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n? "We will e15g to th Pirws of the Templot of er Libersile, and it fai we will Perish amii he Rains." VOL"1AWO VIII. - 8. each 22, 184-. NO. EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER BY W. F. DURISOE.PriOPRIETORL Three Dollars per annum. ignuid in edmas -Three Dolliri and Fiy Cents. if not paid before the expiration of SSx Months from the Iate o saksettion.-and Poor.Dollsrs if act paid ithin twelve loaths. Suscribers out of the Se are equited to ppy la advttc. 'o aslscripgy received for less than onec y , ind no paperdisootianed antil all arrear are pa't , ecept at the option of the Pub All subseriptions will be continued nealess %Xmiwie ordered before dee expiration of the Any person procuring five Subscribers and -becoming responsible for the same, shall receive She sixth copy gratis . ' Ader.ticius conspicuously inserted at 62j -cents per square. (12 ines, or less.) for the first insertion, and 4:1 cetn. for each cotisanance. .Those pbliabed Monthly, or quartcrly will be har $1 per equare lor each isertiotsn. Ad oeats nt having the number of iqier marked on them. wil be coninued untl red out. and charge I accord;ugl - All Job ork done for pevron-. living at a dstance. nt be paid for at the time the work is done. or the payment Pecured in the % illsaza. All commanicationsiadlressJ to ihe lAlitor, pod paid, will be promptly ald trictly atteid RoPOSA LS for ~cnrryn :'w ti al53 or P the United States. from the 1st July. 16.43. to the30tlhof June, 1647. inclusive, South Car alina, will be received at the Contract Otilce of thw Post odtie liartmnent. 's 'die city of Waslh igton tana l o'clock P '1 off v: I1h day f Api., 143, (to be decided by :hla 5th day of May.) on the routes, aud the manner aud time herein specified, viz: IN SOUTH CAROUNA. 3182 Front Adam's Run to Edisto Island, 25 nmiles and back once a week. Leave Adans's itRoi every Wednesday. at 6 am. arrivo at Edisto Island same day by 11 a a. Leave adisto Island every Wednesday at I p m, arrie at Adam's Run Pane day by 6 Proposals forseni-weekly nr tri.weekly ser vice will be considered. 3183 From Aiken to Treadway's Bridge. 25 miles and back, once a week. . Lease Aiken every Thursday at 5 a i. ar de at Treadway's Bridge name day by 12 ni. Lease Treadway's Drdgte every Thursday at P n; arriveat Aiken same day by 8p m. 384 From Conwaysborough to Fair bluff, N C, 45 miles and brck, once a week. Laave Conwaysborongh every Monday at 5 a m;arrise at Fair Bludsame day by 8p i. ImaveFairjaf- every Tuesday at 5a m; grwiveatCon h sawn4 by 8im. a weeL Leave Crowder's Creek every Wednesday at 6a m; arrice at Yorktille same day by I1 a m. Imave Yorlsille every Wednesday at I p ni: anise at Crowder's Creek same day byb p in. 31W6 From Greenville c h. by Miller's, Dookmain's, Casbillo. Woodrufi's Van Pat ten's, William Goldsmith, Jr's, and Dr. Aus. tin's, to Greenville c b, equal to 30 niles andI, back, once a week. Leave Greenville e-'ery Friday at G a m ; ar rie at Greenville next dag by b6 p m. 3107 From Hurricane to Hascockrille, 20 miles and back, once a week. Lewe Hurricane every Friday at 5 a mt ar rie at Hancockville sate day by 11 a m. Leave Hancockville every Friday at 2 p m; arrive at Hurricane same day by 8 p ir.. 31W Froms Lancolnion, N C, by Long Creek Shoals, Falls. and Crowder'% Creek, to York. filte, s c. 37 1.2 miles and back, once a week. Leave Lincolnton every Wednesday at 5. a m: arrive at Yorknille same day by 6 p n. Leave Yorkville every Tbuisday at 5 a in: Srie at Licolatonsame day by 6 p m. 3169 Frun Marion C IS by lntton's Neck, to conwaysboro' 40 miles and back, ouce a week. Leave Marion e h every Sunday at 5 a m; ar rive at conwaysboro' same day by 7p i. Leave conwaysborn' every M1onday at 5 a in, arrivo at Marion c Ii same day by 7 p in. 3190 From Traveller's Re.4 to Pumpkin townt, 16 miles anid bark, onice a wveek. Leave Traveller's Rest every Weduesday ait 8..;t arrie at P'uampkintowa me day by I pin Leave Puimpkintown crecry Wednesday at 2 p m ; arrive at Traveller's IResi 'sme d::g by 7 pm.. 3191 Fronm Wiunnborough. by Granyden'i., to Rocky Monat, 25 miles and back, once a wee. Lease Winnsboronah every Thursday at 8 a m,'arrire.at Rocky Mount same day by.4 p m Leave Rocky Mount ecerg Friday alr e am ; arrive at Winnasboroim-b saine day by 4 p m. 3. Seren ininntes are alluwed for openin: and closing the mails at all ollices, where no particular time is specifiedl. 2. Post Office blanks, mnail batys. are to be conveyed without furtliser charge on mnail lines admittaig of such conveyan~c. 3. Ia all cases, there is in be a rorreiture of the pay of the trip, when the trip in not run: aforfei'r of'at least one-fourth past of is, when the running or arrival is so far behind *ueas to lose thme connuectiosn with a depeud (mnai; and a forfeiture of a dute propourtiona ml, when a grde oruervic,- is resndered infe', to-that in te contrancI. These forfeiturea 60m b increasedI inito penalti.-. of higher anotias, according so the nature or frequency of theofasre and the importance of' the msad. 4. F'ancs will be imspoited, nless the del'ii: aaenca besatisfacionly ezshuairned in due time. rfki:ng to take fi.ni, ors...i ef e, the mnail, --r say p.sat of it: lur minarerinag it be wet, injured, lost. or destroye'd: fur con ' -siit in a place or manner that exsposes it bdnpredation, lose, or injury; : no arriving at m timae set. And for seuiug up or runing mu express to transmit commercial iunielligence gs advance of the mail, a penalty will be exae:-' M eual to a qularter's pay.~ 6.'1 e Posusster Gesnerul uiay annnithe con tact for repeated failurea: for violating the INost Office laws; for disobseuing she instrue gens of the Department: for refusng tsa di. *'sarge mn carrier when repaired by thae Depart uent: (tar uawasgmug thet conltract wviitot the aest of the Postmaster Genseial, or for set *Eup or runnaing an expres.. n aforeSaid, ,. The Postmaster Gnesal imyalte'r the con rata increase of compensation, within the re striations imposed by law, for'thi additional Vivice required. or for the incresed speed, if the employnat of additional stock or carriers is rendered necessary. but the contractor may. in such case. relinquish de contract, on timely notice. if he prefero, it to the change. He may also discontinue or curtail the service, he allow ing or.e niounth's extra pay on the amosnut dis. I pensed % ich. 7. The paynsents will be made through dalmils on post offices or otherwise, afler the ex. a piratioan of'each quarter, say in February, May, Angust. and November. 8. The di.-stances are giien according to the best infortnation : butt no increased pay will Le allowed, should they prove to be greater than is advertised. if the places are correctly tusmed. 9. The Postuater General is probdited ,l by law froin kniowisgly nnking a contract for n tIe traniesportation of the mii with any person who shall hare entered into any combinnton. or proposed to enter into -ny combination. to prevent the making of any bid for a mail con. tract by .my other pei son or persons. who shall have made any agreement. or shall hare given it or perfuruned. or promised to girn or perlfrin:. any consideration to lo. or not to do. :nythin. o wiatecer to induce ainy other person not to bid je for a Mail coantract. 10. A bid reconved ntyr otnie. t,-wit: time k 13th Api next et 3 p no, or withoutt the guar. 11 antee rerqiired 19y ltw; cor that conitie s eve. ral routesit inie suns ofi ceitpenmsiLon, cannot he con.:deresi in coumpetition with a regule prpto"al. not adjudged to he extraragnnt. a 11. A bidder may propose ditrerent days and b hour. of depar:ure and arrival. provided o mure running time i asked. and it is oliviuilsI thiat no mail connesion or other accommodation is prejudiced. lie mttaynak for a specilied num het ordayq for imtore running mlitoe to the trip lot certain seasons of peculiarly bad road.- R But beyond these changes a proposal for ser vice different fron the advertisettnent will pre rent its being considered in competit'on with a Oi regular bid, tot set asido for extraragance; di and where.a bid contains any of the atire am- in terations, their disadraintages will le estimateJ in comparing it with other tiroposals. 121. There should be but one route for bid in a prtposal. t 13. The route, tile service, the yearly pay, JO the bidoer's name and residence, and the name 01 of each member of the tirn, where a compani otTers. should be di61inctly stated. T 1.1. The follon- ing is the fmf urthe guaranty cc which shon:dibe filed, the first blank with the name of the gnar::ntor. the second with that of 01 the bidder; and thet thid and fourth with the beginning and terminating pioints of the route; and after being dated, should he signed by the B guarantor, %.a ho muot be shown by the written certifiente of a postuaster. o: other equatlly sat- hI isfactory testimonial, to be a man of property, dt and able to nake good his guaranty. This a guaranty, so certified, should accompany each hid. ----if or og the m.il fr6n - tn - be accepted by Postmaster Gen- sI eral, - shall enter into an obligation prior b to he 1st day of Juty next. with good and sur. ficient'sureties, to perform the serrice proposed. d "Dated -----" . 15. The bid should be sent under seal ..d dressed to the First Assistant Postmaster Gen era, with 3Mail Proposals in the State of n --.'' written on the face of the letter; and la should be despached in time to be received by ta or before the 13th A prd tiext, at3 o'clock. p in. at 20. The contracts are to be executed before 01 the 1st Jul~ next. Post 0Pec Deportosmn. January 7. IF-t3. hl C. A. WICKLIFFE. i January IR. 1843 12w Pleasant H111 Acadeny. e TIf E Trustces of the Pleasant Hill at School respectfully inform the pub at lie that they have engagcd the serv;ces of Mr. D. WAVttT. and 1r-4 S. DUNTON, for jj the present year. Mr. White takes chargo o of the Mre, atl 1rs. Duutoa of the Fe- ; male Depnriment. The School House is situated between the Edgelield and Martintown Roads, D about three quarters of a mile from Duu- v tonsville. The School is now in operation, and will continue until the 15;h Decemetnr next el The loug experienee of Mt White. and A the known acconmplishtmentts of M rs. D)uu- s ton, warranat us ini helieving that those 6i who may favor them with their pbatronge in will be well pleased with the mural anad at mental prnfieenc'y of their chibilren. The situation ib pleasant, andl the tneighorhtood Ie healthy. hoarding in good houses may ~, he had on reasoniable terms. ThKM5t or TLc:Tios: PerT quear j Reading. WVriting and Arithmatic, $3 00 at Enaglisha Grmmar and Geography, 4 00 Plain Trigranometry and Practical a Sourvey inugon she late andi higha ly approved sysltem of John C Gnmere, . - - 5 00 e Rev. D). D). H RUNSON, ) WM. BRIUNSON, E-sq. Trse. JOE~L ROPER, Sea., Trte. JOHN HILL, TilE U. S. DiSTRICTi COURTf, el DisTRICT OV soUTH C~anLINA. $ a. IN BANKRUPTCY. I W HEREAS, Henjaninr 13. Spikes, a formerly Wagoui maker, late Far Ie mer of Elgenle-d Dist:-ict. St ate of South A Carointa, hath tiled a Petition, praying al that he nmny be dlechared a Diankrupt, pur- ki sutaut to the Act of Congrees of the United qi Statcv, tmade., andl now in force, conc'ern-. i iug Bani.rul'ts, antd that heo tnay have the benefit of the said Act; this in to give no- p, lice of the said Petition, and that a hearing ie thereof will he bad before the Hbonoarable el Robert B. Gilchrniet, Judge of the said Court, at a Court to be holuden at tho Fed erial Court Hosuse, in Charleston, on Mon. day the twenty-seventh day of Marcb next, 1 at eleven o'clock, A. M., at which place j and time all persons interested tnay nr- d rear anmd shew cause, if aniy they have. ~ why the prayer of thie said Petioner should d not he granted.I Charlestou,2lth day of Fehary, 18413. ~ Marcz H. Y. G RAY, Clerk. SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of sundry writs iFier Pa cins, I will proceed to "1i0 at Edge ield Court House, on the fte Monday ind f'uesday of April nexti .le follow ng property: Iverson L. Brooks vs. Alfrid Holley; lilledge Golphin vs. the sanfo- Thomas V. Malore and Jesse t. Qrag vs. the ame-, and Wiso Holley oomghonusand cm or land more or less adjoi' g Wade ilover and others. - Iloward and Garmany vs. LVi d 1. P. ;uher, tone negro boy and two rses. John F. Bnms vs. Wm.T rd, the -act of land *hqge the defeioant lived 1o year 1849eonfaiang ei htyi acres iore or less adjoininan ofS-ah C, nor, J. F. oros and othere. G. L. and E. PenoX&' C John luiskey, sixty-fiv; acresof-.Aa oro or -se where Smalwood Decn djoin eg John Inlow, Wm. Butldr and' ers. Cothrmn and Sproull vs. Thomd6Berry, ne hundred acres of land moWe'lss ad iuiurJo.ian Rogers and others. I Shirlev Cook. for the'use of J. P.'Bar er vs. Yhiiip Duanmiro, one wago, and ro horses. ilidred Berry vs. 3. A r ntson, henrer. vs. the same., a..i. J. lover, one negro woman Nancy an lo.e y horse, 1 John Dorn, earer. vs. John Dus d . J. Kemp. five bundrei. acres oiad ade up of dillereuit tradts where depn- I nt Dust lives. ndjoini:; labdas of 14. I ountree, A. R. Falkner. and others I Elias iloriback and others vs. JAIn orn, one tract of land containing sevelly ro acres, more or less where the defen- I nt livee. Also, one other tract contai- I g thirty acres more or loss adjoining the I rove tract. Also, one other tract con ining thirty ncres adjoining tha above 4 acts, known, as the liutchison place. ad. I ining J. B. Rountree, and others. Als se Stud Colt. I Parks and B1arker vs. Kindred Flariey a he tract or land twhere defendant liir mtaining one hundred and fifty acr I ore or less. adjoinin; Shirley Cook, an i hers. G. L. ad E. Penn, & Co. 'r Win. ird. two negroes Ellen and Comfort. ? James Sheppard vs. Wra. Stroai indred acres of land more or :fendant lives, adjoining ad others. John Cothrtgui, in o an ore or w re a lives, adjoining lands formerly owned SJohn Trapp. The same vs. James McMillian ; the rendants interest in the above tract I here his mother lives. David Sirother vs. James Morrs. Jr. ad James Morris, Senior, the tract of nd where James Morris. Jr. lives con ining seven hundred acres more tor less,c ljoining lands of Edmond Atchesou, and bers. Richard Coleman vs. Ivey Sadler, tao 3ndred acres or land more or lessadjoin g Wade Cuibroath and others. John V. longhton vq. Mary Hightow .one thoiusand acres of land more or less, ljoining John Wise, Wm. S. Howard, ad others. John C. Moore vs. James Goleman and ihu Trapp, four hundred and thirty acres ' land more or less where defendant oleman live@, adjoining lands of Jatmes atlews, John Guleman. and others. N. I. Nerall vs. George N. Pardue; avid Tool vs. the same : Win. Glover i. the same. The following negroes via. reuse. Bill and Richard. The President and tlirectors or the hank 'the State of Snulh Carolina vs. Dawbon tkinson. Stee'dman and~ Meritt vs. the ime: Wmn. Wood berry vi. ahe sanmo, eight jodreid ncrea of' land more or leas, adjoin g Abner WVhaatley, James C. Gardner, ali others. 0. To wIe's. Orudnry is. Andre* But r. Thomas Powell andi Dawson Aikin n. The abcove 4iescribed property of . awson Aikinsco. Hooker Fster vs. Thomas G. Dacon;t B. Buurges., and Dawson A tkin-ona. The cove describehd laud of Dawson A tkinson. lve'rson L. Brook', vs. udaotlh Carter idt Flizabeths Carte'r; Michsael Genrsy rs. 0 same. Louis Elizey andi Elizalsethi arter, three thousand aeree oft land tmore less, adijoining ands cf Johna Wise, Wmr. .Howard, and others. Also, one negro.I ick. John G. Winter vs. Joseph W~oods, liver Simspson vs. the same, one lot of roundi in the Town of Hlambcurg. situated n Centre street, on which there are two ores occupied by F. M. Shuroda, anadi locrra and Newby, oneI other lot knowni SNn. 58, situated oni Market street. one >t known as No. 543 on the same street. ilso. the dwelling house, with the land utachedl, made up of four original Lots nowan as Lots No. 323, 324, 325 and 326 tuntedh on Covington street, levied on as me prorty of said Woos Perry and Nicholson vs. WVm. Scham erg ; seventy live acres or land more or s., adsjoinaing TIhcomas Trurniped. and hers. Termns of Sale C;ash. S. C HRISTI E, S. E. D. March I5. 1843. :t 7 Adrniniistrator's !!Iale. jY pr.nnion~; orth,~ OJrdtis ry of Edgefleldt l)irict. I shall proceed to sell, on Fui ay the tweny-f'ourth inst.. at tmy residenec. II the persona! pro.perty otr Jes.,e $wenringen, ec'd., on a credit untilt the twenty-ifth day' af lecemnber next. purcha-sers to give notes with pprtoved5 scenacity. The sale to commence at 1 o'clock A. Mi. JAMES SWEARINGEN. Adm'r. ifarch M 3' ' A LTURAL. Front rWieten Mercury. At a tiag of The Agricullu rl Society John's, Colleton, behl on Wed st march, Mr. Ruffin, the Agricult Urveyor of Seutb-Caro lina, was.in to the President and Members b ion. Whitemarsh B. Seabrook, mediately afterwards. rose and slat buance ltat Mr. Ruf fin had ap the Island in the dis charge of his -that he tand pa'sed through it several plantations, and had esk the calcareous depo sits of part ot' tuh Edisto River. and some of the at s that emptied into it. As it was nai Is for Mr. Ruffin to accomplish an,griculioral Survey of South-Caroliuagithia the tine limited by the Legisaup, .Mr. Seahruok said the Surveyr would con6ae his atten tion mainly to agesamination of her cal earcous resW relying with eutlilence an the hearty cration of the. parter. in ciecting of the other le., which it was,i rtant shouald te astuino ed. As the, ually lairge audief're were anxions t4 ..ceive minmto a,,ti full information c ing calcareous 1an-a. Lates-how perated-wlhat lanad they were ada t0-h16W they shotld be applied.. 11 posed to di'miss all Formality on, MCecasion. and talt Air. Ruflin from his shotll len invited, on hese points, a esirel, other moljeci, to answer such, tions proposed by tha members as. ight consider ucssaryI and proper. Mr. Ruln f o ving of the course. a aumber of qq were then put to him.I o wich he rapiis in a manner so satis 'actory, as to malt.e on thEa miads of all a Jeep impression of the inestiaMable value >f the informaion which he had commu aicated. After 3r. Ruffin had retired. Mr. Sea rook read to meeting a letter, which as President State Agricultural :So :iety of Sbutb.ahJ Vna, he had received rom that qen an, and a copy re ircular which * had naldre.se tin the residents-o o A.-ricultural Societies of the State. their aid ia fA. -hering he objects utvey. Mr. J. Jenkins Aikell the'a sted the following Re elutions.wijh era unanimously adop tr Sceety do agree to South-Carolina. Resolved, ThA a Committee of Five diemabers be appiinted to desiguate the ujects upon which. from the practientl rnowledge of the member, useful infur nation may be rendered by them. Resolved. That it is highly expedient ba the members oftho Society do inake xperimets with marl, lime. or other alcareo s maiter, on the crops of this rear, and report iho. results through the ?resident to Mr. Rudiin, by the first Octo oer next. Committee under the second reniatieon: -J. Jenkins. Mikelf, lion. Whitenarsh 3. Seabrook. George W. Seabrook, Jibcz Vescont. William G. Baynard: The meeting then adjourned. WM. M. MURRAY, Presidel. Jahez Wescost, Secreraiy. Editors of newaapeas are requested to ive the abuve an ansertion. From the Chrkston Mercury. THE AGRICU14TURAL SURVEY, LIME, 1ARL. &c. It is gratifying see so much interest aken by our Agrieulurists in the object. hich the juditions appointment of Ir. uloare idtended to promote. Thea va ious commnunicatios which h-ive appe~ar d in otar uewspaprs-the callse fur the' establishament of Ajicultural Societies, ins hose Parishes whe they have. not hith-. nleeting at Edisto, mad the Circulaar issued ~y the enlichtened jtreasident tof the Seate gricultural Sociep, all naftord gaiyn dvences of this fact. rsiieg It would seem,, ~wever. from the va - ons cotmmtumicataans that from timae t imeappear in otipapers, anti from tIhe -W5vrato .eliar among plan,.ers. hat the applicatinti of Marl as a manurc, s as yet only favorably regarded as an cx. ~etsmeut, about Wf~icb there are no posi ive assurances ofgoccess. Althougha it sas long been asc 'in.d thtat Marl exi~t ed in various loc ljson our seaboard, ,xtending an hua miles into the inte 'ior, and it has ui.been demonstratedl hat the materials ' jf easy access to all he platatatiotas ofpiat maratime Districts, t is feared that thegemay still be a pt)ssi sility, rrom the uath:, of our soil and cli nate. that Marl isaj yet rail as a ferti lizer of our soils. It is with the hope of strengthening the liiSfidence of our plant tra in favo:- of Ma# at this commttunica uion is written. The use of Lime~ a manure is of no recent origin. It favorabtly kntowtn to he Romaus, .and.a been in extensive use ina Overy part 'a~rope, from that day to the present. and~ all the ligts whsichi scienccelhas afl'orts is at this very time regarded by the aa~~lightened Agricul lurtss as an inva able promoter of thte rowth of plants. NIari is the samte ingre dienat, being carbo.gteo limne. A pre: ence is gIven to auar, in consequence anf its being known ta, contain unt only the lime of the anIcigtaeposits of marine' shells, but it is alEsnsupposed to retain the fertilizing propertiesof the decayed ani mais once containsaiai those shells. Plas ter of Paris or Gyissoi, so highbly valued as a stimulating mm.,... :.. ,t.. Nrt..h.... Marl and not the marsh mud that caused the coirn to grow. Let our low country planters ie encour ngedJ to apply .larl to their landf for the present 100 bushels broad-cast so the acre. Lei them seek fir the matcrial along their low girounds. By digging a few feet, they will strike on a hard layer of calcareous nmtter-yellowish white, containing lcre Will there maiuute shells-let a small por. tion he put ifv a wine glasi. and a little good! v.-itigar h-i pourci over it. If it ever ve-ces t is .irl. I ,hbuve found the ttrengli of .iami at certasi depths not its difier mtuerially. Where it ha loeen long exposed to the atniolphere it is about 40 pe,- cent-a ft w feet below it is from 5.1 O ISU. J. 13. C IG IN. New 11ntY.ii. MkaC 7. 'rom Trras.-Thesnte:aninbip New ,r n'rive-I ye-serday. britige Galvet Fr1gu Appinneflenl's.-Thn, Prrti 6!d-:t h171% Nc p 11iiii J W mll. II. I) r1!!rm Idel. i., %l b. a;,- werk* sinc ri-igned the 4 Uni--*fi. the 'rrery tif the- Treutalry. to $iv I'har--.. d'.f irs to thie Ne ttbelanl. I .cari, to a'.r to bce Cosu .,a, It allarejlk-; -1a1t J.-bli-a J. Crck.;wvk. Conzul at Rt,.. ler-. -Il. flio Pic'ree 31. ruter. 17. S. Acnt -ll the CherrokA-. tias beet bppaisel lo ;t,. lend Indiant Cotunlcil tW be held at the W:aI vtilae on Ih I, anzos, and is oit. lioriziel ti mttake the L'nited States a party in the tre-ov propoed to he formed 1e ween Texas and the tribes if hntile Ill. lintis. W illiam Kennedy, Esq., Coanul for her Britannatie trajesty at Gulvestiini, has ar ived and been reoniia.:d in his nfTjt-il !arncity by thu Prii.frilt. Tlvengreis, at its lwiat sesaint,, ay inpriated $11.000, t i ddifitn to the re en.tJe fr0m poenl.ige, for carrying the, nnilc (if the Republic. The coitracts for he -natirt: s-ervice have' been ttii at !!l5.00t0. The people or Western Texas are ebouet to itild a convention t take into oniderationm the best ilmeansit; of sCcurng heir country from the inroads ofthe Aluxi One nf the prioners Itniketn i Piear .y a eceraul Wuol, fias written to hislother it Houston. tha t he treatmneaut .r the pri oners as Pernte is intoleraiv sevre. The direct xel of :the'fueralc ara -titnatcd fior the prenent year at $60.000 fie ornimr of it hiiIs ai is satid, will he retain i bly 'he collectinig otlicers for sum., due hemr bay the Govertment. The rett TCVeIUe fromh ena,%toms at tIh ort of Galve,ts. lor the year ending 31,t :uauarv. wr. SitI3.581.55. The expores 'camt1 thne port. during the year, amounted ii3145015 Imptorts ;401.71.119. Th'l- 21 r Miarch. the anniversary of exant Independence. was duly celebriatel y the military oif GalV"ton.- Bulletin. Fromi Tri.s.-y the sacai -hip Netv. ork nthich -irrived lat eveniti; j 30W ouir4 froi Gaik-Va'Iiet. we have received1 iir reguilar WI!e1 Of TexAsl paperc. -'ight of the pr*;emaaers captured at Alie'r. ltd 1-f at Ihtet place to recover fromi mand'a receiv-1 is, hattle. hadl esca;tel .i arrived s:fe-ly at Victoria. Th,- pap-r4 are flltedl with disicutisioniq incrrni;: the r'ioval of the archive.. -ilm e ea of Geoverrmarent; the manner i lahieh the Texas Iands have bcen Ji.. (Sell of; and frurther emmunication iuch'ing, Ih.: l..to inlv.cint of -M!exie-alI inrer.1, of more oar les interet in Texa-,, iml 1ou e','inz. lit lie 1.r anyt. uther couutry. -Ie, ' ins .. .1;.re of tI.' etIluk.-Lme New )Altee' pa:pers comtt;iin the (diewmeg di... res.Oin, inl el li;,eceti tromt ile We,t Iadie,. l'y thte liri-ish lari. Diademt. U'1pt. :.' are p'lac..l ini pof%%'aion of highly a erescting in:e'hg~ence fromt the Weest n Two- day. lie'lre the de'patutre aof the )indem. 'ate of the flriaish tiuil steameal rrivedi itn Kintsinn, with thet staertlinag itn .rmtati thait nice isltands cut St. Kitts, St. hana andl Novia, htad been almost to ally dlestrayedl by not earthqnake. Ac ordinag to the repourti, these islaneds had ilmtO'st eonpletely dhiiappeafredt. Of St, rhtomas and Nevis, crcely a particle enmains t) give notiCee of their former In ality. Trho population of the three islands nust be nearly fifty thousatnd. T'he een us of 134 gives St. JKit ts o ver 25,000 and ~cvis over 10,000. The Best Scare Crowes we have ever tsed, were bright sheets of fin suspended rolm poies, by wires; the poles of suffici nit height, and in sumlcient numbers to ec seen all over the field. Four or six, if' ndticiusnsly placed, will effectually answcr or a fiel of 50 acres. Our mnode of fir ng them was this ; we cut a pole of suf icienat height, trig med off all the limbs mut the upper one ; to the end of this limb cc a'tta ed, l~v a strongt flexible wire, a hee oi n. and planted the ipole thus pro ided Girmly in. then grour~d of the destined pust. Thte limb left at 'ho top should trject hor'zmntally far enough to allow nil play to the tin. Thtus attached, the lightest breeze gives motion to the tin, ndit consequently causes a reflection, so udden as iteolefetu ally frighten off crows, ar other hira addicted to picking up egro. I'lree~ years' eeressf'ul uise of such scare "os joarye uzs itn recommendintg them tb mtr bhre'n.-.Amcriena Frar.," States, is the sulphate of limne. This Ras Dot in general been found becefl!ial as a manure along our seaboard. It has beeni commonly suppoied that the salt atmaos phere in the, icinity of lie ocean. neutral ized 1the action of Gypsom. I have strong doubts of the correctness of this theory. The sulphate of lime nets on the carhon ate of lime as a stimulant. Where the soil is delicier.t in lime. the plaster has un thing to act on. and is consequently inert. Now in the examisiations I have male of soils from upwardsof an hundred localilies on the main lands of Carolina, I have never found it particle of lime. and in the analyzation of the soils otn iladismo i-ludn by Proifessor Sheppar.l. he discovered it only int a very few localitics and timinue quantitiaea. atd those itvairinbly % ere lh, most prodctiveo lands. I have m ltte;ta - tinu. t herefore. in statin that im h det eriot ration of out soih,; is ow% in- riot clirnie top our ruir.oms vsvrem ofit hn-anilr v, iiinmtit ivg ont lands for a -.-creshnam If year. without rest. or a routimati s f cro)pi. 1i more especially from o.. -:.l: of en 0:1A risatier mi to mpper r!*A -a' a i:. ' i i itself. Wheni our lamds are % i' ma.arle.f. WC amay thken :!3o filid te enefi a.! i1.4 ter. Tiee-i'rts produ:cedi by,; tie arpptaem il? of Lime to polar it were %trik soi ' elucidated in a case tof %- wah I nis a. I eye winess. Thia-e is a i-rict of rnn try lying along :he hiihway bet ween Ber liu in Prussia. adl Dresden in Sa%'nmv. strongly revonmablina our pine lhnrre.. of Carolitnn. The lmsc sand is in aO1mmI places hi!-iwn into heaps hv the wiwis-a few isumned pi.:es ai! ite'heath (Chnirt vulgarig tie :iever-failhee insiclat Ut sterility. were the oly plannts iham rmai. inied n sickly e-itetce ia te widl.: wastei of pine barren and sand: so that it lia-l le conic a proverb among the Germans. ''On the sandhilis the sparrows mnu stmrve." Yet int the midst of this sterie regmont, se. parated by r.eiither fence or hedlge, n ith soils originally of the name character. se suddenly cameo to hiahly cultivated field-% which Sprung up brfstre us by enchant ment. The crop of wheat which w as ren - dy for the sickle was most abitdant: <onie fields had prsduced heavy crops of hay. ani the fruit trees were lo-iled wth i p ples, pears aod pluime. On eerquiry, I no. certained that this land had fallen intothe I hands of amn itatelligent cultivator.'who brought from a distance of ab-out thirty ' an.~iqrfqiqr kimi.of line., and aRpDd it, together with the leaves ga:h:r. ed (om the scanty shrubbery ani :- rak - ing, from his s:ables, to the Lind. I! lid only been five years under cu1:ivation. and t tile soil had now by the chemical proces<, elrected by the n ctmry of ite imr., beron tenaicious and of a dark csilrir. After hav itig itt--- :reeied for the distance of two miles with this cheing sigtht. we arrived at the limit- of his a-mate. a here again we encountered the lesolae pitie iarretn,. In subSCa1mefcttiy Sataila li*s fAwt toi a friend in London whoi wa<& a land ht:tler iii tie pine regions of New Jersey. he vi i'ed the con'inent for tihe pirpoec ot nl'era I . miin the process by %% hich thi-e sterile sn;l had been resuscitated. aind sulperuenti v wv We to his ietants in New Jersey too ipily bIme to his inni in tihe sne ws av. aid I hes al last ye:mr that ha had doubled his crqp far the last two) years by t'i proecai. Marl as a niantire is not . new lOCnve ry either iu lurape or .\merica. A lib-ito; the silatie, dug fr-min tle Marl-pif, in ! I-'ngland and Srotilnd. tat m hich the tn:m ' of Marl is properly apiil. I-* a ,in.d II I fatvish clay. yet Sihl-31.mr!. rese-n'din our owti, althouih riei inferoor, hem hecen ini use in, Enmmlawil nal 'titieua.! f;I the lasi sty year'. lIn the btatamst if peatt hnais nre 'uina-tI roller:iea ofas recet shells which arec caonveysed aon the baJck-. tt hiorace, andu doisnkev a farthirty . .r fasrry maie., anmd -wahI to the harme11r'.;' :ss i:: res, am ie pric of taout na llair per hu'.bel. OnP~ a he sin. acssast of Scum Iland 0)y? -r--i.e lb . r. calaetead fora the sa mie puon~ . Shal! 31ecr1 has hert applliedI to landal ini 3115r' huaid anad Virginia on a few farimi, far thme last thirry ~scars. amid imt every inawmee withl stiecessail re-enits. In tim heslwer coumi t!ie ofVir.:ini-, Mairlimt hars. by te ;a. amirale publia:i an< nd the pradtical es - ample omf Mr. fiRln becomeR~t gene-rul for severail years p::st. amiii h eiledl inrcmamen lable wealth, comifaiirtad heamhh :o. mhai: pamrtionm of amur siter$ Stime. Gov'. I am munnd or our own m $tmae laist year taied ean experiment wsithi Marl on hi planltasiion on the Savannah river, nal s sncceasful was a he result tilat he wsill this vear have Mar Led sinx hundrled acres. In conclusionf I wimmthl ntice a ver suc cessful but altogether accidental expseri ment made in the mise of Marl in omur own vicinity. Omi the plantatiom n of Dr. D~esel,. an industrious and successful plaitmer at I Goose Creek. a port ion of a corn faIl wase manured in the common way with cam post from the stablesa. Fiallinig short in j this material lbe conicludedl ma try anm ox perimaentnan the remainder of the fiel withi mudi which had recetly been throwu trom n a canal. The crop proved muncoltmmnly luxuriant, anal from is succe.ss intht ,b present case, lie btegatn to htope that mud, froma a rice fteldh was eqnal in value ms aa-1 be manutre. Ott a re'cenit visit I hand at oporinntity of dlie'vering te se-cret of thii, mne' :re'ed ''ortility'. fin diggintg the canal te ltbor~erq had strun~k uponm a snli.l ied of Marl to the exteunt aof I wo miles, throwing on the i-rface ias sonm instancees to the depth of tan or thre ~'et. n ~lanrl, whith I have ascertineds cs'!mnin- 72 r cetnt of carbanate of lime. Foam this hatik his fil had been manured. Ii was :th.