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AAA A10 "We will cling to tihe Pillars of th6 Temp~i af our Liberties, and it It must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." W. F. DUIRISOE, Proprietor. ED(EFIEL , S. C., JANUARY 10, 1855. - -- THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER - S PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. D U RIS O E, Proprietor. .ARTRUR SIXK3NS, Editor. 'Two DOLLARS per yeir, if paid in advance-two btOLLARS and FIFTY CENTs if not paid widlin six $months-and THaE DOLLARS if not paid before the <expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinct !ly limited at the time of subscribing, iill be consider -ed as made for an indefinite period, and will be con :tinued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of ithe Publisher. Subscriptions from other States must UxTAiADLaY .be accompanied with the cash or refer -Once to some one known to us. ADvERStXETrs wilL be conspicuously inserted at 5 cents per Square (12 lines or less) for the first in sertion, and 37& cents for each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will be charged. All Advertisernentsnothaving the desired number of insertions marked on the mar gin, wii be continued until forbid and charged ac cordingly. Those desiring to advertie by the year can do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, iN ADVANCE. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be aid by the Magistrate advertising. NOW IS THE TIME. Now is the tin4-a precious pearl, I resteth justwithin your grasp, A moment! 'Tis forever lost, And only vain regrets you clasp. h:,eaeh man's life tho' there's a tide, Yet nieither time nor tide will wait, Then do not idly let then glide, Aid like a fool your luck berate. Now is the tine, employ it well, Strike whilst the iroti's hot and red, Strike-and be sure w ith steady nerve, To hit the nail upon its head. "Prcrastination is a thief," And if you stop with him, you'll lose Life's golden sands, and swifter feet, Will step ahead in your own shoes. Now is the tine-don't let it slip In soft beguiling reveries, From such light chaff and worthless seed, You'll only reap an empty bliss. One rock at a foundation's worth, A tbougand castles in the ir, Andmens of words. and not.ofdeds. Aru Vain and falie,1iiwever fair. Now is the time-with folded hands, Would you still ask a little sleep? What folly ! O'er its grievous sin, 1 Would devils latigh, and angels weep! Yes, devils laugh, for guilty souls Thus wail in agony their fate Our now is evermore too late: Now is the time-thle accepted time ; " Work while it yet is call'd to-day'" To-morrow : will it ever come ? It may, when you have pass'd away. Then strive that you nay leave on earth, Sone good impress-some work of love; And strive to gain that nobler prize The victor's crown of life iabove. -0itdlw a s. THE LIFE OF A DRUNKaltD. If you would mark the misery, which drunk enness infuses into the cup of domestic happi necss, go with tme to one of those nurseries of crime, a common tippling shop, and there behold collected till mnidtnight, the fa'hers, the hus bands, the sons, and the brothers of a neigh borhood. Beaur witness to the shtnch, and the filthinecss aroutnd them.-Hearkeni to the oaths, the obscenity, and ths ferocity of their conver sation. Observ-e their idiot laugh ; record thei ivu'gatr jest, with which they are delighted, and tell me, whie potent sorcery has so transformed these men, t~ at, for this Ieathsotme den, they should foreg\ all the delights of an intnocent, and lovely fire de. But let us fo l.w some home, from the scene ,of their debauch. There is a yonIg man, whose; accent, and gait, ~d dress, besjentk the corn munion, which he ce has held,.k'it h some-thing better thatn all this.VIe has aE onily son. On .im, the hopes of pa yts, an~ of sisters have centered. Eeynerve f thai family has been strained, to give to that tell ~ft, of which they all were proud, every men cheloicest cultiva tion. They have denied th selves, that noth ing shiould be wanting, to e ble film to enter his profession, under every a vantage. They *gloried in his talents, they exuled in the first Ibuddings of his youthful promise, and the' were looking forward to t~e time when every labor should be repatid, Aind every self-denial rewarded, by tho joys of that hotnr, when be abould stand firth in all (he lhaze of well-earn ,ed, amnd indispu table professional pre-eminence. Alas, these visions are less bright than once they were! Enter that famy circle. Behold those aged -parents, surroundd by children, lovely andi beloved. Within a~rt circle reign poano, virtue, intelligence and r~inement. The evutning has ;been spent, m aninihted discussion, in innocent pleaagntry, it? tlsp iAveet intereb4atg of aff'ec tionate etalearment. ~There is on , who used to 'share ;dI'this, who ws the cent4 of this circle. .yhy is he tnot here? .Do pr ssional engage ments, of late so estra ge hi ~from home ? The hour of devotion has ~rri' -. They kneel be fore their Father anid th '~ God. A voice, that used to mingle in the' raises, is absent. An hiour rolls away. Weeow has all that cheer fullness fled ? )Ktdoes v'ery effort to rally, sink them d rer in des ndency? Why do those parentt look so wvistfuU around, and why do they start amt the sound every footstep ? Another hour has gone. Tha lengthened peal is too much for a mother's endu rnee. She cnn conceal the well known cause no longer. The unanswered question is wrung fronm her lips, where, oh where, is m/ son ? The step of that son tnd brother is heard. The door is opened. He staggers in before them, and is stretched out at their feet, in all the loathmsomnesst of beastly intoxication. MR. FRENIKEN, the defeated competitor of Mr. Whitfield for a seat in Congress from Kansas, has returned to the bosom of his family at Union. town, Fayette county, (Penn.) being thoroughly used up in the recent campaign, and is, no dut, disgusted with his prospects in the New Terri tory. Reqyjescat in paicc. From the New York Times. IN TAR TIMES KEEPOUT OF DEBT. Keep out of debt, and you are rich; not rich in all senses, but in most, richer than many who have the reputation. Mr. A., whqdrove past a moment ago, is taxed as if he were worth a hun dred thousand, but his liabilities are a hundred and fifty thonsand. He will fail in less than a month and retire upon the profits of the failure, and be hereafter a broken merchant with money enough, and a shabby reputation. You owe not a cent and have barely a cent to show after buy ing your next dinner: but nobody looks on you as the cause of his ruin, nobody fails because of your failure to meet your eigagements, no wid ows turn their rebuking eyes on you; no orphans cbarge you with the authorship of their want. With your eimpty pocket you are richer than he in his (un-) comfortable retirement with money enough (that does not belong to him.) Out of debt, every sixpenc you get is your own; you may look on it with an unalloyed sensation of right to save or to spend it, to turn it into any fashion of pleasure or enjoyment that it is equal to. But in debt, your money is not your own. it belongs to your baker, butcher, grocer, tailor-or the old wicle who was silly enough to lendo yos . . 1 It is not hard~or a man who is umaking a hivim -who gets decent wages-to keep out of debt, and generally he ought to do it. If he does not nake living wages, it is a different thing.-For borrowing is butter than stairving, and a debt is less to be dreaded 11 bread. And again. wvhcn one has. as capi iiood trade or profi table profession, or a tic on hand that is not immediately convertible into cash, he is foolish not to take'a hundred dollars if he can have use of it for six dollars a year, and yet be sure of the principal to repay when it is demanded. But to go in debt for a luxury, or a mere conve. i nience, or for any other than an absolute neces sity, is always a matter of doubtful propriety. Some borrow and make fortunes on their borrow ed capital before pay day comes. But for such operations, great brains or an easy conscience are required, and where one succeeds ten fail. In these tight times, when Wall street is like one's mouth after eating persimumons, when rents fall fifty per cent., and the safest men are shak ing, it behooves all small dealers to look sharp o their accounts. Let them owe no man, if thev are so fortunate as to be thus far, out of debt, and be quite sure, too, that no nsi owes them except his debt be secured by the most ndoubted security. For in these times whoever has lent is around looking up the borrower with the most assiduous perseverance, and it is distressing to note how niny borrowers are not it home when such call. Let the ornaments go iuibought this season. Let the amusements be - yorsworn. Let the coat-we talk to unpreterid ng people-be conser than last year; and, ladies, a- t t the bonet be a dollar or two plainer. Put hat vousneat to spend for a wreath into the al bin, and what you designed for a velvet hat should snrpass Mer. Smith's into the flour J .trrel. Be hard up for weeks together; we r second floor instead of a whole house, live omfortably instead of keeping up appearances ; ho anything that is honest-never mind whether is respectable-rather than in such times as lese to run in debt. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Study to do faithfully whatsoever things in our actual situation you find expres-ly or tact y laid down to your charge-that is, your post; 1a1d to it like a true soldier. Silently devour le many chagrins of it-all situations have manv-a'd see you aim not to quit it, without king all tnat is your duty. Every smallest moment of man's life contains is it a series of consequences extending to eter ty, for each moment is a new beginning of ubsequent ones, and this is the case with all d singular the moments of his life, both in erd to understanding and will. now that if you have a friend, you ought to isit him often. The road is grown over with rass, the bushes quickly spread over it if it be kt constantly travelled. b A generous mind does not feel as belonging o itself alone, but to the whole human race. Ve arc born to serve our fellow crentures.I The parent who would train up a child in the vay he should go, must go the way he would rain up his child in. A man that hoards riches and enjoys them not, : like an ass that carries gold and casts thistles. some sort of charity will swallow the egg d give away the shell. Men often blush to hear of what they were not ashamed to act. If folly were a pain there would be groaning every house. Opinions grounded upon prejudice are always inaintaiied with the greatest itolence. .. True eloquence consists in saying all that, is necessary, and nothing more. It' thou art master, be sometimes blind: if a tervant, be sometimes deaf. He wvno says all he likes, shall often hear mvhat he does not like. Where the bee sucks honey the spider sucks poison. WHiswEY AND NEWSAPRaS.-A glass of whiskey is manufactured from perhaps a dozen grains of' mashed corn, the value of which is too small to be estimated. A pint of this mixture sells at retail for one shilling, and if of a good brand, it is considered by its consumers wvell worth the money. It is drank off' in a minute or two-it fires the brain-rouses the passions -sharpens the appetite-deranges and weakens the physical system; it is gone-and swollen eyes, parched lips, and an aching head are its to1 lowers. On the same sideboard upon which this is served, lies a newspaper, the new white mpper of wvhich cost three-fourth of a cnt-the composition for the whole edition costing from ten to tifteen dollars per day. It is coveret wvith half a million of types, it brings intelligence from the four quarters of the globe-it has in its clearly printed columns all that is strange or new at home-it teils you the state of the mark et-ives accounts of the last elopement, the exeution of the last murderer-and the latest steamboat explosion or railroad di.mater-and yet for all this, the newspaper costa kL ss than the glass of grog-the juico of a few graitis of orn. It i.. noe less strange than true, that there are a large portion of the community a ho think the corn juice cheap and the newspaper lear, and the printer has hard work to collect the dimes, who the liquor dealors arc paid cheerfully. How is this ? Is the body a better paymaster than the head, and are things of the moment more prized than things of eternity ? is the transient tickling of the stomach of more eonse quence than the improvement of the soul, and the informationi that is esential to a rational being ? 'If this had its real value, wotild not the newspaper be worth many pints of whiskey ? Forest City. REDEMPTION OF THE U. S. DEBT.-One mil lion three hundred thousand dollars, of the Uni ted States Debt, was redeemed, at the Treasury Department, last week-nearly eight hundred thousand dollars of which was the loan of' 1847. The United States Treasurer's statement shows a balance in the Treasury, on the 25th nIt., of $24,000,87. THE ELD AFT THE BATTLE OF DM M(AN A correspondent of the London Tim7les givet the following heart-nickening acconnt. of some of the after-scenes of the battle of Jnkerman': ."In every bush-on every yard of blood-stain. ea ground-lay a dead or dying Russian. The well-known bearskins of our gnards, the red coats of our inaintry, and tha bright blue of the French Chasseurs, revealing each a silent horror in the glades, and marking the spot where stark and stiff a corpse lay contorted on the grass, pointed out the scenes of the bloodiest contests. The dead were happy-the dull, cold eye-the tranquil brow-the gently-opening lips, which had given escape to the parting spirit as-it fled from its bleeding shell, showed how peacefully a man may die in battle, pierced by the rifle ball. The British and the French, many of whom had been murdered by the Russians as they - lay wounded, wore terrible frowns on their faces, with which the agonies of death had clad them. 8:-me in their last throes had torn up the earth in their hands, and held the grass between their fingers tip towards heaven. All the nien who exhibited such signs of pain had been bayoneted. The dead men who lay with atn eternal smile on their lips had been shot. But the wounded. For two-days they had laii where the hand and the ball had fellid tthen, Thero. were very few, it is true, but till our searching had not.disctvered the secrets of thaL blood-stained hill side, and it was towards noon to-day ere the last %f our soidiers.had been found in his lair and crried to the hospital. But the Russians, groaning and palpoitating as they lay around, were far more umerous. Sotne of-these were placed tog'-her in heaps, that they might be wore readily re moved. Other., glared on you from the bushes with the ferocity of wild beasts as they ligged heir wounds. Some implored, inan unknown ,ongue, but in accents not to be mistaken, water >r suecor; liolding 6at their mutilated or shat ered limbs, or ointing to tle track of tile acerating ball. The sullen, angry .eowl of ome of these men was fearful. Fanaticism and mmortal hate spake through their angry eve >alls, and he who gazEd upon them in pity and ompassion, could at least (unwiHingly)' under tnd why these- men, in their savage p:ssion, ill the wounded, and fire o'n the :onqueror who, li his generous humanity, had aided them as lie asssed. It was a relief to see that thei: arms ere broken-that their cartridges were lying pen in heaps on the ground. Litterbearers. 'rench and English, clothed the hill side, now oiling painfully ll with a heavy burden for the rave, or with some stbject for the doctor's re; now hunting through the bushes for the lead or dying. Our men have acqnired a shock. ig facility in- their diagnosis. A hody is before ou; there is a shout. 'Come here boys; I see Russian !' (or 'a Frenchman,' or 'one of our elows.') One of the party comes forward, raises he eyelid it it be closed, peers into the eye, rugs Ia uhnoulder.4. savs nninllv. 'lie's dead'. e'll w& ull th. usior ly st value Sofl. itula .jtjL- you see a party ot men .Uay C :ork. Group's of them are digging away all long the hill-side, at the distance of forty or Ity yards apart. Go over and you find them routid a yawning trench, thirty feet in length y twenty feet in breadth and six feet in depth t the bottom of which, in every cozceivable at itude, lie packed together with exceeding art ome thirty or forty corpses. The grave-diggers tand chatting on the mounds by the sides, wait ig for the arrival of some bearers to complete he number of the dead. They speculate on the ppearance of the body which is being borne to rds them. "It's Corporal - , of the -th, I hink," says one. " No ! its my rear rank man, 1 In set, his red hair plain enough," and so on. 'hev discuss the merits or demerits of dead ser 'eants or comrades. "Wll, he w:s a hard man ; any's the time I was drilled throughl him, but 's all over now !" or "I);or Mick! lie had fif en years' service-a better fellow never step ed." This scene is going on all about the hill ide. Fretnehmen, withl litters, are also busy okinig out for. their de'ad anti wounded, and in taring the sa'd labors of the day. At last the umber in the ttreh is completed. The bodies eas closely as they can he packed. Some of hem have upraised arms, in the attitude of tak iig aim; their legs stick up through the mould s it is thrown upon them; others are bent, and wisted into shapes like fauntoceini. itch after nich the earth rises upon them, and they are left alone in their glory." No, not alone, for the topes, and featrs,.and afyections of hundreds of iuman hearts Ii., buried with thtem. OE o'CLoCK, P. M.-For about one mile and half in length by haltf a mile in depth, the hilt de ofi'ers such sights as these. Upwards 'of wo thousand Russians htave been buried by hese nien ; few remnaint above ground ntow. THAT BIG LUMP OF GOLD. The following description of the mountaini up of gold, is taken from the San Joaquin lepublican: --Oin the platform scales, used in this ollice, it r'eighed one hundred aind sixty-one pounds, or .wenty.ive hutndred and seventy-six, ounces, tvoirdupois. Calculating that it contains twven .y pouiids of quartz rock, (which is a large esti nate, in the opinion of those who exammiied the ump.) its~ value, at $11 25 per ounice. is $38,920. "Th'Ie length of this immense mass is about ifteen inches, aitd its width fronm five and one lf to six inches. As otne side is extremely rreguatr and uneven in its formation it is diffi :lt to arrive at the thickness, but it will proba. ly average four inches. The other sidejs al nst flat, and presents a solid matss of pure gold; Ihe only quartz perceivable is on the upper or ragged side, and some pieces are so loosely im iedded in thie precious metal that with the aid of a pointed instrument they might, be easily re moved. The whole mass, at some period, has opparently been in a fused state. "Mr. Perkins, one of the company to whom it belongs, informed us yesterday that it was taken out in Galaveras county, on Wednesday evening, November 22, just as the company were quitting work for the day ; he would not give any particulars ini regard to where the claim is located, except that it. is in the county above named. '[lhe cotmpatny consists of four Ameri cans and one Swiss. Mr. Perkmns belongs to Lexington, Kentneky, and for the past two years although he has labored hard, wa~s very unsue es'ful, never having tmore than $200 at atny one time during that period. The specimen was securely .towed away in a strong box yesterday afterneon, and will be dispatched to New York by Adams & Co., on the Jist instant. Mr. Perkins and one of his partners also go homie on the steamer, and left Stokton last evening on the U~rilda. "This discovery is another proof that .the m~ines of California are "giving out," but in a manner that suiits the miners. Calaverats and the Southern imines against the world." MED IATIoN.-The Washington correspondent of the Pennsylvania says that, in view of the probability of Mr. Clingman's mediation reso lutions passing the House, the names of three ex-Presidents (Van Buren, Tyler and Fillnore,) are seriously mentioned in Washington, in con . .tins ith theprpoed peace commtssion, PROB -FFECTS OF THE. WAR on Ar.n cUTU ,.correspondent of the Richmond Xnquif w ng from Liverpool, on the war says:'ths-sPIof the English is united in favor of th wa .d that men and money will be voted- for If ontinuance, by Parliament. ie adds: "Yet ylie6 drained of her men, when so many thousands nogengaged in peaceful pursuits are taken awahy nd the labor of the country thus manifesfyh ned, who, I pray, Are to furnish meat and br&. for these Vast Armies, and the populatidntii, yet remains at home ?-There is not a -m66'}less to feed, and many less left to produce li..necessary food for all, at home or abroad. Rssia will -send nothing from the B:ltic, and thtgreat wheat growing country on the Danubegii that which is watered bv the many rivers entering the Black Sea, i% ravaged by desolatilggar, and all that the people of that vast and rich tountry has for years sent abroad and to Englatf$,especially, will find for us dimin ished produkti, consurmers at home. Already are these Co rations pressing on the English wheat and flo " arket., and keep up the prices even after a- crop, which has been secured in most adin i e condition. Wheat sells now at rather highr,.prices than it did one year ago, and our own country can now but insufliciently supply eitheriangland or France. But let our people make .lss tobacco and less cotton the next year a t -and I tell you, your millions of wealth will bedrawn, hence to us, if for these now staple arlqes, articles of wheat, corn, and provisions be 'mstituted. Clear up our lands, and put the '4aost breadth of them in every thing necessa 4or the food of man; and every particle that isroduced will find an admirable market the n e' ar. True, our wheat crop is nlready in th '""ound, and its quantity cannot now be increie .-But our corn crop may-and that is an ariiin which will pay much better nextyear thanuither tobacco or cotton. _. i. - 0f AMPUTATIo4AT THE HIP Jo NT.-The New Brunswick Daij News gives th particulars of' a remarkable iftical operation upon the person of a Germasn- ployed at the Snuff Mill on Lawrence's-brotj, who in adjusting a belt over dium was.eaught by the strap winding round the leg beteeg' nhe knee and ankle; his body was carried ovdra he chaft and coming in con tact with the be: s above, the limb was torn from the body atthe hip-leaving the limb fais tened by the belt above to the shaft, and the body fell on tl* floor, some ten feet distant. The case pres ted such an uncompromising apect tht the -Surgeon shrunk from attempt ing to do anit ing. But considering it to be he only chanee poor fellow had-Mr. Mor ogh. assisted b Ors. - Taylor iiid Leighton, per formed the -bp tion. The thigh bone was broken. off about two inches below its insertion into the sockdi-The head 1f this bone was uniointed. (dis.Itieulated.) and clean surface 1, u, ter feiig pjawcu m 1 - - his gratitude, and said he felt "rery comforta le." i On visiting him the next day re.action had taken place in a slight degree, and his prospect appeared r-ther more favorable. But the shock to his system was too much, and- death supre ened about forty hours after the accidnt. BISHor ONDERDONK OF NEW YoRK.-A New York correspondent of the Boston Journal writes: Having heard that the newly consecrated Bishop of New York was to hold an ordination on Sabbath last, I thought I would visit the i Church of the Annunciation, in which it was held. As this was the first appearance of the new Bishop, the church was crowded. Bishop Potter is a tall, spare man, with hair quite grey,q nd in cotintenance not unlike his brother, the Rt,. Rev. Bishop of Pennsylvania. At the Church of the Annunciation, Rt. Rev. Bi.thop Onderdonk tends. He is, defacto, the Bishop of~ New York, lie is suspended, but not deposed; and did the uestion rest with his diocese, he would be re stored at once. He lives in the Episcopal resi lnce, and has a salary of $3,000 a year, paid by this diocese. It wa? qVite a touching sight, s tho Commutnion wais administered by the Provisional Bishop, to see Bishop Potter admin ister the elements' to the Bishop alone, before the priests and congregation were served. Upon the death of Bishop Watinwright a strong at empt was made to restore Bishop 0. But it was not successful. .Jt is now nearly ten year. ince the Bishop was"suspended. Bishop 0. re arded the sentence as unjust, and growing out f personal feelings; but be bowed to it sub missively. He has abstained from all company since, anid has never walked down Broadway since that ttne. He visits the Church of the Annunciation each morning at daily service, and attends on the Sabbath. Besides this, he keeps himself closely within his huuse.. His friends say that, even uniler the worst aspect of the* case, he has suffered enough, and nmanifested a submissive spirit: such at should entitle him to a restoration. WoRDS OF WAaWING-The American Colt, in its annual address to its readers, speaks in the following forcible and striking langttage of the new secret society : " It is a dreadful thing to engage a whole peo pie, upon oath, to conceal their political designs, to swear them to be foresworn, to instruct them in meeting, moving and acting, without the pale of the accepted corstitution. - Those who have taught that lesson to this generation of -Ameri cans, have re-revolultiontized the country. The Republic of Washington is at an end, and the Republic of Buntline is beginning. To-day it is the secret societies against the church; to. morrow they may undertake to regulate svages,. to legis.late on property, to establish a secret police and secret trIbunals for the summary punishment of all who denounce or desert them." It says, "if they should triumph in the Presi dential election of 1856, then the Republic of Washington is at end, and that of Buntline be gins. Already they baye sorely shhtken three of the pillars of the old Constitution-freedom of' religion, of speech, and: of the press. They are avowedly confederated against one religion, Iagainst publicity, and to deny the known truth. Where the majority governs and the majority conspires, the revolution is complete. The work of erasing the letter may be done at any time; the spirit of the Constitution, strangled in secret. has already departed."~ OUR JA. Exmrv.-The Jail at this place is at present without a single occupant, excepting our very kind and alable Sheriff and his lady. We suggested to our friend Squire Isaae V. the propriety of renting the upper part of his H~otel in order that he may be enabled to pay his ex penses of living. This certainty speaks weoll for the people of Lexington District.-Lexington Telegraph. I' is estimated that thes present value of~ the mines now being worked on Lake Superior will amount to more than p10,000,000, and the pro-. dut of the mines the coming year will proba ly e $2,000,nn000 to $3,000,000. EBOX ST. DQ0IGO. Wa pnblish below the tter of protest wrt ten by General Cazneau, United States Com missioner, to the English and French Consuls at St. Domingo, which was drawn forth by a menacing display of a strong naval force, which it is supposed has been summoned there with the view and purpose of arresting the free action of Dominican Government in its relations with the United States. Four French vesseles of war are now at that port and an English fleet is expected: ST. DoMmNGo, Nov. 17. The undersigned, commissioner plenipotenti. ary of the Uhited States of America near this government, having good reasons to know that the agents of France and England have, by va rious means, aided by a menneing display of an armed force before this capital, overawed and controlled the free action of the Dominican Re- I public in its relations with the United States, hereby protests, in the name of his country, against this breach of honorable faith towards his governmen, and against this unwarrantable encroachment upon the sovereign rights of an independent American power. Every enlightened government in amity with the United States is perfectly informed uft.beir determined purpose, as a nation, to oppose what ever measure may be intended to subject the independent nationality of an American people to the arbitrary will of a foreign power, or make its action, and even existence, dependent on the dicta of a foreign policy; and none of those na tions have taken exceptions to this immutable principle of the American system. The United States make no difference in the i application of this rule between the strong and the weak of their sister republics, and they liave i a just right to expect the powerful and magnan. imous nations of Europe will follow their ex- t ample. These facts being so well understood, I must i call your particular attention, sir, to this incon- I siderate violation of the relations of amity and < commerce now subsisting between our respec- C tive countries, in the trust that you, as the res ponsible representative of your government at 2 this capital, will use the necessary precautions c to gaurd those relations from further disturbance. t If this due care should be omitted, the gov- t ernment and people of the United States may s conceive they have just cause to distrust the sincerity and good faith of any government t whose agents in these waters are there permit- t ted to interfere in affairs and negotiations be- t longing entirely and exclusively to the interests of the United States and the. Dominican Re- t public ; and I am confident that you, sir, would regret equally with myself the consequences m which might result from this unauthorized in termeddling with the sanctity and freedom of h inter-American relations A Yours, respectfully, F Wf.U T. r'AZNEAU. 11 English and French Cl- ---- they have made a strong verbal protest against R it. It is further stated that the British Consul b as addressed the Dominican government an fi insolent note, in which lie states that the govern- P ment connot negotiate such a treaty without the t onsent of England and France. Two Domini- ( can journals had also been suppressed, at the \ instance of the French Consul, for expressing t sentiments favorable to the United States. f " The action of the two consuls has, so far, a prevented the ratification of the treaty by the E Dominican legislature. The treaty embraces a thirty articles, and is merely one of amity, com- c mere, and navigation ; guarantees freedom of n science; provides for the rendition of fugi- L rom justice; recognizes the principle that n e of war the flag covers the goods ;" de- g ares that citizens of the one republic, residing in the other, shall not be subject to military ser- it vice; allows the citizens of the one to pass trough, or reside and do business within thet erritory of the other, and in case of w-ar be ween the two Republics, the temporary resi- a :ents to have six months within which to return C to their own country, with their goods and mer- a :handise ; gives free access to our vessels of .war . and mail steamers in the ports of Dominica; i oncedes the right to appoint consuls, &c., at all t ports except where their admission and residence ~ may not appear convenient; and guarantees to itizens of Dominica (nearly all of them mulat- 1 toes) the legal (not political) rights of citizens; p but this clause the Dominican Legislature deems o too vague and equivocal to secure the end it meditates, and proposes an amendment, accor ding to mulattoes expressly the rights thus as ired in general terms. This our commission- a er will not agree to. We see it stated there are now four French vessels of war in the port of St. Domingo, and an English fleet is snuortly I expected there, with the view, it is supposed, of preventing the final ratification of the treaty." THE CoNFESSION or A CUBAN PJII5ONER.-An Senor Lacoste,-one of the mon arrested on board an American schooner at Baracoa, and commit ted to prison at Havanh, has, as we briefly men- I tionad yesterday, made a confession, implicating himself in an attempt to create a revolution min Cuba. His real name is said to be Franciscoj Estrampes. Hie is a tall fine-looking young man, of 28 or 30 years of age. The Havana correspondent of the Charleston Standard con-t tains a statement made by the prisoner, from which we copy the followinig: "I was seized at' Baracoa, placed on my back in the filthy hold of a vessel, with my armsi so tightly fastened behind me as to, give me great pain, and I was not permitted to have a mattress, 1 which my friends wished to bring me, to rest my aching bones upon. Thence 1 was taken iii chains to the castle of St. Jago de Cuba, where, after a long confinement, they brought me, min the hold of a vessel, to this place. During the six days passage from St. Jago to this city I was; kept in the hold so cruelly tied ha to be unablei even to smoke a segar. A biscuit in the morn ng and another at dinner ime, was my daily and sole~ allowance of food." Hannao HARRINeG, a naturalized CitiZen of the, United States, arrived -in Copenhagen on the 23d'of November, as the agent of a steam and sailing packet company, between Tgnming mi] Denmark, Southampton, Eng., Panama, New York and St. Thomas. His passport as an American citizen waj issued by the Diplomatic Department in Washington, and vised by the Consulate in New York, and the Danish Em bassy in London. Notwithstanding these facts, however, he was arrested immediately on his arrival and taken to the police office. Mr. Bed inger, the American Minister promptly interpos ed and saved him from a night's !mpris.onmnent. On the next day Harming had an interview with the foreign Minister, (Bhuhme) which lasted half an hour..- The result was that lie was compelle~d to leave Compenhagen instantly, and took his departure for London. It is alleged that Har ring took part in the Polish revoeition in 1830; that he was expelled from Norway some years back by the Russian Oscar, anid therefore he is nowr driven from Danish ground by the Russian 'Rine From the Valley Pioneer. PROCEEDINGS OF THE STOCHOLDERS OF THE SAVANNAH VALLEY RAILROAD. Met at 11 a. m., at the Bank of Hamburg. On motion, John Brownlee, Esq. was called to the chair, and Mr. H. A. Kenrick appointed see retary, and the minutes of the 21st April were read. H. Hutchison, President, submitted a verbal report of the affairs of the company. Joseph Abney, Esq. submitted a series of resolutions which at his request were laid on the table until to-morrow. On motion of John Speer, Esq., a committee of five was appointed to confer with the City Council of Augusta. Messrs, Rodgers, Brown lee, Hutchison and Sibley, committee. A committee of three was appointed to veri fy proxies. Messrs. N. Meriwether, Gyles and Blackwood, committee. On motion of John Speer, Esq., an election for President and Directors were ordered at 9, a. m. to-morrow. - On motion of Joseph Abney, Esq., adjourned to 9 a. m. to-morrow. H. A. KENDRICK. Secretary. Hamburg, Dec. 21st, 1854. Met at the Bank of Hamburg, at 10 a. m. Mr. Brownlee in the chair. Mr. Speer, chairman of committee appointed to confer with the City Council of Augusta, reported that the City Council of Augusta had ippointed a committee who would be in atten lance this morning. Committee on proxies reported 336 votes rep. -esented by proxy. Leave was granted Mr. Speer to withdraw esolutions ordering election this day. H. Hutchison, President, stated that he was inable to give the time and attention to the bu iness of the Company, which would be neces. ary when operations were commenced, but was villing to attend to the duties of President, free f compensation until his successor should be lected. His Hon. A. P. Robertson, and Messrs. Phini y and C. A. Platt, committee in behalf of the ity of Augusta, were introduced, and invited o seats in the convention. The chairman sta ed the meeting was ready to receive any propo ition from the city of Augusta. Mayor Robertson stated that he was not au horized to make any proposition on the part of he city, but if the convention had any proposals o make, he would convene the citizens of Au usta at any day the convention desired, and lay be matter before them. Josiah Sibley, Esq., submitted the following, rhich was unanimously adopted: The Stockholders of the Savannah River Val -y Rail Road, in view of the important interests hich are involved in the construction of their oad, are anxious to procure the co-operation of ie city of Augusta, without whoqi. nid. thi mfei-at . iis procuring a site on the Bank of the Iver; they propose, at their own expense, to uild and keep in rapair a substantial Bridge -nm their Depot in Hamburg, over the Savannah iver, and to locate said Bridge at any point be ,veen the Augusta Bridge and Campbell street pposite to what is known as the Water Proof Varehouse in Hamburg,) that may be designa ?d by the city of Angusta-the Bridge to be -ee. We also, will allow Augusta to be repre nted in our direction and respectfully ask his lonor the layor of the city of Angusta, to call meeting of the citizens to take the matter into nsideration on Tuesday the 23d of January ext. The Stockholders will meet again in lambura, on Wednesday, the 24th of January ext. We also require the city of Augusta, to ive us a landing for our Bridge free of charge. On motion of Joseph Abney, Esq., the follow ig Resolutions were adopted. Resolved Ist. That we redouble our exertions build the Savannah River Valley Rail Road. Resolred 2d. Thait we appoint agents to take dvantage of all public meetings along the route f our Road, to increase the stoeks of the same, nd that it be made the duty of each Officer, irector, and Stockholder of the said Road, to irease its stock, by any legitimate means, and iat lie employ all his efforts to further the great esign we have in view. Resolred 3d. That if the Rabun Gap Road be uilt, an enterprize almost surely to be accom lished, the Savannah River Valley Road, must f necessity, be of the utmost advantage to the blie generally, as well as-to the Stockholders f the R.oad. Resolred 4th. That a Committee of Five be ppointed to procure subscriptions from Augusta, iavannah and Charleston in aid of our Road. Resolved 5th. That no Road now in contem lation in the State, can more subserve the inter sts of the community generally,-the interests f the Farmers,-the interests of the people of Iamburg, Augusta Savannah and Charleston, nd the State of South Carolina, than the one ye are now endeavoring to project Resolved 6th. That the Savannah River Val sy Rail Road ought to be built. Resolved '7th. T1hat, there be allowved, to the rienids of the Road, a period until the 24th of anuary next, within which to procure additional toek. The Committee appointed under 4th Resolu on were Messrs. A. J. Hammond, J. W. Harri on, D. M. Rogers, Dr. N. Meriwether and H. A. enriek. On motion of Joseph Abngy, Esq., the follow ng resolutions were adopted. Resolved 1st. That the thanks of the meeting e tendered to his Honor the Mayor of Augus a, A. P. Robertson, Messrs. Phinzay and Plaitt, :ommittee of thie city Conneil, for their courtesy, mid pronmptrness in responding to the call of this neetinig, Resolved 2d. That we are much obliged to Mr. lohn Brownlee, who has presided over our meet ng with so much impartiality, and to Mr. H. A. Kenrick, our secretary, for their diligent attention o the interests of the company. On motion of Charles.Jammond, Esq., it was Voted, That the proceedings be published in the Vley Pioneer, Edgefiel4 Advertiser, Augusta, A bbeville, and Anderson papers, and that all pa pers friendly to the enteprise, be requested to :opy. Adjourned to meet January 24th 1855. H. A. KENRICK, Secretary. Hamburg, December 22d, 1854. AMERICANs AT TABLE.-Robert Chambers, i his recent volume on ".Things in America," remarks that a person accustomed to visit among the middle classes in Great Britain is astonished it the profusion at the table in all quarters of America. " There is," he says, "no stintinig as o food." He adds: "It was often pressed to my notice in the United States that the hired laborers in the field are provided with better fare than falls to the lot' of thousands of the genteel' classes in England." THE Louisville Democrat calls F. 3. Grund, recently appoiinted Consul to Marseilles, "Prus-. in by birth, and : Swiss by profession." THE SLAVERY. QUESTIox-NoRTB CAROrMA. -The -subjoined resolutions on' the slavery question were introduced into the Hous'aof Commons of North Carolina a few days since: "Resolved, That the Act, passed'at the last session of Cqngress, providing tacritorial gov. ernments for Nebraska and Kansas, emibraces the true principle in relatioin to the power of the Federal Government on the subjectif slaverf in the Territories. "2. Resolved, That the principles asserted-in. said Act on the question of .silavery is a subject of vital importance, upon which all southern. men ought to unite. "3. Resolved, that the attempt on the part of sme of the States of the North to interferq with slavery in the South, is a flagran't violai.on, of the constition of the United States,jtnd fraught with incalculable mischief.to the people, of this State. "4. Resolved, That the preservation of th1 rights of this State in the peaceful enjoymnt f the domestic institution of slaveiy. is a ..par. mount duty. _d 1 Ai "5 Resolved, That much praise is duo tp the, patriotic men who have boldly maintainedhe., compromises of the constitution in the midstrof. the infuriated fanaticism -of the North. .. "6. Resolved, That this State is determine. to resist any further encroachments upon,,hir constitutional rights. "7. Resolved, That in the event the-fedejaL government repeal or impair the efeiency ofa the provisions of the fugitive slave law, orrefusp5. to enforce its execution in good f.ith,.t WijL become the duty of this State to take. se' measures as may be required for our saetya udr security. I "8. Resolved, That, if either of the. cotigean!g cies contemplated in the foregoing resolution should arise during the recess of. theGeneral., Assembly, the governor be requested iq'conypne, that body, to the end that the right of the State.. may be maintained. ATTACK oN LIQuoR Suos By WoalEN. -'i Kalamazoo (Mich) Telegraphfurnishes the par,. tienlars of a descent made on the groggerips-of Otsego, by the women of that place, in. cons quence of an insult offered by a dealer toa remale whose drunken husband visited his house. The Telegraph says: " The women of the village, to the unnmbe of thirty-eight, armed with axes 1nd batchets,' formed a proce-tsion and marched upon tliedes-, troyers of their domestic peace. Proceeding tq the hotel, they commenced a general dempli Lion of decanters, jug4, tumblers, and ;rbartis1 when the proprietor, besceching them to desisj, :ame to terms, and gave bonds not 1.o sell any - nore liquor for six months, after which they luietly withdrew. They then proceeded to ieveral groceries where liquor was sold. One >f the keepers,. after a portion - of hjs&okhi&... lispersed. SINGULAR CASE OF A WRECK.-The jiropeller 3incinnati, while on her trip from Chicago to )swego, was caught in the gale of week befori ast on Lake Huron. During the storm, a hen ry hawser, with a light line attached, which was eiled ready for use on the forecastle deck, was vashed overboard by the sea. Soon after this he engine of the propeller stopped on its centre, md all the efforts of the engineer and his men vere insufficient to move it either way. On~ xamination, it was found that the hawser had een caught by the screw and wound around it n numerous complicated coils. Axes and chis -- Is were procured, and the attempt was made to -eleive the screw of its burden; but bef-re this ould be done, the unmanageable craft went shore on the Canada side, where she now lies. robably no wreck was ever attributable to such cause before.-Chicago Times. POR0 PACKING' IN THE WEST.-The Louis Ile Courier of Monday has the following re narks in relation to piork packing: " The season draws to a close slowly, owing .o the baickwvardness of buyers, or rather the' ant of cash, and the difficnilties 'of transporta ion from the interior of Indiana, which is nos' he only source of source of supply. The total ,umber of hogs killed this season up to - last tight is 213,553, which, compared with last ear's operations, shows a falling off of 49,1642 At the end of the season the disparity will be till greater, the shot t crop of corn and the tight 1ess of the money market being the- existing auses. Prices on Saturday were drooping, and he market dull, the prevailing quotations being t a 41 cents net for light to good hogs. A lot af 250 sold for 4t cents, and, a drove of 95 head :it $4,30 cash. ALLIED FORCEs IN THE CRIMIEA.-According to a correspondent of the London Times, the combined forces lranded by the allies at Old Fort, in the Crimea, on the 14th of September, amounted to 67,000 men, since which time, up to the middle of November, reinforcements ar rived in' the Crimea making the , total force 114,415 men. From this must be deducted the loss in battle, in the trenches, by sickness, &c., 17,300, leaving on the 15th of November an effective force of 94,115 men. Since the latter date 27,385 men have been shipped for the Cri~aa making, according to this showing, a total rre of 121,500 men. In these totala are included 7,000 British and French sailors and marines, acting as land forces. The aggregata Russian force opposed to this array amounts to about 1U2,000 men. A RAiLROAD III MEXICo.-A highly important enterprise is about to be undertaken in Mexico. A gentlemen has obtained authority from the Government to construct a railroad through the, heart of the Republic. The route will embrace. a strip of country something like 700 miles in, length, and 600 in breadth anpd will pass through, a region tunrivalled for richness of soil, mineral, resources and salubrity of climate. It will com mence on the Rio Grande, and terminate on the Pacifi'c ocean, at any suitable point between, the mouth of the river Culineumn and the Frovince of Sinalon on the north, and the port of Manganilla in the province of Colima on the south. A FEW DA~s.-This seems to be all the rage at present. The Louisville Times thus takes it off, which suite this section exceedingly well: " You present to a man a small account he will pay it in " a few days ;" the river is expected to rise "in a few days," business is to be better in a " few days;" pretty girls expect te marry in a " few days ;" nigger boys whistle a"a few d a ;" brass bands blow out a " few days;"' hlgh lows sing a " few days;" you can hearth sly musquito, who steals under your bar of a bight, singing on his dod blasted horn that he expects to leave in a " few days," a~nd -we expected to. give the reader some interesting local items in a "few days." And v'e are looking to see somne delinglent subscribers to coma up anid pay.for the Adgertiseg