ligion nn<l tlio strongest guaranties of constitutional
freedom, we should shake this
very continent from sea to sen, with the
convulsivo throes of one general popular
earthquake, until every vestige of opposition
to our republicanism should be trampled
into dust. Old party hucksters, to
whom the only beauties of the government
arc visible in the spoils, should be tumbled
overboard, and brave men substituted, good
and true. A pure party should ho formed,
^ having for its object the dissemination of
the principles of a pure Americanism, and an
eternal hostility to every sect, party or influence,
in any way opposing it. Our
grainiest boast as freemen is in the excellencies
of our form of government, and it belongs
exclusively to the American people
to make unmistakeahly manifest its vast
superiority over the other governments of
thhearth. Georgia.
The Ai&en and Corn Survey of the Savannah
Valley Railroad.
The survey of this route, we perceive, has
been commenced ; and .1 considerable portion
of it has been completed. We are informed,
that so far as the survey has been
completed, the most sanguine expectations
of its friends hnv<? bn?n innro ?' ?
From Aikcti to Edgefield there will not be
a single culvert required?and the excavations
and embankments will bo but slight.
Beyond Edgefield village, in the direction
of Dorn's,?so far as the survey has advanced,
a distance of ten miles,?tlio grade
will be easy, and no serious obstacles are
found to exist. It is now understood that
in the cuurse of two or three weeks, the
able and indefatigable Engineer, Major
Arms, will be able to submit a full report to
the President and Directors of the Savannah
Valley Railroad, on the cost, practicability,
<fcc., &c., of this road, from Dorn's to
Aiken. We see from the Edgefield Advertiser
that there is considerable enthusiasm
felt by the citizens of Edgefield in behalf
v/1 *.1110 CUIIC) , illii.i nv UUI1UI IlOl UUl inai
tliey are prepared to coine forward, with a
hearty will, 111 furnishing substantial aid toward
tlie construction of this connection
with tbe Savannah Valley Road. The route
surveyed will pass within a short distance of
the village of Edgefield, and will diverge
but little from a direct line from Aiken to
Dorn's. The distance will be about forty
miles from Aiken to Dorn's. It is supposed
that the cost of the whole road will be about
$600,000. Two hundred thousand dollars
of this sum will be raised in Edgefield.
Has Charleston any interest in this Road 1
We think she has. In the first place, by the
building of this connection with the Savannah
Vallev lionil ,?;n i.?? -
j v.mi looivi* " 111 UclVtS i%
direct connection with the Rabun Gap Road,
at Anderson. We say direct, because it
will only boa divergence of about ten miles
from an air line between Aiken to Anderson.
It is now generally conceded that an air
line route from Aiken to Anderson is impracticable?1st,
because it will then be too near
to the Columbia and Greenville Road for
good neighborship, and hence can have no
support along the line already occupied by
another road ; 2d because the air lino route
would be much more costly than a slight
divergence, as proposed by the route now
under consideration. In addition to these
considerations against an air lino from Aiken
to Anderson, and in favor of a slightly diverging
line to the West, there arc other considerations
not less potent. Charleston
wants a direct communication with the Rabun
Gap Road. But she wants more. She
wants as clicap a road as possible, as profitable
a road as possible, and one that will pick
up by the way as much new custom as possible.
Will the Aiken and Dorn and Savannah
Road answer all these purposes for
Charleston ? Wo think it will. This connection
with tho Rabun Gap can bo had
at a cost to all the different interests concentrated
in Charleston of about $400,000.
Could these different interests expect so
great a boon at a less cost ? Would the
great city of Charleston itself, unaided by
oiner.interests clustered around her, feel unwilling
to render so small an aid, in the accomplishment
of so desirable and important
an end? The small interior city of
Augusta was willing to have given even
more than this sum to the Savannah Valley
Road if this company had been willing to
have coasulted her peculiar interests in the
location of the Savannah Valley Road. It
cannot surely be that Charleston, in her en#
terprise, would suffer herself to be outstripped
by her country neighbor, Augusta. We
undertake to say that Charleston can get
no such connection as is now proposed to be
given to her, with the Rabun Gap Road, at
as little cost as that now asked of her. As
w me prontRDle character of this road, we
mean tue Savannah Valley Road, with its
branches to Charleston, by the way of Aiken,
and to Hamburg and Augusta, directly
down the valley of the Savannah river, it
does seem to us thut no proof can be required
to make it manifest The Rabun Gap
completed, there is no qustion but that this
. - road will be the great thoroughfare of travel
ahd transportation, not only for the prodace
destined for Charleston, but for that
intended for Hamburg, Augusta and SavannahIt
must be a good paying road. . If
i Charleston wants to open to herself a new
field, here Again she will be secured by this
\ . road. _ The Savannah Valley country has al'
ways belonged to Augusta, by reason of the
T . ' ' Savannah river navigation, and the vicinage
of . Augusta to this portion of Carolina.
Thin valW 1? * *
?ry u? (icueuaiea iron! Jdaiubtirg,
almost to the mountains, by the 8aValley
Road. Hie connection of
ib? Aiken r and Dora Branch will bring
all of the richest portion-of this valley into
ri?k nothing in saying, that of all the upper
portion ofcBouth Carolina this is among the,
most wealthy sad h%hly#jltivated of them
all; and the new field ' thus opened to
Charles*oo ^ill b? worth sjl ?ho i# called on
that U
t * i g* ? ;#
deeply interested in tlio Savannah Valley
ltoad, as it is proposed to be connected with
the South Carolina Koad at Aiken. The
only remaining question to be propounded
is one which Charleston almxt can answer :
Will Charleston do her duty in this matter,
and thus secure herself this rich boon at a
moderate cost? We hope, for the sake of
1 the enlarged interests of the Savannah Valley
i Railroad, that there is no doubt in this mat!
tor. 13ut for the sake of our cherished city,
Charleston, we would even make our hopes
stronger. Hecause if sho should fail to have
the sagacity to perceive her interests in this
matter; or, if seeing it, she should lack the
enterprise to improve the opportunity, wo
confess that we should have doubts of her
' future career in attaining the position, in fact,
I of till' Olionn C.itv of Jim
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Progress.
i tue=independen^7mss i
IS rt.'ULIBIIEU K V Ell Y SATURDAY MORNING.
O. O. PUOEBTT, I
m. ^QOKETT, {Editor?.
Individuals, like nation*, fail in nothing which
they boldly attempt, tehen sustained by virtuous
purpose, anddeter miticdrcnolutioti,?Hknrt Ci.ay.
" Willing to praise, yet not afraid to blame."
TermB?One Dollar a Year, in Advance.
abbevYlle o. h.
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1855.
Our Agents.
William IIill and John McBryde,
Esqs., are our agents. Any orders left with
them will be attended to.
Fresbyterial Minutes.
Tiik editor of the Laurensville Herald
requests us to say that tho Minutes of the
hist meeting of tho Presbytery will be ready
by the 20th instant, and that those designed
for the churches in Abbeville District will be
left with Rev. Mr. IIoyt and R. H. Wardlaw,
Esq., at this place.
A Long Adieu.
Srcii arc the words which close the long
and interesting letter of-'Ben Lane" on the
preceding page ; and very sorry arc we to
hear them. Nevertheless if he will allow
his corporeality to follow the adventuresome
wanderings of his soul, we hope both may
come out unscathed. We are not informed
as regards his destintion.
The Eastern War.
Accounts from Europe, since our last,
contain little of importanoc except that the
allies have opened their batteries upon Sobastopol
in earnest. There is now, it seems,
no prospect of peace until one or the other
"conquers a peace." We shall probably
hear by the next arrival from that quarter
of some grand or humiliating results.
Answer to Enigma.
We have received several answers to the
little enigma in last week's issue. The one
below was the first, and is correct. We recommend
a trial of Miss "L. II. B.V' skill
upon the poetical puzzle in another place.
She will agree with us, we think, that that
one "is hard to solve" :?
Mr. Press : The following is the answer
to your miscellaneous enigma: Cat, Ilonie,
Cant, Sin, Pan: the whole, Thomas C.
Perrin. Not hard to solve. L. H. B.
The Valley Railroad.
In our last issue wo published tbe proceedings
of a meeting held in the town of
EdgcGeld, on the 23d ultimo, to take into
consideration the proposed branch of the
Savannah Valley Railroad from Dokn's to
Aiken, by Edgefield. Wo intended to have
accompanied the publication of the proceedings
of this meeting with a few remarks
of our own, but from the press of
other matter were compelled to defer it to
the present issue.
Since then a very pointed and sensible
article on the subject has appeared in the
Charleston News, which we herein re-publish,
as worth the attention of our readers.
The editor of the paper referred to very
warmly commends the cause, and urges
upon Charleston the duty of aiding it
We are not in the habit of intruding
railroad articles of our own manufacture
upon the market, because, partly, we have
never been so fortunate as to feel able to enforce
our precepts by very convincing examples;
or, more literally, to draw forth a
long purse ourselves when we ask others to
do so. And, again, we are ever conscious
of the existence of many around us whose
more thorough acquaintance with the subject,
befits them to be much better apostles
of the cause than ourselves. Nevertheless
we venture occasionally an opinion, and offer
it at its simple worth.
It gives us great satisfaction to see that
onr neighbors of Edgefield have the prospect
of so favorable a railroad connection.
We must congratulate them upon their
good prospects of once more catching op
with the age and getting back into the
world. It always atfords us great pleasure
to see any portion of our State blessed with
railroad facilities. But the peculiar advantage*
which the Savannah Valley Railroad
is likely to afford to one of the richest section*
of our State, n, in our opinion, a peculiar
cause for congratulation to ?v?rj one
who wishes well_ tp the. State. .We . know
of no aection of South Carolina where
railroad is more needed than in the YaJJoy
of the Savannah River, and we know ofho
mL ' %. * 8
j)irft ^SHH
section where its advantages are likely to bo
more manifest. Blessed with a fertility of
soil, unsurpassed by any portion of the
State, the Savannah Valley country needs
but the invigorating influence of steam to
miike it again what in times past it has
been?the garden spot of Carolina.
The object of those who now have this
v-u?:i j?ris? in cnarge, scorns to l?o to L?uil<i a
road that will not only answer the wants of
the Savannah Valley country, in transporting
its produce to market, but also to form
a connecting link between the Rabun Top
Rond and Charleston, by a line approximating
an air line. To do this, they propose to
have one branch of tlie road from Horn's
to Aiken, by the way of Edgefield; and
another branch to Hamburg, for the accommodation
of the town of Hamburg and
the city of Augusta. If this 6chemo can
be carried out, (and we confess we see no
reason why it should not be,) it will be a
magnificent work of improvement to a large
and wealthy portion of the State, embracing
a part of Anderson. Abbeville and
Edgefield Districts. It will at the same,
time give to Charleston, if not the best, certainty
as good a connection with the Rabun
Gap Road as any other is likely to obtain.
We say, then, to our neighbors of Edgefield,
and to our friends in the Savannah
Valley country in general, a hearty Godspeed
to you in your noble nti-rprise!?
You will have difficulties to contend with
in carrying your work through. It would
be no work if you did not. Cold and selfish
friends, who would like to reap with
you the rewards of your labor without
contributing to aid in tlic work; open and
secret foes; these will oppose you. Hut you
must not stop to fight tliem off". Strengthen
your own arms?levy additional tribute
upon your own means and energies?and a
steady perseverance will enable you to ac
complish your work. And be assured success
will bring friends, and wc shall hear of
no patriot-Carolinian who will not rejoice
with you.
JEIxchange Notices.
Soctheuk Quarterly.?The April number
of this work contains papers under
the following heads:?Benton's Thirty
Years in the Senate; Louis XIV ; The Chief
Justices of the United States; Ruskik's
Architectural Works; The Ilusso-Tuikish
Compaign ; Principles of Art; Ruth Ilall;
American Education; Observations 011 the
History of Virginia; Applications of Chemistry
; and Critical Notices. These are all
interesting subjects, and from the ability J
_.u!-U II- 1 -*
rrmcii u&uuny cuaracierizea tne pagCS of
the Quarterly, we judge this number is an
exceedingly entertaining onef. We wish
the Southern Quarterly long life, extended
usefulness, and merited prosperity. C. Mortimer,
Publisher: Charleston.
Tue Schoolfellow.?This little representative
of juvenile literature very gracefully
displays his treasures for May. The
Schoolfellow is a monthly of forty pages*,
(octavo,) filled with entertaining and instructive
stories, and so forth, for school children.
Edited by W. C. Richards, Esq., formerly
of Charleston, and published by J. S. Dickerson,Ncw
York, at one dollar a year. Wo
have no doubt it would bo worth twice that
to any family of children. The editor of- j
ier? 10 give a copy ot tuc achoolfclloio as
long as it exists, togetlier with all the back
volumes, (six in number,) handsomely bound,
to any one who will givo a reasonable
answer to the following puzzle :?
Sir Hilary charged at. Agincourt
Sooth twos nn nwful day I
Although on that old age of sport?
The mfflcra of the camp and court
Had little time to pray:
'Tis said Sir Hilary uttered there
Two?yllables by way of prayer.
My firtt to nil the bravo and proud
Who see to-morrow'* bud ;
Mv yW-rt wit.ll lll>r onlrl nnil nliin* nlnn-1
To those who find their dewy bliroud
Before to-day's he done:
And l>oth together to sll blue eyes
That weep when a warrior nobly dies.
Madron Messekoer.?The promise of
Messrs. Fildes & Barefoot to establish a
paper at Madison C. H., Fla., "under the
above title, has been resolved info a reality,
and we are hi receipt of the first number.
It is a very creditable sheet, and we have
no doubt will meet success. The price is
two dollars.
MONTGOMERY MAIL.? AS BOOH JW We
heard that this paper was presided over by
the inimitable author of "Simon Suggs,'*'
we despatched a messenger to press it into
a "reciprocity treaty" w;th us. The result
was as desired, and we have the Mail, brim,
full of the life and spirit of that interesting
quarter of our "great country.".
The Charleston Standard.?Last
raentined, but not least welcome, of our recent
acquaintances, is the Charleston Standard.
We find it a most excellent news
paper?-enncing, id a mgn degree, the talent,
industry and fine taste of its conductorsWe
are under many obligation# to the
Charleston press generally, for its dally and
tri-weekly issues.
Chronicle and Skntjnbl.?This paper,
published at A agitata, Ga, is offered for sale.
It has been doing a fine business for several
years, and to any 6se Vbo has a taste for
Georgia Whig politics, it wiH be a splendid
ftwestm^nt, . ;<;
r> *,' V 't* ' * .
wltlttkn kor tiie indbl'enoknt press.
My Old Professed Friend.
"Aii !" flaitl Edward, "is thia you V* .and
passed on. I suppose I viight have looked
indifferent, but was not conscious of it, as
Edward passed me; but, as I learned, lie
| was hastening on to liis recent acquaintance,
! M rs. Somkhs, truly a lovely and intelligent
; lady, and her son, a most genteel and polite
gentleman. I thought Edward was doing!
j well in associating with, and making the acj
<piaintanceof the Somkks family. IJut, on
| learning the reason why ho passed ine so
i cavalierly, the other day, there was not a
j little astonishment in the reason to a calm
; and unsuspecting mind. I was strongly reJ
minded of the saying of an old author
which I read in my childhood, and which
my father greatly admired. The sentence
runs thus: "Thine own friend and thy
father's friend, forsake not." The impression
made on reading this, (proverb, we
may call it,) remains on my mind, and has
! in it a great dual of good, strong and cxceli
lent common sense.
lint wlien we look off into the world as
it now is, and presents itself to our view,
we are constrained to believe tliat the above
proverb is entirely forgotten, ns one of obsolete
character. An old friend?for such,
I according to onr proverb, must be a father's
| friend?has something of the quality of ani
old book?has become musty ; and it is
I time, in this jige of progress and steam, to
| be casting old things aside and getting
| something fresh. Edward, as I learned,
i supposed he had gotten all that was or could
be profitable out of myself. However corrcel
his judgment on this point, his decision
suggests an unenviable sequence with
regard to himself, viz : that the Someks
family may soon be deserted, too, when new
faces appear. The present ago has but one
admiration, and that is bestowed on some- j
thing new, just made, or just imported.?
True, there are two old things at present
much admired?old corn, and old wheat;
and people run after them and embrace
them as their friend and their fathers'friend.
But we aro not talking about corn and
wheat, but about professed friends.
We do not intend to conic out and say,
in so many words, that there is no such
tiling as true friendship, and yet wo are
somewhat skeptical.' We often hear the
sweeping remark made, but to agree to its
truth would bo to reproach ourselves, and
the good opinion we have of our dear self;
and this we are reluctant to part with. We
believe that wo are flesh and blood, just
like our neighbors, and as the good Book
says somewhere?(notwithstanding the new
notions of some old fogies, for it is a positive
fact that old people have young no|
tions, else why do old men get young
wives?)?"That God hath made of one
j blood all nations of men for to dwell on
all the face of the earth, and hath determined
the time before appointed, and the.
bounds of their habitation." But old folks
do not believe, or all of them do not, all the
Bible says, for some of them say that all
the nations of the earth are not one blood,
but many. Now, if we could believe this,
I we should be inclined hence to account for
j the great fondness discemable for new
things?new acquaintances, new friends, we
say if there be such a being on enrth as
friend?and with all our skepticism, we say
we believe there are many. But ii Is B sad
truth, that there should be so few true and
trustworthy friends, reliable at all times and
in all emergencies. The dav of ndvpraitv
<-> - -V ? J
lowers, and wo look out for friends and
sympathy, but find neither, and wo feel sad,
and almost weary of life, and quite so of
tho world.
There are many professed friends, but the
most of them will sell you for a dollar, and
some even for less. Professions are not to
be trusted ; they are seldom, if ever, reliable.
Men sell their professed politics for a
little popularity; change their Church connection
(at least many do) for worldly gain;
change their friends for worldly advantage;
and their religious faith for distinction.?
Professions of friendship are mostly empty,
and unworthy of confidence, for, like a
windy cloud, they soon pass away. My old
professed friend, where is he? He has not
evaporated, but has to tne become obsolete.
I would call bim back, but for me he has
no ears, no eyes, and no hand. My old
i friend, my father's friend, I would not forsake
without most cogent reasons.- And
yet I would utter this cautiously, for I, too,
am but a man. I wilt therefore put on the
mantle of charity, and say, he sees some
unworthy feature about me which I do not
oaa ts/k orA oil Klin/1 a aiiv /tmn
OWJ IUI ??V mv .w VMS VTTU aauius
And why should I expect too mach from
the world, as I have never done much to
ameliorate the world's condition f Indeed,
I am inclined to believe that the expectation
of men in general is too great from th<e>
world. They expect more than they re&
lijse, and disappointment always sours the
mind, and tends to make us misanthropnMa
disposition ever to be depreoated. Let
I.* _ _k_ _ J -t? - It .i ' ?
me cuiurauj a una reeling 10 mi toe family
of man?I mean all that descended from
Adam and Ev*?as for the tqonlef rfcoe*,
thftfc sprang frotn some other race, no one
, . ' * ' * 1 ' ' ' . *.? /
can Icll from wliom, where, or when, with
these I intend to claim no affiliation, until 1
* I
regularly, and by authenticated lineage, T
am introduced to the family. But I would ,
vie with all my compeers in feeling kindly i
toward my species. It may he my old i
friend will yet return, and we shall enjoy
many sweet days of intercourse and instruction
together in a firm and stronger friendship
than we ever did in our palmiest days
of communion. This is a changing world,
and the wind does not always blow from
the same point. It sometimes brings storms,
and oven tornadoes, with the desolation of
every fair hope; again it brings sunshine
and showers, and all destroyed beauty and
prosperity is restored, and every fond hope
revived. Then I am determined I will not
repine, complain, nor murmur.. I will look
forward when the peaceful slumbers of tin;
tomb shall shut out all the turmoils and
si rues 01 mortality, and anger, and malice,
and envy, shall die to live no more.
Biiooks.
Tho Black Warrior Affair.
The I'arts correspondent of the New York
Times writes : "It is well known at Madrid
that this troublesome affair is already settled.
Mr. Perry, our present representative at that
Court, has, it seems, obtained from the Spanish
Government all that has ever been asked
by our own. That Government recognises
fully the illegal conduct of officials; condemns
them and disavows their acts ; promises
to dismiss from its service all who tool
;i responsible part in tliat transaction; and
as to those who are no longer in her service,
from General lYzuela down, to bring them
before the Supreme Tribunal of Justice to
answer the accusations of the Government
under tb.1t process, peculiar to the Spanish
laws of the Indies, by which the CaptainGeneral
and other high oUicers of the possessions
beyond the sea may be called before
the Supreme Tribunal to give an account
of their conduct whilst in office during a
year after their return to Spain, and, if condemned
in any particular, be made to suffer
tho corresponding pains and penalties. At
the same time Spain offers full and complete
indemnity to all who suffered by that out
rage upon the presentation of their papers
proving their damages. This arrangement
is understood to have gone to Washington <
some time about the last of February, and <
the Government of Madrid is only waiting .
the return of the mail, which ought to bring I
the formal acceptance of the arrangement
I... .1... /'..I !-- ' '
f\ im; \yrtuiucL at vv asumgton, in order to !
lay*all the documents before the Cortes."
Commencement Speakers.
We mentioned, last week, one of the i
side dishes that might be expected at the 1
annual festival in Erskine College. We i
might have stated that the Alumni Address .
is to be delivered by Robert A. Fair, Esq., 1
of Abbeville,S. C., from whom much is ex- ]
pected; and we undertake to say there i
will be no disappointment. (
It is our privilege now also to announce i
that Gen. Samuel McGowan, likewise of <
Abbeville, the Athens of Carolina, has s
been invited t3 deliver the Anniversary Ad- <
dress before the Literary Societies, and that
he has accepted. This is a capital selection.
The General refused to give us the k
is: nnn ? i ? i* ?+ "
v?,wuu, winter, uul li 11 was to uo over 1
again lie would probably vote right. No 1
doubt bo would have done it then, but for
the fear that when the floodgate was lifted 1
it would be hard to get it down again. Be '
this as it may, we know that he has always 1
been a friend and advocate of Erskine, and 1
he may expect a greeting on Commencement
day that will "do him good." Being
a lawyer of the first eminence, and a gentleman
of well known literary tastes and !
habits, and withal one of the finest speak- ?
ers wo have ever heard, we will expect
something rich from our Anuiversary Oraior.?Due
West Telescope. ,
Funny Case of Robbery.?Our read- '
ers will remember that we gave a day or 1
two ago, on the authority of the Lexington
Telegraph, a paragraph to the effect that f
Col. Barr had been nearly robbed and mur- ^
dered between Columbia and Lexington, or
at least had been stopped by two men on
t.llfi rnn/1. Ttioon oomn man ?
W..W. *..wv wuxiv IUVII) IIUUW IKUUCir c
siveand laudable occupation is declared to r
be that of painters, have written a letter to
the Columbia Times, setting the matter in
a rather ludicrous light It appears from I
their statement that they had killed a snnke r
in the road with a revolver, and espying a
rabbit by the side of the road, they were
preparing to serve him in the same way. \
It was in this position of affairs that Col. c
B. came up, and, thinking an assault was t
intended him, ho cried out "there were more i
behind.' lie was now about eighty yards i,
distant, (and never was any nearer,) and 0
the "robbers," thinking ho meant more rab- r
bits, turned their heads to look for them, g
when the rider clapped spure to his horse i
and rode off.? Charleston Standard. JjT
1 * ?
The English are discovering that it is <(
impossible to carry on a oheap war, and
the taxes are beginning to press upon the "
nation. The London Times, reflecting up- 1
on the thirtv millinna nf nnnn/lo a nnn. c
? -?J - ? ? I " /?"*? ,
which the war now coats, says, that, in order
to pay for one soldier at the seat of war, or 1
one horse, or to supply a Lancaster gun for v
half an hour, they must pay what would c
maintain four or five families in conjfort, 8
keep up a good parish school, provide an '
active clergy rtian for a neglected district, or '
do some other good work, that, may be, e
will never now be done. As there is now
no prospect of a peace, new expenses must
be incurred to carry on the war successfully. ?
* - v ? ?? . 1
Masokk? conortss.?A grand Congress
of Masons is to be held in Pariaon the first j
of June, proximo, for the purpose of con- t
sidering -the conditio^ of Masonry over the
Globe. The Grand-Master of ure Grand =
Lodge in Parish*? extended at ifrvitatiop t
to Amenean Masonry to be j
the occasioip# , .. f
Methodist Missionary Society.?Tbo
appropriations made for tho ensaing year
by the Board of Managers- of thcr Missionary
Society of the M. E. Churcb South, at
ihcir recent meeting in Nashville, nmoantetl
to $100,000. Of this sum $12,000 are
appropriated to carry on the mission in China,
and about tho same amount in California.
It was determined to establish a Mis*
Rionary post at Santa Fe, New Mexico;
also, one in New Grenada and CentralAmerica.
About $100,000 was appropffrated
to the missions among slaves.
Im poiitajct to School Teachers.?A
case has just been decided at a special term'
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v.i uiu oupreme VJourt that a watch belongs
ingto and used by a school' teacher, is exompt
properly, atid cannot bo reached by a1
receiver under a Judge's order on proceeding
supplementary to execution. Judge
Cowles held that the watch of a school'
teacher comes within the law, and is as necessary
for liirn in his occupation as the
hammer of a mechanic is to the latter; and
allowing the watch to be but of an ordinarily
expensive kind, that it is exempt frouro
execution.
Escaped from Jail.?From the Athena*
(<?a.) Watchman we learn that Thomas
Gunnels, who was imprisoned for killing hiswife,
and very neatly killing his daughter,
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?vm.w ior murucring his father,?
and Jesse M. Garner, for selling a hired
horse, escaped from the jail in \VatkinsvilIer
on the night of the 4th instant. The Sheriff
offers a reward of two hundred dollar*
for the airest of the two first, or half that
amount fur either one. The other raau
(Garner) there is no reward for.
Awful Casualty.?On Wednesday
night, at the plantation of Mr. Benjamin
Motley, in the ninth district of this county,
a negro house caught fire, and four negro
children perished in the flames. All efforts
to save them proved unavailing. No one
saw the children even in the house at the
time. It appears that t.hp.
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were engaged at the crib in shelling corn,
and had left a fire burning in the house.
Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer.
Richest Man in The Indiana Penitentiaky.?Ripley
Circuit Court, last week,
sentenced Mr. Muir to the penitentiary for
two years, for forging a note of 820. Mr.
Muir is probably the richest man in Ripley
county, Indiana. It is supposed his property
is worth near $100,000. It has been
his strife to be rich, and now he will have
the honor of bragging of being the richest
man in the penitentiary. Won't that bo
something of which to be proud ?
Indiana Sentinel.
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Female Hospital.?The New York correspondent
of the Charleston Courier rays:
l>r. J. Marion Sims, formerly of your State,
is fast earning the title of a philanthropist.
After years of toilsome struggles, he^iias at
ast established a hospital for the disuses
peculiar to females, in Madison Avenue. Vjt
s now open for patients, and receives tlie
jncouragement of our best people. An
implication ir inn/1/> r*
J J ? ...?.UV w VIIU VUIII11J M11 VUUIljil
for a donofion of ?2400, supported by #
such endorsements as the names of Peter
hooper, James Boorman, and others.
IIuno.?The Pickens Courier, of last
Saturday, says: uTho negro boy Jerry,
vho had been condemned to be hung for
violating the person of a married lady, was
sxeeuted oh yesterday .about 1 o'clock. lie
ssaid to have met his fate with the same
inconcern with which bo had lived. There
ivas a large crowd in town during the day,
svho witnessed the execution."
One of the largest distilleries in Scotland,
Lhe Leith distillery, where 1,200,000 gallons
af whiskey used annually to be made, has
just been converted into a flour mill.
Counterfeit $100 bills on the Hamburg
Bank are afloat, A fellow lately purchased
ft horse from a gentleman in Georgia at
paid him one of those bills, and
received $25 iq good change.
Durino the last three months, 4,045 paslengere
arrived at San Francisco, against
11,700 in the same oeriod of lRn4.
A clergyman was hung in effigy at Larrange,
Tenn., last week, for selling a poor
nan's note at auction.
The sctamer Afton, with two thousand
>ale8 of cotton, has been burnt on the Yazoo
iver.
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>t any affection of the Lungs or Throat, yoa
ire. advertised to make trial of STABLER'^
LNODYNE CHERRY EXPECTORANT, whicb
? really what it professee to be, a "good medi'
ine." If it were not suoh, it would not haver
cccived the decided and warm approval of
ome of the most celebrated, intelligent and)
ligli-minded physicians in the country, who*
lave been made acquainted with the recipe?
rom which it is compounded, and who'say ttiafr
it will effect more good than any of tho nu'
serous preparations with which the eoubtry i&
aundated." An array of testimony,- such v
an be shown in favor of Stapler's Anodyne'
Jherry Expectorant, and STABLER'S DIAR-'
tHCEA CORDIAL, could neter b? produced
inles* they were really and truly "good medi'
ines." Therefore we advise you to make tri* v
1 of thenv with confidence.
See ddieriptive pssapblete, to be had grist" .
i of tbe'agenU. Price of each, only 50>
ents per bottl^oftfii bottles** $2 60,
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