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any nation or power that would refuse to obey its behests. - And this will inevitably be the result of his a mission if successful.- Such will be the con- c -sequence of the triumph of the doctrines n now held by the presses and the people of I the North. And who pays the piper? The c Southern States-the producers of the sta- t pies that constitute the wealth of the coun try. They are scarcely prepared for this. And the people of the South cannot be par ticipants in this missionary republicanism Their pursuits forbid it; their institutions, safe only under the rule of a conservative foreign policy, forbid it; and it will be ani evil day when the eontagion of this wildfire takes effect among them. The present is but another development of the utter dissimilari ty existing between the ever restless spirit of rampant democracy prevailing at the North, and that conservative republicanism of the South, which is the citadel of her insti tutions and the guarantee of her prosperity. It ib another incidental proof of the proprie- i ty of a political separation of two sections, whose people are, in almost every lending feature of true and sound republican prine ples, so utterly opposed to each other.-Co lumbia South Carolinian. EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1852. SUDDEN AND AWFUL DEATH. Os Sinday night last a ditcher, named RODY MCGRAT , died suddenly on the public square of this place. Ile had been drinking all day and was quite intoxicated. No one witnessed his death. Ile was found some hour or two after he had been last seen alive. The jury of inquest return ed as their decision that " the deceased had come to his death from some unknown cause." WHO CAN BEAT TilS? S. S. To,.trxixs, Esq., living near this village, made the last year upon 145 acres, one hundred and thirteen thousand pounds of seed cotton, being an average of neareight hundred pounds, per acre. The same gentleman raised an abundance of pro visions. We often hear of this being done-but it seldom really occurs. YOUTHFUL RESPONSES. SxvEaA r. of our young friends have addressed us in reference to certain " ExrGtAs," which we offiered them a number or two back. We have not room to publish their responses ' in c.rtenso.' Miss S. A. M. DENNxY and It. 31. W., of this Dis trict, and Masters W. W. R. and J. E. B., of Charleston, have given the correct solutions, which are as follows: Of the first - - Ix1. ""second - WASHrNG'ON. " " third - - EDGEFIELD ADVFRTJSrR. " " fourth - PExOscoT BAY. --- ----- a GOOD MORNING, LADIES ALL !" TitE old swain (we can't say " swan,") who appears to-day in poetic colors over the above sig. nature, meets with our unfeigned sympathy for his forlorn and desperate predicament. There are others we could point out, not a hundred miles from this " ranceic," who will soon have to raise the same wailings, unless they resrolve at once to plunge into the glorious sea of matrimo~ny. Let them take wvarning fronm the confessions of this disheartencd and undone bachelor. Suich may be their sad ease ere long._. .. that we have seen straitns of similar character somewhere else. Ittut we know that cases like yours are of common occttrrence all over the world-and we suippose the poor creatures are apt to think and express themselves alike. The ver sea are not so badl at any rate. There is, we dare say, qjuiite as mutch Trutth as Poetry in them,-,-if not a 'lectle' more. " Ihold on to the willows," a few more idays. "Whmiler the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner uny return." THiE PRESSUlRE, TitenR is now being felt a cotnsiderabtle pres sure in money matters. We learn that it is an almost universal thing at the South. As to the causes which have produced said pressure, we have no idea of expatiatinr. Sufricient to say that it is upon uis. Now,'how are we to get rid of it ? This is a difliciult questiotn-some might pro. nomunce it a " poser." We think there is a specific which, if adopted by all, will be eminently satta tive in its results. It is simply this: Let every one " do tto others as lie would they should do unto him." The practise of this good 01(1 rule in mioney matters wvill lighten the pressure very ma terially. For thus, kind and generous indunlgene will be extenided froit man to mian, in a lengthetned chain as it were, amti in a twelve month, all (or nearly all) may be enabled by vigorous exertions to come ont of their difficulties without bieinug forced to a sacrifice of any kinid. The opposite course, viz,, one of stern deimnd of immediate payment, will be very apt to leadl to a disastrous season. For one huarud creditor frequently forces twenty others to a iuilar coursie. Tlhe wind, once up, will cause imanty a crash. May it not be raised ! OUR EXCHlANGES. WE cheerfully acknowledge the addition of " SCOTT's WEEKLY PAPRa" to our exchange list. It is a Mammoth sliet, published in Philadelphia every Saturday, and contains an enormous amount i oif readhing matter of every variety. The editoral department seems to be coniducted with great ability. The original contril,utions to its columns are numeirous arid apparently spicy. The terms of thlis paper arc S2 per antnum in advance. TH E January Nitmber of the " IYTVaxaTIONAL IAGiA ztYE" is also upon our tatble. 'lThis is the first number of the Fifth Voluime of-thtis most valuable publication. We do not exaggerate in saying that this work is as richly dleserving of the atterntion of every literary gentleman and lady, as any othter of the kind in the Union. It is full oft the most improving and amusing literature, and is emhellished throughout with uneonmonly well. executed en"rvng.Publishecd in New Yorke by S'raixuuvt & TrowNSEND, at 25 cents a num ber, or $3 per anutm. WEarc pleased to sec that our esteemed neigh-I bors of the Augusta Consstitutionalist, have en largedh their valuable paper. Men,, who occuipy I ground so admirably well,camnnot occupy too much-, May their subscription list be enlarged along with the rest. r .. - - Tuts part of the country has been over-rnin a lately by these itinterant foreigners. We have no d unkinid feelings towards the poor fellows-but h their frequent appearance is, we confess, dis- d agreeable. It comes too near arrant vagrancy to i be tolerated by any industrious commutnity, whlen n carried as now, to undue excess. Searcely a t1 week passes in which we do not see several of thecse beggars, strolliing the country through with e their miisic-machtines sluint hehiind them. Now o if there were any huimor, or skill, or any merit t whatever displayed by them, it woutld not be so i ba. ttere,, ... . ,nt.,,,, of th.. .-o... n.h .a Arrival of the Canada at Bostonr Tiho steamship Canada arrived at her wharf, Boston, at 8 o'clock on Sunday morn ing, The news from England is quite unimpor tant. In the state of the money market, and in the price of government securities as quoted at the latest date and at the date of our latest previous intelligence, there was no sensible change. We do not observe any incidents in the more recent intelligence to afford any indica tion of a direction of public sentiment in Franee whieb can aid one forming an opinion of the probable result of Louis Napoleon's attempt, beyond what might be formed from the events of the first opening. Sir Francis Bond le:id, who recently has returned from France, in a note addressed to the London Times, says: From date I was ennbled to collect, Iam induced to believe, and without hesitation I foretell, that the bold steps he has lately ta ken will, by an overwhelming majority, be approved by the -irmy in France, by the army in Algeria, by the citizens of Paris, and by the inhabitan's of the whole French Repub lie. On this and other parts of the Baronet's note the Times remarks: For ourselves, after the experience we have now had, and the certainty we have now ac quired that Louis Napoleon and his Govern ment are restrained in their course by no earthly consideration of law and duty, we must confess that our confidence in his future conduct is extinct. As long as he remained within the bounds of the law, far from offer ing him any opposition, we were disposed to view his struggle against a factious Assembly with favor, and we have only reason to regret that he has neted with less integrity than we then gave him credit fr. We still hope that he will consider it his interest to masintaii amicable arrangements with the British Go vernment, and that lie will not add the hor rors of foreign war to the evils which already anlict his country. It is not improbable thai his natural jealousy of any brilliant nilitary achievements accomplished by other leaders of an arnv not under his own command will (ter him from enarinr in war: and it eer tainly is the duty of the British Governmen and nation not to allow the opiinions they must entertain of his actions in France t< alter or impair the international relations of the Western States of Europe. LAMARTINF ON TH E Coup D'EAT.-In the Pays, Lauartine's paper, on Wednesday, tie following occurs-" At present we raise oui voices neither to approve nor to protest. We feel that all discussion is impossilihe, not only because the government would prevent us. What. we every day asked for was, that France should be saved from the crisis which awaited her in 1822. The assembly elung with obstinacv to the fatal law of May 31, and that body has ceased to exist. The As. sembly perished precisely from two causes the disastrous effects of which we had ill v.tin at tempted to paralyse; the law of May 31st, destroyed the majority, and socialism, destroved the ninioritv. Between the law of May 31st and socialisn, there were the re publican and universal suffrage, and it is precisely these two words which were in voked by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte to di-i. solve the assembly, and thus to destroy the constit ution. Ve were marching forward to eatastrophe amidst those two currents of passions, :im bitions, raneours, and hastreeds, the belloswins of wvhichi scarcely permitted some indep~eni dent voices to mnake the cry of alarm heari which France was raising. If those voices -bedn'resied,'if ilirresion .T ie^ec'sti: tastion had been acepted by the ma~josrity, ii all the parties had consented to do whal Louis Napoleon Bonapa:rte had jst deli himslf-that is, to alluw the people to de. elie-we nre convinced that what has hip. penied would niever have occurred. Wie nec cuse no onse; for were we to commnenee, we should be .oblied. perhaps, to neense every one. T1he psresent situation is not our work, WVe have not desired it: but we take it ass il is, and with the de-sire, as public men, to rid. hIl all the dutiies which it imposes. Tihe as. senmbly is dissolved, and the constitution hs:s disappeared. But there remain two gren1t things, the republic and universal sun'ire. There remaini also, wvhat we desire to defenid above aull things-namely, France. Tihe Wildfire of Republicaismu. The Magyar chief has evolved by his visit to this country a spirit which. unebsecked must sooner or later be felt in its full development. The wild restlessness of the popular ma~sses at the North must have something to feed upon, somiethiung to sustain it: and wvhiile One would imagine that lie excitement of paurtv poli:ies, fostered as it i-s by the sub-division's whicb exist among each of the two greait politieni pa:rties, was enough to satiaute this unnaetural, but wide pervading crauving, it is easuily seen that tihe safety valve of novelty. of something out of the common order oif periodical excitement, is absolutely necessary. But, in these Kossuth demons'trations, w'e apprehend that the effects will not be as evanescent as such extraordinary manuifesta tions generailly have been. Hie is not here as a lion, to be merely gauzed at by the crowvd with the same curiosity they would go to see the latest imiportation to Barnum's Museum. His mission has a definite object in viewv, and his life and character prevent every one from imnagining for a moment that hsis is a mere holidIay trip, and the ovations whlich have been given ini honor of his arrival, as welt as the ma~rked distitnction of a Congres sional welcome, a'l no'ify us that his object is deemed of specialI importance. and is at leas-t not met by disapproval from either the masses or the government. The real object of this remarkable man, in visiting the United States, is to obtain a de eharationt from the Governtment that every na tion has the right to manasge its owvn domes tic concerns, Hie wants this announcement to go forth clothed with thme authority of a delibcrate and oflicial manifesto, that Htun gary, should she attemipt to throw off the Austriani yoke, mniy have its full benefit and psrotection. This is the intervention sought for by this chuiefiin of an oppsressed people: and so far as popular demnonstrationis, and the development of public opinion have ye-t gone, they all tend to the favorable consideration of such a step. But it is idle to imagine that - such a declaration would serve the end Kos auth has in view, without somethinge to back it. Hie knows this, and lie has the honesty anid candor to say so. Ini his speech to the members of the Bar of New York he saidl: "I aim not the ma~n to decline the conse qnences of tny prinicip~les. I wvill not steal into. your sympathy by slippery evnision. Yes, gentenn, I confess, shonld Russia not1 re spect suici a declaration of your country, then you are obliged--lite-rally obliged--to go to war, or else be prepared to be degrad--d binore mankind from your dignity. Yes, I confess that would be the case." It is evident, therefore, that he knows that the wor.ls of such a declaratiion would be something more than mere empty sosund t'mat they involve action, and embrace in the intervention he seeks to enwraft on the for ontrary, the cracked, flues of their time-worn istruments breathe forth naught but dissonant, :reecidng sounds that might " split a cucumber" g r kill a Mozart. In this point of view, they are e uisances-to say nothing of the evil work they tight be guilty of under this roving garb. We f annot, with our peculiar domestic establishment, r e too particular in reference to all unknown 1 irds of passage like these. And, although there i re among them some deserving objects of charity, r et the majority of them merit no encouragement, V ut rather to be frowned, if posssible, into some I iore decent and honest mode of life. HAMBURG AND TIlE PLANK ROAD, A few days ago we paid:a short visit to our iarket town, and of courso, in doing so, passed nd repassed over our Plank Road, in reference D1both of which we propose to indite a word or wo. The prosperity of Hamburg, we must admit, eems to be at a stand. The question is, will it go nto decay ! We are not prepared 'n consent to he conclusion, (at which some te .suddenly umped) that it will. The same conclusion, it will >e remembered, was drawn by many when the ktgusta Canal was opened. And yet the trade if Hamburg has been, since that event, fully as ood, if not better than it was before. It is now hought that the great npper Rail-Road will cer ainly effect what the Canal certainly did not ef ect, viz: the downfall of Iamburg. But -there Lre several considerations which induce us to hope tnd to believe that our little town will yet hold ip her head with the rest-aye, with the best. First, Hamburg enjoys the reputailon of being the airest and best market for produce in the State. rhere is the "1 prestige," and that is something. People dislike to descrt a good factor, even though ithers become more convenient. There is some hing in a habit-especially when it has been .enerally conducive to the advancement of one's iterests. The habit of trading with Hamburg ias unquestionably proved to be one of that de icription, totltcse who have formed it. And it will be much more difficult to set aside than is ;enerally supposed. Because it-is not like -the tabit of some animals, which w-ill go to a certain. pastnre even though a much fresher one might be round. No-Iianmburg not only has bccn a good tarket-lhit she will, we imagine, continue to be 'uch. Augusta, a flourishing city, i.: near by to regulate ter, in the article of cotton especially. She will be obliged always to compete in her pri ees with the Angusta market; otherwise, the planter will drive his cotton a mile further and ;et the fair worth of his produce. Thus will here ever be a direct cause acting to ensure to him the realization of a jnst and reasonable price. rhis cause will not be acting upon the little mar. kets which are being established above us. And ror this reason we think it fair to conclude, that amburg will be a safer-certainly a less fluctu. ting market titan any one of them. But it :vill be said, thu convenience of the oters, their cion. igity, &c., will counterbalance any such ndvan. tages. Not necessarily so. Aiken was more con venient to a large porti.m of those who had, before its establishment, traded with Jlamburg, and on the direct route to Charleston. Aiken rose to a ertain eminence with considerable speed, princi pally from the novelty of ihe thing-to some ox tent, from its apparently superior position. But where is Aiken now? Gone forever as a market town. It could not continue competition with Iamburg, nor do we believe that it will be done by any other place or places, now in prospect; to her serious detrimnent. We are the more disposed to advance this opinion, in view of the advantages likely to ensue from thme Plank Road now in pro ess leading frt~ g g ,neine here will be a great achievement for the interests of our market town. It: weill draw trade, if the history of these roads is not belied in this instance for the first timec. They have competed wvith lail-Roaads after the trade of the adjacent country had becomte accustomed to Rbail-wvay conveyance. Ihow much more so, before this restult has come about ! No population has ever yet adopted thme use of Rail-Roads at onecc for transportation. it has generally been a slow and gradual thing. Witha Planak Roads at is very diflierenit. rThere is no leparnre from thte ordintary course of travel. ex rept itt expedlitinag the wvagoni whmeebs atnd saving ;aod teamis, at a small cost. Oat these premises Ev foiund thec opiniatn thaat thec Edgefield Plantk otla (if co)ntinuted at Onace) will enter the race *ven with the great Greetnville and Columbia tilItoad, with a bright prospect of at least equtal laccess. Atnd if so, thte future conadition of 11am urg will yet surpass any previous period oaf hter iroserity. That it may be so, we earnestly de ire, anad so, we tink, outght every citizen of 7dgfield to desire, if hte wislhes to advance his awn interests and the weal of hais commnhttity. We only addl that thte Plank lload is progressing inely, atnd paayinagas well as ever. Near ten tmiles if the road are ntow cotmp!leted. Thte Conmpany ane establishted anthler saw-nill, and their oper tiots are motre energetic. ABRIDGEMENT OF NE~WS ITE.MS OF THlE LATEST DATE. Fao.ir the latest foreignt dates, Louis N.irot.EoN as sustaitned in Franace by a majority of two mil ions A UsTRat.t threatens to adopt retaliatory me'natres gaitist ("reat lirimain, on accouant of thte counate ance givent by thte latter to refugees. I.aoE sums of money htave been forwarded to lurngary from Enaglish Democrats to aid hter gainst Austria. The funds were intercepted. Ma. OwExs, (late Constul to Hlavanna) htas in art exculpated himself from the chtarge of itnat ention to the Americnan prisotners. THE legislatutre of Maryiantd was to have con -ned yesterday. Coros is slighatly improving. A LOT has been granted in New York City for he erectioni of a glass butilding for thte tacxt orl's Fair. Kossu'Tt has been received at Washtington, nl introduced into botha branchtes of Conigress. A N attempt is being made to cultivate the Date ree in thec Sourthern part of this State. (Thtis is at the latest date.) BAaINUM's Museum, in Phiiladclphtia, htas been otnsumted by fire. Two othter very destrutive fires occurred the me day-thte one in Newv York, thte othter inI off'alo. PESIDE.NT FIz.r.MoRE and Governor Kosstu'ra ave met and htad a " talk" as thea Indians call it. 'e remarks of the former were eatttiottsly lire. ared. lie does not enicourage the great Hlunga A LETTER.-wRITER to the New York Tribune, I tys thtat thec "Britisha Government are a good 1 cal alarmed at the supposition thtat Lotuis Napo on will thnite with 'Austria and Russia to putt twn England and Liberty in Europe, anal that e Government dock-yards are alive wvitha as any mten as can get around the ships, getting om ready for sea." J DEAn OF FATrIER .IENNTT.--Tai V-en- e mble cilizett of WXilmington, N. C., its 1 Idet inlutbilant, and Ite oldest Methodist a reacher in the South, died in that plince ott d te 31st uilt., in the eighty..fthl year 'of hgia r A G0OD SIGN, Wz have heard it stated'by several very intelli ent gentlemen, of late, that our district evinces vident signs of improvement. Our farmers are ecoming, year by yeaLr,:more skilful and succens i in the'management of their business in its va ious branches. The coieqnence is that our Lnds continue regularly to'rise in value, present ig now in many places a iuch more inviting and heering appearance than they didl twenty years go. We have no doubt buiihat the farming anti lanting interests of our-dijtrlct will for the future 0 rapidly upward Agriciture is beginning to eceive, at the handsof allisjtalattention which it o richly merits. The wor(iippers of Ceres are ecoming mors and more -orthy to kneel at her hrine, from the praie-wolthy ambition they dis. iay to make her golden rvests cover their old nd (aa many thought) exitited' hills. And the ime is not far ofl; we tras, 'when many an Edge ield emigrant, who is nowenutilng andl hrning in he far-famed forests of the West, will return to iis deserted birth-place to loarn the true lessons if agricultural wisdom.. But the aa go6d sign" td-ihich we now especi Lily allude, is the fact tha our citizens, in every ection of the district, are execting dwelling houaes if the most substantial pa well as tasteful kind. 'n some instances they border upon the elegant. n all instances, they are neat and well-finished, and generally painted (no on the outside only, irter the Georgia fashion,) but thoronughly. Add o this, that in almost every neighborhood the Murehem are being enlarged, improved and occa ionally rebuilt in the beststyle, and, all together, he circumstances may be'lhirly set down as ma in.g up a truly " good sign." It is evidence of ermanence in our society--of contentment--of listrict priale-of refinement-of local attachment -of the inerense of meanus-and of prosperity in general. To show that lve do not assume this itatement merely for the sake of an editorial par igraph, we will add that we base our remarks upon the authority of serible anti observant men, besiales our own knowledge., The saw-mills in )ur district are said nevesto have done a more Lhriving business-anal the demand for lumber among ourselves can scarcely he kept up with, lthough the number of mills has increased. We are glad that these tihings 'are so. May our be. I,vel old alistrict see a britier anal happier f[tture before her, with every returning year. FOR rik ADVERTISER. AN EDGEFIELD BACHELOR'S LAMENT, I'st weary of n single lire, I really wish I had a wife My years consume in grief and pain, And Nature proves I lire in vain. I've lived so long in al9jbt nnd fear, The girls now fly me like a deer! And if I ask a rosy is, If she will grant mne' bbi a kiss, Or Nancy will you be my bride ? She laughs as if she'dbreak her sile! Good God! must I bbdure.such scorn ? I really wish l'de ne'i# been horn Or that I'd shunned t13.al deadlly woe, By wedlock twenty ypars ago. Blit well they may revile at mne I'm not the smn 1 us4ed to be; My beard is long-myt.ady igray; My eyes are dim-rngteeth- decay ; My shirt is dirty aint..uh waorn ;* My coat is dal and sald' elaothes torn ; My stockings have fiye hundlreal holes ; Anal all these woes .ad ills of'life, Arc because I've potfgot a Wife. Please God I live and tarry hero, I'll have one ere naother year ; But sahoulad I nnmsuedessful prove, In all the fondl intrigues of love, Should the~y adespisec me andl my pe.lf, i'll buy a rope-.\ndl -- ---. "Gooms Sloaswao I.aores A..." wRITTENY Fot Tint .tDvEtTmsP. Good Precepts. JF we woulhl ta N~E FAt.,'" we must, accord ming to the Psitamist, attend strictly to the folloiw ing preepts, which shoauldl be renal every. nmorn 'g before going to the duties aof the dlay. I. We must lead uncorrulpi lire. 2. We tmust do the thinig that is riglat. 31. We miust speak tihe truth from our hearts. 4. We muatst usae no lecit ini our tongues. 5. We nuist rdo nao evil to otur neighlbor. 6. Wae mutst sapcak no coil of our neighbor. '7. We nmt he. lowly in oatr anwn eyes. 8. Wae must make mu~ch of them that fear 9. We must disappoint no one in a promise. 10. We must gain nofhing dishtoneastly. 11. We must tke no reward against the in tocent. " Whoso aloeth tlwne things (Psalm the 15th) nIALL NEv~ta FAur..' KosUTHr mx WVasnmicao.-A mog thle iistintguished personages who have enmlhl on Kosstuth since his arrival in Washington, vecre Attornec General Crittendeit and the [Ion. Reverdy Johnson. Thle Presitdent, it is itnted, will (antertaini Gav. Kotstuth, the geni lemen of' his suite, and the htdies, on Satuor ly evening, at 6 o'claock. It is undiaerstooad hat the Senate Committee, Major-General Scott, Commnadore Morris and other distiun ~uishied gentlemen, will lbe of the party, with ~Irs. Webster, Mrs. Seward atnd other ladies. ~Ir. Webster will give a reception party ont riday. The Congressioal~ Diiinter will pro a:bly occur on Monday. Alludling to that ension, and the oppnrtnity3 tht;t will bie forded to speak of lis missiont, KossthI. enrdinig to the N. Y. Timecs, is undlerstood o have said thnt " he cetme to Washington ith the conicitiont that' thec time tao lad~ the :ause of his country hatd prettyv neatrly ended'; mnt lie should stannal, nteveritheless, be~fore thme ribunal whose dtity is to decide." WVe mtay Lticipate a surpassing effort. He sees thme rhiole grotind niow, and the Ilat speech will robably be the most elieetive. Senator seward entertainis the distinguished gnest on ['esday. Th'le \aVashinglon Union states, that Kos utli will honor with his presence the festival o be prepared by the Jatckson Demtocratie ssociamti in haonor of the battle of New )rleans, on the 8th of January next, should is engagements not eg"ll him'from thme city eiore thatt p~eriaod. Frotm this it would ap-~ cer that lie cointempllatets a stay of someia mite in WVashingt on.--Balti more Amtericanm, st itnstant. MR. CI.AT, on Wednesdamy and Thursday ust, was, we regret to perceive from our-ex i[nges, considlered to have been in -more eble henlth thian ani time since his reecunt Itack. On Thursd'y lie was compelled to eline receiving any visitors, ad had to fuse admisbionm to Geu. Cass and Mf. Kos 1,t l. Consul Owen. This gentleman, now in Washington,pub ishes a letter in the National Intelligencer of 'hursday last, setting forth his conduet in relation to the Cuban expedition prisoners. Justice to this gentleman indnees us to ex tract from the defence he makes the follow ing explicit denial of the charges brought against him. lie says: " It is not true that I refused to take any steps to arrest the proecedings which result Dd in the order for their execntion. It is not true that I.knew of their capiture until after their condemnation. As I have stated on a former occasion, they were condemned be. rore I heard of their capture ; so that I had n1o time to net, or to do any thing to prevent their sentence, if I had the power to dip so. Again: It is not true that I refused to see them after their condemnation. Nor is it true that any desire was expressed by any one or theum to see me that was iade known to me. On the contrary, I did express a de sire to see them, for the purpose of bearing any message they n)iglt deliver to me to be borne to their friends. And I was informed that Mr. Costa, of New Orleans, known per sonally to some of them, had been sent for, and had attended to stich matters. And I ask that all fair men will bear in mind that I had no more power or authority from my ollicial position to act in the matter thani any other American citizen who happened to be there, as will here:ifter be fully shown. But it is not true that I even failed to do my ut most as [in individual to avert the sad fate of these men under the most moving and mIel ancholy eirenmstances of their situation. As sooti as] arrived atmy toilie, a lit~le af te: ten o'clock in the morning, and heard of their sentence and appronehing doom, I ad drcsse I a note to the Governor and Captain General of the Island. This I did not do in my tllicial eharnter, beeans. apart from iy knowledge of the full extenf of my otlicial powers, 1.had, in an interview with tle Cap tini General the day before, tonching the conrseintended to be pursnel by him in case any of the men invading the i.land should be capitured, been inaforied by hltm that lie would not. all w any interference. either oflieial- or personal, by any Consul in their behalf, let them beloig to) whatever nation they might. I therelor., on reaIchingi my ollice, earing a personal interview might be denied me, wrote and delivered in person to the private secretary of the Captain Gen eral the iote which foflows, purely as an act of human inty." This is followed by a note to the Captain General, asking merjy for the fifly condenin ed to be shot, and Conchia's proipt refusal of the reqnicst. In this refusal, the Captain, ill a pretty rough manner, tells Mr. Owen that he will admit no interference from him privatcly or olicially. Mr.Owen completely refutes Mr. Kelly's statement, published in this country, by a letter from Commander Platt and Lient. Taylor. 1i relation to Mr. Thrasher, Mr. Owen ublishes a nioe from that gentleman, just befo're lie sailed for Spain, thanking him for his eflorts in his be half. i he defenu'ce of, Mr. Owen is plau.i !e, and it would appear, from his statement, tit the onl- blame that van attch to. him is, that le did not take the responsibility 'of stepping beyond his official sphere, and risk ing the concquences. TinFE GHEAT FiREs.-Three very dis -strous tires occurred in [s many different cities, ol Satnrnlav, 27th tit. The fire in Newv York, extemding from the Blowery to. Div ision street, dest royedi eighteenl buildings, which, wivh hithe other prolperty consulmed, -vL--tao iim jrh ove 2100.000 In Phiilaidlphia, a fire ocereudestryingo Barnum's Museum, and it is supposed tha~t 'aver 8:'.00.000) worth of property was swept away. WVhat renders this calhnnity still hmore serions, two colhored men wvere known to ha~ve beeni killed. amnd several iremnen were injure~d lby [lie falling of walls, and ii is al,.o feared that thaere were sonme persons b~uried in tihe ruins, whose boies have* not been fiund. .5ir. l:dley, a very resipectable law yer, was observedl in the vicinity~ of tile fire just before the walils fell. and had not after wards been seen:, up toi live o'clock, P'..M. An[[othler tire in Uillhlo. burned a vast amounit of pro perty-robiably $:200,000 worth. The hardyv liremien in thme three cities had great diitien ity in suibdn ing the spread ofi the lam[es, in consequenCe of the intense cold. .G A TIIE RI N GS. hIron:TAYT ['it EUnoPE.--The telegraph briongh~t us a despatch oni Saturdal:y mo~rniing, afier our papePr had gone to press, :annionn~ue ing that A nstria was prearcPuing for hos~tilities ag.iiist Englamnd. An naidr-e~iimp, trom the Czar had arrivedl at Pai to conigratutlate Louis Napoleon on his sucecess.-Carolinian. LE~isLATUIIE OF MARI.vAND.-Thell IA'g islaintre of~ .aland wtill meet on WVednies day, in :iecordmiee with the provision of~ thle new conlst itultion). A long Sessin is anltici aied, inaismnLeh as5 miany aets have to be pimased to carry inito ehiect the directions of lie consti ultioni. A BT.AcIx E YE.-Wh lenever you get a black eve by a E~l oan the ice, or fromn runnIjing aiinst tl:e bedpost, apply the cloth 'wrnnig ot of very war water,.'mid renew it un1til the pinl eases. T1hie [moistntre antd heat iuilies thei blood. nnd sendcs it back to the proper channels. Use warma or hot, but never cold water to the bruiise. Hos. A. F. Owris. laute Consul alt Hlavana, has arrived in WVashiingtoia city. It is expect ed thatt lie will soon pli ush a defencie of his conduct ina regard to the Cnhaii invasion. THE nssembily of citizenis of liremien, in Europe, has resolved to send, in tthe unme of the city, a stonle wiith a sniiable inscripitiun to thue'Washinugton Monument. CoUNTERFEIT $20 pieces~ have made their lpernice ini Cincinnati. Thiey are wvell ex een ted and beair a fai-hful resemblance to the eineil. In wveighit thley' are dletiicint.-AU "nsta Const ituitionahist anud Republic. DEA TII OF .IENNY LIxn's MoTHER.-.Ienny Lnd has received intelligence of tile death of' her mom her, and in consegniene, her cont erts have hben abl. [donecd. It is suphposei she will leave for honme in the next stenmer. LIREnA i:h.IEQUET.-Nathaniiel WVest, who died in Sailem on1 Friday last, bequeathed, as e lea,-ni from the Salem Gazette, the extesive property, known :is theO Derby Wharf, mind the income of 2.5,000, to be ap praprited to the suppilort of a school fur instriction in Natingation. gr A MAN tmade applientiotn a few days sine, for inlsurance on a building situated in : village wvhere was no fire engine. IA an swer to thie question[, " wthat are thle ficil ies foir extingnishiig fires !"he wvrote-"It, rains TnE P'UBUC spirit of Tennesssee is far thendl of thmat any other Southern State. It expectedl that the Legislature, now in ses. in. wvilh lend the aid of' the state, to the ex. et of' $5,000,000 to $8,000,000, to rail-road mprovements. F. Mti.T.En, a young printer, died at Pitts nrg, of head fever, cont racted by the prae ice 01' nntimrli tye in his mouth. Additional per Africa, CHARLESTON, Jan. 2, 1852. The Madrid (Spain) Gazette contains an >flicial docnment from the Minister of For -ign A fltirs, in reply to Mr. Webster's note, in which he expresses :-atisfaetion at the tone )f the note, and liberates all the American risoners taken in the late Lopez expedition. M. Labord was about leaving for New Or- g leans, via Havana. The Frankfort Diet, at the instigation of Austria, has resolv-d on addressing a diplo. 9 matic note to the English Government, re iuIesting the surrender of political refugees residing in England. An Act To AMtND 'rnE LAW Im REILATION TO MANA GEuis OF ELECTION. Be it enaced by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly, and by the authority o' the e same, That it shall be the duty of some one r of the Managers of Elections, at each poll, V to meet the Managers of Elections at the Court House, or fllace appointed by law to count the votes, as now or hereafter required by laV; and should the managers of any poll, wilfuliv neglect or refuse to have the votes at that poll received. talcen to the Court House, or place appointed by law to count the votes, by soue one of them, and counted according to law, each of the Managers at snehi poll shall be subjeet to be indicted, and on conviction, shall be fined at the discretion of the Court, in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars. WAslitrGroN, Dec. 30. Kossuth is doomed to inevitable disap. pointment in his wishes for the execution of his requests by this Government. He will be received here with cotnrtesy, kindness,and respect: but it is not probable, at this mo ment, that he will ever have his mneh'desired opportunity to address his views, in person. to Congress. No addreses are contemplited in the progrlmme of his reception. The Senate will not meet till next Friday. Mr. Clay was said to be somewhat better, yesterday. His resignation is to take effect immediately, and his successor will be elected by the Kentucky Legislaiture, this week. COMERCIAL, Correspondence of the Advertiser. 1IAMBURG,.Jan. 6, 1851. Ova Cotton Market is extremily dull thin week-with very little doing. Quotations rang ing- from 6. to 8 for fully Fair. Provisions of all kinds are high with a good demand. Corn is selling fur $1,00 per bushel. FID.\LGO. HYDMENIAL. MARRID, on Wednesday morning, the 7th inst., by Rev. W. B. Johnson, Mr. Rossar II. SoULLIvAN and Miss MAaR V., necond diaughter or Mr. G. L. Pcnn, all of this District. [ The Printer's.fee was received in the shape of serpral slices of very nice cake. If all our -marrihige customerm had served us so, we would hare had a cup-board full by this time. May Mr. and Mrs. S's cup-board neve'r be enpty ! ]-E.. MARRIEsD, at Chiesntut Grove, Chester Din triet, S. C., on. the 23'd Dee., by the: Rev. Mr. 71iner, Ue01.7 tKXWT- ITA RRIsoN, of . 31nCon 'Coutnty, Ala.. to Miss MaAR JANxx JOInsT-oY, of the former place. MARaIED, oin the 23.1 ult., by Rev. D. Bodlie, Mr. E~DMUND IBoLarNs to Miss Euzasru Uila as.s, aill o~f this District. Os the 1st inst., by Recv. D. Bod~ie, Mr. D. A. M. BL.ocK, of .\labama, to Miss Ez.zt DF.R McD.AN:EL, of t111.4 DI.st riet. Os the 23d1 uit , by R.e-v. W. Walker, Mr. W. S. .\rcussos and Mi.q EMxA VIr ams:A En ixw'o, all of Atbbevitll Di~srict. Ox the 29thi ult., by W. Truit, Esq., Mr. M. V. A. JTAcons ant Miss EUZA BANSs, all Abbr vitle D~istrict. Ox the 25th tilt., by C. Attaw'ay, Esq., Mr. Sinwos .\-.swav and Miss \tL1uNDA TaO-rra, alt of this iDistrict. ON the 4th inst., by S. Blroadlwater, Es~q., Mr. E. IR. Drou-r-ris to Miss FaANcas KING, alt of this District. Subscription Receipts. Tnix follo.wing persons have paid up to the time aflixced to their inamenS: .Jotin E Ilarrisun, to 7thi October 1852. lii H ti1lt, iito h-Fbruairy '32. Ifoni John Smith, to 6th Nov '52. Jaimes Perry, to 20th Sep~t '32. D)aietl Simithi, to 6th Nov '52. D~r J1 Grahamui, to 2.d Nov '32. Dr W W Geiger, to 8th Feb '53. Enmlekl Cord. r, to 6th Nov '52. G W Nixon, toi 21st July '52. Johin W Mathiis, to 18th Sept '52. J D) Treadwell, Esq., to l13th Nov '52. .Johin Jom-is, to 28th .\lay '52. Jack lomes, to) 28th Nov '52. Win Walrumn, to 28th .July '52. Johni 1I.Cosby, to 1st Jan '53. - D) losonbake, to 6th F'eb '53. Wim Bouknight, to 25th Oct '52. James Henderson, to 11ith March '52. ]ienj Stith, to 6th March '53. Joseph Recarden, to Sth Feb ''53. Miss Mary F. Williams, to 6th Feb '52. ,loel Swearengin, to 6th Nov '52. J R Breare, to1 21st Aug '52. Mrs Susan Cloud, to 3d July '52. Rlobt Kenny, Es-q., to 1st Jan '53. Simeon Dinkins, to 6th Marcha '53. James U Harris, to 10th July '52. Col R G M Dunovant, to 9th Aug '52. ]Benj Stevens, to 25th March '52. Benj Roper, to 1st Jan '52. .Josepjh Oriffi, to 2.1 Jan '52. Beinj Conolly, to 4th Oct '52. D 0 tlunghes, to 9th Jan '53. Geo Ke-rshaw, to 1 2th Dec '52. Win K Seigler, to 1st Jan '53. L M Keirt, Esq., to 25th Dee '52. John Jenkins, to 25th D)ee '52. James Patterson, to 1st Jan '53. James B Horn, to 15th Nov '52. J. D. S. Livingston, to 23d1 Jan '53. Butler Lodge, No. 17 L. 0 0. F. ARuarmeeting of ths Lodge wiflbelheld on Mondlay evening next Sat 7 oeloek. 'A. G. TEAGUTE, Scc'y. Dec 2-. 185 t-f 4 IEW BOOT SHOE FACTORY I (Next door to SULLIVAN & BR'TnER.) H ERE may be had BOOTS 4. SHOES of all descriptions, made of the Best Materials, y the BEST WORKMEN I A large Stock of Home made Plantation Bro rins of the best quality. Planters are invited to xamine them - Upper, Soler iarnesa and Belt Leather upon nod terms for eliAr. Mr. J. D. TrE', the Foreman of this stablishment; will fl all orders for materiali nl execute all orders for work with deupatelf. R. T. MIMtS, Proprietor. ' Jan8 ti, 51 Merchant Tailoring1 F'HE Undersigned having forrhed aCo-Part nership for the purpose of conducting thez bore business, at the ol stand of Joni-C - aN, next door to Messrs. Wi.uaus &-Cna. . espectfully solicit the patronage of their frie nl the publie generally. The best quality of Goods kept constantly on mad, and made up in the neatest and mst faih tnable style. COLGAN & LEGG. Jan 85 . :.5r: Notice. LL Persons indt bted to me either by. note or open account, are for the lost time, olicited through this mediun to call and liqui late the claims I hold against them. Settlemeits' iot nmade by return day for March Court, will ,e handed out for collection. JOHN COLGAN. Jan 8 5t 51 Dissolution, TTHE Partnership exisAting between W. 13 nIRANXON & NI. W. CoUExaN, in -the firm of Brannon & Coleman, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, anl M. W. Coleman will attmnd to the winding up the affhirs of. the late firm. W. B. BRANNON. M. W. COLEM&N. Hamburg, Dee 30, 1851 HE Subscriber will continue the Ware HIlousse & Conaaission Busi sness, at the stand ~of the late 'frm, and will ive his entire attention to the inter'est f tbose who may favor him with business. Ad hope by promptness and an exertion to please,- thef he will merit a share of the patronage of the late rirm. The Books of the late firm arein iny landas for liquidation. M. W. COLEMAN. Dee 341, 1851 Im 51 AdministratorWs Sale.' BY permission of John H[ill, Esq.,.Ordinary I of Elgefielil Distriet, I shall proceed to mel1 on Wedneitday the 21st of January inst., nt the late residenee of Mitainchi Brunson, dec'd., all the personal property of said .eeased, con sisting of TWENTY-SIX NEROES, About four hunIdred bushels Corn, a quntity of Fodder, Oats, Pens, One Carriage and Uarnems, One Buggy and HarnessSjock of Horses. Hog, Cattle, Plantation and Blaeksmiths Tools. Uouse hold. and Kitchen Furniture, and other. articles tOO tdlious to mentian. The above property will be sold on, a erdit until the 25th of Dcembetenext. .Notenrwith two approved sureties will be requuired - of the purchaser. :T sale to commenee at the usual lour. R. P. BRUNSON, Adm'r. Jan 7 Ste 51 .5 Bi:.irtue or an Ord-r from John 1ill; REq.; LiOrdinary of Edlgefieldl District, we will proceedl to sell at -the hate' residence of Elisha lBarr.mnton, dee'd., on Wedneidaly the 2Rth inst. all the real and persemal property -of said .1e e.-ased, consisting of one tract of Land contain inc three hundred aeres, more or less. Also, all the personal ~property, consistine of Corn, Foohder, Cotton Sted. Baeon, Hlorses, One Yoke of Oxen. Cattle, Stock Hogs, Household andI Kitehen Furniture, Blneksmiiths Toole, &c. Txas-AII sums unuder 8.. ensh-all over thaot amount, on n credit until the 25th of De cember next. A. & W..BARRIONTON, Ex'rs. Jan 6 St* 51 Just Received ALOT of FR ESH G ARDEN SEEDS, " " Irish Potatoes, A fine lot of Hlollow or Poi Ware, which will be sold very low for cash or punctual buvers. -LOD) IlML. .Tan 6 tf 51 Lumber! T IE Subscriber informs ihet public that lie is Iprepared to furnish L UMBER at is Mill, at the rollow~lung prcs viz: Best l.umbe~r............75 eta pr hun'd. Refuse and Rough Edge,... 37k "" JIOS. A. ADDISON. Jan 7 ____t 51 At tent ion ! , Lpersons indebted to the estate of John S AUner, dee'dl., are requested to make inunediate payment, and those having demands against said estate will present thema properly attested. G. J. ANDERSON, Adlm'r. Jan 8$ 2t* 51 Notice. T IS is to notify all Persons that gave their INotes to Robt. McCullongh, for the hire of Negroes or for property bought at his sale, that said Notes are in the hands of Samuel Brooks, at Edgefield C. 11., who has positive orders to sue all that remain unpaid-after the 10th day of February next. SAMUEL BROOKS.. Jan 8 . 4t 51 Notice. LL ~T Persons indebted to the Estate -of Mil ton Perkins, dee'ol., are requested to make mmedliate. payme~nt, and all those having aipy lemands aainst said estate -will present them properly attested. FELIX RODGERS, Ex'or. Jan 0 1y 51 Notice. A LL, persons indebted to the estate of Hlenry C.F. Freenman, dee'd., will come forward immediately and make payment and those lhar ing demands will render thenm in properly at tested. J. 11. JENNINGS, Ex'or. Jn3 ly 51 Notice. A LL1 those indebted to the estate of James LT'.F. Grisham, dee'., are requested to make payment forthwith, and those having demanuds till present them prdlperly attested. J. A. TALBERT, Ex'or. Jan 8 5t - 51 For Sale. GO CA RRIAGE and a pair of irel A brOke MAC.HORSES. e W. P. BUTLER. Jani- tf - 50) To Let [FjOR the ensning year, a small dO'TG Lnow accupied by Mir. R.~ S ncc tfi 46