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. jllisrfllnnrons . 1 ; -... v From th*. South- Carolinian o?May_ 2. g AniJUBctail Coureutioi*. i ' A meeting of those..opposed to the retail trade in intoxicating-liquors, coiiveued at the Carolina Hall, yesterday morningi Rev. VLd Martin opened {ne meeting wi(h prayej^P* the CbnffenlKin^about sixty persotisij^^y* sent, proceeded to organize. * Neall wn&.ipfected President^d^ " J. B^McCiriW, J. G^O. w* Caughman, Rev. W. M?rtia^P 0,iert Bryce, Vilie Presidents. '" The Presiclo^^pkdned tbe object for which they hadjumbled?a reform in the license syslem^ftbe State.He alluded* to the good Huy^snd been effected in those places,'both in jk^rois State as elsewhere,-by prohibitory legislation. Ho alluded to the Maine Law, and * urged the distijbution of tracts tfhd papers J. among the people. He'suggested lurthcr that W the friends of temperance, should not vote for I candidates for th^Xegislature who treated in r the canvass. I\, r ' A. committee, o^i moU'on of J. B. McCully, was appointed tpjprcpare business for the Convenliop. / flew Dr.'Chambers addressed the Conven t. tion atlength/1n favor of thn?ohjects of the meeting. Dr. Chambers is an able and eloquent advocate of the cause,. The following resolutions were presented p.. and referred to the Committee:. By II. Summer? -Resolved, That it is the sense of this Con-1 . /Mention that .a law prohibiting the making and ^ selling of intoxicating drinks, as a beverage, is y. .consistent with, and not an abridgement or vik'; -* plation of, the rights of the people. P "^By J. T. Walter? Ki' ffy^loed, As the deliberate opinion of this '-Convention, based upon the most careful conW ..sideration of well known facts, that the traffic in.alcoholic^lrinks as a beverage, is an e*il?is 01% evil^?and that continually. Resolved, That the most malignant and fatal ' . diseases- that n^ict-humanity, are not to be i.' v; comp/ued in their direful eflectsto the soul and body, destroying monster intemperance, and hr;. that its. extirpation from evei^ community is as imperative a dhty as the enforcement of rf .sanitary: measures for its protection from the ?' ravages <5f. pestilential dPsease." p Resolved, In view of the demoralizing, debas> ; ing and destructive tendencies ofthis traffic on L the moral and physical structure of man, that is the.bounden duty of every parent, master, ST patriot and Christian, to unite in combined*ac lf^ tioa to restrict its use to the wants of medical rr; jwactice in every cmnnvunity. Sj?r *7\ Resolved, That thisConvention rec'ommend I their fellow-citizens to memorialize our next * _ -Legislature, setting forth its evi's, and asking f the enactment of a law that shall restrict \ -the"hiamilacture and sale in, and importation of,alcoholic liquors, to the want3 of medical > science. Referred to the committee. By J. B. McCully? Resolved, That this Convention do appoint a Central Committee, consisting of ? gentlep< men (any number of whom being preset at L- any regular .meeting, constituting a quorum,) for .the transaction of business, which shall be K ; charged with the preparation and circulation of an address to the people of South Carolina, * ) .. setting forth the evils of the traffic in ardent x. ' spirits upon the moral, social and pecuniary gt { interests of the citizens, with such other matters as may suggest themselves as pfoper to be ERf* lakl before the people for their consideration, jr.* Resolved, That it is earnestly recommended to the p^iple of the various Districts and Purf 'i? ishes in tne State to appoint, at as early a day F / as possible, Local Committees, to ac^ in con.y1 cert with the Central Committee, in disseminating such information on the subject of the - * traffic in ardent spirits as may tend to exhibit jjv the business in its true light and to demotj5: atrate the deleterious influence which it exerts p. upon the moral and social condition of the pecs'., p'e* ' * The Convention took a recess until 5 o'clock, fp when it reassembled, and several.additional r- names were added to the enrolment. Letters :' ;* -from Messrs. Tuppcr, Douglas, and Tovrnsend, j&Vexpressing regret that they could not attend, p .were read. All sympathized with the object p. of the meeting. ?:*! The Rev. J. R. Pickett, State lecturer, preseiited some information of the progress of the ; % caftse. 0 Mr. -Bobo, of Spartanburg, addressed the f; meeting in relation to the temperance cause in ' Spartanburg village, and said that the citizens : , of that place were ready for a prohibitory law. Rev. Dr. Palmer addressed the meeting in r*C ?i-.r? .u_ 'p nr tlia r v itJiitiiuu iu uie inupciuiitc v* iiiv . ^Soutb Carolina College. \Ilev. Dr. Bachman made a few impressive remarks in favor of prohibition, particularly al. luded to the retail traffic m Charleston, and was sorry he could not report anything favorr able from ihat city. The meeting was subsequently addressed by r * "Messrs./ A. M. Kennedy, of Cainden, Galluchat, | - of Lancaster, V\ ilkiusou, of Barnwell, and' ' Thayer, of Charleston. Convention adjourned until 9 o'clock to-day. '"W SECOND DAY. This convention met yesterday, in pursuance . to adjournment. ^\Rev. Dr. Leland opened the Meeting with prayer^ Several additionalnames y",;, >were enrolls. The reportof the Committee, to whom were referred, the resolutions already y v published; was taken- up. Mr. Summer addressed the meeting iii favor^l of the resolution he had ^submitted, and dwelt . particularly oq the cons^t^li^, of jfprohibiA slight amendment to jlie resolutions of Mr. Walter was adopted. \ - I Rev. J. R. Pickett, State lecturer, addressed the meeting, advocating the memorializing of the Legislature asked for a prohibitory law, or requesting that body to.submit the question to the people at the ballot box. Rev. Dr. Lelaud also addressed the meeting in favor of petitioning the Legislature to submit tffe question to the people. Dr. Chancers addressed tho meeting, advocating the preparation of two memorials, one to be signed by the voters, the other by the ladies. . irt ? . .... Aii-ltiar rDiriorla ftlO rpcnlllfintl / AllCr ?UIIIU lurmi-i ivwitiaii, ...v was adopted. The report of the committee,(31 whole, embracing all the resolutions, was *-r>2Jiitnoa&Jy adopted. In porsuauce of one of the resolutions adop ; ted the fiJlowing ^Central Committee" was appointed; iof which, on motion of Dr. Lelattd, the Preaidentof the Convention was appointed ^L"; a. _ v/ii'O'"'"" > rr fp Okflrfaton,?.IfiW* Hipper, James II. inf. j I i / ft M ^13% . Ebenezer Thayer. n n :if EdgefielcC.?Jam^?^^pU1S0.n' D/'R,' M* Mima, ? Bro^jP^3 PearvJS' Abraham*. H. Brown, James Aldi ich CjjiPPens, Wo?. Merritt; j0zbeville.?Dr. F. G. Thomas, H. A. Jones Prf Isaac Branch, Rev; HetnphiU, Dr. John Holland, Rev. J. Childs. Anderson.?Joseph N. Whitner, B. Crayton W. Leverett, R. H. Tarrant, Col. W. S. Picken's, Col. R. N. Wriglet, David Humphreys and Warren D. Wilkes. Pickens.?Pleasant Alexander, Dr. W. Mc: Elroy and Rev. W. McWhorter. Orcetlville.?C. J. Elford, Dr. A. B. Crook, Dr. Manning Austin. Spartanburg.?S. Bobo, Jeffetson Wioice, G. W Legg. * Dr. James Logan, Col. T. H. Dunkin Gen. Hmes Rcdgers. York.?Thos. S. Bell, James Adams, I. D. Withe rspoon. .* Chester.?S.-McAliley, J. B MeCully, C. D Melton, Coleman Crosby. Fairfield.?Sam]. J. Barkley, O. R. T^mson Rev. M. D. Frazer, Dr. J. Scott. Laurens.?Dr. John Simpson, M. Shaw, John Garlington. Newberry.?Rev. j. R. Pickett, Hunry Summer, 1. Herbert, Dr. Peter Moon, Hillary Gary Rev. G. W. Brooks, David L. Wilker. Lcxinqton. ? Col. West Caughman, S. E. Caughman, J. J. Drffher, Gen. II. Arthur, J. R. Braer, S. Corley. Richland.?A. F. Dubard, Col. D. D. Fenley, J. I-Walter. " Jfeis'iaio.?Col. Jas. Chesnut Jr., Capt B. Bojkib, Capt. J. B. Mickle, Jas. S. Thompson, Dr. B. S. Lucas, Jas. Team, J. K. Douglas, J. B. Cureton, A. ,M. Kennedy, Rev. W. Martin, Rev. J. Iv. Mendenhall, Rev. S. H. Hay, Capt. Belvin, ^Vlaj. J. Rosser, Wm. B. Fletcher.- * Sumter.?,Rev. Noah Graham, Montgomery ! Moses, Rev. W. Lewis. We have not received the nominees of the Committees in other districts. Resolutions of thanks to Dr. Chambers, to Mr. Peckham, to the President and Secretary of the Convention, were unanimously adopted. On motion of Dr. Jhoifias. it was Resolved, Tlmt Che Committees in the different districts be requested to urge the people to celebrate the foufth of July in the promotion of the cause apd in the advocacy of the objects of the Convention. The Convention, after a closing prayer by Rev. J. R. Pickett, adjourned. Thus ha6 been put in motion the ball for, the*enactment in South Carolina of a prohibitory law. Its advocates arc warm and zealous in the cause, and'will use all legitimate means to effect their object. Important Proceedings. The proceedings in Congress, on Monday Llast, were of" more than usual importance. In the Senate, Mr. Slidell offered the following resolution in relation to the suspension of the ! neutrality laws: ' Revived, Th,'ft the Committee on Foreign Relations bo.requested to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the President of the United States, during any future recess of Congress, to suspend, by proclamation, either wholly or "partially, the operation of the act in addition to an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, approved the 20th of April, 181-8, also an act supplementary thereto, approved the 10th of March, 1838, should, in Ills opinon, the public interests re quire such total or partial suspension, such suspension not to exceed a petiod of twelve months, and the causes which shall havo induced the President to proclaim it Jo be coin municated to Congress immediately on its ?l,nWAnf?AW HIM/ iuet;uil? iiivictiivvii In suppoit of this resolution, Mr/Slidell, in a concise and forcible manner, recalculated the events inducing him to a firm belief in the existence of a scheme to Africanize Cuba, and a statement of what he deemed the duty of the United States in such a case. After some remarks by Messrs. Benjamin, Ma 1 lory, Seward, Chase and Butler, the resolution was adopted, it being understood that the debate should take place upon the repprt of the committee. The public will look with much interest for the action of the committee in this matter. In the House, with regard to neutral rights, th? Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs offered the following resolutions, which w <?re adopted: Resolved, That the President be, and" he is hereby required, to communicate to this House, as far,as in his opinion may not be incompatible with the public interest, copie^of all correspondence that has passed between this government and foreign governments upon the subjects of the rights accorded by declaration or otherwise, to,neutrals, and the rights claimed by belligerents in the wht pending between cer-* tain European powers. Resoked, That the "President be also required ro cominunicateito this House, as far as in his opinion may not be incompatible with the public interest, copies of such instructions as have-been furnished by the Department of State to our representatives abroad in relation to the Island of Cuba, as well as of such despatches as have been received from said representatives by the Department of Sftite. The action of Congress on those two subjects, at the present juncture,#vill be regarded of the utmost consequence the people of th.aj^nited -States we trust that they will ;rfot be made the staple of Buncombe speeches for months to come. Whatever may be the arts of.diplomacy "and the propriety of keeping secret questions of state policy, we should think the position of the country ought to be clearly defined.on the points referred to. South Carolinian. Sad State of Affairs in the Hor.v Land ?A letter from one of the party of American travellers inthe Holy Land, gives a melancholy account of the present condition of affairs there. The Turkish troops having been" withdrawn to fight the Russians, anarchy, disorder and violence of all kinds, are prevailing. Many of the inhabitants have taken refuge in the walled towns and the peasants, as they work in the fields, have with them their a Arms, loaded for an encounter. Bands of Bedouin robbers traverse the?countrv in every direction, and the party to which the writer waB attacked, and one of them wounded. Thus, while Europe is nlnnoa lofrt n u'np nrifri no fin f* in iha | ilUUUl IU .?!?? " ...... x.. ... ...^ question as to the control of the Holy places, the inhabitants of that rhgion are loft at the. j mercy of the spoiler. In on6 case, it is stated | that foity men and womeu were massacred by a party of Bedouin vagabonds. * . ## " i , / * / ? W " ' "A. % From die Washington Union. . The Spanish Insult to the President. When we commented on the insulting language of-the official gazette at Havana iu re A Pinr/in ee\r?Ck A Q \7C cSnna tun -gcirU iU IIC3WICIIV J. ICIW, auinwyi.jg omw, TT *5 used a translation which had been made by ' the Spanisb^iuthorities in Cuba, but which did jiot convey fully the grossness of the indignity. The language as translated into English, as quoted by us,was as follows: ''Know yc good men of all countries And opinions* that this- is the language which nowis fired from the chair once occupied by the Apostle of justice, peace, and moderation, by the philosopher, the honorable Washington!" . This translation of ttie original expression in Spanish is. incorrect?whetliS? designedly so or not, on the part of the Spanish trans, lalor, welfare not.. The true translation is as follows: - * ,fKnnw ye^ood men of all nations and of all opinions, tnat such is the language of him who finds himself warming the chair in which once was seated the A postle of justice, peace and moderation?the philosophic and honored Washington!'1 . * The'original expression in Spanish which is nnnlied to the' President, calentando la silla. is one of ihe most opprobrious and insulting that can be addressed by one person to another.? A reliable gentleman at New Orleans writes 'to us that it is currently asserted in intelligent circles in H^nna that the article was written by Gdti. Pczuela bimself. We advert to the subject that the rescnfment of the indignity so promptly and so gallantly exhibited by Commodore Newton may be correctly appreciated. He was fully apprised of the offensive character *of the insult, as it was expressed in Spanish and in obedience to the impulses of his own4nobIe heart, and in accordance with the dictates of his clear' judgment, he felt that his cemmand was never intrusted to him to be prostituted to the. saluting of a flag upheld by a hand which could pen such an insult to the American President. The New Orleans Picayune shows fhe^ right spirit in the following comments upon the insult: "The ntirronf. renort in the best circles at Havana, after publication of that article, was that it bad been written by the captain general* himself; but whether that bArue or not, no censoHn Havana would have dared to authorize, nor any editor there dared to' publish such a foul and personal insult upon the thief of a nation with whom Spain was at amity, without tho sanction of the government, ana General Pezuela alone is accountable for its tone and tenor. It is not necessary for us to remark upon the personalities and the gross character of such an official communication. ' Looked upon jn the light of a political and official act, they deserve at the hands of the American people and of the American government a more serious consideration. We are glad to learn thorough private sources, that Col. Robertson, the acting consul at Havana, viewed them at once in their proper light, and that Com. Newton, on arriving there, refused to salute tfie city and the Spanish navy because of their offensive tenor. Though the insult is personal to General Pierce* ib- is directed to him only as President of the United States, in the performance of his official duties to his country, it is therefore personal to every American citizen. It is expected of the Cabinet that this grost insult shall not be suffered to sink into the stagnant pool Of diplomatic correspondence." Tlie*\Vard Trial. As was announced in our yesterday's issue, tlm trial of Matt Ward, charged with the mur der of Mr. Butler, a schoolmaster, has just terminated at Louisville, K. It resulted in an acquittal?a complete acquittal of the accused. It seems scarcely proper for one at this distance from the scene of trial, and having but an imperfect report of the evidence adduced by the prosecution and the <jpfcnce,1o express an opinion upon the justice of the verdict rendered by the jury, who were in possession of all the facts of lhe.case, and are supposed to be an impartial tribunal. But we cannot withhold an ex pressiou of our great astonishment at the reoiilf .II1/-I \!/n Imvn iifif n Hnntif flint PVfifV Olie. who has road the evidence and the pleadings, will be equally surprised.- A verdict of entire acquittal! Surely, surely the telegraph has reported the result incorrectly. There must bo some mistake in the report that has reached us. The main fticts of the case, as we have i cad them, upon which the trial turned, are briefly these: Butler was a schoolmaster and had o casion tft use the birch on a young brother of Ward. This was resented as an indignily to the Ward family, the youthful offender was taken from' school, and Matt. Ward, who is'a married man, .accompanied by Robert Ward, Jr., and Win. Ward, repaired to the school house of Butler; for what purpose will appear from the result of their encounter with hiin.? After entering 'the main school-room, Matt. Ward addressed Butler in tlieso words: "I have a Jitlle matter to settle with you ; which is,most to blame, the little contemptible puppy who begged ehesnuts and then lied about it, or the boy who let him have them ?" Butler asked Ward to go into his room and he would explain the affair. Ward said,""No, here is the place to answer the question/' Butler refused to answer without an explcnation. . Ward said "you are a d?d liar and a d?d 'scoundrel." Ward then made a motion as if striking at Butler,-who. sallied back, aiiule-; fa., V ji.-i-J J j. J _ culler ineiLiunea nis nnn ana moveu lowarus Ward; Ward drew his hand from his pocket, presented a pistol to Butler's left breast and fired; Butler dropped immediately, exclaiming, "Oh,'my wife and child! My God! Iam dead!" Matt. Ward then drew another pistol,* and Robt. J. Ward drew a knife. This testimony was confirmed in substance by several witnesses, and not materially impaired by the testimony for the defence. The position as sumed by the counsel for Ward was that he acted in self-defence. Butler who is represented as being the more powerful, man of the two, having struck him. The striking w.ns proved by someofxhe witnesses, though the testimony on this point was By no means decided and clear; it was in fact so contradictory, as to leave the point in much doubt. Carolina Times. Arrest for Slave Stealing.?Officer J. J' Jowitt returned to 'his qity yesterday morning having custody of a party named Sidney Bailey, who was arrested at Milledireville. Ga., by vir tue of a requisition.from Gov. Manning to Gov. .Johnson. He stands charged with abduction often slaves from a citizen of YYiiliaoisbarg district, whom-it is alleged he attempted to sell in Edgefield district. He will be conveyed by the proper authority to the jail of Willimsburg, to await his trial in due course. Charleston Courier %d. Cljc (CamifB IMy Joiinini. Tuesday, .May 9, 1854. i, ? ^THO. J. WAHREN, Editor.Miss Ellen Brenan. wo are pleased to learn, as wo do by a private let te'r from Columbia, that tliis> highly gifted native cantratrice intends flaring our citizens with a visit during the present week?probably on Thurday or Friday. I? behalf of our citizens, we promise Miss B. a cordial greeting. Since the above was put in type, wo learn that Miss Bronan will be compelled, from indisposition, to postpone her viait to Camden for a short time. We are authorized to )?y however, that we will certainly^isit. ns Boon. . j j' ? .Jr The Bani'of Camden," fi. O. y At tho annual meeting of the Stockholm on. the the let inst, the following gentlemen were elected Directors for the ensuing year, to wit: W. E. Johnson, J. M. DeSausscre, Tdoma8 Lang, B. Perkins, John Workman, Wm. D. McDowall and Wm. M. Shannon.* . V * At a meeting of the Directors on the following day. W. E. JonNSON was reflected President. In place of E. Haile. resigned. 5 7 ? . Editorial Correspondence. In the. way of correspondence we shall give but a brief letter to-day. Our columns will be otherwise occupied with a few miscellaneous paragraphs, and these mustrsuffice: r On Wednesday morning another serious and destructive fire occurred in this City, by which some iline, dwellings and a number pf outbuildings were destroyed. Some of these houses were tenements,and thussome twenty families have beei turned out of doors. Tho Are occurred in a wooden_kitchen in the rear of abuildingonthe east of Kingst near Burns' lane, whereitprogressed, destroying arid otherwise injuring a considerable amount of property, which is covered, in some cases, by insurance. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary, but thero is nothing certain about it, so far as we are able to learn. The Standard mentions tho {following incident connected with this oc currence: . ' ''We must mention to the ercditof Charles Farrally, more gonerally l(po\vn al "Handsome Charley,4' an act of intrepidity which saved the life of a negro child.? The kitchen -where it slept was in flames, the roof falling in whence heard of its perilous position. His only access was through tho second story window, which he stove in, and guided only by tho screams of tho little sufferer ho found it, and bore it off in safety. Its clothes were already on fire, but he tore them away and brought it off but' slightly injured. Charley is a daring fellow, and if at any time his acts^should not be altogether as commendable as the one wo'mention, we hope it will be remembered that influenced only by tho promptings of his own heart, he riskod his own life to savij that of a negro baby." The widening of this alley is urged upon the ground that if re-built with its present width, it will never be filled with better buildings than those just burned; but if widened it will likely bo filled with handsome residences which will not only beautify and improve the city, but add to tho value of taxable property, and thu3 go far towards the defrayment of the* expense of improvement Tho spirit of improvement is awake in our city, and a considerable anxiety is manifested by a portion of' the citizens upon the subject of oponing, widoning and improving the streets, which ought to have been dono long ago. Passing TIayne-stroct a day An f ft?A n r*r\ iva ohaoirn/l tlurt omnnlrlnrinr* mooana InfV vi utYU yuavi ?ovi uuw aiuv/uiuwuuij uiuoouo ivtb Irom the recent fires. The work of re-building is going on with energy, and we may reasonably expect to Bee magnificent stores in the places of those destroyed. Fires are now very common, and alarms so frequent, as scarcely to excite anynotico, unless wo can see the blaze. We have falsd alarms no&rly every night. The Moultrie House is' positively to be opened on the 1st of June, by Mr. Nickcrson, of the Mills House. A Beries of interesting religious exercises have been carried on for several weeks past in the First Baptist Church of this dlty, of which Rev. J. R. Kesprick is pastor. Wo have had the pleasure of attending on a fow occasiens, and have been interested in the services. Dr. Te.ysda.le, of Washington City has been preaching with groat acceptability, and his lecture to young men on Sunday evening, the 30th ult, was a most excellent one from these words?" What lack I yet?" This text occurs in the interesting conversation hold between our Saviour and the young Jewish ruler, who came to enquire what good thing ho must do to in herit eternal life. It was ably and appropriately con-, sidered, and we Hope may bo as bread cast upon the waters. . . Several accessions havo been, and are being made to the Church, and the solemn ordinanco of baptisrp --administered on several occasions. The weather to-day is rainy, and we are likely to have plenty of i% jvhieh will not bo at all objectionable. - . . Cotton continues about the same?extremes ranging from about 7 to 9 5*8. Saturday, May G, 1854. General Conference of-the M. E. Church. The General Conference of the M. E. Church South convened in the Methodist Church, Columbus, Geo., on the 1st inst, Bishop Soule presiding. Delegates from the following Conferences were in attendance:? Kentucky, Western Virginia, Missouri, St. LouiB, LouisvHle, Holston, Virginia, Tennessee, Indian Mission, Arkansas, North Carolina, Memphis, South-Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, East Texas, Texas, Pacific. v . Thora^ 0. Somers, of tho Alabama Conference was elected Secretary, and A. R. Erwiu, of Tennesse was aj^oin^d^A.3sistant Secretary.1' After the adoption of rules for its government, and the appointment of the standing. coramittees,'1$onferenc(Kadjourned to meet at 9 o'clock, on Tuesday. "We havo before us several day's proceedings, but our limits forbid their insertion. On tho final adjournment of tho Conference, we shall lay before our readera cn/Oi nf i.hn nrnrpartincs as mav ha of trennrnl in tercst. t Spring?May?Hope. As spring is the season of general rejoicing, and the time for flowers and poetry, and as May has dawned brightly and beautifully on earth, We must be indulged in our admiration of its charms. There is no season of the year comparable to Spring ?and to crown*its charms with the very porfbctioifof loveliness, sweet May has immemorially reignqd as its acknowledged Queen. The flowers, innumerable in uuujuer, wiuu vtuicu iunua uuu u uiuusauu uues, WlllCli send forth their soft porfumo, to gladden earth are never more lovely than in May. Thdy beautify and adorn oar path along this pale of tears, and lead the mind up through nature to the contemplation of thoso brighter and unfading flowers which bloom forever in perennial Spring. Most grateful are "they to man when burdenod down amid the stern'trials and duties of lifo?speaking the language of hope, and varying our jourM^frotn the sterile rocks*and parched plains to that o^roeu pastures, and beside still watera. Hope, though dawning through the gloomof uncertainty, is still a bright particular starr which shines ' i ' v athwart life's- dark sea. Aa a whispering'fcnge) of peace, its gentle accents fail upon the tionbled heart, j( and it bids the filtering trust, with the soothing words at ?Peace, be stilL . . . C Hope stands upon the loftiest altitude'of human ex- U pectationa, and even thereto crown man's highest aims, But abovo all, and best of all, Hope, as the rainbow oi c( promise?the unfading'sign of omnipotence itself. Cl spana with bright ^rcb, the rugged way between t|, earth and the honio of the saints in life. ' r; " If Hope be dead, why eare to live, a "What besido has earth to give ?" j A Curiosity. g We were shown yesterday, by our >oungTrtend, John McKain, quite a curiosity, in the shape of a live terrapin with two heads. They are perfect heada, and g< though attached to the body very near together appear ;'to have no connection whatever. It moves each head about at pleasure, apd will eat with either or both.? Qj So far'as-can be. seen there is no deformity about the p body. It will be left for a few days at Workman's p Drug Store,<where those can see it who desire. q Soutii CAtfottWA College.?.The May Ex- tj hibition of the Senior CHfss of.the College, on Thursday and Friday evenings, was one of the ^ nrmof int.iroctirwr ivhioh hn<a LnUen nlflCfi for SO me ,l.Ua. M..v,v^.,6 ........ , W years. We are gratified to see the increased ^ interest in these matters, as was agreeably ^ demonstrated at tirs exhibition hy the very . large audiences which were present on both ^ evenings. Tlie scene looked more like the ^ "Commencement" occasion than the usual* ex ^ hlbitiou, and m'ust have inspired the orators of ^ the class, who all discharged the duty assigned ^ them in a most credible manner, with a desire to excel. The subjects were aptly chosen, and ? . the productions exhibited talents, industry, ^ and originality, to a degree that.fully justified the most sanguine expectations of the friends of the speakers, as well as amply repaying the tj visitors for their attendance.? Carolinian. H * tl - Presbytery of Harmoxy.?The Presbytery q^Harmonv. met'at Salem Church, Black " River. Rev. J?. P. Palmer chosen Moderator, ^ ^ and S. H. Hay, Secretary. The committeee heretofore appointed to as- 11 sess upon the several Churches of the Prcsby tery the sum oi a>duu, ruaqe inetr report. The Church of Beaver Creek obtainetHeave V to prosecute a call upon Bethel Presbytery for* o the pastoral services of the Rev. W. J- Mc- ? Corenie. . . u Rev. R. W. Singletary was dismissed from 1 the Presbytery of Sooth Carolina. is Messrs. James McDowell, Elmore Krider, n r.nd R. M. Brearly were taken under care of ? PresbyteVy as candidates for the'lninistry. o Rev. .Thomas R. English, and Ruling Elder b Dr. M. McLean, principals, alternates Rev. D. v E. Friersan and Ruling Elder C. J, Shannon, t< were elected Commissioners to the next General Assembly. The Committee of Finance repotted, and n after the supplies fur the* ensuing year were ri made, the Presbytery adjourned to meet at ^ Brewington. Church-on-Thursday before the s first Sabbath in November next? . a a "Muudbk.?On Sunday morning about 10 p, o'clock, two boys, cousins, named Evander p Jackson, son of Nicey Jackson, and Evander ? VV. Jackson, son of Warren Jackson, (Evan- ( der Jackson, about 14 years and Evander W. p Jackson, about' 12 years of age,) took a gun (. from the store house ol Major George, and p, went about a quarter of a mile where a dog had treed a rabbit, after they reached the place .1 1. _ .. .V. ' 1 _ _ .1 * ? ' ) .1 tne ooys aisngj-eeu, ana commencea uimwing t light-wood knots at each other4 The deceased n (Evander W. Jackson) then had'th?gun and Sl ihrfflitened to shoot the other, after some wrds 11 the deceased gave Evander Jackson the ptwi s' who stepped oft' some paces and said, "Now ? I'll shootj ou." The defeased then pulled open his shirt bosom and- told him to?shoot: Evan- , der Jackson immediately discharged the gun, ^ and the whole contents were lodged in the breast of the unfortunate Evander VV. Jackson 0 at the, precise spot exposed by his shirt bosom. 1 He uttered an exclamation, staggered a few y paces and expired. Evander Jackson has been arrested and lod^d in jail* a What a sad commentary does this -melan- ? clifily event Tarnish upon the violation of the Sabbath.?Murioa Star. . ' ' . . f Bloody Fioiit with tub Indians.?TheSt. n Louis Republican has a despatch dated Independence, April 26, giving the following inter- ' esting particulars in reference to the recent In- . dian battle in New Mexico": On the 6th ??f March, there was a fight be- H tween Lieut. Benle, in command of thirty dra- C goons, and a party of Jicarilla Indians. Six s *5f the Indians were killed, and two of the sol- w dicrs; four dragoons were also .wounded. The 0 Indians for the first time were whipped. ? On the 30th of March, company "I" of the .dragoons, sytty in number, under the command ^ of Liet. J. W. DavW.-am.'mat the Apaches, to ? the number of 250 warriors, 15 miles east of , the Seneguilla, near tho foot of the mountain, and on the road from Taos to Santa Fe. The ^ battle was a sanguinary one. Thirty-five of the troops ^re reported to have been killed, f ? and seventeen wounded. Only eight of the whole number escaped without being injured. Lieut. Davidson, in command, and Dr. Magru 81 dor, were slightly wounded; the first sergeant P . was killed. . . a The loss on the part of the'Indians is said to a1 , have been very great. Fifty horses belonging "n to the dragoons, all the Colt revolvers and car. b bines, fell into the possession of the. Indians. '.r A large force,'under command of Col. Cooke 0 of the 2d Dragoons, were out in pursuit of the eiremv when the. mail left. but. it U tn be tin. 2 derstood?|that they are not so easily intimidated 'J now, ahtT'they are ready to'meet'the tro'ops.? 01 We fear we shall leceive farther news of siroi- . ^ lar tenor to the apotrafew . Twenty men of Majpr ^krleton's company of dragoons have deserted tronaJFort Albuquertaking with them twq horses apiece, all tlfb t? Colt, revolvers, and a six mule team Ipaded with provisions. They wfere headed i>y the S first sergeant of the company. * ~ .The Indians who killed four of their number 0I for withcralt were being tried in the United States District Court at Santa Fe. di 6< ri ^ ??n i v?tt? i nttnn At* U7 n vatr Off 'P HOB. ai Alio 1'irtiitr av/chcj ur rr nioi\a.xi vu * uvw v( day last, a meeting wss held in Cincinnati! ol of persons engaged in the manufacture of wbis- n< key. Twenty-three manufacturers' establish- fa mepts were represented, most of them in Ohio bj although a portion of them are in Kentucky st and Indiana. The twenty-three establishments m represented consume 14,058 bushels of corn cl and other grains daily, which is rifiing four bl millions of gallons of whiskey annually. One it establishment alone consume* 1440 bushel* of a: grain daily, and employs over fifty coopers in pi making barrels. vi \ ' f . \.. * % ' v *> j Cujia.?Tire movement of Scigaforj Slidcl!, i 'A tsterday created ihudi sepsation Jo the Sen- ; ' M e chamber. His resolutions prdpo8C^tbat ongress shall" ftirtorize the President of the* nited States to suspend tl^e operation pfibur :utrality laws so far as Spain "may be? consrned during*the recess of Congress, if-dr- v 1 instates occur which, in his judgment^ make ia?*lep necessary for the vindication of.?tho j(ftt8 and national interests of "the; i United fdfpq in rrinfTeotlmi u'ifli u'hnt mo v ?f. ?*k. ' " - me be tTie condition of Cuba./ Mr. S.-based lis proposition upon the feet tbat JShgiand, pain and France had entered Into a formal rangement for the Africanization of Cuba, id for freeing the negroes there, and the subjquent establishment of a negro government ver the Island under the protection of the iree Powers. This is the substance of the llegation of Mr. wbicb be sustained in a owerful and very exciting speech, wherein he . resented an array of documentary testimony hich astounded many who wdre present Much of this testimony is .entirely new to io public, and ban. hardly fail to create even a reater sensatibti oi^he pubtic mind, than in jo Senate chamber. ' fifis movement et^pled rith that of the Chairman of the Hotw: Cohjlittee on Foreisn Affairs, asking th* "w'~ " *, r?;:~o ? ent for the correspondence with our diplomat- " its abroad and foreign governments bpon the !uban affair gave rise last night to a rumor ;iat the President is about to send a message ^ > Congress asking directly for the power which Ir. Slidell's resolutions propose to. place in is hands. We have no reason, however, to lace confidence in it. The President, we ike it for granted, will take due care to place efore Congress all the information upon this tatter which is at bis cbmraaud, and at an arly day, leaving to the National Legislature ie resposibility ofehabiing*biui to protect the iterestrgnd honor .of the United States daring ie recess, if they conce'rve f orTtfeffay offsets hich may be before tfierti, that there way ossi.bly'arise a state of things which willV* uire each action on the part of. this Govern lent iixthe premises.?''Washington Star. c - . * r - " > / - " *v Slavery ix Nebraska.?A letter, from Villiam Walker, chief of the.Wyandott tribe ? f Indians, formerly of Ohio, says that slavery xists in Nebraska.among the whites and IndU ns, in defi^ice of the compromise of 1820.? t has been.in existence ever since it was organted as aij'Indian Territory. True, there are' ot*many slaves, but still slavery prists; Snipe, laves are held by the Indians by virtue oftbeir wn lai^ and usages, and some by regular ' ills of sale from citizens of Missouri, while rhite settlers from the latter State rfever hesi< ate to bring slaves with them. / - " . ' - ^ South Carolinians ix Cokoress.?Ali the lembers of Congress from Soqth Carolina are atives of that .State except Geh. John Mc-' lueen., who was bo>n in North Carolina. Be- 1 ides these, Senators Thomas J: Riisk, of Tex s; J. P. benjamjn, of Louisianaf Stephen Ad-. t ins and Albert G.brown, of Mississippi; wero orn in the Palmetto State?waking siupa- Jfcw ives of South Carolina in the Senate alone; ihile in the House are Dr. David A. Reese an'e aA. Elijah W. Chastain, of Georgia; Philip 'hillips, of Alabama, (Mflbile,)vand Theodore }. Hunt, of Louisiana, all South Carolinians y birth. . ' The Deficiency Bill has been pending four . lonths in Congress, and is- still under discusion. ?Thc House, after a strqgglo of two lonths, passed a Deficiency Bill, containing applemcntary appropriations for the-current ear to the amount of one gnd a half millions. ; ; 'hat Bill the Senate amends by the addition <>f umcrous items which the House had thorough- . y canvassed and deliberately rejected} Theeoate, after a long debate, inserted, a class m ' fiteifis for Custom Hopses, Internal and Ma ine Hospitals amounting to $828,000, the in* eftion of which to a less amount in ihe;first louse Bill had caused'its defeat. The Senate mcndments provide in addition for miscellane* us expenditures tp arpount of $,200,000.. .If [16 Senate, jsays the Baltimore American, perist in their amendments, it h almost certain* ' r , Iiat the Bill will be.again rejected l>y the louse, and Qongress will be forced to com- 9 lence its work anew. . 7 )* The Alligator (East Florida^ he scarcity of provisions is becoming rather of serious aspect, and could the injury to the utton crops in any manner ensure a plenteous upply of provisions fot the coming," year, ,'ould no doubt^e hailed as Comfaune bonjtm *' r perhaps a boon of Heaven. The very ne- . essaries of life are becoming to a great extent eyond the limited means of> the poorer clas- P ' ss, while the wealth of the more favored can ?arce command them at a reasonable price.? 'hearticle of corn commands about $2 perushel and is scarcely purchasable at the highest rices, ^lour is held at^l4 per bbl. Rice 8 # ents perjb. Bacon-16, and^Hams 29 cents er lb. ' Cholera items are beginning to appear, hero ad there, in the West and Southwestern peers. Iu Silver Creek Ohio, week before last sudden death occurred, followed by a^qlent ttack by the same disease, (resembling Chole{,) upon ffve other members cf the same fami-. r, who were saved by prompt medical treat lent.' Auuther death of the same kind had j V * n . i i. .i ? t* ccurrea in Aenm, oome twelve (renins nan iken place at Keokuk, Iowa, mostly of Emu rants. Several Mormon emigrant^bave later died of Cholera in St. In the same week / f the above cases^two deaths took place in niontown, and one in Lewisport, Ky# Boston Journal May 2. . ;r Tne Tomb <tf Lafayette.?A. recent let >r from Paris contains the following extpct: "We went in the direction of the Fauboorg t. Antoine; and as it was not very far from * ie* Rue Piopus, and I wanted to see the grave* f Lafayette, and S??-haying nev^r seen it," . e drove thither. It is not far from the Harrier >i Th'rohe. It if a very smalj, obscure spot, ayond abeautifiilgarden belonging to a body f religinue*.' Jtco'iitains the tombs of soma ' "the oldest and most celebrate^fthe" French jbility- the Montfnorencies, ^5. All the mily of Lafayette repose here;' He is side Y side with his wife, and at their head is the one slab of G. W. Lafayette. They are all ere stone slifbs. Lafayette's is the last, ose by the wall, and rests on stones and pebes. Not a sinirlfl hlndn rif rrt-nwa-m-m*a ...... O o , I felt sorry to see it look So neglected, I ,keii our guide if it wa^vlsited by many peo- * e. He saidT'No; sometimes the Americana sit it. I thought it very strange. , " , f. t -> * ' .fvW..'. '* ' J* *