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EDGEFk IE;LD DvE TIER a Demotratc 3oturual, uebottv to souttfrn Aig0jto , Netus, Volittrt, 'gueral )uttIIct, ttattt, jetoralty, empruce, Eg(ittttre, &t. "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our LI'ies, and if it must fir, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." W. F. DURI8og, Fredpr--. EDGEFIELD, S. C0 NOVEMBER 27,1851. VOL.m.-O. 4 THE EDGEFML ADVERTISER PUBLISHED ERY TMURI)sAY, W. F. DURtIB0gProprietbro ARTHUR SIMKINS, Editor# T1ERIB...TWo DoUttAS per year, if paid in advance.--Two DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS if hot paid in six months---and THREE DOLLARS if hot paid before the expiratipn of the year. All bubscriptions not distinctiy limited at the tltie,df Sibscribing, will be considered as made for an hr-, 6ifinite period, and will be continued until all itifearages are paid, or at the option of the Pub' lisher. Subscriptions from other States must b Iddjipanied with the cash or reference to some dbiJ kiown to us. 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He. soon found him -self in Pennsylvania, and being weary called at the house of a Dutchman, whonm he found quietly smoking his pipe, when the following 'dialogue ensued: "Vell, Mr. Valking Stick, vat you vant 1" Refreshmenti and repose." Supper and lodgings, I reckon." " Yes bit, supper and lodgings." "Pe you a Yankee pediar, mit jewelry in .your pack to sheat de gals ?" " No sir; no Yankee pedler." "-A singing teneker, too lazy to York ?" No dr. Athenteel shoemaker, vot stehay drunk *91 Saturday night, and den git drunk agin ion Suuafy -P" "No dir! - i[ sYhoald have mended my boots before this. But I am not disposed longer to submit to this outlandish inquisi tion. Cav .yot give me supper and lodg Vngrs V !"C for - little larnin'. that only makes 'em lazy !" "Try agai, ybui- wotship." "A 'dentist, breaking te peoples chaws, at a dollar a setlag, and. ranning off mit old Shambock's datghtr s". .. " No sir; no tooth puller." Kernelojus, den, feeling de young folks heds, like so many cabbitch, and charging twenty-five cent for tellin' their fortlines, like a blnm'd Yankte" "No-no phrenologist huither." "Vel, den, vot te tevil are you ?-dhodst tell, and you shall have sone of te best sai sages for supper, ana stlay all night, free gratis mitout chatging you von cent, mit a chill of whiskey to sta-tt on betofe bm0akfast." "Very well. your honor. To terminate the colloquv without further cirtumlocution, I am an* iumble disciple of Faust- a professor of the aft preservative of all atts--a typo grapher, at you service." " Votch dat 1" " A printer, sir; a man that prints books and newspapers." A man vot prints noospapers! 0! ya*% yaw! By Choopiter! A man vot prints noos papers, yaw ! Chems, take the gentleman's pack off. Chon, bring some junks to the fire. A man vot prints noospapers! I wish i may pe shotif I did'ni think .you vos a tam tailor!" Paddy and the Eche " Patiek! where have you been this hour or more ? You must, not absent yourself without amy permission," said a gentleman to an Irishman, whom he had recently employed as a gardener. " Och, niver more wiill I do the like, sit." - Well, give an account of yourself, you seem o'ut of breath. "Faith, the same I nm: I never was In such fear since I came to Ametriky. I'll tell you all about it, sir, when I get breath once aghi. "I heard you tilling the gintlemen of the wonderful echo, sir, over in the woods be hint the big hill. I thought by what ye said uv it, that it bate all the hechoes uv ould Ireland, sir, and so it does, by the powers! Well, I just run over to the place you was speatking uv, to conve.rse with the wonderful creater. So said I 'hillo. hill, hillo!' and sure enough the hecho said, ' hillo, hill, hiil lo, you noisy ra-cal!' " I thought that was very qutare, and said ' hillo,' again. " Hillo, yourself," said the echo, " you be gun it first." " What the divil are you made uv," said I. "Shut your mouth," said the echo. "So said I, 'ye blatherin scoundrel, if ye was flesh and blood, like an honest man, that ye isn't, I'd hammer ye till the mother of ye wouldn't know her impedint son.'" " And what do you think the hechto said to that, sir? ' scamper ye baste of a Paddy,' said he, 'or faith if [ catch ye I'll break every bone in your ugly body.' An' it .hit my head with a stone, sir, that was nigh knocking the poor brains out uv me. So I run as fast as iver I could ; and praised be all the saints, I am here to tell you uv it, sir.''-News. QUICK Wrr.-Curran was a great wit but even he sometimes met with his match. He was once examining a cross grained, ugly faced witness from whom he in vain sought to obtatin a direct answer. At length he ex claimed "It is no use trying to get the truth out of you, for I see the villain in your face !" "Do you, sirI" retorted the man with a gin, " why then it must be so-but I never kno my face was a looking glass before." MIGHTY CUTE.-Two cotton wagons meeth ing on the road to Angusta, Georgia, the fol. lowing dialogue took paed between the drivers f " What's Colto in Augusta?" says tfie one with the load. " Cotton," snts the other. The inquirer, supposing himself to be mis. understood, repeits: " What's Cotton in Augusta ?" " It's cotton," says the other. ' I know that," says the first, "tdt that is it " "Why," says the o'her, "I tell you it iR Cotton! Cotton is Cotton in Augtsta, and ihery where else that I ever heard or." . "I know that as well as you," says the first. " But what does cotton bring in Au gusta 1" " Why, it brings nothfng tihere, but evelty body brings Cotton." " Look here," says the first vriagoner, with an oath, " vou had better leave the State, for I'll be whijpd if you don't know too much for Georg a." NEGRO S1RMwDEs.--:A gentleman sent his blad3k sei6vant tO purchase a fresh fish. He went to a stall and takifiz a fish1 began. to smell it. The fish moxger observing hitti, and fearinig the bystanders might catch the scent, exclaimed "Hallo! you blaek rascal, what do you smell my fish for"* . The negfo replied- . "Dle no smell 'em, niassa.'. "What are you doing then, sir ?" "Why me talk to him massa." "And what did you say to the fish, eh ?" "Just merely ask him what news at sea, dat's all." " And *hat does he say to you 1' "He says, he don't know, he no beeti dere dese tree oeeks !" A GOOD ONE.-Davi drocket 'happened to be present at an exhibition of animals, some time ago, at least, in the city of Washington, where a monkey seemed to attract his attention, and he abstractedly observed, "If that fellow had on a pair of spectacles he would look like Major Wright, of Ohio." The Major happened to be just behind Davy and overheard the observation, and gently tapped Crockett on the shoulder, when he, Crockett, very formally remarked, "I'll be hanged, Major, if I know whose pardon to ask-yours or the monkey's." THE LADIES of Greenland dress rather lueerly. Their petticoats consist of ox iides wh'l th onlyrnec laces they weargre Inve o e' %,foi men ooInn 8 nough to eat." In Greenland they are so. P husband frequently finds his breakfast in Uis wife's jewel box. A PHILOSOPHER says that if anything will nake a woman swear, it is looking for her iightcap after the lamp's blown out. A TRUE LAwYE.-Alexander Hamilton was once applied to as counsel by a man inving the guardianship of several orphans-, vho would, on coming of age, succeed to a arge and valuable estate, of which there vas a material defect in the title deeds, kno*n only to their guardian Who \vinted to et the estate vested in himself. Hamilton oted down the faithless executor's state bent, and then said to him "Settle with these mnhippy infants honorably to the last cent, Dr I will hunt you rota your skin like a are." The advice, was strietly folloked, and the man who gave it was an o'rnanient to the bar and the age he lived in.-Southern Press. 'ONE.-One hour lost in the morning b.y ying in bed Will pnt bAck all the business >f the day. One hour gained by rising early, is worth >ne month of labor in a year, One hole in a fence will cost ten times as nuhas it will do to fix it at once. One diseased sheep will spoil a flock. One unruly animal will learn all others in ompany haid tricks, the Bible says, " one sin. mer destroveth much good," One dru'nkard will keep a famiy poot- and make them miserable. One wife that ils always telling how fne her teighbor dresses, and how little she gets, will appear much better it she talks about something else. One husband that is pernicious or lazy, ind deprives his family of necessary comforts, suchi as their neighbors enjoy, is not as desi rable a husband as he ought to be. Onme newspaper is one good thing in every family. -- -.- - ALWAYs BusY.-That's right, my lad, you will be something yet. We never knew a smart, active, industrious boy, who did not turn out n energetic., enterprising, and wenlthy man. Better wear out than rust out, is a good proJverb, and we rejoice to see you follow it up. We would rather have you thamn a dozen dozy-headed, sleeping inactive youths, who do nothing from morning till night, but beat the chairs, read the newspa pers, ad grunt to the customers. To MAKE PINEAPPLE JELTT.-Pare and grate the pineapple, and put it into the pre serving pan with a pound of fine white sugar to every pound of fruit, stir it and boil' it until it is wvell mixed, and thickens sufficient ly, then strain it, pour it into jars, and when it has become cool, cover the jellies with papers wet in brandy ; cover the jars tightly, and treat them as apple jelly. 'WRY is Gillot, the manufneturer of steel pens, a dishonest man ? Because he makes the people steel pens and says they do worite! GlRLs who "aint" handsome, hate those that are-wvhile those who are handsome, hate one another. Which class has the best time of it ? GALLANTRY OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN--A London paper mentions with approval, and as an illustration of " American gallantry," that Capt. Nye, of the U. S. Mail Steamoship Pacific, was the ~first to commence firing a royal salute of t wenty-one guns on the instant nonuen Victoria's embarkation at Liverpool. (IAE TO STAND ALONEV" BY FRANCES -. GAGE. Be firm, be bold, be strong, be true, " And dare to stand alone i " SitrVe for the right whate'er ye do, Though helpers thete be none. 1say-bend not to the swelling surge, Of popular sneer and wrong; 'Twill bear thee on to ruin's verge, With current wild and strong. Stand for the right. Humanity implores, with groans and teats, Thine aid to break the festering links That bind her toiling years, Stand for the right. Though falsehood rail, And proud lipd coldly sneer, A poisoned arrow cannot wound A conscience pure and clear. Stand on the right, and with clean hands Exalt the truth on high : Thod'Ilt find warm, sympathising hearts Among the passers by. Men who have seen and thottght, and felt, Yet could not boldly dare The battle's brunt, but by thy side Will every danger share. Stand for the right; proclaim it loud, Thou'lt find an answering tone in honest hearts, and thou no more Be doomed to stand alone. THE HOMIE OF AIY BOYHOOD, The home of my boyhood i Thy name, oh how dear, It brings a sweet sadness, A smile and a tear; And thoughts of thee ever With memory's tide Come brightly, as wave-like They fast by me glide, The hours of my boyhood Have faded away, Like stars when they vanish At the breaking of day; Those moments so tranquil Forever have fled Aas, witFedena! The hours of my boyhood Are vanished away ; They glittered as dew-drops, As brief was their stay. I think of the village The church and the stream, And faces flit by me Like shapes in a dream. C0ND'#NIOATIONS. Answers to the Editor's Query. (CONCLUDED.) HIAIMnURG, Nov. 6, 1851. Ma. NDhrOa,-a-Allow me to present my claims fdr your rewsa, yet perhaps, they may be in an uncouth, unelassical style, which I hope you will excuse, as they are the etfects of inexperience in literary eflorts. It yeafs gone by, our uount'ry Ws hexr-a wide and gloomy wiste of wilderness, with no living mortal save the Red man, to enjoy its deso late lonelinese. Time, that ruthless destroyer, rolled on, ana Columbus came-diseovered this fair land of promise and passed away-, among the shades of the things that were. imhe still tolled his ponderous \vheels, and drove on his fteeting way. The tide of civiliza tion moved westward with rapid strides, and " young America" was born among nations. One by one, had hardy adventurers came and pitehed their huts, and reated their children, while the wild beasts nightly howled aroutnd, and the Red Man lighiited their barns or their log huts, and left them houseless, to the pelting storm's fell fury, Then, as if drawn by a yearn ing sympathy for companionship to dispel their loneliness and fears. they gathered around their bonfires, and planned modes of defence and se curity-a one-souled spirit animating each breast. No conventional forms or social scandals then pervaded their councils of defence, or their friend ly meetings around the social hearth. A charity and good will to all ranked their first and onty principle. No man co~untcd the cost of a good action, nor sought remuneration for a favour granted-all were sociable, friendly and accom modating, and willing to pass by a fault, in the hope of the offender's repentance. Thus were all bound in one great social reunion, and all of Egnahzty. Time, still waiting on to improvement, and this generation of nature's noblemen have passed away to give place to their sons, still tillers of the soil ,under whose hand the forests have disappear ed-making the past but as a dream to the Red man, who lingering but to take a last sorrowful look, has turned his back on his once fond hunt ing grounds, and taken his weary march west ward ; the savage wild beast has ceased his dis mal howl, and preys no more on the peaceful abode of the farmer-but howling still, like the rod man, has turaed and fled to the far Western forests. Behold now, where once was all a state of barbarism and wild waste, civilization and en lighment reign paramount; Cities, Towns and Villages deck the fair surface of the wide ex tended landscape; Churches of gaudy splendor have superseded the lowly log cabin at the cross road;. Rail ads and teambat-s havn banished the dull stage Coodh, and brought distane within bounds, leavin the Telegraph to overtake and annihilate it; the irmgr has grown rich in ac eumulated harvests le merchant has banished care from his bro 'and prospers in his opu lence-selfishness an Tride usurping all his bet ter sentiments. Wealth, and the lxury incident on wealth, have been the main uses of that sad decline in sociality. Man, Ma. Enrro is a progressing animal, always seeking to r' bore his own level. To day he strives in adMersity-yet he has friends and friendships. T orrow prosperity hovers over his worldly eo ition, but leaves his neigh bors and friends faack on the lonely path of adversity. - le still looks ahc, or a higher position, and finds he can enter i a er sphere, where luxury and refinement '6 sole monarchs; where neither beauty n d niibs are the requisites for admission. He kocks for admission, and the sesame of modermnociety. Wealth, buys him position. Then he t rns and looks down on his unfortunate neigh , who standing on their covercignty, spurnt over-bearing supercillionus ness of their form eighbor, and all friendship between them th ses forever. The line of posititT n in the scale of social so ciety is thus strudk forming two classes-the Aristocracy and ocracy ;-and one acting in counteraction to Pe other, has germinated that suspiciousness Atd selfish reserve, which. I think, has nipped alsociality to the bud. T. L. H. 4DGEFIELD, Oct. 31, 1851. Tim looring thi standard of piety and the degeneracy of the a 'ns of Edgefield. A MOTHER. EDGFFtELD, Oct. 31, 1851. TnE removal of.,he Old with their heavy purses and liberal.munds. The influx of the oung with their light pur ses and lamentabl egeneracy. CATO. CEDAR SPRI sYLUW, Nov. 9th. 1851. MR. EDITOR:-!'our question " what has aused the sad dee' ie of sociality in our commu nity of late yearstas just met my eye in the Spartan, and J.ut' I am too late for the remiumbuta set down as the cause. In consequence of the insufficient plan of raising good common sahools in the country, by subscription, in which the sons and daughters of the rich, as well as the poor, could associate while obtaining -a good English education-those who have the means, send their children out of their respective communities in order to place them under the instruction of competent teach ers, leaving the children of their more humble neighbors at home to the chances which await them. In this way early associations fail to be cultivated, and are rarely ever cultivated in after life. It is an old adage, ahd known to be true by all observant minds, that our " earliest impres sions are the last to be erased from the mind. School days rivet attachments never to be forgot ten. And though we may hot have seen our classmates for years, the name of one of them found on tie back of the old book, awakens all tat ebain by which we were endeared by asso ciation. The poorer classes. cut off from the tsocians of those who have the means to cultivate their minds, are left to scramble through life with all that envy and jealously peculiar to those who feel their inferiority. In this condi tionm they imagine that the chief aim of the rich s to grins the poor, when indeed, pecrhaps, the whole is imaginary. 'l''he educated mind, with no more design than the taller oak, looks down with pity on the uneducated, as being unfortu nate, and necessarily seeks its fellow mind. This is tnfortunate, but particularly so under a Re publican form of Government, where union of feeling is a life princilhe. Could we have a system of Free (not poor) Schools supported by taxation in which all chil dren should acquire at least a good common education in their vernacular tongue, they would then sympathise with each other through the common vicissitudes of life more deeply. The capitalist would feel more for the wants of the laborer-the lawyer for his client-the physician for his patient-the officer for his soldier, and in this way, sociality built up, we would come usp to the common defence of our rights as citizens. No people under heaven, to my mind, are more responsible for the passing moments than those of the Southern States, and I am fully persuaded that in thme absence of some such system as I have here alluded to, it will be impossible to arrest this disaffection, and hence the more danger to our institution. Yours, &e. N. P. W. A STEAM CARRIAGE Fr. PLANK ROAs. Mr. Fisher, a well known artist of this city, has recently turned the ingenuity, which is characterisie of his profesmion, to other pur poses. He has patented a steam carringe for ordinary travel on plank and macademized roads. We could not, without drawings, give our readers an intelligible description of this invention, but we may state that he has introduced a new method of working steam expansively-by' the combination of the ratdi us prelled rods he gives great steadiness to the machines even at the highest velocities, and by other arrangements for cutting off the stem, &c., enables one person to wvork the engine with perfect ease and effect. A committee of the Meehanic's Institute, consisting of Professor Renwick, Mr. Dun ham and hlIr. Meigs, report favorable, upon his instrument, and the editors of the Anmeri can Artizan, competent authorities, we notice, speak of it at length, and in terms of praise. -N. Y. Comn. Ads. Quaker's Revenge. Obadiah Lawson and Watt Dood were neighbors; that is, they. lived within half a mile of each other, and -no person lived be. tween their respective farms, which would have joined, had not a little strip of prairie land extended itself sufficiently to keep them separated. Dood was the oldest set tler, and from his youth up had entertained a singular hatred against Quakers; therefore. when he was informed that Lawson, a regu lar disciple of that class of people, had pur chased the next farni to his, he declared he would make him glad to move away again. Accordingly, a system of petty annoyances was commenced by him; and every time one of Lawson's hogs chanced to stray upon Dood's place, he was beset by men and dogs, and most savagely abused. Things progres sed thus for nearly a year and the Quaker, a man of decidedly peace principle, appeared in no way to resent the injuries -eceived at the hands of his spiteful neighbor. But matters were drawing to a crisis: for Dood, more en raged than ever at the quiet of Obadiah, made oath that he would do something before long to wake up the spunk of Lawson. Chance favored his design. The Quaker had a high-blooded filly, which he had been very careful in raising, and which was just four years old. Lawson took great pride in this animal, and had refused a large sum of money for her. One evening, a little after sundown, as Watt Dood was passing around his corn field, lie discovered the filly in the little strip of prairie land that sepirated the two farms and he conceived the hellish design of throw ing two or three rails off of his fence, that the horse might get into his corn during the night. He did so, and the next morning, bright and early, he shouldered his rifle and and left the house. Not long after his ab sence, a hired man whom he had recently employed, heard the echo of his gun, and, in a few minutes Dood, considerably excited and out of breath, came hurrying to the house, where he stated that lie br.d shot at, and wounded a back ; that the deer had at tacked him, and lie hardly escaped with his life. This story was credited by all but the newly employed hand, who had taken a dis like to Watt, and from his manner judged that something was wrong. He therefore slipped quietly away from the house, and going through the field in the drection of thiesqt, he-sgenly came upon Lawson's warm blood was still oozing. The animal was warm, and could not have been killed an hour. He hastened back to the dwelling of Dood, who met him in the yard, and demanded somewhat ioughly, where he had been. " I've been to see if your bullet made sure work of Mr. Lawson's filly," was the instant retort. Watt paled for a moment, but collecting himself, he fiercely shouted. "Do you dare to say I killed her !" " How do you know she is dead ?" said the man. Dood bit his lip, hesitated a moment, and then turniag, walked into the house. A couple of days passed by, and the morn ing of the third one -had broken, as the hired man met friend Lawson, riding in search of his filly. A few words of explanation ensued, when with a heavy heart, the Quaker turned his horse and rode home, where he informed the people of the fate of his filly. No threat of recrimination escaped him ; lie did not even go to recover damages, but calmly awaited his plan and hour of revenge. It came at last. Watt Dood had a Durham heifer, for which he hind paid a heavy price, and upon which ie counted to make great gais. One morning, just as Obadiah was sitting down, his oldest son came in with the infor mation that neighboir Dood's heifer had bro ken down the fence, entered the yard, and after eating most of the cabbage had tr-am pled the well-made beds, and the vegetables they contained out of all shape--a mischief impossible to repair. "And what did thee do with her, Jacob ?" quietly asked Obadiah. " I put her in the farm-yard." "Did thee beat her?" "I never struck her a blow." "Right, Jacob, right; sit down to, thy breakfast, -nd, when done eating, I will at tend to the heifer." Shortly after he had finished his repast, Lawson inounted a horse, an' rode to Dood's who was sitting under the porch in front of his house, and who, as he beheld the Qua ker dismounting, supposed he was coming to demand pay for his filly. and secretly swore lie would have to go to law fur it if lie did. " Good morning, neighbor Dood; how is thy family ?" exclaimed Obadiah, as he moun ted the steps, and seated himself in a chair. " All well, I believe," was the reply.. " I have a small affir to settle with the this morning, and I came rather early." " So I suppose," growled Watt. " This morning my son found thy Durham heifer in my garden, where she had destroy ed a great deal." " And what did he do with her ?" demand ed Dood, his brow darkening. " What would thee have done with her, had she been my heifer in thy garden !" ask ed Obadiah. " I'd shot her ?" retorted Watt, madly, " as I suppose you have done; but we are only even now. Heifer for filly is only " tit for tat." "Neighbor Dood, thou knowest me not if thou thinkest I would harm a hair of thy heifer's back. She is in my farm-yard, and not even a blow has been struck her, where thee can get her at any time. I know thee shot my filly; but the Evil One prompted thee to do it, and Idhave no evil in my heart against my neighbors..I caine to tell thee where thy heifer is, and nowv I'll go home." Obadiah rose from his chair, and was about to descend the steps, when lhe was stopped by Watt, wvho hastily asked. " What was yonr filly worth ?" " A hundred dollars is what I asked for her," replied Obahiah. " Wait a moment !" and Dood rushed into the house, from whence he soon returned, holding some gold in his hand. " Here's the price of your filly ; and, hereafter, let there be a pleasantness between us." " Willingly, heartily," answered Lawson, grasping the proffered hand of the other; let there be peace between us." Obadiah mounted his horse and rode home with a lighter heart; and from that day to this, Dood has been as good a neighbor as one could wish to have, being completely re formed by the RETURNING OF GOOD FOR EVIL. Winter Fashions in New York. Among the indispensable articles of dress at this season, for the ladies, are mantillas, muffs, tippets, cuff, &c., which are made or materials varying in price from twenty to a thousand dollars. The outside " wrappings" of womankind in these days raise many a groan, as winter approaches. A shawl, an swering only the homely use of keeping one warm, can be bought by any one in this land of easily earned means, but a lady of the haut ton cannot be seen with her shoulders burden ed other than thousand dollar shawl, (except when travelling unless the taste should lead her to prefer a cloak of velvet or cloth, trim med with fur, the cost of which would be about the same. The styles of cloaks this year are very ele gant, and recherche. Those with hoods are peculiarly striking, and becoming to a tall figure. The different shapes are termed "'The Talma," the capuche, or hood of which is like that worn by the monks of the order of St. Franeir; " The Josephide ;" The Pom. padour ;" "The Maria Antionette ;" (shaped like a shawl;) " The Sontag," and the " Roy al Circhlan," or Queen's cloak, which pro mises to be the greatest favorite of all-per haps because worn at present by Her Ma- 4 jesty Queen Victoria. These cloaks are most prized when made of velvet trimmed with fur. One edged with sable costs only about nine hundred dollars : -but of less expensive fur the cost would a only be four or five hundred, according to : the length of fur around it, which depends i on the shape. A saque of the " Eglantine" i or "Sontag" would require about two yards j and a quarter of fur to go around it. A i "Royal Circular" or "Marie Antoinette" would take much more. A cloak of this j rich description, and a victorine and muff of i sable, would cost- :about two thousand dol- i lars-a trifling sum for &lady allowed eight or ten thousand a yiearfor pin-money, Y - cause furs, if "moths do not corrupt," last < THE POSITioN OF THE JEWISH RAcE.-The i Rev. Mr. Franklin, a converted Jew, in a 1 sermon at Now York, on Sunday last, dis cussed the resources and destiny of the Jewish race. and predicted the downfall of the Anglo-Saxon. It was a remarkable fact that while all nations had a social affinity to each other, the Jewish rach repels every ad vance: even now the Anglo-Saxon race were undergoing that process of amalgamation which preceded the downfall of the Roman roce. The Jews were scattered over all the world ; every nation in Europe, and even the wilds of Hindostan owned their presence -nnd from this lie argued that the Jews were destined to evangelize the world. Jews control the destinies of the nations of Europe. Rothschilds holds the British lion in a golden chain. He has thrown a morsel to the grow ling Russian bear, and keeps the keys of the French Treasury. Jews control the public press, and they must eventually rise superior to the tyranny which now oppresses them. The newpapers press of Europe in at present conducted by Jews and Jewish correspon dents. THAT PLAN or AcTToN.-The Cheraw Ga. i fette thus notices the plan of action we al- i luded to a few days since; " Under present circumstances, our repre sentatives in Congress can render the State very little service, nor could her participating in the Presidential election avail her in re dressing her wrongs. Why then should she< voluntarily longer participate in the Federal Governmenty We know this plan would not heal the breaches made in the Constitu tion nor redress our wvrongs; but it may1 awaken the fears of our Northern persecutors, and open the eyes of our dozing neighbors.1 We really can see no reason why our worthy representatives should longer be forced to occuppy the humiliating position of person ally witnessing our humiliation and wrong. Could we clothe them with power to vindi ate our honor or redress our wrongs the ease would be different; but, until we can do this, they had as well remain at home. SUDDEN DEATH.-On Monday evening last, says the Chester Standard, shortly after dark, the body of Henry lelCord, an Irish shoema ker, was found lying dead at the steps of Mr. Thompson's shoeshop in this place. He was an intemperate man, and had recently been drinking very freely, the effects of which were manifested during the day previous to his death in symptoms of mania a potu. He was seen apparently in health,.but a few. minutes before his body was discovered. An inquest was held over his body on yesterday morning, and a verdict rendered of 'death by visitation of God.' 9 'THEa ELEPHANT CoLUMBUS, belong ing to R aymond and Driesbanch's Managerie, died at Lenox, Mass., on Saturday last. He was the largest and most valuable elephant in the United States, being one hundred ears old, wveighing five tons, worth $15,000. His death was caused by th giigawyo a bridge in the town of Adams, and his owners have prosecuted the town for dama ges. RUPTuRE BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND TURKEY, -The probability ofan open rupture between Austria and Turkey seem to be believed in by the German press. A Vienna paper as serts that the Czar has been consulted on th)e subject. and has answered that he is ready to aid Austria in any demonstration she may make provided she adheres strictly to the lette of treaties between her and Turkey. From the ConstitutionalistRepubiblc, 19th inst. Disastrous ire in Augusta. About 9 o'clock, last evening, a fire broke out in Mr. C. A. Platt's Cabinet Factory, in the rear of his store on Broad street, which, before it was subdued, bid fair to carry, in its ravages, the square on which the liuilding was situated. The fire broke out in the third story of the buildif', in a room used for making cotton ma ~ and fromh what we can learn, the lamp used was one that was well guarded by a thick glass and surround ing wires. The workman, earrying it, how ever, knocked it against a bench, which broks the glass and lamp, and the flame Igniting with the cotton, which was soiittred loosely about, created a blaze, which caused those in the room to seek safety in flight, in conse quence of the density of the smoke. The alarm was soon given, and the Engine Companies, were on the spoi, but so rapid were the flames, the building being filled with combustible materials, that great fears were entertained for its safety. Steam was soon got up on Mr. Platt's Engine, (which was capable of throwing two streams of water on the building,) and up to eight o'clock, it was thought the building would be saved with the -loss of the roof-but at the time it was supposed all was safe, the water in the Ellis street cistern with which the engine was supplied and which was the main dependence For arresting the fire, was exhausted, and the lames rapidly gained progress. It soon extended to the second story; nd wommunicated to the Chroniole and Sentinel affice, an adjoining building, which had jurt been erected, and that also was consumed, vith its contents. Platt's Factory is destroyed. His insu -nce is about $8,000. His loss will reach ibout $15,000. The Chronicle and Sentinel office is also lestroyed, with its contents-no insurance oss about $15,000. HALF-PAST 3, A. If. STmL LATER.-After we had written the Lbove, we had still another alarm of Fire, vhich was found to proceed from the back itore of Mr. Hoadley's Carriage Establish nent, an adjoining building to the Chronicle Lnd Sentinel office. It was soon consumed, is our firemen were exhausted with previous xertions, and the supply of water was limit d. The Presbyterian Lecture Room, ad bining, was in imminent danger, as was also he Post Offiea, but neither was materially njured, further than the partial removal of a >ortion of their contents. STILL LATEa.-We had just returned to sur office, after we supposed we:had seen the nith, and it appears, from what we can learn, - hat on Monday he burnt some old leather to ase-harden with, and having some left, it vas placed in a keg. The keg was putaside, nd from it originated th-fire. It was only dhout an hour previous to its discovery, Mr. RIogers was-in his store, and had it not been ,or the fire in Mr. Platt's establishment, our ffiee would have also been in ruins. We have not time this morning to give full sarticulars of this fire, but will do so in >ur next. There were several hair-breadth 3scapes, and we are pained to learn that Mr. Bernard Roe, first Lieutenant. of the 2d Di ision of the Independent Fire Company, vas seriously, if not fatally injured, by the alhing of the gable end of Mr. Hoadley's uilding. He was still alive when- we went o press, and under the examination of phy icians. The extent of his injuries we could iot learn. We, however, fear the worst. LARGE PoTATo.-The Columbia South ,arolinian, of the 12th inst., speaks of a po ato received from Lexington district, weigh ng six pounds, and the Sumter Black River Vatchman, of- the 15th inst., of one weigh ng six pounds eight ounces and a half; but ieither of them is a circumstance to a large -am potato left at this officee yesterday, where t can be inspected by the curious in such natters, from the plantation of Joshua W. LMBruce, esq., of Sandy Island, Waecamaw, vhich weighs sixteen pounds and three 1uarters.-Charleston Courier. THE TOBACCo crop for the year about ~losing exceeds, it is said, that of the year ~receeding, nearly 24,000 hhds., and that the ~rop of the coming year exceeds that of the >resent year 25,000 hhds. gr THlE London correspondent of the V'ational Intelligencer, states that the num er of foreigners from the Continent who rere attracted to London by the great ex ilbition did not exceed 70,000. The number >f visiters from the United States is estima ed at from 8,000 to 10,000. How -rO CoR A COL.-Of all ather means of curing colds, fasting is the most effectual. Let whoever has a cold eat nothing for two days, and his cold will be gone, provided- he is not confined to hsis bed-because, by taking no carbon into the system by-food, but consuming that surplus which caused his disease by removing the cause. This will be found more effectual if he adds copious water drinking to protracted faisting. By the time a person has fasted one day and night, he will experience a reedom from pain and a clearness of mind, in delightful contrast with that stupor and physical pain caused by colds, - And how infinitely superior is the method of breaking up colds than medicines, es. pecially than violent poisons, A SOLDIER, many years agwas sen' tenced to have hsis easi cut of'. Aftet undergoing the brutal ordeal, he was es, corted out of the court yard to the rogue's march. He then turned; and, in mock dignity, thus addressed the musicians: "Gentlemen I thank you!i but I have no further need of your services, 1besiise have no ear for musIc now." He that gives to a gratefn ahaa pta his monev at compound intert,