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ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, S. C. THURSDAY MAY 11, 1854. eg~' We aro requested to state that the Second Quarterly Conference Meeting for the Edgefield Cir cuit, will commence in this Village, on to-morrow (Friday).evening at 7 o'clock. Our Correspondents. "IIARPER" has the eigth article of his series on the first page. " Dr. CLARK's letter," sent in by Mr. ADNEY, is not only interesting but touching. ELPIs" has broached a subject twhich is about to be pressed before the people-we mean, the Maine Liquor Law. " ONE OF THE BoYS'' gives a running account of another fishing party had on Saturday last by our young people. "TAX-PAYER" we notice elsewhere more fully. "PNEr Woons" has been unavoidably excluded this week. " WATcuMAN" is striking at we know not whom perhaps only the wind. There may, however, be much truth in what lte 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 W.m. P. BUTLER, who is well known to the District as an accomplished merchant. There too is the one of T. RooT, who is still at his Corner, well supplied with a variety of excellent and and cheap articles, and always ready to exhibit them In the most accomodating manner. Look further on and you will find the card of 3r. EDtuND PENN, who has again commenced business in the Dry Goods line. 3Ir. PENN 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 tlte above. named houses when they next wish to make a puir chase here. We will answer -for their beitig 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 who 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 "Offer," 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 wAill 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 Magnificent Dish. re we under obligations to 3r. Booxs for a large and abundant dish of fresh straw everal gentlemen and ladies, who saw unced thetm the finest they had ever seen. liberty of printing the note which ac his delicious present. Thus it runs: :--Next to enjoying a good thing myself eC of dividing with a friend that I know e it. ve Railroad communication with Charles could sendh hundreds of bushels of such t anntually. Yours &c. S. B. odel of a note-brief and to the purpose. 'bre ottr readers for their imtitaticn-wish-. te time that we could put a strawberry - thtem. But this we may nut do. Court of Appeals. ebted to a friend for the following items -t of Appeals, now in Session at Co *s of importani are before their Honors - d Chancellors-and among them some rict of great interest. in will-ease was argued on Friday last. N & MOnItANE against the will-MIessrs. Ca~tntott., contra. of Errors was organizedl on 3Iondlay last; s upon the Benich. The question as to istruction of the Will of A t.L EN A NDERt trgued on Muuonday and Tdesday. 3Iessrs. SFANN for thne limitation, 3Messrs. BAts ntott., contra. Other cases of itnpor ,ard, and others yet await discussion. .ill deliver their opiniiotns on 3Ionday next ecided. Our Taxos. OURa worthiy Tszx-collector has just made the tottr of Edgefield on his final trip for the blessed year 1851. He has-now doubtless the largest " pile" in the Dis trict,'enough to nmake-sevcral of tis rich if the State would say so. Biut the State has to be supported, anid the State's oflicer will be found at an early (lay trotting along down towards our Capital, with his pockets full of cash to help pay the current expenses of our body) politic. Trite, many and many a dime will thereby bid adieu to the hollows and hill-sides which produced them. But th'e good old Ship mutst be kept in sailing order, and lie is an unworthy voya ger who begrudges his share of the funds required to keep her bravely up against the breeze, with top.gal lant fluttering high and every rope tightly drawn. Such, we are sttre, is the sentiment of the vast bttlk of our fellow-citizens. Butt there will he grumbling and ill-natured spirits amtong every people, always ready to carp and snap at any thing that touches them. Akin to these, if not tone of them, is "lTA.r-.\fERt, who writes for the presetnt number of the Adlrertiser. For him and' Ihis like, we assume the task of penning a few lines of infortmation on the subject of our in creased taxes. The State tax is verglittle larger than it wvas last year. We have not referred to the Act and do not remember thme precise dillerence; but we feel confident in saying that it is inconsiderably smaill. The District tax it is which lias given such alarm to snarlers. Trhis is higher than it has been for many years. The Road tax alone is 50 per cent ttpon the State tax. Then the Commissioners of the Poor have caused to be assessed a tax of 12 per cent and the Commissioners of Public Building one of 8 per cent ttpon the State tax, making in all a sum-total of near '75 per cent. From this briefstatement," TAx-PAY ERx" may disacover (if lie choose to do so) that the Commissioners of Roads, Bridges and Ferries are maitily chargeable with these heavy taxes, if it be a charge at all. But we are far from regarding it in that light. These District oflicera are bound to sutperintend that portion of our District aff'airs committed to their care and to see that every thing ini their department, as fatr as practicable, be kept continually in good condition. It is well known that the freshets and heavy raitns last year were very destructive in their effects, especially as to the bridges throughout our District. A considerable public ex pense was thus unavoidably incurred ; or else our Commissioners must have attempted no repairs for the public convenience. Would this have been tolera ted ! Would " TAX-Pr rEn" even have sanctioned such parsimony ! We hope not. Our Commissioners of Roads are generally respectable men and men of substance, and of course in assessing any taxx they krosv that they too iust come in for their full share of the burden, whatever that miay be. Is it probable then that they would exercise the least exorbitance in this matter, or step one inch~ beyond what the actual necessities of the District reqtiired ? Something they are bound to do, if they would avoid being returned to Court. And we commend them for doing that something effciently. The samte mtay be said of the othier sets of Conmmissioners and of their acts. It is then neither our Legislators, nor the Commissioners, nor any other individuals who are to blame for this increase of taxation-but stern Necessity ; and, iron though her rod may be, he is a poor phtilosophier who cannot take her lessons patiently. In this particular mnatter however, her rod lias been laid upon us light. ly. We are doing finely compared with some other Districts. Take Pickens for instance. While Edge field has hadl to raise only 50 per cent upon lher State tax for road purposes, her smaller sister of the mnoun tains paid last year nearly 100. " TAX-PAYERt" and htis followers would do well to go and try Pickens for a year or two. They might come back satisfied with ola Eh-efieldt A- for" TAx-PAvEa's" 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 more'spiteful 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. IN our last paper we stated that the Cadets front Charleston would nmke Edgefield ogle of the slopping 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 JoNszs for his kindness and consideration in making this correction. His note is as follows: VACLtV.s, May 7, 1854. Mv DFAn Sta:-T observe in the " Adeertiser" of the 4th inst., that you notice the march of the Cadets of the State Military Academy, and say that it is in tended to make Edgefield one of the points in the tour. Yon have probably been misled by an unofficial pub lication in the Charleston Conrier, about a month ago. The Cadets will not take Edgefield 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 Edgefield the propriety of making arrangements for the reception of the Cadets, tihe 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, &r., JA31ES JONES. "I'ifth Reader." WE -cknovledge the receipt of this newly issued Southern school-book, from GEo. PAaICs & 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 't.ur teachers as a valuable addition to their series of instruction books. A Sovreign Remedy. WE publish this week the advertisement of "Ja coh's Cordial," a celebrated cholera retmedy. A Sa vannah paper, of high respectability, says that the maker of this Cordial is to be a contestant for the lire. mitint of 100,000 francs, soon to be oflered by the French institute to the discoverer of the mo.t perfect renedy for Asiatic cholera. It has high repute in Georgia, and is now manufactured at Savannah oi a large scale. As a family medicine, it is said to be in. valuable. Give it a trial all round. A Bold Move. Mr. SLIDELL, of Louisiana, has just adventured in the Senate of the United States, ttpon the boldest pro. position of the day; nod what i.4 tmore, ie has made a caltital speech in defence of it. The proposition is, that the Committee on Foreign Relations be reqiested to enquire into the expedieney of nuthorising the Presi. dent, during any future recess of Congress, to suspend by proclamation, the neutrality laws as enibodied and set forth in several acts of Congress. The chief ground, upon which the Senator urges the necessity of this extraordinary invesitment of pow er in our Chief Magistrate, is a settled conviction, that the Atlantic European Powers have resolved upon th,: Africanization of Cuba. 'lhe definition of this term, as given by 3r. St.mDELI., is a startlinig one. It is a contpouttid, says he, of " enancipation, cotnfitea tion, pillage, murder, devastation and tarbarisi." And such, in truth, would in all probability be the train Of terrors n% hich would follow in its wake. Look at St. Domingo. Itt elucidatinig the point, that Einglish and French diplonmacy tends to that consuimmtin, the speaker exhibits a large degree of skill atnd acuteness, andI (we may add) matkes his case a very probable onie. But we cannot agree itat it is thtoritugh or ittdisputa ble. Could it be placed beyti the shadow of a dotubt, wve should not fmdt tmuch diiliciulty tas outr feelirigs now veer) to sanctionaing even the extraordintary mieasitre of prevention which is here stuggested. Any thintg say we before submnittitng to the Africatnizationi of Cuba. Of course our prefe-renice would be for a direct d~e claration, on the part of our governtment, that this nefarious scheme shall be siopped by the right arm of military power. But we caninot see any thing so hor rible in Mr. S.IDELL's proposition as to Call forth execrationis. If Contgress emtpower thme Pnesidetit as desired, it will be a threatening of hostilities. The Governments, which mnettuce the American Conti nient with this inmmense e'.il, will be fairly forewarn ed thtereby ; while, at the same time, the country will have great assuratice, from the well-known integrity of our President, that the power commnittedl to him nill not be exercised lightly, or indeed unitil it shtall be itmperative-ly called for by every consiideration of necessity. Unitil this is done, all attempts upon Cubta by the "' Lone Star" assoctiations, or atty others, will he as culpable as now they arc. Bunt the step oncre taketn, we are virtually in a state of war, antd private expeditions (properly santtionedi) mtay hasten (ur sue cess so materially as to secure our ultimate triumpih over any cotmbiniation of enemies. Moonlight and Music. 'Tis thte season of tmoolig lht and~ im-ic. Wh~o thtat saw the mtellow scene of hlast ntighlt atnd heard thmesoft flutte's exquisite breathinigs fluatinig upotn the air, but felt their gentle intspiration! "'is thte season of moonhig ht and music. Adown ini the valley there the n' hipoorw ill sintgs his lonely moel ody, and upon the hilt-side, itn that beautiful clin, some sleepless mockinig-bird carols forth has most touching vagaries, whlile the silvery moon seems switmming among the light clouds above, the peerless ueen of the nigt. 'Tis the season of moonlight and niusic. hark ! hear ye not the soft gntitar atid the manly voice as thtey utite, beneath the shrubbery of itat luvuriatit gar den, to charm away the soft slumtbers of the hovedl (Inc ! She awakens ini peaceful bliss, aid woniders whlence those hteavettly soundtts proceed. 'iThe lattice is gently opened, andi b~y the tell-tale rays ofthte mtooni he sees her lover's half concealed form its lie honks in adoration towards her windoiw. lTat music and that mnoonlight have bountd too htearts indissoluly. Yes,'uis the season of moonlight atnd mniei, anid praised forever be the sweet month of 31uy ! Gay Cavaliers. ON Sitnday afternooni last, a siquad of youthutl equestrians camie dashing b~y otir resideiice at half speed, with coat-tails flying and horse-tails flashting as they went. Seeinig that the titovemenit was rather a military onte, we could bitt statnd amid adttire the Put natmtlike matiner in whiich our hieroic b'hoys raced it down the hill, ever andt aunont encouraging each oilier to thme sport by such wotrds of' cimmtatnd as " Cavalry, close up,"" Cavalry, to the front,"" Cavadry, charge," &c., &c. As long as Edgefield shall continute to pro duce stuch Cavalric specimetns, there is not probabtility of thte "-Edgefiel Ilussars" beconminig extinect. Aitmotng that little band of would-he soldiers, there may be onie or more n hose glorious renown shall yet almost eclipse that of a alotaTv or a JIAaNEv. Who knows?1 "'rail oaks from youthful actiris grow, Large streatms front youthful fountains flow." Incredible. A writer from our Jlapatn squadroni states that a sin gle one of our cruisers there is at a daily expenise of eih/t hundred dollars for coal alotie. " Tell that to the marines, the sailors won't believe it." \VTAn PREPARlYTIONS AT [JAVANA.-TheC Gov ernor General of Cuba is pre.patring to defenid hitmself ngatinst the combtinted forces of the tilli.. busters and Creole insurrectiotns. A letter from Llavanat says: "'PThe artillery cotmpanies have been sent to Morn Cnstle, andu Guns have be-en tmounted on the differenit fortifications around Haivana, and the Governor has at last decided upont :rmine 4,000 blacks. These troops are to be ofieerel by whiles, and the sergeantts are to be whlites ail so. By this I judge that time governimnt catnnot rely upon the Spanish white popuilation for e.l feettual support, or it may be a move to form a ncleus fur a black army to convert Cuba inato an African possession in case the govecrnment of Spain cantnot be maintainied. Threo regimenls are to come from Porto Rico, whticht, with the 4,000 black troops, will raise the fogee here to 18,000." MANY persots'complain of being pestered by bedbugs-it is easy to avoid the inconvenience. On going toi bed, strip oilT your shirt,-and cover yotrself front head to foot wvitht boiled molasses. Let every p art of the body he thickly covered with it. "On cotming to bite you, the bugs will stick fast in the molasses, and you catn kill thetm at leisure in the mornting. COMMUNICATIONS, FOR THE ADVERTISER. LETTER FROM DR. C. J. CLARK, SURGEON OF THE PALMETTO REGIMENT. MRt. EIDTOR:-l received a few days ago a letter from this gentleman, who was appointed to succeed Dr. DAvis, as one of the Surgeons of the late Pal metto Regiment. Ie is residing at present in Alabama, though he is a native of South Carolina, and what is far great er, he is a noble hearted. chrivalrous man, and one devoted to all tie duties of life. It was the sad fate of thu South Carolina Regi iment, 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 ease and comfort, and their wh:olle conduet was regulated by a most conscientious 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 "imrinent deadly breach." They did not stop to consult their own safety, as they were entitled to do; but I myself can testify that so zealous were those gentlemen in the perthrrnance or tie arduous part assigned them, and so anxious were they to be on hand and ready to stop the blood and staunch the wounds of their comirades on the fiell, that they were as often to be discerned by the light of the fire of the enemy's guns, as the most reckless Captains in our Band. 3Jelieving that his old companiots in arms, and those who were so often the benefieinries of his learning, skill and assiduity in his profession and ollice, would like to hear fron a fellow-soldier, I have taken the liberty to give this letter of Dr. CL..IK' 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 geOn las been married to a'eharminig, devoted wife, for thirteen months, and has had his union blest aind cotnse-ratel by a beautiful blue-eyed boy ; and therefore on that sacred suliject, I shall be silent. Most respetftlly, JOSEPII ABNEY. JAcKSoNviL.I.E, Ala., April 10, 1554. Mv Di EAm A ioxiv :-1 received this morning yours of the 4th inst.,:urd hasten to reply. I arn truly glad ti hear from you, and was also much in terestel and gratitiedl by your sketeh of the Officers of tie old Palmetto Regiment. many of my proud est and dearest asseaiions are connected with it, anl iry heart waris towards any one who ever bel ngred to it. and especially towards the brave and gentlemairly Ollicers, with whoni I had the pleasure to eerveand t" associate.-HIow much it would grat ify me to meet with them all once more, around some festive board, and rehearse thIe long and for ever Pasl ! A thousand and a tihousand times myr~ mind reverts to and runs over the past-over M\arches, Seitges, Unittles, Bivouacs and enenmp mients. Thre thousand brave men wvho, answered their country's call-where arc they? And the brave hearrts and strong inms that wer~e marshalled for Chrurubuseo's b~oody fieldl or Chapultepee's btistling heights--where are they !Alas !many of them-nearly all-arc thre peceful arid silent tenants of the tonmb. Uporn receiving your letter, [ ran over my old Hospital 1Hook, arid Retturns of Siek. Wounded.I Dead, &c. Wh entalogtre of dea. der now to thiink Puebla, where thr the'r beds of str. with Diarrho~a an . and even as high hotuse ot death that was: ire gnastiy races, wnusco fors anid stil'erned corpses flit befoire nre at times yet. I cart see the Suirimers. Lackey. Thomas, Gr.ihamo, Cobb, Roberson, Jones, Ahbney, Gesman, Carthren, .MeEldr'or, lTotuston. Labib Davis, Fort ncr. Stuarrt, Tilmrarn, Cotzhurn, Williamis,111ll, Pratt, and miany, mainy mrore, as one after atnother they snik belb.re the destryer. if you recollect there were twenty-sevenr deaths in the Regimernt itt Junre, anrd forty in Ju ily '47, at Puiebla. I enrn alnmost slied1 tears when I thrink of thre poor fellows-how they woul clasp mty hanrd arid loukinig intto rmy face, ask or try to read their fates-nntd then, when hrope was gone, rte falterir'g niecents that spoke of far o'ff hmerus, of mothers, athiers, sisters, or perchance of wives!I Their tearful thanrks andl dying gratitnude 'or my poor services, do moy heart good to tis day. hlow mrany poor fellows loodkedl to iine to save them frem the jiws oef death-God ontly kntows how im Ipotent rind how hirurbild I ofteit felt-Blut ie does know I labored haird ande faithftully for themo, and diiid"liat was in my power to alleviate their sull'er Of ite thotusantd men who wvent forth, fuill of life arid hrope and1 brighlt antticil'ationts, I see by myw return four tire monitht of October '-1i, that only three hrundredl atnd lifty-five reminied in the Regi ment. Of. tis rnimber gonte, it is true soite hadl been dischrargedl anrd reitrrned hiomie ;but the rest were alreardy tying beneath the sarndy pilainis otf Vera Cruzx, around .Jahrpa or Perote, inr tire vale of Thas an, urn the bloodey lields ouf Chruruhiuseo anid arodundl tie heights of Chiapurlte'pee. Their bones were lite rally scattered all aeng thre greait reeml, froimt the City of the Trure Cross to the Ilais of tire Monte funas. ut, friend A os~v, after all, we lhad many a heart-1 stirring aimd joeyous time. What -proud dlays wthent we saw the Stars andl Stripes float out uover the bat. treents Of Vtera Cruz, Sari Juan de Ullon, mid Craplultepee, or' wheni we mrariced into the greart 4;nares of Puebela anid thre City of Mlexico; but tire drudest and most joyful day I remremiber, was thre mornin' that, with our torrn banner and shrattered Regimetnt, we took up tire litne of march for honme. I felt thrat our task was donre-that our scarred hre roes hadl won inames that would be enrolled ini his tory, and chierisheud in tire hearts of their country ment. But I cannrot dilate Ott tis subject at present. May tire sod rest lightly on rerr dead brethren; arde maiy Godh deal mercifully arid kindly with tire few who arc livinrg I remrain your friend, sinceerely, 1 C. J. CLARK. FOR TirE AtvERtTsERt. DOWN WITH YOUR HIGH TAXES. MR. Emtvort:-.\tlc is said of tire tight times in whicht we live. But somretimres tire carusc of these is not fully tufolded. Perhraps thnm are ton nrume-1 ros to be menrtionred. I am sure I shrall not be ound at ternmptng tire task. Burt. Sir, will our larst Legislature, or tire Mem bers of it, please allow a plain omin to ask wiry they hve at such a timie raised inisteaid of lessened our t'xes ? They seem to think theo harder tire times tre higher they mtust stick on tire taxes. Hlere we1 are this year paryinrg thre hrighest kind of taxes wvhren tre scale shrould hrave been brnughrt down lower ttan it ever ihas beent. I saty, Sir, wiry is thisi Are 1 we to bear every tiring and gi to mill tooi If so, farewell to-Carolina. We hadl better pack upi our aarts anrd travel at once. But, Mr. EmIToR, I do not wish to leave outr good State. I prefer to stary were I am. One tiring tire people cart do in tire matter, atnd that I hope they will do. Thery cartn send mien to tire Legislatut'e wiho wvilh see that wie shall not be required to pay nearly all we mrake irnto tre public treasury. Let them see to it. " A stitcht in ti... save n,:.,. ' TA -I'AY MT I FOR TIE ,ADVERTISER. LEGISLATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. ANoMNGST the many. subjects that are now a'.tract ing the attent'on of the.peopte of this great country, in this great age of progress, that of governmental science holds a prominent 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 politial compact. It is, however, much more diffi ult to do this, than a siperflcial 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 or 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 lie cspable of meeting and satis fying every exigency.. Neverthelees, it is right and proper to strive after petfection, though fully per suaded that it cannot be reached. The prencher exhorts his hearers to this, and very properly, though conscious at the time4. its absence in his own per on, and knowing that a depraved nature and extra neous influences combine to prevent its attainment. he physician strives to be perfect in his profession, though the history of thousands of years and the aily occurrences ofthe present time, convince him hat the healing art cannot effectually and complete y relieve pain, nor sti4 the decree of nias disso lution. The rationaleof chemical affinities and re pulsion will probably never be understood, but that oes not and shall not repress the ardor of those ngaged in the study of chemistry. Progress, not perfection, is man's earthly destiny. This is said of ourse, with reference to the present constitution of hings. Ilow far the Creator may vouchsafe to muan n excellence in wisdom and happiness before the osing scene in the drama of this world's existence, presume not to say. When the angel of the apoca yptic vision shall descend with a great chain in his mnd, and bind the great enemy of man, and with t he key of the bottomless pit, shall lock himup from i Al communication with tho earth, there then may i e perfection among mankind ; but speaking after ie manner of men, and with reference to man's present constitution and being, I repeat that Pro ress, not perfection, is man's earthly destiny. In egard then to government, the problem to be solved rs, I1ov Chr can the restrictions of law be allowed vit'out anl infiringcment' upon the mutual rights of hose subjected to it? How far can its power ex end for the protection of the rights of one man, ithout doing violence to the rights of ancther ian ? b his I regard as the essence of government, this is he design of law, to mete out evenhanded justice t :o all, and the proper application of this principle is I lie perfection of human government. And whi!st t here cannot be absolute perfection in this, there an be a perfect standard, and the nearer we -it roach it, the more neary do we reach the consun untion of government, viz: equal rights and equal riomunities. With these premiises before us, we propose to pro tent for the consideration of the people of this State ome thoughts in rilation to the law known as the ilaine Law," or raither the prineil les embodied in as set forth in the newspmaperse, for the law itself c have never seen. This is a measure that ha:s fur wo years past excited no little attention in dihlreent s tarts of the Union, and forms the basis of the sever-r ice oin :ieounit 02 tne place at its onigit. - umi y good thing comne out of Nazareth ," hias not eased to be a proverb even among those whot aret Isrealites indeed, in whom there is ito guile." < This variety of opinion isnuitecnfined to any par icuir locality, becatuse frinm the nature if the law does not aifleet any particular territorial interest hle traide ini liquiir is not a mionopoly piosseted by e section to the exehusion of another, and ther anufacture is carried on in any locality where the acoie mtay regard it their interest to engage in it. le evils, moreover, which it propsi S to correct, ire co-extenisivye with the territ'riat limits of the na ion. Such being the ease theni thle law canniut be roductive of sectional partit a, but miust excite a I ;neral interest, and receive approbation or inicur eprach according to the variedl interests, the eont ieting political opinionis and illerent views of mtotal esponsibility among the pople of this mighty Re mubli. The mind of the n riter, in commton with athers, has been attraetedh to the subject, and in the [ ,xerise of a common right, and by the aid of a free d itndependent press, lie sends forth this expres- e ion of his views. In doing this, nto initentional3 flenee will be given. Mlutual respect for opinionls ud feelings shoeuld always be observedl by those lio entgage in the discultsiont of iquestionis that ate o be determiined by moral reason. The man who ondens and abuses anothmer tor htonestly enitertin tig aii optinion different fromt his own, has niot yet nastred the elements of tiue liberty. We say his oif course not ini regatrd to opintionis that are nown to be subversive o1f gooud order, or in aniy y danigerous to the petnce andi welfare of the comn- e nunity. But we say it in respect tio measures of loubful utility ; subijects ont whtich good mien andti ue, patriots anid christinus honestly ditler. I thinik e is a mtaximn of logic, anid surely it is a dictate of a ~ommon senise, never to assume a pos'tioni to lie cor et, and then east atbout for proof to substn~ntiate i . Let us then in the examination of this subject,r ~ndeavor to recive as true, only that to w'hich a i. ir induction leads us. I Ini regard to the constitutiimality of a legislative i et for the suppression of the manufaeture and trade I Ardent Spirits, in the absence of any exprness irovisioi, we must determinec the matter by an ein-t 1airy inito genteral principles. What theni is thne ubject of a consatitutionial government? The pro-t mible to the constitution of the United States, deC- ~ hires it to be " to establish justice, inisure domiestic t manqility. promote the genteral wvelfaure, andi secure l lie blessings of liberty to ourselves anid our posteri- c y." Would the suppressiotn then of the liqjutr ~ affe, violate any of the prinlciles litre enumter ted ? Would it abolish jus~t~e ? Would it endan- r er domiestie tr,mnquilty ? Would it hinder the' eneral welfare, or deprive us anti our posterity of ' he blessings of liberty 1 We put it to a eandid, L Itinking and free people, whether the passage of an ntti-liquor law wouldl bring upon ut any of these lI vils, antd we leave themn to decide the question. r In the secidmi place, what would lie the effet of tuch a law upon trade ? Now it is not denied tht lie government may derive a large revenue fromt C he iiertation of liquors ;nor is it denied t hat a tisiderable income arises from the sale of licenses. ut we questittn very seriously whether, the amtountt ealized by tariff and taxation is not enn-:elled by the C xpenses incurred in the support of paupers, alms touses, orphan and lunatip' asylums, jails, penitenti-t ies and criinral proseutiotns, not to specak of losses d ustaied by incendiarism anid idleness, togethuer c u'ith a long train of diseases, and nill thne result, I ireetly or indirectly, of the use of A rdent Spirits ; lngs that never would have happened but for thei xittene of liquor. Admitting this to he true, (and ye think it catn be sustained by statistical reports,) s S rade in spirituous liquors. What is gained in one vay is lost in another. But so far as it niTets pecuniary interest, the sub ect is hardly worth noticing, and we allude to it in his respect chiefly to satisfy a few who base their ,bjections upon the ground that a prohibitory law vould injuriously affect these interests. It is in re peet to its moral bearing that the subject presents tself in all its stupendousness, and in this aspect we irupose to look at it in another number. ELPIS. FOR THE ADVERTISER. WROMTU LINES INSCRIBED TO THE MISSES OF 1HE 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 nay be, As now while your hearts are high, bounding and free. Pass on-yea, pass on that your parents may gaze On their treasures, all priceless-and list to the prase, That shall fall front the lips of yon gathering throng, As your notes shall peal forth in each favorite song. EDGEFIELD C. II., Mny 3, 1854. FOIL TltE ADvER-rlIER. Ma. EDITOI :-Aliow me a small space in yoiur aper, for the purpose of calling the attention of our readers to a Fishing Party, that caie off on aturday last at the Pine House Pond. According to appointment. (by the Committee of rrangeiaents) a good niany of the younn* llies of lie Village and its vicinity as'ebnhled at the Edge eld Female Institute, about 9 o'clock. In a short ime afterwards, there were seen several of the ouig gents of the Village, mounted on wagons, igning up their prancing steeds, and turning cor iers of streets like Grecian Charioteers, winding heir way to the place of meeting. In a few minutes ore they were seen " loaded down to the guards 4th a prelcous eargi of live lumber," as a sailor mould say, enroute for the Pine louse Pond. triking the Plank Road at the rates of " two forty," hey seemed to imitate the renowned Jonts Gui.ns. passing toll gates and mill posts ; and, being now all in a row," made the dust rise before them like c!oud. After making good time for two or three miles. ad passing several wagons on the way, which gave lie road very politely to them, they were agaitn ought to a halt by a signal, not of distress but of .y, given by three young ladies, who were awaiting licir arrival. With becominig gallantry, several of he voutig gentlemen of the Committee, quickly lighted and assisted the ladies to the seats that had cen reserved for them. Again the drivers cracked lieir whips, and away they went, in great glee for lie Pond, where they all soon arrive] in safety. 'inding all right, and every thing in order, they bicy proceeded to unloal iimmedintely. And now >r the sport ! The si'moth surface of the water as soon dotted over with boats, filled with some of lie fair-st flowers of feiale beauty that the country nuld produce. -Sonie of thenm occasionally threw ut ai line and drew in a fish. Others again suntg 'te approiprinito airs, while the gentlemten kept ime to them writh their paddlles ;-but the larger ortion oif the ladies were engaged in lively and pirited coniversaution, whi',h toldl that they were all s happy as the herart could wish. A shirt time after the wagon train haid arrived, eeral ecarringes eame up, bringing somte of the iore steady portiomn of the community. These were -.:d kind mtarried Iadia s, who favored r comupany just to gratify the younge - rc a great addhition to the assemi * n they enma~e the.y set thenmselves to :all around them happy. ionsiderable fishing, singing. talking ements of various kinds, the ladies . aider the spreaiding branchtes (If the ,rest trees ,and' were seated very pleasantly. Thec oung gentlemaen of the C'omittee, thaen acquit d aeselves very gallanttly by handing ice-water. ice ream and lemoade in the mnost lavi.h profusion. 'le thie now passed oil very pleas.-mttly unitil about ne o'clo~ck, wh..n it was antnontneed tat dinnaer was ndy, :and all respectfully invited to partake. Theiy I now repaired to the table, whlich they found ar mged in the imost elegantt style, and well supplied rithi all the substantiads. as well as somei of the nicest Flenicies that the heart cild desire. Dinner being over they all returnted to the water's dge naain to amutse thiemselves in the best posIible. unniter, wh.l:eh they seme.l prepared to do with au erect ventge~ance for the remaaintder of the evenaing. Lboout live o'clock, somie of the comapauny begnan to ~ave; and, ini the course of half ani holur a:] of the gonts were agan readly. They received their laals in good orider and condition," and returned to the ilige with peace anda pleasure, and depo's:ted their reious eharges with regret. Thus endedl one of the most pleasant days of musemtenat that ever befell the lot of mtortuds to en y, without a sinigle accident or itishap to amar the ir 'y in the least. Nowv he't, though not least, tre all return our icere thanks to 3'lrs. .1. andl Gena. J. Rl. W.. for ,e:r kindniess andl libierality, jilay they live long > tnjoy that hapipiies which they cause us to fleel ONE 0OF TIlE BUYS. Foat 'riaE A DvEi'risi.R. " CHARITY MUST BEGIN AT HOME." A rr-i.: afite r appeal hias beent sounded iat the ars of the Chiurchecs, in behalf of the A frican, the lirmani, .thie Chtinia anid the Gera-na Alissions, troa, andil thle Indin Mission, the Bible Cause, ud " the destitute in the far WVest,'' at homte, anid s often as they Ihave been heard, so often have our o(phe. qutieted their coaise:eneces, and silenced the npo)rtuate A genits wIth the well remtembered and ever to be forgotten apuihegat, " Charity nmust be in at home." We miu.-t support our Mlinisters at ome. They give up their secular pursuits iad orlly avocations, atnd !eave their children as or lihnis, and wives as widows, arnd conie through lumiaer's heat antd ithe frosts and snows of Witer, ' preach to us the Word of Life. To them we eel boutnd by ten thousanid ties oIf tender associat ot. They have baptized us atnd our children, and -itha us they have often kntelt around our family al irs, and at our beds when afilietioni's hand hath tid us low ; and wheat death hiath entered our htambers and torn froma out- emabraces the near anid ear, by the ties of anature, they have wvept with us hile following their mtortil remains to their last sting places, and returned to the house of mourn ig to pour consolation into the blecdiang heart. Ie most of thtemt are poor men. " Charity must egin at honme." Well pileaised to kntow how wvell the pastor is ived iy his Ilock, thte kiind hi-arted Agenit can say o more. A nid tru!y to see the kinid receptioni that ur Ministers meet, whlen visitinig the houses of outr rethren, the tahle spread with dainties, the easy hair or si4fa, the inest rooma reserved for them, one nuld but think that such a people were bent on tlfilling the A postolic inijunction, " Let the elders at rule well be counted worthy of double hontor, specially theay who labor in word and doctrine." This is the bright side of thc picture-let us shift scene. Whilst that Slinister lies on a bed of own, resting on mahtogany, trying, but in vain, to nmpose himself to slieep, hiis thoughts are traveling ack agnitn to his own loved home, rnot rendered oubly sweet by contrast, bitt dear to him from thed titates of that humble dwelling. I have seen one f the most popular Ministers retur-n from places, ehi as I hauve described, and sit down at his own bl on., ic . n:..u..t co.u be .s.en but a plate of sweet potatoes and a chicken boiled in ciear water. And I suppose it was the best he could do, for I was a guest. I have seen another Alinister whose head is whitened with the frost of many winters, who was conpelled, during a protreted meeting1 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 coulI have sent his hands and pulled all his fodder in an hour. I saw a Minister last Lord's day, who 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 last year to go to preach to them. I have seen many Ministers to whom the Chu:ches and congregations for whom they preached have not paid more than one-third of the amount annua'ly subscribed. On these subserijption lists may be seen the names of men of property, both in and out of the Church, and who would consider themselves disgraced if they could not pay promptly their ac counts with the merchants, their lawyer's fee or doetor's bill, and yet never think of paying their subscription to the poor Minister. " U 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 lahorers who tive reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth, and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the turs of the 1.ord of Sabatith." No wondcr your Miinisters are poor, their chil dren uneducated, their sermons dry anil uninterest ing, and the cause of' religion in a languishing con dition. No wonder that the blight and mildew, and frost and catterpillar, anol the painer worm and war should spread terrer through the land. In ny peregrinations, Mr. EDITOR, I HMay chance to coie this way agan, and wi:l give yiu the result of my observations. A WATCHMAN. EUntrEAx AFFAmts-CURA.-The Washing toil Star of Saturday has the following in rela tion to Cubtan affairs and Europe Various European embassies inl this city, and we therefore take it'for graited our Govertiment also, this morning receit ed intelligei ce, oflicially showing the correctness of. the telegraphic ac. count received vesterdar cionerning the occur rences with Mr. SonIe,'Madrid. The next arri val from Europe will douhtless bring moist im 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 itt Cuba with a view to the speedy ablition of slavery tl:ere, and that Etgland's overt acts against the interemts of the United States, as connected with the future of the bland, are at the bottom of all thb trouble which Mr. Soule is undoubtedly having at Madrid. Inl'ortnation that the ste'amters of the Englkh fleet have certainly gone tip into the -Baltic and Gulf of Findland has also reached more than one eibass in this citv. Ml the uttisiams ports ott both are now undoUbtedly umider a rigid bloekade. Some of the advices received by the foreign ininisters say that the mediation very receitly offered by Prussia hid., fir to sneceed inl prevent ing t lie war from going any further., We ean ot, believe in the CorrectwNs of this intpres'ton. The occurrences at Madrid, whin they become known at St. letersburg, it strikes us, will hard iv incline the Russian Govermuent to submit to tte demnandls ohf England, beanse they' point to a very speedy involvenmettt of Eniglanid in emabar rassinig difliculties with the United States. TIE Kr~xTucKY TittAL.-Th le verdiet in this ease seems to have pruidntted great excitenment in the West. Every piaper int Louisville, it is stat ed, except the .otirtial, conidemtats in the severest terms the verdict of the jury in thme ease f Matt. F. Ward, as a bttrniing disgraee to tl.e State of Kent nekv. Tharoumghotut the West thi5 seems to be the 'prevailiug .setim netnt, and the press is engerly disavowing all a pproval, express or implied, of' the acquittal of Ward. The excitemuetnt at Louisville rose to such a pitch. that on Saturdaiy eveing, as tele~grauphic espathues itnform tus. au meetinmg was held, at wili resiltiio'ns were passed eallinig hut Hon. Johl. Crittetnden,onie of the voltunteer coutnsil ~f Ward. to riiigmt his seat in the United 8.ates Senate: requestinig Willfe, another of the coauntel o resign his pie in lie State Sena~te ; and ii viting thte Ward f'amily ti. leav'e the State. WhIeni this tmeet ing wats Over, a mob priiceeded to the mrderer's lathter, Roibert .J. Ward, wvhere the, eligies ofi Mlatt. F". Ward atid his brother wvere tr ied so close to the fronit door as to set lire to tte wood work. Thte pieliple arc exatsperated beyond all ques tion, bitt wve dloibt it' anyv goo~d results can tloiw 'rotm steh *bullIi: ions if tfeiuig. however nttual, as those met'ntione.d. The verd iet otf the jutry taght to be regarded with sonme letnity, consider iny the influ enices anid agencies broutghit to be ar ini beh'talfr of' the acused. The tcrimte it~telf, and the whole trial andl its cisncoilantts, shoaw at very sail cond~liito of 5ocie y in that sectiotn. ---outIh Caroliiin. TELEGEII ACt~os's TicE ATn.ANTIC-CtAtRTER. G tnasTED-.Coatr'asY OmG ANtZED.-.TIhe last mail l'rot Newfottnahtid, brings inutelligenice of thme harter of a Compatny by thle title ot The New York, New fotindlanitd anid London TIelegraph Company. The ultimate obijtect of the gentlenment iiterested in thik project is the establishmient of' as ubmarinte Telegraph to conineet Newfoundland with Irelanid. The New York. Newfoundlatnd and London Telegraphil Coumpany have boiught the linetts al-. ready erected by the Newrton'ndmdi Electrie Teegra ph Coniun~uv, andi have t heir phoais so far adhvaed'i as to' relieve thami tSt. Jioh tns, New founmd lnd, will be in teilegzratphie cimmuntttientiion with all the cities in the Uniotn lby the end of Septema ber next. Until the Ocean Telegraph is comnpleted, we hope that t lie various lines of steatmships between here atid Eniglatnd w ill call either at St. Joihn's uir Trpassev, Newifionnd land. buth going and .omig. f'or thec purpose of' deliverittg anid receiv og despI ateches. IlTe genttlemien atppointted lby the charter as directors are Mlessrs. Peter Cooiper, 310ses TPal lir, Cy rus W. Field, .Marshal 0. Roberts, atid Chlb-t~lr White, whose noanes alonie are snili in guratnty of the sucess of' thle enterprise. Te folloiing are the ollicers of the Comtpa y Peter Cooper, Presidlent: Prof. S. F. l5. Morse, Vice President ; Mo0ses Tiaylor, Treasurer; Cader White, See'y.. FEINE CUatOstTY.-The Rockitighanm (Va.) [gter gives the followinig account atf a wvonder wbich stands pre-etinttent among wonders: Mr. John W. Lee, oif Port Republic in this ounty, has a curiosity at his residerwe, which is ertainly ontt of' the ordintary course of natutre. It is three kittenis joined together by a ligament %uch as conniects the Siamnese twitns together! '['he connetitng cord is attached to the tiavel of 'aeh kitten. Theiy are more thatn a f'ortnight old, mtd arc as lively anmd as frisky as kittcen usuamlly re. Thme eat had twvo other kittens at the saime ite, which had not hing unuusualI ini their birth, PaOnIAJLY LosT.-The 'oronto Globe sayns; Seius apprehiensions are entertained respect. ing the satf'ety of' Capt. Collinson, who wvent out to Behring's Straits, in company with Captain McClure, to search for Sir .John Faanklin. eirch is now being madc for hinm as well as for ie long lost Sir John, both on the eastern and estern coast of North America. If Capt. Col inson hbe found soon, all the vesselt' are to re Itrn ; if not, discretionary orders are given to Captais Mlagnite and 3Ie(lure to continmue the search for one year longer." As arrival at Chtarlest on, Sotuth Carolina, rou Nassuat, brings accotunts of serious ma~rine disasters on and about the Bahamas. Durin'g vo weeks, property1 estimated at f'rom $600,000 to $1,000,000, was wreked. No menation is ade of' the steamer Glasgowv, or any craft re emabing her. Our. SAviscs B~txx..-Callinig at the bank~ing louse yesterday afternoon, to make a deposite of tportion of the earnings of'a domestic. we learnat, mn inquiry, that there was on deposit in time bank nearly one million of dollars. WVhat a glorious nntittution, and what undying hotnor does it not rflect upon thte benievolent ment whto instituted THE TERRIBLE TRAGtDT AT LywcHBuRG, VIRGImN.-We btated, yesterday, that Mr. John W. Lambeth had murdered his wife atLynch burg Virgiria, on Saturday last, and then com nitted saicide. It appears he had been in bad henlth for some time, and returned, about three weeks ago, from Philadelphia, where he had been in searcl of medical relief. He was a re ident of 1Jalifax 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-ktife. She attempted to escape, but he rushed after her and succeeded in inflic. ling two other cuts. She staggered out of tho house and fell in the yard. His attention was then arrested by the children of his brother, Dr. Lambeth. and lie made an attempt to seize them, but was thwarted by a negro woman, who threw them over the paling. He then made at his un cle, Mr. Bingham, but, he esenping, the murder ot1s but unconacious maniac returned to'the spot where his wife lay and tore the bloody knife across his own thront-falting and dying almost instantly. It is believed- that while engaged in the struggle with liis wife he inflicted one or two cuts upQoi his own throat. His mother to shield his wife, rec'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 consciousne.ss for awhile; during which time she engaged in conversation, and, true to the in stinets of the wife, exclaimed to the list, " Oh, my dear liusband." 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 an hour." "DUEL.-A duel took place on Tuesday, be tween M1r. B. F. Washington, editor of the Ti'nes and Transcripi and 31r. A. C. Washburn, oifi the Alta California, in which, after five shots, Mr. Washi'aurn was seriously wounded. The circumstances, as briefly related by a per : ot who was on the spot, arc as follows: The pirti es, accompanied by their seconds and sur geuns, repaired to the ground at nu early hour, bat were attended by so many spectators that the place of meeting.was chatngted, and the nffair fit.lty nme off at a spot near the Mis-ion Dol ores, and ill was not arranged until about 8, a. mu. The attending physicians were Dr. Wake Jiriarly, for 31 r. Washington, and Dr. Williams, i,f Scramento, for Mr. Washburn. The wea pons were Wesson's rifles; distance, forty pa. ees-to lire at the word. There were about one hundred persons on the ground. The seconds were Messrs. Benjanin Lippincott and George Wilkes, for 31r. Washburn, and Messrs. Waike Briarly aid Philip T. Herbert, for Mr. Washington. At the first fire, Mr. Washburn's rifle went oil in the air, and his antagonist low ered his we:ipon without firing. It was taken by one of his seconds and dischared. At the secoid tire Mr. Wash'iurn's ball struck the ground, some yards in advance of his adversary, and Mr. Wa.-iiigton again lowered his rifle without discharging it, owning to some mistake in the word., At the third ire.both missed. At the fourth, Mr. Wa-hburn's hat was shot from his head; and the fifth and last, Mr. Washburn was shot under the shiotlderblade, the ball pa. siig along the back and shattering the right shotilder severely. We are informed the wound is not mortal. The affair grew out of some re mnarks exelhanged through' the two journals, of which the priincipal parties were the editors." TntE WVEBSTER Mo U.1ENT.-Trhe resolution whlichl passed the senate of Massachusetts on Saturday laist, aippropritating ten thousand dollars for the erectio.n of' a State monument to Daniel Webster, cane upl by a-signment in the house. of' re'preseniLttives on Thliursday. The freesoilers attacked it with their usual characteristics virti lentce, and went even to the tomb by the side of tihe sea to abuse tind slander the illu.<trious dead. The resolu~ion wais laid upon the table by almost a ulanimous vote. THE STE.uMtPt FAL~co.-The New York TIimes states that the otfieei- of Lhe tr60pis senlt to sea in the Falcon protested ngnainst her use as unsetwurthiy, and that Major WVyse, who refused to g.o in her is now uinder arrest, on Governor's island for.disobedience of orders. The TIimes -1ie did nothing more than carry out his own solcemni convictlion'of the imminent hiazard ofse'nd ing the sufferers lby the'San Frtimeiseo a second ime to sea. in'sneh'a vessel ais the Falcon. His co~mlmi-sion mnay he in dangzer f'rom a court-mnar tiail, but he certainly hias the sympathies of the p~ b lie. Thhetans:,et ian hais tall 4h'e appearance ofi a sordid speculhino atlthe pamrt of the steamr ship cotmpany), and'an~ ilhuomusidered approval of. it hy the govrny t. Religious Notice. The' Mcembers or' the Mlissionary and IBook Fund lituard, of thme Edlgehield Raptist Assoceiation, are ruiquesteud to melet at alountain Creek Church, on thle Wedniisday after ,the first Lord's day in June next, aot 11 o'clock. J. M. CIILrES, Chalrman. May 11, 185.. Butler Lodge, No. 17, L 0, 0, F A Regnilair Meeting of this Lodge will be hietd in their Iliull on Monday Sevening next, at 7 o'etocek. GEO. A. A DDISON, See'ry. May 9 It 16 M~asonic Notice, A RL(G L.LA t Commuuication of .. N.50, A. F M., will be held in their ltall on Saturday evenitng, 20th inist., at 7 .i'elock. By order of'tte W. M. A. G. TEAGUE, See'y. Mlay 4t it 18 *Executive Departmnt. COLUMBIA, May 3d, 1854, 'ITHEREAS infourmatiomr has reached this D)e V Vpartmient that on the night of the 28th Feb ruary last, a murder was committed in Darlinigton iDistrict. upoin the body or a slave named Peter, the property of' L. A. Williamson, by a nn-shot wound inflicted by Wmn. L. Williamson, who has fled fronm jutice. Now, to the intent that the said WM. L. WIL, LIA MSON may he brought to trial and condigu punis.liuinent, I hereby oil'er a reward of TWO tttUNlED~~l AND) lulil'Y D)OLLAlRS for his delivery into amny of the jails of this $tnto. The said Willinamson is abhout five feet eight inches in height, well formhed.saindy' hair, red complexion, gentleman ly in dleportmaent, anrd suppecd to be thirty-four years nol. Given under my hatnd and the seal of the State, at Columbia, this third day of May, l854. JOIIN L. MANNING. Bu.a. PF.RSy, Secretary of State. May 17 4t 17 Free School Teachers T ILL. take notice, that no Scholars of the VT Fourth Class will be paid for, for the pes ent quartnr. T1eaohersare again requested in making out their aee'amnts, to make three columns-in the first plaice the namses of parents; in the second the number of childreau sent to Sehool, and in the third the number of days; and to add up the figures in the second and third coluunns correctly. ThenDames I of the children are not wanted. By order of the Board. R. T. MIMS, Tres'r. May it 4t 17 No tice. , Blutler Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. WV M. E. LEGG, Permanent Seeretary, is the TVonly authorized person to reeeive money due this Lodge. GEO. A. ADDISON, See'ry. ay it 4t 17