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THE SOUTHEJ AGICULTUIST. We subjoin with rerrret and a feeling-of mor tification the Card of tXe Publisher of the above named valuable publication: "THE SOUTHERN AGRICULTURtIsT.-The pub. Usher deeply regrets the present necessity which compels-him to-suspend the publication of the Southern Agriculturist. * This he is forced to do, from the simple fact, that the patronage bestow ed upon the work, during the present volume, has not been sufficient to defray the expenses of. printing and the paper upon which it has been published. But few have responded to our call to save the work, and unless active measures and prompt patronage be bestowed, its existence must altogether cease. Such individ uals as feel that a work of the kind should be sustained in South Carolina will confer a favor by making known to the proprietor the amount of subscriptions which they might feel justifia ble in guarantving to the works by the 1st of September; aid should they prove sufficient to carry it on, the full amount of matter will be given by the end of the volume. As it is, we have given for $1.00 two hundred and twenty four pages of valuable matter to our present subscribers in the seven numbers published, and should we not be encouraged to go on, we hope that the small loss to each subscriber will be overlooked in the proper appreciation for our own extensive losses in doing this much for them. "It is but an act of ju.stice to the Editors, Col. A. G. and Mr. Wm. Summer, to state, that as they are not in the least interested in the pecuniary afflirs of the work, they are not re sponsible for anything but its iitorial manage. ment. Thesagentlemen, still ready to serve the Agricultuml community with their experi ence and talented pens, assure us that so long as we can afford to print the work, they will edit it without other reward than the endeavor to benefit their country. " We hope to make some arrangement by the time specifi.d to establish the Agricuiurigt on a permanent basis, and in this hope we rely on our friends, who must be'up and doing.' "R. M. STOKES." NEGOTIATIONS AT MIADRID.-A FEW WoaDS DIRECT FROM 3R. SoULE.-The Paris correspon dent of the Cincinnati Gazette writes-what in deed was foreseen its the inevitable result of his negotiations that Mr. Soule has no longer hopes of an amicable settlement of the Cuban question. The correspondent says he derives his facts and conclusions from Mr. Soule himself, and that they are, therefore, worthy of entire confidence. These facts and conclusions are to the following effect, viz; that the responses and general con duct of the Spanish Cabinet have been so uni form from the day on which his first demand was made, that he has become convinced that their minds were made up in advance as to what line of conduct they intended to pursue. "No turn which he could give to the negotia tions has succeeded in changing the uniformity of their replies, or the obstinacy with which they seem determined to cling to a settled line of policy.-This conduct on their part is based on two hypotheses which possess their entire confidence; one of which is, that England and France will lend her their assistance in cases of emergency, while the other is, that the deminds of the Government of the United States are mere demagogical threats made to subserve political ends, and not based on the true senti ment of the people of the United States. No treaty has been concluded between France, Eng land and Spain on the subject; but conferences have been held, from which Spain has gathered sufficient assurances to give her confidence in their ultimate support in case of actual war. The only question which Spain believes divides the parties, is the question of slavery in Cuba, and upon this question, when it comes to the point, she will give in to her allies, so as to secure their support." -NiE c NssmUTiox.-On the evening of the 3d n5, as we understand from the Marietta Ohio) Reptu.an, the students of Marietti Th beMI by some one to remair anti-Nebraska ofsouthes-t self-government-..and have W ed on the anniversarvof Aaerican inc ependence Accordingly,.. fIre morning of the Fourth. when all was joy among the citizens, the Amern can flag was suspended at half-mast from the college cupola, and the bell tolled. Such fel. .lows are cut out for tories and traitors, and such an institution is evidently a fit cradle to rock them in. S-rEAM MILLI BURNED.-WO regret to learn that the Steam Mill in this county, belonging to Messrs. Sproull & Cothran, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night, the 18th inst. A large quantity of lumber was burned at the same time, and the loss is considerable. Cassville Standard. THEa RA!LROAD.-The Committee of Twen ty-One and the Council, appointed at the recent town meeting, and to whom were referred the various resolutions submitted to that meeting. have had two sessions, and on yesterday passed resolutions instructing the Town Council to subscribe $300,000 to the stock of the Colum bia and Hamburg Railroad. Two conditions were annexed to such sub scription, viz: that $400,000 of the stock should be taken elsewhere, and that the town should have the location of the depots, &c. We were sorry to see any condition with re gard to other subscriptions attached to the reso lution, and have no doubt but the citizens' meet ing will either reduce the amount named in the condition or expunge it entirely. The condition relating to the location of depot and building is, we think, very proper, and one which the Coun cil have a right to claim under such a liberal subscription.-Carolinian. PU~eH represents Nicholas as an ass who has allowed himself to be shut up in a pond, and all the European nations, conspicuous among which is John Bull, stand looking over the fence at him, but no one dares to get inside to put the bridle on. Turkey has let down one bar, and reaching a hand through has got hold of his tail, and implores France and England to go in and take him by the head, but they manifest a most decided disinclination to take hold of the biting end. A better illustration of "the war" which was going to shake the whole continent of Europe we have never seen. RE.VIVAL OF THE SLAVE TRADE.-The Savan nah Georgian, an ultra democratic journal, thus discourses on the subject of the African slave trade: " If there be," as a contemporary states, "a growing disposition in this country to with draw the restriction upon the African slave trade, and refer it to the enterprise of our mer chunts," we are very confident that it is to be found north, not south of Mason and Dixon's line." FoR DEAD- PE~isoNSs AND A .IUG.-On Tues day last, says the Detroit Advertiser of the 13th a gentleman from the Eighth WVard called upon the city marshall, and requested him to make an examination of a house somewhere in that vicini ty. The house was shut up, and for some rea son it was supposed by the neighbors to contain a dead person. The marshall broke open the *door, and discovered a most mournful sight. A gallon jug partly filled with whiskey, sat upon the floor, and in close proximity lay the forms of its four unfortunate victims. A man, his wife and two children were quite dead, with only the -jug to give an intimation of their untimely fate. ETFEeT OF HEAT ON HORsES.-We learn that the proprietors (Powell, Metcalf & Co.) of the double mail line between this place and Mobile, have lost, during the last few weeks of inel ment heat, some sixty valuable horses, and have some 20 or 30 more disabled from work from sun-stroke and the effects of the weather. Some 40 of these losses, with several mules, occured on the route from Escambia to Stockton, a dis tance of about 40 miles and very sandy. It is stated that fastening a wet sponge over the brain of horses, as is often practiced on the Levee in New-Orleans, will effectually proteet them from sun btroke.. OFF.-Several of the recently appointed offi eers-for Nebraska and Kansas left Washington ent Monday last for their new homes in what is now recognised as the " far west." = ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR@ EDGEFIELD, S. C. TIURSDAY JULY 27, 1854. g: TitE obituary notices of Mrs. RIDLY GaAY and JoHs CHAPMAN Esq., have been received but unavoidably crowded out of this issue. IT' OwIsG to the crowded state of our columns we are reluctantly compelled to omit the article signed " RAMBLEa," giving a pleasant and interesting sketch of his recent trip to Abbeville C. H., &c. We will take pleasure in laying it before our readers next week. Death of a Veteran Minister. TuE Rev. SAMUEL DuswoDY, one of the oldest members of the South Carolina Conference of the M. E. Church, died at his residence in Cokesbury, on Sunday, the 9th instant. Barbecue and Parade at the Pine House, WE were invited to attend a barbecue and drill ul the Edgefield Artillery, under Capt. MORAGNE, and Capt. LYiRAst)'s fine volunteer corps, at the Pine House, on last Saturday; and as the opportunity wat most courteously afforded us we availed ourselves ol the privilege. The day was auspicious, and although the turnoul wa< not quite as good as was expected, the perform, ance of the troops, their target firing, and thesumptu ousness of the dinner made the most ample amendi for the lack of numbers. No assembly of the peoph was ever more harmonious, and there was not only n< quarrel, but not even a dispute, in that part of tht " bloody Seventh." If some of those opposed altogether to the militar3 system had witnessed the parade of the gallant vol unteers, we are of opinion, that their view's woulk have been, in some degree modified, and that thel would rather have been inclined afterwards to ament and reform the system, than to abolish it altogether. Our present system does seem to us to be very de fective, and we trust, that the Legislature will adopt without hesitation, the plan of that citizen % ho devise a better. Something ought to be done, for the militar: spirit in South Carolina is now at a sad decline. Still it is due to truth, and it is just to the officers u some of the Companies in the District, that we shoulb bear testimony to their efliciency, and to the thorougl military spirit they seem to evince, on occasions hard ly calculated to excite much enthusiasm, or to arous the ardor of the soldier to its full pitch. The guns of the two Companies that exercised at th Pine House were not in the most complete repair, an the precision of their aim did not appear to equal th zeal and spirit the men manifested. Mr. EaAsMus YOUNGBLooD, we believe, was th victor, and won the prize. The Masonic Miscellany, EDtTD by ALSEaT G. AMACKEY, comes to us in very neat form, and in a style of workmanship equa to that of any other periodical in the country. It is difficult to say how much the whole body Mlasons, on the Western Continent are indebted to th labors of Dr. MlACK Ey; and from the benign influenc of 31asonry upon the morals of a people, he. has als placed the whole country under obligations to his dil gence, his genius and his profound learning in tL MIystic sciences. Dr. MACKEY is a graceful, easy writer-full of el gance and taste; and a sublime morality, and goc nature almost amounting to religion, pervade an give expression to almost every word he speaks< w rites. It is the July number of his monthly, that we hav on our table, and the first of a new series. Its pric is only Two Dollars per annum, and it contains thirt two pages or as good reading as can be found in au work, on morals and ethics-making in the year volumn of three hundred and eighty-four pages. This number contains the Address delivered by D MACKEY, at the laying of the corner stone of the Od Fellows' and Mlasonic Hall at Edgefield, which a thouch, we had the pleasure of hearing most eloquen We recommend the work and the author, to ti favorable regard of the public, and particularly of th: noble order to which lie is devoting his time, hi.1 ta ets and his fortune. Annexation ef the Sandwich Islands. THE New York Tribune of the 20 inst., asserts poa itively that a treaty providing for the early annexatic of the Sandwich Islands is completed. T1he onl question is whether they will be admitted as a Territ' ty or State. Editorial Correspondence. GREENVILLE C. II., July 23. Ic accordance with a promise left behind, we set ourself this morning (61 o'clock) to write a let ert thi readers of the " Edgefield Advertiser." ,They mut expect nothing more In it than rapid notices and hur red reflections. To begin at the beginning, we must he permittedt assert our belief, that the road from Edgefield Couti Iouse to Ninety-Six Depot on the G. & C. Railroadi the vilest apology for a highway now to be founi throughout the length and breadth of this wide Con tinent. From Pottersville to Jisx boac's it is as hai as bad can be, and from DotNs's to the Railroad bu little better. It is rocky, rooty, rouglt and ragged ; antd at the present time of drouth, upheavesatthe slightes disturbance clouds of fine dust such as we have neve seen rivalled in anty country. How the good people a1 this road can abide, in peace and contentment, suel an abominable condition of their common channel o ittercourse and trrvel, we are at a loss to comprehend The most of them own fine carriages, handsome bug gies &c., each one of which is little better than nuisance, and a dead expense with such a road I travel ont. Twenty-five tripe over it wouldl do a nici vehicle more injury titan two hundred and fifty trip over a properly made and well kept road. Even th strongest wagons can scarcely be expected to standi unbroken for a twelvemont h. We tell you,gentlemen that very few travellers will ever admire or appreciat< your lands, your fields, your residences and oilier im pi ovements, as long as you afford them so terrible . transit through your possessions. Wit h a really goot road passing by gur doors, not only would your every day comfort be increased, not only would some mino interests be promoted, but your lands would~be wortl from otie to three dollars more per acre. Inthe namn of common sense, let these " devil's race paths" b~ amended. Wt'rk out the full twelve.-days every yea with all the hands you can raise,.and a'very great al teration wotuld take place in a short time. When mer then passed your way, instead of mentally (and some times orally) cursing your negligence and indifferenci in this matter, instead of saying "'if I'm spared thiu time I'll never come through tthis infernal sectior again," instead of telling it every where, as they go that Edgefield is the last ptace in creation, they wouk rather laud you to the skies as a public-spirited and enlightened population--they would admire your pleas. ant locations by the goodroad-side-they would speall of your lands as productive and valuable-and the1 would allude to your District on all occasions as great old District, where every one felt an interest ir the public good and every thing was on a scale of eit lightened civdization, honorable to this advancing age of ours. Our friends along this line of travel must not take offence at these remarks. It really seems t< us that they are missing thie path of prudence and good policy very widely, in not persevering contintually tin ii they shall have made a fine highway where nowi runs one of the meanest roads in the United States. It is because we know-thiat this chanige would redound to their owon good as well as to the credit of the Dis trict, that we notice the matter at all. Will not the many able and high-toned citizens who live upon this route reflect upon our hints and take action according. yy? We shall see. In spite of the wretched road however, we were de lighted to observe (whtenever the joltings and tiltings f the carriage would permit) that the crops lying upon I both corn and cotton, were as fine as could be asked for. Seeing the prospect here presented, calling to mind what we had witnessed in other neighborhtoods, and remembering what we had heard from all qluar ters of our District, we concluded as we rode along that Edgefield (with one more " soaker") would be blessed with almost Egyptian abundance for the com ing year. The sarme blessing of plenty seeming ready t alight upon the country generally, is thters riot great. watered and made fruitful our fields, and whosego=d ness has "given the increas" to the labors of the plodding husbandman. We must not omit to mention here that DoaN's Mill, at which place we stopped the first day of our journey to take lunch, is in constant operation and is doing a fine business. A knowing old negro of Mr. DoRNs informed us that quantities of wheat from the Liberty Hill settlement, from the neighborhood of Edgefield village and elsewhere had been and were still coming in, and that the mill was kept, " in giner at, mighty busy." This is just as it should be. Mr. Dorn advertises in our paper and, whiat is more if pos sible, he gives every body a good turnout of excellent flour. All lie lacks now is one of the Stoddard Shin gle Maclines, which lie can get for a sum not over large considering that one hundred per centum may be made upon the investment (clear of expenses) in three or four months. At Ninety-Six Depot, on the Greenville & Columbia Railroad, we pulled up late in the afternoon, to spend the night and rest both man and beast, after an intense ly hot and disagreeable ride. But it was no go. The only landlord in town had a sick family and, besides this, "he had the passengers by the Edgefield Hack to accommodate that night," and therefore " was obleeged to turn us off." Without a murmur we drove on to McCaAKIN's, and lie also had a sick family. On we went (whipping up now, for it was gettingquite late) to aiother road-side inn, but they were sick there too. It was tho same case at the next house. By this time it was dark, and we began to fear we were out for the night, when a large framed house in an exten sive enclosure was discovered by one of our party some hundrad yards or so from the road. We drove up, made application, were received and kindly ac commodated for the night. To the master and mis tress of this house (Dr. CALHOUN and his young wife) we return our acknowledgments for their ready atten tion and hospitable treatment. The second day of our journey was more pleasant than its predecessor. The roads were better and the air was conler. Our third day out was far ahead of either of the other two. The roads had now become quite smooth and shady. Every mile or two, there was a fine well of cold water at which we stopped, " blowed," cooled off and imbibed. The distance be tween Edgefield and Greenville (some ninety miles) we divided as nearly as practicable into three equa parts, and when we arrived at this place, about 5 o'clock P. M., on the third day, we were all in bettet condition than when we started, and our horses had already gained, we think, a couple of pounds apiece. Old Brag" especially looked ten pounds better than t'he morning she severed her connexion with her mas ter's empty corn-crib. There was a thought of wonderment and bewilder ment which arose to our mind in the course of ou second day's ride, and it originated thus: At a certair hopise in Laurens District we stopped for recreation We had been there only ten minutes when a young doctor rode up. After we had remained fifteen min utes longer another yonng doctor rode up. We left but had not travelled five miles before we metanothei I youngv doctor with his baddle-sags of phyaic dangling at his horse's side. In another mile we encounteret our fourth young doctor. Nor did the thing cease un ti we had met the fifth and sixth youthful dir-ciple o E;culapius, all-within ten miles of each other. Ant yet, upon enquiry,.we ascertained that there was littli or no sickness in all those parts. Now the cause o our wonderment and bewilderment was two-fold, a thus: Imprimis, we wondered how so many youni medical sprouts could be permitted, in i'e course o d human events, to pounce down upon any one devotei d neighborhood-Secundo, we were bewildered in con ceiving how, by any concatenation of circumstance ano occasions, they managed to make a living. Wi are still in doubt-will any one explain it ! e Nothing of much interest came to our ken in jour neying to this point. It !s easily perceptible that th Railroad has resulted in nearly breaking up the trave wliich once took thisdirection. Public houses, whi were formerly thriving and inviting, are now scarcel kept open, so completely has their old travelling-custor been destroyed. In a little time, unless the travellin publi shall again learn to relish and enjoy the goo -old fashion of private carriages, private niggers and pr; mer jaunt in that independent style which permitte t henm to go when they pleased and where they pleaset to stop when and where they fancied, to rest at noor day or dlrive up at evening's close, to choose their ow routes, their own stopping-places and their own hout for every purpose. For one, we yet prefer the ol style mode for short distances, especially when th object is to see and be benefitted by the beautiese mountain scenery, the freshness of mountaini air an the sweetness of mountain fare. As to cheapness to< the old style (at least as far as an up-country trip to thi mountains of S. Carolina, N. Carolina and Tenne' see is regarded) has a decided advantage. We at prepared to show that one can travel from Edgefiell to Warni Springs and back again, woith 5 schites, servaats and 6 horses, at least one hundred dollar cheaper per month than lie who starts with 5 white atid 2 servants, taking the H~ack from Edgefield, the Railroad from Ninety-Six and dlepending on a lirei conveyance from Greenville. Before -our trip is ove we intend to prove this positIon by un'leniable figuiret Int passing through a corner of Laturens District, wi learned that the Electdral guestion had lieen-lJugge' Iinto the canvass for the': L~egislattire. :It will tell t some considerabre extent -upn the r-esult ef'the edec tion especially for the Se-nate.- The men wvith whon we conaversed upon tihe.suhjee't were clearly of opinior that the people cared not one straw aboutithe matter bit the thing being forced upon- them by candidates (shame ! shame.j).-they intended of course voting one way or the other. htsietqs that: CA LutouN and Insi (for tfue Senate) are .opposed to- the change whuilt FA tP.Y, the' old pominissioner in Equity, (and a verl cleve;r m-an by the way),in'in favor of it. It wouki ppear thgat the-latter gentleman's chance for the Sen ate theref'ore is not l'ad, as lie has all the advantag of one side and thiat.too, a- 1many think, the stronges side. But from what we could discover of the inter et felt iti the qnestidn, the people will not be so muel governed by the political test as to turn the scales ir F~aEY's ftvor, Thesdame question is made here ir Greenville'but we discern nothing ofit in the workinj of the public mind of this place. We may as: well state, at this point, that the cropi in those portions of A bbeville, Laurens, and Green. ville which we have traversed, promise,.in some spots a fair turn-out, in others a very fine one, nowhere very sorry one. Some neighborhoods have been suf fering considerably from drouth for a few weeks, but te rain has come in time to do no little good. Yester day and day before this place and vicinity were visi. tedl with most refreshing showers. As we sat at om window and listened to its pleasant pattering at twi. light, our inward prayer was that old Edgefield might be similarly refreshed. Greenville village has long been a favorite place with us. For more than twenty years we have beer an occasional visitor here. For a few summers we lived hard by. It is natural therefore that we should regard the village with esteem and favor. To de otherwise would convict us of insensibility to many delightful associations and fond reminiscences. As to the atmosphere of Greenville they may talk at they please about its being only a bare grade better than that of places a hundred miles farther South--its all fudge. The difference between this place and Edgefeld is, to our sense, manifest and distinct. It is cooler all day long, and at night a log of wood could almost perceive the superior freshness of the air. In short, it is genuine mountain air, far more bracing in its influences thtan the best sea breeze that ever blew, not to mention the sluggish zephtyrs of our middle Districts. Greenville, being the upper terminus of a long Rail roa, is supposed generally to-he rapidly inmproving, which is not the case. From Reedy river all the way through Main Street, and on into Buncombe road, but little in the way of improvement is observable. Every thing stands yet pretty much as it did two years ago. On the other side of Reedy river however, quite a little place has sprung into existence under the fostering in fluences of the Railroad Depot which is situated there. This may be termed " New Greenville." We were really surp-isedl at the changeseffeted in that quarter. And they are still progressing. If the tother-siders ontinue long to improve as they have begun, it may be that old Greenville will have the shine taken from her by this precocious offshioot. We are informed that the society of Greenville is not wat it used to be in point of gaiety and hospitality. Visito., do no.ee f-.... hi as; ..they geneally form a little society of their own, of all thigs te freshest, raciest and' most enjoyable. - At this very time, we have at the Mansioi'House a goodly number of very agreeable persons, all af whom seem disposed to contribute to each other's comfort and pleasure. While the delightful parlor6f ur.Hotel is made doubly delightful by social converse, swebt singing, merry dancing and good-humored raillery, its inmates can scarcely be annoyed by the decline of Greenville's ancient hospitality, however jach they may regret it for the old town's sake. We liavea brace of landlords too who are a host withiri-iieiselves, and %% hose po lite attentions to their vartois lodgers are enough to make us like allof Greeneville.fortle Mansion House's sake. Besides .Ihere aremikiy clever fellows about Greenville whose amenity uid warm-heartedness to % ards strangers reflect m chcredit on themselves and their community. Still, general thing, it may very possibly be that the soesality of this lovely moun tain village has suffered a serious decline. And we should lik- to find the bur& wfe3 such Is not the case. Although Greenville joper (as- we have before re marked) exhibits no actual iniprovements of any con sequence, yet there is certainly much-more of life and bustle and city-like haste observable in- her streets than formerly. Every old tenement in the place is occupied-every man seems to be actively busy at something-carts and wagons are driving in and out of town at. all hours of ! e day-and, upon the whole, the evidences of her inerasng prosperity are palpa ble enough. That her people have not rushed into extravagant building, atall that sort of thing, may be bit an indication of'their consumate caution and prudence. There is such a. thing as making a great to-do in the way of teaAng down old shops and re placing them with expensive houses, when there is really no present pecesslty for any thing of the sort. And there is such i thingitoo as reaping great nadvan tages with but a moderate display of these flashy ap pendages of modem progress. Perhaps Greenville has chosen the better'pat. .: This summer, Greenvple is quite a town of Conven tions. Last week, the Iailroad Convention jammed every h'ouse in the place. * This week the Baptist State Convention is sit Ig. And next week a Tem perance Convention is to come ofE The principal questions before the Baptist Conven tion are the taking care of the " Furman University" (the treasury of whichiist.regarded as being in a low condition) and thitabliliment of a Baptist Female college. If this undertaking is determined upon,. Greenville holds out the inducement to the Denomination of a lot of twenty acres as a site for the buildings and twenty thousand dollars.in cash to go towards their construction. It is saia that Dr. CuaRIs will ofrer as an inducement to establish the college at Limestone Spring", his whole establishment there, upon condition that he shall receive the prolits.forlhe first four or five years. Anderson also Is a suitor fur the college, but what advantages sheoffers we know not. As one who adb- to -,he Baptist creed, and pre fers the Baptist deomination to all others, we trust that nothing of th s'ort will be done, especially if it I involve the acceptance of the Greenville proposition. It is known that the acceptance of this offer by the Baptists will heget heart-burnings among other de nominations equally respentable and pure with them selves, whih may lead to evil consequences of no little magnitude. And Is it for a Christian church to I become a willing accomplice in such a transaction ? The reply to this query ought to settle the point at f once and forever with the denomination. I But, independent of this cornsideration, what do Baptists want with this mnammoth Female College! Is it not better to establi sh schools in common with other Christians in each District of our State, that the daughters of all mayfhave that peculiar advantage (which the Patriot by the bye urges upon the people ofrGreenville by way of argurtent in favor of the pro I posed location here) of being'iducated at or near their homes? What good will this Baptist Female college do, whether set up at Limedtne Springs, or at Green ville, or at Anderson, for ci:izens of the lower Districts, in comparison with Institutions fostered and built up in their midst ! This worlis already going on finely. Why pot let .4prpgress.! Whiy endeavor to distract .MM rhome efrurts in ihe cause, mon college, which may atlatpoesae e ~titan many schools of much humbler pretension?! We have not yetseen th'e wisdom or policyof the measure. -Perhaps we may become wiser in time. rBut we must abruptly close. If outr letter is meagre, abe it remembered we have but a meagre field. Till Iour next, adieu ! F oxt THEC A tDvEaTistci. MEETING OF THE GREENVILLE EQUITY EAR. coXPLiMENSTAaY To cenANcEL.Loat wvARAn.w Ameig of the Equity Dar, ait Gjreenville, S C., was held in the Cost Ihouse, immediately upon the adjournment of the Court, at .July Termn, 1854. I Ion. B. F. Pzaar was called to the Chair,. anid SASUEL. A. Towxas, Esq., Coinmissioner of the Court, was appointed Seeretary. The following Preamble aiid Resolutions were offered by C. ,J. ELFOnD, Esq., and uunnmously adopted. This being the first Term of the Court of Equity for Greenville District, at which Chancellor W ARn - * AW has presided, and. the business of the Te-rmt having been unusually large and laborious, it is proper that we should fom rmally express the semi-e which we entetta n of his ability and courtesy. Terefore, Resolved, That the able, courteous, and dignified manner in whlichb Chancellor WAnRD.AW has presidled over the said Court, entities him to our warmest thanks, affurds abundant evidence -of lisa peculiar fitness for the high station which hie so eminently adorns, anti is in beautiful consistency with his ele vated private chtaracter-. Resolaed, That the nlewvslpprs at Greenville and Edgefield bue requested to publish these proceedings, and that a copy of them be presented to Chtancellor WADI.Aw by the Chairnian of this meeting. B. F. PERRY, Chirmnan. SAMUEt, A. TowNzs. Meecretary. ATTEMP'TED SUtdtDE.-We have heard, but, cannot say how reliable the information, that an elderly gentleman, living a few miles below Greenville, well known to our citizens by the name of Cain WVells, attempted his own life by shooting himself on Sunday last. It seems that ie did not quite succeed, but it is supposed that it will be impossibhl for him to live, as much of iis brain was shot twa'. The causes of this unfortunate suicide we have not sufliciently learned to positively state, but this much we would repeat of what we heard : On Wednes day or Thursday, of last week, he promised himself that unless it shoald rain upon his crops by Saturday he would kill himself, and it ttot having rained, it appears that he endeavored to put his awful threat into execution. Weu sin erely trust that this repcort is untrue, but if it be, it should prove a dreadful warning never to tempt the Almighty in the dispensationsa of his Providence.-Greenvillhe Etecrprise. AwrFt, MonTALIT.-Oni the last trip of the propeller Oriental, a large jnmber of Norwegian imigrants were on board, among whom the ship fever suddenly broke out, tied, before the trip was ended, carried off about fifty of them. TI hey had endured a long and tedious journey fr~m their fatheorland,-the confinement of closely packed car-s overhand,, and were fully prepared for the incursion of a disease which is never satisfed with a few. Eve~y attention was paiid to their wants by Capt. Squires and his crew, but for which mahy more must. have perished. The deaths occured, principally on Lake illichtigatn and Lake Huroa.-Buffalo Express. IT is said that Andersoti will be a second A thin ta when the Raibun Gap and Satvannah River Roads are completed. We devoutly hope that these predictions maybe verified. T1he Rabtin Gap is *now rapidly progressing-the certainly of its completion is beyond a-doubt. But what has become of the Savanna River Valley Road ? Why are its friends so lukewarm ait present ? We are confident that it only needs the exer tions of a few deterutined men to raise the re quisite amotunt of stock along the line of road. The importance of this project is so great and so directly pertnininig to the interests of1 the country through which in passes, that thfe pe-ople will not let it fail, if a vigorous move is made in its fa-. n,_rAnron Gnaete FOR THE ADVERTISER. TO THE PEOPLE OF EDGEFIELD. FELLow-Cizexs :-As I have permitted my name to be announced as a Candidate, at a rather late period of the canvass, I have judged it proper to publish the reasons which have determined my condruct, together with such other remarks as the occasion may justly call forth. To begin, without preface, I really have a desire to serve my country, as a I egislator, with the hope of poss*bly benelitting both myself and country; and 1 have felt, I own.:m honorable amb'tion, for public employment and its consequent famo and emolu ments, from my childhood. Ilavinig, then, even looked forward to a position of the kind, from youth, I havo a natural confidence in my ability to make myself useful in the Legislature. Otherwise, I would not dare to ask for the suffrages of the peo ple of so intelligent a District. When a man fixes positively in his mind, a standard of excellence, or when he determines upon the accomplishment of any object, or upon the attainment of any laudable hope of preferment, all his faculties, and al the pow ers of his mind will set in that direetion, and be coming shaped and trained to the diseha'rge of their appropriate functions, labor will become to him, a pleasure, and common toil, a pleasant occupation, while they are aimed to reach the darling prize of his soul. Indeed, he will make progress in his fa vorite pursuit, even unconsciously to himself, and without eufor t, although lie may boast an infei ior understanding, and be quite unequal to the dignity lie purposes to enjoy. I was persuaded, you may know, that my poor exertions, wli:lst I was a member of the House, de served even more than a defeat in my next el eti on, and that they gave good earnest of a willingness to d. my duty, if no miore. A few disinterested stran gers, were flittering enough to bespeak for me, a career of usefulness, not only to my District. but to the State at large, and they (singularly, indeed, some would suppose,) considered, that Edgelield District was rather indebted to me than I to it, for the posi tion I held. All of which tendeil to pamper my vanity and self-conceit, in or.ler that they might receive the deeper wound by my subsequent disappointment. But I have an abiding conviction still, although so chastened by the rod, that youth is the season for man's greatest attainments, and the most appropri ate tinie for either talents, or mnd.s:ry, or energy to be called into the service of the commonwealth. So, that, if I have for my portion, either mind, or zeal, or assiduity, I wish to be allowed the opportunity of displaying it early, in the noblest cause that can en gage the attention of man-the cause of my fellow' man-the cause of humanity aud law, and the cause of my country. In a few years, I shall have passed the meridian and prime of manhood, and shall be incapab'e ol diing much good, or of largely pronimoting virtuous en.s, even if my poor abiities shiiuld be put intu perpetual requisition by the partial and the unani mous voice of my countrymen. If I possess any merits, I humbly believe, that now is the "accepted tim," for their employment, so that when age over takes me. I shall have learned something, and don something worthy of a living page in History-of lasting renown, and an enduring reputation. It requ*res experience to perfect a man in an] knowledge, in any avocation, or in any mere accon piishmntrit of li-e; and it is utterly vain for one to b a statesian, unless he is continually honored by hi ellow-aitizels, with position, and also with thei genvrous and willing confidence. To prove the im portince of training in business of 'such great mo ment, the ecl.-brated Charles James Fox, deelared that he regretted more thar any other of his pa5 coiduct as a politician and minister, his omissii t *occupy the floor of Parliament, on one night, whlm lie had the opportunity to spieak. sentatives, 1 was very procuI of the distinctior comling as it did frinom so nutmerous and so resepeetl ble a contstituleney, antd beinig ve.ry grateful to yo for the trust you reposed int me, I labored most eart estly andi attenttivety to discharge all my duties, ani also. to render myself most thoroughly acquainte with those duties, in their nicest detail. I forgt that the night was made fur repose, or tile eyelid for slumb.er, whilst I devoted myself to your inter edts, and to~ the honor and glory of Soiuth Carolint But I had scarcely learned to spell " Baker" in le~ islation, with all my diligenmce and pride, when, with out one ofieial sin, or without the omission of: single duty imptlutedi to me, I was deprived of to place, to make way for men, who, though they nma; have bronght more intellect to their task, I ati sot-e were actuated by no purer or higher .motivs thua prompted my own acts:; and no~one pretettds, that Ih District has had a better right to be exh:lited at thei: achievements, thanm at the very hiumbe etlforts of thi ttnpretetnding individual w'ho now appeals for youm encouragemlent anid support. I tust be pertnitted to say, with some show dignity and self-satsaetion,. that young men fror ohier Districts, whoiise rank in the llouse, lby nI means put mle to shame, aind ini comlparisomn wit) whom, I had nothing to dread, either on the score of c-haraeter, industry or capacity, by being conltin cnei in thteir seats, have won for thetmselves, an en. viable title to distinction throughout the State. I am satisfied, that if it is my destimy to mak< myself betneficial to mankind as a lawgiver, or ais at expoutder of the lawi, 1 can stiffer nothmng by being1 sent again to the Legislature, as moon as possible, be fore I shall havec lost all tile knowledge of my d uties, which I had previously gained by the most intense aplientoaion. A meniber barely obtains miuch influ-. enee in Legislative bodies during his fitrst term; and he is scarcely ever made the head even of a Coin mittee, until his re-election, when lieshall have had ccasion to acquire tact, read iness in debate, business habits, and to have secured the contfidence of his brother members-who constitute time wisest body of men in'the Sta-te. It his been some years since Edgefie-ld has clainmed, among her delegntion, the Chairman of a single important Committe-e of the lower Ihouse ;and Edgefield District, from her great ize, and fr-om the worth and educatiotn of her popu lation, ahould atid could exercise a commandin~g and a pirevailing influence ove-r thme Legislation of the State, and over the destinies of South Carolina. Perhlaps I hlave in my heart as strong a reason for again soliciting your support, as any that I have yet offered. I hate " to give up the ship." " I can mo" is not the language of m~anhood, and of a reso lute noble nature. "1I will try,"t was the gallant reply of a true Chevalier B.tyard, (Col. Mdler,) when asked by the hero of "- Lundy's Lane," if with an iiferior hodly of Infantry, he could stornm and carry a most destructive battery of the enemy. lIe only modestly promised to make at trial, but he marched, with shouldered arms, into the very mouths of the roaritg cannon, atnd with his trusty, confiding and unwaveritig little corps, lie fell upon the darmng eol umns of England's chivalry, drove them from thteir guns, and largely cotntributed to win a glorious day. The dying words of the heroio llull, when faint with loss of blood, and being borne below~ deck, were, " Boys don't givec up the shiip."~ An incident is related of the Great Alfred--that ie made his twelfth and successful battle with the Danes, after elevetn successive defeats, from the en curagemnent he derived upon viewing the same number of efforts made by a providenit spider to span his net aeroa:s a ruined cottage, in whlich the weary and battle-worn chieftain hiad taken she-lter to restore his exhausted strength after thle fatigues and hazards of a disastrous day. And thus wvas suspended upon a spider's web, thle fate of a mighty Monarchy, whieb has been brilliant and glorions beyond any examitple of history ; and one of time most renowned and important achievements of the ...o-1 .,1 owe itierm ance to te memoablet le= son taught to a King by a grovelling insect, "Never to despair." It grieves me to cease my e'xertions in defeat. I could be content if I were successful, to lay aside. for a time, all idea of the honors and distinctions of office; but, it is humiliating for a man, who has bulrl-tted it with the world, as I have, when lie strongly desires to realize an object, to be compelled to o.% n, in his heart, th:t he lacks the ability to ob tain it. A graceful and a generous strtggle never yet brought dishonor, and I have the consolation to believe, that, if I an again beaten from the field, the race will nevertheless be of service to me, in improving my manners, in practising any astuteness anl apprehension of human nature, in increasing my store of information, by an interchange of views with the people, in extending and cultivating my n M quaintance generally with those troim whom I anti cipate deriving my living and gaining my patronage, and in affording me constant employment, at a sea son, when, fro-m the want of active exercise,. the health receives its severest and most trying shocks. BeSIDEs, it is my firm persuasion that I was not allowed fair play in nay last election. Only two or three days before the votes were to be polled, a des picable and villainous scheme was set afloat, by per sons unknown to me, whereby an impression was male in the Seventh, and even in parts of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments, that I and others wery se cretly in favor of a project, with wh:ch I dlisagreed, and whtch therefore I could never have encouraged, for dividing the District. so an'to make a new DiS trict of the Saluda Regiment, and were sacrificing the interests anl prospects of other Candidates, by artful and unserupulous intrigue. The current ol opposition, thus set against me so late, it was im possible for me to check, and I was cheated of righl and justice by a paltry and infamaous trick, whicl would have disgraced the electioneering annals o the graceless and unwashed Democracy of Nem York or Pennsylvania. I believe that the peoph were in favor of my success, and I thought at ono tiane, that I could count votes, which had been los to me, by a lying stratagem, sufficient to have se cured -nay seat in the Legislature. It is the truth that mainly through respect to me and other gentle men, who land treated their opinions and feeling with proper courtesy and regard, the part of thi Saluda Regiment most devoted to Division, land for mally declared, in a public resolution, at IIAvARD'S that they would wholly decline to make the Divisio of the District a test question at the election thei to ensue, and would defer it to this present canvass so as to give .ll appliCaants for their support, a fai; ehance and open field. The votes taken at the va rious precints too, proved the sincerity of the de clarations of those people. But I had other imputed crimes to bear, of whiel I was not only innocent, but of the imputation which I was totally ignoraut until my case was ir remeliable. It is well known, that I am not rich, but after al I an not so very poor, and God knows, that I neve attempted to evade the law, in the least particular and the charge, that I was destitute of the propert qualification, when I suffered ay name to be an nounced as a Canididate for the [louse of Represer tatives. was as false as the foul heart that conceive it. Real estate of the va!ue of one hundred an - fifty pounds sterling constitutes the necess-iry qual fication for office, and as severely pinched wit , poverty, as I may be, I have long been worth dot ble that amount of tli~s world's goods. r The Tax books and the Clerk's office, or theoffii of Mesne Conveyance for the Distriet, is my me triumphant vindication. Our ancestors never meant really to make a pr perty qualificaion, or they would have exacted , larger sum ar w#ealth. Tie clause referred te, w; eambodied itn the Consttittutioni ofthe State, to pa eve a mere transient person from claiaming a .asa in ti de nt oa citize n of the State, or shtould have sor unt' rest, whereby hec was rooted and fixed to t soil. dThaantah I wotuld most punctiliously attd exael conmply with thte whtole letter and spirit of the Cc s titutioni, as to my ownt qntalilientioan for offit-e, al epeciaslly in thec sulen oath eacha menmber elect called opona to take, yet I ktnow thtat the oath frc custom or sonme other cause, must be consideredi nanaty, pretty much as a hormnality. so far as it relat to the prtoperty qualification, otherwise we shous have a thiner 1Ilouse of Re-presentatines than is us ally the cease itt Columtbia. It is true, that those mlen, who by their industr foresight anal econoamy, have aceunmulated fortunc anal raised theamelves anad fatmilies from obscuri to the haigh pzaces of the coauntray ; anad also, th othear e!aass of men. whto were boarna rieh, anad i have htad the skail anal energy to mecrease their ii heritance, and to gain greater affluenace, deserve 1l approbatioan and apaplatuse of ntankind. For "I1 that provideth not fur hais 'ho~usehtold denies tI afaith and is tv'orse thtan an infidel." But notwithstaanding all this, it is very certain,t:h. neither property or poverty ever yet made a soldie or ever yet made the most middling patriot< statsmtan. Those persons aire moistakena who attn bute a!l a mtan's worth to tihe patriotic ianfluenei the land and niegroes he owns. The argumes proves too nmuch--the good qualities of onr race at -common to no class and to no spot of earth-an the wvorshaip of Gods of gold atnd silver has Ion been interdieted by the voice of the Most liigh. The man whose patriotism depends solely upo the amount of real and personali estate, oar thte nuni ber of dollars atnd cents that attaches him to hi cmuntry, would betray that country for a large amount of pruperty, or for a few more pounads< copper andl silver. Patriotism is a holy sentiment anda like a-eigion and integrity, sprinigs f:-otm th heart. It is breathed into our nature, with thb breath of life a" And parts not quite with parting breath." The men who foughat our battles in the Revoalu tion, .vere many of them, very poor, and it is re corded of some of :1o heroes whto bled at Eutav S prings, that they stood naked in the ranka of wear We read, that when Washington gained the battle of Princeton and Trenton, his army could be track ed by the blood thtat trickled from thte bare-feet o tais soldiers in mi& winter. Such patriotism, mnel devotion ats thaat displayed in such a manner, ot thse hard-disputed fields is far above price, and te< sublime to be purechased with gold, oar to admit of iti virtue being expressed in pounds, shillings and pence Many men, who stand oat very brightly upon the annals of their conntry, htave been exceedingly an noyed by the want of means. Jefferson the im mortal author of our "a Declaration of Independence,' was contin~ually haunted by poserty, and Patried Ihenry, who afterwards anmassed a great fortabe, was cailled with wtant when he flung defiance into the face of thte King of Great Britain, and by the-light. fing flashes of his eloquence, made the throne o that monarch to tremble, anal plucked the faires1 flower rronm his royal diadem. Some of the great, est elhampions of freedom in Englanad were as litth valued for their riches as Thomas Jefferson, o America-such as Fox, Burke, Sheridan and Pitt whose chief glory it was, that' after having beet Prime Minister of England for .miany years, and having htad all the most lucrative offices, and ever the Treasury of Great Britain at his disposal, he wacs saa utterly forgetfulh of himself, that this dispen se of millions secured for his own inco~me, a less u titan that provided for the smallest pensioner upan his bounty. What do those thriving and most enterprising citizens of our country, who wvere raised out of the cradle of opulence, but who by an. upright course ol iving, and by a skillful husbandry of their resour es, have gained riches, and earaed for themselvea conidation nd respectability in the land-what I say, do they think of the-nluence of property -in producing patriotism, and in begetting those high qualities'which make the statesman, tbe hero,and the philanthropist? Was the .patriotiM of-those-wor thy members of the community and their love of country, not equally as intense and pure, while they were yet, under unfavorable auspices, striving with fortune, as it is now since they have gained a victory over that fikle goddess, established securely theirpo sition in-life, and mainly accomplished one of thjs chief ends of our.existence? It is insulting to sue) men, who constitute the very " elite," and " the bone and sinew" of A merican society, and the ruling class of the country, to east upon them the imputa tion contained in interrogatories of the kind. I have been betrayed, Fellow-Citizens, into a much longer letter than I intended to write, and I have not yet finished what I 'purposed to ay. I was most unworthily charged, in the last can vase, with possessing too small an iuterestkjpthe State to qualify me, either lgally or morally, for the postl was seeking; and, inasmuch as the insinus' tion was i renection upon mi personal honor. h has made a lasting impression on my mind, and engeuf dered feelings th:at the patience of Job could not well suppress. If, though, I was as stricken witle poverty as even that most afflicted servant of Godr who was given over to the temptation or the DYevil for the trial of his faith, I still feel,, that, I shoutl be bound to my native State, by ties, before which all cords of silver and gold would snap asunder like cob webs on -the lion's mane, or like threads of flax before the flame.. South Carolina was the birth-place of my fatheyf and mother, and in its bosom their sacred dust will. slumber well 'till the last summons shall awake up all to judgment. My grand- father and iny great grand father lived 'here and died here, and sleep in this soil; and all, all that I loved and that was dear. 2o me on.earth rest quietly in their Carolina graves.. Why, the grave of my mother, and the earth that lies lightly on the bosom of my little sister-the dear innocent that rests by her side,-to protect that from thefoot-prints of the tyrant and. iniader. I would offer up my body at the signal of a moment, and deem it glory enough to baptize their hallowed tomb, with the richest currents of my heart. It is not in the bosom of the red man alone, that glows the feeling which consecrates-the last resting pice of his Father and the Fathers of his tribe, . and that makes it holy ground, where the spirits keep their nightly vigils, over the blessed remains of those who were once the strong, the terrible, the valued, and the loved of their race.. Affection, in all ages has lingered around the tombs of the de parted, and the highest memorials of the skill and enlightenment of past generations are evinced in their works of piety and devotion to the dead. I had wished to say a few words more,- in order. that the people might know my sentiments and.feel ings on other subjects more interesting to themselves . It seems to me, that what is called electioneering, r has at times, been carried to an excess in Edgefield District, which is not only shameful and oppressive. . to the Candidates, but which is actually wrong and sinful as human conduct. It will soon come to pass, that a nan of business or of any useful employment will be entirely excluded frors office in. our District, or he will be detorred by the great lois of time in h currtd from entering into the lists of applicants for such distinction. It is too much to require, that a man of any steady occupation shall ride all over the District every time he becomes a Candidate. There.. is no man more eager to be elected than myself, and I am sure that there is no man who better loves the good opinion of the people. But it is absolutely impossible for me to waste as much time in canvass ing tho District as some men are willing or con strained to do. I wish to earn an honest and inde apendent living, and in order to do that,. I ant comn pelled to pay strict attention to my profession. Near know me, and I will warrant that they haveuas inti--. mate acquaintance with mny character, as if I visited forty times at their own houses, as a cringing pohti cal aspirant. Indeed, what little history or reputa-. tion I have is known by heart all 'over Edgefic.'ld' and beyond it; and I have no doubt,the~e~i~ deal is' known about me that n o~. aaec in - the tide of time. But, what if I travel ed day and night to see the people ? The Candidate, as a matter of course, always puts on his best habit, endeiivra Ito conceal every capital defect, and prepares and Skeeps both niind anid body in the most perfect trim for the ocension. ie is eternally on his guard lest some fault should be detected by the scrutinizing ~glance of the public, Hie never meets a man, but he feels the deepest solicitude for his dear wife and pretty sweet h~tcle children. He has a thousand questions to ask him as to his present welfare and future prospects, which he has learned bf rote, and taught his tongue mechanicatlly to speak. In a word, a Candidate generally loves everybody-he is every thing to every man-he agrees with the absurd opinions of all men-lhe has no independent view of * his own-nto nmiad of his own-no heart of his own i-and, in many instances he studies to make him self the most consummate Talleyrand of his whole section or Distriet, as he is convinced, from experi ence, that lie will only thereby become the more popular, and the- more highly appreciated by his iFellow-Citizens, Hie is aware that they have no means of-prying into the profound depths.of his mysterious and well guarded nature. Ilowv ean the gpeople, with all their hioneisty of purpose, probe such a erenture, anid ascertain his genuine character and disposition ? It is utterly imipossible, unless every man were a complete phrenologist, and a better, physiognomist than Ltavater himself, mud unless he could fathom the very bottom of the hunman soul,. when that soul itself, being of the smallest perceivas ble dimensions, is veik~ d front sight by an extra coat of brass, and doubly shielded by an impenetrable breast-plato of art, and fraud, and dark diplomacy, Of course, I believe myself to be a good and viriu ova man, and I exceept myself and all the other Candidates of this District, from the general. char-g aeter I have here drawn for the sake of argument and illustration. There is no mistake, that very inferior and very dishonest men, oftentimes possess the knaek of per suading the people that they are infinitely, better than I could ever represent myself to be, or than Jesus Christ, our Saviour requjred that man should . be. So, that I confess the difficulty I experienee in discovering atny real good, which can accrue to me, from a regular and rigid system of electioneer ing. If every other Candidate can make as good an impression as I can, and can recommend himself to be just as wise, just as loving, and just as truthful as I anm, or can pretend to be, it would be vain'for me to contest the palm, and contend for superiority with him, unless there was something in mypersoa, al appearance, (which there is not,)to commsend mne to the favorable regatrd of the voters of the District. My friends, must, therefore excuse me from riding about, to altogether as many places,-as It has been - the custom in Edgefield heretofore to do. I do think, that, if-.I can succeed in my effort to set this example, the District, as well as all future4 applicants f'or~ office or honor, will realize its benefi cial effects, for many long ,ears to come. I hope to meet the people, at all their larger assemblies, but I can do no more, and must not promise more. It is evident, that if our people are atall corrupti ble, which I leave it to others to determine, there is some danger to them, as well as expense and loss of time to the Candidate, in paying too assiduous court to them. It is obvious, that it is the chief aim of many Candidates, at'least, in other States,merely to liromotse their own interests and popularity, by flattering the vanity and pride~of the people by ap pealing to their lower and more selfish passions and feligs, by misrepresenting the truth and by circen ating falsehoods, anid io mome cases, by having re