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ti.9 - IlWe will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberti! .. il must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." ow xuik. h r1. na. PBULISUJED EVERY WED)NESDAY JY W1M. F. DUR IZOE. EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. NEW TERM" To n DOLLARS and FIFT1 CENTs. peranminl if paid in advance - $3ifnotiaid v.itlhnsix months from the date of seuesciption. and $4 if not paid before the expir.ation of the year. All suhcriptions will be eontinne'l, unless otherwise ordered before the- expird tion of the year : but no paper will he dia continued until all arrearaees are paid. no less at the option of the Publisher. Any person procuring five responsible Sub sctibers, shall receive the paper for one year, gratis. ADvERTIsaaTS coneplCno nstytnseriedat7:' cen's per square. (12 lines, or less.) for the firstint,ertion. and 37.1 for each eontinnance. Those publishei monthly or qu arterly. will be.charge $1 l er square. Advertisements not havinr the number of insertions smarked on them. will ba con,tinued uutil otdered out and charged accordingly. Communications, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictly attended to. Public. Notice s hereby giveu. that application will he made to the Legislature. for an. Act of Incorporation of Mount Tahor Church, diiuated 6 miles N. E. of Etdgefield -Court * lguse. .July 19,1848 3m. 26 SNotice. A PPLICATION will be made at the next ~essiun of the Legislature to discontinue the old C'arleston -Road between the Bridge on Ninety-Six Creek and the Creek next a bove the Giu House of N. L. Griffin, on the said road. . July 19, 1848. 3m 26 Public Xotice. Ji,hereb) given,that application %all be made to the Legislature for atn eel of iuc,rpora lion ol Little S,ep hens' Creek Chntca. s-tuated about 10 mie-es north of Edgefield Uuurt cHouse. Aug 16 .3m 33 eIollte. A PPLICATl will be mtade to the I.egis lature at its next Session for a Public Road to be made fru,n Shinburg on tutiee Town Creek,' by .way of Durn's Mills on Hardlabor Creek, to, tntesect. the old Catn .,- bridge Road in Abbeville-Di,trict, not bar from Mattison's Ferry uir:Littie: Rivir. - At 30th 1848. . ? 32 CE. l - be..niaade4 t-n -,it -tryr rtatr-aOcietiksai a con pafiei.and to renew and an,eni certain Chur tore heretofore grantied, -ratified on the 17th of Decembe r, 1547. Aug t.3 3m 31 Notice S heteby given, that the naext Legi.slature will be petitioned praying the openirtg of a Public Road, near J.,G. Bururt's to .run - by J. W. and R Coopet's residence. into the Island Ford Road, near T. c. Griin's-thence across it by James Cresswell's residence. on through N. L. Griffin's plantatatiun. into the old Chatleston Road, near his quarter. July 19. 14dr 26 3-n NOTICE.. M R. ROFF, lyho held :nnditinally an in terest in the right of Edgefield Vistrict, to Hotchkiss' Reaction Mill %% heels, (Patent) has lever complied with said condition. thero fore lhe holds no interest, and has nso right le sel! or ma e any 'contract for said Wheels. We, the undersigned are the owners. ob said right, and a tight purchas-:d fromn any tither, unless otr agent, will not lie good. Mr. J. T. VEBRER, we autltoristi, with full power to act ts our.agent. CO'THIRAN & MOORE. March 1. 1847. tf 6 Notice. A LL those indebted to the estate of Charity Johnson, dec'd., are reqested to make immediate payment. and those ii avltg dematnds to present thet properly attested. C. B GOULDEN, SI1EON A'I'AWAl Adinist ratours. jly"77 e f al Fair' Notice. ALL Persotns indebted ho the Stubscriber by ANote or Accounet, are regnested to m.eke paymnent by Returrt Day ine )ctoeber nexi. if they -ash to save cost, and all stums whtich tare within a M1agistrate's jurisdiction. if cnt paidl by that time must also pcay cost ; as I ii mut haye motney to keep up mey bucsinerss. Ml W. CLA RY Colematn's M Riads. ii rcha 1:1. e'neeo 9 Notice. All persons indebted tio tIle Estates of Elizai belle Clark, Mary Clark. sand Heenry Clark, decetasedl. late eof thIs District. are requesstd ,to mak" immsedate oaymntt anud all th"see huav nag anay demiandes will present themn duty attested, according eo law. JA MES BLACKW ELL, dlmin'r. Aug 7 IS-48. 3ma 29__ Notice. T H E Estate oif M arshal R1 Smnith, deceased. k beinig withoncit admeinaistraetiotn, uad therr. fore derelir.t, all persons heamg pap,-rs lIer ii n tg to the estaite, are reqnested to liand the mt over to mie by the earliest pentcticable timel. and1 all those indebted to thme estate to emake pay thent, aned those having demninds to presein' them properly attested. JOHN HILL. 0. E. I) june 14 GIn -. *, Hamburg Journal will please copy. FOR SALE. A TRACT OF LAND. containeing Five hi.ndred and eighty--6ve acres (585), twelve miles from Edgefieldl U. H1., lying be tweene Beaverdami ad Turkey Creeks, 1.& sniles from Cairrell's Mill. Terms will be mtade easy. Apply to R. PLAT1T BRUNSON may 31 6m 19 Bacon and Lard.. HilE ant'seriber has juesi receeved a large sup1ply of Clinics 11A CON and Leal LARD, which he offers lot lfor CAe*H. *J. A. W IL IA MS. . Anu.. 99th 1848. tf 32 From the Charleston Courier. TOTHE PL\N 1-IERSOF THE LOWER COUNTRY. . You are invited in titenrd a Taylor mee ting. to be then and there alatmied about your Qlave .rnpertrty Be careful how you are led astray. Wt,en the ol"t fox lost his tail in a trai', he strutted atmn.n;c his fel lows and said it was the latest fashion, and advised his companions to cut off their br".shes too; but they were not to be donte for. especially wheet they discovered that the old tine had been caught himself. The Taoa ir men were entrapped; they thought Suuth.Carolina would at, for 'l'T far. The'y lost their eonnection. n ith the Derm.tcrac. and want cotnpany. Misery loves coinpany. Beware of them. You have sumeinei:ig it, loone. Not% v!ur com psions throughnu the Sit;te, the plan ters, have their all it stake. and they tie nounce Gen. Ta% for as an avowed up ponent It slavery. le Rays. "he prefers the free ins,ituti~usofthe North." H e will not use his power to veto the Wilmot Prttviso to save you from civil war, by arresting that infamous intrusion on the rights of slave-holdert. Your only safety is in Cass and the constitution. the de mocratic candidate. The Democratic Polk says he will veto the hill. This puts it oflTuntil 4th March. 1849. Gen. Cass sa'.s he. t,t, den ics the au'htirity of Congress, and he will veto it. This eives until 1853. Bv.this time the territories. remaining open to all, will fill up .with those ' hii choose to go theae. Ins fact. a succession oetreoratic Presidents will, by a "Masterly Inactivity." lti the question settl. itself-that is the only way to avoid an itmne'iate civil war, in which the whole principle of slavery will be dragged in, al'honuth up to this little not evne the Bufalu Baruurners have claitn -d a. y right to interfere with youtr blavet in the St ates If we can do na better, and the Wilmot Proviso is thrust upon us. the South will resist, but not until then Vote for Tavlor. and the first Congress after his election that odious measure will be.upon as, anad thou the tocit w ill. sound. Now, a iv.il war, involving as it will inevitably he whole subject of slaver)-every acre >fiRice. and Cotton and Sugar land n ill he not wortb a dollar; ng one will buy it. Saves ifar ar _o.(---r'p or. wiill Y. iie ptiifW E if is're unly alternative to avoid a violation of out ights, why ttanfully face the st-trm and ight it out. A corresponding ruin will fall upon the commerce of the- Norths Our stubleb supply the niedium of its ekchan. gee A civil war abrogates the right to pursue runaways; atid all the blessings of our Uni.,o. its security against foreigt ag gression. % ill be gone. But all this is bet er than to vield an inch of ground to op pression. But the time has not yet come. the e%ent ha., not yet taken place when we can jusily revolutions anti its consequences. A successful war is a calamity. When, in spite of a Democratic rule. the essenti al rights of the South are directly attack et:, we can safely appeal to the God of Buttles to bless our arms. The Oregon Bill is an outrace nn the Democratic prin ctpale of strict construction. Mr. Pail k so hehl it. but he withheld his vo'e ,ecause the bill was, in practice. in operatin. a-> here is not an inch of ground in Oregon t here a slave would ttot bring his tnaster in delit. But a Whig administrtioi in t"vitably prings on a bloody war between the sf-etiom of this cotn'ry. The Whigs would not fisfht Eogland in 1812, aid tde nounced the conflict n i'h Mexico; % et ihey have no objection to wage a civil wair against 'he South in the barrt at qttstiur of slave relpresetta;tion W ill l,i.uneratit ilvehnl.lers aid and al-et thetm liy st,ppr ti g th ir cadidatte? Van Buren waits two Pre-sidents. flis at telfias want awe sets of N itiaanal oflicer. The man iar iii property will rejaaice in atll the c'hances of civil war Let the South he true to itself, not by precipiiatting a war unotif itis thie only attterna;tive. hut by cahnaly atnd firma ly inisisting on its rights. If= notne hau a hose nA hoi have slaves to looise direcatd us, we abohia find noa sorb hot haaste' to barake up a le'peace atnd discipiin a oour ph;inta tion.a. The planters aill over the State, as true to its interest and hoanor, perhaps, as these new light Ta;ylar D)emocratic WVhig's. are all agatinst a Whiig Presidetit. atil will adlhere iin the faith thtan has htotherto czar riedl us through aour otha'r tna,tional dIif (iulties WAe we.are titti i' was time to fitht aoi 'he Tiatif'Bill. hiat a Demnoratic Vice Pre-i-lent fritm the Sitt of Pennosyl vainia gave the death blow tm the 'Taria'ffif Hernry (lay-Gent. T;aylir's picture of a Sou:hein mlan. A SLAVEllOLDER. Cranberries a Cure for Cracer -T he Tnsealuaisa (AIutg Obseiver siays: We have seeni it stated, inure then onice that thie common cratiberry was ellica ci.as ini the' enre tof cancer. -nt have ntever, tittill very recently, been an e've wtitniess to ahe fact. Mr. Middletoni Belk. residling within four or five miles if' ahis city, who was niTli'ed with a canicer ton the nose f.r tfhe last, cighat y-ers. was indtae--d to try cr;,itberries, apliedl as a ponltice; and to hit great jv atnd satisfactiont, has ex periened a perfect anid ratdical cure. No Respecter of Persons -Whiskey is noa resjec'er oif pier-on-. 'la hys io.v alike all who partake of it. A fews treeks ago in Cinicitnnati, a fe'iale, tier fianger-: covered with tmotunted gahld rince. and her body covered with a eblath clak, was discovered sleeping itt a stable, arid so dlrunk that she was~ tinahl!e toi stand. mutch less to wallk. n.be s...d-e .... an empty whiskev flask. HON. F. W. PICKENS. This talented and distinguished son of South Carolina. having been on a visit to this place with his family. left here on Fri. day last. for his home in Edgefield Disirict. As much intere,t has been felt lately in the course of South CaroIjha on the Pres idemtial election, the following letter from. Mr. Pirkeos in reply to an invitationt nd rlre,ty the Demucratie Association in this place, will be read n iih interest. We have been assured by several intelligent gentlemen from the tp country of South Carolina, that the people of that State are breaking away from the position of neu trality sought to i.e imposed upon them by some of their politicians. and that the State is tierfectly secure for Cass and But ler.-Southern 'Banner. Art.:Ns. Sept. 7, 1848. Gents.-I received your invitation to ad dress a democratic meeting next Sdturday evening. I am this fat on my way from the Springs on accunt of the health of Mrs. Pickens. and regret.thai we are obli ged to leave in the morning for,otne. I have had no part in public matterslfor more than ttwo years. but confess I feel deep in terest in the cause you are engaged in.. All the cherished principles of our party. are at stake in the issues now pen.ling. It is idle to suppose that the success of Gen. 'I*aylor. in the present cnmest. does nut in volve the triumph of the leading measures of the Whip, or federal party. Once place the uominee of their party in power, with his lit tle political experience, and we shall have to battle over again the same princi ples and the same measures that they urg ed at the extra session of 1842. when they had a temporary ascendancy. If we have achieved anything by defeating a U. S. iank-a stupendos s)stet of the distribs utiou of public funds, and internal tim. provements-if we have gained anything by the triumphs of free trade and the an texatiotn of Texas, then let us hold on to theme achievements and these triumphs of the Democratic party, and ;ield no posi ion, not even an outpost t(our bitter op. ponents. undltheir, insidil)usapprnaches% with the untmanly-cry of . no'party, but /e prople's candidate." How any man. whose destiny is-cast itro npenly offers. if electedJ, to suspend the ve to power upon all questions in which we have a vital icterest, and upon w hich the majority may he against us. is to me a matter of the utmost asionshnett. The present adtninistration have done heir duty3 faiu hfutlly to the country, and I sincerely hope their power and their prin- 1 ciples may be transmitted by a triumphant. majirity to those who profess the same principles and stand pledged to carry out the same measures. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your ohd't servant, F. W. PICKENS. The following extract from a letter writ ten by a gentleman of Barowell )istrct, to the Editor. dated Barnnell C. H.., Sept. 16th 1848, goes to show the feeling in that I)is'rict in relation to the Presidential elec tion. We believe there is little dilTerence of opinion in ally l)iarict in this Stare, except may he in Richland and Charles tot. In thoie Districts we still hope to see the . sober second thought " of the people have its proper influence, so that when the question of npt-nin'iug electors cotes before the Legt-latore there may he heard no discordant n.-te to mar thte har tnuy of at least one Stale. That a unan imous vote may be :i% en for Cass tnd Btt Ier. The tnot"l efP-ct of such a sublime .pertnule wu"ntld not fail to have a salutary infl.,enl eson ctr sister Stia.s. Snehi a conrae would render Sosuth Car:,litna as notedCI for thle inutell igence iif her Legish;t lorahe .lis In lw for the chivalry of her son;. Bu.t we are diarcessing. Ilere is the leter.-Hamnburg Rep,ublican. -As regardls your querv concerning the candidates for the Preqidhency, I have toi say that had it lnot been for ihe desire to obtaini correct information for you on this point I would have answered your letter ~nonuer. I can now say~ to y/ou confdently that this is a I|ass and Butler District. say set because I have conslnhed the pleotle on the s.ibject and1 have found them nearly unanimous in fao of this tickel. He canoee. also. the candidates for the Leci<la tore are all Cais ad Hutler men-antd lntitv. berause at the H-amnmond Guards Jetbilee, at Swallow Savannah, on Thu,rs day last. Mr. Colenck our expected Re tresenlative ill Conigress, came out manly for Cass and Btir.-r, to the greal satisfac hiln appharently of his hearets." The Working Girls.-Tlhe seamstress es of New Y.rk cita are ahmout boling a general mnerting for thu puerpo<e of ex pressin)g their indligtnation for the treat ment they now receive from tmanuy oif their emiplover<, and also; if possible, to obtain remuitnerationl co.nmienstlrate w.ith the a moltnt of labor they are cempelled to per form. We believe there is ino class of females who are subject to sutch inadequate recom pence for lahior as the working uirls int the United Stseis. If th ir bondage is not as great as the Indian woman, that slavery ofithe spirit which hinds them to constant and unremunerative toil seetms to be not less hopeless. WVe hear tmeuchi in our day of the Rights of Labor, but here is a fit occasiotn'lor the efforIs of Legislators and nhi anhrnists.ERening News. I fa to the Mercantuile and Legal Bena-The Civil ande Diplomatic ichte has just passed Congress, and h ee a.law, cotains the fSlowing pro vtiE' ich- will be of interest to those wl02 ye business in te United States Co ~ ~ded however. that hereafter, in lie' jllfees, emolumenms and tereipts, ti'tg owed .for caking sandl certifying the deW' Jtn Of witntesses. iu civilcae, the.. k,; commissioner, or other ollicer ttill ~d certilving the samne satll Ibe bIiift etn receive no greater sum what eve" . n two dollars for eachi aud. every dep n so takeni nnd certified ; and for all es connected therewicth. and when tihet ' g of such deposition shall requtire mor . an six hours, then, for every addi tiob'a1 ix hours the like rate of comnpensa-. nton: d pruovidedl further, that all books in th .flies of the clerks of the Circuit and trtct. Courts or the' United States, coat tig the docket or minute of the r ju'dg ts or decrees of said courts, shall, dur Tree hours, lie open to the inspec-. tioni a any person desintg ti e xanine the thout any fee or chargeihereafter." bHERN lBAPTIST PUBLICA TION SOCiETY.- - erence to the Cat alogne, it will be1a seen~ , to additii to a good supply ofr Sun( 'School books and-practical TPrea tiset general circulation, there is at the.e Deep ory, No. 233 Ktmg-street, Char- . lest9 '.tzUmherof:Standard Works, such as ar ceded for the libraries of ministers stili th.-' It.may lhe proper also to) re ma l orders-for books, which we may not .fi tba nd.'will be.filled on the best t .tribc: hy can be procured -ina !J 1t ness s.eason .will. sooni corn-i nen tid it is,toebbehoped'thatbrethiren s Ivil ~ ,rdeys .frou&b6id"The .J an abd: be tie.hfives.of'ilif De- -f ost dd te onig rehian'enas jet, fto~r '1 he o~tn is-ihe volinitarygdo-ppip tl 5b iii)l ha pE grsugt -,t *A-dise'nt;ltof fromt 5 to 10 per cent from v 'etail- prices is allow ed to those who pur- t hase for cash to ant amount not less thtan c en dollars Orders for aselection of hooks c o-he made by the Depository Agont, men- -h ioning the amnount -to-be inveated, and the i thject fotr which the books are wanted. will d >e.filled according to our hest judgiment, itid ne' trust to the satisfaction of tiiose e who send them. A. M. POINDEXTER, Cor. Secy. S. B. P. S. I Terribsle Storm in Mississippi.-A vio lent storm of rain recently passed over Nat.. chez , Miss.. The Free Trader says: ..The rain fell in torrents, from dark tin 'il day light, atid the wind blew a gnle from the south east the whole time. The crops of cotton have been materially dam aged ini every direction. WVbole fields of it have' heen entirely prostrated. mutchi broken and twisted uli, vast qutantities of I hoIls and forms thrashed oIT, anid all the opien Cotton stained and damaged. One gentletuan whomn we met yesterda;y con siders his loss one fifth his entire erop. A s far up and down the river as we have heard. and nut on Tensas. the storm has I been eqnnlly as disasterous as in our itrrv < enediate vicinity. Fo EAt.E SOCIETY. -Y ou know mty opinion of femaleI society. Witioot it, we should degenerate into brutes. This obset vation app)lies with tenrfold force to younig men and it'ose whto are in the prime" of mianhooti. For, afier at certain tme of life, the literaty n.an may ma;ke a shift (a poor one 1 grant to ,do with - out thet society of ladies. To a young matn, nothing is so important as a spit it of udevotiont (next to hti< Creator) to some amiable woman, whose ima.ge may ocenipy his heart, and guatrd it' from po lution, which besets it on all sides. A miaa ought to choose his wvife, as Mrs. Primrose did her wedding gown, for qimlities that ''wear well." Onte tthing at least is trcaht, thailf mattimooy has its c,res. celebacy has. no pleasure. A N,-wton, or a mere sch.tl,it may find em ploynmetnt itf stuid3 a man of literary taste, can receIie in books a powerful atnxiliaty; but,a matn mutst have a bosom friend, and childern round him, to chier-. ish and suppor the dr ariness of old age. The Sierra Madre &rpedition.-Tlhe WVashin-.ton Union;of the 30th oh., refers to tthe statement that a large number of wagons. said to have been tused by our ermny in Mexico, have been purchased for the use of this expendition,. and aids: ..We deem it proper, therefoire to reiter aie onr former statements. that the govern meat is fully resolved to exert its legal authority. to- execute in good faith the treaty with, Mexico, to preserve the peace between the-two coutries. and to repress any mtovetent whatever in our ennui ry, -of ani illegal charactet, tenadinig to diisturb our peaceful relations with Mexico, or to violate our positiymn of strict ueutrality and non-.interference. I can't flil a piece that will make two lines-will .this do-Devil. DUTY AND !NTEttST Ixs:PARADLK. We God of righteousness is the frin'ud o happiness. Hence man's duty and his in terest is inseparable. This has sotetimei been doubied. sometirmes explicitly dented In remote antiquity there lived those n ha said '--I is in vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinan" ce.d" To adopt this hypnthrsia, so fatal to the oternal interests of mankind. was not pe culiar to those who liyed in remote anti qgity. Now, - i formerly. there are pro ane mnt, who with respect to all the re vards of virtue, tire utter skepties. Both xperience un,l observatiion ~re appealed o; and. as if this transitory life wer the shole of man, it is triumphtntly assertad. -That the proud are happ3: that those who wolkedness are set up, and those who empt God are delive red." Nor is it profane nt'-u only '% ho have nicontsirued, and who sill mistconstrue mo this article, the ways of Providenue. r'he Saint of Uz the PsahIni-r of Israel, nd even, Sn!otnon himself. Ihn wh,m a viser prince has not lived, were embar as.wd at the seeming prosperity of the vicked. A bewildering obis"uri;y does indeed ang over this p.rt ol'the Diinitte econtnoty. l'o a short sighted and superficial observ. that balance in tvhirh the actions of ten are weighed seeNs to ie held with n unequal hand. To say the least, it is at aiways and at every stage of being, pparent that God regard the righteous lore than the wicked; and hecause it is ot always apparent. nen of perverse lids presumptively iufer that he does not. The Divine cate, sayihey, (if indeed tere he any Divine care.) is extended lide to all. No p:srtiality ie discoverable I.the-distribution of H is most public and njdrtuln gifts. - Air and. wster nod'sun. hine'a're as free as they are abondant. )oeisfood stitedly 'nourish; and sleep reC ,esfi the pious? t.u'they do the impious. 'h fl>cka of the latter are as- vigrous; teir pastures are as green, and:rheiri adryis'produciivo as ooeof the1im-inr." hgifli8w'er with:rs'as the sii'uerdciucks i; te eartI sinks ni t beneath 'laifriia Wed-iretid,.=inr does the suniairt ihms fro,n ihe heaven di.eeed:e 'ho are hnimpered by the restraintiof.dou are overcome by them; and through rines and bloodi they force their way I place and power. Ills sitin,s cry to im'day and night, but hears them not; tey present their claim, but it is disregar ed. Sags cover them, and they arc led ith the bread of bitterness, a couelusi ve vidence that there is no G.d. or that vir to is of little estimatin in his sight. Thus argue the enemies of religio*.' lut let no young adventurer-at aspirit andidate for glory, be misguided by it. II t!:at has been said, or all that can be aid, in favor of a theory so humiliating man, so derogatory to God, is mere so 1istry; disguised indeed, b-t gross and alpable. Because the roward of vir'ue is not in very instance simnultancous with the act, los it follow that virtue has no rew ird? V;tits not the hushand:nan for the fruits of sia industry until tle harvest ? And yet rho pretends that his car- and labor are hrown away ? No one-mI the contrary, il say, as lie goes forth weeping to scat er the precious seed, 'Diub;less he will eturn rejoicing, hearing hi, sheaves with tIm. Can that he true where rlitiron is oncerned, that would be ftlse whit res >ect to things else ?' Li"t the rash theorist remember that he tas seen but a very small part of tnan's xi<tence' an.1 that part to-, whic is only uceptive and preparatory. Citclusions Irann from- a patto i the whoe are al vays defective. aind in this intstinnee iny )rove a fatal as~ fatlliousit. De~ it reiiemr. lered that the race mnst lie htishted (.re he piriz- is woni: dhat the vietory mums;tbe schieved biefore it can he expected that he crown shonld h.e placed on thte victor's irw. Vellow Fever at die .'ew York Quaran line.-.-The New York piapers state that there has been several ca;ses of deided black v'omit at the Quairnanme Ilotpi' al. md thtat the yellow lever' has mnailested itseloutside of thte hospital tzrou-ids, a ming thte inthabti,ait< in the vdllage. Thie report of the hospital for the last week shows that there had been six cases, three rf whom died. Highlyj Hontorble.-T he New Orleatts Bulletin records a fact which is indeed miost worthy of recrd-ime whtich thiat paper receivedl from a 3lexicanu genttle. man otf great intelbttentce and liberality. that there tdoes not exisIto thte whole ol Mlexico. att tliis time, a single unpaid debi contracted by anty of the ollicers of our regular army. WVe dhoubt very much ii the upright condutct has ever hrInre mark ed the career of a victorious armty inr campaign tof over two years in an enemy" country. Crops in Teras.-Thte Hiouston Advo cate, of thte 17th ult., says:--News Iron the coutntry represent the erops as.hein, remarkably fine. WVere it not for the ex treme low prc of cotton, the farmne would realize a truly richt reward ihr hi labors the present yea;r Corni and pota to crops are abundant. P'ersmons desirin to immigrate to Texas will find this a ver favorable time The price ofgain1 wi probably be lower,.than at anty perie .ince tbe'seattlement of the cotuntry." - From the Cultivator. f VALUE OF THE POTATO. Professor C. U. Shepard, in his addreA before the agriculiutal tncteties of Ilamp den and Hampshire counties Mass., made the filowint excellent remarks in regard to the potato: "The potato is a veaetable which the rich man knows not how to forgo; and one which places the poor man above want. With a shelter from the weather, and one or two acres of ground to plant with this tther, man may subsist at al most an% distance from the miller, the ha" L.er. the butcher, and, I may almost add, tl.e doctor. It suits all insies, flourishes in nearly all climates, and it is eminently nu trious and healhhful. Its cultivation de nands but little lahor, and when the earth has ripened the tubers, they are harvested. without trouble, and cooked without-. pense A few faggots in summer will boil thetm, and in winter the necessary heat is - sttpplie' nithot expense. There is no waite of time in the processes of mil(iug, sifting, kneading. baking, seasoning, joint inzg or enrving. Thtere is.nothing de6eient nor superfluous in a well boiled potato.. As soon as it is cooked, it opens by chinks, - lets fall its thin pellicle upon the platter,' and with a little salr,.butter :or tmilk. is': Y ; -- ready for the unfastidiuus appetite or th hungry man. Start nttt backwith;o rurise= at the idea of subsisting upon :the itato alone,, ye who think: it netisiary...t. your table with the daititv vlandi'. the market, with fish, fleshor a , easone with oils and epices, itd eaten ps -' with wines-start not hack.I.'aI Ktlr frightened disgust, 'uniil: yu a9 display,in vour own pampered pe sos= firmer muscle, a more ieidealoullg;r and a;healhir.ed'thute santry df Ireand iand Scoilptd oacehbs -ed-Youas you 'passed their ors: ' ;" ; -the chemiafl l ilglt wal fel yt, thit lle::elli rpudRptta erly:c okede eontain itirnn r ies' it itoe r biestprp6rtio~s ta whtc tfiey !o : e an ;plat- hte er ='Pjer. isi" oi mn 't ant ' ess I' a ~en, t - and;all tte salts Wh{ v - # c' tiondemandss :, r a IfArDErtiG ' }Imas:-The ltihin*g. patented process= for' hatiaeingphiiei , rom "Exsmiier Page's ,Report,.vi, found to be not a 'little - interesting: The hide .is hardened 'and' retdered transparent as hotn. In the ftrst place they hre submitted to tiht sweating operation-ot the liming, for remuving the hair. They are then submitted to the action of powerful as iringants,.sttch as sulphuric acid, alum, or salts of tartar dissolved in ivateir at a high temperature. During the bpera" tion of cleaning the hides of the oil, they are rubbed, or friction is applied in a cotnvenient way, thereby the hide be-' comes thickened; and after this progress is fiitished they are rinsed in warm water .Ind dti-.d. After being dried they are submitted to the action ofboil'ng linseed, or any other drying oil, and returned in the hot oil until a yellow scum appears on 'hm sorface of the hides, when they are withdrawn. If it is desired to im part color to the matet ial, as staining it in imitation :f tort)ise shell, it is done while in the oil bath and when removed frotn the bath it is submitted to pressure in m,oulds for tht fo,."rnation of various articles, as knife handles, &c-. For thbe artticles, wheni it conmes hot fromn the oil bathI is very soft anid pliable. but when allowed to coot, it becotmes hard -and susceptible of a big h pressure. Peach 7'.ecs.-Mer. Hloffner, * distini. 2tuished horticultutrsist of this country, wa, ittfortmed. during a recent visit to Lexingtot. Ky., by some of the borticul tirists of thtat city. that they had round an effTectutal preventive of the peach worm. It consists of the' simple application of horse stable manure, in Iprogress of decotmposi tion. to the roots of the tree, In the spring anti fall seasos-the earth to be dug a wtay to the depthl of about three inches, and the mailuire to be aU,ont six itnches above the sttrfatce. This has been tested by J 0. Hnrrni,on, M. E. Johnson. KEqa., anid otters, solliciently to tremtove all doubt of its etlic:acy.- Cin. 2'imes. ExcE.LLENT SOFT SOAP is readily made in the flowving moannet: Take 20 pounds of grease, melt andI strain into a barrel, spri'tkle nipon it 2 ptotund of powdered roe in; diso,lve 18 pounds of potash and) add thtis soItutio)n to thte grease and rosio, grad ually stirritng all the while; when. the grease and pitash have unuited thoroughly (us hielt will be in an hour or t wo) add gra dually cold water etough to make 3R. gatlions of soap: stir all occtasionally for w dav or two; set it aside for use. Hiouse rkeepers will do well to preserve thie--re 5 espO. Kehter says "No man ecn either live piously or dite righteottsly without a-wife." IA very ns icked old hachelor of oueaequain jtance says to this, "Oh yes, suff'ering and severe trials purify and chasten:the heart."