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Scraps & Jack ??- A few drops of creosote on brown paper, pat in the helu of rats, will drive them away. , ?? Sharp Shoe Black?<1 say Bill, what's the Uit Utter hot one of the alphabet V? Bill?1?Y/ 8harp ShoeBlaok? ?Coil wanti to know itoopld.' ?Among the curiosities lately plaoed in a Museum, is a musquito's bladder, containing the souls of twenty-four misers, and the fortunes of twelve editors. It is nearly half foil. ? Another Arctic expedition is talked of with the view of searching for the relics of Franklin and his^party. On the 26th of May next, eleven years will have elapsed since Franklin sailed from Sheerness. The Newberry Mirror in its last issue, advocates the construction of a railroad from Augusta to Newberry, to connect with the Greenville road, and thus divert the freight from Columbia. "Mother how long i3 it before the 4th of July?" "About six weeks, my son."? "I'll be darn'd if I wait, give me my crackers and I'll fire them off now," replied Young America. The Legislature of Texas, at its late session, adopted a bill donating to Mrs. Elizabeth Crocket one league of land. Mrs. C. is the widow of the hero and martyr of Texas independence?Davy Crocket. The New York Express says that Garrison and other "friends of freedom" have issued a call for a convention in that 1 city, to meet in May next, "to dispute the ' divine authority of the Holy Scriptures."? 1 What next will these fanatics seek to abolish ? New York, February 28.?The steam* ship Star of the West has arrived from San Juan, and biings tidings that Col. Walker had annexed to his government the whole of the Mosqnito territory. Col. Kinney had 1 been sent from Nicaragua under a guard. ' The barque Sam Slick, says the Her- 1 aid, was on Sunday chartered by the United 1 States government to convey about one hun- * dred troops to Tampa Bay, Florida. These soldiers are probably destined to operate against the Seminoles. i Hope writes the poetry of a boy, but 1 memory that of a man. Man looks forward ' with smiles and backward with sighs. Such ( is the wise Providence of God. The oup of 1 life is sweetest at the brim, the flavor is impaired as we drink deeper, and the dregs are made bitter, that we may not struggle when 1 it is taken from our lips. Parson Brownlow in the Know Noth- ] ing Council, offered in debate, to whip any j five of the Ohio delegates, and that five of j the Tennessee delegates would flog the whole of the Ohio delegation for the amusement of the Convention and the improvement of the manners of their northern fellow mem. < here generally 1 So say the newspapers. ( <-vL A Kansas meeting was held in Dar- 1 lington on Monday, the 26th inst., to aid 1 emigration 10 Kansas. Eight hundred dol- ' lars were immediately contributed, and a { Committee of five was appointed to canvass 1 the District for subscriptions. Similar meet- 1 ings have been held or are about to be held all over the State. ?- The citizens of New Orleans contemplate erecting a monument to Washington, nf similar atvlfl with that recentlv raised to i the memory of Jackson, in that city. The inauguration of the latter was said to have been the most brilliant pageant ever witnessed in New Orleans. Indian hostilities in Oregon had ceas. ed for the winter. The news from Nicaragua is unimportant. A decree had been issued by the Minister of Foreign Relations, asserting the title of Nicaragua to the Mosquito territory, and declaring Kinney guilty of offending against the integrity of Central America. The latest accouuts state that Colonel Kinuey had left Grenada for New Orleans. At the French Exposition there was I exhibited a watch which created much inte- i rest and admiration. It tells the name and day of the month, the equation of time; is a repeater, striking the minute as well as the hour; is a thermometer of tolerable accuracy, aud winds itself up by the action of , its own movement. The price of this most j iugenious picco of workmanship is thirty j j thousand francs. * j ( In the event of a collision in Kansas ! between the Missourians and the free State j party, the following is the availablo forco of ] the United States troops to be brought to the , support of law and order iu the territory, to i wit: seven hundred and sixteen dragoons at i Fort Leavenworth, under Gen. Sumner, five hundred and ten dragoons and infantry at i Fort Riley, under the command of Lieut. Col. St. George Crooke, and one hundred and eixty-threo infantry at Fort Kearney, inWilmette. The Lower House of the Georgia Legislature has passed, by a vote of 9S to 1, the bill for changing from biennial to annual sessions, and limiting them to forty days, unless protracted by a vote of two-thirds of the Legislature The House has also passed by a vote of 71 to 29, a bill providing that, upon the happening of any of the con tingencies mentioned in tne <*tn resolution or tho Georgia Platform, the Governor shall oall a Convention of the people to determine the measure of redress. "We learn from the conductor on the South Carolina Railroad, that on Wednesday the train for Columbia was detained by a mournful occurrence in the negro car.? Some raftsmen were returning from Charleston, among them four negroes, belonging to a Mr. Jennings. A free negro who had a loaded pistol was showing it to them, when it suddenly went off and shot a lad owned by Mr. Jennings, the ball passing through his body and instantly killing him. The cars were stopped at Summerville, and the parties present were turned over to a magistrate for judicial investigation.? Carolina Times. ?? The Hon. F K. Zollikoffer, representative of the Nashville (Tenn.) district in Congress, is said to be a Switzer by descent, and partakes largely of the best characteristics of that martial and indomitable race.-He comes of an old baronial family iu Switzerland, the estates of which descending to the oldest male member of the family, are now held by Gen Zollikoffer, he being the bead of the family. He is, nevertheless, a self-made man, and started out in life poor. He is a practical printer, having, when a boy, learned to set type in the office of the Knoxville Register. His career a san editor was iaurkci by waeklerablo ability uud groat devotion to principle. He is the first editor and printer by profession that has ever represented a Tennessee district in Congress. The Louisville Courier, an old-line whig paper in Kentucky, while advocating the reorganization of the whig party, very frankly says: "We do not, for a moment, suppose that the Whigs can have a hope for their own success in the next campaign.? We believe that it is written down in the book of fate that the Democracy will sweep the whole country at the presidential election in November next. We do not entertain the shadow of a doubt but they will carry Kentucky by a sweeping majority.? Would it not be much better, then, for those Whigs who have principle, and not self-interest, in view, to support their own men and measures, especially when they know that in doing so they more certainly secure the present success of the Democracy, which they regard as so necessary ?" C|f jurkMIIe (Swpimr edited by SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. YORKVILLEj S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1866. COURT-WEEK. Tue Spring Term of the Court of Common Pleas and Sessions, for our District, will bo held next week. Although the litigation returned to this Term is not heavy, the large amount of business already on the docket will be sufficient, doubtless? to occupy the entire week. Judge Glover will preside. Saturday next is Return-day for Choster District. SUICIDE. On the night of Tuesday, the 26th ult., George W. Kimbrkll, residing near Fort Mill in this District, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. The act was committed in a fit of insanity, under which the deceased had been laboring for several days previous. He has left a wife and :hildrec. THE SUPPER. The Ladies announce in our paper, this week, that an eleeant sunDer and Concert will be given it Moore & Rainet's new Building, on Tuesday aight next, to which the public are solicited to :ontribute their presence. As the proceeds are to be applied to purposes of benevolence?a work in which the ladies are always pre-eminent, and always happy?we trust th%t the publio,and especially the younger portion, will lend a hearty en;ouragement. Judging from our knowledge of the "domestic" accomplishments of the ladies who lave the Fair in charge, it will be decidedly au rait, and, apart from motives of duty, presents a tempting opportunity for an hour's enjoyment. THE PUBLIC MEETING. In another ooluran we publish the proceedings )f the public meeting held in this place, on Monlay last, for the purpoee of appointing delegates :o represent the district in the Convention to be leld at Columbia in May next. The proceedings ijU. were marked by an entire harmony of feeling and sentiment, and the result is in exact occordance with the wishes of those who desire a representation on the part of the State in the Cincinnati Contention. In consequence of the heavy amount of busiless to be transacted and a number of public sales unusually large at this season, which required the attention of all parties, it was deemed >est to hold the meeting at on early hour of the lay; and, of course, many of our friends from he country, who camo in subsequently, were derived of the opportunity of participating in the >roceedings. W'c regret this; but wo are euro bat we could not have done otherwise without a >ostponement to an equally unfavorable hour in ho afternoon. Besides, the proceedings were enirely formal, and, as the expediency of the measiro had already been determined by a most deciled and almost unanimous expression of publio >piuion, the action could be taken with as much iropriety by a few as by the cntiro District. In naking the nominations, the mooting cudeavored o select an acceptable representative from every lection of tho District, and, wc think, accomplish:d the purpose in a manner that will meet with :ordial approbation of the people. Inasmuch as it is very desirable that tho Dis;rict bo fully represented in the Convention, the Chairman has thought it bet at the outset to dcMgnate the alternates. We earnestly hope that all if the delegates proper will be cuablcd to accept Ihcir appointment. If it should be otherwise, liowever, it is expected that they will confer with their respective alternates at their earliest confidence. Since the discussion of this measure began, we have had the opportunity of conference with many of the leading, influential men of tho several sections of the District; and wo think wo hazard nothing in asserting the opinion, that at no time hns a great measure of public policy been presented to the people, which commanded in its behalf a more hearty and unanimous verdict of public opinion. A few of those who have "despaired of the Republic," honestly entertain doubts as to the benefit which we promise to result from tho experiment; but, with a commendable liberality, they have forcbornc to embarrass the friends of the measure by active opposition. Our judgment for it, their forbearance has not been out of place. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. The steamer America arrived at New York, on the 29th, with seven days later advices?up to the 16th of February. They are unimportant. The peace conference was to have met at Paris about the 23d or 24th of February. The excitement in regard to the difficulties with tho United States had measurably subsided. In reference to the ' " f/vllAwinr? ? O A?1TT AIATT I IllIS?UIg sa-aiiigi , iuv iviivnui^ to VMV \fu?j w.%, I. . "Passengers aboard of the America report seeing a Collins steamer on Tuesday, the 19th, heading for the English channel, with signals of distress flying. The Baltic sailed on the 20th, and is in her ninth day out She may have seen this steamer, and we trust, therefore, to hear of the Pacific's certain safety when the Baltic arrives." The Commercial news by the America will be found under the appropriate head. HOME-HISTORY, AGAIN. On the first page our readers will find a very entertaining and truthful sketch of the life of Mrs. Susannah Smart, whose death, several years ago, deprived us of the last of the "Carolina Women of the Revolution." Many will remember her, the lively, genial, kind-hearted "representative" of the revolutionary mother, who delighted to dispense all the wealth of Southern hospitality, and, with the soul-stirring recital of the times when women were heroines, while away pleasantly and profitably the hours of entertainment. The sketch is taken from the March number of Gorki's Ladys' Book, and is from tho pon of Dax'l G. Stinson, Esq., of Chester District. As we are in tho vein, we may as well pay our March respects to Gopet. The engraving, the first feature to bo mentioned, illustrates a courting scene, "Tho Moment of Trial," and is certainly oao of tho moot pcrfrgt au<l Ufo-liko etool pitta we have eTer seen. Tlien, after a multitude of fashion plates, and all manner pf patterns for every sort and style of dress, wc find a chapter on finger-rings; one on the Art of sketching flowers from Nature; Reminiscences of Bonnets; the Art of making wax fruit and flowers ; Godeys' practical dress instructor, with patterns ; Receipts, for the household, the nursery and the sick-room.? But we've snid enough. The March number is even better that for February, which has won j golden opinions from all of our lady friends. Since the first of January, we have sent in the names of about fifty subscribers to the "Book," ' and "still they come I" Price, with the Exquir- i kr, four dollars. POLITICAL. I In our last issue- we published, by way of post- j script, the announcement of the nomination of , Millard Fillmore, for President, and Andrew j Jackson Donnrlson, of Tennessee, for Vice-Pres- j ident, by the Convention of the American party at ! Philadelphia; and, also, the new platform of I principles adopted by the party for their creed during the approaching canvass. We have since met < ? ?<-- ?i:? ?< , with an account in aetau 01 me jirutecumgo m . this Convention, which discloses very queer and curious things for such a dignified body. But for 1 want of space, our readers should have the read- < ing of it. As it is, we can only afford a short- 1 hand-epitome. It will be remembered that, at an early Ptage of the proceedings, the Convention refused to ad- 1 here to the 12th section of the June platform, and J admitted the delegates of that portion of the party i in Pennsylvania which had repudiated this feature. This of course was grievous to the Southern members, who filed their protest and "bolted." Then j succeededmovementand counter-movement, mena- ! ces and cajollings,abolition threatenings and Southern fire-eating defiance, tumnlts and then noises, , cursings and blasphemy, all sorts of blackguard- | ism, and, in general, "oonfusion worse confounded." After a while, the Southern members re- < turned to the fold, one by one; the Convention vo- i ted upon the motion to adjourn until the 4th of i July, in the negative; Delaware "boltedBrown- ] low moved that a nomination be made; Fillmore i stock went up abovo par; a number of the dele- I gates from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode- : Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Penn- i sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and i Iowa, "bolted," organized a convention of their I own, ran up the anti-Nebraska flag, and protested : against Fillmore; meantime, the "Nationals" pro- f ceeded; a motion to expunge the platform and i substitute "the Bible, the Constitution and Webster's Dictionary; lost; Brownlow's motion was i carried, and the Convention took an informal bal- j lot, which gave Fillmoro, 71?George Law, 27? < Garret Davis, 13?Stockton, 8?McLean, 7?Bell, t of Tennessee, 5?Scattering, 14; then went into a t vote by States, in which Connecticut, Georgia, 11 Iown, Louisana, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont, did not participate, which resulted as follows, Fillmore, 179? Law, 24?Davis, 10?McLean, 13?Houston, 8? Rayner, 14 ; the nomination was declared unanimous; the vote then taken for Vice President stood?Donnelson 182?'Walker, of Ala., 8?Gardner, 12?Smith, of Ala., 2?and Rayner, 8; declared unanimous; then, the Convention wound np, with a large measure of enthusiasm and the following valedictory from Brownlow, of the Knotoillt Whig:? I have very little to say, and will be short and sweet, like a roasted maggot. (Laughter.) I have edited, for seventeen long and dreary years, a political paper in Tennessee. Now, I have the honor to announce that it has the largest circulation of any political paper in Tennessee, what I have long watched and prayed for; and I say, that with Mr. Fillmore at the head, and Giddings to back him up, we might have hard work, but we should carry the State. (Loud laughter.) But s with this large, patriotic, greasy Tennesseean t (looking at Donalson) we will not leave a grease , spot of this administration. I shall go back to Tennessee, and jump higher and squeal louder ? than anybody else in the State, and I shall open ; the ball at the Knoxville county court house.? c (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Brownlow continued in a characteristic speech, and concluded by ad- 1 rising the Convention to say "Flugen," and go \ home. t While all these proceedings were in progress in Philadelphia, tho Republican, Anti-Nebraska, "nigger-worshipping" Convention kept tally in j Pittsburg?Francis P. Blair, of Maryland, in the c Chair. It was called and met for the purpose of j taking preliminary steps to the organization of the n "National Republican Party," and providing for E a National Delegate Convention to nominate can- ( didutes for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. c Sundry Committees were appointed, during tho- j, absence of which sundry speeches were made.? j We copy the following:? "Mr. Greeley, of New York, addressed lite Con- : r vention. He had been in Washington for several i weeks. Friends tkoro counselled extreme caution J " iu our movements. Not being himself u cautious a man, ho thought wc were bound to act in such c a manner as to show tho South thut although re- ' publicans are the earnest opponents of slavery, c they uro uot governed by feelings hostile to the C South. It was for tho real interest of Missouri n that Kansas should be a free State, and lie believ- t ed that the honest majority of the people of Missouri favor freedom. Colonel Beuton was in favor of it. Friouds in Washington lmd desired hiui e to counsel extreme caution, lie rccommeuded a central committee at Washington, and he should ^ try to gain over the free soil Know Nothings. The prospects of a free state organization in Kansas r were gloomy. Tho federal forces arc in the hands t of our implacable enemies. The Secretary of , War, Jefferson Davis, whatever good qualities ho may have, is no friend to our cause, neither is the " commander of the forces, Colonel Harney, a t friend; therefore let us be cautious to keep with- j in bounds. Ho did not believe the American Convention friendly to the republican cause. They s ?in ...xj.i. i?.... v,i.. l'.i t will nuuuutviv u v/uuuiuaic. j. ui uia pun, uu tuuiu * only sympathise with those in favor of making i every Territory free. He cared not what their policy on the tariff or other questions was. Able oounsel should be sent to Kansas. The convention should not adjourn to-day till it hears from Philadelphia. He concluded by detailing the wrongs of the free State citizens of Kansas, under what he styled the tyranny of the slaveocracy. "Mr. Giddings, of Ohio, congratulated the Convention, upon having the son of his old friend Rufus King in the chair. Washington was the last placo to look for redress. In answer to the advice of Greeley to be cautious, he s&id act as you please. He ridiculed the idea of quiet measures. He (Giddings) was an early settler in the West, and related an anecdote appropriate to the occasion. Two pious individuals, named Joseph and John, had began a settlement there. Joseph prayed to the Lord thus :?"0 Lord, we have begun a good work?we pray thee carry it on thus." But John prayed, **0 Lord, we have begun the good work? carry it on as you think best?but don't mind what Joe says." (Laughter.) "Mr. Lovejoy made some exoiting romarks.? He said the places of those patriots who were a- . bout to be shot down in Kansas would be supplied by other freemen. He W03 willing to go, either as 1 a captain or private. He would rather be there r weltering in blood than see a set of drunken ruf- ( fians tako the government out of the hands of the people of Kansas. Ho would use Sharp's rifle and fire with good aim. They should put down drunken border ruffians; men should go to Kansas armed and equipped for war to the knife and bilt, ^ if it must be so. He said that caution without determination would not do. Instead of preaching 1 caution, ho would say, we are with you brothers in Kansas. If Franklin Pierce said you must ] obey their laws, the voice of free StateB should I rise against him. 1 "The President, (Mr. Blair,) who says he rep- t resents the merchants of wealth and standing of i Baltimore, presented his paper, which was read < by Governor Bigham, of Michigan. The people I of Maryland, it said, regretted this agitation, and 1 believed that the repeal of the Missouri compro- < mise was a voluntary teuder of the North to the i South. Multitudes of Southern men, from patri- < otio motives, would willingly restore that ccmpro- 1 mise. They found it to be a secrot move of the i politicians at Washington, with which the people i had nothing to do. There are a great body of | business men in Baltimore who feel they would i suffer by a division of the Union, which would re- i suit as shown by the history of the past, in war and bl?odib?d? Tbw whom Mr. Slur represent- i ed would support a free State candidate for President, as the best means of putting a stop to the difficulty. The paper recommended the North to stand to what was right, and submit to nothing that was wrong. (Applause.) The Missouri compromise should bo restored, and the work destroyed built up. The patriots of the South, and those of Baltimore in particular, desired this. If a flag with the Missouri compromise inscribed on it, be raised in the coming Presidential campaign its bearers will be successful. The paper was favorable to the exclusion of slavery from Kansas. When the North is true to itself, the South will be true to itself, and will always be true to the Union. All minor questions of policy should be overlooked in consideration of this question, which involved the safety of the Union itself, and which is above everything else. "The Chairman announced that he would corroborate the fact stated by Mr. Blair, that the republicans had the sympathy of the people of the Southern States, by stating tbat another delegate had just reported himself from Missouri, making the third that had done so from that State. Eight Southern States, three Territories, one District ivnd twelve Northern States are represented. The Southern States are, Texas, Missouri, Kentucky, Delawaro, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina and rennessee." We have given the above extracts ia order that our readers may form some idea of the views and uirns of these ultra anti-slavery men. The Convention, which was in session several days, resolved to hold a nominating Convention in PhilaJelphia on the 17th of June : and adjourned, af- | ter adopting resolutions of which the following is the substance:? First, demands repeal of all laws allowing the introduction of slavery into Territories once consecrated to freedom, and the resistence by constitutional means of the existence of slavery in any Territory. Second, supports by all lawful measures the free State men in Kansas in their resistence to the usurped authority of lawless invaders, and favors its immediate admission into the Union as a free State. Third, strongly urges the republican organization is to resist and overthrow tho present national administration, as it is identified with the progress of the slave power to national supremacy. Quite a notable circumstance is the statement of tho President that eight Southern States were represented in the Convention. This bare-faced assertion is utterly without foundation; in the proceedings, we see the names of no Southern delegate except that from Maryland, and a brief allusion to a Mr. Bond, hailing from South Carolina, who moved that "a Committee of safety be appointed, to meet any emergency that may ariBe In oase of a conflict in Kansas with the Federal troops." Who this Mr. Bond is, we are very ancious to know. It is surely a poor, contemptible mbterfuge?this wholesale manufacturing of opinion 1 It is scarcely necessary for us to venture a comment upon these proceedings of these Conventions. \part from the sad picture they present of the J ? J 1:??:? v? ,'orrupuon anu uuur ucmuruiDituuu ui hviu?iu lentiment, they afford no unwelcome indication to ;he South. If they truthfully reflect the condition md tone of Northern opinion, they are harmless; ind if, on the other hand, they are hut the forced ebullitions of a transient and shallow feeling, they ire equally powerless for evil against us. 'faking me view, we see the power of anti-slavery, (irrelistible when united) disunited, discordant and varring against itself; and granting the other riew, we have the reflection, wherewithal to be :ontcnt, that the deep-seatdd, conservative feeling >f the North may yet assert its supremacy and rindicate the truth. Although there may be enough of vitality renaming to make the American party known in be next Presidential canvass, it may be now be egarded as in a dying condition?its demise, one >f the course of human events. The platform, inmeaning verbiage as it is, has no pepper in it, vhereas, just at this juncture, pepper is a commodty in demand. Too cold for the South and too sold fcr the North, these hot, troublous times must lay it. Mr. Fillxobe will doubtless command he support oT Whig wing at the 8outh. This, towever, can avail him nothing, while the North s overwhelmingly against him, and the Democratc party is in the ascendant at the South. Firm, onsistent, united action throughout the canvass s all that is necessary to secure an unparalelled ictory, next Fall, for the friends of the Constituion and the Union! Having said thus much of outside events, we lave but little space left us for our resume of Washngton items. There seems to be in all branches if the government a looking-forward to war. The 'resident sent a Message to the House on the 26th, sking an appropriation of $3,000,000, for the nanufacture of arms and munitions of war. Mr. )rr offered a resolution instructing ths Committee n Naval affairs to inquire into the expediency of ncreasing the navy of the United States by imme liately constructing fifteen additional steam frigtcs; and the Senate Naval Committee have alcttdy reported a bill for the construction of ten icw steam war sloops. Mr. Weeler, in the Sente, reported a bill for the increasing of the effiicncy of the army, and a bill has been under disussiou providing for new works of defence for California, Texas and Florida. Whether these aeasures bo significant of trouble abroad or not, hey are to be heartily commended. The difficulty with England commands a considrable portion of the time and attention of Confess. In the Senate, a message was received rom the President, on the 29th, enclosing the corespondence on the Enlistment dispute. It conains no new facts. It appears that previous to Vednesday the 27th, England had made no formil offer of arbitration in relation to the construeion of the Clayton-Bulwor treaty. This propostion, it is said, has been in Mr. Crampton's poscssion since November last, and was not submited until the date above mentioned. It is yet to >e determined what course the administration will ake. The case is so very clear and unequivocal n favor of the American construction, howevor, hat any movement on our part towards arbitraion, may with reason be regarded as an unwarrantable concession. It is probable, therefore, hat Mr. Pierce will prefer to adhere to his posiion, be the consequences what they may. The Washington Globe files a wholesaledisclaimir to all the rumors brought by the steamer, and mblished by us in our last issue. It says: "It s not true that Mr. Buchanan has had high words vith Lord Clarendon on either of the two ques? iooiia Kotnsdn Tnorlund and tllft TTnitAfl states. Of course it is not true that, because of hese alleged high words, Mr. Buchanan failed to ittendLady Palmerston's reception. And, finally, t is not true that Mr. Buchanan has conferred vith Sir Henry Bulwer as to the settlement of the Central American question. The relations of Mr. *nchanan with the present English Ministry do lot lead ub to expect that he will be called upon o demand bis passports." CHESTER GOLD MINES. The Chester Standard, of last week, has the following account of recent gold discoveries in ;hat District:? It seems, to be a "sober fnct"|tbat Mr. David McWilliams, who lives about seven mileB below this place, on the loft hand Columbia road, has sad sufficient indications of the presence of gold to induce him to begin digging, and the earth is thought to be so full of the precious metal that the portion dug out is placed under lock and key every night. The place where the "battle was fought" and the McCreight claim are contiguous to this. But what the 'geonostic characters, of the country are, we cannot say, as no specimens of ore from this mine have boon sent up, and we have not yet become able to ride out and make an axamination. If our "turnip dinner" does not interfere, (we did not say we ate any,) we propose giving the reputed gold diggings a personal inspection in a few days, after which we shall give mother and more full report. Another "sober fact" is that two specimens of rick ore, one from M. S. Westbrook's plant* tion and the other from an adjoining place owned by Dr. A. F. Pcay, hare been received and are on exhibition at the store of Messrs. Bennett, Wilson & Co., of this place. These we have seen. The former is a white soft slate rock, and the latter is a red ochre, or rotten stono. Both of these contain a liberal sprinkling of pure gold. There is no kind of question bnt that a mine of either of those . j ores would abundantly remunerate any one for working it. These two plantations ore located on I Rocky Creek, about twenty miles from this place | between Rossville and Mo Alii ey'a Mills. There j is thought to be a vein running from them to the "battle ground" spoken of by "One who has seen 1 the Elephant," and persons along the line between 11 those points, are on the look out for "blossoms." , Of course many of them think they have found signs, bnt we are unadvised as to the facts. THE COLLEGE DIFFICULTY. 1 We were deeply pained last week by the rumor , of a serious difficulty between the students of the ] College and the citizens of Columbia; but as our j information was by no means definite and reliable, , we made no mention of it. The following state. ment, which is taken from a letter of Judge 0'Neall to the editors of the Greenville Patriot, is | the most satisfactory of any we have been able to obtain. We therefore copy it entire:? Gentlemen:?I came here yesterday under a summons to attend on occasional meeting of the Board of Trustees of the South Carolina College, to supply the place of Dr. Henry. Before reaching here, I met the account of the fearful "entente" of the preceding night. It was, as is to be expected, very much magnified in the rumor. It seems that three of the students, who were out of the College walls, met with the guard as they were about turning out. One of the students was, unfortunately, very much intoxicated. He, having some pique against one of the guardmen, separated from his companions, and approached the guardman and struck him; he instantly, with his stick, struck and knocked the young man down, who lay for some minutes; but on being raised up, made some further demonstrations of resistance, and thereupon was taken to the guard house. The students, who were with him, returned to the College with the usual cry, "The College." All the students turned out for the rescue, and proceeded to the guard house, and by force, took the young man out, broke the winA iL. A mi I -* uutra uuu lujurcu tuc uuur. xney uore uieir prize off to College. The President remained, and was ( talking with the guardman who had been struck, 1 and who knocked the student down, ascertaining j from him the facts, when two of the students for- } ced themselves in, and commenced an attack on the guardman, striking him, and he retaliating ' very severely on them. They were probably struck, ' too, by others of the guard. They were forced out of the guard house. By this time the students had again assembled. The President and Mayor were unable to quell the riot; the alarm bell was rung, and the citizens called up out of their beds to witness and suppress, if necessary, the action of the students. At length, they returned to the College. The President, next morning, by the consent of the Mayor, proposed to submit the whole matter to the arbitrament of twelve named gentlemen. To this the young men acceded, at one timo: but the two young men, engaged in the affair the preceding night, finally prevailed on a majority to reject this proposition for peace and good order. It is stated, that they had agreed to seek and obtain satisfaction out of the guardmen; they left the College without the knowledge of the students, and were seen, with their cloaks around them, approaching the guardman, who was speaking to a gentleman on the subject of withdrawing from the guard, as he regarded his life in danger. As soon as the young men were near enough, they dropped their cloaks, and both struck the guardman?one with an iron, audtheotherwith a wooden bludgeon. He fell to his knees, but rose and struck with his 6tick, and others assisting him, beat the young men very severely. The guardman's left hand is, as I am told, broken by the blows ; and he and the two young men are under the care of physicians, from the injuries which they respectively received. The cry of "College" was borne by a single student to the campus. The young men, with their accustomed devotion to their brothers in distress, were soon in the field. The alarm bell was again rung; the citizens were turned out and, as the poase comtiatus, were paraded under arms. The boys returned to College, forced the room where the rifles of the College Company were kept, possessed themselves of them, and returned to the field of action. The scene thus nresented was such as nolumhia nevsr hefnro saw, and which, I hope, she never will again see. Two hundred armed oitizens, with guns loaded with ball cartridges, opposed to more than a hundred enraged young men, with rifles in their hands. The order to take aim was given, and a fire might have followed, had not Col. Goodwyn and others thrown themselves between and called on the citizens not to fire. After much persuasion by Dr. Thornwell, LaBorde, Lieber, and others of the Faculty, the students were induced to return to College. Last night we went to the College, in the discharge of our duty?everything was quiet. I did not even hear a "whoop,"' which is very unusual. To-day was equally quiet; and I have been assured by the young men that there would be no further outbreak on their part. To-day, on the requisition of the Board, the rifles were deposited in the room where they were formerly kept. The Governor, under the direction of the Board, will take the arms and place them in the Arsenal.? The musters of the College Campany are directed to be suspended, and the propriety of suppressing and disbanding the College Company is referred to a Committee, to report next May. This statement, gathered from the best sources in my power, places the facts before you. The unfortunate violence of the guardman in knocking down a student who, when drunk, struck him, is theoause of this aflfair, which may so much injure the College. The fact of drunkenness among the students shews to the Legislature the necessity of removing this fearful curse of mischief from the town of Columbia. The occasional meeting of the Board had no power to do more than they did. A great duty will devolved on the Board at the stated meeting in May, to examine into the College, both as to its internal and external government, and full and adequate justice must bo done to the Faculty, the students and the State. Mr. Rivers, of Charleston, was elected to fill Dr. Henry's chair until the stated meeting in May. Your friend, JOHN BELTON O'NEALL. In addition to the above, we are advised that the College exercises have been suspended for a time by the President, and all the student have left for their homes. Previous to their departure, the students held a meeting and sent in to the Board a memorial asking for a re-organization of the Faculty, a reconsideration of the election of President, and a thousand and one other reforms, too tedious to mention. All we now have to say, is, if the Board of Trustees permit themselves to be influenced by the dictation of the Faculty, the students, or the verv rrnod neonlo of PnlrnnKin , ? ?j they will deserve and ought to receive a very decided mark of public censure. There are some things in reference to this lamentable state of disorganization which must be brought to the light. We learn from the Carolinian that the axercises of the College will be resumed on Wednesday, f 12th instant, with a full Faculty?Prof. Rivers and a Prof. Lecompte having accepted their appoint- j ments by the Board. n SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. 0 We have on our table the January and Februa- e ry numbers?the first and seoond of the twenty- ^ second volume, of the Southern Literary Meseen- 8 yer, a long and favorably known Southern Maga- 1 zine, conducted, in Richmond, Va., by John R. 8 Thompson, Esq. On our fourth page will be found I the Prospectus, to which we beg to refer the rea- " der's attention.. * Although the Messenger has been known and dis- t tinguished as one of the ablest periodicals in the country, it has for several years been made to feel the weight of that strange indifference which the t Southern people exhibit towards literary enter- I prise at home. In the issue for December, the r proprietor announced the suspension of the publication on account of a want of patronage; and e made a stirring appeal to the public, which arous- * ed an effort on the part of many who appreciated c the work and knew the value of its influence upon } the Southern mind. This effort resulted in renew- c ed assurances of patronage on the one hand, and, * on the other, the commencement of a new series, greatly improved both in typographical appearance and contents, and giving promise of a more useful and successful career. It is a fact which applies to many of the un- s successful attempts of literary publishers in the South, that, while they have appealed to the pat- i ronago of Southern people, their magazines have j been filled with papers on subjects foreign to us, j and by writers in whose productions we could feel j no more than a passing interest. They have fail' j ed to encourage and properly stimulate the efforts of j Southern talent. But the Messenger has always > been, in thitj respect, an exception. Its pages ; have been from time to time adorned by clever and j brilliant pens of our own; illustrating Southern , life and ideas, developing and embellishing South-! i?rn forms of thought, and vindicating the truth of | those peculiar features of our social organism j which mark us out from the world. Its fostering j :arc has given to Virginia tire germs of a litera- \ lure which will yet ripen into a glorious maturi- [ ty. Virginia writers, *hose faltering steps to the j stage it has led and sustained, are now winning ! irilliant triumphs in the world of letters, and, yet n the vigor of youth, promise to add other and roller laurels to the brightening reputation of the "Old Dirainion." A of flm nnnfnufo nP 4V?o PaKMinrv nmtt- i ier will verify onr meaning. The leading paper j s a poem entitled "Gauley River" by Thomas j Duns English?a qnite clover production; next, i i waiflet, entitled "Jefferson's Rock;" then, a 'onerous critique on Judge Mkek's splendid poem >f the Creek war, the "Red Eaglea Sonnet by >ne of the most promising of South Carolina po:ts, Paul H. Hayne, of Charleston, entitled "The winter winds may wildly rave;" an historical 3ketch of the early times of Virginia; "Scenes md Sketches of Southern Life," &c. These are idditional to several able papers on other themes, which together make up a number of exceeding nterest and value. To come home, we find a place in each number reserved for our own State. The January issue :ontaina an admirable sketch of the history of our College; and in the February number the editor "sets" an exquisite poetic gem, from the pen of T. B. Aldbich, of Barnwell, entitled "The Poem of t little Life that was but three Aprils long." We :an not refrain from sharing this delightful morgan with our readers, and we think, with the Messenger, that "if Mr. Aldbich writes nothing noro, he will yet deserve to be ranked among the ;rue poets of our day for the sweet^onoeptlons <^f 'Babie Bell":? Have you not heard the Poet tell How came the dainty babie Bell Into this world of ours ? The Gates of Heaven were left ajar. With folded hands and dreamy eyes She wandered out of Paradise! She saw this planet, like a star, Hung in the depths of purple even? Its bridges, running to and fro, O'er which the white-winged Seraphs go, Bearing the holy Dead to Heaven! She touched a bridge of flowers?those feet, So light they did not bend the bells Of the celestial asphodels ! They fell like dew upon the flowers: And all the air grew strangely sweet! And thus came dainty babie Bell Into this world of ours! She came and brought delicious May ! The swallows built beneath the eaves; Like snnbeams in and out the leaves, The robins went, the liVe-long day; The lily swung its noiseless bell, And o'er the porch the trembling vine Seemed bursting with its veins of wine ! 0, earth was full of pleasant smell, When came the dainty babie Bell Into this world of ours ! 0 babie, dainty babie Bell! How fair she grew from day to day 1 What woman nature filled her eyes. What poetry within them lay ! Those deep and tender twilight eyes, So full of meaning pure, and bright As if she yet stoodin the light Of those oped gates of Paradise! And we loved babie more and more: 0 never in our hearts before Such holy love was born; We felt we had a link between This real world and that unseen? The land of deathless morn ! And for the love of those dear eyes, For love of her whom God led forth? The mother's being ceased on earth Wheu babie came from Paradise I For love of him who smote our lives, And woke the chords of joy and pain; We said, Sweet Christ!?our hearts bent down Like violets after rain ! And now the orchards which were once All white and rosy in their bloom? Filling the crystal heart of air With gentle pulses of perfume,? Were thick with yellow juicy fruit; The plums were globes of honey rare, And soft cheeked peeches blushed and fell 1 The grapes were purpling in the grange ; And Time wrought just as rich a change In little babie Bell! Her petit form more perfect grew, A n>) in Vi Ad faafnMfl wo nnnl/l no /I A ?uum iivi ivavuivis n-c vuuiu uavvj In softened curves, her mother's face. Her angel nature ripened too. We thought her lovely when she came, But she was holy, saintly now? " Around her pale and lofty brow We thought we saw a ring of flame! Sometimes she said a few strange words Whose meanings lay beyond our reach : God's hand had taken away the seal Which held the portals of her speech! She never was a ohild to us; We never held her being's key ! We could not teach her holy things; She was Christ's self in purity I It camo upon us by degrees; We saw its shadow ere it fell, The knowledge that our God had sent His messenger for babie Bell! We shuddered with unlanguaged pain, And all our thoughts ran into tears ! And all our hopes were changed to fears? The sunshine into dismal rain! Aloud we cried in our belief? "0, smite us gently, gently, God 1 Teach us to bend and kiss the rod, And perfect grow thro' grief!" Ah, how we loved her, God can tell; Her little heart was cased in ours? They're broken caskets?babie Bell! At last he came, the messenger, The messenger from unseen lands; And what did dainty babie Bell ? She only crossed her little hands t She only looked more meek and fair I We parted back her silken hair; We laid some buds upon her brow? Death's bride arrayed in flowers! And thus went dainty babie Bell Out of this world of ours ! A NOBLE WOMAN'S CONTRIBUTION. Thz Edgefield Advertuer* of last week has th< ollowing words to say about a model letter from , noble-hearted woman in Pendleton. "Capt. Jell, in a brief note requesting its publication, reanrks that the chain mentioned is one of considrable value. Here, ladies of Carolina, is a bright xemplar. How many of you will hasten to do ikcwise ? How charming, how admirable it is to ee woman's patriotism thus drawn into play!? 'If I were a man I would go with you." There poke a heroine. But being a woman, she is com-ii.j i it./, nr.. ttrueu iu uuutciu uciaui vfttu iuc ic^uvsv? JJCl ie atnd a man." And there spoke a practical pariot.?But we inar the noble simplicity of this later by giving it piece-meal. Here it is in full: To Capt. E. B. Bell.?Sir: I have read your ettcr for the cause of Kansas. If I were a man I rould go with you. I believe its as much our batle, as though it were fought at our hearth-stones. !,et us meet our enemies, at the gate, and at the amparts, and not wait for them within the citalel. Let me do what I can. Let me send a man. I inclose you a gold chain to do it. I trust and lope that Col. Buford will obtain subscriptions to larry five thousand men. When you have need of more, write, and publish t; and when the time comes for it, we will cut >ff our personal embellishments and expose them ;o sale. One or the dauohtebs or the South.. Feb. 13, 1856. OUR SUGGESTION. The Cheater Standard speaks thus of our proportion :? "We think it is & good suggestion, except t hardly proposes to do enough. The State ' v. S. . ought to raise 1000 men atleast, and furnish them with ample means of support for a year. Bat we look systematic organization, and unless we haTe it, 500 men will not be raised. Tho above is the only suggestion we have seen, and it is perhaps the only feasible basis we coold adopt. Upon the whole, therefore, we cordially and heartily endorse the suggestion, and hope oar cotemporary will start the ball in motion so that this Congressional District may take the proper initiative steps. We do not speak advisedly, for Chester; bat certainly she will not allow herself to be oat-stripped by any of her sister Districts, in a movement of this kind. Wc know of sundry men of exactly the right kind, who wish to emigrate and who want nothing but the encouraging news that the means have been raised and arc at onr disposal. * Wc heard a true aud good man say the other day that every slave-holder should be wilting to pay $5 per head for his slaves to aid Southern emigration to Kansas. This seems to us at tho present juncture to be entirely too much to secure a heaithy state of things in that Territory. If each master of a slave would pay $1., the means raised would be ample for present purposes. Hereafter it might become necessary to raise other funds, but we think the first contribution would pennan si -1 11 a!ll -t?? enuy uuu vucviuuuy auu uie quesuon. . ? It is too much then for each one interested to pay? We think not. The magnitude of the interest involved requires the people concerned to make at least this much B&critice, and every one should cheerfully and promptly meet the emergency. He that now fails to meet his duty face to face and pay his quota, may reckon himself as one of the "penny wise and pound foolish."" The tide now is setting against the Sonth and "frothing but systematic and prompt action onr part can arrest it and turn it into a proper channel. There ia no donbt at all abont it?the question whether Kansas shall be a Free or a Slave State, ia the paramount, and should be the most intensely absorbing topic of the day." For the Vorkville Enquirer. PUBLIC MEKTXHG. A meeting of a number of the citixens of York District, favorable to a representation of this State in the National Democratic Convention,' was held in tbe Court-House, on Monday, the 3d instant.? Col. I. D. Withxrspoo.v was called to the chair, and Jxo. Q. Ehloe, Esq., and Sam'l W. Mklton, appointed Secretaries. The Chairman briefly explained the object of the meeting; whereupon G. W. Williams, Esq., proposed the following Resolutions, which were unanimously adopted Resolved, That, in the opinion of this meeting it is proper that the Democratic Party of Sonth Carolina be represented in the National Democratic Convention, to be held at Cincinnati in June next, for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States; Resolved, That, to provide for the appointment of snch representation, it is expedient to hold a OlatA P..? u:- ? .v- r.?i V<<U<<UHVU iu v viuiiium va me jirsi uionuay of May next. Resolved, That a Committal of fire be appointed by the chairman to nominate delegates to represent * _ the District of York in said Contention. Rttolvtd, That by his uniform and consistent adherence to the conservative doctrines of the Democratic creed, and his able and fearless advocacy of the rights of the South under the Constitution, Fbamkldt Pierce deserves the confidence and support of our people; and that the delegates hereafter to be appointed be instructed to use their efforts to secure the tote of the State in Contention in favor of his nomination. In accordance with the third resolution, .the chairman appointed the following gentlemen via:? 0. W. Williams, Esq., Jamxe Brian, CoL A. A* McKenzie, Edward Moore, Esq., end Wx. P. Thomasson, who, after conanltation, submitted a report nominating the following gentlemen as delegates to represent the District in the May Convention Dr. Robert T. Allison, Samuel Raihxt, A. B. Springs, J. L. M. Adams, Esq., and Col. W. C. Beatty. The Report was unanimously adopted. On motion, by A. 8. Wallace, Esq., it was resolved that the Chairman) of the meeting be authorized and requested to appoint alternates to take the place of any of the regular delegates who may be unable to accept their appointment In pursuance of this resolution, the following persons were named:? Dr. Samuel Wright, alternate of Dr. B. T. Aluson ; John S. Brattok, alternate of Saml Rainey; L. H. Massey, alternate of A. B. Sprimus; Dr. J. B. Hunter, alternate of J. L. M. Adams; Sam'l W. Melton, alternate of Col. W. C. Beatty. The meeting then adjourned. I. D. WITHERSPOON, Chairman. .Tvn G A samVyTmemok, ) secr'tariesWELL gPOKSI. President Pierce, in a brief letter to. the Charleston Mercantile Library Association, apropoi of Washington's birth-day, says: "If the people of every State and Territory of the confederationfathers and mothers?sons and daughters, would assemble annually on the 22d of February in their respective cities, towns and hamlets, and listen to the Farewell Address of the Father of his Country, it would, in my judgment, accomplish more in the way of awakening a deep sense of constitutional duty?of settling questions of moral obligation in relation thereto?of eradicating sectional prejudice?of dissipating errors of sentiment and opinion, and of insuring security and perpetuity to the blessings which we enjoy, than any other instrumentality which man's wisdom can devise." Kansas?A Proposition. Under this head, the Yorkville Enquirer, after alluding to the means which are now being employed to supply men and money for Kansas, ana also the propositions which have been made for future action, looking to the same end, and in some degree objecting as to their propriety, proposes that each Congressional District of our State raise and equip a company of one hnndrod men, and farther pro- . poses that a District Convention be held, in which' shall be represented Kershaw, Richland, Fairfield, Chester, York, and Sumter, (composing our Congressional District,) and that a requisition, for men and money, proportionate to their capacity, be made npon each District. We think the proposition a good one, and, in fact, we would be disposed to favor any project, whereby effective measures might be carried out, and substantial assistance rendered, in this important crisis to the South. We agree with the En quiver, that the time for action has amved, and that all windy and fruitless manifestations should cease ; and that the South should nobly shoulder her own cause, and bear, in triumph,the banner of % her institutions, in Kansas. As yet, no action has been had in our District, and we would snggest that a meeting, of our citizens be called, at some early day, for the purpose of taking into consideration whether or not we shall be represented in Kansas. Other Districts, whose interests are common with onr own, are actively engaged in the work, and why should we tarry behind ? Let the bogle be Bounded and let oor patriotic young men rally to the rescue. We hope some measures will be adopted with a view to the matter.?Sumter Watchman. Aid for Kansas. In various quarters of the State, there are in* dications that the people are becoming fully aroused to the importance of sending aid to their brethren in Kansas, for the purpose of upholding the cause of the South in that territory. There seems to be, however, some difficulty in directing the popular feeling, and giving it form, consistency and a practical development. The only plan which has as yet been acted on is, that each district in the State raise a company of men and money sufficient to equip them, send them forward and maintain them a year in This plan will no doubt be carried out by a few districts, but has this objection: it is unequal in the burdens it imposes upon the people. Whilst some of the districts will liberally respond to the cause of the South, others will do just nothing at all.? To remove this objection, it has been suggested by the Yorkville Enquirer, that the contributions of men and money be made by Congressional Districts ; that eaoh District composing a Congressional District contribute to the raising of money sufficient to equip and send forward a company of one hundred men. This, suggestion is worthy of consideration. If it be acted on, the burden will be more generally diffused. All will bear a portion of it And this is right; for all are interested i? euBtufitog toe ceuie of toe Bwto to Sum*