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PiCHKNS C\ Jf-JS. C\:
Saturday Morning, July 18, 1857.
The New Volume.
Titno; with it* manifold waY->viiriilug*? Ihih
brought u* t'? 1114- ?muI of another no\vMj>;iprr
ve.ir. With tliin number, the Cmtrlir commences
a new volume, under tbemont tiuDpiiMillW
l?V .on " '*
% v n \ ? o, i wui > ^ in run*
nrrtinn with i? lamented friend, \vc took
charge of thw |After much uiiremunnratod
anxmtv am! toil, aided )>y generous |
fricndn, wo hail tin* gratification uf witnessing
its prosporitv and the general favor with
widish it ha* heen ro?'?*i\?m1 . During this time
in circulation has heen nearly thrihbh'd. uml
wo now have tin- pleasure of tenting thut it
i.? in it must prosperous condition. It in oue
uf the permanent institutions of the histfictl
We have endeavored to make tho Courier
acceptable to all. More e.spi-ein llv fins it hwn
. our aim and purpose to aid ami a-WMt in do- j
\eloping tlu* rich resources of our hitherto j
neglected district, to give proper direction to
useful iiiiliistriji 1 inirvoita *.% ?iwutf??? ?? I
iutere*t in the important work of education,
to ndvoento principle whoa opposed by prejudice
mid interest, mid to oppose vic.e, error |
nii?l immorality wherever found. Although |
not professedly a political journal, tlie Courier
has not, in an important instance, failed
to indicate it-< position npon all questions of
State us well us Federal polities and poliev.
AVe conceive these to be duties that attach to
an independent press, ami we shall continue
to ?xerciae them wheueyer it shall appear to
MS meet ami proper. Thus far, our best energies
have been brought to bear in this work,
ami, to t?nv tin- most, they have been feeble.
l or our future eotirne, therefore, we can only
safely argtte from past conduct. And by this
we lire willing to be judged.
With tlie present number, we have donned
an entire new dress", nt a heavy expense nnd
considerable lahor. Whilst this wnv he legitimately
regarded as an evidence of prosperity,
yet we trn*t it will also he received' ns
an .appreciation hy us of the liberal patronage
we are receiving. For the interest kind
friends have taken in our behalf, and the
handsome support of the public generally, we
tdiall ever be truly grateful. And now, with
...... i;'jt i i- - . AI I *
urn men ivimim iit mi? iiupjnnrks anu pron-1
perity of our nnmeron* patronn, wo again ro- j
name our arduous la\x?r?.
Appointment.
md, liy tho Governor, Magistrate Cor l*1i;kens
Uiati K t, in plaee of Koh't. .STi:\v\n7, rinttgncd.
Dreadful Accident.
"Wo art- pained to learn that, hythc oxplo- !
p?c4h of a caiuplirno lump on tin* <M instant,
Mis* Anna M., eldest daughter of Col. \V?..
Sloan, was ko 1 burned' that shr died i
from its cfl'ccts on Mmday lusf^ 'JPlio noci- :
dent happened at Col. Si.oan's Kutnnier resi- j
deuce inC'asliior'rt Valley, X.O., itiiil,altho)ig)i '
the best medical skill wan quickly at Land, '
it a 11 proved tin vailing..
Dcnth, ?t all times, in n droadpu summons;
but, when it comes surrounded with this destructive
element, ami taken for it* victiiu.oiip ,
im tho flush of youth and the- enjoyment of j
^ od health, it shook* the senses nod draws I
pyinpathy from the moat obdurate: Col. S.'s j
tmiiiIv has our condolence and the sympathy I
of all in their wa<l borravcnient.
Tiie Scramble for Senator.
(Tol. J. If. 1 I diir^m who wan nominate!
hv the li-ndibfor the vacant Senatortdiip,
has withdrawn his name from the aronn.
The eontiwt, an well as wo can judge from tho
Hpcntor tho pro.**,.is narrowing dowu between.
Col, F. W. I'ickkns and- K'x-(h?v. IIammonp.
The Legislature, however, elects, and all else
beside its action in mere speculation.
The usage that has ohtainc.lin electing 1).
S. Senators in oue that u^od* ?crutnni/.inpv
- -
ii is in judge* from the I tench. Now,
we have great re^peet for the judiciary of our
State, aud it* jiw.tiee-* arc pure and uhle men.
Hut, whoa thoy are placed on tho bench, political
aspirations should bo put away, and
?'i indtieomcQtx should he held out for tlioir
mingling in the fo;?s and quirk* of political
etrifc andlexcitement. To elect n judge or
chancellor to.the- Senate, mak<>s room for others,
and thin is ailed ged' a? the motive. Perhaps
in every case it is not i>o, hnt generally
it hat itM~influence. At any rate it is doubtful
policy, ami we think is not founded in
wisdom. and henci4 w<* oppose If,
Drowned.
Werejrretto lourn that Mr. Wilson McKin- j
>r.y, of'thin,District. \. a? drowned iaK?wec ;
rivor,. near hit? roAldi<n^ ou tho 12tli instant. !
It appear* that ho enter**! the ?tream for a
epetdfte. ptirjs.se, and, although being tan **? j
t swimmer,.he whs unuhiu to ?nv?s himself. i
A lad wan standing by at tlw titno, but lie
wrw too small to do more than give the alarm. ,
Shooting Affair.
We learn fnun the Mountain ((fa-) Xifjnul
of tip* 11th instant, tliat an affray took place
ifl Union county on the 4th, betwvim J. K.,
Woony and Wm. t>.?oKHV. Wodov, who was
tinned with uriflu, nhqt lib antagonist thro'
tha breoot, and his life is despiUruti of. Tlio
affray $ruw out of a law suit.
Lova wi) Yi?r*n!?A j'iwti?-e in Detroit |
rccomiy iiiiutkmi n ooupie wlm hint attained
the ag**of?jghtjN<^wi ?u?tJ*ei^hty-uight. Tho
l?r'nte wjM? h*j?hf?l andriqin^tiMl that th?oiH<t?
thrmld W tloMXlto W*x*p ont fpj-rtHtnrH <lwriu'*
the perforuMAtc of t!i* dorttuouie*.
Accident.
TltP lirst fiitftl aecidout occiirrril nt Tunnel
Hill on tho 7th instant. At nhuft No. 4, in
, lra\v:nj? up u largo buntmor from th?> bottom (
| of i ho samo, 11 *|ikt.111**0 of about one liiiixlreil '
; uiu! *ovontv-livo foot, it foil upon tho ho?vl of
, Mr. ki?w \ic11 Coi.iiei:, it (iormnu ojKsrative,
; ini'l kilhvl him instantly, A (JiirmiftpV jufv,
| ompiiiiolM hy J. (I. Kkt.sk, IJsfp, inquire!
j into tho matter, ami found tliat doooaxed oamo
t to his death from tho eiirclessnoss of tho pori
son oh?vji?l with clouriiiix tho bucket at tho
I top the ."liuit. Thcciiiu^ioiululilt' care and |
i vlpllnnee exercised liy the cou true tor* in the j
j prosecution of their difficult work has prove'
1 unavailing, hut wo tiro satisfied it is no fault t
j nf theirs. Whore the workmen are liable to
| so many casualties, the wonder is that acei- '
| dents are not of more frequent occurrence.
Death from a Snako Bite.
TVi; li'iim that p. negro hoy, belonging to j
< \ IW. ? M- l.'sn.? I u..i !
? . % . . juni|M ?u? I'lll' ll in il l\ui- j
tle.oiako, one ilaV this week, which proved fa- !
till in a very tdiort tiuie. The boy, us we j
learn, was in the woods hunting cuttlo at the j
j time of the occurrence. much enrecui.!
n it l?e taken in <rnnrdin<j against exposure.to !
I tlie fatal in tigs of this dangerous reptile.
" In^aFix.'*(?rlcf
fJnaihl not he made n subject of mer
rinient, hut, under the circumstances, we pou
iu\ "iv -cuu meipii. a ne uiatrcss 01 tncuti :
Moork, of the farvliiu'itii, is grout, nnd is i
only pquullwl by the greedincart with which j
lie snaps up news items. lie announced lust J
week, mobt gleefully, tlmt 'X.V Shanghai, j
aged three days, had been brought to its last |
cad, by coming in contact with re ""negro's j
foot." Sad, truly; laitu cruel way of term-j
mating the "witless efforts" that have at-'
tended the "rise, progress and downfall," of
that "egg," of comet notoriety, whereon "nn- I
' tare" had inscri1x.nl tlm prophetic sentence?i
' Take heed, time is short"' Hut all fear of !
the comet has, we believe, boon dismissed
j from the public mind. Not so, however, with j
' our friend's "chicken." lie still cries lusti- <
j ly for " fall particulars,." sifter announcing]
I himself its untimely end'T Queer, isu't?
! We lament vour condition, friend Moouf..
j but really we "can't hcip it." AVo would
I u'h ifc you, however, to postj>onc the pursuit
! of further "particular*" until about Christ!
mas, wlu'u. us you ulreatly'owe us "oho" on
1 account of this outrageous "ba<l egg" story,
I we'll s?ttli' it ovor a aoj-in of the beat that
i there is, at your cost!
Jlytho-wny, your preceding article must
| have boon exceedingly funny, or personal, as
j we notice that it found it* way into the rickotty
columns of a neighboring journal?f?
Smoothing is wrong, that's ?vll L
The Court of Equity, &c.
We make the following extract* from th?
_ _ .
: interesting correspondence of ^ls?j. PeBrv
" 'J'lu? bus 'moss <>f Pickens C'oivrfc occupied
1 the Chancellor two days. There was cousidi
era hie husines* dispuched. and two or three
I ea ?>? involving principles of some interest to |
the profession. In the easo of Cape, aduuuistraor
of King-, vih W. L. Kmtli, his Honor
Chancellor Dargiin decided that the administrator
hail no rijrht to eoinc into Oonrt to net
aside a convey ance a* fraudulent against the J
creditors of the intestate-?the intestate him- !
sclfconhl not do it, tus the deed was good ho-;
tween theparties," nnd his administrator stood i
in his shoes.. The hill vras dismissed, after i
having he<?n in Court for a number of years.
The conveyance was to William L. Keith,
though purchased and paid for hy King.?
wun III IIUI'l Hie lilliu 1"1 UK! J)IU'11K'IU '
ol'lviug'H debt*, aiul the remainder Iitr his il- |
legitimate child.. This \v?s the \erhnl uiulr?v- j
Ktuuding admitted'in the answer of Keith.?
Alter the hill was disnmsml, wo then *1 ?r?*ft- |
od our client to execute his trust, pay lvinpr's* ^
ih'hts aiul kei;j? the residue tor hid child.
In the ca.su of Dukes vs. Cannon ami nth- !
ers, the Court decided that a deed of convey- i
aueetoa koii, at the donor'* death and the I
death ofhi* wife, was a good covenant to atand
seized, and not a conveyance in Jitluro. This
decision was made on the authority of eases j
decidud in t|ie Law Courts, and was rather
against the conviction of the Chancellor as to i
its justice (Mid eijuity.
"In the case < f Alexjitulcr vs. Heed ami
..it I I I _ IV I -O .1 . .?
vuiu.1, ? iiuuu'iiiii: I'ur^au nrin mai IIIO V?l?- J
dor of IVkcusviftc, who took u<> nu>rtjraj^o?>v ,
personal SHinivity from tin- juirehusfr, luid u I
lion nn tJio land s dd fur tlit; jmrchaso money, !
in preference to previous creditor* who hud
procured confy.-JUons uf judgment* after the j
purchase. This it* the hu?li>di doct.iu*. hut '
novel* before has been established in South
Carolina l>y a decision of the Court. The
present Court of Clmueory aru equally. divided
on the question?Chancellor* Jouuatou
and Dargan affirming the Kngliidi pmotico, '
and Clluucvllors Dunkin anil Wardlaw repudiating
it, Tho uarfc will, <d'ouur*u, go to
thv Co\n*t of Errors, It in remarkable that
Ho important a prlnclplu, and o?c of bo fr*?(iiii'iit
upjjlJ'.r'.itio", (dirtyjil iHrtct liuv?? hrcn |
Bjttlcd i i South Carolina. !t cttpiv up o:i?!<- 1
about fifty J"?mw ajft, and \vn* douidcd un tho J
viri uii u?ttiii.-<i me rmgunn uoctnue, but 111 a
note Chancellor DoSuummiro #1?owh vury oloarly,
no we think, that the Circuit acuixion is
wrong. Cliuuuidlor Kent and Mr. .Justice
Story b??th ciAiour with Chancellor DeSm*i<iiro
in affirming the JOngliifh doctrine-?that
where a iniin hcii* laud and tafcoft no wciirity,
tlift land ntnnda pledged for the purchase,
money in preforeuee toprovioo* creditors or j
Hulxtu'quunt creditors w ith notice thut the pur- (
ohinw moufcy wm not paid.
l*k'kcnH U, ut this timO, a most prosperous !
Diatrict, iiuirenslng rapidly in population and i
wealth. The Hlu? lUil"e Railroad, and the ;
German scttlo'nent at Walhnllu, have infused '
uew life into the mountain population of l'ick n*.
At present there arc (several hundred,
persons working dny and night at the Tunnel. |
They are divided into threo parting?-mo ,
s'mcm and work* uiizht hours in the Tunnel,
?Uh....? I : I *> - n- 1
nuiiyMr<jHi<>Y ?n nirjviMllJJ j lit? IJH'II rWlTWIf |
and another take* lim phteo.. A third relieve* i 1
t|?? second j and thon the-flrnt return* to bis I
labor u;cain uft?r eating and (deeping twelve
hours." I
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Tn* t,Ai?t or Tu* P("k;,wioxt.\*.?The editor j
f the Southnido (Tu.) Dn>u>cral ha* ?cen flie i
fctst fetuith; descendant of Pocidmntus, ft'jd ! ]
the only descendant, io u direct line, in tho ; 1
?liap?M?f a tnll, rtligh*fy~bruwu?d female of 08 j 1
yI'llr*, her lon? rwvoii black hair tlowin{&o*< r j '
Iter rthonlders, while nhe calmly lentied o\'M |,
a Yankee tub, \* nulling openwork <stockhi#?. <
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Southern Commercial Convention.
This convention will eonvono t?t Knowillc,
Tenn., on thp 10th of August, for the purpose
of taking into consideration tho iMrauwrcikl
proupcH'ts and interest* of the South, aud endeavor
to promote them by Home practical
plun. Its wuembliug will doubtlcffe have an
ii?|*>rtaut benriug on tho institution* of th?
Sooth, ami wo .should liko to Neo our people
represented thure. KsruieiaNv. uy we ure ?n
beconnected by Railroad lit no diptitut dtiy.
Who will IUUYO in the mutter?
Pendleton Female Academy.
Thin institution will open x>n Mouday the
27th instant, under competent mid experienced
toiu'licrs. We most cheerfully recommend
it to the favorable action of pttrcnta
ttnd jruurdiuns. See advertisement.
From Europe.
The Htennier ^.nglo ^>xon lms arrived tit
iv-.... t :..i -.1 'riw. r.?: ^ -
< ' * ?' ">?"H
market tinned iU'in, and quiet, with i^des for
threo days of 19,0<K) baihs. Two serious vailroad
aecidvuts havoooeufrod in Knglund, by
which twelve personHwerokillrdivud 0110 hundred
wounded. France is sending more troops
t j China. The difficulty between Spain and
Mexico is istill uiiaottlol. In Franco, theeh-itioiiH
lmvi< resu)(eil favorable to tin- govern- :
incut. An insurrection linn broken uut in j
India, Which is gi\in? tin* English sonic trou- '
bio.
Pennings and Clippings.
C.\\i; Mkktino.?Tlie Camp mating at
Oconco embraces tin* fourth Sabbath in .July.
I)r..\n.?Uonjamin Howies, of Fluvanna I
county, Ya., died on the !?Otb inst, at an advanced
nge of U.'J years. He hud voted for
every I'resi'leut tiom Washington to IJuchantvu.
Tiik VmsrPm/.Ks?Three young men,who
were hornaud lived uml .still havetheir hotnw
in the Sandwich Islands', have taken thu lirs*t
nstrain>mteal prizes at Yale College. These !
three ?re Hiram llhighain, of tlio claart ?>f
1853; W. I?. Alexander, of lSj.r>, nnd 1>. l>.
l'aldwiu, of 1S.*>7.
I'i.kaskd with It.?A convention of the
fifth congressionaldintriet of Mississippi, i?t
Jackson, nominated Uen. Quitman without a
dissenting voice.
l/.. 'ei... i. ,:i r.i ?- i. ...i i>_..
? i iu- ywiK-r in uirMiii 1111Miai urrliu
City exploded, on Atdikojjh river, on Friday
lost, the 3d mKtKut- Four of her pa^eti
gers were killed ami nevernl severely injured.
Rome.?Disagreement* have recontly oeenrred
between the Frcneh army of occupation
ut Home, and the Pontifical troopa, The
"occupation" lusts :i loug time.
Tiie First.?The editor of the T.imeiister
Ledger was shown a partly grown cotton boll
auveral dav? ago, which grew upon tin? plan*
M, inj,nun, near llartg
ing Hock in that dintriot.
Iii:? rs?:.s.?Rev. "Wlitefoord .Smith refuses
to accept the Professorship tondered him by
the Trustees ofth?? South Carolina College.
A Riit CVi.u A nr..?Mr?. Snrnh Lancaster,
a lady aged one hundred and one your? five
ni tilth* and seven days1,, departed this lite,
near the village of Spartanburg on the 7th
instant. Mrs Lancaster cuinc to Spartanburg
before tlic Revolution, and Iius Wen there
over since.
"\Vooi..-~\Vool-<i rowing in Toxns hanlieeomo
very, very extensive. A few days ninoealot
wa<- sent from the prairies in Texa* to New
Orleans, whieli for quality is represented to
l?c equal to the hc.-u Saxony improved. The I
Star State," it i* mud, will, in ti few yoarn I
furnish more wool than any of her .sister
States. !
1 'Kai>.?Mr. Witcher, whowasfhot l>y hiit '
nun at Atlanta, tla., a few d?yn Ago, has since '
ilie'l of his wound. No intelligence hus yet
lieen received of the murderer of his father. j
r.'.K TCii.?(!ol. Xf. Moragno has been |
elected liui^iulitT General of the 2nd Hrig- j
ado, S. 0. M., 1?v ti majority ?>f forty vote , '
Gen. M. if u high-toned gentleman.
Fa* at. Avi'uav in Kanrah.?fumnn Lvlcemnty
recorder uad probate cl<?rh, wuh killo<t
by a five State nlftli named Duller, on the
20th ulf., in an effrsiy growing out of tm lection
t<? fill vacancies in the eity eotiuiell at {
Leavenworth, Kansas.
Aoadkmio Distinction,?The I'niverwity
of Oxford (F.n^i-.udj liu? invitud the lion. 0. |
M. DaMn*, Uniti l Status Minister at the tfug. I
lUh Court, to receive the honorary degree of
Doe tor of I.uws, on the 23 rd of thl? month. I
The Hi uniot: u: t;;k Mon*ti:ka?, The '
r - i - ?
iiuiunii ui KUOWU IO UBVe 1>CCU OU ,
board Uio Montreal, cxclubi.o of the crew, in '
333, Of the&o thorc urn .saved 11-1. including j
houio of the crow, making tlio total loss of j
lifo over 260. The-number of bodies found
and taken to Quebec in 103.
APWWTti).?Ool. Nathnn L. Ilutchlu* lint* j
boeti u]>)mint<'d Judge of the Superior Court
of the Western Judicial Circuit of Oft., vice
Judge James Jackfcou fuaigned, to take eflfoe
ou and after the first day of July..
Tax Statistics.?Ther*tt?-*22,4.'?I ltcgroct*.
Ut lidgofifrld, where the ta:? for lt*nt year wait
$2(1,943. Poor tax, $3,700; rood, $2,847; pubUc
Luildincr. Si?.004.
> o' . ? " " .
What'* ijt a Name ??A ourioua justapoajtion
ofiiamunoociirrydat I/>wiH, Ma?e., hoiuo
twenty yearn ujp*. Tbare wore hix phvith J
clan* in tho th?u town ; two of thorn lnire tin* ;
nuuif of. foothaker, 1tvo I'ilbLttry,. an4 tiur!
nHiof two tfcftt of Grave* r
]>K.tTi?crvtVK l^i hk.? Tlw report which wa? f
^ublWn,fl Hi'iiif timo 6l a tloxtructirejiro
tU I'ort an Prine*, ha* bom eohftrmc<l by a
hnvnt arrival at XVw York. Tlui flr? broke '
oid- ut midnight r?f -hii* B2th, and d?'*tmY?-d 1
houM1*. *torc?, wiii firma-ru', vulwwi 1*0
)no ni!Hlr?n Spiioi.-ili dollar*.
V *
Mails and Fkmamm.?.J. T; Want-hard,
Asfistrtnt PoHtrtmit?.?r at Lfinrrirk, Mo., out
his throat and uwullowt'd arfMiic, on !l\iesduj
night lout. Causo, tuppiMtd to bo unrequited
aftetHlou,
Common JjdMoOiJSi*?lty tlio la to report of
the SniwrloffUilcnt of Common Sol tool* in
Oouueotlcut, It appears that tlitre are in tho
Suite lt}20 districts, and 100,"> 45 cliih^ron l>e.........
?l... ..< A .....1 Irt ? 'Pi 1 - '
n. 1 .1 ..J. - T aim fU Hill!',
fuiiil ?s $2,(>lt>,:W7 ; rovonuo front- it, $Li'J,4Ht;
uuxiunt ruino! forje.hoolrt by tuxnx, rul??
Ii'iIIh, &? ,,' over $U00,0(>0 i school hnufee, 400;
now school hoiHen lwilt within the yetir, JO.
Uk.iU!Nki>.?-I. AVort'>>nl 'Fnckof, 10-tq. hn?
i routined the l*fosi?lertcy of the Vcmulf
: lejre ftt Spartanburg. Dr. Chti*. Taylor biKcreil*
liim.
#?. v. ......I 1 i* --
.\ K V YTiTi* 1/. ! . ^ HIT*
troll nnd Aii^ustn* I?. Wriffht nrottio Democratic
in tho 3iliiml Oth (.V>npxo*<?iomil
districts of Goorgiu. 'flit'two Stephens
?Linton ,S. nwlA'e riuu'c1 II ? ;vo candidates
in their respective district*.
Thk Cl.W Mosm mknt.'?The firnt stono of
i tho Clnv Monument was laid near T.oxinj>ton,
| Ky., on tho 4th hist. When will the t'fil"
i 1 \l i l > ?
ii 1111 .'lUlltllJU'Ill iii* CUIllllK'lU'l'tU
].{ ioti.no.?Is !i nny woader that riots aro
ftvqumit in New York, whoa, in that oit.y
aad its *u1>url>s, then.' arc efertH thvuxaiuf
1/n.ii/shops !
Sahly Xk.ui.kctki),?The ltontou Trou*rri/tl
uays tlmi tlio uravtssjjf Samuol Admus
, and John Hancock, two of the signers of the
i Declaration of Independence, tVom Muvsaohui
setts, are hi the tlrnnary lluriul tIronud in
Huston, without monuments to murk thorn.
Peak an'i> Kloi knt.?Beef i* hoIIiup
ut liftv fonts per poun<I in Paris ; and,
within thu Inst two weoks, four married woi
men in New York have eloped with "strange
I men!"
! I,a?T ftl THV fiKVTII.Itii Mr V T fl.iilllT
who wo believe is nbout the last of the j?Mitilt??
ut I'tah, announces by letter bin intention to
fjuit that plaoe. llriylium Yoiinjr mny eonj
gratulute himself that (ioixu in going, but
l>oar in tuiii'l tliut Oi mmim; i.* coming*.
Sti uv or PoMTios.?Kvory younjj man
should make it a part of bin duty to study tl\e
l^iwt? ami Constitution of tho State where bo
in a resident, llo *honld bwnftii' familiar
with the Constitution of the United States.
Ill- should become aeqnainted with the theory
uud practiee of our go\ernmont.
SjNtsri.An.?Tlic Milwaukie (A\"in.) F/cc
Drui or rat puv.stliut two person* named l.ynrh,
lather and huh, wore killed hy lightning in
Muskego lust week, while tin- sun w(w shining
in all its s>pleudor. Thov wen1 ut work
ia a 1h;1v].
K.\rTuiiv.?Tlio Omntlittinu of
tin* largest cut on factory in tho world has
jiiHt boen laid in hiwtiia, on tho island oft'ruuliohn,
in tin; river Nt?v?>va? between its two
uitaracts. It is in tho loriuuf a yr.ind square
I and will post's 1 ,t>7 ? window, -2??,tH)0 jras
burners, and will ori'Upy 3,000 workmen.
Moiik Pea it us.?Tin* pearl oxi:ilen>?nt is
InprciKliup;. I licit disrovorina ar?> paid to \\n\u
Im'oU tnnde in i>aiiau>K'r county, l\i., and the
! I'lincshtgii river is filled with adventure* rak?
| iugfor inuHi-k'H.
! Ooi.t> I'l.Acr.Ks.?Tin; Mexican pa porn ui .
lumnce the discovery uf ??dd placer* near Mazatlan,
in Muxioo, \vhi? Ji!?iiqnibH (lii>?o of Ca),
ifiruiu.
l)isTiNfii isiiKi?Mr.s Dvi.vo'ox thh I'uuktis,
j The death of Mr. Marcy oil tln> -1th ?>f July 10I
minds un tlmt several other diMiitfcui*hcd
I Americans have dieil <>n that nnnivcivtnry.?
j KxrlVerddenta John Adam* and Jeft'orHon
died .July 4t!i, IH2(1, tho fiftieth Anniversary
ufuur independence, ami ExdVo^mciit Mufirje
died July 4tli, 1M1.
Tin: GaLI.ows in Ukk.?Nolens tlmn twenty-soven
execution* oferiiniuu'B won- ?pj o'nted
to take place in Missouri and Illinois, * u
Frtdoy, tlio lQth in^tnnt.
Heavy Loss.?A tumble fire broke "out in
New Orleans on tin? bth, un?l destroyed much
i property?probably to tlio valueof $30Q,000,
Ha tin Namkh.?The recent riot in A'ew
York linn (U'VoIojhhI lionip limd name*. One
of tins riot* wa* between tln> " Doivd Rubbita''
and llio " Bowery lioy.i." They are Miid to
bn neur akin to the " IMutf Vglio?v of i&altiU>ore.
What next?
FAM.ixo.T-At u salu of 22 ncgroon hi C'lmrIwton
rveaiitly, by ?Janion Topper, E?j., tlioy
ouljjr uvcPiiged wdlr.
1\\shki>.?Tlw Vot? on tho JovrlnJi Disabilities
kill in th? Kngliwh jlnuuc of OoMunonn,
wim, on a tost question, 341 in fiivor. nnv 200
against the bill. Tho Majority of ill muut,
wo i..ink, unuuro itn passngo through tho
Jlouxe of Poor*.
* ' a
He* Ortot'mn Market.?N?'\v ltarloy from
.Southern llftnoiH Iiuh appoarefl in thfrCiuuin,.1*:
- .i- -i ?M? <* - ...
win luwftvi. i iki nr?i now Hour rceolvcfl in
Norfolk, on Tliurwduy, ironi North Caroliuu,
i jM Ut^lO jKsr hnrrel.
Cl^CTNXAtf, July 11.?Tito Enquirer
loam* lliat a quarrel took pit\cc in Morgan
emjnty, Kontuekv, l> t'.reon M?\ Vinson,
l>n?oenifc, end Mr. Ou\:, Know Nothing,
candidate* for CVngro**, in which Mr, (kix
tva* shot by Mr. Mnaon >ud kiHod, ftotlt
the eonabatnntR have rrjproxentfd ill* Ninth
Dktriot In Oongren*. .V
Yfv.xTtt ot Orx> IIkkwandfz.?-Th*
.TuAttAnviltii Va*?u u?v?v/...a?u, iL- i ? a1
.. w.. T ?!? M vTr.n ni4in?um;t'r> 5IU' UIMTII W
flea, .foseph r^Florhlit, who
wnnlhc flwt delate to tVn;rrc*a vritilo in
&ht' torritorin} mnrKtlrjt, ? hudina mwubftr
of the f-^rri'tttrtal tifltffjAftfetfc ftftS on the
brnnkmg otrf of VtuTi.ni hunf/rliticH, wov irni#h>
n 5T^?ucrfi*mvrn1 iu iiHt; t/Vi?o?j ;Swh*
jwrricc, . . . W ff
??
From the Mm-jon A.votieun.
Begun To-Day.
Wo be?lh to-arty the serial uf skpfrhoH
of the PrhuettoM in Mexico, The eliapter
published to..lay vrtttf, first published u
few weeks m It WUK then our intention
j to hr?vti continued it immediately, but
! thinking it perfoetly legitimate io reward
mtrself for tin1 labor by using it for the in;
crcsoiu of our circulation, wo advertised tho
fact, mid have delnj'cd the publication a few
weeks to await the comiug in of subseriln'rw.
We did not mistake the public feelin;?
on this subject. There is ti deep and
pervading sympathy, and, a.lofty admiration
for tlmt regiment, which manifest theniselvon
in nu anxiety to read its history.
We have assumed a singular and novel
task- -to write the l?i;-tory of a particular
regiment. Wo. are not a warn tluit such a
work has over Ixieu attempted in nil the
range of history. There are lining histories
of the Mexican war, several of which we
tinvo read. They jriv?j eorrcvtly ft few official
fads, derived from official reports, hot
they are meagre, dry, aud unsatisfactory.
They arc merely statistical or tojtiigraphical,
not descriptive. And worst of all, tliev
are unjilst. In the effort to l?c lofty, they
only reach dnlness ; in the effort t<> preserve
the dignity of tin; army they fail to
do stem justice in awarding honor and
shame. In the official rej>orts and the histories,
a regiment which, in craven fear,
! laid fiat on its back during the hattle, not
! daring to face tin* enemy, is mentioned in
1 fill* 'vimu* tiH'Ill tvifh flirt |V'ilni4i**.u a "*!???
! plunged
" Into lln? Jnwd of (Until?*
lulu tlic ^'ntcs ol' Ml
Liki? lb?' .-"ix l?un<b-v'f."
After muling the liltftorio* <tf thin war, liaVo
thrown flicu du\Va with irirtf'hle <Hs<*usf,
almost increilnlou.s of the truth of history.
The fame of the' Palmottiui* is hot writ-'
ton in tlio history of the Mexican \v;ir. It
h;i.*? there no more ?li><tUijrtjh?hed mention:]
than the lVuiiHvlvnnian.s or Now Yorkers,
or the lilr'.'lin^ marines. It is only in tradition
or parol history, thtit it'n seVvieos nro
known. It is in tho-oloijuent gravw'uf its
800 ftiih'ii hravos that its history is written.
I Jt i.h in'the t'net, that its line uf 1000 gnl!
lant vmnijr me?, which Mvetehed itvttlf ??ut
before Verb Cruz, uii the K'tli of Mnrebr
18**7, was in nhfio month* redueed t?? 3U0,
and those DUO, in ten von is, wore rodueed
to 200, that itssilun'tly eloquent history is
J written.
i We must s.iv that in thejv sketches wo
j do not intend to write anything so hold
and lofty, and dignified, uis the word
{ n/ imports. Wo intend only u scries of
| familiar, easy, plcdiufnt sketelms, jinhody
mu our pei>onm experience m mo most
j stirrhig and exciting aud deadly scones in
tin: war. Wo shall not attempt to embellish
the narrative with such episodes aud
descriptive digressions i?s may tempt us from
i the high wa) of narrative. Wo think tint
i wo ean safely pcomiso that tho reader will
J ri.-e from the perused of those sketches, less
, weliried, and vastly bcttov iutoruicd of the
! hi.tfon/ of this war, than ho ean derive from
I any so called liihtury.
We have no notes or inemoraHua t?? guMo
1 us. But the events of that war were so
[ ?e;?rcd ujtim our memory that n hundred
] years would tint offaee them.
'J'lit' 1'hUio of tin1 l'almclto regiment, its
I \111parallvJ Iu'sch in hattlo, it? romantic
I achievements, yrc matters of historical no,
torjcty. Hut yet tow know tlir particular
! history of that regiment. Theft! arc now
only two hui.ihvd li.'infr men who cojild
write its history* nml authenticate the nnrj
rutivv )?v (lie endorsement, "all of jvhich 1
j taw, and null of which 1 was." As one of
I tile few win it'll ii flim iiifUihtillo'itK !?.? .ii'i'
! rative, 1 have Accepted the' task. Th?:
sketches shall ho hrtof, ami the stele of tho
unrrativo plain und nimple*, tho object bein^
mei'oly to acquaint the trader with tho f ?uiiiiar,
unhUtorical and j>orlsliablo minor
facts, which, being below the importance
ut' Matorv, ?ro ijpioml by it. 1 have no
pergonal object, and certainly no unworthy
olio to advance by tho narrative. I have no
particular mention to make of myself, eer;
tiinly no ;>olMuu(lution ; but Vet, as I shall
i speak only of what i know and Haw myself,
tho narrative and reflections upon it will lie
to 1 certain extent, of necessity, individual.
It will thus be ivlievod of the dryness
of general history. Thus much by way of
introduction.
There art- now, ns far as 1 know, of the
the two hundred i<urvIvon> of that regiment,
six who are now citizens of Alabama. They
are Gen, J aim's 11. (-Manton. John (Wiu
boll urn! J. N. And moil, of MontgQQiory;
l)r. J. 1). O'Uiinnon, of l'rat'ville, d?n.
>1. Travis, of Couecuh countyj John (\
iliggins, now Ivditor of the Amoricui
?S'Jaletinan ul Uutler, nutl Bon l*ant? lWey,
I KJitor of the Mnriott Amenhin, Clou,
j Wanton and Oct). Travis were native Ala!
hainian.*, wild joined that regiment. Tho
othcfH were native South CainliniauM, who
have, hnuoved to Alabama within a few
yoaiv uaj?t. (Jco. T ravin irt a brothe.r of
the gallant Captain Tmvif, who with IJoVe
were tho liwt victim* of the Texan war of
independence, and who with '300 men kop.
at pnthree days ana nights SOU Me*,
ijuiis under Santa Anna. Th?y rofoi?ed all
terniH of surrender, and they tfiod ?f? none,
but herocN eoulu illo. Thornu>p\'lfu ha/1
I Ann ?hi>w!>'5?, JiiiI itiA Atntnrv Jinil iwil Ann
' ? v?> - *.- --- - T !jff' ~ '* "C~ " %r ' *"
They foufht llko bruvc inch?Toiip* smil well;
They ]>Uq lli? (ground With fotnion nl?ln."
An J ?t lfiMttay full upon a hod ot' ^Uiry-^r
uj)Oi? hcontofnh*df. the enemy?not m> much
.eow(tiorrd If fatigued with uliiu^htor. 1
Haiti th?t Alamo Mad nf: kmVvWM*. Of
warrior* it liad norm, fcut. it fog mw
vorj a \yoinfln, whom t?vftn M ok hum vonjft-nntM:
Hpnrcd, and vrliom I mot, by atu?idwt,
olcvofl ycytra aftcrwavdrt in the c ity of
Mcxteo. Of her, more anon,
fifiii. Travis. lmritW tW?v<<nirli iLt iUaIh
? ^ - n IT
of h i* Imrtlicr, in 1^40, then ft v? ^ voun^
tnrtn, wiik unn of tho firwt Volunteer* ,to uo
to the rc?cuo w Tttylof on th*> Rh? Ornuae,
Hh? regiment being *kh> uf'ter $ 4,
lie joined flic Patoiitto re^im<*?t? ?* it jum*
o?t Til'?r? Jumflry. 1#47. lie f*? fr n?i? 1
blip HjjfeftimW of ft man *o?J ? soldier. At |
ihc battle of Churubtt4C<i. ho tru# i&ut
*? ? ?. |S V ' '
%
? ^ f I . g J*
tliruVi^.i tin* c:t|>. the tall just groiltis hia
lioml, and luvii>^c U opoli two or throe iifuli!
I !? lugjflii'd at it ii.x liCartiK n?? any ot'
U3 when urouml the Qiuup liiT wo a fought
; our Wtttcn o'er a<;ain."
' To tlir.M' my n.-sochitct!, enumerated
j abovo, I Mtbmit the ri^Ul truth nnd ini.
partiality of tlii* narrative, if, indited, my
charneter is not a .sufficient authentication
I of it.
To mnko thoMO shctchrj* ,?o brief as not
; to Weary tjie rem lor, 1 shall hero conclude
the first jiumhrr. The following number*
' 1 II 1 ! . I I I 1 "III
, M?;m du ui i lie wnii' icngui, ami will oe
j furnished as. regularly^as ! can, eOuei.stentlv
with utller ongajrenieuiH, write them.
M(. J I. t
| It. will In* remembered tli.'it hoKtilitir^bci
ttfut'ii the United Stiiton niiil iMeijeO coin-~
luenoed ahout the first of .May, 1X40. The
tirst hostile net way the ambuscade and capture
oil the iilth of April, of ('apt. Thornt(rn's
company of dvagiious, while e a re?
eoiiinii.xaiice, a few iiuiO.-? i('v,(ii ?ii. .
This was followed iiimu'ili.itcK' l>y an nt!
tciopt to capture 0*>rpiJs Christ?, "and rut
off Taylor's supplies anil connnuniratinie
with home. To avert hi great a danger,
' Taylor marched witii*tdnu.ist hi# entire force
j to the relief-of Corpus ChriMi. The :Me: j
cans opened immediately n bombardment;
! updu l-'ort IJmwii, -opjiosite Matamofas, and
{ an army of several thousands grossed the
j Itio (Ir.mdf to intercept Taylor. Ili? ei -
cuuureroti usoui oil tijv r*ui <>i .May. at i'ali?
Alio, and hy a brilliant victory drove tmo?
hofoio him.* 'I'llftv rallied the nofct day for
:? more dtpjtovato r<\si$t:?ni*o, and on theOth
of May ho a-xain Oiioonntoro I thciln fit llosaea
do la l'ahna, whore they fiistuined m other
di/?aK*roiis dofoat and nud in confusion
and tcrfoi* l>ao1< to their own io.irltorv.?
( Mnt'iinornx \vu* surrendered witliuii^ further
lvsistam-o.
I But hefoio the cheering wws of thorn
yit rje? v:Mv<\ !h',?*" w;o? n liorunl of the
' niopt pafnfnl anxiety. The liret hostile
| news tlust cunie, was tho u-'ihuscfdo of
I Thornton, nnd tho attack ujkjii Corpus
, ( 'lirlvti 1* vuou 4?'ivii?l *!? ?*
X ... j i fTiirf ?v?K\ U lllilt LI1\|U|
| gre force would ho'Ovo) whelmed by nunI
hers and destroyed. I'sompt to meet the
I iMiiorjiiMti'v, !> nnall i'oretMvas raised in a few
I houri in Sew Orleans ai\d -Mobile, which
I was sen! to.CVrpus Christ i.
| I well remember tho glow of national
|?ri?h', ami tlio military fiiror, which wero
roused to ciithusimUii by the tocsin of wfir.
1'[ion a thousand rostra was rung and rt\erhorated,
that thrilling and electrio erv,
"that tho foot of a foreign invader luid polluted
American territory, and that American
blood bad been shod on American soil."
- Thou indeed was .t intcys- f
I and then was / ?> ? n/n{.-m under popular inj
(limitation. J lut times have changed since
I then, ;in<l wo li:i\?? '.'hanged with tlicm.
i Thero whj a siiiiitlthnooUH uish t>? nnnr,
a Fathering of lioftt*.
| "With in uruin." ?ml mi(o> for tlie fray."
i Oil the 11th ot' May, the President eommniiieatod
to CongvtjMj the oflkial ?nnouneojuont
of the capture of ThorntonV company,
and i>n (lie lHlh Cnn^iwM fm.sml the
jiri.'Htnlile rcdojitiirinfr.tho existence of a ntate
of war, authorized tlio President to onll in- .
to MTvire fifty thousand volunteers, ami vo)
tod him ainjile pecuniary iuerin> t;> conduct
, 11io war on an imposing 8chle.
(It'll. Chime,*, then the yrnior oflicer in
(ho. department, cnllod t'wr kovom'
regiments from (ho pulf Sfci(ex fos immediate
acrvioo. Twice the miiulxT j>rouiptly
offered thffm^elve*, hut 1i!k erdl Wiia dify|>pnnV'd
hy tin1 l'rwidont, Htid most of the
v<j|i)UUTr? werciI ist-hartffed.
Tnylor'tf unity was wife, snid it Wis not
vet decided upon what jdnn or for wlmt ohjo<5ts
the vvarjdiouhl hpc??nduotod. Though
1-1 1
. ii<i."iiiiui > mm vuiu'm-mTfi, aim two {Jjrcwit
J hattlc.s ItHfl l??;on fought, /here was no uAtl
ei<U knowledge that Mexico ha<l declared
i war. Hostilities were not deotwnrily war,
i ami it mi^lit' lie tliat the Mexicnn General
; had acted oil hits authority in opening liof>
i tilities. Mr. Calhoun, In flic I'. S. Senate
| urged this distinction, and strenuously op|
]hvc?1, under existing cireiinin|nnecs, a d?'
cl.natioir of war.
Thorp wefe nlpo tw?j opinions as to the
! nmjtpr plan upon wViioli it should be cni..
t ducted. There \vfcre hvneuusex of the war.
; I'irst, wan tlio Jonc deferred claim' which
thi' l* lifted States nail as.a creditor npiinst
I Mexico. This however was too trifling to
j justify war. Second, ami paramount wh.*,
j t'iO .ii;?.OAi.'i!on of TCxa*. I'pnn this Mc\,
ieo founded two complaints. The fir*t wan
, n gt moral objection, to the annexation of
ToxjIs at all, and the second was that own
waiving that objection, the proper boutidfN
ry of Te*as was the Nciices, not the JMo
Grande, and that the occupation of the Wet-.
t tern fliuo* of the Neuec* wan an invasion of
j Mexican Territory, and in itself, an act of
; u";?r "'Ioxjco.
] Mir. ('iilhmin ur?c?l the <>A0 \?lau nnd Mi\
(Ian* chletty tlio other. The n>:\it? ennw of
) war lining the tiuoexation of Textw, ai>n tho
j honndnrydilute, 5!r. ('nllioiln iirijed tin t '
tlio jirojior uf the war w?h defensive.- ?
Thut wr >dionld iy*t wit'1 havlufr driven the
I IU'IIIV into their own h nitui v. and that a
Htw iiK ol'ftin of garrisonH should be ej?tfd,
Iwhed the frontier line, t"kee]i tho Mor *
iimnji on their own Hide, and attack them
only when they xhould eros#i the line. Further
thnw thl*, Jin ?? m<u?u>u>f enforcing the
npediunr ehiim n^wnst Mexico he acivixcd n
I oiywmu i'i nn mnr port*, hy wliteli rtridv
j coi^roniight etihw t*> cut off, or Ux turj
if? nppKipviM?'d to tu? Vnitfld Htfit;*.
TThi* plan would lmv<? cowp?w*r<l lit'; only
irpul object of -tW^nr j tin* pr<f^r?;?ti?n of
our territorial bouKdnry. Tli? c^t'dfMr
vlu'tm Juiglit luivo l>ocn }??*tpowcd, or cnfyr,
c?d J)> commercial reprisal?*, ur tikindoned.
In filling to wir al?oot n liuMtfy vtofcn, ^??vrtiuulu
?^vr?Vwi? iJie d?wet?m? uf
Hp individual contemplating n law Mitt,
1 and ovt involve frajmyolvf# in u Jt^it^Wl?
iM.nliH\.r,y, 6v?.n \it?i>n the jufftot t?nd
vPi"** i.m-'wuui .11 oxii'i) IMIVI!
Wu |rc^?a wjlh tlif- JOffoy <Iui' to ft wrnk
<i?h) < ''Hvcrniix-iit, nrul finally Wu ^
furci'/l, liko & frytUfti t-lii! !, i??t?> olnsfyiimV. ^
This wis din mwl^fly |>l;ir< rtf Mr. tV?
huuu. I? 1? uNA^&aai cal'imHy that tt tru*
*'