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The Rabun Gap Rail Road. In another colum will be found the pro. ecedings of a public meeting held at Frank lin, N. C. in reference to this enterprise. A meeting has been held in Charleston. We are glad to see the city moving in the matter, as ste is looked to as a strong help to the work. These indications, taken in connec tion with the survey of the route through our State, which is now actually commenced. by a Brigade of Engineers organized by Col. Brown, the competent Chief Engineer of the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road, are cal culated to inspire public confidence in the success of the enterprise. We make the following extract from a letter written us by our able and distin guished Representative in Congress, which w:I be iead with much interest: "I am heartily rejoiced to see the interest which the whole State manifests in the pro ject of constryeting a Rail Road to connect our State with the Tennessee roads. It is the most stupendous enterprise, commercial ly and politically, which the State has yet undertaken, that promises certainly of sue cess. It connects Charleston with Knoxville. Lexington, Ky., Cincinnati and Louisville, and the Ohio river in one direction, Nash ville at another, Memphis and the Mississippi river at another. If the Rabun Gap Road is built which I now look upon as a certain fixed fact, it will give South Carolina an agricultural and commercial prosperity which her most sanguine sons could hardly have anticipated, and Charleston and Columbia will in ten years from the date of its comple tion double their present population. Charles ton by location should be the great city of the South, and if her markets had supplied any thing but cotton, for exportation, she would have now had her population enumle rated by the hundred thousands instead of thousands. The dangerous passage around the Florida coast from New-Orleans to all European ports, gives Charleston a decided advantage over that city, as well as Mobile; and I have no doubt that We shall live to see the day when much of the Cotton, Corn, Flour and Stock, raised in the Mlississippi valley will seek a shipping point at Charles ton. As a citizen, I would be willing to pay ui annual assessment of 10 per cent. for ten years to the State to enable her to build the road herself, rather than let the enter prize faU thr.ough."--Anderson Gazette. ---0 Mn. CLAY'S IIEALTHi.-Mr. Clay's Eon Mr. Thonas Clay-arrived at Washington, from Kentucky, on Wednesday. From all accounts- there seems to be no hope that Mr. Clay can survive many days. A vorres pondent-of the N. Y. Express, who visited his room and found him in company with two friends from New-York, a few days ago, thus describes his appearance: "There is hardly strengtir enough in his hands to convev food to his moutir, and he is helped to an from his bed like a feeble .child. iHe rises very late, and, as he told me, has not known for a long time what it was to enjoy an hour of sweet, refres'iag, natural sleep. But like an old forest oak, beautiful even ins its decay. The lustre of his eyes is undimmed. lie both sees and knows his friends. The grasp of his hand is as fervent, earnest and kindly impressive as ever it was. His voice continues to be all sweetness and melody, except when its tones are moved by that bodily weakness which makes it painful for him to speak and it is always very painful for him to. speak long. But the greatest blessing which .God vogichsafes .to a dying mnan is his. IIe has aT~~I lz4u~ -. . 'snee irom w lni none of us are exempt, and that chanr.ge may comae in an hour or a dany,..or it may be postponed til-the siihg er sumijier flowers faide and die. In the meantime, air. Clay is tranquilly prepared for the messeager whenever hme comes, and lie remarks of his death, in a con tiding, Christian spirit, that though "it may be presumption in him to say so, lie looks forward to the world beyoiid the grave with faith in God, and trust in a better life." I~e is a member aund communicant of the Epis copal Church, and aniong the few hooks in his room the word of God occupies tihe most conspicuous place." THE FUGITIVE CAsE.-The Washington corresponglent of the Charleston Mercury, speaking of' the recent capture of a fugitive slave by officer Ridgely. of Baltimnore, says: "It is supposed that the Governor of Penn sylvania will demand Ridgely as a fugitive from justice. Now, in view of the Gorsuch esse, arfdthie feeling in Maryland in reference to these ma~tters, it is highly improbable that Gov. Lowve will comply with this requisition. If lie does, public opinion will not sustain him. If he does not, thien the fact is made manifest that thme practical working of " this glorious Union " is rather bad at present, and that neither fugitive from labor nor from jus tice need stand ini much fear of the p)rovisionis in the Constitution regulating surch matters. " The Constitution is thus beommingr a dead letter in the borde'r'States; and when onie class of cases arc made subjeet to such higher laws on both sides, it is hard to say where these additions and nullifientions are to stop. And yet the melancholy speetncle is presented day after day, of intelligent men bawling themselves hoarse in praise of 'a settlement? thaut has already led to suchi con sequences and from which so many more must inevitably flow. The fact of the mat ter is that the troubled Ghost of the compro mise haunits the politicians, while thme peo ple of the 'Free States' coohy igraore it, arid disregard the only provision1it contaiins fa vorable to Southern rights. A similar case to this Pennsylvania one occured in Ohio a - few days ago,'with the exception thiat in the latter case it wvas the master who was shot, not the negro." PArNrUr. CAsUATV.-A most afletirg and painful incident, has just been related to us, wvhich occurred in our District a few wveeks -A gentleman was busily engaged in plan. ting out the common yellow Jasmine vine, in hsis ya'rd, and after trimming away a few of the roots threwv them aside, where they were puicked up by two of his little children, aged as we are informed, about three and five years. The children were playing with them for some time, and no doubt ehewed and a:vallowed parstions of 16e root.. Afiter a short time the youngest returned to its moth er, and laying down near where she was sit ting fell into a -slumber, as .she supposed. Afier a while she called to awake her child bat ineffectually. She stooped down to raise it up but it was dead. The elder child was then taken ill. anid in the course of a few hours was also in thme hand- of spirits. Thus in a few brief hours, death bore off two love ly victims, from a home where all was glad ness~, and left affectionate parents to mourn ori a' dispensation, as sudden as afilicting. We chroniele this fact for the- informaltioni of others. It is~not perhaps generally knowni that the common yellow Jasmine vine which is found in such profusion through our Dis.< trict arid State, is an active arid deatdly poi abill.- f We have frequentlyaukn*fwn - -erius rus to ensue from its being handled too care lessly by children, and would caution parents against allowing it to grow where their chil dren will be able to pluck its tempting flow ers, which are equally as poisonous as any other part of the plant.-Sumpter Watchman 8th inst. EDGEFIELDS- - TH URSDAY, MAY 13, 1852. 13r Ova correspondent, " One of the people," enters a serious complaint against the South Carolina Railroad Company as to certain items of exorbitant charging &c. We can say nothing, of our own knowledge, of the injustice alluded to. It is every one's privilege however to have a showing in every such case; and we have there fore cheerfully published the article. The writer is an upright citizen, a manufacturer himself, and possessed of considerable experience. And we hope Iis complants will be -taken into full and fair consideration in the proper quarter. . EDGEFIELD HOTEL. WE are requested to state that this Hotel, for merly kept by GLovER & MATS, which has been closed for some time past, is now reopened for the reception of travellers and others, under the management of Mr. W. B. MAs. SOMETHING FOR CORN BUYERS. As grain is about to be i'n great demand among us, we give below, fur the information of our readers, a card which we have received from a particular Charleston friend, who warmly recom mends the Firm. His recommendation is, for us at least, an ample guarantee of the superiority of the House. GAILLARD & WiIITAKER; Grain and Hay Dealers, No. 17 State-street, Charleston, S. C. NEW AND IM3PROVED COFFEE POTS, WE have received from an agent one of REM INGTON's improved coffee-pots. They are said to make better flavored cofTee, with less of the ma. terial, than any heretofore used. They are sim ple and, we doubt not, excellent utensils. Out good ladies would do well to try them. The REtINGToN pOts will be found to excel the REM INGTON bridges. The vender of these articles may be found at Doty's Hotel, with a lot of hi! ware. THE SENATORSHIP. IIoN. IV. F. DESAUSsUaE of Columbia has been appoiuted by dov. MEANs Senator to ill the unexpired term of rion. It. B. lRixTT, re signed. The correspondence between Gov. M and Mr. D. we publisi elsewhere. Mr. DESAUSSURE is a genuine Carolina gentle, man and possessed of eminent attainments. Wt have no doubt his course as United States Sena, tor will refleet credit upon himself and the peo ple ie represents. lon. H. R. RUETT, in his final letter of resig nation, declares his belief that the action of the Convention amounted to submission and that ht will no longer remain in the way of the promo tion of others, " who, with..hearts less sadan judgements mrore convinced, can better sustair her (the State) in the coutrse she has determinet to pursue." Goy. MsxAs, in his reply, regardi Mr. RHETT's viewv of' the ConventIon's aetior " e onso s " and writes, urpon thu 'whole, amos MIOR E GOL.D I ..' . llBVILLE IT is being established beyond a doubt that th, region surrounding Dons's Gold aline, both i Edgelid and Abbeville, is a gold-hearing section rThe residents in .thaat .locality are busy in the work of investigating its hidden resources. In short time, we will perhaps have other mines i: operation. And event ually the streama of specu lation might tutrn froma California to South Caro liuja. We should not wonder if it did. We contirne to advert front time to time to thi: subject, because we regard it as onte of great im portance to our commtunity. There is a plenty o gold among us, and we wisht ts hiding placei discovered, whether any of it falls to our lot oi not. TilE C0.1I1.X' CA.NVASS. TEnames of the candidates dekironrs of re presenting our District in thte lower house have heretofore appeared at a much carner date. Up te the present time the public mind has beeni silently awaiting the action of the Conventiotn-insornuch that little or no interest as~ felt as regard. othter movements in our district.'BHut the decisioni of that body has gone forth, excitement no longer exists as to its result, and our people are apparently satisfied with its dlecree, attd the question now is, whio are to be the representatives of our District in the State Legislature ? This subject suggests itself to our attention more particularly, from the fact of htaving heard one of our most intelligent citizens remark, that he feared there mnigh~t yet be an eflbrt In the District to draw party lines and run party candi dates, upon party tickets-a moyemnent which we sincerely deprecate, and in opposition to which we ask the aid of all good and h~onest men. It would be-in fact, nothing more than a revival of that division and dlisaffection so lately experienced, and which shou-ld bc averted by all means in our power. Union anmong ourselves is now, first of all, to be effected. Cordial co-operation, free intercourse of sentiment, unifurnmity of feeling, party con ciliation and A cemented cause are the .only safe guards left us. What, honestly speaking, is thte true situation of affuirs in tur ittte ? In such imminent peril wvas shte placed, that our Delegates in Convention assembled, declared if not in words at least in spirit, that-in order to preserve our freedom hereafter, it was imperiously necessary and politic to surrender it for a season, and the surrender (for truth needs no set phrase of speech) has been actually made. So frightfully distract ed and divided were wve that we mnust for the presentt sacrifice our rights, and now, since a spirit of reconciliationi is. beginning to manaifest itself in our midst and the petty interests of party have expired, whto would be so rash, so inconsider-| ate as to sow again theo seeds of dissension and distrust ? The infallable test of fact as well as experience is directly against such a movement the safety of our State attd our own welfare for bid it. The times are critical indeed, and if we were ever in need of an able representation it is now. rhe fnterests not only of ourselves, but that; of aur pesterity, are at stake.. Those interests can be reserved oaly by union ,and harmony in our State. Let us therefore throw aside all party feeling and petty bickerings.. Discarding all false ptide, alse shame, false fear and false spirit, let us uarch forward in one united body, meet the langerin the front, and consider the best mneans f repelling it. Let there be no estrangement. .et us become assimilated and knrit together in n. common ,.ane: for, unlces individual ezer tioibecomes concentrated.into collective strength and be judicionsly directed, iwe may perhaps serve some party for a short time, but the public good, which it is our great aim and interest to preserve, may be sacrificed.- Let us therefore choose our Representatives, as heretofore,without reference to party measures. The troubled waters are at easebut it may be that its dregs are "gull. and wormwood ;" for a long- time they have been risingto the brim--et not a Lingle drop of bitter ness cause- them to overflow. The example set us by ohr Convention is a good one. Let us follow it, not only as a measure of policy, but of pressing niecessity. In elections as in every other movement, lot there he an in terchange of kind and friendly relations. If united as one man in redressing our grievances, if anxious to conciliate animosities and determined 'to consolidate our strength,'success may even tually crown our eflorts. Public opinion at pre sent more powerful than armies or bayonets will yet perhaps array its Briarean force upon our side, and when further federal aggression shall be forced upon us, when some such "signal abuse as the violation of Lucrece, the death of Virginia or the oppression of William Tell" shall arouse us to action, we need fear nothing. Citizens of Edgefleld I WAKE UP TO YOUR TRUE INTERESTS. TIE magnificent project, which is being set on foot, of connecting Charleston by Railroad with the very heart of the great West, continues to excite the lively interest of our people in most of the up country Districts. It grieves us to observe that it is attracting so little attention among our immediate fellow.citizens of Edgefield. The question has forced itself upon us, can it be pos sible that every thing like energy and zeal and public spirit has fled forever from among us! And we begin to fear seriously that it has. Here is an opportunity, now presenting itself, of retrieving all the advantages we have lost by our past supineness and inactivity. The great est Railroad route yet established in America is nearly settled down upon as a certainty-and there Is a chance that it may pass through the entire length of our District.- It is believed that several of the Master-Spirits of' the Company about to be formed, are altogether favorable to its taking this course. And yet there is not a finger moved in Edgefield-not an eflort made (except by our humble selves) to call public -at tention to the vast importance of grasping the rapidly passing occasion-not a dime advanced as a pledge of our anxiety to join in the animat ing race oT progressive improvement which is enlisting the energies of almost every other par of the country. It is morally certain that as long as Edge field lies sleeping and snoring thus, like another Rip Van Winkle, she must continue to fall furthe and further back behind her sister districts of the up-country. No other expectation can be rea sonably indulged. If she even should sink inte insignificance by the. comparison, it would not perhaps be less than she deserved. Would thal we knew what chord to touch to arouse ti dormant spirit of our -fellow-citizens upon thil all-important subject! We call to mind, at thii moment, many of them, whose advaritiges anc interest* would be doubled, beyond a doubt, 1 the Railroad under conside'ration, Fho it b built, as has been suggested, fron ken to som I point in-Abbeville.- There Is JoEs, a BAUS EE'rTT, a "WArsoN, a N LSTEIN?, a WARD. IREAD, a SNYL.ET, ioLEY, a Sxrrn, a Do ziza, a -lENNINGs. a BLAND, .a ~.Na ADDtsoN, a an ALLEN, a DoR N, a RiCH AinDsor, a ITh~, a SvRo:rHz?', a COLENAN, such men cnn roll on down the current of litl without feeling some ambition to advance th< eharacter of teir district and promote thcir ow: best interests by taking advantage of the enrt -prize of the age, we cannot well conceive. We earnestly entreat, not only those who will he cer tain to reap great advantages from-the cxtensivt project of which we are speakitng, but those als< w iho will be less materially but not less certaint -benefitted, to give this matter their most carefu consideration. Will not some aged and influen. tial citizens call together at an early dlay a meet, ing of all interested, to ascertain what can bc done in the premises ? We hope this suggestior wilt not be il rown out in vain. It miay be objectell that the Road is alread' partly built through another section of the State and that the opposition whicht any eflort 0ri our part would receive, tnight prove inisurmounta ble. We enn only say-in reply, that if this pitia ble fainnes of heart is prevalent in our midst then are our prospects Indeed at an end. But wei have no idea that any such reeling will deter our citizens, if they once awake. Nor do no be lieve that any opposition to ottr efforts would spring utp in any qtue.rter, which could not be readily and satisfactorily appeased. But more of this when the proper occasion ariees. We conclude by saying that, as moderate as are our means, wve pledge ourself to make one of a hundred men, wvho shall each subscribe one thousand dollars towards this noble work. Let another hundred (and we know of almost that number of rarmers who are sufficiently able) sub scribe two thousand each. And -let another twenty or even ten (we can point out that num ber of wealthy men ivho ,would gain greatly by the operation) subscribe five thousand each. And one half the amount, thus raised, would doubt less possess sufficient attractive .power, to cause the Company to admit us cheerfully into the co partnership, and to locate the main trunk of one of the greatest Railroads in the Union immediate ly through our District OUR EXCIHAlGES. THE DAR LZNGTON FLAG has recently appear ed in a new and inost becoming dress. We con giatulate Mr. Noawooss, its courteous Editor, and Mr. DELeassE, its efficient publisher, upon the taste and ability which characterizes -their sleet. rTE MARIoN STAR has arisen again after a' long night of repose. We regret that our friend LABORDE has left the Star's Sanctum. The Adwertiser had several more -love-licks ready for him. We shall expect to receive that manuscrips reply of which Capt. LA B. speaks. Mr. C. W. MILLER has now- assumed the edi toial control of the Star, while its publicatidn ha' fallen to the care of Mr. V. LtrTLE. - We wish the establishment allf possible success. TH E " FAxMIL FaeIN,"' of Columbia also de mands our renewed attentions. It continues to be conducted with very, praiseworthy cleverness. THEs " WATER CuaE JOURNAL" is growing more intemestintg weekly. Its sanative articlesare apt to become eminently serviceable to -the phiigue of our Sotithern'popudation The Journal is evidently well supported. Pub lished itt Boston at $1 per annum. TnE FARMER ANSD PLANTER, of old Pendleton, continues to reach us regularly. with iti instic tiveand interesting pages. 'We trust Ithat this enterpise has ndw progressed beyond the chance of failure. THEa GEeor, HosE -GAZETTE, o;f Augusta Ga.,.is a literary paper to- which-we have alluded onee or twice since its .6itablishtment.! Wi- are leased to see that it'continues to imnprove under NONE'8 FOR T4E Oua late. ent after a brief and harmoniou a semn days. What that Corneno -d ve' to the public -u - k. We take it for granted tahe- cona u ;iisud by that body is dicisiv d fili e-political contest which has .bren i South Carolina - gRason, priAdence, fairness and patiotiMA lte instruct us that it should be so. .r- ' This Convention wasll jed, according to our underOtand~gfrim- tsysse- '1ne was-..to enable our State o be id Iriadiness to' resist by c~o'p Itj ORi'S Convention, if that opportudity 0k iilf.- The other was to place ou'r pile in o r taking, in the last resortfindependeqt aWiM. The-first of these purposes was enti aside bT the result of the MisnippieltcloM7 flst -year. The se cond was iileI.oin y abrogated by the decision. i& $od . i. ballot-bpx in the ensuing 0,eriefe Nesults of'course rendered ou9r .;VUtioU,,.l .powerless for the fulfilmentoche ,puqlqe..-riginally contem plated by those .who -.gpyp.jhem being. Could they then. hae beep r y. :Reason or Pru dence in atiptas-a dipqr ected, and at first intendid- ' ' mind will anxwer, No. Could they have-beep justified by Fairness or Patrioti'sinintaliw *a etualzsteps towards separate secession.under sting -circumstances! Every calm intellect wi mature refiection, give as decided : anegmt :.to this as to the former -question. What then was left for our Convention to dot Precisely: what they-accom plished--an erjactmenr-ehbodying and giving vitality to'a .rnnipIg.A wich. the .whole States.Rights-cred masepgtras.a basis-an en actment, maling Mlitanipe.one of the flied and fundamental articles"of -the pAitical sys tem tvhich we acknowlidge-an enactment, which, if p'iperly ggi ; religiously sane tioned and faithfully ;jlied,rpay soon place the Commonwealth* ofSoudthCavolina on as strong, il not stronger grobnd'befot the country, morally and politically, than -'has ever before held. The -effbt then'whl -iltuld now engage ti exertions of our citizens; from the seaboard t< the Savannah, is to bury,ast diferences, to ob literateail prejudices an4jealousies which thou differences may have engendered, and to regain aye, to increase..that-,lpgflence which our doe trines have exercised upon the destinies of th American Confederacy, . With these views hetly entertained, we ar at a loss to know lrow any issues, involving en mity or even.the listapproach to divivio among ourselhesan be 'aised. If any contem plate such a puipoSe,7whether Secessionists a Co-operationistswe would kindly but earnesti; caution them to beware. C 0 XIIXIJIA T I ON S. FOR TiADVERTIsER. Out MI Al cademy. MNEse g e have a Female Col . a Feiahe '4Uny in Edgefield Vil lage,-but where s e. School even ? Ech answers, where,' A rek iBuilding, which r( . fleets credit.on.tjie fa er of other'days, stam] solitary and- dilapidating, and the Oak gror -that riva -p& bfaiuty; no long i hears the joyos slo~ or merry laugh of - " The plapful cd i st let loose from School, t -sombre airof he pp et Church and itsneg boring Grive r T heJ funlIhits franm tl lattice work of tire - Belfry :iiinke it alwa1 a ppiear to snie as th lie df di7. nio'pia'Oi coiipliinig-to the niou. 1kesides this attraetl, 'the A cademy is sitt ted int the ulost romantic patrt of tlie Village.] -stands rcetc from n'ti public hiighwny- in thi -midst of as Grove of .s or eight acres, whichi surrounded on all sides by a high, clouse platn fence. Tis, togthlert vitha the fact, that ther is but a single entrance .by a gate on the West and a stile in front otlhe broad avenue wvhiel leads to the. house, makes you feel whecn withi the enclosure, as if yo wcre trending conseera ted ground. I .frequitly meet other-r there who have-a passion~pr nature's shade trees like myself. lndied,jit is a sort of country it Town, and is consequtly the resort ol all snel as wish to breththelfrt'h air, or escape th< dullness of the Vilnge I wish that I had' taice and space to deseribc its scenery and. biatis, but it must suffice te say, that this Grove hr4 no doubt- witnesesed thc scene of-any a hapy courtship. It was ats the play ground of Jdrs, CiAROLLt, BosNii and nmany others,-but still br'aiant lights oi Edgefieldandelbewl4 There too, M~cDur FE2 13U71'EmitidS , Ecg's hL~av citller stndied and taught, or thuildead the proud tIiumphs of their stormny'et6(We V It wvas thierethat' ieuFFzaf the lasi time'he ce-cr addrdssed id he44t of this Dierist, sent an electric thrill, throug lthe thoue~nls that heard himn, by'its sin:aortpl and almosklying de eartonofete'na- hostility to -this "Glori ous Union." Patle and'emaciated, i-once manly formn iis th'di: bowed with febeess and disaie. 'IIre1i anitrembied as lhe vent or stood, buiths'i ai res of hiis mightimind, still fiauhed in:tlse'&Eb leyes of Carolina's-reat ct Orator. Ys itu-as-idd :f6'see, thej'-ore the unnatural .birillanoe of death, or rathie' the apearance of atiirk1sig'.diamonds in a - pse. Tirole:itestlie d~urned'onat at his rg t to hear film, ii i~*ere,'/ake his WilL "\, ie people ofol!geilff,3i 'Afd lie, " have been ly earliest and best. fie~led. ~I 'began~ life amg them and tothdnt'Nisf: to miake my last p lie i'peec?1Ilih ipo, pod the day, frer. time to t, onae ~~ lhis ill, health, he Jat nA'gen 'r iton'il 20th Septemn ber.. 1he dai L2- and his situation sti~ preSidUs, butit~)th inIa all this, he haobu\ bled to thePuirlft im of his adopted Dis tralt, an tlde,0 mon than'two hours and a hf, oeeaeionaj s railh m of the stsnd fosulipord i ite4 to . people, as he alonacould tlie talc and history of their-rrii~ VIn nea tijo close. of isa S pigc~sp oiing rage of his gene rous nadignaionemiddenly seemed to forget himself, 'and the all consuming stimulus of.Ge proudly erect and and poure tprient of.ovtsrwhelm in e eqa# iryesan who heard hipii ri-l te'eth,.solenebed -hand andsweligefrs ate, tabhor and despise forever this atcan 4~ ion, wichl, as lie said, was the-ryrfggdhrn Robber and Southerli T'aitor. ~asher more .eloquently, -When~z Irhear totetna ery 'inion, Unio~d sfitiin:,utas1hcar the buiig'claat of.the robber -bnd ; hut when I hear a South Mrn man cry ' Glorious, Glorious Union,: Isnuff Treason in the tainted gale." This was the sentiment, but the world perhaps never will know precisely in whst counexion, witi what epIth ts, nad in what collocation he used his language, to express the figures, one of which he improved from Duazz. I doubt wh aether the Orator himself c'uld say, were he alive, so abandoned was he to his subject and the host of passions which hurried him on like an impetuous cataract. , But this much can be said, that phlegmatic 'temperaments, who heard him on that occasion, have oftentimes declared, they did not know whether they were sitting or standing, or where they were, or what they were doing for several ninutes. Was Dntos TENS a greater Orator than this? I doubt very much 'whether the De Corona Speech equalled it in effect. Certainly nothing in moda ern times approaches it, except perhaps Suzat DAN'$ great effort against IAasrNGs, when PrTr moved the House of Lords to adjourn, before deciding, to get from under the wand of the en chanter, . Btt an 1. said before, the beatitiful Grove in which this burst of eloquence occurred and around which cluster- so many fond recollee tions of the past, is now lonely 'and destried. Ileretofore such of the Collegians of Edgefleld, no did not prepUt'e in Abbeville, have -generally got ready fur their Alma-Mater at this place, but now they are compelled to go to a distance. How humiliating must it be to the prott p'eople of Edgefield, to be told, that Abbeville can have her Colleges and Academies, upon a permanent and efficient basis, at Due West, Cokesbury, Greenwood, Lowndsville, Clear Spring and else. where, educating, besides her own childten more than half those of Laurens, Newberry, , EJgeeld and other Districts, whlile the county seat of our large and wealthy District, the most populous of any in the State, boasting the tesiz dence of a Chancellor, a United States Senator, with various other pretensions, cannot have even a decent Academy, much less the College which aught to grace her Grove. Indeed I am ashamed of my District, when I confess that there is but a tingle Academy within her bor ders, of any stability or prominence, where young men can prepare for College. I incas Bethany Academy, near Liberty ll, under the charge of Mr. GrIJGE GALP1 , who is also 9 . South Carolinian, a Scholar and a Gentleman r and no Yankee. r Now Edgefleld can do, if she will, what Ab. beville has done, in the cause of Education, bu the District at large must go to work for her sef. She need not rely on the Court Housi for efficient, permanent and cheap education It is a little singular that the best Schools evem in Abbeville, are in the Country Villages, whiel - have been built up by the Schmooila. I regret ti . learn that the reason why our blale Academy i o not filled is that the Trustees cannot get Southern and that they will not einpuy a North as ern Teacher. I coisgratulate then upon thi -, resolution which all good citizens of the Distric ~r must approve, as consistent Disunionists an Southern Cunfederaitionaists. n We arc free to admiit, that there may be em re ,.Iwhy we aspet them. We loi ti~j e they love theira. They cannot help it, becaut it is part- of every nman's existenee to love hi fatherland. There have been but few AnorL in the hiistory of the whole worl I,:and patriotim is the last virtuous sympathy which leaves thm tmiost ab~andoned wretch. The mani that hasi e not, as Sco-r~r rays, should die "Unwept, unhonored and unsung." k Therefore, when a Northern man tells me tha e lie would fight for the South agninist thu North ,be tells me that he is a traitor, aiid can I respee ia traitor, evein when I knoto him to be such: But I do not know~ it, I do not believe it, I wil tnt believe it, for the honor human nature ,f if e does not hove his country, lie ouglit te love it; lie cam os help, but love it, and should die as soon as he eensts to love it. Therefore, he is either a traitor whom I can never resj cet or lie thinks, feels and acts with the couiitry n hich gave himt birth and reared himi, to her institu tions-but interest, his. instinct for the alnmighity dlollar, makes him hide the truth, anad become a Southerner. IHence tun it which way you will, he is either guilty of treason or falsehood Iwould respect and tolerate him much nmore, to tell me such a talc as this,-" I love m~y coun try and will return to her in the hour o~f danger, rather thtan join the South, which I hate and have always been taught to hate. I did not wish to leave my bIrth placee; it tore my hearts to do so, but the redundant po~pulation of the North, makes labor so cheap and its competition so fierce, I coiuld not support exis.tence there in any happiness, and hence I have come among you to make a living or fortune if I earn, and thien [ will retun honie to enjoy it." A bolition agents, and emissaries too, come among us in so many various disguises, we do not know in wvhat clonk to fitid them, whether as School Teachecra, or Blook Pedlars, or clad in " the sacred livery of Ucaven." No class in tht community exercises so great an: influence over the. risig generation, as School Masters, for as the twig is bent the tree is inclined, and our Trustees do right to have no A bolitionist scattering the seeds of his doctrine broad cast over the minds of b'outhern yeuth. But it is to be deplored, that the A cademy cannot be supplied with a Southern Teacher, since it has an endowment, which yields.about twoo hundred dollars annually, besides the fat tuition which might reasonably be expeted, from the great number of Tyrns that go to our enmale Schools. It is the glory of the ' h htte sincreity of. her sons makes mdpieadeschew 'Diplonmacy, while it. is alyhrhate that misdirected pride causes t oudrate School Teaching. Ilowever, t r heing evidences of a mighty chanige ninhepublic sentinment of our District, to ing the importance, dignity and respeeti- 1 bti.of having native School biasters. There I is t quicker way now for an educated gentle malo make- a fortune in . Edgeileld, than by f Schi Teaching, provided he will only go at it < in emest and with a determination to make his s Seb OAh~ouse, as renowned a locality as Dr. t WaD.4-did'Old Wihlington. . It imo hoped, however, that the Trustees b will soo'~ successful in filling the A cademy, a and thA. iur over-grown boys will not much p longer ikthe Female Schools, or grow up in the rank Tuxurminie of ignorance. We have two Femalelinstitutions here, and there are Aeoderics for girls, in various parts of the Dis tkict much superior to the Male Sebools in .the sane quarter. Now.thistis a bad stafe of thi It e:,e. vates boys and makes them effeminate to aend - them to - Female Schools. Where it is long practiced they acquire an aversion to exer else, and a sickly fondness for playthings, which prevents the growth of either mind or body. Hence, they become partial to preserves and paregoric and in dne course of time, are a race of rhyming, whining, pining, lisping, sugar lipped dandies and pigmies. The girls ien. peck them on all occasions. They say emplati eally, " Sir, this is our School, not youra-but here is a beautiful bouq'et, Jonny, which you may have if you will behave yourself, and mind me." It injures the girls too, because contact with the buys, makes them immodest and lessens the distaneq between the sexes.. ~1 know it is fash ionable to say, that the girls of a family should be better educated than the- boys, because if misfortune should overtake them, they could then support thelt helpless situation by teaching or writing, And becabse also, they must become mothers in the course. of nattite and thte theory is, very justly too, that the mother forms the child. Accordingly Toni and J,.hn must work at homej for the money tu sctd Wilhelhnina to A boarding School, who, when she comes back is ashamed of themll, and laughi at their ignorance. A woman L-hould e well educated, but never bette: than the man she is to marry. Intelligenee em, never lite happ1ly with ignormuee, and s Anowi edge is power, wherf n vire is better informe thrin fief husbana, site will naturally usurp hi place and forget her own. In America, the women have All the rights whiel the men possess, coreftt to Aold office, o role fur An ocfiker. JLut in Georgia. thougi they cannot fill an ofAiee they still elect wha candidate de PIetse. I effiete fur in some a the otfief StafeA; i feW of (fsem have beets ap pointed Post Mistresses ty gAllant Presidents But in Georgia tiey tave mft* Power than an' whi re on this Continent, and why? because-thel are fir beter edetted tlhfn the ine* of their owi State. I lenee they are gfest politidAns a* glory in giving their hand ter a Yankee, ib pref erence to a native Gerglin, beenuse the firme is always And the latter Yt seldowi educate, like the other young men at fie Sanidi, fof tea sons that I will give at a future day. lene also the Federal attaelntents and fickleness < Georgia Polities generally, which have becon the type of change like A pril, or at least th Poets from Homer down, have called the hndit fiekle. In 1837 Georgia passed a Taw prohibiting it introduction of Slaves within her borders fe traffie, so that the capital, which in the oths Southern States went to buy more land and n grocs, itt Georgia built'a? Factories. lRailwa: and other interhal improfeme'nts. This broug out a host of Enginecrs and operatives fronst North, and they in turn brought their famili and friends. The women of that enterpribing rae, cot anot long remnain idle, where there was* so spu ato be leced, front thne golden ignorance. areu int nearly every Town o.f any size in the -Sta Thsat iis, thney have- decent Academies, whi Sthey call Colleges in the maniifient grmndil quence of, Yanskeedonm. .I believe thne only d ference recognize.l between the two, -is that o: eonfers degrees and the othter does not ; wici is done sonmewhat in thnis guise. A fter a gi hans gone a year or twoe in what is called tIl Collegiate Department, her teacher whoe is a favorabnly known perhnaps beyond the corporntie in which he lives, certifies on a bit of blue papep or parehnmemnt or sheep akin, or what you wil thnat Carnolinec Wilhelmiuna Susannah Tomspso is a gradnate of thne JIulumbug University, Coilh giate Institute, lie thse a signs his namne, alosn with thne hlearned Trustees. :.fixs sEemethIng fe a seal, and sends hsis graduate furthn puffed wit vanity amnd pediantry. "Near a bow-shtot, trntn the College, IHaf the world, from sense or knowledge." Shall such ever be nur ease in South Caroli nnn and in Edgefleld Distret ?. I trust thne exam pie of Georgia generally aind hner sixty thousani noinSlaeholding uaters specially, will deter us I shall address muyself to thne Farmrs of thse District, next week, modestly, but I hope witl interest. May South Carolina and .Edgefield learn to educate we)l, all thesons and daughttern within their borders, aind by their own snative Teachers, is the best prayer of one whlo in proud to call thtenm Ihis SWEET HOME. -0 Foa tmE ADV)~RhlsER. Massum. Eznrrom.,-We hear muchn snid at the present time ablist Soutihern Mnanufacturers and Southern Intdependence. We scarcely take up a paper without findhing an article advising thne people to enter extensively into the system of Manufactures, for the purpose of rendering themselves independent of their enemaies of thne Non-Slavehnolding States. Thnere arc manny in the upper Districts who have taken decisive steps for the accomplishment of seo desirable an object, and are now engnged in the Manufacture of many useful articles. In prosecuting their undertakings they have to contend with butone serious obtita ele; and it is one which prevents them front successfully competinng withn Northern Manufac turers. To make the people acquainted with that obstacle is the object of this brief comma nication. The evil of which we justly eonnpiaia is the unaconmmodating disposition manifested by the South Carolina Rail Road Company and thne ex rbitantly high and unreasonably fluctuating pri ecs which they charge for freilght. We will ive an illustration by oneo branch of Mnanufac ures in our own District-thne one with which e are best aequainted-we mean the Manu 'cture of Stoineware. Thsis branch is carried in extensively amongst us, thtere being five es ablishments which arc worked entirely by slave abor. Thtere are timnes irhen thte Manufa turers can reighst their ware to Charleston at jhe rate of nec centt a gallon, which they consider drenasona ble price ; while at other tinmes they-are charged ie exorbitant prie of two cents and a half a llon. The Rail Read Agent in Aikesn is una .e to give them -informiation regarding freight, ad, when sent on a risk, thne above mentioned ries arcelharged its Chsar!cstosn. the charges are so exorbitant, so unsettled and so nuefuating. It certainly amounts to's. 9" injury -t6 many of our people. Charl stead 9f being the market for home . tures, isithe market for Northern produce will cier continue to be such, so long as.fteigh is cheaper- from New York'than- fronArkn. Our Manufacturers transport large quantti"e f ware to the .uiper parts of Gcoigia, and 'vy but one cent a gallon for the distance of three hundred miles, the Rail Road Companyrpllsg their ware on the Cars. Whileiat home_'they must load the Cars themselves, and paytwo cents and a half per gallon for th6 distaeneaf one hundred and twenty miy Had the South Carolina Rail'Road eat more than other Rail Roads, there might be' somn i tincation for high prices. But such 'is nof he case; it e;ostlessthan ahnestanyotef the country, and, ps a consequencei r their charges ought to be reasonabl.t rate they ought not to sacrilee.the growing in terests of the State by what is'nearlyskin.Ao a restrictive Tariff. As r believe- that'thseStite owns Stock to a large amount in the Rail Road, we hope the matter will be broujtjle Ulo next Legisature, and that steps -wjll be taken to render Charleston the market f Southern 31in ufactures, by removing this -great o"ltaieto Southern industry and Sootherw independdee; the unwise management of the Sooth Ci hli no Rail Road. ONE OF rinB--Porvv- - Vnitedt States Senator.rv .. We have the gratification of layingbofift our renders th'e two notes -sfbjpji which it will be seen that our esteeme low.eiaizen, W. F. DeSaussurex been selected by his Excellency I e Vnenncy. Governor Means, in this seleelion has done well. Mr DeSaussurevas a Ctien and as a public man,-has long.enjo%*d -the conl dence of all ttho know him.- Deeply devoted r to South Carolina, to her interes dt to her honor, we feel -asured'ttat i6ti'eggf hers . could the appointment hare ,lj'"M I appropriately conferred. We arP. ItW6t1fY gratified by the appointment, bi are of opinion that it will be .Iaghly ncceptable to the people of the Statt. South Carolina will be well and ably represented Sinlie Senate of the.Congress or the Jnited States r by Mt. DeSntsUicitre.; "Oif eimehitif a due- tr the Exi-eitIve ft his seleetion. and our eongratulation td the 0eeple of theStto for his wisdom in making it: -Caioli*j -. - EXECUTIvE DEARNTS , C tAx SIR r I have tA. day oceptK .lw e resignatiOn (of the H 1. tL I weL Mot a as. benatot 96 .the Congress M ; t4 States, e Relffhy Wpon yAhr derotio* to thg intwi esta and hotr of Sodth Carolina, I besbiY r tender to votr thr ppfmtant te mi tho-vao ra eney Omige'sd by hN resm. lion. With high regad, your ei) nenrantf a . - - L - ME'A . A To Hon. W.F. bAE'!UE4, To his Excellencq 66 . . An T CoLrY- ifA Y 10 '852. hi DEAR SIR: I have ih$1e'nFt 14i edg the receipt 6f.eiriebid C'di oh tho e iyinst.,'tehte tgt 4'f tI ef id S-enator in the Conpresado .lEnit % le made vaennt b te-jstdoti4 .. hna confided to mte ; and have. of, to rgret that the ubility I mny bring-totDW'service of tlihe Slate will not be egn~al to my de pdg-ou - tioni to hier honor and Interests. r- With high consideration an re n#ir e obedient, servant, WV. F. DESD&ssURE rI CUBAN Rustons.-Private letters'received frlm avann by the Jsnbel state that another exeiinfor 'tho invasion o the country Swas on fool in the United Slates. It wjmn a reported that the people of Venezula hd ~. furnialhed 4000 stand of aias, which 'hand Ihe'ein sent to the place of rendezvous, aid Sthat a large body of troops were shortly ti, assemble at a stated point, from whence they would made an attaek upon the Island T Ihe letters which we have seen, one of which ris from a lady, go so fa&r a to give the namies aof the officers .who are to command thme jib. -erating :armyv. Besides severaI engaged in teheat eisedhan, the ame of a distin Lruished Americnn military charaeter is gi~n. Th'e rumnor land cansed considerable enam. ness to -the new Government,' whieb, while ir kept a sharp look out, was exerting itself to prevent the circulationi of the report. Spana ish anthority rests ver uneas~y im Cuba:2 -40 IFsaE..-The ship P'rentlee, Cap. oo&. bury, lying at Boyce and. Cia whart, Nwa' di.covered to be on-firo about 5 o'clock -es. terdamy morning. The aliaih was' prmitl 'nven, and within twenty nijntes after the Eells struck, there were two streams of wa ter pouring down her hold. These were ra pidly inerensed by thea sucessive arrivaof the engines, butil the lower hold wasom pletely flooded with w.,termdtefr x tinouishled.radt~fr x 'I'he P'rentiee was loading' with sett6n 'for Havre, by G. A. Hopleg and Co., anid abeut seven hundred bales had been 'shipped for parties ini Europe, where it is insured. 'I ship is owned by CapAt. Woodbury and . Thoraidike, esq. of Mlass., and ist insured in Boston. It is hot probable that the vessel is much injured, nor do we think that much of the cotton is itijui-ed bW~i'It will how ever be thoroughly' snittratei witdiwater. No probable cause is assiwvned for the origin of the fire.--Charleston &tercury .8th inst4 THE ASIER~eAK EXPEDImoN 'roJPAN.-+.1 The American expedition to J~pnisyiswed with extraordiay farorby nllihie jon both English and FNneh; that'lmve, mented upon the mubject'atalJ. Thie P Constitutional says: - "TIhe suecess of the expedition caimet be doubted for an instant, espe i It f i'ion, ductad;' as every thing IeAs toe po, with a. mixture of -rto n fhntd According to the manner inwliieh the'6or modore shall net, he snay merit theaituEde of all cristendom. yn all phrourifItths y. sistanee of the Japanese will note-or.if duration. We bid thi:Ainericanadsed and shall hear with real pleasare oE the suq. ecs of their misto~n, beeansec we arc, sum that it will be acedomplishaed uiithomit glut or unnecssary bloodshed." r.m Afobile Advertiser says that binsi n W' in liobile'whnm are wellhiformed on he subject, express the, opinion that- the-pr.. eeds of the last year's cottotn -erop o Ala. amat will be required to pay forthe provi. ions that have to ho bought. 3rirsiPP--Th [ississippLeilnr as adjoturned withiout pasising a bil to - riet the State for Congress under the new