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W kOIC 'Daily Tribune, of the 22d inot.,ioAins the anouncement of the ar. est 4fa notorious gang of desperadoes, ;wvho have fo a year or.more ilfested'Jack. oM Couty, Michigan, ani by their lawless. nets reotered themselves a terror to all. Wo iriely, announced on Haturday, says the Tribune, the arrost of a gunig of men in ackon county, who were organized for thevmost nefarious purposes that depravity could sog eat. FAr the last year or two Mh etal Railroad Company haLve been' constantly annoyed along the line by per-. sons whose sole occupation seem# to be the placing of obstructions on lthe road, and otherwise destroying the property of the I eompany.--Some four weeks ago, however one of the persons employed by the Com-. t ipany obtained an inkling of th organiza. tion, and by adroit anagenent succeeded in working himself into the confidence of the ifiltiated. But before they would trust him to any .siderable extent, it was re nirod as proof of his allegiance, that he I should fire the Dupot at Niles, onl a cer tahi iliglht. Tho night came, to ward ofTsspeion or betrayal, as well as to secure th full con. 'fidence 6f the gang, the depot was fired, all necessary precautions having been made c toaversany serious damage to the hnild ings. The news that the depot at Niles had been set on fire, but fortunately discov. cred in time to prevent its destruction, at once gave to the new recruit the fullest confidence of the gang. and he nas at once -,lidmitted to the fullest confidence of the t gang; and lie was forthwith admitted to the most secret councils of the lending desper ldoes. Counterfeiting, horse stealing, in cendiarism, burglary, robbery. and the smallest petty larcenies were sworn objects of tilis ihutrous orgaiization. One of ' 'their iesigts was to bow tipa tiae track and %ears by an' ingeniously contrived torpedo, "sn Trranged as to be fired by the locoto. 'live and to explode whade the passenger car . should be over it. The iniformanit continn od to act With them utitil hu had procured -'Ithe names of 30 or 40 of the conspirators, )their places of residence, &c , whteh were r'incipally in Lecta, C.-:ntre, Jackson anad etroit. Before plans had been matured 'or his arrest, the notorious Joe Dows, who, it is said was the General of the ganag, was tak en from Detroit to l'ittsbm'g, one : requisi . tiop from thie Governor of l'eisvivanin, andi the conna d of the gang fell ti:o:a one 0. D. Williams, then in this citv, but a re- t aildent of the State of New YorK-. l The ariest of Williams was maide by Win. 11. Goodnow, of the custom house, who was acting as United States marshal, and Williams was brought back to Detroit t on Saturday nighat. On Friday night, the time it had been .greed upon to manke the arrests in the in. t terior, an extra train of cars was sent out t 4ron titis city, with a large number of of1. cers and assistants, andl such were the ar vangemonts carried out by leaving squads e along the line. that at Leota, f.ichigan, I .Centre and Jackson, 33 men were arrested Bitnultaneously, about day-hreAk oan Satur- I day morning, and brought in and lodged in 0 jiil. Atuong the prisoners are three justices 1 of the peace, five phyvcians, one judge and 0 four constables, the latter beelongotag to the f township of Leona, not an officer . ~ which from supervisor down to postiater, b ~'~I"UTHE flBATENED Cu NV Ast -XA n. MtEST OF THlE ALLEGED CONSP'IRATORS 15N NEWV YOax.-COSTINUATON OF TIlE Ex. e CITEnIF.NTr. &tc.-At, an early hour yester- q day, Mr. Tallange, the Unaited States ~ Mat shah, assisted by ihis efliciet deptieas, e Messrs. Talmadge, Th'iompson, Brown, Rakielewitz, and WalIsha, were busily en- hb *aged in the arrangement of plans to effect r the arrest of the alledged ringleaders of e .the Cuban expeditiona, the facts of whin we have previously ulluded to; buta. in order 't obtaina the correct, tnframation as toa whom the parties were, said to be engage~di in this enterprise, it was found expedaent toa, adopt a method lay whitch it could be asc'er tained wvith certainaty, anad in order to e ffect r that object, Deputy Rt kielewitz disguised himiselt as oneo of the emnigi ant Germans,t and proceeded to Sonth Amblov, and~ theree mingled amonag the mien whao wvere congre. gated in that vicinaity, ready for the emabairk ation. Oan coanversiing in Glercani with these men, the officer soon 1seertaine'd thei nanmes of certain persons in New York, who were said to tie the leadinig parties in jhe cot templated invasion. Accordinioly five of these men were ma- I keon, by an invitation given lay the otlicer, and conveyed before Mr. Nelsona, the Unaitedal :States Commiissouner, befeare whoma certaint1 affidavits were pareferred, anad warranats is-. * sued foar the followinrg unmoed persotns: John L O'Sulhvani,, (son-mn-law of jar. J. Koarney Roigers.) WVilham~ T. Jiorigers,. -Jun., (ophiew of said Dr. IRodgers,) 1:ny tain Lewias, captaina of the ste~iamboat Cleo patra, and formerly captain of the Creole, mn the former expaeditaon, Mujor I.onis I $vchesinger, one of the Iluntgarian patriots; I Dr. Daniel II. Buartniett, at oald resident of this city; Peda'o Santenez, a Spaniard of *s omae rote in this vicinmity. All these per anawere arrested durinag the day land even. ing, the last arrest beinag miade abotL 8 e n'lock. The charge a'ledgead against them,'in substtaince, as set forth ini the war rant or arrest, read as taluows : "That the above niamned paartiesi did, bay thaemnsehves, and in conjannetiona withi others, at the city of,Newv York, in the Monthaern istrict of' New Yoirk, sadid provide and prep-are the -means' for admilitary expedition or enter prise, to be carr'ed oni frmi thle said United JNtatou, against the territory or domnaion of aier Majesty the Queen of Spain, with sv'.om the said United States aro at pnee, ;snd more particularly against the Island iof Cuba, in the possestion of suc-h territory *and dominion of the Qnateen of Spain afore said-contrary to the conatract of the 6tha section~of the neuntrality act of' the 20th of April, 1818." '[Tao parties a beve niamed, as arrested, were at onace convcyed before the Marshtal, wheore they were detaned, anid C~ omissioner Neon vet faor to adajuidi cate on the malter; hut after waitmng for some two or three htoura, the metssa niger returned, saying thatu the Cotmmnissioner could not be founid. A messenger was then despatched for Com~missioner Briuhghuma, whoaa forthwith at - tenled.. Tiho charge was theta presented befoare himn by Mr. Everns, the l)istrict At torney; and the prisoners were held to bail each int time sum of $3,000~t, to answer tea ate charge at coutrt. Dr. Itodlgers, whot laud Jaen sont fear, thten enteredi anto theC reqluired -ofrl for the appaearance of Mr. O'Sullivan jOn :his nephew, Wat. T1. Rtodgers; anal a t.Pean bocatito surety for l'edro es Drluarnett was allowed to do ;rhothe custody of Ito Depauaty Marshal untlItnaday; andic Cpptain I,ewvis it td Ma jsdahoihesiger. weorr commraittedl teo jail mt dofati .iaf bail. During the dlay, the Mart lnlidfqr a detachmrenmt of maarines to afo/, rgoofthe steiamIl,oat Cleopatra - Coming<4ore salters faorthawith grantted thue ie vessel is now under their charge, I I I it the foot of North Moore street..--. !Fera, 271h inst. [From the Mobile Tribunae, April 27.) TRIAL oF ARBONA AND ESTRALL.-The ral of these men, charged with the feloni. us homicide of Stephen Hernandez, elicit. d a great deal of interest. The large asement story of the Alhambra building vas crowded froin the tine they were rought down in the morning until after 10 'cluck at night, when the jury brought in heir verdict, all eager and anxious to see he men and hoar the circumstaices con. ented with this horrible murder. The risoners throughout the whole trial exhibi. D I the most surprising levity, and seemed he least concerned of any of the vast crowd ri the room. The evidence was about tie ame as the preliminary examination disclo. ed, which we have before given a sy opsis of It was thu desire of Estrallo, who the older one of the prisoners, and is ap. arontly about thirty-five years old. to turn tale,s evidence against his comnFanion, but lolicator Ilatt, having sufficient testimony without him, declined his kind offer. Arbo a has a very youthful appearence, and ays that he is only about nineteen years il. Neither of them seemed to be sufficicattly ware of the terrible ordeal through which lbcy were pas,ing-an ordeal one of the tost appalling ever invented to test the ht thmt feelings or try the i.inan character. Vhile the jury were out deliberating upon heir destiny, they laughed and talked with heir acquaintances around them, nud indul. ed in the luxury of a cigar. They seem d to be pleased and interested at the for aal proceedings of t he court, and took it as matter of amusement, rathe*r than a sol. m1in inqcuesit upot the butchery of a fellow. itizen, and they seated as criminals to an wer the charge of being the actors in the readful tragedy. The evidence closed about six o'clo( k, nd after a short reecss the argutent of ounsel nmmenced. Col. Platt represent. d the state with his usual ability, ainel his ust spech particularly was characterized y great force and energy and the coiclt inn seened to be irresistible, viz: that the irisoiers murdered Stephen IIernandez. I presented the evidence in such a man. er that it had the appearance of a coin lete and perfect syllogism. Alessrs. Ite ier and Blocker did all for them that it vere possible to do under such a mass of stimiony against then. It w'is indeed an phi defence. Thaejury in their mercy spared the lives f the prisoiers, and consigned them to l or for the state in solitary confinement for ie tern of their natairal iives. Murder in lie first degree is the only offence known a our statutes for which juries have a right a say what the punishament shall be, and ien the choice before them is death or a fetime imprisonimnent in the penitentiary. TinE EvEi.AnEs.--Gov. Brown return d fron South Flor'da last ight, in excel mt preservation, sun-burn, tanned and eartaer than we have seen hint for years. [is visit lihs been an exceeding pleasant ae. The generous hospitally of the citi eas of AMourae left nothing undone to take it agreeable, aid he speaks warmly [ the overflowing kindness which itct him -om all quarters. The Governor mtade a very considerable lr'ration of the everglades, and the opin. s as, t Chu.. . n;M1(ca ble, but, if It could be f''e. o dep.~at laid bare wvoulhd be found to be purely vegetable decomposition, light noughrt, when dry, to be blown aw;,y, and uite as combustible as leat. Tihe ever lades are interspersed n"oth nuaimaros hannels anmd basitas rf a depith belowv the ivel of th-e ocean;, wvith a limtestne or saand ottom, and wvhere the abs nce of tall cur ent p-.rmits the vegetable deposits to aac 'umulaate to a greater or less depith, it is till so loo and tusubstantial that many ears exposure to the action of the sun anid tmotasphere will be. necessary to impart to It lie gntal it ies of soil. By adeepening the 'uileots to the sea, the watiier of the ever ~ladles cauild be amteria.ly lowered so as to ',chim land abot the mtaargmn, atnd adrain hie numneroas islanuls intterspe'rsed throngh Mas great waste of waters; baut nothinig more an tbe alone. The waters of the everglades oem wieth fish of' m-miy varieties, and in uch nubersa, one atnust see to believe. ,Vitha sptear t he ti beran m aay load hais boat a a few momatenats. Wiald fowls are there it such'l numterouas flocks, as almiost to adar. en the sun; and gamte is aubunidant ont the slanads. Adld to tese, te indigenious rowth (if Coonti or arrow root, ot wich lie Iad anma akes his tireaid, atid the attach-. nteit o~f the savage to sucht a spot is easily inderstoiod. To him it is atlmiost a paraalse. Ta'llaimneec Senind. Professor Page's Magnetic Locomotive. Oin a secondal rialI on Nhoonday the Wiasht. Ogion lRepubbec saysa th lo~licomotive ran at a heo rate o~f nt:neteen mtiler ainaor, or scv anteena mliles faster thi:ma the greiatesit speed teratoifore aittainued, the trip binig mtadle o lilensbturg, in despite oif htindiran'es mtd delays, an onme hmintear less thtan two ours, thle great pri nciple beinag estabbilsheid fiat a locom: tive ont thle parmniple of Priifes or Pamge's canm be tmade to travel ninteteen nies uan hour. 'l'iE ,SEA GiviNG UP ITs TnEcASUntE.--The Plymtoutha Memaorial says: "hlauring the gale of last week, a qan-ti ity oif iniseed oafittame aishnoen mte brak yrs, at Maanment Ponols. Te oil was int 'arty gallon caska,14I of wvhtich were rolled upon ;hie shore in safety, butt several enas, a v-re bnrst by beinig udashead against the -ocks. TIho rasks 'hat were saved. con. ained abotat 3(0 gallons of aoil ,ch, which rovedl to lie ini good condeitiion. JTe con-. lition of thec casks was such, ats tio rend~er t cert ainm that thIey hadt beena ini the wat er a great whale, perhaips umny years. 'lThe Miter saurfaice of the casks was conasidlera-. dly decayed, amid there were faiur ridges ot ronl rust o~n eachi, which were the oatly rein tmnts of what were otnce iroin hioops. Th'Ie ::asks wiere covered with atrnces." The Bostoni Advertiser thiuiks then aboave same from thle brig I lad lhmder of Boa .oat, fromt Rotteram, whlich was capsizead amad sunk itn Massachiusetts Day, about teat years since. 'JTbc breakuing upi oif the ves5 aol, wicha wats hasatoned lay the L'ale, prob ably disenrgae te casks fromt thin ho'd, mni being haghter thant water, thacy rauso toi lthe surface. S~OFA MADE OF CoaL.-The Fife Adlver liser, inireferrinag tona peculaiair chatractens. ic oif fte coal foundma itt thatt idistrict, wich sanm he converteid ito all soarts of articles >f hiouisehomld furnaiture, &c., states tat a genatlemann of ahant place is now etigagead in lie miiantufacture of a sofia, wholly comnposedl if coual. The front aranads are becautaful ly worked in thle omannrer of the~ richly car ved fhiures thatt appear so frequtently in liiysad'w remmans of ancienat Baliylon. TIhe receoipts for toll rit thin tharee tmiles' mow comiplntedl of the Jllamiburg and Eidge. ield pluank road, is stated by thae lluriig !Rpnaiican to be at te nabe of ten pier cent, THE SUMTER BANNER. Sumterville, So. CL J. S. G. RICHARDSON, E W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, i Etros. WEDNESDAY, MAT 7, 1851. QW' Messrs. A. WHITE & Co., arc Agents for the Banner in Sumtervillo. Time Market. CorrTo.-A good demand prevailed in Charleston on Saturday for Cotton. Prices were more regular than on the preceding lay, with Fair at 10 1-4c. The transac. tions were as follows:-.13 bales at 7; 32 at 7 1-4; M at 7 14; 28 at 7 3-4; 89 at 8; 59 at 9; 25 at-9 1-2; 10 at 9 5.8; 250 at 9 3.4; 207 at 10; 81 at 10 1-3; 501 at 10 1.4; 100 baes at 10 1-2c. ve have received a copy of the Consti tution adopted by the Southern Rights As sociation of the South Carolina College, to which are appended the names of 110 stu dents who compose the Association. The pamphlet contains an address from them to the students in the colleges and to the young men generally in the Southern States, reviewing vLry ably the wrongs of which the South complains and with great fervor appealing to therm to unite in maintaining Southern Rights and honor. They have adopted the resolutions of the Association of the University of Virginia, the 3rd of which is " Resolved, That colnpromises and renonstrances having failed to check the onward march of fanaticism, our only safety now seems to be in * State action ' in support of which we pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." A favorite thrust at the denouncers of the Compromise is that they and the Aboli tionists are occupying the same ground of opposition to the adjustment, and looking forward to the same end, a dissolution of the Uniun ; and thus the odium of alliance and sympatLy with Abolition is sought to be cast upon them, while the Compromi. sers claim that they alone are maintaining Sout hern rights. The truth is that not one in a thatusantd of the Abolitionists but would lament over the dissolution of the Union as the destruction of their fondest hopes, for it is only in this Union, and by the aid of tie Union, that they can expect to abolish slavery; and more than this, not one in a thousand of them but would have preferred ite Compromise legislation of Congress to no legislation at all on those subjects ; though not going far enough, it was on tle whole an advance. The oppo sition to the Compromise made by Free soilers and abolitionists was really that they might, with consistoncy and show of rea sua, aerha ' ld aivan. for the rvsan Std 'ehorwhatov er migh~t be considered (&I lejIth slavery : and they are now mustering their forces fom a repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. The A bolitionists htave more power in the North titan the Southern people generally are aware of. Their sentitnents are almost universal there. Scarcely ten men can be found there wvho do not think sLavery an outrage on humamity and wvho are not in favor of such legislation as will pot an end to it. The great difyerence among thtem is as to the haste anel directness of thtat legis lation. PTe Abolitionists, proper, are rasht atnd counot upon unlimited stubmnission by the South ; the rest are moore or less timid and feamr to lash the South to madness thtey wouldi proceed cautiously arxd imper. ceptibly atnd they often turn indignantly uipon tihe Abolitionists for their undisguis. edness or action. The principles of Aboli. tioni underlie thme whole Northern feelings and opinionls and the whole South sees anid tfears it ; but the Comiprotnisers incessant. jy assert tint the people of the North are right andI will show thmemselves loyal to the inws andi oppo~sedl to any further agitation on this subiject ; anmd, for thte purpose ot contvitcing us of thme truth of these asser tions, thety would shut out all testinmony thtat would prove tihe contrary. When a crowdl of free :egrons, in Boston, rescuied a fugitive from the otlicers of the law, the! Presidentt andI Mr. WVEITEZ said thtat they were satisfied that the people oif Blostoti were averse to any sucht outrage ; whmen tihe out rage could not hamve been successfuml. ly cotmmitted if tht' peopleu of IHoston had] been opposedl to it. It is a con!stanlt ef1ert on thie part c1 Chopromisers to iel tide thte Southi as to thle rue senttimnent at thew Northi ; anmd for thte reason, that none of tihe slave-hmolding .States would have acceptedJ thte Cotmpro. tnise bumt as ani enidmg of all agitation otr the subject, and resistance wvouldi be gen,. eral if thme trute feclhags and intentions ol th Northlerni peop1)e were kno. We d1e ntot won ler thtereforo at the fol lowing ehbui lition of ill hmummor on the part of the Rich 'VT .Southecrn Rightfs Alssociation, o Ilmids c'outty), Alississippi, ha~s b~een con v'tctedi of subscribing for several of thte viles a bol it ion sheets pubb shed in the' cout try for the pturposet ot circutlatinig themt atnmj the peopmle. 'The otbject, of course, wvas t< heighuten the exasperationi felt towards the North1. $much conduict deserves universal exoc rat ion. Now~ it is nto dotubt unfortunate thast, t< smake certntin the punishtument of rogues, we have somnotimnes, for want of other testimto nty, to indluco so'me of theoir number to be come States.evidlence. itt, witen tht purposes of .lustico demand thmis, can it bi dishonorable ! But why shottld it lbe diis gracefuil, execrable, to take a paper whticl is circulated openly in tite North, anti whicl its pubhlisher must of his own accord send, knowing wvhither it is bxmind, we cannol see. In such contduct certainly there is not time turpitude of espionage ; it is onh: Zoing to the fomntain to ascertain thte trute natura of th waters. The tr~uth is that for Southorne to be eay and contented in this Union, icy-must be entirely igno. rant of how Ih North foels and how it pur. d poses to act, a any effort made to obtain' I more light on ais all important subject is I sure to arouse te te.ror and indignation of a those who are jr the Union lot what will a come. The Sulremacy of the Law. It should be watirying to all, whose be. a lief in the loyalty of the Northern people to 1 tihe laws, has been unshaken, to find in re. a cent events in Nassachusetts tihe triumph. ant vindication 4f their aspersed faith. In that Free-soil arti Abolition State, in Bos. ton itself, the nursery of those fair and love. ly plants, tihe sulrenmacy of the laws has not only been assertal but maintained ; the law loving citizens live ventured to face the abolitionists and flhe negro mobs and send back to his Geergian master a fugitive slave. fin this important crisi;, when an. archy and good onter scemn struggling with each other in a doubtful contest, the tri ummph of tihe latter,even in a simple instance, is matter for gratulation. But this triumph a goes even fartherand is still more signifi. cant. In many of hir acts, extending through, some years past, Massachusetts has evinced a lessening of her attachment to this Glori. nts Union, she Ins seemed indifTerent to lier obligations as a member of it and thus has weakened lie ties which bound the f States together: she has e.xhibited such C hostility to the peculiar institutions of- the 4 Southern States that they have even t thought of parting company with her as a r dangerous ally. But lier feelings have at q last been touchid; like men generally. i who seem unmindful of their blessings un- I til they are deprived of them, our common t history, with its g!orions memories, time a value of our Unicm, under which we have i enjoyed so much liberty and from which i havo flowed so iauch prosperity and great. , ness, seemed tohave been forgotten by ier, and -he lhas bemr squandering iiwat was priceless for the gratification of time mere whim of a momcnt. IIappily, before it was too late, her sensibilities have been to.oched and ier better, mire generous feeling.s have been called forth by the coldness evinced by tihe Southern States towards lier. Site has seen with alarm time almost entire cessa. tion of that pleasant and proitable inter. course which l-d subsisted between her t people naid the ien of the SoutL. The hearts of her merchant princes first felt the rebuke. They saw and repented themi of their errors, and front them the feeling was communicated to others and self con. demnation seized them for the inconsider. aleness they had displayed; and then, as faith without works is dead, they sent Si-mus back to Grgia. This, otherwise a mere act of jif icer is made beautifat b amt condemnmation through her attaehment to the Union, wvith a generosity and magna. nimaity thmat have been represented as weak. ness and timidity, had frugiven all past wrongs and cont umnelies arnd only asked that they shoumld not lbe repeated in time future; she hold imp thme Constitutioni and time Fogi, live Slave Act and made thme just require. iment that these shmouldm be regarded and obeyed. And Massachusetts, lher devot on revived, her sense of justice returned, is immpressed with thme nblenests of the exara ple and hastens to reunite the links that ind beent severed ; Smo~es is transporited bnvek to hits seTrvimide. i. delivered np with a H the imposing ceremony whic h theoccasion~ ren dered proiper, andi Itu she- clasps hanmds with her mSutherni sister in perpetual amity. ikrat more mhman this; time peopre of' Mrasa chu Lsett., in their new loyumhy to~ the Futgi live Slave Iaw, are guardinig jealotedy against anmy furthmer infraction of its provis. ions, and are making certin time imnpossibil. ity of anmy future rescue, within lier borders, of a fugitive arrestedl under its authority. Georga regards principles mind not d'mlanrs amid centis ,shme is not so mutcth concerned at tihe loss of her slaves as at thme violation of thme law whmich entithes lher to time recovery of them. Thelm two, lately alienated but now reconcile~d, sisters may hereafteor move ott in tie utimost hmarimony tghe, for, if mneaisures nowy ont foot shall ho carried through with ais much success as ias at. tendled thiir cohnncen.ent, even time Abo. lit ionisis will nt obj'c t lthat thme Fugitive Slave Lawv shamll hmencelorthm be enforced ini 'Massachusetits whmen ever there shall be anys oCasion for its appmiction. The New led. - ord Mercury, of a week or two since, says: ".We are puleased to annmomunce that a ye. rylrenubro fuigative slaves, aided by uniikniown, anid that nmaniy immore are in time way ot depa~.rtumre. The~ utlimost sympathy amnd hbterahlty prvails towvards this class of our iimin h itatunt.". Maussachmuetts hmavimmg thus placed herself tar inm advance of her A bohution sisters ini a ret umrninig loyalty to time Constitution, hav. ing acceted time amitccable proposals of Geotrgia anmd gnar led agaminist anmy future colhsionis of Philanth lropy with time Law,~ shlould not thme Somuthm, w'til a proper appre. ciat ion ot her devotionm, mnake her that re. turn withm whimch shte wvoull he conitenit a so aimple rewvardl for all time sacrifices shme lias made~t, a renewal~m of t hat coemmerc ina inter course which hamd bteen so sumdenly broken off. A hmohtionisitS shall hIiide their heads ini disgrace, time liostoni mierchants with grate. futi tand lyalI hearts shl amgaini potur into their colfers ilme richies of thme Southm, aud time Lawt wtill lhe sumpreme in Massachusetts. The Reward of Shirking. Thme New Y'ork flerald states thmat Chmief Juistice SiniAtu:v of Mississippi, who has been several timeus on both sides of thme Southern <imestioni, but whio finally settled dlown in mto umncmonditliztml submissuion, hasi been auppcinited to amtand Comsmissionerhip in Canlifra The Cuban 21peitom, The Walaka which loft Savannah some ays since with the view of ascertaining rhat movemynts in-aid of Cuba; were in regress, and of interepting any party It hould learn of, haareturned, afler a cruise long the coast and Into the .Interior of lorida up the St. Johns' River. Bodies f men were heard of at various points, ut it was believed that they had dispersed nd that between Savannah and Jackson. 'I:e Fla. there is no organization at pres nt. The Mexican Minister has presented laims to a large amount for losses sus iined by Mexicans citizens an our frontier roin predatory excursions by the Indians, rhich our late treaty bound us to protect lie frontier from. The Soldntiflo American. This is a journal of scientific, mechani. al and other improvements, published reckly in the City of New York, by MuxN &, Co. at $2 per annum. It is ably con ucted and would be a valuable auxiliary to cientific men and mechanics of every class. 'he issue of the 19th of April contains a iagnificent engraving of the Great Exhibi. on Building, or Chrystal Palace, as it is isually styled. We aru indebted to some unknown friend jr a copy of the " Golden Sands of Mexi. 0, a small volume published by LINDSAY . BLAKISTON, Philadelphia. It contains two fles, one exhibiting the misery and moral uin which are the almost certain conse uerces of the eager and unscrupulous pur. uit of wealth, the other illustrating, the appiness which results from doing right, 'ough at the apparent sacrifice of what in worldly point of view is desirable. They re written in a simple and very pleasing tyle and are illustrated witlt appropriate roo01 cuts. Letter of Gen. Wa11ee. The Laureneville Herald publishes a etter from. this distinguished. gentleman vhich in a very masterly manner reviews he monentous subjects on which the 4orth and the South are at issue with each other. We extract a portion from lie concluding part. "The rightts of a State are respected in -xact proportion to its ability to defend hem with the sword. We must then, if ye would act wisely, look to the efficiency >f our military power, an element which, ierhtips tnore than any other, commands he respect of nations, The strength of a state denends not so much upon its- num Perm as upon the character of ios Feople; mid we are able to command the respect vhich is due to a sovereign State. rhreatened, an we are,. with the military miwer of the- Union-, amf taunted with our ancied weakness, we should prepare for lefnceo against agg-essions coning from a scalp commensurato hie past Irax. y:' ahonor aind dignity og he State When the State ias thus placed :s a condition to, resume amid to- maintain ter sovereigntty and i'ndependence, then I tin in favor of ma king the ex-perimentt. if lhe people of the State concur, in- co-ope rationt with other States if possible, but dlone if we must, believing, as I do, that :alantit ins, dire and disastrous as ever yet efel a State, will be brouight upon us and ur children if we submit to the wrong. inflicted, and to be inflicted by thte present Messrssimr-Tar W~sa: Crrr or o PArers 1e eW-r Suis.-'iberry or ah"was the war cry of our brane- od revolutiontary rather. wheni they esaiwted Lthe tyranny and oppressiona of the govern moent trnder whlicht they were born and ed urnated; and ther war-cry whicla their- patri elmi. sons, living in, a less sanguinary age, kimve becn conmpelledl to raisenagamast a gov.. ernent whtich. hats dentied' the equmlity of right which- belongs to fmereeme,- is," ib ermy or Secession i Our rights in the Unti tin, or our rights out of it!" Situated ats we in the South are, our re volutionary fathers would have raised the old cry of" Liberty or Death," and drawn the swordl; hut we only propose a more peaceful, a bloodless remedy-a stepping uside as the failthful Abdiel turned his back on the apostatec angels, proudly waviing the hand in farewell with the solemn words: "You shall op~press us no Joniger. Seek white slaves among thiose horn to thle dis tincetinos of inequality l You touch us no more! "-Mississippian. TsiE WEATHER AND TitE Caots-WVe have been for several days uinder the intflu once of c-old, disagreable weather, and ac counits fromn all parts of the coutry tell the same story'. Th'le weather has been very unpropitiouis for the crops over a wide re gion. W., have telegraphic accounts from Tennessee of frosts therec night becfore Iast. Thme Georgia papers last received say that there w~ere cold rains there early last week, and similar accounts reached uts trmn Ala bamna. rThe Ilaynevillo Chronicle 'la-ndes county, Ala." says that since the 7th the hleavy rains have been doing much itjury in that region. Ott the ntighits of the 8th and 15th there were slight frosts folhowved by) north winds, doing as much injury as a killing frost. 'Thei young cotton, it was un derstood, was dying. andi it wa~s apprehend ed a arood stand was ouit of the question. 'he seed that had not come up. in conse quence of the paicking of the earth from the rains, wvould, it wvas feared rot in the groun~d. \Ve are fearful that we shall receive had accoiunts of the efl'ects of the recen' cold snap frotm thte upper parts of our own State, fronm Mississippi and fronm Arknn sas.-New Orleans Picayune, 2-lAth inst. BOston, A pril 20, At Monroe, Me., on IFridlay last, a moan namied Jchtn Cozzens, accompanied by Dep uty Seriff Cunningham amid others, attemp. ted to dispossess au tian named .Jewoll of a farm of which lie hlcd illegal possession. They fotund the doors barred, and tihe ini mates arniod with guns. pitchl forks, &c. \Vhile the law officers were endeavoring to force the dooir a shot was fired from the inside, which instantly killed Cozzens. Thie Jewells were finially captured and commit ted to jail. Several citizens 01 Monroe are said to be implicated in the resistance. The New York Courier gives the pro. ceeuds of an invoice of goods shipped by a firmi of that city to California, the prime cost of wvhich wis 8120. 'To sumt realized on ii was 85335() about 4Q00 per Cemt. The chaurge, hiowever, for freight, storaige, auc tion dnties, &c. amnounted to ASE lam' ing a balance due on the oa ginal shipwert. of l4cents, w hich, with3Scents more, wer0 used up in paying the postage from San Franciso on the etter tonveying an' ac count of the transaction. PERSONAL. One or two of the submudssion organs of Georgia have recently inalged in certahis strictures, pointing at one of the editors of this Journal, on account of his not being a citizen of I his State, which le has hitherto treated with the contempt they deserved; but the &outhern Patriot of Greenville, having deemed fit to stirke a note ed the same key, In just ice to himself he respect. fully asks the attention of the readers of this journal to the following brief remarko: the Pi ot of the 25th Uit., in an article entitled "Who are urging on the State to secessioni 1" says: " In some instances foreigners-unnat uralizedfureigners-have dared to dictate to native born Carolinians, and preached to them honor and patriotism in destroying their government, and unsettling the princi. pIes of liberty !" Now, the associate editor of this jhiernal is as is well known to his cotemporaries throughout the State, an Englishman by birth-an Irishman by descent. Nor has lie made anv concealment of the fact. It is true, that his res:dence in this country has not entitled him to the boon of natural izition, hut the preliminary notice has long since been given by him. to the proper au thories in -his town, of him inteatior to ap ply for it at the legal period. and he arden tly awaits the tine, when, what fate deni ed hin at his birth, the usages of his adopt. ed State will grant hii-the rights and privileges of a citizen of a free country, For years connected with the literary profession, on his arrival in this State, the xnly one lie has visited, lie naturally sought simidar employment. Success crowned Iiis eflhrts in hpnrsuit of it, and lie found limself associated with the editorial depar: nent of thin office, in which he had invari ibly exerted hineself to the utmost extent f his feeble ability, t( '- 1 duty cons'ci ,ntic-isly. Had he hower thought that i free expression of his opinions would ave been denied lum in South Carolina, to other shores lie would have directid his dteps, inasm-jch as he prizes "the liberty to kmw, to utter and to argne freely, ac .ordmng to conscience, above all o:hec lib 7rties. " Painfully aware of the wrongs the birth place of his forefathers-the green soil if lExin-wa, ana Is now enduring at the bands.of an unsciupalowus consoLidaard pow r, which knows no contr 1, ihe synspithiz d with. the condition in which he found Iaid adopted State,. and felt a pride that his pen-feeble though it be-waits permuitted o be wielded against her oppressors.,-but in discharge of his functions as a journalist it is his boast to say, lie is independent; ind where lie deems it necess'ry, he claiins it as a right-nay a duty to su gest: s nouse once liberated a hen Vet his uwn conciousness of the inferiority of his powers, apart from that sense of propriety fromi which, lie trusts, he never has nor never shall deviate, forbids him to aproxi tate even to the verge of dictation. The ripinions ie expresses are those of a mna inrity of the citizens of the State, and up old,not "unsettle the principles of Iliber ty." FInally, his home is- now in South Caro lina, and there, in all prolability wiU be conme u...t she should require .his htumnh services on the field,.theay will be cheerfulJ lyr tendered ewen unto deatly ;.in the means tiune, he respectfully claims, as the inaisen able right ot every wvhiite man, the privi. lege of expressing his opinions freely on all points so long as they shall not be detri menctial io the honor or liberty of his adopt ed State. Pirimello State Banner Remarirabla Sug~ation. Lieut.. Maury~ has. retcently made al.em municit.am to (u.oram L Waciinn,. Chef of the B~lienu: of COdsiance andw ydL a phv,. in- relation to. the habit.at fVhales,. whicir he supposes mafT leadi to, the dis cnvery of the Northa West Passage. The solution of thais great geographsical problem would be remarkable indeed,. if connected with such a, circumstance. Lieut. Maury distinguishes betweeai the WVhale of the Northern, and the Whole of the Southern hemuisphere. He states "that an impas sable barrier separates them. lIe suspects from results that have been elicited iai the course of these ianveastigations, that the same WVhale which is ttken in Bohring's Straits is taken in Baffin'sa Bay also; antd, if this be so, these ianvestigations prove hie yond question that this aniaa cannot Lass fronm one reirion to the oilier, .xcept through the Arctic ocean; and hence we are entitled to infer that there is, at times, at least, an open water cnmmunication be ttveen these Straits and the Bay: in other words, that there is a North Western paissage. Th'is interesting piece of circumstanstial evidlence ini favor of a pasage there, was cnlled to the notice of Lieut. De Hlavon, when he left this country to take commiand of the expedition in search of Sir John Faanklina and his companions. So much wvas that enterprising officer impressed with the iportance of tisa suggestion, and the considerations growing~ out of it, that he apress~ed the intention, after reachaing the Arctic sea, to observe closely the haabits of the Whale, and should those fish be ob served to take a WVestwardly course, to use themt as pilots by the way."-Erse. Neres. MIURDFEn.-Onie of the colde~st hloodedl niurders we ever heard af, took place in this city on yesterday, (Sunday,) at. the Frank liii House. It appears that some otne got possession of one of the late Governtor Biebb's blank requisitions for fugitives and filled it tup fo.r a piece ot sport and directed i! to a Thomc~asa Spencer, a well knowvn cattle deal er, residing in Adelphi, Ross county, -and whoi is frequently ini this city. Thbis etnra gted Spenicer, and some one to carry on the joke, told him that it was donie by Geo. Parcels, the bar-keeper of th, Franklin. Hie immediately wvent to where Parco's was, drew a revolver, and shaot htim dead the boll entering his left side untder the armo. Spenicer, in an efflhrt to escape, was token and putt in jail. lie is respectably connaectodl. is or has been a man of consid. erable woalth. On the day following Spencer was fuilly commiaitted for trial.-Co~lubus (0.) Jour A ta recent meetitng of the London Tract Society, is w;as stated that there are no fowver thtan tent stamped newspapers of an infidel tendency, the circualation of which throughout the country is not lears than 11,700,000. Thiere are six unstamped newspapers of which the circulation i 0,240,000. 02 misellaneous publications of evil teindency, thiere is a circulation of nlot loss than 1(0,400,000. Of the wvorst class of all, the circulation' #rmoubts to 99MinnO RumOrs-AciriLytYhf s the 060" ', 0O11cers--Cruse if thAW.k 0%a 0*110 ftluttf th Ineritableresaditaj the Cubana Mar eng, The city, for eirveral days past hbabem full of rumors about the expedition utld4tjq he organizing for a descent upon Cubafbut very ittle intelligence of a reliable. atote han been in the possession of any..bAIE officials uif the g vernment, who see determined that it Cuba is revolulioisj shall not be their fault. We mentioned thie fact thqt 4e' c Sunday nighlt last, tIhe WelskaOftri the U. 8. Mfarslal and other officers cnb,. for the South. Since then there tas been considerable speculation among our eltbzesg as to what was tie object of her trip, .and much anxiety has existed to know wlfat would be the result of her voyage.4. stated, the reporter of this paper wnt tie steamer, and we expected advices froar him by the St. 31stthewr, which s6iVed yesterday morning with the Southern Malp but no letter from him eas reached Is. We learn that letteors have been..repeive4 in the city. by the U. S. Officers, fer6, t' contents of which have not transpire&.& 6 is rumored that thu Welaka was !at: 8t. Blary's on Monday, and remained tigro during Monday night, for the purposs!-of collecting information in regard,to the, k pedition, and that she sailed -Onr Tuesdiy morning for Jacksonville. The. S-. Mit thews passed lier on that day in -the $t. John's River, near tIme latter city. We learn-fromn passengers on the St. Btatthews, that a considerable body "f nen (variously reported from 200 to 00)aro - encamped near Jacksonville, and thatother bodies are on the St. John's and . Satilla rivers, awaiting transportation to convey them to the general rendezvous of the 'ex. peditionists. The young man from this city, whojoilnq a company of the expeditionists at Uan some two weeks since, with a view to o-. tain information of the contemplated movement, .0 be used by the Spanisir Consul here, returned in the St. Matthews yesterday. As well as we can learnte factf, lie went to Mlacon, where lie iimin with the members of the company, . ' profes#;sing a desire to join thema, obtaiwd their confidence and a knowledge. of,ti destination and plans. Ie then retyrne4 to his city, ins advance of the conppaany, who,. it will. be remnembered, came doinas far as the ninety mile station, on the Centri Rail Road- and turned back. flaving cons-. mnicaed infermation of the movemento the Consul, he then returned to Macoren Un pursuit of his original design to betray, tiet expeditionists, and accompanied thetame'ta their way as far as station No. 2, ott :. Central ftoute, where he auempted toleave them. But ihis designs having been Ais covered, he was arrested by the Cqhtanma. and for,.vl to accompany them, with-the assurance that. he shouhi go to C'abain the front runk; of the expedition. As a .maugr of course, his situaim now becamo an, tremely unptasant one, and he watiib every opportunity on the imarch n at his escape. lie made several attempts, all of which were unsuccesful. zad.in 9eW of whieli he was fired on and madea n escape from being shot. The line of iaareja sJ~,3f m the station on the rait th M'lntosh, Glynn and- -Calnulem. b b t i t rna h a a t F o r t b err j i an'after- geting thle Icompzy achmsitja$ed imseflf oheoppostmuft . 16e sin. tjie canmoe- but. after a .'ir paddle' of-semte three or four umile. dopp~ the river, he was overtamken by his pursery,. who had obiained another bzoaz, andcarrietti hack.. Tho company purstued their mirch. keepiag a close gu~arud over their prison until within abut eighmteen iles df1Ile in Camden county, when a fa'vrali, opportuniky presented itself while on ti mnnrch, in: the nighi, and he finally efletoe iba escape. ie travelledi some two days ann, nights, when lhe reached .Brunswiohkr whiere ho took the boat which breughrt jbi. to this city. Thus has terminated M adventure. whicit, whatever mnay be thotlgh. of its propriety. camne, near beng- a Mr serimus ematter.' The Company fsom which time yey j mian escamped, were on their way toRie Fort, on the Satulla River, which Is to b& the principaml rendezvous of . the ex. peditioists, and whore they expected negne 1,50t0 Georgians would he concentgteL It was understood that two vessels Mitu provisions and arms, were waiting forten at the miouth of the river, and would cpnvoy thmem to the general rendeavous el tl ~. pedition, which is onec of thme coast js~i mthe neig.hborhmond of Key WVess, ax where it was understood a largo 'd~ numbering sonic ten to tifteen thounand men would be concentrated. . P'assengers ini thme St. MLatthwa state that bodies of men were coming inito tlie camnps on the Salilia and St. John's "fresi every quarter anid tha~t it was rumored that a considerable force hasI alacadly arrveL. who were waiting a steamet to ttanQ9LA them to time render-ous. The' steamor expected, is doubitess the same at 1liAg ca ptured by the Governmient at New.Ysra. Thmis capture mnay provre a serious obstacle to the expedition, as it will cause consmdea able delay If, however, transportation all thmey want, we would rnot be surp'r~c hear that they had made bolud to charter the Welaka, and such other craft as they mqa conveniently lay their hands on. A few days will tell tihe story of i1~ Cuban Expedition. If it shou!d fail, through thme active opposition of ourga ernment, wo fee) quite confident that Iks mnissioni will only be delayed. A populat mnovonment, so deep-rooted as this, may j a frustrated at the timme, but It isueVi. dont that a spirit is roused, ever unjustifiable it may -be, -wl wiill sooner or later effect the enmap cilpatinn of Cuba. It is theo duty of oar government to preserve the neutralit7 . te nation, and to discountenance e infraction of our treaty stipulationse Spain; but it ms expecimng too much of ,tho adinmist ration to suppose that with *11 ts vigilance it can prevent what. has comed be regarded as the "inevitable distlny" of Cuba. CAN THEBE be any thorough nana~ fuisioni of the Northern and Southernatate*) I 'hink not--uliuifct the Union will~be.;sha ken ahnost to dissolution whenever a seri~ Otis qnestioni arises. The Amerlesh TNkil has no centre, anil it is impossible td iak6 one. TIhe more they extend their I otkre into the Indian lands the weaker the sion will be. But look u son theq itat~ splendid masses to be tai bymnsd bvjR? composition of tiro or three p tbat A ments.--Coridg~a Tae pil &). HotvT-ra End Wota* t fif6W' F'acrr.--11ave a po0tful of sAhiA%.Aul on the tire then putt thie fruoit intti aacI~im suitable si n~id dip them in the 64 water,wh k~1ill the wormn or el causes it. R ipping spread ih ou~t to drv-the jpeniin does niot do tha