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mwm??? nwMPWM?? Inches Produced 1st row thinned to 6 100 lbs. seed cott. 2d 44 ? to 8 90 ? " " 3d * 44 to 10 106" M 4th 14 to 10 106 ? 44 5?h ^ 44 44 to 12 82 * 44 44 6th * ? to 16 100 44 " 44 7th 44 44 to 18107 u 44 44 444 8th 44 44 to 20 105 44 44 44 9th 44 44 to 22 118 44 44 44 17 th 44 44 to 24 91 41 *44 * 11th 44 44 to 7 122 4' 44 44 The difference in the product of the different rows, I suspect is owing to the In manure not having been equally distribu ion, torn jaimcuu logei precise (jumpsawv quantity putunder each bed. If any thing is proven by this experiment, it is, that between sixinchesand twenty.four, there is but little difference in the product; but the same experiment must be repeated for several years before the question, whether one distance is better than another, can i>e settled. Last year was very wet and the weeds grew unusually large; this may account for the rows having the greatest distance producing as much as the others; but in a dry year the result may be -very different. To make a satisfactory experiment, [ would suggest that it be made upon cotton to which no man. lire is applied, on account of the difficulty ofspreading the manure equally on the different rows. J. A. GILLESPIE. Marlboro\ So. Ca. P. S?The land on which the exper. . iment wan made is upland, sometimes called oak and hickory land. CON?B.%TS or THE rARMERS* REGISTER, so v. vol. ix. . ORIGINAL COMMUICAT~OJC9. Answers to the general queries on the effects of marl in regard to some farms in James City and Surry counties?1. Of H B. M. Richardson, of James City county, Va.?II. Of Boiling Jones, of Surry county?III. Of Petor T. Spratley, of Surry county IV. Of W. C. Jones, of Surry county?Capacity of the clays and rock-marl of Virginia to foim hy. draulic cement, and the applicability ofrocktnar! to horning lime?A legacy for young farmers?Desultory observations on the bank ing system of fhis country, and the effects of its different modes of operation?continued? <Jreat defects of the agriculture of lower fSortn Carouns?On the proper nomenclature ofgrasses?Ctushed co n meal?feeding horses ?preserving baccn?Rohan potatoes?Admissions in favor of the new four-field systemTemporary winter farm pens. Rye a stibsti. tnte for clover in Ohio?Proposal to try Hnssey's reaping machine?Caution to silk cultural#?General results of diary of the weather, ? . n - i* /n! i r* v * n f \ Kept ai rorircss ajonroe, ^uja roini isonuon,; Va?Siik-worm rearing in Akans-is. Importance of calcareous soil to grape vines? Range of the thermometer, and state of the weather at Washington, Ark , through 1840 ?Rotation of oats and tobacco, both profitaWe and meliorating?Sweet-scented vernal grass on poor land. Protection of buzzards? Erratum?Egyptian cotton cultivated in Missi>aippi? Monthly commercial report?The season and crops*.-Summary for news. SELECTIONS. Prize essay on the cultivation of tobacco? Best time for cutting timber?Different effects vi nitrate of soda.?Nitrate of soda?3/ode of rendering wood imperishable and incombustible?The honest and beneficial credit system contrasted with that which cheats and robs the couutry.?The American cotton trade? Quality of milk?Anti-friction? Diseases of cattle and horses?-Horse distemper?On salt ?h a prevention of disease in horses, cat tle and sheep?Cotton culture in India? Weeds. DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. FROM TTIE PEF \RTMEN"T OF STATE. Mr. Fox to Mr. Webster. Washington, March 12, 1841. The undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary anc Minister Plenipotentiary, is instructed by his Government to make the following official communication to the Government of the United States. Her Majesty's Government have had under their consideration the correspondence which tock place at Washington j m Decenvber last, oetwecn the United States >ecretary of State, Mr. Forsyth, comprising two official* letters fiom the undersigned to Mr. Forsyth, date*l tne 13th and 29th of December, and two fiffi-j cial efters from Mr, Forsytn to the undersigned,, dated the 26th and 30th of the same month, upon the subject of the arrest and'imprisonment of Mr. Alexander McLrod,. of Upper Canada, by the authorities of the State of New York, upon a pretended charge of arson and murder as having as having been cngagod in the capture and descruction of the steamboat "Caroline" on the 29th of December, lb37. The undersigned is directed in the first place to make known to the Gov. ernment of the United States that Her Majesty's Government entirely approve j <>f the course persued by the undersigned ] in that correspondence, and of the Ianftmgo adopted hy him in the official let- j tors nhove mentioned. And the undersigned i? now instructed again to demand from the Government of the United States, formally, in the name of the British Gavernment, the immediate release of Mr. Alex. MeLeod. The grounds upon which the British Government of the United States are these: That the transaction on account! <>f which Mr. McLeod has been arrested "j and is to he put upon his trial was a! transaction of a public character, planned j and executed by persons duly empowered ; by Tier Majesty's Colonial Authorities to take any steps and do anv acts which j might Ik; necessary for the defence of Her Majesty's territories, and for the pro. i lection of Her Majesty's subjects; audi loot consequently those subjects of Her Majesty wJ.'oeugHged in that transact:')?: ? - . w **' f were performing an act of public duty for which they cannot bq.niatle personally i and individually answerable to th^dnws and tribunals of any foreign fcpuntjjfc, J The transaction in question maynave have been, as Her iVFdjesty ^Government are of opinion that it was, a justifiable employment of force /or the- purpose of' defending the British territory from the unprovoked attack of a ?band of British tebels and American pirates, who* having been permitted to arm and organizg them, selves within the territory of the United States, had actually invatjed and occupied a portion of the territory of Her Majesty," or as it may have been, as alleged by Mr. Forsvth in his note to the undersigned'of i / * the 20th of December, "a most unjustifiable invasion in time of peace of the territory of the United States." But this is a question essentially of apolitical and international kind, which can be discussed and settled only between the two Governments, and which the courts of justice of the Slato of New York cannot by possibility have any means of judging or any right of deciding. :,? > ' It would be contrary to the universal practice of civilized nations to fix individual responsibility upon persons who, with the sancticn or bv the orders of the constituted authorities of a State, engaged in military or naval enterprises in their country's cause ; and it is obvious that the introduction of such a principle would aggravate beyond measure the miseries, and would frightfully increase the demoralizing offects of war, by mixing up with national exasperation the ferocity of personal passions, and the cruelty and bitterness of individual re venge. Her Majesty's Government cannot believe that the Government of the United, States can really intend to set an exam-* pie so fraught with evil to the community of nations, and the direct the tendency of which must lie to bring back into the practice of modern war atrocities which civilization and Christianity j have long since banished. Neither can Her Majesty's Government admit admit for a moment the validity of the doctrine advanced by Mr. Forsyth, that the Federal Government of the United States has no power to interfere in the matter in question, and that aranf mnof root ?rv?r>lv and I HIV/ UV/VIOIMII HIVI IIIKUV i 1 wi, r,... , waaw entirely with the Stateof New York. With the particulars of the internal compact which may exist between the several States that compose the Union, foreign Powers have nothing to do: the relations of foreign Powers are with the aggregate Union: that Union is to them represented by the Federal Government; and of that Union the Federal Government is to them the only organ. Therefore, when a foreign Power has redress to demand for a wrong done to it by any State of the Union, it is to the Federal Government, and not to the separate , State, that such Power must look for redress for that wrong. And such foreign Power cannot admit the plea that the separate State is an independent body over which the Federal Government has no com. -?l. It is obvious that such a doctrine, if admitted, would at once to go a dissolution of the Union as far as its relations with foreign Powers are concerned; and that foreign Powers, in such case, instead of accrediting diplomatic agents to the Federal Government, would send such agents not to that Government, but to the Government of each separate State; and would make their relations of peace and war with each State depend upon the result of their separate intercourse with such State, without reference to the rela i . I Wl aL i lions they mignt nave wirn me rest. Her Majesty's Government apprehend that the above is not the conclusion at which the Government of the United States intend to arrive; vet such is the * w conclusion to which the arguments that have been advanced by Mr. Forsyth necessarily lead. But be that as it may, Her Majesty's Government formally demand, upon the grounds already stated, the immediate release of Mr. McLeod; and Her Majesty's Government entreat the President of the Uoited States to take into his most deliberate consideration the serious nature of the consequences which must ensue from a rejection of this demand. The United States Government will perceive tijat. in demanding Mr. McLeod's release, Her Majesty's Government argue upon the assumption that he was one of the persons eng&gcd in the capture ot the | Steamboat " Caroline;" but Her Majesty's Government have the strongest rcasons for being convinced th.ut Mr. McLeod was not in fact engaged in that transaction : and the undersigned is hereupon instructed to sav that although the circumstance itself makes no difference in the political and international question at issue : and although Her Majesty's Government do not demand Mr. McLeod's release upon the ground that he was not concerned in the capture of the "Caroline," but upon the ground that the capture of the " Caroline" was a transaction of a public character for which the per. ( sons engaged in it cannot incur private ! 1 ?" I ./M.nAnclllllif |m V(?t thp (nir. | HD(1 persuiJtll iraimiicuiiinT., ^- , eminent of the United Slates must not i disguise from themselves that the fact j that Mr. McLeod was not engaged in the transaction must necessarily tend greatly to inflame that national resentment which any harm that shall he suffered by Mr. McLeod at the hands of the authorities of the State of New York will infallibly exrite throughout the whole of the British Empire. The undersigned, in addressing the ptWiDt official communication, by order | * v m ) of his Government, to Mr. Wbest**, i Secretary of State of tlx) United States, has the honor, to offer to him the asSura ope of his. distingu shed considers- i Hpn. H. S. FOX. ITie Hon. Daniel Webster, Ac. Ac. Ac, I - * v ' %. I ~ * . . r, : ~~ ' : Jiff Wr,bsterAtOdfr+ Fox, ? i Departeent op 8t^,te.x ?< Washington, TlpriZ 24, 1841. ,The undersign Secretary of State of i the tlnited States, has the- honnor to in? i form Mr. Fox, Envoy Extraordinary and MinisterJ Plenipotentiary of Her Britanie ' Majesty, I that his note of the 12th of March was received and laid before the President. - ,K* Circumstances well krowft to Mr. Fox have necessarily delayed, for some days, the consideration of that reply. The undersigned^has the honor now to say that it has been fully considered, and that he has been directed by the President ^<1 \Tt- FttY tK % fnllAli.SM/V PO IV auviwi ?w Mi* * ^ iviivnujg iv P!>': Mr. Fox informs the Government of the United States that he is instructed to make known to it, that the Government ofHemMajwty entirely af prove the course pursued by him in his correspondence with Mr. Fohsvth in December last, and the ianguage adopted by him on the ocra. sion; and that the Government have in. structed him "ngain to demand from the Government of the United States, formally, in the name of the British Gov. eminent, the immediate release of Mr. Alexander McLeod;" "the grounds upon which the British Government make this demand upon the Government of the Uni.. ted States are these: That the transac. tion on account of which Mr. McLeod has been arrested, and is to be Put upon I his trial was a transaction of ajpublic char-! acter, planned and executed by persons duely empowered bv Hei MnjeStiy's colonial authorities to take any step and to do any acts which might be necessary for the defence of Her Majesty's territories, and for the protection of Her Majesty's subjects, .and that coniequently shoae subjects of Her Majesty who engaged in that tranaction were performing an act of public duty, for they cannot be made personally and individually answerable to the law and tribunals of any foreign country." The President is not certain that he understood precisely the meaning inten. ded by her majesty's Government to be; conveyed by the foregoing instructipn. ^ This doubt has occasioned with the President some hesitation but he inclioes to take it for granted that the main purpose of the instruction was to cause it to be signified to the Government of the United States that the attack on the Steamboat "Caroline" was an act of .public force done by the British colonial authorities, and fully recognized by the Queen's. Government at home, arid consequently an individual concerned tn that transaction cannot according to the just principles of the tyw of nations, he held personally answerable in the ordinal y courts of law as for a private offence; and that upon this avowal of Her Majesty's Government Alexander McLood now imprissoned on an indictment for murder alleged to have been committed in ' that attack, ought to he released by 8'ich preceedings as are usual and are suitable; to the case. The President addopts the conclusion that nothing more than this could have intended to be expressed, from the consideration that Her Majesh's Government must be fully aware that in the U. States as in England; presons confined under judicial process can be reloaased from that confinement only by judiciral procses..? In neither country, as the undersign supposes, can the arm of the Executive i; _;li~ power inierrer, oirecny or iorciuiy, to release or deliver the prisoner.? his discharge must be sought in a manner conformable to tbe principles of law and the proceedings of courtw of judicature. If an indictment, like that which has been found against Alex. McLeod, and under circumstances like these which belong to his case, were pending against an indi. j vidual in one of the courts of England, there is no doubt that the law officer of the Crown might enter a nolle prosequi, or that the prissoner might cause himself to be brought up on heabeas corpus and discharged, if his ground of discharge should be adjudged sufficient, or that he might prove the same facts, and insist on the same defence or exemption on his trial. All these arc legal modes of preceeding, well known to the laws and practice of both countries. But tie undersigned does not suppose that, ifsuch a case were to arise in England, the power of the executive Government could he exerted in any more direct mrnner. Even in the case of Ambassadors and other public Ministcrs whose right at exemption from arrest is personal, requiring no fact to be ascertained hut the mere fact of diplomatic character, and to arrest whom is sometimes made a highly penal offence, if the arrest be actually made, it must be discharged by application to the courts of law. It is understood that Alexander JfcLeod is holden as well on civil as on criminal process for acls alleged to have been done by him in the attack on the "Caroline," and his defence or ground of acquittal must be the same in both caces. And this strongly illustrates, as the undersigned concieves the propriety of the foreiroimr observation: since it i9 ouite clear r? c ' i that the Executive Government cannot interfere to arrest a civil suit between private parties in any stage of its progress, hut that such suit must go on to its regular judicial termination. If, therefore, anveourse different from such as have now been mentioned was in contemplation of Her Majesty's Government something would seem to have been expected from the Gavernroertt of the United States i 1 Is tile- conformable to the usages ofHhe English Government as to those of the United States,' and to which this Govern* merit cannot accede. The Government of the United States therefore, acting upon the presumtion which It already addopted, that nothing extraordinary or unusual was expected Dr requested of it, decided, on the recep* tion of Mr, Fox's note, to take such mea* sures as the occasion and its own duty appear to require. In his note to Mr, Fox of the 2flth of December last, ilfr. Forsyth, the Secretary of State of the United States, obser* ves, that "if the destruction of the Caroline' was a public act of persons in Her Majesty's service, obeying the order of their superior authorities this fact has been before communicated to the Government of the United Spates by a person authorized to make the admission and it will be for the court which has taken cog. nizanceof the offence with which Mr. AfcLeod is charged to decide upon its validity when legally established before it;' & adds, "The President deems it to be a proper pccasion to remind the Government of Her Britanic Afajesty that the case of the 4Carol:ne' has been long since brought to the attention of her Afajesty's princi. pal Secretary of State for Foreign A (fairs, who up to this day, has not communicated its decision thereupon. It is hoped that the Government of her Afajesty will percieve the importance of no longer leaving the Government of the United States uninformed of its views and intentions upon a subject which has naturally produceed much exasperation, and which has led to such grave consequences." The communication of the fact that the destruction of the "Caroline" was an act of public force by the British authorities being formally made to the Govern, ment of the United States by Mr. Fox's note, the case assumes a decided aspect. The Government of the United States entertains no doubt that, after this avow, ai of the transaction as a public transaction, authorized and undertaken by the British authorities individuals concerned in it ought not, by the principles of pub lie law and the general usage of civilized States, to be holden personally responsible in the ordinary tribunals of law for their participatian in it. And the President presumes that it can hardly be necessary to say that the American People, not distrustful of their ability to redress public wrongs by public means, cannot desire Urn nnniahmnnt nf inttivirlnnlo when the act complained of is declared to have been an act of the Government itself. Soon after the date of Mr- Fox's note, an instruction was given to the Attorney (General of the United States from this Department, by direction of the President, which fully sets forth the opinions of this Government on the subject of Mr. McLcod's imprisonment, a copy of which instruction the undersigned has the honor herewith to enclose. The indictment against McLeod is pending in a State Court, but his rights, whatever they may be, are no less safe, it is to be presumed, than if he, were holden to answer, in one of the courts of this Government. He demands immunity, from personal responsibility by virtue of the law of nations, and that law, in civilized States, is to be respected in all courts. None is either so high or so low as to escape from its authority in cases to which its rules and principles apply. This Department has been regularly informed, by his excellency the Governor of the State of New York, that the Chief Justice of that State was assigned to preside at the hearing and trial ofMcLeod's case, but that, owing to some error or mistake in the process of summoning the jury, the hearing was necessarily deferred. (Concluded on the Fourth Page) Copy of a letter of instruction from the Secretary of Stale to the Attorney General accompanying the letter of Mr. Webster, to Mr. Fox in record to the case of Mcleod. Copy of instructions to Mr. Crittenden, en> closed in the above. Department of State s Washington, March 15th, 1841. ) Sir: Alexander McLeod, a Canadian subject of Her Britanic Majesty, is now imprisoned at Lockport, in the state of New York, uader an indictment for murder, alleged to have been committed by him in the attack and destruction of the steamboat Caroline, at Schlosser, in that state, on the night of the 20th of December, 1837; and his trial is expected to take place at Lockport, on the 22d inst. Y'ou are apprised of the correspondence which took place hetween Mr. Forsyth, late Secretary of State, and Mr. Fox, Her Dritanuic Majesty's minister, here, on this subject in December last. In his note to Mr. Fox, on the 26th of that month, Mr. Forsyth says: "If the destruction of the Carolina was a public act of persons in her Majesty's service obeying the order of their superior authorities, this fact has not before been communicated to the government of the United States by a person authorized to make the admission, and it will be for the court which has been taking cognizance of the offence with which Mr. McLeod is charged to decide upon its validity when legally established before it. 44 The President deems this to be a proper occasion to remind the Government of Her Britannic Majesty that the case of the Caroline has been long since brought to the attention of Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who, up to this day, has not communicated its decision thereupon. It is honed that the Government of Her Mains ?1 . ty will perceive the importance of no longer leaving the Government of the United States uninformed . of its views and intentions upon a subject which has naturally produced much exasperation, : and which has led to such grave consequences." \ I have now to inform vqu thafMr. Fox has addressed a note to this Department, under date of the 12thinst.Hn which; unHer the immediate induction and direc- j tion of his Government, he demand^ foj/0 mally and officially, McLeod's immeorate release, on the groflnd that the transaction, on account of which he has been arrested and is to be put upon his trial, was of a public character, planned and executed by the persons duly empowered by Her Majesty's colonial authorities to take any steps, and do any acts, which might be necessary for the defend of Her Hajesty's territories, and for the protection of Her Majesty's subjects ; hnd that consequently these subjects of Her Majesty who engaged in that transaction were performing an act of public duty for which they cannot be made personally and individually answerable to the laws and . tribunals of any foreign country; and that Her Majesty's Gevernmont has farther directed Mr. Fox to make known to the Government of the United States that Her Majesty's Government entirely approve of * the course pursued by Mr. Fox, and the language adopted by him in the correspondence above mentioned. There is, therefore, now, an authentic declaration on the part of the iJritish (jov. ernment that the attack on the Caroline was an act of public force, done by military men, under the orders of their superiors, and is recognized as such by the Queen's Government. The importance of this decloration is not to be doubted, and the President is of opinion that it calls upon him for the performance of a high duty.?That an individual forming part of a public force, and acting under the authority of his Government's not to be held answerable, as a private trespasser or malefactor, is a principle of public law, sanctioned by the usages of all civilized nations, and which the Government of the United States has no inclination to dispute. This has no connexion whatev* er with the question whether, in this case the attack on the Caroline was, as the British Government think it, a justifiable employment of force for the purpose of defending the British territory from unprovoked attack, or whether it was a moat unjustifiable invasion in time of peace of the territory of the United States, as this Government has regarded it. The two questions are essentially different; and, while acknowledging that an individual may claim immunity from the consequence of acts done by him showing that he acted under national authority, this Government Is not to be nnderstood as changing the opinions which it has heretofore expressed in regard to the real nature of the transaction which resulted in the destruction ofthe Caroline. That subject it is not necessary, for any purpose connected with this communication, to discuss. The views of this Government in relation to it are known to that of England ; and we are expecting the answer of that Government to the communiaation which has been made to it. All that is intended to be said, at present, is that since the attack on the Caroline is avowed as a national act, which may justify reprisals, or even general war, if the Government of the United Slates, in the judgment which it shall form of the transaction, and of its own dut> should see fit so to decide, yet that it uises a Question entirely nublic and Dolitical. a 1 # I question between . independent ' nations, and that individuals concerned in it cannot be arrested and tried before the ordinary tribunals, as for the violation ofmunicipial law. If the attack on the Caroline was unjustifiable, as this Government has asserted, the law which has been violated is the law of nations, and the redress which is to he sought is the redress authorized in such cases by the provisions of! that code. You arc well aware -that the President has no power to arrest the proceeding in , the civil and criminal courts of the state of New York. If this indictment were pending in one of the courts of the United States, I am directed to say that the President upon the receipt of Mr.# Fox's last communication, would immediately have directed a nolle prosequi to be entered. Whether, in this case, the Governor of New Y<rk has that power, or if he has, whethei he would feel it his duty to exer. cise it, are points upon which we are not informed. It is understood that McLeod is holden nlan nri civil nrnrpss. sued out apninst him ... | o hy the owner of the Caroline. We suppose it very clear that the Executive of the State cannot interfere with such a process ; and, indeed, if such process were pending in the courts of the United States, the President could not arrest it. In such and many analogous cases the party prosecuted or sued must avail himself of his exemption or defence by judicial proceedings. either in the court which he is called, or in some other court. But I whether the process be criminal or civil, the fact of having acted under public authority, and in obedience to the orders of lawful superiors, must be regarded as a valid defence, otherwise, individuals would be holden responsible for injurious resulting from the acts of Government, and even from the operations of public war. You will be furnished with a copy of this instruction for the use of the Execu. ? ? * .1 n tive of New York, ana tne Attorney uenera! of that State. You will carry with you, also, authentic evidence of the recognition by the British Government of the destruction of the Caroline as an act of public force done by national authority. The President is impressed with the propriety of transferring the trial from the scene of the principal excitement to some other and distant county?You will take care that this be suggested to the prisoner's counsel. The President is grat.fied to learn that the Governor of k. I I II I ^ ^ New York has already directed tjiat the trial take place before the Chief Justicvf the State. Having consulted with the Governor, you will proceed toLockport, or wherever ptoe the trial may be holden, and furnish the prisoner's counsel with the evidence of which you will be i# possession mater, ial to his defence* You will see tHkt he have skilful and eminent ^ounpel, if such be not already retained ; and. although > you are not desired to- act as counsel, yourself; you cause it to be signified to him, and to the gentleman who may coo* duct his defence, that it is the wish ef this Government that, in case bis defence be overruled by the court in which he shall he tried, proper steps be taken immediately for removing the cause, by writ of error, to the "Supreme Court of the United States. ? - The President hopes you will urn such despatch as to make your arrival at the place of trial sure before the trial comee on ; and he trusts you will keep him in* formed of whatever occur* by means of a correspondence through ibb Depart* ment* I have the honof to be Mr* Attorney General, your obedient servant, , < DANIEL WEBSTER. , y i , Hon. John J. Crittenden. Attorney General of the United States* Bangor, (Me.t) June 4. WONDERFUL PRESENCE OF MIND? PROMT ACTION. We learn that two men, whose names ? ? we have not ascertained, were yesterday ~ ?n. Jn i ?... i Liixii11a mil ui uunii mu inaiu iit* er; when approaching Great Work's Fall# they found it impossible to make land as i^ usual, and were rapidly swept towards the Falls. In an instant they cut a log clear from the raft, and both jumped in- ? to the water, one upon each'side of the log, clinched their hands over the top of it, and gallantly and safely passed down over the Falls.?Whig, - f AMUSEMENTS OF TIIE NOBILITY." The young Earle of Waldegfave, and a boon companion by the name of DufT, were lately indicted at the Court of Queen's Bench, in London, for assaulting and dre dfully beating an old watchman, in the course of their nocturnal rambles. They pleaded guiltv, and, after an impres. si ve admonition from the Judge. hit <?Lord- . ship" was sentenced to pay a fine of ?200, and Captain Duff to pay a fine of ?50, and both of the defendants to he imprisoned in the Queen's Bench Prison for the term of six months, ANOTHER CHARLESTON ARTIST. Our city, in the letter of a late correspondent, was truly styled the mother, of artists. We had the pleasure,yesterday M afternoon, of visiting the studio pf Mr. Thomas Wighfman, over the grocery store of Mr. Nichols, corner of Meetm|? and Society fctreets, and found it adorned with a number of excellent portraits, the creations of his young but tasteful pencilHe not only excels iu catching the living lineament, but his drapery is uncommonly rich and beautiful?indeed the bridal drqss of one of his beautiful subject# is (if the expression be not tnom<ucu/f?r)* master-piece?it is certainly a model- / Mr. Wightmau; a native of thin city, is the son of one, and the brother ef #uother of our worthy citizens, and is a highly promising pupil of the celebrated portrait painter, toman, on whose style ho models his own performances. He will leave this city, to-morrow, for the North, there to complete his studies, and will probably return among as, in a year or thereabouts, to claim from bis fellow-citizens a share of their patronage. - Mr. Wightman's studio will be open to-day, for the reception of such visiters as n?y be desirous of seeing tbo promise of youth, and comparing it hereafter with the per* -, formance of maturity. , - Charleston Courier. ,. r ' * ? . * ? - ' ' >/ \ The New Orleans paper of the 10th, give an account of a scene which occurred in court on the 8th, which musthav# been thrilling in the extreme. An iodivida. ni namefjJGeorge A. Hamilton had some days ago i been convicted of forge, y.? When called up to be sentenced, the nsual question as to what lie had to say before sentence should be passed. To thi* he replied in an address of an hour in length in which he endeavored to show that he was the victem of conspiracy, and that he was entirely innocent of the charge. The Judge replied to him, that his remarks had failed to make any other impression than that of pity for his situation and the still stronger belief that he wat guilty of the charge. Tne Judge then sentenced him to four years in the penitentiary. Just at this moment some gentleman exclaimed, 44he has a knife in his hand," but before he could be preven! ted he plunged it into himself in two pla f ces, once in the abdomen and once in the region of the heart. He soon faintad from loss of blood, and was taken to a private appartment, followed by his wife who has sat by him during the trial.? Physicians examined and dressed the the wounds, and ascertained that they were not necessarily fatal. The awtul sentence ot the law was on Friday last executed upon Mad.son Johnson, in the 22d year of his age, who win convicted in our Superior Court of the murder of Henry Beasley. He was taken from the Jail about XI. o'clock and conducted to the gallows under the guard of our fine volunteer company, followed by a large crowd of Spectators from the town and country, where he addressed the people nearlv an boor f u r V * ** . \ t in an unfaltering voice?warning- 11^ and especially the young, against thkerit* practices of gamblings intemperance a#,'v^' 1 \