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JOSEPH ABNEYY, W TIL. he fmund at all times in his Office. nt Edgefield Court House, near the 'LAWTRa'S Ilio0T. Ile will attend promptly and strictly to business in his prgfessiont. THOM3AS G. KET, ATTORNEY AT LAW. l- IT .s retmoved hi-; Office to the loomtls over the Store it' Mr. It. C. HIfaas. .lttn 4 3mn 51 Operations on the Teeth, BY HORACE PARKER. Address E.lgetield C. 11., or Sleepy Creek. P O.. S. C. MarchI II 1.52 ly y BOARDING AND DAY SCHCOL! Rev. N. ALDRICH, Priniciral. in. SrLCKi LER, 'noF. oF re, Fusmn. &c Mttm. .T. T.\leLINTOCK, TE.eti oF PRtIsanY I )r.n-r. tT. r "H E T E A C H E RS --f this Ae idemy erate u y ntktnow b ide time li!er:ii patrintA-e they havme entj..yeri fort thme pa~st year. They exceed.siting 'p te'.ret thIt:t thlie inotiveniettce of tha.itr muott. has himtherto ianb~rde' I them nto oppornitntity fir a pttbie exainajt~tiont ot their Scholars~.. It is winbh pileasurme, Ih -wevet. they' atnouatn thie spedv eceiont ->fa btrge amnd cuotvenient httibingit. A aumtitabe lot Irns aireadyv bien lprocured1 andt' :rr.Ittgenttets are ttt po gre'ss fort th,- immttediate conemmtitent ttt f theL butiildinii . whicht wiall be htasteted to cotmtiidetion. Thit Seniend will tit-tn he furttikhted with nt1 t Itott e--s~ary ap~paratusm fort teilitetating the R- hmilarts in thme variu<m I)epaurtmetnts of Studiy. tmid thme pulime nre nasuared tat tno pinst will bem tspare.d to pIiee thme Schlt'o! mit uni eqa~itl flsoting~ whm atny in the Statie. Th~e exercies .if tim. School will be resutmedl ott 'miONl)A Y. .linauary 3d. T1erzms iof Truitioni theme' tntt( f fiormeriy. It i desirable tha~t the Schoirs biegin witht time oipenming iof time Sessin, parttictmly ucht ats intendi toi conititteiue thte hoih brattch- in of studyv. The- Ten -haers htm'd themselves itt readtintess to te cmmmnmdate time Scht mrs with Boaird at the usual Dec '?9 tf 50) Abbey Green Female Institute By M1iss Sophtia (Izhapinu. r' Ils Ilmst'tutiott is lmoented sv Itn mines Niirtht i P. 0. It is ittedmt in a r'eamarkabmly henhbylm portin ofnt the a. District. :tnd contventient tio ant exce.llet Spir . ITe building is enttitre.!y tew, large atnd The lustmuetr, ss. AliUss Cmarts.hnzs thec repuatation ofnt be'ing atm exper~entced artnd taltetd Tenchme.r. Thme Eletmntar'v. nmmi all thme highmir btrtaches of Engl]isha, tioigeterwith bntin antd F~rech nre tatught. Te.rmms per Sessioin of live tmonths for all branches (ecept 3mtsi.................... ...ln (tQ Mn sie. iceb('niiit ute of Piantt.... .... ....50 Goodi Hird canx hebtnined itt thme neightborhtood :m. 57, pm r iontth. Fomr fmtrtheur infmmrrmationt, if de. sired, apply to eithecr of the tttndersitzted. .JOSFPIl ADA.\38 Oct 2R 4nm* 41 Bethany Academly. T IIE Exercisems of this Insititutiomn will be re stnmtd mt on 'lndy 31st .Januatry,1853l. The Ru'es. Rtat's of Tuitiont &c., ame the same ns iamt venmr. A ny inmforml ationm respectint the Fehooml. Biinm-d. &c., eltm he obttined by admdressinag time submscriber throuitgh Lontgtmires Post Ollice, Edgefield District. GEO. G.\LPlIlN, Patscrrar.. Jan 12 5 2 61 Blankets, G RA.Y BROTh1ERS, hmavea ont htand a largre as sortment oif IILANKETS, mof vartioust kindis. P'robah'y .some mof the fittest Saxony Wool finte fitm ished,. importedi. With alanrgenmssortmaent of Lower Grades attd Plantation B3lanmke.ts, wihichm we are sellingv cheap. Nov 17 - - ft 41 Flour. 0I" B.\GS A ugusta Canatl FL.OUR, for sale low IY by E. 110OUGES, AGENT. HambiIurg. Nov 29 tf 46; Tan Yard. TI IDES will be'received at the Tan Tard front JJth is date. R. T 138 nctGn1inra tf 38 LOOK ALOFT. Is tih- tempest of life, when the wave anl till- gale Are arounl and anve. if thy fimting ileitid fail, if thine eye sioul grow dim anl thy caution del art, L Look aloft !" and be firm and be fearless of heart. If the freni who embraced in prirperity'si glow. With : tear for each joy. antl n tear for each woe, Shui.ui tetrav thee when sonrrows like elouds are a-rayed, "t Ltook aloft !' to the friendship which never di:-ll fale. Shonld the Vis.s:tS which ho0pe spreads in light to thinle eye, Like tile tints fr the rainhow, but brghtens to ly, Then turn, andl thrisugh tears of repentant regret, Lok al->ft:" to the su that is never to set. Sho'u'tI they wino are dearet-the won of tihy 1:eart The wife f tily boscon--in suorrow depart, " Look aloft :" from the darkness and dust of the toih, To that s''il where afieeton is c ver in b!<oon. And oh. when enth ciomieS ill his terrors to e::st Ilis fears in the ftitre, his pull tin the past, in tfit ntoment of larkness, with hope in thy heart. A ini :I smtile in I hine eve. " lmok n!oft !" and depart Fron tin-.- :ive liranch. THE BRIDAL WIE C LAS?. Pledge with wine-pledge with wine" cried the Voung and thougihtless Harvey Wod ; " pIedt.e with wine ;" rain through the brilliamit crowd. Thine be:itiuil bride grew pale-the de. cisive hour had come. Sie pressed her white hands together, and the leaves of the bridal wreat h trembed on her pure brow; her breath came quicker, her heart beat wilder. Yes 31arion, lty aside your scruples for this once," said the Judge inn at lowv tone, go ing towards his dallgiter, ' the company ex pect it ; do not so seriously infringe upon the riles if etiquette; itn yottr own home act as you please; but inl mine, for thisonee, please me." Fvery eve wvas turned towards the hrdal pair. Marini's prniciples were well known. Henry had ieenI a convivia list, bitt of late his ftiends noted the change in his manners, the diflerence ill his haibits-and to-nigit thev watched-hn to see, as-theV sneeringl rnd t1e was -ted down to a womniifti s opitn iotn so sootn. Poninig a brimming breaker, they held it with temnlptting s'miles towatrd Marion. She was still very p1:tle, titougih more composed; aind her hatnd shook int, as smiiling back, sine gt:tcefll*v :tccepted the crystal tempter, and raised it to her lips. Put scarcely had she dine so, m ien every hatid was arrested byi her piercing exclamation of " ol! how terrible !" What is it ?" cried one and till ihrong ing toge'ther ; Cotr she had slow lv carried tine gss at arms length, and was lixedly regard. ing it as tholnlghl it were sotme ihideous object. Wait," she uanswered, while an inspired inght shotte from her datk eyes, " wait, and I iii tell vou." " I see," she added, slowly, pointig o'ne jewelled finger at the sparking Ity liquid-" a sigIt tiat ieggars all de scription ; and yet listen-I will paint it for you if I can. It is a lonely spot; tall moun titns crne~tnd with verdure rise lt awfunl stulimtiy atroutnd; a river runts thnrough,antd brighnt flowers gnow to the water's edge. Thiere is a thnick, warm mist, thtat tine sutn seeks vainly to pierce. T'rees, lofty atnd beautiful, w'ave to the airy motion of binds ; bnut there-a group of ltndiains gather ; thney flit to and fro withn .somethninng like sorrowv upnont their dark brows. Anid in thteir mnid-t lies a mainly form-buct his cheek how dhent! iy, htis eye vild with tine fitful tire of fever. Onne friend standt~s beside hitmnay, I should say kteels; for see, hte is pnilowinlg that poor bead upotn his breast. Gentius int ruins-ohn ! thne high, htoly-lnink. in brw why sheuld dethl maturk it, and he so young ? Look hnow lie throws baick the damnp curls! see im clasp htis hattds! hnear his thrtillitng shrieks fotr life'! mark how lie clutcheis att tine form of his compantiont, im). pnorintg to lbe sav-ed. Oht! htear him call pit. eonisly his father's name-see him twinte his fingers toetiher as me shnrieks for his sister his onnly siter-the twint of is soul-weep ing for hmt itt is distaint inative hanid. "See !" site exclaimted, while tine bridal party shrattk bacek, tine utntasted ine trem bjlings in their fatiteriang gratsp, and thne Judge fell, overpowered, upoan his seat-" see ! his armas :are lifted to hneaven-hte prays, how willly, for mercy ! hot fever rushes throught his veins. Thte frienid beside htim is weep. ing; awe-st ricken, the dark metn move silent. ly away, and leave the liviang and the dyintg togrether." Thecre was a hush in thaut princely panlor, broken ontly my whtat seetmed a stmothnered sob) from somue manly bosom. Thie bridle stood yet upright, with quivering lip, and tears stealing to the outward edge of her lashes. Her beautiful arm had lost its ten sion, and the glass, with its little troubled red waves came siowly towards the range of hner visiont. Sine spoke again ; every lip was tmute. Her voice was low, faitnt, yet awflul ly distitnet; site still fixed her sorrowful glatnce upon tite wine-cup. I" It is evening now; the great wihite moon is conming up, and its beams lay gently on Ihis forehtead. He moves not ; his eyes are set in thteir sockets; dim are their pierc-ing glinnces ; in vain is friend whispers thte namte of lather and sister,-deathn is thtere. Deatn -and no soft hand, no gentle voice to bless atnd soiothe him. His head siniks back! one coinvuisive shudder ! he is dead !" A groan ran through the assembly, so vv idwas her deset iption, so utearthly her look, so insptiredl her tmatnner-thtat-whtat site de scribed, seemed actutally to have taken place then annd there. Thiey noticed also thant thte bridegroom bmid his face in his hantds and was I weepiang n "Da" te ..epented matin, her lips sjIive:ing~ fister, and her voice more and iore broken; " and there they scoop him a grave: and there, w itliout a shroud, they l:v him down in Ilat damtp, reeking earth. The only son of a proud ftat her, 'the onlY, tle idolised brother or a fond sister. Anid he Sleeps to-dly inl that distant counit ry. with no stone to mark the spot. There he lie - nyv father's son-mv own twin brother! a victim to this (!eadly*v p~moin. " Father," Fit.h exclaimied, turning suddenly, while the tears raiiied down her beanutiFul cheeks, " father, s'iml I drink it now?" 'lhe form of' the old Jtdg we wis cnulvnis'-d with :g my. lie raised nit his head, but in a smothered voice he haltered-" no, n(, Iy child, in God's name-no." She lifted the glittering goblmt, nnd letting it suddenly fall to the floor, it was d inhed in a thons1and pieces. M:y a tearful eye v ithedet her iovement, and itantaely ve:y wine-glas.s was, transferred to the mar h!e table on which it had boeen prepared. Then as she looked it thie fragments or crys. t.l, hie turned to fihe colpany. sayintg, "let Ito friend hereafter, who loves me1V , temt etil to peril my sil for wine. Nat firtmer Ire the everlastinog lills than my resolve, (2od1 I Cping me, never to tonch or taste that ter ib!e poison. And he to whom I have given my hatnd-who watched over my brother'si (13i g form in thait last solemn hour, and buried the dear w:nderer there by the river in that land of gold, will, I trust, sista in C, in that resolve-twill you not, my htsband ?' His glistemling eyes, his sad, sweet snib, was her answer. The Judge left the roo it, and when an hour after he returned, a-id C wi-h a more snnlued minner took part in I thor entertainment of the bridal guests, n1o oun:> cotild fail to re::dl that lie, too, had de termined to bnish tile eiemy at once, aid forever from his princely home. 1 Those who were present at that wedding, can tiever forget the impressions so soletily nade,-mi:any from that hour foreswore the social glass. It. A. D. SOCIAL MANNtERS IN AMERTCA. HINTS Foil LADIES AND GENiLE . The New York Post hims been ipermitted to I print a few extracts from n utiptiubli-hed . manuscript on social matiners ill thik countrY, from which we take the fullowing hints to I ladies and geitleien: When you heara man insisting upon pr it.; of etiquette and fashion ; wondering, f1or in. stance, how periople can eat with steel forks and survive it, or what charms existence has for persons who dine at three without soup... af bh ein tt t didfaljs o Sei M the table cloth is no, the place to put your 0 5alt. Bread is the only comestibl which the etnstom of well-bred people permits to ie laid off from your phlte. 1 If you break a vast; or statuelte, or anY it little etagere knick-knack in the house of an, aqliinitince, never miid it. Treat it as a matter of no conseqnencve ; even if you know that it wrings his pocket. b Always precede a lady in going tip stairs. This inaxii is a legacy rrom a maiden aunt. When vou enter a public room the French a practice ot raixing the hat, as a general sal- i titition, is mnch to be commended. I Never ask your wife to sing for a friend. Ten to one lie detests vocal music, unless oh 0 the highest order. Show, but do not show b) off, your children to strangers. Recollect in the matter of children how man vare born (i every hour, each one almost as reimarkable as yours in the eyes of its papa and mam ma. It is har.l to say which has the most elown- h ish appearanuce ; to move the lips in silent read ing ; or to wet the tinge~r ini turnling over g the le'aves of the book. Do not go to an evening party ini blackn gloves even if youi have lost a relation. If your feelings are too deeply lacerated for yellowv kids, stay at home. Keep youri nails cut short. None but b~ar her's boys and blacklegs are entitled to the distinctiont of a long Chiniese talon. When presented, never ofrer your hatnd ; if offered to you on such an occasion, touch it slighitly. Wlhien you meet a friend in a public place, I do0 nort shiout his name so that every by stander may know who lie is. Never ask a frientd the ptrice of a thing lie has bought, nor prais things by their prices. Cultivate the good will of wveakc-minded, tatlkaitive people. Thley will lbe as uiseful as| the parrots ot A psethus. lie taught his birdsj to repeatt "' A p ethuis is a god,"' and let them'i fLy. Yonr unifeathered bipeds can be taught i by a lit tle kindnecss and attention, and taunghti without pains, to proclaim in house antd high- I way. " illank is an excellent fellow." If this, is said often enough, no matter by whiom, some one is sure to believe it. Moderation is the best general rule for con duct in social life. Moderaitionlii inmanners, modheraltibn in language, moderation ini dress, mioderationi in feelinig, moderation in every, thing but personal ineatness. With these, a kind atnd yielding spirit, and a decent shatre of self-resp~ect, a man cani gtid~e smoothly through the world, if not pletaantly. Otto last cousel-a hard one to follow-learn to grow old gracefully. S.vE YOUR EAnsIGss.-Thie practice which apprentices, clerks, amid others have, of spending their earnings as fast as they accumulate, is one great reason why so many never attain a positioni above mnedi oertyinlie.A peso wvho receives but a small cmensatiotn for his services, will, with a little care over his exchequer, and a system of regularity in his expeniditures, find at the end of the year lie is prepared to en couniter ally enmergencey or mishap. But, asI a general thing, they mantage to get rid of their earninigs qtuite as quick ias they are due, thus leavinig them wholly un~preptared for emergetncies, by sickness or otherwise. A systemt of curtailing unnecessary expenses, if adopted by our yotunger folks, womuld bril g around the most happy and gratifyinig re suits, and be the mneans of' raisimn" to emi nience amnd statnditng in society, manty who now~ have coniruacted the habit of parting with their earnings so readily anid foolishily -for the habit of keeping continuailly int (llt beet indif'm,en and dissipation, n i lick of -.elf-respect, af an utter disrega for utlure porospects. 3e real cause ir !.reat deal oft crime -Iy lie traced to t labit of*.i a ooish i pditure of money earlier days.-Albany Transcript. Al AWMTU IAZY CASE. I want to knowi',bawled old Spe: mrass, " if that boy haiit got through t 'taterc vet?" A#-. '' Sh:ikes alive !" reso'uded the old w mni 1, " you'd better lie Ilooking arter tht Jliez ; here it's tight,'iind he hnin't bet and bronilt a single W ket of 'taters fro the field this blesse.d da ' Tew bad, contilirls the old gentlema I iet he haint dug a l? shel of taters tli iav, and I strictly char ed him to be spr ld dig and carry in t bushels before su lown, or I'd give himit e allfiredest wall in' he ever had in his horn days." With thi. piece nf eldqueice burning n cis lip,, Speargrass tookidown a wattel, al 'arter fur the potatoi elJ. There sto< raih:.z, a geat lob0lehlly of a slab-sided do ess-lonking whelp. -diggig fir dear life, hongh lhe was afaid dark would catch hit .fore lie got the lasL4 potato out of ti "'I Wv on nirth," bavs the old man, "air on beein and bronghtIn -those 'taters! vbore are they ? how many bushels ha Wall, dad," responds the hopeful, tryin o wipe the sweat from his bro w, and straigh 'niing up his lng. lizy body perpendiculi vitl the shovel handle, 'i have been tuel :'in' away .ike sin all this i-airternoon, and " Where are the tateii" bawls the ol ~etleman. . 12 "Wall, dad there's one! I was snakii ut niiother when you rme, and soon ns ip 'tother o;ie out, thefQl- he jest three o l, iy hoe--akes and -j gerbread !" 4ld Spearmint went i lemons, and th iy lie cut loose with his iraftel, and Jihe it loose for home, was a fine illustration ft lie comic almannac. Ibw -TO GT THE GUR[S MARRIED.-. riving trader in Wisconsin, elaiming th aternitv of eleven daughters, greatly toe thl stonishment of his neighubora. succeeded it iarrying them all off -ii si: months. eig'ihor or hi, wl.o had likewise severm ingle d-vighiters, called ion him to obtai to secret of his husband-niaking succesE -hen the latter informed.hin he had mad I rule, after a young mn had paid his al nition to one of his girl a fortnight, to ca pooi hir with a irevol You can iniag-ine," continued lie, " whic f the two they preferred." BE Exrmo'ao-Every man should r< iember that the world will always hono idustry. The vulgar and useless idlel hose energy of body and mind are rustlin ,r want of occupation, may look wit :orn upon the laborer engaged at his toil ut his scorn ii praise. his contempt hono As Exchange paper gives an account< man living in Rhode Island whose co ad three calves at at. birth lTuesday-whos iare foalded two coalts on Wednesday nd whose wil'e gave birth to a pair of twii n Saturday. All the colts, calves and ba ies are doing well, and hid fair to be raise< 'he same man's hen hatched five chicken -om four eggs last Sjpring. As old Sawyer complained to a custom< -hI had paid him a pew ter dollar, for sa ig his wood. -Out upon y*ou, fellow ! hlave you ni ratitude You ought to be most thiankfi yr the work v:ithrgut grumbling about tl A wI:sTERN ?ditor tlius sums up the pc uliarities of a cotempiory lHe is too la:'.y to earn: a meal and tc an to enjoy one. He never wvas gene us but once and that was whlen lie give tI ech to ani apprentice boy. So mueh for Ih oodness of heart! Of his inidustry, I niys the pub~lic may j udge, when he stati hat the only time lie worked was the di hat lie mistook castor oil for honey. BAennCOUs AND WwowEs.-A bill iending in the Indian.a legislature, to coii dd bachelors cf 30 years of age to marr >r pay $50 a year in:o the county treasur ogo teo the firs~t lady wvho shaull marry aft le first of Jlanuary. The proivi.ions of ti ill apply to widowers of one years stanl A Lnssos -ro LEARNEaas.-When a Zachariah I'ox, the -great merchant, of Li arpool, was asked by what means he eni ired to realize so large a fortune as possessed, his reply was: "Friend, by onie article alone, and which thou mayest deal too, if thou pleas< -It is civility." SECRETs oF CoMFoRT.--Though son times small evils, like invisible insects intl pain, and a single hair may stop a vast nr hine, yet the chief secret in comfort lies not sutfering trifles to vex one, and in pi deitly cultivating an undergrowth of sm pleasures, since very few great ones, ala are let on long leases. "e MR. JONEs, don't you think marriagC a means of grace 1" "Certainly, my dear, anything is a met of grace that breaks up pride, and leads repentance." Scene closes with a mop-handle. ee SAM, why am lawyers like tishes ?" "~ I don't mieddle wid dat subject." " Why, kase dey am fond of debate. THrE more tenderly anid wvarmly one lo' so much more does lie discover in hima defects rather than charms, that render la not worthy of the beloved. THERE IS nothing beautiful that isI true. There is nothing true that is niot be tiful. It wvas in searching for beauty ti truth was discovered. T1'ux timid are never free. ad The 1nmber for the first quarter lis ar. he rived, and presents a varied table ofcontents. nThe fifth article, on American Slavery and Emancipation bty the Free States, is one to which we, and every other true Southern man, have a right andh onght to object. r- -The effect which this article is caleulated to have upon the minds of those already pre. jiiliced against the institution is to strength. o en and confirm that opposition. It is a at subject with which, we believe English au thors, editors and statesmen have nothing to m do. When it relates to the Southern States, it is an assumption of power which they n, ought not, and should not presume to take, isbut it seems that the English people, as well ,s the Northern peoplo, are determined to press the i sue of this question upon the people of the South, uitil it will crime either to a total emancipation of the slaves n -a relinquishment of every right guaran 'Iteed in the Constitution under which we d live, or a determination to maintain our rights under any, and at every sacrifice. s This article is a highly offensive one, and we do riot hesitate to condemn it, and place e the Westminster Review where it belongs. among the incendiary publications of the it North, and as a fit companion for the even. - ing fireside of Horace Mann, Garrisen & e Co. Southern men have no business to patronize it, and Southern Editors who puff it ought to he indicted. It is true we have, in necordance with the terms proposed by Leonard Scott & Co., advertised the B.itish Reviews, &c., in common with many of our brethren of the Press. And they have sne ceeded in obtaining a large amount of no. toriety, which is all they want, and we have i done what we ought not to have done, and shall not do ngain, and therefore shall cease * our advertisements, and shall e'ideavor, so far as we can, to undo what we may have P unne towards assisting in the circulation of 7 these outrigeous publications, and now beg r our friends, one and all, to cease their pa. tronage to all and every publication of such ilk as the Westminster and Blackwood, etc. e We believe the doctrines they inculcate are highly injurious and dangerous to the peace and well-being of our own homes and fire. sides, and no ma'n who is a man, should either countenance or suppnrt, sympathise i with or approve of any puibliction vhicb boldly asserts doctrines at variance witi his own peace and interest. It is the part of folly, gross unpardonaltle error, for the pen ple of the Southern States to give their money to the support of these periodicals reason and justice to give publicity and eir culation to falsehood and mis epresent.a tions. Such language as this ciinnot fail to r give the reader a pretty good gener.d idea - of the tenor of the article about which we are wrilting. " The South has lost its cliV alrous champion in Calhoun, its able taticia' in Clay ; there will never again he patriot with the purity and the genius of the one, who will believe that to keep the negro in chains is the destiny and ditty of his conn1 v trv ; nor a statesman with the keen penie e trating intellect of the other, who will tliik - that slavery can be propped up by protocols S or parchients; and even now there come tidings of greater loss to the South thani - even Calhoun or Clay. Death has struck S i down that man of tie North who, of all others, most kept back her pressure oil the South. Massachusetts will send no second Webster to the Senate, to help with his iron will and eloquent voice the slave States to Sgive laws to tile free. Peace be to their mmre.It seems to us that the one o themi thought that evil wvas good, and tile e other that good should give place to evil; but it is tnt for us to guestion their thnoughts . for they are far away from our qulestionings, where there is no respect of races, where othere is no " compromise" with truth, but .where there is a " higher law." e "Arnd now that they are gone, how stand sthe chanices or tile slavei Lawv and force e are ngninst him ; art, eloquenice, and geniius as are for hlimr; anmd they wvill have a quick eye for tle winnig side." This is a very moderate parngraphl, and~ we have selected it out'of many others, iS vhichi are much mtore plointed and direct itl e their attack upon our rights. Now wveak ehow cani any honest man, w~h~o lives under y the protection and blessings ofsothern lawv, eswallow these potions, wh'ich are equal to IC inveterate p)oison, and directly opposed to I- the very spirit and matter of our laiws ? We might extenid our nlotice to a much greater leng'hth, bitt it is unniecessary-if mien whto v are ilterested will tnt lhe reasoned with v.will not believe, nieithe~r will they hear "though one be sent fromu the dead!Len 2e eant nothinig more to do withLen .ard Scott & Co's. British Periodical Litera inture, if this is to be a fair speciment; and~ as st such will most certainly discotiinue all ad vertisemtenits in anywvise thereto. e. [Camdeni Journal. a- ConnerTros iy Tre N~w VoRK CorN in ctit~-To OF THE ALDER31EPN I NDlcTD. u. The Grmnd Jury of New York city has in ill dicted for misdemeanor in office Alderman s!Smith and Alderman Bard, two of thie mem bers sitting on the Bench of the Court to wvhich thle idictmenlt was made. The pre. is sentment states that mnany of the wvitnlesses suimmonied have refused to testify, but enough ns5 has been elicited to showv that gross and stu to penidous frauds anid wilful violations of their oficeial duties hlave beeni perpetrated On the Ipart of various members of thle Heads of De. partmlenits and the Commoni Councils- every onie of whom, it is alleged, conld be idetii ned if the witnesses had not refused to testi' fv. They sh~ow~ thtat a certaitn piece of city property was sold for $160,000, for wvhich rone per:sOtn offered $2'.5,000, anid aniother S$300,000; antd it is further alleged that Al. Sderman Sturtevant demtanded of a certain party $2000, anid that Aldermant Bard re ceirved $500 for certain services as Alder iman; that Alderniarr Smith was panid $500, tat and suhsequently demanded $3000 for se curing the passage of a certaunn grant ; andc htat lie also agreed for $200 tto suppresi msohuiotn educing the fees of coroners which sum lie subsequently received. It is also showii liat enormous sums or money have been expended for the procurement of! railroad grants in the city, and that towards the procurement of the Eighth aven~u.- rail road grant, a sum so large that would starile the most eredulou, was expended ; but in consequence of the voluntary absence of important witnesses, the Grand Jury was left without direct testimony of the particu. lar recipients of the different amounts. Va rious other sums are given as having ieen paid to Aldermen. The Grand Jury con elude by turning the whole matter over to the Recorder for a full inivestigation. AN ICIDENT OF THI WAI S OFTIME U UR;NoTS.-A Huguenot woiman wandered through the stieets and reproached the nionks with their sins. She would no longer wear anything red, because the legate ap peared in clotiiing of that color. She sang I her psalms with a loud voice, and the clergy who tiied to stop her, were astonished with i her knowledge of the Scriptu!es, she poured 4 out her aspirations in the iost vehement and < beautiful prayers; she asser:ei that she had seen a hurman figure in the clouds, with ai sword in his hand, and that lie commanded to tell the Duchess of Montpensier that she i ought not to use paint, and the cardinal legte that lie ought to make peace. She was one of the most heautiful women in I Paris,and closed her career by dying in the hospital. Tiix OLD A-x Nrw SrVER Caus,-The following are the respective weiglits of the I (lid silver coins and those authorised by the c n -w law: Act of Act of 7 SILVER. J.s. 19, 1847. Frn. 1853. Dol ar....... 4121 grains. No change. Hale Dollar.. 2064 " 192 grains. Quarser Dol... 1031 " 96 " Dim e........ 411 " 38.40' H itf Dime.... 201 " 19.20" By the former act the silver coins " shall be legal tenders of payment, according to their nominal valne, for all suns whatever." By the new act the new silver coins shall be legal tenders in paymeit of debts for all sums not exceeding five dollars. TirE " New York Times," a Free Soil p-a per, is trying to find a selfish motive for the opposition of Southern gentlemen to the annexation of Cuba. And accordingly it attributes the opposition expressed to the comparatively mild condition of slavery in the Island.. We quote: are governed eiirdy By its liering pl slavery, should be unwilling to have a State added to the Union, in which the institution exists in so modified a form ; while the op. ponents of slavery may very well favor its accession on account of the influence it would be likely to exert upon the condition of the slaves in the other Southern States. It is known, also, that many of the influen tial planters of Cuba, are in favor of gradual emancipation : " Freedom to every child c born of slave parents after a given date, and total emancipation to all who survive r twenty-five years," was the spirit of a toast given a year or two since at a dinner of wealthy planters in Havana; and such is I believed, by mamny who are well informed, t" I be tle view of a large portion of the Cubans in whose hands at some future day will rest the destiny of slavery in their native isle." t DEAvri oF Cot.. PICKE:s.-The Alabama I pp. announce the death If Col. JoseTh Pikens, late of Eutaw, in that State, but formaerhy of South Carolinia. He was born in Hopewell, Pen~dleton District, South Carolina, on the 20th March, 1791. His hathier, Gen. Andrew Piekens, was an officer in the Continental army, and served with distinction in the war of inde pendence. In 1819, Col. Pickens emigrated to Alahama, and settled in Dallas county, which lhe represented for several years min the Legislature. He thien removed to Perry, county, and subsequently to Greene, where he continued to reside down to the period of his decease. He was very extensively known throughout the State, especiailly in the south ern portnin of it, and was everywhere great ly respected and esteemed. DEATII oF TIlE LIEI-TENANT GovERNxoR. -We learn from the Charleston papers the death of lHon. Joshua John WVard, Lieuten ant Governier of South Carolina. He died at his plantation, Brook Green, Waecamnaw, on Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock, fr 'man t attack of paralysis. Colonel Ward was in the fifty-third year of his ag., and was thie I larestl aniost successful rice planter in the State. ile represented his Parish for many years in the Senate wvithi zeal and ability, and resigned his seat when elected. Lieut.G0overnor.-Carolinian. ARREsT OF LARD.-A man by the name of lBen. Lard, who recently shot another by the name of Jonathian Briggs, B~arnwvell District, was arrested in this city on Frtday evening last by our police, and conveyed to Barniwell Court House where lie was deliver ed over to the Sheriff. Mr. Briggs is, we understand, in a very critical condition, and his life is despaired of. Lard was mistaken in his man when he shot Briggs -his initen tion was to shoot John Mixson, who was but a short distance behind Briggs.-Augusta Constitutionalist. FIVE hundred dollars reward is off'ered for the apprehension of a man by the namre of Noles, who murdered George Sharp, of Dal las county, Alabama, on the 14th instant. Noles is described as a man six feet one inch high, dark complected, high cheek bones, and of thin visage. He had on when he left a white wool hat and cotton home-spun clthes.-South Carolinian. IPExs are made nowv of glass, and it is said that they answeor well. It is knowni that with a flux of load in combination with the silicon, in right proportions, glass can be made very ductile. These pens are now becoming not uncommon, and they are perfectly anti-cor rosi-e by the most imnnre ink. MAJ. PRUY-FEDUAL OFFICE This gentleman (Editor of the Greenville Patriot) writing from Columbia under date of 14th inst., on his way to Washin ton City, remarks: " My visit to Washingto is one of fiendship, and professional, not for the purpose of seeking office, which might he supposed, from the time the visit is made. The disavowal I make, as ny friend, Col. Keiti, did, some years ago, when he called on Mr. Blancroft, Secretary of the Navy ; he endorsed on his card that lie was "no appli cant for office." The Secretary of the Navy immediately told Col. Keitt that his endorse ment was unnecessary, as he saw from his card that he was from South Carolina, and that the South Carolinians were no Office Seekers. I hope my friends in Greenville will entertain the same favorable opinion of the Senior Editor of the Patriot." We wish that the dispensers of federal witronage, could say as much for South Carolinians, at this time. But rumor says, ipplicants for office from this State, may be :ounted not by units or tens, but by hun ireds-" To such base uses, &c." We be gin to think that Maj. Perry was half right, vhen lie said, that in ten years (from 1851) South Carolina would be found to be the nost thorough going Federal and Union State in the Confederacy, and he would he ain in a small minority, but then he would le battling for State Rights. Fairfield Herald. 40I TnE LIQt'ol Discussio.-We see from ur exchanges that the discussion on the iquor traffic, is waxing pretty warm in Geo ia and in Tennessee. Several of our Geo. ia exchanges have taken position in favor X a law prohibiting the traffic. The dis. ussions in Savannah are begitining toat. raet general attention. The News says, of lie last meetin" for that purpose, that it Vas large aid respectable, and embraced meni holding the most opposite views on the ubject of legal enactments for the prohibi ion of the sale of intoxicating liquor as a everage. The utmost decorum prevailEd through ut, and the arguments for prohibition by gal enactments, maintained bjy Messrs. )uryea and King, and those for the aboli. ion of all laws restricting the sale, were ttentively listened to. Posr OFFICES.-The Postmaster General as established the following new offices in his State, viz: Simmonsville, Darlington District, Levi N. - hay Peostmastges sa ore Postmaster. N.MxEs CnAxwcv.-Rockwell, Pickens )istrict, South Carolina-name changed to Fairplay." Mush Creek, Greenville District, South arolina-name changed to " Pomeroy." Lyncbburg, Sumter District, South Caro na-name changed to "McIntosh." UCLE Tox IN S.uoxY.-rhe foreign orrespondent of the Newark Daily Adver iser, writing from Dresden, Saxony, Janua y 6th, notes the following incident of de eption: "A few weeks ago, at the annual fair in )resden, one of the greatest cnriosities of he day was a negro woman with a large ron ring in her nose, represented as a fugi. ive from slavery. She was pictured upon lie outside of the building chained by the ing. and a driver, holding a long whip in is hand, standing by. The admittance was bout five ccnts Uniited States currency. 'housand's flncked to see her, in order to ather from life ani idlen of A meriean slavery. L was ai good speculation for the exhiblitor. understand the above forms a traveling ~xibition, makinig a tour of the whole of E~urope." COLDa WE ATH ER IN i'FxAs.-a le Texan Repulieicn of the 12th instant, says: We iave had about te:: days of the coldest aevether we have experienced this winter. rho forests have been covered with sleet, esentinig a very interesting sight to look ipon from a warm room. Within the last two days there has been an agreeable :hninge. The sun has showef out, and the rir is as balmy as'rtn the spring time. De lightful trambion! A short season of such weathier nftd dhe birds will sing, and the Bowvers bloora forth again. A YA KEE, whoir ##s a heavy loser by the late destroetive conflagration at Carde nais, astonished the natives by commencing the foundations of a large stone store, on the ruins of the old one, within twvo days afterwvards. The people thought the dig. ging was for money or valuahles that had been lost, but wvhen told that it was for tho foundations to a newv store, they rolled up the whites of their eyes iid astonishment. Ax Artesian Well at a cotton factory in Dallas county, Alabama, wvhich is 710 feet 10 inches in depth, discharges, 600 gallons per minute, or 964,000 gallons in 24 hours -exceeding any well in A merica. The wa ter flows out w"ith such force that if pieces of stone as large as ant egg or half a dollar are throwvn in, they are imediately ejected. The sand, gratel, ete., inde by the auger are also forced out by water, which is per fectly clear, limpid, anid pleasant to the taste. Th'le diameter oft the well is a little over six inches. WE knowv of not state of slavery on earth like that attendant upon the newspaper life; whether it be as director or subordinate. Your task ne4'er ended, your responsibility never secured, the last day's work is forgot ton at the close of the day on which it ap peared, and the dragon of the morrow waita open-mouthed to devour your thoughts, and snap up one morsel of your existence. Be as successful as is the nature of things to be; write wvith the least possible degree of exer tion; be indifferent to praise and lion-hearted against blame; still will the human heart. wear ant before its time, and your body, if not your mind, exhibit every symptom of dry rot.-Exchange.