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ARRIVAL OF THE TIZAMER AMER CA. CoLuMBa, Aug. 18. the steamer Amdrica has arrived at Halifax, With three days later intelligence from Europe. LivERPooL COTTON 31ARKET.-The demand is good with stiffer rates. The sales of the week reach 53,000 bales, of which 10,000 were taken on speculation. Denni.stoun quotes Cotton in favor of buyers, Fair Orleans 6.1d, Middling 55-16d; Fair Up lands 6 3-16d, Middling 5 3.1od. The Russians attacked the French and Tur kisAh camp at G uiergero, and were defeated, with the loss of 2,000 killed and 500 prisoners. The Russians retreated by forced marches. The evacnati'on of Wallachia is completed. The Russians were countermarehing. There was a brilliant reception preparing for Oumar Pascha at Bucharest on the 7th. The Austrian troops were ordered to advance from Pesth to Gallicia. The total Austrian force amounts to 325,000 men. The frontiers h::'e not been crossed, but. pre parations for hostilities are of a colossal charne ter. The chifera is raging in the British army and at Conrtantinople. The allied fleet had gone to reconnoitre the coast of Crimea. One hundred thousand French and English troops would immediately enter Crimea and get possession of the heightshbove Seb:mtopotl. The defeat of the Turks in A.ia is conifirtmel, DeVilliers, with troops, joined the allied ileet of Aand. The C:.::r, Archduke and Archl'uebess Con stantine, narrowly eseaped capture by an Eng lishm steamer. Spain was tranquil. The Qiueen h-ul accept ed Elpartero's plan of goverannent. Espar:ero is President of the (ou:cil, and O'Donnell, Mlin ister of War. Queen Christiana is allowed to leave Spain. But if she does not go, will be foreibly ejected. The Itoyal Council has been suppressed, the Junta abrogated, and the trial of the ex-Mini7 ter ordered. Sartorius is in prison. The old .\linister is concealed; the exile of the Infant, Don Einrique, revoked. Important news is expected from the Baltic. The Kings of Austria and Prussia were hold ing a conference at Jachul, on the 31st ult. City traninil. Lieut. Bonaparte sent his rcsirna tion to Wash inzton and has joined the French :rmv. 'ihe Western 'owers had formally rejected Russia's propt.- ions, but made a new one. The Cabinet, of Vienna has notified its wil lingness to ente.' iin new propositions. The Cholera is raging in Italy. YE.LOW F;.vr IN SAVANNAH.-A letter re eived by a gentleman in this city from a friend of his residing in Savannah, Ga., and written on the 12th inst, has been kindly submitted to our perusal. It contains the startling informalion that the yellow fever has made its appearance in that city. The writer says: "It is pretty thick. No one knows how many, but report says trenty cases occured yesterday. The peo. ple here don't like to own it, but there is no doubt there is plenty of it here." This is the first intimation we have seen of its exi-Aenee in Savannah. Since writing the above we have received the Savannah Republican of yesterday. It says: It will be .een that the Board of health re port three deaths the past week from yellow fever. It is but proper to add, that the disease is confined to a very small and much neglected part of the eastern end of the city, near the in tersection of Bronghton and East Broad sts. that it has not assumed anl epidemic from, and that there is not the least alarm felt by our citi zens.-Augusta Constitutionalist. THE Newbery' Sentinel of the Mtl inst.,says: Gold has beeni discovered in this district, ott a plantation about. 13 miles fromn here, owned by N. A. luoter, an enterprising citizen of this ulace. Soveral fine spccimens have been dig ~overed-on the surface. I, is probablu that a gntenan welt'known for his energy wilt com mnenee operations shortly to test the richness of the mine. \Ve wish thmm suegess, and trnst that they may be :rmply repaid, by gathering qun:tities of the shining ore. The mo're mion ey thme better for us. it brintgs in advertising', it exte-nds the circulation of papers, it, infuses life into even list less people, and it gives subscribers amnd debitors thme wherewith to settle up accounts. Citizens search your soils, for there's mamny a mine of gold hereabouts, that has hin uniis covered for years, wvhich if funmnd, would place you, like Dorn, among the umillionires of the day. Go ahead, gentlemen, hunt up your gold muines." Coxi. John Downecs, whose dea':th occurred a few dayvs ago, wv.is, when 1:2 years of a:ge, it is s:aid, sent from hiome by his father, with a pack on his back, and told to seek his fortune at sea. WVhen out of' sight of his fathler's hmonsh, he sat on a fence and wvept. He soon, however, seized his bundle, and resolutely bega~:n his journey. Onm arriving in Be-ston, he made his way to the phiace where the Cousnitution was fitting ont. Hie fell in with her first licutenant, lsa:ic Ilull, to whomu he expressed a desire to be taken on bnard. A few gnies:ions were !lnt atnd answered satisfactorily, :md~ his desire was gratifie-d. lie behiaved so nobly, fur a boy during his tird~ trip), that his commanider procured him a midship muan's warrant. Such wvas the comnmneenent oft a long, useful and brillant career in the naval service. Tuz Crnors.--Thme Eufaula Spirit of the SouthI, of the ab inst. says: "'We have hamd another week's residence in the Torrid Zone, at least the temperature here would be highly eredi table to the Equatorial regionis. All vegretation seems to gasp for life. The corn crop once so pronmising has been irrepamrably injured-and cotton is shedding its fruit with an apparent umnaniumous res-alution to bear no more. The Rutst is commtiittintg its ravages in many planta tions, and altogether the prospects of the cottont crop have mneterially dee'ined in the last two weeks. Tihe heat is so intense that it seems one week does ams munch injury as two week's of old fashioned dry weathecr." The followiing troum the MIonticello (MIiss.) Journal, of the 5th, is better news: The corn crop is made, and is a good one. Couton looks fine, and if it should mecet with no mi kf4rtuane, prombesC. the lairgest yield known in this country for years. THEr Coaxs rn:or.-We !barnx from 'person~s front Westmi * lmd coubnty, Virgin ia, thamt in many pa:rts uf :bat and the adjoiinmg counties the entire growinig corn crop has been nearly destroyed ny the drought ; so much so that ma ny lbriers -ac beginning to talk of buying corn fur their ow:: use the ensuing year. Fields that have hecrei-tore yielded, in a good season thou. sands of bashela, will not yild this season hun d reds. In WVashington, Rtussel!, Smythe, Lee, and Tazewell counties, but little corn will be made this season, in conisequcett of dry weather in that section of the State.-Richmiond Emnquirer. 3EuaRDER OF AN A31En SeAN IN CmuNA.-The Chinese mail brings an account of the murder in China of 3Mr. George Perkins, a Bostonian, formerly of the houso of Thwing and Perkins. Lately he retired from the house of Russell and Co., Canto,. H~e Aft the bark Coneordia from San Fratneino at the entrance of Hong Kong hairbor, on the 1.5th of M1ay, in a Chinese boat for 3iacao. Not aippearinlg at that place, search was made by thme U. S. Consul, 3Mr. Spooner when it appeared that the crew of Chinese boat had murdered hinm in his sleep, in order to obtain his etl'ects. Several of thme murderers have been arrested anid have conmfessed the crime-. 31r. Perkins, though a young man, hand amatssed a large fratune, with which he was about to return home. TAxEN IN.--One of the Philadelphia papers states that a South Carolinmian namned Burges was swindled out of two hundred dollars by the" "prtent safe game" in that city last wveek. He walked with a newly-made acquaintance to wvards the Fairmount Water Works; met a third party whoi hiad a beautiful little box that lie would bet any aimount of money could1 not be opened; Burges' nlew friend took tip the banter, amid not having thme nec-essary amount of funds with him, Burges lent him two hundred dollars; the box could not be openeLd and the ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. TIIURSDAY AUGUST 24, 1854. Rail Road Barbecle! Ox Wednesday the 6th Sept., a Public Dinner will be given at Edgefild C. II., for the purpose of aiding in building a Roil Road from some point on the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road, passing through this Village, to some point on the South Carolina Rail Road at or near Aiken. The Ion. Thosus C. PERRIN, President of the G. & C. Rail Road, and others are expected to ad dress the meeting. r17 All intcrested in the said Road, and the pub lic generally are earnestly invited to attend. Returned. WE beg leave to salute our readers most cordially upon resuming the chair editorial after a month's ab sence. We hope they have all done well and remain ed hearty. That they have enjoyed the camp meetings, and barbacues of the summer we have no doubt; and it i< pleasant to find that they still have a good many occasiCns of the sort by means of which they nill be enabled to finish the season. You have perhaps all had as pleasant times na those who went a good ways in search of better. And you have saved your money -Ah ! we too often shut our eyes to that part of the busine.s till the fun is all over. However, nid dispnt lndum de sibius. Some prefer to use the things of time atd sense one way, some another. A hundred years hence there'l be but little known of any of us, how or where we lived, whether we saved money or spent it, whether we were social or selfish, cross-grain ed orgood-hunored, humane or cruel,sincere or hollow. hearted. But we meant only to shake hands with all and to wish each one a long life and the enjoyment of just such deliglht as his or her heart may long for. Acknowledgment. WE take this occasion to return our very cordial thanks to JoSEPI ABNEY, Esqr., for the able and handsome manner in which he has filled otr depart. ment of the Adecrtiser for the last four issues. Letter the ZY. TilE last of our letters frott the up-country is ces where on this page. It should have reached the printer's hands in time for last week's number ; but owing to some carelessness it failed to do so. Such as it is, we present it now, although a week's delay has perhaps dried up that freshness which is the chief merit of such compositions. Deferred. Such is the unexpected press uixrn our coltmns this week that we have been compelled to defer one or two communications, several obituary notices and sundry advertisements. We will try to find room for all in good time. Capt. Ward's Speech. WE call the attention of all interested in the pro posed Columbia and Hamburg Railroad tothe sensible speech of Capt. WARD which will be found upon our first page. It appears to us to show conclusively that tCe Ridge route is lte proper one for this road, and indeed the only feasible one. The Barbecuo Postponed. WE are authorised to state that the Railroad Barbe cue, announced last week, is postponed to the 6th of next month, at which time it is hoped that hundreds if not thousands of our fellow citizens will come tp and participate in the pleasures and business of the day. The tables will be spread in the grove of the Edgefield Male Academy, and, preparatory to the dclightful task of eating finely barbecued mutton, ct cetcra, several railroad speeches will be delivered by gentlemen every way competent. Let none stay away who can conveniently come, an.1 let as many as the spirit movett cunse deternined to do momtaintlig rur thu proposed Railroad. We trust their name will be " Legion." ___ Trade at Rome. W. are delighted to learn by late Charleston files that our city is brightenming up for the Fall trade anad that country merchants are already beginning to flock to her wholesale warehouses for their Winter goods. The Charleston Standard is " credibly informed that a larger supply has been ordered for that market thati as ever before known." From othier sources we taderstand that the determitnatin of Charleston sel lers this season is to satisfy buyers that Chaleston is %ke place foir safe and advatasgeous purchases in whatever department of te trades. It is to be hoped that our patriotic merchtarts of ithe interior will for once give their Southern sea-port a fiull and fair trial. She deserves it. Somie of the best wholesale estabh isliments in America are now to be found in Charles on. Exp'ense has not been spared to give them prom itence before the country. A spirit of enterprise, meih as has been manifested of late yeatrs by Chtarles onians, merits much encouragemetnt. Besides, Char eston is our second Southern tmart and nteeds bitt the earty and united support of Southerners for a few onsecutive seasons to place her on rival ground with he foremost cities of the Union. Are we ntot right heni in saying to all those among us, who are p)repat ring to refill their shelves w'ith goods for Sothern onsmtptio," trade at home !'' Giv-e old Charleston a lift. Many have done so for years, and are well satisfiedl to do so again. Let others follow her exam ile. It will all tend to pro:note our home interests, undt to do this, is assuredly at most piraiseworthiy thing. Remtemher, moreover, that thte chlolera, small pox, and other diseases are now sweeping ofT their thtous atnds in New York, while Charleston is in the com parison perfectly healthy. Improvements in our Town. A FTER a short absence from one's own village, any little improvements that may have been made in the interim are very obvious to'.one 's perceptiont. We are lad, on our returnt, to see some evidences of this sort f thing in Edgefield. We ohserve with pleasutre that Ll. F'. has at length deposedi that red top which nce crowned his now handsome mnision--ahso, that :lr. B. C. B. has male a nice two story dwelling out f his former little house-and that a bric-k buildting f handsome proportions and apparet-oly good work manship has beent reared on the Court honse side of our squnare. MIr. S. F. G. has also added somtething to the beauty and cottifort of his lot, and SMr. W. P. B., whlo is settling a new and pretty place in the ott skirts of town, has beena getting on finely. Nt hay ing bteen over to the Buncombe side we cannot say w'hat has been done there. Upon the whole thoutgh, the marks of continouts though, slow improvement in Edgefield village are manifest enough. And indeed she is a neat little village afler all,*about as comely as any place of her pretensibns'we have yet seen ,and far more cleanly and comfortable-looking thtan many a one we wot of. For healthfulness too shte stands tun surpassed. Butt she is terribly doll-and will remain so until we get the railroad here. Then, take our word for it, shte will go up to her proper rank, and will not only be bitt s ill be knoton to be "' the loveliest village of the plain." Invito the Governor. WE o'oserve that his Excellency, Gov. MA 4xtr s, has been invited to several parts of the State on spe cial occasions, and that he has in several instances accepted such invitations. It occurs to its therefore to propose that some occasion be gotten up, during the approaching Cavalry encampment in Edgefield, in honor of outr beloved Chief Magistrate. Whether he accept or not, it will be a compliment to a noble hearted fellow-citizen, one who now occupies a large space in the regards of South Carolinians. Governor .ots L. MAsxNc is a trae type of the Carolina gentleman. Hle is eminently worthy the honorrable post he nose fills. lie discharges his duities with ease and dignity, andI (so far as we can learn) has given universal satisfaction to the people of the State. It could not well be otherwise with one dis:ingnmishted by so many graces of person, soul and inelleet. Whadt say you, gentlemen of the Cavalry, to notify ig and inviting your worthy Commiander-in-chiief t Governor of Nebraska. ThA'r we have nut hitherto noticed the appoint meit of F-rank Burt, Esq1., to the Governorship of Nebraska is niot because we dislike it. On the cont trarv, we were sincerely gratifiud to learn the fact. We knew, when Mr. Burt first went to Washington, that he could and would rise to high position. HI s. ...,, yet. reached,.. whit we er nect for hinm. The Spirit of the Hail. TlE whole county is at length thoronghly excited npon the great and stirring subject of railroads. Wert a chart accurately made oant, exhibiting r.ot onl5 every road already built or begnn, but also every onc now held in contemplation througlout the Unites States,it would he a spider-web affitir indeed. In on< respect however it would differ very widely front h< handiwork of a respectable spider. For, whereas th< generality of webs present a pretty appearance witl many strait lines diverging at regular distances froti a common centre, the chart suggested would be ont confused jumble of cttrves, crosses and zig.zags Still, irregular and absurd though its appearance migh he to the superficial observer, it would present t< every thinking mind a most convincing idea of th extent and reality of modern progress. We confes to having looked for a while nith an appreliensior amounting almost to horror npon this terrific rush a the age in which we live. It has appeared to us, a one time like the unchecked fury of a raging tempest at another like the helter-skelter crowding of bedevil led swine down a steep bank into the sea. But we ar getting quite tsed to the hubbub now and begin t feel more and tmore like shouting with the rest of man kind " onward, onward to the brink-let us hatte the doom of modern civilization, whatever thatdoon may be!" Sotne think and argue with a show a reason that we are all hurrying toigeler into som mael-strom abyss of destrrction. Whtle the multi tile prefer to believe that man is but now beginnin to show forth in its moust powerful light the abilitie and capacities wit It wl~lch his God has endowed hin and that his " annihilation of time and space" by th telegraph and railroad is but among the first brigh evidences of a most glorioua awakenting of hithert undeveloped faculties. We go with the mutitltitude WIto can withstand the forwsard pressure ? Wealth prosperity, luxury, magnificencgnd grandeur are al arrayed on the multitude's side, lending brillitinc and fascination to their thounisatd aid oie schenes c advancement. Awny back yonder sit a few old rust fogies, holding up their hands in inipotet rage be cause the world has scorned to sit down there wil them. They are left to wail forth long .leremiads n their leisure. But Iere we go all the rest of m right on up the gaudy, glittering, gilded steep of prc gress. Make way for the Cars-snort nlond, bray horse-all aboard-puff, puff, ptfT-ehi ily.clha fry chafly-chalffy, clially-chaffvy-good lye, old folki we're off. " The Miami Visitor." Ttt: Editor of this paper has writnen us a long an friendly letter in explanatton of his recent attack tpti the Advertiser, which we accept as entirely satisfac tory. It breathes the spirit of honor and good senis So different indeed is it from the tone of his editoria that we can scarcely believe they are both from th same pen. By his editorial we shonlil judge him t be a rabid abolitionist. By his letter heslhows hinsel a mild Free-soiler. As to further disetission betwee us, we beg leave to decline any thing of the sort. W could not appreciate each other's views. looking upo the question as we do fr,:m such widely differeti points of observation and in such utterly di.simila lights. Still, we shall watch the " Visitor," Uid fit pleasure in setting him right N henever lie nisrelire!;rnw the South, taking it for granitted that a mian of his fai, ness and candor n ill thank us fir dtin; so. But even accurding to this mild "isiors'' accout of Anti-Slavery feeling in Ohio, it is bad enouigh standing resolutely opposed to any further propagatioi of lte Institution, and ready to resist ltie execntion c the Fugitive.slave law at all hazards. What nor can the ratikest abolitionists do at present to injure ou interests and destroy our equality as Free States i this Union ! You are all, friendly " V1iior," practi cally upon the saine plaifornt ; tnd it is a platform, It its caution you, which may yet tear a-,der iti masler-piece of Republicanism, t ratistiitteil by a tigh toned ancestry but altused:id dishonrred by unworth suns. Beware lest yon sufThr yoirself led on to mos unjust and unhlioly actions by the deceptive beokonin of a ragged sef-righleoutis philosophy. Tho Blue rLidgo ailroad. Thim in the greatew.t onterprie ever yet t an roo for the interess'f Sotth Carolina, antd we tre glad i see, by the report o.f Presidetnt GouonNt , that ever thing connected with it promtises well. The work ws learn, is tunder contract as fasr as the Tutnnel, and beginnting h as beeitnimade upont that also. Th'lis ton nel however is said to he a juib of fearfuil magttitude It is thioughit that BANSs will suggest to the bouardl o directors tihe policy of avoidintg it by some rotntnd-a bout way. Perhaps it would bue better to hearken t any such suggestiotn, especially if i shall save tin: cotnsiderahle portion of expenise. For, after aill, tht qutestion of nmeans is nnw the great arid all impiortnn one with the Blue Rlidge companty. Andiu, as ahuplica lion for aitd n ill tdotibless be made at the naext sessiori of our Legislatture, wvould it not be well for the petoph andI the cantdidates to think aboutt this too while thbe are taking tip tither questions of mitch smialler ino mtent ! Shall the Blule itdge Cutmpanty be helpted b; the State or niot ? Let that be the qutestioni or at leas one of the quesitins. For ournuelf, we are opposed ir priniciple to rte State's dabblingr itn any scemites ol eniterprizes that properly belnig to her citizens, whteithe these be Ra~ilroads, lntk limads, Facntries, Sceamer lutes or whiat not. Blut really this Blue litdge roat looks so grand itn its intrentioi~ns, so pironmisinig of the richest results to thte State at large, so like the oipetnin. tip of a nmighty Ilood-gatte of iop'letnce for us all, thal our priniciples sem almoist to flutter -"like the shtade . By the qurivering aspeni tmadte." Still we stick tio them, but aver oturself in thti itnstanace more thtan willing that all mten shuld difei fromt us. Tho North Carolina Election--It's r-a. tionale. F-r is ascertained that BRiAGG (Dem.) has beatet DocKERY (Whig) stome 2000 votes for Governor This is riot a coirrect showving of the relative strenigil of the Whtig atnd Demnocratic parties itn the old Nortli State. DocKERY's larga vote is atiribtable to th( fact that lie aidvocated the immediate conistrution o te Great Centratl railroatd, whitch is to rnn trrr West to East all thtrotugh North Carolitna, emtinii itself at Beautfort the newly estatblishietd seaport uot the Atlantic. The people tecame very muttch excitet upon this subject, especially those whn i expected to bt directly benefitied by tie road. Uniaw; took te con. servative ground of iopposinig the mealsure, as far a. it was propJosed to borriw mnoney Ott the credit if the Stte for its purposes, lie was willing; to it, providhet the State Iinances were itt nii time urippled by thu operation. Uitt, strange to say. umbers of his fl low-citizents, in that old liip Vani Winikle Sntate whlost proudlest feather hast heretofore been her flnsh treasury anid freedlomn front debt, went for plunoginig her int< thre vortex of the credit system to accoimplishi at uric tergrani-scheme uof a State railrotad. Doctn:nt' sawthehobbymunted it andI rode it through mos furioudly. Bitt it was a failure at last. Whuigger: strove in vain to rise to nine nootch of sucrcess. W are iniclined to thitnk it is a "gonec coon skint" ii North Carolina. BtarGG is said to be DocrxEnt's superior in all res pectsi. __ Erskino College. THE Abbeville Indepenident 'rcs~s speaks ~in th< highest terms of the condition andI prospects of ibi: Institution. We append a portioin of thnat paper's re maks in regard to Erskine College, anti brg to regi-tel our best wvishes for its permanent success. rTus wv rites the Press: Allow nis a word in reference to tine College gene rally. We have the pleaisinig intelligence that tin Endowment will take efliect at the opening of thn next session in Novemnber.-Stme forty-eight thtousam dollars' worth of scholarships have been sold alreadly anti there are still " a few mtore of the same sort" t< be obtained by early application to MIr. iinrtrutiLt,0 any other of the agents. We speak the sober conviction of an tunhtiased jindlg ment when we say ai citizen of A bbeville conid scarce y do more for his'District in otte au-t thiati by inivestim the price of a schilarship itt Erikine. W/e have re-s ded int the midst of that commnunitv, at the same tint perhaps prejudiiced agaitist the fieculiarities of ihi '-Seceder" fatith and worship, aind we cart saty, a nmor, honorable, liberal, arid truly generous commtuntity C citizens is not no be ftound ini this District or Staute Tfhey tire eminiently wiorthmy of truist; rind, so fttr as we can judge, the conductmirs of Erskinie Cumllege ar as capable in the discharge oif preceptorial duties as they are kind and cotisicitmious in the dischtarge t those of a sricial and religious chanracter. livest, thnen, in Erskinie College. hr will paY. you children a dividendt when younr bank amid radlroat sttcks shall have tonig been forgotten. It will be remnernberedl that this College is sitniatet at a plhace call " Dme West," in Abbev'ille District said to be as healthy as any part of our State. W< respectable one and that thei'stitution has within it-. self the rmeans of imparting avery fair education. Let it be fostered. i ae1 Electric Disasters. Fnox al accounts tie genius of electricity has been revelling furiously for the last month or two through out the Sunny South. Disaster after disaster has hap pened thereby, some of them involving a most melaiche'ly loss of hnmanlife. Amongothers,several residence.i in this vicinity have been pretty severely visited, without the loss however, of any thing moro thian a few fine cattle anti some choice shade trees. Yet the lightning of heaven is a great blessing, purifying and renovating our atmosphere as it flashes alon. And Franklin long ago told men how they might avoid most of its dangers; but they heed not his counsel. r Editorial Correspondence. WAax SPaRiss, N. C., Aug. 8, 1851. Tts is a beautiful place on the banks of the French Broad. The buildingsare well constructed, of brick, and present a very handsome appearance. In front of the main building runs a collonade seve ral hundred feet-long, the roof of which is supported by large white pillars reaching to the top of the se cond story. A fine promenade this, for young or old, at twilight hour, when the supper room doors are almost ready to be thrown u'pen and a trio of darkies ire making such music as they can to relieve the te dium of hungry expectation. The public rooms of the hotel proper are large and commodious enongh, and the chambers are unusually so. Besides the main building, there are six or eight comfortable brick ca t 'bins each capable of accommodating a large family. One of these we occupy, anti must say in justice to our temporary dotnicil, thatwe have nowhere during this trip passed our time so agreeably in point of mere bed-chamber accommodations. But this is by no means all that can he said in recommendation of the Warm Springs as a sojourning spot for travellers. Look out from your cabin indows, and on every side your eyes will be gladdened by the sight of luu riant, matted parterres of the softest and freshest blue grass. In fact, the entire front part of the grounds is covered with this lovely coat of green, Inttrsected here and there by a sufliciency of nicely-trimmed walks to enable curly strollers to avoid the heavy dews of the season. After the dew is ofi, one vatly prefers to tread the velvety grass itself. What a place for children to romp and frolic, for little girls to roll and fumible, and for little boys to kick up their heels, stand upon their heads and wheel sonersetts ! It really tempts much older persons to the capering mood. As we watched a goudly lot of bairns thus enlgiged last evening, wye were trarnsported in fancy I full twenty-four years hacl'into the past. It has been e about that length of time sinre, in company with a D father and a brothe*r (both of whom hi ve been for f many years in their graves,~ we visited this then i famous watering-place. The grass grew as green then c as it does now. In place of tire brick eabins which at have been since luilt, there stood some diozen or so t of plain wooden ones, neatly whbite-washed without r arlhourzh somewh:tt amenable to the chtarge of hed I hnggery within. These cabins were then tihe chief s if not the only rooms for gnests, anti from thence we were wont to be sumnoned by a sonorous bit shrill toned bell to our meals, which were served up t in a'long hall har-by. Around the cabin doors were - then held the .gatherings for social converse, whist, a &c. It seems to us that, complete as the change has if een, we can yet come very near locating the cabin t in which we tabernacled. The next to it, we well r remember, was tenanted by old Mr. Bir.t.v GARRETT f of Eldgefield, whose habit it was to visit these springs - every year during the last tweity oif hi. life. The t one opposite vas occupied -by Colonel WHItTFIF.D S9Roo -s, and his son PrEsToN, tie latternow our - mei r to Congress. Anothir one near by sheltered the phy.viqe of our worthy teacher and still remnm t bered friend, SAuEL B. 'kFoRD, now professor ; in tire University of Alabama' Still -rrnither (if our memory be not treache is) was ocen-ipied by old CuASccM.Wto DEsAussyqn his venerable hend then white nith tire frostsof Mryv intML.,ttkers_ 9 ther. e %,.~;. in tat is , h "a ineake up. one of Ste mnost free atid'easy coteries perhaps thrat ever mret Sat a watering place. At least sutch are tire impres Sins of it left upon thre taiblet of on r menmory. Bet ween enconversation, and cards, ainI drives, anid bathiig, and - billiairds (there was a taible in one of the aforesaidl . white-washied c-abiins,) the hours seemed to fly lightly F over thre he-ads of onrr seniors, whiile to these of its - who were just approximating our teens, there was I joy, andI sport, anrd glee in every tihing. 'Alt! those were to tis tire halcyon days of bnoghlood. : wheni care was an entire stranger tol ottr hearts, when Stears were forgot as soon as shed, when all natire - see-med but a grand panoer~raa for our usc arnd enjoy mienit, rind islen gentle sleep fell tuponr ruar liths at nightfall only to make tire next day's sport as jiryouts as its prredecessor's. Buit wo wander. Thre means of ac~cess to the Warmr Sprrings are not as gooid as fiormery. 'lThe tnrropike aioung thre French Bitoad, has become exceedingly rugged ; so tmuch so itndeed, as greatly to matr thre effect of its splendid scenery. In goring from Ashville to tire Wrmn Springs, onre descends a thoeusanid feet. 'The river in most places dashes out nhth tire rapidlity of a torrent--occa .sionrally it finds a level oif a half mile uipon n' hicht to ehbta placitd surfacre. Its banks are meounrtainr sidles. "Rot-ks anrd nodJing groves rebellowv" to tire -roar oef its waters. It-s course is fregniettly sinnous, somtetimies almost dlistorteed, showing how diflicrilt tin arraungemiet it was ton locate a river thtus int tire very tntdst of mountain niobse. But here it is, and a mrore -strikinig combihinatiton of' tire beauitiful and tihe grandr is dilflicult teo be fonndl anywhere. The celebratedl "Paint Rock" is seven mles beloiw Warmi Springs ard thre yet more celebrated "Chimanreys" a mile further on. A n old mulatto mhan, whroappeared to lbe a denizen of tire neighblorhtood, informed us that the old Paint Rock was not honored by visitors now as it "u'ed to was"-thrat formerly it was comimon enough to see a party of yoeung peoiple dancing a reel on its broa~d, flat top-but that now, if they rode out in bug rgies and looked up at the old fellow trnce or t wice in passing, it was enough. Ife also stated itr us the in neresting fter, thait hre well ri-eembered tire time (" forrty-e-ighit years ago last Jrune") whnr tire wholie of that rock wars painted as bright as poppies arid pinks frnea brottom to trp-and that it's nanme "' come a oti htway." 'IThe " Chiimnetys" are irregen iar columns of fragmentary stone, priledl up ite tire height of three or forur hteudred feet, boith of them I hanging directly river tire road anti river below. Altrrgethrer the lRock anti its accomlpanyinig roc-ky sen twrels are well worth the seeing. Seeme peo-pl etmake a big fuss over far more despicable objects.--We can edidly tink tire Patrons deserve enceouragemtenit here. Their table, although not at all elegant, is comnfurta he arid cleanly, their servants are attentive arid well bsehaved, thir ice isfreely atteservice of visitors, adtheir owvn personal at tentions to gtuests are nimnely and appropriate. 'rThe best ducks by fan, of all we I have seen this summer, wvere served uip here. T hey are fattenied by tire hundred in ain enclosure on thre river-side, and certainly make delightful diishes. -There is, in short, riothring absolutely objectionable about tire place--nothing dirty, nothing siited, noth-. ing haif-cookedl, nothing hralf marie, (except thre tenI pin alley wich is abominable. Upon tihe wholde, we desire to beset down as a friend to thre Warm Springs as now conducted. If ever we co-ne this route again, it seems to us th:rt we shtalhave but four stopping places tis side of Tennessee-one at Greenvile, one at - BarrrToN's Mlountain House (Fla, R ock,) one at Ashe ville, and thre other at W~arm Springs. We mightt stop at IIAwts~'s in Greenville 191strict, and mitt ALIEXANDEa's on tire Frenich Broad road, if we felt Ithe need of a good plain dinner either day.- One mors tl:iung there is, about tire Warnui Springs, that we amr irubond to make known to tire world at large: it ia tire fact that one NaroL~coN BesararTE Ilu-rcut i -sos,a p:erfect niggr i ooks and fuly as gniea gen stripedl wooden elonigatioen, thre erected to indicate to all beardedl gentlemen, wire desire to tranrsforma their 'aces initoft bearJless condit:.on, that a barber may be fund witin:. TIry that ltarber anid you willi find hinm really a Napoleon of the nr-zor-strp. Whlen *your go to dinner, beckon to Naro.EoN if you wishi Isomething particularly good. When you dance in the eveirnig, whisper a word in Nr~poleon's car if it's a regunlar "break down" you're after. Napoleon dress es fur dinner in a blume-jacket witihbrighrt brass buttons, white piants, shiny slioes, anrd ia lushty her.d. At sup I per there is a slight improv-ement. Amnd at tire dlanic, ,ie still exhibits sume audditionli brilliancy. Na pa leon B. Hutchrinson, sometime oftonarlotte, N. C. bite ,o .........riPy of .ired. W.....r .:.. S iogs,n noreo-er, a I Democrat, and a talking Democrat at that. It is ti ellow-feeling thus awakened between us, superadd o a modest hint from the black bugger himself, whit ias given him a place in our brief picture of tl Warm Springs. We have now taken te extent of our trip and pr pose to turn home-ward bright end early to.morro1 If our letters have been dull, let it be burn in mii hat we have had but scanty materials, unless we h :hosen to apostrophise every hill and dell nd rot snd stream of the least remarkability that lay in ou way. Thus indeed could we have filled a little v< ume, with no very great amount of repetition eithe But this is'the part of the poet more than of the tou rist. Had we time,we have pirtures enough of beau and subimity,left impressed upon our inind,to embelli i second " mysteries of Udolpho." But we expert keep then there for our own private reveries. If m: nivy us this luxury, let them come over this wi some tim or other and see for theinselves. By ti time they elimb four or five mountains and look awa iver into the States of Georgia, Tennessee, Nor Carolina and Virginia, we warrant that they shall I made most fnlly to concur wihi a certain white-hai ed urchin who once observed to his father (after r turning from a ten-mile jaunt to the far mill) Well, pappy, if this world is as big tother way as is that, it's a whwoper, by granny." Before putting aside our pen for the present, 1 may remark that we have found the healitefulness [lte conntry through which we have passed iinea lei ving home in no wise stperior in that of our villa aid vicinity. It is a li:tle coutler but not a whit mu -alubrious. All through the mountains it is as sick this season as it is with us. Along the French Bro; we know of several families that have been verv verely afflieted throughout the Summer. At the c vorite stand of Alexander's there have been twent five or thirty cases of fever. The first thing we sa at Ashville was a funeral procession. This was n however any index to the hiealhh'of the town as t case was a consumptive one. As for fruit. we have had none worth mentionin except a delicious box received by Miss BasNAN fre Columbia which she distributed with a lavish haot There are no peaches here, tniserable-yes conten tible-a-atermelone, and very fe w npples even. Sui vegetables as tomatoes, okra &c. are just now fully the market. In truth, we further South can be this whole section out antid out in all the cotnforts the vegetable garden. But we close for the preset hop1ting at some point below to be able to add furth interest to our very hurried communication. AsHEvILLE. N. C. Ang. Our readers will please excuse me for failing cuntinue this letter as promised above. Since n arrival at this place, the shocking intelligence It reaclied us of the death of my wife's notier. I puts an end to our pleasure for the trip. We hast hoine itnnediately and shall endeavor to reach u village by the time thih goes to press. TIIE EDITOR. 0 0 H1 I U NIC A T 10 N S. FOR TilE AnvEtTIFsM. "MEMORIAL IN RELATION TO THE CHART! GRANTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF S. C.' MESSRS. JONES & KENNEDY, IN DEC. 1853." 6ticti is the title of a production which hat r cently appeared in pamiphlit form, and also in t coluntts of the Advertiser, under eircumstnte which induce th - belief that its main object is iflutunce the Senatorial election now pending in o District. This conclusifon is not unwarranted view of the fact that the repeal of the Charter question, is not seriously urged upon the attentiitn the Le;is'ture. Suggestitions it is true are tmade this document as to the power of the Legi.-lature repeal, but they do not appear to have been 1I lowed with tny serious arguient in their suppt Indeed this would seem to have heen a work of s pererogation. on the part of these nienorialists, afi their very fronk ndmtiss~on. that the Charter questoitaJ i-e prirto.iw.prapcrn, " iwo , neak a tState to repts its e wii Ortrnr, uenrnrtttitu itmtt bestttw it tupon antothter, is to dlo what no ho of mnemotri:dlists, we apprehetnd, h:is ever _hatd bolh ness to attetmplt. It would sem, however, tI th e au thor of this mnemtori.dl has sotie vngtte at indlit ite notio, ,foun tdedl upon the lawt of i en ntent doiin," thaut a Staute can resutme her grau at leasure, tupon comipenistintg the gratntees thii for ; anti this high perogative lie wubu aisk Staite of Sutth Caroliina, ini this inismine, to exerei ntot for her ownt bentelit or that ttf her citizetns, L: to place itontey in the pocket of the City Council A ugttsta. Befetre etntering tuptn the argnmetunt, or attemtpti a repIly to the positionts asstiue itt this very anton 1t0 us doumttet, we tiust be permtitted to say, that have not the hlitilest ktumwletdge of the nanme tof itutor, or the slightest aeqjuaiintancee with the imi vidual mtnuorialists, as the copy before us is ii it )ut a sinigle signtature. rThe auithotr of this tmemoriali prouposes, at the mit set, to disetums the qutestitn in thrtec lsptets, antd I lie utterly fails and brteaks downt with the first ort tavinig the others ahnust untouch-:d. His first p 4itiont is the otnly one, we proptose at p'rese-t, reguhi ly tt ntttic: as the secondiulhas nothinug whatever It) with thte qutestiton tof repeal ;anud the thirdl fa o the groutnd of itself, by reaisoit of its own inihcre *enkness. " s-r. Whether the City Council of Augus ir the owners of' said Brudge ?o Now, in otur otpinion,. the deedl of Jttdge EAin o A~iUE IHA LE, upont whiebh so nmuch relintnee 'miced ini thu memuorial-and which, if we may jilowed to judge by the spatce its atuthor lhas tdevot o its discussion, is the oitly title the City Count ~f A ugusta have to tins property-htas nothtling whn ver to do with the questioni. Fttr if it be constru s cotnferritng a ptetpetuaul Charter upoti SA~uu IAns, his heirs atnd aissignts, it is directly ini ti eeth of the Charter passed just seven days pr eio o its executiont, inve'stitig thtemi with thec franci or ftoutteen years tinly; anid is thterefotre inop.-r ive antd votid. Besides, it is very mtatnifest, bo 'roun the tone of his comunicutiatiotn tu the Legisl ure, whlichi we shall quote directly, andit the ve~ ;u irded teritt wh~chi he empijloys ini the dieed itsel lint .Judge E~tti itntetide I to restrict his gratt ow teater murk, andu to a conveyatttn of ti toutment only. And a.-titn, Judge KantE hadi uthourity to exercise any suchl prert'gative, ats tht tf confering a perpetuaul franchlise upon any on his autthlority was confined solely to a sale of ti and upon wvhicht the aibutmtenit of the Bridge reste f it be regarded as convevying the whtle of the s< o the centre of the strettt, anti the structure whi< overed it, tihen such an ustsumtption is totally ult varranted by anty mtode of construction applicab o such instruments. That deed conveyed only p)ot of groundt extendinig to the margin of thte riv ut lao water mnark, to, S.uEr. H A4s, in trust, th should be devoted, solely and exclusively, as Tridge abutment and a public highwcay. Au [udge EArRLE expressly refused to convey sil ;reater extenit of land, or upon any other conditiot han those expressed in the deed. In his report I hie Legislatute upon this subject, previous to thi xecution of the deed, lie says: " Sonme misiuderstandhing however arose in thi riogress of the negoeinitiont, ini respect to the extet f the conveyance, andi in relation to the guoundl o vhtichi the end1 tf the Bridge antd the aubutmenctt at mintt, which Mr. ..E Seemedu to hiave expeutedil ic, and whieb I declined conveyinig ini that wva; eeause I supposed the State might think it advisaub a retain some control over the Bridge in future. .11ere we have the declaration of Judge EARat; neked by the deed itself, refusinug to convey nrt ortion of the material structure or the soil wchic Scoers, and the ecogent -anud conecusive reatst veni therefore, viz: the State thtouight it advistab o retain some control over the Bridge in futur he deed in questioni was, mtost probably, thue rest fa coimpromtise between the pazrties. Judge EARa! onisentinig to convey the naked fee, but couiph rith the condition tha~t it should be used solely ar xclusively as a Bridge abutment and a hightoap hu ..abhtn thuatc to zenit snmc " .o..,.. i. e the Bridge," at the expiration of the frar.chise, which she had just granted to VALE and his asso h eiates. For should she think proper, at the expira e tion of the Charter to IIALE to invest in others, she had the full power to do so, having parted with no portion of the soil covered by it, anl having formal ly dedicnted to its use, and thit of the puh'ie. a high d way leading to it, and constitutinlg IIALI the Trus k tee for thait purpose. Nor was HALF, and th.oase he ir represented, any losers by this operation, the spot of I- ground being doubtless worth to them during the r- continuance of their Charter, ten times the amount r of the consideration paid by them for it. Y )id Judge EMLE ever execute :ny other or better conveyance than the ole we are iw con silering ? If so, it is incumbent upon the City Counnil of Augusta to exhibit it, ind his au thorty for making it. Judge E.inRLe was too wise y a man, and understood the interests of the State ,h of South Carilina, too well, to make, in the ad ie sence of all authority, any coinveyance oIf the ground r- in question, other thaii that which dedicated fur ever, to the use Alf tie State of souti Carolina. and the public, as a highway, reserving all the in terest ste possessed. in thte structure itslf. and the so:1 which it covered. A 11 thierefore, that 1 l.u-e, his heirs aid assigns, touk u nder I lie deed of J udg'e . :a:., was tie highwVy lea i)g t the Bridge, which they hold forecer, in !rust, for the use of the 11bir ! r.et them imake the most 4f it Y Something however is said in the mnauial mbout the Bridge itself, passing under this deed by impli cation. because the material structure was n'cess:ary to the enjoyment of the spoat eonvyed. Can aiy position be more absurd ? Why, neeniding to this Adoctrine, when a man coinveys a cart, his horse also pe passes by implication in tie sane .,anveyance, though exprIssly reservel% beeause a horse is eslen gial ti the use of a cart. Besides, by the terns of rn the deed, IIAL, his heirs and assigns. were to hold, I- while the piublie were tii enjoy the use But let us inquire further itto the title of the City Council of A ugusta to that portion of this structure within the limits of South Ca olina. It is unden'u nt ble that they lerive their title directly (we asume ofI t of ciurse, that the author of the mvemoral is not in er earnest in elaitning it under hw deual to IIAI.E) fi ni GAZAwAy B. 3LtAin, whto was the alinee of the Batik of the State of Geor-:a,. who were the lour to chasers (under a sale for fitelisur.) of the interest iy of SIeI.'rz & lCKIsNsiE. Now let us see i'hiat title 21SnIrz & Coorit, the oriLinal grantees, derived is frio the State of South Carolina. We quote fromt, the Act of our Legislature, passed in 1813. cinfer ur ting the Charter upon these petsuons. The clause teads as tallows . "That IfEsniY SiiLvtrz and Lr.wis Coorvin, are hereby empowered, at tir town e.xp. nee, to bit Il a toll i--e olver tle Savannah River ; amil that the s:nie (i. e. the toll brid4'ej he vestel in the saAd I exNr StelrrZ :n1 LFwis ('oor:t-:. iht-ir hiirs and U a-sivn,. Jar and during the term of twenty-onC years." Now we would ask what title the Batik of the - tate of Georgia bought under the sle nillu'hd to ? Unquestionally the title of Snuvirz & Coo'En, ! which we have just recited. The Court was not to empiowered to sell a greater-they tou!d not buy a r greater. Did! the City Council of A ugusta buy a in better one? If they did, their redress is uponi G.z.t ill wAY B. LAsAn, wIto sold them agreater title thian of lie himself po-ssesseda ; ftar lie was the a!ienee of the "i Hatik of the St:,te of Georgia, who boidht the title to of Snurz & Couren, and to, wlni the Briulg,' hNd been re-chartered by our Legislature, in I .0, for fourteen years, upon the lrteis terms it had been p' previouslyto Su Lrz & Ccorma. er Atd again, let its hear the City Council of Au rtust state the best title dey have ever been S'niind that this is a title brought by the in itito romt: yfor it is ait extract fromt thieir answer toa a Hill in~ SE itwhich lada been filed by the Trustees of at SneCLrz, nga:unst theni atnd aothers, anda drawn,, it is id!believed, by the late able ad nieeaun'pliihedl lthen. -Anto I ENRE WiL.ie, wiho, if we mnist:.ke ntil atid t1 a their' Sadicitort otn that e:e:sioni, and argued thteii c- use for themi. The extract says: L' " So far :s relates t the miaterial sitrucetu re nowi e, existitnc, they hiold it by thie right of hanvinig cautsed ut it tii be erected, and haing paid for it " of Can a moure feeble title he statedl upo~n papuer How matny men tare there who have gone ito, Court ,g with preeisely the samt~e title--hiave bein dl'eriive a- tof their propLriy-and laughed aout of thIe buidinigi eIt is true, thant this titie was not ignoaredl int th's in tt ie'e, fir ais feeble as it was, it was vathdi as againsi i.Suttvz ar'uid hiis Tfrustees: tlie Chianeelur (the late . Wat. llArEni) decidin:g, " Thait all the Cotmplainant. Suntrtrs', rit atnd titerist therin:. had passedl away by the expiratiuri of his Chmarter'.nn athle francehiise ara exeusive pr'ivi lre'ge wichi.l conistitutedl it haisi1 pierty, no longtr'I ut exists." ePrecisely in the samtie mn:ner have the right andt --initerest ofh the City Coiunci l ot A uigusta patsse'd away, r-The Chatrter' to the IBank of the .'tamte if Geourgin, to under whla om they claim, throiugh: GAZA w.tvi H. L. Is at.u. having expired itn 18.1$. tnid the exclusi-ce t priillege wchich constituted it their properly no longer exists, bitt hats been tratnsferredl to others a They have lost it by their own default in nieglectingj to apply fir a re-eharter. If it he assumed, that because ti patty ha' the right to hutil ia bidge an.t iS der athority' froam the Legislature. and to himld the same for a limrited nutmber of years, that therefore, lie has ant exclusive proiperty ini the stt uetutre, thujh buil upami the soil aif thc State, then the singular t-doutrinte is advanced that the granit of a franchise 1(whic~h is all that constitute's it his propet ty) fair a Iimitedl periaid, is a grant in perpetuity. The same adoeti inie maay ilso be advanced in respect to the right ito take taills, or to the e'xercise of any ether fran eC hise. The efyeect of such a positisai is at oiice ali parent. Fair iindepeindent iaf its abtsurdity, it waouldh phi hre ini thle power' of a single indiaividunal, the right tea usurp the sovereign nuthity. We thierefaire adoubt very muich, the exi,'tence iif~ soanueh nudaci ty, in the mind of grensioable beiing. But agmin. The City Counc'il tif Aungusta have e been divested of their title to this propierty by their 0 owni volunotary act. W hent they purchased and took tpossessioni, uinder the Baink of the State of GL'orgiuf, they formally anid practically aneceptedl the tertms Iunder wahich that institution obtained this property, viz tht teirchartered rights should ex'st but btook possession proclaimed the period of its termii tuation, and they wvere, ipso facto, at the arrival of C this period, dlivested of their property. It is idle a to say, that the Legislature of 18418, was bo~und to r re-inivest them waithi the franchise, pati'"arly in ithe atbsen'e taf any applientioni therefor. Every one *knows that a legislative body cannot bind its sue e essors. For the Legislature which nssembled in '30, to bind its successors which should assemble in 1848, to do, or not to do a particular act, is a species 0of atnomatlius legislaition unknown, we apprehend, e to the history of ouir governenenit. So tiuch fur the Title of the City Council of Augusta to that por ttion of the inoterial structure of this Bridge, with a in the territory of this State, atnd about which so e amuch has been stud it: thlis miemoorial. SWe will now chose this comumunication with a few Sgeneral remiaiks uponi the tsugge'stions contained in Sthe memorial, as to the power of the Legislature to ., repeal this Charter. y We assenit most fully and frecely to the position laidi I, dowtn in the memorial, that a Stite, by virtue of the n jlaw of 4 eminent domuai,' has the right, at pleas e urec, to resumie a grant made by her fohcertain pur rposes, upon conmpensating the grantees therefor ;but It:, uinqualihfiedly deny that she can do so for private E I benielit. That South Carolina ean restume her grant d to JoNEs & iENNEnY, by comopensating them thcre d for, and for the publie benefit, we freely adnmit ;but ;that shte cain annul her grat to th e gentlement, r nod bhtowa it upnu the Cit:'Coni Augusta. is unqualifiedly dened. Such an act would be nothing less than to take the private property of one indi vidual and bestow it upon another. To revoke the grant of this franchise to .JoNEs & KENNEDY, would be, we snbm't, practically to invest it in the City Council of A ugusta. For so long as they have tie authority of the State of Georgia, to keep a gate at that end or this Bridge, they are virtually possessed of both the property and the franchise, and can levy contributions in defiance of our authority. They were well aware of this fact; and hence their failure for years to apply to this State for a Charter. And it was only by investing our portion of this franchise in J. & K., and authorizing them to ereet a. Tull Gate to take tolls and at this end, that we ever brought them to terms, and caused them to go into the Federal Courts, to determine the question of their power to collect full tolls, at pleas ure, under only a partial Charter. Now it is true, if Messrs. .J oXF & KENNEDY I1ad been created a corporation by the Legislature, this franchise would be repealable. The State, by.the Act of her Legislature in 1841, having reserved to herself this power over those artificial bodies. Tho history of that Act is well known. It was passed just at the close of that celebrated contest between tie state and the Minks, in wh:ch the Legislature atteimpted to insert a proviso in their several Char ters, that a suspnsioll of specie paymenta, by them Iherfter, should worata filfeiture of their Char ters;vnd the Courts very properly decided that no author:ty was vested in the L-giliture, to add to or take from, the corporate power of these institu tions, so long as the act of incorporation had an ex:stence. The Bmks had triumphed over the pea plc; and it was to prevent this contingency from aain occurrag, and to provide a cheek upon the power of theie noned eorpo'tions, that the Leg islature wisely resolved to pass the act in question. Indeed for a long time this act, was, from the cir eumstanets attending its passage, thought to be in applicable to any other species of corporations but Banks ; but it has been decided by the Courts, that Ra:lads, and indeed -all other corporations. are subject to its provisions. But as Messrs. Josss & KEN.OEY 1,0 not poess the first attribute of a corponite boly, it is unnecessary, we presume, to pursue this branch of the sulject any further. Sutmi.. thing is suggestedh, however, in the memo r:al as to their constituting a quasi corporation, but as the position does not seem to be seriously pressed, we w1Il dispnpse of it by a short quotation from Ax SELL & Axtis on Corporati.-ns, (Sec. 25, page 21 of the introduction to that work.) I " There nay be also prirate corporations. created with powers sub modo, and for a few spe:fied pour Poses otnly, and which are probably quasi corpora tions. The jo:nt-stock lFanks itICgland..of modern creation, called it o exi.tence by the act of 7 Geo. I V., are considered quavi corpo'rations, as that act providels foor the continuance of the partners, not withistand4inlg a ehane of partners. In this ease the Partn, erhi, has the co:prate attr:bute of auccession. a niinoring Stock Conipany was deened a quasi corpornttitt, becaue a suit tie a dvemtandl against the ConmpIany might, by virtue of an aet of Prliament, be brougLt against the dir.etors. Here is attached the corporate liability of being stued without using the natm. of each individual partner composing tl.e Company. The Gener.l Assembly of the Pres- t blyt r.an Chu cht in Pe*Itnnsylvantia, is not a quasi cotrporatton; because it has not the'eapaeity to puo and be suedt, as an artificial person ; and a quasi coirporation is alo established by law, but that As setibly is not." So it will beseen by the authority just quoted, that quasi corporations are, themselves, " aitificial persons," atnl can on!y be " created by law " they can be sued also, "1 without the, names of each individual partner. being .4used.'; They must be possessed a .-o of the " corporale attribute of suc : ceso. None of tlh;ee ttilM..M.3-.d U..-. vrzv=. -_ D are sup 1osed to possss ;-Ibey are, therefore, not believed to be a quasti corporatin.. In enmelusion, we toust be periitted to asy, that* the authour tof this metmorial evid~enttly does not an dler-tan.d, mucht less atppreciitte, thte high grountds of p u'lie puolicy byv whtch the Legislature of t853 wits actuated in conferrng th~s grant upon Messrs. .J oNEs & KVessmEnv. Ile svens to suppose that it was yes ted in those gentlemten, as thte assignees of laaY ISntIvZ . Nu view of thtis subject cottld be more errotneous, or futrther remnovted front thte tr uth. The truth is, the f.egislature were well aware, thtat S. has hatd no title to thtis Bridge, since he was divested thereoft, by the sale made under thte authority of the Federa! Cnom t, years ago, antd at which the Bank of thte State of Georgia became the piurchasers. They placed their grant upott dlitrerent grounds, and wer~e actuated by far highter impulses. They gave the grant to JON~s & KENNEDY, because they were the otnly aplthl:tnts therefor, and for the pturpose of asserting the juarisd icitin of the State of South Cato litna to the cetntre of the river-taking possession, in thte most .fticient mnatih-r they ktnew how, of that puirtion of thi~s structuLre wt~in thtat jurisdietion aund of vinadicatinig the right and hotnor of the State, both of which had been assailed and outratged by the pet sistancee of the City Counteil-of Augusta-and in defiancee her nuthtority-fur years, to levy tributo upon her citizens at thte Georgia end of this Bridge. Thue State throught her Legislature, htad tried othter ttmans, to get the possession of hter portion of this structure, anid to abiate the nuisatnce of a tribute be ing levied upon the public at the other end of the IBridgce but they were intefiettual. Shte had granted a Charter in 1848, atnd agmain in 1852, and soi care ful was she of the pubtic pocket, that the proviso was inserted in both grants, thatt thte community shtould taut be subjected to thte paymenit of double tolls. But that mecasutre failed to reach her ..nd and' keb far short of her aim. A nd why ? Beeause the City Counceil of A ugusta utterly fatiled to recognize her jutst right. They held they keys of the gate at thne Georgia etnd, atnd closed it at pleasure, upon all persotns who refused to pay thenm tribute under thn ir unatuthiorised demtatad of full tolls. Bat when pos session is taketn of our end aiso, and a gate etected thereon, it becotnes a " tco edged stoord," and cuts both ways! hence thteir suit in the Federal Court aiintst .JoN es & IvV.x EoV, " for the disturbance. OF TtEttR FntANCttiSE I" (catn hiutman arrogance go furthter?) atnd whmcht will we hope, forever and final ly settle, thuis vexed question. We do niot wish to be understood as being the authoraised apologists of blessrs JoNus & KENNEDv in this mtatter.* We would gladly have seen this franchise conferred upon others. The own .Coun edl of JHamburg, for instance, hatd we think, thte greater etnim to thte g:-nnt ; but they were not ap lcants, and the present grantees were : And the ILegisIture could not longer remalb indifferent, and allow thte State to be despoiled of her interest in this valuable property by their default. They were, we subtmit, compelled to act. They have acted; and wve applaud them fur it. CAROLINA. *It is true, that, as the assignees of SWL'z., it would seem that they were entitled to all the benfit confirmed uponi that individual, by the Charter of 1618. Public Meeting. A IKEN, S. C., Aug. 15, 1854. Mat. Enrrom,-A respectable meeting of the citi-. zens of Aiken wvas convened this evening 'as Odd Fellows' Ibtll, pursuant to previous notice. The Meeting was orgatnized by his Honor SALLEs RAsnDAtt, Intendant, being called to the Chair, and Jectes ROextrLAT, Esq., appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting was briefly explained by the Chtair, who ably and ekilhfully showed the great practical advantages resulting to Aiken from the constructiont of a Rail Road fronm some point on the tmain trunk of theo Greenville &' ColumbiaRoad ~ west~cf Saluda, to the South Carolina Rail Road; att or east tof Aiken. B. T. R~oGEts, Esq., submitted tho subjoined Resolutions which were severally and amanimously, adopted.