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"We will cling to the Pillars .f che Teple of ou Lbtie., ,ad if it ust fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." VOLUME IL F ef&eM Court douse, tp. C., Jl 34 1.827. EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER. . W. F. DURISOE, PROPRIETOR. NEW. TERMS. Two DOLLARS and Fzidi C-eTs, per annum, if paid inadvance--$3 if not paid within six months from the date of subscription, and -g4 if not paid before the expiration of the year. Allsubscriptions will be continued, unless otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year; but no paper will be discon tinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Publisher. Any person procuring five responsible Sub: scribers, shall receive the paper for one year, gratis. ADVCRTSENTS conspicuously inserted at 75 cent; per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 37& for each continuance. Those published monthly, or quarterly, will be charged $1 per square. Advertisements not having the number of insert.ons marked on them, will be continued until ordered out land charged accordingly. Al commtuications, post paid vill be prompt ly and strictly attended to. MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS. 0 Z. WATKINS and A. P. NoRRIs, Missionaries for Division, No. 1, in the Ed;efteld Baptist Association, will, by di vine permission fill the following appoint ments: Saturday before the 1st Lord's dayin August, at Calliham's Mill. Saturday before the 2nd Lord's day, at Beulah. Saturday before the 3rd Lord's day, at Gilgal. Saturday before the 4th Lord's day, at Bethany. .Saturdlay before the 5th Lord's day, at Mount Moriah. Saturday before the 1st Lord's.day.in September, at Horeb. 7 J: TI RAP AND A. DoZIER. ?lis eionaries in 2nd Division, expect to fulfil the.following : Saturday before the 4th Lord's day., at Sis:er Springs. Saturday before the 1st Lord's day in August, at Damascus. Saturday before the 2nd Dord's day, at Little Stephens' Creek. Saturday bel'ore the 3rd Lord's day, at Siloam. Saturday before .the 4th Lord's day, at Saturday before the 5th' Lord's day, at Good Hlope. Saturday before the .1st Lord's day in -September, at Providence. .shuuld the prospects be sufficiently en couraging, the meetings will continue one .week at each Church. June 4 if 18 STW. P. IlLr.r. and J. Monms,.ftlissiona aries for the 4th division of the Edgefiemld As sociation, will by divine permission. till the fol lowing appointments, viz Saturday beforethe 4th Lord's Day in July. at Antioch. .aaturday before time 1st Lord's Day in Au gmnst Ut, Pleasant Grove. Saturday before the 2nd 'Lord's Day-in Au gast, at lRed Oak Grove. Saturday belure the 3rd Lord's Day in Au ust, at Big Stephens' creek Saturday before the 4th Lord's Day in Au gust, at Edgefield Court House. Saturday before the 5th Lord's Day in Au Lust, at Horn's.Creek. Saturday before the dst Lord's Day in Sep. teinber, at Rept blican. Mlay 20 "!7 J. IV. CoLEMAN A.(D J. F. PiTvnsos, iissionaries in the 3rd Division will fill the following appointments: Saturday before the 1st Lord's day in August at Sardis. Saturday before thme 2nd Lord's day. at eine Pleasant. Satmaiday before the 3rd Lord's dayi, at Red .Bank. Saturdaxy before the 4th Lord's day, at Dry Creek. Saturday before the 5th Lord's day, at Bethel. Saturday before the 1st Lord's day, at Rtocky Creek. .N. B. Each of the above appointtnents will continue one week, if circumnstances are .fa vorable June:4 '18 State of' South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. C. J. Glover, - Dedaration in vs-. For'eign Attach James H . H art isoni. )ment. The SameDecl aration in. Foreign At the same. .taclhment. 1H E Plaintifi'in the above stated cases hav ing this day filed-his declarations in my office, and the defendants havinn no wife or at torne~ s known to be within the limits of this State, on whom a copy of' said declarations with a rule to plead can be set ved: It is there .fore orderen. that the said defendatnts doe plead to the said declarations, wvithmin a year and a dany from the publication of this order, or final :and absolute judgmenit will be awarded against them. T1HOS. G. BACON. c. c.,r. .Clerk's Office, Oct. 31,. 1844. ly 41 State o f SoutIh Carohina. DGREFIELJD DISTRICT. I N T H E COM MO.N PL E AS. .Uobert RHunter, )Dcdnration in3 P.1H. tooney. - 4!tachmecnt. HEPlaintitT in the above stated case, having this day filedtheir Declaration~s n .my Office, and the De'eiidant having no wife or Attorney known to reside w.itnin ,the mis of the State ont whomnacopy of the same witn a rule to plead. can be served; "It is therefore Ordered" That the Defendant appear and plead to the same within a year and a day fromt the date hereof or final anid absolute judgmient will be awar'ded against him TiHOMAS G.. BACON, c. c..r'. Clerk's Officc, 22d Nov. 1e44. 4,47d~ 1-, ISCELLAi EOUS. From the Magnolha, July, 1842. OUR RELATIONS WITil GREAT BR TAIN: ( Conclhded.) On the subject of the British claim apd,t.be progress of British ambition, A present the report of Mr. Baylies, in th, 19th Congress, as equally true and inter esting. "After a careful examination of tb, British claim, the committee have unani utpusly copi to the .conclusion that it i wholly unfounded, and that the navigator of Great Britain were not the original dis coverers of any-part of the region whici is included between the Mexican and Rus statn boundaries. Nevertheless, the min ute examination avhicb has been made b1 themt, .gf..parts of this coast, ought, per baps, Io secure to the nation who patron ized them something more than could bt claimed as a positive right.; but we thit:l the offer of Mr. Rush, to continue ..th boundary along the forty. ninth parallel o latitude, from the Rocky Mountait:s, t< the oan; was as great a concession at would be compatible with our interests our honor, or our rights. 4t is a question, .somewhat difficult. 61 solution, .wayGreat Britain should have become so extremely anxIous to wresi from the United States a territory com aratiel-y of limited extent, and consid ering the vast domains in Asia, Africa, Australasia, and America, which ..she had yet.topopulato ,and.so sec'laim. compara tively of little value; yet, a little reflec tion will suggest the ansnwer. Great Britain adopts no plans of poli y from caprice or vanity. Her ambition is developed in a system of wise and sa ;acious projects to check, to infloence, isad to.control all nations, by means of her navy and commerce; in prosperity and in adversity, in peace and in wtar -she as .pursued this grand design, with an energy and perseverance which does in inite.credit to her political sagacity and oiesight. Great Britain .agdJreland may be as imilated to huge fortifications on the western frontier of Europe. She sends orih her fleets. Every seventy four is a floating fort, which can move rapidly along the. hole atcnt.of thegyopean oast.' - -- At -the strait of the Malediterranean sea, he southern extremity of Europe, she holds an itmpregrable fortreis, from which >he.can act either upon the southern coasts of rance and ftaly.or the coast.of, l3ar ary, near the eastern extremity of the editerranean. The lonian islands and Malta will enable her to act with a con rolling poter over Egypt, the Grecian Archipelago, (:lreece. and a great part of the Turkish Emjire. In a siugle week she can annihilate -their commerce. and destroy their maratime cities. From Gibraltar she can also act upon the notth western, and, from St. Helena. upon the south western coasts of Africa. The extreme southern part of.Africa, the Cape of .Good.Ilope, now in her pus session, will always .enable her to control the southern part of that vast peninsula, rom Cape Town to the Red Sea. Front the Isle of France, her operatinns upon the African coast can he etfectually aided: and the possession of that island establis!es, firmly, her power to control be whole conmerce of the Indian Oceat. Her coutihuot'r settlements and fortifien tions on both coasts of Ilindost an, flanked by Ceylon, in the sane manner as she flanks .Eiurope, n ill always render her iuvinctle.in that qarter. Neither-hes she neglected 'North A mer c. -Noa Stotia, Bermuda, and Trini ad, are abnost in line: From the two rst she can act with powerful effect upont he nhole coast of the Unted'Stares. Crasinidamd is almost connected with the otinen.of.Soumh America, at the v-ery point where the Carribean sea, which ashes the whole norah coast oif South America. unites withx the Atlantic--a oint equally formidable to the Republic f Columbia, the Dutch and French pus messions on thecontinent, and the Etnpire f razil. These front stains afford her, at all ites, the means .of .concentrating all htet flying artillery of the daep) upon any so lected point. Thtese stations etnable het n war to strike with a thounand airms, nd, if not to annihilate, at last to con trol and .cteck. .the n.hole commerce 0j the Atlatntic and Jntdian.Oceans. Alwanys.alive to hear great interests, she a~ly discouvered the impartance of the Pacific Ocean to her commtteucial projects Holding the vast island of Nenw &Iolnt nd Vatn Dienman's tLand, she is alreadIy possessed of thc taval empire of then on theax-tern Pacific ; no long period n il elapse befote the Burmese Empire wil all before her arms; and the possesston o Cochin China will advance the flaa o St.,.Gc' rge to the shores of thue Northe P'acitic, andI, sooner or lamer, will enable her to control the commetrce of China which exists only at Canton, to whiel she will be a.near, a dreaded, and a dan geros neighbor. She nowv claims the' sovereignty of thi Sandwich Islands. Taheita is obedien to huer power. What, then, remama, ti enable her to encompass the globe ? Co lumbia river and Do Fuca's strait ! Pos sessed of these, she will sootn plant he standards. on every island ini the Pacifi Ocean. Except thte COtlumbia, there is no rive which opens far into the itnterior on th I There is eo secure port or naval station from 39 degrees to 46 degrees. The possession of these waters will give her the command of the Northern Pacific, enable her to control the coma merce and policy of Mexico, Central A merica, and South America. These rich nations will be her commercial colonies. " She will then gather to herself all na tions, and her ambition will span the earth." From the Pennsylvania Enquirer CALIFORNIA. TuE IstPoRTs-CRoPS-.,1ANUFACTURE-* 5 PO-ULATIO--AtMUst.MENTs. t e a da' ur t u sin.e, gave a brief sketch of California. as gattherec..frot sev eral chapters ':of the Explorng Eipet tion," by Capt. Wilkes. The subject is full of interest, and n e therefore proceed to cull out a few mote facts and statements. The visit it should be retnetnered, was made in 1841.. Capt. W. says that the greater part of the wealth of the people of Cnlifornia, consists of live stock. 'I'be ex portattoni, on the average of years, are about one hundred and filty-ibousaud hides, and two bondred thousand arrobas of tallow. The standard price for the for mer is two dollars., while tue latter is worth one dollar and fifty cents the arroha. A few beaver skins are obtained, which do .not exceed two thousand, and are valued at two dollars apiece. From four to five hundred sea otter skins are brought in by the American hunters, which are valued at thirty dollars.each. Wheat has been ex ported to the Russian ports, to the amount of twelve thousand bushels, of which the average price is about fifty cents a bushel. Of late, however, it has risen to two col lars and fifty cents, in consequence of the great drought that has prevailed. Among the experts may be also enumerated about three.thousand elk and deer skins, which are valued at from fitly cents to a dollar each. The ; hole nierchantable products may be estimated at less than a iillion of .dollars. The yield of wheat is remarka ile, and .in some places where the laud is well situated, very large returns are recei ved. Air. Spears, of Yerba Buena, in fornied Captain W. that he had delivered to an active Americau.farner thirty bush els of wheat for seed, at a time when it was difficult to procure it, under-i a:raa thent tnat he should have the refusal of the crop at the market price. In the July ful iowing, he delivored him three thousand bushels, and on its delivery be found that the farmer bod reserved six hundred bush els for himself ; and this, without estima ting the loss from bad reaping and treadiug out with horses. would give one hundred and twenty for one. ''his is not consid ered a fair criterian or average., as the land was reinarkable for its richness, and was "Well attended to; but Air. Spears and sev eral others assured him that the average % ould be as high as eighty bushels yteldcd to one planted. Indian corn yields well, as also potatoes, beans and peas. The cultivation of vegetables is increasing rapidly, and supplies in these latter arti q!es may be had in abuudance, and of.the finest quality. The country appears to be wiellatiapted for grapes. Those that have been tried at the missions yield most aburdautly ; and about.two.ltur.dred casks, each of eighteen gailpn. of brandy, and the saute qtauntity of wine, are made. The cultivation of the grape increases yearly, but is not surlicient for the supply ol the country, as large quantities oi floreign nines and liquors are imported, ninch pay -ut enormous duty. I le saltuin fishery if attended to, would .in the .piniou of [apt. %V., l~e a source of coostderable profit. Bunt .the people are ..dto be inidoient, and to live niit ats little trouble as possib~le. At the All iasions, coarse articles are mianaulac'ured, suctn as blankhets and wearimg appaiirel for tne in dians. soap and leather are~ also mniu factured. There are in Uubfornia, only two or three water mills for grandmng flour, .and those ownted by foreignters. Theli muiils in general use itn the couti try, are comnposed of no more than t wo burr stones. To the upper stone a cross-beam is secured, to which mule power is applied. In most ol the estanctas there is to be found a mill int an ap~artment adjoininig thze kitchen, it not in it. ,'Te n hole is a- prtiitt'. as can tbe, although the captain hats no douht It nu swers all t he tiants of' this rude nd id lent people. From all accounts, besides cattle, the country is well adapted to th. -riutg of shieep. which simpijly require wa citing, as thei can, lind pilenity of siutri ti'ous loud the n~ hole year rounid; but there lhas been tno attention paid to) this'kinad of stock, and ie wvool is of very ordinary .quality. The mtutton is thoiuithi to be of very fine flavor. Tihe. usual price bur a sheep is fromn one dollar anud fifty cents -to t wo dollars, whenm a choice is mnade for k ill ing. .Hogs are raised in soine pat and might be fed to great advantage o)n the acorns wchich are abundant otn the lills. where the land is tnt susceptible of culti vation. Pork may be packed at three dol lurs the hundred weight.. What adids to the facility of doing this businuess, is 'he fact that large quactities of-salt collecd in the ponds in the dry-season, which may be obtained for the expense.of car.ting it. The-number of Indiane is v'ariously esti mated at from 2,000 to 15,000, while othi ers place them as low as 8,000 or 9,000. - The principal part of these are the tribes on the Sacramento. The, Whites, Capt. SW. estimates at about 3,000, with about '20more of mixed blood. ;The whole r poPolation of Upper California at the date a of the visit, is giveni at a bout 15,000 souls. I The health and robustness of the white inhabitants seem remarkable, and must bi attributed to the line climate, as well a! their simple diet.. T his consists of bee [roasted upon the coals, a few vegetables and the tortilla, which is a thin coke, madt of curt weal, and rbaked.upou a steet a iron. Throughout the country, both witi the rich and poor, this is the geuural lare but some le. luauries cave been lately in, troduceu, auong which are rlc and teas I le latter is used so sparingly, that iii discoluration of ie water is hardly percop tblea At stie wissiou :they live winae Ai ter ine Spaush fashion .The enaldret are, lur the most part, eli, to take care of themseives, dnd run about oakeU and dirty. '1 hey are geuarally robust, and theu relative number seems to be very great; thus, it is by no means uncommon to see ainilies ol lourteau or tilteen chi dren , and an instance was mentioned of a young wemau near Yerba Buena, who had tweniy.sLx. A large number died.irom lails tromt horses, nMhuch fromt their earliest childhuod they are accustomed to be enga ged. They early become expert and fear. less riders, and Ibis skill is not confined al together to the male sex ; the women are almost equally expert. Families wits nu merous members are seldom met with who have not had to mourn the loss of sev eral of their number romn casualities of this sort. Although the Californians are compar atively few in number, yet they have a distinctive character. Descended frum the old Spaniards, they are unhrrtupately found to have all 'their vices, without a proper share of their virtues, they are ex ceetiugly fond of gambling, which is equal ly in favor with the male and female por lion of the community. Their games con sist of cards, dice, &c. .. Their amusements pro cock fighting. bull and bearbaiting and dancing , these are the predominant occupations of their lives, always accompanied with excessive drink ing. Parties of amusetent, to which the surrounding population is invited, are fre quent.; these generally last for three days, rarely' break up witiout some quarrel. Weddings are particularly liable to these disorders, and ut each of the three last that took place at and in the vicinity of Yerha Buena, previous to the visit there, a life was lost by the cuchillo. This weapon is always worn, and is prnmptly resorted to i..t heir-. -gr Th.eleanale portion of the :in:ntmuit- are ignorant,-degradcd and the slaves of their husbands. They are very loud of dress, and will make any sacrifices, even their honor, to gratify it. Tihe men have no trades, and depend for every thing up'n the Indians at the mis sions, some of whom are quite ingenious, both as carpenters and blacksmiths. The whites are so indolent, and withal have so much pride, as to make them look upon all manual labor as degradi g ; in truth,, they regard all those who work as beneath them ; they in consequence can never be induced to labor. Au anecdote was rela ted to me ofone who had been known to dispene-w ith his dinner, although the lood was buta vew yards ol, hecause the Indian was not at hand to bring it to him. From the N. Y. Morning News. CttnoNonoY oF TIE BIocRAPiHY or GENERAL JAcKSON 1767, .Intreh 1~-born near Waxhaw settlement, Sou'h Carolina, of parents re cently emigrated from Ireland. 1781.-Entered the revolutionary ser vice at the age of 14. Taken prisoner, and sounded by a british officer for spir ited resistance to a degratit..g order. 1784 -Commenced the study of law at Sthury, N. C. - 1766.-Admiited to the bar in Ntorth Cartltma. 1788.-Accompanied Judlge M'Narty to the Southwest Tecrrtry, tnow State oh Tenniiasee. Elected to Conigreami eaame yar, and took his seat in the douse of Represeint at ives, Novembher 22 1796. 1797. -Eelected U. S. Senalor, and took his se~tt Ntovember 22 1797. 1799.-Resignied his place in the Sen ate, andI tppointed judge of the supreme court ol Te'nnessee. 1800.--Chosen general of militi of I ennefssee'. lb42 -Raises 2.500) volnteer- for the war with Gr.-at Br.iati, andu 5,000 on his own personal credit to provtd, or their cimifort. 1813.-Alter the massascre .ii Fort Mimost,, by t. C ree s, tok cotmmtand til the Teittes~ee trtoopjs with a recemily Irat tired art , at d in six mnonthsi tertminated the btirder dtdlculties. .l814.- Apptmtted br'gadtier general in the Uttitedl States arimy. Concluded ad vaiiageonts treaty willi the Creeks-re dced Pen~sacolat-forcetd thr surrender of Fotr! Barrancas, tad dispersed the British and Inidians-harbored and prottected there byt trecerous conduct of the Spanish govenor Matiqez-ov.9. Arrested the adviance of tlte B3ritiso to New Or leans by a daring night attack. December 23. Repulsed the attack tunder Sir .E. Packenhtim, with great loss to the Biritish December 24. 18t5.-January 1, repusled another as sault. January 8, with 3,700 Amterician militiamen wvon the great victory of New Orleans over 9,000 of WVllington's mitnit cibles, repulsing their attack vyithi a Inss of thirteen on one sido and 2.600 tin the other. ,Janluary 24th. fluaed $1000 by Judge Hall for opposing a habeas corpus issued by said judge during existence of martial law. 'for the release of Lnualhier. arrested by Generil .Jackson for exciting mitinly in tiis camp. Trhe amount of the fine being collected by thn ladies of Ndu~ Orfeans, Jackson directed its distributio aimon, tu n idows and orphans o1 thos w'o 10 ad lalleu in defence of the-cuy, pay lug toe fue hwselt. 1817.--Jarched against the Sdrninult f t 11 forma, executed two inceudiarie stimnulating tne Indians, Arburtbuot an Ambstster. Again cntered Pensacola an tuk Furt 1arraucas, to which the spar Asti gouerur had reireateu, July 4dth. 164.--Appoiteo first governor u Flormua alter its cessiuu to the Unite States. 8322.--Nuiniuated as a cauidate fo tie presidency by ihe legislature ot len nesee. 182a.-Decumeu appoinutent as mials ter to Miexico. lO24.-lKeceived plurality of votes to. prestueucy, but tue election ue.uiving oil tu-e Iutse of Lepresentatves, 311r. J 4. Atiamas n ,s chosen. .feu. rat -Jackaus elected to the Uuited Mrates Iroi ).enues see. 1625.-Again iumlnated for the presi deu.cy-resigned seat in Seuate. ldad.-Elected President of the United States. 129.--inaugurated March 4th--dehv ered.first annual.mnessage iteceunber 8th. 1bJ.--Vetoed the AlaysVille road bill, May 27ti. 1832.-Vetoes the %. ited States Bank bilt, July tih, re-elected President in No ventuer-issued aouth Garoftna procla mation, Decetmber Limt. Id33.-iulltficatton mnessave,-January 16th--secund inaugural address, Marco 4tts-removal of thegovernment deposzes Irom the Bank of the United States in Octooer. 1834.-Protests againsts the impeach ment resolution, April 15th. i3(;.-. French indemnity message, Jan..ary 15th; texas message, Decemb. r 2Lst. 1837.---The impeachment resolution, through the indomtalawe perseverance of lientou, expunged fronm tne record of the benate.--arewell address, May 3d. 1444.. -January Bin-On the 2dtn an utversary of toe victory of Ne~w Orleans, the inouse of itepresentatives refunded ise fine of 81.,011L imposed by Judge Nial -concurred tu by tie Senate, February .14th. 1845-Died at the Hlermitage, near Naehvile, June 8th, atybout 6.p. at., at "jiut'eith God and-:inan, largi4iug his cuetlies, praying for his- country, and ripe fur imwortabity. ULkrnAL JACKSON'S LAST WILL AND TEbTAMENT. Eyract of a letter from Nashville, da ted June 7, to a gentleman in Washing ton. -The last nill and testament of the old hero was this day approved in our county court, and is of public record. lie conniences by giving his body to the dust, ntuce it came, tis soul to God that gave it, .&c., devoting tris estate, first to the .payment of two debts, viz: one of $6,000 niii interest, borrowed of General Plauche, of Ne'v Orleans; another of $10,t00, nitd: interest, borrowed of Blait & Itives; and the balance to his son, Andrew Jackson, jr., with the exception of a few slaves to his grand children. " The sword pres;ttetl hit by the State of 'oTnnessee, he gives to A J. Donelson, (his nephew,) u'on% charge d'alfairs at Texas. Fw sword presented him at New Orleans, he leaves to Andrew Jack son.Ulfee the son of his old friend Gen eral Coffee. The swurd presentet t at Philadelphia, he leaves t his grandson and narnesake. The swort and pistols whi:h ho carried through thi liritisfi and Indian wars, he leaves ac General Artr~tong. The' pistols ol n ashigion, by haun given to Lafayette, anti by Laifayetie given .to Jac-ksotn, he leaves ao Geo:rge Wasthing'ton Lafayette, the so, of General Lafayette. Sundry other presents made him during his lon;: and eventful caireer, are let; with htit adopted son, with instructions to him, that, in the evetnt of war, they shall. opotl the restoration of peatce be distributed amnong those who shall have conducted tenselves most worthy of their country in the coniflwut, in the opiniotn of theii 'countr~ iten and the ladies.' "It is datedi, I thtink,' in September, 1S44, and revok.-s a will made by him seve-ral years before. It is to hits own steasdy and flrmn handwriting, and, like all thmtgs that ever fell frotn his pen, breathes th, purest p-,triot isen tharougJout.". War upon the Southern - Sjie.--T h tailk of wdr with the United States has led to some consitderabsle specul Iation amiong certain) of the John Bulls. as to the ease with n hich the Southertt States mightie overrun b3 an invador. Thlis -notion oh our weakness, originated wvith the aholh tionists, who have been for -a lontg time tryini, not only to alarm our fears on this sbject, but 10 verily, by their own pecU liar labors, the predictions in wvhiich they so confidcutly indulge. 'The wish,' with them. is very much 'the father of the thought.' But the truth is, let Governmenl but place our seaports in equal condition 01 defence, as well on the Gulph as onl the A tlantic, with the seaports of New Yorl andl New England, and there will be oc difliculty or danger, which the. Southert States will have to apprehend, in the eveni of a wvar, to which the States North of ili Potomac will not equally be exposetd- Sc far fram the slave institutions of the Sout? makiug her weaker, they furnish one 0 the greatest sources of our strensgthl an scuritv. Thd- whole white populatiot n may be engaged in war, in its most acti 0 requisitions and enterprises, yet the busi ness of agriculture would still go on 'as before. Our white population has i'n'facy S a decidly military character. Born oa 9 horse back, as it were; in the forest, and a with rifle in hand, they ace, by the very i circumstances in which they live, at once woodmen, cavalry and riflemen; and tQ scout and hunt - oexercise eye, and arm, and weapon,-are their ordinary and nat ural occupation. .South :Carolina alone can muster fifty thousand rifle-hearing troops.ail.4f whbemm might be in ihe field, at the sair. moment, without abridning her rice .cropsa bushel, or her .cotton crops a pound. It may be added. also, that, it without our armine, our alaves aredutiful and ohedieu-t. how much more likely to. he kept so, when their masters are aroused, t igilant and watchful, aud' every where ready for the.encounter with any enemy. Thousands of our servilee, would only be happy to be allowed to share the fortunes of their. sup-riors and ilsk their lives in battle, in a cause, which is quite as much theirs and ours-Souhern Patriot. A very valuable.oil,jt is said, mabe extracted from the seed of the pumpkins. The article has been experimented on, and found to answer admirably on every variety of machinery for preventing fric .tion. When combined with tar it is ex cellent for the axle trees of-carriages. In all the qualities of an oil for painting, it is represented to be superior to linseed. Jt penetrates Lhe pores of wood, or any other substance to which it is applied bet, ter than linseed, and for this reason. is preferred as an ingredient in ihe composi tion of .paint. The oil is excellent for the lamp, giving a brilliant flame without the offensive smell of the spermaceti. The product is at the rate of six gallons of oil to nine bushels of seed. In these hard dimes it might be well for the cotton planter, to pay.a little more attention to raising pumpkins and gathering seed. JBy resorting to little shifts of this kind, perhbps the deficiency in the price of the great staple, might in some degree bo com pensated.-N. 0. Bulletin. Privileges of Postmasters. --We have jutst seen a letter from the office of tihe Postmaster General, .nnder date of July 12, says the New York Tribune,.from which we nake the following extract: "When subsetfibers refuse to take Pam phlets. or Newspapers from the office, Postmasters are now as heretofore re quired to notify Editors. &c. and may frank letters containing such notice. T&Preserte Milk.-At this warm season it may be interesting to some of our read era to know that Joheoon, in his Agricultu ral Chemistry, says : "An easy way of preserving milk orcrean sweet for a long time, or of removing the sourness when it has already come on, is to add to it a small quantity of the common soda, pearl ash. or magnesia of the shops. Enough is ad-. ded, whenia little of the milk poured into builing water no longer throws up and curd. If milk be intioduced into bottles,: be then well corked, put. into a pan of cold. water and gradually poised to the boiling. point, and 'after being allowed to cool, be taken out and set away in a cool place, the milk may be preserved perfectly. sweet for tipwardsu of half a .year." He says,. another mode is, to evaporate it to dryness by a gentle heat, under constant stirring.. By this means dry mass is obtained which may he ,preeerved for a length of time. and which, when dissolved in water, is said to possess all the properties of the most excellent milk. It is known in Italy by the name of lauleina.. It is supposed that 150.000 emigrants: from Europe .will arrive in this country,. during the present year, The Ne'v York IGatzettesavs that 10,006 have alreadhy ar-. rived, and ~adds-"It is not a liiiesingular. that an unusual proportion of these are Bakers and Tailors--the Bakers from Ger .many. and the Tailors from England.". Pretty names among the lndians.-T be narmes' which the Seminole indians give. their women sound pleasantly enough on the ear. 'To prove this we have but to say that among the most commton cogno-, mns are such at Rose-on-the lush, The-. Soft Air, Welcome-homne, Summer-Bud,' Bird .at-night., Sweet Valley Bush, Wind i-4Wings, Shining-Star. Young Fawn, Lark-in-the-Morninlg, Maple Bud. and others of equally soft and genitle import.4 There is some poetry about these children of:the fores.-Newdaren Herald. Gov. Dorr.-T hero .is a misconception. among some of the conductors of the press I(says the .Providence Herald.) in regard toithe manner of Gov. Dorr's liberation,. some of them heing under .the iitipression that he has taken the oath o. -allegiance. This is not the fact. He has talcen nto oaths. de .is.. utnconditionally discharged without a restoration of his civil rights. The act, by which he is thus -disebarged also provides, that he mnay, at any time be restored to his rights, on taking the oath prescribed, before the Supreme Court. '[his he has not done, atnd this he never Iwill do. .His friends will have it .in their. power, after one tiorn election, to restore all his righis, without petition, and with out an oath. iHe who prays "lead mc not into. temptation," says the Massachusetts Cat arect, asn no righi to enter a ruim shop.