The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, March 24, 1859, Image 2
AN ACT TO SECURE THE PURITY OF ELECTIONS.
?
T. lit it- riiachtl by tlie Senate nml House
if Kepi'tnenl alive-", now met nml pittirti; in
llciii'iiil Assembly, nnd by lint authority of the
s?ne, 'Flint if any person, not (jmililied l>y
t N-* f'nnst ittilioit nml l.?w? of thin State shall,
knowing the Kiiinn, vote nt nny vleetion lierenfter
<o be bebl wiiliin the State for members t?f
I iVo Con^reM of the United Stolen, members of jthe
Legislature of ibis Siute, Sheriff, Clerk, Ordinnry,
or otbei* District olfieers, Mayor nml Aldermen
of nny eity, Intondenl and Wardens of n
nny inenr|?oruled town, officer* of the M ilitin, or
Volunteer or^nni/.n lions of the State, or nt l;ny
oilier rleetioi: now reipnred, or tlmt shall here- N
after lie rei|uircd by law to be held within Ibis
State, such persiei shall !? deemed guilty of ? '
misdemeanor, and hjioii conviction thereof, shall
be liie'd and imprisoned nt tho diserelion of "
the Judge before whom the ease shall lie
tried. ^
II. If any person ipmlilied by the ('oiiMiltlt
ion nml laws ol this Stale to vote al nnv Ii
linn f?r nieiii'iem of tin* I'onjjn-fs of Iho I'niled
Si at os, iiieiiiheis of the I legislature of MiisKlate,
SliKiitr, ('iiik, Ordinary, or other district >l)i- tl
cor, Mayor ami Aldermen ??l" any oily, Intra- ilanl
iukI W'iirdoiiK ??f iiiiv incnr|H>ralcd town,
otlieers of the Miliiiu or Volunteer organizations
of tin- Stall1, nr at any other elections now re<|uirt
il. or that shall hereafter ho required l?y N
law tu be liolil within this Stale, shall vote mure '
than once at such election for the same ollice, p
Mich |ieranu so voting more than once shall he t,
de iinil guilty a misdemeanor, and. upon convirion
theieof, shall he finoil and imprisoned at
the discretion of the Judge befoie whom the caso
tliull ho tiled.
III. It at any election hereafter held within
this Ktalc for ineinliers of tlin Con press of the
United t>lat<-?, inoiiihers of the legislature ??f
this Slate, Sluiiil', Clerk, Onlinary, or other '
I list riot, ollicer, Mavor and Aldermen of snv 1.
...IV t... i ?' '
?t iiiuviiH<11 ;inv incorporated n
town, otiici's of the Militia or Volunteer ortanir.atioiis
of the Slixlc, or at any other election 11
now required, or that ?-li:i! 1 hereafter be recpiired
lav law to lie held wiiliin tliis State, ^
any person shall. hy I lie payment, ?l?>livery, or 1
promise of any other article of value, pro- ^
euro another to vote for or against any par- <i
licnlnr candidate or measure, the person so s
p/tiniisiiiii, and the person ?o voting, thall each he
guilty <>f a misdemeanor, anil, upon conviction, '
thereof shall, for the iirst offence, lie fined in any s'
sum not les* than on*: hundred dollars nor more t<
than live hundred dollars, and imprisoned for any
term of time not lets than one month nor more
than six months, and fortlie second offence, shall I
ho lined ill any sum not less t linn live hundred dol- V
lars, nor more than fi vethou-*aiid dollars, and inipriMiiieil
for any term of time not less than three
months nor more than f.wel vh months.
IV. If at nny cl'-ction, as in the preceding
flection of llii? Act. is mentioned, any per.-on ?
shall oiler or propose to procure another, liy I)
tli'1 payment, delivery or promise of money,
or other article of value, to vote for or against,
any particular candidate or measure, or shall
nlfer or propose, for the consideration of money o
or oilier article of value paid, delivered or prolil- f,
isiul, to vote lor or niraiunt any paiticiilar candidate
or measure, such person so offering to
procure or vote shall lie deemed guilty of h
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall h? fined and imprisoned at. the discretion of c
tlie t-inirt. p
In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of 0
I leceinher, in the year of our Lord one ilnm.
eight 1 II11 *1 ro<I ami fifty-eight, ami ill "
the eighty-third year of the uovereignty aud *
independence of the United States of Ame.r- t
icd.
WII.I.IAM 1). POUTER,
President of tho Senate.
JAM KS SIMONS,
Speaker House of Representatives. ^
A Shamchns Coalition.?The effect of the u
the cohesive power of the spoils, in holding
together tlie discordant elements of national
jfirt ten, litis been long fell and recognized, bill
ant :l ipiit.c lately, tlie nakedness of venality has
usually sought some drapery in which to hide
itself fro-n the disgust which it necessarily ex- '
cites in people who still have some regard *'
for old fashioned honesty. But in the move- >
in out which Mr. Hot Is, of Virginia, lately tin- 0
dortook to inaugurate on the '2'Jd February, in
a formal speech in New York city before the
"United Americans,'' there is a contempt for all P
respectable distruiso, a shameless ?.vliit.l?" r
Hie real ulijccl of the proposed coalition, vvliicli
entitles it lo rank lj?ry?m?l Jill comparison, (us the
loftirst llidlit. of audacious political rascality c
which even this fast generation has yet !>* held.
At a tunc when the slavery issue has ^
swallowed up all other*, when in truth nil politics
have resolved themselves into a simple c'
struggle of North and South, this most proili- ei
Kate of politicians, who, if he lin'l any claims to ?
reliability, would long since have had deccncy ^
enough to do what he pledged himself, in default
of heading (.'apt. Tyler, to do,?to die,? ^
nctually offers to unite with the Mack republicans
in the coming I'residential contest, in en
rllort to overturn the democratic party and
take possession of the government. To effect H(
this result the slavery <|iiesliou is to tie "
_ " *H ' II
In oilier word*, this mcustroiis coalition,
like any oilier combination of froehoolers, cm- l'
}?arrn?.-.ed by no ijiH-stimi of principle, is to b
Htrike only for pay, ami having raptured tin; |,
government, its ofliees are lo In- divided among
the victors, like the proceeds of any other sue
?!C?sf??l foray. Tin' abolitionists, through their ''
great lender, declare lhat the war between the 11
North am) the South must go on, until the <
N^rth is all pm-sluvcly or all anti-slavery. For .
more than a quarter of a century thev hnve 1
lieen steadily advancing lo the accomplishment l'
of their purposes. Anti-slavery agitation has tl
overwhelmed one grent. national organization
lifter n not her, until at last the single luhric which
hns defied its progress is shaken from its foundations,
and now the rock upon which they f,
split is to be avoided by an unprincipled alkance,
in which the incendiary and his vie- r'
tint, forfeiting everything but the uppetile for "
plunder, shall stand shoulder to shoulder in a o
glorious st ruggle for place and pay ? Is untislavery
agitation lo cease ? Nobody expects it. .
The hand of the aggressor is not to be stayed.
Pl.? "
mm (.niii nieiiiicts our dwelling,
is nut to lie extinguished. The storm that j;
threatens to overwhelm us will still rage on, but .
in a glow of Union-saving ardor, kindled by
maudlin eloquence n(><>11 Washington's birthday, I1
we must forget the dangera tliHt surround us, S
l'h<- ineolenee of our enemies, the rapid strides ^
with which they art; advancing to the destruction
of all that we should hold most de.tr, **
iti order that the olliceis of the government, ll
once liic reward of real greatness and high
merit, irmy he parcelled out like 80 many prizes
in a gift enterpiise, among the black republicans
of the North and venal politicians of the a
South, who are willing to play into their hands
for a consideration.
llenlly, was there ever anything in the an- ^
nals of politico, ancient or modern, more shaine- a
lens than this infamous move of desperate polili- r
cal gamesters ? The cool assurance with which
it is promulgated, marks ours as the very " Age f
of llrass." The whig party, sustained by the I'
power of old associat ions and memories of bet- I
ter days, long resisted the etiemv tlint preyed a
11 pou its vitals. The national democracy, still
recurring to-a time not very long past, when ils 1
victorious standard waved over a homogeneous a
party, still endeavors with old watchwords to 1
harmonize its jsirring elements, but the fiut has \
gone forth, and this !??< !>? ? -
vri IlllDIIHIIiy IS
fust tottering to its foil, lint wlml shall be
said of h detestable union ?f confessedly repjgnnnt
parts, which with no p-.isi to contemplate,
no old memories to dwell upon, no great Mines t
to clierisli, scorning al the outset to be encuni- q
tiered witli principles, derives all its vitnthy from
those spoils which only serve to protract the lives v
ef more virtuous orguuizutionst?EnfaiHa(Ala ) a
Spirit of lite ,South. it
The British Slaw Trade.?Ar> "Immigration
Bill," bo called, which recently passed the Ja- ^
maiciv Legislature, wan awnit/ng thro sanction c
of the- Ifome Government at the date of our In- t.l
teat advices from England. The object of the
mensure is to autlwrise the importation of laborers
from Africa, lndi? and China, who are lo 11
Nerve tho Jamaica planters at a low rate of stip- a
vlated wajjc8 for a term of five yewra, After
the expiration of ten years they art lo be enliMed
to a return passage at the expense of the 11
Colony should they desiro it. A colonial loan is d
proposed in the bill to defray the cost of the ai
importation, two-thirds of the interest to be |
Caid by the planters as a class, and the balance
y tha people of the island at large. There is n
an existing dsbt of jCSOOrllUO for a previous im- at
portotiou of coolies to pay tho interest on an
which the colouy is subject l<? an ad valorem
duty of 12 per cent, on imported goods. In
that immigration the mortality ia atated lo have
reached f>0 per cent. G
yyjEVILLE BANNER
W. i>.\v is, isditor.
Thursday Morning, March 24,1859.
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ml the Ihinnrr, for just nur Dollar more t 1i:i
lie price of tlie Magazine alone.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Mr. Etlitor: Please acknowledge throne
our columns the receipt of Nine Dollars as
)onation to th? liihlo Snnielj*, from Jury No.
niil to tnc through Col II. II. IIarpkr, For
tan.
IJ. II. WAHDLAW, Stc>i.
ADVERTISEMENTS*
fir#" We invite attention to the advertisemei
f Messrs. I'hatt & N.xnck, Druggists, Nev
errv. These gentlemen keep every variety
rugs, Medicines ami Chemicals, at Wholesa
ml ltetail. They invite the attention of l'hn
rs, Physicians ami Merchants to their Stocl
VST Ily reference to the advertisement 1
Iessrs. 11 ,\ 1 n it IIoi:sK\r., Assignees of S. 1
iCNF.w, it will lie seen that the large Slock 1
ioods of thelatter genileiiiaii, are now offered l'i
ule ul cost. This Stock consists of Dry Good
irocenes, Hardware, ?V:c., I'luliraciiig a full a
r>rt incut of nil articles usually wanted by l'lai
['I'?, Merchants ami .Mechanics.
J8fe?y" Also, sec the advertisements of 15. 1
IroiiKS, Sa>h-f.u IU'nt?:n, anil Col. Joiis 1
ITii.i.iams.
II r Tl... Cirand .fury has found n true hi
?niiist lion. Damki. K. Sickk^ fur the murdi
f I'llii.ir IIahton Kkv. The case will prohub
e tried next week.
man by the nnmc of .Tamks Ooixs wi
iiiif; in Columbia on Friday last, for llie murdi
f Bryan Mkhi.in. He is said to have met li
itc with ]>crfect resignation.
ARTHUR NAPOLEON.
The citizens of Charleston, judging from tl
com iniiih given through ihc columns of the ci
ajiers, have hcen permitted llie exqnisit joy ai
xtatic felicity and superlative beatitude of hen
r.jj this creat. musical prodegj*. Ilis conccrts
Charleston appear to have attracted grent attei
ion.
DEATH OF MIKE WALSH.
The Hon. MIkk \Vai.sii, an ox inenibcr of Coi
ress, was found dead iu the streets of New Yor
(is neck was hrokeu, and he is uupposed to hai
illen from a stairway, in Fifth Avenue, wlii
ii'lt-r the influence of ppirit nous liquora
SONS OF MAI.TA.
This is a new Order, winch appears to he r/i|
Ily increasing in slronpih. The ostensible pu
o*e of this sociefj is Charity and Henevolene
L bus nprea?l over many of the Stales; it h;
ot, liowevcr, flourished to any extent in o\
wii State. The Rock Hill Chroniclr platen tin
Lodge of litis order will Ik: inaugurated al th
lace at an early day in April next.
AN EXTRA SESSION.
The Cabinet at 'Washington have hail und<
onaideralion the propriety of calling an exti
?ssion of Congress. There appears to be son
ilTereuco of opinion as to what its the prop
')urne to pursue. The extra session will he ca]
il to provide the necessary expenses of the Po
flice Department, Congress having failed i
lie regular session to make any provision for lli
ranch of the public service.
M.UKK AFRICANS.
Tlic Columbus, CJa., Sun of tlic 19th inst
airs that a gang of over thirty African Negri
rrivcd at Columbus on Tuesday evening last, o
in 4 o'clock train. The Benton, Ala., llcrut
arns that two wagon loads of wild Africai
ad just arrived nt n (limitation ill that vicinit;
W?have seen frequent mention ol gangs <
iese Africans in different localities. We cai
ot heliove all that we henr concerning Cap
Vrriks sargo of wild Africans without an elai
city of imagination sufTicieiit to indnce a bclii
?at they are ubiguitous animals, that is, tin
ley nre every where at the same time.
OUR BOOK TABLE.
We arc in receipt of /.h<!;/'* Book fi
>r April. Il is unnecessary to tell our I.nil
ctiders that ('j'otlri/ is the best Magazine pul
shed, for we apprehend t.liey are already awai
f the fact. Those wishing to subscribe now cn
Tocurc nil the back numbers to the beginning)
he present year.
The Farmer it- Planter for March is before n
-very plmiter in the South?particularly in Soul
Carolina?should invest 11 dollar in this cute
iriac. Published in Columbia, Si. C., by R. >
Tones, at the low price of Our Dollar n. yea
ku Agent for thin work limy be found by appl
ation to Col. J. F. Marbiiai.i, or by applying i
liis ofTicc.
THE WASHINGTON RAILROADWe
publish from t'le I-aurensvillc llrrahl a
rticle referring to the proposition to connei
kbbeville with Washington, Ga., and Chestei
I. C-, by a Railroad. Thin matter is worthy tli
ttentionof capitalists. We apprehend that th
oute, if examined would prove to he the moi
radical air-line Railroad from Atlanta to Clic
er, and with the Danville Connection it woul
ie the shortest route between New Orleans an
II the great cities of the North. With IS
niles of Road to be built, we can have almi
it air line Railroad from Montgomery to Ne
fork, putsing through Charlotte, Richmom
Vashington city, Hiiltimore and Philadelphii
SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIES.
Messrs. Gray &. Robertson are now receivin
heir Spring and Summor supplies, but in cons*
uenceof a press of business, they have been prt
ented rooking thoir appearance as UKUal in ci
dvertiiing columns. Tliev will be out next wee
i full blaat, and enumerate to llieir many I'rienr
nd enstomer* a large variety of most beantifu
urablu and fashionable Spring and Summc
roods. These gentlemen confine themselves ej
itiHiveiy u> me Dry Goads trade, consequent!,
liey keep everything embraced in that lint
hich they sell at priecs that cannot fail to aii
^eir customer*. Call at No. 1 Granite Rungi
ud judge for yourselves.
Mcbrvi. Mookk A Qcaipb are also reccivin
leir Now Spring and Summer Goods, to wine1
ieir time baa been to much devoted in opening
Tanging, showing and selling that tlifey to
*va been unable to innke their usual M proc
mation." They promise to make their appeal
ice next week, but in the menutinie they re
tactfully ask their friends and customer* ti
ill at their Store, next door above the Pot
ffice, and examine their magnificent selection o
Mxb.
THE WANDERER. TH
' AVc condense the fiillowint; from I lie corrcs""
poiulnnce <>f the New York Jisprr**, describing
_ (lie sale of tho II'amlrrrr: '|'l
The United States Marshall recently rohl in "i
~~ Suvannah, ill pursuance of tin; Decreo of the ,
Court, this vessel as confiscated property, under |orl
laws against Uio Slav? Triido. Mr. I<am.\r, of to hi
(Jeorgia, appeared nt the Rule, nn?l said before a vii
K the vessel wan offered, that lie claimed her as ^
j _ his own propcrt3*, tnkcii from him by the high
^ haml of thn law; thai ho intended to lnty her, ']'
and that it remained with them to say whether troll
^ lie ahould ho compelled to pay n high prico for ^
ic Iter or not. The bidding commenced at l-'ive J|u|p
^ Mildred Dollars. Mr. Van* IIokn hid against cliaf
>r l.amait, running tin* vessel up lo ^SOT.1). Several ^'rgentlemen
tried to induce Van IIokn to cease
'* bidding, paying that they did not think it right m
I?s to bid against Mr. Lamaii. Tho vessel was was
in knocked down to Lam ah at ?-1000. After tho I'0*'"
bidding was concluded Mr. Lamak denounced !j.
- Van lions with such opprobrious epithets that ,.xie
t ley finally' cntno to blows. Van IIokn was dilli
rh slightly worsted by the affray. '',e '
_ ? _ Clllti
AN ATTEMEPT TO ESCAPE. l,'? 1
The Charleston J-.'vcniiio jWir* gives the parc
. , - ' . . anil
titulars or an attempt U|hhi tlin part ot one j,|e .
(! him v, convicted of Larctnv. and H. Ilm utv
I""'
to he tried at. the ensiling Court f?r Kurglary, to r?;eo
escape from Charleston Jail, on the 18th iiist.?
. A noise was heard by the watchman in the cell
nt . I'?IM
f where those prisoner* wore con fine J . The jnilor Sent
| and watchman, from suspicion that something
jc was going wrong, watched until the nsnal hour ^ 1 ^
for cleansing the c?-lls, at which time the jailor .lu]j(
took a ligh;., it being <lnrk in the cells, ami went dissi
in to examine if the prisoner* had made any
"I" preparation to escape, lie requested them to re- 'j'j'"
!* tire outside of the cell, when II<>i.i>kn struck ,|uu.
ul" him with a brick lied up in the sleeve of a T
t stockinet shirt, mid CriM.KV attacked the watch- ''le
man with his tist. The watchman and jailor,
. , HUM,
s- however, succeeding in overpowering the culprits,
> and bccurely ironed and re|>laccd them in their n
cells. spot
l\ The jailor received in the a (Tray a dangerous ",u
). wound, from tlie blow with the lirick. iioi'i
From the Charleston Jfrrritri/. the
11 JOHN C. CALIIOUN NOT A SWISH I:'.N,P
'.ho
I 1JOU01AN. Nor
I findo rumor in llic newspapers lo t1i<* effect fru"
tlint the Into John C. Calhoun was n Swedenbor[IS
rr*? , < , llclLI
man. liiis 13 surprising to inc, since, more sue- lo j,
S1 cessfully than any one I ever knew, lie combat- nnti
"* ted, for himself, tho:c two most prominent traits _ ^
of luiinnn n:iture?envy and credulity. Conver. . ''
satious with liirn, on the very subject, enable inc s|ltl|
K. to contradict the rumor with entire confidence- mat
ly Speaking of a zealous Swedenborgian, an esti- j?u"
uiabln nn<l sensihlo man, ho said : "Mr. is M
r. anxious to proselyte mo ; I take all in good part, yin,j
and say nothing; but I do not give in. Swe- *vhi
ii. denborg gives to words n meaning different fron) P'^'1
that in common use." Mr. Calhoun ?lid not j(')st
read l''i-eucb, and therefore was not aware that win
he repeated, in substance, the remark Voltaire "ad
n" applied to Chubb, the mystieo theistieal writer?
k' "Un abns per|?elucl de* TTiotea cat le fondemeut
re , ,, ,c:
dc sa persuasion. |H,li
lo S. EI)\V. CALHOUN. *?"|
? sive
A PREDICTION. reSI'
The IVevr York Koeuitir/ ]'o*l ca'ls attention ^ilR
r to tlio prediction penned by Rishop Watson, ()p
some fitly years ago, which, it would seem from enli
^ the recent treaty with China, and the former coin
foothold of liritisli rule in India, is about being !!f, '
l r * 11
fulfilled:
Will
^ ' The empire of llucsia is emerging from bar- inuc
harisin, and when it tins acquired a stability ami n.u?l
strength answering to its extent, it will enlarge its on ?i
borders, anil casting an ambitious eye on Thibet, Mai
Ghinu, and Jnpnn, may introduce wi.lt its com>r
tnerce Christianity into those countries. India, C;
r<* will he christianized by Great Hritnin. Thus prcN
ic Christian monarclis, who aim nt nothing hut no uoll|
er increase of their temporal kingdoms, may be- ,,f0|
come, by the providence of God, unconscious iu- |jvj,
strumeuts in propagating the spiritual kingdom t |lc,
"t of hia Sou." t]nti
\l It. is
|B THE RAILROAD FROM WASHINGTON, OA ., 1 aiiiC'
TO CHESTER, 8. C.
The attention of our readers wn9 called lo this yor
subjee?, and the practicability of the building of wng
., h road from Cokosburj, in Abbeville District, to
Chester O. II., by way of Laurens and Union "Slllll
Court Houses, and the advantages such a r<ia<i
n would have over the present one pro pi mud from
W Newberry to Chester, b}' h contributor in our ' ? j
is columns it few numbers back. This is a ques ,|in)
... tioii of considerable import, so we wouid direct f(
attention lo the subject again. It is a natural
and Ihiidable spirit which incites every iudividu- j
'* al, District and Stale, to look to their respective ,nos|
t. interests; in fact, self-interest is tho ruling star ,jia,
j. of mankind. (j
While other Districts nre proposing, planning W|(s
1 and tinding out the practicability of railroads,
?t which shall pass through their towns, villages jJ|4)e
und territi ry, and thus redound to their interest, jlt ,|
onr own, if we will be benefitted by it, and un- r.v;?.
.... v.?..oni?-i uuncivts already broken and Sou
>r enervated on the great subject of railroads, .
should claim for herself a place in the picture of
this pioneering corps. The railroad question can yor
liurdly ever he devoid of interest to us, us there j|1PBI
re is ho much money engaged therein, nud made .
n thereby. Z"
A project is now on foot to connect Abbeville, ?
by h road, with Washington,(!n., and then New
berry, by a road, with Chester, S. C., which
0, will connect nil the Northern cities with tin*
lt South western, hv ?shorter route than ilio present *"
' one, n.s the Danville connection is no longer hy- '"'3t
r* potlietic, but almost certain. *i:nl
1. Freight nud travel seek their d, stiiiution by lowi
r. the cheapest and quickest route, which is the ',e*'|
shortest, as naturally Rs does the river its cliuu- hold
net. Now, it is proposed to make a still shorter lcr(M
,lt route than the one by Newberry, li is lo eon- , e
nect Abbeville with Chester by n road running R-av
by Luurensand Union Court Howe, which will 'er 1
almost be n straight line. Tho distance from lJvo
in Abbeville to Chester is perhaps shorter by this l"c '
^ route than by Newberry, und but little more new
road would have to be built. Ill the route pro'?
posed by Laurens nud Union Court (louses, the tl,rn
ie oad will sturt at Cokesbury,in Abbeville District, n.e^'
i8 and thence run direct to Chester. wbi/>l? u il? etch
^ shortest route that can ho built between the two X'
places. There is no estimating the good effect* 11 ,
8" that would result to us from ft heavily freighted "m''
d road, like thin would bo, running through our ',av<
id District; and there is scarcely a doubt but that tee"
,5 buch a road would do a large business, find be as Heve
near self-sustaining as any. ?v?r
81 It would give material aid to the road wo al- befo
w ready have, which would tap this great South ?Xl8'
western thoroughfare, nnd he perhaps the short-- r?
est route to Columbia and Charleston.
' We hope the question will be discussed, and w"l<
if there is merit in it, that it be generally known.
If we can be benefited by it, let us not permit ft tel
e the occasion, by our apathy, to glide by us with).
out an effort, or n look to our own interest.?
. Laurentville Herald ^ Ci
lr 77ie Executions at Baltimore.?At the earnest Stat
k solicitation of the spiritual guides and parents of the
|a the four wrttched men who were to have cxpia- exnc
. led their offences on the gallows on Friday last, iu II
the Governor of Maryland has consented 1o- ces i
if suSDend tliftir nuniitinn ,l
.... mc OIII Ol April, III VlOU
c- order that they may be better prepared for their two:
y awful end. twoi;
s Such a thing a* the execution of four men at caw*
the same time and upon the same gallows, has fourl
11 not occured in Baltimore since )809, when four with
', prisoners in the jail were convicted of the niur- of tl
der of n fellow prisoner who interposed to wliei
prevent them from murdering the jailor. the t
B <
h Iron in Teza*.?The McKinney Messenger yy
[, says that iron almost in a native state has been ,Hyg
? found about 20 miles wrest of that place, near the tivo i
line of Denton and Collin. It apparently exists jmp]
in great abundance, and large quantities may lie matt
picked from the ground without the trouble of W;H|,
excavating. A piece weighing thirty or forty exce]
n pouuds has been exhibited hi McKiuiiey, and sub- ))(w.cc
jeeted to n few experiments. It ndmibi of a w)ir>,
| tine polish, is soft and malleable, is readily weld- ?f th
1 od with other iron, and it is supposed will yield moni
about 90 per cent, of pure raeul. liunb
E PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION. V.sl.nl
ll*i:i:isui;i:<;? Mar>-h 10. \v?sniiot!i
lie T'etnocrulic M<ulc Convent ion mt-t at 10 " niuel
i. ( ? <>. Wharton, Ksq., w?s appointe'l teni- ll*?; t?v?-nii
ny chairman. Mr. Win. 11 opkinn movei! from the
the Chairman appoint a committee to se- ' '*
permanentnflieers. John \V. Tain moved str?*ei,
iicihI the rules mi as to rvlccl a Chairman liy foinierH j
u vricc vo'e. Lost l?y a lar|?c majority.? When ?'
Convention took a recess for one hour. Ar- prnj;re: sci
dinner, of Venango, was aiiliBcqucntly kg <!
iib permanent Chairman. nj;grnvut?
he friends o| j\Ir. Ijuchaiinn liavo a con- West. *1
iii(5 interest in the Convention. ,l"* '"'jul
liilst the eoinniitloo were preparing a re- s'mveo.
on resolutions, Mr. Siiiivili'ii, of I'hilii- hitch
Ilia, niaile n vpepeh in favor of the pur- stood a
e of < ulia, an.I endorsed the policy of )'
liurhaiiaii. Ili; wanled no coii<-cs*iniiH to hoard
itlers, ami was in favor of a hold st.inil on nu- s'?n of tli
nl mutters. I? n?? re*
!r. Rogers, of Somerset, replied to liim, ami ol,r til"*; * <
in favor i?f a rone.ilintory course, and o|i- ''"'Tl!) n'
<1 to the thirty million Cuha proposition an Ihunes \\<
lie resolution;, adopted endorse to the fullset
lit tlit* policy of the President in settling tho j <:,0"1
cullies xvitli (treat liritnin in reference 'o j h'M,eiiey ?
roc.lorn of the sens, and in settling tlie dilli- *'(:'ur
ion in Kansas and Utah, mid in rrgurd to "nincd, In
protection of citizens uliroad. Tlicy advo- though h<
ii revision of the tariff of 1857, also the "
lisition of the island of Cuba l?y lionora- abouttho
?nd peaceable means, as being of vast itn- '',e ''r<f
mice to the iiilerculn of the country, and 'tiinmis, t
iniiicinl investing the l're-iilent with full dwelling
er to open ninl protect routes ncro..s the ' " ""is,
inns 'lliey alno endorse tlm doctrine of kitchen,
iilar sovereignty and approve the course of dwelling
itor Bigler, and recommend tin indepeiidelit valued at
c l'rcuaury on the principle of the Sub- valued at
usury. sti ranee, '
11 tin; resolutions eittlorsiui; the course atid 'J,u 'jouli,i
iy of Air. Itiichuuan were adopted without a I
.'tiling voice. ?11,-150 ; t
lie only resolution that aroused any de- f"i'd I asm
was the endorsement of (lov. Packer.? Insurant*
resolution endorsing the (iovcrnwr was voted ^ '*'s
n hy yeas 37, nays 81. eendiary,
he l>eiiioeruey of I'eniisylvnnin have taken shows tin
entire policy of Mr. Htichauati n* their presume
form. ? - ..r ..:it..:...
*??v- ?,uutUllllUU IS Sllll 111 SOS- WI *??????".
* *? Sl'imT't
he j\i.rt I'rcsi'h nri/.?The New York corns- '.V roenjin
ifl?*iit ol the ('harlcstou Courier cxprcssi's tested I13
opinion that Senator Ilitmitioutl, of South l.eiristaHi
"litis, stands (i.n hest. ?.*!i;i 11 ?;c fur tlm next hraut
liuation ns the lJcitiocrnlie candidate for the other,
idency. Sucli, lie faya, is the impression of I his ac
politician* who gather 111 Now York. lie -hives lo I
? it. hcgiti!) to be conceded that, inasmuch as he
last three Presidents have come from the It deno
lh, it is only fair that the next should come slave thai
1 the South. The rceent votes and speeches tnnn. IV
Ir. IIitmnioiHl have placed him in the line of penalty i.nnnl
promotion, as they heve tended largely and may
ring South Carolina within the influence of i??re tha
ional politics. are treat'
\ e hope ''tho New \ ork correspondent of the lonlly fur
irleston Courier*' in right, and no more oh- an iniprts
ionnhls nominee th.iu Sunalor II'lTiirnond more thn
I he selected hy the Democrats. ]s there a t'l"" nor
1 who has watched Hammond's course in the OTing to e
ate, that doubts his eminent ability ami his "r robellit
less probity of character?who wotihl not 'es*' hnn
licate upon both an independent- high-toned,
[le-niiudcd administration ol public affair.*. The same
eh would leave email chance to Moating his niaste
tieianp? But the wish of tho Courier is >' wenpoi
r to the thought. The man "tiw.il talked of'* ol" 'he w
now for a nominee is Alexander II. Stephens, l''e at
?, wo venture to say, will do ns little towards lling such
viincinir his otto cJnimin ii,?t i...i...ir ... Inliiicd 111
iitor Hammond. With cither \vc eouhl months it
i battle eon atuorr. No public man iti Atncr- *":'y r
in tliu last half century, has retired from '' owl
lical life with more grace ami eclat tlian Mr. that, lenjjl
>!iens. and we need |nuk fur no more e.onclii- '"K
attestation of liis iiipHLi limn lln< iinivcriiiil slaves tun
ct whicli follows him into retirement. As it human tr
entirely voluntary on his part?as ho re- ""
I of hiii own motion, ami against tlie wishes not more
II, from Kutislaut.ially the first and most inIIit- hibiled fr
al place in the legislative councils <>'" the own lime.
iir\-, we ]>resume ami helieve that he is tired lie ami in
ublit: life, ami has no desire to return to it.? stripes no
! cmiliec'ion of his name hy tlic liewspap?rs ollence"o
i the Presidency is uuweleome to him, ami as white ma
:h as we Would like to see him a candidate evidence
the President, we do not therefore place him Marria
air listof nominees.?Tueon (t!a.) 'l'ttu/mji/i, losisproh
rCh 15. per. on ho!
iiiiprisoni
V1//0H rx. //?</.?Communities sometimes ' !!r"V t'^u
cut the most anomalous positions, uu<l their ,u
.rmlidiom* would often staler even a pliil- < 1 '* 'J",
dier. Individuals even, at limes become oh- ^
>us to their own interest?, am] lose sight of 'J*''V ''J'l
causes which govern business, mid tho foun- oiih
upon which commerce and trade rest.? .. .< .
1 scarcely two years ago since a man who has le e
e been Speaker of the House of Heprescntn- ,CHir "
j stood up in Wull slrett, before tin assembly {,r ow' 10
liousaml*, ami undertook to convince New rllrry 111 ft
k Merchants that, the hay crop of the North
more valuable than the cotton crop of the F'Vr ""it
111! This mail claimed to prove that the
tliern States of the Republic were of very
L' uccount, or at all events, that tho 111.-r- H1
iMiil New York woulil find it to their inter- protract e<
f Mi.- labor system <>f Ili?? South was over- oration t
vvii? Well, since that time \vu have an op- (>ilioel)o|
unity to tost tin; relative value of the South rovers u v
\Vc*t in Now York city, The financial t-ri- tiliileond
f T.7 swept over the Went ami wrecked al- ficatioas.
I every inerchant in New York engaged in '20lh of .1
trade, Drcndstuffa fell in price, and were a thousand
; in the market. The great "hay crop" Alter <1
nowhere, and notes went to protest, and fine with a mi
Mishments to the auctioneer's block?a Cabinet v
k ba the remorseless as tlio executioner's.? tra sossiot
lie meantime a steady demand continued to There ar
I fur the world's great fabric, cotton, anil the have to h
them States maintained not only their own postpone!
perity, but upheld what lilt.le animation will be hi
e was left in the commercial life of New sion. Th
k city. These are facts patent to every bus- die of An
s man in New York, and wo need not dilate will he tli
i them. The South kept the wheels of own- The (i
ce moving, and had it not been for her, they against M
Id have conic to u eland mill.?New York long disci)
' Jiook. ought to I
? ? course tlx
rrr A\f/ro Lcqixltilion in Mixxonri.?Tlio 'hem nr.e '
marked and direct raving of the freesoil
iment iu Missouri, was compassed in the H
uhouse of the St<Uo J<egislaturo on Wed- ' '*^lori
lay last. The Democracy and the slave- Chinese c
ers have met the rising fueling and cncoun- can ships,
i it with open hostility. A bill in regard to pression o
negros was passed which provides that no ? dceul
e shall he deemed emancipated till bis mas- 'uws*
ihall have entered into bonds iu the sum of
tliousaiid dollars, torqmovctho negro from Crops <
Stato within ninety days after the act of Iowa, wlx
nripntion, and if any negro who may thus ciety req
e been transported from the State, shall re- who surel;
, lie shall be reduced to slavery. All free writes as I
OS who may he residents of the State in while rem
teen hundred and sixty are declared to lie weekly J
[ *, and the Sheriff is authorised to sell them '"I have
er the provisions of the act. The clause is where I li
a applicable only to those persons who may account ol
* come into the Stato subsequent to the six- nnd on ^ofl
th of Februarj', eighteen hundred an<l forty- thing has 1
n, and their descendants. All fre? which h?
thcageof sixteen are to bo notified, ou nr years. *1*1
re the first Monday of August. nexi, ol the abovonllc
.ence of this act, by the sheriffs of tho dif- sively ba<l
nt counties, mid twelve months is allowed in season we
;1i lo leave the State. Provision is made hy where I ti
:h u free negro over twenty-one years of fields lie <
may select a mnster or mistress in the State, markably
r which he is to be regarded as a slave.? now ^
Y. Commercial of God ; I
? time nnd I
lone Voting?From the returns of the New
ipshire election, reported ill the Concord
psman, we find that in thirty-four instances Port of
Republican and Democratic candidates hnd four hours
:tly the-number of votes cast at the election Imd fallci
}58 by the same party. In forty two install- that rate,
he vote was within one of that east the pro- fsitcr ?
i yeai. In twenty-nine cases it was within oil Ttiesda
in twenty-two cnscs within //tree; in opposite K
ity-soven cases within /our, twenty-five above Vicl
? within five, twentv sir pm/? > ?
, ? - ......... orrf, III1X UCPII
Icon instance* within seven, seventeen cases Tlie erevi
in eifl/it and eleven cnnrs wilhiu niue votes the water
ic I nut. election ; making 245 iiif>tanceH in nil instantly ?
re there w?s not ten votes diffcrenco between plantation
wo years.?Boston TranseripL much <1itT
from shari
ic Extra Session?The Washington Rtules ^1" ''
that, the apparont limitation of tlto Rx*eu- S("uctj^n t
in regard to the call of an extra sefsion, with this<
iei no doubt of the ultimate dceixion in the J10W ^
er. The President, wd presume, does not (^ulv
to iiMiimo po embarrassing a responsibility, ' '
[>t on compulsion of an undeniable public
isity. But such neccMity does exist, and .
< it is plainly disclosed to the apprehension ' J. ,nP'n
e Kxecutivc, thero will l?e no dolay in sum- washing t
ng Congress in exlinorjinary t?csmi>iK? Co- ' arrollloii
la Bulletin. l"'"S
ANOTHER FIRE.
la}' tuormui;, nliout ft o'clock, there
iit alarm of (ire, which proved to he
i more hoi ions character than that ot
K |>r?jcc<!ii?|j. It WU8 found In proceed
vacant More, lately occupied by Mr.
itherspoon, on Die F.ast side of Muin
'1 next nhnvc tlio large hrick liuildinj;
nccupicd l>y the Commercial Hank.?
ineovervd, tlio 11 it 111 ch hud t>o far
1 tlial their Bupprcesioii was impnsxiltu,
their naturul tierceiicrc was much
d l>y the Rtrnng wind Mowing from the
lie flames worn hooii communicated to
ining dwelling. Tliis was also doStill
niicoii"|Uere<l. it Hwept in its course
en, elltblc, ?tc. Next in its progrcas
wooden dwelling, belonging to Mr.
ranch. With the pitch dripping from
ing and llic ilames in actual possesic
roof, its rescue seemed impossible,
pect daunted l>y the desperate nspect,
>uipHiiic8 coucentrulcd upon it ull their
id determination. At one moment the
>tilil (jive hack, again they would burst
uuh triumphing in victory. Nothing
? 11C12k I ??r XT # ;??* ?ir ..f
Is. They displayed durintr im<l |???r ijual
to I Ik; occasion, and linally were
s Tim house was left with roof count.
with thu fir,Ml nml second floors,
riously injured, still titihiirul. l.'pon
Kjtiiry, we tiixl the following to lit;
loss sustained: The i?tor<' in which
initialed, owned hy Mr. William Mi:'nlu<d,'at.
?insurance ?400; the
house udjoiuiui;, owned hy Mr. Mcvalued
at $2,0(10?insurance $1,200;
valued at $<I0U?insurance ?200 j
house, owned hy Mr. II. (J. Franck,
. :?2.f>0il?insurance Jji!,(io0; furniture,
, $-180, upon which there was no ini'ery
iiiiieh damaged hy removal from
; stable, insured for ?>80. Total loss
lailially covered hy an insurance of
iliout equally divided between Hartranee
Company and the Connecticut
: Company of Harford.
e was undoubtedly the work of an inand,
occurring at the hour that it did,
hardy daring of some one who must
upon the lucky immunity of a career
p undetected.? Carolinian, S.'t){/? in.it.
r in /V- ir Mcj-ico.?Negro slavery is fidized
and property i*i slaves amply proii
rccent. act of the New Mexican
rc. This act passed unanimously in
:h and without a dissenting voice ill the
:l define- such as arc treated in it as
lie per.-oils of African descent, and is
construed so as in include peons.
iinccs the same penally for killing a
Lin visited on the homicide of a white
>r stealing or enticing away n slave, the
> not less than four years imprisonment,
lie tell, and a line not less than $.r>0l) nor
ii$2,0iK). Accomplices in the stealing
I'd as principals. Any person frnudunishing
slaves free papers, is liable to
riinnt'iil of not less than sis months nor
ii five year?, mid u tino of not less than
more than ^l.ililll. Any person etideavxcito
a wlarc to insurrection, conspiracy
in, is punishable by iinprisouiiiel of not.
ihre* month nor more than three 3'cars,
irof not. . J'i.'i nor iriore than ?1,0(11).?
i* penally is denounced on whoever, savo
r, (rives, sells,or hires to a slave n deadii
; mid alio, the same for trndinir withrilteii
permission of tlio master, exprcts tide
of Irallie; also, the same for Ibra
permit, (. uiiiini' with slaves is pronler
a penally of not. over $100 or three
inprisonmeiil. Sheriffs are to take ensiiuaway
slaves : and in twelve mouths,
ief appear nftcr an ndvei:t.isemeiit for
Ii of time, shall sell liiin. Persons failrly
lo provide for tlio support of their
y lie rt<[uirnl to give bond to do it. In
raiment <?f ii slave is punished liy a line
tli ii it $l,l)irt) and imprisonment of
th-ui 011c year. Slave uwncm are pro( in
allowing tiii'ir slaves to 11ire tlicir
Disorderly conduct of n slave in puhsoleiicc
to white men, is punished l?y
I exceediuj; thirty-nine ; so may other
f ii si.iv.-, the punishment of which I'ora
li Would bo a fine. Ni> slave cau }{i Ve
against a white man.
lie liet.Wceii whit anil liejrro^ or mil latlihitcd.
Kma?li:ipation is prohibited. A
Mini; a free nejmi as a slave, is liable to
ihmiI for not less than live nor more than
, ainl ii fine of not less than ?>f>oO, nor
ii ?2,011(1.
i net. limy lie regarded as very anflieientiziui?
not: ro slavery in New Mexico. It
table, however, that nny benefit will he
oin it save to the few persons in the termostly
teiii|<orary residents goint; in from
d Slates?who may use slaves us domesIh.
l'olilicullv, slave owners have liilliutany
special legislation been free to
nd out of the territory their ulaves, and
lliem there. The present net simply
undeniable leixal recognition to slave
liele.??S7. J.ouis Itrjm/jiieun.
I'tlnu, March 15.?The Cabinet had a
1 session lo-dav. and liml io,.l?i
Ill- exhibit Hlllilll ill o?l by the I'ost
cirliiiciit. II. is very elaborate, and
H8l dent of ifronnrf, prrwhtini! the tieilion
<>f ih?- department in al! iis raniiThere
will be a deficiency, on (lie
Iiinc, of four million three hundred
dollars.
iseiissinp matter?, and gointr through
ii ii to examination of tlie figures, the
?ere unanimous in opinion tlint an exi
of Cuugrc: * would be necessary.?
e other matter*, however, that will
h considered, and the whole tiling was
I until Thursday, when definite action
id as to the time of eallin^ the sene
President at prevent favors the midmost,
and it is highly probable that
e time fixed.
land Jury found a tiue bill to-day
r. Sickles for murder. They had a
iF-ion in the jury room as to what
jo done with Mr. Uutterworih. What
;y will pursue is not known. Two of
known to he in favor of indicting him
fix erimiui*.
cretary of State recently submitted to
iiey General the question whether the
oolie trade, as carried on by Amoricotncs
wilbhiii the laws fur the Mi|>f
the slave trade. The Attorney Genua
Hint it docs not come within said
it the 117*/.?A clergyman residing in
>?e connection with a benevolent sonires
him to travel extensively, and
/ has an interest in flour speculations,
Follows, under the dute of the Oth inat,
itting his nnnnal subscription for the
oumal of Commerce:
just returned from a tour in Illinois,
ia<l te leave my horse and l>U!?gy, (on
f the mud,) and coine home by railroad
it. This in the first time that such a
lappened in my travels over the West,
ve been continued now for nearly ten
lie last year lias been characterized,
ithers, for its constant rain and exces
I traveling. Of course, our crops last
re nothing; and I now learn, every
a?c, iu?i urn winter wneni and clovcr
waste agniu. excepl in some few roftivorahle
spots. Illinois and Iowa arc
3 be liaii?T<11ct upon the sovereign mercy
for, if lie does not favor lis with seed i
larveat this year, we must suffer for
Arrniphi*.?The River in the twentye
tiding nt fivo o'clock last evening,
i one incli, nnd was alill receding al
Since writing the above we learn that
V night a break occurred in the levee
. North's plantation, ahout sixty miles
ksburg, on the Mississippi side, which
productive) of very (treat damage.
itM* is nbout 500 yards in width, and
poured through with such forco as to ]
iweep away all the buildings on the ,
, Mr. North only being aide, with ,
iculty, to save himself and negroes j
ng a similar fate. The break is of ,
litude that it it* utterly impossible to j
id must he produotivo of great do- <
o property iu that immediate locality. .
exception, so far as heard from the old ,
wees are holding out and doing their (
Fully.?Mniiphii Bulletin, 18th in ft. ^
v Orleans Picayune learned on the
til, that the river had commenced '
hroiigh the levee several places at |
, in coiwcqnence of the planking of tho '
j very rotten. >
COTTON STATEMENT.
The receipts of Cotton in ('hnrlt-slmi fur t
past week were, by Unilniadg 7,7'.I'Z !>:> : <;
water and tfiigim 7i>7 bale.*?together h.-l
bales?corresponding week l;?bt yeur 1G, 1
bnles.
'l'lic ex|>ort? from Charleston for the sni
lime were, to foreign ports t>,3o2 bales; con
wise 2,yy'J hairs?making the tutnl exports
llie week !),"U7 bales, ami leaving on liand
slock of G8258 bales, inclusive of 10,018 Vm
on ship-board not cleared, against a stock
<>V?,1V4 bnles, and 10,110 bales on i-hip-boi
same time last year.
The sales in Charleston during the past wc
amounted to 11.VU0 bales, at prices rangi
from i n to iyj.
The total receipts lit all Uie ports during I
past week amounted to I IN, >* !! bnles, a?ai
107,032 hales received during the same per
last year. The total receipts at all the |i<
since the 1st of September, amount lo P.,1(1
l'.lfi bales, airainsi ii.U4o.l7ii m? < > ?
dates last Vf?r, showing an increase this y
of
The exports to (I rent Itrit ;iin ?j'i to the l;?l
dates, amount. t.-> l,t?ar,,y8?, showing nir inert!
on llio exports to Hint country lust year
lli'.i.'MI bales.. The shipments to Northern p
show nil increase of 3tjii,yiiG hnlcs frorti the al
incuts of last year.
The stock on hand an.l on ship-hoard nt
the ports, lip to the latest dates, amounts
I hales, 1 it*iii * I|<i,1H> hales more tl
t'le stock on hand at the corresponding date I
year.
J-'rotn thr Wash!tit/Ion Corrrs/iuHihtier of
iV. Tribune.?t?ov. Deliver, Mct'oniicll, ;
others, who have held iiii|iortant positions 1111
the Administration, are finding pretexts of <
kind and another for nhalidot'ing their conn
lion with it. They uro stirred hy the iiistiucl
rats leaving u sinking ship. Nor is it contii
to tlieui alone. MrStephens was much inovei
his withdrawn! from Congress hy the convict
that a general crash was inevitable. \VI
asked why lie retired, lie said frankly, "lie a
oil a train, mid as a smash up was certain,
would get oir at the first, station." This feel
animates many who have not yet. spoken <
and it doubtless induced Mr. Toombs to t:
the responsibility lie did, of cramping the J
oflicc machinery, and compelling the Presiil
to facc the nltr itives of a bankrupt ilep;
nicut or an extra session. The number will
largely increased nt the session, for most of
patronage having heen disposed of there is
longer a rcsfrninuig motive against the full p
of discontent.
Iii this connection it may ho proper to st
that Mr. Appletnu, the A istant Secmtaiy
State ill ten (Is retiring next Fall, lie d?H.-s
hard work <>f the Department, get < little or
credit for his la' r, tint) very sh'>rt coriimoni
the way of salary?only iv fraction over <j
tliiril of thai received by (Jen L'nsJ. There i:1
etlort making to dissolve the political coparti
ship of Wendell and Kuchatiau, by a sale of
Union, but the party dry-nurses who have
matter in charge, think s-)u,nlh> a pejr too l>
tor a paper, which for years hack has bee
drain on the National Kxche-|Ucr to the tun
many thousands annually, lb-sides, the j?
pect of )iioki 1134s is less encouraging titan lien
fore, with a reforming House of Kcprc.cntati
fresh from the people.
Our Xatiowit Drf'cucrx?The (Courier
I'tat. Unis. the New Vork French paper, r
tains u lonu article on the coast defences of
United Stat'?, Ac., in which it ts stated th:
will require over 1 (>,()<> artillerists to fit 1 ly t
and defend tho different castles ami oilier 1
I >r fottilications of New York; and it stitr^
thai tliey should be transferred to the militia
order that the latter mny learn artillery t]
and practioc, to enable Ihvtii to properly deli
tlieiil ill time ?.f war. There is a good ilea
this suggestion, and 11s most ?>l these e .sties 1
forts in the United States, except those at I'
tuiM? and Key West, are in I In: vicinity of la
cities, we presume the project t-ould l>e rem
carried out. It. is estimated that it. would
piire at least, aitl artillerists to man all
tiirliticd castles and sea-const 1'ortilicat.ions
the I'tiion. We recollect the "list ii.flushed '
jor Chase, late of the United Stales engine
one of Itm abh-rl ollicers of any service, in
report to the Secretary of War in Iv>.jI, dec-Ill
our sea coast "was the liesl. fortilied in
world." liftifrul Cum1, whilst Secretary of \\
declared his opposition, in it very masterly
to t he system of masonry ensile fori ill
tions originating with (ieneriil ] termini, on
count <>C the enormous expense, and ns not
itij; adapted 10 the military personnel of liisco
try. The articlu in I he ("mirier neenia to hi
heeli culled forth hv the criticisms in the lie
papers in this country and Knghiiid upon
" memoir" of Lieut. Norton of the United Sti
engiueers, proposing earthwork defences
New York, submitted by Secretary Floyd
Congress ut, the Inst session, nnd it discusses
subject ill the words of the French editor, "u
(jrande lucidete."? Witxfiiiiijton Slur.
Carrying n Slc-atuboat Ovrrlantl.? A write
the St l'nul Miiiucsutian, dating at Crow Wi
says :
' About the Rth instant, tin- work of tnkiii[
pieces the Anson Northnip and preparing
iraine of the new boat was commenced; and
da}*, the l'.Uh February, the whole porta
frame of I be boat, boiler, engines, maehiuery i
tools, amounting to more than fifty tons
freight, besidi'N stores and baggage of the in
and bay for the teams, is packed upon sleie
ami thirty tenuis are trudging away with tli
load over the prairies and through the pinei
toward the Ked River ol the North. The bo
ami the heavy machinery must be liauled
runners a distance of one hundred and aistv-l
miles, l'he New portions of the boat will
taken from Swan river, one hundred nm) iiim
miles. The bout. Which is to hear the np|i
piiate name of the " I'ioneor," is to lie one In
dred feet long, twenty feet beam, with a de|
of four feet ill tho hold, nnd is calculated toea
from seventy-five to one hundred tons of freig
The train is accompanied by about forty tea
sters and inechuniea, who will commence \v<
no koon as they reach iteil River, ami the bi
will probably be in running order by the first
May. The road is good as far as the Otter T
1-iK.v, mm learns naveueen iliroii(jli to Ited Kii
during the pnst week, no iIihI tlio track is j>r<
ably well broken all the way."
Nkw York, Miirah IS.?A in.isH mrcting v
held last niijht in Tammnuy Hall for t he |?l
|x>3c of giving expression to tlie feeling w:
whieh New York ib-uioerarv regard the p
posed annexation of Cuba. The meeting wa
large one. hikI comprised most of thu IcAtli
federal office-holders of tlie city. Ex-May
Mickle presided, Isaac V. Fowler rend the rei
lotions, and Senator Brown, of Mississippi, t
Hon. John Cochrane-, of New York, and Ca
tain Rynders, made the speeches. Senal
Brown Assumed ultra pro-slavery ground, S
Coehranc argued the question mainly from
commercial point of view, and Captain Kyndc
expressed himself virtually in favor of o
taking possession of Cuba by fence, if it cann
be obtained otherwise?which was also Senal
Brown'a position.
The Austrian Bank forgery case, iu whii
Henry Hohner is charged with causing to he e
graved, iu this city, a plate, from which count*
foit impressions of the Hundred Guidon Not
of the Bank of Yienna have been taken, w
commenced yesterday in the Court of f!?>npi
Sessions, and will probably last gome uays. T1
principal witness yesterday was Ferdinand I)
gen, tli** Superintendunt of the printing of not
for the Austrian National Rank, who lias bei
Rent over to thin country by the Directors
that Hank, for the purpose of testifying to tl
forgery.
A profiler hae made the trip to Alhauy
twenty-six hours.
Another Rtramhoat Ditnslcr.?We loam fro
John S. Washington, commander, that on Fi
day evening, March 11, the Government steam
I). 11. Morton took fire on the Arkansas Uivt
about sixty miles above Little Uock, and wi
her cargo wns entirely consumed. The Morti
was loaded with about eight hundred bales
hay, for Little Uock, whither she was bom
il.~ J: 1? " *
??? uisnsiur uhik pinco. i>o lives were In
by the oceurrenoe. The boat, na above i
timated, belonging to the United States Cover
ment, ant] wus valued at about $f>,<)00. Tl
lire is supposed to Iihvo had its origin in spnrl
frem the chimneys falling upon tlio liny, and tl
(lames spread so rapidly that the officers ai
crew bad barely time to save themselves and
pvtion of their baggage. Captiau \Vanhingt<
irrived in the city ytileriliy, and telegraphi
.lie above farts to the propel* officers at Wasliin
:on City.?Memphis JJudctin.
'fhta is the week after Court, and there is n
I single prisoner in our District Jail. This is
nost gratifying fact, and indicative of the mor
tnproveinent and good ordar of our p?opb*.Unionvillr
'llmca.
THE EUROPEAN CRISIS?OUR PEACE POLICY
Iks Wf |lie following obxTvutions from the
l?y WhsImiiimoii Uni.,n:
*' > Tin- lime has not yet urrived :n Krfropo wJien
40 its industry, its TFcufMi, and its machinery can
exert a potent FfifliU'iioe over ifr fcafrifiets iiihT
>??c statesmen. Perhaps the stintfijle vJhifch no\v
ft- thrcnlenv an almost nnivci'sal convulsion is K
?f necessary step to tlint end. There is not n coV"
a eminent on the continent, which has n?t already
mortgaged more tlinn half the wealth of i's pe?
*? pie to carry on ambit ions wars ; and now *"'1
?rd Kuropc is on the point of conflict to gratify tMf
pride of one or two individuals. The day is
titiiiIv coming when credits w ill ceuse, and an
'"$? the expcnpcH of modern warfare are vanlly.
RWitiT than formerly, we have some hope nnd
' xpcetHtion (lint the next half century will opcr*
nst the eyes of capitalists to the extreme folly of
ti'uslinjr their monev il.?.? > '
J nilU ftliuw ?w
"i* j of it - value ami is due to llio honest ercditor.
Meanwhile, n universal war in Europe will
enr be a universal peace in Amcrieu. If Europe
innkw herself m i;r?at consumer, we shall be hef
'.est great producer. 1|" Huron Kothsch iltl lends his
nst< money to France, Austiia, Kiigliiud and llusiii#^
"I those Covernmctils o;in ulliird to pay it over to
'f's American farmers f(,r jx.rk, beef, llour, and other
>i|?- products of our soil. ||" war then shall shatter
Kurop", it will build up this collutry. If i"
all shall uupovorinli the great imperial Government?
t" of tlie continent, it will euricli our plain repub^
an lji>, \V.. }(, not invite war. Our wealth ninf
?#' prospeiity is in peace. Our conquests are ?*
I peace. Our victories wliicli will remain on the
I p.ige of history long after Waterloo ?hnl> hftfe
the been forgotten, are all victories of peace. 'l"lr?
in?l great, facts, which we present to the world, thnt
der our people enjoy (bo Mes-ings of universal edujne
cation, that estates are universally distributed,*
iee- tliat we have risen up from infancy t<V giant prot.
of |. 'ftions, having added largely to our territorial
ltd limits, wholly through ?>or industry, are the.
I to proofs wliieh we exhibit ?f the superior jHiwcr of
ion orgnaized lab*. r.
Iteii .
vns 'J,11 Cmi/lr J'ratb iiml Cuba.?The Washing
|lP ton correspondent of ihr New York JleiaUt
jni, makes the following statement : . ,
>ut, " Advices have lieen recivcd here from Madrid
,ke that the Spanish Government has determined to
throw open the trade of importing coolies into
,.?t Cub.., and to stimulate it as much as possiM*.?*
,rt- The object of this movement is a donhle one. It
bo is intended to increase greatly the present protlie
dilclioii of sugar, by decreasing llio cost of ln?
i,? I>or to its minimum point, and to lead eventually
|Uy to the abolition of iieirro shivery in that island, so
as to make its ptwsesdon ns iindesirattle to all the
.ale great poWeis as are 11 ay t i and Jamaica now. It
(,f is calculated that t?!il>,ntUi Chinese coolirs can bethe
placed iu Cuba in f.ve years, at a cost of not over
no a head, ami that the value of the slaves now
, i? there will be reduced in a Corresponding ratio."
Jhr Wool M'irkil.?The Cincinnati l'ricc Cur'
H" font says: "We understand large contracts
,, r" liavc already been made in this State, ?t pricey
the varying front 4"? ! ? til) cents per lb. Theadvance
!lir in wool the past six mootlirt is fully GO per cent.,
' k'1 thus compensating dealers pretty freely tor the
heavy lo?.ies they have sustained by the large del!
cline brought about by the crisis of 18.V7. Full
roa* Ii|imiiI is now selling i" the Kastern citics nt f>5 to
L',<> tin c?nli per lb., which was bought, lust summer
Vt's at. to -lo cent', thus showing what enormous
I profits must have been made hy those dealers wl:o
held over their stocks."
1 /fomici'lc in I'Mifrfirhl.?Wo learn that
tl(<> Mr. , an Overseer for Mr. "\V. lloleten,
j, residing on the Kidgo, was foiu.d dead at hitf
house a hi mt 111 days since, supposed to have beerr
j*i. killed by a pistol shot whilst absent from hntner
ests a-4 "? blood was discovered ahont his lied, although
a pi?tid was round upon liin table. Sns|'m
pieimi rents upon some negroes, several of
end wh"ii? have been arrested for cxamina1
in ,io?iiinl
Prorln.iirfinv from fitn. Tirifft/x.?The San
'or- I Antoniu (Texas) Il-r:i\d of Uie V>tli inst.rctmtaints
rjri- I a i>melamat i<>;i from (Jell. Twiggs, warntnir citililv
I '
-J /. Iin I">?II ?*ni?iitpn^ iw a report; <i lawless ex|>edirt
linn to Mrsiix, tocapiure runaway negroes, ami
the ilirii fi-II I In-ill :iii<1 divide the protiis. The <?enin
frill has i-.-nnl orders to tin: commanding officer
da- :it l-'ortM Puncaii iiiiiI ('lurk to prevent. any sueli
ets. :iticiii|it, mid to en-opciate witli llw; Mexican a*vhis
1 horities for flinf purpo-e.
ilie A'i/'T from t-.'i-ri-ipr.?.1 nm/if of thr Stramrr
'ar Hr<*<r.? Nkk Y??i:k, March )!>.?The steamer
; Wuarr, which sailed from Cork on the 5th hij
slant, arrived at this port to-d:iV.
t"c The will's of colt" ii tit. Liverpool for the week
, ending Saturday, March 5, mummied to 78,001)
mi- hiilcs, of wliirli speculators took 12..100 an<l exive
I,0,',t'w 7.hull's. All ipiulittes have slightly
W8- advanced. The Liverpool Itroki-is' circular
ill,- "" advance of Jil.; oilier circulars report
u.s tin advance of 3-lrt to $d. The quotations were
for ^,,r tiiiddlini* Orient)* 7 3-16. middling uplands
,0 Con: '?l8 9;">J.
wc tifomtnrrrial.
Ariikvili.k. March 24, 1859.
rCot/on - -Cotton has advanced during the panD
week nt least. A cent. We quote extremes to-day
, lfl nt HA to 11 A-'.
Coi.irMRiA, M.irch 22, lh5f<.
l"' Cut/on.?The cotton market still has nn improvi-io
tendency. The sales yesterday amount"ul
ed to 'ilill bait's, at i-.n advance of ^e, viz:
,,f
Ciiaui.ESToX, March 21. 1S59.
leir Cof/on.?Kales of cotton to day 1,401) bales,
-i, at prices ranyinn from 10 to llijc.
i'er Ciiarlk i'on, March 1ft, 18.r>9.
.oi1 Cotton.?There was a very good demand for
^ cotton to day, which resulted in the sale of upwards
of 2,ihiIi hales, al verv full and stringent
rty
prices viz: Uif^l-Jc.
loin
Ai'CI'sta, March SI, 1859.
nil. ..
motion.? l liero was? largo speculative inquiry
rrJ' for cotton in Augusta t t-duy, and 2,Cl)0 bale were
lit- sold.
m- The.Savannah market was generally unchanged*
>rk anJ7SU bain were tultl.
:iat
of New Yokk, March 21, 1859.
'nil Cotton - -The noiton market was firm to-day,
f?r witli sales of (>,<iUO bales.
il>- t?!
LIST OF CONSIGNEES.
knnaimmj in the J)epot at Abbeville, for the
rns week euil'mtf Mitrch 23y lb'5'.V
H S Kerr, J <t It J White, Grny ?fe RoTicrtsoiY,
"" A A Williams, .1 W Jones, C T Haskell, J M Perro*
rin, David JtohrrUin, ,1 MoBryde, Wier & Lyth*
* goe, (J W Muckahec, J F Marshall, J S Oothran,
nK II A Jones, 1' S Itillledge, Jordan <fc Mcl.auclilin,
or Hugh Wilson jr, K A Parker, Mrs Lucy Davis,
??* Mir R L Parker, J W Crawford, II Blakely,
1e J M Ivalluni, I) J Jordan, Jessie Trilde, S C
P* Giles.
^ D. R. SONDLEY, Ajjt.
f HEADQUARTERS.
lot Eighth Regiment. S. C. M? )
o(. March i 1859. ^
ORDERS NO. ?
ch rnilE Members of Palton's Beat Company wirt-'
n- _L assemble at their Regular Muster Ground
r- on SATURDAY, tho SECOND of APRIL
es next, armed and equipped as the law directs.,
as By order of Col. ItOGERS.
al SAMUEL HUNTER, Adj'h
l<e March 24, 18f>9. 48 2t
< ? thiokbttT"
Eonf milE fine, thoroiigh-hredStalhon,TIJICKETY,
jje 1. is again at my stable. White Plains, and
will remain there this Spring. He is in finecou>
:n dition, and is reaJy to servo the public in his
wuy.
JOHN D. WILLIAMS,
m March 10, 18.r>9 48 4t
l'r ,1E STATE OF SOUTII CAROLINA.
!r, Ahbcirillc District.? Citation.
,1. ?
|5y WILLIAM II1LL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbe
?n villo District.
tlTIIEREAS, Peter L.Guillebeau ha* applied,(o.
j \V me for lA'ltero of Administration, on all and
singular the goods and chattels, riylil-H mid credits
11" of Gabriel Cox, lute of tiio District afarovaid,
n* deceased.
I*? These live, therefore, to cite anil admonifch all
and singular, the kindred and cruditoraof Uie
? said deceased, to be aud appear before me, at. our
next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to l>o
11 holden at Abbeville C. II., the eighth day
"j of Apnl next, to sliow cause, if any, why the
M Hind Administration Rlionld not be granted,
k* Given under iny Iwiixlaiid oeal, this tho twenty j
third duy of February, in the ymr of our *
Lord one Itousand eight hundred and fifty. ,
nine,'and in the 8:tJ year of Anjericau lod??i
pondenee. <
WILLIAM HILL, tt A. D.
March 2-t, 185& 4H 31 #