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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-
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