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iLi We will eing to the Pillars of the Temple of ou - - m must fall, we will Perish anidst the Ruins - - W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD -VEMBER 23, 1853. . - THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. D U R I S O E, Proprietor. ARTHUR SIMKINS, Editor. TERMS. - Two DOL.ARS per year, if paid in advance-Two DOI.I.Ans aund] FIFTY CENTS if not paid within six months-and TnREE DOLLAnS if 1ot paid before the expirationi of the year. All subseriptions not distinet ly limited at the time of subscribinig, will he consid ed as made for an indefitite period, nud will be con tinued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Supseriptions from other States imuist invaridbly be accompanied with the cash or reference to some one known to us. ADVrttSIFNETS will he conspientously inserted at 75 eetts pe r Square (12 lines or less) for the first insertion, and 37! cents for each subsequent insertion When only published 31otthly or Quarterly $1, per -quare will be charged. All Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on tihe marint. will be continued until forbid and charged accordinigly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on iheral terms-it being distinctly understood that con racs for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate bn-iniess of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements tnust be paid for in advance. For annonneinga Candidate, Three Dollars, in advance. Fur Adverti-ing Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be said by the 3agistrate advertising. EDGEFIELD-COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG LADIES. (63Pevr::.snav ENVFrTERED sINCE SYleFBER 19TI.) r iIll E ession will be half comtplieted on Monday Nov. 7th. This wi.1 be a good time for others to enter. The Inst'tution has never heen more prosperous aIt th's seasn fir the year, Or better futrni-hed with Teachers, and everythint neeessary fir thurough i :struetion thatt at preslnt. The Vacation at Christmans is always a short one, 3o that the Piptls Acan cottitaue their studies with out any serious interruption, -until the last of July. They are received'at atay time during the Session, ald chiargel but from the timane of entrance to. the end of the Session. Expenses per Session of 14 Weeks. Collegiate~Departtent ..............$15 00 Aeademie~ do 12 00 Primary do . $ 00 atid $5 00 - 'upuils iising the rhiloesophica Apparatus, are charged Extra $2,00 per Session. A i.d all Pupils are charged 50 ets eai, asession fur contences Extra Branches. Musi ......... .... ....... . $18 00 French.S 00 Drawing.. .......S..... 00 Oil Paiuuug... ... .... 00 'There is no ehrge-for use of P atno :,:"n d' hing7 lijgis ind fu $10 pr 14 1 .T31S p~aee - Iwc' - 8. F. G0OO0E, -E. PENN, Trustees - . . A. AlDSON A. SIMKINS. 'Nov 7, 1S53. tf 42 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL B00T & SHOE BUSINESS! R11emova I T'H E Undersigned refepecetfully informs his friends in Carlina, that lie has Rtemotved fron I lam berg to Augutsta, Ga., on the South side of Broal- i Street, oppi)site the Augusta Ilokel, where lie will be- pl.-ased to see h's old friends and customers. lie would al-t state that lie hIs just returned from the North. whre, witih care anl attention,- lie lha purchased. -at the LOWEST MARIKET PRICES, a large Stock of Boots and Shoes, Truuks, Va1isses, carpt-Thng, And every article belonging to the Wht'les:'le andt Rectail Boot andu Shoet~ Butsiiess, wii'el lie P)lCu~gs himself to sell Cii lA P' ER than nyt the lhcus in Augusta, FORl CASil, or ont titme to putnctual di~eales. Atny one wantitng Goods in his line will finid it to their interest to call alad ex:ine his Stock befoare purchaisinig elsewhIere-and hte will take ph-aseure in e'xhibiting thietm to every one wh~o mayt favor him wvithi a visit. Hie takes oesesion here to return his heartfelt thatnks to his kinid friends fur their liberal patronage! hetretofa're bestowved oan hitm, antd hopes by strict at teutwilmind perseve'ranuce in busaness, to merit a contitttinace of the saime. .THN WELSH, AuustOpposite the A ugusta lotel, AuutGa.4 Oct. 5 tf 38 BOOTS AND SHOES AT THE IRON FRONT STORE OPPOSITE THE' Nasonic Hall, Augusta, Ga. DE.\ALER~S IN Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Carpet Bags, &c. RE now resiving thimr FA LL STOCK of Chuddten's S10l3 of the Finest Qualities, -\nid the bes.t that caln be botught. (Ote A's'srtmeint roatmainis EVERY ARTICLE usually kept iln thte largest Boot ad Shoe Stores. --AL ttr.A IF.Tt Es OF PLANTATION BROGANS AND'HIOUSE SERVANTS' SHOES All of which we will sell on tie most reasemtable termls. Auguta, Oct 12 tf 39 lisxrv -1. Osuuons. FlRED. A. itiTLoCKt. QSBORNE & WHITLOCK, (sIGNe OFrTHE WATO H.) *Augusta, Ga., Under thme United' .States Hotel. KFEE P Constantly on hiand a 6hoice selection of ~Goods in their ine. ait the LOW EST M AR K ET PR1 ICES, such as fine Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware and FA NCY GOOD'S IN GR EAT VARIETY, MUSICAL AIND. MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, Besides nmnty oither articles too nmerous to men ton. We keep two Workmnen, one an experienced Watchmnaker, (one of the best of Workmen,) and the othet a .Jewoler capabie of manufacturing any ;hiing in -the line. gi Call atnd see *ottr Stock - before purchasing elsewhere. OSBORNE & WHITLOCK.. Sept. 12 3mt - 35 Just Rececived ALOT of Eastmanm's SUPERIOR STRAW 4..-CUTTERS. A lot of Dan'el's Pat. Superior Straw Cutters, Granit's Superior Patentt FA N MILLS, - ' Grain Cradles, JHoe~& Co's Superior C1 RC LA RI SA WS, All of tvwifhwili be sold on thie miost accommizoda titng terms. Call antd see tlheni . RO0BLNSUN & JACKSON. HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &c. W & J. H I LL, Tamburg, S. C., would in . form their friends and customers that they keep constantly on hand, at their old Stand, a LAltGE and WELL SELECTED STOCK,eon sisting in part of the following articles. FINE CUTL RY. A large assortment of Pocket Knives, Knives and Forks, Scissors, &c., &c., both of English and American Alanufacture. Tin and Copper Ware. Every article of Tin Ware kept always on hand, and orders received for any article that may be needed in the CopperTin, or Sheet Iron jine. smS al GD W= so52. A good assortment of IHeating and Cooking Stoves. The latter are recommended to Housekeepers for neatness and economy. Guns and Pistols! A full nssortment of Guns, from ordinary to very fine. Colts' repeating Pistols, Allen's Revolving andaSelf-Co.king Single Barrel Pistols. Also, com oon Pistols. SMITH'S TOOLS. A large and complete Stock of Smith's Tools, con sisting of Anvels, Bellows, Screw Plates, lland and Sledge Hiammers, Files, Rasps, &c. CARPENTERS TOOLS. Embracing all varieties of Plains, Saws, Chesels, Augers, ilanimers, Hatchets, Squares, Compases, Axes, Adzes, &c., &c. Spades- and Shovels. spades and Shovels of the best qualities. Also, Manure Forks, loes, &c., &c. C H A I N S. Log, Ox, Trace, Waggon, Coil and Halter Ch ain Boilers and Caldrons. A variety (if loilers and Calrons, by the pr per se of which farmers will find a great saving in feeding Cattle and Hogs. CASTING AND HOLLOW WARE. rots, Ovens, Spiders, Tea Kettles, Waffle and Wa e.r frons, Fire Dogs, Waggon Boxes, Grid Irons, Smoothing Irons, Morters, &c. NA I LS. 300 Kegs cf Nails, assorted sizes. Also an assort nient of English and American Iorse Shoes, and lorse lShoeu Nails. Coftee Toasturs, and Cotton and Wool Cards. Straw Cutters and Corn Shellers. ie most approved Straw Cutters, and Corn Shel lers, wh:ch farmers would find great economy to use. CHAIN PUMPS! Chain Pumps and fixtures-an excellent method for rawing water from wells. g. All the foregoing articles sold on the most reasonable terms. 11amburg, Oct. 26 6m 41 3. A. GURLEY, R ESPECTFULI.Y informs his friknd in Caroli na that he has removed from Ilamburg to Au usta, Ga., South xisle of Broad Street, one Square bhove the Lower Mat ket, nearly opposito the Eagle k Phwnix, at the sign "VA RIETY STORE," -here he will be happy to see his d friends, .and y fair dealing-mcrit 'comniu ion of that pat mna ,~beforesqIiberally ed-lisStoek n . nWirt of an extensive v riety of eb ais Tubs of all kiids, Buck ., C urns, Keelers, Wash Boards, Trays, & . Tin Ware of all Kinds, Philadelphia Pots, Ovens, Spide'ts, Kettles. Sauce [ns, Somoothing Irons, Shovel and Tongs. Fire I)ogs, Sifters, Fry Pans, Fine Pocket and Pen :ives, R A ZORS that can't be beat, Tea and Table pb'-us, both Birittania and Silver. Table Knives ind Forks, Candle Sticks, Pad Locks, Shoe Tacks, ., &c. Also a varied awsortment of JAPAN WARE. .etter and Cap Papi-r, Wafers, Pins, Needles, looks and Eves, Po'.rt Monies an assortment from 15 ets to $5 each, Silk anid Thread Purses, SUSPENDERS, HOSE AND HALF HOSE; GLOVES, Silk Mitts, &c. A complete assortment of the BEST PERFU IER.Y, SO A PS, &c., direct from .l eL.s lIUL. SDOES, HATS AND CAPS, . Musical Instruments, Toys, nd in fact many oth~er articles noat eonmerated ere. AlM, " VIRGINIA TOIBACCO" always o be faneal here cheap by the Box or otherwise. Eg" Call and see J. A. G UR L EY, 155 Broad Street, A ugusta, Oa. Sept. 5. tf 34 Hardware & Cutlery Store. Fj1 E SUBSCRIBERS have just received their ..Fall Stock of HARDWARE & QUTLERY, Consisting (of Anvils, Viees, Bellows, Smiths Hamn iners, Screw P'lates, Stock and Dies, IHorse Shoe Nails, R aspts, Files, Iland and Cut, Alill, and all other kind of SA WS. 500 dozena of all kinids of Locks. 500 "~ " " Enives. 3tt p-,ir Pistols of all kinds. 10 Guns. C' lts Revolvers, AI!ens do. Wa;gon Cha:iis, Castiings, J linges, Screws, House Furnishing Go' ds, and cverythinig elsceunnected with a Hardware llouse. ---. A L S O Corn Shelhars, Straw Cutters, Mlills, the genunme Collins Axes, Adzes, llatchets and all kinds Edge Tols. We would respectfully solicit a shmare of patron age, anid anythiing sold by us will be warranted of the best manufatutre. IIULLARKEY & OAKMIAN. A few doors above Insurance Bapk, Augusta Ga. Sept. 28 1853. 6m . 37 Heavy All Wool Negro Goods And Blankets. 1iILLER & WARREN, Augusta, Ga., have i.just received a large Stock of Georgia Plains and a large lot of 8--A and 9-4 Ne' gro Blankets, sonme of them weighing eighi pounds to thye pair, to which they invite the atten: tion of planters. Als, GENUINE UETT ANClIOR BOLTING CLOTHS, From No 1 to 10. Augusta',-Oct. 12. 6m -39 A Physician Wanted. T IB Subscriber has atract of Land,cotin about One Hiundred and Serenly-five acres lying on the M1artin Town Road, eleven nwiles be low Cambridge, with a comfortable Dwelling,-ana tme neighiborhoo~d is wanting a Physician. An: Phsiciain wishing to locate would do well to corm ani see ime as 1 am anxious to sell. - JOHN B. ROUNTREE. Oc 2 t 41 Notice ALL Persons anlywise indebted to the Estate o A.lohmn Wise, dee'd., are hereby requested i< imake immediate settlement, and those having de mands against said Estate will please render in thei accounts forthwith, properly attested, according t< law. SIDNEY WISE, Ex'ora p. I. b!LR Oct 26 if Friction Matches. ON hand a good supply at S1 ,00 per Gross, c one cent per box, warranited good. Call:a " VAnmwrr S'roRE," 155 Broad Street, Augusta Ga and get vonfsipply for the year. Sept ~J, A, GURLEY. PASSING AWAY. BY wxI. W. GRANDY. The voice of inspiration bears This truth to us to-day ; While all the face of Nature wears A semblance of decay. Spring, with its flowers, has passed away, And summer, too, has fled; And Autumn's sere and yellow leaves Crumble beneath our tread. Chnnge is the garment Nature wears, Rocks moulder and decay: Mountains are moved, and empires fall, And kingdoms pass away. The mighty ocean, that rolls In majesty atd power, Anon, in gentle dew descends, To kiss the opening flower. Our lives are like a breath-a dream A bubble on the wave; There's but a thought, a step between The cradle and the grave! A stone, perchance, may inark the spot Where we unconscious lay; That, too, ere long, will turn to dust, And ruingle with our clay. The wanderer of another age Will pass unheeding by Our lonely graves, without one call Upon his sympathy. But is there naught mid scenes like these That comfort can impart ? Is there no source or j. y to cast A charm around the heart! Yes, there's a br:ghter, holier sphere, Exposed to n6 decay ; The soul may shine in beauty there, Free from mortality. TO A DRUNKEN HUSBAND. The following lines were written by a Wife. My husband, 'twas for thee I left My own, my happy home ; For thee I left my cottage bowers, With thee in joy to roam ; , And where are all the holy vows, The truth, the love, the trust, That won my heart-all scattered now, All trampled in the dust. I loved thee with a love untold And when I stood beside Thy noble form, I joyed to think I was thy chosen bride. They told me, cre. I was thine own, iow sad my lot would be; 1 thougit not of the futur'ithen- - I only thought of thee. A sunny-hearted ihing, me Forgetting that my happiness A shadowing cloud might bring. The sunny side of lfe is gone, Its shadows only mine; And thorns are springing in my heart, Where blessoms used to twine. I do not blame thee for-my lot, I only pray for thee, That thou may'st from the tempter's power (0, joyful thought!) be free; That thou may's bend above my grave, With penitence sincere, And for the broken-hearted one Let fall a sober tear. SPARKING SALLY SCRAGGS. " I speculate you'd like to hear of that erection," sed Sam, giving his chair a. itch ; " and if Sally herself~ could relate it,. ou'd expreciate it a heap more ; but you se she is shockin' modest and if I should sk her to, I do think she'd blush bluer a idigo bag! Hlowsumerer, I don't mind elightenin' you on the stubject ; hut if you o to pokin' it in the paper, fil " call you ut," by thunder ! * "It happetned-the circumstance did-in lyblow Holler, Stait of Arkansaw, the nly Stait where it could happen, though u folks run it down, and say the mus eeters! .Now, I say-What of that? aint verything in proportion ? Why, lv'e seen ars there siebi " sizers" thatt the natiwes unted 'em the same as whales-with a har oon. And when they walk through a anebrake, on a hot day, you can jest travel long behine 'em an' pick up) millions of aler candles- already boxed ! " Then: look at the gals-why they're per ect panters-their eyes a sparklin' Jike imun beeds, an' their cheeks as red as a urkey -cock's throat ! Oh ! 1 knew a pretty one, She lived in Flybtow Holler, She were so fat she could'nt run So fat she could'at woller ! " But her old datddy was stupendous! Ie were jest about the crossest, ugliest old armitnt that ever wore spectacles; an' it was wvondermul to think that he should be the father of sich a charmnin' little scrouger as Sally were. I must say that feminine was awful hansum-an' of all the magnumubo mm gals that ever I see, she was the mag nmbonumest. Natur' had gin her plenty f "rotundity," and the wvay it stuck out tvas perfectly provokin' to catnel-leoperds. What she wore the thing for I never could ascertain, except it w~as that wheni she sot own on a hornet's nest the gnatty inseeks ould'nt sting her. But we'll let that part f the story wvent for the present, and re .~" Now, it wias one day, thinks I to myself -Sam Slackpole, bein' as how Sally Scraggs are the prettiest fimmale that ever jumped, pd have got a power of onllco fixups, fur. bellows, an' a watch, its high time she an yot were one, so I declared my passion, as a feller ini luv most generally duz, an were excepted. Yes sir-ce !-she wilted rite rdon, like a pokeberry stalk int the sur, an tsed she'd be mine, if I could git her daddy's consent. " Sal," I exclaimed, for you I'!1 try, but I consider it jest as uscless a move as ,.hasim' a elinboat up hill." At any rate, I was de tempt, if I got killed "Jest afor .:ions,I went " to tov- about a bushel off . of rib. bins a string goose greese for he r small caps for the I - it ac. cidentally ex .greed on hitchin' -.. rough rakin' my -In all away in a ht. for the Holler t. " It was r., id ld Scraggs was ' ly for Sally to pI in a show in tow - :iavn retired. T'he fust arter enterin', an' me a few, was to hot merlasses lb - -hich made me ju-.. - Tosh all gingerb s he didn't see th Ily's bandbox wh - - let -not notic - -.ex tremity.like sot there a spel -on derin' how old man give d "Sam St. -you come here " Mr. Se stir for fear hoW - 've come here !ss, (Oh, Lord3 ses sniarts!) ar e zer down f a nor to infoi, - racy that spicuously The old ire powerful la - .'it say nothin, . Ily could, an %i Perhap are been pa -- ur daughter, a - ith infinite po - ive S.dlly to I nd scud my c( Well, art re benevolent Id odger's I of sayin " Tal tually pint(- . scaUer-! I - sure, and ally's bon "Mr. Se to oblige y ere, u n cut a hole i - When th. fast as I e s .I'm- a Ii - .* made me c. mad that I have it biff "There, old nasty and then I I jest g&. M1rr. Scr - Sally spoke b-indbox a "Jerusal t a been au f foot outsid fire. I ne bandbox w GEOE( One peir institution,' saddle it 01 winrch take aack, is ti -- West indie '.i Southern S -.* I-am runnin and Eve bi. - a' wishing,-th -0 setled his . i forced to p at the good c 3 cessully in heard of a-k has not apjd to strike us A lady f tentment, c ne trees anda while in on.-- ed her hostes - -he course of t -of her stay wi~ at dinner a y -att uon the ts is, which seoa thle Northern .ety. The kind hi . ifu sion, and - al ordered the to dress himsee to wait upon - boy grinned "y. not exactly con ; uch, to him, unh ' . as of' dressing ~y(' s for wardrobe,ai-Mi but some o-.a , :0ok, one of the - ocks were in fasa. . vish-. ing to obe sbue, adjusted thbuc a manner 3 -i0ssi bility of a ., ,..the ceiling, an< >, rousd as a Broac t cut, paid for as be entered a . ow, missus, he.~. -~~ITHUE THERE is a mian 'lroyso mean that he wished his landlord the price of hisi board bill, because y has two teeth extract, ed. *. THEREj are two 5i'ss why we don't trust a man-one. becau~ we' don't know him, and the other bekiw o Jrom the 0South Uarointan. A TETUTE. TO THE CAROLINA WOMEN FROM THE PEN OF AN 1TALIAN WRITER. These noble mothers of noble sons have called forth not only the eloquent approba-I tion of the historians of their own country, but have elicited an equal ineed of praise from classic Italy-from the land of the Ciesar. Our countryman Headly says: " The ladies of Charleston were distinguished during the Revolution for tlieir devotion to the cause of freedom. . Enthusiastic, self-sacrificing, and cheerful, they inspired hope and courage and daring in the men, and shed glorious light on that night of gloom." Of their patriotism in the war of the Ame rican Revolution, Botta, an Italian historian, writes: " In that fierce struggle, the women of Carolina presented ai example of forti tude more than manly. I know not the his. tory, ancient or moderl, which has trans mitted a story of devotion exceeding or equalling that exhibited by these noble beings to their American country. Far from con sidering the epithet a reproach they gloried and exulted in the name of rebel women. Instead of frequenting public resorts of gayety and amusement, they repaired to the sides of the ships, and to other places where their husbands, sons and friends were held prisoners, and sought by every act to sustain and animate them. "Be firm," they said, "yield not to the fury of the tyrant ; prefer a prison to igno miny, and death to servitude; look on Ame rica, our beloved country ; cherish the hope that these evils will hasten, produce, and se cure that priceless liberty of which these British thieves would rob us; he martyrs, but martyrs in a cause sacred to man, and grateful to God." By such words did these heroic women mitigate the suf'erings of the unhappy pri soners. When the British officers, in their dazzling regalia, assembled at a military or gay con cert, their entertainments, and the invaders themselves, were regarded with contempt by1 these spirited women. But when a prisoner an officer of the American army, came into Charleston, immediately he was received I with courtesy, and followed by every mark I of distinction and deference. When come of these devoted women re fired to the most secluded apartments to r weep and mourn over the fortune -of their V beloved country, others so encouraged arid ins tl eir husbands, when, wavering and 1 'they preferred the discomtorts tfindulgencies of home. -. S of the Carolina wO n were so ted a. Bitish..-di i SUP4, stancy, that-they suffered the'onfiscion-of their property and banishment from their .r country. W Vhen this band of patrias bade Z t ndieuo 'ir W i ld do~ v ign of y'akness, but presented an example b know no't, in their case, whether to say of ti masculine or feminine firmess. With un- 11 avaring fortitude they left their native a hores, departing in prison-ships to a distant . land. Many born and educated in the midst of e wealth, not only renounced its advantages Fr themselves and families, but engaged in a che coarsest labors, and performed the most k nenial services. This they did, not only i ith resignatign, but with joy. Their exam- % dle was inspiring, and it is owing principally sl to the firmness of these patriotic Carolinians, i hat the name and love of liberty were not u xtinguishod in the Southern States. From si his the English knew that they were en- o piged in an enterprise much more difficult u han at first they had imagined. For the most lecided proof of the united opinion of a na- tl ion, and the surest sign of success in a pub. e, ie enterprise, is that wvoman has engaged in tl t with ull the powers of her imagination, a .vbich although wihen calm is more yielding a~ han that of man, is when excited and en- fi indled more tenacious and powerful. d SATURDAY NIGHT. What blessed things Saturday nights aret md wvhat wouild the world do without them? 8 hose breathing moments in the tramping ~ arch of life ; those little twilights in the P road and garish glare of noon, when palet esterdays look beautiful through the hadows, and farces " changed" long ago, mile sweetly again in the hush when one' emembers " the old folks at home," and a the old-fashioned fire, and the old arm-chair, ~ ad tho little brother that died. and the ittle sister thuaf was " translated." C Saturday nights make people hiumnan ; et I their hearts to beating softly, as they used i to do, before the wvorld turned thenm into war-drums, and jarred them to pieces with I tattos. The ledger closes with a clhsh ; the iron door'd vaults come too wvith a bang ; up go the shutters with a will; click goes the keyI in the lock. It is Saturdayv night, and husi ness breathes free again. Homeward, ho! t The door that has been ajar all the week I ently closes behind him, the world is shut ut. Shut out? Shut in, the rather. Here are his treasures after all, and not in the vault, and not in the book-save the 1 record in the old family Bible-and not in the Bank. May be you are a Bachelor, frosty and forty. Then, poor fellow ! Saturday Night's nothing to you, just as you are nothing to anybody. Get a wvife, blue-eyed or black eyed, but above all true-eyed-get a little home, no matter howv little, and a little sofa, just to hold two, or two and a half, anid then get the two, or the two and a half in it, of a Saturday Night, and then read this paragraph by tihe light of your wife's eyes, and thank God and take courage. The dim and dusty shops are swvept up; the hammer is thrown down, the apron is doffed, and Labor hastens with a light step, homeward hound. "6Saturday Night," feebly murmurs the languishing, as she turns wearily upon her coch, " and is there another to come I" " Saturday Night, at last !" whispers the Weeper above the dying, " and it is Sunday to-morrow and to-morrow I" lie lives well who lives in peace, SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF GUANO DURING TILE PRESENT SEASON. On the 29th of July, we paid a visit of inspection to the plantation of Iice Dulin, Esq., of Charleston. This plantation is sit. I unted nine miles east of Newberry Court House, and is now under a systematic course I of improvement, which r.flects great credit upon its liberal proprietor. In our August number, we gave a sketch of the true "fa r. mer planter,"-we now;.have equally as in- I teresting and necessary a character to deal t with in the " mei chant labor," who relies on our rapidly increased and renlunerating pro- t duction by the aid of a liberal application of Peruvian Guano. It may be as well to state that in our ride, we passed the plantations of Maj. R. B. Holman and Col. Jno. P. Kinard, and upon their chinquepin lands, saw admirable results from the application of Guano to the cotton crop, their fields being unsurpassed for the season, and in a most luxuriant and pros perous condition. T1hese lands were once. regarded indifferent for planting purposes, I but with the processes of culture resorted to by their present proprietors, they now stand high in value when estimated by their pro- r ductive capacity. Mr. Dulin's plantation was originally fine and productive cotton land, abounding in decomposed granite, and I resting upon a good clay subsoil. Its loamy topsoil was consequently well adapted, not only to the production of cotton, but small rrains. It has, however, been much exhaust- a d by injudicious croppings, and, like most plantations in South Carolina, the uplands ire the " worse for wear." It is upon these ixhausted lands that he has experimented ;n quite a large scale, by the application of 9 Guano and plaster of Paris, both upon corn ind cotton. In order to make the experiments o s fair test, he has left and . marked rows of :otton thronghout the liole length'of- his t ields, to which th "Vas nothing applied. I rhe difference inu ese and te guanoed v :rop is most desti lihe former being imall, pal, greeh rnd iovered withcurled 8 eaves, sl6wing the' presence of parasticil e nsects,- and promising 'to yield not more . han 300 pounds of seed cotton to the air. A fhe portion to which the guano and plaiier V ,ere applidd; was large, luxuriantly Aark - ~reen, ceraered with bpil's anidwith ag fayo/ able autumn, iould pros -t '.1" b'y. ippearances, at . the cre., VUpol.ifcp,1prAp idrce t iww e t.man iat it iiirsidlyfforci aloiexri. eat crops. 96Mr. .Dli - an coi a S tlia to hiieh the-two latter w plilied exhibited ~liich ut little perceptible di en 813 on on which no manure was used. Plaster, owever, lie thinks about.as good for cotton V( s common stable or compost manures. The vW Sfrican Guano was of no value- whatever. On the oat crop, the most marked differ ne was made by the application of guano. Ve saw in a very poor field, the soil -of -hich was completely exhausted, and nothing ft but a glady substratam of pipe clay and ica, a single breadth upon which Guano as applied, and whilst the rest of the field iowed from the stubble that the crop was tI orth gathering, this portion attests the val e of this fertilizer by its rank and thick of tubble, which Mr. Ilopkins, the efficient verseer, told us grew as good oats as he u rould desire to harvest. n Tihe Guano was applied to the cotton at ie rate of 80 pounds to the acre, well mix- h dl with 100 pounds of plaster, and sown in 2e drill. The cost of this application was, I told, four dollars per acre. C~orn received n spoonful to the hill. We observed that ae eld of rich bottom land had received its P ose of Gnano-and though this land wvas ni eep alluvial, and, to the 'eyes of most plan- wI rs, would require no manure at all, with ood seasons, to produce 40 or 50 bushels of 4 orni per acre-still the spirited " merchant lanter " determined to see the difference ink be production made by this application, on il as well as on exhausted lands. There as a very marked difference in the color of. me corn, as well as in its luxuriance and eneral forwardness over that which had re-, evdno Guamno. ~Vhilst upon low lands, re took great pleasure in observing thre very xtesive operations of embanking in pro. ress on this plantation. There -is.nowv fin- bi aed abont a mile of levee, twelve feeliigh, rith a thirty-foot base, which, wihen corn-r leted, wvill protect several hundred -acres of ine alluvial swamp lafd froifreshets: and t this wvill he done a't a cost of at least five t housand dollars. TIhe reclamation of' our aw ands, and their protectIon from fi-eshets, hould be an important consideration wvith he people of South Carolina. We were nuch pleased to see several hundred acres oft tubbbi land sown in-peas brotideast, much >f which is to be laid down in wvheat, ma ired with Guano, in the fall. This is a sys em of reclamation seldom resorted to or a >ractised on a cotton plantation. On thisb lantation four hmundred acres of cotton are >lanted, and from six to eight thousand ushels of corn annually r-aised. -Mr. Dulin -ent one thousand bushels of wvheit, early In le season to New York, for which he re ,eived 81.38 per bushel-which fine price was realized in consequence of its being thea arliest w~heat in the miarket. We have-ra her a singular product to chronicle, whbich uay startle some of our planters, and when we l them that fourteen bushels of lai-ge Globo turnip seed were gathered ont this plantation, twelve of which were shIpped to New York for a market, they will be sur prised. We asked for a few of these prolifie turnips, and found in our carriage upon start ing only a half bushel, wvhich we have par. tially distributed with much satisfaction amongst our neighbors. A fine stock of hogs and lowing cattle, attested that the live-stocki department was also well attended-to. All the experiments with Guano -on this plants to: will be carefully noted, and in the lnves iection with Mr. Dulin .and Judge -9,a' is a Committee to report to the Newberry ' Agricultural Society -on the value of this and nineral manures, we hope to be 4bl sh.o w.1 ron the results most fully an. ' ively, ;heir relative and practical vailub$': When a nierchant - can thuil time> rom extensive commerbialpfirsuitie o-devote i poition of his energy to-. the improvement md increased production of the soil, iW is eally high time for those who have been irought'up to till the soil, and who arrogate o themselves superior wisdoni and skil ,o - >estir themselves lest they bVe distanced in' he race. Energy is the main spring to sue tess, and in this instance we have a most audable example of its application.to- a most. >raiseworthy purpose-that of setting'agood >attern, and of breaking down prejudices by nanuring the barren soil from whidh they pring. OwNERsHIP OF THE CALIFORNIA kIl.Ns. -San Francisco- papers, received by the ast arrival, contain a decision of much im iortance, which-was recently madeoby the upreme Court of California.. It is to the feet that the United States.Government is' othing more than *a private. -ndholder-in Jalifornia, and that the mines'- of.gold'and ilver in the public lands areas tmuch the roperty of the.State, by virtue..of.its sov reignty, as -are -similar mines' inthe lands" f private citizens. The Court -says that he State has, therefore, oiety the-right to uthorise them to be worked, to pass laws )r their _l4gilition, to license miners, &e. 'his docinme has all along been practically eted dpon by 'California, though it can-' ardly Ran& the test of the United-States' tupreme Cout, if carried tither. -Shquld be allowed. by that-tribunal,'th Mormoins SUtah,.or'ny other squatter iammu'nity ; ih ih might geotti be a-State, olW.d bive e'sa1me right to the laids'in-theirotwifry d-Afstiialia the old mines havejiidedi erf larger*iue.to the government; but i Califorunirellief e 'State O' t s-her propt',Siis'darce ei nough from the itdk ankrnptcy.. As tliey ares. presetijgp ged, theyfard the -propert f 'orkthem. M.IwfVe'~ i' " id a-peiicil*ni the othi&4 A so'~i tently-at the'Griek S1a1i 1' -was a believer in wonr _- .'& ite would' pratis onrai.: ron',i she had aCrnm. B *A ry personification of a she d-I She *as eazen.faced, fiery-eyed, yellow-skinne d-haired, hump-backed, ruffle or feather. gged, and walked like a Shankhigh hen. she ever should get married, herchbldren ould be snapping-turtles, and crocodiles, if ere is any truth in physiolo. ELoQUEc-e.-During an address deliver. iby a young orator, in addebating rociety, e speaker attempting to describe the beau s of nature, and touching upon the sceies ' a thunder storm he had Witnessed. once' on a time, his. fountain of eloquence could >longer withhold itself', and he bdrst- forth- -- the following strain : " Why, I tell you r. President, the roaring of the thunder was and far and wide, and reiiinded those who - ardit of the clattering of the ho'ofs of so' any wild horses crossing a -bridge over a eek where the little fishes were seen skip.' ng about from puddle to puddle-the -light. ngs- flashed -and flashed, every now and en the whole heavens .hrokdas though it. as ligh'ed up sih tallow cidles, and thean.-m I snufed !" SPIRITUAL F'Ac'rs.-That whiskey is the ~y by which many gain an entrance-into ir prisons and almshouses. Trhat brandy brands the nose of all- those ho cannot govern their appetites. That wine causes many to take a winding ay home. That punch is the cause of many unfrieidly inehes. .. That ale causes many ailing, whileI'beer -- ings many to the bier. That champagne is thue source-of many al pains.- - Tlhe gin slings have " slewed," more thait es slings or old. That the reputation of being fond'of'cock' ils is not a feather in- a mai s-ap. A nor at the age of ten years. was set school for the first time. The teacher to ~st his information, asked him'-who made ' onuI" The boy could not answer. Thb ~aher told him the proper answ er,.and- d. red the boy to remember it. Some-honra ter the teacher repeated the' qoestion. The .y rubbed his head in great agony andfat ~ngth answered "I swow. L ive forge tbthe entlemen's name." -' SPut.--A -Virginian. specutating on a - ossibility of a division of the urphus-reve. ne among the several Staites, says: " We tould rejoice. to see every dime of it sank ithe Potomac rather than to 'hear of the. eeption of a .solitar'y cent .of it by Vir, inia." "BoNzs," said Ginger, " which had you' ather ride in--a stage-coach or steamboat?'" Why, I'd rather ride .in a coach,'hekase if upsets, dar you is; but- if de steamboat - lows upwharls you t" - A Costinux.-What is the .diference etween a man' who stabs another man wvith ntent to kill, and the man who'stiabrhog - md actually kills himi I ' Answer. T'he, first. s an' assault wi~i iii ;ent to kill, and the latteris -a-kill with intenit