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Straps & if acts. * Tbe Empress Eugenie has 'entered her thirtieth year, having been born on the 5th May, 1825. . The Grand Jury of Fayetteville, N. - C.,has indicted the bank of Fayetteville for issuing small notes. . The Hon. Edward Everett has consented to deliver his address on the characj ter of Washington at Chapel Hill, N. C., during the ensuing fall. ' ; The health of the Empress Eugenie ~ continues very delicate. The London Herald says that her complaint is severe and serious; that it is a terrible malady in the : limbs, and is of a nature which may demand ~ years to undermine. They have a man in Mississippi so lean that he makes no shadow at all. A W rattlesnake struck at his leg six times in vain, and retired in disgust. He makes all ' hungry who look at him \ and when children i .1 ? - it I meet mm in tne street, iney ran nuuie i ing for bread. The Worcester, Massachusetts, Transcript says that a few evenings since, the ' country five miles around was saluted by strains of music, "loud, clear, arid somewhat singular," produced by a Steam Musical Instument?the "Narseilles Hymn," "Life on the Ocean Wave," "Sweet Home," "Susannah," "Old Hundred," and a full programme of other pieces, following each Other in quick succession. The population in Texas has increased according to the very lowest calculations, four hundred per cent, in tenyears-a circumstance almost unprecedented in the South. The increase in the population of other Southern States, according to the last returns of the census, in a similar period, were in Florida 26 per cent., South Carolina 5, Georgia 22, Maryland 11. Alabama 8, North Carolina 2, Tennessee 6, Kentucky 38, Louisiana 30, Virginia 20. . A late number of the Memphis Appeal says : "Appearances indicate that the National Democratic Convention of 1856 will be the largest political body ever assembled in the Valley of the Mississippi. Great things are expected of it. The peace and iLrt nAnnfftr Anon/-! iirvnn ifo o/i_ DCUUiibJ U1 VIIC V/UUUbijr ucpuu u^vu ivo avtiou. We have no reason to doubt that patriotic and sagacious counsels will prevail in it, and that such nominations will be made as will command the confidence and votes of the people." , St. Louis, May 31.?Col. Eldridge has arrived from Lawrence, bound .East to demand damages from the Government for the destruction of his property at Lawrence. Gov. Reeder came down the Mississippi as a deck hand, and landed at St. Charles, where he crossed into Illinois. His trunks | were left at Atchison, and are said to contain letters from parties East, involving him in conspiracy against the government. Many Kansas emigrants have arrived here, returning east. We learu from the Petersburg Express that a large meeting of the students of the Univcrcity of Virgiuia was held on Tuesday evening, to take into consideration the recent attack of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks Charles Sumner, in the United States Senate chamber. Several very eloquent speeches were delivered, all of which fully approved the course of Mr. Brooks, and a resolution was passed to purchase for Mr. B. a splendid cane. The cane is to have a heavy gold head, which will be suitably inscrjbed, and also bear upon it a device of the human head, badly cracked and broken. ??Our readers will be rather gratified than surprised in receiving a little piece of news which we now communicate. Many of the fair daughters of Spartanburg have quietly purchased the site of the newly erected Battle Monument of Cowpens, and have nobly and worthily transferred and presented the title deeds for the same to the Washington Light Infantry, of this city, .the designers and builders of the Monument. The ?'parcel of reality" thus conveyed in so agreeable a mode and to the proper holders, includes an area of sixty feet square, having the monument central; the titles have been recorded in the proper office of Spartanburg Ttiafrint and Kavo Vioon fnrTcard<id tr? Pilar. ! leston for similar registration. The citizens of Spartanburg are engaged, we believe, in measures to enclose this lot, and we readily guaranty that the ladies will see to it that flowers and other incidentals be forthcoming in due time.? Charleston Courier. St. Louis, May 28, 1856. The Salt Lake mail has arrived here, bringing date? to the 26th of March. A convention for forming a State constitution met at the Council House on the 17th of March, and organized by the election of Hon. J. M. Grant, President. Committees were appointed to draft a constitution. They hada conference on the 24th, and unanimously reported a constitution for the State of Deseret. Chief Justice Kinney dissented from the report, but only on one point, viz : That he preferrred to have the Judges elected by the people rather than by the General Assembly. The Republican to-day publishes of the State of Deseret, recently formed and ratified by the people, in general convention, at Salt Lake City, April 6th. It is exceedingly brief and plain, and says nothing about slavery. It announces the free toleration of all -religions and does not refer to polygamy. A memorial was adopted asking admission to the Union, and Geo. Smith and John Taylor were appointed delegates to present it to Congress. We learn that General Lane, of Oregan, was, yesterday, the bearer of a challenge from Hon. P. S. Brooks, of South Carolina, to Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts. The letter of Mr. Brooks, we learn, concludes thus: "I, therefore, hold j myself at liberty by tnis note to request tnat j you will inform me without delay where and when outside of this district a further note will find you." Gen. Wilson replies: "I characterized, on the floor of the Senate, the assault upon my colleague as "brutal, murderous and cowardly." I thought so then. I think so now. I have no qualifications whatever to make in regard to those words. I have always regarded duelling as the lingering relic of a barbarous civilizzftion, which the law of the country has branded as a crime. While, therefore, I religiously believe in the rights of self defence in its broadest sense, the law of my country and the matured convictious of my whole life alike forbid mc to meet you for the purpose indicated in your letter."?Washington Star. !C|e?ffrkHIIt^ii(jmrer|; EDITED BY ' SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLEB. S YORKVILLE, S. C. ? THTJBSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5,1856. 1 COURTS OP EQUITY. c At Spartanburg Monday, 2d June. c " Union " 9th..."... * "York " 16th..."... 1 "Lancaster " 23d..."... * " Chester " 6th July. n ? i THE BROOKS' TESTIMONIAL,. | j We publish with plcnsuro the proceedings of a meeting held in our Court House, Monday last, for j ) the purpose of giving expression to the public r sentiment in relation to the Brooks and Sumner ^ affair. The meeting was determined upon after j the excited feeling, which the event is well calcu- C lated to engender, had entirely subsided, and its 1 action is a deliberate expression of views really ? and cordially entertained. The Committee have c already set to work to prepare a testimonial which I will be in keeping with the high admiration with J which we are proud to regard the gallant Repre- t sentative of "old Ninety-Six." f d THAT DISCUSSION. C Merely for the sake of fair-play, we publish, v this week, the reply of our friend "H. H. C."? He has made good use, we grant, of the loop-bole through which we gave him permission to escape; ^ but in every other point, the argument is ours.? t Did our space and the patience of our readers permit, it would afford us amusement to disentangle ^ the web our correspondent has so ingeniously g woven ; but we mutt deny ourselves, and leave those who are interested to follow the orthography g which seemeth to them best. e We opine, the singular form of the word will answer all purposes. Good luck, unlike misfor- n tunes, always comes singly; more than that, if j an individual be permitted to own property even t in one Mary, he is blest "beyond compare 1" j THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION. We learn by telegraph that the Democratic Con- * vention met in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday last, * and was organized by the appointment of John ^ Ward, of Georgia, President, with Vice-Presi- 8 dents from every State, and thirty-one Secre- 1 taries. The Committee on Credentials repoitcd 15 in favor of the Anti-Benton wing of the Missouri ^ " ? ? ' !-! -1 t] delegation, tnorts were mailing, uisu, n> ucwimine amically the differences between two wings of the New York Democracy. Next to the prime object of the meeting, this question is tho most ? perplexing of any before the Convention. The friends of Buchanan, Pierce and Douglas Sl are all sanguine of the success of their several a favorites. The probabilities grow stronger, howev- Cl er, that the Convention will be compelled in the 11 end to call in other and less distinguished names. ^ It is not improbable that Mr. Marcy, the Secrc- P tary of State, will be prominent among these.? n But we shall see. ^ V EXHIBITION AT UNION ACADEMY. We happened to be present, Friday last, during '? a portion of the "Exhibition" by the students of 51 this flourishing school, and, though our space is ^ limited, wc must not omit to give to it a passing 61 notice. Somewhat to our surprise we found a w very large company of ladies and gentlemen iu at- ^ teudance, gathered from far and near, numbering " (we are good at estimating) at least a thousand persons, and, what is not so surprising, constitut- a ing an assemblage which, taken for all in all, had * enough of Beauty and Manhood in it to make one ^ genuinely proud of his home. It has not before c been our good fort-me to enjoy a better opporluni- c ty of a bird'3-eye view of the fairer portion of the Indian Land population ; and having ail-along a ^ lively appreciation of the beauty that floats along ^ and lights up our town-walks, it has emboldened v us to declare that York District, town and conn- P try, can challenge the world for pretty women!? But wc are not writing, as wc should, about the Exhibition. g The forenoon was occupied exclusively with the |, exercises of the examination, which we did not c arrive in time to witness. A friend who has fre- ti quently attended such exercises took notes for us, however, and has instructed us to say that the fi performances were in every respect satisfactory to tl the patrons of the school, and did greatly to jtis- si tifv the high estimation accorded to Mr. Panket's a qualifications as a teacher. To tho mass of lis- tl teners such exercises are unmeaning or, we should tl say, untrue; but to one who, like our friend, can tl readily discern the true from the false, they can c always be made a sure criterion of the faithfulness y and efficiency of a teacher. His commendation, it then, is not a trivial compliment. c After an intermission, during which a pic-nic I a dinner, bountiful for such a huge multitude, was | a throughly discussed, the company repaired to the ' p grove in front of the Academy, and were enter-1 tained for several hours with a succession of se- ^ lect and original speeches, dialogues Sic., recited ^ after the fashion of a theatre-in-miniature, and y interspersed with good music by the Bethel Band. Many of these really did much credit to the young ^ orators, and all, as the applause of the auditory j frequently testified, were capital performances, c We might, of course, in such an exhibition find e some reason for criticism, and especially we T might indulge a harsh word about an occasional t error in pronunciation; but where all did so well, 11 and succeeded so admirably, we prefer to com- * mend indiscriminately. All things together, it i was a pleasant day?a day that a sincere friend v of the public good delights to spend ?one which 1 might tell many things for the intelligence and [ liberality of any community. t We are pleased to note the fact that the patrons s of this School are entirely gratified with the effi- ^ ciency and success attending the labors of Mr. n Pankf.y, and that they are determined to estab- a lish the Union Academy as a permanent institution, and add to its many advantages by the era- ~ ploymcnt of an additional teacher. Duringthe ses- v sion just closed, the pupils numbered about fifty- fi five, and it is expected that considerable accessions 1 will hereafter be made to their number. The r Academy is located in the midst of a high-toned, f moral and intelligent community; the rate of ' charges is unusually cheap; and, in addition, the ' advantages arising from the character of the t school, more than commonly belong to such insti- f tutions, are sufficient to deserve a very large meas- r urc of patronage. 0 It will be seen from the advertisement that the t exercises will be resumed, on Tuesday the 1st of e July- J: b THE AVAR IX NICARAGUA. a By the arrival of the Orizaba, we have advices p from Nicaragua to the 20th of May, but the ac- ? couifts arc so conflicting and uncertain that wo Jj can derive from them but little that is reliable.? ^ The statement is confirmed that, about the mid- i, die of April, a battle was fought atRivas, between c 700 men under Walker and 3,000 Costa Ricans, ? in which Walker's party, almost entirely desti- s tute of ammunition and other supplies, were de- p feated. The redoubtable fillibuster then, it appears, retreated to Grenuda; and had the Costa jj Ricans been enabled to profit by their advantage, lie would probably have suffered a total rout.? d Subsequently, however, the Costa Ricans, much ^ weakened by the ravages of the colera and dispir- g] ited on accvunt of the cool reception extended to o horn, contrary to their expectations, by the masses in Nicaragua, began their retreat, and at the ! atest dates the entire country was in the posseslion of Walker's army, and everything was quiet. The Costa Ricans, says a correspondent, "repreicnted themselves as having been entirely deceiv- | ;d; that Walker was far preferred by the natives, j md that instead of being received with open arms i ry Nicarnguans, they had been shunned or attack- j ;d at every point. Baron Bulow was exceedingly , lissatisfied, both at the conduct of the Costa Ri- | :ans, and the falsity of the representations that md been made to him respecting Walker's condiion and the feeling of the Nicaraguans towards lim and his army.'" In tine, the most reliable iccounts agree iii representing Warners prospects * n the ascendant. The Orizaba brings the followng items:? The Transit route is again open. Quiet had ipen restored in the Republic. The evacuation f Nicaragua by the Costa Ricaus is confirmed.? Jen. Walker landed at Virgin Bay a few hours nfer the last detachment left. Walker himself was n good health, and his army in fine condition. At Jranada, however, several Americans had died of he Fever. Costa Ricans were full of internal ommotion, with a prospect of the speedy overhrow of President Mora. The elections in Niaragua were progressing; and the re-election of 'resident Rivas was considered certain. The Iritish ship of war Eurydice was still at San Juan lei Norte, and overhauled every vessel entering he harbor, down even to the canoes. The British rigate President had sailed from Puuta Arenas, estination unknown, supposed for San Junn.? Jolonel Kinney was in Greytown, and his people fere suffering from waut of provisions. MERE-MENTION. Persons wishing to employ the services of a ;ood teacher would do well to refer to the adverisement in this week's issue The Carolinian, f Friday last, says: "We notice in the Yorkville Inquirer that Gen. John A Alston is nominated or State Senator for York District. His known bilities and qualifications render him eminently itted for the post A new Post-office has been stablished in Gaston County, North Carolina, ailed Stamly Creek?Valentine Derr, Postmaster; lso at Britain, Rutherford county?Jacob Deck, 'ostmaster Mr. Robert Cathcart, long known o our people as one of the merchants of Columbia, iedin that city on Sunday last On the conlusion of Gen. Cary's tour through the State? fhich, by the way, has been eminently successful, he Grand Division of the State presented to Mrs. !ary a Silver Tea Service; and to the General, a uperb gold watch. Truly, "the laborer is worby^of his hire." The Czar of Russia has ssued a manifesto announcing his coronation, in lugust next Some one "caught us napping," be other day, in regard to the authorship of the Star-Spangled Banner." We have since learned iat it was written by Mr. Francis Scott Key, of ialtimorc, during the attack of the British npon ort McHcnry in 1814 A full list of the pcrjns killed and wounded by the terrible railroad ccident at Panama, show6 that sixty were woundil and forty-six killed! Judge O'Neall, profing by the enthusiasm everywhere attending en. Cary's efforts, proposes to organize the Teraerauce ranks anew, and for that purpose calls a lass-meeting of delegates from eVery society and istrictinthe State, at Greenville, on the first Wednesday in August The National Council f the American party met in New York, Tuesday ist Advices from Havana announce the riling of the Spanish squadron for Vera Cruz.? luch excitement prevailed in Havana, as it was uspccted tnat this demonstration wns in sonic ay or other counectcd with the affair of Central jnerica. An agent has been sent to Spain in orer to submit to the home government the necesity of immediate action against General Walker, s a means of preserving Cubu to the Queen. The 'rcnch ship of war Pcnolope had left for San uan, and a commissioner had been despatched to onfer with the Costa Ricans. The special ommittcc of the House have reported in favor of lie expulsion of Mr. Brooks. They also censure .'ol. Kcitt and Mr. Edmundson, of Virginia.? udge Butler has returned to the Senate, and, rhen the Massachusetts resolutions are presented, romises to speak for himself. THE KANSAS WAR. The exaggerations contained in the several teleraphic despatches, published in our last issue, avc dwindled down to a reasonable measure of onsistency, and we are at last enabled to get at a rue history of the recent outbreak in Kansas. From this statement our readers will be gratied to learn that the triumph of law and order in ae Tcvritory ha? been made complete, and at a acrifice of life far less than we had any reason to " ' "T ,1. ,1 Li 11..1 nticipate. neuo noi inuuige me uiuugui Liiuv lie contest has ended ; every indication induces be belief that it Las but begun. But it hn9 shown be mottle of the contendiug parties; it has proved onclusively the cowardice of the loud boasting et craven-hearted emissaries of Abolition?and t has assured us that in the end the victory will ertainly be ours. Kansas will be a slave State, nd in a few months nt best will apply as such for dmission into the Union. The St. Louis Reublican, dated May 27th, hns the following:? According to the reports before us, early on Vednesday morning the United States Marshal, fitli the men who had obeyed his proclamation ailing for aid to assist in the execution of certain frits in his hands, took possession of the mound a front of Lawrence. They numbered from four o five hundred men. Between ten and eleven 'clock the Marshal sent bis deputy, Judge Fain, nto the town, with a posse of eight meu, to excute the writs. They made four arrests, returnd and delivered the prisoners to the Marshal, and ie dismissed his force. The Lawrence people vere disposed to exult over this result, declaring hat they did not intend to resist his authority, lthough Reeder had set them the example of conemning it, and that of the United States Judge f the Lecompton district. But when Marshal )onaldson had performed his duty, Sheriff Jones, fho had recovered from the wound received in he attempt to assassinate hint in Lawrence, apic&red on the scene, and summoned the same men o aid him in a like service. He took about tweny meu with him, and rode into Lawrence. He topped in front of the Free State Hotel?fitted ip. as it is well known, as a fortification?and, ailing for General Pomeroy, demanded from him 11 the United States ritles and pieces of artillery ,bout the fort or hotel, giving him five minutes to lecide whether he would surrender them or not, aying that he desired to effect this purpose peaeably and quietly. Pomeroy having consulted rith the others, agreed to deliver up the arms, and ifteen minutes further time was allowed to stack hem in the street. Col. Eldridge, who keeps the hotel, was then couested by Sheriff Jones to move his furniture ro'm the building, giving him two hours to do it n. But this he refused to do, and the posse encred, and removed most of the furniture into the trect. The artillery was then placed in front of he hotel, and fired upon it till the walls began to all, when fire was put to it, and it was left in uins. The printing materials of the Herald of Freedom ffice, and of the Kansas Free State office, were hen taken and thrown into the river. It was the xpress order of Sheriff Jones that no private proierty should be injured, and particularly that lovernor Robinson's house should not be touched; ut it became impossible to restrain the crowd, nd the presses, &c., were destroyed, and, after a ortion of the posse had left the town, Robinson's ouse was fired, put out, and again set on fire, nd burned down. It was a two story frame.? 'his was the extent of the damage to property. )ne man, who was observed attempting to make is escape from a house, during the heat of the xcitemeikt, was fired upon and killed, nnd a prolavery man was dangerously injured by the falljg of a brick from the hotel walls. Another prolavery man was accidentally shot, but he will robably get well. Sheriff Jones gave General Pomcroy a receipt >r all the rifles and cannon surrendered by him to be authorities of Douglas couuty. Jacob Branson, whose name has figured a good eal in the affairs of Kansas, was arrested on the 9th, by Deputy Sheriff Fain and four others.? [c was taken at his house. Ho threatened to boot the officers, and put a rifle through the crack f the house, but did not fire. Hie wife opened 1 one of the doors, with a pifttol in each hand, and warned them not to approach a 9tep nearer; but the trigger was not pulled. Finally, Branson agreed to surrender. The evening before Lawrence was entered, a man was killed at Branson's bridge. He wns hailed by the picket guard, refused to answer, started to run, and was tired upon and shot in the back. The same evening two of the picket guard were out about one mile from Lawrence; they were met by five men from the towa?were asked if they belonged to the pro-slavery party, and on answering that they did, they were fired upon, one of them receiving a shot in the arm?the other shot one of the assailants in the head?and both of them then escaped. Governor Shannon, it was understood, would request that 100 of the regular troops should be stationed in Lawrence, 100 in Topeka, and 100 at Osawatomie. Sheriff Jones bad some writs to serve at Topeka, and it was reported that about 100 of the malcontents had assembled at the Big Spring to give him battle, but, after the occurrences at Lawrence, this will hardly be done. At Osawatomie, Judge Cato, of the District Court, had been prevented from holding his court by threats of violence to the Grand Jury from the free State men, and this precaution was deemed necessary. Ti.cr.n rrror-c ftV.ft.,4 ?i,^oo hundred citizens of Lawrence still in town on Wednesday, and many of them were greatly exasperated at their lenders, because they had deserted in the hour of their difficulties, and they vowed that they would not again be found in resistance to the laws of the territory. A good many were passengers on the Star of the West, returning to the East. Up to the very hour of Sheriff Jones' entry upon the scene they strongly proclaimed their resistance to the Territorial authorities, and their valiant determination to die at the end of their guns before they would submit. The presumed entry of that gentleman amongst them, However, produced a wonderful change id their feelings. It cannot be charged now that Missouriuns had any hand in this, for it is certain that the whole force on the ground was of the Territory itself, and did not number one fourth of the Southern citizens therein. It doubtless will be charged to be another Missouri invasion, and we emphatically give it the lie in advance. There arc large numbers of Missourians who sympathise with their friends in Kansas, but their sense of right as well as of policy, prevented them from going, and they have not done so. It is the bona fide residents of the Territory who have contributed to this triumph of the laws, and it show,) to all the world that they can and will see them executed. A SEW CANDIDATE. In addition to the regularly organized free-soil Republican party, we must note the fact that the genuine Abolition party, the original "head and front" is still in existence, and as vigorously as ever claims a place in the list of factions at the North. Their convention, composed of all manner of free-thinkers, free "niggers," and bloomers, met in Syracuse last week, for the purpose of preparing for the next Presidential canvass ! They utterly repudiated the Republicans, and denounced them as fiercely as they would a real dyed-in-thewool South Carolinian. The following, which we extract entire from the New York Herald, because Am tltnl'a in if xxrill erivon Qftfiflfftfttilpv hint UI ViiC 1 U11 lUllb d iU >v, ?? gxv of tbe sum and substance of the Convention's doings:? Mr. Goodell informed the convention that there were very few of those who honored the principles of abolitionism that had the slightest idea of paying two-and-sixpence for carrying forward the movement. They were in want of material aid, and were threatened with bankruptcy. The people would not pay, and the prospect was rather dismal. To-day they could not raise twenty thousand dollars, where formerly they got one huudred thousand dollars; and, to add to their difficulties, they had to reduce the number of their lectures. Why it cost $250 alone for advertising the call of the Convention ; and how did they expect to raise that if they did not contribute? Mr. Tappan came out strong on the financial question. It was bis opinion that a man who would not pay would not fight. Mr. Goodell proposed that the "hat" be carried round. Mr. Prine was opposed to carrying round the "hat," as a small business. He wns in favor of appointment of a financial committee. Mr. Goodell announced that Gerrit Smith's speeches were for sale. A committee was then appointed to collect contributions. Mr. Tappan showed tho way they ' raised money in churches. The collector should look a long time at a man before he took away the , plate, to show that he expected to get something. This plan never failed with him, and he strongly advised the committee to carry it out. Frederick 1 Douglass circulated among the audience in the I endeavour to sell some books, which he carried | about with him. Mr. Tappan offered the following resolution:? Resolved, That Gerrit Smith, of New York, be i unanimously nominated for the office of President , of the United States, (Applause.) Mr. Chapman hoped that if there were any ' other persons to be nominated they would now be ] put up. No other nomination being made, the resolution was put and adopted. A Delegate desired to know, if the republicans nominate , Charles Sumner, would tbe abolitionists be guilty of dereliction of duty in not voting for Gerrit | Smith? (Cries of "Yes! Yes!") Mr. Forrest, | of Vermont, intimated that he would vote for any , one he pleased. The nomination of Gerrit Smith was put to the vote and was adopted unanimously 1 the women also standing up and voting. , The nominee then addressed the convention, and , thanked them for the compliment they had paid him. He did not deny that he should like to be Pressidcnt of the United States ; and if it would i secure his election he would go down upon his knees to the people to elect him. He would do it, and he would do it for the election of Lewis Tap ... nkz-vli tinrncf TTi* kolioTTPfl nnth* [jail, or any uinci nuvuiiv??>. -.v >.? ing else after God could save this nation but the election of on abolitionist. He begged that they would not put him in nomination, although he acknowledged if he thought he would be elected he would accept it with pleasure. He had been up now long enough, and wns a mark for the jibes and jeers of his opponents, and he thought it was was but right tiow that somebody else should take their turn. He had received sufficient compliment of this kind ; but when the time would come when they could elect President he would accept the nomination. He believed the Germans were all in favor of abolitionism and would not vote for the republicans, because they were favorably to the Know Nothings. Ernst Heid, a German, said all the revolutionists of Germany were abolitionists, and would induce there countrymen to vote for an abolition candidate. The Convention, by resolution, refused to grant Gerrit Smith's request. Frederick Douglass was then nominated for Vice-President.' His nomination was objected to on account of his being from the same State with Gerrit Smith. Fred, in reply, said that he intended to remove soon into Ohio, aud avoid that objection. The nomination, however, was not insisted upon, and after several names were mentioned, Samuel McFarland, of Washington county, Penn., was nominated for Vice-Pressident. The addresses were adopted, and a motion to print 20,000 copies carried. Geo. W. Clark informed the Convention that Gerrit Smith had presented him with five copies of his speeches in Congress, and he would like to sell them to pay his expenses home. The Convention then adjourned. THE FIRE IN CHARLOTTE. From the Democrat, of the 27th ult., we take the subjoined accountof the destructive fire which occurred in Charlotte, last week: This morning, about 1 o'clock, a fire broke out in the Bakery of Gillespie & Kinzel, on Main street, two doors north of the American Hotel, and caused the destruction of a number of houses, u wns arrested, which was finally effected by blowing up several bouses with kegs of powder. The American hotel, with the range of small buildings attached, and its rear buildings, were all consumed, with a large portion of the furniture, belonging to Watson Adams, Esq., the proprietor of the hotel. North of the hotel, five houses, chiefly business establishments, were i destroyed ; south of the hotel range of buildings , a house was destroyed, and one opposite the hotel, on the west side of main street. The whole nura- 1 ber of buildings destroyed were about a dozen.? i The principal sufferers in buildings are Rufus Bar- ( ringer, Esq., and Maj. Benjamin Morrow. In goods and furniture, Messrs. Gillespie & Kinzel, proprietors of the Bakery and Confectionary es- ( tablishmcnt, J. C. Hand, grocer and liquor dealer, .< Trotter & Wilkinson, keepers of a Cigar, tobacco, ( and confectionary store, and W. W. Quinn, Bed and Mattress manufacturer, arc among the suffer- 1 ers. A house belonging to Mr. Robert Sterling, on the east side of main street, and a house on the ^ west side, occupied by Mr. Kinzel, as a dwelling, j and the property, we believe, of Mr. Henry Gundry, were blown up. The range of small buildings 1 on the Alley, immediately north of the American i Hotel, occupied chiefly by Boot and Shoe makers, ( shared the fate of all the other buildings in that locality. Maj. Morrow, who loses several build- 1 inge, has, we understand, no insurance. Mr. 11 Barringer, we learn, has an insurance on thehotel, to some extent, and Mr. Hand, on his grocery, to the amount of $500. The dwellings of Messrs. Wm. Johnston, Henry Gundry, and E. II. Andrews, and others, on the west side of Main street, opposite the fire, were for a long time in imminent peril, but by great exertion were saved with slight damage. The firo, it is supposed, was the result of accident. For the Yorkville Enquirer. IDOLS IN THE STOMACH ? or How to produce night and daydreams. SCEXE.?A house in London. Doct. Abeh.nf.thy seated at a tallcj and a sofa on the opposite 1 side of it. Enter a corpulent maiden lady on 1 the shady side of forty, panting for breath. i Lady.?Good mor-(a long-drawn breath)-ning, ( Doctor. Doctor Abernethy ?Good morning, madam.? 1 Pray be seated. (Lady sits.) I Lady.?I wish to consult you, Doctor. (Lays a , guinea on the table.) My appetite is very bad, Doctor,?especially of evenings, (another long inspiration.) . i Doctor.?Be composed, madam, and state your ] case. Lady.?My appetite is failing very fast, Doctor. I can dine nearly as well as ever; but at tea, there 1 is a sad lalling-off, of late, (covers her face with her handkerchief, and a pause us if overcome with , emotion.) Doctor.?Proceed, madam. Lady.?Last evening I only eat four slices of pound-cake, three salt herrings, a piece of smoked ' beef not more than twice that size (holding up her j I J I 1__? 1 i _ Pl r _ v iiuuu auu luyiug ner leu lore uoger ou uer wrisi ; to indicate the quantity), and one loaf of baker's bread buttered and toasted ; and I only drank three cups of tea, and two pints of ale; and, if i you will believe me, Doctor, when I went to sleep , I dreamed of my grandmother. (Weeps.) Doctor.?Well, madam, to-night double the dose 1 of salt herrings, beef and ale, and you will dream i of your grandfather also. Recollection* of Abernethy. Man, in his conceited vanity, claims to be but a little lower than the angels. However this may 1 be, (and it has good authority,) I think one thing ' is certain : if lie ever gets any higher, either in this w<yld or the next, he must worship a more 1 exalted Divinity than his Stomach. Look, now, at 1 the above picture of Dr. Abernethy's fair patient ' ?her rotund form?her face, round and red as a 1 turnip-beet, a net work of turgid veins, imparting 1 a fiery hue to the whites of her eyes,?the mus- 1 cular action upon the lachrymal glands, forcing ' out streams of involuntary tears, upon the hy- ' draulic pressure system;?her expanded sides, ' which have completely absorbed her waist, once ' her'pride?alternately contracting and expanding 5 like a blacksmith's bellows;?her breath, a3 it * comes and goes, making a sort of hissing sound 1 as it passes through the nasal pipes, like air es caping from an air pump;?what is she ? Almost 1 an angel, eh ? Rather a butter firkin?a sausage i machine?a malt-liquor cask?a stomach-idol wor- 1 shipper! But the sou! of this aggregation of * stale beer, ginger-bread, and lobster sauce?what < is it ??where is it??what is its doom ? Let the 1 curtain drop, and let the Orchestra strike up 1 "Sweet Home." i ******* i "How is your father this morning Charley?" 1 asked a kind country lady to a little orphan-look- ' ing boy, who just then approached her door timid- i ly, and whose father had converted his stomach < Intft n ffrnff hrtwl nnrl V?irw-iorl If na or? "Very poorly, warm," said poor little Charley. "He hollers all uight, and says folks are trying to kill him, and that bad spirits are coming to take him down to the fire and brimstone." "That is indeed very sad," said the good lady syuipathizingly. "But how is his appetite, Charley?" "His appetite," responded Charley "is very bad, but his drinkttite is orful good." "Drinketite!"?a word coined by the untaught drunkard's child. How expressive! It is not a word drawn from the almost unfathomable depths of classic lore?not a vfbrd, for instance, to immortalize the discovery of an infant world which inay have just taken its place in the stallor systom of God's Universe; but a word, lowly and liumbly born, and representing an idea which pictures to the wind a beastly sot, upon the floor of a miserable hovel, his whiskey jug beside him, ind his beggared, starving wife and children grouped around him in all theabjectness of squalid poverty. This miserable wretch is one of the stomachworshippers of our times. His stomach is at once Ins altar and his God; and half the devotion he pays to that beastly idol would give to his heartbroken wife and poverty-stricken children a husband and a father; and to the Deity, a penitent and a worshipper.- But true to his idol and traitorous to his Creator, there he lies, writhing, squirming and shrieking through all the moods of a thoroughly developed case of mania apotu. What a spectacle! But a little lower than the angels ? How far is he from the abode of the Devil and the damned ? Doctor Abernethy's fair patient deemed it an unbearable evil to dream of her grandmother, ??i?? o:? J 1 i.: c TfUIIU U3iucp. JLII3 U1CUIU5 HI C UllI^ Wttn.IU^-Ul night and day; for he cannot sleep. He is wide ' awake; and the scenes change from the horrible ^ to the still more horible, not only with lightning speed but, with the speed of mind which far exceeds it; and not with the speed of mind alone, but with the speed of mind agonized by the demon of delirium,'which is swifter still. The abode of the just is shut out from his view. That blessed region has no place in such an infernal panorama, swooping thus horribly by. Oh, no 1 his idol, red with wrath and infuriated against its devotee, is holding a festival within him. Legions of demons dance in his melted brain, and the impchoristers play with red-hot fingers upon his vibrating heart-strings! Instead of blessed visions the lurid flames of the bottomless pit writhe about him?the tortures of lost souls are in the dream? the groan of anguish?the shriek of despair?the wild start and plunge to a half-wakening consciousness, which makes reality even less horrible than the vision of doom from which he struggles to escape. Hear the yell of torment, then. See how he struggles, with an unnatural strength, to break away from his keepers, vainly seeking to flee from the unutterable horrors in which he floats and flounders, and to which his words of blasphemy are a revolting and shocking accompaniment. But no relief is possible. His night dream, unrelenting, pursues him still. Surrounded, above, beneath, around, with red-hot impenetrable walls, from which there is no outlet?the flames in thick waves of liquid red-hot fire, heaving, swelling, roaring and crackling as they hiss around him, in which he is tossed to and fro like ' / n wiaIa in niw tttL ilo .lomona lanrvVi O n r? ffiKVtftr OnH plunge him deeper and deeper in the blazing, 1 boiling, seething flood of hell! Even then life * will not yet flee?consciousness not yet depart, ?but the worm, more and more sensible to tor- 1 ment, feasts on yet uwhile through the dreadful 1 orgies;?a deathless eternity opes its horrid jaws at last to receive the victim, and iterated shrieks of despair succeed each other, becoming fainter md fainter, feebler and feebler, until exhausted aature can contend no longer?then one prolonged, shuddering, quivering convulsion, and all is still. The night-dream is over. The idol has 1 ;riumphed over its worshipper?whiskey its dread c minister. But the soul? what is its fearful doom? Now in sober seriousness, is the picture over i wrought ? Called there in a professional capacity, * [ have stood ut the bedside of the dying inebriate, t ind, in my honest opinion, his words and actions, j ndelibly written upon my memery, justify me in c lrawing it. Such is the right dream of the gor- ? nandizer; may the great moral it teaches not be ] ost upon us 1 . .' * . - . / a. . -j . . ,.. -- t % .?: ; Next comes a day dream. Look at the subject, a as he slowly and languidly emerges from the place 11 of his slumbers, having prolonged his fight, with , Demons round his couch, until the sun has begun c his descent to the West. His overgorged stomach t; has deranged the whole nervous system. His ar- ? teries dance under your touch, as if they were n acted upon by a powerful galvanic battery. His a eyes are inflamed?his face red with feverish ei- ft citement?his hands trembling?his knees weak? g his head iu pain?his stomach, excoriated by the n vallainous stuff, is nauseated, and can take no b food?his vitality is at a low ebb?and the science ? of Physiology would be put to its trumps to de- a clare whether the subject be really asleep or awake. But he is awake, and yet he dreams?of * the last night's debauch?the popping of corks? t] the jingle of empty bottles?foaming cups?the h filthy flavor of ball-face?the "excellent" body of tl porter, perhaps?flashing wit?the quick repartee .J ?the jest?the ribald oath and vulgar song?the t] reeling head?the crash of the fall, as he measures ti his length, like a hog, upon the floor?unconcious ess and a feverish sense of pardemonium?and and the scene shifts and the dream changes.? What an angel! and what an employment for the God-like mind of an immortal soul! ****** It must be admitted that the boastful, lordly man is a gormandizer of the first water. His stomach is little more than a charnel-house of the slain? r( i malt and fermented-liquor vat. Under the L?- 81 ritical law, many animals were denounced as unclean, unfit for food; but the cravings of the ri modern appetite and "drinketxte" are so insatiable n ind unappeasable, that every animal existence is " ravenously devoured, scarely excepting noiseme vultures and the snake and Saurian tribes. (I say ' nothing of insect and beetle tribes.) As for drinks ^ ?I need only point to the hundreds of millions 0 annually expended in their purchase, to prove ^ how dear they are to the stomach idol. ^ We talk of the insatiable grave, But what a sarthly grave can compare with the sepulchre of man's stomach? It is said, the world is peopled with a thousand millions of human beings. A thousand millions of stomachs, then, are inces- l( iantly craving for "more?more"?more frog, more lobster?more crab?oyster?fish?fowl? r> oeef?mutton?pork ;?more porter?ale?-cider 3randy?wine?gin?hock?ginger-pop?lager ri Deer?and last and worst of all, buck-eye bald-fact. Sow, if each one of these thousand millions conmines annually, by entombing in the stomach, ifty animals each on an average?a moderate computation?we have the proposition in Arithmetic -1,000,000,000 * 50 = 50,000,000,000,?fifty thousand millions of dead animals swallowed up n man's stomach everv vear. And while this is - ?J w joing on, count, if you can, the number of cork- j, ?crews employed in drawing corks?the number p if barrels, butte, firkins, kilderkins, demijohns, porter and wine bottles, the contents of which p :iave been poured down thirsty, parched throats, ind the empty vessels huddled away in the cellar is so much of the wear and tear of men's fortunes ind stomachs. Then, estimate the number of gallons consumed?the amount of ensh cost?the number of stomachs burnt out?of fortunes wastid?families beggared?sons ruined?lives destroyed?and souls lost; and when the statement is rooted up and the balance struck, then take your " time and tell me how much the creatures who have ^ ione all this are like the angels. Do. En passant?if the money thus expended unnecessarily for beastly indulgences and stupefying a Jrinks were devoted to that purpose, it would mpport all the Colleges and Schools and all the churches, keep in repair all the grave-yards?(and ^ i much-needed contribution it would be to this ^ :own of ours) and leave a large surplus unexpen- 8( led. p We read and talk about the "Curiosities of Lit- t| jrature." But beginning where Doctor Abernethy p eft off, in counselling his fair patient how to pro- j :ure dreafhs of her grandfather, if a record of the n Ircams of those within the limits of York Dis- 0 rict, whose appetites have so far failed that they ^ :annot consume more than the lady invalid spokon ? >f, were kept for but one year and then publish- j d in a volume, of all the curiosities this would ir >e the most curious! The pages, filled up with ^ light and day dreams, as I have faintly pictured hem, would present scenes such as the poet, in is wildest imajinings never had any conception of. Well, I have talked of idols in the stomach, and ^ lave told how night and day dreams are produced. ai jook at the picture, fellow citizens?how do you a ike it? Does it appear "darkly," or do you see n( t as one does a reflection of the mirror? Does t resemble an angel ? Is it man ? Can his appe- a1 ite, "drinketite" and stomach thus brutalize g, lim, and make him a dog?a hog? Where is the ^ lupremacy of the immortal mind ? Must that, oo, fall, in obedience to the all-conquering slomich. Must we cease to dream of Heaven, that we nay eat and drink and gormandize a villanous ompound, and dream of hell? Was Byron right, ^ ifter all, when he said of you? st 'Who knows thee best will quit thee with disgust, e: Degraded masses of animated dust" ? si . JUVENAL. c For the Yorkville Enquirer. PUBLIC MEETING. S] A public meeting of the citizens of York Dis- jj1 :rict was held in the Court-House,. on Monday j] ho 2d day of June, instant, for the purpose of en- tl lorsing and approving the conduct of Col. Pres- ^ ton S. Bhoois, in inflicting chastisement upon p Charles Sumnf.b, of Massachusetts. j On motion, Rev. A. Whtte was called to the I 3hair, and Jno. L. Miller appointed Secretary. ? The object of the meeting was briefly explain- t sd by Col. R. Q. McCaw, who offered the follow- c ing resolutions, which were seconded by Col. I. * D. WiTHERsroos, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, fa the severe castigation inflicted upon Charles Sum- fa aer, of Massachusetts, by Col. Preston S. Brooks, fa of this State, was a richly-deserved chastisement t for an unprovoked and insulting imputation upon the honor and reputation of our State, and of one t of her beloved and venerable Senators. ti 2. That in adopting this last resort to enforce a respect for the character and motives ot the peo- h pic of the South, Col. Brooks has discovered the courage and judgment of a true and efficient Rep- tl resentative ; and deserves the sympathy and cor- w dial approbation, not only of his immediate con- e< jtituency but, of the people of South Carolina. r< 3. That a Committee of five be charged with no the duty of selecting a suitable testimonial, ex- d; pressive of the esteem in which Col. Brooks is lield, and the manner in which his conduct has c< been approved, by the people of York District. tl In compliance with the third resolution, the w Chairman appointed the following Committee: Ed- f>' vard Moore, Sam'l W. Melton, Col. R. S. Moore, (no. L. Miller, and J. C. Chambers. On motion, by Edward Moore, Esq., it was or- al lered that a copy of the above resolutions be ^ rausmitted to Col. Brooks, and that they be pubished in the Yorkville papers. The meeting then adjourned. A. WHYTE, Chairman. b) T T If ? O m j mj. jj, hiilleh, oeuieiury. n ?? ?? ? 8C Kantei Affairs. cc Investigating Committee.?The St. Louis Re- Li mblican gives the following account of the pro- fc eedings of the Committee of Investigation: ra Leavenwohth, K. Tm May 16. b; The Kansas Investigating Committee commenced qi ts session at this place yesterday; Reeder absent, 01 iut faithfully represented by his attornies, Messrs. to loward and Sherman. They asserted that Reeder a :as, at a contestant for a seat in Congress, exempt 0( rom arrest! and declared if any "little Territorial ts ourt" attempted to arrest Reeder or any of the at- qi aches of the commission, they would have the'Judge, fc nd all who took part in it, arretted and sent to gi Washington. " . Verily we have come upon strange times, and la v s S ' ;.v \ ? re beginning to learn the higher law.' Not only severy abandoned politician who may haw the . , ffrontery to claim a seat in Congress, * but ew?y * attache," cleTk, reporter, crier of a travelling oramittee, is exempted from criminal responslblliy, wherever he may be. But it is not of the igiorancc of these men I complain?it is their treaon I denounce. Now, however, they haw made a ew descision, and will investigate all point? of ccusation, butinprivate, tcith cloned doort? Whiteld excluded?the witnutet bound to teertcy'. I need hardly say that no pro-slavery man will ubmit to such An examination. Some of tbem lay voluntarily testify where they have reason, to elieve that abolitionists have li?d,bnt in no other nse will any degrade themselves by preferring or esponding to charges in the dark. They demand nddefy a public investigation. But you are, doubtless, wondering and asking A rhere is the heroic, daring Reeder? . Wei], aAer efying the laws, spitting npon the 'government, _ bough backed by the committee, no sooner dees e have a moment to reflect than he remembers bat Judge Locompte makes no treaties witb traiirs! He follows the example of the beroWBbblson, and at the hour of midnight bids fnrewelMo be Sebastopol of Abolition, the impregnabie^bjrificatioos of Lawrence, and is now, doubtless;hashing, by the undor-ground railroad, through jwa to Easton 1 ' ' ] . 1 For the Torkville Enquirer. I ? \ THE "MART" Q.CE8T10S. % N kwbebby, May 24, .18156. s Messrs. Editor*;?Inasmuch as I do not expect ) have time to bunt up authorities on theorthog-; ipby of the plural of Maby, I shall proceed to j ly what remains to be said on my part, st once: 1. As touching Robert Philip: Did you ever I Bad any of his lucubrations ? Sqrely, you can- ' ot cite him as profound in any except a sort of tea-table piety.". 2. As touching the iue of Maria: This form' rill do for the plurhl of any of the Mary-family, tesides, my poem was a "Dream of Mdriet," not f Marys only (as you will hare it) but of Maries, lariannes, Marias, Marions Ac.; not. only Mary J Washington, but Marie Antoinette, Maria Therts, Marianne of Spain Ac. 3. As to tho antiquity of the form Marie for he singular: Although I am ready to admit-that he use of Mary obtains very early in our olaas:e, still Marie is more common. (Apropoe ot this -did you ever think of the inteijectiona, "Mary!" and "Marry-guep!" {Hudibrat) as indicang something!) But you want Instances of Mgie "outside of the old-English Bible;" lesvoiei-* "By Seinte Marie, sayd this taverne" Ac. i Chaucer, 182. "Herkneth to.rae both eld and zing For Maries love that swete thing." . King of Tare, Percy's Reliques, 196. "Witness those rings and roundelayes . Of theirs which yet remains, Were footed in Queen Marids days" Ac. Fame's Farewell, Percy's Reliques, 248. "Marie's lays."?(See Ellis' Specimens of early Inglish metrical romances, p. 45.) Yon need not lead the Armorican origin of these laysfor the ncestors of this people were. English colonists or sfugees. "That it mote y-christened be V For Marie's love, tby mother free." 7;.';. A Lay Lefraine, lb. .641. fl "Ao Kim nil nnorKf in trnoala ailnvn tnif <iv Ave-Marie as he goth by the way." Chaucer, 166. "Their songs were Are-Maria" Ac. Percy's Keliques, 248. In a later day we read: ? r;" ' He told of popes and saints, and evermore fe stowed an Ave-Mary after and before." Fairy Queen, 126.! ' 4th. As to my plural: I find is "MeisterKarV* song which runs thus, (page 88.)' "Last night the Queene had four Marie* To-night she'll have but three" Ae. In an ancient novel, often quoted by our old ramatists, entitled "A Merye Jest of a man that as called Howleglas, Ac., we reath "And. this seing, Howleglass tokc to him IIL of the einxlcst persons that were in the towne, that played ie in. Maria." * * * "one of the simple ersons that played one of the three Maria" Ac. a addition to these acd the authorities cited in iy note to the "Examiner," as favoring the use f "Maries," (Lieber, Patrick and Lowth, and longfellow,) I have seen a song in the Musical i upplement to one of the leading papers in Lon? 1 on, which adopts my style of the plnral, (this Is " > the possession of oui mutual friend, ^ B. B.) . m lao, Rees' Encyclopedia spells the plural-Maria. Taking all things together, I think, with due eference, the case is pretty clearly in my favor. Finally, as to the Wolf matter: I plead that lis is not a fair illustration, on account of its mbiguity. Mary never does mean anything bat woman: Wolf may be a man or a beast (Might ,. at Mary be the name as well of your eanaryrd??Eds.) Besides, ii a man takes no oTFence t being called at Wolf, why should A family rumble at being called Walvu?when each memiris confessedly?a Wolff ?? Yours very truly, H. H. C. Diplomatic Relations with England. Washington, May 29. A message from the President was received by oth Houses of Congress, announcing the dismisil of Mr. Crampton, with the revocation of the sequators of the implicated Consols. The mesige also enclosed Mr. Marcy's reply to Lord larendon, dated 27th. Mr. Marcy says the President had carefully Dnsidercd the note of Lord Clarendon of 80th A pril, and was much gratified bj its conciliatory : pirit and desire to strengthen the friendly rela- \ ons between the two governments, as well as the eclaimer of any intention to violate the laws of ae United States, and also expressions of regret aat contrary to the intention and direction of the Iritish Government, there bad been such an in- 1 ringement. AH these were satisfactory to the J 'resident, and the main complaint respecting her -fl iajesty's government was thns removed. The C 'resident, however, regretted extremely tbat he onld not concur with the opinion of Earl Clarenon to the effect that the Minister Crampton and ^ he Consuls in New York, Philadelphia, and Cininnati, were not implicated in the enlistment maters, and therefore he regards those henceforth as laving no connection with this government. The President had no demands to make npon er Majesty's Government in these proceedings, rat in the case9 of individuals above mentioned, e deemed it proper that their diplomatic relaions with this government should cease. In taking this step, however, he did not intend 0 make any interruption in the diplomatic relaions between tbo United States and Great Britin, but on the contrary he was desirous of keepjg the two countries upon friendly footing. Mr. Crampton's withdrawal was asked for by tie United States on the ground of his connection ith the enlistment business, and this had render1 him and the others implicated unacceptable >presentatives of Great Britaian near this governtent. It was for such reasons that their withrawal had been requested. ^ All these officers are, as this government still intinues to believe, implicated in a violation of le law and dignity of the United States, notithstanding reiterated instructions of their own svernment. This complicity did not rest solely i the testimony of Strobell and Herts, with the riginal letters from Mr. Cranpton and others. The despatch gives a detail of the evidence gainst those British officers. This message was iily transferred to the Senate and to the House. Colombia Market. f June 2. Cotton.?The week just brought to a close has >tn a dull and inactive one for our great staple, he receipts have been unusually light, and conquently the saleB havobeen light also. In the jurac ui tuc wcc& utt u a camera cave &rriYe<i irom iverpool, vis: the Baltic and the Africa. By the rmer, the cotton market was quiet, at unchanged ites, although holders were asking an advance; 7 the latter, the market was firm, but the lower lalities were easier. Sales for the week, ending 1 the 17th inst., 88,000 bales, of which speculairs took 7,500, and exporters 8,000, and leaving stock on hand of 686,000 bales, of which 480,- ^ )0 are American. These accounts had no quo- fl hie effect on priceB with us, and the marketclosed diet but steady at our last quotations of 8@8J 1 <t inferior; ordinary 8$@8|; middling 8J@9^ ; Dod middling 9?@10, and fair 10$@10J cents. Bacon.?The stock of bacon on the market is jge and the demand quiet, consequently there ' -X . . b- . - - , - " ' '. ? J