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EDG EFIE LD, SC THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1851. SEE political artibles on the Bret page. WE are requested testate that the. Right .Rev. Cuats-rorPua GADeDEN, Bishop of the Pro testant Episcopal Chureb in.South Carolina, will hold a Confirmationmand Preach in Trinity Church, in this Village on Sunday next, the 23d inst. Serviceg will coinmence in ihe norning at half past 1eloelp, nd4 in the afternoor, at half past three. APOLOGY. Oug. Editor being absent, his department is meagre this week, being made up of a few para graphs left behind in the hurry of his departure. He does not expect to be at his post again for seve ral weleks. If is hoped tiat 6ur readers will judge us indulgently -in the.. meantime. Perhaps, as "Editorial Wanderings' are fashionable,. he may trausudt to t% sonsething in that line. THANKSGIVING, Mrs Excellency Gov. MZANs, having set apart to-norrow (Friday) as a day of " Thankagiving, Hamiliation and Prayer," there will be divine service in the Episcopal Church, in this Village, at 11 o'eloc k, A. M, IV tau advertisement of Mr. JAMEs A. CoLLINs, administrator on the estate of Lawis COLLIX1, dee'd., there was an error in regard to the day of sale. It should have been " Tesday the 2d of December," instead of ." Thursday the 2d." However, the erro is iow corrected; but the sale is postponed un.t27%ursday the 4th of December ne.rt. Atfetion Is directed to this advertisement, mfbtm on another column, A FAIR PROPOSITION. As the-approaching Session of the Legislature 'will be one of-great interest, for the benefit of those who do not take a daily paper, or who may desire to receive full and correct reports of the proceeding of-that body, Messrs. JonssTON & CAvis, propose to forward the Datly South Caro linian,.FaEE OF POSTAGE, containing said proceed ings, for o'e dollAr. They also ofer to furnish the Tri. Weekly Caro in*it,FA EE. E' PoSTAGE, containing the whole procesding for fifty cents. - In all cases the money must accompany the order, and the postage on the lettei containing auchremittances,-must beprepaid. GODEYS LAD'S BOOK. - Taz last number of the 43d volume of this most Valuable p'riodical, comes to us this week, with its usual number of embellishments and excellent fhemry contributions. This number is replete with articles of talent and ability, and fully sus. tains the high reputation if has acquired in the literary worid' T'E CARPET-BAG. Tuits is the title of-a fiandsone, wel-filled and Interesting weekly paper pablished in Boston, by WILDE, PIcEARD& CO. The number before us contains a large and welf-executed engraving of Gen.Xeossurr, -which. does credit to the en .graver. IIl~sso containsi other engravings. We take pleasure in recommending the C'rpet Blag to the patronage of our readers, and hazard nothing in saying, that It will please aft who pat ronizes it. P'rice: $2. * BOUND FOR FLORIDA. Wz saw a gang of thirty-five as likely negroes is were elter raised in Edgefield, leaving for Flor. ida a few days since. The young gentleman, -who owns them, has concluded to' locate on the * St. Johns, in East Florida, whither we learn a good many Carolinians are finding their way. We wish them much luck in their rermovaf. May they succed to tIhefiearts' desire! Above all, miay they keep alive thle renmerbrance of their native State's once proud eminence, and rmay they struggle to propagate her time-honored prin ciples wherever they go. Perhaps the land of the )Iagnolia may be destined to re-embody the spirit which seems about to take its flight from the land of the Palmetto. - THE PREMIUM IS AWARDED. " AND to whom ?" will be asked. We answer, re the Lady who wrote number one and number two of the articles published elsewhere on this page..' We have net arranged the other pfeces witde reference to their merit, ane we desire to avoid: making invidious distinctions, farther than we are obliged to do. P'erhaps some maay think that we have not decided with that impartiality which was promised. We declare that we have -endeavored to do so. If' we have failed, It must be put down to our gallantry, which, in a struggle between the " Lords of Creation" and the weak. er;'.but fairer and better sex, ever would, and we trdet ever will, lean towards the side of the latter. Lest some one might suppose that " STELL.A is a purely fictitious personage, slipped in to de *prive real competitors of the prize,.we sre con strained to take the liberty of announcing Mrs. Sor'utA B. LAKE, of this District, as the owner of the soubriquet and winner of the Laurel Wreath. Had a gentleman been successful, we could easily have four'd a suntable book, upon onr own shelves at home, with which to reward frim. But, a lady having borne off the palm contrary to-our first expectation, we must request her to bear with us until we can select one, from the shelves of - some Charleston book seller, as pure and unsullied asherself. To all who have responded to our query, we return our thanks. The articles of most of them we have appropriated and publied,,as being en tirely worthy of our columns. One word more to both the ladies and gentle rmen of Edgefield. While we are procuring the book in question, it occurs to us that we will purchase several others, which shall be offered as premiums fur the best written artferes n'pon sub jects hereafter to be proposed. We know there is literary taste enough in Edgefielde, and we earnesdly-desire to draw it fromr its obscerity. -We think of offering an extra-fine prize for the best tale, or -sketch ; and we now say, let those who wish to draw-it begin in time. A CHANCE FOR TBE YOUNG ONES, Asr little boy or girl, under twelve years of age, who will solve the following, and bring the answer to us as seen as we return from Columbia, *shlall have a pound of sugar plums, or a nice pic ture book, whichever he or she choose. Sam a word of four sylables. Mfy 1st in an exclamation, often used by wagn My 2nd is nearly the seund of the French word for street. yMf'rdnd 4th make up together the name of a tow in Massahusetts, and of one also in North My who*e d a celebrated ancient city. *The above is quite simple, and we shall expect each little fellow-to discover the name of the city without- the .a idsiier papa or mama. We wIll'only couseht to tJ'askihig bel#' about the - 2d sablhe,.. TjiE-APPRQACHING SESSION OF TBE LEG ISLATURVOF TiE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,.-WBAT WILL BE DONE ? Tr the tbughet luestion we have propound ed to ourself for some time. Because NOTE-.3Y TIrE FoREMA.-Doar reader, you will doubtless exclaim " Because why !" It is out of my power even to suggest the reasons which'the editor started to give for the question being a tough one. I have followed copy exactly, except in the last dash, which I thought proper to insert that the thing might not look too abrupt. It is certainly the biggest caption and the smallest article I have had on file this year. It pro bably was intended for this week's leader, and was left unfinished by mistake. I hope, therefore, that every reader will imagine it to be about one column in length and very much to the point. WILL YOU SUBMIT, CAROLINIANS? HAD one stood upon a battle-field before the unconquered legions of Rome and, pointing to the apparently overwhelming host arrayed against them, had he asked the question, " will you fly, Romans I" it could not have been more startling to the pride of CasAx's veterais than the above written caption ought to be to that of the freet.n of South Carolina. But the sad 'murmuring of desponding patriots, growing continually more general and more distin, forces upon us the melancholj conviction that the'day has come when the question should be putin its most naked and shocking fortri. And now, for the first time, we ask it with as much of despair as of hope. We despair, when we bbserve the fearful indi cations of apathy among the leaders of the party which now claims to be the State. We hope, when we call to mind the spirit of resistance which still animates a large portion of the real substance of, that party. We despair, when we look to the rapid progress of Unionism, in our very midst, and recall the.many causes calculated to advance its strides. We hope, when we think 'that its premature boldness may yet draw forth from both the leading parties, a torrent of indig nation, which shall sweep it back into its former insignificance. We despair, when we think of the indiffetence, manifested by some who should feel otherwise, to the dear-bought brightness of Carolina's fame. We hope, when we remember that thousands of hearts still glow with- un diminished devotion to her honor and with undy ing determination to strgli, while yet there is a ray of promise, to make her futtire wdithy of her past. But.the crisis will soon be over, and the terrible suspense be ended. It will soor be' fully known whether our beloved State shall retain Ier wonted pre-eminence,-or whether thei sun of her glory shall set in endless night. Once more, Caroliniins, we ask yoil," will you submit!" Ponder well the question, for'it is that which you are now to decide. - - - ---- IMPROVE YOUR ORCHARDS. WE see many items going the rounds of the papers, tending directly to prove that our South ern climate is pecularly adapted to perfecting al most every kind of fruit. All we require to make our country a land of delicious orchards, as well as cotton fields, is a little more taste, a little less avarice, aid a considerable Modification of the spirit of Southern enterprise. Our people have* become grossly insensible to the true luxury of living from an overweening desire to magnify their dimes into dollars, their dollars into eagles, and their eagles into hundreds and thousands. Many are content to pass through life with no more delicate gratification of the palate than long collardis and fried middlings can afford, so they gin houses in the Fall. Now we do not mean to sneer at bacon and greens, for we like them well enough in their place. Much less would we speak disrespectfully of cotton bags, for we know them to be the foundation of Southern prosperity. But while we are willing to recognise these sub stantial goods as the proper sub-stratum upon which to begin to build, yet we are clearly for! beautifying and enriching the superstructure to the full extent of rational indulgence. What are your cotton bags worth to you, if their possession rrsit iat no increased exhibition of comfort, beauty and luxuiry i~ WI'a~t does your gold, for whihh you can change tien, benefit you, if you make use of it only with the hannd of a usurer ? Is there any philosophy or religion in thus perverting the blessings of Heaven ? Did the God of nature ever intend that you should gloat in secret over. your bags of cankered silver, or that you should draw forth only to double them upon the misfor tutnes or indiscretions of others ? We cannot imagine how htnnan beings, not to speak of christian men, can hold up their hiends svbile per petrating such abuses. It has been said that "he who makes two blades of grass grow, where only one grew be-. fore, is to that extent a benefactor of his race." But it is a matter of doubt with Us whether the same could properly be said of him who makes two bales of cotton where only one was made be fore. Cotton is too nearly identical with money, and the love of cotton bags is too nearly akin to " the love of money," which S-r. .Jastrs pro nounces " the root of all evil." A grasping after wealth being the raging epidemic of the day, it becomes a serious question whether too much at tention to the cultivation of nn article, directly calcufated to feled and increase that epidemic, is worthiy of thei commendation either of the world ly pl~ilosoplier or of the religious teacher. Yet, if men, endowed withr reason, would be reasona ble men, it would be exactly right, and our cotton begs, after all, would be the very greatest oC bfessings. And what we mean here by a " rea sonable man"'is one who has much larger fields of the "fruges terre" than he has of cotton--one, Iwho uses the surplus proceeds even of his cotton crop (not in shaving notes) but in improving and, adorning his farm with every variety of comfort and beauty which his circismstances in life will fairly warrant him in doing. Such a man, in stead of helping to impoverish his native soil, will 6e lending a hand nobly Towards making his country s'gttrden of loveliness and plenty. Such a man, instead of raising children for new coun tries, will present suecr home attractions and home preferences to his sors and daughters, as will cause them to cluster around the spot of their hiirth and to draw forth the complete resources of their rmother earth. Such a man, instead of as sisting' to swell the crowd of mere speculator's and adventarers, will be giving to his State the best and truest of' patriots. But we are running' frrto a disquisition without intending it. All that we would say may be embraced in a single sen tence--and it is this: The Farmer is doing more for his country than the Planter. We have been led to these few rftections, by having brought to mind that portion of a farmer's occupation which may be called fruit culture. And the immediate circumstance which brought it to miad was a single apple, presented to us by a gentleman who gathered'- it from a tree in this very piney-woods neighborhood of ours. Our readers need not laugh, for we assure them that it was as large, firm, rich looking, and highly fla vored as most Northern apples-and besides it was a real winter apple. If any onie is still dis posed to laugh and say " well, you, might have! told us about the apple without all this stuff." We auk them the following question and 'leave them: If New-rov learned the great law of ravitation from seemg-an apple-'fall, mi&ht we. riot adduce a mdh humbler lessoi froni eating me. A NIGGER BULL. DoN'T be alarmed, gestlefliends9!' iaiio. newly discovered animalabout whi Ie are now going to tell you-but onljW first cousin .of the Irish Bull, of which you haviill heard frequently. One iof our darkles having - returned' frjm mill the other day with his-cori unground, we were a good deal fretted, especiallysi the meal-box was empty. "What, sir," said we, " you comne back here without a particle of meal!" " La, master," returned he, " been to ebbery mill in the country, an' all ob 'em done grind up. all de water dey had." "But you. didn't go to Mr. B--d's mill, sir. I heard he had plenty of water." "Oh, yes sir, he got water, I.know, but dey tells me, dat eber sence mass Tohin (he son) been buildin' dat new house, dey wont grind nothin' 'tal dar but planks!' The nigger was excused. AMELLING VS. SEEING AND HEARING. TE Southern Planter asks the question : "Why is it that the Onion Is so much rmore extensively cultivated in New England than in the Middle and Southern States T" To which the Soil of the South replies: "It is because we, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not." - The Advertiser takes the liberty. of suggesting to his brethren what he regards a more fitting answer to the question. It is this: Because New Englanders, having noses, iimell not. 00RUNICATIONS'. Answers to the Editor's query (No. 1.) FOR THE ADvERTIsER. INVOCATION. Kind Pegasus! do befriend me, For Parnassian heights I pine; flie thee, Sirens! prete like magpies Proud Olympus must be mine. Fair Potlymnia I smile upon iie Clio! I thy wreath would wear . Caliop-e! pray endow me Then the victor's crown I'll bear. Thou Apollo! tune thy lyre -Imirovise somd melting strain; Touched as-by Porniethean fire, Will I echo it again.' RESPONSE. Harken mortal! we have heard thee Thus have others sought us too; Persevere, we will endow thee We are ever kind and true. Askest thou why 'tis that coldness Mars the heart that once was kind ? Why it is that virtues languish? What cramps and chills the social mind? Answer we, hast thou endeavored Oft to bind the broken heart ? east thou drawn the ties dissevered Nearer-that they might not part ? Hast thou sought thy erring brother? Hast thou prayed him to beware ? And, when weak, hast ou uphldhimn Hlast thou given from thy coffers, Gold, the orphan'd hand to bless? And hast knelt beside the dying, Soothing him in his distress? Hast thou even asked or Hleaven, Strength to keep thy plighted wordi Swift upon the breath of even, Hlast thou sent thy prayer to Godi Tell us mortal! has not envy, Whispered counsel in thy ear ? Hlave- not jealous r'ears assailed thee ? Mfalice, rancour, canst thou bear ? Dost thou hate thy fellowv mortal? Then the mark is on thy brow, Murderer ! Fiend ! we do adjure thee, Seak to change thy nature now. Speak not harsly of thy neighbor, Lest the scorpion's sting you feel; Bitter sayings bet engender, Wounds too dark, too deep to heat! List not to the tempter's pleading ]Btfrst thy bonds and be thou free.. Robe thee in a nobler armot, Wie have sat our seal on thee. Charity thy breast-plate glittering, Faith thy helmet-Faith thy shield, Love to others be the weapon Which thy faithful arm shall wield ! Thus shalt thou roam in fields Elysian Peopled well by social worth, And thy heart in rapture bounding, Bless the hour that gave thee birth ! OFFERING. Thanks to thee for fruits Hlespian Thanks A pollo-heavenly nine! Pray receive a mortal's offering Humbly east before thy shrine. * STELLA. (No. 2.) Pon TrHE ADvERTJsER. Mal~. Eorroa :-In your paper of October 23rd, you propose the folloing " What is it that has caused thme decline of sociality in our community of late years." I must acknowh~dge to you, sir, that my brain has been puzzled and mystified by that very same query, times without number-and I have thought and pondered over the matter until my senses have heen los( in t perf'eet labyrinth of conjectures, and the only way la whlic; I could gather my scattered ideas was to concentrate every suggestive answer into thiat most unenvia ble feeling, attainment, inheritance, or wvhatever else you may eall it-elifshness. Perhaps you may differ with me in the belief thant selfishness is either an attainment, or an inheritance. Well, be it so. But alas ! for that love of one's self, which causes its possessor to overlook all the good in others. wvhioh causes him to hug his own imperfections to his bosom, and bow down and worship them as household God, which wrests from his heart -the remembrance of that last great commiandment, the diadem, the pearl of price, the gift of a dying. Lord-" Love one another." Selfishness I consider to be the worm gnawing at the root of the vine, and with its inseparably mupereiiousness a Pe'tivedetraction, it is as withering in its.influednee upon society as would be the'deadly-.Simoom to the flower-decked Prairie of the West,'r the poisonous respirations -t paito egee eathings; of.child hood. ZThr lections cigendered by this subject. have carried me -back to the days of -my early oti and'Ibrouylt out Ii bold relief the pie tures which a niisa, ratlier romantic in its bear ings, painted in bright and lasting color. The idea of a Swiss Hamlet defended alike from the blasts of a wintry clime and the machinations of aploting world, by its fortresses, its heights, and its towers of Heaven's moulding-its blooming gardens, ''ashing waterfalls, and mirror-like lakes-its stalwait herdsmen, thrifty wives, and loirely maidens-the silvery, echo of the Ranz des Vebes leapid froi alp to alp, and borne to Heaven by zephyi'spure.andgentle as the wings o? Angels. The'Valley. .where every soul was at peace with'its neighbor and its God-where death came not as a tyrant, but as a friend, to bear the spirit up~from-an Eden on earth, to a lovelier Eden atijre. -And where it was written on their hearts in charaeters of gold, " Love one another." This was my beau ideal of a home on.earth---4he El Dorado of my dreams-the Oasis in the desertof man's pilgrimage. And thus would it be ii our pleasant Villages and rural neighborhoods;could selfisliness be eradicated from ourieartsj and a love and fellow feeling toward those around us usurp the place of self-worship. STELLA.' FOR TUC ADVERTIsER. Ma. Eooa:-The~ following is offered as a i6lation to the questi 'in th Adnetiser of 23rd init.' Tid uestio is "' What has caused the decline of sociality. in our community of late years." Theanaes are found in two places. First At 'Home. - Second-4Abroad. Sociality de elinesl in soie persoisfrai dises at home, in oth eauses abrogd, and the causes from both sources may unite in producing deelension ii oths'.17 Imean by home, a man's own house, family and.interest-byuabroad, whatever is beyond these.inth community in which he lives. ,. Theregis more of the spirit-of individual enterprise. A few men now do what many to gethei formerly Iegageid iii, -nd one-iian by the aid of madhineing the .experience of former. yeirs,now d6s' what haif a'dozen or more were thougltnecessaryrto perftrm, inpast years.: In the days of reaping-books they:had "reaping frolies." 'Theosotheltdes the work of Six or more sickles. - A man now " shucks his own corn," iahd " rolls hi"wn logs," and " picks and gins his own cotto .-Formerly they had " Cottenxpiekings$ an uitq( tin'gs," or " house raisings" and " sewig 'doiaieliently, to bring the "-boys and girfls" ttheand in the wind up they had a.danceq. Oimerljtheyhad "fii ger-picking frolics# t igitheseed out of the cotton by the. flags~These gave way to "hand gins," and the'se ;i turn were displaced by the " saw gin."c TheseTdentical things may not have affected tlia comnmunty, but the like spirit anid clange eas doubtless effiected more or less all operation.. 2nd. Closely allied to individual enterprise is necessity render a man unsocial, but it tempts its possessor to be so.' A necessary element of so cinlity is dependenqe, and whatever tenads to independence tempts to unsociability. As a man acquires wealth ho becomes independent, and on the score of interest has less need of being social. In sections occupied mostly by wealthy men, there is not half the unaffieted and hearty sociality which is found among men of less pro perty. 3rd. In connexiots with wealth is generally selfishness-the bane of social interest. Indeed, want of sociality with many is but another name for selfishness. Many men who once gave their neighbors an. unaffected and hearty wel come into the log cabin, accompanied by a frank old fashioned shake of the hand, now receive the stme men with the coldness peenliar to those wvho do not need, but are afraid that the neigh bor needs som'ething they have. As'n man be comes selfish ho - becomes suspicious of his neighbors and thus concludes he will not mix with his dishonest neighbors. I admit many honorable exceptions, but they are those only who have tesisted the temptation. In the second place I shall adduce some of the enaises of a *ant of sociality found abroad, i. c., in the community. 1st. Occasions for social intercourse are fewer than formerly. The social feeling can be kept alive only by actital commingling, and if there ai-e not oceasions for bringing the people together the feeling will not only decline, but die. I say nothing as to the good or eril of the occasion, but that society must be society--to be such, oc casions must be aflorded, and those occasions such as to draw the people together in a neigh borly spirit, unity of design, and commonness of interest. 2nd. It may be said we have as many occa cione for mingling together as formerly, but these occasions aro select. or the persons expected to attend are of a certain stamp. llere is a difler enee between the rich of the present day, and those of former (better) days in that respcct. Formerly it was mueh more common for wealthy men to make no distinctions on that ground in their social intercourse tha it is now. There has been added to wecalth, in the present day, aristocracy, and sometimes they wcould bc sonmc thing which they mgre not, and turn out to be crab-apple aristocracy. Ihow few partie~s arc now composed of all sorts, excluding of course the pests to society. And even in a social nmeet ig, distinctions arc often made with no other iew tihan to shots that there is ground for so doing. By throwing society into castes on social occasions, there is made a number of societica where there should be but one. And this pro duces jealousy, recrimination and retaliation among the castes in society. Thus society be comes divided, then suspicious, jealous, and ambitious, and finally belligerent. I am far fronm agrarianism or any thing akin to it. But what is the use of telling a nman that you are his su perior. Hie knowvs it and you know it, even in " meeting on the square."~ 3rd. Another enemy to society is the bigotry often found in a community divided into differ ent sects of Christians. Men who were social in worldly pleasure, become if united with differ ent branches of the Church unsocial as Christ ans. And even among the nmenibers of one sect thon is on a sinful want of sociality, muchniore siwaitdf th'aite arity'that "rejoiecth not in iniquity." 4th. Again there are political divisions, and subdivisions, and cross divisions, which tend t& destroy sociality. These always existed among us, but excepting the day of Nullification, there was not that inveterate animosity existing after political contests and ' nursed" from one term to another for " righteous retaliation." The num ber of contests and candidates now are perhaps greater than formerly, and the party feeling which originated with others, now dead, has been transmitted in increased warmth and depth on down to us. So we have stcreotyped, and well remembered differences originating with leaders in other days, and acted out at present. 5th. Where there have been several genera tions raised in succession in the same place, it would be almost a miracle if there would not be at the present day some old, standing, fed up family dif'erences perpetuated by children's children, producing a want of sociality in famili(a similar to that produced in parties by political contests. May not this have its influence in producing that " sad decline in sociality." Are not many wishing the infirmities of the parents upon their children in the shape, not of innrmities again, but of hateful " iniquities." 6th. Nothing perhaps has tended more to bring about the " sad decline in sociality" than the unbridled, uncharitable and devilish lashings and lappings of the long, loose and filthy tongues of gossipers and tattlers. And if it were con sistent with society I would recommend that one half of the adult community be gagged, and the other half plugged in the ear with bees-wax, and Temain so till a generation of short tongues and heavy ears grow up. TEMAU. Edgelield, October 29. [W. have received several other solutions in answer to the question, but owing to the indis position of one of our hands, and the crowd of other matter, we are compelled to omit them this week. They will appear in our next issue. -ErDITO AD.1 Arival of the Cambria. NEW YoiK, Nov. 14. The Cambria arrived at Boston this mord ing, and her mails have gone South. Bar ing's Circular quotes American Stocks as iniactive. U. S...Sixes of 1862, 10004-2 a 103: Bonds of 1867, 104 a -105f. Coupon bonds,.1868, 111 a 112, &c. &.e&e. Business looks gloomy,, anid nearly all the orders in the hands of the manufacturers have been suspended. ' The Socialists in England are'6frious against Kussuth, but~aie fearful to give ex. pression to their sentiments. The Frenth are about to'bombard Nabih in Morocco, on account of a-refusal'by the-Emiseror to com. pensate a French merchant for pilliged pro perty. A free passalge was offered to Kossuth on the steamer Washington and accepted. Her departure is deferred to the 14th, to. allow Kussuth to. attend the Polish and Hungarii'n ball on the 13th. A compromise is expected between -the French President nnd the majority ofthe As. sembly. 31. -Corbin his refused to accept the office of Ministero Jaustice.- The Presi dent was about to'make-an rppeal to the As sembly -to hasten thefreesidential election.: "-Tienew Ministry enesedire&diiitisfae tin. ndt t&thoug~ht that a' eriiawill retire before ite etinthie'sembly. The Minister of War has issued an address to the army, urging them to sustain the latws and repress rebellion. Spain has sent a hundred pieces of artillery to Havania for armaments of the forts alonig the coast of Cuba. An extensive conspiracy has been detected among the nobility of St. Petersburg against the Emperor, and at number of the imp'lieuted have becen arrested. Kossuth's reception in London was of the most flattering ebamracter, his passage through the city being a continued triumph. A large crowd gathered about the Times' office, and biurnt copies of thant paper. Great preparat tions were making at Liverpool for his re ception. An enthiusiatie monster indignation meeting was held on the 31st in fatvor of Kossuthi, and aga.inst the Times. Lord Dubley Stuart'will deliver an address ott the occasion of his reception. EXPLosroN, ATTENDED WITH LOSS OF LIFE. -An accident occurred on our Rail Road, on Friday night last, say the Charlestont Courier, of Nov. 17, which, we are sorry to say, caused thme death of three inidividuals in the service of the company.-The new lo comotive, James L. P'etigru, to which was attached the ntight train of Freight and pas senger Cars, in which were several Passen trers, left Hamburg for thtis city on their way downt. Whien in the vicinity of White Ponds, about 17 miles this side of Aiken, the boiler of the locomotive exploded whicht caused the instantaneous deatth of Mr. Philip Scholle, the Engineer, and the twvo Firemen in atten dance, viz: Frederick Kruse and B. Brother. The bodies of these unfortunate mien were throwvn some distance fronm the track, and and wecre dreadfully nmultihated. The boiler head wvas found about 400 yards diatatnt fronm the scene of di~aster. Scholle and Kruse were connected by marriage, and we learn are both men of fami ly. The remains of the unfortunate dead were brotught to thte city on Satuday, and buried yesterday afternoon. None of the pamssengers were injured. We understand that a hiorse on one of the cars was also killed. Thlree of the cars wecre seriously damaged, and the telegraph posts and wires injured. SH ARKcEY's I~sTR UCTIo~s.-The Waslting tont corrsponmdentt of the Baltimore Sunt sayv: "Instructions htave been sent to Judge Sharkey requesting him to repair immediate Iv to IHavana. Thte tyrannical treatment to 'l'hrshmer has induced the Government to hasten the departure of the American Consul to Cuba. Judge Sharkey has been instructed to saty to the Captain General that Mr. Thras her is an American citizen ; and that hte must be released from prison instanter. Mr. Crit tentden's despatcht was to the point. The Spanish Ambassador has been notified thtat such instructionts have been Bent to Consul Sharke~y, antd lhe hats been requested to for ward said instructions to thte court of Madrid. Mississe~ri EI.ECTION.-A despatch front Louisville, dated 8th inst., states that Foote's majority will be from two to three thousand. Three union Congressmen are already knowvn to be elected. Thlere will be a decided Union majority in tihe House of Repmresenta tives. 'rThe restult in regard to. the senate is yet somewhat in doubt. Parties it is be lieved will be pretty closely divided. NEGR OES IN On EoN.-There is a territorial law in Oregon prohibiting thte bringing or coming of negroes into the Territory. In a recent case against one Vandterpobl, brought before Judge Nelson, this law was enforced, and tItn negro banished from thte State. TE SPEiERHIuP=-Y9tol 'eXtraet rom the corrospondence :of the-Philadel phia Ledger intimates that Mi. But,"nt withstanding his co-operatioordoctrines, will have some diaicultyia obtaiding the Speak. ership: ." The- principal candidates for the Speaker. ship are Mr. Burt, of south. Carolina; Mr. Houston, of Alabama; Linn Boyd. of Ken tucky, and, Mr. Disney, of .Ohio. - I-have not heard any one else talked of .but-Mr. Bayly, of Virginia. Mr. Burt is a goodlooking, well-dressed, fine, gentlemanly- person, who presides with great dignity over an assembly, understands the rules of the House, and pos. sesses very respectable abilities. But he declared, in a published letter,-6t he hated the Union, and a man wheo batei the-Union has no business to be a candidate for the Speakership, and meinbers of the House have no business to cast their votes for him. Now is the time to strike a final blow on treason." THE CUBAN AFFAI,-The 'W:shington correspondent of the Charleston Courier says that the'Spanish negotiationu'has at lst come to a crisis. It is understood that the Pies dent has concurred in all the views taken by the Secretary of State, Ur'. Webster. on thie subject of the Spnisli Minister. Propositions have been. made to-Mr. Calleron,-the Minis ter, which he will, no doubt,accede to, and then the present and pressing-Jifficulties wilh Spain will be adjusted, and -he - American prisoners in Cuba and Spain will be released, and sent for, and brought home. Mr. Calderon, it will be recollected, deman. ded not only reparation for the'injries and indignities whieh the Spanish*Consul suffered in New-Orleans, but he urged that the repara tion should be Accompahied with unusual formalities-that a salute should be given o.n the return of the Consal to New. Orleana. Wonder if Isabella will sanetion Mr. Cal. deron's.:neeeptaince of the .propositions, in lieu of the saltite,.in caseleaccede? From late demonstrations, she may prefer to phigh. " ALLEN Scorr indicted for the murdei of Mr Cajnh Ganibrell at: the last terris. of Andirson courit as negqoitted. l'he'amount of fines imposed-on parties convicted during the Term in the Cotrt of Scssions'amounted to $13,260. HYMENIAL. MAARRIED, on Monday evening, the 17th inL by T.G. Bacon, Esq., Mr. E. T. DAVIS, formerl ly of New York, and Mliss NAscy, youngei daughter of .Mr John Covar, ofthis Village. IAnaIED,'on 'the*0th inst., by Rev. D. Dodie Mr. Jons GoLEnAN andl Miss JEaUgnA IERRaEN all of Edgefield District. iarR!E, os'thir14th Ist., byluev Nfodi, Mr. Lvwzs"IbLiEiand&Mii.ss BODIE, all.o this District. Butler Lodge, N 710. F A, gular 1neeting Of thi ody ,will.~ heho: Monday evening nex at 7odoA.Sc 1y N D0..1851 t- 44, WING totbe high price of rovisionigt1 - following terms of B nAard be requi edat the SPANiN HOTE~ xt e6t'nmenbilng froniditen . " of 'Persons, the same as hiret'fore 'This Ihouse will be kept with the best ordei and deccenoy, so as to give uatifactioil to Ladice and Gentlem.nen. TIIE PROPRIETOR. Nov 20 tf 44 Exe to' Sale. WX ILL be sold, at the late residence of Ben ~'jamuin Steens, deceased, on Tuesday, the I6th of Decemiber next, a part of th'e persoa property of said dleceased, consisting of SEV ENT EEN .LIK ELY NEGROES, IHorses, Mules. Cows, Sheep, one Euarouche one Still Pot, Plantation Tools, and other article too numerous to mention. Terms, twelve months credit with note an approved surities. W L LIA M L. STEVENS, Exeutor. Nov. 20 2t 44 Notice?! BY Virtue of an Order fron the Court )Eqity, I will ofir for sale at Edgefiel, Court hlouse, on Monday the first day of De cmber next, a prime YOUNO 'VEGR4 WOMAN, named Cloe, about 27 years old and valuable, both as a house servant and a wor ker in the crop. Terms of Sale.-One half of purchaise mone: cash, and the residue on a credit of 12 mouth from the day of sale, with adequate security. ARTIIUR T. WIG'A LL, Trustee. Nov 20 2t 44 lNotice. rp thOSE indebted to the estate of R. U] ..Nicholls, dee'd., will please nmake imniedi ate payment, and his creditors will render i their claims forthwith. HI. R. SPANN, Adm'r. Nov 20 tf 44 Notice. I DO UEREBY forewarn all persons againa .trading for a notc given by me to Williau MeCarter or bearer, for five hundred and fifteer ($515) dollars, dated the 4th February 1851. and dueabout Chiristmas,,with interest from date, Clinton Ward as security. I am dete~rmined t<: resist the payment of the said note, as I have not received full value. F. W. SOLLEE. Nov 20 4t '4 Notice. P ERSONS indebted to the Subscriber arc re. iquested to make immediate payment to Mr. John Middleton, as lunger indulgenc cannot be given. G. TENNE"NT. Nov 1S 3m 44 Notice. XLL persons are hereby forewarned againsi .t trading for a note given hy the Subscriber to J.~J. Hiazze or bearer, for Ten Dollars, on the 18th day of September last, as the consideration for which said 'note was giveni has failed, I amr determined to resist its payment. J. MATIHIAS JONES. Nov. 20 3m 44 Notice. A LL Persons indebted to the estate of Charlce L.Carson, dee'd , are requested to make pay. ment forthwvith, and those having demands against said estate, will please present themt im mediately, as I desire to settle up the estate. JAS. EIDSON, A dm'r. Nov 20 Gt 44 Save Your Tan Bark? P ERSONS intending to clear land can ge $-> per eord for TAN BARK, delivered at miy Tan Yark . Tr. MIMS. Nov. 20 tf ' 44 Wanted, j)Y the Subscriber, a Negro Boy for an Ap. .Lprcntice at the Shoe making business. J. D). TIBBETTrS. Nr.on - f 44 -A? I & ENG Cor~umBa HWsasenger a J nintfbia uir:T PEL'S BRIQGF, o this month, at6 o'cl ' Columbia, at 10,61]. modation.otf M-1 open g of -t .Nov 20 th4 Attent ioR ORDER R~NO . y OU are hereby ordered . parade-ground (5it,. 20th inst., in full uniferm.fpr ception. Every lembeie.0 be reportid- for 'Absdi - - without a.Ieg ense, for person wishitojoin'th to attend and enrolehisname By order of sIhe Captain 'EL WA Novemnberj18, Y virtue o an didur. POrdina ry, . wYt. r day, the 8th'day of eCem riex tation' of Mrs..Mary.Ci OIL Cyper . Creek. some.f o Edst of Edgeield Court' oguse ptersonal estate of 'the sanL1 d of iearly Sixty J Cattle,'Uogs, erop 9 00' Plantation Tools, ouse niture. The negroesare-remarkably nnd as 'gang will compa' with nj z Among them .nre ourrarpenteru have for many yers 'n i than $20 pei month . - Terms of sale-A, cred " interest fron4,def .:de. - J. -P.A Nov. 20 3 STATE OFO EDGEFIELD-DI 1 NORDINArd 1)field District:' Wm er'es Jessef 'rhUd me for Letters orAdmini singular'the .goQds n.c credits .of :..-Sdhi aforewad d ased. 4 -Thes'e are therefore* all and singular, the kindred-4 e the said deceased to beoanae at'our next'Ordinary XCou trict;to- be-hoeden'at'Ei0 Clfl a eause,-if n why' ihe di 's bld'iAof ~'~% fedy ' i d AveMibeinin and esevenfys~~*ir dRC :1A 1.0 - o 20 1851 - S2amuel Webb ' Lewis, George, Rinh "Simson nnaniir -~ TermsCash. - 4M -d8. CHRS'TIE, AGEW. Nov14 7te 1 44 SE~LLING OFF AT-COST h , to offer his iS CO .GOODS, which is almost entirely new, at C0O,2, .FOR CASH, and only fo~r Cashb. " lie is unde'r the neessity of giving notice to eall those indebted to him, previous to tlh.e pesenit yea, tat heyare earnestly re~quested..t -rome Soradadpay. as it is not within hisi power to .give longer indulgence. Those who fail.to conm ply with the above regneut, between'tlis emd the .first day oft January next, will. .find tbcig notes in the hands of Thomas Gr. Kei,' Ei. .fo col lection. JOhlN CHEATIIAM. f Duxntonsville, Nov 13 St -43* - STATE OF SOUTH -CAItOLINA~ EDGEFIELD. DISTRICT.. -IN EQUITY. Willis Whittle, Adtn'r. -'Bill for Sale Jane Bodic and others. .Rom Esta NTOTICE is hereby given, that byN-irtne of an order from the Court':offEq y in -this case, I shall sell at Edgefield Court House on the first Monday in Decemberbert, .the following real estate of Josephf'&die, -dee'd., viz: One tract of land containing two-iu'ndred and sixty one (261) acres; mnoie or lesssitu ated in the District and State aforessid,'and adjoininif the traet of~ land 'Wheeot'the decensel' resided' at 1the iiiee 'of hir dleath, and lands of-Amos Whittle; Jao'lies Sand others. - - Also, one. other ,tratt contairin th:ree acres, more or less, sitiatedin ~be-.,Dsries and State aforesaid, on Clouds Creek, being a valuable mill seat onsaaid Creek, and ad joining lands of Jacob Bowers, 'Daniel Mitchuell and others. Said Lands will be sold on a credit ok one and two years, 6xept as to so mitfrairwilI pay the cost;~ to be paid its catsh..' T1he Purehase money to be'seetwed':bv bond and good si-ety, and a 'Mdrigige of the premises. S. S. TOMPKINS; C. 'E.T'~D.' Comm'rs. Office, Nov. 7, '1851. Nov. 8 4te 4 3 STATE OF SOUTH~ CAROtINA. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY.. a Sampson Bland and others," '* rs 'PrNuion. Simeon Christie and wife. will-sell at publie outcryi et late residence of Luke Bland, decd,, s day the 4th day .of .December next, h tract of land belonging to said .deceedikiidotain 1ng three hundred and six acres, mor'lees, situate in the Distriet a State ifttesaid, and adjoining lands of -Amos H-ohnen, A. P. Norris, James C. Smyly and %.~6gbuin.' TERMS.-The Cost to be yaia ine~h-4he balanee of' purchase money in two-ealan nunl instalments, and seenr~ed -by :bomU&with at least two approved sureties~ S. S. TOMPKTNS~ C.EL &E Comm'rs Office, NoA 13 St; -3 OilsOne'' . JUST Yteeeived a supply of Fall and. WIiter e L~amp Oil, Linseed Oil, TraihOllinw&1eete-. foot Oil, all of which is offetred'doi, 'ue~~-lefi Cash, by ' --G .- L.' PElf&, Agent.' SOet an if . .s A