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DarUnpon flag. DARLINGTON, S.lc. —— ■ -i«a» J. H. NORWOOD, Editor. f UWESDAn&INe, MAY 7.1881. USITE, ASD TOO SHALL FOKM OSE OK THE MOST SPLESDID EMPIRES OS WTUCH THE SOS EVER SHORE, OE THE MOST HOMOGESEQUS POPULATION, ALL OP THE SAM? BLOOD AND LINEAGE, A SOU, THE MOST PROITPUL, AND a cUKate the most lovely. But sub mit,—submit ! The very sound curdles THE BLOOD IN MV VEINS. BUT, O! GREAT God, unite us, and a tale op submission shall never be told!—Ckevei. AGENTS POI THE DARLINGTON FLAG. 8. D. Hallford, - Camden, 8. C. Charles DeLorme, Sumterville, 8. C. tar Mr. R. W. Burgess is the travel ling agent of the Darlington Flag. We invite attention to the letter of our eorrespondent from Troy, Ala. He dis plays some of the same spirit which ani mated the heroes of old Troy, and around weich the Mantuan Bard has thrown such a halo of glory. He furnishes us with a name which any one can hare by calling at our office. Ol'R PROSPECTS. As it seems to be the order of the day for newspapers started in the middle of the nineteenth century to blow their own trumpets, perhaps a word or two about our own hhpes and prospects will not be offensive to our readers. Our unpre tending little Flag was thrown to the hrears two months ago, 1 ' with a subscrip tion list by which we thought we would be able to earn our bread; since that time it has been doubled, and the cry is still they come. Wo have subscribers in ev ery State on the sea coast from North Car olina to Louisiana. In our own State we have a respectable list in Charleston, Co lumbia, Camden, Cheraw, Sumterville, and other subscribers scattered through almost every District in the State, Green, ville not excepted. On our entrance into the arena, we received the warm right hand of fellowship from the conductors of the press of our own State, with a very- few exceptions, and also from some in other States. We have been cheered and gn«ouraged by our own people; men of 14 talents and high character," as well as the plain honest farmers of our Dis trict, have said to us, “ a capital little paper,” and hay bid us God sped. Did not modesty and the size of our sheet for bid, we nugl4 cull from oftr fetter bag Jte«me excerpts which would compare fa vorably with some we h«Y« seen publish ed. Some of our friends think we will injure our peuniary prospets by taking too strong a psition on % Southern question- friends, we don’t fear it; We ftre detenuiaed to raise our indignant voip against the foul injustice which the South has suffered; she has been despil- ed of an empiie to which she had an equal right with the North, and no peans of praise to the Union can heal Her in sult, or wip out her wrong. If for show ing up her bast? betrayers in their true light we are to fall, we say, let us fall; but while we do speak, our voice will be for Equality in the Union or Indepndence out of it To those of our friends who differ with us (and some of our warm prsonal friends are among the number) we sny, that the minds of men are differ ent, wnd honest men will entertain differ- onl •nuidfento. To them we have no harsh words or opprobrious epithets to apply, for we know that when the hourof trial comes, we wiU find them side by side with ourselves. But we never advocate both sides of a question, and shall pro ceed from time to time to give our views, calmly but fearlessly. PROFESSOR BECNByThD THE INDIAN RELIQCES. It seems that our article written a few weeks since on the cwriositios which were lound in the Indian mound on Pee Dee after the recent freshet, has attracted the attention of the curious and scientific in different prtsof the State. We have re- ceived from Pj-pfessor R. T. Brumby, of the South Carolina College, a letter re questing us to aid him in securing the reliquee for the Cabinet of the College. The Professor saye: “When I came here, two years ago, I caused a case to be constructed in which to arrange and preserve for public examination and in spection, at any time and by any one, all remains of the Indians that I might be able to collect, and I then gave to the col lege and deposited in the ease, my whole colleiSxm, made during fifteen years reel ed the mound and secured for Profe,ssor Brumby as many of the articles mention ed as could be found. Had we received his letter sooner, we might have procured more. It has been nearly two months since the freshet, and many of the bones have heenfither de&rnpsed by exposure to the atmosphere or taken away, we are unable to say which. We w ill lie able, however, to send the skull and pieces of the bones and jars, and a few other ar ticles. We find that we had not a prfect idea of the place; we were mistaken in the number of jars, for instead of being six, there are so many we did not under take to count them. They are scattered over an acre of ground, and are of vari ous sizes. Their top generally protrude just above the earth, and they are so brit tle it is impossible to get them out of the ground whole. They are generally fig ured on the outside; the one in which the bones were found was very large.— Instead of one skeleton there were twin one of a child and the other of an adult We were informed by Mr. James S. Mc Call, on whoee plantation these reliquee were found, that the place u-as in the pos session of his ancestors during the Revo lution, and that it has always been under stood that there had been an Indian set tlement there in ancient times. of being a young man ; it seenn to haunt the editors of the Patriot like^.epartre. Some of our editorial brethren RRre suffi ciently replied to this stale slander upn young men. We refer our reader* to an article in another place on this subject, copied from the Edgefii 1J Advertiser. “ Many, very many who have been most active and prominent in urging their State into secession, are the owners of a very few slaves." That proposition, gentlemen, f i shall not deny or attempt to contro- rt We recollect to ha\-e read, when a boy, in Weems’s life of Marion, that the immortal patriot and soldier who did so much for Ids native State when she se ceded from the British “Union," was the owner of a few well fed slaves. A large majority of the pople of the State are the owners of a few slaves,and whenever it becomes the case in South Carolina that the “ largest slaveholders” are to dic tate to the owners of a Rry few slaves, and those that have none, then we will be of that number who will leave the “sinking ship.” We have yet to learn that the man who owns one slave has not the same right to keep him or to pre scribe the terms on which he will part with him, as the man who owns “several thousand.” We believe the sentiment is no less true than poetical, that “WHO ARE URGING THE STATE ON TO SECESSION!” Under the above caption the new Green ville papr, miscalled the Southern Patri ot, comes out in an editorial of some length in which it attempts to show first, who are not, and second, who are urging the State on to secession. “ Not the lea ders of the State,” say the editors of the Patriot. We would like to know’ who they mean by leaders; if they have refer ence to the members of the Legislature, and we are permitted to draw our con clusions from the speeches and votes of the gentlemen composing that body at its last aession, we should say unhesitating ly flint the leaders of the State were urg ing it on to secession. But if they mean those gentlemen who represented the State in the Nashville Convention, and who declared that the line of 36 30 was the extreme concession that they felt jus tified in making for the sake of the Un ion, and afterwards voted for resolutions declaring the right of paceable secession, evenfri that case we incline to the opin ion that their acts are favorable to seces sion. “ Not our members of Congress.” Well we do not profess to lie as well posted up oq. the opinions of prominent men as the editors, but if Sny Congressman except Mr. Orr has declared himself against sc ission, we have not yet heard of it Even Mr. Butler, if we are to believe those who heard him, (and we want no better wit nesses) left the people of Edgefield where he found them on this question. Mr. Rhett and Gen. McQueen are avow ed secessionists, and without being positive, we should say, unless Mr. Wallace has changed his tune since the date of his “ letter to his constituents on the admis- ion of California,” he is also urging the State on to secession. “Not the largest slaveholders of the State.” It strikes us as a novel and very incorrect rule, this pf measuring a man’s sense and patriotism by the length of his or the number of his slaves. We give the editors credit for some originali ty ; we believe that one of the arguments advanced to recommend the Southern Patriot, was that the projectors of it own ed several thousand slaves. We do not know who are, or who are not the largest slaveholders in the State, but we know scores of the largest slaveholders on the Pee Dee, and they are gentlemen of “ tal ents and high character” too, who go for secession, and who are willing to pril all they h%ve on the issue. But we are not willing to be governed by this rule which the editora have laid down, but when we consult the chronicles of the past we find that it is not the wealthiest men who have been the bravest or the wisest, or who have done most to advance the cause of human freedom. “ Not the old men who have acquir*d wisdom by exprience, and who reflect as to consequences before they act." As to whether there are more old men in Green ville against secession than there are for it, we will not undertake to say, not being positive; nor will we undertake to say how many of the anonymous correspon dents of the Patriot, who hail from Socie ty Hill, near Georgetown, Log Castle, and other places, (whose locations are about as well known as was that of the foun tain of health No Ponce de LMn) are old “ 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men de cay. “ In some instances,” say the editors, “ they are unnaturalized foreigners and Northern men, who wish to show their devotion to the South, who are urging secession.” Well, it may be so in some instances, but they are very few; the class referred to are scarcely as large as the corporal’s guard who admire and puff the Southern Patriot, as the ablest edited and ths only paper in the State that tells the truth. But “General Hamilton declares that (FOB THE DABLINGTON FLAG.) Mr. Editob: Although I am not a sub scriber to your papr, I take the liberty of addressing you a few lines upon the sub- limWetemiination (if I may so express myself) of the pople of South Carolina, to secede from the Union. Isay sublime, because she is unshaken in her purpse amidst the storm which has caused many of her sister States to falter and submit to the insult and injury, which have been heaped upn them by the North. Although anathemas upn anathemas have been thundered from the Vatican of Northern free-soilism and Southern sub- missionism; although the OM Dominion has raised her warning voice, and bids your gallant State pause, and submit to the shackles which have been made and are being forged for her;—yet, South Car olina stands with the balance in one hand and the sword in the other, and says, “Give me justice, liberty and indepn. dence, or this good sword shall not return to its scabbard until these are secured.” Your noble State has, indeed, watched the palladium of our liberties with an eye that never winks. Neither Northern gold nor Federal office has been able to destroy that Spartan firmness which is character istic of her statesmen. Northern aggres sion quails when South Carolina's name is mentioned. It is on account of her indomitable courage and pnetration that she is de* nounced and rated with the fanatics of the North, (shame to say it) even by men who owe their all to the institutions which she so sedulously defends. But some say she must and will be overpowered by the Federal arm, if she should secede. Ye Gods! the trusty steels that were wont to be wielded by a Marion, Sumter, Green, and others, would almost leap from their rusty sheaths. Shall South Carolina be crushed, and dismembered like Poland, because she contends for the constitutional liberties w hich our fathers he has the proofs in his pssession that fought to rescue? No, no! She cannot) it was not the wish of the illustrious Cal houn to see or prmit his native State to plunge herself into the folly and madness of secession and separate State action.” We understand that the editors of the Patriot are both lawyers, and one of them not a very young lawyer; we were the more surprised on that account to sec such testimony introduced. When we wieh to find out Mr. Calhoun's views we will go to his speeches, which are before the world, and not rely on the say so of General Hamilton, or general anydody else. We rather think if General Hamil ton should bring an action of trespass to try title, by the editors of the Patriot as flip attorneys, against one of his neigh bors, and go into court protesting that he had proofs in his possession to establish his title, and yet never produce them, he would be apt to come ou\ without his land, and with a pretty highly colored bill of costs. “The editors of newspapers, great and small, have been preeminent in South Carolina as fire-eaters, disunionists and secessionists.” We believe it is true that the press of the State have presented an undivided front to the aggressions of the North, until the Patriot was started; but in your broadside, gentlemen, at the edi tors of newspapre, great and small, it was very unkind in you not to except that well conducted and valuable paper, the Hamburg Republican, which so recently came out against secession in an article of great good sense and ability. We shall expet to see soon in the columns of the Republican an editorial thanking Presi dent Fillmore for his kindness and cour* tesy in sending the editor books under his own frank. For our own part, we should esteem it no compliment to receive presents from President Fillmore. “Ti me© Danaos et dona ferentes.” The above quotations are speimens of the miserable logic to which men are forced to resort when they attempt to paint the beauties of submission. will not be overpwered. Why, sir, the moment the Federal Government shall attempt to coerce her to submit, hundreds of thousands of her sons and their des cendants, from Maryland to California, would rush to the rescue—strike terror to the hearts of the myrmidon hirelings— roll back the tide of bafrle, nor rest till South Carolina’s eagle should be seen soaring aloft, under a cloudless sky, drink ing in the sunbeams of liberty: not a compromised liberty, but that liberty that dared to declare the thirteen colonies free and indepndent; that liberty that sat en throned in the hearts of the .old men, matrons and maidens, when the father of his country passed under the triumphal arch on his way to Trenton, welcomed in a manner that would have excited the envy of tyrants and the fear of kings; that liberty that influenced our country men, from Louisiana to Maine, to welcome La Fayette as one of her champions, and the friend of mankind. I am a son of Carolina, and glorijRIn the land of my nativity. When she is assailed, I, as a dutiful son, will summon all my forces and cross the Rubicon. On land or on sea, wherever my pst shall be assigned, I will endeavor to bear upher flag, proud ly unfurled to the breeze. These are no gilded chimeras ofa diseased imagination, but truths that are felt in many a hei Then let Carolina strike for her instf tions, and lay hold on liberty, ere she age, like Alexander, worn out with fret, tmg for, new fiieWs of achievement.— Washington,a youth, established his claim to the command in chief of ol revolution ary army. Buonapart at 27, astoun ded the world with his Italian campaigns and, at 30 from his birth place an island then recently acquired ny France and just in season to make him a Frenchman assumed the purple of one of the great est countries in Europ. Scott, at 88, had ascended to the top of the military lad der in the United States and made a re putation world-wide. In other departments, to enumerate only a few out of the hundreds, Bacon, Pascal, Burk, Byron, in their youth took position with the highest. And finally, our own Calhoun, in youth was designa ted for the Presidency, and soon after leap ed, at a bound the summit of fame, from which he never descended.—Psha decry youth ? Why it is the golden age of man’s earthly existence, for almost all pur poses ! It is succesfiil by its peuliar qualties of disinterestedness and lofty as piration beyond the acchievement of any other priod of life. Almost all revolu tions are conducted by youth. The high est and noblest actions on record were ex ecuted by youth. ,I^t the aged advise— let them chalk out an honorable course; but for its perfect execution let them call in the indomitable energy and determina tion o< youth. Without them, they will utterly fail—with them and their resour ces, there is success. In our present cri sis, ths youth must lead, if not guide, the action of South Carolina. And when the great cause of liberty is reposed in their hands, we believe that the issue will not only be honorable, but most glorious.— Edgefield Advertiser. THE SOUTHERN PATRIOT AND PRESI DENT FILLMORE. The proof of the truly Southern and patriotic character of the Southern Pa triot multiplies upon us. President Fill more, with the most condescending politeness, has sent the Editor, under his own frank, a lot of books, which the Editor has publicly acknowledged. We admire the liberal feelings of'Ptesi- dent Fillmore. It shows Uiat he can overlook the Southern, sentiments of the Patriot, and reward merit wherever found. When we reflect that President Fillmore has all his li!e been a staunch advocate of Free-Soilism, and opposed to the extension of the institutions of the South, opposed to the Annexation ofTexas for this very reason, and an advocate for the prohibition by Con gress of the removal of slaves from one State to another, when we remember that he voted with the Abolitionist, whilst in Congress, and was nominated for his high office to conciliate their sup port, and is, if public acts and opinions signify any thing, essentially an Aboli tionist himself, we are astonisned that he should undertake so to patronize and educate a real Southern Patriot.— Surely the President does not susprt that the policy and doctrines advoca ted by the Southern Patriot favor Nor thern interest and Northern ascendency and the final triumph ofhisdarlingfrec- Soil and Abolition principles ? sinks into the whirlpool of consolidation, bases on it an appeal to support on the lain dence in Alabama. Soon afterwards Dr. men, who have Required wisddfh by ex R. W. Gibb* gave hie collection, and oth- penence, and how many are igatfant in era having since done the same, the cob ifpite of experience. Of one thii^we are PROFESSOR THORNWELL. We perceive from the Columbia pa pers that this gentleman is about retiring from the chair which he has so long and ably filled in the South Carolina College and that the students have very properly held a meeting and appointed a commit tee to express their regret to the Professor, on account of his decision, and to request Ms continuance with them. The Profes sor replies in a kind and parental letter, but states that his viws of duty force him to adhere to his deeUm to retire from the College. He ia to take charge of the Glebe street Presbyterian Church in Charleston. YPbeatihg by False Tokens.—In thelast Greenville Patriot there ap pears of course, a letter from Columbia, which demands a passing notice. The substance of the letter (which to our regret we have mislaid and cannot find at present) is an assertion that our Council of Safety, have endeavored to exercise a dictatorial supervision over the Post Office for the purpose of inter fering with the circulation of the Patriot. We sr.y an “ assertion,” but it would be more correct perhaps to call it an insinu- tion to the effect above stated. Such was the intention of the writer^ ns he Troy, Pike Co., Ala., April, 21st, 1851. lection has grown rapidly. It is, I believe, the only on* in the South; certainly, the pnly one in the State. Being the first es tablished, and the largest, all traces of In- diaifirt and civilization will, I trust, be deposited iff it You will therefore very much gblige me if you will secure as ma ny as possible of the various artieios found in the mound on Pee Dee, and write to iqe on the subject' Bincc receiving the above we have visit- w certain—eo far as our obeervation extends, there are more old men who go for se- eassion than against it, we will not say though that they have acquired wisdom by experiencei Thus much as to the neg ative part of the argument Now we will eee who they are who are urging the YOUNG MEN. It is attempted in different quarters pri vately and publicly, to raise a cry against the influence of young It is suppos ed by some that advuwda life and gray hairs should not onl^bunsel in difficult affairs but lead in (execution ; and that youth is really but childhood, and fitted to mingle in the exercises and amuse ment proper to that age—but never to allude to the grave matters of politics— of State resistance-of revolution. These ideas are preposterous With the great- est respect for the experience of age we yet maintain that in great crises, the young man, endowed with talents and filled with energy is really the most reliable leader. It is the period when the heart’s quick pulsation urge to the execution of daring conceptions ofthe brain—when unalloy ed by the studied cautfon and the unnatural timidity ofthe hackneyed politician, ofthe property-holder, after many yaare of accu mulation, and of the already famous who dread the unbinding of a single leaf of hard earned laurels—whan, stimulated by ever-presM|, visions of his country’s renown andir n honest ambition to link his name with the story of her honor, the youthful patriot seeks to do what may- equal, if not surpass the deeds of his pre decessors. All history is crowded with examples in every walk oflife of the noble achieve ments of youth. Themistocles in yputh, against strong prejudices built a navy for 1AI DAT AT BRADFORD SPRINGS. j Athens and defeated the greatest power , , . ... I existing on earth. Alexander, a youth. We received from the young ladies at j conquered the world and died at 82, when Bradford Institute, an invitation to he there was no longer an aim worthy of score of persecution, which would otherwise have no foundation. We have but one comment to make on the letter; we knew it to be false when we read it, but to be more assured if possible we have made inquiries, and are doubly satisfied on that point. It is a base, whining, pitiful, contemptible en deavor to make capital out of the cry of persecution, and is moreover a lie— abrolutely, unequivocally, uncondition ally, unqualifiedly, unreservedly, and unmitigatedly a lie. If any stronger term will apply properly to the matter the reader will consider it as having been used.—Columbia Telegraph. WHAT IF SOUTH CAROLINA. WCEDE8. Some papers—the National*Intelligen cer for instance—flippantly answer thn question by saying the General Govern ment would whip her into submission. This w as the doctrinefllf the federalists in 171)8: it was also the doctrine ofthe tones in the revolution when the colo nies talked about seceding^rom the government of Great Britain^If then, the principles of the federalists and to nes were the same as those now enter tained by those who *so flippantly talk about turning the guns of the Federal Government against South Carolina, it follows, that they should be as much the objects of scorn, detestation and comtempt, as the tones of the revolu tion were. The man who is the enemy to the true spirit of our republican in stitutions, and a traitor to those who are battling for his honor and constitution al equality ought to be hung. Every national and di^RVe law would tolerate —yea, demand tnhi punishment for the felon. |f justice had its due, this would Afe thu fete of the tory editors of the intelligencer. Tme, there are other editors—some too, ever in the South, who hold the same dc me—some of them we are willing t excuse on the ground of idiocy. No sane Southerner would think of joining a force agaktst South Carolina. Right or wrong, it is the duty of the sister Southern States to enter into no crusade against her. If she is wrong, (and we by no means admit that she is,) it is an error in favor of liberty and our rights. How ungen erous then would it be for a man in the South, to raise his arm against her when the sum of her offending is too much zeal—too much vigilance in the preser vation of the constitution, and the rights of the sovereignties of the con federacy. South Carolina need enter tain no such fears. The base minion that now talks of coercing her will not have the nerve when the i time comes to strike the blow and thonsands who stand by in silence will rush to her rescue when the first son perishes in the conflict Her sons in other States, and they are scattered from Georgia to Texas will join her standard as soon as she rears it She is in a cause they will defend with their dearest life blood, and the summons will be answered with alacrity, when she calls for assistance. The freemen that live in that proud little State will not have to fight their battle alone, should the General Government in its mad ca reer attempt to coerce her. NVe be lieve, however, that Congress will be too wise to undertake that game Southern Argus, Houston Miss.. Affray • at the Univehsity of Virginia.—We Understand the stu dents at the University have been thrown into terrible exL-itement by a difficulty between some of them and one of the Professors. It seems that a party of them, panting for a little sport, rode the horses of this Professor almost to death; painted them white and turned them loose in the mountains near the College. The Professor suspecting a student of the deed, had him arrested and sent to jail; bnt he proved his innocence and was released. Whereupon the students became awfully exasperated. Some others were suspected, and whilst the sheriff was endeavoring to arrest them, he received a cut with a bowie knife. They were apprehended, hovever, and sent to jail, but the students marched down in a body and liberated them. We are informed that the excitement against this Professor (of Modem Lan guages) is tremendous.—Petersburg South Side Democrat. TBT most pronaoent in This secession movement.” say U»B .editors, “ have been young men. or “ atrocious crime present at the coronation of their May Queen. Prior engagements rendered if impossible foi us to attend; we therefore take this mode of tendering them our con gratulations, and expressing our hope that in the obeemmee of this innocent and time-honored custom, they drank of youthful enjoyment his genius and ambition. Pompey eleva ted the Roman name, assumed the title of “Great” at the age of 25. Hannibal in youth traversed the Alps for the firsttime with an army, and subdued the conquer ors. In later periods, the Black Prince of England, in youth won the highest re nown. Gaston de Foix, at 21, wtm the 7 "'*. . "j "7. T.v'"’ “"'s 7';J^ffreat battle of Ravenna. Don John, the largely and deeply of the pure fountaitr 0 f Charles 5th won the etiD grea ter victory of Lepanto and died at ah early Distkkisinu Oci vhbem e.-A friend writes us the following particulars in reference to a sad affair which ocMmd between two students of Emor^^wWI- lege, at Oxford, on Sunday last. Se veral of the students were standing to gether in Bishop Andrews’ yard, when one of them, a young man by the name of Middlebrooks, commencing teasing another by the name of Jones. After some words had passed between them, young Middlebrooks picked up a stick and approached Jones for the purpose striking him. Jones told him that if he came any nearer, he would kiU him. Middfe- brooks disregarded the threat, kept ap proaching and finally seized him by the collar. Jones fulfilled his threat, clrew a pistol and killed him dead upon tire spot Neither of tho young men were over 18 vears of age. Both are very respectably connected, Mr. Middle brooks’ friends reside in Hancock coun ty—Mr. Jones in Golumbfe. Soon after the fatal deed, Jones gave hiinseMflUMid is now in Mgtody. The affair IHRly a most tMbncholy v,ne and of a character, which never before occurred in that peaceful community. —Augusta Republic. Mississippi.—The Southern Stan dard a new paper issued Columbus, (Lowndes Co.) Miss, gives the following encouraging news from the adjoining county, (Monroe) whose county town Atierueen has beh considerd a strong hold of the submiseionist in that quar ter. t There is a fine state ^ feeling in the connty of Monroe. \jThe cause of Southern rights is advocated there by the ablest men in the county. Speech es are made nearly every evening to large and and respectable crowds, and we feel assured (for we know the peo ple) that a most thorough revolutibn is going on iif pBblic opinkm, Tne Union meetingMd# Aberdeen on Tuesday laat was eBsMWered a fail ure by the submisionists. The failure is attempted to be dNfesed on the plea that the people did not know the time” it was to he Held. It hid been adver tised fbr several weeke Mid announend in various other ways—yet the people did not know the time. The joke is B good one. Bounty Land Claims.—Those who have claims fbr Bounty Lands under the late act will find it necessary to ex ercise some considerable degree of pa tience. The number of applications receivetrtn a. ijay have run up as Mgh as 1500. They now average about 400 a (lay. - There are 100,000 appli cations on file which have not been touched. The number of warrants which the department have found it practicable to issue is about 200. Sale of a White Maw.—It is sta ted in a letter ftftn Rushville Illinois, that a white man, who was a black smith by trade and haYing a large fam ily of children, was arrested lately on account of inveterate habits of intem- • SB