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FOR THE ADVEaTI55R. Dfiisionof Edgefield,-No. 1,. Ma. EDItoR --It is not unknown fo-tany of your readers, that an. organized movement it now on foot to divide the Districts of Edgefield. and Barnwen, both judioially. and politienaIy. When my attention wnts-first directed. to the proposed diVion of these two Districts, I am frank to, acknowledge that my off-hand and un studied opinion was against it, but a thorough investigation of the subject has convinced me of my- error, and I am confident that a similar in vestigation will undeceive many others who are now opposed to it. As a warm supporter of the movement, I desire, with your permission, to present the justice and policy of it, in a series of articies, through the coluuns of the Adcer tiser. The feiend of Di-viion, being ennseibus of h:wing truth, and. right on their side,. boldly challenge a discussion of the question. But as it will reqsire several newspaper articles to devolope the merits of the subject, I for one, must leg the indulgence of being permitted to decline all controversy in the public prints until your readers shall have been put in possession of my whole argument.. To this, no one who is disposed to write against Division can fairly ob ject, as he would be a wise philosopher indeed, who could anticipate and reply to an argument. before he hears it. I hope, therefore, that I will not be interrupted-the more so, as 1 promise faithfully to respond to every argument which may be seriously advanced on the othekside. No man has a right to decline the consequences of his principles or his actions, and I do not seek to shun the responsibility of mine. On the contrary, I, in common with hundreds of others, warn the anti-divisionists to prepare for the com ing fight, as the question of " Division or no Division," will be an issue in all future elections in Edgefield. The Division party well know that they will have to encounter a strenuous, but interested opposition, both at home gd in the Legislature. The Members of that party are also advised, -from the uniform contempt with which their prayers and petitions have been re ceived, for the last thirty years, that even to carry the elections here would be but a skirmish of the outposts preparatory to the great battle, which must be fought in the Legislature, be tween the Upper and Lower Country, before they can hope to succeed in.their project. Hence they are determined, no longer to beg as a favor for the new Districts which they have a right to demand. Discussion and the ballot-box are the weapons with which they will hereafter fight. Disregarded prayers and petitions may continue to be used by the slaves, who are still willing to let aristocratic tyrants reign over them forever, but some at least of the independent freemen of Edgefield are tired of the incubus of a ['arish aristocracy and the sectional, selfish, Chinese policy, which the degenerate Barons of those Parishes have so long dictated to the up-Country of South Carolina. Yes, Mr. EDIroa, since Edgefield and Barn well are refused new Districts, not because it is right and just to refuse them, but imply be cause new Senators would also be demanded to represent them, as integral parts of the up. Country, we are disposed to enquire into the prescriptire right (for they have no other) by which our Parish Masters sent] ten or fifteen Members more to the Lower House than they are entitled to. and three times as many Sena tors as they can claim upon any principle of fair Representation. The Division party of Edgefield are driven then nolens rolens to side with the Mountain Distnce, where disaffection to the Parishes is spreading fast and wide. We want and must have new Electoral as well as newt Judicial Dis tricts, either by abolishing the Senatorial Rep. resentation of the Parishes as a section, or by extending the Compromise of 1808, so as to give each of our new Districts a Senator, and at the same time divide the larger Parishes of the low-Country into new Senatorisl Districts, so as still to let the "Queen City," at the head of the rice aristocracy, continue to lord it over the mountain democracy as she has always done. It would seem passing strange that our digntified kinsman of the Parishes should refuse even an extension of the Compromise, by which they hold the lion's share of both the powyer and the advantages of our State Govertnment. . Ne'er theless they will do it, and thereby drive us to examnine into the frail tenure by which they ex ercise a controlling authority over us. An in spection of thme title to this authority is all that is necessary to arouse the Up-Country from a lethargic dream, and as we are at peace now with our mortal enemy-Uncle Sam,-we may as well turn our attention for a time, to the in ternal affatirs of the Palmetto Republic, and see if there is not a beamt in our own eye. The present appotrtionment of Representa tion in South Carolina is a qnestion, as Mr. Tumosursos, of Abbeville, said in the dikeussion on the Bill giving Pendleton another Senator, that will not bear to be discussed. The Par ishmes cannot discuss it. They dare not discuss it, and though they fain would prevent us from diseussing it, yet we are forced to do it, fronm necessity and tyranny, and they mnust show sonme other title to the right of controling the State than that of mere prescription, which sounids in a republic, somewhat like the "divine right of Kings." They must measure territory, count population, estima~te property, point out the an tagonistic sectional interests which they allege exist, amid establish the truth of the supe.rior intelligence which they have always claimed for the Parishes. In fine they must rely more uipon themselves living-than their ancestors dead -must have some regard to the present condi tion of 'lhe two sections, as well as the past, admit both in practice arnd theory the Re publican principle of equality. The School Master has long been abroads in the " backwoods" and so many of (our moun tain Boors have learned to reaid and write, that they are disposed to demand the political power which has so long anid so unjustly been withheld from them. This increasing intelligence among us tmay greatly annoy the Parish Lords, the Charleston Mercury atnd the Southern Quarterly Review, but the cry that a little learning is very injurious to the welfare of the State is in vain. The School Master has already done his work, and the people are now pre paring to do theirs. In the discussion with reference to the proposed division of Edgefield, which necessarily involves the consideration of ouir whole State polity, no one who is at all familliar with the affinities of those journals-(.ereniry atid S. Q. Review) can doubt for a moment but that they will op. pose the project. The Mercury, it is trute, claims to be the organ of the State, against, the Fede r.il Government and all other foreign powers, but, whether its pretetisions to such a high rank are .recognized or nof, that paper is undoubtedly the organ of thme Parishes against the State Govern. muent, or rather against the Up Country. I havo it from reliable authority, that the circulation of that journal in South Carolina is quite small out of the Parishes, and as one proof of it, Bleaufort, Colleton and Orangeburg have no other organ. The Mercury can afford to prate of its favorite hobby "consercatism" in our existing State in stitutions as long as it omnly speaks for the six Parish Districts, which rule the State. But some either talisman must now be found, or at least legitimate reasons, causes and effects must be assigned for the preservation, in perpetuity, of the present arrangement. It would be but fair play, for the remaining twenty-three Districts, which constitute the "up country," to have a common and central organ also. But where shall we look for one ? How many papers in the up country are free from the blighting influence of office hiolders and office seekers, who are willing to sacrifice principle, for the Votes of Parish Representatives in the Legislature, which monopolizes the election oh every important officer in the State? We shall see Will the' Caroliniana, our natural mouth piece, speak for us, or will either of the new papers soon to lbe established in Columbia, champion our cause ? Any paper can mako its fortune by a bo'd and manly stand for the rights of the whole State. We ask for no aid save in a right eous quarrel, and what says tha Courijer or Standierd to battling in our behalf? The posi tion of these papers in the approaching struggle between the upper and lower country is anxious. ly looked for. That posilion, 1thenever it is taken, will tell a tale. Jt is a common retmark, thatt Charleston and, Greenville-the two ex tiemes of the State--sympathlise with each othet and always go togetber. This is perimps cor re. in :.. rcm....ho4. w Am it Rt a nolit ir-a? I fear that Chtrlt'ston leads the Parishes and de serts her Greenville allies, whenever and wherev er a domestic question is mooted. But the po sition which the Courier and Standard may take, will show whether my fears are-well found ed or not. It remains to be seen, whether either or both of these papers will defend the wrong, like the Mercury, or tide with the up cenltry in the right. Whether they wilt advobate the good of the whole State, or onlythat- of a part and whether they will contend for the right of six Districts to rule twenty-three, or maintain the tenable ground of givi-ng to each District only a full, fair and.equal representation, upon the joint basis of tenit-,ry, p.pulation and pro perty. Th's is all that we ask. Our papers must each and all soon take some position, for there is even now a marshalling of the rustic "Honsies," fram Barnwell to the N. Carolina line, with a view to unite their fort.es, and make a simultaneous demand on the Barons for a new charter. The division of Barnwell, Edgefield and Pendleton-the re-orgnnization of the basis of Representation-giving the-election of Preuidential Electors to the people-erectng a better Free School Svstem--establishing / Peietentiary-putting down the Militia System -publishing an edition of the Laws which coin mon people can rend and understand, and indeed, a dep:arture in several directions, front what is erroneously called "the settled policy of tVe Sta:c," becnuse it is in reality only " the settled pol:cy of the l'ar:4.es.' may soon be expected. Here is an abundance of work sketched, but the laborers are many, and the opponents of at.least some of these measures, will ere long have their hands full. But I am myself, mostly interested in the division of the District, and the readjust ment of our Representative system. These t wo meanres are indissolubly connected, and it is to thet that I propose to address myself. in the series of articles mentioned at the opening of this communicntion. Other engagements. or the absence of correct data, necessary to the proper consideration of these questions, but which I have taken steps to secure at an early day, may prevent me from appearing in each consecutive number of your paper. But I pledge my sin cerity, to publish the articles on "Division" and "4Representation," as fast as possible. In the meantitne, let those who oppose these two meas tres, arm themselves with fact nnd principles to meet some stubborn propositions. It is to be hoped that the argument will be exhtusted before the next nvass for the Legis lature begins. The Division party are resolved not to permit any more Candidates for their suf frages, to say that they have been supprised by having a measure prematurely sprung upon thein. Hereafter every Candidate for whatsoever office, must show his hand, or meet with the determined opposition of it numerous and solid phalanx of voters. HA RPER. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR, EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY 31 ARCH 1, 1854. Our Collector. Ma. M. E. WAUxFa is now abroad upon a collect ing tour for the " Advertiscr." We hope he will be kindly received by our subscribers, and dismissed with the needful" as precipitately as possible g. Communications from " A CITZ N," " Or. OF THlE CoMrANY," and "SgTEAM Eyous" have been received and are put on file for our next issue, Please Examine Dr. WILLI.A x F. Pa rTrs advertisement or Drugs, Chemicals, &c. It is upon the 2nd column or our 3rd page. We will just exactly agree to warrant ev.ery man's being satisfied and pleased who trades with him. As sure as gold is gold, so sore is M. F. PRAT-r the clear grit. Please try him. Mr. Boyce's Bpeech. WE have read with much satisfaction the capital speech of Hion. W. W. DorcE, recently delivered in Congress, upon the subject of the Tariff. Next week we will Jay it before our readers, with further com ments. " Butler Guarzds." WE are pleased to learn that a Volunteer Company has beeni recently organized, in our Mlanuifacturing Village of Graniteville, and that they have adopted the name of " Butler Guards" in honor of him who fell at Ch;uirubuse-o. The corps is under the command of Cuptain E. B. Ix.L,. They propose to make their first appearance in pub lic at the next general parade of the 7th Re-giment. A Strange Mis-hap. TitE Coach, whlichi is run by Messrs. InoJ & Doot.Ass bet ween Columbia and Edgefieldl, was on Saturday night last destroyed by fire. The accident occurred some three miles from this place, and nearly opposite our own front.gate ; we can therefore speak very knowingly on the stubject. About half past nine o'clock that night (it was a dark and a stormy one) we happened to tie standing in our back piaza, andi looking a uip the Columbia road," as we say on ou- side of the Creek. Two bright lights in the distance L.:ma'ted our notice. In a moment more we observed that ti~ey were in motion antd at once recognized them as the two lighters of the old Columbia Coach. We watched them until within a hudred yards of our house, when we turned in and soon fell asleep. About one hour thereafter, we were aroused by the shouting of our oman George, who an nounced in very excited tones, that a carriage or some thing of the kind was burning up in the big road. We were startled, and jumping out of bed, rushed into the front stoop of our domicil, with the household at our ees, to ascertain the true state of the case. And there, sure enougth, was a brilliant fire lighting up the scene. By this time George, with some other boys, had reached thme burning vehaicle, and it was ascer tained to be really the Coach aforesaidi. it was then nearly consaumed. The Mail-bag and contents were entirely horned up, we suppose. if w'e are not mis taken, the mail lock was picked tup afterwardls from amidst thte remains of the vehicle. T1he Coach, when discovered thus, wasn on its side, a complete tupset, while the unlucky Driver lny smne little distance off, apparently lifeless. After long continued friction in a warm room, we succeeded in restoring him to par tial sensibility, but could obtain from him no account of the cause of the disaster. True to his trade, his first call upon reason's return was for his "' whip and his hob-tail nag." .It is next to imnpun.-.ihe, that the poor fellow could have been crimainally instrumen tal in bringing about the destuctioin of his Hack. It was, beyond, a doubt, a pure mishap. T1he horses were found next morning a mile or so off, having taken with them the fore whteels of the vehicle. And so endethi the narrative of the conflagration of Messrs. WARDo & DO'O LAss' Columbia and Edgefiuel Coach. Since the Driver's complete restoration to his senses, he states that about opposite our house his horses took fright at what -seemed to be a moveable fire in the road, (a regular Jack-with-allantern we fancy,) and ran out of the road upon a bank of earth, thereby up setting the Coach. The lamps are supposed to have been filled with Catmphitne, the furious burning of which extended to the combustibles of the Coach anti soon threw thme old establishment into a very bright process of spontaneous combustion. We regret hosing our Colombia mail, ano are sorry for the accident, on the Contractors' and Driver's account; but the real Bonnet to Spring. [ FROM OtR tA CH:iNF...I TnE Winter's blast has past at last, and birds are chirping merrily-while yaller flow'rs put forth their poes to deck the gardens cheerily. Soon 6-illth plow-boy's matin song anmnoutnce the planting season -while buds will pop ad lambs will hop without knowing the reason. Old folks will feel from head to heel a brisker circulation-w hile pen and topgue will fail the young, t'express their delectation. Good farmers all, to you we haul, and beg you to make haste, and plant big craps of corn and- sna-ps, and have good things in waste. "iHurra" for Spritng, " hurra" we sung, from morn till shadowyre-Now zephyrs blow and babies crow, while Boreas takes hisi leave. " Hurrafor Spring" sweet genial Spring--with all her "rosy-beoom'd h~ors."-Strike-struke the lyre and sing with fire, of "waoonlight. music, love and A Noble effort-The Ladtes acting. THE.Legislature of South Carolina having failed to erect a Monument to JoHN C. CALNOUN, and the men of South- Carolina seeming indisposed to. unite upon any given, plan for achieving this most. becoming and lionorable work, the ladies have resolved to take-the business in hand and to push the noble undertaking on to completion. It was in Charleston that this pa triotic impulse seems first to have moved upon the generous hearts of Carolina women; and we doubt not that the effort set on foot by the ladies of our Queen City will meet a responsive echo from their high-souled sisters of the up-country. To the ladies or Edgefield we would respectfully make a remark or two, in regard to to this matter Your District was primarily instrumental in placing JoHN C. CALHnouN in the political pathway which he afterwards pursued on up to the top-most summit of renown. And Jou C. CALHOUs ever looked towards Edgefield and the people of Elgefield with the warm est feelings of gratitude and esteem. Is it not there fore natural, will it not indeed be beatuiful. to see the "better half" of our District moving hand in hand with the foremost in this proposed work of love ? Your fathers and grand-fathers, women of Edgefield, saw and recognized, and appreciated, the first gle-amings of CA.uoux's transcendant genius, and they eargerly assisted in lifting it to an eminence from which its brilliancy might radiate with effect. In return, lie has given to the country, perhaps the greatest of re corded nn'mes, and has ennobled the State of his na tivity in the eyes of all impartial beholders. Having done so, lie sleeps, after his life-loag conflict, in the silentgumh. To honor the memory of him who has thrown such bright reflected lustre, not only upon S. Carolina, but upon the American Union, it is now proposed, by many of your own sex, to erect a Mont ment worthy of CAr.anou, worthy of South-Carolina, worthy of the elevated principles which the man and the State have together rescued from utter destruc. tion. Will you avoid the hallowed undertaking. gen erous ladies of Edgefield t Will you, the descendants of those who gave the first impetus to the carreer of this great man, this statesman of world-wide celebrity, now shun the grateful task set before you t Never, never let it be said. Now then is the time to act. While others are con tributing, nccording to their means, to the CA t~nous MoNuMENr, you also have the opportunity to do so. Let each and every one, matron and maid, whether poor or rich, prepare her donation. Let it be sent to ouraddress. We are the regularly commissioned agent of one wio is a " Directress of the Calhoun Monu ment Association,'' and we will return a properly signed receipt to each subscriber as soon as her con tribution shall come to hand. We anait the pleasure of the ladies, and we await it with confidence.. When the reputation of old Edgefield is thus thrown into their keeping, those of them who have control over fathers, husbands .and brothers (and which one of them has not?) will see to it that. no sordid or selfish considerations shall be permitted to attach a stain to our fame. We await the ladies. Columbia and Hamburg Rail Road. TaE Carolinian, of the 20th ult., urges upon the, towns of Columbia and Hamburg the neecessity of put ting Engineers to work immediately, upon the rate of the chartered Rail Road which is to make a diirect roninection between thoee two places. It sems that the Wilmington and Manchester Company have al ready taken this initiatory step, tinder a similar char. ter, granted to them during the late session of our Le gislature. We agree with our cotemporary as to the importance of having the ,survoy of the Columbia and hamburg Road entered upon 'at once. 'If we are not entirely in error, te superior merits of this latter route will be so palpably exhibited, after an accurate sur vey, as to place the Wilmingtean and Manchester con itnation (hy cuontrast) in thle category of absurdities. Let us not be uenderstood, in penning this supposition, as beineg at all inimical to said continuation. We are more thaan wailling that it shaoauld be made, if the Ceam j-any interested deem it judicious. At the same time we must be permitted to express our contiadent expects tion that the respective routes will stand, the one to the other,."llyperion to a Satyr." Fear tha weal eaf all parties then, we beg leave to urge upon our fellow. citizens, of. Haamburg especially, the great proepriety of seconding heariily any proaposition' w hich may coime from Columbia, having in view an immedinate survey of and determination upon the proper route for the up per Rnesd. Would it not be well,mnreover,-fur the Ridge neigh bl-rhood to hrold a meeting for the purpose of parofenng aid in setting on foot this introductory work ? That their immediate section will be in the. direct course of the roaute to be eventually fixed upon, we cannot doubt. And yet it may be very important, for the assuring of this result, that genalenuen in that direction shoauld make themuselves perompt and efficient aidlers anal abaet tors of the projec in all thae minutiie of its progress. We htope they wt ndo so. They have the means, they have the intelligence, and we earnestly trust they will not be hacking in the eanergy.n hieha will be requtiredl to shape ths underta king to the great advantrage of them selves and their children. -" A word to the wvise" ouaghat to be sufficient. This thing of hemminag atnd htawing and procrastinating, whien every thting is astir and all are grasping eagerly fer the advantages of the rushing tidle, is often fatal to the he4- inte-rests of acoanmunity. We advocate can-. tiean where a step in te dark is proiposed. Buat where a glaance atone is sufficienat to shaew the feasibility of any projectedl enterprise, we believe as stroangly as ancy onec else in qutick and reselute ac-tioan. An accession to the Corps Editorial. WVE observe that Colonel JoniN CtNNEcNenaast. of Charlestoan, hats divided the .Eveninag Netos with Mr. PAroN, its hitherto proprietor, and is to be-come its Eitorin-cheief. Mr. CAnneozA, who is justly ranked as one of the veterans of rte Press in.Soth Carolina, will countinue to snpply a portion of the editorial mat. ter of this pepaiar-shieet. It is with maich pleasearo en t e welcome Colh. CUN isnO~AM into the fratereaity and recoammend his paper to the support ofaour friends in thtis part oaf the State. As highly s wye leave hercuofbere esteemed the Charleston EcenaingJ Nce, we shall hecreafter look to it with ten fold interest. Hig-h prices of Provisions. Taiu war bet eveen Riusia and Turnkey, or the Fates combined, or the Platak Road to (hamburg, or the pov ery of our cocuntry generally, or somethinag else is playing the mischief with otur Village nmarket. Never a gohaler cames along beat a dollar and half must be had fur him, nor an English duck hut three shillings are put down as lain fixed valne, nor a chaicken (no Sanighai, taut thae comnmone'st kind of a Doaminican,) for wc haich at least twenay-five cenas is noretdemandeed. Our butecher has to pay six cents for beef. Corn enn not be l'ad for less than a dollar per btusheh. Oat. coanmandl seventy-five cents. Fodder goes occasion ally over one dollar per hundred. Flour is at ten dol lars per barrel, and for extra brands a little more. Now put all these facts together, and we have an awful state of affaire..-awfal! By Jinigo, gentlemen, let'se call a meeting and protest againast the Russian .war, or else ask soeme good old Salint Bonlface toe in-. terede with the Fates for us, or else petition all Tur. keydom and Chickendom to propagate more ahbun danthy, or else (whcich may be considered best by some, not by us) learn, like thec Irishmani's-horse, to do with out eating. The Tragic muse. TaAGEny is the highest department eof the Drama; and female exchilence in this departmeint may perhaps be regarded as one of the razost of rare things. The world has knowna hut one Mrs. Stos, andl even respectable imitators of her magnificent style have been few and far between. So we jnidge from what the kntowing ones of earth have said and put in print. Of course reference is only had to the English stage. In France, the Tragic art lias but now, as it were, at taned its meridian ia the person of Mladame RAcunt, an actress whaose advent to our shores Is at thai. time looked fur weith nmucha interest. The tragIc muse in Italy hasa her votaries chiefly among the Operatic Prima Donnass. In America, we have as yet no Tra gic aotress whaohasuapproachedl thte pinnacle of fame in her profession. There is at this time, heowever, one MfArItDA LIESon upon the baoards in San Francisco, California, who promises to rival the very greatest of tragic artiste's. A ccounts, taken from Sana Francisco papers, annd sanctioned by prominenat A tlantic jouar nals, represent leer as a prodigy uof genius. Shte lias been only four years upon the stage, atid is already holding immense audiiences entranced by the exquisite power andl naturalnessa of her delgnentionts. 31st~ao. Mnriv rmay yet haneg leer cheoicest 1aearhls iarounid the necks oh' ouar own fair wvomuen. In this, as itn every thig else but governretr and moeney-making, Aameri -~ * 5 .' f5 The *e~i erent Powers. Tux Russian and Turkish war, contrary to the peaceful characteristicg of the age and all the antici pations of the astute,-seems now nearly certain to. be come a mighty actuality. Between the parties in chief, the almost universal opinion is, that the criminality of the isMne lies en tirely at the door of Czar NIcuoLas. It is not de nied that his course toward; the Ottoman Empire, like that of his predecessors, has been unjust and op pressive in the extreme. Before the world at large then, the Turks have 'the 'morale' of-resisting an overbearing tyranny. 'The apologists of NicnoLAs may say, in extenuation of ins rapacity, that he is only stretching forth hissirm of power forithe aggan dizement of his country and the weal of his subjects.. Be this tras nr not, it aflihrds no sufliicint excuse for the flagrant infringement of the rights of a fellow sovreign. Russia is unquestionably in the wrong, while Turkey occupies the vantage gromid of the injured party. c The inse of this war gives glorious scope to the minds and imaginationseofsspeculators a'nd prophets. the world over. Some-say with perfect confidence that Russia must eventurdly crush her weaker eneny. While others, looking tothe prowess then far displayed by the Sultan's soldierf and to the combined aid of England and France, prophesy with equal certainty, that the Russian )mperor will find it better at the last to retire within him-proper domain and leave the Turks alone. The true; result no. mind, save One, may discover. Of all the grent powers of Earth, that of Russia is -least understor.d in its capaci:ies' and resources. A vague idea of their, immensity, without any positive knowledge of detnils, is prevalent throughoutChristen dom. An able writer in an English Review of high standing has recently given statements, deduced from various authornties, which tend to cast a doubt upon this generally received opinion. It is admitted that little. is known of the Russians in England, or indeed in the countries nearest ndjoin ing them. This is owing chiefly to the policy, which his been long adhered to of excluding strangers from their inteior.y all. manner of restrictions, prohibi tions and impediptents.' As a consequence, what we know of this extensive. Empire is pretty much what its autocrat may choose to tell us. It is natural that he should magnify and embellish in his own favor. The Czars, for a hundred years, have been sagacious men; and, asfar as historic representationr could im press the world around with a sense of Russian might, they have doubtless made the expedient tell to the fullest extent. It is right that information; tls con veyed should be takeag$lti many grains of tillowance. And, thus reasoning, it may be that the immensity of Russian strength and means is rather an exaggeration than a stubborn reality. The impressions upon trav elers in this respect are almost always received at the Court of St. Petersburg, where an overwhelming splendor is continually sustained. There too, under the immediate eye of the Demi-god in power, the superb array of Imperial Troops must be grand to look upon. But if there be any truth is sundry ac counts given by impartial writers oft, the delorably undeveloped condition of the Russian interior, and of the brutal ignorance and grovelling spirit of the Rus sian masses, it may yet he proven, in the course of the very conflict which is now progressing, that a skillful deception has been practiced upon the world by the shrewdness of Rusian diplomacy, and that Russian invincibility is one of those senblances which have grown, by continued repetition and acquisence, into something very like the truth. The same writer, to whom we have alluded above, speak. oft the universal corruption of the employees, and especially the Commissaries of the Russiani army department-of the consequent wretched enndiiion of thse soldiery, beyond the reach of the Emperor's im mediste surveilance-of the di'affectinn of many of the Rnssian provinces, andi of the probability' thart they may profit by the first good occasin to reclaim their st nationality. These several statenmento seem prope~iy vouc-hed by our Revie'wer andI are exhibited in erlenso with much appearance of reason arid trut-h, We make mere mention of them as beiing something fresh. And yet, after all-the Reviewer's argiumenta n11n, he winds tip this particular brasncha of hi.s article by a tolerably full and yee candid admisasiont of Rus sian strength. We let- h' gejlak for hiao-elf: " It must not he supposed that by these remarks we rhink )ightly of the real power of Rtussia if once fairly pitt forth ini a struggle fur empire or for niatissnal exist ishce. On the contrary, we deemi her inavincible :m her own ground, and in her interior. A Eutrope-an war might tear away nany of her recent usndigested acqsisi tionis, bnt could not harm her life. Sic~ she has with out limit ; and she wosuld spendl theta all in a coantest s.f lifeand death. Money she couald psrobsaly secure r'am somse iquarter or other ;and a bsene-ver practica ble, she would make wise support war. $he will probably be always worsted in a first campaign, ow iig to her scandalous commissariat, and ihbhezaiversal cirrprion and peculation whit-h eats a way her re soureu; hut as soon as the struggle h-caine serious and vital, anal the Emiperaar girded on hais armnar fosr the strife, we should prolrmbly see the seale iuneda against any sinegle antaunnist by the mere barute force of nnn-nhers,iand thle hiardihoosd aiad insensibility which disiinguishes the aluscoite populationr." Of Turkey, it seems to be qnite as difflcult, to find out ansy thing with accuracy. as it is in the case of her Colossal enemy. . A notion of decrepit. weaknaes, has beets as generally entertained in regard to her power as Isas the idea of invincible strength attached ita Russia. We see it now stated fir the first timne, that of late years a monentons chaange has cerme over ilhat costry-that " a fresh spirit now pervades her inte-r nal adminaistrat ion-thast a tnew-born vigu stow pre rides over both her millitary' anad finiane-isi policy,. wi-hs has arrested the progress of her decline anid gives hope of a future very different from the past." A. to her readiness fur defence, an army of 400,000 men, well equipped, amply provisiouned anid adtnirably drilled, is a circumstance of note even by the nirle of Russian naumbers. Besidles, the Turks are proverhsi ally brave, arid this time they fight in a good cautse. The utmosst zeal for national independence seems now tos perviade the remotest Turkish provimses, all of which are pouring int thseir contingents with patriotic prompiituode. The revenue of Turkey is also said to. be rapidly augmnenting. That Turkey has thuc far, in this greatquarrel, acted with as combinationt of pru dence and firmness highly creditable to her, is an ad mitteid fact. - And it is well known thaat up so ilse last dlates of intelligence from the Eastu, her armies have been gloriously victorions. Upon the whole, it might yet he that Turkey shall he able to withsstaind the lussian hear single-handed. And with the armies oaf Englnad andI France, and the financ'ial fac-ilities which may be u fyorded her by thsose ntatisos, we sould ay that-her sueces-might at heast be placed upun the li t of Lighily probable events. A wonl or two now as to the relative eeirobeness of Rutssian or Ottoman success.I Upon tue broad ground of right aspinst might,~ every statesman, who recognixes such a thintg as politicasl morality, must side-with the Turks. But inmlepenidett of this grotund, there are some reasons fosr wvishsing sur cess to thi- Ottoman arms, arising frosm other consider ations. The belief is commosn that the Mussulman tramples opon the Christian, wherenas the linissian pro tets andI cherishes hIm. The trssh seems to he that thu ChrIstians who look to Christ as their had anid retain, in some degree, the purity of the Gospel, re cive no proteotion from the Czar: on the contrary they are said to be the subjects of the fierest Rus~ian persecution. It Is that branuch of Cli ristiansm a hu look to the Crar as their head, who are given to supersti. titus observances and fornms, who in short are lit tle better thtan Pagans and idolaters, w hk-h experiences the fostering care of Russia. In Turkey, no such dis tintion is made; and, although no'ne are expressly protected, yet none are expressly persecuted. Even then in thin religious aspect of thiscontroversy, It may well be that there are no sufficient reasons fur leaning to the side of Russia.-Again, it is very qluestionable weter the lands now-undler the novreignty of the Sutan wonld be improved itt the least by thie usurped dominion of Russia. It is 'very certain that thie sub Ijects themselves desire not the change. We close thee dlesultiary remarks with a forcible passage upon ths point, from the article already qusoted : " That her goverenme-nt" (that of Tuirkey) "his bash, we admnit; but the deadening, benumnbing, Iron rule of Astria would be far worse. And who that has read in De Custine, Olipthant, or thte "Bris'1 Residlent In the Frontier land.," the picture of Mlsusotvite ad miaistration in the nnhappy territoies subject. tos Its away.-ilhe corruption, the oppressioin, the insolence, the severity, thse stupidity, which blighst their huppi tess and annaul their resources,-wvho that has seen ven a small portion af thin pervadir g espioanage, the brutal despotism, thin Imbecile erunelty, the inensrable narrowness, withs which Asttria treards down all the tobher life sasd all she healthier energies ef Gallicia, Boheia. Lombardy, and H~ungary, would for the wealth of 'worlds hay upon their canscience the sint of bringing fresh illions under such ruinous andI besot coneummation, even by a word. The barbarism of Oriental ignorance is bad enough, but the barbarism of soi-dixant civilisation is far heavier and More fatal, because more- penetrating, more subtle, immeasura hlv more powerful, beyond: calculation more hopelesse and incurable. The first may retire before. the gradual influence of contact with European art and-knowledge ; the latter will aive way before nothing short of a bloody and unsinring revolution. The Turks do not hinder the ouliure and enlightenment of their people ; there is nothing to- prevent the Greek. ant Selavonian subjects of the Sultan from becoming so. prosperous, so well-edneated, so-civilised, in short, that no barbs rous gnvernment could wrong th.-m down,-or could remain barbarous when their influenee was broutght t. hear upon it. Bit A'ustaia and Russia, as is ton well known, deliberately and on systemn. employ alb' the re-istless enginery of Church and State in repress mental development, to crush. intelleetual freelon% to render impossible all real enlightenment or lofty culture.-to retain, in a word, their wretched people in that low and level condition of mediocrity and tor. par which alone is compatible with~a. leaden autoera, cy like theirs. Georgia Logisisturo. Tats body, says the Auome Gazette of the 22nd' tt.. adjourned on Friday last. The session has been a long tine. nearly three months, and a feeling seems to prevail that there on ha to be a return to Annual ses ions. Among the e msing nets of the present session was the passnee of a resinition favoring the passage of Douglas' Nebraska bill by Congress. We observe, moreover, that the Hon. A. J. MtLt.E (who has long been a conspicuous and tseful member of the Georgia Assembly, in both its branches) has written a letter, since his return home, withdrawing entirely from public life.. A more energetic or a more eicient man than A. J.31ILt.s'a is hardly to be found in our sister State ; and we opine it will not be very long before his ability will he called to exercise itself upon the more enlarged arena of Federal politics. The Georgia Legislature during its recent season passed about four hundred Acts. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. NEW Yoax, Feb. 25. The Europa has arrived. Sales of the week, sixty thousand bales: fair Orleans, according to %lilligatn's Circular, 6 1.2; middling, b 7-8; fair Uplands, 6.1-4; middling, -5 5.8. A good de mand and stifler prices. Speeuhitors took thelve thousand and exporters six thousand bales. No reply has yet arrived from the Czar as to his final ulimatuin to France and England. Count. Orloff left Vienna on the 8th, direct for St. Petersburgh, his mission having ftiled. Rain ifientions of a Greek conspiraey had been discov ered widely throughout Turkey and crushed. On the Dmiube there has been it rather severe encounter at Gnieero but without result. Anot h erattack ot Knalaitt was daily looked for. Omar had recovered from sickness. The arny on the Danube was in good healith and spirits. Nothing new from Asia. The allied fleets were immedi ately to re-ender the Black Sea. The Anbassa dor5 were much dissatilied with the fleuts' raturn to the Bosphorns. The Emperor of Russia was sick, and hnd not been seen for some days. A change is reported in the Russian Ministry. Mauhatned Ali, the ttltan's brother.in-law, was reported to. superseded by Ris'a Pacha, and and Achmet succeeds Risea as Captain Pacha. Some doubt is thrown on this. . Great Britain and France-continue to increase their armaments on an entensive scale. The ship W. H1. Davis, from Liverpool for New Orleans, was totally lost on the 28th of January on the Island of Barra, west end of Scotland. All hands. except the steward, were lost. France is making extensive financial arrange mnits.to meet the expenses of the coming war. FEARZFUL FIRE AT ORANGEBRG.-At half pst one on the mornaing of Tuesday latst. the innblitnts oif the village of Oratngeburg were ;ronsed from their- slumbers by~ the cry of fire, and htastening forth, they fonnid the iddle store of Mr. Treadwell, and the store of M r. Collins wrapped ini flames. In spite of nll their exertions the fire epread with fury, and .soon extended t-> Mr. Treadwell's newly fintished atoire, likewise o his oild store, thettce to the shop of Mir..Jones. to the two stores of air. Louis, and to Mr. Star. chant's sto're. The devouring element also seized the offie of Dr. Rowe, the kitchten and negro houses of air. L. Adlden, Mr. Briggmuian, Mr. John Adden anud Miks Wise. The groce ry, dry godsamud middle store of Mir. Bull,' we~re soon. all in flamtes as was likewise the store of !sir. Win. Ednety. We regret to state thait the whole of the builditngs we ha~ve enutmerated were eta. tirely consumnd before the fire wats subdued. By great exertions the stores andau dwellintg house of Mr. Beatch, and the dwellings of Mr. Ordendorf and air. Josteph Harley were saved. The loss is very heavy, particularly to Mir. Lous anud Mr. Treadwell. The otnly parties who had their properties in .ured wvere Sir. Col lis and Mr. Briggman. Homea property sawed at groat risk from the tire wazs afterwards stolen It is a subject otf congratulatign to be able to stte thlat nii one was seriously Urt. The inh: bitants of Ora ngebutrtg look with entlm ness and courage ote the calamtityv that has befid Ir. themi, and reekoin within two vears timte to see thetir villaige- risen as it were from .its ashes -Charleston. Mercury, 24th intst. HEAVtL RouaaEY.-The Thomasville (Geo.) Wachmana,.-msai:-We leatrn that that hon-e ot 3r. .l-Atmus G'soovas, .sotme five tmiles front Groverille, in this cotunty, was enttere~d on Wednaday night lust byv somte personi or pros and live or six thtonsa nd dhollars in tmotiey sitle, mong which w:.s abont thirtyv-three onie- hnn-i dred dollk:r bills, mostly on the Mariac attd Fire Insratnce Batik of Saivantnah.. 31.n.. G~oovER wis riot iat home a't tlte lttle. No. ohine hats as yet been had as to who the thief or thtieves were. Col. WV. Hi. HuNT of Newberry, wa~s elected tar the 18th1 intst., Mijtor. of~ the DeKalb Squad ron, South Catrohinia Cavalry. THE ALLED FLEET.-Thte signial of the Engli.h Admairal IDundas on enterinig the Black Seat was---Our duty is to protect the Ottomuana marine anad Territory from all inggessions to the ~mnire.' ____________ A wFUr, DF.AT.-A taost tratgical tale is told of the sufferintgs of lhree soldiers of a de tahentt of thle 69th Regimtent, ntow stattitned tt Tottoha, anti a black man, whto got into a boat, with the soldiers itt the inltn:ionu of deser ting, und gettitig oiver-to Crab Islanad. aund from thnce, as opportunity offered, to Anmeric . A f or a while, the witid arisitng, thety were drivens out of thetir coturse, antd so remained itt the tipen bot foar several days without food or water. At lenigih onte of the soldiers proposed to dratw lots, thant one shoultd be killed to ftuis~h food for the others. They did so, aind ite lot fell upon fThomuas Etnckley, onme of the soldiers, wh'lo forthwith biound up his arm, ad opened a v'em to bleedi himtsehf to death ; one of the others, and the bhatok man sucked his blood, and atfter wards wvent raving maid, and jumped itnto. the sel. Bluckley abko died, and there rematined only onte soldier ont of the party in theo boat, Wiiamu Lennion, who threw the.dead body into tte sea, latshted thec helmn anad lefl thimsehf to his fte. ie hatd not tiasted any of Buckley's blotod, becuse, according to his own statemuent he haid been his comr:.de. A fter 11 days driftinig, the bot wais drivetn on the coast of St. Dom;ingo, and conist.guard fotund the survivor, iand after givitg htim refreshments. sent htim to Jatemel to the Englishl Consutl, before whom lie made a re lattion of the faets as a bove, ndi lie wasa sent back to Tortoha in the steamer.--Barbadoes pa. Snoo.T'IsG CHALLENGE ExTRAORDiNARY. John Travis, in New Orleans, hias anecepted the folwing remarkaubloelhallange froma Mr. Bterthn L Rhodes: Rhodes bets t ratvis $1,000 to $80Q, that lie (Travis) eaot, withina 90 days, produce a living man, statnding thtirty-six feet from the sid Tratvis, will allow htim (Travis) to shoot with a pistol (off-hand) an apple plauced on the said livinig mani's head--the apple not to exceed 4 inches in circumferencee. Tate said Travis is to have three shots att the apple, aind lie must hit tho apple onice to win the match, If lie does not hit thse iapple, or if lie hits the man, Rhodes wins, attd the man (or rather the fool) loses hist head. FIRE.-A fire broke out about balf past elevetn o'clock, last tnight, itt a two story fraumo btildintg on the cornier of Ellis and Elbert streets, the property of F. Miulamui and occupied by J. W. Wighitmana. The building was destroyed. The fturniture waus neatrly all satved. We untder stad that the house was insured in the Soauthernt Muttutial Insuratnce Comnpany. . Fb 5 Atigust~a -,Conititutinnlist Fb 5 From the Southern Christian Advocnte. MEMOIE OP MES. REBECA 8. PENH. TnE suetiuing and sanetify'ing inflnence of MIal piety was so illustrated and exemplified in the character. and lie of the Indy whose nname 1ppears above. an to warrant t11e tribute which i heart-brken husband rrmv pays to her memo. ry. She departed this rie, at Edgefield C. H.,. S. C., vn the 26th January, irr tlio 3'th vear-of her age- In early life, during her fouirteenth tear, she found peace with God through faith ir Jesus. and making a profession of religion, she jeined the Baptist communion nder the minis try of the Rev. N. W. Hodges. She was twice manpied. 11er first husbatnd wats Mr. Roebert Cres well,a ihwyer-ofdi4tineiimn, with whom she went to the State of Mississippi. Death soon blight. e d her early hopes and left her a wido.w amongst strangers in a distant landt and she returned to her native home. In 1840 she was married again. By her first marri-age she had one inter esting daughter who entered into rest before her. She has left behind a brusken-hearted hus. band, five interesting little children, one step. theghter, one sister and a numerous circle of frie:ds to mourn their lone. She was it woman of no ordinary cearncter. Endowed with strong powers of miind. and posse..sed of a remarkably ready and retentive memnory, her nature was one in which was united energy with gentleness. Sheeame up so fully to the standard of her duty, that those who knew her intimately re garded her with the higlh-st admiration. Econ. omiet in her habits. moderate in al her desires, laborious nud constant in all herd'omestie duties, she added to a naturally anii:able dispshion, the hallowing influences of a genuine and deep piety. Benevolence was a prominent feature of her heart and on her tonno was The law of kindness. The sick and Iestitute ever found in her a warmt and consistent friend. She wits naturally ofVa lively and seinble disposition; delighted in the society of her numerous friends; and endeavoured to make all arotind her happy. She was faithful in the disehtrge of al her dt. ties in the various relations in which the provi dence of God cnlled her to act ; and particularly in her religious obligations. In humility and meekness she endeavoured to follow the Saviour as her bright example. His name, his word. sed his worship were treasured tip in her heart's holiest affections, his people were her compan. ions. She loved the Church and the ordinances of the Chiebic, .nd in her house the ministers of Christ were always welcome. In the year 1842 she obtained a letter of dismission from the Baptist Church of which she had long been a faithful memher,.and united herself with the M. E. Church.at-Edketield C. 11. She was induced to take this step that she might be more inti mately associated and connected in her religious enjoyments with her husband, who was then a cla-t-leader in the Methodist Chtrch. The noble traits of charneter which she devel oped during the years of affluence and prosperi ty were in the providence of God refined and purified by affliction and stffering. Her hts. band was once the possessor of an ample fortune, a large portion of which he received by marriage front her. By nunieronts misf.rtunes and rever ses in trade he was redieed fron a state of af flnence to poverty: and in 1818 all they posses ed of this world's goods was snrrendered and sold to pay his debts. And now her Chris tiana graces and noble qualities displayed themselves with the brightest lustre. At one time amidst the heart-reneing scenes through which she was called to pass during the sale of the property, having surrendered every article that she pos sessed on earth, her poor heart was over-whelm. d with grief for a time, when site was informed that his creditors were uniwilingfor her to keep even a bed and stindry other small artic-les which the law unennity allowed in, such eses. It was indeeed painfuel to leer to realize the awful truth, that there was nto sympathy for a wife in eirenmatances so distressing. But not a weird of mturmnr or complainit ever eseaped her lips. A'etd in all the reverses of fortuine through which shte was entle~d to paess. site ever trusted in tie goodneess and mercv of God. She had an un shakent faeith ini his'pronmise%,sand believed that ho would prouvide for all her'wints. The conso ling words of- the Psalmist were always sweet tnd pregiones to her hcert, and she always used them * ' ThesLord is. my Shepherd, Ishia npte want." - The energies of her strong and' active mind and tier neible qualities were neow deveheiped itt an extraeorditnary degree. She was thankful to her hteavenely faiher feor the blessing eel heenlth, and ther greatest desire to live, was that she might be 'nsefuel to her heusband in the midlst of his aedversity in helping thim to provide for the wants of a growing famtily. And in the midst of tier daily' and conitantt lablour, site wats patienit, resigned, always ha~ppy, antd cheerfully fulfillinig every deity. Ente in time order of iniserntable proevidence shec was enlle~d to pass thtrotugh scenies eof suffer ing anid affliction more intte'nse than any she had ever endurced. Fear neaerly twvo years site was aited with a paiinfult, lintgerintg.'anid mail'tinn disease, that butliede the skill of thte imost emini ent phvs ecinn s. Her a nesions hutsbaind untd at teniiv e phyisiciatns did all1 they conled ; kited frieds dait tiiniistered to he'r comfort and wants. The pure air anid wvaters of our monntnin regions were resorted to, lent all te nee, purpose15. Tlhe disease gradually waested. away- leer once vigor. tns constitiution. The sieerinig site was enehled to endure etnnot bee described. Bitt site never mrminered nor competlained aet the ways- tf provi dence. HeIr faith wats stroeng, antI she believed it wats all for the best. Having coimmitted hier. self into the hands of a merciful God, she pa. tiently' endurede all that lie permeitted to conme upon her, beelievineg that it would w4ork out for her ai far moore exceeding aend eternal weigt of glory. Site never seetmed to be gloomy or de jeetedl, but wets always eaten and cheerful and ad at smile for every one whto might, visit hter sick ehtambler, sitd see she conitinued to flee last. She was fregnently visited by mini-terinig brthren who prayed with her ud spoke to tier the words ofconsol-,tion. They always found her trqu'l send pteacefuil anud resigned tee the illI of God. Sceei months before tier death the holy cmtunion wvas sadmninist.-red tee leer in her roome by leer be'd-side bey Brie. Pitcketi, ini ctmpa-. ny with a nuembe'r of leer brethiren send sisters. It waes a prec'ions seneson. Her ownt soul was greatly blessed and streguhened anud the whole ceempa'nly were completely overwhelmed with the presence send power oft Geed. As shte uipproneted leer end shte expressed soec apprehenesiones aboutit the paeins ande agonies tef deiihi:wheich she apperehenuded oight he gr'et, and prayled that gree mtighet'be given, he'r in the last. conteliet. 11er prsayer was' graeionsly ans wered. A more calm aned peaiceful. desathe waes never witnessed. Severid1 weeks bee'forueher deth she becamine.sensible thact tier dissolution was near at heand, thtather seuffe.rinegs wvonld soone be enede'd. She desired to take lencre of tier loved ontes whitlt she hisd sf'rengthe of body and mined to give theme her dyitng ceounsel. Shte still felt those, strong ties of aflfectionelhat hound leer to the earth. It was heard feor a fond wife' toe part with leer devoted hiusbaind. It was heard for a mother to give up the cheildrene shte so sir retly loved send leave them meitheerless. But through mighty -and eartnest prayer to leer he:ev ely father this graece was impaerted to her after fod na'ure head struggled barth aned long. She nlled leer weepeing hutsbaend and dear little chil dren around leer bed anid emubraicing each one, she gave them her dying advice, and exhorted theem to necet her in henven. She had now de liberrehy set leer honse in order and had com mitted sell leer interesta Into the heapds of a kiind and merciful God, and was ready to do and suffer his will. She ceantined to mainfain a sweet and heaven ly comeposure of mined to the Iast. To her to ive was Cherist and to die was gain. Death lead truly teust his stineg. ."My trust is in God," she would oftcen say' " and he lias never disappointed me. Through a life of afflictioin metd sorrow he tas been with me. I have been ine great straits, but never have been deserteed., My bread lens been given me and my water thas been sure ; and [ know theat he will support me to-the end ; nor will ho desert e in the valley and eshadeow of deaeth." Thus animated and comforted by the gree of God antd enjosying a hope fult of immor aL'ity she wvas wonderfully sustained from day to day, upon the bed of langntishing, and all her bed was made in her siekness. At length the solemn period arrived when the head to pass throuegh thes last eonfilet. The disease head renoehed the citaedel of lit'e and the :old hand of death was upon leer, .but she was A solemn and affecting and never will be forgotten by thee who stood around her dying bed. Her mind was strong and dear to the very moment of her departure. It was midnight. Hir kind and attentive physician was at her bedside to miniiter to her comfort. She ealmly.asked him the' our of the night; and feeling a little pain in one of her arms, which was all she suff red of the p-ins of death, she asked him to give her a lttle morphine; but'she was not able to-swal low it. Then in testimony of her nudying love' for her weeping husband she pressed him to her bosom, whilst sinking in death.- Being asked' by him if she was still peaceful and happyand and felt that her Saviour was precions to her in a dying hour, she warmly pressed his hands,and' 4 bowed her head with a sweet and heavenly smile upon her countenance, in token...thnk all was well. Her dear litie childrenwere waked up from their midnight slumber4 and stood around the bed of their dying nothet. She calmly bade them all farewell; and .then without a struggle or a tigh, hengent yrand sweetly fV asleep in Jesa. ;:..' ier funeral sermeij was preached -in the Me thodist Church to n large and weeping-'ngre gation by Rev. M. Packet freotthese~wprds:. ' And God shall wipe sway all['tet froim' theft eyes and there shall be no more death; iiether sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be .y moro p..in. for the. former thin jaar,:pase4 away." The serion was follo 'awied.an ap propriate and feeliing ehonrtation2 'bjh Re. Mr. Bellinger of the Episcopal Chts H'C' mortal remains were then deposited.tise ay. ing ground at the Baptist Church. V 1 have been thus particular in entesaoriog'le sketeh the life, character and pp euru d.ath.ot my beloved wife, that others cahl 4 in therov. dence of God to experience similar, sorrows and s.ufferings may be encouraged to! like patience, resignation and trnst in Got.: She is "gone to her long sought rest, and the - domestic 'circle which was once joyful and happy is left in dak ness and desolation. The winter of my esrtbly hopes had passed, the spring budded with etr courngtiment, when death ended all. .1 ask arc interest in the prayers of my brethren that: A may have grace to bear this heavy hereavement. E, PENN. THE Qeen of England is said to be In eat grief at her husband's unpopularity. HYN' ENIAL. lAIaD, on Tuesday, 14th Feb., by Rev:. Watkins, Mr. B. L. MUaauE. and Mrs. F. Was ".ace. all of.this District. MlARanRI, on the 21st uIt., by Rev. -P. D. Bran son, Mr. IIAnarson Srao and Miss F.al, young est daughter of ir. Bader Williinnis al a'thiis D'strict. MARRaED, on the 1 .th alt., 'by Rev.. lom Troyees, at the resitence oat Mr. .Tohn Dures. Mr. P. D. HowLrts, of Ealgefield District, and Miss Alx U1. I)aEA, of Coutnbia. - CODIMER IAL. - Correspondence of the-Advertiser. J AMBURl.' Feb.6 ir. Corrox.-We have no change worthy of note since our last report. Prices are anchanged. To wards the close of the wetk- there appeared to be a bette'r feeling. We quote sales 6 to 91 ets. The decrease in the Receipts. at all the Ports, at the latest dates, as compared with last year~ is A Card for the Public Eye. EDGEFIELD MALE ACADEMYS. Oca Teacher, Mir. I.styxa, has ateukgheen supplied with an effie'ent Assistant, and dieene now room in .nur Acadlemy for some il*mwq Students. We have in attendance naearii. Tz School was senreelj' ever so well appointed~ thoroughly cared for.' Mr. Cacooxna, the_ r, has. been eduanted chieflyit the Citadel .Acdm illien an k .rhepr op'ning fairly and w1 nt ao every thing abois our institution in admirable order. "Let parentsanoa neglet the superior fieilities we offer them. - - JOIIN. L.IPSCOMIB, A - .R. T. MIMiS,1 A. SIalKINS. G. A. A DDISON, LEWIS .IONES, -. March 1, tf 7 Masonic Notice. A N EXTR A Communication of' No. 50, A. F M., will be held as their Hall on Monday evening, 6th, March, at 7 o'clock. By order of the W. M1. A. G. TE AGUE,See'y. Mar 1 Iti Butler Lodge, No. 17, I. 0,0. F Retigular hle.eting of this Todge will lie hieldl in their lll,. on: Monday evening next, at 7 o'elock. 11. BOULW ARE,See'ry . Feb28 .It -6 Bezaleel Chapter' R, A.' MF REULA R -Convocation of BEZALEEL CI[A PER of R. A. M., will be held en enturday e-vening next. af 7 o'clock. *A full att'end anee of all the Mtembers Is requested a. basiness'of importance will ha brought before the Chapter. A. RAal8EY, M. E. HI. P. Mare It1 - 7 Well Digger Wanted. T H E Subscriber wishes to procure the services of a Well Diggzer for a short time, to whom customary wares will be given. A pply at the rei 'dencee ot the Unadersign, on the Martin Town Road 15 miles above Hamburg. JUNAA~ Starl t 'STATE OF SOUTH' CAROLINA. EDGEFIELD DISTRUCT. iN EQUITY. . Anmon Lindsey and 'Petition for-the appli Stewart Harrison, ecntion ofr fud to the vs. fsatisfaction p( Plain Wmn. H. Ha~rrison. )tiffs' Judgtnen~ ( \N hearing the petition d Complainants, A. \ J Lindsey and Stewart Harrison, as amended, "ith leave, and on satisfaetory evidence shewn to me, that the Defendant Willism H. Harrison, has taken tup his 'permanent residene' beyond the limits of this State, and the jurisdiction of this (Court, on motion of' Mr. Abney, Solicitor for Petitioners, It Is ordered, that the said WVm. H. Harrison do appear, and plead, answer. op demur to the said Petition within three month. from the publication hereof, and that .on his failure so to do, a Decreo and Judgment, pra confesso be rendered nenintst hitm. A. SIMKINS, C. E. E. D) Feb 24 -3m State of Soutk.CaRellaaR EDGEFIELD .DISTRICT, IN EQUITY. - M. S. Mautin, Ex'ix. of RobL. Martin, dee'd. IAmendd andJ John Marsh, D.Asset -. M,. Hankinson and othess. LIT appearing that the Defendiata Henry Ti manus and his wife Caroline, Laura logra~ ham atnd Pickens B. Marsh, reside 'without the limits of this Ntate, on tacotios of Mr. Carrolt. Plaintiff's Solicitor, Ordered that the sad De.. fendants demnr, plead or answer to thet sill int this eause, within three months *vta, the publ , etion of this order, or the said Bil will.,be em. '5 tered pro confesso against them. - A. SlMKNS, C. E. E Feb. 24, 1854. 3m .Petit GlItff CottOa eelk TUST received it supy of New Genuine.PETIT tGULF 'COT SE,-for maid by'. J. SIBLEY & SON. ITamnburg,Feb 20 tf t Ir-P Inubenndent Press copy) 4 timnes.