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MTARES OF MR. BUTLMe OF SO. CA., ON THE ASSUMPMION OF THE DEBT OF TEXAS. We have not," says the Washington Nation l Indcliigencer, of plonday last, " vet been able t' rublish the elaborate debate which took pl: ca in the Senate during the recent session on the oibject of the paymet ot the Texas creditors; tt we are indue'd to give to.dy a short speech 41 Nfr. Senator But ler, of' South Carolina.as one goitlified and dispsued to shIed lirht and wise 'ounsel on a q;uestiont in which many of our readers are interes:ed." In the Senate, Mirch 1. 1853, Mr Dutlersaid I know that this is not a time at which I can ex peet the attention of the Senate; but allow me to make two or three simple propositions, and I dhall make them as distinctv as I can. The honorable Sentwor from Dci ware says the U. States were nt. liable primarily to the creditors of Texas, and that the United State-s ace under no oblintioin to those crediors, unless they have asstumed that liability by the boundary act. What a propoiiont ! llave the United States become underwritters to piy liabilities after they were incurred. when they were not origIntally liable ? Does any body believe any such thing! Mr. Bavard. f did not state thatt the Utited States were bound under the boundary :tct. Oti the contrary, I said their only oblig.ition in refer ence to thie debt existed tinder the boundary act. I endeavored to define what that was, but I did not contend that it was an obligation to pay the debts. Mr. Bufler. I understood my friend from Delaware distinctly to have laid down the pro position I have attributed to him; but, modified as it even is by his explanation, it does not mend esentially Ihe c'rronIeous postulate thtrt the United Siates was originally, or are now. liable for the public debt of Texas even under the boundary net. All that she is responsible for is to pay the amount to Texas of the purehase mone'v for the territory ceded to the United States uider that act, 'on the condition of the creditors of' Texas signing their releases; and lais amnount, we are bound to pay to Texas, and not to her creditors. Was the lind, too, purchased to py a debt for which the United States was origiially !i:i ble? Was there ever a proposition involving the same amount of' absurdity ? No, the land was purchitased in a crisis of piublie-excitement, to buy the peace -of.the country. In1 tle opintion #if many, and those of good opportunity ofljtg ihg; the land was wholly wortldess to t-. Sir, the payment of the puhlie debt (if Tex:is had no more to do with it, than eltristi:inizintg the Hot tentots. It was to avert a collision whdch might have led to a bleodv civil war, as it was alleged and believed by others. I deny positively aid unequivocally that the Government of the United Slates is liable for lthe Texas debt, The sovereignty of the State e4 Texas wits not merged into the sovereigity of the United States by the act of annexmtion. She was left in posse'ssionm of all the attributes of a sovereign State, saving and. excepting the exercise of some of its fetilties she had delega 1ed to the Utnited States. She retained her public domain. She retained the power of direct or. internal -taxes abundantly and more than sufli vient to pay her public. debt. As a sovereign, she hadja rightt to comle into thi' Union on the teris of the compict, which nade it tiecessarv for her to cede the power of levying imports or indirect taxes at her custoiti house. She hid a r.:gIt to select one of the sources -of her public revenue as the abiding and available source she had pledged for the payment of her public debt,. to wit: her revenue arising from tite sale of her public land. Site confirmed this selection in the treaty of annexttioni, nid eaered into a solemn stipulattion that tihis debt shl nd be paid ont of the proceeds of their sale, and that the United Ltates shouldl never be called on for the pay imetnt of hter debt. The ease cited by th e g.-ntlec iatn from 31a:rylandit, (If tile neumiipt in hy Fred erick of P'rus:la of thie pub!!he debt of Silesiai, hias not tihe remotest atnalogyv to the~ issue befoire us. Silesia was a entnquered province. Bly the act of her foreihte inceorporation into thte Kingdom (f -Prussia she wams beref't of every' attribute of i oereigiv. She had no piower to levy' tatxes, ni.se revenue. or to disbiur-e. Iiipendenily of 1..e p'ledgte if her putblic faithi, whiieb coevers every' resource for tr-yilg tier deb:, Texats had ::11 :and eve'ry one of' her reven Jes left, save one, anid I ::ltt'ihe had to surreinder in bec'otingt a membexr * f thte Cionfe'd'racy. Sir, thte creiioirs o f'Texais inst, luo tu these sour'ces of' revetnue whtichl TIexats has lef.. for ti.eir pay.:nent. To enable her to do this we ha~ve paid ten n'l :o w. ]h ide~s a psortion oIf h.,1, anid lihe worse portion too, they hlave I leartt, oine hundred :md tweinty mil!intts of ::eres lef- to piy tihe residue of the debt. In the face of theise f.iets, a class of her publie ereditor<, whont shte happilens toi thiiik ar inoti) entitled- to the satme measutre of justice thiat tihe test arc, conte forwarid here with clitnurouis aiid vociferuius avarice, and:. ask us to pay thrtee millionts aniJ a hallf more, on the e'xciedintgly' miodest pl ea that by payviing Texas ten tmilionuis for somne millions of acres of worthless i:nd you imive acknlowic.lgI'd y'our liaibility f'or her whole debt. Sir. I shall think thle modest assuranc~e of' at speculator, oir a conf'ederation of brokers is qutite on a pamr wvith thteir known acuteness and powert otf comintinig whenci othe~r pleople sleep. 1 assire iyou'i that t here is nlothin in h the celebrated farce of "R~iing the Wind" equal to this. It tmust, mjoreover, be recollected thait this ap-~ plcaLt bin, chtar-aeterize:l by to mneh~i dilliden'e, was pr'eferredl the vet') year after' these 810.000, 000 were voted. Texas tnow hais in hter trea-tury, :mid ini that of the United States, aibout $8,000, 000 to pay her debts, and about onte huntdredi anid tweinty mniliuons of' acres of lantd. s:tid to be of' the finest quality ini tile word--ind t hat, too. tio paty a debt of' 88,300,000! Might we nto!, wvith all beenming humility, ask the(se kind gen tlemnen. befo~re they' ma~ke this terrible onslatugtt (in our paiietn'e, to try that of Texas? N1, sir, they are iafraid of finding at tonghi customer there, antd by' a most lumtinons exegesis oIf fimmingi an easy one here. Besides, before preferring this most extraordinary application on thte guild tia ture of Congress, ought they not to hatve shown us that, by the samte comnp'it and organiized conifederation, they hiad atppeared before the Legislature of Tex~as? It is true that this apl piicattioni is made uder the a rithimet ical alchemy, that $8,300,000 of principalh to redeem at thte e'xpirationi of fourteen yeatrs are ottly equal to $5,000,000. But there-is one act of justice whlichm Congress is bound to do the creditors of Texas, in accor dance with the :,mnetdtments of' my tfriend f'rom Virginia, (Mr. Matsotn.) It e-mnot be withheld without anl oppression the most flagtrant and uti feeling, whtich is, to allow such of the creditors as are willing to take the settlemlenit 'Texas of fers~ them to releamse the United States and take their money. Textis, in thet exerc'ise of hor power as a sov ereign, has thoughtt proper, in fixing and definiing her debt, that she would return to each class o-f thie htolders of her debt the amotunt she received oni each certificate of stock, wvith the interest called for on thte face of the obligatioti. WVhere she reciked par' site pay par, and so down to r.tinety, fifty, thirty, and twenty cents ott the dollatr. I do not defend either then morality or good Saith of' this stanidard ; but what I conttend ts that it is iio part of the province of thme Goverinett of' thie United. States to nrbiirate, alter, or annul these rates. its Tittle as it i~s in the comopetenecy of' the United Stattes to coerce a creditor of Texas to accept thte settlement thtus tetndered to hiimt by the act of time- egislature of Texas, appro parintinig the $5,0003000 now~ suspentded itn the Trearsury of' the Limited States. Th'ie truth is, thle Untited States has nothiitt to do withI it. It is a dumty whtich belongs to Texas. The $'5.000, 000 ini tihe Treastury of the Unmited States is sus penided unmder a most extraordimnary andh unsound i'onstrtteiiott placed by the Secretatry of thIe TJreasury3 on :he proriso in thte hoimndatry act. Thait act prutides " thatt noCt rtore thtan $5.000, (l00 tif JhI stck ef'the $10;000,000 shalh be is .wed to Trexns nail the eredi:ors of Texas, w Ihose certitica&tes of' s:tk are secured by a pli'Jge of thte revenues, shall file at the Treasury of the Utii'.ed States releaises of all ehdm~ns a'gaitnst the GnOmemnt of thte United States." The proviso dlIes not say all thme credit ors, but ait the claims w~thi a editor might hold. Thte whiole pow er of' Conigress is exhausted when a creditor sigtn. hi~s relena, amid whtea lie does sign hte ii- niiled to the rmontey TIexais has aippropri MAd ror hhipnr.-ment. There are, by a schedule returned to the Trea.ury, sixteen hundred creditors of the State of Texas, to whose payment the $5,000,000 inl the Treasury of the United States have heeln ap propriated by the L'gislature of Ttixias, niot one of whom, however wi!ling to releasa the United States, can receive his money until lf release. Is it within the range of human possibility that all the creditors c.an agree to accept the settle ment Texas tenders? But if this assent could be obtained, before it con!d be conumm-ited, deathi might intervene to prevent it. As has beeii well pu!. Congress has no other alterna tivo but in modify the pro. i o, and allow such oif the creditors as :re willing to sign their releases to do so and receive their ionev. This fund in already been hung tip for two venrs and a hali in the Treasury, and it the pro viso is not moditied now may be lung up for two years and a half more. to tle manifest in jury and ruin of those who are willing to take the settlement which Texas ::eords to theim. But it Feens that tile crtdiiors who hve be'en rated in the low reales protest aigaIinst Ihose whon i exas has rated on the hi.h clasws siQn ing their release and receivig thur money. and th' call on the United States. without a shad ow'Ef athority, to aid them in this scheme of despo'isma. by vhich this class (If creditors may be coerced to enter into a confederation with them to compel the United States too pay them nll at par. Yes, sir, tiis press ging is to knock down and itmponnd those who are not willing to hold out. JL me cite a case. What would be thought in prite lire ot a conspiracy among a hand of creditors to prevent those who were willing to compound 'ith their debtor at even I wenty centa (in the dillir in di-ing so? What court of justi:'e would sustain an injustice so flagrait and oppressie ? If there is a poor mn:m under this eettlement. Texas tenders in his need and necessiies, is willing to take even tiften 's on te dollar. Cong vress has no rigit to aid a conbinatiln (f individuals, for their own t1ish purposes, to prevent. his taking the sum Texas has ::plpropri Iated fo-r his liurmient. WhVaft sort fi depti is that which enables one man to say to ano'iter, it is iny flat, you shall not receive your money bec:iuse I am not % iliing to take mine! Ilesides, there are mnynv cred'torx uho have Isigned their certificates If the stick of Texas to th ir own credi:ors. Texas has,. ince the 1st of July. i:s>0, stoPped the interest on her public debt, while on tile dehts of these creditors the interest is rminittg. By cert:.inly :a most uinpro pitious sinking flud, the consequences will be that the fund of the poor deb:or will be absorb ed, and his debls not pail. But the questionl may be asked, what Iinjury Icanl possibly innre to thlise creditors who refuse to sign their releatses and receive the moiey in the Treasury of the United States, Texas has appropriated fori their payment? The same amount will abide pro raita in tle Treasury of i the United States, with the actimuihion of the accruing interest, as they wilI be as free thln as they aro now to prosecute their absurd climi against the United States fr par, or thir well founded one igainst the State of Texas, with the fir Piiirer ehance of success, as either Govern iment would have a stm:'ler deticit ito provide for. Much has been said of the- injustice ot allow ing the large- creditor.s who lent par receiving p.ar. I ask where we derive oiur power to pre vent Tex:as from pi.ying pro tano at least a just debt? But I throw these large creditors out of the question. I will take the case of a stufl-rng and reedy wilow, who i-; willing t Iake whait: Texas has appropriated for her. But then comes an opuehnt broker from Phi!delphiit, B:d imore, (or New York,.who says to this4 poor wom I. you shall not receive your money bee.: e Texasdoes tnot par' me sene~iy cets't' soni the dilli r. Sir, the(re i's great hiardsl'hip :md no( jistiec in all this. If we detny this privilege, let us illus.t ratte theI niational~l fai:ht and jau-tice by' a niew~ and gtrantd na iiitnal plaintingr. emiblemta~t ie of juistice, ini a nichie in the rutun dai, of' one of' Esop's taleis--thie D~og in the .':mtger. Oht, lilt the geniis of' Hoi grathI, to t'epriesent, a1 rich htulI dioz. withI a gold chlint rountd his neck, gtrowling ol' the huntgry, desOlne, m:d nieces5i' gis! Sit', it' Cuingress dhid eim:et in the proviso an abisurdlitV so imn::iai icabhe, ats to ceI .li sixtieen huindred'mren,. ditl'ere: ly p:ol.I to lbe of' o-te mind, w hichl* I cotend they diit:l not do, theni I say we are boinni to sayi, int thle emiipha:ie lanigiige otf tie amiiendmtient of 'the Sentiior from \irginia, we do tiot abide this bltiahder.. The honr (for it is past tmil night)a:dmonti~bes meC no0 longe'r to trespass uipiiVon lu iatice; but 1 cannot01 take tme seat t oiiut one remtark. saitd r I her to " sorrow 1than iiangier," at tile raptidl st rides w.5hich are ma~king towar:lids ani emper(tial consolitio un of this Goivernmtient by'. redntwing' the S':'tes ito coiitempltibihe partishI corporIaiitios. By pass~-ing~ the bill ot the genihttla from Maryanid, weC aviw dislinthly) the powe'r to fix. tions 'Is we 'e fCit, totlly l irrtespeci ot' ther wtll. I coin-ier this ilt humst darin~g as-ault on the sveretinty. otf a Suiate ini this Union whic1h lhe htist or' of t his Coil-deracer a l'iors-so tieb in thte r'ecords oft a prog ress.ive utsutrp:: tion of tIhe power< reservedt-l U. he States respee:'vely No is this inivuiIIn ima~de miore palate'able by the cottumlv5 atnd inlsult cominied withi it. Does it say'irs Ill ting" motre or less thiant tis to Tex as: WVe coiler.yt.ou aS ttrust wori hy5 rign's; we' miust, tauke (lit a commttissioni of' bantkruptcy aga'itnst yOl, atnd pay v'oir credllIior5s. hieb Iouit have not thte honstyt tol do. You shtall inot payt acreditor pir from whomili you recived pr un ii'(ti o paU credi~or whoti ive yon ."ixteent cenits on thle doltar. Does th~e hitor' oft anv Goverinment afird an equivalhent instance oh' nu daci:v ? Untt our pret ensionls do not end here. The'genttlem:mt fromt indiana~ tifl-rs an amten~d metit, hby which we are ntade, not the aiptpren9 tices, but the master wor'ktmen of repuidiatior',Vy a sealintg process fatr moret'L comliprehen14sive'' tthan tha~t we re'pro:ach Texas for piraellg; indeed, by3 the wsay, lhe Unitedl Statecs have slome tifteten Itinso(feConti nental monl1ey u npita id,:m it does not1 lie l i i ur n moth to repro.:ub tither people wsith repudoiliiont. The geiemtan frotm:Indianai prpoe seling down the creditors-Texas pro poses0 to paIy par to ifteeni cenlts in the dollbr, that those whotm site has se'aled at thirty cents mayli be plactedt oni the same level. A v'ery' coin tmendable dteplctton, certainily ! Sir, I wsill say but onei word more, that when propoisitions ot' this kind are enitertIined in re gard to a sovereiigni Statte in this Unionll, it is hight time for us to get rid (If tile feeble and cotmtbe subordinate cor'porationis called StatetGovrnmiients-, and take ani imperial master wocan castigate ai Stte into palyitng at debt whliich she hliubly says is not just. Burke some wshtere sayss a Statte cannoit' be inidicted, bitt. I think we htave r'eachled a iiew truthi in our cotn t'ederate hIist ory', that site may hiave a contiuniis siont (If baiikru'ptcy issued against hter, :m:d be held to baiil. AFRICAN .IEWs.--Here is an intImattiotn of a field open fur enterpriking exphorer.': A German traveller informus the Rev. Dr. Phillips, a missionary in North A frica, that hei hais discovered a race (If negroes ne(ar te King dim of' Bamratr, that are Jews in their religion<s rites anid observances. Nearly every family. lie sauys, has among them thte law of Moses, writ ten on pairchment, and although they speaik of thie Prophlets, they haive none of them ini writings. There are yet vast tinexplored tracts of land itn A frien, douibtess inhabited. by negroes who have never looked uilton the face of a white man.-) \Vheni advenstu rols tra eellhers penetrate ito t hese regicos, mattch will be discovered atd developed to astonish and inierest the world. THE fIrSt edi~ion of the Biblhe waq printed ill 440-. Thle written tible is tin' of thic rarest lhings of' the kitid knowvn. Oie (If the capital let ters was unider priocess of idnzuminaition, it is S:id, for a year. No one0 but :ra d chieistert'd ptient contid hiave mallde it. Tine Valiiana onily oasts of (one moilre ancietnt t han thec ~ mru-eript Bibtli. It is in the capitale of the1O th centarIy; but it does not compat'e with thi as a specimen. A FotIAL, faUIhionable vi-itor-thus nddressed a little girt : " liow' are von, my dear? " Very welh, I thank v*ot," shie replied. The vi-itlir then added: " Now', my dear, you'-should atsk imohowv I am The ctiild simphy and honiesthy replied, "if don''t wanwt to- ktiow."' ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, 8. C. WEDNESDAY MARCH 23,.1-853. Notice. TifE Rev. Dr. BInIrNoAM will preach at Dr. 11. BoaT's on Sunday, ihe 3d of April next. - Our Thanks. WE. tender our grateful acknowledgements to those correct and exemplary subscribers to our paper, who were so kind as to come up to the." Captain's Office" during the past Session of our Court and settle all arrearages with the printt. 'We feel a good denl helped up and considerably stimulated byhilat. they have done for us. Yes-many a one stepped in with from two to fuonr dollars in hand and snek a genteel, open, honest expression of countenance, and said in tones that reached the iimost recessen of our old pocket-hookl, "1 want to pay i' toy stl scription what is it? I should have paid it befor'e now, but 'better late than never." Ai! that's the kind of talk we like to hear these tongh times! Every sylla ble or it ought to be stereoypetd and-we were going to say, Set to music. But no-give it to us in the plain, natural intonations of an honest farmer's voice. "Tish petter tan mushic." Yet though nny have settled. very many have not. But we can't help believing that they %%ill, nnd that right soon. The rooner, thle better, kind patrons; for we assure you we have some engagements to meet which require a good deal more money than we have gut yet. So Come, come, -come Conie with the printer's fee Stay not anomher sun And we will prove to thee That it is nobly done. Those who can't come because of the distance, can remit by mail. And to these distant subscribers we earnestly and especially appeal in these, our straits, having great confidence that the most of them n ill render in a catslh response. Trial of Carson Warren. Titfs was the great case of our recent Court of Sessions. It orenpied nearly three days of the second week. Much interest was felt in the resilt. as M1r. WARaEN i. a citizen of excellent characte - and much esteemed by mainy as a friend and neigh. hor. His counsel exerted themselves to the extent ot their ability ; but unfurtunately for their success, tt only witnesses of the deed were fellow-wagoners o the unfortinate deceased. The case was a stront one nuainst Mr. WARnEN, anid Solicitor BoNtmAX faithfully and ably (lid his dtity to the country on tih (Iceasion. The conseqence was a verdict (if 311an slaughter. Jmtge Wur-Txn, in pronouncing Sen .ence upon the condemned, addressed him in terms which touched the whole nudience. His Honor's sentiments were elevated and the feelings, manifested by hint in discliarging this melancholy task, wen worthy of an upright and a huninne judge. Th, An.. sentence was a fine of fifteen hundred dollars an, at of I two years imprisonment. Our deepest sympathies ar .e Cmi with the unlucky prisoner and his distressed fanAili te ofli At the ame time, we trust his grievous fate wi i COcK 14 prove an efTctual warning to others, not alone lie will a against the shledding of human blood, bit against all have no s:rife and wrangling which are too often in this lati. that so n tud.the certain precursors of violence and crime. politicia i t this t Watch Your Purres. 1 an office Os 3onday night last, a nt-gro man presented a one of o fifty dollar bill to a clerk in one of the stores of our lose a fe town and, upon telling a specious lie of having been harp upx sent to procure change for it by one (of our Hotel current t keepers, obhtaine~d it. There can scarcely be a doubt inlto a pc but that the bill was dishonestly glltten. The negro ualityai has niot been identifled. This circotnstanlce is enoutghi ta pirolve thlat rasculity is at work iln onlr mi ist. Let every one be upon the lo)ok out.W. - Liqnor 1 Exrchangos. to li et 1RoATit'S MioNrrn.v MAGAZIN. for February is inan uipon olur table, looking very neat and interesting. It involve is a tasteful aflhir, and we hope its proprietors are tors of si doing something handsome for themselves by its pub. thevir fuv lication. T1hiis is thei only magazine of oar acqtmin. tion syill ance printed witthbltue ink. We like it. very lon Tru:~ FA nat ita & Pr.ANrTR, ofold Petndleton S. C., jomther hu is also before us in a new red-colored cover. This ld fur work is growing in popla~lurity and t'se flilness. We the Nort tope its con~dneltors have now rendered it safe front presence~ a I ordinary casualties. side of t thlat t he Boks from DeWitt & Davenport. in respe WE, have receivedl from thlese New York puiblilters Thue"1P two nuovels, nithier of which we have yet had time (If an eni toI read. Iall stuch Onfe is "JBealric," a religiuous story, by CA ThlER INE least sos Szxu.tan. To use the langutage~ of the Preface. jtaken, a "The object of this narrative i.s to portray, for thle intio life cnsideration oIf yountg girls now first emnerginig into renowne society, th~e enltightened~m happ'iness derived from the religion of Engilanud, foundled on the Bible, contrasted across gi with thec misery arising fromi the superstition of Italy, few gros founmded on t he Breviary." blessmng. This work is highly commended by many distin" preutensil guished P'rotestant Divines. buttter-nv 'rTe othier book is a Romance by Wu t.r.mA% lHAR- We' he atsos Auxswonvmr, entitled "Ruft Cornell or The the erad les of the Earl of Rochester." It is said to be by legisl ANswvoRTt's last amnd best. We have tno dotibt of of that: its bteing intensem.ly interesting. rThe author is wvell result irt ktnownt as one of thle most entertaitning of muodlern wise, mtt writers. " Ruth Corneca" is now sll the rage amontg Iblessing the njew works of fiction. DEWrr-r & DAvEr onT is the sp will send this work to any part of the United States of tempi or ant advance or 52 cents, and any other of their prudene publications on proportionalte terms. * tually rt pumnistr TiE ew jail frEdgefield Dsrc-iatlength\ whmerin cmetdorvery nearly so; and it may not be ~for thena going too far to say that it is thme best couttry jail ini dritnk or the State. The plan is certainly an excellent one 'we shot: and the workmanship very passable. Butt to a The building consists of three stories-the first spread' (which is a very commodious suite of four rooms) -temptat being intended for the jailor, the second, fur prisoners himself incarcerated for debt &c., and thte third for convicts pry," of the first degree. All the cells arc as comfortalse tiotus in as the natitre of the case ii[ admit. In both the w-atchifr econd andI third stories there are wide central pass- other olt ages, besides open walks, some five or six feet wide, should between the prison chambers and the oustem' wall, arch-ad running entirely around the prisons and into the Cen- York 7 rat passage, all of which the prisoners are allowed to use during the day, for purposes of exercise. The principal objection wve have heard urged to the plan TiE of this building is thtat the pitcht, especially of the Herald, third story, is too low. Bitt, taking it all together, " A p) the new jail is certaitnly cretditable to our energetici Commissioners of Public Buildings. of Grea 'rhere are now within its walls eight prisoners, one gence f: for negro-stealintg, three for unlawfully heating a Ibehalf< Navy w slave, one for manslanghter and one for strikinig a tive the woman. The other two are negroes, one being izm- tions." prisoned as a runaway, the other for fighting. fThus The entire cost of thme materials and construction tion. '1 of otur jail is twelve thousatnd dollars. When t 4. events, Gambling Frauds. thme glor A reformed gambler, named GaEEN, is goIng through may pre the country lecturing upon and exposing the varionts ed" to c cheats practised among the professed members of that Ione. fraternity. Ho asserts that it is not otnly a possible thing, bitt one of constant occurrence, to deceive and defraud the most watchful at all the difTrent games Titan of Whilst, Seven-up, Euchre, Bragg, Bluff and Faro. which a GnavsN is said to prove htis statements, to the aston- lessness isment of every audience, by actual experiments. canse wi He has doubtless be-:n an adept in his time, and is informem trigto make amends, for the fleecing he has give ed.Villa mny an tunfortunate victim-, by warning the res of existene mankinud. All very well, Mfr. G., as far as It goes. A yo But don't you thinuk you oiught firist tb re-imburse the .being a poor fellows yott have rined I Perhaps the proceeds is quite of your lectures are applied to- this putrpose. - If sor man doe God speetd your eflorts. .-" Ver) - .4. :.brought The Gardiner, Case Thme Ii Is raid to- he progressing slowly atitho city of Wasil. front, ur ington. Thtus far the evidlence lha been a'dieise to- Annothi the prospects of'G~afnr.a. Thte imiipression. now establhisti s-:ems to 5e that there is but little doubt of li-s ('m'umd.. Reuse, We presume however- thiat tie- defend'ant's wineses sevecrah ave not yet been- brought upon thme- tapis.. Tbeiu' eietopnx showing muty p-assibily change the aspect of matters.. coverina joke by one of the party upon the nearest ;J1ject (which haprens to be a lot of fish-hooks) is all that saves them from al solute ill manners. Now we think that these are entirely blunders of haste; hut those who heard them avow that they thi-tk diferetly. Dall Timos. Au.tos'T every mani about our town i.s complaining now of dull times. Yor the two weeks previons to this tarly every do.y has been conic.h-raLtly enlivened by the presence of our f.llow-ciiizens from the country, many of whom were in nttenbticec upon the Court. The Hotel Keepers, the Merchants, the lAwyers, the Public Oflicers &c. had, as a consequence. a plenty to do. " Charges" and "1 costs" and " profits" and fees," of varions kind-. kept many fuces cheerful and cay, because each purse was gron ing larger and larger by de-grees every day. B'it the season is past, the harvest is over, al a dearth is down upon ti. The Ilotels are cocmpara:ively desrted-ihe stores are any thing but crowd.-d-lhe Lawyers' doors are no longer beseigedl by anxiocus cliens-the still aeis tat hangs arnund the Puiic Offices is ccarcely broken, except by the listless whistle or deep-drawnt gap of som.- wearied clerk-and, in fact the whole of our little burgh i. dull enoutigh. Now -the question io, when will it grow bright-r, or how shall we manage to " drive dull care away." We have heard some -uggest fising as an excellent relief-others sp,:ak of ches4--while a few are already louking for ward to the re-instiintion of the quoit club of last summer. Many will doihiless betake themselves to novel-rending. I: ay h that a goodly number wiil ply the Poetie Muee, as spring, wiih all its lovely hues, comes fully 'to 'iew. Possibily, a few macy be found hending inveterately over law-hooks or ledgers, waiiing nhli nwavering faith for the next movi:t; of the waters. All the old wiso heads will gravely nod and say tiat these last are puroaing the right course, and we dare say it i. the trth. Yet we can't blame any villager of them all for devising some chreful ways and means of amt-ing the tedious hours, at a time like the present. For, of all dull places on earth, a village, when it is dull, is the dullest. Still we are clear agaitst permitting the present inermbentdillness to " ditl the edge" of expectation and hope. Otr notion is always to look for the hight siide of every pieture. And, th:ts looking in this instance, we fin cane t- b -elive thiat the little, v-ly, dtnk clootm which now envelopes u!', will soon tie dispealled. Just think! The glorim.s Feason of " moonlight, muoie, love and flower." is ready to burst upnn us in all its bewitchitg respleideny. I The rosy-bosom'd Hlottrs" (Venus' fair train) are even now hovering over us, awaiting but their Queen's sigil to " Diwclose the long expectant flowers And wake the purple year." And, not to be quite so poetical but fully as inter esting otr Ftore-keepers are receiving and opening belin'mful tocks of fancy Spring goods. Yes-and our ladics, old antd young, will soon he ont, saspling every pattern-and the ladies from'the country will he in, buying more in one day than our viltage ladies do in a week. Again, our Fchools will soon be all itfe and animation, and a concert or so may he reek. oned upon, we hope. Besides this, we see rising to onr view tin the distunce di-Ites of Eiglih peas. plump, green and delicate, bowls of " fresh strawber ries smothered in crume" &c. &c. Come- -come cheer up, brave hearts! The times may not be so dull aTter all. - " Clin Is may obsetre the skies to-day, And all be Irizhat to-morrow." Banta Anna. I-r seems that by another freak of for:nine this no torions individual has been recalled to Mexico, where fitin arramtgements are m:le for his comfortable ac coino:lation. The New York Tribune is of opinion itht i returi will but hnasten the downward tenden cy of the Mexican Rlepniic. Thetre we dlifer. Onr estimate oif S~r. Ass~t's ability is pretty high. And wevc are inelined to thtink hint, even now. cala ble of docing mitre for thec restoration of gntet and order in that dietracted country thant any other man livimig. Le-t the result decide bet wecan us. toa 'ttE ADvERtT:sE. ?l R. EtnTO,-Int tlte dleriiser of the [9th attd tio a Ra:il Ron'd from Greenwood ria Eidgefield C.Ui. tio l;amuburg or to A iken, whicht I was prituc to see muts with thte atpprovatl of many citizens. But I have beetn watititng to see smne resnitses from taber pents thacn imine, utttil I begint to -air that the project will dlie in its ininneytc, if I tmay eI whiat his lbeen seve ratI yea:rs ngitatied rand is stil' in its inianey a prcoject. Blut I doi rsincerely hotpe thiat some dine-, whlo en -wie'i the p.-n with itntf'--ne, 'cill get hilhl of this isubjet and~i press it sttlieienatly tc nirintte !e'tizi-ns ofEigeiil antd lhe lower poriition of A bbevile to Ia paroper sense of their ownt interests. oment oine asked if your first ecrrespondttent wotuld bacek his pen with his purse~-? T'fls I ennntot an swe-r (nkhlonighi Irathler guess hte will.) bttt one thiig I can answer aind it isn, tha~t the mnu livil:g in ten miles of fthe route fur thre road, on either side, will Igiv.a the moneyaa- if they doi tnct thte commnent'oacns. I live tnittiles fro:n G reen-twiod,1.ave seen mn Iftromu titmt hho'nt to w'th'n twelve miles of Edcgefield Vilhige, ~td I haatve not tuet with thre hirsit ma~n vet who htas sarid thmat Ire wvonl nti taike stuek in that road. Soame cof themcn are large Stocekho'ders in the Greemvil le& Cotmba lRa'. Roard, atnd they say theyv will take as neh stock fort a renl tromt Greeni Iwood to IIhuriburg. I do not douctbt for a mtomnitt but the road enin be built by sutb'eriptioni of Stck by privatte indliiduals. But in the c vent it could nuot, Chiarlestun hats long since proit d to atid in this entterpai::e. This road would be piuraible $o Stuochldaiers, and a vaust deal raf betm fit to the coim nttn:ty. inrdeedn a more pirtitablle iaivestmenrt of mtun..y. I do niot think e-,tihl be miaide thani in tis shirt liil Roadu of 50 tiis. I do niot wisb tc see thte (ireenviile & Co!umbdia Rlail Rouad ir.jturedl by this fil a aid I sineet e:y hbeli.ve liat this conneox ioan wutthtl ren ler the Road nhovy Greawootd sco mneht~1 intere valttuble tI at it wouuld mriake up for~ the loss susttinedl tn the lower portiont. I am tohil (hy Enagineers tic.) that from Grenwiood tip is as pretty a rt ted fir riunninig as is itt the Staite. Now, if the Rabunt GJap~ hcaad comaes byv Anderstoncn, htew will they I et the prodnee romaG (ren~ctwcoid to Coltumabia whtieba ~s acknowledacd to b~e the worst roadc in the State, (atnd I shonildl tnot imisit it fir were I to saty the l'ni Ited St::tec) and subject to miotre dim.iters fruit highl awaters, &e. Noit a hteiay raina falls buat .si:ne ptor ticcn ot the Roeadl is injtared sri niue'r as to rtccp thme elc rs. Naiw I atak how wcuill the piroduce hce cartriedl con from Gretewod ? Why even nowcu thmere is cottoncrlyiung at every Dep-rci ini Abbeville tand Edge. hiel, waititng to beo carried cfY. Und. ss there is atnothmer lcRcnd frmn Grentwoodc or '96t tico lltnmburg or A iken, thme Greenville atnd Coiliumbuia Rail R'oamd tnever will lie prccfitatble to) te St -ekhiclders. The-re fore-~ I ttck it wo'culd be to thme intenc st, ats well of then Stckhoihllersc ian the Greenville & Coluismbin lInail a hlcad as of the citizens of Ecdgefieldl, to unite heait. Ihand atnd purse in the cnstrucuion cf this Rucatd. -t COte more appe-al. ShiaU Edgefield be behaincd herii sister D:sta-iets, A bbevitie, Laure~s, Netr'berry, &e., &c. True Edlgefieldl hma twuo rotils runtning thricti.lh to little ccrners. But this muhel and imorce does riot satisfy Abbcevil:-, T.nurens aind An d cerston. They nmuat hamve braanifches to tir ir Cuirt hhcrarses. Whevre is thme D)istric-t pride of thme lairgest aDstrict in thme Stnte 1 Shma:l it be said n-he is behtindc all othters it internmatl impajrosvemiiuits ? IIGNIX. Phontix, S. C., Matrch 15, 1853. DEAiTHT OF W. F. Axorn~'soa.-It is- with re gre-t that. we haive ton rcecird the denath ocf Mir. W. -F. Aniderason, oif New b-rry, amid formerl~y a re speecd citi-zent anud mertrelmnut ocf thi.s town.. Jji left Chatrlesto~n. oun Wedniesdhay na-crning~. anppumrntly itt his tut lanbrit hi, was seaize( ccn the rcondc with a vioelet attnaek of ebolderat miorbits, (a disasmie to whmich. hec hats becen very- strbjnet,) oun -der whuichi,.i-i t lie- absean-e ocf atlI remedialh acgentsc, hte cottmiited to sutietr thtrocughmout the journiey. On unrliing tere lie was foundic to be- Ia a sitkinig Stite, andt died sosi- arf'e-. ia fu~neral tamkemc, phi'e t o-day, from the resi deince ocf Iris bmroilmr-im..l.tuv. Johna McCattmmon, EAST TENNESSEE RESOURCES. The followinig, from the Ka oni i le Register, will give soine ides (f-tle wealth mnd resources (of a section of cr.untry that wil be opened to the enterprise nnd enpital of Charleston on the coinpletion of the Blue Ridge Railroad: The appiOiCh of railways fron the snnth nnd the Tiortheast to the borde'rs oif East Tennestee, has srerved to bring aore fully to light the bound less resonureces f theC country ; anad is every day, :-s tiese lines dratw i nearer mnd iearer to its cei tre, demonstrating the remarkable fact, that there is not :, sectioi of tice A mirieaii coneient, ft tle samne extent of territory, so invi.inog to Ilent of eapital, or menit vihont en pit:.l, who have sout .sinews and mn.,eles. Thee e-lemnitts oif' wenlhh have never been combined fAir want of proper Outlets to tie - m:irkets oaf the world ; but the day las already dawned,and is hourly brighten in1h, whi will dicloe-i wonderful thlig4 ins this vallev. hitherto so remote from the ocen marts. It is (sor paurpose to 1n:e a few facts from which per.,ons at a ditance m.v form some idea of tihe vstneass and valne of tloise resources. The tlinai, of t contry is a f't ure wiiuhl pre-eminelaly fixes its de'stinv. piat. or East Tennessee i soiewhalt dive.rsiled, iranse of its va y A lofty tnnuntains; and for salubri ty, whether u'n the mountains or in the valleys, 1 uiprecedented. No epidemies have ever pre vailed witain its borders, and it is at the same time fre from anv causes Vhich can or do pro duce diseases local in their eimraeter. The water is another conside-rition witih the enimirant in searel (of a new homte. It East 'elessee the varieties of water are innunera ble aimist. The limestone, ' freesion.," clalv beate, sulphur, & r.,&.,gush friom every hill.sid. sollie Of ihe.se mineral waters have attained mnch celebrity, because of their sanatory pro. perties. Thte soil of the valleys and in many plnCe up on the mtiountnins, is as fertile as the alluviln whici lies on tile water course-s fof the southern coutaries, and is e.ap:.ble of' af'rding subsistence to a population oe hundred tlimes greater than that nouW ihllabiting the country. The timber, thocugih now regarded in many in stalces of lbnt little value, is eiery day being mOre highly appreeiated. The bonidleso fairest of hemillek, of wlhite anid yellow pine, of cedar and 0ak, which'ean now tie purchased, immedi ately upoii some of the principal water courses, at prices fof frami ten it twenty eunts per mcre for the groind upon which tlaey grow, is a fuet wlieba will strike the minads o the farmers who use the bark of the iemllock, and of builders who use the ot her timbiers, in other parts of the coun t. v. with mneh srprise. The-iron of Eist Teinessee is sulivient inl qnanltities Ito supply the world for venuries. Thiiis is of varito qualities, some af sneh excel. lence that it is pretferred abaave every other iron for steamboat bilers, becaie in i instance has a boiler male of thi<" irn been known- to explode. IHere it may be imanufa'tured into pis :at ten dollars per' ton, nand that too, in es tali,hinlts where but little eapital is employcd. It is nlow shipied to markets oin the Olio. river at a cost of faurteen dollars per ton, and yet, i: yields a handsome profit to the mannfacturer. Iron lands may be purchased in eligible locatio'ns for from ten to twenty cents per ,ere. Coa1 is at1most as imluadlant 1s the iron, nnd in nimly inistnnees is found upon one side Ofa wnt. it r eourse, which is but a siecessio, of rapids, while irn is upon tle other. Boit the ianthra elle and bi:umiious are fotiund ill abundance ; the (lie in that ledge oat' higllands skir.injr tihe soulliwestern barder of' East Tennessee, and she other in the northern and northwestern. Coal linds may be pnreasd at the same liriee fair whaic'ho thae iron lands m:iv he boutght. Ot marble, n enidless variety andt inexhisti ble quantity has been discovered, though but few and partial searches have been made. From thle jet black, suisceptile of' the finaest poih there is every tine nd shaide vatriegaitiaan to the pure whaite. Mnch rat this~ miarbile is now beinag uased foir cirnaamenatia purpaoases iin riae paartors, and is also being wrolught into d'coaratioans for the initerior of the costly calpital inl procss oif ercionI at Nash~ville. 'lThese mnarble quarries nre ebaenpear thanll dirt. ~The hy~ drautie limestone . liaa receonty biern discaivered inoth a iwd to demonsirate its'vatne, a eajaitat that will pre. pare 500,000 bari-els of the remtent faar the mnai kets inl wh'tich it may be sold, iat a- loawer figure than can bta borne when the article is furnished fromlt any oilher point. Salt is :abuandant, and catpital ii now betinig emll plaiyed iin sinakiing welts, ad plrepmaiang furnaces, &c., fur its mi:tanfac t. Copper has1. heen discovered, and iners are noaw at wtor'k di;.rgingt it cant of I le haowels oat tae mountains, wtthi were onice thaoughat to bie wonrth not (anec cenit p-er ne're, :and ye-t thace opper ame is yieldting silve'cr t'aingha to paay altl the ex penses incidenit to the preparationl of the caapper far ma~rket. Lead is eve'ry where, wa' may say, and withllbe continiu'd tom be est'etimed, as. It lnow i aniost vidnaeless being ini thle way cof the phirwt shaire, until somie cane aar more dli".eerning iad moare te terpuri'inig I han anyv cane naow amo ang us, sehl shoiw toi us that ini bars and pigs, it, Ilke onr iron, is wvortha silver aid goltd. Zine; taoo, tans been discova'red and nate maide towards bringing its value to, lebt ; a northern c.ompflany in conn~ctiaon wi tie (afoul own eii izenis. having 'obatainedl a tense oat cane mine :and hiavingit in coaanemlatiomn.to-mnn fuae tutre the maetial. Ploulbago is faouncd in henips as rite as ai moutini, but it is este'me'd als of n0 value, be ceause nit onie chooacse.s to make~h it voln~ubhe. Ih'sides all theise' elt'emnts of weakts there nor Iotherac w hicht maigh t be maent ionecd. Ev'en thet Isand whaich we leave, as tile expierinment hais de tmanst rated, makes ani article -of glass supiaaorm ta tha~t manufi.:ttred in ctit'r parts cof tile Unioa; Ibuit we mayv stcap here. So that withI our eli mate, wiaers, soail, minible, limestone, reenlt. iron,tcoppier, salt, I imabera lendo, zinc, &e'., addea toa thet scnery, whlichi has ennalSeda our set'ional of the Uniiono 1o be styl'ed " Thle Swvit zerland of AXmter ien," we ma~y safecly assert thaut a maoire at tract!ive fie'ld niowaherle presenits to eitheaar thec enpailalist, the. l.aborer, or tile aman of' f'eebte bieabh and shat tered conistit utiona, who ia s in sonraieb of an invqigormnI lg and0 hat';hhI uicing'at nmcsaphere', the same11 intdanements. WViuh our railroads so soacn to be cmupiedi au thie . n1 comae;nn :athhe ebange whIih withenlt' be wi'aingll in thai.' ni3.ing Land of ours, nio man can can 31~o.-WeL are inoarmedl say's the Anigns ta1 Chronie& Seninel oat the 1,5th inst'amt, by a genlt tlman jOnt arrivedi ia thle city, that1 a muur der was commiitiedl about I c'clock yterdy netar tihe Qnnaker Sprintgsin thais counitty, cmn the Washiingi on roand, aboant 'evaeni mllies :above the ei:y, lby Francis5 T1ompkians con the pierscon caf Gamuil'Fhiaegan. We did tiot hear the particiua bars, except thant Toampkinis rode tip to the doocr wIth his gunl, naighted, nndic shtot, .himn through the hi'ed sand thaeonI:made his esenape. - Acet~riox of CilnA-In speakinmg of the nequtisitioni of~ the i.1h1and of Caibi by the Uniited S tates, the Liverpool .Jon rnial says:5 aC We see only a111 ntiul iimement, the evaent ual successful resttit of which is obvious, ill the cry fcor thie acquisition cof Cubat ; aand it is idle ini Enlgland attempthig to check an inevitabte de vaelcipmetnt of thle influences created in the Unionil by the existen~ce of slavery. At aany rate, the history of' Eanglaand being a history oaf unnea~i3 tins, sve, int our press :aid ia our convers'ations, shiotld be miorc scrupaitous in cour comminents oin the conduct oif the States. Amonti other fbets we have to fatce this-that the Uinhed Stattes nre0 rapidlly palssinig us inl most thlings wa.hlichl be spaeak geninle atioaul greatness." COM1M PER OXAL,. Correspondence of the Advertiser. I I.ltU RG, Mar 1l', 1853. Cotrrox--Tiroghocut the weak en-tinig to-day our Market liss beeni quite animatedi, and prices have imiproved from i toa sets can :;hf qanml:ties. The Re-ipts have taeen lighat, anad buyers have freely talten- nll that has bici ofyereod. Wec attribulte this imiprovemcient to the dlecrease in the total -receiptsc, and shaouhel they continue toa fall oh)Y in hhe same ra t'o, we hocak for a shill furtht'r improvenment in prices. H Y3IEN IA L. MAARRIED on the night of the 17th inst., by th6 Rev. S. P. Getzen, Rev. W. A. SAMIorL, of Fredom nin, Alft. to MiHAs antY A. SWEARINGEN, dau0ghtetl of Mr.-Moses Swearingen, of Edgefivid Dstrict. OBITUARY. )EPARTKD thi% life. at ais resirence, in this Dls triet, on tile 30th of Noyvttber last, Mr. Josted 1taauv, in the Stid year of h's age. Tie decesed was a native of E-lgefltld -Distrie* ii wlich I*.- pr:ms'ed the gienter pirtloimt of his Afeg andI neenamt!ated a Very hanmsome forUietfor firiisi self and his ftiily. lie was r. spectnbly descendedf and sustalitld a chtracter fur unbiemishel integrity through tihe whle- li-ntgh ofr ins dlays. ai fatie was of Irish extraction, anl his iother was a Mise Nobihes, the sister oo' the wife 4f the galant Cnft. .n l!ynn, Whose bril'ianit and naing esflliA the Riev.uhtion distingn:shiel him as o.e of is imo. chivalrous and gtrisifz Oltamipioit. *n Z . - F The subject of this tribute. we are infanem while in the 3merid'nau of life, ana beain.pe1l by an ardent ind patiotit spirit, nccompaniet imeriein troopmat tlie b2ttic o New Ork-n"i inl other lzardous enterpr:ses, and participlptslI the elur'es, wlida so ignally crmwtcd the Eight of Janiary. and 'gaive time 11ini6diing siroke to i seconm1d war of indekpendence, - -- - . After timat event, le spent a fe&'cars In tAm West ldill" and oin returning. home narried a estimmable ady, i y by whm fite hui rai.rel a large faim ly of ehildren to iimurn I'ms lows. 11%. tmet Alessi with time i-ournge and eniiicsi 'of a phivmilsmme an.ii passed into its quiet slunabers without a Im mtur or coimmphint. The mnatner- of hin death atte' ed that his life ihad been irreproachable, and that I departed in peaee with all tnankini. . A. DEPAnrtvi this life on Frilay the iSth uit., Aa. ELzAtmTa.-r, mecomni daughter .f G. W. and M..A lItiloowiy, aged i I years and 10 dayi. Site was eidered to ail wiso knew her by gentle and afyetiove te dispmmtimn. Though taket from time emmirnee Elf dear parenfs and frinmis. her centle spirit hai flown-to ta fiirerw'orld 'mn h'igh join the angels in praise to her Rledeenier in leaven Dmtr'Awren thmis lifmemtinmiis District; ont the ~19t ' inst., WtIt..iAt Amin , Rits of Wll:inm and - lulin A; .ennings, ahig toine weec 614. m1 "tuffer little chil dren to come unto mute, -nd forbid theta not, fu If -ueh in the k'ngdoti of. heaven." E. (JN THE Friend.sof Mij. T1I 'aAN WAT SON, annonnee him as a Cindidate to fill- thie vacaney inl the State Senale, ocensi-med by t1ho tenthi of N. L. GRtFFts, Esl. Butler Lodge, No. 17, It 0, 0. F. A Regular Meeting -of this, Lsi. will le held on Monday. .vvening ne. I4 7 e'mehm.- . ----. --- JOHN LYON, Secretary. Mareir23 It - 47 New Spring and Stunber BR Y GOD Wi!. H.I. CRANE, 1 now rtceiving a VERY LARGE STOCK of All! kinds of Dry Goids' suitable for the appronehing Sesions, to 'which lie tesptetfully allse tihe% attentitont of the pubol:e,-s lie i6 determinedi.: sell themlt ut exceedingly Low ricrs. -lia Stock uf Dress Goods is rartieuiriy large and varied. .The Ladies wi1 dio well tim eall anl see theim. - First Dry Goods Store below te U. S. Hotel,: Augusta, Ga., Marek 23, . . 2t 10 Ready-Made 'ClethingLI T IIE SU HSCRlBErS have -tust~ received fromt New York, a large St~or IREADY-MADE. .LOTHliNG,. whi'eh was a. lected with thN greti-ey on'e of time Firm, nrkA boughut .for.CASH welahef -enlarly~eashm. -and *tob wich we respectfully offer ott ..tr u-unl netudernt~ termtt. COLCAN & LE.G. StMarch 22 tf '-10 Carolina Hotel, IrA.BURG, S.C. ?j1JIS~ popular Fatah:ishmenat ihuving been thneL I.oughily ra.pnmiredm and refitted with entire NEW FC RN iTC'RE. the~ Subscriber takes pleasure. i. infrminug the ruhie, uluit lhe is nomw pre pared tonec coimmodanhte be.th 3iA N mind 110IISE, in a tle, as lhe htopes, to give compliaete tsatisfuettin. JOHtN I.. DOBEY.. UTtnhbarg, SMarekm 23, tf .- 10 (17 Thte Abbeville Banner and Anderson Gn 7ette wdl eachl compy the aibuve four tiammen and for war dl acceutt to . .. J. L.. 1) Edgefield Huz'zars, ATTENTION! ACCORD DNG to an ordler received from C4, .leahn F. Talbert, an eletion will be hl4d at Uuesar'sm on time -4th 6:urdamy int April u-xit, fiue CA l-TA IN, to. ii;h the vsaatey -occasioned by the resignationu of Capt. lieLr. NhirLa~w'us. - L.ieut, lisansos, Cor-net M.mLs andi Sergt. Cuay, are hereby ampinted uind will net unm.na gers. A. P. 1WTL~ER, tinjctr Edgetiied -luadron Cal'ry. Ma:-cit 23, 5t ... 10. NoE-ice, . Yirteof an.earder from IL T. Wright, Esq., OY~rdune omf Ed.etnield District, I will puraested to ueli at thie ite reuaialence aof Ja bmu Wever. dee'd., on Friday, jst iof A pril ietc, all the personaflIr Ipert-y of sala di-~eessed, consst.ng of' forteen LikelyX Negres, I tocek of mmml kinmdm, Co'rn untd.'Foddv-r, 11, twue) mand Kitehenm 1-.'rniture, wtith utunny artie'ea too tedi ons to mietiun.- .. 'uTaac-Out a eredit tuntil time 25th Decmbet, next., P'ureb.'.sers gtivinig notesm witht at least t-e itodeeurrtiem. All sumumAlier Three D)ollars will be rempuired in enshm. - LY DIA WEVER, Adm's Mairch 23 ' 2t. 10 ShriF's Sale. ISTATE OF" SO UT!] CAROLIMA. EDGEFIELD DISTRIdT W ~. B. Brantnon. IJ. J.Kennedy, ~ - rs Then Sanme. W. & J..llill rs The Sanme. . - B Y irte~o anOrdF fn:WtheConrt e Edgefieldh C. H., onu the first Matsmay in April next, the imnemnt of' time Defindant. in T'wentty Shuaremm of Stock In the latmtbutrg and Edge'tield Phmk.l Road Comtpany,.to natisfy thae aiunehmtents. int the-t above eases. i~ru LEWIS JONES, S. E. D.. March_ l'8,1853. ' Se 10' Bacon and Lard, rpH.E Subscriber hats 10)00 lbs. BACON- and L IARl on cnmignmenuts which' ism ofitre:1 for sale at time loweat ummrket price, for Canit. GI. L. PENN, AGEN1;. bhm~h.23.tf C~' iie Notice. 4T ILL be lest onm Saturday,.the 24 A pril, neat, ton the lowemt bidder, at the Bridlge over Tur key Creeky~on the Auubbevi~e ritn'd, nseait Samt. WUi lim..thc repatiringd of s::ki Im-dge, if notl rjpaired prvosyby thme Exventors of time builder, John 3. F. STROM. Comnissionaes.. IMarch 22 . 24 I Notice., T EREBYf gie to all peraots litdebted io the .I Estate of. Edmtuntd Boyd, dee'd, to nmake i - mediate pmymtit;t antd thtase~ hIvingdeinaniis against the samid E..state, will reneir themi in propierly aneated.. n..o JAS. & TANDY IBOYD,.EA'rs.. -cos Bravely On. e people (if Charleston have lie Blne-lidge Railroad enter evidently betokens enthusiasm am of fire hundred thomumntl -ihed by the City Conneil to of that portion of the Roand ;tate, supposed to be ablout 53 .hat a City meeting will be, if -, hel.l to determine whether the subscribed to that section of in Georgia. in length about 20 rs all urge thee meaure. thould secuticon and completion of this ndercd alnost certain. Because !q express great confideitce that cribed towards the North Caro .. And, this being done, the y the Act of last Session pledg of our State to the arneent il e been complied with, and all .11 lave been overcome. The may then be looked upon as one 3f the age. We trust that all to-work togetlier luckily inl ito ult' in making Charleston the emporitus. besides contributing -ate wealth of our State. ir own District is to cone in for a ate benefits of this grand scheme, It with those of our feulow-citi d with an abundance of menns -e them move in the matter! Wv non expect to see an enibassy (1 the Ralhtin Gap, comin- dowri .te upon the .subject and to invite I the noble undertaking. Are wt that we are, yet fear that we are re anything about this importani r are a few!) we would say, read n of " PEsix" in an adjoinint fully up to a knowledge of yeou aents by tho President. ter writers from Washington infortr host of office-eekers at the ( reni ion is, as yet, by no means dimin dent. is taking his leisure, as lie taking out his appointments. It it tamer will draw near before thi - and laborious part of his duties i! ith. As far as his oflirial acts art Smust say that we are well satisfie 5E'8 line of condtet. Ile is doin. e-pected of him, viz: purituing r and independent course in all hi: sointments. When a committee at. ich him for the purpose of protestint vis entering the Cabinet on the fig a Secessionist and a Di-unionist rejected their interference with dii I ntim:ted that, having been elected ounitds, he intended to do his duty tc . dinigly. : recent, appointments we observe t.m.t. CO..c01C to the Collectorship ol oms n1 .ileutn and of Tito:%t.%s Ev.Ns it of I trict Attorney. That Mr. Cot.. in every cleserving of this post, anid thai Mbly at filthfully discharge its duties we shadow doubt. Yet we 'can but regret enuine namuple of the high-toned Carolini should lire thought proper to relinquish me, the vhtlon of Member to Congress foi , which, ioweier honorable, is still; mainl lollars avd cents. Should Sonth Carulin: more sth men, site may well I- hang he n the wililfw" and yield implicitly to tha if events, which is rapidly hearing her or litical gul b where State pride and inihivid e obsole rms. bservet he. advocates of the Main< .w,orn n'ular enactment, are beginini mied Cf s."- vnwr i rte L-- ni know that the change wouhk ty veep~t pdonable misnomer, the origina elhm inbg. well nigh mad as far af arite h~tbbj 4.Wrist.'irthaei,4dn* be terminate 'y its owil alisurdity before g, we have ~o a doubt. Yet, like man! mhug noto, w~e suppose it may overrnn the a season. It seems to 1)e sprenditig a little a just now, and some faint indications of it: ta ho olkereed in a few localities an thji Potmhe' We have even heard it lhintee pulse of Southi Carolina s'ill hear wa:ching -t to the -malady. This wve cannot credit it L Wnr" pill of last year acted the parl cleic to our people. so efyectually as in caune inan.do mias to be spewed out forever. . hi has beeni oir impression. If we are mis id it' the frothy cas-cade, which firust le and motion from the rocky breasts of tie i Down-Eatern Commonwealth, is to flou oial old Carolina too, why let it cnme. A rn habies may mistake it for a Iheaven-sen Btt sensible metn will recogetise its shalhee mns nd'smile in 'scorn at the futility of its ilkish hubbles. and so it will pans on. 111t to be utterly imapracticable to attemp e mtior of any passion of the humaen heart stion whieh seek. to control the devieopmien passion.! In nino cases out of ten, it .wil prduig outrageous excesses where, other derationand temperance in the use of Guud' Swotd halracterise the individuial. No-~i Itre of a gentle and perstinneive Religion, tno ral. Legislation, te nmonhl the heart of ntnttn :itn all things. Human laws cant only efy::e strain Is passions by attaching exemplar: ent to any 'aucht consequences of their tundet as nay sl.iek and aggrieve the comunit: hhey occr.- To any such enactment, wheethe Ivancement of sobriety in thee use of stroni in te imniugence of atny oilier propensity Id be disposed to give our hearty seuppori ttempt to legislate from the earth the widely causes f humsan sin a-nJ to abolish thtus on against which the Saviour of tmankii only taught hisi disciples to " watch ani ye. regard as being littde shocrt of a presup lererence with an all-pervaditng anid ever I Providnce. But, indepenedent of ever; jection to this new-fangled refornm policy, w einitl ta itwere enough to kenow thcat it vacate is Honitca GREELav ! of the New ,'iline ? ! On the Alert. aihington correspoendentt of the New Yor] untler date of the 15th, writes: itrated meeting of' the cabinet wvas beld thi ,whih i-esulted in directing the Seeretary ej demand-ten explanacion froma the governene Britain, on the subject of the recen~tt inieelli n .Honduras, and the-English interventioniti f theueuito King. The Secreutary ofC the as inestructed to report forthewith to the Exec feetive force at his disposal for active operas apes tle Drama of ihe PiERCE Adlministra 'lhe prolone wvas the President's inaugural to e pilogue shall be pentied, perhnep grea not now dre-amed ofe shall give to each lii rof the- sun-beam. On the other band, i ye to bethee sad reflex of " woes unnmer or whole country. Who can fort-see!i No U~asty Blunders. a are a good many conersational binneler: rise not so muech from ignorance as freent cars or heaste, or both comebined. To aome secl a ttribute the two following,wheichi, as we an I, were actuallhy perpetrated in this enlighten pi of Edgefeld at no very. remnote era of it ng gentleetn joine a group of loungers and nig br of a certain- wesh- ksnown citizetn whe ic tt the time, Ito is asked "'.howv the ciclh 5 to-day 1" ad," is thee reply, " its a tough case, and on teo purely by e.rpo.-ehan ." ungers of corse face every way, but to trec tiI tI yourg genthlman leaves. er youtfr eters'a 'certain Amniumi gatherni ment not a hundreef yards from ner Couri nl ptponely enginfres, in the presence a1 eddle witnesses, " whetlisr'Mr. P. l~as any eats- orsak-," meaning the'enustomary (Oter of letters. Thei risifiles of several biy ...... s..-.i . sted n e.ni,,ee ta t n niprmiop it