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EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4,1851. 3V' Hon. A. P. BUTLER, U. S. Senator, left this place on Thursday last, via Columbia, for Washington City. ----0 2V TuE communication signed "ANOTHER VoicE," has been received, but is unavoidably crowded out. It shall appear in our next. -0 gi WE invite attention to tie- coirnunica tion signed "Nzmo," upon the subject of the query which we propounded some weeks since. It came too late to compete for the prize olicred. It is worthy of publication, and we have cheer fully inserted it in our columns. -e- . gg By Telegraphic despatches frorui Wash. ington to the C~irrlestort papers, we learn that Hon. LirN BdyD, of Kentucky, was on Monday last, elected Speaker of the House of Representa tatives. OUR SUPPLEMENT. We are compelled to publish this week, a Sup plement to our paper. This, as'will be seen, is in consequence of the great press of matter which we have on hand. PARDONED. His Excellency, Gov. MIEANs, has pardoned WILLIAar WiLsoN, who was tried and convicted of manslaughter at the last Term of our Court, for the homicide of Wx. TRFADAWAY. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. We give up a portion of our paper this week, to the Message of is Excellency Governor MEANs. A great pressure of business prevents us from making that comment upon it, wfiich it well de serves. It is written in that high-toned spirit which well becomes the Chief 31agistrate of our State. Whatever may be the views of diffierent classes of our readers with regard to the Mlessage, we feel assured, that all must concede that no ran of either party, has more deeply at heart, the interests and the honor of South Carolina than Governor MEANs. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. NEXT Sunday being the first Sunday in the month, the Lord's Supper will (D. 0.) be admin istered in this Church, in the morning service, commencing at half-past 10 o'clock. The usual afternoon service will be omitted. The Church will.be opened for divine service in the evening, at 7 o'clock, when a Sermon will be delivered, addressed chiefly to young men. The citizens generally are respectfully invited to attend. TlE CIRCUS. Itead the advertisement of M1essrs. RoszaTsoN & ELDRED, Proprietors of the Great Southern Circus, vhich will soon be in our midst. From tbe well known character of these gentle men, we feel confident that their exhibition will present great attractions. We will endeavor to be there to see. Take good care of your quarters all ye little masters and misses and darkies, and of your half dollars ye grown ones, and we believe, that on Atonday next, you will get the worth of your money, in fun at least, EDGEFIELD FEMALE INSTITUTE. We refer oltr reeders to the adlveriisemfent of the Trustees of this !nstitution. We have on a previ ~~~~taeesion spokeri of thepeuliaradvantages which this Academn affords to foumg ladies, in the attainmenlt of a finished education. Without detracting in the least from other Female Semina ries, at this place or elsewhere, we invite atten tion to this. We arnestly hope, that public patron age will be liberally bestowed upon the Female Schools in our midst, to the full extent of their merits. -. DIASONIC MIISCELLANY. WE have upon our table, the November number of this excellent Miasonic journal, edited by A. 0. MA cKEYT, 3M. D. We have had the pleasure of reading various numbers of this journal pre ceding the one we now notice.-This periodical is .exclusively devoted to the interests of 31asonry, and is edited with considerable ability. Every number contains articles of research and learning not only useful and entertaining to the Mason, but to the general scholar. The Miscellany is published in Charleston, S. C., at the low price of $2 per year. "GENIUS OF LIBERTY." WE have received the second number of a neat paper with the above title, devoted to the interests of American women :-EtzaDETII A. ALUnRIcu, Editor. This paper is published at Cincinnati, Ohio, monthly, at One Dollar, per annum. When we first glanced at it, we thought that it was nothing more than one of those journals which not only advocates the entire equality of woman with man in every respect, but her eman cipation from all those wholesome restraints which society has thrown around her and which shield. her from all the vices and contaminations of the world, and preserve her in that original purity, which is the glory and the ornament of her sex. This journal appears not to be of this stamp. It advocates the perfect education of woman-the full development of her mental, moral and physi cal powers. It insists upon the right of female suff'rage, but supposes that woman would not ex ercise this right, if thercby, she became a politi cal partisan or had to mingle in the strife of party. The editor says, "Hear great duty, her national mission, is to mentally and morally educate the people and when she does that, a reward will revert back to her which will embrace every right that she can in selligently use, or that God intends." Though we do not accord with the fair writer in her remarks upon female suffrage, in at least one important particular, yet we must say that they are forcible and well-said. There is another article touching upon the in stitution of slavery, to which we take exception. But it is written in so courteous a manner, and the writer so fully concedes the rights of Southern Slaveholders,that weforbear making any remarks upon it. CONGRESSOTNAL REPRESENTATION.-The New York Express says that California like ly to gain the fractional representative in Congress. The census just received from that far off State shows the, number of white inhabitants to be 165,000 and the blacks 1,800. This makes the fraction '74,000 over the one representative allowed, and will pro bably deprive South Carolina of her antici pated sixth representative in Congress, FREEsoJLTSM rN GEORGIA.-A member of the Georgia Legislature, in debating the bill of limitation, used the following language: "He said a man had no right to more land than he could look after in seven years; that, if a man owned land, and did not oceixpy it, and another took and hell possession for seven years, it is right that the owner should lose it. It is the law, and it is right." SOME reproaches are a commendlatiotn, and someasesn detraction, COM MU NICA TO1NS. itk THl ADvkAlrieiR. a The Superintendant's Monthly Report for October, Or -IM. SUNDAY SciHooLS IN CONNECTION WITH TRINITY (P. E.) CuRcH IN TiS VILLAGE: REV. AND DE.R SIR-Tie ultimate end of a Sunday School, properly conducted, is nothing less than the salvation of immortal souls. But in most cases, as in both our Schools, the ma jority of pupils are quite young. Does this fact diminish at all the importance of earnest labor and patient looking for blessed and early results? So rare amongst us is piety in childhood that the few, whose plans of education are laid with a view, in reliance upon God's blessing, to its attainment incur the risk of being charged with extreme singularity, perhaps fanaticism. But one object being, in our judgment at least, in strict accordance with the general tenor of God's word, the possibility of a few hard names need not deter us from considering a subject replete with interest to our enterprise. It may be ob servd, indeed, that the acknowledged infrequen cy of early conversions may very naturally be traced to the small expectations and deserves cherished on this subject. It is not God's method ordinarily,-in grace, more than in nature, to force blessingsupon unwilling and uninteres ted recipients, man must both desire and sow, if he is to reap. Besides, as a matter of fact, no converted adult can question the possibility of the Lord's taking possession of the heart of a child as well as his own. Neither can the sub ject present a difficulty to any mnind which ad mitting the doctrine of original sin-yet believes in the salvation of infants. Believing that God's word teaches that the human heart is by nature estranged from and hostile to God, and, at the same time, that the service of God is the highest privilege of his creatures, we must contend for the great advan tages of seeking and laboring constantly for the piety of ehildren. The honor of God is involved. The Lord can and ultimately will over-rule all weakness for the display of his holy perfections. lean-while, the language of man's rebellion is that the ser vice of God is rigorous or unsatihfying. That of repentence is, God is righteous, His command ments are not grevious, man is a sinner. An early adoption of the service of God declares that happiness is found in the ways of religion, even in those days usually given up to thought lessness as to God and eternity. The affections, too, aro not then chilled by frequent disappoint ment. The heart pours forth without stint its whole treasure of love upon Him who so loved it as to give himself for its salvation. The Church of God reaps great benefit from the conversion of the young. The energies which would otherwise be spent in the service of the enemy of souls, are devoted from the period of their early development to the Captain of our salvation. These youthful recruits, giv ing their whole souls to the work, soon become good soldiers of Jesus Christ, and with the ardour and vigour of youth, sanctified by the spirit of God push forward the conquests of the Redeem er's grace. " Besides present usefulness,"~ says Dr. Hc-rrox, " a speedy conversion will great lyinerease their power to be usefal in time to come. Doing good is an art for which we need to be trained, as for other arts. The earlitr children enter into the service of it, the more complete will this training be : they wvill have a greater amount of christian knowledge, and a greater experience of the truth : and having been accustomed in early life to make the glory of God their end, and his word their rule, they will not have formned those sinful habits or con duct which even grace itself does not wholly eradicate. The active men in our several con gregations are those, as a general thing, who enter early into~the church." The family is greatly benefitted by the pre sence of a consistent christian son or daughter. The influence for good of such an example upon other children of the same household is inedleu lable. But after all, the individualsubj.ect of this great spiritual change, which we have called conversion, gains by far the most. " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come." " A christian, in the nature of things, cannot be a drone. lie serves a master whom he loves, and whom hte desires to serve with all his pow ers. H~e is, therefore, disposed to qualify him self for such service. If therefore we desire children to becomne good scholars-good nme chanies, good anything, we should desire and aim to make first good christians, servants of Christ; for nothiing furnishes a mor~e powerful stimulus to improvement than religion."-HU-r TON. Moreover, there is a possibility-to say no nmore-that imanny who intend at a future day to give their hearts to God, may fail to do so. Death nmay unexpectedly summon thmem to the bar of God, or the Spirit of God may be grieved to give them over to an obdurate heart. What an infinite eternal loss is their's. This danger is escaped by those who early -make the Lord their choice. Whatever befalls them, they have se cured that " better portion," whlich canmnot be taken from thenm. God is their Father and friend ; the Lord Jesus is their companion and brother; the Holy Ghost is their comforter; the excellent of the earth are their associates. Such fellowship must exercise a happy influence upon the character. heaven too, is the blissful home to which their hearts are continually look ing. By the hope of it, sorrows are soothed sin is quelled-joy is heigh~tened. Mtoreover, as the word of God clearly teaches that talents im proved will receive an abundant recompense hereafter, so this of youth employed in the service of Jesus will not go unrequitted. And, as the practised ear takes most delight in the melo dies of- music, so the soul, by long training on earth, having become " meet for the inheritance of the saints in light," will have greater capaci ty for enjoyment-a keener relish for the estat ie joys of heaven. Our number in thme white school is now 39 in the colored school 71 ;-average attendance in both 88. The Teachers are regular and faith ful in the discharge of their duties. Very respectfully, yours, C. BRUCE WALKER, Superiintendant. To Rev. R. GRAAi, Rector. IDy WunIr are Jailors likely to become'mean men ? Bea thmey keep bad company. FOI THE ADVERTISER. Ma. EDITOR: Feeling a deep interest in the community in which you live, and being impelled (I trust) more by a desire to correct, if possible, the evil of which you so justly complain, than to rank myself with the learned competitors for the prize offered, I tender you my humble views touching the question proposed. That there is an evident decrease of sociality in your commu nity; niany worthy individuals, comprising an exceptional part of it, would wish to deny; but, the fact is so palpable to " outsiders," that the community is not only accused of being unsocial, but it is often denounced for a want of true politeness. The proposition needs no argument to sustain it. The very fact of the question being proposed through the medium of your in valuable paper, sufficiently proves the existence of the evil, while at the same time, it appeals earnestly to all good men to arrest, if possible, its pernicious tendency. Many very different causes could be mention, ed, which might result in the same hateful effects upon society; but all the causes, seem to us, (after a little reflection) to concentrate in one or both of two primary and fundamental causes. False pride and pure selfishness. Man is a social being, and woman being acknowledged, all over the civilized world, as the " better half" of man, however ungallant it may seem, it is but too true, whenever there is a want of sociality, that the better half of the blame, may with pro priety be laid at the door of woman. Nor-can our fair friends deny the proposition, or construe it into a wanton disparagement of the sex, since they themselves, the world, "and the rest of mankind," must acknowledge that woman exerts a tenfold more powerful influenoe upon society than sterner and more selfish man. However strange it may appear, it is no less true that fashion is directly opposed to sociality. And woman from the peculiarities of her nature, being in a much greater degree the devotee of fashion is more 9xposed to its pernicious efforts, and more liable to those very excesses which prove the destruction of sociality. The more fashionable a lady is, the more formal, stiff, life less and unsocial she becomes-the more fash ionable-the less hospitable, warm-hearted and sincere. In order to be fashionable, many ladies naturally possessing the most social qualities, deny themselves and their friends, au the plea sure that can possibly be derived from society: freezing every thing like social intercourse, free and easy conversation, and neighborly friend. ship, into a stiff, formal, ill-timed ten minutes fashionable pop.,- In other words calling upon a friend but a few minutes, just before dinner, simply to make a display of the most dignified formalty. Who can deny that this is the effuet of false pride? There is still another evil springing from the same fatal source, which has a tendency to decrease and destroy sociality. It is a proud emulation-a spirit of rivalry in fashionable display-which carries its devotees to such excesses asresult invariably in jealousies, hatred and strife, and eventually destroy the warmest friendship. But what shall we say of stern-more selfish man? Why is he not more social? Ah! " he has other fish to fry." He hears the money jingle in his neighhor's pocket-he feels in his own and cornes, to the conclusion, that there Js still room there fur more, and- it is for that he mnst labor, tug and toil. Hie has no time to be social-his family must not starve-his wife nmust have the weherewoith to outshine her neigh bors-and so he must strive, not caring a straw for society, nor a cent for any thing but the gratification of self. Hence we must conclude that the solution of this important question lies in the FAL~SE PaiDE OF WOMAN and the PaE SEL. FISIINEss OF MAN. NEMO. Dee. l1st 1851. Destructive Fire. The alarm of fire was sounded throng our streets, between the hours of four and five o'clock yesterday morning, which on in vestigation we found to proceed from a clus ter of small buildings situated on the wvest side of King, just above George-st. These buildings were old, and built mostly of wood, and so rapidly did the flames progress, that the inmattes of one or more of the houses, barely had time to escape, saving n. even their elothing; and but for tihe almost super human efforts ptut forth by our energetic firemen on this occasion, we should this morning no doubt have had to chronicle the result of an extensive conflagration. The fire is supposed to have originated between tihe buildings occupied by J. Brown & Co., and J. Sehwerin, but whether it originated by acident, or is the work of the incendiary it is irgpossible to determine. Tile loss may be stated as followvs, viz: 'rThe wooden building, located next the brick one at the north-wvest corner of King andI George streets, belonged to the estate of Bulow, and wvas occupied by Mr. Vatlen tine Hleidt as a batsket and fruit shlop, and by Messrs. .Addison & Conner, watch man kers. There was no insurance eithler on the builing or otn the stocks of goods, most of which were consumed. The wooden building adjoining thme above, belonged to the estate of John1 Hunter, and was occupied by J. Brown & Co. ats a cloth ing store. This firm was insured for $3,000 inl the Comtmerciatl Insurance Office of our city', which, however, does not cover their loss. Next, north, was a brick house, owned by estate of John Hunter, and occupied, by J Schwerin, ats a clothing store, who, we are sorry to say, sustains a heavy loss in thme des truction of his goods. lie wias inisured to the extent of $2000 in the office of the South Carolina Insurance Company. The wooden building, adjoining, to the north, wvas owned by the same estate, and wvaslin the occupation of Mrs. Hogan, as a millinery store. The tree buildigs above named as be longing to the estate of John Htunter, were intsured in thme oficee of the Charleston Insur ance and Trust Company for $5000. The fire extended Westwardly to tihe large wooden building located on the Northt side of George street, and almost in tht rear of the building consumed on1 Kinigstreet. ownted by Mr. Thtos. N. Gndsden, and ocecui a by Mr. David Lopez. The roof is vet .nnch burnt, and the interior is injured. No in surance. The four story wooden building, owned and oceupied by Mr. John Daly, as a Boot and Shoe store, on the East side of King street,. has suffered a good deal of injury. The whole front is very much charred, and the interior is injured by water. Mr. Daly htas also suffered from the damage done to htis stock of goods. The building is insured in the Southt Carolina Insurance Company for $5000, and the goods are covered to the extent of $71000 in thte Chtarleston Insurance nnd Trndt Conanyourinn,ie 28th :.st. From the Correspondence of the Char. Courier. South Carolina Ilegislature. COL MiA, Nov. 28. Nothing has yet been done in either the Senate or House of Reprehientatives, though many measures of importance are in pro. gress, some of which are likt-Iy to elicit very animated discussions. Prominent among these, are the bills "pro viding for the election of Electors of Presi dent and Vice President of the U. States by t People,1" for " extending the charter of the Bank of the State of South Carolina to the time necessary to fulfil the contract with the foreign creditors," and for "defining the principles upon which Joint Stock Banks shall be incorporated in this. St~ate." These re ceived their first reading ii'the House to day and have all been referred to the Committee of the Whole;-the first nlide the special or der for Tuqsday next, and the two last for Wednesday next. On the' motion for the reference of the first, made by Mr. Perry, of Greenville, a little discussion arose, in which Messrs. Perry, Abney, Robertson, Hunt, Har rington and Jones participated. The action of the House upon the motion was decidedly indicative of some warmth of feeling on the subject. The bill third above named provides, a mong other things, that no -Bank shall here after be chartered with a capital greater than $1,000,000, nor less than $300,000, and that in case of failure the Stockholders and all who have owned stock within the six months preceding such failure, should be individually liable. Bills " to establish and incorporate the Bank of Newberry," " to amend the law in relation to limitation of actions," and "to divide Pendleton into tw vDistriets, allowing a Senator to each," also received their first reading to-day. ' The Senate adjourned t 11.4 P. M., and the House at half past 2 o'clock, P. M. Nov. 29. A'he following bills in pursuance of previ ous notice were introduced and received their first reading: By Mr. Lyles, a bill to rohibit the intro duction into this State of slaves, from any State lying either north, northeast or north west, of this State. Ry Mr. Verdier, a biULt2 lthe services of free persons of cohor for'debt. Mr. Aver, of Barnwell gave notice that he would ask leave to introduce a bill pro'viding for the assembling of thi;Convention called by the Act of 1850. Mr. Owens, of Barnwelf,'introduced the fol lowing preamble and resolution, which was ordered for consideration'n Monday next. Whereas, The peopleIfdSouth Carolina in the recent election for de1igates to the pro. posed Southern Congres'; have by a very large majority decideI that it is inexpedient for South Carolina to seoede alone from the Union, or to take any action looking to that end upon our past issues with the Federal Government, Therefore, be it Resolved,"That while we do not consider the right of'secession to be an open question, and whil _.e- are determined to maintain it wheneve the people of thi State shall demand its exercise yet we hold that the recent decision o4the people should be acquiesced in, withoutappeal to any other tribunal or attempt to destioyit. The Senate did nothing, having been in session only forty minutk. The House adjourn .at a quarter to 2 P. M., to half hast 9 o'cld k, A. M., Monday next. MOXDY, Dcc. 1. The Bill firing the 4th Monday in April next, as the day for the- assembling of the Convention, was read to-day in the Senate and House. In the latter it was made the special order of the day for Thnrsday next. at 1 o'clock, P. M., before a Committee of the whole House. Rlomestead Exemption. We are gratified to notice that Mr. Tucker, of Spartanburg, contemplates the introduc tion of a bill to increase the amount of pro perty exempt from levy and sale. This is a step towards a perfect homestead exemp) tion law-a law which has been adopted ini a number of States, and which will doubtless prove a salutary one for the interests of the the localities in which it may be adopted. Let a man's home be inalienable, cxcept by his own free will. and he will have an addi tional tie to bind him and his children to the soil. Let the industrious farmer know that the roof which covers his family and the few acres that support them are exsmpt from the consequences of the reverses he may meet, and you give him fresh energy in his daily toil-you give him additional motives to beau tify his home, and improve his farm. Such am law gives no license to idleness, for hi~s small tract of land will not yield without cultiva tion, and he will be unable to maintain him self or his family without lie so cultivates it. Such a law can give no protection to fraud, for it will affect no existing contracts; andL all future ones will be made with ai full knmow ledge on the part of the creditor that the homestead of the farmer affords him no se cu ritv. A "strong tendency of sueh a law will be to increase the number of landlholders, andi recent investigations in .Europe have de mo'nstrated that such a condition of thinmgs in an agricultural community is the best; that this class of citizens, moderate amid smiall landholders, give strength and vigor to agri cultural pursnils, and succeed in bringing about the highest state of improvement of the soil. But the most beneficial tendency we thaink of such a measure would be to check~ the em igrat ion of that class of farmers, for whose protection it is designed. With a house and small farm guarantied to him, the desire to go in search of a new home and fresh lamnds will be greatly diminished, and the homestead would be cherished to an extent we know nothing of in this section. Stability would be given to the increase of our population1 and we wvould begin to approximate in this respect to the legimate ratio of increase. It wvould tend to keep South Carolinians at home, to improve Carolinia, and develope her resources; and without some such policy wej must retrograde. We hope that the step proposed will meet with the favorable, con sideration of the Legislature.-Carolinan. CALoRNA.-The Richmond Enquirer is informed that a letter~ has been received from a native Virginian, now a member of the Legislature of California, wvhich expresses the confident opinion that the Legislature will, at its next session, adopt a resolution submitting to a vote of the people the ques tion wvhethier California will or will not in troduce the system of slavery. The same letter avows a belief that the people of~ Cali fornia will decide in favor of the introduc tion of slavery, as most economical and use ful for the working of the mines, &c. --0 9gr TihE Mississippi Convention has ad. journed. The Resolutions passed are sub stantially the same as those adopted by thm Gner-ia Co'mcution. We learn from the San Antonio Ledger that Gol. Rogers. Indian agent, Lieut. Walk er and John S. McClellan, late from the treaty ground, arrived in that city on the 10th inst.; that the treaty was closed on the 4th inst., satisfactorily to the Indiana and honor ably to our Government. The Camanches, Lipans and Musealeros are the tribes with whom Col. Rogers effect ed the treaty. It is stated that the Indians Were in almost a starving condition when they congregated at the treaty ground. Col. Rogers, to whom great credit is due for his skill and management in the discharge of his arduous and dangerous duties, recov ered from the Indians twenty-seven prison ers, twenty-five boys and two women.-N. 0. Picayune. Division of California. Our readers are aware that efforts are ma. king to divide California into North and South. That the latter will become a slave State immediately upon this division, we hold to be inevitable. That the former will become a slave State ultimately, we have also no question. Slavery will be the only agent of civilization in that country. A farmer population will never be found to in crease in a region where the mines are con stantly urging this common appetite. Nay, negro slavery itself, must furnish the most efficient labor finally at the mines. The present political necessity for the division is urged by a portion of the people of South California from the following considera tions: That the mining counties of the north containing the mass of the population of the State, pay a very small proportion of the taxes. That the burdens of taxation fall upon the farmers, graziers, and landholders of the south. That the State is in debt to the extent of $2,000,000; that the cities and counties of the northern section are also involved ; and that the prospect is an addition to the exac tion upon the South. That they desire to escape the partial and ruinous legislation of rash and ignorant pol iticians, fund-mongers, stock-jobbers, and speculators. That, from the extent of the surface of the State, it will be next too impossible to make laws of a general nature which will not be injurious to the pastoral interests of the northern counties. COMMERCIAL. Correspondence of the Advertiser. HA M BURG, Dee. 2, 1851. The Cotton Market last week was rather buoyant some days, owing to favorable advices from Europe, and prices ranged as high as 83 for fully fair cotton; but the home market not sustaining the advance it has since operated a gainst buyers, and prices have settled down tc 71 for fully fair.-Market closing rather dull al above quotations. BAcoN-We notice a slight decline in this ar tiele. Stock on hand sufficient for the demand Corn still keeps up at 90 cents. FIDALGO. HYDIENIAL, MAXaIzD, on Thursday evening', 20th Nov., by R ev. J. F. Peterson, Dr. J. Y. HaxENasoNr of Edlgefield,'to Miss EL.rzaBEsi A. IIxoGis oldest dasughter-otM. M. Higgins, of Newberrf blaARRZD, on Thursday; the- 27th Nov., by Rev. D. D. Brunson, Mr. RENJMUN Roena and Miss Esrnira, daughter of Capt. Douglas Robt crtson, all of this District. Butler Lodge, No. 17 I, 0 0 F A Regular meeting of this Lodge wdll be held on Monday evening nex Sat 7 oelocCk. ~ A. G. TEAGUE, See'y. Dec4 1851 tf 46 Rich French Embroideries, AND LADIES' DRESS GOODS. SNOWDEN & SHEAR, Augus-rA, GA. HI AVE received a beautiful assortment ol L F rench Embroideries and Ladies' 1Dress Goods, among which are Ladies' Embroidered Chimasetts, with Collars and Undersleeves. Ladies' Embroidered Frilled Muslin Collars, of new and beautiful styles; ILdies' Embroidered French Lawn Ilandker chiefs, of elegant styles ; Silk and Cotton Illusion Laces, and White Crapes, for Ladies' Evening Dresses ; Rich plaid Spnn Silks, a beautiful article for Ladies' arid .i isses' Dresses ; Lupin's plain French Merinos and DeLaines, mn a great variety of colors; Rich printed fleLaines anid Cashmeres, for Ilies' Dresses ; Rich black Brocade and fancy plaid Silks ; Superior lai~n White Satin, for Ladies Dresses Ladies' Rich Velvet Cloaks and Mantillas ; do Silk Mantillas (some at very low prices do white, black. and col'd Crape Shaws; Sdo Scotch and Bay State plaid Shawls, of beautiful styles.; Fancy arid Mode Colored Thiibet Wool Shawls, with heavy silk Fringe; .Ladies' white arid black Lace, and black Love Veils; Saperior black Alpaens and black Merinos; Lupin's superior black Boambazinies, and black Chialtys ; With a variety of other articles suitable for the present scason, to which they respectfully invite the attention of the public. Dee 4 tf 46 House Painting !!! T HE Subscriber resp~etfully offers his servi ces as a 110USE PA INTE R, to the citi zens of Edgefield. Hie will contract to Paint Houses, (both inside and out) and all .other Painting in its various branches, on asm reasona ble terms as the times will admit of, and in a workmanlike manner. Any one wishing to!"en gage his services will please address their let ters to the undersigned, at Graniteville. EUGENE B. BELL. Dec t 46 Window Glass and Putty. 0BOXES WINDOW GLASS, just re eVceived direct from the Manufactory. If you wish to replace the Glass that have been bro ben out of your window's, now is the time to do it, and this is the place to get Glass and Putty. For sale cheap by (G. L. PE2NN, AGENT. Dee 4 -tf 46 1Nails. ([b KEGS, nrs.orted sizes, just received and UJU ini Store, which were purchased unsually low, arnd arc oftered for sale at a small advance, by G. L. PENN, AENsT. Dec 4 . tf 46 To Let FOR tire ensuing year, a small COTTAGE, now aceupied by Mr. R. SnAr. E. J. MIS. n ec er 4 EDGEFIELD. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG LADIE! REV. CHARTES A, RAYMOND, Principal. H E Second Session will commenee on the 9th of January 1852. The Trustees congratulate themselves, their friends and the public, on what they now con sider the permanent establishment of an institu tion of learning of so high a character in their District. The benefits which:their own children with others, have experienced during the past Session, enables them with the greater'conli dence, to recommend the Institution to the pat ronage of the community. The School was opened on the 18th of.Sep tember last, with thirty-one Pupils, and han since been gradually increasing. It is confident ly expected that the number in attendaiie wi be greatly increased during the next Sessioar. The Institute building now contains seven rooms, all of which have been built, and are used, for purposes of Instruction. A fine apparatus; a large collection of Maps; Anatomical Charts, Globes, &e ;.a Museum of Natural History; a Cabinet of Minerals and Shells; furnish unusual facilities for ac-u1ring a practical knowledge of the different branches of Science. The course of Study is of an elevated charac ter, and more comprehensive, than that of most female institutions of the highest reputation. - The PRNCPAL devotes the whole of his time to the super:ision and instruction of the various classes. The Assistants are experienced in their dife rent Departments, and those only of known' sue ccss in teaching are employed. The Academical year is divided into Sessions of 14 weeks eqch. It is of great importance that the student be present at the commence ment of the Session. The Classes are then formed, and a few weeks delay may affect the standing of the pupil throughout the year. Expenses. For Tuition in the Primary Department, 1st Di vision, per Fession,.............5 00 " Tuition in the Primary Department, 2nd Division,.................... 7 00 " Tuition in the Academic Department, 12 00 " " " Collegiate " . 15 00 Lessons'on the Piano and use of Instrum'nt 18 00 Modern Languages. each,............ 8 00 Drawing and Sketching from Nature,.... 8 00 Painting in Oils, Portrait and Landscape, 15,00 Use of A pparatus,................... 2 00 Fuel and care of Buildings,............ 50 Good Boarding can he obtained in the Vil lage including lights, washing, fuel, &c., at (per month).............. 10 00. Pupils entering near the middle or close of of the Session, are charged from the time of - entrnnce to the end of tihe Session. No dedue tion for absence, or other causes, but at-the dis- - cretion of the Principal. All bills for Tuition, &c., aro payhble at ti close of each Session. Books, Stationary and Music, can be obtaied in the Village at reasonable prices. UNOCAL DEPARTMENT. The Department of Music is under the super vision of one of the most accurate and accom plished teachers in the State; and -if'is believed that unusual facilities are afforded for acquiring a thorough knowledge of thisl2iffieult -soience. In addition to regular private lessons, the pupils in this department are divided into classes, and taught on the plan of Pestalozzi. . They devote much time to exercises, adapted. to train the ear. and the voice, and. to impart an easy and brilliant execution. If they persue the presrib.d course Of rnusi cal instruction, they acquire the ~art 'offeding.-.. music-wi~thfaciliy." They are required to be regulaandsstemast ic in practising .daily at the Tustitute. - The training and cultivation, of the voice, receive an -innusuul degree of attention. The science of -Elocution is here applied, in develop ing the voice for singing, with great effect.' The Institution has been almost weekly visited by a large number of the .ladies and gentlemen of our village, who have invariably expressed the highest degree of satisfaction, at what they have heard and seen of the proficiency of the Pupils and the arrangement of the Institute. And the Trustees have only to add in conclu sion, that while in their opinion, there are many institutions of learning deservedly popular in our State, yet there arc none which can furnish greater or more substantial advantages to young Ladics thtan that under the charge of Mr. RAY-. MiOND. - N. L,. GRfTFFIN. EDMUND PENN, S. F. GOODE, R. T. MIMS.' .J Edgefield C. HI., Dee. 4 185I. tf 46 l'loffatsville Academy, 'IHE exercises of this Tnstitutionz will be re .sumed the second Monday in January, 1851, under the sup~ervision of Rev. JonN S. PaESStY. The sclholastle year will consist o ten months. This A cademy is located near the main Road leading frn A nderson C. I.. to' Lowndesville, in Abbeville District, sixteen miles from the for mer and nine from the latter. Rates of Tuition. Common hranches of English Edueation, per atnnum,....................... 9 00 Including the above, with English Gram mar and Geography,.............12 00 Latin, Greek, and Mathematies,...20 00 Trustees, - Rev. J. C. CurtL1as, r Wtt. Sugaan, Wat'. Tr-rvun, | Jonis BrLACK, KELL.Y SULIirvan, iEwIAn WILLrIAMS,. Dr. J. HI. REID, I F. A. Youse. Dec 2 4t 46 Niotice. T H E Estate of WV. W. Walling .deceased, being derelict, I shall proceed to hire at John A. Houston's Hotel, in Hamburg, on Tuesday, the 30th day of December, seven or eight Likly Young Negro Fellows. One of the number a'~good Bricklayer, a good - Wagoner and *Briek Mtoulders and Burners, and, perhaps, some Women, Girls and Boys, for the year 1852. - Further particulars made known on. the day of hireing. JOHN HILL. Adm'r., With the-Will annexed. 'De 44t 46. Notice. W ILL be sold, by the consent of parties, en. Monday, the 22d day of December next, at the late residence of Mrs. Sarah Miles, deo'd., all the personal property of said deceased, con sisting o; THIRTEEN LIKELY NEGROES Stock of Horses and Cattle, 'and half of the - present Crop of Corn, Household and Kitchen Furniture, with other articles not numerated. Terms made known on the day of sale. LEWIS J. MILES. D e e 4 . St ~- 46~ Notice. ALL persons indebted to the estate of DaielrI ABouknight, dee'd., will please .make pa'y ment, as we wish to make a settlement of the - estate by the first of January. The notes and accouints, are in the haads f R. 1B. B~ouknight. Those having demand., will present them to him for payment. WM. BOUKN!GHT, ~ R. B. BOUTKNIGBT. Ex'or?. Dee 4 . t 4An. From the South Carolinian. That Platforni at Last. We have been often told by our co-opera tion friends, when talking of the defeat of secession, to " wait until we saw their plat form." We had become somewhat inpa tient, but at last have the satisfaetion of lay. ing before our readers the long expected document. The late hour at which we re ceived it. prevents any comments to-day. We quote from the Charleston Standard the proccedings of the meeting held here: "At a meeting of the co-operation party, held at Columbia, on the evening of Satur dlay, the 29th instant, the Hon1. Langdon Cheves, Hon. R. W. Barnwell, Chancellor J. Johnson, Col. Jas. Chesnut, Jr., Col. T. N. Dawkins, A. P. Aldrich, and the Hon. John Townsend, who, at a previous meeting, had been appointed a committee to report mat ters for the action of the meeting, submitted the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted: The committee of seven beg leave to.re port That, in the present aspect of affairs; they deem it inexpedient to do more than to indicate by a few simple resolutions the platform upon which, aecording to their judgment, the people of' South Carolina have p)laced themselves by the recent elee tion. 1. Rcsohred, That we regard the State as having decided, that whilst the right of seceding is fundamental and indisputable, the exercise of it by a single State, without well grounded assurance of the concurrence and support of other States, is not the ap propriate remedy for existing grievances, nor the sufficient safeguard against those which menace us in the future, and that any at tempt, either directly or indirectly, to accom plish this purpose, would be made in con travention of the clear declaration of the publie will. 2. Resolred, That we regard the State as having decided that concert of action among the slaveholding States, or a sufficient number of them to make their action effec tual; is essential to remedy existing evils, and to protect themselves against those which impend over them, and that a co-ope ration among them for these purposes-ought to be earnestly sought after and promoted. 3. Resnlred, That the State maintains a deep and indignant sense of the grievances and dangers which oppress and assail her, and perseveres in her determination to re move and avert them, so soon as the co operation of other slaveholding States shall give to her action, efficiency, and render her security permanent. 4. Resolhed, That we regard these de clarations of the public will as having taken away the causes which separated those who advocated separate secession from those who advocated co-operation, and that we shall feel sincere satisfaction should they now unite in pursuing that line of policy which the State has marked out for herself, in strict accordance with the principle hereto fore maintained by the State. 4. Resolred, That we think it expedient that the organization of those who desire to promote co-operation should be preserved. J. S. PRESTON, Chairman. J. D. AsHMoRE, Seeretary. What the Patriot Thinks, We extrnet the following paragraph from the Greenville Patriot of the 24th, Nov. says. " Will the State Convention be convened by the Legislature ? We think not. The fiery spirits in the Legislature, the true se cessionists willscorn thie,idea of ..otjth Car olina msembling in Conveinion to' declare her anbmission, and take her "step back wn~mrd !" The co-operationists willI vote against it, becanse it would be calling into existence a power over which they have no control. The Union men, in nunihers hardly to be counted in the Le-gislature., will of course oppose amll revolutionary movmeints. So, between the odds and endis of parties, wve think there will be a majority in the Legisla ture opposed to the calling together of the State Convention. " What., thenm, will the Legislature do? In reference to otur federal relations, we think it would be as well, as an Irishman in Greenvile said last winter about Col. Mem minger's plan of waiting ten year.-, "1to look to the Lord and/le dismissed." Paddy thought after heairing the Colonel's war speech in the Court House in November, that there wvould certa~inly be a fight before the first of January. His :amaizement was profound when thme Col. had developed his plan of nction in the Le-gis hat ure, and told us that if we got tinder way, atid stood a faLir chance of a light after ten years' agitation and patient waiting, we should be doing very well. If that be the case, said thme fiery son of Erin, "let us look to the Lo'rd and be dismissed." The enlline of the Convention cannot be avoided, in our opinion, anti we think if South Carolina is determined to declare her sub missision, the most manly course would be preferable. If she is determined to take a step baekward, let it b)e in the broad face of day ; and not by shirking a responsibility on the part of those who have sought and in eurred it. Pat was right: if we are to be kept ten years agitating for a direct issue, far better that it, should be dismissed at once. We have had enough of " wair speeches," such as that referred to above ; but it would be capping the elimax of the incongruous posi tion of onr fiery orators for t hen now, by their failure to sunmon the Convention, to indi cate that, in all their superfluous patriotism -the.y meant nothing. But the position ot the action party of the State is such that we do not feel obliged to give counsel. With the leaders of the co operation party rests the onus of direerting thme policy of the State. The assume that they know the popular wvill, and that they are its trute exponents. By no special plen'ding, equivocation or shirking can they avoid the high responsibility they moved heaven and earth to obtaini; and to the people of the State, both friends and opponents they must give a satisfactory reason for the faith they profess LATER FROM TEXAS.--We received last evening by the steamship Louisiana, Capt. Forbes, Galveston papers to thme 21st inst. The Nucces Valley of; the 15th reports that Capt. G. K. Lewis, with a reinforcement, had arrived at the Rio Grande during the previous wveek. Col. Ford, with a body guard, had ar rived at Corpus Chiristi from Matamoros. He was recoveritng from the effects of his wound. The Legislature has done nothing yet of interest out of the State, and very little of interest in it. A proposition has been intro duced to build r, new capitol of brick or stonie. In relation to the State debt, the Galves ton News of thme 2ist says: Wec understand that there is a very gen eral disposition among the members of the Legislature to pay the second class creditors of the State ont of the five millions already received from the United States Treasury, and to let thme first class have their recourse tothie General Government, which has ac knowied its liability to Day that class.