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From the New York Dutchman. WANTED?A YOUNG MAN FROM THE COUNTRY. or JEREMIAH BUMP'8 EXPERIEN CE IN DRY GOODSby falcosdridgl. All of our mercantile cities are overrun with young men who have been bred for the counter or desk, and thousands oi these genteel young gents,find it anything but an easy matter to find bread or situations half their time, in these crowded marts of men and merchandize. An advertisement in a New York or New Or leans paper, for a clerk or salesman rarel\ fails to M turn up " a hundred needy am greedy applicants, in course of a morning In New York, where a vast number u these misguided young men arc " tnnnu factured," and continue to l?e manufactures by the regiment, for an already surfeites market, tnere arc wretches who practise upon these innocent victims of pervertes usefulness, a species of fraud, but slighth understood. By a confederacy with some expori onced dry goods dealer, the proprietor o one of these agencies for procuring sitna tions for young men, rictims of mis-places confidence, nro put through at five to tei dollars each, somew hat after this fa liion Sharp, the keeper of the Agency, adverti ses for two good clerks, one book-keeper live salesmen, ten waiters, A*c., A'o., and of course, as every steamboat, car nils, stage, running into Now York, brings it si] fresh importation of young met from the country, all fitted out in tin knowledge box for salesmen, book-keepers and clerkships,?every morning a new sel are offered to be taken in and done for Sharp demands a fee of five or ten dollar: for obtaining a situation ; victim forks ovei the amount, and is sent to Sharp numhci two, who keeps the dry goods shop ; Ik has got through with a victim of yester day, and is now ready for the fresh victims of to-day ; for he makes it a point to put them through such a gamut of labor vex ?!ltVUO Jlli%lHJCUV IUO ItllU lllftUlt'IlLTj I Hill I1U1 one out of fifty conic back the next (lav ami if they do?he don't want them !? If the unsuspecting victim returns to the "'Agency," he is lectured roundly for hi: incapacity and want of eneryy !?and advised to return to the country and recuperate. Jeremiah Bumps having graduated with all the honors of Snittinsville Acade my, and having many unmistakable longings for becoming a Merehunt Prince, am see sights in a city ; and having read accounts of the great fortunes piled up ii the course of a few years by poor, friend less country boys, like Abbot Lawrence John Jacob Astor, Arc., ho up and cam< right straight to Boston, having read ii in the papers that clerks, salesmen, book keepers, aud so on, were wanted, dread fully?" young men from the country pre ferred"?so he called on the suffering agent for the public, and paying down lii: fee, was sent oti'to an Importing house, 01 street, vvlierK a clerk and salesmai were wanted. Jeremiah found his idea c t.VMne in lfi present case, a large and luminous ston mu.1 .... ?:?i. i i t i UUVU UJ' Willi JlilJllT UO.XCS .'lilt I 81111111 1)1111 dies; while gaudily festooned, were an; quantity of calicoes, cheap shawls, ribbom tapes, and innumerable other tup-ponn affairs. Nebuclmdnezar Cheatum, the proprit tor of this importing and jobbing liousi was a keen little, slick-as-a-whistle, heavj bearded, shaved and starched genius, i six-and thirty, more or less; and receive Jeramiah with a rather patronizing sui vey pcrsonelle, and opened the engage ment with a few remarks. "From the country, aro you?" 'Sniflfcnsvillc, sir,' said Jeremian, KToui ty of Scruboak, State of New llamt shire." "Ah, well, I prefer country-bred youn: men; they arc better trained," said Cheal tun, "to industry, perseverance, hones frugality, and tho duties of a christiai mail. I was brought up in the countr; myself I've made myself; carved oui and built up my own position, sir. Yes sir, give mo good sound, country-brc< young men; I've tried them, I know wlia they are," said Cheatum; and he spok TlAAr finoiliyll fllA Irilfll In ful nortlu a.. ,? ? for lie had "tried them;" lie averaged som lifty-two clerks and an equal number o salesmen?yearly. Jeremiah Bumps grow red in the fac< at the complimentary manner in whiel Nebuchadnezzar Cheatuin was pleased t< review the country and its institutions. "What salary did you think of allow ingf' says Jeremiah. "Well," said Cheatum, "I allow nv salemcn three dollars a week the firs year, (Jeremiah's ears* cocked up,) am three per cent on the sales they make th second year." By cyphering it up "in his head," Jerc mi ah came to the conclusion that the fin year wouldn't add much to his pecuniar elevation, ' whatever the second did will its three per cents. But he was bourn to try it on, anyhow. "Now," said Choatum, "in the firs place, Solonmn " "Jeremiah, if you please, sir," said th young man. "Ah, y?, Thomas?pshaw!?Jedial I would a ay, continued Cheatum, correct ing himself? "Jeremiah?.Jeremiah Bumps, sir, sharply echoed Mr. Bumps. "6h, yes, yes; one has so many clerk and salesmen in cours oof business," sai< Cheatum, "that I get] their names confua ed. Well, Jeremiah, in the first place you must learn to please the customers you must always be lively and spry, am never give an offensive answer. Many women and girls come in to price and overhaul things, without the remotest idea of buying anything, and it's often trying to one's patience; but you must wait on them, for there i? no possible means ol telling a woman who thopt for pastime from one who shops in earnest; so you must bo eareful, be polite, be lively and spry, and never lot a person go without making a Mvehase, if you can possibly help it If a person asks for an artick we nave not got, endeavor to make them try eomething else. If a woman asks whether four-penny calico or six penny de "-"-I J ?? *! L J LL.1 lains will wash, say 'yes ma'am beautifully, I've tried them, or seen them tried}' and if they say, 'are these ten cent flannels real Shaker flatit^cls? or the ninepcnco ( hose ull merino! better not contradict I them; say 'yes mam, I've tried them, seen them tried, know they are,' or similar appropriate answers to the various questions that may be asked," said Cheatum. "Yes, sir,1' Jeremiah responded, I understand." "And, William " "Jeremiah, sir, if you please." "Oh, yes; well, Jcdiah?Jeremiah, I J would say?when you make change, nevIjertnke a ten cent piece and two cents for a shilling, but give it as often as prac- j J tieabW; look out for the fractious in adding ! t j up, and beware of crossed sixpences, 1 I smooth shillings, and what are called I ! . Bungtown coppers," said Chcatum, with j 1 f. much emphasis. - j "I'm pootv well posted up, sir, in all I i that" said Jeremiah. J | "And .Teenies?pshaw !?Jacob?Jeree | miah ! I wouhl say, in measuring, always 1 put your thumb so, and when you move i" the yardstick forward, shove your thumb an inch or so Lack; in measuring close, you may manage to squeeze out the yards f | from four and three-quarters, you under j stand I And, always be watchful that 1 j some of those uimdle, light lingered folks I | don't slip a roll of ribbon, or a pair of gloves : 1 or hose, or a piece of goods, up their - j sleeves, in their bosoms, packets, or under , their shawls. Be careful, Henry?J cents, , j I should say," said Cheatuin. II Being duly rehearsed. Jeremiah Bumi ps wont to work. The first customer he i had was a little girl, who bought a yard 1 ' ' of ribbon for ninepenee, and Jeremiah not i t i not only stretched seven-eights of a yard 1 t ( into a full yard, but made twelve cents go < . for a ninepenee, which feal brought down < i the vials of wrath of the child's mother, a < r burly old Scotch woman, who "tongue- i r lashed" poor Jeremiah aw fully! Ilis next .< 5 adventure was the sale of a dress pattern t - of sixpenny delaine, which he tear ran fed ' ? to contan all the perfections known to the i L bust article, and in dashing his vigorous I i scissors through the fabric, he caught i I them in the folds of a dozen silk handker- < | chieis on the counter, and ripped them ? - j all into slitters! The young woman who J i i took the dross pattern, upon reaching ' I > nome, roiinu 11 coniamca imt eignt yards l when she paid for nine. She came back, i and Jeremiah Bumps got another bom- i basting! IIo sohl tonrpenv calico, and | warranted it to wash,next dav it came back, i - and an old lady with it, the colors and - starch w ere all out by dipping it in water, < 1 and the woman went on so that Clicatnm 11 - was glad to refund her money to get rid ' i of Iter. A young woman enquired for diapering; Jeremiah exhibited the article, , when, upon the young woman asking if it ; wa? real bird-eye, ho affirmed it was, and t the best, too, for he used it himself! The - young woman was put to the blush and - left the store, and Oheatnm reprimanded i - Jcicmiah roundly. Two dashing young < / ladies out "shopping'^ML their own di? versions, gave .1 crcu^^^^mll; ho labored i hand and tongue, down and ir exhibited Cheatu^^^^^Be stock; the if girls then were saying they c annubly said, 4*Do, ladies, do; call again, ?, wo hope to secure your custom/" The young i- ladies took this as an insult. Their big y brothers waited on Mr Bumps and noth<, ing short of his humble apologies saved y I him from enraged cowhides! Jeremiah i saw a suspicious woman enter the store, i ;- and after overhauling a box of gloves, he I ?, thought he saw her jtocket a jsiir !?IIo - intercepted the lady as she was going out ?f ?he grabbed her by the pocket?tlie lad dy resisted?Jeremiah held on?th lady - fainted, and Jeremiah Bumps nearly tore i- her dress oft" in pulling out the gloves! The lady proved to be the wife of a distinguished citizen, and the gloves purchased at I i- I another store! A lawsuit followed, and Mr | v- Bumps w:us lined $100, and sent to the House of Correction for sixty days ! * How many new clerks Nebuchedncx> zar Clieatum has put through since, we it know not; but Jeremiah Bumps is now 1 engaged in the practical science of agriy culture, and shudders at the idea of a ;, young man from the country being wanti, ?/ in a dry goods shop, if they have got il to see the elephant that ho observed?in t Boston! >, Escape and Arrest. e We have been informed that on Tucsf j day morning last, two intelligent mulato j boys, the property of l>r. Jones, of Char3 lotte, N. C. made their escape from serl vice, and in possession of free papers, > (said to have boen drawn up by them selves,) secured their passage on the Char lotto Railroad, as tar as Columbia, the sniius day, on their way Northward. Dr. y Jones olwerving their absence suspected t they had run away, and immediately put 1 proper otHcers on the look-out, who shorte ly succeeded in ascertaing that they had taken passage on the ears that day tor i- Columbia; whereupon the Doctor kin?inet diately hastened to tho head of the raily road and luckily found one of tho agents li of the company (Mr. Rouknight, at that :1 point, who, very properly, at tho solicitation of Dr. Jones, despatched a Locomot tive for Columbia, ns an express, accompanied with himself and Dr. Jones, e They reached Columbia about 11 p. in. and with the assistance of Mr. Ilcise, one i, of tho conductors on the Road, and the chief marshal of Columbia, Mr. Sowden, the two colored gents were very soon un,' expectedly taken into custody and placed in the jail at Columbia. The whole transs action was properly managed, and tho fac1 ilities afforded by Mr. Boukuight f<?r the i- capture of the slaves is worthy of especial , commendation. ; But a short while since, two valuable 1 ?\ f- f * ? - * i nurvitiiut ui i?ir. .lames r. i?niniiie, ot tins ' place, succeeded in reaching llio outskirts I of North Carolina, by writing their own i pastes, representing themselves as free ; boys, on their nay to Ohio; but they were i arrested on suspicion, and have been f brought back. , And last summer there was a mulatto i fellow taken up in this town who had I been travelling for some time on our rail- i I roads, aa a Dutchman, aud came very i ' near satisfying hie captors here that he i i was of Oerman origin; though upon being t i put in jail for a few days, he confessed i i that he was the slave of a Mr. Bynuzn,of t Or ingeburg.? Winngboro' Rerpnttr, t Correspond) nee of' (/to Courier. Washington, Sept. 14. I had an opportunity, a fews days aj to see Powers Hust of Calhoun. It now at the Capitol, hut is about to be f warded to Columbia, in South Carolii It was purchased, as I learn from Dr. lev, who has charge of it, by the Soi Carolina delegation. The bust was chit led from a cast taken by Powers,eigliU years ago. It is an admirable likeness as every one here, who knew him wl lie first came to the Senate, can ntt< As a work of art, it will enhance the putation of the artist, and it will ca down to the remotest posterity, a life-li ness of Mr. Calhoun, as he was, in I height of manhood. (?'en. Scott, Cen. Wool, and Surge General Lawson are to leave this city, morrow, tor the purpose of visiting 1 Blue Lick Springs of Arkansas, and decide whether they are a suitable ph for one of the Army Asylums. There i to he, bv law, three Army Asylums. 1 site for one was selected here, and l corner stone of the building is to be 1; to-morrow, the day being the nnnivcrsi r>f (Jen. Scott's entrance into the city Mexico. Congress, at the late session, reeled that the Blue Liek Springs, nl>< mentioned, be examined in reference their adaptation to the objects of an A !um. Therefore, Gen. Scott as Presid of the Board of Commissioners to sol sites for the Asylum, proceeds, under tiers of the President, to execute the 1 islativc will. All the campaign speeches, which Itear, from the friends of Gen. Scott, dv much on the extraordinary oiler made liiin by the notables of Mexico to take government of that distracted country i mi his hands. The offer was a princ ?nc, and tlu rc is no doubt that the M ican millionairs would have furnished security which they offered, and also p the annual salary which they proposed The English houses in Mexico would hi given the proposed security for the fu ment .of the obligation of the parties m ing the offer to (Jon. Scott. There is loubt at all of the correctness of th ..<>.1 if* .K.J: I.. n1.111 I I IV. IH.-J HUM, II IM7V \4IOilia\ilV 11 I I I I I izcd, they are tolerated by (ion. Scolt. T large sum offered l?? (ion. Scott to boeo the 1 >ictator of Mexico, appears in strik contrast with the charge of Senator II riweather and of some of the l>emocrj presses, that (Jen. Scott has received much money from this Government Ins services. The chief item complaii r>f is the allowance made by (Jen. Ja son's administration to (Jen. Scott, for c< piling "a new system of Infantry lacti ?which work he executed under law,i was legally paid fpr. That is the heavi item of his meagre pay and allowaix Gen. Scott has hecn kept poor hy penuriousness of his pay, and (lie neecry expenses <>f his position. The hang on upon the two political parties of country, have, meanwhile, from 1811 this day, hecn surfeited w ith treasury p in one shape and another, and it is not those who are fighting for spoils, to a11< that Gen. Scott has received an un< amount of public money for his mil The Government will ho sadlv puza how to disjK>se of our three or four i steamers, in case there should bo a doim for their services, at once, at the Lolx* lands, at the Fishing grounds,and betw Cuba and our coast?to sav nolliiti" c ,1... I i-.r ... ? *?? in*" tfuiran I'A.jifiniion. This Government must liuihl tip a sU marine, ami cut down the old sailing hu rendering them tit for service. The /' hattnn is yet untried. Tlie Sitsqut'hat is on the East India Stat'on; ami the A sixsip/ri needs repairs; and the J'rinct cannot, for some reason or other, ho ready for sea. Tiie Memphis Rvimioap.?The M. phis and Charleston Railroad will s< he in operation to I.aG range, a dista ofahont forty miles we believe from Mi phis, The Treasurer of the Compi furnishes the Eagle with the follow information in reference to the road: "All of the grading from this city LaGrnnge is finished, except 4 1-2 mi and mast of that is on the old grandei will be easily completed. The whole the timbers, cross-ties, Are., are on road, except for a distnnco of about miles, and a sufficient force is putting the balance to keep abend of the trn liyers. The contractor for 1 tying uperstructure bus a tine force on the ru and is now progressing rapidly?at rate of front 100 to 000 yards per df A Mi'uokuek's 1 1kmof.se.?Natl Crist, who was executed at Mobile tho 3d inst. for the murder of Tlieod Nye, made a confession, in which he ti acknowledged his guilt, and eonclm with the follnwinir u-urniim tr. e *rt iM" vv" od: "I have nothing more to say, hut warm all others to fly from temptnt Tho first thought of crime, if not rosisl may lend to tho destruction of body i soul. I can scarcely realize now tlia have committed anything so awful as stain my hands in n?y brother's bit Hatnn seemcs, when I first yielded to thought, to have hound me with clia and blunted mv feelings, and blinded eyes; so that, although I tried again i again to get !<>ose, I was dragged to commission of my foul offence. Oh! 11 God lin\'e mercy on rne?as I hope has?and save my sou! from hell!" Heavy Roiiiikry at the Depot.? Last night, says the Philadelji Keening Bulletin of Sept. 9th, on tho rival of tho cars of tho late line, at Pnltimoro Railroad Depot, corner Droad and Prime street, Mr. LeroySpri merchant, of Ghnrlntfe. V C ?/ i? w.l.l of nineteen hundred dollars, South Cr lina funds. The money consisted $100, $r?0, and 120 bilk It was tal from his coat behind. At least three i cals were concerned in this robbery. C of them who stumbled against him r tended to beg his pardon, sayir.g he 1; iccidentally trod on a peach stone; a :ond person, at the moment, pushed h n the crowd, while the hand of a third, iie same time, was felt at his pocket. 1 idroit villi* n? escaped. A Daring Runaway. Tha Mem phis Eagle of too 21st ull^ ro gh es flic following noeount of an irftervlvw between a ruuaway slave and a planter in i Fayette county, Tenuessce. It appears t that Mr. Core, the planter alluded to, while riding in one of his fields, saw a i(|( stout able bodied negro approaching hi 1 from the wools. Mr. Oore awaited his approach", thinking ho belonged to some . of his neighbors, and hud been sent upon ien 801,10 errand. He canio boldly up to Mr. . Coro, and the following conversation cn*' sued: ' , | rv Your nnme is Mr. Core. ! am a-runnk<]. wa-'? an(i have long wished to have a cotitj , versation with you. I do not fear being apprehended. I am well armed, (exhibiting to Mr. Core a splendid brace of pistols son 1 _ 1 1 \ i?... t 1 1 iiuu ii uowie kuiio.j mil i nave long i wanted to seo you. In the first place 1 l'ie wish to pay you, as your negroes have 10 been feeding inc for several months, and I lcc have a plenty of money, (pulling out of his pocket, as ho spoke, a largo roll of 10 bank notes,) and 1 assure you I never ' murdered any man to get it. I got it by robbing houses in Merajdiis, (naming many iry houses here, and exhibiting to Mr. C. a . large bunch of false keys.) Mr. Core doubled tlio propriety of at )V0 tempting to arrest him, as he was alone; to but concluded be would question him sy* about two runaways who had been gone cn* some time, and asked the negro if he know them, and when ho had seen them. or" The negro promptly replied that he did eS~ know them, and volunteered to assist Mr. Coro in arresting them, and told him if he i I would meet him alone at the snmo place cell the next day, ho w, uld carry him where 1 to he could arrest both of the negroes, as they the hail been very troublesome to him and he up- wanted to get rid of them, oly Mr. C. promised to meet him at the ex- place and time appointed, but instead of the going alone, he took w ith him his overseer aid and another young man, and secreted .? them, armed with double-barreled guns, ?vc in tho vicinity of the placo of meeting.? !h!- At the appointed time, the runaw ay made ak- his appearance, but instead of finding Mr.! no C. alone, found the two gentlemen with j ese their guns levelled upon him. lie at once ior- surrendered, and gavo up his weapons, The bogged them not to tie him, as lie wanted me to Im> ;iinl \vlirc.l ttf sluviiiirmil I - ? ? ; - *V '"rt ing having boon in the woods near five years, [or that ho belonged to n gentleman in Alaitio bainn; and that ho won hi still go with too them and show thoin tho two negroes, as for ho had promised. ied They concluded to trust liiin, and all ok- four proceeded in company to an old, dc>m sorted cabin, hard by. Lpon approaches1' ing the oahin, <>nr hero informed his capital tors that the two negroes were in it?that iest there was but one door and no window? .*es. that if they would sutler him to approach the the. cabin first, as soon as ho entered the wa- door they might close up, and thus capers turo them with his assistance. They the agreed to this plan, and he proceeded canto tiously towards the cahin, and, as ho el.ap, tered the door, 1 eckoncd to them to rash for up. They did so, but 1<> and behold! they i'go perceived a hack window, through which luu their prisoner had jumped, and mounting I die the iivurMvr'x I"4*** ? J 1 '- - Jed fug Oil AHOK OF Ml'RDKK AOAIKSTl 'N:u I.kviiey.?AVo stated on Saturday that 1,1 Lcnhey, th>> "M?>nk of La Trappe," had been committed to jail at 1'erdeeville, on 'j.1'" a charge of murder. The Milwaukee Sena tinel says: Mr. Leahey. (who once lectured in Mil:'in waukie, which caused a mob among the Catholics some two years since, became ' suspicious of an Irish friend, by the name of Manly, ?>f having too much intimacy with his (Leahev's) wife, and sued him a lu" t'ew weeks ago, but failed to convict him. W1 On the 25th ult, they had another trial, and Manly w as asain cleared: w hen Leah y drew out his revolver and shot Manly, >ln. causing his death in a few moments.? K1|l Leahoy also shot twice at Morton Squire, noo of Pardeovillc; once ho missed him, the ,ln. second time tlie hall passed through his inv clothes, grazed his body and lodged in his ii,i, arm. All of this occurred in the court room, while the room was crowded. Loaht,, oy has had his examination, and hceu |)3B> committed to jail for murder.?Baltimore and' Sun. of - ? the Saii iso t ndlit kai.mk Coi.oua.-Auiong 1- the hall River baggage, which arrived at en the Cainp meeting ground, near Edgariek* tow n, in the early part of last week, was this u hox marked "Agawum." No person ads appearing to claim it, the officers whose the duty it was to attend the reception of the iv." baggage, <fcc., being suspicious that all was not right, opened tho box, and found I i therein two oeutjjohus contain# the cratur. Shortly afterwards two gentlemen were I ol?erved in anxious search for a box, |Uv which they said contained turveyina inj4 |j struments, but, upon hearing of thedemi, johns, they appeared rather talm, and ' vamosed. Tho demijohns wero nccord( ingly seized, and destroyed amid tho shouts inn. of tbc PcojJc ted, I'OrtT Okvick LiTKKATLKE. A letter t J paused tli rough the Poet Office, a few , j0 days since, directed to the "Ordertur'a (>ltioo, Washington." Another, about the the ">ine time, started in pursuit of "Jerry jn?t Miro Jacob#," somewhere down in Conn)V uoeticuU And still anther for a man #n,l reaidont in the State of "New Gcrney." We tl,c are also authorized to roquost a lady in ,mv Wisconsin to look out for alett. r, aa there ]['? was one directed to her several years ago. No town having been specified, she is presumed to bo a citizen at large in that small State. ''*K The following, however, the richest ''' n specimen of an address that1* we have nr. ever seen:?? the "This want* too go toojfatO'Neal ho usid to lyre ia Weasfeld but hat gorn too Honthwicuow but lie will ba in '**' wostfield next wtke for ft Job and heo ir<^ will 1'ay for itt."?SpringJuld Republican. ton JfcjjT We saw Ur'Taspcr Stowe, in town 'as- a few day* ago, and enquired of him if his )ne Factory hod sustained any damage by tho ire- late frcshot; we were glad to learn the lad rumor of its being washed away, was a se- mistake, and that no damage was done, iin whatever. It is in successful operation, at manufacturing as cheap and as good he domestics, aa are to be found in any raaket ? CKnrlotte Democrat', > I whilst truly grateful to their friends for the j,] support they have tendered, respectfully nn nounee to their fellow citizens th;it they ?rc * no longer candidates to represent Richland , in the ensuing Legislature. J AM EH V. I.YLE8, ? K. J. ARTHUR, hi WILLIAM WALLACE. S Arrest of Samuel J. Love. Ci Tlie Little (Ark.) Hatincr says that a man calling himself Dean, but whoso real iX name is Love was arrested in that city on 1tho 2<lth u!t., charged with the murder of ^ a Mr. Lester in South Carolina, some time P since, and for whom a reward of tdOO had o heen offered hy the Sheriff of the county !l from whence hy escaped. The Hanncr gives the following account of the murder- ?! er. a "This young man, not more than twen- v iv-tnreoor twentv-nve rears ot age, lias I r 1.-:.bliu'1!'I detuned to be hung; his counsel procured <> a new trial, previous to which he broke n jit.il ami cscajted to Mississippi, lie there c met with nit acquaintance who gave him a home ami whoso hospitalit* he repaid by seducing his daughter, between twelve nnd thirteen years of nge, with whom he f eloped after stealing ft horse from hcrfath- J 1 or. They made their way to Koek Hoc, ' I in this State, where Love got into ft brawl T and was compelled to leave, lie came to . this place, leaving the girl behind him, 11 , whom he says he married at Coft'evillo l< Miss. The father and ttncle of the girl r , pursued him, and captured him here as *' | alovc stated. lie confessed that he was the man named in the proclamation, ami ; that he was willing to go back to South * | Carolina. We understand that the father ' | of the girl refused to see her, and has left 1 her to her own resource for a living.*' Tiif. Conoarke.?The recent heavy rains have caused another rise in our river, l> The Wftteree, we learn, was mu< h more ,J swollen on Saturday and Sunday hut, t than the Congaree, and serious fears were * felt that the Kailroad bridge between this c and Camden would be carried oil'. Some " I injury was done in the loss of tho machine, 0 ire., with which they were working at the j bridge at the time, so rapid was the rise 1 of the water, but we are .happy to learn that the bridge is safe. * Owing to ditlicullies in crossing at the * I Cong*ree Bridge, the ears from Charles- *J I ton have l>eeii very late in their arrivals, t I TL. :i- i ii i iic mulls nave usually arrives! mHer our c (taper lind gone to prcus. We hojie that * all thing* will be right again in a few ^ day*.?Palmetto State Banner. J' ? v Rare Cariosities. r PmtaEit Uamhky, of the U. S. Navy, , lias recently brought from Hraz.il a mini- I her of very elegant 11 cud-d rest*.-* for ladies, C which in their inateriul and fabric, may r justly claim a place among the curioaitie* t< of the ago. Many of llicni are man- L ufactured out of the scale*, eye* and !i bone* of ti?h, in the form of flowers, beau- v tifully nrranged into wreathes and bo- t uitelA, while other* arc made up of the leather* of bird* of the most brilliant plumage, rivalling the hue* of the far-famed birds of Paradise. Several of tho orna- 0 inents represent delicate littlo birds in the ? most natural (>osturca, while other* are " made of the breasts of hniuminir bird* ? suriounded by leaven made of parrot* j> feathers fomiiug gorgeous flower*, of ve- }' riegutod hue*, of the most beautiful de- ' script ion. These ornaments are made by ^ the nuns of one of tho convents of ltrazil. >' immm - I Tiia Liquor Law ir Minnesota.?The e citizen* of Minnesota having adopted the Maine liquor law, the first attempt to enforce its provision* wna made by seizing F upon the liquor of Mr. Constant, a grocer, b | of 8L I'niil. C.mstan* ami his friend* a I resisted tho process;?the sheriff called d ! upon the Governor for inatruction**?the o Governor diverted the sheriff to enroll d | a posse, the pease was raised, new resist awes * was offered, speeches were made upon r* both side* fWmi the heads of barrels, fl threat* of personal violence were made, U when a compromise was entered into, and ? - - '? * .? . ? ,,Mwr F"?fu omul* ot a lojra 01 party, to Mand ? tuit at ttwT ] nt T*omasBar|*V8^Iiss!on Tq tHF.Wi*rrct) STA(tEs.??TilC bead Of ttajmAr London fi- po been here for some dnys,- and Sttlt Wall of Street is in the dark, in regard to the special objects of his visit. It was first given out H with tm air of 8emi-<>thci?l authority through ^ the London journnls, (hat be was empower- . ed witli the necessary discretion for the most ample hikI satisfactory settlement of tin- fish- By cry question. The report rcndily gained Crc- 'y dence, from the fact that another of the Bar- w< ing Brothers, Lord Ashburton, had been so do successful in settling the Northeastern Boun- W{ dnry dispute; and also from a readiness to go believe that the diplomatic abilities of tho one brother were most likely possessed by . the other. But it very soon appeared that Mr. Thomas Buring was not coining to set no ine nsnery question, out inni ms real mis- i sion was to look after the Nicaragua Canal | lit Company nnd its stock, and the condition of ar Mexican Honda in Wall Street, Illinois roil- 1 fir road bonds, and other Statu Bonds, including jj0 even the repudiating State of Mississippi, ^ with a view to very large investments in j ~ Australian gold. Since tnc arrival of Mr. Barring, however, it sceins that the special as object of his visit, at this particular season of P< the year, is the settlement of the Peruvian th Guano question on a pacific basis, which will co be satisfactory to Mr. Webstor, Capi. Jew- w ett.the English Peruvian Bond holders, Peru j SH herself, and oven the Guano-tniiking penguins j' and pelicans of the Lobos islands. But Wall street may be mistaken even in this conjee- j ture. Perhaps his object may be to inquire into the present peculiar condition of Cuba, i af or the Tehuantapec treaty, or the Presiden- af tial election, with the view of betting largely w on the general result. Who knows. CT l\'cw Yitrk Herald. In the Palmetto Banner, of the IGth j* inst., we find the following can!: i of To THE I'F.ori.E OF RlClil.AXD DISTRICT : L The undersigned, having been nominated, ! lu among others as candidates to represent the ' District of Richland, jn the ensuing Ix-gishu j a| ture, entered the field with the reasonable ' . expectation that the canvass would be a qui- " et one, nnd unaccompanied by thoso scenes 1): of elcciioneering, which, unfortunately, have becoine so common of Into in this District, pi From recent events, they are disposed to fear that the Distract may again bo distri ct- jn ted by an exciting contest, in which no im- p. porlai.t public measure or political principle a is involved ; nnd entertaining the belief that ; j . there is no way of avoiding this result hut ? by sacrificing their claims nnd expectations (whatever they mey he,) by withdrawing I heir naiiioH from tin- ennvuss tliov. therefore. Singular pnenoflg*om?<-a corrcAndcnt of the Cum Mr la pi uJegrap]^ iting from Fettenuaji (V4.) J?dcr date^ Scptcmbor , says j Our town was visited last night with most singular natural phenomenon, rffithg Tfiw thah a fhwvdT7fm*eptr,- wmnrnit similar in appearance to the "miller" Tlie^ appfraial and insfcaH rotnrts tohefevcf liglfts 'w?*e kurnihg; jre filled with them, and such a nutting wn of windows and shutting of doors is never known in tins region before, mie rushing to the streets with candles handovers literally compelled to drop em and vamose as they would from a -arm of bees. One gentleman sat his mp in the street, ami in nhout five mines they were lying on the ground ound it to the depth of 0 inches. Bones were built, and as the blazes east its flit abroad, the scene was most singula'-, id in their passage to the flames looked r all the world like snow flakes coming thick as any snow you ever saw? Hiring a constant living stream into c fires. Soon men and boys commend shoveling them into the flames, Inch caused anythinfi but pleasant sentions upon olfactory nerves. Upon obrvation it was discovered that wherever ey lighted, they remained?depositing . once two eggs and then a few moments lerwards expiring. Within ten minutes ter it was noticed that their numbers ere decreasing, they ceased coming itircly. What Guano in Madk of.?As Guano getting to he one of the vexed questions the day, the following analysis of outer oboa Guano, recently made in Loudon, is an interest, particularly to the agricnlirist: Salt of Ammonia 7 1-2 parts; limal organic matter 8 1-2 parts; sulfate of muriate of potash and soda 1 1-2 irts; phosphate of lime and of magnesia 2 parts; sand 18; water mositure 11 1-2 irts. Liehcg says that one pound of Guano :iportcd into a country, is cqunl in value ? eight pounds of wheat, or twelve and half cents, It is statod that ten tons 'Guano at (80 per ton, is worth to the rtner (Out) net profit. Tiik Recent Freshet.?To give some lea of the vast amount of water created y the recent freshet, we would stnto that e were politely furnished yesterday by apt. Arthur McGee, of the steamer Aina, illi a l>ottle tilled with water taken by im from the ocean, one mile east of the an tec River, which on tasting, we found ? be perfectly free from all sailine proprties whatsoever. Capt. McGce also informs us that very reat damaire has oceured on the Rice .amis on tho Snntoe, down as far us Mr, V. It. Pringle's plantation. Below that oint, however, no material injury ha* eon sustained,. The Snntee is now fallt? .... On the Pec Pee, so far, every thing is in ood condition, hut the Planters nro un hie, we learn, to harvest their rice, o' rliich there is a considerable, quantity eady for the sickle, in consequence of tin nst amount of water in the fields. Should I. M L 4 *? 4 AM J lett^tll f time hy another fresh from ahore nd there are rumors that one has oe urred. serious injury may be sustained ? Char let Ion Coxirirr. land Wahhanta.?a rumor has oht ait d circulation in Wall-street New-York liat n large niuount of 100 acre Warrants avo been issued, where the parties were eally entitled to but 80 acres ; ami it s state<l that the I>epartmcnt at Washigtrn is now sending 80 aero Warrant! r> the same persons, and calling for the etnrn of the ) 90 acre Warrants iroproprly issued. Prevous to this rumor. Yarranta were heavy and declining, and liis has had the ctlecl to depress them till more. They a o selling now from 1140 to $150 for 180 acres; parts ir iroportion. The Rice Crop. We learn, ujsoii inquiry, that the watei ius entirely receded from the phtnlatiotu >n the Savannah River. No accurate es imate can yet he formed of the dnmagi ustained. A cousiderahle portion of tlx ut rice was swept away hy the flood, oi tlierwise damaged. The standing cropi n the upper plantations was seriously in uri'd, as it was entirely submerged, am! I?.i grain thoroughly soaked. The consequence is, that it ripens and hods before it can be cut. On tho plan aliens t>pj>osite and Ik'Iow the city, tlx taiunge bus not Iwn so great, as the wu ur diil not rise high enough to cover tlx rojj*. Wo have heard the loss various!) stimnted at fr*m ten to thirty per cent iVc can venture no opinion upon tho sub ccU One thing is certain, the damage i.< 'ciy considerable, and tho quality of tin iuo will bo greatly impaired. Ah far ha wc can Ascertain, there lia teen no serious loss sustained ou lh< Igochcc; Alumahn, Sat ilia, or St. Mary'i iverK. The crops ou the Satilla arc bet r than they have boon for years. Th< ad weather lifts, of course, retarded tin arvesting; but tho prospect, altogether, ii cry gratifying U> the planters in that sec ion.? Savuuwth Courier Sept, 10. /t_W Kossuth at tho last accounts, wai iving in n private boarding house in oik f tho back streets of London. He keeja xcoedingly quiet, and attracts hut litth t lent ion. Tho poiice, however, it is said re instructed to keep a sharp eye on hii oovemenU, The numerous Krene.h. Ital hi ami Hungarian exiles, now in London . i* alleged, look with more confidence tc fazzini, tlmn to Kossuth, whose speech* i the United States served but to pul kings nnd Princes on their guard again*! very attempt at revolution. A WirsStAKan at Cahi>*.?A recenl ranch paper m|K>rts that a case wai rough! before the correctional police, in rhicu Madame T, brought a suit for a ivorce agaiiitther husband. In the course f the evidence it was proved that on two ifferent occasions the wife had beenstakJ and lost st cards, and the key of her mm handed over to the winners! In the rat ease she escaped l?v jumping out of is window, and in the other the Winner as too much intoxicated to be dangeras. The court granted an act of separlion, but rcftiscd to divorce the parties, ^nnriister ICfiigpr. V : -.v r.v: :---? Lnnca?tervlll?, 8. C. H WEDNESDAY,"SEPT. 21 1852, M Aiw'i 11 m.> IU ur fiff- Onr thanks to the Hon. J. A. V\ ooc1ward for sending us various iniercsting doc- j uments. Mr. Woodward has been, during the session, particularly kind to usin this respect, and his kindness is sensibly appreciaud imr k J_?T~ Friday Wist was observed as a day of /'. Thanksgiving in Charleston. We believe e erv p iper in the State has signified its approbation to meet in Con volition in Columbia on the first of Decernher, hut those of Charleston. Is the Charles- ^ ton press opposed to the proposed Convent f tion ? Or does this manifest indifference ^ arise from the fact that the project originated in the upper country ? Will the Courier/ * Mercury*, Standard, and Evening News in-* form us ? *3T Thrco new deaths from Yellow Fever in Charleston on Thursday last. There can, therefore, be no abatement of the djscaac. "jf We have been requested to state thai Divine Service will bo held at the old Waxhaw Church, on Friday Saturdny and Sunday of the present week, on the occasion of n Sacramental meeting. The Rev. Dr. Thornwell and Rev. B. M . Palmer ore expected to ofiiciato at tho niectinrr. ' * Mr. Eli C. Bishop, hart kindly pW sentcd us with a sample of Segars nnd Tobacco. The former wo havo given a fair trial, and pronounce them excellent. The y Tobacco is pronounced by judges to be a superior article. Mr. B. has all qualities of - 3 those articles and at various prices. Notico J the Woodtille Advertisement. Tho Camden Journal of the 17th instaut, iuforms us that Love, who was recently cap. k turcd in Arkansas, escaped from his captor, } while in Columbus, Miss., but has been again recaptured, and lodged in the Jail of Yallobusha County. We have been considering whether we would make on apology for the lack of editorial matter in this paper or not. Upon the whole we have come to the conclusion that we should not. ( It is impossible for us to write when we . have nothing to write about ! Tis true, wemight speak about the weather, but this bei ing a subejet that legitimately belongs to a friend over the rivor, \ve do not like to lnf fringe. It is sutflciont for t? to know, that ' although the freshet has proved of some In' jury to the com crop, still, we will be enabled A) ' I to purchase those edibles so necesskTy to * i Thb late Wm. 8?'ekces Baowa?* ; J ust as our paper ia going to press we learn, k with mournful satisfaction, that the re' main* of this lamented gentleman have * been found imbedded in the sand near the * spot where he waa last seen. To hia v horoarod family this ie a source of Cn?ot lation in their affliction, in which there in a deep and universal sympath) in oar oomniunity.?PalmtUo Mint* Banner. i IIom, J. E. Uolmbs.?Ex-President Ty- I 1 ler. and the Hon. I F. Holms* * 1 of ibis Stat*, but sow ? raaidsnt b Cftl?1 forma, are pleasuring at tha Saratoga 1 Springs. ???11 , Tit* Fosswrrl )ivowoa C Aftft.?The now neariy-torgotton Korreel dbeeeft ohm will be reriroo hi New York, b? thmfcMifto#' of , r ; a few dayr, counsel ?or Mr. Fbrnwt internC 3 I ing to argna tb? motion tor appff'on the 29th mst. The report that WffaAt is about to marry again, in RnMiiiefVlui credited. '' *>><< ** t m . | M keeping house," grist and meal nt reason ' able prices. We might speak about the Railroad, but we are saving our thunder for a time when good resuljg mntj follow, i We hu*c a number of candidates for vari: ous ofices of honor nud profit, and so f ;r ' 1 4 as our fellow-feeling extends, we would say, . wo wish they would all be elected. Still this cannot be. A few weeks now, will decide the contest for a numlier. A number of our merchants have been off , pun-baaing goods, and the remaining ones will soon go on the same errand. As u mat| tcr of course they will let our numerous reai I dors know whst they have purchased. We, ourself, arc all curiosity to know, and prc1 sumo every reader of the ledger also desires to hear. V Our village has been comparatively healthy. Wo have hud some little sickness, but , from what we have heard from other sec. lions, we have no doubt we have hud as lit, tie sickness here, the past Summer, as any i > village in the State. r We know of nothing more, so this must i suffice. I Hew Cotton. Six balca of new cotton, the first of tho I j season, were sold in this mnrkot on Friday I last. They were from the plantation of Mr. , James Kelly, of Darlington District, and (iiiu were pitrt-nased by Messrs. George 8. Douglass & Co., at 101 centa.?Camden Journal, 11 th ins/. Prosperity or the Courts y.?The New York Journal of Commerce any a the inerehanU who have arrived thua far, all repre- - * sent the country aa io a prosperous condition, and prepared for an active Fi II trade. This statement in confirmed bv the character of the goods which $ to most in demand, par| ticulnr. In fabrics adapted for dresses, tho most active trade being altogether in better qualities Those mout familiar with the business here, must have noticed that in " hard times," uuder a stringent money market, the lower grades of goods, both lor wo- I* men's and mcn'a wear, are sought after to the comparative hegteet of choicer fabrlbs. At present it is very difficult to sell the cheaper grades of dress goods, and this la sufficiently characteristic of the state of feeU ! big throughout the country.