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"We will cling to the pillars of the temple of our liberties, PIERRE F. LABORDE, Editor. and if it must fall we will perish amidst the ruins." W. VOLTTIE MV Eag4Xj &C~ u~ 1bsf.C.Ags je123.N .9 TE RM1 S. The EDGEFIELD ADVCRTISEP. is pub lished every Thursday morning at Three Dollars per annum, if paid in advance Three Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid before the expiration of Six Months from the date of Subscription-and Four Dol lars if not paid within Twelve Months. Subscribers out of the State are required to pay in advance. N subscription received for less than one year, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. except at the op tion of the Publisher. All subscription.; will be continued un less otherwise ordered before the expira Lion of the year. Any person procuring five Subscrihers and becoming responsible for the same, shall receive the sixth copy gratis. Advertisements conspir iously inserted at 2j cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 431 ets. for each continuance Those published monthly. or quarterly will be charmed $1 per square for each incertion. Advertisements not having the number of insertiono narked on them, will be coatinued until ordered out, and charged accordingly. All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will be promptly and strictly attended to. WV. F. DURISOE. Publisher. Valuable Lands for Sale. T HE subscriber will dispose of all his Lands, consisting of about 1400 acres, v:z: The tract on which Ie now re-sidcs, contain ing abotit 900 acres, lving on the Stag'-, Road leading f'rom Edgetield Court House to Augusta, within 4 miles of the Court House, and 19 from Augnsta. On the premises are good Build inigs. and an Orchard of two thoasand and eight hundred fine Fruit Trees. "Also. the place formerly owned by E. J. Yonughlood containing about 3>0 acres, with ncccssarv buildings. all new. Also, the place known as Bellevue, within 2 and :-4 miles of the Village. It has a two salry Building, and is as fine a situation as any in the District. It coutains 100 acres, 10 of which are cleared. All the tracts contain about 700 arres of fite timbered wood-land. and all have fine springs. Porsons desirous of purcha-ming may examne for themselves. The terms will be accommodating. W. U. 31AYS. May 4. 1i39 tf 14 Abbeville Lands for sale. W ILL be sold for division at Abbeville C. H.-on the first Monday in September next, 1576 acres of valuable lands, in 2-tracts, viz: 1000 acres, knowni as the Wallerville tract. liyng 8 milcs south of Greenwood. oan the Mu t14is road-this tract is well improved. and in a high state of cultivation. wi-h 50t) acres cleared -there are on it, an excell., it two story dwe: lin-r house. good Gin-house, Barn and Carriage honse, with all othcr necessary out buildings. antl an excellent well of good water ira the v'ard. The o:hcr tract contains 576 acres. adjoining Newmarket. within two anil-s of the Green wood Academies. It has 100 acres cleared, 40 of which- are fresh-a goo:l Dwellintv hlbuse and Kitchen, with other ont buildings, and an ex. cellent Spring of good water within 200 yard. of thei house. Tcrms made known on the day of sale JOHN PAiRTLOW. June 1st, 1839 ab 19 The Col nbia Telescope will publish the a bove till the day of sale. and foru% ard the ac contut to the subscriber, at Newmarket, for pay mentt. J. P. DISOLU'TION. T H Carpartne.rshtip (oflH L.Jeurn rns&, Co iof IitHmbrg. Sombl Car'olina, was dis rolved ont thle 1st of Angus:, 1838S. by mnutual conasent. All unsettled busintess ofthec cotncern will be attended to by HI. L. Jeffers. HI L. JEFFERS. Rt. BARIBER. Hamburg, May 2. 1839 ac 16 Ibeg leave most respectfully 'to inafornm my E.friends, and the public urenerally, thant Mr. IIuMPsrntt Bot;I.wAaxE tas assolated himisell with mec. and that the business will hereafter Ibe donte nuider the tnme of Jf ElFElRS & BOUL WVA RE. and ho that a contitnuation of the liberal patronagre haitherto bestowed, will be merited and received. It. L. JEFFERS.. Hamburg, May 13, 1839 ac 16 NEWV FEIRM IN Hf AMItURG. S. C. T HFE Subscribers heg leave to inform theit friends, and the puli ge-nerally, that they hanve associated themselves together in thet Towan of Hamburg, for the purpose of trants acting a general Grocery and Commission IBusiness, itn which capacity they offer thtemselves to the ptnhcitlen hotpe, by a strict anid close attenitioni 10 btusitne.s, to r--cetve a liberal share of patron arge. Their Stock shall ever be composed of the most choice and well selected articaes usually k1:et in a Grocery and Sta--he Dry Goods line. All O~rderrs, or letters addlress~ed to them, fot any article, or batsiness otn Commuission, shaall maeet with careful attetion ad dlespatch. HElNRY L JEFFERtS. HIUMPIIREIYS BOULWARE Hatuburg, May 13, 1839 ac I6 For Sale. Yir HOUSE and L( T'. itt thet Villnt-e ol iVdgefield, upon terms t o suait :a putrcha~ser In may arbsence.apply to Col. Blanskett. J.AMES JONES. April 12 'r a.o eliprenties* Warnted. () it or1 w o v. frot 1.1 tt 1(6 tears ad ...L ha.s ....... r ' .. a ...:d ..t nvlh i lla From the Natchez Couriar. Tilt. MUS U1T,0'Z SONG. The lollowier song emstit interest. more or less a.l our reaters-ior, wht,- aimong :hem has not heard the i.ostntuto - l.uzzm;. i vies I The word. we now turish l'or cheie'edification, that usey may twe iett r appr-ciate th-- vmiictive little tiood-suciter's mnutly warbling, as ,ie busily c..aunit*-- 1'.l bite, I't bite!" in tie dreamn hour of igh, I'll hie, Wnrn the hien is hushed of the we-ary fly, When tsce iamnpsare les,aned the ciirtai... drawn, Ad sport felt my %% in:.s till the morning dawn. In tue iestive nall, wartre all i jo) ; In tee cha :ber inseed, waeere the-sleepers lie; in use garden bowers. where the primrose siniles, And ta- chirpinig cricket the hour bt guiles; Ie these ll sport through the summer ..ight, And the murials to vex. I'll bite, I'll bite. There's one I view with an evil eye, A flaine ot'pi ide in Ids breast I spy; ne ereatue- in a lute with a master's skill, At d listening souls the rich strai'n fill With the rapteiins thrill ofitmelody; But It- carries his head so haug ltily, I'l play ein a trick-in his haigpiest swell, When the liigering thribt %%ith a magic spell, Huds all elfranced, I'll ws g my fl.ght, And pop on his noe, I'il bite, I'tl bite. There's a poet, I know-in the still midnight 11c. pies the pen b% the tapee's .ight, a Atd wearied of earth, in a world all his own, With fancy he ramsebles whcre flowers are strewn, Of fadeless line, and he images there A creation of be:.uty in the puare sii.I air. With tae world aroid Ioe, hissins, shim.out, lie heeds not .he buzz of uy round about; But whenl a new image Sias broke on his sight, Ere he gives it existence, I'll bite, I'll hite. And the long-courted vision shall vanish, while fin a snug little corner, shall watch him, ao shy, As ne intnmps his b ow in a burning rage, And dashes his pen o'er the wel-til'd page I se-e a young maid in her . hatmber napping, And I kenow that live at her heart is tappig; She dreanis 01 a youth. a..d siii.et it ,bss, As she pouts out tier lips to receive a kiss; But she shahl not taste the g enele delight. For I'll light on hcr lips, and I'll bite, I'll bite. COLD WATER ODE. The following two staeizas are from an ode written by J. Pierpoitt, aed sung at the cold water celebration at Boston, on the 4th of July : - Ye hero.-s of fite bottle, Wht -- bumper" ever)' toast, Who keep yeour wi.e in cobwebs wrapped, And take its age yoeur boast; The oldest wine your vaelts have knbwn, From press fir %,at to flow. ls.new .o the dew That six thousand years ago Catee down te fill out cups one night, Six thousand years a ;o. Ye cha'mpions ofcold water Who qiaff that drink dlivine; Who've given your rumt end brandy o'er, And bid adieu to wioe. The b.attl"s tiamt ye crack to-day, By God's own hand are given; Some- in eaeth have their birth, tda and are made in heaven; The graite tock and .pritg are those, And these the clouds of heaen isAedlanxeous. TIHS OLD MAID'S FIRST OFFER. I must lel lyon the heeart -reniding story I has'e longp weshted to do tio,-and the time as at htlet arreive'd. (Helre tier voice drop lede inato a coenlidental wisper.) IPoor dear-..M1ajor Ogilive, wvuo is ncow dead aind gone-heighto!-had been long showing me marked ansesiton ; in fact, payving-his atdcresses, thoughl lee never mitde his decla ration i whza ilnoe meorteeaig atteer eaving sneug eme a sung -us IYarmelhf's-the 'un sic I teclieve was Gluck's ; ah ! you should have heard thee Major, he was such a swveet snger W ell, the Doctor lead goute out tee boy a new invented fish sausie-poeor dear mant ! lie does htke to leave his fish well dressed-ned I rememciber he took Frant chiette, mcy little beaut) of a spaniel, with him, so thar the Mlajor asid .I were all a lone ini the breakfea parleerr when looking beseechingly isn smy lthee, he sudenly went dowen 0n eone knmee be-ihre mee-ah I there weas gatianetry en theose dteys :-and takineg mey haned, whicarh he tendeeley pressed, mande a passionate avowal of his hove. I fels myself blushing crimesoen, n~ hen, at thins a git atimg eaoenet juest as I was goineg to ut ter a palpitaetineg confession of my partiali ty, moy eye, beegane to twinkle-I fek a tisngheng te mty nose, mey umouth openeed in sleet tel mty--l, aned I sneezed lake ane ex plosiie of~ i unwer righis sa his upeue-n edl and uncpledrine; fact Now, do sell me lady Susan,. ou knaoew hoew tr~eedously I always snte-ze, dlid yeos eri-of alt the a w k ward taccunrrentaces! The Major started, as well as he mighit. but recover-ed himself-sondidl I- lee gazed at mee tederly and uneexpectieng, nend I waes just zetotit tce reieve himt lir ne his suspenue, whens I seezedl with a stcotad aned loudce'r e xploesion tlhat seemeed so shalter the v-ery niose fromu t'et. Thi wasc a conesfusione to meand tlee Ma jor. butt stilIlzhding~ mvt impelrisoneed hand. but looking lown wards. to avoil the show re bath that I was untiintetioially scatter ing roiund me, he swore that lie never would rise from his knees till J lad pronounced his donon. I uttered a heartfelt sigh. and the soft avowal wasjust trembling on the tip of my tongue. when I felt'soniething on my nose! Lady Susai-Lady Susau-it was beginnineg to bleed!-did you ever!-of all the distressing moments! I struggled to withdraw my hand, t-at I might get imy hindlkerchiefla n action wbich the Major aitributed to coyness. and i here fore did but hold it more firmly. In the ConIttert, after frightfully spatting my tal hineit silk gown, three very large drops .of blood fell upon the Major's wrist! lie 0arted up-I closed my eyes and sunk in a chair overwol-ned wih r oif isint. S ulp posing I had fainted, the Major h;-tily sei zed a large tumbler of %ater and threw it it miy face. At snch an unexpected sous ing, I creamsed with surprise mid terror. The Mareschal power I wore-I was al ways famous for my powder-mingling with the water and blood. converted my face into a hideone spectacle; when, just at the morett. the door flew onen. and Franchette, thinking her mistress was kil led, flew at the poor dear Major, and bit a larce mouthful out of his left leg, while the goAl, horror stricken Doctor suffered the botlle ofnewlv invented fish sauce to fiall from his hand and be snmshed to pieces on the floor. Now dearest Lady Susan! conider what oust have been miy feelings, dlid you ever witness such a scene! From the N. Y. Evening Star. AN EDITOLt'i MORNING CALLS. A lady who is preparing for a great din ier party, has one advantage at least in saying. that she is not at home when a call is made upon her; but the editor of an eveving paper cannot possibly plead that excuse. So he must either be non est, or be ready to receive all visiters. We had one day last we k to "sit up for com pany," as it is called, and we kept a me morandum to mark the number of visiters. and the idiversity of subjects they dis cussed ; and they came it such rapid suc eeQsion, and for so niany different objects, that it was amusing to witnese the con tract. Talk of an eiitor bein of nio con sequence on this mundane square ? Why, he receives more visiters than a minister of state; is asked to do more obliging thines ; is required to perform more active services; and his advice on all subjects is courted with more anxious solicitude. True, he -iets lite or nothing in return fir all such civilities; he is only an editor after all-a kind of fore horse to the public team-a leader. with a hit in his mouth, which solime one else holds. - Will you be so kind." said a lady, as to publish our call lor a meeting ofthe Charitable Kuitting aend Darning Sociely? We are quite poor, Mr. Editor, and cant poay ; and the poor, you know. tiust not be neglected-our Bible shoni s this." " Certainly, niadani, it shall lie pub lished." " And prav. Mr. Editor," said another visitor, " do notice a tremendous fan. after the fashinin of the (Canon Punkas, which I have in my eatingroon, to keep offthe flies, and .make the rootn cool-it is quite a novelty, I assure you." "I will enleavor to call at your house, and look at it." " M r. Ediwr." said a bustling little man, " put on yotr hlat, and go tap witb tme to 462J Water-street, and see a newly-in vented gridiron, which saves all the gravy." As he was despatched, in marched with infinite gravity, two of the Bedouin Arabs, recently performing in this city, and after uaking a salm.. they retreated a few steps, atnd begatn their speer~h thus: Salam alay-Konmn-uena ma re hobbi ghayr ke Qobaylah ajut baeb Uezous ek ettoma be salamah keer duhloh ma rayua-k." " Oh ! Arabic is it?7 (We tmust brush ap l ttle ) So, so-the manager hias ented you out of' $70, yotu say, hir your pierliormatnce ? Nuiw listen : Akua aate huatyu keisyr qobalah zirhah oueddy le. bum naty lc-hou aleef Bekiani satit ued dub lbe etsn aaeni maalat quaet.[ Anglice In your own country, Sidi. yiiu could bring tme tmanager beftore the Cadi, recover your money, and get.hiim bastnadioetd. lie sn tisfied, my friend,.that you have only lost youtr money, without bteing hastintadoed yoturselfinto the bargain.."] So sayina, they miade theirsalamns, and retired. [low cruel it is to cheat poor straingers thus! In walked a birisk little milit ary-lotoking getntletman from Texas. " I have "rought you the latest papers, sir-every thitng goes on well in TIexas no apprehesioni at all from Mexico-i: is her imterest to make peace with us, and utterly out of her power to send an army att this or any time, to operate against us. Yiiu are often spoken of in Texas. sir, as one of her earliest friends-amost the first, in fact, who adlvocated her indepe.ndence in the Northertn States. I exp)ected to have seen youm off'eed a seat in her cabitnet, or receiving a section df land." SAll in goodl titne, sir," said I. " Re publics are not ungrateful." Int walkeid " the olid bioy in specs.," and w- tilked of Clay's cheering prospjects-of the foolish timidity amotng his frienids of the ntecessity of some prompt movemett in his behalf at this time. Scarcely had he departed, when a pritne young gentlhettiat, with chamois leat her loves ont, wished to know for a bet, only todiecide a het, what the meanitng wats of "anti poastnmorteim." A mtessage from Sanidy Welch, to an nonntee that the next day he was to slay a einetrnl~iu-cs t'artl. The door flew open, and in walked a myslierions-looakiy,~ pe'rsaoage: " Doi you know n by the Great Western backed her wheels towards the Brooklyt shore when bound out ?" " I do not." It was to iake in a passenger." No, was it ?1 "Anti who do you think that passenger was ?" I cannot guess." "Colonel %% ebb." You dl11n't sav so." Yes hut I tio; andc what do you think lie has gone to England for ?" Cant say." " To dine with Mr. Webster, Lord Wellinaton. and Mr. Peel." k it i possible ?" Yes, and he comes back in the same ship." Such is a slight view of the many morn ing calls which the editor of an evenimig paper receives daily. How nany more the morning editors are favored n ith. we cannot say ; hut if it proves any thing, it goes to show the important sweney of the press as, as a tiediun ofr communication with people. and how -autionls its contdutors should be, having an agency of such delicacy and conse. quence placed at their sole disposal. while at the same time It proves to the public how Revere, and laborious, and searching are the duties of ant editor-and the claims the press really has to protection and pa tronage. [1Y RquEs-T.] From the Charleston hiercury. MCPHEARSONVILL, July 24. 1839. Mr. Editor,-By trie closing resolution of the within, you will perceive that the Editors of sundry papers are respectfully solicited to publish the proceedings now sent. Asa committee appointed to attend to this matter. we take the liberty of f-r warding to you the same for publication in your paper. Respectfilly, yours, &c. ED'%ARD PALMER. JOIN B. GROSS. According to previous notice, a special meeting of the Prince William's Temper ance Society was held at Hoospa Church. (in the 22d inst.. to consider the expedi ency of petitioning the Legislature to abo lish the existing license laws. After hav ing been been dutly organized with prayer by Rev.. I- Poslier. 'the Society was. nu motion of Rev. C. Davis. resolved into a popular meeting of citizens. The Presi dent, Rev. Edw. Palmer, and the Secre tary. Mr. John B. Gross, still retaining their seats. In pursuance of a motion by Rev. R Fuller, it was " Resolvcd. That a committee of three he appointed by the chair, to draft a me m rial to be presented to the Legisla ore at its next session." Whereupon, the Rev R. Fuller. Albert Rhett, Esq., and Rev. J. N. Davis, were appointed. The committee having submitted their memorial, it was, after a free and fullcon ference, unanimously adopted. ME110RI AL To the IlIon. Members of the Senaie and House of Representativcs of the State of South Carolina. The petilion of the nndersigned, inha bitants of Prince William's Parish, shewet h That your petitioners are amongst those who regard intemiperance ;as one of the greatest evils hv n hih the humnan rave has ever been cursl-, and who deem its suppression a high duty-den idn and deserving their mtt s nwear 2ed- ciorts. They rejoice that. not only in their nteie b haorhood, btut through~iout the' n hole Union. the cause of temperance is asserting its so lh-mn imlportance, attracting to its support the zeal- and talenat, experience anti piety of the landt, daily acquiring strength, and achieving victory. Nor can your petitiona ers suppose atny man to he a Chnrstioan, tar a patritt or phlilant hropi.st, wh~lo does ntt feel an interest in thec final triumph of stuch a cause. M nech, however, as may be and has been 'lone by ev'rtionas, indaividuanl and asso ciate, your petitiotners beg leate respect fatlly to state to your honiorable bodies,t hat rte frienids of Tempernnce must always see their labors in a great measure frustra teal. anal their hopes disappointed,. so long as the traiflic in fiery spirits is sanctioned hiv thle'1 aof the lanld. andI the retail of this baneful fluaid contintued as a somtce of public revenue. Your petit ioner~s are not withotut appre hensitn that their prayer may at first en couter Opposition froom those who have not seriously reflected on the muisery which intemperance is inflict ing ttponi tltr popula tion. htondt aind free-thme blight it is shted ding upon the dlitnity of ouar Sautte, and the happinuess of our hlomes-. *But at least t he *Bishop England, of the Roman Ca tholic &hurch in Chiarlestotn, in a cotmmu-t nientiota, addressed to Mr. Rhe~tt, took ex. ception to this passage. Mr. Fuller, in reply, said :--" Permlit me tto assutre ytou int the outset, that the Coammitmee had no design to reflect upon the present regula tions or polity of the Romtan Catholic Chttrch. WVhatever these many hae---aand whatever our settled convictiont concernl ing them, the address to the Legislamurc, wotl havo been tan implrop~er vehlicle for strictutres on at religiotus seet." EIT~n tEnnF. AnD1'RTrtI'fL motives of your petitioners vill be re spected. nor will the virtue and piety of their children let die the priociples onw hich they address you-ntil the itte shall coite when the legislators of a clu.istian community nill regard in enactment it) le. use the retail of ardent spirits ,vith the same abhorrence which they feel towards the statutes formerly passed by the R1oman Lhiatcery, makimg issassinti ont atid mur der. and prostitution, and every crime, subjeerts of license and taxation, ani reau lating the price at which each might be cono111ifted. Even if alcohol pnssessel no properties :tt all-yet no wise law giver ought to sanle tioi its distillation or reitail. 1 is not needed for the support, or health, or hap pittess of man. It i, often extracted from the ,uhstnners which are required for the sistellnanice of life. It contsmes an imnense amoint of la hor atd wesaithi-and. above a01 it exerts it maHic sorcerv 6v which men are so en chinted that thev'will barter for it their property. itir honor. their fantlies, and their lives. Now ouclit any legislative hody to countetance the traders in such a thingt? A, the guardian< of the people tinht we not hope (even if aleobol were intioxiou, if it %%ere -clay or sawdusi) tttiat you would interli-re atd rescue )our en situents from the frand and villany ws hich seeks to poflit by their itfatuation, and harbarouslychem them of theirsubstaice? Do not your statute -wooks detiounce ri.lhte ous penalties agamst swindling? But if that crime be the -ohtaining from a mat p op erty under a false pretence," would lnt the retaile : ven otn the present ulposi tionJ be a w -dller! woubtit he not be a knave availing tinoteii of the insanity of those a round him. utd ministering to that insani ty. that he might thereby gratify his cupi dity, and, under preteV of traffic, palm u pon monomaniacs tn article of no value but as to which they are bewitched, and thus spoil them of the fruit of their labor, or their heritage from th ir fatlhers? E ven then, if this liquid were only tif no intrinseic value, the principles which cause yotu to ptnish <windling and fraudulent transactions ought, your petitioners htztut bly submit, to prevet your legalizing it as a valuable consideration. But is it necessary that your Peiioners should otTer any proof as to the fatal ffects of drdent spirits? Is there a tingle mem her of yourlhonrable hodies who doubts that tite streatms with which, by your per mission, the retail shops are dseluing every town anud village and pilantaion in tite State, are, itt fact, a m1ot horrible scotrge! Is there a Court of Justico, civil or crimi. al-is there a Jail-isthere an Asyltmet for lunaties-or a grave yard in the United States, which does, not cnufirm this awful truth! Have not your Judges, your Solicitors, and yotur Jurors, again ati again declared that atmost every crime which stais t our docket is the cinsefltence of intemper ance ! Do ntt tle sbiartters d frames, t he prostrate hopes, the wated fortunes- the ruitted families, rite lust so'ds of Vour friends and neilibors, every where alest the ravanes of this desolarming loe-ani lomlly pro.-laim, that to license the sale of ardent spirnts. is to blcen.e tlhe sle of poi son-the insil.houw sisperion of pestilence and of dear b ? Your petitioners are confidernt there ik no one in your honorable bodies who can doubt these things. Why, then-ye who are the protectors ofthe public welfare, tie censors of tie public morals-why shmoild your pewitioners n 't hope tha; you will at tice arrest the evil ? Other states have albolisied the license laws, and posterity will bless their iame., for the dteed. May not your petitioners and constituents ex peet that this tae, so long o.spienou.s tfor virtue, will also range herself on the wide of religioni 8nd humanity; tm mtumer eifully save the lives, sndl souls of their eittzetns. by sealing hermetically the houtn taicts tf dlestrutctiotn ? Yotur pettioners respectfully insist, that lw hetetreamt of you no int fritngetmett.tno re tretnehtment of any ma~n'sjust liberty. The ptrivilege w hichbithe dli~tillers and their al lies claim, is that of the swmdnrler to d~e fratnd, antd the assasint t-o kill. Can any ttan piretendl that he hits a right to rain a livelihood by the matnulacture of dttttt kards---the propacatiotn oterittt and pau pierisnm ? By debasinig fathers and lies bands into sots, and reducintg wives anti children to a contditiont infinitely wo'rse thamn that of the widow atid the orphtan Nor is your power to apply an effectual re muedy at all doubtful. If you possess the power of grantting andl regulating and re liising licenses to retail ardent spirits, yott, of course. possess thatt of abhrogtittg thtetm altogtethet. And your petitioners are con fident, that such ab~rogation will he haih-de asR a btlessitng by all clas~es---exceptt the mercetnary trirmkers in death, and their wretchetd and dehtdedi victims.* If (which by Dr. Rusht andi othet emi netnt phy-dianiis is dentied) alcohol he at tmedicitie for which thtere is tno subtstiture. let it, the't, (your petitioners ptray,) hoe cont finetd to the stores of lie atnihtorized v-en dlers ol metdiines, as at first it used tot be. Butt ytour petitimners humbly atnd eairti '-sily beseech yotur honorable btotdies, so to alter the presenit laws, as to relieve the coumutry frotm the hburden under which it is now gronintg. Trhey entrett thatt y'ou wvill no~ longer stli-r otur landt~ to he swept by a plagite, whtich is blasting all t hat is fair anid glorious, with a mildew ; preyintg uipon the vitals of society ; degraditig thte maisster into a slave, atid the slave into a beast, and entailing frotm father to son, iso verty. 'ie*. -. use, disgrace, antd cvcer Instinse damnntin. Your Petitioners assure your honorable bodies that the public mind is roused and nawitated on he subject of this address,and an uit your decision with deep solicitude. in'ievery Parish, in every part of this State, heartless and unprincipled men are now busily doin.- the work of fiend.; sedn lously plying our youth, and industriously day and night decoying and debauching our servant-.. And your present regula tions not only provide no remedy for the evil, but aggravate it; siuce their only con sequence is, to quicken the diligence oftbo dest royer-who, (over and above his exor bitat gains) must extort from his victims the price of blood. the sum which the State demands for perniinigi him to rifle and ruin her citizens. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly en. treat that this subject may not he stiflil in a committee romn, but mtay be honored n ith tIhe attention its importance merits; thatr it may be discussed by tlat wisdom fo)r whiclh your bodie, are distinguished. Aid, while your petitioners do not pre sumne to dietate, but confide in your expe rience and judgment to devise such reie dy as ihe case nay demand-they respect Cully pray thua the present system may be so amended, as to restrict tie retail of ar dent spirits to the shops of authorized A pothertries and l)ruggisis, and to prohibit tll others fron selling thetn in any quanti. ty less than twenty gallons. Such laws lein enacted, the pestilence. under which the land -mourns, will at once be stayed; the poison mtongers will no lon ger be able to elude detection, the virtue and enerey of your citizens will purge every district of those nurseries of vice and crime, by which they are now itifes. ted; and this little State, so dear to us all, will pursue hereareer onward and upward, ettmancipated from the most galling lion dage. gathrring into her lap the riches of the earth, and enjoying the smiles of God upon her agriculture and commerce. And your peti'oners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. &c On motion of Rev. J. N. Davis, it was " Resolved, That two hundred copies of the adopted memorial be immediately printed for circulation and signature." On motion of Rev Ar. Kirkland. it was " Resolved, That the Chair be em powered to appoint a committee to procure signatures to the petition, and that an ad. journed meeting convene, at Ebenezer Church, on the second Thursday in Sep. iember. to reccive the report of said conm irree." On motion of Rev. R. Fuller, it was - Resolved, That, in the opinon of this meeting, the ieiorial to the Legislature is or such importance, as to renderit expe dient for us (together with its presentation by our Representatives) to secure, if pos sible, special advocacy of he measure con tem plated by us, iti furtherance of which, we ea.rnestly solieit the Hon. John B. O'Neall antd Alberi Rthett, Esq., to lire. sent our views to the Legislature at its next session. and urge the abrogation of the licen!e laws." On imotion of Mr. Blenkjamin Al. Palmer, it was Resolved, That a committee be ap p. intedl to correspond with all the alfiliated societies of the State Tern peranceSociety. leque-ains them to co-operate with us in reconingtiiali to Iheir several Districts the policy of petiouing the Legislature to graut a repeal of the existing licenso laws, and that a copy of the tnemorial, adopted by this meeting, accompany each letter." Whereupon, William Ferguson Hut. son, Esq., and Air. Benjamin M. Palmer, were appointed. A resolutipn was adopted. that the Edi tors of thte Charleston papers, t he Tremper ance Advocate at Columbia, and the Bib lical Rtecorder, Italeight, N. C. be solicit ed to p)ublish thts memorial, aba~ tije pro. ceedings of the meeting. [Eo. E. ADV.J Miseries ofuan Edaitor.--i thiefe be a hu tian being itt the wiorld wooas cntca to speak about the implossliltrhy ol pleasing every body. that person is the editor ofla popular publicejournal. His hourny aoxpe rieince ts an exemplificatin of the uma.n, that it is itmpo~sible to please every boidy. He bas great reason toue thankiua if be do ttot dlisplease every body; for if he please his readers tn one resp.-ci, it is a thousand to one if he does not offend them in some ottier. It wiere all very wchl if tho rea dets of the paper would he contentedl with feeling in their ownr atinds ditssatmshe~d with an editor's contwli laeause lhe does not happen to -go tiae whole b .g" with them itn every thing, But the amnschiief is, thiey are not cotent with nmur.,iutg tis daesatis tact on in their own br.-.aats, no,, nor in ex piressing tt tat othteri bttt they must n.eeds apprise' the edlitor of it tanene ves; or anenti n it to some one of hisa erecssively good natured frienas, achtot , N arc sure, wodl do it f~r them. 'hen the.e ts te didficulty of pleasing *eadera whose .asies aud principles aro 'wvtde its the poles asutnder." What ex a ites the admitration or? oue reaaer, appears ta anow her to dispslay the worst taste. on thu Part of the edlitor. '-Whiy do you tnot dlevotte more amf your space to literary and seientific subjects!" asks one subscriber. -11 you take up so much of your columumis with politie's, to the exclusion of such itn teresting miatter as police reports, I shall *ac oine ta king your paper any longer," - writes taohe~r. Att edttor is a doomed matn: his course, like that ofitrue l.-, uev er docs run smooth.--Great Met1ropol is.