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It is therefore offered to tlie mercantile and business community jjoncral I v as tbe best advurti Biiig medium iu liie up-country of .South C?r-olina. ni HATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 square 3 months $ t 00 w 1 square (5 month* 15 00 1 square 12 months ....... lo 00 p, f 2 squares 3 months 0 00 !)( 2 squares G months 10 00 2 equates 12 months 10 00 3 squares 3 months 8 OO 3 squares 6 months 12 00 3 squares 12 months - 20 00 4 squares 3 months - 10 00 4 squares 6 months 15 00 ':1 4 squares 12 months 25 00 5 squares months 15 00 fi squares C months 20 00 i 6 squares 12 months SO OO I , Advertisements inserted for a shorter] . "period than three months will be charged 7:"> ''' cents per square (12 lines or !es<) for first inser-! '<> tion atid 37-A- per square for each continuuncc. j \} (frW Any one advertising by annual or semi- i su annual contract can change his advertisement j : monthly, if he desires. J?'"' Subscribers to the paper who do n?l! w pay their subscriptions within the year wiil be i :n chargod 81 50. [April so, lh.=>5 <?| ~ MISCELLANY." ] \\\ [From tlie Charleston Mercury.] j ? Public Meeting. ; ^ Tho citizens of Charleston in favor ufi;(J .idiiig Delegates to the Democratic, Ouu-Invention to bo huh! at Cincinnati, asf .-iubKd : |j] at Hibernian Hall, on Thursday evening.) Q April 3, 1800. 110 Tlie meeting was, on motion of T. V.: |? Simons, jr., organized by the appointment ! ;n of iho following officer*: p, President.?A. G. Magtnth. E?q. b< Vice Presidents.?C. G. Mt-inniiiiger. j ?sq., Cbas. Mclk'th, esq., Nelson Mitchell, j esq., J. J. Mikell, esq.. 11. \V. Connor, t-.-o..: u, Hon. Jug. Simons, Hugh II. Hunks, csq.,!an Dr. John F. Poppenheini, Sun.'l G. Barkvr, '. esq., John Philips, tt-q., F. Lanneati, esq., at J. F. O'Neill, esq., Dr. T. Y. Simons, m Samuel Y. Tupper, esq., Edw. MeCrady, esq., Tlios. Ryan, esq., Dr. Elias Ilorlbcrk, W. B. Prinple, esq., J. B. Ciimpbi-ll, esq., Andrew McDowell,esq., Dr. Robert Lrbhy. | tr' Geo. N. Reynolds, esq., C. L. Bmvkimyer, | esq., A. McKenzie., esq.. Jacob Cube::, esq.,? Geo. Brown, esq., W. II. Ibm ston, esq., ].). jt() L. McCay, esq., Abraham Moist*, esq., R.|ol ?v. ljHcoi, esq.. A. 11. Jirown, Of-q., <J. iJ. I r>". Carr, esq. j ' Secretaries.?Samuel Lord, J. P. Slro- j( licckcr, Chas. E. Kanapaux, David Ramsay. i " The President, on taking the chair, in :i| . brief address, announced the object fori 1 which the meeting had assembled. j Hon. Win. D. Porter addressed thej!r: meeting at some length, and concluded by i !' submitting the following resolutions for its ! './.consideration: - j ^ Mesoivea, That tlio citizens of Charles-! ton, here assembled, express it as tlu-ir con-j viction, that the State of South Carolina j should be represented at the Democratic |e" ? Convention to4>e held at Cincinnati in tho J? present year. j?' Resolved, That not only is such a rcprcsentation duo to the Democratic Party, for its fidelity to the Constitution, nnd in that -to the righta of the slaveholding States, but!081 that it is moreover duo to our sister slave- n) holding States, wlio have not only prepared tjbenaselves for being represented in that Convention, but 'have also expressed the ?|1 earnest desire that all the slaveholding v'! States shall he there represented. Wi Resolved, That in the measures which ^ijl be submitted to the Convention for its sj' adoption, as proposed bv the people of;]'! Georgia and Alabama, we can perceive"a I " distinct land opportune occasion presented j '>c for,the recognition and adoption, by the;sir Tw?,?r>....... -r ?i.- ~;_i * Ia? ia.1 uvivitm i/cuiuuiiliu JL i?U^t VI UIU HglllS J v" > and privileges of the slaveliolding States ; j w" and in tlio success of that party, wo have a ph reasonable assurance tbat these rights and ot' - tprivilegea will bo enforced in the action of \'e the Government. j A Resolved, That believing, as we do, in the,fia' Vrwnited and co-operative action of nil the, e'c jA^lavebolding States,.especiall}'in all matters lei which relate tcr-lhcii' domestic institutions, -we feel bound, so far as we can accomplish at. to set-ure the rer>rp<u>n?<i?ini? ? ^ , - -, w? UUI VOIU f K . >/: "in My Oonvehtion of Delegates from the ha Various States of; this "Union, at which our wl A Mhm States propose to establish, in .their frc fntl-measure, the fights of the slaveholding hn i - States of tbtt- Confederacy. - * . j?e*olvedx That Mn view ..of the' grertt da ..practical questions that now affect the fat peace and welfHre of the shiveholding States nv of tlni Umotit'the?e States, in couhoil orjri tir /JiietS^BhbuW Wipited. oufopin- an ' ^^tt^icr^fi^te^itli anv IfAtional Pnrtv m< ^^wiir.Dpt - r w jqhtftigr theae rights un d$ r tlie .Cftnstjtu- 6? is in e*i*t?n(-'e'n F' """"" " ' " " "**"*" ' ' Resolved, That the Chauman of this looting- <lo appoint at his leisure, twenty 'olegates to the Stato Convention at Cuunbia, who shall have power to fill vacanesin their body ; who shall represent the ity of Charleston in Columbia, an-1 there isist in such measures as may be ncccf-sarv > secure this Slate a representation in the onvcmiori ni uiucmnau. J. J. Popo, esq., seconded the resolutions, ad warmly advocated tltcir adoption. The question being taken, the resolutions ere unanimously adapted. On motion of Dr. I. F. Popponheim, the weeding* of the meeting were oidered to : published in the daily papers. The meeting then adjourned. "Carry Mo Back," &o. The New York ITcralu of Sunday eonins the subjoined paragraph : "About two years ago a ix-gro woman j med I)ina, was purchased from her own , S. F. Gould. Ksq., of Edgefield. South arulina, by abolitionists residing in this ty. Arnutig the contributors to the ft:n?I r freeing her was Ruv. Henry Wnnl et cher, whose rille practice Ii a* gained Iiitu u-f> notoriety lately. Diiia came to this ty ant! rnrseil her mother until she <!i-u. hen. having no relatives or friends here, id being out of employment, she naturally ioi:gh (I'.sired to return to the heme of :r childhood, ivhore her husband anil ehilen are slill liviuqr- Hearing that Col. M. nizer, a neighbor of her firmer master. .1? J."- t >> in 111 iiic ciiv, sue eaiiea upon n;:n at t!i<? stur llouro, and piteousiy begged of liim j take In.]' back io her old humo, as she j as heartily sick of freedom, and yearned ! S< Paul "for her kindred after the t'.esh." : ul. Frazer consented to do so. ])?.*fi>re riving fur tlio South yes!ordf?)\ In: brought j r !o tlie Herald oftlce to ail'ord us another j stance of the fact that a sensible negro j cf< rs slavery when it is associated with | >ine comforts, to freed-.m such as the' aclcs experience at the hands of the nig-' :r worshippers ,'it the North. Dina is a j >ul, healthy woman, about forty years ofi ;e. Sh<; was originally bought for ?250,! r owner freeing her for less than her worth. the solicitation of her well meaning but] istaken friends." Ax Editor.?At a recent festival given ' the printers in Boston, the following' illiful and sensible toast was mad-.': The Editor.?The man who is expected ; know everything, tell all lie knows, and ! less at the rest; to make oath to his own' ?od character, establish the reputation of! s neighbors, and elect all candidates to j lice ; to blow up every bodv, suit every- j >dy. and reform the world; to live tor the! inefit of others, and have the epitaph on \ s tombstone, "Here lie lies his last; " in ] ort, ho is a locomotive running on the j ick of public notoriety; his lever i* I s pen, his boiler is tilled with ink, his ten-j T is his scissors, and his driving wheel is' .Mi.. i? ?- 1 1 ' ,,,,,..1 , nin.-[ii:vur I1U e.\|>IOfH'S IT IS j used l?y the non-payment of subscription?:.; o is expected to work for nothing ami I aid himself?ami if he is unfortuna'.c i ough to have a family, he will cither have run in debt for their support, or take! Jgiugs in the almshouse. Poor fellow ! t is nothing?nothing but an editor. Arti.ess Simri.icity.?One of the sweetL incidents which we have noticed for ma' a day?and one which shows the (fleet early training assisted by pure and un-i filed imagination?has just fallen under j r observation. It is thus related : A lady i sited New York e.itv nrul r:uv nn ih.-. ci.l/.-1 ilk a ragged, cold mid 11u11ry little girl, J zing wistfully at some of the cakes in a ; op window. She stopped, find taking the ! lie one hy the hand led her into tlie store. I lough she was aware that brea>l might l>e| ttor for the cold child than cake, yet de- j ing to gratify the shivering nnd forlorn c, bought and gave her the cake she mted. She then took her to another ice, where she procured her a shawl and ler articles of comfort. The grateful litcreature looked the benevolent lady up 1 in tlio face, nnd with artless simplicity, d. "Am von find's wife?" 1Y??1 thu .>?.?' iquent speaker ever employ words to bet advantage I A Remarkable Case of Abstinence om Food.?We learn from the Rocking' m (Va.) Register tliat ""Samuel Henly, 10 resides about two and a half-miles jn SpartapoliSj in Rockingbamcounty, a tofuliy. abstained from food /or Jifly7cn dayx / and ho may yet Rurvivc several jn. 4'or isoniu nine ne nas ueen in A tbcr melancholy mood, nnd about two Qntlis ago he, refused tp^jllt, nnd since (hat tre bad not taken anyilunff' except water; d t strange to say, ))o is alive, tiiougtj-reined to a racro skqjetoi). Neithy pfiysiins or friQnds can induce Jiini'to tafce iy nourishment* .. He declares ' he rain I noU" Bf ' ' ' ' ite-.-ji'Bl&i Sl -.j?- >? a * Tlio Atmonphoric Telegraph. When the world had recovered ineasur: hly from the almost overwhelming sens* : tion of wonderment produced by the t I chievements of the telegraph, we may suj J pose that it was fully prepared to award t ! thai discovery the title of ultimo, thulc c : all inventions. Tliat other invention*, ?n j great ones, would follow in the topse c ! time was perhaps nmre than probableI that any discovery worthy to he compare ! with this would be made, was deemed in j probable. It was reserved for Mr. Morse t | reach the culminating point in the world < : invention, and win this magnilieont troph i for this first half century. Such sp^cn!; i lions also are likely to prove premature o j to he accounted hut the ebullitions of ol | fogy ism. One I. S. Richardson, bv "craft ?j i :? it .. i i . j i-it:uimg. winc.ii ai an earlier day won I i have brought his bones to tlics rack, propc Ues to transfer tons of 7noil mvltrr from til ' <-iiv of Washington to New Yoik, willii I the period of .sixty Smites, or at the rate t j five miles a mil)"' Mr. Richardson ha ! petitioned Cungr in appropriation t j aid him in doing' ing. At :lie laI session si bill rled in tin; Sen at i which provides ti ... .e sum of ?70.000 b j appropriate*'! to enable the Post master Gen j eral to test tin; practicability ar.il lufifu'iii's j of I. S. Riehaid^on's atmospheric te!egr;.pl j not more than two feet in diameter, for lii | transportation of tiie United States mail. | "Aii operative model," says the ropoil ] "twent7-live feet Ionir, is now being exhibits ; to memb'-rs of Congress and otiiocrs of th ; Government, in the Rotunda. This ma j ehine transports IcMei'o, packages, at : ! speed of over five 1 Hindi..'I miles per houi : willi a certainty and safety Ix.fnra unknov;:; | whether curved or 0:1 a straight lino. | "With t'uis great s^va-d, there nrc station ! on the line at whirl) this load is stepped am hatigvd, in a very short space of time, am jthon allowed to paj.s another station. T produce a partial vacuum is as easy as t apply the pow<_-r in any other form; am as the load is progressing, the utmoxpheri i resi.'taoce is obviated. ' The {ganger goes forward without cnl i cuiaiiii: h'iuMon, and its tou? li is not sulii | eieiitiy gnat'to create ohj?>t:t:<-nable heal '1 he Euyhic, Tender and Fuel, are st:i tionary, ami the power used to draw then and their r.pptti tenuuees is saved. i "The actual (rust of transportation is it' more than <;?<; sixth that of any other nieth <>d. and more th:m I.-m till". .J 1'icl " Tin; following s-hort MsilenuMit uf media:: i?:!il fiU-ls respecting the Atmosphejl Telegraph, is j^ivcu liv the inventor. 1. The area of a two loot plunger. is foil hundred and fifty-two im-lien. 2. Tins pressure of one-fourth pound 01 each inch is one hundred and tliirtcei pound.*, and one hundred and thirteen pound at tractive force draws seven ions. 3. A two-feel cylinder, forty miles loa^ contains about 040,000 cubiy feel of air. 4. Oi;e wuinn cvlindi-r twontv t'.-.-f in <H ameter, <iii< 1 twenty feet long, contains si: thou&nnd cubic feet. Two of these pumps | double Acting, will exhaust twenty-full 1 thousand cubic feet of air at every turn c 1 the shaft ; therefore, twenty-seven turns o the sain.; will exhaust the number of cubii ! feet contained in the forty mile cylinder. 5. Let the load of seven tons start fron Baltimore when the pumps are started a Washington, and we cannot see why th< : IlMld will rifll iirrivv. -If \V?e1>ww*t..n ? I the shaft lias made twenty-seven revolution ?say five minutes, with a pressure on th pumps equal to drawing the load, viz less than one-half pound to the inch. Those who have examined this wonder fiiI invention, are.generally confident intliei belief of its practicability, and that gram results must flow from its adoption by th< govern ment.?UaItimore A >nerican. TCmoezzi-kmest.?Mr. J. L. Eglestori, Trans fer Clerk in the State Hank of this city, wa committed to jail yesterday, on charge o embezzling Funds of the Bunk to ilie atnoun of 832,000. Subsequent to his commit ilient, about $2,000 in money, and other val uables, were reclaimed by the Bank, which with tlie surety, will nearly cover the de falcution. The loss of the Bank, at tlx utmost, will not amount to more than foil or five thousand dollars. Charleston Mercury. r.v... n. n rl? x' i r> c# vmu lu..? riuiiii liaiiis, irum nva U-rbann, Champaign county, the groat rat tie raif.er, who took , the premium nl tin World's Fair on th.e best one. hundred; heat 6f':C?ttle, yesterday . shipped front thiscitj to'New York forty head, which Average* the .extraordinary w%jgb> of 2,872 ant 19-100 pounds..- This i? bnt tho smajle* lo of one hundred head that .ha haft/been feed ,rl_ _ i x "l ? * 1 J*-'*' *2*. .'4-t uifj mm, year or *\vo,, he will sliip 40 more 6f tli?rffi'which ar? are still licflvier,?-Chicago journal. QoACK Medici ^es.?Th tali Aioal re turns of j'roviderxw, Rhod* Wand, abowf 1-' ' i ^rr"""' .. ;'.. I Yearn for Spring. j '* | The following linos we esteem exquisite-1 J* 11}' beautiful, an<l, at this season, peculiarly ''? )# j appropriate. Who does not "yearn for jr o; spring"? p, 'f I yearn for the Spring, tu? bir-U a}.all !!-1 'J. i ??& Ar:J each morning nwnkcfrcih flowers ; ; lt _ W? have wuitotl for the lark's blithe song, ^ j And the lengthening evening hour?. '* A shroud of saow has lain on tho earth, j v '' A:i icy lia.ri?I on each stream; j The siiu in the sky oped it* languid eye, I :>* J j And sent but a sickly gleam ; j til l" I And a forest breeze uioaned n:non^ the tree*. |t''j j And t!ie rattling iinil and rain j '/ 1 Came sweeping past in tho angry blast-, ] j And dashed'gainst the window-psue : J And never n flower in that stormy hour j ** ' Dared rai.-te up it-i tiny head? lV [( For ail gentle thing-} fle<l oa Summer'* wirgT, i5, ,- Or else in the snow !ov dead. ! 3 ,1 yearn for tho Spring, whoa the birds .shn"! jj0 i ?ii;g, U ;l J And eae'i morn shall wake acw fiowori ; j p* 0 j W'c hnvc listened long for tho xroodlirk's 'lonr, \v '' j And ii-.e thrush ut the evening hour.5. .Hi i* I 'Tii r. beauteous ti:ne v.-lieu th-j bud ?s\$t )s ' r,j burst?. It : And childlike the young leaf t-l.iij'3.*, til " | And catches the drop3 of the gentle nbowcr pi I In its small and velvet linndi t '? j When the tender grass feels the tJoutb w;t,d ( 1 i p:iM : w. In it* chariot unseen, l" And old mother Earth, r.t tha nev; Spring's ''! biith, ' Arrayed in her robes of green? ! "When the unbounded stream, ns if in a,'"1 dream, j N J j | 4?i.!iinula vii tu Ji.i uiiiviiuwjj fume. , , I And t<?i5j th-j tull rn-d-;. ns ;t onward speed*, <J ' | Thr.t f.-.ir I ady Spring hath coma! o | Oh, I yearn for tie4 Spring?for tho balmy ? ] j tipring? to c j Who floats like a fairy queen, w, j And tnuohftli the land with a magic wnnd, Fa * j Till all beauteou s tilings are soon. * -~*-I long to be- out o> the early d*wa, ; 32 t- When the eastern light is new, j til " I 'Moiig the odora borne from the scented I I " j thorn, fis j And the showers of silver dew, as J j Oh, I cannot tell how iny soul doth swell */ > "i With p.n inward happiness; j'1* j Fur rihnply to I: is ? bliss to rue, | l)f' For wliicb inv Ood I b'.cssl j se' M , m ^ I From a:i uuki.o\r:i Kourcc comes tv , ! force I e Wiiich porv-nJci inv being through? A iov and a love and v. strength from above. j ' i ! 1 , . - 1 ? ^ i sC'.-m to ue ina-le n:>ow. ] * ' Oli, come then, Spring?'.otllic woodlark sinj? , : Let the floweret ope its eye, \ I i v? ' I.Ik'? lljo lark I'd soar toward heaven'.* blue! 7U li'.'or? I .! I.ikft the l'.o-.vcr gaze up to the sk3' j to * , Vfj Who Can Tell? V7ho Would Ilavo Vr j; Thought It ? | }. j- No', lung ngo w? heard the following i j- story told at a public meeting among very j .' poor people in a miserable part of London, "j When people, instead of putting their ,; nan;. :; and occupations over their shop:-, asi < '. [ thuv do at present, only used signs or mottoes, there was a poor cost or monger, or ' s t'ruit pedlar, who got written fi>r him over |n "this door?"who can tei.i.?"?By (legroes B! tlic costcrmonger'a little barrow grew into a .; cart; (or lie was sober, frugal, and active, j He feared Clod, and wasted nothing. Then j in time the cart became a wagon, and at r last the coRtermonger drove about in his 4 , j | carriage, and then he wrote up?"who; ' b would have thought IT ?" Well, "who j can tell" how soon, jf you set to work the; right way, the miserable one room may j ' become a comfortable house of two stories j"'1 ? how goon the staggering husband, or the i *; unhappy, wife and the crying children may I ^! be changed into the sober, diligent, afTcC-1 ve j tionato companion and dutiful sons and no j daughters?how soon the wretched pallet co j of dirty straw, and the broken chairs, and tic ' jtho windows mended with old hats and kc ' j rags, may be turned into comfortable four"1 post bedsteads and mahogany chairs, and i bright glass.panes? and then you inay say j th< I?"Who would have thought it," Never o?1 1 i i iv? i ii . ? 11 iuw n?*?rL imu uever iww uopu ; mcic is no on snying how prosperous you may bceome. roj r ? yo A rich o1<] spinster who died nt Netflon, "l? I N. II., lately, left $38,418. She was fill her life getting rendy ^o be married, nnd had" 1 . stored up 182 sheets, 63covcilid?, 50 blaii- nn I kots, 27 beds,, with ' 1,120 lbs. of feathers, | on ^ <>4 towels, table covers, and 43.1mndkur* wji chiefs, while tho whole amount of her wear- tri j ing apparel did not cxceed ten dollars in ^ value. i A lump? in .the neighborhood of Dolly afc : Hill, Sputb . Carolina, was burned down a M1 ' few d.Wngo. Three bodies *ero found iir K the rnuis* Joel Jackson, jr., Franii* . -, I a childi tbe parties ' had, Mb ^ V _i?g. *'ThO'cauM of the fire remains ? mys- Bln 5 ; ; Mm, of Botetourt. r ?* rfSy* -V :: -V '? . ? ' K.":. I/Ottnr from Hon. J. W. Whitfiold. j C Hon. Jumcs Ch'isnot, Jr., sends tin; foiwiiig letter to the Crmidtn Journal, "with view," ho p.:ivs, "of iur::isliiiig iuforimition '* k ll.n. r, trim ?????* .) f* ' Mtix/ nun IVVI ( llllt'UV?l ill tilts J rise now undertaken by the Kershaw K in- s' IS A*iSOi:j:Uic?." Fie add-J tlint h company " ? ernigmnls will start under the ;tu=?pi<u s of Hiat Association, about the lit of May. P Washington*, March 18, lSOiJ. Deer Sir : At the request of Hon. W. , f. Boyce, 1 take great pleasure in giving '' >u such information in regard to Kansas * i will be useful to persons emigrating to w at country. In retrrsr.l to soil. K m in is ^ jsurpnsred, prouucinir fro;:) s-'xty to eighty j f | ish?-!s of corn per acre; twet:!y five t??J rty bushels of wheal per aero. The finest j j its I have ever seen grow, we raised in j nnsits. In fact, I have seen nolhitic ph'H-juj d iij K.-.nsas (exctpt coU'Mi) th.-it dots not i educe more to the r.ere than c:i the bent) mis of T?*i:ncs?ee. 1 jm Be: idea being a fine gr.iin ?r:d ttrar?conn-1 _ i*. It :a a part "f the rtg'un of tlie tiif'.-lS!a''.*s. Hi rnj> iadcci'jc lij t!?e n:ost crop rais?d, and tin.- stati.tic* li slio'-v thai :i)<; pl-i'.it'.-ri < {* Wt-rlvn: Mis- . uii ar-j n:?-n*y p\>r Ii.-.t; 1 j mad'i in :ir.y > th'-r ^in tJi<- Uj J is nothiruiH'Oir.moii for f.t;'i!jo:s ic? p:ty J f Jvc dollars hinr for !:<:?ro ni'?n ]' irvuiir. Wljito iijcii cannot l<.- itiivd for j >s$25 j.-c-r motrli. In t?? | :r advantages a* an ngrit u!tu:*:>l p??opJe | "" is have r trade with New Mexico, Utah, j-j ic'rjotJ, and California, nnuunting to tev- i al miliiosis ?.f dollar* per anrmtn, bc-.-.ideP,; . :r Indian trade amounts to more thasi o:ic j iMiotJ per annum. In addition the Gov- i anient for n:il;.tarv suppJi.a exp-. t,J ?i tv large f.vin. I c Military stores nrc sent out to all tl;e posts | * j Xc'.v Mexico Mid the Indian co.mtry, j i id to give you some idea of the amount of J t ^asportation required for that department j -one firm last year employed over seven- j" cn hundred men, nnd twelve hundred' iigon?, oa. li drawn by twelve* oxen. Kan-: v; s is tl.o starting point for nil emigrants! >ing West of us. I wax raised in Tonnes-' e, and have been ia nearly e\<-iy Slate of: e Union, and I say to you in all candor, that I ' have never seen any country that possesses! jn many advantages to new or old settler* I Kansas. Our friends in Western Mis- -n ttri, with similar soil to Kansas, make' n j >m six to eiirl.t hundred dollars a IihikJ ! 'T r annum. This will, I liavu no doubt,j* em large to you, but I r.rsurc you it is ic:ly true. I |'j. Tiie climate of Kansas I r-jgM'd r.s being 1 r better Jlian in Tennessee; from 1st Sep- j ^ I'mbr until 1st March we have but little ruin , mostly clear, dry weather. The pa^t) titer has been, though, colder that evef 1 ' town before. Our country T regard ? iv healthy; in sonic localities chills and fe- *V i* prevail to some ex ft tit?wo have no! lrnonarv disease in Kansas. In n*^ard supplier you can procure anything i f.0 u may want in Mi-smiri,?if you gel to! *nsas by Mayor June you can raise plov.'v . corn. Our lands are ivndv rlw-r. t\?rt.u : c' a make your location r.-ne day and coin-!1 _'iico farming next. j -' In conclusion, permit me to you, |1 <J to 4.11:1:1 k the people of SuUlli Carolina, 1 ('j r the noble efibrt they arc new mnhing to j =ist us in preventing the be^t country, in 1f' y opinion, in the United States from fall- j ^ into the hands* of the Abolitionists. j ' Respectfully your obedient- servant, J. W. Whitfield. ! Hon. Jas. Chesxkt, Jr. w I | . "Pa," said a little urchin to deacon N., i ave poor folks got any soul?" "Ccr- ' inly, my child; why do you n>lc such n j t(J les'tion?" "Cause I hear folks *.ay Parson j (>( never goes to see any body but the rich : V( umbers of his church." "Go to bed, child." 1 ]Q . | Iy All oxi'linno-fi nrtticintr (hp nrpfp.nt nfi> til-! I.. r cup to a cotempoinry, says : "He needs! (]< cup. Ilccflii drink from iiny vessel that tli ntains liquor, whether tho neck of a hot-1 to , the mouth of n demijohn; tho spile of a| ft, g, or tho bung of n bairel." it? A lady made aVomplnint to"*Fredenok ' p< !j Great, King of Prussia. "Your Mnj- j is y," said she, "my husband treat-; me ] st dlv." "That is notio of my business," f in jlicd the King. "But he speaks ill of fe u," said llic liiilv. "That," ho implied, cr i none of your buMboss." a S'eoro Stealing.?Tbo Lancaster Ledger at nounces the convicti^f of Jtf. M. Ctyaituy, m .t chargo of oej^o-.i\t^iUog; "" Sen?gfl^ .6 not pront)n<-cdt as "application for new m ?1 isJlD be made. . . 2 ... - ^ , *. . et An Io^ J&litor ha* bernnie 60 hollow m depending upon the-printing business n( itte far fci^aH, thAt be proposes to pell biiitt . f for a ajovo^plpe. j >'* " . - ^ ' . ^ . - < , . -.j) Thebarik of,Chaster hafcdeeWed ntlivi- fu ire; to td pnid.on;and After ${t proxi?jfi5t>;nNature u*,p^f onl^ S, * 'orreopondonoo of the Charleston Standard. Washington, April 1,1850.?The Pre?ientiul question begins to loom up io the dend capitoI, nnd threatens soon to overmi.low nil others. As the Cincinnati nomi uioti is regarded as tantamount to an ' ction, GVnry opinion expressed ns to the rob:ibl<? action of that important political ody is caught up and treasured by tbe ire-pullers here, who are always upon tbe k-rtti vi:;2r to keep 011 the stronsr side. For white, the stpr of Mr. Buchanan seemed > s}ii?i" with superior splendor; and, even ithin a few days past, Col. J. W. Forney a - Ivft l!.y service of his third friend, Gen:tl Pierce, to connect his political fortunes it!: l}>:.! of the Pennsylvania statesman-yet, :???! satisfied thnt the wheel of fortune baa mrlt; another revolution, by which tho Li-tie Giant" of Illinois has turned upper:or.t, n:id that tho brightness of his star rj\v cclipscs them all. How long this may ; the esse is as uncertain as other political t!?*rl> tir>vc At r.n.Junl - i'"UU(J"U' ianf'0". for the nomination are considered I li'J iiiC bl-st. Tl.<j PariSc Rtiiroad bill will be reported : a f-.-.v djtT3 from the Special Committee, :ovid:n? for the construction of three difri ?:t i';uone south of the 37th parallel n-.-rih latitude?one between the 87th -iSi?and one north of the 43d parnl!. Tii'j report proposes a grant of thirty ctions of land per mile, (the company \vir.g 25 cents p-j acre,) and $000 per milo :r annum, for the transportation of tbe Y.ited States mails, troops, naval and rail:'.ry supplies, &e. San Francisco, jia prov v.'t the Western terminus of the South? ?? :? .. . y.i.-- ? i u<; uiuui i?u ici iinuaiiuns on IU8 !!vi^::L!e wuter^of ilie Pacific, perhaps at am:nwn!o or Bi iiicin. The Eastern terliiius of tic Middle route is fixed at Hnnibal, in Missouri, leaving to the company ropf'ving tlie construction of cither of tho llivr routes to fix their own terminus. Tho debate yesterday on the special ap roprmnon oi $aurJ/JOO tor tiie ludian series i:i Oregon :tnd Washington Territories, as spirited and interesting. Gen. Laue, le delegate from Oregon, illustrated the loditios of the Indian outrages, uj on a map roduced for the purpose, and hewasscathgly severe on Geti. Wool, whom he char- . d wiili acting badly towards the settlers Oregon?refusing them arms or ammulion when they were surrounded by an my of hostile savages. Gen. Wool's course as characterized as having been unfair, ( judicfd and cruel towards the people of sit territory. Ivanhob.i?.z;n!ng Device?An Inn-keeper Taken In* After the signal defeat of the French al U memorable action, Leipsic beenme full a mixed medley of soldiers, of all arms id of jdl rations.' Of course a great vaL*ty of coin was in circulation there. -A ritish private, who was attaehed to the n-kot-bii^iwte, and who had picked up a tl? Fn-nch and German, went to the Inr:st l.utcl in Leipsic, and displaying nn Enish shilling to the landlord, inquired rf i:?l piece of coin was current there. ' Ob replied lit', "you' may have whatever ie house affords for I hut money: it passe* trrent hero at present." Our fortunate ] anlolph," finding himself in suck compliant nailers, called about him most lustily,-and ie moat sumptuous dinner the house could Turd, washed dov. a Ly eundry bottles of ,l. ir.rtit 0v.?irc!i.? ..-{Two . J . w "Hitrj nos UinpnLL'UCU ithout ceremony. On going uway, lie ndered at the' bar the identical shilling hid) the landlord had inadvertently led im to expect was to perform suclf woniis. The stare, the fehrug, and.the exclaalion elicited from "mine host of the garr," ly such a tender, may be more easily >neeived ihnn expressed. An explanation, ry much to the dissatisfaction of the landid. took place, who quickly found not onthat nothing more whs likely to be got/"* ll also that the laugh would be tremonius!y heavy ngraiii'st hiin. This part of ie DlofitS hi> lmfl fl Vi-rr chnriiun mtak divide with his neighbor. T 'king, there'' re, his guest to the street door of bis hoI, lie requested him to lootov^ir the way. )o you see," Raid he, "that large hotel op-sit'j? That fellow, tho-'latidlord of it, n-y sworn rival, and nothing.can keep this ory from his ears, in which case I shall . vor hear the last of if. Vow, my good Mow, you- are not only welcome to yooj** itertainment, hut-I will instantly* give yon ' n.. i* ? 1. :t t uvuiiiuiK jufeo 11110 me oargmn, it joil il! promise, on tlic Word of a soldier, to' tempt the very samo tiick with hiro to- *!, orrow that succeeded so well wilh^'npi? to- m~ iv." Chir veteran took the money^ and m itfe-pted the conditions;: but having: buttied up the silver very wctSrelv.iri hi* pock, he look hte leave of <he landlord wtlfc o flowing speech', .and ft b<>w;,whfCb jm4 ?-discredit to Leipsic: ' ? ck< " . "Sir, Tdeeto myaelfJn^onir, bolttd't? te;!ny utmc?jt?nflciivora to put yonr wfBb^ in. cxeeijtioiv;.Iobhu ". %; in^fenVW^ ^n4unt inform voir that i - . ' ar I .shall not ftu^ccdr^inee-I played