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Fiitef.n Hundred Dollars Reward.?It will bo Keen, by reference to our advertising columns, that Mr. Gordon has offered the respectabio sum of fifteen hundred dollars, for the money and notes (stolen from him on the night of the 24lh ultimo,) and proof sufficient to convict the robbers. We have no doubt that this will set the public on the look-out, and bring to condign punishment the perpetrators of this daring burglary. IT The attention of the public is directed to the Advertisement of Edward Sii.l &. Son, Gror?r?. Cnlnmhin. S. C. O* For several reasons, we omitted, in our paper of last week, to state any thing in relation to the uirest and confinement in Jail, of three negroes 011 Buxpicion of endeavoring to organize an insurrection. They were tried on Monday last, and found guilty ill legal parlance of " counselling to run a\v:iy,:l and sentenced ns follows?Austin, the slave of Mrs. Allen, and Asa, the slave of T E. Owen, each to receive one hundred and fifty laBlies and leave the State; and Tally, the slave of John White, to rcceive twenty-five lashes, and bo diecharged. Thero was no evidence of any thing against Taffy, except that he was in bad company, into mucii no won aniwn Dy liquor wnicn tne others kept; but there is no doubt but that the other two meditated setting on foot an insurrection, and had they not been detected, serious consequences may hare followed. Public opinion is very much excited against Austin and Asa, and demanded their sulTering the highest penalty of the law ; but the Jury, composed of gentlemen of character and intelligence, did not feel warranted, from the evidence, in finding a verdict to that effect The indictment was brought by Samuel McGowen, Esq. on the part of the Town Council, and the defence sustained by Messrs. Wilsou and Noble, on the part of the owners. O" VVk regret to learn that the Poet Master General has abandoned the Idea of giving as a mail communication with the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road. We understand it was bid for by Messrs. Douglass, Ritlet <V. Ward; but their bid, which was the only one, was not accepted. We fear there has been some manauvring about this matter, which deserves to be looked into, and if possible, corrected. Messrs. Doug lacs & Co. are the owners of the lines from Greenville to Newberry, and from Greenville to Augusta, and it is therefore to their interest to keep down this proposed line, which would have the effect to shorten lh? ? -?1 J: * -. duu uifon nearly all the travel. The present terminal of the Greenville and Colombia Rail Road is now twenty miles nearer to this place than Hamburg, and there is a dinpo ition in every one going from here to Charleston to go by Columbia, but there being no stage line, they are compelled to go by Hamburg ; and the reason there are no stages, is because the mail pay is withheld and given to the present contractors, to carry it by a different route. The interests of the stockholders of the Rail Road require a conveyance for passengers to the Road, and we thiuk the Presideat and Directors should look into the matter, and if no one can be induced from the prospect of remuneration from the travel to establish a line, we believe it should be done by thotse interested. "The Book Conce*i?"?The following article is taken from the Western Correspondence of the Southern Christian Advocate:? " 'Some of ns away here in the West are much concerned concerning this term, which we see so often in the Advocates, and which we believe to be applied to certain bookstores, depositories and publishing offices. The "Book" we understand nm ?ii i?? - w+bj nciit imh concerning Uio #*l/oncfm" we arc seriously concerned. For myself, I have consulted the dictionaries, and they teD me it means "bosinMt," "afftir," "interest," "ropgeinent," "enterprise," "meddkng," "regard," "intercourse," "relation," "influence," "importance," "moment," "passion," "affectation," "emotion," "solicitude," and "anxiety." I have added each of these to1 "Book," bat for the life of me, I cannot see the propriety of applying the compound term thns formed to a bookstore, book depository or book j publishing bonse. Try it, Mr. Editor: "Book - ? - ? ? "DOCK Attuir," "Book lafcereet,"41Book Sii|ig?m?it" "Book iBttrpoAioB," "Book Meddling," "Book Regard,'* "Book InteroowW "Book Relation," "Book Injlneooe," "Book la< . - portance," "Book Moment," "Book I*?tow," "Book Affection," "Book Emotion," "Book Solicitude*," '<Book Anriety.** There you ara, Bir, at the end of the Hat; and ther* la no btlpfcryoo, but in * new distknury of year mother toofne. O that Noah Webater bad lore?an our '' oOooec* concerning that which ooncerna the "Book Con. -MkU f" " ' ~ Tac email incriaw of UnUun made b? tM< IMC JL*(M?tani km fttfaWud t??M * gioaai of ^ A* of My mm of. . to wciiik ngiiiiii?iito_ il u? \m 15* '-' f - *.. I 'l'i'iiwuiynHHj .if-y|P|ioi ucntugp w giuivpi^jiiuieeQfiwjfii ]. " ' <; ,'. " -:- -* , we assert that after the increase, the tax in this State ia aa light an in any other Southern Stato, and lighter than most. Notwithstanding the proverbial munificence of our Legislature, the splendid salaries of officera and the numerous institutions supported by the State, hei taxation hns olwaya been lower than other States. She liaa carefully eschewed the mania of internal improvement thnt haa plunged other States into oppressive taxation, bankruptcy, or repudiation. The succcssful operation of her State Bank has relieved her of half the expenses of government. Heretofore, there was only a nominal tax on negroes and land, and the income of professions. The last Legislature found it necessary to raise four hundred thonsand dollars to arm the people, and added fifty per cent to the usual tax. Besides this a tax of one dollar and fifty cents on every fourteen hundred dollars at interest was levied. Capital had long enjoyed an undeserved immunity in this Stute that it receives nowhere else, and now it only stands here on a par with capital elsewhere. These enumerated above are the only subject* of taxation. They are all equally taxed in other States, besides many other things hero except. In Virginia, besides a tax equal to oura on other things, there is a poll tax. a tax on horses, carriages, clocks, watches, table plate, pianos, and perhaps other things. It is about the same in Alabama, and in many other States. Thus it will be seen that the taxation in a State preparing for secession is less than where the most intense Unionism prevails. I would advise those "best citizens" who will leave the State to escape taxation to be careful where they go. As the Priest said to the heretic who did not believe in Purgatory, "they may go further and fare worse." Anti So*r Tail. From the Cliarlmtnn M^ronrv. Delay and Ultimate Submission Identical. Messrs. Editors:?Never have an intelligent and brave people, possessing all the elements of prosjjerous development, been more tortured and assailed by the ghostly tears of consequence?, than the people of Charleston. None in her limits question the doctrine of State Sovereignty; none are callous to the inflictions of an oppressive Government; none doubt the right of secession, and scarco any dispute the necessity of its exercise; and yet there arc thousands who stand aghust at the consequences which a bewildered fancy brings into life at every step. Talk to them of State secession, and you "Harrow up the aonl: freeze the vnimrrM~wi Moke the two eye* like stars start from their spheres, The kuotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to eland on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine*." And what has done ail this! Have the men of Charleston turned away from the promptings of all that is noble in them, to take counsel of their fears? For shame! for shame ! Look into the future, calmly, fearlessly;] scan it in nil its mighty outlines; hold tip the undimmed lamp of the past, and as its rays penetrate the mists before yoti, see whether the path of honor is not now the path of success. In this investigation it is necessary first to dctermino what consequences follow on the heels of delay. South Carolina, the second time in her hiBtory, is the leader of a mighty cause. No matter what circumstances have conspired to place her there, (for wo need not recount the diaannointod Lnoo of the last year,) enough that she does occupy it, and that the direct issue therefore is resistance or submission. Men may draw nice liues of distinction between submission now, and submission ultimately; the first may be adopted with offended grace, the last may be scouted with indignation, but they are identical, and time will prove them so. We do not say that tbey are identical in theory, but identical in their influence upon our destiny. And it is because there is not a single difficulty in the way of secession, not one risk which mutt be met in its achievement to-day, which will cease or diminish in the revolution of time. Should South Carolina, therefore, submit now, in the hope of a change for the better, what will rescue her from the pit of ultimate and unbending submission when this hope is gone, and time : has oeim-nted the chains of oppression 7 I We do oot discuss tbe expediency of State secession: to some doubtless it it> a stumbling block: to others foolishness; but our aim is to demonstrate tlie truth of the assertion, that delay is tbe first and inevitable step to ultimate submission. Ourbusiuees is not with those who unbloshingly proclaim the latter; but we address ourselves to that large and respectable party, who start at the thought of ultimate submission, and yet advocate, in our streets, tbe policy of delay. When our State has cast about her Convention the robe of sovereignty, what cogent reasons will you urge to stay her hanr! I WStl ?-* ' ....... . ..... juu iauuhd uci wiiu uie nope of pre-arranged, simultaneous oo-operation f Cast your eyes over the South, and count up the chance*. For years has our Legislature been inviting and soliciting this; Southern wrongs haft been the theme of the pulpit, the mart, the highway, and the stump?until the hearts of men sicken at the recital; the language of rant and threat are exhausted, and vet Southern rights still lie in the dust. Have the people of the 8outh made any progress in the but year towards resistance! On the contrary, is not the publio mind everywhere, both in our own State, sinking by rapid grades into the long sleep; of submission t Georgia, who a few months sinoe excited the warmest hopes, has struck I h<?r AAIam Ah !?' ^ tt5?' * ?. ? .'??w v" www. r ir^inia has forgotten the lcwonsof Henry and Mud-, taxi; and the Naahville Convention?that MwrnUy which tike the Barone at Runnymede, was to demand and recover a thousand ioet liberties?what has it donef? Nothing, emphatically nothing. This day finds the South *4)11 net united, and what w worse still farther from it tb'iUl ever. The ink i* scarce dry, in which .lhe*in-of California, th* Tew* bribe, ajj4lJ?#cfct?ntof tbe Fugitive Lew, were writfe*, yet- tbe remembrance riff thiarfi wmnm t* rU;i? ~ -is?\ to a party, whoso schemes have been beg.111 with greater adroitness and achieved with more splendid triumph. AI times, seemingly urged on by a blind fury, their inroads have stirred the indignation of the Southern people to something like resistance; then, forthwith, some compromise is hatched up. Executive smiles and federal offices reward the faithful, and the poor deluded South for gives all for the sake of the Union, and forgets all in the delights of thirteen cents for cotton. The past history, then, of abolition, furnishes no hope that the South will ever be driven to the wall. What becomes then of nri>-#?nnf>nrt??rl **n.nnoruf!an ? I?u5!ln/* in -- r" "rv>"""" *6 this, there 5s 110 obstacle now in our way, which delay will not increase. The power to crush, the labor of inciting (lie people to resistance, the decay of patriotism, all will be multiplied by delay. From the beginning of this contest, the power to bribe has been our worst enemy. Who doubts what the course of Georgia would have been, had the skirts ol her public men been untouched by the stain of Federal office ? This is the great pioneer of the abolition cause, and as the circle of this Confederacy becomes wider and wider, and State after State is added to the train of consolidation, the channels of bribery will run deeper and broader, until the whole country is drowned in corruption. Who will say that tlnn sketch is false i It is the history of every people whose tyrant was gold. And now the question may 1>c ngain asked, what advantages attend delay ? If preconcerted co-operntion is daily becoming more remote, if the power to crush, the means to bribe, the labor of inciting the j>eoplo to resistance, and the decay of patrioiism, are the spontaneous fruits of delay; who will deny that ultimate submission, is but a still further development of the same seed ? If the hearts of the people of South Carolina fail them now, at the bare anticipation of difficulties, and dangers, will they become oold, when reality has added tenfold to their worst fears ? The issue is made up "choose ye this day." Tcrnbull. South Carolina the only hope of the South.?We have been kindly permitted to make the following extract of a letter, just received by a friend, from a highly intelligent gentleman who has for somo time been travelling in the south western States. We give, it without note or comment, in the hope that should any trembling alarmist read ii he may find some faint assurance that the timid need not fly or the brave fear to be madly sacrificed :?Keowee Courier. "I am often asked, 'What will South Car olina do?' and I invariably answer 'she will secede.' Tlie eyes of the south-west are fixed upon her, and though, should she secede, she will for a time bL?iiiu mono, it is my honest and deliberate opinion thnt her separato secession will, in a short time, unite with her all with whotn bIjo would desire a union ; and should coercion be attempted thousands and tens of thousands of the brave and free will flock to her standard. I have not conversed with a single man of nny influence in thcso States who is not with us heart and son!; and all agree thnt should South Carolina neglect to act the cause is lost. On the banks of the Warrior I met Col. John 1 a f TT T I T 1 ? ciuii, uiuiucr ui iiiw xiud. jon jonnsion ; do said to ine, "'without the action of your State nil is lost, and if she in her extremity should need tny services, I and mine nre hers." I verily believe he, and thousand* like bim, would, at a moment's warning, shoulder their muskets and march to her defence. South Carolina is the theme of all ?everywhere I hear her spoken of as the 'great Republican State'?'land of free and loyal spiritsand every day I grow prouder and prouder of her truth and gallantry. An intelligent gentleman in Columbus, Gn., observed to me, "that all was lost, and he was forced to acquiesce ; property will soon become valueles*. and littln nocrmM nnm worth $100 a piece will be going at 37 cents a dozen and dull sale at that." The only consolation which he seems to feel when con templating the ruin which is approaching, is the reflection that, in the midst of his own desolation he will be able to look around and behold those whose base submission brought this rnin upon bim overwbelmned with the like or even greater destruction; he represents bis subraiibion as being a desperate submission." The Youno Men's Association op Greenwood.?We are pleased to see that the Young Men of Greenwood have formed a southern ltigbts Association, and sincerely hope the noble example will be followed nil over the South. The sneers and taunts which some submission wiseacres love to heap upon the young men for joining or forming an Association for the defence of their country, is as ridiculous as it is pusilanimous. They, above all others, are the very men who should organize and bold themselves in readiness to defend the honor of their State. They are the men who can and will be active in the battles of their country; and in all countries the young men have executed, and not unfrequentTy planned, the brightest and most glorious rchievemeuts of their day and time.?Lau. Herald. Nathvillr, Chattanooga, and Charleston Railroad.?From the Annual Report of V. K. 8tephenson. Esq? we learn, saya the Courier, that the present amount of capital in this enterprise ta $2,580.705, of which one million two hundred thousand has been paid in. Nashville and Charleston have subscribed $600,000 each, and the Georgia Railroad Company $250,000, It is expected that seventy miles of road will be 6nished during the present year. The success of this or eat wort will orivn tn tha SLnntU era State* the carrying trade of the great valley of the "West, heretofore, monopolized by Northern lines. The report estimates the cost of completing the entire line from Charleston tp Cairo, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio, at 1ms than fifteen million* dollars against forty-five millions? the leflftt coef, nt which any of the Northern ^ti05al ' i v'Wri? ^JsoISSrt tlW>fc ? ***": ***** / * The WoflTord College. We sincerely congr?tulate th0 people of Spartanburg District and the country generally, upon the establishment and location of this instituion in our midst. No human foresight can fully comprehend or appreciate the future and ultimate benefit to us, to our children, to the State, and to our eummun country,from this event, pregnant with blessings and great results. The Board of Trustees met at this place on Wednesday, the 10th inst., and continued their sittings from day to day until the business of location, system of training and accommodating students, <fec., ?kc., were fully discussed and settled upon. There were various propositions from town aud country for luculiny the Institution, aecompanied with inducements to place the College at the several points named, both in money 1 I I r - /?? . n anu Ktiiu, ranging iroin iuu 10 i?uu acres 01 land as a gratuity. The citizen? of the town held a puMic meeting, and raised by voluntary subscription an amount sufficient to purchase forty acres of land within the corporate limits, and one hundred acres of woodland in the country, as an inducement and a condition of locating tho institution in the neighborhood of our quiet and heirlthy community. Tho result was, the College was located on a most lovely elevation, about one half or threefourths of a mile north of tho Court House, in the direction of Church street. FoVty acres of land in an oblong square, with the privilege of taking more adjoining at the same price, have been secured for tho cam |Mi3 uiiu umtrr purpuaei. i 110 non-resiaem system bus been uunniinously adopted, vjz : the students will neither eat nor sleep at tho College building ; tliey will be accommodated in private families, sleep in private families, and thus continue to enjoy tho refining and restraining influences of the domestic circle. They will not, thus, be crowdcd together in one large house, form themselves into a distinct community, nor feel that they have any interest apart from that of the town. In this way all collisions and unpleas ant circumstances may be to a very great'extent avoided. The plan of scholarships has been provisionally adopted. Any one paying tho turn of *500, will receive a certificate of so much stock, which entitles him to the tuition of one scholar from year to year, and the certificate is property which may bo sold, or will descend to his heirs-at-law. In other worcis it is nn interest in perpetuity. The tuition fees will probably be $40 per annum. The scholarship yields nn interest of only $35. Thus, it will bo seen, a scholarship is a good investment. If the owner of a scholarship has no son or friend to send to college, ho may sell to others who desire to go, or receive from them tho tuition fees. Rev. H. A. C. Walker ib the Agent for this purpose for the College. Wo hail this event as n new era in our history and progress. The man who co^ild not afford to pay $400 or $600 a year to s?nd his son abroad to be educated, may now con ter tnat inestimable blessing upon his spns at comparatively small coat. Those at a distance may purchase a small building lot here, and board their own sons, and thus educate them at a cost of about $50 or $75 per annum. Or they may board 1 hem in good private houses at $80 to $100 a year, and thus bring the expenses within the reach of very moderate means. Let us look at this event in its merely pecuniary benefits. It is believed the College will have from 100 to 150 students upon an average. If each student should expend the sum of $200 per annum, (that amount is frequently doubled ortre bled,) then with 150 students, there will be from that source, an expenditure of $30,000 annually in our District. Add to this the salary of President and Faculty, amounting probably to $9,000 more. Add to this the increase of the number and wealth of our population from abroad, amounting mo?t iikeiy to 50 per cent on our present number, buying lota, building, dse., <fec., and we may add an additional sum of say $30,000 per annum, and then wo have the sum of $69,000 to be expended annually in our district, while most of this will be wealth from a distance brought into our midst. There will be expended within the next two years the. sum of $50,000 in building, Ac. Now, the benefits thus glanced at will go on increasing from year to year, and every one must see tho effect of this will be to make our people prosperous, intelligent and independent. Look to the next ten years. According to our estimates there will have been expended within our district more than half a million of dollars in addition to our other ordinary expenditures ! We hesitate not to say. that between tho pecuniary benefits of a Railroad and a College, so far as our own people are concerned, we would prefer the College. But the best of nil is to tell. The establishment of a College here at the proposed terminus of the Railroad, will, we have no doubt, ensure the success of our great Rail road enterprise. That will be the legitimate effect, tbe almost necessary result of our position, with such an institution in our midst. For these two great results we have been laboring. To these we have been looking. And that we mav have contributed some thing by our humble efforts to secure them to our people, to our district, will be a consolation to our dying day. With a College and a Railroad, Spartanburg District is one of the finest nod most desirable countries in the world?tho town of Spartanburg the third most important town in South Carolina. We should give place only to the Metropolis and the Capital of the State. Again we rejoice with them that do rejoice, and encourage our people to be hopeful, liberal, industrious and patient, until we can reap the promised blessings.. Already have distinguished gentlemen from abroad began to purchase building lots and farm* insnd near our town, and general cheerfulness and activity in all branches of business prevails among our people. "Where to tho beauty, truth, and good we seek, Bat in tur mind* 7 And if we were not weak, fthoold we be lemin than hi d?iral The present Board of True tees ?u permanently organized by the Election of Rev. William M. Wightman, D. D., of Charleston, President; llev. John A?* Porter, 8ecre- ? tniy; J. W. Tocli^, TVeiswer. . materials, sopenntend tW^wo^'^^oL 1 plans, employ tin architect, Ac. Aa, < Col. H. H. Thompson, Rev. C. 8. Beard, ( Mnj. II. Wofford, ami J. W. Tucker?to whom, on motion. Dr. Wightman was added. The Board adjourned to meet again 011 the 2d July, at which time on the 4th of July, it is proposed to lav the corner-Mom*, have an address delivered, invite the citizens generally to attend, when we suppose the several ordeis of Masons, Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance will appear in regalia. A glorious day we hope to see.? Spur limbing Sjjurlon. The Cuba ErjKilitiwi frustrated? Vessel seized at New York.? We learn from the New York papers that on Tuesday morning last Mr. Tallmadge, the United State" marshal there, received intelligence that the steamer Cleopr.tra had been chartered by certain persons and secretly fitted out with arms and ammunition, for the purpose of being employed in an expedition against the Island of Cuba. The Commercial says: -- rie unmeuiaiciy uispaicneu it messenger to Washington for instruction, and n Cabinct meeting was held, tho result of which was that the marshal was directed to proceed forthwith to use all means in his power to prevent tho sailing of tho expedition, in conformity with the eighth section of the neutrality law. Mr. Tullmadge accordingly applied to the commanding officer at the navy yard for an auxiliary force, but it was refused on the ground that no special instructions to that effect hnd been received. The chief of police, however, volunteered the aid of twenty of his force, and with these tho marshal hastened, on Wednesday evening, to the performance of his duty. Information having been received in the meantime that tho Cleonntra h:ul <rnn?? ilnwn Jlio I bay and anchored there, with a view to take on board several hundred men, Mr. Tallmadge promptly chartered the steamer Ja cob Bell, and taking tho United States revenue cutter Morris in tow, started in pursuit. " The cutter was stationed outside Sandy Ilook Light, and tho Jacob Bell cruised about the bay in search of the steamer of the expeditionists. Nothing could be seen of her, however, and tho marshal returned to the city about two o'clock this morning, when tho Cleopatra was found lying at the dock, foot of North Moore street. She was immediately taken possession of, and now remains in the custody of the marshal.? Many persons have been disposed to doubt tho existence of any design to renew the pi r _ 11HU.1UU vi vuvii, tnu Lcrniurv UI a friendly power. There is no longer any room for doubt. We might give the names of the parties implicated as leaders, but for obvious roasons they aro withheld for the present." The Journal of commerce says there were no persons on board the Cleopatra, except her ordinary crew. A Savannah letter to the Boston Courier says, that the Cuba movement wns ^ Utile too premature, and adds: " The bonds of the new government that is to he when Cuba is revolutionized, have been selling here all winter, to raise the needful funds. The)* have been taken at ten cents on the dollar." Important Decision.?Several points in regard to the subject of interest- wer? decided a few days ago in the Court of Chancery, Chancellor Lesene presiding, which are of importance to the trading part of the community We give an abstract of the decision as follows: 1st. That where interest has actually occurred 011 an agreement in writing to pay interest 011 that interest, it is valid and will be enforced in a Court of Equity. 2. That where the balance of a mortgage debt is ascertained by compounding the in- i terost annually, and a second mortgage given to secure the balance so ascertained, it is conclusive between tho parties, even in tho absence of any previous agreement tor coinnoiinil ilitprpst lvttt'dflii llii.m 3. Hut that nn agreement m;i(]o ;it tIn* time of tin* second mortgage to allow interest on the future interest to accrue on the mortgage debt, will not he enSucd in ;i court of Equity. 4 th. That an agreement between the mortgager and mortgages, that the latter will allow the former two per cent, in addition to eight per cent, (the interest of this State) as an indemnity to the mortgagee for a lonn contracted at ten per. in Louisiana to pay for property purchased there by the mortgagee, is usurious, and not enforcible in equity. That under no circumstances would such agreement be enforced 011 a debt wherein the inttrest had been abendy compounded.? Mobile Tribune. Jurors in Capital Cases cannot Separate.?The Philadelphia American (jive* the following decision in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in a case made on Monday: ReifTer vs. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.?The plaintiff in error was lately convicted of the murder of his wife, in Schuylkill county, and sentenced to be hung. The ground relied upon for reversal was, that after the jury waa sworn, but before the casatraa nncnpd th? inrw ??? mifflorivl ?<\ ?J , ? J "v,w M ? Bepaiata and go to their Lome*. Thu the i Supreme Court hare derided was n fatal error, although the prisoner's counsel consent- . ed. The court say that a prisoner on trial for his life should not be asked to consent. That the allowing a jury so to separate is dangerous. If the accused baa powerful friends, it opens a door for improper influences against the Commonwealth. If be is without friends, it enables a powerful enemy or pnblic prejudice, to work fearfully against < him. A prisoner so situated, if asked his i consent that the jury who are to pass upon | his life may not be kept confined to their j appartment, dare not deny them, the refusal of which thpv minrVit ho I?nint*i1 in diet to resent'. Judgment reversed, sod the <j prisoner sent hack for another trial. ? ? i Tms Methodist Church Suit.:?This, I much talked of case, n result of the separa- ' tion o{ "the chtirch has Anally been set uown for h hearing in the United 'States Court in i this city; on the 13th of May best. Vv ' 1 Counsel for the complainant* the Metho ;i dist Episcopal Cbnrch South, art Daniel i t i./ ia v._t a. . .? . .. ? . - la;iu, ui i on, iwrcwy jonnsoa, of L tfwjlind, ?M Ttat& Wcfattet, of Mm- ' tbotMi; : ^ "'" *,: jt' v? " ' . *?'*> ' -' The Capital of Utah. ' j ' The city of the Great Salt Labe is beau- ^ tifully laid out, within a short distance ot' . I the mountain, forming the eastern end of the valley. It contains eleven or twelve thousand inhabitants, who are mostly engaged in agriculture, though a portion of their time is devoted to mechanical pursuits when understood. The streets of the city intersect each other at right angles, and i each block is half a mile square, with an alley from east to west and north and south. 1 Each block is called a ward, and has a bish- I op to preside over its government, whose duties are to act as magistrates, tax collector, and preachers, as well ns street com iihjimoihth. meciiyanu nil mo larming f land are irrigated by stream* of beautiful -f s wat'-r, which flow from the adjacent moun- -) t tJiins. These streams have been, with great labor and perseverance, led in every direction. In the city they flow on each side of the different street, and their waters are Jet upon the inhabitants' gardens at regubu periods; so likewise upon tho extensive fields of grain lying in tho south of the city. There is a field thirty miles long by six and ten wide, a portion of which is cultiv ted by any one who desires. This field w: moving with wheat, barley, and oat-', nearly , l.. ?i? ivrntjy iui uiu fjcKie, wncn we wore at the lake* and a filter field of wheat never grew in any country ; the berry whs large, full, and plnmp, and of superior whiteness. We were convinced that no country in the world could produce better crops than this valley, or .1 larger amount to the acre. The system of irrigation prevents anything like , rust or smut striking the crop, to blast the expectation of the farmer. The productiveness of the Roil will always secure him an abundant crop. "Within the valley, and 1 including three other settlements of the people of the vicinity, there cannot be far '? I'rnm OOn Snl.nkll.nl. ?M ? ..w... wv,vwv iiianviwiubT't l'Uliy IJIllt'M " " south they have a tillage, and anoflier 110 miles further south?among the Utah Indians, 1 suppose?where fine forests of all * f? kinds of timber abound, while little or none for mechanical purposes, excepting pine, grow in the vicinity of the valley. , The character of this people has changed but little since their exodus from the States. The leaders and all appear more "free and easy," and the great body as perse veringly, industrious aiul obedient to the higher powers as ever. Money is very plenty among them? principally gold?much of which came from tho California mines. The religious i character of the whole body has degenera j fnrl intn ninro omuoAtviA*%* ? *' ...W u nuituciiivilt, uiv>, UUlf evni UIU V fieniblance of true piety is kept up. In the vicinity of the city is a warm spring, which hns been brought into tho city, and public V baths erected. The water is highly medic- j al. Each citizen has a building-lot appropriated to his use, but is not the absolute owner, as he cannot dispose of it to a Geii- 4' tile without the consent of the church. Each member is allowod to take up and cultivate as much land as he pleases, but ho can only sell such improvements as he may make upon the land. Gue-ieiiih of the produce of the land, or the accumulation of each individual, as weii v*ne-tnn?i, time, belong* to the church, and is rigorously axacU-d. a The houses nre mostly one story high, i though some of them are neat tittle cotta- I ges. They have nearly completed n spa- I cious court house, two stories high, and forty feet square. The first story is bnilt of *i freestone, ami the second of sun-bnrnt brick. Iluuse* built of these brick are very warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and appear well adsiptcd to the climate. They are about to erect n temple and other public buildings. Elder Kimball's house is a . large two-story stone building, some 50 feet fl by 25 feet; yet it is not large enough to 3 contain one-li;ilf of his numerous wives. !l The prosperity of this people is truly as- , .11 t finishing. J hey have flocks and herdj?, and Jl most of ihe jrixxl things of the enrth in a- . i| hmidlino*. We saw about three thousand h of the line-fit cattlc on the island, in .the Salt - M L;?ke, that we ever put eyes u|?on. Ini the fl morning, you may see bids driving hun- H dri'da of cows from the bound* of the city, fl to he herded within two or three I^ilet, and Q driven back at night. fl The World's Fair?Articles for ex 11 niBtTiON.?At the close of the week, ending the last of March, there had-.bqen re- jffiE 1 ceived in London, for the great eihibition, I 6,234 packages from foreign countries 1R1 from the continent, 20 from the channel Is- ( lands, and 5,5*70 from English contributors. It is stated that the direct^'ef Southeastern railway have made arrangements to carry 10,000 passengers per day during tho ' exhibition. j The eccentric, but talented Dr. Crofts of ' Coventry, intends at the opening exhibition, to set the Thames on fire in reality. It ap- | pears that be has invented a composition to make water blaze on the application of flame, Rnd will experimentalise on a portion of the ' Thames. i * i 4 - mituiig tno mm renjariaOJO productions ' M from Birmingham, at the great, txhibition, there will be a piece of iron wire, for the purposes of the electric telegraph, a mile long. This i* the greatest length of wiro Jfl that baa ever been drawn. . | |B Woman's Wit.?Not that wit of the . drawing room which touches -lightly on the ' S surface. and which ??*!? ? 1 ? ^ n lentleasly for every fault, and,. like vivid fl Hash of lightning, dssslee nod wounds; but fl Lb?t wit, full of poetry, ricb .in thought, fl which smile* upon US with tearfol, love-dart- fl ng eyes from tho writing* of Jc^n Paul- M Hintto VMV >*r ' -ViWiL i^^uMas&lMMI*