Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.; MS - wmmm mm? i ; - " .1 - | .J; j;'. ,, _ ^ KER AMmmi ! "th? i-nioii op LinunT -v x? mTEnwAi. vigilance." I PAYABLE IN ADVANCE, BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1857. vol. vTv icrw a . WfftflftftW.lB DOWS WITH THE MOB1CONB t The Telegraph informs us, tbnt tho Cnbi^ . .. net ia'tiow in soss'iob, deliberating upon tbo beat mptbod of disposing of tho Mormon ? _difficulty. ' --'Brigbam Young, tlio High Priest of tbo * gigantip. superstition which has reared its ^mightly hfead in far distant Utah, calls tho FaUhfbl together" fro in the Mecca-temple of Moriuonism in SjfalLLake City, and bids dc, fiatioe to tho pow&r o( the " Gentiles." I?ni*( pudent,. criminal, mandating, Hod-daring, ; "ibiB-bao.dero Maboraet iuvokes the sword to . " nvenge though test infringement of his gov- i ?rnmfeotal authority, and challenges tho ; >4?c<S8ident J.o commence tlie work of depo- ! '* - eitfon. vHe claims to be solo Governor of well as sole Prophet of Heaven, ! *, " aud^atands upon the law and the testimony . n? .set. dowir in the book of Mormon, said to have been dug up by Joseph Smith, Jr., in * the neighborhood of Pnlinvra, New York, and which disposes of the Christian revelation in a manner at once ridiculous .ami summary. The question, What sliall be done with \ the Mormons, or, rather, what shall he done & 1 1 1 with Utah? is becoming one of llie vexed questions of the day. Mormoniain, instead < of waning, is every mouth waxing fatter, and like Jeshurun, has liegiiu t<> kirk in a manner which starts the tears to tin- rv< s of the " Gentiles."' Sou:laud. Km;laud, Northern Germany, Sweden, Norway, ami the North, have all contributed to swell the ' ! numbers of the followers of lirigham Youn<; i and Orson Pratte. Proselyting has gone on famously, so famously, indeed, that the disciples of Morinonisni are to be found preiacbing the doctrines of the "new reve- i * lation" in the gay and enlightened capitol ' of France. Thousands make their way evenly year over the vast plains and towering mountains of the West, to Salt Lake City, to listen to the oraeles of the Temple and witness their bogus miracles, as thousands in years past flocked daily to a certain car penter's shop in Tottenham-court road, Lon- j don, to see tho cradle which stood ready to j receive the new-born Messiah, so soon as JohannaSouthcote should have brought him forth. Mr. Fillmore commenced bungling, and I the Pierce-Marcy Administration bungled ' terribly in this Mounon business. Political i tyros could have done bettor. Vacillation ' and impolicy wci? evinced at the outset, I - * and continued tu the expiration ??f their j ' , ,,'lorms of office. The Mormon chiefs saw thin, and with the shrewd vision of wily and i A..-' - ; I ,- BHgacious men, for sagacious and wily they j are beyond question, regarded iliis display of, Federal weakness a* a happy onx-n.? They communicated their confidence to the * T- laity fortified their houses, and felt themselves secure in their capitol. The appoint^ ment of Col. Steptoe to the Governorship of Utah, and the humiliating backdown of tliat geutleinan, was properly appreciated . , in that quarter. " Francis, of Austria, is a gogse," said Napoleon. " What is that ?" j a&ked Maria Louisa. "A venerable sage, I yoiir Majesty !" said the adroit Talleyrand. \ The world is beginn" to think old Marcy n ! goose, particularly in this Mormon imbroglio, and the world is not a goose for thinking so. A Governor, backed by a sufficient ..jftiuinber of troops in the lend of such a man &s Gen. Harney, wotold have soon settled the right of the Federal Government to place its oHicera^over the Territory, liut "'* Marcy'fiddled while Rome was burning? ^ vacillated as. to whether Crampton should ^/be dent - adrift er' not, and spent tliu rest of f ^tbfcttlme in interfering in the politics of N. - Yorl^an^ shuttlngufF-inaterial aid for Walker: . Meanwhile Morroonism grew stronger, >? ' 'andlirigli&m Yo.ypg sat enthroned, like tiie , Grand Lflnia of Thibet, in his politico-re?? * -w rnl' .1 . ' tf- - - ! . >*. mjiuu? xcui[)i?. hcwuu iq 4,'resiueni i*ierce, stand out of .the nay of the Faithful, and the 1 ? President meekly obeyed;' . > WiU^r.^Butbanan dissipate the delusion I .under w^icli the Mormdn leaders are laboring, that'tfctey Rre able to resist the pow' "?>er.of the General Government ? Will he ' vindfeate jii^riglit to replace Biigham Young with aMIovernor of lij& own selection?? ,, p6l. ^McCuHough, though admirably fitted Vfor "the*pQP^ refused to accept the appoint" ment, doubless fearing that he would hot ... ' / )>e sustained by the Administration as he be in Jjjjat remote Territory and 'tfrp&ng people hostile to Federal authority. ' efcfefs of the "Saints" may have been " ^tidefed "fcnd< misrepresented in,many re^jtooU, y* it is barely possible that this I ?houl3 be the case. We are inclined to tlie .opinion' thai there in considerable discontent dupes of Brighjim Young, and of nerve, tact and discretion, .^ l6toked at> ampl* armed force, might ef&^*eegregation of these malcontents from In this way, the remedy would, ' '''^^fOTbajpe, ber bloodless and effectual. Such ^fcGorernor, sustained by several thousand J troops would open their eyes, to say the! ffi*': Waatof it, artd Uiair eye* once opened, their | ''IWcf!t&etf8of a common country might ... ?"t- XV-- -* * <*? iVHi wiig w*y suiuuuu ui tuo present ailncpft problem. Unoucstfonably the spilling V tfftetftbould jtoti le last resort. Jt is high time that the affairs of Utah should bo adv; itf#|i?p<?ed of io bo ml) way or oth^ 3^**t has, so far, evinced a ''liurdioess in ?he matter, which will induce us soon to plac# hiin jn the category of the . who ha?e prooeded Irfm. ? ,of fob a queer .. fv * j viow of this Mormoh affair. Tlicy pounce | upon ttio peculiar institutions of Utah, and arc dreadfully irate because tliey do not comport with those of the Atlantic States. ! i Softly, gentlemen, l'olygamy und the Hook | | of Mormon have nothing at all to do with the I j political aspect of the matter. v The qucsI tion is simply this : shall Brighani Young ' i nml l.w n.wi I i er law than the Constitution, or shall tliey | be compelled to respect the edicts of that instrument, anil the laws properly emanating from it ? Shall the " Latter Day Saints," while Utah is in a territorial -capacity, select their own rulers and defy the General Government to depose them, or shall the President, in pursuance of plainly vested powers, nominate a man fit for the position, and accordingly place him, together with the judiciary and subordinate ollicers, in the administrative oftices of Utah ? The Constitution recognizes no particular religion, but extends its protection alike to all. It guarantees to every person, whether in a sovereign Stale or a Territory to worsllin (inil !irnnr<lin?f l?? 4-.f l.t 1 ? *& VI IIIO conscience, and lo hold whatsoever faith lie pleases. Even the Atheist is protected in his diabolism, although his religion is lo recognize no Supreme Intelligence, and the Deist who discards the Hi hie. Religion was purposely separated from politics by th<- wise frauiers of the Constitution, though the Convention was composed of men of various religious denominations. We know that polygamy is held in abhorrence by the Christian world, and justly so, too, but it is a feature of the Mormon faith, and if the)* think it does not violate the decrees of Providence, and choose to lake the respon-. sibility, their right to do so cannot be called into question by the political world. A different view of the subject is all moonshine. Why, look at. it. It is assumed that Mormouism is antagonistic to Republicanism, because it may, if permitted to exist, establish a thenemlicnl rrnvnminnni Tl.? Abolitionists affirm that our peculiar institutions are antagonistic to Republicanism, and therefore, slavery, they say, should be demolished, utterly annihilated. Now, we contend that il is not, that our institutions do not in the least couccrn them, and further, that we have a right to extend it over the Territories, if the majority of the people therein -hall see fit to sanction the extension. The Territories are the common properly of all the States, and as such, the people, in the formation of State Governments, shall determine what institutions they will have. The Federal Government has nothing to say about it. The great cardinal principle of State liights is, that the people in their sovereign capacity can ordain insti ? lunoiis ui nun. uicmseives, acknowledging no power in Congress to interfere in so do ing. The case of llie Mormons is exactly in point, and the reader can at once see that we must accord to them the same principles in the formation of their State Gorvernment which we demand for ourselves, and that no institution established in Utah, which does not conflict with the supreme law of the land, though it be abliorreUt to our sense of religious propriety, furnishes a reason for the non-ad mission of tlio Territory. We cannot act upou the mere presumption that a theocracy in Utah meditates the ? V> 4?vjmuiivauiniii. JlJC tllUUiy of the Mormons must be practically developed before' we can set to work to crush them. Vai^ue uncertainties and theoretical assuptions will not do. The religious con? dition of the 41 Sai|ils" is deplorable, ccT-'" lainty* if all accounts be true, but with tba\.' we have no business. The proUJein to-be' solved, is a political one, and one, too, which promises to- puzzle tlie heads of the astute political mathematicians. The thing is w> snpplant the political government of Rrirr V " - ? # linni Young, and bring Utah under ibe control of the Sedq'raJ Government. In tlie tills which may il1timately:i/x>me off, we shall see whether the Prophet unhorses Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Buchanan unhorses the Prophet. It is a contest between a man jvho has no wife, and one who has as many tki the Grand Vizier !?'iV. Ok Delta. f Flaxseed, to increase tfie Ytgfd of Milk. ?Oil-cake has long^been known, in those districts where linseed-oil is manufactured, oo a nlionn f /l t~. I ill- * no ? vuvu|/ iuuvi avrx V/UTVO 111 lllllli* iV JJH* varian landlord lias been experimenting with linseed, to increase tiie flow of milk in his heifers. His theory was that this diet would affect the lacteal developtment of the young cow permanently. lie selected a lot of animals and began to feed about three mouths belbre they were expected to calve, with a handful of boiled flaxseed, strewn over their fodder twico a day. The result wns that the heifers thus treated had mych larger uddors than others of the same ago and quality on ordinary fodder. The superior ?: -1 ' uiinnig i|wnnbi? uvuviuuvu Hiuir iiiosccunu calVing, find be w canfident that this treatment permanently nffecU tbo character of the cow as a good milker. This bint ia worth following up by those dairymen wbo bave heifers coming in thiff ^Mson. If A little extra feed at this time 9UI ?F|ftke the heifer a better milker through' life* tbe extra expense is ccrLai uly justified, ?i jj "r That was a wise nigger,, vrho, in speaking of the happiness of married people, saidt "Dalt nro *pend aJtOjftedder ljgw dey enjoy tlicqjeclvcs," k% ' ' * # THE FIDDLING CANDIDATE. "Insure,me a brass band, and I'll insure your election," was tho musical reply of a " wire-worker," lo a question irom an aspiring political candidate, as to tho tliC proper means to secure bis election. And so widely, during the lust election, was music called in to aid .oratory, tluit his answer serves as a good endorsement to the poet's note that " Music bath clinnncslo soothe a savage breast." and attractions to?"go to tho polls and vote early." Tho forty-horse power of music on elections being thus settled by common consent, leads us to believo that " too much crcdit cannot bo awarded" (stylo of expression sanctioned by usage !) to the Kentuekian who faced his political opponent's music as follows:? " 13oth were candidates for the office of Governor of Kentucky, and "stuuipcd" the State together cptite harmoniously, until they reached one of tlio counties in the "hill country." Hero it was accessary to make a decided demonstration, and accordingly the two candidates fairly spread themselves to catch all the voles possible? scaring up the American e:igle, and calling down llie shade of Washington; pitching out profuse promises, and pitching into each other's party politics, in a manner decidedly refreshing to their hearers. On the first day's canvass, victory hung suspended b}the tail feathers over the rival forces, but the second day fell slap into the lap of the shortest and stoutest candidate, wlio, we may premise here, was left-handed, leaving his long and lean opponent "no kind of a show." In vain the long man pumped uj> the waters of eloquence and poured out a full stream ; there was no body to drink. Hut round ths short man olboweu and crowded a mass of thirsty voters, drinking in his tones with delight. Why this attraction ! Had he a barrel of old Bourbon? No; he bad a fiddle! Getting the start of long man, he bad addressed the 1 voters in a short speech, and then, for the first time, bringing out a fiddle, he retired a short distance from the speaker's stand, in order to let his opponent reply, playing, however, sucli lively airs, that he soon drew j the entire assemblage away,, and left the ' other side of the question unattended to, J unheard. For three days in succession short man and fiddle carried the day, in thrco successive mass meeting-!, in as many towns in the hill country,- and long man's chances for a single vote in those parts grew remarkably slim. In vain a long consultation was held by the latter with his political friends. " Get the start of him at the next meeting and speak first," advised one. "liaise a fiddle and play theiu choones!" said another. " 1 ell linn down," shouted a third. The long man followed the advice of hisfirst counsellor, and got the start in voice, but the noise of the fiddle run hi in 'ncck and neck ; he would have listqped to his second monitor aud raised a fiddle-only lie knew it would fall through, as ho couldn't scrape a note;-and as for his third adviser, he told him that "yelling down" short man was "simply ridiculous." Affairs grew desperate with long man,, -when, on the third meeting, lie saw, as usual, the entire crowd of voters sweeping off after* short tuan and his fiddle, leaving only one hearer, and ho a lame one, who was just about to bobble" off after tbe others. "Can it be possible that freemen?citizens of. tliis great and glorious country.? neglecting the vital interests of their land, will run like wild inen after cat-gut strings ? Can it be possible, I say?" And the lame man, to whom long man was thus eloquently discoursing, answered, as he, too, cleared out? _ , " Well it can, old boss !" Pespair encamped in the lonw mnn'# o ? ? face, as ho watchejl tlio short man, at a distance,-playing away for dear life and tlie gubernatorial chair, on that " blasted " old fiddle ; but suddenly a Tay of hope beamed over his "rueful visage," then another, and another ray, till it-eho^e like the sun at mid day. "Got him now, sure!" fairly shouted 1 the long man, as lie threw up his arms, juiqped from the stand, and started for tho tavern, where he at once called a meeting of his political friends, consisting of the landlord aud one other, then and tbcro an* folding a plan which was to drive his rival "nowhere in no time." The fourth faceting was held. Short man addressed the crowd with warmth, eloquence and brevity, vacating the stand for his adversary, and striking up a ..lively air off* the violin, in owler to quash his pro'fieodipgs; bat, though as usual, he carried the antiience away, he noticed that they were as critical as numerous. One six rooter,'in nomo-span, waitiut-dyed clothes, with wild looking eyes, and a coon-skin capy eyed -every movement ofMlio fiddle-bo tr with intense disgust^, finding utterance,at ^ Wj,y p louder shouted the crowd, "T'other haud, t'otlier hand!" " Gentlemen, I assure you?" "No nlore honey, old hoss. We ain't b'ars !" shouted tlio man with the eoon-skin cap. "T'other hand, t'other hand !" yelled tlio crowd ; while even from the distant stand where the long man was holding forth " to next to nobody" for listners, seemed to come a faint eelio, " T'other hand, t'otlier hand !" Short man began to be elbowed, crowded, pushed ; iu vain he tried to draw the bow; at one time his bow-arm sent lip to the shoulder over the bridge, at another, down went the fiddle, until he shouted out? " Gentlemen, what can I do but assure you that?" "T'other hand !" roared coon skin, shouldering his way up to the short man, "we'vo heard about you 1 You fiddled down thar j in tliat darned Liluo grass country, 'inong rich folks, with your right hand, and think when you git up in the hills 'inong pore folks, left hand fiddlin's goodenuf fur tlicm ; you've missed it, man ! Left hand doiu's won't run up hyar; tote out your light, stranger, or look out for squalls !" The short man looked out for squalls, throw down the fiddle and the bow, oh! oh! ?'jumped on his horse and put a straight horse-tail between him and his enraged "lellow-citizens." " It's a fact," says the long man, " my opponent's being left handed, rather told against him up in the hill country, and whoever circulated tin* Rlnrv m-? ?!...? J VMHV, lIKll he always fiddled whilh his right hand down in the Blue grass country, headed oft' his music for that campaign." A DESPAKATE CONFLICT BETWEEN A LION AND AN ANTELOPE. Dr. Livingston gives a very interesting description of a fight he witnessed in Africa between a lion and antelope. The Doctor and his guest had emerged from a narrow defile between fwo rocky hills, when they heard an angry growl which they knew to be that of the "monarch of the forest." Ai the distances of not more than forty yards in advance of them, a gemsbok stood at bay, while a huge tawny lion was couched 011 a rock platform, above the level of the piain, evidently meditating an attack on the antelope ; not only 'a space of about twenty feet separated the two animals.? The lion appeared to be animated with iho greatest fury; the gemsbok was apparently calm and resolute, presenting his well fortified head to the enemy. The lion cautiously changed his position, descended to the plain and made a circuit, obviously for the purpose of attacking tho gemsbok in the rear, but the latter was on the alert and still turned his bead toward his antagonist. This manceuvoriug lasted for half an hour, when it appcarod to tho observers that the Kcmsbok used a stratagem to induce the lion to make his assault. The flanlj of the antelope was for a moment presented t<5" his fierce assailant. As quick as lightning, the lion made a spring, but while he was yet in the air, the gemsbok, turned his head, bending his neck so as to present one of his spear-like horns at the lion's .breast. A terrible leceration was the consequence ; the lion fell back on his haunches sSk3L: and showed a ghastly wound in the lower part of his neck. Ho uttered a howl of rnge and anguish, and backed off to a distance of fifty yards, seeming half disposed to gi.ve up the contest, but hunger, fury, or revenge once more impelled him forward. Ilis second assault was more furious and headlong; he rushed at tho gemsbok, and attempted to leap over the formidable horns in order to alight on his back. The gemsbok, si^^stauding on the defensive, elevated his'li^atySpearcd the lion in his side, and inflicted what-the spectators believed to be a mortal wound, as the horns penetrated to tho deptfi of 6ix or eight inches. Again the lion retreated, groaning and limping in' a manner which showod that ho had boon severely hurt, but h?r'soou collected all his onergies for another attack. At tho instant of collision, tho Tkrf>?u>n?/wl a ! , D I """"vu " horn so ns to strike the lion immediately between bis two fore legs, and bo forcibly was the stroke that the wliolo longth of the horn was buried in the lion's body. For nearly a minuto the two leasts stood motionless; then tho gemsbok, slowly backing withdrew his horn, and the lion tottered and fell side, bis limbs quivering in the ngoniefflfr death. The victor made a trlunipUaot^fiottrish of bis heels, and trotted off apparently witbous having received the least injury iu the conflict.?Dr. Livingstarts Travels in Africa. ?* Fact for Northern Circulation.?A New Ofloaqs gentleman, writing from Hot Springs, Ark., to the Picayune, says; But how came I here, say you!' Wq&g not ^pHingly, nor on my own account But haviijjjf a rery faWiful *er van tal most enllrely jaralized from tho offecta of rheumatism, the doctors sqy, and the aame eminent aalhoritloa having pronounced his SERVANT G1RL8 VS. HAIR OIL. "NVe clip tho following rich yarn from tho local columns of the Buffalo Republic. It partakes slightly of tho Silver Lake 6en serpent smell: At the boarding house where Have nnd his friend "put up," aro a number of servant girls, nnd it is an idiosyncracy of servant girls to take their share of toilet articles, such as hair oils, perfumes, &c., while they aro rejuvenating tho apartments of the boarders. Davo and his friend Robert were very careful of their respective toilets, and being in a courting way, had been paying extra attention to nersonal ndi>rmn<>nr f..r ft long time. They are in tho habit of getting n pint of hair oil inado up at tho druggist, at one time; ami finally they were in tho habit of finding that a pint of their costly hair oil wouldn't last a week, and that all the servant girls in the house emitted the saino perfume they did. It was not long before they canio to ft conclusion in tho matter. So one evening finding that tho hair oil cruise was empty, they took the bottle which had contained it, and straight way went to Matthews' drug stoic. There was a whispered conversation with a laughing clerk, a mixing of various articles iu a pint bottle, and the following was marked on tho prescription book ?is the contents: Of Lac Asaftedila (milk of asafurdita, which for the information of our readers, we will slate, is a highly concentrated extract of that delicious drug) of this, 1 ounce. Of Liquor Potasse?a fluid slightly cele brated for its corrosive power, having tlic property of talcing the hair oil" a ?.log in ten seconds, half ounce. Balsam of Fir?the stickiest and gummiest article known, 1 ounce. Iloney, 1 ounce. Alcohol, to make these ingredients fluid, half pint. This was well "shuck" and deposited in the usual place occupied hv the hair oil.? The next morning, (Sunday,) Dave and Bob dressed themselves for church, and after finishing, traveled down stairs. But they came up another stairway in a few seconds, and secreted themselves in a room adjoining theirs, where, from a couple of panes of glass over the door, they could see everything that went on. After the people of the house had gone, two or three servant girls came ir.to Davio's room. " Whisht, Molly," says a large red head...1 i. >? .1 . cu uin.-, iMisiiiur uavc lias some more of the i!e, and me hair's as dl.ry as powdher; let's have a reglar fix up wid de folks nil away!" This was acceded to, and they all went to oiling their locks, being very lavish with tho fluid, which was quite thin in consequence of the alcohol. In a few moments red-head says: 11 Wirra, that shmclls bo !" with her nose turned tskyward. "Sure, its tho ^iT-fumc," interrupted n short and dumpy specimen, with her hair down her back. "Parfumc, indade," says red-head, "that's not parfume, that's the real bad smell." " Mebbe," says dumpy, "it's tho l'atchchew-lec. I've ha-ard that Patch-chew-lce bhmells drCadfil at fllSt. a lwrslinn tniinf rri? 1 - i b" used to tlio shtncll before they likes it.? Shu re it's a parfume used by tbe quality /" This satisfied red-head, and after a thorough " iling" they left the roojn. In about two hours the boarders came homo from church?"Good gracious, what ia it?"? " Bless my soul, Mr. G., I shall faint; oh! my dear, there must be an unclean animal in the room 1" and a thousand other expressions wero heard as the boarders got a snuff at the "Patch-chaw-leo" when they entered the house. The master and mis .1.- i.~? 1- ?" > hvm in mu iiuumj ?oro [Hizxiuu, coniounaeu, indignant, and in vain endeavored to dis, cover the locality of the "smell." At dinner time there were not half a dozen boarders at the table, and those that were thero were rapidly thinking of backing out, as the three girls who were "iling" we>e attending on them. Finally dinner was given up, and with doors and windows opened, the inmates alternately froze and suffocated. Tho day was a diro ono to them, but it wore away some way. At night the three girls attempted to comb their hair. The alcohol had evaporatod, leaving the balsam of fir and honey, and tliov might as well have attempted to comb a bundle of shingles. At the very first' dash that red-head made, her comb caught, and through tho influence of the potasse at the roots, the whole mass of front hair came off the side of tho red-head's cranium, which she discovered with a yell that would have rendered a cannibal envious.? The same result attended the rest of her hair, with the exception of enough to do up aa ft scalp lock to ornament with feathers. The two oth&rgfrh met the same fate, >8nd at about ten 6'olock that night they .rffiffbt have been v^rn wrapping up their "Patch chew-Iced" locks in piccesof jfNtyj&r* The h?jtt morning they were in* ; fprnied by the mistrefts that she didnotd#I aire to employ' bald-bonded servant girls, and with their*wdii?tw"they departed In almost ? iwt1pefd'<foridit1on. The discovery of Dave and' Bob's connection #th ^he THE SEASON OF CRIME. Our Northern exchanges are filled with the loathsome details of every species of turpitud-J and crime, which the imaginations of tho hearts of men over conceived. Readers of delicate and sensitive organizations, shrinks shuddering and appalled, at the contemplation of such a feast of horrors ; yet there are thousands of the obscumv. vnlncrcs of human kind, who seize and devour with greedy avidity these putrid morsels of depravity. The trial of Mrs. Cunningham in New York, has re-opened tho discussion of tlie tragedy; but tho rehearsal of that horrible cases is absorbed in tho more recent and equally mysterious murder of the unknown girl, whose mangled corpse was discovered in a field near Newburg. A day or two ago, the Herald had and article sc vorolv reprehending tlio lioston journals for publishing minute accounts of tlio proceedings of the criminal courts, and thereby pandering to a corrupt and vitiated public taste. llut no sooner had the faintest tidings of a murder in New Jersey reached the city of New York, than Hennet dispatched a special reporter to the scene of that affair, in order to gather fresh food for the insatiable appetite of his readers. Besides these cases, the detailed reports of the murders in Western Pennsylvania would alone suffice to satisfy tlio craving# of ordinary gourmands of the horiible. The publicity of judicial proceedings have been heretofore regarded as one of the peculiar feature* and most indispensable guarantees of free government: but it is a nuoslion wli^tlior ilm ? i 4"'" damage, which results to public morals form die promulgation of the records of criminal trials, docs not offset the evils, wliicli might befall the administration of justice by having such trials conducted in secret. At least, it would be well, if possible, to prevent their indiscriminate circulation through the press. Familiarity with scenes and descriptions of crime, so far from exerting a wholesome influence on the minds of men, by an unaccountable perversity, have just the contrary effect. It was a very true remark of Bulwer, that iit certain seasons, some particular crime seems to become fashionable, and spread through the ccr.ntry like an epidemie. A man commits suicide in an unusual manner; minute and exaggerated accounts of it are scattered abroad, and immediately the newspapers teem with like cases. Many miserable wretches terminate their existence in the same manner, solely for the sake of obtaining an infamous noteriety. Just now, at tlie North, murder is all the rage, stimulated, in a groat degree, by the publication of every transaction in Lhe annals of crime by the newspapers, with all tliA AinliAlliQlinirmlc fhnf u?J? or?.l , ...... ...Sv..u.ijr can supply to gtvo them zost and piquancy. Perhaps, after all, the papors are not to blame. The fault in deoply radicated iu tlic framework of Northern society. The public demand such entertainment, and few journalists at the North have tho intrepidity to oppose the current of popular fueling. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin says: " Wo arc not Pharisaical enough to boast of Philadelphia's exemption from any of thc?o criminal incidents of tho immediate present; for we fear there is very little be yond Accident which has thus far saved us from the disgrace. But it is a matter of congratulation that there have been but very few outrageous criincs committed hero latelj', and that our courts have not furnished any material for deprared appetites, such as the Dalton, the Kalloch, the Burdell, and othor scandalous cases. When crimes and immoralities seem to prevail through the land with almost epidemic force, it is a matter of rejoiceing that we have escaped the contagion, and it is to bo hoped that our community will long continue." Yet none are more diligent than the Bulletin in collecting particulars of the " awful irageuies lor mo grauncauon 01 its "depraved" roaders.?The South. HOOPS, Many scandalous stories liavo been put in circulation to the prejudice of tbis article of female attire, but tho following, from the Richmond Whig, oxceede all its predecessors : A few Sundays ago, a modest young gentleman of our acquaintance attended tho morning service, in ono of our fashionable churches. He,was kindly shown into a luxurious cushioned new. and had hnrdlv * ' ~v aettlad himself, and taken an observation of his neighbors, before a beautiful young lady entered,raud with a graceful wave of the hand preventing our friend from rising to give her plaoo, quietly sunk iulo near the end. When a hymn wati'glvdn out, she skilfully found the page,and *itb a smile, that sat Jiis heart * thumping, bandod her neighbor the book The minister raised hit bands in pr^ye^. 'ajjd th? lrnftU nvt/1 ?n -* ? " ?" """i ywrpiexeu . V, V V. t. much affected, trembling in violent agitalion no doubt from the eloquent povrer of the preacher. Deeply sympathizing, be watched her closely. Her emotion became moro violent; reaching her hand* behind her, she would convulsively grasp her clothing, and Btrain, as it wero, to rend the brilliant fubrick of her dress. The sight was exceedingly painful to " ehold,J.but he t still gazed, liko one entranced with wonder and astonishment. After a minute the la day raised her face, heretofore concealed in the cushion, and with hor hand mado an unmistakable beckon to our friend. Ho quickly moved along the pew towards her? and inclined his ear as she evidently wiahod to say something. " Please help inc, sir," alio whispered, amy dress has caught, and I can't get up." i A brief examination revoaled the cause of the " difficulty" the fair girl woro fashionable high heeled shoes ; kneeling upon both knees, these heels of coursc stuck out nt right angles, and in this position the highest hoop of her nG\v fangled shirt caught over them, and thus rendered it iininpossible fur her to raise herself or Ktraightcn her limbs. The more she struggled the tighter j was felie bound ; so she was constrained ^ call fur help. This was immediately, if nob scientifically rendered, and when the next prayer was mado, she merely inclinod herself upon the back of the front pew?think- < ing, no doubt, that she was not in praying ' costume. < ' '??. . v'> HORRIBLE DISCLOSURE*. .. <.*3 We learn that great excitement lias prtivailed in the ueighboring village of Concord.. dining the past week, caused by the dis?coverery that several children, who died re* I centlv, had been disinterred and their bod- '* ^. ics removed. T! ore aro a hundred rumors In clrculation about tho affair. After comparing the . * conllicting stories together, we mako ontv# the following statement of the case : 1 _ ' I A quack doctor, knowu by the nnmo of Nugent, applied to a man to assist him in taking up a child that had boeu buried*1* few days before. The man made the quest known, and intimated that two littlo ^ girls, daughters of a very respectable gentleman residing in the vicinity, had boon removed from their graves by this man Nu? \ gent for the purpose of extracting medicinal " . properties from their flesh and boues. ascertain the truth of the rumor, the father had the graves re-opened, and found coffins and bodies missing. Of course this created a deep sensation, and we are informed that it was determined to inffict summary punishment UDon Nut?ent? but on visiting his house ho was found very *' ^ sick and in a dying condition. Ono report' says that ho took poison after learning that his operations were known to the public? and another, that be died from a disease' contracted from frequent bundling of do?.composed bodies. 4> ^ Nugent died on Wednesday Ia9t. lie ^ made a statement' before death, to the of? ifeet that hd bad exhumed about sixteen dead bodies in Concord and elsewhere, and after using them, (for making medicine,) he burned the flesh, coflins and everything, to prevent detection, IJis ash pile was examined and teeth and bones fouud therein. ^ ins mcory appears to liave been that n ^ mcdiciue could be made by boiling tlie .-j* or of a human boing, that would cure . complaint; and so with, regard to other djs. * eases. We learn that Nugent was from . Foray the county, and tfff^tjeon ^living in ^ Concord about two years. Hu once lived in this town, wo are informed, engaged in soiling peppermint and cinnamon drops.?* <} Before he died ho gavo'tbo names of three ' *> or four of his accomplices/one of whom, a < white man named Bogiis^faaT Arr&igd in'. .~j this place last week and committed ft) jaij, v What the fellow did With vibe medipin^ ^ j he has been making, no one knowa; *?We heard some 6av he had arfftfanio* in bury and Goldsboro, whe^fone or mora of hia accomplices reside. Those persona ^ v <} wbo arc in thefcabitof buying and swnl* lowing every kind of nostrum offered to, -jj thorn for the cure ofjl is eases internally and ^?2 externally,''will take"Vhint from rl|& above, . ? Western jbemocrat. . - ^ ' a A tippler, who squinted, atyfuHy, : somotimes to mourn tlmt.bis^ygggj^d not agree, 44i'Jta&gry luokjr ifof^Otf^wplied Otitis friend { $?$# if &.'# I matches, your nose wouldj^^let them Q& A clmp stoppintf^^fe^ of qie hotel* in New York, \mtfg %i?fl&by the winter whetfi&lie would liave green or black tea, obid lie didii't care what color it WW, if it had plenty of aweetnin* in It. >. A druggist baa four weights, all of wbiflh weigh forty pounds, and .vhoy eqch ; J size that he can weigh atiy given number of pound* from ouo to forty, gnawer re. quired, what ? the ..weight of each wejgUl, - 1 j ' < rwr% ' Lucy Stone, in a lcoture In Danger, rc? cently said, M We hear of hen-pecked husbands, but rid&jTofP1 about rooster-pecked wiveaj* Jf we don't, it (a bepauaeSMn&l# ; ? ^oin? IIIi$^?n iwoag bit i grenadiers, aaida^ofti?$ vefJ?W?!l (or a grenadier." replied/ p .v>:'j6 :-f- ,v--' ..,. . 4