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THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISE] PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. W. F. DURISOE. Proprietor. ARTHUR SIN3lIN Editor. TERMXS..-Two DOLLARS per year. if pai in ailvaice-Two DOLLAns and FIFTY CRBTS: not paid in six months-and TnK1CE DOLLRAt I not paid before the expiration of the year. A] subscriptions not distinctly limited st the time c rubscribing, will be considered as made for au indefinite period, and will be continued until al arrearages are paid, or at the-opri:on of the Pub lisher. Subscriptions from. other States must b accompanied with the cash or reference to som one known to us. A DVERTISEMENT' wilf 6e conspicuously insert et at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less,) fo tie first insertion, and 37 1-2 for each subsequen insertion. When'olypnblislhe(d Monthly or Quar terly, One Dollar per sonare will be charged. Al Advertisements not having the desired number c insertions marked on the margin, will be contin ned until forbid and charged accordingly. Those deciring to advertise by the year can d soon liberal terms-it being distinctly understoo that contracts for yearly advertising are confine to the immediate. legitimate business of the firr or individual coniracting. Transient Advertise meats must be paid for in advance. For announcing a candidate, Three Dollars, ij advance. For Advertising Eptrays Tolled. Two Dillari to be paid by the Nagistrate advertiing, From the Greenville Mountaineer. Our Free NegrocS. We see fron look.ing over our list o newspapers, that a proposition has recentli been introduced inlthe Legislature of Vir ginia, now in sessio, to remove out of the State, all the free negroes within her border: and to domiciliate them elsewhere beyonc irie confines of our Republic. We heartil) subscribe to this proposition, and would re joice to see our beloved Carolina making . move of the same sort. in referiece to hel free negroes. They should be removed fron oul borders, and a home provided for then in another land ; for. of all the classes anc easts in society among us, no single class o epur population, in our opinion, militates Hi essentiilly :gaitnst the best interests of on slaves as the free negro. The very conudi tion and the circumstances that surround th free negro are in direct opposition, and dia metrically opposed to the institution o slavery. The prescenee of the free negr< in the midst of our slaves, even if he shouli ntot attempt to sow broad cast the seed o disafficlion in the slave towards the mastei will of itself, in despite of all our exertion to the contrary, engender, in the latter, spirit (if disquletttde and an impatience o control. Think you that the slave, as h, looks upnn the free negro, priviliged to viAi at picasure our muster-7fields and villages, 14 loiter and satunter about and begtile the si. days appoitited to labor, in fishinti, hluntin and the like, will not crave to do so likewise Alh ! indeed, the slave, as ie rests his eyi utpotn these privileged gentry-these frei negros-who betake themselves when an where they please, becomes restless in per forming his masters business-he wants t, be a free man and strut about "as large a. lile." le curses in his heart the very though that lie has to go and come ot his master' bidding, while another whose skin is as bIl as bi-i, is permitted, as a free man to spet his time,as though lie was a descendant o the Angl Satxon race. The slave, with thi reflection, constantly cyurs'ng through hi brain, naturally desi&res to strip his owner o nilb controle aid authority over him and.ti .ht ow hanids, although, Phaeton like b would driee to destruction. lie is willing at all and every hazard, to venture on thti utncertain sea and to make the experiment even if his vessel should strand otn th lireakers. But the free negro is not coniteni to let his evil exar.iple alone do all the mis chief which it is catlcui'ated' to effect. Ui must accomplish more ; lhe mnust by word an< deed-by cotunsel and~ entretv-dissiuad the slave from resting satisfied with his cotn dition ; lie mutst inudtce the slave by tmor thtan the more force of example, 1(o east ofI from htimt tIre yoke and the fetters, asb wvould term them. of shtvery to the whit mnan. Hie would have thenm stum up all tha in htim lies of strength and courage, and as -sent the rights to wvhic~h the free negro think the slave anti himself are entitled to amont us. The free negro has a strong attract ivt iinunce over the slave, bienee the st root desire in the latter to associate with. to itmi late antd to intermarry with the former. I the slave gets a free~ negro for husbatnd o wife, as the~ case tmay be, lie has advanced ini his own estimation, a tremendous step ii amelioratirng his conidit ion, lie thinks lie risinig rapidly to the level of the wvhite main The fact is, in this intermarrying of-slavi and free niegro, the slave is put on the i qutitous platfortm of rascality. treachery an, eritne, on which the free negro stand by vir tue, of his status-wholly stripped of an moral or wholesome restrintt. ]3ut renmde say you, does any white man who is not no. cenmpos mentis, or a lunatic, stiffer free ac groes to intermarry with his slaves, and ti miingle with them about his platntations Start not-'tis even so. Some who are san en most subjects, possess a kitnd of mfont( mania itn this partietrhtr. They forget tha i~f the status of the slatve is his right condi tlion, that of the free negro is wrong-thr the two are perfectly dissitmilar-antipode en the other. They forget too that the fre degro, steeped in vice and crime, will ten to drag thme slave down and down to the fil thy depth to which lhe has debased himsel A s for us, wve regard every free negro, anmon a family oIf slaves, as the vilest enemy thr possibly be suffered to dwell in their mids We believe South Carolina would advanc her interests very materially, if she were t mnake suitable provisions to ship her fre negroes to another hind. where they coul alone,anid if they infieted injtury on any Oim it would be on one occupying the same lev< -the injturing and the injured, both,. woul be free negroes. CAROLINA. ------ IMPrTANT INvENTION.-The Washintgto Telegraph states that Mr. De Biberyv.hais ii vented onie of the most important ine..savia and swimming apparatus we have ever sei Application has been made by Mr. De B. ft a patent. It is a kinid of frock, or double of ordinary dress material, made doubli interlaid with small metalic boxes, inflate< This doublet may be worn as an overall o shipboard, and it'is imposible for the wearn to sink below the shoulders, and Mr. DelI asserts that a person may remain in thi water aniy length of time,. and the water h: no effect whatever on then buoyancy of thi dress. SrAtNG of the goods of life, Sir WVi hiam Temple satys: "T lie greautest pleasni of life is love ; the greatest treasure is cot tentment; the greatest possesion is healti the greatest ese is sleep, and the greates medicine is a true friend." The real object of education is. to giv children resources that will endure as Ion as life endures; habits that will amneliorat' not destroy ; that will render sickness toter: - be, solitude pleas~mnt, -ag.e venerable, lif moi-e dignified atnd useful, and aieath let EDGEFiE LD, S- C THURSDAY,FFBRUARY 19, 1852, ORIGINAL SKETCH, L Ouia readers will find one on. our first page. f Turn- to it, real it and pronownee jtagmnt. Bnt criticize lightly; fur the writer is one of the softer sex, and this is her second attempt in this line of composition. ---- -+ A WORD TO "J. A. C." r WEtRE Is that second number of" MIY UNCLE'S L STORIES1" The first has received the encomiums - of many, and, among the rest, of some good and suflicient judges in such matters. We must insist . upon a fulfilment of your promise as to the coming numbers. BE ON YOUR GUARD. WE announced last week that one Mr. WHITF, a Temperance Lecturer, would address the citi zens of this place on the 20th inst.- -and we be spoke for him a full audience. Since then a letter, designed for publication, has reached us from one of our snbscribers, ma king some statements in reference to a certain PHLIP WH1rF, which statements all would do well to read. The letter may be found upon an other column. It will he seen that 31r. JoNEs believes the Mr. WHITE, of whom lie speaks, to be the Lecturcr now travelling through our State. If so, of course we cannot recommend a man imbued wilh such principles, especially in the capacity of a travel ling agent. But if he be not the ram-, then let him take the pret-nt opportunity of making it clear that lie is not, and thus disperse all doubts as to his fitness for the ofice lie now houlds. Unless lie act? according to the last suwgestion, we repeat to our readerr-" be on your guard." ---e - DO YOU WISIh GOOD CLOTHING ? Tuasi goto the new establishment of RltitAnn SON & McDoNALD in Hamburg, and you will doubtless find what you need. of the best quality and on the most reasonable terms. Bit see their r advertisement on another column and satisfy yourself that we are not fictionizing. r LANCASTER LEDGER. Tints is the title of a paper just established at Lancasterville, South Carolina, under the direc tion of Mr. S. BAit.rv. r We welcome the Editor and cheerfully place him upin our exchange list. Iis sheet is to be a strictly independent one at $2 per annum. RAIL-1OAD MATTERS. TiaERE is a flatterin- prospect, being openeid up to the view t-f South Carolina enterlirize by lte rapidly increasing business of Rail Roads. The probability is now great that the iorth Car. olina, Tennessee and North-Georgia trade will, at no distant day, be eflectually and permanently secured to Charleston. li a connexion between the Anderson terminus of the Greenville and Co. lumbia Iail-Road anti Chattanooga, the interme diate link being another liail-lRoad recently set on foot and for which charters have been granted by Georgia, Northv Carolina and Tennessee. The city of Augusta, it seems to us, fias stonlin her own light by continuing to throw olyracles in the way of the Somh CarolfirarihlIad Conmpany's ~ ~~n 'h~9z~-~,,.L ver. +,The result,.f- this Swill be to throw the powerful aid of that Coin. pany towards the projected route through the "Rabun gap," as also that of the Greenville and Coltunbia Company, and of much other South Carolina capital, not directly connected with either Company. Our triends'of the Constitutionalist may find themselves mistaken in putting down'the whole a fluir as " chimerical." The lail-htoad Spirit is fully tip in Southu Carolina, and, if the comntem plated survey brings to light nogroater difliculties than are nowv anticipated, this tipper lIoatd will assuredly be built-and Augusta will feel it. We shoul be sorry for Autgusta's sake ; f'.r she has always beeni a favorite little city wvith us.. WIRE.WORKING EXPOSED. Titr: Siandard, oif (hiarleston, seems to bec de cidedly and emphatically of the opiniuii that the Secessionists arc still enudeavoring to nmann ge the political wires, so as to carry the State into the Imeasuire of separa:e action. We are not, as the - Sadard is, the organ of a party-hut atn indepen ,dent uttuh htumble member of the corps editorial iof Sotuth Carolina. It is not otur privilege to iknow what is going on in the Secession ratnks .('sub rosa') throughout the diflerenit portions of the State. We verily believe, howevcr, in spite -of thme Slandard's tretmulous notes of wvarning, Ithat there is a perfect calm in said ranks-a calm superinduced by the Co-operation shower-bath of last Fall, and which argues no good for the re putation of our State-bitt one which an impe. rious majort:.y of Carolinians have decided upon as necessary to our safety. The Scessionists on this side of the State (andl here wve do not write tunadvisedly) have, under the influence of this calm, ceased to nurse and keep alive the useless atnd vexatious flames of party strife--and so have . the Co-operationists, as far as wve are capalble of t dging. We are beginnting to feel like hrothers, s firm and true again. We were opposed on a ques e tion of expiediency, which qluestion has been do. :1 cided, for the time being, by the decretal order of the Sovereign People-and weo, whlo advocated -. the policy of resistance by Secession, are ready to ? abide that decree, (until revoked) as wve would thave expected the Co-operationists to have done, -had the decision been in our favor. However Searnestly desirouts of saving (as we thought) the Shonor of the State by the bold and comm.anding Sstroke of separate action, we are yet aware that it was a plic~iy which must have been carried by a~ decided majority to have made it folly efTctive. dWe are conscious that any such course can never mimit of' tameness ortuncertainty in the excution, without losing its most essentfal features of power. SAnd wec have therefore felt that we are called . upon, as wel~l by common reason as the voice of rthe ballot-box, to quell this unavailing strife and . turn our. .thoughts to other things, which it may r be possible for us to consummate withiout the t, hickerings of internal agitation. Trhat the pt oper 3, " time and occasion" for actioni was the winter of L 'csl and '52 we yet firmly believe. But we believe, Swith equal faith, that the " time and the occa r sion" are now irretrievably lost, by wvhose fault we leave the future historian to decide. And, e being lost, we cannot see aught of wisdom or pro. Spriety ini still urging a measure wvhich is, to say e thme least, out of season in this latitude. When the fitting moment slhall again arrive, we hold ourself in readiness to battle, as heretofore, for the united cause of Secession and State Sovereignty. kAnd that moment, even our opponents admit, will . have come when the Federal Govarnment shall attempt a repetition of the outrageous legislation of the past. In the meantitiie, wve are clearly in e favor of " burying the hatchet" at home, and of rbringing South Carolina back to that condition of utnanimtity, which is nccersary io enable her at a future time, to do something worthy of the land of e CALH~OcUN. We are' mistaken, if this be not the s feeling osf the Sedission party in this section of And this is all twe know of those hidden volcanic throes, which the Standard's ever-busy imnginar tion apprehends as being almost ready to Burst forth upon him and his party. If the Secession wires are at work, the Standard must cft in some other quarter if he would sever them. As to the situation of affairs between the two parties dnring the last secssion of onr Legislature, we have but a word to say. They had been so recently in Vostiffe array, that each was in the dark as to the other's intentions-and there was Consequent distrust on either side. The session was not long enough to admit of a proper under standing between the two contending factions and the result was that the Convention was left in "statu quo." The Secessionists, however, (lid prove by their conduct in the Legislature,that they were not disposed to visit party prejudices upon their opponents. And although this were in so smaff a matter as the election of officers, yet it is worthy to he remembered as indicating a manly and conciliating tone on their part. But becatise, amid the disappointment and, perhaps we may say, mortification of a recent defeat, they failed to do whatever their opponents suggested, they are to be spoken of now as having clearly indicated their determination to revoltutionize the State rather than obey the behtests of the popular voice. Now, brother Standard, we ask you, is this fair-is it generous ? But we take French-leave of the subject. "NUDE STATIARY."t WE have read, with satisfaction, an editorial of the Southern Baptist, condemning what it deli cately calls " Nude Statuary;" and we here un hesitatingly subscribe to the opinions therein ad. vanced. It is the proper sphere of religious jour nals to warn the public mind, noainst the evil of insidious as well as of palpably vicious customs aganst those excesses which Fashion sanctions as well as those which common morality disdains. We admire the independence, which risks the hackneyed taunt of puritanism and discharges, honestly and faithfully, a high duty to society, by seeking t: expose the false. irreligious and demor alizing foreign taste which is rapidly taking pos. scF:sion of the American mind. And altlough we ocetpy the position of a political, rather than a religious sentry, yet upon this snbject, in the lan guage of OLIVER GoLDSAIITH's Harlequin, "We'd say a word or two to ease our conscience." The American Union (we begin with a decla ration npparently wide of the mark) owes much Pf its greatness to the Atlantic ocean and to the absence of Steam-power. We are not affieting CARY LvL.Es enigmatical and incomprehensible style. when we make this assertion; but we mcan precisely what we say. And we think it easily demonstrable. Fir:;t then, had the Allantic heen less wide and boisterous, or had FuLrON lived in 1770, the fleets of GEonGE REx might (an') probably would) have prevented entirely the establishment of this vast Republic of the Western Ifemisphere. For it was a great wonder that the thing ever came about at all, considering lte comparative strength of the belligerents. Secondly, had not the Atlantic wave, with all its delays and difficulties, interposed between young, vigorouts, virtuous America and hld, en feebled, vicious Enrope, there are many chances that Republican Independence trould long since have become but another name for Lawless An arehy. In both cases, our distance and comparative isolation were among the principal elements of our sauccess. -- But now, the introdnetioneof Steam-power, witha its appendages, is drawving the two continents closer and closer togethaer, eac-h succeedhing year. The consequence is thtat America is becoming, (lay lby day, more corrupt and degenerate. Arad among thec imamediate causes which are taffeting thes putrity of ouar character, the sensualization of thec fie arts occupies a prominent place-which remark brings us hack to our subject. " Nude Statuary" diflers from nude painting, only in name. If the one be ctatpable,so muast hae thae other. Anal yet there are some who can lotok uapon a scutlptutred " Greek Slave" with admtirinag eye. buat would sharinkL, in horror, from a painted Venns, nfdahough the names nmigha lbe exchangedl withouat interfe-ring with the propriety of thec rep resentationa. Wlaat is it that canses thais dliffer ence ? It a rises from thte simple fact that Statutes (hoawever destitutte of seemly covering) race thec parlaors andl studlios of the weahby andl ahiotna ble, while thec same ideas, in painat or pri't arc more frequtenthy found in bar-roomns or barber shtops. Of thecevil influence of all such representations. we are fully satisftead. Let aian who donhts, watcha the eye of that maiden as shec first looks upont anythaing of the sort, (we htave seen thtem) and let him observe that qatickly averted and sometimes bluashing countenance, anal thien let hainm tell mue what that means. Is it not that hter ntative delicacy is shaocked ? It can lbe nothing else. But let him regard that same face, under similar circumnstances, after it has beccotme thait ntatedl to gazing uapon suach exhibitiuons-anda let haim tell nme, what means that confidlent starc thonse 'non-chaalanat' criticisms upon thte rmmtded bust &c. Do thtey not mnean that instinctive mo desty htas partially disappeared at thte mandate of conventional taste ? And wvill any one tell me thtat thae maiden is as perfect a jewel as whten first hter glance fell before thtat garish representation of the huaman formi Upon the coarser sex the influtence of these ex htibitionas is still more marked and reprehensible. For, by their instrumnentality, licentiottsness is fre qatently begotten whtere all was ptare before, and mnany can date thec beginning of a vicious career from first gazing upon the unveiled beaties of woman as represented int painting or in statuary. We are well aware thtat it may be said tat statu ary is thec more chtaste of thte t wo ; and perhtaps it is, from thec fact that it is more difficult to make the " marble speak," than thte pictture. Still, is not a fondness for nude statuary but the first movemweni towards encouraging 'model artists' and every thting of the sort ? Stuch has been thae history of Continental Europe oan thais point-and sttch will be the history of America, if this rage for fiareign nudidies shall ftally seize upon botha sexes among us, as it now threatens to do. VioL.ENT DEATH. --The Darlington Flag, states that James WV. Legars of that District, was discovered on the 5th instant, near the house of one Danaiel Johan, in a state of in sensibility, atnd died a shlort time after he was fotand. A Coroner's inquest land been held on thte body, but the particulars had not been eommuaaieated to the Flag. A brother of thte deceased, however, inaformted thae Editor of thant journal, thaat brauise of a serious charneter land been discovered on different portions of hais body tapotn a post naortem cx aminatioan. It also reported that there htad been a diflieitlty between Legars and John, sometime last sprinag. --. A-r the Washiangton Navy Yard,. the moe chanics are prepartmg to build a pretty v'essel to supessedet the present steamer Water Witch. Tum line of stcarners between England and Africa will commence runing next Octo ber. There will be three of t! em sailinag ,rb1.ly fronm Southamnton. FOR ,TIIE ADVERTISER. ER. Earriou.-Dear Sir: I see it announced in the " Advertiser" that PHIILLIP P. WIirrE, "The Great Temperanee Lecturer," is to ad dress the citizens of Edgefield in a few days. I feel it my duty therefore to, inform the good peo ple of our district against such a man, holding, as lie does, principlesadverse to slavery* In June, 1850, I traveled with him from Huntsville Ala., to Nashville Tenn., and from there down the Cumberland River to Padua on the Ohio River. At Huntsville he declared himself in favor of slavery,.and said lie believed it a scriptural institution, of divine origin, &c. But as soon as lie got on board the steamer Sleigo (upon which I was 'lso a passenger,) he made the abuse of slavery his constant theme of conversation-said " it was a curse to the coun try" " that lie was maturing a plan for its abo lition, and lie hoped in a short time it would be successfully carried out." Ilewas the peculiar favorite of some California.emigrants who were on board and afterwards proved themselves abolitionists at Martin's Landing on the Mo. River, where we set tem ashore. Every Southern man and slave syneicr on board was shocked at his open and bold attack upon slave ry, and that too within thi border of two slave States. If it had not been for his wife and daughter, lie wouid have been put ashore. Mr. PAUL, a slave owner, of.Mashville, who had taken passage on the sanie boat and was, like Mr. WIIrE, bound for Boston, to attend the meeting of the Grand Division of Sons of Tem perince, was so offended at his remarks that he said. if such a thing was pnssible, lie would take another boat rather thin travel with such a man. I warned him then of the, great inipropricty of su:h principles being publicly avowed, and told him that if ever lie came South again to lecture I would publish him as an abolitionist. To niany of ny friends I wrote about it befIre I left the Steamer-among them was C. J. G .ovsa of your village. I write this, sir, not to injure Mr. WITE or the cause of Temperane", but to protect our selves against such insidious enemies of our in stitutions. Up to the time when I met with Mr. Wm-nr and heard his declaration, I was a Son of Tem perance, but seeing that the use and virtues o Temperance were to be corrupted by abolition, I withdrew. Very respectfully, yours, GEO. W. JONES. Later from Europe. The United States ninil steaniship Pacific arrived at New York on Thursday evenitg at ive o'clock, from Liverpool, which port she left on the 28th tilt. TE MArs.-ln Liverpool Cotlon had adva:ced an eighth of a penny and was in good demand. The sales on SaturdAy, the 2-t1h ult., comprised 8000 bales, on Monday, the 26th. 10,000. on Tuesday the 27th. 15, 000. and on Wednesday the 28th ult., 10.000. niaking a total of 43,000 bales, of which speculators took 8000, and exporters 5000. The qu otat ions for Fair New Orleans were 5 1-4d., and Middling 4 7-84 Fair Fpland 5d., and .Middling 4 3-4d. MeHlenry's Circular of the 27th tilt., says that the deannd for-.Gon since the sniling of the Europa on thie 24th uIt., had incereased, and thaut the sales for the three dayvs amount ed to 3'2,000 bales. 12,000 of which were ta ken by exporters and speculators. Prices had advanced ba~rely an eighith of a penny. The e'xpoirts were of qualities below Middlinig. 'Te Circular further sny's that the advices of the reduced crop and the gradual upward moveent in prices in America, had brought abotit a much more hopeful feelinug, which itndneed mnany' to think thait if no cause should exist to prod'nece a decline in the exports fromn Amerien, there would be mnch less reason to applrehtend any decline taking phitcc ini the demand in Liverpool, iniasmiitchl as the Man chester manufaeturers were well .uppilied withI orders ait remiunuerat tig prices. Flonir had aidvanced sixpenice. Con was dull at the last quotatimns. Consrds closed at 96 1-4. Esaus~Mn.-The lalest intelligenice, rece edl at Liverpool by telegratph, fronm Londoin, on the tmorning of t he sailing of' th elie .ti*, stated thant a report was quilte ettrrenit ini that city that Napole~on itended to invade Enig :ntmt, :amd that the Government had ordered thirty thousand stand of artms from Ilirming hnm, and sentt for twenty-five thiotus:imd troopus to London. The Daily News oft that c'ity' also savs that orders had been sent to recnll, with all possible dispatcht, to the Const of England, thec three principal ships of war stationed in the Ttgtus. The steaimshiip City of Glasgo'v hiad 're turned to Glasgow, htavinig been uie~t to proceed on her voyage to Philadelphina, in consequence of hatving been disatbled in a storm. FitANC.-The Paris Monitecur pubilishtes the names of' the members of the Sinate. M. Baroebe is appointed Vice-President, and, in the absence of the President, is to nct as President. More arrests anid transportat ionts to Cayenne htav'e becen ordered. -0 Sanou~s RrENCoNTR.E.-WVe learn from the Georgetown Republican, that a serions and perhaps fatalh reneontre occurred on the 5th inst., at or near the re.sidence of Mr. Isaac P'. Taylor, about twenty miles above that town, between a Mr. Cooper McCutchen and Mr. John W. Sturgess-the latter receiving sev*e ral etnts from a knife in the arm and body, some of which are of the most dangerous character. The cause of the dificeulty be twveen the parties the Republican had not learned, but says that Mr. McCutchten had been arrested and lodgod in thc WVilliams burg jail, and that Mr. Sturgess wtas laying in a most critical situation. EscarED Fsoar JAL.-The Unioneille Journal of yest~erday says: Four negroes whlo had been confined in the jail of this district preparatory to their departure to the west, made their escape on Sunday night last, by cutting through the ceiling with a pocket knife. They then sneceeded in ripping off the shingles sufiieently to allow them to mount the roof, from wheptee they descended to the grounid by means of blankets tied to ether for that purpose. They .werc imme diately pursued, and three of them were ap prehiended on Monday evening. Tjhe other has not as yet-licen found. SCARCITY OF POnK ARD HIAas.-The3 St. Louis Republican is informed, by a gentle man engaged-in tihe pork business. that there will be ibut little mueat b'arrelled in St. Louis the present season. The principal cutting has gone into bulk sides for bacon. Hams, too, will be serce, for principally they have been taken for Eastern account, in sweet pickle. PRESTDENT oF Tmi S. C. RAILnoAD.-At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Railroad Compatny, held on the afternoon of the 12th inust., Henry WV. Conner, Esq., was .unanimously re-elected Peidetit for the enanian,-ar. Tea. A writer in the New York Journal of Commerce speaks of an attempt to introduce the cultivation of tea, coelbe, indigo, &c., into this country, towards which some $1500 have been subscribed. and 740 neres of val unble land devoted, lie says: " Tea is produced and manufactured in China at a Cost of 7 cents per pound. In the Assain and Singphoo countries, it costs 2 to 3 cents per pound. In Java, the planter sells his tea to the Dutch Government (who ad vances him inoniey for cultivation) for 5 cents per pound. The consumers of tea in Amer ica pays 60 to 100 cents per pound, in Eng land 100 to 150 cents per pound. The tea that both countries consume is miserable stuff, having but a sprinkling of genuine tea with the spurious teas of the sea-board of China. The ten plant is one of the hardiest plants there is. The genuine teas of China are produced from the 28th degrees of north latitude upwards; the 29th and 30th degrees are the di.*ts from which the green and bltiek teas are exported. These districts are snbject to very severe frosts and heavy snow. The United States is in every way adapted to the production of tea. Indigo-can be pro duced to any amount in this country; and for one-third the expense that it costs in East India. The eiports of tea from America may become more important than any other of her staples. A person who ums s tea once a day will consume 7 1-2 potnds in the year; and twi.-e a day 15 pounds a year. The import of tea into Engand varies from 50 to 57 million pounds, of which some 47 millions are consumed in the United King dom. That tea that costs less than 7 cents per pound,and sold at Canton on an average of 20 per cent per pound, is sold to the con sumers at 100 to 150 cents per pound. Therefore, the great bulk of the people can not use it ; and probably not more than 1 - 000,000 of the inhabitants out of 3,000.000 make use of tea daily, as those who do use it venerallv do so twice a day. 1t tea could be had in Eriglind at a fair price in proportion to t ie cost if prodnetion. and of fair qnility, it would not be too mneh to say the consumption would be equal to six pounds a head, or sonic 180,000.000 pounds. The consumption would also in erense in thik country, and in all parts of the world. In South Australia the people con sume 9 pounds per hend. The Chinese use it all honrs; "lnd so would the people of all the east, co I they proenre it. The quality of tea enm.... ie apprecited by that now ex ported from China: nor enn the trade nati rally extend, under present eironmtances, in this country. For instianre. the import of entfee is some 145,000.000 pounds: that of tea va-ies from 20,000.000 to 28.000.000 piunds. Tie eae would be the rever.se if a good or fair quality of tea could be had The expense of introducing tea, indigo, and coffee p)nnts. and other exotics, as set forth. nay be $7,000 to 8S,000." Ilon:Tx.E Mturn:DR IN MissirPT -A Memphis paper gives the following partien lars of the murder of a Mr. Watkins by three of his negroes: We have just received the particulars of one of the most horrible tragedies it has ever been our duty to chronicle. IR seems that three of the nezrnes of Mr. John ). Wit kins, who resided in the eastern part of De. Soto county, and near the line of Marsl.ill. and not far from ]ylhalii, in the latter coiin ty, formed a design, l:st week, of niurderinu their master on his return from this city. where he was then absent on business. They expected him to return home in the night of Thursday Inst. nud intended to way-lajy him before he reached the kouse and effect their hellish purpose. Contrary to their expecta tions, Mr. WV. arrived lefore nightfadl, and thus miomentarially thwarted the infamous plot. Ont Friday mornin?, however, on his going out to a clearing where they were at work. thmer attaeked him wiiht axes, breaking his skull at every stroke, and cnusing instaint death. A fter lnerpe.trating thle horrid deed, they felled a tree neross the dead body. and reported that their ma~ster hail beenl ieciden tally killed by its tmiling. They also builh a br'sh fire over thle spoit wvhere the murder was comminittedl, ini order to consume thle blood which tliwved from his womunds. unt hefire the intermenit of the body the suispi eions uif thle comunttl uity we~rer arousedl, andui. on exainat ion, it wvas tl'.ind t ha~t the wounl ids had been initlict ed with airn axe. The negroes, two meni untd ioe wvo:m, were :irrested, and, on heing quest ionied, conufessed thec whole story of~ their diabolieal iguilt. as above rela ted.' On Sundaiy evening fo.llowing, t he ex aprated eltlizetns mtet together atid meted oint to thme twio men that swift retribuitioni whichrt passion, tnt renson, dietates, anid whieb so ntrociiins a erinio only coid paul hte, haurdly jinstify. They were taken to the place of the murder "and hung to the nearest tree. Th'le wvoman (who assisted in brning out the gory traces of theu foiul deed) was only saved from a like fate by the fact that she was encieide. A PIEA FORt JIFE INssa~txcE.-" Many metn intenld to insure, but stilt they allow year afrer year to slip away anid the duty unperformed. Lulling ini easy comfort in their warm homes, they eannot bring their mitds to admit the possibility of their famii lies becomitig destitute. Let such parents -and they are too commotn-contemnplate, for one moment. on what a precipice their offspring rests: hanging by the shenuder thread of the life of hnim, to whom they owe their own existence-a life which iio sooner ceases than the brittle fabric on which they stood, dissolve and leaves beggars. Think for one moment of such a fate for thlose you have nurtured, rather bring them tip in petury and want, inure themi to all thme pri vations which poverty brinigs in its train rear them Oil coarse and hunitbe fare-teach them front inifanev to toil fur daily bread, andi then when voui are gone the chmange will not be great; liut do not make thme luxuries of life necessities, and theni rudely deprive thim of them. Let no man, therefore, rest until lie has done this act of duty, called upon imparaarvehy to pierform by all the laws of God. Let him rouse his heart to a full sense of the fatal error he is laboring under; let hima use every means in his power to make this provision now, so that he may be enabled to'lay hiis head on his pillow each night in thme knowledge, that, should lie never see another suti, he has conferred a great boon uponi his family, by leaving behind him' the mieans of placing thiem, at least, beyond the reach of want."-Marietta Advocate. THE VICTIMS or Tur. STEAMERa AmrAZoN. -A subscuriptioni h:'s been mlade throughout England, for the benefit..of the widows and or phans heft by the destruction of the Amn zon. The Qtueent conttibutedi ?150 sterlitng, and it was hoped that ?10,000 would be raised. It is also stated that a subscription would be0 originated ini New York for the benfit of the'~sufferers. subsciptions5 were raised imn France also. -S A TEI;EGRAPrHC despatch fronm Washing ton says that Col..Doniphani has been ap pointed Governor of Utah, in place of Brig ha ong.n KOSSUTH IN THE WEST.-On reference to the movements of Kossuth, it will be seen that the Western people are perfectly up roarious with excitement. At the festival of! the Hungarian Society at Columbus, Ohio, a resolution was passed enjoining Congress to declare that this country would hereafter interfere in any war where despots tinder took to ernli a people who were struggling for freedom. Money still continues to pour into the Hungarian fund, and the 'Magyar will soon be rich enough to retire to sone other field. It is sincerely to be hoped that he will expend a portion of the funds tie has raised, in relieving the wants of his dis. tressed fellow countrynen who are now wandering over the country, without victuals or raiment.-N. Y. Herald. DEATH OF THE REV. J. F. IV. LrPARD. We learn, with deep regret, the death of this gentleman, which took place, after a brief illness, at his rehidenee, at Lexington C. i., yesterday evening. We deeply sympathise with hi< inmediate family and connexion. in this sudden and melancholy bereavement. Mr. Leppard was a pious and distinguish ed minister of the Lutheran Church, of great usefulness, and universally esteemed for his mn:mnv virtues. We trust that some friend will furnish us with a suitable tribute to his mnemory.-State Rights Republican, 14th inst. ----e Mits. GOLDSCMIDT, the unfortunate name of the once angelic Lind, is to rem.iin at the country seat at Round Hill, Massaehusetts, about three nionths, and then she will depart for Europe. In the applieation for the mar ringe certilicate, it is stated that Miss Lind is thirty-one vearA of ae, and the happy bride Zroom t wventy-four. H e is of a Jen i fam. il. residing at Iinulirg,m d who, it is said. has been lung inclined to the Chritian sitlh. Dr. Wainwright baptized him before his marriage. AxOTIHER CoCr D'ETAT OF NArotrox. The list net of note perpetrated by Louis Napoleon, is the discarding of Bl:.:am 1. naparte, his mistress and minother of his chil dren, (a lady said to have been born in Bal timore.) preparatory to the espousi of a Royal Princess, from one of the reigning houses of Europe. It is said she has been banished from France like a felon-expelled from Parish by force, with the children 01' the Usurper in her arms, and compelled to seek :n nsylium in England. HYMENIAL. MAIMIF.D, on Thursday evening, the 12th February by .ishn Tompkins, Esq., Mr. TuOMAS CuIAM1t..RAIs to Miss SUSAN Coos, daughter of .Toseph Cook, all of Elgeield District. 3Mav love andi prosperity attend tli-m thronugh life, Wlen a man does weil in this world, tis in getting a wife ; So di likewise atl von Bacellors in knse. And never io inore of your precious time waste. Yon will be happy and usefni in such a condition, And never repent if yon ebtainge your position Yon will be nurnbered among the respectable class And never he tempted to take to your glass. So take my advice lefore its tio late. And save yourself from a dreadful Fate. T. MARRIED. on the 13th January, by Rev. D. Bodie, Mr. C. 'M. McDANir.Lto Miss ELZADErH PARx.s, all of this District. MARRID, on the 12th inst., by Rev. D. !.die, Mr. Ssiai.rs o Ulos.r.s to Miss ANN B..ysLacK, all of' this District. The Fifth Sabbath Union meeting WItL. meet at Nous-r zus Cneacu;, in the Fourth Divi~idm, of the Edgeieldi Associatiosn, on i'ridlay before the ->th Loird's slay in February. Introdnetory Sermon to be prenhed by Urother D. D). BassoN. We wish a full attendance of Ministers anid other llrethuren. S. P. GElTZEN, Cwma's. Jatnuary 15 t f 52 Dr. Hoofland's German Bitters. Tmts celebr-ited meidicine it'sine iif thme very best in the country, andi its good quatlities only need to be known, to give it preeencz~e oiver aill others now in use. Wie have seen its good~i el'ets lately. after the total failure of smny others. This is sayint~z more thtan we enn for any other medicine within our knowledlge, ail we. feel it a duity to reconmntendl thte Bitters tii the notice of our' friends. The genuine is pre pred by Dr. C. M..TACRson, Philadelhia, and is sold in this lace, bty 0. L. PENN, AGoN.sv Butler Lodge, No, 17,1L 0, O, F. SA Reenlar Meeting sof this Lodge .;withllie hldl on Monday ev ening Snext 7 o'tssch. N. I.-A pnnetutal nttenilance of sill the members is dhesireid sn next Sale-slay night, as business of importane,. will then be briought befsre the Lodge. Feb 19) It 4 M~asonic Notice. A Regular Ciommunientionl of -- o. 50, A. F. M., wilt be held at .-their UnI~lion Saturday evening, -the 21st Feb., at 7 o'clock P. M. Thsere will be an elecion and Installation .of Offiers, the same evening, by virtue of a Dis pensation from the Gratnd Lodge. It is expect ed every Member wyill te present. C. McGRIBGOR, SzC'av. February T2 tf 4 Spann Hotel Re-Opened ! T IT IE Subscriber having purchmased this estab l ishnment, begs leave to announce to the District amid to tlic travelling public generally, that lie has this day taken upon himself the keeping of said lintel. All that he can do to render liis customers satisfied shall lie done. H e respectfully solicits a share of public pat ronge. Charges shall be as moderate as the times will admit. JOHlN HlUIET. Feb 19 if - 5 *Notice ! TIHa view to close ouit my entire Stock aofr WINSH. GOODS, I will se1l1them at cst or CSH.Call ye, who want Bargains. W. P. BUTLER. Feb 10 tf 5 Paints, Oils, &c. 00 LVt~IBS. PURE WHITE LEAD. m) dJI 200 gallons Linseed Oil, Together with a complete assortment of DRY PAINTS. Varnishes, Window Class. Putty, Paiut Brushes, ke., just reeived and for sale on accommodating terms, by A GNEW. FISHER & CO. Newberry C. H., Feb 17 3t 5 gr Tur. Friends of Dr. R. S. KEY, nn nounce him as a Catndidate for Sheriff at the nsing election. Ready Made Clothing! J. C. RICHARDSON & J. C. McDONALD, I AVE purchased of JOHN K. TTORA the lilargst and most fashionable Stock of READY-1JADE CLOTHING, ever offlered in this market. We have just open ed in the Store formerly occupied- by M Sale & Brown, next door to George Robinson's Hardware Store. Having made arrangements to get Goods weekly from the most fashionable Mlanufacturing Ilouses in New York. We feel confident we can please any of our friends who may give us a call, both in price and quality. RICHARDSON & McDONAILD. Hamburg, Feb 19 3m. . 5 To the Public. HODGES r FULLER INSTITUTES. DIa. E. A. STEED, A. B. PRINCIPAL. MR. J. M. PELOT, GRADUATE OF CITADEL AcADEMY, ASSISTANT. Rzv. T. J. PEARCE, A. B., PRINCIPAL. Miss 3M. CORNELTA PELOT, ASSISTANT. bliss E. McANAI LY, INSTRUCTRISS OF Muf. Ric, TEACII.R ON PIANO AND GUITAR, DRAwINO, PAINTING AND EMBROIDERY. The above named are natives of the South. r FHE exercises of these Institutes will be re sunied on Monday the i th of January. These Institntions have hitherto received a tiberal patronago. and the Trustees confidently appeal to an intelligent, moral and religious pub lie for its continuance and inerense. Cireulars will be issued in a few days eon taining all nceessary information. W. P. 1JILL, See'ry, B. T. Greenwood, Feb 18 tf 5 Proceedings of Council. T A called lecting of Counil, Feb. 3, 1852, Mr. 11ARPER Introduced the fol lowing Preauble and Resolutions, which were passed: The City Couneil of Augusta have been in formed, on erditable authority, that certain i. dividuals have, wit the consent of tlie Town Council of Hlamburg, erected a Toll Ilouse and put up a Gate in one' of the Streets of thaitTown, near the A ngusta Bridge, for the purpose of en forcitsg under the provisions of a Charter, grant ed by the State of South Carolina to Ileny Shultz, the collection of what is called tolls for passing said Bridge, which is not the property of the parties about to attempt to collect said eontributions but belongs to the City of Augus ta. Therefore, Resolved, Tnnt as soon as any attempt to ent let Toll for passing said Bridge, by any other authority than that of the City of Augusta, who own snid Bridge, such full tol be charged by the Bridge Keeper, for passing said Brige, as the charter allows. Resolred, That as soon y reliyle informa tion shall be received by His Iloyinr. the Mayor. that said attempt to colleet such eontribution, improperly called T41. is abandoned, The rate of toll at said liridee shall thenceforth be the same as they aro at present. On mition of Mr. r FARING, it WAR Resolrcd, That the ablove-Preamble aS Kes olutions be published three times in each of thei following Papers, viz: Chronicle & Sentinel, Constitutionalist & Republic, Home Gazette, Family Friend, Columbia, S. C.. Charleston Courier, I Uanburg Republican, A bbeville Ban ner, Edgefie!d Ad vertiser, Greenvile Mountai neer, Southern Ilerald, Chattanoega Gazette, Atlanta Inteligence and TnUsviReromnat. A true Extract from the minutes of Couneil, Feb. 3, 185-. L. L. ANTUONY, Clerk Council, Feb 18 t .5 Ad iitao ' Sale. WI E will sell under an Order from the Court 'V of Ordinarv for Newberry District. at the late reside.nee oif John W. Summlners, dee'd., (5 miles South of Newberry Court Iliouse) on Wednesday, the 25thm inst., and the three days following. the whole of the personal property of said d ecensed, crosistieg principally of Ninety-Six Likely Negroes, Amongst w~haich are liouse Servants, Black smithis. WVaggoners. Nillers and Cooks, Sixty t1 tiles, fifteen 11 .rses. 2t.(m0 t lbs of Bacon. large qunmtity of Corn and Fodder, stock of Tlogs, Cattle and Sheep, 25 Wagons. and 11arness of s,perior quality and diflirent-kinds. Inge let of Sawed I.unmber. at each of his Saluda Mills, Planiitatio n Utensils, Household nd Kitee Funtiture, Five or six Shares in the Creenville and Colum~bia Railroad Company. The above property will be sol on a credit until the first of .lanuary next, purchasers to give notes with approved1 snretie~s. .T AM 1ES KI LCORE,) PETER iIAIR, Adm's SIalFON FA IR. N. R.-The rale will be continued at the edci louuw pinfee and the Saluda Mills as soon as the aove sale is over. rflfIE surviving partner of Summers & Enther 1.will se'll at the saime time and place, and on the same terms, the personal property of snid partnership, consisting of 2 Negroes, 22 fine Mules, 1 lUo'se and 4 Waggons, and Tools ueed for Railroad work. Z. BU7TLERl Survivor of Summcrs & Buler. Feb 18 It -5 State of South Carolina, NEWi3ERRY DISTRICT, IN EQUiTV. -' Elenor C. Waters, et a). vs. B. F. Summers, et al. BY Virtue of the decree of the Court of .iEquity, I shalisell at public auction at thme hite residence of John W. Summers, dec'd.,,on the 25th day of February instant, all of his real estate, situate in the Districts of Newberry, Edgefield and Lexington, in twenty-two sepa rate parcels, platts of all of whioh will be readly for inspection at the Commissioner's office in a'* few days. Termus of sale credit of one, two and three years, initerest from date, first insualmcnt due on tirst January, 1853. L. J. .JONES, c. E. N. D. Feb 17 1t 5 -Sherifr's Salc. B Y Virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Fa emns, to me directed, I shall proceed to sell at Edgefield Court House, on the first Monday in March next, the following proper ty, in tiie following eases, viz: Jordan Holloway vs James H. Capeheart and Racehnel Capeheart, one Negro Woman named Mary Ann. E. B. Blelcher ysaW. B. Brannon, one Bay Ho-se and one Roan Horse. Terms Cash. LEWIS JONES, S. E. D. Feb 14-3t Notice. DURTNG my absence from the State,: N. L. .I.G riffin, Esq., will act as my A gent and. Attorney. --~ JOIIN LIPS.COMB. Feb19 t3t 5 - Mlackerel. 1oW1ITOL.E and -H ALF BARRIEI2 of M A C KA REL, No 3. For sale by JOSIA H SIBLT,