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THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY W. F. DUIRISOE, Proprietor, A SIMKINS & JOHN BACON, Editors. *fiwo DdLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two bOLLARs and FI7TY CENTS if not paid in six ionths -and THR RE DOLLARS if not paid.before the expira tion of the year. All subscriptions not distinctly limited at the time of subscribing, will be considered as made for an indefinite period, and will be continu ed until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Subscriptions from other States must invariably be accompanied with the cash or reference to some one known to us. ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less) for the first insertion, and 37 1-2 for each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or Quarterly, One Dollar per square will be charged. All Advertise ments not having the desired number of insertions -marked on the margin, will be contirued until forbid and charged accordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly nnderstood that contracts for yearly advertising are confined to the immediate, legitimate business of the firm or individu al contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, in advance. For Advertising Estrays Tolled,.Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. THE MIGHTY THEEE, CLAY, CALrOUN, WEDsTER.-The Wash ington correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, in his letter of the 5th instant, writes as follows: "Another of the'great lights of our gen eration is fast passing away to the land of shadows. Henry Clay is dying, and a thrill must pass through every heart at the announcement of the fact. Though his decline has been so gradual that the public mind should have been prepared for it, still, like Calhoun, Henry Clay seens to possess so unbounded a vitality, the spirit seemed so much stronger than the flesh, that the tid. ings, conic when they might, would give a shock and excite surprise. Of the mighty three who have so identified themselves with the history of this dountry since the war of' 1812 down to the present hour. Webster will soon be the sole survivor. But their works will survive them, and though the angry storms of passionate controversy and party hate raged and roared around them during their political pilgrimages, yet, when death has set its seal upon them, their cout. trymen* must award to all of them the meed of high intellect directed to high aims and prompted to lofty aspirations. When Cal. houn died, a revalsion of feeling took place throughout the country, and a tardy recog nition of the true majesty of his character, and the beauty of his whole life, was wrung from those who had most - bitterly reviled him while living. Honors such as never had been paid before to any citizen, were accorded to his memory, and his last remains were inurned in the midst of general lamen tation. Similar will be the sensation when Henry Clay passes away, and his death will be " like the fall of the mighty oak amid the stillness of the wood." The deep shad ow which has so long rested on the solemn countenance of Webster, the shade of which deepened as lie protnounced an eulo gium on Calhoun, will catch another and a deeper tint when his last great rival passes on before him to that bourne from whence no traveller returns. When ho spoke of Calhoun in the Sen ate, and came to the passage where he says "Ho was my own age," none wvho saw him will- forget his air and aspect. His head drooped on-his breast: he stood musing for __a moment, as though there were a warning aid~ isuimons for him in~ that icet, and felt that his race too was nearly run. ile will not be in the Senate to pronounce another eulogium on his next greatest competitor in that arena, but the same~ thought must he more strikingly present to him when lie stands by the bier of Clay. Looking at these three, and contrasting them with those who fill their places, wve mutst admit that they were giants in those days. But the breed of noble bloods is not yet extinct, and powers yet slumbering or undeveloped must exist in some quarter, needing only the stimulus of opportunity and excitemetnt to blaze forth into splendor equal to that of the meridian of these great men now pass ing away. Since the conmmencemnent of the session it has been obvious to all of Mr. Clay's friends that his end was near. HeI has sunk down suddenly in the laist few months, like some old1 tower whlich presents a frowning front of massive strength, until it suddenly crumbles down into a mass of ruins from turret to foundation stone, un -der-mined by the wvasting influence of time. Though wastedl to the last degree, and re duced to the extreme of physical feebleiness, Mr. Clav's mind still continues as vivid ani vigorous as ever, and his firmness is still unshaken. Differ as men may as to the political or personal attributes of Henry Clay no one can deny that lie has obtained a deep and a strong hold oni the affections of the American people, and possesses some traits which even his enemies may *admire." THE OTHIER SIDE.-It is stated thnt a wvriter at the South is getting up a counterpart to Mrs. Stowe's work, "Uncle TIom's C:abin," to coun teract its influence. It is to be entitled " Uncle Torn's Cabin, as it is." Somebody would better wvrite a history of Uncle Tag, Rag and Bobtail's Cabin at the North, illustrating it with women fishing out drift wood from the ice of the river for fires; children eating with hogs out of the omd bar rels; emaciated corpses of fathers and mothers, unshrouded, but ready for the grave, with star vation wvritten on their sunken brows; young women, reduced by necessity to crime, leading a life of shame and vice, and giving birth to dis eased and suffering children, whose little ray of life quickly expires amid the noxious atmnos phere of -sin and woe by which they are stur rounded. Or all these grotups might be placed in one picture, and to complete the whole, a )ikeness given of Mrs. Stowe, treading gingerly along upon her tiptoes, not noticing one of these most miserable objects at her own doors, but her eyes fixed upon distatnt "Africa," and her plaintive voice bemoaning the fate of the stout, fat, healthy negroes andI negress-es of the South, who are not only in an infinitely superior condi tion to the whiite poor of theo North, butt who, we dare say, are qutite as wvell fed and a grood deal hinppiier thanu Mrs. Stowe herself.-Rich mond Republican. THE PruGCEr.-Referring to the apprehension said to be felt at New Orleans respecting thme aipproachi of a disense more fatal than Cholera, called the Plague, whicb is said to be prevailing in sotac of the West India Islands, and in sonme parts of the West, the Boston Medical Journal *has the following: "It is certain, from the accounts received both here and in England, that the true. lague has been introduced into Maderia, and its work lias been really appaling. The question l.as frequently been agitated. WVill tha~t dreadful *disease ever reach this continent I There is reason to believe it will; the wvonder is why it has not already. Our commercial intercourse is extensive with the various ports of Africa and the Asiatic shores of the Mediterranean, where this great scourge is never dead or dying, but simply reposing from one period to another, like a fatigned giant, to gather newv strength for a renewal of slaughter. Should it come, it may be hoped there will be found more science and a stronger barrier of medicatl skill to meet and disarm it of its terrors, than has been exhibited in tropical climates, or in the filthy scourge-in iitmt~reins of 3'oseia TYurker. Plague a pertains to the Arah in this age; and here the same condition of things exists as characterizes their mode of life, their social condition, and the abseence of all common-sense efforts to avert or arrest it, will have an abiding foot hold." EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1852. g WE are requested to state that a Barbecue will be gi-en at Beach Island; on Saturday next (the 12th of Juine,) in honor of BARNEY 3T. LABMAR. The citizens of the District are respectfully and chieerful ly invited to attend. Z--P Wic would invite the attention of our sub. scribers and the community to the new advertise ments of WILLIAM 11. CRANE and Mlessrs. SNow DEN & Sr.AR, of Augusta Georgia. Their adver tisements will he found on another column and speak for themselves. The ladies are particularly requested to glance at them, as they are more nearly concerned, and we have no doubt, will be benefited by a perusal thereof. We have ourselves, occasion ally popped into the stores of these gentlemen, and have always found them exceedingly obliging and attentive, and their goods of the finest and most beautiful selections. OUR COURT. Oua Court of Equity commenced its session on Mnday the 7ith instant, Chancellor DUNCAN, pre siding. The day was gloomy and the weather very unfavorable for the transaction of-business. Ilis Honor is a fine model of the Carolina Gentlemen, both in person and in action. Ile presides with his usual dignity and courtesy. The Docket is large and the cases involve a great deal of litigtion. The expsrience and ability, however, of his Honor, and the unusual attention. readiness and diligence of the gentlemen of the Bar will, we hope, entirely clear it. PROTECT YOUR HOUSES. WE are authorized to state that 31r. J. V. CLARKE will be in Edgefield on next Wednesday (the 16th inst.,) and will promptly attend to the erection of Lightning Rods. Ile can be seen at the Court Ilouse. In our last number we called attention to this subject, and we sincerely hope that our citizens will avail themselves of the opportuniity now oilired. NOT AN ENTIRE DISAPPOINTMENT. TiIE meeting, which was called for 3Monday last, did not come off regularly, from the fact that very many of the individuals who were most deeply in terested in it were absolutely kept from turning out by sheer stress of weather. The very dawning of the day came to us enveloped in clouds and mist. This last soon gave place to torrents of rain, which continued to pour down upon us, with but little in termission, until noon had nearly arrived. As an unavoidable consequence the number of persons, able to reach the village in time to carry out the purposes had in view, was very limited. It was therefore thought prudent to hold no regular meeting for the present; especially as it was regarded as a matter of some consequence that our first shoning should be a good one. Among those, however, who were present, a very general consultation was held, the result of which was that otr district should, by all means, be repre. sented itn the Railroad Conivenition which is to meet at Anderson C. 11., on the 4Ith of July. And, as there wouhli be no public occasion, between now~ and thmen, suitable for bringinig the people togethter, a delegation wvas nominated and agreed to by ali interested. This delegation we pumblish below. And we chteerfully tumke kntown the earnest request, of the gentlemen who handed it to us and whlo conclud ed to take this course as the best untder thme circtum stances, that each and every one of thits nominmation will make it a point to attend thte Anderson Conven tion. They may rest assutred thtat they will be rep. resenting a wealthy and highly respectable portion of Edgefield District. There is but little doutbt thmat they could safely pledge our community, if receivedl witht frankness and encouraged by a prospect of some real adlvantage, to thte amount of two hundred thou sand dollars. The delegation is as follows:-N. L. GmtFFImN, JAMtEs SmtsrnmARDo, .honN LAKs, JAMtEs S3tvLEY, .. S. 3lostrer, G Eo. A. A Dt)msoN, 3. BI. S~ttTir. PRESIDENTIAL. IT will be seeni by reference to another colutmn of our paper, thmat on the 4thhm ballot Gent. Ismt es, of New Ilampshmire, was declared the ntominee of thte Democratic party for tihe Presidency. Wr~iLmt3us R. Kmso, for Vice Presitdent. We presume that thme name of Gen. PtEncE is familiar to most of outr readers, front the very promi nent position ocentpiedl by himn itt the late war with Mexic-o. Outr highly esteemted atnd gallant fellows citizenis, 31. L. Boxn.st and .Jotn C. StMsts. commuanded the Llm th egimentt (thIent under G;-tenrl P.1 the former as Colontel anid the latter as Captain. We have always believed GJen. P. to be thte truest taan, to the Sonth, North of 31ason atnd Dixon's line -indeed this seems to be thte general opinion. Thme Georgia Delegation, apparently, met with some difficelty in the Convention, but we trust, they will sutpport thte nominee of tat body. The Whmigs. it is thonghtt, will nontintate either SCOTT or Ft .t. MtoRE. if SCOTT is the nonmitnee, it will he-General vs. Genemral-." whmen Greek meets Greek then comes the tutg of watr." The conmng contest mtay call inte action all their skill antd strategy. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. TnE~ late wvonderful dlisplay of Pyrotechtnic art in Paris, is saidl to have been by far the most brilliattt, novel amnd successful ever wittnessed. The President, in propria ,sersona, gave thme sigttal for the openintg of the performance, antd it is worthy of remark that, even in tdisptlays sucht as thtese, Locts NArOr.EON t' apparenitly the idol of the Frenchi people. The ele gant antd magnificent dlescriptiont of the sudldeni ap. pearance, durintg is exhibition, of te " triutmal arch of the Carrousel," closes as follows: " Ott either side wvere pillars of fire, thme sutmmzit of one crownedl with the star of legend of honor; the other with thte military metdal ; while on thme top of thte arch rune a collossal eagle, wvith winigs extended at if in thme act of soaring, and the hmead turned down towardls a scroll traced in fire beneath " Vive Louts NArtoJLVON." Indeed it is astonishming to see with what acclama tions of joy, and shots of approbation this remarka ble man is received on all and every occasiont, and still toore remarkable, that dttritng al tie grand military fetes thte cry of " Vice I empes~rur ;" tttered wvith no feeble voice, ascendls together wvith " Vr Louis Napjoleon." Thie magic namte of thme Great Bonaparte is being fast revived tunder thte administra tion of his daring representtative and kinsmian, ntow at the head of thte Frencht Government. France attd her resources are immediately under htis commoand, and who can say to whiat purpose tose resouirces will be put, anid where the untbridled audiacity and insolence of the " Ne w Napoleon" will etnd. It is by nto means an entggeration to say that, like his renowned predecessor, the subhjugation of the coti nent is or will be his aimo, in fact, we believe it tn be his itmended, chterished and most darlitng project. Can any rationtal man, after reflecting upont thte recent events in Euirope, anid especially in Franice, call this the hangutage of hyperbole, or intimate that sutch an idea is grotundtless and whlimnsical ? Is it more, or as mtuch so, as tihe fact that. in less thtan fouiryears after the overthrow of L~ouis Putrr.trE, a private individutal bty his owpj strategy, initrigne, statesmanship and policy, controls the very destiny of the late French Republic ? Whtat in fine catn be more startling titan that immediately after the expult sion of Louts Pumrr.ttrrE, while the whtole putblic mind of Europe was enigrossed with beauttifutl thteo ries of Republicanism atnd Democracy, filling thme admirers of indepetndence and liberty with thte monst sanguine hope of freedom for time old worldh, sevent eighths of the French popuilation (from whom all had expected tihe choice of freedotm) actually-deter mined, as is evident by thmeir own ballot, to abolish everything like Repuiblicanism except thme external show, by placing time whtole power in the h(ands of a single individual, thuis giving with scarce a struggle, the control bothm of the civil and military departments totime most daring usurper. If a more remarkable instance can be found it is that Loxis NArom.EON ..... :im.....atcly st.p.orn.d atmd baeda by Rmnusin and Austria. If now, a coalition were formed be tween these three potent powers, where might not ambition, the love of glory and of plunder, spoil and conquest lead them! Their career would not be stopped even by the opposing powers of the conti nent, and another Waterloo would perhaps never be heard of. Have we not heretofore, seen coalition after coalition crumbling away before the might of the first NArOL.4, before whom nothing was stable or durable; crowns but ephemeral, kings the tenants only of a day, at whose nod the descendants of the great FaEDERiC dwindled into insignificant vassals, and flying from whom, the nation of PETEr the Great, shrunk into the inaccessible recesses of their frdzen desert. Since the election and inauguration of the second NArO1.EON, Ias not every morning dawned npon some new convulsion, every evening set upon some movel and astounding change! Have we not seen the most venerable and imposing monu meats of Republicanism shiVered at his command, liberty banished, hundreds of the most able and ex perienced Generals imprisoned, exiled and their pro perty confiscated ? Does not every one know that the cause of Kossuvn and independence was crush ed by Louis NaroIro.N, even before that heroic and patriotic ilungarian landed upon our shores! In short, have we not seen the whole politicol globe quivering as with an earihquake, has not France chosen an absolute despotism for her Government and is she not confirmed in that choice by the other European powers! Who then can say what con vulsion will next take place; what countries, diadems -nd inviolable principles will be over whelmed by the next frightful terrible and irresisti ble eruption of the French volcano? Twice hereto fore Europe has been almost entirely sttjugated to the dominion of France. History confirms the fact, and now with a population of thirty-six millions. may she not succeed in any attempt she shall have the audacity to tunlertake! But it may le asked, perhaps, will she again enter upon the conquest of nations! The answer finds itself solved by the fact, that so far as the memory of man runneth back, the French have been continu ally engaged in revolution. Change, novelty and fashion are inseparable from, and essential to their very natures-indeed the cry of reform is ever upon their lips. Again, who or what power can confine a NAPOLEON within his own borders! "Quiet to quick bosoms is a hell," and the heart of this mvsti cal usurper (for there really appears something mys terious in his whole course) is undoubtedly of the quickest and sternest stufy Besides the natural pro pensity of their so called President to battle, con quest and glory, Frenchmen themselves are ever eager fur the spoils, their life must be chequered and a continued series of revolutions ever be kept up among them. In fine, how are four hundred thou santid soldiers to be fed, can the internal resources of the Republic maintain so large and effective an army ! We should say not, and consequently, whether Louis N.%Poi.EoN is warlike or peaceable, whether lie be inclined to revolution or not..the very circumstances under which lie is placed will compel him to take the field. Would it be visionary to say that his first attempt will be directed against our beloved country I Where is there a nation afyording more apparent facilities for sulijugntion than our own ! Divided, rent discordant, displaying to the world a widely extended seacoast, protected at only a few points, and with the most inconsiderable navy, we indeed, seem an easy prey. The French Navy floats 3'8 vessels of war, while our own consists of about 76 (if all classes. When in addition to this, we look upon our ocean frontier, stretching about 6,000 miles, how naturally would the idea of our sutbjugation suggest itself to alt ambitiuous and pow erful Prince, whlose armny even must he depend(ent utpon oilier nationis for support I Our Californtia and Oregon routes alone (as alluded to by Mr. Ext.. in his late speech) shoul cause us to look upon the danger. Again, the whole machinery of oar Government, our institutions, laws atnd principles are exactly opposite to those of the conutintent. Jr dilTer more thtan upon the vital qutes They look upon everything in the a form newv and fanicifuil theories b country must be governed whetheri Ott the contrary with its everything practical. If it be true, then, thn priitciples muist come together, ithere or later a struggle bet ween the old an. between liberty thieoretir-al and practic progression and retrogression. Why thena shouhil not France situated asl stie is, opetn the atta-:k! Is antythiing more probable! Is not America surpassing "lin wealih ormus or the Ind, Or where the gorgeous Esast wvith richest hand. Shlowers tuon her kitigs hatrbaric pearl aind gol,"' the richest and most tempting object of conquest uplonl the globe! A LETTER FROM LOUISIANA. A letter fruomt one of o~ur subscribers, living in RoSsier Parish, Louisiantn, hats jutst comie into our hand.s-a fewv extracts fromti which wve intend pub lishinig for the bienefit of otir patross especially that piortiotn of themi entgaged in the platnting interest. After pnlyinig all arrearages due our paper and pruoffering a very hiandsomet compliment to our sheet, our correspoindentt writes as follows :" I have nothitng of interest to comtmunicate, only that I amn very much tensed, b~y the pilantters in toy vicinity, abiut the line cropis they saw mentioned in a former numbther of the Adlrertiaer, particularly a certain one made in abiout one mtile o~f Eidgefied-which said cropsl of St) pbltouns per acre wats conisidered, by the good citizenis of your district, as somnetltinmg very remarkable, and ini fact, worthy of a platce in yo~ur columtns. My dear sir allow mc to say tltmt it will not do for i our pilantters to publish their suc ess ini firming provided they cannot give harger figures than 8i00 pounds uof cotton per acre. I trtust you will not deem it boasting, nor at all dero gatory of your good oldi yeomen~t, when I assert that you arc literally doinig tnothing in the way of farmt iing. To prove this I will give you a very nmoderate aind truthftul statemuent of fariming here-say from 2000 to 50100 psunids of cotton to the acre, ands fronm 30 to 75 bushels of corn, oats, potatoes &e., itn proportion. YIou may also statte that we fre quently plough in as much cotton as your big crop) of 800 potunds. Some of my neignborsimave gathered as high as 16 bales oif cotton to the hand, atnd weighing 500 pounids at thtat. My highest was 12 5-8 to theo hand of the hist mentioned weight. "'We did not make imio thtan half crops last year, lbut sorry as they were, they arc ahead of S. S. T., by several hunitdred. A fter all old Edgefield is a pretty fair pilnee, nndt~ the-re is one thing i cnn niever forget and which I am ever proud to nmention, thtat is my first breathi was drawn'i ini old Edgefield, there my cyes first beheld the light in an old log cabini. " There is one thing T can say of this State, that as to the farminiig itnterest shte standls in the foremost rankt, anid int the commitercial second only. Blut whtent that is said, all is satid, for alto stntds all, but on no foutndationt in regard to the great issue be tweett the North amid South, althotugh sheo shoulsd be first on thteSouthernt list, as we have thme key in outr hands of several North-Western' Western andi N~rtherit Stutes-all of whicht arc opposed to the South, butt we have their shippinig ploits and shiould use them as we thitnk best. The time is close at haind whetn we will have to make use of all thte mns ans in our powver, anid for orie, I say the sooner thme better. " I will give you a short accottnt of our presenit erop). Corn~ is not as large as we haive had at this time of year-there wvill be tassels and silks in a week. Ottn is stiall, but looks healthy and grow ing fast. On the 18th and 19Jth of April we haul a severe frost whieh put every thinig back. Cotton is limbing off' and forms on it. If the seasons are favorable a large crop will be mnado in this section." I renmain yours, &e., W. M..B. We have only to say to our correspondent that Msr. S. S. 's is a model farm, and thtat 800 pounds per acre is astonishing in this district. Outr thanks to, Mr. 1B. for his informationt and also for the ten d.arn lls anense in lhis v~ey interestitterleter. Fon jiIfrADVERTIsER. PREPARATIONS FOR THE FOETE. A meetiig was recepto held in this place for the purpose of-con-ideting tbdOpropriety of celebrating the approaching 4th-ofJuly. Col. A. Sistxs was called to the Chair, andfg~Ax WILLIAMs appointed Secretary. - On motion of Col, M. aFUzIEa it was Resolsed, That the community generally be re quested to join in a 4ih of July festival, to be car ried out on the good old Pic-Nic principles of our fathers before us, and thai Jontn E. BACON, Esq., be invited to deliver an Address on that day. On motion of Mr. GOODE, ii WAS Resolaed, That a Committee of Two be appoint ed to extend to Mr. Baos the request expressed in the resolution. Whereupon the Chairman appointed S.F. GOODE and R. T. Maus to discharge that duty. It was further agreed that the Oration be deliver ed in the Baptist Church, at II o'clock, A. M., and that the Pie-Nie com'e -off immediately thereafter in the Male Academy grove. It was thought unnkeessary to drop even the slightest hint to the lades of Edgefield, in relation to the matter of preparing every thing good in good time. Families are expected to contribute any thing and every thing in propqrtion to their larders-the young gentlemen are expected to contribute for the purpose of procuring ices, &e. The young ladies will certainly gladden 1lje day with their brightest smiles and merriest nptes-and every body imust come, and come to cnjoythenselves, for it is earn estly hoped that the ocaion may prove to be "A line old: ashioned festival, One of the en kind." A Committee of Arrangements will be appointed in due time to superiniad the order of procession, the preparation of the grounds &c. A. SIMKINS, Chairman. JAMES WILLIAMs, Secretary. From the Constitutionalist and Republie. I FOR PRESIDENT, GENERAL FRANKLIN PIERCE, . OF NE+ HAIMPs1HIt E. This gentleman has received the unanimous nomination of the Dgemocratic Conventiom, and a better choice could not hive been made. He has been all his life at staugnch and unwavering Democrat, and among the foremost of outr Northern brethren in defence of Southern righta. The fict that he reeived the vote of every Southern State, as also that of Maryland, Penn sylvania and New York,-should be a guarantee to every Southern Democrat, that he is sound to the core on the different issues which now dis tract the country. - Our Whig fri'nds are already asking the ques tion who is Frkli If our menmorv does not fail us, th me- question was asked concerning our late resident, James K. Polk. To refresh t{ e memories of these gentletnen we will. state that. Eranklin Pierce, is a man whom the citizens ofVNew Hampshire aid the Democracy of the country have athvays honored; he has served many gpars as Representative and Senator in CUgresq uhod also in the late Mexi. can war in the!Utcapa of General. le is the nonm inee of the Democracy of the country for thes liigheiLoffice in the gift of the people, and after the i9'urth of March next, such of our WVhig brethren as have not the pleasure of his neg'iraintamee,~"ill have the opportunity of an itttroduetton t1 im as PRESIDENT OF Ef UNITED STATES. NPOR VTIPRESIDENT, RON W 1AK R. KING. --OF' *kABAMtA. This must pov e $hexccept ionable nomi na tiont to every Sod~O matn. particularly itf he MII.tmself a Deflit, an'd no one, we pre choice. PALT~iO MONUMENT. At a meeting of the Palmtncto Regiment, held on the 20th August'.last, it was resoalved thtat a Cotmtmittee of thtrefTrotm each Compatty of the Regiment be constithted a comtmitteem to raise funds, itt their own 'and adjoining districts, faor the purpoase of erecting a Monument to Col. Buth-'r and thtose of the Paltmetto Regimet who died in service.' Thte following compose said Cotmmittee: Cotmpany A.-F. Sumter, 3. D. Blanding, R. S. Mellet. Cotmpany B.-W;S. Lilley, J. Dunovant, N. Rt. Eaves. Company C.--Jas. Cantey, S. J. Young, Z. Cantey. Co~mpnny D.--P. S. Brooks, WV. C. Moragne, Joseph Abnov. Cotmpany E.-J.-F. Marshall, Lieut. Selleek, Sergt. Hodges. Company F.--Wm. Blanding, Sergt. Rivers, M. Verdier. Cotmpany G.-J. A. Kennedy, Elias Earle, E. A. Rabb. Company H.--W. D. DeSaussure, Thomas N. Mo, Henry Beard. Companty J.-J. B. Consart, Andrew Secrest, M. Ilelton. -Company K.-N. J. Walker, Lieut. O'Ban non, H. WV. Bamnburg. Company L-J, H. Williams, H.C. Higgins, Jacob Warner. WVe give belot , for the purposecofcextetnding the itnformnation, the proceedings of a recent meeting of the Monument Assocination, together with a coapy of a circnlar addressed by the chair man, Col. Gladden, to the membttlers of the above committee. We doa not haelieve it is necessary for us to say a word by way of appeal to the patriotism of South Caroliniatts. The monui tnent must be bntilt, for the tmatter is in thte hands of men who lay a'side all ather considera tions but thteir duty to the gallant dead. We only express thme -hope that the subscriptions will be prompt and liberal. We believe they will.. At a meeting of the Palmetto Monoument Aq sociation, held in, Columbia, on the 26th day of~ A pril, 1852, W. B. Stanley was elected secreta ry and treasurer. The following resolutions were adopted: 1. Resolved, That five metmbers constitute a quorutn for the transaction ot' business. 2. Resolved, Thtat each member of the com mittee appointed under the resoltiomn of thte 20th August last, to obtain subscrip~tions to erect a monument to the memory of Col. P'ieree M. Butler and the dead of thte lRegiment, be re quested to transmit to the treasurer the amount collected. 3. Resolred, That a monument be ereted, to cost not less than ten thousand dollars, and that thte chairman be requested to obtain a plan for the same. Otn motion, the committee adjourned, to meet in Columbia on the 29th June, at 12, tm. A. H. GL.ADDEN, Chairman. WarS. B. STANLEY, Secretary attd Treasurer. Coruatnra, S. C., May 13, 1852. DEAR Sin: In accordance with the above resolutions, I respectfully regnest that yotu will use your exertions in your district to obtain subscriptions for the above natmed ohject, atnd report piersonally or by letter otn or before the 29th June ttext. Respectfully, your obedient servant. A. H. GLADDEN, Secretary. DROWNED.-WO regret to learn that an inter esting lad, about 16 years of age, the only son of Charles T:-'Rich of this city, was drowned yesterday afternoon, in the river. We untder statnd he- was ja bathing at thte foot of Mclntosh street, and swimming out past thte end of the wharf, th-e curfnt was ao strong, that he was carried underp flat boat. His body had not been recovere~ when we wvent to press. 1 Constitutionalist, June 4. MEXICAN AFFAIES. The Baltimore Sun, in speaking of the Tehu antepee treaty, makes the following remarks: " The Mexicans are worrying themselves about the Tehuantepee affair in a very disagree ble manner. What is to be the upshot of it cannot be distinctly forseen, but there seems to lurk in the spirit in which the interests of the United States are treated and disposed of by Arista and the Mexican Congress, a very differ ent element from that which prudence dictated when the national assembly was sil-ting at Gau dalupe Hidalgo. The rejection of the treaty, by which the rights originally granted to the American company were to be confirned in their national relation, and that, too, upon terms most congenial. to Mexican cupidity, indicntes a settled purpose, which must be still further probed and distinctly understood. A question of right should predominate to the last; and the issue of might be postponed to extremity. in dealing with so impraeticable, suspicious, and mercenary a people as these Mexicans seem di6 posed to prove themselves to be. Moreover, we can aflibrd to be magnanimous with a nation that has purchased pence with our flag by such a territory as California. But inagnaniuity has its metes and bounds, and it is with the voice of the people to say "so ftr and no farther." "if, as there is probable cause to believe, lexico is retreating upon British assurance, the difliculty expands and the results become some what imposing. We cannot think that Alexico would provoke hostilities with this government again, with such experience ns she has upon the latest page of hier history; for she can hope for nothing, in ,-It an event, short of the subjuga tion and an.cxation of the whole territory. If, therefore, site tenders the issue of war, there can hardly be doubt that England, and perhaps other Enropean nations, nothingw loth, contem plate a little spirited competition for the Tehin antepee route. In that case, we might have a busy time or it. True, the present state of En rope does not seem best adapted to a flurry with the United States, friiim onr point of view; but we know front experience, how ditferent that is front the focus at which European authorities survey t he affairs of the world. Be this as it may, we have but one position to maintain-the control of the Isthmus must be ours, or the use of it cannot be theirs." APPECIATION OF REAL ESTATE. The S/mirtan of the 20i)h inst., in a sensible article on the increase of population and appre ciation of Real Estate makes the following re marks: "'The present site of Wofford College. a plot of about forty neres, was sold to the Trustees last year for fifty dollars per acre. We were inforied by the aged citizen, now no more, who was Ilie proprietor, that lie purchased the tract, about twenty years sinee,firfifty cents per acre -equal to live hundred per cent per annum. What a profit was that ! Recent sales and re-sales of Real Esta-e in our Town show a very great increase of the value of such property within the past few years." Between thirty and forty years ago.V. McBee, Esq., purchased a large landed property from Col. Win. Alston, lying and being sitttute in and around Greenville village, for, we think, twenty seven thousand dollars. The land sold, by Mr. McBee, from this purelase,and that yet retaitied by him, we have heard estimated at several hztndred thousand dollars. His mills at the Falls in this place, would now alone readily sell for a stun exceeding, by many thousnids, the suin originally paid for all his lands. Even be fore we had anyv prosptet of a Rail Road to this pineec, real estaite here, and in the immnediate vicinity of this place, rated very high. Now, however, when thle Rail Road will certainly be finished early next spring, aind our richly en dowed and alreadly llourishintg Furman Univer sity, is also bttilt upl, it is inconceiva ble what will become the enhanced value ot the real estate of, not enly our venerable friend and useful fellow.citizen, V. MleIee, Esq., but that of all other land ownters ini town, atnd within the inilluence of thtese two great dispensers of uomeers a persotns engaged in the orunary a mini-t ration of justice are thtrowing up their otlices, aind very large salaries are found itnsulti eient to oventpy them. "Thle total amnoutnt otf golud exported tromt Victoria (Australia) at the laist dates had reached, iat a valuation of 60s. per otunee, the sum of .t912,000i. The miners were diuty spreadinig over a larger surface of couttry, and had already extended their opera titns 20 nileIs fromi 3 otitunt Ahexanider, on thle river Lundon, antd were likely~soon to arrive at the .Mltrrntv. The tnmes of tie three prinicipal ionaizies 'were Forest Creek, Golden Gully, anid Red 111ll. LArts LAZVLLr-A pa~raigr ph publlishted in ottr Itpaper a few danys sinice, stating tiaL the above tinamed miiincral was founid itt Arkansas, and tha~t its " value was four timnies that oif gold," has cutsed some ingnuiry to, know what it is. We publish t he followinig front the Amuericanm Ency elopedia: "Lar LAztu.-This stiurb tnitteral ; whicht has been regrubarly crystalized onily in a few in stances, occurs miassive, of a rich tizure blue color, frac ture u nuven, scrauteltes glas<, opaque, esily broketn, specific gravity, 2.8.5. In a sittng heat. it intutne-ces.nn mttlitelts inmo a yel lowishi bltek mat~s<. It conisists by onte nalaysis, of 46 silex, 28 limet, 14.5 alumnine, 3 oxide of iron. 6.5 sulphmate otf lirme, an ud 2 wvater: bnt a later and mtore interestitng researcb ha~s givetn 341 silex, 33 alnitnttte. 3 stulphn r, atnd 22 soda. The inest specimens are broutght from China, Persia anid Great hittcharia. It is much esteem ed for ornatnenttal purposes, esp)ecintly for inlay ed work. The mtost spletndid exhtibitint of this rare substance is ma~de in the celebrated ntarbte paace built lby Caitharinte, atSt. Petersburg, fonr her favorite Orlof, in wvhicht, nacornliug to Patrin, there tire cut ire apartmitents intlaid with laupis azuri. The ancients were in the habit of en gravitng upont it, of whose works severatl speci mens are to be seen int thme royal library at Parnis. Butt its chief valtue consaists in its aiffordinig the very pirecious ptigmnent ealled ultratmarine. TunrExTINE.--We are pleased to lenrn from an authientic soturce that the new enterprise just strted in this district, of getting turpetntine, ids fair to be highly profitable to those engag ed ini the busitiess. Several shtiptmenits of the siits ha~ve already becen made, and from the large force etigagedl ini procuirritig the raw mate rial, and thle increased tnutmber of stills in the prces of erectiont, we htopie erc long to see it in article of lairge and enlargintg cotmmercial interest to this commnnity. Georgetown is situated at the month of severatl large rivers all runintg through extensive pineo forests, atnd we enni see no reason why it should not become te depot of atn extenisive trade ini the abov~e article. We only wantt a well directed energy 'to make the place otie of~ great prosperity. [G;eorgetowtt Republican. Dn. HIAYE.-Thie Patducah Democrat thus detaits a few incidents itt the life of a fast mant of the presetnt day and genieratiotn. Dr. Hayne, te notorious swinidler anid bigatmist, run off from Newv Orleanis ott the 19th of Februnry last, arrived at Cincinntat i otn the 10th of .lairch, mamr red Mrs. llowe on the I18th, left tier on the 19th, attd after visit ing St. Lotuis, Naushvuille', and other phees, arrived ait P'adneah on the 3d of A pril, courted and~ engaged himself on thte 4th anid 5ith, was married on the 1Ithi, left there on the 14th, was arrested at Clatrksville on the 15th, brought back on the 116th, was putt otn his trial on the 27th, fonnd guilty on thle 28th, senttenced otn the lirst of May, statrted to the Penitentiary ott the 2d, reachedl thtere on the 4tht, and was putt to spinnig hemp ott the 5th. Thtus in 25th days he nmarried two wives, travelled some 1,590 miles, told 4,000 lies, and in 20 days more was arrested, tricd, convicted, arid lodlged in the State prison. When a man now a days wishes to communi cate the intelligence that a daughter has been added to the family, lie says that his domestic ORIGINAL POETRY, FOR THE ADVERTISER. OiRIGIN OF WOMAN. GivE me, 0! muses, give me all your aid To sing of what the lovelier sex were made ; But ladies, think not that I mean to flatter, Because I own your made of purer matter. If we for strength, for beauty you were formed, With kindlier feelings were your bosom warmed; Nor can the oak, whose powers the storm defy, In beauty with the graceful ivy vie. O'er us your -rery weakness is your strength, As dropping waters wear the stone at length; The softness of a gentle woman's soul O'er man's obdurate he.art will find control. But tho' in grace and beauty you excel O'er us you hold a still more potent spell i Not like the gaudy insects of the day, hiere butterflies to make a vain display. Not wasps in temper nor in tongue to sting, Nor parrots only taught to prate and sing; Nor yet like vainer insects were you born, Your outward persons merely to adorn. Your emblem, woman, is the turtle dove, Looks, feelings, actions all of them are love That can the cynis with affection charm, And e'en the blows of adverse fate disarm. Thol' admiration sometimes for your worth I las made us think you angels here 'n earth, Too often have you, ladies, let me know, If angels you are fallen ones below. Tho' to your wit and beauty we may bow, To you a higher merit we allow, A higher, juster compliment we pay Than what is due to beauty's bright display. In woman's heart. as if to seem divine, In woman's love the virtues brightest shine; To us they come most charming in her form Our harder hearts to soften and to warm. In her we see the graces fairest bloom In her the smiles that light us through the gloom; In her we own the dearest blessing given, The richest purest gift to nian from heaven. From the .lindison Courier. NAUVOO. This city of the Mormons once held 20,000 inhabitants; there are now about 2,000. One half of the houses the Mormons left have been removed or pulled down, and the other half are tenantless. Ench lot contained an acre. In walkiing through its deserted streets I started several quails, in the midst of the once populon.S city. The mansion of Joe Smith is kept by his wife; once his widow, but, now again a wife or another and a live man-as a tavern. Be tween this mansion and the river are the re mains of the famous hotel, which was abandon doned after its walls had reached the second story: the walls are of the fine pressed brick, with marble door-sills and caps. Joe's store house is also standing. The Masonic Hall is a line brick building, three stories high. I am told that all the Mormons were Masons. Their lodge was under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of. Illinois. Smith. I aml told, initiated some of the " mothers in church," when the charter was take~n fromi themi and the lodge closed. The front wall, and the one next to it, which formed the vestibule, are all that is left stanidinig of the achiieveiment of fanaticism, called "the temple" which, as the inscription on a large stone, worked in the inner wall, informs the visitor, is " THE Hot-sE OF THE LORD, BUILT BY I was viewmg~ a ruin i n Uimies ensuamry. unei group were gesticulating and laughinmg over the face of one of the ornaments which decorated each column, which I enn.not describe better than b~y referring the reader to the picture of a ftull moon, which usually ornaments the cover of a Dtutch Almanac. LIFE OF AMEntTout.-TheC editor of a paper publihecd :at Canton, Ohio, gives the following description of his partner: ".Mr. P'ike anid I pmiuished a newspaper in 1817, among the ami Indians ini the State of lndianua. IL was a great partnership), that. We hazd two advanlce paving subscribers, one who liquidated his subscriptions wit hi beans, thme oilh er with saw loge. Godfrey, the chiief, took five pape~rs. and co~uld not read a word. Our paper wa~s called the "Peru Forrester," anid being printed itn the woods, that title was appropriate. The to~wn of Peru had a number of tmagiiicett nanmes for its streets, sneh as P'enrl, Broadway, &c., which streets exhibited the amnimating and butstlinig spectacle otf stumps arnd trees as high as :a man's head. The stirring events which transepired in that city inmeriously demanded a eonpleI of chrotui elers, and Pike'and I we're at hand to discharge this important function. Pike wrote poetry. I dippecd comiiderably into State polities. and dis. enssed ini a very eairtned manner every qntestioni of interest to the few settlers atnd Indiatns. Be sides being an editor and printer, heo kept the Broadway [Iotel-was post-master, justice of thte peace, latnd agent, pettifogger, canal con tractor, merchant, o'verseer of the poor, pamiiter, laid been a schoolmaster, and at daiy laborer, was twice a widower, was brought up a Qnniker, and thme last time I saw him he was a preacher-had mnarried .a third wvife,and was an auctioneer, and what moore I ktow not. THE TATTLER.-There is no being that moves on the habitable globe more degraded or miore contemptible tihan a tattler. Vicious principles, witnnt of honesty, servile meanness, despicable inisidiousness, form its character. Has he wit? In attetmptinig to destroy it lie makes himself a fool. H as lie friends ? By unhesitatingly dis losing their secrets lie will make them his most bitter enemies. By telhitig all lhe knows, he will soon discover to the world that he Itnows but little. Does he envy an individual? His tongue, fruitful with falsehood defames his char neter. Does lie covet the favor of any one? lie attempts to gain it by slandering others. His appijronehl is teared, his person hated, his comtpany unsought, and his setiiments despised as enianating from a heart fruitful with guile, teeming with iniiquity, loaded with envy, hatred and revenge. PERSONALITIES.-AII ecetntrie parson in the Old Dominion, who is ktiown by the somewhat uniiqute name of Servant Jones, once dined with a 31r. Owl. Mr. Owl placed before his guest the mortal remains of a fowl whose bones fortmed the debiris of a former repaist. Thle prson was called upon to atsk a blessing, which lie did in the followimng manner: " Lord of love, Look down from above, Amid bless the Owl That ate the fowl, And left the bones For servant Joneis." CITOLERA ON THE PLANs.-The St. Louis Re publicein reports that the cholera is caurryinig off a great niumber of the California emigrants on the Plains. A panic had seized several of the trains, and many of the emigratnts were turning their steps homeward. The same paper adds: " Holiday's train, which left St..Joseph a few days bef'ore our informant did, had lost some seven or eight persons; and it was rumored that the detachment of United States troops under command of Major Stein, en route for New Mexico, had suffered some loss previous to ,.e.c.i.ig Grashnnppe Creek." THE 00ESCH URUDEE. Mr. Ligget, chairman of the select committee ippointed by the Maryland House of Delegates .o consider so much of the Governor's message is relates to the murder of Edward Gorsuch, md the trial of the treason cases-in-Pbildel. phia, has made an interesting report, acconip. nied by resolutions instrueting the Senators and requesting the Itepresentatives of Marylandin Congre.ss to urge an amendment of the fugitive slave law, so as to enforce, by adequate pett'i ties, the attendance and aid of the "posse ciii atus," when required by the officer' Eihrged with the exe'ution of the law. It isalso.re ommended that the State of Pennsylvani"in urder to further the ends of justice, andali1h h all irritation and excitement between thbcitt rens of Maryland and that State, should'pas a law providing for the-transfer by writ of error of all cases arising within her limits, ihi h in volve the operation or constructio of ~ih2d section of the 4th article of the Constiiution*of the United States, or of thbe ets of Cnire.ss passed in pursuance thereof, to the suprenieju dicial tribunals of the country for trial. T'he Clipper, speaking of this report, says: "The report undoubtedly speaks the siti ments of a large majority of the people" of aryland; and the citizens of the free. StAtes will find it to their interest to assist in enforcing the fugitive slave law; or at least not to permit it to be forcibly resisted. They may have. seen the co'urse which legislation in this St*t8; on the sutbject of free persons of color, 6s assuming, and they may rely upon it, that, if injustice vontinue to be perpetrated, they will have'the bencfits of a free negro population to its fullest extent-for they will be comnelled to leave the slave States." 'ERMLE TRAGEDY IN SOUTH ATBCA. Many of -our readers, especially among the lovers of music in this town will remember'Mr. Hartung, who. about twelve years ago, ridded in Blackburn as the bandmaster of the- 54th regiment, and who gave several public ddneerts in this town during the period of his Veidence. He was.a man of first rate musical talent, much respected on account of his amiable. rsonal qualities, and whose departure frotp amjong us was gencrally regretted by a large. eirele neiac (uainttance. We learned a short -timainee he embarked for the Cape of Good Hopei.nd we are sot ry to find that he has there smet with a most melancholy fate. The Grahaim's Town Journal of Vitch 27, contains the following heart-rending jdQils of. his sufl'erings after his capture by the. Kafirs: "Mr. Hartung, the bandmaster of the--74th Highlanders, it has been admitted bythe Knffir women taken prisoners by Colonel Eyre's col umn, was cut into pieces with assegAs whilst living, being kept under torture for.three day., the process of which was that of Cutting *ff his ingers and toes inch by inch, at intervals, and when, at the close of the third day, the wretch. ed man asked for food, a piece of*his own flesh was cut from his body and given to him..,A few hours afterwards death terminated his.'suffer ings." The paragraph then goes on to say:," But this atrocity has been exceeded in The case of Sergeant Lange, who fell in the.enei's hands on the occasion of Colonel Yarborough's late disistrous patrol, and who was found at the end of three days from his capture expiring under the horrors of crucifixion-being extended upon his back on the ground, to which he was fixed by stakes of wood. driven through the palms of his hands, the ankles, and a fifth through bis body."-Blackburn Standard. ENCROAClDIENTs OF THE SEA.-A communi cat ion in the Charleston Courier, states that the Sent, for the laist ten years, htas not only been eneroachting on our htarbors, but has threatened to invade our rice river domains with.jits salt intundations. Thme mouth of the Wnecamaw attd of the Santee haive been alike alarmed with its pickling qualities, and the Cooper has suf rered under these unfavorable influences almost to its sources. The right arm of Charlesion, 0.000 tierees of rice for export, * eing -loppedv 'n&l of our -tap~ d - ly of freshswater. ~-k' 6fr. Robert WV. Lewis, near Char ..u.e, y a., platnted last year on a piee of land less than an acre, upon wvhich he had fifty ltoads of manure, six bushels of mereeir potaitoes, frotm whtich hte raised three hundred bushels of very superior potatoes. Ltst week he sold a portion of them at $1 per bushel. We atlso notice that thme fartmers in the vicini ty oft Philadelphtia atre said tot be planting an on ustua tquanmtit~y of potatoes this year. One indi vidutad, who laist year had some thirty acres in potatoes, from which he sold three thousand bushelhs, nettinag over over one dollar per bushel, has this spring put in one hundred acres, and his neightbors have increased their plantitng in about the same proportion. TitE SEASONs AND CoOs.-The beginning of this week, we had some fitne showers of ruin m this vicinity. The corn crop, which was not stm-ring for rain before, is much benefitted, antd we now have, in this District, the prospect of a botifitul yield. The wheat seems to have " hecaded up" very fully and will probably turn out well. The oat crop has sutfered considera blv for rnin, but will be gnite good. 'The harvesting of the wvheat and oats, at an eamrly day, will nto doubt redluce the present very high prices of corn and fodder in this district. Greenville Mountaineer. Caors.--Prospects for an abundant crop in this district, were never more flattering. Up to this date we have not suifered one mometnt for rain. With our wvheat crop pretty safely gaith ered, with an abundant oat crop just at hand, and such prospectsmas we have, of a good corn crttp, we imagine Northern corn will no't demand much longer, a dollar per bushel.-[Abbeville Banner, June 4. 1huAss BEDsTEADs.-The latest English advi en state that there is a great demand for brass bedsteads of almost every description of make. At Birmninghatm they had on hand large orders for this .branch of brase foundry. The brass bedsteads hav e, indeed, within the last two years, but more especially since the great exhibition, becotue a very important item of eceport by Birmingham merchants, and appear to be eager ly sought for in the North and South American markets. GEFN. CouDAxNR.-The Georgetown papers are down upon this. our only, representative in Baltimore. The .Winyah Observer publishes the nammes of the forty-seven signers to his creden tials, and adds, that of the list, thirty-one were not born in the distriet-twenty are not natives of the St-ste-fifteen are Whigs-and nine have no right to vote itn the District.-[giiinthernl Standard. THE CENStrs oF FRANCE.-The populaion of France, in the census lately published, is num bered at 35,781,628, showing anincrease of only 381,1412 sitnce 1846, beine much less than in former proportionate periods. The diminu tion is aneeounted for hy the emigraion to South America aind Californiai, and by fewer marriages having been contracted in- the late troubld* timnes. DiscofERY of A SILvER- MINE IN- SoumtEnx ILuxNoIs.-TheC Benton Standard says, we are credibly informed that a rich-mine of Silver ore has lately been discovered by. Dr..Smnith, in the vicinity of Gallatin, .Salino county. The sis coverv was made by the Doctor, in-exploring a veini of lead, when-lie. discovered-rhat he to~ik to he silver ore, and in~order~to~be certain, ho sent to St. Louis for a anneralogist, who, in an nalyzing the ore, extracted.15 per cent. ogure silver, and 20 per cent. ofirbt and lead. LADY FRANKLN.-ltter has been addrpss ed by Lady Franklin to the President of the4 United States. It is a beautiful tribute from a grateful'- heart, She expresses her warmest thanks for the interest-.this. country has takcu in the search for herhusband, and stating h~ grounds of hope thal.,the unfortunate Arti nawigrsareno t lost.