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MrEXTCAN NEWS. The steamer George Law, from Aspinwall, rived at New York on Monday last. We.extr the following Mexican intelligence from the ne she brings: The Diario Official gives the general aceo1 of an action at the Cajanes, between Santa At and Alvarez. It says that the troops of Alva were driven from their position by those of S ta Anna with the bayonet otily, the latter i firing a gun. From this point'Alvarez fell b: to a pass called the Puerto dell Coquillo, def ded in front by a river of difficult passage, w heights in the rear difficult by nature and stret thered by five small field works; these w4 manned by from a thousand to twelve hundi men. Santa Anna marched upon them with nc 5,000. Approaching their position, he thri across the river, above the pass, a select cor of light troops-attacking them in the flank wi his main body he forced the passage of the riv and assanited the batteries on the heights wi tha bayonet again. The contest appears to ha continued near three hours; not all the time, course, with the bayonet, we mnst suppos but jietherless, the contest seems to have bei obstinate-how bloody, it is difficult to sav. Finally, the several works were all carried, at the enemy put to flight in utter confusion, m king their way, it is nol yet known whether in the wild mouitains around, or backward towai Acapulco. They were pursued on all sides, a[ it seems to be confidently expected that Alvar< will fall into hands of the victors. The de patches which give these particulars were sei off immediately at the close of the fight, and s: that for that reason the number of the kille and wounded on either side cannot be statei In a slighter subsequent alir between two do tached parties, the Mexicans report that the routed about two hundred of the followers Alvarez, killing about twenty of them. The following report is furnished to the Nei York Herald by the purser of the John L. Stc phens: BLOCKADE OF THE PorT OF ACAPULC.-O the 22d, at 5 P. M., arrived off the harbor c Acapulco, saw two vessels, showing what ar peared to be French colors, laying off the mail entrance, each of which fired a gun as th, Stephens approached through theenorth channe and soon afterwards fired a shot which fell thwr of us. The engine was immediately stopped and the helm put to starboard. The --hip fore reaching came in4ull view of the fort, which ap peared to be crowded with men. The steatnei then losing her steerage way, and drifting towaxrd the rocks on the north shore of the hav, the en. gine was started ahead to brittg her ro'und head to- wind and tide, when the ships and schoonet coming up under our lee in point blank range, fired two shots close over us. The engine was again stopped, a boat lowered, and the first offi. cer sent to inquire the cause of their firing itito us. He was not allowed to boad the ship, but was met by an officer in the ,hip's boat, who in formed him that the port was blockaded, and that we-must immediately leave the harbor, or he would sink us if he could. Capt. Pearson himself then boarded the ship, and was immediately informed by the commander that his orders were imperative from Santa Anna to allow no vessels to pass, and that if we at. tempted it he would fire into us. Having sutli cient coal to reach San Juan,-the ship was put on her course at 9 P. M., and orders given to the chief engineer to use all possibie economy. 26th.-The engineer reported suflicient coal to reach Panama, and the ship was accordingly put on her course for that port. During the detention of the Stephens at Aca pulco, shots were frequently exchanged between the two vessels and the fort, and without efl'eet on either side. Santa Anna, with an armjy vari ously estimated at from 3,000 to 5,000 men, was encamped in the neighborhood, and it was ex pected that he would make an attack on the town during the night. 28th, at 9 P. M., arrived at Panama with barely suflicient fue! to reach the anchorage. FR0M HAVANA. The correspondent of the Charleston Courier, writing from Havana under date 2d inst., says: The steamer has just arrived with the news that the Spanish Government has approved of the conduct of the Captatin General, in all that he htas dune in regard to the Bllack Warrior. From the Uttited $tates, we received news to the cont rarv. iHow is it ? The Captain General had published some new regtulations, making it lawful to search fur ne groes on estates, with a preamble, in whtibi he .denies that there is an~y compact between Spaini and Great Britiain,by which the formeris bound to emancipate the slaves; also, several severe remarks about the introduction of negtroes,b but as 1 have.heard the epithets imbecility amd htypo. c risy made use of in regard to the article, and also have heard otf the landing of thtousaxnds of negroes, Ott which, fronm 85 to 10:2 dollars have< been paid, to let them pass, I can only regard the proiuetion, declaratioti, &c., in the most un-r favorable light. There has been a great sensation created by a report which appears to be well fottnded. to the etfect that laws are to be putblikbed, by which - blacks wvill be allowed the same civil rights that the whites erajoy. If this be true. the slave pop -ulationwill be placed on the btorder of etntire . liberty, and thus our proxitmity to rtuin is very near indeed. Of course the whole wvhite popt~- - lation, including the Spaniards, is tmuchI affected by the report, and in the Ayuntamento, the Span- t iards have been bold enough :o oppose the r measure.Ia It is pretty clear, who it is that directs these masterly steps, to bring about a state of things to render the island unapproachable by the Unti ted States. The Spaniards themselves could not imagine it; and whilst, the British Cabinet is professing friendship, and its press almnost giving the ishatnd to the Americans, it is no dotibt admiring its own wisdom, in the spectacle of the e seed of its intriguing, producing'a crop that Id even the famous American reaping maebine will iB not be able to take in. T1he British may p rofess friendship and Gen. Pezuela swear until be is blue, but I give not a fig for the one or, other, and lament the obtuseness o[ our govern ment. at home.a The diflferent book stores have been visited by" the Jesutits, with authority from the Governor h to examine the books, that they maty prohibit the - U male of those which they may consider hurtful j U to their sway. This is really very mnch like thme lal times of thme ingniisition. From bookstores they I will in all probability pass to private libraries. The Arebboishop of the Isla::d is marryitng , whites to b!aeks, so that bet ween these atnd -Gen. Pezuela we shall soon be brought down tof to a level with the black population. There is r nothing exaggerated in this statement-it is lite- for rally true. Itisi NEDRAsKCA IIILL.-The Journ:al of Commerce ani has the following statements concerning the pro gress of opinion at the South upon the petnding question between the two great, divisions of the. Union: -i " A very intelligent and unprejudiced gentle- jh man, who has recently spet severaxl weeksm in Georgia and Alabama, tells us that the Nebras- adi ha question is fast transferring the Uttion mecn of tio' those States to the ultra Southern party, lately for called secessionists. He says the opinion is one gaining ground there, and has beconme quite pire- thal . vahet, that the only way they catn live in peace of with the North is to have as little to do with -firta them as possible. They say that very many of rav< those at the North whmo appeared to be their thos ftiends in 1850 amnd 185I have deserted them on upm the Nebraska questiont, and that those-who are the, with them on that may desert them at the next o time of trial. In short, they are convinced the as they have nothing to hope fronm the North-not as even a faithful performance of the stipulations aga of the Constitution, but must rely upon them- oi* selves." - will Oua RELA'TIO~s wITH Spox.-The Washinig- A ni Ion Union, in an article on our relations with at Spain, remarks: - ' mt "'vWe are quite free to state-and in terms so ta emphatic and unequivocal as to admit of no mis- thm irnterpretation--that if ample satisfaction is not *te allowed for the piratical seitdure of the Black t """i W~arrior, we shall advocate an immediate block- 'rTalk ade of the Island." --hol It also remarks that tho retention in office of shari Gen. Pezuela, the Captain Genarah of Cuba, "2 "renders the establishment of good relations askec wit~h Spain and friendly intersouse with her pos- tyheji seswin ndmost impossible." ws ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR, int - EDGEFIELD, S. C. ez THURSDAY MAY 18, 1854. i ot ET' SEVERAL notices we had prepared are post ek poned till next week. Look out for them then. !n- -e .. . th 1 WE are requested to state that the Rev. V, g- PLCKETT will preach on next Sabbath at Jeter' ro Church, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. ed -- .-- ---- Out of Proportion Again. ar OwING to a.most provoking delay in the transpor w tation of material from Hamburg, our paper this weel ps has an odd number of columns. We hope it will no th be so again. er i Admitted. Arosc the gentlemen admitted recently to practice in the Courts, we notice the names of Mr. Jonis E. BACON (to Equity) and Mr. AsaNa Paatittx (to Law.) n Both are citizens of Edgefield. A Speech on Sale-day next. We are requested to announce that Col. GARLING ' TON, candidate for Congress, will address he people of Edgefield, at this place, on Sale-day next. d To " Later day." z A correepondent, who writes to us over this signature, 4- is assured that he has failed entirely to see the bearing t of our paragraph which has so excited his right-sous V indignation. If he will look again and more closcly, ie will find in it a vein of irony and satire which has no likeness to praise or commendation. We think it therefore unnecessary to publish his piece. Honorary Appointmonts. WE see by the Columbia papers that lion. F. W. r PIcKVxxs has accepted the appointment of the S. C. College societies to deliver their annual address in December next,--Also that WX. C. 30RAGNE Esq., has been made a member of the Board of Visitors of our Sta e Institution. stage line to 1.96. Ttis line is beginning to do so well that we really thinl Iessrs WAn & DOUGLASS ought to make it daily. The last trip but one, nine passengers came i by it. There were seventeen applicants for seats in Augusta. Throughout the sumnter at least, this thing would perhaps continue if the ficilities were extended and improved. As we said before, travellers by this line save time and money, both of them precious things when we come to think about them.-Please taike our hint, gentlemen contractors. r --04 Mr. Lamar's Advertisement. Tim papers which have copied the advertisement of the " Stoddard Shingle 3achine" will please dis continue and forward their accounts to 31r. TuoMAS G. LA x.ta, Angusta, Ga. In reply to a query of the " Independent Press" as to whether it is proper to charge for the postscript of instructions at the bottom of this advertisement, we should say, certainly not. At any rate we never practise it in this office, unless we are the original publisher. We are pleased to learn that 31r. LA.AtR has sold (no doubt in consequience of his liberally distributed patronage of the printer).several District rights for his machine. Edgefield is still reserved for some of us. " Ballic Broadbrim." I' will be seen that this youta -'oman has thought propar to send rather a raking fire into the camp of Male IIats. We doubt not it will produtce a consider. able shuffling in the ranks. We show our gallantry a by pubblshing freely and fully for our feminine enemy. Nor have we any thing to say in extenuation of the hats of our sex-except so far as concerns our own old hat. This we must defend on the principle in- 'I culcated in " Woodman, spare that tree." Yet, what 'J can we say! That it is an old hat, and a battered g hat, and even an ugly hat, we cannrot deny. But we d will maintain againt forty fair Amazons that it is ti still a good old hat. To be sure, we are going to get u a new onte. We have too mnch regartd for the girls h not to do so after the " broad brim'd" hint of this week. o Yes-and we suppose we'll have tou go and pay for it it too. In somne places, editors get htats by way of coom- 01 pliment. Edtgefleld seems to be no Irunger -svona. But we " cawnt expect any thing better-we have'nt tI got. the Railroad, we have'nt got the stores,-we di Iavent got the Ilawvleys.aif coturse we cant expect it. B ret nevertheless, " SA .tatE BatoADueatu," we'll get ti lie new hat if it costs us a V. re Decisions in the Court of Appeals. cc Tur. following we think is a correct stat.:mentof the th A ppeal Court Decisions, in Equiity antI in Law, upon tn ases wvhicht were carried up from Edgefield:g IN EQcrrr.-Th'lomas Petigru vs. Thtomas Fergu- to on ; A preal dismissed-Petigrm gains his case. -ye Daniel Prescott vs. J. BI. Ilolmies, Administrator; )rdered to be reargued, which will agtain brintg thte ause before our Court at thme approachitng Jtune Term. IN LA w.-The State vs. A. BI. Prior; A ppeal dis- a aissed and tnew trial of course reftused. The unforitu ale prisoner is to be hung on the 28th of July next. o C. C. Freemtan vs. Joseph Jennitigs, Executor; ver- I ict of the jury (setting aside the will) stustained. to Kimibrell vs. Walker; new trial refuse~d. Jones vi hIarp:oni; tmotion to amiend the writ refu-ed. J. Colgan vs W. Phmilipis, Adomitistnttor; as stated the Carolinian, moJtion refused-as stated by a gen- o eman of the bar who was present, motion granted. In the CouaRT OF Enutons, the case of " J. C. 3Ma- Co tis vs. C. Ilanmmond, Executor," was decided in libt vor of lhe chtildren-of James Anderson, viz: Indi. ed. 'i, Louisiana, &c.te ZLe Sas Dleu. aftt Turs third number of this very neat little notempo. htis .ry is otn our table, seeming to smile up at us with a sen ok of decided intelligence as well as good humor. po e find therein several comtpositions of merit from thme gut ns tof the University young ladies, amotng the rest sibi e by 3Miss M. 31. P. of Edgefield. I'Te editorial scat partment is also well filled. And, all in all, L z BMs Adt u~zc is a very pleasant exchange. 3 The Spartanburg Express. sl Tits is the title of a ne w paper, which promises finely.th is owned arnd edited by 3Mr. EDwAaD II. Ba ITTON, ofa Spartanburgh C. 11. The first number is before .f presenting a very handsorne appearance and ex-T >itingmtuchi ability. We gladly place the " Erpress' exhi on our exchange list, and we welcomte Mir. BanTroN" itr in his auspicious return to the brotherhood that ted >ors so cheaply for the wvorld's good. char l'~atis, $3 fo- the tri-weekly-$' for the weekly. clhe ------+.--- - titon - Iooeting of Proprietors, cil fi Laturensville 1Ierald suggests that the prp ie- ladd of the Press, in South Carolitta, meet at Newber- ta Court House on the second MIonday in next month, fami the purpose of adjusting a proper scale of adver. land ng prices. Ont the part of MIr. Dunttsoa, the pro. " :tor of the A dcertuser, wit accede to the proposition, ini vat l trust thters will be a full attendance. dlreni Questions of tho Canvass,.ed Lvery ludicrous variety tif queistionhs is anticiplated up in our petnding canvass for the Legislature. Whether him y will all be actually sprutng, remains to be seen. ed"uc Pne says lie will vote fur ito candidate who will noteri acute the helping of Railroads by State subscrip- dispel s--another, that his man must be ready to go in seed ne 1 poll-tax-a third, that he'll be down upon ant me re wvho opposes a division of the District-a fourth, his el he cannot support any ticket which is not in favor tins iving the election of President to the people--a " B ,that lie intends to do what lhe can for those who, civili: r the Liquor law-.a u'ixthi, that lie cannot go for tin a who sustain the A ugusta bridge ex'sctions, or who of the >dd the aristocracy-and a seventh, that tie want. lies, ti nilitia stystemn abolished or reformed. thiemis F course, the opposites of these propositions havetesa their friends. It's Jirm against Jack, antI Jack ast Jim, all down the list. Sharpen your witsand wjr our tongues, gentlemen-candidates. The stump friend have to be mounted. Before the barbecues come have I ad, we shtall expect to find you in a general stew, pose. se time you'll have of it, doubtless. Well, we in all try to vote for the men uwhIo are fit to represetnt hot as ithout much concern as to which side of this (lang s r the other little question they may be. None of i"d-d nteed be afraid of our bothering them with qutes- thetn ft We don't like to puzzle people unnecessarily, very ki ng of qtuestiotting, liars's a good one we append to mak e our catndidates will take the hint and look corn ju before they answer any thing: these si ot many months sincre, a candidate for office was growin the following question : " What do you think of ebraska hill I" lie immediately atnd empha-tic-al- mother ',ied, " If it is a just bill, I think ii ought, tohbe cned p: -ill.n. The Rail Road Again. OwtiNa to the exceeding inclemency of the weathe the meeting to have been held this week for the fu ther consideration of Railroad matters was not co vened. Some other day will be made known in di time. The postponemert was not regretted,inasmuc as we will now be Vnabled to make our next meetir a largsr and more effective one. Gentlemen interes ed in the question, from above and below, will be s licited to lend us the aid of their information at talent. And it is hoped that there will then be, ontt part of our people, one of those long, strong and uni ed pulls which generally carry everything and ever] body on to fortune. In the mean while we shall from time to time pen few thoughts to keep the question before the commt nity; and we earnestly invite our many. inteliiger writers to lendtns their aid. This week, we desire to do nothing more than t suggest for the consideration of all an example mos worthy of imitation. It is the example which ha been set before us within the last few years by th indefatigable citizens of our sister District, Newberry With many more obstacles than now surround us. o ever have surrounded us, they commenced, as it wer but yesterday, a Railroad enterprise of unusual mag nitude. At the outset, they were looked upon by somi as manufacturing their own disgraee. It was said o their project that it was as ridiculous in its conceptiot as it would be short-lived in its existence. " They'i never buile it," confidently said the sleepers of Edge field-" it is simply absurd." But the solid men wh< had begun the work went on regardless of the sneen and sarcasms of out-siders. They strove like very veterans with all difficulties. They tired not by the way, nor turned aside from their arduous task for a moment. Week after week, and month after month, it was expected that they would falter and eventually stop in despair. But led on by the strong will of O'NEALL, and encouraged by a full score of deter mined men,.the company not only retained their vi tality unimpaired, but achieved a signal triumph over all interposing barriers. And this day, to the high praise of all concerned, their Road is not only an en tity, but a completion. True, we know full well that even since theiricars have been running for a hun. dred miles through the country, prophecies have been made of their ultimate failure. And it is admitted on all hands that thus far the stockholders have received nodividenils upon their investments. Ot the contrary, they have submitted to assessments upon their original subscriptions to keep up their Road. But this has been owing, in a large degree, to reverses which few men could have foreseen or prevented. That the Coempany has outlived its early trials is owing to the fact that the same high and unconquerablespirit which gave it birth still hurs for entire success. And for cone, we now believe they will attain it at no dis tant day. The mischiefs arising from inexperience have been remedied-errors have been seen and re moved-ard the result is that to-day the Greenville & Columbia ltailrnad is upon as sure a basis as almost tiny other Road in the State. We repeat, that it isan example eminently worthy of our imitation. Say that money has been sunk temporarily in this enterprise, if you please. Has not every community through which it passes a hundred facilities they would not iave ventired to dream of ten years ago? While Edgefield is on the wane, has not the village of New >erry sprung into a commercial town ? Has not prop trty everywhere upon the route been doubled in value! ind can we hot see that soon the assessments will he edeeised, and the origitnal investments even be maile o yield at length a return ! We earnestly trust that his result is near at hand; Now then, fvllw-oitizens, let us ask ourselves what pportunity remains for us.to emulate our respected eighbors. The at.swer is, in the;Aiken and Ninety. -ix connection. The Greenville and Columbia Coin. any have a charter for the consertction of this Road 'hat it will be built there is not a shadtow of doubt. 'he charter was asked for and obtained by them in Dod faith and, from their able aid patriitic Presidet uwn to the snmallest stockholder, wve cannot believe iere is one who would desire in shun the work by any raworthiy suhierfuge. Acecording to their charter, two antdred antI fifty thousand dollars are to be raised by. itside subscriptions. Here is our chance. Let its ke this stock and cast our lot withi our friends on the her side of the .Saluda. .Conditions are su gested t g terwwn t-enorse-wie-vpelli uur onriset; "aiid us speaking, we are ready to annex as onr only con- j tion that our village shall be a point upon the Road. .it this nmay lie inure properly considered at another t ne. At present, we only designed to awaken our a aders by a tioble example. When bright-eyed Site as sents ready' to smile upon men whlo have toiled tl rough a dlark night of dimeiulties, we feel like shont. nine checers to the constummation. Let us too begin, t on, struggle, suller for a while if need be. bnt stick I our piurpouse resolutely--and a similar success may be ours. I -+. d Our Indians. Br' " our Inidians," wetmean thi'se of the aborigines I i0 still subsist within the limits of the Utnited States 1their territories. They are (hut by what righit web not pretetid to Eay) ours to govern, ours to batnish, -s to rob, ours to do with as we please. Only ofa (1does it appear that they are to become ours jsi :ivilize and elevate in thiescale of being-we should ini hiaps rather say that there is now some prospect of 4I, hi a thting. o hle attention of Congress haes recently been directed tl lisa subject bty an able report fro'm Mr. Osin, of t Itil Caralina, whlo is at this time Chairman of the Ith nmittee on Indian A ffairs. A more humatne atndt ral policy in rt-gard to the Red matn is recommnitd- tht Instead of being doiwn-troddent and crushed by jtlt oniward march of Saxon civilization, lie may hero- dai rstand a chance of profititng by the superiority of'po conqueror. Although niot oine of those political wI imuentalists who weep as they eclaim, " Lo, the for linidian !" we are yet rejoiced that a reform is be- o in our territorial regutlationis, which may, by pos. th ity-, result ini christianiinig anid Atmericanizing thet: tered renants of this unifurtunate branch of " m's race. sto r. Ottai has manif'ered zeal and judgment in his sli tions to effect this laudable oejec't. TIhtat he lias the :ted this comparatively quiet field of labor diurinig nie irese-nt noisy session is honorable to him iii the eyes pos Il good anid sensible observers. amn me folltowung extracts frorn Mr. Ona's report will Ito 1 bit the drift of his plan of amnelioration: whli lt contemtplates the abrogation of thecir tribal ex- guIt cc. anid gives to every member of the hasnd a'ttu petidenit personal and poliiical itndividnuality, byth gigm the arbitrary will, as latw, of chiefs an'd ma- ,for us, fi'r the laws of thle (tiited State-s, andl proitec to life and property which they aliardl. The coun- pe 'es are extmgutishied, and appeals for justice are pri rss'-d to the Courts atid Legislatures rather ltrsit a conitci house. Is gives him ia permatnentt home- ca in quantity tdepentdenit on the tnumtber in the 'thr. y, not to succeed in any event foe section of. lby a higher antd tnore stabte title than mere oc- islai icy. his "lodge is conivertedl into a dwelling," asga bec-omes " his castle," protectedi from unlan~ fli ion. llis aflleeions andi the raffections of his clii'I . o wdil enitwinte thietiielves aroutnd its enclosures, ed lie wild rotmance of a roving life will lie udissipa- imon When lie sees his little boys and girls gron ing that peaceful and happy home, it will stimutlate "th o itiuustry.. T1hey must be fed and cltithed anid sent ted, and this will encourage his thrift sond econ- to bs meet these requirements of civilized life. His igs will be measured by his own industry and Iques timed by ham own volition. WVhen he mows the Ino " lie wilt feel assured that be will not be molested ping the harvest. Fierce crueihty and cold neg- on f' Ill ito lonizer be practised againist his wife and evil iluren. ihis kinudness will chieris an Ji afe Lit that feature in thte system best adlapte-d to tim void ationt of the Itndian., is the permanent settlement Let ir midst of a virtuous and moral white poputla- for Our pioneers will seek homes on the virgin soil Indian cotutry, carrying with them thiiru fami. pers, ereby givimg earnest to the~ir purpose to temm-an " l1uji ?ive-s mi a mannter compatiblle w ith ihe high du *d obligations of citizens anid chri'tians," disap ** ate t Brightening Prospocts. Carol irav te past week or two we have had what a that of ours calls "phluvious" weather. Showers tions tllen in suflicienit abundance for every pur.i Tme chilly dlays are over and summer is here tiis radiant power. The truth is it is hot-as away it was tbhe day a gentdematn from the Sand hills alag yne) remarked to Mr. Mc'DUFFIE that it wasofte swaaltry." (ie was seeking to talk big to the of Fr monis orator.) Wet and sultry is it inideed, the !suffrma tid of weather to bring cotton out of the kinks, :world s w'heat fill well, to thicken oats, or to make practi rnp out of joint. Glad are we to learn that all lient points are in-course of exhibition by theviw crop. Let thte plow he now driven dleep intoviw sarth, and let him whioguides it cheer thiequick- of thm cc of his jade with a merry whistle, and (God platalt abundance shall crown the year. nucien a 01 I U NI CA TI0 N S. FOR Ti1E ADVERTIsER. LEGIBLATIVE RRlTERCTIONS ON IHE LIQU0] le TAFIC-No. 2. h Wa promised in No. 1, of this series, to notice g the present essay, the moral evils resulting from ti use of spirituous liquors. This, however, has be( so often and so ably. done,, that it seems almost work of supererogation to -Allude to it, and ther fore, we will dispose of it.as summarily as can coi veniently be done. Indeed we hardly know how 1 go about making an*argument to prove that makinj vcnding and drinking ardent spirits is proluctive i .moral evil, it looks like arguing to prove that lig : conies from the sua6r that an effect mist have cause. What is there that occupies a higher pinc in the records of crime thimn liquor ? W1lat causc t more murders and violence and misery in an form? What brings poverty, gaunt and hungry t Jhe mansions of the'great, and the cittage-s of th lowly I Listen to the wail of that widowed heart Land see the tears that stream from those orphan eyes, as in their helpless grief, they gather ahout th cheerless hearth and cry for bread which the mo r ther in her destitution cannot give them. Beho that old man as he bends over that newly madi grave and longs to pillow his head beside him who was the pride of hiheart and the hope of his de clining years. What means that woman's terrifici fligl-t from the hovel of -her daily misery, and th< speechless horror of those children as they eon tenplate the insane rage of one whom in better dayi they welcomed with gladsome smiles to his home o happiness. Look at that man, made in God's im. age, and destined to an endless existence; see hin reeling along the streets defiled with the gutter'2 filth, his moral feelings degraded, desperately bent on destruction. Sqrely if this be not evil, the word should be stricken from the language. Jlow then is the evil to be remedied ? Moral suasion says one, voluntary societies says another, while a third in sists that it shall be let alone, and it wIll eure itself. Well, it was let alone long enough before any at tempt was made to stop it, but it did not ure itselr. Society after society too, has risen, flourished and gone the way of allihuman organizations; " Take a little,"- " total abstinence," " Wasliingtonianls,' Rechabites" and "Sons of Temperance," have all stood in the breach, and tried to stay its progress. Temperance lecturers have. perambulated the length and breadth of the land ; they have employed argu ment and ridicle and sarcasm ; they have appealed to the judgments and passions of the people; every motive that moral susion could bring to bear upon the subject has bseen presented ; afl'eetioin, interest, honor, happ:ness temporal and eternal, have been appealed to in every shape that the genius (of man could invent, and still the.?vil is not remedied. Who then will blame the frienes of good order, of do. mestie happiness, patriots and christians for making one more effort, by calling to their aid the strong arin of the civil power? I object says one, because it will deprive me of my personal liberty. Would it indeMd ? Let us see then how far a ian is en titled to personal liberty ? Here is a man ju.st about to leap front a precipice under the niaddeiting influ ene of some strong emnotion, and a friendly l hal is stfetched (out and draws him to a placu of .tafty and holds him until the infatuation has passed away. Is there any violation of personal liberty in this kind act ? A thousand illustratons mighmt be pro uced on this point, but it is needless to nmuhiply tem. Well, the assertion that a man has a right a do as lie pleases with his own property, in tLe nme valetudinariant sense, is capaible of a refutationi is clear as a geomntrical denionstrationi. An iindi 'idlual htas an orchard of peaches and~ apples, and he right to (d0 as he pleases with his own, author tes him, lie thinks, to turit his fruits into brandy L'r the benefit of all who will buy and use it. .lut his supposition pr -eds upon a mtistaken notion of er, and do not profess to speak advisedly on mat rs pertaining to statuttory ennetmients. -I have ever read law and never had en faney for hanging routnd places wiihere judical proceedin~gs are dis.. ensedI, and my stock of chimney corner law ts terefore iiot very large ; yet I ve::tur'e thme opiniun tat nom oine would be allowed to b~uild a dami across t stream on his own prenmises, if by so doing lie inuld caiuse the water to overflow his nt'eghbor'si ndl, or if the efiluvia frontmlihe pond shioubl cege er disease in the neighborhood. I presuome nto one ould be allowed to build a powder null in thet' art of a popu!ous city. And why not ? Sinmply t ~enuse there would be a trespass upon the rights p (.thers. Their lives and property would be en- ' mngered by it. Well, on the same principle ito (o j11 ould have a right to turn his fruits and graints a to a liquid fire to scatter dlisense and povecrty' andl ii ath thtrough the country. Certainly a trespass onme's property' is not worse thati a trespass upoit ,1 a morals of his children,. Far better wuuldl it be fC risk the miasmatic exhltations from a mi!l ponid le mf the efiluvia front a grog-shop, more pestilenttial R mn ever enmanated from the Pontine miarshes or in everglades of Flo'rida; and less would be the N ager in raising a famiily in a court surrounded hy A s'der-mills, than in the neighborhood of a place of crc distilled fire under a thousand seducetive th ins is presented for th'e temptation of youth. Up. o'f the noble principles of Equity then, shou!d not G: State make such provisioti as would relieve the w ntry of this evil 1. Now be it distittctly tunder- ti >di that we do not contettd that the Legislatutre th uld pass a prohibitory law without authority from hit people to do so: Under our firm of goverin- mu at, tihe Legislature does not. in our jiudgiment, ses anty authority iindependently of the people ; pit though it often happens that the f.egishnttre hmas Gr ake mueasures in~ reference to mn'tsures ab~out pa) ch there is neither time nor opportunity to eon- we the will of thme lieople, yet it remains at hast for get people to determine whether or not any law is grrl he public wveal, and to mintain or have it re- are ed. But whilst advocatinig this. deimocraitie sor c'ple, we do not wish it understood in a moboG- ivill ic senise. The 'people can properly act only heli ugh their coinstilttd authorities, whethier Leg- thu [ye or judicial.. It is not for thenm to rebel "n ist a law that is distasteful, but to take such his as the constitution prescribes to have it repeal. anit But in reference to a measure of suich grave thiei >rtancee as thme onic now advocated, we .htold it thei and prudent to have an expression of piubbie take mnent before any aetion is takeni. Uow is this j com donte? Shall it be done by miaking it a party | lion in thme coiming electioni No. Let us have I the boines .of contention" anmong us. Let us put |atppi mt no scheme that will stir up strife, arouse Ine >assions and produce divisions. Timies do coiime exhi e history of nmatons when such tings are una w ~e I ble, but in this'case there is no such neeereity. thec neetings be held and the subuject canvassed be. smial lie people ;let it be discussed in the newsp~a- Igret and let the voters endorse on their tickets like or" or " no liquor."1 Theze are those wiho if prove of calling the masses together to deliber- wiill n questions of public policy. We of South A" ina have been sou unaccustomted to these things ntit s'e are disposed to regard populair demonstra-t ,t asw as demnornilizinig in thieiir tendency. But this jto ou; rd as a mistake, provided that liquor be kept comp A n assombly of intelligenit Southern men in of ful thter a different thing from tlie rabble crowds propa Northern aities, mande up of a medley melange thu 1 e-oerts, munists, women-rights anid frec. but tLI e doaegathered from all quarters of the and wholly-ignorant of the principles and A e of our " great experiment." of Ir us look at this matter from another point of been What is it that constitutes the chief wealth te Southern States ? What gives value to the on & ion interests of South Carolina ? "-As in tvan t times it was the in glrogt tow ed the u nt, world, so now it is the glory of the Southern to clothe it." Thus spake tl.'e eloquent orator late fair of the Soutliern Agricultural Associ Well, the tslave populatior is the chief agene; In produces this grand result. This is what enab! e South to grow the "great staple" that rule world's Commerce. and sits a king in the cot a of trade. And if there is anything more inji too this population than liquor, we have yet to formed of it. The mind of the negro seems peculiarly susceptible of impressions for good i evil. Naturally indolent, easy. good-natured, under kind and judicious manaement capablit degree of animal happiness to which the white a is a stranger. But there is scarcely any wickev to which lie cannot be incited by aleusholic stima and a taste once acquired for it, he will us means, however d'.hsionest for its gratifiention. 1 principles then of interest and morality, it bee e the State to put away this evil. elow then is this to be done? What course be pursued to abate the nuisance? This que we propose to answer in the next number. ELPI P. S.-T hardly know whether it is neees because in thle above connection I have regarded slave simply ah property, to say that he is not 1 considered nly in that light, arny more than tha causehis labor isdesignated as thechiefelement i production of cotton, there is no higher pr on which we are dependent. But for the sati: tion of any who might draw such an inference write this note to say that the negro certainly sesses iII common with the white man a moral spiritual nature, and is destined with him to a al: und existence; and hence the double obligatio the master to remove fromt the slave that which bases him and unfits him for the lire that is to ci FOR TiE ADvER-risEi Mr. EniroR :-We have very little or no dis1 tion to enter into a newspaper warfare, and lit less, to acquire a notoriety after the manne "some men," for nenspaper scribling. Yet, des;re to reply to an article in the Advertiser of 20th ult., over the signature of " GxEr.xwoon, as brief a manner as pissible ; and in doing so, expect to lay the lksh %mn rather heavy. We rej ic the more, as " GREENwoo" has scarcely recove sufliciently fromn his late accouchnient. and althoi the " l3antling is fairly beyond the birth," net theless we are fearful, " to secure oir it a rapid . prosperous growth" to a full and perfect statue a man, will require more of the parental care. watchfuness, than its friends anticipate. But m should we have any fears about the matter at all, there are no people on earth more peculiarly qu tied for taking care of their own interest than in r about Greenwood ; for it is proverbial with the his ry of many of the people of that Burg, that i will engage in no enterprise, to use their o, expression, for fear " it won't pay." As "1 GREENWOOD" is one of our particular frier and all sorts of a clever fellow, we regret to po ceive in the outset, that in the clouled state of I imagination, lie has done great injustice to I character as a man of truth, and acknowletlg abilities to some exent, in penning the unintelligil article heire us. We have, it k true Mr. EDIToR, contributed b little to the building of the Greenvile Rail Roa nevcrthele!ss we hare contributed something, al we hiisitate not to say, that if " GREENWOOD" W take the trouble to examine the Issuks of the Cor pany, lie will find that we have given as mtueh, at perhaps more of ouir limited means, atid niade good deal less "fuss," than " GREE~woD" Ii hmimself. Certainly we have made no comiplaint to il President of the Road, and we aire sure we has made none to the Board of Directors, or at am meceting of thte Stoekho.lders, but from the fact th L'ur limited circumstamnes confined us to the " Wiu iw . Migs-wu. nre- Iwbc held up-to the wortd, an to the Rail Roatd Company in particuhar, as co: ributiing no0th ing to the enterprise, but "fuss an ~amplaint."l If GaEENwoon" will wipe the mi romi off his eyes, and permit himself to look b~eyoiu lie corporate litmits of that town, up and down thi ?reenville Raiil Road, lie will see that others has aiken stock and should comte in fisr a share at leatst f the honiors that lie (" GaK~swooo") ha, so lav ihly conferred u iin himself. We aire not vaiin enough to suppose., Mr. Eoton tat aniy thinig we couldl say or wi ite, would hav< niy influence at all with the Rail Road Coimpany, ii te location of the Aiken fload. Far fromi it. Ii e.nninmg the comnieniiction of the 15th March. w< -it influenced by no other motive than to answei ie many enquiries before us, and if we have giver untrue statemnent, or miade wvrong figures, it it cumbent on " Onrssuonuo" to make it so apapear, IBut " GnEE~xwooo" says we have b en "so hate initiated into the views of the Greenville and ulumtbia flail Road C'-m;'any, that we have yet to -srn the real objet and neessity of the A kmin ad, anid all our array of figures amount to noth e, untless we can imake it appear that by way of iaety-$ix is the nearest route from Anderson to iken." We acknowledge the corn, Mr. EDrroR, our initiation. If Aimderson and Aiken are to be termini of the Aiken Road, se know nothing the object and necessity of that route. hit if -eniwood and N' nty-Six are the two points, atid endhenvored so to make ourselves understood, -n our array of figures amounts to something in eyes of " GRaEExwooD," and he need not flatter nself that we arc to be led of the track by the re mention of the name of Andlerson. We have received acts of kinidnessi, so far as hoe ihity is concerned, from mainy of the citizens of i-ciwood, fort which we are ready, sit all tinmes to our acknowvledgemnents. Yet, at the sanme timei received nothing more than was duo from one illetiani to another. Thbis is thse heavy debt of titude we owe to the people of Greenwood. We well as-suired that " Gn~v.swooo" would not do ineh injustiee to the citizens of Greenwood, a ige of htuirches and academiies, &c., as nmake us eve they aire insflueniced by no other incentive to be talked of, of mhen. But it may be the w-born :eat," manifested by " GaEEawooD" in new avoca-tion, in aitply supplying the wants, appeasing the appetites of the psassers by, as partake so bountifully of ihe things set befosre i. We appreciate all such kindness; yet we car~e always to leave the eagle half, a sutlicient pensationi behind. s to the tnode of warfare of " PiNET W~os," neident related bsy " GaEEswoon," is noit at all leable, for we look uponi the Editor of the Ban ss the bigger boy of the two, and as lie has bit-:d somewhat a relenting or forgiving spirit, arg:ive him, atnd will conitent ourself by laying as little heavier on " GRsEEwooD," the ler boy for his inisolence, and we very much re it, as lie is a great favorite with us. We would o punish him its little as possible. friend " GnmREXwooD," as he is fully initiatted, roimise to use is inthuenee with Presidentt .iN, in not having dosuble mention made of out in his report to tbe Engineering Department, ~ arc not ambitions in that way, lie is welcome C notes, as we are satisfied it would save the 'any imaniy a dollar, as they are not very flush a ds just now. We feel well assured that the h ted route to Ninety-Sir, will be adopted, if ai :Igineers are inifluenoed iy no other motive, vs e shortetit, cheapest and most practicah route. PINEY WOODS. Irish editor, in speaking of the miseries ar r~lanid, says, "H-fr cup .of misery ha. Iin lor agas overlowing, and is niot yet full." de th GEORGE W. CAULFIEL.D, of Richmond, ne sturday last, while fisihitng on Jaimes river, wi iken with a. fit fell overboard f'rom theo he utnd was drowned. on tates FOR THE ADVERTISER. at the A SHORT CHAPTER ON HATS. ation. AIa. EDITOR:-An article appeareil in your pt that per a week or two since, the whole tenor of wh'e !s the was directed to the abuse of a little fancy of out i the in selecting what we thought a very becoming bon insels net for school girls. You will no doubt exense u rious if we direct your critical eye to another subjec ae in- npon which its engle glances might find more fitting to be food. I mean the various specimens cf outlandis1 >r for hats that crown the enipty craniums of sorne of you he is, own sex. I would simply ask you for information of a just to point out to me the advantage that a tal man yaller leghorn possesses over a Swiss Bonnet, hov luess it preserves your masculine beauty, and in whi ilus manner and how it screens your ugly mugs fron any our view any more than our hats. And then in Jpon form us the amount of comfort you enjoy on a Jul mes day, under one of those old sweatty, homespun covered straw hats, where the high water mark ol shall perspiration seems to reach near the crown, showing stion hiow the wearer must suffer under their enormol prissure. Then there is the old sugar lonf. with n S. brim about an inch wide, and the body of which lary, seems to have been tarred over by the sudroilie ex I the halations of twenty years. I supi'nse you would , be praise the taste of those individuals who would hold be. on to them because they are old, and would abuse the those who try to change the fashion by introducing ower something new. I suppose you like tho-e biag heavy Ifac- Panamas, when the dashing young buck of twenty we summers, not content with letting it stay in the pos. shape the hatter gave it, must turn it dopwn all round and his face, so that he may appear somew hat rowdyish. irit- The only advantage we can see in this method of n or wearing it, is that it hides their sheepy faces-but I de- suppose with you it would be all right, since you me. wnnt the face covered. Then there is the Paul .la lien, with a crown about three inches high and 'a - brim not very extensive-this seems to be the rage oi- with all of you who can support a mbstneh and uch beard, and wear a bolt of cloth aenmss your throats r of for a neck tie. What is the comfort in this spieci we men of hats ? We wait for an answer. the And, Mr. EDITOR, we had a long d. bate in what in class to place your own hat. !Some said they ahought we it might originally have been a Bee-Bee: but then ret it was argued that a Bce-Bee never was sil;t up the red side like yours now is. Then we tried to rank it 1gh1 among the llawley make ; but in answ er to this it er- was said that they never saw one of his hats as tnd badly dented in the sides as yours. Well, th-n they of said it must be a Rankin hat. This proposition was nd voted down on the ground that no one ever saw one bV of Rankin's with the wool worn otras mituch as that for they see you wear. Failng to find a proper elais 'i- for that thing you walk under, it was agreed to nd leave it to your candor to answer. to- It was further resolved that until you get a better ley hat yourself, you say nothing about what other vIt people wear on their heads. SALLIE BROADBRIM. das *r- AERIVAL OF THE STEAMER CANADA. Sis CHARLESTON, May 13. it The steamer Canada has arrived, with one -d weeks later intelligence frotm Europe. Lrvtynroor. COTTON MARIKET.-Millign, Lam priere & Co. report the sales of tile week at 37,000 bales, of which Speculators took 7,900 at and Exporters 4,000 bales. The following :tre I ; tle qotations: Fair Orleans Gil., Middling 54d. Ill Fair Uplands 6 1-8d, Middling i 1.4. The de ;il matnd has been fair. The lower grades have declines one-sixteenlh, and the finer qualities im proved at sixteenth to an eigh:h. Denistoun & "d Co. quotes Fair Orleans God., Middiing 5 9-16d ; a Mobile Fair 6 1.4d., Midduing 5 5-8d., Fatir Uip. as lands 6 I-4d., Middling 5 3-8d. Thec stock of e Amnerietn on hand, exclusive of that on ship board 400.500 bales. Caal Flotir 37s. Ohio 38-. White forn y-lOs. Flour has declined 1s. Wheat declinted at three pence. Corn one to two shillings. Rice. is cottsidered lower-20s. dl Cunlat for money 674 to 87 5-8.. . There has bent in tidings received of the d stenainer City of Glasgow. The Athmitie arrived onat on the 26th of A pril. iT 1here is notiing decisive from the seat of SWar.. e Odessa has not been bonmbarde-d. The R us-~ e statts are withdrawing from Kalanftt. Siiistra has tnt been tatken. A Russian decree allows English and French - ves%el.4 six weeks fronm April 19th. to e~enapeJ from the Blaek Sent.anid six wee-ks fruan May 7th, to leave thte Baltic. Netitral flags respected. " T1here hats been a revolt in C'irensio :ttniinst the Russiann Generatl. aimong all worlike t'rades, a it is believed that Schnmavl will soon attack the Rtussian Heatd quarters. - The Ru-sian rigl-winig htad fallen batek npon Buctharest. The Rtusinns are tortirviog thieny selves ini Dohrudsc-hn. Gen. Pnrkenlitsch was maing formitdtble preparatiotns to-t ate Silis. at Otnar Pascha was at Shnimla, preparing to act Ith on the defensive. wi Admiral N-pier hatd div ided htis fleet into three divisions. re UHI.YTIPORTANTIF AUTHENTi-C.-The Bal timore Times hats stationed two correspontdents at Constantinople to obtain the latest and most reliable ittformat ion relative to thte war-one an Aniericnn, the oter a Frenehman. According to the statemet of the French correspondett (whose symnpaties are with IT ur key) rthe chin of thte Balkins, which is the ontly rote to Constantinople, is defended by Choumla, and a strongly fortified ganrrisott. The Anim-rican correspotndent, htowever, states positively that the Rus-sinn army is nttially Otn te road to Constatinople; that thte TIurkisha forces on Ithe Danube are comiplelely routed and di.,ar-.ded ; that the reirtforeentts from Egypt are unfit for service; thtat Chonmint, the fortress Alu relied ont to defentd te passage to Cotnstantitno-'.ix pae, htas no sureor at htnd, atnd was at the latest be< dates surrounded by a f'orce o' 300.000 mnen; and that a large portiont of the forces had fled, plttndering the cotuntry, and crentitng contertna lion as they passed. Tihe fall of Choumin wotuld - remove all further obstructions betweetn the Danutbe and thle Dosphorns, and the tnext strng gle wotld- be benatht the walls of Constanttino ple. Th'le expected steamer will, ays the Balti more Times, nto dotubt, brinlg thte news w hiebis-J to decide thte question whethIer Conttanitinople I is itn the possessiotn of thle Czar. for -+--guIk MURDE.-A most shoeking murder was com- of mitted in the up~per part of (our district, on the afor Saluda river, Wedtnesday evenitng. 3d inst., on the body of one Youlng Futller, by Mary Mc~rnek- and en. The instrutnent used was an' axe, with said which the. wvoman struck thte deccensed three our times, inilieting a nmost ghast-ly wound at every tO I troke. Many rumors are afloat as to tihe cnuse day f this tragic deed, which are so contradictory, thtet ;hat we deema it our duty to withhold atny remarlis I Gi sa the subject, futrter than Ithe deceased was a of t nnn of very bad chtarneter, and haid been tite ter- cighi 'or of the surrounding neightbors for some time. year ['he unfortunate perpetrator of the horrid deed a now in jail at this plnee.-Laurensville Hlerald.~ SMAtt POX IN JAcKiSONLLE.-Thlis loath ome disease, we are pained to learn, has madeF :s appearanice at ,ineksonville itt this State.Al Ve have been fanvored with art extract of at let- and er, dated 23d ntit., as follows: A " Forty-nine cases of small pox, antd varioloid 'ere reported to thec Mayor by the phtysicianis n Saturday. These cases are not confmied to TT no location, but senttered in every- direction ,J s trough the city. Santitary measures atre now Cheap Ivised by the Council; but it is too late, ItM ts become a general epidemic, ehargitng the nmosphere with the infection. The seaerfet fe? ir is also still rife, and doing its work of death." A -Tallahassee Floridian & .oturnal. .1. ---+ PR E GEN. GADSDE.-Our Minis ter fromi Mexico withotu rlved here on the 13th, from Washinigron, bear- agains with hIm the new treaty with Mexico, the tails of which hanvo not tranispired, at least with May same certamnty, astwas the case with the othter gotiated by hitn. The U3. S. steamer Fulton, Ti lI touch here for him in two or three days, and dF" will proceed-on his wvay to Mexico, proba bly by Saturday next-Conie. -i M A FIRE broke out in a bakery, in Forsyth street, New York, on the morning of Tuesday, and extended to Chrystie-st., which it crossed, h consuming about twenty buildings of wood aggregate value about 6100,000. MR. CRTTTENDEN'S CONNECTION WITH THE s WARD CAsE.-Much regret has been expressed t by many of Mr. Crittenden's warnest friends and most earnest admirers, at his supposed con. nection with the Ward case as a volunteer coun. sel. We learn from the Frankfort (Ky.) Com. monwealth, that there is some misapprehension as to the real facts of the case. Mr. Crittenden did not volunteer. He was applied to seve ral months before the trial came on, by-Mr. t Vard, Sr., to defend his son, and a liberal'fee oITered. Mr. Crittenden decided to accept the enguament, but declined the fee, prefering to undertake the duty as one of friendship rather than as a were pr.fessional matter. "Six feet in his boots I" exclaimed Mrs. Par tington. "Wlhat will the importance of this world come to, I wonder? Why, they might just as reasonably tell we that the man had six heads in his hIt." HYMENIAL, MARRIED, On the morning of the 16th inst., at the reside'nee of Mr. Avoar BLAxo, and by the R.ev. Mr. Birmingham, Capt. WIL.aM Lay1,. Of Charlehtun, and Mrs. HARaia-r HoLi-ram, of Edge. field Distriet. [ We take great pleasure in weleoming ourfriend orer to the " married side of Jordan."]-ED. Any. lARRIED, in Selma, Alabama, on the 10th May,. by the Rev..A. G. McCraw, Mr. WILLIAM Hor.r, or New Orleans, to Miss E.?IRA Kxasz.t., for nierly or Edgefield District. S. C. COZMERCIAL. Correspondence of the Advertiser. IANBURo, May 17th. Co-rox.-We havehad another quiet weeks bu siness. The sales have been very light, owing to the disparity in the -views of holders and buyers. Recent advices from Liverpool indicate nothingfa vorable to Cotton. Our domestic markets general ly are in a dull and depressed state, which ehills the hope of much improvemen't in prices for the pres ent season. We quote as extremes 6 to 91 cents. The toal decrease in the receipts of Cotton at all the ports compared with last year-sn the same time is 476,189 bales. D. Religious Notice, The Members or the Missionary and Book Fund Board, of the Edgefield Baptist Association, are requested to meet at Mountain Creek Church, on the Wednesday after the first Lord's day in June next, at 11 o'clock. J. M. CHILES, Chairman. May 11,1854. Butler Lodge, No. 17, I, 0. 0, F 41 A Regular Meeting of this Lodge - will. be held in their Iall on Monday evening next, at 7 o'clock. GEO'. A. ADDISON,-See'ry. May IS It 18 Masonic Notice, A REG ULAR -Conimunication of No. 50, A. F M., will be held in their [Hall on Saturday evening, 20th * inst., at 7 o'clek. By order of the WV. MI. A. G. TEAGUE, See'y. May 4 It 16 ('p Tur Fr'ien'ds of GEO. W. LA NDRUM an isurce him as a Candidate for a Seat ia the next ~egislature. A. P ER R IN, ATTORNEy A T-LAWg:. TilLL prnetice at Edgeield and the Courts of T T the adljoining Districts. Orv:ce, Iiri'k Building, L~aw Range. E.-lefieIld C. H., S. C. Niny 18, if 18 Interesting Poem, R)1. A. G. T'A G UE has for sale, on commis si'mn .Miss .1vr.:a A. IIerxr's Poems, enritded 83llL ES A N) D TEA RS." This chaste little s'rk mierits and should obtain for the utnfortunate .uthoress. a liberal lpatronage from a symipathising td c'haritabile people Mlay 19 tf . 18 S od a W a ter, )R.AG.TEGUE respectfully informs the J isadGentlemen of Edgefieldl Village d viiity, that his Soda Water Aparatus is in e conlition :and, lie is dlrawinw at his Counter, e MOST DEICIOUS SODA WA TER, He does not: 51h yon1 to take has word for it, but come and try it. (17 The Ladies shall be waited on promptly ad reive spe-einh attention when they visit him. 31ay IS tf 18 flead-Quarters, MILFORD, 16th May, 1854. LFRED P. ALDRICH, WM. A. OWENS antd HEA U. W. BA LL have been appointed les-de-Camps to his Excelletcy Governor MaN a, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and will >bL'yed and resp.eted accordinely. By order : R. G. M.DUNOVANT, Adjutant and Inspector General. layl 11It ' 18 State of South Carolina, EDGEFI~I.D DISTRICT, S IN ORDINARY. Y .T.W RIGHlT, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. ~ierens, Simeon Crouch has applied to mte Let ters of Admnistration, on all and sin- . *r the goods and chattles, rights and credits Forttints Massey, late of the District psaid, deceased. hese are, therefore, to cite and admonisih-all singular, the kindred and creditors of tho deceased, to be and appear before mte, at next Ordinary's Court for the said District, te holden at Edgefield C. H., on the 29th of May inst. to show cause, if any, why aid administration should not be gra.nted. ven under my hand and seal, this 15th day ray in the year of our Lord one thousand hundred and fifty-four, and in the '78th of American Inde'pendence. H. T. WRIGHT, 0. E, D, y 18 2t 1 _usia _ _nst _ __nts E VIOLINS, Accordeons. Fhutinans, Fifees [.ros are he.b foeA.l oURlaY. Trn rivng eupplym IIEt t'BAC on DES, Si.OPJLERS ad ieS~o hsalem any CasehatevG. L. PENl , Asam te an Pron are harby for ewarelos h a JOSEPH PA'tI~SpON. 11 St LT ~ 17 Fans, Fans. received a large and vari'edss aleD~ of LNS, of beautiful styleb.fo wa ebee1f51* I t