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~tS*LLNEO U S.* Yron UIte Lcug0" (Mo.) Tdegraph. b1URDER WILL OUT That trtt is strange tihan Ietion" has lieen ofpnisaid. and the circtnstances adbifktela d 0e1 1t all essn - the truth of the quotatiun. Lastwek we noticed that -0- special tern (f the Circuit Court nas n session -ar the trit of John C, Lester, charged with the murder ofKing I. Scott. Scott' ass'ayounlfg manl who was brought gp-in this -vounty. wild tnd reckless t bis habits, and careless nhoot the good opinion-of. the society in which he lived. -His mother possessel considerable proper y. and Scon-jand Lester. n. ho had nar ri[d-Si-ott'-sister, were her only heirs. Mrs. Scott was, one morning after a corn h Duing at the house of Leste'r. fonod' her own honse dead. . When did:overed. she was lying in, theflre. -phi.ce, ne-ark half consumed. as though she had fallen in the fire accidentally. and thus died Suspecious "were aroused at the timne. .ihat there had'teen foul play, ptnd that old ,1rs,Scott had been mardered ; how there was such ai appearance of P clue could tlien be. hod to the '.site wisniurdered. the ih- of October, 1843, Scoti, then abotit8 scars old wvas theo ippre. n heded on a cltarge of lareetty. on the im foriatioh 'f Lester, tis brother in InA ie nuitaged to make hisescape from cir.-. tody..uid disappeared. '-is sudden dis appearace was freely conmmenten upon by the neighborhood, andl there were those who did no.hesitate .to s'iy Ito had been murtdered. Sulsequently,'Lester was in. dicted lar having forgett sone imstrutiet of writing, and a inan named Jolin Eor ton was indicted for perjnry, haviig, as h subscribing witness, sworn to the genuine less of the instrumient. By the delays and uncertainties of the law, .lIlorton i ;s first iietil- lo the crimte with whichlhe war. charged ester so inatning the mauer as to put OT lds it ial until the fa!e of I or ton.was detertintied;. and at the March term. 1-84,4of the.Laityette Gite-uit Court Horton nias found- giilfv of p.jnry, anid sentenced .to the wpeitenotitr). for two years. -'Lester was subscloetttly tric I for the forgerf and iriquiiied. .l-rnperrej resentatiots liavig been im dc to Gov. Edwiar ie pardiined lItron ill Apil last-. ' Cpou-the return of. Hortonto t hi" conti s ty immedimately-after lie received hio par .dothef dechihred that King .. Scott had .been -*iurdered, and aade e th beaore -Judgea Ry.latid, that Lesier w a his tnur derer -A YparntVa wa tmdnctiit yas 'ssued r~kesf@ sgarrest, and hi naa. a p -prehed ,hisna the ue t vly. On brin-ing the prisoner toto nyii he atteaspt ed to cssp' hu .was haidiNj woutuod : d re-captured by the guard. -1Tle eti taginti Leg-dfuk placr h :drore Judguigyland flhemae t day bud o repo 1pp lie aw Les - tee t, a 0 eti ihn iou . - - a ua".i eveninghel~C lenga soejjo dei.n. i prairel kIe1.fphe dgetiiD ear a siuallb.tekebtorkroto. indie prairie lhe sawLesreruibd .Scoti coining do-wu ithe prairie-.- Ie-deterinted to secrei imisehI in. tuheilshefsth let thetm pass. but insteai of P s~Nj'tigthef tued dlown a hil lowin tho prair'ienear imt, and lie deter tined to wi alch the'u and see ' hat they wvere afniut. It tas by this nitme rog iu: d-ar Itannd the-twpV.commrienced making a lire. A fter they -had hghited .a lir, -a ba; tie d's produced from wthui t hey alrtak alternatelyyJtd. whten'Scottv itne to set the bottle down, Lester struck himt on the head-with 'acinh, and c-ominaued to infliet blows .upon him until lie w'as deaad-ia then -buried him - is a sort of- gulley,. antI covered him with diirt andn loose st-tes.I A.day or two after, I !srton 5aid lie had beeni huntingr d-ucks, and m.' his retirn htome lie saw somne turkeys n hich hei fol lowc:to the hills-hie came sitadenly ott thle-top) of a-steephilh, and itn the htollon lie saw Lester digging a hole-lie crept softly. away. and otnato rturim;;to the sputi where Scott hittd been buried, lie sow that hogs had pairtly r-ooted him fromti his grave, and had eate-n a ptart of the boy-hec than supptsed that Lester's object ini dig girig the hole, was to make a more securec gcavet fur- I'is 'ictirn; lhe accordiog!y watched Lester's movements that ev-emnus arid saw hiut retmove Scott aud, re-bury A party was set to the place where Horton. said Scott was buried, acc-onia uiedl bylHI. to show the spot, and the hodly was iakeui up and .recoginized to lie the body of' Scot,: from the clothing HeI washuried in a place where no sua-n he ing would ever suppose to be selected as r gave, and even thiose who nuere seit. tosearch. fur this evidence to caorroborate Horton'stestimtony, helieved .the story tat be a fiction un'til the body was found. It was ina rayine-where a constant stream as-flowing over the grave. pin this.'tesiunony, Lester was conm reitted for triel- . Lester. allpiefI fora ebanntge of venue, atnaI hisgtxial wa, removed. to .Juebl.on cout, The wiole-of the week befoare last intl part of.,the last weare dlevoted to theidal Circumnstantces eliciteid tesmiimo ny other thaup that of the evidence of H-Ir ton, ibcb onvinced^ the mimds of the fry; aitidafter a'shor absence. they re turned a verdic t of grtihiy. -Ti.Judge, upon promiemg the ajv. ful -senteneof the law, asked the prasom-r hfle had 'any liing to say n by sen:ene 1r-de~hhihid not be pronounced againist hi&i Lesterase, and for an hour ad dr ell~ie cddrt. - alleginua his'innoeened, - viawy the -'circumstanes ~f~Iii~darl againsti him, In e5Iie Yld'rouintears -3 yliat largeiaiece fil~Ia~(~ Osio hiear tist awful n asbeti pro - -~s ha a l~ o s e ~ ~ h~dfl~)~I nh1 Kc&at e ee a~5-bra-rprtse ~ Is~rA~h(o -a Young.' The counsel for, the prisoner op~rayedanttreSt of judpnent, mfuldmoveAi for a niew trial, hich the jdoe overrufrd. An ap i has been-'faien to the supreme: -court. We snid other lesihnony had been elie ited betides that of Horton. and this tes Iimony teuding so strongly to criminiate hloriou, he has 'been arrested,. harged with being a i .ccomlw ice. H is exam1t ina t"0on commen. ced yesltrde It i-, now0t confid tttly believed that straigr things. will yei bu divule. atid dihat ii wtill per haps be discoventd that Mrs. Scott was murdeted, ad by -Ahon. TilE SLNATE OF TIIE UN! l'ED S FATES. On a recent orcasion whetn Col. lleni iou relerred to a vote 1 ite SviaLe m 1&4U, it a ppeared 5i-om tii list if yeas aid nas iliar the Senator frotm Alissourt is the oulk man nw belonging to t-he Senate who was a Senator lien. Sowe tw enty years haveierught great chattes in the Senate and ekewhere. A new gee-raiion is now in tle d-iehl -With here and there a veteran of. the -paest. A correstpondent of the New York Jour nal -of Conmerce. -who notices ihe llfct above alluded to, goes on to give a brief sketch of tlie present Senate of tie-United States-thus : We may itill ibost ofour Sennte. thoutli its diguity and ability must suffe. a kitd ofdiffusion or dilti atiflong with its con litit t i it-tricl expansion. New States in -their youth and wildneis -cannot he ex pected to send ripe schaltrs-and finished Statesmen, Hence rhe -narro fame of Some, who are-now enrolled in the number %of American Senators. But give them time. There are names among them, of which b e hive not heard till their election was announced. -But every man here ri ses or sinks tip his merited level. The'lan ol hydrostatic - pressu-re is 'scarcely more certain. This body must however alw ays have its oriaments. Thusihegiant Web ster is agaio among them with his lassive proportioas of body and of iid; hiw dt-p toned voice a-nd his intellectual'he-ad and face. Ilonest John-Davis -on is lere onice more in 41 his integrity and'stibility; hoti of them tihe boast of thotir friends, and the objects of respect-to their mna:glinimous oppontenis; they t, e men of winm lasa chosetts tjua~ stly be prud. And how i, lier old sister Virginia represnt-ttedl here? Uespectabltly, no dotib:. b% Messrs. Archer and Petnybacker. But tle bow (if the Archer will probably he tnstrung thorgh it has aiode in strettgth. and it: him 'ill relire a tiru- getilema: and a hi;tminded Viliiinin. a man of rnuch xaucberns ir meti exac'neg of mt inenrs. ri gndered more rigia pierltps by labisC of --sitngle blesedness " To hin will -succeed 't) h.jbly n Demtnrat; hut tv cre hiow are the (i eses. thte IaDzewellA tle Barbotour, i Leidhs, the Rivesesq an'd nmtyty ti.ore 'f tla hidI Order? I etnilvani as usual sends-her siurdv names-Init l s ipeak lit le. but.vote steadily;-herSturreon and her Cistronnow eustain her dignity. . no Buchanan i. tlicre-a speaker, a thinker aid a writer. for whom inmure has dbnie -uiueh lboth in volce 'atd, Im-anners' thjoiu-pj-t sinppemars to 5owe mtfdeutpi sgi!r minthe of ojisite qiilIities ihi etistrItetin h- ciekr tian. It is diffirult to s11y w hetir 0n the Wivhtle he is it good look-itgr tmani or not. Tlie Prepontderaice is in favor of ie ;ffirrintiv-. Soub Cair olini seldiin flails. She deli2 hts to crn centrale the %eiv essetice of her talent in this atutust chnitiber. 1I31bre ile so prent e ofi ti itlen. the'ariiblie and intelli get Ilug-r (prniiitemed foin-::e) the d-s cedant of~ thh iieemi liows amti mniiis n forn ,'ilhtiun. ;t s'ainth~ird mtan it the R~epjule iiamtid alhl i:is '.arietiesnlls aiddhi-lsjura~re inl rt a'vmgistri ;Ituna noUls. pithyV. logient, rapuid. stotng itt at go mtet, and11( stern : itnrti ionclt..mos we rimg it nlettwotrk of steel atrtund :is trillian, t ies, and ning~i a reaTston fir ever, thinn in lie Constitui iont. Set. hi- hts). black mifticiitenrt eye lehtld the -hn sharp anoele-s oif that ;'regot t c-raisma. he- niul ifitlhl wikh f- w hijel acutte 'htintkit2ns a cu, over the 'sinface of that aitXous face-. ile hais come tr itake his pile by lie sidei oif Mr. MceDuflie, ni hose physient ptremit iiurity' of dceparuide seemus to moc-k ihr Puergies of his imiperoois rnind. "Deted~ tabfle duelling! that it shiotuld htave tilaintedl an ineradicable bullet dleep in the hotly of such a mati, tenzing, wvorryit::, patrnt!zing a cbild of intellect, sensibility and elo qjuence. The mintd scor'os the shackles. but cantnot escape lien . No! his mid is v'igiirous. vehienment, and will speiak nout. Maryland. too rises, in reputation wvith hecr Johtnsd-t. Expectatiot w'.aits fort hirn.i Georgia contitnues to ask aitetiiin to lie; graceful Berrien, the mtodelI of a ligitied Seniator. Alabama is weighty in her ltuge Lewiq, the -observed of all obse-rver(, cona joined -to Badby, no miean gladliato r. I Ke-ntieky sustains her life and ponwer- in|I the sit-ong, cbol, edm paie, satiirical, corrns caiin2 Crinendeti, ' nd her Claiy-like Motrehtead.'- Missouri tests firm ott the broad shottlders of her aniciet and itnde fatigabtle Bettnon. Lit tie Debt" ;;re rejoi ces ini her aistt e, politiie. luetnt Clatyiton never withitut dantger to he trifled with Ohio senids her popular atid sarenastie Cor wln, strong f'ir every thing fte udertakes. Arkantsas her Sevier, sharp as the crack of a western rifle. Michigan hetr Cuss. dligtiified aiin eighty. The Eiti e State, with a touch of alliterattion sends tier Dix aiid Dickinson. Atd so ott to thle end of the chaipter. Honrale Senators all. Whlat an urenla for inttellecttual rooifliei! A six mnonths' conflict hefbre. lhenid TIw-n. by millions of p~eoplle lookingt atb them! Aye, the worlJ! Arid becyond "thiis visible diunal sphere," the solemnt shades of tie pa;rtedl stattesmnen! "Act weil lour- par* there -all the honor lit-s." A ta? on Passengers. -Thle U. S Sn premue Court anve iisde-cisiont otn Tuesday tupon the constittuin: al power-of the State of New York to impose na-tax on pas-en gers'arriving at tts pnrts. The Cot-~theld thatt -the Staie had the- powver; as a mint. cipal, regultitii nrding- anaiuit the ex p'ensK.6f supiorti priupers.fThe rea s~tting Tvas that, t en Staterilaargrh: to targ-itselfagtist the ex'penstcf pauper ;rg-t gant tir if, tn'sseniofr giving (dribaship, wnn-; fer~iirttcenuirilne' idys:Menuarhau tit i~dotskrt. iiug Corresrondence d.emf stus TN I f; Y N Mr. Allen. Iron' the Unnim i igu AfLiirs. re poried a -reauluttot' i rect ing tih Secrevirv of ti S ueo to he iretpared for the us ft. o1 10,000 co. ies iZ .he inaj of cougiled, bv tfii licersar tlhe ExpIfht -Expi htion,;rovintd'th e %rfi -~~ does 'nit exceed $10. per'und dI"t d over. Mr. Cameron. Irom ihi' Com tn P,.nwe Buiding-, repirtied a j e . Iton1 to. au thoit IIthe Wi fdiiU ient Committee, to erect a -d tu WV.Isbington8I. ou .aut part of Thefiitii g rounld, ot altieri-iegidTiii he ie-sign)aeid by..tLe-President i it&I ted States. . LaIJ 4;ver. The Setmient inti Execut essVt .HlorE OF REPRI..s'. tTATJCS iie -bill -for ruismg ta) corovp;71146 of mounted riflemt-n. without objetion 'vIS referred. io the Committee of 1heWhole and ordercil to be printed. Mr. McConnell. of Ala. askelieive to introduce a keaolution, which i*j$nsJe allowed to be read for inform ati. .The. reuding was iti(rru)ted 'A ith ter, and the whfie thing , was .regap by m1u11 .s a titoing burlesque upof-.pro ceedi' s of and speecies ii CAP.. Phnso'.AL EXeLAAx'8rsSapx - Mr.-Prestou King of N. Y. askeileave to make a p.ersonal explanitioniotrefer-d ence to some remarks made by Mr 'Rheut. of .S C. They appeared desiW only as a further assault upon Mr. COlW ' 1by Mr. King who is a friend of the' mtfJuin istration. . cis -insinuation -to,.y vas; that w hen Mr. Calhoun was the erican negotiator uuder the last Admir0 tiiotn, that he offered to negotiatv..w af- of OregonI, if' England would. giv ia r 1 her interference with -Texas. Mr. threit said that if the iniin from New York meant to say !4Jfr. Calhoun did this. he pronoumnced an. as sutmption 1nubunded in trni1 s m r.'U.:J. INgerso!l of Pa; io add. luel to the flaie by becomin tiord p arty. Mr. Hill ard. of Ala. who w illed 11) tlie floor. woubl not nifr .th s erfcr ence A fich U as threateningt hekc Hoisu in a difficulty. U-RHooN DisCusSto. Tie debate W.'s then resus, the unfitistred butsinessufyest'er Mr. lihna of Abi. addressed 'he - one st the mfost ebninemen aye ~ he esion. H* -advocated ourt- -t w holt u-'Oreoo. bu l'sr.letA pu It !art of it us tme btrongtest 41 r., rof the' ;ronng po% er of1 E anad tte -frr ogante of thiBritih teut, and lit'e niasre-atdy to etieck.It t'Lfie et m inatrier he di . oei.u E y fit'prop ittions. wh hil i zt tee tb gentletien or the'Hone V as. -ivainithe report of the-ot ttee Qt. fe'rri'uries cause faitya .h land whici m5is urs at prreo t se -He' was alSui a Do regon trWynlegilti1 ye c It nIght trat. trl'thie-Excutivt. 0 Tas .gai'ast giv 'tt the ieui astn' bi'si.tsV hr e'c tof ssid notice migli.si govern Ie E xecuive in manutjor wijchgvakuld tnswer'ro good- purpose.. Viold pass a resolution etmpoweritg the.fresidentt of tile Unted Sfates; to gii c the:nitti'e'fea ver in his juidgtment he thouglit it bes o uive i. He wanld iclothe hiin With all power Mr. Hili. yard allo-ga e muitny facts'cou t8e't'ed~ nith the commtterce .of-the iLust, and te ereat ben, fit ntlinioia'cerue Io thle Commelnirce ofl the coutry,.fronti hi' f,.LiesmI: of' . i .)rego'u, .and oipeittng im Commrered ofl the Iattto itn -iter onrs, it h e Umtr'i States. ci'e it ith gre'tt 8.8tftn08, on; rd eldntimand-t~ cii the app18idbot ion <d t-h& grei -nmjor'it y of lhe I Hose.t Mr. I hs.n p-nt of MWiss4. here itnade nti 'ipeal to the lion-ue to) chantge 'the mode of discussing tee Sitnje, 11 the met' t ofr the qujestion were'to be debiated ~iliupo the noionlilt of refe'rence, no othier busittes rouLldf be donle. Ile' hoped,. the'refore, that thei r'ioutionr wo-uld be re'ferred Is, th. (.8:8: nittee of the WVhole on the- st at of?~ thei Utsion. - . The H bonie cnsented, and the next tm-. iotn was thait f'or mniking the'JoinlE ReCsi lution the special tnrder of the.' day for the ( frst Mionday-in Febmruary. ~ - The yeas and nauys were 'oiered, hi as~ two thirds were necessary. the moion 'n miake the resoilutioin a8 s~pcia order wtas lot-A3yes 102, noes 82. [Th'lis vote is 'portamtn as slhoivirng a dsiositionj in the H-ouse riot to decide ibts qestion too hastily.] Mir. ilowlin, of Mo. th'etiii C'o that th-e H-oiuse resol ve itsef int n Codirniivee oif Whole. whilh miodion prevailed. The .Speatker called Mr. Tilha.nis of Kv.. Co tihe Chair, and Mr. B~owin rimived to tnke up the .Joint Rsolutioni to. give til one yea~r'4nIotice tio Etrmland closing Tellers were called uipont this, moit ion. but the Chlair decided so ;hasily.that the.! House hadl no lopportunity to oirde-r them Mr a. Bun fin therefore ahtined his objeci and addres-ed the.dHousie. at length in de fenice of the Anaieric'an cloiur1 'o the whaie of Oregon. und jigainst thgresi've: powet of Esigland. is sp;eech partiiik of the prevailing, dipsition t'o say as rruch or our bravery aind puTi!y as.'jiii - ble rand is lithe ofIth. colurag~e -drilljj.~r ie' of othet- naitiont's. -- l1r. Bo iwi iid lShaui-ehat O.00b 12.i-l w ould volunteP- to ros lt ey 3 Un ainis as sool as wir i s delareil anid of the resul' of a co'nstaleti vtiqrv atf ,ur mesi and-atns he haidnnmanteirf'o~dnb'. Ai ihe elos-t of tii..j''ipe-eelf itie-(ntmit-! ice rose atnd'the Housbe adjouraea From the t 0 .isayty - RUitOR'. &c . &' Our itelihgent H si errsitit. realence b iesn~n~'' tn.b ~cny ahd ainlgles iu t 1 foli tg iiVt by n ap~tteein prt..Qs~pAha4e Stsy.y te -Vha - he bigeIfrequently n'oiccel i .thbepapers, is i~rgy a pratice of ic tiah'se ofI aee Oburg.vt' her sisler. 'thil fafit, t, [it be gMv n1) tnt' Dke .of Ilottpeonsier, stw'ot Luoms Phibape's %umns.. A Frencht fleert ad armay, $n- conjucntion nilh whu lvrce--l and andt sea-iitim'i Spa canl raise, lasCked fty all l tiglish flee-, alati to6 see thti'tiotlina I)n '? ii done, wrl escor the latter counple to Ame.'riu. and place their, iild.ts iet.. un the losene of .ex iic: Ju the Inean aijme. ci-tiotion s ourcour resporndenit tile -Iarlin de Cyprey is to wail Fat Laivanina 'he m:arrh tit evenits, whikl three Fretient FriArnto are -.taiioa d Ibere lethtips 'to place him in iriu1mph antcc mnit- at te ejead of the ctorps-diploatique iir Aliex ico. Our corrispoidenti further inies ilial Santa Anna ' is, all this b hile, a - qmel ooker oil" in Hjavamia, pan ienitly waitin tIh time whet: Almonte shall have thrns1 aut ierrera, and burnt old Catss-an ia rades' fingers so k'adly that h-e wall let Fire alone , then to slip 'in for liis-rnntry'i kood, and put down dl: pariizsanitm, land Iaietly uaw awoy at ' the meant fit the jut fdramother ew ye-ars-. The health of he tyrant is good; ni he '8eldomi rorme! nio-lavanna. from his conrtry resadence mcept when tile steamiter from Vera Cru2 b in ;he ofling, 1he l he comes in and taits with all a deslpot's impatience atl hae-riish consors for his despatchies, vblch, it issaid, are'ueither fe-w nor small n -buk. - Wie have all along been of the iupinion hat there would be some turin in the af 'airs of Mexico which tmigpt place Santa nna once more ;:i the head, at least o in farmy, and otrr letters-fron Havaaa gu 'ar t-strengtheia us in this beliefl. He hat o many opponents, however, itt the N'orih and \' esa of Mexico, to give hiam eagth of power and sntay, even if he once nore succeeds in reizniiing the reigns 01 rovernment. Pur-ieds is to -an exten )owerful, and if nte are not greatly mis aken will fight io the hist liel'ore he allows Sania Anna again to get tile upper hand of him. It regftra to -the rumor about Montien ier and the Mexican throne, it has come o our know!bdge that letters of an offeial haracter have been received in ti-s c'ity *vich- more than hint that soame such chetne is afhot. It is not to be imagined hat.Great Britain oiitild aid in raising mne of Louis.Philippe's sons to an Amer en throne for 'nothiii, ntI hence it hat een inferred ihat she itgZa receive (ubt as her por tion of the spoils. Fe;will cliag lo tfir Pillars of the Tinplelo Our Libeties.arbitif it'niust fall 'ec'cillper sh ainidi the T uilrs." WED. tNEJAY .JAUtARY 14. l46. All Job woil d6ie -at this offic'n lareiter auit bd paid furi on delivery. Cold Itenther.-Sinre cntar last, ne had a amoy, vernal drys, !.id then -a chanuge etim ver tei spirtl" of the weather. The weatthi m- been qite cld and inplensaant. and tha hermomoet:lhas beent btelow the free-zing ILint. Goentr of Tc~tras.-Cnerti J. P. Hender ont haas tite:'. etetd.t~a G veranor of' thte Staite ol ['exas. The Tn'm-perare 5sciety of our Toaen.-We' vear re-centhy prse~ at a regutlar mneetitag o0 het Tempferantcr- isociety of tht. pilace. We.' mdi thn aale'asuare~ of haearinaag a very forcile ddtrss n p'n the gre't evils re-aiithiaag fromt ia empentr:ncet.byi Dr .Trahn W. Willi:nans, n mtem a-r of the' Soc'ietay. 'Th~e Presidtent also matde rime approaailate remarks npoen the ?>ccusion, re'sp-ctale naditory. prinacipally composed (nenarn 'from the tcotunray, was present, nd bv ltei r atteantioan. i-tvmce'd their inaterest irl he proceeedlites of thte maeetinag. A resolitiori as pas.nsal by the Soc'iaty, making prov isiot or vocal anti instrmaetal muttsic. at thteir fn nre meetiangs. A cottmrittee was nppointed o make arrnanrtaments f'or this purpose. Th hbOve metntionedl lesaantiton was a vecry gonc me. and ircarried oaut. will aidd greauly t'o the uterestaif the fauture meet ings oftahe Society, t ias muach to be desired. that the lathes of th< uace iteukil haoiior cacti assemblage of the society, with their presence. Thecir radian atnies and their voices lamestintg forth in strain >f heticlias music. woulid most assenredly at r~iet a Iargae conconrse of genttlemen, inaciti ling Benedicts, yone ba'nit* artd old hache dors, who have not yet despaired of ob'ainsing artneas. Cotme theta. yc matrons anti blush ng maidens, anad the Washaingmonian Societj vill gille yout a ghost cordi-tl welcomec. TIhe Hon. Wam C. Preston on the 5th inst mteraed tupon his dutties as President of thi Southt Carolia Caolaege. Upton thtat occasim is deliveredl a beatutifu a ndat einsieanl address t .ae Stuadeants ini thec College Chapel. Thre Sodiha rarolinian.-Mlr B. RI. Carroll. n rarleston, hans asociated himself with Mr Sumiea in thte editot~intl department of thi Soh Caurolinian.~ AIr. Cayrroli has loang beet known as ain editor of literary jotnrnals, an he author tf a H istoary otfSotnth Carolina H-i repttationa as a Belles Le nes Scholar is estah ished amoangst ins. .Dantbtiess, his conttectim vith the Stumhi Carolittian, will adal gr-e'athy he interes' of that paper. THE PARK IN HAMBURG. )n'saledalist. VI r. Henry Shila prtreha ted the'Ijlits 1 aat16 i4,i kintiajei'Parjc e. jrgnfor uonae'.inie 1pAste'nhner of dti $perty, wbichlhas been suffered: o int feuaya :As M r.._Shaltz is ngsaianOe'ainer ~ Wpe thnt thae'-pliaoe wvil..be imbirpved~uind thN 'tillt ngain'e'alerdn niof ii d fdN A UGUSTA- BRIDGE CASE ':< Tlaiuaiention bf our-readers-is cale.4.t&' extlet fin the subject of 'tli' Bride iiLe, an hich Air. Henry Shultz is a pirty. *ae than lalfamillion ofdollays are in suit,and n taaae for trial is now fixed upo.. The case will come ona in April next,' and wil be tried be fore the Circuit and District Court of Georgia, at Savannah. We heartily wish Mr. Shiltz staccess iaa this iaportiat ltw-suit, in which lie h3smo long been enga ed. We tare indebted to lae Hon. A. Burt, f1, smverni public documents. FROM TEXAS. By ahe arrival of t*he Steamship Gal. vesion. we have received our filesof Texas papers, to the 27th ult. inclusive. The returns of the recent election were coming in. Gnernl trisrion is elected Senaaor from Bastrop and Travis.. A mong ie nanmes ofthe Senalors and Rep resenatives chosen, we perceive those of General Chambers, Colonel Cuney. Col. V. E. Howard, Genieral Cazneau. Gen lender.on is doabaless elected Governor. Alejor Darnell,, probably Lieutenant Gov erndr. iat. T. Pilbury has accepted the nom inatioln fr Representative to'Congress Lettiers from the Red River county an nounce a steady advance in prosperiiy, and a consrai-t sireini of einritidU.-N. 0. Bee. RUS~SdL'S GARDENER'S C1LENDA'R. .1nANVAr.-Sow peas, spinach..lettuac cabbages, radishes, pertley, beers.carrots, salsafy, parsnips, 'tarrneps, aNsparagus. Plant horse radish.irish poatigoes. Trans plant cabbages aid lettuce. 'Remarks.-The bes variely of peas for this monab are- early frameand bishops, for an early erop, mad dwarf marrowfat aitl d-warf-green imperial for a succession Only a-few beete; carrots, parsrips, satla fy, and aurilep,:hould be sow Ia this monh, as lcy, are all 'very render while yong, and consequently easily killed. Endive should be tied l for bleaching. It is late to dress araichokes and asparagus beds, but if noa done before, they must Ire now attended to. -Irish potatoics plnted in the comaamencenenut of this month, may have iheir tops kileil'by frost. in February but ,Vill not Ike injured-; towards the last hI -the month the) m;ay.be planted for a gen aral crop. From the Sakthern Agrcarttrist. To ouR READERS XYD PATRONS. We present to our patrons andl thegpub. lae. theist Ni ner o'f the sixth volune of it our second series ir the Sothern.Ag ricultuiist. . This.Joirnal was orig.inaliy publisi-ed hy lelin D. Legare,. Esq., in 1828, and has always been prinled by the pret propirietor nnd publisher- The ina-k fas been.acontiIlaIa. hy. iJimfjorsev: 'eral 'yea'rs-iast, Tor'the litrpose.of.keeping -alire tirat zeal -for' agricult'ural inprgrve inents, whichsa 'origially-intenited by its -poiflica'tidn fir Iprio. to 16:28, i-here 'was uoliing if- fle kind ' ntishdal'sonthif of Baltimore, wkere, theAmedfig1.yri mer was tuhe -eaflteo y tne-venerantae ir. Skne as i- ertioi--nhl Agricultura lheiety of South -Carolina 'a promate the interests aid ciriula'te infor nhation amoang tlhe plators of this sectIoi of tla'Unionl w;as 'tie chief case of ts ftrst pulbcatiin-sso kvc la'd thought that if *noudl still have Met & fostering 'o teetina bf int and othe'r Sdcietieia-#ihich have since spruttg irto ieststerce. perilaps roo. under lthe very exciireli.tit'ased arumaoang the agrictalural entnitiest yet it so haappen's that i: tnui languaishies ihr that support w1hich is necessary to its exi.,cence as a mteansaof public ntiility. It seeams, like all other thinrgs, tao lbe pasuing nu' ;y ;as 1the fashaion of the day - Th'le pride uf the puablisher has been, not to relin'juish ah'e grotun'd, hao*ever pooarly he' hasa failfilled the dluties of an Et rr-hint the waork woul tnt evena hiear alhe expene~e -of paying; a qualified person tea fill that stationa-and lest it -lhauhia heoine a np)roachL 10 '/ae State. ahat it lhad noat tin Agriculaural .7ournal wi iti it, he haas cotntinue-d it-and would anow reliskinish it to, anay person qualified, for the benecfit of its agricultural friendas. Noone can say thaat it odartn to c-ease to lbe, while oan every sidle, such pubalicat ions ;'re liberally unappo'ried, rand thecar circula itnextendingr evetn among our planters and farmiers. WVe therefore tagaina present it tao the naricultural cammntly, ita hopes they will not let it jwrish forever, for the wanat or thteir pstronage. Anal wb on;in appeal tao those interest *ed It) te prosperity of the agrienaltural intecrests or alhe Souith, to aid tas with all the uorigintal an~er they a-an. Thte termi nre ns htereinfore, Three Dollars. payable in advance;-for two copies $5; Saicie It ies anal Clubs can be Aupplied withb ten copies for $20. payable in advance. C'-ontents of the Jranutary number of the - Southern Agriculturis:-A. E. Miller, Broud-st. Drainuiang of Ditchaes in t-ice-fibids bp ID., Somuethmtg about Madine uind its ap. plication, by Jesse Ryder; An Essay on Guano. by J. 1E. Teschtemacher; To any * vze soils; Ona rotationt crops. lby M. W Philips: Grasses fam the South, hy B. M.; 9!Oldl atmaarn atad tnew adressings; Cotton. seed Oil, by J. Hamilton Cooper; Liq~uid mataure fair coro, by f-. R. Srnehzer; Okra an exceilenat substitante for Coffee, by- J. F? (allana; New work on Shaeep -iusbaandry, by L. A. Molarrel; Oja Suik graiwine in New York, corresponadence a between A C. Vaan Epps. Esq. anad James W Chappell, Esq-; lamportarkce of Ag. r iculture ; Colerman's Agricultural Tour; Imaportant to grain~growers; To aseer tatin the power raf Mill Sates (lair Manu facaaores ;) Western ,Manufac tures; G.ua no a-s a Mainpre forSe a lslatatd Cotton, by J. Jenkians Mikel;.'t'he value of Corn cobbs as a food for cattle, Plarnis delete rinus ina confineld places, Macbane for raillinag Tobaco, Garlig sa core for epy idaemic an swiane; Antidotes of Poiaos; Joutre a s i rd-herse; Sahintg..food for S ock, by R Btte taking Coimu apo wbrt dge . havi ds 4fisei t lgre~ E iIO 6nAs-esacsWleW t .santd deliars plir ibtdi &ptr priateit Iainuni rf t fWif no exceeding t1i i o'anY of five dollarseach i cerain n umber of dqy In Maine I.e syst - was enIi el I v oih 1In e 3eais ago, when aflha' that useless setvice 'v rtp ~ retaining the-niiliftiayste conatinued.,enroalment '~: ~ ~ lie bound at br call the support o her. of her- soil. - *. Veranont; arie Le'gislatuse Iug fooy ol Maine. She pased - - 4il laws Iiha t heretofirs, drills, and substitti.d ment, as for jury would, under the old-s h y liable to miia ser-vici - - - -.2,4a We copied a p)rag:Ir , York Sun. a day (pr two - a gentleidn o; that cith po-erful engine forAr The New Vork Hu.fd-i h - tended 11otice ofLheinye.99 sid to be .simply a wu - -principlo of the sling,ap ory, in connectiort-wnb throwing out adiscliige f. In a niinatc for hourt machine is so constructed -i j in at one end 1:he balls je- 4 i a otary motion is of a 'rauk, and, by - ae e tch ba I rec, ives a force anin equa'l o .at cotmuni e tit) ofgunpowder. Wle done a slide statsni-a" to escape in succssid ; into a tube, whei)he a kUost any disanesa aim. T he -invester.is a gentlema cdn.i.d Yard at Brooklyn peunmeims werv recenrin& new engie -f d the Goverinen't, .nif .laiA d ton given ientiremaii;to guished persons who f On one dcasion alld){ t i e s lid tiniber wcre tiiited toee - ing. one .mpact- by piece of wooden Arizaq athy .open h yiii of ordnaimexv - utes ile whole4o id erly deinioised f it toer, by th -i~.M, a r~ Clarence, son oVi3 e, ilthei t terl ancenrts Wingt atj~ lInd Accrdaiou toie 014m gtl~i W45i ibris dles*ended ri astMinjsstiil f r h K infedlnite ifirdj, ad the ion jeani f en tJ - ilushi Capet, Kin tof.Pr.ane.,wo s' was; Vilu bola o4lips. Win'er seems to beatirpn uswuh aqp unrelentinR hand, althou'gi 'e-linv -~ no snow, we have had very iinebru% er for the last meath; whiep ~ d t& -t city 'f proveinder, will ogecrate udisjpu; amsong the enttle in the suffring di tr~ ihis State.-Anderson Gasief~.. The Pendfeton Ii sselirpf1i inst says-We are inforimed :hht Rtobert B~owen, a very'respectalble i~~. of Pickens district ivas killed b'y a falltik his i nrse, on Mnaddsvi last, on hi reitm home fr-oni the~ Cauh Hjouse. He -d ' he prime of life', and lefra large fa~hp The Poen a sei ~e~~ li order ii the City Eosimager gf ton, to the eflaerktbai allho i documienits frainkedl by mnemnbers T resa saoll be charged writhi lettgr pos a unless -it shadl'applar that-tA t ~ .* packnges emnanate4.difecrly Io themselves.1 The effictbol'thi3fl loners on which iherm : i~ the hind writing- of-the :~ of the retnainder oftho su be presumed not 1o-hae te members frankiing: said- ml~ accoulingly. If; ho. vor..ui* the letter at its' destfi~tion shall think proper-toipe -in~ it is bona fide cominnicaiiZ ber; thendthe pos'age shall bilii& Don't sell. you, Ashes.. - late discoveries-n 4ericuial Professor -Liebmi qayewnine hay from the mneadows, ljri of exhianition.ttAthe-soil isitll -p ash ,contained: inhely may' readily be retehrsi bv meadows wtyrs thta es... A vervjmuer~~~ never suffereilul Ql fro his fam ls a~ n bushel to SOWba To the Inep nE r Fellow jNirenas~ viceeandaisieson 0 ft s~elfoas a huaa eleped h~ all dischiarge i Iibeat ~GH.