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:7~ "We wvill cling to the 'illrs of the Temuple of our rls n ii utflw ilPrs mdtteRis"* V M S - -_ __ - - -- to --- 6' C'Vi1 liigtotie ilar o te emleofo - fies, and if it snust fall, we willPesha adthe uu. W. P. D UI39E, Proprietor. EDGEFIELDI - C., OCTOBER 19, 1854. - THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY W. F. D U RIS O E, Proprietor. ARTHUR SIMKINS, Editor. Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two DOLLt.Ans and FirrY CFNTS if not paid within six mionths-and TnREE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinet ly limited at the time of'subscribing, %ill ,e consider ed as made for an indefinite period, and will he con tinued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Puilisher. Subscriptions from other States must I.VARIAnLY be accompanied with the cash or refer ence to some one known to us. 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LL %inds of Fiour, Grist and Saw Nlill Gear I ina and 41taftitg iade and warranted to per form equal to any in the State. lr. I'. T. M.uzs, at Edgefied C. I., is authorised Agetit to make contracts. Nov. 2, 1853. ly 42 AGNEW. FISHER & AGNEW, NEWBERRY C. H., S. C., IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN HARDWARE, P A IN T S, OILS, Wisdow Gla s, Groceries, Dry Goods, c., And Buyers of Cotton and country produce. f"- Planters visiting this 1harket will fnd it greatly to their advantage h giviai! us a eall. AGNEW, FIslIER & AU5NEW. Newherry C. II., A pril 13, tf 13 lI- The A bbeville Banner will please copy four Groceries! 50 HIITDS. SUGAR, Also 50 Barrels STEW AR'IS do. 200 BIags COFFEE, 25 Hlhds. MOLASSES, 200 Coils ROPE, soi very superior. - tteiGtny mId T)unIdes BAGGING, 30 Whole, llilf and Qnarter -ii's. No , No 1. and Mess MACKEREL, also Kits, And we would ALso state," that we have a fine assortment of Blankets, Negro Cloths, Bedsteads, Chairs, Saddles, Osnaburvs, Stripes, Iron, Nails. Oils, White Lead. Shot, Bar Leud, Salt, Cheese, Powder, Soap, Mlice, lBac"n. &c., &C.. &C., *And in fact, every article usually found in a Gro cerv Store. j. SIBLEY & SON. fEamburz, Nov 14, tf 44 For the Planters! [\[10 Lbs. Pernvian Guano, 100 bb!s. Kettlewell's GUANO and SALTS. 70 Db!s. Kettlewe's CTT EMTCA L SALTS, 30 " Pure ground PLASTER. The above eelebrated Matmres f.r sale by J. SIBLEY & SON. JIanmburg, Nov 14, if 41 Li The Laurensville Herald. Tndependent Press and Anderson Gazette will copy. the albove four times. imd forward biils to J1. S. & SON. Fresh and Pure Medicines, &c. rI l11 Subscriber has just received a sELECT ISTOCK of Family. Medicines, Chemicals, &c. -CONsIsTNG iN PARTt OF Sulphate of Quinine. Pure Pill Mars, Sup. Carbotnate of Shda, Calomnel, H enry's Cal. Magnesa, Cream of' Tartar, Epsomn Salts, Iodine, Sulphate of Morphine, lodidc of Potasseu, Lump Magnesia. Stryehmnine, N~um's Elixir of Opium, Fahnetstock's Vernmifuge Thompson's Eye Water, '.le -lister's Ointmenmt, Cheesemnan's Bitlsanm, Evins' Lanects. Norwood's Verat ruin Vciride. A nid a full sutpply of tmocst all thte pophular Patet'i Medlicines of the day, all of which are warranted free fromt adulteration. G. L. PENN. AGENT. Oct 06 if - 1 BOOTS AND SHfOES4 AT THE IRON FRONT STORE OPPOSITE THE Nasonic IHall, Augusta, Ga. DEALERS IN - Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Carpet Bags, &c. AR E now retciving thme'r FA LL STOCK of Gents. Ladies, Misses, Boys, Youths and Children's SilOES of the Fiinest Qualities, And the best that can lie bought. Our Assortment containis EVERY ARTICLE usually kept in the largiest Boot antd Shoe. Stores. --ALL vAntETrIEs oF ' PLANTATION BROGANS AND HOUSE SERVANTS' SHOES All of which we will sell on thie most reasonable terms. Augusta, Oct 12 tf 39 C R0 COK ER & R E ES, WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION Jackson Street, below and on the opposite side of Warren's Block, AUGUSTA, GA. T HIE Undersigned would respectfully inform their friends and fornmer piatrons, that thecy will remove, on the 1st September next, to the N EW and SUBSTANTIAL Firec-Proof WVare house on Jacksom. Street, below anmd on thme oppo site of-Warren Block. We will give our personal attentiotn to a~l business entrusted to our care, its heretofore, and htope to merit a continuance of the favor of former patros. We aretrepared to make, at all timnes, liberal cash advances on Produce in Store. Orders for BA GGING, ROPE and FA MILY SUTPP LI ES will be carefully filled, and at the low est market price. - JOHN R. CROCKER, JOUN C. REES. *A ugustal. Aug. 3, 3m 29 Notice. APPLICATION will be made to th'6 next Leg. Aislature of South Carolina, for an act toex elude the sale of Spirituous Liquors in Graniteville, or anmy where within three mniles of the place. Aug5 3t 38 From the Southern Baptist. LINES WRITTEN ON READING AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF Tn1E DEATIOF MONTGOMERY. - Another Pleiad's mystic flight, Hath cast its shade o'etr Britain's strand; A brilliant constellation's light, Is dawning on a better land. Tle Northern Lyre, one by one, Has had its gold strings rudely swept; In %weetest notes its chords vibrate, As if a trenibling.seraph wept. At hofy eve, when thousand stars clve east their glory o'er the sea, Thy numbers have my bosom stirred To yearningr, that it might be free. And o'er my soul thy infinence threw A pure sweet dream of heavenly bliss; A look " beyond the flight of time," Took all the pain and tears from this. In sofest eadence, low and sweet, -A requiem floats far o'er the eale; In old Westminster's arches wide, Do kindred spirits join the wail. Though now thy star is set in mists, . Which baffle vision's boasted power, Thy unme will flouri.h as the oak,* That thou didst plaut in life'% l:st hour. Though Azrael's mandate stayed its fli-ht, 'Till fourscore luttres shed their rays, Thy renovated fori will live, To chant in Heaven eternal praise. S. A. LAKE. Rose Cottage, S. C. X In a notice of the Poet's death it is stated that he 'planted an oak on his eightieth birth-day, in front of the infirmary in the town in which he lived. SONG. THERE is dew for the flow'ret, And honey for the bee; And bowers for the wild bird, And love for you and me! There are tears for the many, And pleasures for tne few ; But let the world pass on, dear, There's love for ie and you! There's care that will not leave us, And pain that will not flee But in our hearts unaltered, Sits Love, 'tween you and me! Our love, it ne'er was reckoned, Yet go~od it is, and true; It's half tile world to ne, love, It's ill the world to you "NOT YET !" A TALE FOUNDED ON FACTS. 'Not vet !" was hdard spoken in a loud quick tone if voice, succeeded by It report of a pistol, emnating from the bottow of t dark subterrane ous vault.hitherto undisturbed by sound from tile coImencement of time, except by the deep. toned, majestic thunder, as it pealed its awlul anathemas from the thizk, heavy clonds, as they covered the iountain's top. This frightful abode or temor was situt.ted on Cumberland mountain, near the road passing throngh Sparta, the Crab Orchard and to Knoxville, Tennessee. Surprised at w1htt I heard so unexpeced in ti,;.t hideous wilderness, I checked my horse and lis tene'd with inteunse avidity, to hear once more that horrid dwelling place of mysteries, before I could take my leave oif this strange atfl'air ; and whilst thus sulspended, as it were by hoipe, fear, anid agonty, I heard, as I thought, a female voice exlaim, thank Ihcaven. I amt safe." My euri osty was now excited beyond expression. Hear ing~ first the voice of a man, then the loud voice of~ denth's instrument,'and still more, the soul animating voice of at female, 1all conspired to ex eite my most profountd sympathy and greatest astonishment. I could no lonlger refrain rrom di-mounting and rushing to the mouth of the eluded apet ture. After some minutes of breathless surprise, looking through the dark foliages of thick pine leaves, I discovered the bleeding form of at man lying prostrate in the lowest part of thle cave, with a pistol in one hand, atnd a dirk, as if fien from the other, close by his side. All was still-death and si lence reigned triumphilant there. After nmany atlempts to di-cover thle parties to this strange alir, I ventured still closer to the eietimi of de mon pasio,~ mteditat ing upon1 the scene no0w detonstatingr before me. WVhere were the at' tors of' this blm' dy tragedy ? titme seemed insulli cient for their escape. And could tt he possible all that I had heard had resulted from an act of' suicide ? From the rapid succesionl and incotn ruities of sounds. I thought not. *The ball had passed through his head. Poor man, thought I, youi~ have fallen a victim to dis appoitment, disappointed ambition, oir blastefl hopes of earthly felicity, and have retired far from the world's vulgar scrutiny-hiditng in na tre's dark reeess, zdike his person and his bloody deed. And if so, I aum an intruder upon he purposes und designs of the dead. But up. on an examninaition of his pistol, 1 found it to be loaded. 1 found my conjectures were all wrong, ad for the safety of my own person, I hurried way trom the scene of carnage and death. Mlany conjectures presented themselves during my evening's ride, yet all ended in doubt and ucrainlty. A clue to the facts seemed cover ed in impenetrable darkness. After travrelling twenty miles through a wild wilderness, seeing no hluma~n being, and hlearing nto human voice, except thle constattt reiteration of "not yet," "thank heaiven, I am safe," which rang as if spoken from Ihe tops of the majiestic pines cover ing tecod-reaching hlills in every direction. My feelings strangely accorded with the scene now surroundinlg ame-the winds htow.led hide ously, as they passed me by-the loud roaring of the catairaet's awfutl fall, and the deep gather ng clouds that shut out the light of' day, all, all kept my heart awakened and tmy mind on ter rors vision bent. Af'ter a rapid ride of a few hours, I t'ortuinately reached the beautif'uh town of K. before the mantle o1' night f'elh upion me. I hatd no sooner crossed the river and gained ad mittance into a hotel, than I commenced, by in terrogatoIries, to seek for some elueidattion to the melancholy spectacle I had that evening witnessed. I asked the landlord if there wats any news about town. Hie replied .there was great, excitement pervading all ra'nks of societyl by the sudden disappearance of two yotung men. and also of a younrg lady; all of whom had been raised in the place. 'He said Mr. McClouid ad Miss Mary Lawson had crossed the river for the purpose of'attending church, some four or five ...c ditan+, .nd in tile evening Col. Van Dyke follewed in the stnme direction, and no thing had since been heard from them. Ile said AleCloud and Van Dyke were rivals fur the hanid of Miss Litwson. " leClotud," he said, "is very wealthy, and consequently. ns is ustial in such cases, ie is the favorite (if Mary's p:irents. Yet Col. Van Dvke is the fatvorite with the young lady; and knowing the parties as I do, my apprehendions are of a serious character." Before retiring to bed, I related the whole scene I had witnessed to lite hoitel keeper; and by the dawn of day next morning ome fiflty or sixty gentlemen rode up to the hotel and re quested me to go with them back to the moun tain. There was one dilliculhy with nto; if the two transactions had no connection, I might be coi Lan object fif at li-nst suspicion. In four hours' ride wve alighted near the spot, found the body, but it was so mutilated and torn to pieces by the wolves as not to leave one Iea lure of recognition. I soon founid myself tle object if suspici.nIt. arnd after manty critical interrogatories, a spot of blood was discovered on my right arm. ittspi eion now burst into a fl:l-:my said it was not McCloud; even his relations werre of that opinion ; and soon I was politely informed it would be their painrifl dity to aid hi my arrest, and lite sheriff was commntided to :-uompany me to the Crab Orchard. Shin alter our art! Val, I Found iyself uniderrOIn tle foriiiialitiesP cf a trial belore a courtof inquiry. The dead body was conveyed to the trial :s a witness argaintst tie, anltd also for int erienit at that piace. After the exparte trial was coetl ided, ald the mnagisirate handed the sheriff a mitimus to colt tmit te to prison, he Said. come. sir, you m1i41tst go with me to jail," atid just as I irose from miy sent,-nifatilestinig willin. nesS to -1hey' hie commnands, su bmlitting myself intio the iron faniigs of the law without just ice (i t lie least sh:l ow ot It crime, yet without a murmir. there was heard a voice, loud and ch-ar. exe.iming not, yet." At that niiment a gpineral Nhortt etsned, prtoe!aiinitg, " Here is tlie colonel." A tall line-looking man, stiped in and said: ttp, sherit. this man is guilttless; I am tie mtin I killed 3MeCloud." The whiole crowd sitood four several moments as if elttvilifiedmii, tuniln aw ful silence was disirblm 1 by rhk s frm the relations, both of McCuid anrid V1an Dyke; tears flowed in torrents; every heart seeeid frill of unrestrained grie'. OId fr. Lfw-ron Mitre Up to the ciolonel. nid askui- it' Ie knew itythilng (if his loAt Mary, wiil:e Ii, franne trem bltd with feariul emotion. Van Dyke replied, with :I placid smile upon his face: - ir. -he is ,;afe, and you will find ienr At Mr. White's, aboit two miles distant. Sie ik there the snme inno ent, virtuous. immaclite child she was whini ciecoyed from her liaterni:l hone by a treaeber ius villaiN." Then, turiiag to the sheriff, he said: " Sir, I am readv to answer the dlemaids f the law." The foruml'ies of' : trial before i court of inqniry were had, and Van Dvke was 'omitlted tQ-prisun. -Till,"n eq Ih.i LS h - ..... . miiin .ary confessions were read ini evidertee agrail.t iur by the promecting counsel. :ind proIft of is rivallV or 31eCOlorid. and other cireti nsta ies, vere established. Then Miss Lawoniti was rourght. forward to give testimny. She c:irne, ecning ott her fiather'sarm-lier pal.e intelliient m1id iintereslintg facee was modestly concs'e:iied liv I veil and boinet. All eyes wert lixeil upo n er is an olject of pily and extrieme be:aily. She carme forward, trenbliing witI sensibniliy md fear, to give evidence irnriist her benerie r, her preserver, atid idil of her heart. The remor of her voice and the gentle undulations f her bosoin evinced the ermbarrassient oi her nind. and tlie peculiar delinacy of tier po-ition, trd aroused the sympathy of a crowded :,ssem >lv. After I few moitetits coif' mposut-, she rave the following statenents of facts I was ecoved oif from home', soitme :nontlis sinre, by 1r. MeClotid. We started to muelilg, and at er riding some tie, I asked tuim if were not st. lie said lie believed so; the biile said Ire tnew where we wer'e,anid that we had beent lost, ut were now ini thre roadirlbhak to tiowi; aind as hie time for meeting had paissedl. we would go >n to town. After' mueh ciorversmrioni, lie re narked, ini an :migro tone of' voice, " well, Marry, c learly see, un rder arll thlese circumnstancis, yon utend nmarryinig Col. Vain Dyke, arid before Ihe shall thus tranmple over myv exalted elinimis, vou md myself must, fall victimis ti your iniflexible Abimiery." so saving, Ire trirnied our horses :t of' the roaid, anid we ha~d riot proceeeded far yefore he disnmutd anrd lhiirrie'd rie from iry addle down into a dee, fright ful cave. " Now. Miss," said he, " death or thre tuli arssuranice oft four hand," and art the same t imre wavinug a pis tol in one hand arid a dirk ini the ontier. I plead for life, but Ire seemed unreletntinig; his eye flashed fiery indignrat ioni ; at lenrgt h I ceased to spenik. " Their," said lie, "die, obstinate Mr," raisaing his dirk over my heart anrd point ring it to mry heart. Kot y'i, sounded iin miy ear, followed by thle report ouf a1 puitol. McClond ktl-I turnerd tmy herad-behield my deliverer. ind exclaimied, th'~iunk IIearvein. I ant .saufe'! Col. Va~n Dike then ciondnieted rue to MIr. White's, where Ii'rmained until my' fiaber carre a ndu con-. :eted me home." " is thIis tire mrn yoin call yosur deliverer," isked thre nittornuey foir thre defendiani it, poin Iinig to the prisonier, who tmad remtainred unperceived by Mary until that momient.. She gamve a screamt, arid 11-ll in a state of ini sensibility, from which shre did rot recover foir someidays. WVithi the testimony of Miss Mary, the' Attor icy for the Commornirwentt I closed on his part. The counsel for deftendant then remtarked he wanted noi witnesses, his client relied aloune upron the testimuonry of' .\iss Lawson four I jiustific:; ion. The arttoruney for rthe Ciiomowealtiu then't gave to thre jury a brief sutmimary' of the prriniet ~es of the haw andir of tie evidence hearing up-i ur thre case, anid pressed tipont the jurry the inm portarnce of enforcinig the laws of the land against every ft i'l-nder, hrowever dust ingnishied he mighit be. Th'le cuniset for defendant then arose, and withr much ability, and more than hr diniry eloquetnce, addressed tthe jury in the de fence of Col1. Van Dyke. ie denied tire hs'azl positions assumed bry thne arttorntey for thie prise cution. H~e conitendted that thre prisonrer had not, violated the law-that thue act comrruained of was riecessarry to prevent the commniissin of an atrocious murder. That irnstenid of shamine, degrrdrt'ion and puntishmeanit, Van Dyke glmorie'd in the deed, anid felt thart he deserved the uip. pause and npprobartion of the conmmutnity foi the rescue of innocence arid virtue from thre em bree of desperation mii ldethtt. He'dwelt tupon the highr and nobte inspirations oif hove-its inm perative claims upon atlI who would worship at its pure anid holy shirrne. lie insisted that thte law ot' nature, whuich was patramtount to all hiu matn law, the snrered statutes of love arid affee tion, that comrimnded him to cher'ish iand lpre. serve its idol antd inspiirer, was Coil. Varn D~yke's justiicationr for the deaith of McCloud. Thre attorney f'or the prosecution respotnded in a strong tappeal, reiteratirng his formier pons ions assumed in the openringu of the case, en fring them by tiew ews arid argllments. lio Fil~kc nout n A hen the ease wfl'I sub niitted to thes jury r six hours ain awful sus piense of the-tinal" t took poses.sion or the Iasseimbly. Hope, . , and appreiension, sway ed each boson-th ha:viig been that length of ltime in close C do tain in tucir room. At length th'ey cime t elerk's table, with slow and solemn ateps,.i gin a verdict of 'Guily.' Thee stern and ngi inciples of law and the magic inllluele o lCloud's inexhanstible wealth swnyed the- er reelingr, of the human heart. It was i t the verdict had beetj wrun from them- Utith reluotance. On the next mor ', the judge pronounced the sentetlee of'd- in conformity with t.ae verdict of the jnry nd decided that in ten day. Col. Van DyL k ould atone for the mur der of McCloud b public eiceutiun upon thle !gallows. Tile faall dav so me, bringing with it a general gloom. Ev lie elements above s-eei ed con1io f theiJ nAtice about to be infliet. ed upon the noble 'Dyke. Dark lowering elonds obscured tho y -thuders pealed their solem notes-thed i tning's awful glare and quick;'-f:shes strues rror and alarm into the stouiegt- hearts; an e muffled drumen added stilltan-other solemai to the hea-rt-sickening scene. TIIus.Lnds o peetators had assembled before the hour of e ution. A p!.tform ihad been erveced, and ci&lhed in the deep h:tbii tientis of enourting deadh ; and on this was --on seated the yo. ful condemned-id4on, sur ronided by somlie 'd friends of both sexes. The oticer havin" 'e of the solemnhies of that dar aroSe andl-e manded .sflence, iti order that tile condeni t nght be heard. The solemn Silence of th ,siset%'mbly, which tihenl en ni-d far, far surp:.d anything that I ever witlesaed upon any. A - Uccasioln. It wis So .iealn, 1-tand dead, That you mew'ht heaiS'lJe firie's lighter tread, i Th' spider'-s te s - wove his smare From tre..- to tre., tigaIils soft crecpaing there." . It w< am monme nr breathless anxiety. util V'oan Dyke teped , yprd, in full v'iew of the num 41er ns ly m i is fine form, open coun ien:ne e, anid taiaeffidign *W-pnsses,-ioln, w1on1 111i ierwal ,dmiration am .lflcr'inpathy. - You ire as embeh, may ficend, 4id Van Dyke, -on the pre-e. occasion. to witts3 the degradation and death (.fI a felow cliez.iz.nonie to :-ee tihe iatijeiei of a disga !'puiishiuent for ilmpLi eld crime. But in tijidsbf death ida in the prleeiee of a-holy G34' aid thi- ameibbly, I pro. elaim tait I ali oo unitr'er. It is true I paoint ed the pistol and dfirt-eed the sit that killed haiaa. I glory te t e-I -hourd iave been lst to tla feelings ofd aan. lost to ercrv noble imqpul.e, had I acted'id dferent pirt. My con ;cience aegnit me. all crime, and I feel no fears ia ineeting thbu gee of the universe. I killed MeClorad in te ctmgt.the idol of ny heart from the medmiied -vengea1cnce of malice; jealousy, ambition, d ipi' came wi ith lightinr Speatsu. a .. . Voice exclaimed, Not yet; (,lh, not yet!" A lovely womtianc, with a1 nale attenidanit, rushed to the platform. She bore it her lanid the pardon (if Van Dyke from the Governor. She went, the grateful me.sseiger of love and mercy, aved reitiued in time to save ler benefactor and lite idaol o her soul frot an ignominious dcea tI. In anl instanit the lealy 1alry Lawson W:as in the arus of Col. Van Dyke, ad tie crowd, by one uniiversa l shout of joy and. approhait. evinced their sympathy for the heramcu of Col. Van Dyke and M ary Lawsoni. Time rolled (an in its migltiy revolution, pro dueing its wonderlul chang e. Years iad pased by. I saw them agail. Thiey were basking in ethly frelicity. I i.,ked themc if any impiedi mentt had retiled the crystal stream of allieion ; and the once beacif'al M.Iary exclaimed, with Fervor. "- Not yet ; ol, nut yet."-Russellville lerald. IHARD TIMES-ZEEPING ACCOUN~TS. Sch~ec ha. it hacppenied that, there has been so gceneral ani aedvanece of [rices foir the neeceessa ri.' of' life ase we havee of laete been sul~ering.v THard Times, whose shacwow is never off th~e heacrth of the pooc, now daerkenc the halls of those who ha~ve been aceoicnted rich. andc suebdue the usually gay lights thcat ill c emete their pacr lers. Not thcat thcere ise muchc positive suetieimg vee'mong~ us, but thcere certaincly is a marvelous strinegeev " with aney whon hacve not ofe en felL, anye cuinst rainit upon Ltheir expen-tditurets. Wacges~ewere grood thirenerht the Scemmer, aetd busincesse was p'lenfy. Th'e thcrifty atre ptretty wellI provided far, but the theriftles'.-anid thte'y, thtutgih a mcintoril V, ae very respeacable foer nem bers,-lean teoe hicavily for comcfoirt oan Lthe hcope thlata the atbund~at Leope anid palenet iful harvests willI tamne prce essietiadly, aced cnulify the rough ways of' the times. Now let thce yoteng maen, whto haets work enonigh to dor, andii is piccid for it,* rememca-br lhat it ise not wmhe1 eatres, buet whlat lhe c'pendas, t hat sett ies thIe stcate oat hcil acoUnets at, thce yaear's ed. Let himc be a.-utrede theat respecttabe waeges ought to suppert him.c and unle.ss there are e'xtraeordinaery' weghets for hciem to carry-as of de'bt or' a large cai l-e oughat from temc to Iay cnp sonmet hing 'agist harder ties, thact the curtcainaed Future men coe(nce. If iti is haare. fair hiem now, with p rhfeet leealtie aead a sm.c ifunily, aand enoyineg t ec ulnes ~.of yoeutheini energyV, toeh~~ li ny an thnge lhuw meueha toneghe'r will it be to macke ac saevneg whcen t hae netu red fohrc is abated, andte little es eineingt te heis acrms,' hcinder his fulhl stroke aned pcac-ein- and acs come and settle in all ie joinets. Thiere ' isne'h. indeed, to hindeer his sacvi ngr somleth lict, beshAi~e thle .i el the bills to be p aid tfar loa t oc's an cd beef, bone-erent. and nteces. .ry eolahing. Thhere. is pride antd the luist of 'lmiationie and au sihhy hocpei of aippeaerinig better of thanuc he reaely is,-all wrhich are bitterer ene mies to his. proiipe'rity th~e c either Huntiger or Nkedncecs'. Lea.t e-very youneg mat~n overhaul hise exenss anal pick outt 'froen what are ah-.olutely otside oft his contol dthiose which hte can choke dwn, ancd e..peceially these which laie better jngcmenet condemns. Tie Hard Tinmes will prve a blessing~ it they heed the young to abani den thleir drienking tend. sunokineg and -treating. ad "geaing on a buet." Netw no one knows how muclh he might save, Inor inedeed how much lie sp(ends for-things that le wiould himel~ef -prooun~tce as useless, until hcoetonote item by item as it neerntes, and with the book fairly before him to cast up thce aceountt froim time to time. The habit. of keep g exact aereounts is ai great block to foolish epenses. T'houagh no efl'ort is made to con tract, the chainge will slip less eausily through the- fingers itf it is on the next morning to be oted, timd if neext Saturdaen the memoranidumc ise sre to be reviewed. The. daily accotuntbook is the geaet anttidot. to Ha~rd Tiimes; and the habtit of Keepinig it is not worth less than an additional dellar per week to the scalary. Try it, youeng bacheloarse and ne w htousekeepers, aind if yoeu do not find it so, doubt thie wisdom of the old folks anid of th )se who think they now._New York Times. Ul]WULAR LEIETR. We copy the followhig.well-written and high ly interesting Circular Letter from the Minutes of the Edgefield Baptist Association. It is from the accomplished pen of Rev. B. F. CORLEY. DEAR BRETHREN-Permit, us to address you, I in this our' annual epistle, on the duty and im portancP of direct individual effort, on the part of each member of the Church, in the conversion or sinners to God. The Saviour said to his disciples, " Ye are the salt of tile earth." This language applie. to the discipies, both as Christians and as Christian Ministers. And it means that every Christian should..make his influence individually and di rectly felt for the salvation of those around him. Pa1n had regard to this when he said in his let ter to the Colloissians, 4: 6, " L t your speech he always witi grace, seasoned with salt," 'or this will make - the mouth of a righteous inINn a well of life." It also teaches that every Chris tian should exert a conservative influence-that their value consists in their savor-that without 'this they are nlot only usele.,s, but they defeat an important design in their conversion ; and also tlat theirsituation is hopeless. For, "though salt may restore unsavory tmeat, what can res tore unsavory salt?'"* The agency of his peo pie is the ordinary means by which God designs the conversion of siners. [low did Gentile sinners, under the Old Testament dispensation hear of the promnsed Mesiah, but by the agency of those who had been instructed therein? Melchizedek, the harlot Rahab and Jethro, were ebch made acceptable to God. The first was hiS " priest," the second was "justitied by ftith," arid the la.t was an accepted worshipper. H'low were the eastern Magi, the Roman Centu rian, the Syro-Phlonician woman, and Cornelius informed concerning Christ, unless by human agency ? How happened it that etrtain Greeks, straners in Jerusalem, said to Philip. " Sir, we would see Jesus !" And how happened it that the Ethiopian was found reading the meriptures ? We also see the agency of Philip in the I wo last cases. The Saiiour, in view of the faith of a ceriain few who bore an inIirm tman on their slouhiers, seeing their faith, said to the sick of the palsy, thy sins are forriven. This idea is perhaps more clearly tanght in Job 42: 8, and Mat. 5: 14-16. Thus we see that God purposes the conversion of sinners by the agency of his peopie. Now, if this be true, it is our duty to fill the place assigned to us. And when we fil to do this we coimit. wilful sin against God, as dhe lawgiver who devised the pl-an of salvation a:gainst the Son, who bought his people, and agailia the 1101y Ghost. wl not only teaches tis, but scals the saints to the day of their redeip tion. I Although the. primitive Christians vere the salt of the earth, yet the time has now comnew when many seem to have lost sight of indicidual responsibility in this re.pect,ind thereforee-. rd .itonnlaa..t litrimigiah- - seib-Hilities,a nd to elice a sense or ouraccuuo' abili:v to God. I an aware that there is at inl clitiation to palliate the neglect (if this duty, be cause meetinirs have been sometimes so con ducted in certain sections, :s to be a departure from Paul's inj nnctioin to have all things done decently and in order. But shall we depreciate the end, because we censure tihe me:ins ? Ie sides, can this, in any wise release us frpum a di vine obligation to employ our efforts in the con version orf sinners ? And we should also re member ait it is as mneh our duty to labor for the cor. - sion of sinners at home, as at the house of God. In regard to the imprortance of human agency in this work, we may learn soiething from ob servation, and our experience. We believe that nearly all our Churches have had at times revi vals of vital religion. And it has generally been when the meetings were pruoracted. But God did not convert sinners, merely because preach ers and pieople were assembiled there ; bitt it has. been when Christians have had their hearts pre pared for unidted and untirintg indiviunal effort. During our protracted meetim'gs, sanetitied effort is emupluiyed and revivals tfollow as the result; but when the meetinig eases. our eflurts cease, amid the revival ceases ais the result. Ihenee we geterally have revivals bitt onmce a year ! Anid 1 have womidered that God permitted us to have as many revivals as we have, when as Churches, we mt le an effort but oncee a yeair four it! . But why not have a revival fur a wrhole year yes, A WHOLE YEAR ? Is it. impiossiblei? Is it oposed to the divine will? Th'le writer was oce ini a reviv-al for abotut six mionthIs, carried on by private efl~rt-almtost unseen by the world -nio extra meeings-no getneral out-bursts of feelinig, bit yet tile work was deep, and told' loiodly for the cause of Christr. Like the unseen ires of' a volcanie mounimtain, it wais knorwn by its el'ects ttpon the trenmbling eatrth. it' a revival of six or igh~t days causes the candle of thme Lord to shinte upon its amid our hearts to singr tor joy, would niot one of three hutndred and sixty-ive days give us more jioy, mtore of the sur',hinie of' thme souml ? more of the luxtury of Diine Grace ? I know that we'eannmot atid we shuld not meet ait our Chiurcebes every day, as God requires uts to nmeet only3 oneC day outgr thme week ; biut this i.s not a reasoni why we should not have a continned revival. Let us for a mo ment loo(k into this poiint. Two points consti tte the utility of protracted meetings. 1. An oportuity for protracte'd e'tfort. 2. Drawing the rmind f'ronm tetmporal things, and~phaimg it fr days together upont spiritnial things. This is necessary, in order that a permanenit nnpressmon be made. For " the longer anid more intensely we conitemplate art object in that relation, which is calculated to draw out the affehctions, the more deeply will the impression be upon tho tmid anid the memory."t Now, its regards the irst, is it necessary that Christians should assemble at theiir houses of worship, in order that individual effort should bn employed, or that God should hear prayer? Nane will say that it is. And as respects the second, may we not, by d .ily eon veration and prayer, lead impenitent souls to consider the imiportanece of eternail things ? We may ind am ple material for our efforts in our own fminities, or itt those of our neighbors, for unesing effort and prayer. Most of us are with impienitent souls most of our time, how easily would it be, thten, to direct their minids to Christ, the Stavionr ot sinners? And then on Lord's day how well w otuld their minds and ours be prepared for the gospel! Now aind then a sinner would be brouighit to the kniowledlge of the truth- their conlversion would awaken others. Christians, seeinig God's work pro.speritng in their hands, would take fresh courage. God's house would become a hallowed and ant attractive place, ad all would there feel a heavenly atumosphere. Every mitnister knows full well, that more can now be done out of the plulpit thani in it. Men look upon preaching as a matter of course, tand seemn to thitnk that to hear preachting, toid go away and forget it, carries but little or no gutlt. In'the pulpit we often deal in general; out of it -*u lospyofter.no aain' in particulars. There are often facts and cir cum.,tances which might be happily employed in private -conversation, which would be out of place in the pulpit. Direct appeals may be so made as to fall with power upon the heart. These address themselves to the judgment,4tlhey feel it is to them, and they cannot trrnsfer it. I will illustrate this. Soon . fer the death of that devoted servant of God, Harlan Pne, when a snbscripiion .Was being handed round for the benefit of Mrs.. and her children, a young mer chant standing by said, with tears standing in his eyes, " I wish to give something-here are ten dollars; bnt for M1r. P. I would probably have suink into a miserable eternity." This young man, in explaining the circumstance uaid, " Mr. P. coming into the Church before the hour for preaching, took a seat by my ide and said,. II tru*t you love the Saviour.' The question im mediately filled my eyes with tears. I had been preached to at arms length all my days in New IJampshire, but this was the flrst time in my life that ever a Christian thus kindly put such a ques tion to my heart." These lines speak volumes they unfold an important secret to the child of God. While I would not detract from the dignity and importance of our HeaverNappointed minis try, which is the bulwark and glory of the Church, yet the preaching of the word does not now eem to have that happy elTct which it had in earlier times. A sermon on the love and death of Christ delivered to a band of Burmans, would tell more loudly for the cause of Christ, all things considered, than one addressed to a well inform ed American congregation. Robert Hall once said, " the darkest place in the room is under the lamp." And it appears that those who re ceive the light of the understanding, unaccompa ied by the love of truth, have their hearts ren dered callous to Divine impressions by the com ionness of their spiritual privileges; so that God's word bt-coines a savor of death unto death, by sinning wilfully after they have received the knowledge of the truth. Now,,when one mode of attack fails, the skilful general will resort to an:>ther, and thus take his enemy on surprise. So should we do. It is true that all efficiency in our Divine work must be effected by the same instrument-truth-but still, the instrument may be wielded in diterent ways-In one direction we might strike a shield or helmet and do no in jury, while in another direction a mortal wound might he inflicted. As God's agents, we should wield his instrument skilfully. I notice, in.the third place, the spirit and man ner in which this effort should be made. Here we must strive lawfully if-we triumph. Love to Christ is alone capable of impelling a man to the performance of works acceptable to God. Twingle. the celebrated Swiss reformer, says, "works done out of Jesus Christ are worthless. Since every thing is done of him, in him and by him, what...wm- - .ourselves? 114111 U., There is an eloquence in a godly lire, -Derore which even aitheism and infidelity have often been made to quail. Hence it has been said that no man can be truly eloquent without piety. The world, wicked as it is, will feel a veneration for a pions man. Such a man, and such alone, can do much in the cause of Christ. " Brother." says Mr. Page in a letter to a young convert. " when you mueet with an impenitent sinner, don't merely say, calmly, ' Friend, you are in danger,' but approach him with a holy vi6lence and labor to 'null him out of the fire.' They are going to perdition-ihere is a leaven-h'ere is a hell." In the fotilh place I notice the happy results of suii individual ellhrt. 1. It would result in the conversion of sinners to God. and thu would we save souls from death, for God will bless a diligent compliance with his co'ummands. 2. lt would secure the Church spiritual ad. vancemnent. Laboring for God brings its own reward, in the reflex influence which would re vert to the laborer. For an efiort to di.,charge our dutty to God, is the best commentary upon the Script ures. WVe understand God's law in its performance. 3. It would unite Christians in the sweetest bond of maffiet ion. They would recognize ,each other as brethren, laboring in a common cause, and fo? a commoin master-their sympaties would be extended for each other. " Then each would feel his brother's sigh, And with him bear a part; Sorrow would flow from eye to eye, And joy fronm heart to heart." 4. 1t would tend to purify the Church. In active drones-conld not live in such an atnmos phere. TJhose who had a formt of godlinmess oinly, would be undeccived by the faithaful instructions of thme Chnrch. Andl she would neither be bur detned with nor disgraced by themt. 5. It would tend to promote healthful and vigorous piety. WVe need formatire discipline, as wvell as corrective. Christians would be quali fiedl to teatch the young convert the way of the Lord more pierfectly. Such wouid come into the Church instructed. Wamt glorious results would follow! Tlhen, brethen, let, each of us honor Christ by looking well to this matter. And many God grant us grace to act well our part, fur Christ's sake. Amen. : D'Aubigne's Hist. Ref. vol. 2., B. 8, chi. 9. A CHINESE WVoNDE.-Europeans5 and Ameri cans are very apt to consider the Chinese as barbarians, when compared with our own and other Chtristain nations. Yet wYe are constantly meeting wvith facts in relation to that singular people, which put to the blush all our vain glo rious boasting. What are our great canals when compared with that extraordinary work of art, the imperial Canal of China, which was btuilt by the Mongol Emtp or, Kublai Khan,,and extends a distance 'vl more than 600 miles? Great heights are tunnelled, lakes bridged, and stupendous embarkments thrown over marshes and low ground to afford it a passage. Unlike our canals, its capacity is not limitsd to small boats, but large ships sail upon its waters, which are filled by mighty rivers, and serve not only the purpose of a commercial, highway, but are used for the two-fold objects of irrigation and drainage, thus rendering available for cultivation~ much land which would otherwise be- usless This canaul has been pronounced by Europeans a gigantic work, and one displaying soondprue tical engineering skill, and even genius in its construction. Yet it is one among many achievements of art to be found on a larger scale in China than in any other country in the world. THE Emperor Nicholas is getting savage at. the allies. He is reported to have said, in refe rence to the English: " They may repel me from the Danuhe: they may enter .Conastadt, and take possessiton of St. Petersburg ; they may force me to retire from Mosow : but they must drive me from the'wilds of Siberia, or take me prisoner in the mnountain passes of the Ural, before I bease to strive 'for the npoiin I have taken." - .PASS IT ROUND. The following preamble and Resoilutifkldsw adopted at the meeting of the Young.Men B4 nevolent Association on Saturday evening. . Whereas, it has been reported to ths ciation by a member of one of the Wa.aCo mittees, that Dennis Haley has frbyn without legal process, ejected fMrs.cibytinda poor widow woman with heet sinkf child fri tenement occupied by iher, for the p of rent, turning her into thO btieatsu dt A gering the life of . the child, if mother; therefore Be it resolced unaimously by this A*iociatio'n, That the conduct.of said Haley, considen-the times and circumstances accompanying it was cruel, 'unchristian, unmanly -and inhumaiand that its author should be' hel d-up to 'the exeera Lion of every member of this commanity. Resolved, That the city pnpers ieNenestet to insert this preamble and resolutioi,. nied by such comment as the outrag emandsudii ,y We know of ho language' strong ;en og to denounce such depravity as that describedln-tte s case above alluded to. It is certainly thi- iost inhuman and herbarous act we have heard of and many have come to our knowid ring the trying season from .whichtwoarela44' emerging. Any man who has si littl 'of hums sympathy in him should be looked upon as. mean for pity and too contemptible for'-scorn. It is to be hoped that should.injury.resiltt th- X partiessaid to have been ejected, the Wlieder will not be allowed to go uns-hipt of-jostice The Young Men's Benevolent Association-ot Savannah have determined hereafter to iistribti their benefictions -in the shape of -rovisi4ns finedical attentiofi and nurses, instead of money as heretofore. They have bien compeledt adopt this rule, in order the more. effectually 'to guard against fraud and imposition. Some days ago, for example, a number of one of the Ward Committees found 'apoor Irish girl sick and in great distress. A physician was sent for, and a nurse procured, and ten dollars were left with her sister-in-law, with whem shs was living, with which to purchase-. provisions. On returning the next day, the comimittee man found that .he sister-in-law had spent fifty cents of this money for medicine, and had appropria ted the remaining $9,50 to her own purposes, on the ground that the Aick woman owed her that sum! Another member of a committee was asked for money by a large, robust, heilthy. Irishman. He replied that lie was able to work-that there was great demand for laborers.,.and that he would find no difficulty in obtainin g.esployment still be gave hin; two dollars toupply hisi diate wants. *And be thisWlie.',ri.:going to give me ?" indignantly inqniril theeurly Irish. man ; and being . assured that "It.iva; he threw the money back into the face ofthe donor I . They furnish a L -..I lepravity of these people, and would almost ustily the Association in withholding from them ill charity. Such conduct certainly authorizes them to change the form of their benefactions, nd to investigate narrowly the merits of every .ase in which they are called upon for assistance. -[Sav. Georgian. MR. NVrSE ON SLAVER.-A' Boston clergy. inan, who had spent some time at th- South, and learned no small part of the anti-slavery creed to which lie has bred, recently addressed a friend ly letter to the Hon. Henry A. Wise, of Virgin in, propounding a series of qut stions coneerning the general subject of slavery, and the African race in the Uiited States. Mr. Wisv's reply has been published, and attracts much attention at the North. It is full of his own warm blood, definint, eloquent, headlong, sometimes exagge rated and confused,.but aboqnding in originial and striking views, lHe contrasts the condition of the African slave in the United Stat's and Brazil in regard to religion, civilization and physical well being, with the Afrieaa at home, and vindicntes slavery and the slave trade by the good they haive done. STR AEGE FREAr.-PROVTDENeE, Oct. 3.-An old man named Lyman Hawes committed a strange freak to day, which caused no sm-.li ex eitement. He erected a house of boards-on2 both tracks of the Providence and Worcester railroad, and placed within the samwe a keg of powder and then nailing himself in the house, , swore that if the trains. attempted to run throogh the buildiing lie would blow all to atoms.. His wild and deterined threamts and the obstruetion , eaused a detention of two hours to the trains, but finally a crowd of about one thnu'rand per- -I sons assembled and smashed i'n thiedmor of'the building, and seized Hawes and dragged him to jail. Thn police speedily demolished the house, and the trains passed on. The excitement was so great that it was with dificeulty the people were deterred from injuring Ilawes. The reason gi-, yen for the strange freak is. that Hawes former ly owned the land through which the rond passes, and, conceiving that he had not been alldwed enough for it by the commissioners, endeavored to revenge himself in the manner stated. A SECREl Wo~tTH Ktaownr.-Boil thred or four onions with a pint of water; then, with-a gilding brush, go over your glasses and. frames, and rest assured that the flies will--not light on the article washed. This may be used without apprehension, and it will not do the least ijr to the frames. . JW RAILROAD ACCIDET.-We understand .that the Greenville train, in coming down yesterday, , run over two negroes, the property of Capt'' J. Robertson, of this district, one of whom 'was' killed instantly and the other left with no hopes of recovery. The negroes were supioaed to be asleep.-SouthCnroinian. - A pretended fugitive from Georgia turned up, a few days sitice, In ennsylvania,'Yates county N. Y.-where, by the way, abolitionists-are very numerous-and maide enquiry for some' abolis.: tionists in the neighborhood. He calledsat the d house of a Mr. Pulver, the family -being alis, mid soon-anter a giild watch waitnaising,a~~l as thieidugitive. Mr.. P. oeurs-a reward~f2 Tfo his appreheion. W.~ C. BEENAN,' who has been from - months in%'ustody on the charge of r'i~gti~ mails, died in the jail at Savannah on'te~l inst., of yellow fever. He was to 1i et tried at the .November term -of the U. :~D trict Court of Georgia.' His death;ieer dispenses with the attendance ofwia bX THE. Boston Weekly Bankid m~t~~ an increase of'-$75;O00 ein. taj vious week, a-decreasiiaf-S discounts,andof #1i,95'in