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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
"~JAMES GARDNER, JR
(From the Baltimore American, 1 6th inst. )
The Late Murder of Mr- Bampf’• Child.—
Arrest of the Marderer-
The mystery surrounding the murder of the
little son of Mr. Rumps wss yesterday cleared
up by the arrest of the murderer, and the case
assumed a phase which, by its extraordinary
enormity, exceeds any thing which the wild
est im igination could picture, it being estab
lished beyond the possibility of a doubt, that
the atrocious murder of this innocent child
was perpetrated by another child—a negro
boy of between 12 and 13 years of age; the act
being consummated with the most cold- blood
ed cruelty and determination.
Suspicion was first directed against the boy
by the accidental discovery of some facts, and
on his being arrested he at once confessed in
the fullest manner his perpetration of the hor
rible deed. It appears that yesterday morn
ing some of the gentlemen residing on Lau
denslsger's Hill, who hare interested them
selves in endeavoring to detect the author of
the crime, ascertained that a colored woman
named Sicilly, (who was employed at the
house of Mr. John Muckleroy, whose resi
dence fronts on Baltimore street, and overlooks
the slaughter house in which the body of the
child was found,} on Thursday afternoon last
had eeen a negro boy, named George Long,
pulling or dragging a small boy through the
yard of the slaughter house.
On inquiry being made of this woman she
at once siated that she seen, whilst engaged
in the upper part of Mr. Muckleroy‘s house
on Thursday afternoon last, the negro bo>
George puliing a child into the slaughter
house. The circumstances did not produce
any impression on her mind at the time, and
after the discovery of the murder she did not
mention it publicly for fear of directing sus
picion against an ii nocent person.
Immediately on obtaining the information
the gentlemen secured the aid of a police of
.Jjji fleer, and proceeded to the residence of Mr.
* Win. Baukard, with whom the suspected boy,
Pt George Long, lived, nd had him arrested.
As soon as he was arrested he confessed that
he committed the muruer, and related all the
particulars connec ed with it in a manner
which at once fully convinced all who heard
him of the truth of his sta ements.
He was removed to the Es tern District
Police Station, and on arriving there we found
him in one of the lock up rooms conversing
freely at d apparently without the slightest
reserve in relation to the murder with which
he was charged. His statement, to which he
has aotiered throughout, is tnat he had been
playing with the little boy, Rumps, in the old
slaughter house. That they afterwards w*nt
out into the alley and he lent Johnny his top
cord to play with. After awhile he asked him
for the top cord, out Johnny told him that he
had thrown it down. He looked tor the cord,
but not finding it, again demanded it of the
child, and, on tus again saying that he had
thrown it away, picked up a stone and throw
it at him. The stone struck him on the back
part ot the head, cutting it and causing the
blood t * flow.
The child then, the negro stated, began to
cry, and ran from him into the yard of the
slaughter house. He followed and caught
him and pulled him into the slaughter hous<;
the little fellow at first wanting to go home
but afterwards consenting to stay and play
with nun. Atier they got into the slaughter i
house, the negro boy persists in stating, not- j
withstanding he admits the child’s head was
cut and bleeding, they again played together j
tor a short time. He then again demanded :
his top cord, and on the child persisting that
he had not got it re-commenced beating him
with the stone which he had brought into the
slaughter house with him. j
The first, he states, struck him on the right
side of the head and knocked him down; the
chiid rose up, and he again struck him on the
head, when he staggered and fell in the cor
ner of the slaughter house; falling on his back,
m with hia head on the hickory broom, which
was afterwards found saturated with blood.
Whilst lying thus he con inued beating him
with tha stone which he held in his hand; the
t child putting his hands over his face to pro
tect himself, and thus receiving some of the
blows on his hands and arms.
After beating him thus he states that he left
him lying in the corner and crying, and went
out of the slaughter house, after bolting the
door which led into the close pen, and then
♦ went home. The stone which he used in
beating the child he says he threw away;he per
\ sisting in stating that he did not use the brick
which was found in the slaughter house at all.
But as the brick, from the blood and hair ad-"
hering to it had evidently been used, it is pro
bable t> iat he prevaricates in reference to this
part of his story. After going home he wash
ed his hands and wiped them over the front
of his apron, on which here was some blood.
The apron was found at Mr. Bankard’s house,
and the front showed that a rough attemot
had been made to wash it,whilst on the sleeves
one or two 6mali spots of blood were found.
This was the substance of the statement
which the boy made, and to which he adher
ed; repeating it over and over to diffe-ent per
sons. He alleges that it wa* not his intention
to kill the child and that he did not think
that he had done so until the next morning
when he heard that he had not been home
during the night. He states that he did not
return to the slaughter house after he left him,
but admits that he heard him groaning during
the night. A negro woman emyloyed in Mr.
Bsmk*rd’s family, in confirmation of this por
tion of the boy's story states that on Thurs
day night he went out into the yard for some
wood and on returning asked her if she did
not hear groans, “as if some one was dying."
She supposed the try was frightened, and
laughed at him, telling him that what he heard
was only the dogs in the stable.
TT UUI J VUV VIV/gW AM *A*V ■
The boy who has thua by his confession
taken upon himself the guilt of this most cruel
murder, is about 13 years of age, and appears,
for one of his class, to be possessed of more
than ordinary intelligence. This is a free boy,
but has been all hia life in Mr Bankard’s
house, whose premises immediately adjoin
the unoccupied slaughter house in which the
body was found. In renting the eircumstan-
I ces connected with the murier of the child,
he spoke in a free and careless manner, a smile
occasionally appearing on his face, and seemed
utterly incapable ot understanding or estima
ting the enormity of the crime wh*ch he had
committed.
When the body «a< found he was among
the firs of those who reached the stable and
witnessed its removal. He was know ato be
of an angry and revengeful disposition, but
H nothing had ever occurred that would have
led to a suspicion of hia capacity to commit
such a crime Hi* confessi »n entirely remove*
the mystery which surrounded the case and
fully exonerates all the parties against whom
suspicions were entertained.
From his statement it is probable that his
little victim did not die til! some time in the
morning of the day on which he was found.
He must have crawled out from the corner in
which the negro left him *n J placed himself
in the position under the window in wich he
was found- The lung night of agony through
which he mu't thus have pawed, u perhaps
the most heart-rending tenure ot the whole
case; which, in all it- aspects, may be regard
!
ed as one scarcely paralelled in the whole his
tory of crime.
The boy underwent an examination before
Justice «Varrington, and was fully committed
for trial. Mr. May was present on the part of
the State, and in compliance with his wishes,
the examination was entirely private; even the
reporters of the press being excluded.
Mr. A. Shipley, the party who was retain
ed in custody on the charge of the murder
was discharged, and being a poor man, the
crowd at the police station testified their sym
pathy for him by making a collection of S3O,
which was presented to him on his liberation.
The discovery of the murders of the boy creat
ed a great degree of excitement, and during
the afternoon the police station was surroun
ed by crowds of anxious and curious specta
tors.
[Telegraphedfor the Baltimore Sim ]
Further per Steamer America-
Halifax, April 17th, 10 P. M.
The steamer America arrived at 10 o’clock
yesterday morning, and sailed for Boston at
Ho’ clock, but the lines not being in order, I
it was impossible to send her news before.
The America reports the arrival at Liver
pool, on the 3lst, of the Pacific, Capt. Nye;
and the City of Glasgow, from Philadelphia.
The Atlantic had been removed to Huskin
aon’s Dock, and inspected by scientific men,
who all concurred iu the opinion that she
was perfectly sound.
The continental news is unimportant.
England —The Russell Ministry hold their
position, and are getting through business
with tolerable success.—The Budget was dis
cussed on Friday evening, the 4th. Resolu
tions tor the renewal of the Income Tax were
agreed to.
A powerful Papal League has been formed
in London. Apprehensions exist that for
eigners in England are concerting a revolu
tionary scheme, which is to develop itself du
ring the World’s Fair. The matter was
brought before Parliament. In reply to in
quiries, the Cabinet gave assurances that the
Government was prepared for any emergen
cy.
France.— Anxiety, amounting to alarm,
prevailed respecting the progress of socialist
opinions in the capital and the departments.
The Receiver General’s hoase in Lyons had
been burned down, and documents destroy
ed.
Germany. —The German question remains
in statu quo.
Ihe insurrection in the Bosnian provinces
had been effectually suppressed.
The Markets — Liverpool, April 4 Cotton .
—The current qualities ot cotton have reeed
ei an eighth, and other qualities have given
way, but not to that ex eat. The sales ot the
week amount to 37,000 bales. Hollingshead,
Feitz 9c Co’s circular notes a dec ine of tully
|d, in American descriptions. Bull holders
are pretty firm, and evince but little disposi
tion to give way. Further sales were made ot
3,000 bal s American, on speculation, and
1,850 for export, leaving the balance to the
traoe. Sa es ot the 4th were 4,000 bales.
Breadstuff s. —The demand tor Bieadstuffs
was on the increase, and holders ot Whea and
Flour are asking an advance in prices. Amer
ican Wheat 5s 9d to 6s 4d; Corn, 32s 6d a 33s
6d.
Provisions —Beef is selling at steady prices,
with a moderate business. There was a tair
inqu ry for Pork, and the stock is reduced.
B con dull, and high prices are reluctantly
paid. Lard firm at 46s a 475. Cheese sells
• readdy. Tallow dull.
Naval Stores. —Nothing doing. Tar and
Rosin without change. Turpentine 7» fid a
8s Id.
i Freights dull, with no improvement.
The Money market is unchanged. Consols
closed at 96| a 965. Ameucan securities firm,
! and pric s unchanged.
(From the N. O Picayune, 16 th inst.)
From Texas.
By the arrival yesterday of the steamei
Louisiana, Cept- Lawless, from Galveston th<
13th inst., we have papers from that city tc
the 11th inst.
Ti e Lagrange Monument gives the follow
ing account of a most daring and brutal out
rage :
We learn from a gentleman of this county
that a Mexican by the name of Antonio went
to the residence of a Mr. Johnson, living in
Victoria county, a few days since, captured
and carried off a little girl about nine years
of age, a daughter of Mr. J. The circum
stances, as related to us, are these : The Mexi
can had been loitering about the premises ol
Mr. J. for several days, waiting, as the facts
prove, an opportunity to seize the girl, and
finally on the evening ot the 22d ult., a little
after dark, he espied the girl, who had walk
ed out into the yard, when he immediately
cought her, and choking her so that she
could make no noise, made off.
The little girl was very soon missed by the
family, who commenced a search immediately,
which they continued during the night,
though without effect. The next morning
the Mexican was missed, and the idea at once
flashed across the mind of the family that he
had carried the child off. ihe father forth
with collected a party and started in pursuit
and, after two or three days hardjridmg, heard
that a Mexican answering the description of
Antonio, had passed through Halietsville,
having a little girl with him. They pressed
forward in hot haste, and at last came across
the villian at the house of another Mexican,
living on the Navidad. It was sometime af
ter dark when the party came up to the afore
said house, and without halting, they rushed
into the house, and found Antonio with the
little girl in bed. He jumped up and tried to
make his escape, but was stopped by one of
the party presenting his gun at him. He
was then tied and made secured. It was with
difficulty that the party could be prevented
from killing him on the spot. He was finally,
however, placed in the custody of the incen
sed father, who started with him in the direc
tion of his home.
The little girl said that the Mexican gagged
her, and told her it she made the least noise
he would kill her, showing her a large knife,
which he had in his belt. He aUo told her
that he intended te make her his wife. He
confessed himself that he had attempted to
poison Mr. Johnson, that he might the more
certainly succeed in his infamous plan.
The Yictrio Advocate of the 3d says in re
lation to the above, that the Mexican waa be
ing carried that place, he attempted *o make
his escape. H succeeded in wresting a gun
trom Mr. Johnson, and tired it, slightly wound
ing Mr. Johnson in the shoulder Mr. John
son was then forced, as he conceives, in self
defence, to shoot him; which he did, leaving
his body on the ground where the rencoun
ter occurred. Mr. Johnson then proceeded
to Victoria, and surrendered himself to the
authorities, demanding an inquiry into his
conduct.
A Mr. Blessing and Capt. Musenback, late
agent of the berman Emigration Company,
quarreled a few days since, at lis# Braunfels,
and exenanged shots, each wounding the
other.
VVithm the last three weeks the bodies of
seven men, supposed to have been killed by
the Indians, have been discovered bet ween tr»e
mission of Remlgo and Corpus Christi.
A letter fiom Fort Inge, on the L’-ona, un
der date of the Ist mst., says that an Indian
trail had been discovered passing down in the
neighborhood and that Col. Hartleehad gone
in pursuit.
Lately, at San Antonio, the residence ot ‘
Count Hinkle, near the Alamo, was entered
at night by some ruffian, whose only object
appeared to be to assassinate the count, as no
attempt was made to perloin money or any
other valuables. The count was aroused from
sleep about 2 o’clock, by a blow from the un
seen villian, apparently rimed at his heart. —
The wound was inflicted by an instrument
similar to a sword cane, or triangular dagger.
The count immediately seized the intruder by
the throat, and in the desperate struggle
which followed, received five additional and
dangerous wounds. Mrs. Hinkle, who was
also asleep at the commencement of the attack,
jumped out of bed, rushed to the assistance
of her husband, and, in the contest, was dan
gerously wounded in the arm. Though the
wounds both of the count and his lady are
serious, they are believed not to be mortal. —
The darkness of the night prevented the count
from seeing the features of the aggressor, who
escaped through the window ; but he des
cribes him as being a soiad man with a large
white hat.
One of the dredge boats for cutting the Bra
zos Canal was landed at Galveston on the
lltn inst.
The valley of the Bosque is settling up
with astonishing rapidity. Hundreds of emi
grants from Missouri, Arkansas and other
States east of the Red River, are flocking to
that section. The settlements are advancing
so fast into the Indian country that it wiil
soon be necessary for the frontier military
stations to be removed farther into the inte
rior.
The project of a railroad from Galveston to
Red River is agitated in eastern Texas. The
idea of a railroad from Galveston to Chicago,
in a direct line, runniug through Little Rock
and St. Louis, met with mueh lavor in St.
Louis some two summers since.
What is Faith.—A kind and tender heart
ed clergyman, a “good shephered” of his fl ick
was one day speaking of that active, living
faith, which should at ail times cheer the
sincere followers ot Jesus, related to me an
illustration that had just occurred in his
family.
He had gone into the cellar, which in win
ter was quite dark,and entered by a trap-door.
A little daughter, only lour years old, was
trying to find him, and came to the trap door,
but on looking down ail was dark, and she
called:
“Are you down in the cellar, father.”
“Yes! would you like to come, Mary?”
“It is dark; I can't come down, lather.”
“Well, my daughter, I am right below
you, and I can see you,though you cannot see
me, and if you drop yourself I will catch
yi u.”
“Oh, I shall fall; I can't see you, papa,”
“I know it,” ne answered, “but I am really
here, and you shall not tall and hurt yourself.
It you will jump, I will catch you salely.”
Little Mary strained her eye to the utmost;
hut c -uld catch no glimpse of her father. She
hesitated, then advance a little further, then
summoning all her resolution, she threw her
self forward and was received safely in her
father’s arms. A few days after, she discov
ered the cedar door opon, and supposing her
father to be there she ca.led:
“Shall I come again, papa?”
“Yes, my dear, in a minute,” he replied,
and had just time to reach his arms towards
hor, when, in her childish glee, she fell shout
ing into his arm-*; and clasping his neck, said:
“I knew, dear lather, i should not fall.”
Wanted, an Honest, industrious Boy.—
We la ely saw a advertisement headed as
above. It conveys to every boy an impres
sive moral ietsson. g
“An honest, industrious boy” is always
wanted. He will always be sought for; his
services will be in demand; he will be spoken
ot in terras of commendation; he will always
have a home; he will grow up to be a man of
known worth and established character.
He will be wanted. The merchant will
want him for a salesman or a clerk; the mas
ter mechanic will want hiaa for an apprentice
or a journeyman; with a job to let will
want him for a contractor, clients will want
him for a lawyer; patients for a physician; re
ligious congregations, for a.pastorjior a teach
er for their children; and the people, for an
officer.
He will be wanted. Townsmen will want
him as a citizen; acquaintances a neighbor;
neighbors as a friend; families as a visitor; the
world as an acquaintance; nay girls will want
him at a beau, and finally for a nusband.
An honest, indistrious boy! Just think of
it, boys, wiil you ever answer this description?
Can you apply for this situation? Ara you
sure that you will be wanted? You may be
smart and active bat that does not fill the re
quisition—are you honest? You may be ca
pable—are you industrious? You may be wall
dressed and create a favorable impression at
first sight—are you both “h >ne*t and indus
trious?” You may apply for a “good situa
tion”—are you sura that your friends, teach
ers, acquaintances can recommend you for
these qualities? Oh, how would you feel,
your character not being thus established,
on hearing the words “cant't employ you.”
Nothing else will make up for the lack of
these qualities. No readiness or aptness will
doit. You must be honest and industrions;
must work and labor; then wiil your “calling
and election,’ for place of profit and trust be
made sure.— Vermont Chronicle.
A cobbler in Mobile, who also professes to
teach mudc, has the following sign over his
door :
“ Delightful task to mend the fender boot,
And teach the young idea how to flute !"
Read this to your Sweethearts. —The
character of the young men of a community
depends much on that of the young women.
If the latter are cultiva ed, intelligent, accom
plished, the young men will feel the require
ment that they themselves should be upright,
and gentlemanly, and refined; but if their
female friends are frivolous and silly, the
young men will be found dissipated and
worthless. But remember, always, that a sis
ter is the best guardian ot a brothel’s integri
ty. She is the surest inculcator of fai'h in
female purity and worth. As a daughter,
she is the true light of the Home. The prid -
of tne father often* st centered on hi* sous,
but his affection is ixpended on his daugnters
She should, therefore, be the sun and centre
of all.
Napoleon used to say: “Strange as it*
may appear, when I wmt any good head
work done, I choose a man, provided his
education has been sui able, with a long nose
His breathing is free and bold, and his brain,
as his lungs and heart, cool and clear. In my
observation ot men, I have almost invariably
found a iong nose and a long head to go to
gether.”
The servent of a Prussian officer one day
met a crony who inquired of him how he g<>r
along with his fiery master. ‘Oh, excel enth!
answered the servani; ‘we live on very friend
ly terms, every morning we beat each other’s
coat,*; the only diference i«, he takes h'S off to
be beaten, and I keep mine on.’
“ May I be married, mamma?” said a pret
ty brunette ot sixteen to her mother. “Mar
ried,” repeated the astonished mother; “tor
what reason ?” “Why, ma, the children have
never seen a wedding—l think a marriage
might please them.”
Tflfi coNsrirpriDNALisF.
2Uigtista, Borgia.
TUESDAY MORNING-, APRIL 225
Boy dell’s Illustrations of Shakspearc-
Many ladies and gentlemen of this city vis
ited the room of Mr. Macomber yesterday,
by invitation, to examine these magnificent
Engravings. They were, as a matter of course,
very much pleased, for these Engravings are,
confessedly, at the head of this beautiful art.
They are magnificent and peerless, both in
design and execution. All the resources of
genius and art have been exhausted to make
them superior to aught else that have ever
before been presented to the eye of taste.
The examination of these Engravings is
made doubly satisfactory by the lucid ex
planations of the intelligent and gentlemanly
Mr. Macomber, one of the proprietors.
Hutchings’ Panorama. —The Proprietor of
this very extensive and beautiful Painting, is
in town, and making arrangements to open
his exhibition within a few days.
Metairie Course—Great Four Mile Race.
—The Picayune furnishes a glowing account
of a very exc.tmg four mile race on the 15th
inst., over the Metairie Course, before an im
mense concourse of citizens, between Charmer,
Louis cT Or, and Rigadoon , in which the former
was victorious. Four mile heats were run, in
the remarkably fine time recorded below :
Fourth Day— Tuesday, April 15.—Proprie
tor's Purse s7oo—Four mile heats.
T. B. Patterson’s b. m. Charmer,
by Glencoe,dam Betsy Malone—
6y. o. [Gill Patrick.] 3 2 0 11
D. F. Kenner’s b. c. Louis d'Or, by
imp, Sarpedon, out of P.cayune
3 y. o 2 1 0 2qr
T- J. Weil’s ch. g. Rigadoon, by
Glencoe, dam Fandango—s y. o. 1 3 qr,
TIME
Ist Heat. 2d. H 3d H. 4th Heat
First mi1e...*2:02 2:02 2:04 2:09
Second mi1e..1:57£
Third mile...
Fourth mi1e..1:49 1:51 1:52 1.;574
7:41 7:39 7:47£ 8:05£
Mr. Webster in Boston.
The refusal of the City Council of Boston
‘to allow Mr. Webster the use of Faneuil Hail,
is another significant indication of the racrca
hostility of the citizens of the modern Action*
to that one item of the Compromise, fugi
tive slave law , which was all toe Sou h goi w
exchange tor her share of the immense terri
torial empire of which that Compromise
plundered her.
Yet, these are the legitimate fruits of the
zealous labors, in past years, of Webster, Fill
more & Co., in the cause of anti-slavery.
Reception op Mr. Webster in Boston
I’he excrement consi quent upon the relusal
of the Boston autnouiies 'o graut the use of
Fdneuii Hall to the petitioners, “for a public
reception to Daniel Webster, and to consult
upon tne public go, d,” lt d to an extra session
of the Board on Tuesday evening. A propo
sal was then made to rescind the order, lhe
discussion which arose upon it was very ani
mated ; but it resulted in the refusal of the
Board to reconsider their vote. After two
nours debate the question was taken, ana it
appeared that there were for rescinding the
resolve—the Mayor, A’dermen Holbrook, Ro
gers and Smith -4. Against reconsidering;—
Aldermen Briggs, Clark, Grant and Mu oe—
4. The vote being a tie, the original resolu
tion stands. Mr. Moses Kimball was present,
but would not vote. The Courier did not
learn that he assigned any reasons. That pa
per gives the vote on the adoption of the
original resolution, recusing the Hall, as fol
lows :
Yeas Aldermen Briggs, Clark, Grant,
Kimball and Munroe.
Nays Aldermen Holbrook, Rogers and
Smith.
It wa9 not necessary for the Mayor to vote,
but it is understood that he declared himself
strongly against the resolution.
The Transcript says :
“In is prob ible that some other Hall will
be selected, and that the meeting will be de
ferred a day or two. Considerable dissatis
faction exists at the decision of the Board of
Aldermen.”
The Mail says truly, that “it is something
new under the sun, that Daniel Webster can
not be heard in Faneuil Hall.”— Baltimore
Sun, 18 th itist.
The following language of Mr. Webster, in
his Abington (Mass.) speech, rises up in sol
emn judgment against him, and should de
prive him of all claim to Southern sympathy
when he is found prostrated by a storm be
aided to create :
“ But by this time,” (meaning the time
wnen Texas was annexed,) “ the efforts of the
Whigs ALONE had raised a strong excitement
in the North against the annexation of slave
territory. I say the WHIGS ALONE, for
nobody belonging to the other party, North or
South, East or West, stirred a finger in that
cause ; or if there were any, they were so few
as not to be discernable in the mass until the
WHIGS of New England, Ohio, and other
middle States HAD ACCOMPLISHED A
GRE AT EXCI IE VIEN P, a new feeling in
the public mind. And then this portion of
the Democracy of New-York, now denomi
nated the Barnburning party, seized upon this
state of excite nent thus brought about by
Whig effort, and attached this principle to
their creed, to give them pre eminence over
their rivals.”
Southern Home Journal of Education and
domestic Industry-
This is the title of a Bi-monthly Journal,
each number to contain 48 pages, Octavo, to
be published at Charleston, 8. C., by Edwin
H.ekiot, Editor.
The subscription price will be $2,00 per an
num. Ten copies for $15,00.
The following extracts from the Prospectus,
will givo an idea of the scope of the work.—-
Its aims and purposes are worthy of every en
couragement. The remarks in reference to
School Books a»e particularly apropos.
To advocate, strictly and exc.usively,South
ern E lucation—(he encouragement of eur
own Literary Institutions, and the publication
of Sou hern School Books, edited, printed,
and eircula ed in the (southern Stat-s— to
bring into prominent notice ail literary un
iertakings, Books and Periodicals. College*
and Schools at the South—to discourse
Northern agents, and their School B oks, and
expose, in all their deformity and duplicity,
the pernicious d >ctrine- of abolition and hos
tility to the South, which they have so long
been permitted to instil into the minds of our
children will be the constant and unceasing
aim ot this department of the work; and for
this jurpose, thee liter, witu the s»i»tance of
ready contributors, has abundant facilities at
hand. While awarding all due merit toother
systems of education, it will be the aim of
this Journal to promote, more especially, those
which are most decidedly 'practical , and best
adapted to the active business of life. Essays
on all subjects connected with Education —re-
views of all School Books and literary works
published at the South—Reports ot Teachers,
Conventions, or extracts from them —of Col
lege and Seheol Exhibitions, and Addresses
before Literary Societies—and of the progress
of Law, Medical, Military and Free Schools at
the South—wiil constitute the main features
of this division of the work.
The Industrial Department will embrace
extended notices of the progress of the Me
chanic Arts and Manufactures, as well as
all other branches of industry—of Factories
and Workshops, for the production of every
article of domestic consumption or use, among
us —and of new inventions, improvements,
models, and designs in Mechanism and the
Fine Arts—bringing into notice the names,
qualifications and loc-lities of our own Me
chanics aud Amateuis : their achievements,
and rewards of merit received at public
exhibitions. It will also contain Essays on all
topics connected with these matters; reports
of Southern Industrial Institutes, and statis
tical facts relating to their progress.
Frost. —The Camden Journal of Friday
says: “There was frost in this place and vi
cinity on Thursday morning. The weather
is quite cool.
Panama Rail-Road-
The Rail-Road from Manzanilla Island to
Gorgona, is proceeding vigorously. Nine
hundred men are employed, and it is expect
ed it will be completed to the last mentioned
place by the Ist July next. So writes John
L. Stephens, President of the Panama Rail-
Road, under date of April 2. The distance
between the two points is 26 miles. From
Gorgona to Panama is 20 miles. When the
Road is completed, the distance from thence
to the ccean will be travelled in one day.
Colb Weathbr.—For the last four or five
days and nights the weather has been unu
sually cold for this season of the year—ren
dering, not only thickest winter clothing, but
good files, necessary to comfort. Several
light frosts have been experienced, but none
severe enough to injure seriously general ve
getation ; it will, however, greatly retard the
growth of cotton and a few other tender plants
that requires warm and sultry sun. So far as
cotton is concerned, it will admit of little
q uestion, ohat this cold spell of weather,
which continues up to this present writing,
has set it back almo-t, if not quite as much as
the frosts of the two preceding seasons. It
seems to be he general opinion of the planters
that they had rather have their cotton under
than above ground, at this time. The cold
we vther gives it the “ red leg,” “sore shin,”
and other diseases seriously affect its vig
orous growth, and makes an easy prey to
the “lice.”— Montgomery Advertiser, 19 th inst
Heartrending Tragedy. —lt becomes our
painful duty to record a most heartrending
tragedy, that was enacted in our village on
yesterday. The parties engaged in v; were
Mr. Elisha W. Harris, Dr. Piatt Croom, and
Mr. Pleasant May. Mr. Harris Was killed.
Dr. Croom was shot, we learn, in both arms
and one shoulder —his wounds, however, are
no considered dangerous. Mr. May was also
badly, though not dangerously, wounded.
Some six or eight pistol shots were fired,
and the wonder is, that all three ot the par
ties were not killed. The fighting was com
menced near the Post-office door, and was
continued across the street to the old Mansion
House, where Mr. Harris received a bowie
knite wound, inflicted, we understand, by
Dr. Croom, which caused his death almost
instantaneously'.
We are not sufficiently advised of the par
ticulars of this most heartrending affair to
attempt a recital of them ; though we under
stand it had its origin in a disagreement be
tween Mr. Harris and Dr. Croom, in regard to
a fence boundary.
The parties, « e would remark, are among
the most respectable of our citizens. Mr.
Harris had lived in this neighborhood some
two years, and in our village since the first of
January. Dr. Croom and Mr. May were rais
ed in our village.
Mr. Harris was originally from Athens,
Ga., but moved to this county from Colum
bus, Miss. He was a most worthy man, and
highly esteemed by those who enjoyed the
pleasure of an acquaintance with him. He
married, some three years ago. Miss Irene
Taylor, of this place, and soon after moved to
this county. Besides his deeply tfflicted
widow, he leaves two children, a large family
of relatives, and numerous friends, to mourn
his truly melancholy end.
Probably we have not, in our community,
three more orderly and peaceable citizens than
the three that were engaged in this most mel
ancholy affair; and no occurrence, we may
add, has transpired in our town during the
sixteen years we have lived in it, that was
more unexpected, or that caused any thing
like the rraount of deep, heart-felt anguish
that this has done. Could the actors in this
awful tragedy have foreseen the amount of
heartrending suffering they have inflicted
upon others, and among them, their own fond
relatives, no earthly consideration, it seems to
us, could have induced them to have engaged
in it. But we forbear to say more.' — Greens
boro’ Beacon, \'2th inst.
Distressing Casuahty.— One of those ac
cidents which so often result From the use of
that dangerous compound known as c*m
phine, occurred in Tuscaloosa, a few days
ago. While Mr. John Glascock was in the
act of replenishing a lamp in which this fluid
was used, an explosion took place, resulting
in very distressing consequences. Mr. Glas
cock was severely burned and a valuable negro
woman so severely injured that her life is
despared of. Another negro was burned but
not dangerously.— Mobile Register, 17 thinst.
Ihe New Orleans Delta seems some what
sceptical of th« success of the plan of eating
and toasting the Union out of danger. It
aliud s in tne following jeering manner to
one of the latest achievements in this line,
which had been heard of on the banks of the
Mississippi.
More Love op the Union. —lt is very com
forting to find that Mr. Webster’s post pran
dium devotion to the Union remains undim
inished. It grows by what it feeds upon, and
as Mr. Webster lives high (so high that $6 000
a year won’t pay for his pousse case) tnere is
every chance that his love of the Union will
become an ai.-devouring passion. The Pica
yune consoles us with the refreshing an
nouncement that Mr. Webster dined at An
napolis and the following gratifying result
folio wed:
“ Mr. Webster made a speech, expressing
the most devoted attachment to the Union,
»nd proclaiming the obligation of all persons
;o sustain the Union to be as binding as at
;he adap ion of the Constitution. He reiter
ited the assurance of his faith in the efficacy
>f the compromise measures, and that he re
garded them as the salvation of the country,
ind denounced the opponents of those mea
ures as disuriionists.”
We think after tn’B, that the Union may
ie pronounced safe and the compromise a
xed fact.
Bp fUagiutic dUUgrapl).
Reported for tne Constitutionalist.
Fonr Days Later from Europe.
ARIOVAI
PACIFIC.
A despatch from our correspondent in
Charleston, dated the 20th inst., announces
the arrival at Nevr-York of the steamer Pa
tific, with dates from Liverpool to the 9th
instant, having made the passage in the re*
markably short space of ten days.
Cotton. —The sales from Saturday to Tues
day were 11,000 bales. The following are
the quotations: Fair Upland 7fd.; Mobile
7|d.; Orleans 7id. Consumers buy sparing
ly, waiting for American advices respecting
the extent of the crop.
Coffee. —The stocks at Amsterdam and
Rotterdam larger than last year, and at Havre
less.
Securities are quiet, but steady.
New-York, April 20—P. M.
Cotton. —The Pacifisms news had no effect
upon the market. The sales were 800 bales.
Middling Upland 11, New-Orleans 11§ cents.
The sales of the week are 15,000 bales.
Rice. —500 tierces sold at s3£ a $34, Ster
ling Exchange 104 premium.
Archbishop Eccleston is beyond the hope of
recovery.
The Pacific’s political news is uninteresting.
All Europe is in statu quo.
The steamer Cherokee has arrived, bring
ing 175 passengers and $400,000 i* Gold Dust.
New Yoke, April 21—P. M.
Cotton. —The market has declined a £c. —
1500 bales sold.
Rice per tierce —Flour and Grain un
changed.
Chakleston, April 21—P. M.
Cotton. —The sales to-day were 1200 bales,
at 8§ to Ilf. No chang# in prices.
for the Baltimore Sun.')
Boston, Ap’ii 17, 1. P. M.
Severe Storm at the Ea»t —We were
yesieaday vuited by a most ttrriole storm
ami gale. The wharves are mostly overflown.
L'he cellars of the Custom-huuse stores on
Lung wharf were completely inundated, and
the d, struction of property thereby is im
mense.
The fiats at East and South Boston ere cov
ered with water.
The ra Is in a number of places on the
Housatonic Railroad have been washed up,
and the embankments carried away.
The tr c ick on the Worcester railroad is un
dermined Deyond the mill-dam.
The Eastern railroad is also bady washed
in many places.
l'he new Episcopal Church at the corner of
Paris and Decatur s f reet-, is so «eriou ly
damaged that it will have to be rebuilt.
This i« the highest tide ever known to have
occurred in Boston.
Apprehensions are felt for the safety of the
light-house at Minot’s bridge.
The steeple of the Church, at
Charlestown, has been blown down. Theo
dore Lock, a milkman, who was pasting at
the time, was killed.
A schooner is reported to have wrecked on
Chelsea beach, and ail on board are supposed
to have perished.
It is impossible a this time :o give an esti
mate ol tha loss. It is very heavy.
[«ECOND DIsTATOH ]
The Piermont bridge, on the Erie Railroad
is overflowed, but not carried away as report
ed.
{Telegraphedfor the Charleston Courier .)
New Oeleans, April 17-
The Market April 17.—T0-day, 3500 bales
Cotton were sold. We quote Middling
to 10£. Sugar has advanced an eighth. Mo
lasses is firm. Whiskey sold at fro.a 18i| to
19 cents.
(Correspondence for the Charleston Cou r i*r.)
Washington, April 18.
The Board of Commissioner# on the claims
against Mexieo have closed their business and
declared their awards. The following is the
general result:
The whole number of memorials presented
was 272. The number rejected, as insufficient
on their face, was 40. The sum appropriated
by Congress and the treaty was $3,250,000.
The aggregate of all the awards is $3,203 523.
So there are $48,477 left of the fund stipulat
ed to be paid by the treaty.
Some of the larger awards are a# follows :
To Lewis S. Hargous, $530 682 29 ; Dr.
Gardner, $423,000 ; s he Union Land Compa
ny in lexas, $58,879 10 ; the Trinity Land
Company, 53,559 24 ; Galveston Bay and
Texas Company, $50,000; Aaron Leggett,
$109,000 ; William S. Parrott, $114,000.
Nearly all the claimants are chagrined at
the results, whether they got nothing or what
they deemed insufficient. Much complaint ia
made of Mr. Hargous’ award, on the allega
tion that it is a claim for debt* actua lj -iu<? to
Mexican citizens. Some of the claimant* talk
of protesting against the award*, an 1 appeal
ing to Congress for farther relief. One fourth
of the whole claim of Dr. Gardner for which
$428 000 was awarded, was bought, a year
ago, by Corcoran & Riggs for $27,000, but the
representatives of the claim do not consider
that they have got half enough. One other
claim for which over fifty thousand was a
warded was offered, not long ago, for sale at
five thousand dollars. In regard co other
claims, the awards have not equalled one
tenth of the amount demanded
The disappointed claimants 6ay they must
have another war with Mexico to get the in
demnity due them.
Ths agents and counsels will take off about
half a million of the amounts awarded the
n.lairriHntS.
ciaimaniH.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
that the awards be paid in cash, though ac
cording to law he had the option to pay in U.
S, fire per cent stocks. There are now four
teen millions in the Treasury.
Nbw Tobk Monby Maskbt, April 17.
The announcement in our paper this morning
of the intention of the Secretary of the Trea
sury to par the Mexican claimants in specie
instead of str ck, has had a favorable influence
upon the money market, as it will lead te the
disbursement of over three millions of coin
which would otherwise be locked up in the
Sub Treasury. Money is <reely offered on call
at 6 per cent., and it is easier to negotiate com
mercial paper at our last quotations. Jour, of
Com.
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