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Scraps & Jfads. [ Our Virginia exchanges unite in urging and seconding the proposition for a grand celebration at Jamestown, Va., of the 20th anniversary of the < ' settlement" of that place, to take place on the 13th May pros. I Almost everybody thinks that he could j edit a newspaper a little better than' any- | body else. Yet historians and essayists of I high repute have made deplorable failures j in this line of literature. They have proven * unsuccessful even in writing " leaders," and that is by no means the great work of ' journalism. The Union State Committee of Connecticut have issued an address, in which they recapitulate the acts of Mr. Pierce's administration, denounce the late decision of the United States Supreme Court, and urge the opposition to organize and stand firm, and oppose the principles and measures j of the Democratic party generally. We learn that on Thursday, 12th ' inst., a Coroner's iuquest was held in this , District, on the body of a slave, the proper- ' ty of Mr. J T. Sartor. The negro had j died on the Saturday previous, and it was supposed his death was caused from brutal beatiug by Lewis Jones, who had hired him. / ' The verdict of the Jury, after careful investigation, was, that the slave was killed by Jones. It is said Joues has fled.? Union-j viUc Journal. The receipts of Cotton at New Orleans | from Friday to Monday (last) evening were 19,000 bales; and the total decrease in the : receipts at all the ports up to the present time, as compared with the same period last year, is 210,000. The majority of the trade still favor a total crop of not over 3,000,000 bales; but, if recent reports from Red River are correct, the probabilities are strong that the crop will exceed the above figure at least 100,000 bales. JacobThompson of Mississippi, Secreta- j ry of the Interior is a native of Leasburg, Cos- J well Co. N. C. His father Nicholas Thompson settled at that place in early life and followed saddle and harness making. By diligence and economy he accumulated a large fortune, and raised a family of five sons and one daughter. Jacob is next to the oldest, j and moved to Mississippi when very young, i He and three other brothers graduated at the University of North Carolina. The father and the oldest son still live at Leasburg. -Gen. La Vega, the Mexican General, is stopping at Willards' hotel at Washing . ton, as is also Col. 3Iay, who took La Vega's i guns and made him prisoner at the battle of Pale Alto; and to complete the curious reunion, Col. Mngruder, to whom May handecnfca Vega over for safe keeping, is at the - same hotel. It tnnst be pleasant as well as suggestive to see these warriors assembled at the same dinner table, hobnobbling in a friendly way, and popping champagne corks instead of Dine pounders. J)red Scott?who is remanded to : slavery by the recent Supreme Court decis- ! ion?is the slave of one of the Massachu- ; setts M. C.'s, Dr. Chaffee, through his wife. ; Dr. C. represents th^, Springfield district, | the Argus of which place states the fact how Scott became Chaffee's slave?Chaffee ! marrying the widow of Dr. Emerson, of Missouri. The decision of the bench that Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States aud could not sue in the United States Court, has remanded him and his family to i r *r A* tnecnattienooa or iurs. ^canee. It will be remembered, perhaps, that nearly four years ago a controversy of a personal occurred between Hon. Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War, and Hon. Mr. Toombs, Senator from Georgia. Mr. Davis is now ia the Senate. A correspondence appears in the Union between certain mutual friends and these two gentlemen, proposing that friendship shall exist between them hereafter, on the basis of an oblivion of the past. Each agree to the proposition, and amicable relations are thus fortunately established between these distinguished Senators. ? ? We feel satisfied that reliuble letters have reached this city from Panama, saying that Messrs. Morse and Borland, the Special and Resident Ministers from this Government in New Granada, have been constrained to demand their passports, owing to the determination of that Government to refuse to do justice to the matters now in issue with the United States, aud that great excitement oonsequeutly exists on the Isthmus, where it is confidently anticipated that the Government here will promptly direct Uuited States vessels of war to take possession of the ports of Panama and Aspinwall. * The news received from Bogota by the last mail, as far as regards the questions pending between the government of this country aud that of the United States, is highly important, aud we regret to say, as far as regards a speedy and amicable settlement, anything but satisfactory. Indeed, as far as we can iufer from a perusal of the documents, the stand taken by the Executive at Bogota is so diametrically opposite to that of the Cabinet at Washiqgtom, that it ap 1 1-^-1? : !LI.a :i^ 1.1 pears aDSOiuieiy iiupusaiuieiu reuuuuuu lueuj. | The points at issue between the two governments, as our readers well know, are three, viz: the massacre of the 15th of April, the tonnage tax, and the postage tax. The names and times of appointment of the Judges of the Supreme Court, may be new to many of our readers. The Court consists of nine Judges, six of whom concurred in every essential point with ChiefJustice Taney in the opinions he delivered in the Dred Scott eve. Chief Justice, Roger B. Taney, Baltimore Md., 1836. Associate Justices, John McLean, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1829; James M. Wayne, Savannah, Georgia, 1835; John Catron, Nashville, Tenn., 1837; Peter V. Daniel, Richmond, Va., 1841; S. Nelson, Cooperstowo, N. Y., 1845; Robert C. Grier, Pittsburg, Pa., j 1846; Benjamin R. Curtis, Boston, Mass., 1851; John A. Campbell, Mobile, Ala., 1853. The following remarkable statement appears in a late number of the Yicksburg (Miss.) Sentinel: " We were present on the 27th instant at the disinterment of the remains of Mrs. Mary Jane Tompkins, first consort of Honorable P. W. Tompkins, former member of Congress of ihis district, and a sister of Ex-Governor Helm, of Kentucky. She had been interred seventeen years on the 4th instant, enclosed in a zinc coffin filled with alcohol, which was re-eni ? J 1 i .n {V.1U, Cioseu IU IS WUUUUU UULUU, UUU an uaiciUiijr packed in charcoal. The wooden coffin and the top of the zinc one were somewhat de cayed, bat the corpse itself was in a perfect state of preservation, features natural and hair as flexible as in life. FMTKD JJY SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. J. II. BLACK. YORK VILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 26, 1867. PERSONAL. The Co-partnership heretofore existing between Miller k Mki.tov, having hern dissolved, it is nocessnry thnt the business of the firm should be closed. Wc earnestly hope nil who know themselves indebted, will settle up immediately. Don't think, kind reader, because you owe a tmall amount thnt the cnll is not intended for you; it is addressed particularly to all who arc in arrears. ' M *' - ?--n nfft flnA If we can gei an mc sinau uiuuums ?, it will bo something considerable to us. L. M. Ghibt, at the E.NquittEU office, is authorized to make settlements, and we trust our patrons will respond to the call we have made upon them. PRESS FOR SALE. Printers are requested to refer to the advertisement under this head. DIVINE SERVICE. We are requested to publish notice that Divine Service will be performed at Rock Hill, by Rev. Mr. Gibson, on Sabbath next; nnd on every succeeding Fifth Sabbath iu the year. ODE TO SPRING. We publish on the first page a queer performance, from the pen of a new contributor. There nre not a few grains of genuine poetry in it, as the reader will the more readily admit on the second or pcrliap-the third perusal. But for an odd mixture, near the close?a little too sadly out of tune?we could have pronounced it a gem.? Nevertheless, "Willie" will always find n corner in reserve for him. NEW DOCTORS. The annual coursp of lectures, in the South Carolina Medical College, terminated on the 8th instant. Two hundred anil forty-five students were in attendance, all from the Southern States; ninety-nine of whom obtaiued the degree of M. D. From York District, we note the names of the following graduates, with the subjects of their theses: James B. Allison?Intermittent Fever; T. Y. Barron?Sense of Vision; R. R. Darwin? Chronic Hepatitis; Robert C. Hnnna?Ai^/nitation. K. C. RECORDER. We have received the March No. of this neat | College Monthly, and notice that besides Si veral well written prose essays, it contains two beautiful poems from the pen of "Willie." The friends of the institution should support this ^agaziue; as it contributes greatly to the improvement of the students in composition and the low price [ (1.) will never be missed. THE SOUTHERN LIGHT. The suspension, for a time at least, of this^ Journal i9 announced in the last issue. It has beer discontinued just a3 its improved appearance np! peared likely to gain popularity. The want of time?and wc suppose the old tale at the South, the want of pecuniary support?arc the editor's reasons for abandoning the ent.rnri.se. ? _. mi. FIRE IN CHESTER. We are pained to lenrn that a fire broke out, in Chester, yeste-day, at twelve o'clock, in the kitch; en atl-iclied to the dwelling of .Tamr* IIkmimiji,!.. Esq., and, before its progress could be stayed, consumed the dwelling and serern! of the outbuildings. By atrennous exertion", a large por [ uon oi me iurrmure was sijvw. This disaster is a heavy one. and will be deeply regretted hv Mr. HtMi-nrLL't many friends. MURDER. We learh that a murder was perpetrated, in Chester District, Sunday last, by Cat ter, on the person of a man named Gibson. A quarrel arising from a domestic broil had occurre I between them, and Carter had thereupon threatened to shoot Gibson, who was liis tenant, at sight. Sunday afternoon, as Gibson was entering Carter's yafd, the latter approached within a few feet, and, vithouta word, shot him through the heart?of course, killing liiin instantly. From all that we can learn, the crime is of an unusually outrageous character. Gibson was a man of family, and had recently moved from Virginia. Carter ha? been arrested. DEATH OF THE "OLDEST INHABITANT." We learn that Mr. Samuel Turner, a native ?t our District, died at his residence on Thursday last, aged 98 years. His extreme old age had for many years rendered him totally helpless, and almost entirely deprived him of the use of his senses. He was, probably, the oldest person in the District. On Saturday, his maiden daughter, Sarah Turner, died at the age of 72 years. Through this long life she had remained alone with her father ?his support and comforterand when her duty was done, "departed in peace." If it could now be written, the affections of these two lives, thus mingling long and peacefully together, might be made the theme of a beautiful chapter in the great volume of human history. Not often lias such a tale been told. EUROPEAN ITEMS. Mr. Crampton, the late Minister to Washington, has been sent in the same capacity to Hanover.? The latest China advices state that no new operations had taken place. The Emperor had prohibited his subjects from trading with the English under the penalty of death.- The Chinese had made an attempt to destroy the English fleet, but were repulsed. They seem very much enraged anrl Untiflnrinii 5n VfirirtiK file Ill ILIC iiU^llOU, auu >uv . tricts have issued edicts against Englishmen, offering rewards for assassinations and incendiarisms at Hong Kong. The settlement of the Swiss question is progressing slowly?both parties out of humor. The Liverpool cotton market was dull and declining. SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES. It is rather strange to see printing paper sent i to the North; but singular as it may appear such is the fact. The pioneer paper factory at Athens, Ga., is shipping paper to Philadelphia for the use of the Philadelphia Inquirer. It is a very superior article and reflects credit on the manufactory. A lot goes forwnrd by the next Philadelphia steamer. Why not have a paper mill in Columbia 1 we would support it liberally.?Carolina Times. This is no new thing. The paper mills in Lincoln and Cleveland counties have for several years shipped a large portion of their manufactures to the North. Our difficulty in'procuring good paper has, all the time, resulted from the fact that the foreign demand far exceeds the means of supply. This result is to be observed, too, in other branches of business. Mr. Hebndo.v, who has a large Steam Tannery in successful operation near town, makes ready and profitable sales of his leather in the Northern markets, and is unable to supply his customers. Such enterprises will, in the end, pay better dividends than Bank-stocks, and, unlike Banks, will not bo obnoxious to the charge of cramping tho energies and eating out the substance of our people. Let them be encouraged ! We onght to have in Yorkville a few more such Tanneries, several Cotton Mills, a good Paper Mill, Flouring Mills, and a more.confident disposition to enter into such-like enterprises.? They would all pay handsomely. "BEAUTY." We trust the reader is aware of the fact that wc 1 penned, last week, a random column-full on this . j interesting theme. It has elicited a response j from some congenial spirit; and for several days j ! a sweet bouquet, of flowers rare and beautifully entwined, has "veiled in a crowd of fragrance" our ' lonely tanchim. A welcome, n delightful liarbin- ! j ger of Spring it was?a charming remembrancer, : ! too, of loveliness unknown and all in mystery.? | We had almost forgotten the "myths of Eldbut | j this gracious compliment from "Beautiful" has j; ; brought trooping through our fancy visions of !1 j nymphs and elves and Dryads and Naiads and all j j the fairy J " Creatures of the elements, j That in the colors of the rainbow live And play in the plighted clouds." j' It has enkiudled within us a something which | 1 we imagine not to be unlike a spirit of poetry: j' and we feel an invisible agency saying unto us? j "Write 1" We have been reading and thinking of ' such, and so, currente colnmo, wc indite for L'ts- j COXNLF. A Sonnet i - < I I've gazed on Beauty, .wlieu the cloudless Night j Wore on her brow a diadem of stars, I And hushed in holy calm were Earth's rude jars, . Betjeatb the placid moonbeams still and bright j, Which fell around with weird, enchanting light;? : , Nor this, nor beams from morning's golden bars, I | J Have ever yielded me such pure uciigur, i I | As the sweet-blooming flow'rs thy fingers wove; J, j Albeit the Donor is unknown to me, ', I Vet in my henrt, like rare, wild melody, j i Trills in song the tender dream of love, j j And murmurs sounds prophetic from above? i, 'The Beautiful Unknown, as with a key, ;, i Ilath locked the chains which must enduring i , prove." ( * j, NEW GOODS. ! Now, that the sun is shining brightly, and all the harbingers ofSpring-time have come and gone, j our merchants are replenishing their shelves and I i making ready the vestments wherewithal to be ' adorned in styles becoming the season. One, in j i especial, has done more than this : imported a ^ j pattern, of rarest fashion and lustre, for all the | i seasons?as well for the pleasant days of Spring j j and Autumn, as for the move trying extremes of I j Summer and Wintor?to gladden and adorn when ; 1 all is joyous and happy, ond to comfort and cheer | | when the hours arc oppressive ami the blasts are | , | rude and mournful. Albeit such importations ; . I are never transferable?far above the considcra- 1 : tions of ctntt per-ant?they are ever very wol- | ! come. We presume our home readers know that we arc j writing of the elegaut establishment of our friends ' over the way?Messrs. L. Bloomberg and Broth- l ' J or. Their advertisement is in another column ; j ! and a well-selected stock of Goods is on their j j shelves for the public accommodation. Drop in, I | at times, and take a benefit. C. H. SUBER, ESQ,. We regret to notice, from a Card which we copy : in another column, that our friend Mnj. Suberhas j ; declined the nomination for Congress. His claims . to the position deserved a more attentive conside- [ ration thnn those of ranny yet in nomination; and J 1 1 he was further recommended to the opinion of 0"t i tit'trt in that his name was withheld by his friends until it could be announced with propriety. } Wc arc tempted, now, to commit on onr own i 1 : behalf a breach of strict propriety : if may ex- I plain, in some sort, our interest in the matter of I | which we write. While in Washington, last year, ! , ! and in an every-hour association with our lnment. ed Congressman, our conversation turned, several j timoo, noon our mutual friend, for whom Colonel : I Brooks entertained an affection, as near as that of J . a brother, morally beautiful and striking in every j . : manifestation of it. At one time, in his peculiar, ; direct and impressive manner, lie said: "Men are ! not often under-rated; but onr people do not ! know my friend as / know him. Ho is the best j man of his age in South Carolina; and b?f0re j long, will be in Congress." j We marked it clown in our memorandum book, 1 and so it reads. Thus we were especially gratified to perceive his name in nomination, and we indulged the hope that the people would recognize him, and, for once, fulfill a prophecy?prompted, it may be, in some degree, by the noble friendship I of a noble man, yet?not without a reason. Major Suber's card, which is worth the reading, i will be found in another column. INDIAN NEWS. j We glean some enteresting information from j the last Florida news. The Indians continue their depredations and a few recent skirmishes are con I sidercd the precursors of "war to the knife." I These engagements have occurred between small t ! detachments under Lieut. Freeman, Capt. Steven- ; i son and Lieut. Archer and skulking bands of SemI inoles; in which four Americans were killed, five I wounded and four boys missing. Lieut. Freeman j is among the wounded The number of Indians j killed is not ascertained, though several were seen I to fall who were immediately carried away. It is I supposed their loss exceeds that of the whites.? | j One squnw about nineteen or twenty with a little i son, were captured. Her warnor husband had j fallen in battle after having been shot four times. She is described as very beautiful, in her unadorned simplicity, and worthy of the brave hero who fell in defence of his native hammock. It is a matter of regret that the autagonism between the two races can only cease with destruction of the j inferior. A fatal destiny hangs over the red man. Their fate will be a matter of speculation to some future historian. He will wonder how a nation whose hunting grounds extended from tiie Atlantic to the Pacific, could fade like a wreath of snow ! before an exotic race. It can only be accounted for, from the fact, that their wild and devoted atI tachment to the customs of their forefathers? which in a white man we would call patriotism? j has prevented them from amalgamating with the [ dominant race. ! A "CONFERENCE." Among the candidates who have been anuounI ced in the Ninety-Six District, some are puttingj on airs that are intensely queer. -A Mr. Hope?a ! ! near relative, we trow, of '-the Charmer" who j "lingered still behind"?residing somewhere in J 1 Saxe Getha, has written to the Newberry Sun, . and proposes a Conference of all the candidates, j on Sale-day next! 0 Tempora ! what an idea!? j1 j We have heard of conventions for the purpose of 11 ! manufacturing candidates ; but the conception of :; . the idea of a Convention of Candidates Las been 1 reserved for this latter day. Shade of the Past, ! I'stand from under! Clear the way!?Fetch out ! the Banners !?Sound the Gong-gong !?Now let ' , i the march begin!?Genius of the immortal Cnmp, ! bell, with thy grandest numbers, be with us:? ! "Eternal Hope ! when yonder spueres suoume Pealed their first notes to sound the inarch of Time, ' ' Thy joyous youth began: But not to fade? When all the sister planets have decayed, . When wrapped in fire the realms of Ether glow, | And Heaven's last thunder shakes the world below, { Thou, undismayed, shalt o'e* the ruins smile, ! ' And light thy torch at Nature's funeral pile." | 1 We are somewhat relieved. Now for the idea, j' 1 verbatim. Mark the style?the ingenuousness, the i 1 inimitable sangfroid thereof:? Messrs Editors:?I notice my name, among oth> ers, in the list of nominations to fill the vacancy ' ; occasioned by the lamented death of the Hon. P. j S. Brooks. We h?ve not said that we would be 1 a caudidate, neither have wo said to friends that | > I we would not be, under any circumstances, so that we repudiate the idea of " Hottentotism" as 1 applicable to us. Wo confess that we feel some i aspirations for positions of usefulness and honor, i and would appreciate such an elevation with high- j toned gentility, and render a service, humble it | might be, but not degrading to the honorable district. hut my desires are not strong enongh to prepare me for an ungenerous scramble for political responsibility. A file of names, all higlitoned , gentlemen, have been complimented as nominees, , but how many intend to stand the canvass i? yet uncertain. My proposition would be that n eon- ! fcrence, either personally or tluough friends, be had among those who desire the elevation, and that some harmonious understanding be arrived at among those of the most congenial political faith. Court week at Newberry, or some enrly Sale-day, would offer some fit and acceptable oc casion. What say you, compeers in nominationalism? Candidate or not, we are willing to make ; our political stand-point known. PARAGRAPHS OX POLITICS. Since the adjournment of the Senate, and tak- j ing advantage of a temporary relief, consequent j thereupon, from the overwhelming rush of office- j seekers, the new Cabinet have set to work earn- ; sstly to mark out the policy of the Administration, i This is. of course, found to be a labor of great ' difficulty; involving, as the impo*'- ut object, the reconciliation of discordant and s.olently conflicting interests. The iminineut danger of the Demo- ; :rntic party is in the burdeu of its own weight? j in the threatened disintegration and demoralization of its own elements. The outward pressure which has heretofore kept its parts together is for i ? <;.?? . - - .1 .nlmsinn niliat t.P miflfi to : lontinue by the earnest and skillfully-directed np- j plication of inherent energy. Of all the agents to this end, the "public plunder," first of all, de- 1 mands attention. Here, a difference of opinion ! appears to exist in the Cabinet connsels. The j Northern and Western States demand "rotation in office," and accordingly hordes of leaders are at the Capitol urging their claims for a share of spoils ; while at the South, public opinion, with singular unanimity, denounces this disgraceful and destructive precedent, and urges upon the j Administration the adoption of a line of policy | more in accordance with exact principle and in better keeping with the future integrity of the ' government. Rumor says, that Mr. Buchanan ; has decided to "deal with fools according to their folly;" to adopt the rotation policy so far as it may affect the Northern and Western States, and to retain public officers in the Sonth except in ca- ( ses of palpable inefficiency. We trust, however, ; that the rumor is at fault. One policy for the North, and another for the South, can be produc- | tivc of nothing but evil. If the Democratic party | cannot adhere to ore and the same principle ; if I its rulers cannot be made to occnpy the same ! platform, its destruction is enevitable. But we ! arc unprepared to believe that Mr. Buchanan will pursue a course so utterly vaccillating and snb- i servient. The truth should he realized that the last election was not the result of party management. Every step taken by the wire-pullers of the Democracy but hurried the party to their defeat; and nothing saved is from dire discomfiture but that firm integrity which resides in the masses, looking to the preservation of the Union. In conducting the nffuirs of his Administration, then. I the President is expected to turn aside from pure- j ly party influences, and consult tbe wishes and i the opinions of the great masses of the people.? ! Thus alone, we think, can his career redound to the honor and the permanent well-being of the whole countrj*. We are much gratified to learn that there are but few applicants for federal office in South Caro- ; lina. Mr. Colcoek, the Collector for Charleston, j who had one or two competitors, has been rc ap- ] pointed. Mr. Aiken and Mr. Pickens aresuid to be competitors for a prominent foreign mission? probable that at St. Petersburg. It is conceded i that one of them will be successful. There is reason to believe that the foreign offices, which | nve affected by considerations distinct from those I at home, will be filled by the appointment of new men; and we are disposed to oredit the rumor that Mr. Buchanan has already -'given uotice of the intended recall of all. Ministers and Charge's. Upon our foreign policy, the Washington correspondent of the New York -V>?r?, writes the following:? It is now supposed that Mr. Slidell will go-out as minister to Paris, to relieve Mr. Mason who j is anxious to return home. It is also said that ; Mr. Belmont, who is at the Hague, will replace Mr. Dodge at Madrid. Mr. Lyons, of Richmond, Virginia, as I have before informed you, is, however, the most likely to receive that commission. The object of our Government in sending Mr. Slidell to France, is to represent to Louis Napoleon 1 the necessity of forwarding the views of the Ame- i rienn people for the purchase of Cuba from Spain, j It is well understood-here that the French Einpc- ; ror will raise no objections to any fair bargain that the two nations can ngree to, for ho plainly sees, that incase of a rupture between the United States and England, the latter would endeavor to seize on Cuba, under one pretence or another, and ultimately establish a protectorate over !t, for the purpose of holding it altogether as her own. Cuba and all the Islands i:i the Gulf of Mexico and the Cnriobenn Sea naturally belong to the North American continent, and no European con- i siderations of international law should stand in the way of the American people, if their possession by those whose political views and conduct are calculated to weaken or endanger our institutions, by too close a proximity to us. If we do not get j peaceable possession of Cuba nnd her sister islands in the due course of time, for a fair equivalent in money, it must be evident to the most superficial statesman here or in Europe, that "Manifest Destiny," or in other words, the force and influence of the natural current of events in a nation like ours, will without doubt very shortly accomplish j it. Affairs in the Territories continue to pre- I 3cnt a troublous aspect. Very sooy after the np- j pointmcnt of Gov. Geary to Kansas, he began to develop the designs of an Abolition partisan, and the feud between his government and the South- I era. majority has steadily increased in violence. The difficulty which led to the murder of Sherman, ! jf Virginia, in which, it turns out, the Governor was involved, further exaspeiated the pro-slavery settlers; the refusal of the Senate to confirm the ! removal of Judge Lecompte gave them an advan- | tage; and the passage of the bill for calling a | Convention to frame a State constitution, by an I almost unanimous vote, over the veto of the Gov- | ernor, has assured the country that he is power- j less and without a particlo of influence in the j Territory, nnd necessitated his removal. It is ! said" that his resignation has been forwarded to the President; and we indulge the hope that it will be readily accepted, and followed by the up- j pointment of an efficient agent to carry crut the , wishes of the people of the territory. The Act of j the Legislature, passed over the veto, indicates j the complete success of the Southern party.? j Their majority in the Territory is qwite decided, ! nud their aim looks to the admission of Kansas j into the Union ns soon as possible. A census of ' the white inhabitants "actually resident," is to , be taken between the 1st of March and the 1st of May, by the Sheriffs of the counties, assisted by j deputies appointed by themselves ; and a list of j qualified voters is to be made, in accordance with which the vote is to be taken for members of the Convention. Should this policy .be strictly carried out, the State is certain for the South. If not?if, as rumor vaguely reports, Governor Geary is to be retained nolens volens? the war in Kansas must be fought over. # The telegraph reports the territory of Utah in a condition of rebellion. It is said that Brigham Voung has burnt the archives and recfrrds of the territory ; and bid defiance to the power of the Government. The President has tendered the ap- ' pointment as Governor to the gallant Ranger, ^ Maj. Ben. McColloch, but, we regret to learn, it ' has been declined. Among tho projects for the organization of new territories, a bill is mentioned, in preparation by Senator Douglass, for tho formation of a territory to consist of Western Utah, and North-eastern New Mexico, to be called Nt~ vada. In oonsequence of the pressure of busi- j ne?s at the last sessiou, the hill was not presented; but it will doubtless be introduced into the next Congress. It is believed that the Dallas Clarendon treaty, as ratified by the Senate, will be accepted by the British government. The negotiations will probably be conducted at Washington,' in order to relieve Mr. Dallas from the oiiu.i of a falsp position. The main points of the Convention, in its present shape, "secure for the benefit of all nations the free u-o of the tinusit across the Isthmus: set aside the grants of lands made by the Mosquito King.: define the limits of the Indian territory ; and require that the cession of the Bay Islands to Honduras should he made absolute."? The Mexican treaty meets with no favor from any quarter. It is even rumored that our Minister, Mr. Forsyth, will bo recalled. We arc not in the humor now to enter into a full explanation of this much-abused stroke of policy; hot tfo arc mistaken if events do not demonstrate the wisdom of Mr. Forsyth's corps. The only argument against it is founded upon the reason that it is unprecedented. But the emergency?the imminent danger which threatens our interests in Mexico?are mso wunoui precedent. ine men ui mc u?? is originul nn'l bold; and, if carried out, we must believe, would be successful. The complexion of 'he next House of Representatives?the important point as to the support to be derived therefrom by the Administration?is yet to be determined. Elections arc to be held in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee,. Texas and Missouri. In these States, the Demoorots must gain at least eight members to constitute a working, efficient majority, over the American and Republican pnrties. The Democracy aro accordingly making spirited preparations for the canvass; and the contest promises to be conducted everywhere warmly and thoroughly. Alluding to the influences already at work, a correspondent thus prophecies:? The failure of the Senate to act upon the resolution by Mr. Benjamin for the printing for public use of twenty thousand coptes of the opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Died Scott is to he regretted. Whether it failed from want of time, or from sonic objection to the manner in which Justices McLean and Curtis had placed their dissenting opinions before the public, is not knowu. Perhaps, too, the fact that Mr. Seward was prepared to make a political harrangue, for effect upon the Northern pubtic, on that occasion, may have prevented its consideration. Wide circulation will be given to the long opinions of Justice# McLean and Curtis, for political effect, and in preparation for the next Presidential campaign, while the opinion of the majority of the court, as pronounced by Chief Justice Taney, is, in effect, suppressed, or very partially ciiculatcd". It has not yet been published in full anywhere. But tlie dissenting opinions, tliougn uot or reeoru in the clerk's office of the court, were given to the public very promptly nnd in full. Parties in the non-sin veholding States will be organized upon the issue presented by this decis ion of the Court. The Democracy will plant themselves upon it asa strong and secureplntform. The Black Republicans accept the issue, and al ready signify their purpose to take Justice McLeau ns their standard bearer. Upon the Congressional elections which are yet to take place the political character of the next House of Representatives will depend. The South Americans are confident of being enabled to hold the balance of power in tho next H >use. This will depend upon the result of elections yet to occur. The candidates for the Speakership of the next House will be Humphrey Marshall, of Ivy., (who will probably be re-elected.) on the side of the Americans, and James L. Orr. of S. C., on the part of the Dotnocrats. Mr. Bunks will, 110 doubt, be run by the Republicans. MERE.MENTIOV. The order of Court for thoExtra Term, in July, was not given to us iu time for the last issue. It appears this week. The Commissioner advertises a sale. The opening number of RutteU'e Magazine, for April, instead of March as at first designed, is nearly through the printer's hands, and will soon bo issued. Gen. Scott, at the instance of Secretary Floyd, from whom he received a kind and cordial letter, has made Washington his head quarters. The best relations subsist between the new Secretary and the Lieut. General. Recent heavy rains at the West have caused the Arkansas river to overflow its bnnks, breaking away the leevesat the various villages, inundating the whole lower country, and destroying stock and plantation property to the amount of $50,000 or $100,000. In the Massacliu?ctts House, a resolve has been passed npni?nnmftt!nw AnrwliltAnnllv vlflfi flflfi fn nisi nf t"v'r?.v> die free Stato settlers of Kansas?the means to be raised by the salo of 1000 shares of the interest of the State in the Western railroad. Tbe Toronto, Canada, Globe, publishes a list of the killed and injured by the recent railroad accident. Fifty six dead bodies that have been recovered, the names of eight persons severely injured, and of fifteen who escaped only slightly hurt or entirely unharmed, making a total of seventy-nine persons on the train accounted for. The number on the train is supposed to bo larger The corner stone of the Clay Monument will be laid at Lexington on the 4th of July next. The oration will be delivered by the Rev. Robert J. Breckenridge, not by Edward Everett, iis reported. Late despatches state that Geary's resignation has been accepted, and the appointment offered to a Southern man?GeD. McMullen, ofVirginia, probably. Mrs. II. B. St" " is now living in Tal is, retired. She is said t > he engaged in translating into English, with the view of publishing in the United States, VAmour dune Marriage, (Love in Wedlock.) It is also said that she is preparing a w rk on the poorer classes in Europe, a sort of Uncle Tom in white society. "The New York Herald sounds the first bugle blast? half wind, half fury?thus: The Black Republicans all over the free States (ire already preparing tlvcir platforms for the great and terrible fight which is sure to cunc in 1800. Instead of the result "f the late contest being a settlement of the question that agitated the country, it scarcely developed it. That was only the first gnu of a sectional contest which is now about .to plunge us into a campaign of four years duration, and although the fight will be between the nigger worshippers and the nigger drivers, North and South, yef, singularly enough, Mr. Buchanan's administration will escape (ilmost untouched by the fight. The Advertiser says that Joseph Williams was tried, last week, in Edgefield, for tbe murder of Richmond, a slave of Col. Simkins, and found "Guilty of Manslaughter." Sentence?six months imprisonment and a fine of five hundred dollars, the full extent of the law. Brigadier General E. B. C. Cash. was. on the 1th insf., elected Major General of the Fourth Division, S. C. M., without opposition.* Tuesday tiie 18th, the students of the S. C. College celebrated the anniversary of Calhoun's birth-day. The address was delivered in the Chapel by Mr. T. W. Ditikins, of Sumter. The Times says: "We learn tlint the oration was oue of great merit, and worthy of the character and worthy of the character and virtues of the illustrious deceased?certainly the highest compliment that could be bestowed." Intense excitement pervades all classes in Newfoundland, in consequence of the intelligence that the English government had entered into a convention with Franco, to transfer to that power the property in the Newfouudlnnu fisheries. A general meeting was called, when it was determined thut the wrong should not be perpetrated. The legislature and commercial classes sent petitions to the Queen; and, meantime, every sort of demonstration was made?the British flag placed at halfmast, and in some instances a black flag hoisted in its stead. A real storm appears to be gather. . .? - ing. Lord Napier, thonew British Minister was introduced on Monday to the President. "His expressions of congratulation and of ft desire to ; preserve the peace of the two countries werecor; dially reciprocated by the President." Lord j Napier was in court dress and attracted the cari; osity of the many visitors at the White House, who i desired to witness the ceremony; but it being of | a private character they were excluded from tho i audience chamber. IHK SOrTHEllV LITERARY MESSENGER , The March number of this very ftbly conducted Southern Monthly, is on our table?replete, as usual, with reading substantial and profitable for this latitude. Wo rend the leading article "Progress of Education" in Virginia?with unusual interest, and gathered from it valuable information. From a tabular view of the proportion of Collegiate and University students to the white population, in the States, we note the flattering ; tmth that South Carolina has a larger number | than any other State in the Union?one in 381.? Georgia is next on the list. The comparison be| tween the Northern and Southern States, in this respect, is decidedly favorable to our section. We must copy a charming Sounet, from the pen of Mr. Thompson, the editor, to our clever friend "Paul H. Hayne?in Recognition of a Volume of his Sonnets":? Sweet Sonnetteer of Southern hills and streams, Petrarch of the bright Palmetto shore, My thanks! that from thy richly-varied store Of glorious frnncies and divinest dreams, A sunshine, warm and golden, broadly beams Upon our genial land in brilliance splendid! Thine is the poet's glance; thou art attended By a right quconly Muse, whose sandal gleams In every walk beneath primeval woods, Or by the sea-si'de's level solitudes, Wherever Nature wakens thee to loveStill heed-thy Muse, interpret her replies Through all the converse whispered as ye rove, And*men shall write thee with the greatand wise. J. R. T. A NEW POET. We must write upon our poet-scroll the name of a new co-worker, Mrs. Laura M. Gwinn? the wife of Rev. T. D. Gwirs, a native and lately a resident of our District. Her earlier effotts, appearing fugitively in the Greenville papers, with the signature of "Ola Sta," attracted our attentenjion: not for any marked degree of excellence, but as indices of a true poetic nnture which promised, in full development, rare and happy results. The Greenville Patriot verifies onr expectations. That paper always applauds extravagantly and condemns without stint; and we think that, in this instance, its partially has taken a better judgment somewhat at fault. A small measure of allowance, however, would doubtless render the opinion just and reliable. We copy:? The manuscript Poems of "Ola Sta," Mrs. Laura M. Gwinn, were deposited in our hands, the other'day, for inspection and perusal. They are to be published, in a short time, and will make a volume of two or thr?"* uuudred pages. The fugitive pieces of "Ola Sta" are familiar to our readers, and some of them were published in the Patriot. They were greatly admired by many of our readers, and several of them drew forth the highest encomiums. Wo have looked over a large portion of the manuscript in our hands, and some if the pieces would do credit to any living poet. The first pncin of the work on "Mercy," would not discredit tlie genius ot Milton turn self. It is *11 remarkable production, and will give "Ola Sta" rank among the very first of American poets. We submitted this Poem to a gentleman of literary taste and attainments, a poet himself of high reputation, who pronounced it a work of striking thought and genius, and containing ideas and language not unworthy of Milton!* We do not feel authorized to make extracts from the manuscript before us, but will give two or three lines: "'Tis a viewless thing The subtile spirit of my tameless thoughts; Transparent as the air?silent as light? Aud more untangible: To all unseen It took its flight, swifter than lightning far, From place to place it flew?gazed on all scenes? Mused on all men--invisible to all!" "Avarice, of iron heart and iron hand, Closed against all! Avarice, whose sordid soul Could count the cost above his mother's corpse Most grudgingly!" INTERESTING FROM NICARAGUA. The Costa Ilicans have been defeated in four fights hy the forces of Gen. Walker. The loss of the former was several hundred, while the latter did not loose exceeding ten. Lerapiqui and Castillio have fallen into the hands of Walker, aud his forces are everywiiere triumphant. This is one rumor, whilo another reports an entirely different story. If we are to believe it, Gen. Walker's position is unchanged, while the Allies remain at San Jorge. Walker had made two unsuccessful attacks upon the latter place.? Col. Lockridge had attacked Castillio but failed (so runs the rumor) from the cowardice of Col. Titus. The British Steamer Clyde arrived at Aspinwall on the 9th, bringing thirty deserters from Walker's army. Which one of these rumors are authentic wc are unable to say. There is likewise another from Washington, which states that the Government had received lengthy dispatches from Nicaragua, which will lead to an early recognition of the Minister and Government of Walker, and the re-establishment of the Nicnraguan route. Time can only decide, how much truth these reports contain. NOT A CANDIDATE. The Carolina Times says: C. II. Subeb, Esq., I ruVirtco noma l.nrt ha.n nnnAiinoorl In tha VflwKflprp | nitvov .....uv ?vv.? ">?" wtj I and other papers in connection with other gentle| men for Congressional honors, declines in the an! nexed very handsome and modest style. The things is so prettily done that we are confident Mr. Suber has won for himself a stronger hold (if : possible,) upon the affections of his friends; and, 1 possessing as he does, a high order of talent, bis declension in this instance will serve to bring him more prominently before the public. A Card:? Mr. Editor.?While I tender my sincere thanks to "Many Friends," who have been pleased to suggest my name, through your paper, in connection with the vacancy in Congress, I must from considerations of propriety and discretion, decline the proffered honor. However much young ambition might covert this exalted station, I am not vain enough to cherish the belief, that the people of old Ninety Six District would be willing to entrust their flag, I so lately home in triumph through the severest { trials, to the keeping of one so inexperienced aud ! so unknown to fame as myself. ; I ain deeply touched, however, by this mani| Testation of partiality and kindness on the part I of my friends in proposing to support me for an j office so far above my merits, and I trust that it i may operate as an incentive to exertions to render 1 myself at some future time more worthy of their coufiJeuce and friendship.? Newberry'Mirror. C. H. SURER. THE AIR-LINE ROAD. j Judge O'Neall, in a letter from Anderson to j the Newberry Sun, furnishes a paragraph in rei ference to the projected Railroad from Chester to j Atlanta. This project seems, at last, jto attract j some degvee of the attention which its importance | demands. In North Carolina, the important work ; is again in agitation. A meeting of the citizens i of Greensboro' was held on the 9th instant, to take action upon the project of a road from that point to Virginia?thus supplying the nortnern* i link of the chain, to be completed by the construction of the Air-line Railroad. But to Judge | O'Neall's letter:? There seems to be great interest in the Air-Line Road from Atlanta, Georgia, to this place, thence ! to Newberry, thence to Chester, and from some ! point in North Carolina, to connect with the North, ern Liue. Mr. Norcross, the President, is here . on his return from inspecting the line. He tells | me they can and will build the road to the Savannah River; the Anderson people say they will ; build the road from here to the Georgia terminus; ! indeed, one gentleman, Mr. Elias Earle, I understand, says he will build the road to Savannah ( River, rather' than it should fail. What will New: berry and Chester do ? Certainly they will not i - W V | let slip the golden opportunity. The immense | Northern and Southern travel, passing through , both places will make them cities indeed. The line between Newberry and Chester will pass through as fine an Agricultural country as is in the State. The planters can do ovefry inch of the grading, furnish nil tile timber necessary for tbe road ami bridges; leaving only the iron and rolling stook to be provided for. 8urely capitalists fI will furnish the funds for this. I propose that the ' , ] citizens of Newberry, Chester, Fairfield and Union, interested in t)je line should meet at Newberry at our Agricultural meeting, in July, and arrange for the securing of the charter. At that meeting, Mr. Norcross, the President, fYom Georgia, and the people of Anderson, with the President and Directors of the Charlotte and Greenville and Columbia' Roads conld attend. Such a meeting would insure the building of tbe Roads. What 3ayyou and the corporation of Newberry? If ? you and they concur, ascertain the precise day at which our Agricultural meeting commences, and | announce the Railroad meeting for the 2d day. 9 THE LILLIPUTIANS. The denizen? of Charleston tove been enjoying a singular exhibition of musical talent, by a band of veritable '-little niggers"?the property of Col. Richardson, of Sumter; Their characteristic and remarkable performances have heretofore served only to amuse ii home-circle; but for a special and charitable object, the master has placed them in the keeping of an Agent who desigusfto make a tour throagh the up-oonntry. He must mark our town down upon the route. The Evening New gives the following notice:? "This sable baud of juvenile melodists performed, last evening, at the Institute Hall, to the entire satisfaction of a moderate house. They make their last appearance this evening, and will leave for Columbia to-morrow. Those who have not witnessed the performances of these wonderful boys, would do well to avail themselves of this opportunity, as* another may not soon occur." SUMMARY PROCESS. Mr. C. G. Bayloh, of Maryland, has received the appointment of Consul to Manchester; whereupon our spirited cotemporary, the Columbus Sun, indulges in a process, which is decidedly M tummary and flings a common-place tom-toH com- V pletely into the shade. Make way for the Press! It will eventually absorb Cooft and Jury and all the other institutions whioh are in vogue amongst mankind. This is but a faint specimen:? ' We hope 6Col. C. G. Baylor will not forget to settle, previous to leaving ou the aforesaid mission, a hill contracted by him in the Advertiser office, at Montgomery, Alabama, forpriuting "Direct Trade" circulars, six years ago, amounting to $33, which, with interest to this time, is about $50". One of tne editors of the Sua owns a half interest in the claim and .needs .the amount very much at this time. ? MEOKLESBU^O CELEBRATION. We note, with pleasure, a movement by the peo pie or unariotte, baring for its praiseworthy ob-1 ject a Celebration of the annirersary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence?on the 20th of May next. A meeting was held on Saturday erening the 7tb, and the necessary preliminary arrangements made. We take from the Democrat, the following list of the Committees, selected from what is kncwn as old Mecklenburg territory:? Comm'tfri of Invitation and Corretpondence. ? J. W. Osborne, C. J. Fox, Wm. Johnston, G. W. V Caldwell, John A. Young, Wm. J. Yates. ^ Executive Comnuttee!?8. P. Alexander, Thomas W. Dewey, J. M. Hutchison, L. S. Williams, Wm. A. Owens. Committee of Arrangement*.?mecklenbdbo County.?Copt. John Walker, C. T. Alexander, T. N. Alexander, Thomas f. Grior, W. M. Matthews, B. W. Alexander, S. W. Elliott, James H. Davie, David Lee, Capt. John Kirk, R. A. Torrence; A. B. Davidson, A. Springs, Col. Thomas Hunter, W. M. Grier, Wm. Patterson, James Johnston, Col. R. M. Cochran. Cababrus County.?Daniel Coleman, Victor C. Barringer, Kaleb Phifcr. Dr. K. P. Harris, Wm. S. Harris, Alexander McKinley. Dr. Cyras Alexander, Rev. W. W. Pharr, Col. John Shinpock, Maj. R. S. Young, John E. Morebead, Jr. Union County.?Col. Dunn, D. A. Covington, Gen. Sam. H. Walkup, EliJJtewart. garoter8 in charleston. These light-fingered and heavy-fisted gentry, who have been prowling around Hew York for a time, are playing their new game in Charleston. Last week they made an attack upon our former towns-man, W. B. McCbiioht, Esq., of which the reader will learn from the subjoined paragraph. ^ We are pleased to learn from another source that ^ Mr. McCbeioht is not so seriously injured as was at first supposed. The effects of the blow are confined to one eye, which will suffqr nothing beyond the mere local inflammation. W. B. McCreight, Esq., the local editor of the Mercury, says the Charleston Evening Neva of Saturday, was passing Hayne-street last evening, between eight and nine o'clock, on his way to the depot, to take the cars for Camden, when he was approached from behind, and knocked downed by . some unknown person, and while down was robbed of his watch apd purse, containing a small amount of money. He was knocked senseless, and while in that condition his pockets were rified and it was sometime before consciousness was restored. The concussion of the brain was severe, * out nr. ivuuui, wou wua wniueaiateiy cauea in, expressed the opinion that this result would not be serious. The fVcquency of the occurrence of such cases as the. above seems to be on the increase, and we hope that the citizens generally, as well as the police, will be on the alert, and endeavor to detect. the offenders, and inflict upon them the punishment due to a Violated lair and outraged humanity. THE PRESS CONVENTION. Our friend Stokes, of the Laurensrille Herald, has a faculty for writingstraight-forward, sensible editorials. In matters oonnected with the press particularly, we invariably take our cue from him; and it so happens that, jn regard to the feasibility of an Editorial Convention, onr experience and that of the Herald lead to the same opinion. The terms of subscription must bo. regulated by each journal for itself; and as far as we are concerned, we do not for a moment entertain the idea that a strictly cosh system could be enforced. As a general rule, our subscribers have been remarkably prompt; the only serious sbort-oomings occurring where the paper has been sent out of the \ State. On the first of January, we adopted the rule that advance payments must invariably ac- j company subscriptions beyond our own and the neighboring Districts, and accordingly struck from our list between one and two hundred names in arrears. The larger number of these were promptly renewed; but we have offended not a few nJiom we regarded as capital good friends.? There is no alternative, however, and the rule will be rigidly adhered to. But as to subscriptions at A home, the remedy is easy. If need be, the pro-' cess which creditors are at times forced to adopt can be made to serve the purpose. \ For the adoption of a high-toned code of ethics, and a uniform rate for advertising, a convention | is very desirable: and we trust that the time and I place will be agreed upon as soon as convenient. j What say our cotemporary to Winmbord' or Xevberry?and the fourth iceeJe in June t Let all speak. j The Herald writes thus:? j In the first place it is impracticable, because a representation from all thepapers cannot be induced, and the result would be, 6ucb papers who were not represented would not feel at all bound by the rules and prices which might be adopted by these assembled. That it is useless, we hare only to look at the resolutions adopted by the Press association, some few years ago, and compare it with the general usage now. Then those assembled unanimously "resolved" to adopt the cash system, but we venture the assertion that not one of us have adhered to it. And so it will be with another convention; resolutions will be passed, but when they return to their business they will find it much harder to carry into effect thou merely resolving to do it. We are fast bringing our tubtcribert to the belief that the*cnsh system is the best for all parties, and this has been accomplish- . ed through our own determination -alone. Each District paper has a local patronage, and interferes but little with its neighbor, so'that the suecess of each depends entirely upon the conduction j of its affairs. fl In advertising it is somewhat different; mack 1 . . I J