (4ki?k$Tiai<8 in Tuoi ubv..?A singulascene recently took plaeo in a San Francisco polioo court. About fifty Celestials were hauled up for fighting'; that is fifty were arretted to enable tho officers to find out one fellow who )it?d been fighting, hut they answered to tb<> nnitm <>*' 1 ? ? . wi 1/yiHi, nnu mureoyor looked so much alike thnt it trns as difficult an operation .'is counting tlie Paddy's i?i??s. Onp of them Broke ftnglisli, and was interrogated as follows : Lawyer ??V/hfcie Were you ? Cluiiiunan?Me uj> slnir*. Lawyer?How did you get there / I (Miiiiiin nn?'11 Wn wi. uV\ o t-fniw i , -I' " | Wns tlicro a rrro'Jt crowd in the liottso? Chi| nnnuin.?Yes; two, throe, fifteen. LowI \or?Wmh the house full inftido? Clmmrnnii ? No;hou.-e full cut.-tdo ? Tho hiwyer didn't iiSk Jtiliii niij" more (;UCstfon;<; nnd the enso \vi\n disudsw d. t Lkt no iwu be too prcu J to wrrtt. Lc fc no niiiu hu ii?lnu)>(5(l ofu.hnrd fM or.ft sun burnt c()U)iteiiMice. I.et hint ho rjdiiuued oid^" of i^nov.iucp sht'h. Let no wnn t>o ifehpnied ot poverty." Let. Jiiin only bo nflV atrcd of di: i:orcsty id:<iw;?fc* m *