Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 16, 1859, Image 2
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In Lynchburg, Va., the grand jury
has presented several persons for betting on ,
the Gubernatorial election.
A gentleman who died recently bequeathed
to his wife a handsome sum, providing
in his will that in case she again married
it should be doubled.
The Charlotte and South Carolina
Railroad Company have declared a semi-annual
dividend of three dollars per share,
payable July 1st.
We have received a cotton bloom taken
from a field at Allendale, in this District,
on the 6th instant, the cotton of which
was planted as late as the 4th of Maroh.?
Corn in that section is smaller than usual,
but looks well and will yield well.?Barnwell
Sentinel.
?We notice in the Portsmouth (Virginia)
Transcript an advertisement by the Collector,
proposing to sell, on the 18th instant,
thirty-six free negroes, men and hoys, and
seventy women and girls, under a provision
of the oity charter directing the sale of all
free negroes who fail to pay their taxes.
Of the 8200,000 agreed to be paid
Mr. "Washington by the ladies of Mt. Vernon
Association, for the tomb of George
Washington, only abont 830,000 now remain
unpaid. It is said that $20,000 will be required
to restore the grounds and make the i
repairs necessary to arrest the rapid decay I
now going on.
According to the Millerites.the world
was to have been destroyed on Thursday?
Ascension Day?but by some unwarantable
oversight, the "continuity" was not broken,
and the "signals" remain as usual. They
now say that the grand event will occur on
the Day of Pentecost. On that day, they
are now almost certain the clock of time is to
cease ticking forever. Day and night are to
be obliterated, and the world blotted out.
One of our loquacious and jolly citizens
approaching a Baptist Minister, said tp,
him, with muoh seriousness, that hoops were
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his church. The clergyman being at a loss
to know why, and rather thunder-struck at
the idea, inquired the reason for such a notion,
when the wag stated to him that they
forbid close communion.?Atlanta Intelligencer.
Mr. J. D. Smith, one of our young,
energetic go-ahead planters, handed us on |
Monday last, a large and fine looking cotton
stalk, taken from a ten acre field, which is
21 inches high, with leaves 3 inches broad
and containing ten well developed forms.?
We are informed that Mr. Smith's average
crop is excellent and much envied by his
neighbors?his first square was observed on
the 20th of May.? Chester Standard, 9tk
instant.
The Uticah Herald says tfcat Mr.
Gates, of Frankfort, Hermiker county, has
made, daring the last ] 8 years about 6,455,000
matches, using 1,260,000 feet of lumber.
lie now makes 22,750 matches daily,
making use of 500 feet of lumber. He uses
5 pounds Of ptJOSpborus dally, tvbluli io about
the amount found in the bones of a single
horse. He has thus used up the skeletons
of about 2300 horses?a host of "matched"
teams. .1,4'
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The telegraphic reports of injury to
the growing crops in the North by the frosty
weather of Saturday night last are very alnrming.
There was snow on the St. Lawrence,
and as far south as Cincinnati the
reports tell of the most serious damage, not
only to the small fruits, but to apples, grapes,
corn, wheat and potatoes. From the northern
portion of Ohio, and the western counties
of New York, the reports are equally
3- discouraging.
A gentleman removed from this JJistrict
last Fall to Florida, taking with him a
dog on the cars to Charleston, where he
kept him closely confined for a week, and
from there on board a steamboat to Florida.
After remaining in Florida for a week
or ten days, the dog left, and made his way
overland back to this District. This is the
most remarkable instance of animal sagacity
we remember to have heard of, and is fully
attested by a gentleman of the highest respectability.?
Cnionville 2 imes.
The Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Bridges met in Manning on last week
and did a good day's work. They deserve
well of the public both for what they have
done, and for what they have left undone.
Several applications were to have been made
to the Board for license to retail spiritous
liquors, but, in advance of all such applications,
the Board passed a series of resolutions
declaring their determinations not to
inflict the curse of a grog-shop, upon our
beautiful village.? Clarendon Banner.
The Grand Division of the Sons of
Temperance are to meetat this place in July
next. Should we not give them a proper
reception ? The hospitality of our little village
will certainly be extended?but ought J
we not to ask of those who use the "flowing
bowl," to abstain, for one day, from their
potations ! We do ask, and demand it, that,
at that time, even those who believe they
have a right to go the devil their own way,
will stop for a few hours, and listen to the
warning voice of truth and reason.?Roclc
Hill Chronicle.
A recent communication to the Indian
Office, from the Superintendent of the Indian
affairs at San Francisco, reports a stranee
but shocking custom that prevails among almost
all the Indians in California. That is
that of burying alive. When a widow dies
and leaves young children, the tribe to which
she belongs will bury the orphans alive.?
The Superintendant states that he will use
all his efforts to put an end to this cruel
practice, but it had been impossible to prevent
it entirely as yet, even on the Goverment
reservations.
We understand that several bets have
Koon made in this citv unon the is
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sue of the next Presidential election. One
sportiDg gentleman has made the following
bets: $1000 that Douglas will be the Democratic
candidate; $1000 Senator Seward will
be the Republican candidate; $1000 that
the Americans aud "Whigs will nominate a
third candidate ; $1000 that if Douglas be
nominated he will be elected ; and if nominated
he will carry the following Eastern,
Northern, Middle and Western States : New
Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennnslyvania, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana
and Illinois. We are also informed that the
same gentleman is willing to bet $10,000
that if Douglas be nominated at Charleston,
he will carry every Southern State except
Maryland.?W. Y. Sun.
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SAM'Zj W. TVTFlliTOJJ.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1869.
Special Notice.?All communications, on matters connected
with the paper, should be addressed to "the Yorkvtlle
Enquirer;" and not the Editor or Proprietor, personally.
Persons desiring prompt attention to their favors,
must bear this in mind.
[y Capt d. d. MOORE, Mai. mtles 8mith, SaM'L
G. brown, J. L. Thomson and Samuel J. Xutkendal
of York; and William D. Cook, of Bennettsville, are authorized
agents of the enquirer.
BELIGIOUS SEE VICES FOE SUNDAY, JUNE 19.
Methodist Church.
Rev. L. A. Johnston, Pastor. Service at 10 A.
M., and 7* P. M.
Presbyterian Church.
Rev. J. M. H. Adams, Pastor. Service at 10 A.
M., and 7 P. M.
Independent Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Robert Y. Russell, Pastor. Service at
iu A. M., ana z f. m.
? LOST!
On oar way home, we (editor) lost a number of
the Home Journal?dated 4th. The finder will
confer a favor by leaving it at the Post Office.
COURT OP EQUITY.
The Court of Equity for York District, will
commence its Sessions on Monday next. We
learn that there is considerable business at this
term?old and new. His Honor Chancellor Wabdlaw
will preside. *' *
FINE WHEAT.
We have received from the plantation of Mr.
Abthue Pabish, a very fine specimen of wheat.
The stalks are about 5 feet six inohes in height,
and heavily headed, with large grains. This
wheat was produced on upland, which haR been
in cultivation about thirty years. *
CENSUS OF YORKVIIiLE.
We are indebted to Mr. James M. Lindsky, the
census-taker of our District, for the following
statement of the white inhabitants of Yorkville:
Males, 525
Females, 455
Total,, 980
INFANTICIDE.
Sunday evening last, the body of an infant was
! found in a well, on the premises, now vacant, some
| months since occupied by Col. Bowen, on Liberty
| street. It had been in the well for several days,
and bad the appearance of having been murdered
soon after birth. It was a male child, evidently
a mulatto.
An inquest was held by Esq. Jeffebys, and a
verdict rendered in accordance with the facts.?
This horrid crime is one easily to be traced, and
we earnestly hope that the officers will spare no
effort until the unnatural mother is brought to
condign punishment.
ARRESTED.
A young man who gave his name as John Abel,
and his residence, Newton, Catawba County, N.
C., was arres\ed in town last Friday, and charged
with stealing a saddle from Mr. John D. McConnell,
near McConnellsville. The saddle was
found in his possession, a few hours after the thef*
had been perpetrated. He was riding a small,
black mule, of which he failed to give a satisfactorv
account. In default of bail, he was lodged in
jail to await his trial.
Monday last, Mr. Hugh McCollocoh, of Chester
District, made claim to the mule, "proved
property and took it away.'" It turns out that the
real name of this precious scape-grace, is John
Jonas. *
INSURANCE.
In the last numbers, we published the advertisement
of Mr. T. S. Jefferts, Agent of the
Charlotte Insurance Company, and of the Southnt.n
Xfnfnal T.ifo TnonmncB Comnanv. of Columbia.
| Our readers have doubtless taken notice of them.
With such facilities, we presume no one in town
will omit the precaution of an insurance on their
property; and it is therefore unnecessary to urge
a step so manifestly important.
The plan of Life Insurance, hewever, is not as
generally understood and appreciated as it should
be. With us, it is the best possible substitute for
a Savings Bank; and if it be our aim to leave behind
us a competency for our families, no method
is so sure or so easy as the annual investment of
a premium in the Insurance Company. For instance
: There are but few young men, with families,
who, by proper economy and industry cannot
spare one hundred dollars from their annual
income; and this paid into the company, insures
the snug little sum of, say, Five thousand dollars,
an unfailing legacy to one's family. The amount
which this annual payment will insure is, of
course, determined by the age and condition of
health of the insured. It is sufficient, however,
to be an object to most of ns, and sufficient to repay
the investment though we live to a green old
age.
Mr. Jeffertr has a full statement of the operations
of these companies, which he will take
pleasure in explaining. Rightly understood, we
think they should become popular in our town.
THE LECTURE.
The large Hall at the College was well filled
Friday evening, when Prof. Thomas, of the Citadel
Academy, gave the first Lecture before our
Lyceum. The auditory, too, were evidently delighted
with the entertainment afforded by the
lecturer. For ourselves, we have seldom?perhaps
never?enjoyed an hour with greater zest.
Prof. Thomas chose for his theme the "Empire
of the Beautiful." It occured to us, at the moment,
that the subject,?common-place, hackneyed,
light?did not pertain to the discussions suited
to such an occasion ; but our doubts soon vanished
before a creation which none but a master's
touch could have fashioned. There was about it
nothing stale, unprofitable, sophomoric?nothing
of the style which the theme is apt to suggest;
on the contrary, the lecturer brought to his aid
the varied acquirements of the earnest student of
nature, the man of science, the philosopher, the
accomplished litterateur, and while he invested
his theme with the charming graces of rhetoric and
of oratory and adorned his work with the choicest
imajery of the Beautiful?terrestrial and celestial?
his production developed the higher reaches of
thought and presented the wonderful creation of
God in its noblest and most ennobling aspects.?
We mean to convey the idea that Prof. Thomas'
lecture was all that could have been desired?a
thing to be appreciated, enjoyed and made profitable.
He read it admirably, and it was not rej
cited better than it was listened to.
We are highly gratified that this first offering
j of the Lyceum has been so successful, and in the
i name of the Society we take occasion to award to
Prof. Thomas our most cordial acknowledgements.
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MERE-MENTION.
L. W. Speatt, Esq., has accepted an invitation,
to address the citizens of Savannah, Ga., at
an early day, on the subject of re-opening the
; Blave trade. Professor Ryan, the lecturer,
1 has located in Columbia, and will attend to calls
J for his services in any section of the State. From
! the Chronicle, we learn that he was at Rock Hill,
I last week. The Charleston Mercury says that
I tomattoes at twenty-five cents a plate, and green
| corn at six cents an ear, were selling in that mar
ket last wfltk. In a letter to the Wadesborough
Argus, Hon. Thos. S. Ashi, declines running
for Congress in op position to Hon. Burton
Craige. The people of Spartanburg are
makiDg grand preparations for celebrating, on
the 18th of August, the Battle of Musgrove's
Mills. A Committee consisting of one from each
Beat Company in the District has been appointed
to collect and receive subscriptions. Fifty
Opposition Members and eighty-two Democrats
have been elected to the Virginia House of Delegates,
so far as heard from. TheWinn3boro'
Register tells about ripe peaches. The Register
also announces the death of Mr. Mason
Chandler, an old and respected citizen of Winnsboro'.
*A dispatch to the Secretary of the
Navy states that si a vein bound to several Southern
States are now on the coast of Africa. They
are expected home this fall with slaves for Mississippi
and Texas markets.
DEATH OF CHANCELLOR DARGAN.
The subjoined tribute, from the Carolinian, announces
the death of this eminent jurist.
At length the long, lingering, hope of the State
lor me recovery 01 miti aisungumueu ciux'su uw>
been terminated by hie death on 8nnday night,
at the residence of Mrs. Quigley, of this place.
Last summer while the State was in solemn consultation,
looking around upon her distinguished
sons from whom to select a worthy succe ssor to
the lamented Judge Evans, Chancellor Dargan's
name was mentioned. The idea had takes fast
hold upon the public mind, and there can bs little
doubt that nothing would have prevented hi s election
to the United States Senate, but the consideration
of his loss to the Chancery bench, and the
difficulty of finding a successor equally com petent.
Abont the latter part of October, in the midst of
this indecision, while the State was hesitating in
its choice, and deliberately pondering the relative
services of such a son, first its known value on the
bench, then its probable value at so important
and responsible a political station as that of United
States Senator, the sad and startling intelligence
was announced that he had been suddenly
paralyzed by disease, and that his solid intellect
would never again constitute a portion of her reliable
resources. From that time his condition,
though often inspiring the hope of restoration to
usefulness, was never such as to enable lim to
discharge his duties. HiB disease still continued
its attack until on Sunday night, when ths spirit
was disengaged from its earthly tenement to its
Creator.
Chancellor Dargan has long occupied positions
of responsibility and trust. For a number of
years he filled with great credit to himsolf and
satisfaction to the public, the office of Commissioner
in Equity for Darlington District. Ia 1833,
he was re-elected; but having been during the
summer of 1842 elected State Senator to fill the
vacancy created by the resignation of thi Hoq.
W. H. Cannon, his intellect was brought more
conspicuously before the State. His career as a
Senator wasstateBmanly and dignified. Bis clear
and sound judgment, combined with his logal ac
quirements, soon achieved position for him in the
Senate as the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
In December, 1847, he was elevated by the
Legislature to fill the vacancy on the Chancery
bench, as the successor of Chancellor Hurper.?
This offioe he held to the day of his death. He
was born in 1802, and therefore was in the fiftyeighth
year of his age.
Chancellor Dargan has been intimately connected
with the history of our State College, being
for years, in virtue of his office of Chancellor,
one of its trustees. Being a graduate he was animated
by all the'devotion of a true and dutiful
son. He was of the graduating class of 1821.
In politics, he was of the striotest State Rights
school, having been an active participator in 1 he
famous nullification contest His death is a public
calamity and difficult, indeed, will be the task
of supplying his place. Death has again visited
our high places and exacted from our State a
heavy, and what appears to be an annual, tribate
to the grave.
His remains were removed from here on yesterday
by the 1J train on the South Carolina Railroad.
A procession of citizens, including the Faculty
of the South Carolina College and part of
the students, paid the tribute of respect of atlemUilg
(Lieut ku Cite tatlioatl.
j
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The Steamer North Briton has arrived with
Liverpool dates to the 1st instant. The sales of
cotton for the three days previous to the sailing
of the steamer, amounted to 28,000 bales. The
market closed with an advancing tendency, ivith
favorable Manchester advices. The following itf
a seminary of the items by this arrival:
It was announced that the Sardinians had forced
*1 ? at* a J Dnlnnin/I
tne uusauge ui iuc oesiu, auu m^uicu a ?i^uu.
If was rumored that Gen. Garibaldi had been
repulsed in Lombardy.
At Liverpool flour was very dull, and had
slightly declined. Wheat dull, but nominally unchanged.
Corn very dull. Beef steady. Fork
firm. Bacon quiet. Lard dull. Sugar steady.
Coffee quiet. Rice firm.
The Sardinians forced the passage of the Sesia
in the face of the Austrians fortified at Palatiro,
and. after a severe conflict, carried the city and
took many prisoners. The Sardinians were under
the immediate command of Victor Emanuel.
Gen. Garibaldi was still creating a sensation in
the North, but it was rumored that he had met
with a defeat with a superior force, and ^as retreating
into Tessin in Switzerland. The rumor,
however, lackB confirmation, as Turin despatches
say he was making further progress.
The Emperor Napoleon was about removing his
headquarters to Casale.
The Austrians had occupied Casale with a considerable
force.
It was reported at Paris that as soon as the
French enter Milan, England and Prussia will
jointly make strenuous efforts to end the war.
There had been a fight at Florence between
English and American sailors, on account of the
latf er wearing tri-color rosettes.
Parliament met on 81st May.
The English funds were buoyant and advancing.
It was rumored at Paris that the Emperor Napoleon
will return to France in August.
Heavy shipments of artillery and siege materials
continue.
The Military Committee of the German Diet
had approved a motion to place an army of observation
on the Rhine.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER PROM CHARLESTON.
Mr. Editor:?I did make that trip to Georgetown
after all. That live Yankee to whom I alluded
as sitting by me, was "a Harvard College
man," according to his account of himself. lie
wa3 certainly a very gentlemanly, intelligent fallow.
He had been to Florida, and had only made
a flying visit through Charleston. Savannah and
so to Fernandina and into the interior. He seemed
to be bothered by the small-bill restrictions?
the hotel and boat and omnibus men, making some
trouble about North Carolina and Georgia l's and
2's. This North-Eastern road is certainly a good
one?no better, save your 22 miles, all on one
ridge 1 I do not think my opinion ?of this road is
the result of the temperament which always allows
the last to have been the best. Of the 12 or
1500 miles that I have passed over, I do not recollect
any considerable portion so staunch and
regular?so smooth and even. The bridge over
the Santee and through its bottom or swamp,
seemed all right. Soon after passing it, I Lad to
leave for my stage route across the country and
I was really sorry to quit the company of my genial,
talkative friend, on a road so entirely pleasant.
Getting off at Gourdin's Station, I found a twohorse
stage on hand, for a 45 mile drive on the
ridge between the oantee and Black Rivers. In
my hurry to bo in time at the Depot in the City,
I had eaten only a moderate dinner, and come off
with no lunch, and now when I made enquiry after
the supper house, lo 1 there was none?the
travel this way not being sufficient to warrant any
one in keeping a table at any point. Passengers
% __ Al aU r*
DeiDg lor mo UIU3U pan. uvui uiu v*cuigoiutiu auu
returning there, they take their sapper before
leaving, and for the night's ride lunch for either
going or coming, as their taste, habit, or opportunity
may demand or allow. There were two gentlemen
as passengers for 12 miles, and as one of
them was the proprietor of the line, and proved
himself a very clever, communicative companion,
and as he was from Cheraw, and knew our friend
"L. A. H.," and gave a good account of him,
I will forbear a comparison between the railroad
and this stage, along with which I held my way for
eleven weary hours. At one point whore horses
were changed, I found a small shop or store, and
on enquiry found that "cheese and crackers"
cotild be had, and of course I procured a supply
at once; I was hungry, and the few first nibs,
were not absslutely disgusting, but very soon
I found that my appetite was not stout enough for
the process. Dry and tasteless crackers?old?and
possibly infettid with moving creatures?(it was
dark?how could I tell ?) and cheese which literally
hurt my lips by main strength; 0 ! sir, I
despaired at once and submitted to my lot. Occasionally
I tried walking?then mounted the
box for a chat with the driver, who was from N.
Carolina, and didn't know or care much about this
low country?then I would sink back to my nest
in the comfortless body of the stage.
The Postmaster General, by the first of July,
will cut off this channel of communication with
Georgetown and put a sulky on the route with the
mail. Then an occasional steamer up the great
Pee Dee to Cheraw and a bi-weekly steamboat connection
with Charleston, will be all that this classic
portion of the old State can boast. In this region
the Huguenots first settled in considerable
numbers, and then passed over to the Santee and
beyond, and their descendants are now numerous
in St. John's Berkley. The Mar-rions, Horrys
('Orees) and Allstons belonged to this country.
Of the two formerj names, there are but few in
these times. Gen. Francis Marion died in S?.
John's, high up on the"Santee, not far from Nelson's
ferry o,nd was buried in St. Stephens, at
Bell-Isle-plantation, near Pineville. His home
and his grave being in the midst of the region
which had been the theatre of his remarkable expeditions
and partisan struggles, sufferings and
successes, during the anxious, uncertain and
dreary years from the fall of Lincoln to the
coming of Gb.een. The district above Georgetown
and east of the Great Pee Dee bears his name; and
the one between that and the sea-shore and between
Georgetown and the North Carolina line, '
bears the name of his redoubtable Lieutenant and \
life-long friend, Col. Pf.tkr Horry, fOree). The 1
country to the west, between the Pee Dee and the 1
waters of the Catawba, bearing the name, in \
part, of that other pan of revolutionary renown, <
Gen. Sumter. Barnwell, Lancaster and Pickens 1
being the other portions of our State that bear j
the names which we will not willingly let die. ]
If there is not a speedy and worthy effort to 1
obtain xail road connection with "the rest of man- I
?? ' J x -i: ??: 1
Kina," mis vaiuaoie auu iulcicjuu^ jjuiuuu vi uui
good old State, around and about Georgetown, 1
will become the sleepy hollow of the Palmetto regions;
More anon. * J. W? K.
American Bible Socletya
YoarmtE, S. C., June 3, 1859.
To the President and Officers of the Bible Societies i
in South Carolina :
Gentlemen:?As Agent of the American Bible
Society, in and for the State of South Carolina,
I beg leave to remind you that the State Bible Convention
mee a at Yorkville, on Tuesday night be- '
fore the first Wednesday in Angust, it being the
second day in the month. It is desirable that all
the Bible Societies in the State should be represented.
Will you please have a meeting of your
Executive Committee called at an early day, and
appoint at least five delegates to the Convention;
and urge them to attend, and come with brief reports.
All the rail roadB in the State have agreed to
pass delegates to the Convention, to and fro, for
One fare. There is an arrangement by which the
clergymen are passed over the South Carolina '
Rail Road for one fare, when they are officially
engaged. A committee of arrangements has been
appointed by the Yorkville Bible Society, and
ample pruvlabm will doubtless be uittUe fur all
who may attend. Those who live below Yorkville
had better come up on the 1st, so as to be present
on the 2d of August.
Important matters will be brought before the
Convention. Please see that your Society is represented,
without fail. Yours truly,
E. A. BOLLES.
The Battle of Montebello.
The first victory has been won?may it be a
good one for the allied armies. This morning, as
I was returning from Osti, I gleaned some important
details, which, I am happy to say, enable
me to give you a fair, if not a complete, description
of the battle which was fought yesterday,
and which will be recorded in the annals of the
present struggle as the battle of Montebello.
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since xnursuay nigni 11 nau oecn rumoreu in
our camp that the Emperor of Austria had arrived
at Pavia, in company with the Field Marshal
Hess. Our informants, who had come from Argino
to the head-quarters of Marshal Baraguay
d'Hilliers through the bushy paths of the Casitisma
country, hacl also reported that a great deal
of warlike bustle and marching had been noticed
in the Austrian camp, near the bridge of La Bella.
The telegraph has informed you that on
Thursday an Austrian .corps, coming from Stradella
attacked the position of Casteggio, chiefly
defended by the people of that place. After a
brilliant stand made by Piedmontese cavalry, in
which Capt. Piola was slightly wounded, the Austrians
were obliged to retire. As soon as Marshal
Baraguay d'Hilliers got wind of the faot that the
Austrians were plotting mischief for next day,
he gave hie orders to Gen. Forey to be on his
guard with hie division. This distinguished officir
moved his forces, therefore, in tne direction
of Montebello, as it; was thought thnt, after the
rBtreat of Thursday, the enemy would perhaps
again attack the advanced guard of our army.
You will not have forgotten, that from the time
of the Gallic and Panic wars down to the last
great Europ&n conflict, Montebello and Casteggio
have been important military positions. This
last mentioned place was besieged by Hannibal,
who did not really conquer it, but bought it from
Publius Darius. A remarkable memorial of the
Carthaginian General still exists?a spring of very
pure water, called by immemorial tradition "The
Fontana d'Annibale." It was near Casteggio that
on the 9th of June, 1800, the great battle between
the French and the Austrians was fought, This
battle, so wonderfully described by Theirs, is usually
called the Battlo of Montebello, from the
village where the French finally routed the corps
dt resrve of the enemy. Fifty years ago the fortune
of the day was there decided by Victor; yesterday
it was decided by theLold assault of General
Bueret; who paid with his life the victory
obtained by the Forey division, a brigade of which
he commanded, and by the Sardinian cavalry under
the orders of Colonel De Sontaz.
At 11 o'clock yesterday, 15,000 Austrians, under
the orders of General Zobel, were seen to
move toward the Piedmontese position of Montebello,
which were occupied by 800 Sardinian
horsemen supported by two batteries. The Austrians
were marching in echelons, their right wing
bent in the direction of Branduzzo, their left flank,
suppurieu uy ? large amiicijr, uu uaouuu, wuusi
their columns of attack of the centre advance,
by a Piazale, towards our lines of Montebello.
As soon as General Forey was aroused by roll
after roll of musketry on the left, and by the
sharp report of Austrian and Piedmontese guns,
he marched with the second brigade of his division
in the direction of Montebello to support the
Piedmontese cs.valry, which by this time had already
advanced to meet the enemy.
The battle of Montebello scarcely admits of
description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of
daring, hand to hand figbts, of sanguinary encounters,
of desperate charges and assaults. The
sheila and bullets of the Austrians burst so thickly
among our troops that our centre, already engaged,
was obliged to fall back on the right of
our lines, retiring from Montebello, protected by
a ravine filled with brushwood, which descended
towards the main road of Vaghera.
As General Beuret led on his men to support
our centre, it wsb observed that a body of the enemy
had gained the top of a hilly ground behind j
the French division on our right. A deadly vol- 1
ley was poured into them, and protected by the 1
fire, both Piedmontese and French came out from t
the ravine and went boldly to meet the enemy.? 1
The effect of the new French guns, carrying their t
bullets to a distance of more than two English (
miles, was so great that the centre of the Aus- f
trians was soon obliged to fall back on its reserve, t
and Montebello was again occupied by our men. a
By this time the third and fourth brigades of t
J General Forey's devision had reached the scene
I of the action. This distinguished officer had left t
j in support of a small band of the national guard ?
! ?who, by the bye, fought bravely?his first brig- c
: ade, sending an orderly officer of his staff to Mar- ^
I shal Baraguay d'Hilliers, asking support if need c
be.; (
Having thus given his orders, ho came on with t
his Zoaves at the^M de charge. One battalion of a
Uhasseura d'O/leans rushed by, "the light of batdo
on their faoes." It was accompanied by two i
jattahons of the line, commanded by Duchel and v
Lacretelle. The shook was terrible; Lacretelle 1
'ell dead from his horse, Major Dnohef fell dead e
ifter him ; our men still advanced a la hayonett. p
!Vn Austrian Colonel and 200 Croats were made I
prisoners. Assailed in front by the French; bro- n
ten by the impetuosity of the charge of the Sar- ?
iinian Monferato light horsemen, led by the brave a
Colonel Morelli; attacked on the right by the c
second brigade, and by our artillery all along the e
ine, the Austrians began to retire after a strug- y
5le of six hours. At 5 o'clock p. m. they were t
irivenpell mell down the hills, towards Stradela
on one side, and towards Casatisma on the ii
>ther, leaving mounds of dead behind them. n
We had won the day. The Austrians were, a
:herefore, unable to force our positions, though a
hey were 15,000 strong, with a powerful artille- I
y, thus outnumbering us by 6,000 men. Forey's t
livision numbered scarcely 8,000 fighting men, I
ind was supported by 900 Sardinian horses. You 1
nust not forget that this brave cavalry, led by c
poung Colonel De Sonnaz, sustained for an hour n
;he first shock of the enemy, thus giving time to c
.he French to come up.
The last charge mad9 by the Sardinians was fa.al
to Colonel Morelli, who fell mortally wounded
'rom his horse. Besides this loss,, we have to de- ^
slore 200 dead and 300 wounded. Amongst the
ast the names of Colonels Griot, Les Barre, Be
Bellefonds, Dusmeuil, and Major Ferussal, all
French superior officers, aro to be noticed.
General Forey and the Sardinian cavalry Cojolel,
De Sonnaz, behaved nobly. It is impossible
;o ascertain the loss sustained by the enemy, because
the official report has not yet arrived in
rurin. According to the accounts of my infornant,
the Austrians have lost 1,600 men, dead,
ind wounded, to say the least. It has been noiced
that their men could not stand the impetujaity
of the Zouaves' and Chasseurs' bayonets
ind of Sardinian swords.. As soon as they were
issaulted by the deadly weapons they were always
driven pell mell from their positions, and
;he village of Montebello was thns taken and reaken
thrice during the action. I make no preention
whatever to send you a correct descripion
of the battle. As I have already said, this
)rilliant exploit admits of no description ; it is
>nly a sketch that I present to your readers.?
London News, May lit.
The Turin correspondent of the London Herald
gives the following account:
The Piedmontese cavalry, after occupying Cas:eggio,
had been driven back by the Austrians,
who followed it into Montebello, where they were
wrought up by the force under Forqy and Beuret.
i fierce oontest took place in the streets of the
rillage, from whence the French were ultimately
iriven, after two hours' hard fighting; but at this
time a reinforcement made its appearance in the
shape of half a battery o( artillery and the Ninety-first
and Ninety-eighth regiments. The village
was recaptured after much slaughter, and
the Austrians fell back along the road to Casteggio
in perfect order, closely followed by the
French. The Austrians suffered very severely in
this retreat, and would have done still more so
hnt Cor the admirable ' conduct of their artillerv.
At Casteggio they stopped their retrograde move- <
meat, and a battallion of riflemen posted on some ]
well wooded hills south of the town, kept up a <
galling fire against the French. The Seventy- j
fourth regiment alone had about one hundred j
men put host de combat at Casteggio by the mur- f
derous rifles of the Tyrolese jagers. The rest of i
the Austrians developed themselves in fields on j
the left, despite several very gallant attempts of
the Sardinian horse to prevent them. The French i
made a desperate attack to gain possession of the
village, but they were repulsed, and retired in
considerable disorder to Montebello, -.the Austrians
pursuing them, and it would have been all up <
with tho division of Forey but for the Fifty-sixth
regiment and the Sixth battalion of Chasseurs,
who had just arrived from Cantalupe. ,
With all this, it seems that the Austrians and j
French entered pell me'l into Montebello, where
a fearful"butchery took place, but the upshot of
the matter was th'at the Austrians retired, leaving
a fearful dumber of killed and wounded all along
the road. The Sardinian cavalry, who behaved
with a degree of intrepidity that is hardly done
justice to in the bulletins, attempted to pursue
them, but were too fatigued to do so effectually.
The Austrians retired in perfect order, but 200
prisoners remained in the victors' hands. They
must have been greatly surprised, and not a little
relieved, at finding no fresh trOops were sent
in pursuit. They retired behind the Po, moving
along the Piacenza road, as far on Siradella, and
then crossing over to the Northern bank of the
river. The road to Piacenza" is now therefore
open to the French, unless there be an Austrian
force at Castel San Giovanni, a fact which is not
as yet cleared up.
"At the beginning of the action the Anstriafls
had a decided numercial advantage, but at the
close the advantage of numbers was wholly on
the side of the French.
Our bulletins tell us that the loss is only about
500 killed and wounded; but I believe this is as
much below the mark as the number said to have
been lost by the Austrians (2,000) is above it.
[Paris (May 21,) correspondence of tie London
' ' Herald.-]
There is no longer any doubt of the fact, that
the Austrians had the worst of it at the smart affair
which took place the day before yesterday
between Straditis and Nognera. Not only were
they driven back in their attempt to gain possession
of the village of Montebello, but they have
ibandoned their position on the hill round Stralella,
and-placed the Po between them and the ]
French. When an army not only does not retain |
:he positions it had after the battle, but with- i
irawssomo fifteen or twenty miles, the retrograde i
novement cannot be considered anything but a j
sonfession of their having been worsted. The j
lustrians, we learn, were under the command of <
Hount Stadion, but the telgrapbio dispatch says t
lotbing of the loss which the Austrian corps suf'ered.
Rumor sets down their losses at about 4,- i
)00 men hors de combat?doubtless an exaggera- j
ion. . f
Old Softool General Aaaembly.
Palmer House, Indianapolis, May 31. 1
Since I last wrote, important matters have
.ranspired. The North-western Seminary has,
jy an overwhelming majority, been located in
Chicago, and Dr. Rice, Dr. Willis Lord, of Brookyn,
Dr. Leroy Halsey, of Louisville, and Dr.
Scott, of Cincinnati, have been just now elected
;o the four professorships. This has settled a
{uestion which has been agitated with some par,izau
boldness and zeal for a considerable time
past Indeed, it will be told the inquires that
oarties range under the banner of Dr. Rice, or of
Dr. MacMaster, according to their views of the
policy of the church in regard to the slavery ques:ion.
Dr. Rice has been, during all his professional
life, an editor, and has stood before the
sharch as the defender of her conservatism,'while
Dr. MaoMaster, on the other hand, has been equally
distinquished for his radicalism and abolition
principles. You will perceive, that this late
jontest, in respeot to this Seminary, may be viewed
as it actually was, a test of the comparative
prowess of her conservative and radical elements
in the Old School General Assembly. The vote
for tlpe first professor in the seminary brought out
the whole strength of each, which stood thus?
Rice 214 against MacMaster 45. Nearly five to
jne, the members of the present Assembly are
jonservative.
Runninq up the Abolition Flag.?Dr. MacMaster
was known to have threatened that, if too
lardly pressed, he would hoist the banner of antislavery,
and make the Assembly look face to face
it a question which was secretly deciding every
rote and lying at the foundation of every institution.
And he was eqnal to this threat, so far as unfurling
his colors is concerned. Yesterday afternoon,
for two hours and more he stood before the
Ueneral Assembly, denouncing the whole policy of
the church in regard to slavery. He was heard
with great attention, while he thundered forth
ooth the wrath of God and man against the iniquities
of slavery. Dr. MacMaster is recognized by all
sides as an able, laborious and learned man.?
His personal appearance is striking. He is upwards
of six feet high, with a figure fleshless and
i complexion bloodless. His shoulders are round
to the extent of deformity, and yet he stands e
rect and walks with commanding dignity. His t
lead is small, and the cerebral developments t
neagre, and consequently the observer is thrown c
ipon two facial features for the discovery of his 1
jharacter. The eye is dark and firmly set, and n
gleams with something like an unearthly fire in 9
lis seasons of anxiety or excitement, while over a
lis whole countenance was spread that remarkaible
cast which physicians recognize as the symiol
of almost perpetual pain. Such is the man .
vho did all in his power yesterday to blow up the 1
Conservatism of the General Assembly. Forty- j<
ive only stood by him, and doubtless his agitaion
will have little influence over the destinies of t]
l body so determined to pursue its old and well- n
rodden paths. tl
The members are beginning to thin off. It is e
welve days since the session commenced. It was tl
ixpected that what is called the commentary tl
luestion and the marriage question would pro- b
'oke stern debate, but as they have not yet been ii
:alled up, it is likely the Committees on Bills and p
)vertures have chozen them off. If presented at a
he close of the session, it means that it is not de- a
lirable to have them disoussed in full Assembly, tl
The business has been conducted with exceedngly
grace and propriety. I heard not one angry
rord uttered, through the whole proceedings.?
?here was difference of opinion, and that differnce
was strongly expressed, but no offence was
;iven or taken in the discussion of any question.
Jven the slavery speech of Dr. MacMaster did
lot provoke an ungenerous word from the whole
loath. This body of Christians have learned to
,gree to differ in non-essentials, while in matters
ardinal and essential they are one, and apparntly
indivisable. It is not needful to write to
ou any more after this. The next assembly iB
o hold its session in Rochester, New York.
The Old School Presbyterian Assembly closed
ts sessions at Indianapolis, on Thursday, to meet
lext year at Rochester. Before adjourning, it
ppointed Rev. Drs. Gardiner Spring, J. W. Alexnder,
Nicholas Murray, Robert Davidson, C. Van
tensselaer, John Deyburn, B. M. Palmer, minisers,
"and James Lenox, Robert Carter, Thomas
I. Cobb, C. McAllister, Stephen Alexander, ruing
elders, to represent the church in the third
entennial anniversary of the Presbyterian reforoation
in Great Britain, to be held during the
msuing year.
Maryland Slaveholders' Convention.
Baltimore, June 9.?The Slaveholders' Contention
met this morning.
Hon, J. A. Pearce submitted a majority report
rom the committee, the resolutions concluding as
ollows:
Resolved, That the Convention considers any
ueasures for the general removal of free blacks
rom the State of Maryland impolitic, inexpedi
int and uncalled for by any public exigency which
jould justify it.
Resolved, That the free negro population should
>e well and thoroughly controlled by efficient laws,
o the end that it may be orderly, Industrious and
>roductive.
Resolved, That for the purpose of diminishing,
is far as possible, the evils which proceed from
he excessive and increasing free negro class, the
)olicy of the State declared during the year 1831
thould be reaffirmed, and such amendments be
nade to that act as will give it active force and
:ertain operation, and as will either prohibit
'mancipation altogether, or compel the prompt
removal from the State of those emancipated; and
hat the Legislature should be asked to review and
imcnd the laws relating to free negroes, and to
mancipation, so as to remedy all defects of a sys;em
which time and experience have disclosed.
Resolved, That a committee of be appointed
to submit the views of the convention to and
:o ask appropriate legislation by the General Assembly.
F. W. Jacobs, of Worcester county, presented
:he views of a portion of the minority, it being a
written address going over the whole ground, deailing
the grievances of the slaveholders of Maryand,
and the pernicious influences of free negros
jn the population generally. It advocates prolibition
of emancipation, and the passage of laws
*or the gradual extinction of free negroism. It
illudes to the tendency of the northern and wes:ern
States to legislate against free negros, and
:he interference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
tforth in the matter. It is very severe on the
tfew York Christian Advocate, touching its stric;ures
on the Convention held at Cambridge, Maryand,
and for attempting to threaten with an ecilesiastical
cowhide the Methodists of Maryland,
f they countenanced thi present movement. The
never of the minority report, a Methodist him
seir, repudiated in strong language an/ uuempi
it ecclesiastical interference "with, the domestic
nstitutions of the State.
After a long debate the majority report was
idopted, almost unanimously.
The Convention then adjourned, tine die.
John Miller and "Junius."?The Spartan thus
jorrects a late report concerning the secret of
"Junius
"JcHins.? The Pendleton Messenger, in a sketch
of the Old Stone Meeting House, makes fresh
mention of John Miller, the old English printer;
who died some year 'or so ago* and speaks again
of Mr. Miller having known who Junius was, and
that he carried the secret to his grave. It seems
that Miller was an apprentice in the office of the
London Advertiser, a paper owned and edited by
Woodfall. The latter was indicted for printing
and publishing treasonable orlibellons matter,
found guilty by the jury, under instructions of
the court, and the verdict was afterwards set
aside by the King's Bench. The boy Miller was
no way mixed up with the trial, and ^therefore
could not have been driven from England for hav-'j
ing put in type any of the Junius letters, when
Woodfall afterwards printed the letters in a book.
He could not have known the author, as the practice
with Woodfall was to transcribe Junius' manuscript?not
sending any of the original writing
to his printers. Perhaps like a thousand and one
others, Miller may have guessed at the author ;
but his guess was perhaps equally wide of the
true man. It is time to challenge the story, or
somebody may believe it."
The Spartan is right in Us protest against a version,
which only shoWs how hastily history is made
by newspapers. ,
John Miller, above referred to, was an apprentice
in the office of" Woodfall, the printer of tka"Junius"
letters, and was afterwards persecuted,
and, we'believe, prosecuted for some publication,
but* not for the "Junius" letters. He came to
Charleston in distress, and under the patronage
and recommendation of Henry Laurens, as is
stated in a letter which is foqnd in the collections
of .the South Carolina Historical Society, and was
Drinted some months since in the Courier.
Our esteemed and venerable friend, A. E. Miller,
has a distinct recollection of John Miller,
[who was not a relative,) and has informed us
that John Miller, after going into the backwoods
ind establishing the Pendleton Messenyet, occasionally
visited Charleston, and purchased supplies
from Harrison & Bowen, or W. P. Harrison
St Co., with whom our friend, A. E. MiHer, was
then an apprentice.
Speaking of John Miller and his primitive press,
we are reminded of the use of that press in the
irmy under Gen. Greene, and we respectfully
suggest to our brethren of the craft, the propriety
)f placing that press in some public depository,
>r in the possession of the South Carolina Historcal
Society.
A Novelty in Music and Mechanics.?Every
pianoforte amateur has longed for some supematlral
agency which should note down and preserve
i record of the sounds which he calls forth from
lis instrument when the divine afflatus is on him,
ind the spirit of melody takes possession of his
irain. To adopt a more chaste style of rhetoric,
:very player improvises some strains which he
vould be glad to repeat, which perhaps, contain
lome ideas worthy of further development, but
vhich once played, cannot be recalled, and are
ost. Mr. Henry F. Bond has invented a beautifully
simple apparatus, whioh is easily to be applied
to any pianoforte, and by which every note
played, whether by design or accident, is recorled
in its proper place upon a slip of music paper.
In a few words, the plan of this apparatus may
Pe thus described :
Upon a cylinder placed in one end of the pianoforte,
the ruled music paper is wound; by means
if clock work, this cylinder is made to revolve, at
i uniform speed; the paper thus unwound, pasjes
by another cylinder prepared with a surface
if ink; each key of the instrument, acting upon a
ever, raises a metal point against the paper,
presses it upon the inky surface, and causes a
nark to be made, the length of the mark showing
iccurately the duration of the note. A pedal, by
i similar action, marks the bars. With five minites
of practice, any person who understands the
nusic can rapidly translate these marks into the
usual system of notes. The who!6 arrangement
s so simple that the first feeling is astonishment
;bat the invention has never been born before.?
Boston Courier.
Amerecan Officers going to the Seat of War.?
rhe following is a list of U; S. Army officers who
iave permission to go beyond the United States,
vitfi the understanding that they are to put themlelves
in communication with the antagonizing
irmies in Italy, so as4o note military operations,
UZl yj
Col. W. W. Loring,'regiment mounted riflemen;
jletif. Col. G. B. Crittenden, mounted rifles; Maj.
}. A. H. Blake, 1 st dragoons; Maj. H. Breweron,
of engineers; Brevet Lieut Col. E. J. Stepoe,
9th infantry; Brevet Maj. T. B. Toner, of
mgineers ; Capt. II. B. Clitz, 3d infantry ; Capt.
\ A. Palmer, 2d cavalry; Brevet Capt. T. Seyaour,
1st artillery; First Lieut. George W. Carr,
th infantry; Lieut J. C. Keltou, 6th infantry;
nd First Lieut. John Pegram, 2d dragoons.
Texas.?Bishop Pierce, now on bis way to Callornia,
speaks of Texas, through which State he
aurneyed, as follows:
Texas is a curious county?a paradox. Every
hing is in the superlative, or contradictory, or
larvelous. It is the richest and the poorest?has
he best land and the meanest water; is the hardst
country to live in, and has the most to live on ;
he days the hottest, and the nights the coldest;
he best roads, and the slowest travel; the finest
uilding material, and the least use made of
t; there are more clouds, and less rains; more
ilains, and less timber; more ropes to tie horses,
nd yet more estrays; a poorcountry for farming,
ud yet the most productive; the least work and
he largest yield; the horses are small and the
cattle big; the frogs have horns, and the rabbits
have ears iike mules; the people are intelligent
without general education?inventive without being
tricky?refined without mannerism?rich without
money?hospitable without houses?bold,
generous and brave. In fine, here is an empire
in extent and resources, but in the slowest process
of evolution, and yet destined to population,
wealth and power. There is much to admire, but
little to deplore; many things to enchant, but few
to offend; and for the people and their institutions,
there is a splendid future.
The Neio York Editors.?Stephen H. Branch,
one of the laughable and laughedat-celebrities of
New York, is contributing a series of articles
to the Sunday Mercury of that city. In the last
one, he draws the following very minnte sketch
of the characteristics of the editors of the Herald,
the Tribune and the Timet:
I have known these three immortals about the
fourth of a century, and neither is a big nor partial,
nor little villian, but all have been pious since
their childhood.. Bennett is a Sweedenborgian,
Greeley a Universalist, and Raymond a Presbyterian.
Bennett is allopatbio, Greeley, hydropathic,
and Raymond hcmcepathic. Bennett is the best
swimmer and fencer, Greeley the best dancer and
waltzer, and Raymond the best eater and boxer.
Bennett is the best runner and jumper, Greeley
the best hopper and skipper, and Raymond the
best leaper and tumbler. Bennett is the best
plummer and gutterer, Greeley the best trapper
and miner, and Raymond the best trooter and
whaler. Bennett is the best piper and grinder,
Greely the best drummer and fifer, and Raymond
the best harper and whistler, who whistles best
over a brilliant and lucrative idea, of his own
conception?don't he, Fletcher! They all keep
fast horses, and Bennett's is the best pacer, Greeley's
the best prancer, and Raymond's the best
trotter. On their proud, chameleon steeds, they
stare, and spnr and charge, like the Napoleons.
One, two, and three,
Bnt ask no fee.
While them yon see,
On asses free.
House of John Prater 4* Co.?This house of fifty
years standing, and high repnte, has, as we learn
from onr Charleston exchanges, snspended. This
House is known in New York asTrenholm, Brothers
& Co., and in Liverpool as Fraser, Trenholm
& Co.
The Banks of Charleston have agreed to protect
$700,000 of acceptances of the firm, until November.
The engagements of the firm are all predic
tea upon real ana sods tan ti&l property under their
own control.
Their paper, we learn from the New York Journal
of Commerce, would not be protested in that
City. The Journal of Commerce makes the following
j oat and creditable comments:
"The arrangements consummated in Charleston
will doubtless be made with the banks in New
York. Besides large stocks of cottons, &c., these
gentlemen, individually, have a large amount of
property invested out of the business; and it is
confidently expected that no one will loose a dollar
by the house of Johu^Fraser & Co. Though
the large capital on which their mercantile credit
was based is gone, their integrity and honor are
nnimpeached."
The Marseillaise in Paris once more.?The Paris
^correspondent of the Boston Traveller, in speaking
of the exciting events of the departure of the
troops of the French Emperor from Paris, relates
the following incident:
"I saw a whole regiment pass under the windows
of the Tuilleries, where Louis Napoleon and
his Court was standing, and as they reeled along
the crowded street, Bhouted La Marseillaise?that
war song, that Banz des Vachs of Liberty which
makes freemen homesick. How the sergens devllle
ran from every oorner to silence the unchronological
raflcals! Didn't they bawl furiously ! But
you should have seen the officers drive back the
police, bidding them, in the imperative voice of
camp. 'Let them alone. They have a right to
sing anything they please!' The din of arms
hath even drowned the voice of the law. Louder,
louder, they sang La Marseillaise, the band playing
it with inexpressible spirit. The next regiment
heard the old acquaintance and struck up
its fellow?Mourier pour la Patri?the famous
song of the Girondins. The imperial song?Partant
pour la Syrie?was heard nowhere."
* Agricultural Society.?A large and respectable
'number of our citizens assembled in the Court
House, on Monday, to take the initiatory steps towards
forming a District Agricultural Society. ?
The meeting was entirely harmoneous, and a societywith
a proper constiution was organized by
nnanimous consent, to be known as the Chester
District Agricultural, Horticultural and Pomological
Soiciety.
Hon. Samuel McAIiley was chosen President of
the Society, and on taking the chair addressed the
meeting in a few well-timed and pertinent remarks,
showing the necessity whioh exists in our
luiusi. iui divi/u uu urgtuuz&ium, uuu indulging me
hope that an improved system of agriculture might
be the right reward of the formation of the Society.
The Chester District Agricultural Society then
may be considered as fixed fact, one of the ?in8tlunions'
of the District, and we hope it may long
continue and prove a rich blessing to all concerned.?Chester
Standard.'
A Prog in the Stomach.?A son of Mr. Charles
Davis, residing in Gonld's Court, leading from
Montgomery, near ? Light-street, has caused the
family great uneasiness for three years past, in
consequence of his being subject at times, for hours
together, to spasms and terrible fits. Physicians
were consulted, but all their investigations failed
to reveal the causes that produced the malady.?
Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clook, when
entering the house, the lad was seized with the
symptoms of his malady, and in a fit of retching,
threw upon the floor a live frog, about two inches
in length. The frog hopped gaily about the
floor until secured by the family. Instant relief
was experienced by the lad. His name is William
Davis, and he is about ten years of age. He
has no recollection of the time the frog was taken
into his stomach, but his father thinks it was
swallowed with his drink about three years ago,
when he was first afflicted with fits.?Baltimore
Sun.
Beaten.'?Morphy has been beaten. Mr. Thompson
(with a p) performed the operation. Says
the N. Y. Sun:
Mr. Paul Morphy and Mr. Thompson played
their second game of Chess at the Morphy Chess
Rooms, corner of Fourth-street and Broadway
yesterday afternoon. The spacious hall was
crowded with lookers-on, whose interest in the
game never seemed to flag, although it lasted from
one until three o'clock, P. M. After a long and
skilful contest Mr. Morphy resigned, to the utter
astonishment of the lookers-on, who had hitherto
deemed him invincible. A third game was commenced
at a quarter past 8 o'clock, P. M., and
continued until 5 o'clock, when the contestants
adjourned to the New Yojk Chess Club Rooms,
where, at a late hour in the evening, the game resulted
in the defeat of Mr. Thompson. In both
games Mr. Morphy allowed his opponent the advantage
of one knight.
^
Newberry Poisoning Case.?From the Newberry
Rising Sun we take the following, relative to the
poisoning ase: "One of the members of Mr.
Stewart's family?Mrs. Wilkes?having died, an
inquest was held over the body by Coroner Col.
D'Oyley, with the following verdict: That Mrs.
Wilkes came to her death by poison, administered
by the hands of Fanny, a slave, the property of
R. Stewart, and that Wm. Saunders, ihey believed,
was accessory to the deed, having furnished
her with the poison. A post mortem and chemical
analysis of the stomach of Mrs. Wilkes discovered
large quantities of arsenic.
A Court of Magistrate and Freeholders assembled'yesterday
for the trial of the negro Fanny,
J. S. Reed, Magistrate; W. H. Hunt, W. H.
Harrington. John B. Carwile. W. A. Olinp nm?
S. P. Boorer composing the Jury.
The verdict of the jury, (as we go to press)
after a careful investigation of the matter, is that
Fanny be hanged on the 3d Friday, 16th July
8$xt.
Camels on an Alabama Plantation.?The Selma
Ala., Sentinel, of the 20th May, says:
The Camels purchased by Mr. Woolsey, frcm
Capt. Machado, last week, seem to auswer many
useful purposes. The other day one of the animals,
with rider, brought twelve bushels of shelled
corn to town to mill. So one camel, in milling
alone, will answer the purpose of a wagon
and two mules, and will travel over the ground
four times as quick as the mules. We understand *
that they have been tried in the plow, and answer
the purpose admirably, being docile and easily
managed.
Death from Chief.?The invitation to the funeral
of Mr. Edward Saunders, who died the other
day at Helena, in Newberry District, will be found
in our paper of to-day. He was the father of the
young man who has been arrested for complicity
in the poisoning case, in Newberry. We learn
that the shock was so insupportable that he was
confined immediately to his bed by an attack of
illness from which he never recovered.?Carolinian.