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.4S t1"e 1it fr iftr Muertiosrt IS PUBLISHED EVERY wEDNESDAY BY ARTHUR SIMKINS, Editor, W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. TZfR1 ..Two DOLLARS per year. if paid in advance-Two DOLLARs and FiFTY CENTS if not paid in six months-and THanEE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinctly limited at the time of subscribing, will be considered 4.s made for an in definite- period, and will be continued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Pub lisher. Subscriptions from other States must be accompanied with the cash or reference to somec one known to us. ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 liies or less.) fo'r the first insertion and 37 1-2 for each subsequent insertion. 'When only published Monthly or Quarterly, One Dollar per square will be charged. All Advertise MIrt5 not having the desired number of insertions marked on the margin, will be continued until forbid and charged accordingly. Those desiring to-advertise by tile year can do so on liberal term.-it being distinctly under stood thatcontracts for yearly advertising are con fined to the imnedfate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Adver tisements munst be paid for in advance. For anra.cing a Candidate, Three Dollars, in advanee. For Adveing Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by th Magistrate advertising. Unionism at Washington. The National Intelligeneer, last Saturday put forth an editorial of five columns long, on the subject of South Carolina, the gener al object of which was to prove that this State was really and positively aiming at the disruption of the Union. It promised further eludidation of this obscure point in future numbras, but thus far we have not been fi voredivith anything additional. The South ern Press, in an article which we copy to-day, replies to some of the positions of the Intel ligencer, and follows up the subject in a sue ceeding number. It is not our purpose to pursue this track. The Intelligencer itself, as the pompous arbiter of political morals, the Judge, without appeal, of the rights and character of States, demands a little attention. ,As a political press, the Intelligencer is somothing of a curiosity. Ordinarily it wear, the appearance of dignified indifference. You might read it for weeks without finding out what its opinions are on any one great qu~c tion. It is not merely that its edi-toriil col umns are almost empty, but what is in them is lifeless, and without any symptom or inter est-i- the matters noticed. Thesmdllest awl -atest subjects are reduced to the sa.:ne ,ns, and wrapped in the same sleepily !utrality. Then comes a wonderful The Intelligencer starts up. and forth a volume of awfully earnest on some State or sonic topic. and xhausted its strength, sinks baek into r apathy. In its habits, the lIntelli esembles those monsters of the sea, r long intervals, rise to the surface, -rodigious uproar and smoke, and 3 to repose in their favorite haunts s reach of sunshine and storm. fairly, perhaps, it may be compared ther monsters of the fen and jungle. ondas and the like, that rush out of retreats, and having gulped down lo ora rhinoceros. slink back to indulge onth's 'sleep on their elaborate dinner, o deeper sense of existence than an oe ldea fbefnig hungry, and satisfy tnaryaravingby approaching a u butlock ; and with no other outward tation -of life,than a few faint dyspep tmblings, like the bubbles that break " standing pool. - -, ting by this phenomenal character 3 Intelligener-ite periodical r-e. -comet with a long blazing train * notable feo.ture of these occas . issumptios f~superior dignity, .on andpatiribtism. It carries an sisdenes towards those wvhom Sits high tribuntal, and it deals n nations with that look of in matnion that seems ever to say: expected to be as elevated aind *-nobody is exp .ted to be that .avo a sphere, whic-h, however ought to till itn such a manner as wn upon you the weit of my * can go." foundation is there for this mor of the Intelligeneeri What call lightly in question the mo atriotism of others? WVhat is eer ? It is simply a party press. *y years, has owed its existence to .ge of the Government. aphatically a hireling, bound to tdo so party, as the consideration for mon ed to it by party. This is the Judge, .:alls before him States and statesmen, holds them accountable for not coming to his standard of moral purity and disit - -restedness. This pensioner on the poli:icetl corruption fund at Washington, who crawvls at the heels of party, like a shark in the wake of a ship, to feed on the crutmbs that :zre thrown out by the way-itn the intervals of! pampering himself at the public expense, is to sit in judgement on the selfishness and dis loyalty of South Carolina. The Intelligencer makes a sublime merit out of its Umionism. Why, it feeds on the Union. Without that it would not exist. It has no position of its own, save its berth by the Treasury. It haunts the confines of North and -South, too cowardly ever to take sides with either, and bold only in defending the sacredness of the neutral ground, where the one begins' and the other ends. It knows well that if the North and South split apart, it drops helplessly into the chasm. The ass knoweth his master and the ox his owvners crib-and it is not accounted among the rir tuies of these animals that they eling to the scenes of their feeding. No more is it a mer.. ~it in the Intelligeneer that it adores the per petuity of a Government on whose vecry cor ruptions it subsists.-Charleston Mercury. FROM .TAMAIca.-The advices from Jamai ea by the Crescent City are to the first inst. The cholera had almost entirely abated at Kingston and in the district of Liguanent, atttl New Year's day was observed as a day oJf thanksgiving oni the occasion. In the interior the disease still raged. At Montego Bay the deaths were from forty to sixty a day. :tnd had reached the fearful total of five hundred. The want of medical attendance and of medi cine was aggravating, as is said, the saciiice of life. In the Parish of St. Elizabeth, on Block River, the cholera was prevailinig, and the poor people were dying from .want. At St. Thomas, Morant Baty, andi Blue Mountain Valley the ravages of the cholera were rapid and fearful. Trxas Bosns.-Gen. Hamilton, of South Carolitna, has published a card ini the Texas papers, requesting the creditors of that State, for the payment of whose bonds, certificattes of stock or scrip, "the duties on imports were specially," or the revenues of the late republic were generally pledged, to meet at the Natioa Hotel, Washingtotn City, on the first 3Fonday in February next at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of ascertaining, 1st. What class of creditors, in the opinion -of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, hold obligations which involve an ulteior liability on the part of the Untited Btatea 2d. What relcnses ne will require such cred itors to sign, whose claims in his estimation come withib,and are protected by the proviso reserving five million for their payment, imi the boundary or adjustment act, passed at the last session of Congress. At the proposed ineeting, Gen. Hamilton will present an analysis of the public debt of Texas, the securities pledged for each issue, the amount and date of the same, and the elassitintions by which the Auditor and Comptroller of Texas has recommended their payment. TiH or PLANK-TWO NOBLE IfEARTS w91Ie DESERVED TO LIVE ?-A Russian ship of war was overtaken by a violent storm on the coast of Kamschitka, stranded,and dash ed to pieces upon a reef. A sailor attempted to reach the shore upon a fragment of the wreck. In a little while he perceived one of the officers, M. Minski, struggling with the waves, and offered him a share of his plank. "No, my boy," lie cried, " it is too light for two of us; God has given it to you; keel) it, and go and tell my wife that I die with her upon my mind." The sailor urged; the offi cer again declined. This noble combat lasted an instant; when, seeing his superior deter minied to refuse this anchor of safety, the sailor puslied the phnk with all his force to wards him. and sank in the. waves. The ofli cer was preserved. TnE Missot'RI E.EcToN.-Later telegraph ic despatches contradict the re-electioin of Benton, and leave the contest yet unsettled. EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1851. TO THE PATRONS OF THE ADVERTISER. THE undersigned must introduce himself to his readers with a candid confession. He has scarcely ever, since the days of his colle giate troubles, pondered so long upon the commencement of an article as the one lie now indies. The cause of this hesitation has been two-fold, first, the novelty of his present position, secondly, the strong desire, conminon to most editorial novitiates, of " put ting the best foot foremost" at the begin nig. The railings of the " goose quill fra ternity" againsi the hardships of their lot have been to him hitherto rather a source of amusement and thu " qui fit Mrcenas," of Ilorace has been frequently called to mind as being especially applicalble to their case. But lie now acknowledges his error and forthwith enters his recantation. For here a the very outset, lie realises the disparity of their ad vantages. The orator and his topic, for instance, nre usually introduced topnblic attention by some gracefl; explanatory prelude from some second person. The preacher has ample Ire liminarieb, beside as staited text upon which to raise his superstructure. Tilbarrister's debut is preceded by the introductory evi denep iyhichbringa .him g7ently.oD the. tapis, at the same timefixing in his mind the main pointA. of-.hiseagwent. All havt their. "knowj numbers" as the algebras have it, though, it mnagabe added,g not a few fail to reach the "last expression." The editor alone,:in the words of western eloquence, must "launch his fragile barque upon the billows,'' without a pilot to assist him in learing the port. Be it so. The under signed, has, at least, taken the initiatory step -the narrows are paissed and " we're afloat." whether for shipwreck or prosperous gales remains to he tested. As to the future conduct of the Adreriiser in its several depairtments, it is preferable to make no special promises; its patrons will doubtless be satisfied with the general one of continued exertion to pileause them. In polities, the paper will be, as it has been, purely South-Carolinian in every feature. The undersigned has seldom found it neces sary to go beyond our own State and States men, for the main artieb-~s of his political reed. And first among his authorities stand the teaichings of the immortal CarHOUN. While it may be aidmitted that in some few instances this great man slightly swerved from the fixed priniciples of his political code, it must be acknowledged that no other genius of the age has throwni its light with such ondensed power upon the true cbaracter of our government and of the federal consti tt ion. Scarcely second in their influence upon his oinions, (altnough munch more limited as to tie questions embraced) the undersigned feels and admits to have been the matchless in tegrity aind transcendant ability of him " W ho rode sublimie, Upon the glowing wvings of eloquence.'' of him, who in better days, nobly stemnmed the tide of Norithern aggression and with a mans ter's band tore aside the veil that concealed its hideous deformity. Mlany wvill anticipate the name of G~oRGE; MicDUFFIE. By thus particularizing, thte undersingned means not to imply that he " pins his faith to the sleeve" of' any individual, nor does lie intend being invidious in his selection. IIe designates those distinguished names, because they are peculiarly the property of his native district, inasmutch as she gave them their first impetus, and because they are, at tihe same time, the embodiment of all that he holds to be a"pure and lovely and of' good report" in American politics. If. this be infatuation, lie confesses his blindntess. For the doctrines they illus trated have "grown with his growth" and can never be eradicated. it refer:nee to the present emergency of our beloved auh the undersigned is ready to go as far as the iart~st in maintaining our every right as free citizens of free, sovereign and independent Six. s. Ule believes that te only alternative left a is political degra d tion or speedy and utni hring resistance. But of this hereafter. As introductory remarks for one'. self ne essarily savor rather strongly of .-M::m, the undersigned concludes by bespeaking - kind indulgence of his readers until his arm ehir and p)ort folio shall have become more familiar circumtstamnces. ARTHUR SIKINS. OUR PREDECESSOR. WE cheerfully and unaffectedly accord to him the meed of" well done good and faith ful servant," and would only add "may we be as sucesssful in our career as he has been in his." We have heard in our rambles, many commendations of his zeal and ability. May some friend hear the same of us, when our editorial course is run. FIRE. THE gin-house of Mr. BENJAMIN BFTTIS of this District was destroyed by fire on Tues d.ay morning last just before day. Six or eight bags of cotton were lost with it. The incendiary is logded safely in jail. CENSUS OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. WE publish below the following, with which we have been politely furnished by JowN C. ALLEN, Esq,, U. S. Deputy Marshal. Free Inhabitans ............... 16,568 Slaves do 22,732 Total,.......... ............ 39,300 Whole nnmber of persons who died during the year, ending the 1st June 1850..... 661 Whole number of Establishments of In dustry,....... ................ 198 Real Estate,............. S5,977,450 Personal Estate,............10,507,629 Total amount,...........$ 16,485,079 Free Inhabitants in town of Hamburg, 646 Slave do do do 423 Total,.....................1,069 " IT will be seen by reference to anoth er coloumn, that Chancellor WARDLAw has been placed high in rank among the Officers of S. C. Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. Honors, political, civil and social, have been his for the last few months. We speak the voice of Edgefield, when we say, "No son of hers is more eminently worthy of such distinctions than he." 01 A apology is due our brother of the Palmetto Standard, for an inadvertence that occurred in our last issue. In noticing his paper, his name was only given in part. It should have been C. DAvIs MELTON. We will not fail, to do him much more than half justice in future. E4 WF perceive that Col. A. C. GAt LINGTON has been associated with Mr. GILES in the editorial management of the Newberry SENTINEL. From personal knowledge, we feel certain that he will prove an ornament to the craft. We trust he will run a most sue. cessful career. SOUTilERN LITERARY GAZETTE. WVE think it is not improper to volunteer a recommendation of the above n'ame publi cation to our lady readers. It has been sub-. jeeted to our careful scrutiny, and, according to the tasto-we ; j~~y~j abundant eneouragement. We have been too long obtaining our light reading of this description from Philadelphia and New York presses. Should we not cheerfully substitute a wvork carried on by Southern enterprise and beautified by Southern talent? Such an one is the Garette. It will amuse, and inprove many an hour that might otherwise pass in listlessness. SWr. aeknowledge the receipt of two additional exchanges--the bt~vr TIEs' (N. Y.) an ample and well-crammedl sheet con taining much interesting matter and of the Dickinson stamp in polities-the other, the MoUN-rAIs SIGNAL., (Dahlonega, Ga.) a fair sheet of medium size, but as far as w*e can discover from the number before us, inditl'er cut as to political matters. The former, as is well known, is under the guidance of NOAH -the latter is published and edited by JonN P. REYNOLDS. OUR PAPER Is designed, among other things, to aff'ord an opportunity of free interchange of opinion and feeling to all within the scope of its cir ulation, more particularly to those of our own district, who are desirous of "marking down their thoughts in ink." We trust that many will make use of the medium we offer. We would urge the rising portion of our community to venture out upon our pages with brief and carefully prepamrcd articles. There are many, we are sure, capable enough, if they could be drawn from their hiding pla es. S'ome may shake their sapient heaxds at such advice as being heterodoxical. " Lay aside your productions for nine years," say they. And this we regard as equivalent to saying "wvrite not at all." We would say, subject not your effusions to such "durance vile." Let them sec the light, and if there are errors, you will learn to correct them thtus much earlier than by any other course. Lock them up, and in nine instances out of teni, they will come forth, at the close of their probation like Caspar Hanser, totully unim proved by their imprisonment. LORD MIORPETH ON AMERICA. IT is impossible for us to relish the favora ble notices made by certain staunch Southern presses of this noble gentleman's lectures up on our country. We can see nothing in them friendly to the South and her institutions -nothing, indeed, that is not decidedly inimi al to us. The falsehoods wvhich others pro pagated with disgusting virulence lie has ut tered wvith seeming moderation, thereby only making them more insidious and dangerous. Our friend of the Augustau Constitutiona list, in making extracts from these lectures, must have overlooked the point of the follow ing sweeping remark-" I made a rapid jour ney through the States of Virginia and North Carolina; the country wore a unircrsal imi press of exhaustion, desertion, slaccry." This single illiberal and prejudiced sentence is enough, with us, to give his doeuments a pL~e only ammong our rubbish, esp~eciallhy as they :.: m:ot very remarkable for their literary wm-ri u ALOERNON SIDNEY AND TURABULL. We have read two articles over the above distinctive signatures, and must say that while we regard the first as ill-time,; we do not think the latter much les obnoxious to cen sure. SInNEY, while correct in some of his views, is unfortunate'in not having made hi:4 demonstrations at a time ien -thcy would have strengthened, not Aveakeaed the action of the Legislature. TuNsULL ha betrayed himnseit into the same error which he so yointedly att, in SIDNEY, viz, an evincinrgof spleen. While we agree with the latter as to the inipro priety of SIDNEY'S article, we differ with him as to his display of mere satire upon its author. While the one is influenced by what seem to us groundless snspicions, the other hurls his sarcasms with too much the air of one who felt his superiority to tihe subject of hiq strictures. SIDsF.Y, while wrong in the step he has taken, when placed -ide by side with TUNDULL, may not prove to be in the comparison, the inferioFand presuuptuous politician he is representd to be. We deprecate all suchcontroversies at t his time, and would only sy to all who would now disturb our perfect, inanimity, " Procuil. procid este prqfani." Wint of room prevents the appearance of TUtt;DLL in the present number. We will publish it in TILE CONVENTtv01 Ir is unnecessary togo is recting public attentio .o this subject. We regard it.0s h, ing more serious results-th 1 ~ ~ ~ w ab 7; ich has transpired since our existence as i. dent commonwealth. 'The saineha in February next, will e.t'votes into th bal lot-box for members s supreme boi., may, possibly, before anoir winter shall hive passed over us, be cleaising muskets and brightening fire-locks to sustain its enact ments. This is no stereotypd conclusion dr:nwn from oft-recurring eve . It is an apprelien sion, for the realization of which there are many chances, or the *eaction of our Legislature is a politi We do not. for a moment, indulge a pposition. It would be an assumpti nwarranted by any facts that have Ome to light, and utterly incompati what we know to be the high charac e -our present Leg islature. There can. Ministake as to the determination manife that body, pii vately and publiel out and sustain the polief indicat What though the A eut on be slightly defectiv Are we to suppose tha no.ug of sterling h n ~ - 'ryou borders to crush i a en e~~wlfo should dare tothwart atbd from the purposes ~ .,~hwhole ae entirely* repuj a i-ios We hase no othe'r' f 1 71t the full tide of feeling is pp la ik .us, and flowing onward to.;o poliia redemption. The stream widensjan d 'pensinitwprogrcss and we cannot thinik i' swift-descend ng. flood," can ever ked in its, channel or turned from its se. There Imy be treaon ceen in South Catrolin , (anud whetmre is the cause that had not its triutors ?) but it will show its head only to call down tIm. cur ses of ali good p-'triots. The almost unirer sal determination is, that something must be done to give ample satisfaction to am long inju red but now fully-aroused people, or we ri.4k secession. In view then of the duty, which will soon devolve upojn us, of selcecing Convention men, let us not forget. the high amnd soleumni character of the assembly we arecrti. the highest and most soleni to wvhich, aus a people, we can give existence. It has been long, vcry long, since an (lee tion has occurred in our district th.at did not turn upon personal squi~bling aind electioneer ing trickery. We trust and helieve thatthe.::p proching one will be a marked exception. May every voter ealadyv reflct biy his own fireside and, with hisall around him, dleter mine his choice accormling to the dictates of his nmbiassed judge~ment. And mnay every candidate leave us enmnclsted in the dis harge of our duty, tmeing that the honoer he solicits is to be receiwd miore with -ifear nud trembling," than with pride o f spuirit. EDGEFIELD SENIIING SOLDiERS TO PICtXS!I ii Pr-ig-u.-oii Sampon. Is one of our perigriaaitionls at tew days since, we encounteredl: a sladl sguad of trauv ellers whose h~onrn was the mountain-district of P'ickens. Four or tive amuletic men, (cal ulated to "do the State sune service,"') a ale matron and a Ihalt-dozer' children, ais blooming as any country can pronice, formed the party. Whlat nimmans t his, Ol Edlgetield Are youlr amcienit hills losing their chuarnm, ! Are yout left behind in the rauce of improvemnent ! I~ave you lost the golwen (opportunitiiy'>t se uring the advantages anud facilities icih others hamve grasped, that your peolhe hgini to prefer even the rugged mom~utinsl of Pi~k ens? We fear the instanice recorded aba ve. lut the beginning otf numerous ones of siiar character. We fear that our di~triet will have cause for a long tim :o. regret her tardiness in enterprise for the last ten years. Is there no active spirit. amonig us, backed by abundant mneanms, who canm yet point out sonmc way of turniing the tidle in our favor, himnselt leading off with patriotic boldness. If there le such an one, we call upon him to conmc forward and give a new impetus to our pros perity. Shall our invocation be like " calling spirits fronm the vasty deepi!" WVe will see. (ljGf CARaoLL CoUN-rY (Ga.) according to th late census, presents a list of fifty-four sets of twins. Angels and ministers of gracc preserve us fronm Carroll. WX e ercive that unmcof the otwnnity itself hasu tu-o els SERMON OF THE REV. WHITEFORD 831TH Br re the Legislature on thc day (f Fasi ing, H 1imiziliation and Prayer. WV have read, with much satisfactiot this impressive discourse. It breathes a pur and elevated tone lhroughour. The idea it developes, that fanaticism be caine bitter in its warfare upon our institu tioin of slavery, precisely at the time whe1 the Ahnighty begin to imake apparent. li purpose of emploviig it as a means of rais ing and evangelising the negro race, is nev and forcible. The burden of his lictort is to strengthei the general conviction of the purity and ree titude of our eause in a religious point o view-and of its strength as derived there from. There is a text we shonuld all trensur up in these perilous times, "If God be will us, who can be against us? WIrrS, the poet, and FOnREST, the trage dian, have been making for themselves veri conspicuonu pices in the prints from Maim to Texas, by their wrangling and fighting. This thing of giving publicity to ueh inde cent sernpes is Corrupting in its influence an< searcely honorable even to the innocent party We have not troubled ourselves to di-crimi nate the right orwrong between the belliger ente. It would not, we imagine, fill the lan< with mourning, did their conflicts result a did that of the Killkenny ents. roR THE ADVERTISER. Mt r. Editor:-No one can enrefullv reac the .T -n:d of the'8Senate and House of Re presenta-S at thelvst session, together will the spec embers, without bein( satisfied that the presenTtinclnationl of' th State, unless t ere appear some prospect of speedy redress o her grievances, is promptl) to withdraw from the onfederncy. That she, or any State h .ghe right to d< . been acknowledged by t rue Repub hlent -,l ' ie conntry, from '98 " his day and l:s be a eardinal doctrine o States South. '>.-ould the government reek lessly attempt coere. e i - we will have oul pl:in duty before us, and j --, to di0charg< it, anda:rmsto sustainus. In1. " ,ecwith. out the grossest inconsi.-,tency, all tie "t. ern States will be bound to lend us the aid. But should we even be deserted "in ot utmost ned," by those, whose support v have a right to claim; men cannot'fulfil higher destiny than to perish struggling ft their liberties. We will make the who] State a sacrificial altar, upon which to di vote our lives. If the United States should acquiesce i ,the .ourse we intend to pursue, we are full ti care of ourseles, iand vi Secom rieh and great.' All our affectior will be~ lavished upon our litt/e country, an we will, render it a garden, and a paradise. The money ii'o paid to the support of a ty ranical governinent,'vill be expended fo' th 1o fitoidfar v'p own- peopli America. Mr. EDrron: Such being the intention< the Legislature, and the purpose of the Stat' it is of the gravest importance that our Di! trict should not be misrepresented in the Cor vention, whic'h is to assemble in the course< the next twelve months. We have no us for a representative, who is not preparedt ii:tte the reputation and glory of Soul Caromlin. he candi :'tes f'oir elect ion to the conver ion will pairdun us, fur addressing to them, sile wori. Thle Leii-lat ure of your Slate has netnail heguin a 'ep:eratioin. The State without chvmmge in thle aspect. of our polit ica:l aflhirs, poiti vely comiued to secession. and all has a- pprocpriated. at least, three hundred thot r~ddl~s for her military def'ence. eletd, w ill yon sustuini her. In other word it our, pr et (10 not ebange between thi and the timne you may be called upon to ne iil you vote for the separate sceession< South Carolina, wi!htout delay Your ex:picit allirmative answer to i que'stion, in one or hot iiof the Journauls the Diti et, is absolut!ely regnisite to cult mand the' confidI'e nmd support of Maavn or vour. FELu.ow CITtz E NS 1iditorial Summary, WITH AN oeCC.alIoN.tL Co~ilENT. >C.." IT W.-* rcport ed throughjl the news p.-:prs thaut a sucvcesslid experiment had bee: ma:de' in G reat. IUrit:;in with flax aus a sut ,. tutec for c'ot ton. La:te accoutats dent th~ staitemuent, amnd assert that there is no pirobmi 1bilit y of' suc.h a th ig bieing eleted. FroL allI discoveries anid inventions hitherto knowr cotton must remain in the ascendant. Ca Trr. Chaurlestonianis s'eem dispose' to "kick up a row" in referenc'e to the remoc va1 of' th~e Powder Magaizine into the city a ordered by an :act ot the present Legislature It is supposed that it w~ill endanger the cit: and rednee the value ot' property. Tht' Chai~rle'sten Siun sugg.ts nullification. (jT- Tu. Austrian government inf'orm: our.s that it regards Geni. TA~'awn's laute mis~ sioni to Ilungary as unfriendly and the enivoj as a s'py. Nlr. W\ELsTERt in ret urn, :adminis tens a rebuke anid statnds upon his Americau dignity. .j* Orcn neighboring city of' August: hans inicrenesd in population during the has jise years from~ 7,O0 to 12,u00 We rejoiel ih her ini her prnosperity. \ Pu r.uc'rzos AccourLuE.-Thec fian nib. (3!o.) Uniion otf the 12thi inust., rnelates: sin1atr circumnstance connected with th< death of' a Mrs. Charles W'~liin, oif thti city. Tiye yeamrs ago she predicted that it 1850l st- would die'. This belief' she limu eve in contidently maintained. About tw< iminithis meei, wvhen in her usual health, shn expressed omec a pprehiension that shet miighi have done 'rung in mar'ryiir, when she nuns 5o soon1 tak a linial leave ot ther huisband Whewn her sie.r came to see her, during hei last sickness, :rs. WVellman reminded ther o the prediction, md its approaching fulfillment ]lier death took >icue a night or two after She was 'oiurteeni 'ears old when this strang< ,,.. .iit~.'i Iimmi~.t..c. :s,I eupo. her mind FOR TIn-'AMLTISER. Tributo of tespoct. AT a regular meeting of the Washington Division, No. 7, Sons of Temperance, orf Thursday evening last, the following Pre amble and Resolutions were untianimously adopted: Wm1;I:RirAs, it has pleased Almighty God, in his, wise Providence, to remnove from us. by deat h, brother C. L. GOODWIN, who has long been associated with us in our labor of love. Resulred, That while we bow in humble :submission to a just and merciful God, who does all things right, we feel a deep sense of tle loss we h:ve sustained. Resolrced, That in the death of brother Goi DwIs, our Division has lost one of is most useful and devoted Members, the Ten perance Cause one of its warmest and firmest friends, and the community in which he lived one of its most useful and exemplary citizens. Resolced, That as a feeble testimony of our sincere regard for the memory of our de ceased brother, the customary funeral badge be worn at each meeting of this Division for one month. Resolced, That the R. S. inscribe the name of brother C. L. GOODWIN, with the date of - his birth and death, upon a blank page in the Record book of this Division. - Re.olced, That the sympathies of the men bers of this Division are hereby tendered to the bereaved widow and afflicted family of our deceased brother. Resolrced, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be sent to the Edi. tor of the Advertiser for publication. ----- - Later News from Europe. AiIIUVAL OF TIE ASIA. NEW Yon, Jan. 17. The steamer Asia reached her wharf at ten o'clock, having left Liverpool on the 4th. of Jannary. Cotton is in steady demand, and prices remnin the same as per steamers Franklin and Niagara. The sales since the 1st instant have reached 11,000 bales-.Middling Or leans, 7id. fn Manchester an extensive business has been done at improving prices. In exchange there is considerable re-action in favor of England. Silver is advancing with a great demand. American stocks are firm.. 3Ioney in de m* nd, but plentiful. Co is quiet,-no change. Good Lard is a shade higher. In Beef there is little doing, except of-TN Pail character. Pork the same, witia slight advance. 11The political news is favorable. Affairs alr 0gressing satisfaetorily in Germany, and Noe j the Continent generally. a o ne ,t of the Atlantic. r Fronm the Sta i ~hTs Republican. e Serious Wire a w Orleans. NFw ORLEANS J la - The St. Charles Hotel took' .1 ' a ing, and is now entirely destroyeh ,also n.fi ,11l'thodist church and the church as y PR.- Severail -dweM heavy. Thefi119 dtewrofamin my ~~ N -Businesse :ialgb't eni~ t nde4 i ot6e s ofof jacent the store recently oepujidlbT Kinsler & Co., now known as the Caiffiii~ 'Rooms. The building was ocenpied by Mrs -M3. C. Walter. milliner, and Mrs. Scott, dress f maker, and notwithstanding the most strenu oua exertions of' all present, was speedily burnt to the ground. Thanks, however, to 0 the extraordinary eiforts of' the firemen, to hi whom great praise is due, the adjacent build ings were preserved. . We unerstandl ir. Walter had insured a the buildings, but his stock in trade, furit ure, &c., which was tmore or less injured by inn ving, as also the property of' 3rs. WValter and SMrs. Scot t, were uninsued. a TJhe( cauec of' the contlagration has not as s vet beeni ascertaine.d.-State Rights Rep. NEw PosT-oFmcEs.-Trhe followineg Ne'w P lost-Otlices have been established in this State: BJritton's Neck, 3Iarion Distriet, G. WV. SWoodbury. P. M. Ar'iel, 31arion Distriet, J. N. Stevenson, P.M. Tambernnele, Marion Distriet, C. D. Rowell, P. M. Angleys R ranch, Blarnw.eli District, Juo. II. Letvee, Rieblan:d District, J. Entzimnger, - P'. 3M. Countsville, Lexington, J. II. Counts, P. 31. Snom:Ie; DEAlTH.-Ani old nmn, named ConneLr, aged abeut sixty-one or two yeairs, caine to at sudden and awful death on Wed - nesdamy lamst. at lratnchville. The old gentle manm was walkinug rounud and gazing about, andihving stopped on the railroad track, wais. -without previous not ice, suddenly run upon by thme Iceomiot ive " Rio Granide," attached - to at huirthmen train, and his head and~ armif coin leltely severed f'rom the body'. The body' was tien ca:ughmt under the :'sh-pan, rapped up,and manigled in a frightful manner. P'er sons ought to be exceedingly careful how they venture on the ra.ilroad track, and engi neer's should be ma~de to pay dearly for thus trihlimng with htuman life when they have the note of' warnming ailways in their reach, and fail to use it.--Chmarleston Sun, 20thm inst. Paonant.EBooN FOR (Th:U.'lnTNG SnAvEBS. -M1. Jloudet, a French chemnist, in a conun nication to the .Journal de Phmaratnmcie, gives then following fornmual f'or a depilatory: "Take of' sulphurite of' sodiunm or hydrosul phate of sod::, chrystalized. 3 parts; qjuicik lime inipowder, 10 do.; starch, 10 ;mix. This powd~er, mixed with a little water, and ap ied over the skin, acts so rapidly as a depilatory, that it' it be removed im a minute or twvo after its aipplicationi by znear~s of' a woodcen knif'e, the suirtbece of thie shin will iue entirely dleprived of hair. By: :hi process the i'enmoval of thme hair be'omecs so simo ph'. rapiid, and safe~ in operation, that it will pro,~bhbv supereedtte the use of the razor in ma.- ese. It may applied to pamrts the most det'i. :as wvell as irreguhlr, and.to sur'facs either iimuted or extended, and it is only afterm several dayvs that the hair b~eginms to reappear." "Ihow Lrtcxy !"-A gentleman w~ho usn ally' w~ore h is wattch, a finme repe:.ter, in htis waisteoat pocket, near thme region ot'the heart, w~as accidentally shot amnd killed--the balhl en terinig thme exact spot where his watch would have been it' it ha~d not happened that lie had heft it that nmoi'ninug hanging up in his oflice. 11 is anf'etionate spouse, on learining the details of' her husband's deease, amnd lie absence of' azatio rom ven - temb Treas Ite to Sn 34 8 5 t& ? Pense 9 $1,303 r 3 l -O39U4Pro i d5iiq ome expenses 36 evitabl th tY C f some new t be levi n i n to imaikt tohe Suthern RigrhtsSoe a .e per cePn . -presentsubjects:6f ta tioln, andth'. riminating taxbe 16 p)oIn~fohelrnym a and productio r. we u ~intlheir eeding. Tte thon, however, must -irly ou a decided by the Legisl dw shall be raiseisI hetr jects,orwvhether new o ced.,rhe propositioi ~ osings ininating tax agaist it having bjen'rmade ythe-G by the Souitheni Rfrts.S the pres0n1 i'' 8tat Should- Ta Iouchin Aiiths struedaitltt Ws expre nee,:n t .prote tromie hppa g turing 0 :Oour o . We doniot twinkmy tradViginisi enn longerdebate-this4i'etioniuijis.own-m!iid W hat, ta. down our lands, uegroes, horses, and everthing we hi't a protect dn courag . nkee shinng in comifnti thg cein lentrinth The ti U i ties in aimast o 0 of th o rts of the S i1iP bc j ccsuordingl ild now adopted, and topro duce nrgy ad airtment of industr 'ng1.n. terests and o o enefit of protection i;a ous system of taxation ui on.the impor ad productions of the abolijon Stte'brogit hbere :will' give thei We ashall p:ynoAinore (iaxes; :nd vet re4idbenefito ourownfellow-citi zen, inst" hules' themd 'tho;ie fit of our ' 6k '.ineumbe the lands, and B e taxation with 1 0 o goods we brin sit t tionably the w the produci lisasse. n APPorN B ~n AND WITH T ECONSE James S. Callin.4 of the Terri Thomas Ne Justice of the S States for th r arin df H have p~e ur$ C., there bive been 1o ~~ that it has paissed ,.~cjn.i -trict. Soon it may b ~ eases travel on the ' we should use such ~C-cu pass harmlessly by. It woudb aill, even those who have beenVto submit themselves to theopr$ n thling should be omitted Vihm s against a disease so dangerous draz iltence, and so terrible i t cntV A VrTr A~rsar.-Orle ofathe inost popular vulgearismns of the day. is embodied in the word "patronage." We have always been at a los's to understand this term as incorpo rated with the language of the times. If a mnan buys a pair of boots, getting the full value of his money, he calls himuself the "pa tron" of the manufacturer. The purchaser ' Iof six cents' worth of tobaccd or a penny worth of tape is a " patron," and looks upo with a condescending eye, as if he had-fed, elothed, and sheltered them. One's.'patron, regarding the term it itsetruelighit, isiaperson who gives one alms. Patronage in shortis ~ charitable protection. It is no patronage to* give money for its full value. The term' as now most generally employed, is one of a most servile sycophantie character, and it should be expungedfroutthe moderm vocabu. lary.-Noah's Sunday'Timds SHADING THE EYES..-Some 'people cover their eyes with green or 'other shadosiwhen any thing is the matter with' them. .This-is wrong. It is now asceradndid by the-beist oeulists that shades injure the' sight instead of strengthening it, from their creatin heat and inflammation, in the parts effected. - If the eye be injured, and light insuppo~rtble, the best way is to tie a cool linen har.dkerchief over it. We heard it stated as a curnors fact that, when the Eniglish army rett rneis from Egypt, those soldiers wvere least ansueted with ophtalmia who had w ornnfr'ontn 'to their hats.-Phila. Sat. Express. Tir E UNKxoWN DEA.-A eB~hu Franciseo corresponmdent, alluding to the deaths.by cholc ra; says that the names of.many of the vic tims are not published. "One uridertge~i, in a single day, buried five persons whioa ~mbe could not lie ascertained. :Ijfenarri'ie'fromh the mines, or from sea, strangers" to almost every one. Boarding in restaurants, and paving for each meal at the- time, and.'for their baidgings each night, in advance,.-they * have no necessity to register their names, and 'T hundreds of these men have died' within'a fewi weeks iutterly unknown to the ionimi nity. Mrssissr-The returns of 22 countIes in the southern district of Mississipishow a white population of 66,863, and a slave poulationi of 86,504-total, 153,367. .In 1840 the same counties contained 49,674 ~ whites, and 64,5-46 slaves-total, 1 14,220.-~ This is an increase in ten years 'of 39,147,or. very nearly 35 per cent. There is emfr1ess s> than .1 of I per cent, difference in thildatlve increase of ulaves.'and -free posz the dif ference being in favo t ~ -~ FLOuRoD ELECT~6~~ rat, of Key Westw~~et~o~ day last, U. S. Sen eonsoidatio o hoWIsnle ed Democemts. ''"