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~- - --- 3~ __-- __U , -- W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, S. C., ~ UARY 18, 1854. I., 1MI I- I THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. ARTHUR SIMKINS, Editor. S- TERMS. '- ..'Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two 'Dot.i..as and FIFTy CI:.TS if not. paid within slix months.-anid Tuinte Ioi..Ans If not paid befon- the' expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinct ly limited at the time of snbscribiug, will lie confid ed as made for anr indefinite periodi. and nsill. he corr tinuediihtil all arrearages are paid, or at the option - of the Publisher. Supscriptions from other States Inust invariably be accoimpanied'with. the. cash or efrence to som. one known to ws.. 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NbNT 118S. :1 1(1'1 12 1:1:14 15 1t. 17 1 - 19 2n l I: 13(4 31' , " FEBRUARY ........ .... 2 3 4 12 1:$ 14 15 16 i17 18 119 1111 ., 1,:' MARtCil............... 1 ; 31 4 5 .2 9 i l i "$ 1'1(1111 1'! 13 14 15 1; I, IS j!1 27 28 93 31 APRIL... .......I..... . .1 "13 .i- t, . ' -'9111 ll 3l I4 ' I 2.125 26 27 28'2 MAY.................. . l 3 .'; 7 19 1'0 1 -12 7 , .1 9 Ito) ii 4 1'U _)1 1, 1 4 516i 17 J UNE .................. . " 1: 2 ; 10 il 21:114 1 :>~ ~~ 1 i 'i7 8 : ;'9 :111' AUGU.ST................ , 4 5 . 9 '9 1; 11 .1 l ;4 It;. , li.7 IS 'D ..) 1 14 -''i i l1 9 SEPTEMBER.......... 1 -3. 4. 5 6r .7' 8; i 10.11 i ' 13+14 I.l; i .8 1 O 0 2 -22 2 24 25 262" :s Bp :11 OCTOBER .............- I . 1 61 7 8 n il 12 13 14 15 Ii 17 i1.T1 02 wNVEMR .......---.. . t2 3' 4 1 0 i Il% 0 :629 2 DECEMBER.. ....... WTrLL be found at all tines in his Ofic, at SEdgefield Court Ihouse, near the Pr.ANTEtts Ilora.. ie will attend promp1tly and-strictly to business ini his profecssin. Nov.14 tf 51 A B NER P EIRR IN, A G ENT foar ther r&eecuti1n of Cliin.4 for 11enn tv Land1.,.eoh~atioinary and other Pen laoiu (ttil-e at EdgelieldI C. 11., S. C. Feb 2ttf CANDIDATES. Wor Uhieriff. \WM. QUATTLEBUM, .JULIUS DAY, JAMES KIIISON. FELI-. E. BOD1E, 1'or Tax Collector. CIIARL.ES CARTER, TIhOMAS B. REESE, DERtICK IIOLSONBAKE, A. R. ABLE, THELIOPIllLUS DEAN, WESLEY WERT'4. 31. Ii. WilITTLE, LEE IIOLSON, lor Ordinary. RIAVID lBODIR. JOIIN WV. SMITII, W. F. DURLISOE, Tor Clerk. THOS. G. BACON. * R. B. BOUJKNIGHIT, EDMUND PENN._ __ Blacksmith Shop r1'a'HE Subiscriber hamving erected - ..newv building. in the rear of Alessr - Wu1L.I.uts & CnrIE and L. HILL' Stores, is prepars.' to do all kinds of Blacksmuit hing. IT~irse-Shoeinig. and Plantation work will rece p.rompt attentioni. S. F. GOOD)E. .han 19 .tr -1 resh NeV .Wheat Flour ANYD YEAST -POWDERS. J UST Recei't-d Tilht-y I1arels of thait Choic -i Flour froin the T~iinblintShoiuils' Malls. Ever Barrel sold enhm be rettirneti i~'iett aipprov-ed. Also, Otae Gross of I'ado't & .Alerirell's !urallib! Y EAST POWDIElS. No excense for bad brea now. For side by G. L. PENN, Agent. NEW YEAR. BY AlBY AL.LI\. Up into the sunshine, soul of mine ! I broouk no darkness here ; T sun is shining on the hills In the tirt day of the year I The gitteril. snow is on the J.ines, Like frosted cones they rise, Andi the earth below, andl the sky above, Are clad in happey guise! Up, up, my soul ! no longer Pit, With folded hands, alone; The Future apes her arms to thee, The l'ast is '.ead anal gune ! The Future. with her luring voice, . Cries, "11 ither, hither, sweet !' The Past. a shadiow of the lost, In tracking at my feet. Up. up, my soul ! nor glance behind ; Turn not oeu wistful look: J.eave all the f':st to Ilin who gave, To I l in. again, n ho took Press oll, press on. the year of life Cannet be always Mlay, Yet the snow-ihirds sing on tie leafless tree. And why not thou as they ? t-p, tp, my souli no longer sit Inert with fear and thread, Since Nature's eahen is all around, A md the sky shims over head 1.p, up. anl climb the mountain path, With strong, unfettered will Antl let lm-r notto ever be, Onward and upwar.d" still. Froml the ashinton t'ion. THE iEASON WHY. -" Why does late look so eale, muother ? Why are her armns so snmial ? Why dase she never smile, mother ? Why deltei eye-d, e fail ? Why des she wialk alone, mother? As if she had no friend I WIy does she 'sigh so oft, mother ? I! rthe so :ear her cnd ? Why does she breath so quick, muther ? Anl start, as if it~lhmckel her To hear the quiet r.p, mother, Of Smith, the village doctor ? Why does he come so oft, mother ? Can lie prolong her days By leaving pills and gifts, mother, And singing love-sick lays? 'Twa.s but thgeotler nigbt, .namther, " W k,, I~u.t d y,".. .,fr i. P0.4-. She urged me to be goad, mauther, And said we soon must part. She said she was to go. mother, Away from home and me, And leave papa and you, mother, To dwell near by the sea. Is it on .llordon's stormy banks, mother, Where sie is to be carried'." "Shut up, shut up, you little brat She'& going to he married !11 Frmi 'he Charleston Evening News. A Visit to the Dorn Gold Mines. Well at last, we are on our way to the old diggings, though not bound for Califor ia, for we have no idea of a toil-sonme and ftiguing journey either around the Cape or cross the Isthmmus, which miught last many onths, ere we could reacht the far fanmed pot. I think we can find even rich gold ainefls a little nearer houme, amid I have no laubt that if the nmounltains and ridges of :aC~roina were well explored, anm abunmdance f the pIreciouis imetal maight be discover,,,d, whichm would well repay the toil and labor f such an undertaiking. Cot. U-- and muyse-lf wih another com. paiomn, took time stagra at Edgefield towarth Ahbeville', (for rat tiae border of the twoi-Dis it--s the mnies are located.) I fo~und thet Col. a v-ery pleasanit anid itnstructive stage -Ompanion) ; his intllige-nt conmversation, am e were jogging alonmg ov-er a raugh road vore away the mnotonmy of our jouuniey and fully compensated us for half-broker ibs and~ achinig bones. In the course of conversation I found thu Col. and myself were tratvelling to the samt point, both bound for thme diggings. .Wi were at hrust permitted to escampe fuomi thu stage at Liberty ljile, after hatving travellem twemtythree mimles, when sev-enteen wouht hve been sulllicethadl not the bridge acrosi Tlurkr Creek been swept away by the late rain. At tis place of freedom, (fori was indeed a Liberty Hill unto us, w~ho ye felt the eff'ects of a sore stage ride withou sprinigs, and over a rough road,) we borrow e d horses, and rode four miles to the plaec where Mr. Dorni, the great goldmal~n liv-ed of course, may curiousity wtas greatly excite' to see what sort of an aimal a live owne of a gold mine cotuld be; lie had been dos crihed to me in different wtays, anid such vrrietv of character had been given hin1 that I'was conipellod to imgine him as a hge elephant or river-horse to be able t characterize rall that was said of him ; yet t my surprise, I met a comiparatively smna man, plaini in his appearance, with a brigh ee, who wa introduced to me as Mr. Dorn ie was very pleasant in his conversation an lof polite manners, as the Col. remuarked " m born a gentleman, yet unassuming an humble in his deportment." Weo passed a pkeasant night with M Dorn in company with other gentlemen froi A bbeville District, and the nexit morning ' rode out to the miner, situated about fht miles from Mr. Dorn'~s residence. We arrived at the mills, wthere the c1 was groutnd up very fine. The ore, in wthic ihe gol is containied is exceedingly fin eand. small-particles, is a red-sandstone slat which is occasionally interminlgled *il quartz; consequently it is easily broken at ground up. The process for obtainig tI I tol.-s sipl ths: .rho rocks~ is ,.st bIn ted in the mines, then broken by a snal sledge; they are afterwards conveyed to thi mill where they are crushed by heavy cas iron wheels, running in a circular iron trough into .which a constant stream of clear wate is running and mingles itself vith the dir coning froi the gold in the process of grin ding; and then floats off; while the gold which is much heavier,.inks to the bottom and there ningles itself with the quick-silver which is kept in the trough, catching evert particle of gold. . There are also conductor leading the muddy water from the top of thi cast-iron -trough, which are so kned witl buck-skin or wooled cloth that the gold which might still remain, in this muddy wa ter, will cleave to the fibres of this lining, it order that nothing be lost ; yet with all hi care, there is a man at this place who gatlt ers this mud or sand thus floated off, washe it, and still makes from two to three dollar: per day, after paying his toll for this priv ilege. Every two or three days the quick-silver in which the gold has been caught, is take: out of the troughs placed in buck-skin or strong linen cloth, which is then pressed when the pure quick-silver oozes out, leavin about fifty per cent, gold, mixed with thi same quantity of the mercury in( the cloth o buck-skin. In order to obtain the pure gold from thi mixture, it is placed in a retort, and with the action of heat under the retort, the quick silver is distilled from the pure gold, ani thus the two metals are again divided. '1'h( gold is taken from the retort, and the quick silver is taken out of the water, where it ha become ~congealed to its original state, am is again used for the same purpose ; thnu nothing of this metal is lost, it can be use< repeatedly ; a small fresh supply is all that i needed: Mr. Dorn has leased a portion of his mint to a company in New York, who have dif ferent machinery for grindring ore ; it ii composed of two very large cast-iron bowl: or basins, about eight or ten feet in diameter which are made to revolve by machinery ii an inclined position ; a large cast iron ball about one and half or two feet in diametel is then placed within each of these basin! which crush the ore in the action of rollin" as the basins revolve. But in order to un dersfaid this operation more fully, let an. one take his wash-bowl, drop some sand (ii place of ore) and water into it, then place ; cannon ball in the bowl also, now give this howl an inclined circular motion, and yot may so in hear the, cannon ball grinding the sa:d,- wich will give yot a perfect idea o this much tsatlld9f iiachinery. The gok is also caughtliv quielrsilver, in.'the sam Mr. Dorn uses. This New York machinery is though will prove a complete 'failure, as it wate. the gold very much ; and I have no doub the company must resort also to the trougl and wheels, since the amount of ore groun up ii i day is not sa much- the object, a: the amount of gold obt.tined from it. The gold mine itself is not .a very inter esting Eight,- nothing itiore than sr huge ex cavation-- runtiing 'obliquely into the earth of coursevery ;dark at Iho bottom, -wher men are it - work drilling holes for. blasting -the rock. . I rtrsoni. .f the specimens u rock brought t4 the surfice, we are comgel led to conclude that-the wihole of that sttata of various rocks was once- subjected'to vol canic action, and - may have been a heate, liquid mass, as portions of the rock ha every apipeaLrance of cinders, 'and some c these 100on er-umble to aishes, by being ex posed in lying uipor. the surfaice. Near this &re~d mine thaeress a'Lig bel or miount'.in of manganoes, which in itsel is worth millions of money, aind is princi pally used for bleaching. This quarry'-( mangL-ieese will in itself make Mr. Dor teni times a wvealthy mani as sootn as a .pru per mode of transportation presents itsel without hinting at his inexhaustible treasur of gold, which is in his possession. Mr Dorii's history, which I gathered bot from himself and his friends is a singui one lIe is of German descent, he w-as bor anid ratsed a pooir iman,'-et by industry bi gathered a little property, in building mil and other machinery through the countr around him. A geologist clranced to pS by himi onie day unto- whom lie showed portion) of this nmangainees rock, which b~ had mistaken for limestone, (if memom serves me right) but w~hen ho wvas told by til geologist of its nature and value, lhe was d lighted andit concluded that there might 1 other metals also found on that ridge, wvhic is a bout 7 miles distant from the Savannai river. He accordingly made soarch, an actually sooni found some specimens of gol ore, thoughi in small quantities. He no made large excavations, blasting rocks, an digginig up the hills, until his little proper was so spent that it w~as levied upon, at his neighbors begged him to desist or I would be a ruined man ;9et lhe persevering toiled oii, dreading the ridicule of an mner dlous world, until at the last moment . period of his credit ho sti-uck his rich vein gold ore, wvhich led him on easily to fortun ,giving him a net income of $600 to $10( i daily. > Mr. Dorn was never married, and thser fore having no family, he has resolved II ay out all his wealth to the good of I t neighborhood and his country. This mi ;account for the interest he has taken in ti Savannah Valley Railrdad, which he has d :trmineil shall be built, cost what it ima I flaw him myself giving his signature for thi enterprise for $100,000, which lie says r. is willing to-double if deemed necessary. n A great portion of his wealth he has lon ed out to his neighbors who were press e and wer'e in danger of lostag their little pi perty, and thus were -enable to preserve e and return Mr. Dorn his money in: their os time. , I cannot refrain flientioning a cireumnstant , or which .we':as Carolinians may wvell b proud. T1he lind, on which the mines wv: d -found, belonged originally to Dr.-, a ie tive of this State, sivho sold it to Mr. Dorn . the conmio rate of value of all lands that neighborhood -but b tie p-rei money was paid and be th ea wer executed :ind delivered, t = discovered by Mr. Dorn. w e.i i chance for a man of- but.jtnon oigti ti to break his word, and the richedt man in the nou bly gave the titles at tlhe o 4~j.ew icJ had been agreed upon b. t Dorn' ap himself. We must concl be currence, that the breed foble mee p n9 as yet extinct, and &auth irohna wmafel boast of having reared -s"l 'o ?'"+ are no doubt many more' effior and though their heads ncrn ed with lad.ing laurels .nMy, iJv be heard in the forum of AG sltvebI nor may we search in va n ri me on the future pages of 1 i tCI btau proudly cherish them: fu t nestnialu i the noilest work of God -ro riuur THE PAST-THE PRES PUTVE2> Only a few years hay r p dsiti4ath Sons of Temperance, . a t d'of1a vincibles, was mrshalle .1aflu :'lsosti of King Alcohol, the oit tictd de mon that ever ravaged. th .0id (raduailly have they o n, Yswelling'- ir numbers, influence and ye, untildh1e.na tion feels the mighty im isa of th6 move nient. A few ,ears ago and Son of Tempo rance was unknown in e United States Now, cast your eye over. io swelling rank: and marching phalanx an Tbehold the thou sands wheeling-in'to line. From the icy re gions of British America, the golden sand; Iof California, and from a Atlantic's rock bound coast, to the rich plains of:Oiegon-o the Pacific, behold the land, dotted all over as it were with the bri t baimners of ou Order. The past has be. a scone of con flict, but w have strug d up through al adversity conquering ever. inch of the way until success-is croanin stho present hour richly rewarding the sinpere philanthropis for the labors of his handk: Who has no seen a gloomy -mornin ffcceeded lby, bright and joyous day I lWe lave seen thi clouds gather about the 'orning. sun ant the logs coudense themseles as if to exclud< his rays from earth, but 2we have watchet the heaven directed orb'and -itnessed the outburst of his glory, scattering light am heat abroad, -until he hi closed the da amid the homage of the sin elouds,. gorge ous in beauty and respl 'denit in floods a molten light rich with reflected lustre. So the temperance cause is culminatini higher and higher, in popular favor, throw ing brck upon the dark husom of its caluin iiators the glorious light i f truth, and by the .eunrastiheigrhtening ~ '.""& 5WJ"f splendor. The pr,-sent is full of good cheer, an< the future is glowing bright before us. Wha may we not expect-what may we no achieve for humanity, if we all work togeth er for the advancement or the noble cause Our National Head has just enacted furthe regulations and established a new Ritual which will be conducive to the general pros perity. The novelty of the Order has pass ed away, the merely curious and half heart ed have gone away from us, and the Grans Divisions, and t'ne respective Subordinat, Divisions have f:dlen into. the hands of me who act from principle. What, then is t, hinder us from conqnering and saving th whole land? Other associ ations have sprung into existence, and are laboring in their owi appointed spheres ; they are co-operatin, with us in the god-like work of exalting hu man haippiness, and annihilating human i ery'. But let it ever be the p)ride, the ambi Ition, the glory of the Soins of Teimperaince t, o cccupy' the front rank in the great battle c humanity. Le't renewed efforts lbe mad simnltneously all over the land to gathes elldowbeinugs wiihin our circle of honoi whero each is a shield to the other, and al to the world an exaimple. As the Sons pre perly begun the great wvork, let none takI away their crowvr. of glory from them. Th future is before us, but we can clearly se thde issue. Let there be no faltering now rlet none grow weary. Now give the wateh word and the wvar cry, and let it swvell ou cherrily all along, up and downa the lines Mutaclu To Vw-roar !-Southern Organ. " Do TursE LF NO H.uiM.'-nto~icatin1 sliquors are invariably injurious as a bevuras ain health. Tlhe moderate drink.er may n< ebe aware of it; hut time wvill tell the tale< Struth, if the habit of moderation is continue' iake your observation on one hundred pe: sons, pasn the streets, and in vain wonl iyou attempt to single out individuals wvh Ii had been taking bread, meat, vegetable d or vater, either moderately, or to excess but muake the same experiment in the~ use intoxicating drinks, and :you muight coui d every one of thenm. Moderat ion in uinwrc y ing liquors as a beucrage in health, is is dcipint drunkenness. Let any onme procc hi contrary who Canf. yPaovzaus.--f a mian cheat thee one shame on him; if lie cheat thee twice...shan on th'ee. If a man deceives thee, trust him n< e again. If he insults thee, go awvay fro 0 lim. If lhe strikes thee, thrash him. If you have lost your credit, be iudustioi - and you will regain it. .* If you have lost your property, be indu ** trious, honest and frugal, and you will a ty quire more. C If you have a good wife, take care of hi e- ad if you have not, get one immediately. Y- If you take the newspaper printed 'in yo at own county, and pay for it, rest assuied y< lie are prospering. n. DIDN'T LIKE BAiD CoxPANY.-The Or ed rolton (Miss.) Democrat tells a good stoi 'o. A prisoner named Spalding, who was c it fined in tho n.on--- ~ nd nia vn his esca .. - * r prisc er, who : s of mi ce .d..r, and :eincapi lie with Sp )n for nr o doing se is traiini aa- he was'ay at the roast i ons ec in u pt goo Ti M&ST I8ESSION. - =It 4J T .. dsTABLISK CERTAIN. ROADI Es D D Fane tes, -. D' TO R1!!NE CR.TAIN CARTERS Rf IOUSIrY dEANTE Be it enabled by the Senate and atse c ,Representtive, now - met. and- sitting i Gneral Assk:Atbiy,fanyiv the anthority o osanme, 'That the ~ferry across Savan-ral r knowau Kjleiase's Ferry, be, ai th' saiej alrehyre chartered for the spaie t of fouwteeii years, and 'vested. in Levi "H OMcDiMel,. his . heiri and aissigns, with th samerates .of toll as were lieret'fore al :owed :by liwn - a - a.; - Tht entt's-Feriy, e'acrss SnvnnnalbRi erhe re charterebiid vested in Mary J .Burt her heirs and assigns, for the space fourteen years, with 'the. ;sme rates of tol as are alluwed at K'ilcrease's Ferry. That-Island Ford;Ferr~v, acoss the Sajhd Rived,. be9,and ishereby re.chafterid-an vested -in John W. Payne, his heirs and as signs, for the space of-fouiteenr"$ears, ivtl the same rates of toll as-*jere ioretufore al lowed byjaw. - - That.a publie.rad ik-.l;dd out:i ielge flei District;,. from i 4 soids or. Johi boy's on 3vlat thev=N ath "Road,by Thus. L t1i!yn s Iqsli'4pin ajjd "Georg. Bpawell'rso what is callei Moor's Rad, in said distict; and. to th Martin 'ownRoad leading to ili-e i3own o -lHamnrg' ssd tlit Thomas -H. Patt n SThomas WLahuanimjnd George , sel be appointed"b6mmi.i'oners, with full powe to lay outgna eslablish the saine. s That a publl oad be laid out andem tablished in-Edgfie ld District; from or nte Rocky Pond Post Otlice to th'e Savannal ,River, at 'i n'ear' Ars, Kliams';-Landing r and that W illitnl'. FiTr ott;Jon'.F..Mid - dleton ant . B: Addiedi' ayippinled Cor I nissionersd iy~q eshind-rgid,d idi.'ti powers nicessary-toel-a outs and estafdil said rp al'ad tl~tt:a :e'rry -'e'.'ildialie t acros Savannah :Rjvei.,'.at the porat'ie the said road-teucb aid river, tabeelnQ as Howld Feri-y in ti sname be festedai Edward' Hoi'je, tis heira an4 arsignsgfo 1 the term of'fortee'i :ears; with -the .sim rates of toll allowed at:the nearest fe-ry..: That James Jones and Joseph J' Kenna l dy, assignees- of 1lenry Shult. and Jobi I McKinne, be, a'd they are here'by authorize to collect the tolls pr.escribed by the twen tv.first section of the " Act to establish cer f tain roads; bridges and ferries," passed th nineteenth day of December, in the year C our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-eighi from all persons passing from either sid over the bridge across the Savannah Rive i at Hamhburg and Augusta: Procided, hon .,.that. nothhr hJaein-contained shall :1 any wise impair or prejudice any right a 1 property claimed by the City Council a t Augusta in respect to the one half of th t material structure of the said bridge withi the territorial limits of this State. r AN ACT to amend an Act entitled " a Act to Incorporate the Tirnn of.Jnamburg land for other. purposes," passed on th nineteenth day, df DeccMber, in thw yea - of our Lord one thousand eight. hundre I and tLirtU:ce. ' . ' .:. I I. Be it enacted by the Senate'and lous 1 of Representatives, now met- anLsitting i S(eneral Assembly, and by-the " thority r I the saiil'hat tlie Tovn 'Council' of- th i Town of Hamburg be;. and is hereby, at thorized and empowered to subscribe to th i capital stock of the Savannah River Valle - Rail Road Company the sum of twent -thousand dollars, and for thie payment orthi -same to issue bonds payable in ten and fi teen year iearinite'rest at the rateC f seven per enitumn per antnum. e II. That for the purpose of paying ti r interest'on the said bonds the said Tfow Council is hereby authorized and empowel ed to levy a suflicient annual tax upon tI, real and personal property situate and be inlg within the corporate limits of the sai town, in addition to the tax whlich by lawv snow authorized to levy " to defray the e: penses of the said corporation, anid to mant tain and protect the same ;" and the revi -unue to arise from the tax herein authorize to be levied to apply to the payment of ti interest as it annually bjecomles due on ti said bonds, and to no other purpose, and ti same to keep separate and apart from r oilier funds in the Treasury of the sai t T1own Council, anid to lie designated am known as the Rail koad Tlax. AN ACT to exrempt the Surriwars of fi dSouth Carolina Volunteers in the Floric o W~ar from ordinary Militia duty, and f s' other purposes. 4 Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou: of Representatives, now met and sitting t General Assembly, and by the authority the same, Thait hereafter all the otticers, not commissioned officers and privates of ti e South Carolina Volunteers in the Florit war, who were honorabily discharged fro the service, be, .and they are hereby, exemp~ eed from all ordinary militia duty. t AN AC T for the establishment of a Gen Sral System of Registrat ion of Birn) iiarriages and Deaths in the Statec SSouth Carolina. I . Be it enacted by the Senate and Hon of Represenitatives,'now met and sitthrg sGeneral Assembly, and by the authority ethe same, That from and after the passit of this Act, it shall' be the duty of the T1a Collectors of the different Distripts and Ps ishes in this State, to. require of the inhal rtants of the said Districts and Parishes, >the time of makipg their general tax returr a separate return, stating the number ir. whites, male and female, who have be .y. born, married, or whbo have died during t n. year in their respective households, and t tle numblor of blacks wvho have boeen born, n. who have died during the samre period, al ir. return the samei to the Comnptroller Gener og r. That two Registrars shall hie appoli ot ed by the Governor, one in Columbia a g one in Charleston, whose duty it shall be or receive from thie respective offices of t >r- Comptroller General in Columbia aiid Ci leton, the retnrns of the Tax-ColleCto same annually. ' I II. Tfiat-in order to ascertain as acci-. rately as possible:the number of births, mar ridges.aod deaths of non-tax-payinig whites, f it shall, be the dirty of the'Tix-Cullector to I asceriin from the migistrates, phiysicians f and ministereof thergos'pelof the, iiferent t Districts and Parishes,-the number obirths, 1 mariages and deaths that :have takenilace [among the p.ersons within their jurisdiction, or belonging 4o their congregations, respec: ti ely ; and it shall be the duty-of the.Reg istrars ' draw out a, proper form 'of regis tration or the:Tai clltors of the different. Districts ani Parishesi nd for the use of the nag.stiates ana niisiesfeosf the spel of f the-said Ditricts imd .Parishes. 'ii: 'That the said Registrars shall each reyive anneally the' s of tvo hundred t d6llars for .heir service - The New York-Tribunm has Ie foHop.' ni g pr tty- thing hi reference to Greenwood cemetery . Jy~ day ,r tiygrwq go we 'vished 'a city, a ,populous city, ,whose houses will outlast. Nw Yolh '& shall endure till dooms dav. 'Stra .say, it is not .noted on the I lies maps; .stganer to say;,tiou i its pop -ulationi is daily jnereasing- s colony ever f -issues from its borders. -- - fie golden Phiffie of Pacific's, waves has t pek charmed a .ingle earhere; the shout r o i pioneer in the further west has never luerd them:hence . to seek. new homes. Indeed, the citve-speak of stands alone[ r like a? rock'bounA-isle to the inidst of .a turbulent oceas'the busy world whirls' and. roars around, h ere it remains unmoved. We visited it iri Bibid da,;bit the streeti vere empty ; trota fanniliprface or voiceto gieet us; not a.liglt-foptstep to..utake aisip fa"the ear. It.was'indeed strange, why. j tran e; there, shoonithe sun, with thenild saendful radiance of Autumn-, and -et . 'ht sounii of'liviig thing. Marble mansionsi eeitg- hand,lait none of the solemn city; c .qani forth to meet and-welcome us.- Names were graved on. erypdi-tal, but they. that r owned them--where were they 1-It was a city of names and not of things; of words; and-not of works. 1. At length there came a train-there was an arrival. O it came, noiselessly, slowly. Was it all a dreamt By mansion after mansion it passed, and stopped. A tenant f for another dwelling; a home for another wanderer; a rest for another 'wanderer; a e rest for another weary. r So it seemed to us as we stood there, and so the shadows thickening over ihp thought, a we hurried awl from Greenwood.and were rdriinori 'ii'nglingwiith-th tide of'thar r living. " Swys OF THE 'rDIE."-A t Exeter Hall, London, the Rev. Dr. Cummings lately lee. tnred on the " Signs of the Times." He said that the Prophet Daniel had prophesied ',300 years would be the duration of Mo honimedan power, but it did not follow that e Russia would plant the cross on St. Sophia. On the.eontrary, lie thought that the 12,. 000,000 of lahonimedans might become e christians! The events of the year 1848 had been clearly alluded to in prophecy, and lie calculated that 18t4 would bring about e the fuilient of apocalyptic prophecies, and the commencement of a better age-the good time con.ing ! Y A Frenchman stopped a lad in the street 1 to make some inquiries of his whereabouts. e " Men fren, what is ze nam~e of zis street!1" " Woll, who sa.id 'twrant I" S" Pardonnez! I have not ze name what you call him." 0 '! Yes, Watts we call it." ni " How you call ze iname of zis street!" '- Watts street, I told yer." e . -Zis street 1" - "Watts street, old fellow, and don't yor d go to make game 0' nme.,, t " acremun du ! I ask you one, two, tree serltimes, often, vill you tell me ze -name ov do dam street, eh !" -" Watts street, I told ver. Yer drunk, dl ain't yer?" e " Mon little fren, vere you lif, eh 1" e a"In Vandani street." e " Eh, bien I You li-f in von darn streef, ii an you is von danm fool, by dam !" d THE man who straps his raZor on lisi Bibile and wipes it with his iiewspaper, is ini our opinion, njeithier a christian or a patriot ; cyet we have seen men do tho same who amake pretensions to both godliness and pa r triotism. An exchange paper remarks-and we e, quote the espressi.on as applicable to all localties-that every well regulated fafnily ought to have at least one-baby in it just for ethe fun of tho thing, laTiE man who put a sixpence in the con' " tribution plate, when Iho bad a three cent t-piece in his pocket, left in the Southern train, on learning that Barnum was after him. e- A CELEnRZATED 'rOPER intetnding to gi 4. to a masked ball consulted an acquaintance if in what character he shonld' disguise himself. "CGo sober," replied his friend, " and your s most intimate' acquiantance will not know hi you." ig THE following is supposed to be the num K ber of newspapers in the world: 10 in Aus *r- tria, 14 in A frica, 24 i Spain, 20 in Porta. >- gal, 39 in Asia,'65 in Belgi'm, 85 in Den at mark,-80 in Russia and Poland1 320 in othei as Germnanic' Sta"tes, 500 in Great Britain.and of Ireland, and 1800 in the United States> lie TnE Capital of the State of Trennese he now near its completion, is said to be one o1 or the finiest buildings in the world. Its cost it id a million of dollars. it A Nzw IDEA--The Senate of Virginit ad has adopted a resolution proposing to awari to a premium to the officers of the hert POn, lhe dcted railhroads in the State, with retferenc< -to speed and to punctual connections of th< Lam usi"g ?pncue : ' -. i: awaitin"s lo 41a:" 16 Conlin a iK~p 7r. t" First~ 4jjj Second iiiex wich .1s Thikd !th 4eqj~eatomof - deuce -. y', ;. Egrtl, A new dettlement x including theMesilla ViUey andlr pec disputes, andflanta Ainas jI pro tensions Fifti, -The pft cqiea sprtio 1 ea . nt ' 1 -:catiri o the Monr .d6trine, against Brit. 1 ish colonizatin schepeseinCential A m: Sixtli, Opening-the Vafley.of the A 1o. American trade and enterprise. " tion., Besides th se, theJ re Fu l r a rquea tions ofgreat int sm rasiTar /' K ment-Naval Ref rinPubhoLia7hst1 bition-Cheap -os c Steamg Mail comunicia -o rmatiso - New Terilories-Mint in Nor frt&c Iooking .to Huoe Cwx~ jr ' -~, 'tta =,r Crentot ItuesIgsi ilng furkauT invoL t protbi4, i e tiern, war . tilentyhoI gveirthg construction ot natixlitfs' he duenthral meat ofthe' Pes;~ t~itaibi of' tI e Htin. ,ar fans; the r e iii' ftsiIftfif free dom of Gegidany e nwiphase 1i te uncertaiF pFeogres- oYaance to Ieg R canism ; an the d isto 44#w ' - Engla nd ig ieirping ro Z ; -or Ireland we dare not evea pfj~h'esy g . a tenint- tht.bill or fwe a bro , 1'gp to Asia,: haWe'tbe a ystenods and; l nowgoing on amoo:i'oreia :red jouiion :inaid Taint'4 (sletial Eipire-"the oldest ilhedygour oliie tiedf onoi. :; -Ne. the . ces of our fobrta to a- O en' Japan ='pivili d'ommerce. Thiud, .the influence 'w icIrA e 'RussiangandiTurkv* u war may a upon B1shm iida And in tb. salianila dsthe anto' resting pr l'sie . id-of, independ r Government will be ia%-.couiae iofso Moax.FILIBVsTEazRa I is stated-in a Panama.a t t r Illinois that received from ClUforiiarepors another.Floreexpedition s beinorganiaedj 5 which will.arrive at Panama indetacb and make that city its starting polit.. -;x' Wright, the proprietor of the Central oke can Stean Iine,. ia said to: be qne of ti .exjplitio't nd: hisistewm'erhe Golish to bring the first party o'200 men. ro Panmono calls on the Governor and the Consul of the United States and Ecuador to prevent the expeditionists from carrying out their designs against a nation at peace with New Grenada. A despatch from Washington also says:-= " A startling report of filibustering in a new quarter has reached here. It will be remrna hered that Peru and Bolivia are at war. A proposition has been started to fit out a large steamer filled with men, and well pro. vided with Paixhan guns, sabres, muskets, cutlasses, Colt's pistols, and all other ap. proved instruments of war which shall pro coed direct to the Peruvian coast, hoist the Bolivian flag, and at once capture or exter ninate the small war vessels of Peru, lay hands upon her nercbantment and coerce them into service to aid in the purpose of the expedition. These are to take immedi. ate posression of the Lobos Islands and be gin a rapid depletion of their immense stoies of guano. It is proposed that a large fleet of our own and foreign mnerchantmen shall be chartered' to rollowv the armed force, and it is calcula ted that a sufficient quantity of this rich de posit cnn be at once taken from the island' to fully reimbmrse -the expenditures of thae eniterprise, and leave immense fortunes to its projectors. SI~oPE.-Trhe following notiCe of Sinoper. where the recent battle was fought betwveena the Turhs and Russians, wHi at the presenC umomenat be read with interest 4 "The temples, palaces andprlon, erected by a powerful' line of kings, havo' Ibeen levelled with the dust. Nought remains of so much magnificence save a dirty oriental town of a thousand wretched houses, sur rounded by crumbling walla atiii tottering towers, of Byzantine constnetioi. Almost equally a wreck is the enormous hullf of an' embryo two-deck, which stands unlaunch ed on the stocks; built here where timnber and' work are cheap, never finished, allowed to' rot, Alas for Sinope." E3MIGRATION To FLoID.- The P'ensir cola Gazette, in noticing the, successful os tahalishment of the semi-monthly mail steam ship line between this port ane.1Key West, via Pensacola, A palachicola, SV.- Marks Ce dar Keys, and Tamipa Bay,- r~sdmarks thaI "the advantages resulting from thiirseccess ful effort are being felt along the Gulf coast of Florida in encouraging a wealthy emigra tion fromt the sugar and cotton Statei of Al abama, Mississippi and Louisiana,-and se curing a portion' of the- popfstilon thaX.fotdd otherwise be in ced -to go to- Ta'et? . THEs Panama Rail Road is now cohpe' ted to' Gorgona, and the riveri'biting, hith erto- so objectionable, is now~ d'ohe aday with. For the prosent passengers leave' the cars at Gorgona, and from thence hrt0- about 24Ymnes mule travel to Panama, over a mtuch~, tmproved road. The. transit frohxr ocean to ocean is now.readily accomplished kr ttee ko rrs, The company -have alreadf cunt rmenced operations in Panama, Vith a-fore of 3,600 men. Bonas.-Don't be abre I I a drat ful character to have! Wherr fotr daR upon Ia merchant at his counting-hosise, a bank -President at his room, aod espeifally an editor in his sanctum, don't stag lorng. As a general rule,s decline an invitation to be maene- dosnatoh yonv business and 10avel, '3