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Scraps & jfacts. | aid The expenditures of the Government th( for the last quarter exceed the receipts by am $500,000. wh The Washington Star says that Louis _ Napoleou has made large investments in Cali- W fornia in the names of other.-. j Rc During the present term of the court of j fal general session of the city of New York, no less ! slii than fourteen persons are to be tried for mur- i eai der in the first degree. j thi The crops in Illinois are said to look pr< uncommonly well, and, as a larger breadth i fai than usual was sown, a heavy yield is anticipa- an red ; very extensive crops of com are also be- j de ing planted. ' se< New York, April 25,1855.?The Know j tc< Nothings of California held a convention at 1 pe Sacramento, and resolved to support the nomi- j so nee of the American party for President, and j wi 10 sustain the principles of the Nebraska bill, mi Napoleon and Eugenie would reach Al Condon on their proposed visit to the Queen an on Monday, the lGth inst., and were to return mi to Paris on the following Saturday. The week's mi programme is published, and among the cere- co monies Napoleon is to be invested with the nc order of the garter. wl Our Minister at Paris, Mr. Mason, whose progress toward a complete convales. ^ ccnee has not been as rapid recently as was an- /J ticipated. has gone to Nice, in Italy, with a ^ view of remaining some time, in the hope that ' ? the air of the Mediterranean may prove ot'ser- j vice to him. : sj Messrs. Editors: In reply to your cor- I =* respondent, who has suffered in common with i hosts of others from the little red ant, let me say?that a small bottle of turpentine, without | ? any cork, placed in the place they frequent, ! and a little of it sprinkled on the shelf or piece ! of Muslin, will drive them off*?the smell of j turpentine is enough for them, and tiny fence , lii? on f)iiell. Moths like it no better. 't!S I** 1 1 T? 1% . 11' ftt' I lie lueniucmu-f't/f/ty ro*i nays:?-?u t)l have just been officially informed that there glare at this time 72,000 members of the A titer- :Jl" ican order in Virgiuia. This we assure the public i> strictly official and entirely reliable.*' <p The entire vote of Virginia at the Presiden- wl tial election in 1^~>2 was 120.f>4>, and Pierce's lu lt t i Jtl* iu:ijunty a 1 Among the important bill> which have ho passed the New York Legislature, is one let- j ting out for o0 years, aud at a fixed per diem j se] price, the labor uf 1,000 convicts The State ! to l'ri>ou for several years, the Express says, has ' been in a sad way, and among the items iu the ?r Supplv Bill is one of ,220,000 to pay their debts. ; Water, says the Charleston Courier, i should uevev be applied to the top of a burn- i W( ing buildiug if there is auy possibility of get- J ting it at the bottom of the fire.?The secret of ! playing low is worth more than Philips' tire W( anniiiiialor. Water applied at the top runs , th very little chance of reaching the central aud i tll hottest part of the fire ; while water applied j pf at the bottom reaches at least in the form of' t0 steam every part of the fire. w The agricultural branch of the Patent ;l Office has taken measures to procure seeds of I cc i he Bun-ya-bun-ya, of the fir tribe, growing in p( Australia, where it flourishes in a region of I uot much greater area than thirty miles square. ! m It bears a cone nearly two feet iu diameter, | ti filled with seed the size of an olive, and of j n riav.tr more rich aud delicate thau that of the , a: pint <tpplc. li is ,>o much esteemed bv^the 1 b The losses by the recent fires in X. faro- j *' linu exceed any thing of the kind within the 1 b memory of the oldest inhabitant. In the eouu- j di n v of Bruu>wick, it is said that 8:"?0.000 worth 1>?' i.f property has been consumed. In Bladen, {111 probably over In |>uplin, $10,000. ; ai In Columbus, Sampsou, Wayne, Cumberland. : 01 Itobeson.and othereounties, to a large amount, j which, however, is not yet correctly Ascertain-1 00 ed. The destruction of turpentine boxes has js,> been so great that many makers have turned , ^ their attention to other pursuits. It is believed iIK> that the falling off of the tuvpeutiue crop in the ! w' counties adjoining Wilmington. thi> season, : Mill amount to about ?"? !,000 barrels. M. Ucoffroy Saint Hilaire, Professor at the Museum of Natural History, has just deli- : H ' vered two lectures on the advantages of bring, i ing horse flesh iuto use as food. There is no i 00 reason, he declares, why horse flesh should not ' . be cateu like the ox and the sheep; the horse !. is herbivorous, and no deleterious element en-!, 1 rers into its food or structure. The distin- j guished army surgeon. Baron Larey, made his | ^ wounded patients eat horse flesh in the cam. pN paigus of the Rhine, of Catalonia, and of the j Maratimc Alps, and he ascribes to it the cure ^ of a great number*of his siek in Egypt. I th( The Captain General of Cuba seems to I Kv be gradually eularging his force of black I tjl( troops. A proclamation has just been issued ! cjt for their organization, in which it is stated ne that there will be sixteen companies of 'discipliued militia,' of tree mulattoes and blacks, ,i, each company numbering one hundred and no twenty-five men, or in all two thousand men. i hn They are to be officered by the white offi- na eers of the regular army, which latter force au they are to join as soon as formed, so that, in fif effect, they will not be militia, but something be more advanced. The companies are to be pt organized in different parts of the island. An intimation to them that they were fighting for pa thoir freedom would urivc th? h'IHbuit-w somo- to th'tutr to do whenever thev attempted to laud lis t? w X upon the island. ly "The father of .Air. Calhoun was a mem- gr her of the Legislature of South Carolina?au adopted citi/.cn?a gentleman of talent and no ability; hut, he disliked the pedantry of certain !be: young lawyers who were accustomed to inter- aJ lard their speeches with Ciceronian quotations 11,1 and scraps of adaged Latin; and rising one day , 1 iu the assembly, he observed that there were ini several plain common sense men in the Legis- UI1 lature who were unacquainted with foreigu languages, aud it the objectionable course was persisted in, to their annoyance, he would 001 speak in a tongue which would be a puzzle to th< the most erudite amoug them, viz : his native j Irish. The threat had its effect, aud Latin ' was rarely had recourse to afterwards." The citizens of Jeffersouville, Kentuc- ha ky, have held a meeting, and severely denounced the authorities of Ohio for setting free the Rs 9lave named Rosetta, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Denuison, of Louisville. She was, it will in be remembered, passing through Ohio, en po route for Virginia, when she was taken before lar a State Court and declared to be no longer a ah slave, having come into a free State. Among pin the resolutions adopted by the meeting was se^ one asking the Legislature of Kentucky to re- fai imburse Rev. Mr. Dennison for his losses, and Fo that the amount be subsequently demanded by Kentucky from Ohio, and a suit brought if tiki necessary, in the Supreme Court of the Un- vor too. Another resolution calls for similar meet- we m \ :s in every county in Kentucky, and de-! res "that the people of Kentucky hold :mselves ready, as they ever have done, to we i the General Government in vindication of * supremacy of its Constitution and laws, Tk i the overthrow of nullification, come from 8t -1 ? Er iai quaner it may. Advices from various portions of the . est are highly favorable. The St. Louis ipublican of the lGth says: "Rain has leu to such an extent, and the sun is now ^ tic iniug forth so warm and cheerfully, that one ! a almost see the green grass leaping froui | ^ 2 ground, and the trees will bud forth most ^ ^ omisingly in a day or two. Unless all signs I of 1, we are now to have such crops of grain, j d gVass, and fruits, and everything that is sirable, as has never been known in this.. 2tion of the country. It is not to be expec- th I that anything will interfere with the pros- T] ct of the farmer and other cultivators of the | ^ il, and it may reasonably be hope-.4 that,.] vi th the new crops, moderate prices v ill be : lv ore in vogue for all the necessaries of life.? : ^ t all events, the croakers have been silenced, <jl d those who cultivate the soil, in any of the jn odes provided for the application of labor, a, ay go to work with a light heart and the ; ntident expectation of a favorable season, ! ta ^withstanding its steps may have been some- ,1 aat tardy and unpropitious. i [|e|flrlil)ille n(|iurcr.|;,i K KDITKO BY k.M'L \V. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. R YORKVILLE, S. C. } Ul i v THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 185o. " THE NEWSPAPER . : ?u Newspapers arc to a town what it- advertisements c to its merchants. They do tor a town gratuitouswhat advertising does for a man of business at a j ih co-t. They concentrate public attention ujun ,n buildings. its sights, 'lions." and wonders, it- . t' tractions ot" every name and class, uppermost t? e public mind. They go into every m-ok and corn- ^ of the surrounding countn. into every man's door. ; j d to every man's fireside: they go abroad to every j eat distance, into other Communities, among stmn- f ei rs, exciting an interest among its concerns, and reading information of it- trade and attraction- ? icrover they go. The more the ntr lie si: large ! ar and read of a town or country, the more they ! ti e tempted to see. visit and explore it. What would ,[ merchant he if his mine were unknown totiie pub- |( . and his business wore a.- obscure a- his name ? hat would a merchant's sign board over the street ; s' or of his store do in attracting trade, if he did not , i ? ltd it with a catalogue of his wares in a newspaper. t: every man's dfr.r? Who w,,uld be tempted t > visa town that had uo newspapers, and which they ' !V ,1,1.1 t,u.,r r.f" aiiR* ninl once ill a Year T a life time." J i* t Perhaps it will occur to our home-re a tiers that tin r " somewhat of truth in the above paragraph, which :l1 i have culled from au exchange paper. At all events ? shall take it for our text: though not tor the pur- P ise of amplifying iu precisely the same direction.? , S] ic offices and influence of the home-new-paper are , n ?11 enough understood: beside*. we'eare not to have ;l e credit of "blowingour own horn." Having, a# *> " ink. thus far discharged our duty in furnishing a 11 iper worthy of patronage, and iu some sort eaicula- w J to subserve the purposes of the public gv-od for h liich it was established, we may hint to our readers " word or two a< to rfir>rjc tlduties?the kindly ofti- " :? which they in return have it in their power t?- 0 ?rfonn iu behalf of our enterprise. "One good turn eserves another:" and if we have been the instru- ;l ients of confering a benefit upon the town and dis- . iot. the town and district might, perhaps, very pro- i erlv discuss the policy of returning the favor. W o f re uot in a mood of ill-humor, for that would b? u.j . ,. . , ...... ?- m I J ecoui'iie " . ,.v??is of tne District, our paper is. we have reason v ) believe, a welcome visitor iu almost every family. v rom a comparatively small subscription-list, our sue has increased to about eleven hundred, and ad- I tions are daily made to the number. Our advertisg patronage has been good?especially that <>f the J1 erchauts of the town, llut much can yet be done. id we with confidence expect that the exertions of tr friends will not be abated. Iu one important particular our friend- in the ^ untrv can do us an essential service, and at the me time perform ait act of justice to themselves. 11 i>?iV lend /our llv sending it around the ... . ., ightiorliOoil, you not only deprive yourself of that tl lich ought to be exclusively your own, but you ui event your neighbor from subscribing f->r himself 1 thereby rob the printer of not an incousidcrable tj rtion of his income. Besides this, you lay your- m f liable to the charge of corrupting the morals of 11 it community?not by the reading of the paper, of urse?but by indirectly encouraging in others the jj rv meanest sort of meanness. The man who makes c> tl lis lmbit to borrow his neighbor's paper is, like the , lividual who hath not music in his soul, "not to ( -p trusted and when the habit becomes confirmed p: may be set down as one utterly devoid of social c: r fl( ty. On the contrary, every subscriber to the j oriH?:n might, with the very least exertion, in- hi ce his neighbor to follow in his footsteps, and i H ... .!.i 4i.. ? ?.. i ......i.:, i til LIS it III IIIU LTJIllvl Jlllll VMIUIUUIV IV HIS UWIl illl'l . . 1,1 i satisfaction of those around him. Try it on.? i cry father of a family iu the district is able to take 11: e paper, and very many of them, if they were ?">liod, would willingly do so. When you meet your 1" ighbor, after having discussed weightier matters. : e weather, the crops &c., speak a good word for -t e Hnqi'irer. By throwing in a word edgeways j 1'' w and then, our friends Messrs. Mills and Whytk ive succeeded in sending us a list of over fifty I j<J lines at the Rock Hill Office. Surely, every other ! ai bscriber iu the district might perform at least the ticth part of this service, and send us one name to CJ s added to the list. At all events, don't lend your 0i iper. ai Another point. It has been our aim to make our 1 ai iper especially attractive to our district readers, and this Hiol wo huvo emlt-iivored to rkcci Umi nml j>itf? - .it h whatever matters of a local nature would be liketo prove interesting. In this effort, we could be gf eatlv aided by our friends in the several sections of ti e district. In every neighborhood, events occur V1 w aud then which are of sufficient moment to de- ^ cc rve attention, and for which we would gladly make 0| place in our column of "mere-mentions." Mai- w iges, deaths, religious and benevolent meetings. w e farming prospects, public abuses, and a thousand tj( intents ana accidents, odds and ends, winch make le the sum of evcry-day life, would he of general in- h( est, and, could we obtain them, would add much the value of our paper. Should any such matters oie to your knowledge, give the editor a hint of ^ >in by letter, and his duty in the premises will be de eerfully performed, and that too without charge. c? ike a note of it. W( We were about to proceed, but it would perhaps be hi tter for us to pause, and wait for the effect of what by s already been said. of tin! Bain !! II On Monday afternoon we had a pretty shower on town, and, we learn, very heavy rains in several ^ rtions of the district. The farmers in the Indian WJ id and the Southern Bection of the district were pr undantly blesseJ, and are in fine humor with their ^ inting prospects. The drought has been long and ere, but our hopes are brightening, and we have ev rer promises for the future. m< r Sale. ari In our columns, will be found a uotice of a Ge ely family of negroes, for sale. The property is 9Ul y valuable, and persona wishing to purohftM pr< old do well to applj iame&fttely. sit wtmtt msi ?***? AFFAIB8 IN EUBOPE. r By the arrival of the steamer Africa, at Halifax, f ! have Liverpool date9 up to the 14th of April. The negotiations at Vienna were still in progress, le ninth session of the Conference was held on the , h instant, and lasted but one hour?the Russian -] lvoy not being ready with a reply, and, therefore, , ] iprcpared for the discussion. The Conference ad- t urned indefinitely, and it was rumored that the r ench and English Plenipotentiaries were about to 1 tit Vienna. The prospects of a favorable termina- t >n of the discussion are becoming "small by degrees , td beautifully less," though we have no good reason t believe that the Conference will finally adjournun- v some determinate action is arrived at. The state a affairs is to be regarded in precisely the same light : c that indicated in our last issue. . t f The news from Scbastopol is unimportant, beyond c confirmation of the accounts previously received of e e battles between the beseiged and the French. ? t ie positions of both'armies were unchanged, and \ t e night skirmishes were continued without any so- t ous loss on eitlier side. The Russians are giaduulassuming offensive operations, and are extending i ieir works in the direction of those of the besiegers. !. [icy are daily receiving reinforcements, and are now 1 better condition t*??r the defence of the city than at ly time during the seige. It i? every day heenm g more and more apparent that the city cannot he 1 iken. and, although the allies report themselves reay to renew the bombardment, the policy of raising le seigc has been freely discussed. Bearing on this aint. we have the following item :? i The Paris Monitenr contains a remarkable official * KMiment explaining the military conduct of the al- ' cdgovernments since the commencement of the war: t -Gallipoli was occupied to prevent the march of the ussi.ins on Constantinople, >uit the retreat of the ' u.-sians from Silistria rendered the occupation of ilipoli and Varna unnecessary. The allies were > nable to operate in Bes-arabia without the aid of ustria: and the campaign against .Sebastopol was I ndertakcii in order not to remain inactive. The ' liineuse difficulties of the siege are then pointed out. ' coneratiiig tlio Emperor Napoleon as the planner . f ' so campaign. This document cau.-od lunch ovito- l icut, and was considered a- an apology for raiding ' io siege soon. < The London T-.ii- i cmvp udeitt wrlit?: "It i uin-red that w<- are to have an- ther levy of a htm- I led thousand men in Franee, and that from sixty to ghty thoii-an I tn- I - will be placed at the di?p..-al f Austria, siiouM war be the i-siie of the Vienna oiiUTeuce. " Great i reparations are in progress f..r 10 ivxt c imp iign. an I di->uM t!:e f ov- be withrawn fr-un tin* t'rim. -i, t!i<> seat ?<f l?.v-fi!iri?*.- will be an-terred to the frontiers of P..land and the Baltic a. and the war prosecuted in that direction with doubled furv. The advanced s..uadr>>ti of the Balc tleet had already reached ENinore, and ware waiting the season for the navigation of the Baltic. ? meet the attack in this quarter, a Russian de?:trcli from Warsaw says that an army of lJO.GOu ion wh? concentrating in the Northern province*, ml d<>0 gun* were :irt?? .t in the sea. We append a long extract f.viu the l'ari*- orre*-, omiencc of a Northern paper. in regard t > the legn* of the Emperor Napoleon. Although we have 0 tuitli in the Nihility of the Angle Freu.di alliance, n-i have uniformly scouted at the idea of any pr?idical effect upon the affair* of our country therefrom. the matter i* now pri??euted it: a light liicii deserve* a to ore <eri-.it* attention. What has eretofore been charged against the alliance might rith much better rea*on he j re lic a ted ,i the de-ign* f the French Euiper. r *oiit try ami a! ne. The xtract read- rhu*: ? L its* Naj "leoiiha* tnrec great? Ljcct* at u.? iic.ni. tkl if hi* life i? spared he will attempt them all ? "ne first, most important, ami uearct to him. i? the itva*i"U ami conquest of Kiigluml: the seeomi the oxensioti of the French boundaries to the lihine: and he third the acquisition of Belgium. A* regard* the tir*r. one giv.i; lirti nit* is been cleared uwav bv tin* nt.*.-1 1 o. timi <0 n inrjje a portion tu tin* itmisli * i in,* ui tlie i rimea. .-liicii wi* the fined portion o' tlieir troop*, ami . iiieh will require n long time to replace: bur a -rill renter end has been attained by tJie exhibition t lie weakness of Great Britain a- a military nation, 'heir piv-tige has gone, ami their military t: akedm-** 1 glaringly apparent. Alrea iv < >u hear, in high liiitury circles here, the declarntioti that in fiveyear* hey will be in London. L?. not omler-rand me a**onting to th'.se views, and I ?.n!y mention tlmm ahowing the belief that i,v -i? here, ! ! that under ' itcli a f'clief there will be more* liclihond of the at. mpt being made. but. with what siieoc.** time will l.MW. The only point on which :;tiv di-tru?t i- felt inconexion with a war with England i? a* vegan L* the reach navy, ami that di*?trii*t i- rapidly wearing way under the present exertion* making a* regard* ie marine. France ha* at thi* tm>meiit 4".H'h> sea i?'ti actually in< at <>n nor uaimii. ! -nips. ami aimer ick vanl- re?ound v 111 tin* i??-l? ? {?> >! in nil ling new vo--el- ? *' tisc in -sr j wm-ful kir.d. parcularly steamer-. The preparation- in tld- ropeet "v* far what an* o.t>> ! required f'^r the f.'-i'tit war. ami evidently have ?ome u!tcti<>r object i view. The French navv i? ,>!!;/ in the highe-t ?ution a> to vessel.", officers. crews, system ami d:>- i plinc: all thvy require i> moreexperience, tou^li even for this latter they have hail as good jnortunities as the Briti-li since the peace of 1S1 ">. 1 hev are, however, now acting ac 1 crui-ing in coin- | ut v with the British squadrons, an J if the latter ( m'learn them anything of cui-c the French will quire it. They are ul-o now practically engaged i hostile naval operations in the Black Sen. ami 1 ive before tliein a splendid naval campaign in the i altic: all of which will he "i' inlinite advantage to ( icin. Still, with all thi<. there would he jrroat ri?k ^ a war with England, who is <.i truly great as i ival Vowcr; and in such a contest the French naval 1 ig might have to succumb. I Before, then, entering the ocean arena with her , iwerful rival, France, in order to complete her nail education, may wish a war with sonic oilier na- , 1 il L'ower of less note, who, whilst worthy of her eel" and able to give hard knock- and active cm- , . vmciit toiler fleets, still would not he able to cnmger the naval superiority of France, so far as ac- : ml force is concerned. Such a nation is the United < tates. With the present naval force of the latter, id with the great exertions which of course would . made in a war with so powerful a foe to increase i iciruavy, the United States would give pretty full ( nployraent to the French marine, and particularly | a the American coast. In actions of single ships ad in squadrons, where tlie.ro was anything like i * quality of force, there would be very hard fighting, ud, even admitting that in sucli contests the victo- ] / might generally rest with the stars and stripes, : ill there is no doubt that France would corue out of 4 ich a war with one of the most complete, large, i ? id practically efficient fleets that the world ever J iw, with her naval sword sharpened to a very cut- ' ng edge; and that she could then, if it suited her \ ews and policy, say to England, "Now we are rea- " y for you on sea as well as on land." In such a 1 mtest with the United States it should also he rec- t leoted that their rirh ctimmnvpo w/i? 1,1 r?.. - - --- VV "VVIIU Cy\J I ill tU" ards indemnifying France for the expenses of the ar, and though her commerce of course would at j s ie same time be ruined, it is of comparatively lit- ; g s value to that under the American flag, and still ^ ssin national importance to France, or as affecting j ?r general prosperity or means. 1 ] These are by no means entirely idle speculations i my part, for there are various indications here t liich afford some foundation for them, though not r any means conclusive. With Louis Napoleon we icidedly are not favorites, and he besides has divers i a uses of coinplaiut against us; and under all the c rcnmstances of the case, it is, at any rate just as . >11 for the United States not unnecessarily to give ; 11 m reasonable cause for quarrel. It is thought here ^ many that both he and England are pledged to S otect Cuba for Spain. I have not the most remote ea that England has entered into any engagement * the kind, or would interfere in the matter; nor do believe France has formally made any engagement | ^ the subject with Spain. Whether she would in- : rfere to protect the island from any attempt of the lited States to seize it, either in an actual state of Q ir between them and Spain or otherwise, would a obably depend very much on circumstances, as ey might exist at the time. It is probable, though t certain, that such an occasion might be thought 11 France to be a proper one for showing her teeth, ' P en with tho Eastern war on her hands ; but much ? >re probable if peace takes place, and improbable in addition to the war with Russia, Frauce is iu ais against Prussia uud a certain portion of the M irman States which would side with the latter iu p( ch a contest, until the French armies, as they most abably would, had overrun their territories* Louis Napoleon, like most Frenchmen, is impul- ei e, and where hi? prejudice? exist against aoy oa* ci w ion, he may more readily take offence or see cause or quarrel when otherwise he would think twice before he threw down his gauntlet. THE TELEGRAPH. Wo are gratified to learn that the prospects for a telegraph line to our town are *rv Mattering. Mr. vfxnkdy has been with us a day or two, and has hus far succeeded well. The entire amount of stock equired for the construction of the line is twenty four luudred dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each: more lian half of which has already been obtained. It is entirely unnecessary, presume;- to urge he expediency of aJ lifcL'Vrisc. Our business men, ipon whom it dep^Qj* appreciate sufficiently the id vantages and conveniences of telegraphic eommuni:atioii, and we are pleased to notice that they are lisposed to lend a hand cheerfully to the construction it" the line. Altli >tigh the amount of st.jck taken by :ach person is two smali to uiakc the matter of proits a question, it should not he regarded as a donaion. or even an imlitfcvent investment <>f money. If he line does any husines- at all. it must reach at Icat i percent., and, as t'a as tlivi?leiitl> are concerned, we wi?uM prefer this to any rail road stock investment. Uvording to the amount it usually pay- well. Lot is by nil means have the lino. If Mr. Kennedv diould not succeed iu his efforts now, we trust some >f our influential citizens will fake tli.* matter in imi'l, and fini-h the kv THE LXDY"'3 BOOK. This prompt and unfailing visitor to our sanctum s on our table, iu advance of tiuic and ahead of its otemporiirios. Iu the vrav of illustrations we have :he "t^ueen of May' the '* M< thcrless Daughter, .todey'a I'urivallcd Color*! Fashions; Sundry patients for e.#ib|^,^D8?''r^rT.ii'st styles of caps cud outlets, iiu*i muiriffa*?the Alma, Ifaluklava, Chalu Valentino, Carriage Mantle, the Kmilv, the Violet, No.: Lessons in D. wing : Spring Fashions for cliiiIreu ; Music?" U'wtt where the Bluebell-- grow." In the f 'shioij-plat * ilu-rei-a Wedding-Dre--, which. li'.'sMcs being altogether charming, just uotv -tt:t>ur latitude a lutii ?1 ?l\. The engaged" ?J j'.,r a word i wi'.i take notice. I'*-- tin-c il!n-1ra11 ??i-, lue letter-press i i pt tllv weli -uitc i 11 the w ?::viit i tastes of the indie-. The !:tt'<-r half o." the 1J..-.1. .'oiit.'iining h ui.-cho' I r-ycipt- and ni! kin i.- of hintis to dont -stic ln.it. igi'iitiMit. i- of :i.-e'f worth titprice of yrtc year - -id-e " ptioti. N.? h-iu--wi:e Itould tie wit ho it it Price s:??the Lv4;iri..: ni l she /> for si. EDITORIAL MERE-MENTION. The Voiced of Nut-ire. ?> c liav. not jlteu loot the piea-ure ol givm**. to ? in* reader* a rarer treat, either of ourjown or another s, than i* be found in tlie perusal ;>t" tlu* "Voices of Nature, on our fourth pup-. Read it eantully. It is perlftp- rbcoidv fault of Mr. Davidson's productions tii -i they must have a second readin?r. It i- pcrhnp* ; greatest beauty that the seOou i reading is the 1 est. The entire poem is a thought. ?a beautiful truth and there are portions which would lie cosily beneath a book-Cover. There is -oincthii.g in the lbii-jwiitg oiics wiueli reminds u.- of tin* "<iua !iupedanti \c., f Virgil?the words ol themselves w .uid -u ;ge-t the idea: There were lit*-- .U>1 liuhuu?s in that ii'juidlaugh. And !f?v* in ail tiuw* g-u'ie v ice-. But. read : r vou.-c f. The Model Ed:tor U'h.ie in '"harieMi 11. we met with <.ur friend. A urn i it Siskin-, of the K-lgelield and we ?ught by til mean- to have -ai-o. But we lidn nr. and here - tin? 1///0W'. doue up after tii- own -tyh*. The riebe-; -oeeinu'T' t' a:: editor in tiie State?r.ot / at all iuvi iii u-?It:- paper m?>t appropriately muiied?where we timidly *?'/ rbr the benefit <.f our reader^, he boldly *?/r?< .* .? them?especially the hbb'k 1 i - * ? write* ? " rifirr il<hu>,?-ay- < . t "" ?4 -,ii-. r hit*?let * her rip?w.noii mdoe- it tel's ?.int'.eip.ipe* a telegraphic .le*pat&?~.r-w* what it ought to be? plank- it down aec-u lii:_'ly ? discriminate?forms his own . pinions? !! -igiit?di-charge* the lloivule.an l iiior- ?f tiiet' :nnii--ioiier - ollice?write* { .into tive eoiumns of e.litoi ii a week?read* all the exchange* ? and int.* !*n? <; leisure to devote to iiiit-i-\ hi : tiling-, and other u.ver-ioli.-. ./ oi g</"c. l:i -hort a tir.*t rate p..-. uitati. n of lie: li.ar.aeter happily *tyb'd by the p--t. "the tn.bj.--t w-.rk .f tjod. When li.ali we again . Spring Goods. Mr. S VIII.Kit .illll'Ot! i*e* ill this i-?llC the reception .< hi- -torh of >; itng :i?i> 1 Summer <? > d-. lie ha-' recently refitted ai- establi-hmeiit. and evince. 1 a determination n<>r : 1 .* beliittd in tii<* work of itii]>i-?.v.-iui*ut : :ui i with i ul! -t wcl!--ckvtod >'U'. :i Ion- e.vjM'iitriK'f i. hi- iui?in?'?s. :m<i u li^pot !.? ./digiii'i. ii ; tempting in<luo?'~ ments to jt'ircii:i'<*r* I. -id hi- advertisement. and aire liitU :l co.'l. The Reason Why. Out-idcr- lute Ikcii eiilcrtu:tio<J ami greatly imlightcued. of late, by a very amiable u'nirrel now going on between the ' nJtui-tn ami tin* Tiwr*. of Columbia. It seemed to a- cpteer that they ,-hould lints *eek to "tear out each other's eves." ami wo marvelled: but a eorrcsi' ndent of the Spurt on has liseovcred the reason nby. and thus gives us the :ue:?"Their families i.evor did agree! There has been an hereditary feud between the two races. You look surprised! Didn't you know one's a fjritoti and the other .in Iri'lnm-.n He it to em about right. Methodist Items. The meeting of tin' Hoard of .Managers of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church south concluded yesterday week, at Nashville. All >f the Bishops were in attendance, except Bishop \ndrew, who is in California. The appropriations for the next year are SlGO.ftiJO. ")f this sum S 12.000 are appropriated to carrying on lie mission in China, ami about the same amount to Talifornia. It was determined to establish a missionary post at Suiua Fe. Now Mexico: also, one in Sew Grenada and Central America. Nearly a hunIrcd thousand duJiaifc^rere appropriated to missions imong the slaves. This shows the M. E. Church J South, in fact, the friend "f Hie slave. To carry on his work without hinderance by the Abolitionists ind agitators of the North, the Church South, in 814, set up au independent jurisdiction. A hunIvpiJ tlimicnnil ,l?vn(n,l In ..nf> VOfll' to eVAllirelijfl tllP I - . O legvo! This fact is wor'li all tke speeches and rcolutions of Tammany Ilall for a hundred years, and ;ives the Missionary Society strong claims upon the i eucvolent co-operation of Southerners of all creeds. | ?he Congaree House. We publish this week the advertisement of; his long established house, which has recently unergoue complete repairs, and is now under the mangement of Baker, of "Exchange"' notoriety. In ulinary matters Baker is undoubtedly among the limitable, and under his control the Congaree will e made to deserve a large share of public favor.? ee Advertisement. / teligious Meeting. * The regular communion services of the Prcs yteriau Church wore held in this place on last Sunay, the exercises i^iviug commenced on the Friday ight previous. Rev. S. L. Watsom, P. E. Bishop nd A. A. James were " attendance. The most mrked incident of the meeting was the ceremony of istallation, in accordance with the direction of resbytery, conferring the pastoral charge of the hurch upon the chosen minister of the congregation le Rev. J. M. II. Adams. We are pleased that [r. Adams' sojouru iu our midst is thus rendered ermanont, and congratulate the church on having toured the services of one whojpossesses, in such an J ninent degree, the qualities which become the sa? j red office aad adera vie Christiaa character v - ? ~ I * I To Correspondents. " The Contrast," by W. 0. D., ha* boon received, and will appear in our next issue. i A correspondent has requested us to publish i the laws in regard to newspaper postage. They arc I many, and we are inclined to think that a publication of them entire would not answer the purpose. This, . we imagiue, will" suffice : No Postmaster has the I right to charge postage on a newspaper published in the District or county in which his office is located. The fact that tiie subscriber resides in another District is nut to be considered. Again : all persons, residing in the ^istiict in which the journal is published are entitled to the paper free of postage, though the Post-Office be located in another District: ! The former point is a part of the law : the latter has been *ettlcd by a special decision of the Depart- , meat. The Latest Arrival. Although we doubt somewhat whether cotton has advanced 4s announced in our advertising coli uiuns, yet we are certain that Messrs. Lindsay Gordon have a full supply of Spring ami Summer Goods, ami by low prices will iu effect make their report good.j They have taken the idea that low prices of cotton ought to make low prices in the . Dry Goods market, and are disposed to act accordingly. These enterprising gentlemen have a beau tit'ul store, good taste nail capital, aid they deserve and will receive a goodly share of public lavov. (live tliema call. See Adverli-etuent. Masonic Celebration. The fraternity will refer to the announcement of the next Anniversary of St. John, the Baptist. by the Catawba Valley Lodge, at Morgan ton. N*. Carolina. Additional interest will be given to the ; occasion by the address of lie v. Mr. Mkvnauuik, ' who is well and favorably known anioiit'-t n*. lie will make a capital speech. This, together with the the 'law. tin' pleasure.* of the mountain trip. w. ??c., ought 'o s?!iru:-e a , ;< I attendance from York and Chester. The Bridge Care. The great apple of <lisC"i'd and vexation, savs the !"/.'? '/ I'fit # , has been swallowed at la.-'. The City (' omcil of \ugustu eoinpieted negotiations with Messrs. Jov::* \ Ixkwkuv. a few lavs ago, purchased their entire interest?whatever it wn;?in the Augusta Bridge: and also their charter with all their rights incident thereto. The papers have been drawn, signed, "ealed and delivered: and thus lias ended and. we trust, ipiieted forever, the truly vexations and eelebrar - I Bridge ptestion. This i> truly a mo-t devoutly wished forcon-uoiniafi'ii. We don o know that any event, of such little inherent innvn-taiice, could occur to give a- more gratification. The Bridge ,ui'-tt oi has for a long while boon the source of great and it times not very reputable wrangling, and the m liter has been discussed at an immense o >"t to the State-Treasury. It ought to have been thrown overboard long ago. Tue Fastest Horse. The great race between Lexington and Lecomplc came o1f at New Orleans, on Saturday the 1 1 ill. au l resulted in favor of Lexington. Lexington had previously run against Leoouiptc s time?7: *Jb ?and beat it !} seconds. He won the last race in a -ingle hear, nearly .li^t.uieing Lceoinpte. who wax ti*: f I,. I ,..i n* n il'fi.i. fill, f 11 * i f l.i.vilirfiUl i? IliiW acknowledged to be tli?- fa-to.-t horse ill ill'.' world ?ii:ivlnjr made t!.<' best time on record. The com petitory "ire half brothers. both -:rc?l -y the celebrated I'o-mii. the "iii[''">itor of Fashion. An Historical Riddle A College Iri-'ii'l has ?<r?iit Us the following riddle. which v.i- lately g'veii to the .liuitor "lass hj [i;-. l.iKUKK. It wa- solved by -several -tudents within ti.e time allowed, fry it. reader: A -ingl" (hie i- but a mite : \nd vet it jiives you?thi- i-ipiaint? \ \i'i i f: tel. placed r.. the rijrlit . l" I :..? .i i-Mi-v --tiiii. A:i-Wff next wee!;. Latest from Havana. We are indebted to the obliging editor- of fh" t'imrte-ti 11 Shiwi'iri/ for an extra. Containing t!; ? latest news from Havana, brought by the steamer Isabel. I'll" following are the more important item-: ? The l". S. -loo-'-of-war J.nue-t ?wn. Ellison oouitiiander. with the pennant of Commodore Crabbe. arrived at Havana on the loth in-taut. Her silttre w not returned f'-?r several hour-. An explanation wa- _':v"ii. to the esleet that it w i- the fault "I a -ilbordiuate. wlioiil Gen. Concha arn-ted. It was -leeaie-l-ati-fa-Uory !>y the L . dKeet--. All other intercourse wa- iiarm-uiioas. She sailed for K-*y We?t on tii" 17t!i. anchored there on the ill.-t. and was awaiting iii-triictious i:i relation to li"t de.-titialion for the coast of Africa. On the 20th iu-tant, the C. S. steam frigate San Jacinto. Commaitder -Stribling. entered port, at Havana. with Commodore McCaulcy.on board, charged, it is -aid. w ith the delicate duty of inquiring int-i the recent casualties here. At a great parade, inclusive of the volunteer--, black and white, numbering near j S.000 men, Commodore .McOauley appeared on the ground in the carriage of the Captain-General, attended by Capt. Stribling. The correspondent states that there is no appearance of any special irt-truc- . tions to Coin. MoCauley. and thinks that if there is , any action it has been <?f a very "'pilot nature. m.t disturbing our c<piauiinify in the len-t. i Troubles in Kansas. Troubles ilrc gathering last and thick in the ' Kansas Territory. The loud boastings and strenuous exertions ol* the Northern Emigrant Societies in regard to slavery in the territory, ami the outrageous proceedings on the part of their accomplice, Go; vernor 1'kedkk, have exasperate 1 ihe emigrants from and the citizens of Missouri to an alarming extent. Governor Uekokk has issued his proclamation convening the legislature on the first Monday in Ju- i ly. and has ordered an election to beheld on the 2LM of May. to fill a number of vacancies. Meantime. I' l . 1 however, the excitement has assumed the appearance , of a mob-law out-break, and the Governor ha> 1 i thought it prudent to leave and report to President ' Pierce. Immediately upon his departure, a "Pco- i pie's Proclamation" was issued, and circulated ] abroad. It reads as follows :? 1 i < "Whereas Governor Iteeder has shown himself , incompetent and unfit for the duties of his position : i and whereas the appointment of a man to the Cover- I j norship without consulting the choice of those to be | governed, is an arbitrary exercise of power : the cit- , zens of Kansas have, therefore, Resolved. To hold an j election at Leavenworth, ou the 28th instant, to elect j n nnvcmi tn mipnooil Gfiv.'rnnv R??fd<??* wlinuo vomnvnl ? ~ w . -. -- 1 , will be solicited." ] Calls have been made for delegates from each dis- ' trict to meet at Leavenworth on the 28th, to select a i suitable person to fill the office, whose name is to be forwarded to the President for appointment. Wheth- ' or the President will lend un ear to their wrongs is a question. It is certain that if Governor Reedeii should return and endeavor to enforce his authority, a conflict will occur between "squatter sovereignty" and the government, which may result in very serious consequences. The people of Kansas are thoroughly exasperated, and we mistake their calibre if they submit to any half-way measured. May God speed them! ^ f Judge Loring. We have received the intelligence that the j Senate of the Massachusetts Legislature has concur- ? red in the resolution of the lower House, expelling Judge Loring from his office. The consent of the Governor is all that is wanting to complete this act of perfidy. By this procedure the State of Massa- J chusetts has given a death-blow to a principle indi.s- ] pensable to the well-heing of every civilized conimu- t nity?the independence of the Judiciary; and she * has branded herself with the foul crime of intolerance j t and persecution agaiast aa officer whose fault is a i < rigid observance of the oaths of his office, anil a [ firm and fearless discharge of bis duty to the country. We are indeed reminded of the corrupt times of Athens, when it was irksome to hear Aristades called "the just;*' and we a re made to tremble at the , fearful degeneracy and corruption which have seized upon the people, and are driving them headlong into the vortex of anarchy and utter lawlessness. luas- i much ns our readers may have forgotten the facts of the case, we append a paragraph from the Charleston Jfnr'in/. Judge Luring is a Judge in Massachusetts, and for a long period of years has tilled the office with dignity, ability and faithfulness. During the intense Burns excitement a year ago in Bostou, when the law and its appointed guardians were resisted by armed mobs, ami Batclieldcr, one of the police offi... . when the fury of fanaticism threatened all who stood up for the laws ami constitution. Judge Loring firmly ami fearlessly Jiil his duty, lie fulfilled hi.- otlicial oath, maintain- i ed the law. and remanded the fugitive to his master. Hut this act, high and worthy as it was. won for him the hatred and vengeance of the Abolitionists. Ho , had committed high treason against their rule?the unforgiveahle offence, from whose consequences nothing should protect him. The elections la.-t fall, which threw the State l>y an overwhelming majority into the hands of the Abolition and know-Nothing fusion, gave warning to his fate. He was a Professor of Law in Harvard t'niversitv. vet even here, in this honored sanctuary of literature and science, the fell spirit pursued, and wreaked its purpose upon him. He was ejected from his seat, bv a Board over which the know-Nothing-Abolition Governor of Massachusetts presided. This was the first act; but vengeance ' ' was not yet satisfied, lie wa- next assailed in his ' office as Judge. The matter was brought forward in j 1 the Legislature, and referred to a Ooinmittee. which promptly reported in favor of his expulsion. But to give the act all the dignity of cool deliberation, and make more heavy the impending blow, the HoiiaC re- ' i fcrred the case again to the Committee : within the last few days it has reported buck, with the same re- : commendation a.- before, and the |iuasti<,u being taken i the House adopted if. by a vote of 207 to 111. There can scarcely be a doubt that the Senate and tii.ver- | nor will concur in the resolution : for hulls are but ; part- of the saiuc tnacliiuery, and accomplices in the s saute conspiracy; and rheti nothing will remain but < 1 . to execute upon the devoted hetld of a faithful and : upright magistrate, the decree m' fane.pea! veil- > geance. t Whiskers and Things. I The editres.- of the Lancaster /?"; //. -ay- i she would as -ooii ne*tle her nose in a rat - not ; .?wingle-tuw. a.- allow si man with whisker* to ki.-.- ^ her. Whew .' what a woman! It's all in our eye? that i.-n t tit reason,? i female who d-.e- the editing j bu.-ine.-- isn't apt to run in the direction of ki-sing. nohow. But a brother-editor puts it up differently. ; tb u.-:? I We don't believe .i word of it! The objections I which some ladies pretend to have to whi.-kors all 1 arise from euvv. They don't have any. They would j j if they could, but the f.icr is. the continual motion | 1 of the lower jaw is fatal to their growth. The ladies. ! 1 God bless thorn?adopt our fashions as much as they 1 can. Look at the depredations the dear creatures ' have committed on our wardrobe during the last few '' year*. They have appropriated our shirt bosom-, i 1 gold .-tud and all. They have encircled their soft, j ' bewitching neck in our -rand'ng collars and cravat- ! ' ?driving us men to i! itties and turn downs. Their innocent little hearts have be< n palpitating in the in- I -ide of our wai-temits, instead !' thumping against ' the Hillside, as tint it rally intended. They have thrust their pretty feet and ankle* through our unniention1 -? .i i.i,i....i??|?lW . iiii will * iji i "i ?ii".?rum ii i ii i\ i iiiii.i iisv in iiv? ? a. M iea whor wniM say, brooche?., Ainl they lire i -kipping along tii?* -treefs in otir high-heeled boots. : ' fi.i v.'U ln*nr. gentlemenwe snv boots! Important to Cotton Growers. Tin* Albany Patriot is permitted by a gentle- : inan i?f tliMt city to make tin* following extract from si letter from a Commission House in Apalachicol" with which lie is connected. It contains some import iitt suggestions to planters. It the fact that good and ' a 1 cotton are indiscriminately mixed in pitching causes the whole to sell for prices paid for the l-.wer grades, it strikes us that it would be sound policy to caret':illy a?oot the cott?n before packing. ' even if it does require a little more time and trouble, lint we let the extract -peak for itself: The cotton from your .section has a high reputation. on account of its staple, and we find the quality tins -ca-ou much inmroveil t... ... ! "ik our ^ buyer- much prefer Flint Itiver Outou. when anything like ordinary care in handling has been bestowed. Jsojiie of your crop- tlii- .-casou have sold at1.';. : while soni" selections brought lint there is one great draw-back to your ci ttioi. which it Would be well for tin- interests ofyonr planters to look to?mix packing cotton. Five .nit of -ix crops from Albany ; and Newtwii. .xv.. a re in iiii- condition, and tin* loss consequently averages from >2 to Si per bah*. Tliibaler of mixing cotton arises JY> m ginning a.- buigaj.o-sib!e. and delaying the packing for rainy days. The poor and good cot toil is ginned separately, but ail trod down in the lint room until it can hold no more, and then packed without separating the qualitie-. The result is, that each bag is composed of diilercnt qualities ofciftinn. varying in valve d cents pe- pound. but ii ;s 0n!y s, Id .,t the price of the poor pi .litics. and ev< n objected to l\v purchasers at that. (Ivi-i'scers, who make big crops of cotton and have L gli reputations, frequently !o.-o their employers twice their wages in picking their cotton carelessly, i No planter ..tight t" subu.it to tlii-: make less and : i handle better, and then the process of packing) so : v?uy important i will not be neglected so much. Of . the planting, ploughing, picking and ginning, work ; that employs so much tunc, the whole is lost to a . great extent by the last operating?packing?wbicit i employs the least time, all to gain a few rainev days. | What would your planters say if they bought a coat pattern, and find on opening it that one yard ! was fine and one coarse?one blue, another blackt f or ii they purchased a bag of choice -o? d peas and j found a mixture of all MU ts?and vet mixing their n,.m.... l.m * c i vv?v< ?? UUIIV *4.7 1IIVAWU."UV1C? We will propose a simple remedy. Let each plau- 1 tor make in his gin hoit-e two partitions. forming j, thereby three "paces or stalls. When cotton is pick- 4 ed rainy days, put in one rcolii?where it has been long exposed in the field in another; and your early ; picking in the third. I.et the stall* be different sizes ?the largest lor middling qualities?then gin out ' of one stall at a time, and pack it by itself. The ' ) remedy is simple, and requires no sacrifice of time in |j thv packing. j ***** 1 From the Times. ti Visit of the Emperor. a The arrangements for the visit of the Emperor of '1 the French and the Empress Eugenie to this country % ire now said to be complete, and on the Kith of ApriV the Imperial Court of France is expected to arrive on 11 :v visit to Her Majesty the Queen, either at Windsor c L'astle or in London. Engaged as the two nations of France and England now are. in an intimate alliance, xnd in the Joint prosecution of an arduous campaign. a no surprise can be felt that the same courtesy and , h confidence which have long been happily established e between the ministers, the generals, and the troops b if those two great powet's, should also mark the pertonal intercourse of their sovereigns. > tl Such an exchange of civilities is consistent, with u propriety, with the usage of modern times, and with b rood policy, lor the public will \iew with satisfaction 11 very incident which strengthens the ties on which 1 jur success in war and our security in peace soma- o '.erially depend. LJut this visit to England is not the d ess an extraordinary occurrence in the life of an ex;raordinary man. Just seven years will have clapsid since he who now wields with great vigor and abilty the sceptre and the sword of France, took his t] place among the special constables of St. James' and p nounted guard with the population of London, to protect the property and order of this metropolis.? ' Soon afterwards lie quitted this country with a Bel- ' jian passport, an uncertain destiny, and a precarious subsistence. Ho returns to it under the most opposite cireum- i stances?the sovereign of a powerful nation, sillied in equal terms to the Queen of these realms?cxerri.Mng a power at home and abrosid which lias not ^ inly subdued all its rivals but annihilated all resist- e usee, accompanied by his consort, a lady whose beuuy and whose talent shed lustre on her private rank, ? jut whom his will alone has placed on the throne of he Empress Josephine?and received by the people e >f England as a man who lias not only successfully i nastered one of the paroxysms of the French Uevolu- ^ ion, but who has established the closest uniou beween the two great empires of the west, and has j ** lrawn the swoid, in conjunction with ourselves, to lefcml the permanent interests of Europe. In the ;vcntful history of these times it has not fallen to our ot to record a more striking contrast, or au event 1 aiggo'ting more singular rellections. I c' n|| I ^ Fire. L Another disastrous tire occurred in Newberry dis- p rict on Thursday last. It was not so extensive but nore destructive than the tires of March. It oi igi- f) luted on the plantation of Dr. Thomas W. Thompson, 1 lirough the carelessness of the hands. When the ire had made some progress, the negroes attempted c ,o run a plow around, so as to stay the progress of ho fire, but the winds being high the horse was ;aught ia the Quaes ujd buruod to death. Quo or two old out buildings) and an immense amount of fencing was burned on Dr. Thompson's plantation. From thence the fire passed into the plantation of Captain Halfaere, burning a large araouut of fence, but no houses. The fire next entered the farm of Tefforsoi, Wicker, burning a large portion of his fencing. His barn, stables and corn-crib were all consumed. This i- a severe loss for Mr. Wicker. Wo are pleased to learn that Chancellor Johnston had rails hauled from Inform, which adjoins that of Mr. Wicker, and rebuilt his feuceson the two days following. From Mr. Wicker's the lire entered the farm of'Capt. Jnme? Maffett, besides an immense quantity .of fencing, his barn, stable.- and corn-crib were also consumed. By the greatest exertions the dwelling, kitchen and nnat house of ('apt. Maffett were saved, although thcdweiling and meat house were several times o?i fire. II.had also two negro houses burned. A large portion of the furniture and boding which had been removed from ^hc dwelling took fire and was burned. Captain Maffett and Mr. Wicker had not enough corn (bat night to feed their horses. We have not been able to ascertain dijfiretly ti..progress of the fire after passing Captain Maffett -. We have heard that a largo amount of feneit: r wv burned on the plantation of Mr. Honoring Sh< ppard. hut w<r heard of no houses being burned. Mi-. minii^olso bad fence burned. The progress of the fire was finally arrested on the plantation r.f Ift-i;i v it iiim iu ir. The length of country burned over i near rive miles. Mr. Wicker and Oapt. MutTert are the greatest sufferers. This was the day of Battalion Muster, and most of all who were capable of duti were absent. it is but due to -av. that had Mr. C. Wilson, the efficient and careful overseer of Dr. Thompson, been at home, the probability is thai t!.. lire would never have passed the limits of the j l.ii. ration. Tnis is another severe lesson on tiie practice ?f burning everything off our farms?destroying the rery means nature has given for their improvement. " How can I becomo an Editor." An exchange, in answer to the above interrogatory. remarks that it is a very d'dficult question, and Hie which it would take more genius than i: has to in.-wer. In the first place, it may be that you cannot become an editor any bow. It requires a (builditioii to begin with, which we do not know that you po.-se-s. The first requisite is strong coiunioii scn.-e, tin! upon this may you pile any amount of learning i nd acquirements of every kind, and will never have noiigli. All editor has use for all his knowledge inda great deal more than he has generally, lor lie is expected to knoiv as lunch of all subjects as each individual in a community does of any partieul.ii mo. Lord Ihieon. wiien asked on an ocea-;..n how lie became possessed of such a variety of information upon almost every point, lie remarked that he bad ilways made it a rule to converse with every person # lieumt upon his particular vocation, for be was suie lo know more about thai than any other subject. This i.- the rule for an editor to adopt, and this together with reading, study, ami a tact for seeing at a glance what found what is not proper for publication ^institutes some of his qualifications. His vocation is eminently an artistic one, ami requires not only keen perceptions, but a talent for discrimination apenetrating as the eye of a critic in examining a work if art. If you are thus mentally endowed, and have i constitution physically as strong as an omn'.huhove. can write when your head aches "like split ,'et off a well written leader when a person at ea. h dhow fo in u furious discussion ou polities, whose jxcired gesticulations you are required to dodge, and . an contrive ro do ir while you are dotting your "i rlius saving time, and, above all. it you have tlm pa ticnoe of the old patriarch of the land off.*;:, fespo i dly requisite if you should ever h ive a column ol ' an-wers to correspondents" to attend to. i you may possibly succeed as nn editor : but if yon lack m\ if these qualifications, think of every other Lu-iiies* 1)0 Co re you can essay the quiil editorial. IIHI ? -7?" The London Times speaks of the Initcd States as one of the tir-t nations of the world " \unv viivwui "o*"c* (lljc ittarlifts. Yorkville Markets. RKPORTF.h UV S. N. STOWE i TO., GROCERS *NI> PP.OM'CK MKItCH.vMS. May :l. C?>t?n.? The lemnixl for cotton in our market I't.iiiiitin^ brisk. :iii'l sales arc readily made ut luir price*. In the early days ut the week prices advani-cl -lightly, bur the news by the Africa caused a decline. and prices now range between the rates quoted in our last issue?from OA (i 8A. A choice article would Cxininand a shade higher. Coi'ii.? Hie demand for this article is also very livelv. ami des are readily made at from 93 to >! *( ' Ml. J ? V brisk and active business has been done in flour, and the demand is well sustained. We quote sack* at St T/ S4.o0?barrels, $8.73 (< '.'.30 .11-iil.?in demand, at S'l ? ' <!r;irinx are sold at the following prices : Sugar ?'. (>t 1": / '<" Cojf't: 14 ('i 1*3; Caf/ii I t; Jura 17; .l/v< /?</ 2'b Sii/t'l,')tt. Mola.mc* -Id Ct 30. Chester Markets. iti.i'oKr:.i) BY JAMES PAGAN x co.. GROCERY AND PROnt;< i: MERCHANTS. - ' MAY 2. (?i?ur market opened with a good demand tor this article, which was met by ^inters offering freely : and transactions have consequently been bri*k.?ales amounting to about 1200 bales, ot prices ranging from 7 id 0. Some sales of crops were made at 8 A and 8-j, and in one or two instance* j cents round have been given. About the iniJdleot the week cotton advanced J (u j in anticipation of the steamer's news ; but, as it was not as favorable is was expected, t.?e market receded to the prices juoicd above, which now rule. C'jfu sells at SI. "|t> bu. in wagons. I'aix, at SI.23, at retail. Bacon from wagons at 10c "iJ lb. Flour $4 A (/t, S4;J "jjl hundred? Meal, SI. V bushel. 1 he market is well supplied with Groceries, ut air and liberal prices. Columbia Market. ,, ... , Aran. 28. k ~ ',T00kly r"p'.'n ?/Abe cotton mar .w, ^ii mc -i si lust., closed on a good and teadvdemand fur the article, at full uiid firm price.-, iz: 7 \ (a, ' cents. The week just brought to a close opened on the tews from Liverpool to the 7th instant., by the N'ashille, reporting an advance of {c. on the fair grade-, lid 1-10 on middling with sales lor the week of 80,i00 bales. These accounts ga re renewed life and iureascd activity to our market, and in the evening f the day they were received, viz : Monday it waaund that prices had advanced J on the middling ml good middling qualities, and on the finer graes, fair cotton going olf freely at 9 (?/ 91, ami choice j- cents. During Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the larket was active and buoynut, at steady and unhanged prices. On Friday morning the advices by the Africa, to lie 11th in-t., were received, quoting cotton steady, t unchanged rates, sales for the week of 7*1.009 ales, including 13,900 to speculators, and 7.?00 to xporters. and leaving a stock on hand of 008,090 ales, of which 419.000 are American. The newtid no other effect with us except to keep prices in iie same position they had assumed in the early p?it f the week, and the maiket during that and tlio illowing day was quiet, but very steady, with prices all and very Arm. Tito sales of the week umOnu-u ,921 bales, ami we now quote Inferior 7| (ij 7'{ : rdinary 7| 0 8J : middling 8J (ft. 8^; good inidling 8 } (a, SI : fair 9 61 9\; aud choice 9j cents. May 1. There was not much cotton on the market yestcray, consequently there were but few transactions in ic article; the demand, however, was good, and rices were firm, at our last quotations of 7 J to 9Jc. Charleston Market. bepobtel) uy w. s. lawton a co., kact'ous am) commission mkbc'aants. May 1. orani.?Uom, SI to SI.10 "{ > bushel?scarce.? eas, $1 to SI.00 "c> pushel. Outs, 70 cents buslil?scarce and rising. ?n:r.?v.:cau runges ironi 4 to 5$c "j:1 lb. Market rm. Flour.? Southern, $10.25 (o, $11 bbl. Xorthrn $10 to $14 g* bbl. Salt.?Sacks, $1.12 to $ 1.25. We have 5000 sacks >r sale. Coffee.?Advanced prices from 11$ to 13c. aocoring to quality. Bacon.?Scarce?Hog round* 11 (?Z. 12c *}d lb. Sugar.?Brown, 4$ to 6?market dull. Winee.?Longworth's Wines of Ohio, $10 to $15 j! dozen. We are agents for these Wines, and reeived a premium at our Fair recently. Tobacco.?Virginia and North Carolina. 15 to 50c. i'e are agents for Factories of those States, nnd for ,ong, Bennett & Co. The latter brand received a remium at the recent Fair. Haiti.?Cows, 10 (ff, 121c; Deer. 20 (ff, 22c "p lb; liter, $1.50 (d; $2 each; Coouand other small skins Uc each. Wool.?Washed, 18 to 22c *p* lb ; Trashy. G to 10 ents per pound. Molasses.?Cuba, 22 to 25; New Orleans 33 to 35. Cattle.?Car LoadB, 7$ to 8$c ^ lb nctt. tfoya.?Car Loads, G$ to 7$c ft uutt.