Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 27, 1852, Image 2

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ORIGINAL POETRY, Written for the Advertiser. CONNUBIAL CISS I THE Pleiads, with their frosty train, Had long since left the watery main, And Sl resigned his place on high To tinge with gold the Western sky. Whilst Venus, brightest star that gilds The heavens, has sunk beneath the hills, And Cynthia's ever smiling face, Locked in a lowering cloud's embrace, Can not be seen-but from the cloud Vivid ightings, thunders loud, A storm foretel-whilst, Martha waits Her husband at the cottage gates. Joyful she hears the slightest sound With anxious gaze oft looks around At last oppressed by grief and care Goes in to sooth her heart by prayer. Aroused by watchful Ililax' hark, Again she views the increasing dark. Nauglt fiPs her anxious eyes and ears, So back she turns with sighs and tears. Still, still he barks, again she stands Obeying holy Love's commands " Cease IHilax ! cease-'tis lie that comes," Then forth to meet him quickly runs A hymn of thanks to heaven sings, A kiss receives and thus begins: She. When summer's flowers all have died, And wintry winds blow far and wide: Iow sweet to nestle by the side Of you, my loving Charlie! He. And when the labors of the day, Have slowly passed the time away: What feeling soul could bear to stay, Away from you, my Martha? She. To me bright day brings no delight, But like the Owl, I love the night; Because it ever brings in sight 31y only love, my Charlie. le. Like busy Bee, which ne'er is seen To loiter 'midst the flow'rets green, 'Tis sweet to labor for my queen, My love, my life, my Martha. She. And I, like her, ne'er leave my hive, But know my Charlie e'er will strive For me; so only wish to drive Dull-care from home and Charlie. le. Though absent from my Martha dear, My thoughts, mny heart, my soul are there: My joys and sorrows none can share Save her, my love, my Martha. She. The kitten dearly loves it's play, Tire bird its merry roundelay, The finny fish its watery spIy, And I, naught else but Charlie. le. Let poets praise the balmy spring, The beauttes of an Easurn King Of naught my brain can think or sing But you, my life, my IMartha. She. Thus may the all-wise God above Pernit us e'er to live and love, -For fithlful as the gentle dove Is MIartha to hter Charlie. Ife. And I, as each long day is o'er, Will only love-thee moreand more, Forlhise lik~minemdniffuocCjure Save loving thee, my Mai-tha. Separating the Goats from the Sheep. At a recent General Conference of the 3lethodist Church at Boston, we have noticed that several pletitions were presented, praying the abolition of the rule which requires the women and men .to occupy separate seats, in the M1ethodist Church, during the perform. ance of Divine service. There is no denom inat-ion of Christians for whom we enterinin a more profound respect and admiration than the Methodist; indeed, the exemplary lire and pious wamlk of those professing that faith, generally, is the best evidence of t he pturity of their religion and its near atssimnila. tion to the principles of its greatt fotunder. But, in. mere matters of Clhurchi discipline, the wisest bodies of Christians may err. With a decided predilection for the generail principles of churuhi governtment of our .Methodist friends, it has always occuirred to ats that the rule requiring the separation of the sexes was radical'y wrong. The rul e, it seems to us, has not one sensible reason to justify or excuse it. Surely time heads of famnilies, with their respective- eharges, can better preserve decency and good order in their different groups, than casual or custo mary acquaintances ? W~e think the separa tion of families and friends, in church, has a bad religious effect. If, during the perform. ance of divine service, anything peculiatrly happy--something enlenilated to plhase the faneiy, touch the heart,.or awaken- new senti mnents of piety should be uttered, how natu ral for the exchange of looks, or a touch, between those endeared by ties of kindred. affeec.ion or friendship, to impress the happy thought, or, mayhap, indellibly inmpress oni the heart with a savor of life unto life the word fitly spoken. -Agin:In God's holy temple, in this day ofrefinement anid general good christian feeling, it stri kes ns asa sort of libel on both sexes to enforce the rule animaudverted upon. In the days of Ihe primitive church, when the purity of social intercourse was less un derstood and practiced than now-:-when the reforming irfluences of the precepts of the Saviour had, not elevated the thoughts and perplexed the feeling and heart of the mass es,such a rule may have been allowable and -proper. But, with the present prevailinw sentiment of respect for religion, for publii: opinion, and sacred observanice, in all chris tian churches, o.f the decent conventionalist due from the male to the softer sex, the rule, we should think, might be advantageously dispensed with.-Greenv'ille Mountaineer. ?HE AMERICAN JAPANESE .ExPEDITION. The Journal des Debats, of Paris, on the subject of America and Japan, says: "The English and Americans are not simply conquerors--they are the missiona ries of civilization, of humanity, of tihe rights of nations, or, in a wocrd, of Chris tianity. At the bottom, it is still, and al ways was, the struggle of the old and new world, of old reli'rions and the Christian religion. The Chmecse and the Japanese will niot recognise the rest of the human race; foreigners are regarded by them as harbarians and enemies; they close their gates against -them whenever storms drive them on their co~vt; it is the principle of the Jews, who wotuld not recognise the Gentiles; it is that of the Pagans, who designated foreigners and enemies by the same name. On the other side is the principle, which says thait all men are the children of one family, anid owe each other mnttual Assistance ; that 3n0 nation cnn shut its doors to the shin. wrpked, or refuse them assistance; that hospitality is a duty, as asylum is a right; that no nation has a right to isolate itself from general society and common responsi bility: that all have duties to fulfil one to wards another, which all may mutually cim and demand the accomplishment of. This is the Christian principle-the principle of charity, fraternity, and sociability. This is the real struggle that exists in the old Asiatie world; it is the struggle of progress r.gainst immobility-of the spirit against the letter-of grace against the law. low ean the issue of it be doubtful ? What is now doing by the Americans is the realization of the dream of Christopher Columbus." EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1852. Public Notice! C3ME UP FELLOW-CITIZENS TO THE CALL!! THE Citizens of the District, fivorable to Rail Road Enterprise, are requested to meet at Edgeflield Court House, on the first Mon day in June, to take some steps towards be. ing represented in the approaching Rail Road Convention to lie held at Anderson C. 11. It is proposed to open books for subscrip tion to the Rabun Gap Route on certain conditions, and it is earnestly hoped that many will come prepared to show that Old E lgefield is yet alive to her best interests. Opportunities of the most advantageous kind have been suffered to pass by neglected. Let this be so no longer. Shall there not be a hearty and a general hearkeninig to this call of MANY CITIZENS. THE above call emanates from gentlemen who are ready to back their proposition with the right kind of sums annexed to their names. It is gratifying to see that the Railroad spirit is at length enkindled among us. If we are not very much mistaken in the signs of the times, the (lay is near at. hand when Edgefield will redeem all her past omissions and hhnders-when she will show, at least, that slothfulness and illiberality are no longer impediments in the way or her onward march to wealth and importance. We can but add to the call of "3MANY CITZENS" our most anxious wishes that there may le a full attendance on the day specified and that every thing may be done which a spirited, wealthy and energetic people ought to do. g-V Owi:o to the facts that the attention of one of our Editors is at this time completely en grossed by the duties of another office, and that the other is laboring under severe indisposition, our editorial columns present this week an unu sually limited appearance. Our kind anti considerate readers will of course excuse us under the circumstances. -7" " TnE PnriL. WHrTE Ilinutco" anti " THE DINNER PARTY" %%ere both received too late for this week's issue. They shall appear in our next. e OUR CORRESPONDENXTS. PERCElvNG that our correspondents " SwvEET IIoat E," " Taurnt" &c., are likely to rn into a controversy of undue and unnecessary titterness, ibe subject hitherto mooted. If they will change their theme we will be gratifled to hear from tem; for thley are inter esting writers. But we cannot and will not lend our paper to the fostering and increasing of vil lage broils. DURl EXCIIANGES, Tus " GAZETTE OF TnEF Uxtoy," an Odd-Fel low Putblication, is a neat and cheap paper wvhich well deserves at least the encourngement of the Order of which it is an organ. We see in the number before us a portrait of Mir. MIOUNTOrnT. Grand Patriarch of New York. It is pubhlished by Caitsirox & CLARKE, 107 Fulton-St., New York. Price 83,00 pe-r aninum. rTuE "WORKING FARMEa." is a monthly of high reputation. We ever greet its arrival as wve would that of an old an~d cxperiencedl friend who who came to tell gs sometig fomr otir advanitage. The "3MAsoNIC MisceL.LANY," is another monthly of excellent character and " high finish," irf we may use a Cabinet-maker's terma in refer ence to it. It is edited by A. G. MA CKEY with mneih ability, and well deserves the support of every good Mason. "IIOUISEIIOLD WORDs" always aboundts with interesting articles-and is richly wvorth its sub scription price, which is 6 cents a number. g' FROMt the stibjoined statement it wvill he perceived that otir Charleston llouses are favor ing direct exportation, an eniterprise reflecting great credlit upon theta as individuals, and if carriedl out of inesumable benefit tot our country. rTe cotton exporteud is parily Sea Islanid anid will commantd, as will also the Ililand cotton, it price at thte Liverpool market, suflicieniuly high to ::omn pensate the exporters. J)Era R TIaREs.-ouir large ships, with valuable cargoes, wvent to sea fromt thtis port on Saturday, vz: Ship Johna Rtilehge, Wanmbersue, with 435 bales Sea Island aind 39nt bales Uptland Cottotn, fr Liverpool. Cleared by Ravenel and Co. Ship Ocean Qtneen, 3latthewvs, with 45 bales Sea Island and 3511 bale-s lipland Cotton, for Liverpool. Clearedl by Jlohni Fraser antd Co. Ship Samoset. Chtapmtan, with 334 bales Sea Iland and 17.17 bales Uplan I Cotton, and 198 tierces Rice, for I1avre. Cleared by Mlottet and Br. ship John 3Miller. Vaughn, with 2953 bales Upland Cotton, aitt 127 tierees Rice. Three of ttese shtips drewv over 15 feet of wa ter, and ontd over 16 feet.-3Mereury. Tusa CALIFOnNrA FUGITIVE SIAVE BILL. Ihe bill which has passed the California [egislattire, in relaution to fugitive s~laves, provides for the surrender, to thieir originial mstrs, of all colored people in California, who were slaves before they were brougrht into California. thus virtu-Illy reptudiating the dotine that Californmia w'as a freo territory y virtue of its old Mexican law, and that laves could not be held there to service after the conquest. Mr. Van B~uren, at muem. ber of the Legislature, whlo figured in New ork at the last Presidenttial election, as a reesoiler, voted four it ; while Mr. Biroderick, ormerly a New York htinker, bitterly op osed its passage. It is saiid thier-e nre no laves in California to which the bill will be applicable. ESCAPE OF CUBAN Is1-ADE~S.--Tie Herald f New York says, tha~t Don A. Lages znaga Miranda, D)on Jgnmacio Behinprez and on Juan O'Blourke, Ctubans, with Major ~iehelsiuger, at Hunigarinn, hind escaped from he Spanish Pental Coloniy in A frica, on April 4, and -urrived. at Liverpool on the 3rd inst. hey beloniged to the Lopez Expedition, and i ere pre-armin tolave I'nr A merica. I FWTHE ADVERTISER. MEssas. ED'rons :-I hope that the rebuke contained in your late editorial, advising a "pro per spirit," in communications was not meant solely for myself, inasmuch, as it is my desire to disaus principal and not indulge in personalities. But 1 acknoyledge the justice of your complaint against improper "length" and will tndeavor for the future-to conidenscmultim in parro. It is however, unfortunate for this resolutioii, that I must returri the fire of two assailants in one brief communication; still I promise not to be longer in my one defending myself, than they were in their to attackingmInc. Dr. FRANKLN said that lie was a great advocate for the freedom of the press, as long as freedom of the cudgel accompanied it, and so say I, without any ambi tion to be thought such a magnate as Dr. FRANKLIN the secona. As long as scurrility and vulgarity are avoided, an almost unlimited range for the discussion of principal should be allowed, while a little polished invetive, now and then, give relish to it. Hot weather too is approach ing, and a village in summer is always the dull est place in the world. Desides there is q-iite a dearth of news just at present for your readers, who I have no doubt would be interested, if not instructed, by the fencing and sage counsels of "SWEET HOME," inuTii" and your multi nominous correspondent. I did not mean to wound any foreigner, much less " an Englisliman," who has thrust himself into this controversy, without the least color of cause or excuse. My remarks were made with reference to "Northern men," and of .thiem oily generally. I did not pause even, to make the qualification, or exception to the principle, which I ought to have done. That I know a fcw Northern men at the South, in South Car olina, in Edgefield Disttict and some in Edge field Village, whom I would be willing to stand sentinel, over the last forlorn hope of the South, the night before it was to be -devoured by the wolves of Abolition howling around it. But, Messrs. EDrroas, such men come here when young, before Abolition poison had been poured into their veins, and before SEWARD, or his "higher law," arose into power. They contracted marriage here and acquired oicncr ship of land here, which are said to be the two foundations of society, as they are the nurseries of patriotism. I only mant to excite a suspi cion in my countrymen, against traveling Yan kees, who perambulate the world for their hum. true to their race instead of fixing their local habitation and name like Southerners. Men who can pry into your affairs, whether you will or not and sometimes into your pocket-who can smile, and smile, gnd still- be villains, play ing upon Southern .phe, while they shrug their shoulers at its self-delusion. Such mncii as instinctively resort to a town or village, be cause its vicious crimes, and busy curiosity are more congenial to their soul, than the pure air and reflective solitude of a farm, where they would languish and die. Sech as though ser vants at home, can by their cunning have white servants here, that own a hundred slaves, and finally, I meant to caution my countrymenm, against cempoying Yankee teachers, who besides the suspected crime of Abolition, or Treason, aight have enmough othir tiis and daubs abont -them, to make them stiak in the, nostrils of pose, and not to wound the feelings of an Eng hishirman, or of any Foreigner, and though the foreign enmigration has ruined this country, I caii better bear to he wronged by a stranger, than iinjured by mny b~rothecr, as the Yankee calls himself. I have none of the proscription of a Native American, but such men are justly nu inerous in the Northern States JEFFEasoN foreseeing the evil consequences of emigration to this cotuntry, prayed God that an ocean of fire might roll between the two continents. Foreign emigrants, at thme ratc of half a million a year, or ais many as thme whole population of~ South Carolinma enter America, through the gates of the Northern Cities which have our only direct steam cmonmmunication with Europe. Thus a new free State is added to the North anally by eamigration alone. And these emigrants are generally poor, mostly laborers, aiid but few eapitalists, hence they miust work arid they cannot finid employ meiit in thme South, because we are an agricultu ral people, whose labor is mostly done by slaves. A grain of Wheat, or a seed of Cotton, will mature by the hand of nature and thle assistance of the uimskihful black under the dirceton of his master. But manufactures and commerce re quire the skill of the white Yanmkee, who live in a country to which nature gave nothing but granite and ice, but wvhiebi is now filled with wveahlth and palaces plundered from the South. These emigrants then first arrive at the North and mostly remain there for the above reasons. They hate thme South, because they cannot get empl~oyment here, and because also, their wild notions of socialism and anarchy arc at war with Southern slavery. In add ition to this. thme North has superior Cainals, Railroads, and other facili ties for tranisportation, to a hiomie in thme far West, which is given to the emigrant free, gratis aiid for nothing, by Northerni votes, but which was conquered and bought by Southern blood and treasure. Abolition like a sp~eek, first rose in France, not a century ago. It thence wafted through England, like the expandimig cloud seen by the rophmet, and crossing to America by Foreigni emigration, now hangs a bhr.ek pall, shirouding the Hecavens, over our once happy home, charged with fife, blood and ruin. A fter this, am I, a native born Caroimnian, to be lectured by an enmi grant from England, the natural foe of my coun try, as to the measure of my toleration to Y~an kee wolves in sheep's clothingi God and pa triotism both forbid it ! Yet-I am ready to welcome this Englishman because his unncessary vindication of himself bears initernal evidence of coining from a true Southierner. Because, he has married here, has land here aiid owns slaves here. These are all pledges of hiis sincerity and devotion to his adopted country. Even a non-slaveholding Foreigner in thme South must be presumed true to her, because in a war with thme North lie would not be fighting against his fatherland. A Foreigner but seldom if ever returns to Europe, with a fortune accumulated at the Sotuth, while nothing is more common than for the Yankee Southerner, to shoulder his golden fleece and go back to hum ini some town or village, omit of whieh, wherever he roams he can no more live .Many;if not most of the Nortern-men at the South, do try to hold her back and would return to the North, or at most, remain but neutral in case of a collision, and I respect them for it. I do not ask them to stab their mother, as mtchas she desertvs'deatlI and the Fo ither ner *Ito does, asks for the treason tha't would make him hate the traitor. " Ax ExiLtsniAsx," confesses-that it took several years of observa tion and investigation, to remove'his prejudices entirely, against the South and her institutions. It is a hard matter to learn an old horse new tricks, whether he comes from Europe or the North. A word farther to " Ax E.:Lisn.Ax," and I bid him an aff'ectionate adieu. I admit the truth of his assertion, that many of our revolutionary heroes were born in hgland, but most of our Tori... were born there also, (as they would be now at the North) and in England or Scotland at that, while, as General GREENE said, Ireland, poor Ireland, had no tgry,in South Carolina, aid from hei stock,have sprung the CA Lnous, ifc DUFFIES, BUT.Eas, &o., &e., of the State. " Ax ExraIsnxAN" contends for the exception. T contend for the general rule. We do not iif'er when each rightly understands the other. And so farewell to him. - I now turn to a morelirviting theme, " Taut" or the Southern man withNorthern principles, defending a Northern' n with Southern prin ciples. Ile complains the great number and variety of my dishes, under the short bill of fare of "Our Male Academy," and yet lie seems to have partaken of every dish in every course, but his foul stomach could iot contain such palatable food-hence as I intended, it sickened and work ed him like good physic; but I did not mean to reduce him so low, as to make him feeble, or loose his temper, in doing which, lie betrays rather the wish than the ability to wound. The galled jade winces under the lash, and I am sorry for the sake of fair play, that I have so nuch the advantage of " TRUTH" ill the sound ness of my shoulders and the strength (if my side of the question. My magnanimity inclines me to swap sides with him, that lie may recruit his exhausted energies; on the abundant supply of argument which he advanced against his present position last summer. DBut I hope in our friendly correspondence, lie will not indulge again, in such course and vulgar epithets as " narrow-contracted, sickly. pseudo-patriotic sentiments." They ire better adapted to the abandoned in society, than to gentlemen, such as he and I. And I hope also, that before lie writes " Big-endians ad Little-endians" again, lie will remember th.Va turn for punning is not Altic Salt. Or rather that before lie nianufac tures any more suelh harsh phrases, he will recall PorE's advice. as to the proper ute of words and fashions, a "Be not the first, by hnm the new are triel, Nor yet the last to ar the old aside." However, I suppose h rly asserts the privilege of W EasTER, to matoifture a word whenever lie pleases, instead of following WALKER, our guide at the Souih. 10nw he can amend his ninnnersn in thiis respef u'r lie has lived to little purpose. I do not sti .W for grammar, as I anm oceasionially false in that-,fi-self. -His loss of temp'ar a~i made -him unkind in anothter respect., Fro 'tle selection of his sig - 'eza seabors to convert an hdniest mistake, if mistake it be, into the Euphemtismi of mis representation. But I inhust thank hinm even for this courtesy and only hope that lie will not throw off the thin disgnise of the figure. What was ainmed however as a wouniding nrrow does not quiver in my side, as many, very manty of this community have been deluded like myself. Ulut perhaps " TadvTn" and " SwEE-T hliE" are both nmistaken in regard to this m~atter. It mtay be that the Trustees d~o not desire to ettploy any 'reacher at all for the Male A endemyv, " either native or not, Northern 'or Southerni." But as the field of competition is so expanded and invitations are extended to all harts of the world. Will " Tau-nt" infornm us what are "the requisite qualifications" ini an applicant to " be altogether acceptable" to the Trustees. A pplicants from " abroad" whonm lhe seems so anixious to entlighiten, wvould like to know. Has an accomplished Gerntan, but a Lutheran in Religiont, applied for the Academy and been re jectedi Did the Trustees ad vertise for a Teach er till all such as were -worth having, maght be presumed to have got ensployment? And " SwEET IIOMtE" now fears that no matter who applies a Vermonter, or sonie one from thtere abouts, will be the first Rector, to sit in the vacant chair. I have never sought any politienl preferment in my life, antd do not know that I ever shall. " Tacun" is therefore at fault, to ebarge me with '"the nmiscrable slang and stale cant of an ambitious asplirant," especially as in doing so, lie imitates General FoorE., alledging crimes against others, of which he is notoriously guilty hiimself. Before throwing this stone, lie should have rememibered the greint notoriety to which lhe himself has been advanced in the politicail world. Hie acted so conspienous a part, in thie late canvass, through whtich the State has just passed, that the Secession movemenit bears the nnme of his and a distinguished Collengue's revolutien in Edgefield., But a change has come over the spirit of hii~dreai, and the burst ing of Secession seems .to have piroduced as much hiallucittation in him, as did the explosion of the Stockton gun on, board the Princeton, upon Benton. ils great reverence for truth, must be the result of a deep conviction of the error of Scession. Else how can we account for his " face being set like a flint" to the North now, wvhen it pointed direktly to the South last Summer ? Or how else account for his present cordial emtbrace of such unnatural conipany, in stead of his native born, losig known fellow citizens ? I adimire the' passive tehse, cautious phrase, and insinuating genernlity of " Taurmt's' diplo matic style, in wvhicht I recognise the hand of TAL.YaIAND the younger, or more appiropmriately that of the " Little Magician." " Tauvn" al most asks mc, "does your mother know you arc out 1" in his impression of may " being home. raised.". My -greenness is perhaps much riper than lie supposes, and of this lie may become persuaded, when we exchange our respects a few mgrce times. I have seen the elephant of Abolitionism, Socialism-and Yankeeism behind the curtain, and wvithout the disguise for South erun Gulls. I inisist, Messrs. Eiroas, that the poetieal bird, which hovered over this town the by the sympathetic feeling ivliieT1 makes birds of a feather floek togethet. As to the charge of my being a visionary, indulging " idle specula lations and impracticable theories," perhaps " Tau-T" may one day become convinced of their correctness, by proof palpable, as people have been elsewhere. But I have said enough. If ears will not hear and eyes refuse to see, it is no fault of mine. I confess my weakness of loving my South, my Carolina, my Edgefield too well, and Yankees may call my countrymen Cascons, or Bumble Bees, or what they choose, but give me my country and my countrymen, right or wrong, with all their faults, in prefer ence to any Yankbe. Therefore I will not require like " TRUTa" that "all things else shall be equal" before I will give the preference to the Southern, over the Northern Teacher. I am willing to take the former, with half the qualifications, upon trust that he will by application and adoption of his calling as a profession, make himself worthy of being called a teacher. If we do not begin with sacrifices, and strike for the Educational we can never have the poltical independence of our own SWEET HOME. Political. We elip the following political item from the Washington correspondence on the Bal timore Sun: The proposition by Gen. Shields and the Secretary of War for a re-organization of the army, has drawn to this city a number of general officers of the army. Those who hold or expect staff appointments are very hostile to the bill! It will put the staff officers back into the line, with reduced emoluments and rank. The majority of the officers of the army 'will be well content with the proposed change, for the staff np pointments are looked upon by them with some jealousy. There is 'much doubt whether either of the National Conventions will endorse the ftgitive slave law. Senator Hale and Mr. Preston King have cautioned the democratic party against it-convincing then, appa rently, that such a mis-step would be pro ductive of another Buffialo convention.and another breaking up of the democratic party in the North. Mr. Preston King argued, in his speech yesterday, that slavery was a sectional ques tion, and should be it matter of conflict be tween the North and the South, and not form any part of the platform of a national party. Slavery presents also it constitution al question, and according to this reasoning, the constitution ought to form no part of the platform of a national party. It appenrs to be the purpose of both par. ties in the Convention to exclude slavery as a party issue; ahnd to carry on the slavery warlre between the two sections, after the election, with renewed vigor and mggravated acerItnony. A few oflice holders, consisting chiefly of eustoni-mouse chibs, have held a pri ate nteeting in Philadelphia, and determined to nmake a denmonstration on S.turdaY night. next in favor of Mr. Villmore. This is the only movement of the sort that I have heard of in that qaurter. Mr. Clay was more comfortable yesterday than ie had bceen for some days. .lo. RECENT CORRESroNDENCE or MIE. TusH En.-Th~e New York Hernld of the 15th instanut publishes two interesting Ilters, copies of oriinnils addressed to, Gen, Con Dminiel Webster. Secretary of State. by 3Mr. Thrasher. in these letters, Hr. Thrashmer argues with great ability the illegality of his recent arrest, trial, and sentence, passed upon him by thme anthtorities of Ctuba. He r peet nno very enviable light the conm due ofMr.Webterand the American Gov ernnment. The statenmnt of thme Captain General receives some pretty ennmdid refuta tione, in the plain recount of circunmstancees attemnding the trial as set fortht by Mr. Thrasher. Thme letter is dated from Madrid, but it expressly appears by the last accounts, says the Herald, that Mr. Thrasher himself hn's arrived in Park.lie is expected soon in New York, wl:ere he will no doubt meet with a wvarum reception from his numerous friends. DEATH OF TitF.Ot.DEST METHoDIST PREACH rR IN THtE WORT.D.-Tlhe New Ytork Chris hian A dvocate, contains thme followintr : " Rev. George Hlighitield. of the Brilish Wecsleyan Conference, the oldest Methodist Preacher in the World, eansed his lengthened pilgrim age near Liverpool, on the 9;h of December. Hem was cenlled imn:o the ministry by Mr. Weslev in l'785, and continued to travel until 1825, whetn the state of his health compelled htim to beconme a supernummerary; but he still labored in thme piulpit amnd on pastoral work unttil his strength entirely filed. During thme last four years infirmi ties grewv rampidly upon him: his memory failed so that secular things were nearly ob literated from it, btut he could amhvays reenmll portionms of Scripture amd hiymmns which had long been treasured there.. The forenoon of the day before lie died, lie spent alone, and was tunusuially happy. He wa~s ninety ote years ni:d had beeni itt the ministry sixty seven years." THE RAN! ol~rH NEc aoE.-A writer in tie Ralhimore Patriot, who is travellimg in Ohio, gives this neeonnmt of thme RandolphI neroes, who, it will be remembered, were d-iven from -thmeir honmi s which had been procnred for them by the whites: " Troy, abomut twenty miles frotm Dayton, is a smiall .,nd rather dilapidated town be tween this place and Piqur. Along the en nd are a majority of the Randolph negroes. Swas in the adjoining county of ?Mercer, that the large tramct of~ land was purchased for their set tlement, from which they were forcibly ejected by the white inhabitants. The condition of thme poor creatures is a bad commentary on the miserable peli-y of e:nnciptinlg negroes, and allowing them to remain in this country. The majority of these once valuable servants, are now worth less beasts upon the community amiong whom they are located, and often want for the common necessaries of life. I heard several express an ardent wish to return to the shores of Roanoke again, wvhere titey h:id plenty, and did not know what it was to suffer for wat OCEAN PosTAE.-We perceive, says thme Newt X'mrk Herald, thtat there is a movement in England to reduce thme price of ocean postage. This ought to be done immediate ly, on the very same principle of thme redne tion of inland postage. Thme same reasoning lds its good for onme na thte other; and thme success that has attended chmeap postage on both sides of the Atlamntie, is an earnest of the success of ceaep postatge over the high- 1 ay of nations. It ought to be reduced to six'eents, wvhic~h would produce sineht an in rese in letters, as in a short time to more than compensamte the public revenue for the 1 eduction, while its advantages to Europe a Amea...aA woul bemeynd ..ninatinn Free Negroes. We noticed some time since, a letter pub. lished In the New York Tribune, written from Jamaica, Long Island, giving a most deplorable aceount of the condition of the free negroes, in that place-describing their idle, intemperate, immoral, loathsome habits; adding, that in consequence they were rapid ly decreasing in numbers. This is the con dition to which the abolitionists are moving heaven and earth to reduce the slaves of the South-starvation and the lowest depths of moral degradation. I We observe, too,by accounts which we occasionally see in the Northern papers, that the situation of the same class of blacks in. Canada-which place the mendacious fanatics have taken so much pains to picture forth as a very paradise-is almost precisely the same -as, indeed it is and must be every where until their Maker is pleased to change their moral and intellectual character and capa bilities. The following is from one of their number named Bibb :-Baltimore Times. "XWINDSOR, CANADA WEST, May 13, 1852. MR. EDITOR: I have opposed and shall continue to oppose lying and begging, whether carried on by white or colored men, and especially amongst reflugees in Canada, with whom I stand identified, and upon whom the whole civilized world are looking to see whether they are capable of taking care of themselves under an anti-slavery go vernment. I know that every timn in Canada West who will work can make a good living; and it is disgraceful to us as a people to con. tinue sending ngents over the country to beg for a living when we are just as able to work for it as white men are. For maintaining these views I consider myself maliciously calumniated through the columns of the Tribune on Monday last, by a set of unprincipled beggars from Canada, who are determined to sponge their living out of a generous public in this way." * * * * * * "But, ngain; as far as my property in De triot is concerned, which the writer seems so much to covet, I would say to him, and his self-made pauper friends, that I came honest ly by it, and that if some of them would drink less whiskey, stop lying, and go to work, t hey might also soon have a house and lot. This course would be far more credita ble to the fugitives in Canada 'than to be continually sending out firnorant prenehers over the State to beg old clothes, &c. If the representations of t:ese beggars were all true, the fiagi:ives in Canada would have little to choose between starvalion on the one hand and slavery on the other." WAn ROxons t% MEXico.-We learn from th Rio Bravo, that there was an excitement at Matamoras upon receipt of the nevs from the city of Mexico. The rumor there is " that Mr. Letcher, the Amerienn Minister, had, after tihe refusal by the Mexican Congress to ratify the Tlehuan. tepee treaty by a vote of 79, to I sent in to President Arista his ultimatum, which is said to have been, as follows: either allow the work to be continued. or indemnify the com p:mny for all losses sustained. otherwise-his pissport to leave the country. It is, also said, that Mr. Webster has intructed the President of the Tehuantepec company. Mr. Benjamin, to proceed with the work and the Tnited States Governmen', would sustain haa, and that a naval force laid been senat fur that purpose. " Whenm this news renehed .Natamoras there wvas sufieient gas expended to illi a balloon, which was sent up that evening. There was a remark mads by Colonel Portilla, which is ing wvar, Mexico will use all the meatns that God has given her to defend herself; hitherto the Amerieans have bought, with their gold, the battles which t heir prowess conld not gain, but now, (striking his breast and look ing as fierce as a lion.) Mexico is in the keep ing cf honest men and goodl patriots." RIVETING THlE NAIL..-Trhe Young Meni's Democratic Committee of the city of New York have passed resolutions re-affirming their attachment to General Cass, and their preference for him above all others as the candidate for the Presidency. Jo addition to this, they censure the manifestation of different vews on thme part of their repre sentatives in Congress, and determine to attend the Baltimore Convention en masse. KYOmuTL.E AND CmtAnr..ESvoN RATLROAD. The Knoxviile Register, of the 18th instant. says a subscript ion of stock, to the amount of $105 000, has been obtained in that place and vicinity, within a few days, towards buildingr a railroad from Knoxville, by the wuay of Maryville, to intersect with the road fronm Charleston, South Carolina, t hrotugh the Rabnmn Gap. TJhis amount being more thtan enough to secure the charter, which was granted by the last Legislature of Ten nessee, the Company was organized the day previous by the election of finleen Directors. Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey was afterwards elected President, Joseph L.. King, Secretary, and Jamc s HI. Cowan, Treasurer. PR1EsENeE OF MIND.-Thte herdsman of a faram in North Uist had occasion otie day, lately to send his datughter foar the enttle under his charge. There were a bout eighty of them. and amnong them two bulls, one of which was (oeensionazlly in the habit of as-I sauhing people. Otn thme day in question, the d~imsel unwarily approached the .bull too cosely, when he inmediately gave chase. On a leve Ifield, without dykes, bogs, or any other Iltce of refuge- to resort to, what would the reader have done-for to run home, a distance of three quaxrters of a mile, wa~s olut of~ the question. The girl, with great presence (of mind, ran over to the other bull, a good natured animal, antd munch stronger thtan her assailant. Standing close by his side, anid kindly tapping him on the bck, she drove him towvards her father's house, followed by her enraged enenmy, who kept roaring amnd fuming all the way, but when he camne too close her protector turned round and kept her assailant at bay. In this manner the fugitive arrived safely at home. [Iverness (Scotland) Courier. BURNING OF ENGINE IMoUsE.-On Saturday morning, about one o'clock, the- Engine touse in this place, belonging to the State Road, wa~s discovered to be on fire. Gen. Bishop with his hands hastened to the spot, ad by great exertion, got out a heavy En gine. A harge number of Cars loaded with otton, &c. were much too close for safety. A sufficieint force wvas thrown upon the Cot oton Cars to put out fire that mightt fall, while thers were stationed on thme Depot house, n which there was more than $50,000 worth >f frgight. By this prompt measure and ac ive exertion, all was saved from destruction >ut the Engine House. The fire eaught ~rom a spark that lodged near the top of the himney of thme htouse. The loss, we pre ume wilt not exceed $1000. But it was a mrrow escape from an -expensive fire. Jhattanooga Gazette. GRAIN is treated like infants. When he head becomes heavy, it is cradled, and ~enerally well threshed to render it fit Later from Europe. NEW YORK, May 24,1852. The steamer Humboldt, with one day's later news, has arrived. The saes of 6otton at Liverpool on Saturday, the 8th instant, amounted to 10,000 bales-2,500 of which were bought by speculators and 2,500 1 exporters. Prices were steady. Breadstuffs unchanged. Consols closed at 99.1-8 to 99 J-4. THE CnoP.--'e were informed few days ago, by a highly intelligent and practi. enl farmer near our village, that he laid re eently visited several sections of the' Dis trict, and was struck with the' favorable ap pearance of th.- growing crop. The wheat crop, he seys, is looking remnikably well in fact, in many places he has' never seen finer wheat than is now growipg, while in all he has no doubt but that an average crop will be made. We are much gratified to learn this fact, as regards our own District, as well as to hear favorable accounts from others. If the wheat crop is a good one,..thou sands of dollars will be saved our farmers in the purLciase of corn alone, for if the price iN not greatly reduced, they can rnake use of their wheat until their own corn is sufficiently matured. Corn and oats are also doing well. The stand of cotton is good, and the probability is, if n0 misfortune occurs to it, a much larger crop will be made than our mosft in telligent and thrifty farmers desire, for they are now beginning to deprecate the preva lence of the cotton mania. Our friend. to whom we have referred,- has almost entirely abandoned its culture, and we are in hopes his example will soon be geneiahly fVillowed. (Laurensville Herald. FATAL ACCIDEST.-A most lamentable ae ideit occurred at the Arsenal at thiu place yesterday morning. Two or three ndgroes were engaged in Captain Matthews's ioom plasterii.g. In this room. the guns'of- the niAht-guard were placed.. Capt. Matthews lid just stepped out of his room, .when one of the boys, about 14 or 15 years of age, picked up one of the guns, and presenting it at a hand, remarking "how light a gun." The man at whom it was directed told him to liy it down, when he turned towards the other, and the gun was discharged, killingt'-he man instantly. The whole load, a ball and three buckshot, passed through his head,and lodged in a1elock on the mantel piece. The three boys present, we understand, beloned to the estate of Col. F..H. Elmore, and were brothers. During the afternoon, Mr. Coroner. Mier assembled a jury of inquest upon the bedy, who.:fter investigation of the cireumstances, rendered a verdict in necordance with the fats.-South Carolinian, 25th inst. OvERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFoRNIA.-An express line overland from St. Joseph's, Missouri, to Sacramento City, has. be,-n es tabli.shed. The first train left on the first (if May, taking out the necessary stock for the sev'eral stations of the company, ard ithe second is to leave on the. 10.h of June. The station of the company are Fort Laramie, North Fork of the Platte; South-Pass, Salt Lake City and the Head of Humboldt: The number of wagons in each train will be ten, and the limitation of' passengers, - forty. Time from St. Joseph to 'Sa1. Lake Cia.y twenty-fire days; fire $1.00. To.Sh - rnento, sixty days, fare $150. FATAL CAsuAuTT.- p. Quin, narespect ereess handhing of Spirit gas.. ~A servant was tillinag the latmp from -a cnn, whean the finid enu~rbt fire, and, we supplose by the fright of the seant, the whole was pre eiitated upon01 the floor in a blaze. 3Mrs. Quin attempting to pt it out by stampingion it, her dress canght fire anid she was so dreadly- burned that after twelve&hIii's''of sife'Lring she, expired yesterday ,mornig. Charleston Mercury. SmtoCKING RAll.RUAD AeCIDENT AND Loss or LIrE.-The Cleveland Plain Denler states that on Tuesday last, a freight train on tihe Michigan Central Railroad came in collision with a pnissenger train at Nihes, ?libig:mn, by which four ears were demolish ed, seven patssetngers killed, atnd nitnety wounded, thirty of whom will die. Tile eente is described its h. art rending. Arins, legs, and ribs were broken, and the mass of hlumaln beings miultilated in every possible tainer. The engineer and firemnen,.who were saved bly jumpjing fronm the train, have been arrested and imprisoned in Niles, and it is said the inhabitants are determined to have their cotnduct rigidly investigated. arOrTATION OF SUGAR AND MOLASSES During the year 1851, the importation -of brown sug::rs itnto the United States amnount ed to 366.537,861 pounds-value 8i2.889, 274; of white or refined sugars, 17,000,000 pounds-value $1,000,000. Of moinskes there were imported 36,376,772 .gallons, valued at $3,707,581-making the total val. nation of tile importation of these two arti les $17,589, 855-or nenrly one-twelft h .of then value of the entire imports for the year, whichl amtounted to $2 16.22-4,932. The prir ipal import of sugar is from Cuba; 276. 000 000 rounds, valued at $10,000,000, comn ig from that Island. EvERY bitter has its sweet. Proverty britgs good appetite, wvhile hard work make's you sleep and snore like a humumitng-up. If you live on cold potatoes, just recolleet'that cold poltatoes arc no way related to the gout. If an acquaintance cuts you merely jbecause you have f'allen from pnirple to ciirduroy don't get in a passion about the nincompoop, but return thanks that the numnber of asses yout have been compelled to nod to, has been reduced by one.. - ARRIVAL OF MR. TYIRASIJER IN N. Yoaxs. -A despatch received in Baltimore from New York, anld dated the 17th instant, an nounces the arrival in that city of Mr. John S. Thrasher, wvho was recently pardoned byp the Spanish Government. Mr. Thrasher :ame over in the steamer Atlantic. A TALLt P'IN.-A raft of timber came in 2n Saturday from the Edisto which deserve& iotice. The average of the stieks we un erstood to be abont 80 fe-et in length. But, ine of them measured 116 feet, squaring .18e nehes at one end and 14 at the other. IL vns ecut by Capt. J. S. Jennings, of Or-mg& urg District. Our friends in Wilmington ejoie in this line occasionally-can they'. >ea't Capt. Jennings?-Charleston Meury. DEATH OF JOHN HOWARD PAYN.1 Washington letter in the Baltimore Pairiot mn~ounIces tihe death of John Howard Payqe, sour Consul at Tunis, and the authoio teveral dratnatic workst, and, a niumber of ther literary productions, including. the' opular song of "Home, Sweet Home.~ HION. JosrA H J. EvAs.-'The Marion tar tates that rumor says that the friends of. ndge Evans have nominated him as a can lidate before the next' Legislature) for the ~osition of United St~ates Senator to:repre ent thlis State, for the sixyears next aftirf"