Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 29, 1852, Image 2

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EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1852. gP Wz are requested to inform the people of Edgefleld that B. -F. GoUEDY, Esq., has with drawn his name frqm the list of candidates for the office of Tax Collector. -He wishes it to be un derstood that he is no longer in the field. STRAWBERRIES. Ouat thanks aie warmly tendered to Miss R. G., of Darby Place, for a full bowl of large, ripe; freshatrawberries, conveyed to us through her kind politeness. Fortunately, upon their arrival at our Sanctum, ne had no hungry bachelors about us-and so we enjoyed them in lengthened luxuriousness, taking one after another until dozens had disappeared. Even then we had enough left for a second edition of the same en joyment. May liessings, " thick as strawberries" attend the fair donor! COTTON PROSPECTS. Tits great article of Southern produce seems to be looking upward with considerable certainty. We understand that buyers generally in our interior markets are holding on to their lots with great confidence, A gentleman, recently from Hamburg and Augusta, informs us that the ware houses in those cities are full and sales firmly withheld. May they not be deceived! And may our planters not be tempted by these inducements to extend their cotton fields too widely! -e CURIOUS---BUT TRUE, WE heard the other day of a turkey-lien which hatched one set of young ones, went to laying again immediately-took to setting again (with said young ones around her)-hatched again (first brood still in attendance,) and strutted majestically off with two sets of turkey-diddles. "Shoo, turkey, shoo! get out of my pea-patch !" ----0 NEGROES WANTED. WE learn that purchasers have fkcked to Aiken., from all parts of the South, to attend the great Sale of negro property which is now coming off at that place. From the late period of the planting season at which the sale occure, we had thought that the attendance would not have been so large. It is this very fact however, seeming to promise good bargains, which has caused the great influx of buyers.. The consequence will doubtless be that negroes will sell enormously. ,ince writing the above, we learn that the negroes, sold up to dinner time on the first day, averaged over $900, terms cash, Of course they were all men. It is probable this average wIll be kept tip throughout. FIRST DAY OF THE CONVENTION. Oua readers are referred to another column on this page for an abstract of the Convention's first day's proceedings, as reported by the Carolinian. The election of our Governor to the Presidency of that body was matter of precedent; ahthough we doubt if any one could have been fixed upon, who would 'have presided with more courtesy or dignity, had it even been an indepcndentquestion of choice. The remarks of hi Excelleney, upon taking his seat, are peculiarly appropr-iate. We advise every; one .to: read them careflyadt .endaviottb.eatdhj soeo the enrous and exale4spitj alpegradehetu pleasing.jndipcajiouef~therfeeling of solemn re spongibi ity wtigh rests- .upon that .gravt and au t'is probable the Convention will he in session bhroughout the. present week.. However silent -andl indifferent our'citizens have he'retofore been as to its results, there has -beeni awakened (new that this body is actually at .work) the keenest desire to learn the nature of its doings--the live liest hope ihat something worthy of our past history wtill dignify its conclusions. We hope and we tremble. TlHE SPIRIT 0F EMI'GRAlTION. *WE are somewhat grieved- to- see the spirit of emigration so rife among our friends mnd neigh l'ons of Edgefield. It really appears that home is no longer sweet to most of them-that they have forgotten their " native valley's bowers." We know that some are naturally restless, and * Trone to roving--some attracted by the prospect of acquiring heaps of riches, and others induced to move, as they say and really think, for the sake of obtaining a livelihood. But we think that each of these end. can be attained at home *as easily, if not better, than. abroad. If our farmers would-plant more corn and less cotton, thereby making ours a fine provision country, we should always have a superabundance of all the -necessary articles of food. As to gold, why go to -California for the pmrpose of digging it, when our fellowv-citizen, Mr. WVIt..IAX Dons, with five or six raw and inexperienced workmen, turns out * over seven hundred 'doflars (8700) every day. - You would all do well to look. for gold mines upon your own land, at least before leaving for any foreign cotuntry. Possibly, people may thrive faster and get; rich quicker by moving. It is barely a probability fkr from a certainty. But it may well be saidi to -be an undoubted fact, that, in this State, every industrious man can obtain not only the necessa ries, 5tst also most of the luxuries of life. Then why be discontentedi Rely upon it, certainty is 'always to be preferred to probability, and still more so to possibility. A rolling stone gathers no moss, is an old and true adage-" Qui-ft Mace nas" 4-c., still older. Then stay at home, and work, and be assured you will never have cause so'regret it. At any rate, remain somewhere in .your native State. SUFFERING FOR SOMETHING FRESH. WE beg leave to inform our citizetns at large, f'stly, that there is still extant such a place as Ecfgefield Village-secondly, that it contains -some hundreds of people who like to have good things to-eat onice in a while and are willing to pay for thern-.and: thirdly, that they are nowy especially hungry for something nice and. fresh, whether in the way of fish, flesh or fowl. We therefore say to all (who have them,) come on with your beeves, your lambs, your kids, your turkeys, ducks and cheickens, your jack-frsh, your ti-out, your perch (oh ! they are our favorites,) your horny-healis, your eels. Yes, we'll take any thing~ in the way of flesh except pigs or shoats, (we've had enough of them)- any thing in the way of fowl except the buzzard gente-ahy thing in the way of fish except craw-fish and tad poles. Now, good people of Edgefield and the adjoin 1og cosintry, you know our wants-will you not help us out ? .Therais-.man, of Company A.. wiho usually hunts .up.gihese appetizing articles for us with greatauceess, If the " old regular" has failed to finid somethihfgood, what wvili become of us?! Green peA* geting 'plenty, and no lamb to accom, *paniy them! It im in bad.-LBut we pause from very .~faiamness.--Hore, wvaiter' -hurry-a little * - slic'of old Ned-Tuick! SCONGRESSIONAL. TnE news from Congress, for the last week or two, has beefi exceedingly. uninteresting; indeed, so far, daring a session of five months, little or nothing of very material - consequence has trans pired. - Congress, it must be allowed, has expended entirely too much time upon subjects foreign to its direct duties. For weeks nothing was heard but long and elaborate speeches upon the arrival of Kossuth, as if his advent were second only t that of the Messiah. At first, it seemed that too much could not be done for this renowned person; but now, since public excitement has subsided, the amount of money expended, indeed we may say lavished, upon him, as well as the attention given and the deference paid him, appear almost ridiculous. However, although Congress has consumed an unnecessary length of time in dis cussing the Kossuth question, still it was not alto gether lost time; for the very important question of intervention or non-intervention, after the most careful examination and thorough discussion, has been finally determined, and we have been taught by the greatest men of the present day, that to attend to our own business and let others alone, applies as well to nations as individuals. After dispatching the great Huongarian and his cause, the intricate and, to most persons, the unin telligible printing qunstion arose, magnifie 1 sya the National Inteligencer, into an undue conse quence, and mystified by attempts to discuss details with which it would require little less than a five years apprenticeship to make the younger members thoroughly acquainted-a ques tion indeed, so complicated and so full of chi:ane ry, and electioneering, and bargain-making that very few, if any, with the exception of those immediately concerned, really understand it. The still more absorbing question of determining who is to be President, has been for the last month, and still is, engrossing the attention of both houses at Washington. Numberless speeches have been made, and several c-.ucusses held, conventions called &c., but apparently to no purpose. The last speech upon this question of interest, is that of 3Ir. MANGCUM from North Carolina. lie is clearly in favor of Gen. WINFrELD SCOTT; in deed he will support the nominee of the Whig Convention at any and all hazards. M11r. MAN GcM's speech is for the most part an elaborate eulogy upon SCorr, although ie distinctly says "I think eulogies of the living are always in bad taste." He moreover implied during the course of his remarks, that his favorite nominee for the Presidency approved of the "Compromise mena sures," and especially that portion thereof relat ing to the fugitive slave law, and ifelected, would enforce the provisions of the said law. But upon being asked by Mr. Gwiavs, in reply, whether lie stated this upon his own accord or by authority, it turned out tmt he had not as much as conversed with Gen. Sco-r' upon the subject. It is said that " all things are fair in love and war." Is this the case also in Presidential elections f When this debate upon the Ptesidency *rill close we are not able to say. It appears that the diflerent parties are as far from agreeing upon any one candidate as ever. We think there is a great split between the Dem'ocratic and Whig Conven tions. Cannot the South concentrate upon some one of her sons for this most important office 1 TIE PAUPERS OF EDGEFIELD. A CEr*T.EMA* renarked in orar presence the other day thiat " the white paupers of otur District were, perhaps, the: most comfortably sustained psaupers-in the world.'t. Without usingtshe super ~iiiltliieonifonable- houseir, neatly:furnisifed-are allowed an abundance of 'r'omin-are'supe'rntenid id by's ea'rusful old gen'tlemnan.-are'warke~ljust in -pr6oilon to their abilty," some n'ot at all--have clothing sutflcifnt-and, last but not le-ast Ihave a good supply of sound wholesome meat, bread, cofiee, &c. At reasst we corsode that ti last item must be so, from- the number of times we--see that sleek sorrel horse, belbnging to the Poor House, pulling a little wagon out of our town at most laden down with lard, bacon, flour and other things of .the kind. We are glad that this is so; we doubt not it is the same all over the State, perhaps we mighst even say the South. " un," says she Northern philanthropist, with a sneer, " these are, as you say, y'our whilte pau pers. Where are your black ones 7" We answer, at home in their masters' yards-ift ninety-nine cases ont of a hundred, so well cared for, that they could not be indttced to take tip their lodgings, even in our well provided Poor-Houses. A nd thtis is the truth. Yet, miserable fouls ! ye will go on ranting about the evils of ouur Southern institutions. Look to your own comniunities and do your works of beneficence (if a-ny ye- liai'e) there-and ye willf be both wiser men and less abominable hypocrites SOUTHI CAROLINA AND THE BRITISUl f0K8UL, As issue has been brought about, at length, upon a question which attracted the attention of our citizens some months ago. We allude to the point in dispute between her Biritirsh Majesty's Consul, Mr. MATTilEw, and Goy. MEANs of South Carolina (representing their respective governments) as to the privileges of colored sea men in the Port of Charleston. It seem that recently one MAiNUEt. PERntiA, av colored seaman, liad been imprisoned in that esty under thme amemdatory act of our Legisla ture, passed in 1835. A writ of HaIe.2s Corpus was applied for, during a late term of Court, by the British Constul, in behalf of said sea man, and refused by Judge WITilEas who pre sided. Notice of appeal was forthwith given, and thtus, the matte~r will go for investigation and decision into our highest Appellate Forum. We have no doubt that Judtge W. will be ses tained in Ihis course. HAVE THE WOOD-PECKERS COM1E? Wszsaw, yesterday morning, the first Wood Pecker of the season; by which we mean that bright colored bird, (with red cap, white vest and pants, and black. jacket,) 'which comes to us, at this season, from the warmer regions of the torrid zone, to sport away the summter and .filch. away our corn. It may nowv be said, with safety, that old Winter has fairly fled to the more frigid clime of the North; inasmuch as our red-headed visitor, said to be a true index of approaching summer heat, has thus boldly dashed upon the scene. We have heard it stated that the Wood-Pecker does not come singly, " but in hattallions"--that in one night, frequently, the country is overspread with them--that they make a great noise in the air, as the chattering of thousands, upon their arrival-and that they muster together at the close of the season and leave as they came. Having heard this statement from some shrewd observers, if not natural philosophers, we were disposed to credit it. .But having lookted ever since yesler morn, for another Wood-Pecker in vain, we now doubt the truth of it. How is the fact, ye that knowI Perhaps this one was only a pre-cursor of the grand~ route. If so, we hop9 some sentimental night-walker wsill keep a sharp look-out for the real coming of the Woo 1-Peeker army, and de scribe its effet upon him for the benefit of our eaders. A GRlIEROJJS:C10PLINEN TN - BELOW will be found an extract from a late editorial of the Augusta Constitutionalist, to which we call the attention of our readers gener ally. It is a handsome and: griteful tribute to Carolina worth and Carolina usefulness, conceiv ed by an honest heart and indited by a vigorbus pen. We have always appreciated the idmira. ble tone which has pervaded every thing emanat ing from this quarter in allusion, to -our beloved State. If there has beeti one depattme from this manly and liberal line of condnet, on othe part'of ouresteemed cotemporary of the Constihionalist, we are not aware of it. Would that such'noble fairness presided *over many other Southern Journals! Would that we all had more- of li! It would be the happiest- harbinger: of approacho ing unanimity and cordiality- in our :Southern ranks. We may render ourse.1ves, in the opinion of some, ohnoxious to the charge of Variilty.by appearing to catch thus eagerly at a passing com pliment. .it it be so. Our choice is to make much and think more of such occurrences, be cause they are as rare as we feel them to be just. May South Carolina never cease to be-worthy of such encomiums! Nor will she, if her sons shall fall to work, with a hearty good will, to bury their internal differences and to work together, as heretofore, against federal tyranny. "The traducerE-even the Southern traducers of South Carolina -have carried their partizan hostility so far and have got into so inveterate a habit, of ridiciling and depreciating the high spirit that would make a sensitive people ever ready-perhaps too ready-to vindicate their rights, that they finally seem to look upoi this high spirit as an absurd trait; and State sovereign ty a ridiculous alistraction. The former, they speak of sneeringly. as South Carolina Chivalry the latter, as South Carolina transcendentahm. Yet, South Carolina Chivalry, in its connection with Southern rights, has acquired more -respect for the South abroad, and (lone more to give ele vation of tone-and a commendable sectional pride to the Southern people at home. than could all the floods of fulsome eulogies of the glories and blessings of- the Federal Union, which Southern demagogues have sponted and partizan presses have poured forth to the tired ear of the country. South Carolina transcerndentahsm is likely--to do more to break the force of that .huge flood of con solidation and federal corruption which, unresist, ed, would have swept, long since, over our coun try, than from any other single influence how operating upon the popular mind of this country. While parties and politicians in other States have been struggling for Presidential aspirants,-and the spoils and patronage of the National Government, the South Carolinians have struggled for the pre; servation of State Rights, and for a strict adhe rence to the terms of the compact of Union. The South Carolinians have shown, in every war of the country and almost on every battle field, that her chivalry was respectable. They have shown in the'councils of the nation, no lack of civic kn6Vk'g- and sagacity. Their intellect has been as forcibly impressed tpon the legisla tive history of our country as that of any' other State. The action of the approaching South Carolina Convention will, we are confidlent, not do injustice, by comparison, to her past honora ble history." . FOR TiE ADvERTIsER. Tributes o1 Respect. At a meeting of the EDGEFIELD iUZZARs, held at their parade ground, at Cosby's, on Saturday, the 24th April, Captain RoDeRT MEaRtwRE.TIIR was called to the Chair, and JLturs DAv re quested to at as Secretary. The Chairman upon taking the Chair stated th'e object, of the meeting to be to -pay some tribute of respect to the memories of ELDRED W. OVER, and CUARLEs J1. Gzoven, hate memcabers of -the-Company, who -had died uinece th -fst'meeting .Wheupon thi followring | WnsEsA,.by.:an inserutable---dispensatioit o1 an all-wise -God, te: Ezi~Gangw .flUZZEns -ar called. upott to mourn -the- -logs of-one: of theis comrades in thie, death of ELR~nZO W. GL~OVEIL, who died -on the second -of March last, in thec spring time of his life and the beginningof..him usefulness as a eitizen, .surrounded by every ttitng calculated to tmake life.comafortabke and do siratble-thterefore ns a tribute of respect to his mtemory be it :9 - -Resolved, That'i'n thte death of ouir comrade, ELoRErr W. Gio.eve, ear-Corps han lost g~ne of its most active, useful and) eflcient members, and thte c'omnity a promsising and usefwT citizcn. Rcsolked, 'Thut as av testimonial of oar grief at te hoss of our comrade, we wdar the ussal batdge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, Thtat in tesutmony of oar sincere symtpath~y and condolene,~ a copy - o these reso lutions be sent to- the family of t he deceased. Resolred, That the papers of the District be requested to publish these proceedings. Wnt.RAs, it ItaS again plcased Coil, to visit the EDGEFIEeLo IlUzziAs, with thle loss of oine of its most valued anud excellenattmenmbers, Cuantea J. OoVER, ulto fell a victimi to dentlt, on -the seventth of this moth, after a protracted illness of several weeks. Antd -whereas Mr. G LOVR was cndeared to the company by an association of nmnny year sand by a deportment whtich was uniforndtty manly, courteous atnd kind. Be it therefore, Resolved, Thtat int testimony of- our grief for thte mnekmehmoly fate of our frie~nd and brother, comitng studdetdy upmon us as it does, before the sod is yet dry upon the grave of his nephew, oar late departed comrade, wve wvear the usual badge of mourning for thtirty days. Resolved, Thamiin the decease of CnAte J. GtovER, this compatny has lost a long-tried, a high spirited, and a gallant soldier, and thtat the commnunity has been deprived of an active, an enterprising, and a nmost worthy citizen. Resolved, That as a token of our sincere eon doletnce in their heavy afibetions, a copy of these Resolutions be seat to the bereaved fatmily of the deceased; and that-a copy be also furnished for publicationa, to each of the journsls of the-Dis trict. R OBT Il\1RR IWETIIER, Chairman. JULIos Div, Seerutary. ThE SLAvERIY QUESTION IN CALIFORNTA -We are under obligations to n friend in Clifornia for legislative documents of that State, which Ite has from lime to Stine beeni kittd enoutgh 1o forward us. Amongst oth ers received ysaterdlay, we find a copy (of the bill entitled an Act recommending to the electors to votc for or atgatinst calling a Con vention, to revise and change the entire Con stitution of California. It passed the House, we understand -by a vote of 5.1 to 7, and was sent to the Senate on the 3d of March. A majority, we learn, of the assembly is pro Slavery, and yesterday we were fav~ored with the perusal of a letter from oneof oltr own citizens now in Californ~ia, who states therein thatt hoe thinks the effort now being matde to render California a Slav'e State will prove successful, and. that in the event of a falhtire i, will be endeavored to make the Southern portion at all events, Slave, - " Justice'," says the writ er, " demands-one of these two courses. Situated ats weo now are, the wealth and inexhaustible resources of California are open to all the world except the Southern States.:- Any man with capital can invest it in* any way hd may deem best and reap a rich return for his toil; but we of the South, because our capital is invested-in slaves, alone of till the wvorld are deprived of a right, net a privilege, which we should first aye entjoyed. Had it not been fprthe South ern volunteers. Califorriia might stiHl have remained in tihe hands of thte kothful and re trograding - Mexican, or else in the grisp of The staisvt.uui T b-pss 0jYIvesterday at the Cap itol, at 12 o'cloe, -i)n motion of Mr. E. Belling jT4- H ' . Wardlaw was call ed toJth J. Davant, esq., ap pg..i e members present then~ proce ded t their nantes, and a emit to -verify the crt - dii ipresent. Mr. Bel lnjii I * tee, reported that ilieri em al-the districts prine. C es. Dorchester, and that: one- rty-seven members had snried~~ Oim Bellinger, jr., the Coiven , -ballot.for Presi. - counted, his Excel .1 i was found to have receive' ng 7. On i-d.lon,.a commit tee 6N a -otMessrs. John Can at , and W. A. O-vens, ws app the President elct to his se -ite returned with the iasidente Gaurention received hiini-staiidinig.' . ldenlti on taking his seat addrussed t Invention as follows: Glerndeie the?. ~ tioni Although' 1imnfily ate that I am in. debted mm al toengbilal station than to any merit Of te distinguished honor you haveon e m ine, yet I must be pen ittea'" al piofound gratitude to you for . aored that station in my person 1 as I am .o._parlir ientary " s Ul be displo ted to shrink e #t 1youhave assigned me, but's h e ured that I will be sus tained atasis the. discharge of its duties -by tl. 1indness which has prompteouw.t ,tii upon me. While Ianu Ifl v ponibilities, I trust I fe-el sAtiiI de'perhe? solemn responsibility which rests 'upon wme as a member of this Coiv~entiaN .W liikemet together clotlied in the sovereign B*er of the land. The voice-of thi vesion, when it .speaks, must be 'or for evil. - How prudenee,: hI m eicaution and delibera tion doten -us to use before we aet? It is' useles. .tenter into a detail of the peouliairessne'es under which we have' met; inecr8hALidsion to them is suffi. .cient to r-mjids the fact that they irel .0sment. We con tainly have fditte part to net ; one whichvena t erm witli credit to our 'elEei or. Kthe State, unless we ire buoyedc atriotisin above the pettyed pnati.ons. of party strife, of persona) agbitio whieh is even worse .and mori id e-4iaed, vindictive fee -ings to-eaeh'ith0.*iause w-edii!er in opin ion. . Tli'e Mt lr remstances by which we are surroiinM-fa rfully admonish us thawe h'W 'i o 144 nhit o waste in internal feud. T ir o ngnrs of our position ial loudljnpooit b6 united. But, un -fortunatelyfor, '4 thengreat cause of the Soutlh, -we-ire ,qpt'.itid. We have been divided and ds~rqdte& by,.the convulsive throes of party. tinfe. The great question ofour wrongihe eon, forgotten.amid our wranglings asy '. remedy. While this state. -ofiings-aziit amongst uq, the fien. dish fa n m bolition spirit, which tramplci - lhumaine and divine, under .iaM y-noiingi-drward to wardeaeb dhiment of'its ends. If we intendi d 1o-des6rt the eause in wyhit-h ne-k so lonerenignged, and fina eg4i:!tio~ and ruin, ~surroutna Ui ore glonmy .are those tinagi wp u4 ierre-ee1fear no danger. The . e (f o'u'reau.e, and-our atrolig arnise Ybtufiittf tc us. .Butt;fyinithdzisfa cof part#'striedre full upon cacelteetd -forget lie commo~n ene my, an-easy victorj Swill be acconmplied by them; A~ei..og -lh.ilk biing ruin and disgrace -uppn 's. .The very first object oft this 'Qin''estion. alhould le'to ben these di ~id.ons. '3I .w i(n ' rcbme;t~o suggest the ourseglhii ihi tproper for you to pur sUe. to.aceornI t tis great object, and to maintain the Jhonor and dignity of our be loved State.m'his ,must be a matter of eon snhtation and deliberation. The intelligentce, thei patriotism,, the dignity of this body is an earnest that thag course.ywill be oine which will mnvolve. no aacrifice ofprinciple; one, the Qbjekt Af3i~ will be to promote the best interestsj ei:Estate. WVe meet to gether as ineid~-i of one common family, whose .iufeeat1fpnor, and destiny are the same, A deep devotion .toour country and its institmtions should be the polar star to guide us in ow- eourse. T1he -arm of our -State,- whichvwnastreeently strong and ready to' strike, lma'been.-paralyzed alone, by our -dissensionsa- lietrast heali them at once, that withi fim anniitd strength we may ineet the enemies-:.o0bur--institutions. Upon the inion of. our:Salik, I'solemnly believe, d ponds our desti, Mr. DeSaased.hisbmitted that upon an occasion wlisch eejdacy colneerned the1 hon or and intcerest.o~ her State, it was lit that the prode'dih tghe'le Condent ion should be opened -by-'ant'-imble supplica-tion to the throne- of eDim aGra-ce -to -enlighten our counsels and d kt our course. Wherefore, he moved-that Rev. Mr, Coit, a minmber and delegataif'~i Chesterfield, be requested, on behaf"6f'hg envention to address t he throne of.Divine Grace 'Mr. Coit-havifl'rofficiated, on motion of Mr. E. Bellingerr., s was ordered that the Convention a" day be opened by prayer. On miotion of ?honsme gentleman, the Con vention .proceede to ballot for Clerk, Mes setger JanDooeee.+'A .rA. Strobhatrt, esq., was- eteitedt hrk,;B. L. Hayes:Mes senger, and B -Oeil'Doorkeeper. On motione 'b e~:Butt, a Corianittee of five, consisting '-Mesirs. -Burt, Nanune, H. C. YouttBrich9n nd Harlee was appoin - ed to- coinfml . lme printing'o! the- pro eeding of theV Qnventmonsideveral orders in. r-elatial~t 14tI our of.meeting, printing, &c., werie adopte . Mr. Jamison, ogate from Orange, aro.4e, atnd in a feeling w ncr, announced the death of his'eilleagqu apt. D. Rowe..- On his motiona,tjhfi- omai-y resolutionis were adoptt... - , ,' s . s. Thle.--re idenn tben..read;aa letter from Hon..Gi:WV5 i n,.resigning his seat as a member of the C lT tion; whic-h, on motion of ~Hotr.,V.-M brook, was laidon the table fon ihe,,pit t. On fiitiosh ,Iainit66 the Coni-en tion adnjr1 Icclock, m., this day. PlUPER I R~. - e Newbipryport (MIass) Herald triha ho eIages''of all 'shoema kers in the iar ainactoriesm in thatt ne gioiiaebe ucd-about 30 por centt, on a~lhufirst '-~wori 'I he satme paIper states fliitFtho-d .- great r-ny, Journey men shoeuntakeiwtemploed ofn ordinary work; 32 oh l5W r iday who earti less thanififty.:r~ent y. Ao NewI en%~httaPercha Pen is tbe-lmio o . ~ i just introduc-ed. They are a. com as tien ofigutta-percha and Executive Clemency. .As sundry rumors have gone abroad in relation to a recent exercise of the pardon ing power by our worthy Chief Magistrate, Gov: Means, we beg leave to call the atten tion (of our readers to the statement from E. J. Arthur, esq. This statement is merely i recapitulation of the facts in the case.-Car olinian. .ESSs.s. EDroRs: A8 some misapprehen sion has gone abroad in reference to the cir ennstances-under which his Excellency Gov ernor Means remitted sI much of the sen tence recently passed upon John M. E. Sharp, for manslaughter, nas rehites to the imprison ment. I ask the use of your columns to make a brief statement of such- of the facts and circumstances under which that pardon was granted as come within my own kiwledge, so that the pubjic may be able to form a cor rect judgment of the transaction. On Moonday or Tuesday of the Spring Term of the Newberry Court, John A. Moore. esq., as one of Sharp's counsel, and at my request, applied personally to his Honor Judge O'Neall, at Newberry Court House, for a report of Sharp's ease, with a view of presenting a petition to the Governor for a remission of the whole or a part of his sen tence. ifis Honor replied that he had not yet had leisure to make out the report, but would do so when lie had time, or words to that effect. These f::ets were communicated to me by Mr. Moore. This, it will be borne in mind, was some eight or ten days after Sharp's conviction. The application to the Governor w:s accordingly delayed, with a view of getting the report of the Judge, until Monday, the 29th day of Mitrch, just about two weeks after the dnte of Mr. Moore's ap plication to the Judge. On this day, no re port having yet been furnished, (no doubt in consequence of the pressure of other engage ments upon his Honor.) and two respecta ble physicians of the town certifying that Sharp's.health had already severely suffered from his confinement, and in ease of his in. earceration being much longrer continued his henth mllight, and, in the opinion of the phy sicians, " would- be grievously injured and perhaps permanently destroyed," I, as one of Shurp's counsel, gave my consent that the pe:ition should be forthwih presented to tl e Governor, believing, as I did, that lhe urgen ey of the case was such as to justify sucht a step, Oven without the report of the Judge. I am informed by Capt. J. D. Trndewell, who was also, or counse.l for Sharp, that about the time of 21r. 31oore's personal ap. plication he also addressed an applicntion by letter to Judge O'Neull, at Newberry Court House, for a report of Sharp's case, but without effect, no doubt from the causes above assigned. It was under these circumstances, (which of course were commniicated to the Gover nor, in order to explain the seeming precipi. tuncy of the application.) and upona petitions signed by some of the most respectable and intelligent gentlemen of Riebland and Fair. field Districts, that his Excellency Governor Means remitted so tmtich of Sharp's. senl lence as related to the imprisonment, upon the condition that Sharp would pay ilita tint and costs, and either leave the State or entet into bond, with sureties, fir his good belan. vior for two years. It. may be proper ti state also that the pet! ion was i 'gned b% every juror who sat in the case, (whitch wa? in necordance with their previous unainou reommcndation .to merry, *s entered upo.: the records of our-court,) and also by) mnn niembers of the Columbia an'd Wirnnsbor< connected witht.th'e presentation of bharp' .tlib in-rdon.< In jusicre to his Excellency Governor Mens,- to the highly respectabli sigtners of Sharp's petition, antd o myself,) feel enslled uponi to make the above statement: and without .the remotest intention of cas, ting censure- upon any one, or att em ptintg tr dictate a judgmetnt upon the~ net of elemency for which Gouv. Means has been so severely censaured int stime quoters, I must say, thamt the above facts turnish to my mind a coin jilete and satisfuetory vindicatioan of the Goyv ernor from the chtarge of precipitaney, and fully justified hi.< aetion upon the petitiot without the report of-the presidintg Jutdge. Those newspatpers, which, under a misap~ prehension, or ignoratnce of thte facts, hntv made publientions cenlsuring Goy. Means for remitin Sharp's impjrisonmetnt, wilt ne dbtat once seec the propriety, ais ani aet ol justice, of copyinig the above. A prili 22, 1852. E. J. AntInUR. Bank of St. M~ary's. This Institution, as it will be perceived fronm the sutbjoined eard received by Tele. graph yesterday by one of our most infinen. tial businiess men ini this eity, has been forced to a temnporary suspientsion of specie pay. ments. The paragrap jit:lluded to itn it from the Mobile Tribune is, we presume, the fol howittg .which appeared itt that Jourmd on "BMNK or ST. AnRY'S.-There was a good deal of excitement in town yesterday in regasrd to thte issues of thuis bank. For several months the bills have passed here itn ordintary tratnsnetions at par, and as they were redeenied on demand at thtceounter ot a respectable mercha:nt, almtost every oine had confidence in the solvenicy of the inistiin tion. Thte present distrtust, we understand, grew out of the fact that a draft of thte b:mnk, for a large amounst, was protested here ont thte 15th instant, for non payment." * Cotu~wus, A pril 23. To TitE PUBnLl.-A very heavy and un precedented run uipotn the Bank of St. Ma ry's, for the mnonthl past, aggrnvated atnd brought to a crisis, b~y ant mneessary and probatbly vindictive publiention int the Mobile Tribune, and copied in the Montgotmery Ad rerliser, wvithout comment, o'f the innability of a Drawee, to pay the fBank's-draft for $20, 000 (dollars,) has, I am pained to say, forced her to a temporary suspension of' specie paty ment. It ::irord~s me, however, pleasure to assure the ptublic, thtat .the Institution is abutn'antly solvent and requires only a lit tle time to matrhal her assets.s In addition to her ownt means, I will bring to her ntid my own amiple fortune, until not a note shall be left in circulation.' Thte means will be itn a few days provided to pay all her depositors, and the outstantding checks upon the several points drawn, will be honored on presenta tion. These assurances to the public of the enttire solvency of the Institution, are not gi ven for the purpose of sustunining its credit, as the Banik will be woaund up without delay, and hter Charter surrendered to tht:p'ower that created it. Theo small notcs of the Bank, as well as my own, will be- promptly redeetned, without intermission, until thle last dollar shtall have been ret ire-d. I will close' my fitancial connexioni with the public with honor, even should it be necessary- to p~art with everything but its good opinions. -JOHN G. WINTER.. WIIoT.EsALE Exrtir os.-Twenty-five stit dents of the sophomore clnas in YaleCollege have been expelled, in consequence,-it is snid, of the Kappa Sigma Theta Societ-y to which they belonged having publislied several :nri cat ures abtisive of some of the offi'eers of the faulty. The affair seems tofiave deasioned From the CharletonCourier. A New Mineral:Spring. MEssrs. EDITORS :-Inm pleased to inform you that Mr. Watkins, the soleaowner and proprietor of the Miadiron Springs in;Geor. gin, has just diScovered a nero spring posses. ing a very valuable combination of waters. The proper ies of the new spring arePerexyd of Iron, Magnesia, Soda and Sulphur. lt is now being improved and willibe in readiness to offer to visitors this scason, in connection with the old, every variety of waters. At Madison Springs the bathing is free and truly luxurious. New walks are being laid along the brow of the Precipice, commanding a distant water and mountain view, where a rushing, tumbling mountain torrent leaps from rock to rock, forming many picturesque and beautiful scenes, wortiy the peucil-of an Artist. The improvements and style of finish at these Springs, surpass those of any other in in the United States. While the shady groves. the sloping lawns, the equal and bra eing climate, render it a delightful Summer retreat. The Medicinal efiects of these waters are well known to enre all peculiarly female complaints and irregularitie -dy:pepsia, liv er and kidney diseases are heated as if by margic-agne and fever of the most inveterate type,are cured withott mediciuie. There has never been a failure to effect a radical cure, in a single instance. They impart strength and vigor to the constitution and paint the female cheek with rosy health. Extensive preparations have been made for the aecoimodation of families, where each can have a cottage in the grove, with con. veniences for their own servants to do their washing, if desired. It has ever been a favorite reisort for Caro linian; and taken all in nll,-nature and art combined, have done .more for the Madison Springs than for any other Watering plaice. Its climate is peruliarly salubrious, being dry, bracing, buoyant nnd equal-devoid of the extreme midday heat, and nocturnal 4;tnp of the mountains, as well as the arid and suffo cating heat and musquitos of the low county. They cre situated twenty-three miles from Athens, Georgia. the terminus of one branch of the Georg: Rail-Road, where stages will be in readiness daily, to convey passengers to the Springs. MADISON. GEORGIA UNIoN CosVEN'iTo.-This Con. vention adjourned on Friday last. The fol lowing resolut ions were adopted: 1. Resolved, That the Constitutional Union party will not aive its support to any candi. date for the offiire of President or Vice Presi dent of the United States, unless the Coni vention nominating .such candidate shall de. elare i:s acquiescence in the measures, of Congress known as the Compromise mea sures, and its determination to consider these nensures as a final adjustment of the matters embr. ced by them. 2, Resolred, That this Convention at this time will take no action in relation to the appronching Presidential election. .3. Resileed, That another Convention of the Contstitutiontional- Unin party be call, d after the Democratic and Whig Conventio h-ave made their Presitientiil nominations, a aid for the purpose of considering said nom. in itions', and for the purpose of taking action i] eil atiola to the -Presidential election, as Ss'iall be deemed proper, And tit snid-Con. rcen-aon be held in.Milledigeville, at-such time as the'President and Vice President .of-thi, Conv entron, shall hrereaftergppoiutrand maki of the aiVdit rie itefriends 4d Gort Cobbver.to. hold arnmeetig Fridan evelling-fair thie ~elctionafd'elegalis whi arre to go-t Baltimore. ,A WoJAR's OPrNION or IfUSBMND.-Wc know that men have, by nature, a superiority in strength, which enables them to go through labors :mrd dangers muental ras well a bodily. from which females should be exempt, and that by eduentraion, they arc qu:sliiie-i faor exer cisinag the several trades or professions by which they are to maintain their familie.. On the other hanad, women are endowed (be sides thec graceful amiarbleness of tire sey,) wiha grea t supyrioriy'of gnickness, taet, and deliente discernment, in rail tihe every-day nafirs of life. In rall these, therefore, th'e husbanal onght to be compjletely anuided, by his i-ife.. Anad :his shtowsa the wisdom of 'r ancestaors inr making tire husband "endow with all his worldly goodls" the wife he has choase~n. The .wife' is dependent on tire hu. b.mnd, and clinmbs to him for support, just as a horp planat climrbs on it' pole, tand a sawet peai on the sticks to suppaort it, antd as the~ vine in Italy was, necording to- the poets, "mrarried to the elm." But if yonecould cnn eeiv'e a ihap-ptole, or a pea-stick, or air elan, imagining that those plants, were put there on purpose for its ardornment, you would tell themr that thri- wvas qauite a mistaike-thrat tire c'imrbers are only cultivated for thre flowers .or frutit, and that the stakes are placed tihere merely for their .sake, and mast not claimn any suppaort. Now just such is the office of the husbanrd. And this state of thrings is what people a ppronch to more as they advance to eirilizationi. Among mere savages the wrife is made to yield- to brute force, anad is a mere drudge. In barbarian counties wom~nen are shrut up: in mrore civilized life they are left free, and hare more control. .TEA AND COFFEE.--The following analy sia of thre powtersa of tea and coflfee, by Dr. Sigmnond, wrill be read with interest by rall who peruse it. He says: "Tea as the morning beverage when breakfast forms a good substanttial meal upon which the pow. eirs for tihe day of meeting the various chan ees and chantges of lire depend, provided it be not too strong, is march to be recommten. ded ; but when individuals cat little eoffeie, certainly supa;ports them in a more decided m-nauier; anad besides this. too,=withoaut a cer tain quantity aof solid ariment, is snth nmore likely to influence thre nervons system. Some persons, if they drink tea in thre morn lug and coffee at nighat, must suffer in theo an. imral spirits, rand in tire power of enjoyment of the pleasures of society; but if they re verse the system, and take coffee in the aton. inig and tea at night, they reap benefitfrom tire change; for the cotl'ee, whlich to them-in the moriig is nutritous, becomes a stimulus at night; and the tea, wich acts ats a dilo tent at nighat. gives nothing for support du ring tire day," TmE NEGIO RACE-Bayard Taylor; wri ting from Naibia, in Upper Egypt, says: Thtose friends of the African rnece whto pointt to Egypt as a proof of what.that-rnaee hras accomplished, are wholly mistaken. The only negro features-represented in Egyptian sculpture are -those of slaves and captives taken it the Ethiopian wars of the Pharaoh: Thre temples and pyramids throughtout Nu bia, as far ais the Dlar-Fur 'and A byssitim, aill bear the hrieroglyphs of these monarchs, and there is no evidence in the. vahly of the Nile that the Negro raee eversattained. a higher. degree of civilization than is at present exhi bitedviri Congo and Ashantfee. I mention thhnotfroin any feelihitiie to that race, but simply to controvert an opinion very prealent in soenmatsi afthe United Slntes. tonin a late pe ipsra d a frct 'not, generaly know . ,of importance to the famili '1o were. murdered by order oE ta Anna, in Golad, in 1838.-: It i -sid thstitl g - lure of Texaq- several yea ,,go ptssd. an act.gin'g'tn .tbe nex. f fil . eiachzg8AIler who :fell in that..masaner*e, sixteen lbydared cres of land, to be.1eatedi on n appropriated -lands belonging 10 LARGE -SIZED FkmE. ed thntnmong s'number 'f Fih en -it Anernnia fishe, offr W two of thefinny rie inre geons were enught, wcigl&!P' and ten pounds. One We and sixty, -ind th'ietber w fifty. These are what niay b8-. fish." Who ean beat iL-Cam DiED, on the 'th iust., .hI'n E.lgefleld Village, CARLSa-. G ^,G ithe 43rd year of his age. - The deceased was a native-of th.4 iia had passed therein all the years f su active and enterprizing existence P - man, -of his opportunitis and .erenm life, was better. nequafnted wkh the eoi in which he lived, or was more-k ir more hlighly appreeiated for is charity and benevolence. ie'wa many people, and 14heI.a' arn ed k by good deeds bestowed uon; 14W . their. diffieulty. ... Mr. GLoVE a.was aman qfs*tro n feelings, and oif a'rent irsielid forgave an injury or sught'reco1e , an ene-ny, he never fi-rgot anact efr C turned his baeh upon'hingfric: m heart, his lad,'and lil parse -wt L the commnand of his friends, did- s had legitimate clnims vpon4lhid good will. His oppoments anl hostil-, becaupe, he dimielf's'iis ' mising towards ; fi, Irut of ts4q e bounty, and liberality to thse ted him, there are many who will bear 6Aip eut and freest testimony. is admiistrator a records of ounr Couns,. will furesati proofs of that disinterested. .indnesnii he audited the calls, and listened ti the i6lii-i tions of his distressed feflmn nailise whose rekitions to him warranted hlsinteifence in their behnlf. If it is proper ti esll ~ rjt'y any form. -a weakness, the readf'css y he stood security and endori'ed fr-6hemshi a weakness of him nature and a-fralittif f a rt. The facility of his.dispsitin in tlatregard was always a source of serinsp.'eeniary enbarinia ment to him, and was problyjteaeaihe whiole enbarrasmneut of his tater-.0 . To the wilow, the orphan, ;andtheipior -A around hin. he was a ,warm -beneon never turned an . unheedinig eks ht , - plaints and entreaties wer.e zevr er:.*nfia" him. and. if they ekid be .ndtydtng efr wistess of his gnoaness thiere anehundrWdswhli would riie up to in yoke the btsahgdW Godupon his depanrted spirit, - . hr the language of one,1irvrocn ciate his meris, and lullo.tas tlie Afh diileft I0 spRak of his virtaes, " Iewas-one s of Ihubands. and tle, mmst devoted failiimd -riend'r -There peietrwa , " der t sife, or,a fatfier more- gent 'and in dulgent to-his ehildren ianai ti, t feteneves was a husband -afatthser. mobrbelovedend adored by his iwn hoiustehol A In his deptTli. iDireti eA ea0 meA I tepeeny is~ifami te a m ~fe mllxied o theirnamens - auj. Wm.Dhnwiel; fi8thVbtw~ L G llolrowayr to 8th Februgryn 8 -J L Talbert, to l$'tian~Sa i Dr Joni R t Mbley; Yo 5th y Dr D.C Tompkains, t Jainarj;5l Tlaoomus J Dyson,' to l2th Jannam7.$.x James Wallac,tat6th Fbranry '4 J B Newrnan,.to 6ch-February,'52, .J F Wean, to 2.th- Deewnitir' % Thomas Garrett lag Jaanur Cnl'll tkins, to 22 aj, ry N. E~ Laroe to 9ti: Jainay; l R P ilarrison, to 6th February,'aS3 A ndrew Kveps, to 11thfsepteniber '52 - George Ganter, to 6th Knsehjr2. II Timmermnawr to 20th Jamnary, 2 Col S Quarles, to 16Ar October, f57. A R Able, to 4th hrine,'i-~- - J R Seurry, to.20tih Biay"52- - Col Jaohm Marsh, to 1st Octor 51. George Gaiphin, to 2Jth la rch, '53. Capt W ll:Holloway, to 11th Marea '3 W M Johnson, to 16th February, 53 Dr George Yarborotugh, to 2-i16 S A C Deen, to 1st February, '53. D J Gihrist, to 5th-April, 52. - J I1 Cook, to 12th March,'52. A G Turner, to 9th January; 53 - J B Talley, to 11ith Marcia,'53. John Curry, to 8th February, '53. Thonmas L Shaw, to-8th February.-'53 Col M C M lanunona, to .Jth'laarch John Neall, to 6th June,'92 : Mrs. Louisa C Kennerly, to:25th JMarel ~53. Drury Morgan, to 6th March "53. George W Morgan, to 11thSeptemlmr, 62 Artemas TAfe, to1t Apil,.?3' 3. Quiney E Price, to 13th February,'52, Richardsong McNDonald;, to 4th Mfate,' Dr Wm S Doier, to-lMth:March, ?537 Marshall Falkner-,1e 17th Septemiber '5' -Willis L. Stone, to i7li Marelhi'3 - Miiss Elizabeth Go., .to 1st Aijuil'52 TIonmas Payne,to 6th lai-ch, 'SS..,,,~ Capt.J C Simnkins, to 25th Jul, '53.M Dr James F Adamso, 8th February, '53. James B Grilfin, toth'February '53.4J Jamse Blaekgel,; Es .q.tj uu)5 Levi McDaniel, to 23rd F~ebriary, . *Singheton Holmes, to 18th Mh -53~: -W A Turner, to 8th Fb~ ,34i Jordan Hollo vay, to 29th Ne.e5 Mtrs MA Dob, t0th:F -r~ W.B Addison, to28t,~Fea~ *H W. Addison, to 8th Jan - !~ Dr. hR Cook, to 9th O es5 s-" E .31 Swearengin, to 18th ah3. Moses Swearengin, to Jamie Henderson to 2 JamesS Coheman,.to30th Ja y . Capt B T Mlhnsto- 14t aisr -5 Thomas B Harvey, tot J B Coleman, toI 3 ur~ Col W E~Les Jonathan!Iyo~9bt~ Capts Jeu DRn WihClta thJnsy5F