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"W will cli3r to th Pillars of the Temuple of our nirbertls, rad if it ,uit fall, E perwat, riteR& :: t-- . w. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD SP FEB1RUARY 2218L. * * " "r! THE EDGEFIELD ,ADVERTISER IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. D U.R IS0 E, Proprietor. ARTHUR SINKINS, Editor. TERMS. Two DoLt.Aas per year, if paaid is ndvance-Two DOLLARS andi FFrrY CXTs if not pail within sir months-and Tiar.c DO.L.AS if not pails before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions not uistinet. ly limited at the time of subscribing, will be consid ed as 1:aee for an indefinite period, and will be con tinued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Supseriptions from other States 'must invariably be accompanied witge cash or eference to some one known to its. 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Y country lads who till the earth, When e'er you want a uxotm wife, Who'll be eontente.l by your harth, And lead with you a quiet life ; Before you take the leap, look well, (Though doutbtletss you sni:4ht wuo and wits lit r,) 'Wel not a g . aling city belle, For she could never get your dinter. What if to you her form shoulh be As fair as angel forms in heaven, Anl on her cheek the rose you see 'Tis not the rose by nsture given ; * . That bloom removed, discovers there, The ptll:d cheek ..f sl.thful ways, Of .te tla. knows not toil, sir care But listless spends her youthful days. But seek some charnin:: country lass, Wlhoun exercise hath giveni heat:ty ; 'ho'll wistt n'o tinme before her g'as, But faithfully do all her duty 1'ho wors r s nontjt faahin's ' brine: ho se-ks not ehara tsast ,oot. will pvrtstj And you will never tue the tiune, You won her heart to love awal cheri-h. An-i if she knows not waltr or reel Ilath never tiuted piano key IIer music is the siataitnnin: whe'1, And surely that is best for thee. Then seek not dolls from boardling sechools, Or flirting bells within the e:ty 2lut leave theis to their dandy fosik Who think themselves wise .1n1l witty. MATRIMONIAL WISHES. A happy pair, in smart array, -liy holy church unitesd, From Lsnl'n town, in open shay, Set ol, by love init.d. The day was dull as dull cou'd be, So (drearnisig of no punti Quoth John, " I hope. my dear, that we Mlay haves. a little suno. To which his bride, with simpglo herrt, Replied, ('twas natitre taugtht he~r,) " Well-I confess-for miy own part, I'd.rather have a stansshter !" A YoUNG .JAtentr.-" My son, can yaot 'take a trunk for me up to the hotel ?'' said a passenger stepipinag fromn a baoat otn tso the S levee, to a raged look ing yoaungster, wiho .sat batlancin'g himselfh Otn thte tail of a dray. "Your soti ?" crtied the b~oy, eyeing himt from head to fooat. " Well, I'll he dod <drabbed if I ait in luck. Here I've beten -tryinag to find oa nt' d:oidy foar three ytears, .and till of a studden tap conmes the ol btoss himaself, atnd knows mae right oaff. How atre you ?" stretcinag ot a samddy-looking paw. ',Te traveller was non-pluxsed. Ii weena a smile anad a frowt., he iniquited, " Whaat is your nate, s-ir ? ."My inamle ? So yon doan't knsow ? Wel it's tnthaing for peopsle in these parts tso ha~ve so mttany childreni that theyv dona't know thecir naamtes. My namte's lill, butt somew folks call is, I rec'kona yo kntow, if you doni't y'ou mutts' ax thte rile 'omlatn." And shouldering the truntk, he marched -off towiards the hotel, mumbillinig to himself. " Well, this is a go. TIhe~ ole gemmian' come homeai at last. G4od c'lolhes, big trunak, gaust have the tin. Welhl, I amn itt luck." AVt:PDAN-r CourLS.--Not loang sintce a modet, nassmin yung main, essaed t escort a youtng lady, egnatlly nndet aind re (irinag, fromnan eventing ameeting" to hrp terntal domuiail:' He npproaschaed hter ats slhe came out of the churebt, tand offered her hia services, which site silently accepted. Ilowt to commarenee a conversatiotn wvas. a difliCul ty whtich he could nota overcoatme, 'Then) walked side hv side for somte tunta withnul saying a wtor<I; at length thte young hitd) wenttured thte remtark: "'Pleasant evenmns this evenaing ; quite a mootn." " Yes," salt attentdant, catchaitng his breath-" yes rer3 qjuite." Anad aigaina all wats silent! -WF..Ltt. good1 dog stori4eS, andI taakei a rule always to piublisha thems. Thle' verj inst one is fromt Fayetteville, A rk., where t farmer's dog had beetn dtetcted itn goaing t< the lang petn at night and biting otne of' thin bogs till hte gels up, when Archly lies dowi in, the warm place antd goes to sleep. A LAwrxuai's Ov'EN.-A Scottish noble mana onte day) visited a v'awyer at his office it wvhicha. at the time, there was a bhizinat fire, thast cautsedl the naoblemttan to exc lainr " Dear sir, v'oor office is ;as haot-aas ant oven. " So it shoul be, my~ lomd," replied ith Iawe'er. " as it is here I mttake mty bread." From the ChArleston .1ireury. To the Ladies of the South. A descendant of Virginia, and now a daughter of Carolina, moved by feelings of reverence fot departed greatness, and good ness, by patriotism and a sense of'national and alnve all, of Southern name, ventures to appe:.I to yon in behalf of the. Homte and (rave" of Wiashington. Ladies of the South, of a region of warm, generous, enthusiastic hearts where still tin. gers some unselfish love of Country, and Countrv's honor, some chivalric feelinags yet natoncied by that "national spirit," so rapidly overshadowing the morals of our beloved land-a moral bright, fatial to man's noblest attributes, and which love of money and speculations alone seems to survive--to You we turn, yon, who retain some reverence for the noble (lead, somc admiration and remembrance of exalted worth and service, even when they are no more! Of you, we ask : Will you, can you, look on passively and behold the hone and grave of the at:teld.ess patriot, who is so completely identified trith your land, sold as a posession to sp'eenlative merchants, without such a feeling of indignation, firing your souls as shall cans" you to rush with one heart and spirit to the rescue! Ladies of the South, can you be still with closed souls and purpose, while the world cries " Shane upon America," and suffer Mount Vernon with all its sacred assacia tions to become, as is spoken of and prohahle the seat of nanufaetnrers and nannljaetories, noise and smoke, and the " busy hum of men," { destroiing all sanctity and repose, around the toinh of your own world's wonder? Oh it eannot he pesible ! What ! anel sacrilege, such desecration, while you have the hearts to feel the shame' and the pon-cr to prevent it I Never ! For blid it, shades of the dead, that the pilgrims to the shrine of true patriotism should find thee fntagotten and surrounded by blackening smoke and deafeaning machinery, where aaoaney, money, only money, ever enters the thon;:ht, and gold, only gold, moves the heart or moves the mind ? Once, our Congressionai Halls were the resoart of wisdom, integrity and patriotism; where enlightea heads and upright minds, sought to fulfil there olicial obligations, by coaprehendingi and faithfully executing the " glorious code of laws." which bound its inta one common country. also by vieing ith each other, who should add most to that country's weal at homae an glory ab~ranti.-= a'shttlir~.~el'"' .Tl..gi.it, apprr -no lon'ger to influence the city which hears htis .aname. Oh, who that have a spark of patriotism, but must mourn sneh early d.-generacy, when they see who till our Legislative halls, and crowd our Metropolis ! Who can restrain a pang of shame, when they behold the annual rush thither of Jobbers and bounty seekers, of ottice aspirants and trucklers of party corrupters and corrupted, all collecting like :a flock of vultures to their prey-prowling amd polluting the grave high purposes of legi lation. Ladies of the South! should we appeal to such aslhesc to protect the grave of Washing ton from the grasp of the speculator and the worldling !-A nd should we appeal either to or through your Senators and Representa tives I What have thev done or would or conld do, in that nwaphitie air ! No, it is you, mothers and daughters of the South, that the appeal can be made with a hoapefual coidentctie. It is wvOmla's office to lbe a vestal, and evean thme" lire of.liberty," ay need the care of haer devotioa iand the pmitya of her guaardianasip. Your haearts are frehi, r'ercntial, anid animated by lively Henib~~ilities5 and elevating purposes.-With v ou, therefore, patriotism haas niot yet becoame a naame. And should there ever be again "timaes to try men's souls," there will be fouaad amaong aid or you, as of old, heroines, superioar to fear and~ selfish conidetrations, acting for country and its honor. Believing this, oane of your counttrywomani~ feels emi moldened to appeal in the name ot'the mnother of Washaingtton, :and of Southernl feeling and hoaor to all thaat is symnpathaetic and~ genaerous in voaor nature :to exert itself, aned lby your co~lied efforat now, ini villsage aid counatry, town andit city, the mants maay he raised foma theC mites of thousands of genathe hecarts, apoun whoma his inae has yet a malgic spell, whib w ill staflice to seenre anad retan his hameanacnd grave as a sacred spoat for all comingai timea. A sponitaneCous work like this would be snehl a mownuincint of love anad gratitude at has never yet been reared to patriot or moaaa tatl inun, anid whaile it wvould save A meri enai hioni: roma a blot in the eyes of a gaizmgi womld, it would furnish a sharine wh~ere ai least the mothers of the land anad their indig anat children, miught make their offerinigs in the cause of the greatiness and prosplerity o1 thir counitry. It is kniowvn to you that Congress has v'ir ta~ly declined to purchase anad preserva Aounat Vernion in behalf of thec nationi. Yet *1thre is now a necessity for immilediata nection, as schemes tare ona foot for its purcas b y Northern cnapitalh, anad its devotion to anon. y-aigpurposes. It is, therefore, re spetfuly ndearanestly suggested to you and by onec whon, in her descent, inhieritet the syiipathaies and reverence oaf those wh< wvere'once in the social relations of life witl te"Fter of his counatry," that the Souti bygeneral contributioni, each a mite, furnisi tie amount sutlicient for the puchase o Mounat Venon: That the property be eon Iveyed in trust to the President of the Unite States, and the Governor of Virginaia, to b preserved and inmproved in your name as hasllowed resort for all people, That for it coatiued preservationa and iamprovemnent, tife beclcharged each visitor. And that you eotributioans to eff'ect those noble enids aa ~e gathered inato the Governors of yot State respectively, to he remitted to th Governor of Virginaia, with authority and di rection to make thae purehase. A SoU-rCERM M4TrRON. THmE Lasr.-Why is a conundrum thu *nobody can gtess, like a ghost ? Becaum sootim. or lter nerrhodly must fgive it up. What is Nebraska ?s Tess question has- been often asked of late, and in view of the great princigles at issue ig it, the public mind should be thor. oughly and accurately informed. We can noat do so in betuer terme., than in ,thtose of the Abolition Address put forth by Senators Chae, Sumner and Co. From the southwestern corner of Mis souri pursue the paralled of 36* 30' North latitude, westwardly across the Arkansas across the north fork of Canadian, to the northeastern angle of Texas; then follow the northeastern houndary of Texas to the western limit of New Mexico ; then proceed along that western line to its northern ter uination ; then again turn westwarily, and follow the northern line of New Mexico to the crest of the Rocky Mountains; then as cend *northwardly along the crest of that mountain range to the line which sep'arates the United Statss from the British Posses sions in North America, on the 49th parallel of North latitude: then purspe your course eastwardly along that line to the White Earth river, which falls into the Missouri from the North ; descend that river to its confluence with the Missouri; descend the Missouri, along the western boundary of Minnesota, of .owa; of Missouri, to thyt point where it ceases to be a bou,.d:try line, and enters the State in whiel it gives its name; then continue your southward course along the western limit. of that State to the point from which von set out, You have now made the circuit of the proposed Terrilory of Nebraska. You have traversed the vast distance of more than three thousand miles. You have traced the ottline of an area of four hundred atd eighty-five thousantd square miles; more that twelve times as great as that of Ohio. This iniamense region, occupying the very heart of the North American Continent, and larger,.hy 33 thousamd sqnare miles, than all the existing Free States exctluding Calilor nia-this immense region, well watered and fertile, through which the Middle and North ern routes from the Atlhauatic to the Pacific must pass-this immense region, enbracing all the unorganized territory of the nation, I except the comparatively insignificant dis traict of Indian territory north of Red River and between Arkansas and Texas," is the subject matter of thu bill now pending he fore Congress; The position of the South in reference to this question is seemingly anomalous and and inconfsistent. It is said, !.h l a "' ;.om. ., i r--arwrebe at . tos Comlpro-1 ise of -850;,biclili itiniiiti-d' Wlt ate the fuists The Noth asserted that ii. all Territory acquired front Mexico, the Mexican law was paramount, and that by its silent force slavery could neither enter nior exist there. They did not, thcrelore, hesitate to engraft upon the hills admitting Utah and New Mexico, a clanse of tnot-in tervention on the tart of the Federal Govern ment, inasmuch as its action :tg;ainst slavery was entirely superseded by the lexican law. This was the treachery of the Compromise, whiela made it odious to the South. It was non-intervention in theory, but absointe ex clusion in fact. The principle of noninter vention in slavery, has ever been tle claim and policy of the South. We have asked it at the hands not only of this Government, but of fanatics, and propagandists every where. " Let us alone," is all the South has ever sought. And when the North held ont to us a truce which fairly etongh conceded the principale, but nuHified its practical elteet ad bettefit, wve of course repudiated it as hollowv anda shamreless. But this pirincipale of nion-intervenmtion, hoever valueless to the South int relation to New Mexico anid Utah, is of practical effect las regards. Nebraska. No paramtountt law supersedes its practical workintg there. No obsoete code lingers there, to be resuscita ted against slavery, anod the pqual rights of Southerniers, as citizens atnd mena. .intd it is because of this v'ery thing, that thte enemaies of the South are strugglitng atgamst its a pplica tint to Nebraska. The.y were wilhitng entough to proclaim nton-intervention ina New Mexico ad Utah, where, as they asserted, its opera tin was superseded by a supierior h31w ; but they scout the idea wherever it is nmot super se'ed. Thley' say toa the Southt, it' local laws excgde you, wve are content. If they do not Cotngress sh'alhl. A word as to the Missouri Compromise. Is it not the merest falsifiention to talk of the South violatinig it? i Why tiae South in spite of her oppositioni to at at its passage, her belief in its unconastituitionality, atnd .the mark of inferiority whlich it fixed upon her, has never trenched upona its linmits. During the late crisis site wtas "willintg that. the hine of 370 30' should be run to the Pacific, and the Nashville Convention itself put forth this propositioni, as the final lawv atnd compact, by which the fluestion of the extension of slave. ry would be f'orever put at rest. The North refused it. Caan she ntow complain if her last contract for robbery of the South is foutd to contain a -lause by whbich formaer spoiations are reste? But the position of the Abolitionists on this question is not only treacherous, but it makes also the legislatfttm of the country absurdly inconsistent. It may well be ask. ed, wvhat is the basis upon wvhicha the Gov ernent acts in reference to slavery. Is it a line of latitude, or is it a: princile ? Thae aformer is the basis of the Mossouri Compro mise, the latter that of the Comnpromtise o!f 1850. As the Herald wvell remarks, by these two acts, Congress has ini fact assum edoi to say to one portidu of the settlers in the common territo~ry, you mway hold slaves -to another you shall not. Cana arrogance sor absurdity exceed this? In 1850 the South said, give us the Missouri Compromise rline to the Pacific. True it shut out slave vry from Oregon, the whole of Utah, Upper California, and this very Nebraska. But it will settle forever this v'exed question. She .was thaen content to take the geogriaphical line as the baisis of a settlement. The North said iso, wo want a principle. They fixed it, and now that it justly and fairly involves t cosequetces unfavorable to them, they seek a o repudiate the prineciple anud re-establish the line. Senator Dongass-Squatter Sove ignty, ? TufE Boston PA in commenting upon this gentleman's spee, takes much pleasure in finding as it assers, its favorite doctrine of squatter sovereigty, or the right of the peo. pie of the territog to legislate absolutely upon all local sub ects, and thereby to ex clude slavery, fil maintained and' vindica ted. We cannotAdasent to any such con struction of the. speel., and of the bill which it sustains, without imputing duplicity to the fonner, and an unconstitutional character to the latter. For if it is intended to ha argued by Senator Dutglas, that in creating.terri. torial Governments invested with the usual powers, they cane legislate so as to exclude and abolish slavery, when the very law which organizes them declares the-territories open to the immigration and settlement of the slaveholder, we must reject suh a proposi tion as not only unconstitutional, but as con taining upon its very fage the mark of treach ery. It would innee ' se the climax of spe cious justice, to procl. - noniintervention on the part of Congress as the principle of fair ness and the Constitution, yet that it should pass a law codfing.upon a tentful of hun ters and outlaws the right to intervene in the most absolute and.sovereLign manner. If the Compromise of >850 and the present bill for the admission of Nebraska, really mean any thing of fairness a!d justice to the South, if the latter he not intended as a trap to catch her support for a principle seemingly of value to her, we are notin error in saying to slave. holders, here lies this territory, go into it with ynnr property if you will, and you shall be safe, until as a sovereign State, the people decide for or against the institution. Oilier wise the Nebraska bill is a worthless and de ceptive truce. But wimistake Mr. Douglas if such an inference can be properly drawn from his argument and hill. Indeed, whatever may be his own views on the subject, the bill it self provides in the first place that all laws passed by the territorial government, " shall be submitted to the Congress of the U. S., and if disapproved shall be null and of no effect." And secondly, that " all cases in volving title to slaves, and questions of per sonal freedom," shall lie subject to the ulti mate decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. So far therefore from these governments being empowered to exclude slavery, any actiki they may takeupon the subject, would be a matter for discussion and i tre arise upon a law excluding or abolishing slavery, the question of the power to pass such a law would lie the first enquiry ; and i decision which acknowledged that power in the teeth of proclaimed non-intervention, ind the rights of the slaveholder would lie as iniquitous as it is absurd. It would be Con. gressional intervention one step removed, not so direct-as the Missonri Compromise or the Wilmot proviso, but more insidious and fatal, lecause while professing equality in theory, Congress and the Supreme Court would he ome the instruments of wrong, wielded by the hands of others.-Charleston M1ercury. DEATI OF TIlE olox. TIros. S. MAYs. it is with pain that we have read the follow. ing announcement in the Montgomery Jour nl of the 7th instant LtAL't OF JUDOG MAYS.-It is with in' expressible regret that in the line of duty, Owe announce the death of Judge 'T'. S. Mays, a well known, much loved, and much valued citizen of our community. HeI died ont Sat urday at.hlis residence, about five miles from this city, of Pneumonia. "'1The refinted, true and gentlemanly char ater of the deceased made him many frienids, and his loss will be deeply mourned by a comnimtty in which lie had long resided, and in which he had " no enemies." This is the true test of a just man for probity, kind tess anid gentlennaidy instinects are recogntm zed andic appreciated by all men, and there is no truth ini the abominable doctrine, that a just man must have enemies. Judge Mays had held many responsible offices in this couty and performed their duties witht abili t, which secured the respect anid esteem of all. Hie was the editor of the Journal in '32 and '33, and exercised a large influence at that exciting period. - Judge Mays was for several years asso ciated in the practice of law, with the pre sent able and accomplished Attorney Gene ral of South Carolina, thte lHon. Isaac W., Hlayne, then a citizens of Alabama. In the eatr 1845 he w~as on the P'ohk anid Dallas Electoial ticket; andu well (10 we recolleet a discussion which camto off during that campaign, between himself atnd the Hon. H. W. Ililliard, twvo of the hafndsomest speak. er wh->m we have ever hpard. Judge Mays was a niative of South Caro. lina. Several of his brothers now reside ir Florida, oneo of whom, the Hon, D. H. Mtays, was President of the Senate of that State a few years since. Loves N~APoLEON SUPIPRESSINO R EITorom EST~BLsMENT.-The Newv York Journed of Commerce states that a private letter fron St. Etienne, France, memntions the suppres sion, by the Emperor, of the establishment of thes Jesuits in the commune of Monitaud the ruburbs of that city, which had producec great commotion, but that the populger feel ing was in favor, of the Emperor: "St. Etienne is, like Lyons, an importan manufacturing place, the principal article of production being ribbons and fire arnms and the Government has here one of its mos important armories. The population is pri cipally composed of working people, whc though Catholic, are bitterly opposed to the Jesuits, on accohnt of the wrongs which ar< inficted on them through the extensive mi fluence of thht order, and its officeious inter meddling with all the departments of busi ness. A desire to conciliate these people Sthe motive imputed to the Emperor. Th' Jesuit institution suppressed was extensiv d flourishing, and held a high rank amen the educatiomal establishments of France. This is an evidene of the firmness of Loui Napoleon's authority in France. Unless hi ..m.ower haen well established lie woull not venture 'on the suppression of reigious establishments like those of the Jesuits. The Registration Act, The act passed at tihe- last session of the I Legislature for the registry of -births, deaths and marriages; is one of much importance to our citizens. Not only as a matter of statistical interest, exhibiting the improvement or decline of the population of the State, does it possess in terest, but in relation to questions of proper. ty, the record of births, deaths and mar riages, is of permanent value to the con mionwealth. The origin and connection of' families, intermarriages, births and deaths, preserved and recorded by the State, will furnish the most conclusive evidence in our courts of law ud equity, and the ends of justice will be subserved, Pd imposition and fraud preyented. By the terms of the I act, the tax .collector of each district is -re quired to collect, from every citizen informa. tion as follows :.j --. 'As to births': The date, sex, names of parents, and their residence. As to death: Date, age, sex, name, parents, .rsidence, cause of death. As to marriages: The name of husband, age, residence, name of wife, age, residence, names of parents, date of marriage, and by whom married. As to colored persons and free negroes, the births and deaths are to be recorded ; and as to slaves, the number, sex, dates, name of owner, time of birth or death, cau ses of death, &c. As to non-taxpaying citi vens, schedules will be furnished by the tax collectors to ministers of the gospel, magis trates and physicians, to enable them to re cord cases among the poor. The work will be a heavy one on the tax collectors, who should be compensated for the same, and no doubt will be. After they collect the facts the books are to be return ed to the Comptroller's office, and are there to be delivered to the registrars, whose duty it is to digest and report to the Legislature. I The piresent bill is. by no means a perfect one, but as a begining of a most valuable I work, we trust it will meet with the cordial efforts of our citizens to carry out its object. The Medical Association of the State has been anxious and earnest in originating and urging the matter, and are entitled to the thanks of the community for their zeal in adding to the history of South Carolina such important records.-South Carolinian. Official, wi/ti a,:lcicc ani coiseit 'of the senate- - J. J. Seibels, of Alabama, to be charge d'aflaires of the United States to Belgium. James S. Green, of Missouri, to be char ged d'affaires of the United States to New Granada. August Belmont, of New York, to he charge d'affaires of the United States to the Netherlands. Henry R. Jackson, of Georgia, to be charge d'affaires of the United States to Austria. Henry Bedinger, of Virginia, to he charge d'aflires to the United States to Denmark. Philo \\ bite, of Wisconsin, to be charge d'aflaires of the United States to Ecuador. John M. Daniel, of Virginia, to be charge d'affaires of the United States to Sardinia. John W. Dona, of Naine, to be charge d'affaires of the United States to Bolivia. Robert D. Owen, of Indiana, to be charge d'affaires of the United States to the King dom of the Two Sicilies.-Union. ESIIGRATION TO TEx.--Thie Dallas (Tex.) Ilerald says: The immigration during the past .autumnI and present wiinter has beeii unprecedented.' Hundreds, we may say thousnads, have pas sed through this place-a great many bound for thme Colorado, and a number for this and the adjoining counties. rThe emigration this year is quite different from thiat of former years. Many of the immigrants whto have comae into thie country this season are men of wvealth. The tnumber of slaves greatly I exceed that of any previous year. There is I a steady tide yet setting in; scarcely a day ha~s passed thie last three months in which 15 to 30 wagons have not passed throughl, town, atid " the cry is stilt they come." Our country was never better pirepared to receive theni Our farmers have been rewarded with most excellent crops of grain. Thej land abounds ini all the necessaries of sub- I stantiat living. Corn, wtheat and pork are more abundant, and to be had at much low er rates than heretofore, and besides wve have the richest lands in the State to divide withi them at fair prcs 'There is yet room and wvelcomie for mnre. NEwIIPAPER BloattowEiis.-Reader, are you of this troublesome, spuniging species of humanityi Are you willing that your neigh bor, who, perhaps, is far less able than your self to pay for a paper, should be continually bothered by your un~manily propensity for borrowing i It does seem to ns that in this land of plenty and cheap newspapers, there can be no necessity for borrowving. Every man has it in his powver to subscribe, and pay for.a paper of his own, and you who depend contInually upon borrowing, and never have a paper yourself to loan, have but a poor idea of the vexation and trouble you~ are to your neighbors. These reflections have been suggested by frequent complaints from our subscribers, both in aud out of town, that they can scarcely ever get sight of their papers before some -good friend either pockets them without leave or license, or borrowvs and never returns them, Subscribe for a paper of your own and be 3 independent. ________ - ExTENYSIoN OF A BOUNTY L AND - AC', . The timpe for issuing and locating certain . bounty land warrants for military service in s the war of'1812, under several acts of Con, gress, having expired on the 26th of June a last, an act has been passed by both Houses, Sgranting a further term of five years for satis 'fying the same. This. will relieve from sus s pension many cases now pending in the Pen s son Office, an'd render available for sale or d location many warrants already issued, . rom time m. wmouss nepuvau us .jils. 4Q. THE CRUELTIES OF THE INDIANS. Id our paper of day before yesterday, we give the narrative of ilrs. Wilson, who recently made her escape from the Camanche Indians.. Her account of her suffering and ill treatment seems to be :alnost incredible. It is diflicult to believe that, at this daty, and in this enlightened age, there are any tribes associated with the: whites who could be guilty of such barbarities. We learn, however, from Major Steen, of the United States army, who has been stationed in New Mexico, and has had much intercourse with these and other Indians, that the narrative is not at all likely to be overwrought. He has given us a narrative of females, whom he has released from the indians, that even exceeds Mrs. Wilson's account of suffering. In one instance, he released -five Mexican girls. The !" Indians had attacked a Mexican ranch, murdered the parents and men,and taken away the women and children. The boys they train to be more s:vage and brutal than themselves ; the women and females they use for all kinds of drudgery and the most licentious purposes. The Major infornis us that, among the five taken from the Indians, there was a little girl of! about 9 or 10 years-that she had been com pelled to drive cattle, stolen from her father's ranch, a distance of more than three hundred miles. She was barefooted, and the thorns of the cactus were planted in her feet seemingly as thick as the hair on a man's head. The soles of her feet had burst from the irritation, and some of her toes were protruding front the flesh and the bones were-exposed.-Her whole body was bruised and mangled from whippings, and the piercings of the spears which the old squaws carry. The other four girls, older than this one, were in nearly the same condition. Wit'n much difficulty, lie secured, possession of them, and after proper treatment and supplying them with necessary clothing. &c., which had, to be done at the private expense of the officers of the post, (the United States Government having no fund for charitable- purposes,) they were sent to their relatives in Alexico. Major Steen succeeded, at his individual expense and that of another officer, in rescuing from the Indians a Mexican woman, aged about 2 years, who had been well and tenderly raised and as well educated as the country where she resided permitted, and of her son, a tmall child. Her narration of the sufferings and indignities to which she. was subjected, can scarcely be described. On another occasion, the Major and another officer hired a Mexican to steal a Mexi can woman whom the Indians had in captivity, and when she was delivered to them she was in the most deplorable condition-destitute of clothing, and physically reduced to the merest skeleton. The persons thus rescued from captivity were returned to their relatives in Mexico; and np to this time, the cost, labor and expense of capturing them from the Indians, of medical treatment, and supporting and sending them "-- een paid out of the private purses oft lie I tdSatsCocrlel Major Steen informs us that among the band of the Camanche Indians from which Mrs. Wil son escaped, there are full 200 white persons held in captivity, chiefly Mexicnns. The Indians justify their conduet by alleging that the Mex icans steal their children and wake slaves of them. Be this as it may, it must be Admitted, that it is the duty of the government promptly and eficiently to furnish the ifeans of putting an end to this cruelty, and of punishing the Indians. In the early history of our country, the Indians paid some respect to the virtue of the female; in the progress of his connection with civiliza tions, he h:as lost even this attribute. IIe is now as beastly t.s he is savage, and the Gov ernent should provide the means to punish them whenever they violate the laws of hu manity. EXECUTIvE ADvEnrTISx.-During last year a few ppers in the State complained of the Executive's idea of economising in the adverti sing patronage of that Department-ourselves among the number. We refrained, at that time, fronm saying much about the matter, as it seem ed likely to crentte some unpleasant co~ntrov'ersies between a few paperst and we did not think the mount of sufficient importance to us to jeopar dize the harmony of the press, which then, as now, existed.. Our pupose now is, not to carp at the Gov ernor or any paper. but to show the errors of the plan which the Governor has adopted, in cases of advertising persons who have committed crites and fled, or have ifroken jail. The Governor, it seems, thinks it only necessary to advertise in those journals published near where the crimes are committed. Now, it is pretty well knownm that a man who commits a crime of suflient magnitude to cause him to be adver tised by the Governor, is not likely to remain hng near where thatt crime was committed, and if he can only get beyond the bounds of the Dis trit, lie has but little to fear from the advertise ments. Consequently, if a man commits mur der in Barnwell District, and can escape to Lasurens, he could remain here or go on farther, jtist as he pleased, without fear of detection, as to one here would know thttt he was a crimi Now, if the object be to bring the culprit to punishment, by advertising for him, we think a few dollars should not be considered in the mat ter, if it would be more likely to. accelerate that end ; but if it is only meant to make some ap perrnc of interest in the matter, we see no necessity of spending one dollar for :sdvertising, Agait, it might be a great loss to the District where such crimes are committed, as it would cost more to bring back a fugitive who had gone some distance, than would be charged for advertising in every paper in the State. Laurensville Hesrald. AN lNTERESTtNG lNClDENT.-A gentlemuan came into our office on Saturday, who inquired itf he could be permitted to see the greatest liv, ing curiosity now to be found, compared wIth which Barnum's Museum is nothing. Ho said that we had stated a boy was in our employ 19 years of age, who did not swear, drink liquor, smoke einars or pipe, or chew tobacco, and who aould spel well. We showed him the toonder, and after administerinig some kind and whole some advice, the gentlemAn presented the youth with a gold coin, enjoining upon him never to deparm from the sober path he had thus far trod den. By the by, what would~ our Tennessee friend give for him ?-Federal (Ga.) Union. relieve from suspension many cases now pen ding in the Pension Office, and render available, for sale or location, many warrants already jssued BaOKE JAIL.-A man calling himself James Stokes, who wvas confined in the jail at this place, for horse stealing, made his escape on Saturday night last, by tearing his blankst to piecos, and tieing the strips together, he succe, ded in sliding down through a hole which lie ha4 inherf lial. By an advertisement which appears nantecolumn, it wvill be seen that the Seifhsoffered a reward- of $50 for his anoprensio,-'JarnWell Sentinel. At EMdPRIS AND URAF.LE$TO5 wl1tu rua in exhibit to the Memphis Corporation by Mr. Tate, the treasurer for the Western end:of this road, we learn that the entire cost of thasizty three niles now in bperationthere, was $750,000, including all equipments.' The alett eannn for sixteen months, comnencing with only fif een miles of finished road and not charging freight for the iron, timber, etc., for the road it. self. have been 73,000. The nett earnings froih 1st September last to 1st January,- have been $52,230, equal to 20 p r.ent on the cost. The nett earnings for twelve months, from 1lst Sep ember last. dre estimated at $95,000Wbleh would be 124 per cent on cost. The treasurer stimates that, when the-whole road is coiple-' Led, at a cost of 4,000,000,-it will pay its stock. olders 19 per cent. The assets for the-contih. ed cnstruction of the western portion, of thie road nm'ount to 81,079704. These facts are full of eneogrngemenf to'our stockholders. who have so manfully stood ,up to te work. The Madison county spbaription. amounted to $533,050; of this amount: (moe than all the other connties in North Alabama) 360,010 has been paid in, leaving $173,040 yet unpaid-nearly all of which is' good-and .will son be paid. Such a subscription and such punctuality in payment is unexampled in.thie history of railroad enterprises in this-coutry. , THE BosToN POST, in the course of. its.coni ments on Senator Douglas's powerful speech, eompresses the pith of the whole Nebraska quesion into the followving paragraph:. "It was the bold remark of the lamented Woodbury, that he was note afraid to'go.whe denoerntie principles led. Let this be the touch stone to try the policy involved in.thi*Nebraska bill. if the right of a community to establish its own form of governmentis not sound, demo eratie and constitutional, then ,no principle has these chircteristics. ifr this principle does ndt lie at the b:sis of our institutions--of our'feder.( ation and our Union-then they' hatveiobsis. We go for establi.4hing this principle, let it lead us wiere itmay. -if, to establish it, an uncon titutional law'passed thirty years ago requires to be supereded-if..an artificial sectional line requires to be obliterated, to wake wiy for th'o policy that knows no North, no South, no East, no West. under the Constitution-then'sob' t. We stand on the general Compro i i 1850, rather than on the sectional diviiobh lie of 1820. It will be the substitution of an origi ntl and fundamental Amiriean principle.for's dividing wall of partition. And tJie in its re sults will harmonise with the great-objects of our Union. This will contribute to keep this people, of m:ny States and ot antagvontstic jn erests, in the bond of one country, one consta ution, and one destiny." W. H. SEWAID ti TciE FIi.LD.- he TiinJ disloses the secret of its originm. the bjedt its est;,hli-hment and the ultimatum of its policy t be thu el.eitiun of W. I.-:Seward to the Pf~es deny. Tlai Fact i~s out at laxst, after every at 6nt1 0d Ir..11 S~tiL i u~~rati RIM,. " . '~ now foreshanlows the nuwitantion of V. H. eward, by his partisans, as a candidate forGuv ernor of New York, preparatory to entering the ld for the l'residential chances of 1836. And he movement is to be- commenced 'upon the iebreska question. Very well. A coal of fire upon the back of a tortdise will infallibly open is shell, and bring, out his head, legs. -nd tail. Douglas is working wonders.-N. Y. hIerald. TiHERm is a story ve'y well knownamon'j Scottish anecdote mongers respecting the Celebrated )r. Pitcairn. - . The dotter seldom troubled the inside of the kirk, but every Sunday morning his jug of claret was to be seen on its way from the tavern just as the more staid portion of the population were oing to morning service. The kirk elders were at length scandalized, and under the plea ot' preveniting Sabbath-trading, used frequently to seize the doctor's jug and con. fiscate his claret. Suspecting that the sci zure was nut altogether disinterested, the octor one Sabhath morning sent a strong dose of tartar eme'tic at the bottom of his ewter. Ott that day, to the surprise of all en, Dr. Pitentirn wvas seen'in.Church. .. His eyes were turned towards the elder's pew. The service had not advanced far ere one o the zealous opponents of Sabbath-tiading slunk out of chnireh, lookitng very pae. Soon attotber followed, and presently ths. lder's pewv was empty, to the pewildermett f all but the contriver of the mischief. 'he latter slipped out of church quietly;and .with exultation beheld his perisecutors writh ing in all the agonies of a painful vomiting. IMPRassboNS AT FIRS'T sicrr.-Trhis sub ect being brought tup at the supper .table, was getting " talked over," when a lady who presided " o'er cups and tea," said, "-she~ lways formed an idea of a person at first sight, and that idea she found was generally a orrect one." "Mamma," said her youngest son, in a shrill voice, that attracted the attention of all presett. " Well, my dear, what do you want?" '- I want to know," said young America, " what you thought nwhen youfJrat saw mei" There was no answeor to this query ; but we learn a general titter-prevailed, and that Charlie' was taken into the kitchen inmme diately by the servant.--Forest City Demo- - Too GOOD TO BK LOT.-A fear days sine a good old lady of this city, meeting a farmer in our streets, on a load of -bay, inuired if it wvas for sale; on being atnswered in the aftirmative, she asked himi to turn his team around and drive to her, husband's yard, some quarter of a mile distant. H er request was complied with, and after reach ing the barn yard, the old lady informed him that she otly wanted a cent's'worth for her hen's nest, and that while he was throw ing it off' she woeuld step Into the house aud get the change ! 'The driver was ungallant enough ro curse the old lady and the hens, and refused to retail his hay. Portland Transerip. A lady, a regular "shopper," who had made an unfortunate clerk tumble over all the stockings in the shop-they were -fall goods-objected that none wvere long enough' "I want the very loingest hose that.or made." Then, madam, you had better apply to the next engine house." A Coras-rs...Goddenature, like 'ae 'bee, collets honey from every herb" ill-batifre like a spider, sucks poison from 'the piveteq flower.