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Mfcliii) (Constitutionalist. BY J-A-IVIES GAHDyER. Letter from Kansas. ' Fort Scott, K. T.. March 12th, 185®. I Editor Cmstitrition n l:d: Yon have no doub: ‘ seen the telegraphic dispatch going <4lie round of the papers, saying that there were troubles in the vicinity of Fort Scott again. This is true, and the Abolition correspondents have already forwarded their lying budget of news to the philanthropic population of the Hast, who take so ranch delight in the awful stories of war and bloodshed which they receive from Kansas. The facts of the recent excitement are these: A paper, signed by 0. P. Bayne, captain in Lane’s militia, was issued about two weeks ago to the people of Kansas; it stated that the Missourians bad gathered at Fort Scott in large numbers, that they were murdering, robbi.ig and driving off free State men, and commiting various other outrages. The paper called for assistance to drive out the invaders. The whole document was a fabrication, but it had the effect desired—several companies of Abolitionists from Ossawattomie marched down on the Osage, about fifteen miles from this place. Learning there that there were two companies of U. S. troops in Fort Scott, they abandoned the idea of attacking this place. But they we T e in the field, and of course must do something. On Sun day morning, 28th of February, they surrounded the house of Van Zumalt, a quiet citizen, living on the Osage. lie was awakened just before day by hearing a knocking at his door. He seized his wife and attempted to escape out at the back door, but as he opened it a Sharpe’s rifle was levelled against him and fired. He fell witii a bad llesh wound in the shoulder. They then robbed his house, and left him in his blood alone with his wife and children. They then proceeded to the house of Jas. Farris, an old man of sixty years—a more quiet and or. derly man does not live in Kanses. They stripped the old man of nearly everything he possessed, except his negroes, who hid in the bushes. The house of Page was also robbed. A company of U. S. Dragoons, under Capt. George T. Anderson, started after them. He gave them a hot chase, but succeeded in arresting only five of them. As soon as the troops got back to town, we received intelligence that as st/on as the dragoons left the Osage, the outlaws robbed the house of Mr. Spratt, our former representative. The Messrs. •Steen and Taggart were also robbed. Some sight or ten houses were the laurels acquired in this campaign. One of the companies was led by the Rev. Mr. Stewart, a freedom loving preacher of the North. And why this blood and desolation, these ruined homes and blighted hopes? Because these men dare stand up for the rights and privileges that you peaceably enjoy. The pro-slavery citizens of Kansas have been honestly in favor of peace. They have on all occasions proclaimed their wil lingness to be governed by law. But such occur rences as that named above will spon bring down on these assassins and plunderers the arm of the avenger. Mr. Zumalt, the wounded man, is now in town. He is recovering. With such men as bo is, the treatment he has received can never be forgotten. Yon will hear of him. It is thought here that our Constitution will be received by Congress. If it is, it will be resisted by the Abolitionists in this Territory to & bloody issue. Gov. Denver Ims issued a proclamation against Lane and his militia. He urges all good citizens to have nothing to do with it. If ever a man de served the gallows it is Lane; but if his party get the power he will be elected to the Senate. What ‘ a noble and dignified Senator he will make ! Respectfully, B. F. B. The Mobile Merchants' Prieto Current of the | irith inst. contaius the following advice to plan ters: In view of the recent severe loss of Cotton by fires, planters will see the importance of directing their factors to effect insuruuce on their Cotton froyi the tune it is shipped until it is sold and de livered. It is also suggested that the planters’ name should be marked on each bale of Cotton ; initials of names by their similarity occasion much annoyance to the factors, and sometimes errors result in the delivery of the Cotton. * The custom of packing different qualities of Cotton in the same bale, is injurious to the inter est of the planter, for the whole bale brings no more in value than the price of the poorest quality contained in it. * Fatal Affray. A gentleman at Williston writes as follows concerning the melancholy occurrence between Mr. Jacob Kitchen and his son, on Sunday morn ing last: March 22d, T*s®. L-x. i have never before witnessed j such a melancholy occurrence as transpired yes terday morning at the house ot Jacob 0. Kitchen, some six miles above this place. The circumstances of the case are as follows: It seems that Jacob Kitchen anyone Herrin had an altercation about some matter, when Whitfield Kitchen,-the son of Jacob Kitchen, came out of a room near by and made an attempt to stab his fa ther. His step-mother met him, and prevailed ou him to shut up his knife, and told his father to go off, which he drd, to the kithen. The son, how ever. and Herrin, pursued him, and a stabbing fight ensued, between the father and «on, and Her rin gathered up a cudgel and struck ihe father, as bis son left him, the son inflicting a desperate stab and Herrin a blow with the club, of which he died in a few minutes. The son also received a wound : .n the chest, from his father’s knife. He is vet alive, but there is no hope of his recovery. Her rin ran after a physician, but on his return found Kitchen dead. He immediately fled. The above occurrence was the result of liquor. B-trnwtU Sentinel, March 27. Thk Borden Overhauled for a Slaver.—On Sunday last the schooner N. B. Borden, J. M. Brightman, master, left Matanzas for Savannah, with a cargo of molasses and fruit. She had left port about four hours, and was in sight of Pan Ma tanzas, when the British steam sloop-of-war, Styx, bore down upon her and tired a blank cartridge, at which she ran up her ensign and continued her course. The sloop then tired a shot, which fell a abort distance in the rear of the Borden. The Captain of the 8., thinking the matter morq seriou9 iban he bad first supposed, Lacked ship, and made for the sloop to know what was the matter. The sloop lowered her boat and sent an officer in it, who told Capt. Brightman that they had suspected be was a sluver, and were coming on board to sat isfy themselves. Capt. B. suggested to the offi cers from the Styx that slavers did not usually load as deep as he then was, nor were they in the habit of carrying deck loads of molasses. A short ex amination satisfied her Majesty’s officer that he had woke up the wrong passenger, and he soon left for his sloop, carrying with him the maledictions of Capt. B. and crew, who felt that it was a senseless and useless interference. To use Capt. B.’s own expression, “ I could have eat up the whole boat’s crew, if I’d had salt endugh ” The occurrence took place shout 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Sav. Pep., March 27. JfmAUf Massacre. —We learn from Capt. Steph ens, of the schr. Mary, which arrived last evening 4 rntn Ruafan Island, that on the 4th inst, the city of Kaccalar was surprised by Indians, during the night, that hundred and fifty of the in habitants were made prisoners, and were held for the purpose of extorting ransom ; and that this not being forthcoming, they massacred the whole number—mefe, women and children ! Railroads io Texas. ! The Houston Texas Telegreph , of the l7ti» inst. J and iron laid on Railroads in Texas : J Mr. ‘jran •id Iron laid. Houston & Tt-xas Central, 60 48 B. 8., B. <k Colorado, t>o 32 Houston Tap, 77 “ & Brazoria, :•.» none Southern Pacific, ui) S. A. A Mo. Gulf, 2 5 5 G. 11. A. 11. 40 25 All others about 10 none Total. -57 132 Mr. Nosn L. Cloud has been rc-appointed postmaster at Bainbridge. . The next annual meeting of the Medical Society of Georgia will take place at Madison, on the 14th of April. The freight on cotton from Bainbridge to Appalachicola is one dollar per bale, and on Sour fifty cents per barrel. The Bainbridge Argus comes to us consid erably enlarged, printed with new type, and well freighted with interesting reading matter. Rev. Robert L. Breck has resigned the charge of the Presbyterian Church in Macon, and trill leave immediately for Kentucky’, where lie formerly resided. The % Bainbndge Argos says: “ Beverly A. Sillmons, in an affray at Hawkinsville one day last week, ahot and killed Elbert Sapi*, and was ac quitted as having done it in self-defense. Gen. John H. Rice has sold the Cassville Stand ard to Messrs. B. 11. Luke and B> F. Bennett. C. L. Barbour, Esq., for some years editor of the Atlanta Intelligencer, 19 lying very low of con sumption at his father-in-law’s, in Lagrange. Gen. Haskell, for some time a patient in the lu natic asylum at Hopkinsville, K\\, is recovering his mental and physical health. Death has been busy among the Roman cardi nals—twelve have been called to their last account since the beginning of winter. Reading their Speeches.—lt is stated that all the speeches in the United States House of Repre sentatives, on Tuesday and Wednesday’, were read from manuscript. Released ox Bail.—lt is stated that Mr. Wol cott, the refractory witness, ha 3 been released on two thousand dollars bail by Judge Crawpord, cf Washington city, a. d that he has returned to Bos ton. Solitary and Alone, —The Boston Bee claims to be the only paper in that city which “ unquali fiedly endorses” the removal of Judge Lormg. The fact is creditable te the other papers, but not to the Bee. Capt. Hunter, and others, of Manatee, who were for some time supposed to be lost, are now at home, safe and sound. The occasion of their delay was the grounding of llieir boat in a bayou. Fire in Monyicello.—Wo learn, says the Bain bridge Argu*, from a gentleman just from Monti aello, Fla., that a destructive fire occurred in that place a few. days since, consuming an entire block of buildings in the business part of the town. | The Virointa Banks.—The pressure upon the banks of Virginia, in the shape of public opinion, I !t is thought may’ possibly induce a resumption of | specie paymeuts before November next. It is said that many of the banks are ready and wish to resume. A brother of Gen. Bem, the Hungarian patriot, is in Canton, Mo., where he is sloping for a few days. He is on his way to visit relatives in lowa. The Canton Reporter says he is covered with scars acquired in thirty-t<vo years’ service in European wars. There are sixty seaports 10 Cuba, ar.d fast year there were three thousand six hundred and eighty coastwise arrivals, and three thousand six hun dred and fifty-nine clearances. This will give an idea of the trade of this beautiful island, whica is not more than half cultivated under the present regime. We ha7e reason to believe, says the Albany Sint smart, that the New York canals will be open jed for navigation on or before the *2otu of April, j We believe that previous to the day named the j water will be let in, and that navigation will not be commenced until the banks have been tested, and it has been ascertained that they are sufficiently strong to Withstand the pressure of water necessary to make the cauals navigable. The Bridgeport (Ct.) Farmer says: “We hear that an interesting divorce case is soon to be tried before the superior court of this county. The parties are Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hubbell, of this city. Mrs. Hubrkll is the plaintiff. She is the eldest sister of the celebrated General Tom Thumb, now traveling in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. H. returned from England Jr few days since in separate steamers. It is rumored that they have not lived happily together for some time. The respectable position in society occupied by the parties will give the case an unusual degree of iuterest in this community. Ta* Losses by Fire on Auger’s Wharf.— she Charleston Courier of Saturday, says the total loss on the cotton consumed by the fire on Adger’s wharf, on Saturday night, 13th instant, is twenty five thousand and eighteen dollars and fifty cent?, of which eighteen thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents wa9 insured m the following offices, in the specified proportions: Augusta Insurance and Banking Co $4,109 00 Charleston Insurance and Trust 3,700 CO South Carolina 3,051 75 Southern Mutual...- 3,127 50 Fireman’s 2,054 50 Valley of Virginia 1,027 25 Philadelphia Exchange 1,027 25 Home lusurance, N. 1 v ;... as 75 Security Fire, N. Y 3} $7 Springfield (Mass.) Fire and Marine 31 88 Metropolitan, New York 31 88 Lamar, New York... 31 37 And six thousand seven hundred dollars was di vided among the following offices, but we were un able to learn the proportion : Fireman’s Insurance Company, Liverpool and London Life Insurance Company, South Carolina Insurance Company, and Augusta Insurance and Banking Company. Fredericks burg, March 25.—Crocker, the negro who killed Griffin, at Acquia Creek, Christmas ere, has been sentenced to be hung on the ©oth’of April. He has made do confession. Evansville, March 25.—The steamboat Baltie passed here at 5:35 this morniDg, and the Diatmat 7:85 ditto. Neither stopped here. A.TTG-USTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1858. I The Booth Monument.-*— The monument to the : memory of the tragedian,.!. B. Bcwrn, plfplin- l in Huston, is »n obelisk trine feet high, upou u pedestal five feet six inches high, and is rapidly j advancing to completion. The profile head, sur rounded with laurels, with which the front of the l obelisk is to be embellished, is completed in i plaster. The monument is to be ready Tor , delivery next month, when it will be sent to Bal timore. Revival of Manufacturing, Bu^ness. — The Otis Manufacturing Company, at W Mass., will j commence their new No. 3 Mill about the first of April, and expect, in a short time, tor their other two mills, if cotton does wit go ujf'.too high. Messrs. Stevens & Gilbert, Of’the sanoißt place, ex pect to start their mills on full time in jkpnt. Messrs. Charles O. Chapin, of Spriugfffcld, and* Henry O. Gould, of Russell, Massachusetts, have purchased the well known paper mill jjjteperiv of John R. .Smith & Co., at Russell, anif *m! carry on the manufacture of writiug and bookfpiaper. The great subject of conversation in Manches ter, S. H., is the prospect of a g(.*nerd®Urival of m mufacturing business there. The Amoskfug. Manchester and Stark Corporations commence ! running full time on last Monday. ] Paper Mill, employing from one hundfjHtO one, hundred and fifty hands, will probably start on the*: Ist of April, full time. For severaLmonths these j mills have been running only four days per week. » fST* The nomination of Col. JoiiKSTOf%' com-J manding the army in Utah, as Brevet Brigadier I General, was confirmed by the Senate on Wednes day. Travel to California. The Charleston Courier, of yesterday, sayr ♦ % “ From a gentleman who has just arrived iu obr city from California via Havana, we learn that the steamers Golden Age and Orizaba, which lefl.San Francisco, on the sth inst., for Panama, took down one thousand six hundred and fifty passenjter.*, this being the first trip of the (Orizaba) opposition line. These passengers were met at the Utbjßos by two thousand four hundred and fifty passengfts bound to California, from New York, brougbit by the steamers Moses Taylor, St. Louis and Northern Light. The fare across the Panama railroad, a distance of forty-seven and one-half miles, which is made in less than three hours time, is twenty five dollars. All the passengers above alluded to passed over this road.” A Sensible Woman. A lady of our acquaintance, who in addition tor other excellencies, says the Boston Journal * hast the great and uncommon merit of sincerity, recehfl ly received an invitation to a fashionable party* to which she returned the following reply. We recommend it to others who lack the sincerity and courage to decline such invitations: Boston, Jan. 20,1858.1,S Ily Dear Mrs. T.: Mv l msband and I are tired of evening parties and morning head aches. I must be honest. Jane and Mary Ann say that it is “a horid bore,” but they will “accept with plea sure. I am sorry that they feel obliged to resort to such hypocrisy. you know you don’t want us. You only think you must make a puny because yon have been invited to others to which you did not want to go. When it is over, y oiuni ’ your guests will rejoice equally. Allow’’ me to ’ make a suggestion. Why not confer a favor upcu r those who would appreciate the kindness, Shy L giving up the party, and by investing tbe nomay intended for wine, oysters and low-necked dreasqL in solid nourishment for those ta.jrJiotn a bfiwSf would he a luxury, and whose bare shoulders would no longer shiver were they covered with comforta ble shawls? # Truly and sincerely yours, * Most of our citizens are aware that a suit has been pending some considerable time between Dr. j Cowper, of Hertford county, and the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company. It arose in this way: Some three or four years since, a military j company from Norfolk paid a visit to Wilmington. Dr. Cowper accompanied tbe/n. It would appear that a train ran against the rear of that in which Dr. Cowper was, while the latter train was station- ; ary at Teachey’s Depot, and Dr. Cowper, who was j outheplatform lmd his heel pretty severely injured, : He instituted suit against the company, laying his j damages at twenty-five thousand dollars. After j many delays and postponements the case finally: came to trial at the term of the Superior Court for Hertford county, held this week, and the jury gave Dr. Cowper one thousand dollars. ff iltnington ( N. C.) Journal. March 27. The Sub-Atlantic Cable.—A small piece of this telegraph cubic was shown to us by Mr. Zantzin ger, of the telegraph office in this city, who also furnished us with a little bit of cyphering respect ing the amount of wire employed in the construc iou. The cable, as is generally understood, is about live-eighths of an inch in diameter, and is composed of seven copper wires enclosed in gutta percha, and the whole surrounded with eighteen coils of wire of annealed steel, of seven strands each. These coils make the circuit of the cable once in about fifteen or sixteen inches-. The short j piece of the cable which we saw was stiff as an j iron rod of the same size, but we are informed that it exhibits flexibility jn pieces of afoot long. The following are the figures referred to above : Length of cable . 2,800 miles. Seven copper wires 19,600 miles. Eighteen layers of annealed B.eel wire, seven strands each 352,800 miles. Total length of wire 872,400 miles, Or nearly fifteen times round the globe. _ Mobile Mercury■. Knowing who to Kick.—The late Col. McClung, of Mississippi, once got into u dispate in the office of the Prentiss House, at Vicksburg, with a rowdy, when, to end the mutter without farther delay, he took the rowdy by the % “nape of the neck,” led him to the door and kicked him into the street. The Lichee picked himself up, walked away, and here the mu ter ended. Some weeks afterwurds McClung was iu New Orleans, and when walking 1 up St. Charles street, suw the fellow he had kicked out the Prentiss House kicking u third party out of a drinking saloon. McClung walked up to his old acquaintance, once kickce, but nowthekickor \ and after scanning him closely, said: “Look here, - my fine fellow, are you not the man I kicked out 1 of the Prentiss House ihe other day?” “Softly, \ softly, Colonel,” replied the rowdy, taking Me- ' Clung by the arm, “don’t mention it—l’m the ‘ man, —but—but— you and I know whom to hick!" Nesv York, March 24. —Ferdinaod Arledu, of the firm of Arledu & Wesa, bankers, has been ar rested, charged with absconding on the Bth of Jan uary, with a million guilders entrusted to his care. Wess also disappeared about the same time. St. Louis, March 24. —A letter from Colone Johnston, of the Utah expedition, describes his march' to Camp Scott, compliments his troops, and says the Mormons have, as fully as words and-actions can, manifested the intention that they will no longer submit to any government but their own, and that the people of the Union* must either submit to a usurpation of their territo ry and have a government erected in their midst acknowledging no dependence upon or allegiauce to the federal authority, or act witjb vigor and force to compel them to succumb. He expresses an enrnes! hope that every may be made to forward supplies early in the spring under a sufficient guard of mounted men. St. Johns, N. 8., March 25.—Last nightone-tbird of the flooring of the suspension bridge across the falls, together with ihe stringers, gave way. The suspending rods are hanging loose from the cable, un.l the service of wire on the cable over the pil lars seem to be chafed. Newport, R. 1., March 25.—Yesterday morning twenty-one bathing houses, four ticket offices, and another building, used as a refreshment saloon, situated on Easton’s beach, were consumed by fire. There was four hundred dollars insurance on the property. f From the Darlington S. C. Family Friend, March 24. The Trial of Fflty-four Persons for Mur der. r Ou last Wednesday, a scene, unparalleled in the 1 history of criminal jurisprudence, was witnessed jin our court room. On that day fifty-four highly j respectable citizens of our district, including grev haired old men as well as tender youths, were ar- I raigned, charged with the murder of Caleb Free man and Abe Windham. There were two indict | rnents, hut by agreement and with the consent of jthe Coqrt, they were tried together. The pnsoa- I ers selected the following gentlemen, from among those presented, who constituted the jury : Hon. L D. Wilson, Foreman, Col. F. W. Cooper, W. H. Ilearon, Dr. T. A. Dargan, Col. Samuel il. Wilds, Geo. I. W. McCall, Robert E. Do Bose, Oliver C. Coggesball, I). Sidney Law, W. C. Branson. Jas. L. McCall, Sr., and j. W. Lee. Well might his Honor remark, as he did in his charges, that never before had he seen so intelligent a jury empannel ed. Thus, did the prisoners declare their desire, to be tried by men whose feelings could not in fluence them, unless their judgments were con vinced. On Wednesday afternoon the State began to de velope the case. We will not, notice the testimony of the different witnesses, either for the prosecu ( tinu, or defense, but will content ourself with stat ing, briefly, tbe circumstances of the case, as ob tained from reliable and uncontradicted testimony. The grog-shop of Ack Windham, at w hich the j fight took place, was proved to have been a pest ■fto the community; it was a retail establishment, 4 miscalled by some a grocery, and negroes seem to |haye constituted his principal customers. Some Ibf tbe sufferers from his nefarious traffic, not all members of the Vigilunt'Societv, hail waited upon ||nd requested him to desist from retailing and ne- Igro trading, telling him at the same time, that pey 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 : Icicles were committed, three barrels of “bald face” ; were delivered at Cartersville for him. As soon as this was known, some of ihe citizens of his neighborhood assembled, for the purpose of wait ing on him and Mailing 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 tbe 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, pro" pared to defend the whiskey; they were well •armed. The Vigilant party was under the com mand of Geu’l. Carter, and his orders, proved to ■ have been frequently repeated within the hearing of tbff Windhams were, don’t fire a gun unless you are fired upon; or strike a blow unless you are •truck ; if assailed, defend yourselves.” Si > Before the Vigilant party reached the shop, it was halted, and two of the geutlemen were sent to ] j Inform tbe Windhams of their intention. They * expostulated in vain, and Were called away by Iheir friends, who, seeing evidences of hostility on the side of the Windhams, called out to them to “ stand aside, for if tbe opposite party fired they Would return it.” The Vigilant party approached the shop, which the party surrounded. A compa ny, commanded by Capt, Giles Carter, being tm rtwdiately in front of and faciug the shop door be fore which the Windhams were standing. Others , of the Vigilant party were rearer the house, and in a very feWAaces of the door. While in this posi • tion, Gen. Carter informed the Windham party j that his intention was, “not to injure any of them, [ unless they began the attack; that his partf’bad ■ §me to empty Ack Windham’s whiskey, ana they t intended to do it.” At this time, Ack Windham . told his party to come away and let them have the ■ftkjpkey, and he would law them. This they re- Ms&d to do, sweiuing they would die rather than 7 give A-up. While tMy were parleying thus, Caleb Free man, whom it was proved bad 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 Sarn’l Robinson, wounding him severely; he en | deavored to tire a second time, and while in tbe I act of doing so, he was shot, and falling, discharg- 1 ed his gun in the air. As soon as the firM gun fired, Gen’l Carterj'ave the command, “take them, men,” I and a rush was instantly made upon them ; Mr. j A. N. Stuckey grasped one of ihe Windhams 1 around the body, and while holding him, Abe I Windham rushed upon him from behind and plunged his knife into him twice, but before he j could inflict a third blow, he received one over the | head with a gun or stick, from which he died. The Windhams were soon overpowered in the fight— not lasting, accor ding to the testimony, over a minute. Ack Windham was tied, and required to tell where the whisky was, for, on opening the shop, it was found to be empty; he gave them his crib key, saying it was there; here was found a barrel with u few gallons in it, and this was, he said, all that remained of the three barrels hauled from Car tersville three days before. Where was the bal ance ? The testimony closed on Friday afternoon, when the argument-was commenced by Mr. Richardson, : for the State, he was followed by Messrs. Spain ] and Inglis for the prisoners, when the Court ad journed. On Saturday morning the argument was resumed by Mr. J A. Dargan, followed by Col. Moses, for the prisoners, who was succeeded by Solicitor Mclrer. The names of the several speak ers, is a sufficient proof of the great ability with which this great case was argued. The judge, having charged the jury, they retired to their room, about 3 o’clock P. M., from which they re turned, after a short absence, having found, in both cases, a verdict of “ Not Guilty.” Thus ended the most interesting case ever tried on the criminal side of the Court. From its com mencement to its close, the Court room was dense ly crowded, within and without the bar. Every place was occupied. We acknowledge ourself highly gratified at the result; we believe it will have a salutary effect, not only in our community, but throughout the State. Our statement, condensed as it is, is of course imperfect; at the same time, it is correct. We have only undertaken to give the mam points in the case,’as made by the testimony, aud we think all, who heard the trial, will say we have done so. A CARD. At a meeting of those recently in the custody of the sheriff’ charged with the murder of Caleb Freeman and Abraham Windham, held this day, Henry Wood being called to the chair and Dr. Christopher Flinn appointed Secretary, the follow ing resolutions were unanimously adopted, and ordered to be published in the Family Friend: Resohed, That we avail ourselves of this method of returning our grateful thanks to the citizens of Darlington village and its vicinity, for the many acta of kindness which we have received at their hands since we have been in the custody of the Sheriff. Resolved, That we also desire to express our grateful appreciation of the kind and considerate treatment which we have received from Rueben Beasley, Esq., S!*eritf', and from Jas. E. Morriss, Jailor Henry Wood, Ch’n. Christopher Flinn, Sec’y. March 20th, 1858. \\ ashington, March 24. —The overland mail, via El Paso and Sail Antonio, has arrived, bringing information, dated Angona, February 7th, stating that Gen. Gandara, the leader of the rebellion iu Sonora, has been entirely successful, having de feated the government troops in several battles. At last accounts Gen. Gandara had surrounded Peschiera, the Governor, so as to cut off all hopes of his escupe. Gandara had massacred all his prisoners, and proclaimed that he would hang Peschiera if taken. Other letters say that the Fort Yuma and El Paso wagon road was progressing finely. The people of the Rio Grande are much interest ed in the success of the Arizona bill.* The.lndian3 were troublesome in the Mesilla valley, and a general attack was feared. Washington, March 25.—Lauriston B. Hardin, formerly of North Carolina, but for the last twen ty-seven years Registering and Disbursing Clerk in the Navy Department, died suddenly last night. From the New York Brewing Post. ■ j Arrival of the Moses Taylor-Quickest Pa>s:i£o on Record. : The United States mail steamship Moses Taylor, j | John McGowan, Esq., commanding, from Aspin wali 18th inst., at 5, j>. m., with the treasure, mails j aud passengers brought to Panama by the Golden j Age from Nin Francisco on the sth mat., arrived j at this port this morning, performing the trip in 1 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 ' the 18th inst., at 2, p. m., and the St. Louis was expected to sail same evening for New York. From the Steamer Bulb tin, March 5. The legislature is busily iu session at Sacramen to, but with the splendid exception of taking the State Prison from the corrupt management of the lessee, James M. Estill, have yet done nothing im portant. An effort is being made by its members to force the California Democracy to take sides on the Kansas question ; a large majority of ihe peo ple, and most of the newspapers, however, endorse Mr. Douglas’ views. A great deal of ruin has fallen, and the streams in various parts of the State are much swollen. State. —On the 18th of February, a negro named Aaron Bracey, living at Auburn, Placer county — who, about a year ago, killed a Chinaman—struck an Irishman named Edward Murphy over the head with a pick, which penetrated the skull, and per mitted a portion of Murphy's brain to escape. Bracey immediately proceeded to tbe sheriff’s of fice, in Auburn, informed that officer what he bad done, and gave himself up. Murphy was found insensible, as the negro had described, and was carried home. Bracey was locked up in jail. Dur ing the night, some two or three hundred miners, friends of Murphy, being very much incensed, as sembled, and at daylight surrounded tbe jail, took the negro by force from the hands of the officers, and hung him up t<>atree. Murphy lived only two days after. This aoplication of lynch law excited 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 \ sentence of death, was hung by the under Sheriff, , though a respite for thirty days had been received for “Anastasia Jesus.” The Governor abuses the Sheriff roundly for not obeying the respite; to , which the latter savs, although as a private indi . vidual he felt sure the Governor intended to respite 8 Jose Anastasia, as a public officer he was compell ed to construe the respite strictly, and could not j presume his Excellency meant one man when he f named another. As there was no time to rectify | the error in 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 one signed by numerous citizens of Monterey, pray ng tor a par don of Jose, as he was the only fiddler in the town, and they could not carry on their fandangos with out him! On Sunday, 21st February, a terrible tragedy was enacted at Grass Valley, Nevada county. Michael tirenan, an educated and intelligent Irish man, who has been acting as the President of the Mount Hope Mining Company, on that day pois oned his wiftMind his three children with prussic acid, and then committed suicide by the same agency’. Mr. Brenan had been unfortunate in his mining enterprise, and had involved ’him-olf in debt to the amount of one hundred thousand dol lars. Brooding over his pecuniary misfortunes, he became, it is thought, partially insane, and de liberately planned and carried into effect the de struction of hi.s family and himself. Mrs. Brenan was a lady of highly cultivated mind and amiable disposition, and had endeared herself during her residence in California to many friends. The CftlT dren were exceedingly interesting, and bo'h Bren an and bis w’ifeure represented ns having been de 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 thee in different parrs of the house. Brenan wns a grad- I uate of Trinity College, Dublin. He had been in * this State about a year, and lias been connected! I with the New Yor k 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, , 26th February, for the murder of Mr. Moffutt. | ' Butler stated his true name to have been Mason C. ' Bolin. There were about three thousand persons present at the execution. The National Theatre property in Sacramento, j 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 Spirit ualists in California, held at Sacramento, on or aoout the 13th of May next. Later news from the Colorado river informs us ! of the sinking of both steamers used by Lieut, j Ires in bis exploring expedition up that stream,: | and the consequent breaking up, for the present, t iof the undertaking. The Indians on the bunks ot j j the river were also found hostile and dangerous. Sin Fraudsw. —The anniversary of Washing ton’s birth day was celebrated on the *22d, by the i usual salutes, military parades, balls, etc. Considerable discussion has been occasioned in I San Francisco by the action of the Board of Edu | cation in excluding a child of colored parentage from the Iligb 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 61 ounces of gold bullion deposited in the Branch Mint of this city. The value of this bullion was about #365,000. buring the month of February 76,647 30 ounces were deposited at this 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 2<">th February, for the purpose of organising au association to foster the interests of the profession and found a law li brary. J. ]\ 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 1843. A number of speeches were made, and appropriate sentiments offered. On the Ist of March, a large meeting of loval Frenchmen was held at the French Consulate* to express their horror and indignation at the recent dastardly attempt to assassinate 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 Oontra, 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 tragedies may soon be done away with. ~ From the Alta California , March 5. State. —The legislature has passed an act to con- j firm the Yan Ness ordinance, which provides that j alLthe title of the city of San Francisco to lands wimin her borders, shall be given to the parties in possession, excepting only such tracts as may be 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 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 mending the adoption of a memorial to Congress, praying for au abrogation of the present contract for the conveyance of the mails between San Fran cisco and New York, and the formation of new contracts with two other companies, each to carry the mail once in two weeks each way, but alter nately, so that we shall have a mail every week. ■=■.-*■■■■ -ST 1 P-T VOI,. 37—2STO. 14. I Mr. E. A. Rowe was released on the 23d ultimo. ! from the prison brig at Sacramento, when? he had J been confined for more than a year for contempt lof court, in refusing to teli what had been done with one hundred and twenty-four thousand dol lars, taken from the State Treasury by Dr. Hate?. . Mr. Rowe came forward and testified that he had 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 ot em bezzling forty-seven thousand dollars from the State Treasury, and was acquitted. * A grand festival is propo>ed to be held by the 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 English law. Archy, the slave, is confined in the Stockton jail,- by order of Stovall, who is his master and owner, under the decision of the Supreme Court of the State. The clipper ship Flying Fish, Captain Nickels, sailed for Hong kong ou the morning of the 22d, with a large number of embalmed, defunct, and living Chinese on board, and two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars in treasure. The steamship Golden Age arrived ou the after noon of the 2fith ult, in twenty-one days, two hours, and thirteen minutes from New York—the quickest passage ever made to California from New York, and beating that of the Uncle Sam, in 1665, thirteen hours, which is the next best. Mods. L. Provost, of San Jose, has presented the French Benevolent Society of this city with on 4 hundred and fifty ornamental and fruit trees, which are intended to decorate the grounds. Central America . —The American Minister Pleni potentiary, Gen. U. 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 muck satisfaction wherever it was known. The treaty which was negotiated at Washington List November by Senor Vrisarri, Minister from Nicaragua, was still before the Legislative Assem bly of that State, aud it was believed would n*L be ratified, except with alterations which would again open the whole matter at Washington. Mr. Win. Carey Jones, late Special Agent of the 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 ot several acts of that government in derogation, as as he views them, of the rights of American citi zens resident therein, anil opposite not only to.thc friendly sentiments which he conveyed to that, State from the Cabinet at Washington, but also to the spirit exhibited by the authorities of Nicaragua, ! pending the question of the reception of their Minister (Yrisarri,) by the United States. In his closing letter, it is understood, that Mr. Jones re capitulates, and expresses the opinion that the acts and facts which he sets forth as directly to bis ’ i knowledge, are calculated justly to incense the American government and people, and ought to I induce severe retribution and preventive means. * j A military order, issued 19th December, requir * | ing “all foreigners,” male and female, resident in ! the department which includes the “transit route,” c • to present themselves before the Governor within I a limited time, under penalty, is one of the acts s protested against. The decree 13 asserted to be in n ; violation of natural and international law, in the j fact of its arraying persons by class, ‘or descrip tion, and without cause specified, instead of by name and designation, and setting out the mo tive ; also, in making penal what is not anywhere else counted an offense—namely, to be a “foreign (! er.“ Many hardships and abuses, it is alleged, oc j’ curved to American citizens in the execution of this -- Vl - _. v Mr. Jones also mentions a declaration of the ’ President of the Republic (Oeneral Martinez,) as a * reason why he ordered to be suppressed a judicial investigation in which a functionary of the govern ment is implicated in a high crime—namely, that “ all the witnesses were Americas*.'’? A case is also stated which will raise tjie 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 of President Mar ! tinez all correspondence, whether public or private, is liable to be opened, altered, and even substituted, by whatever authority of the State, and that the government 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 eutered on the office. Gen. Jerez was a prominent member of the old Democratic parly, and of those who invited Walker into Nicaragua in 1355. He was also twice a member of the cabiuet in the Rivas aud Walker administration. Subsequent to the capitulation of Rivas he was associated with Gen. Martinez m the chief magistracy of the country. I South America. —Another attempt at revolution j was nipped in the bud the other night in Lima; it was to be headed by Dr. Ureta, Ex-President of the Convention—the Cousejo of Ministers were ad | vised of it, and immediately arrested all the par : ties and sent them to prison, excepting Dr. Ureta, who is banished lor his pains. •| Later from, the British 1 Vest Indies. —By the steamship Moses Taylor we have full files of Ja | rnaica papers to March 13th. It was supposed at Jamaica that General Scott j was on board the Star of the West, ou her passage ; out, and accordingly great preparations were made I to receive him on his landing ; and much disap : pointment was manifested when it was ascertained I that he was not on board. i At Martinique the Governor had suppressed the • Antilles newspaper, for having re-published from Le Nord, European journal, a letter indicating the Trench scheme of African colonization. The decree for the liberaiion of the thirty thou sand slaves in the Dutch colony of Surinam, had .arrived at that island and been published. Advices fr »rn Barbadoeft Are to the 27th ult. Weather there was favorable for agricultural pur poses. The port of Bridgetown was crowded with shipping. At Demarara the people were making arrange ments for the importation of another cargo of im migrants from the destitute inhabitants of the Cape de Verde Islands. There have been several commercial failures at Georgetown and Berbice, mainly among the Por tuguese. One of the latter, Antonio D’Aginar, committed suicide in consequence of not being able to meet a bill at maturity. American produce abundant. Weather fine, but rather too dry tor the sugar cane. The Trinidad Council of Government have re solved to make application for the introduction into that island duriug the present year, of three thousand sepoys from India, and tive hundred coolies from China. At Antigua the labor question was being Agita ted, and the assembly had passed resolutions in favor of a Sepoy emigration to that island. The weather at Antigua had been very dry, and water for drinking purposes was so scarce that it was sold by the nail full. A severe shock of an earthquake had been felt at Dominica. Col. Harrison, United States consul at Jamaica, met with a severe accident on the 2nd of | March, having fractured his arm near the shoulder ; by a fall. ; The Colonial Standard publishes glowing ac- I counts of the productiveness of the copper and lead mines m Jamaica, based on the official reports of Mr. Trening, the engineer. New Orlbaks, March 25.— The steamer Tennes see has arrived from Vera Cruz the 21st, and has dates from the City of Mexico to the 16th. It was very diffiicult to get reliable information. Several battles had been fought, which the Zuloa ga Government claim as triumphs—but they did not amount to much. Gen. Parrodi had retreated before Ossoli. Pronunciamentoes are*still the or der of the day, but the new government seemed to be gaining ground. Vera Cruz is under martial law. Zuloaga’s forces are on the road there. A battle will proba bly be fought between the'capita! and Vera Cruz. | Coe es, N. U., March 22.—The Harmony Mills employ usually eighf hundred operatives. They, have commenced work this morning. The com-" pany are now paying twelve and a naif per cent, more than they did before the strike.