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DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY., NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. JOHN S. RICHARDSON, t, it.--)J 01' 9.atie E WASHINGTON LOGAN, P11 1-l ETOR s u, tP U B LIshER. -- VOL. IX. SUMTERVD~bimI, S. O., FEBRtUAR~Y 2S, 1855. NO. 1 THE SUMTER BANNER IS PUltiLISiEiD Evechr y W ednesday Morn-1ing B Y John S. Richardson, Jr, T E., i E i-s, TWO DOLI.A tS in advaice, Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at tihe. expiration tifti x tmtonitlhs or Three Dollars at tIh end( of the year. No paper ilieontinned- until all arrearaiges are r ID, unless at the' o)tiont ofthe Propprietltr. All sul.scriptions are exp.ctel to lie pa id for in Atvance. Advortisements inserted at the rate of 7.5 -Cents per square for the first ; Fifty cents for the second, and Thirty -seven and a half cents for each subser nient insertionit under three mi.nths. Oliria ildvertisements insertel at Seventy five cents for eacli inserlion. Singlt inserliis One lhetlLr per square, Seni lorithly, Mont lily and Quarierly ad .Vertisements charged the same as single inser tion's. Iiusine'iss cards of five lines and under itsTert ,ed al Five-liollars a year. Three Months adlvert iments.-On squar111 $1 t two sqpares $7 00, three stitiares $10. A0, four sqn trem $12i 00. Six 31onths il veri'titsits.-One seimre $7 WJO, two sqimrts S-11 Ott, three scitres $16 00, atld folur sqluarcsS:.0 00. Yearlv adverisetment with the privilege of clitgin'g three ittees, one square $ I 00, two equares $IS i0 three atiues $1 (11), four -sulamres $30 00, tnd fivie siinar.-r $3t i00. A square to consit of the spate ocitpied iy 12 lie:; xfmi:.u myp All jiob work cash, ani transient ad vertising maid for in adtvaince, Obituary ntictes and tributes 'if respect over 12 lies echargel as advertisemeits. All adveriwiemens tot marked withk the numther of istertions will he published titil forbid ainil char:;ed autririmigly. Coimtmuititoiis calculated ti promotile pri vate interest, or recommttendatiint if iatndidtts for ollives of hiior, prilit or trust will tie char .ged Ior as advertiements - Anuntcii-tg a canldite Fiveii Dollars a year. For all marriages lie printers fie is ex pated. Poetry, [)riginal.] . Linessuggested by a isit to tose Hill cemetery, tiear Maicon Gt., a romaitie spot un the oe -nulgee River. ly MrIs. D. ',T. Lawtlon, Principaldlf the Cheerleston F'emale Hligh Sehool. The oriental eypress here I)oth rear its gracefil heM-1, Where all is sat, and ealin, aid fair, Oh! straniger lightly tread. For man.. loved and iarly lst, - Here U.. beitrath t. Id Their lives were chidi by di-..th'i c'tl ft ost And they no% ret xh it d How lovely is theirsilent homin, Near dell ti mrmntririn: si ream, No thoutgit of earth shil with its come Whilc now ofdeath we dream. Oh ! 'tis sadly sweet, to roamo, At dlays deptartiing uliir, And think of that bright upp *r hoim, Where t oris t.anii never lower. Now see the bieaiteous eveniitg slhade s Fall Alowly atll armiml, While gettly throuigh the verdant glide Is heard the soft low stnil, -Oeimilgee,of thy rippling way-, As thin dust flow al-img, Near rotk and hill anl v 1v mtia:le grave, To ocean ever ot. So with lt - tlde , lt:tan life, Wli,-h l-.:..4 us switily ot ; We tIt) I..t, biavit Ilese sentes of strifL Andtie beneath the stone. r liy then shonil I mortal care or pa in, -Or furtiume's datI'niiijig frown, MJaken its firget that heavenly plain Where we umay wear a crown. A Crown of everlastiting peae, fought by otir Saviour's bloojI; .Away allurinigearth; Oht ceano To draw us from our Gutd. And thou! Oh l'ather, throned on high In mercy deign to tiles,, Us feebtle worms, to T1hee whlo ery, Cloth us in righiteotuness.. And may we wear a robe Of spotless whlite, at thy right hand In thinie own blest tabode, Wthere tver cha nt t elitrub handt. A{RIICU LTURA L [For the Banunor.] Giauano-inajudticius ulse of anmd Value of, Cosaraed wvith Ass. fTo the President and Membiers of 4khe Sumter Agric ultura l Associat~ion;. GENt.hIE :Our plattrs are ho' gining to cornpr'ehend lthe fact, that (;tuanot, though wvell adopted to in-' c rease the proidiuctiion of eta~inl soils, i yet no't catlciulated to serve the piur' .ps of'ta fertilizer int gener'al, and thait :Io jtudi~iiu uise canl beo iiadeI of it ats iruaiure, tinless coluined with sorne tither' subit anice cotiintg thuse ingre' 4u iiuItself lails to suijppy. Sinlce its iintriidutni.ni amiong us, the saine etrror which has bieent cunnmitted in othter etiuntr ies where it hats bieeni usedl ii tagricuiltttire., it's been exteunsively coiit ited hi'e; thbat, of empiloinlg i tS s coimpjound citinintg in itseltr Jai that patits toed 1'or-lIheiri develop~j. mntf ati gro't~ hi, anad tihe contlseuenlce of. tjs, uahd oif snlcessi s'e appljic~at ions iii imp vertihment We very nutch dolit, however', whether niy planter who has taken thie( pains, to ascertaii to what, exteit G'uanio provides, as well as rails to privide tie( phtnts Ie cltivates Wilit their prtoper 11.0 ,1a conumitted thel errotr oil so usinig it, ats inl the lon11g rill, ti bit a 1ser by it. Inl view the, of tile importalice to thle plantier, of' knlowing', as, well, what are tihe pectlia' properties of anly XSibStallc le designs ishg Ias mire, ais. what, are tie elemits which enter ilto the proper fiod of tile planti lie cultivates ;-let us eniptire ol tie heimist, wliat are the conititients Ill this compimud, tuano. For the anal ysis of the various.; kinds loail inl diflf;rent localities, we refer vot Lo Liebigs' work o(tI a-gricutltilal c'hemis Itry. Several (if lte least valuiable Ilf these, a-e found to contain i :iluditionl to) ab64ut lif1. pler cenlt of* phoIsphate )I little, and twop mr threec per Cent, it'l aill.-I a, n ot L lt thi tiore 1a1t tha11 olrgaie linttter aild water. A gretater itubeir and extint of . Valable Ing-reI dinlls, iiowe*verl , arev givenl i lite i Ih b! It IihiZt 1111 iiI hi i)'lCie( (,I' tile, 1)ltst SW Ill Pinispi t f li'ne :tit(l mtigmetwi:, 32 per eenit. hi : 1 II '.phatte, :.11111 phmi I 1h.iiie I l p-a i0 "( Ittill Ot11xagite, h nte liii phoisphat E it'ai, nit with :naii i aan r nt i r itit. a :i:inti re I -r i ei to fautiiinnia 2 tt1 " WaIter tnl :arthby miatter 31 "_" N Wi we cmnpare the abltve anal N sis with tie Ai ewing, what, are tit enitivated plan t''S, (whicl iti y Ibe sC4 ilnlt Io rk n Illd tt ) it uill api m i that. w ile th u n spplieist , tir- te/y afrw of -1 he1 el'llem nt re'iliredi 1-1-r Lit (tionIc oI f the tir selstv (is ilt Iphts p'lottes ofl limte and 1111 Ig esia) an-d (1/ ifthel t lll, to iit e t 4 exttiltu , ith e, Sull plies thirlchif (mn:,titu in (p t-th i of potlash) ill 10nly a resy.% salall Ii) tI oml aLt.pare w with that ill w hil it is ili tr l to, e xi It in - kiii ti grain, wItile it aboolIst entin-ote ils t pr idi (cotie int edh- ts It i Iui it uhi h l l. I -f I ie I I.r tile I u .11 t'iU :U111 I hr lew t fit te rot , s/emi' t ait irares, t t i 1d 1 say, H u,. i I.. 1.:4 : -ita t', ipa ts t,'.,' l i o tit -h :ksll.,]a Ilrt ItO :l1 Ie a t l a1 -.-ma t~i zedra tis j lirbee l t',e It -a i inL'reS nlLit Is, anld a very l s ..-lp It epha- Thte s, ofr the prolod o of lLi t train, i cultivated ih(l sevteal yeals -,nllCe h e it . enithe san c .i . % it ht -mt eel'V5 n I- i'g t it- ill the .a t tran ret', aid :nrt ti what is 01ta e away b the - i pannt. It i obvitin, that wh.-n Slit-h a -olil beicil InJil, it wvill bo de-i ll fi lb--, inl thil' -tliments; %hich ha ve been'l a b-,1I* r--te illrin'it it in the lgest O uS1 .1n ttalit, :a 1 lime &(., wdhich av b alipl-quired it Iag prho rin o the i pro~n~ he :he seed1. Iv(n tiwi ln .. -tpl1icat ionil of it hll conpili 1 111, and. 1h, s ifl not soon her ome 1',-litciInlt i I LthloISe canituet-IIs whb umai toi return'l toI it, hilt %%hieb-1 haVe blv reguarlyreqi-d andaprpia, bthe gwing" patl and mlaevsn 1114, wi.11. i s In1e..h- 1.. -- Ln t on . 'wi I , le ! set ti 1. j .v e, e V ,-11 ne 1 eut cleani-nIs 10,0th t .te 1 o an11 m< the nitetal ingredients &f their 'i,l, all ( 1, wiiel are colltaied ill ashe. Evel leached alhes, though deprived by leachinllg of' its Carbonate of potash andlt] S4oIda are of limlcl value ill aln agricultu illIrd poilt, of view, as tile) still retalin their silicate oI potash. mal:lgle siand phosphate of i linie. Plrofessor Lei big remarks tif this mnaterial as a imnure, that " These ashes " (the ash es of' diffiereiit kiiids of wotod) " inight be substituted for amiial exereinents: and if a proper selectinill were mna1Je of them, we might again urintish our iields with all h111e constitenllts re. inoved from 1hemby crops olf Cutiva' ted phtils. The vast nioplortance 4l ashes as a nInmu r is recoginized by 11111y f*-triners. Inl the vicinlity of* larillirg, :ind inl the Wetterau, such a high vallue is attached to this costIy notterlil ia, s a manureI that the fatri ers 11) n1t ob' ject to seid fir it tW a disititne of eigliteen or twenty-four ihih-s."' \\'hen wvood is deimpo.-zed l by show decay, it.yields till$ salie ele lineIlts whichI it yiels Iy c'*ilhustinlll: in oiber wiIls, riatteI wiood supplies (to the ,sIil tlt satiie clellie lts w hiebh lshes sipplics. The quantity of ash CS lbtaild, however, Iy burnilg the leaives, baik anid sinall steis If trees, is, inl rpl to to their 'seight. tell lu4d as inineh as is obtailed bY brn inlg woodit1, that is, the lea aCs Se C 0ll. taun inl lriptin to their weight ten Itl -is muchel of the prl'operl lbold of1 phwits as is olltalilled in ',ihe w d r bildies. of re .(Seet anlal vsi. inll e - ig's ag-ieitundia ehinist ry.) IoldIt ter olbaiiled fmihmil ile w.d. i1, c:nnoiit id tlen, inl restoi ing to tl( soil, in greatler r less degree, what is t:.ken Iraniui it; iy the ciltivated crop. \\'len this Illatorial is used hiv its lf. :as munire, it is, iideed, verysigwi-i-b i its :- a till, : iil reilji ir.s, 1i e be11 1ing r*eibe0 l.V b11, d Ve , lcarly i or quite. It, vegela*1de 11n411hi, Is)h - . 1. .. 1aisl. ' iniii laa liaken it, war la-ten it aleci p sit ion, and cause it toa ithI ailrhll re.iily its constitencle. linen's. A-hes-, 1.n lite th r 1:111d, if, hpvedb itself, unay 1- , . . c:o;I inl Its aeo it'n. Ctil~et' (%u(. :J :a lmave 1n1t anly :a iuick il . I'' t l, lat a aa-I n 41 iln Iiii 'abeiI alone.l This cliii,r aa . 11111. i 6!:11 i<t b n Is , I uh ! G 1u 1 - i I a ai d I .(taill ertii'4 r far a l s a ; ill iS il(s t:pm,er i:.a:ntiv very cIanI. .l. S. i2. Sr:a't &:from :i U'I. ? -)ac : : 1 19a1 1a ..1 I l i 1. a , "Iv litnc e - n h r bs n. u n sio a b: les it y ctiaa li-ee i... e k . w w lih re it v4 l -1 Iit.-ia all vlaa . I lr- .:.i. C ol;'lared w i t 1 h dl !! I l vo& :hi ca-,liinl wlii ' . Oait. lre t. exp-ti lito mee hies ht eIt-a ti its. ide :klav a t ia. a 1 . -trlp 'tis i i1:ih t. i t-1. V ti ill 1-1 w-1rld whi. lur its Size, (. b -,11.1 I i ain a munt of i 42a b1 lit! w, -1 itl i ling I r thle ne ofia.1111 b i k l.l ! :a. l'ii r. id' ied , nle ve- s w a'. i 1"t as te I 'lli is are acciu tom d t. ~ It . tarit .- 2thing aofi p iide :t i ii mp,'a' bi.t a r asi 'i'itl' re all ii-r iv2at l. d 'liab I i ilS!a 2 is iow hlike thebia ck ih,.' Liitndonet docksh stakie n lei itwith 11 ry14 onSteseveseiat a iit4.gi tmes WifI ihe daytoli uiies r ig consheltanliy 'itatlihgr benath th aileel te lilrbs'r. arilezbotsl andt barges IS lllir i-lsg h' gllllIwith diit arts fii tef or, gre.t aleas stl'f il wmt ecething, la ie s o,., boxelIs'5of Mhl~ie 'a Ill iatIlin, ptilecs of .shell,~ truss of ~l ais hay , and k hof ibatdesty andiipilal tl iThe 11are5~ ln'. int the d iwet ;nIniistaVCked inL' th I unc Itilh a ~all pyrco- th t wickill Sp ia aire~t suIlli4' elecyioented w ryl irth bth ito beWit theere nigtio thie me4n. hel moldeyta crowdi' thit. i I erptllair wing 21 au I tgt moongiik the pus , Illeiidable hlatabllesl i selhing ale alln dretty1ript1 ik Th t very 11gev are all rague4 I al all IIIitbly; y It, onl exadnining O141. tInel closely, You perceive that, s e have dinrgy brass behne1 ets on11 their hevadzis, ntIIrs the small Scotch Capl of tle 'Cr,-ys;' teit. remnuantsi of red trouseris indicate a lussar, wh ile a alild dress Curiously Imis shdapeln discovers 1 Lancer. Froni :l th.'se facts you suddenlv rush b, the conclusiin, that, the(, 'ilnler lE44king corw/cyc i, (va1lry, )r- rather all that. rIn~lains. (Af the nline tiine regimlents which1, I - wo monthIs a.''1, hunle'd inl thle Ci ica. YI.s, the Ist I "")yaI D ra. goos thle Scots Greys, thle 5th1 Dra. gmon Guards. the Gth Einiskilles Dra. g'Iis, the 17t0 L-t.cers, the 411h Light I)ragnons.4, ti le 8th Ilussars,. tile Llt I .ight 1.) ragns, :id 1 I Ah liu.-sars -- that. thrinedy had ani effctive Strengthb of s:1 ine twop th us:n -six hund111 . re, I sabehrs, canoit. no11w, aml4o1::i thern1 all, llnnt two huIldred i101 in; a It. state i11r- even teilpirary ser-vit'e. ile Scots Gn.ys are, 1inerically', the Strongest regioient out here. It, wilts seven. ty Iieli. ()nt of u ,hieh wnfly abouittwn ly.fie l eni anid 14orsess are lit fIr s' er. vice i l ieb 14114. F'or 'ne threle ori 64h11r week .pat, WO have'- kniow thI at inir cavalryI1, a4 a'nI arin of tlie ser wasI- no0 1:01e; butI still, Clut of' c-ou. plimlent, it. was I-; Sp !iin of as at di vi, ionI, :ndl was4, the - 0re 1o the w oe a1 pleat it i1'011i 1, -1l4ieve inll'.it owI~ :ill (,url ehet-ished tanwces are dle. I'lr ued-th Iterml 'eavalrv' has nt. signlifiealil-n; t e ile n o v .t ,icit ICe 1in;IGIll. 411. f ot ca h regil, are all I'::::e.s I int we corps, and 1s. I'd in :al ryin g i o it up too tu:e enip. I:ac sbb r -aIs 41ne. horse, whAI(eh is4 alwa% - S 11 4 a :::1- 11 0' b :nes, S'4 -re , anid -,ueral i bihai as- w ul !ite -If Ihbohi i t , ' e S Ceary' Iit tIhe S.wi, tIyN. 1..r h l reventi'nt otf c. nelty t .1"O\n' . Th led A . l ie. .ne b: g f I sII it, and hev. 'S t i!..) I4 4.' thLL) li:i11 ot I- th dis t Ill tht! 1: , wh n they Cil aiid el t(l (oI t w o i de14 ns9'4- (t. r liEves :md ihir h'i"4'nit '- to44ether.1' .\:n.4 - ii la'. 4*4 ~1 Till!4'1.' I a l i': ' y. ,94..a . 4, :d! 4 444 .! . ,.,.. '44 m'4' 1, "14'4 4 *1 .' . I .1: T ni ,. : I env4.44 . 4.4 :4"e iii :14'(..' - '. flit' s . e t l ps.avd hihll.-,.m ei.' 9 t44 '4 el, In iw (Ial .k. The :14 4: . ',4e 4. ':2.4 kin4' l i 4. 444 444 ' '4. i. l 'v-il a 1.11 '114 l he ir lI '_ , :11t. a-|I w.- ; .. II I b% It i b-;-.-. !h-. T I I..nv.! v m-n ~ I ':il :t r-, los h . ii, 444449 h.. s' 4e. u I'-ll. a ! 4'.1 h44,4d wa.b-d '' ' - ~ '94* .'.'.'. 4- 9 pt':, *'i . 4:l;. 4I-a t 01 i4i2- p ir i I e >[1011% a::l. i th4 m ii' Ii -ir : ':144.9: 4 T j ', 4 .' 44 1141 all-I 1'' 4 lt "n : 11 44'| ' 44f ... i ' . is li-ulling ~ ~ lit c.l usesJh O .1r.:k i's .14 -1111, IN..,,4n prede1'4':4q , 4t4A Iar. tol :- I s, i . :44 Ill* I. Ilk,' '. ' 1 . 1. 4I -' :l ' ;. - " . . i t, lit:'!il. 4441' c .1 h I c 4ler, lii are 1444 "9 d o a 4 a as sui, b-e1 4441e 4 cr w. u ieb ;9 p ld4p o 4h4n-.4 I': 14 4'"' 41i , .' 9 li 'i, h (1. '1f " r 4'u n' ot94 444441 s \% 1Ji.)il e I." I tt'.'.t' f41 I 144t'.I 4499 11'in 4t144.g e hi , 444. i 1 )'4. "' I s - r ng o he u-. :n be 44. yoe all descript41449,ion. T:. ar 4d4.1 in 44 at'ii t 1he rate41 i . ., . . 4d' e di414''''l. in th i4village a4 ... '4,':,.v 94'. dy.t ig.l' '9f 4 p itie iI... 1..' he or''Li' It i-un '4lal ia, iii.' , g'991: nieik ae4. el llya e iiK4. , 9 ;94( lei.', tla v en a444 li'nidel 4 .* 414'44411 i. astnied at1411:~es4 the ll $1n1'h thevd (Anera4.llyl I') (.lceIld ofltei dead)4i4t scraped o ci sI 11ver a corps 'ise, oer sid re suliien. \'hn nce0h m111 1 liver again-would prevent, these apPallIi, g scenes, by taking care that the Turks bliuried their dead at a prop. er depth. It' we are here in the hot weather, ou11r disregard 'If this precat. tioi will revenige itseI, but, fltortii. ately not tipol I hose wiho are really gilty. 1 am1 c.ertain that I am With. iii the itnark ulie I state that the car easses of at leas.t one i tIoasantd four hitindred or ine tholusantd live hundred iorltses lie aboit, am1i1111g tle tents of tie I-:glish ealli, puttrefying and poi. soig telie air fir miles round. Do our aithorities seriusly think that the aflitviuai arisinig from such a mass of Corrup1Ition1 In 14 int, ttJiturious to tihe,- Imeni? or if it is injtirious, why are they not hIited, or dest royed in some way? I am certaiin we .should soon fitnd a great diminution in sickiess, if' a sani. tary oflicer-a medical gentlhiatn '.-tld be best-were appoi.ted to each divisiona, to see that all Carcasses, 4fll and other poisontutis filth, were regilarly covered with earth. No wo.'ds cait give at idea of the sttech 0hat, revails itn our camp." Two Cati'S OF lItct IN Tilu SANt S-AsoN.-GermantoI Lat tis, in a letter to 1, dw.trd De Leon Esq., writes as ibl!h ws coneernting his metho cd of ratising two crops of Rice il one sea Sn. iMr. Lattis thinks liis method w-mild succeed ill alty CoItton gIrowinig A:..~~mn iEgypt, Oct. 13, 1854, Sir: Yoit have done me the honor to rtegne lst the comuiintientionl of softie dethails upom the advatitgei resuilting Cr1o the elitivati on of urice ac'ord inll to ,cy systemi. lIeLf.ere amccedin'g to your' deuire, allw m1k., Si t' 1 express to yo tie feeliiigs of deep gratitude awakctied il mne Iy the interest that Vu have s-, kutlly manifested in the recent and cn(clusive espeti illets that I have beent Ilnaking itn this counitry- an itite rest. ho wever, whieb could not sur* i use rlce, knowileg. as tle whole world dm'. the piolpttness with which tle .p atid p;owerful American natico n.I iCil '" -idvalntase wviaitver I.. proIie useful in industry and adv~lmoe htum:iity. It u.is Ily itteition to limciit Imly. elf for tle pStent to the pcl1ietiee ' nys.% sh inl in E-%ypt,:id il defer fihe It pub t lietinll 4f it tiltil firther itivesti. . ittnis Should fiitriish fie tLi meatns If elilliblillg fihe posibility of' Cx. t'liing the appolicatioii, (if liy diseov. vi tel the prodiittiet oif t other grains he'-,ids ; bCut, takinlg iln consiideraltiont the ilvitiiitn (.f tle represent.tive of a111 eai n esentiaLlly priogressive, as %%ll as the peisotial (lalities whieb cl.iiart':ilt', Neol1 sit', I til not beo.Nit:ite Ilt 111di'y1' the plan that I had lai.] oit. I inv'ite %11:11r attenlti l, thelt, to the -iou iI.., de'tai l, bieb in mv prtCSeilt sii Cnt iin 1 am permited to ('fer : .ly rive fields vihld, as y.u1 kntow fiam pers',onl euintin two suie ei'S'11 V cIri-s i.ll a si11e sowingr aid within a periied (if abotit live iii' thi-, tu1videdha the teliperatitre rem41:u cnstant y abeeove thie miat oif -J' lie:nir. I thiiik, therehrue, that everyN C1untry,% Caplable ortgrowing. 'it1tecn is fit flr tile eiltivation (if rice aiter myl metcinl. This cu1111ivationl In 1ilt bll'ted by tle isual liethldI, of' iIigatin by, SuIl-rs1i, the Vater be. iii ly a t. -,tated peiid1s. I his e fi-rhs I i ing :d't-t onhird tUtC'of' watr gene I ally i useetu itrrigatilen. ir't 4eIl, f inishi~les ain excel letnt pas tinag tru cale, wile that, left after ,t11usal11'l is geold fr nlothing. er that the rice stalks tremain v'ery qu iet ly expIo seel It lie actio oft)( airt I itcdity w~hiebI are commtllunticated bcy the wa ter' mI thle other case. .\l ote. ier th le vegetale dieveulopettt ak lng fhice with great rapidlity, the tis saue.s havye nio t tijne enou hgh to pass inite' the higieous condhiiuitn. Tihtejprae.t'ea ktie~tdge an~d aten anud wilijt thle capacity of' iunds the tmtlst ordiiiury, so as easily to retndetr thieir ad1 b ot possi51ble by eery pilnter of' your coutntry. .The cht'mical neatis by wvhi.h I stitunulate thle vitality of' the rice, and which serves to dtermtine itn it an iii(ren'se oif heat, arte ver'y cheap. llhey are tmo re thantt suflicient to repair thle loss oIf pierioutivye capacity which lie stil wiould enidure' in f'urtnishitng a You1 aret aware, sir, that far from impa~l iig thle v'alute of land, secce ha~s proved iice1 to be a pluant whIicht actually imipi'oves theo soil that pr'o' deices jt. Ii retmaitns fier me unow to say as to the stimt I woul d detmand fo r thle ittre dulctioti of' mty systemt in A merica, althoeughi it w~oud be very diflicult fier meW to stta it a is ..uti.. e am coiviliced that this could ofler no obs acles to the enterprise. America is too pomwerful and too generous to hesitate in obtaining what she recog. niscs to be ofgreat utility, and Ii n my tirn should be too happy to place my bunble services at her disposal. It is thererore in iy opinion beyond a doubt that ns soon as you may be authorized to make me an ofi'er, we may easily come to an understanding. Accept in the meantime, sir, the expression of my most distinguished consideration. GERMANO LATTIS. TInts ELECTION OF SrWARD:-We clip the following from the Albany letter of the New York Ilerald. It is the scene at the anmnounconient of the electi n of that arch agitator William 11. Seward: "At half-past twelve the Senate, preceded by the Sergeant-at-arms, entered the Assembly chamber. 1pon arriving in front of the chair, General Garlingihouse, in an audible voice, and in military attitude,. with side arms, aniounced to the House, the honorable the Senate. Never was such service perforned in a more re. spectful and dignified manner. The Sergeant then introduced the President of tie Senate to the Speaker of the Ifouse. and the Senators took seats along the centre aisle and in front of the clerk's desk. Mr. Goodwin, the new Senator, as yesterday, had a thousand eyes upon him. Or der being restored, and as much' silence observed as was possible amtong the dense mass, the President Of the Senate arose, and stated that as the two houses had con vened for the purpose of comparing nominations, the clerk of the Senate woud rea.d the proceedings of that body. This was done. The Speaker then ordered the proceedings oftthe Ilouse to be also. read. This being Finished, the Presi. deti of the Senate stated that on con. paring the nominations of the two houses, they agreed in the selection of Wilian 11. Seward. Ile then de /a red his elcto toor " :a. seat ill the Uvitrd Statee Soante, as a Senator of tihe State of New Yomk, for six years from the fourth day of'March next. At this annomicement a most trem end'us shout arose in the galleries, lobbies, aWl evenl on the floor of the T 'ue. The uproar continued as long as th'pre-ple wi!!d, an:d wensu'i. ded, the Senators returned to their chamber and adjourned for the day. Mr. O'Keefe arose, and said: "Mr. Speaker, as the black flag of abolition ismo now floats over this capitol, and anti-slavery controls this Legislature, I now move the house adjourn." Mr. Speaker Littlejohn, upon hear'ng the word "abolhion" uttered, rapped si. lence sternly With his mallet. Mr. ('Keefc sat down after lie had finished his sentece. Mr. Muniday. "I second the motion to a.JI'urn as I desirc to attend the II indoo fimicral." This was done. and Ile geittleman was allowed to dlepart from the Assembly chamber, to "put uun sackeloth aid ashes." Tweity minutes alter the result was Wanntounced six-pounders roared and blazed in several places inl the city, and continued for two hours. The IuIiS4es of the victorious party re paired to the public houses and poured down their parched throats streams of a libol. Initoxication ruled the re ,naaining part. of' tile (lay and night. ItlO-morow the pri ibit ory law will be the order of L'tsiniess in tile House." lIn commntiing upon this election a well inafornned writer in the Rich mnond .Exraminer remarks: 'l regard the re-election of Seward as a far' more se rious afihir thait an ordinary election to the F'ederaf Sen. ate. It, proves his power ini his own State, anid the strenigth of that fusion party in the North of which lie is the embilodimenit and the head and front. There is no longer a doubt that lie will lbe the candidate of the futsiotiists in the next Presidential election, lie is t he acknowledged leader of a conglom erationt of political elements and isims that, is already strong enotigh to carry every State but. Illinois (and probably that tooi) niorthm of Mason's anid Dixon's I fear his election to the Senate settles the qtuestion of his election to te Presidency. No dotibt the Dem-' ocratic party will tnominate a Southern man. Seward will be the candidate of the Northerat f'usionists; and the conitest will be between a Northern candi~idate, sunre to receive the vote of every Northe~n State, and a Southern candidate, equally sure to receive every Sonthernm vote. In such a con test, the South of course must be out voted, and Seward must be elected President of time Union and executor of laws, organic and legislative, which he holds to be legitimiate means of exterminating slavery. In that too probabile, but most deplorable even, the South will be oblIged to hoist thI llg o, secession, aid manrch out of camp in which she could rerain:n4lth er with honor nor safety. I do not believe, for one. t its l ought to remain in a confederaby pro sided over by Wm. II. SeWard;u nd I fear the hour is rapidly aplIroach1I;g when Virginia will have to take'_p I he words of her iminortal son,' utred in an earlier but not more.,soJeku poltical crisis, and proclaim toi-r people and to her sistersof the South "W e must fight--We must fig it." No one can mistake the temper ofIe Northern people at this tine. TIf fusiontits are triumphant and exitant evueywhere-and tho whole Norih looks lip'n hIIe! IIIlinationl of Suard taor the Piresidency is only a little thoro certail than his election to that ofice. There is but one hope of'defeating him and his fusionists. It is in preser ing imtact, the organization of the Deiid. cratic party in the South and iII the Union." BamLE [IELDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. --We give below the principal bauttles as they occurred during the war of Independence. The scenes of Ameri. can success are noted in Italics* Fort Moultrie, June 28th, 1776 Port Royal, 17 St. Johns, Monks Corner, April 14th, 1780 Charleston, May 15th, 1780 Camden. August 16th, 1780 Broad River, October, 180 King's ount fain, Oct. 7th, 1780 Tyger River, October, 1780 Cuowpen's, Jannary 17th, 1781 Fort Watson, April 14th 171 1lobkirk's Hill, April 25th, 1781 Ninety-Six. June 18ihmb. i1. JEuttaw Springs, Sept. 18th, 1781 A "BRAVE" ExolISu NoDLEMAW. -Lord Forth has returned to E land from the Crimea. It in said ihis return has created great indignation. The London cor espondent of tko New York Tribune writes: He is a very young officer, a , -h nor, and as it seems not much of a hero. In the battle of Alma i it himself on the groundand scrediid d -"I am frightened, i 't figt. Lord Raglan sent him word that in the next battle lie was expected to distinguish himself by his gallantry, that, his cowardice might be forgotten. But at lhkerm'ann lie again behaved . cowardt'y ; iwo officer.4, therefore, were sent by the General.in.Chief to east away his epaulettes, to break his sword, and kick him out of the camp. lie returned to England a disgraced man, his family disown him, and the clubs are closed against him. ExraAOmwzyARy FiRE.-The Potts. ville (Pennsylvania) Register has the fobowing account of an apparently tinqcucechable fire in the Silver Creek Collieries of that State:-Four years ago, what is now calli d the old breaker at 'IThomas & Beaty's mine, caught fire f.'omn all explosion. The fire was communicated to the "dirt heaps" around, where it has beeu secretly burning ever since. It made its ap. pearance again about five weeks ago, in the immediate vicinity of the new breaker. The mine has stopped, as well as every other mine in the n eigh. borhood. The coal mountain in Pennsylvania, which had been on fire simce 1837, will probably soon be ex. ~imgn~ished, as the fire is approaching a poimt which can be inundated. A miass ofecoal has beeni consumed three. eights of a mile long, 60 feet wide, and 3600 feet deep, equal to 1,420,000 tonis ofeoal. Gov. Gardner, of Massachusetts, recently disbanded some Military Companies in that State. compoee of foreigners; whereupon John Mitch. elI gives his Countrymen the fullag;. mng advice, "which," says the WVi. mington Herald, "Considering that John has been in this country perl.a a year, is impudent enough:" "For every musket given Iii to the State Armory, let three be purchased forthwith; let independent Lompaniga.. be formed, thrice as numerous as the disbanded corps-there are no- Arms Acts here yet-and let every 'forei~, er' be drilled and trained. and have. his arms al ways ready. For you may be very sure, (having some experience mn that mfatter,) that those who* begins by disarmitg you, nmean to do you mischief. Be careful not to truckle in the sniallest particular to American prej.. udices. Yield not a singlo jot or y our owln; for you have as gooid a right to your prejudices as they.. Do naot, by any means, aui'er Gardner'as:le! (the Protestant Bib'u) to *bweting downi your throats.. UD not abgmsdug your post, or renounce your futiotido -~ as citizens or as soldiers, but Ailstr~ sort to the last anid highest til.iq of law open to you, kp a attempt no 'demonst~j~ ' age drunkenness5 ut arnia,