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EDGEFELD VERISE a Deutocratic 3ournal, Vebottb to Soutojra Efgits, N s, Seolftit 'turral *Uttilignuc, 3Littraturt, Joralit, Etyane, giltu &c. "We will clint to the Pillars of the Temple of an if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the RuIns W. F. DURISOE, Proprieter. EDGEFIELD, EDGEIELD Sn DECEMBER 18,1851., THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. F. DURlIS0E, Proprietor. ARTHUR SI5NKINS, Editor. TJRX8.--Two DOLLARS per year. if paid in advance---Two DOLLARS and FWTY CENTS if not paid in six months--.and TnREE DOLLARS if not paid -before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinctly limited at the time of subscribing, will be considered as 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 some one known to us. 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A few days.ngo nppeared in the list of deailts in the morning paper, the name of Widow Constance. Few took notice (if this simple announcement, and fewer still knew the incidents of the beautiful life that lias just closed, I am sure your readers will be interested in the short sketch I am, going to give them, and which has been furnished mne partly by an eminent physician, who knew the excellent widow, and indeed, closed her eyes when they had looked their last upon earth. Constance was the daughter of a brave officer, killed at the opetting of Napoleon's lItaian camptign. Left alone at the nye of seventeen without any other support. than her courage, her beauty, and her virtte be came the vivandiere of her father's regiment. the 76th of the line. For the benefit of those of your readers who may not be in formaed on the subject, I will explain that a vivandiere is a woman who follows a regi mient, sometimes in a Bi 4ds&s hand', tooa supply (if little delicacies for thet sick, and rolls of linen. and an assortment of bal-;tms and salves for the wounded. She ts almost always a brave, noblehearted woman, braving fatigrue and difficulties, datngers, and even deaith itself, with equal courage and cheerfulness. The vivandiere is indeed tie providence of the French soldier. Otn the march, there is always a pinee in her cart for the poor fellow overcome with fatigue, and eredit fur him whose purse is empty. In the battle, amid the hail of balls, the first to raise a fallen comrade, the fist to close his bleeding wo ds, and drag him to a place of safety, it is ays she, always the vivan diere. The dress of the vivandiere is, generally red pantaloons, a short blue cloth skirt, bor dered with red, and a tight-fittitng jacket, similar to the uniform coat of her reginment, and a little military hat, adorned with the tricolored cockade, set jauntly .on the side of her head. Across her shoulders is swung a little barrel full of the soldier's consolation. And her large pockets are filled with a good ly number of small glasses. But to return to Constance. She could not long remain in the situation of vivan diere, dispensing excellent liquor and sweet smiles with equal liberality, without attract ingattention. One day, the young girl sat down to count the number of her adore s, and after those who did not explain them selves clearly enough upon the marriage point, she found that there renfnined ten. Constance was in aq qnatdary, for shte liked -them all, and shzuddered at the idea .of wounding the feelings of any of them. Press ed at last to make achoice, she secretly gave each one a rendezvous in the same plaee,-atnd for the s.-ute hour. Not one failed ; but, to the eredit of thte brave girl, let it be said, not one of thtose soldiers, in accepting this meet ing, dishonored her with a suspicion tun worthy oft her putre life. Ilowever, upon finding themselves to the nutmber of tent,all sub-officers of thte same corps, and neverthte less all rivals, the astonishmettt of thtese men made the horizon black wvith tentpests; al ready locks of definLee were passing~ be tween them, when the vivandiere made her appearance. * "You have been faithful,".said she to the rendezvous; I thank you for it; also, let there h le no non~enae, no coquetry. no perfidy, among us; all must pass here as if on parade. Besides. you are my only friends, and it is from you'alotne that I wish to take advice. All, let me say the word, you hatve addressed me declarations of love ! Deny it who will! Ia that true ?" " Yes loudly answered the ten lovers." "And you alt really with to marry - meT' added she, with a rogueish smile ; is it truer? " Yes!" was again the grave and resolut: answer. "Very well," replied Constance, in a ten, der and playful tone,-you are all alike ii seetms! However, I can only marry one, ant you leave all equal rights to my gratitude and wvhat is gratitude, is love, in the heart o her whom you call Constance the Virtuons. "-You. my brilliant quarter-master, yet loved me the first-that is worthm a goom mark for you. Yon, my valorous adjutant twenty-five years and the cross of honor that would tempt a Dnchess, if I am not mis iaken. You, my young sergeant, bra.ve an< gallant, you saved me trom the hands of th Sistrians: tnv honor owes you somethng fo that. You head of the file of the god Matr could you be overlooked, suberb drum-majol whose seven feet remined -me of the churel: teple of my native village !" The soldiers all laughed at these joyou -n;-ie of theyvng girl, who. after havin The Deaf Wires. The incident we are abont to relate oi curred some years since, in the Granil State, and as we abide beyond striking dii tance (if the parties and their immediat friends, we shall be a little more free in o description of the circumstances than w otherwise should be. Nathaniel Ela, "Uncle Nat," as he wo generally called, was the corpulent, rubicun and jolly old landlord of the best hotel i tile flourishing village of Dover, at the hen of the Piscataqua, and was excessively fon of a bit of fun withal. He was also th owner of a large farm in New Durharr about twenty miles distant, the overseer a which was one Caleb Ricker, or "Boas Kale." as termed by the numerous hands on der his control, and sufficiently wngglsh fo all practical purposes of fan and frolic Caleb, like a wise and prudent man, had : wife; and so had " Uncle Nat," who was ac customed to visit his farm every month o; two, to see how matters went on. On th4 occasion of one of these visits the followinm dialogue occurred between Uncle Nat, ant Mistress Ricker. "Mr. Ela," said the good lady, " why have you never brought Mrs. Ela out to see the farm and pay us a visit-I dare say she would be pleased to spend a day or two with us, and I would endeavor to render her stay as pleasant and comfortable as possi. ble." "Why, to tell the truth. Mrs. Ricker,' said Uncle Nat, "I have been thinking about it, for some time, but then she is so very deaf as to render conversation with her ex tremely difficult-in fact, it requires the greatest eflbrt to make her hear anything that is said to her, and she is conseqitently very reluctant to mingle in the society of strangers." " Never mind that," replied the importu nate Mrs. Ricker," I have a good strong voice and if any body can make her hear1 can." "If you think so, and will risk it," said Uncle Nat, "she shall accompany me on my next visit to the farm:" and this having been agreed on, Uncle Nat left for the field, to ne rIunint Boss Kale wih what had passed, and with the plan of future operations, touching the promised visit of his wife. It was finally settled between the wicked vags that the fact their wives could both tear, as well as anbody, should be kept a rofound secret, until disclosed byapersonal uterview of the ladies themselves. r t1icountry would be of ser -ice to her; and that Mrs. Rieker, who had lever seen her, was very anxious to receive a -isit from her, and proposed that she should Lecotmipany him on that occasion. She readi v consented, and they were soon on their ourney. They had inot, however, proceeded ar, when Uncle Nat observed to her that he vas sorry to inform her that Mrs. Ricker vas extremely deaf, and she would be under he necessity of elevating her voice to the iitrhest pitch, in order to converse with her. grs. Ela regretted the misfortune, but bought, as she had a pretty strong voice, ihe would be able to mike her friend hear ier. In a few hours after, Uncle Nat and his lady drove up to the door of his country mansion, and Boss Ricker, who had been previously informed of the time of Uncle Nat's intended arrival, was already in waiting to help enjoy the fun that was to come of at a meeting of the Deaf Wives! Mrs. Ricker not. expecting them at the time, happened to be engaged vith her domestic duties in the kitchen; but, observing her visitors through the window, she flew to the glass to adjust her cap nnd put he.-self in the best trim to receive them, that the moment would allow. In the mean Boss Kale had ushered Uncle Nat and his lady into the parlor. by way of the front door, soon after which Mrs. R. Op penred in the presence of her guests. l rs. Ricker I will make you aquainted with Mrs. Ela," roared UAcle'Nat in a voice of thunder. " How do you do, mrndam." screamed Mrs. Rlicker to Mrs. Ela, with her mouth close to the ear of the lat ter. " Very well, I thank you," replied Mrs. E., in a tone of corresponding elevation. " How did -you leave your family ?" con tinued Mrs. R~., in a voc quite up to the pitch of her first effort. "All very well, I thank you, how a you family!" returned Mrs. E., in a key whicl called into requisition all the power of hei lhngs. In the meantime IUcle Nat and Boss Kale who were convulsed beyond the power of en durance, had quietly stolen out of the door and remaiined tinder the wtindow, listening ti the boisterous conversattion of their den wives, which was continued on the same ele va'ed letter of the staff for some time, whem airs. Ri., in the sunme leger-line key she hai observed from the first, thtus addressed he lady triest: " What on enrth are you hallowing to mn for-I a'nt deaif ?" " A'nt you indeed ?" said Mrs. E., " b pray what are you hallowing to me for am sure I'm not deaif?" Each, then, came gradually down to tht ordinary key, when a burst of laughter froi Uncle Nat and Boss Kale, at the window, re vealed the wyhole trick, and even the ladie themselves were compelled to join in th~ merriment they had afforded the outsider by the character of their interviewv.. -e0 ADvERTSrG.-Let advertisers read th following. It speaks for itself: Esonxous OUTLAY FOR ADVERTISING. -Townsend, the saraparilla man, say that h books, exhibit an outlay for advertising in tI course of five years, in the various papers the United States-$800,000! He says, f six months he cut off all his advertisemneni to see if the medicines would not go on the own merits, just asn well as by advertising. I -lost $300,000 by~ it; sales dwindled rig tdown to nothing, for his competitors, seii r him drop off, went on advertising heavil and got the start of him. i THE people of Georgetown, D. C., see a seriously bent on demanding their retroc< sion to Maryland. thus passed in review the titles of all her pre. tenders, cried, " You see it is impossible tc chose, for I do not wish to be a subjectol discord between you. But I will do better she hastened to add; the war is about to be gin ; the little corporal has sworn that before the end of the month he will enter Vienna. It is then at Vienna that I will become the wifle of him who, during the campaign, shall have Performed the most brilliant action. My heart, my life, the only treasures of the poor orphan, shall belong to him without division. Let all to whom this decision is acceptable touch that"-and she held out her little white hand. At these chivalrous words, a thunder of applause burst forth: hands were shaken all round, and the corks sprung from the bottles which had been brought for the occasion. They drank to glory,and to love, henceforth inseparable. At Vienna, the soldiers once more shouted, and then separated. Three months after this scene, the grand army made its triumphal entry into the capi tal of Austria; but the 76 had paid with blood its prodigies of valor. The young quarter-master, one of the ten lovers of Constance, had both legs carried away ; but in falling beneath the eyes, and almost in the arms of the beautiful vivandiere, he had crie': "Of the nine lovers who remain for thee, eight will be more pitied than I, for they will live." - These simple words, com prising a whole drama of love, did not es cape the young girl. She saw him safely off the field and earried to the hospital. A few days after that, a table for eleven persons was spread in a little restaurant of the faubourgs of Vienna. Faithful to her eng~agements, Constance, more beautiful than ever, from secret sadness, which veiled her regard, had invited her lovers to meet her there. She was the first to arrive and to salute. with a tear, and a regret, the unoccu pied place of the brother in arms who had fallen in the battle. When the rest were as sembled, they went over, together, the epi sodes of the campaign,-so short, yet so glorious, and then they discussed their hopes and tile rights of each one to favors and re wards, for each thus hoped to rase himself in the eyes of the young girl. But spirit was wanting to the scene. Con stance had lost her g:iety, her repartees. venerally so lively, so jovial and so quick, aguished, and were given slowly and with ifliultv. At last came the dessert. With >ut waiing for the others to speak, Con tance, after having filled her glass, arose Brothers," said she, "you are all young and Let us Speak with a I hearts, what would be for you wnh I lie title or wife, the poor uneducated young rirl? An obstacle to your fortune :more han this, a humilia'ion and a remorse. I me seen my mother weep, and I remember j . This hanid, which you have done ine the ionor to seek, I give it to him who will have ieed of it to sustain him, and perhaps to 11rii his bread ! The choice of Constance is 1 et an homage to the fraternity of arms, for . fixes itself upon the most unfortunate liong you; let us drink then to the poor utilated comrade, extended on his bed of pin, at the hospital of Vienna. where I am roing to shut myself up, to (lie a Sister of Carity. or to leave it the wife of the wound ed soldier." sht- put her glass to her lips, but bending under the weight of her emotions, for in tlii: mi.ubiine decree she was pronouncing an eternal separation from the regiment she loved so well, she fell faiting in her chair. Not-a single voice protested against her no ble devotion-sobs alone replied to her. Whei she recovered her consciousness, she found her nine lovers, their bayonets on their shoulders read V to conduct her to the hospital. Arrived tiere, she placed herself by the bed side of the invalid soldier, and renewed the v.qw she had made at the res taurant. Ten days afterwards a letter with t he imperial seal tvas placed in the hands of the ex-vivandiere of the 70th. He of the eagle-ey~e, whlo knew how to fmnd out and re ward every virtue, endowed the young girl with an annuity of 1500 francs, reversable to her children, for, said the latter, " you deserve to be ai mother." Five months later Constance left the hos pital the wife of the mutilated quarter-mas ter, and during the eleven years they lived togethier, she never had cause to regret the chice shte ha~d made.- Her ancient lovers often came to see her, and though they had become officers and had nearly all married rich wvives and lived in luxury, they spent many a pleasamnt hour in the vivandiere's cot tage. 'Thle nine became each in his turn, tod-father to the nine children of whom Constance becaute the happy mother. At last her husband died, blessing her with his last breath; then one after the other her children passed away, also. T wo died fight ing for their country. Three, twvo daugh ters and a son, wecre killed by a dreadful railroad accident, which occurred some twelve years ago, and wvithin two yeamrs after wardls, the unfortunate mother -buried her other four, and wvas thtus left alone upon thme earth. But. her noble courage did not for sake her. She ;urned her thoughts to God, and gave her occupations to the poor and sick. It was principally among the soldiers that she exercised the most good, and within the last few years, her little house in the fau bo'urg Mont-martre had become a veritable private military hospital. Here many a poor soldier wvithout parents, friends, or money, came to receive the motherly cares and counsels of widow Constance. She pre served all her faculties to the last, and died :is beautifully as she had lived, leaving hei annuity to her " children," the siek soldiers o! the French army. -A man on being told by a generous farme that he would give him a barrel of cider Iasked him if he would bring it to his house " Certainly," replied the fmer, " with plea r sure." " Well," said the grateful man, 4L who will you give me for the barrel when the cide ,is gone ?" Wrrr is a man approaching a candle like s man get tiing off his horse? Because he' ; goingr to a light. e e 0 -ADVERTISER. ir MY: TH PLACE, C! A .,ON 11ORM 5 CREEK. To me th'' 'hallow'd spot, d Althoug1 tom thee roam, a Thou wilt nuot, be forgot, My uw a sacred home. e When in kes me back again, To that eNdd place, 3 My heart ays fill'd with pain, AsI eae Jeet trace. r Methinks the tall oak trees, Where 1.ed to play, And wate little humming bees, On each 'it summer day. The old! welling there doth stand, Amid Jady grove, O'er whiq ather had command, From I scarce did rove. 'Twas th o also did advise, And teac wayward child, And sough make her good and wise. All her n nd and mild. My moth , ught me there To prais aker, God, And humn w my knee in prayer, Andh iss the rod. Though o may thee lightly prize, And notice thee, I enn't forg early ties Which e thee dear to me. Where e'.er wandering feet may room, What e'e be my lot, My dear ol cred childhood's home, Can neve 'orgot. Fo E ADVEa'rUxa. TETOTAL vs. DRUKKENNES13. TiEan's not Unty to us lent, ThatJor enjoy nt is not sent 'Tis --nr No- - As As well refuse ihe purple juice, Because of its absurd abuse. As well reject the fragrant rose Because the thorn within grows; Nor pleasure venture to enjoy, Because too much of it would cloy. Must we into excesses sink, Or else refuse to eat or drink ? IS there, the two extremes between, No stopping point, no proper mean ? Must it forever be our fault That we between them do not halt ? Must proffered bounty be refused, Or else so fatally abused ? If so-then let the cup pass by, Before both soul and body die; Ere we approach the liquid hell, Let us not taste, nor touch, nor smell. Unquenehable the drunkard's thirst; Far worse than Tant'lus is lie curst The only sure escape from hence Must come from Total Abstinence. The Drunkard's Will. I, W- T,-, beginning to be enfeebled in body, and fearing that I may be palsied in mind~, and having entered on that course of intemperance from which I have not strength of mind to flee, and already feeling the evils resulting. therefrom, which I have no resolution to avert, do maike and publish this my last will and testament. Ihaving been made in the image of my Creator capa ble of' rational enijoyments, of imparting hap piness to others, and promoting the glory of God, I know and acknowledge my accounta bilit y. Yet such is my fondness for sensual gratifiwation, arid my utter inability to re sist temptatlist that I give myself up en tirely to intempernnee an'd its associate vices, and make the following hequests: Item 1. My property I give to dissipation, iknowing that it will soon fall into the hands| .of those who furnished me with ardent I spirits. I Item 2. My reputation, already totering ron a sandy foundation, I give to destruc tion. 3 Item 3. I give my ability to be happy and useful in life, to annihilation. tItem 4. To my beloved wife, who has I thus far cheered me in the path of life, I give shame, poverty sorrow and a broken e heart. aItem 5. To each of my children. I be .queath my example, and the inheritance of a their father's shame. e Item 9. To my'grocery companions, I ,give my broken bottles. 'Item 7. Finally, give my body to disease misery, and early dissolution and my soul that can never die, to the disposal of that e God wvhose mercy I have abused, whose dom mands I have broken, and whose holy law -declare that no drunkard shall inherit the I kingdom of Heaven. 0e A DnrnxAnn. (Seal) if Witness :-Seripture, Reason, Common > Sense, Universal Experience. ir "Malr A SurP BETWVEEN THE CUr AlE e THE LAF."-This saying was supposed t0 ht take its origin from one of Penelope's wvobers g being shot as ho was going to drink. But il y, arose, as Ainswofrth has it, thus: " A king of Thrace had planted a vine yard, when one of his slaves, whom he hia n. much oppressed in that very wvork, prophe s- sied that he, the kinga should never tasti the wino, produced by it. The king disre garded his probecy, and when at an entertain. ment he held the cup full of him own wine he sent for this slave, and insultingly asked him what he thought of his prophey now! The slave only answered, " there's many a slip between the cup and the lip." Scarcely had lie spoken, when news was brought that a huge boar was laying his vineyard waste. The king arose in a fury, attacked the boar, and was killed without ever tasting the wine. TJie Farmer's Daughter. There is a world of buxom beauty flourishing in the shades of the country. Farm houses are dangerous places. As you are thinking only of sheep or of cards, you may be shot through by a pair of bright eyes, and melted away in a bewitching smile that you never dreamed of till the mischief was done. In towns and theatres, and thronged as semnblies of the titled fair, you are on your guard; you know what you are ex posed to, and put on your breast-plate, and pass through the most terrible on. slaught of beauty, safe and sound. But in those sylvan retreats, dreaming of nightingales, and hearing only the lowing of oxen, you are taken by surprise. Out steps a fair creature-crosses a glade leaps a stile. You start-you stand lost in wonder and admiration t You take out your tablets to write a sonnet on the return of the Nymphs and Dryads to earth, when up conies John Tompkins, and says: "It's only the farmer's danghter." "What! have farmers such daughters now adays ?" Those farm-houses are dangerous places. Let no man with a poetical im. igination, which is only another name or a very tender heart, flatter himself vith the fancies of the calm delights of he country; with the serene idea of sit. ing with the farmer in his old fashioned himney corner, and hearing him talk of orn and mutton; of joining him in the ensive pleasures of a pipe and a jng of rown October; of listening to the gossip laughter, a living creature u: - - ir as the lilly, sweet as a posey of vio. ets and clove gillivers, modest as early norn, and amiable as your own imagina ion of Desdemona or Gertrude of Wyo n1ing. You're lost. It's all over withi rou. And that comes of going into the :ountry, out of the way of vanity and temptation, and fancying firm houses to >e nice old fashioned places of old es. tablished contentment. -0 REMOvNG THE FLORIDA I5mAs.-We learn from the Tallahassee Floridian & ournal, that a meeting of the citizens of Julcson county vas held at Marianna, on the 21st ult., to consider the subject of the removal of the Indians from Florida. The Floridian says: "In reference to this matter, we are in. formed upon the most reliable authority that a contract has been entered into by the proper Department at Washington with a Mr. Blake, of Alabama, for the peaceable removal of these Indians, and it is said the contractor is now making arrangements to undertake the compliance with hi4 agree ment. Mr. Blake is to receive $850, or thereabouts per head for all those that en be persuaded to emigrate, Hie does not ex pect to use force in their removal, but relies on thme infinenee of young-Seminoles already in the Wecst, who are to be bronght back for this purpose.. W~e hope thuit Mr. B.'s efforts may prove successful, but we fear that any thing short of force will fail in ridding our State of the presence of the savages." A REMTARKABLD WELL.-A well is now in course of digging in this County. which in the number of the strata already passed through, is almost notable as the one so fat mons near Genoa. The first twenty or thirty feet is composed of the sandy soil com mon to this region. This is succeeded for about an equal distance, by a black, rich, veg etable loam. Beneath the loam is a deposit of trunks and branches of trees, in a semi petrified state, and still further down, at the depth of sixty-fiv~e feet, is struck a vein of metallic ore. A specimen of the ore is in our possession. It is very pare, and has the appearance of silver, hut the hardness, of platina. We have little doubt ef its bemng valuable. It is said to be found in consider able quantities.-Florida Whig. A -DUTCHMAds AssWER..-Sqjnirl I ay, fellow can you tell me where Mr. Swackel hammer, the preacher, lives? Duchmanm-YawV. You just walk de road up to de creek, and durn de pritch ovem shtream. Den you just go on till you cum to a rote what vinds woots around a school house; but you don't take dat road. Well den you go on till you meet a big barn shing. led mit straw, den you turn de road around de field ant go on till you cum to a pig rec house all speckled o'er mit vite and de gar. ret up stairs. Well, dat is my broder HIan'.s house. Den you turn dat house aronnit de barn, and you see a road dat goes up in d( voods. Den you don't take dat road too, Den you go right straight on, ant de firs you meet is a hay stack, and do next is bar rack. WeolI, he don't lif dere. Den, yoi will get furder, and you see a house on to] do hill, about a mile, and -go in dere and a: do old voman, aind she will tell you bettel aslIcan. War are lovers sighs like long stockings The Consummation. Aboqt the time of the passage of the con promise measures by Congress, we expressi the opinion that their enactment would Wn reetly, but certainly, accomplish one of ti chief purposes of the abolitionists-the aboi lion of the slare trade between the States. We then forsaw and predicted, (" withot being a prophet or the son of a prophet that the compromise would drive the Cotto States to place an interdict upon the intr< duction of slaves within their limits, from th border grain and tobacco States, as a mew ure of self-defence. In this we were nt mistaken, as recent movements in the Legih lature of Alabama, Georgia and South Care lina clearly demonstrate. Indeed, so pal pable was this result, that our only surpris was, that all did not comprehend it. By thi adoption of the compromise, a death penalt, rubicon was drawn around slavery in the U States-an upas hedge made to encircle it which it is death even to approach. Nothinj could therefore, be more natural and certain than that the slaveholder would shrink fron its approach. And this was the grand objec of the supporters of that ruinous measure Pea, ' slavery, said they, and confine it to iti pr ht limits, and the institution will soon cease to exist. The Cotton States said they like the blackhole at Calcutta, needs but to be a little more crowded, and the master and slave will both be suffocated together. History clearly attests, that the abolition of slavery in the free States, added but a mi-e to the number of free negrees in those States. That the abolition laws of those States, did little more for their slaves, than to transfer them froin the ownership of a Northern to that of a Southern master. Com mon sense tells us, the same would be the result of similar laws in the border States of Maryland, Virgina. r.nd Kentucky. And who canl doubt the ennement of such laws in those States, if they are permitted a few years longer to depopulate themselves of their slaves, as they are compelled to do, by the precarious and uncertain tenure by which they nov hold that species of property? It was to meet consequences so fatal to the C.>tton States, that we predicted they would Ie driven to place an interdict upon the slave trade between the States. To verify our predictions, we need but refer to the pro :eedings of the Legislature of three of those Staoca.nnrnIvalyy lr~ tive abolition laws of the Northern States, for their slave owners to transfer their slaves into other States, and exchange them for their value in cash, that those States would still have been slave States. Be this, how ever, as it may, we know that they never proclaimed themselves the enemies of slave ry in other States, until they had made sale of, and received the cash for all their own slaves. They never enticed the slaves of the South to runaway, nor refused to deliver themi up when they did so, as long as they had slaves for sale themselves. In short never did the Northern States refuse to per form their constitutional obligatiou to the Southern States, never did they enact laws nullifving the acts of Congress, never did they proclaim Southern slave holders to be robbers murderers and outlaws whom it would be doing God service to slay, never did theynttempt to excite Southern slaves to revolt and butcher their master, never dii they attempt through Congress to abolish the institution of slavery so long as they had slaves to sell, and could find a mnrket for them in the South. Is it unreasonable then to conclude, that it is to the interest of the cotton States, thit tihe other States should retain their slaves.- Cheraw Gazette. GOVERNOR BELL..-Governor Bell, of Texas in his recent message, uses the following strong language with reference to the senti mnent- of the South in case of a collison be. tween the Federal Government and the State of South Carolina-deprecating at the same time the occurrence of such an event: " And shall wve, gentlemen sit still, and look4 calmly andi supinely on at the brewing of a coming storm, so portentous of evil to us and the world, without making an effort to avert it? Are we not admonished by oui love for the country and all it parts to make that effort?- Do you believe for a moment that if a conflict of arms should unfortunate's arise between the Federal Govcrmehit and the State of South Carolina that we ecar look quietly on, undisturbed by that conflici and await its issue ? Could we see the bloot of patriot b~rothers and friends oif South Car olina flow in a cause which had its origin it a desire to protect our rights as well as theil own, without affording them our sympath3 and aid? O'r could we see the torch of domestic and servile wvar ligted up at thi doors of the sons and daughters of those pa triots of South Carolina, who aided so mued in conferring upon us the inestimable birth right of freemen, without rushing to thel rescue ? If so, I have greatly misunderstoo< the charaster of my countrymen. It is true -we hope, that such an issue will not be pre sented; but should it be, (and we have caus to fear it,) it requires no prophetic spirit t predict its results, and to tell where thl whole South will be found." CotiNTERFEIT.-We are requested to eat tion the public against a counterfeit whie has made its appearance. It is a well exeet ted $100 bill on the Merchants' Bank of Ch' raw, a~d resembles the bills of that Bani It issues, however, no bills over the denomr nation of $20's. One of the counterfei wals offered to a merchant in this place lIa week.-Crolinian. NEW~ PosT OFFreES.-New post offic have been established in this State of the ft followving names: -Indian Creek, Newerr N. J. Johnston postmaster; and Algoo Spartanburg, Wilics Smith, postmaster. Jackson's Creek, Fairfield, and Haddrell Point, Charleston, have been discontinued, ABfERrcANS IMPRISoNED N 'ME2iio.-We i- find in the Houston Telegraph, of the 8th d inst., a statement of the incareeration'of nine i- of our citizens in Mexico, seized upon while e making their way to California. The Telo. 4- graph thus speaks of this new outrage: - "We have been informed by a gentleman it who visited Durango a few months sin0, ) that nine American citizens have been im n prisoned in that city for more than a year, and that, unlesa the American government e interferes, they will probably remain in pri. - son for years. t "They were emigrants for Californ. - While passing through Dfrango, owing to the scarcity of provisions on the route,'(as - the crops had been cut off by the drought, B they could not procure food, and were com pelled to take a few artioles of food to pre. r vent them from starving. " For this they were arrested, and without a trial were thrown into prison, where they remained at the time our informant saw them. He states that, according to the laws of Mex i ico, travellers are allowed to take articles of food when the owners refuse to 'sell them, provided that they take ortly -sufficient to supply their absolute necessities. He says he and his companions, while travelling through Durango, were frequently compelled to take provisions by force; but they alwa a paid for them at exorbitant rates, and the alcaldes refused to arrest them. He thinks our minister in Mexico should be required to ascertain whether these prisoners in Durango are not imprisoned contrary to the provisions of the treaty with Mexico." Ix accordance with its late decision the U. S. Circuit Court for Southern New York, has directed that, as the present Trustees deny the right of the Methodist Church South to a share in the " Book Concern," the shares be longing to the latter be placed in the hands of other trustees or agents, to be appointed by the Church South, and that the whole subject be referred to the Clerk of the Court. to ascertin and report the value of the real and personal estate and other assets of the Book Concern at the period of the division, and the proportionate mhare, according to the number of the beneficiaries, 'that the Church South is entitled to, and what amount, if any, it has received since; also, to ascertain and report in what form the tranafar-PL*t!-.-l,.,,. ~: ~~'i~ 'ra&r~.Thr,fanfieks have not. ody driven the -United States ofiieers, who are not Mormons, from the Territory, but the Governor (Brigham Young) renounces all nllegiance to the Government of the Uni ted.States. The Mormons are a hard set, if late accounts be true; arid we hope measures will be taken to bring them to a proper sense of their duty. Report says that the Presi dent will appoint a new Governor of Utah, soon after the assembling of Congress. This we expect, and also that the new Governor will go to the Mormon country, acconipanied by such an armed firee as will be able to enforce the laws pnd keep the fanatics in snbjection.-N. O..Bulletin. CALwonwa.-The Richmond Enquirer is informed that a letter has been received from a native Virginian, now a member of the Legislature of California, which 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 whether California will or will not intro duce the system of slavery. The same let ter avows a belief that the people of Califor nia will decide in favor of the introduction of slavery, as most econdmical and useful for theworking of the mines4.&c. . IFoaR1ATioN WANTED--Of Catharine Cornelia Terry, a native 6f Tuscaloosa, Ala bama, aged about 24 years, who left Charles ton near five years since, where she resided some 16 years, during the-1ast.two of which time she lived with Mrs. Hall. NAny informa tion concerning her will Ie' thankfully re ceived by her brother, Cyrus. C. Terre-from whom she will heai something to her advan tage-at the office of the Abbeville (S.C.) ~ Banner. . Papers .throughout. the States will confer aespecial favor on a -typo by publishing- -T this notice.-Abbeville- Banner. Fiox the report of the last annual meet. - - ug of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Ken tucky, we learn that there are now in the .. State 1'76 working lodges; numbering from - 10 to 233; 21 dges instituted the past year; 1,153 initiations; 5'4 deaths ; !72 suspended; 22 expelled. Thei-e are 784 past masters; total number of contributing members 5,166, . and 197 free members. TnsE RECTED-LOVER.-Sa~d was the1heart of Anthony Riggles, he he rushed frdci..the prse c f e to whom he had offered bis -- heart's purest affections, and who hadecruel ly responded-" Go to grass." - "Never ! false one," he shouted, and strode 'at a fearful pace to seek consolation at an - eatingt-house. At first he ate in: silence, but the delicions coffee so inspired his acbing Sheart, that he called Archey, and thus burst forth in song:. " Oh carve mc yet another slice, - - -' Oh! help me to more gravy still,. h There's nought so sure as somethingulcs . To conquer care, or grief to kill. I altways loved a bit of-beef When youth, and bliss and hope were nn SAnd now it gives my hieart releI In sorrow's darksonme4our to dine. - gp- Tira debt-of Vr'ini a'lare over ~s $9,000,000. Her real and peisna estat .6 i. mounts to $535,000,000. Moretbanthatlf-ofr v, her debt is heldwitiin -hertown orersi-n il; about-two and ahalf milliomns~UrsPe new constitution prvideiou vi 's fundl, so 'that her entire 4ebt~ Wi li extim .gunishaein a few years. .