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ORIGINAL POETRY, FO THE ADVERTISER. DAYS LANG SYNE. Memory ! th'ou art a tered book, A casket worthy of its trust; The clasps that dust thy portals lock Are free from all cortbding rust. When one by one I-turnthe leaves, Shielded so well from &lot or stain, A sweet isd drean my spisiit gives To hours I ne'er can know again. There, next the title page, I mark The happy home may childhood knew, The dear old woods, the limpid brook The many flowers that near it grew. The bold old stream whose spring-tide swell An amazon of streams I thought, The busy mill whose clatterings fell, On me with Babel noises fraught. Then next, I see the sire whose tones, Like silver melodies we loved; Whose treasures were his little ones, The mother who among them moved. And yet another, some have passed, Like autumn glories far away. The grave hath elaimed the chrysalis, And Heaven the soul disrobed of clay. Though mine is now a sunny spot, My brooding spirit would not lave, (Though all life's ills should be forgot) Its pinions, in old Lethes wave. RosE COTTAGE. From the Charleston Courier, March 20. Death of Wm. S. King. With deep regret and heartfelt sorrow, we discharge the inelancholly duty of annonne ing the decease of our associate and friend, Cot. WILLI.M S. KIG, one of the Editors and Proprietors of this Journal. He died at twen ty minutes before two o'clock, yesterday af ternoon, of pneumonia, after an illness otf more than two weeks. Col. King was reared at Johnstown, in the western part of the State of New York; and his calling was that of a Printer. When in his twentieth year, he came to-this city; and, not long after, he be came connected with the Courier, first as a Compositor, and then as Foreman; and his ieal, activity and intelligence commended him bighly in the favor of the present senior Pro prietor and Editor, then sole owner of the paper. On the 1st January, 1833, he becatme an associate Proprietor and Editor of the Courier, and so continued until the time of his death, devoting himself assiduously, dur ing the whole period, to the business and commercial departments of the paper. As business and comnerci:d Editor of a daily paper, lie displayed a zeal. energy, idust rV and enterprise, which may justly be s:aid to have placed him in the very front rank of' his profession. le was possessed, too, of a strong mind and wielded a ready pen, and contributed largely and efficiently to our editorial columns. In his course as a jour nalist lie vwas ever studious to avoid person alities, and preferred the interchange of edito rial courtesies to the prosecution of editorial warfare. He was a man of social and com painionatble qualities and generous impulses, with a heart open as day to melting charity his liberality and benevolence were alnost without stint or measure. Never did the was.=tmnsa5g brother printer ap~ in his presence. a. e i itn public useftulness with credit to himself and advantage to the coummnity. For a numtber of years he was an eflicient ofileer of outr State militia, and fotr a consideramble time hie held, by popular suffrage, the offiee of Colo nel of the 16th Regriment of infantry, whence he derived his military title. As a proof ot' of his appreciation by the fraternity of the type, he was repeatedly elected President of the Charleston Typograpieal Society. Hie was a zealous member of the Masonic'Order, and often filled mpratstations ini the He has been cut off in the midst of-his usefulness, and while yot in the full vigor of manhood, having~ completed his tiftieth year on the 22d of~ December last ; anid lhe has left a widow and a large famiily of sons and daughters, all born :and reared in this city, to lament a bereavement, to thenm, irreparamble. In his decease, we mourn the loss of ain ex teemed partner, companion and friend, andl the severance of old and cherished ties ; and ithe community arc deprived of a useful citizen. We record, with sorrowing heart, this brief and imperfect tribute to his memo ry and virtues. It will afford gratification to his friends, and to a sympathizing community to learn that his interest in the Couerier wilhl be con tinued for tho benefit of his bereaved widow and family. We clothe our paper ini the hiabiliments of mourning, in respect to thme memory of the dceased. GOLD AGAIN.-Wec mentioned in our last, that the mine so successfully wvorked by Mr. Doria, wazs in Edgelield, siice then we have seen Mr. Dorn himself, who informs us the mine is in this District and that in two weeks ho has realized the sum of ten thaousamnd dul Jars and upwards from his operation with eight hands. The wvorki of two days alone, yielded him something over three thousand dollars. Independent of the gold, there is at this mine inexhaustible qualities of manga nise, which commands a ready sale, in the Northern markets, and of itself would be a fortune. Gold has been discovered in various por tions of our District, and we have no donbt that when cotton ceases to oceuapy so much of the attention of our farmers, mines will be fouind within our borders which will bless with their golden treasures the lucky own ers.-Abbevilhe Banner. THE WEATHER.-The Mercury of the 20th inst., says : Yesterday mornaing it snow ed from sannrise till near noon-a part of the time with great violence. The ground being warm and wvet, the- snow melted as it fell, but the day was made very inelemnet and closed with all the symptoms of a killing frost. We have never before kanown in Charleston a falL of snow so late in Marcba; but this season has bid detiance to- all past experience, and had things its own way. It will be seen by the telegraphic report, that they have had a furious winter storm at the North. So we are not the only sufferers. SPANIsH CoIsoL AT Ksr WEaST.-For the information, of the travelling public, we have been requested to state that a Spanish Con sulate is open at Key WVest, where Passports for ports in the Island of Cuba can be ob tained at all times. NEW PoST OFFIeE.-A new post ofie has been established at Donoldsville, A bbe. v illb Drstriet, and Samuel Donold appointed postmaster. EDGEFIE LD, S. V THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1852. LTWz are requested to state that the Rev. Dr. BantINGIIAM expects to preach at Dr. H. BURT S, on Palm-Sunday-4th of April. 7 SEE tlie- very pretty atid neatly finished verses of our "ROSE COTTAGE" correspondent, to be found on an adjoining column. We have another and still better piece, from the Eame source, for next week. Our' fair friend will ob lige us by a continuation of such nice productions. SECES "S Ocsso" is right.* Ilia tone is fine. We think he has given "CO-OERATION".the relative position of the two parties very fairly and truly. Let us all come together as speedily as possible, and let us endeavor to work together "like a company of horses in Pharaoh's Chariot." Perhaps we may pull out of the bog yet. I' GoDEY's wdll-known " Book'" continues to reach us with marked regularity. And we prize it very highly. The number for April is beautifully embellished, and contains an unusual amount of interesting and instructive reading. r ' We are indebted to lon. J. L. ORa for a copy of his excellent Speech on " A Bill granting public lands to Missouri to aid in constructing Rail Roads." Mr. ORa is, in this as in every effort we have seen from ldm, perspicuous and forcible. THEY HAVE CO3IE AT LAST. YES, some of the loveliest articles of female apparel we have ever seen, in this or any other market, have arrived, are opened, and may not only be inspected, but purchsed, on reasonable terms enough, at the stores of LOD I LL, and of CHRIsTIE & WILLA3rS, of this place. They have also an abundance of the more solid and essential Goods of all descriptinns. When a boy. we remember thinking that the pristine establish ment of CasE & PEaIt-s (the latter of whom is, now a wholesale dealer in New York) was a per fect treasure-house of beauty and fashion. If such was the idea suggested by the Calicoes and French Muslins of that day, what would we have thought to have had the rich and brilliant fabrics of 1852 unfolded to our gazo? Well, this bright world of ours is whizzing on, certain But see the advertisements of the two housrs mentioned. You will find them in another col umn. PALMETTO SENTINEL. WE have received the first number of this pa. per, and take pleasure in welcoming its conduct or and proprietor, Mr. E. A. Baosvsos, into the fold typographical and editorial. If we are not mistaken, this is the first enterprise of the sort over attempted in Barnwell; and we should sup pose the citizens of that intelligent District would not fail to foster it into complete success. Its location, immediately upon the great Southern line of travel, gives it considerable advantages. Our best wishes are drawn forth for Mr. Bao. so,'s success, and we gladly number his sheet among our exchanges. "GONE GLI3MERI.IG-BUT TO RETURN. WE are glad to hear, privately, from our friend L.tBotnDe, editor of the late " Marion Star," that it is probable said " Star" will rise againi at ne distant day to cheer us with its rays. It seems that certain untoward pecuniary embarrassments have rendered a change .of Proprietorship indis ments are now on foot, whtichI will p~robably rei'ul in re-instacing the paper upon a certain basis And wve are pleas'ed to learn that the Editorshil will remain as it was. ----- TilE STANI)AIlD, Tauts granid foe of secession (the great Ashtaroil of newspaper coliuns) again btursts forth itn Ian. guage, teeminig with mtalicious leer. Biecomin! the dupe of his~ own peevishnmess, lie iniflicti upon thie objects of his vengeance (secession aml our unoff'ending selves) the noxinus poison of hit reptile sling. It really seems that his liver, likt that of Dante's Fatrfarello, is a " hnge lazarei of festerinig bile," from whetnce it, utnlike his greal prototype, lie belches riot forth sniphturcous flamies and stygian stentch, there at least issuie all sorts ol bitter itnvective and ofe~nsive abuse. For instance, we refer to a piece in a late num ber of thme Standard, entitled " te departed spirit of chivalry," a few extracets fromt which we thiik will frully sustain the above assertion. Speakinig of " the brave few, who feel, or seem to feel, that upotn them rest the honuior atnd glory of our State," we have the following frightful pie ture. "'Their solitary wailitngs fall upon the ear, tournfttl and distressing as the last wild cry of the murdered." Heartily rejuiced are we that our ears have'uot been startled by this horrid sharick that this funcrealgroan isnever -' harrowed'up our souls." Propitious gales have either wafted this dismal sound of agonty in a dlifferent directioni, or, more probablhy, it was shtudowerd forth by the author's imatgination. Again, still alluding tothec " brave few," he says-" fThey basely slander her who say this, our noble " State, has ever fal teretd itn her high course." Ilere then honest anid patriotic citizents are published to the world as base slanderers. Further on--"' In their phrensy they goaded her (that is their State) itnto suicidle." Iere the " brave few" are changed by an edlito rial " hocus pocus" inito rac~ing maniacs, chattering and grinning fromr the s'traw of Bedlam, not only branded with the name of murderers but " sui cides," the destroyers not only of the mortal body but of the immortal soul. If. in youth, the au thor's springs of life had been poisoned and the noxious venom had grown with his strength and increased with his years, he coutld not have utter ed more galling language. Indeed through the whole of thme above mentioned piece, lie assumes (a false assumption by the way) that Secession is dead, and with mock piety chaunts its funeral dirge. Since lie had helped to bury this so-called "departed spirit," both courtesy anid humanity would bid him sing its requiescat and write upont its resting place, " brave Secession slumbers here." After having pursued it savagely to its death, he should have allowed it to sleep wvell, and not, hyena-like, have dragged it from its grave to satiate, still futrther, his implacable re senitent In our last number, we paraphrased " the de parted spirit of chivalry," as we thotught, inno cently and good humoredly; hut instead of having its desised effiet, it appeared to tihe distorted vision of the Standard more frighitfol than the "viper lock of Alecto," curdling his very blood and arousitng his bitterest chioler. For the simple ket of having turned a piece of prose into some thing like verse, we are assailed with a torrent of personal abuse, stigmatized with the sobriquet of the "gay troubadour" (a name whlich, unknown to the Standard, does us much honor, and which we would be proud to have inherited) But when lie goes on to state that we could, as occasion required, " fiddle any M. L. (Member of the Le gislature) into voting f or S. against the field" we catch him in a dilemma from which he wilt find , iten diffltt ecane. If htis assertion be true, then he brands the Legislature of his own State with a most silly weakness by insinuating that their votes could be' bought by the sound of a violin or the sparkle of a glass of brandy. If it be false, theit Ire shall say nothing, but leave the author to hii own conscience and- " those thorns which in his bosoni lodge to prick and sting him." One or the other of the horns he must grasp-to neither an-he cling with safety. It may be that the -Standard is a scholar. His attempts at criticism evidently show that he at least thinks so. Perhaps he is an ardent adm-rer of Horace, in whose happy exclamation, " Al! what a lucky fellow am I, to be purged of my bile every spring," -h thinks there is a good deal of philosophy, and -its yearly practice conducive to his good health. Now, if like the good natured bard he would cleanse himself of this bitter stuff with a glass of " old Falernian,'. we should not raise thq slightest objdection ;"but to belch it forth upon our humble self is by no means civil. We remember to have hear, however, that he is too moral (for since he ' speaks of our immorality we certainly can speak of his morality) to adot the Horatian purge. Nor do we pretend to say that he has a " liquorish tooth." Yet we would be glad to find in his articles a higher tone of morality. Perhaps he is moral in some things and immoral in others. So was " Peter Bell." In deed said Peter, after escaping from the regions of the damned, was quite reformed. " His eyes turned up, his mouth turned down, His accent canght a nasal iwang ; He oiled his hair. there might be heard, The grace of God in every word, Which Peter said or sang." Editors, like all other men, should practice what they preach, and if the Standard, as he intimates, objects to a few lines of quotation, he might very consistently have spared us his extract (amounting to about the half of a column) from Shakespeare, as we. would have preferred reading it in its pro per connection. But what does the Standard's " Gipsey .Girl" mean! " With regard (says he) to matters in futuori, we would direct the atten tion of all thus aflected to the advertieement of the " Gipsey Girl," &c. Is " in futuori" the language of the " Gipsey Girl," and is the Stan dard already learning to lisp her native tongue! Perhaps it may be Chinese, or Japanase, or an odd mixture of both. Or is the Standard an ad mirer of the "soft bastard latin ?" Again, in the description by the Standard of the celebration on " St. Patrick's day," we find the following--" In the morning at nine o'clock, with full ranks, and all the 'pride, pomp and cir cumstance of glorious war,' they proceeded to the South Carolina Hall." Here we have a company of peaceable citizens, in the heart of a quiet city, personating the enraged Othello in the midsL of his war-like camp. These unoffending people, after marching to the " sound of the spirit-stirrin drum" and "the car-piercing fife," "carrnge and havoc blazing ott their banners, and rage and fury presiding over their van," very quietly pro. ceeded to the above named Hall," where they par. took ofa supper !!" We had anticipated a far difier ent result, nnd were really antxious for the fate o our metropolis. It may be that after - supper,' these " quiet citizens" performed prodigious feats of valour, and the Charleston papers " infutuori" will perhaps be filled with the names of the killed and wounded. Now, if the Standard would.confine himself tC criticising our articles, we would not regard hit futile attempts "in fuiuori." But when he con descends to personal- allusions, he must abide the consequences, . In good fait I, we would advise him to curb htit tnasstuaged wrath. Like the misanthropy ol Apemantus, "tin a noisome weed, errninatinli from a bitter rooi," and. .~l d bs~.t lignity. Let him recollect that " Deus os homin sublime dedit cielumque ueri," and if, disrgardin hsis form, hte chtooses to follow the suggestions ofta perverted tnature, he must not " in fustuori," ex peat our symp.athy. ----- THlE PRESIDElNCY, THtE American Congresse, as a legislative body has bett from its very beginning the most corn mon subject for criticism and remark. While ott pure and patriotic forefathers, securely maited it wisdom and experience, looked upon the work a their own hands and pronounced it good. the putblicists and statesmen of the old world exhaust 'ed all their theories int fruitless spculation anr idle conjecture as to its ttltimate success. Whethe: or tnot it has failed to answer the ends fur whieh it was intstituted, we dleem it ttnnecessary to say nor have we the sligh'test idea of discussing stnel a-qutesttion, in extenso at thtis timne. There it however, among the various opinions now express ed in relationt to thtis body, one, at thtis very mo, ment, pecutliarly worthty of o'ur most serious atten. tion andl careful consideration. "i Itad heetn pro, phiesied," says Mr. 31ARnstALtr in his late speecht "by one of the most learned, acute and thought ful of all commetttators upon the American eon stitution and its institutions, that the very thing which is now happening in the Congress of the Utnited States would happen ; that it would cease to discharge its. constitutional functions as th~e legislative body of the country, and become a mere jarrittg, discordant, factious, ill-balanced caucus of Presidential electors." IThtat thtis opinion is oracular, if not prophetic, every one must admit; indeed each succeeding campaign but too clearly manifests its truth. Thte session, immediately preceding each P'resi dential election, is consumed in petty schteming attd party electioneering, necessarily creating a latnk performance of dutty, a mere pretension of bloated promise, austere htypocrisy antd peculating economy. There was a time, when the honest and patriot ic statesman might look forward with reasonable hope to Presidential honors-whten our beloved WAsHINGxoo, called by the unanimous suffrage of his countrymen, like the honest Cincinnatus, " his plow meanwhile in the furrow left," hurried from his paternal glebe to preside over tihe desti nies of htis -country. Now, each aspiring candi date, Mavtus like, wvould sattsfy his own selfish and vaulting ambition "even at the risk of the Republic itself." In earlier (lays and happier hours, the President elect, not under obligation to any particular party or party leaders, called from the patriot's sacred couch, from htomes unvitiated by political contagion, a pure and conscientious cabinet-when even a citizen of South Carolina might htave expected an htonorable office under a faithful administration. Now, chteating, cozening and trepanning is the order of the day. " The loud roar of foatming calumny, the contemptible whisper of the paltry few," thme .Janus glance of the significant eye and the noxious slander of lips that learn to lie in silence, are but so many en gines of party success. No rival candidate speaks well of his competitor-but,'like SEt.Y'S devils, " Each one damning, damns the other; They are datmned by one another." The present canvass is already teeming with intrigue and chicanery. It is fairly opened. Sen ator. and Representatives are caucussing at the capital, newspapers pulling the virtues of their different favorites, bar-roonr poriticians and steam boat lecturers discussing the future prospects of the various candidates and their parties. First stepped' rorth a man of glory in the wars, General Wr....... S-r,. " his bl,.ching hnnrs thick uponihim." ince ,,R had been dictator, and NArortremperm dI more especially as ACK soN, and HAMMisolrknd.TAYLOa had filled the Presidential chairthi Aqtiestion " cur non ego ? very natural' presoWd itself to his aspiring mind. Cerro Gordo,,CQnteras tnd: Churubusco were so many steppingjtOnes-to the desired honor, and he; doubtless, thought that like te . Hero of Buena Vista he-wotillgsllOp over the track, as it were, alone.~ Bit' som.'oI the General's glory died away with the soundf -the last trump upon the plains of 1exico-his military exploits are not so recent in the heari his countryipen, and his, laurels have -los 'somaing of their -freshness& His train of reasoning (which- may be said of many lunatics) was pdfeedycorrect, but the pre mises, from whi'hu his conclisions were deduced, utterly false--and we understand that, after the first heat, the wiii'QIiwill be droppd over him. Next-came .enera* As,.ore skilled however in civil. intrigue thap wilitarY strategy-generally admitted to-be-a manof ability butlately thought to have lost his wits or.'sold them- not-- loig ago, burning with'reientment miore implacable than that of Achilles, he would have hanged with more than savage.cruelty the noblest sons of the gallant Palmetto, because forsooth they complain ed of their injuries and dared to think of asserting their independence. Now, when a foreigner pre sents himself in behalf of his own and his coun try's wrongs, we fini this noble General "like Niobe, all tears." His heart, naturally as dry as summer's dust, suddenly becomes all softness, the very personification of-mercy and humanity-his pitying soul expands with all that is pure, and kind, and generous, and his tearful eyes let fall their "fellowly 4rops"' over the fate of the poor Hungarian. 'Why td dden.change from cruel ty to mercy ! Is it not tockt pity and pretended humanity 1 Perhaps tecunning General thought that the high minded and chivalrous South would espouse the cause of Kossuth and Hung.ry, that he would be on the popilarside, and thereby ride securelf into ofliee-tit.his estimate of our char acter was in this caie, as.it usually is, entirely false. We give the General 'all due credit for shrewd ness, prudence and toresight, and readily admit his thorough acquaintance with the principles and character of those of his own kind; but must conclude that he has 6ny a limited knowledge of Southern hearts. Hie.may be, for aught we know, a good judge of human nature-bt, in determin ing ours, made a most signal failure. He saw only the outline, and was not careful enough to remove the drapery which concealed it from his view. Perhaps his niorality overcame him, and like the bashful Eunuch, " Ie touched the hem of nature's shift, Felt faint, and never dared uplift, Her closest all concealing tunic." At all events he was most sadly mistaken, and must abide by the consequences. Indeed the two Generals mnust, for the present at least, give way for their more successfol competitors-BuCtAs NAN and DOUGLAS. . Of the former of ihese gentlemen little need be said. le is an old political character, and well known to the whole country. Wa believe him to be true and staunch to his principles. What those principles are we will forbear mentioning. The late resolutions, passed by the Democratic Con vention of Pennsylvania, recommend him as good, and virtuous, and patriotic; nor are we at all disposed to doubt it. 'We would call attention, however, to-ons of tIfe' above 'mentioned resolu tions, purporting this;the provisions of the fugi tive slave law wvouldbe enforced. This we be lieve to be electioneering jargon, a mere empty sound, var eL pr ~~ i. .Cominon sense, as wllas experiedV -''us that the provisions of mst happily demonstrated by Sentator BUrtLEa in his late speech umpont the " compromise mea sures." In the course of his remarks, while al luding to the fugitive lave law, lie speaks tis fol lows-" United States Courts have no jurisdiction over the subject, for.iti4 not regarded as treason. It is referred to the Stgte Courts. What wrill be the result I The. State Courts take jurisdiction of this resistance of the fugitive slave law as of an ordinary riot or murder. Who are to decide upon the critne 1 A jury composed, perhaps, of those who sympathize with the person charged. WVho is to award the punishmenti The judlge who, perhaps, enatertained the same feelings, atnd induil ges in the same sympathies. Or if a trihnnal could be founid--which I 'never expect to see--smern enogh, in defiance of public opinion, to do justice under the sanetion of an oath, to thme oblieations of the constibution, the sentence would be remit ted by the Executive of almost any one of the non-laveholding States." Ihowever, we enter taini a high respect for General JBUcItAssAY, nor would we speak a word in derogation either of hitself or his party, especially sinuce he is, as yet, Ithe choice of our border States. Jutdge DOUGL~AS is aid to be a man of great a~ility and commanding talents. Mr. Ba rcxNs rtDa stylus his party, the '-Young Bloods," and M1r. ManshALL lias given to Bucmraxxxs the title of " Old Fogies;' so it appears to be a con test between the young and old Democracy. Judge DOUG t.AS is a universal favorite in Califo'r nia, and is ably supported by the Democralic Re iew. Some say he is the " very life blood of Amerian Democracy, and the favorite of tire U~nion," all wuhich remamns to be provetd. Botht parties are apparently fair in their dealings with each other, but we fear-there is a great deal of intigu beindthe curtain. They have not only eredt e son from Epictetus that " it is some times good not to be over virtuous,"* but have un fortunately abused it. Our owvn State has declared herself, as yet, neither pro nor coa, but is still " a looker on;" indeed she senms as mutch lost in the intricate mazes of political chicanery, as Dante irr thre mid ile of his " gloomy wood." It may be that she is aaitinig the result of the Convenation, or until some more acceptable 'candidate appears upon the field. Unttil then, we defer oor choice. The Abbeville B'inner of the 19th inst., says: David l'arkerson, charged with rob-I bing the matil on the route leadinig from| Washington to Abbeville, was brotughat tip for trind before the U. S. District Court, nt Mariett, on Monday latst. Heo plend "guilt y" to the charge, and wvas sentenceed by Jtudge Nicol, ini consideration of his yotutlr, to six months imprisonment in the eomamon jail of Cobb county, Covcros von Fomcrza.-rn the case of the Sate vs. Charles.j, Graiger, for forge ry, tried in the' Couirt of Sessions, yesterdaiy, the jury fouand the defendant guilty, at a latte hour last evening. There are two other ini itnents agaitnst the same defendttnt for the ame offence-Charleston Courier. LAER FROM 'sr. Dosmsoo,-By the ar rival of the 'brig Cktra Windsor, Captain Britans, from Port-au-Prinace, we have re eived advices to March '7. All wuas quiet. The Dominicans wae in great glee in conse quence of the coronstion of their emperor to tatke plaee April I4 on which occasion a grand feastio to be given, and twenty thou snd troops to be paraded under arms. It is supposed' that not-les4'han fifny thousand persons wtil[' be in P'ort-au-Princo on that FOR TUE AIDVERTIS MESSRS. EnDFYORs :-A writer in one of ytur ate numbers over the signature, " Co-operat ion," seems to have awakened from that dreamy iredicament, into which he and-his party were placed by last Fall's election. He rises in great haste, ind without taking time to rub the cob wvbs out of his eyes, he wonders at the bad effects which "a mild dose of moderation,' seems to have had upon the patriotism of " our citizens," alias, the Secessionists. We rejoice to see this waking-up of our Co-operation friends -it abnost.induces us.to in,1ulge the hope, that they will yet do somefiting worthy of the cause of South'ern rights and liberty. )Ve are, more over, glad to see-that there is a fellow. feeling-a spirit of amalgamation among them; yet we cannot s& lrw the consummation can be efflect ed without a marriage contract. The parties can never be united, except in action-in such action as will inevitably secure our rights and lead to honor and safety. " A consummation so devoutly to be wished," will never, we fear, be attained, except in defence of our altars, our fire-sides and our homes. "Co-operation calls upon us to rally again to "repent and do our first works"-and to make one mighty ctfhrt for the - union of the State; " and if the whole State will be united, in a few years wce can have a government, strong and secure, wholly separate from the North and invulnerable to the assaults of any enemy." We have italicised the last quotation, because the sentiment strikes us with peculiar force. A sentiment which, if our memory serves us right, was.cloquently declaimed from every stump in the district, by our Secession orators, during our unsuccessful campaign. Now does not " Co. operation" remember, that while we were then doing, exactly wh:.t he wishes us to do now, we were niot only branded as reckless and insane but we were checked, nay, opposed by every possible means-arrested in our progress-and finally overpowered by a majority, and denied the only course c-f action, which could possibly secure our independence and liberty ? Does lie not know that we still maintain the high and honored position which we occupied when that self-same ' mild dose" was administered ? And though we are stand ing still, we are looking down with the mot intense interest upon the vallies of Co-operation -wondering that the inhabitants thereof are yet sleeping, while our foes are actively engaged in rivetting, still inore tightly, the chains that are to bind us forever ? low can lie then call upor Lis to 4 comlie up to his help ngainst the nighty i It is our province to use that hinguage-and w< Vouldl, with all sincerity and brotherly love, call upon our Co-operation friends to " come up -:ome up!!" and we will inded co-operate it the use of " the only instrument with which wt can hope successfully to repel the attacks of oui alversaries." SECESSION. Fron the Charleston Mercury. Mr. Calhoun's Work on Govern. ment. The following extract is from a letter of. centlenian in the State of New York, ad aressed t6 a gentleman of this city who had transmitted to him a copy of-3Mr. Citlhobuni Tre'ntise on Governmnent and the 'Constitu tion of the United States. It is a very eleni and striking eriticism on that remarkuibli " I cannot refrain from troubliag you wiil the expression of the delight andii improve mnent which have resulted to mec freom rend inig this voltume. vThe disquisition on. G;ot ernent is a most ma~sterly essay, (clearer mor oriinal, ore fconcluiveand mor kind with which I harve, in my limited read iiig, met. There is no writer otn such sub jects who wotild not have filled volume; with the matter containted in this bref trea, tise. So much ii' so little space, it is nev~er. theless easy readitng fromi its perfect method althotigh the hard thiiikinig it begets in 0om after readhing- it is no ordinary lnhor. It i the most philosophicnl essaiy of anllI, long ou short, on whatever subject, tha:t I h:.ve e've seen. I wish it would contsi.,t wi:h the in. terest of the family to isue this disquisitioi at seine day or other, lby itself, in pamiphlet form, and att a eenp rate. It is by ito meann tinsu ited ton be iuders: ood by the mass in thn North, and it would do great good againtt the trash which they are constaintly reading on the subhjet of Government. Ilis exand.s iiation of the ifritishi Government, is evi. dently the first sketch, never reviewed, for he overlooks entirely the adoptiuon there el the executive, originy intdependent, by the Leg.ilature. Iis5 commitia~~rie's on finr own Constitt. tion are, in origiinality, truth, just, inferences, far above any othier commientaries, from the Federalist. do~wn. I never, until now, under stood nuillificatin, nor by wvhat process his lcxgtciimiind haid arrived at that'as a remedy. i ot onlih drtadi now, but I give it my adhesion fully. I tndcrstaind, too fnliy ntow, the piosit ion of thle Sotuth Cairolina Senat ters against the expedient of the Coin pironmise. It was a mere expeedienlt for temt. p~orasry relief from a quarrel: the quarrel wvas a wholesoime one--and had the Soeuth unit. ed, and Calhoun lived, they wvould have not onily provided for their own safety, but in doing so, would have saved the Untion fromt its greatest and rapidly increasing danger cent ralization. Thel op portuntity is gone. And tunless the abolitiomists shouild iincrease rapidly in nuimbe'rs antd itnfluence, so as to drtve the South ite united atnd unflinching actioin to obtain a reform ini the Constitution, making it phiiinly the price of their adhe rencee to the Unioni, I do tnot see how or wvhein we cain hope to obtain additional guarantees for State righits. To attemipt to make that the cry of a party lhere at the North, is use less; the risiniggeneration hardly knmow that the reptublienn party held thaut doctrine. There is one other hopte, that seine day, somne great and popular nia, like Andrew Jacksont, int respect to his will- and his popu lar atrength, mtay get into power, aiid have convictions strong einough, and honsty enough. to use his strength to diminish the power of the Gorerinmtent of which lie is hiniself head. To hope for this, is hoping against experience.'' Kessuvns GoIY.-It is stated that Kossuth wvill sail frotm Boston for Europe, early ini May ; and that lie expects a revolution to oe cur in Ihungary in July. WVonder how mneh of thet "material aid" lie takes with hint. We hope hd wvill leatve somne of our interventtion politicians a leek of his hair. T EXAs.--Ad vices from TIexas to the at h inst, are received. Governor Bell has refused to sign the Apportioniment Bill, passed by the Legislature previou's to adjourinment, because it equally divides the State. -. It is supposed that an extra session of the LegUatunm will be. c..nedl From the Correspondence of the Courier. WAsHINGToN, Aarch 18. The Attorney General has decided In re ference to the constructioi to be put on the, provision inthe Alabama, Mississippi, and Illinois land bill. (which bill Mr. Calhoun spoke and voted for,) that the lands must be taken in alternate sections, not only within the six miles on each side of the road, but also- within the fifteens miles in the cases wherein the states are allowed to select lar.ds-beyond the six miles. This was Mr. Calhoun's understatnding of the bill. If the lands were taken iii the aggregate beyond the six miles, the- StAtes would select the best and leave the wiorst, and the argument ti:at the Government as a landholder, would receive an equivalent for the grant in the en hanced value of the remainder of the lands, would fail. Mr. Rhet urged this objection to the Iowa land bill, the other day. If the lands were granted in the aggregate, it was of course liable to the objection that it was a grant of land-Las if money-for internal improvements. Mr. Houston, in his speech against the Iowa land bill, also took the ground that the bill sanctioned the doctrine of internal improvements by the - General Government. Oie of the main arguments in favor of the Land grants to the new States is, that the new States settle and improve the lands at their cost, and thus render the whole salen. ble. The five per cent. granted to them by the compnet is not an adequate grant for the completion of their roads. The tive per cent. is not an equivalent for the exemption (if the public lands within the State from taxation. It is nt believed that the Iowa Land Bill will pass the Houses without some conces sions to the old States. The Select Committee. of the House, to which was referred the petitions of Drs. Morton an-] Jackson desiring compensation for the discovery and application of Chloro. form, as a nedical agent, have come to the conclusion that Dr. Morton ii entitled to the merit of having first applied the principle. A majority of the committee have agreed toi a Bill granting him a hundred thousand dol lars, as a piublie reward, nnd as compensation for the use (if his discovery in the medical service of the Army and Navy. Dr. Chas 1'. Jackson. it is admitted, was' the first dis. coverer of the principle, and communicated it to Dr. Morton, who successfully applied it ---0 Arrival of the Steamer Pacific BALTIMoRE, March 21, 1852. The Pacific has arrived. Cotton was Is fair demand rince the sailingr of the Niagara but the news brought out by the Canada h:1 the effect of flattering prices, and made hold ers more aunxious to realize. The sales o the three days were 21.000 hales. Flon declined Gd-western canal 21s a 21s 6d Baltimore 21s 3d a 21s 9d. Corn-yellov 129 : 20s Gd-w i:e 32s a 35s. COnsol closed steadv at 97 1.2. American securitie un11chaniged inl price anud in fair reiquest. Ii Rice a:nd Ro~sin nit1hintg dtin tg. Rough Tur nentine 8s 9d. Tar I1s Gd. Wilht & Corners' cotton circular of tih 7th quutes f:ir Uplands and Mobiles at 5 3 Orleans 5 5-8. Middling Uplands 5, Mobile 5 1.8, Orleans 5 1-4. The trade of M:ehester was firm. wil moderate businest and light stocks. On the 17th the Paeific passed the Balti The Canada reached Liverpool on the 8;l France quiet. A fusion of two branches e the Bourb, n family is about being acconi p lisised. The Sw iss staff oficers now .on -visit to Paris have .been ordered home fortl rvith, bat te ditlienl:ies-betwee~n France an SSwitzerlanmd hate been te nmorarilyj 'uste< Jto Algeria.. A serious conspiracy to overthrow thm Anstrian Govermnent is ont foot. TroopI amre movmig, and every pass% hetmween Turke asnd Ausiria i's securely guarded. In Englansd nothing new ha~s transpired. In France. enugles were to be distribute to theanrmy by Lonis Nnpoleon on the 151 and it was expreted that lhe would be de einred Emperor by aelation. IImAxa LEGIsL.ATUP.R E-In the Senate, o the 25th uit., a joint resolution, asking th Goenetof the United Stastes tos put stop to the slave trade on the const of Afri en, and aid ini co'lonizing the negroes an mnulat toes in the Unsited dtates, was read th third time and passed-aye 30, namys 5. MI.iTeEtR. AID.--The total amoutnt 'O maerial nid received in Cincinnatti, by Kos suth, will amount to neasrly $14.00t0. C thIis, 9,000 is voluntary contributmions, ani $5,000 resulting from the s:de of bonds. Stubscription Receipts, Tute following persons isave paid up to th tinme affixed to their niames : Joshua Harris, to 8th Feb '53. J Rt Eidlson, to 1st .Jan '53. Wiley Eidsoni, to 6th Mlarch '53. James A ttaway, to 5th February '53. ,John A Lott, to 6th Slarch '53. Lewis 11111, to 15th February '32. Hiram Jourdan, to 5th February '53. Johni F Talbert, to 16th October '52. E J Lake, to 5th February '53. Capt E B Belchser, to 8th February '53. Butt Ihoward to 8th February '53.. T L Ransom, to 5th A ugust '52. David Hlarling. to Ileth February '53. Gen M Graham,. to 6th February '53. S Temples, to 9th January '53. Thomsas M Chandler, to 22d A pril '52. Bennett Holland, to 6th February '53. John McNeil, to 8th February '52. Dr. Samuel Stephens, to 17th A pril'52. George Rt Mays, to 12th February '53. Luke Cuibreath, to 8th February '53. Capt Join Miller, to 8th Fcbrunry '53. Dr M W A buey, to let A pril '52. Elias McCatty, to 12th February '53. Hampton Howard, to 12th February '53. Thomas Swearenigin, to 22d January '53. D A Blalock. to 12th February '53. D Holland, Esq., to 9ths February '53. Rev C B Walker, to 9th February '53. Dr S G N Ferguson, to 17th A pril '53. D Ardis, to 28th May '53. James Raiunstord, to 8th Febi-nary '52. T W Lewis, to 23d January '53. R1ev Wm Johnson, to 0th June '52. D F IHollinigsworth, to 8th October '5g. L S Johnason, to 30'th March '53, John L Doby, to 8th Feb '53. S F Goode, to 18th March '52. Maj A Jonies to 8th Feb '53. Lewis Bledsoc, to 5th January '53, E~ McDaniel, to 18th March '53. Wm~ Colemsan, to 20th February '53. Manly Totngblood, to ist Auguset '5g, Win Carter, to 10th February '53. -J Gibbs,'to 1st October '52. Capt Jesse. M Cogbmirn, to.26th Feb '53. C'-m 'R 31erriwaLher. to 5th June '52. a 01iMNERIALS Correspindence 6t the Advertiser. IIA MBURG, Mar. 24, 1852. .elsve nothing that is worth communica ting this week. Our Cotton market dtiilg the last few days has been quite doll; and-although some Cottons have been bought at 8 ets., there is no margin to justify such prices. We quote for fully Fair, 71 to 7 ; Fair 71 to 71; Ordina ry 6, 6 to 61. We have not noticed any quotable change in the leading articles of our provision market. We regret to aunouce that another fire, at tended with considerable loss of property, oe curred in Augusta, on Monday night. . About 2 o'clock, the .Mlachine Shop of hiessrs.-TAt. &Eo & TEaE', was discovered to bo in flames and was entirely consumed before the fire was arrested..- The -amount of(4im t yet ascertained. This is evidently the work of an incendiary. FIDALGO. EYXENIAL' . MARRID, on Thursday, the. 11th :insLby Rev. A. P. Norris, Dr. 11. W. Ksxxszi, of Orangeburg District, to Miss Lovi'A C., daugh ter of Mr. Wade lIolstein, of EAgefield District. MaRaRED, on the 16th inst., by the Rev. Henry U. Spann, Mr. WZELEs BARR. of Edge field. to bliss SARAI, eldest daughter of Mr. Daniel Quattlebum, of Lexington Distriet.: OBITUARY. DiEt. in this District, oi.Friday the 19th in stant, of a short but painurl. illness, lul NEAL, Esq., in the 73rd of his age. The deceased was a native of Ireland, but having left the landi of his birth in coipany with his Father, in , arly boyhuood, lie settled firit in the low country, but after arriving'at mature age he renoved to this District. where he lived for more than 40 years. - He was a man remar kable for industry, economy, energy of charae ter and-uncompromismig honesty; possessed4f a warnth of friendship peculiar to his native land he was ever ready.to assist those in dis tressed circumstancen. at the same time a" vio lently opposed to any that were unwilling to help themselves ; in slort, lie was bitterly op posed to every thing like slothfulness, orjnde eesion. wherever lie iet it. - A lover of mirli ty and go.d society,hie never-failed to advocate it ins all his coinversations. - Retirement front the world and the bisy Fcenes of life, was best suited..to his-a-tire, - being fond of books. and naturally pseseeid of r a strong mind, lie had not neglected to irtmprove r the same by extensive reading so that he was : well versed in the history of the times ;, and being of a true republican soirit, he was ever j ready to unite in any. and every measure that would1 promote the welfare of the Couantry of hIs adoption. and especially of his State where he regarded his ileginnee as due. Thus has .led a purely. honest man, "The ntoblest work .f Godl." He has heft a wife Pad family of children, together with numnerous granA chililren and -friends to mourn his loss. I And let all be dily itpressed with the certainty, together with the solemnities a' death,.thattthey may so live as to neet it with eahuness and comipsure, in view of that more.'npoftait life that is to conte. rDio, at the reside'nee of his father on the I h inst., of Typhoid Fevir, 31A.acni J.Ti - sam, 19 yedrs, 9 mnonth's ai 12 mis. IThe deceasedl was not a meniber of any Chureh - but his whole lifqe wan chtarne terized by hi Atornl I coniduet and ehtristian like walk. ifint to I. coscious'fer seerirl days 'r vous..o him but lhedidl nt fear lenth in the. k-nst.^116'spoke e f it calmily durinig his finesi which was of two . weevks Juirntion. His last audible..w ords;9'I alit not long for trimi world, hut am..gig to mny hap py home." mhouldl be a'sonrce of great esnsola tion to his relatives and frienals. and sbhgl bouy thtemt up to a faithiful discharge of that duty that will prepare t1iema to mteet the lost one, where 'parting is no more. -Ats a chtild he was dutiful nnd obedient, as a brother kin.1 atnd affe.ctionate. lie has left a large number of friends :.nd relatives to mourn a his irreparable loss. T. i W THE Friendsa of Col. F. WV. PICK ENS, bieg lentec to prescrit bim to the people Sof Edgefield, atnd of the Districts which may be thrown with ats by the itew apiportiont menit, ns an emiinently suitable per'son to represenit us in the Congress of the United iStates. Mr. BuaT htavitig positively declined Ia re-election, it beenmes ofur duty to select his successor with ent1e; -antd we respectfttlly " snggest tha~t the experience anud ability of Col. ICsENS slhouild be againt called inato re quisition upon the very floor where he has hitherto served us so efliciejntlyr. It is perhaps proper to add, on our part, that this anntouneement is tendered without Cod. P's knowledge or desire, and with no feeling of opposition to any inidividoai. ;gr Tus Friends of Capt. PRESTON S. BROOKS, announce him nas a candidate to represenit this Congressional District in the next Cotngress, Mr. Br hiavitng positively declined a re-electiop. This inminiation, like another which ap pears ini this paper; was nde by the friends of Capt. B. purely of their owvn Accord, with (JUt reference to his wishes on the subject and without the remotest design of forestal ling public opiniont in his favor against any individual. STATE OF SOUTH- CAROLINA. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN ORDINARY. BYIH.T. WRIGHI., Esq., Ordinary of BEdgefield District. Whorena Benjamin F. Smith, bath applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all ad singular thte goods and chattles, rights and credits of Silas H. Smith, late of the Dis trict aforesaid, deensed. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kitndred and creditors of the said decased, to be and appear before m, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at Edgefield C House, on the fifth day of April, next, to show ause, if any, why the- said aduministration should not be granted.. Given under my hand and seal, this the 24th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and in the seventy-sixth year of American Indepen-. dence. . H. T. WRIGHT, o. E. D. March 25 2t -10 Notice. A LL those Indebted to the estate of Charles B.Logan, dee'd., gre required to make payment, and these having domands to present them properly attested. M. WV. LILES,- . A. NIX, Adr. E. P. IIOLLOWA.)