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; * ^' .. %.^lisvr > * ?T.. ^ _ ItKlitfOwpmi. As publte atteatjkfa it now directed to this . battle,the fdlowiagfrom Dr. Johnson'/) work will be read with Interest: . CoL> Henry T-ee *?<! 'ftng **Uom s^rsa tKaet the position taken tor this buttle vm not well se!ectaft&4utd reflect on Qeu. Mormu for having retired the day before to this from a better situhtion. They were not aware of lii* reasons for tlii* movement. In the "Magnolia," of Jan. 1843, p. 38, it i* fully explained by May. McJunkm, of Union Die trict, with iui mi tic that could only l>e related by an eye-witness. He had been detached under Col. Win. Washington by Morgan, against the Tories assembled at Hammond's stove. Having dispersed litem, he was returning to Morgan's encampment, at Creandall's Skoal, on the Pacoiei. He now learned that Tarloton was advancing on the road leading to the Easlerwood Shoal, above this position, intending to nttack the rear of Morgan's detachment. Washington liastend with the information and communicated it at midnight to Morgan. The retrogade movement was made the next day to counteract Tarletou's intention. This was confirmed by Cnpt. Titos. Young, of Union T)uhi<*L wKn W?ia nltvo no lulu ?a 1 Q I *7 4 Johnson's Tradition, p. 440,) also by Col. James Simons father of Col. Jnmc.s Simons, Speaker of the House, who at that time held a Lieutenant's commission under Washington, (mm tho same Traditions, p. 300.) The foliowiug description of that battle is copied l'rotn a MS. of Col. Samuel llammond, and published in the saino work, p. 5*2Q : On the evening ol the 16th January, 1781, General Morgan encamped near a place called the Cowpeus. The author of theso remarks, (Col. S. Hammond, l>eiug then out with a detach men l4) did not join the camp until 8 o'clock in the evening, when ho was informed by the general that he intended to give tho enemy battle next morning, if ho should press hard upon him. The ground 9ii which tho troops were placed, was a small ridgy\ crossing the road nearly at right ungles. A similar ridge, nearly parallel with this, lay between three hundred Hnd five hundred yards in hi* rear. The .._n i?. --i- ?... - -? - - - 4111') Ufl n wil )??? IllilllU UJ H ^IIIIU , it was, of course, brought witliiu range of the eye; passing from one to tlio other ridge, the laud was thickly covered with red oak and hickory, with little if any underbrush. The valley extending to the light of the general's camp, terminated in a small glade or savanna. Orders had been issued to the militia, to have twenty-four, rounds of ball prepared and ready for use, before they retired to rest. A general order, forming the disposition of the troops, in case of coining to action, had Ihmmi prepared, and was read to Colonels Pickens and MeCall, Major Jackson and the authoi of these notes in the course ol the evening. No copy was ever afforded to either of these otlicers, before the battle, and the author of these notes has never since seen them, but in the course of the same evening he made the following notes upon them, then fresh in his memory, and which were shown to Major Jackson and Colonel McCull, and approved by them as correct as f ir as they went. To show those concerned what won id be their stations, the author derw out a rough sketch of the disposition sent forth in the general order, uud after the A/*firm ftli* rAllirli uL*S *<?! I.f tl?A on.msf'j iw? - ... iv.. ... ...v v......* ignition wm? added. No perfect or accurate sketch of tlio enemy's position was ever drawn : this was only taken by the eye, not by mathematical instruments; aud yet no j opportunity has been afforded of correcting iL Nevertheless, this gives you a still bolter idea of the affair, then could be obtained without it. The order commenced in substance thus: As the enemy seemed resolved to force us into action, numbers and spirits of this little band of patiiot soldiers seemed to justify the general m the belief that they may be met with confidence, defeated and driven bock. To prepare for which, the following order will be observed : The front line will be composed of that part of Colonel MoC'all's regiment of South Carolina State troops, who have not been cut tipped as dragoons, under the command of Major Hammond; the Georgia volunteers, commanded by^Lieutcnnnt Colonel Cunningham, and the Noith Carolina volunteers, under the command of Major McDowal. Colonel Cunningham will take post on the right, Major MuDowal on the left of the line, southwest of the road, upon the rising ground beyond the valley in front, three' hundred to throe hundred and fifty yards in rear of this cantoment or camp, with the left ! resting upon the road. Major Hammond will take post on the left of the road in line j with CvUiiol Cunningham, supported upon the left by Captain i)oneiy, ot the Georgia ! refugees. The second line will l>e composed of tho continental regiineut of Maryland troops, rumBMnd?d by Lieutenant Colonel Howard; on the left of the second line, falling back j one hundred yards in its rear, a continuation of the second line, or third line, will be formed, advancing its left wing toward# the) cuenry, so as to bring it nearly parallel with the left of the continental troops, upon the second Sine. Tbe Virginia militia, cornmnnMajor 'i'riptof, with the South Caroliiia^tyilitin, commanded by Captain llcaly, wilflbrm to the right of the second line ;; the left nearly opposite to the right of the uooond line, one hundred yards in, its rear ; the right extending towards the enemy, so ad to be opposite to, or parallel with tlieeecond line. The main guard will hold its present position, and he commanded as At present by COl. Wajdflngton's cavalry, with such of Colonel if<K5air?i regiment of new raised Sowth Cnf^inappops as have been equipped for dragoon*, vrill be a reserve, and form in the rear of- Col. Pickens, beyond the rid] jje, one or two hundred yards, nnui nearly opposite the main guard, north fthe road . ^3? Morgan was up ami moving about his camp, most of the night preceding this battle, coo versing with the tiwn, assisting them VMnW tony equipped!, Hud ascertaining JKjn i % 'sV that ?)1 had their proper quantity ui t*?d ammunition for the next day. H? intKtia were posted in ad ranee of the regulars, -and having been authorised to take each a tree, commenced the action, aa Tarlton advanced about sunrise, lie advanced with . hit cavalry on a trot, with a loud halloo, ahd|lorgan ordered the Indian wheep to retttrti.? The militia being well officered, well posted, and in high spirits, fired deliberately and with great effect. John Savage fired the first gun^ and after their third discharge, they were ordered to retire and foOb again in the rear. They did so with astonishing coolnees'and regularity. The regulars fired in a sheet of flame from right to left, and met the attach of the British 11st regiment in perfect order and discipline. Tarlton again advanced oh the American linen, but Morgan had provided for him. Washington had been authorized to call for volun-1 tccrs from among the militia, and many who were well mounted joined him, and added greatly to his strength. Washington met ! the attack of Tarlton aud repulsed him, then i wheeled upon the flank of the British line, 1 which was charged by the continental rcg| ulars, and captured the whole battalion of the 71st regimcut, with their two pieces of artillery and two companies of infantry.? i iiniuii was pursucu in iiis retreat Dy Wnsliiiiglon. and wounded by liiin, but escaped. Tlio result was that three hundred of Tarltou's corps had been killed nud wounded, and the British regulars captured numbering 500. The victory was complete. Eight hundred stands of arms, two field piecos and thirty-five baggage wagons fell iulo the bauds of the Atuoricans. The prisoners were escorted off into Virginia, nud delivered up in safety. <?!jd IwntJjfnt (Enterprise, I THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1856. Snddnn TW?otVi Mrs. ki.tz.\nent cacijlc, wife of Mr. i'. Caihi.e, j : of this jiIikv,Ji?tl from the effort* of nn npoloctic | stroke, on Monday morning last. She had been from the breakfast table bnt a few moments, at- ! tending to her n.nul household affairs, when ?Uo , was Been to fall?expiring almost instantly. She ' j was a member of the Baptist ehsrcli?a kind ! ; neighbor?a good lady. 1 low sodden has a fain- j ! ilv been bereft of a chri?tinu wife and mother! Truly tnav it be said, that in *.110 tuidst of life j we are in death." Waaliingtoti Light Infantry. j This volunteer company, from Charleston,) I will he met l)V the lJutler Guards of lliia' i place at 12 o'clock to-day, and escorted into town. Thov are returning from the celebrn-j tiou at the Cowpens battle-Held. To-night there will be a Military Hull at the Mansion ! House, and a complimentary supper. In an-1 other column will be found an interesting ae- j count of the battle of the Cow pens. .fir. Kelt I. ! It is source of regret that our space will not permit the publication of the. speech of! this gentleman, delivered on tho 7th of April, k is an able document, forcible urul; convincing. Would that we had manv biicIi I Representatives?men bold enough to hurl I resistance in the faco of our northern ene-! ! lilies, and defend our institution* from ag-1 gression, instead of servilely licking the! j hand that offers the blow. But we hav'ut | got them. A cringing sycophancy will dis-' ! grace us as a people?a cowardly fear v* ill destroy us as a nation We fear nodissolu lion of the Union if the sous of the South be but truo to themselves and to their see-" lion. If they do not possess the courage to maintain their rights in tlio Confederacy, we! fear the experiment of a sepnrtion. Unable! to defend ourselves in the Union, a thousand j dat.gers still more hazardous would seize up-! on us, if disunion be resorted to. Fonr at a Birth. Of course wo give iu to the following item from the Laurensville Herald. We had something to say on the subject, but the story below eclipses ours so far that wo I refiain from teiiing anything we know, if the father of the little "gang" had not been a native of Greenville District, we should have doubted the story. Giceuvillc is a few jrei higher in tlm than any other place ! this side of Mississippi. Here's tlx) account: "We-have often heard of three, fonr and five children at n birth, and we havens often doubled the truth of such stnteinouts, but we lately received information whictf^Can be relied on, that the wife of Mr. Washington French, living in Alalia county, Mississippi, presented her husband, on tho 17th of June, ( 1835, with four children?two bove and two gwU?at one birth, and are all doing well at this tune. The father of these little responsibilities was born in theeouthern part of (ireenrille Dvtrict, to* the sevihth eon of Mr. John JMer Frenc h, and. die brother of our respected friends, (Jeorffe and J awes French. Ho was 4It years bid when He tnhhrlesljdias Eleanor llenly, Of Ifiaaissinpi, and Inld been married only one yea* wnen the obov# occurrence tranggired. We can ao%pnrtt tjf the occur- I r.ncc froKMB^A' t that Mr. French w?eborn f' in Greenville i^wtiieC, where aoeorltog to' ' krtp. r ' wt IHjIi U|? ,rw|?uUki&? v* iL; DUdrict, u4 CB&kb up for lost tims. We most cordially extend our congratulations to the happv da rents, and hope their prosperity tor fifo will he commensurate with their prolificacy." , JshB AlcshSl. A friend found the following lines in an old newspaper and sent them to us. We give them a place. John Alcohol, my Joe John, *> When we were first acquaint, I'd money in my pofeket, John, Which now I know tnere ain't I spent it all in treating, John, because I lov'd you so; Dot mark me, how you'vo treated sac, John Alcohol, my Joe. John Alcohol, my Joe John, We've beeu too '.ong together, flo you must, take one road, John, And 1 will tako the other. For we must tumble down, John, If hand in hand we go; And I will have the lull t<> foot, John Alcohol, my Joe. Coh-espofldcoce of tl?e ?nfcirplrise. Franklin La, April, 9th, 1350. W. P. Price, Editor of the Enterprise : rv o- * 1 _* * % i/fcAK out: i promised you mat l would write you again from New Orleans but iny hurry through tho City to meet the Rail " Road at Algiers, leftino no lime for correspondence, aud my engagements since my arrival hero have still caused me to defer it, { this however may be of littlo consequence to j to the reading public but nil important to i myself. * * * * .! I regret that in consequence of tho sea*i>n j I of the year that I traveled South, and my | J disabled condition from a serious injury (reI ceived before fearing home,) placed it out of my power to notice tho progress of the conn- ! try, since my last visit South-West, and the "{ very hard Winter tuakes every thing look , gloomy and dull. I have seen the spring as forward at Greenville, So. Ca., as it is now, (the Oth of April) here upon the (Julph. The prospect for u Sugar Crop this season is very gloomy, as much of the secd-cnno * planted has rotted in the ground, and tire shoots from the stubble have not como out, j so there is a fair prospect for those who use t much suggr to adopt the plan of sweetening j * of the old hostess, who always enquired of ' her guests if they would have /wg or short i' sweetening, and as tho guests would choose i | >he would stick her finger into a tumbler of j, honey. To those tjiat would tuk". lon/j she ! c put her finger deep into the tumbler, and 11 then deep into the coffee, and to those who ' preferred rhort, she administered by her finger accordingly. ^ > St. Mary's 1'aiisli is said to be the richest ' agricultural section in the United States, ctubrncing the smue extent of territory. It is very dry here just now. and the ground is , very hard, with wide cracks running deep } down in every direction, and its cultivation I (in its present dry state,) is impracticable. I r have seen tho sugar cane one foot liigh at this season here ; now it is just coining up. , The people of lx>un>iana are a fast people, ( and compose a great variety of casts : Cre- f oles, Freucli, Spaniards, Cagan-Froncb, Indi ' ans, ] hitch, Irish and Americans; distinguished by their vocations as planters, tner- , chants, mechanics, sailors, boatmen aud 1 mvamjier*, all of small consequence coinpnr- 1 ed with the planters, who are the great producers,and from whom all the support cottnw, and who hold all tho great wealth of the couutry. Their ruling ambition is money. 1 In their manners they are polite and hospitable; in their habits they are hard on tobac- <. CO aud brand}*. Sunday is the great day of t trade aud amusements in Louisiana, and a< 1 you pass along to church you are in the J midst of drinking houses, card tables, bill- c iard tables and ten-pinvtlleys all iu full ope- r ration, ami they close the festivities of the t day with a horse-race or two. This stale of j things is tho result of the customs of the first .. ? settlers of the country, who still have Uie as c cendcncy over the Atneiican population, as I the French language is spoken generally, nnd understood by all domestic animals much better than the English tongue. Hnt little c interest U taken its the politics of the day here, compared with the noise made else where. The topics cf interest seems to be t upon the number of hogsheads of sugar nnd v molasses made, nnd how tunny slaves pur- r chased Upon the last crop. These enquiries e arise from a jealousy that exists among the n planters, in order to find out who is getting tl rich the fastest. The slave population in St. ^ Mary's Parish is four to one over the white, j I must close, my letter is long enough. I ft deem it unnecessary to say one word upon 0 politics, as my views are fully understood t! among my friends at home, and ! feet my self safe in the hands of the troe patriots of the country, whose society and support alone ? ( desire, and whose suffrage is always honor- b able, and with the just and troe can alone e ttfeke place desirable, and whom only 1 j" wish to serve. J. P. J| bhrt?f the Mcit^Pfathers" of AHepfana; rtlty, Pa., has been fined $5 for whippiughis it Klifey ' * ^ ** : *L \W. I" *t * M " % TH? 8U???- Jl?J%iuftZLt. wHb Li^?j<W>i data* of the 8th Jnst. The ^crewnee wna ?t?Il in session, arranging minor details. Tbe announcement of peace had been made at St. Petersburg, ana was favorably received. A vessel from Newfoundland reports seeing a steamer's lights in the ice 'Off the banks, supposed to be the Pacific. lAter from tTtab. Tuk San Franeisco papers, receivod yesterday, have advice* from Salt Lake City to January 80, twenty eight days later than previously received. There is no now* of much importance. The mail party which left Salt Lake on the 1st of January for Independence, were obliged toroturn, being unable to make headway throngh ! the *now. The winter was vory severe, and in some parts of the Territory cattle were dying of starvation, i me legislature adjourned on tuo 21st ot January, after a session of forty day a The Supreme Court had adjourned previously, for the want of; business, there being only one ease on tho docket. Spartanburg and Union Railroad* We are pleased to learn, through tho (Jniiouville iJournal; that this Road is now in j operation to the crossing of Broad River?a | distance of 20 miles. "The Compnny has n Depot at the head of the road, which inj known by the name of Shelton, and have j been receiving and delivering freight for, wane time. Tho trestle is finished, connect iug the Road with the Bridge, and tho loco- [ motive can run upou the masonry of the abutment. The first span of the Bridge has! been commenced and will probably bo up iu the course of the ensuing week. With Fair weather, low wilder and a little of the needful, the Bridge can be finished l>y the 4tb of July. If tho Company had a full treasury at the present time, wo would entoy a merry Christinas, beholding tho 'iron lorse' racing along his track in front of our itHce." * Who is to be the Democratic Nominee ? The Washington correspondent of the N.! if. Express makes tho following prediction ! ?f the results of the Cincinnati Democratic Convention : " It seems now almost certain that General fierce will go into the Democratic Conven .km with nearly h majority vote in hi^ f? or. The South id firm in this respect, and nongll Northern votes can doubtless he had o give him perhaps a clear majority on the ir?t ballot. A short time ago I wotild not lave believed this, hut I am satisfied from ccont indications, as well as facts that have Millie to my knowledge, that such 1* really he case. Mr. llncliHiinn's chances are sec>nd, and those of Mr. Douglass,. third, as he Convention will organize. If neither is .uecessful at live outset, they will probably ill bo dropjKHl, and the choice rest on either dr. llumer, of Virginia, or Mr. itmk, of Texas. Should either of the Northern men lie lominated, Mr. IIowcll Cobb, of fJeorgia, sill be a candidntefor Vice President; hut diould a Southern man succeed, then Mr. Dickenson, of New York, or Senator Higler, ?f Pennsylvania, will doubtless ho selected. These are the opinions of the most sagacious ncn of the party, who profess to he most horoughly acquainted with nil the chances uul schemes on foot. Mr. liusk has many riends who are laboring zealously in his beinlf. His abilities ore fair and lie is quite is worthy of the position as the one who iuw uwupiei 11, uui i wiiiiK ilie south would nore cordially rally on Mr. Hunter, who is >y far Mr. Rusk's superior in every respect, dark my prophecies.* Col. Keitt We extract the following from the correspondence of the Charleston Evening Wews : "Col. Keitt, of South Carolina, made An iff-hund onslaught on the Republicans tolay, at one part of which the member* of hat body laughed boisterously. The Cololei paused, and then sarcastically said, when tititllations of sense are made the test >f argument, the clown becomes the greatest 'easouer.* lie then added that he wished he Republican members individually to onlerstand that the remark was intended to tave a personal application. lie then paused for a reply ; but no member of -Republican politics took the application personally ; >ut in a hollow laughed, smil it off. A Thriviso'Hotel.?A New Orleans orrespondent of a New York paper give# he following picture of the rush of risitom it the St. Charles Hotel: I have driven to the St. Charles?not a acaut room in the house?fifty persons raiting in the reception room who have hurled up from the boats and railway, relying ipou the old adage, "first come, first, aerv. d." My chance MetiM rather a slim one, ot making the first scramble. However, he landlord says, if I will wait until night, ie will try and find me a place, and with hat promise no one ever leaves this house. 1 never before saw eucli a crowd of gaiety nd fashion in one house. 1 am informed, 1 n good authority, thai the proprietors of ' his hotel have realised as a profit, a thous- ( nd dollars per day for several months past. All in Coppkrs.?A German named taker/living in Utica, New York, having ?en convicted of assault and battery and fin* d 9400, procured the amoant in oenta, and ' ired a horse and cart to dellvor them to he authorities. The Utica tferald sara 1 hey will All four or Ava barrels. '. There is said to be living i? New Yurie, i i a state of ureal destitution, a blood reia- < ion of Gen. Washington, named Hannell, %c V sonnl bravery: ' ^ . "Men, when they prize their life highly on accouut o* iae c*p*ctiu? ?isy icvi ty bs within them, tire cannbie of acts uf great bravery, provided an nira of high ambition is before them ; but tboy will not encounter the on tlie other band, who have not learned to cast up ncconnts with themselves. will aw soon face the cannon's toouth for the most trifling object as for the highest and grandest achievement. This, no doubt, is coolness ; my own observation has Induced me to hesitate as to whother 1 would accord to ; it the more dignified appellation of courage. In the majority of cases in which it occurs in the ranks of a British army, 1 am convinced the coolness is born of iuditference rattier than of bravery." This distinction between the triffe courage and the mere indifference to danger, nays a New -York paper, h is bera well illustrated in the epigram roatic reply of ono of Wcl lington's officers to * subordinate. Colonel Rivers; a tried and gallant officer, never went into action without manifest emotion?and ou ono occasion, when lead j ing his regiment under fire, a raw subaltern who noticed the quiver which shook hi* frame, had the impertinence to remark, "Why, Colonel, you're afraid !" "Yes, sir ; and if you were half as much afraid as I am, you would tun away." A Tannine Ciiaroe.?Balaklava nowhere. The Knickerbocker is responsible for the following "charge" given by a justice of; the peace up in Ohio in a certain replevin ' case. The charge of tho Light Urigndo at) Ualaklava, or that of Charley May at the liosaca, was not a circumstance in comparison. Read and judge for yourselves : Geutltnien of the Jury.?This is an action ] of replevin brought by against .for) tlio purpose of obtaining the canal boat; Ocean Wave, No *2, levied on by said , j as the property of said , I shall tirsti charge you as to the rule of construing ?vi-! donee, namely : If you liuve reason to !>o-! licve that any ono witness in this case wil-: fully, maliciously, delil>erately, and contrary to the pence and dignity of the Htato of sworn to that which is faLe in a sin-1 gle instance, you are bound tp believe that he has lied throughout." Mr. JL , for plaintiff, inquired, what if lie be corroborated f" The Court, with much dignity, replied : "Wait until I am don* P "And if you should find that the nforemou-' tinned witness is corroborated and sustain- ' cd iu any particular, by any other witness you are bound to believe said last-named I witness lied also, in every |>a: licular of his i statement! I alt) also rerpie*ti?d to charge ; you that you find in your verdict the value of the property nt issue. "After some deliberation, I have conuludod not to do that, but will simply say : if you find iu your finding, that you 1iave | found?you will havo found in your finding, j whatever at that lime you may find. On' the other hand, gentlemen, if you find in i your, finding, that you have not found? | you will not have found?in your finding?! what you have not found! Now, gentle- ] men, you have heard the testimony of the ' witness, the arguments of counsels, and my i charge. Take the case !*' A Iltuii Sknsk -or II on on.-?An Eti #4 nobleman ran away with a married woman, and alter she was divorced from her husband i married her. Some time having elapsed,' his lordship was surprised at not receiving a . challenge from her former husband, and be : ing anxious to make repartatiou, sent the , following offer of satisfaction : uSu ; [Living, douo yon the'grentest injury that one man j can do another, I tiiffiK it Incumbent' upon rue to otfor you (lie satisfaction-which one ' gentleman owes to auother in suoli circumstances." The husband replied : ,kMy Lord, in taking off my hands a woman who has proved herself a wretch, you have done ine the greatest favor that one man can do another, and I think it incumbent upon mo to offer you the acknowledgements wliicn one gentleman owes to another in such circumstances." Mr. Fillmouk'b Acceptance.?The Wilmington Herald, in giving a sketch of the proceedings of the Convention of the American party of North Carolina, held at Greensboro' last week, MVS ' 4'J. II. llaughton, &q., addreyed the Convention, stating that a conversation ho had with the Hon. John P. Kennedy that morning, that gentleman had assured him that Mr. Fillmore would accept the nomination of the party for President. Mr. Kennedy is one of* the confidential friends of Mr. & iiiiuOVu, in Li mCVvu to be #y'ilion2od to speak for him, and therefore this statement may be consideoed as settling the question as regards his acceptance or dedinutton of the uoinination. Mr. Kennedy happened to pass through Oreenboro' on Thursday on his way to Columbia." i fl ? I\ 9SKSIDLK KSOLISIIMAN'. All Eogli'llmiin named Jnines H. Warren, writing from Buffalo to the London Shipping Gazette, Ays: "I have now made the tour of the Slates of North America, and think it probable I can give your readers soma uaefui infortna lion. I lauded at New York city ten Riontha ag>, and have spent my tiino in studying the diameter and customs of these people, and rnaet confess that if I remained ' ten yean, the reault would be the same; and I know very little about tkemlV But upon i one point?national pride?men, women < and children, are alt alike, and the idea of 3r nation of Europe, or the whole of them \ I together, conquering thieoouatry ,ls pertly absurd. Beery body reads the papers, and a good humored urehfa need to rate me' soundly at Philadelphia, for our fniluree at ( Sebastopol." * '1 ^ ^j A 2%- as?'' Uttt? otutcft Circuit fMft <kr^Rcw itaalrf to hw ly.HHW will and trniWont all hip property, which was of great voine, after the payment of certain legacies specified, of. which last will the defena&nt.was constituted one of the executors: that this win has been admitted to probate in the Second DU? trict Court of New Orleans, puranant to a decree of the Snpremfe Court of this State. She lurther uvers that the defendant, soon after the death of the said testator, Daniel Clark, in }818, took possession of, end has sve^ Since held and disposed of for his own use, nnd benefit seventy-five slaves, the nWnWI-tir fit flirt unirl Ploiilr r- ^ V. >uv IHOU vllliAj UCUUVWU?K? to complainant, and has since enjoyed the profit and services of the said slaves; that more than three hundred slaves have been born from female slaves aforesaid, si'nctf they came into defendant's possession; that the afore] said slaves now living and their increase since thepr came in possession of the Raid defendant amounts to $300,000 ; that the hiro of said slaves and their increase sihee they came into possession of the said defendant amounts to $300,000; that the interest due thereon amounts to $500,000. To recover the above mentioned slaves and their increase, or tiic value of the samo and the hire of the said slaves, with interest, Mrs. Gaines files this bill in chancery. Uox. Jamks IHchaxan.?The friends of this gentleman have made extensive arrangements to give him a handsome reception oii_ hi-* arrival from Kuro|>e, in tho steamer :Vj? lie will be mot Jit i 1m; wharf l?y committee of the Democratic Young Mui^H Association, and escorted to the Metropolitan Hotel, where* lie will icceire his friends for a couple of days. Subsequently he will bu invited to partake of n public banquet. AwrCL dlsi'knration ok pkoviuesck.? A private of the East York Militia was on jairade a few days ago, at the camp at Aldersln-ot, and l>eing accused of talking more than once, by the sergeant, l?y whom he was threatened that if ho did so again he would tjf rcj>orted to tlie colonel, said he did not talk, and at the same lime udtdied that "God might strike hiiu dumb if lie had, he was from that instant struck dumb, and has n. t fiittil'nn cinoa Tfo ?.l * - '*? ~l ? ...ixv* iiv iin<* nii'ntifi 'JllCBl lOIlS by writing, and stated that the moment he lind uttered the last w^rd, "dumb," he became so.?En;/l!vh jxipcr. A Keg of specie w.na recently emptied on the line of a Prussian railroad', and refilled with sand. A microscopic examination of thesatid showed the particular station it came from. The field of detective iniiniry, thus narrowed, was immediately occupied l?y the agents of the polico, and the stolen treasury, in n short time, traced to one of the employ ces of the road. jfy -IIave yon said your prayora, John !" 4<No ma'am, it nin't my work. Bill says the prayers and I the a mens." Wrcenville Prices Current. OOUUKCTKD WKKKLY FOR THE KNTKHHRI8K, BY GRADY 8t GOODLETT, M RCHANTS. (IRKEXi iiJ-t. AWtIL Si, I8&U. BAGGING, Gutter, per yard, ? 2t) Jhuidee, * ? 18 BACON ... .llama, per lb., 12^ Shoulders, JO Side*, II liog round 0 a 10 POKK, Country, ^ 7 BUTTKU.. .Goshen, per lb. none. Couutry, per lb. 12 a 15 COFFEE.. Jlio, per jh. lft* Java, per lb. 18 e 20 DOMESTICS, Shirting. per yd. ft* ? 10 Sheeting, per yd. 10 a 1ft OflunburgH, per yd. 11 tf 12^ FLOUR Country, per bbL 67 a Country, per anck, $3l GRAIN... ..Coru, per bualioi. o ft(J VV bent, per bushel, $1 2ft Oat*, jhji bushel, ,** 33 IltON... M.iiwtclUi per IU 64 a w 7 English, per lb. a 64 LAKD per lb. a 12} MOLASSES, W. I. per gal. 6.0 N.O., ]K*r. gal. a 70 SYRUP 44 44 per gal. noue. 0IL8 Lai up, per gal. $14 ? $21 Train, per gel. 87$ ? H i ? Lineeed, , _ -v-' -vs wr tl?. a at ROPE .ji>er lb. li a JO SUGARS.. .N. Orleans, per lb. a Ity Porto Rico, per lb. . a 12 * Ix>af, per lb. 1$ H Crushed, pei lb, 1$ Refined, per lb. f? Ha, SALT .per bushel,. Salt, per mA 2.30 a Ap 1 "?AP- ?9rrT; y SHOT......per lb. ' 13* J Shot* per bag, < #3* i???? i i i .iii AVXNUX.OTRXET CONFKCTIONERV. .w.ra.?'uams .jp 1 f9 mom the proprietor of this favorite reeort. A He will endeavor to please the fortaor lornere of this establishment and br steady ex. ertione, to iaeress# th? number of lp? petren*. At the Coefecilonary will bo feand OootHes, MokJsa, Preserved Kmita, Oyetew, Lobsta**, He*. Uoee, Catsup, Cordial*. Toy* Ae., dm, Vr Ice Cream and Lunch "? at all hour*. tf* The Bakery will bo continued M, bsrsts Tore, and wane Krcid proenred every day. Call aud sec turn ^r. at 40 U, ^ .