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ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY MAY 11,. 1854. p" We are requested to state that the Second Quarterly Conference 31eeting for the Edgefield Cir cuit, will commence in this Village, on to-morrow (Friday) evening at 7 o'clock. Our Correspondents. "HRPttER" has the cigth article of his series on the first page. " Dr. CLARK'S letter," sent in by )Jr. ADNEY, iS not only interesting but touching. "ELtLs" has broached a subject which is about to be pressed before the people-we mean, the Maine Liquor Law. " ONE OF TU BOYS" gives a running account of another fishing party had on Saturday last by our young people. " TAX-PAYER" we notice elsewhere more fully. " PINEY WooDs" has been unavoidably excluded this week. " WATCHS"AN is striking at we know not whom perhaps only the wind. There may, however, be much truth in what he says. Our own Advertisers. WE wish our readers to bear in mind that we have a few good stores and liberal merchants yet left among us. Turn to another part of our paper and you will see several of their advertisements. There, for ir.stance, is the one of WM. P. BUT LER, who is well known to the District as an accomplished merchant. There too is the one of T. Roo-r, who is still at his Corner, well supplied with a variety of excellent and and cheap articles, ani always ready to exhibit them In the most accomodatitig manner. Look further on and you will find the card of 31r. EuiaUND PENN, who has again commenced business in the Dry Goods line. S5r. Pr.-.N is known to hun dreds, and will doubtless receive (as he deserves) a liberal share of patronage. We ask our readers to call upon all tie above. named houses wlien they next wish t6 make a pur. chase here. We will answer -for their being fully satisfied. An Offer. WE will give 10,000 bricks for 70 bushels of corn delivered at this place. Speaking of bricks, we should be glad to see the clever chap %ho could sell us a lot of good, durable steel-pens. The article has degenerated into a mere vexation. We made sixty scratches in writing the two lines of the above "Ofyer," and then scarcely rendered it legible to the printer. But the printer (thanks to the beautiful, black art) can make it plain to our farmers, and we hope they will roll down their corn waggons in response. We want 300 bushels, not that we have failed to raise enough to do us, but e fact is we don't like the thoughts of getting ¬her M~agnificent Dish. - re we under obligations to Mr. BtooKs for a large and abundant dish of fresh straw everal gentlemen and ladies, who saw unced them the finest they had ever seen. liberty of printiig the note which ac iis delicious present. Thus it runs: :-Next to enjoying a good thing mysell :e of dividing with a friend that I knows e it. ve Railroad comtmunicationl with Charles could send hundreds of bushels of such t anntually. Yours &e. S. 1B. ,odel of a note-brief and to the purpose 'ore our readers for their imitaticn-wishi te time that we could put a strawberr) them. But this we may not do. Court of Appeals. ebted to a frietnd for the following item -t of Appeals, now in Session at Co -s of importan'ei are before their Ihonor - d Chancellors-and among them som rict of great interest. in will-case was argued on Friday last N & MInAGYE against the will---3essri of Errors was organized on M1onday last s upon the Bench. The qutestion ast astruction of the Will of ALtLEN ANDEfl urgued on MIonday and Triesday. 3lessr! SrANs for the limuitation, 3Messrs. BAt tnout., contra. Other cases of impol * ard, and otheri yet await discussiol :ill deliver their opinions on MIonday ne> -ecided. Our Taxos. Oca wvorthy T;ip-collctor has just made the tot, of Edgefield on his final trip for the blessed year 185 H~e has-now doubtless the largest " pile" in the Di! trict,'enough to make-sevcral of its rich if the Stat would say so. But the State has to he supporte( atnd the State's oflicer will be fosund at atn early do trotting along down towards our Capital, with h pockets full of cash to help pay the current expensE of our body~ politic. Trite, many and many a din will thereby bid adieu to the hollows arid hill-sid which produced them. But th'e good old Ship inu be kept in sailing order, and he is an unworthy voy ger who begrudges his share of the funds required keep her bravely up against the breeze, with top-ga lant fluttering high and every rope tightly drawn. Such, we are sure, is the sentiment of the vast bhi of our fellow-citizens. But there will he grumblin and ill-natured spirits atmong every people, alwa: ready to carp and snap at any thing that touches thei Akin to these. if nut one of them, is " Tax-PA YE, who writes for the present nmber of the Adecrlisu For him and his like, we asstume the task of pennit a few lines of itifortmation on the subject of our creased taxes. The State tax is verglittle larger than it was Is year. We have not referred to the Act and do ni remember the precise difference ; but we feel confide in saying that it is inconsiderably small. 'rThe Distrl tax it is wIch has given such alarm to snarhe This is higher than it has been for many years. T Road tax alone is 50 per cent upon the State ti Then the Commissioners of the Poor have caused be assessed a tax of 12 per cent and the Commission' of Public Building one of 8 per cent upon the State tU making in all a sum-total of near 7Z per cent. Fri this brief.,tatement," TAX-PAY Ki" may discover (if choose to do so) that the Commissioners of Roa' Bridges and Ferries are mainly chargeable with th heavy taxes, if it he a charge at all. But we are from regarding it in that light. These District oflic are hound to superintend that portion of our Distr aflairs committed to their care and to see that evi thing in their department, as far as practicable, kept continually in good condition. It is well knao that the freshiets and heavy rains last year were v destructive in their effects, especially as tothie brid, throughout our District. A considerable public pense was thus unavoidably incurred ; or else Commissioners must have attempted no repairs the public convenience. Would this have been tole ted?! Would " TAX-PA YEr." even have sanctiot such parsimony?1 We hope not. Our Commission of Roads are generally respectable men and mer substance, and of course in assessing any tax tl krowv that they too must come in for their full sh of the burden, whatever that may be. Is it proba then that they would exercise the least exorbitanci this matter, or step one inch beyond what the act necessities of the District required I Sormething are bound to do, if they would avoid heing retur to Court. And we commend1 them for doing something efficiently. Tlhe same may be s'aid of other sets of Conmmissioners and of their acts.J then neither our Legislators, nor the Commission nor any other individuals who are to blame for increase of taxation-but stern Necessity; and,i though her rod mnay be, he is a poor philosopher'a cannot take her lessons patiently. In this partica matter however, her rod has been laid upon us lij ly. We are doing finely compared with some oi Districts. Take Pickens for instance. While E< field has had to raise onaly 50 per cent upon her S tax for road purposes, her smaller sister of the m< tans paid last year nearly 100. " TAX-PAY Ea" his followers wouh'l do well to go and try Pickemt a year or two. They might come back satisfied od EdJelield. As- for " TAX-PAYErs" fling at our last members of the Legislature, it is uncalledfor and unkind. Like all such flings at individuals, it will help those at whom it is thrown far more than it will hurt them. The coarser and the morespiteful it is,. the more futile will it always be. While it may pander to a few jaundi ced minds, it will but disgust every candid, unpreju. diced man. A Disappointment. . Is our last paper we stated that the Cadets from Charleston would make Edgefield one of the stopping places on their present march. We did so on the au thority of several prominent city papers whose means of information we regarded good. Fron the subjoined note it will be seen that they led us into an error. We are much obliged to Gen JoNEs for his kiidness and consideration in making this correction. His note is as follows: VAUCLVF, May 7, IS54. Mv DEAR Sta:-I observe in the " Adreriser" of the 4th inst., that you notice the march of the Cadets of the State Military Academy, and say that it is im. tended to make Edgefield one of the points in the tour. You have probably been misled by an unofficial pub lication in the Charleston Courier, about a month ago. The Cadets will not take Edgefit-ld in their route, but will return to Columbia from Greenville by way of Laurens and Newberry, and thence to Charleston. As you suggest to the young men of Edgeflieil the propriety of making arrangements for the reception of the Cadets, the object of this note is to correct your in formation as to the route of march, and prevent un necessary preparations. Very respectfully and truly yours, &c., JA31ES JONES. "'ifth Reader." WE acknowledge the receipt of this newly issued Southern school-book, from GEo. PARKS & Co., Charleston. It is filled with beautiful selections of poetry and prose from various standard authors. It would be an admirable source from which to procure school exercises in elocution, &c. We commend it to 'tur teachers as a valuable addition to their series of instruction books. A Sovreign Romedy. WE publish this week the advertisement of "Ja coh's Cordial," a celebrated cholera remedy. A Sa vannah paper, of high respectability, says that the maker of this Cordial is to be a contestant for the pre. mitni of 100,000 francs, soon to lie ofTered by the French institute to the discoverer of the mo,t perfect remedy for Asiatic cholera. It has high repute in Georgia, and is now manufactured at Savannah onl a large scale. As a family medicine, it is said to be in valuable. Give it a trial all round. A Bold mlove. Mr. SLIDELL, of Louisiana, has just adventured in the Senate of the United States, Upon the boldest pro. position of the day; and what is inore, lie has made a capital speech in defence of it. The praposition is, that the Committee on Foreign Relations be requested to enquire into the expedincy of anuthorising ihe Presi dent, during any future recess of Congress, to suspend by proclamation, the neutrality laws as embodied and set forth in several acts of Congress. The chief ground, upon which the Senator urges the necessity of this extraorditiary investment of pow er in our Chief Magistrate, is a settled conviction, that the Atlantic European Powers have resolved upon the Africanization of Cuba. The defiitiun of this term, as given by .3r. SLIDF.Lr., is a startlig one. It is a compound, says lie, of "eriancipation, cotfivea tion, pillage, nitirder, devastation and barbarisin." And such, in truth, would in all probability be the train of terrors n hich would follow in its wake. Look at St. Domingo. In eucidating the point, that English anid French diplomacy tends to that consunmmation, the speaker exhibits a large de-gree of skill and acutenes.s, and (we may add) makes his case a very probable one. But we cannot agree that it is thorough or inidisputa ble. Could it be placed beyondi the shadow of it doubt, we should not fitnd much ditlictihy (as our feelirigs nuw veer) im sanctiotng even the extraordiniary mneasure of prevenltion which is here stuggestedl. Any thing1 say we before submittintg to the Africaiiizationi of Cuba. Of course our preference would be for a direct de caration, on the part of our government, that this nefarious scheme shall be stopped by the right arm oj military power. But we cannot see any thing so hor rible in Mr. Sr.ioer.L's proposition as to call fortl execrations. If Cotngress enmpower the President as desired, it will be a threatening of hostilities. The Governments, wvhichi menace the American Conti -nent with this immiense evil, will be fairly forewarn ed thereby ; while, at the same time, tlte cotuntry wil have great assurance, from the well-known integrit) of our President, that the power conmnitted to hirr n~ill not be exercised lightly, or inideed until it shmal -be imperatively called for biy every consideration necessity. Until this isadone, all attempts upon Cualn by the " Line Star" associations, or aniy uthers, wil be as culpable as now they are. But the step Onc( takent, we are virtually in a state of war, antd parivat< expeditons (properly sanietitned) miay hasten our Soc cess so materially as to secure our ultimate triutmp rover any combination of enemies. - oonlight and Music. 'Tins the season of moonlight atnd muusii. Whoia tha saw thme ttellow scene of last ntighat andl heard the soi flute's exquisite breathitngs floatinig uponi the air, lit felt their gentle inlspiration! is the season of nmoonlight and music. Adownit the vallev. there the w' hipoorwill sitigs his loniely miel ody, asnd upon the hilt-side, in that bteautiful ein some sleep less mockitng-bird carols forth his mo. toucing vagaries, while the silvery moon seen swimming among the light clouds above, the peerles Iqueen of the night. 'Tis the season of moonlight and music. 1Tark bear ye not the soft guitar and ithe matnly voice as thet utiite, beneath the shrubbery tof that luxutriant gai gden, to charm away the soft slumbers of the liave -sone ! Shte awakens in peaceful bliss, atid wonudel - whence those heavenly saounds proiceed. The lattic is gently opened, and hby the tell-tale rays of the imoo .. she sees her lover's half concealed forma as he Ion] Sin adoration towards her windolaw. That music: at - that tnoonlight have bottmd too hearts indissolubaly. Yes,'tis the season of moonlight andl musie, at st praised forever be the sweet month of .M1ay ! tt Gay Cavaliers. t Os Suinday afte:rnoon last, a stitad of youthd . equestrians came dashing by otur residetce at ha: ee speed, with coat-tails flyinag and horse-tails flashing . .they wentt. Seeinag that thme tmovemenat was rather to military otie, we could bitt stanid anid admtire the Pt rsnam-like manner in n hiich our hirtaic b'hoys raced down the hill, ever and anoin etncauraging each othi n to the sport by sutch words of commiand as "Cavalr e close up,"" Cavalry, to the frotnt,"" Cavalry, chargr I,&c., &c. As long as Edgefield shall contitnue to pi dtue such Cavalric specimens, there is no probabili rr of the Edgefield llussars" becomitig extinct. Ami rsthat little band of would-be sold iers, there may bee itor more ni hose glorious renown shtall yet almost echli ry that of a MvaA'r or a IIARNEYs. Whlo knows!1 be" Tall oaks from youthiftil acorns grow, .tLarge streams fronm yaouthfulh fountaitis flow." y ryIncredible. s A writer from our Japani squadron states that a si K- gle one of our cruisers there is at a daily expense au r ight hiunudred dollars for coal alonie. " Tall that rr the tmarines, the sailors won't believe it." dWAR PR.EPARYVTIOaNS AT IJAVANA.-Tle G0 ernor General of Cuba is prepatrinig to defle ofhimself agatinst the cotmbined forces of the Iil ofbusters an~d Creole itnsurrect ions. A letter fri ic lavania saiys: re "The artillery comnpanies have be-n sent in orn Caustle, antd Gun is have bet-n mnounted mthe differenamt fortifications around Hatvanai, a aa the Governor hats at last decided upotn artm icy4000 blacks. These troops are 1o be oflieer edd by whiles, and the sergeants are to be whites hat so. By thtis I judge that the gov'ernmntt c-at the rely upon the Spanish white poptulationt faor is fetal support, or it may be at move to form rr ncleus for it black army to convert Cuha tito his African possession in ease the governmtti~ ron Spain cantnot be maintainued. Three regiume hoo ar to come from Porto Rico, whicht, with arar4,000 black troops, willI raise the fogee here ;h-18,000." herr3ANr persons'complain of being~ pestered e- bedbugs-it is easy to avoid the inconveniien ate On going to bed, strip oif your shirt, and co, in- i. ourself from head to foot with botiled miolass ndd et every part of the body be thickly covet for with it. On conming Io bite you, the btugs itlistick fast in the molasses, and yott can kill thi at eisue in the mornuig. C OMMUNIC ATIONS. FOR TIHE ADVERTSER. LETTER FROM DR. C. I. CLARK, SURGEON OF THE PALMETTO REGIMENT. Mn. EDITOR:-l received a few days ago a letter from this gentleman, who was appointed to succeed Dr. Drvis, as one of the Surgeons of the kite Pal metto Regiment. Ile is residing at present in Alabama, though be is a native of South Carolina, and what is far great er, he is a noble hearted, chivalrous man, and one devoted to all the duties of life. It was the sad fate of the South Carolina Regi ment, to encounter even severer perils from sick ness, than from battle, whilst they were gallantly maintaining the ancient renown of their beloved State, and illustrating the prowess of their coun try's arms ; but it is due to the medical staff of that Regiment, that every officer and man should bear witness, that their attentions to the sick were unremitting, their personal services were limited by no considerations of their own case and comfort, and their whlwe conduct was regulated by a most conscienti(ous and virtuous resolution to discharge all the weighty obligations imposed upon them by the exigencies of a hard campaign. In their opinion, Drs. CLARK, BLAND and others, were just as distinguished as those who command ed Companies, and forced the "iiminent deadly breach." They did not stop to consult their own safety, as they were entitled to do; but I myself can testifv that so zealous were those gentlemen in the pertrmance of the arduous part assigned thtem, and so anxious were they to be on hand and ready to stop the blood and staunelh the wounds of their comrades on the field, that they were as often to be dicerned by the light of the fire of the enemy's guns, as the most reckless Captains in our Band. Bueleving that his old companions in arms, and those who were so often the beneficiaries of his learning, skill and assidnity in his profession atnd ofice, would like to hear from a fellow-soldier, I have taken the liberty to give this letter of Dr. CL.iKs to the printer. It is, perhaps using too much freedom with a friend, to give them the best news of all and inform them that their valiant Sur geol has beennarried to acharining, devoted wife, for thirteen iontlis, and has had his union blest ant consecrated] by a beautiful blue-eyed boy ; and therefore on that sacred subject, I shall be silent. Most respectfully. JOSEPH ABNEY. J.rexso-vn.ts, Ala., April 10, 1S54. MY D nAR Aiixev :-l received this morning yours of the 4th inst.,mad hasten to reply. I am truly g!ad ti hear from you, and was also much in teresteil and gratifiedl by your sketet of the Officers of the old Palmetto reginient. lany of my proud est and dearest assc'ations are connected with it, and] my heart warns towards any one who ever bel-.n ed to it. and especially towards the brave and gtentlemnaily Ollicers, with whom I had the pleasure to serve and to associate.-IIow much it would grat ify me to meet with them all once more, 'around some festive board, and rehearse the long and for ever 'avd ! A thousand and a thousand times my md reverts to and rtuns over the past-over 31arches, Seiges, Baittles, 3i vounes and encam p mets. The thousamnd brave men whot answered their country's call-where arc they? And the brave heairts anid strong arms that were marshmalled for Chturubuyct's bloody field or Chapulteptee's bristling heights-where are they ! Alas 1 mny of them-nearly all-are the peeful and silent tenants of the tomb. Upon recuivinig your letter, [ ran over my old Hospital liook, and Rleturns of Sick. Wounded. Dead, &c. Wht - eataoute of dea. der nowi to think Puebla, whtere thi their beds of str with Diarrhoea an. and even us high ho(use ot death that was: inc gttastuy taees, wasnet forms andi stiffenied compscs flit before nme at timecs vet. I camn see the Summters, Lackey. Thomas Grahamn, Cobb, Roberson. .Jones, Abmney, Geesman Cathren, 31e..dron, llouston. Lamnb, Davis, Fort nr. Stuart, Tfillmaint, Coghurn, W illiams, l11ll, Prat t and matty, mnaty more, as one after another they stnk before the destroyer. If von recolleet th~er< -were twenty-seven deaths in the Rtegimnent in Jutne and forty in July '47, at rPnebla. I can almost shed tears when I thrink of the poor fellows-how the; would clasp tmy hatnd andm lookinmg int my fatce ask or try to read their fates-ind thteni, wuhen hotpe was gone, the falterin~g accenats that spoke of far o homes, of mothers, fathiers, sisters, or perebance wives ! Their tearful thmanks and dying gramtitud< rt'or my poor services, do my heart goodl to this day Iow miany poor fellows looked to tme to satve then Afromt thte jaws o'f death-God onlty knows haow imr Spotent and how htumtbled1 I often felt-But lie doe sknow I Ilabored hard and faithfu~lly for. them, an< didi what was in my power to alleviate their sufler ins. Of the thousand men who wenat forth, fullC Slife and hope and btritght anticip~ations, I seeb my return for the mothl of October '-17, that oni three hundired and lifty-five remnaitned itn thte Regi ament. Of this itmmtber gon'te, it is true some ha Sbeei dischtargedl atnd returned home ; but the re: ,dwere already tyinig benecath the saindy plains of~ Ver Crtuz, around -Jlapa or Pecrote, in te vale of TIe dcala, on the bloody fields of Chiurubusco antd arour the heightts of Chapultepee. TIheir bonecs were lit. rally scattered aill along the great toad, fronm t1 SCity of the True Cross to the llalls of the Moutt s Bit, friend A assy,. after all, we hmad many a hear stirriig amnd jtytos titme. Wh~at proud days wuhi we saw the Stars antd Stripies float out over the bai tlemets of Vera Cruz, Sant Jttan de Ulloa, at r Capulteec, or whtent we mtarchied into thec gre Squtares of Puebla antd the City of Mexico; hut t1 prtudest and most joyful day I renmemtber, was t tymorning thtat, with our totrn banner atnd shattert rgRegmett, we took up thme line of arch for homr e oI felt that our task was done-that our scarred hi eo roes had wont ntames that would be enrolled ini hi tory, andi cherished in the hearts of their countr; et. But I canniot dilate on this subject at preset My the stid rest lightly on otur dead breitrei andI may Got deal mercifully antd kitndly with i n-fev who arc livitng I of I temain your friend, sinceerely, to C. J. CLA RK. i- FOR TilE AOIvFRTtsER. dd DOWN WITH YOUR HIGH TAXES. i. Mn. Enrroit:-.\uh is said ot the tight times ti which we live. But sometimes the camuse of thet is not fully unfolded. Perhaps thig are ttoo nun orots to be mentioned. I am sure I shall not n nd atmpting the task. ieBtt. Sir, will our last .egi.-lature, or the Mei edbers of it, plecase allow a plainniman ttt ask why th - have at sucht a titte raised instead of lessened otat~xes ? They seem to think the harder the tirr *athe higher they mtust stick on the taxes. Ilere ma are this year payitng the highest kind of taxes wh o the scale shiould have been brought down lot i8tshan it ever has beetn. [ say, Sir,. why is this? IA li e weto bear every thing and gtt to mill tooi If t ftareell to-Carttlina. We bad better pack up< carts and travel att once. But, Mr. EDITOR, I > y not wisht to leave our good State. I prfe to - where I ami. Otte thing the people cutt do ini er aimtter, antd that I hope they will do. They< 'send mien to the Legislature who will see that .iljshall not be required to pay nearly all we makei m eth e public treasury. Let thtemt see to it. " A sti .. tie.... s ,ves -'ie T.\ X-i'AHT ER Fon Tne 4ADVEITIR. LEGISLATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE LIQUOR TM1IC. AiMoNas- the many subjects that nre now attract ing the attention of the'peopte of this great country, in this great age of progress, that of governmental science holds a prominnt place. This is as it should be. " A nation of freemen" should understand the principles upon which are based its institutions, and so be prepared to maintain them in their application to the various cases. that grow out of its social and politkal compact. It is, however, much more diffi cult to do this, than a stiperficial glance at the sub ject would lead one to suppose. Indeed it may be doubted whether any science presents cases more difficult of solution than does the science of govern ment. It is a subject which the wisest of men have been studying for hundreds of years, and while it is admitted that some advancement has been made, there are still many questions of great moment to be decided before the knowledge of government can be said to be perfect, ned the writer will be excused it is hoped for expressing a doubt whether there ever will be a law or a system of laws made, that in their operation will tie eapable of meeting and satis fying every exigency. Nevertheless, it is right and proper to strive after perfection, though fully per suaded that it cannot'be reached. The prencher exhorts his hearersto this,and very properly, though consecous at the tine-f. its absence in his own per son, and knowing that a depraved nature and extra 0 neous influences combine to prevent its attainment. The physician strives to be perfect in his profession, though the history of thousands of years and the daily occurrences of 'ibe present time, convince li*.m that the healing art cannot eflectually and complete ly relieve pain, nor stf-the decree of madtes disso lution. Thi rationale'of chemical affinities and re pulsion will . .bably never be understood, but that does not and ,all not repress the ardor of thos engaged in t...: study of chemistry. Progress, no perfection, is man's earthly destiny. This is said o course, with reference to the present constitution o things. How far the Creator may vouchsafe to mar an excellence in wisdom and happiness before the closing scene in the drama of this world's existence I presume not to say. When the angel of the apoea lyptie vision shall descend with a great chain in hi: liand, and bind the great enemy of man, and witi the key of the bottomless pit, shall liock himup fron all communication with the earth, there then ma, be perfection among mankind; but speaking afte the manner of men, and with reference to man' present constitution and being, I repeat that Pro gress, not perfection, is man's earthly destiny. 1I regard then to government, the problem to be solvei is, Ilow far can the restrictions of law be allowe, without ant infrinigement' upon the mutual rights c those suljected to it? How far can its power ex tend for the protection of the rights of one mar without doing violence to the rights of ancther man This I regarit as the essence of government, this i the design oif law, to mete out evenhanded jnstic to all, and the proper application of this principle i the perfection of human government. And whi!: there cannot be absoluto perfection in this, ther can be a perfect standard, and the nearer we al proach it, the more nearly do we reach the consuT mation of governient, viz: equal rights and equ: iuities. With these premises before us, we propose to pr< sent for thte consideration of the peopl1e of this Sta some thoughats in relation to the law known, as tI " Alaine Law," or rather the prineil les embodiedi it as set forth in the newspapers, for thme law itse we haive never seen. This is a measure that lhas fr two years past excited no little attention in dit~ere parts of the Union, and forms the basis of the seve uacb on zaccouint ot tate ptace 01 Its orag:na. ant good thaing come out of Nazareth," has n: ceased tto be a proverb even among thoise who,. a "Irealites itndeed, in whoam thecre is nao guile.t" This variety of opinaion is not confined to any pa tiular locality, becautse from the nlatuire of the Ia it eias not am-ct any particular territorial inatere The trade in liquor is anot a amoody possessed one section to the exclusion of ano(ther, andt Imaiufatutre is carried on in any locality whecre peole may regard it their iterest to engage in The evils, moreover, which it p~roposi a to corre re o-extenlsive with thae territ''rial limoits of thec a Stion. Such being the case thecn thec law ennn't prouciv of sectional partics, but maust ecait< Sgemeral interest, and receive approb~ationl or inc reprach according taa the varied1 interesats, the c thietig political opinions anal diferent views of an" -rsposibility among the peole of this mighty 1 Spublic. The nmind of the writer, an coimmonw Sothers, has been attracted to~ the subject, and in t exercise of a common rightt. and by the aid of af and independent press, lae senids forth this expri skin of his views. In dointg this, no intenati', oleee wall be given. Miutual respect for opinai< and feeliangs should always be observedl by tha w~hao eng~age in the diseu'ssiotn of qunestionsa that to be dleteramined by moral rca-on. The an n codnas and abuses anothaer ter hontestly enttertin ing an opiniaon dieetfrom his owna, has ntt mastered the elements of true liberty. We dthis of course not in rcgaard to opitnioats thaat known to be subversive of good order, or in t ICway dangerous to thec peace and wvelfare of thec ec m ,unity. B3ut we say it in respect to ameasure: dobtful utility ;subjects oan which good ntnen Strue, pattriots anad christians hoanestly ditler. I tha Sit is a maxim of logic, anad surely it is a dictat< .comon sense, never to assume a poastion to bec Sreet, anad then cast atbout for proof to substainti t ttit. Let us then itn the examainationt of this subj IC endeavor to receive as true, onaly thtat to n he IC fair iaduction leads us. I regard to thte constitutiotnality of a legis'a ait for the suppression of thme maniufacture and tr - n Ardent Spirits, in thec absence of any exli provision, wve must determine the matter by an q qairy itnto general principhes. Whtat thten is o t bject of a contstitutioal goveranment? The : mble to the constitution of thme United States, en l~res it to be " to establish justice, insure dot tranquility, promote the genleral welfaire, nnd sea the blessings of liberty to ourselves atnd our post ty." Wou~ld the suppression then of the lit tratie, violtate any oaf the principle's here elnun ated ? Would it abolish justice ? Would it eni in er domestic tranquilty?7 Would it hinder s general welfare, or deprive us and our paosterit -- the lessings of libertyi We put it to a enn: be thinking anal free people, whtethaer the passage annti-liquor law woulud bring upon us :any of 1 . evils, and we leave them to d'-cide thae question yy In the second platce, what would he the elle or such a law upon trade ? Now it is not denied scsthe government may derive a large revenue I e te teimferation of liquors; nor is it denied i e- a coasiderable incoame arises froma thte sale of hice: 2rrBut we queibtiion very seriously whether the ata re reatlized by tariff and taxation is not caancelled b: so, expenses incturred in thte support of paupers, ,tr ouses, orphan aind lunatip asylunms, jails, penit do aries amd crinminalh prosecutions, not to speak of h cay sustaied by incenadiarismn and idleness, togt he with a Icing tratin of diseases, antd all the re maanirectly or indirectly, of thae use of A rdent Sp'i wetings that uever would have htappened but foi att')eistence of liquor. A dmitting thais to he true, thwe wethink it caan be sustained by statistical rept ther :.. no pecu.:.,., .adantage to he gatined h: trade in spirituous liquors. What is gained in one way is lost in another. , But so far as it affects pecuniary interest, the sub ject is hardly worth noticing, and we allude to it in this respect chiefly to satisfy a few who base their objections upon the ground that a prohibitory law would injuriously affect these interests. It is in re spect to its moral bearing that the subject presents itself in all its stupendousness, and in this aspect we propose to look at it in another number. ELPIS. FOR THE ADVERTiSER. ImPROMTu LINES INSCRIBED TO THE MISSES OF IHE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, While'on their way to the May Concert. BY ONE WHO SAW THEM. Pass on-pass on ye beautiful girls! Keep measure with Time as it rapidly whirls; Fur so happy again ye ne'er may be, As now while your hearts are high, bounding and free. Pass on-yea, pas on that your parents may gaze On their treasures, all priceless-and list to the praise, That shall fall from the lips of yon gathering throng, As your notes shall peal forth in each favorite son. EDGEFIELD C. II., May 3, 1854. Fol. TilE ADvERTIsER. Ma. EnIToR :-Aliow me a small space in youi paper, for the purpose of calling the attention o your readers to a Fishing Party, that came off or Saturday last at the Pine House Pond. According to appointment. (by the Committee o Arrangetents) a good many of the young ladies o the Vil'age and its vicinity asovmbled at-the Edge field Fenmile Institute, abiout 9 o'clock. fin a shior time afterwards, there were seen several of th young gents of the Village, mounted on wagons reigning up their prancing steeds, and turning cor ners of streets like Grecian Charioteers, windinj their way to the place of meeting. In a few minute more they were seen " loaded down to the guard with a precious cargo of live lumber," as a sailo would say, enraute for the Pine House Pond Striking the Plank Road at the rates of " two forty, they seemed to imitate the renowned Jons Gii.r in passing toll gates and mill posts ; and, being no% "all in a row," itmade tle dust rise before them lik a c!oud. aAfter making good time for two or three mile. and passing several wagons on the way, which gal the road very politely to them, they were agal brought to a halt by a signal, not of distress but 4 j'y, given by three young ladies, who were awaitin their arrival. With becoinig gallantry, several 4 the young gentlemen of the Committee, quick alighted and assisted the ladies to the seats that ia been reserved for them. Again tle drivers crucke their whips, and away they went, in great glee 6 the Pond, where they all soon arrived in safet: Finding a!l right, and every thing in order, tII they proceeded to unload itmediately. And no for the sport ! The smooth surface of the watt wa1s S011 dotted over with boats, fillld with soime tie fairest flowers of fenimle beauty that the counti could produece. -Sone of then occasionmally ilire out ai line aund drew in a fish. Others again suti soinie appropriate airs, while the gentlemien ke etime to theta with their paddlies ;-but the larg portion of the ladies were engaigcd in lively ai ispirited conversaltioln, whi--h toled that they were fIas happy as the heart eould wish. A short time after the wagon train hatd arrive~ tseveral carriages catme imp, briniging somte of t more steady portioln of the commiunity. These we ..d kind mamzrried ladies, who favor, r comipany just to gratify the yom c rc a great additioni to the asset . .n they came they ae thmaseves all aroeund them happy. * ensiderable fishing, singing. talkii *ements of various kinds, the hidi * . ttnder the spreading braneites of t i forest trees anid were seated very pleasantly. T et younlg genmtlemenct of the Co~mmittee, thien acquit : uthmselves very gaell~emtly by handing ice-water. ii ereaim and lemonade in the mnost lavish proifuisi - rThe time nowv passed oil very pleasmttly unttil abi -w one~ o'ok whe.-n it wasi annoitncd dhat dinner v . redly, aund all respectfully invited to partake. TI . aull niow repaired to the table. which they founid eraged in the most eleganit style, and well sutlppi wi ithi all the substantials, as wveil ats somne of the niec .d leicis tha~t the heart coutld desire. L,Dinner being over they all returned to the watt ed ~lge a-zain toe amluse themsiPelves in the best pogesi e maier, whtehi they seme i prepared to dhe witI a perfect ventgeceii for the renmaitnder of the evenh' r bout five o'clock, sonme of the comtp:mny begai . leave ;and, in the course oef half an hocur a:1 of wa igonts were agatin readly. They received their lee e in good order anid conditioni," and returned to \ithl~lage wvithm pecie anid pleasure, and depos~ted th~ le precious cha:rges with regret. ec Titus enided oiie of the most pleasant days . ausetmetnt that ever befell the lot of mtortuds to aljoy, without a sinmgle accident or miisha~p to tmar ti joy in the least. Nowv last, though not least, tre all return< sicere thaniks to lrs. U. andh Gen. J. R. W It ter kindniess atnd liberality. g~lay they live I oto enjoy that hiappintess which they cause us tee fe ONE~ 0F TilE BOYS e " CHARITY MUST BEGIN AT HOME." y ~Arrut. alt: r appeal ha~s beent sounded in i- ears of tite Churches, in behalf of ihe A frican, or Burmitan, .thie China andh the G'ermian Slissie md abroad, ail the Indiani Alission, thte Bible Ca kkandt " the destitute int the far West,'' at homte, of as often as they have been heard, so often have '- ippl qutieted their contse:eneces, and silenced t iportunate Agenits ntitht te well renmemiberedl Ct, never to be tforgottenm apothegmi, "~ Charity must ai agilt at home.'' We mutt suport our Mlinistet home. They give up their secular puirsuits ve worlly avocations, and leave their children as ilephais, andiu wives as widows, atid comec thr ss Sumner's heat atnd the froists and snows of Wit cii to preach to us the Word of Life. To them the feel bounid by ten thtousanid ties of tender asso e.e-tion. They have baptized us and our children, de- with us they have often kinelt around our fanmil sti tars, anid at our beds when aifilietion's hand 1 re lii us low ;mand when death huathi entered rn- chambers and torn front our~ emrbraces the near uordear, by the ties of tiature, they have wept witl -r- while following their mortal remains to their an- restiig places, and returned to the house of mol the ig to pour consolation inito the bheediing hi y ofThe most of them arc poor men. "~ Chtarity a dibegi at honme." an Well pleased to know how well the paste se seloved by his hlock, the kindi htearted Agentt ean no tmore. Acnd truly to see the kintd rceptioni A ofiur Mlinisters meet, whten visiting the houses of l~t brethren, the tah!c spread with dainties, the ronchir or scefa, the liniest room reserved foer them, at a could but thitik that such a people were beti es fulfilling thu A postolic injunction," Let the el un that rule well be counted worthy of double hi th especially they who labor int word and doctrine. ms This is the bright sile of the picture-let us anti- the scene. Whilst that Mlinister lies on a b Fe esdown, resting on mialogany,trighuinvi er lrcopose himself to sleep, htis thoughts are trav~ uut back againi to his own laned home~ rut rend tit dobly sweet by cointraust, but dear to him froi the inmates of that humble dwelling. I have seer mdidof thue most poptular Mlinisters return fronm pl iris,)such as I ha~ve described, and sit down at his th- e, tabl ..n 1 .w.i..h ,.,ught oul besen but a pIh sweet potatoes and a chicken boiled in clear water. And I suppose it was the best he could do, for I was a guest. I have seen another Minister whose head is whiteued with the frost of many wintera, who was compelled, during a protracted meeting, to pull his fodder in the morning and evening before and after services, or let it dry up, while any one of a dozen members of that Church could have scut his hands and pulled all his fodder in an hour. I saw a Minister last Lord's day, whi was promised one hundred dollars by one of the Churches of this Association, who told me that he had only received thirty dollars, though cOnpelled to pay his.fare out of his own pocket hist year to go to preach to them. I have seen many Ministers to whom the Chutches and coigregations for whom they pruached have not paid more than one-third of the amount annua:ly subscribed. On these subscription lists may be seen the names of men of property, both in and out of the Church, and who woulhI consider themselves disgoraced if they coubl not piay promptly their ac counts with the merchants, their lawyer's fee or doctor's bill, and yet never think of paying their subscription to the poor Mlinister. " 0 shame where is thy blush." " Go too now ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Behold, the hire of the laborers who rimve reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth, and the cries of them wielh have reaped are entered into the ears of the 1.ord of Sabaoth." No wonder your Ministers are poor, their chil dren unedncated, their sermons dry and uninterest ing, and the cause of religion in a languishing con dition. No wonder that ,the blight and mildiew, and frost and catterpillar, and the palner worm and war should spread terrer throtigh the land. In my peregrinations, Mr. EDITOR, I may chance to come this way agan, and will give you the result or my observations. A W ATCI.MAN. . EunoPEAx AFFAIRS-CUnA.-The Wastir.g ton star of Saturday has the followitig im rela tion to Ctbatn aIfairs and Europe Variots European embassies int this city, and we therefore Lake it'for granted our Governmnttt r so, this morning recei% ed intelligei ee, utiially showing the eorrecness of the telegraphie ae count received yesterday concertnig the occtr rences with Mr. Soile, Madrid. ''he next arri val from Europe will dobiless bring most in. portant particulars. We have only space to day in which to say that there can be little doubt that England has compelled Spain to register the slaves in Cuba with a view to the speedy e abolition of slavery th-ere, and that England's overt acts against the interests of the Utnit-] States,as coniected with the future of the lb.aindt are at the bottom of 'all th-e trouble which Mr SSottle is undoubtedly having at Madrid. ) Itnformation that the steamers of the Engli4h flet have certainly gone tip into the-Bialie and d Gulf of Fbidlanld has also reached more than om10 embassy in this citv. Al the Rtnsians ports on both are now undoubtedly under a rigid blockade Some of the advices received by the foreigi ministers say that the mediation very receitl) ' olered by Prussia bids fair to succeed im prevenit ing the war from going any further. We can rnot believe in the correctnists5 of this impres-ion - The occurrence4 at Madril, wli-n they beconrti kinown at St. Petersburg, it strikes us, will hard iv incline the Rus,ian Government to submit t w tile demands of Enrgland, because they point to very speedy iivolvement of England I embar rtsiog ditieulties with the Untited States. dTiE KENTt;CKY TR ItA L.-Thle verdict. in tit ae seems to have prodneed great eXettemetci in the West. Every' paper in Louisrile, it stat ed, excep~t the Jiornal, coiidemost in th severest terms the verdict of the jury in thme ens teof 31att. F. Ward, its a buritnig disgrace to tI. reStte ofrKentucky. Th'lrtitghout the West thi seems to be the prevaiiliing seintiment, and th press is eagerly disavowing all atpproval, exptres or implied, of the acquittal of W ard. The excitetnentt at Louisville rose to such topitch. that on Sat urday eveieing- as tetegraphti despathtes iunform tis, a nmeeting wats held,. wl.ih resilii:ioins were patssed eallinig on Hot John). Critteitdein, one of the volunteer coutis' of Ward. to resigun his seat in the United S-att seate: riequesting WVolfe, another of the chouns teo resignl his lace int the State Senaite ; and in dviting the Ward famti ly to leave the Staete. Wu h --this mteet ing wats over, at mob protceided to i .murderer's lathter, Rotbert .i. Ward, waiere tI: tetligies of~ datt- F- Ward and his brother we bur ted so close to the front door as to acLti re Sthe woeod work. ,cy 'Piepople arc exasperated beyond all que~ - r tin, btut we dlotubt if ay go !tod re'sulIts cani tlt ed from sneh e buti':ions iof feehl ing.. however nat ur t tas thoise iinentionedi. The verdiet of the jun ought to be regardled with somie lenty, cttside rsinrtec tinenves anid atgencies brought to be s I .of the aveutsed. Thle crime itself', at ilethe whole trial annd its concitnits, show a very sad cotndil ton of socie:y in that sectio in.-South Car(,linianl. OTEnEG l Ati .Acnos. TuE ATt.ANTir'-CIT.\!!TI e i Gu t:N-Da-CtotAN Usy O iizE.--TheC last imz I1 from Newf'ound latid, brinigs itelligeince of tI h charter of a Comtpanty by the title of The Ne rirYork, Newfoundland anid London Teh-gratl Copany. TIhe ultintate obtject of thte gentlemt ofinterested in this piroject is thte establishmieiit. a sunmtrinie Telegraph to contnect Newfountdlai n-with lrelantd. irr'IThe New York. Newfounidlandt and Londt Telegraphi Comnpatny htave botught thte hues mrreayv erected by~ the Newrfoundland Elen fo'e'g raph Cominnv , andtt hav e their planms sit I ,radviiend ais tie feli'vte thait St. Jttinis. Newfoti .t gltd will be in te'letvraphiie comuniiiention it call the cities itn the Union lby the etid of Septet ber next. Until thte Ocean Telegraph is comnpleted. ' hope that thne various lines otf steamtships betwe here aind Etngland will call either at St. Jeobi theor repanssev, NJewfouniidlnd. both goting? a tcoming. fur ihe purpose of deliverinig and reee nslg despatces. 'IThe genitlenmen aippoinited by thte chtarter drcosare Mlessrs. Peter Co..per. Mleses 'I tdlitr, Cyrus W. Field, Star.,hal 0. Roberts, a r urChandl-r White, whtose ttamies alotie are su theent gntranty~ of the sucee.s of the etnterpi ad d Thle folloiing are the oflicers of the C:omi ben Peter Cooper, P'resident: Prof. S. F. Morse, Vice President; M1oses Taylor, Treasutr dChtandler WVhite, See'y. . or- FEJ.!NE CUntoszTY.-'The Rociham ( igh~te~r gives the fotllowing areotunt oh' a wont tewhich stantds pre-einientt among wonders: r'Mr. John WV. Lee, oif Port Republic inti iv county, has at curiosity at his residet~e, whtiel la- certtinly out of i le ordinary coiurse otf natunre nd dIt is thtree kittens joitned to'gether by at ligamtn al-stch as conniects the Siamtese twins togeth, th tliThe contnecting coird is attaebed to thte navel ouach kitten. ITey are motre thant a fortmtght uradare its lively and as frisky ats kitten nau: "a re. 'Thle cat had twvo other kittenis nit the sa us time, whlich had nothing tunutsual in their birl lat.+ am. PoALY LosT.-Thle Toronto Globe sa' " rt.iousth atppirehentsions are entertaiied respe rt.u toe safety of Capt. (Xolinsont, who went< toBerig's Straits, in cominpany with Capt MClure, to search for Sir .John Faaunk risearch is now beinig made for hun ats wvell as a hie long lost Sir John, both otn the easternit t t esternt coa~st of North America. If Capt. C inson be found soon, all the vessele are to otitrn ti; if not, discretionary oirders are giver1 eayyaptains ilangnite and Mde'lure to cuntinue one search for one year longer." ers Asarrival at Chtarlestont, Soth Caroll errot Nassuai, brings aecountts of serious maizr orrisasters on and abtout the Bahamas. Dur " tvo weeks, propertyrestimte~td at from S600d. ~1itto $1,000,000, was wrecked. No mntton m do ade of the steamer Glasgow, or any craft of sebling her. . t Oun SAviNss Basx.-Catlling at the bank rou hoseestrdaty afternoon, to make a deposit red aportion of the earnings of at domestie, we lent o n inquiry, that thtere was on deposit in the b one arly one mtillioni of dollars. WVhat a glori e icsin stitttion, atnd what undying honior does it ow reflet upon the benevolent menct who institt tr o it.-Courir. TiHE TERRIBLE TRArADY AT LycRusRG, VjeGirnA.-We stated, yesterday, that Mr. John W. Lambeth had murdered his wife At;Lynch burg Virginth, on Saturday last, and thei com mitted siide. It appears be had been in bad health for some time, and returned, about three weeks ago, from Philadelphia, where he had been in senrcb of medical rehef. He was a ret ident of 1Halifax county, Virginia, but with his wife was on a visit to his mother at Lynchburg at the time of the sad tragedy, The Virginian says: - On Saturday, while sitting with his wife, in company with members of the family, without warning or sign of any character, he seized her and inflicted a frightful gash upon her throat with a pocket-knifle. She attempted to escape, but he rushed after her and succeeded in inflic ting two other cuts. Site staggered out of the house and fell in the yard. His attention was then arrested by the children of his brother, Dr. Lambeth. and he made an attempt to seize them, but was thwarted by a negro woman, who -threw then over the paling. He then made at his un cle, Mr. Bingham, but, he escaping, the murder ous but unconacious maniae returned tdithe spot where his wife lay and tore the bloody knife across his own throat-failing and dying almost instantly. It is believed- that while engaged in the struggle with lis wife he inflicted one or two cuts upoin his own throat. His mother to.shield his wife, ree'eived an accidental gash on the hand. " Dr. Murrel was soon in attendance, and suc ceeded in arresting the hemorrhage from the wound of' the unfortunate wife, and restoring conr.ciousne.,s for awhile; during which time she engaged in conversation, and, true to the in. stinets of the wire, exclaimed to the last, "Oh, my dear husband.' But the loss of blood'had been so great before the doctor's arrival that it was impossible to save her, and she died in three quarters of aln hour." "DUEL.-A duel took place on Tuesday, be tween Mr. B. F. Washington, editor of the Ti'maes and Transcript and Mr. A. C. Washburn, of the Alia Califirnia, in which, after five shots, Mr. Washi'urn was seriously wounded. The circumstances, as brieliy related by a per. :on who was on the spot, are as follows: The parti es, accompanied by their seconds and sur geons, repaired to the ground at an early hour, bat were attended by so many spectators that the place of meeting .was changed, and the affair tim.lly came oil' at a spot near the Misi*ion Dol ores, and all was sot arranged until about 8, a. m. The attending physicians were Dr. Wake Briarly, for Mr. Washington, and Dr. Williams, oif Sucramuento, for Mr. Washhurn. The wea pows were Wesson's rifles; distance, forty pa. ces-to tire at the word. There were about one hundred personis onl the ground. The meconds were Messrs. Benjamin Lippiticott and George Wilkes, for Mr. Washburn, and Messrs. Wake Briarly and Philip T. Herbert, for Mr. Washington. At the first fire, Mr. Washburn's rifle went off in the air, and his antagonist low ered his weapon without firing. It was taken I by one of his seconds and dischared. At the second ire Mr. Washburn's ball struck the ,round, sumae yards in advance of his adversary, nd Mr. Wa.,hinmgton again lowered his riflo without discharginlg it, owing to some mistake in the word.. At the third tire.both missed. At the fourth, Mr. Washburn's hat, was shot from his head; and the fitth and last, Mr. Washburn was shot under the shoulderblade, the ball pas sing aloIng the back and shattering the right shoulder severelv. We are informed the wound is not mortal. The affhir grew out of some re. marks exchanged through' the two journals, of which the principal parties were the editors." TuE a WEBsTERa Mo5LUMiENT.-Thle resolution which passed the senate of Massachusetts on Sat urday last,nappropriating ten thousantd dollars for the erection of a State monument to Damiel Webster, camne up by assigniment in the house of representatives on 'I'hursday. The freesasiiers atacked it wvith their usual characteristies arn lentce, and went even to the tomb, by the side of the sea to abuse and slander the illustrious dead. Th'le resoarion was laid upon the table by almost a ut nnious vote. Thtc STotsw FatLco.-The New York i mes states th~at the otficerm of the tr6ops sent, to sea in the Falcon protested agiainist her use as -unseawurthiy, and that Major Wyse, who refused to gro in tier is now uinder arrest on Governor's I hIland for disobedience of' orders. The 'Tnmes -He did nothing more than carry out his own solen conivictiun of the imnminent hiazard of send. iig the sulfl'rers by tlhe'San Franmiisen a second time to sea. in' sneh a vessel as the Falcon. His cmii onma h i anger from a court-nmr iabut he certainly has the sympathies of thu p1 blia. The-vMtansactioin has alt .the appearance - of au sordid speculati.in'au the part of the steam ship conmny, and :ai' illtasidered approval of. 'it by ithe~ governrn." .tt Religious Notice. The 1enmbers of the Mlissionary and Book Fund. a ord, or the Edgedield Baptist Association,, are .r"(ftestedl to mee~tt at Mlnuntain Creek Church, on te WVednesday after the first Lord's day in Junme n ext, at it o'clock. il ~ J. M. CIIILES, Chalrman. Butler Lodge, No. 17, L. 0. 0. F n A Regiular Mecting of this Lodge -' ill be held in their lIatt on Monday d MP evening next, at 7 o'clock. GEO. A. A DDISON, Sec'ry. n May 9 It 16 M~asonic Notice. r A itE( ULt.\R Communication of h N o. 50, A. F M., will be held in their Iltall on Saturdlay evening, 20th ,e inst., at 7 e'clock. n By or der of tie W. hl. A. G. TEAGUE, See'y. Sl ayl 4it 10 Excutive Dcenartmenlt. r COLUM1BIA, May 3d, 1854, -i IITHTEREAS informastion? has reached this lDe VY partment that on the night of *the 28th Feb ruary last, a miurder was committed in Darlinmgton Dtiistrict. upon the body of a slave named Peter, the ntproecrty of L. A. Williamson, by azznn-shoat wound r. iitlited by Win. L. Williamson, who has tied from Id, ~~. to the intent that the said WM. L. WIL, hy LIA MSON may be brought to trial and eondign I pniishmnut, I hereby otl'er a reward of TWO b, IINDIRBI) ANtD FIFTY DOLLARS for his *delivery in to any of the jails of this Stato.. The said '; Wilinso'n is abhout five feet eight inches in height, :t welt formed. sandy hair, red compulexion, gentleman t ly in deportment, and supposed to be thairty-foaur tin yeairs olad. n. Giveii under my haiid and the seal of the State, -orat Columbia, this third day of May, i854. nd J -011 L. MA31NING. ol flssi. PEitlY, Secretary of State. May 17 'It 17 o Free School Teachers 'XiIL take notice. that no Scholars of the VV Fourth Class will be paid for, for the ptes n, ent qu artar. Treachers are again requested in making in out their acmnnts, to make three columns-in the igar first place the namies of parents; in the second the oy number of children sent to School, and in the third -~ the number of day.; and to add up thme figures in r-ithe second and third columns correctly. The names of the chuildlren are not wanted. By order of thm Board. R. T. MIMS, Treas'r. ng May 11 . 4t of Not i ce, . k Butler Lodge, I. -O- 0- F. is 1h. E. LEGG, rermanent Secretary, is the ot only authorzedl person to receive money dtte ted this Lodgem. GEO. A. ADDISON, See'ry. I ay 1i 4t 17