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When only published Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will be charged. All Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the mar gin, will be continued until forbid and charged ac cordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can doso on liberal terms-it 1,eing 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 Mlagistrate advertising. TIS SWEET TO PRAY FOR THOSE WE LOVE. Tis sweet to pray for those we love At Jesis shining throne above; For them to breathe, with ardor there, The fervent spirit's earnest prayer. Do clouds obscure some loved one's sky Her bosom heave the deep-drawn sigh? 'Tis sweet, in Faith's fond arms to bear, Our darling to the Savior's care. Would we, in place of darkness, shed Bright radiance round that dear one's head? The Sun of Righteousness divine Can through the shades serenely shine. Within the sad, the troubled breast, Would we infuse a heavenly rest? 'Tis sweet to seek the Prince of Peace, For he can bid each struggle cease. Does fond Affection, true and deep, Its watchings o'er some sister keep ? And would it to that darling's heart The richest, purest joys impart? Does Love, with tender yearnings, sigh To kiss e3h tear-drop from bet eye? And folding in its soft embrace, Each sorrow would its words effice ? I-ow sweet to feel that theres a Friend Who waits our pleadings to attend; A Friend to bless, even more than sought, The dear ones to his presence brought. Whene'er with tend'rest feelings rife The heart would bless those dear as life, Tis sweet to bow at courts above And pray for those we fondly love. DAILY DUTIES. Our daily paths ! with thorns and flowers, We can at will bestrew them ; What bliss would gild the passing hours, If we but rightly knew them. The way of life is rough at best, So that which lelds to joy and rest, The hardest path1 diseloses. The weeds that oft wc east away, Their simple beauty ecorning, -Would fortn a wreatht of purest ray, And prove the best adorning. So in our daily paths, 'twere well To call each gift a treasure, However slight, wthere love can dwell With life-renewing pleasure! A Story of the maine Woods. One of the oldest inhabitants of Northern Maine thus relates a race hte once had with -a catamount: "Young man," said he, " when 1 first v'is ited this town, there were only three famni lies living in it. You who now live at ease can never know the hardships and perilous scenes through which the early settlers pas sed. Come with me," he continued, " and I will show you the spot on which the first but ever erected itn this town wias located." I followed silently, until old the man reach ed the bottom of the west side of Par is Hill. "There," said he, "on this spot was erected the hut. I shall never forget the first time I visited it, and the story I was told." " What was it ?" I asked. " I wvil tell you. When the first settle ,mnoved hear, his nearest neigh bor lived t wen - ty miles distant, in the present town of Rum *ford, and the only road between the two neighbors was a path he had cut through the woods himself, so in case of wiant or sickness he might get assistance. One spring, I think it was the third season after he had settled here, he was obliged to go to Rumtord for provisions. He arose early one morning, and started for his nearest neighbor. People of the present day would think it hard to make a journey of twenty miles for a bag of potatoes, and on foot too, but such was the errand of the first settler. He arrived before noon, and was successful in getting his .potatoes, got some refresh ment, and started for home. But it was not easy to travel with a load of potatoes ; and finally, at sundown, ho threw off his load, and resolved to make a shelter and spend the night. I have been taken by him to the exact locality of it; it was situated on the other side of the stream, on wvhich ara mills, in the village of Pinhook, in Woodstock. "[He built a shelter, struck a fire, and took out of his sack a piece of meat to roast. Ah ! young man," continued the narrator, " you little know with what relish a man eats his food in the wood ; but as I was say ing he commend rasting his meat, when he was started by a cry so shrill that he knew at once that it could come from noth. ing else than a catamount. I will now re late it to you as near as I can in the language of the old settrer himself. "1 listened every moment," said he, "and it was repeated even louder, and it seemed nearer than before. My first thought was for my own safety. But what was I to do? I was at least ten miles from home, and there was not a single human being nearer than that to me. I next thought of self-defence, but I had nothing to delfend myself with. In a moment I concluded to start for home, for I knew the nature of the catamount too well to think I should stand the least chance of escape if I remained in the camp. I knew, too, that he would ransack my camp, and I hoped the meat which I left behind might satisfy his appetite, so that he might not fol. low me after eating it. " I had not proceeded more than half a mile before I knew by the shrieks of the animal that he was within sight of the camp. I doubled my speed, content that the beast should have my supper: although I declared [ would not have run if I had my trusty rifle with me. But there could be no cow ardice in my running from an infuriated catamount, doubly furious, probably, by be. ing hungry, and with nothing that could be called a weapon, a save pocket knife. " I had proceeded, probably, about two. thirds of ,the distance home, and hearing nothing more of the feaful enemy, began to slacken my pace and thought I had nothing to fear. I had left behind about two pounds of meat beef and pork, which I hoped had satisfied the monster. Just as I had come to the conclusion that I would run no more, and was looking back, astonished almost at the distance I had traveled in so short a space of time I was electrified with horror to hear the animal shriek again ! I knew then that my fears were realized. The beast had undoubtedly entered the camp and ate, and followed after me. It was about three miles to my log cabin, and it bad already became dark. I redoubled my speed, but thought I must die. And such a death ! The recollection of that feeling comes to my mind as vividly as though I knew the animal was now pursuing me. But I am no coward, though to be torn to pieces and almost eaten alive by a wild beast was liorible. "I calmly unbuttoned my coat, with the determination to throw it off before the beast should approach me, hoping thereby to gain advantages of him by the timehc would lose in tearing it to pieces. " Another shriek, and I 1issed the garment behind me in the path. Not more than five minutes elapsed before I heard a shrill cry as he come to it. How that shriek electri fied me ; I bounded like a deer. But in a moment the animal made another cry, which told me plainly that my garment had only exasperated him to a fiercer chase. "0 God !" said I, " and must I die thus? I cannot; I must live for my wife and chil dren ?" and I ran even faster than I had done before, and unbuttoning my waistcoat, I dropped it in the path as I proceeded. The thought of my wife and children urged me to the most desperate speed, for I thought more of their unprotected state than the death I was threatened with, for should I die, what would become of them? " In a moment the whole events of my life crowded through my brain. The cata mount shrieked louder, and fast a I was running, he cam", until I fancied I could ear his bounds. At last I came to the brook which you see yonder, which was double its present size, being swvollen by re ent freshets, and I longed to cool my fever ed brain in it; but I knewv that would be certain death as to die by the clawvs of the beast. With three bounds I gained the op posite bank, and then I could clearly see a light in my log cabin, which was not more than a hundred yards distant. "I had proceeded but a short distance when I beard the plunage of the catamount behind nme. I leaped with more than human energy, for it was life or death. In a mo menit the catamounmt gave another w'ild slhtiek, as though lie was afraid he should lose his prey. At that instant I yelled at the top of my lungs to my wife and in a moment I saw her approach the door with a light. "With what vividness that mioment conmes to my mind ! Th'e catamnout was not so far from me as I was from thre house. I drop ped my lhat, the only thing I could leave to stay the progress of the beast. The next monient I fell postrate in my own cabin." Here the old settler paused, and wviped the drops from his brow, ere he continued. "How long I laid after I fell, I know not; but when I was roused to conscious ness, I was lying on my rude couch and my wife w'as bathing my head with cold water, an'd my children were gazing anxiously at me. My wife told mie that as [ fell she im mediately shut the door and barred it, for she knewv that I was pursued, but by w~hom or what she knewv not; and that as soon as I had fallen and the door was strongly and well barred, and withstood the spring of the beast. " As soon as I recovered, I knelt down and offered the most fevent prayer to the Almighty that ever crossed my lips, or ever will again. My family and myself shortly retired, but no sleep visited me that night. In thne morning, wvhen my little son, six years old, told me that lie saw the eyes of the colt in the window in the night, I knew the catamount had been watching to gain admittance ; but our windows, you will per eive, are not large enough to permit a cata mount to enter. "When I looked into the glass the next morning, I was horror-struck at my altered appearance. My hair, which was the day before dark as midnight, was changed to the snowy whiteness you now see; and, al though I have enjoyed very good health since, I shall never recover from the effects of the fright I experienced on being chased by a catamount." LARGE quantities of wheat and pork have recently been bought in Chicago and Mil waukee, by Canadians, for shipment to Mon tral in the .prin. The Winter of the Heart. Let it never come upon you. Live so that good angels may protect you from this terrible evil-the winter of the heart. Let no chilling influence freeze up the foundations of sympathy and happiness in its depths; no cold burthen settle over its withered hopes, like snow on the faded flowers: no rude blasts of discontent moan and shriek through its desolate chambers. Your life path may lead you amid trials, which for a time seem utterly to impede your progress and shut out the very light of heaven from your anxious gaze. Penury may take the place of ease and plenty ; your luxurious home may be ex changed for a single, lowly room-the soft couch for the straw pallet-the rich viands for the coarse food of the poor. Summer friends may forsake you, and the unpitying world pass you by with scarcely a look or word of compassion. You may be forced to toil wearily, steadi- i ly on, to earn a livelihood ; you may encoun- i ter fraud and the base avarice which would i extort the last farthing, till you well nigh turn in disgust from your fellow beings. Death may sever the dear tics that bind you to earth, and leave you in fearful dark. t ness. That noble, manly boy, the sole hope of your declining years, may be taken from you, while your spirit clings to him with a wild tenacity, which even the shadow of the tomb cannot wholly subdue. But amid all these sorrows, do not come to the conclusion that nobody was ever so deeply afflicted as you are, and abandon every sweet anticipation of " better days" in I the unknown future. Do not lose your faith in human excel. I r lence, because your confidence has some- a times been betrayed, nor believe that friend. < ship is only a delusion, and love a bright phantom which glides away from your grasp. Do not think that you are fated to be E miserable because you are disappointed in F your expectations, and baffled in your pur suits. Do not declare that God has forsa- I ken you, when your way is hedged about f with thorns, or repine sinfully, when he calls r your dear ones to the land beyond the grave. Keep a holy trust in heaven through every trial; fear adversity with fortitude, and look upward in hours of temptation and suffering. When your locks are white, your eyes dim, and your limbs weary; when your steps falter on the verge of Death's gloomy vale, still retain freshness and buoy ancy of spirit which will shield you from the winter of the heart.-Glive Branch. Jokes upon Scripture. n It is very common with some persons, savs the Christian Messenger, to raise a laugh by means of some ludicrous story connected with a text of Scripture. Some- L times it is a play on the words, a pun ; at I other times a blunder; and not seldom, a downright impiety. Whatever be its form even when lightest, it is no venial offence, leading as it does to profane contempt of God's word. Those who practice this, have never been celebrated for genuine wit. The t laughter which they call forth is provoked I solely by the unexpected contrast between the solemn words of Scripture and some droll idea. There is no real wit in the case; c and the dullest persons in society are most I remarkable for these attempts. f The evils arising from this practise are t greater than appear at first. It leads, in s general, to irreverence for Scripture. No t mant would jest with the dying words of his I father or his mother; yet the words of God < are quite as bolemit. When we have heard < a comic or vulgar tale connected with a text of scripture, such is the pow'er of as- 4 sociationi, that we never hear the text after-t wvards without thinking of a jest. The of fect of this is obvious. He who is much < engaged itn this kind of false wit, will come < at length to have a large portion of holy Scripture spotted over by his unclean fancy. Beware of jesting with sacred things. Shun the company of any one wvho practi ses this, as you wvould shun a loathsome disease. Frown upont every attempt to pro. voke your smile by such meatns. Ox ETERNITY.-Luook backward, and time was when souls were not; look for. ward, and our souls will be wvhen time shall be not. What is the wvorld to them that are in the grave, where our bodies must shortly be ? Or to thenm that are in eternity, wvhere our souls must shortly be ? Remenmber that you are at the door of eternity, and have other work to do than to trifle away time; those hours which you sprend in your closets are the golden spots of all your time, and will have the sweetesti influetnce upon your last hours. Our life is a passage to eternity ; it ought to be a meditation of, and a preparation for, eternity. ________ SMART Boy.-To the Knickerbocker be longs the following: "One pleasant day last summer, I took my seat in the stage coach bound for Fall River, C--. Among the passengers was a little gentleman who had possibly seen five summers. The coach being quite full, he sat in the lap of another passenger. While on the way, something was said about pick pockets, and soon thte conversation became ueneral on that interesting subject. The gentlemian who was then holding our young friend, remarked : " My fine fellow, how easily I could pick your pocket." - " No you could'nt," replied he, " I've been looking out for you all the time."* WE always feel sorry for illiterate brides and bridegrooms who have put " their mark" upon the parish register, for it seems omi nous that their wedded life should begin with' crosses. INTE.MPERANCE renders the body a sink of diseases, and the mind a cage for unclean thoughts and desires. Absolute necessaries are but few, and easily attainable, but of superfluities sa disordered ,nind kenon, no end. Ualfornia Items. We gather the following item from the late California papers: Mr. Joseph Heslop, Treasurer of Tuo. lumne county, was murdered in his office and the safe robbed on the evening of the 19th ult. A man named E. C. Griffiths was suspected and arrested, and the money was round in his carpet bag at his boarding house. He confessed the whole affair, saying he was with Mr. Heslep, and asked to borrow some rnoney, which the latter refused. Griffiths said he took hold of a bag of money in a joking way, when Heslep struck him. His blood being-up, he seized an axe and con inued to strike Mr. H. until he was dead. He (Griffiths) then took all the money he >ould find, but said he had no idea of doing so five minutes before. The following letters to his wife he wrote ifter his confession. Throughout the whole )f the proceedings he displayed no sign of iervousness or fear, but on the contrary, naintained perfect coolness and self-posses. ;ion to the last: SONoRA, Jan. 19, 1855. Mily Dear Wife: Let not my fate shock >r disturb you, for I die under a just sen ence, and although the blow was struck in . moment of passion, I am nevertheless your iow guilty but ever-loving husband, E. C. G. SONORA, Friday morning, 6 a. in. 1y Dearest Wife: One hour more and I vill cease to be, as if I never was: but, thank Yod, I feel happy under my present circum tances, in firm reliance on that God who ins .o long protected me. I little thought, vhen last we parted, that it% as forever ; but ny hopes are firm in our meeting again in nother and a better world. If my dying ould but return my victim to life, what a ource of happiness it would be! Pray for ne, my dear Mary Anne, and strive to for. et this dreadful affair; but you may de. end that, though black and bad looking it vas not premeditated. The crowd are im atiently waiting for daylight and me. So, rever farewell in this world; and that you ay be happy is the last wish of your unfor. unate and dying husband. E. C. G. In the morning, the crowd took him out nd hung him to a tree. Grifliths was born a Liverpool, and was formerly a sailor. BoYs FOR THE TIMEs.-We like an ac. ive boy, one who has the impulse of the ge-of the steam engine in him. A lazy, lodding, snail-paced- chap r.ight have got long in the world fifty years ago-but he von't do for these4Kna We live in an age of quick, sharp ideas, ien think quick-speak quick-eat, sleep, ourt, marry, die quick-and slow coaches in't tolerated. Think, plan, reflect as much as you please efore you act; but think quic.cly and close y, and when you have fixed your eye upon n object, spring to the mark rt once. But above all things, be honest. If you tend to be an artist, carve it in the wood, hisel in the marble; if a merchant, write t in your day-book, and spread it in capi. als in you ledger. Let honesty of purpose >c your guiding star. AN AFFEcTING APPEAL.--A learned ;ouncellor, in the middle of an affecting ap. ieal in court on a slander scit, let fly the ollowing flight of genius:-" Slander, gen. lemen, like a boa constructor of gigantic ize and immeasureable proportions, wraps lhe coil of it unwieldy body about its un ortunate victim, and heedless of the shrieks f agony that come from the inmost depths f its victim's souls loud and reverberating s the mighty thunder that rolls in the heav ns, it finally breaks its unlucky neck upon he iron wheel of public opinion, forcing him o desperation, then to madness, and finally rushing him in the hideous jaws of moral eath. Judge, give us a chaw of tobacco !" SERvANTs HALF.PRIcE.-" Is the giraffe o be seen here I" " Yes, sir." ",I want to see him." "Very well, sir." " It's fifty cents, is'nt it?" "One dollar, sir. Fifty cents for ser rants." " Well, I'm a servant." " You a servant !" " Yes, sir." " Whose ?" " Yours, sir ; your humble servant." " Walk in and take a seat." The joke was well worth the prico of ad. mssion. MlATRI~oN.-Hot buckwheat cakes warm beds-comfortable slippers-smoking :offee-round arms-red lips-shirts exult. ng in buttons-redleemled stockings-boot ack-happiness, &c., &c., IN Australia, dinner terminates with a ueer desert-a dab of mortar sweetened with molasses. ONE day a little girl, about five years old, eard a preacher of the Chadband order raying most lustily, till the roof rang with ;he strength of his supplication. Turning o her mother and beckoning the maternal ar down to a speaking distance, she whis ered-" Mother, don't you think that if he ived nearer to God, he wouldn't have to alk so loud I" UsED TO HANGIN.-Anl Irishman and a Frenchman were to be hanged together. he latter was strongly affected by his situ. ition, while Paddy took it very easy, and told his companion to keep up his spirits, forit was nothing at all to be hanged. "Ah, be gar!" says the Frenchman, " there be von grand ifference between you and me, for you rishmen are used to it." ONE of the most important items by the late foreign news is that the French have recently taken most signal revenge for the efeat at Waterloo. It seems that, taking pity on the naked condition of r~he British troops, they have presented them with 10,000 somfortable suits of clothing-so, it will be perceived, the French have at last gIiven their oldl ops a glorious r'essing. Anti-Know Nothing Meeting at St, John's Berkley, ST. JoHN's, BERKLE.Y, Feb., 3, 1855. -At a meeting held at Biggin Church Mfus ter Ground, the following preamble and res olutions were adopted. A committee of three having been previously appointed, con. sisting of Messrs. Charles A. Ward, Thom as S. W. McCants, and Mr. Villeponteaux, a motion was made to convene the meeting by calling Captain G. W. Gaillard to the chair, and Lieutenant N. H. Guyton to act as Secretary. Captain Gaillard, in a few words, explained the object of the meeting, and moved that the report of the committee be laid before the Company. Mr. Ward being loudly called for, rose and gave in the reports as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: It is now one month since a committee of three has been apponted by this Company to examine as far as possible the principles and purposes of a certain political organization known as the Kuow Nothing Society, and to report for your consideration thereof at our next meeting. Your committee have been at some pains to discharge the duties assigned them, and now most respectfully beg leave to lay be fore you the following facts: First. That there is a secret political or ganization styling themselves the Know Nothings. Second. That this society originated at the North, and has made rapid progress through all the non-slaveholding States of this Union. Third.1t is impossible that this society can ever become popular at the South; for whilst it has one or two features that might suit our common interest, its main principles, if carried out, must certainly prove ruinous to the South. One of their objects is the suppression of foreign influence; that we believe would correspond with the views of every honest American, whether North or South, native or naturalized; but they do not recognise State sovereignty. This principle you will at once perceive aims at nothing less than consolidation. We believe State sovereignty to be a right upon which the safety of the South in a great measure depends; and should this gov ernment ever become consolidated, devasta tion and ruin throughout the whole country must be the inevitable result. With these views and considerations, your committee would most respectfully recom. mend that we have no c9nnains %%b#t0A ever 3Mith this so-called society; and we further beg leave to offer for your considera tion the following resolution: Resolved, That we, the citizens of South Carolina, as peace-loving and law.abiding subjects thereof, having long anxiously watched the many evils daily growing around us, emanating from a blind policy on the part of our Government or State Legis lature, in regard to the naturalization of foreigners, whereby said foreigners may at any time after the short space of five years' residence, and without any regard to their knowledge of the principles of our institu tions, become at once free and independent voters. That we, deeming the said privileges as extremely detrimental to the progress of a republican government, feel it a duty incum bent upon us to use our every effort (with due reverence to the laws of our country) to suppress those influences, the continuation of which must eventually prove ruinous to this republic. And with a view to that end, we hereby pledge ourselves that inasmuch as every na tive born has to be a citizen of this republic for twenty-one years before he can become an independent voter, wve believe it no more than what justice to ourselves and the future welfare of our country requires, that every foreigner shall be a citizen for the same length of time before he in like manner shall become an independent voter, and we are determined to support no one for any office whatsoever who is not in favor of the twventy one years, citizenship of every foreigner be fore he can become naturalized. The voter being called for, the resolution was unanimously adopted. NOVEL MoDB OF GRANTING A DIvoRCE. --In San Francisco lately, a man named James Mulqueen was arrested on a charge of bigamy. Upon the hearing of the case a certificate was produced, showing that he and Sarah J. Summers were married in the parish church of Steatham, Surry, England, April 10th, 1848, and the fact of the mar riage, according to the common and civil laws of England, was also proved by cor robrative testimony. It wvas also shown, it is alleged, that the Roman Catholic Vicar General of San Franciseo had assumed au thority to annul this marriage, on the ground "that Mrs. Sarah Summers, his pretended wife, was not baptised, neither dispensation had been given in order to contract legally before the church; and further not being married by any magistrate lawvfully authori zed," therefore the Vicar General declared in the certificate, which is published in the San Francisco papers, that the marriage "has never existed and is null and void." He followed this up by marrying Mulqueen to a Miss Margaret McBride. This is rath er a novel mode of granting divorces. SUDDEN DEATI.-Here was a Russian on one knee, in the act of taking aim; the muzzle of his firelock rested on a forked stick. He was dead ; the side of his head had been knocked off by a cannon shot. [is death was so sudden and quick that be was not knocked down ; and the remaining part of his face still looked sternly along the firelock. It was an astonishing sight-every one that could, came to look at him.-Ex tract of a letter from the Crimea. A law having been enacted in Sardinia for the sale of the estates of convents and churches, it being arranged that the latter shall be supported by the State, the Pope has published an allocation, delivered before the Cardinals, against the measure. He denounces the Sardinian government, and declares the enactment to be of no effect. DEATH OF COL. JoN M. ALLE.-The above announcement will be received with pain over our whole District, and by many others in various parts of the State to whom Col. Allen was known. He died at his resi dence in this District, on Saturday, the 17th instant, after an illness of five days, from an attack of pneumonia-a disease which of late years has counted so many victims. Col. Allen was in the forty.ninth year of his age, and had been distinguished throughout his whole life for his public spirit and usefulness -his temperament was warm and generous, and be was ever ready at the call of duty. He took an active part in the exciting con. tests of 1832, and formed a volunteer com pany for the defence of the .State which he commanded. Soon afterwards he was elect. ed to represent his District in the State Leg islature, and was afterwards twice re-elected to the same position-his last term being in 1846 and 1847. In the contests of 1851 he took a deep interest, and warmly advocated the with drawal of the State from the Union, since which time he has lived in the retirement and comfort of his home, in the enjoyment of a comfortable fortune, and surrounded by his many friends, upon whom his death will fall with peculiar heaviness. There were few, if any in the District, more ready than he, to embark in enterprises for the good of his neighborhood, District, or State-he was ever ready to offer himself or his means. For many years he was an active and de. voted member of the Methodist Church his house was the home of his Brethren, and the Preachers throughout that useful and wide-spread denomination, who have ridden the Black Swamp Circuit, will drop a tear as over the grave of a personal friend. May he rest in peace.-Barnwell Sentinel. DEATH OF THE Ho:5. Wx. DUBosE.-We announce with deep regret, the death of this distinguished citizen, which took place, after a protracted illness, at his plantation and residence, in St. Stephen's Parish on Saturday last, in the 68th year of his age. Mr. Dubose was a graduate of Yale Col lege, and a gentleman of high cultivation and literary taste. He often served his Parish in the State Senate, and in the year 1836, without agency on his part, was cho sen Lieutenant Governor of the State. His great intelligence and political experience several times induced the proffer to him of the nomination for Congress from Charles ton District, but he rather shuned than sought public statioi Emi *RNhiar, pp :virtuea Wn incon quia1 powers, ne was universally regarded as the friend of the poor, the bene factor of his neighborhood, and the social ornament of the circle in which he moved. In his decease, the State has lost a useful and patriotic citizen, and numerous relatives and friends deplore an irreparable bereave ment.-Charleston Courier. NEGRo STEALING.-A telegraphic dis patch from Columbus, Ga., was received by Marshal Stuckey yesterday morning. warn ing him to be on the lookout for a person who had stolen eight negroes from their owner in Russell county. Accordingly the officers were on the alert and shortly after the receipt of the despatch, the person indi cated, Hawkins, by name, was arrested in the street by Deputy Marshals Walker and Fuller, and committed to the Guard House; the seven negro men were taken from the steamboat S. S. Prentiss, on which they ar rived the previous evening, and are nowv in the custody of the City Marshal. A woman was also mentioned in the despatch as having been stolen, but she was not found. The despatch camne just in season, as the whole party wvould otherwise have been off on the Newv Orleans boat. Hawkins has told con flicting stories since his arrest, in endeavor ing to account for his possesion of the ne groes. He has not yet undergone his ex amination.-Mobile Advertiser. CHANCE FOR FARMERs IN NEW MEXICO. -Trho Santa Fe paper holds out induce. ments to emigrants to go to Mexico. Cat tle, horses and mules are raised with facility, and with little expence anid trouble. Agri cultural produce of all kinds commands a fair price, and finds a ready sale. Corn is rarely, if ever, lower -than 81 per bushel, and very often double that price. Butter sells at fifty cents per pound, and scarce at that; potatoes are eagerly purchased at five dollars per bushel, and but fewv in the mar ket; and all other vegetables are scarce and high. Trhese ar-e remunerating prices, and pay a farmer wvell for his labor. MR. SOULE IN FRANCE.--We learn, says the Baltimore Sun, by a private letter, that the Hon. Pierre Soule, late United States Minister to Spain, accompanied by his fami ly, arrived on the 6th instant at Bordeaux, France, where they wvould remain a couple of days, with Levi K. Bowen, Esq., the U. S. Consul, and then proceed to Liverpool, and embark in the steamer of the 16th inst, for New York. " How Is IT," said a gentleman tohei dan, " that your name has not an 0 attached to iti Your family is irish, and no doubt illustrious." " No family has a better right to an 0 than our family," said Sheridan, "for we owc everybody." WOOD, it is said, may be petrified by the following process: Take egnal quantities of gem salt, rock alum, white vinegar, caix and pebble powder. ' Mix all these ingredi ents together, and there will be an ebullition. When this subsides, throw in the wood, or any other porous matter, and let it soak for four or five days, at the end of which time the petrifaction will be complete. THIE school excitement in Cincinnati, growing out of the fact that a female teach er had refused to receive a mulatto boy as a pupil, has led to the resignation of two of the trustees, in consequence of the board sustaining the action of the teacher. CATTLE are said to be dying of starvation in some parts of Ohio, the drought last sum mer having cut off the supplies necessary for their- snustnne. THE MEXICAN REVOLUo.-The Aca pulca correspondent of the New York Her. aid gives the following particulars of the re. ported adhesion to Alvarez of a large portion of Santa Anna's army: " As we anticipated, a courier arrived from General Alvarez's headquarters at-Tei pan on the 20th, with the official intelligence that Gen. Zulaaga, with his entire- farce; composed of Santa Anna's select officers and troops, had, with all their arms and muni. tions of war, capitulated, or, to use a patri otic expression, had pronounced in favor-i4. and joined the command of "Alvarez. By: this the liberal party in the Sduth' are rin. forced with one thousand regular troops and officers, with eighteen hundred good muskets, eighty mule loads of munitions of war, a'' six field pieces-sufficiently ample to .bd defiance to any additional troops..Santa Anna may order to the South, which is ex* ceedingly questionable, as he no doubt is fully convinced of the absurdity of another attempt to defeat Alvarez and his chieftain,; Gen. Comonfort. The talents of the latter, and his liberal sentiments and feelings to wards not only his own countrymen, but - foreigners, eminently qualify him for the most elevated position within the gift of Mex icans. A better selection could not have. been made, for he alone appears to be the man who can harmonize the North and South, and prevent this republic from crum bling into insignificant independent States. The victory was celebrated in this port on the 30th, by the firing of a national salute, and other demonstrations of rejoicing. Th. whole force, some 5,000 troops, are on their march for this place, and may be looked for in a few days." Too PROUD To BEG.-It is said there are thousands of worthy citizens, men and wo men, in New York-as there are, no doubt, hundreds in all other large cities- who are too proud to beg or let their circumstances be known; and are therefore, silently pining, in secret destitution. The Mirror says the pawn-shops only tell their sad story, and adds: " First go the luxuries-the superfluous furniture-the silver spoons-the spare cloth ing-the jewelry, even to the bridal ring.; and then the bedding, the tables, the chairs, and so through the whole inventory of arti ekls that can be dispensed with, while life is retained. To accomodate this inborn and inalienable American pride; the pawn-shops are provided wiLh stalls, so that the melan, ithody baxrterVinghjledr e1V.'58 ing the poor victim of that'" peculia insti. - tution" to public shame. The amount of business at these establishments, within the last three months, exceeds all precedent Watches, gold pencils, and silver spoons, have been pledged by the bushel, and every nameable and unnameable article of furni ture and clothing. A friend of ours saw a poor woman at Simpson's one day last week, pawning her under-clothing to raise a shill ing to go to market with. Another had cut up her bed, and made it into pillows, which she had pawned for a similar purpose." SHORT CREDITs.-The merchants of New Orleans are moving in the matter of short credits. The system of long credits has prevailed in that city to a greater extent than any other. Twelve, eighteen and twenty.four months are said to be common, and of these credits the Crescent says: "Afler the present monetary troubles have been outlived, we trust our business men will abandon their system of selling at long cred its, because they can thus dispose of -a larger bill, and content themselves with smal ler sales and sure payments. If, in some cases, the profits are not so great, the risks are certainly much less; and when one man makes a fortnne by this gambling in luck, one hundred lose all they are possessed of." DEFENCE. OF LIvERPooL..-It is the inten tion of the English Government to construct another large battery on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, immediately on the site of the old powder magazines at Liscard. This, with the old Rock Battery, at New Brighton, and the new one North of the Huskisson Dock, on the Liverpool side, wvill make three defensible batteries; and an application has also been made to the Liverpool dock coin. mittee for sites for three additional batteries on the Lancashire side of the river. THlE MAILs.--We are gratified in being able to state, through the intervention of our immediate Representative in Congress, there . is every probability that the difficulties an ticipated from the schedules advertised by the Post Office Department, for the mails between Kingsville and Angusta, will be obviated. Mr. Aiken is entitled to much credit for his prom[>t attention to this matter as it was emphatically one of those cases where an evil is easier prevented than cured. Charleston Mercury. A W~rnInc~.-The New York Day Book a journal which has always been friendly to the South, speaking of the abolition ten, dencies of the new secret order at thie North, says: " Under all these circumstanoes, it be, comes us to warn our Southern friends. against this newv phase and feature of aboli tionism. It is the same old satanic head with a new face. Its motives, acts and. designs are the same, and wve charge our friends, as they respect their rights and lovo. their liberties, tor-beware of Know Nothing ism. It but another name for abolitionisio, and seems only designed to hasten us on to that period when we shall have to make it our business to cut throats and band traitors." THE following is the list of States that have enacted laws entirely prohibiting the. sale of intoxicating drinks for a beverage: Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ver mont, Michigan, Wisconsin, Connecticut,-s and Indiana. THE Hartford Times states- that. Lent Uuter, lately dismissed the service. foe. bringing the Bainbridge..hodtoewithoiWutaVs~ is going to Russia, to- ofler his serviceto tlie