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Ege RDttsr EDGEF1ELD C. H-. WEDN.SDAY JutiE 20, 1849. Look at Tiis. A Gentleman of practical experience in the art of purifying and cleansing feathers. will in a few days have a ,Machine in operation in our Village, for that especial purpose-we deem it unnecessary to say anything as to the utility and comfort derived from this operation. Sev. eral years since our Citizens tested the matter, ad it gave entire satislaction. (See hand bills for particulars. 1jn. Santa Anna. Santa Anina-is said to be creating excitement in St. Dontogo. It is thi'ught lie may become President of the Dominican Republic. Memplhls Convention. Whe meeting ol this convention, which was to be held on tha 4th of July, is postponed to the 15th of October, on account of cholera at this seaon. Artesian Well. This well has teached now the depth of.870 feet. A bed of roc'< hlas been struck, which dimands the use of the chisel, and is of so hard a contexture as to render further depth at pre sent very difficult. The chisel does not make mere than one or two inches in two hours. Mr.'Calhounls Letter. We need not call attention to the letter of M. CAruoUS in anothei column. The produc ti.ns of his pen are always regarded with the deepest interest by our readers, and the subject on which his letter touches is of great mottieit to the Southern portion of ibis confederacy. Though impressed vith a deep sense of the high importance of connecting the Atlntic and Pacific by Rail Road, mnitittg - commercially and politically, the Western coast of this con tinent and the Eastern coant of the old, with the Eastern coast of this and the western coast of the old," and though advising all prelimnina ry matters, surveys, estimates &c. to be settled ;-yet in consequence of the tnertainty as to the position we are to occupy in reference to op'newly acquired Territory on tle Pacific. he v 'ises a pause in the matter, to learn the issue -territorial question, before deciding final. course to be pursued in reference to ig of the r6ad. esecn by his letter, that from other ent. lr. CALUOUS declines the invr b r ,teiett at tle Memphis Conven ah4di of'iuly next. irllow at New Orleans. latest intelligence there has been cline in tire iinndauion, caused, it its by the Sontherly winds, and-the work the crevasse, which is daily ntarrowing Mtorrent. The wotk et the Sanve crevasse is pro'ceeding slowly. btnt strongly ttnd effec, Atively." It is stated that $100,000lhave already been expended on thisi work, and it is not yet completed. The losses of property in the inundated District are very considerable. According to atn estimate made by the Delta, two establish tnents alone have suistainted losses to the amount of $40,000.. Rail Road Fare Reduced. By an advertisetmnt of tlte Rail Road Corn pany we learn that a large reduction is to take place in the rattes of summer travel to the inte rior towns of Georgia. Withm some of our contemporariec. we can ntg see the proliriety or the jusmace of reducing the fare in favor of travel to the upper regiotns of Georgia, and not likewise reduce it to en courage travel to the upper parts of ottr own State, possessing so many advantages in point of health, edenery, and pleasure. France. The new French assembly convened at Paris on the 28th of May. Great excite'nent pre yailed. owing to a rema~rk of the President, that the assembly was endangered by the itn trigues of Lcdrts Rollin in excititng the mob against it. From 210 to 240 niltra radical members have been elected, w~ith the signal failure of the Bonaparte inifluenice. GERMANY. Germany is in a state of general commotion. She is in a dreadful suspense awaiting the first tmovemnent of the triple alliance, between Rus cia, Austria and Prttssia. lIUNGA RY. -Hoards of Russians are entering Hungary in differenit quarters. The Mlaygars are retiring itbto their mountain fastnesses, the bctter to make snccessful resistance. No further actions have taken place. THE DANISH WVAR. The war between, Prumssia and Denmark still contintues, but escites little interest,'antid the grand operations about to begin in central Eu" rope. IRELAND. Dreadful misery still prevails in Ireland. In one District the condition of the people is so wretched, it is said, they are forced to eat dead bodies wvashe~d ashorae. LON DON. The cholera hasbroketn out in London. Mr. 'Clay requested to Resign. The citizens of~ Trimible country, Ky. at a meeting on the 29th tilt adopted thte following : '"Resolved, Thtat heo is no longer, deemed a fit instrument to carry ont the wishes and de.. fend the rights of thte good tpeople of this Com-. moniwealth in the Senate of the United States, and therefore, as the first nct of the ntext Legis Istureof Kenitucky, hie, the said Henry Clay. should he formal requsted to- resign his seat Peace between Rome and France. It is stated that Mr. D'HaRcoUaT, forme'r Minister of the French Republic to the court of Rome, had been sent to Paris, as bearer of a convention concluded between the Roman Reptublic and that of France. Russia and France. A serious difficulty is likely to arise between tiese two great. nations. The Red Republi cans in the French chamber, are highly indig nant at the nanifssto of the Emperor Nicholas, and ut ge ain itamediate declarationof war ngainst Rnssia and Austria. Warm debate fulluwed on this proposition ; but resulted in the adop tion of the annexed Resolution, offered by Gen. Cavaigiac: " The National Assembly calls the serious attention of tte! governmeit to the events and movements of troops taking placein Eutope, and seeing in the state of aflairs dangers for liberty and for the Republic, recommends the government to take energetic measures ne.es sary for their protection." This Resolution is pregnant with the start ling event (if a gcneral European war. It is al most certain that Russia and Austria will not recede fron the stand they have taken,'and it is equally probable, that France. with her lofty I sense of liberty and determined opposition to I the encrontchinents of the two most despotic gov. I ernments in Europe. will not remain inactive I while these powers are advancing to subjugate all central and western Germany. Alabama Resolutions. The Delegates from the counties, comprising the first Congressional District, Alabama, nom. innted in convention, C. C. SELLERA, as the Democratic candidate for Congress and uinani. mously adopted the following spirited Resolu tions: Resolved, That we will stand by the Consti. itition. and we hold every'man as an cnemy to the Union, who shall encournae, or countes nance, a tusurpation of undelegated powers. Rcsolved, That the Abolitioists, disregarditig the guaranties of the Constitution, are threat eni na with it fratricidal hand the dissolutioti ofi the Union, and if this terrible calamity ever comes, that the responsibility will not rest up on the Sonth. Resolced. That the States, under ife Consti tntioti, are equal sovereignties, and that the property of the whole, is the joint property of each, with co-extensive riglitt aid privileges. 'Resooed, That til territtry lately aicquirr-d from Mexico, being the contttjit property of the several States of the Union, is alike open to the introduction of the slaves of the South. as to tl.o goods, wares and merchandise of the North. Resolved, That we approve the Southern Ad. dress. and regret it was not signed by cvery Southern member of Congress. Mr. Benton's opinions on Slavery. Our readers may learn .fromin the following ex tracts from Seinator BENTON'S manmmoth speech, I what his sentiments are on the subject of slavery : " Finding nothing in the past to condemnin some people must go into fitirity, to see if' anything can be found there! and even into my i bosom, to see if anything is hid there, which can be condented. Very giol: they shall know my opinions. And first, they may see then in my public acts--ii my propousals for the aduissioti o' Texas five years a -o, in which I 1 proposed to limit thie westerin extension of' Slavery by loingitudial line, I believe the I00o6 Ii degree of west longittude-itext ini my vui-s< npont the Oregon hill, in which I opposed the iiutrodtuctiont of Slavery there-anid, ngain iu i mty letter to the people of Oregon, in which I d'clatre myself to be ito propagandist of 81ave ry. 'These wvere pubilic acts. But you watnt 1 public declarations of piersottal setienetntst veiy good ; you shall hiaye-thiem. My persont- . al setinetiets, thett, are against thie institttuon I of slanvery, anid ..tg:.inst its iimrodntctin intoc places in which if does not exist. If there wvasr no Slavery in M issouri to day, I shonhul oppose its comtirg in; if thet e was tnone in the Umited States, I should oppose its co'ming into the Unii ted States ; as there is none in New-Mexico or Califoria I am againsit sendiing it to those ter- C ritories, and could not vote for sueh a measure -a decl-arattion which costs mie bint little, theio whole dispute now beitng abottt the abstract f right of carrying slaves there. withiotut the ex ercise of the right. No one asks for the exer ciso of the right. atnd canniot ask it in the face of the dogma which tdenies the powver to grantlit. States do as they please. These iiro imy prtut.1 ciples; anud they reduce the difference between refusing and nut asking." Agi:-"Tnh to admire tho foitnders of I our Governme t y early yoith, Ireverence themi now ; tatught to yalne their works then, I worship it now :a Senator for thirty years. I cannot degrade thec Senate, by engaging in Slave ry and disutiion discussions. Silence such de. bate is toy prayer ; and if that cannot be done, I silence mnyself." FOR THtE ADVERTisER. No. VI. Thec same subject Continued. The strongest grounds, perhaps p. that can be urged against the~exerciae of the right of instruction, are the dlisadvantaiges to thei country, and the almost imipossibihtty of I fairly reducing it to pract'ce.I First the disadvanttages to the country. The statesman who has consecrated his in 1whole life antd energies t- the st udy of thet science and practice of governtroent, with <t superior advantages of mastering imopor tant natiotnal questions from conet with< the first intellects of the coutntry in argo- 1 ment or debate, may certain'y becoie bettor qualified than any or all of his coin stituents fully to utiderstand and rightly to promote measures for die general good. ] He enjoys advantages of thouroughly coin- I prehe 2dintg state or national qttestions not attainable by the mass of his Fellow-citi zens. if lie be diligent, dutiful and clever,< as he should be, he is obliged in these mat-< ters to rise superior to his constituents. i Beside, mingling freely with enlightened minds from various parts of the nation, he ' becomie liberalized in his feelings anda sentiments, and is thereby better fitir~d for embracing enlarged vines, which are more higbly conducive to the national prosperi- t ty. -To deprive the country of these ad vantages of superior intelligence and patri otism, as would be the case, if the right of imstruetion h-e exercised, would lie unifavo-< rable to national progressive imyrovement ! But, seconidly, to exercise the right int< fairness is altogether impracticable. As citizen, the Representtative is entitled to his I own opitnions, and htas a right 1o use all< hontoraile eillirts to give them effect. As public agent. he is expected lo cotnsult and, execute the will of his constituenta. He may, iten, be doubly embarrassed F irst as bctwcea theadelntinn'nf his own j,,,d_ . nent and the judgment or hisconstituents, lenI he solemnly believes %he latter to be vrong ; secondly, as to what may reall.y be, he will of his constituents. If he determine to follow 'the latter, he vill be forced to inquire, is it ti.heniral vishi, or does a bare majority difler from ,iim ? To say nothing of ik' practical lifficulty in finding out the cleak]ive.press :d wish of a majority. wherrascertained,' he Represensative, having just.notions of uis enlarged duties, will nut cinsider him elf bound always to pursue it. He will 'eel tilat the will of the minioritgis likewise ,o be respected. le will regard himself is strongly bnund, morally and'politically, o protect their rights, a' to- protect the ights of the majority. The obligation to it both is equally binding; for as the mi inrity, by being defeated at the. ballot-box, to not lose their rights which belong to hen as members of the same-government r society, they are eqlually, entitled with he majority to have those rights looked to y those who adinitister the goverunmeut. ndeed, the right of the minoriy to have heir interests respected, creates an obliga ion on the part of the Representative to espect those itterests ; for the R'epresen ative is the agent as well (tf the minority is of the majority. Thnugh pui in office iy a plurality or mnjority. heW,-e'iidently he Represetiative of the whole. .I'his no rue Republican will deny. He 's& -then, ound to look to the interests 9 whole. t is his duty, consequently. to' regird 0 the wishes and opinions of the minority, ideed. as already stated, the primary Cbet of government is to -rutect the mi ority or the weaker portion. llow, therefore. can the Representative id himself of this imperative duty. with ut violating the first principles of good overnment ? But the doctrine of instructioris itn itself nreasonable. -If government,," 'says the minent Siiesman. * to whom we have luded. ".were a matter of will 'upon any ide, the witi of consituents,' without uestion ougbl to be superior.,,:But gov. rnment and legislation are maitters of rea on and judgment, and not of inclination; nd, what sort of reason is that,'in which mie set of men deliberate, and another de ide ; and where those who form thecon lusio., are peihaps three hundrelImiles listant from those who hear the arguine.t" Again : under the doctrine of instiruction, he Representative would be forced to ftl aw the will of the majority, although he itcerely believed the minority to be right. -le would be bound to pursue the will of he majority, although, in so doing, he night feel and know, that he was doing a msitve injury not only to the- minority, ot to the community at large-to the jority themselves. How preposterous!. [lie tnan who would allow himself to be etrayed into such gross dereliction of duty, ould he recreant to the high trust reposed n hirt and to the powers given him by his reator. He would be an unsafe agent D be entrusted with the high and .sacred uty of searching out and reducing to ractico the great principles of justice and onor, which lie at the bottom of every vell ordered government. Nor an of pirit or calibre would ever be iitling to tier upoi such an agency To relieve the Representative from this wkward predicament; to keep from forc. ;g him to the immtoral act of going against hie solenit convictions of hiisjnudgmuent antd oscience ; to open a field forthte exercise f htis vir tue. his learning, and his patriot - om; in a word, tn enable him to execute rith dignity antd ability the high trust re osed itn him-he should be left to thittk onl act for htim~elf on questions of public olicy, directed by his cotnstittuency, otnly 1the excepted caises of desertion of prin ile andtiof dutifulI deport ment, in no tither innner than by tmoral appeals to his un erstandtig. The argutment relietd on, in suppnrt of lie atmrmiative of~ the doctrtine, viz: That onstiients are not sullicienttly secured ~itott the right of itnstruction, is without rc; for they are well enogh gaurded nn all practical purpo~es in three impor nit particulars : First, in knowing the 'rinciples of ite Representative before he Selected. Secondly, by the general hotn sty, intelligence andi patrioiism of the Lepreentative. Th'irdly, by the control hey hold over htis actions in haviing the ower to dismtiss him from office alter a hort term of~ service. Consider moreover, that the interests of the Represetntative are nearly always lentified with thoso of~ his constituents, nd ample guaranty is affordled for the best ffrts of the Representative in behalf of is constituents arid his country. ONEm OF TUts PEOPLE. *Sir Edmund Burke. As I-r SULnD BE -The Frenchs in ?ome.-A correspoudentt of the Herald. riting from Rome, gives an accotunt of he release of the French prisoners of wvar, ni the subsequeut fraternal escort that va given them. The Frenchitad their words returtned to theta, and were con ucied into the town to a collation. Some f them expressed themselves with a gnod al of feeling, antd all were completely retf~uden. Gen. Avezanno uiftbok hands vith most, and they were embraced by nany of the Italian offcers. In a short me, General Avezanno went with his taff to join thenm ini the Corso. where the ~rench soldiers were collected, and in riendlv conversatio~n, with ciowds of utmans, some of whom were olfering he cigars, some giving bread, and there taking them to drink wine. it was elightful to see with what good-wvill anti lacity the Rotmans responded to the gen rots atnd noble invitation of the govern nen. The utilitary band played the Mar llics. atnd thent a Frenchman, who had a ood deal of elnoence and writes for some f the French papers, was requested by he ocers to address the people from the alony of the restaurant ;antd hethanked hem, in the most expressive terms, fttr he noble conduct shown to his fellowv ountrymen, and he wasn received witht niost rauptuous applause frotm the people. d cries of~ "five la Republic Romaine !" rom the French soldiers in the street. The ate prisoners were then conducted in pro ession, most of them arm in arm with tomans. to the gates or the city; hut as hey passed by St. Peter's, they went in their own accord, and, before the grand liar knelt down and swore never to serve ain anainst the Roman reptnblic." From the Telegraph, June 15, il SEVEN DAYS LATER. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER CAMBRIA! A Telegiaphic Despaich received yes terday afternoon, gives the following in telligence, one weea later from Europe. The news is neither good nor bad-but we rear the present pause in the European revolutions is but the lull that precedes .the greatest violence of the storm. FRANCE. The condition of France, by accounts .which the Cambria's papers bring, still continues very critical. Much discontent and disaffection to the existing Govern. ment has recently been manillated, both in and out of the Asseably. The new Assembly had convened on the 28th ult. and had a stormy time to-begin with. The composition of the body is strange.: The Ultra-Radicals, ICd Re. publicans, Socialists, &c. have from 210 to 240 votes in the new body-to which the l)uc d' Aumale was also elected, but being unJer sentence of exile, was not qualified to take his seat. Great excitement was occasioned by the assertion of the President, that the Assem bly was in danger of mob violetce through the intrigues of Ledru Rollin. This - im putation was strongly resented by a num. ber of inembers, who rose to leave tire Hall, and four Secret aries refused to serve. but quiet was restored by the retraction and withdrawal of the offensive remarks by the President. Otherwise a dangerous explosion might taken place. A general, amnesty for all political of fenders was proposed, and the Bill lost by only five votes, which shows the feeling in the Assembly. RoME. At tme latest advices the French Army had not renewed its attempt toenter Rome. The troops showed evident sympathy with the Roman people and a desire to Irater. nize with them. The negotiations of the French Ambassador to secure a peaceful ettry into the city, for the Frenth forces had failed-the Romans refusing to admit them either as friends or enemies. The position of General Oudinot was very embarrassing. his army being expressed to the Malaria, which in the Summer season is very fatal. DisalTectiojn ationg the troops was great. l increasing. and the Neapolitan allies had withdrawn their forces. HUNGARY. Affairs in Hungary still remain in the same condition, and no further decisive action taken place. The Russian and Austrian force swol. len into a vast army of several divisions. continues to advance upon them, and the Hungarians are slowly receding to their fastenesses, where they can have them at disadvantage, and cut them up in detail. The city of Buda is in their bands, and five or six hundred of the inhabitants are said to have been massacred. The' Magyars are said to have posses sion of Traine, the only Hungarian seaport and a place ofgreat strength-a very im portant point for them to maintain. ITALY AND DENmARK. The A ustrian forces in Italy are inactive -nothing new reported from thence. In Denmark iho contiiet still rages, without any prospect of speedly peace. ~The Town of Frederika had been takeun by the Prussians.-A Russian fleat had also appeared in the Danish waters. GE?RM ANT. The accounts represent affairs in a very cotfused st ae-domtestic disturbances still prevailing without abatement. Nothing decisive had bieen done towards securimg the unity of Germany, (Pr separate State organizations-all in confusion. IRELAND. The accounts are terrible. The distress antd snfferings of the people have reached the highest pitch, and their misery catnnot be described. In one District, it is said that the people are so terribly pressed by famine, as to be forced to eat corpses washed ashore. [This must be an exag geration, but the reality is bad enough, no doubt.] The burden of all the hews from that place, tells the same sad tale of starvation and death. ENGLAND. There had been no further debate in Parliament on Canadian affairs, nior other incident of interest. There was ito retamon to supposo that the Government enter tined any idea of pardoning the Irish Patriots now under sentence of death. From the Hamburg Republican. AN ENTERPRIsING MECHANC.-We were pleased. on a late visit to Edgefield villaae to notice the extensive 'Carriage and Harness making establishment of Mr. A. Bushnell. From a small beginninig Mr. B. has, by bis unremitting care and industry, raised his sittle black-simith shop to a large brick edifice, one hundred feet in lengthl, forty feet wide, and two' stories in height. Besides this he has reared a wooden buijding oIf the same size, all fin ished off in good siyle and constructed in the most convenient manner. being sur rounded by spacious sheds 'and platforms. Mr. Bushnell carries on the Carriage and Harnless making business .in all its branches, manufacturing, to order, any decriptiotn of vehicle that may be required, and keeping on hand such a supply as wou Lld make a respectable sho0w in any of the northern factories. With regard to quality, appearance, or price of vehicles, we are satisfied from a careful examina tion that he can comnpera with any north ern establishment without any other aid or yrotection thtan that resulting from the good opinins of the peoples iMlr. B. gives regular employment to upns ards of twventy ands, all of whom appear cheerfi con tented and happy. We should be pleased to see many such establishments in our State, and venture the opinion that as many as may be attemptedl will succeed with the same skill. and industry that marks the head of the one in question. WHAT IS A DEM1AGOGUE ?-.Macaulay in his History of England, saysi "In every age the vilest specimens of human nature re to be found among demnaos'ucs." - Front do Clarleston, Mercury. THE RAiLROAD CONVENTION. AT MEMPHIS. It will be perceived by the following letter from Mr. Calhoun, in reply to an invitation,. that he declines to attend the Convention which is to meet at Memphis, on the 4th of July next to take into con sideration the various projects of a Rail road communication between the Missis sippi river and the Pacific oceano 31r. Calhoun throws out. in few words, vicws marked by his usual sagacity, of the i portant points to be settled, preliminary to any decision upon the route, and in the conclusion of his letter presents a motive for deferring that decision, that cannot fail to have great weight with -the Southern people. FORT HILL, May 26, 1849. Gentleamen-I have received your invi ration in behalf of the citizens of Memphis, to be present at wmeeting of citizens from every part of the country to be held there on the 4th of Jly next, for the purpose of aiding, by expressing public opinion, the project of constructing a railroad from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific ecean. I would be happy to accept your invita tion, and to be present on the occasion, but regret to state, that I have an engagement with which I cannot dispense, and which will not permit me. The ohjeet of your meeting I regard as very important. Of all the projects of tihe age, I consider it as the one of the greatest magnitude, viewed either in its coinmer. cial or political aspect. It would do more than any other to facilitate intercourse be tween the two great oceans of the globe the Atlantic and the Pacific-and thereby unite, commercially and politically, the western coast of this continent and-the eastern coast of the old, with the eastern coast of this and the western coast of the old, far more intimately than they have ever heretofore been. The valley of the Misiosippi would become the common centre of the intercourse between the two oceans and the extremes of both conti nents, with all the great benefits it would cotifer. Thus far, there can be no division of opinion; but it remains to he determined whether a rail road is practicable; at what point, if it is, should it commence on the Mississippi and terminate on the Pacific ? and what intermediate tract should it take between? what will be its cost? and what plan should be adopted for its execu tion? All these questions should be de liberately atd carefully settled before the work is undertaken. Nothing ought to be hastily or precipitately done in a case of such magnitude. A careful recognizance and an actual survey. where necessary, ought to be made by able and faithful en gineers of all the routes preparatory to determining the question of practicability ; and, if found to be so, to determine what wot4ld be the shortest, the most easily con structed, the cheapest, and the most open and. readily passed over at all seasons, and what the actual cost of constructing each would be. All thisibformation would bs necessary-to determine the point at w, hich it should commence on the Mississippi and terminate on the Pac'fic. But in deter mining on these points,omher considerations would have to be taken into the estimate. In determining the,former, it will have to be considered, first, what point on the river will best suit its valley, and in the next, what will biest suit the rest of the Union, all things considered ! The former would involve the question, what point will, at all seasons, be most easily. cheaply and certainly approached by its waters, inclu ding its great tributaries ? And the latter, the question, what point would, in like mnner, be approached hy rail road from other portions of the Union ? These ate qestions which will demand, at the proper ime. grave and careful exammnation. The selection should be made in reference to the general good of thre whole Union, and not ini reference to any particular portion. The selection of the pmtnt of terminus n the Pacific willbte less complicated. The goodness of the port, its p'simiuo in refereuce to the general trade of that cean, and the facility of reaching it by a rail road, should. be considereg in deter miing it. But candor cotmpels me to state, there still remains another and greater questton for us of the South to determine before we inally~ decide what course we should take in reference to this great project, and that is: what position are ne to occupy in referetnce to our territories on the Pacific, acquired from Mexico by the late treaty with her ? Are vwe to be excluded from thetn? Are we, after having spent so much of our blood and treasure for their acquisition, to the deprived; contrary to the provisiotns of the Constitution, and viola lion of every principle of equity and justice, f our equal right in them ? Are thoy to be made the means of our humilitatidn and subjection to the rest of the Ur~ion, instead of our prosperity? And, if so, shall we still go on, and spend millions on millions, in addition to wvhat we have al ready, in aggrandizing the rest of the Union at our own expense and for our sub. jection ? I trust not. I trust we shall pause until it is ascertained how we are to standl, as to those territories and-the rest of the Union, before we decide frnally on otur course in reference to the subject of the meeting. In the meantime steps may be taken to obtain information preparatory to deciinit; but let isrCeere 'that ztalfi toe can see what interest the are to have in the ok. With great respect, I am, &c. ,oeto j. C. Carnourr.. Messrs. RbronTopp. M. 13. Winches ter, Jo. T1. Trezevant, and .others of the Committee of Correspondence. HAns TO Bear.-Our townsman, Dr. J. W. Parker, obtained the-other day, at one shearing, front a small Ewe of the Bakewell breed, fifteen pounds nett of Wool, in the presence of Dr. Bachman and Rev. Mr. Hort. The former of these gentlemen. whose knowledge of such sub je;a is notorious, declared that he never had seen a greater yield.. This should encourage otur farmers to turn their attention to this business, as it proves the fitness of our climate for it. Colmbia Telegraph. God is ib,. es support - facts aub *uCturutu. Extraordinary Prescrvation 01 a Cat an-I Rat.-As Mr. Williams, proprietor of the Diamond. Belfast, was removing a stack of chimneys, the nien found. 'lose io each other, and secni-ed between tie brick ,ro'k a lIrge cat and rat, which, though they must have been there nearly a century, were in the highest state of preservation. it is supposed the tabby pursued her.game with sdch eagerness that she firced h'ir body into a wedge where she could not extricale herself, so that they werey boilt starved to death. Bangingin Sport.-At Vienna recently a troop of boys were .playing soldiers, A heu one of the Imperialisis deserted ii theenemy. The sentence of death was passed upon lhe offender, and the culprit was hanged by the juvenile royalists. who; seeing thie contoftions of theil' Iaimane, and alarmed at ivhas they had dohe, rad away. Some say it was a premeditated. act of vengeance, but this is not certain. At any rate the story is shocking enougli; and shows the effect produced upon the rising generation by late events. We saw by a letter yesterday; that thi "Etna Fire Insurance Company"of Hart. ford, Connecticut, hav.e instructed their agent at St. Louis to draw. on them ht from one to three days sight for all 16 losses sustained by the lire at that placed as rapidly as those losses can be adjusted, without waiting for the expiration of the sixty days. This commendable actsof punctuality will be appreciated Ty. the public.-Louisvilli Courier. Steamer Burned.-The steambeoat Said Walker was burned at. our landing on ibe morning of Tuesday. She had no cargo on board; was advertised for sale by th - sheriff on the day previous, bot -sale at rested by an tnjunction. From 'every cir cutnstance it is the general opinion' it was the work of an incendiaty. The boat was skuttled bafore the fire was communicated, and burned to the water's edge. . No insu rance.-Memphis Appeal. Sheridan made his appearance one day in a pair of new boots;-these attracting thd notice of some of his friends, -Now guess,' said he, 'how I came bf these boots.' Ma ny probable guesses took place. 'No. said Sheridan, 'no, you've not hit it, nor ever will. I bonght and paid for them P. Horn's Last.-Horn.enquired of a Hard. mare Merchant if he kept all kinds.o natils,-"Yes," replied he, expecting a catch a customer. '''Well. then," a incorrigible, "give me a .uoundj of toe-nails." Fruits of Gen. Taylor -Under this head aug cords the deliver' three children at we have a righi ty in every C enterprise up) but in such is as much -Home.e of th ha hei!,.ragifi India. A this countriy is peopled b inthabitant s, a of one million An Inventie. banks and shops ment the togues tdu out, a galvanic bat tery; and rings a bell. Wlrhat is love, Marvf" other nightt, as he sat by tii'ii1 sweetheart. 9 'Lovne ! Bill, i hardly know what i ir. but suppose it must be getting miarried and kissing the babies!' A Good Salve.-Take an egg ais beil it hard, then take o: the yolk atnd fry it in halif a table-spoonful of clean lard for. ahout five tminutes,.and yhu htve an ex-. cellent salve. it is especially good for sore nipples, and requires just to be rubbed on as occasion may requite. Lime-We wvould caution all personas . against the use of slacked lime as'a disia fecting agent, It has no more virtue thats so much sand. tOnslacked lime, according to the testimony of all who have tried in, possesses great virtue. Where the former has been used, it should be immediately substituted by the latter...-Ale.r. Gadette. Miss Edgeworth, the distinguished nov elist, died on the 21st ult. after a few hoars -. illness, in the 83d year of her age. tip to a very recent peritod she had enjoyed un interrupted health and epirits. The Cholera had'very munch abated in France. Whole number of cases received at 17 of the Paris hospitals to 15th ,lk. 8291, of whtich 1788 (more than half) ters minated fat ally. Jenny Lind has left -England unmtsrired; it is supposed to take counsel of her triends about her contemplated change of eondition The ExEmperor of Austria. it is said, has been taken prisoner by thp Hngari-. ens, who require him to 'state the reaons for resigniing ite Hungarian crown-. They respect his porson however. Of th'e 16,000.000 persons 'who inhabit Great Britain, there are about 108,000 who keep metn servants. 152,000 who pay dety ,.. for horses, 26,000 who possess the luxury of a four-whteeled carriage. -* Soldiers' Bounly Lands-It'.eestima ted at thte Home L~eparttment that 90,000 land wqt-rants will be applied for, on ac count of services in the war with Mexico. Of these about 5,000 will be for 40 aercas each. and the rest for 160 acres. Total. 13,800,000 acres.- About 60,000 warratris have already been issued. Heavy Fleeces.-At his jsheep shearing a few days ago, Col. Ware, of Clarke, took from one of his Cotswolds thet enormous quantity of eighteen and three fouu~ths pounds of wool. Some of. the steple, we - are told, measured bixteen inches in length, - -Winchester Virg. . - ... When-a lie gets into the wvorld, you may batter it about the head until life. ts apparently extinct, but next day you will meet it as fresh and vigorous as ever. A happy life consists in virtue.