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*flJWEELLANEOIJS., Fro he N. O. Picayune, 18th inst. FROM TEXAS. The Beginning f~the End.-The steam . a iew ,York arrived here yesterday afternofn from Galveston which placeshe left on Sunday last, the 15th inst. Presi dent Jones has issued another Proclama tion, announcing the result of the negotia tions that have been conducted by Capt. Elliott with the Mexican Government. Captain Elliott came passenger in the New York, perfeetly content, it may he presumed, with himself for having pro <!uced confusion in Texas as he did in Citoa. We proceed at once to lay before the public this third Proclamation of the President. How many more are to follow we cannot trust ourselves to guess. -lis Exceller.cy has got in the vain, and they may succeed one another to the "crack of doom," like the spectres of Banque's issue to the vision of Macbeth, unless they ,are cut short by the vox dei-which in this regard signifies the voice of the peo ple. A PROCLAMATION. The Executive is nqw enabled to declare to the people of Texiirthe actual state ol their affairs with respect to Mexico. to the end that they may direct and dispose them as they shall judge best for the honor and permanent interests of the Republic. ~ During the course of the last winter-it reached the knowledge of il:e Executive, from various sources of information (un official. indeed, but still worthy of atten tention and credit) that the late and pre sent Government of Mexico were dis posed to a peaceful settletnent of the diffi culties-with Texas by the acknowledgment of our Independence, upon the understand ing that Texas would maintain her sepa rate existence. No actton, however, could be taken upon the subject, because nothing authentic was known until the month o1 March last, when the Representatives E France and Great Britain near this Gov ernment, jointly and formally renewed the offer of the good offices of those powers with Mexico, for the early and- peaceful settlement of this struggle, upon the basis of the acknowledgment of our Indepen dence by that Republic. It would have been'the imperative duty of the Executive at once to reject these offers, if they had been accompanied by conditions of any kind whatever; but with attentive watchfulness in that respect and great disinclination to entangling alliances of any description, or with ansy power, he must declare, in a spirit of justice, that no terms or conditions have ever been pro posed by the two Governments in tuestion, or either of them, as the consideration of their friendly interposition. Maturely considering the situation oh affairs at that time, the Executive felt that it was incumbent upon him not to reject this opportunity of securing to the people of this country, untrammed by conditions, a peaceful, honorable and 'advantageous settlement of their difficulties with Mexico, if they should see fit to adopt that mode of adjust ment. Thus influenced, lie accepted the good offies of th~e two powers, which with those of the United Staies, had been pre vionely itnvoked by Texas, and placed in the bands of their Represeniatives a state ment of conditiotne prelimainary to a treaty of peace, which lie declared bae should be ready to submit to the people ofi this country for their diecision and action as soon as they were adopted by the Govern ment of Mexico. But ho emphatically reminded those functionaries for the spe cial notice of their Governtments, that lhe was no more than the agent of the people; that he could neither direct, control trr influence their decision; and that his boundetn duty was* to carry out their de termination, constitutitonally ascertained and expressed, be it what it mtig'hi. Our Representative at the courts 0! France and Great Britain, in addition to the task of strengthening tbe friendly dispositions of those Governmttents, was also especially instructed to press upon their atfectton, that- if the people of Texas abould deter mitte to put un etnd to the separate exis tence of the country, the Executive, so far as dependedl upon his ollicial acti- n, most and would give inmmediate atid full effect to their w'ill. The circumstances which preceded and led to an uderstanditng with M~exico have thus been stated, and the people, speaking through their chosen organs, wi now de termine as they shall judge right; but in the meantime, and until their pleasure can be lawfully and constitutionailly ascertain ed, it is the duty of the Executive to secure to the nation the exercise of choice between the altertiatives of peace with the wvorld and Independence, or Annexation and its contingetncies, atid he has, there fore, to issue the~ following proclamationa. Whereas authentic proof has recently been laid before me, to the eflect that the Congress of Mexico has authorized the Government to openi negotiations and conclude a treaty wvit b Texas, subject to the examination and approbation of that body; and further, that the Government or Mexico has accepted the condita. ns prescribed on the part of Texas as prelim inary to a final andi definite treaty of peace: Therefore I. Anson Jones, President of *the Republic of Texas; and Commander in-Chief of the Army and Navy, and Militia thereof, do hereby make k:own these circumstanlces to the citizetns of this *-Republic, uniil the same can he more fully communicated to the honorable Congress and convention of the people, for their lawful action, at ihe period of their assem bling on the 16th of June and 4th of July next; and, pending the said action, by virtue of the anthority in mietvested, I do hereby.declare and proclaim a cessation of hostilities, by land and by sea, against the Republic .of Mexico,, or against 'the citiir~ens and trade thereof. in testimon'y whereof, I have caused the Great $Sla-uf the Repiublic to be hete unto affixed. Done at Wa~hingfon,.this fourth day of Junein the year of our Lord one *re. -. 1thrian.d eight hunrdred nr frty~ five, and of -the Independence of the Republic the tenth. By the President : ANSON JONES. EBa 'R ALLEN, Att'y, Gen., and Acting Sec'ry of State. This proclamation contains sentences that indicate clearly enough the opposition of the President to Annexation-such as the piesentation of a choice between "Independence and peace, or annexation and its consequences." The publication of this proclamation created no little- excitement in Texas. The particulars 4f the negotiation or the terms of the treaty did not accompany it. Among the names of the delegates elected to the Convention we notice those of Col. Love. Judge Hemphill, Col..lay field, Judge L.ipscomb. Ex.President Houston, Gen. Henderson, &c. ice. all warmly in favor of annexation. - There will be no show of opposition in the Con vention. By the arrival at Galveston from Cor pus Christi of the Texan revenue schooner Alert, recent intelligence has been received from the M1exican frontier. The regular force along the Rio.Grande had not been materially augmented, but the frontier had' been strengthened by arming and drilling the militia. A company of militia, num bering 80 men, under the command of .\lanuel Lella, recently attacked a party of 300 Indians and defeated them, killing 40 of their number and dispersing the others. The Mexicans pursued them and slaughtered many more. The people of Corpus Christi, bearing that a Mexican force was hard by, went out to give-them battle. The parties met, and after a con ference, separated ,vithout coming to blows. It was not before coming. up with them that the Texans learned that the Mexicans were in pursuit of the Indians. Gen. Arista is said to be deeply afflicted with the troubles and confusion in Mexico, and. it is reported. endeavored a short time since to destroy his life by posion. Advances had been received from Bexar to the 30th uIt. All was peace there. Several Camancho chiefs had visited the city an-expressed their gratification that "the blood of their kindred slaughtered a few years since had been washed anay from the walls of Bexar by the water of peace." Capt. Hays started on the 30th uit., on an expedition to the Perdinales, whence it was inferred that the report that a large body of Mexicans had .been stationed on. the Nueces is incorrect. He mentioned, just before he left Bexar, that he appre hended no danger from either Indians or Mexicans, so says the Telegraph of. the 11th inst. Front tse Charleston ltercur. I take the liberty of handling you an extract from Alison's History of Europe, in confirmation of the view taken by Gov. Hammond, (in the last paragraph of the letter published yesterday,)- on the effect of the abolition of Slavery in the British West Indies. It would be superfluous to speak of the reputation which those writer has acquired as a close observer of the practical effect of national measures upon the interest and prosperity of the people. England, at least, has no reason to find fault with his his authority, because. wvhatever be his faults, they generally arise from his high tory principles, and his distrust of Repub lican Institutions, which often wvarp his judgment. The whole South is uder deep obliga tions to Gov. Hammond, for sfanding forth at this juncture as the Champion of 'heir rights, rights which we regard as perfect, and whieh, if properly understood must involve a corresponding obligation to bo respected. A SOU'I'IRON. Alison, 6 vol., page 63-64. "The precipitate and irretrievable step of emancipation forced on the Legislature by benevolent, but incautious anti perhaps mistaken feeling, has already occasioned so great a deLclitne in the produce of the British West Indlies, and excited .such general expectations of a still greater ar,d increasing deficiency, :hat the impulse thereby given to the foreign slave trade to fill up the gap has been unbounded, and, it is to be feared alnmost Irremediable. The British slaves, since the slave trade had been abolished, had become fully equat to the wants of the Colonies; their numbers, n~ ithout any extraneous addition, were on the inicrease; their condition was comnfortable and prosperous beyond that of any peasantry in Europe, and large num bers were annually purchasing their free dom from the produce of thei~r owsn in dustry. Hlero then was a stationary negro popu lation, rapidly approaching the condition of the most opulent hieudal serfs of Europe, and from wihich thbey might in like manner, have been emancipated sitngly, as they acquired property, which all bad the means of~ earning, without either risk to themselves, injury to their masters, or increase to the demand for foreign.slave labour. But now, all these admira'ble eiets of the abolition of the slave trade have been .completely frustrated, and the humane but deluded inhabitants of Great Britain are burdened with ?420,000,000 to ruin, in the end, their own planters, con sign to barbarism their own negroes, cut off a principal branch ci their naval strength, and duble tbe slave trade in extent, and quadraple it in horrors throughout the world. A mote strtking instance never was exhaibite-d of the necessity of attend ing in political changes, not only to-benev olenrt intentions, but prudent cotnduct; and of the fatal effect of those institutions, which, by giving the inbabitafa of a par ticular part of the erupire an undue-share in the general administration, or admitting the torretnt of public feeling to sway di retly the measures of government, too often destroy prosperity the most exten sive, and occasion calamities the most unboutnded." The emancipation act was passed in 1834, and in 1835 the produce of Jamaica had decline as fullows, viz. Sugar Rum .Coffee ewts. 206,131 puncheon 3,628 casks 8;889 or or bds 11,378 gallons 529,262 lbs 7,360,985 We hearn from the St. Louis New Era, that nuch excitement prevails in Galena, in relation la tio au.i oftb , in e aln lndrs. From the Temperance 4iAocate. TaE PENDLETON CONTEzI'rON-T4I. OS .MEETINo CHANGED. The attention of the various Temperanc Societies in the State, and- of the friend of Temperance generally. is again invite to the Circular of Judge O'Neal. It wil be. perceived that the time of holding tL proposed Temperance Convention ha been changed from the 6th to the -13th a August. This change became necessat' inasmuch as the 6tb of August. would in terfere with the meeting of the Bapti' Association, a Presbyterian Camp Meet ing, and a Brigade Encampment, all which will occur between the 1st and 11t1 of August. This arrangement bas reces ved the unanimous approbation of tb State Executive Committee, and it is ear nestly hoped, will suit the c hvenience a the friends of Temperance generally. is obviously impossible, in an arrangemen of this kind, to fix a time which wool suit the. convenience of every one-SOff sacrifice is therefore unavoidable, and be cause unavoidable, we know it will bi most cheerfully made. - In making th change, the Executive Committee hau not consulted the convenience of one or dozen, but a great number,who wouli otherwise have been debarred the privi lege and satisfaction of atten'ding. The Presidents and delegates of Socie ties are requested to notice this change and papers, both in this State and Georgia friendly to the objects of , he propose Convention, will confer a'. vor. on ib friends of Temperance by givingit publi city. Corespondence of the ?liercxry. HAVAtA, Junj 14, 1845. In the British Steamer from Vera Cruz arrived the 1st, came passenger His Ex cellency Gen. Santa Anna, accompanie by his t.ife, nephew, andtstep-father. The General is at present residing ic th city, he appears quite. cheerful, and i conversation is agreeable; his wife is ver young, not more than seventeen and has sweet pleasant face, she a . s in man ner almost a girl. It is enerals in tentiun to remain here hut'tbe end a February, when, if eve Wtot again call him to Mexico, he 'make Venezue la, it-is said, his future .dence. In tb steamer from England, ed the sam day, cate passeiger, His Eracellency Get Bustameute, who was zpe d from hi country , by Gen. Santa' na. Sant Anna is now in exile a ustament returns to M exico seeking d~residency he embarked for Vera Crulii'the sreatre of the 10th. We have r ved by tb steamer tho important iti 1igence thi Capt. Elliot, the Brittah Clirge at Texat and a Mr. Smith, TexianCommissionei were bearers of proposiijohs from th Government of Texas io'that of Mexici otfering to pay $20,000, or-the recog nition of their independent o their inde pendence, fifteen million in the Mexica debt, and five million in cash, settlemet of-boundaries, and promising not to b annexed to the United States, Englan and France becoming shtgai trnees for th fulfilment of the propos .he part a Texas. and allowing in commsaer citl privileges. The proposals of Texa were laid before the Minister of Foreig Alfairs, Sr. Cuevas, who had a decro passed through both Houses of Congres permitting the Cabinet to, reccive and di liberate otn these propostils-which werw publishe:l in the papers during the debat in the Senate. r. Elliott returned tu Galveston in H~ B.M. Frigate Eurydice, and the Text Commissioner to New Orleans, in th French Brig of War LaaPeronee. T2 Mexican Government has negotiated loan of 83,000,000 from the English hot of Messrs. Manning & Mol1ntosh. .to b paid in daily iustalments of $30,000 fe one hundred days. -Many of the 'dexical Provinces are represented in a very na settled and distracted state, particnlarl: Coahuila and San Luis de Potosi on ae count of permtission having been given ha the Government to an English house t tm port 40,000 bales of cot ton, free of duty which was before prohibited, and unde that prohibition certain interests grew ui which are likely1mow to suffer materially The Drought int Florida-T he T alla bassee Star, of the 13tb inst.,.says-"Thi whole regiton of country is at present auf feritng under one of the most severe ans distressing droughts, which have beel experienced in this -climate for man; years. Most of our springs, branehe and creeks have fatled ; and many of thb old wells wvhich have hereunto borne good character, have suddenly flunked oun Our different kinds of crops are conse quently " suffering considerably." Gar dens, even of the youngest class, have very old and witheretd appearance, an many of the usual delicacies of the sea son, of the vegetable kind, have come ui m issing.-Mercury. A Delicate Arrangemtent.-I n C hina ths married women tie under a sort of inter dict from the presence of their husbandt fathers, who mnay not speak to them o enter their rooms except on particula days. The father in-law retains, howevel an unlimited right of :hastising tbe lad; when she does any thinig which he think wrong; but how Is he to flog, if he may not approach her ? An ingenious experi meat is resorted to; the old matn Bogs he son, who reeeives the castigation with al meekness, duly returns thanks for it, an' then goes to make a complete transferc it to his spouse, being careful to hit hi just as hard and as often as he has beel hit himself, Curious people !-N. I Com. Adv, At a meeting of the Directors of Souti Carolina Rail Road Company, held s week in Chazrleston, a .dividend of Tw' Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents per .bat w as declared out of the profits of the cur rent-half year. the same amount as pat the previons six months.-1bid. Severe Haul Storm.-T he . H enne pit (Ill ) Herald states, that a tremendou~ storm of wind and hail recently occurre in that part of lilinois. It extended ove a space of 20 miles'aquare. A barn wa blown down which killed a man and horse, and a house was blown down whic killed a woman, and a young man in thi prairie was pelted almost to death by th Correspondence-of -the -Courier. NEw YoRK, June 24. This is the funeral day of Gen. Jacksot ? here, and nothing but preparations for tht event has transpired fur two or three days Mr. Laurence, our new Collector, hat at last resigned his offices asBanuk Presi dent and City Chamberlain, (in accord ance with a pretty broad hint in the Union, and is now going to settle down to tht ' business of his new office-worth, waitt proper arrangement. 82.5 90 per annum Gov. Shannon, En y Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico has arrived. Every body began to thini he was lost, with "them" instalments it his pocket. The instalments, by the way B have not yet come to light. Ex-President Van Buren, Governo Wright, Secretary Marcy, and a grea t number of Democratic notabilities, are it in the city for the purpose of joining the funeral procession to day. " Hamilton vs. Hamilton.-We publish this morning, the decision of the Court o Errors, in this great cause, recently argue< ? before that. tribunal, at Columbia. The principle it establishes is that at all auctioi sales, and especially those of a judicia character, all agreements or combination, among purchasers to stifle competition a depreciate the price of the property to hi t sold, will vitiate the transaction, and i " Court of Equity will set aside all sales made under such circumstances. Thi e cause was argued with great learning ' ability and eloquence by Messrs. Petigru Preston and Mazyck against the sale, an' Messrs. Bailey and Meniminger in suppor of it.-Courier. ' The Manufacture of Figured Sib Ribbons is about to be commenced in Ban - gor on an extensive scale. No manufac - tory of the kind has ever yet been estab lished iii this country. One of the partie ? concerned, Mr. Vogel, a Swiss by birth Y has effected a great saving in the busines ? by substituting the power-loom for hand labor; and it is said that a loom. construrt ed on his plan, is capable, with the assist ance of a girl of only moderate skill, o ? weaving thirty-seven ribbons at the sami time. The person superintending the e machine can change the patterns at plea ? sure. SHitrhy Important Movement of th a Government-Western Defences.-We have e the gratifying intelligence to lay befori our readers, 'hat the administration a r Washington have ordered Com. Morris to e explore the route between Peru and Chica gu, in regard to the practicability, expense ' &c., of a ship canal from Illinois to the Lakes, and also to tax upon a suitable e location for a Naval depot on the Lakes. Gov. Ford and Col. E. D. Taylor lei this place yesterday for Chicago, where i it supposed the Governor will meet the agents of the Company who are abou renewing the work on the canal. We suppose, that before their return Com. Morris will be on the line of thi e canal.-Ill. Reg. June 1. The Crops.-In all quarters of the Stat s from which we have information, we lear ? that the crops are prostrated out account o e the long drourht ani extreme heat of the 'weather. A letter from a friend in Yorkt *a few days ago, states that the corn cro e in that District is nearly ruined, anid tha e even a supply of rain would not resusci tate it so as to produce more than half crop A nother letter fromi Newhierry re s ports the same disastrous eflect upon th e crop there. Int Abbeville, a frie'nd Inform C us, that the prospect is equally dreary a and in our District we have never seen th e corn so prostrated. W e do tnt thinki B possible our planters cani mrake half a crop r even if the went her should prove favora, a ble for the balance of the year.--Columbh Chronicle. We learn from a gentleman ofthis plae aho recently visited General McDuffie Sthat his health is improving, and that he is enabled to walk about the house witi r assistance. Also that he saw Mr. Calhout Sthere, and that he was in line health ant -spirits. He had visited the ueighborhoot to supervise the raising of a mono ment tc the memory of his parents, who aae turiet s there.-Ab. Banner, 25th ult. SWild Pigeons.-As a curious inciden a in natural history, we state that wild pig e ons have reared broods in large numbers on the waters of Congaree Creek and Ed P ist~o River, in Lexington District, durini Sthe present season. We believe it is thi -first instance of' their breeding in this State -since the settlement of the country.-Car - olinian, 26th ult. The Season.-Thbe latest reports of th< Wheat crop represent the appearance ii Sthe Middle and Western States as muel improved. The Tobacco crop is to a con siderable extent pronounced1 a .ailure. The young plants have perished with th1 A rought and even a good set now, wool roffer but a slender chance for an averagt r crop. Grass has also suffeured pretty gen rerally, and there is little doubt that the ' Iupl will be .short. This bint may b. Sworththe consideration, of our farmers anc planters. O oufre own crops, Rice has probtabl: uf'rdmoore than any other. The pros Ipect is very good in some parts; but o1 dmany inland swamps and on some of the rivers, the product will lbe short. Or Cot ton it is too early to make prediction ;bu rwe should say tjie genaeral prospect wa h Kentucky Baptists.-At a Conventiot t of theelergy and laity of the Baptist de a nomination in Shelbyville. Kentucky, th e Southern organization of Bapitss for mis .sionary purposes wvas fully sustatned, ant d the Convention withdrew thir co-opera lion from the Northern organization. i, Florida .Elecion.-The Floridian o 14th inst., estimnates Moseley's majorit: d for Govertnor at least 498 over Call-ant r Levy's 1082 over Putnamn. s The same paper makes the majority en joint ballot in the Legislature 24, as cer b lain, giving the Whigs the two member e from Nassau-Mr. Goodbread and Dr e Tracy. The, Jaksaonil (F. F.) Statesman c 14th inst. says -The Democratic majority in the General Assembly of Florida on joint ballot, will be about 23.-Mercury. Wheat.-A specimen of .new - wheat called reed wheat has been shown at Lou isville, Ky. It is full and very heavy. (the samples weighing 70 bs. to the bush el.) and comes to maturity at least two weeks earlier than the ordinary wheat, thus lessening. if not altogether overcom ing the danger of rust. 9be gsnertiser. EDGEFIELD C. H. WEDNMESDAY, JULY 2, 1845. r We weill cling to the Pillars of the Temple of Our Liberties. and if it must fall, we wil per ish amidst the Ruins." (Q"We are requested to say that a mee-ing of the Mechanic's Wasing tonian Society of this Village, will be held on Thursday evening next. Rain.-Daring the past week, we have been favored with several refreshing ihrr of rain at this place, and in thb vicinity. The crops in consequence, have improved in appear. ance. (Q*The following is a list of Post Offices within thirty miles of this place. All our sub scribers whose papers may be directed to any of the Offices mentioned below, will hereafler receive them free. This new regulation of the Post Office commenced on the 1st ofJuly. Edgefield Dist.-Cairo,:Choty, Coleman's X Roads. Colliers, Duntonsville, Elton, Fruit Hill. Germanville, Halfway Swamp, Hamburg, Kirksey's X Roads, Longmires, Lott's, Park's Store, Perry's X Roads. Phoenix. Poverty Hill, Retoboth. Richardsnnville. Ridge, Woodlawn, Sleepy Creek and Winter Seat. tEzington.-Leesville. Barmwell-Aiken Abbeville.-Cambridge. Fraziersville, Chap pell Ferry and Mapleton. Georgia.-Augusta. Gor. T-lammond's Letters on Slaeery.-We publish this week the conclusion of Governor Hammond's Letters on Slavery. They have occupied much- space in our paper, but for this we deem no apology necessary. The letters will probably be published in a short time, in pamuphlet form, when such persons as have not already read them, will have atn OP. portunity of doing so. The Ladies' Fair.-It will be seen from an advertisement published in our paper, that the Ladies of the Methodist Church in this place, propose holdinag a Fair on the evening of the. 4th, in the beautiful garden of M r. E. Penn. The object for which this fair is got uap. is a laudable one. The utoney received from the sale of goods which the lailies will offer to the public, and also from the refreshtments which they will provide, will be devoted to the repair and decoration of the MIethtodist Church. We request all who may Ittend, to come pro vi'led with long purses. and strong appetites. MIASONIC CELEBRATI'ON. Ont Tuesday the 24th nIt. thte Ann iver.ary of St John the Baptist, was celebrated for the first time at thtis place, by the memubers of Con cordia Lodge No. 50 anad Harmony Lodge No. 67. by a public procession and Oration. At 12 A M. the members of both Lodg'es formed a procession, anud marched to the Batptist Ch'trch. Atn appropriate Masonic Ode was sung at the commenacemnent of the ceremonties, and prayer offered up to the Throne of Grace, by the Rev. Mr. Childs, sfter which brother A. G. MacZsT, of Charleston. delivered an eloquent and clas ical Address to a large and attentive audience of ladies and gentlemen. After the A ddress. another Ode was suntg, and the tnembers re turned to the Lodge, which was closed in due form. Inthes afternoon, the fraternity, withta few invited guests, partook of a sumptuous Dinner prepared for the occasiotn, by C. HI. Goodman, l.,sq., of the Planter's Hotel. Con cord and Harmony prevailed, and the broth rena dispersed at an early .our. Vhe Fourth of July-Friday next will be thte Ainiversary of American Inadepenadence. On that occasion, a nation numbering nearly twenty millions of souls, will commemorate the day on which it emancipated itself from the yoke of a foreign power. Few, very few of the illustrious band who bore a part in our Revo lutionary struggle, are now among thte living. But recently, this nation was called to mourn the departure of one distinguished in the Rev olution, and in the second war of indepen. dence, and wvho has just gone down to the grave, tinll of years and honors. Before the return of another Anniversary how maniy more~ of these aged patriots will have departed fronm our midst forever! Let us treat with all proper reverence the few who remain anid with their bright example before us, resolve as a nation ever to preserve inviulate the principles which animated the bosoms, of our fathers in . the achievement of our independence. Fatal Rencounter-T he S partanburg Spar. tan of the.25th ult. says: On the 19th instant, some b or 6 mtiles above this Village, two men had in altercation and one seized a gun with fwhich he shiot the other dead upon the spot. The name of the killed is Wilson Sosbee,the other. Joseph Hughey. Wd unaderstand that JTose'ph Hughey has made 'nis escape. It originated from an old grudge, we understand. The particulars we refrain from naming, as it no doubt will, should apprehension takc place) be impartially -inves tigtord." Murdr.--We learu from tine Cssville V neer of the 20th nit., that a murder Was corn mitted in that county, (at the cnurt ground in the 16th dis ) on Saturday 15th June, on the body of aman by the name of.John DBrdwn, by Davis Burroughs, both of that county.- Bar roughs is now in jail, awaiting his trial at tie August term of the Stperior Court... - The Anderson Gazette of the 27th uLt.:stys "We learn that a Coroner's inquest was held on Wednesday last uponhie dead body crone Aaron Harden, which-was found the day pre vions, in the woods a few nailes, from this -place, in a very putrid condition. We have not ieard what was the verdict of the juy; but learn that a jug of whiskey -was Ifund in'avety suspi cious attitude hard by." FOt. Tai ?DZivtIlS'. ..EDGEFJEL C IL, S. I June 2Gtb,-1845. ' Mr. Editor:-Hav)ng enjoyed. the high satisfaction of attending -the'examnistion ad exhibition of the Furman-Theological Insiitu tion, near Winnsboro', which -took laiior the 14th-and 16th-days of *his.mon , ee .' ask the favor of a place in your colunmstfor the following communication in srfereica to that occasion. . .*i .The Students of this Intstitlition were eits ined in the English, Latin, Greek and-flebrw languages; Moral Philosophy; 'the 'Eistkto the Romans; and the prophecr of Isaiah. i Hebrew: .Original essayr on 'the profouna principles of the doctrine of Christ were read by. t!e Senior glass, the Members6fwarhici. also on Commencement Day, 'proooneed, before the audience, their'own compositions. - I take sincere pleasure; Mr. Editor, iniay. ing, through your columns, to the-coamnity ingeneral;and the Denomination in particulir, under whose patronage this Institutoniea us tained. thiat the recent perfoanances of the Students were truly gratifyitigtlithe Truste.e who were present, and to the audienein at tendance. The thorough acqiainfance withs the languages.which the Students had aulind, was proven~in the accuracy of the tramnslion which they gave of their authors, and dikfa cility and correctness-with which-they anal sentences and applied philologeal prail''n their construction and arrangement. It was peculiarly interesting to witness, in candidates' for the holy ministry, the might application: of -the principles of exegesis to the- orginl . tongues, which God has chosen. as the'veiles of his revelation to man. Particular. speci mens of this v ere given in the coneet exposi-. tion of the Epistle to the Rotans,which em bodies so complete a system of Theoldp and in the exegesis of some of the profounderind more interesting portions of the Ev'angelical Isai:ih. - in the original essays, whichtwere read. on some of the abstruse and sublime principles.of the doctrine of Christ, the argument sustain. ing these'prnciples, was drawn out from the Scriptures with clearness and force. In the study of Moral- Philosdpby, a clear compre heusion of the argument, by which its prnci pIes and their application to the relations, which man sustains to-his fellow beings, and to God, was antisfactorly shown to have been attained by the Students in This department-of science. - The original, compositions pronounced on Commencement Day, gave most pleasing earnest and proof, that their authors would, at no distant day, go forth from-this "School of the prophets," as able Ministers of the -New Testament. The Senior Professor Rev. James C. Fur man, in comp'iante with the request of the Board of Trustees, delivered his Inangiira l on this occasion. This production was replete with sound views of Divine kuth, and with apprp priate and just remarks on the importance and value of Theological lnstitutions- I regret that in consequence of the .absence of a-quo rum of the Board, we could not ask a copy- of the Address for publication. The cause o6f this absence was owing to sickness and death in the families of several of the Members of thea Board For the same reason that wve could not request a copy of thc Address fdr publication, the present communication now appmears without official authority. [t is pb lished, howveiar, with toe approbation of the Members psesent, who would, I am sure, if it had been submitted to them after it had been written, have given to it their dctded approa tion. 1 take tilis occasion to expross my thankfiul-. ness to God, for his favor in, supplying the less of Professor lieyniokha, by giving us Professor Furman. No man entertains a higher opinion of Professor Reynsolds tihan 1 do, and no watt more deeply- regretted his resignation than I del ; the annosincemnent of which astonded and afflicted me. But, as in .the ordering of' HJ-is wise psrovidence, God-has removed this accomplished Scholar to another sphere- of labor, 1 am grateful that He has provided us wills so acceptaisle a Succes'so,. The praise cf Professor Furmans, as a Preacher of Christ is in aU the churches. As a Bishop.-a Pastor, he has beaen emine: tly susccessful, and in his present office, he brings with bim those qualifi catins, elsewhere so profiiablyeaployed, and is- using -them eff'ectively for the good of'the church to. which he now ministers, of the In stitution over which he presides.ssud the cola maunity in the midst of. which he lives. Hay. ing enjoyed in his youts.er years theradvanta ges of Academsical, Colleiate atnd Theological instruction, he inproved and matured them by study in his blinisterial and Plastoral relations A nd the corse of [nveastitinand19bor,thus formed and consolidated into habit, attends himt at the Institution. The midnight lamp mad the usorning dawn bear witness to hi. utudies, whilst the intermediate hours of the day bear thie like testirnony to Isis attention to his duties in morning prayer meeting, the study, the-reei tations room, and the parental solicitude-mhmifeis ed for those under his charge.: Hissuccess as a Pastor over an enlightened flock, and his re putation as a judicious, iitstrnctive pre'acher, give hun great advantage, as the Senior Pro lessor over an institution in which young bat ren ate to be prepared fot the sacred ministy. - And this advantage is- eminenily displayed- in thestrong hold which he has already taken upos -the feehinus of the Stadents of .his charge. among -whom a delightful religious spiritual insfs~uce is felt and acknowtsed. . The ,Junior- Professor, Rev. i. 8. Mimi, baa endeared himsself by hats faithful, laborious and. affectionate services, to the Students and to the Denomination at large. Long may these. two Professors be spared to the Institution and th Denomintion, as rich blessings. The contditioi or this Isistituthin hass under gone some changes,fromu its birth.to the present . time. But the derig' nof its Founders heAsbeen always the same. Thtis has been to af'ord, to young men called of God to preach the Gospel, the opportunity- of preparation for th. holy work. The first forur, which the Institution assumed, was that of-an Academy, -with a Thesslogical Department. This fadted,' and the Academical Departnient being dropped, it becamie exclusiveiy a Thteological,- Institution. Undet -this form it gathered within its walls nearly thirty Studetis. A sad reverse, how ever attended its eourse and its pror.s was stayed for a season, in its remusettaon, with a view to the embodyirag of -he whole Deitomi nation, in the enterprize of-education; a return was made to th6' Academicatl Departmnent,to which was asspended the Manbal Labor scheme. - Both Departments, Academicaad Theological, iven? into operation stmultaneous, ly, but thie confingratian of the-Initutibnu