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half the amount recovered shall goto the informer, and lialf lo the City or Town Treasury.
Sec 3 That a compliance wilh the requi.siiions ofthis Act on the part of the masier, owner, or person in   control
live officers of the Comptroller General, in Charle.ston and Columbia, lbe retarns of the Tar Collectors and tnake and publish a full report of the same annu¬ ally, filing a copy of bis report in the Comptroller    Qenerals office,   both   in
i)( any vessel enlerini; into any   port of Charleston and Calumbia.
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" British Constilate. . Her Britannick Majesty's Consul for the States of North and Soulh Carolina direcis the attention of all masters of British vessels bavino; on bofhd free persons of color as stewards, cooks, sea¬ men, or in any other capacity, and en ferine anv "f ihe porls of Souih Caroli¬ na, to ihe fi-Iloiving biw, pnssed by l!ie Leijislature ofthe Si.-tte on the twen- iel!) fbiy of Deeembpr, 1856:
Sec.  1. Be it enacted hy the   Senaie and House of Representatives noto  met and siltiTtff in General  Assembli/,   and hy the auihority of the same. That fiee negros anil persons of color, broujihi in¬ to this State in anr  vessel not bound iti anv port in this Si.->le. but  whicii vessel shall be   driven   inio   any   port   of liiis | Stale by si ress of weaiher, or coinpolled to enter ihc same by mutiny, or any oth¬ er cause tchich makes said enfrv   invoL unlnrv on ibe p.irt "f ihose   controllinji ihe said vessel, shall b?,   and   the   s^nne are herebv declared, from an.i after  tiic passing of lliis   Act.   exempt   from   the operation of .in Act   enriiled   "An   Ac more efFectuallv to prevent free   negros and oiher persons of color   from   enier- ing this State, and lor other   purposes." passed on   the   lOdi  day   of Dfceiiif>er, 1835, and all olber Acts subjecting such persons    to    imprisonment:   Prodded always ihat suoh free   negios   qnd    per- son.i of color so brought   into   anv   port of tAis Stale shall remain on hoard the vessel in whicii they shall be introduced, or ill such oilier place as maybe   selec¬ ted   for  their   accommodaiion   by    ihe ]\Iayor or Chief Magistrate of the near* est municipal corporation
Sec, 2. That from and after Ihe pass ing of this act, uiienever any fiee ne¬ gro, or person of color, shall come inio this StBte in any ves.sel not driven into a port of this State by siress of weaih¬ er, or conipelled to enler by mutiny, or other cause, which makes such enuy involuntary on the part of iho.^c con. trolling said vessels, as a cook. steward, mariner, or in any other einplovmcnt on board of such vessel, Ji shnll be the du. ty-of the master, oxcner, or person hav ing control of suck vessel, inimedialvli/ an his arrival in port, fo report lo the Mayor or other Chief Municipalojficer /fsuch port, anrl if there be no such Municipal officer, ihen to tbe nearest Magistrate, the name, description and capacity of any such free negro, or free person of color, and shall enter into bond to the Mayor, or other Chief Mu¬ nicipal Officer, or Magistrate, as a- foresaid, in the penal sum of fee hund¬ red dollars, tvith tivo sufpcicnt sureties, being free-holders, in   the   sum of two
this State, uiithin ttcelve hours after en¬ tering such port, shall e.wmpt the free negros and persons ofcolor a-t aforesaid, in said ve.<sel, from thaprovisions ofthe second Section ofthe Act aforesaid, en titled "An Act more effectually to pre- " ven 1 free negros and oiher persons of color from entering into this State, and " for other purposes." Provided such free negros or other persons of color shall so remain on hoard such vessel; bul on failure of tlie master. Owner, or person in control lo comply with said refiuisiti<ins, or havine complied there¬ with, on failure ofsaid free negros and persons of color Io remain at all times on board such vessels, the said Bond shall bo forfeited, and ihe said free ne¬ gros and persons of color shall be. as hereliifort, subjeci in nil respecls lo the provisions ofthe Act aforesaid.
Sec. 4 Thai it shall be the duty of tbe Sheriff of the Disirict in which such porl is sltuac'd, on the oriivijl of any stich vessel as aforesaid, to go on board the same, and ascerluirt whelher ihe aliove provisions have been complied with, atjd in case he shall find tJiai such reqiiisiiions have not been, coinplifd with, he shall be entitled to receive from the Capiain of such vessel a fee <f twen- ty five dollars for each free negro or person of color found therein.—Protd- iled. That in case there be no Sheriff rtisidin? at such port, it shnl! be the du ty of lb- Chief ^funicipal officer of such poi t, and if ihcrc be no such municipal officer, ihen it shull be the duly of the nearest Magistrate to perfoim the dulies required oflhe Sheriff bv this section. In the Senaie House, 20lh day of De- ceiriber, 18.5G, in lbe Slst year of ihe soveieismly and independence of the Uniied Stales of America.
JAMES CHESNUT, Jn, President of the Senate. JAMES SI-MONS, Spe.iker ofthe House of Representatives, Her Majesty's Consul has to urge up- 'm all British shipmasters   visiiing   the ports of Soulh   Carolina the   absolute
NECnsiSITV OF A C.^nEFUL -AND EX.\CT C0MPJ.I.\\CE ^VVITII THE PROVISIONS OF Tina LAW, AND To WARN THEM THAT HE WILL DECLINE TO INTERFERE IN THEIR HEHALF SHOULD THKY WILFULLY OR CARE- LES.«LT  NEGLECT THEM.
Biiii.»h   Consulate,  Charleston, Dec 29, 1856.
ROBERT BUNCH. Her Majesty's Consul, For the Slates of N. and S. Carolina.
Sec 3. That in order to ascertain as accurately a« possible ihe number of bifihs, marriages anddeaihsof non-tax paying whites, it shall be ihe duty oflhe Tax Collector to ascertain from the magistrate, physicians and ministeis of the Gospel, of the different disiricis and parislies, ihe number of birihs, marriag¬ es and deaths ihat liave luken place among the-persons withia their jurisdic¬ tion, or belonging lo iheir congrega¬ tions respectively; audit shall be the duty of the Registrar to draw oul a proper form of registration forthe Tax Colleclors of ihe different districts and parishes, and for-the use of the magis¬ trates and ministers of the Gospel, of the said dist rics and parishes.
Sec 4. Titat ihe said Registrar shall receive annually the sum of four hun¬ dred dollars for his services.
Sec. 5. That the Tax Collectors shall beeniiiled to lelain outof the tax¬ es collected by ihem three cents for the entry of each birth, death]-or marriage, required by this Act.
In the Senaie House ihe twentieth day of December, 1856, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifiy-six, and in "lbe eighly-firnt year of the sovereignty and independence of the Uniied Slaies of America.
JAMES CHESNUT, Jr.    - Presiilent of the Senuie. JAMES SIMONS, Speaker of the House of Represeniaiives.
your men; they are base and unprinci¬ pled enough to dare to oflfer insult to an unprotected female; but their cowardly hearts will prevent their doing herbodi- ly injury."
And just then, by the light ofa camp- fire, espying her own dear little pony at , a shoi t diat,'»nce, s' e-con tinued:
"Tljere^.sir, is my horse. I slwtll mount him and ride peace«bly honie. and ifyou have any of the genslemanly feeling within you, of which your men are utterly desliiule, or ifyou have any regard for their safety, you will see, sir, that I am not interrupted. But, before 1 go, I wish to s.iy to yrm, ihat he who can, and will not preven-t this base and cowardly stealing from hen-roosts, sta- Wes and barn yards, is no beller, in my esiimaiion, than the mean, good for- nothing, guilty, wretches who do the dir¬ ty wo;k with iheir own hands. Good night, sir."
Anc/,   without   wailing   furiher, she look her pony uninlerrupted.and gal!<-p- ed safejy   home,   foi    Tarieton   was so much astounded that hs ordered that she should be permitted- to do as she cliose. Mrs. Powell died in her native ot>unty in 1840,  after  she attained  S green old age.    One of her grandsons,  William S. Parker, volunteered in lite Mexican war, and died at  Ceralvo,   in  Mexico.    An¬ other, Richard B. Parker, is  residing in Halifax couDiy, N. C, a  most estimable and worthy citizen.    And a granddaugh¬ ter, Mrs. Mary  E. Sledge, (wife of W. T. Sledge, and   sisier   of   the tvvo first named gentleman,) also  lives in Halifax county, besides other  relatives, who all, no doubt, dojusticeFto her memory; but others  shuuld do likewise, fur she w-as one of the  noble spirits of   "ih^times that tried men's,souls."
and the heart's action vverj kept up un- -lil ihe sy?lem had been t-elieveJ of the poistmous diug. This happy result vvas produced by ihe assiduous attention of Dr. Gobi-echi, who had the satisfaction tife-; the pntient entirely recover.
Phila. Ijcdger..
Vindication of a neic Theory—The Detection of Munler.—As'ries of ex¬ periments have recently been made Lj' Dr. Pollock, an occulist o( Chicago, to test the truth of an ariicle published some lime since by a celebrated phys'- cian in England, which alleged that the last scene viewed by a dying man would remain impressed upon the retina as does the impression upon a daguerrofype plate.. In each experiment that Dr. P. has mride, he has found ihat an exami¬ nation of ihe retina ofan eye tvith a mi¬ croscope reveals a wonderful as well as a beauiiful sight, and that in almost every instance there vvas a clear, distinct and marked impression. The recent exami¬ nation of the eye of J. H. Beardsley, who was mni'dered[in Auburn, conduc¬ ted by Dr. Sanlord, corresponds with those made eUewhore. The following is the publisiied account of the examina¬ tion :—"At  first we suggested the saiu
To the Planting Interest Gene¬ rally.—It is beyond a doubi that tlio crop of Coiton, boih of-Uplands and S-'a Island.--, isdecideilly short* that tho e ;f ense of produciion :» enhancid by t'le increased vulue of labor; ihat lane* (ilanted in this staple invariiibly deierio* .role i>.n.laa'ly in produciion; thut vvhifft Engl-diid is rnUirrg 'n wealth, *ou ara ths "hewers of w >od aod dr.iweis of vvattr" for tlie balance of the worlti; a'ld th: t as long as planters aro com¬ pelled Io, or do force the sale of their produce, ihey will invariably be the suf¬ ferers. The provision ciops ihrmighont ihe world are represented as being unu¬ sually good. A genera! peace exists, with but trifling excepiions. The silk crop of Fiance is almost a total failure; • money promising lo be very nliundant; the world needing more clothing everr year. Why sliould not the cotton plan- ter realise an increased price for his pro¬ duce ? Planters, ihiufc the matter ovei* •seriously, and take a friend's advice, and noi be in loo great a hurry lo turn your cotton into money. Cotton will be col-» ton this year arTd no mistake.
Charleston Mercury,,
The   Florida   Lecislattre.—I'his
raiion of atrophin,  vvhich evidently pro-* body ha& adjourned, afier  a sess iotv of
A Revolutionary Heroine. Many will remember that towards the close of the war. Colonel Tarieton pass¬ ed lhroiK;h North Carolina Owing to some caui^e not known, he spent two nights in Halifax county—one wiihin the hospitable grove of Willie Jones, near the town of Halifax, and the other, higher up ih« county, near ' Quankey Chapal." Either because he was scarce of provisions and horses, or from a ma¬ licious desire to  destroy the property of Ugpt up, the action of   the  heart will be
Poisoning from Opujm,—it is of im¬ portance to the community t<> Irtfow tha| if artificial-TespIraiion can be kept u|1^n cases of poisnning^?from opiun]tjh(i^pa- tirnt may l>e,£aved; as the narcotic in¬ fluence alt-acking the Ifi-ain renders the person unconscious, ami arrests the ac¬ tion of the respiratory muscles simulta¬ neously ; Uie action ofthe heart being immediately thereafter arrested from the effec<|j of the opium and defect of lespi- atoiy power.   Naw, il respiration con be
Iicglslative   Socninents.
An Act for the better establishment of a
general   sy^t./'m    of registration   of
Births, Marriages and Deaths,  in
the State of South Carolina.
Sec.  1. Beit enacted by the   Senate
and    IJouse   of Representatives,   noiv
met and silting in   General Assembly,
and by the authority of the  same, That
fiom and after ihe parsing of ihis acl,   il
shall be ihe duty ofihe  Tax  Collectors
.of the diflerent districts and parishes   of
ihis Stale, te require of the inhabitants
of the said disiricis and parishes, al the
lime of making the general tax  relurns,
a separate relurn staijng the number  of
whites, male and female, who have been
born, married, or who have died during hundred and fifty dollars each, condi-I the vear in iheir respective households, tioned ihat each and every free nesro, ! and the number of blacks who have or colored person, shall remain un board   been born or who have diet? during  \hi
of such vessel, and .shall in all respects obey the laws of the Slate, and ordi-. ntncesand regulations of ibe Cily or Town, and sucli bond:; fli,ill be deposi¬ ted with such Mayor, or Ciiicf iMiini- cipal O.fficer, or Mac;i.--lrate, to he sued upon in case such condition shuii not be observed and performed, and in C«se of
same period, and relurn the same to" the Comptroller General; and in each case in which the Tax Colleclor neglects his
American citizens who were opposed lo the Briiish, he caught all the horses, catlle, hogs, and even fowl.*, thai he could Uy hands on, and destroyed or ap proprialed ihem to his own use. The male arfd moist ofthe female inhabitants oflhe country' fled ffom the approach of the British troopf, and hid themselves iij the swamps and forests adjacent; and when they passed through the county, while every one else left ihe premises on which she lived, Mrs. Powell, (then Miss Bishop,) "stood her ggpund," and faced the (oe farelessly.
But it would not do ; they fook the horses and cattle, and, among the for¬ mer, a favorite pony- of her own, and drove them r<ff to the camp, vvhich was obout a- rnile distanl. Young as she was, she was determined to havc her p my again, and, as she must necessari¬ ly go to ihe Briiish Camp, lo go alone, if no one would accompany her. And a- lone she vveni, on fool, at night, and withotu any weapon of deffence," and in due time arrived  at the c-amp.
By what means she managed to gain an audience with Tarleti>n is not known; bul she appeared before* him unannoufi- ced,   and, raising herself erect, said :
"I have come lo you. -sir, to iJemand resioraiion ofmy propertv, which your knavish followers siolefrom my father's yard."
''Let riie understand you, MisS." said Tarieton, conipletcly taken   by surpnse.
"We'll, sir," said she, "your roguish men in red coats  c.ime lo  mv lather's
sustained, hehce^the circulation vvill lie kept up, and tlierefoie the narcotic poi¬ son vvhich 'is contained in jhe blood, be- ¦ ing continually passed through ihe lungs, is by this means thrown out <if liie sys¬ lem. The netvous system, having ihus been relieved of ils oppression, again re¬ sumes its power over the functions of life, and the patient is saved.
In the treatment of such cases, elector magnetism has been resorted to with great success. In the Medical Esami ner, of Philadelphia, for June, 1851, are two cases, repoir'ted by Prof. Jr.hn B. Biddle, in which the effects of poisoning from opium were successfully counter¬ acted, in one ca.se by Dr. Biddle. in the other by Dr. Mutter. In both cases one pole was placed on the nape of the neck, the other on the pit ofthe stom¬ ach. These were both adulis. Anoth¬ er more striking case occured wiihin the last few days, in which a child a year old had a teaspoonfnl of laudanum administered to it in misiake for syrup nf rhubarb. -Less thin t % drops have caused death in a child of 14 montlis old. In this case there were about 120 drops, and ihe palient was seen about Iwo and and a half hours afier the accident by Dr. Gobiecht. The .most powerful emet- icts had no effect. The stomach pump was ihen applied, but the. fluid removed gave little indication of the presence of opiOm, showing it mu.st have been ab¬ sorbed into ihe system. Afier ineffec¬ tual altempts lo keep the child a'wake, «nd vvhen it was found  almost  cea.sing
duced   an fenlarged   state   of the pupH. On observing this,  we  touched the end oflhe optic nerve wiih the extract, when the eye  inslantly  became protuberant. When now  applied   a  powerful lens, a«id discovered   in   the pupil  tbe rude, worn away^ f^res of a light coat, be¬ side* whom was a roimd stone, standing or suspended in  the  air,  with  a small handle   stuck   as   it were  in the eanh. The remainder vvas debris;  evidently lost from   the mother  brain.    Had vve performed this  operation   when  the eye was entire 111 the socket, vviih all its povv- .erful conneciion with the brain, there is not the least  doubt   but   that we should have delected the last idea and impres¬ sion made on   the mind and  eye of ihe unfortunate man.    The thing vvould ev¬ idently be entire, and perhaps we should have had ihe contour, or, better siill, tiie exact figure of the   murderer.    The last impression before death   is always more .tfrrible on   the   biain,   from  fear, than from any   other   cause, and figures im¬ pressed on the pupil more distinct, which we atlribule tothe  'argeness ofihe op¬ tic nerve   and   ils free communication with lbe brain."
five weeks.   Among other ads, it p-wsed one carrying out ihe intention of Con-  - gress by granting to trustees,  for the benefit of the Alabama and Florida Rail- road Company, the lands  appropriated by Congress for the conslruciion of « Railroad   from   Per*sacola towards tbo. city of Montgomery.    The gazette rer- gards this act insuring the completion of thai and  of the road   to   the Alabamai line.
The Tallaliassee Sentinel thinks lh» session has been an unprofitable one-— that the Legislature "did many tliiiigs which it ought not to have done, and left undone many thingi? vvhich it oughf fo have done"'"—says that it " made men of neaily all tfie boys, and changed the names of sundry women, just as if thejr had not the right to change their name* wiihout the interposiiion of ihe Legisw lature ;" and that iljpassed a lavv to raiwi $500,000 to p,^y* off (he debts of the Slates, but failed to provide by increased taxaiion forthe liability incurred. ,
duty, he shall be fined  five  dollars,  and
the  cil'zen refusing    charged  five per i yard about sundown and stole my pony, j to breathe, the magneio-eleclric machine cent, on his ceneral lax. andl have waked alone nnd unproiecled i was brought into  use, and   kepit .npplied
Sec 2. That one Registrar shall  be . to claisi   and   demand him: and, sir, 11 for   three   successive   hours   with ihe- appointed by the Governor, wh'fe duty  must  and. wiil  have  him.    I  fear noi  happiest   effect.    Anincial   respiration
The Island of Fayal.—The  Nation al Intelligencer has a letler from  a cor¬ respondent, giving an account of a visii lo the  Isl.and of Fayal,  ip   vvhich   the wriier says:
The Island of Fayal (Azores,) is a true gem of the sea, one of the most beauiiful I have ever visited. It rises front the water i« a regular acclivity lo ihe height of 3,000 feel, and ils sides are divided into minute fields, whose wav- ing and varied crops of every hue, from defepest verdure to the sere and yellow leaf, give an appearance of the most minute and perfect cultivation. The summit of ihis lovely isle is an extensive crater five miles in circumference, and 1700 feet deep, and is a sight of the mosl imposing description. The producis of every clime here flourish side by side, and preseni the most beauiiful ami strik¬ ing contrasts; and one is «t once shad¬ ed by the palm, the pine, the cocoa, the elm, the orange, the sycamore, and the banana; while the brilliant flora of trop¬ ical climes shades tJie le.ss pretendinj: but sweet flo-.vers of the Nonh, yet all growing in luxuriance as if this delicious climaie were temiiered to the wants of each. Sweet singing birds fill these al¬ most -wilderness gardens with their glad songs, as if they ever felt the inspiration of the beauiiful nature surrounding them.    We were loih to leave.
A Wife in Tbguble.—"Pray, tell in-^, my dear, what is the cause of tlioii^ rears ?"
" Oh! SHch a disgrace! I havi^^'openedl one of your tetters, supposina it to be addressed to myself. Certainly it lookedf. more like Mrs. that Mr."
" Is   that all.    No great harm done ''
"But the contenls—»uch a di.sgrace."
" WhntI hns any one dared to write me a letter unfit for my wife lo read?"
" Oh, no! Itis couched in the most chaste language.    But the di.sgrace ?"
The hu.tband eagerlv caught np thiJ' ^ letter, and commenced reading the epis¬ tle that had been the means of breakini; his »ife's heart. Rea.ier, yoa couldn'f guess the cause in a coon's age. It wag no other than a bill from the printer for nine years subscriplion!
A wag says it is folly to expect a girt to love a man whom every body speaku vv?ll of. Gel up a persecution and ber afTectinns will cling .so fiist that a dozen guardians can't begin   to remove them..
The substance of a verdict of «iie- cenl coroner's jury, on a man who dieti in a state of inebriation, was—
" Death by hanging—round a rum» shop."
A Culitornia "jury, in a suicide case lately, found the following verdict; "We the jury, find that the dccased was a fool;"
Cotton Manufacturers.— Secretary Guthrie in his la'e report estimates ihe value ¦-¦>f our cotton manufactures in 1856 at nearly 880,000.000. In 1850 the value wasa little over $01,5004»0- .
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The Snow Hill, Md , Shield has hoiv_ ted tha flag of Senator Douglas>, of nois, for President, and S'enatoi' Beiiin of Maryland,  fotj^ioe  Presidenv i*-