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.N A BAD WAY.-The editor of the Plaque mine (La.) Sentinel is in a bad way, and no wonder for there is no ide in his village! Think of that. No ice for ten days! Ilow did he manage to get along? Hear him in his issue of thU 12th: TEN DAYS JN PURGATORY.-For ten days now there has not been ten cents worth or ice for sale in Plaquemine--a. very atpt illustration, we think, this excessively hot weather, of being ten days in pargatory ! which we think our friends in the city will readily endorse. Just imagine us in our oflice, driving along at 2:40 speed; setting up and distributing type, for pa per, handbills, blanks and briefs-working press, selecting articles from hordes of newspapers, dashing 0off editorials at the eleventh hour, and every half hour (our office is in the same lot with our dwelling) running in to gratify the appeals of a sick baby. All this we'.ve done for the last ten days, and almost as much continu ally, and just to think, when thirst. bemune in tolerable, of gulping down a glass of boiling cistern water! 31ercy on us! is there no relief from such a state of existience ? THE CASE oF CAPTAtN GiBsox.-The Dutch Government have offered to pay Captain Gibson the price of his ship, but they are unwilling to recompense the Captain for his loss of time, or for the eighteen months' imprisonment in a vile dunaeon, and the indignities heaped upon him. The Parik correspondent of the N. Y. Tri bune, writing under date of the 7th instant. says: "Captain Gibson is now in this city. When he arrived a short time ago :tt tie Hague,.it was a question with the Government whether lie should not again be arrested as afugi/icefron. justici One of the first demands of the Cap tain was for a return of the ship's papers. The request was acceded to, and, on the following day, a bundle of papers was biought to him by a Government servadt, lrge enough to fill a bushel b:Lsket, regulirly bound up and scaled with the Government seal, and marked Captain. Gibson's papers. The Captain wassurprised, but said nothing. When the servant was gone, lie opened the bundle and found to his astonish ment that it embraced all the State documents concerning his case ; the history of his three trials in Java; the secret correspondence be tween the Dutch Government and the Provincial authorities of the IslInd; and in line, the secret and oflicial history of the whole affair. This was too valuahle an acquisition on the part of the Captain to allow it to pass out of his h:nds withoutt an efTort to retain it, so the packnge was immediately despatched to Lontion. The next day an agent of tlie Government called upon th'e CaptaiIn in great trouble, and, stating that the busdle had b e.en sent to him by iis take, asked for its -restoration. But it was too late-the package had left. The Government was furious towards the Captain, and Mr. Bel. mont, being about to leave for his residence in Paris, imformed him that lie had better abse-nt -himself also, for that, when he was gone, it would hardly be safe to remain !" MR. SOULE AND THE SPANIsit REVoLUTroN -The Paris correspondeut of the New York Tribune says: - Soon after the revolution broke out in Spain Mr. Soule left Madrid with his family for a journey of pleasure to the Pyrenees. Nelville Soule, son of the Minister, and attache inierie of the legation, was despatched by his father to Paris and London with some despatetes for the legations in those cities, and also for Wabth ington. le leaves Paris to-day, to join the family in the Pyrenees. In regard to Mr. Soule's views on the pending questions, I may be per mitted to say this much, that since Elpartero has come it;,o power he has no hopes of a favorable settlement of the Cuban question, unless aided by decisive measuires on the part of the Government at Washington. He does not believe that the Queen cani hold her power long and has strong faiti in the ultimate success of the republican canse. No propo.i ions of nv kind have ever been made by the Sp.tmih Gov. - -n t^ and ~a1-lndo n~i it isq -any will be maide." Anh~EsT OF tCArT lloILLNS.-The arrest of Captain H-ollinis at New York is annmounceed on thte suit of Calvin Durand, on of te sutferers by the destrttctioni of Greviown. The order of arrest wams gran:ed by Judge Oakley, of the Su p.memae Court. The daimt ge, are laid ait 81I4.000. Th'le amotutit olf bail givenm by Capt. Hlollois was $20.000. ils surilies wvere Hotn. lIematn J. - ledtiecld,-colleetor of~ the port, .John J. Cisco, subtreasurr; and J. Romeyn Brodhiead, naval olieer. Tie arreat was nmade just as the cap tain wa~s leaivintg for Bostotn. Ater bail ha~d been' rendered, he prosecuted his journey thither A~ Caipt. 11ollii., was engaged in tihe ftulfilimient of thme orders of tihe govrment when lie destroyed Greytown, we canitot see how he lie can be field responsible i.. a civil stuit. The arrest is proba blv desizned to draw fromi thme government ohli eil avwil that Capt. Hollins acted entirely tinder its directions itt the matter of which coin plaint is made. IkcALTut OF AUCUSTA.- We take pleasture ini annioumeing to the public that our city still en joys an extraordinatry exemption from diseatse. During the week ending ott the 25th inst., there were but 5 deaths, 4 whites anid 1 black. Ot these, there was front Typhoid Fever 1, Brain Fever 1, Disease of the Liver 1, Gravel 1. Chi'lera ifantum 1. Asutninig our poputlationi to be 15.000, which is probably necar the mark, the ratio of morality is 1 in 3000J. During thme w"hole of~ August up to the 25th inclusive, there have been bu: 25 deaths, of. which there were but 3 from Typhoid Fever, 1 from Jiraina Fever. 8 from Cholera luffantum, atnd 1 adult from Diarrh ea. From itnquiries among the practicing Phiysiciatts, we leartn that there is no epidetmic tet'dency whatever, existing in the city, and our hospital ha~s no case of acute disease in its wards. Npo case of any mali gitant fever has occutrred during the season, atnd should atty such be brought from places whlere it prevails, nto aippre. hetnsion of its spread in our healthy atmosphere need be apprehtetnded. Our observation of the effects which have followved the introducetion of such cases in former seasotns, fully warrant this expressioni of opinaion.-Cfhrotticle & Sentintel. ISFLUENCE OF TifE UNITED STATES.--The London News of tihe 1st inst. opents a long artiehe on affairs iin the United States with the following paragraph. Teti years ago no Emng lish patper wottld have veturtted to annunce aunch liheral semiitments in connectiont with our countrv: "It'is the customi of the mast of the con. servatives of Great Britain (amid of somle others than conservatives) to snecer atnd joke aubotut tihe notion the Americauns hamve of their own impor tance itt the worla. There is tno use in piroving -to such satirists that, in the deepest atnd largest sense, the Americans cannot exaggerate the im-. portance of their country atnd nationi among the Powers of the nineteenth century. Tue tiig has been proved a multitude of times, uand all to no purpose, in regard to that order of minids; anid to the higher order of mitnds, thetn, those which despise the United States, no prmiofds needed. To say that there is a federal denmo erattie republic at work in the world, is to pro. claim, ini oilier words, the lofty style and title of the United States. But, for those who catnnot see and feel this, there is other evidence, new and curious, which is at once adapted to their capacity, and worthy of the deepest considera tiotn from a more sagacious order of mett." A gentleman named Marchtant and four of his children, residing near Pecatomia, Illinois, were instantly killed by lightning ont Saturday week. In consequence of thme extreme heat of time weather, the family, consisting of Mir. and Mrs. Marehant, and five children, had left their beds and were sleeping upon the kitchen floor. rThe fluid entered the kitchen by the stove pipe, patss ing down to the floor, whence it spreast devas tation and death atnong the unconscious sleep. pers. Only the mother and one child remain. IT is reported that a serious riot occurred at a small village, twelve miles from Buffalo, be tween some Irish Catholics and a party of Ameri cans. T1he Irish party raised a liberty pole with a cross upon the top of it. This led to a per sonaul encouniter between them and the Ameri cans, and three meni are said to have been killed ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 1854. Rail Roni Barbecue! ON Wednesday the 63th Sept., a Public Dinner will be gven at Edgefrid C. 11., for the purpose of buildin g Rail Road from some point on the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road, passing through this Vilhcge, to some point on the South Carolina Rail Road at or near Aiken. The lIon. TiuoxtAs C. Pcitiazni, President of the G. & C. Rail Road, and others are expected to ad dress the meting. LTJ All interested in the said Road, and the pub lie generally are earnestly inviteil to attend. Death of Col. St. 3. Donknight. We. beg leave to draw the reader's attention to cer tain resolutions passed at Mt. Willing recently in re gard to the lamented death of Col. R. B. BoUINIG'T. As an old neighbor and a friend, we claim the privilege of uniting with that meeting in their expressions of sorrow for the loss they have sustained and of condo lence with his afflicted family.-For live years we lived within a lalf mile of the deceased, and can readily avow that we never knew a kinder neighbor or a more exemplary citizen. Col. DoeeKNImnT was a young man ; yet he had already served his di-trict efficiently in several responsille capacities, and gave promise of mitch future usefulne-ss. He was itl the Legislature of 1849 and '50. We know not a man in the Saluda Regiment calculated to he more usefuil to his I District than was Col. R. B. BOUKNIGH1T. With his r lations and friends there and elsewhere, we sitncere ly sympathize. Savannah River Road. A correspondent of the Augusta Conustitutionalist, writing from Montery, S. C., urges this roijct opon the pCple of Augusta with grat earnmesness. It seems that there has been a d-clensiont of feling on Ithe suh.ject among them. What has hecome of all their high-sounding resolves ? Are they indeed about to throw away the best opportunity they have ever had of advancing their ity's interests! F dgeficld District. From an exhibit kindly furnished u4 by our efflicIent Tax Collector we gather the follows inig items: 'rte niuber of otir slave population is......21,433 The value of go:ads (nirchandise ,oly we prestime) throgtihoit ilti District is.....$575,000 The profes.,iiinal income of our Distri-t is set down at tI o ................... -i- .f12,000 The town lots within our h.rd:rs are gi ven in at a total valuation of...............R198,000 There are 52 free ntegroes amoigst us, si.c of Whom could not even pay their lax. The number of births among whites for the past year is. ..-.........---..------. 377 Number of deaths................160 Shnwin a natural inprease of....217 The ntimber of births among the lbcks diring the same period is..................750 L Of deaths.......................370 Increase.........................335 Total number of births..........1132 do. do deaths..........30 Total increase...................602 The last litugl not perhaps the least important item is, that there wete 53 marriages during tlie same yea-. Let's throw in eleveni more for those that no body has heard of, just to make it an even hundred. So much for the state of alairs in old Edgefield, statistically speaking. negimental Sobriety. For. the first time in many years the Regimental parades for tisgefield District are siid to have pas-ed little drinking. 'The "old 7iih" must have "some" always to wash down the dust. But eve'n here we are told there waus no great excess in thme use of the "~ bev arage."' A gen letman of intelligencec tm thle District remarked to us thle other da~ty chat lhe lhought a great change was silently going on anmng the l'vople inc this regard-that the dhisp':.i:ioni to entcoura~te liqiuor deal erhe~ndt e ;gradual!ly dyinig out--and t hat illicit trading in the article nas tnow" ieting to lbe a very rare circustance.'i We doubt not the correctness of his observations. Dies tii not shotw that a voiluntary reform is at work in our D'i-triet! Anid if Temper anee legislators will but remtaitn quiet, muay. wie-not look far a new state of things before Imanmy yeurs have passed WMe may add that the Commissioners of the 10th Regitment have refused to license retail shirps. Whethier this will or will not again increase illhcit tratding itt liquor, rem:tins to be seen. Gettinxg a Share at Last. Tn:: Charlestoni .lerc-try has glamiced at thme Civil and Diplomoitic Appropnationi liil of lie past ses stont of Congress and finds that the sumt total of 5451,000 has been appropriated to works int and along the coast oj Soutth Carolina. Not sio bad The Mer cury adds vhiec is very true) ihhat this goes to:,houw how watchilul our representatives have beenm of iiur interests. It is sumet hing to kntow that nse a:-e at length begininintg to get a little of the advantag's of governmtfent expenditures, after the imlliams we have paid iinto the common treasury. Tihie fact is its a good thinig, always provided we do niot become to fond of the "spoils." True to his Antecedents. I-r is a matter of pride to Democrats, bitt of deep chagrin doubtless to Whtigs, to observe the f'earlessniess. and nerve nit.m which Presidemit P'ttac* sintares his oflietal acts by the so .nad old De-mocratic: (reed. Int nothing has tIs been exhibited more clearly thiatn in his birtef bttt peremptory veto ohf the Rtiver atid liar bor bill. Without apology or circumtlocumion, lie pro Inounces his negative ini the plainest Aniglo Saxon lie can commatnd. Surrounded at Washington by nmatny inluences well calculated to warp the opinions of more volatile meni, lie yet looks out front the mturk and mist of contendiing factions, sees the ttient land marks of his faith andI resolutely inarches tip to them. Such nsas his cottrse at time very iotset of his Adin.c -israt ion. Such has it been all aloing. S uchi is it still. Perhaps there is no nmeasure, in oppositioin to the political piiiripiles of his past lifec, arounid wvhiich Iso nman ypl ausibile recommenidations, scm matny excusa Itory argitiments could have bueen thtrownt as arounid this brantch of icnternial improvemuets. Yet, true to h:s acicecetdenits, nse hincd our sterling P'residentt brush ing away thte specious gloss cast over the question by the arts of political ligerdetin anid seizinug the point, the priniciple bieneathi, with a decisioni worthy of his high posttion. He bids the Kliorazan of Whig gery get behind hims, anid boldly vetoes on-s of the demon's most popular schemes oh plunder anid waste. Preswident PlrzacE deserves well of the country of the North. of the WVest, and (not onte grain the less) of thle Solitth. lHe is true us steel anid politically as siiund as anmy tian. Let him receive thme long acnd loud plhucdi:s of thme wide-spread people hce is striving to Berve so well. To withiild them now is to close our hearts agaicnst the most natural suggestions of gratitude. The Church-going Spirit. WIaTr vF.a may be averred of our Village churches, the attendatnce upon ouir country churches seems to be iminense. Last Sunday wvas nmeeting daty at Dry Creek, a popular Church with ca worthy Preacher, and a large membership. Our cottage is seven miles dis tant from the place, yet as many as twency-five four wheeled vehicles pacssed us ott Stunday mortimng evidenit ly bound for "' Dry Creek." If the peoiple piouredl ini from every other direction as they did from this dis tant quarter thme occasion mutst have ~been almnst a Penticost in point of numnbers.--We learn that all our big-mieetings have been largely attended ; at none of~ them however has there been any uinsual exhjibition of' feeling except at Rehouboth, in the Dark Corner. But many more are yet to transpire arid much good may yet be done. - . - - - Sg Cox.. P. S. BRoKe will address his constituents of Newvberry District, at Newberry Vtillage on moni day next. 27 Tuz Clay Monument in the Lexington Ceme t.... K. i- to -.s from. r3':nO nnn ,- 0na nn Our Position as a Communityr WE have allusion now to our position in regard to the several railroad schemes which are fermenting around us. In the Savannah Valley enterprize we are less interested titan in one or two others we shall mention presently. But we should not he unconcern. ed even about that. For, although its benefits will b chiefly showered upon the Savannah. River side of Edgefield, yet are we not all interested in any thing that will increase the aggregate wealth and prosperity of our District ! Is it not indeel a narrow and selfish principle that would dictate indifierence to any work of public usefulness which does not directly advan tage one's individual Interests? Granting that the Valley road, if built, would give other parts of Edge fleld no special facilities, it ought yet to be a matter of rejoicing with every- man to see a large and res pectable portion of his immediate fellow-citizens placed upon a vantage ground that may impart new life to all their prospects. The rotiguity of improve ment, the neighborho'd of prosperity never injured any one. On the contrary, actual and positive ad vantaaes are usually derivable therefrom. This is at l-ast the general rule. We cannot see why it will not nork in tlhis instanee. One advantage tle Valley Road will certainly render to the District at larze and in fact to our whole side of the State: it will resuscitate a decaying market near us, which has long heen esteemed by our people (and very properly so) otie of the very best, for the Farmer's purposes, in the Southern States. This consideration alone is enough, on the bare score of selt-interest, to make us wish for the Valley railroad enterprize complete success. Do.ubts have been entertained by some (ourselfamong the numnber) as to the probability of this stock pro ving a safe investment. But after reading Arms's report upon the route, hearing the opinions of well informed gentlemen through the tip country' and (more than all) refleeling maturely upon the immetise trade to he secired at no very distant day by the Blue RidICge Road (a considerable share of ,which the Sa vatnah river road must and nill carry,) these doubts have lien in a gre at measure removed. Even then as respects the Savannah Valley railroad, we repeat that note within the limits of Edgefield should re gard its prigres3 naith unconcern. Rather let us give i:s projectorg and supporters the benefit of our most cordial good wishes. If we cannot render them sub stantial aid, lt ts at least cheer them on with our applaute. It return, their good example may stimu late those of us tearer the centre of the District to do som--thing equtaly creditable to ourselves and hen elicial to our sction. Tie only rivalry to be encour itged between sectits in matters of this kind is one claractersed thv a laudalde ambition to do most for the advanceneit of the common interests of our Dis :rict and aur State. But if it beomes every one in our comtmnity to render as much aid and tinfort as he possibly can to a wrk located upon the remote ottskirts of his Disirict, what shadl we say of the duty de. volviig upon is in regard to an underinking which pronise tio scatter its benefits profuaely in our very midsti ! In other words, if the Savannah Valley railroad coipany deserve from us at least a hearty "God-speed," n ha -does not the contemplated con nertion, of New M1arl:et anad Aik'-n rii. Edgefield Villae, demaand at our hands ! That it n"ill doubtle the value of real eviate-all along its line.-t hat it will ginalrnple our narket faciliie.s whether for sales or purchases.--thal it will muliply ten-fold our ways and means ibf making a respectable livelihood-that it nill brina to our doors on comparatively cheap t,-rtms many luxuries. and conveniences of which we are naow almost deprived by reason of their extrava gatut cost-ihat it will place us on a grand highway of travel and tr~la, which will probably become ile of the biaeest arteries iii all our Southern commercial system and whose every throb will but raise out hont-s higher and higher in the secale (if wealth atd imtproventeai-tiat it will give its in short nearly all thue advania:;es and facilities, moral, intellecttial and physical, niw eijoyed by the tost favored sputs upon the A merican cotm ateit-that it will do all this. and even more it nayl be, is a certainty that cannot be ra tiona!y loubted. Prejudice may lift up her croaking voice against each and every one of these proposi it....sint h..,mne mae via rk, t t hemwi ?dhc.-Jie f,. -rrf-Ptermln o overthkett-hmm: ner of iudy antd ill be-gotten doubts-Parsimony tay alecry themat nbaile shec clut'ches more tighatly her greasy pnar-e~string~s. Buat facts atad figatres, to be gathered nut fromn a fewv isolated inastances only but from the haistory if almotst every railraoad in existence, suafli cietly prive their truthi. The benefits of railroads, to thle peiciiaary interests of those whot live uipoan theair lines, are tnow amng thae " knoawat numirber.' of thle age. ltpont their basis, calculatuions have againa and augaini b:ent madt-. wlehi have resubled in thle enirichi iaag anad elevataina not aluine of iandividluals hut of wholte comm tuntit ies. Anil it naow remtains fur the paeiple of E'lgefiel. not merely thwie w hoa reside int this townt anad its v.iiitiy taut tall whlo are loc-ateda tal-ong the sugg~estedl line, tia say. nhethaler thaey wil by wisely libieral subatscripionaas of stock, plaice thuem selvesc itt poissessioni of all lie prinen acat and valuted advsanaiges of thaeir dlay anid g.-aera tion. Let tao teml parizinhg tinmiadit y kep them hack iai the great notrk of seenuring~ thi-c tiost eniviable paisit iona. Least of all shaouhl ,nm:al cinsiaderatioans of temtporary parivate ad vanitage inafluentce any ini the mattaer. The oppoirtu niay is a galleni oane, hut it maa soiaa flet by anad pass into the hiatmls of others. We will regret it then itn vaian. Now is the time for actioni. B3y the firat of Januia ry niext ihli- charter, ttata-r whaichl t his A ikent anad New .Market linkl is ta built. nmust be secured or el-ae he forfe-ited. Th'lere is howuaever, wse auppre h:-ad, butt little doubilt as to its beiang secured. The Gr--ents ille anda C'-ianbia Camnpany will see to it that thi hte done'. Buat thea iimportant piaint wvith uiis at EMgelieldl villagr-, tand (we hope we may add) with manay aof our felloiw-cit izens both ahaove andi below this lace, is to .show a full hand in order that we nmay exercise a controillirag influc ace over the new work. We muas~t "ante" as high as we can possibly affaird. We muaast stand siluare to thae fronit aand do our baest. Min-hi is at stake, anad toi save the paool muchl mutast be attempted. We are appending somne cataalitioaas toa our suapscriptiarr. To secure res pect for thaose con~ditionuis, we must lay a high offer at thec Caimpanay's doaor. Fifty or even seventy-five thou-a-andi dhllars will doIi very little good. A huindredl thousand is the least that wouhld effect anay thing for uts. Andi a hundialreal anda fifty thlousanid is the atot ch wve shaouald reach. Carry this respecttable amount for wardl proamptly anid chieerfually, ataa we make our selves heard at once-not oanly heard but respected. We will be greeted as brothersa in a great work. Oanr condiat ins wil be hteeda-d; atnd ini less thtan three years thte road will lie buiilt in accoradance wvithi them. Soon thaen wvill thne presenlt opponents of this scheme aaogst us lie sileanced. When our town andl its vi cinaity, the caotntry uipoan the route towards Camubridlge andi towards Aiken, tad in hfact almost lie entire District shall h eta to feel its cnlivening aand enhian cinig inafueaaces --.vhleu skill, thrift, activity, exertion, enterprive shall have taken 'the place of the suagna tion anal lethargy~ witich niow characterize us-when the sluggardls shall be ttartledf from their "fold ing; of the arms together ini sleep" by the keena creanm of thae engmte as it brings the wealth of distatt latnds to our dep ts-whaen men shall have no time to sit Inahinag about like uaseleses drones bitt all shall be full of life and spirit, anid when every braincha ofhibisi naess shall begian tia prosper anew, theta will there be rejioicinug on all sides, and the ancient foes of' progress shall hiatg their hecads and conifess thiemelves blind leaders. Thetn will our farmers get rich in halif the time it takes them to dio sotw. Then will our mer chants all parosper, our mechanaics thrive, our lawyers flourish, our hotel keepers fatten, our printers grow saucy, and our everybody "hpush along, keep movintg."~ Why can wve tiot all catch up the spirit of the thing at once ! 'The glittering talisman is there-grasp it and hold it anid make it yoturs. Aladdin's lamtp ate ver opened tup richer treasures thtan will this enterprize to those who gather its fruits. Itesitate not otn account of your montey. If the inves~metit shuouhld fail to pay anay thting of consegntence, a-e will be coimpensated twoa-fohl in other respects. But it will pay. T1hte Greenville anda Coutmbia railroad is now doing fitely. We joini uten at their flow to fortune. They receive us and puinat to the difficulties they have left behind--the unavotidable expeunses (of the first estab hiishment of a great road) whaich they have overcome, the large wvorkshaops they haave putt ini operation, and they say " come, join us on equal terms itn butilding a road for wvhich we hold the charter and which we wvill runa in a way to promote your best interests with out assessing you fotr our hitherto expenses." This thiey woul saty, we believe, did we go up as we must do with a haundred and fifty thoutstand upon our sub sri.tion fist. A nd conl thter. be a firer nfhar. or one which we should accept with greater avidiy! We would be getting all the advantages of a railroad without exposure to the hazards inseparable from a beginning. Even supposing that the whole concern failed to pay as things now stand, yet is there not every probability that the Blue Itidge road wiV be completed abouL as soon as ours-will be, and does any one doubt for a moment its paying then as handssime ly as any similar inveslm-nt 'inhe United States 1 Sorely not. Then away with imaginary appre-len sions. There is no danger of loss here. Let there he no uscless fears. See the names that are already down upon our subscription list. Aniong them, oh. serve the autographs of some of our shrewdest mon, eyed men. Others of them. are yet to come up, and they will do so we verily believe. We are surire they all begin to look upon the matter in the light of a so lemn responsibility to the community in which they live, and to the children they may'leave behind then. That they will shirk it, we c not believe. Ilut ie have perhaps said enough. It was our intention to consider further our ptsition in] regard to the. Ridge road; ibut we must posi poine this to some other time, as.-our article has already reached the length of a legitimate editorial. We only add in conclusion, remember the railroad barbecue, of the 6th-let every one come out prepared to " go the whole hog, bristles and all !" A Crand Afai. FROM all accounts, the gre. tball recently gieer in Spartanburg to Gov. 31ANNING was the most brillifimt afyair of our Southern season. The" Sout/,ern ?%.!ri ot," depicts it in really vivid colurs. We can renacily appreciate what lie says abont the ludis, as we have long sitce regarded that portion of our State (espechd ly Union) more fruitful than any other in nice, pretty, intelligent, natural and affectionate girls. Of the dance, we are told that it was bdnored in grand style by our handsome Governor and hissomeuwhat less hand some suite,and enlivened by briglit eyes,twinkling feet, cheerful chattering, &c. Of the feast the " Patriot," speaks in such feeling terms that we must quote his own'langnage. Says lie, " It would be hard to describe the table. loaded, as it was, with cake ant frnits. and ice cream, syllahubhs, blanc manage, floaling islands, sugar pls and llow ers, exquisit-ly prepared for the'occasion, anti all tle variety of etceteras. We will not attempt it. 11it one lail looked at the pine applsv, oranges and other trop. ical fruits whi-h covered the table, he would have supposed lie siu;< iear tile equator; tint theti i he had looked at the bowls and churn- of ice cream, scatter ed about over tle room, lie might have thoiuighst lie was in Greenind. Again, if he had cami an eye towards the chanpague bottles and other wiies prepared 'iur the supper, ie would have imagined hisself in the Sonstl of France or somewhere oit tle Rhine. It you took a peep at the sile tables and sa -- the cild tnr keys, ildcks. linus, nod so-forth, you inilit suppose you were still in Spartanburg." We are further informed that just 30 years ago the good people of Spartanhurg gave a grand hall (grmid for that day) in compliment to our present Govorior's father who was then himself Governir of South Cari liia. The Spartrns ueserve great credit for thus keeping tsp the tines." Almost every ns here ehe they have completely " run down at tle heel." John C. Breckinridge. THE rising men of our lay are geierally suli poor pignies when compared with their illustriosus pr -decess sorst.hat we really feel refreshed at reading a descri:stion of one who promises better things: But after all it may be hut an exaggerated puff-a well-puidfir puly--or a puff negotiated by somse solicitous friend who has tact enough to keep his principle. in the back-griunil. This sort of thing is said to be be very cotumnio now% a-days. BaEcKINaRDGC huwever is thoutghlt tu be nbove the grade of those mushroun statesmen who 'feel the need of continual bulstering-up. Read what a talented letter-writer stas of him: " Perhaps, there is no san in the pre-ent Cniigrets oif brighter prominise or higher destiiy, thin Jons C' BRtEcKiNaDGE. Of Kettuiky. .It the prime inni vig or of niantuod, gifted, with great taletils anl enm matinlig eloqucisre, lie lias but recently enter-il the are-na 01 National politics, but ever since he tosk his seat as the representative of the Ashilansid District,:it the roinencemient of the last Congres, hi, arcer, liasbei one of marked and brilliant siuc-ess, tuniil now lie is the acknonsledged leader of Isis partiy in ite hlouse of which lie is a meiber. Ilis appearance and beariig at once command attetlon, and creale a f. vorable impression. Of greatness in In personi he is tall anid -slightly built, n ith a well halaneds head, a high, narrow, projeennisg forehiead, dark brsiwn hair, large gray eyes, a uiult ltomans use, andI a mo~uilh inidicative of great firmsess sf chsarac-ter. sciions ponser oft intelleet.- As asn ost ratue hsa few, it anyi, erinals in the piresenit Cuiigress, andu nio superi sr, lie speaks scllmi, but always ni shei he nueis, with pierfect ease ansd linenc~y. 11is gestures aire Jew and graicefitl ; his laisgnage 5ere andis well ebiasen:i his- style eniiineniiy chassis:. Like tihe Its e D>.s . I-:s. WE5s'r-E a, lie seldiom uses a wronsg n ordl or a word too musth. hlis dlefeitre sif Geis. Wi iJ-'^-2 U.-r tt'it, anid his etulogiunm of II NRav C2Lay , dielisered dutrisig the last Cosngress, aire moidels of e-lotine.-iie, ail ast otce stampijed himt as a tiinishedt orator. .id who55 that niinemeed the recenit coniirsversy betweens hms anid .r. CUr'rtNo, whlichl attracted so mnih atteniinai allt ser the Uion and so necarly endecd in blsodshied. u-ait ever forget the sair of psroud ands dleliant imdsesy andu of hsifty scorn ns ithi whitch lie utiered itie wosrdls, -I ami the peer of Presideists anid Cabiiess-uye, andt the leer sif sthe gent leinas froms New- losk ;" or thle tonie of scatsings, wishIering saresmis ini wshi lie rebusked ihe vacuhlatisig,toinuosus aiid tan yer-hik.:- course of the News-York mnesmber ? P'ersonaslly .tlr. I. is uinu. versal ly popnuhar, and uniless spuiled bsy iii mne sointi it tion, or by thle cointnsniat on of puli eal intiague, hsis frienids may constideintly antsicipate for hutn a bri.at anid honiorable tuture. Iuirders, Duels, and the ~ike. TitE Dog-star must have ben si the asc-endsant all Siiininer, if we may judlge by the assonsishing Ire quency of murders, deels, smecides, riots, rastes, &ci., n itlh ns hish the s.espapers. have seemed. Never do we remnemb~er to have heard the like, andi we a~ginme it woulid e ven puzzle the o' oldest inhai btitaint" to rec-all so passioniate a Season. Is it that the eacrths is groiw ig worse as she descend~s the slope of time ?Or masuy it not be that we now-a-dasys hear a great deal imo're every year thatn we did the year before, fromt the cusn statly inc-reasuig facilities of intelligentce h The Blue Ridge Railroad. LrEr those ni ho have doubsis, about thes great srade to be introdluced among us by the b'ine idge Rail road, read the fullowinig remarks by a wiitnsess over the msountins, the Knsoxt-jle Re-gisler: " The inflnence wvhich this road when coimphe ed, is to exert iupons East Tennoesseo cainsnot at 'Isis ilmeheli aipreiatedl, as he woutld beesteemedu a vionary zeal ot wvho wvould unduertake to count the niumbeur of :os of coppher, coatl, irost, marble, cornt, whie-at, flossr, ha.s cus, live stock, .&c. that wiill onie day llow thlrouigh this chansnel, from thsis land of treasures aind thsese fertile valleys, to sthe seaboard, ts lie thience distribut ted by the shipping whticht 'will lie conmgregattedt it Charestonu har bor. Buot the gre-ater tiieeht wvill ac-crse to sitr sister State of South Carolhina, not osnly by its wonderful conitribustion to the consiinertial prosperisy of the city of Charleston, cruwdling her hotels w iths sratgers, her thuorotighifares ansd lanies wvitki meni of usiness, aind her docks nd vessels fromt every rljimei; bu s faminie ssill ino smore, as it diid a fe w yeat-ru since, drive thisntsasnds sf tier populationt frost her borde-rs to seek a home in other States. Pemnetrainug ats thsis hue of railnway wiill, she valley sif tthe Tfeiiessae, the Othi, ad thie great northsvest beyoind, the pnices of every desripions of provisions upon ns hileh her people ~sbsa n ill be diminiishmed soe-half. A niew tife, a iresh ener gy, a more cheerful spirit, and a better hospe n ill be infused into her people whets they shalsee chonsummssa ted the great enterprise that twensty years ago ai rressed atltd cimanatded the attentlion of the taen oif whloms they boasted, and the failure oif which thesn broughlt the laimenited Hayne to his~ graive." .EtL~OW FEvEst IN CH~stcLEsTON.-A gette-c man~i of thIis plaice received a letter Iromu at trientd ini Clhaoi, dated sn Stu rday, in whin-t lie ws aidsised niot to visi: the city, becautse of the Yelow Fever. We heautrd from ansothser source thaut Mir. antd hi rs. i. hiulin, nowsi itn 4.hatrleston, hasve beetn at ttakeud by the Yellow Fever. IL is wnth great regret we hasve beetn iitnrmtd, that Mir..J. Fridasy, formerly osf tbis city butt re cently eingaged in bu-,iness withI Mr. I t i nliii, died of Yellow Fe-ver in-Charlsi-ton, yesterday m orig-.-Catrolinau 'Timtes. FLLx.-Theo Abinsgcdon, (Vat.) Demniterat learns tsat this dreaidful complauins is scotiuig varttitts neighborhtiosds ini that section cof enssantry. lit thc Rics Valley towards thie Sailt Worl-ks anud upoin the Lturel, its raivnges tire distressisng. WvASHING TcsN MloNUMENT.-TJhe pre5.etit hteigt of thtis tmnument its otne hsundretd andt sixty leet : ad ons Mltnday it was expet-ted thast the huns dred atnd sixty second fooL siill be commtten~ed.l 'The receipts of the past month hsave beens fi r, and will exceeed the expeditres TiHE toBBEstY oF COL MCMULLF.N.--The Richmsiotnd Engntirer satys .lame-~ts H eli, elsarged wihs the Meclullen robbe-ry wats exarititesd ons Fridty. Thsere is but little dsoubL 'of bhi girt. M,.unlln lnnest $l, n 1 0 OMMUNICATIONS. FOL TnE ADvFITISElt. A Card. ITAvrNG heard hiat there is in cireulaton through put tie Ditrict a report tlt .LA3ES CA..IRoN, Esq., ,vas announe, d1 as a Candidate for the L, g.elature >y a " certain ciique," at Edgefied Village, for the iurpose of injuriig ot her Candidates, .1111d having nyself handed :s name to tie i)r:uter fur announee rent, I have thou-ht proper' in justiee to Mr. ,A3Ir:-oN and his friends, to give a pla:in ItatlinIet ' facots in r ferenee to that anim:Otetmenrt. On hearing frequenrt incjuir:es from gentlemen rmi diffirent parts of the Diistrict, whither Mir. .AInnos would be a Candidate, indieating a desine hat hie should be, and that they would sup-ort him md14 thought lie could be elected, I Wrote Inm a. ioti which I sent by his neighbolr, .\Mr. .JAS. SPANN, it .tiug the f.rets as above, and a.k.ungr Is consent to mev his imne anniiced ; and this I aver was lie w.thout the knowledge of a silgle per:on ini he District. exeept Mr. ErPANN, who btre the note. [ recti ed no direct answer frum N1r. CA.;itrno inAset. but received a oIULe from Mr. .1As. SrANN, ,tatinig that CA3MERON wIs reluean t to give his U0on en.t1 l.vig frelnently relured solictatil.ns froum his rends before, and bein fearful that ie imight give ieir orelice by conwrting now tip rui-that he I ould like to be elected, an.1 if his friends thought they could elect him, without ubjcetiig h1imrr to tire accessity of chavassinig the Distri.:t, which Iis ieith wvould not peririt him to do, he would be haipy to erve thremir. Suchi I th(rUgit suidict authority to inounce his name whch I ( did without the krnowlV -dge of a sing'e other inidiv;dul. I tink tre 'ubil e wil. be iatified. from the above stateeiint of flac's, of the se:ish and mar.1licious mo tives of c.-rtain persons in eireulating tll! report bove relerred to. LE WIS JUNES. Edgefield C. 11., A-ug. 23, 1S54. FOIL TiHE ADv-RTISE.R. rO THE CANDIDATES OF THE HOUSE OF REP 1EES33 ATIVU3 OF-DGEFIELD DISTRICT: G r.N ri..r:EN --.\s tire sibjc .t of von. eting 'Toll bV . oNr:s - KK. NN-:)Y trorrm al personrs crossirg the A ug Ia Bridge has excited a great deal -I interest i th.s 1)i.stret, as well as in otrher parts of tie Stute. we, tire und.lersi'.ilvi votTS, rigain regatiest air cx r rl of oi ur (1irliois in ri'gard to tihe }oolicy. wisdom u and jitice of tire i.eg.slattire, eotil.i ring sreih powcr uphon MIesrs. O.\E! o. 1 ENNiDY, arid de.ire airswers to the followqg iurterrog.atorics. Is-r. Do youl beleve the at al.uded to as wisE, J:ST, 'oLrTI ic or PR1rt1E-rt ? 2o. WlI you, if electde. voerr fir Is repeal I WrLLI.AM J. WALERlt, WM. 3111.1. Ntt, E. 1loriut:s, 'fro~n~s KEIIAGrrAN, J. R. COOK, WAuA (.-r.OvEri A. J. 1I.r31i3oND, 'IIOS. J. DAVIES, 31. A. ItA50NS3, Jous $mrrn, A. WirY, It. 1'. W. F. KI-Nn ICK, bAA.. ILIAY, . .1'. ILowpEts, Tiros. J. .i:NNING, r..r G. i s, J. A. 1ll r.v, .AMKiJ ih.Vrrrir, a1. 1. tl-NsON, E.101 F N. im r, J. %i. STOKK Eogs,. 3t-r I;rr: n v3. il I 1.r., i r.wrs Ii.or, J. B. II I.FY ILA L ZI.E YS i:NNIts J.IN iS Y, I nios. J. 3ICKIF, % I...iAt I)-: AX 1ro.% s N.r.i V. A. 1IIt:.oN0, W3. 11. SFA, L.U.I01.1.0WY wa11 YMAS S.aric :. sE. lo RN B. J. LN ,rnty, J..11 .:s 1B. 0 J.r Iv P. it , E 1. CrIAMUMrrIN. %% mmi B 101. NtEnvE LL, M.EDCK It. C. Jo N1.-sP.GTZS F. O'CoNNon, Joet Certy, 11. L. J .I- :Ks, W ET101S .10o1.1 W. MUR RBIAH1, G 1 tor J. TEO. Y). eIt, It. 31. ILLCR, Jos. W Tsp, .iosn~rrr ('orun iN, iot r rYnD I'. liiton i'31, KrOKAoti .SI CO U31.N, LZM tKIAD I. Ti iir:sDEt, PADGFTT . 1. ETrr ilruoG , - Z-KI-.. .AD.E.-r, . A . . u..-co, II A1. I. Px: ik mVrs.cy TTFri Vi~. I.Ir~u~or .xrEfo its treped JWt Tt . 1. .v(rrrsr~nt R Po~ti~ til031iscRAilAN, "a-org::u:.ii,.rrl (irtrrrt. a'. iI.rtteI o, ai ilie t~erCorm~ml:: ' io re t d.res lie rireet NrD, mii lre 'uitIr ui~i o t Ii ehr..s .1AnR , lii :r~iir:.t Ir 1. . ir:r.ti lr~tt ED . ie gv, Ih I .\iigr4. I:;. l.-t r igh (t.1. iat SIliri. 0T v rE's Iue.l.c l hglii di S Ttlr o.lr. JtiEetr ie remiri r:r:I~r or t.is riE. d1. il.ie jUs ire N Ieiitil~rr irr IJo1t, Crdu 111 e'~nwl e it , rr d 1:1. le eirot utte ot Jols.sijc forYson i e en Irouis ~ 3.xcnsr~ lee a 'Afecrii obdt worET more ii::: tinliiis I E i zr -: Geirr, i.:.t Er-rg to ir Ii o hi ae de W..el.* l..tirtwoil- i ori 'tOel Rstt Tthe .titel T si'eit. vnii >e.ii tie rr o ta:-Thiderflat phtie hrrdi ieing 'lver hedianrnterdle e~ii ne i f oi n aiiturd iteninir the t nt Ati half-aset teven t'eioekreheeFter tiury fittt tea ed.u a sirnifr te "r before whitIn ecrn. 'lin ei tl therA caw y wahneer elteI eton iwai orgei.- ree nd ro womkiuittieie iaotei tr wait ..ir Col. Cso:m ato thee, bet t 1 irnite him promc itt theo~ toit eailtoreis ofrtee day.i in Innr in eirely tlie Colnel ook te i n Crumeand begc his. lrhn.-i en threi .ugn.-. ri it elle gm erirhe hitory5 i: tha lbr asg-fo te rt ,ime ili Cortt strec-e is lde orm aroits t t ihtliaann str1 hithe errh sin:s ~tid. Be cntteliell tha iiet uirrd eounhtt ofle .\ilngu st i iht l.., ieh rih to thaternrtien is pe livn.: fry ng yoa the Suthari rCmoii tode-tha Ath Legi~ilatur ofi.iit h C aritot hi ould pursuee oothee ous thanor tl thadini beg.r fo asaJintrn days. Tire .iii, es think, straejut~e fr~i ae~e..,- tser ito tke aGCm,rny's ..erGet whtitaiut rrkver woul riem aten forlah lr it, i in ,t bange justie In id, i tis pn ei. le tis sr t cabl.-s , e intem ato, be. irmit liveofte worinm g w&v Eeih T'hek p etitninrcto Gad ofcoLsie neve wigt tae d.b Teto rrnr inujet thner tiin tbrtu.:ht upwas then ent rul urci(ha ias be the iningr3 tef Britga ors of arc inrrrCtiotn FTiriesme tibei ter hour tng. more exoiutreark n s ntssubject sook ise ti.Ji said IGcntlmuen, it wuld ee fr dri o sthe nyiinrgu, o Snotugh Creben t itrereay betwee enau1 ti u aire, vthat Cou sa:not inr ore truhim eni heur ar said m ht't teige farid tern night do for the paidpierh ppLeisntuofo Ennbutt Cartoln should make such a law, the opejratcs would not get as much for working ten hours as they would for- working twelve. We are of the opinion that if the Captain would inquire into this matter, lie would find himself mistaken, fur in other places, w% here this law is in force, the operatives do dually as well, if tit better, tian they do here. h'lie third speaker was Mr. W- IlOLSTEIN. Ie said ie dil uot expect there would be any speaking -he did-not come to speak-he ierely came to get all their votes if lie could ; anal took his sent amidst anl enitlusiastie p(.31 of himghiter. iHe made friends by his frank coniife.sion. Thus ended, Mr. Earren, the first political meet ing in Gra.iteville. A UDITOP. FOR TiME ADVERTISER. Tse Augusta Bridge. i 1st. 1o you belie-ve tie Act alluded to as wisE, JST. roi.m1iC IIr PROPFr ? " 2d. \\ ill you, if elLe:ted, vote for its repeal?" M. EDrToR,-The above interrogatories relative toi the Act authorizing Messrs. JoYEs & KENNE;T to co-lleet Toll at this end of the Augusta Bridge, lave been propounded to, the Canlidates foi the Legi.dature by " Seventy-five respectable citizens" of Edgeti!eld District. To these interrogatories I bri.-fly answer No to the first, and Yea to the secoand. * Peihaps I onght to say no maore,'but as there seetis to be a doubt iii the ninds of some as to A hetlier the Act in cuestion be repealable (or net, it may be well enough fer me to state, thait if it be Itt repealable, I sOuld -*iso-feel it my duty, as a fithful representative, to tupport any me1asuC hav ing for its object the relief of the public on the one hand, and the protect;on ofthe City Council of Augusta in the enjoyment of their ju-nt rights on the other. The relpeal bility of tlq Act is an open question. but as my judgment inclines stronaly to the belief that it can aid will be repealed, I saelll not for the prasent make any aliusi to two or three measures, smie one of n hieh I would advocate, if el. eted to the Legislature, in case the proposition to repeal the obnoxioaus Charter ceu!d not be itt ricd. I have never hesitated to express my op'niits freelv on the ulject of the Augu-ta Brid e, either in private coenversation or in public dehate, anl my lo tion in regard to the Tll Gate of lessrs..1oNiS & KEsNrto must be well known to this comnuni ly. But :as a vrittea definitimn of that p.-sition has been twice calI.d faar by nuin. rous and respecable citizens. I cheerfully comily with a demand wh:eh I iad tint every fr..e constituenc1y hans a right to Make up.aen ihiose who seek to represent it. Respectfuly, 6 ' 0. D! TILLMAN. FOi TiE AUVEnTiSaIt. Exmtinizationt at Pine Grove. Ma. ieiari.-Witi your perminsson, I will. throuh yaur co:unins. 1. t your readers know so:e th:ni about how it ..m 8 with the " young ideas"' inl the p-ney woaads. At Pine Gr..ve, on Friday the ISith in-t.. a publie ex:h0,atioen was given. whicb shouid have been noted ere this, but we hoped slame:.hir pen than ours would have done it. Soon after arriving, we s.aught a plce cleobe to the st:nd in eord r that nothing nicht pass . unobstrvd. The eNcale. lit lBans linid soon after stouided the pre lude, and the Ttacler. 21r. WarTwr, called out a Clas4, which slhoew, el denonstratively how inathudi enlye :11a Feientitieally they had been instiuced i ilie nystery eat "etters. No one can iniagine how h;4ily intere.-ting it was that did not witness the praceedinjgs. Et ery schlar and e!ass nanifast id latideab!e spirit if emulation and determined perse verance, hieih is the sure niedium of success in a 11 educational enterlpr.ses. It hi:s often' ba en our for y-iae ithoddmeh zathterin~gs and we d. not hesi tote t rsa:y, thatWe -~%.iERs M~yfiTiiien with~ so much nuecur.ecy and precisioen as on this ce cas:een ;and wec do not .speak withoaut knoawinig some. tihing ;about the businuess, atnd alsoi the sutbjects they~ had un cder celnsieratcln, etherwiseti w ehin!d have kepit the peace. Ne academiecal or haigh-sechool ex ~eees c(ould halce surpa:.ss. d it, up1 to its pretei s na lieb ;:re the ba~aee tmilest nlee'ul faar the tfrn.er, nmecha nies, and othle t comuniry avocations Ice Kin:fs F~ngishe. The mlornetig being very ca.nady, added not a little to the comie~irt Cf ite day, up te naoon toaihi tiime every thinti haid pro~gre:-s*d as harmoioausly as theit Ieart coauld desire; ande j ust thene the signal: far dlitener was soaunldedl. There was ni w maea giem rilnl dvance tea the table; anid aefter seeinig all biandes ini tar their chance, we strealb. d I aountd tea see meore than tea get. anid withouat exag g'teration we never saw a bettwr .lintier, for a pbi lcahs clii aniyni haere or anyi timle. TIhere nmust have teen ace eitensive itina made in the raniiks oaf the~ ieathecredl tribe, as well its the pig pen: atid laiiab feild Tihe cravengs eaf the itnr mian havitng been amply stisfied, the audeice were iigatn repiring to the haibeor. i haen the wttry elemientsc brotught a chaiige over eaur ahenmis.-anmd theni there was a peIll-miell r ush 'ar the l-ureb, which heappt ly stiood ncear by. hi cre eblaeis reignced utncontiolledl for somite timte samei lamen~itiing thaet the exceises weic stoappaed, otliars sigh -ng for homcae, whlie naaw aund theni a love sek swvain ceauld be seen bewinag obescejuieoshy be fore b;s divm, thinikinig that lie was veiled from ob servatitis bay the uprioar araunid, telling his dlistres ses, and askoig (wee thought) a returnt of alIeetions. Order, however, was at hentiht restored, when dosi-:rni iiua:v, E'q., who wais soliciteed to address the audienac, uisended the pulpit, and it seemued as if the sacred dee-k inspired h:mn with a vast deal moe zeal andie fei vor thatn his usuael quantum ; faor, nithoaau we dial not hear but little ourselves, lawiing to the inisciterablie ereiwd that throntged t he house, smee of aur friendcs that heaird hinm tharan:.:h, (anid they were close observers anid competent jtudges ot such things.) said they never knew hitm tea acquit him self with so nich credit on aniy occasion. Of course his sublject weas that of literature. lrimi the outsc he ste uek at the poaint, atid canctriated every re ntark to the sutbject, lle placed thte adlvantiages :mde inieenitves to etiinence, ranik and distintion ini A mer.ca, in bald relef, in conta-distincetieon tea those of every eothier Iid; aind the contratst was trly~ a Imappy onee to the hetarts of all. lie sheewed that tihe hiepe ot lour country htung upoii a well edu catedi youatht, poartrayii g to the pareint the necessity and all-importunece of the suhj et in beautiful colors. We dia not wish it tie be thcought that we are wield ing act indreet eieetialnerineg enalel bor .\r. ABsNaY, fer we knotw th e Is initreie mierits will weigh moire hevily uon the hearits elf an enl.ghtened comuntc nity thacn anl thing we tmighit say : besides wee speaak irrespetive ande iepienidenit of all pialitical predi lection. Mir. A DNEY is ktieown te he a mtan of une*e miineg etnergy ande perseveracnce, and also of paatri otic integrity-anid we can but say to all such, " God speed." A fter Mir. A. ha~d taken his seat, the l" young Aericats' nmaunited the restrum, aitd they did themiselves anal Teacher ample credit ; and especi aly died lr. CaOwVDER. win for imiself ant enviable repmlitat, es a yomuth of tare parts nnd unequalled oerigimnty fear one of his yeairs and opportunities. Press forweard, young emact, a laurel is in waiting for you in fume's temple. A nd here the chapter ends, but beforeelosing, we beg leave to say to aill who do not know his merits, tatt AMr. Wnmrri is wvorthy of the most unlimited epttation as a successful teacher of all Englisht brncthes. We are but slightly acquainted with tis gentlettn, and therefore we do not speink of him through sitnister motives. We. love to see such men patronized ; and miore than all, we like to see the cause of education adviancing with such gigantic strides. The time will then soon come wheni there will he noe use of talking and writing atbout Free cholm s..tem in South Carolina. -VI ATOR. Tribute of Reppect. A a speeOal meeting of "TiE SALDA SSTir Er.l," at Mount Willing, on the ith inst., Lieut. A. ). BATEs being called to the Chair, the follow ing preatble and resolutions were adopted : IVinEREAS, In the dispensation of an allwiso Provi.!ence, the supreme Being has seen fit to rt move frot among us our late Captain and fellow soldier, RIEUCNF.N B. POUK.'iIT. Be it therefore Resulted, That '- The Salula Sentinels" have met an irrelparable foss in the dtath of our late Captain an.i fellow-s...lier, REuDEN B. loUKSIGir, and th:at we truly 'deplore this heavy dispensation of Providenee. Resolved. That the members of this Company found in Capt. loUKNIGIT an abe an efficient offi cer, a high tuned honorable gentleman, always ex ereising that patienue, forbearance and courtesy to lch an1d every nernber, which have lastingly en deared him to the Coipanv. Resolved. That as an officer and fellow-soldier, and a nost estimable, useful and patriotie citizen. we will cherish for him the kin-iest rene'mbrane , Resolred, That as a testintony of our deep res peet, we do wtar at our next parade, and for the space of thirty da% s thereafter, the usual badge tY mouring. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with hin family in their sad bereavineut. Resolved. That a copy of these resotiations be sent to the family. Resolrced, That the proceedings of this meeting be putthshed inl the Edgetield Adcertiser.. A. D. I.\TES, Chairman, 0' TiE fo lowing letter frilmn the celebrated Dr. JAM.%s C. AYER, gives tle honest bide of the Nos trum question. Since the public will ute these remedies we wish, for the take of suffering hutnani ty, there were no:e of theim like his Cherry Pee loral and Cathartic Pills, which require no secrecy to make them go down. Lowr.L., 'sily 26, 1854. ,1esrs.- - & Co., New York City, Gentlenen:-Yours of the :3d inst., asking me to jotin in a coIbinatioin to put down the Ohio No6 trum Bill, coies duly to hand- I cannot accede to your reqju. st for the following reasons: The lawv requir:ng that the composition siall be puil.shel. of eVery medicine sold itt the State, can sit wo: k to the injury 'f anybody who deserves protection. I h:ive published the recipes 'of my ineliciies for fifteen ye..rs, sand believe this to be the hontest way of itaking their virtues known to the comsunity. The leelical Protession publish their tiaeveties to the world as soon as niade, for the benlefit of all mteankiid. Whv sheou!d we not? The Law which yeu fear will destroy yourzbusi ness, can injure only those who alsely pretend to diseoveries and secrets wh;ch they have not. lt. wll expeose the emiplincss of .sech pretensics, and. the pub.ie wiil turn ns.de froi iuch prepa:afiions as are luni t.; be worthless when their coamposit.on is known. If mediciiies lfhve real worth, they will be only the better app:ecintcd and the better latront izedi by laying their compos~tof open to the l'ublio, that all m:y judge for themsuves. If they have not real elrit, it is dtue in comon justice, to the sufter.ng s.ek, to the public health and to the eau~u of humanity, that the 2.-ople shioulde know thento avoid them. Yuurs, rspetfully, JAMES C., AYEt. MAHiArGF AND DtvCr..-The New York Tri utie 4ims jn-t closed a series of arzides on mar- - i::gu: and divorce, in which the argutents for exiendin'g the facilities for divorce have beeni exanine md atnd swered. One leading cause of unhappitness in the mar ri.ige relation is very happily set forth in the following: "he real evil is, as we have said, that many marry heed:eshslv ior unworthily. But for thi, there would not be one unhappy iunion wheru there are now a thousand. Tiis is the. point (of danger, and to this the at tetition of philanthre vists and reformers should be directed. 'Te. illusions, the niut al deceptions, which too (Aen lrecle and indnce filse mairringer, sho,"i ' sternly reprob:ated, and the free.,t inquiry, th most searelhig observai.e n, %xit hI respect to.the ednteatiotn, temper, opitiois, faults ad'virtlsos of those cultivatintg each other'n society with at view to tnarrinige, should be reciproenlly praur .--d i insisted ugn. And the~y should be Irepeuted breatking off~ of an engagement, -.no less thtan the baiseniess which would promote Ior secuare Otto through mtnztual deltmionts which surely precede a life ouf mnisery. We know two who, after hatving been several ye.:rs engaigear~ att le~ngt h satid to ch other, ini perfect frank ness and miutnaml esteem;, without at cloutd hav ing interposed between thtem : "It scm~s that we do not love so fe.rveiitly. devotedly, as we Iought ini ordler to)ec ht~e u.,bIiusiaid antd we ; L us beoceetarth hile fr ieds only,'" and so they were and ::re. Hoew nobly this cont rasts wvith thle tmercetairy matchmiaakinir, estate-wedding, folr tne-hm tting speirit, too general Ily prevauleuti, whideb detertmitnes the mierits of a suit or by searebing' iniqtiries atmeng receords of mortegages, tad title deeds., or sIrtike., the bealante let at maiid en'si itt ues on her father's b.itk book atnd led er."r AnaEsT OF THtE .3lUsD.tER.-MoSES, the ptrincipt.iac ner in thte -re nmtrder of J EsSEE MrrTOX, :ird who escaped freem the mttihoridies, was re-t:tken,, on $aittrdaty mnerning la.,t, near the D~e:.d Fall, int tl.is Distriei,.nna is now int ja'l. iTe two tidier beeys imipliented were tried mePI tthr--d:i y of last wve-k, and senmenced tto bi hung on Friday, te 15: h of next muonth. The thiree will he hunitg togetl.er.-The phinee of exe eni tin is ixed tiear Donaldsviile.-Ilndeper.dent l'Pre. PRE~iDENT Il'iE.-..-The WVashiingt on cor resptoedenit of the New Yeerk .Jouritrl of~Coms merce satys tof Presidenit Pieree ' His c'ivil atchtievemets sincee his ntecession to thte liresidenicy htave been mtore importatt and motre gleeriouis, and nmore conidieive to she wvel faire of' the counttry, than wonaid be a hutndred vietories by ltand anid sca. TIhe treazties which lie ha~s alremily ttoiie with foreign powers are peaceftul t ritumphs, greatly augnmeti ng the strentgth, aind prosperi:y, and glory of the coun try." Ilt-r AND Cor.D.-A gentlemtan who' arrived at onie of the hetels int Loston oin Wednesday, gatve the follown order ir. a toeuto10i thte shatde : --Lamilord, pu may batggage out ice, antd mnake uip a bed feer tae in the retrigerattor." We hiappented tie be present when thme samtie gen temsan atrived last sjainuary. His order then was ins a tonue several degrees below : -' Latnd lord, I saty, give tus a biliing huot whiskey punich, pile on the coae~l, atnd muake miy bed itt an oven" . NEW CoTToN.--J. II. Willey, Esq., has laid ont our disk a samnple of a bale of Fair new Cotton received fromn the pletanthiion osf Joseph Catechitngs, Esq., G reens county, Georgia. 31eoers. W. C. Dukes & Sons havo also pro, setnted us with a sample from a bahe recived, by Nessrs. Moo~rer &. Connior from the planitationi of Caiswell Hart. Esq., Cha~rlestuon Dietrict. Ita quitlity is Middling Fair. Rice Dulin, Esq1., likewise received yesterdaty tent b:sles otf the new ertup, which lie disposied of at 10% cents per pdunsd.-Charlestonu Courier. THE Lonidonu timnes, in thse course of a reeent editoriatl review of the vairiout naval invasiona cronicled in thue world's history, admits that -The success of the B~riti~h force thtat dashed up the Potomnec, botded, atnd aifter a quick mnaroh, destroyed WVashintgtont, anud then ats speedily beatt a retreat, can hatrdly be considered an afiair of legtitmatte warfatre, beintg little miore thaun a piraatical and fruithests surprise on atn unarmed anid unsuspecting poplatidin." This is a noto worthy consfesseion. THE New Orleans Etulletin says: " We are inclitned to belive thuat the okra plant of thte Sotuth is destined to alleviattt thse grIev ons evil untder whtich till ptublishierdom latbors. We hlave seen specimtens of strong vhuite rope manufactured from its fibre. If it wiill make. rope it certainly will make papor, and if it will maepaper the present exorbitant prices must coe sow aterially, for thle supply of the raw nmateriah will be as intexhtaustible as cheap."' Fr is stated that 1,000,000 .bushela .of wheat will be raised in Dodge county, Wisconsinl, tis year. It is also certain that there are thonsands of nteres that will yield from fifty to sixty bussla