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FUR&THER P&BTICULARS OF THEDETUIO OF GREYTOWN. When the steamship Star of. West sailed from Punta Arenas she left the following vessels in port at Greytown: the English mail steamer Teviot; the English brig-of-war Espiegle, sent from Jainaica with relief for the citizens of San Juan.; schooner Liberty, and an American schoo ner, name not ascertained. The inhabitants of San Juan have commenced rebuilding their town, but most of the influen tial men have left for other places. Capt. Jolly, of the English schooner Bermuda, was making himself especially conspicuous, as will be seen by the annexed correspondence. [Correspondence of the New York Dairy Times.] POINT ARENAS, NicArAGuA, July 19, 1854. 3essrs. Editors: [n my letter of the 16th inst., I promised to give you a full statement of affairs here. The outraees of which I spoke to you have been going on for the last eighteen months. First, the destroying of the Company's building at this place; then the stealing of property be longing to the Company, and the arrest 1 the Agent and one of the employees of the Compa ny, for trying to repossess themselves of their property. To show you how things were con ducted at San Juan, I will give you the particu lars of this afitir. On the night of the 5th of May last, a boat and some goods were taken from the Point. Mr. Hutchinson, Clerk of the Transit Company, and one of the men took a boat and proceeded to San Juan, to get their property ; they arrived there about the hour of 12 o'clock, P. M., and observed upon the beach the boat containing their property, which they. recognized as being the property taken from the Point. The Clerk of the Company jumped into the boat and was pushing off, when a man on shore threatened to fire if they did not return; at this time, five or six Jamaica negroes jumped into the water and pulled the boat back to the beach. Mr. Hutchinson then went up to Dr. Deigman, the Captain of the Port, who was present on the occasion, and asked him to take possession of the goods until next morning, when an examination could be had, and the goods identified, which lie did. The next morning, Mr. Hutchinson returned to San Juan to examine the goods, but Deirman said he had given them over to the City Mar Marshal. Mr. I. went to the City Marshal, and he refused to give up the goods, stating that he had examined them, and that they belonged to the men that had then; that night in the boat. The same day the Marshal went over to Point Arenas to arrest the man who was in the boat with Mr. Hutchinson, for having struck one of the thieves. Mr. Scott, agent of the Company, told the Marshal if he took the man it would be by force, and under protest. The Marshal re turnel to San Juan, got an armed force, went back to Point Arenas, and took the man. In the evening, Mr. Scott, the agent of the Company, came to San Juan, and in npany with J. W. Fabens, Esq., American Co I to San Juan, went.to the station-house, to give bail for the man they had arrested. When these gentlemen got there, one of the City Council arrested Mr. Scott, in the name of the city, without writ or warrant, as they say, for resisting the authorities. Mr. Fabens wished to enter a protebt against such proceedings, and as to their right of sover eignty over point Arenas. They would not give him a hearing but said lie had nothing to do with the atlrir, and that they did not wish the opinion of the United States Consul. Two days after the insult offered to Mr. Bor land, United States Miniister to Central America, the Government dissolved, and left the town, the station house with all its arms and ammuni tion, at the disp-osition of the mob. And so the town remained up to the arrival of the United States sloop-of-war Cyane, which arrived here on the l ith inst. Captain illollins, on his arrival held a consultation with 3r. Fabens, the United States Consul, and Mr. Scott, Agent of the Transit Company. These three men agreed per feetly as to the course best to pursue, so as to be as lenient as possible tinder the existing cir cumstances. Thev fixed the damages for the Company at ?24,000, which should have been ?50,000, as all these troubles have been a great draw bek oithe Company. Campt. Hlollins also demanded, in the name of the United State, an apology from the hate authorities and people of San Juan, for the insult and injury done to the person of Mr. Borland, United States Minister to Central America, as well as the insult offered to the United States, which demands they did not deign to answer. On the 12th inst. Capt. IIollins sent a force of fifty marines and sailors, under the command of Lient. Piekering, to take the arms and ammu nitions from the Station-House, and to put up a proclamatio.n stating thait if his demands were not complied with lhe would, at 9 A. M1. on the next day, p~roceed to bombard the town. Capt. Hlollins very kindly offered to protect the lives and propertyv of all those who were friendly dis posed towvards the United States. But very few, however, camne to him; every one put thenm selves under English protection, and wvent on board the small British wvar schooner Bermuda, under commuand of L.ieut. A. D. Jolly, who has been lying at this harbor about a month. TIhe bombardment commenced at 9 A. M1. precisely, and alter the Cyane had lired some one hundred and thirty shot and shell into the town, which occupied about the space of an hour and at half, Capt. Hollins sent a force on shore to burn the town-being all frame btud dings, it would have taken two or three days to destroy it with shot. WVhile the town was in flames the British mail steamer Dee caime in, but left immediately, taiking in towv the Bermuda (or the boull boat, as Capt. Hollins called it.) It is supposed they went to Bluefields, to leave those persons who haid gone on board for protection. All the ringleaLder's of these outrages were on board of her. The conduct of Capt. Hollins and Mr. Fabens, our Consul, from the time the Cyane arrived, tip to her departure, was perfectly justiliable; every thing was done in perfect harmony, and there was no other course left to pursue but to burn the town, and by so doing, break up a nest of as desperate scoundrels (with a few honorable exceptions,) as ever lived in a civilized country. In doing this, Capt. Hollins has carried out to the letter the doctrine of Gen. Pierce, in his In augural Address, " that Americain citizens must and shall be protected abroad." The Cyane left here on the 18th inst., for Na .vy Bay. She will then proceed to Pensacola, hatving on board J. WN. Fabens, Esq., U. S. Con-. sutl to San Juan. Also, the remains of Purser Upham, of Massachusetts, wvho died on board the sloop-of-war Decatur, while lying at this port. some two years ago. GonzALEz. Pois-r A RENAs, NICInIout, July 20, 1854.. H1. B. M1. wvar schooner Bermuda, which left here on the afternoon of the bombardment in tow of the steamer Dee, arrived at this pla:ce on the morning of the 16th, and remained perfect ly quiet until after the departure of the Cyane. That same day, the 18th, A. 1). Jolly, Conmman der of the Bermuda, went to San Juan, and put up two proclamations, copies of which I send you. On the 19th, lie camne here and left two proclamations, but one of thema was wvorded different from the one put up in San Juan ; in stead of the wvords " cowardly and wanton" lie had "ceruel." He' also informed us lhe would send alter the cannon thait was taken from Samn Juan and placed there by Captain Hlollins, of the Cyane. The sanme day lie wvent to San Juan, and with a pencil altered the proclamation so as to correspond with the one left here, and signed his name in pencil as having been altered by him. On the 20th inst. he sent a force of marines to take the brass cannon, which he says belongs to Great Britain, and wvas left for the protection of San Juan; he took it under protest of the U. S. Commeriail Agent. He has proclamimed martial law, and blockaded the port, and told the pilot, an American, that he was risking his life by going out for any vessel without his permission, and was about to put him in irons for having gone out to bring in the American brig Reveille, which arrived here on the 20th inst. This Lieutenant A. D. Jolly says ho came down to make peace, and well he has acted his part, drinking, cnrousing, and playing billiards, and walking arm in arm with the very ringleaders of all these outrages, and moreover gave them refuge on board of his vessel the day of the bombardment. If British officers do not under stand their business & know their places they had better stay at home, and not come here to delude the people, and lad them to suppose that Engi land will protect them in all the outrages they may be disposed to commit on American citizens. It is the opinion of many here, had it not been for Lieutenant A. D. Jolly and his bull boat, tho demands would have- been complied with, and the town of San Juan would not have met the fate it has: but, after all, it is the best thing that could have happened to it, for the town would never have been cleared of those outlaws had it not been burnt. They justly merited what they have got. GONZALES. PROCLA3MATION.- (CoPY.) In consequenee of the non-existence of all civil authority in this city of Greytown, (caused by the late outramge,) I being charged, as. far as my power extends, witir the protection of lives and property, do hereby proclaim the City and Territory of Greytown, as described by its Con stitution, under " martial law." Given under my hand on board 1-. M. schooner Bermuda, at Greytown, Mosquito, the 18th day of July, 1854. A- D. JOLLY, Lieut, and .Com'der. PRoCLAATIoN.-[Copy.] It having been brought to my notice that in consequence of the late [cowardly and wonton] cruel outrage committed by the United States ship Cyane, that many depredations and thefts have been committed on the property necessari ly left unguarded, I hereby proclaim that any person brought before me with sufficient proof of having committed such thefts or depredations, shall be severely flogged on board H. B. M. ship Bermuda, under my command. Given on board H. B. M. ship Bermuda, at Greytown, this 18th day of July, 1854-. A. D. JOLLY, Lieutenant Commanding. On the 20th of July this was allered from cowardly ard wanton to "-cruel," and signed in pencil by him, thinking the words too strong. Ely aP. brtistr. ARTHUR SIMKINSj EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 1854. Rail Road Barbecue! Ox Wednesday the 30th inst., a Public Dinner will be given at Edgefivld C. II., for the purpose of aiding in building a Rail Road from some point on the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road, passing through this Village, to some point on the South Carolina 11ail Road at or near Aiken. The Hon. TuoMAs C. PERRIN, President of the G. & C. Rail Road, and others are expected to ad dress the mneeting. l7 All interested in the said Road, and the pub lic generally are earnestly invited to attend. g VARIous articles of interest, both original and selected, have been necessarily omitted this week. Rail Road. THE books for subscription to the Rail Road from Ninety-Six or New Market to Aiken, are now opened and may be found at Dr. TEAGUE's Drug Store. Per sons wishing to take Stock are invited to call and subscribe. F AN election for Colonel of the 10th Regiment, S. C. M., to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig nation of Col. DEAN, was held on Friday last, and resulted favorably to Col. AvDREw J. NEAL, by a majority of forty-four votes-the whole number being 1078. Valuable Lands. WE call the attention of farmers and others to the advertisement of the lands beknging to the Estate of JAcon B. SauTII, dec'd., which wili beseen in another column. This Tract is the largest and best body of land that has been oflered for sale in this District for many years. - .ire. OUR neighbor, LovET GoMI ILIoN, on Moraday night last, lost his dwelling, his kitchen, htis smoke-house, tis negro houises, and even his hen house, and a great many of his valuables by thmedevoulring elementt. Even the poor chickens were burned to deathm, and his bacon and other property of much value were consumed. We sincerely feel for our friend in sustaining such an affliction, at thirs period of the year, when alt thme sup plies for the household are most scarce. ,Timne, thoughm, will set alt things right. Railroad Dinner. THE citizens of thme village and the sarfrounding country are subscribing most liberally to make up a dinn -r for those of the people who would like to listen to Mr. TuoMAs C. PERRIN, time ableanid inidefatigable President of the Greenville & Columb~ia Railroad Company, who will be invited to speak to us at this place on Wednesday, 30th inst. WVe earnestly, we had almost said prayerftully hope, that our people will reserve their judgment tuntil they hear thmeviews of a man who, perhaps is more thorough ly versed in tihe economy of Railroads, than any gen teman south of Mlason's & Dixon's tine. Mr. PERRIN will present arguments so clear, so logical, so convincing in favor of thme gream project now in contemplation by the people of the District, that we are sure thmey wilnot, thmey canNot fail to open their hearts andt their pocket-hoonks in support omf thnis great, and to them all-aibsorbinmg measture. It will bring thec parts of Edgefield near tmgether, and make it a matter of pleasure to thmose farthmest off to attend thme Court Ihouse, instead of, as it now is, a must irksome labor, and at times, even an imnpossibility. If we cani get a Road to run directly throtugh Edgelield at lier most extended points,Jt will act like innogic upon the prosperity, time harmtony, and time hapipiness of ottr community. We feel like this measure is to succeed, our heart is in it, and thme Lord knows, if We had money, it should b: in it too. Our Exchangeq, TinE LP.xINGTON TEI.EGRArl!. Thlis paper hmas been tranisferred by its late proprie tor to Messrs. CAUGnIMAN, BREAR~E & CoRLEY, time Editors and Proprietors of the " Temperanme Stan ard," of the samie District. We shake hamnds withm Mr. RANDOLPHi, thme Proprietor, and brotlier MEETZE, tme Editor, ith deep regret for the loss to our Corps of much energy, enterprise and public spnirit. We have conmidence though in thme ability and ihdustry of the new Editors and Proprietors, and bid them, God speed. TE MYSTRIaous VISITOR Is thme title of a very handsome and neat little sheet just i-sued at Spartanburg, S. C., by Misses. EL.LA and CLARENCE. It is editorials are written in a pleas. ant and easy manner, andI its selections are good. The tone of this beautiful little paper appears .10 be entirely of a moral nature, andi shmould be patronised by fathers, mothmers, sons atmd datughters. It is ptub Ilished monthly at thme low rates of 25 cents for six months. BLACK RzveR WATCHMAN. WE neglected to notice in our last that this sheet, published at Sumtervillhe, S. C., had greatly imptoved in its appearance. We trust its Proprietors, Messrs G LaR-r & FRAsERa, will meet with handsorme rernu neration for their indiustry amnd enterprise. SOuTERN ECLECTIC & IloMzE GAZETTE. Int consequence of Mr Sazv'rnE, Editor of the " Home Gazette," having purchased time interest of I). K. WarrAKER in the " Southern Eclectic," thme two jourals are now united in one, anti will in future be published weekly, in quarto form, nnder the title above designated. This is an excellent chmange, as its present style renders it better for binding. MrSsMYTH E wilt not only continue to wield his able pen, in order to make his paper .till more attractive and valuable, but has made arrangements to obtain selections from the best American and European periodicals. CAROLINA SPARTAN. This ever-welcome exchange, published at Spartan burg C. H., by Messrs. BOMIAR & TRIMMlERt, comes to us this week in an entire new dress and considera bly enlarged. MeSsrs. VERNON & FARROW will act* as Assistant Editors for the " Spartan," and a highly intresing sheer, may be expected. CHARLEsTON STANDARD. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the " Charleston Standard," published in to-days isstue. This journal is now one of the leading papers of the State, and merits and will receive encouragement f.rm all who studyt their oP ntetregL New Paper in Hamburg. IT is with pleasure we announce the intention of Mr. J. 31. RoINtsoN to publish a paper in Hamburg, on or about the 1st September next, to be called the " Valley Pioneer." See Prospectus in our advertising columns. E|.' Tus following request, which we have thought proper to publish, was signed by several very respecta ble citizens, and their names may be seen on tle original manuscript by those, who take an interest in surch things. It is very distasteful to us to do any act which may look like initerference in the Senatorial election, bi we cannot well decline the request of a considerable number of onr fellow-citizens, who seem desironsthal the District shall become learned in reference to the Bridge and Toll-gate. On the first page will be seen the decision of. Judge CrILcuntsT, which must speak for itself. The re maining articles will be puiuhshed hereafter. To the Editor of he Edge field Adverliser: As the subect of the toll-gate, ereced by Jo.as & KExssov, at the end of ,ne Augusta Bridge has ex cited a great deal of interest in :he Ijirict, wil! yot publish for the information of the citizens, the pro ceedings of tie meetings of the clizens of Cirleston, in regard to the toll-gate, a series of communication which appeared in tite Charleston Courier in 1'ehrnary last on the same stubject, also the decree of the-United States Court, forthe Diptric;.or South Carolina, grant ing the injnnction asked for by the City Council ol Augusta. By so doing you will throw much light oi a subject of much importance to tis District. MANY CITIZENS. Pic Nic at Moore's. Tn E barbecue and exhibition at MooRE's was a ver) interesting afir, and "all went inerry as a marriage bell." The congregation assembled was immense, and a' much distinguished for tire good looks of its men, th beauty of its women, and the wit, sprightliness and good humor of both sexes, as for the largeness of it numbers. The dinner was superb, and iced lemonade flowed as bountifully from the barrels and ca.ks in which it ww prepared, and was just about as grateful to the compa ny too, as the water that streamed from the rocl smitten by Moses' rod, to allay the thirst of the fam ishing Isrealites. The pie nic was given, we learn, in honor, or in en couragement of 31r. BELL's school, and we are proud to be able to say, that his pupils invariably conduclet themselves with great lecorum, and gave indicatior of good discipline and excellent training in thei speeches, with which they entertained an audiente that tmight have made the mightiest intellecet quail. Go forward Mr. BF.LL, and go forward patrons iitl your school. Nothing can save this country but the school-master and the prea-her. Aiken & Ninety-Six Rail Road. WtitENuyvFt a Railroad, or nay othergood Road ha been projected in Edgefield District, our voice la been amonig the first to be heard in its vindication And as weare convinced that good Roads do asmuel as anything else to evince the humanity and public spirit of a people, we trust that our tongue will cleave to the roof of our mouth when we cease to urge theii expediency and even necessity hpon the people of thi District. If any body had told us, twenty years ago, that we would live to see Newherry and Laurenus, and Green ville out-stripping this District in any thing like inter nal improvement, itn the way of Roads, we wouk have indignantly repelled the foul aspersion. But so it is, fellow-citizens, we have done the talk ing and boasting, and our neighbors have done tlt woi k. Abbeville and Newberry, and Laurens, and most al our sister Districts are ringing with the whistle of tIl steam-car, and poor old Edgefield is where she was ii the first days of the completion of the South Carolint Road. A year or two ago, we submitted some arguments it favor of the establishment of Railroads, which we cat venture now only to glance at. Railroads enhance the value of the lands of thosc contiguous to them, to a degree sufficient to reward the subscribers most amply for the stock, and for th< little risk they have incurred. They are a conveni circe which is worthn more thtan money. It is diflicoll to estimate what a farmer, or any other business mar loses by being absenrt from his plantation for a weel at the time, in ortder to escort his wngons to mnarkel and to sell his cotton and other produice. Negroec neglect their business in the absence of their master Accidents occur when he is away, and everything inr measrure standls still. 'rThere is tnot. a reader of thc Adveriiser, whro cannot look back andI count tup htun dreds Ihe has lost by his necessary trips to Ilambmurt and other market towns. Atl this time, wic i-l money itself, and mrore precious tihan the most precintu metals, will be saved by the buildinrg of a good aent suflicient Rail road. Railroads too, enable the farmer to avail hiimself u the chiatnge mn the markets ; and in that mantrer orfier pay bins itn the course of four or five years. three t1 four times as much as the amount of stock lie har: subscribed to build them tip. JBnt besides, ev-erythintg that tends to pronmote the rapid intercourse of tire people, with one aniother, tend also to promote, nrot only their wealth and happiiness but their union, good feeling and enlighateiment Knowledge thuis travels ontire wings of the win~n every progessive step of science, or of airy of the arts, is by this tmeanrs, comunicate:d from otne ex tremity of the, country to atnother in twenty-fottu hours, or perhaps from the risinrg to the going down o: the sun. Railroads will be to an intellighrt race, what trav. elling is to those who have thre money to spend ;they will liberalize the vie ws, refine the seiniments,eintarge the ideas, and withal, pronmote their tmorality and re ligion, by rooting out everything like bigotry, narrow mindednress anid prejudice. There is one argtument int favor of Railroads, whiel is irrefutable. You have never heardsf a Road being abandoned. Wheeeber or not they pay the stockhold. ers, they pay th1e cititens generally, and so bountiously that they are willing to buy up the stock aned keej themn running forever. Why, Edgefield has such vast resources, that if slit obtain her Road through the central part of the Dis trict, .suchn air impetus will be givetr to trade here, to comimerce, to agricuilture, to farmning, to edocationr anrd to internal improvement of every character. that in tnen'years, thte whole face of the country, and tie condition of the people will have utndergone atr entire ctange and revolution. WVe can furnish our part of the stock too, withoui feehtrg the burdenr; for we are wholly unetmbarrssed. with debt of any kmnd, and hitherto, we heave risked nothing in stock of any sort except land, negroes anrd the pure silver. March tip fellow-citizens, to UHiLL, ADDIsoN, Mo RAGNE auth others, who htave the books, and prove the mettle of youtr pasture. - Let no narrow-mindedness, such as village influence, restrain your generous ardor, atid your tranaly ethusi. asm. The village has no power. The Rtoad runr trough thme whole District. T1he village wonuld he afraid to'exercise any undtte cotntrol, if it possessed the means to do su; for it is depenident uporn thte country, and is suprported by it. The whole truth is, the country people hiavealwvays been omnipotent itn this Distriet, and the small town of Edgefield has been more maligned, by foul-mouthed demagogues, titan any othefrlittde platce ont earth. We lave always had a set of dirty sycophtants ini our country, who have sought their ownr promotion by stiring up a prejudice and jealousy between the villa gers and coutntry people. Let sucht have ani end. Tire Railroad will have to go through thte whole District if it reach ouir town, andi there is no room for fraud, and corruption, and villainy. Come forward tmen of Edgefield to the support of youi own iinterests. Enlist umner thu glorious banner oi progress. Red Clover. WE confess that we are no farmer, althrotugh we are the son of a farmter ; but it seems toour comnprehensior, that improvement goes oni slower in thte farmner's occtt pation, titan in that of any other class of laborers or professional men in tire country. We have the most genial soil and climate of any people on earth, and yet we positively believe that we avail ourselves, and that our people avrail thecmselecs of thte blessinigs, privileges and advanttages vouchtsafed to theta by a merciful and benignant. God, with rnore tardiness and even reluc. tace thtan atny people that ever lived or died. We appear to have an titter distrust of any thuing newv, om of every thing that looks like progress. It is known that Clover will last two or three years, and it furnishes a pasture at the very season when suchr a .lning is..o., needed by cattle, horsesn and hogsa. There has been a little, clover patch at the villmge for one or two years, which we have watclied, anC which we ihink has succeeded beyond ill sort of question. A friend of ours,JAMEs RICHARDSON, Esq., has sixty acres in clover, which has done almost as well so far as Kentucky clover itself. He tells us that what first attracted his attention to tie plant and in duced him to give it a thorough trial,was tie fact lia: a few seeds necidentally fell in the grave-yard, nid in the course of time, entirely- rooted out the broom sedge itself Clover is a perfect shade to the land, as well *as a good manure, and as it needs no work it will be of inestimable advantag-! to farmers. Try it friends, try it. The Mount Vernon Camp-Meeting. THERE is someting primitive in Camp-meetingi that always pleased our fancy as well as satisfied.on - taste and judgment. When the dignified head of a family leaves fur a time, his hoie, his business and all the comforts li has gathered around him, by a life-tinie of labor and toil,~and enters a little tent in the open air (throtigh which the winds beat and the waters pour,) sans cere mor.y, sans show, and sans everything like ostentatiout vanity and the pride of life, he feels, he looks, and hi acts like a true soldier of Jesus. We have no doubt, that many a time, the heroic character in BUNYAN, "Great Heart," and others, as well as the gloriou:t. martyrs who have died for the faith, occur to hibi mind ; and, in his Christian warfare, lie almost see.t before him the embattled hosts of Satan standing im martial array ready to strike down and trample in the dust, the consecrated Citoss oF CHats--the wateh word and the banner of every true Christian warrior. At these moments, his pride, his courage, his entlisi asm, and all his nobler sentiments are raised to th highest temper, such as nerved the heroes of old, arming for battle. Nothing is, or could be, more appropriate than these occasional encampments. Sinner as we ar-, we al most fancied ourselves in the c imp of war, and pre paring mind and body, and soul, at the sound of the Great Leader's voice, to march into the dreadful con flict. T'ge camp-meetings have a tendency not only t reiiT the Christian, Mlethodist and Baptist, of tl great warfare in which they are engaged, bit it re calls to them the hard struggles of the early fuitnders of theirsects, WstSLEY,WttTFl n, C.iviN, KNox, LcT1rt and others, when they had no huusc to shelter them irom the pitiless storm of the elements, and tile more pitiless stori of the wrath of men ;'they tend to divest t heir rninds of pride and the- love of earthly pomp and grandeur, and they put them in the briglitest trim for tle great work in' which they have pledged i-themselves in conquer or to die. We are neither Baptist nor Methodist. Our fathers and grandfathers, and other connexions were both ; but our mother was a Methodist, and that alone has embalmed her Church in the innermost slriie of oir heart. hi seiintient and helief, we enn hardly say with which we most agree. W hile we admire the stubborn faith and confidence of the Daptists in the promises of Heaven, we glory in Alethodst zeal, lethodist eithu :iasin, and 3Metlhodisu discipline and enterprise. There was some little disturbance on the grotid on Saturday night, for which we think the authors are by this time, heartily ashamed of themselves. The votng are lieedless and precipitate, and if they are not well advised, will proceed to extremes, that in af ter life, may burden their secret hours with woes and horrors withotat numiiber. We hal the pleasure of listening to Messrs. Pvctr TT.JONES, PUn I-oV,KELLY,(the " mountain sprout" who l has been to California. and has grown to lie one of the handsomest and most promising preachers in the State,) C'r1iGotfroN, and others; and we cre happy to bear the most ample testimony, that there. was no lack at the meeting of most able advocates of tie Gospel, and noble champions of Jesus Christ. A friend has dtscribed all the miiiisiers as being not oily good specimens of the genus homo, but masters of better grammar and the authors.of better sermons, than any assembly of preachers of the sante size, that ever met at a camp-meeting in the District. We just learn froi a friend, that the meeting above described, was one of the niost successfol and happy that has ever been held at that place, or in the State. We are inforhithat thtere were 71 added to the Chunrcht; 41 whitis,iiid Z0 culoredl. God speedl the good. work. 'rThe religion of Christ has been the salvation, as well as redemption of the world, and to that alone, we attribute all th a is great, or glorious, or wise beyond other ages, in this genera tion of meni. Nebraska and Kansas-Ge Boys, and got Rich. 'iTus richest anid most fertile portion of the U:nited States, anid perhaps oif the globe, has just been organ ized into Territories undier the above namies ; ad we can vouch for Nebraska, that she has one of the n motlest-mindied, and~ miost obliging Governors in the worl. We have kntown him long. anid wilth some de gree o~f intimacy, anid it does the heart good to speak well of an honest man. God niever made a kinder man. and more of a getn tlcman thtan 1-nasNK [lUtiT. IHe is gold reliiied by lire. We will n~arraiit lprotectionl for all that ha~ve a right to claim it act hit- hantd. Ini his case, the variableness of fortune has been most strikingly illugstrated. Just niowv, lie coultd not get the petty ofhice of Secre tary of State frotm the Legislature of Southt Carolina, amI to-day, sinice his bttsiness talenit has been fully tried, the P'resitdent, under his responsibility tii the country, is glad to make him Governor of one of the must mai~gniticenit Territories that the surtjever shione Go on my glori-.its good friend, and may the provi dice of God alwavys omile upon yout. In twent y years from to-day-, yiiur laurels will lie as fresh as they are at this moment, n hen the first wreath has only beent pacedl iuon your brow. lInt ini our love for our friend, we have het the sub ject esca pe. We thinik moure of Kansas thtan Ne braska as a place for the agriculturist andl fatrmor. We jndge fromt ito actual survey of the country, but from a close examainiation of the map, antd front the accounts of travellers, which have been furnished uis fronm time to time. For many long years, we havec cast an eager eye to the great west, towards which " the star of empire wentds its way," and we have never seen a counttry through which so many noble rivers take their course, as Kansas and the Intdian Territory. Ti will not he dependent, like oilier rich countries, upon the ebb andi flow oif its streams either; and it will nloghave its wet season, and dry season, butt it will have its rain, anid. its sutnshiine tat all periods of the year. It is so situiatedl betweeni two ranges ot mountains, and is so bountded by lakes anid water courses, as above statedl, that it will ha~ve to look to no particular direction of the wind for its refreshing showers of rain, and the dew fronm Ileaveni. 'rThe clouds may come from the East, anid the West, and from the North and the South, with an eqnal cer tainty of blessiing the -hopes of the hiusbandmnan. A country so surrounded with mnoutntains antI lakes, aid so intersected and honunded by abuntdant and swift-running water-courses, can never suffer with d ronghit... It is so far from the sea too, and protected by its in terior situation, that its climate is in a tmanner, without variablentess and change. Ilut what makes it more desirable titan all, it is thte very hieart of this great empire, aind its ferti ity and internal resoulrces, are ahiolutely inexhaustible. It has been receiving the richness of the cotutry around for five hundred and a thousand miles, ever since the flotud, and there is not a swell now, in cite oif is dlelighitful streams, that does not brinig it additionial strength, and increase the depth of its generous soil. FOIL TnE AnvEiLTiSER. TO THE CANDIDATES FOE lHE HOUSE~ OF REP RESENTATIVES: As the stibjet of collecting Tolls by JoNEs & KENNEDY from till perstins crossinmg the Augusta Bridge has exeited a great deatl of inter.st in this District, at wvell as in other parts of the S:ate, tmany citizenls desire un expr-essioni of your opinions in re gard to the policy, twisdom and justice of the Lgilaure, confer-ing suchi power upoi Mlessrs. JONES & KENNEDY, and desire answers to tie fol lowing in'terrogatories: 1st. Do you believe the Act alluded to as wtsv, USr, roLriC or Paopgp.? 2d. Will yout, if elected, vo-rE for its repeal ? MANY CITIZENS. P. S.-The above call is signed by seventy-five citizens of Edlgehield Distriet, tand thte nanecs can bo se.n b.. callin ., ,t., ..crier office LATEST OPERATIONS ON THE DANUBE. Our own correspondence from the seat of war, unfortunately too often retarded by the tedious and imperfect arrangements of our post-office, affords the only authentie means possessed by the British publie and by ourselves of correcting the numerous mis-statetients circulated by the continental press, and transmitted to this country by the tele'graphie lines. Thus, we now learn with certainty that on the 8th of July the Light Divisi<n was still at Devna, the 1st Divisior.s at Aladyn, and the 2d and 3d Division between that place and Varna. The advance of the army upon Giurgevo was a thing only talked off in the camp, and even the vi.,it of Omar Pacha to the British head-quarters on the 4;h was not Followed by any decided movement. We are less acenratc!V informed as to the position of our French allies; btit it is clear, romin the intelligence now before us, that the statement of thee Mori teur, that 18,000 allied troops had reached Giur gevo on the 7th July was entirely inaccurate, anld the honor of the exploits recently performed on the left bank of the Danube belongs exclu si-vely to the Turkish army. We approve as much as any body can do the caution of the allied commanders in not exposing their fresh and highly conditioned armies to the uncertain accidents or eertatin evils of a campaign amongst deserts and marshes, and of preserving their forces intact until they are certain as to the point upon which they can be used with the best etffct. At the same time, we cannot wonder. that this del:ey has occasioned the surprise and suspicion of our Turkish allies, who may not unreasona bly couclude that a rough and ready army, which moves wilhouit baggage, and often ights without food or pay, is sometimes preferable for the rude and more desultory puerposes of war. to the elaborate orranization and equipment of Enorope an troops. It is not, however, to it 4 difeniI ics oif locomotion and fir less to any indisposition to face the enemy, that the inactivity of the British army must be attributed. On the costrary, the impulse of evei man in thit gallamt host would have been to rulh forward to the scene of action withou delay. But a momenis reflectioln con vinces us that to plunge iito extended operations on tle banks of the 1onee he would have been to abandon or to dehfer the chief exploit of the ca mnpaign, and we conlidently believe that the regret tell :in apparent want of alacriy in march ing to the relief (if Silistia, or in joining tle at tack oi Gurgevo, will he etfectually removed by oniers ll the whlole fo rce to proceed agminst Sebastopol. That is the real point for us to assail, and on the Danmiie the Turks have stood in little ied of our aid. Actinmg umincestionably upon thi< independe priecilile, Om::r Pacha threw forwarl the builk ef his army from Shunnia to the Danule early in the preselt infi Ih, and there is no reason to sup. pose that the acconnts we have already received of his success are at all overstated. Even the Russiin orgias admit the evnenaion of Ginrgo vo in lantiuage simila r to that in which they de seribed the abaindonmniet. of tle sige of Silistria. It appears that the Itssian forces in and abont Giuergevo must have amnniet to nearly 30.000 men, while the Turk, had not more than 25.01)0 men. but tie result, of the battle was, that tile whole Russian corps was driveni back behind tie Argih, :md the left ban k of' the Dinube, from ''irnu to Otenitza, is in possession of tie Tu rks. We Irust that Omar Pacha will not. be led tee risk this important advantage and the fate of his gtalaiit. arny by premturely ircepting the clal lenge (it' Ile I1(ussianOs to .glit a general action; for it is clear that several considerations of in portance nsst lee weighued beforethe allied gene rts conhi taei the step or marching emnOtivard, withe a view to a passage of the Danube and a canmpaigi in Wallachia. It was, ini the first place, hcigthly improbable that such a step should lie takei until the allied commanders were sais tied that the river itself was under their command both beeause it is indispeusable to have entiro security as to the communications of the army inl its rear, mil beca use the niavigat ion of tle Danube would powerfulhly assist tihe Iloveieits of ihe forces, by atf'ording water carri:age lo. the stores and .ispplics. li other words. it tihe ariemy is to engage ien a campaign ini the Principalities, Iavinug its operatios in Bulgaria, the command of lthe Dannbe is naitundily ti be regarded as an indislensa btc prelimeienary: a n., wvhether the atltied forces ae:oatlly aedvanuce in thtat direct ion or cot, it is (ef thce greatest iimponrtiinee to seture the tree navigation of the great streacm on whto.e banmeks the st ruggle must be conduecd.-Lodonm Tlimces, Jtuly 21. 1lecy. 'iM:s-ros S. lUnoors.-Col. Brooks, oure peoptular acid aible Rep.tres'etan live ini Congress, ad dressed the citizenc of our Distriet, ice the Coucrt Ilouse, con 31 oinday last. Ini rencderinig to thtem ane account of his stew ardshcitp, hce rreaeiiehieted aced gaive tics views on thce various imcportlami meeasures w ihich t enigiged thce attecctionl otf Conigress d urince hcis termi. lie (efinedt ini a plaice but, :able ciacccer, him positionc on the fillest jons. whciebe at this timcee .ecitate oter counetrv, aned annoiuneced his deter'minattin at all hazardls, tio maitain the creat -Con-tictutioenal princetiptles iccvolved ici the Nebraska lillt, and icn heat for' the recovery ofi tigit ive slaves. Cccl. brooks, is a reliable mane c, and lie stanmd ligh ine ithe est imiatimon oft thet cit ien of Lexinmg eoen District. We Lbelieve, that our righets and ouer inistitttions are safe in his hatnds, and feet satisfied. that we specak the seti ments oh' thce cit izens5 of this Distinet, whlen we say to hcim: SWell done theou gooed and faithful servant." We predieit Ior Col. Brooiks, a leceg, useful atcd !!loriouis car eer inc thIe coneilis of (cur counetry. Eineceess to himc.--Le icngtone Telegramphc. Actustrnios or CUUA etY TilE UsiTED STATE~S. --Thle greatest iditlieuhIy that Amuerica wcill cave to cctetid withI in its encdh-as or to acqirie Cuba, is the aecquiescece ohf Enighiid aced Franee. TIheise t wvo counctries leave.hli berto sheown thicem selves averse to this attemept con tee Spaneish possessionis. Eneglamd, from its menicy posses sil)ncs icc those .seas, teas a geaeter ineterestI them Fnn'a:ee iin prceent ing Cuba from failling icnto thme hcacds of the Utnited ritate's. mocre especialtly itf it should h be attemnpted thrcouigh meecans thIat are ncit legit imiate. Tricnciple acid policy would like riequire this ceounitry to ienterpose tee preenet such a dlesign. Were thce United Staete. toe ac quire Cuba by purc'hease fromn the Spaneiards, it is ditlicolt to say how our Governement ighit be ineclineed to art. Thecre aire t wee precedeicts for suchc an accress'on ohf teritory by thce Amieri cancs, amid it is possib'e that it' the inegotiat ionis for the puebac~se were toe be carried oec wilie Eghmd cilae~s thIe Ipresenct troebhlesome war oh lier hanmtds, she mhiirhtL not oppose aney serious eibjeec tioni, altogli it is certainc it wvould renider it necessary for lher to strengtheen leer colocm..l arrisones ine thme \Vest Itndies. Onee of' the argu ceeccts used by the Governcment of Wa~sheingctone for desiring to piossess Ctuba is its geograplhinal position-it bieiig one of a group of iljands coeigucous to its roast, ancd which, ocn t his ac countci, ought to beloecg to the Unioni. ,But the same targuenet wvould apply to Jamaica and other oh' thce West Iccdiacn possessions of Ecng land, wvhich the ceentmry mcay be averse to part with.-Londonm Shipping Gaezette, July 25. lioi II.NDED OuTrnur.-Oce of the most fashonable demeists oh' Phihadelphcia, wheose nme is L'ele, was arcraigned before the Mayor oh' thcat city etc Tuesday, aned heeld to batil in the senm of $5,000, on a charge of attemp~tineg to c'onuinit a rape onm a vecry respectaebhe young lady, aged abeot 10) years. 11cer neamce is not givenc. The partienlhars of the outrage are thuts stated: " It sees that she haad gonee tee his oniee to hve ther teeth arranged amid fixed, Whilhst un derginig the ecratione, or abmout, prepaerineg for it, she is said toe heave been placed tender thie im hhcence c'h ether (or chltoroform., and ini this cndit ion the atctised is ecarged with ha-ving~ takene uneduc advamntage of leer helpless situitionu. She was very beautif'ul, highty accompleisheed, aned uncder enga~geenct of arriage, the iuptials soon to tee ce'lebrated. "The affhir has produced intense excitement acd inidigcnationi. '1The accused heretofore bore a goeod reputtatione ancd enjoyed a large practice in heis professione." SrAN An PonTUGA..-Te Paris correspon dent of- the London Times writes, under date o' tthe 25th ult, as f'otlows: " A person wvho arrived this daty in Paris from Madrid, which I befieve he quitted ome the 20th, sttes that at thme tmometnt of his departure thecre were eric-s in the streets of Vita Esparicro! Vira el Regente del Reino hasta la llegada del R,,y dc Po,.lugal! TLonng lien Esaneon! Long live the Regent of the kingdum until the arrival of the King of Portugal '. The idea of offer ing the crown of Spain to the king of Portugal is not a new one. It has been long very gen eral and very popular in the principal cities of Spain, and nearly a year ago I -communicated some particulars on that point. The wish of the French, and I um disposed to believe the English government, is, that Espartero shall suaceed in making himself master of the situa tion; and keeping Queen Isabella on the throne. But before E.partero cain reach the capital it is' possible that events may render such a solution, templorary as it may be, impossible." With regard, however, to this alleged cry of the populane in faivor of the proposed union of the crowns of Sain and Portugal, it may be remarked that, :s the London Times has been (ever since the paper was refused admission into Spain) the avowed advocate of a union of the crowns of Spain and Portigal, it may be well to have further confirmation of the fact. SPECIAL MISSION FROM RUSSIA. Among tli passenlgers by the Indiana, which arrived aIt New York on Wednesday from Ha vre, is Dr. Cottman, an American gentleman, (a native of Maryland) who has lived for several m1onths at St. Petersburgh, and who has been entrusted by the Czar with a mission of impor tance to this country. The friendly feelings which tit Emperor Nicholas entertains towards the United states are said to be very decided - but he desires that the kiiidly relations shall be cemented by a commercial ireity; and it is to etfect this that lie has investted Dr. Cottman with full powers to treat with our government. Dr. Cotmintt has already forwarded his despatches to Waslington, and will hiimself arrive in that city to-day. Ile will also propose to our gv ernment the purchase of Sitka, on terims said to b very fivorable. The Herald says: "Pr. Cottian speaks in the highest terms of all the tuenibers of the imperial fanily, and ex prests ihe greatest admiration not only for the talents of the Emperor, but for tiis character, which has been tile subject of so much villitie:i tion in the English press. It is impossible, he says, for us to obtain correct accounts of the progre-s of the war through the prejndie-d me diums of the English new palpers, and he asserts that, so far from the allied powers being success fil, they have been repulsed inl almost every at tack made by the comtin-d Ileets. le visitcld Croniistadt on his way to this country, and In. ring his stay there they did not even venture within reach of its gulns, altlhtjugl they hid an nonIllde their determination to atinitlilate the whole citV as all exattle. The accounts which are published about t ie insanty of the Czar, are, he tells us, equally rake ; and instead of his exhi biting a disposition to renio unce his clims on Turkey, he ha- expresseil his determination in tll! 'nost eIph.I tic lilainer to force her to recog lnize themn. thoutighl all Europe were combined to prevenit him." Dr. C. further states that the Emperor treats every American who cters Rnasia with the greatest hospitality, and aords him every pOssi ble faci:ity for visiting every part of. his domin ions. There are at present a large number of Americans emploved by him ill iost responsible positions, and tie holds forth the greatest iidnce intnis to all who desirc to enter his service. Ii regard to the report that was - exten sively circulated about the property of Sir Ianmil ton :veymour (late Einlish .linister to St. Petersburgh) ha.ing been confiscated by tite Czar, Dr. Cuttman says there is not a particle of truth in it. In relation to Turkey, the Czar says lie will withdraw his troopi only when the Sil an agrees to gnrarrant.-e the rigits of all Christians in his dominions. He does not iiscalculate the force that will be brought to bc.ir upon hin; but with his great resources lie is coiident of ultimate stccess. lIe looks forward to. the adoption (f a commercial treaty between Russia and ourcoun try, and the purihase of Sitkia, with no little aixiety, as lie k very desirous of keeping ip friendly teris wilh us durin the present w:ar. li -peaking of our relat ions with Spain, lie says lie considers that Cuba is ours by right of her geographical position, and that ash-te eommai~nds the enitraince to the Gutlf, we shiould take her, whher thle Sp.uuish Goverinenit is wiiniig or tnot. Dr. Cotto:tm, who owns a inirge plhmt ation in Louisiana, some t itne sincee vi -ited Ruts.int thlrongh eiurioity, and~ was treated in the most kind ly manner by the' Emperor, whoi readily gave hitm anii miperialI oriler to atll the institutiotns an td places of niote ini the country'. With this order he visi ted Cronst~idt, where Iie renmainetd six weecks wit hi General D~eha, lie commin~mder-in-chiief of lhe northierni division of' thle army. HeJ subsoin ent ly went to all the piniphal ciies. and was evenry wvhere t reateid withi thle greane-.t hos.spitaility. Dr. Cot iian aeted in thle canp.ieity of( sitrgeo'n toi lie G raid Duke Cotistant inc up to the limeit of' his a ppuoiinmenlt oni hi* presenit iiissioni, :uiii enjoys thet cuntidence of' tfhe whole of thle imnperiad litmily. Thell aicount pnlblishied a1 few d.uys ago. charg ing thet Enighlish t roiops wihh acts of vandalism ait U lea burg, lie says is true to lie lettecr. anid at. lpes that atll thle prize~s captuored biy th t allied fleets consists of small vessels ladiin with sallt. aid tisbinig sttarks ; atid tt the townis attacked were smiall atnd uiinpiortant ones, -ea reely kniow n in Enugland. Ini this connmection, lie fur thter rema~irks: "Old B3,ti-tco, brother of the late Russiant 31inister at Washintgton, commanuds lionomer sanids with about a dozen caitnoni, nid for teair he iiight u-c fiemi if they appronl:.chled Ioo near, lie fleet coenteitd thiemselve's by tiring a whole day inlto his tipple orchard anid :iii'lng hi, shadle trees, entirely onit of' reach of lhe old mn's gulls, bit not of his u rath. M1ore t hat iione En glish flag has been brought to St. P'eteraburg as a trophdy." CoL.. A. C. GAI!usc-ros.-WeC nre gratified to iearnl th:it Col. A. C. Garlington has so far recovered fromt his .severe and protracted illness as to, be able to returni home by Rail Rtoad. We, however, regret that the prinicipal oibject of his viit to Laurens, att this timie whiebh was to inigle with her people in view of the aip proaching Congressionalu election-was defeated bj his sicknmess, having been confhiid to his lodgings nearly the whole of the three weeks ie was in thle District.-Laurensville 1Herald. FoUR OF THE WARD JURTY3i1EN INDICTED FOR PE'~aYz.-Th'fe Grand Jury of .Elizambethtown, tlhardiii u otuty Kv., have fouid a true biti for perjury against f'our of the Ward jurytmen, and ley' aire field to bail in $1,000 cacti toi appear at the next Circuit Court to be held tat that place. It is said that several other jurymen who served oni the Ward trial would have been iindicted on the satme charge, btut the Grantd Jury could niot gt the Saicftf to bring up the witnesses.-This nay leadi to the distci'cy of the whoie tutfair. TuEc AU'G'sTA I3RIDGE.-The3 Augusta Con stitutionialist of the 8thi inst says: 4 We tunderstaind that the City Couincil, at their meeting on Saturday laist, reimoved the toll on Foot P'assengers over the Augusta Bridge, up to ten o'clock at night. After that hour, tulh tll will be charged. If the Legislature~ of South Carolina wilh, at their next session, grant the City Connieif ot Augusta, a perpetinal cbar ter, with the restrictioni, that the Augusta Briidge be kept upt tas a tree bridge dumring the day, we thinik it will be aecepted aiid carried out." NEBR.ASKA.-The editor of the Council Bluff (Iowa) Bugle lhas recently mado a three days, trip into Nebratska. He says he saw 1 elk, 37 turkeys, 13 deer, 3 wolves, anid wiid ducks it plenty ; f'ound am plenty of .the finest raspburries atd strawherries he has ever seen, and cauught some fish. He speaks of a ntew town called Cmha, at wvhiich a weekly Democratic piaper is sooii to be issued. The streets are atll laid out 100 f'eet. wide; a large square of necarly 10. acres tupon a cetraF~l and commantdintg etuinence is laid ouit for Capitol Square. The~ lots contain tbout a fourth of an acre echcl, and fturthier out they are five and ten acres. There are five or six honses, mnostly'rame, :lready ercted, itnd many more in progress. There is to be a i-am modious and elegant brick house ereeted immue diatly for the convenience of' theo territorial legislature. RoMAnTIc.-A duel in the street, by moon light, recenitly took place in San Franchise, one of' thme parties being shto, itn the side, though not mortally. The time was near midnight, and the cotinent chiefly in furthieramce of' his favorite entergise, ocean penny postage. BILLY BOWLEGS HLETATING FUGITIVE br E&. -it appears that :Billy Bowleg,. the ei~i mumle warrior, recently had in his possession to fpg . tive slaves from Alabama, and having refusid to - give thiem up, two of his slaves, who laelIvsit. ed Fort Myers, in Florida,-were inade psoners whereupon Billy gave up one of thefugitivf and deninuded one of.his. Tihis was not only refused, hut the flugitive seit i..hhin X taken into custody and retained. *Am arese w:as feared, (Billy with seventienV'rrildiei within two miles of the fort,) the trooPi were preparing for a fight. Thereare tiree co- - nies of United States troops at the f'r. KASAs.-Our eye has jnst fallen upon the following, which purporls to be an exftriedf a letter da1ed from the neighborhood of-Kansas - July 13: "The country is swarming with emigrants. Men on horseback, with cup and skillet, and - ham, flour and coffee tied on behind, -and with axes shouldered, ire facing westward while gentlemen and ladies are driving furiously to and fro in carriages, printers writing, -lawyora.seakj ing,'doctors gallanting ladies, and spleetingsite fur residences, companies Nith' ft ., waing i - staking out 4he vast prairies, Irees falionijten;. stretching, cabins going -up; everythi ~We, - and everything -wide awake. Hurrah for' K sas! "Westward the star. of empire tikes its way !" -Interesting Items, E7 TREMENDOUS CONFLAGaATION 5 INCALIFOR NA.-The steamship Star of the West has arrived in New York, and brings advices from San.Francisco, California, to the 15th uIt., from which we learn tba a Large amount of property in the chief cities of.Cali fornia has again fallen a prey to fire. One hundred and sixty buildings had been burned in San Francisco--"'4 and the loss was estimated at a hat? a Mnilion'of dollars. Two hundred and sixty buildings were consumed in Sacramento, involving a loss of one million dollar The town of Columbia had also been nearly destroy-? ed. The loss in tile latter place was set down at iaIf: f a milliotn dollars. The accounts from the mines were .quite favorable .. Ci"' THiE Mormons at San Bornandioand-Los' - Angelo% have recently beet great sufforers in conse quence of losing 4000 acres of wheat by fire. g, BFs-ros DEFEAT.D.-In the First-Congres-, sional District of Missouri, lion. Tuos. H. BENTO.4 has been defeated for Congress by'scven hundred ma jority. re' RFvoLTIx,BnTrrA.LtT.-Ti Neiv York Tribune of Wednesday last says: "This morning a cariman, whose name we could not ascertain, iwjil, passing through Fulton-street, became enraged at is horse for some cause or other, and pulled out the.'apk. mal's tongue. The brute who committed this oitrage upon a dumb animal was arrested and taken to the Tombs for examination." gY TiE Houston (Miss.) Argus announces that seven watermelons were lately raised in that place - which weighed two hundred and eightty-onepoupits averaging a little over forty pouhds:each. The.lirgest weighed forty-seven and the smallest thirty-three pounds. This rather beats our EDagefield melons. Don't it Col. S. M.1. Tj " Titdry rot," says the Natchez Free Tirder, "has made its appearamce among several cotton planta tions in this vicinity, and threatens serious injury to the crop." -j WE h'ave accounts (if a ni-Nt violent and de-. structive storm in the vicinity of Fairmount,Va., last week. It uproofed a number of buildings and up; rootedtree, and hurled ihim acress therailroad tracIs, prost rated the growing crops, and did 'an imiende amount of oilier damage. 7 Wino CAN BEAT IT ?-A young womeri of Cole county (Ill.) recently presented herhusband with - four children at one birth! This was her first effart in the line, and there is no telling, therefore,what she may be able to do hereafter. 'Great country this,.and honnd to prosper! 7 Noa~rU CAROLINA ELF.CTIros.-CoL rA* . Democratic Candidate for Governor, has beep elegted by a majority over DioCEzaf, the Whig Candidate, of . 2,500 votes. The Demoicrats it is thought will have a majority of 16 on joint ballot in the Legislature. Br STrAavrsa FUct T tv SLAvas.-A olored man in Canadla, named Zice, publishes an ap'peal to Amern can abolitionists for assistance for the numerous fugi tive slaves in that portion eof Her 31ajesty's donions. They are said to he in a starving andl deplorable con dition. Henry Bibb, a fugitive slave of some notorie ty, died at Windsor, Canada, on the 1st instant, f,>r the want of bread ! $7~ Nv~w Post OFrCE.-The Laurensville Her aldsays: " We arc gratified to know that by the ex ertions of our Representative, H~on. -P. S. Baooxs, a Post Office has been established at MIount Pleasant, in this Dis: rict, and Mr. 31anoh 3McPherson appointed potmaster." t37 Ft tiE iN Nv~w Oar.EArs.-On Satnrday last, New Orleans was visited by *a very destructive fire, it is es:imated that the loss in butilditigs is $200,000, atnd that the value of thec merchandlise destroyed i-i not Ies than $1,000,000. The fire broke out in Hart & Co's establishment, one report says, by the bursting of a vitrol cask, and the other by asmall furnace used itn meltinig sealing-wax. [7' rTnE Empire City arrived in New York, on the 1lit inst., from California, with $1,000,000 in gohld gf A Moss-rut BiLLr.-The post route bill which was signed by the President about 10 o'clock on Thurs day night,. required for its enrollment one thousand sheets of parchment, costing $200 ! It is a recapitu lation of all the existing post routes in the United* States, to which somesix or seven hundred new ones are addedl. (7 Mr. Daniel E. Sickles, Secretary of Legation to London, returned to New York on Saturday in the Atlantic. lie is staidl to have been the bearer of im portantt despatches to Washington. g7' Thte official statement of the Treasury Rlegis tershtows the receipts of ite United States forthe last qtarer to ltave been $16,834,739, and the expendi tn res $28,7-15,102. g7 Lrtent SIIaratt H~rvs.-Trhe ladies of South America, dluritig tile hot wveather of July, wear cab bage-leaves for bonnets, trimmed with radishes. What a hiorticiutral idea! $7 RsciPE Fout Tot1ATo Fras.-Take as many Tomatoes as you desire to put up, and simmer them for a short tinie-thecy are then taken ot and exposed to thieson for a few days. When they are sufficiently dry, they are sprinkled with pon dered white sugar and packed up in boxes of jars. Mrs. RUeF, furnishes this recipe to the Newberry Sentinel~and it is said to ha an excellent one. ggJ' H EAt.-Ttr OF NEw OaR.EAs.-Thte Picayune, says, " The general health of the city is undoubtedly very good. The physicians, too, complain of lack of employment. There are however, some few cases of yellow fever among the shipping in the third district; bit it is not of a dangerous type, and does not create any excitement in that section. 27TEChNiCAr. Oauruyar.-An English paper thuts chirotticles the death of a printer, named George Woodcock: "lHe wvas the *of his profession, thes type of honesty, the ! of all, and although the g7 of' eath has put a . to his existence, every ' of his life w,as without a Il. 27 DEAvTt oF TnE SCoTrCn GIAT.-F. W. hnn dalI Chadwick, (he usually passed by- the name of' Randall,) the Scotch Giant, died at Laporte, Ind'., on the 18th tit- His disease was apoplexy. Ie was, we believe, over seven feet high, and of magnificent maly proportions. His home was in Kendall, La Fayette Co., Wisconsin. gg Woaris's Riatts DErsixto.-An exhange. ttus defines this important qtestion: " A good nauredl husbatid, ia dozen children and a happy home, are woe - man's rights." [7 TiE LAST DoDGE.-The last species of Sotd play perpetrated upon the unsophisticated portion of' - Gotami, is that of glneing feathers upon thie legs of' te common fowl, and selling them for Shanughi:a EF" B:t. NEBRaAsxA."-Tho first white mtah. child born in Nebraska since-the passageor ssorgant zation bill was born at Dr. Clark's'!! Itiil,' 1Wska Centre, in June, and was christeh'edi BI.&Ea Kinney. . His father, the Hon. J1.1. fimme chief justice of Utah, has taken thfltead inisetstaining the "Dougas.ill" irn a very forcibhit manner.