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DEVOTED TO SOUTHIERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, N DS, LITERATURE SCIEN. AND THE AIIIR5Edtr. WYI. J, FRLAliCIS, Proprietor. O g il OUP TERMS-Tw Del VOL. IVe SUMITERVILLE, S. C. 'AUGUST 7, 18. Two Dollars in advance, Two Dollars and Fifty-cents at the expiration of six months, or Three Dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontinued until all arreara ges are paid, unless at the option of the Proprietor. OTAdvertisentnts inserted at 75 cts. per square, (14 lines or less,) for the first and. half that sum for each subsequent insertion. ID The number of insertions to be mark ed on all Advertisements or they will be published until ordered to be discontidued, and charged accordingly. TOne Dollar per square for a single naertion. Quarterly and Mo: th'y Adver tisements will be charged the sane as a single nsertion, and semi-monthly the same as new ones. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for public offices or trust-or puffing Exhibitions, will be charged as Advertisements. 11TAll let by mail must be paid to insure pun attendance. 0T Rev. FERRDEIacK Rusu, is a travelling Agent for this paper, and is authorized to roceive subscriptions and receipt for tne salnci. From the Ainericam AgricuIltrist. The Farmer's Home. WnIAT place ought more deserved to be a place of happiness and peace, than the F.armcr's Home! It utands,'may be, upon the soil consecra ted by thQ labor of his' own parents' hatls;,lliowed by the recollection of his own' uiiiy childhood; endeared by the sweet memories of other days. If least his home.. It t'ritago of-earth's' s fit lbreath of the city's corrup timginle nces pollutes the free, fresh air which plays around it. The birds, near the windows, warble their morn ing and evening songs, and the setting sun throws its lingering shadows through the old trees that stand, (or wght to stand.) around it. And when the night time comes, and si lcnce takes the place of the busy hin of industrious hands, labor-brought sleep folds all within its embrace, un til the morning light brings again new labors and new pleasures. "uch is, or should be the farmer's home. Love of home is one of the strong est principles implanted in the mind by our Creator, and when cultivated, is productive of pure and natural en joyment. Thlie happiness of the do mestic circle has long been celebrated in poetry and in song. With how much beauty and truthfulness, the home-loving man alone can tell! But love of home and the domestic circle is not only productive of happiness, but of morality and virtue. This feeling, existing strong and unbroken in the minds of our children, is one of the surest safeguards against vice. It is one of the most powerful ties to bind them to the pure and true. Such being the case, ought not every parent to do all in his power to cher ish this feeling in the hearts of his children? Most certainly, yes! And how can it be done? By farmers, I moan, for it is for them ptarticularly that I am writing. And first, by way of illustration, lot me here briefly sketch two picture. In the foreground of the first, you will behold a two-story "shingle palace," standing close by the roadside, afford ing a fine passage for the dust at all times in stummer through the open doors and windows. A dark-red fence most securely incloses a small space, perhaps six feet wide, and just as long as the dwelling. Sonme re membranco of "long ago," in the shape of antique hog troughs, are carefully thrown down by the fence a few feet from the yard; while a troop of "aligator" pigs vigorously testing the strength of their respective lungs, wvear off what little fat they otherwise might have had by their incessant journeyings from the front door to their eating logs. No trees arc guil ty of overshadowing the spot; the the house stands "alone with his glory." On every side is shIown the most deplorable disorder and~ negli gence. The backside looks, if possi ble, worse than the front; and with its living ornaments of chickens ,geese, and turkeys, presents a very nmovinig Sspectacle. Uneven stones, laying upon slop-washmed ground, (devoid of grass- facilitate the inigress and egress of the inhabitants of this, alas, too-of ten-to-be-met-with home! But, kind reader, let us turn out attention from this unattractive pic ture, and gaze through those broad, green trees, upon that humble cot tage, which stands a few rods from the roadside.. You can just recognisc ts windows peeping forth from be. neath the luxuriant vines that almost conceal them, and the rustic portico is entirely covered by that beautiful trumpet vine, which, with its rich ver dure, forms such a cool summer res ting place. What a velvet appear ance the little lawn has, as it lays spread out before the door, dotted here and there with flower-covered beds, aut in the turf and shaded so beautifully by the mellow sunbeams, as they cast bright shadows over it fron between the broad branches of the trees that stand around it! How beautiful the whole appearance, as we stand here and breathe the fresh, pure air, which seems fresher and purer from having stopped a moment to play with those dark-green leaves, and kiss away the perfume from those beautiful flowers! Parent, bring your little child with you here, show him the two scenes, and judge by his actions which is most likely to culti vate a home feeling in his mind. But do you exclaim, "Yes, this is all very well for those who can af ford it, but I am poor, too poor to go to such an expense." Why, friend! there is no farmer too poor, in our free land- too poor to have a beauti ful home of his own; for it needs not wealth to make it peaceful and hap pv. God has scattered the means all around us, reid a little pleasant la bor will be sufficient to beautify and adorn it. ro a little ground arouid yogfa Hing for a lawn, wife and daughters will, I trust, glad ly attend to the vines and flowers. It will take but a little time, and once engaged in the work, you will reap a rich reward in the labor itself, and feel within you the happy feel ing which can only be felt in adorn ing and making more pleasant your hoime. True, the ground thus devo ted, might he more useful, in a mere dollars and-cents point of view, plant ed with corn; but if refinement of feeling and an increased love of home are any recompense for a few paltry' dollars and cents, then, this little spot will pay most usurious interest upon all the capital invested. If keeping your children from vicious influences, and teaching them to love their birth place, and care for its appearance is aught gained, then rich will be the yearly, yea, and daily return from this small spAt ! Gladly as they grow older will they tend, and still more beautify it; and ''I tome Sweet Home," will ever in their after life, exert its purifying influence upon their feelings, leading them to toil earnestly to make for themselves, in their second childhood, such a sweet resting place as that in which their earlier years were passed. Biut while I know that the externmal appearance of home, will not of itse-lt be sufficient to (do all this, yet I dle contend that if seconded by the amount of internal happiness which usual char-acter-ises our far-mers' homes, it wvilh do far- more than is gent orally believed. It will throw such a charm about home, that it will proeve plcasantter to our- sons than the tav er-n or- the gr-ocer-y. It will pr-esenit pileasures and amusements at, home, suilicient to satisfy the mids of our children; and they will gr-ow ump with larger hear-ts, with morc r-efined feel ings, with a stronger- love for- agricul turec. In short, better and pue for having lived in a home madle beauti ful by rural embellishment. Anid he lieving this? we believe the conclusion to which it inevitably lead 5 that it is a dutty which evdry farmer owes hia children. flhus to beautify his home. Cli on,) N.vY. I:~owi'a IN CORN ron iANsiI --When sowni broadlcast, even if if has reached a height of six or eightf feet, this is easily done by attachming one end of an ox chain to thceclevis el thme lhow, andl the othem- to thme beant wherec the couilter intersects it, throw inig the bight, or double part of th< chain, into the furriw at the -ighmt As this is dragged along, the stalks will be thrown down andl covered b~ the furrow. To finish up tihe work and cover any straggling leaves o1 tops, attach a light halter chain to the standard .of the plow, with a three pound weight at the dragging end, which throw into the furrow. This will effectually cover up all the crop left unburied by the plow. New way of Raising Pigs. Mit. WM. II. ROY, one of the most intelligent farmers of Matthews county, Virginia, has adopted the plan of seporating the sow from the pigs and suckling then at stated times just as is common with calves. When the pigs are one day old, it is very easy to turn the sow out and leave the pigs in the pen. The sow is turwgd in at night and out in the morning, and also at noon, during the ifancy of the pigs. By this plan, they can be the better fed than when together. It is needless to say that the kind kept by Mr. Roy are worth taking this little trouble with. They are Berkshire and grazier. Ile says that both sows and pigs do enough botter to pay for all trouble. Dr. Mallory, of Hampton, Vir ginia, has a new way of keeping both pi and negroes honest and out of mischief. Ile gives each man and woman two, and each working boy one pig in the spring of the year, and requires them to shut them in pens, each one's pigs by themselves and to keep them well furnished with materials to make manure. To each of these pigs is dealt out a daily ra tion of two efrs of corn, until "roast-. ink- ear time," and the owners are allowed to feed them all they will eat until killing time. The pork is then equally dividced,between master and servant who sellfhis part for cash. The doctor believs; the manure is worth as mouch as.the con Iyd duv MD. niti A4e Comic e iT 7 an - e I -the negro is not tempted to steal corn, perhaps, from the horses, to feed his pig, and besides, it is contra ry to negro na'ure to run away and leave a fat pig. Summer Pruning. This month, or the next, is the proper season for pruning fruit trees, and such others as shed their leaves in autum. In consequence of the downward motion of the sap, new wood is forned and a more perfect healing of the wounded parts takes place, than when the operation is performed in winter or spring. The branches should be pruned off close, and with a clean, smooth cut, without starting or bruising the bark. This may he done with a ve ry convenient instrument called a "pruning saw." It is constriuct ed of various sizes, with line teeth, anl is usually from 14 to 1 inches long. ilmerin -piuluris ) t I lor-i :a Maxmm.--.It is inisera ble ec'onmy to throw inanure out into the open air, and leave it exposed to all the v-ariationms of the weatheri till it is wanted for use. Sonie buil sheds over their hovel windows, to protect thieir manure heaps. This is a goo iunplroveiment, but a mnanuire elhir is b etter. lIANaixN( AMsOxOS-r Canow., 'Thle rookery in front of' the Uxbtrid ze Arms I lutel, in this town, was somec time ag-> the scene of' a mnost extra orid inariiy occurrence, whnch has beenci related to) us in the f~'owinI g mannei r: )ne morning a sol'itary~ cirw wa obiservedI adv-ancing towardIs the pla1c, and three of the tenanits of the sa id rookery sallied for'th toi mee't the apparen L t stI anger. TH e compan havin g entered the ha~llo wedl preciis c of the rookery,, amidst a god deal of"I ri etf)armis 1bornei~ to a tiree, where' his neck was lirm:ly ixedl betw~ieln two) branchles, andit while one ofi the eXeetitiouceis st o tioiied liimse I al it p, lie otheirs rende red mateia:l ser vic 1y suspending themselves a 'la 1 weigh t to thle feet ofC theC 11 unatuna te culprit. The woirk was soon accomn pdished, as life in a f'ew moments b e-nie totally extinet. 'l'hie cai-cass still reimaints danigling in the air, probably to serive as a warmninig for'i others. We arc Crei lbly inifor'med1 that this suimmry imode of judlicial adin~ist ration is by no imeanis an unusuial proceeding aimoIpt theso sagacious birds, several iinstain en of thue kind having beent knowin to occur in this identical rookery. - kScotch nianwr Connubial Incidents of the Mexican War. The editor of the Lowdil Courier, who served in Mexico with credit both to his sword hmd his fen, relatea some anecdotes of a 'brech of the treaty in Mexico, matrimonially con sidered.' lIe says the Qflicers of our army, though they well withstood the bullets and valor of the Mexican men, did not defend themselves so effectually against the bright eyes and seductive forms of tho Mexican women. Some of them were mar ried to Mexican girls, and some oth ers, it appears, ought to have been. Some of the ~Mexican ladies followed their false lovers to Vera Cruz, ex pecting to be taken to thg. United States, and others have pursued even across the GuilfC the nmn twhoe never retreated in war, but who faithlessly dlesertel their colors in love. The Courier says, we have receintly heard of two very interesting instances of this character. The one was that of a daughter of a Mexican 'merchant, who followed her Atneritn lover an oflieer in the arm v--to his home in the South ; and fihulius that he was (n <luty in California, she sent a relative after hiin to that Nistant re gion, with a complaint that lie had beeni guilty of al breacli df promise. 'Tie otiicer, fiinlii; no other way of. e capc, was compelled tar settle the afiair by the pavinent of sgveral thou sanl dollars--which lhoiipuld wel' alford to do. The other instance w t ".bo. a friend in New England1%o oamt attached, after a fashior' Qppg ih girl in the city of M his return, a Mex o'*. unexpectedy r settlcnenlt f the ma Our friencd--having some time since thrown away his character as an ofli eer in the army-had gone to Cali fornia ; ani the M exicam Ide; nipotemn tity, upon learnting time fact, started lli Isuranit oft him by the very next steamer. It ebance.l , lhowever-, that our ihtary frietil i as on his return Iho n'e, t6ml lt el his pursuer on his r-o.ute. As lie hapipesa to have a wife in Nw En zlanii 1, atl as th' panish lady :as a hishautl in Mex. co, We ( can I almil v think the case is amne that will rei'Ier it nece.ssirv for he l'reilenits of the two repub lies to interfcre in the imatter--> f'.ir, at ast, as that tne sihall : mahe :a retli il i g> pi1 the ( tier f thi e fugitive frti.nin atri nmiuy'a. The national trea tv is likely to start i. not wi:h3standim3' snehlr al :pparint iiolivin.l breach f the mnatriin 'in ial contract. How to C.-lh.t bai De' ts. Ja x WN1.. Ai \ ! I : I ; m ,i I11,n ft Cit -s I n t -' I I "!1 " 3' (i .Pii~ :.. . 3 i 1 I . : "c (d ir ( i l t 1 , t 1 : -' r ' ni : 3 An nea3~.ui: II. ' e on i !- I~ ~ p ues u. ~ n-, CL!. T,! :urn 1h d yteia -IN a e . \n -r i " a . A e a r- p u h! i ! . I3 ~ j J I I . . l'n 13hind, 3 no I I nui 'l :M.3 n bub bu to .i iu-33 ' :1 '' ' 7 j'1. 'i who the33 Tau on p tha aclot [hear hear1i.'( iv 313(33 n1)aol toiigZgii re ov i i from one ~ p i-r t to oth (r lmth n gai. h ilws .nu .m iTu utothn er case. Murat was for some time King of Naples, placed there by Napo. leon. While in Italy he seized and up. plied to his own use the property of certain Atmericans. In a short time hIe wars expelled....more he was shot. The inovitarble consequence, so far (s Amer. ica is concerned, followed. The bill was sent in [a laugh.] But, says the legitimate Neapolitan government "This wits done by a usurper, and we have shot him." Says A merica,'Cnn't help that-pay.'' And so the money was paid, under a threat that ifit were not forthcoming an A mdrican fleet wouhl be despatched to Naples (hear.] Hlow came it, sir, that the excitablc dis. position of gentlemen on this side of the house never took any notice of cases such as these? Popping the Question. The following is the confession of an old bachelor, who describes hinsclf as being now so dried tip, that he is little t.eter ithn a mummy, and expects, soie of these r:-s, to be blown away into dust. fie ad"ises nil voting men to get married, and tel is them hots to manage the 'courting.' The old fcillow speaks like one who knows, though he has a touch of the crab-apple in him; perhaps he got jilted wlien young, not. withistandiig ihe pretends to be so an 'Now, gentlemen this going a court. ing is nothing to he a (raid -of, if, like t mle, one untierstands how to do it. I n't menn ito boast, but-the fact was -in my young days I was tip to a thing i or two. in the first place, give out tlt r you are a marrying man ! It will smooth th dillicubties wuoniderfiully. lrothers will invite you to dinner-ntunmmns isk their sng your la vorite songs, yoiropipiin will be asked on all points, t sjciifIthe frily havb'a cougttry scat, you wangtherr ny~atuirny nighit aut , ay tdfIg,;Mond ,k -aunm LloritiW3Iy tib lit o a i biaRt chance nneetingI it eaniy morning in the arderi, or a summer afternoon togeth. er in the n!coves does the business. To tell the truth I never cnme so near go. a ing as when I spenit n week i the coun - try with a br idesinaiel I had waited on; there wars a porch alm lost buried in hon eysuckle, behind the house. and adjoin ing the garden, which was a perfect paradis. Theire we used to sit, and one day. if it hadn't been that the old ;entliiain w ~oke from his nap and c throw up the parlor -window, just as I (ot his l:htlt.r's hand in mine, the g1ntio1n wiouIi have popped itself . '1.u'i stare; h t I r-peat, it worilu l have t.pppl itsef. iThe fact is-he, twe(n (r.el yes, those things comes as. tonishing natural after all, quite as if c ono was bitrught up to them fron in child. Dot t trouble yourselves about ho4w youe look, or what vou shall sav the lst thin-; you cain d'o, is not to think of tihe miatter ati all, hut make a plunge amt once, :mali then the busines- is soon )Ver. Tlhere area a thousand ways to Iup the jiiestio~n, ns there are a th:an 5:1l ways to make love. Some do it wh 41r y im:iil pu1hc-e-sumr choke for wonir ntl stiek fist-sonme deliver a c t s;we eh. :d lIok- fir a (ch-ad spot on the e.rp - tto 1o down on their knets, :m~c nme glide. ini~r it gr.ttlimrlly, like a harwk nrrowingL Ihis ':vnrtions before he ops, thre paor girl sitinirg beside hbar all th- time-, lher hrart finittorini. in h -r to h'hee like- a fli ihternd bird. I've i :arl of onue or two poor sinlners w'ho o4 pp-tI thne quiestin ini thet street. There-s only on wal vLy mrore certain1 to iinsure a refusal, andl that is to propose in a letter. A womiani-Iet her love whIen 'lhe (c01n1s serirnusly, to thinik of h-avig her parenrts to trust hr all w'ithr a t'ompa~lrtive %'tranger, andiu if youn give heir tines to bok art t's' mautters coolly. i. nm mmon she'll givo you a dej-nia--l :n hlm man it, tand liav, sten thre .mul, Ied t-m t.-llI you, thre tairl who vi-Ihls ini t.-ar-, 'in a nrm-onlig eveninig, wrmnid writ- ni r-vil reftneal orn an eorpiv. tal a ,w i r th mi Nt mo tlrin aftner br'akfa-st. A\ttl then wvha.t au fol a 14). n r mikes of im--l I eti paper ! I r eid e im - lii. rs t- othemr day---then godts to l I the yongi a heingtfL ln~nt-nII th< y tnsk, is tor b- h.-ft ttore-amrt if th- r- tare any m.i ddlhini yonv ters lhim, hae themr putt to bedt, or <bonwn. e l, it dlon't muatter wich, Sto thety're4 out of th' wayV. t inly give to lovers fair play, k itk yo4i ur tch. minrg nlulits to tihe dleue, andt rmy I, fe orr it ! thre rmost heiioure wili fimhi a wayv of laeing ruttler stood, ee ,ifut Ii ke old Sir lsrnoe New tin, theyv have to mauk-' love withr their feeti. It mray coume ratheri odd at first, but they wvil sit ho-oking int., each rthr (r '-s eyes I nti, byV and1 by, their hanrds will soa Ih- w, stea1 ito. eachj 0 l( ote. no I sno, gm-niing cosien r no cosier, tire qui est in, whlen theyt- leaurst expe-ct it, will pop out, like a cork from an chamopargne bottle. It will pop itself.'" lie thatt pryethr into a cloud may be ticken with a tidm-bt. [From the Boston Atlas.] The Caso of Professor Webster. STATEMENIT OF TifTE DISSENTkNG CoU.NCL MAN. The undersigned, dissenting f'rom the conclusion arrived at by the committee on pardons, in the case of John W. Webster, and perceiving that he stands alone at this board in his opinion, asks leave to submit in writing, as briefly as possible, the reasons of his dissent, and requests that they may be placed on file for future reference. In examining the case of said Web. ;ior as it was presented to the court and jury, the undersigned was struck with he insufficiency of evidencn to prove premeditation and malice, as well as the Ibsence of any adequate motive from wvhich those all important elements n the crime of wilful murder could be lairly in ferred. It did not sr Cm reaso-i. tble to him that a man occipyiig the osit ion of Prof. Webster-in possession if a considerable amount of propery n receipt of a large incom)-surroun. led by wealthy friends-could risk eve. ything valuable, life included-either or the purpose of revenging himself ipon an importunate creditor, or of re casing himself from a paltry debt of es s t hem $600. Now, if he had become Adeed so lost to all moral sense, to all egard for his own reputation and life, > all care for the welfare and happiness f his family-did it seem reasonable hat ho should have made an assignation r the purpose of deliberately commit. ng murder, at noon-day. and in his own lice, where he was liable to interrup on and exposure at any moment. And side from all this. It seemed still more nreasonable that a moan of his great hemical knowledge, kniwing as he. did to means whereby a body could been. rely destroyed in a few hours, should tve premeditated such a crime without shig hisdposwledgeg and providin the lants (whti md .' have in vdta y ic 'panic i fknoiwn roughness of r. 'arkman to delinquent debtors, and the rritable temper of Prof. Webster, that n interview sought by the latter for the urpose of endeavoring to make new )arns, or to obtain a delay in payment, uight have ended in a quarrel, a violent .ow, and sudden death. The undersigned is aware that the obsegnent conduct of Prof. Webster, is tiode of disposing of the body, his onice;limenet of the transaction, and all im subterfuges, evasions and falsehoods e has resorted to. give the case a dark r aspect, and predispose many honest inds to a harsh judgnwnt; but le be eves that the crime chargol upon him), >r whicih he alone was tried, should be onsidered without reference to these onotitants, which may be looken pen as the natural results of his first eparture from the path of truth an I uity; or, perhaps, as the violent but ill. edged attempts of a man to save his life hen placed in a situation of immiiineint eril by a rash act of his own, and de iived at the s:ne time of that high torial courage, so necessary to :suide no- in such a situatioi arighit. These n:a (ort an element in considering to what extent puttnislnent shtuild he .bat d, bult shoul have no weight inl esti, nttoting the true nature of the origial rime1) whtich t her f'ol !iwed. Tecornfessio'n of Prof. WVebster thte mdtiersigited btelieves to he true, because is a contsistent statemen~it by itse'lf; he0. anse it is cosisto:nt with tihe evideneco odu tced to ithe jutry, anad becaus~e it is onsoistenit with hitmant natuore; and~ he as, besides, good reason to belIieve that C wVoul ni rot have~ been dli vuiged, nor11 ntaOde the ba~se of act ion in this case, had niot beeni fojr an accident al remaucrk of is own, whIichI re.achted thet ear of Itis pii ritualit adviser a fter the con fi-ssion hadl ee-on miadhe. The imaprolbaiities in ii chieb' have dra wn .so st rongly~ thte at teni. itn of the (:onittee, ando induce~d t hem o withhlsodl thir belief ini its trutht, are, ot his m id strong ev idlence or its trat b; br it Prof. Webst-er is ithe fhr.siirbted, rt fal mati nvhich lhe miust Ite co nsidered,. ft lthat cnfIssion wats made to be used or h lis ow n bene fit a ftern all othter hopes iod lailed-, these improba ilities wou.ld mve have aplpeared in it-he wotuho miye mande t he watchI to it thoeC cse. lut that con fessiont hao no other influ. -lice tupon thle undsers;igne~d than t to cont. irmt hiis pre viousl v tormetd juidgmentt, itnh thlerie fore he deems a futrther exam-i nati'on of it tilnnecessary. lint, in thte opiniont of' the unde rsigvn '(d, thtere is atother poimi which de. nandios ser~ius consbule nrititn Under1! lhe Itawv-os Itaid dlownt in this~ ease byx he court-a julry is b'ounda to bring ini a ,odict of wvilflt mlntor in all caises of' imer(t homicidle, untless the accused enn trove Imsel1f in noctt. If a man is ittacked inl ally place where there is no wVinss', andl in dlefendling htimseltf kills 'is assailant, lie is liable to be executed tor miurder; lie may prv his in r-enlce, but his chtances for dloing so are very small. The law presumes malice wmhen thte homicide is p)roved, and thus inliable to create thoecrimo of' wilful mturder ot of jnstiliable hnomlid. if' in this case, Dr. Parkmqn.ihad ben the aggressor. not in words onlyi' btttd followed them With blowu, ns4Yf Prot fessor Webster had In self= kiUs led him, the result would f ben thn same; the ability of Websti o prove the facts, and thereby estabFish his innot cencei would have been in.no mannet increased, and he would stand where he now is, with his lire Forfeited, for doi an act which the law Would justifyif the truth could be tnado to appear. T he construction of the law seems to reverse the two reat maxims: 1. ,That every matt shall be held innocent until lie is Droved guilty; and T That it is better for the guilty to escape than for the innocent to be punished. in itsjeal Ots care to punish the secret murderet' in its fear that he should escape'some part of his deserts for want of sufficient evidence of malice, it waives ihorneces. sity of proof, pnd thereby puts .tbeiutnoi cent and guilty into the same position, jeopardizing the lire of the former to prevent the escape of the latter, 'This may be necessary as a rule; to the proper administration ofjustice, because no rule can be made to bear equally. upon cases which are In themselves dlifferent; but ifthis be conceded, the un. dlersigned cannot but believe that in alt cases of conviction under this ruB.i the pardonin power is lily-justilled(ifit be not its imperative luty) inanitigating the punishment awarded,, wherever there is n reasonable provability that the Crime was not premeditated or inllioi . :us. In conclusion, the undersigned- is aware of the necessity of great caution n interfering with the d of ourts and juries; but to atthe xecutive is in no case to in una ess some now evidence appears 'Which would have been admitted by the'o rr is legal. and which entirely chan ippearance of-the case,js h fad arepostoro , while he tonsz many cases grants relief withe a - such testimony. But the. undersigned Joes believe it to be the duty of the ar. toning power thus to net, and by inak. ng distinctions which the rigid rules of aw will not permit the eourts to make, It times, and merely as acts of justice; o mitigate punishments which-appear .o be disproportioned to offences. It is i rule of law, as laid down in thi yase, that "no provocation with words nly will justify a mortal blow,' and it is liflicult to conceive how this rulecan de wisely altered. No matter, thet, what amount of provocation is offered, mnd words will sometimes kindle .a iercer fire than blows. ifa mortal blow s proved, the jury must bringin aver. diet of guilty; and thus, a man "gtaded o frenzy by intemperate, perhaps 'maw :, ;ous words, who In that moment of . ..zy strikes a blow which proves nortal, is held subject to the same puna shment as the cool, deliberate, mid. night assassin. Is there no moral difference between iuch cases ? Will justice say-when freed from the shackles of legal rules-& ihat the same punishment shall be awarded to both ? The undersigned thinks not, and he believes that. when oth are punished the designs afjustiou a rr def'eated, and a great wrong is dono, H~e believes that in the case of Pearsan, the conmmittee came to the rightooncli. maon. for a clearer ease of' deliberate, premeditated, midnight assssinatien, ncever was prov'ed; it stands out in all its horrible features, plain as the nogi. clay Sun in a cloudless sky, there is niot a shadow about it, not the slightest tting nupon which to hang a doubt. T'hea to him, adegnate motive, the deep tha ice', the cunningly devised plan to cot mit the murder and escapo punishment, aure all cle'ar to the meanest apprehen. seon. TPhe case of' Webster is wholly ditferent; here there appeare no.ado. quao moie, no pre-existing rhialide, nodeliberate :md careftul prepaeglieon, choosing the hour of' midnight ror the deed, no exorcise of great science hn is master of, to destrov the evidence of'the crime and secure his own safety. The undersigned sees nothing in it that is vecry consistent with the theory of' mil. iceand promeditatien----nothing in it inconsistent with the hypothesis that he gave a tmortatl lhow in retgrn for sting ing. insulting words; andenhlieving, as he does, that such is the truth, he derns it a ease where the pardoning power * should interpose, not to stop ihe course oif justice, but to perform am outr ini it self just to the prisoner, and just -to the commoniwealth, by substituting thn peJn. ishment of imprisonment for that* of death. U. F. COrINtANr~ The fbliowving tonNt Wafpf* a the celebrationq o te,4thfn'bekafort: By Stephmen-1ilot, Jr. lt npro. mism: Let it bebhred ende.tht the Clay, wvhcinje itrigiid By . G. Barnwvelk4 ho Gom. n romiset A Fooi b ihich Southern traitors wtdombto pow.