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Arrival of the Steamer Humbolt. BALTIMORE, Feb. 2. 1852. The Humbolt arrived at Halifax to-day, with her rudder damaged in a storm. The sales in Liverpool on the 12th were 12,000 bales, with a firm and animating demand. 1,000 bales of American were taken for ex port. Wheat and corn had advanced 6d a is. American flour Is. Trade in the manufacturing districts healthy. The London Times says that nothing can save the present Ministry, unless there is r liberal modification of the Cabinet. The News say tho Government will express In nianly terms to the American 'Government its disapproval of the Prometheus outrage, and degrade the perpetrator. In France, the President has issued a de cree, dissolving the National Guard, and stating that he will organize them when he wants them to maintain the public order. Victor Hugo, Changarnier, Thiers, Girar din, and 620 representatives, are banished from France. Arrests are daily made. In fact Napoleon is producing a perfect reign of terror, and using despotic power before pro claiming himself Emperor. The French funds have fallen. MEXICO AND THE TEnUANTEPEC CANAL. -It is stated in the Rio Bravo that the fol lowing bill has been introduced into the Mexican Senate: Art. 1. The Executive will proceed to open negotiations with the Government of her Britannic Majesty, for the purpose of verify ing the opening of the Isthmus of Tehnante pee. Art. 2. Of this agreement the following cases are necessary: 1. The British Government shall bind it self to open the canal within a special time losing its right shounld it fail to comply; it. 1shall bind itself to pay tie capital and interest of the foreign delit from the day the contract is signed; it shall erect the fortifications the Government of Mexico may detign as Co-m venient to its safety andsecnrity, and it shall succor Mexico in the case of any invasion tendiag to deprive her of the right to those lands of Tehuantepec and to the canal. 2. The Mexican Nation faicilitates its Tstl mus for the only purposes indicated ; it shall maintain in a military iost of no less than two hundred men to protect the work : it shall give the forces that may be necessary to cover the forts, and cedes the duties im posed for crossing the Isthmus, as well as others it might receive in favor of Great Britain, for the time that may be sufficient to satisfv the amount of the debt, and the in demnieation that way be stipulated as a pretmium. INrFoniATION WANTa D.-WillI iam Water bury, of Louisville, Ky., writes to the Post master of Macon. asking information con cerning a mni of the nane of Finley, who came to Louisville, the 1st of June, 1S43, bringing with him two girls named Mlargaret and Clementine, the one seven and the other three years of ago, whom, after a week's stay, lie left with Mr. W. The said Finley has not since been heard from, and the chil dren being noW 16 and 12 years of age, are anxions to be restored to their friends, it* they have any iving. The nother of the girls lived in Texas, and when they were first brought to Mr. Waterbury's house, the elder often spoke of her brother, Augustus belonged to some sociaty there, abotut thme years 1836 or 1837. Margaret said that her mother died as well as sho can recollect, in Cincinnati, Texams. Papers friendly to the eause of the orphan will please copy this notice. A COMiPLETE SE.LL.-It appears that onr neighbors at Atugnsta, have beeni sadly vic timized by a strolling imposter. The Con stitutionalist gives the following version of the afflir. The editor says: We advertised in ont last a perfrmance 1>y the French Opera Troupe at Concert Hall. It turned out that thme troupe conmsisted of one man, a sharp-faced little French or German Jewv, (a disgrace to his race,) with coal black hair large lRoman no'se. andl weighing about one hundred and ifteen or one hitndred amnd twenty pounds. Hie so!d tickets until he receiv'ed the amount of forty or fiftv dollars, when lhe turned over his pr'ofitable'stand to his doorkeeper, a German he piicked tip in this city, and went on tihe stage to comminenee the performance. Unfoirtunattely for those; present, there w~as a back door to the stage, throtigh which lhe made his exit in haste, and nothing has since been heard of him. We understand committees have beent ap pointed to watch the Georgia amid Carolina Railroads this morning and a committee will also proceed to Aiken ; and should lhe be overhatnhed, being of light frame, we think he will get what he richly deserves, a coat of tar and feathers, and a decent rail ride. FuUFE IN GILLISeNvTLLE.-The Savannah Evening Journal h:as been informed thiat a fire occurred at Gillisonville, Beaufort Dis trict, in this State, on the 27th it, entirely consuming the dwelling of F. WV. Fickling, esq. The cause of the fire is not known ; it having been first discoveredl in one of thme up stairs rooms, almost simultanicotisly with the bursting out of the flames on the roof of* the building. By the active exertions of the villagers, the fire, which soon extende~d to the out buildings, was extingruished without any considerable difficulty; but we regret to learn that it spread so rapidly to all parts of the dwelling, that the most of the contentsI were involved in the ruin. The tire was first diseovered at about 8 o'clock at night IIobriDES.-On Sunday fast, we under stand, an altercation occurred in Richmond county, North Carolina, near the State line, between Jacob Brigman and D). McInnis, which terminated in the instant death of the latter, by a gunshot wound inflicted by the former. On the same day, a negro belonging to Gen. James Gillespie, of Marlboro district, wasj murdered by another negro belonging to the same gentleman.--Cheraw Gazette. MELANCHoLY AcelDENT.-We regret to leamn that Dr. J. B. Hunter, post-master at Bethel, in this District, was oin Saturday evening last thrown from a horse, from the efrects of which fall he died in a few hours. Dr. H. had a leg amputated sonme years ago, which rendered hnn, in a measure, incapable of managing a runaway horse, as in this in stance. IHe was a native of County Derry, Ireland, but came to-this- country very young, and was at the time of his death near 49 yearsr age. ie was a gentleman of engaging man ners, and a kind and attentive P'hysician-hec has left a large family, and numerous frieinds| to sympathize with them in their affliction.j -Yorkville Remedy. 27 EruD OF THE FARCE.-A despatch from Lancaster, Pa., states that the bills preferred f a against the Christiana prisoners for murder V andl riot were retnrned on the 23d inst., by b tho Grand Jnry, "rno bills," and all the pri- j tl sonera wero. discharged by John L. Thomp-' fi EDGEFIELD, . C. THURSDAY, FFBRUARY 5,1852. tWiP Mr. Joiin SEN-rELL, is our authorized kgent to collect all monies due this Office, either or Advertising, Subscription or Job Work, and ive Recipts for the same. COP WE call attention to the beautiful effusion if our "ROSE COTTAC-r6" friend. We sympa' hise with her entirely in her appreciation of NA IOLEON'S treatment of the brilliant Etripress. TO CORRESPONDENT&, WE are much obliged to " J. A. C." for his iketch. It is unavoidably excluded this week, but ;hall appear in our next. Will not " J. A. C." give us a series? The poem, from our fair friend, upoii the " SEA GUI.L," should have been published this week instead of the blank verse on "JOSEPHINE" but, by accident, the latter was set up first. r~jr WE Call the attention of our readers to the communication of Mr. Sr.tNN in to-day's pa per. As usual he says what lie means, and means what ha says. Ihis course will certainly be ap proved by the community. --- "THE SILENCE EXPLAINED." TitE Southern Standard has a bitter and (to our view) an uncalled-for article in a late number, in which lie undertakes to expose the reasons of the present silence of the South Carolina Press in re ference to political matters. The editor's lien seems to have been dipped in gall, while engaged in manufacturing this tirade against the unoiffend. ing Secessionists. Does the Standard fatten on intestine strife, that he thus seeks to excite the passions of those, who should act towards each other with the fairness and confidence of honora ble brothers ! Soth Carolinians (the peopl, we mean) have buried their late feud, and are earn estly de'irous of blotting it from memory's pace. C-tinnot the Standard (the people's ever-faithful servant) consent to the popular reconciliation ! We canfot conceive why any one should struggle to keep up this denunciatory spirit 1 Talk about " stabbing our State !" Who does this more deep ly than the man who foments discord among our selves We hope the Standard will subdue his excited feelings. EDITOR'S TABLE, W: find this week, among our many pamphlets and exchanges, several new ones worthy of a pasing notice. The Wtta A.X~A.tc for 1853, hy GnrEI.v & Mc.EtRartr, is among the nunber-and without nny reference ti the name it hears or the heads which compiled it. we must pronounce it an ex cellent and uieful manualharrinethe dissetma tion of Mr. GnRri.v upon the question, " Why am I a Whig !" Even this last is well written but fountded upin unsoind premises. The condensed statements of tihe condition, expenses, prospects &c.. of the American Government and of the American people are very valuable for reference. The Ananac also contains much interesting mat ter in referenea- to the Governmeunts of hrurope. From accurate calculations given in this little work, it appears that England, Fr.aice and Ger many arc much more dteeply in debat and moure heavily taxed -.hian all other countries. in Inell wC wn! entiaT~ U jaaUwahi Ile..' "ecK. It is shown that there are naow completed and in operattion, ini the Unaited States, ten thtousatnd anal eighty-seven mtiles of Rtait-Road. From ana article on " Co'nstructive Milenge" we gather that several hundred thousanad d,.llars have been paid out of our great Treasury, to Senators alone, for journays ne-rer pierformecd-all of it without the shadoaw of reason. atia a portiotn of it withmut even the pretence oaf law, If this he corret-if the Setnaturs of the United States are liable to a charge which ahtnsm amounts to pecu laion, may we nait well exclain, " Oha, tempora Thec Standing Army of Russia, according to the authority of Mr. G's Almaanac, is aane-thaird of the whaole artmed farce of lEuraope. Thaiink of that, ye brawlers for itatervcentima! From an article on Califairaaia. we fid that the mines of that " El D~aramdo" yielded in I1850 aboutt $18,000,000 worth oaf gold dust, andl it is probabale that thae yield of 1851 was near $75,000,000. Nor has the devotion to gohl pr,-vented altogether agricultural progress in C.alifornia. Ont a single farni. consistinag of Sn~ ores, in the Santa Clare valley. the crops of last year amnountead to S200, lh00 at a cost of $50,000. Among them, were 120,000 butshels of potatoes. 6,000 bushels of nioins, .3. tons of pumpkins, 5,000 bushtels of, barley, 10800cabbages, 6t00 chickens, 1,200 eggs, an over 1,000 pouttds of garden seeds. If this be the truth, who wouald tnot sing "Oh ('alafurny, :hat'sa the hatnd for mc." Uuat enough of (R EEI.Ev's Altnaiac. The " CisnxK's .To',mn.tr." has also just been received and is h,a-fore us. Thais is a weekly of sighat pag-es, published in Ne w York at $2 a year in adlvanc'e. It is printed on beauttifulty smtooth paper-the typographaical execuationi is excellent, nd thae reading inatter compares favorab~ly with that oaf ,simailar cotempoararies. We are glad to add it to our exchaange list. The aa S-r.it aIN -rugs Wres-r" haas also beeni re meived. It is pulialbea in Cincinnati, anal edited by JorIas A. Gr;a.EY. Price S~2 per annum in ad ance. Thae "C(irlt.s's PaPrn," pubished by the American Tract .Society, alro deserves commen lation for its taeatness and finish. It is what nighit be called a pretty little paper with pretty ittle lessons and pretty little picttures for pretty ittle children. Terms-tn copies monthly for a rear to one address, S1. A3IUSEMENTS ON SATURDAY LAST, Tuts Fox chase, whiicha we hermcaed last wveek, vas a failuire. Gentleman Reynard, red thotugh i was, failed to " make tracks." Hie preferred ' making fight" and was consequently murdered vithout delay by a greedy pack of hounds. in tad of trusting to his heels, he foolishly turned pon his pturstuers at the beginning of the race, md the beginning wvas therefore lais end. Bunt nasmuch as a large number of huintsmen had :oe out for a little sport, and the weather was in and bracing, it was determiined to have a ace of some kinda at all hazards; and so the fox va skinned-antd one of thec company tooak the nd of a string, thae other end of which was tied :round one end of thes skin of the animal which lad just ended its terrestrial career-and the ider dashed off' at a furious pace-anad in twenty dnutes the dogs were turned loose-and the base was up. Although but an indifferent sub itute for a real chase, yet thaere was some excite tent and some falling off of horses, and a pretty ood cry. But it was a failture after all. In the afternoon, a real (not a " Bengal Tiger" SMr. SaoxAtN would sing) butt a real wild-cat -as turned out of his cago to contend with a race of the hounds whifch had made music int e early morn. The- ring was formed, and the ght begun and rerminated without harm to any, and he forthwith galloped off to an adjoining swamp. Again was the whoop raised, the dogs were of, and in a few brief moments the cat was overtaken, when the closing act of the days' per formances came on. This was another fight be. tween a dozen dogs on one side and the poor solitary cat on the other. But the cat was not killed, nor were the dogs scratched. Terrible fighting that! And so ended this thrillingly in teresting day. "NUMBERI ONE."---CIHAPTERl I, Tuis is not the first of a series of essays as our caption would seem to indicate. But it is a single, brief chapter upon a cant phrase of the day which phrase is sometimes given with the prefix of the first letter of the alphabet, thus: "A-num. her one." And to how many things, and in how many various ways is this favorite slang expres sion now applied ? Does the farmer wish to con vey to his neighbor a distinct idea of the high value he places upon a select piece of ground ?. "-It is A-number one." Does the merchant de. sire to let some customer know that any given article is unequivocally fine and genuine! "It is A-number one." I1as the physician faith in a particular remedy in a particular case, and is he striving to impart that faith to a doubting patient? " It is A-number one." Ilas the tailor a vest pattern or a fancy scarf which ie would com mend in the most emphatic terms to some gay gallant? " It is A-number one." Has the shoe. maker a pump-soled boot which ie feels certain stands unrivalled in its line I " It is A-number one.' Hias the trader a girl w% hom he is wishing to palm off upon soime moneyed purchaser as a perfect factotum ! " She is A--number one." Ts there a dog in the huntsran's pack upon which ie particularly prides himself! " Old Charley Is A-number one." Does the 'gourmand' believe that lie eats the best prepared meals in the parish, and wouldl he vatut the praises of his culinary goddess ? " My cook, Dinah, is A-number one." Would the hard-pushed creditor press upon some ustrious skin-flint a note of hand which he be lieves to lie as good as gold ! " It is A-number one." Ani thius has the lawyer his " A-number one" client-the artist his " A-number one" model-the musician his " A number one" sona ta-and even the parson his " A--nnmber one" discourses for select occasionS. We suppose, of course, that by this expression, it is intended to convey an idea several degrees beyond the superlative-which might be denomi nated the extra-superlative degree of comparison. And in truth, cockney-ish though it be, yet does this same Americanism subserve a very good pur pose in this extra-superlative age. It has a mean ing of its own, which saves the necessity of lengthened panegeryc to the telegraphic spirits of the day. It is a short-hand mode of speaking, as it were. And as hang as it is kept in its legilimate sphere, we shall not approve of condemning its use-anil that sphere we regard to be on the line of rail-rotid routes-in the thoiroutghfares anti business places of citi-s, and even on the public squares anti piazzas of our little villages. In sueh places we maintain that it is not only admissable but useful, if it were for nothing else than saving tongue-labor. Elsewhere it is out of place, and sometimes even ludicrous. Especially is it so nhen carried into the parlor or boudoir. Indeed it then becomes supremely ridiculous. Think of a fond father and a tender mother leaning over their sleeping infant-and imagine that while the mother is murmuring gentle praises of its inno cent smiles, its dimpled cheeks, its silken locks, efIect!-Follow that loving couple to the recess of one of those curtained windows, and hear their low and soft coriings as they wander through the sweet mazes of a first love. The fair one has just adrnitted, in beautiful terms, ti sheirecipro entes the feelings of hter lover-and, while the blush of feminine modesty stuffleses hter face at the very thought of her confession, lhe replies, " Oh may chtarmner! did'nt 1 always tell the b'htys that yott wa ani " A--Number One" gal ?" Who wonuld.not say " Kill him-thte vulgar scanmp." See that lovely girl seating herself at the piano. and listen to the meclodiotts tones of her cultivated voice as she wvarbles some beautiful air from "Ernaini" or "Norma," or some other popular Opera. She has ceased singing, and while the vari'ous exclamtations of " delightful," "entran cine," "idivitne," &c., are droppiug fro~m the lips oif hter tratnsportedh admuirers. htearksen to the voice of that fellowv ini the hack-ground who sings out. with nasal twang, his favorite laudation-" A nnmholer one." What a sudidetn lettitng down of every thing like refincment or seniment ! litit we have said enongh to show our appreciation or thie phrase under consideration-how far we regari it ntissable-andi tunder what ci rctumstances we deem it culpable. The same remnarks will apply to many other phrases of the day-and we con clude this chapter by saying in reference to all of them, that great care shotuld he used itn limiting their tuse as above hitnted. If any one find him self becoming so fond of them that he cannot avoid interlarding htis discourse with them even whenpropriety tells htim lie should nut do so, then let imn banish them at once from his vocabulary. Andl matny would have given thtis advice at the ott-set. But we think as we have wvritten. There is still another andI a very different mean ing attachted to this same expression, which wve propose to speak of btiefly in another chapter. "NUMB1ER ONE."-CHIA PTER I I. TuA:r care of "usmber one," is the motto of ninety-nine men out of a.hiundlred. And this notto may, in the majority of cases, be inter preted as meaning " take care of self at all risks -at the risk of injuring others in every imagina ble0 manner-at the risk of bringing the aged to their graves in misery-at the risk of tempting the youthful into the path. dissipation and profigacy- -at the risk of forcing the widow to wear out her life in a hard struggle to procture subsistence for hterself and her helpless children at the risk of neglecting the dutties due to society -at the risk of transgressing the laws of Heaven and tranmpling them uitder foot-and, so'metimes, at the risk of selling one's soul to the Devil. At all risks, " take care of Ntinber One." it has been said that " every vice is but a vir tue carriedl to excess." Althouigh this may seem paradoxical at first view, yet it is far from being an absolute sophism. The principle of which we are speaking aflords one illustration of that maxim's soundness. -To take due care of one's person and property has been called the "first law of nature," and it is certainly both a duty and a virtue to do this faithfutlly. But to makce use of that principle to gloss over the inhuman persecution of the needy andl suffering-to stifle the dictates of charity andl generosity-to excuse a miserly gloating over notes and bank-bills-to palliate the crimes of usury andI swindling, amounts to a vice of the deepest dye. And yet the'e vicious excesses tony have sprtung from haits wvhicht, in their incipiency, wvere right andl proer. So much for the philosophy of the prin Bupte its practical workings differ as ,idely as In the calm suggestions of sotund reason from the reiks and fancies of Lunacy. The good man, cting uipon the principle of "taking care of iumber one,"' looks to the welfare of his soul arid le peace of a quiet conscience, in all lisi calcu atios-andi he is led thereb'yto combine, with a ..-, .e..n.,- of i. vorMdly means, a. spirit of en lightened liberality and self-sacranficig charity. Ile feels that there are cafes where temporal losses should be volunteered for the securing of his ex peace while on earth ani his happiness hereafter. g The bad man, acting upon the same principle, wi has an eye only to the aggrandisement of the er( tangible goods of time and sense--to the outward r display of opulenCe-or to outstripping the avari. an cious demons in human flesh who have gone be- ow fore him, and whose example has maddened him with the desire of seeing cringing creditors obe dient to his heck and bidding., lie is blinded by an the god of this world, and' he remprselessly sil crushes everything that prevents him from grow- M ing richer--richer-richer. -It seldom matters sal with him whether guilt is incurred by himself or co woe entailed upon the weak by his ruthless on ward march. His consolation is, that he is only ow " taking care of number one."-The good and hIt the brave mats will venture far for the succour of go the oppressed and the relief of the innocent. He th will even dare to enter the vale of temporal ad- of Versltv if It be necessary for these purposes. For ric there.,j his honor are preserved, and that is his es "number one." The bad and cowardly man will pr ensconce himself in his gilded nest and look away from scenes which mighit tend to draw him within the range of the slightest hazard. For m thereby his ease and safety is preserved, and these make up with him the "-number one" of his existence.-But we are serm'onizing perhaps be- fit yond the reader's patience. We therefore con. ga elude this second chapter by 'wishing for its all a proper view of the real dutiies implied by the if maxim, "Take care of number one." so SCOCKA-DOODLE-0." Suici is the proclamatiin we hear issued. every norning, through the "Cock's shrill clarion." One of our Roosters insista upon varying the ex pression elightly-but, as a general thing. " Cock a-doodle-doo" is the word. Now the question arises, " what is the interpretation of that chick en sliout !" We answer, "Let every one explain to) it as best suits himself. AVe do'nt intend to bi "make the eftfrt."-Bhit, under this caption, we so merely desired to make an enquiry or two, to 11 which we hope some skilful poultry-raiser will speedily respond. Ist, Are- not game chickens ti better in most respects than any other kind ! For d quantity of eggs 1 For delkicncy of flesh ? For (i rapidity of growth ? 2nd, T- nor the Charleston OT hulla-bulsl'o about big fowls all fudge I Are not P the large kinds coarser. sloer in laying, and in ferior to our common breeds in every respect ex- b cept size ! 3rd, Is there any plan by which liens can be induc'd to lay two eggs a day? ti watrrtEN FOR TnE: ADVEtTIsEa. Jf)SEPIH.INE. Each lear that clusters o'er thine ived towers Reveals a history of woman's wrngs, It every passing breeze ar(quiemn floats Bewailing her sad1 fate whoreigned supreine O'er thee Mahnaison !t Chillon's prisoned bard s Or she who gave to the ideal world The fair Corinna. sure had failed to paint tl E'en with their glowing en, the bright day11 dreams That clustered round thygeart. swert Josephine! F And lent thy face a glow more radiant than b The coronet o'er thine inijperial brow h Ere yet amsbition had-its fig Unfurled O'er the sold chle tjnnd s "bruud dlornain, b~rounn n itskold "beart of himr Of despotism.colli The rich coalli And crimson flush that dhyed thy soft fair cheek, i A nd large ular k Itustrousi eye, bespoke a heairt ~ Warmi as the deep blue skies that canopied ti Thy tropie home. , -.b Napoleon sought that heart, A nd~ link by litik ho wove the szitering chntin Oif love, that biound thee tos hsim fast and sur'e, ~ Tightninig the fatal coils until each puslse a Qive'red its fenrful ee'staey', aind thient p lie cast thee from him as a thinig of naught i signing thec fatal cotmpaet with a hatnd" Red with the gore of thousandls. Ilis false heart ti Dring to sundiser bonds which heaven forbad'e a With coo'l deliberation added then ' Ts Isis o'ertlowinsg cataiogue of sins The blighstinig cr'imse of perjury. Poor Queen ! a Towv eru'-hed andl braised thy worse than h widow'd heart, itr To~ see anothiler tus usurp the plhace i That once wass all thiine owts. A nd then the taunit , The rudie instuhinig boast to trace to thoue Iow like unsto hsimself the wished for heir, ai Iow he basic fair to be a fitting onse al To wield the sceptre. d But alas, thou did1'st Show one great wetikniess, that of lsvintg on The tyranst who forsook thee-to hate him Hand been itn thee uunwomnany. andsu too' Thou couldst noit have despised hsimi, for thy soul a Was all too good and pure ;but why not shiow It That calm indifference that brooks neglect 11 A nid makes the recreant feel the shaspened sting Of keen remsorse? ?h But oh ! thou wvert avenged til When a lone sea-girt isle held the protud heart mi Which like the insatiate Macedonian Wept for other worls to conquer. til * * * * * * * tr Did not ot Pale speetres risc on every crested waro b That washed Ihelena's sores, and when at eve cc Thou savest loomsinig up from out the sea as Ships from thy imuchs loved Frainc? did not a pang Of agony dart through thinse exiled brenst, te Causing straunge shapes to pass before tinse (eyes to Which took thse form of JIosephinse? And nh ! Iec Wh'len Azratelstood with his upliflcd scythse or To mow thsee down, anid rounid thy stull'ering brow ' or Brighst faces gleamed, with circling baloes thirowna Fi A bove them, was not her sweet love-lit face The brightest there ? shiewing to thee how frail, re Ar human hopes whten built upon the sand Of muan's ambition ! The conqueror, prone Upon thea bed of death craving front Ieaven The pardon for Isis sins, while the lone wife miled sweet forgiveness oii her cruel Lord. Rose Cottage. A~OTnTER YETERlAN GoNE.--Calptatin Joel k1 Cook, a soldier of the revolutionatry wvar, [str died at Babylon, L. I., on the 9th tilt., aged fro ninecty-one years. The deensed, one of the ' last survivors of the battles of Bunker Hill and Lexinigtosn, wvas born at Wellirngfor'd, Ct., PC etoecr 12, 1760, nnid nt the age of sixteen nterd the army, taking part in most of the Ibs wportnt battles of the Revolution, Trtarr LivES I.oST.-AccollntS from T emphis, Tennessee, state that the steamer 1 D)e Wit t Clinton wa'is snaggedl neair that city, mdt tmnk immediately. 'I hirty lives were qus FOlL Til. ADVERTISA. Ufa. EDToit,-As the impression seems to st to some extent that my property will be !red on the 16th inst., at public sale, merely B( 1h the view to a speculation, it is due to my Si ditors to say that there will be no difference, respects their interest, between this sale and T , made by the Sheriff or by an Executor or G I ministrator of one's property. as [t is true I am not forced to sell at present. M I perhapR would not be for several years. But ce my property, at a fair price will not much ire (if any) than meet my liabilities, the public e of it on long credits will surely much better sult the interests of Creditors, as well as myve n purse, than to hold on until my wards shall ye attained their majorities ; in the meanwhile bi aded by duns, and exhausted by usury ni n costs of suits, and thus even licking the rod IN the oppressor, from whose wiley arts and ava. tri ious grasp it is almost impossible for the lion- i and generous to escape. At a fair price my of aperty will pay all demands. If so, I shall be be ppy and contented in being relievel from debtedness, the greatest curse tn an honest W At in. I have divested myself of my estate in ki ist for benefit of Creditors. What this bene- lij shall be will depend upon the sale. Be the BY ,rifice what it may, it must and shall be sold. c' Terms may be extended or otherwise altered creditors desire. Possession will be given as on as practicable after the sale. T Feb. .1, 1852. 1. R. SP A NN. A Tribute of Respect. . At a regular niceting of Butler Lodge, No. 17, 0. 0. F., the following preamble and resolu mns were unanimonsly adopted WnEiEi4s, It hath pleased the Almightyagain E visit this Lolge, with the loss of a niost worthi otlier, wiici ocenrred in the deathi of qA31r . B. Mays, oin Saturday the l7th tilt., be it erefore Resolved. That in the death of brother MAYS. C Odd-Fellows have to dh-plore the unitimiely :eease Of a most usefuland exemplary nenber their Order. simd our society is lelprived of IC of its excellent and weost piblic spirited and itriotic citizeiis. I Resolved. Tliat we sincerely condole with the - mily awl friends of the deceased in their great a .reavnent. Resnlved, That in testimony of our love for ft e minory of our brother, we appropriate a t, ige of our books for the inscription of his , tine-record his death in the Bible of tie b 111ge,. nMl canse the Secretary to furnih his i mily with a copoy of theseresoltitions. ri DRADFL AcCIDLNT.-An explosion took b lce this moriingir, about Iu o'clock at t he . S. Aisent-, Cannonsbnro'; in two brick e ildings 12 by 15 used as laboratories at- it icbed to the Arsenil, by which Julo Balt- i ir was instantly killed. We are informed i y the commanding ollicer at the Arsenal tat Baltser was employed es Pyrotechnist, d had been engaged for two or three days preparing a handsome assortment (if fire orks for dispilay oit the approaching 22df of' 'ebruary, commemorative of Washiirton's irih day. It is supposed by one of the soldiers who :id been working with Baltser, and had a 0 mr.. time befIore the aecident left the room mt in rnmmfing the~ Rtom:,n Candles thg~ -ietion must hatve ot'ensioned the explosion,y ixt building, eontniing iabott .50 lii o iwder, emiirely destroiyinig it. blowving out me side of anotheur, and doiing coinsiderale I image to a third. Baliser miust have been wenre of his dait~nr, as lhe weas seetn tryiing mike his eseLpe, b ut was uiifort untatelv uried unider the ruins, beiing horrilhe maui led. Baltser has heft a wie nntd three chiil rn. A Coron's oInnest wi'l be held eer* him in t he cou rse of tile dlie. This ight to be a seriouts enutioni tot those who - in the hablit of using gunipowder, attd epa ring fireworks, as thte daniger doe not pjear toI be sufliciently appreiaed.-Even gNewse, 31st tilt. t Danrit:o A TTLMfPT.-VIe utnderstandi says fr e Uion viille .Jo'unl, Jan. 30., thaLt a bold b tempt was t..de ttponi the litfe of air. homas Guii!t. at ei!ize'n of t his dis: let. v v simte peso tunkrewn. I Ie was ris.ted thec fite in his ho u-e soon after nigh ;ll. 1ic0;ly smokingt his pipe. wheni lie was fired fronm without with a rifle or pistol. The di struck the howl of thte pipe, which was, his mouth at the time, smashing it into a oiusand friginents, aiid forin~g the stemt ounid upon his fnece wvith so tmuch force ais catuse a conisidernble contnslin. We un rstanod thait Air. Gnuilt's sui-picioins arc osdas to the person wh~o made the tempt., butt nothing certain has as yet beenl teloped. AxoTHER-.--On last Saturday evening. ys the same paper, its air. James Sinclair 1 as on his waty home f'romn the village. some j 'rson uinkniowtn fell upon him atnd inflieted re veral seere weoutnds npon his body, with (2 knife, and thenm esenped int o the! woods. was after dairk, and Mir. Sieclair wa un e to discover whlo the man weas. - ------ NEGRO TRTAL.-Aholt three weeks ago. ree mnegro tme n were lodgedl in the jail of is district, on suispicion (If hwuing coim itted the muirderous assaul~t on Mr.~ James a eCracken, of whmich we made mention some ' noesince. These negroes were put upon _ al before a magistrate's coutrt, Onl Saturday at st, whliich resulted in the conviction of otne them upon a charge of an assault and ttery with an ittent to kill. The one - nicted was idemtified by Mr. McCneken, the negro wh'o had called him to his sto're r the ostensible 'purpose of purchasing a I ir of boots. The art ftul villain attempted pt avert snapicion by detailing what he pre- nm aded to be the rdisclosutre of the guilty one atl himself. These pretended diselsosures id to the apprehension of himself a.:nd the e whom he implicated. Upon the triail it is proven thmat thle netnser wais the guilty e. Hie was conmdemnned to be huntg on ~ iday, the 6th of' February. MCracken, we learn is in a fair way' to :over, much to thme surp~ise of' his friefids. di [Newherry Senmtinel.. el, S- di Correspondentce of the Advertiser.. IIA MIBUltG, Feb. .9, 1851. tj Fhro has been no change in our Cotton niar for thc last week. We quote to-day for re etly Fair i7 ; Fair 7& to 7A-other qualities T r 7 ets down to 5 ets. 'LOV-We quote Flour from 6,50 to $8,00, re: barrol. fo, 1co-Sides, 10 to 11 ets ; Shoulders, 11; is, 12 to 15 ets' res ARD-Mew Lard is wvortl 12 ets. o :oPEE-TiO 10 to 12; Cuba 11 to 12 ; Java to 16 eta. - icAI-Little or no change in prices-best litics fromt 10 to 11 ets. i FImALGQi HYMENIAL. MAatRIED, on the 29th January, by Rev. M. ye1, Mr. WILLIAit Giisox and Miss MARTHA 11T, both of Edgelield District. MARRIED, on the 14th January, by Judge ompson, Dr. SA3tUEL LAssETEaR, of Newton, I., and Miss CAROLINE V. TooKE, of Thom ille, Ga. OBITUARY. DIED, at Charleston, S. C., January 20th, LIA A. I fones. youngest daughter of the late r. Burrell Ilobbs, of this District, in the hteenth year of hier age. Though she died in a strange land, her amia ity had endeared her to all who came within : reach of her acquaintance. She had early life chosen the better part, which sustans her her hours of deepest afflictions and bore her umphant through de: th. Though her suffer ps were great, she manifested calmness and signation, submitting all things into the hands her Heavenly Father, who had promised to tho Father to the Orphan. She died in full assurance of her resurrection th her $aviour, and her numerous friends at home have the melancholy satisfaction of owing, that though amongst strangers, her rhtest wi h was attended to by kind and deeply mtt pathising friends. In her de3th she left an anple worthy of imitation to all her young qtinintances. lia. thou art gone, Hope's never-tiring finger Points to a brighter world than this. mough near thv grave I sometimes sadly linger I smile to think of certain future bliss. iongh o'er my brow a shade is often east To find the world so fill of care and pain; ,t! when the fevered dream of life is piast I know we'll meet and never part again. M. C. DIED, in this Village, on Thursday, 29th ult., w.I.AETI LivINGs-ON, infant daughter of Rev. iehar.lson Graham, aged nearly'six moniths. As the sweet flower that scents the morn, But withers in the rising -ay ; - Thus lovely was this infant's dawn Thus swiftly fled its life away. It died to sin. it died to cares, But for a momeit feh the rod; 0 mourner, such, the f.ord declares, Such are the children of our God. DiEn, at the residence of Wm. J..Wightman, sq., near 1 inibrg, (.S. C.,) on the night of lrsday. the 1th tilt., SARAi lSaLBEL.., wife r Dr. A nairew J. Creighton, aged 32 years. Only sixteen years ago. the deceased caine 'im a foriign land, full of youthful aspirations, find in a near relative, whom she had never n. that nmaternal care of which she had been reft at a tender age, and has ever since filled ie endenring relation of lattiier, and miore :cently if wife and mother, with an affnection, Ile fer'eney of which can only be appreciated those who felt aid wi:nessed it. Of a retiring anil onobtrusive disposition, the irele of her aeequaintance was notextensive, bit is believed tiat none ever beheld her counte anee who railed to he impressed with that be voleiee so prominetnt in her character, and hieb iale her untiring in her efflerts to alleviate e sulffrings of all who came within her obser tion. Callel within the sphere of four years to ou1trn the loss of five of her tenler ol spring, io linst b..rn of whon hadte just begun to lisp the Internial name, though ier health declined, not mturmiur escaped her lips. Some vears ago, she made a puilie profession f religion. but it was on her death bed when the inphs of the Gospel shione with such lustre. Oniring tier unt illiness, of nearly three weeks. hen her suffe'rinigs were, at limes, so intenise as e promise of God was utnshaken. With ealm ss shle spoke oIf her edissolution, and miinutel~ rrangedl her domestic afyarat. To the miemabers ad servantts of the famtily, she was urgent in arinig thetm toi be also redy. She frequently -elared lher entirestubmaission to thc Dtivine will, d that however dlesirons it was to live for the ike oef those shte baved. and espeecilly her in nt edaughlter, ye't she had peneea witht Goad, arough haeri Lorde and :aiviontr .Tesne Christ, and depart anid be with IIiim was far better. Only a shert whil- biefore her departure, shte i to one whlo hatd heen to, her as a miother, An nml utst we part ? Yet ntot may will hut ie lie done, 0 Lored.'' Soon after, shte said those areountd her bed, " Goode nig~ht nay dear iends,. T ami going to sleep.'" anid genitly breathed r last on the'. bosom of her Savioutr. "Blessed are the dle;ad whea die ini the TLord, en, saith the spirit, foer they rest freom their ha irs and their works eli fo'llow them."' "'ake comfort. C'hristians, when your friends In .Jesa flall :oleep. Th.ir better being never ends; Why, then dejected weep t" ~uter Lodge3 No. 17 I. 0 0, F SA Regaulatr meeting of this Lodge ill lie hl 1.1 (ttMondaty evening next at7oelock. A. G. TEAGUE', See'y. Feb 5 tf 2 Notice? ! A M in the RO00M one door East of Col. .FaIER's Stoire, where I shiall be pleased to eeive the enlls oif Frienads and those alto wish oos at very Low rateEs. W. P. BUTLER. Feb 5 tf 3 For Sale, TThOUSE A NT LOT containing about two acres, one aned a half ilecs from Edgeieldl te Coluinhia ~oadl. Thecre aro on the Lot well of goodl watcr and all necessary outbuild s fur a smtall family. The place will be sold for Cash or on time, .the putrchlase money being amtply secured e immediate poissessiotn given. IL? A pply at thais Office. Fe 5 tf - 3 Excto' Notice. TL .thtose indebted to the estate of Willanm Garrett, dee'd., are reqtuested to make vmentt forthwith, anad those having demaiands ainst said estate will render them in properly tested, accoreding to law. UTTARLES HAMMOND, ) WM. 0. 1TA N310N D,' TIIOS. GARRETT. Feb 5 tf 3' 297The Friends of BARNEY M. LA AR, respectfully announce him as a Catn datto for Tax Collector at the ensuing rtina. Eff HIRAM JOURDAN, Esq., is res etfully ananouncted by his frienids as a Can date for Tax Collector at the ensuing elee "The Frienids of WESLEY BODIE spetfully annouttce him as a Caindidate for ix Collector at the ensuing election. STHE Friends of FELIX E. BODIE, peetfully antnoutnce himt as a Candidate Sherif, at the ensuing election. W" THE Fricaids of WV. F. DURISOE, peetfully announce him as a Candidate Ordinary, at the next election. N31. 0. .IF&oiasses. LS. NE W CROP, a superior article, for ')sale by HI. A. KI'NRICK. T-.-.b.r., Feb3 9 NOTICE T IHE Subscriber will sell his entire Stock of Goods at COST, FOR CASH! All remaining on hand will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, on the first Monday in March next. All those indebted to me, will please call and settle up, as I ain compelled to close up my businesm. B. C. BRYAN. Feb 5 4t - 3 NOTICE! Messrs, Bushnell & Wit;1 T AKE this method of informIng their friends and the public that their Machine Shop is now in complete operation. They nre prepared for building Pannel Doors and Windows, Sash, Blinds, Door Frames, MANTEL-PIECES, and all other articles in the Joiner's Business. -A L8 -- Bedsteads, Tables, Wash-Stands, Ie kept constantly on hand for sale. CABINET WORK, made or repaired to order. Sash will be furnished filled with glass. and primed. Those wishing work in our line, will pleaso call and examine our Stock and prices before baying elsewhere, and learn that as good work. can be done at Edgelield Court Uouse, as can be found. Feb 5 if 3 TAX COLLECTOR'S NOTICE. No. 1. WILL attend at the following places herein A after specified to colleet the Geueral and Dis trict Tax for the year 1851. At Seurry's, on Monday, 9th February " Rieiardson's, " Tuesday 10th " Cary's Store, " Wed'dny, 11th " Perry's, " Thursday, 12th " " Rhin-hart's, " Friday. 13th " Sit. Williig, " Saturday, 14th " 't Whittle's, " NIonday, I6th " " Ridge, " Tuesday, 17th " " Lybrand's, " Wed'day, 1Sth " " liteher's. " Thursday, 19th " Graniteville, " Friday,. 2uth " " Bench sland, " Saturday, 21st " tlamburg, " Monday, 23d " "Geiger's. "Tues'dny, 24th - " School Iouse, " Wed'day, 25th " " Park's, " Thursday, 26th " " Freeland's, " Friday, 27th "4 " Liberty fill. " Saturday, 28th " " Edgefield C. 11. " Monday, 1st Mareb. 4 " " " Tuesday, 2nd " " " " " Wed'day, 3rd " Allen's, " Thursday, 4th "Smyl-y's4, John " Friday. 5Bhl " Sl)orn's, " Paturday, 6th " " bloore's. Nick. " Monday, 8th " " Nloselev's, " Tnerday, 9th " " Sheppard's, " Wed'day, 10th " " Cheathan's, " Thursday, 11th " " Fett's, IT. Friday, 12th " 1.. H UILL, T. C. E. D. P. S.-The law requires the owners of Slaves to pay the Taxes to the Tnx Collector. If per sons who hire slaves agree-to pay taxes, they should pay it to the owners. Feb5 tf - 3 Attention Cavalry. T E 44SPIRIT OF 1851,I' will parade at Alt. Witling, on the 4th Saturday In Feb rutary next, arm~edl and etjuipped as the Consti tutIon requires A t the sano'time there will be. a :tteindance at previous Drills. By order of Capt. R1. B. BOUKNIGI1T. N. 1B.-The Memb~ers of the Compaist are re quteste.l to conie prepare-d to pay to the 'Trensu rer. all dutes to the Compi~anyv or Commnittee who purchased the materials for the Conmpany. RI. 1. 11. Feb5 -4t - 3 State or South. Carolina, EDGFTELD) DTSTRICT. IN ORDIFAIRY. Elizabeth Rurnell, and others,1 Comitplainiants, James Unrper, Adaministrator of | Robert .liurnell, dee'd. J O N hen;ring the conmplaitnt of Elizabeth Thnr. nell. and others, Ileirs atnd Listribu tees of Robert llurne~ll, dee'd.. and it appear itng to my sauisfactiont that JIames 1Harper, A d tminiastrator otn the Estate of said Roht. Enrnell, dee'd., resides beyond the limits of this State, On motion of .Mr. Ksav. Atitorney for Comiplain ants, Ordered that the said .Jamnes Hiarper, the legal representatives -of William Garrett. Sr.. dlee'd., and U.obert Mcflonald, ite sureties of thte said .Iaimes larper, appear before me at the Court of Ordinary. ott Friday the 13th itnst., to neeountt for his A dmtinistration upon said Estate. it is further ordered, that a copy of this Cita tioni, be served upotn the sureties of the said ,.James liarper or their legal representatives, who reside within this District. Given under m~y hand, at my office, this 4th Feh'ry 1852. JOH N UIILL, o. a. D. FebS t 3 Notice, MY eelebrated JACK Don Pizaro, Sired by the imported Dun Pixa ro, will stand the ensuinig spring season, at Pine Plea sant, at $6,(It the Season ; 8,00 to insure a Mare with foal, and $l0,00 to insure a live Colt. Mares put and transferred, the insurnnee money will be claimed. Thie .Jack will not be moved from the Subscribers stable during the season. Feb5 J. B. COLEM4AN. Fb5tf 3 Stolen FROM the Subscriber's Lot on Sunday night Lthie25th -Tanuary, a SORREL HORSE, about 144 hands high, 5 years old, has a white sntip on his nose, extending more on the right than the left side-he is a good harness horse. The said horse is pu~t up on the pony order and is untshod. A reward of Twenty-five dollars will be given for the recovery of the I,. rse and proof suffi cient to convict the thief. Any information res pecting said horse will be thtankfully~ received by the Subscriber, living 6 miles, N. W. of Graniteville. W. $. HOWARD. Feb 5 4t 3 Strayed or Stolen, F"ROM the Subscriber on the 12th January Ilast a SMA LL W HIT E HORSE, with a scar on onte of his hinid feet. and apparently a littlo weak in his right eye-no other marks re collected. Any information concerning said horse, and addressed to the Subscriber at Duntonaville P. 0., will be thankfully received and liberally re warded. HIRAM BUSH. Feb 5 6t 3 Notice. A LL. Persons indebted to tho Estate of Jane .~I.Logan, dee'd., are requested to come for ward and make imm-diate payment, and thos. having demands against said estate, will.present them forthwith, properly attested accordling to law. -AMBROSE NIX, Admtnr. v..S la 3