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Those desiring to advertise by the year can 'o so on liberal terus-it being distinctly understood that contracts for yearly advertising are confined to the immediate, legitimate business of the firm or individu al contracting. Transient Adverisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, in advance. For Advertring 1'strays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. THE BFAUTIFUL AND THE AMABLE. A CO31PARISON. - It may be still pretended to be a question able point, which is the fascinating -person, the plain Lt genial and amiable woman, or the belle. But there is in reality hardly doubt enough about the point to exercise the wits of a debating club, or a woman's rights convention. Recollect that by the state. -ment of the manner, the beautiful lady is to possess only a very ordinary degvree of the agreeable qualities of the other; and our amiable type of womanhood is not to have More comeliness than falls to the lot of a majority of the sex. For it must be grant. ed, that the whole of them are not a little attractive ; and there is not perhaps a single oue, that does not pass for a particular pearl with somebody among the other sex. Now that we comprehend the terms of the controversy, we are prepared to affirm that the beauty cannot have so many ad nirers as her rival. This cannot be disputed, when asserted of her own sex. It is also a fact, that the affection of such a lady is chiefly limited to her lover or her husband. The celebrity arising from her distinguished appearance is expensive, but she is nothing but a statue, a picture to most persons, who cannot set up any clahn whatever to a right of possession. The weakness of impres. sions she produces, is a great deal owing to her trusting so indiscreetly to her looks. She has apparently thought it of little or no con sequence to do anything further than make an exhition of herself. This is a terrible mistake, and though there is unquestionably such a thing as spontaneous combustion, a beauty will sooner or later learn that the general loss of ones acquaintance is not a spontaneous effiect; but the admirable play of numberless loveable qualitieF of heart. The plain woman has beeni obliged to play her hand w~ell to win attention atnd regard, since she has not had a very good one orig .inally dealt to her. She has made the best of what site had, rel'ing nething upon her luck, rather small in her case, and renderng in the long run your pretty court cards quite secondary to her strong suit of substantial qualities. The a.niable plain woman is distinguished by the possession of charming traits that can be appreciated as much almost by all atatkknow her, as by her husband, or her er. Thes te a ready and spontaneous the right, and good and beau' tifu; frankntess and w"ant of pride, that frosts the soul; a warm benevolence, and a real love of talent and information. She wishes to make herself agreeable to every worthy person, not by coquetry and fineness, whieb are abhorrent to her sincere disposition; by an honest, direct, yet modest exhibition of her mind and heatrt. 0Of coutrse she suc ceedls in this, as every sensible wioman dhoes, wiho really tries. Such a woman cannot bat be admired and coturted; and her influ. ence is co-extensive with the circle where she moves. A beautiftul wotman nmay muake one or two distracted ; an amiable and agreeabile one turns all she happens to con verse with, into her ad~mirers. Whent two characters are blended into one, one hecotmes the Semiramis and Cleopatra of her age, atnd realizes for her own sex, what has ever been nothing but a dream among the mnas culines-thme universal empire-the conquest of the wvorld. EARTUarAKE Ar APALAHICOrA.-Tho Coinmercial Adv-ertiser of the 13th gives the following accounnt of an earthqtuake at Apalachicola on the 10th instant: EAurTrerAEI.-On Monday morning last, at about the hour of eight o'clock, our *city was visited by one of these formidable phenomena of nature. The agitation of the earth was very apparent to the senses, and was ac-comlpanied( by several physical effects-suchm as the cracking of a chimney w-all, the cracking of beams of hotuses, the motion of the water in the bay', the agita tion of a liquitd, and the movement of arti cles of furnitture in a stilt room-which could hmave arisen from no other cause. Th'le shock wsas of several seconds' durations. A similar shock was felt on the Friday pre. v-ious, about the hour of 10 p. mn., and ser eral others have been observed at this place within the last year or two. The violence of that of Monday wsas far the greatest we have ever felt. It may have been local or of very limited extent, but we expect to re ceive from the W1est Indies, Mexico, or South America, some accounts of its grand and permanent, bnt awful eff'ects, on the surface of the earth. NOT Qc:ITE A PARADIE.-The Fort Smith (Ark.) Herald, of the 24th~ nlt., com-. plains bitterly of the removal of the U. S. military depot from that place to Preston, on Red river, and publishes a letter from an officer stationed there, whose name is not given, to sho-w how much the troops dislike the change. The writer says: "Perhaps you might think this a reasona ble sort of a country, for a white man to live in ;if ,y on do, you are very much mis tak~en-, for even the black and filthy Caman ches ill not occupy it, but appear to hurry through as if it were an infected district. -Water allI brackish, most of it salt; timber, none for building pu poses; fuel scarce rand at a distance ; soil poor and sandy ; cold as Greenland in wiinter ; hot as tophet in sum mer; dust intolerable at all times. A t thme present time we are nearly out of provi BioDn, and wvhat wve have left, of a very inferior qi~ality, and umnless a supply arrives T6v the end: of this month, this comnnand wilt--be fiorced to take the back track to the settlemecmti for subsistence and clothing." To PR.EEVE GaENz CunaAT.-Car rants-a- bekept fresh for a year or more, ifthey are gathered- when green, seperated from the stems, put into dry, clean junk bottles, and corked very carefully, so as to exclude the air. They should be kept in- a encol laen in the cellar. EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1852. OUR NEW DRESS. IT delights us to be able at length to fulfil the promise made several months ago to our subscribers in regard to the enlargement and improvement of our sheet. We think we can now say with safety that there are but few weekly papers in the State which afford a greater amount of reading matter than does the ADVERTISER. This change has been the result, not of any spirit of rivalry or of any ambition to eclipse in the slightest degree any single cotempoia ry, but of an earnest do-sire to accommodte and please our own generous patrons. And we will be gratified to know that we have succeeded in attain ing this end. We are snre our readers will cheer fully intimate to us their satisfaction with the emen dations we have made for their benefit; and we re spectfully suggest to them that the most substantial evidence they could possibly convey to us, of their appreciation and approbation, would be the rapid ad dition of new subscribers to our list through their kind assistance. We are giving our patrons now a large FAMILY PAPER as well as a Journal of Politics and News and we intend devoting even greater attention than we have hitherto done to the selection of useful, en tertaining and improving articles from such sources as are at our command. In short, as we have not spared expense, neither will we be wanting in all proper exertions to make the Adecrtiser a most wel come visiter to every man's domestic circle. Our delinquent subscribers will excuse us for urging them, in this connexion, to remit to us as soon as possible the amounts respectively dne by them to this office. Perceiving that we are giving them the "pro quo" as handsomely as it is in our power to do, will they not be equally alert in affording us the "quid," .vithout which we might find ourselves to some extent embarrassed. And to our subscriberigenerally we would say Help us now, for we are endeavoring to make the Paper you have hitherto so kindly supported in every way worthy of every one of you. Trusting to the goodness and generosity of our Patrons "en masse," we confidently present you with the "Advertiser," full grown and newly dressed. FINE SODA WATER. WE return our thanks to Dr. TEAGUE for several bottles of delicious Soda-Water. All desirous of getting a cool and refreshing drink can he accormmo *dated with the same, with just such flavoring as they like, at the Dr. Drug Store. DECLINED. WE are authorized to say that the names of ELIJAiu RAcci and Major IsAAC Boi.ES are with drawn from the list of candidates for the office of Tax-collector. NEW PUBLICATION. WE have just issued from our press a Pamphlet of "TRAvELs &C., BY AN OssERvEa OF SMtALL TixiiGs." It is made up ofvtried incidentsofajourney to and from Florida during last year-and contains some useful hints and a good deal of information, to say nothing of siundryjokes, &c. Copies can be procured at this office at twenty-five cents per copy. 000 TO THE AUTHOR OF THE "WHITE HUMEUG." WE have takeni the liberty of withholtding from publication, at least fur the present, your article with the above caption--not that we disagree wvith von int the least, but because we understand that the indi vidual, of whom you write, has It-ft the State. We thtink you will agree with us, without further expla nation, in keeping back your piece. It is dlone upotn thte principle of not attacking one in the rear, or rather of not arraigning an absentee. Please let us hear from you more frequently. UNJUSUAL WHEAT. WE have been shown by 3Mr. WAR R EN, a resident of the Saluda side of our District, a hutich of whe-at heads, gatigeredl front is ileld. -p~ilMflau and weighst.' MaunT of rhe sha~ upon the nemtia cotntain as many as five graits. Thtis whteat seetns to ha~ve .been first procured from Virginia biy Mr. SAMUEL, WA-rSON. lHe spread the seed a year or two ago in htis neighborhtood, and we learn there are several hundred btushcls of it raisedl thtis year. What we have seen was grown upon piney woodls. There it is again, gentlemen of thme oaky region ! ELECTRICITY EXTRAORDINARY. Dc-RtNG the past week, wve have been visited with an enortmous quantity of rain, accompanied by very severe lightning, &c. Int onte instance. thtree points were stricken by thte same passage of electricity. These points we're at intervals or two httndred yards in a direct line. MIrs. Antamso,'s dwelling-houtse (one of the points) was conasiderabily injured at otne of the corners. A shop ont Mrs. IALamRDEs piremiises was the second pomnt, andl by this bolt we regret to state that a negro woman belottging to M1rs. Ii. was killed--a yountg lady in the satne room was very considerably shocked. The third point was a tree itt Gen. BloxtAnts yard, and here also a negro was knocked down, but not scriotusly injured. Trhis kind of accident has occurred several times in our village, (we mean the striking of several placos at one and the same time.) Would it not he well to begin providing lighttning-ruds ! OUR TRUE AGRICULTURAL POLICY. TarE demand for corn is rapidly increasing in our District. Our most wealthy, intelligent andr provi-I dent farmers are compelled to parchtase this, theI most necessary of all articles of consumtptint, at the highest, iwo may reasonably say, the tmost exorbi tartt prices. The Greenville and Columtbia Railroad had senrce ly reached thte neighborhood of O:d Cambridge before over three thousand bushels had been deposit ed in the very heart of the best corn growing region in our District. With land as well adapted ton the production of grain as any in the worl I. with a slave. population, a favorable climate, in fact blessed as it wvere with almost every facility and possessing inttt merable advantages for thte cultivation of::orn, why, it may be asked, this great scarcity- of the very staff of life itselfl To what cause may it be attritbuted It may be thtat farmers prefer making cotton with wvhicht to purchase corn-indeed we fear this is the whole secret. 3Many, we know, cultivate large crops of cotton, setting aside only a limited tnmber of acres for cornt. The calculation then is, if the seasons prove favorable, I will raise enught of the latter article for nty own consutmption, arnd also a large quantity of the former, by tneatns of whic-h I shall tnot only have atn abundatit supply of pirovi sins rutm pockets will be wvell lined wvith th~e much desired gold. On the contrary, should the seasons turn out badly, (which is frequenitly thte case) lie must be cotntent with his own foolish indiscretion and necessarily purchase htis provisions upona thte most extravagant terms-indeed at any price the seller may choose to place utpon them ; thius actually preferring contingency to certainaty, and placing haim self very often at thte mercy of his more fortunate or rather more prudent neighbors. Now to raise ottr own provisions is urtdoutthedly conducive to ottr welfare, both ptublic and private. Every man knows that he must have a sufficient quantity of cornt atnd bacon for tits own consumption. Very few, perhaps, are aware that if provided with an abundant supply of the above named articles of food, our cotton would control thte world. Situated as we are at present, for thte next twenty years at least politically dead, looking forward to nio federal honors, offices or emoluments, and expecting nothing but contintued insult atid oggressint, it rmust certainly be a source of the greatest consolation and satisfaction to the South to know that cotton is emi phtatically King-thtat thtrotugh this mighity antd all powerful staple, thte Southt is literally not only mis tress of the North, but of the world. So urgent is the dematid for cotton in England, thtat thte British Parliament lias of late seriously determined to set on foot the most strenuous ellorts to procure a sufficient quantity for consumption. .The.English have decid ed, both by words and actions, tat it is with thtem a matter of life and deathg. In a late number of his "Household Worddr," Cusat.Es 'DicxzEs among other striking facts asserts the following--" Iet any great social or phtysical convulsion visit the United States, and England:- would feel the shock from Land's End to John O'Groat's. The lives of nearly twoa million of our- countrymnen are dependent upnon. 40 - - the cotton crops of America-their destiny may be said, without any sort of an hyperbole, to hang upon a thread. Should any dire calamity befall the land of cotton, a thousand of our merchant ships would rot idly in dock: ten thousand mills must stop their busy looms': two thousand mouths would starve for lack of food to feed them &c." This is indeed no exaggeration. It is true verbatim and to the very letter, and, itomine mutato, this striking fact Is equal ly applicable to our Northern brethren. By raising our own provisions then and thus ren dering ourselves independent of Northern markets, the game is in our own hands. If we play it badly, it is our ow n fault and upon our own heads be the consequences, THE ICE BROKEN, I- will be seen, by reference to another column, that some of our fellow-citizens have at length made up their ininds to '- cross the Ruhicon" of diffidence and doubt. and to dash into the electioneering can vass fur Legislative honors. We congratulate the District upon the unaccustomed lateness of these first announcements. It must be a pleasant thing to aspirants to know that their hot summer struggles may in future be entered upon, without their being half broken down in the preceding spring. And it is certainly not unpleasant to the people generally to have the hope of being hereafter spared the infliction of a prolonged scramnible for preferment every two years. For both candidates and voters it is a blessed thing; and for the tone and morals of our district at large it is thrice blessed. The first nominations for this season are at least three months later than usual. May they be later still the next time! The only individual who could possibly be injured by this holding back is the printer; for there are some very snug little fees accruing from these same candi dates. But here we find ourselves, upon second thought, a little ton fast. There is the man who "would be obliged to Mr. IT. for the loan of ten dollars for a short time just to finish paying htis taxes" -and there is t'- fellow who is so fond of saying, " come tip hoys, its aij. Such-an-one's treat"-and there is the personage who deals ont the "ball-faced" -and there is the delectable creature who would fain hug General So-and-so, and whisper in his ear the modest petition for " a quarter to buy a dram or two." All these mnight be injured as well as the printer. But the printer (and here we speak e.r-cuthe dra) will set them the noble example of saying that lie cheerfully gives up his perquisites for the general good, and lie hopes that all others, who thrive upon tle miseries of these poor candidates, will do the same. But, as our caption has it, the ice is broken and in they plunge. The qestion is, who shall be the first to cry " Help me, Cassius, or I sink ?" Or who, when the votes shall he counted in October and le I shall le found wanting. will feel like singing out Give toe sone drink, Titinias ?" Our devil, who was waiting for this copy and looking over our shoulder, interrupted us here by saying "he'd be ding'd if lots of the drinking would'nt'be done long before that time"-and we dropped the subject precipitately. COMMUNICATIONS. FOlt THE AnvEaTisE. THE SUPERTTNDANTS MONTHLY EPORT OF -r1H 'SNAv S nCOO.S CONNECTD WIT TaIIrrY PJorEsTANr .i'sCOrAiL Cii'UaCin. Fon A PatiL, 1852. Reverend and Dear Sir :-Few will, probably, dispite the point which I eneavored in sy last Rleport to illutstrate', namnely, that in genecral the Sunday School is a good inslitut ion. Perrfection is not claimed-nither is utniversal favor or inter est to be expected by the advocaite of Sunday Scho(ols. Difliculties itust be nmet anid overentine in this as itt every other good work. Let us notice a few of these. Setimoes there is objectioni to the whole work of Sunday Sebtool itistructiotn. It is regar'led as a work of stupererogation, intetferinig wIth, if not sup'plantinig, parental religious intstrtuction. I would have deemted this ais a nicre sutbterfuge of aworld intluencintg an ac'tive christiin and conseuentious piarettt. Still is this not an unfottnded pirejudiece Such atn objection can have nto force itn eases in whicht childrenx have ito religious trainitng and edu eattiuon at htotme. 31anyti childrcen attnd the Suntday Schoo'l, as thtey do oilher Scho'ols, whose piarentts do not realize the immtieasuratble imtportatnce of per seinal contsecrtion to the Lord. These, " hiavinig tno hi sp and wvitho'ut God in the world,"' are not likely to be solicitous thait their ollkpri ngshtould "' retinm her their Creator in the dayvs of their youth."' Should such young itmmtortals,. for the prejudice unduer considerationi, be deptived of the instriuctio'n giveni in the Sutnday~ SchtonI ? Atnd wheire piaretnts arc sinceerelv anxious to tratin their chtildlren in the uttrture andi admoitiiotn of the Lord, thte Suniday Schoold is not upheld as at rival, but only as an humblle assistattt. in the weekly recttrrenice of lessons fromt God's word, or based the~reupion, pa rents arc furnished witht at ntuttral itntroducetion of the great truths of te Goispel to thte chtild's notice, aund with littittg opiportutnity o*f urging otur itmme diate surrettder of the heart to the Lord. Should such an aully bse contetmpltuotisly spurined itn the dif licult work of religiumly educatitig thte young ? Are atny so perfectly instructed that thecy tmay tot derive atny bietieit fromt the htumible "'Suniday School Treachcer ?" W ere such a caseC possible. such highly fatvored echild rein mtighit by their attetidance encouraige others to come to the Sunday School, who have no sucht pre-eiitntt advantages. Even in such a ease, thec Sutnday School would only eon firmt the sound religious ittstruction received at hotne, andl, certiinly, no childl of man can too fre quetly or too earnestly be remiidcd of the thtings tha~t manke for his peace. At least, wiill not the truths thust reiterated be manifested to he of thte very first imiporntce to thte child ? Jealousy of the Sunday School sents to he utnreasonauble, un fouinded--yet while prejudiec continiues to influence thte humtnati estimate of thintgs on earth, the Sunday School Treacher moust expect to enicounter difieuhty. By mneekntess, wisdomn, and love he must seek to disarm such op'position. But the chief diflicutlty to be encountered is the " eis inertier.," the common uticoneern on the mat ter of personal religiotn. in theory, imultitudes in chtristemldomi hold the doctrinie of hitut depravity whlo practically mantifest little concern th.'t their children should be "new creatures in Christ dJ estis." Thlese cainno~t doubt thtat " the kingdom of God anid his righiteousness"~ arc deemied by the gracious Lord as of first and greatest consequence to mankind. Still there is little, if atny, evidence of atixiotus atid pirayerful thanksgiving to correct the earthw~ard tentdetncy of the youthful heart. On the contrary, the unavoidable itnferettce from what is seen and hearid, is that the leasures, riches, lion ors and esteem of the world are first to be con sidetred and sought. This inmference children draw very early, indeed, before they are ordinarily thought eapalec of reasoning. In their judgment they arc manatifestly inifluenced by those with whomi they have much to tdo. Tfhey cannot think that the interests of the soul are deemtied by tlteir parents of vecry great omnenit, when these are se'ldomi spoken of as practicably regarded. Theo iiatural distaste to trute heart-puirifyiing christian principle is sutfikiently strong in the best samnples of human nature. But whien this is strengthened by miaid fest parental pireferenice for the things of tinme, the Suntday School Teachter tiay expect to fmtd much dificeulty in engaging the youing heairt ini thme truths and domctrines of the lowly Jesus. Still faith and prayer can do much--"all things are possible to him that believetht." Thtus among those who are not immediately con nected witht the 8uniday School, prejudice and in diff'erence as to religion may put difficulty in the progress of the good wvork. There are other im pediments worthy of notice whicht spring up in the path of the Sunday School Teacher and may be no ticed hereafter. Ou. r Scool n..mer at present White Scholars, 45; Colored. 4 85. Therearc10Teach- w era including th jntendaryt. Yours v peeitfully, C ALKEl, Superintendant. C To the Re tr~, Rector. at thl fa -. MasFsS. ED bas been com- s pelled to bow n sate, Co-operation ir in consequence tj ard career; Geor- h gia Unionism to in deiscordant and (I hope) k irreconcilable fad In othcr words as the loLo motives at WaslV have succeeded in blowing off their steam,: e engine now scems cook d b down to a temp4eat preparatory to entering c upon the Presiderace, I beg leave to soar into your columns as Ithful historian .of fgets per taining to the antorld. As Professor Jui.ws a CAsAa TJsxANKcAnld say, the.first thing to be 'I settled is the subppon which to write ; which 1 is perhaps the mqagicult. part .of the perform anco. The Prof sving already lectured upon " De Aztek chil," the disgrace of Anierica's c haring been " fiiskivered by a furiiier," " de f Catfish," &e, I be I will endeavor to ciialhtenm t your readers upont very numerous and respeet- t able citizen of matrict, " The Wild Cat." You may perhrecollpet various conversittions which occurred bien us upon this important sub ject, and as you resfed sundry doubts as to the feats related, I fesaued tiat you will now set me down as a cofirnfespiser of truth. Blackstone maintains that no ,-sbotild be condeniied before a liearing-so o'lour ears aud barken to the evidenee. The Professor re mentioned would probably commenceo by a leed disquisition upon the diff'er enee between tholis Swampo, or animal under consideration, anudie Felis Houso, or domestic Cat. But feeling' 'inferiority to him in the ne gro dialect, I will in' n unvarnished tale relate, in my niother Engli ongue. Like most thingertaiuning to the South, little or nothinig is kno f. the form, size, habits and disposition of the Cat; save by those living in its haunts and f'ently reminded f its iost prominent peculiari In, the dense savannahs of Louisiana and I da it is to be found perhaps inl its greatest perfe n ; 'but even aniongst us it is endowed with sunffiet size, activity and strength to mike it no feebleltagonist cven against a pack of hounds. In the (ilie section of South Caro lina it is seldom er ever met with-and I have frequently seen ol ives of the State whose only acquaintance with I Catship was through the niedium of a nea. ie, stuied skin, or print in soie natural histry.. That interestini 'iter. T. D. Thorpe, Esq., of New Orleans, is Xur as I know, the only person who has deigned toueh upon the inerits or de merits of this mint're Tiger*-and as his style is far superior to a which I can hope to attain, I beg leave to quotehd6 following from an article of his publishei in t1idine qua non of the American sportsman, the &i it of the Times. Together with oilier pieces y lthesame author, "Frank For rester," etc., this .a subsequently added by Porter > f the Times, to (ohidwker's English Sports in a neat and interest volume entithd "]Ilawker on Shootmig, by P ter." 1But to the extracts. Thorpe says:. "'JI Tn1 Wu Cs'rTf thenmost solitary retreats, n which to rear its Janig,.whiere, ini sonie hole in he groiunde, (or somi. ollow' tree, it finds protection for itself and its hit ins, fronr the destructive hands f inan. A t nigh:, p-af -early morn, it comies broad, stealing ova We. dried leaves in s'earchm of >rey, as quietly as a phyr, iir ascending the forest ree with almost thm -ase of a bird. Thec nest on ihe'tree, and -the bu aindNthme ground, arc alike ivadled ; while thi ' farmer and is ,sheepyld--' o-t ra ni 1, gmig troqp pon. t ue bird~ pere-i beneath, .datehing in its iouthi its victim, and doing this whlile descending il.e mn arrowe in speed. and wiilli the softness ofa fether, to the, grouind. Nothing can exceed its eauty oif motion whmens in .pursuit of gone, or sforting in play. No leap sems too formidable, nie atiude is unigraceful. It runs, flies, leaps, skips, md is at.cease in an instant of time; every hair of ts body seems reddlent with life. Its dispoisitioni is mtmeable, it -;eeins insensible to kindeness, a mere nass omf ill-nature, having no sympathies withm any, mit even of its owni kinde. It is for this reason, ti ejteubt, th- it it is so recklessly' pursued, its paiws be ng, like tlse Ishomamlites, against every mn ; and t iiiost indubitably follos that every man's dogs iks, anid gus are aigainst it. The biounids them-t elves, tlht hunt equally well the cat and fox, pur~ ue the foriier with a clamorous joy, and kill i with a zest diat thef'do not display when tinishing o1' a tine run after Reynard. Ini fact, as an animan f sport, the Cat in mranyv respects is preferale te he Fox--its trail is always warmer, and it shiow nore sacity in eluding its cenmis."' -The hunter oif the Wild Turkey, whlile 'calling, n imiitationi of the lhen, to allure the gobbler withli each of his rifle, will sometimes be :mnoyed lby ihe appe'rnlce of the Wild Cat, stealing tip to thn slce from wheneg the sounds proceedh. Tin retest cautint on hu'eh an occension is visible, the at advancing by the slowest possible imoveents stealiig along like a serpent. 'The hiuniter kio'w: hat the creature has spsuiled his Turkey sport fou the moernimng, and his only revenge is tee wait pa tienty, and give the Cat the contents of his gun then, minus tall game, he goe's home, anattheimat izii. ie whole race of Cats fur thtus interfering with i inner. " Of all the peculiarities of the Cat, its u~ntamen hile naid quarrelsome dispositioni is its niost marke. -haracteristic. The western hunter, wheni h'e wvish. s to capi the elimax of braggadecia, with respee o his own prowess, says, 'he -:an whip his weigh n Wild Cats.' This is saying till that enn be said for it would seem, considering its size, that the Ca n a fight caun bite fiercer, scrateh harder, and live onzer thain atny other aniimal whatever. ' I am roainig earthquake in a fight,' suing out one of thn alf-horse atid htlf-alligator species of feleiws, real snorter of the universe-' I can strike as hare s fourth proof lightning, aind keep it up, rotigh ato tuiblle, as long asTff Wild Cat.' Thecse high en-i oniums on the. ebaracter of the pugnacity of' th Cat are beynd question. ' A siniged Cat.' is at excellent proverb, illustrating tat a personi may ht smarter than lie looks. A singed Wild Cat, ni such aii illustration, would be sublitme. There i: no hailf-way mark, no excptioln, no0 occaionaiti inoenlt of go~od nature; starvation anti a surfeit llows anid kind words, kicks, cuffs, anid fresh meat reach not the sympathie's of the Wild Cat. hli has the greediness of the pawna-broke~r, the ill-nat ur< f an old usurer,ihe meanness of a pettifoggint. lawyer, the blind rage of the hog, and the apaparen nsensibility to pain-of the turtle ; like a inoman i/he Wild Cat is incomnparable to anythaing letil self. In expression of race the 'Wild Cat sinigular ly rescembles the rattlesnake. The skulls (if thtes wo 'varnints' have the same venemous, expres sion, the same demotnstration of fangs, atnd probab2 10 two creatures living attack each othier with mnor eadly feroeity and hate. They w'ill stare at each iier with eyes filled with definee, tand bunii vithi fire ;one hissing and die other snairling, lire sntng a most terrible picture of the mnalevoletie f passion. The serpent in its attitudes is al grace, the Cat all activity ; the serpent meives with the qunickniess el lighitnine, wvhile.miaking the attack the Cat defenids itself with motions equally quick oundinlg from side to side, striking with its paws moth are often victous, for they seldom separa';te on il death-blows hatve been inflicted. on either side The Indians, who, in their notionts and traditions are always picturesque and beautifel, inmagine tha the rattlesnake, to live, must breathe the poisonoun air of the swamps 'and thle exhalations of decayet nimal matter,'while the Cat has the attribute a gloating over the meanier displatys of evil patssion n a quarrelsome person ;and in speaking of uarrelsome family, thgey say, ' that a lodge colt iing them fattens t/ae Wild Cats.' n' My reason for 'pusblishiing 'the above extraactsi ouble-1st. To call attention to the volume froit Since writhagjtii above I have been informed hl Mr. Webber, "The Ihun tar Naturalist," that he an Dr. Bachiman, of Charleston, had both recently turn iel heir attentioq tethe subject. SMr. WV. thinks the Wild Cat a mou whailst Mlessrs. Audubon aan Bachman conid iin original species. I am in dined to agree wi t e former and would not be a dl surprised if it to he a descendant of whma is vugularly Called t Tiger Cat and the Northier Wild Cat. Even Ihh xistence of this former lsade ued by our ablestal turalists, bumt shotuld fortmin favor me I ho'pe to i - e its identtity by producing: lich they are taken-2nd. To prove that evenn orpe is mistaken in sonie of the most important v rticulars. His remarks as to the habits of the t 'are in the main correct, for it is an axiom u iongst the Cat Hunters, that the denser the icket, the more entangled- the underbrush and M len timber, the more inpassible the morass, the are certain are you of finding your game. But ys he, " its disposition is untameable, it seems sensible to kindness, a mere mass of ill nature, iving no sympathies with any, not even of its own And again: " Of all the peculiarities of the Cat, its untame e and quarrelsome dispositiun is its iust marked In these remarks I think him evidently mistaken, j I have frequently kniown from two to a hauilf ozen aroused in the sate drive by the same dogs. his fact would of itself imply that it bid sonic (sire for company ; otherwise how can it be ac ounted for. Upon a recent occasion I recollect 6to aroused within apparently ten feet of one an ther ; each of these was subsequently seen and red upon, and proved to be of enormous size. But le most important fact of which I am cognisant is lie fol'ow:ng. A few years sin e, Mr. W. captured young Wild Cat before its eyes-wre ol en. Cu isity led him to carry it home and try the effects i a domestic education, Abojnt the time thit it vas grown, it passed into the hands of Mr. Daniel favis, than whom Marion possesses no more re pectable and honoral1i citizen, and from whom I gain the following particulars-lie and his brother len, had always been very fond of hunting, and ad killed over forty Wild Cats in one season. None of these however, were as large as the one in question, a fact accounted for by Mr. D. on ac count of the regularity with wlieL the latter was supplied with food. It could whip any iog in his yard including a lir;ze pack of hounds-never lost its desire to plunder the poultry yard, and iideed lost its life, froi this hereditary failing. yet would allow them to feed unmolested within its reach as long as noticed by himself or any of the family. But woe unto the feathered intruder if his back was turned but for an instant. It was very fond of rublbing against his legs, jumping into his lap, being thrown down and fondl.-d with, and, so far from manifesting the slightet dipleatur.-, would evince its joy by a " rolling purr," .-iimilar though louder than that of the common Cat. In answer to a query from myself lie replied that " lie had verer sern it mad." Mr. D. frequently experimented with it as a hunting animal, atnl upon turning loose a Rabbit betore it, was gratified to fitl that the Cat displayed no fear at the presence of its former ene mnies, litmself and dogs : but would spritg forward and before the dogs could open well upon the tr. i . would have the little fugitive in- its power. Unlikt the dog, it seemed to hunt by sight alone. . After a hearty imeal it was invariably indolent and would allow the 1Pabbit to escape. A favorite dog of Mr DYs also observed these peculiarities, and being a the sane time thoroughly coivinced that the Ca was the f.leetest dog in the iack, would invariabli remain at his owner's side, until the Cat refused t< move. When convinced that the Cat dechilie participating in the sport, the dog would sprinj forward with the greatest eagerness, but would iin. mediately turn back ini disgu~st if the Cat joined ii the pursnit. Mly infortnmutt is too well kntowit to th citizenms of Marion District for any onte to dubt hi statement ini thte slightest particutlar. I therefur feel warranited in the opition that the Cat may, b prpe trainting, become not otnly as tdomestic biti useful as the D~og. If any of mty huntinig friend succeed in captitritng a Wild Kitten duritng the eri suinig sprinig or sumunier, I Itope to heaofM Davis' experiment being tried for the seco~nd tutm 'grsent of a pair of Kittens, as I will certaitily ria them as well as ity information atid experieunce wi perumit ;and wager a frolie, al a antique, that nt ears time I show the best pack of D)ogs (Cal woo d perhaps be more proper) that ever heeled in pursuit of Fux or Stag. Ttt Wild tas far I am able to decide, approatcheis nearer to te Tigi and Lion in its habits atnd i natre than to, the dlomte: tie or hmouse Cat, In size it certaittly lia tno simtil tudec to Griintalkin, beittg frequently higher thtan tI largest I loittd. Ini atppearantce, e'Speciatlly about tl head, it certainly apuproxitmates ini fiereness Il Rloyal Bengatl hiimself. A nda its habits arc as ito trnald as the Lion attd Tiger in their niative retri a~ Like the hatter. to whicht it approximates far mio nearly thtan anyvthting else, its reireait is always, above staited, the thiekest jungle within its rene~ anid lastly. tunlike the tamie Cat, it breeds but otne' yatr, generally with butt two, anid never, as I a aware of, mtire titan three Kittenis at a itter.] sportsttan phlrase., it is decidedly more of a " gunt animial'" thatn the Fox. requirinig less exertion at practice from the horse, butt ten timtes moure frt. the rider and pack thoani the noublest hleyniard th. ever died. Not beinig actistomied to writing upon such suli jets, Mlessrs. Editor.,, I have arowed mty article occupy douible the space whtich I initended ;at will therefore skip, varius serious reoutres bs tweeni the Cat antd the genuis hunter, atnd close ui' "a comtie' imore suited to the taste tof the gener reader. Thorpe's allusion, to the Turkey htutnte retmids tie of the fatct that Mr. L.. of Slarie wilst enllitng Turkeys discovered and killed a Wi Cat stealthily approachting the place of his conceni mnt. It also forcibly calls to mind the following ludl erous inteidentt which hamppened sotme two yea siic on the Wateree, tnear Canitle:. W e vou< for the troth of thme itneidenit, as we have it from: inmat e ofr the faunily, a formier classmate itt Collego A ni Irishmitan, fresht tromi the bogs of oultd Irelatu was emtployed bty Mr. hi. as overseer. Never ha lg inidulged in the glorims of thte chase, John wv very much delighted to learn that thme swamu abounded in Turkeys, and that lie could hunt iium, without a licentse. l e immnediately hut htit1 self' intrainitng, antd after a hong piractice suicceetded attaiitng coinsiderable perfection in whtat is yeelpit I sporsmien " callitng a Turkey." Ihaving progres d thus far, wvith gun itt hand lie sallied inito tI swamtp, p'regnat, with visionis of whole flocks Turkeys tot be called tip anid killed by his untetri: skill. Obtaining, as lie suppeosed, a suitable idacee, I hid himself enttirely with leaves and utnderbrus nd commenceed a series of yelps well calculated Ibreak the heart of the most stubborn old Gobler the world. A slight noiise is soon heard by em hero, whlo fearful to miove lest hte mightt frighten li game, agaimn places his call to his mouth amnd yel, Iin his most approved style. Crash goes a but ovr hietad,as a huge Wild Cat, mistaking the soun sprang upon thte luckless hunter. " Och, murthec yu blathieritn baste," teays the Irishmamn, as thme Cat paws raked himt fore and aft. " Ilowly St. P'atrh save 'my sowl-och yoture killing tie gatite, y< blood-thirsty villain,~ that you ate," roared- Johtn, an agony otf terror amnd pan &c. Thme Cat equal rasttonishedI at the dettouemnent, sprang into t1 swamp, whilst John breathless, gunless amid hatles struck a bee linec in time other directiotn. A fe tmoments after the occurrence, our hero made 11 appearance at Mr. hD's house, hmis face cnsiderab scratched and a butidle of clothtes upon his back. " Well John,"t says Mr. B., ." what is the matt now ?" - "Faith," says John, "its after having you that am." " What," says Mr. B. very much astonishe: " didn't I engage you for the year ?" " Yes yer honor, butihts after atehng me up intir< ly, that yer Merican Tigers are.t" " American Tigers-l"t says Mr. B. A! y mither's son that's after staying anotber day ith the murthuring spulpeens." " But" says Mr. B., " explain yourself, I didn't nderstand you." " Don't understand," says John, "sure and asn't it myself that wint out like a daecent christian j kill-a bit of a Turkey ; and wouldn't yer Merican I I iger have been mul-tluring me intirely if It wasn't 1 ,r calling on St. Patrick, that I was ?" But enough-persuasion was useless, and the ext day's cars carried John front the scene of his ;ory. Written for the Advertiser. TE DINNEL PARTY. MEssas. DITOIS :-In the Fall of fifty-one a rind of yours, whom I will call Zeke, with gun u1 hand inight have been seen to sally from the river swanp, enter the flat, and cross to the western atik of the great P-D-. Here lie was joined by a boon companion, who from his many eecentric yaings and doings in the city of Charleston, was anilirly known as " the P-D- Iorse." I will not detain you by a description of the various per sons composing the groupe, nor will I even mention te many laughable occurrences which transpired previous to dinner. Suffice it to say, that Z. worn down by a six hours seat in the sadd-la, willingly joined in an extemnporo " feed." Upon going to the table he was equally surprised and del ghte.l at finding plates of chicken, fish, &c., variously pre pared, and soup fit for the Gods. " Well Z." said the llorse, " you must make yourself at Ione, old fellow, and recollect that bachelors fare is all that 1 promised. Chickens or Fish ? However as you are hungry you will probably try both. Z. " Thank you, the last suggestion is decidedly eniiile-boith by all means." 11. " By the way, I neglected to o'fier you soup. purely vegetable as the pittent pill boxes say, yet equal to Green Turtle and no mtistake.'' Z. " It's component parts ?" It. "Catfish and Cooter! and if you ever ex pect to eat soup now's your tinte." " Not any ' answered Z., evidently dir-gusted at the idea of eating a terrapin, especially when some thing bearing a close resemblance to the foot of a juvenile tegro flonted lazily before his view. By this time the well filled plate had been passed and with but few preliminaries was aumply discussed by the hungry guest. " Now do you relish the fish ?" enquired the If., I" take anaither supp'y-you land lubbers from above know absolutely nothinz of the finny tribe when comnpared to we mud larks below." Z. (Passing his plate.) " Tlaik you, the fish is really delightful, a little coarse perhaps; but the beau. tiftl color and that best of sauces, exercise. nmnk ample amends for that. What is it? neither rock trout, nor sturgeon, ch ?" II. " Never mind its natme, pass your plate, foi here is a still more dlinte norsel. liut the chick en, mian, you have not even tasted it-alloew ine t4 recotmmend it. If Betsy excels in anything it is ii preparing a young and juicy capon." Z. (Iteceivin- his plate for the seconel tine an making a furious attack upon its contents.) " A el 11. it is really deti.;htful. I alost regret pnrakin si freely of the fish-another piece if you Ilease IIere, waiter ! a glass eof bratndy antd water bay wa of a settler. The heartiest dinnier that i have take in some time. Now fear the ingredietts and mod1 of preparing the two dishes." S(H. with a sinister snmile.) " As to the fis the first thing to be done is to kill a large alligatol e ut ofif abou t five p-munds of its tail, salt :ad sentsa acording to taste, place it in a pet of water.,ad " Ihld"' says Zeke with a face as white as a lilla "* dial yoau say A lligator 1" II. "Yes ! devil a bit of Csh have you taste L . in-da.v. 'sundry hudiceous contortions of his face to b ecm n manife-st. By a desperate efh'ert he succeedad hto' ever in grunting out " chicken broth ! how do yo~ make that 7'' i" Well," replied thte IHorse, " as a certain ecal ery book says about preparing squt~abs fear dlinne te first thtinig to lie adone is either to geo, or een o:t. tie catcht a Billy Dink." 'A ilily Tsinak," says Zeke, " what's that !" I I. I am really surprised, ald f.llow, to (utad yi C so little uf a salt ! It is noathittg moure noa r less thte I ane oif these large, fine looakintg, fut Greent Fre' - wicht yon htear nighatly in the swmiap, gaaitg Bil Dintk ! Billy Dink ! Billy .Dinak !'' (iimitatinig tI V horse sound of a frog.) s " A nd was that Fruig instead of Chicken ?" il I. quired Zeke. a " Noilain g else," answered his imnpertutbab Ii Itormntor. N Fromt an ashecy paleness Zake's tface here becaun rliia, his eye-sight failed, his head reeleal, and ian al little while, a revolt toock place between the hel 0 ada its mtenmbers, a gurgling saaunda like that t mnty waters was heard in the loewest recesses of11 throat, a convutlsive sihudler passed over fats fram - anal a confausedl jttmble of Alligatoar, Coote~r at Frog catme jumtping from his thro'at-Butt lie S rader. let us close with the simtple annmounac'em -tat Zeke haas never sinice been knoiwnt to, eat fish< n cikena, utnless it was preparedl at hunte. FIRE IN ABERVILLE. .A fter our paper wais put to press last week, iffre broke taut int a large buildinmg, in progress < -I ret.iont by HI. A. .aimnes, Esq., at the exstret: lower end of' thec village, which wa ent ira'l cosumed. From this the premtises of 3l - . lan1s-it eattghtt and his dwellitf, store.roonl sad r everal orhais ouf-hiouses n erc destroyed. 1mn 'Ite" ttiinutes after t he fire was diascovered, (at atcizens5 rushed to the place and exer:ed thent selvs t th utostto avetheproperty tfir felowv towtnmen frotan de.,truction. hI I. Lwson's furnaiture anid articles for sale wvere a -saed, thoutgh doubl less witha considetr.tbke dant age. Tedoor shutters, mantlepieces, windo sash andsomeof the ceiling of the hmouse, wet ont iaT, and also saved. His neftul loss is el timated at, at lat ite ude olr -Mr. .Jones estimates hais loss at about the sami n No inasurance upon either konse. On t his atrec yy it is some distance, twventy-lfive or thirty pae .to thae next house from Mfr. L'awsoni's, and from thai, as also the fact of' a thiek growth of shad trees intervening, no fear of the fire extendin in thaat direction, was apprehended. Mr. Deal' g shop just across the street, op)posite Mr. Lant e son's, was in great datnger, and would hatv acaught beyond all question, had it ntot been fc :oa small garden enginec. belotnginig to Mr. Tayloi w vitha whaich thte whfole end of the shotp, and "part of the roof, were kept drippinag with wate' rir f this had caught, serious damage mighat hay is resulted. s We onmitted to say in its proper place, tha Iabefore Mr. Lawson's htouse had burned dowr' Iire hundred dollars were [contribted b Ithose present, to repair his loss, and we are tol ithat a thtousand dollars will be given. Mi awson lase exparessed his determainationt r'fud every dollar of this money, whten hii Scirustanees are bettered. A snbscriptiton wva it alsa raised to repair the losses of' Mr. Bowet aad M~r. Franks, two very worthy mechtante: e thmo laud eacht a vatlutable lot of toolis destroye< -Abbeville Banner, 28th talt. isJCK, the slave of Mr. Lites, who wacte tcnced to be hanged a few weeks aigo, for thm y nurer of hais wife, suffered the extreme penalf of the law, on Friday., lasts l1e 'tat his fal rr with calmness-nd composure. In.a few wvord aeaeknowledged his crime and the igr~at smn < Sit.-adaitted he juSte of tho law in requirin his life as the forfeit-expressed a hope that hi sins were forgiven him, and exhorted his fello' Iservants to takIce warning, from his example, an from that hour to preptare fbr. eternity. Hie wr t-baptised under the gal lows by a Catholic Pries who happened to be passing by at the momen The ceremony was unexeptionable, approprial -a.... ...... eolnmn-AbihIela nner, 28th ult. APZIVAL Op T=~ STE&AR hCTIC BALTIMoRE, May 31;1852. The'Aretic arrived at New York at 10 o'clock n Sunday morning. - On the 15th, in the Liverpool Market, the sales -ere 18,000 bales, at advanced rates. Specula. >rs and Exporters taking 10,000 bales. On the 7th the article was more freely offered, and the usiness reaeh 10,000 hales,-speculators and xporters taking 3,000; but the extreme rates f the 15th were ba rely sustained. On the 18th he sales were 7,025, at unchanged rates. The peClaiive and export tone of the Market was uiet but steady, withiout any noticeable change 'rom the prices of the 15th. For Breadstutis there was a better feeling, 6ith a slight advance and larger sales. The Asia arrived out on the 15th. The English intelligernce is unimportant. Austria and Russia, relative to the attitude of France, have determined to uphold the treaty of 1814-15. The meeting of these Sovereigns has eau'sed reat trepidation at the Tuileries. Spies have been sent to watch their movements. Lanorieiere, Bedenne, and Leiloe refused to' take the oath of allegiance. The business of the Manufacturing Districts brisk. Money abundant. Consols closed at 991 a 99 7-8. Flour had advanced 6d. Provisions unchang ed. Suegars advanced Gd. Coffee slightly do. clined. RECEPTION OF THE MECAN ]M!ISTEL On Sat urday, the 22nd ult., Senor Don Man len Larrainzar presented his credentials to the President of the United States, and was received as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of the Mexican Republic to this Go. vernment. Ile iade the following remarks on the ocension MUST EXCELLEXT..SIa :-I have been entrust, ed with the honorable mission of representing Mexico nwar the Qovernnent (it this Republic. The appointment of Envoy Extraordiriary and 3iinister Plenipotentiary which has been confer red upon me, allords ine the distinguished honor of being the interpreter of the sentiments by which she is netnated, and of expressing my own to the worthy Chief Magistrate who at' present presides over the destinies of this geat' nation. All thiA will be found in the credentials which I have this day the pleasing satisfaction to present. Tie relations between the two Republics are of the highest importane-. The Mexe in Go vernment is desirits to enliivate friendship and good unlerstanding, so that those relations may be sustained and happily preserved nat-ered. Its most earnest wishes are for the maintenance of peace, which should ever exist between them, and to avoid all occasions tending, to disturb that peace, or drive it from the path which for their own common interest should never be forsaken by either, in order that no disagreeable or unhappy occurrence ney engender enmity between two nations, which, inhabiting the same continent. nith so many of the elements of life and prosperitv around'them, ought each to be employed by surh means as a just and enlight ened policy'enn put into prnectire in securing the welfare and tmtoral perfection of its own citizens and thee material progress of the country. I flatter myself that nothing will occur to alter or dimi'nish these sentiments of mutual grood will and coinsideration, and that, both na tions being tui.hde by them and by the prinei Ipes of jn& ice, whatever obligati.mis may spring up on either side. or ma havg been contracted bet ween them. will be filfillea to the letter. Mv aims amnd all my' efforts will be so directed that'thce interests of 'Mexico, which I am' enlled uponm to uphokld. may always b~e reconciled and ini harmony wit h those of this great end enlight ented nation, and that during my mission I may rely upjon the kinedness'and esteem of your Ex eellenice, whose nole qualities are known every iwhere, aned dly atppsc inted. - Tro w hich t he P'resident replied ais follows: I am ha ppy, sir, to welcome vou .as the repre senmantire of. a ceonteri'i onsei1 Itepnblic. ,There is certainly no reason why the utmost harmony and good'feelinicr should not prevail. between nx. y~aa & UnitedStj * 'l . *9~ and emyr efrreimtibe~itl jui e aid na tionael honor should be made amicably to adjust pe~nditn d iferences. Utnhappily some sueh have :n isen, tbut I cnrdinilly unite with you in express ing the hope t hat all obligations on either side - wili b.e aihfully fulfilled. This, in my opinion, w~oned be the onely course which wonid comport w ~ith thie honor neid dignity of~ two Republics whose territorie~s occupy so large a space on the Nort h AXmerienn coict inent. I p'rnv that the- t-'upremne Ruler of the universe may so' direct the conneils of both wations na to W id'nee. each to render cetnal anud exaet justice to athe oit her.nand thaet von maye~ be instrumental in a ncomtplishCing~ this' de'sirale result, towards .which I proiie you my cordial co-operation. ie conclusion, p~emit mec to assure you, that during voter residence among us you may de -pend upon receiving every consideration and courtesy from this Government, which is due e to the representative of a sister Republin. AI.AnAt A WVnEAr.-We have been shown by e our esteemied friend, Mir. Anderson, w~ho has a jpst returned from the ineterior of the State, a sperinmen otflhe tiest wheat we have ever seen ~rowni in Alaebamcn. Thle straew is laerge and fim.d the heads full mend perfect, containing froem thirt y to forty glrains of the best wheat, Sfully mat ured, without the slightest sign of rust. d These speciimeas wvere plucked at random in eGreene count y. where,nzs well a Tsaloosa, Seimpter and Pickenms, thme crops are said to be 'better than they have ever been before. ' he wheatt crop ini thme central and southtern parts (of the State leave generally been so un e ertinn tha~it their cult ivation has been to a great extenit zehandloned ; but the experience of t the presenct year gives ecourngement that in f feuture they maezy be conisidered moure relineble e need pronuertive. When it is remembered that r onr pe'ople acnnuailly import from seventy-five to i. a hundcered ilhouesandm ba~rre'ls ofi flounr, the impor , fance of' thei ienerenesed eiure of this staff of a life will be appreitd.-Moubile Reg. 25th uIt. -THEa Cnors.-The Rome Courier says: Pass fing' throug'h porticins of Floyd, Chattooga and . Walker conhlies, laest week, we were gratified I to observe that cr'ops of' all kinds were in quite I- a promiising~ cendit ion. Unless some cnlamity v unnforseeni shall befacll the growing crops, Chero. - kee Georgiac will agnin 5e blessed with plentiful i- harvests anid rich abundance. .The Whtent crop througheout the Western iStates is spoken of na lookineg extremely fine Sthe prescent season. Thme winter, although more ithanm unusually free from snow, has been fav'ora ble. Regular rains have kept the earth moist, and the growitng crop wears a green and vigor ous appearance. The otnly damage now to be apprehended is the rust.-Costitutioalist, rTnE SEAsoN AND THE Cnors.-From all we en cn learn on the subject, the crops in this vicini :ity and indeed theromnghout the State, are in a .very promising condItion, particulaerly those of corn, wheat, rye, oats, &c., to which our plan, ters appeaer to leave given their special attention Sthis year, no doubt in consequence of the scrity of the past season. If our planters, as n general thineg, could be induced to farin more and plant less, we are certain they would be perfectly atisfied with the result after a faie Strial. -For some days past we have had fine showers here, and'vegitation of all kinds is rapidly mnaturinig.-SL'ate Rights Republican. , The dwelling house of Killis Anderson, Esq., 1. in Newberry, which wvas being erected near the workshops of the Greer~ville and Columbia Rail Road, was destroyed by fire ont the 25th ult.' The building~ caughet fire' fromi the burning of. shaving anid other rubbish ntear it. .W3ESTWARD IHo.-The ynihiet Il.) Sentinel says that over seventieo hundred~tettmnsM% passed that place bound for;California'and O:t. gon within t he last three week's.3 'Most of'then were from Michigan, and Noi-thermlindianua.. dTuoMAs lWErAGHER, the Irish 'patriot, whose s escape from 'Van Dieman'sLand was announced some time since, but afterwvards denied, arriv'ed in New York on the 28th. -He received a mat e cordial welcome' from-~ his countrymen-andge~ itiens geneanl1e '