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ltkvivi W-o In awDetter. EDGEFIELD C. If. WFV.rSDAT JuN: 13, 1849 (7z Mr. W. G. RusS..L, is onr at thorized AaET for the collection qf all moneys due us in the Districts of Edge field, Abbeville, Neroberry and Barn ioell. M hope all persons indebted ta is wvill not put our Collertair to the trouble of calling on then0the second time, or force us to place their accounts in the hands of Magistrates to be col lected at thfir COST. TVe inant nur money, and nust have it. A word to the tise is sufficient. Death of Gen. Gaines. We learn that Mnj. Gen. I.'Musn P. Gxtscs died at New Orleans on Wednesday niormotig, Gth inst. of Cholera. y 'lie citizens of Chnrleston hnve given a dinner in co.mpliment to Capt. JAS. S. STUART of the Rifle Regiment, who distinrgnihed him self in Mexico, and who is a native of' Char leston. fire in Chvarleston. here was another fire in Clnrileston, ad. ing the Residence of Cr. B. F. int, on iday the 4th inst, causinag considerable loss froperty. The Court of Equity. 'he Conrt of Equity at this place anjourned ON Saturday aftenonnr lost, having nearly - .redtheDocket. Chancellor DAROAN evin a readiness and dispatch i business which .led the praise of every one. To leave as e as possible on the Docket, he sat on the I day of court, nearly nine hours without in. ..ission. ['his was the Citancellot's first visit to 0ur itrict and Village. By his professional abil and courteous manners, he has gained the pect and esteem of all. Overflow in New Orleans. 3y late accounts, the inundations at New leans are on the increase, and are calculated give much alarm, A large portion of the wn is now under water. Notwithstanding -imminent danger, it is a sort of gal-a-day. tie inhabitants. The papers take nerri f the affair, atid give niany aniiated a of various pleastre excursions e streets in boaotts and skiffs by ele adies and geitlemn. This is be sure! ers in Enr he dllowing: on Times. a daily paper, costs T'Lhe samte rate is chaarged for the aronicle. Daily News, Glohe, hierald he Lotdon Evening Mail is pubh times a week. at S25 a year. TIhie semi-weeklies $10.50I per atntum, and es at $l2 and $9. The~.: Frenach daily -s, the large ones, a r,- abe.t iiim sanme price London prints; thaes,- about the size of enny papers cost $20 and $2~5 per nn The Germian dailies cost $2~2 to $361 nnm." nsta Chronicle & Sentineci, te of the leading Georgia Whtig papers tt length unmasked the Editor of the paper, by showing that lhe does tnot re. tthe doctrines of the Whlig party of *a. The politics of the Chronicle and el are gravely denounced by the Aihcns We rejoice to see other Whtig papers >rgia unitinig their efforts with the -Au - Repdblic. long known as a staunch advo, rSouthern rigts, in putting downt in our ho Abolition doctrintes of the Chronicle. mnly believe the great body of the people ,rgia. so nioted for their spirit and eniergy, willing to submit to the vile infraction of rn rights intended by the WVilmno' Provi I that they will use deter'mined efforts to that unconstitutional and oppressive re. now that the Chronicle 3- Sentincl has denounced as a spurious organ of the .party of Georgia, it conceives the ess idea o f setting up for itself-yes ! or ing the organ of its Editors ! Read the bold and matchless design of the Chronicle in the following paragraph from its columns: " Our sage cotemnporary is very tmuch con cerned lest the Chroneicle :and Sentinel should be regarded the 'Organ of the WVhig Party,' and that party be held responsible for its sett meats. To relieve our pauronizing Irienud of his atnxiety on this subject, we take especial pleasture in informaing himu that the Chronicle & Sentinel tnever aspired to tht" position of be ing the organ of anty body or party but its Editors." European Affairs. All Eutope, except England, sents at pre sent to bi in a state of commotion. There is much dissatisfaction amnong the pteople at Paris. and a reaction.vry spirit is r-apidly tising, which may result in ovsrt. s' ing the~ rule of Lomis Napoleon. The~ French sceem to lae actinig withont any definite motive. Tiheir opposition is to the existing gove'rntmetnt; but it may well be gnestioned whether thuey 'will unizte after its overthrow, in the establishing of a permna neat Republic. Their ruling a ppetite is change --and scarcely any other result i-a to be exp'c. ted from this spirit than a state of anarchy, and confusion. Another Revoalutionary process. is most piobable to be gone through, before any hope of permanent qniet and orde.a, can he reasonably indnlged. lIn Italy and Germany the strnggles between the people atid the existing goyerninents still contine, with inuch obstinacy on both sides. The Hningarians, headed by Louis Kossutr, th wnVinntran of Hnntiary. are nreparing themselves nobly to defend their couy's ill dependence against the combined forces of Austria n'nd Ruisia-those of the latter, amoun ting, it is said, to 12),000.men with 30 1piecesof Artillery. But with her thirteen millionis of people. and with her enthusiastic devotion to the cause or liberty, Hungary may yet rise siperiorto her allied enemies and lchive her independence. God grant her a speedy and happy delivery from the yoke of Austrian des potism ! The Europa, which arrived at Ualifax, June 6th, bings the intelligence thut the Emperors of Russia and Austria are holding a conference at Warsaw on the subject of Poland. Another partition is no doubt determined upon bealre this. The despotic heads of Russia wnd Aus tria never c-nifer together without meditating some injitmy to the cause of liberty. WVill England and France look qnietly on at this dirty work and interpose no voice or arm to arrest itV? Will they allow the liberty of En.. rope to tie put inl imiiminet peril by the crafty dip lomacy of Vienna and St. Petersburg, withmat making an effort to avertthe terrible result of this alliance.? They certainly vill, nnless they hold in dread the mighty power of the Auto. erat. For the cause of liberty and of hiumani. ty, they are urged to piant themselves boldly in frni of the European defensive nations, and firmily to resist the aggressive steps of Austrian and Itussian encrouchment. FoR TiE ADvEaTisER. No. V. To what extent public agents are bound by the lWill of the People! The doettine of instructing Rep'resenta. tives is a subject as highly delicate as it is impranit. It has beetn mnch discussed in Etigland and in this country, without re suiting, however, in any very determinate notions. It would he impracticable at present to enter upon any extended inves. igation of the subject. We purpose offer. ing only i few snggestions, which may serve as rules for practical direction. Against the right of the people to in terrogate their candidates before election, no fair objection can be urged. On the ConitrarV, on questions of interest. it is en irely lit and proper.. The people should have some means of judging of the rules and principles by which their agents are to govern their future conduct, or they-have no assurance that they will be fairly rep. resented. In truth it is tle only way in which the people can vote intelligently. We hold, therefore, that candidates are bound to rotice' any respectable call from their Fellow-Citizens to answer questions in reason propounded to them. We do not bclieve, however, they are underIobli gation to reply to every anonymous writer. who may choose to pr.iond (luestions because it is easy for such witer to satisfy himself by private application to the candi date. nr if his motives be not sinister, to give his name to the public. But there is one matter touching Ihis point of the question, on which we dissent from the common opinion :-It is calling on candidates to give absolute pledges on measures of mere . expediency. A man hound in il 4*(nikt-vy tncchanical power, 'used to bring into cffect tihe thoughts and senti. .menis of others. His only province. would be t 'give his role, antI that very often without the convictions of his judg ment. There is no field open for the ex ercise of his reason, his judgment. his in telligence or his pa:triotism. Beside. the doctrine may lend to very silly consequen ces. One measure. ron first blush, may seem wise and expedient, when after ma ture deliberation, another may, in reality. be mutch more so. 'rho Representative. who is tnot left to choose betveen the two, is tinworthy of the name lie beairs. A candidatec niay with propriety pledge him self to the support of a pairtictilar man for oflice, or to use his eflorts to accomplish a particular purpose; lint the modus operandi -the particular method of effecting the end, should be left to future judgment. with the privilege of choosing the best measures that may lie devised. This we mainta'in is the only rational doctrine on the subject. So far there is no great difficulty. WVhen the candidate is elected, however, he stands ini a new and peculiar relation to his fellowv citizens. lie is now their Representative or agent. entrusted wvith certain high pow ers of Legislative dutly ; but he is still their Fellow citizen, with the rights of oilher citizens. Towards oilier Representatives, lie is a constituent. Hie is then both Rep resentative and constituent--public agent and private citizen. But he differs from othor agents in this: lie not only re presents the interests of others, but together with these. hiis own interests, in a word, he is a trustee, wvith high moral and intellecttial uties, constituting a peculiur agency, in whlich he has himself deep cotncern. In being made, then, Representatice, lie does tot lose his rights as a citizen ; and in ex ercising the duties of one station, he is nor ipso facto debarred from exercising those of the other. Now one of his plainest rights as citizen, is this right of forming his owti judgment on till mattors connected Wvith the public weal, arid of using his honest eflorre to give his views prevalency. "To deliver anopinion is the right of all men." But the doctrine of instruction takes away from the Representative this glorious privi lege-this inalienable right. And in so doing, it degrades him. It renders him the subject of thoughtlees action. It makes his minid the mere intellectual .channel ilrough w'hichi the ideas of others pass into notice. The mind that tdoes niot think for itself, but only adopts unreflectingly the tough ts of others, is a poor specimen of intellectual superiority. And that form of overnment, leading mnetn to this, would certaitly be ill-adapted to all man's wants, social. morail anid intellectual. We will not chiarge Sc) gross a defect upon otir admni rahle poality. We repeat in tho lanetiage of a philostphic Statesman, * "authorita tit-e instructiotns; mandates isstued, which the member is hound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote stid to argue for, though contrary to the clearest convictions of his judgment and conscience; these are things utterly unknown to the 'laws of this land, 'Sir Edmnnd Burke.-Speech to the Elect omsa nro. ond which arise from a fuidamental1 is. take of the whole order and tenor o ur Constitution." "Certaittly," says Ihe some a whose views aretneialy alwaystat n% like nad philosophiltI. "rceriainly. i ht to lie the happiness and glory of a re sentalve. to live in the strictest uni Ihe closesf correspondence, and the Im un reserved communications with his coit u entq. Their wishes ought to hbvreat I weight with him ; their opinion hij res pect ; their business Miremitted att ion. It is his duty to sacrifice hii repo, his pleasures, hiissatisfaclions, to theirs and, above all, ever. and in all 'eases, to refer their interest to his own. But, his ;nbi assed opinion, his mature judgmer his enlightened conscience, he ouglt t to sacrifice to them ; or to any set omen living. They are a trust from Province, for the abuse of which. he is deep an swerable. A Representative owes-) his. constituents, lint his indivutry onl, It his judgment ; and he Letrays inslead ofierv inr them, if he sacrifices it to heir opinion." The notion. therefore, indulged by nny, that n real obligation exists on the prt of ,he Represeniative in obey his colitu ents, is erroneous. The fallacy oftitis notion is fully shown by further illjtra tion. if such an obligation exist,ilie ies lion will then assume this aspect ribile on the one hand as pubhe agent, it i the dity of the Representative to carrinto effect the .will or his constituency, o; the other hand, as citizen, it is his provi e to form and to carty out his own vi a in matters afilecting the public golid. lie pursu'e absolutely tie will of his coiitu cuts, when contrary to the convictiop of hisjudgment and concience, lie wii be; divested of his own individual rightsand what is mtill worse will ie intellectially and morally degraded ; for what 'ould more tend to moral deterioration thin in sincere or unconscientious action 7?'The evil caused in this particular, by a d'eene racy of the public morals, would 'nord than set off any disadvaninges thit light arise from independent representation But, happily, the Representative it not so bound, to his constituents, as o lie forced to abandor, in his public acts, the best convictions of his judgment. We have seen, that, while a candidate, hiscon stituents have the right to exact from him the principles by which lie is to diret his public enreer. On a knowledge ofihese they elect hint. He is. then, underobli gation to pursue these principles witliconu stant ini'dstry anid faithful judgment) and he is held bound, hy virtue of the.high and sacred duties entrusted to him' in a general career of honesty, diligence,-ati patriotism. In case of clear abandonmen of pre-expressed opinions and principles and of correct deporiment, he virtually forfeits hia office ; and if he cannot justify himself before his constituency, honorsahd duty compel him to resign. If ho: -f not that delicate refinement of feeling, which will lead him in such case to yiel his post, his constituents m'ay haVe the ight to force him by the punge icturej of public censure. But so s NO 1toni e 10otISt rig tnes ot' cnaUer. Iiii const l instruction, or by nny other meaios t the power of inotal suasion. So much as to the tendency of the doe. trine to degrade the Representative, nad in deprive him of his tights and ptivileges a a citizen. OEOF THlE PEorLE. PALMET-rO REGIMENT -Col. Gladdet his transmitted to the Mayor' and Council of New York the following brief note, in reference to the unfounded pretensions o1 Licut Mayne Reid to jthe honor of havira -*forced" Ihe Palmetto boys to do their duty and rescuing from tile "dust" the Regimental Colors. The Colonel says just what the occasion demands-nthing tmore, nothing less.- Carolinian. CoLUMBIu, June 6, 1849. To the Hon. Mayor and City Council o) New York : GENTLEMEN :-A singUlar doctnent, presented to you by Lieut. Mayne Reidl,1 the New York Volunteers. has keen brought tO tmy attention, Its romanutic character and misstatements of facts are so prominen1 that it would not have received my notice, but from the circumstance that he has en clossed tme a copy. With regard to the alleged valor and prowess of the Lieutenant I have nouthing to say; but justice to my command of the Palmetto Reciment requires me to observe that all of his statements Telating to the South Carolina Regiment of Volunteert are the result of a poetic itmagination, ant fanicy rendered wild in its aspiration aftce the golden trophy. In proof of t his, I will only ad- otie II lustration-which is, that the Palmetl Flag never fell, but was handed to me with his sword, by Lieut. Col. Dickinson anid by tme placed itn charge of Patricle Leonard, (a private in Company 11, South Carolina Volunteers,) by whom it was borne through the action. [-regret the niecessity of this commioni cation, but it is due to truth to expe e on founded prntensions. Very respectfully, your obedient aervanit, A. H. GLA DDEN, Late Col. Pal. Reg., S. C. V. NEwBERRY C. II., June 1. Gentlemen: I take the liberty of trans mitting to you for publication, the follow ing statistics of our District, which have keen collected with considerable labor and trouble by the genrlemeti appointed to take the Ceusus of this District by the L.egis. lature: in' the year 1848, there was raised, gathered and packed in Newvberry District, 29,785 bales of Cotton, averaging 350 pountds to the bale. By reference to the books of onr Tax Collector, it appears that there were l1,4 f7 Slaves in the District on the first day oh October last. And taxes were paid for 363,310 acres of land at the samte time, The above statement may lie intsresting to many persons who are not residents of our District at this~ particular time, when the resources of the diff'erent seetions of the State are much sought for, The state ment may be relied on with confidence STRIPPING OF A JACI{DAW. A communication fron one of the Pal. nettos, which we find in the New Orleans eliu, thus satisfactorily disposes of :some modest pretensions My attention having been called to an irticle in Montlay morning'-s "Cresent," etting forth the claims or Lieut. Mayne Reid to Gen. Jackson's gold snuff box. mtd noticing in that article many glaring inconsisencies-unt to use a harsher term --I lasve thought it my duty, as a member f one or the regiments mentioned by himt), to give a simple statement of facts which heretofore have never been disputed to my knowledge. I shall simply. review his statement in the order in which iU appears. so for as my personal knowledge extends. Of his first three statements, I can say nothing. But in his fourth, he claims hav ing taken the first trophy captured by the brigade of Gen. Shieldi in the bWe of Contreras. Such att exploit was totally impossible, from the nature of the firma tion of that brigade, the South Carolina volunieers, having been brought to the attack of ihe retreating enemy-efore. and at least 300 yards farther tp the road than the New York regiment, of which the Lieutenant was a member-fArthermore, tle fire or the Sotih .Carolina regiment destroyed what little order was preserved in the Mexican ranks, and gave the New Yorkers but little opportunity of making the first capture. as dozens of the Palmetto Regiment were in the road capturing hor ses and making prisoners. In his fifth. ie says that Shield's brigade was composed or five regiments. Such as not te case; it consisted of the New York and Palmetto Regiments, who were aferwards supported by three or four companies taken front the Rifles, and if I remember iightly, also from the 9th, 1Ith, and 13th Regiments of Infantry-in all, not moore than 1200 men; this includes ite party with site howitzer. Lieut. Reid says that his enmpany (B.) was the only one that stood the fire or tle enemy. 'For that, I can say positively, that when the South Carolina Reximent was broughi into line, the New Yorkers were in the uttnost confusion. and had retired behind the Ilacienda. or were scattered about'the field, save some twenty brave fellows, who had surrotunded their flag. The Palmetto Regiment remained in line some fifteen minutes, Col. Butler requesting General Shields to give the order to charge, which he refused to do, and be having railed to restore the New Yorkers to their ranks or. dered the retreat of ttle South Carolina Regiment. Even then the order was not extended to the three left companies, who stood until the balance of the Regiment had proceeded some distance, when, hav. ing been Informed of the order, they fol lowed. In the sixth, he says he rorced a body of South Carolinians tn carry Lieut. Coll I Dickinson from the field. Such cotld not possiblyhave been the case, Col. D. hav ing taken his position in the centre of hit regiment. and was there when wounded Hence, if Lieut. Reid was near Col. D iwhen he was rhot. he must have so fa forgotten the first duty of an officer, as it leave his company and regimen:, ant 4aispbaILizLOO.9hF t time 'vher a at . In the seventh, he says that he caught the flag of the Palmetto Regiment, as it fell from the hands of Col. D. and carried it fo some time. Again, I ask, wvas he ai his post ? But this is not the only ground on whicli I base my disbelief. The subject of thc flag has been discussed a hundred times, and I will give a brief history of it in thal etgagement. Whetn the regiment was irst brought into action, it was carried bj the color-sergeatnt,) (T'. Beggs) who Wia, wounded while carrying it. Cot. Dickitn son then took the flag, and bore it till he was shot down. He thien handed it, will hswsaord, to Major Gladden, ana it was cotmitted by the Major to the care of member of Co. II. (P. Leonard) who bior it throughoist that battle, and every subse, qent one, till it was the first so wave nvec tho captured gates of the Garita de Belen and every member of the regiment wil sustain me ina this assertion. In his eigihth, he ays I led tho twn regi ments to the charg-e. Pray, may I ask where was Gen. Shields that he thus pas uively resigned his command to Lieu' Reid ? Again, I repeat, if hc dlid so. ha had left has post; for in the second forma tion the Palmetto Regiment was given ahc post of honor, (the right wing) and were in advece of the New York Regiment ir the charge, which broke the centre of the enemy. Of his ninth, I can say nothing, only i Iwas stmguiar, I nsever perceivedl Lieut. Reid when. according to his state?ntent, he was with the flag of the South Carolina Regiment, which was in arms lensgth o me several times during the engagement Of his tenth, I can only reiterate, wvher< was our commander. (Geo. Shields) wvhc I. for toe first time, have heardaccused ol incompetetnce as to giving orders to his command? Of hsis exploits under the largest gun at Chapultepec, I caa say ohing. With many apologies for trespassing ori the pasienace of yourself and readlers, I leave Lieut. Mayne Reid to the enjoyment of his glories, and the consciousness of hi, great modesty. PLtTo TaE DVesT.LucTaorf or TuVs SOLA STsva.-Prorasor N'ichot, of Glasgow University, deh eared a lecture befotre the Whittington Club, London, and closed ii with the following extraordinary lanoguage: "The pla nts are retained in their Orbit! because t wo opposite forees exactly babinee each other. But modern astronomy hats proved that there is a ptower at work des troying their balance. From observations made on the rotarded reto-n of Ene4l's comet, and it~s gradual approximation ib te sun, we leara the existance of a fluid, an ether, whticha, howvever subtile, tends to diminish, the centrifugal force, and add to the attraction of the eun. However slowly it may approach. we may yet con It emplate the day when this present sys tem shaall pass awaey; not, however, into a vast ruin, buat in its own beautiful and ma jestic order. just like a flower, vwhich. hav ing aonied the'earth, lets drop its leaves wiea its work is'done, andfalls back obe inyps., its-: -notets bosom." From the National Inteligaecer. CONDITION OF HUNGARY. "In December last," says the Exrm iner, "Hungary was at one and the saimn time attacked from nine different quaite.-. Unsupported by foireign aid, and unsuc cessful in their first struggles, the Ilunga.. rians were forced to retreat, leavini- their capital and the seat of Government in the hanids of their enemies. Yet Jhe genius or Kossuth never quailed. Supported by unswerving patriotism of all classes, and by that alone, without the assistance of strangers, either in men or money; with. out foreign levies or lireign loans, he step by step, recovered every advantage Iwhich had boen wrun from him at first by the overwhelming f'orce and simultaneous at tacks of the Austrians. To the short time which has elapsed since the l5th ofJanuary he has succeeded int establishing at De. breezin manufactories r the production of fulminlating silver anrpercussion caps. a foundry for muskets. stid one for casting and boring cannon. He has erected pow. der mills, and extended the salipeire man uractory; he has thoroughly equipped and regularly provisioned one hundred thousand men; he has raised the effective cavalry to twenty thousand horse-; and he has estab. lished ponton trains and rocket batteries. But he hes done motb than' this. In the subordinate ranks of the arrmy his engle eye has detected the lurking talents which the Austrian system could not develop. mid lie has committed the charge of his forbes to men whose triumphs have justified his selection. Only one year ago Gorgey was but a lieutenant, atid several other of his generals were either subalterns or had never served. Yet now the Austrian gen erals grown gray in warlike service have one by one yielded to the superior talents of their yonng comprtitors. Veteran le gins have fled before the Hungarian re cruits like chaff before the wind. The armies of the E-npire are demoralied and disorganized by a succession of severe defeats, and ilte militarypower of Austria is a broken reed." HUroAntAra DECLARATION OF INDE PENDENctE.-The Hungarian declaration of independence was made by the Diet at Debreezin on the 14th April, and decrees that Hungary, vith Transylvania, and all parts, landls, and provinces appertaining t the)H ungarian kingdom, is proclaimed as a free and independent European State. The future system 'of governtment, in all its details, is to be brought to completion by the National Assembly; and, until thit is done, the country is to be governed by a President and Ministers appointed by him, under his own and their persona, responsibility. Ludwig Kossuth was cho sen by acclamation President. Thu, every day seems to render the extinction a Austria, as a great power of Europe, i more probable and a less distant event The aiti of Russia will not restore her dig nity or her power, and still less her inde pendence. EXCoUaAdF.mEIT or DOMEsTIC INDUS -TA.-TO prove that the policy now ai strenuously advocated by the Telegrapl and so violently -opposed Iby the Banner is not so entirely new a=n our iau two :ntatcesin w bich the recognitiono its expediency was made by our Legisla ture, very many years ago. There art always some pionecers of progrees far ir advance of the massess, and the impor. tance of radical changes in policy is always recognized long befire those changes art practically put in operation. As far back as the year 1808, a Resolo tion was passed in the Legislature, urging the propriety of our people uisinig articles of Domes tic manufacture, anid the sugees tion was gcenerally adopted ini the Up coun'ry. then as tnow, ready for anly sacri fiees that would prornote the prosperity o the State. The same oroposition after wvards made by Mr. MtcDuffie, put ever one in homespun many yearaslater (See pamphlet copy of Acts and Resolutions, -1808. p 12.) -The followinst Report was also made ,in the House of Representatives,.*Dec.8, I 1812. The Committee to whom was referred the petition of certain persons praying aid to enable them to establish a Cotton Man t-fuctory, having had the same under con sidera tion. respectfully Report: TIhat frotm the information given them, it ap pears that the purpose of' the petitioners it to establish at some suitable place in Greenville District, a man ufactory for card Iing. spinnitng and weaving cotton, the machinery to be impelled by water, the number of spindles to he employed, not tess than 500: which it is calculated will prepare thread stulicient for weaving 250 yards of cloth per day. The sum wit h which the petitioners pray to be aided is 810.000; to tbe re-paid with 7 per cent interest; onie half at the expiration of two years, the Pbalance at the expiration of three years; and the aid re-payment to be secured tn the State by a mortgage of real estate oh the value of not less than 5100,000. The Cotnmittee, therefore, impressed withi the importance of encouraging domes. tic manufactories, atnd believing that the small loan solicited, may beextended to the petitiotners without inconvetnienice or loss to'ihe State, recommend thaztthseprayer of the petition be granted, ard that a clause to that eflect be inserted in .the op. propriation bill." [Acts and Resolutions of tho-General Assembly, 1812; pp. 81, 82.1 These extracts will suffice to show the feeling thetn entertained, as to, the "im por tance of encouraging 'domestic manufac to re.." Shall we recere-hy now refusing to countenance them after they have been established, through vague apprehensions, and imaginary fears! We hope not. -Columbia Telegraph. Thomas Starkie, an emincat English lawyer, died on the 15th April last. This gentleman was called to the bar in 1810 and his indnst ry and learning, led him into an extensive and ltncrative practice. Mr. Starkie was the Downing Professor at Cambridge, and afterwards a county judge at Jslingtot. He was well known to our lawyers by htis Reports, his WVorks, on Slander, on Criminal Pleading, and on the Law of Evidence-N. Y'. Evening Postg .fattu arnb .ittittt. We arb glad to learn. says the Mobild Herald, that the affairs or the Mobild Manufacturi:Ig Compan3 are in Auch a Rtate of forwardness as to varrant the be4 ief that active operations will soon he commenced. All the machinery has bee'r contracted for, the cost of which, and the main butildihg will lie about $100,000. The mill will start with 5000 spindles and 200 looms, giving employneot to about 6000 operatives. A subscriber has written us a very bitter epistle indeed about railroads. He says that a few days since the cow-ceatcher of a locomotive snatched bp one of his best cows. and tossed her head nVer her heels down a precipice. When fbund. the poor attm al was past praying for, as the dogs were already preying on her. She had not a particle of hide about her except the thicket in which her body was. concealed; and as if iocap the climax the railtoad conmpay sent in a bill for jerking beef.A Knickerbocker. Georgia Woolens.-The Augpsta Chron icle says Mr. J C. Carmichael has showd us samples of thirteen varieties of woolen. and cotton and wool goods, .made at the Richmond factory in this county, belong. ing to Mr. Gen. Schley. These cloths are designed mainly for clohing dervants, and are lirm, heavy, well twisted and woven gobda, Mr. Carmichael keeps a full stock for sale. Prices rangefron 20 to 40 cents a yard. Don't like Freedom.-A negro family from Cincinnati, Ohio, passed this morn ing in a smallwagon, on their way to the neighborhood of Seguin. We learn that they had been freed some time since by their master, and have been living at Cin cinnati.- But preferring slavery to the miserable life of a rree negro ail the North, they return to request their old mas ter to take them back again, and let then live with them. What a commentary on abolitiouism !-Victoria Advocae. From Bahtia.-The barque Adairo, Brown, arrived at this port this morning rrom Bahia, having left that port on the 2d of May. Capt. Brown says, the market were overstocked with American produce, and no freight of any description was offer ing for the United States.-N. Y. Con. AdrmrLiser. We ire glad to announce that all the young men whogwere wounded at the fire last Sunday areecovering. Mr. Jacques, who consideredpatall hope. is 'ke presentlyi-the assound.a ever wa Mobile Herald..3rd inst. Ilarrison dray Otis, i Boson, has been sold William P. Wineneste" The steamboat Gen" destroyed by fire at day morning at her, her crew barely es%' The boat was 4 insured for $15, cover the loss, is Shot -We,-arU the week kA pistoll th ear. passing throni lione and wind p"~ left breast. The '1 at last accounts. It appears that the amouttts to :35.950, t his number 2,412,000 li public charit'; in additii~ 600 are inscribed upon the-p The Portuguese Govertnien clared all vessels trading to the-C ~ Verds free from thre cuato mary tonageptyf Rfichmond.-The panic respecting the ~': cholera,.with which the Virginia Legisla ture was stricken, ba~resulted in the adop. tion of a resolution adjourning the sitting of the Legislature to the Fauqtuier Whit. Sulphur Springs-where it will meet ont the 11th instant. It appears that during the 48 hours ending on the 4th at 5 P. M. there were five cases of cholera and four deaths at Rtichmond. Det:rmnzed Suicide-A young man named Wmn. Plater dlrowned himself at Cincinnati on the 80th ult. having first ticd a handkerchief over his face and then tied his hands behind his back. lie wvas dissipated ina his habits. A Dumfries paper gives an account of an infant a few months oldl that was des troyed by a cat which attacked it during the momentary absence ofjits mother. The , cat was not known to be rabid, yet in a few mintes inflicted so severe wounds about the head and face (hat surgical aid was of no avail. The Virginia House of Delegates has dedidedl in favor of changing the election latv of that State, so as to keep the polls open only one. day instead of three. it is yet to be acted on by the Senate. In case of a tie, also, the House is in favor of re ferring the election back to the people. rather than permitting the sheriff to decide as at present. The Poet Moore, the same letter states, "is now dead to the world-as a softening of the brain has commenced, and his memn ory is completely gone."-Courier. Melon Ifine.-lt was lately stated be fore the Academy of Sciences, at Paris, by M. Botichareit, that the melon yields an excellent white witne, which wtll keep- for several centuries, and if properly cukivated may be made to reader a handsome profit. Austria -There haire already marched inmo Wallachia, en route to Hungary, for the assistance of the Austrians 320,000 Russuiatts, of which 25,000 are Cavalry, wi'h 250 pieces of Artillery. Gen. Bern is well prepared to give them a warm reception in Transylvania. and sanguinary work may be looked for before the war is over. Profane language is to conversation wvhat tetn inch spikes would he to veneering -spttag. shitvertng and defacing it. Camphor segars, a new conttivance of the Paris chemists, have been imported into New York, and are said to be a pre ventive against infectioni by choilera.. Annezation.-A paper is about to be started at Montreal for the advocacy of