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- r4 SWe tbill cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Lib wte eoi Per'* ambdst the Ruin - - - - - . - - e- - . beamIIV.E42R Mh A R IM99*-' PBULISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY B Y W31. F. DURTISOE. P RO P R I E T .0 -. NIP TERMS. T%o DOLLAs and FIFTI CENTS, perannun ifpiid in advande-$3 ifnot paid withinsix .nMonths from the date of subscription, and $4 if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions will be continned, uniess otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year; but no paper will be dis continued until all arrearages are paid, un less at th.option of the Publisher. oAny person procuring five responsible t5ub scribers, shall receive the paper for one year, gratis. ADVERTIsNETS consplctonsyi nserted at75 - ents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the firatinsertion. and 37.1 for each continuance. r Those. published monthly or quarterly, will be charged $1 per square. Advertisements - iot having thd number of insertions marked on them, will be continued uutilordered out ;and charged accordingly. "ommunications, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictlv 'attended to. - W. C. WTIORFrXE. ILL practise in the Courts of Law - and Equity in the Districts of Edgefield ltdAbbevillo. Office, Edgefield C. H .....pt 20 m 35 G. D. TILLIMAN9 -ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY. O FFICE next door to Mr. Compty's Ho tel, Edgefield C. H. January 24 1849, Sm . Law Nofice. HE Firm of GRIFFIN & BONHAM. is dissolved by muLual consent. The unfin ;ed business of tile firm will be trainsacted % i Mr. Griffin. he undersigned 'will still piactice in the Cotti s of Law & Equity. Office near the cotirt House. M. L. DONHAM. January 10, 1849. 2m '51 JOSEF A TTOR LL be roui Courr Hot n, on Saturdi -eWill.attend-pi lit his irofessio 3antuary 10, TA N D FOR SHERIFF. g ie friends of WESLEY BODIE, Esqr., announce him as a candidate fir tie Office of. Sheriffof this District at the ensuing election. We.are. athorized to-announce Capt. HUMPHREY BOULWARE,asa Can didate (or Sheriff, at the ensuing election UTThe fiiends of Col. THUS. W. LAN 11AM announce him as a candidate for the office of Sheriff at tli next elecion. MTyThe friends of Col.. JOHN HILL an nounce him na a chndid;te frr Sheriff'of Edg field District at the next el'ction. 07 We are autnorized .to. announce T. J. WHITAKER, as.a' candidate for tie Office of Sheriff, at the enruing election. 07The Friends of ALFRED MAY, announce him asa'Candidate'for'Sheriff, at the ensuing efecrion. FOR ORDINARY., The Friends of VIRGIL M. WHITE sanounce him as a Candidatef of Ordiunary at the ensui _ectinn. We are authorize unce EDWARD. PRESLEY, a an idaie tor'the Office of Ordinary ensuing election. re'utorizedt..o nnounlce Col. ILLAM H.- MOSSi, as a Candidate for the ofEice of Ordiudry at the ensuring election. *T 7The friends of HIENRY T. WRfIGHlT *Esqr., announce him as a candidate for the of fice of Ordinary of this District, at thre ensuing election. . We are authorized to annoudce Ma.j. V. L. COLEMAN, as a candidate fur ~Ordinary at the ensuing election. T1he friends of HUGH A. NIXON, Esq., trispictfully announce him as er Candidate 'foribe dffBee of -Ordiuary, at the next' Election. FOR CLERK. g WVe are authorised to announce 'WM. M. JOHNSON, Esq., a candidate for Clerk of the District Court of Edgeficid 'at the ensuing election. 07 The friends of PETER QUATTLE MBUM, Esqr., annotunce himt as a candidate for ~the Office of Clerk of tire Court of Contonr tPleas, -of-this District, at tire ensuing' electinr -We are authorized to announce THOS ;. BACON, a candidate for re-election as ~Clerk of the Court, for Edgefield District. The friends of E. PENN, annunce - him tie a Candidate for the Office of Clerk -at the ensuing election. rOR.TAX COLLECTOR. 'The 'Friensis of Maj. ISA AC DOL ES, .announce -him as a'Candidate for tIhe office .of Taxc Collector, at. ths ensuing election. *We are authorized to .announce 'Capt. B. F. IGOUEDY,'as a scandidate for tire Office of Tax - Collector, -at the ensuing .lectionr. *Jan. 2 The Friends of Maj. F. W.BUJRT, err aounce him as a candidate for Tax Colled tor, Att the ensuing election.. -- Threfriends of Col. J. QUATT LE3BUM, announce him as a condidate for Tax Ce1 Jector, at the ensuing election. We aire authorize-d to announce WVM: L. PA RKS- as a-Candidate for Tas Cullec. Qnr.I at he next election.* GEN. SHIELDS' LETTER. The National Intelligencer contain the following letter from Gen. Shields t; Mr. Breese, accompanied by the causti4 .comments of the latter. WAS11INGToN, Feb. 23, 1849. Sir: On my return to this country from Mexico, broken in constitution, feeble in health, and still suffering undei the eflects of wounds, you were the oi,ly man in the city of Washington who received me with coldness and unkind ness.' When this city honored ame with a public dinner, which was genejously intended as a compliment not only to me but to my State, you wcre the on ly nian who declined. to attend that dinner. You also wentferther. You propagated a report hete in Wash. ington, and circulated it afterwards. in Illinois,rthat I was incligible to the ofice of Senator; jnd this, too, after I had poured cut'my blood like water in the battle helds of my country. You pub lished an article in the St. Louis Repub. lican charging me with ineligibility doing that which I thought no man in these United States would have been mean enough to do in my case, even if it had been true. You, however, did this, knowing it to be untrue. On this subject, I have simply to say, that, had I been defeated by you on that gronnd, I had sworn' in ny heart that you never should have profiled by your success; and, depend upon it, I would have kipt that vow, regardless of consequences. That, however, is now past, and the vow is canceled by your defeat. Why I ad dress vou now-is simply this: In 1840 you gave me .something in he shape of a final certificate of natf ralization in Effingham courr. You knew at thr time that I was naturalized by law, and by the naturalization of my rather-while I was a minor. I told you -. -- '-~.'nfalkpd~ nd myself- Senators; ana -am-. to give you an opportunity to make this acknowledgement quietly. If, however, you persist in your couise of iiijuistice 1owads me, and refuse this reinest, I here give you a fair warning-let the onsequences fall on your own head-I fhall hold tayseif acquitted ioth before God and man for the course I shall feel bound to purstie towards you. Your obedient Servant, JAS. SHIELDS. lon. Sidney Breese. MR. BREESE'S.REP-LY TO GEN. SHIELDS. We give* below the repty of Mr. Breese to the letter of Gen. Shields, iued yesterday. It is a scorcher, and places the gallant-ioldier.in, raer an.awkwvard position. The cool, cutting severity of the re, tort contrastsfivorably with the savage malignity whsich characterises thie attack, showing bad temper and wvorse taste. ~if a man does hairbor suuh feelings towards another, a respect forthe decen cies of life, to say niothing of commson charitfy toivards.a brother man, should shame him from their 'utteraned. What ever the real merits of the case maiy be (which we pretend not to p:ejudge) it is certain that Gen. Shields will gain no additional laurels by his condu'ct of this cnt rovesv... Whatever privileges may be accorded to our victorious Generals; wve tt ust they will not be pertmitted to establish the revengeful code of Mexican muials and manners as the standard of conduct and action in a country which boasts ofa highes and purer one. Mr. Breese's rea ply is in the followitng wvotds: " Gen. Shields begins his letter byi re~ ferring to the wvounds lie received 'it Mexico. This allusion seems quito un necessary.. The 'whole country, atd particularly the people of Illinois, art familiar with the fact that he bears lion orable scars upon his person. For thesa wounds he has already received a liber al share of sy.npathy from liis gratefu countrymen. HIoivever, I atm not dis posed to cavil at this part of his letter. It is a mattel of taste that does not con cern me. " I deny most positively that I treatei General Shields with " coldness and tin kindness" on his return from Mexico mmediately on his arrival in this city, called to pay my respects to him, a.n not finding him at home,-left myt card, is the custom. A few dzays after this, met Gen. Shields, when his manner to wards mc was so cold and repulsive thu I aw all f,miliar inteLcousou was at cmt and of course I did not atiend the din ner given to him, I repeat that I did not treat General Shields with "'cold ness and unkindness," for I entertained at that time, none other than the mo4t friendly feelings towards himi and I confidently appeal to the -Whole history up to this ime of our personal, profes sional and political intercourse, to'.upi port this declaration. As to his eligibil ity to the office of Senator, I can only say that i " propagated " no "report," here or elsewhere, in relation to it. In conversation upon the subject, I stated to a friend a fact, which the recoid of tie Effingham circuit court, will estab lish, and " blood," no matter where or how "poured .out," cannot alter that record. or change the constitution of tho United States. The assertion of. General Shields that I charged him with "ineligibility" in an article in the St. Louis Republican, not only is not true, but without any color of trtth. I positively assert, and dpry contradiction,. that I did nu write, nor cause to be written, nor know until after publication that it had.been writ ten, that, or any other paper, in relation to this snbject. Not the least so of the many remar kable 'passages of this letter of General Shields, is the following: "On this sub. ject I have simply to say that had I been defeated by you on that ground (the ground of ineligibility) I had sworn in my heart that'you never should have profited by .your success; drnd depend upon it, I would have kept my.vow, re gardless of consequences." Certainly it is fort6nat 'for the honor of the cbn try that this rash "vow" bas' been "can celled" by my defeat! Gen. Shields submits his pretinsions to a. seat int !he Senate to a Democratic caucus or the Illinois Legislature, and'agrees express_.1 ly, or by thd clearest implication, that' he will abide their decision; and_vet. itl nnnears.th- _ Italian crime. If our political contests are io be 'OM'ngled with, or followed by personal violence, how long will. our .elective system endure!-Without fur ther comment, I submit this extraordi nary pissage to the consideration of candid men, christiahs aiid patriots,.who love and respect the laws Ind instituiidns of our country, and desire to guard ind dcfend them against all violation. cn. 8hields says: "In 1840 1 gave him sncthing in the shaipe of a final certificate of naturalizatiu'n," which was to "simplify the proof in case of difficultf." The naturalization laws do not recognise "something" or anything "in the shape of a,final certificate" to "sin)plify proof in case of difficultj," or for any othcr put pose. 11ow, then could ,i circif Judge, have given hiin any such paper'? The statement ias-no.fact, legal, provision, or propability to sup port it. The fruth is, no such ."certifi cate" was ever given by nme.. He may, or may not, have procured a copy of the record of his rat: I -aition tmnder the seal of the court, and that is the only certificate I could have any connexion with, directly or indirectlj, The first and only knowledge I ever had of Gen. SlitIeds' father, either in connexion wvith his citizenship or in any other connexion, I derited fromh in article published in the St. Louis Republican, a sh.>rt time subsequent to the electiorn of Schatoi. And I have yet to see or hear of any man-in illinois or elsewhere, wvho knew that his father was even a resident of this country. General Shields says I knewv that he (being a minor at the time) was naturalized by the naturalization of his. father, because hie "told me of the circumstances." Suppose lie (lid tell me so, (which I positively deny,) does that make it so ? Even though his assertion nmight con vince me of the fact, a bundle of certifi cates from me. no matter howv .strong, wvould be of no legal value. If it be true that his fat her woms in this country, and naturalized, is it possible that Gene Shields skould know -the fact, and not knowv the State and county wvhere it oc cifrredl When authentic copies of those 'naturalization papers, if they e xist, could Ibe so easily procured, is it ntie strange lie should attempt to extort from me by mena-ce a statement, which if obtained, could have no legal bearing upon the Ssubject. . Whiat'the "consequences" are agaitnsi [ which Gem Shieids gives me "'fair warn . ing,"' if 1 persist in. what n~o sa'ne hal t will-call " injustice," I am' equally ig. -norant of and itdiffercst Lo2 One thi4 .is..Ort ewha they-may, I havi not ' shall I- give him, an] stat a the character required sir upon "imperativ( dem In c. 1 j ii, I will state that I hav< neithidr ld nor desired the nces S.mpelled me to iiake. thii tomm I respectfully submil it 6et nviction that it is cafled forbyAil'rcmstances. SIDNEY BREESE. Teb. 26, 1849. CARD. WiNoTON, Feb. 28, 1849. fts ~ much reluctance I feel comlI '.obtrude on the notice of thie pb1ir- Intement explanatory ofa priVat& .6ett dressed by me a few days ago . on. Sidney Breese, and publish1 lmsii, with cornments, in the Inte f this day. The facts are these reese has been for many rnnt. iged industriously in dis. seiian e most injurious reports concermpgm* the only ostensiblo mo. J ivei e... t my friends had brought 61' r fd as his competitor for elec tio aate of.the United States. h nevr since my visit to the ca tis- er, cognizant 'of his efforts, unceast enritting, and recklesq, to blist. Ji racier and rcb me of the onja o which I can lay claim a.reppt o thank God, without a blot. Iimm dmy art ival, here I wrote himhO% r he has published, accusing h 13 eness. That letter, writ-. teft iniluence of no ordinary emiotnss couched in language which udir- ittircumstences I would not l i 'ad,-upon reflection, ar.d by the Ir f my friends, I, authorised MO -a bSinators formally to with. kir _Breese declined to yield iiifiiii-sefiA hnAn s2' ruph..... .mLIr, to renider such, a triumpli univailing,,by.a thorough ex-' posure of hischaracter aqd conduct, thus turniog into.a moral pillory the position of Senator of: the United. .Sfates, which he would -iive acquired. by tie vilest nsrepiesentations. The interpretqtion he has put : o'n his threat-that is,'that I had vowpd to assassinate him-is.so absurd that-it'would be equally. prepos terouson my part seriously to repudiate such a meaning. . That any sane man can believe:that .I would have ass-issina ted Mi. Alelse, I have no apprehension. That -Mr.reese himself ever dreamed of such a ihing, is totally impossible. For the coiroversy ic which Mr. B. would involve me on other matters, I have no relish. I do not think myself warranted..except in the case of the above statement, for self.defenc6, in thrusting my 'personal concerns on the notice of the public; besides. that, the course Mri'Breese. has pursued in rela tion to my,letter, disentitles hitn.to that consideratiQn. which might induce me, under other- circumstances, 'to reply to his rerks. J.ulEs SU.JELDS. -OSTasrrREORDINAitY FEET.-T he Governor and .Direcctors of the Bank~ of ingland.havi'ng been informed of ihe extraordinary ingenuity of Mr. Baldwin, a'nd that he. *as able not oinly to splil nelvspapein, b'ut a 'baink note, sent for him in order to test his' skill. That hi: task might b e as difficult as possble, they-picked him out one of the old- one pound notes' whicJi ate printed upo' paper much thinner than the ngtes o the present day,and told him to splitjt he could. . Mr. Baldwtiun, took the nott hoinie ',itlhiim, and returned it the nex dray in theostate he had promised. Thr paper' was'not in the slightest degrei torn, and semed as though it had jus come from the manufactory, so littl was its appearance affected by the op erationf. The- cirectors remunetate' Mr. Baldt'ia for his trouble, but cord not-eliait froim him the means he empltoy ed. The discovery is considered . pluch imnpqriando in connection ivith th paper~ cuarency.of the counti'y. - Hannibal (Mo.) aouriial mentions a singa har circug tance that rooks .a little fish: The sheriff of Schoylher'county,-who is ti t ak coll#torrierft $2,200 at borne, whil he went: awayfon business. la the nig,i burglars br'ke WItlj h iou , .TIle. wv lired ab eotone, arid a tNavele'r ladia in the j4ullekilled oth. -Upon exam natiot;in hj-i te-discovered- that the robb ahjofid her own Ausband.. THE HONEST LAWYER'S FEE. We have great respect for the legal profession, but lawyers like other ien, sometiies forget the good old -maxiom, that "honesty is the best policy." . The temptations thrown in the way of a young wiyer to swerve from strict rec titude are very great, and but few are able tb resist them. Burwe do not be lieve there 'is a single branch of human pursui-t where unbending honesty is so sure of .a temporal reward as in the practice -of law.. He who. gains fie reputation of laboring.to promote stri,ct .justice between man and man is sure of the coiffidence of the community-and this confiden"ce will ne'cess6rily ecure the best legal busines . The honest lawyer may not become rich at once not as soo.n perhaps as the knave, but he will succeed in the Qnd, and,alw.ays with his "UCcess there will be the feeling of conscious rectitude, which;, of itself, is a priceless fortune.. We give a short story below, which will illutiraie the truth of what we have said It is now five yeirs 'siice the widow Stiles called on me one morn.ing before breakfast, and asked me to recommend her to son,e laivyer, as she thought her friend Stubbs was less. correct than he might be. I asked her to 'step into the parlor an.-went nfysef to my breakfast and n r iyifi6,. whose . advice I alvays -asked on such points. We had'known Mrs. Stiles many years; her liiband was. a great land owner in a goodly town of the westrn country and with .a disinte restea love, that'deserved some 'better aim, ever pressed it.on his-helpmate, as the first rule -of life, to- ge all she could, ind Ieep all she goi. . fle died,Iand Mrs.. Stiles. becaine more and mo.re religious' and alms,giving, but also more and more fond of wealth,.and sensible of the ad mitableiadvico vhich ler liusband had -ne.Sii~reIies on your.udgnment'; use if,nfor hler seeniing but [er real g6od." I counted iiiyVgal ac-quaintances.over -twice over, before I hit the one an-. swering the terms 'honest. and conscien tious,'. in the senso which I knew Elen used them; at length I found him, and taking my hat walked with The widow to his office.., We fund Mr. Sawyer at his desli; he rose and gave us chairs, and awaitad Mrs.Stiles's statement. But before I go on this poiiit, lt .me s.y a, 'few rords. of this phenomenon;.this mlan wit.h. his head under his'left arm close to his heart -this lonest .laivyer. ,in th:.br.ade'st, highest sense.6f the term. le was, a* man of thirty-five'; he ,had studied law because bie liked the st4dy, d'nd began the 'ractice ,because be.hd to get a living, and now lie continued in the pro fession, in spite of bad opponents and bad 6umis-beca'use lie thought he had done,.and might 'Yet do tiiuch good by his, labors; not alone by.saving the inno cent and needy from 'the strong and erhiel, but preventin~g strife,- pytting a stop to'k'navish practices, and dissuad ing men and women from unjust suits, and passion rousing quarmels. Mr. SaWvyer thought it not only proper for him t.o refuase hering for those whose claimis he thought dishonest, but lhe comented it also a duty and 'a privilege-, nay a 'mere christian character to stm'ive to persuade them to forget such childis. flu sought fame and extensive prac!ice as a means whereby to exert a mnoral influence over the comiiiunity;'hr- thought a lawyer Ibonnd to serve,, not his client oriy, but Shis God and country, and look.ed on-him, who for gain wvould prosecute a suit wvhich lie thought unfait, as a traitor to his country, and his religion, in act wvhatever lie might be in intentiorn. In~ short, as Bill Blunt said, 'Sawyer is such a hanged fool ais to think it aii hilorneyi business to help the parsoni to make men goad christians.' And nowvive.shall let Mis. Stiles state tier business. It seems that hier husbanti -had sold and conveyed .several lord which h-er-fathier had left in trust for her e and in such form that she, meaning t4 release hier fee~hi the lots-, biasJ, in terms inre.eleased rigtof dovrythese 'Did yon ever receive the nione'y fo 'them1' said Mr. Savy . 0 'Certainly, sir,' . . ' Wais it kt fair, full p'Weefo'r the land1 t, 'It wa's 61 bve nisked-, sir. e 'Did you sigin the deed willingly ' 4 'Of course, do you thmink Jared woul i-have drlveqj me to do it?l' or 'Did you mean 40 convey a full till iin ftL Mrs. Stilesl' 'Beyond doubt; but is we didn'-tifie'y tell me the land never passed.' 'Suppose, Mrs. Stiles, the mo'iey 1lad been paid 'beforo you had draiI ih deed, should you 'have hought it lionest, - after getting the iioney, to refise"to gv the deed*l' - 'Why, lawyei, that wo'Uld have'be'a thieving, right dowi.' 'well, Mrs. Stiles, 'yoi h've iot yet giveii the.deed, sh'all 'I dtaiv6ne 6r-YOU to sign ' 'Why bless your'sou, Stuire, a Is tho deed you h.ave got in your hand.' 'Mri. Stiles,'if you had given ihe iit when lie paid you the noriey for tho lots, a sheet of bl4nk piper, and lic'ed not looked at 'it, w4uld'tiat'have bedh"a deed 2' - 'Of coairse not.' - 'But you miseant to give a full tifle ia 'fee? , 'Yes.' - '\Vellthiss rot sucl a tilean'me than a s,heet of blank paper;- you have n9t yet g,ivesi'the deed.. SI I r"dav a iuit claim;for!you to sign*2 MVts. Stiles looked at me, and 1'oked ' at the window, looked'very imch pz - ' zledr, .and somiewhat abashed. .A - 1st she s@id "but don'f*the l'aw say- the land is mind, Stiuire V" 'Mrs. can't tell Ibai,' said. Mr. Saw yer, 'till the c'a'se is'tried. 'Pirt,- Fets get things'straight, and -haveilhe zari .complete, rnd .lhe, if you -Plea&, we - will go to law about it. The wido%v was fairly caught in - a(i cornei.-At lerigth-, ivith, a . g'sgo, she psked how, mucli he ivoula charge for a - iluit claim deed;'this charge, the attorney told fei, iho other party would wiljiffgly pay, he hadl no, doubt, and taki6g down a bhnk proceeded to fill 't. Befrorve - lefi, ifie bargain was conplete,.Ihe'd6d - vas sign e'd, WitL nIsed adid ick ivow"% edged. Y. _.bute . ihe eCl my ida hid,that itnemar was Henceforth liar aunseller nd 'so licitor. Last week tle widow:Stiles .ied, 4 leaving mhe her executur. - After.th fu "erril, ive bfened *tlh will, and found it - to:.our astonishment, in her ow"n hand writinl.V "Know, all m,en," it begq4, "that, whereas *I'm goidg to give somehing to my attorney, I tyiite this myself-that is,'I, Jane, relict of Jared StjleP,. Peing' of sound mind anid body-kio;v 4 nen, ,24 7 that, whereas, said attorney, to wit, vik - delicet: -James Sawyer, of tis said town that I'm of, namely,the. tWfi of .ackson, whereas, I sa ,-firstld. ie to see the folly of giving.my old age to the heaping up of filthy lucre, an -caused me to turn aside-from a cotnsel that ' was, as I havb since seen wholytIvrong, for which he be.blessed in this life .'nd forever. Therefore,'know , that as a stnall token of respect and. l6ve for said attoinoy, to wit, namelf, James' 'Sawydr, who hiai,of latd, been 'unforta', ioath and .much digtressdjl 'ia- worldly dmatters,lI do hereby,.by these presents, '-''~'" give, bequath, wiill, leave, tf'ansfer, make over, and pass unto the afore'said Sawv---' ' yer,every cent I've got ijn the world ; - goodS, chiatte'es, .land, m'bnies, books,d, - dress and j4wels, for .his and his heirs'..... good, leavi.ng. it.to him.to-give my sev-. erad friends, such articlcM s are marked iihl their nameqs. ~Witness mf9 hand and seal, Nov. 20th, 15b6. . Sans STILEs. KnQw'ing as I didi, Mr. Sawvyer's - iroibles in these hard.times, I shook his his.hand~ most.joyfulY 'It is a fee, my frienJ,' said he, 'gat'. I must thank you fo'.. . '.She m'ast le'ave;$50,000.' -I t eplied. 'I was thiik.ing,' answvered. he, 'not of theo money,.bn .die.change of life and heart; thaL is the fe'e I prize.' ' PnocEsS OF PRESERvING MiLK FnR atny L ENG.TI oF T'ME.-This pro.cess, invented by a Rti'sian chemist snamed Kirkoff', consists in evaporating new nmilk by hvery'entle fire, very slowvly '.. unti! it'i.s jdd&&ed to a dry powder.--~ This powder ~is to be kept in- bottles - carefurly. ifopped. Wheln it. is to.be - ' mploy~cd it is only 'ncssa1r,yto dis r sqlvu the powder in:a sufficient quantity of wvater. . According .to Mr. Kirkoff, the milk does not lose by* thiis proc . any of its peculiar flavo.r. - ClIooso your asso,ciateom 6 imong , the wise and good. If .you camnot do-.' this, it la'ly ttcc to haven.co