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HEAVY Frost.

We were visited with n heavy frost on
Monday night last, and so cold was it, that
ice was seen plcntifully on Tuesday morn
lag. This is extraordinary for the season,
and the injury done TO the young corn, just
coming up, to the vegetable gardens &c,
and to the fruit, if any have been left
heretofore, must be serious We have not
learned the extent Of it, at the time of pen
ming this notice.
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a louNG LADY SLANpEREp.--At a
reccn. Court Of Common Pleas for Green
WILLIE District there was a case of SANDER
a ioul SANDER, on n young, innocent and
beautiful school girl, jus, verging into wo.
manhood. She brought her action, Nv
her father, in vindication OF her character
and a GreepviIle jury awarded her tbs
sum Of four thousand dollars. We hopa
this verdict will show the world the esti-
mate put on female character by a Green.
vile jury. The defendant was a man If
property, and he led the country. will
his family, but the verdict shall overtake
him. Not one dollar Of which, however.
is the plaintiff disposed to touch but her
connsel have not the same d~elicaey Of
feeling or repugnance to the touch o. the
defendants money. After the payment
OF counsel fees, The remainder can be an.
propriaied to various patriotic and char.
table purposes, without offending the deli.
cacy OF any one. The slanderer must be
punished GreenvW Patriot.
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SALE Of 4ur Wwr, SRI ~ sp,,ve.

SALE OF TIE WHITE SULPHyR SPRINGS.
The White Sulphur Springs, of Green
brier, Va, have been purchased by a compa
ny of Virginia capitalist, for the sum Of
100000, apd are to have expended upop
them, as sdeedily rs possible, some $780,.
600, for extending the accommodations and
identifying the grounds. The prominent
stockholders are Messrs. Caperton and
Berne, Of Monroe, Mncfarland, of Richmond
and William Caldwell, Of Greenbrier. Mr..
Caldwell is to be continued as the active
manager.
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LANCASTERVILLE. S. c.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL. S, 1857.

-" 1t will be seen by a notice TO be
found in another part of our paper, that
Prof. DeVene, Of Camden, proposes to yis-
it this place, should the demand for his
services warrant him in doing SO. We arc
amply warranted in recommending him as
Il gentleman thoroughly prclicicni,and mas.
ter of his profession. The best reference
may be seen ut our Office also, all orders
left here, will be promptly attended to.
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ShLES-DAY.

Tho weather was quite inclemant, and
but few persons We're in attendance on
Monday last. But little property was sold.
and mono by the Sheriff. a negro man be-
longing to the Estate Of Sam Strain, deed,
n cummon field hand, Of ordinary appear
ance and about IL years of age, was sold,
and brought the extraordinary price Of
SIlOO,
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Hon PEUCEs For SLAvI.-h paper
published in Alvey Giles, La, states thai,
thirteen field hands were recently sold in
that place at prices ranging from SI365 to
$23bO. The lowest sum Was paid for a
lad ten year, of ags; the highest was paid
for a man thirty.onc years Of age. -Four of
the negroes were women, and nine Of them
were under twenty years Of age. Their ag,
gregate value was s3I29O.
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Mr. BUCHANAN AT II Cry Hail.
A tai gentiemanIy, kid gloved parsonage
entered the Chiefs Office on Tuesday, and
informed officer Masterson that he was
James buchanan President of the United
States, and had come to the City Hall,
which he understood was the United
States Bank, to draw his years salary
lie presented a check on the Ulster Coun-
ty Bank, drawn in favor Of James Van
derburg, for $4,000, and wanted to see
the cashier. The officer replied that he
was the cashier, but could not pay the
draft at that moment, whcreupon Mr..
buchanan expressed his regret and stated
that he had been offered the money at the
Mint, but as it was in coin he declined
taking it, as being too unwieldly TO be
portable. Mr. Buchanan talked huentIy
and sensibly with the officer. and assured
him that the country would be safe while
he occupied the White House. He left,
promising TO call again and get his draft
honored next day. We regret that we
cannot say whore he puts up, for the ben.
eft of Office seekers. The officer was in
credulous enough to believe that the par
~ was insane, and that his friends ought
to look after him.--NeW York HerQId.
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CAMDEN COURT.

Camden Court, which was in Session the
past week, we understand adjourned on
Friday. The case of the State VS.. ChesIcy
Boatwright, for the murder Of Chas. II.
Evans, was tried, and the Jury returned Il
verdict of Guilty" Counsel for prisoner,
w. Thurlow CASTOR, Esq and Col. J. b
Kcrshaw, have appealed, and We suppose Il
new trial will be had.
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FATAL RAIL ROAD hccIDENr.-The
freight train, says the Charleston Courier,
which left here Thursday for Columbia,
ran off the track at -Four Hole Swamp, and
we regret to learn that the conductor, Mr..
JNo. GILBERT, was killed, as was also n
white train hand. This accident was caused
by The breaking of the rail, and from this
cause the mail from the other direction was
delayed Mr.. Gilbert was a young man,
and leaves a widow and one child. The
mails and passengers on the Charleston
train reached tho city at about half past
6 o'clock.
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HORRIBLE. "A man WINS arrested on Tues
day last in Boston, charged with committing
n most revolving Outrage on n little girl ouly
four years ofage. The evidence ofthe guilt
is u~ndisputcd.
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ARTISAN WEIAs.-Nine ~artcsian wells
have been sunk for various establishments
in New York at m cxpcnce of $4,000
Mich furnish 1870 gallons Of water per
minute. The price of the same Qantity Of
Crotoa. annually, would DC $40, 900. A
great saving.
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SALE OF NEGEoEs-The last issue Of
the iork,i!le Enquirer, mentions the sale
OF Cot. Harris property in that District.
where the nrgsucsrsPccialiy, ran up to high
hgureS. Young negroes, boys and girls,
from IA to Is years Of age, ranged from
sl02O to SI305.
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EARLY PEAs-The Charleston Courier
speaks OF English Peas being in Charles.
ton, us early rs Friday of last week. They
were raised upon the farm of Mr.. Wan. G.
~flrrriot, on Ashley river. .
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SUGAR GoISo UP.-Tbs New ohean,
Plcayune says =" Our intelligence from
all sources, public and private, Is very IN,
laYorable 10 the glowing sugar crop of
Cuba. Travellers direct from the Island
reiterate with the confidence OF those who
have seen with their W eyes, the state.
pent IS already made public, that expect
ations formed in the early part Of the sea-
son will not be realized. Some say the
crop IN many districts will show a deficit
OF one.t third ! Others Of oneshatf; while all
agree that the whole crop will not exceed
that OF the last year, which has fallen
short, As anticipated, about 100, oco. boxes
OF that Of 1855"
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-z.3 80

There arc five scholarships in the South
Carolina College one founded by Hon. J.
l.. Manning, yielding m income Of $3.50
per "unum two 10y Wade hampton, Jr.,
yielding each $40; one by Ilir.m b. Hutch
ison, Welding $3.50 one BY Gov. Il. +.
w. Alls'on, with an income of $40.
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Nor GUrLTY.'-A verdict Of "not gpil.
ty," has been rendered in The case Of Lee,
charged with the murder of Hume several
weeks ago in Washington City. The par.
~ticulars Of This affair, our readers will rccol.
lect, were described by our correspondent,
"Long Crabs"
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Raj lroad Accident.
Piltshurr. MHIch 9.

MHICh q.
This afternoons East Liberty accom-.
mediation train on the Pennsylvania rail
road, whilst rounding a curve at Denny's
Station, a mile east ufPiusLLrg, met with
y serious accident, the locomotive running
oft The track and fs!Iiug down an emLank.
ment, a distance Of fifty feet, where il,
turned over and exploded with a great
noise. The tender and three passenger
cars were carried down the em6ankment
\ short distance, but llie coupling check.
ing the impetus they did not turn over
There were n hundred passengers on
board, but none were injured seriously, ex
coping a young man named Valentine.
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There died lately in the province Of Viii
ma, Russia, n peasant named kiawclkis, who
had attained tie astonishing age of iS7
years and 6 months. An old soldier died
in the Russian provicc OF Kicfl, in 1914, at
the a.e Of 1853
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\ ROYAL MAEUiAG 1.-The Princess
Royal Of England is 10 be bcrrorhcd to
Prince Frederick William of Prussia, in
London, duIing the mouth Of May ucxt, and
the marriage will 'ake place or The 2lst of
December next.
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The Hon +. w. Pickens, of South Caro-.
lima, (says the Washington Starr is ut VIII
Ia'ds, in This city. 1t is understood in well
Informed political circles here, tina, he was
some time since offered n foil foreign mis-
sion by the Administration.
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FoR CONGREss-C. y. sullivan, and
Gen. A. 4. Jones, are both announced
through the l.Iurensville Herald M candi.
dates for Congress from the District vacated
BY the death Of Mr. Brooks.
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Trial for Murder
w %eshinrton. Mar

m, V"uTHBIVH, WHTCN ~.
The case Of Doddridge G. Lee, charged
with the murder OF David Hume, given
70 the jury at6 p. an. yesterday. was
resumed this noroing at the session Of the
Court, the jury having come down 70: in.
sIructions.
The Judge said that yesterday he had
refused the prayer Of the council for the
prosecution on ground that there was no
evidence whatever showing that Lee de-
signed to provoke Hume TO strike him.
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DEATH az Cox. MckIYNY.-.Col. Jesse
Mckinny, m esteemed citizen Of Pickcns
District, and formerly a member of the Leg
i~sla;urc, died at his rcsidcI &c in That Dis.
irict on the eth u'timo, aged about sixty
Years.
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LATE NEWS.

News under our Photographic head will be
found interesting especially that concern.
ing Gen. Walker ard Nicaragua. Cotton
News is important improved II ] cent with
in the Iastkfcw days, and Still! advancing.
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ScAELET FEyEE.-The scarlet fever in
New York exhibits no abatement. The
number of fatal cases last week was &C. It
is estimated that there are from 1900 10
, 900 cases under treatment.
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Land Warrants are steady. We quote
New York sales lG0's and sos 81 per
acre l2O's and Cos % cents per acre
Carolina Times.
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WASHING roX.-ThrGe are ope hundred
and fnrty.scvcn towns aud riliss in the Uni
ted States called "Wa,liug,on,' to say
nothing Of counties.
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Hon. J.. NJ. KcItt, of South Carolina, has
accepted an invitation to deliver the Annual
Address nj tn" commencement OF the Uni.
vcrsi'y of Georgia.
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~" "a Great and Good Book for every
Family" will be seen advertised in another
column.
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NORTH EAsTERS RAIL RoAp-Col. Al
len McFaT!an, has been chosen President of
this Read, rice 7. Piuckncy llugcr, re.
signed.
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RE-ATgcESTrD Col. Myer Jacobs. has
been rc-appointed Survey or Of the Port at
Charleston, n post which hc has efficiently
and satisfactorily filed for several Years.
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GENERAL REVIEW.

Thursday next [9,h ApriD is the day for
a general turn out of the Militia in this Dis
trict. His Exccllcncv, Governor A.~lIston, it
is expected, will review the Regiment.
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tcrcst.

s3" Book Agents and othcrs' will read
Mr.. Saml. H.. Brains advertisement with in
tcrcst.
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The Kansas Governorsh;p.

W March Is.
Hon. X. J. Walker; in nccrliim. the
X 'n~n. GovcruorNh'p. does so, it Is under
stood, with the intention OF rcsiguiug the
post aS soon as hc succeeds in restoring
tra' guilty to the Territory. 70 do this.
tie Administration has promised TO stand
Ay him in every emergcncy. IL is well
understood that had 1t PROMISED rs
much 10 TX Governor Gtary, the latter
woull willingly have returned. bu, then
II is insinnatcd that be should have first
consulted the views Of the new admins
tra'ion before he lett the territory. Had Ice
done SO, there is every reason to hclicve
that he would have been sustained. The
most ey,raragant anticipali"ns are enter
tanned of Walker in the discharge Of the
duties "hIch he has finally consented to
assume.
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I ERMS S:
ADVERTISEMENTS

Will be inserted at the following low rates:
One square (of lG lines or less one insertion,
81; or, If continued, rs cents for the first in
~sertion, and so cents for each subsequent inser-
ion. eR See Fourth Page for deductions in
vor Of standing advertisements
The number Of insertions must be written OH
each advertisement, or they will be inserted till
ordered out and charged accordingly.
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Rhode Island Election.

ArGCsTA, ANTT 2.
The Black Republicans have carried
the entire St,le ticket Tor Congressman in
Rhode island.
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MEMPHIS. March q

The entire business portion OF jackson
port, Arkansas. has hem destroyed by
fie. The loss has not been stated.
WAsuISGToE, March 30.-Priyate let.
tiers received here from Nicaragua, state
that commissioners from all tie Central
American States have been appointed to
hold n Convention at San Miguel for the
purpose OF making a partition and annex
alton Of the territories and State Of Mica
ragua. This course it is said, has been
suggested by the Nicaraguans.
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Spain and Mexico.

NEW l0rk, AITI 3.
From ad'iccs received 10y the CORsiit"
ton, ii appears That the Spanish expeli
tion tn Mexico is assuming more imp"s.
ing aspect, PEsCuuLA is spoken Of AS the
COMMANDMENT Chief.
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. Death of. Member ofCongress.

N~AsHTNGInN. April, 2.
Sampson I~lawes, u member Of q ,ugress
from Alabama, is deal
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-04-11
Madame Rurnor

Is busy with her thousand tongues, in
spreading rumors with regard to the Next
can grants, covering the ground on the op-
poslte side of the river. The latest on dit
Is that the grant of Thomas 0. Larkin, ESQ,
has been sent down the river some thirteen
miles to its proper. location, and that the
grant owned By Messrs Moore and Hem
shaw, has been propelled up the stream,
and extends from above Thompson's Flat.
covering the entire western bank of the
river, to some distance below Hamilton. II
is understood that surveyors will commence
determining the metes and boundaries of
the grant on Wednesday next. The process
by which ali these Charges have Been effect
ed, we are not familiar with, but rumor
says 1t is all right, and has the matter def.
nitely settled. The old madame represents
Messrs Moore & Co. as being highly delight
with this change, and Mr.. Larkin labo-ing
under corresponding depression.
Under this arrangement the extensive
Rancheria diggings, and those in the vicini-
ty OF Thompson's Flat, are all on the farm
of Messrs. Moore & Co. School warrants
located for bridge and ferry purposes. are
thought to be poor investments. Visions of
glorious and princely revenue from rights
to ferries and Cinnamon, CLEAN upon the
worthy proprietors. Such is the manner in
which the madame has amused herself du-
ring the past two or three days, for the truth
of which We cannot vouch.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-04-11
Later from China.

The clipper ship J. Godfrey, Capt. Grant,
arrived at San Francisco on the LIST inst, SO
days from Hong Kong, with dates to the 18th
of February.
Canton was still on fire when the J. God
frey sailed. Admiral Seymour had achieved
nothing of Importance since last advices, with
the forces at his disposal, and in fact they
find it hard work, as portion of the regi-
ment had gone to Canton, when the remain
der had to do extra duty.
The Chinese still continued their opera
tons whenever opportunities offered, and
and an Intellectual attempt had been made
to blow up H. B. NJ. ship Comus with fre
RATS. One of them came in contact with
the spanker-boom, and fortunately carried
it away, which caused it to go clear of the
ship. The other was in blaze, and was
kept some distance from the ship by the fire
booms.
The French ship Anais, (65O tons) sailed
from Swatour Jan goth. with a cargo of
coolies for Havana. On the 30th, the coolies
rose, overpowered the crew, killed the CAP
plain, Supercargo, Chief Mate, (the Super
| cargo's sony when they run the vessel ashore
at Tong lac, about five miles above Break
er's Point. The rest of the crew and sur
geon are on snore anu we'll treated by the
Chinese, but held for a ransom of $500, and
the ring leaders among the Coolies are in
custody and will be given up to the French
authorities. A schooner had been sent from
Swatour to carry back the survivors; the
French frigate Virginie has gone up to de-
mand the liberation of the others
The whaleship Champion, of New Bedford
arrived at Hong Kong January 30th She
was IA months out, with 900 bbls oil last
| from Guam, Jan. I'D where she reports the
inhabitants are starving by thousands -Four
thousand had died with email pox in three
months.
The clipper ship Flyaway. from Hong
Kong for New York, is reported to have
gone ashore near the Bothers. at the en-
trance of the river Min, but fortunately got
off and proceeded on her voyage The ship
Wild Wave (at Hong King) reports the ship
Golden Racer to have gone ashore on the
outer knoll. at tho mouth of the river Min
and was totally wrecked
A large Aeet of private boats, numbering
80 or 60 junks and snake boats, some pull
ing hundred oars, is at Ling Ting. TIL
U. s. steamer San Jacinto, Comd'r Bell. ha.
sailed in pursuit Of them on the 29th o
January.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-04-11

The good people of San joaquin county
wagon road to enter California. 1t bears
the euphoneous appellation of the :" Big
Tree Route and is claimed to be the best
and most practicable yet discovered. Those
who live on this route, and who have not
examined the one by Honey Lake, may hon
estly imagine that this big Gum Tree
Route is preferable to all others; but such
is not the fact. 1t is impossible to find a
better opening for road through the Sierra
Nevada mountains into California, than that
designated in the bill appropriating funds
for the construction of the road.
Would it not be a good plan for the north
ern counties to hold a meeting a; some GEN.
trail point, for the purpose of taking meas
ures to open and improve this route? The
counties of Yuba, Yolo, Sierra, Plumas,
Butte, Colusi, Tehama. Shasta, and those
lying north of them. are all deeply interest
ed in this matter, and should be prompt in
bringing the advantages of this route prop
erly before the people of the State.
Gentlemen of the north, ''awake, arouse,
shake off the mountain der drops that glist.
en- upon your garments and g knock the
socks from this Big Tree Route" and
from the Bridge City Route &C surveyed by
Mr.. Day" Let US have meeting some
time in June, at some central point, and see
what can be done Weknow that this route
has advantages not possessed by others, anc
timely action will secure the emigrant road
to the upper valley of the Sacramento.
Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-04-11
From San RIas.

The following extract from private let
ter furnished to the Bulletin for publica-
ton, shows terrible condition of things at
San Bias. A small vessel of war could be
probably employed in protecting our inter.
ests along the Pacific coast of Mexico
American citizens have suffered much out
rage, and large quantity of American
property has been destroyed through mat
tention to these points. The letter referred
to says:
From the time the revolution in Tepic.
consequent upon the arrival of Blancarte,
had succeeded, we have not had single
moment without trouble. Recently, whilst
coming from Topic to this place, the stage
was stopped by banditti and fearful fight
ensued The stage was fortunately filled
with foreign persons and the robbers Jared
rather badly. several of them having been
killed A former Alcalde of San Bias, ma :
tive of Jamaica, was one of the passengers,
and, after the melee, cut off the head of one
of the dead banditti and brought it to San
Bias
The robbers on the nights of the 9Th AMI
9th of March, numbering seventy FIVE or
eighty men, took their revenge by attacking
the city, killing quite a number of the in
habitants and wounding many others. The
Alcalde before referred to was killed and his
body completely cnt to pieces Twelve
house were completely stripped of all their
goods, money, sc. The robbers seized a
small cannon belonging TO the military and
turned it upon the inhabitants, carrying
death and destruction before them After
lighting for three hours in the streets, the
bandtti left with their booty, having had
three of their number killed. They are
still in the neighborhood of San Bias, and
another attack is momentarily expected =
About one-half of the population has fled
from the city.