Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 20, 1854, Image 1

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"We -will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of ou.r Iiberties, and ui it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, C., JULY 20, 1854. m .- - THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER IS UDLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY W. F. D U RI S 0 E, Proprietor. ARTHUR SIXKIINS, Editor. Two Do.r..ins per year, if paid in advance-Two )o..As and. Frv CENTS if not paird wiithin six months---and TnRa:s Dor.:..iits if lot pauid before the expiration of the year. All sitscrijtinet:- not distinet 1y limited at the time a tbscrilinrr, n ill be consider ed as made for ant in.'tfin-te period. :and will be con tinued until all arrea ng -. are paid. or at the optiont of the Publisher. Subscriptions frin other SIates mr.t YvMARIAt . D be a ccomlpantied % ith the ca. h or re fer tnce to sone one known to us. AtvEnTrts:M E-rs willI be co;irjpicuoully inserted at 79 cents per Square (12 lines or less) fur the first in sertion, and 37' cents for each sub.teqetita in-ertion. When only published .',ndtily or Quamrterly -:1 per synre will be clarzed. All A dvertisemennts not havi: the desired number of insertions mavirked on the mar girn. will be contirned until forbid and charge-d ac cordingly. Those desirin to advertise by the year cnn do so on liberal term---it teing distintly ntier.talood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imine diate, legitimate hisitns of rte Firm or indivi!etal contracting. rransi.ent Advertisetents must be paid for in advance. For announcinrg a Candidate, Three Dvllars, iN At)VANE. For Advertising Estrays Toiled, Two Dolhtrs, to be paid hy tie 31agistrate adverti!ing. For Congrea . Sin. Eo~rroa :-Picarse anntounie Tan. r. S BROOKS ais at Carrdidiate for re-cl e-tin tia repre sent the Fourth Corgrcssio anal District. cnsisting of Edlgefield. Abbeville, Latrns Newhaerry :d Lex itrgtotn, itt the next Cormgress, wliele cc tion nill be held in Octhbe: next, and thereby ealy 0, lige MANY FRILNDS. 7:7Tm-r. Fri:rtnds ufCol. A. C. GA l\(LIGON respeactftlly atnounce lrr rs a Caniidate tar repre setr the 4th Congressional I istriet, at the election in October nxt. For 1hw ;enzne. g- Hox. J. P. C.\KUlU1A is re-pretfrlly anntianice1 by his friansas a c:mridlatc ir re-Ole tion to the State Scrate, at th errn u letin. ar TttE Friends of Maj. TILI-MA N- AT SON, respetflly rnminate .im :a a e::ndarte for s at in tie State Serate at tho next ect. r. For 1tI illous'. 7 Tatx Frie-Is aif W. C. .lui.\(N I, E'l. re-;pectfully annunce him rs a caania!e for a Seat in tle lairise orf leprsr r SMAJ. Z. W'. C.'aI1i s 1 a1, E i1~ .r nouncedi by his fri'-nla asa a Canri w It - for re-Caec tion to the House of Pepires rrtatives at the neL xt Sessi-n. n-Trrc Fr:ends if Mr. W.A) - D i'. II niimirmite him s ar e:ridate far a Scot ri the li,,nse (if Liepresetat;ti' . at the next eceen c 'Tie Friveids of W . D. 101 171 reslicetfully arriuce him, as a Cm11ari'te frC a r n tIh. next I lotse of Reprn:tives. !1- Tm: Friend of \:aj -J t-. \ ..iN :LL nEN n him as a Candhhrite for re--!Ctairn to a S.at in the Legislature it- South Cari.lina at the erai eti n MR. EDarirn--YOU wl pheate tarrana i N 1. 11''N DY. -N'1.., as Tt CarriO.:W for a Svat irr thre 1otsc of Iepresetartiv . -it the next elect~ion4 r :rtrvilaliga MaANYv y:nis. -lJ -trm- Fri-nlis of ('.\ln w-. Ws~.I-' E',q>., respectful!y announce In tts I CadIiidiiatze for a Scat ie next tegi~srre. 3rTa Friendis of G. ). TItL.M.\N, Esq.. respectftlly announce Im as a caihe 1or a Seat in the Leci-latire at the next eectini. yJ -Trw. Frienads if G EO. W. L AN iDl tn nounce haim as a Carrid rate for ar Scat ini the nre.xt L~egislatt tttre. Gi Tr. Ftri t-ns if Dr. 11. TR. Ceoa reisaeetfrt anrnounce himt a Cooatriiire for a Seat ini tire next lioutse oif Represenitativyes. A. P E R R N, A TT O R NIY A T L-1, TULL paratice ait Irhliet id arrndie Courts of t lie adrjintintg I istricts. Omne-, Uri.:k Unrirding, Lawa Rrragc. Ei1eafieIld C. H., S. C. ~ah y 1., t f 1S ATTORNEY AT LAW Ai\D SJLICITOR IN EQITY, 17j (Omerca at Edl'eield Cur't'llouase, (ortnal dor belaiw (;. L. Pss' farmily acecry. April 27. t f la1 S. S. T ONE P' K E N N ATTORNEY AT LAW. ~ FFICE iN r.EARt or rtnE: COUaT tnotFE. Ealefield, S. C., Feb 8, if 4 Practice of Surgery! D..URIAII I;AflnRiS, Aurusat, Ga) ;:..is pireared.r tonea-aommoarirtte wri!thI .rdingirt iad N ursinrg, such-l patientIs as itmy he d irected tar hrimr for S UilGICA L. OPER.'\TltONS 'r Tertmnit. (l.T lia'ss mlary bet arssureda tha~t their Servants wil lihave every ntcvSwarty arttenrnin. IIDr, MI W. A bne a \i VING remiovedl itta tire Villageti, fair thre pirurpose of devo~attit ng himself. mr2e! chsive l to htis p)rofeSiion, tandu occup~inig tire residernce first bev ond tire Briptist Chrch ran lie riugnit. atnd ad joitting the Alale Acatdemty, (the residencee fuormierly occutpied by S. S. Tomprjkins, Esq., and Rev. C. A. Raymtonid. others hris Professionial Services Tio thre people of the Village and thne -surrounding coutntry. In tiie day, he can be founid itn his Office, adijoin ing thre Office of W. W. A ntAus, Esq., anrd itt f-rnt of thne prese'nt residlerte aif Mr. Gleo. A. Addison, and at ntghrt, he catn be fouarni t his dweling. He- will give atltenatron tat all timecs morist puttus ally, to alil calls upart him,,eithrer far atdvice anrd prte seriptions, or fur paersotnal attilatce. 31. W. ABNEY. .Tan 11i 52 Interesting Poem, D R. A. 0. T A GUE hats for sale, ot nuomis riian. ~alias .1er.:1 A. iEx-r's Paoms, enrtith.-d 'SMiilES AND TRARlS." This chrast: little woirk merits antd should otain fair tire unfrartunate A uthroress, ta liberal patrontage from a symprathisinrg and chtaritaible people. MaTny 10 18 Notice. ALIL Persons indlebtead tar the Estate of A tticus .i Tucker, dee'd., arec ntifiedl t, m take piromttia palymtlt and1 those ha~vinag demmnr:ds agant snaid littt are regnearteal to renrder thremi itt innedately, prope-rly ttecsted. Ju 2 L ANDON TUCKER, Adm'or. A CHILD'S PRAYER. o, God tr yonder starry 'rame, I low siould a thinig like me Dare to pronononce thy holy nanie, Or bow to thee the knee ; I know not of my spirit's birtli, I low dust the soul combine, Nor beit of one thiing on earth, Atid how can I know thIne. I nimly know that I was nia-le, Thy pt:poses to fulfill, A nd that I gladly would be good, And do thy holy will. Fur this, my being rational, For this, my d ivelling plce, I bless thee, Lord ; but mst of all, For gospel of thy grace. Dirvct my so.ul to rearch and know What Jesus did for mc, A i.1 teach my little heart to glow With thankfulness to thee. A i] when this weary life is done, And dust to dust declines, Then may I dwell beyond ite sun, Where thy own gory shiucs. Take tmy dear parents to thy care, Aly little kinsfolk too, And listen to tht.4- humble prayer, When they before thee bow. A nil when they pray for sinful nie, With fervor that excceds, Do thou return the blessing free, A id doub'c otn their heads. Fr' ma t!e Camnden .Journral. A FEW MORE WORDS ON NEWSPAPERS. There are but few, comparatively. of our riea jers, who will feel any ititerest in this subject, uto there are others to whom it must appeal wi it onisiderahle force atd to thiese we deire esre ei:liy to address our remarks. We mean of :ottrste tlte condnetors and proprietors of lite re- of our State. Our renarks are intended bgeneral itt their character, and if, in the ppl:cation of the subject, we should totich too Ilovly upon sonic individual case, we hope it -il be regarded as necessarily incidental to a :audoid di.,eUssion( of the matter and not be at. ihated to :nly unworthy motive or unkind tem er ot our part. We have too much respect or tlie press of our State and for its.conductors, ith the mie,'t of whom, we have the pleasure if a perso.nitl, atid in some cases, an intimate -gnaitiance, to make inviduous discrimint ions !jeh *,-d Lrokze or itinurre their feelin-'s.., Xe disclaiim ny stch inteion; yet candor *.mtpels us to treat i hi, subject with much plain .s- and freedom of thought. We intimated on a recent occasion, that we ittribited much, and we might say all, of the tsucces of newalripcrs no1w, to that miserable fstem ofl half. prieed terms for subscription, atnd :.erelv nominal rates for advertisinr, which has Ween inttrtideed within a few years past in our 5:ate. We leave this 10htought just here, for we nae not time to dwell upon it. The incone of new-paper offices consists ,inlv itn advertising and the subscripition lists. Vhen these two (and soneitimes mndy) main -prings art so weakened and embarrassed as encreely to answer the purposes of the machine, cannot, of course, he long before the whole il1i: will get out of order, and utiless promptly re:ired or strengrt hened from some other source, intrt cease :ltogether. It is impossible, now-a Lays to do anything without money-it is one ,(those necessary evils which cannot be dispen ed with. The time was when a man migh ork almost for nothing, and yet, by proper ligenice arid econmy, get alonig, and possibly ~row rich. Not so in these latter days--the hotile nartutre of things has undergone a coin lete and thorough change. Th'le time was bhen good, even first rate Jouirneytmen Printers ~onld be employed in country ohlices at from even to eight dollars per week--now, fifty Per eit. increase oa those rates is ha~rdlly too greatI ni estimate. Paper has risen in the same ratio, r certainly twenty-five per cent upott former rees. lit fact, the demand having so largely! neresed, the iils comtplain of scarcely being ble to suply the market. These fact, taken in cottnectiont with another morst lamenttable one -thIe want of a disposition ott tihe part of sub. eribers to pay-show what the chances are for itoiey beinig'mrade tupont tire subscription lists. lJid otir one disllar friends ever maike a close enl. laion of whlat it costs threm to publish their apers ? Let them do so, and with all their riet ness: nt idea only, in South Car olia: about dvaniced paymtetits they will flad itt the end of aceh year, a large numiber w~ho come up among he dlelinqu1tets-it is so, and it is folly to con-, eal Ithe fact from otur oiwn eyes. The unusuatl irase of newspapers aill over the Startes hans rddneed these entormnotus prices of labor antd itteials, u' ithout, at correspontdintg increase or derence to old prices for work. The conise ntencee is, many atre obliged to struggle ott, roop. atnd finally die. Advertising constitutes thte mainspring of igortus action to a printing office in our State -if therefore, tihe rates be cut down and lessen d, how is it possible, with all these accumula ing difliculties,thtat a paper can be made profita de which must rely upon chance for its patron ge. It is a mistake, genttlemen of the press, to vo(rk anty lotnger for nothing. You will find, we -ar, by bitter experienice, that this course will ijure, if not bantkrupt mrany of the papers in otr State. Let it be persisted in no longer yk reasonable prices for your labor, and do not cmpromise the dignity of the press, by accept ng the poor, pitiful contributions of half priced latronis. We allride now particularly to tadver tisir'g. A question of great importance htere resents itself. Is it right, editors and propre ors, to purstue a course whtichr is ntot only sticti dai, atnd unjtust to ourselves, but, absolutely rong ini principle, ftalse in policy, and, to say the least we can of it, hardly honest, in pttblish ing our terms and then make contracts which do' rot approach within the remotest range of those erms. To make ourselves more distinctly un erstood, ought a paper which advertises its rates o be sevetnty-five cents per square for the first ad half thtat sum for all subsequetnt insertions, ottract tat one tenth part of these rates ? Or, in plainer words yet, is it right to do in the eighborhood of fifty dollars worth of adver tising for fre dollars? Strange things do hap en sometimes, and strange as it may appear, it s everthmeless a fact, that there are newspapers ii South Ctarelinia which advertise eqnal to five quares for six months, for the poor, pitiful, eon emptible stun of five dollars, worth almost ten times that amount, to follow published terms. So far as we are concerned, we would infinite y prefer advertisinig for nothing, -for then we night possibly hope to hive seine slight chaim pon the charities of the puiblic, without thte re stios.. a.id otaktins wh4.h wnnul b itia pozed ly a mere pretension of nominal reniune ration. We are at a loss to determine by what principle of justice or consistency newspapers expect to live at suci rates of advertising. We understand very well how contracts for a year or for a series of months, are made much lower than the usual terms, but we are totally unable to divine by what easuistical process such re markable elasticitv and elongatioi is produced -advertise for five dollars where it should be live times five. There is sometling wrong, fun damentally and positively' wrong inl this matter. Such gross inconisistencies are unpardonable. We object to the.doctrine that every man has the right to do as he ph-ases-there is no nu thority in the Bible, or in the law books which makes any one quite this free. No man has the right to injure his neighbor, and are we doing our neighbor justice when we deprive him, by any means, however remote they nay be, of his dues? Are we following out the goo.l old golden rule, Do unto rithers as yon would they .should do unto you-when we advertise in the very face of our publi-bed terms, at rates which will barely pay the charge (if the compositor who sets thei type ? Sonit- n.ty take issue with us, that eiery paper has the ri2ht to m:ke its own terms and advertise to snit its own notions; this far we admit the right, but not when Iapers prof'ess by their advertised terms to publish at certain rates, and when they can't do better lower those rates so far as scarcely to pay the necessa ry outlay of the ads'ertisement. We have felt the ;neuvenienee of this pla, when we have beien applied to by agents for Patent Medicines and others, wishing to contract iy the year. By the way we promised to give a few thoughts on Patent Medicines and Northern ndvertisers gen erally, but as we l:tve exhausted outr limits al ready, we must reserve this duty for another occasion. Ma. SLow ON SYrrATV.-The Boston Post reproduces the following moral reflection of Mr. Slow: I ',imelech," said Mr. Slow, solemnly extend ing his arm like a pump hanle, "you are now old enough to underst imd the words of wisdom, beintg eleven and a half, in other words half-past eleven-and I wi,h to advise you never to inter fere with nobody, nor to interfere with nothing ti.t don't belong to you. Shut yourself up, like a gold eagle in your pocker book, and don't get spent in too much concern for others. If people is inclined to go to ruin, let thein go if they're a mind to-what business is it ofvour'i? If neighbors quarrel, what bu-iness i it of your'n ? Let 'em light it out. Why 0hould you risk your precious head in trying to save their's? When yon trade, allers lok to your si.le of the bargain; and leave tle one you are t radin g w ith to look arier his. If he gets bit'taint your fiult. Take keer ot' number one is scripter, the real g''lden rule, and lie that nets unto it never can die poor. Never have anythiig to dii with sym patih. Sympnthy does'iit pay. 'Taint vortli one cent. Unt if yvii mt tst be symnpathetie beeaue it's pilular, be sure before 3ou begin that it aii't a-!ain to cost von alvihling, and thei p'raps 'twill do to inve'st iuAL_A aty by for yourself what tolks e.'pects you to ive to poor people and other vagubonds, and when (iu are old it uill niot depart from you. You will have soneiliitig to count on to make vou hippy. Pav your doctor's bills : co on tud I hospital. nud buy a gravesitoie fil of1 exalted virtues. Be careful. iim.:leeh, :illers look arter the main chance, and beware of ympathy." A ITINT FOR TIM UNsUCCE'SFUL.-The follow ing, from Claxton's " lliits for .leebianies," will apply with equal force to merenitile men: As to /nck, as I have said bet'ore there is more in the sound of a word which people hive got uied to than in the hing tliey are thinking of. Some luck there is, no doubt as we e-immioly tnderstand the term, but very mneh less than most persons suppose. Tliire is a great deal which passes for Itick which is not such. Gen erally speaking your " licky fdlows," when one searches closely into their history, turn out to be your fellows that know what they are doing, and how to do it in the right way. Their luck omes to them, becuse they work for it ; it is luck well earned. 'Thley put. themselves ini the way of lnek. Thety keep the.mselves wide awake. Thiey make thec best of whlat opipor utities they possess, and always staind ready for mtore ; atd when a mechianic does thus mnch, repetid up~on it, it must be hard luck indeed, it' be do tiot get, at least, emtployers, cutstomewrs, and friends. " One needs only," says an Ameri an writer, " to turn to the lives of tmun of mecanient genius, to see how by taking advatt tnge of little things atid facets, whlich no one had observ'ed, or which every one haid thoiught unworthy of regard, they htave established new and itmportant principiles'in the arts, andu buit up for thetmselves muanulfnetories for the pract ice of their nec.-ly discovered processes." And yu t these are the iten wh'o are enlled the lneky fl lows, aiid some ties etnvied as sueh. WVho enti deny that thteir iek is well earned, or that it is just as much in tty pc wer to " go ahead " as it was ini theird ? IsNDtTR.Y THlE RoAD Ti SLccEsS.-lt is a pro vrbial retmark, founded on expierienice anid com mon sense t hat Satan wiill emloyI1 huimt who does not find emtploy'mtent fur himself. Industry' w.ill secure thie coifidence atnd eneonrageme.nt, of ood metn. WVhat is it, that we first inqutire' fer respecting one who is just coming forward on the arena of public lift. ? ljrilliat.t tailents tmw be desirable; re.<pectable connections may have an inifluence; property may serve as an otfit; but, after all, our real judgmnent of the man, and our readiness to commiut imnportat rusts to his keeping, will depend on sontething more inherent and personial. We must know that lhe is industrius atid faithful. Withtout these abiding qualities, eapacity, antd family, and 'ortune will seem light as air and empty as a bubble. It is instructive to ask who they are that rise to the highest distitictions both in Church anid State. Flashes of genius anid outbursts of fforts usually acompllish hut little. WVe htear tuch of fair opening atnd happy beginuinigs; but it a great majority of instances, the men of persevring diligence bear awaty thte pahna. The best talent on earth is tat of assiduous appheca tion.-Spring Times of Life. SETTLEMIENT OF KANsA.-A letter in the St. Lois R"1publican, dated Whiitehead, Kansas ter.. ritory, June 26th, says that thouisands of emi grants from Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee ttnd Missouri, have already arrived in that territory, and thousands are still pouring in, the lands for from ten to twenty miles back, htaving been with but fiw exceptions5, claimed by squatters. The writer gives the proceeditigs of a meeting of those settlers, at which a Squatter Association was formed to make proviiona for deciding upon01 disputed claims, &c. Resolutions were adopt ed precisely similar to those passed at the squat ter meeting held at Salt Creek trading house. Anong them were resolutiotns to afl'ord no pro tetion to abolitiontists as citizens of the 'territo ry, recognizing the institution of slavery' as al ready existing in the territory, and recommend ing slaveholders to introduce their " proiperty" as early as possible. A Vigilatnce Cotmmittee wn's appointed, nnd also five " delegates to thie Geer-d TPerritoirial Conventioni, to be held at Sa.lt Cree no the Aith dayof Ju.Ily.'' Of what character this Conventioi xpected to be, no menions made-Const utionalist. SOUTU CAROLINA ST4,E. FAI.-The fifth annual fair orf the South lUdofina Institute, for the promotion of Art, echaiiics, Hall, now being erected on Meetin s6t, in Charleston, conieneitig on WedneedAi 15th of Novem ber, and elosing on the 2%W' It will be seen by the advertisement of Vte' institute in our coluimnts this morning, t itia great variety of valuable premiums are o 9r_1 for competition. Depositors must send in :their articles on or bef'ore the I ith day of N mber next, and we hope to see a goodly rep'entation from this section of the country. Zhe institute Hall, now being completed, in which this fair will be held, 1 is one of the finest in tbh sountry, the main saloon being capable of h lding full four thou sand persons, whilst theis. also a. irgre ia-a chinery room, and other-rqjps for the conven ience of the managers. Wwill have a beauti ful brown n:.stic front, atid May be considered a4 fine a structure as ounrwai Mechanics' Insti title. But itdependentof- appearances, the popular spirit which has Waused the erection of this magnificent hall, and berlenterprise which has prompted the arrang e#Wts for the fir, we hail as an auspicious sigilf future Drosperity and independence for'So U'.ACarolina and tile whole South. Agricultual.timprovement, man- I ufactures and tle arts, haye been-too long neg lected by the South, andl pecially by South Carolina, and we cannot klut'anticipate the most happy results to flow fr ' the determination evinced of extending to fIem a liberal oncour agewent.-Baltimnore Amerian. AIDULTERATION OF LQjo.-Eminent eiem ists assert, says the Alb ijy Even. Journal, that nine-tenths, at least, of al the liquors consumed in the United States arejire or less drugged. To say that half or all hit pretends to conie across the Allantie is wholly manurlactured on this side of it, would be to fall short of the truth. y . IT.ere are numbers who live and thrive by such nefarious trade. Long practice in the tise of sugar of lead, capsicuw, acids, aloes, Juniper berries, verdigris, loigwood,.&e., &c., in varying mtd nicely graduated proportions, has enabled them to bring the art to a degree of perfection that seems almost fabulo, s. Cheap Mononga hela whiskey brought into their vau'Lo by the hoigshead comes out botled and ready for sale as Madeira, Cognac, Chadipagne, Iale Brandy, Cream of the Valley., and Old Port. In these. file color, flavor and smmall of the originals will be so closely imitated, that. experienced taste is deceived by them. So complete and minnte are their operations, that not only are foreign brands forged, and the shape of bottles, the devices of seals and corks imitated, but even artificial bust and cobeb.are fabiricated to give them an air of respectribl antiquity. 1f other proof of this ere need, besides the results of chemical a'aly s, it might be foind inl the facts that more Port drunk in the Unlied t in oneyear t h pa.4es through the 2: Edn A mrfe'a'"gtre Chamnpagne is vonsuined in Americae i Champagne district produces; that Cognac bran dy custs four times as much in France, where it is made, as it is sold for iin our corner groggeries; rind that till! failtire of the whole grape crop m Madeira produced no app rent diminiti on in the unantity, nor at all corre!spondiung inererse in the irice, of the wine.-Ilunt's 2ierchant's 31aga zile. Peussic Acm.-A fentlemuan living near Tap palaimnock, Virgiiia, having occasion to trim some peach trees, left the branches lying in the yard. A nmber of young ducks partook of the leaves, which caused instant death. The leaves :nd kernels of peaches contain Prussic acid in sullicicnt quantity to endanger the life of perzons or animals partaking of them. SuN STROKE.-The New Orleans Bulletin says: " The Assistant Coroner informs us that there were 37 imnests held last week on bodies of persons who had died directly from sun stroke or congestion of the brain caused by it. The 20 who died in the Charity tilospital through the sanme cauise mike the unprecedented number of iifty-seven deaths from the efl'eets of the sun in a week. " Every oe of these cases might have been prve tehd the victim worn a broatd piece of sPong, wet in cold wvater, under the crown of ten a large sponge over his brain. "'is ant infal ible preventive of injury from the intense heat. In St. Louis, on the 1st inst., seventeen per sons were killed by sun stroke. MAD Doos.-The Columbia papers complain of dogs being allowed to run at large. A dog exhibiting aull the symptoms of madness wats killed there a day or two since. Thelm Caroliniamn calls tupon the Town Council to eniforce their Ordinance, anid to interdiet the, runing of' dogs at large unless muzzled. If thronght their negh-ct any damage shtould eusue, on thient will rest the responsibility. FasT RUNNNO.-TheC Albany Journal says the New York Express traint, drawnt by the new enginte Chiedell of the New York Centtral Rail road, ran from Syracuse to itochester, a distate of eighty-oneO ies, in ninety-six miniutes, on Friday.' This is theo fastest running ont record for so great a distantce. The above locomotive was built at thte Schenectady Locomotive works, and is the first of a class of the following di mensions: Inside connected cylinders 10 inchtes diaeter-2:2 inches stroke ; 'driving wheels (i ft diameter. Her boiler has about one thou sad feet of hteating surface. Amoso thie novelties advertised to take place at lluntsville, Tfexas, on the 41th was a foot race between " three boys," oldest of whlomt was born in 1775, the second in 1786, and the youngest in 1795. The contest between these " juveniles" was looked forward to with mtucht anxiety by the fun-loving and sportintg fraternity. RAIrOAD AccIDENT.-The down train of ears front Pottsville to Philadelphia, ran over a cow on Friday night neatr Phoenixville, by which several cars vwere smashed, and 80 or 90 persons more or less itnjured-somte fatally. AccoRDING to the report of the Chief of Po lie of Boston, the whtole number of arrests and commitments dturing the montth of June was 2,215, of which 507 were Americanes, and 1, 708 were foreigners. TitE following singular advertisement appears it a Canadian paper. It is as French as a little bonnet: All does peops what I owes PIll not axe 'ent fer dat,. But: all does peops what owes me Mlust pay me up immediat. A MIAN was arrested in Ohio, recently for get-. ting drunk. He pleaded that he had not been gilty of a violation of the niew law, antd claimed the right of being tried. by the old, upon the plea that he got drunk under the old law, and hadn't been sober since-The judge was puzzled .n heldAh cbaen over for advisement YANKEE AGENTS. We gave an instance the other day illustra tive of the misrepresentations, of our instiLutions, often circulated by these person%, Now from this, amongAhe many lessons which the South has had to learn, from these nagents of Northern as well as of Southern houses, traversing the country, we hope our citizens wil l make up their miinds fully to have nothing to do with these Yankee agents from either Northern or -Southern houses. If they came among us as truthful spies, we would not object to them, but-hey are spies, having previously made ar rangements wtth some dirty little abolition sheet, as in that instance, above alluded -to, write let ters, and thus defray their expenses. When ficts fail them, with the incentives offered by the success of Mrs. Stowe, they resort to fiction; for the theme is a popular and money naking one there. They s!hould always be dismissed, in so doing, we are aware that we would some times treat discourteously well behaved gentle meni, but that, however much to be regretted, is unavoidable. We have a number of men here at the South who would gladly undertake the business. Let them be employed. We. have no doubt that a great many poor students in the South Carolina College could be found who would, devote their sumumer vacation to si-h employnient, as a means of defraying their expenses of obtaining an edueation, and thus making themselves useful citizens. Here for instance is a case just in hand. Two South Carolinians. Messrs. Johnson and Walker un dertake to compile a Map of the State, under the special patronage of the Legislature, we be lieve ; that, however, is immaterial. Its greatest demand was among Carolinians. Instead of getting Carolinians, or Southerners to actas their agents, they import a regiment of New Englan dera and despatch thten over the whole country. They have reaped the reward, many of them re turned with the fruits of their labor in their pockets, and we wager, with their heads stored " with such facts of slavery," as we recorded the other day. The agent who visited this section of the country, Ar. Kellogg, as far as we can learn, conducted himself like a gentleman. But nevertheless if we had it to do over, we pledge ourself that we would not purchase a Map. For as one citizen, we are determined to discourage the appointment of agents from that latitude. Winnsboro Register. NEW IIA:irsniTE RESoLUTIoNs.-On Wednes day the house of representatives of New Haminp shire passed the annexed resolutions, which had i been pending for sonic time before that body. The first resolution was adopted by a vote of 16t to 118, the second by at vote of 150 to 110, and the fourth by a vote of 152 to 117: . Resolred, That the State of New Iauipshire reaflirms the principles promulgated by tier house of representatives in 1850: "The people are bound by no compact, expressed or implied, to snifer the introduction of slavery into territory now free, and that they are unalterably opposed to the erection of any territory without its pro hibition by posiive law." Resolred, That the repeal of the Missouri com vas unnecessary, IiiilITC ;a"tW.ceftur0thtti with the North, dangerous and wrong. Resolred, That the course of Gen. W. Morri son ani Geo. W. Kittredge, a portion ot our delegation in Congress, in resisting such repeal, receives the hearty and united approvall of the people of New Hampshire. Resolred, That the course of Harry fHibbard, oses Norris, and Jared V. Williatns, the other members of our delegation, in voting fur such repeal, was in opposition to the wishes of the people of the Stare, treacherous to freedom and the great cause of eqality aid hrtnman rights, and meets our decided reprobation." FLORIDA Cors.-The Tampa Iierald gives the following aceount of the prodnetiveness of ertain lands in Hlernando county, known as the Chucae Chattee prairie: " A. T. Frierson, a citizen well known here, and whose statement cannot be doubted, hast year broke up, fenced and planted some twenly acres in hill corn six feet each way. After its first working, fearing that the rainy season would set in. and thereby ruin it, arid not wish ing to lose his labor, determnined to throw up good b~eds one way and planrt pens thereon. This beinst done, when the ranins commenced teavity, suflicient as lie supposed to drown both rops,'and having a good supply of secd rice on hand, determined to drill that between the rows, and thereby insure at least one crop. The sea son proved fine, and he tmade three fanir crops on the land at otne time. This looks like art exag geration, yet nevertheless true, as several of our own citizens will vouch for its accuracy." MAnunYTY 'rHE PEACE.-At the laist dales froni Utah, Wailker, thre Indian chief, was con tintinig his depredations upon emigrants arid thre Mormon settlements. The subject bteing before one of the conference meetings of the Mormons, Elder Smith intima~ted that lie could settle the difficuties with the Indians, provided some one of the sisters had a taste for wigwam life, lie said: "1 know men are careless, women are care less; andh if there is riot grenter eare taken, wvo meni will be carried awvay prisoners, anrd their children will be murdered if they wander off' carelessly arnd withoutt protection. I tell you, in a country like this, where womren are scarce arid hard to gct, wye have great need to take cnre of* them. WValker himirself hars teased me for a white wife ; arid if any of the sisters will mairry him, I believe I c:in close the war forthwith. I am certain that unless men can take better care o their women, Warlker may supply himself on a liberal seanle, arid wvithout closing thre war either. In otnclusiron, I will say, if any lady wishtes to be Mrs. Walker, if she will report herself to me, I will agree to negotiate the match." BALsZAC AND THlE THitEF.-A few night agog as one of our most distinguished authors, M. de Balzac, was lying awake in bed, hie saw a man enter his room cautiously arid attempt to pick the lock of his writing desk. Thre rouge was not a little diseoncerted at hearing a loud laugh from the occupatnt of the department. whom Ire su)posed asleep. "Why do you laugh, sir ?" asked the thief. "I am laughing my good fel low," said M1! de BI. to think what paina you are taking, and what a risk you run, in hope of finding money by night in ar desk where thre law fl owner can never find any by day !"-The thief " evacuated Flanders" at once. MAsosic CEERATION.-Th~e Unionville Jour nal of the 30th ult. notice the celebration of the Festival of St. JTohn the BaiPtist, by Union Lodge No. 75, A. F. M., on Saturday last, at that place. A procession was formed, embracing visiting members from other Lodges, arid march ed to thre grove near the steam mill, where a chaste and instructive address was delivered by Rev. E. Rowley, Principal of the Unionville Female High School.-After the address the fraternity returned to the Lodge room, where the officers were installed,nand the Hall dediented in a very impressive manner, by Dr. A. G. Mackey, Grand Speeretary and Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of this State. -' THEa tree is known by its fruits." The only exceptio'n to this is the dog-wood, which is L-nown by its bark. Correspondence of the Keowee Courier. WASHINGTON, June 1854. Here I am again. Not with the budget pro mibed in - my last, but with a continuation of part of that communication. Incidentally, and almost accidentally, my attention was called to the speech of one of our South Carolina Repre sentatives on the Nebraska and Kansas bill, (which, since I last wrote, has become the law of the land,) the the Hion. Preston S. Brooks, of Edgefield District; and, with your permission, . purpose to give it a brief review, because there is an honesty and straight forwardness in its tone and manner, that jnmps with my humor, and which can only be found emanating from the statesmen of the South. I do not know that there is any new arguments in this effort of Mr. Brooks-but those used are well put and unanswerable-and the whole production shows that the " oid Palmetto State" is still keeping up her stock of clear-headed, constitutional statesmen, and pure patriots. Mr. Brooks has evidently lighted his torch at the flame nursed by Mr. Calhoun, :nd has, in this speech, shown himself a worthy political heir of that great and good man. Without descendiing to )ersonali ties, lie has manfully maintained the correctness of the policy and rights of the South, while he has repelled, with power, the assaults of North ern hucksters upon those rights, the Constitu tion, and all those great principles which should be-must be-religiously preserved and obser ved, if we are continued a nation. It is a matter of pride to me, to find that Mr. Brooks coincides with me in opinion, that the Nebraska bill was introduced at an inoportune time. lie says: " I am frank to avow my belief that it would have been wiser, and in better keeping with the general intererest of the country had the bill providing territorial governments for Nebraska and Kansas been delayed until the pressing wants of the people of those territories had caused them to apply to Congress for relief." Politicians may say what they please about its necessity, but it was a dangerous card to play in the very commencement of an adminis trat ion, before it had got " hardenedin the bone," as it were, and firmly seated inthe affection of the democratic party, and the judgment of the American people. As it is, the success of the measure shows the strength of the administra sion--the bill, which has now become the law, afier one of the severest, most unprincipled, and best organized oppositions that I have ever wit nessed, has strangled that nefarious monster the Missouri Compromise-and thrown the question of Northern and Southern interest back npon the Constitution, and the Southern members could not do better, -perhaps, than to seize the opportunity thus presented to cor reet a great wrong. 1. quote the Ilanguage of Mr. Brooks: " But, sir, the bill is before us, and it becomes ui of the Soutth to avail ourselves of the oppor tune occasion to bring back congressional legis lation within constitutional restraints-to re assert the great constitutional principle that, as the people are the source of all political power, thev hayesin tenpacity of sovereig--t tee. regain our constitutional right to go with our property of every description upon any part of the public domnain." Now, then, the North and the South stand on constitutional equality in relation to those terri tories, and with Mr. Brooks I say-" if the na tural laws of climate and of soil excludes us from the territory of which we are the joint owniers, we should not and we will not complain." The rich prairies of Kansas are now open to the Sonthern slaveholder, and it only remains for hini to occupy it immediately, if lie would se eure them as an inheritance to his children, and, as an oflering to humanity and philanthrophy for the interest and benefit of the slaves, who.se welfare has been committed, by God, to the keeping of the Southern master. This territo rv, I am told, is the very best adapted to the culture of hemp of any in the United States, and without slave labor hemp cannot be grown profitably-therefore, let Southern interest move speedily in this matter, or they will be forestal led by the abolitionists and greedy speculators of the north aid east. There is every thig now to encourage the South to go forward. The constitution is with her-the law is with her the administration is with her, and the great northwest is with her, which Mr. Brooks thus happily alludes to: " W~e rejoice to unite with our brethren of the west in so patrio'tic an enterprise ; and we rejoice that the stars of the Constitution and of empire are mingling their rays together in the west. Weo rejoice upon this coimiidence of opinion between the pecople of two great see tions, which are destined to grow togethier in prosperity and wealth, and which God has uni ted in a common interest by that great highway of comimerce wvhichi brimigs the treasures of the west into the lap of the scuth." Now is the day for prompt energetic action on the part of thme South-if they, thro' supine nss and want of energy, suffer this prize to slip from their grasp, let, them forever after hold their peace, and cease comapl.aints against the North. I like the following hit of the gentleman. He says: " We are now told that it was the policy of the country to exclude slavery from all national territory. Sir, there is a suspicous sound in that word nationial, which jars upon Southern ears, and when coupled wvith the doctrines it inculates, comes athwvart the gale like the low whistle of the bandit, and admonishes honest men to look wvell to the security of their estates." M' r. Brooks has, in this speech, again brought forard, in clear and lucid manner, the whole slave question, shown its advantages to the North as well as to the South, exposed the hy pocrisy of the false pretenders of philanthropy, who, to meliorate the condition of the slave, would restrict its boundaries-thereby in effect more firmly riveting its claims, and increasing its evils. I cainnot, for the wvant of time, take up more of your space on this branch of his speech, but it is well worthy of republication, that our youth may be strengthened ini sound principlesC. * * * * * * * O more extract and I have done, worthy alike of the head and heart of Mr. Brooks, which it would do wvell for the cool, calculating men of the North to ponder upon, before they lend themselves to the treasonable, incendiary principles of the abolitionists: " We have a country great in its history and its institutions, great in its science and arts, rrreat in its statesmen and warriors, great in its ealth and the variety of its resources. We will cointinue to have a great country-a coun try, continuitng and increasing in greatness-if e are but true to the principles of the Consti tution. it is distinct in letter and equitable in in spirit. It is sanctified by the blood and the wisdom of patriots, and has stecd the surest of 1l tests-the test of time. I call tipon the good and the true men of every section to array themselves before it, and tell the assailants it is a sacred thing, and not to be polluted by their fnatical touch. The South asks for nothing more." - I hope, gentlemen, the above may find favor .. you sight, and a plac in your columns; and, after a while, you may get a mental view of Washington Statuary from the pen of. AN OLD TYPO. ATRoCIous MURDER IN MACoN.-On Saturday morning last, our citizens were startled by the news of a most atrocious and unnatural murder committed. in our midst. An Irishman, by the name of Connelly, boarding in the.honse of D. Garaughty or. Bridgerow, killed his own wife in open day, and then effected his escape 'to the woods. He was in the habit of mal-treating his wire, and when the people of the house heard the noise of contention in his room, on Saturday morning, they supposed that it was only a repeti tion of his usual brawling. When lie came down, he was observed to have changed his clothes, and to look back upon the house with a frightened expression as he was going away. Suspicion was excited, an1d upon examination the unfortunate woman was found stone dead in her apartments. Her neck was dislocated and her head severely bruised and cut apparently from a knife. It is supposed that he forced her head over a beam, and thus effected the dislo cation of the neck.-He had changed his clothes, and the bloody garments were found huddled together under a table. He had straightened the woman out upon the floor, and placed her baby across her breast. le was pursued on Saturday but without avail. On Saturday night, impelled by that irresistable instinct, which brings murderers back to the scene of their crime, the man came to the Mansion house, (not a hundred yards from the dead body of his wire,) and asked a woman of his acquaintance to give him a hiding place. She did so, but immediately sent for the Police, who took him without dilliculty. He denies,as we understand, all knowledge of the crime, nor is it ascertained what his motive could have been. It is various ly ascribed to jealousy, drunkenness and other causes. The testimony must be altogether cir cumstantial. The murdered woman was buried on Sunday. Connelly is in jail, and the case awaits investigation.-[Macon (Ga,) elegraph, CONFESSION OF A MURDE.-The Galvestqn News under stand that Shultz-now under sen tence of death in that city for murder-has made a full confession, not only of the murder of Bateman and Jett, but also of a long catalogue of other murders and crimes during a period of many years. We have not as yet been put in possepion of full details, though we hope soon to be. We ean only say now that he confesses to having killed an old pensioner in Knoxville, Tennessee, before he came to Texas. He does not remember his name, but says lie had just received his pension, and ud'on the strength of it, he drank a little too much. lie adds that when he was on his way home that night, he waylaid and shot him, and then placed his body under a projecting rock-thatsome school children found the body the next day. That suspicion attached to himself-that he was taken up, tried, and acquitted. He says he belonved to the " Murrell Gang," and recites igyi harles and crimes-of which he was guilty V in' that cognection4 Hle 0 tent, in the Fall of 1836. Many of our old" citizens will well remember that event. The night was one of the most stormy on record, and the darkness was so great, that nothing could be seen but the flash of the gun. Suspi cion attached, he says, to several persons but not to himself. UNFORTUNATE AFFAIa.-At Louisville, on the evening of the 21st, a foundryman naimed Wil liams, returning from his labor found his wife, drunk, and no supper prepared. Enraged, he seized the whisky bottle and hurleid it through the open door into the street. It struck a small child on the head, fracturing the skull, and it was thought that the little sufferer could not live. Williams was arrested. EXTENSIVE FR AUDS ON THE PENSION OFFICE. David W. MeNulty, who was arrested at Cincin nati last week, on a charge of committing frauds on the Penion Clice, at Washington, has for feited his bail of $5000, and disappeared. It is said an examination of his case would have brought forth some startling developments, and seriously involved several respectabile citizens of Cincinnati. It is alleged that in January last application was received at the Pension Office for a pension fur Cath~arine. Swan. the widow of Jesse Swnn, a revolutionary soldier, of Clermont county, Ohio. The application purported to come from Mrs. Swan, but as the Commissioner of Pensions suspected fraud, he dispatched J. .. Combs, Esq., a lawvyer of Washington, to Cler mont county. This gentleman soon ascertained that the papers in the ease including the cointy seal, were all forgeries; that Jesse Swan left no wiow, and that several of the witnesses men tioned in the application had been dead for many years. A fter Mr. C.'s return to WVashington, on an examination of the files in the Pension Ofilee it was discovered that several large claims had been admitted within the, last eighteen months, and the money paid thereon at the Louisville agency, amounting to over six thousand dollars, in which the papers were drawn up in the samne handwriting as in the Swan case. On further investigation, thme Department became satiefwd that these cases ivere all fraudulent, and made out by forged papers similar to those above de scribed. Subsequently events transpired which led to the arrest of McNulty, on suspicion of his being the guilty party. and the proof against him it is alleged, was overwhelming. IMPoSTORs pleading abject poverty are said to have become a perfect nuisance along the lines of route pursued by the myriads of emigrants going W~est. A fell ow at Rochester the other day made affidavit that lie was entirely destitute an'd the superintendent of the railroad was about writing him a free ticket, when lie took a fancy to scareh~ the "poverty striecten" wretch. hi his fob was found a gold watch, ten eagles and nine dollars in other money. He was arrested for perjury, and stands a chane of doing " the State come servise." On the following morning another party applied for aid, and on examination was found in possession of eighteen dollars. HOT !-Some of our exchange papers are bragging about the thermometer standing at 86, D0, and along there. Here, in Montgomery, the mercury has reached 99, in the shade.-Adver tiser. A LAEGE CORN FIELD.-On1 the west side of the Scioto, just below Columbus, (Ohio,) there is a field of six hundred acres of bottom land planted in corn. Fifteen shovel ploughs and three cultvators, worked by eighteen mcen and twenty-five horses, are kept in constant requisition; and the result is that scarcely a weed can be seen in the well-ploughed furrows. twenty-five German girls (white servants) follow he ploughs, and do the hoeing, for which they receiv&62j cents per day. The men receive 20 a month. The journal-:.says this corn is the tallest in the neighborh'ed.. .Ciroliian. CONNECTTCUT LIQUOR 'LN.-The Hartford Times says immense -guantities of liquors are daily sold in that city, preparatory to the " first of August," when the new law against it~s sale goes into operation. Most of the families are lay-ing in a stok for one usar.