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t tit a esgagedtmore of my mind i than any other, save the t wes dy alluded to, kt mean the I 6 of. our Lord and Saviour Jesus 4 na,-which has, an(- I pray may I ie stand pre-eminent above obercon- i I the prosecution of my subject, it will become my painful duty to adduce some i ep'erimental parts, which I believe, will roach the case under consideration, with as i much force if not more, than any other, I i could use, presuming on the broad basis, i that human nature is the sate wherever it 4 is found; equally susceptible of the same i results from the same causes. *In accordance witbg no views. I will I begin my objections Tea ewe socte ties; but in this I do not o be under- i stoodl as having been op p to Temper- 1 ance itself; on tie contrary,' have always i admired it, notwithstanding I have made such awful departments from it. I was i opposed to Temperance Societies from I prnciple. Their Constitutions, as you have heard read to-dM, require an un qualified deinaiatio the use of ardent spairius, and iisconsequence of this requisi tion I declaimed against them. Jeal ous of my liberties I could not thiunk of being iuvolved in any thing that would exert the lea* infuence over them;. nay more, I didot nithink any man would, whot was actuated by patriotic aud independent principles. 0 fatal delusion! I was also Oppos.ed to ihem from another eonsidera tio.. I did no: believe that their-fiiaders had solely at heart the emancipation dour country. from this peace 'and soul destroy ing curse, but used it as a cloak to hide the defurmity of some mightier eiginte aimed at sonetbinig else. hig n ith mischief, and after they should. under the plausible pro text of Temperance, have so multiplied and concentrated their forces is to feel in viucible, they. old throw otf the naak prgy ~object with all its hide e in its froni,-destruction victims. I found, however, - - lEcultv in overcoming thti oth I compared it with the fur ner. was enabled, very soon after giv ing ita deliberate and careful ezamination, Ii change my view&. I argued thus, that &'there are now ard ever have been, good .t l.nevolent men, who were not only *illing to devote their time and talent, but to sacrifice themselves for the good of their country. if it were required; and believing thatsuch men does and ever have existed, -- asked mnyelf the question, to what point Could we so reasonably look with the ex pectation of inding them, as around the standard of opposition to one of the great. est national curses, that any people were ever called on to endure? oee of re~ectionscri , at no other point. So -4svthfrias this objection was concerned, I became foly recondiled with Temperance Societies, and was willing to *ede to their founders, an honestgood at heart, free from criminality. But cot so with the f'trmer objection. .*Ii presented obstacles, I could taot so e .~ asily suarmount, and I clung to it until it well-nigh ruined me. What, you will ask by taking me a freeman? I answer no; but by making ate one of the most de graded slaves of Intemperance, the very hardest master cruelty could suggest, or t yrantny devise. Yes, fellow citizens, when I reflect how awfully near this false delu sion had carried me to the very verge of on unterable ruin, Iam madeto shudder. And had it nothbeen for a mighty, mighty etTort,i on mny part, aided by him who rules the des< njics of1 men, I would. tno doubt, this day, instead of standing hero as I now do de -claimtin, against it, have beetn hankering: arnuiti some detested grog-shop. bound duwn in its almost imtnutnale fetters, a ctaufarmed and miserable drunkard. I *hanzard nothing 'vy the declaration, for any appetite was formed for such a re ,tlt, and 1 lackJ hett few more indul ecnces for it to have revittedi the Inst chain, which wouldl soon have been the result, land I not been arrested andt ma'de to reflect; nd more especiatlly nhlen I tell y ou, thatc it was nest to an impossihility tfar me toj take a respectable stand amnonyt freeme-n, anl .deny mtyself of what is termed thes cital glass. Oh. that social glass! 1: is the whirl pool1, if I may be allowed th6 expressioin,. that has swallowved up untold thao..<atnds of my fellow mn. Yes, I was afraid of the I taunts that would Pflow, such as-I, he~ i afrated of hsimself? has lhe joined the Tem- a perance Society? 11am he become a vial * untary slave!-And from fear of these a light and imaginary persecutions I hae a suffered myself to be overcome, unman ned, prostrated, and even nmadd much 'l -wcore dlegradedt than the beasts of the field. : yes, fellow citizens, I have been impelled a - - by its hel lish effects, utato the comrmission s of almuost every outrage l ever committedc against morality and religion. 1 When I take a retrospect of my life, Il associating with it the use ? have made of - ardent spirits, I am forced to niourn and fI agonize over it; for well do I know, if all ( the misery and grief I have heen ever cal- t led on to suffer, from every other course, c smere concentrated, and brooght forward c in their greatest magnitudo. they would be i abut one poor drop in the bueket, when I a ~compare them to thtose that have flowed t in from Intemperance. f Destroy me not, in thy lier',, ager,b Oh God! iwhile 1 rehearse what follows. I e -been driven by it to sitn igainsa Hea- h and Thee, and against the wife of my 1 mg whosi, thou kno vest, rioved with s: tenadernessmof my nature; but not- 6 love, notwithstanding a taken, io protect b e spurn p cur- a on a tion. Dut, Oh, my I #"-'I been made to suer c 'itless fand -of death tore her I before I could even prepare the 0 f atonement. Tongue cannot tell! a *aagination, with all its accuteness, can- d ist Wahom the depth of the agonies it has t lecosioned me! Had I countless millions, f weald scatter them to the Ibur winds of I leaven, could I blot out the stain it has 15 eff neon my character. and the consequent c inawings upon my conscience! I have thus attempted to give you*a ketch of the effects the use of ardent spir ts have had on my person, my character tad conduct. And can you wonder to see no thus engaged, in warning my fellow treatures against it, as a common enemy, tad one that is calculated to lead them into ill the fattal errors it has me? I think you ill answer in the negative. My effort at this time. God is my judge, is free from sefishness, and could I but inow that this attempt Would be itie means )f arresting and snatching but one of the yst degraded of my follow beings from he vortex of that miserable, horrible and legrading abyss of drunkenness, it would nore than compensate me for the cross I low bear, and the risk I am running of m posing my ignorance. I will now leave the painful. or at least. he experimental part of the subject, and race its effects, that is, its must prominent anos, on individuals and oi associations. Beginnin; with the individual. Show ne the man. I care not what his family or rurtune has beeni who has given himself : p to an intemperate use of ardent spiritt, and nineteen limes out of twenty. I will show yqua na'n that is reduced to penury, beggaryia want. I n illhov you a man. whose intellect, the only thing that elevntes him above the brute. is impaired; whuse corporeal syste-n is enfeebled; whose na tural divositiou is reversed; and in a word is reduced from the image of his creator. and conforiped to the image of lieelzebuh. to whom he telungs without a reforna If its banefol and fatal efrects stopped here. It would he lend unouth. but ma' e tolerable. Does it i? No. Where are that nman's social relations! Has he no dear, ilear fricit.is, that care-aand feels interested fir hin ! lbas he no father nor mother, no brother nor sister ! Does not the influesce exerted on him by ardent spirits affelc this whole train of relationship I The whole is not yel told. No. There is another rela intm,-hip more interesting than all these. Perhaps tha: man is united to an amiable wife, one wilho loves him. and perhaps when he is himself. he reciprocates that love, and were it unot for the introduction euf the intoxicating draught. that harmony which should ever exist in such cases, would flow on uninterrupted thmugh a na tural life :ime. Perhaps he is the sire of an interesting oftipring. marked strongly with intellectual endowments. Yet not withstanding the amiableness of the wife, uotwithatanding the pifns of his children, are they not compelled to participate in the same train of misery and want with the hushand and the father. For, are not amuilies, in a great degree, estimat l their head Wa out , an ..wr aTnite affirmative. I for one declare it to be too much the case. Custom has Gied it so, and I cannot change it. You see then, he not only brings upon his fami y the samie train of miserv and want with himself, but also brings opon them the ad ditional low estimate in which he is placed I bay society. The intelligent wife sees it. She reels it. She bemoans the condition of heerelt andi tfamily. She pleads with ter drutnkenm husband. She remonstrates with him, and as the last and most power fl argument. she presents to him his own urspring, hiis batke, and pleads in its behalf, that he would reform. Strong andl irresisiihle as this argument may seem, it wont do. No. The man has ;iven hitnself up so an intemperate use of ardetit spirits; his appetites are formed, xertin;: an itnduence over his conduct, too sowerful to tbe overcome bay an earthly :onsideratiean. The wife eventually des vinds., andI perhaps is driven to the same utalctup far relicf, that has undone herself mnd family. The children are neglected. lhose pritnciples eof virtue, morality. tem-a wrance anid religeon, which are so essene iaml to be inculcated ina the infant mind, re overlooaked. and from their having been abituated to such scenes of crime attd de aunch, thait these scenes lose to them their errors. ai~d they toeo give overto the habit. r'hus we see the effects of Intemperance, tandtede dlown from the fathier to the cthild, 'reasig a mtoral waste from generationa to ~eneratiutm. 1 appeal in you. my audience, for the roth of' the albove relations. Are they slot at'. inacontrov, raible facts?! Then, if these rc the etf--ets oh'the use of ardenat upiritie, s it not our imperative duty to unite our .lves, aeje u so evory legnl etfort we can ii free ourselves frim it!. Yes. as moral sts. as Christians, and as Americans, wc Let is now look ott its elects on nssoci tions ot' i more extensive character, such a pleasure p.:rties, celebrations, parades, e.,. and see wtaat it lhas done for them. Tme would fail me go enter ito a full de-. sit on those generat heaud.:. but I will touch n a single otne, that is celebaations. And C i prodsucing arguments that I deem ne. essary on this subject. I know not ic what ~ maner I could do it more efectuall!, than 9 'y giving an account of two celebrations of Z kmerican Liberty, which took place not1 i fromn this place, on the 3d of July last.j' )ue of which wats of a temperate charace r, while the other had enrolled in its hill f fare, ardent spirits. I had the pleasure f being a guest at the former, and I have a ever seen any thing go of' half so well; 11 harmony, alt peace. I do not believe C are was one single person who had his * eings thue least interrupted, nor do I think P mre was cause for such interrupt ion. I an fartber confidently say, that I did not d ear one profane word uttered throughout 5s 'e day. which I have never been able to o y before, on such an occasion, and con I ne myself to the truth. Such avocations *~ rIll in every ease, as it does in this, refleet 51 onor on the settlements in which they sake J' lace, and show the true meaning of such t snoetations We will now turn to the other. I am" reditably informed, that at an early part si f te day, some of the guests. as is most li Iways the ease, fell under its influence too a' -,~ t~jroducing its acver failing ef.-a .4i ets, profanity, diso crder111 uoi - - ularity, &c., nd before the g of the W me, some of them were soclinpletely at vercome, that they were ch g a.bout, c a if they had been possessed waik-go many evils 1a Mary Magdalen: ;,A - at and tII earing each other, witbou ' iion of si send or foe. Many ofyou iiij'ai 'ted al rith these facts, and t the a vth of them, and this ia ~ ture f its never failing effect w esists. [10 be coa' From iAs - 1R. WISE AND Ills PaRsS TIOX TO THE GRKAT "WHIo The abuse that this gengleii now . eceiving from his quondam - forei- o ly reminds us of the foil stract U rom the speech of Mr. Pick e in it he House of Representati obey, el 0, IS37, on the Independent r.- ti t seens that Mr. Wise, in tbis had r srned Mr. Pickensto hewaro em cratic friends, who then p ' to be , vith him, but who would soo . him a Mr. P.] in the lurch," and 1. him, a 4c. Mr. Pickens, in re'ply, s fol- I owing language. which was in- c end to admonish Mr. Wise f asla- If lility of the shuting hard cder. which Vas at- the .moment underge i rst b ermentation: "Mr. Chairmaa.My friend( use d ho term in no ide'maner) fr inia. Mr. Wisei,] be othetrday wi- e that fc tm this measure I should bea o the " urch.' Sir, on a question of .1 kind, tll'ecdog the liberties ormy con ttev- = rr stop to inquire whether I aha left n the lurch' or not. I never at & In- A muire who may he with me, or may 11 to aga:nst me, on a question oft -char- ti ieter. All i ask myself is iitsaotitu- ti ional proposition, and if it be I and iroper to maintain it 7 1 uev -p to :leulate who are with mo.orf i o are I mgainst me. The mere triump rty ; disregard. I throw aside parl der itious when a great question is ed, u which the liberties and destin&4f the coie aid the Government tr' ved )n such a question., sir, I subscri no narty creed. Let me, in refer4:,nY t" hos- gentlemen who sippse ha e tide i if p,,paris y upon chic thry are N-jfea- ii ing, is forever to met imi ne di c ', that hey "ilI finid he futurefull of- ress ' and disappointmen. p "Leil tm not labor under theAi de miion that the letter-writers and aggspa lers of the day are to create that lari p y which is to endure through ti Let hem rather look tIt that deep. abi ing opinion n hich is to como bpO to u- &I ron the enfi:hteived and rcflecti free- lI nen of this country-come back I a up- g in the settled conviction of what ' rue :f what isconstitumional-ofshat orthe ;ood of the Gvernment and the. ie. "Let as all look to that deep ,fxed 6 public opinion, imel upon ent Fe net .onviction and sound discretion. . ne now to say. in the e lang re of " Lord Mansfield ;one tfhatt a.ir, to b( aU Ie sincere, nore if their r. he sItous of P ame. hat a isa er ts ext )y the heless appeared tipon? flswrtan ipage, rhere truth has triumphed over delusion, he assasium of Liberty." From: de Miners' Joarmal. L tEETTINGO OF 1asHMEN tim rOTTfVtLLE. The Irishtmen of Potisville to the A bo itionists and ail others whom it may con- in ern. . A meeting of Irishmen and the friends of ei relandi, was hteldl at the house of Edward y )'Conuor otn Tuesday, March Is, at 3 'elock in thte afternoon, when William luggermy was called to the Chair, ad Jon. .Noville to act as Secretary. The Chairman stated the object of the neeting; by readin;; thme rollowing address G 'hich was published ini the Pennsylvanaiani . if Febhrutary 2th tilt. 9 [Hlere follows the~ O'Connell Afpea1 to em he Irish in Amruicic.] .m A fter wihicht. ott motion of James Clea y, the following gentlemen were chosen as Committee to diraf: Resolutions: F. rm armi O'Conner, J. C. Nevihe. Jas.Cleary, ~ atrick Mhc~reevy, John Reily, who, afler S short absenice, reported the following, " wrhich were utnanimously adopted: o Whereas, this above address was pub- e, ishied in many of the periodicals of the g Smlh February ult., purporting to be a di enewolent address of the people of Ireland a Irishmen itn thte United tases, signed1ti y Daniel O'Connell, Theobold.Matthew, (, R. 1Mdden, atnd sixty thousaud Irish ncrenclling; upon us and our wives and 7, aughters to look upon the Negroes as til brethren." and to join with au&'espouse ih he eause of A bolition. We, theirish pop- a, Iation of Pottaville and its vicinity, believ- ol ag the said address to be a vile slander en siued on this country by the iniquity of the intish Government, in order to manifest ur disapprobation of the said address, and N Iso to show that we look upon any per- S on who may address as upon a national am nestion othierwilse than as American- esti- L enu-as our enemy, therefore, t 1st. Resolved, That we believe the bose address to be as far as relates to the gnatures of Daniel O'Connell and the hey, Theoaod Matthew, a base fabricn on-that we consider its style-and man er insulting to o,'r dignity as men-that e altogether and n:ost emphatically do- tht are our disapprobations of it, and mrast >lemnly disavow huy intetjion io partici- zi ate or co-operate with the euth~ors of it. f 21. Reaolvedi. That we do .not form a sinet class of the community, .but con der ourselves in every respect as caisseis w r this great glorious Republie-that we 0 ok upon every attempt to siddress us oth - Ifit wise than as citizens, upon the sanbject of to to abolition of Nejro slavery,"or ay sub- C en whbatsoever, as base and Inignitens, tno D ustter from wha: quarter it may procebd. Ht 3d. Resolved, That we bereby in the" out unequivocal manner condemn the rid address, and regard it (toause itse own i n mguage) as the most tremendous invasion te s he feelin of Irishmen in America- i xd whether at emanated from the pen oflbi amuieLOConnell or (an any otier sour hatever. we cannot find language too rong to censure and treat it with the or it deserves. 1t is requested that all papers throughout e Union favorable to the above expres )n of our sentiments, will publish the iove. Signed by the officers. ECoe trertnzer. EDGEFIELD C. If. WrDEsDAT. IAict 23, 1842. To Delinquent Subscribas.-H aving com. enced our seventh volume, and feeling desir. ts or making various improvements in our fs lalishment. we are in want offunds. to procure e necessary materials to carry out our desir. I object; and to whom are we t-> aplly rir ose funds but our patrons. who havc been ipplied weekly, with the varinus news; and ime of whom have not paid one ren. ror the st two or three years, for Subscription. Ad irtisi or Job Work. To those who ate in =rears or Subscription. and will liqnidate their counts by the March court, we will receive 3 per year, but afler that time we shall in all ases exact $4. the terms of the pa per. We kve, at no time. since the paer has been in ar hands, been very great duns. liut find that ie accounts are becoming so large on our ak', and money Io scarce an artide. that in if justification, we shall have to adopt the "utag, if not the cask system. We hope our ddinqesnt subscribers will come rward, oxs and A.r., and save us the troule sending, and themselves the erpense of being nited on by a collector. UW We acknowledge the receipt of sundry ewspapers and Public Documenti, fiom the on. J. C. Calhoun. lion. F. W. Pickons, and e Hon. S. If. Butler, to whom we return our anks. At an annual meeting of the Stocshnldern or: e Bank of iHanmourg. S. C.. held on the 14th at., the followinig gentlemen were elected irectrs for the ensuing year, viz: If. filuichinson. hn Bauskett, George Par it, J. W. Stokes, D. L. Adams, George W. armany. Win. Garrett. At a meeting of the Directors on the 15th. . intehinson was elected President of the ank. 'General Hamilton is spoken of as the next resident of Texas. Major Reiley, Charge de Affaires of the Re iblic of Texas, has anived is. Washington. Teian Figt.-The story about die great nghter of the Mexicans by the Texians, pub med some time since, as brought by a passen. r from Matanmntas to New Orleans. has turn I out to be as follows:-A party of about 40 exianseneountered a squad of Mexicans, and ptured or killed 20 of them. XTJUi~is a~~ ~.-T e51 iiie reference, of the two Houses of the Legisis. -' In whom was referred the resumption of nents, have reported in favor of the -ing on the Ist of May, and of al 'o issue, for a limited period, small -The Legislature of this State whpriaiamg-itUaet-of she -cie payments'on the 15h of The Senate of Virginia us rejectent true ...ulntion from the House. Iieh authorized the Treasurer to receive the ate" proportion of the proceeds of the Public ands, under the Distaibtution Act. Louisiaa Snaor.-TIhe Legislature of Louis na on the 10th inst., elected Charles 3M. Con d, U5. S. Senator, for dho unexpired portion M r. Monuton's term. The N. 0. Bee says r. C, tans not one synulpathy in eommon with ih Tyler, but is an old faushijoned genuine Newo Ilamapshire Electio.-The Washington lobe savs: " We learn that at Portsmionth, r. Hublbard received over 500 votes ant of 0-at lDover, nearly as many as both the oth-. candidates-at Nashua in a similar ratio, 4 at IIoomkset, t wenty more than all thme oth a. Porsmouath has also sent four Democratic presentatives, two on thme regualar ticker, amid ao not on it. From all the data ini our pos ssion, the conclusion is that Mir. Hlubbardl ill be elected Governor hy a majority of (mum fire thotusanad over all other candidamtes unmit. :and that the two Demuocratic candidates to ther wrill hare a majority over the Whmig can. lame of eight or nine thousand. So muc~h for a Granite State." The Creole Negros.-Thec N. 0. Bee of the h inst. states that news had been received in it city. thr~t the Governor at Nausau, N. P., id received orders fmom the British Cabinet: surrsnder die Negroes taken from the Cre , to the American authorities. Medaae~Aog A4ccidnat-The Washington (Ge.) ewa ays: that - during the violentm stormn on anday night, the 13dm inst., fomur very likely d valuable negro fellows, belonging to D~aniel e., Esqr., of thins place, were drowrned in Lit-; SRiver. The accident happened by thme break. g of a platform. upon which they were stand g, while raising the flood game of Mr. L's. ill. rEzmsie Pire.-We copy the following from a Columbus (Ga.) Argna of the 16th inst. "Last night a littde after 11 o'clock. our citi ne were aroused by the cry of Gire. which was' and to have originated in die storehouse of r. James Rousseau. a short distance above a Market house. Very soon that anid the ad. inmog building, were enveloped in flames. All are destroyed to the corner occupied by Mc ough & Crews; in the other direction. thme s was arrested by the blowing up the hmoume raerly occupied by Keelor & Sherwood, as a lahing store, Messrs. Mimlfordl & Adams, r. Billing, Rounsea, A bbott, A mos, WVells & M4dgi. Estes & Elgia, Moore & Hlodges, stained considerable loss, amount niot scer ined-- great many of the goods were saved d umost of the suf'erers were to some extent mred. Mers. Wells and Humdgins, and Es.' Sadh Elgis, we have heard had no insurance. !e have beard of no insiurance tipon any of the ilding," save, ation in sa ifthe lovers of Ii mumher is embellished ng of the Tomb of the he drawing by Mr. J. E. do y )ir. W. Keenan, a native of C. The proprietors of the Al ia, :ured for their periodical, writers of fin :lass, and we hope the literary chatacts ofth southern section of our country will not m111M hem to labor in the great cause without a fai remuneration. Mr. I'ebsler.-The Whig papers throughot he Unsons have been laboring hard for som ime past to produce proof that the " Godli sud been fouly slandered by the Lmisville Ac reriser, an an article, that went so far as tosta hat Air. W. hlad been guilty of insulting a r spectabte temale, the wife of one of the Clera euploycd, eiwer in the departmeut of whic Mr. W. is the head, or one of the other deper ments The following, relative to the trafm ti, we copy from the Alexandria (). C.) Ia les. which, inl "ur opinion, goes to prove th;I hsete mut lhave been sonic truth in the rumoi To the Editor of h Indez: In your paper f tne dth inst.. you speak c tle runwrabutat Mtr. Webster, which was fin puluaised is the Luialsvile Adveriser; andsa oia heaird at --from .ir. Hoimer. a temporar eicrk in she SLate Department." dince publ' ::y taas been giaen to it, and Mr Webster denial, i have taken some pains to ascertai whether these was any foundation for it, an sm satisfied there was, and so does every get ilewan he-re with whom I havo conversed upo te subject, that ha. taken any pains to inquir into it. It is not true (as stated) that the der in the State Departieit went to the rescue 4 the lady, but thast Mr. Webster olfer,:d the it sit I have nit doubt. li'asungrfnv, bnh March 18.2. Death of the Alagor.-It is with dee and unfeigned regret that we anutoince th death of our late northy and efficier Mayor, the Hou, Jacob F. Ailtziug. II expired. yesterday morning, after a sho btt painful illness, in the second year of hi Mayoralty, and while yet in the full caret if private and public usefulness. lie hore woot esmiisable character in private life und, whether ts Legislator, Alderman c Mayor, 1as a Insist zealous and activ public servuant. Under his adnainisaratio the atlairs atnd finances of our city wer conducted % ith great practical ability, an a judicious and enlightened econonay, an his death will be mourned as a great pub lic loss by our sympathizing anti sorrowin, community. lie was universally regarde s a man peculiarly suited to the toines 3nd seldonm has one descended to the grav more deeply seated in thepopular affectioi ad regard. tideed he may be said ti have ihed in the zenith -if his popularit, mrt by-lis -nodest and unassuming merit tis sterling integrity as a public officer, ani Iis honest and thorough devaition to th interesis of our city. Honor to Iis meno ry I Peace to his ashes.-Charleston Cuu rier, tItA inst. Funeral Tribute.-The obsequies of nit lamented MAu.or, the H on.Jacob F. Mint ting, were celebrated, -verudn I ith al lVeiitMpmdj Forms ad "lomui ies, which mark the high consideration il which the deceased was held by the.com uiunity, and the public sorrow for his lose A numnerous civic procession, composes of the City Council and Utdicers, the vari oau public bodies, the revereind clergy members of literary and caritable instiatu lions, the fire c'omipanties, citizenis an11 strangers, united with the mourning fami ly and friends of the deceased, anti followel his remains to the German Lutheral Church, in Arcladahe-street; where, aste an inmpressive religiouss service, by th Rev. Dr. llachman, in which thae tribut ti) departed worth was touchingly anad elat quently paid, and the moral lesson "a soleminly enforced, the body was comnmil ted to the~ earth from whence it caime, ana the spirit toe God who gave it.-lbid, 17L instant. We learn from Heaufourt, that the negr A BRA 31, conifinedl on suaspicion of mmi dering air. Edwards, of St. Illetna Islan, wras brought to trial on Thursday bist, thn hie made full conhesiin oif the crime an as condemined to lie esecutcd on Frida aest, 1ie gave as the only motive for til murder, that he hadt that mortning bee deietedl by bir. Edntards in an ne~t a pett y plunder uin the planetation.-Chzarle on Mercury, 16th inst. Morement of Troo..-We learn (rot an oflicer of the Armay just arrived (rot Fliorida, thai on the 7th inasi the remainin cmapaniese of the 3d1 A rtillery left Pilailk for Ccedar Keys, where they were to ern bark for their new Posts on the Gulf Ale ico'. Their march across the Penir sula ,vouldl occupy five days, examinin the coututry as they went. They wereeli sected to embark on the 12th inst. Th SA rtillerv has seen much hard and palt ful service Ini Florida. One hualfor the Ri gimentI has been there since the commence ment oft the war, anal the rest of it ror set ral years past. Even justice would ri qire that after so matny fatiguing carn paigns, thsey sonld take Northern Posts and 'hose on the Gulf he occupied by eitl: er the last or 4th Artillery. One Compa fly nfthec 3d. (Fraser's) was comiple'el annihilated at Mlajor Dade's battle.-Su Republienn. HAM1BURG BIBLE SOCJETY. At a meeting ofthe citizens of Hamburg convened on the evening of the 15th inst the Rev. Win. Miartin. of Columhia, ad dressed the meeting on the subject of BihI Societies. When, on motion, G. Pit rn Ea'q., was called to the chair, & H. L. Jel fers appointed Secretary. It was thzao moved, that the citizens e Hamburg, rom and organize a society whose ob, .: shall he to circulate the Bible which was unanimously agreed to. A constitution was thea submitted an adopted. It was further Resolved, That all pe ~elt willing to unite ilot prise, be regnested t. tbecria tboie n andT U r A supply'ofBib r when all who are can be furnished by burg Journal. It 0 From teAs A MEDICAL COL r STATP-OF SOU' The annual commencemen 0 stitution was celebrated ~at' Building, in Broad st. on Mond * ing last. The exercises were op. prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Campbell.' L fessor Shephard, Dean of the- Fac' reand the annual report, from which it peared the class in attendance during t lectures numbered 158, of which 117 were of this State, and that the graduating clas numbered 58. It was also announced in the report that a license to practice medi t cine had been granil to Dr. N. Harris. and Apothec:,te-i Licenses to Benjamin Garditi, of this city, and Charles Raby, of Greenville. The fo:lowing gentlemen were then presented for graduation by theDean, and were admitted to the degree of M, D.. and received the Diplomaof the College. from Mitchell King. Ewq., President of the , Board of Trusies. , John Streetjr.. Greensboro' Ala.-The t- Bandags E. S. Tenent, Charlcston-Wounds and Injuries of the Head. John Good Williams, Edgefield-Inter. p mattent Fever. e George Cuthbert Furse, Barawel t Dysprpsia. C W illia.. B. Villard, jr., Barnwell--Sul. I phate Quinine. s H. Swinton Potts, WinstonCo. Miss, r Bilious Reniuent Fever. a Joseph Palmer, t. John's Berkley , Blood letting. r John P. Thomas. Union-Digestion. e James Austin Peay. Faireld-Com. 3 plicated Delivery of Placante. a Win. Francis'Strailwick, Greensboro', I Ala.-Emeties. J John G. Trp' , Greenville-Acute Rheumnatism. i George L. DoW i, Barnwell-Men I struation. , John Henry Long, Cheraw-Morbid - Effects of Remedies. I John Henry Honour, Jr. Charleston ) Scarlatina. r James William Pitts, Jasper Co. Ga. , Gastritis. I Edward H. Trescott, Charleston-Ni IrousOxide. W. Scott McGehee, Madison, Co. Fla. Generation. Robert Andrew Gage, Uuion-Cata men. r George 3lcCants, Fairlleld-Paerporal Fever. Allen Oliver Walker. Union-Jaundice. Pulmonalis. Thomas T. Siebels, Cambridge-Inner .vatio. I M1. 5. Street. Greensboro', Ala.-Fever. .Wim. E. Allen, Thomasuon, Ga.-Bil ,lious lrnt.-rintent Fever. .Johtn F. Davis, Faireld-Dyspepuia. I George Db. Connor, Abbeville District. Importance of Chemistry. I Chas. Trhomson Derby. St. Matthew's -Yellow Fever. rDaniel Flud, Si. Mdathew's-Scrofula. Lucinm A, Dinkens, Sumterville-Bil lion' Remittent Fever. . W. Snowden, Pineville-Intermittent m Fever. -|Win. P. Floyd, Wyt beville. V'a.-Cat I amenui. |Covert Mouzon, Wilhiamnburg-Sear let Fe'ver. Edward Anderson Salmnond, Kershaw ,-Ascites. E. J. Hooper, Columbia,-Transfusion dDatura Stramonium. TI. C. Skrine, lElist-lnsanity. Sterling Base, La Grange Co. Ga. n Cotnceptiotn. ,. William Bernard Peake. St. John's Blerkley.-Modus Operandi of Mercury. James Armstrong Fulton, Greensboro,' Ala.-Coingestive Fever. n Dabuey P. Calhoun, Abbeville-Secale James Stoney. Beanfort-Syphilis. S R. F. Dade, Noxubee Co. Mliss.-Ty phus Fever. rBenj F. Walkins, Kershaw-Uterino Hemorrhage. Lewis Win, Holloway. Cahaba, Ala. SBillions Remitnen: Fever. Joseph H azel, Beaufort-Strahismuus. -J. A. Moore, York D~istrict-lntermit tent Fever. - Charles Drayton, jr., Charleston-In trrmitcent Fever. Miles Nash. Leon Co. Fla.-Intermit tent Fever. Thomas Stringer Duffy, Rutherforditon, N. C. Tem perature. Win, A. Mooney, Rutiherf.,rdwtn, N. C., -H ernia. A. C. Matheson, Charleston-Mal Adolphus Follin, New Orleans, Yellow Fever. David R, Williams, Ward -timflamation of the Brain. Charles F. Rinker, Ch rition. George J. Walpole Cdrocele. SSamuel Furman, Wmn. A. Paul. !mation D hepretat,.