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EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8,1852. 7' WE refer our readers to a communication on another column, addressed by our representative, Mlaj. JoHN C.-ALUa'. to the Iouse of Representatives, in referefte to the'difficulty which seems to have arinej uporsthe subject of(his holding Federal office t the tinm of his efectfrtr. Tie explanation is satisfactory so-us, and we hope it will be so considered by the Le gi'slature. Standing however upon technicalities, 9a that body seefra disposed to do, (and very properly in the main,) a new election may be ordered. If so, We. take it for granted that the same member will be returned if he desires it. This, we believe, is the mnal course, and one which rccommends itself to the rod sense of every one. OUR THANKS Aat due to l1on. JAMtES L. Oaa for a neatly bound topy of the speeches and funeral sermon delivered in the Capitol at Washington, upon the death of DANIEL W EBsTER. Also, to Dr. Wm. S. IIL.EY, 3Jaj. JOIs C. ALLN. and Dr. I. C. GRt rr , for several docunmitts of in terest from our Legislature. FOUL Mt.'RD)Elt.. .ON last Sunday morning the dead holy of AAR ON, a slave belonging to Mr. AuNER BusnNELL of this place, was fouiid lying in a room of Mr. B.'s carriage shop. The boy, it is thought, was killed by some one, but ns yet nothing has been disclosed by which to ascer tain, or detect the murderer. AARON was a workman and slept in the room where he labored. One of his his own tools, a chisel, was selected as the instrument of his death. The blow was evidently aimed with murderous intent, for the jugular vein was entirely sev ered) and the throat slightly cut. Apparent signs of struggling were visible near the corpse, supposed to have occurred while bleeding to death. When found his fiead was almost "itmmer ed in blood. insomuch hat it became neecessary to remove the clotted gore in order to ascertaii the location and extent of time wound. KITCHEN BRllNED. Qs Thursday evening last the kitchen and smoke house of Mrs. SUSA.i LovELESS, in this District, were burned to the ground. It was with difficulty that the dwelling house was saved. It seems that the fire was kindled by some little blackamoors wtho wished to see the display. The scamps! FIRE IN HIA3BURG. faat an account of the fire wnich occurred in 11am. burg last week we refer our read'rs to an extract from the RepuMlican. There was insurance upon the property, except as to MArnENY's hotel. What with fire and water, our old nearket-town has passed through considerable tribulation this Fall. It has ill however been made up by the unusually heavy hula ness e the season. We hope this good luck will enable her, after brushing oir her scorched feathers and fluttering away the mud and moisture fromi her plumage, tospread her wings and rise a little higher than she has ever done yet. Some say this is her last good season, but " the 'tothers say, nay." We will see. Tils JUDGE-SHllP. Fiox a private source, direct from Columbia, we learn that FAtI. St'LtUVAS, DAWKetNs, G.ovER and others are competing for the honor of filling the seat upon the Bench, vacated by the promottont (!) of Judge E~van9 to the Senate. Our correspondenit regards 6t.oVEa' chance a good one. Should he be elected, Col. Dr.AN of Spariswburg s spoken of as his ufeeessor to the Clerkship of the Mouse. " Push along, kvep moving." GEN, 30NHlA3. IEr affmis ia much pleasure to knowv that nmur es teemed fellow-citizen ha, been continued in the oflice of Solicitor for this Circuit b h nnmos oeo Ntl EWV SE .$TOR. - I-r wiill ho seen, among the Lecgisiativo proceedings of last week, that Judge EVINxs was duly elected to represent South Carohtna in the United States Senate, for the six years beginning with the 4th of Miarch next. The Judge is an excellent man, and should he succeed in discharjging the duties of his new position as efficiently as he has done those of thme Bencht, thme State will have additional reason to be proud of her worthty son. Edgefimeld's preference was of course for another. But shme has no complaint to make. She knows her self sufficiently honored in contributimtg omne Senator to the service of the State. Feeling thu. sihe had an other son fitted to m-ustain the characte: of Somuth (a rodina upon'the same floor, she ventitred 'to present him for the State's acceptance. The Legislature hans decided that a different person should occupy that high position, and we yi.eld ottr hearty accord. We do this thte more cheerfully that our candidate hans thld himself aloof, in the qttiet of his home, awaitmtg thmat decision as in duty bound, withottt an ehlort to direct or control the body whose duty it was to make it. All other candidlates mnay have donte likewise. If so, they have no cauise of repreach, no ground fornmortificationt; but shounld all be contented to hope that the Settator elect may. by the wisdom of his course, reflect much honor upon himself and thme State lhe represent. CONVENVTION OF EDIlTORS, PUBIlShlERS, &C. Tats body met in Colttmhia on Wedmtesdamy thme first inst. As we anticipated, there wvas a highly respectable attendance of thme craft. Mr. P. 3M. WALt .AcE, of the Xpasrtan, presidled over the deliberation of the meeting. and Mr. IR. M1. S-rOKEs, of the Lau ensille Hecrald, acted as Secretary. Perfect har mny prevailed. The business, which called these gentlemen together, was transacted with exetnplary dispatch. A permanent association was formed under the name of the " Somuth Carolina Press Associtatiott," and a Constitution was adoptedl for its proper govern ment. It was agreed to hold annual meetings for thme future. The officers for th. coming year are RI. W. GttsEs President-P. 31. Wari.t.AcE and WV. R.| TAT.a, Vice-Presidents--E. HI. Barr-rON, SecretaryI and Treasurer, and T. J. WaRREN. Orator. The net meeting of the associationt will be held on tihe first Wednesday in December 1853. The members wvere kitndly invited by thme hospita ble proprietor of the American Hotel, 3Mr. JA NNEYT, so a dinner on Thwssday last. We observe also thtat' magnifacent entertainment "' was given to the body, os Wednetsday eveningf, bty time Editors of Columbia and other citizents. In short every thing connected with the occasion of thmetr assemsblitt, passed ofg admirably.. We had expected to-kave been with otur esteemed Blrethren en that ocecui-ion, but cireuimstances of a painful natutre prevented one of us and unavoidah!e litidrances the other. It affords us pleasure, however, ti say, fbr eurselves and for the Proprietor of the Adertiser, that we may be considered as hmavimng subscribed the Constitution which wvas adopted, and tmat we will take the first opportunity of applying! regularly for admission itnto the Association. 31a~y it nesult in mtuch good ! %A IO10 FOR THlE IL~ITIA. Wi' oliservee thai 35r. AsntxORE, one of the promi aent younger members of the House, has in~trodhu-ed into the Legislature of our State a Bsill to diinish the number of petty muisters. It is prmposeed to- dis continue them entirely between tihe lit of 3May and. te 1st of October. We imagine this wol provo to e qute a popsachange, except wsitika few "'Major Dagettys,"' some cake-cart merehants and certain Hegal traffiokers in "lall-laced." If it shottid be1 found not to interfere with the proper reguhation.of atrol duties, we are in for it warmly. Our petty mustene ae- certainly, for all putrposes of military dbeipla, the merest farces- eve- enacted by any! sensibo people. And we venture the off-hand opinion that just enough of such mockery as is neces mary to keep up the organizatior. fisr public purposes , or for enabling the State to- lunow where to find: her i "citizen-soldiers" in-an emergency (and not an iota1 more) would be a very rational arrangement. It LEGISLATIVE SYNOPSIS. Wz publish elsewhere in this number the Legisla tive proceedings up to Thursday last. We give our il readers the following compend of Thursday's and Fri- i day's proceedings, not having room to copy them in 0I rrnso. 11 In the Senate, on Thursday, Mr. GRIFFIN from the 0 Committee on Incorporations, reported several Bills of Incorporation without amendment. t Mr. CnEsNU'T, from the Committee on Agriculture., submitted an unfavorable Report on the Itesoluition of Senator G1sT, in respect to the expediency of passing a law to keep stock within an enclosure, to obviate the- necessity of other fences. (This is w hait we ex peeted wo(ld be the fate of this proposition. The re port of the commhittee will d.,obtless he sustained. An enactment of this kind might do well enougt in cer tain thickly setdett and generally cleared districts, such as Fairfield fur instance. But in much the larger portion of our State tle forests are too extensive and the mast, pasturage, and so forth, too vataibla to admit of this policy as yet, It notidd be premiaturely debarring many citizens old privileges, to the use of which the owners of real estate themselves have scarcely ever interposed any objection. It fact the largest land-huldej, as well itas the snmallest, would he put to great inconvenience. For whercas now their droves of cattle, hogs, &c., roam at large during the summer, over their own possessions a well as their neighbors', under Mr. GIsT's law they would be forced to the heavy extra expense of extensive fencing to reap anything like the same advantages.] Mr. MIosEs, from the Judiciary, made unfavorable reports on several Bills to increase the number of Magistrates. Ile presented a favorable report upon the bill to alter tihe Constitution so as to make Lexiig. ton the only name of the District, which now heasrs it in common parlance, Saxe Gotha haviig been the name heretofore by which it was recognizel in the constitution. (This measure, havitig nlow been before two Legislatures, will become law.] 31r. MazycK, of the 'Finance Committee. reported unfavorably on the petition of the Stockholders of the Hamburg Bank. for the renewal of their charter, and made a favorable report for the incorporation of a new Batik in Colunibia;to be called the Exchange Bank. (How is this I Wonder what onr Bank has done to be thrown out of favor! Some informality in tile proceedings pethaps.] Tike Senate received Judge Ev.rss' letter of ne ceptance as United States Senator. Senate sent a message to the House proposing in go into a ballot for Law Judge on Saturday the 4th inst. [We un.erstand that DAWKItS, Yots.V and Sut.t VAx are spoken of for this- seat. The first mentioned has the prestige of having been nearly sucacsfulon a formner occagiori, which will go far to elect him.] The bill to limit the Jurisdiction of 3fagistrates, in smaall and mean cases, to their respective beats, was discussed, voted upon and checkmated. The bill to authorize the State to grant additional nid in the construgion of tife Spartathurg antid 'niotn Railroad, was agreed to-yuns 27, nays 1-1. So it was sent to the House for concurrence. A bill to prevent assailts with concealed weapons, was also agreed to and sent to the lIhonse. Nothing else of interest transpired in the Senate ott Thursday. In the House, on the same day, the following parti culars are worthy of note. Mr. McGow.s, fron tile committee on the military, eported unfavorably ot a Bill authorizing Colonels of Regiments to levy their own fines ; also,.ons a bill to dimini.-h the duty and reduce the salary of. Adjutant and Inspector General. 3r. Csossos preseinted the report of the minority in favor of the last named Bill. The louse went into Committee of tile Whole (Mr. B. G. JonsisoY in the Chair.) and the Eleetoral ques. tiotn wan di,cussed hy 3Messrs. P'orrsu mt i , Tr: .t.t Sa tASr andl Ssicsttssa, after which tihe comimittee rose. The general orders were thecn proiceeded with. Theis consideration of tihe bill to dividete N-dteton into twon Election Districts was again resunmedl. The qutestioni was debated by Messrs. MSIunLEToN, Tt.t.sN~it AST, Tuosesos, St.o. s amid B. F. Paanty, time last of whin i said to have madl' a speech of great ability in favor of tihe bill. It was passed to its tiir readinig by a vote of 91l to 23. [Veay hmandisomnely doune. It was~ biut justice to pass this obviously necessary enactment. .disturbance of tihe Comprmomise betwveen time upper amnd lower cotuntry can well be avoidlecr in view of time rapimd increase of wealth and populatimmri in our Divi. sion, yet we are disposed to let tiings remain as they are as long as possible.] On Friday time 3d inst., butt little of interest occur red. Several lavorable reports were umadle uponm tihe chartering of Banks. Omne of thmese, we perceive, is for outr nieighborimg village of New berry. A Bill to incorporate the Biechanige Batnk (above allmded toe), received its secnmd readinig, and wvas sent to thme House. Several oilier bills mof ineorponrationi passed to their secndi readling. Mr. Bicen.r s.tN intro. dieedi a Bill to incorporate the Planmter's Bammk of Fairfield. Mr. Evmss gave notice that lhe wvuuld, on the next dasy, introdulice a hill to incorporate thme-West rn lamnk onf South Carolinma in Aniderson. [Was time like ever heard of Banks ! Somme fifteeni years ago ur boast was that we hmad but fe*w lanmkm. bmmt that. they were good amid that their pasper was gladly recog-. mized frmom Marylanid to Loumisiania. We spoke of time many Baniks of Georgia with diadaitn, and anmghmed their depireciated currency to scorn. Shall time mne state of thiungs now take place amnong ourselveNs! Bit we have not read time charters thmat are beinig so freely lavishedin by otmr ILegislature. It may be thtat each Hakimng Company is to he bound tup by inuliciett checks and conditions to keep thetm straight. if so, we have not a word nmore to say. Let them ail"rock on." each oine on its ownm bottom. We onily fear that tme history of some of thetm will resemble that of the "Thtree wvise men of G~othmam, W~ho sailemd inm a howl If the howl hadimibeen stronger TIhme tide had beeni omnger."j~ D.4NIEL WEBlSTER IN PRIVAtTE, ON time outsiide of this week's AdLcrliser, we hmave placedl two letters from the pen of Dayist. WEisTER wimch have recently been goinmg the runmmds of time papers. They are said to he taken fromi a ciillectioni nf his private papers, soon so be brought bmefmore time pnblic in a hook. We wish our readlers, or those oif them who have not yet done so, to peruse these letters oce! and again. Their simplicity and putrity of thotghlt. amid their tunpretendimg chasteness ouf siction, render them admmirable specimnenis of compposition itt their degree. Admdressed, as thmey are, to a plini farmer, Jon~ TrA vtLo by name, time mnamger of Mr. Wsria's agrienilitural initerests, thjey clearly exihit the great man in oiie phase of his domestic relations. And, while impressing each reader with a most re spectful sense of their author's till pervading iintellect, they cannmot fail to suggest time conclu'ion that Wztsrs'a was a bectter man anti a purer paltriot thani many of his Ammerican brethren have been dimposed to esteem him. 'Thie prejudiics of political opposi tion pass away, in all well regulated minidm, whets the pall of death has fallen upon and einded time career of* hsman greatness. And mien theni see andm admit enoblig traits, upon wbichi thmey before looked with d-iorted visiots. Tihu, let it be withs time " goud-like DAizt.!" 'That lie was subject to many of the frailties of humanity, and that lie often suiflered him self to yield unduimly to their influemnce, thierebmy sul lying his tmoral excellemce, has been frequently asimerted amid may not perhaps be without fmmdntation in fact. But, however this may he, let them all he i now " interred n' ithm his bonies," and let its turni to i view the brighiter arid nobler elements of his compo-. sition. By doinig so with the lenint eye of forgiving kidmiess, we will findm mutch to appirove, nmuchi to applad.. We will find that even DAN i.t. Wenis-rcs'is I morality was of'a genumine stampij at bottom, however nring lie may have been at times. We wvill fimid imat DANIEL Wssraa's patriotistm wasi of an cim larged andi elevated cast,, hu>weve-r warped at sicca donal iuntervmals by tihe bias of political prefaerencees or he foree of ambitionms aspirations. 'We will fimidr hat althmotughi, as time Sctiator from Massachusetts, he nay have leaned with a somewhat natuiral proclivity owards Isis native section, yet, as time Fatrmer of larsehil, bis heast was lai time right place, ail thamtc mr whole country, frout Miaine to 'Texass, was the ireat, object uS him inmost bosom's constant solicitude. 1 tal this brings us bac~k to time parmicular circsmn.i itance which has led uts jinso these reflections, virr: s he two letters-tCo whticht we' have already directed I he attention-of our readers, conveying time unistudied md genuine expression of his thmoughtsm in time more muble anid retiring character which we have last t FOREIGN ITEIS. ON the 11th ultimoQueen VICTOarIA read her speech, rt the British Parliament. After expressing het"deep Orrow" for the death of AaTuR, Duke Wellington, ier Majesty goes on to exprei the friendly relations ow happily subsisting with her government and all ther foreign powers. During her remarl's We' find the following allurion o the recent difficulty between our country and Eng anld, arising out of the fishery question: " Frequent land well founded complaits on the part f my North American colonies of infractions. hy cit. zens of the lInited States. of the Fishery Contertifon f 1818, induced me Ito dispatch. for the protection of heir interest a class of veissels better adapted to the ervice tian those which had been previouslyemploy d. This step has led to discussions wiih the govern nent of the United -tatest atil while the rights of nV subjects have been firmly maintained, the friendly pIrit in which the question has been treated. induces ne to hope that the ultimate result may be a mututally >eneficial extension and improvement of our commer iial intercourse with that great Republic." Thts we perceive that the Queen chooses to deno nintate the steamers. wbich her government sent for the protection of the Fisheries, decorated with port loles, and charged with those infernal engines whose rude throats" thun4ed! agninst our defenceless ikiffs, nothing njore than "a class of vessels better adapted to the service than those which had been pre iously employed." It has beensaid that there inothing in names. The reat genius of her majesty's realm wrote that "a rose by any other name would smell as gweet,." and we presume she is not inclined to doubt its truth. It may be that those war steatners were adorned with port holes merely for the sake of ornament, and that their ennnen .-ere intended to roar only on occasIons of estivity-but' our trembling hssherinen undoubtedly were of a.different opinior. The latter portion, however, of the clause above quoted shows that John ull and Brother Jonathan are desirous of inutal peace and harmony. The speech further recommends the adoption otuct a liberal, just a'ud generonypolicy towards Irelaid am shall cause her to rally front the depression into whieh she Ias been sunk by the suffi-ring of late years. Nothing of importance has yet come hefore Parlia ment. 31r. Villiers gave notice that on the 22d uIt he would place a distinct motion before the louse with the intention of compelling Ministers to declnire their policy decidedly and unequivocally, as theil langtuge had been vague and defective. This motiot we trust'will he productive of beneficial results. Mr, V. was stiported by Lord Joun Russmi., Mr. CoBoE Mr. GrD..ssroxr., Lord PALstasTos, aid 1r. IIOUS The newis from Fran-e is highly interesting. In deed ere this we may take it for grarsted that NAPO, L.:oX Ill sits upon the French throne. The Senate after deliberation have voted to Louis NAroj.zoN the Senotlus Consultuma for the re-establishment of the Etnpire. In consequeice whereof, iin accordance wit I tha power thus placed in his hands, the Prince imme diately issted his decree convoking the people through out the Republic to pronouce for the acceptance o rejection of the Senulus Consultum. This pretende piece of repuiblicantism in offering tie acceptance o rejection of the crown to the people, is plainly nothin hut sham, and perfectly in accordaice with the polic] of NArot.EOx. In fact the President of the Senat himsef in his spe'cl to that boody proclaims or rathe commands the French vote, viz: " The popular in stitnct which acclaimed NAroj.EoN I, to-day revealini itself anew, hails by the name of NAP'oLEON 111, thi Prince n% ho for four years has governed France will so much wisdom and skill." The following is tie pro position presented for the acceptance of the people. " The people will the establishment of the impe rial dignity in the person of Louis NArot.ENs HoNA r.rARTE. with hereditary right inl his direct, leghiniate oralopted descendants, and gives to him the right c regulaiing the- rrder of suceesioin to this throne in sth HloNst'sT-r. famnily. in thme manner prescribedc by thi Xe.natus ConsutiIum of the Nov. 1852." I.om'me NA ro.F.o in his message to time Senate ex presses his cotnviction of the dangers of accepting an wearinig the crown, but quiets all his fears and appre hendions by the fact. that as he represents the popula and national will by so many titles, the nation il elevating him to the throne, will he doing nothini more than cruwning itself. "LCredal Judeus AZelk aon ego." A ppearnes now promise, ays thte correspondert roerutameral St.~luiid Otn the "2 Dehcember, th anniversary of the coup d'etal of last year, the anni versary of the ha'ttle of Austerlitz, and( of the Coron ation (1804) of Narort.os." 'The ancients were accutstomedl to represent Fortutn as ever fickle and inconstant, flyirig hither and thithie first iaihliting upon one head and then another, favor ~iC both thme lowly andl the mighty. Louts NAre .sEos may be well said to be the subject of hier mre chiatngeable caprice: A man noit long since mocked ridiculed, atnd even imprisoned, now Emperor Franttce. even steppingr, as it were, from the gloom his (dtungeon to thme throtie of one of thme mighties kingdhomN of thte onitine~nt. A writer front Foth America treating of the Atlan tie slopes oif that cotintry, says that "a city. the capita of a provitnce larger than all of the old thirteen State of this c'onfedleracy Pitt together, and occuipyinig os the banks of the La Plata very nearly the relative po sition which St. Louis occnpies on the banks of th< .~Iisiisippi." carries on its coimm,-ree by the mnle Ioa< im-teal of steam power. and over such a distance thas eachienravani itt going and returning is from Itnt twelve months. It is really astonishing that the sothern portiono a Ihemisphere should fag so tar behind the tines, whih the northern half is making suclt colossal strides i' imiprovemntnit and ittvention. To bue told, in our da' of ste-am aind lightning. that a large city. with equta faciliti,-s with our most floutrishiing towns, expends year in landing its prIinets upon te senest, a pe rio'd o'f tine in which our steamers would cross the ocean mtore thtan twenty times, is almost incredible. Why not fit out an expedition, such as intended foi .apan, against the fatal and mistaken policyeofCuya ht e'ndeavoring to secrete fronm observation its wotider fzl re.<ources and proiductions ? WIlCHI llAS TIlE ADIVAY'iTAGE-TIIE 0O.D OR TIlE NEI' Wz ask this question in reference to the all.import ant matter of locetti'on, as between thme oldl coutotries and' the new. Sonie there are wvho believe that it is better, if at all practicatble, to retnain int that portion of on's earith with whi line's earliest and sweetest associationts are linikedl. While many, very mainy, maintain that a niew coutntry and a virgin soil, make up thle trite field for eniterpirize and( ittdustry, at leasi with the young. Let us wecigh for a mtomenit the ad vantages of each, and eundeavor to decide between them. Anid first, wvhtat does experietnce teach upon this thject i Alnost every onte of tts have seen friendi tonl acquaintanceN abidollilg thleir decatying homne* Iteads and partially exhautsted lands, and takiung up te litne of tmarch for newv abodes int thte West. So tve we seen othters remaining behind, to striuggle manfully againist the seemningly stinted prospects from wieh the former fled. Let eacht one ask himself, wich are now more ptrosperouls, more contented and more imaproved itt every way ! Our own observation ells us thtat, in thle majority of cases, those who re nametd stationary have the advantage, both in point >f worldly goods atnd thte montl and itntellectual ad rancement oif their families, lBut oars is only the xprience (If one. Yet we believe that the aggregate >f the opinions of tan hesndred men wvotild establish ht experience, by overwheling odds. indlependant owever of experience we buelieve there is qutite enouiigh n thte reason of ite thting to sustain that side of the inestion to whicht we lean. There is an old and htomely adage which says thtat arolli'ng stotne gathers no moss.'' By which is nennt to be illustrated the trthl, that one who will tlt remamn in any 51pot or adhere to any occupuationt ith persevering fixedness of parpose, will scarcely icceed in attaching to him, as their owner, ithe vari is chattels which form the sum and substance of ihes. TIhiere is much truth in thme application, with armrs anti planters especially. W ith them,tbe only nre road to aflsitence is, first, the catiablishment of a ir honse thl aii eye to thme attendant circumstan c of convenienee a nd health--secomtdly, the bringing igeter, upton economical prinmiples, of all thte neces rry unpementsof good husbandry-thirdly, the rais ig ofa quantity of live stock, suoh as cows, hogs,&c., ulsient to enable their f'amailies tohive witrksome som >rt iuport home resuourees, while there by the sutm-total: their means is yearly increased, and fourethly, (in the 'uth,) the piurchasse and careful fostering of such egro property as will, by its own increase, aff'ord after muitlation. The young mn egina fL tipon prin ciples like these, will notWi reached his grand cli macteric before he will haWlA come as an old stone or die valley, covered -oiera ith rioss thick as wool and soft as velvet. Eat he, who having made such a begirining, turns his thotights to somrie distant, unknown and frequently imaginary spot, where opulence is to crown his exertions satione, who hangs behind him the door of his humblecottage in disgust, throws awny his first-made tools, sacirces his stock, tumbles his negro women and etilren2into a rough roiad wagon. and deafens the voice which bids him remain near hia father's grave with the shout of " West ward, Ilo !' may appear, after years of- exposure and toil, like a barren fragment of-granite,tofn fran iti fiatittinn fry by some mischance and wn upon the open plain, to he beaten by the wintes' rains or blasted by the summer's lightning. Thif contrast may seem a little overstrained to some; yet we.believe it to be founded in truth, and proved by many a sad reality. But it will be said that the injuries thus sustained in the outset MY fe speedily counteracted by the great advantages of Westerantaring. Our answet is, these vaunted advantages exist m6stly in imagination. We never shall forget two remarks, mode to us by gentle men of experience and intelligence nearly fifteen years ago, while upan a visit. to one of the most pro ductive sections of Alabama. - The old journal in which we recorded them is- now before us. One wvas the assertion of the general fact that " old countries are always under-rated .fitle new ones are invaria bly over-rated. Tht1. olier contained a piece of advice * which we transcribe pmeeisely as it -was given to us. " My young friend," saijthe Western man, " as long as you see efore you at home ajn prospect of a com petency, remain in Carolina. I have fully tried both countries, and this in my honest opinion." It was an honest opinion, fur it fell from a man unusually free from p ejudice, yet strongly attached to the State ol his adoption. i It would t mponible,'within the limits oif a news paper article to argue at length the advantages and din advantages of old and new countries. brome of ite most prominent we will rapidly glance at before con cluding these refnarks. vfre new States have tie advantage geerally in fresmness of soil, and when this is said the marvellon' story of their superiority ik.ended. The old States have proverbially the advantage in point of health. the means of education and the facil ities for dispoing of produce at convenient markets I and for remunerative prices. They have the advan SItage n the moral and political elements of their social organization. And, under the improved systemr o culture which is rapidly gainin' ground, they are hle little, if at all, behind in the aggiegate of their farm ing and planting products. True, we hate the diffi I cubies of worn and 'npoverished Is-nds to conteni with. But thre tork of reclaiming them, as proved h the experience of numbers already, is a work tha pays well, and will continue to pay better every yea as true agrienitural science advances. Besides, to I main who feels properly the duty of acling well bi, part in life, there is real satisfaction in hefnrgconscirm I of the fact, that while filling his cofers f)y slow hit regular additions, he is at the same time bringinj b-auty out of deformity, prosperity out of " decay gloom and desolation"-.that he is repairing and re r newing scenes which once were of the brightest char acter and are still rendered dear by most gratlefrl re miniscences-that he is, by his own determined lan I and skill. (under the blessing of an approving Provi dence.) enriching the bosom of ii mother earth, an n amply sustaining his declining years, with the fruit of perhaps the same old fields by whose almost spon tanenus yield his earliest *etnts were supp-. Al argument like this, we are aware, may ranch ht fev hearts in this cold and selfish age. Still there is phi Slosophy, there is reverence, there is patriotis.m, ther Sis religion in it. however spurned. We ta might go on- to rpeak of tilieeneffts whie haeotnresulted to individuals andtoci munities, growing directly out of the adverse ciremtI stances of a poor soil nidstinted nieans. WVe migi allude to the many useful and even noble traits whic gare called into being by the. compelling power of ini perious necessity. Weu miglt tell of men who hav arisen to the highest pit'h of renown, of nattot1 which have hecome thea.umiration of mankindl, an wvould carry us far beyond our limits. Neither don ' think it necessary to ocenpf' this grostmd in our ir stance. We are among those who believe tint ol South Carolina is stil one of the garden spots of th earth. Our lands even are as fertile upon the who! as those of any State this side of the Mississippi. Even in view of money making alone, there is yet among us a large scope for successful exertion. WV are all, or nearly all, coming to our senses rapidl upon the subjiect of preserving and improving the lill and valleys of our beloved country, (for Carolinai our country, and would that we all felt it more nn more !) Those hills andl valleys are even at this da: far from being exhausted. And if our valuedl old cii izens, and active, imtelligent young people womuhi giv, up this migratory spirit, by which they are beitng itn duly impelled, and wotul stand firm with elainish at tachbment to their homes atnd firesides-if they' wotih dt-ernine to make it thme proud business o'f their live to develop what isyet left to na by the beneficetnt Give1 of all Good, in twventy years (with impartial legishatiot on thme part of the Federal Government and fostertn; provisitna on thme part of our State Government) thi: dear country of onirs would be seen to " bhosomi n thes rose." Yes, when pZalifornia's goldetn streami shall be spokena of as brillianit but deceptive paths t< wealth, S. Carolina shall yet be as a youthful goddess erwnedl with fruits and flowers, holding in one hant sheaves of' rich grain, as the mark of her abundae and pointing witit thme oitier to thme heaps of valuabli produce which crowd her prosperous marts. REST FOR TiiE PILMAETTOS, Tat: Committee on the Military have reported favorably on a " Bill to exempt memabers of the Pal. metto Regiment from Militia and Patrol ditty.' That's exactly right according to our notions. Wi have thmoughit it ought to be dlone ever since the rave fellows returnued fromt the wars, and we rejtoice to see that there is now a prospect of its being carried into efg'et. We knowt nimabers of men whor, for pasitng through thme cotiparatively sitneenre service of holding oflice sevetn years, are nowv upon the " free l'ist," grinning from timea to time with the most pro vokinug self-comuplacency upon those of us whoi have still to " toat our shot-guns" int the ranaks. Now we maintain (althongh it will not help us ttndiviuttally one speck, for we are not Mexicans,) that the Pal mettoet, each one of whotm has endured more ande done mrore to hotnor the name of Carolina thtan any forty militia Captains or Colnels either, shotuld be aded to this list forthwith, Common justice, to say nothing of gratittude, demnandls it at the huands of unrt Legisatura, and1 we trust this lBill will not be left among the unfinished business of the present Session. LATER FR0K EUROPE ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER EUROP A. CHARLESTON, IDec. 2. The steamerF Europa hass arrived ant New York, bringitng advicee to the 20Jth ult., frotm Liv Ierpool. COTTON MIARKET.-Thie market is dull and prices haive dclhinetd one s'ixteeth to one eighth. Suales of two days reach 9J00 bales, of wvhichm spueltiors took 1000. Sailes of the week 20, 000 of which speculators took~ G000 and expor ters 3000 batles. Fair Orleana q'noted at 6% M.31 dhingn 5j ; Fair Mobiles 61 Middling 5t Fair Up. Innnd 6, Mitddlitng .5f ENGr.As.--The C hane-llor of the Exchequer ha given not ice of ano amendment fully enidors ig Free Trade. TIho Duk~e of Wellington was buried wvith great pomp on the 18 hi. Fat ANE.--Thei Psgris Mone tir anmnotnnees a reduction in thec army of' 30,000 mien on the lt IJauary. ADmtssross TO THE BmAR.-Tbe Court of Aja peals, now sittig at thi, plhice, on yesterday, December 1st, 1852, admuitted the- fatlowing geut tleen to practic-e in the Lawr Courts of this State -Et. J. Anderson, Peter H. Latrey, M. P. . Connior, U. J. l'nitleotn, J. J-. Rice. And the following wverem iunitte'd to prnetice as sodltrrs in Equiy:--Smmuel J. Bailey, Jr. Loiis S. Blanding, Thoas J. Glover, Win. M. llndden, A. Herbemotit, Jr. S. WV. Mabery, Jo. W. Romss, J. Felix Walker, S. T. H. Wianaas. Cnrlimian. DarH or Mn. BooT.-M1r. Boothn the Tra gdian, died betwecen N..Orlanis and Cincinnatti. M. ATJEN'S LErT'E TO THE HOUSE. Mit. SPA..KPa. AND GENTL.EMEN OF THE IIOUSE OF I RrPRESENTATIVVs : - Within the lst day or two, it has been suggested I to me that I hnd not the constitutional qual:fleations for a seat itl the Legislature of the State at the I p.-riamd of my election. It is due to myseif to State I that I was taken wholly by surprise. The following 1 brief statetent will put your Ilotiornb!e body in possession of the facts. For manny years I have been Posnmatestr itn a stall einntry oIfice. attd I eontintted to d:searge its duties uitil my election ai a member of your House. Shortly after tle elction and long before I took my seat as a nener of this body, I for warded my resignation to the Department at Wash ingtona, nail withdrew from all contiolun with the Office, not doubting that I had carried (at all the constttrtional requirements. DtetrmIiel not to occupy my seat wien teire is A reasonable doubt of my eligibility, I have asked the oinaion of tarious gentlemen of high intelhi gence, but thus far have not been able to bring ny own mind to a satisfactory conclusion. Jt remains for your Hlnorable body tq. take the mtatt-r into consideration and dispose of it in such m11aqncr :14 to you seemts right ttd proper. With cunsiderations of hgiglest respeci, &c. .OIN C. ALLEN. Correspondence of the AdVertiser. CH A1,ESTON, Dec. 4, 1152. OCR city is again crowded with a rich and racy v:triety of every thing that can attract the attetn ti-n, or begule the dersires of the pleasure loving and theatre going multitude. Miss D.as is still winting golden opintions of all sorts of people, and figuring as a star actress of tlite first magnitude. Site ap pears to-night in the Hunchback, and will again be greeted by a erowded house. I aml, of opintionl that %he is very much oterrated. but as I nit in the minority, elpecin!ly amlontg the faslionables, I shall not insist Illion coivitncing any peron ngainst his will. With proper traitning she might excel itt comedy, but in tragedy, never. There is some thling of the bovarding sehool .iss alout her, that seems rather out of place oa the stage. It may be natural, or it may be afl'eeted : in either ease time atl practtie may cure it. She is withal a promis ing actress. and tmy hope for an enviable distine tion and a brilliant career. But she will probably suf'er a momentary eclipse by th.- sudden appearance of a superior ltminary who has conN atted to illumiate the faslionable circles of the metropoliS for a few nights only, and tenela French walt.es aid Parisian etiqupette. at a dollar I h-son. The most distinguitisled woman oif her day-the wept, the honored and tite sung SLota 1tlontt.z the Countess of Lanlsfelt, arrived itn our city a few davs ago by otte of the Northern steamaters, anad with ler suite ptt up at the Charles ton. She makes her debut before a Charh-stu :mud'ientee tEnt Montday ntiglt, and will probably make quite ntn impression among the tnutated lion r worshippers. aid, perhtap', beyolnd that contructed splire. Tle lades will lay shly, on eollunt of her lofty steps. anad the exceetdingly BRhlIOm:th fashion of her costume, being an abridged edition of tile or:ginal. As the lords will have preerdelce, and patalooln< will likely be thieker than petticoatsc, I have promisetd myself to be one at tle battle of Ilothwell, evet if there be six i.r tchmon 4s itn the fi1e.d, and itn tmy ntext, I mnyt~ tell yout wihat I tinak TtEf hter, utnless I shall be foun.l amongitL thte shaen. I in erair.y tol kntow what the Editoars will say of hecr-tlicy ilf retnember poor Rmsv~oND of thec Tittes, tand praise hter of cour.-e. One of thec grenalest wotadera of thtis wvonderfual eage of wtonder lovinag people, is thte Inafanat Drum mier, a chaIill onaly three years old, what perflormts onf thtedrumntwth atl thec skill atnd pree~sio~n of at old mtountated utpota a chair, or matarchintg uponti the stage. tEE the tmutsic (If his oIwn drumia, like a veteran of atn hutndred battles. lie is perfolrmting at thme Hlibertnan l', atnd is drawinag erotwded houases. aIf hec is' dentied te mncns of takang a haighi stand int - life, hte saemts disposcEd tot nrtke nmtienlds for that tdeliriency by aakitng sllmte noise int the wmlM~ atn-l thtouagh he tauy nott hanve thte satisf~e~ain of lFtnglands mitatron Qtneena, itt beinag tEIIhl tat his itnfant driuim beats rountd te worldl. yet lie enan aspire t.o smofteglory of thte Soavereigna oIf thae sea-girt Isle, hy hentintgit round the tnwon. " You'd searce expect one of my age, To beat a drum aapona ale stuage. Chtarlestona is becomintg contscilus (If hter risitng grentntess, atnd is determatined nott to be ontt donie, even bay New York, for while thae oathamtites ars runn'ngtt ernzyV uater Thinekerny ando hais LIcuew aretjupinig upa mtnnwhiebt mtay eecipse the olirtnal.-J.i-uf. iAva. Elf thte Navy is etigaged to deliver a coawse ot kretut aes befotre thte hlere~amtile I.ibrary .\ssoceiationt on a varietay of secintitie sub jets, all tof wichid will ate doubt be ha::dled itt atn able Jand itetrestingt miannaer.-Prof. A~ GhsRJaraa also commtetaced a couirse of lectures (In Comtpatra tive Antatmty at the Mledical Co!leg.-, b.fore ithe stu-letats aand thtose itnterestedl itn thec science, J iis first lecture for the sensent wa deliverd oat Moodasy eveninag, antd was mtolst able and initeresting. fTe learned Prolf4eor haas thte haappy taletnt of itnvestatg Jany subject ke tonehtes with a dleep atad abidling itn te-rest preuiarly his own. lieI is onte of thte mtost Iearited andl plroafuntid atatomtists (If thte age, and haas lEctured with aiucha snteerss, both itn this coutn try and I-'.uripe. It is perhiaps right, tmeet and proper tat I sho'u'd stay somiethmng nIWIat theC weater, lest yu mtight conclude we lad ntonea ju.,t anow. We have htad anay quatity (If rain, iacomaieid by soetC genuaitne North lnuaters, whtich ha~ve playaed sadt htavoc with thte mtaails. Thte New York ad Wihinigtuan steaers htave all beena detainied f.Er thte hIst two days, ont accoutnt Elf ruaght weather; but it is clear inag uap nolw. with somae symtptomas (If a eahnt, attetad ed by clear wenther. I und~erstantd they lavce haad thteir usual ainmunt of session treather tat Columbia. I should lhave maenatiuned thte Editolr's Contvetioan, but au reavoir. A RCilEIR. Oorrespondence of the Advertiser. Mv-. L EUASo, La., N ov. 10, 185i2. Me.-ars. Editors :-Permit tae tharought thte cutl umnis Elf youtr widely circlauted anad poplular paper, to say a few words in behatlf of thais sectioni of the country. . It is inabtited ptrincipally by thec aidven turous moats of Ol~d Edgelield, whto manaty years since, becomtinag tired of thteir tmontotono~us life, anald the anarrowt bounttds of theoir, tmucha loved native homea, cotncluded tta seek a counttry, anmv aidapted to thteir wanats, beodthe eaigbosom of' the " Father of Wattars:-" After untdergoing matuty hardlshipas anad ditliculties, kntown (Itly to ltose who have tried it, we pitchted our tenats in this pk-nsant, prodiaetite nnd h.-aihay abawle, whichl at thsis titme (with the yraospeccts ahadat) htohls forth motlre inadnece mntts to a'l persons desirous of emigratinag West tana any otheir part olf Lou'saiana, the ferte cotton growig regtins of Red Rlver oar the extensive Su gut? growinag pllantatns ont the Mississipopi Rirer ntau We htave in conrse of erectiont here a very large ads splendhid btuillitng, under thec directiona and eoat trol of the Bat'st Ilenomtination, to be called die Moa'x-r LnnxoY Uxtvatasr. to whticha will be at tahIed a Theological llepatrtmencat of htigh chasraeter. The liosard of Trustees hanve exerted themselves an procuring the services (If thte best literary Teachers, botht maale anad femaale, and also thec best Divintes. We eartnesty believe thaat witha energy utirting, and witht thaat determination whicht -JacxsoY hatd is retling the U~. 8, Batnk, (lur Schtool isa botsnd te proper. Why Messrs. E~ioron, shtouldl if notI In the Erst plice, we haive a very hiealty loenation, ocal causes to be otherwse, a place that is well entered, It very fine Calebate Spring in a half mile, vhich is already a reort for many during the Sun ner Season; anui, what all persons most'y det1re vho wish to educate their children, we have a com inunity of unriraled character, energy and proasperi Ty. Why these things are so, some of your readers nay he curious to know. The cause is easily told. Wien we arrived here all had to work, and by the time some got so as to be -able to live without it, they hadl contracted such habits, that it was a plens are ilore than a task. ?ltoireorver I would add, which ofTers a greait inducement within itself with nut other considerations, that the continuatiton of the Great Western Rail Rond is nolw loving surveyed from Vicksburg ot the 3Misissippi to Shreveport on Ied River, and will rtn tlr4ttgh or near this place. Ilo! for tile Iron Iforse ! It is useless for me to say how. many millions already rejoiee at lis ton ward coirse. In short, dear EDIToRs, I hope the tiit. is not far listant, when old EMgei.ld will be proud to think we are her ofTspring. More anon. C. G. T. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN( EAMBURG On Wednesd ny night la1st aMbout ten 'clock, our town w as disturbed by the cry of fire. The fire originated in the l'iantter' IItel, owned by James lathenvy, and occupied by Iim and W. C. Bewley na residetctes. It is a tenement 11111e, and is noi known in which department the fire originnted, but was first seen burning from Bew' lev's tenement, and burned with such rapidity a' to give but littie time.to save any (lting, and that in niti- danaged condition. Mr. 3latilelv, i'st nearly all his stik of goods and furniture,'alountinig to about $3.500 inde pendent of the Hotel. lie ihad no inlsulrance, except $100, on the I lot el. The next caugit was the Grocery Store of Messrs Brinldh-l & Rosnm'nd, whlichl Was soonbl enveloped il l 'ines, griving time to save but lit tie. Their loss, about $4-,000, pretty well cn vered hv insurance. The house bieliiged to Rt. W. Owings. We were not able to learn wheth er it was insured or not. The la-t. was :t Intrge two story wood build. ing, owm-d by the fatmbura Bank, in which were two, store ronfins and two private residen Ces. One hlnir the honue waoq ocenplied by I.1.onard Suber, as a grocerv store on first story and the second, as a dwelling. 31r. tutber lost nearly all of his stock tof goods and furni:ire. lie was 1111 in-nred to the amoint $(iOO on hiS stock of- groverie. lie is the worst snlTi-rer amtlonig tuniftortunate, as his :l . malily, consisted in his store and hiuse furniture. The other hal w.sOr-ullied Iy John Usher, as a grocery store, and Wilninm .fitler, as a fam ily residence. Mr U-,her's loss is abont $4000, fully covered with insulrance. Mr. Miller had no insurance on ils h urniture, but saved the bett portionl (of it. The block. conisting of these three bniblings were coittnule in the short titme fot about an, hour and a halt. The houses burnel with sueh raptidity. that it was impossible for the Engine Conipanies to do more than they did. The Hamburg Fire Engile Company was tile first at tie scene of distres!s. but. we learn, ow. ing to the had condition of the hoes, were una. ble to render mnuch assitance. The Augusta Fire Engine Companies were promptly on the spot. We are aut horived, to tender the thainks of the .-ifei'rers and tie citizens generally, to those conmp:nies fir thtir assistaIe in savintg til i tow n from further destrition.-lleliublicnnl 3d in1St. C7oseanssioatL lsT. ucTs.-We leran that the Special Jolint Commtlittee oft both IllseS-olf thet LLigislatuore, appjoiiited for thait puirpOme, hlave re dist ricted the State, as folows: fit s probalbit till report wihl be adopted. First C;ongressiontal District..-Lnnster, Chlest erfield, Malbiiorough, Darlinigt on, Marioni WVillijamtshurg, Ilorry, antd Georgetownl. ,&cod.-Chll est on, excilUsive of' tile Part15 of St. .Johln's Ctolleton. Third.-Bleau fort. BarnwelI, Orange-bturg, Col Jetpgoiglikglrt tint Laulre'ns, nn ld A bbeville. Fifth.-AnIdersll-n, Pickens, Grneenvlle, Spar. tnlnhtnrg, and Unlionl. Sixt.-Ymik, Chlester, Falirfield, Richlland Kershlaw, and 3'umil:r. AsoTrmt FATA. A:ewDnTi oN TNE SOUTI CAHIIutA R Ai. Roan.-We vmIterstande that al abontt six a'cloctk yesterdaiy m~ornling, the ntigl idownl Expre'ss Tir.iit enmeit in coi!.-- ivith tilt tp Freight Traini, a little below Woo~idst~ck abiot lourteen iles fromt this city, itn conse qutenlce. it is sati, oft the previence of a -lna Jog att thte tme, and we regret to state thlat a Ger. man131, nt tiremal~n a11tctehd ti tile t'reightt Entginet wa crushed to deathI. No one else, fortuntately was5 itinjurd, tihe enlginleers and the othler tiremet'i htatinlg jumiped li at the moment~lt of the colli, sion, thecreby savinlg their lives. Considerahh damalge wv.is enn..e I'(to tone of thle enlgines, andI twt o or three freight ca:rs, we icarni, were brokei up. Th~e rsond beitng blocked upi yest'rdayv it conlsequente oft the necidenlt, passengers had to snit thir nggge romonetrainl to thte other. Th,- (letenCinu. ho0weve'r, was buttt rival, and tile rond will, we are inftormoed, he qute clear ti mornintg. and1( noI delay neced be aniticipated. Chur. Coulrier, 4th1 inst. FATAL. ArFraa--A MAN S'HOT AT Cr:oss KYs.-WVe learnl that a diflculty oelentred at Cross5 Keys, oni Wednlesdnly, 24th nit., bet ween George WV. E'valns 11 Jan . es Lowry, in whlichi thte iatte'rIwas k I.t'd and( tile formler hiadly wound ed. It sents thlat aln ill felintg laid existe'd som~e timle betweeni thle plarties, and oin mteeting~ 311 Cross Keys tile ol qtuarrel was renlewed. Soime angrgy words had p.l5.led between thtem, whten Evanis, whlo hlad a gunlIl intis hauds wrarned Low ry nlot to alpproneh imt (ir heC would shloot him. Lowry disreardedl thle' threat, :idvanceed a fe'w seps, antd E~vans tatkinlg delitierate aim shott him11 throngh tile right breast. Lowry after being shot did nlot tail immett.diately, but drew a1 pistol, advnceed andl pineting it wit Iini a few inches ot Evm,'~ heatd, woulld ha~ve hot1 im~ hatd tnot a brothier of' the latter, cominlg up at thte inlstant, kocsked -aside his armt. it the meant:imthle Isan had drawnI akifeh atndt immtedi.tttely stahibed Iaow ry thtree timles.-Loiwry gathlere'd'his at renight foer a la1st etfirt,naiso drew a boiwie knife, andlt sitb bed E~vans inl tile lace, tile biladue of the knife en teting is eyeC socket jutst beneatht the eye, anid passing dlownlward troulgh thte rolof ofi his moithl. immnediately upon giving the lnst bliow, Lowry ell to thle grotund itnd expired, ande Evatns turn ed and atttempjted to esenpe, bult wast pursned and caughlt. An Inqulest wats l i Iotn tile spiot ad gave a verdict of wilful urder. Evants was5 comllitte'd to jnti. at Decaltur, to await his trial, tt the ntext term of' the Superior Court. for titis cointy.-Att lanlta lttelitgenteer, 2d intst. HYMENIAL, Aani, 'Il Tuesday evenling the 23d1 ult., near Fayettevile, N. C , by lev. Alr. Gilchtrist, Alajor C' W. *-rv.s of linmlburg, atnd 3'tled FRAsevs Juss, eldest eatughiter of Capt. Johna Evatts, or the former plce AsaD, on tihe 24th Nov., by Janmes lnek well Esg., .1ir. PI-rna MicCas and Mi1ss CArnenuss Baows, all of Edgefield I listrict. Altstr.n, ott Siiid~aty eventing, the .ith inst., by the samte, Mr AuMaiosE Nix and Mliss S~s~ Paice, all of this District. 31I.n , iln Beaufort, S. C., on the 23d1 tilt., by tte llev. J. 11. Walker, 3Mr. ISAAC Un Aseni, of A b ievilL-, S. C., to Miss LoelsA C. Coclicaorr, of eaufort District. OBITUARY, D)tno. otn tite 29ith of October, at the residence of her father, ill 3iuontmry Cotuty, A labamta, tufer a paiful illness or twvelty-twvo dayus, E-ruvl daugh, ter of' L. C. and Mary Canteloiw, aged 10 years. Inteligfent, amluiale 31nd. belotved, her dlenti is sin eerely lamnuted by aulluher associate.atnd inequaintt OInees, and. is mit aOietion truly distressing to her bereaved parent, nad othetr relatisits. &aS fades the lovely bheminig tlowcr, Frail smiling s',ince of att htor; An~d pileasuire only bloom to die." OONXERCIAL Correspondence of the Advertiser. H AMBURG, Dec. 4th, 1852. Co-rrox-Trannactions in Cotton this week bare not been so extensive an the last, owing to the recent d-eline in prices, which had the effi-et of cheking the receipts. In the early part of the week the market was dapressed andi declined upon the re ceipt of Thursday's advices freon Liverlool I to i on all dc-seriptions. We have stince received still fur ther atviecs, bringing the Patne quotations, which produeed a lively fet-ling, ani the ree-nt decline is fully regained. We quote to-day 71 to .9 ets. D. AUGUSTA, Dec. 4. Co--ox-There hans been a fair dentand to-d'y; andi the sales reach 8 to 9110 hale-. Middling Fair las been muld at 9 cents, hut many buyers refuse to. give this price, and offerr lower rutes. As far" u reported tit us fron seven warehouses, the males reach 712 halte, as follow : 31 at 8F. 21 at Si, 40'at 8. 449 at 9, 79 at 9j, anl 92 at 91 eta. Butler Lodge, No. 17, I. 0. F A Regular Meeting of thin Lodge will be held onl Meeznaday evening next 7 oeclck. LEWIS JONES,Seeretary. Dec 8 it 4A Edgefield Collegiate Institute. -CHRISTMAS CONCERT! TIlE .Young Ladies eon nectel with the lusicaI De partmuent of th:s Institute, will give a CONCERT of Vocal and Instrumental Music, on Tuesday and Wedanetday evenIngs, the 21st and 22d instant. CV- The public generaly are invited to attend. 8ec. 8, 2t 47 Dancing School! R. J)lE.'lE 'ST would again respeetfaly in 7 ni-rn those desirous tof obtaining this graceful and in-hionable art tit perfe-tion. that the Lisf is still iwn fAir the regimter uf the name-s of those wie may wiih t take lessms. Illis termns are namlerate, and he flatters hirself that- ie it comaprtent and will give entire satisfaetion to all who uany patronise his The Listianny la had by applying to Mr. Doszt, or the P niters' t.11-,. Decem~br 8 -tf 47 jj: 7N 0 T I1C E." A Beautiful Assortment of CASIILP.E. MERINVIES. DELAINES AND PEIsAN CLOTIIS-. Also, a few more ef theew- handlsome Taids. Bro eades and Ireps ,-ilks. which will be sold iow. Of Blanikets, Negro Clotha & Tweeds, Tiogether with line Boots for Gentlemen and Boys, I have a fiic Stock. W. P. BUTLER. Dec.8 tf 47 Teacher Wanted. GNTE N. qualified to teach the differ e it branceits of the English 1anguage, can timian ex-ell-nt situatioln by arphling at once to eitht-r fof the Sualbs.-r.bers. The Sch-iil is situated near Perry'a Croass Nosafi in this District, a thik-kly pp.1uilated- nd.1 ie-althy neighborodit.el * .Ay emne de1iring the place would Jo well toap ply quatckily, as thet oppeeatunity may not be loneg open. B. P E R HY. .1.\ M -S CO)LEMAN, W1M. COLEMA.N. Dee S St 47 Woodville Academy, "1IIE T R UTE ES take pleasurec in annemvaeug I.to that paul-l:e that thtey have antaecededl in Prta Soeuth-rnm Te-aher, comapetent to prepare Studinis fear any Colilege. Ratex ef Tnition mode-rate. B'oaird at $7.00t per month. Tihe 8ehoolu will open on the 24 Moday in .Jaanutary. Foer furthaer particuilars apply to the IUndersigned. W. N. .\OORE, See'ry. De.S4t -47 For sale or Rent, TIlE hlOUSE AND) LOT of the ...; Unde-rsiined in the \'il'nge or Edge j iel. The f leeuse has six goodi Rmsni, . . itht a tire pintee tea e-ach anti is well fini-shed. The irot ceensists oft three Acres. and has ' all necaessary taut huaibel ngs ecn it. There is a coan stanttt atrenmt of wvater riatening thtrougha the l.6t. Paossession given the fir-t of .lannary 1853. .\. L liONIIAM. Dec 8 tf 47 Lusuber ! L~uaner ! r1 MitE Uldeeignted has a ittrge gnanaatity of I.UM L BI tan htand of assorted dinmensions, at his .\ills. Price, Sqnn--e Edge, 75 etaa per 100) feet. " itecugh - 374 c. "~ " J1AS. L. hILL. DeS tf 47 For Sale, XFIRST R AT E ,e-t of Blacksmiths Tools. s Enaquire at this Office. D~ec 8 4t 47 State of South Carolina, ED)GEFIRLD DISTRICT, IN EQUIT. Jas. E. Colrman aund others, r-s . Wilson L,. Coemnan and others. BY Virtue of an Order from the Coaurt of LEqnity itt thais e-nse, I will taell at Edgefield C. HI., oat the first 3Ionaday3 in Januanry next, the~ followving real estate of James B.- Coleman, Onae Tlrnet, enalied thte " Re-adheimer Tract,"' contaiiing~ tifteten hunidred (1500) nteres, more or le-s-, sitatte in Le-xingtion District oni Reacky Spring~ Cre-ek, aend atdjoiinig hinds of John Couartiney~, II. TI. 3lims, lainds foarnaerly owned bty Owe'n he-rrin, and other lanmds of the in t estate. An interest inl another Tract of t wo hundred (200f) necres, more oar lesst, ie nnte in Edgefleldl District, adjoiningr hinds of Wi'.onu L. Colema anid Patrick J. Cole-man. Oine half oft anothear Trnet of' onte hunndredl and thtirty-t wo (132) anere.', metre or le-ss, .in KEdgefleldi Distriet, ndjoinaing lands of i&-y Rhoiden and tthers. TERMS OF SA.a.-A eredlit of t welve months, excpt costs to be paid in entah. Bonads and amphle steenrities re'quireed to see-nre the purchase moneny. Putrchasers teo pay for patpers. A. SI3IKINS, C. L. E. D. Dec 8 4t .47 ~otice IS h ERERlY iven to all persons inebeted to the Ii-'state or LEldind hicyd, dee'd.e, to make isa meiate pnyment. nndae thoeese havinig e-maands tgnjint the uai-i Estate, will reneer thema in proetly attestede JlAS. & TA N l)Y BOY D, Ex'rn. D'c 8 ly t Notice. TlIE STOCKUlOLDEtis of the Oddl Felleaws I. tandc \lnten'ie Buildinag Aseeneinttion are heaseby not~tled itat the first instalmenat aef l.0 per cent,. will be raeuired to be raid ont or b-eore the first of .Janu ary next. By orde-r of the P're-sde'nt tand Directors, J. IH. WILLIAM1S, See'ry and Treas. Dec-8 4t 42 Notice. XLL. tlheac heaving demands agaiust the estate 1 eaf Elishn Hlarrenton, dtieaL are requaeited to -- pres.nt then hay tihe 25ith l)eembel inst., ad those mebted to the estate will make payment by tat tne. A . B.\R R EN TON, Decc & St - 7 - Just Rceived,- - --- CHIC lot of IhAMS and LA RD, for sat CTTby ' F. M. KlCHOLAS, A~ byt 4