Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 05, 1857, Image 2
Scraps & jfacts. \
A copy of the original edition of Hamlet
was sold in Scotland recently for 3100.
A woman may laugh too much. It is
only a comb that can always afford to show
its teeth.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Mail of the
9th inst., says that the through steamer
Montgomery, a few days since, brought to
that city, over two thousand barrels of freight
from New Orleans for nothing, and then paid
the freight up the railroad, as a bonus.
The Lexington, Flag announces the <
death, on Hollow Creek, in that District, of
Mrs. Ann. C., relict of John Shcaly, Sen.,
at the advanced age of 85 years, 3 months,
and 6 days, The Flag says that Mrs. Shcaly
was the mother of 13 children, 9 of whom
are living. She had 116 grand children,
63 living, and 31 married; 81 great-grand
children, 61 living?making 197 grand and '
great-grand children. ,
1 have known the severest headache
to be helped and the nervous headache cured j
by some sympathising person rubbing with <
the hands from the top of the head down ]
and off the shoulders after the mesmeric
manner. The most intense pain can be '
soothed iu a few minutes by this simple remedy,
remembering to carry the hand further 1
away from the head when the dowuward 1
pass is made. This will also help the toothache
nine cases out of ten.
General QuitmaD, in his late celebrated
speech in the House, in speaking of the 1
resolution declaring that suggestions to re- i
vive the slave trade are shocking to the mor- 1
al sense, &c., makes this witty and severe j <
remark: "It is vain and pharisaical ar-}'
rogance of superior virtue in us, to assume '1
such censorship. I intend no personal dis- 1
respect, while I say that this House, consti- '
tuted as it is, is one of the last tribunals to '
which questions of public morals or private (
honor should be referred." '
One day last week, Drs. Freeman and 1
Perry, of Saratoga, New York, amputated
the leg of a Mr. Smith, a resident of that !
village. The cause for the amputation was j i
the actual death of limb. Mr. S., who j ]
i? n Wi??r man oi indutrious habits, some | <
-w ? 0
six weeks siucc, while walking, was seized <
with a sudden pain in the leg, about half i
way from the knee to the ankle, and iwnie- t
diately all sensation or feeliug below the re- t
gion of the paiu ceased. The look and col- i
or of the skin, and to the touch, was that of i
a dead body, and all life or animation be- t
low, midway from the knee to the ankle, ?
was entirely eradicated. 1
The Alton Courier informs us of the *
issuing of patents to T. T. Woodruff, of *
that city, for improvements in railroad car I
seats. The first improvement consists of 1
having, instead of the present scats, those T
that can be converted into full-length hori- r
zontal couches, so that each passenger can 1
have, at his option, a seat or a full length 1
conch. The arrangement of the seat is 1
somewhat similar to those now in use, except 1
that two seats are placed in compartments js
on each side of the present aisle, and having :0
a couch suspended from The roof or~side oT7 *
the car, folded out of the way, or brought j *
down when wanted for u;?o.
? A />lnri/?fil gentleman, of the ominous Ic
name of Ilouk, who preaches, as he says, j *
the gospel at Batavia, Illinois, was arrested J
iu Chicago the other day, charged with steal- (
ing his winter wardrobe and certain coat
r
and baggage checks The clerical delinquent
admitted that he had a proclivity for f
stealiug, and that he had iu vain endeavored ! f
to overcome the appetite he felt for other
people's property. As surely as he was ;
tempted, so surely he must fall. He was ^
hold for trial in default of 9G00 bail. It I r
may be a nice question iu morals, whether r
this poor victim of a diseased organism ought I j
to be punished a3 a felon or cared for as a I
lunatic. If he has a propensity for theft, i e
the prison is a poor school to send him to in j \
the hope of curing him. j ,
The Norfolk Argus communicates a j
fact in one of its recent issues, which is t
highly important?particularly to such as 0
are threatened with that fatal and insidious c
disease, known as consumption. It seems a t
gentleman in Louisiana bought some con- o
suraptive negroes from a dealer in Norfolk, s
and placed them on his sugar plantation. 1<
They ate plentifully of the cane, but more ) t
especially of the young shoots. The slaves , s
who had been thin, weak and sickly, soon i c
became strong, robust aud hearty, and in a i "
short time all traces of the disease with a
which they bad beeu affected entirely disap- ll
pcared. The Argus learns that this plan- 1
ter has a standing order at Norfolk for ne- j
groes who have the symptoms of the disease, ]
and of course expects to get them at a re- '
duccd price. This information is derived !
through the Petersburg Express.
Some of our readers may regard it as t
almost defiling the purity of paper to j c
write the name of Henry Ward Leech-! a
er. We see it stated that at the annual j.
meeting of his church in Brooklyn, a few ; ^
eveniDgs since, his salary was increased by i j
the addition of one thousand dollars, ma- ' e
king it now, five thousand dollars. It is ' t
said that the movement was entirely volunta-1 ?
ry on the part of his people, and unexpect-11
edly by the Pastor. It is not aunounccd , j
whether the reverend gentleman, will de-11
cline to accept this addition to his salary, t
Thus it is in this world of ours; fanaticism, i
treason, gross hypocrisy and villaiuy prosper, i <
while modest merit, virtue, truth, sincerity <
and honesty are left to struggle with adverse j!
fortune, aud even poverty. Instances of it: <
do not occur at the North alone, they are s
equally conspicuous, if not as numerous at j ]
the South.? Columbia Times. I'
The Cincinnati Enquirer thus happi- j'
ly 'hits off' the rank hypocrisy of the Chief 1
Magistrate of Ohio, who, while his miserable j
African constituents eoDgeal to death in their 1
frozen beds from the 'fuel famine,' is urging
the Legislature to make an appropriation !
from the treasury in aid of 'Bleeding Kansas.'
The Enquirer says: 'Sterne tells of
a sentimental philanthropist, who left his
grandmother to die of want, and was found
weeping over a dying ass in the road. Governor
Chase is greatly exorcised by the distresses
of the Free State people of Kansas,
and proposes that Ohio shall make appropria-:
tion for their relief, while he has not a word i
for the suffering poor of Cincinnati, during j
the present cold weather, when coal is forty !
cents a bushel and wood 812 a cord; and J
when there are Black Republicans in the j
city who have been enticed from their com-;
fortable homes in the South by the false
promises of Abolition demagogues, whose '
sufferings far surpass those of the Free State
patriots of Kansas.' I
Oje|or(ibil(e(b!i()uirft'
EDITED BY
3AM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER.
J. H. BLACK.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1857.
COURT CALENDAR.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT?SPRING TERM, 1857.
RETURN DAYS.
Union, Saturday, February, 14.
Fork, " " 21.
Lancaster " " 28.
Uhester, " March, 7.
Fairfield " " 14.
SITTINGS OP COURT.
Union, Monday, March, 2.
Tork " " 9.
Lancaster " " 10.
i 9.1
Chester,
Fairfield " " .10.
PERSONAL.
The Co-partnership heretofore existing between
Miller & Mf.lton, having been dissolved, it is
necessary that the business of the old firm should
[>e closed. We earnestly hope all who know them- 1
selves indebted, will settle up immediately. Don't
think, kind reader, because you owe a small I
iraount that this call is not intended for you ; it is
addressed particularly to all who are in arrears, j
If we can get all the small amounts that are due, |
it will be something considerable to us. L. M. I
3ri8t, at the Enquirer office, is authorized to j
make settlement*, and we trust our patrons will '
respond to the call we have made upon them. I
SALUTATORY.
in making our bow to the public, we feel emuarrassed
by the flattering announcement in the
ast issue. Without presuming that we can strongmen
greatly a paper that has hitherto been so effijiently
and successfully conducted; we have assumed
the cditoral mantle with a due considcra- !
ion of the responsibilities of the post, and a hope j
hat after thorough initiation, w? will be able to
jerform its various requirements in a satifactory
nanner. Editors arc sometimes compelled to
brust themselves forward in a cospicuotis light,
ind it is unfortunate that their good friends, raisaking
a necessity for the result of egotism, place
hem in the same category with dandies, "blue
tockings" and monkeys. They overlook the immrtant
fact, that every person expects to know
he principles?political and moral?of those
vhosc duty it is to keep them informed as to their
ijihts; to aid in implanting a high-toned morality j
u the rising generation ; to curtail occasionally |
heir superfluous vanity ; to enliven their solitude |
y a weekly chit-chat, and to cater to their varied ,
astcs and inclinations. If they would duly con- }
ider this fact, editors would not appear so often to I
iverstep the hounds of modesty and propriety.? j
nnt p^mi^d thus mil Hit JiQ wA v|>r, with i
he expectation of speaking at any considerable [
ength of our humble self. The moral and politi- I
al status of the Enquires, Is too well Known to 1
ender it necessary to detail anew its principles.? j
Suffice it to say that, as hitherto, whatever can j
>e done to promoto the interests of the South, to j
xalt and cneourago her literature, to cherish and
icrpetuate her institutions, to stereotype her civiliation
and to defend her rights against every inringement,
shall be cheerfully and fearlessly per- !
ormed as a debt due to our common mother.
The moral reform of the community, the special j
nterests of the district, and the promotion of the j
Temperance cause, will continue to form a nromi- j
icnt feature of the paper. And surely, the into- |
ests of the public could not be fostered more kind j
y than by a calm and earnest discussion of this i
ubject and an occasional expose of the blighting |
fleets of Intemperance. To be brief, we will ful- j
ow the good example set by our Senior co-laho- I
crs.
Farther than this we deem it unnccssary to obrude
upon the patience of the reader. We hope |
ur friends, so far from foigetting us in our new I
opacity, will give a palpable manifestation of '
heir esteem. We have returned to the bosom of i
ur native district to "spend and be spent" in her
ervice. We likewise indulge the hope, that overjoking
o3r awkward how, the public will extend
o us the allowance due to inexperience. In a '
hart time, we will no doubt speak with more nonbalance
and feel more perfectly at home in the
anctum. For a season then, we must assume the
ir of a young lady in the rudiments of music, and j
>eg to be excused from exhibiting our weakness I
oo conspicuously. J. II. BLACK.
i
**? * ? ?
the fourth op march.
The administration of Franklin Pierce has
Irawn to a close. It is natural for us, at this [
urning point, to pause and review the past, nnd, ;
lowever vainly, attempt to cast the horoscope of
he future. The administration which has just |
losed, was characterized by firmness, patriotism
.ml honesty. Without brilliancy of intellect or '
;reat political finesse, Mr. Pierce has a "mor?l
tower, energy of purpose and clear practical |
udgment, which has carried him through a stormy :
xecutive term with honor to himself and advnnageously
to the country. He did all that human .
ibility could effect, to guide the destinies of a
jreat nation by the landmarks ereded by the j
inges of the past. If he has failed to remould the :
lisorganized elements of parties and factions, and
.0 impress upon the government of the United i
states the stamp of conservatism and perraanen- j
:y, it was because one of those crises, when cir- !
juinstauccs control men aud not men circum- j
stances, counteracted the efficiency of his en- ^
leavors. Boldly vetoing what lie deemed uucon- 1
stitutional measures and self-aggrandizing appropriations,
no wonder that he hns been assailed
with virulence by those sharks who throng the
lobbies, or pollute the name of Congressmen, and
make a speculation of the tights and interests of a
__l-? V/v n?..nrlAi* rlmf Riinh flfttnlinnrinri
Wllt'ie 1JUIIU1I. i.1 V
audacity should launch invectives ngainst a patriot
whose purity their grovelling spirits could
neither admire nor imitate.
When too, in the discharge of his constitutional
duties, he assumed a manly and impartial attitude
in relation to Kansas, vituperation and abuse,
even from his native State, was lavished upon him.
But his integrity of purpose never faltered, his
impartiality never swerved, his moral heroism
never flinched.
But, as we have said, bis administration hn3
drawn to a close, and after he has done all that
human foresight could achieve, let us ask where
are we??what gulf have wc passed?what issues
are before us ? The apple of discord still remains.
The disease has been poulticed but not removed?
simply because it is ineradicable. No political
tactics can harmanize the antagonistic elements
and principles, which must "war to the knife"
while Man continues a selfish being and the stereotype
of humanity remains unchanged. It is
for this reason that while we dielike to prophecy
ovil of the untried future, we are compelled to
think that the sage of Wheatland, with all his sa- i
gacity, prudence, and experience, can at best but |
procrastinate an issue imperiously demanded, and '
make sick the heart with "hope deferred."
His administration, however, will be an expertmeritum
crhcie?a decisive test?of the possibility !
of controlling the fanatical spirit which animates j
the Scandinavian canaille of the North, and of pu- j
rifying the corruption which contaminates her 1
political leaders.
We await the issue with the firm belief that the j
diagnosis of the case is too complicated for hu- !
man skill to treat it successfully.
The pageant of inauguration will doubtless be
a sight worth seeing. The wealth and beauty
congregated at Washington, will add a splendour
and eclat to the occasion, which will for a moment
perhaps, cheat the lookers on into the belief that j
no earthquake slumbers beneath the placid sur- j
face. The notorious infamy and disgrace of four J
representatives, and the imputation cast upon !
thirty others, will for a moment be forgotten and !
anticipation on tiptoe, will gaze wistfully into the
Future and strive to read the annals of American
j grentness. The Future?it is darkness! But let ;
I us'hopc against reason, that our political horizon
! will clear up again brightly and beautifully, and
; that the present splendid pageant at Washington
is but a fore-shadowing of the glory and lustre of
coming ages.
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
'While every prudential consideration requires
the exclusion of personal articles, it occasionally
j happens that special views of duty cause thein to
be admitted. When such an article has appeared
in the columns of n paper, a fair reply to Puch
j personalities is entitled to be made, and the writer
' to be protected?the terms of such reply dopendj
ing unon the provocation. Wo claim thai in such I
a ease the editor is not personally responsible, !
| and we desire a free expression of the opinions |
; of the press on the two points suggested."?South
i Carolinian.
| Without intending to express any opinion as to !
the merits of the two cases which have called ;
j forth the article from which we quote ; we take |
! up the suggestion, that the press unite in a free j
' and fearless expression of opinion as to the bounds 1
of editorial responsibility. The editor, we think,
should be considered in the light of other public i
functionaries. It is his business to labor for the
political, moral, social and intellectual welfare of !
the community?as much so as it is the normal
duty of a minister of the Gospel, of the schoolmaster,
or other public servant. The minister
who cringes from his duties, who is afraid to proclaim
the truth and shrinks from the tljought of j
"speaking of Hell to ears polite," is not more
contemptible thau is the editor who skulks from j
an open, manly, nnd fearless position. And after j
lie has assumed what he dcctus the proper atti
tude, we do uot sec by what species of rcasoniug, i
he can be made amenable to any tribunal but pub- j
lie opiniou, so long as he does not overstep the
limits assigned by the laws of liis country. Like
the minister of the Gospel, he is bound to raise
his voice against immorality, aud like him should
be sustained by public opinion so long as his cas- j
ligation is inflicted on deserving culprits. Even
personalities may at times be justifiable. He has
tho patriots right to launch his thunder against
the corruption and corruptors of his native land,
and why should lie not likewise have the patriots
hope that his country will respond to his words
nnd rally to his position ?
It is as much his duty to prevent a swindler
from imposing on the community, as it is to advertise
business notices, watch political tendencies,
or elaborate from floating items, a palatable article
to suit the taste of fastidious readers. Yet, Borne
one is offended if any of these are omitted.
And if in tlio di?eb?v;je of any of the incumbent
duties of his post, he publishes what ho is
afterwards convinced is a mistake or misreprc
scntation, tho manly and courageous course is to
make all due apologies, and if they are not received
as satisfactory, to in nore the acq uiiin htneenhip
of the offended personage. To undertiike to fight
every mail-cap, who chooses to flesh his maiden
sword, is, exclusive of the terror the very idea
arouses, too laborious and troublesome. Suppose
an editor was compelled by an imaginary, inexorable
law of honor, to leave his post once a month
(for some one is piqued at least that often) and
visit a neighboring State for the mere pleasure of
viewing the disagreeable sernre-ry of a fierce looking
opponent and one of Colt's Revolvers?would
not the sport bo rather expensive and laborious ?
Suppose there is no one to shoot at him, and all
that he has to do, is to ride a couple of hundred
miles, fire nt a post (as casylmained as some chal- >
lengers) nnd then return; still the duty would be
onerous and oppressive. Rut it is certainly a
novel idea to make an editor responsible for what
another writes, any further than to give his name.
This is a post facto law of honor, mnro tyrannical
than lias ever fettered the slavish minds of the
old world. When the name of the writer is submitted,
the onnx is certainly removed from the
shoulder* of the editor, aud he is not only placing
himself in n censurable position, but is trammelling
the liberty of the press, when lie suffers himself
to be drawn from his neutral ground. We
may recur to this subject again.
A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
A vigorous movement is now being made in the
Southern States, originating it is said, with Bishop
Polk, of Louisiana, for the establishment of a !
University upon a most liberal basis. It is pro- j
posed that no actual steps in the expenditure of i
money shall be taken until the sum of five bun- I
dred thousand dollars shall have been secured.? j
Others argue that at least a million dollars can be
obtaiued. The project has met with favor in eight ;
Southern States, and it is thought that there will i
be no difficulty in procuring whatever funds may ;
be required.
The idea of a great Southern University?a
Southern Oxford?strikes us as a suggestion wor- I
thy of mature consideration. The leagued co- '
horts of all the Northern fanatical "isms," can- [
not so endauger the safety of the South, as that
silent influence, which her Literature must and
will exert upon our manners and principle?, if we
permit it still to permeate the whole country and
deposit its filthy sediment on the dawning genius
of the South. No measure, with the exception j
of a complete and eternnl separation, would tend ,
so much to render the South independent, as the
establishment of a Southern University, where 1
high and complete attainments would enable
Southern talent to euter into successful rivalry 1
with the scholarship of the North, and further- I
more, tend to cherish a unanimity of feeling at '
the South. Besides, the meanest species of sla- j
| very, is intellectual vassalage. Greece, betrayed !
by the corruption of her "Thirty theives" and I
1 emnsculnted by the silly policy of procrastinating 5
nu imperious issue, fell a victim to the rising power !
' of Home, but her literature still domineered over i
the Roman mind. The splendour of her great
' luminaries were faintly reflected, but the fire of
her fierce democratic genius was softened down
| and the brightest tints of beauty partially ob'
scared. She still possossed a source of pride and
congratulation, in the eternity of her Republic of
j Letters. But such a solace would not be left the
South, were the chains riveted upon us which
have so long been clanking in our ears.
The South is neither deficient in intelligence to
comprehend her interests, nor in public spirit to
act for the promotion of her national glory and
renown. The great deficiency lies in her disorganized
state. ^ Her action has never been harmonious
and united on any great issue?even when
her vital interests seemed palpable to the merest
! tyro in political tactics. But it would seem that
on the question of a complete University?not a
' mere one-horse college?they might unite and j
cheerfully work together for one noble and beneficial
aim?the elevation of Southern Literature
and the permanency of Southern Civilizatiou.
THE NEXT GOVERNOR.
We notice that several nominations have already
been made, to fill the Gubernatorial Chair at
the next election. Among others, our townsman,
the ITon. Daniel Wallace, is again spoken of to
fill that post. It is time that South Carolina
should do honor to one of her noblest sons. A
self-made man?for a brief period he served her
faithfully in Congress, and he was beyond doubt
the most prominent an 1 stalwart champion of the
Palmetto State. Since 1852 he has been in retirement,
and the State deprived of the lessons of
his experience and matured political judgment.?
This should not he so ; the State lias a claim on
him, and we know there is 110 one more ready to
respond to her call, nor more able to serve her
efficiently in any emergency. He is just the man
to fill the Gubernatorial Chair with dignity, wisdom,
firmness and courtesy. We hope his claims
will be duly considered and that at the next elec
tion ho will not be "log-rolled" out.
THE "MARY MINE."
We notice in the Charleston Mercury along letter
from the Hon. T. L. Clixgman, of North
Carolina, on the subject of mining, machinery &c.
There seems to be a new interest awakening on
this subject in the Atlantic States. Men arc
coming to the conclusion that cotton crops are as
uncertain as gold mining. It is certainly a favorable
omen to see men of science embarking in the
mining enterprise with so much confidence of success.
We have ldhg wished to soo the mineral
resources of our Stnte fully developed, and look
anxiously forward to the forthcoming report of
Mr. Liebcr, the State Geologist. The "Mary Mine"
in this District still gives promise of a rich harvest
to its owners. From the beautiful specimens
shown us of their copper ore, we are inclined to
think that the poetical name of the mine is not a
misnomer. We wish the company all success.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The intelligence last received from Europe is
neither startliug nor interesting. The expenditure
of the English government over its income
for the last year was ?16,%0,000.
The Paris Dresses says: "Wcstate with regret
that the news relative to the affair of Neufchatel
is decidedly not so good as we had a right to expect.
Lettors from Berlin, as well as Berne,
show that all difficulties are not yet surmounted."
The Porte was preparing to take possession of the
Danubian Delta. The affairs of Greece are about
Tl.o Pnfainti irnr ?li11 rnTitiniii>9. thoUfrh
.Mijuaivu. , Dtbcre
are some hopes of an amicable arrangement.
New details show that the damage sustained by
the foreign merchants in the late affair at Canton
were exaggerated.
PROFESSOR. HILL.
We arc pleased to note the fact that Lippincott,
of Philadelphia, has in course of publication, au
Algebra by Major D. If. Ilill, Professor of Mathematics
at Davidson College, N. C. M?j. H. is a
graduate of West Point, nnd has already established
an enviable reputation as a mathematician.
Ilis work has been examined and highly recommended
by some of the first men of science in the j
South, and wc doubt not it will become a standard,
and supply a desideratum in all our Colleges.
MERE-MENTION.
On Monday next the Court of Common Pleas
for Vork District will commence its session. His
Honor Judge Whitner, will preside. Don't
forget that a valuable lot of negroes are to be
sold at Iloylesville, Gaston Co., N. C., on the 17th
instant. We call attention to the advertisement
of Rev. J. B. Watt, who offers for sale a
Vrr-iSrW traCt OT Steel Crrecx-Vmrtk------ P?rw?rwould
do well to examine "Warlick's Plow," offered
for sale by Mr. Ferguson. It is the completed
thing of the kind we havo seen?cotnbiniug
cheapness of construction wit'u scientific principles.
Sec advertisement. v-Tbc reminiscences
of Columbia by Judge O'Neal!, to be found in
another column, will lie read with pleasure by
some of our old citizens. Life in New York
is rather dangerous from the cut-throats and garroters.
There arc fifteen hundred medical
students in Philadelphia this winter. The
exciting murder trials in New York have increased
the daily issues of the Tim**, Ifnabl and Tribune,
from ten to twenty thousand. Kx-Qovernor
Hammond is a prominent candidate to fill
the place of the lamented Brooks. Kansas
still continues in a very disturbed condition.
The policy of the Buchanan administration will
lie to oppose fillibustcrism and strengthen the
bonds of the Union and the Democratic party. I
The total amount of gold deposited at the
' ~ .1-- tr i c?.^? e .i._ . I
uiiicrent mints in mi1 eiuieu ouiies iur me pu:i
year, was $17,878,441 81. There was a severe
hail storm in Charleston and Augusta on
Saturday last.
The ITon. James L. Orr is generally spoken of \
ns the probable Speaker of tlie House of the next
Congress. The grave of Patrick Ilenrv has j
hitherto been without a tombstone to mark the I
spot of Virginia's immortal orator, but his rela- |
tives liavo recently placed a simple slab above his i
dust. We notice the death of Col. N. A.
Peay, of Fairfield District, on the 2Gth wit.
The affair between Prussia and Switzerland is still j
unadjusted. Brig- Gen. P. II. Nelson has
been elected Major General, to supply the vacan- '
cy occasioned by the resignation of Gen. Aiken. |
There are but five millionaires in the city j
of New York. Gen. McGowan declines run- j
uing for the place left vacant by the death of j
Preston .$. Brooks. Sumner has again re- j
turned to the Senate.
THIRTY THIEVES IN* CONGRESS !
The corruption of Congress has long been more
than suspected, for as McDulfie wisely said, "The 1
angels fell from heaven with less temptation."?
But the confirmation has been fully made out and j
"all the perfumes of Araby" cannot remove the
taint from the once bright name of the American I
Congress. The gangrene disease, however, np- ,
pears confined to the North, and not a singlo
ramification has been traced to the South. The
N. Y. Herald thus bitterly comments on the tcs- j
tiinony before the "Corruption Committee ?
"The Committee report directly against four
members, singular to relate, all Seward Republicans,
and demand their expulsion, to wit: Messrs.
Matteson, Gilbert and Edwards, of New York,
and Welch of Connecticut. Served them right;
but by reference to the testimony, it will be seen
that though decidedly guilty of bribery and corruption,
tliey are but a small instalment of the
spoils and plunder league of the House. Hon.
Rcverdy Johnson testifies that the Hon. Orsamus
R. Matteson, of New York, had informed him that
"there were twenty or thirty members of the
House who were associated and pledged each to
the other not to vote for any law or resolution
! granting lands or money, unless they were paid
for it!" On hearing this infamous state of things,
.ur. oounsun coinessua iu?> ?.< ?? ju.,SiUvui,
was so fur overcome by l< indignation tlint lie
pronounced this league of the twenty, thirty, or
; forty thieves, ''a damned outrage," to which Mr.
i Mattcson responded, also, with a becoming in.
dignation, that they were indeed "u set of damned
| scoundrels," but as nothing could be got through
t without their assistance, the Des Moines Improve:
mcut Company, (of which Mr. Johnson was the
i legal couusel,) would find a hundred thousand
dollars or so very useful for lobby sen-ice in behalf
of their bill.
' "What think our heretofore incredulous readers
; concerning these lobby enormities, as disclosed in
these shockingaud startling revelations? Twenty
; or thirty members of one branch of Congress
bound and pledged to each other not to vote for
; any bill or resolution granting lands or money,
I unless they were paid for it! What a basis for
spoils and plunder is here 1 It covers everything,
, and might bo made to compass an extortion of
millions of lauds or money iu a single bill! We
hn.l supposed that this lobby system was full of
corruptions?that it involvod a money-making
member here and there, such as the gentleman
from Kentucky, who said that if re-elected to
Congress he could "make a greal deal of money;"
but wo had no suspicion of this "open seteame" of
the forty thieves.
"But this is only the in?ide branch of the lobby
1 tanchinciy. Tho outside department is more diversified,
and involves a numerous body of capitaj
lists, speculators, managers, puffers and blowers,
brokers, stool pigeons, poor friends, and what
, not. Among these outside influences, (remarkaj
ble to tell.) black republican ex members of Congress
and newspaper editors and correspondents
loom up in bold relief. Horace Greedey, the incorruptible
champion of "bleeding Kansas" and
"Watts' nervous anti-.lot it appears from the
evidence, is bought and sold to the service of tho
Des Moines Improvement Company, at the low
figure of one thousand dollars, the average price
of a common Virginia nigger. A thousand dollars?the
draft is paid?Greeley pockets the
money, the company think it a safe investment
hut plead guilty in the end of dealing with a
"confidence" man.
A thousand dollars! bought and sold, and got
the money! Thus much for the chief editor and
principal proprietor of the New York Tribune,
gone westward on a course or moral lectures ana
a suit for libel."
MILITARY ELECTION.
At at an election held on Friday, the 27th ultimo,
Capt. Jonathan Fitchet was elected Major
of the Northern Battalion of the Western Regiment,
South Carolina Militia.
Congressional New*.
Washington, Feb. 27.
Senate.?The Senate was in session until halfj
past one last night, and passed Mr. Hunter's sub|
gtitutc for the House tariff bill, reducing the pres!
ent tariff to twenty per cent. The amendment
; also was adopted placing a duly on raw wool of
j twenty-three per cent, and all wool valued at
i twenty-three cents or less per pound to be free.?
The hill thus amended passed.
In the Senate to day tlicy passed twenty-five
i private bills. The Post-office appropriation bill
j was discussed, and the Senate holds an evening
session.
lluuxe.?Mr. Gilbert, in his speech of defence,
denied the truth of the charges against him, and
denounced the attempt of the Hons* to fix a
stigma on his character as unprecedented. He
charged the House v ith gross injustice towards
him, and concluded by stating that he had resigned
his seat, which he did, and immediately left.
The House was taken by surprise. Resolutions
in his case were tabled by 135 against G8. A letter
was submitted from Mr. Mattcson setting forth
that as no trial was allowed to Mr. Gilbert, he
(Mr. M.) had -no right to expect a large measure
of justice, and had resigned his scat. The first
rcsoultion was adopted by 145 ngainstlT; the
second adopted, and the third tabled.
The committee reported in the case of Mr 0. B.
Matteson, a3 follows:
1. Resolved, That Orsainus B. Mattcson, a
member of this House from the State of New
York, did incite parties deeply interested iu the
passage of a joint resolution for constructing the
Des Moines grant, to have here and use a large
sum of money and other valuable considerations,
corruptly, for the purpose of procuring the passage
of said joint resolution through this House.
2. Resolved, That Orsnmus B. Mattcson, in de
during l mi L li large uuuiuci ui uicmvcia vi iu.o
House lifts associated themselves together, and
pledged themselves each to the other not to vote
for any law or resolution granting money or lands
unless they were paid for it, has falsely and willfully
assailed and defamed the character of this
j House, and has proved himself unworthy to be a
member thereof.
3. Resolved, That Orsamus B. Matteson, a
member of this House from the State of New
[ York, be and he is hereby expelled therefrom.
The first resolution was adopted by the House
?ayes 145, noes 17. The second was also adopted.
The third was laid on the table.
Mr. Davis called up Mr. Welch's case.
The House adjourned till 7 p. m.
Washington, Feb. 27.
By a vote taken this evening, the House of
Roprcsentativ s exculpated W. W. Welch, o! Connecticut,
from the charges made by the report of
the Committee on Investigation.
The Senate passed the Post Offioo Appropriation
Bill, with amendment providing for an overland
mail to San Francisco.
Washington. Feb. 28.
The House has tabled the bill to prevent corruption,
as reported by the Special Committee,
has refused to agree to the Senate's amendments
on the Tariff bill, and requested a conference.
The House of Representatives have tabled the
resolution in the case of Mr! Edwards, of New
York, one of those implicated in the report of tho
' Corruption Committee."
The Senate has passed sundry bills from tho
IIou?c, including one making a port of delivery at
Augusta.
The Senate has passed the Deficiency Appropri
filion?, and has called on the President for correspondence
relating to Kansas
Simonton and Triplett, reporters have been excluded.
Tlfc Territorial Legislature of Kansas has passed
a law punishing with death any resistance to
the territorial authorities. The House has refused
to repeal the Territorial test oaths.
David Hume of Virginia, proceeded to the
Pension Office this morning to demand the retraction
of a charge by D. C. Lee, a clerk therein,
that ho (Hume) had picked his pocket at the
President's reception lost week.
Mr. Lee declined to make any retraction, when
Mr. Hume struck him with a stick. Mr. Lee immediately
shot hiiu dead with a pistol, and soon
after delivered himself up to the officers. Great
excitement exists, particularly in the West end
of the Government Departments.
. ? - A
CARD.
It i3 due to the Trustees of Union Academy,
and the people in that vicinity, to state to the public,
that I have given up the charge of their school
from no dislike to the neighborhood. During my
brief sojourn, I found it quite an agreeable and
pleasant community?moral, social and intelligent.
The school, I am happy to state, will continue
under the superintendence of Mr. B. C.
Prcsslcy, a young gentleman of great promise and
worth. I would congratulate the neighborhood
upon having secured his services, and hespeak for
him a generous patronage. J. II. Black.
Yorkville, March 5, 1S-37.
The Kansas Difficulty,
St. Locis, Feb. 25.?The Jefferson City correspondent
of the St. Louis Democrat, learns that
passengers from Kansas give accounts of a difficulty
petweenGov. Geary and Mr. Sherrod, grow[
ing out of the refusal of the former to appoint the
latter Sheriff, as desired by the Legislature, which
had a fatal termination. Sherrod avowed his
purpose of killing Gov. Geary. IIe met the
Govcnor in the street and spit in his face, which
the Govenor did uot resent, but his friends got up
an indignation meeting on the 19th instant.
Sheriff June" Sherrod and others, attempted to
interrupt the meeting, and in an affray, Sherrod
shot Mr. Sheppard, one ol Gov. Geary's friends
four times, and wounded two others, ami Jones,
Gov. Geary's Secretary, shot Sherrod through
| the head, killing him instantly.
There was great excitement at Lecomplon, and
a general fight anticipated that night.
Gov, Geary's residence was guarded by the
j United States troops.
Arrival of the Steamer Xiugnra.
Halifax, February 28.
The Cunard steamship Niagara, Captain John
r.r?i tr?!? nf tlia IliMfwli mid Nnrtli V iiipvhmii Tlnvnl
! mail steamship lino, has arrived at this port, on
| her way to Boston, with advices from Liverpool
! to the afternoon of Saturday, 11th February.
| The advices from the United States by the Atlantic
and Persia have caused an advance of Jd.
to 3 lGd. on cotton. The sales on Friday, 13th,
were 10,500 bales, and of Saturday 15,000. The
sales for the week closing ou the evening of the
13th were 07,000 bales, of which speculators took
25,000 and oxportors 5,500. The quotations giv:
eu are: Orleans middling 7Jd.; Uplands 71d.; Ori
leans fair 8]d. Private circulars rcproaeut cot!
ton as active and an excited market, at advance
of 3 10J., closing firmly and with an upward teu'
dency. The stock of cotton at Liverpool is 342,000
bales, of which 227,000 bales are American
cottons.
Iu breadstuff's and provisions, the market was
dull. Wheat has declined Id. a 2d. The flour
, quotations are nominal. Corn steady at last rates,
as also lard and sugar. Ilosin is quoted 4 a 5.15.
Spirits quiet at 44s. Advices from Manchester
1 are favorable. The London money market sbows
decidedly an easier condition, and Consols closed
at 93^ a 94 for money. Lord Palmerston has admitted
the existence of a treaty between France
and Austria, guaranteeing the Italian possession
i of the latter. The income tax has been reduced
i as before the war.
By mail and telegraph, advices to the 13th De!
cembcr, bad been received from Hong Kong. .The
| British Admiral Seymour had commenoed throwi
ing hot shot into Canton, bat had desisted, in or!
der to renew and strengthen position. The Chin1
esc threaten, if the attack is continued, to burn
1 Hong Kong. The troops sent from India had ar:
rived.
It is rumored that advices have been received
to the effect that the Persian and Chinese wars
have terminated, and that no additional troops
will be ordered for the latter, and uo further advances
will bo made by the forces already at the
sites of war.
New hostilities are brewing in relation to the
D.inubian principalities. The London Times, has
a strongly written editorial, deprecating all temporizing
expedients and urging decisive opposition
to a union of the principalities.
Fron the South Carolinian.
REMINISCENCES OF COLUMBIA.
BY JCDOE O'XEALL.
Enough has been said of houses and localities.
I desire to recall some of the many honored inhabitants.
First among these is the venerable patriarch of
your city?Col. Thomas Taylor. He was one of
the owners of the ground whereon your city stands.
He, it will be remembered, was one of the gallant
men who perilled life and fortune in the cause of
liberty. It ought to be remembered, that he commanded
the company whose fire atFishdam swept
the ranks of Werays' command, laid him low, and
thus materially aided the rolling back the tide of
conquest which had covered Carolina with mourn
T* A- 1 ? 1 il.At
lllg. 11 UUgllb LOU, LU UU lCLUClUUOlUU, lUUb UC UUW
only aided in freeing bis country from political
tyranny, but also from moral slavery. His venerable
form was seen in 1820, at the head of the
first State Temperance Society with which South
Carolina was blessed.
Gov. John Taylor, was the son of this good and
worthy man. He was Senator in Congress, a
member of your State Senate, and Governor of
South Carolina from December, 1826, to December
1828. He was, like his father, remarkable
for his piety and bis many domestic virtues and
usefulness as a man and a citizen. His residence
?Taylor's Hill?is a well known locality.
Dr. Samuel Green, the well-known tavern-keeper
and postmaster, of Columbia, who trusted every
body and yet lost little, ought to live fresh in the
memory <$ every one who was a student of the
College, for his kindness to them whenever trouble
or necessity presented itself.
Of Judge Nott, I may have occasion to speak
when I may talk about the bench and bar since
1814. His residence was once in the midst of
your city, at the corner, whence starts west Doctor
Fair's fine row of tenement houses; he subsequently
lived whore Rich'd Sondley lives in so
much elegance. He died in 1830. Of him I may
be allowod to say htre, he was the Mansfield of
South Carolina on the bench, and his domestic
life was as good as his public life was useful and
brilliant.
Dr. James Davis lived long in your city, and at
the place which I designated as Judge Nott's first
residence. He was the leading physician here for
many years, and in his profession, and every other
way, did much to entitle his name to respect and
his memory to be loved.
Before my imagination rises the facetious face
of Thomas Egan. He was a lawyer. His clear,
soft voice never was heard in a court room without
producing effect. He loved fun and frolic,
and this, to him, "a feast of fat things," covered
over his evening and closed an unhonored grave
over his remains.
The printer, Dauiel Faust, is ever to be remembered,
when Columbia reckons those who honored
her. He was a good and true man. nis printing
press was not only useful to him as a means
of life, but also to the town and State. Honest
industry was to him a crown which could only be
displaced by the crown everlasting, for which he
toiled here, and which he wears in an everlasting
world.
Here, too, we must not forget James S. Guignard,
the Clerk, Register and Ordinary of Rich
laud for more than fifty years. He came to this
city when it was much younger than when I first
saw it?he was gathered to his fathers as it were
hut yesterday. He saw all, and more than I have
been able to narrate. You all knew him, and I
will only say to his successors, bo like him, honest,
faithful, intelligent, firm, temperate, pious
and industrious; and, like him, you will earn
wealth, and the plaudit of your countrymen, 'well
done."
Just here iny old friend, the cannie Scot, Adam
Edgar, miue host of many years, and the tailor
who always knew '-how to get outjof a coat," is
always recalled to my mkd. He was long an inhabitant,
and won his way to wealth by untiring
industry. As he used to say of his penmanship,
he was "not much for writing, but was most notorious
for a figure." He has often told me that,
when he finished his brick hotel, he was in arrears
517,000 for his own indebtedness and that of a
friend, for whom he was endorser; bat in his own
joyous expression, "the Newberry boys stuck to
me, and in three years I had paid it all." Think
of that, friends, and falter not when misfortunes
crowd upon you. Like friend Adam, you may
have friends, and industry, patient, temperate industry,
fails not to overcome a multitude of difficulties.
In the neighborhood where my memory is lingering,
I first saw my late valued friend, John
Bryce. His shop, whence he followed his craft as
a shoe and boot maker, was on Richardson-street,
near Dr. Green's Postoffice. Untiring industry
gave him wealth?an active, inquiring mind,
which sought information in every way in which
it could be obtained, made him tho intellig
nt, useful member of society which he became.
Oh that many would imitate such an example!
Dr. Edward Fisher is another name which ought
not to be forgotten. He was the equal of Dr. Davis
in the healing art. Like hira he lived for the
good of others. He was the kind, generous friend.
So, too, my old leader at the bar, Robert Stark,
stands before me in all his pride of p'ace. He was
indeed a terror to evil doers. As Solicitor, he
pursued and punished crime with inflinching perseverance.
I have often heard an anecdote told
of him, that an offender at Barnwell, to escape
punishment for some crime, fled the State, and
caused to be published in the papers his death.?
His wife took out administration on bis estate, and
appeared at court in her mourning weeds. The
Solicitor was seen to be giving out the bill against
him. Mr. Hagood, then an eminent lawyer, said
to him: "Surely, Mr. Stark, you are not giving
out a bill against a dead man ?" "Dead or alive,"
was the reply, "I'll have him;" ami sure enough,
he did have him, for at the nexr court he tried
and convicted him. Mr. Stark was one of the men
of '76. He was in that memorable charge on the
brick house at Entaw, when Captain Richard
Johnson leaped off his horse, and drawing a twenty-penny
nail from his pocket, drove it with the
hilt of his dragoon sword into the touch-hole of a
field piece, saying, as he struck, "You have plagued
us all day; you shall plague us no more!" The
soldier who never turned his back on an enemy,
the Solicitor who never swerved from duty, lived
to experience the ingratitude of one Legislature
by being turned out of office, and the gratitude of
another, by being elected Secretary of State.
Mixed with these worthy names, weresomeodd
fish. Old Kennard, the pauper politician, was
one of the most remarkable?his description of the
manner in which a man named Merritt was treated
in a riot, struck Judge Bay's fancy as wonderfully
descriptive; he said they "Mohawkml him."
Dr. Brazier was another. lie was once a Methodist
preacher?then an Universalis!?then a
Shaker, and finally a Swedenborgain. Ho lived
to be more than a hundred years old. He believed
in the real presence, and once said to me, "I am
he, if I am right, all is well?if I am wrong, it
would be a pity to disabuse me and destroy my
happiness."
In 1812, came to Columbia my never-enough
venerated friend Chancellor DeSaussure, who adorned
every walk of life with knowledge, kind|
ness and virtue. How much he did for Columbia
can hardly be estimated. He enforced into it that
kind and hospitable spirit, which has ever since
prevailed in its society. How much he did for
the Stnte!
Here, too, ought to be remembered the name of
: Abram Blauding. He was not here among the
j earliest?he came after his father-iu-law, Chan
| ccllor Debaussure. l>ut there is no name to whom
; Columbia owes more. Who built at an immense
| sacrifice of his private fortune your water works ?
I Who putin motion the Commercial Bank? Who
i periled everything in internal improvements??
i History will say Abram Blanding.
i Nor can Nicholas Herbemont, once the owner
I of the residence and the beautiful garden of Capt.
j Lyons be forgot.
This is a poor recollection of the mighty dead.
Are there more of the former times remaining!?
David Ewart, Andrew Wallace, James Boatwright,
John W. Clark, and John J. Chapell, are survivors.
Do they not, each and all merit your gratitude?
! They have borne theirparta faithfully too. Ewart
j and Wallace were merchants; Boatwright, Rawls
; and Clark, were mechanics, and Chappoll, a law,
yer?all have alike lived to a good old age, and
of them all, the "well done good and faithful sorj
vants," is suspended a little longer, that earth
I may still be blessed with their presence.
In thus sketching Columbia much has been
omitted, and yet much ought to be still noticed.?
Columbia has been equally favored by public and
private institutions and public expenditure and
private enterprise. The Branch of the Bank of
the State begiooingla 1814( apd presided over by
Benjamin Hart, Win. Ed. JTayne, John G. Brown,
Pierce M. Butler, and Robert H. _Goodwyn, has
contributed much to the prosperity of the oity.?
So too the Commercial Bank, commencing in 1831
and presided over by. Abrtim Blanding and John
A. Crawford, has done Its full share. The
Lnnatio Asylum has poured a ftotxkof
wealth from the public food, and from the sources
of private individuals, fnto thir city. This
institution originated from the fact that a poor .
crazy woman from Greenville annuo)hr virit*d
Columbia. Samuel Farrow, Esq., a member of
the Legislature, observing her destitute condition
by the wayside, suggested an asylfcm for the bt>
sane. Mr. Crafts, at the same time, derived a
school for the deaf and dumb. The two prqjects
wero united, and $60,000 were appropriated, and
the Lunatic Asylum was founded. Sow mash _
good it has done can scarcely be estimated.
The great bridge spanning the Congaree was begnn
by McKenzie?drowned >t the public dam ?
originally contemplated several feet below. The
fresh of 1824 rose abovo the river line, and Mr. l|
Stark showed thorn-the mark of the Tasoo fresb, if
and it was raised accordingly. When finished, 1
my friend affixed the marriage injonctiou, that fl
those whom God has joined together, let not a ma I
put asnnder to the union between Lexington and
Richland, and so far it lias been prbphetlc. 9
The South Carolina College, howeyer, has, par- 9
haps, more than anything else (save the genaiol Jj
meetings of the Legislature) contributed ts the i
wealth of Columbia. Thence, a? from an unfailing
fountain has poured into her lap the wealth of
South Carolina. For fifty yean tycre has been
on an average one hundred students, * whose expenditure
has probably been $500 each per annam,
or a total of $2,600,000 in fifty years. The
State appropriation in the same period bee been
more than $1,000,000. How ought the people of
this city to cherish such an inatilotion? They
should guard it with care?they should feel that
the pupils were as their own children?^hey should
discourage extravagance?protect them from vice.
South Carolina Collso*.?On the 19tfa of
December. 1801, was passed the act to' establish a
College at Columbia, whioh has scattered light
and knowledge like die ray of the morning sun all |
over the State. To it, I and most of the others
known to the history of the State since 1806 owe
much of what we have been or still are. I first 1
saw and entered its walls in 1811. Like Colombia,
the South Carolina College was then in its ififanoy. wH
Two college buildings, a president's house, and a
tenement boose for two professors, and a student's
house, were all which were provided for education.
Look now upon the umput, filled with
buildings, and the magnifibfeat* College Hall looming
np in the street?*nd ask, baa ednoation kept
pace with the princely expenditure oa the part of
the State ? I horn to. 1
In February, 1811,1 first saw tho President, p (
Dr. Maxcy?the Professors, Brown, Park, Perranlt?and
the Tutor, "Gregg. This Facilty
would now seem to be a slender provision, for-e
college, yet they were ripe * scholars,' goefd men,
faithful teachers, and many a grateful heart has
turned and still turns to them,'acknowledging the
benefit conferred. ? 3*
May I be indalged a moment in recalling the i
friends and preceptors of my youth. DrL Messy (
was nrsi in toe college and lint m U?e Affections i
of his pupils. - When seen in rep**e there wag
nothing remarkable in his appearance; bat when
he began to speak, erea in common co&rersatioa,
genius flashed from his eyes, and every Iincamont
of his race unfolded the man aradng meo. In his
lecture room he was the light of eqUfepeHand
knowledge; difficulties in metaphysics rani shod
at his touch, and belle* Uttns was shown to beHfb
handmaid of criticism, eloquenoe- and grace. Id
the pulpit he was indeed the preacher of righteous*
ness?he might bate spoken hour upon hour, and
none would hate perceived the-flight of time. Am
the President, none ever commanded more respect fl
grate Senators admired this graceful, venerabls
preceptor as he delivered the diplomas and pronounced
his vot gercUi*, and finally hong, with hi*
weeping graduates, upon his fhreweU address.? <
He is, however, gone?forever gone?from earth;
few remain who can say ' *! knew Jonathan Ma*,
cy." * ' .
The Ret. John Brown was Professor of Logic
and Moral Philosophy. He was one of the original
Trustees of the fiKmth-Carolisa College. He
taught and preached on;the Lord's Day In the
College Chapel for a short tijne after I entered the
College, and then became the President of Franklin
University of Georigia. He was a clear-headed,
faithful teacher.
Thomas Park was Professor of Greek and Latin - ^
Languages. Kind old friend, who does not honor mi
thy name! None, I am sure, wher ever-were'
within the College walls. Your President will
bear witness with me to hie valuable services, and
to his almost idolatrous affection wfth which he *
watched over it. He will remember how earnest- *
ly affectionately he besought us to end our rebellion,
in 1812, against Professes Blackburn,
and how, at last, at his entreaty, it-was compromised
in the lecture room by that remarkable
treaty, "let me alone and FI1 let joa alone!** m
Professor Perranlt few here remember;he was flj
the professor of Mathematical lively Frenchman^
and I presume a good "mathematician. Bat my
acquaintance with him was cHght;'fbr' his place V
was soon vacated and my much esteemed friend ^
Col. James Gregg, then a tutor in the College 1
filled his chair temporarily. CoL Gregg has so, 1
recentlv naasnd frrtm nmnnir on lat.lv J
ascended to his Father and oaf Father to claim:
the reward of & life without reproach, that I need
do no more than say, that he was one of yoar city
fathers, to whose memory yoa owe more than'
I fear you will ever pay. ~ The
chair of Chemistry was first filled duriog,my
collegiate course. Charles Dewar Simons entered
upon its duties, and never didany beginning
argue so much prospective usefulness. His leetures
and experiments filled .the;'students with
enthusiasm. Chemistry was th.e theme on emrf
tongue?his lectnre 130m was constantly filled,. 1
and Professor Simons was for the time the Idol of
the College. Bat, alas, how vain are human expectations.
In February, 1812,. he was drowned
in attempting to cross Haughabook swamp. The
members of the Ctariosophic Society erected a" '
monument to his memory in St Phillip's church,
Charleston. It perished in Hie fire whichopofumed
that bailding in 1833.
. Indian News.?A detachment of apt. Wo. H.
Kendrick's Company of Mounted Volunteers, -under
command of Lieut. Mizcll, came upon a trail
of Indians on the 14th nit, on the west side of
Istapogo creek. The trail crossed the creek at
the same place that Oen. Harney did, and kept ^
his course for about three miles beyond it, when
it struck a course a little west of south About
eight miles from this divergence, the Volunteers
came on the Indian camp?minu3 the Indians. *
It is supposed that tho Indians had anticipated
an attack, and had lost no time in leaving the j
premises, as in their haste, they left enough to j
sapply their pursuers with an abundance of tro- \
phies, such as baskets, cups (out from the eypress,)
an elegant hoe, bread tray (made for the brierroot
and koontee,) bear skins, a boy's shirt (made'
of bnckskin,) and other articles scarcely worth I
mentioning.
The Indians had commenced a permanent .establishment,
as their constructions and arrange- I
meuts would show. Seventeen or eighteen plaoes- '
for pounding brier-roots were in course of construction,
and some palmetto sheds were going up; >
a quantity of brier-root had been colleoted, and ,
half a bushel of acorns (shell removed) were laid 4
in a pile near by. In the opinion of the men
who discovered the camp, this gang comprised,
about fifteen or twenty Indians with their families.
They had followed Gen. Harney's *rail, it
is supposed for tho purpose of securing his "leavings."
d
The Indians were not pursned beyond the camp
?Lt. Mizell will, probably, report the reason.
The facts given above are gleaned from a private
letter?the only information received at this- ^
place concerning the matter?and we have no J
doubt of the correctness of the statements, as the |
writer had conversed with several men of Lt.- Mizell's
command who had returned to Kissimraer, J
sick with the Measels.?Tampa, FloridaJ Pen in- j
aular. ]
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Rumored lUextean Treaty.
We do not believe that Mr. Forsyth has formed ? (
any such treaty as has been represented. He
would scarcely assume such a responsibility. I
Our impression is that the reported stipulations
are'inthe form of propositions to our government
from Comonfort, whose necessity for a supply of '
hard cash is imperative. They differ only inform
from similar propositions from Santa Anna to our
late Minister, Geu. Gadsden, who invariably rejected
them, not cveu submitting them for consideration
to our government. That the government
and country will reject similar propositions, as
mo ousis 01 a ireaiy. requires no demonstration. i
They are absurd on their very face. The idea ef
lending money to be paid back to the lender, as
part of his claim on the borrower, is.intrinsically
preposterous, that claim we suspect being the old
Hargous affair. Bat we believe the secret of this
initial arrangement is, that the Mexican govern- J
mcnt should be enabled to raise the ways and jk
means to discharge the British debt, which is
pressing for settlement.
The idea conveyed, in addition, that we are to j
have commercial concessions from Mexico as the '
price, in part, or consideration, for loaning her ^
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