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W.HEn!8UMTER BANNER is' PUBi.isn'tD M ERY T UES DAV MIORING G BY 'W. J. FitANCl. f.f T b6M-ARS inavner Two Dollars and lfiy Cents at tlie expiratIon ofeix muonths, - .r Three Dollars at the end of 'the year. -yo paper discontinued undl *.11 arrearages areIDai, unlese at the option of the Proprietor. - Advertisementsinserted atSEV ENT. - .B Cents per square, (12 lines or less,) for I the first, and half that sum fur eachi subseqoint insertion. -gW The nuonber of Insertions to be marked k an all Advertisements or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. W ONE DOLLAR per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Mlonthly Advertise menitewill be charged the same as a single in. !tertlon, and semi-monthly the ane as new onest - Prom the Alarion Star. P. S. Wite. 11AaRON C. 11., S. C., April 15. Ma. Eorron.-It may not be unin teresting to the readers of your valua ble journal to inform them, through its colums, of the progreV of the temper. ] ance cause in the District of Marion. The Sons in this District are at present making rapid strides towards the lield - of victory; their eflorts tire beiug crowned with signal success, and I hope the day is not far distant when King Alcohol will be exterminated from her borders, and those noble spirits of pa triotisn and philanthropy who have taken such an active part and decided stand in waging war successfully against the Fell Destroyer, shall raise the loud pmuan of victory and of re joicing throughout her limits. Our District at this time numbers four Divisions, one Section of Cadets; and an application for a charter to or ganize another Division has this week been forwarded to the Grand Scribe. SThe temperance cause has recently regeeived a'new impetus in this part of the State, and in fact cheering accounts reach us daily Irom almost every quar ter of it. Philip S. White, P. M. W. P., the great orator and distinguished temperance lecturer, paid a visit to our - village on Tuesday, the I ith instant, on a tour through the State. Suitable propa ations wevre made for his recep tioi-neighboring divisions invited, and the people at large were requested to come and hear this great exponent and advocate of the temperance Re formasion. Bro. White gave us two Lectures while in this place-one at 12 o'clock, and the other at night. His addresses everywhere have been marked with unprecedented success, and the effects of his great ability and eloquence have been seen and felt to a great extent in our own midst. Such was the effect of Bro. WIJite's lectures that eight or ten gentlemen gave their names for.' ion into the Order of the Sons, s t fortv names were Sign" .l abstinence pledge. Thie a e e were marked through. * .outt with kindness, benevolence, and the soundest moral deductions. The e vils of that wvorse than Pandora's Rex, intemperance, wvere most clearly set forth; and the obligation resting upon all christian and humane persons to aid in its suppression, were forcibly and impressively urged. Like Paul, lie resndof righteousness, temper-. there were any ruimsell ers p resenst, - likethe wicked Felix on his throne, -they must have trembled in the con templation- of the picture which was drawn of that man who for sordid gain can cooly deal out destruction to their poor deluded fellow-creatures in quarts, * pints and gills. SBro. WVhite is a remarkable man. Possessed of a combination of all kinds of oratory, with fine physical points, in imitable drollery and grotesqueness, with a lofty and natural elevastion of tonie, stature and thought, he will al ternatehy have his hearers in tears by a touching narrative or let down b'yv some ludicruous anecdote, almost roll ing on the floor with uncontrollable mirth. His is a happy combinatieon for the successful advocacy of the cause in which lie is engaged; and I have no doubt that whenev'er he' shalll have an opportunity of addressing~ the peopile that he will win many to the ranks of Total Abtinence. In closing his speech at night, he passed a high compliient' on the lej~al profession. lHe then proceeded to describe on~e of the profe~ssion whom he land seen a few wveeks before: "A venerable man, with aquilj'ne nose, his * locks, white as a snowdilae, falling upon his shoulders; fifty or sixty Cadets standing arotund htims, and five or six htindred people in the house, ad drpessing this little bdard in a style - suited to their years-then pluming his wings as if for a hiigher flight, lie appealed to the fath~'rs and mothers to .behold this scene 'over which an gels hovered with delight, and aid them in the noble cause in whlich they i weore engaged. Such a man is anm honor to South Carolina-an honor to the Union-an honor to Christendom t -an honor t9-the world. I love to' contemplate isuchr a GJod-like char acter-." Thih was an illusion to the Hon, John 1elton O'Ncal. 'The evile which this noble son of I Carolina was then laboring to correct, has oppressed humanity' and cursed< our country too long.-he enterprise I is worthy the aid and support of every< wise ap'd good man; and we would - that niore of our prominent and in. I iluen'ial citizens throughout the Stater wer~ found Identified with this re forlmation; but we arc sorry to see that 'J in some places instead of their coming I forward with a bold magnanimity to c aid in this cause, or point to some wray to relieve our beloved land of t the evil, they are harping over Bro. ii Wite'd speeches. Let them harp on. s J$e has, by his labors, acquired for ri hitoself,,anid that he deservedly', the t title of"'h Friend of Man;' and d whoa the wheels of' dime shall have zi rill survive the reek of worlds and nc ive forever. To let the brethren of the State see in low Phonilx Division .regards Bro. X hitel' append "by authotity," the 'ulowing resolutions which were offer d by Bro. James H. Snith, and unani nously adopted : - Rcesolved, That the thanks of this bc )ivision are due and are hereby cordi- A 6ily tendered to our distiguished Bro- fo, her, P. S. White, for the eminent 80r- c rie he has this day rendered the cause la )f Temperance; and -that during his of hort stay among us he lias rendered Si iimself dear to each member by his fo ifiability and kindness of mannirs. Resolved, That wherever his lot may a )e cast, he will have our best wishes a 'or the prosperity and happiness of ui ilmself and family. fo Resolved, That the warmest thanks m, )f this Division are also due to our ar nore immediate Brother, our own c 3corge M. Fairlee, for the handsome o< nanner in which he performed his to luties, and we tender them to him: L xith the full assurance that, as now, me will ever be the true, firm, and So rearless chamipion of a cause lie has tli this day so ably defended. at On motion, the Itecording Scribe tli was directed to send copies of these at lesolutions, with the accompanying ti remarks, to the Star, Temperance do Advocate, and Spirit of the Age, with I request to publish. ZENO. pi 4 The following capital hit at the wV late mode of conducting Con rression- a al debates, we clip from the ntern. V It purports to be a prospective debate in the House of Representatives, furn ir ished by a clairvoyant reporter, writing el under a Washington date of July 5th,. tI 1852, indicating a length of session if niot altogether to our niind, but still t< neither unprecedented or improbable: oi Mr. D. Faer (Dem., Ky.) brought hi forward a motion for the suppression hi uf oral aiscussion in the Legislature. The honorable member proposed, as d, a substitute, that all questions at issu b should be settled by single com 1 tU with bowie knife or pistol. Honori1jle p members were up to the present period, i in the habit of sticking at nothing, and S lie, Mr. Facer that his proposal 'Ifuld b; certainly obviate such a state of thmngs, tI by giving then something to stick at. tI Mr. parker (Den., Va.) seconded si the motion, and also would he happy n to second any of the combatants in it want of his assistance. lie believed oi that his qualifications in this respect a were well known to the Honorable in House; and if any ncm!r was igno- y rant of then:, lie would take the liber r< ty of recapitnlating. The Hon. mem- i11 ber was here proccediig to give the ti details of several sauguinary 'diflicul- w ties, when lie was interrupted by- g Mr. Whittle, (Whig. Tenn.) What tr does the Hlonoi.. lo member imean by a1 thiusting the details of his duels on a the House! -Od win needs no fi bush, and a suge 'sful duiel'st nee.(ds no praise. There -. :mno danger of the o1 Honorable memikr's deeds not being ti trumped to the world, because every t< body knows that mumtrder will out! ;w Mr. Barker--Yu are a liar and a tl thief ! (Noe sensationl whatecer.) ei Mr. Whittle-The Ilon, rascal op. h p osite has called me a liar and a thief. ii ibel ieve that the Ihouse will support ut me, when l:term him a forger and as- ti sassin. ( Leu. -sensaIi tihan lief<>re.) ec Mr. llarker-W ho robbed the main is on board thei steamirboat ? A-h-h ! I t iMr. 'Whittle-Whio ran awauy from S the llevere cllouse withou a~n i bill 7 1E-li'! ounain i Mir' Ba~rker ('shaking his fists)--Sil- g Mr. Whiittl -I didn't insure my p house for double its value, and then set ti lire to it.a SMr. Barker-If' the Hlonoratble o thecmber isn't a coward, he'll have it |o out with mec nowv. Mr. Whittle-(jumnping on the ta ble)--Come on, you ruflian ! b The Speaker-Fair plauy, gentlemen! si liecolleet if you1 please, that our pro. ra eed ings will be reported. i Thei Honora ble zmemnbers theb had sI a set, to, in whleh both displayed con- tI siderable science, and a great (heal of .S animosity. Bets ran high as to who i would win, and we understand that thet tI Speakcr speculated heavily. Afler fa ive rounds, howvever, Whittle gave in, a~ md Barker was chaired honme by his triumiphant friends. We believe thamt rc meeting between: the two gentlemen :s arranged,. to conic ofl' to-miorrowv. hb l'his incident agreeably relieved the hi nonotony of' the week's debates, w Ahicli were growing exceeding tedious. si THE Nsw COTTON L~tw.-We pub. ish below an act passed at the late be ecssiou of' the Legislature of this State -_ m the subject of' selling cotton. Until ei resterday we had no knowledge of'su~ch mn etnactment. According to its ternms t has had force and effect since its pats- p age-a period of' three months-yet '. ve doubt whether a cotton dealer in ar his city Wvas awvare of its existence. L'he law is as follows : 1 ~n act to regulate the r'ale of Cotton F by comnmission: merchanmts- b<4 See. I. lBe it enacted, &c., That si, r'om and aftiir the passaige of' this act ni 11 cotton: sold by cohmimissiohn mner- th hants to brokers or buyers shall not th to considered as delivered and the ne wnership given: up, until the same is th: imlly paid for; any order f'or the cotton, at aw, custom or usage to the contrary oa otwithistauding. of Sec. 2. And be it furfther enacted, fo That any cotton broker engaged ini th~es usiness of' huying cotton either on his th 'r their own account, or for others, ali rho shall buy or engage to buy, cotton rom a planter or commission merchant ad shall fail or refuse to pay for the In ame at the time agreed to, and shall he riake way with, or dispose of any cot- of on pumrehased and not paid for, shall be Se corned guilty of fraud and embezzle- pc senmt, and shall be liable to bu impris- m nied on conviction. in the nenitentiarv di. tless than one nor more thanfin. ars, at the disdretion ofthe jury try g the case. Approved Feb. 10, 1852. Mobile Herald & Tribune. - Arrest of Fremont. It appears that Col. Fremont has en arrested in London for debt due inerican on account of supplies r troops in Califirnia. His lett9" mplaining of his treatment has been id before the Senate biy Dr. Gwin 'California. Ion of the Baltimore 11), writes concerning such Cs8, as Ilows: . 'Dr. Gwin seems to consid it as new case, and attend 4 with gravated circumstances <9 insult, kusually occurring in cases" of arrest r debt. In this he iskeertainly istaken. It is the us I ode of 'rest in London, and flso in this untry. Precisely sim ir cases have curred in London before, and may, any American, Io may visit Oindon. 'It might happen to another Ex mator the Ilon. R. J. Walker, or to e gentlewan now with him, ty day, just as it did hap pen to e former in Delaware and the latter id many others in Baltimore, before e suppression of imprisonment for ibt in Matyland. The same thing kppens in Massachusetts, where im isonment for debt exists in regard strangers coming there-, and a riter in tle Sun, alleged, some tine ro that t)ie same practice exists in irginia, under a recent act. 'All Americans who have ever b'en public or. commercial life, have ains'of some sort or other against ien, whether well or ill fouided, and one of them visit London, it is easy send out, by the following packet, the same one, an agent, with s note or bond, who will swear to s signature. 'This goes to a solicitor, who rects his clerk to cause the arrest to 3 made, and in such 'manner as force the party or his friends to xy the money immediately. Not a inute is allowed by these Bow treet officers to a person to procure 1i), for that would deprive them of teir fees. The person arrested is ken to a sponging house, and ibjected, as Col. krenont states in -gard to his own case to the greater dignity and plunder. But this is fly the beginning of trouble, for, ler lie has procured bail in the icsne process, he must employ law ers and pay fees, and prepare for the isult of a trial of the case under a >reign jurisdiction. in a fbreign coun y: aind at a distance from his itinesses or his resources, and at rent expense. Whit has happened > Col. Fremont might occur to iy other ex-senator or senator-to iy American u.tprutected by of uial privilege.. 'If thero exists any proper senimenat ii this subject in Congress, they willI ke measures to advise the executive enter into negotiations immediately 'ith the British Government fur me future exception of American tizens from the operations ofBritish ws, whereby they may be there n >risoned or held to bail for debts Ieh may be alleged to be due by eom, not ini England, but in this >untry. The only objection to this that it would be an infringement on io 'Sta.te Rights,' so dear to those tates of the United States which hold 'to) imaprisonmuent for debt with as iuch pertinacity as if it was the rent charter ofi their liberty. It 'ould, therefore, be necessary and roper to limiit the operation of ie. treaty to those States which have bolishied imprisonment for debht, not sly as regvards their own citizens of ther States.' A REvIvAL. m COoRunss.-lt has een suggested that a day be specially :t apart upon which Christians of eve name throughout the Union, will teet in their respective places of wor lip and pray for God's blessing upon to two Houses of Congress now in asion, that there may be an outpour g of his grace upon the hearts of tose who are legislating for the wel re of their fellow-countrymen and ankinid. Christians, you should pray for a vival in Congress.-Baptist Record. If the editor cf the Recorder had en as much about Washington as we ~ve, when Congress was in session, he ould as soon think of sending a 'Mis. onary to Ihell, to convert the Devil's ousehold ! W ith but few exceptions, )ld Master' has given over the memn rs of Congress to hardness of heart -lie has left them to their idols, the ght dolhars per day .--Brow'nlow. FinExcH SP'OUAIONs.-The French iper published in New York, the Courier des Et'ats Unia," concludes an tiele on this subject in these words: "It concerns, then, the honor of the nited States Government; that the reneh Spoliation bill should at length Spassed. It is now fifty-twvo years 1Ce France actually paid the indein ty it provides, and it is high time that e depository should pay it over to ose entitled. Thme majority of the wspapers very properly insist upon e necessity oft now passing the bill, d for our own part, we get rid of this lious anmd lying (mentenr) conj unction words: 'French Spoliation,' which ads to saddle upon our country a re onsihility, the whole weight ot wvhichi e United States should surely bear HIousertAn Law.-The National telligenoer strongly objects to the mostoad bill, as it passed the House Representatives, and calls upon the nato to exercise its conservative wer in Interposition. Seventy ambers of the House were absent or i not vote on the nassaen oftho bill. r Sem ile, So. Ca. JOHN r REEN, EDITOR. TUJE8lY MAY, 25, -1852. Oiler riselples. "7here i sne ot on which ther" cen be no fiversity of tpinw, in the South among these wrho are true fo heg or who hae made up their ninds nit to bt stars; that 'is (f are should be forced to choe 6rusten revistance and eubmissien we should he reistance at aU hazards." CALRUoC. "To do th4, ce of action must be necessa. ry, not tdsav the t nion, for it could then be too late, but tnaave turadrs. Thus in my view, concert as the one thing neerfUl.."-CALuoUN. "What is Ihe rtmedy ? I aune& secession, united seces.ica of the slarcholding x tates, or a large number i them. Nothing else wdil be wcise nothing else ill be practicable."-Cunms. B Mesars. A. WHITE & Co., are Agents for to Dinner in Sumterville., V- Col rm unications intended for the Banner i nust be handed in on or before Satu.ay morning, and those favoring us with advertizementh will please let. its have them at least by 9 o'clock on NoAnday. Tin ion. W. F. D'uSaussuioS, ap pointed by tI' Governor to fill the un expired term 'f I. B. RnEr, left Co lumbia for W shington on Wednesday last. WE wou'd,call attention to the ad vertisement- of' Messrs. Karnspny' & IURiST, the proprietors of the Ameri can Hotel. to.;e found in our columns. Tbe Weather. On Sunday night last we were visi ted with a de.ightful rain. After the several dry, hot.and dusty days we have had it was indeed ref'reshing to breath the cool pure air.on the mxt morning. The crops in this vicinity will be greatly benifitted ; they had begun to thirst sericusly after the waters of heaven. ICongress. We haveg-nothing of importance from Congne, the attendance of the members is quite thin, the discussion of the deflicncy .bill and the great task of making a President consumes all their time. W are indebted to the li1n. JonN BELL, of Tennessee, for a copy of hiis speech delivered in the Senate on the 3rd April 185-2, on non-intervention. WE have reeived the April number of the Loridera :QarterIy Review. -PhIMan S. White. We publi. h by .requaestsa sketch (' the lite of-PilmPAf. WiIrE1Iby dAxM.8 M. E~nEY.I lie has passed througll our village several times deliverin lectures upon the subject of temper. ance with considerable success. Although entirely ignorant of' his pri vate character, we were inclinred to ap. preciate the eloquence nad ability witi: which he discoursed upon the subjeci of temperance. Shortly aner he hadi passed through this place after his farsi visit, it was reported that Mr. WnrrIi was in principle an Abolitionist, ani had so expressed himself somae year: before. We quietly awaited his air swer to this charge ; we believe it naow pretty clear, that the report was th< result of uistake upon the partof hin who gave publicity to it. lIn a comn munication to the Black Riv'er W~atch man otf Saturday last, Mr. WnarE i: charged with having said in piublic that the Elders of a certain Presbyteri an Church not far froin the p~lace wher< he was then lecturing, (Blibhopville' were in the habit of assemibling tht Monday after the Salbbaths ofecommnn ion to attend to chutrch matters and tc drinak the wvine remaining fronm thc H-oly Ordinance of the Lords Supper, addinag thaat the session frequaently left the church light-headed and thick. toinguedi f'rom its cifeect. If this be un-r triae as the Blishopville correspondenat believes it to be; if Mr. Wumr haas delibcr'ately asserted a falsehoiod in re gard to so serious a mat ter, he deserves the opinion which is enatertasined of him by the Editor of thre W~atchan. If on the other hand it be true, let Mr. WVrarE comae forward nad establish it, that airy " Church guilty of so unholy and saciligious air act may bo known and reccive the condermnation which it so richly merits." RE.:ovAL. or luIssI .-Thoughr a law of' stern necessity, the en f'orcemnat of whaich is called for by the uancomrproaaising contservativenress of onie people, and the progressive principle. which rmarks thre other, it is yet a sad reflection to watch the ctl'eet of those laws, which, in thre natural order of things, seems most inrevitatbly to tend to the extinction, as well as banaishrmnent, of the aborig inial inhanbitamts of' our country, fmrm thae land and the scenes of thirr nativity. This is a theme of f'requent comment, and one to which wve can never revert, but with feelinrgs of mingled sadness and regret. TIhe Savannah Newas informs us that reports from Florida state thrat some seventy or eighty Indians haave consented to go WVest, - and are now an Lganmonflay, waiting the arrival abotto carry them~ to their ~whnmca - rarest NAre 1S. Oersw. A slip from- the Cheraw Gazette ste office, dated May 20, 1852, says:-- Ne "It is our painful duty,'this morning, ai to chronicle the occurrence of a mst the disastrous conflagration, in the midst of the business portion of. our town, du- ar ring the last night. The alarm. was t ,A given about half-past twelve o'clock. At Upon reaching the scene, we found the wr Dry Goods Store of John Kyle envel- * Fr oped in flames, which together with F the adjoining store of Mr. James Lynch, to the north, and that of Messrs. Evans & Mclver, on the corner of tit Front and Kershaw streets, were soon to enveloped in flaines. To the south of Mr. Kyles, the fire soon extended to the store of Mr. W. L. J. Reid. the Law Office of Messrs. Inglis & Wal lace, the Tin Shop of Mr. C. ohlnes, t( and to the Stores of Mr. If. M. Tom- th linson and Peter Hailey, which were all consumed, with almost the entire M no contents. Byt for the calm which per- n vaded, the fire would have been much more extensive. As it was, the de structive element was restrained, only G by the most indefatigable exertions of our citizens. The store of Mr. J. A. ho David, next to that of Mr. Hailey, was e several times on fire, as were Stores ' of Messrs. D. McNair, Threadwell & Kendall and. D. Matheson, on the op- A posite side of the street. p ".The loss, as nearly as we can esti- E neate it, is about as fillows: e " Messrs. Evans & Melver, stock of of goods $14,000, on which they hold y a policy of insurance of $10,000. C Three store houses insured for $2,500. 01 Mr. James Lynch, loss $4,000, insured I" for $1,500; and- all his books and pa- %v pers. Mr. John Kyle, loss in goods, p $9,000, insured for *4,500; also his r< books and papers all lost. Mr. W. L. d, 1. Reid, loss in goods, $8,000, insured p for $2,000; also one store house, and fit the Law Office of Messrs. luglis & ti Wallace, insured for *1,200. Messrs. o Inglis & Wallace, loss not known, in- tl suired for $800. Mr. C. Holmes lost a his entire stock and tools, say $3,000, t< insured for $1,000. Mr. It. M. Tom- F linson, loss *3,500, insured for $1,500. c Mr. Peter liailey, absent from home, e loss not kifown, nor. the extent of his insurate-books and papers saved. " We believe all the Cotton in the A store lots was saved, and are happy to ti be able to state that no serious person- o al accident occ:rred to any one. n "Consideirable damage will be sus- ii taimed by many of our merchants, by C the removal of thei- goo s, which will all, we understand, be covered by in- n surance. s "We have sufl'e're us ri venience in our olli ' ich w so v imminently threaten 't one time, as t] to induce its to remove our type, a n considerable portion of which was b thrown into pi. In consequence of y this, we shall hardly be gble to issue p our paper~at g eopt time. 'We o note this to prevent disappointment." i: BALTimons CoN vENTIo!.--lt, of I the Baltimore Sun, speaking of n the meeting of this body, thus speaks f of' this State: "South Carolina will not be repre- a sented by anyv regularly appoinited t delegate in eitfier of the Conventions, biut I know that Gen. Conntnander will certatinly attend the Democratic Con. ~ vention, anad assume to represent the State. His vote many be decisive in - the selection of a nominee, thus ex- s ercising himself the whole powver of f the convention. If' it is quite certain L he will go fhr Gen. Cass, then the lI question as to the nomination may be I considered as alreadly settled. Mr. Il Calhoun gave his support to the I elect iont of Gen. C'ass, and, therefore, 5 some support fronm the same quarter I -may be expectedJ, especially after the ~ explanation given, at this session, by t ien Cs, of the Nicholson letters. It I iunderstood, hiowever, that South t Carolin~a would p refer among the t northern men, Mr. Dickinson or 5 Mr. Dallas." .t: TExAs.-The Comptroller of the t1 State of Texas has accepted bids for e *100,000 of the million of the U. S. o Five per cent, bonds off'ered for. sale tl by the State. The following are the t< terms: 'The C'ommercial and Agricul- t< tural Bank of Galveston takes $1000,. a 000 at four per cent.. premium, exoiu- tl sive of interest, payable in Galveston, viz: *25,000 on the 15th of Map, *25, 000 on the first of June, antd *50,000 I on the 1 5th of Junme. S. M. Swenson '" takes *$1000,000 at two per cent, paya. r ble at Austin within thirty days, and- h C'orcoran & Rigg~s tatke *600,000, pava ble in New York-250,000 in ten el datys, $250,000 in twenty days, anid ti *400,000 itt thirty days, at $5.01, t4 *5.02, *5.03, *5.04, atnd $5.10 per v cent. ott each $100,000. 'The Treasurer of Texas had paid Ih out neatrly *6500,000 in bonds previous " to thte 1st of May. C NOrn CAnioLNA.-The Democratic t State Convention of Northt Carolinat s mtet at Raleigh on Thutrsday. Forty. tI one counties were rebresented by over n one hundred delegates. The best spirit 1j prevailed. The Raleigh Stattdard says ai that "thme Convention will adopt a-"plat- tl form broad enough to htold the whole1 State; in othter words, its principles wvill ra be just towards all interests and see- 6i tions, anid so plainly set forth that tno e one can misunderstand them. David b S. Reid, the originator of' -Equal Suf- r< frage and the invincible champion of w the people, will be nominated for C Governor by acclamation-will no hi doubt necept the notnination, and wilH w be triumphantly elected." LaoxoxvlTY.-Mrs. Patience Taylor a died on the 18th of April last, in Whiitley county, Ky., aged one hun dred years and eleven days. She was the mother of nine children, every onie it of whom died of old age, she having murvivcd them all, LArmt Fom CAsivoama.-The imship Northern Light arrived at. w Yorki on Tuesday, fiom San. Ju- v with dates from San Franuisco to I lst instant. . 'he steamship Monumental City i ived at San del Bud on the 13th in. at, to take the steamshi North seria's sengers, recent ship. aeked. * rgc quantities o provis. a had been sent to them. from Sai rincisco. '1 News received from the mines is of cry cheering nature, and large quan es of gold wAs arriving for shipment I the States. Experiments are being made in San saquin County to cultivate sugar. The Legislature has passed a resoln n instructing their Senators and 4 presentatives in Congress to use .ir best etibrts to procure the pas. i ;e of a bill establishing another semi- I )nthly line of Mail steanmers to Pa ma. The bill for the suppression of.gam ing in the State has been defeated. Intelligence received, states that the >vernment of the Sandwich Islands s issued a decree in favor of recipro. I duties with the United States on rtain articles. ELOPEMENT FnOMb ENGLAND AND REsT NEw Yon.-Dr. Andrew luniner, who arrived at Boston from iigland In the steamer Niagara re ntly, was arrested on Thurgday cv iing, at the Irving I-louse, New ork, at the instance of the British ansil, and ol. Thomas A. Howard, ' the British army, on the charge of Lving eloped from Brighton, England, ith a young girl namned Miss Emma attison, dauhter of a wealthy family %iding at 'irighton, and also with 1frauding Col. Howard out ofE1,900. lummer, it appears, left a wife and pr children in England. Miss Pat son is only 19; and lie 50 years r age. Col. Howard, who arrived in ie Europa, on Thursday, brought letter from her parents, urging her ) return home, and also a letter from 'luumer's. wife. Miss Pattison has ,nsented to return in the next steam r. Plummer is in jail. A SOpTn ABERICAN SILVER MINEF correspondent of the Newark Adver ser gives quite a graphic description r one of the most remarkable silver lines of South Anierica. It is located San Antonia, about 150 niiles from aldera, and he says: "You can imagine the wealth of this iine, which is located in a narrow, .eep ravine, about one 'nile from the ver valley, when I tell ymif there is a illage of some size at the mouth of ie ravine, occupied by peons, and the atives of the country, which has been uilt up and entirely supported Qr ears,.by- the stealings of personsvew. loyed in the mine. I suppose tha. ne-tenth of the rich ore i. stolen; no~t a native uiineirTh Chilis wh e ot stenF~ wlhen he has adiii an east of it afterwards. When tihe lnes are rich, the owvners eiiiploy a ireman for each. mniner,.to overlook ]hile mining; but I am told that the renmen are as bad as thme men; there is o dependeince to be placed on aniy of liem; the owners seldom go near the liner, and when they do, they rarely o into thmemi. MAKIxo COTTON 'rO BUY Paovrsmoss. -The Grensborough (Ala.) Beacon ays: A gentleman just returned rom Mob -' infornis us that the oats on th : upward trips are heavily >aided wvith provisions. .'The Glover, e stated, brought up last week 000 ogsheads of Bacon. Business men in lobile who are well informed on thme ubject, express the opinion that the roceeds of the last year's cotton rep of Alabama will be required r> pay for the provisions that have to 'e bought. If this opinion be any ling near correct, then did the plan. ers of Alabama do a very poor bu. ines~s last year. In place of making lie provision erops secondary to the otton crop, asis, wey apprehend, [me custom of a great majority of Dtton planters, they should be made f primary importance; and it should me settled policy of every planter >~ raise at least provisions enough' > serve him. T1o do this, a liberal Ilowance should be made in pitching ie crop for unpropitious seasons. W~ua RUMons IN MEXco-We arn from the Rio Bravo, that there as excitement at Matamoras up n weeipt of the news- from the city of lexico. The rumor there is 'that Mr. Letch r, thme A merican Minister, hasi, after me refusal by the Mexican Congress ratify thme Tehuantepee treaty by a ote ot 79, to 1 sent in to President rrista his ultimatum, which is said to ve beens, as follows: cihmer allow the ork to be continued, or indemiiify the mpany for all losses sustained, other ise-his passport to leave the coun y. It is, also said, that Mr. Web er has instructed the President of ec Tehuanitepec company, Mr. Benja in, to proceed with the work and the .S. Government, would sustain him, id that a naval force had been sent hither for that purpose. 'WVhen this mnewsi reached Matamo us there was sufficient gas expended to LI a balloon, which was sent up that rening. There was a remark made y Col. Portilla, which is worthy of cord-he said, 'In the approachiung ar, Mexico will use all the means that od hais given her to defend herself; therto thIe Americans have bought, ith their gold, the battles wvhich their rowess could not gain, but now, (strik. ig lis breast and looking as fierce as a on,) Mexico is in thme keeping Qf hron it mn and good patriots, Thro profits of tie Aiian Inst te, in New Yoirk,. durng tha ~s nar, were $7,000, of which *1,00 tvo bnan inveter1 in the libhary. The petticoatel gel Cen to behol,din a ag,"t amidst wbh they iv d~ arently, bravo feasting. I'habit labstenniousness has been athter a subject; of complaint, b-hue y~ bwho think they ought to. s~~ l ~~'" ood of the.ountry a fair p i6hj'' if their earnings; but on. th r >ecasion they would ippear dermined o redeem tneinselves from such-, >roach. Great pots of rice, cas >f higs, sheep and oats, flanked , A iberal supply of "chicken lave formed the staples of thier -fess0 o which were also added a.d eP 1 )ortion of preserves and sweet Lhese solids were probaby dii *pious draughts of .te, fortIwerd ot appear any symptom of a stro iffusion. Their festivities of en mave been enlivened by musidk and.thd >erformers, seated on the to of a >orch, worked away in a sttyle ie )xperts no doubt entirely appr6"6d. L'heir own countenances expreszisiIV0 loubted satishaetion; and a -ro rf'o konbrcs, in the street below, demanded frequent encores. - Not " being to the manor born,"T out Dnthusiasm did not reagh any.very.ex traordinary height.; but, on the conta ry, after the vain attempt to ornN . hend their melody, we cam .to hs, couclusion that, like Italia "bini ". it was- past our understanding. tkLo. instruments consisted of a goug, a44r ::ngle, a sort of castanets and two drums. These latter Wero'similaiit shape, but of different materihd on being of brass'and the other of-wood, over which was stretched a parchmeqnti as in our style. Instead, howove pf being a long cylinder, they wori 'not more than six inches deep, and, a: appeared, with one end open.. .the first produced a dull brazen clang, an4 the wooden one sounded like thrht.. ting of a wook-peeker on a hollo*4/g. The sounds of the different instruinerits jostled and tumbled over each othe without any ceremony; but the efiect; was very fin6, at least. as far as:tlie Chinese were concerned, for theylis tened as if the melody was charming their very souls out of them. . &m Francisco Heral The Celestials concluded their annu al festivity on last Saturday night y having a grand musical pow2wow Rf the house of. Wang iing I.4, 'OA Sacramento street. They had collat> p ed in large numbers foi-the 6eaglohv: aid the balcony of the house waM i. deusely crowded. The musical instra ments consisted of a gong, a drumhwith . but one head, a pair of cymbleds. ad e some kind of a stringed machin,etr dently a Cross between a guitar atd i ox-yoke. The moment th ore hsti-a struck up, the saloons in the ' Or hood vomnited . h b t dog6 cov , e howling, the' - 4ic y on the spot, a ude large cr'owd ane-or Iveralfhouid in front of the house, listening tsub~h6 horrible and soul-tearing discortliand& during tihe intervals when the z musien would stop to wet their whistles,,he outsiders would cheer vociiferou ' which would induce the man wvith' he going to hammer it -so unmerefulyj6 that the noise bore a stroug remm' blance to a thunder storm in a ad brake. The performances concluded; only with the day, when the audiiis~ dispersed; and many* retired $6ba blessed with dreams of ~squelipgs,, mnaulings, and eategwaulig-4IAe C.alifornian. Eg The place for unhappy~wl19'. and husbands to reside-In is'Ciiinatif There, divorces are. anted 'withi % kind of railroad celenity -ijV adjudieav tion. Thirteen -wore- granted in btkIa@ day last week -in that -eity. rhlidais much better than the tediousns Mf. New-York Court, or the-publicity and. uricertaint - of a Perinsylta3ia lature. 1hirteen divoirces in onib W hy, Cincinnati must be tlie 4fiJs of unhappy spouses; if we eni fna~h any causo in operation in Parai'.e r produce so many-unhappy people.: : -Tum ExcAvA-rroN AT I~a. Private letters from Nin veh te that Col. Rlawlinson, who is now con ducting the excavations abndr Mr. Layard, 'has oppened out. e-e tire place of sepufture of the Kings an.. Queens of Assyria." 'There thiey I'6, we are told, 'in huge stone sarcophagi. with ponderous lids, just as they WbAur deposited more than 3000 -yearieso. FATAL AFFRAY.-On Thursay, thR 6th inst. a quarrel and a -fight occord red in this District between. Beiijan~rni Ellis and John Shaw, which resutt in the death of John Shaw on Monday evening last. An inquest was held ii the dead body, and the finding of tie! Jury was, in effect, that them deeelsedO came to his death by misfortune,- and oontrary to the will of Ellis. -We understand that Ellis has entered int recognizance to appear at . -the urt Court of Sessions, that the rnatter may, be enquired into. .This being the f any further remarks by us' wold e improper. A . legal investitot should be had without bas-o Miscellany. -a .A FAMILY OP TEN PESoNs Pos F.D.-The family of M. .$llsrd, in number, near the town 'of PatrI6~r Indiana, after partaking of -dinniei'it few days ago, were all seizedN with7 pains in the bowels and veoniing, evincing every sy ptomi ofpoison. 'h wife of John Bly, (Ballard's onli'i - - law,) and his two small elillirfP Miss Ballard and her brthdl4.i from the effects of what was the~i'Mw posed to he poisong Thoe'ronaiimg fvestill lingered, wit-fhint. hope ' e .thieir recovery. Suspicion a i~ arrested -and - coinngtMd''k but the physicians have b ti to detect anything like nook-'&"