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3Ugiista VOLUME 2. Opening tlispatd). DAILY AM) WEEKLY, BY S. A. ATKINSON. DAILY, per annum $4 00 WEEKLY, “ 1 50 List ot Registered Voters of the City of Augusta, for the year 1858. A Atkinson, Robt. B. Alexander, Cicero X. Atkinson, Simeon A. A Id worth, Richard Antony, Lavoiser L. Adam, George F. Allen, Ira Anderson, James 11. Anderson, John S. Allen, James P. Ashley, Henry Archer, William A. Adams, John Q. Ahearne, John Ammons. John I i Barnes, John A. Brodnax, Benj. H. Butler, Nehemiuh K. Brodnax, William E. Bothweli, James T. Brown, Berry Butler, Phineas Bones, Thomas A. Brodie, Alexander M. Brown, Enoch W. Brown, James Brahe, Frederick A. Bouchillon, George W. Bottom, William P. Bignon, Bernard Baker, Henry Broom, Thomas M. Boggs, Archibald P. Burch, James W. Bishop, James B. Butt, Joshua W. Beall, Albert A. Burley, Israel Bones, John Bignon. Adolphus P. Battle, Thomas Burch, Charles Byrne, John Blassingame, Benj. F. Bridges, Theodore C. Bresnahan, John Byrd, Alfred Bignou, Armand Burks, Edward Bennett, Thomas Brown, Theodore 0. Brislan, John Buskerville, Robert E. Beale, George G. Boyd, Philip Bowen, William I). Brenner, Augustus Betterson, John S. Buckley, Daniel Bryan, James A. Barry, Patrick Boutet, David S. Black, Robert C. Bridges, John Buckley, Timothy Blackmon, William Blanchard, Adiel W. Bridwell, Washington Beau, AlpheusC. Blome, Leopold T. Bailey, William M. Barry, Edward C Conley, Beniamin Courtney, Thomas Camptieid, Edward Craig, William Calvin, James B. Craig, John Clark, Jackson Cartledge, John Casey, Luke Caflin, Hillary Coggins, Robert Crump, Samuel 11. Carpenter, David Carpenter, Aaron Cook, Aaron H. Crane, William 11. Coskery, Samuel Cumming, Joseph B. Corley, William Cooke, Francis H. Crane, George W. Cook, Augustus J. Crittenden, William Callahan, Patrick Collier, Janies G. Crawford, Matthew Coker, Robert 11. Coombs, Levi B. Caswell, Theodore I). Cooper, George Cheeseborougb, Wm. B. Calhoun, Charles A. Clegg, Archibald Crump, Phillip I). Combs, Sterling T. Cooper, William H. Carius, Charles Chichester, Thomas W. Couch 1 in, Daniel Campbell. John B. Cason, James Cook, Samuel Cornell, Abram S. Callahan, William Cashin, Oswald E. Clarke, John V. Cress, John G. Cochran, Peter J. Cook, John S. Cooney, John Cross, Richard Caiu, James D Dugas, Louis A. Dortic, J as. A. Deunis, John Doming, Leander C. Davis, Isaac Dodge, George R. Deuuing, David H. Dwelle, Lemuel Doughty, William H. Dawson, James C. Dugas, L. Charles DeSee, William Dunnegan, Thomas DeLaigle, R. Henry Derry, Edgar R. Bearing, William E. Davisou, John Dixon, James Day, Charles B. Dill, James S. Day, Michael Davis, Jacob R. Dunham, Samuel Dortic, William T. Dunham, James I)eihl, Albert D’Antignac, Harris H. Davidson, Michael D’Antignac, John W. Dillon, William C. D’Autignac, W r illiam M. Doulan, Leckie DeLettre, M. X. E Eve, William J. Kvaos, Anselm L. •mery, Caleb Adam, Jacob AY. Arlington, Ilenry P. Ansley, Edwin \V. j Armstrong, Thomas Alderman, Charles x \nderson, William Alexander, William W. . Abrahams, Bernard Allen, Joseph V. H. Alleoud, Marc L. j Ansley, David 11. Ansley, John U. Andrews, Isaac X. , Arret, Joseph B. Archer, Washington A. . U Bridwell. Mastin Butler, Charles G. Blodget, Foster Beard, James A. M. Bai lee. John Barnes, George T. Blodget, Foster, jr. Barrett Thomas Beall, William A. Bean, Joseph S. Butler, N. Kemble, Jr. Bennett, James A. Bowe, Rob't. J. Barrett, Cornelius Blount, Gustavus A. Bustin, Edward Byrd, William H. Bassett, William Bones. James W. Butt, John D. Basstord, Leonard G. Bartlett, Thomas W. Butler, William Barro, James Brenner, William Beers, Augustine P. Bartlett, Thomas Bussey, Charles L. Bateman, Anthony Beall, William M. Brandt, Harman Barker, John A. Baker, Charles Blalock, Augustus E. Bolder, William 0. Bond, Pembroke P. Bignou, Henry A. Bartlett, Wesley A. Byrd, Talbot Briquet, Claudius Burton, Francis Broadhurst, George W. Burns, Laughlin * Blount, John Byrd, William Bradbury, John Brewer, Elijah Bignou, Joseph Bell, Henry I). Browu, Augustus Blythe, George Belcher, Warren P. Blackburn, Wilev A. Bouyer, Robert i\ Brogan, Martin Benjamin, Milton M. Barrows, Augustus S. l Gumming, William Campbell, Edward F. Cumming, Ilenrv H. Chew, Benj. F., sr. Clark, Ralph P. Costello, James Christian, John A. Cleary, John Clanton, Turner Croak, James Carmichael, A. W. Clark, Mathias Carpenter, Charles J. Coskery, John Cunningham, George Culpepper, William W. Cuban, Barney Coffin, John G. Carter, John B. Cartledge, Augustus Cashin, John Cumming, Julien Creswell, Samuel Carter, Flournoy Clapp, Horace ft. Coleman, James L. Crane, William H., Jr. Cashin, John Churchill, Jordan G. Churchill, Chauncey Conner, James Cumming, William H. Curtis, George F. Calvin, James P. Campbell, Henry F. Campbell, Robert, Jr. Clarkson, Ilenry C. Clark, Joseph & Caples, Charles Caples, James Coskery, Thomas W. Clarke, Janies 0. Cosgrove, Christopher Crawford, Robert Cavener, John Collins, Dennis Curtis, David L. Cosgrove, Lawrence Con lon, Dominick Cuming, T. Salter Crump, George H. Chase, Daniel C. Cashin, Lawrence J Dwelle, Charles Dugas, Leon P. Davis, Wm. W. Derry, Wm. C. Dye, James M. Davis, Andrew J. Dwyer, Thos. Dimick, Benj. C. Darby, William Damm, George Day, Joseph H. DeLaigle, Armand Dortic, Germain T. Dwelle, Lemuel Jr., Doughty, Ebenezer W Doscher, John Doughty, Charles W. Danforth, Jacob Davison, William B. Drechsel, Christopher De Lallerbe, Francis Dagnel, John G. Dale, Samuel G. Dav, Richard B. DeLaigle, Charles Day, William A. Dixon, William J. Dunu, Patrick Durst, John Darby, Edward Doolittle, William Dye, James H. Daniel, Wilberforce Darrow, Julius Brans, George W. Elliot, Charles fetes, Charles Easterling, James T. Eve, Joseph A. Evans, William A F Frazier, Benj. F. Freeman, Joel N. Force, John P. Feagan, Janies Franklin, Benjamin Frost, Samuel Farmer, James ! Frost, William W. Ferry, George W. Faughnan, Stephen Ford, T. Bartow Ford, Edward E. Fiekling, Mortimer C. Furber, Charles W. Freeman, Washington Frederick, Augustin Fargo, Gordon Fleming, Robert A. Fox, O’llara Ford, Lewis I). Ford, Henry W. 1). G Gould, John P. Gargan, James Gould, Henry C. Green, John C. Gardiner, Robert H. Goodrich, William H. Guieu, John B. Gleason, Patrick Griffin, David F. Girardey, Isadore P. Galvin, Daniel Gallaher, Patrick Gallaher, Michael Gow, James L. Gardner, James T. Gibbs, George G. Glover, William Goodwin, Charles J. Godby, James Gibbs, Leonard Y. Gardner, James Gibson, John A. Graham, Andrew JI Hight, William M. Hatch, Lucius Howard, Wm. 11. Hitzfield, William Hoops, Henry H. Hannah, Alexander D. Heard, George W. Horton, James W. Holmes, Willis S. Holland, Gilbert G. Housley, Alexander M. II über,* Cornelius Holliday, Eli Henry, Barney Hardeman, William Hewitt, William Hewitt, John I. Harris, John D. Hicks, Newnan Haines, James W. Hill, James Hicks, Stephen J. Hickey, John Hicks, Henry G. Howard, Allen . Hope, James Henry, Samuel W. Horn, Cullen llackett, David Ilallahau, Dennis Hudson, Richardson B. Honiker, William 11. Harper, John C. Haigli, William . Hanlon, Daniel Hatton, Joseph Harris, Singleton P.. Hester, Mitchell G. llill, John L. I Iverson, Anton Ives, Adrian C. Irvine, James J Johnson, Benjamin F. Jackson, William E. Jones, Mansfield J. Johnson, Jacob B. Johnsou, Major Johnson, William 11. Johnson, James B. Jessup, Ilenry Jessup, William C. Jacobus, J. Julius Jordan, Frank M. Jordan, Ilenry S. Joseph, Joseph John, Enoch Edwards, William H. Evers, George Elliott, Robert A. J Fogarty, Thomas P. Frazier, Hilleryß. Ford, Nicholas A. Faughnan, Andrew Fargo, Joseph C. Fay, Patrick J. Force, Alfred C. Flynn, Michael Felder, William L. Kick ling:, Samuel Finch, William Freeman, Stokes M. Fulghum, Wiley R. Foster, John Fleming, James Faughnan, Michael Fletcher, Anderson Fountain, James Fletcher, Ezekiel Filz, Godfrey Fuller, Josiah Fleming, Porter i Glasner, George Green, T. W. Garvin, Ignatius P. Gould, William T. Gould, Artemas Gable, Ilenrv Gorman, Michael Green, John E. Gardiner, James T. Galvin, John C. Giumarin, John Gibbs, Elihu Gartrell, James M. Gibson, William Gow, Andrew' Griffin, Wiley B. Gairdner, Gordon Glasscock, Edmund B. Gow, John N. Glover, Washington Glover, Joseph S. Goodrich, Henry C. Grenade, Simeon Goodman, Samuel M. Heukell, Edward Hicks, Joel Hookey,-George S Hubbard, Henry Harper, Janies Ilousley, Wm., Jr. Hen», James 11. Hali, Benjamin F. Heard, Stephen D. Hatch, Albert Hull, John 11. Hat(| Charles ’ Henry, Isaac Heard, Isaac T. Horsey, John H. Harter, Wiley J. Harbers, Carson F. Hemphill, Alexander H. Hubert, Hiram Horsey, Charles W. Henderson, Janies Harrison, William 11. Hudson, Charles A. Hatch, Milo Hollingsworth, Jus. 11. Hollingsworth, Jno. B. Hawley, Samuel B. Horsey, William Hanzo, John B. Hitt, James M. Hood, Alfred J. Hubbard, James C. Hitchcock, Charles W. Hills, John M. Higginbotham, Jus. E. Hodge, David Hart, James Holleyman, Thomas H. Heney, James Hill, John Ivey, James A. lies, William B. Ivy, Joseph B. Ivy, John A. Joucs, Henry W. Jennings, Thos. J. Jones, Wm. S. Jones, James A. Jones, Thomas B Jones, Aaron 11. Jones, Thomas Jones, Willianfll. Jones, Stephen S. Jones, James W. Jones, Alfred Jones, William H. Jones, Nathan Johnson, Whitfield T. Johnston, Joseph K Kirkpatrick, John King, William W. King, Joshua Kilpatrick, John . Knight, Janies L. Kean, Matthew S. Kalbflaich, John Kimball, Benjamin Kent, Jesse B. Krein, Peter Kilpatrick, Seaborn Kell, George H. Keller, Timothy King, John T. Keen, John F. Kalthoff, John C. Kirsch, John L Leona"d, Uriah L. Laßoche, Adrian V\ Lovell, Lewis La venture, John P. Lawson, William P. Lass, Jacob W. Looney, David Liverman, Win. J.. Lathrop, Joseph J. Loky, John Lanear, Hosca LaTaste, Lucien Lodi man, Charles Lannahan, Cornelius Lace, Edward Lyons, Thomas Love, Philip E. Larus, Thomas P. Landers, John M Moore, John B. McCoy, Charles Martin, Charles B. Midlam, Francis McKeou, John C. McCarthy, Daniel Maguire, John J. Moore, Henry Moore, James L. McKmzie, Colin Murphy, Daniel C. McDermot, Michael McMahon, Aver Mulkey, Mackey Miller, Frank if. Musgrove, Harrison Maher, Michael Moody, Win. Meredith, James W. jr. Murphy, Edmund T. Murray, Francis Mayer, Isaac Moore, John C. Marshall, Benj. 8. Mann, John H. Morris, Luciua 8. Morris. George W. Markov. Mat&e* Keenan, Peter Kelly, Daniel Kii kpatrick, Daniel Jr., Kunze, Thos. A. Kendrick, Zachariah W. Kenny, John Keener, William Kahrs, Deiderick, Keener, William V. Keener, Henry C. Keener, Jacob E. Keener, Henry Ker, William V. Kerr, Robert C. Kearns, John S. Kilpatrick, William Kealey, John J Keirnes, Bartholomew LaTaste, Andrew G. Levy, Isaac Lowrev, Jacob W. Leon, Henry L. Lewis, Christopher F. Lyons, David Lane, Dennis Luquire, Hugh Lee, William Low, Samuel Lund, Thomas W. Levy, Lewis Lumpkin, George It. Lawhon, William A. Lyerley, John S. Lawrence, William W. Lamback, Frederick Lassiter, Isaac W. Lassiter, Roderick Mustin, Eli Medium, Francis L. Meridetli, James W. Meyer, Jayaetz Miller, John T. Meyer, John F. McCarthy, Patrick filler, Edward T. Meyer, David Miller, James Matthews, Ira D. McAdara, John McGolrick, Hugh Mullen, Philip Mabarry, Win. H. ir. Metcalf, Thomas 8. March, Benj. C. McCarty, llosea, Morris, Jeremiah March, Benj. F. H. Moss, Ephraim Macmurphy, Gilbert L. Morris, Joseph B Moffatt, Thomas. Macmurphy, Charles. Moore, St. John Moore, Joseph P. »Moore, George K. AUGTJSTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 1 1858 Moore. Jacob J. : May, Robert 11. ! May, James A. Mealing, Henry L. ! Mealing, William J. i Moore, Napthali B. McCarty, George Meredith, Henry L. McCann, John * , Matthews, William i Matthews, John L. ; McCabe, Francis Moffatt, Joseph I McArdle, John i Mustin, Samuel C. • Mustin, Milton A. Mustin, George Maher, Richard McNally, Thomas Macmurpby, John E. Macmurphy, David D. Morrison, Henry McKennon, Beniamin W. Munson, Samuel H. McArthur, Arthur Jr. McGuire, Michael N. Mouutjoy, William I Nelson, George E. W. Xally, Claon A. Nelson, John Nees. William Nowland, Alexander J. Nagle, John Nehr, Blase L. ( O’Conner, Michael D. Owens, William J. O’Donoglme, Dennis O’Conner, Francis Otto, Adam Owens, Dennis O’Neal, Michael O’Neal, James O’Conner, Michael, Jr. O’Conner, William O’Conner, Jeremiah, Sr. O'Conner, Jerry Oglesby, Garrett T. Pass, Richard S. Pickering, William M. Plumb, Daniel B. Powell, William J. Powell, Jefferson Pitcher, Augustus Preval, Charles P. Perry, Beni. F. Phillips, Win. Page, John W. R. Parnell, Nelson Pool, James A. Pool, James 11. Philip, William Powell, Carroll Powell, Sterling Pruitt, Washington G. Page, William T. Petchman, Charles Picquet, Augustus D. Picquet, Benjamin Picquet, Louts A. Pieice, Edward 15. Pearce, George W. Pbilpot, Henry R. Philpot, David A. Pritchard, William 11. Queio, JohnC. Ramsey, William A. Rhodes, Thos. R. Robertson, Abner P. Rhodes, William P. Roberts, William J. Kossignol, Henry Roath, David L. Rudler, Sebastian Rice, Matthew Reynolds, John Robert, John A. Rodgers, James B. Reinhart, John C. Russell, Benjamin B. Ramsay, Joseph B. Roe, Augustus H. Rich, William H. Rich, John Rich, Charles T. Roland, John W. Roland, William J. Rowland, Samuel H. Reed, Robert M. Reed, William J. Reynolds, Charles S. Richards, William T. Roberts, Thomas H. Roberts, George Roberts. James M. Reagan, Francis W. Rice, Bernard Rice, Patrick Rice, Luke Roden, William Rodgers, Samuel T. Rodgers, John H. Rodgers, Timothy Rodgers, Alpheus M. Russell, Wallace N. Sibley, William C. Silcox, John Symmons, Eleazar L. Sledge, John G. Sherman. Francis Schley, William Spears, Madison L. Spears, Joseph 11. Schaub, John Smith, John I). Simmons, Sterling B. Sherman, William L. Salisbury, William A. Sibley, josiah Stark, William H. Sikes, William E. Storey, Albert 11. Stevens, Andrew Scott, Piukney Smith, William F. Sharkey, Patrick Simmons, Greenville Simmons, James S. Simmons, ThUmas M. Singleton, William Sharp, Edwin V. Sharp, Til man Stoy, THaddeus S. Spears, William E. Sams, William J. Speath, Charles Staples, John S. Sweeney, Thomas Snead, Garland A. Stallings, James U. StalliDgs, Herbert Scully, Jeremiah Scully, Michael Stoffel, Henry Shoahan, Patrick Sheahan, Owen Sheehan, Daniel Sheehan, Patrick Sheron, Charles Sheron, Matthew Sheron, Peter Stafford, Thomas H. Sibley, Samuel 11. Sibley, Edward A. Sibley, Henry J. Straub, Peter Stovall, John W. L. Stovall, Thomas P. Stovall, Bolling A. Speed, Raymond Swearingen, Rico Singer, Frederick H. Sullivan, John Sullivan, Patrick F. Markey, Francis L. McKenzie, Alexander Miller, John P. R. Miller, Stephen Marks, David W. Mast, Antony McDerinot, Martin McCall, William J. Mugarahan, James McCord, Zaehariah M in k wal ter/ T heodore Mark waiter, Michael Markwalter, Joseph Markwalter, William Markwalter, Peter McLaughlin, William McGowan, Joseph K. Metcalf, Jesse McCook, Thomas Mansfield Janies D. McKinney, David Morgan, Thomas W. '.Morgan, Evans McCalla, Charles P. McConnell, William A. Mcllale, Michael Milligan, Lawrence A. N Newton, George M. Xorrell, Wm. 0. Newman, George W Nisbet, James T. Nixon, William A. Norrell, Hansford D. O Odam, John O’Donnell, Edward Odum, Richard O’Dowd, Michael O’Neal, Edward 11. Oak man, Thaddeus Osborne, Henry J. Olrnstead, George B. O'Conner, Eugene Oliphant, Edward L. . Oldham, James Olin, W. Milo Ozment, John J. P Pemble, Charles Peay, Henry T. Pritchard, William 11. Phinizy, Thos. B. Prouty, William 11. Platt, Jacob B. Parker, Gustavus A. Pen well, Thomas 11. Preskitt, Seaborn A. Platt, William L. Platt, Charles A. Preskitt, Citizen S. Philip, Alexander Phinizy, John Phinizy, Charles 11. Phinizy, John, Jr. Phinizy, Ferdinand Pomeroy, John W. 1 *ari sh, George W. Patterson, John F. Patterson, John G. Porter, Henry J. Paul, Jacob Peoples, Micaiah T. 11. Prevel, Thaddeus Poulet, Peter Q n Roll, Luther Richards, Edwin Rodgers, Zachariah J. Rhodes, Janies 11. Reed, Jerry Rossiguol, Paul Rutherford, William A. Rodgers, Henry Rhodes, Charles A. Riley, Richard Rooney, Joab Richards, Thomas Robinson, Tira Read, Silas C. Read, William H. D. W. Rowland, Charles A. Rees, John C. Reese, Enoch Raney, John Rumley, Edward Russell, Thomas Russell, Henry F. Reaves, Edward A. Robbins, Stephen 1). Reink 1, Gregor Riley, James Richardson, Joseph L. Rollin 3, Isham Rigney, Michael Rigby, Harlan Rappold, George Ramsay, James A. Ramsay, William H. Ramey, John D. Robinson, William Robenson, Pulk Randall, Daniel Rearden, Johu A. S Shackleford, James Snelling, Janies M. Slack, Uriah Sayre, R. Stokes Scarborough, Hiram Sykes, William H. Shear, William Stovall, Joseph H. Swain, William C. Spelman, Richard P., jr. Spires, Curtis Snead, Claiborne Spivey, Lee Smith, Thomas B. Seitz, Andrew Skinner, Lucius C. Small, John Stovall, Massillon P. Snowdon, Thomas Simpson, James R. Slater, Ge< rge Spivey, Tup ley B. Stoughton. Jasper B. Sauter, Silver Schiner, George M. Stalmcker, Washington Stalnicker, Joseph W. Stallings, William H. Scofield, Ephraim E. Shanahan, John Smars, Andrew J. Slemmons, John Sego, William Seago, Levi P. Spinks, William W. Shaw, James Storey, Samuel G. Sherlock, William F. Scranton, Philemon A. Sarling, Isaac Spalding, Eli Stanley, James J. Sifley, Lewis G. Steiner, Henry H. Scarborough,* Kelly Smalley, Chap ley Shackelford, Geo. W. Seize, Alphonse J. Setze, John Sistrunk, Jacob Service, John H. Simpson, James M. Stelling, Deiderick Smith, William B. * Smith, Isaac Sraythe, James M Smythe, Samuel M. Summerail, Jacob T Twr-xfr. Jcbx M Tutt, William H. Thew. George M. Terrel, Edward Timmerman, William T. Tankersley, George Thompson, Daniel B. Thompson, Darling E. Thompson, William K. Thompson, John 11. Thompson, Isham Thompson, Lewis B. Thompson, William Thomas, George Thomas, Henry J. Tindall, John * Tarver, Thomas F. Thayer, Henry R. Tucker, Isaac Usher, Aylmer, Verdery, Samuel A. Van Pelt, John Vaughn, William 11. Van Winkle, Jacob A. Walton, William A. Welch, James Warren, Benjamin H. Walker, James W. Wiinbern Simeon Walker, James B. Walker, John Walfolk Wilson, James E. Weaver, William A. Wingard, Elisha D. Wright, John S. Watkins, Thomas Welch, David Weeks, Seaman Woodstock, William G. 1 Whitlock, Frederick | Whitlock, Adonirum J. ! Wells, William B. ! Wimberly, Lewis | Williams, Daniel Williams, Thos. L. Warren, William H. Warren, Thomas J. Warren, James C. Wray, John X. Wheeler, William H. | Wilson, Edward | Wilkins, Leroy H. I Woodfield, William W Walker, William W. Wray, Samuel Weems, John B. ' Ward, Michael ; Watkins, Robert A. Whitman, Samuel P. 1 Wise, William R. | , Y Youngblood, Shimtiel XAoung, Allen C | Youngblood, George W. Young Robert F. [ Zimmerman, Thomas Zimmerman, Richard P. I The above is a correct list of registered voters j up to the time of closing. A. u. Hill, Registry Clerk. March 22, 1858. From the Darlington C. Family friend, March‘2^. The Trial of Filty-four Persons for Jlur der. On last Wednesday, a scene, unparalleled in the history of criminal jurisprudence, was witnessed in our court room. On that day fifty-four highly ] respectable citizens of our district, includiug grey | haired old men us well as tender youths, were ar raigned, charged with the murder of Caleb Free man and Abe Windham. There were two indict ments, but by agreement and with the consent of the Court, they were tried together. The prison- i ers selected the following gentlemen, from among I I those presented, who constituted the jury : lion. 1. j ! D. Wilson, Foreman, Col. F. W. Cooper, W. 11. ; I Ilearon, Dr. T. A. Dargan, Col. Samuel 11. Wilds, | Geo. I. W. McCall, Robert E. Dußose, Oliver C. ; j Coggeshall, I). Sidney Law, W. C. Brunson. Jas. i Ij. McCall, Sr., and j. W. Lee. Well might his j j Honor remark, as he did in his charges, that never j before had he seen so intelligent a jury empannel- j ed. Thus, did the prisoners declare their desire, 1 ‘to be tried by men whose feelings could not in i Huence them, unless their judgments were cou- j vinced. On Wednesday afternoon the State began to de- 1 j velope the case. We will not notice the testimony ! of the different witnesses, either for the prosecu i tion, or defense, but will content ourself with stat ing, briefly, the circumstances of the case, as ob tained from reliable and uncontradicted testimony, j The grog-shop of Ack Windham, at which the ' tight took place, was proved to have been a pest to the community; it was a retail establishment, miscalled by some a grocery, and negroes seem to have constituted his principal customers. Some of the sufferers from his nefarious traffic, not all members of the Vigilanf Society, had waited upou i and requested him to desist from retailing and ne gro trading, telling him at the same time, that they could not and would not endure it. He prom ised to do so. Shortly after this, however, perhaps on Monday before the Thursday on which the hom i icides were committed, three barrels of “bald face” j were delivered at Cartersville for him. As soon as this was known, some of the citizens of his neighborhood assembled, for the purpose of wait ing on him and spilling the liquor. This was on Wednesday the 3d inst. Windham having been notified of their intentions, assem bled his friends to defend his rights (?); the con sequence was that the other party had to desist. By the next morning, however, the members of the different Vigilant Societies and others had as sembled, to the number of seventy-five or eighty, many of whom were armed and proceeded to the shop. As upon the day before, they found the Windham family with some of their friends, pre! pared to defend the whiskey; they were well armed. The Vigilant party was under the com mand of Geu’l. Carter, aud his orders, proved to have been frequently repeated within the hearing of the Windhams were, don’t tire a gr.n unless you ! are fired upon; or strike a blow unless you are j struck; if assailed, defend yourselves.” Before the Vigilant party reached the shop, it was halted, and two of the gentlemen were sent to inform the Windhams of their intention. They | expostulated in vain, and were called away by j their friends, who, seeing evidences of hostility on the side of the Windhams, called out to them to “stand aside, for if the opposite party tired they would return it.” The Vigilant party approached ; the shop, which the party surrounded. A compa-! ny, commanded by Capt. Giles Carter, being im mediately in front of and facing the shop door be fore which the Windhams were standing. Others of the Vigilant party were neurer the house, and in a .-ry few paces of*the door. While in this posi-. tion, Gen. Carter informed the Windham party that his iutention was, “not to injure any of them, | unless they began the attack • that his party had come to empty Ack Windham's whiskey, and they j intended to do it.” At this time, Act* Windham j | told his party to come away and let them have the | , whiskey, and he would law them. This they re- j fused to do, swearing they would die rather than j give it up. While they were parleying thus, Caleb Free-, man, whom it was proved had sworn to kill Giles Carter upon the first opportunity, stepped off from his company and exclaiming, “ I see you Giles Carter, you are the first man 1 intend to kill,” fired, the shot passing through his coat and striking Sam’l Robinson, wounding him severely ; he en deavored to fire a second time, and while in the act of doing so, he was shot, and fulling, discharg-; ed his gun in the air. As soon as the first gun fired, Gen’l Carter gave the command, “take them, men,” j j and a rush was instantly made upon them; Mr.; .A. N. Stuckey grasped one of the Windhams, 1 i around the body, ana while holding him, Abe! Windham rushed upon him from behind and j plunged his knife into him twice, but before he could inflict a third blow, he received one over the I head with a gun or stick, from which he died. The | Windhams were soon overpowered in the fight— not lasting, according to the testimony, over a I minute. ; Ack Windham was tied, and required to tell i where the whisky was, for, on opening the shop, i jit was found to be empty; he gave them his crib c | key, saying it was there; here was found a barrel 1 , with a few gallons in it, and this was, he said, all • t ! that remained of the three barrels hauled from Car-' ( • tersville three days before. Where was the bal- 1 1 ance ? i ( The testimony closed on Friday afternoon, when J i ! the argument was commenced by Mr. Richardson, j for the State, he was followed by Messrs. Spain ji and Inglia for the prisoners, when the Court ad- 1 journed. On Saturday morning the argument was I resumed by Mr. J. A. Dargan, followed by Col. 1 Moses, for the prisoners, who was succeeded by j 1 ! Solicitor Melver. The names of the several speak- ' I ere, is a sufficient proof of the great ability with 1 I which this great case was argued. The judge, 1 1 i having charged the jury, they retired to their 1 room, about 3 o’clock r. M., from which they re- 1 | turned, after a short absence, having found, in 1 I ! both cases, a verdict of “ Not Guilty.” ; Thus ended the most interesting case ever tried jon the criminal side of the Court. From its com-1 £ , mencement to its close, the Court room was dense- 1 !ly crowded, within and without the bar. Every j 1 I place was occupied. We acknowledge ourself highly gratified at the 1 I result; we believe it will have a salutary effect. 1 e not only in our community, but throughout the < j State. 1 Our statement, condensed as it is, is of course M , imperfect; at the same time, it is correct. We j 1 have only undertaken to give the main points in j ] ! the case, as made by the testimony, and we think | | all, who heard the trial, will say we have done so. ] 1 A CARD. At a meeting of those recently in the custody ot the sheriff, charged with the murder of Caleb j j Freeman and Abraham Windham, held this day, 1 Henry Wood being called to the chair and Dr. i Christopher Flinn appointed Secretary, the follow . ing resolutions were unanimously adopted, and ! ordered to be published in the Family Friend: Resolved, That we avail ourselves of this method of returning our grateful thanks to the citizens of i Darlington village and its vicinity, for the many 1 acts of kindness which we have received at their ; hands since we have been in the custody of the j Sheriff. ! Risolved, That we also desire to express our grateful appreciation of the kind and considerate ! ; treatment which we have received from Rucbcn j 1 Beasley, Esq., Sheriff, and from Jas. E. Morriss, Jailor. Henry Wood, Ch’n. Christopher Flinn, Sec’y. March 20th, 1858. From the New York Keening Post. Arrival of the Moses Taylor—Quickest Passage on Record. The United States mail steamship Moses Taylor, John McGowan, Esq., commanding, from Aspin wall 18th inst., at 5, p.m., with the treasure, mails and passengers brought to Panama by the Golden Age from San Francisco on the sth Inst., arrived j at this port this morning, performing the trip in' twenty days and fourteen hours from San Francis , co—the quickest on record. ! The United States mail steamship Granada left » Aspinwall, with the New Orleans mails, Ac., on i the 18th inst., at 2, p. in., and the St. Louis was |; expected to sail same evening for New York. From the. Steamer Bulletin , March 5. j' The legislature is busily in session at Sacramen- j 1 to, but with the splendid exception of taking the ( . | State Prison from the corrupt management of the . | lessee, James M. Kstill, have yet done nothing im-j _ i portant. An effort is being made by its members to force the California Democracy to take sides on . 1 the Kansas question ; a large majority of the pen- ; I . pie, and most of the newspapers, however, endorse ! ~ Mr. Douglas’ views. A great deal of rain has J I fallen, and the streams in various parts of the J 1 State are much swollen. I State. —On the 18th of February, a negro named I Aaron Bracey, living at Auburn, Placer county— who, about a year ago, killed a Chinaman—struck ' an Irishman named Edward Murphy over the head 1 with a pick, which penetrated the skull, and per mitted a portion of Murphy’s brain to escape. Bracey immediately proceeded to the sheriff’s of fice, in Auburn, informed that officer what he had' done, and gave himself up. Murphy was found; insensible, as the negro had described, and was j carried home. Bracey was locked up in jail. Dur i ing the night, some two or three hundred miners, friends of Murphy, being very much incensed, as sembled, and at daylight surrounded the jail, took I the negro by force from the hands of the officers, j and hung him up to a tree. Murphy lived only two days after. This application of lynch law excited I the ire of Gov. Weller, who wrote a letter to the legislature, severely censuring the people, and call ing for the enactment of severer statutes for the suppression of mobs. A rich correspondence has also taken place be tween Governor Weller and the authorities of Mon- ; terey county, where the man, Jose Anastasia, under 1 sentence of death, was hung by the under Sheriff, though a respite for thirty days had been received j for ‘'Anastasia Jesus.” The Governor abuses the : Sheriff roundly for not obeying the respite ; to which the latter says, although as a private indi- i vidual he felt sure the Governor intended to respite Jose Anastasia, as a public officer he was compell | ed to construe the respite strictly, and could not ! presume his Excellency meant one man when he j named another. As there was no time to rectify ; the error iu the names, he proceeded to hang the . ! culprit at the time named in the sentence. Jose confessed to two murders on the gallows. The ! Governor laid this correspondence before the leg ! islature, and among the letters is oue signed by numerous citizens of Monterey, praving for a par -1 don of Jose, as he was the only fiddler in the town, and they could not carry on their fandangos with j out him! On Sunday, 21st February, a terrible tragedy; | was enacted at Grass Valley, Nevada county, j j Michael Brenan, an educated and intelligent Irish- j I man, who has been acting as the President of the 1 Mount Hope Mining Company, on that day pois-i | oned his wife and his three children with prussic j I acid, and then committed suicide by the same' j agency. Mr. Breuau had been unfortunate in his J mining enterprise, and had involved himself in* debt to the amount of one hundred thousand dol lars. Brooding over his pecuniary misfortunes,! lie became, it is thought, partially insane, and de liberately planned and carried into effect the dc- : struction of his family and himself. Mrs. Brenan j was a lady of highly cultivated mind and amiable! disposition, and had endeared herself during her residence in California to many friends. The chil-. dren were exceedingly interesting, and bo'h Bren an and his wife are represented as having been de-i votedly attached to them. It is supposed that Mrs. Brenan had no knowledge of the intention of her husband, or participation in his guilt. She, • from appearances, was poisoned first, and the chil ! dren, one after another in succession. Each was ! found dead with a pillow pressed over its face in ! different parts of the house. Brenan was a grad uate ofTriuity College, Dublin. He had been in this State about a year, and has been connected i with the New York press. He left several letters, j disposing of his effects, and announcing fully his ; ■ intention and the reasons influencing him. ‘ David Butler was hung at Nevada on Friday, ( 126th February, for the murder of Mr. Moffatt. 1 Butler stated his true name to have been Mason C. 1 1 Bolin. There were about three thousand persons 1 present at the execution. The National Theatre property in Sacramento, | which cost forty-eight thousand dollars, was sold | on the 22d of February at Sheriff’s sale, for thir- ; teen thousand dollars. . There is to be a State convention of the bpirit ; ualists in California, held at Sacramento, on or iaoout the 13th of May next, i Later news from the Colorado river informs us of the sinking of both steamers used by Lieut. Ives in his exploring expedition up that stream, and the consequent breaking up, for the present, of the undertaking. The Indians on the banks of the river were also found hostile and dangerous. San Francisco. —The anniversary of Washing ton’s birth day was celebrated on the 22d. by the (usual salutes, military parades, balls, etc. Tice, William J. Tucker, George W. Tice, Henry .Tompkins, James L. Tankersley, Edwin Tankersley, Robert Tong, Robert Town, Ilenry D. Taylor, Charles Truitt, Jabez C. Townson, Nathaniel F. Tankersley, Griffin Tankersley, James E. Tankersley, William B. Taut, John G. Tant, William R. Taliaferro, John W. Tuttle, William V Urquhart, Robert F. ¥ Volger, Gustave Vincent, David Vance, Andrew Virtue, Edward W Wright, David 11. Wheeler, Joseph Whitehead, Francis C. Welch, John Whitaker, Henry Widener, Isaac Walker, Clarence V. Whidby, William G. Wihdby, Lemuel Weathersby, William U. Wagnon, Edwin A. Winberg, John W. Williams, Augustus D. Wyman GeorgeM. . Williams, Charles A. Walton, Robert, Jr., . Walton, Anderson W. Watson, William J. Wilkinson, Thomas C Wright, Charles M. Weigel, George A. Walker, John Watkins Walker, Edward J. Ward, John Wightman. John W Whyte, Thomas White, Solomon C. Whitehead, Bartley F. Wright, Darwin S. Willis, Hermon B. West, Loren Weller, DeWitt C. Walters, Michael Walters, John 0. Warner, Charles H. NUMBER 381 Considerable discussion has been occasioned in San Francisco by the action of the Board of Edu cation in excluding a child of colored parentage from the High School. There was much opposi tion in the Board to the step, and the resolution ordering it was debated at several meetings be fore it could be passed. Hereafter all colored children are to be taught in schools exclusively intended for them alone. During the week ending the ‘27th February there were 19,821 01 ounces of gold bullion deposited m the Branch Mint of this city. The value of this bullion was about $365,000. During the mouth of February 70,647 30 ounces were deposited at thi* i Branch Mint, worth about $1,400,000. A large number of the members of the bar of this city met in the room of the Fourth District Court, on the evening of the 20th February, for the purpose of organising an association to foster the interests of the profession and found a law li brary’. J. P. Hoge was elected President, and B. W. Leigh, Secretary. The French Republican Union, of this city, gave a banquet on the 24th February, in honor of the French revolution of 1848. A number of speeches were made, and appropriate sentiments oflered. On the Ist of March, a large meeting of loyal Frenchmen was held at the French Consulate, to express their horror and indignation at the recent dastardly attempt to assassiuate Napoleon and the Empress. An appropriate address to the Emperor was drawn up, which will be circulated for signa tures throughout the State, and forwarded to France immediately. Per Contra, an address to the people of Paris is ! being circulated for the signatures of Republican Frenchmen in California, expressing sorrow for | the wounding of the sixty persons at the time of ' the attempted assassination, and expressing the hope that the cause which leads to these bloody i tragedies may soon-be done away with. From the Alta California, March 5. State. —The legislature has passed an act to con ' firm the Van Ness ordinance, which provides that all the title of the city of San Francisco to lands I within her borders, shall be given to the parties in | possession, excepting only such tracts as may be i required for streets, public squares, school houses, Ac. ! The Senate has been busy during the last fort night in discussing bills to provide for a compul sory observance of Sunday, and for the incorpora tion of mining ditch companies. The latter bill i is intended to give ditch companies a right of way through private property, on condition of paying the value of the land. A Joint Committee of the Senate and Assembly tendered a long report on the 2d instant, recom -1 mending the adoption of a memorial to Congress, 1 praying for an abrogation of the present contract j tor the conveyance of the mails between San Fran ! cisco and New Y ork, and the formation of new contracts with two other companies, each to carry ! the mail once in two weeks each way, but alter -1 nately, so that we shall have a mail every week. 1; Mr. E. A. Rowe was released on the 23d ultimo 1 j from the prison brig at Sacramento, where he had 1 j been confined for more than a year for contempt •: of court, in refusing to tell what had been dune with one hundred and twenty-four thousand dol -1 lars, taken from the State Treasury by Dr. Bates. 1 Mr. Rowe came forward and testified that he had s ; received the money, and had given it to Edward ! Jones. On the 20th ult., Henry Bates, late State Trea * surer, was tried at Auburn on the charge of em -1 bezzling forty-seven thousand dollars from it* ' State Treasury, and was acquitted. A grand festival is proposed to be held by the 1 legal fraternity of this city, in honor of the cen tennial anniversary of the delivery, by Sir William Blackstone, of his celebrated commentaries on the i English law. Archy, the slave, is coufined in the Stockton jail,iby order of Stovall, who is his master and j owner, under the decision of the Supreme Courl of the State. The clipper ship Flying Fish, Captain Nickels, sailed for Along Kong on the morning of the 22d, with a large number of embalmed, defunct, and living Chinese on board, and two hundred ai*4 : eighty-five thousand dollars in treasure. | The steamship Golden Age arrived on the after noon of the 26th ult., in twenty-one days, tvw hours, and thirteen minutes from New Y r ork—thf quickest passage ever made to California from Not York, and beating that of the Uncle Sam, in 1855. thirteen hours, which is the next best. Mons. L. Provost, of San Jose, has presented the French Benevolent Society of this city with om ' hundred and fifty ornamental aud fruit trees, I which are intended to decorate the grounds. Central America. —The American Minister Pleni potentiary, Gen. M. B. Lamar, was formally re ceived by the Government of Nicaragua on the 22d of February. His address on the occasion has not been published, but it is understood to express, on the part of the United States, sentiments of the kindest nature toward Nicaragua and the other States of the Isthmus. The address gave much satisfaction wherever it was kuown. The treaty which was negotiated at Washington l ist November by Senor Y risarri, Minister from j Nicaragua, was still before the Legislative Assem | bly of that State, and it was believed would not be • ratified, except with alterations which would again open the whole matter at Washiugtoo. Air. Wm. Carey’ Jones, late Special Agent of tb« United States in the States of Central America took formal leave of the government of Nicaragua on the 27th February. It is understood that dur ing the latter months of Mr. Jones’ residence in Nicaragua he had occasion to make complaints of several acts of that government in derogation, on as he view’s them, of the rights of American citi zens resident therein, and opposite not only to the friendly sentiments which he conveyed to that State from the Cabinet at Washington, but also to ; the spirit exhibited by the authorities of Nicaragua, i pending the question’ of the reception of their | Minister (Yrisarri,) by the United States. In hi* closing letter, it is understood, that Mr. Jones re capitulates, and expresses the opinion that the acti | and facts w hich he sets forth as directly to bit | knowledge, are calculated justly to incense th< American government and people, and ought k j induce severe retribution and preventive means. A military order, issued 19th December, requir ; ing “all foreigners,” male and female, resident in ' the department which includes the “transit route. * | to present themselves before the Governor within, a limited time, under penalty, is one of the acta i protested against. The decree is asserted to be in I violation of natural and international law, in the fact of its arraying persons by class, or descrip i tion, and without cause specified, instead of by I name and designation, and setting out the mo •! tive; also, in making penal what is not anyw’her© else counted an offense—namely, to be a “foreign er.” Many hardships and abuses, it is alleged, oo curred to American citizens in the execution of tint decree. Mr. Jones also mentions a declaration of the President of the Republic (General Martinez,) as a reason why he ordered to be suppressed a judicial j investigation in which a functionary of the govern ment is implicated in a high crime—namely, that “ all the witnesses were Americans.” A case is also stated which will raise the question whether foreigners and neutrals are subject to peremptory orders to work on public defenses, when no im mediate danger exists. It is asserted, moreover, that according to the declaration ot President Mar tinez all correspondence, w’hether public or private, is liable to be opened, altered, and even substituted, by whatever authority of the State, and that the governmeilt will not allow any remedy, or even an investigation into the abuse. Gen. Maximo Jerez has been appointed Minister of War and Hacienda, but had not entered oni the office. Gen. Jerez wa? a prominent member of the old Democratic party, and of those who invited Walker into Nicaragua in 1855. He was a member of the cabinet in the Rivas ana Walker administration. Subsequent to the capitulation o. Rivas he was associated with Gen. Martinet in the chief magistracy of the country. Evansville. March 25,-The steamboat Baltw 1 passed here at S: So this morniDg, aad die Diaaaas 1 f’j ditto. Neither stopped here.