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EDGEFIELD C. II. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1848. oQ- The Minutos of the Edgefield Baptist Association, will be ready for delivery on Sale day. They can be had at the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. During the last week, showers of rain fell at this place and in other sections of the District. Election of Mr. Sims to Congress.-It is now ascertained that Mr. Sims is elected to Con gress instead of General McQueen. Mr. Sims is the incumbent and is a Cass man. Mr. Calhoun's Speech on the Oregon Question. -This speech has recently been published in the Pendleton Messenger. It is one of the best which its distinguished author delivered during the late session of Congress. We will endeav or if possible to publish at least a portion of it hereafter. Trnuhlks in Earpe -Great exritencut is prevailing still in many countries in Europe. In Austria, anarchy seems to be the order of the day. The Emperor and his Ghmily had been driven off by the people, and the Minister of VWar was hung. A' Ropuhlic had been pro claimed. Affairs in France were still unset tled. Tranquility in Ireland has not yet been restored. Annezation of Cuba -According to a corres pondent of the New York Herald, negociations are going on between the governments of the United States and Spain, for the purchase of Cuba. The celebrated patriot, Smith O'Brien, had been tried and found guilty. It was believed that at the departure of the last steamer, be had been executed. Qualjlcataons for,Presidcni.-Whig papers recently=boasted-:of the early rising. of.Gen. Taylor .. They seemed to think, that this was a good-grralification for President-of the Uni= ted States. The Washington Union, the Dem ocratic organ, was determined not .to be out done. That paper says, that General Cass is also qnite an eatly.riser... The editor gives an anecdote to illustrate it. -'This early rising is a good practice; and we recomniend. it .to other public men. Juhn Quinm ey Adatn was avery early riser. It:is said that hescarcely missed a morning in which he did ot'abandon his co'ich long before,sun ,risepnd: e a sirim."the K Potom r at7Waslington. n Oent of - this'haki doubtless-this" destingtiished n Gotx net n Lup.'Te. ce14brated EsoE M. Taotin E Gero: *ell known as oaof unches friende 04Sate Rightg:- o, r u rce,rl ntited a co,mmittee of' emoperatic. wtiaig to a bat bece. .cejeplid.in a letterleycaa tersi h ma, and spoke'in the 'stroagest trsini fIvor'of General .Cass. We can only make roorn for the following extracts. VALDOsTA, Laurens Con ty, Geo, *. October 13. 1848. Gentlemen: . I-thank you for your. invi tatio, whichld.fecline only because I canu since 1 bave been able to'speak in~public, and nothing remains for me but to s-ay to you, in a few woids, that as I voted for 31r. Polk some four years ago, so I will vote for General Cass now-the first has not disappojinted me, and the other is not likely ti do so. Mr. Polk's adaninistration of the Federal Government is the only strictly Constitutional administration ou'r country has known-Mr. Jeffe.-son 's not excepted-and it is because of this, that the country enjnye a degree of pr'osperity not known to ourselves before, and un known to any other people of ancient or modern times. The redemption of indus try from the shackles impfosed on it by un wise Government, would, if he had beeni instrumental to nothing more, have enati tled him to the consideration, respect and grati, tude of the American people for generations to conme. The State Rights Party now, almost for the first time, have nothing to ask-nothing to complain of. lIe clais our admiiation especially for his firm and manly resistanceuof the iniquitous schemes which have been rertinaciously forced on him by a corrupt log-rolling majority in Congress. Nor w ill his enlightened and successful conduct of the late war, with all the embarrassments of inveterate party opposition, be forgotten by that posterity *which passing upon him finally with calm ness, with fairness, and with truthfulness, will not fail to do him justice. Gen. Cass will follow in his footsteps, and I wish I *had more than~'one vote to give him. When Gen, Cass voluumeered his fine abilities and solid acquirements to vindi cate Georgia against the combined attacks of the Indians and Federalists, and the Legislature in testimony of its profound gratitude for his services, resolved to bonor him as she otily honors her own most fa vored sons, she believed him worthy as a patriot, as a statesman, as an honorable man. If the party press of his opponents speaks troth, the statute should be abroga ted and his name with the recorded honor blotted out forev-er. Is it indeed true that from that time Gen. Cass has been degen erating and sinking into the worse than contempatible being they would make him ? - From that time he has, in truth, been ri sing in honors as he has been rising in years, until of these there is nothing left for him to receive, but the very higher.t in the gift of the-greatest nation in the world ; and wihat is mtore,:these honors have been gaivan byte'h o kow-in.g.... h.... most pldJ udg hlim:est.; know.en.Cass did dnetr leone.-one word the'press has asserted to Ihe prejudice. of his char atter. .Col. Glidden.-.ii our columns to% day will be -found a communication from. a highly:respectable-' source, proposing this meritorious-'andi distinguished gen" tileman as.a proper personto fill"the post of Treasurer of. the.Utpper Division. We know not what Col. Gladden's own views.on this matter may. be, but feel well satisfied that the Legislature must promptly recognize his high=-claims'to consideration - at their hands, which should be practically evinced- in some substantial way-what that way will be, they can best decide. The State owes him a heavy debt-no fraction of which has yet been paid. I n the mere pagean. tries of receptions site was only gratify ing her own honorable pride. He- who succeeded the lamented " Father of his regiment," stands now in his stead-and as this State would have honored and re warded Butler on his return, so let. her now reward and honor Gladden, who so nobly caught up and bore to victory the banner dropped by his dying hand. A failure to do so will add another to the long list of instances cited to prove the ingratitude of Republics.--Columbia Telegraph. From the Abbeville Banner. THE "96" DISTRICT. The Canvass in this District was made the subject of special notice by the South Carolinian, and public attention was called to the exertions of Mr. Hel ler, the opponent of Mr. Burt. W "are not aware that the same course was pursued, by .that journal in relation to the election in any other Congressional District in the State, although there was a contest in all of them but one, and the small majorities, show that the contest was warm in most of them. The in,, portance" which was thus given to the election, and the desire, which many feel to know the number of votes given, induce us to, publish the result: Burt Hellen Abbeville, - 1949 - 186 Edgefield, - 2080 - 371 Newberry, - 991 - 437 Lexington, - 971 - 127 5991 1121 Whole number of votes 7112. Majority for Burt 4870. The Anderson Gazette of the 19th ult., in speaking of the result of th Congressional election in the Pendleton District. where Col. Orr was elected over Major Perry, says: "The viters of this Congressional District, were particula'lj, fortunate, in- having .two such able and reliable-gentlemen presented for,their suf froges. ais1Messrs:" Orr and Perry, bt I Dembcrats,andvboth occupying a- hig 'oditiotin-the "politica bis;tory o: " troun,try: Witriee -ddoat 'i c . es; t e'pa ''itterly rftsing to;divide tiea.where . litle is to -beganed.' e sy, :irefo.:i that the-result is by no means an evileac. jhat the people of the election'district pre rfet Tagl!or 'to Caus; and ought not,' io truth, to'tie so regarded. 'We -make the abov6 statement solely- for'ihe purpose 'of correcting any false impression, which ex cited 'partizans are so liab,le to fall into, in matters of this kind."-Haoa. Republican. Dr. ~Lieber.-Wc find ini a Northern paper the following:notice of the return of our fellow townsman, Dr. Lieber which we extract, as showing the high estima tion in which his talant and learning are held aborad.. "Dr. Lieber, who recently left this coun try on a visit to Germany, he returr,ed by the Steatner Hermnann. We are not aw are how his -republicanism may suit the pre sent phase of German politics, hut a more desirable appointment could not, we think, be made for the United States, in ease or' vacancy, than Dr. Lieber, as Minister to 'Washington.'' I' should he a source of gratification to the Trustees of our College, that they have secured the services of Atch a man for that institution-one wvho is not a hide-bound p,edanm-but at once a scholar-a man of the world-and of European re put ation. Cutlwnhia Daily Telegraph. Death of lion. Dixon H. Letwis.-W ith deep regret we announce the death of H on. Dixon H. Lewis, of Alabama. This me, lanchoty event occurred yesterday in the city of New York, where he was on a visit, and as no account, had previously reached his friends of his illness we pre sume it must hove been brief. Mr. Lewis has for a number of years occupied a pro.. minent place in the councils of the Nation, first as a Representative from Alabama, and for the last three years as one of the Senators of that State in the Senate of the United States to which dignified position he was re-elected by the last Legislature for a further term of six years. H'ie voice and his influence was even in favor of li beral principles ; and the Tariff of '46. which as Chairman of the Co-inittee in Finance he was mainly instrumental of having passed into a law ; will be an imperishable monument to his memory. Charleston Mercury, 26th utlt. Interesting Pert rifaction.-T he E d itor of the Aug,usta Chronicle says: " We have just seen a log five feet in length, and about a foot in thickness, at the office of Messrs. Jeff'ers & Corhran, which is a pet:fect petrifaction of flint, in place of lime. The rock is firm and compact, showing the annular grains' of wood very distinctly. The bark and most of the sap wood wvere -appar ently. rot ted off before the lugpidifying process began. It came from the plantation of Gov. Hammond, who supposes the tree to have been hickory. The weight of the stone or rock is .387 nonnds F.URTHElf6R . TELEGaAPB1NG INTEL 1 It On Thursday evenng-ect e1ee a despatch from ouirBaltimo Pon dent, giving us furth r iotel i British Steamer Europa York. the substance o .c .f bielow. wCommercialNees.- Our pe CQ municationdid: not give the o fair. Cotton,- and consequent a that article was concerned le weri left in-doubt and-uncertainty e, rot being...- The despatch abo oe <uotes fair.. N Orleans .s1! and Upland.4d; Middling "3$i eAtocl ofCot ton at Liverpool was ndrec and sixty thousand bales. -. Theccounts from- the m curinj districts wore a gloomy aspe - American Flour quoted.-Aft 6d'.t 32s. 6t1., Indian Corn 35s. Gd Chotera.-We have the.iar ligence that the. cholera has e ti 'tJ London and Scotland. Tw ent ese had occured in Eedinburgi.- 0tyr.o which proved fatal. Twenty cu vert reported in London. Sentence of Smith O'B -t.-Tlte'fol lowing are the words of ee passed on Smith O'Brien, "a 1ted ; high treason: "That you be taken from hen the place from whence you cam:e.an oce drawn on a hurdle to the place; - tion, and be there hanged by ec until you be dead-that after* y aout head be severed from your bod' a youi body divided in four quarters, tfis posed of as Her Majesty shal p a d may Gud have mercey on ydti e SECOND DEPATCH. Several hundred bales Cottd mold at New York, at a decline of one. itiof a cent. Bread Stuffs were depr e ;and a slight decline had been subtti o ' Ohio Election.-Ford's- mj6i rot Governor is utw stated to be'three hIun dred and fifty. Pennsylvania Elections.-A1 itei to tho Evening News states tit "flicial Demociatic" majority for Cat inis sioner in Pennsylvania - is-2,793iidthat the majority for the Democratic; i ig ticket is 3,956-both over all combi' ibne against them. This result,i.a d to inspire much confidence in ihe D rat ic ranks, as it will lead thin v. ect that Gen. Cass will recaiveg t ;oI hat State... Very liniportant Nems frm By an express, which arrivele rda morning, we learn that a pro to has been made proclaiming tbe&Ia en" dedce and annexation of thatvS tW the United States. We have not .bee reto learn all the details. but tb at s certain. In consequence of ers have been given .to disembar dota!S kbte.uS: ma - 1 is-believed that lik occuirred in Tatceo h app moras at 'te -bame'-tims.- 2i : Picajuni. - - THE ANNEXATION O It would seem that our Govermnt is at this moment engaged. in ngtiations with Spain for the immediate se.he of Cuba, if the statements made.frgaAetter from Madrid, and published in,the N. Y. Herald, of Friday can be relie y SM Aats, Bif.19. ighly Important Intelligensf#in"Spain - Negotiations for the Cessinf'-Cuba to the United States-PropabLe success. It is not often that there is .infornnation of an interesting nature .toothse.Jnited States, worth the tronble or expene of -a correspondent, from this far-fawed..capital; but, during the last few w.ek, eertain mat ters hove come to light, concerning the rlations between the UnitedaS(aps and Spain, which presents points of,t b deepest importance to both of those.cotuntuis, and to the world at large; and w,hicle. when fully known, " ill no doubt, creats ia great sensation throughout Etngland,jand .the whole of Europe. I have reprence to negotiations which have ree y been opened on the part of the, Uni States, with the Spanish Ministry hera, for the Cession of the island of Cuba toetbe United States, on the nayment of a copsiderable sum of money. 'I speak:of t ters, you will observe, which, at preseol,pre only known among the diplotmatic.qops, but which will probably - get-intots e paper and become a general subject of European remark, in a short time. As far as I can ascerta,inithej cis, from the best diplomatic sources, an4 -i every possible way, I learn that, in ytuly or Au gust last, the United Statesig4vernnient sent a despatch, through Mr Sawyer, Secretary. of Legation,:addressd to Mr. Saunders, the American Mitister here, cntaining directions fur hirnp to ound the Spanish government, on their. dspositions to sell or cede the Island ofs Gba to the United States, and, if such a purpose.could e accomplished, to commenes .got ations as security and as fast ag .poss' le, so as to prevent opposition or hostuli.t from the British, or other governments.,Mr. Saw. ver has been here for some ii. ,-and Mr. Saunders, 1 understand, has:c ea takitn some steps in thts matter.. Trhs present state of alfairs' - Eutope has disposed the Spanish. Gov rnment to look for a new purchaser1.: n that pur chaser is the United States.': A cordingly, negotiations, with that ohji 'in' view, may be said to be opened bydi despateh which was sent through Mrs wfyer, the Secretary of Legation, int Agt last, and delivered by himi to Mr. SA. nders, the American Minister at.gbe Cost of Madrid. I am not able to'inform ry u of what progress has been made in th negotia tions, but I shall endeavor to 'ascertain a adf r ou. y the 'f risfe*8bn t and give yo 'liliadditional1iforr mation t my poter. "l.'Saunders, I believe,"'nade only ad:informal,inquiryas l to the disposition,of the Spanish Govern meat inthe satter, hut. it is very certain tbat, several timeae one .of'the Spani3h Ministerse.on thlp.occasin.. of sorTies given by theQueen in this.capitol,. let out such iformatidu o the.general eu'hje t as called forth from the press here and -elsewhere, Stheim'iateriei aitd merely diplomatic r enltradictinI1 liave.referred to, which in Tfact;'amounied to no contrad.ction at all. Federal Ri presentation.-Tbe piper, I aol politicians, who now advocate free soilfand southern exclusion from our re cent- acquisitions, -claim that, as now settled, threetorihern '"freemen" are bal anced in the'llouse of Representatives by five southern slaves. Well, how would the matter stand were their purposes ac cotmplished, and'the existence of their aversion destroyed? Man would then balance man, irrespective of color, and give:the south political weight in the Fed eral"Go'vernment equal to twenty addi finnal Representatives! This fact shows to what desperate shifts these fanatics are driven for arguments to -sustain a bad cause. But what is still more singular, and exposes the hypocrisy, or at least in sincerity of these men, is the fact that the race for whom all this aflectatiou of sym pathy is displayed really si excluded from suf'rage in the free States. As late as -1837. we think, Pennsylvania incotpora ted into her Constitution a provision in :nearly the following words: "Every^7ree aiale 'white' citizen," &c. shall be entitled to vote in the elections of the common wealth. Nor is she singular in this respect either in theory or practice. New Jersey does not permit negroes to vote N. York allows them the privilege under a freehold qualification, which they can rarely attain. And Ohio. we believe, refused to permit the Randolph negroes to settle within her limits. - . In reference to this subject, -some pa pers at the north do not hesitate to avow their belief of the injustice under which the'south labors on this subject. The N. York Observer, a religious paper, thus alludes to the matter, and administers a merited rebuke to those. anxious to tako tile mote out of their neighbor'seye, while a beam is in their own :-South Curoli. . It. seems to be a common opinion among northera men that the south has a great advantage over tlie north in the Congressional Representation, because three-fifths of th laves are represented -'pYCongress as if they were free citizens. O0 the strength of this -fact, established :Vylthe Constitution, it is thoughi that. tnenty Represeniatives have seats in-Con gress 'ho w dnot e. there were this pro vision stricken.out. .It is generally sup posed tbat this -gives the -south an -unfair advantage. - - It works the other iray exactly, It is" tax on slavery, a heavy grievance which thieec7ii ~ivould gladly' escape. If tlie provtsioK were. stricken out the south *oulih " t .epresertatives. .O tt. . . {".t - . r Klt * N. 1 . : ' oi Gplise Soutr sCarolina should b.oltsh slav.ery, and empiloy her negroes as free labor.ers, .giving them fair wages. Instead of less she would have more memn bers of Congress, becauise then five negroes would count five, whereas now five count baut three .in the basis of representation. The State.of New York has a large free nigro population,.but she permits only those who have a freehold property qiuali fication to vote. So New York has the advantage of the south in this matter, and so does every northern State that does not allow negroes the same electoral rights with the whites. Each State defines the qualifications of voters, and if slavery were abolished in the southern States, there is nti- reason to suppose that the negroes wvould he admitted to vote, much less to be represented hy their own color. Cer tainly we may not expect such an event, till we at the north give up the claim we now successfully make to a representative in Congress fur ihousands of our inhabi tants who have not the rights of citizen ship. "This is as plain a principle as any other, and is just as well known as any other, and is obvious to any one who wil reflect on it a imoment; yet wve bee it a! most daily stated in the newspapers that the south has the advantage in negro rep resentation, while she degrades those ne gross to the condition of property. Manny of the northerr. States have a larger rela.. tive negro representation, while at the same time they strike those negroes out of existence as citizens, except as a basis of represent ation. "Let us not stultify ourselves in arguing against the south. Her slave representa tion under the Constitution is a grievance and she has a right to complain that she has not as many members of Congress in proportion to, her population as the north. If we refuse the bracks a vote, and yet coun' mhan for ia, as the basis of repre seutation, they have as good a right to count their bladks man for man, instead of five for three. At the north five black men count-five,- at the south five black men count three. Ours is the guin,, theirs the loss." American Credit A4broad.-In the face of such facts as the following, communica ted-by the London 'correspondent of the New York Uourier and Enoquirer, we are told by Whig.orators and ..Whig presses that it requires the accession to power of a Whig Administration to bring the country out of its "deplorable condition." Can impudence be abashed?7 . "If there were 'no oth'er cause for con gratulationi it wofuld be highly gratifying to the p ride of every-Amierican to know ~that when half Europe is.in the market to borrow at very high rates of interest, when the remainder of'Europe is atnxious to borrow at yet higher rates. when a loan of ifvo millions-mof consols is hanging over the London mUrkem, wvhen all the railroads are to borrofrioy-ionaemnte security; at six per cent' dkdT bont, whein'the securities of old tistablished foreign stpck can be prcured'to pay six seven, or eight per Cent.,'when the calls ott railroads' for .this month alone,iu ?2,587,186. when the shares of railroads can be 'puihaed to pay eight per cent. of interest,. it' must.indeed, he .a hig J source of interest to every Americat 'to know that this country, in sticli troblesome times as these, has come into the European market and borrowed it at a rate below six per cent," The Triumph of the Southern Rail Roads. We notice in the Murfreesborough pa. See, that several merchants are advertis ing goo;ls "just receivedi direct from New York via 0t.%rleston." This speaks col umns in favor o, the great Southern lines of Rail Roade, bui; and being built. 11 goods are now brough :'v the Southet: route, through this place, to b hauled one tiundred miles, across a bbd n,'ountain, who can figure up what will be i.he a mount of transportations in a few yeare, over the Southern Roadlg, when the Geot' aia State Road is completed to the Ten nessee river, and the line continued to Nashville! Is there no room to suppose that the business will be increased five or ten fold. But in. addition to the completion of these s. as means of in:reasing the trade t hhe lines, there are other auxiliar ies that .1 one in to thu aid of the great etprs.s The navgation of the Ten nessee river and its tributaries, will be greatly improved, thus aflTrding the fa ciliites for the transportation of goods up and down the river, and to paris not ad jacent to the Rail Roads, and from which will be brought the Cotton, Corn, Wheat, and other producets of these sections to be carried over the Roads to seek a mar ket in the South. In addition, the re sources of the country will soon be more fully developed. Enterprising citizens will come in-lands will be improved millions ofacres that has remained in for est bince the days when the giant race held ssway over the country, will be put in cul tivation, and all will go to swell the migh tv torrent of trade that must he bourne across the country to the Southern Atlantic seaboard ! Chattanooga, from its, loca tion, must share largely in this general prosperity, and must . become, what its friends always calculated on, a City. wor thy of the name and ofthe country. When we contemplated these things-when we witness the present rapid growth of the country, and look though the vista of a few years to its high destiny, we almost for get the comparatively unimportant issues on mere political questions. [Chattanooga Gazette. Gen. - Taylor at Home.-In the. early part of last month a public discussions tonk plaee in the town of Batotw Rouge where Gen. Taylot resides. One of:the Democratic epeakers Mr:Larue,charged upon Gen. Taylor a concealment pf jbis otbious on the Wlmo t jpw 11r. Larue.rers ktd &v--ha h4 ids not dedrre any eo idlnent of hir opiioni What renders the proceding' the more strange on his part is the frther consideration that his supporters in the North are constantly engaged in givtng assurances that Get. Taylor, if elected,. will approve the Wilmnot Proviso, and these assurances are represented as being founded on pledges conitained in private letters from Gen. Taylor, Now, it- is ab surd, to suppose that Gen. Taylor is not apprised of the course thus taken by his friends in the Northertn States. And yet, while he has written letter after letter on other subjects, he had not designed to ut ter one wvord of assurance to the South, in regard to this exciting and important to pie. What excuse is there for this con cealment ? There can be tnone. Itecan be considered in to other light, than as it has again and again been represented by the Democratic press; a device to catch votes-an expedient to deceive and delude to the suppsort of the Whtig ticket, two classes of men diametrically opposed to each other in sentiment, one or the other. of which must inevitable be the dupes of such a course if it has its intended effect. Marietta Advocate. The Count ry at Present .-T broughout the length and bread th of the land, every species of fruit, grain, and vegetable, pro mises a rich harvest to the agriculturist, and golden store to the merchants. The necessaries of life are scattered with a bountiful hand over our glorious country, and while the Old World trembles in the dread of famine, we revel itn the anticipa tion of a eurperabundance. It is said that our teeming vallies will this year produce sfficient to feed Europe, after supplying all ourselves require, and while peace smiles upon us at home and abroad, the na tions of the earth acknowledge our pow er and feel their dependence. WVhat proud memoirs are associated with the past and what glorious hopes illuminate the future, since first the free spirit of A merica cast oli the power of oppression, which like a nightmare, not only, chains the limbs, but weghs upon the soul the land has been growing prosperous and its inhabitants happy-a blessing, appears to follow every movement of the people, and glory crowns our arms in war, as wealth and plenty rewards our itndustry in peace. Never hpfore have the American people been so powerful, so much respected, and so much admired as ntow, and did a nation ever have such a good cause to be thank. ful.-N. 0. Mercury. According to H aIler, women bear httn ger'longer than men ; according to Plu tarch, they cant resist the effects .of wsine better; according to Unger, they grow older, and are never bald; according to Pliny, t hey are seldom attacked by lions (on the conitrary will' run after lions) and anant ing to Gu,ntar , thenn can ak a few. Pram A'u:anbtdiSaui'Cnfolinan. 1fE 6T'aY AS tI 5HOULD'SBs Io making this caytion to our- ArticI; we do not intenl that our suggestions should be applied to Souih Carolina'aloe; lbut if "there-is anything in it," we hgp. y it will be found apiilicuble to all parts of .. southern.country. The wholesouth lacks energy and a proper applicat!on of our relative position towardi theiworld. We have no such .thing as;i-iention:of - p suits.. We.ull'f'loiv iWthc'bea-an irckit of our forefathers in every 'thing but toa duetry. The planter pursues the,. same- " methods of husbandry! the.merchant- is still a speculator in coit.rn ;. and the, man who is able to do so.-still educates his.sod..,,n to follow a profession, and which oi1y gives him a license to starve decertlg." j The mechanical pursuits, thougi' la guishing, are however growing into favor/-"" and the harditess of the times is forcing.a.' reluctant approval, of industrial employ ments among the people. Agriculture, originally possessin':in the estimation ot our people a first rank, was fostered ;.but unfortunately the prosperity did not indude Y I a .similar fostering of commerce; and the m,chanic arts; and hence, since the de pressioi: Pf agricultural pursuits amoni st '~. us, we feel ie inconvenience of ibis radi cal defect. Thbce three porauks are the grand bulworks of pa:oual wealth aan& fame, and sustaining and supnorng,eaCfl. other, are essential in preserving tt;?"prS' perity of all classes. Destroy one of thesd:. pursuits, let it be shorn of a.single,advan"; tage, and it will be felt in all the rarifca. tions of life. To the mechanic arts does' a nation owe its national greatness. mechanic arts are the companions of civili! "' zation, and their appreciation invariablyc m evidences national prosperify. :Wbat cau . cancel the obligations'ethich. the ictt.on , planters owe to the neglwad, ;W What would the cotton planters be abla'! + effect on the commercial systems f th&' world with' iie old figer-ickingsystem Commerce owes obligattons'i#o a.i;nf plainly appreciable in thi rspid advance ment of steam navigation: and the manau facturing world' must trace the itpe ts : . given to its.ever twirling :spi esto .t.P ingenuity of Cart,wrght. gg,r l and commercial communtties have a ten dency to concentrate. much wealtha but - there is little equalifyin its ;distributio The profits of the soil coocirate int hands of a few, ind thereat misses Aal draw from their lahoriois"fdil*a "r'l' ;t+ paid livelihood. Doeior~siti -the' Souit are prosperous, becuse'9ietiur' nsii , prevailaF Lawyers lookli's ifhtbey lined on their parchment, becausee of'he art of legal- business. Mectieiii areedly paid, and as badly paironitzed and th " general system of spetyling'therofiis t'tW= .cident. to southern' labor;abroadisiamio because they canno. bi,pei atfiie annually impoverishing: ttSSite:: " We cannot:elothe ourselveiwith6 dt.vto< do it in' norther giraieats; and'" northern eop?lo wash ihegehiei?u ra di f ro thourl it teeliari# tavebg tlietR'r tl: Wrreea'n n' tpfji . koives ohe eats" d'reserve a ,a i ico,tr'agtfoestg ._ ldoes. aoitackuswledgjaea. s domesticematters, costingsbutisinsidi in -tbhemain swell to-1suritmenu asg pj gate; and what twe consideratio4,sai& . j to desierve- our-consideration ire. the Vre'rgab items-which swell up-the wealth of a-mo-i;M -The present depression of all our purdd.4 suits plainly indicates..that; theme things eh -. should at least receive sufficient attenion. amongst us,. as to make us independent of~ our* neighbors in. these particulars.fV must straightway commencerother .pur;g~ suts to swell the productivo labor ofte State. We must create a spiuit for home: -, manufactures, and awaken the piroper- a feeling respectiag hotne mechanies..s. - We must, by a system of selfprotec tion. cause a new interest to,arsen tfavor of. industrial pursuits, and not languish4U because our old pursuits are its a -state of,7, decline. Now is the tim~e. to strike for" prosperity. Let us be.up and doing. We are* awakened by 'the 'dangerst whichi threaten us, and should not be sleeping os the post of duty. The South will . he forced to-render herself independent. Let her sons thten drivethe plow,.lift the ham- - mer, set millions of spindles in. motion, and by adding incentives to toil, enable.the industrious artisans, who are to ,york out the salvation of the land. ' We want in-'' dustry rewarded. We want the 'sons of industrious fathers toi follow in the -samoi~ track which made their fathers wealthy -- men, but do1not desire to see them cou verted into genteel drones. Let us encour age- industry and science, let the young . men of the land be not ashamed of toil, and the prosperity of the State will be once again apparent. Mail Robber Caught-We learny that the indefatigable agent of the Mail De partment of this section has succeeded in entrapping another of the gang which has for some time been harrassiug the busi ness of thecommunaity here by .the plun der of the mnails. H is name is yohn Curry, stage owner and mail coot: actor between - Pickeqsville, in this State, and Columbus, Miss. He has robbed the mails of, ia i supposed, many thousand dollars, and among themt tbe missing packages of St. John, Power & Co. This was effected very easily, as he and his conferates. had obtained in some way. keya of the patent brass locks, and could open the mailefat pleasure. His detection andi arrest was effected by great skill-he was almost tnken in the very act, and was forced to disgorge the packages which he bad pur lained the night bofore. The skilful sys, tem adopted by the special agent will ese - loug ferret out andI -put a stop' to these depredations.--Montgomery Journal. WV.D. Epes, convicted of the mardeor of T. A. Miuir, in Virginia has becli sen- '~ tenced to be -hiug on the 22d of Dkeember noxt.