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vf * C /" / ';*' / | o & t J Ml. i-v '- ' ' ... ,$T. . ?,? 1L ; ; ^ ~ A" . VOLUME XIX. UAMOEX> SQUTH-CARQIJNA, TUfeS^y MORNING, APmiB: 185a . NUyiLlA THE CAMDE* WEEKLY JOURNAL IS PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY BY J\ *W^H.E,E3Sr, ,VAT TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR IN ADVANCE, . - 'or, Two Dollars itad Fifty Cents at the ctrpira'tion of Three Months, or, THREE DQL'IARSAT THE END OF THE YEAR. v 1 m?l? ?r - -lt Hfeiv Terms for Advertising. t For one Square?fourteen lines or l^ss, ONE. DOl'-r 'LAR lor the first, and FIFTY (jENTS- ;fbr each 'subsequent insertion. \ Obitcart Notices, exceeding ONE SQUARE, .c' charged for at advertisingYstCx V. Transient Advertisements nri'd 'J6b Work MUST | 'BE PAID FOR IF ADVANCE, No deduction made, except to our regular advertising ' patrons. . ADVERTISING TERMS PER-ANNUU. One Sqiche, 3 months 6 8 ? " 12 " 12 ^TVo.Squares, 3 months. 8 . f 6 " 13 " l? " 1^ IFftt'ee SquarV3 months 12 . * '6 " ... 18 **? 12 " , 25 y??tr Squares 3 months 20 " 6 months 26 12 ? 34 Eight dollars per annum for every additional square Best ness, and Professional Carps Eight Dollars a-jear. All advertisements for less than three months Cash. If the number of insertion# is not specified ir. writing advertisements will be continued till ordered o*' ami charged accordingly. Announcing Candidates, three months, Five Dollar! aver that time, the usual rates will be charged. So advertisement, however small, will be considered I lew than a square; and transient rates charged on nil for a less time than three rrfonths. From the X. 0. Delta. WELCOME TO THE SOUTH. With joy we bid thee welcome To this sunny land of our?. "Where the breeze is filled with fragrance From its ever -blooming flowers; And lightly glide away in song The rosy fingered hours. Here breathes, wben Xertliern skies are d?Tk And wintry winds resound. ... Here breathes the balm of summer days, And zephyrs sigh around, As lothe to leave this fairy c'imo Where ever joys abound. I Then welcome to this lovely shore 1 Fit themes for pi>etd' lay, ^ Where the skies are ?wr bIue<A. And brightest shine# the day, And would that midst its glories t Thou wight's crer with us stay1! Africnti Triitlc?Objec"s tiou? Aa.woiwl. 'It "depreciation *?f si*?-; labor" was tin* | ln.?t bjcction touched Upon. .More could Ire H.iid |run it, but, :is suggestion?not sifting to the btloill?5s iht -t\le of the age, we fm beai. with rut one addendum: It is urged " that plan tt ion tX[reuses will Ire greater, after re. [ ipenig tiro tr?de, and the net profit upon a ! certfti Knrouiit of cotton ga-ivn two degr??.> lens. This error is founded upon the mis I tnkeed idea ot tire "depreciation of slave j labo." Plantation expenses will not injure, i o he. crops are doubled ur'iribled. and when j | prouctive agencies increase in value. Hut. | ( supuse crops did not quite jneet expenses, still ' , the iifTereme in the price of-the labor then and i j now?one 6500, theother ??000?would cover j f eapSmea on eaib hand. 'Hi- latter p-irt of the , j pro|Osition is absurd ; the nctt profit, taking ! ( the ratio given, would be two-thirds greater I 1 ?tie profit wouhl be equally as gieat as the i j unpaged disprotit: for, an increase of force , MfSfttt lutirl* nri?(iiK?p< f.hiH'u ftiMti ;t Wftnt I ft* v,.. J. ~ j? r ' i v i{ sufficient fuice upon f-onte lac-is. The wider j | the field of exertion, the greater is the actual ' j profit. Large forces can jpoern land?small , ones cannot. The necnstary products, with . an addition <?f force, will be as much greater | as the adililion ?the surplus productions duu- ( ble. Nearly every plantation (a good year) makes corn, etc., over enough to support more ( 'hands, who will add larg.-ly to the surplus pro v duction. which is the uctt-prufit of cve,-y well ; , managed institution. yT . i t From slave lab"r we c<?iw to its product? . /Cotton. " 'Twill deprocinirthe price of cott< n. ( the market becoming full-j-the m tt profit upon t <6,000.000 bales will be the saiin* as upon 3, g 000,000." Precisely ; if ^'000,000 bales only t were needed an over supply would not then c /tuhnnce the price, but diuQfii h it. Hut, where a the demand is far greater than the supply, there .is no danger of a depreciation in the price when . the supply increases, \ et is f.;r inadequate? ( Supply tends to increase demand : for. tin* plen- ^ tifulness of a necessary article, create* buyers; jind, where the article is grown l?v it particular I section and demanded by the vvorld, ltie >u}> ' ply, though plentiful for a few nation;, is itiade i equate for the demand of fnanv nations, who .ire awakening to improvement. Now, the South js (he cotton country?she furnishes most of the supply, l ite demand upon her i* mote than she can ever met; so there i-t no danger j pf overstocking the market, fr.000.000 hales ] tlien will bring as fair prife as 3.000.003 now ; j the revenue of the country to ., will It- don Wed. Increase the supply M?| p.j.-e* iite'r. :i>o. I Manufacturers prefer buying up a i uge. rather ; than a small quantity: forth ir pndil n greater j ? the more cloth they sell the greater i> their , gain, a little more lal?or producing a large j quantity. Many maiiufactuies will run u[> the i price, 'lis competition that mill itiees value ; competition wiil inertase according as the son i ply, and become not perxnia!, but national.? j The North and Engia >d ar competitors. In each countiv tliere a;o liiull.tinb-s who d ? not ! fngage, for want ot material. They are essen- j tially manufacturers, and wili buy up at a fair j pi ice, all the cotton we can grow, be the amount lever so large. >th sneh a field, we need never fear concerning the price. If the supply of cotton in. hm-.-I, men at the ? k. "7 7. 7. ' ~~ """ " . . X South would be 'induced to manufacture : for, we have every nathrai facility. With additional force persons might'cdlli vale *u extensively as to warrant triiinUihcltiires ; companies could be started, ^ie'tliis hs it may, extensive caltiva lion will never diminish the price so as to make culture'idjutidtfs. We Hre the granary of the world?the'storehouse of civilized products.? TVe htfve fhe world at ?>ur command ; cotton is {Kiitg atid must make everything succumb^? 'hiillions me dependent on its supply. A price then must be given to gel this supply. Dot, granting that'twould diminish the iprice, we would still have the world at our feet: fitr we are its supplier. Increase the number of bales and you increase the iiffWnce--ydu beat down by quantity, competition by other countries which tiow are Snaking dvery rilbrt to rival us. They are iucreiuiug their force, and making force supply partial natural defects. whilst we, with natural advantages, are remaining station ary In force,' -An ihcrp'age in cotton, though r.t a reduced price would lie. beneficial. fitit there would la' no such reduction. If'then, an increase of cotton Would create greater demand, and that demand equal, or higher prices than novv, which would bring an increase of prosperity, then we should have tjiat increase. Force alone supply if; the. African "slave trade alone can give this additional force. Tlieie fore, re opening the African "Sla'Vc trade would benefit-cmt On. Three valid objections against the re open* iug of t he trade are 1st. It will depreciate the value of slaves; 21. It will depreciate slave labor; 3d. It will diminish the price of cotton. These it re the mainstays of the opposition; examined closely, they are by no means unanswerable. We essayed them calmly, trusting to argument alone. One other has been urged, which is, that when western lands arc exhausted, there will bo no need of so many to snpj.lv the place of the force carried west, and that we w ill have to turn to improving our lands chemically, etc. All we say to this, that when the former happens, centuries will elapse; as to the latter, force is as touch required almost to im prove old, as to rlmr ?p ?ew Ia>id-i. So much for .o^-'etKsiis. A G RIC U LT UR A L (o:t<in Srod. ?e$l ?2'iiitc of Plait tiny ? Mode r>f Cut** lure?Maitusts --lif.it kind? (futtheri;<(f ?- Qwrntitmode to-lfie /laitd? Ifesi maimer of prijxtaay it for market, \ n ofwYTi zmwtrrS* tU?r; ? mit<i for me to the d ne?entrv.i? lietic^is u U'? 1 wish to sh'inl^ (Vonifc-??t.H* j leave it (or oJdei and rtlore eXjiefielice'J | Cotton is >ncli an n!i important crop, liiat tm> : be>t Varieties id seed were commanding live | dollars jut bushel last winter; .ml ilit-v even j sold lor ten dollars per hu-liel in this neighbor* j ^iMfk.l lu'ii Mir \\>M! !\r ri!??iit<?r is so eager alter tin* best, tliat tin* price for a lew j seed ceases to be ai. o' jeet. U lien tlie old j orcen seed was planted thi oiigliottt Newberry. j jur loids weie comparatively rich ami yielded j well. In a short time new varieties?the l\t j tgolf and AiviuwJor look its stead, and now | it tiie present time, vve are slHicled with new va ] lelies and nigh piic?'d seed?such as the Little i Poiii-gia iate, 15ig Pomegranate, Twin, Bunch, J Boyd, Prolific. Giimore, Calhoun and lv\c< Ki j ir. In speaking of these varieties, 1 can onl y j :ive my opinion, j Jitgiuent and experience, so ar as it goes. VA liether there arc as many fa idles as arv here spoken of i cannot >av. I know one tiling, il there are, some of tiiem j rlosely resemble each other in growth, lint and I field. The fresher and purer the seed, the bet j er we all know, some of the above nann-il ' farieties may be. and 1 believe are seed of the j <a:ne variety originally, onlv in a pater state.- j [grew last \ ear the Big Pomegranate, Cab ' iouii and Lxcelsior, xxdiieli some call the ()< j iter or accidental s?*ed. Tiie Pouieginiiatc i* i good cotton to plant on sliong land - the ony objection that can ire had to it is. that il falls rut rather too much--it must he picked as it pell? to save ail. 1 he Calhoun is also an j :xcclleiit cotton to grow on rich land; it yields i rery wedlraud turns off iwli fioin tie* seed? | ibout 34 lbs., to the hundred. Either of tlnsei tt'u varieties do not grow mi luxuriant and tall } .1 I* I II! is me I'j.Nceisiui, requiting ie>s space :t 11 >i his ai.ce in llie width of rows. Consequently i ither kind i? b Iter adapted to rich tin.I feitilc j oils. Lhit our lauds me (lot so rich and |>:o- j I u dive as they were when we had old (iioen ;eed to contend with?our cotton rarely nets * is large hs we desire. The Kicelsior 01 Oxuer seed, I recommend is being the best and most prolific cotton now rroun hi tliis .S.ate, South Carolina ? its sti de hears a fair sample and commands the high".tmailiot |?iie?i ? it \ields from one to two housaiid pounds seed cotton per acre. It is iie oulv cotton now in a pure state that will , nake ?ueh a yield on our lands. L i-t vcar I iiade twelve hundred pounds seed cotton on an ] iveiagc with the Kxcelsior, one thousand j tounds with the Caihoun, and from live to ight ' iillidred pounds Willi I lie UoinegranaU: per icr<*. 1 worked ten hands and made o I hales of j Ut toll weighing 1UU pounds each. This yea , I have planted none but the hxcel-dor and ii, "ii iiv poorest land slightly manured, w.th tic a me number of bauds, and less acres 1 will . uaiie the same, whiie ins n i<?i11? i s are m ik ng, some a hall, and ??lln-r?t wo thirl^ofa eiup ionic perhaps, will ? m\ it. is v?<ui m-n'v . | cn|, ivali"ii thai, makes Midi large yields Tliat j i;iV be, I" some extent. I shall not pretend I o say ; hut it depends very much iijhiii the airily* of seed. Cotton should he Jiiaiiteil as soon as the cold ' feather is over, say ahmt the 10th of April, j r ooii alter tin* iif>\ moon; as we aie apt to ' avo moisture siidicietit to hring i' up. Ve aie, however, compelled to he governed ! y the weather in planting, hut my idea is to ! lutic .about the first week iu April, il the wea- ! ther is not too tuocb- Uusef H*d. ' The .spring of 1855 was very b?di;wardft heavy frost on (lie niorning'iif tho 0th of ApVil";^ but few planters had commenced .plaiMStiifj' 'the'iV* cotton till, after the. mMdlSdf tbe -intintftj I commenced on the l-Ttli, and itO'PtatnHill"'5th' of May, owing to the dmhth tlteff irr ihhii'frd well us other-sections. The result W*vl made' a sorry crop. As a- geHeral rule, I woult'f rer." poinmend eoUub io lie flkuted early to avoid the dry weather we frequently.'iihve In April* and May,,for if the ground once bakes 0i.? itbefore it can come, it rarely ever-'comeit up in a healthy Condition ; consequently it- will die out and poniuce bad stands, and a aqj-rycropi? the result. Some say p|jitrtr"f*tc to* avoids j thoRe dryr spelb'; but I is too uu. certain1? you m&y aVoid a crop'afso. , * ;As to tImd culture of c.6:?^tV} $i#.toodt of^is j have learned' to keep the .fjrsSS hnd j aown wucu \pc are notpvf crro^'cu. i be plowed if run .round, Wife -fide,plows fiiiir* inches wide soon a'flt'r it. 'id Up and followed with hoes thinrdivg it to t ivo and three stalks Tn' ?i piece- every ten Or-twelve irichesi. r A fter i t? gone over r;ith the hoe?, the plows should with sweeps Or V'Ws, (I prefer the laf'i'f wTiwf) gohfo i hniitls have the plows) shoving out tli'e infddl?s j to the coUou~-ll>is plowing holds up .the cot-" : ton and enables it to tafyti.Atip*AVbeihtife h?,/es.go ovof; it a second: time, lliey stiotdjjj leave,one and two stalks in a ptyc$r-j doirioP* bi'Iieve in reducing cotton to aslind the iirttf hoeing?nine times out o* ten, _ we.', fail to get!' j a stand when this is done! CuttoiS 'dying out so in 1855, has taught me a.hopo'ni?since 1 have always/left plenty in the drill thet. first hoeing, then T have plenty the soeumfc ami Itis.t hoeing. I find this to he the surest, plan far'*; j rrnp. The I Li id p'owing should beglvjeudo Hd i with broad pointed' shovels*rtf order to gvj the roots of -many vends and other pests under the surface, by this time it i* of siiffWent sifce to shade, the. ground underiieatlt, \vhen ^ra?s" ceases to grow so rapidly. The Irpes should now go over and.chop out what btrflrchos they have left and cleau round the sTuiiy/*.' The fourth and last plowing may he th?neeUher with sweeps or hows. I prefer either.. id the [single shovel, giving three furrows t?V the ir>\\\' ! Livid Tig the dirt as well as possible, UTiert i this is done all is dime in tilt- way of cultivation! I . . . . ... . j but lucre is so metering' else wanting yesul/SW ' cuitivuLion to uialec a cotton com?there irtytsjfc9 1 ijc ingredients in the soil of Niillicient-fltrengtV j ?if they ale no: liter*- we. should put'tl^i^ there Jiy .our own manual ladjor, jtefore Kgitjj ing our a ops. .; . if^ l)ie iti'.^l uHtnhie hii<] Instiu^tiOnOic ifi n> d^jOV^ablo to make ourselves. 4 titij Yard nrtrJ%iuVi| JOM to l?e the beslj I'M die. fifsf *?.?d bedded ok, . jPtBijjft a*.J iO?k leaves, w]^t'sCu?iv,tC'hajff'?!?4 C\?tUj.u *0pL . <11' stable "'""111''' ^Wt?^u^jjt?t^.rtlic'cheapest and the most| iiifitoineyvu.cjmgt;l?it takes hut little to do, f unswWiltg tit die place of <iuano in tlirifi intsf and far supi ri r in durability. In 1S53 I an- , p!i|>d of the above madt manure to a piece ??l* corn and realized a heavy yield from tiie same. In IfcnYti. 1 cut a lair yield of wh"ot 4 from it ; and this year has a line crop ol cotton, all from the one application, This \ ear, 1 liied some gamut Ainl Cotton seed together. at I lilt* rale o! seteutv noiiinls "llano and live . J 1 . i v >, tm&licls cotton seed per acre--this I titiil touej in excellent fertilizer, but rather expensive, j when we can make as good with no xpeti.se exeept labor, at times when Wu voulil do n itli- i iug *l?o. I lay off my rows for cotton throe feet apart with a I irge .shovel, drop the manure in and cover with a wister. This I do along in March, so as to have it ready hy the 1st of April.? J \V|i?-ti 1 commence jil.intiiite, 1 jut sonie plows I with >!iov- Is to hreak out the middles?some j to open the beds for ihe reception of the seed with long two horse plows, and others to drop and cover the send with harrows ami hoards.? When Lids is done the bed is left completely fresh and stirred to the manure, giving water a fair chance to reach it; and giving the cotton a fair start with tlie gi.vs. The erop ispow pitched for cultivation as given before. Cotton should lie picked out as fast as it opens, put up moderately liry for ginning. The teeth to the machine should lie line to make a fair sample, aiiu to command the top price in the market. We gain by picking out our cotton as it opens, giniiig, packing and selling it so soon as coll venient, iii four huiidicd pound bales. Five bales to tlie band, with provisions and plenty of small grain, i? goo I farming for me. This, the mot, if no", ali of us are able iu do and can do, I low easy c ould we manure five acres to I lie hand and make it produce five biles ?but we are loo greedy, so many of us aiui at eight <r ten, and make three j planting perhaps, ten acres to the hand. This kind of limning won't do. It is better to aim at part midget all, than l.o aim at all and get part. I lav much le.-s labor it would lie to manure three acres, and make three hales to the hand, than to spread over ten acres mid make comparatively nothing; killing negro, mule and master. iNone of us lined be astonished at the result of our cropping. How much better we would feel to think at gathering lime, we were receiving all nil-1 more than we expected f live hales of cot. ton to the loin J, lull corn crili;, plciitv ol Hour, lively negroes, l it mules anil ;i Hell pleaded master. W. M. Cn/toii Planter <tmI Suit \KKUAV HK.WKKX Til.; t' s. I llooi'.S ANI> rilK l'o|,|C|i VI I'ullT ."\MII II. ? fi.e M HI I A. ik ciJi* '! Hi1 l.ilh itist., .vi vs; 1 Ih re has I i? en h'oub.e In-tween the L. S. irnopi .stitinli 1 I nt Toil Smith, Ark., ainl the |?n|i e of ih.it j jilnc . On S itii111;iv ' ight week, the police i wiv attacked and fired into l<\ a gang .?l*Im ij <. l'iie (loliep rettiriici the lire pielty warmly. <Miiii|>t*iliiig t he nliucking party to heat a hasty retreat to the garrison, wounding six soldiers pretty badly. It SOems to lie tin' j illpose of the joilico to keep the troo|e? out, of the city during ' the nighl-tune, which piivilego the troops do not seem willing to forego. # Sol*TilICItN CoM MKItCIAL CoN YKYI ION*.? (ill. | vernor MeWillie has appointed delegates to represent the thato of Mississippi in the Southern Commercial Convention "Ml^LANEOpP ." ??-. -'-??-?-?:??_ fl^l^IaHoiisUllh Central America. . ..v-5fcj??r?w Granrnliail Cohgress assembled 'the 2c! of Ke'fWuitry. The im-s. -ijjfcr.fV?tidfcnt thus 'ullages to our reUti^s^nS'li'Ui-wt.'RfpublK? f- ' 1 "The tjifcfctive 'thmtr ritri?cted" against tlie _(?M--^iMU irt 'pr (he'Republic 4ty* the' CoWuU siinb-;hf? Unite ] Statoii rit tlrair cpr*eapnu(detiV: oljrFcbraw-y last, which the interested pr^^jTjJhg country u^ged to l>e carried into I'ofCA - wjtflSfrot Titifted, norim? they intended to be into effect by the present AotninistfMiu&fc'jtli WliiphAv,ejjar?.rtkaiirtainpd friend' ly a'-d^cyrous relations,. v\ hiel.i IihtC led to 'V* ^P?C%^irji-,kn! ot>p?* U T ii ii mmm ' Wil^l^UseS t*hTcTi go beyond the .limits fixed 'fccVhn'jaw of*he 18th of June, lSa?, in the iibtVrjTy; given 10 the executive power to ter-, 7inlnphtfc7ihe ' i'aifl qluetuon, and coiisequentyr^ pi^scMiti)' submitted to yon'r con>idenr - iyi*-diplomatic representative of the United Sl it s. ?t Nicaragua, Mr. M. B. Lamar, was . f?itmyflsifrecel veil by the Government On the 23ilT?f Kdiraery. Tlio ad(ire<s oil the nccas. io^Vyaid to have been conciliatory, and was ; retired i*kb mueh fr&lTsfacFion hy the'anther, j iti** ttfid people. r i'v&r-Win, Carey Jones, late special agent,of Stal;^tnoTtf^formaI leave of the l-^osA.iinieDt on tfie 27t.h 'of fobr'fiiiry. The fV^ha Star and Herald saytf: ^Jtja-Understoo l that d<'mn<r the latter months ifrsfjffttr'* Jone?' residence'in Nicaragua he bad Tj.cn don to make 'enmjflahrt* <;f several' net's juit I ioverninent in ilerugat ion, as lie view's lin-n, of the rights "Of "American citizens residen^tltereii^and (sr>pes*le-riiSt only to the friend ' ly "Swinit'irta which"'be eonvoVe&to that State k<-v;p i)ie Cabinet of Wnsdfibgt'on/but a No to the vpifi: exhibited by the nitthorities of Nicarcu.-'i'peiuJiug!'the. question of the reception of; ihs.'.^liniater (Iri/\rrii by the United Ststfye. {? rWletter- it. ridefst'Wd "that Mr;! fnPi.A JftR.''I'imlate.i and" expresses the'opinion W$3w;ts; and which- he set-j forth ?w -p1r-c'Jig?iti Ais knowledge. "are o:rtculatc'd justly (fclksthe American Government and peo sffegbt to mtlu^vdrfere retribution and ?Uii^ <yas,'jSey>t?Kfed -at \Va^H jihiisSm b ev by Senor hizarrv, 'Miais. jfljfr..'jifri. NicAr* {da-- wsps Mijl befure'the Legis "Joti ^*qp'n U y^'andi't was believed would Vo't \'Wjm$&4} gfceftt with alterations which opsiT tbs whole matter at Waabthe" House i>i Lords, "ii the 16th git., Lord iihtiigliani trrcsonled a petition/rum the-AutiSiavery Association against tin- slave trade noMe^aihl learned L >rd slated that lie had | received intelligence from in ??it respectable" quarters that, a warrant act had been- phs-'ed in the island ul'landnlnpe, which would have an iir,mediate and direct tendency'to reduce the r.. ...o .if..i I 11 n: im'^i wr^ ?" 111.11 ^ iii'Nij v?? .1 .>1.11 w ui ai.nurv. (ii 1818, tin* Provisional Government of ?Yanee emancipatedilic negrnesiii tilt- French Colonics; and lie deeply regretted that, witliO'll the All' tli-ii'it v or the approval of ttio Homo Government, the colonial soitlioiisies should now have made a retrograde movement of so iainm taut a character. \r, t'i sauia time, he acquitted I tlie I'leuch Government from any participation ! in tin? act uf l!ie colonial authorities, because I he found that tin? Jamaica Assembly bad just J passed a vagrant act of a similar cbaractei, and I lie '.vas satisfied that it had never received tin* s-iiH-tion of the Frencli Government. lie re* grot ted that the French Government bad not | : i ,i... . .... .... I i .. . i c... i Vl|^? 1 ' M 11 i I vl I I f HIV It'tCllll ? ?|IHI|I|?I| Ml> the fret- emigration of negroes lo the Freneh Colonies because lie tl-<?"i?iit it was impossible to regaid that scheme, in any oilier light than the indirect lovival of the slave trade. The I'l irI of Malmeshiirv said his attention had not been Called officially to these cit'cUnistances adverted to by die nohle Lord ; but when they came properly under his notice he j would {five them his serious consideration. At | the same time, he wished it to bo understood j that ho regarded the new scheme for the free i emigration of negroes as an indirect revival of the slave trade. The subject then dropped. FiHe. ? At i-bout 10 o'clock, l ist night, a fire broke out in IVi.r. Curtis' carpenter shop, sitn.i ted in the centre of a block of buildiog9, which is boundeJ by Rutledge, Smith, Queen and Kcaufain streets. The lire originating in the >liop extended to the two story wooden dwel ling occupied by Mr. Nathaniel Patch, fronting on and recessed from llulledge street, lo the house occupied and oiftied by Mr. Herman Scbultz, on Rutledge street; and to the kitchen of the house occupied add owned by .Mr. James .M. Curtis oil t>niitli-st. The earpen ter's shop, the bouse occupied by Mr. Jhitcll, ami the AitcUcn ami stum*' ueluiioing t?? .Mj Sclmltz, were totally consumed, whiI?? Mr. i Curtis' kitchen was only partially binned. The ; house occupied by Mr. l'atch was owned l?v J Mr. Curtis and was insured iu the South Cam- I iua Insurance Company fur $tf00; Mr.Sohulul.T kilclmn was insured in the same institution.? .Mr. Curtis'kitchen was covered by insurance in the Charleston Insurance and Trust Company. The carpenter's shop was not insured. Mr. Scliiiitz'a house, the kitclien attached to wlucli was burned, bad a very narrow escape from destruction, as did tbe house of Mr. J. I'. Kole-rls, in Smith s'.ieet, ? ami to the power bd exertions ol ill. limnon, 'voikim; in the': face of a strong wind, and against other onlavor.ihle ciicuinslaiice?, is attributable the' |ire>ci'VHtion of.a lar^c nimuiut of property from desti ucliou. The origin of the tiro was! utiasceituiuod la.t night. C/llir/i'sfnll StII inlll nl, I st. I'M ward S\ mines isMies the prospectus to which we ha\e ii feired, for reviving tlio 7'i/iJ/i tun ,\ft vm iigrr, at Pendleton, IS. C., to which j point the Mile Ridge Rail Ko.ul is completed and in operation. The }fi xsnii/rr will be published weekly, ai M,f?0 per annum, in advance. Dauford & -Bailey's Patent H?m-Ex plosive Si'jjr>Gciictalin2 Cias Light This is h lighf'jvliich has lately* been introduced,-ui?d attracting n good de.grce.. of^fwblic ffiLentioiu The advantages ,i possesses-^ver thre*brdinar)r coal gas is irt poiii] of cheapness, and'H is also both safer and ctieap substance used .in generating the gaa is the'cunrmmt btmiift^ fluid, ;iik the bufttei-da^o sintpIc-Tn'its construction thai it requires bhi:little time and ingenuity^o kee[ it in good-bormngord^r. Unlike the ordinary ihiiff I antp, it does mil 1 k?>w. off imconsumed carbon, hat iL frtrrtis froth the flwifftpore Hyd'c (Saibon Gra-s,- fill of w!iicli'4s coitrejed*thrCiigli t be rentrift of . the generator, not leaving liny 'substlBif^ ft*?&apfc'"ttofc*j ti s b n t ed. The bornert h^. of sevteral vatferth^ such as the 'jet," -3fWK4ait,"*lbnt wing,*-'Ac. J UC MHipS we 5ft eDnMrutll'B rW to W4TIWW ihi|i()ssi?ile, ana while thelieht iCmt&fc'it?ypsumotion of fluid is mm&'less than-in the fir?tttlrr? 1a?p. ' The*p^lr5JttHji8 so conslrnctefj as to -be con*rcirtefittlv attached V't a common fluid or astral |au?pi JTtfd even fo chnndelierfr or sinfjle pas burner*, io tlyit-the difference beuVecn this and the coal pas *can scarcely be'detected. Those who. iftjght desire to -substitute this for the ordinary-gas could n*o their fixtures,-With otit rtriy. change. The consumption of this pas in a lamp with,five jets rs equal to about one cent an hour, tvliile the "hat wing" burner will consume a cunt> and a half. -Kite amount of light prmldced is equaf to from fiVe to seven spernrcandle*,'and is entirely free frute s>moke. 'l'he light can'be reduced, and the consumption curtailed to any exleHt-th.-rt may be desired, mid that too, withiflrl. destroying the me!lo\^ ne^ <>r brilliancy olYtlie light. .Messrs;. IveJIngg Si Dodge prr>ppse io-light iheir sl'i/e nt^o. 5i Broad stsco', with this sell generating .gas to->i\iglu, and invite ilie public to csll and witness U*ts experiment, when they can have an opportunity to form their own judgements of its merits from the infallible test of Of'cnlur tltf'VC ' Wie.wiuld mention, In conclusion J 'tl'Ht, phev of: the-advantages claimed for t,his.gHM>ver that furriish^d'by the Company, is, that it ic warranled to give light on a dark ciouuy night, when the Motto shouldshine, but does not. This is an j item, st least, woith the consideration of out' 'aiders. Charleston Xews.-. ..- . > Lady Havclock. At a late meeting ol the Birmingham Town Council,,the following letter.from Lady Havelock to. the Mayor of Birmingham was'read : "BuSJt, on the Rhine, March"! 1. va, 1* , "Sir?1'have this \veck tho hp'non to re gesses of tl?e borough of Binrringlmtrt; I* was already 4>rtipnntd <<?r suth a'-tttarlr fcf "attenlton by a tailor from your town, intimating the same bat the deep sympathy expressed lor me in my bcroftvemeut, liie kind .sentiments felt in my behftif and thai of my fatherless children, by so large and respectable a body, and the elegant and veVv delicate, manner in which this address has been Conveyed to me, bave.quite overpowri ered me, and 1 cannot find words to express ail { feel. The high encomiums you have been pleased to pass upon the heroic deeds of Sir Henry IIavel"ck, as u soldier and a general, and the exalted terms in which you iiAVe spoken of my beloved iiU'h tn I as a m m, are like sweet inrense to my In ken ami alilicleU Ucart, not mere!v because the praises ot tho<e we love are ever precious to us, but because I am su well aware that the puitrailme of his almost perfect character is by no means overdrawn, an.] the experience of more than eight and twenty years ol domestic happiness only serves tostrcngthen this opinion. Bill I thank my Heavenly Father that, even in this crushing and unexpected here. ivemen1, I have many sources of comfort. Our gracious Sovereign has provided bountif.illv tor my wants, my sons are nobly follow ing the blight example of their father, and my two daughters ate my best earthly treasures. A shade of icgr.-t might intrude if I were to reflect cn the altered prospects of my fatherless eh.ldnn, but I cannot lor a moment indulge in vain regrets, for our Ileavenlv Father ordains all things for the best, and I have too much confidence in my husband's countrymen to sup pose that they can ever cease to take an interest ill the children of Henry Haveloch. Mav 1 beg you will do ma the honor to conwy my heartfelt thanks t?? the corporation ot Birmingham, and to believe me, with every feeling of respect, to be. "Vours very gratefully, 'Hannah S. II.wrlock. - ... - L_ 1 * it a ve it Mkktinus in Enuland ?A gentle man who lakes a ueep luteiest in liie religious awakening of ilie limes, wlii< ii is spreading like a li one ami withoIOOtrio ce Unity throughout the lam), Called upon us yesterday and staled that a similar movement is on fool in England. Even he lore il comm-'iiced, a nuinbcr of barristers anJ other gifted laymen, went into the byways and alle_\s ot lite gre;it metropolis, assembled the poor, and even liuii.lt eJs of persons of both sexes ami of doubtful reputation, taught them the sublime truths and consolations of the (aospel; and induced them to uiiito in meetings for general and fervent prayer. Their ministrations wero attended with such success that both Sit. Paul's Cathedral and Westminister Abbey were opened for seivic- s, and also for sermons that are especially intended for the evening attendance olThe industrial as well as the idle and vagrant classes, while the gather nie?. .it iwi'li'r 11-hi are uirmigeti uv thousands, many of whom confess Ilivir previous neglect of religi"it ami the Script mcs. lliusit will be sivii thai, a similar ontiiu-i.i.siii has been kindled in ili>* Old \\ "ihi, and iliero i.s every probability that it will take root, ami he widely and beneficially diffused an.dig the people of more than one European nation. Philadelphia Inquinr. Elkoiio.n in* Winxsboko.'?We Isarn that o:? Mendav, an elect ion tood j>| tee a Winns* U>ro,' lor liilendunl and Waideas, which re snlleil in the flection of the old Council. Tl.c "dry ticket'1 was ; t_r.i i successful. - The Bt'VoIuffoniii Vohczi^lii^L Do f , .^w*e TheWque.T ^Mas.jUl^r^v^/ti'ftiU delpbrftj from La^afra; Yt4wsih$tV which l port she lvfj.cn tho^tfl^'r'AUU the I advices receiver] at New Xprjt ertrLigli't" that fl r.-Vy|ul,i/>;?? ?y m O'Brien r. on., der the auspices of peii. net | iif.iol, and Itad ftCliicveJ.?-iiisf^'(tjl^jucce--s. t 0? (he 11, intvlU^e.MCf.Ipfd J?*gtiay.-. > ra ihaVpen. Castro, ?)f BaxqaUihK-to.^id a p. proachVd'the tuwn of La Vk'tij.rmr-J^isdiihM | Irom Caracas?wifh * force of 4000''men. we|l ; SftiftES to atteiiu)t a vigorous reMslanuee^'lifcto tmo ar-. mlow liiif li,.,.n In ?wrf?r ?f o-n-li a?>u><or. ,.|. '* 11*r<^ba n?l general alarm pervaded alUUswk ' ' ' - Xcgro Hauttuff. Our British guti slaveryfriend lodnB fco^iunt negro# as .well as they do ^siairfis. - ft being alleged that the Soosoovw* the <5o:?st of dffrica, barT killed a JBriti-h subject tW^ forborne cause not stated^ bat 'pyjbably sotjfci^rtt'for \ ; verdict wf Justifiable homicide, an expedition of boats Crofts the English squadtfU^Anafined by 250 saHorsjnnd .marines, .prodfc^feif up the > , . ~r river about the "first of Fetyrufcry < and ih.&dven days {it is hoast^jn a lettwfrdlji ' .* . they burned allAoe negro toWrej; tend'kifleji between three atw four hundred of tfof Sj^joos, while th* Eoj^ish iiad notAtr' killed, | and only ten wounded!- As thebrste^rble business of die British squadron 'on the coast _ of Africa ja^ to stop the slave.trade,- it^cannot be denied jbnt they hn*f done it ?e efT/fclually in. regartfjjfo tlie four hundred 800*005 ruthey did, a few years ago, for jjlTtieabnodred negro residents of Lagog, whom they tljijugliterM for s the purpose of stopping the "infernal traffic." But ft*t bloody interception,oCdJjtf phil>tnthrO' pists produced" nb great pern^-yneg^ efl'^ai upoA " the African?', beyond the 1500 wh^c - bones ... e?J_ :V ' v . .. - . , nwf?. ucoicaicu iu ireeuomr a?5 ,H prpoapty l. r -' -j will not be tong before the Soosoos, if there are any t?T them left, wilfTPqmffeto be smitten again by the gentle hahd of Christian civilizatioik Boston pQ$L * ' ' " 7 . _ x *, n.*s*v| n Wasimxotox, April 4?Them ha*a*1*en rumors of a reconstruction of t^e Cabinet in the event of the defeat of the Iva tion; or^even if the : giifinet*, lhatfhe Cabinet has been noAis batted on the policy oJ'fbe Administration, ..and that ' the best possible feelings actuate the .-iwnbtrs of the Cabinet. '4. Letters received from reliable sourpes in-Knnsns represent the increasing anxiety of the lOOSt interested class of citizens for the admission of I, ancia m tffttiia ? ... ouwk IUI III, no me Uincmcu coiiutuou of the r.ountiy interferes disastrously wi usi-. t tiess jjursiiits generally. *> i Tlu-re is no truth in the report that lite Go?? crumeiit lias accepted the volunteers for the Utah army, from New York and Pennsylvania. Government,- on liio representation of the Mexican Minister) received the instructions of the formal instructions to prevent lite departure j of filibusters, now believed to he preparing to ; invade the Sierra Madre country. No further Indian news received at Port| land. Tkruible Civil War.?Massacre of Prisoners.?A letter dated Montevideo, February , 0, gives some sail accounts of the civil war hi I that province. Gen. Dias and three hundred of his officers and men had been taken prisoners ' ~"-rv/ by the Government troops, and in a few hours alter, by order oftlte Piesident, twenty-eight bf : the officers were slrob and the throats of two : hundred of the men cut, although tho American Consu', American Commodore, ami tho : rrrt..?t? .....j c :-i. ? i ? .v...vii, mill o|i.iiiisu iiiniiMtM's, nnu h . large number of ladies, implored the President to spare their lives. The affair has ca-laglooth over Montevideo. .Nearly, all the men leave j large families. Mr. JI imilton, the United States i consul, who was in ill health, was about to re- t I turn home, and had placed a portion oY ( furniture on board the bark Ivat", b I Baltimore. j The Hon*. Edwabd IN*eitew?iylc^CilMv*- ^ i our inferences and expectations, the Hon. Kd - \ ward Everett anived in this city, last night', in j the steamer Columbia, from New York, instead i of taking one of the steamers directly' for Sa. vannah. 11c will proceed at 7 o'clock, this i morning, via the South Caiolina Htiilroad to' Augusta, and thence to Savannah, his engagement in the latter city, to morrow even| ing, and wili return to Angu'tu t??fulfil! Iiissm. ; gigenieiit there on 1'iidav evening ne.tt. In * j Charleston, ho will speak as previou-ly arrange "*v. od and announced, on Tuesday cvefthig, theldth ^ j instant. An invitrti )n is oil the. way to hint from Columbia, in this St.tk'j which lie will alio | accept. U'e are happy to say that on visiting Mr. K. i to uro?t him ri.'i his jirrival wo i'miud i.? ? * .... - - 7 " - #! I I VA' ccllent hcallii itnd spirit*. Chart Sinn Courier. Sml'riiBii.v Custennox.? J'h's body, it i* known, will again assemble on the 10i.1i tiny or .May next., at Montgomery, Alabama, an! we' are rejoice*! t" perceive that the Sou thorn pipers ! are being now largely occupied with the sub' i joct. The Address of the committee of invita*' lion will soon appear, and there is every indices lion that this will be the largest assemblage of S mthorn men that has ever been held. The' South is more united, more determined, :*ntl i presents a more solid and compact front, than J at any period of her history. The late action in the Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana Lejiisla-' ture, all show tin*. Dt Row's /V'.v.t. Within a few days seven eargos of ice hn'Tf arrived in Savannah from M-iin e. ^ 1