The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, May 16, 1849, Image 2
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION IN THE
SOUTH. ,. fr
We have private accounts from Virginia and
other ^Southern States, which represent the
condition, of the V\ big or administration party
in iital retfipnol the country to hp in a much
wri? ftliahl 4ban even might i?e expected from
the disastrous defeat which it recently sustained
the Old Dominion. Our cotemporary of the
Courier and Rnquirer is of the opinion that the
extinction of the Whigs in Virginia has b?rn
occasioned l?y tbe mistaken policy of General j
Taylor's cabinet, is not'removing two or three j
Democratic office holders. This is like |
decollating (or the imniens. rush of Niagara j
Falls, by supposing that two or tliree old women j
in Buffalo had emptied their pails of water in j
the1 channel of the river, and hop.Ce the tremendous
fall of rushing waters at Niagara. The
defeat of the Whigs, or administration party, in
Virginia, (and its probable defeat and total
rout wtucli may be expected in other Southern
States) has been produced by the agitating and
unprincipled operations of such politicians as
Senator Seward* Martin Van Buren, and all
ihe other anti-slavery agitators belonging to
every faction in the North. Bv means of those
agitators and ultras, the administration of Gen.
'I ovlrtp IV ill lUll (inltr Ka 'Pi'liirlfnH Vttlt it IVllI
yv,v* " ""'.I "V Ijirnwu, " ",M
?- ha h>ft without hardly a rag of strength in the
next House of Kepresentatives. It is a fortunate
thing for the country, that we have such
an honest, upright, fearless man in the White
House, as he who now occupies it. His cabinet
is nothing ; his party is nothing ; he belongs
to no party, hut to the country ; and it will
require all his nerve and sagacity in the great
crisis which is about springing up in this country,
with the commencement and progress of
the next session of Congress?a crisis which
was feared and apprehended by Washington,
who accordingly, in his farewell address, counselled
bis countrymen to beware of organising
parties on sectional prejudices. The. cabinet
of Gen. Taylor need not trouble themselves
. . -
about organising any new system of measures,
any modification of the tariff, any change in the
financial system of the government, for they
never will have a chance to carry any thing
into operation, other than the general system
which is now in action. Both houses of Congress,
under the lashings of Northern agitators,
insulting and abusing the South in every step
they take?hoth houses of Congress will he
divided geographically, and will take hostile
and violent positions on that ground*; and the
consequence* who can tell? VVc dread the
future.?Neic York Herald.
From
the Augusta (Geo.) Republic.
THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
Thn following extract which is taken from
the Burlington Courier, exhibit* plainly the deep
laid schemes which are successfully on foot to
enable the property of Southerner* to escapeRobbers
are located at the south to aid slaves in
their effort* to run off and like characters are
residing at the North, who are indirect correspondence
upon (his matter.
> It is'evideut that there are a class at the
South who are acting in doncert with another
in the North, whose prime duty it is to rob Southerner*
whenever and wherever it may be found
convenient, hence the necesity of vigilance on
our part and of adopting mmo measure by
which retaliation may be made.Escapr
op a Slave.?A few weeks ago. a
clave in a southern city managed to open a correspondence
with n gentleman in the northern
city, with a view of effecting an escape from
bondage. .Having arranged the preliminaries,
he paid somebody 840 to box him up, and mark
hiin.?"This side up, wilb care," and take him
to the expreM office, Consigned to his friend at
the North. >.Ou the passage, being on hoard of
? steamboat, be was accidentally turned head
downwards,.and almost died with a rush of blood
to tb ehead. At the next change of transpor
taiion, however, be was turned right siJo up
again, and, after 26 hour*' confinement, arrived
safely hi* ;rie*tioatinn. On receiving the
box. -ihe gentleman had doubts whether he
shoult find a corpse or a free man. He tapped
Jightlf on the box, with the question, "All
.right 1" and was delighted to hear the response,
MA11 right sir." The poor fellow was iinmedi.
ately liberated from his place of living luirial,
and forwarded to a wealthy abolitionist in a
city in New England, where he now is. W e
have sMuranee that this story is no flight of fancy,
but it is absolutely true.
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NEGRO STEALER CAUGHT.
Thndiarleston Courier says?A gentleman
who came passenger in the Wilmington steamor,
yesterday, gives us the following particulars
of tfere eaptnre of a man who was endeavoring
to aMiict two negroes from Richmond.
The name of the man is R. Smith, a Boot
and Shoo dealer, who had resided some years
in Richmond. It appears he had boxed up a
couple of negroes, attached as waiters to one of
the principal Hotels. The boxes were ordered
to be put in the Repress Cars, which are
locked up and never opened until their arrival a'
Washington City, and if the project had been
carried into execution, there can be little doubt
that they would have perished. Fortunately,
however, in removing the boxes, a pieee oflhe
end of one of them was broken off, when the
woolly head of the occupant was discovered.?
He was relieved from his imprisonment, as well
as his friend in 11 'tother bux. "
Learningthat Smith had started fir Washington
in the ears, a telegraphic despatch was sent
to the Sheriff of Fredericksburg, who, with his
deputies, made him a prisoner as soon as he arrived
there, and conveyed him hack to Rich
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nimiu.
Oorffhforrrant stales an immense concourse
had assembled at I he Depot nt Richmond, when
the car arrived with Smith. Although there
were tome 1 cr 3000 persons collected together,
great order was observed, and the officers
conveyed their prisoner to jail without any interruption.
The report was that Smith was to have received
sixty dollars for his agency in the affair.
Anderson C. H., May 3.
Arrest of a Counterfeiter.?We have just
learned from a friend that James A. Doyie. the
worthy Sheriff of Pickens district, was badly
wounded by a pistol shot in arresting a man in
Pickens district, on Sunday last, charged with
passing counterfeit money. The circumstances
as related to us were as follows : two travellers
of respectable appearance, and well mounted,
called to stay all night at the hou<e of Col.
Jeothft Norton, a few miles above Pickens C.
H. In (he morning they each presented h 820
bill (o have changed to pay their expenses, &c.
Colonel Norton took the money and gave them
small bills, but did not examine it particularly.
After some time, however, he suspected all was
not right, and upon examination discovered that
the bills Were counterfeits. The travellers by
this tithe were Several miles on their way.
Col. Norton'got a warrant, placed it In the
bands of .Mr. Doyle the .Sheriff of Pickens, Who
summoned a posse, and made pursuit. They
came up with the men al West Union 12 miles
above, who upon being questioned as to where
they Indeed die. the night before, took to their
heels. The race was continued for some dis.
tnnce on horseback, when being closely pressed,
the travellers left their horses, separated,
end attempted to escape through the woods.
Mr. Doyle pursued one, and on attempting to
seize hi in, the tnnn turned on him and fired a
pistol, which took effect in his arm and side,
inflicting a severe, though it is hoped not a fatal
wound. Doyle's friends coming np, he was
overpowered and taken to jail. The n?|-ier
escaped. Upon the person of ti e one aiTOsi.
ed, was found a large amount of good money.
Since writing the above, we are informed
I that iwo men, of similar description, passed a
counterfeit twenty dollar is111 to Mr. a. if.
Hembrec, of this District, a few day? before
the occurrence in ritkens.?Gazelle??
From the Charleston Mercury of Tuesday, 8th inst.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
About 4 o'clock yesterday morning a work;
shop in the cntro of the block bounded by
j Meeting, Henrietta, Elizabeth and Boundary
| streets, and owned by a colored man named
i Weston, was discovered to bo on fire. From
j the highly combustible character of the adjacent
buildings, being mostly old wooden struci
tures, and the great scarcity of water, the
flames spread rapidly, until all the houses on
the block west of the line of the fire some
three weeks since, were destroyed, except the
grocery store on the corner of Meeting and
Boundary streets. The fire then crossed Henrietta
street about two hundred feet east of
Meeting street, and penetrated through to
Charlotte street, on the south side of which it
destroyed :i!l tlie buildings to Elizabeth street,
i Two or tliree small buildings on tho east side
of Elizabeth street were also consumed by the
fire, or pulled down by the firemen in their
efforts to stay its further progress, which happily
proved successful. Although, perhaps, there
were between sixty and seventy houses destroyed,
a large proportion of which were cornparalively
of little value, and were inhabited by
colored persons, and the loss may (airly be
estimated at between thirty and forty thousand
dollars. Upon inquiry we learti that there was
insurance to tho amount of ?S000 in the
Agency o| tho Hartford Insurance Company,
! about $1500 in the Smith-Carolina Insurance
Company, $1600 in the Augusta Banking and
Insurance Company, $7,*200 in the Charleston
Insurance and Trust Company.
The firemen never disylayed more energy,
but lor a long time, owing to the great scarcity
of water, the fire retained llio mastery.
[ By the most strenuous exertions the buildings
on the south siJe of Boundary street, though
several times on fire, were preserved. Flynn's
j Church was also for a time in imminent danger,
but a hose having been carried to tho roof
of the building, its safety was secured.
There is scarcely any reason to doubt that
this wide-spread conflagration, which endangered
the safety of the entire city, was the art j
of incendiaries, and the most active efforts are
making for their discovery, the Commissioners
of Cross Road*, having, with praiseworthy
promptitude, ofFered a reward of five hundred
dollars for their detection.
Wo tonm ttint a npcrro fellow was vesterdav I
arrested on tho charge of having attempted to
fire the dwelling of Mr. Joseph A. Euslow, on
the Neck. After an examination, in which he
was detected in several falsehoods, he was committed
for a further hearing.
The Commissioners of Cross Roads were engaged
throughout the whole of yesterday, with
a zeal and perseverance deserving of the highest
praise, in an investigation of the causes that
led to the recent conflagrations on the Neck.
During the day several white persons were arrested,
and brought up for examination, and
the disclosures made before the Board, have de
terminod them to commit three of the individuals
for trial, one on a charge of larceny, and
the other under suspicion of being the incendiacies
of at least one of the recent fires. We
are not permitted at this time to say anything
further on the subject, lest wc might defeat the
ends of justice.?Courier.
Important Disclosures. ? During tho investigation
yesterday by the Commissioners of
Cross Roads, of the young nun who had been
arrested under suspicious circumstances, connected
with the recent fires on the Neck, very
important disclosure were elicited from one of
tho company. His testimony, taken uV;,vn by
G. \V. Egleston, Esq., implicates severai of his I
companions in wickedness, in sotting fire to the
premises of Houston, on King street, which
caused the fire of the morning of the 2d inst.?
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Two of them we understand have neon lurneu j
over to the Attorney (iencral ; and means have
been adopted by the Board to secure others
who are at large, and without the limits of the
city, and we have no doubt, from the energy
displayed by the Commissioners, that their efforts
will be crowned with success.?lb.
Virginia (2oi.n.?On Saturday, we had the
pleasure of examining some of the richest and
most beautiful specimens of gold ore we have
ever seen. They are from the mine of W. M.
iMoselv and Co.. the old "Booker .Mine "in
Buckingham. These specimens were taken
seventy or eighty feet below the grnund--lha
veins thirty or forty lect thick. The company
work some thirty.five hands, and their machinery
(moved by steam) is simple, costing about i
; ?1,500. They expect to tealize 81 0,000 this |
l year. The gold washings pass over a blanket i
to which tho particles adhere. Quicksilver is !
then applied to the balance.
A similar process is used at Stockton A;
Heiss's mines iri Spottsylvania ; but there they
: employ skins with the hair uppermost, instead
I of blankets. The machinery at their mines is
much more extensive, costing some 840,000 or
I 8-r>(),000, but they expect to clear 840,000 this
year.
| With such rich treasures in our midst, and
; the advantages of soil, climate, water power
| offered by Virginia, why should any of our citi.
I zons leave for California or any other portion
i of the globe? We have every thing to make
us a great Slate, if we seize and embraco our
opportunities.?Richmond Enquirer.
The Baltimore Sun says that Mr. Mahonev
arrived at NTevv York ill the Sarah Sands, to
make arrangements for tho visit of Father
Matthew, who will not be hero before two
months. It is said he will remain from eigh
loen months to two years.
Whenever you get a black eye by a fall on
the ice, or from running against the bed post,
or from running away from a powerful, fist, apply
a cloth wrung nut of very warm water, and
renew it until the pain ceases. The moisture
j and heat liquefies the blood and sends it back
I to the proper channels. Use warm or hot, but
I never cold water to bruises,
r :
From the Charleston Mercury, of Saturday.
ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
The news by the Hibernia began to pass
over the wires about 7 o'clock last evening,
and, as will be perceived, our attentive and energclic
correspondent has furnished us with a
very full and comprehensive abstract. The
gentleman attached to the Telegraph offiee
obligingly remained at the post until t\Vo o'clock
this morning, when We received our last despatch.
Our correspondent says:
The Hibernia arrived at Halifax on Thursday
evening last with Liverpool dates to the
28th ult, She brings eighty.three thousand
pounds sterling in specie. The following is an
abstract of her intelligence:
THE MARKETS.
The Cotton market has been without change
since the departure of the America. Fair Up
lands and Mobile are quoted at 4 2-8; Fair
Orleans, 4 3 4. The range of quotations is,
Uplands, 3 3-4 a 5; Mobiles, 3 1-2 a 4 1-2;
Orleans 3 1-2 to 5 3 4. The sales of the week
amounted to 24,740 bales. The market has
been dull for Brendstuffs: Wheat has declined
2 a 3d; Flour has declined 6 a 9J per bbl.;
Western ('anal is quoted at 23s 6d, and Philadelphia
and Baltimore the same. Corn, white,
29 G a 31; yellow, 31 a 32. The transactions
in the Provision market during the week were
limited. Eastern Pork was brisk, with full
prices while Western pork was dull.
STATE OF TRADE.
Liverpool, April 28.?Taking into consideration
the condition of the affairs of the Continent,
the public securities maintain a remarkable
firmness. Mercantile operations are dull,
and considerable depression exists throughout
the manufacturing districts, and especially at
Manchester, but notwithstanding these unfavorable
influences, after some fluctuations du
ring the week, consols settled very steadily at
its dose, nt 92.
The advices from France are rather dispiriting
to our manufacturers, while orders from
other parts of the Continent are at a stand.
There has been no actual variation in the prices
of Cotton since our last, hut from the depressing
effect of the blockade of the German
ports upon the business of Manchester, the very
moderate demand for goods and yarns, and the
sustained abundance of supply, there is a probability
that the market will be seriously afTected.
The Havre Cotton market continued in a satisfactory
state, and there was ,an improvement
in the Hamburg market. The French funds
were firm, 3 per cents. 56.60; 5 per cents. 83.
30.
The English Navigation law has passed the
House of Commons by a majority of 61.
FRANCE.
France still continues to enjoy tranquility.
The expedition for the rc-instaternent of the
Pope set sail from Toulon on the 22d, ana had
arrived at Civa Vecchia, and would immediate,
ly proceed to Rome, the Pope meanwhile remaining
at Gaeta until the revolt is suppressed.
In the French National Assembly Gen. La.
moriciero had proposed a new organization of
the army on a very extensive, scale.
ill. Frnppold, the agent of the Roman Republic,
had presented his protest against the
French expedition to Civita Vecchia.
Some apprehensions were entertained of the
fideli y of a portion of the garrison of Paris,
and two regiments were ordered to quit the city
at four hours notice. The cholera was spread,
ing in France.
SARDINIA.
The Sardinians have rejected the tcrrns ol
the amnesty proposed by the Auslrians, and the
Picdmontesn ministers have given Iresh directions
to the Department of War to prepare for
an immediate resumption of hostilities.
It is reported that the French Minister at
Turin had instructions to encourage the Sardiniansto
reject the terms of peace offered by
Radrtzky.
The Neapotaliian troops continue to bo successful
in their expedition in Sicily. The town
of Soto has surrendered to them.
GERMANY.
Affiirs in Germany continue in a stale of
great distraction. Austria has met additional
reverses in Hungary.
The hostilities between Denmark and Germany
still continue without any marked result
that would give preponderance to either side,
or likely to affect the general issue. The Ger.
man troops arc entering Jutland in cousidcrabio
numbers.
Information has reached Liverpool that the
steamers Washington and Hermann bad obtained
permission from the Danish Government
to convey passengers to and from Bremen, without
being sul>jeC ed to scUfh,
From the Charleston Courier of Saturday.
RIOT IN NEW YORK.
Yesterday we received a dispatch from our
correspondent announcing that the Aslor Opera
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House was luaen possession ui mc jjiwun^
evening, l>y a mob, several thousand strong,
whilst Mr. Mcready was playing to a fashionnl?!e
audience, and a large number had been
killed and wounded, Mr. Macready, it is stated,
had to fly for his life.
Another communication received a short time
afterwards, announces that the fire was extinguished,
and that a fight had taken place betwecn
the military and the mob, of a desperate
character and that the number of the military
killed and wounded were estimated at from thirty
to forty. The Military and Police finally
gained possession of the ground, and cannon
were planted, charged with grape shot, in front
of the Theatre. The city was in an uproar all
Thursday night, and the Military yesterday
| morning, were throwing up entrenchments to
I resist any attemps that might be made by the
inol) to dislodge them.
Great excitement existed, and the mob were
hanging about the spot. It was rumored that
Mr. Macready had been killed, but it was ascertained
that he had escaped unhurt. A numol
those who were kiPed and wounded were
not engaged in the riot.
FURTHER OF THE NEW YORK RIOT.
It is said that up to three o'clock yesterday,
twenty-seven persons had been killed, and nearly
one hundred wounded. The. excitement was
intense, and a further requisition on the military
force had been made.
The dwelling of the Mayor of the city, and
other officials obnoxious to the populace, were
in danger of being sacked. The excitement
ngainst the military, who wore engaged in repressing
the riot was intense, and it was feared
that the consequences would he of the most disastrous
character.
The latest communication received, bringing
intelligence down to C o'oclock Inst evening,
states that more military companies have been
ordered out, and more blood-shed anticipated
in the course of the night.
Thcv are exhibiting a Panorama of the Bible
nt Cincinnati, painted on a piece of canvass one
mile and a half long.
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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL^
Wednesday Morning, May iO, 1819.
W. THURLOW CASTON, EDITOR.
Agricultural Meeting.
A Meeting of the Watcrce Agricultural Society,
will Ic held at Swift Creek on the third Thursday 21th
of May. An Election of Officers for the ensuing
year, and other business of importance transacted. A
punctual attendance of members, is required.
J. BOYKIN, Scc'y.
lj"According to the orders of the Town Council
of Camden, 1 will be at the Grave Yard on
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o'clock, for the purpose of trimming up the trees,
cutting down the shrubs, and to do any other kind
of work that may be deemed necessary. I therefore
call on the citizens of Camden and Kirkwood,
i and all others that are interested, each to send me
' a hand or two, 60 that I can beautify the Burial
Ground of our friends.
L. W. BALLARD. T. Marshal.
Mr. Aldeu's Shoe Establishment.
Our planters who purchase large supplies of
Negro Shoes, and all others who are favorable
to home manufactures, would do well to call at
Mr. Alden's Store and examine his stock of
Shoes. He has hitherto purchased all his
coarse Shoes at the North, of which, he sells
thousands annually, hut lately has added to his
branch of business an establishment upon the
newly awakened Southern self-dependent priiirinle.
and for the future will supply his custom
I ers with a superior article made under his own
: immediate supervision. His leather is tanned
nt the South, and his workmen belong to the
South, and the pegged and sewed Shoes made
I by them are decidedly superior to those pro
cured from the North. We have carefully
compared specimens of both, and although they
are sold at the same price, we do not hesitate
to affirm, that the Southern made pair is worth
more than the other by 15 to 25 cents. It is
Mr. A's intention to enlarge his establishment,
and introduce the manufacture of finer Brogans
and coarse Boots, on an extended scale.
We heartily wish him success, and trust he will
give a practical illustration?how a number of
indigent females may be profitably employed in
binding, stitching, &c. Call and buy.
Such unmistakealiie evidences of the spirit of
the South, carry with them an argument to our
' Northern brethren, direct to their pockets, ten.
; fold more potent, than fifty empty resolutions,
" which pass by as the idle wind" and ure not
regarded.
Again we say, let the slumbering energies
of the South be fully aroused to the full exercise
of her strength, and enter into the avenues
nf wonlih onnned before and around her, and
become at once independent, self sustained and
self existing.
California Adventurers.
A few enterprising young men of our Town,
are preparing for a trip to the "gold digging"
The company is yet small, but they expect to
get ofT in a few weeks. It is their intention
to take the land route, making some one of the
forts beyond the Mississippi River the starling
point. The estimated cost of the trip varies
from one hundred and fifty to thref. hundred dollars.
A wide field is opened in that region for
adventure, enterprise, nnd probably wealth,
and we have 110 doubt, that if ihese representa.
lives of our Town gain a foothold on the Sacramento,
their industry and perseverance will
secure a share of the yellow metal.
They are anxious to increase their strength
by the addition of strong and vigorous recruits,
nnd we are requested to state thnt if there are
any such, in this or in the neighbouring I)istricts
disposed to join them, any communication
directed to James Root or Andrew Young
of this place, will receive prompt attention.
Review.
| The Review oi the Wua uegimetu iook
i place on last Saturday. It is said to have been
j the largest turn out, we have had for many
I years. The appearance of the Regiment was
much improved by the addition of the ne\V
volunteer company, the Palmetto Guards. The
I Regiment has long needed two such Companies,
| and wo trust that they will be sustained and
| strengthened.
A Court Martial was ordered to be held at
; the Court House, on Friday 8th of June.
New Washing Machine.
At Mr. McCrcight's Shop can be seen Sabin's
New Washing Machine, manufactured by
J. II. Long of Columbia. Mr. E. G. Robinson
is the agent for this place. We are told that it
is a great improvement in saving clothes, and
that it is so easily managed that a child can
j do the work of a grown person. Our landlord
was the first to try it in our Town, and he
says it is superior to nny thing before used by
j his family. The Editor of the Temperance
j Advocate, has also tested it, and strongly recommends
it as a decided improvement. Call at
| McC's shop and give the Machine an eiamii
nation.
I
The Gin House of William Stevens of Lancaster
District, containing two Gins and eight
Bales of Cotton in the seed, was burnt, down a
few weeks since. It is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary.
Ourano Outano.?Two real living specimens
of this strange animal?the tcild man of
the woods have arrived in Salem (Mass). It
is slated that they are the first ever brought to
this country, though many animals of the species
Chimpanze or large black African Ape,
have often been exhibited as the Ourang
Outang,
They walk erect upon tho hinder feet, cat
with a spoon, and have all the natural movements
of the human race.
It is said they do not scratch or bite, like the
monkey tribe, but defend themselves with great
dexterity, with a club or short stick, and will
I throw any missile with unerring aim.
I i Ti
Terrible Riot in New York.
Whilst Mr.; Mac ready the great tragedian, ,
was playing to a fashionable audience at the ,
Astor Opera House, on last Thursday evening. |
he was hissed and pelted off from the stage. A |
mob several thousand strong completely sacked ,
and set fire to the House. The Military were i
ordered out and a fierce rencountre took place 1
between them. The number killed is estimated
at 27, and nearly 100 were wounded. The
fire was extinguished, and Macrcady sared his
life by flight. The excitement against the niili- ;
tary is represented to have been most intense, 1
and re-inforcements were necessaty to save
thein from the enraged mob. The city was in
a perfect uproar. The military and police
finally gained possession of the ground, and
cannon loaded with grape shot were placed in
front of the Theatre to prevent farther nttack.
The papers of the city condemn the riot as
most disgraceful, and attribute it to Forrest, a
rival actor, who was at the lime playing at
another House.
These squeamish Northerners, whose consciences
are seriously troubled about the vice
and immortality existing at the South, have
plenty of work to do, to keep their own unprincipled
mobs under government. It would be
far more profitable if their tbne was employed
more in teaching their neighbors order and
sobriety, than in quoting scripture against our
peculiar institutions, and quiet forms of society.
Since writing the aho\'e, wo learn that a
passenger on the cars, for Columbia, direct from
New York, stated that the telegraphic despatches
are incorrect as to the number killed. He
(Ka ntimliae mnnlinnnd u f/tA Itmnll
uaiiirva iiic anuaiuvi iiiumnnuu ?o %?#>
Forrest, who supposed ho received l?ad treatment
from Macready when in England, a few
years ago. and who has been charged as the
instigator of the riot, has publicly declared that
ho had no part in the matter. Some of the
papers acquit, and some condemn him.
Exactly Right.?At the late Annual Meeting
of the Stockholders, in the Greenville and
Columbia Kail Road, held in Columbia, the following
resolution was adopted?
Resolved, That the I resident and Diiectors
of the Company be requested to lake measures,
. which may, (if possible) nvert the necessity ul
runtiing the cars for passage or transportation
on the Sabbath day.
A newly awakened respect for the Christian
Sabbath is spreading through the South, and
this resolution being the first we know of in
the State, reflects tho highest credit upon this
Company. We trust all other Companies will
imitate the praiseworthy example, and heartily
unite in wiping out this blot upon the christian
character of our country.
Fire ix Charleston.?Two squares have
been burnt down in Charleston, and a great
amount of property destroyed. Tho proper
authorities have arrested two or three persons
charged us the incendiaries. It appears that
there is, in the city an organized hand of
theive.s, calling themselves guerillas, who have
attempted to fire the city in various places for
the purpose of plunder. Their ringleader has
been taken, and great exertions arc being
made to ferret out the rest.
Foreign News.
The news by the America shews\that affairs
in Europe arc in a perfect chaos. The gods of
war and bloodshed have reared their horrid
front in nearly every Kingdom and Republic
on the Continent, and peace and order have
given place to confusion and disorder.
The Hungarians have been victorious over
the Austrians in some important engagements.
The Danes and Germans have bad one or
two partial encounters, in which tho Danes
arc said to have bad the advantage, but the
overwhelming forces of the Germans, may in
the end prove too strong for them. AH the
German ports are under a strict blockade, and
itioir tvnlftifiil (incmr continues tnmnke rnntures.
Immigrant vessels are not allowed to pass
unmolested* The central power of Germany
is yet undisposed of*.
A struggle of dreadful ferocity, has commenced
between Naples and Sicily. The
Neapolitans have succeeded in gaining possession
of ono or two towns of the enemy, and
the Sicilians are being fast reduced to the last
extremity. Italy is still in indescribable con.
fusion, and France has determined upon an
armed intervention to re instate the Pope.
France, whose soil has been so often stained in
latter days with the blood of royalists, with a
republican government scarcely established,
has most unexpectedly and suddenly resolved to
aid in forging anew the chains of monarchy
upon a neighbour, which she has so long struggled
to throw off from her own hands. She
has already sent a strong army to crush the
efforts of republicans in that distracted country,
and upon the ruins to reinstate papacy. She
has always been, and seems determined to continue
a political puzzle. Accounts from Ire.
land on that pestilence and famine still devastate
that unfortunate country.
Telegraphic despatches of the news by the
Hibcrnia, will be found in another column.
The Democratic Convention held at Nashville
lfllh ult. nominated General William
Trousdale the candidate for Governor of Ten.
. nessee.
The Whig Convention held at the same
place on 23rd ult., selected Neil S. Brown as
their nominee to run for the same offic
Gen. Trousdale has done the State some ser
vice. He was in the Indian War with Jackson,
in the Florida War, and was an officer in one
ofthe ten regiments raised for the war in Mexico,
in all of which he bore himself as a brave and
gallant soldier.
Chancollor B. F. Dunkin has been elected
President of the Lutheran Church of Charleston,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
of Mr. John Strohccker.
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Citt Annexation.?A discussion ii going ,
mi in I he "Norfolk Herald a* lo ihe propriety ?t
annexing that City to the State of North Caro?
lina. It is contended that North CaroiiiMt
having no sea*port of her own accessible Ut
ships of large burthen, has it in her power tw
make Norfolk, were it annexed to her, a city of
Ihe first magnitude.
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Correspondence of Use Journal. r
Wilkinson Couxrr, Misal April 24.
Mr. Editor.?It is said that .* out of th^
abundance of the. heart, speakeih the mouth,!!;rr_
so from the abundance of the thoughts, writetb
the hand. Cotton being the staple commodity
"..iinlrl- Si'nrvlliinft iKnf hm !1 IpntlslIRV
ui iiiio Willi ..J, ?... ...? .. - --.-ri?/
to advance or retard its growth, deeply interests
the planters. On the lftth inst. we had a kill*
ing frost. The cotton and corn were strioiulg
injured: in many instances farmers replanted
a large portion of their crops. We also had a f
frost in March, which did a great deal of dan?> 4 ,
ago. The spring has been very cold, especially
since we commenced planting.. , Tbi?
weather now seems more favorable to agricultural
pursuits. And although we Juvo been
put back, considerably by the frost, yet it it to
be hoped that the seasons will be more congenial
in the future, and that we may be remuncr- * .
ated with good crops.
From all the information I can obtain I think
the Mississippi River is gradually receding,*
circumstance decoutly w'uhed by those living in
the great Valley. The inundation has blighted
the prospects of a great many, in making a
crop this year, both in the cotton and sugar
growing regions. The water has remained so
long on the land that it will l>e too late Cir cotton,
a'd the cane has rotted from the effects of
the overflow. It is impossible as yet to form ar*
estimate as to the injury that has been done,?
suffice it to say, that a great number of person*
suppose that the sugar and cotton crops, will lw
materially lessened in Mississippi and Louis*
iann. .A
There is some little excitement on the subject
of politics in this State. The democratic
party are marshalling their well.trained forces?
for the general election in November next.
The papers are sounding the tocsin for war,
and commanding the sentinels upon the watch'
tower to organize. Old Znc run them ?j-cl???r
in the Presidential election, that Ibey have
some apprehensions ol defeat, unless they car*
rally all their party to the Banner of "progrts*
sice democracy." Gen. Quitman is looked
upon ns the champion and master spirit of the
party, and consequently has n flattering pros-poet
of receiving the nomination for the gubernatorial
chair. With him at their head they,
will be invincible ; bis military glory will sweep
everything like a tornado. He is less ohnoxions
to the Whig party, than any of their
leaders, having been one among thereto "of the
distinguished bond paying democrats, that op-posed
repudiation, which has put a blot upon
our reputation as a State.
Although differing with Geueral Quitman in
politics, I have a strong veneration for the man.
as n military cbiettain and statesman. i regain
liim as a man of high snnled integrity, and aa
one who is above reproach. I bare had (ho
pleasure or seeing hint, and also of hearing
hiin during the late exciting canvass fur,{he
Presidency. The democracy of Wilkinson
Count}-, have recently held a meeting, and
passed a resolution favorable to his nomination
as candidate for Governor. 'ITiey will hold a
Convention in Jackson, on the third Monday in
June, for the purpose of nominating candidate
for Slate Offices. *- ? . < *{. ..
Yours dec. CREOLE.
Ge*. McDbffie.?Ou a recent gi*it to ibia
distinguished patriot at his residence in AU*?.
ville, we were gratified to find hiin improved
in health. He seeins, at present, to be entire-,
ly fiee from physical pain?though unable In
walk without assistance. He manifests very
little interest in conversation of any kind; but
with the exception of defect in inerooryv.i^owa
that he still retains in clearness bis powers of
mind. ? Edgefield Advertiser.
Murder.?Last night, just about dark, as
May Ruchanan, K?q., was on bis wny home
from Wadesborough, and within about a qtiarv
ter of a mile of his own house, he was attack*
ed, and beat to death with a stake; the road
having previously been stopped with a pile of
brush, for the purpose of impeding his horse. ,'
His family beard a cry, and immediately after
his horse ran home, with a part of his sulky*
the remainder having been lodged againct a
tree. His family and overseer ran to the spot
and found him just aiive; but it is thought he
never breathed. Reside him, and partly eov.
ercd with blood, they found a stake, alnml eight
feet long, such as an; used in running fendes1.Ko
traces could be found of the villain or tffc
Jains who perpetrated the awful deed.
f?L- J -1 ..... .. .U anrl ilT|.?lll>ri( rill.
i cjl* ui'ltft^ni w u* mi uiu ?? * \ - ?.zen,
and his death is involved in mystery* a* It
was not thought he had an enemy living.-?
Wadcsborough (N. C.) Argus.
ArrKM pt to skt Firb.?An attempt wa*
made on Friday night last to fire the premise*
of Mrs. Samuel Parker, situated on the North
side of (Je.rrjje, near Ansou-street. Comhusti.
ble material, consisting of light wood and rag*,
were placed on the floor of an out house, the
light from which attracted the attention ofsome
of the household, when the fire was extinguished.?Charleston
Courier of Monday.
Missions to Orkgon.?The Methodist Mr#i
sions embrace six Missionaries and twelve o#
fifteen local Preachers. There are two Presbyterian
Churches, and one Congregational,
with seveu Clergymen ; the Baptists have two
Ministers and Churches, the Cumberland Presbyterians,
three ; and the Catholio Priests are
numerous.
Tub Statu vs. Ahchih, tub Wauonrr.??
Our Inferior Court was in session yesterday,
and, lor the greater part of the day, engaged
in a laborious but interesting investigation of
iKorniod naainst ihat well known and venera.
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bio citizen, 44 Archie the Wagoner." Archie
has resided among us for many year* past?,
unmolested in his peaceful avocation?except
perhaps an occasional intimation from sbfto
suspicious-looking friend that the law was not *
on his side, until within a few days past, he was
politely accosted hy Mr. Deputy Sheriff* Darri.
cott, and requested to answer to a charge or
violating the statute against working at large
and enjoying tho profits of his labor, without
any ostensible owner, and contrary to tho rrgi*'
try act44 in such cases made and approved.'1
In the language of Capt. Simon Suggs, he was
pulled up with a rhort jerk in the middle of bis
Kurroer.*' % >
Upon a patient hearing of the cause, and si,
ter speeches from astute counsel on either side, i
the court finally pronounced iu judgement that
the said defendant be sold ar a sjiayo on (be first M
Tuesday in 4i|?l0 He*'- Tho family uf our old