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THE SAVANNAH VALLEY RAIL RAD. We cull the following in reference to the Meeting of the stockholders of this company at Calhouns Mills, from the " Valley Pioneer." It is cheering news. We have just returned from the Calhoun Mills where, on Tuesday last, pursuant to adjournment the Stockholders of the Savannah Valley Rail road met in Convention; and though wearied and fatigued, by a long drive through the mud and over the hills, we cannot forego the pleasing task of heralding to our readers the eladsome tidings that flow from the glorious results of the meeting. -The Convention ivas well attend ed, and nearly all the Stock was represented. 7 he City of Augusta through her skilful, un tiring and faithful representative, Dr. J. M. Hill appeared with a proposition to subscribe the sum (if $500.000 to the Capital Stock of the Company. which being refered to a special com mittee, was hedged, guarded and restricted within certain mutual conditions, and reported to the Convention with a resolution of accep tance. The Convention after ample discussion and due deliberation accepted the subscription with the conditions and upon terms proposed by the Committee, subject, however to further negotiations between the 'ity Council, or their Committee, nnd the Board of Directors of the Company. The conditions being clearly within the bounds of fairness and liberality, will we are assured, receive the sanction of the City Council, and a final ratification on the part of the Board of Directors. This gives the Compa ny a reliable subscription of something over $1.100.000, and ,ecures the construction of the R1ad. St, the friends of the enterprise may set down as a - fixed fact," the successful termina tion of their undertaking: for in the event that tte Augusta subscription should by any possible mtans, be defeated, the Company are able, and determined, with their own resources, to com .mence the work and build the road. On the second day of the meeting, the Con. 'v-ntion went into an Election for President and Directors, which resulted in the selection of Colonel John A. Calhoun of Abbeville, to the Presidency, --nd Messrs. Daniel Brown, J. W. Harrison, John Brownlee, D. M. Rogers, W. B. Dorn Robert Jennings James Tompkins, Nicho las 1.\eriwether, Chtrles Hammond. J. W. Stokes Josiah Siblev, and J. J. Blackwood, as Directors. This Board combines inteligence, energy, activi ty, and practical common sense; and while their ahility to perform is conceded, it is hoped and believed that their action will be prompt, vigor -ous and effective. The following propositions, which, after con sidera ble debate were accepted, "subject how ever," as the Pioneer says, "to further negotia. tions between the City Council and the Board of Directors." 1st. That the Savannah River Valley Rail road is not to be tapped by or connected with the South Carolina Railroad. 2d. That Five Hundred Thousand Dollars subscribed by the city of Augusta, should be sufficient to complete the Road, and put it in running order without further calls on the city of Augusta. 3d. That said Five Hundred Thousand Dol lars is to be furnished and used in installments as the work progresses, and as proportionate subscriptions are called for and expended. 4th. That the Company shall build and keep tip a substantial and perpetual Free Bridge across the River at Augusta-said Bridge to be laid with ion Rails for the transportation of Freilit in cars by horse power. 5th. That Augusta and Hamburg shall be on the same footing as the rates of Freight and Passentger" over the Road, and no preference in anival or departure shall be given in connection with cither place. 6ti. That the Road shall be commenced at H .tburz. and so soon as twenty miles are com pleted the Bridge is to be built. 7th. That the Road be built a sufficient dis tance froimit Hamburg upon Trestle Work, to prevent daminir the River. In case the Legisla ttu.-e will not' allow the company to span the Bridgre with rails, the city agree to comply with its part ot the contract by having a free B ridge. A COLORED ENOW NOTHING. SIlotE " REPUBLICAN" NATIONALTY.-Our readers are aware that the frce negroes of New York htave established Know-Nothing lodges very getterally throughout the State, or a herever tinv exikt in 'stnficiernt numbers. We observe that in' New Hlampshiire, the opposition to the Detmocraev hatve entlisted in their service a "col ored1 and r'everenid gentleman," who is lecturing onm the a'uful perils awaiting the country from Popery and Slacery." A correspondent of the New Hamopshtire Patriot, gives the substance of hsis speech in these words: "efrens, jes so long a, de- peo-ple ':mne to countenance dem good ftn'nutfint foreigtners, jcs so long we poor colored pu-nsns. Mlass.a Bogg. :mnd de whole liberty par ts, will be of no accoun*.." The editor of the "Patriot" cottmnents ott thtis ntew movement of the Opposi ion as follows: " We hear of this black slanderer in the vari 0us towns in thtis vicinity, and all accounts agree that hi5 lectures are made up of course black gutardism of the President and the Democratic party, and ridiculous nonsense in regard to ne groes and foreigners. A corresponaent at Pem broke initorm, us thait in that town he indulged int a shamnetul attaek upon the morals and intel lige: ee of the New Hampshire pe-ople in general, and Franklin Pierce in pr.rtienlar. Having received thte app:.tuse of a few leading whigs nd abolitionists for this service rendered them, N~o next proceeded to atnuse himself with a rip'mar''e of vi: tperatiotn against Cattholies.nand wJ-und up' by explatiatinlg upon the intellectual capacity of negroes and wishitng success to the kttow tioshings. And our corre-spondent adds that 'it w as the most ridiculous display of thick lipped eloquence that ever exhausted the pa tiettce of an enlightened audience," and that, if the etnemies of the democracy expect to reap any advttntaige from the babbling of such an illiterate blackguard, they will find that they .Jh ve made a grceat muistke." CAtIroRNIA TTES.-The New York Herald htas a report. brought by the George Law, that they were datily expecting in the Pacific a French squadron of five large vessels,, under Admiral F,,uvaiclhont, despatched, it is believed., to effect if pos'ilde, the reduetion of Petropaulowskt. I wil be reeollected abar -an English expedition against toat plac'e was vepvulsed by the Russians after a contiit of .aeveralban~ys. A rtutor was cumn~t when the steamer sailed that the Whigs and Broderickites were about to unite in caucus. The opposing elements are ala combined against the re-election of Dr. Gwin: and although nominated by a majority of the democratic party, every expedient will be re sorted to for the purpose of defeating hts elec lion. Ati effort was to be made to postpone the election indefinitely. THE ALLIED ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.-The Washtingtn Stale baa been permitted to publish thte following extract of a letter to George N. Sanders from one of the most distinguished French exiles now in London: " The army of the allies is looked upon as en tirely lose. iDestitutiOn and cold provoke deser tions. English and French go over to the Rus tians. T1he hope of an approaching catastrophe has not abandoned us. Let but the ice break up in the Crimea, and you will hear the crack elsewhere." Omt HUNDRED.-The history of that- well known P'salm tune, "Old Hundred," which al. most every body has been accustomed to hear, ever since they can remember, is the subject o1 a work recently written by an English clergy. man. Luther has generally been reckoned the author of "-Old Hundred," but it has been dis covered that it vgas composed in the 16th cen tury. by William France, a German. In the course of time it has been considerably chang ed from the original, and it is said that as it first appeared it was of a more lively character than at p.esent. VEGETABLES are so scarce at Sebastopol that a man with thtree potatoes in his pocket is such ati "object of interest" that lie will only dine with Lord Raglan. A fellow with three headt of cabbago has just opened a museum at Balak, Iava..--admission two shillings; six pence extri -if you smell of the stalks. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, 5. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1855. A Rule without Exceptions! ALL Persons who fail to settle their indebtedness to the " Advertiser Office," in a very short time will be compelled to settle with one legally au thorised. As a Co-partnership has been entered into it is requisite that all out-standing debts should be collected forthwith. ago Read and take warning! WE are now sending our accounts to all who are indebted to us for subscription to the Advertiser, residing out of the limits of this State, with the earnest hope that all who may receive sr id notice of their Indebtedness, will remit the amount as soon as possible. E Those who do not comply with the abcve request by the first day of April next, will POSI TIVELY be placed upon our " Black List," for publication as a warning to other Publishers, and their names immediately erased from our subscrip tion books. [V We are in earnest, gentlemen-send on your dimes promptly and don't compel us to deal harshly with you. C THE Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield commenced its Spring Term on Monday last, Judge GLoVER presiding. g7 IF any of our citizens would like to have their Pianos skilfully tuned or repaired, they have now an opportunity afforded them, of enga' ing the services of an experienced workman. See Mr. KERN'S adver tisement. He brings the best testimonials. He in forms us that lie will be here in a few days. Savannah River Rail Road. WE copy elsewhere, the proceedings of a meeting of the stockholders of this r6ad recently held at Cal houn's Mills in Abbeville District, at which it was determined to accept the Augusta subscription and prosecute the work with vigor. Mr. JOHN A. CAL HoUN was elected President of the company. We congratulate all interested upon the dawn of success now fairly opening to cheer on their endeavors. A Rare Treat. THE BRIDE of " Rose Cottage" has our most finished acknowledgements for the superb treat of cake, cor dial, et cetera, which accompanied her wedding an nouncement. It was altogether delicious. and we have enjoyed it as but few can enjoy such things, all the while wishing that the life of the lovely donor might be as a placid lake, reflecting throughout the hright hues of a sky of heavenly beauty and serenity. But we invoke the muse: -Twas Isabelle Who "stcod beside the altar," like a dove, Resting her trembling hand upon the arm Of him, to whom her plighted troth had pass'd. Together there, they vow'd before high heaven To " live and love together" all their days, Nor fail in aught that duty, led by Love, Might prompt them to discharge. And now A friend, who knew the twain, when they were babes, Records his heart-felt wishes that success, A.. d happiness, and peace, and bounteous plenty, May be their s in time. And for the rest, That the bright coronal, a saint's reward, May, after time is o'er for them, be placed Upon the brow of each for atl eternity. :Prom Washington. WE take the liberty of publishing an extract from a letter recently received by us from our immediate Re presentative in Congress. It has reference to a mat ter of vital importance to the country at large: WASINGTON CITy, 25th February. "Yesterday we passed an Amendment to the Civil and Diplomatic Approprition Bill, by which a reduc tion of 20 per cent is effected upon all articles hereto fore bearing duty from 100 to 24 per cent, and reduc ig the duty oni articks ,below 24 to an average of 20 per cent. The New Englanders offered a Trojan horse, in a proposition to reduce the duty on Railroad iron for the benefit of the South; but coupled it with another proposition to reduce the duty on unmanufac tured Wool and Dye Stuffs. This came up as an amendment to the main appropriation hill and was ruled out of order. An appeal was taken and carrie.. Then it was that we availed ourselves of a had exam ple and the amnendment to reduce oin'ali articles, 20 per cent, wans offeredl and carriedt. Between 10 and 12 millions of dollars are thus left in the pockets of con sumers. 'Tlte act will take effect if passed hy the Senate on the first of July next. But little apprehien ston is entertained of its pa sing the Senate." ZLost from his Priends. We have received a letter from one Woodson Mc Murtry, of Natches Mississippi, making inquiry upon a subject about which some of otur readers may possibly know atoe than we do. It is in regard to the paren tage of a young man, named George Brown, who seems to have been carried from Edlgefield District to tlte WVest in early boyhood; and having there lost his Father, Mother and Brother, is now without any clue by which to trace tip his relationship in Souttn Carolina Young Brown is spoken of by our informant as one " worthy to be taken by ste hand by ;ll good men." He is represented as being under the impression that he has relatives, on the mother's side, still living in Edgefield District. His Father, it seems, spoke to him when a boy of carrying him back to his grand mother in Edgefield, and had in fact started for that purpose when he was suddenly killed in tlte progress of a destructive tornado wvhich visited that section some years ago. We throw out this abridgement of the long letter we have received upon the subject of this unfortunate lost one, hoping that is may meet the eyes of some friend or surviving relative of his and that good may result from it. We will keep the let ter on file in case any one should desire to examine it more particularly. M~exican News. The last intelligence from Mexiee is of startling in erest. If it be true, the career of that remarkable man, Santa Anna, would seem to he near its close. By telegraph from New York, we observe tltat news has been received of new successes on the part of General Alvarez. Preparations were being made, on he part of his army., to march into the City of Mexico, when Alvarez was to be proclaimed P'resident in grand style. Queer, is'nt it, that Alvarez sh'ottld be able to do with so much ease, what Scott with an army of American heroes found a some what difficult 'job. As as present advised, we think the intelligence presents bitt slight claims to credence. Shouild'nt wonder if it proved to b~e one of the New York Her confirmatory intelligence with anxiety. Improving. TnE " Spartan" and the " Express," of Spartan. burg village, come to us recently with stra as'- f re joicing over the almost unexampled rapidity of their town improvements. The editors of ste " Express" quote the opinion of "one of the most intelligent gen tlemen in the State," who has travelled a great deal, to the effect that there is no town in any part of the Southern country advancing with longer strides than is the village of Sparsanburg. A second Atlanta does she indeed promise to be ! The French Broad Rail road being now pretty well decided on, Spartanburg may yet become the most prosperous of the interior towns of South Carolina. Perhaps she may be said to be so already, excepting Columbia only. What say you to that, gentlemen of Chester, Newberry, Green ville and Anderson ?As for us in Edgefield, we sing low for the present, and will probably slag still lower in the future, unless some windfall in the shape of a Rail Road should interpose to "save our bacon." L~ocal Traditions. WE observe that several of our South Carolina co temporaries are drawing forth,, from intelligent sub scribers, interesting contributions in the way of Revo lutionary anecdotes, Local Tra itions, &c., contnected with the history of their respective Districts. This is useful as well as entertaining. It may he the means of perpetuating many a historical fact, which would otherwise pass away and be forever lost. We earnest ly request such of our Edgefield readers, as have garnered up any such incidents, to let us have them at their leisture. It matters not about their being put in ship-shape form in every instance. Give us but the substance authentically, and we will cheerfully under take the small task of serving it up in genteel style. Is is hoped that more than cite, of those who may The Methodists and Know Nothings. We mean no disrespect to Methodists by coupling them with the new order of " Know Nothings." We only print the words as we find them going the rounds. It was at first said by'some that the " New Party" had set its face against this denomination of Chris tians, because their church government bade fair to prove as dangerous, civilly speaking, as the Roman Catholic is said to be. But now it is denied stoutly that any such hostility is felt by the Know Nothings. On tne contrary, evidence is put forward, by some presses, of a tendency to affiliation between the order and the denomination. The main ground, upon which this " tendency " is attempted to be proven, is Ahe common hostility, of the political society and of the religious sect, to Roman Catholicism. This is placing the Methodists low down, indeed, in the scale of intelligence, of republican liberality and of true Christian heroism. It is supposing that, to grat ify a mere prejudice of religious education, they will encourage the progress and spread of a political order, which has no antecedents, no given platform of action, no clearly-defined principles and no agreement in its parts-an order, which may by some possibility prove harmless, but which how threatens, from its co-alition with abolitionists and ' higher law " enthusiasts, to be productive only of evil. It is saying, that they re fuse to accede to others the privilege, which they, as Methodists, hold dearer than lif-, of living In the en joyment of civil and religious liberty, uncontrolled and unfettered by any act of the State. And it is admit ting that the true Protestant Church of Christ needs other than Divine help, to sustain it against the shocks of the adversary-that, however triumphant Truth may be considered in se and.per se, a little political power is yet the thing to be looked to if we would have the "et prevalebit " of her motto rendered cer tain-that, in a word, they feel their incompetency to contend on fair ground with that Church which they hold to he the hideous Anti-christ of "Revelations." Will Methodists, or any other denomination of Prot estants, consent to be judged by these unenlightened, illiberal and timid positions! "Never," will be the universal response. Let them then be cautious how they hearken to the insidious appeals of an Order, which would plunge them into a politicrl warfare of passion and prejudice, solely, it tnay be, for the ad vancement of new men and mere local interests. Once fairly in, and it is at least questionable whether they would emerge from the dirty melee with garments unstained by the corruption they had so indiscreetly embraced. Is it not better for the Christian churches, as such, to stand aloof from the present confusion of American Politics? Or, if their power must be exer ted, let its influence I e arrayed, in calmness and wis dom, on the side of order, justice and the Constitu tion. The Rabbit Hunt: by " Jack Rabbit." This singularly striking metrical composition might have appeared before. But it was mis-laid among some rubbish, and would most probably have remained there, had it not been for the prying disposition of our intelli. gent iir. In one of his recent explorations among the refuse papers of the office (an employment, by the way, to which he is habitually addicted,)-it seems that lie came across "JACK RADDIT's" attempt at de scriptive poetry. " Thesignature itself," he remarked to us upon asking that the piece be rescued from oblivi on, " it enough to distinguish it from the common herd of literary contributions." " Besides," added he, "do you not observe, Mr. EDIonR, that it is fill of such poetical ideas as ' cir -ling streams,' ' hills and dales,' ' yelling hounds,' ' dying cries,' 'silken skeins-' " Stop there, sir," interposed we. " Do you pre tend to call such an every day, dry goods expression, as 'silken skeins,' poetical ?" fit.-" Mercantile poetry, sir, ofcourse. Remember Mr. EDIToR, that we live in an age of merchant prin ces, when these same ' silken skeins' frequently gn far towards building palaces which rival that of Kosh the son of Shedad, about which we read in the Arabian Nights. ' Silken skeins' not poetical, forsooth! It is you, Mr. EDITOR, Who is barking up the wrong tree this time-not me." ED.-" Well. sir, hand us the manuscript and let us exanine its merits a little more closely. If, after having done so, wve find it at all admissible, your wish shall be conmplied with and the piece he published. Let usee:"" ( Editor reads aloud the first stan:a, imp lookinigclose lover his shoulder.) ED.-" Trhere's a bold beginning for you ; but let it pass-worse has heen printed." Istt.-" Worse! Was there ever any thing better tian that expressive line-' Whcre rabbits jump with curling tails ?'" ED.-" That's your individual view of the matter, perhaps. The muses might decide diffe.rently. But, to proceed :" (Reads second stan:a.) What have you to say, you rascal, why sentence of burning should not be pronounced upon this stuff? Ihtr.-(Growing a little uneasy at the vehemence of the editor's interrogatory.) Really and in truth, sir, I am forced to adImit that this verse is no great things. But then it would be breaking ithe connec-tion and bearing of the piece as a whole to leave it out. And, in fact, that t! ing of fire, " travelling inflaming ire, "is not so bad after all. I'll agree to leave it to a dii criminating public to say whether ED.-" Quatuum suf "-it shall stand in print as you desire. ( Reads th~e third stani:a, which is admit ted on the same terms as the preceding one. Then passes on to the perusal of the first stan:a of Part Second. I atr.-(Cuckling woith evident satisfuction.) T here now, Mr. Editor; beat that if you can. Mlark the sudden yet easy transition from the chase to the cue. Mlark it well, sir. E.-It shall be done with a vengeance-gitve me that pen and we'll mark it frarn side to side, and from corner to corner, until the very arch-fiend of typos shahl he unable to decipher it. i.-" For mercy's sake, for poetry's sake, for my sake, Mir. Editor, please forbear." ED.-" Upon one Condition-that you forthwith ex plain the line, ST hen brushed and took a seat." What was brushted, and why was that " what" brushed !" At this juncture of our colloquy, the imp. caved in. He gazed at our physiognomy a moment, as if to as certain n hether we really intended to push the en quiry. Feeling satisfied that such was the case, lie shot for the door. And, as the lower extremity of his coat-tail disappeared from view, we distnctly heard t he word s-" Damn the Rabbit Huat"-all from his lips. Yet, after having such an exciting conversation over the niatter, and partly determining upon giving to the world this production of a native poet, we can not reconcile it to our sense of editorial decision, to allow the " imp's" retiring imprecation any weight in the matter. And so we have put the " Rabbit Hunt" in print ; and there it stands upon another column, to the immortal renown of old Liberty Hill and her ener getic rabbit-hunters. The Wheat Crop. Seldom before has the wheat crop of our District presented so insignificant an appearance, in Miarch, as it does at the present time- Without exception, our wheat fields are cheerless in the extreme. We under stand the same is the fact in our neighboring Districts. And indeed, to judge by what we see in our exchanges generally, this crop was scarcely ever more unpromis ing throughout our whole section. Should the winter drouth, which has prevailed, extend far into the Spring the cry of "lost ball" will be a very general one so far as this branch of the provision crop is concerned. The oats crop is in a similar, if not a worse, predicament. Watch the chances closely, gentlemen farmers ; and lay yourselves out for the biggest kind of a corn crop if the worst comes to the worst. Reflect upon the present high prices of provisions, think of the low prices of cotton, remember Sebastopol and act accord ingly. "Wake Up." Tius speaks the Carolinian to all interested in a Railroad between Columbia and Hamburg. We learn from the Black River Watchman that a sarvey' of the route for a railroad continuing the line of the Wilmington and Mlanchester road to the town of Hamburg has been completed, and efforts will soon be made to secure the charter by complying with its terms. Whtat are the friends of the Columbiaand Hamburg Railroad abouti Do they intend that Columbia shall lose this important connection. by apathy and delay? The past is fruitful of lessons to her on this point ; but of all other enterprises to benefit and secure to her a position on the main thoroughfare of the country, this connection is the most important. Should her ieople and the friends of this road let the opportunity slip, they will, as they have had before, have cause to re The Latin Enigma. A gentleman of high classical attainments has been kind enough to put himself to the trouble of solving the Latin Enigma copied by us last week from the New York Picayune. He writes us that'it was prepared hurriedly and, consequently, will not bare scanning too closely. Granting this to be so, it isatill a decided ly clever specimen of Latin versification and a very complete solution of the Picayune's enigma. - Wc commend it to that paper's scrutiny, and doubt not its bearing the palm from all competitors. To make its application more easily appreciated, we will first givi the enigma as published in a late number of this paper, and then append the response in Latin verse, conclud.. ing with the " Alia Solutio" by the same gentleman: ENIGMA LATINUM. Ego consto ex litteris septem et viginti. Meum XVIII, XIX, IX, XXVI, letum significat. Aleum III, IV, est praeposiiio. Meum XXI, XXII, est pronomen. Aleum X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XIX, VI, urbs antiquit et magna erat. Meum I, II, XVII, V, XVII, XI, XXVII, VIII, IX, genetrix benigna denotant. Meum XXIV, XV, II, luna non est. Meum XXV, XXIII, IX, XXII, XXVI, est Solanus Meum VII, XVII, XVI, XXIV, eat den#. Meliin XX, ViII, iv, esi ragnaoi. Tota sententia narratio historica est. SOLUTIO ENIGMATIS. Gentium victorem omnium "Mors" cita abstulit preceps! "Ex" Gangis fluvio, exercitu deficiente, Cum copiis recessit; convertit oculosque " Ab" oriente iterum ad occidentem. In "Babylont" Se dedit, ut alii dicunt, violenter epulis, Et e vita cessit veneno aut vinolentia. Ut mihi videtur, alii ver tradiderunt, Eurn febri, in pratis capta, periisse. 11lum Mars, hetois et " alea Mater," Minerva, Videntes moriturum, se lacrimis tradiderunt. Sed " Sol" sum potestatis ocridit: "Eurus" Festifer sui opes prostravit: et repente Invidia suam famam " dente" maledico. Carperecepit: Nuncet"Rex"statnominemodo. Trei et vigintique Treceni ante Christum, PIagnus " Alexander Babylone mortuus est."* *Sepe quantitas eat falsa. ALIA SOLUTIO. Tuum XVII, XIX, IX, XXVI, e Mors" significal. Tuum III, IV, est prtpositio, " Ex." Tuum V, XII, est priepositio, "ab." Tuam XXI, XXII, est pronomen, " tu." Tuam X, XI. XII, XIII. XIV, XIX, TI, eat " Belt ylone." Tuum I, II, XVII, V, XVIII, XI, XXVII, VII, IK, "alea Mater," denotat. Tuum XXIV, XV, II,,st " Sol." Tum XXV, XXII, IX, XXII, XXVI, est " Eurwu." Tuum VII, XVII, XVI, XXIV, est " dens." Tuum XX, VIII, IV, eat " Rex." Tota Sententia: " Alexander Babylone mortuus e.." "Lord Scott." SOME of our cotemporaries, indignant at the coma plimentary title recently confered on WINFIE LD SCOTT, thus designate the old General by way of derision. They insist, that the newly created grile of Lirutenant General, taken in connection with %he fifty thousand dollars of back pay, and the sixttam hundred dollars additionalper annum, amounts t3 a title of nobility at te least. One calls him "Lord ScoTT," another "Sir WINFIELD," and so tley have it. Why seek thus to embitter the last hourp of the old warrior I Why carp and grumble, becauise the Representatives of the country, in Congress as sembled, think proper to honor in handsome style an American who justly ranks with the foremost Captains of the age? Foster this parsimony in your hearts, arld you give but poor encouragement to such as seek to devote their entire lives to the spread of their country's glory. Making it a Question. TnE advocates of the prohibitory Liquor Law, in Georgia, appear determined upon bringing their favo. rite measure to the test of public sentiment. They have met in convention, nominated B. H. OvERasY Esq. as their candidate for Governor and have lhigh hopes oftsucoces'- Onetway issaaid to be a man of ex cellent character, a good lawyer, a fair preacher and a first rate stump speaker-qui ecan array ofrqualifica tions. Humane Reflections. JUDG E O'Nv., in a recent letter to the Southmr Patriot, suggests the following reflections which 'we note, as heing extremely pertinent in the present dim.i cult season. " In this period of darkness and gloom, ought not forhearance to be considered a paramount dutty I What is wealth, compared with kind benevolence ? What is gained by gathering while othei-s are suf fering 1" Fon vTnE A DvEatTisnla. The Rabbit Hunt, PART Fins-r.-TnIE CuAsE. The sun with native brilliance rose And spread his golden rays O'er Liberty, wvhere Cuffce flows A nd winds a thottand ways, Circl'ing far round the hills and dales O'er run by yellow sedge, Where rabbits jump with curling tails From briar-patch to hedge. But oh ! their rate, who will lament 2 Or all their fears recount ? Whten their own wild, peculiar scent, Drew yelling hounds to hunt. While savage sportsmen, to succeed, 'Applied the blazing fire, Which over hill and dale and mnead Travelled in flaming ire. Then thund'ring sounds did pierce the ear, And rattling lead the heart, As the poor rabbit flies in fear To nmect the ratal dart; While sounds of jollity arise A laugh, a scream, a shout And drown the victim's dying cries Till lire's last spark is out. PART SECOND.-TIIE FEAsT. Now wearied on the field of sport, The sooty crowd did meet ; Each one his rusee did support, Then brushed and took a seat. But soon 'twvas moved to have a cue, And straight at it we went; .For nothing else had we to do When on the notion bent. One takes the leg, aind one the head, To draw the downy skin; Some swear the rabbits now arc dead But still the critters grin. Then deeper in they force the blade, To reach the embowelled chains Which lay in folds, by nature made, As smooth as silken skeins. Now, " Sdiedam Sehnapps," the lovely qmuen, Sits charming all around, -Kissing, a dozen times I ween, Each gentleman she found. Yes, for his health and pleasure too, (But health was principal) For doctors came and kissed her too And called her " pretty gal." All thus revived hy Lady Schnapps, Some dozen cooks began. And dressed the rabbits, with their flaps, All roasting on a strand. Then in they flew, white, brown and blue They out, they pulled, they gnawed; And each otne shouted" "'tis a cue, That ladies would applaud." JACK RABBIT. A NEGRO KILLED.-A negro woman be:ung lng to Mrs. Avery, living in the upper pa::t of this district, was killed by the son of Mrs. A. and Mtr. Baldwin on Friday last. As it. will undergo a legal investigation, we do not feel at liberty to give the circumstances as related to us, but there is no doubt of its being a case of indiscretion, and not of criminal intent. [Launrensville Hlerald.I FOR THE ADVERTISER. Ma. EDiroR,-In my Tax notice for the present year, you observe d change in regard to the mode heretofore practiced by tuyself and others. In thus acting,I hope it will not be regarded as selflsh,as Iam honest in the belief that the change *ill bt- equally advantageous to the Tax payers. Trde, it will, relieve the Collector of once going over the District to his appointments, for very little advanthge to himself or any other, as but few pay the first round ; yet, whilst he is relieving himself of uncalled for labor, he will, in his candid opinion, be affording material advantage to a large portion of the Tax payers of the District. & In the first place, I propose being at the Court House every day of March Term, during which a large portion of the Taxable inhabitants will, for some purpose or other, be at the Village. If they think proper to pay their Taxes, the opportunity is afforded; if not, they can do as many heretofore have done, hold on till the last chance. Another important advantage is offered in this ebange: Ju rynen will have the opportunity of disposing of their tickets without sacrifice, pay their Taxes, and iioia iroible at another time, I could enumerate various other items of accoul modation afforded by this arrangement, but I leave the case to establish itself, with a pledge that if the change produces dissatisraction among the Tax pay ers, I will next year, (should I live) recur to the mode heretofore practiced. Respectfully submitted, J. QUATTLEBUM. LATER FROM EUROPE. HALIFAX, March 1. The stamer Canada has arrived with Liver pool dates of February 17th. Lord John Russell had gone to the Vienna conference, which would open on the 26th. Af fairs at Sebastopol were unchanged. Naples had joined the Western Alliance. LIVERProOL, Feb. 17. COTTON has been dull, and prices easier though not quotably lower. Sales of the weed 35,000 bales, including 2500 bales to Speculators and Exporters. Fair Orleans 31d. Middling 51-8d. Fair Uplands 5id. Middling 6d. Breadstutfs were dull and slightly lower. Canal Flour 42. 6d. Ohio 42s. Wkhat lower. Corn declined 6d. White 44. Yellow 43- 6d. Beef and Pork dull. Lard firmer. Trade at Man chester dull. Consols for money had declined to 903-4 n 901. American Stocks higher. TI.ere has been a most severe winter through out Europe. Kirk & Farness, Liverpool, have failed. Frederick Peel was oppointed under Secreta ry of War. The Czar's sons were at Sebastopol Feb. 15th, making a reconnoissance. The Allies were daily expecting an attack and their pickets were kept on the alert. The weather was warm. The cavalry were kept under arms all night. The Russians were making tremendous night surties, which were vigotrously repulsed. The Russians had been largely reinforced. On the 8th Menchikoff telegraphs that affairs were unchanged. Canrobert had been virtually superseded by Pelissie and Bosquet. It was rumored that Lords Raglan and Lucan would shortly return. Tuscany and other Italian States had joined the Western Powers. Switzerland remains neutral, and forbids the enlistment of her people. It. is believed no treaty can be made between Prussia and the Western Powers, and that she will remain neutral. Austria and Prussia continue their warlike preparations. It is said that at the Vienna conference the Allied Plenipotentiary will simply demand of Prince Gortschkoff a categorical " ye" or " no. SWALtOwVING A BIAR OF LEAD-STOMACH OPENED.- he Wapello, (Iowa,) Intelligezneer says: On Christmas day, a Mr. T. W. Bates, while doing the exploit of sticking a bar of lead down his throat. let go his ho'ld, and it descend ed into his stomach. The physicians of this place, not knowing but Bates was trying to hoax them, made a slight examination at the time, inasmuch as he had made but little ado about it, and at times denied having swal:owed the lead at all. A few days after, the victim having swallowed some acid substance, the lead began to corrode, anid he become very sick. Trhe physicians were theni called in and it was soon tound that every other attempt to extract the lead would be unavailing, save opening the stomach. This being resolved upotn, some five or six physicians were called in on Wednesday morning last, when Dr. Bell, of this place, per formed the operation, probably thle first on record, of opening the stomach 'and extracting the lead. The bar was about eleven inches in length, and about one-half the length showed the action of the acid upon it. The patient, at last accounts, was get ting along finely, with a prospect, of speedy recovery-the inflamation caused from the lead, while in the stomach, be ing the greatest difficulty to contend with, at presenit appearance. Thle Intelligeneer of the 9th, tells us Bates was rapidly recovering. ADVICE TO PL ANTES.-The Augusta Consti utionalist alluding to the approaehing seasons, gives the fullowing advice to planters in regard to !.he choice of crops: It is to be hoped that cotton planters will not be betrayed by the present low prices of cotton and their wants of motney, to comml~it the folly of planting a larger crop than usual, ini order to make up the required sum by increased quantity. In crease of production but aggravates the evils under which the planters sull'er; for too many train all their etnergies to make Cotton, to the neglect comparatively, of supplies of provisions and oilier articles which every plantation needs, ald of which a surplus can atlways find a ready market. This is especially true now, for while cotton is unutsully low, almno.gt every othler arti le usually made on a cotton plantation is unu sually high, and likely to remaiin so. Corn es pecially bears at very high price, with no pros pect of an abattement. The home consumption cainot diminish, ivhile the demand for export is all the time increasing. Corn is now a regular article of shipment to Europie, where it is yearly coming more into use. Tmis country will also cnntinue to have a large market abroad for all the flour, bacon, beef, anid every other transpor table article of food. " Let not, prospects of an early pceace deceive the planter inito the belief that prices of Cotton will necessarily, in that event, greatly rise, prices of provisions greatly fall. TVho' the war should terminate to mnorrow, it would be a long time before a material change could be effected in the causes now regulating prices. " To diminish the production of Cotton and raise an increased quantity of provisions would, at all events, be a safe policy." MOmI.E IN MOIRNIN1G.-The ordinance closing groghops and business houses of Mobile, like similar enactments elsewhere, does not please every body. It went into operation Suinday be fore-last, speaking of which day the Mobile corresponldenit of the Picayune says: it was the first Sabbath to be operated on by the new fangled extract of the blue laws, which our suicidal authorities have grafted on our city code to kill themselves with. At least to some it must prove fatal. By the dawn of day a rape weeper was round on the clossd door of every bar room in the city, and thousands of merry jokes wnre cracked on the defunct, the disease and the doctors. An up countryman, seeing the weed where he had but lately taken a wet, inquired " Who is dead 1" " Old Nick," said the towvney. " And who was Nick I" Why the man who kept this place." " Indeed ! do folks die now so quick as all that? poor fellow ! I took a drink with him quite after midnight, and now he's gone. I thought the epidemic was over ! In another ease, one of our boys, who had been in Texas for a few weeks, returned thence yesterday morning, bringing a party of choice sirits on their first visit to Mobile, which he had painted in all the bright colors of home. aYou will be so delighted with the hospitable fellows; but let us try some bitters at the Hole :.. hc..VUl1, a small plnae but posesed of the right kind of stuff. Here it is. What! a weed? then poor Jim is gone. I am sorry for that he was hearty when 1 left, but let us go to Jeames'. Why bless me! there is a death here too, or else the parties are related, which I never heard of." MUTUAL LIFE TIsURANCE.-This scherlie May seem ideal and impracticable, but experience has proven otherwise. Although individuals are liable to die suddenly, and before the usual pes rinod allotted to man's life, yet, in a large class of individual.,, or in a multitude, it has been proved by the experience of centuries, that there is nn average or tnean duration of the pe. riod of life. Upon this average of human life, a calculation is made, which is the basis of the principle of lire insurance. It is calculated that in ten thousand individuals, a certain number, say 150, will die every year; now these ten thousand persons form a Mutual Life Insurance Society, and agree to contribute a sum suffi cient, say $15 each, to raise every year an amount equal to $1000 to pay each of the fam ilies of the 150 members which they calculate to die every year. This 10,000 persons contri buting $15 ench, will make $150,000 every year, a sum sufficient to pay 150 families each year 81000 apiece! Therefore, when a mem ber dies and the company has to pay one ot two Or Ve or ten thousand dollaii to his family, It is no loss to the company, and is not a nidtter (f regret that this sum has to be p aid; not at all, so far from it, the payment to his family of the sum insured, and all the profits due to the member at his death, is the very object and inient and purpose Jor which the society was established and nothing more than what they expect and de sire to do.-Louisville Journal. THE REVEREND J. CLAY.-Chaplain of the goal in Preston, England, reports that out of sixty attempts made by as many prisoners to write the Lord's Prayer, only one was accurate in every particular. Six of them were as fol lows: 1. " Hour father with are in heaven * * the Cingdom coonm," &c. (writ ten in a fair hand; writer aged thirty-nine.) 2. "Ower father who art in henvrn, all wend be thy neama thy will dun on erth," &c., (writer aged seventeen.) 3. "Owr father Which art in heaven hlewed," &c. (writer aged twenty-one.) 4. " Our father With chartive," &c. (writer aged twenty-eight;) 5. Hour father Wich art in heven All Wed," &c. (writer aged sixteen.) 6. " how Father which ar in heaven, halwhed," &c. (writer aged twenty.) A SONG OF SMOKE. When clouds o'ercharged with care and grief Seem gathering around, 'Tis in the rolled tobacco leaf That solace can be found; With every puff there fades away Some reigned or real sorrow, And I am happy for the day Whate'er betide the morrow. The graceful wreaths of smoke I blow, To yon, blue heavens, ascend, I bless each one, as off they go, Like some departing friend; And wish that I could soar above, Or like them had the power To chai m away from those I love Each sad and dreary hour. WHAT Is NOT CHArITY.-It is not charity to give a penny to the street medicant, of whom nothing is known, while we haggle with a poor. man out of employment for a miserable dime. It is ot, charity to beat down a seamstress to starvation prie. s; to let, her sit in wet clotheF sewing all day; to deduct from her pitiful re muneration it' the storm delays her prompt ar rival. It is not charity to take a poor relation into the family, make her a slave to all your whims, and taunt her continually with her depen dent situation. It is not charity to turn a man who is out of work into the streets with his imily, because he cannot pay his rent. It is not charity to exact the uttermost farthing from the widow and orphan. It is not, charity to give with a supercilious air and patronage, as if God had made you, the rich man, of different blood from the shivering recipient, whose only crime is that he is poor. It is not charity to be an extortioner-no! though you bestow alms by thaousands.-Philai. Ledger. AN A RGUMENT AGkINST PaotsraTr.-It is stated that before Vermont had the M;aine Law, the ntumber of convicts in the State Prison was about one hundred, whose labor paid the expen ses of the establishment; but now,1In. and be hold, the unumber is reduced to about sixty, cin.. senettly the institution is likely to become a charge upon the State treasury ! I-EAP.-SUPPoRTOR IN C'As.-At. lnst we have it ! A Western clergyman. Rev. J. N. Willi:,ms, has invented a hentd-rest for seats in railroad ars, on a crane nnd spring, so easy and fit that a man may rest his cranitun in one of them and sleep as q'uietly as in his bed. He has patented his invention; it is alreaidy in use on the Hudson River road, and promises to be a capital thing for all night travellers. THlE treasurer of Holmes county. Ohio, who recently disappeared with some $50,000 of the people's funds, is reported to have been arrested last month in Switzerland. He had abont his prson, when taken into custody, some 50,000 francs in bills of exchange. Subscription Receipts. The following persons have paid up to the time affixed to their names : Mrs. Mary Butter, to 14th February '56. E. P. Coleman, to 14th Februaury '56. Mrs. C. 13. Kincade, to 10th Jnnuary '56. E. N. Seibels, to 25th A ugust '55. E. Seibets, Esq., to 2d1 February '55. B. P. Till man, to 8th February '56. Dr. F. A. Tompkins, to 21st A ugust '55. Robert Lanier, to 21st October '55. Mi. Etheredge, to 11th Februa'ry '56. M. Paadgett, to 9th January '56. Witfeld Smnith,, to 2nth March '55. Robert J1. Butler. to 20th December '55. B. Corley, to 18th' A pril '55. John T. Btarnes, to 9th October '55. J. 13. Sullivan, to 1st Jlanuary '56. J. P. Pallaty, to Bth February '56. T. Sullivan, to 5th January '56. John lluiet, to 29th l)ecember '55. L. B. Cochran, to 4th Jianuary '56. Mark .Jeohnson, to 9th Novembecr '55. A. Mauncer, to 20th February '55. Wade Hobdtein, to 11ith Septemnber '55. L. J. Price. to 11th Novemi~er '56. lartwell Harrison, to 21st February '56. Reuben Cooper, to 1st A pril '55. Richard Williams, to 21st February '56. Michael Long, Esq., to 21st February '56. Lucius Hatch, to 21s February '56. Col. WV. M. Dean, to 10th .January '56. A. C. Deen, to 1st February '55. G. W. Holloway, to 13th D~ecember '55. Rev. T. S. Daniel, to 8th February '56. W. B. A ddison, to 28th February '56. Thomas II. Chappell, to 22d September '55. L. WV. Maya, to 2d February '56. Dr. Benjamin Waldo, to 3d A pril '55. Dr. John T. Simpson, to 22d February '55. James D. Watson, to 7th Jlanuary '56. Whitfield Martin, to 6th October '55. B. P. Coleman, to 11th Jatuary '56. Dr. S. F. Stephens, to 17th A pril '55. W. L.. Stevens, to 8th October '55. Sineon Crouch, to 22d Masy '55. Capt. J. B. Abney, to 10th October '55. Dr. John G. Williams, to 8th July '55. George J. Strother, to 7th May '55. Miss Cornelia C. Strother, to 1st June '55. Russell Vaughn, to 8th August '55. Capt. Wiley II. [Hollowaty, to 11ith March '55. J. B. E. Sloan, to 28th February '56. Jesse Schumpert, to 16th September '55. J. Ctem, to 13th July '56. S. 1B. Whatley to 19th December '55. Jessey Whatley, to 21st February '56. . Temples, to 9th January '56. A. Rutland, to 6th March '56. Capt. William Middleton, to 16th February '56 William F. Prescott, to 6th March '56. James T. Ouzts, to 19th January '56. Elijah Still, to let July '55. D. Hiolsonbake, to 6th February '56... R. M. Hlolsonbake, to 11th January '55. H. C. Turner, to 8th February '56. D. L. Rotten, to 5th March '56. Capt. Theophilus Dean, to 7th bMarch '56, Torh onlanucd. OBITUARY, DIZD it. this District, on Tuesday evening the 27th ultimo, of a Pulmonary afection, Dr. WILLIAM STOKEs Doziza, in the 29th year of his age. For more than a year the subjeet of this notice labored under disease which pmted superior to mnedical skill, and indeed baffled all human effort. Believin it his duty to tie anyandevery proper means fbr his recaterv, he was icduced to test the effects of a wintef in tie milder climate of Florida, hoping thereb*t at he might be restored to that health he had vainly sought, In the many and varied prescrip tions of Physleians and friends. But fruitless were all his efforts, for Instead of Improving his condition gren rapidly worse, so that lie hastened homeward, that he thight die among his relatives and friends, and "be buried,l as he said "by the side of a piour mother," whdE aufitiued prayerland indeed whose last lingering wish *hile on earth was, that her chil dren might be prepared in meet her in Heaven. How ctonsoling theft the thought, that our frienti has left assurances not only of his preparation for the change that awaited him, but his entire willingness and even desire to depart this life. He endured with a calmness and resignation characteristic of the true christian, the protracted sufferings consequent on his peculiar condition, and was often heard to say tutS den th, to him had no terrors, but wa ready to hid adieu to the transitory things of time and sense. Trip ly it may be said that his san has set, ere it was* noon; and that he dank into the gloomy grave while in the full bloom and vigor of manhood. His christian career was of short duration, having united himself with the Baptist church at Red Bank during a protracted meeting held in August last and contin Ued up to the time of his death efevrfully todischarge the duties incumbent upon him. Being naturally of a kind and sylritgliffirig 'p tion, he was much endeared to all arntifid li especially to his relatives, and of his most intkrhgni acquaintance. He was affectionate and devoted as a husband, dutiful and obedient as a son, kind and generous as a brother, firm and unwavering as a friend, humane and indulgent as a master; and in truth he filled with becoming honesty, and fidelity the station assigned him in this shnrt life. His relations and' friends cannot therefore "Sorrow as those that have, no hope," and while they bow in humble submssion to the will of an all wise providence, must .e cenp strained to admit that notwithstanding their loss n..T be great indeed, his gain must be infinitely greater. DIED on the evening of the 17th ult. Mrs. MARAY Gi Auziza consort of John Glauzier Sr.,aged upwards of sixty years. It is the custom of our time to eulogise the dead, and many who duri g their lives evince but little th t is really good or praiseworthy are made but little lower than the angels of God. We do not therefore by drawing on o' r imagination for laudatory phrases. or rhetorical flourishes seek to deck the bier of the departed with laurels that were never won, nor raise above her lowly grave a momument of pride whicir her meek and humbl! spirit would have shrank fr.i appropriating to herself. But we do her the justice which all who knew her feel that her memory so truly merits. If to have been a professor of the reli gion of the Savior who died for her ran om from sin -for full thirty years without ever having brought rm proach upon his name, by her uniformity of conduct, her quiet and humble walk, her anxiety to promote the best interests of her family and friends, and her I light in attending the ministrations of His servants in the house. f worship, isa guarante of beinga chris ian, then was she one in its fullest sense. If to be a good friend and neighbor consisted in do ing all possible, to promote friendship and kindness to make peace between those whom passion has sev ered, and to help the needy and afflict.-d, then are there but few who so richly deserve the title. In her, her children have lost a kind and most es timate mother, her little orphan grandchild a more than parent. Her afflicted husband the dearest partner of his joys and sorrows, and her neighbors one whom they can never cease to regret. A FIND. " Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord." DIED of Typhoid Pneumonia, after a protracted illnesot eighteen days,at his own residence, German ville Edgefield District. S. C. Joum RiIIHART. in the 57th year of his age. He was born in Edgefield Dis trict S. C. April 1798, and died February the 25th 1855. He was married in 1818, to Sarah Kinard with whom he lived 37 years, in the closest bonds of canju gal afflect on, having born tv them 17 Children 7 Sons and 10 Daughte.s, (of whom 16 are now Hv*ng and 21 Grand Children ) Some 30 yea. s since he embraced religion and joined the M. E. Church, himself and wife. Brother Rine heart was emphatically the Christian in the fullest sense of that term ; dignified and gentlemanly in his man- ers, amiable in his disposition, affectionate and forbearing in hi- social relations, domestic in his hbits, punctual in all his dealings, benevolent to the poor, and foremost in every good work. He constructed the Center and main stake, around which clustered, not only the warmest affections of his numerous family, but of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. As a class leader at Nazareth, in a hich capacity he on g served faithfully and acceptably and while ex orting is class to live for God and meet him in Hea ven, his cup was filled to overflowing and he often times rejoiced in G.,d his Saviour-ofaen times during his illness lhe expressed a firm confidence in his Sa vior, and nearl: the last words that he uttered was that he saw nothing in the least to create a doubt in his mind but that shortly he would be at his home in Heaven. He said " I am going home, home, home to Heaven." His funeral was preached by Rev. H. H. Spann, and attended by an unusual large concourse of relations and friends, notwithstanding it was a bitter cold day. A . J. " Friend n fter friend departs, Whoi hath not lost a friendi There is no union here of hearts *That finds not here an end." \ The truthful and touching language of these famil iar nnd beautiful lines, has been recalled to the memo ry, and impressed upon the heart of many by the ' death of Dr. GILBERT TENNENT, who departed tt is life in Marietta Ga.,ion the 17th uht.,in the fiftieth year ouf his age. If friendship or afifection, if the tender ties of his large and beloved family of eight children already and but recently bereaved of a fond mother, or the claims of an extensive and increasing medical practice, could have availed atight in arresting the hand of death, the de' eased would still have bean among the living. But " God's ways are not as our ways," and in this mysterious dispensatien of his Providence, it is alke the duty and the privilege of surviving relatives and friends to feel and to contess "' It is the Lord ; let him do what seemeth, him good." " The Lot d gave, the Lord bath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Dr. Tennent was a native of Charleston, S. C. Wrien three years old, bis father removed from the cit atid settled in Abbeville District. The deceased pursued his medical studies in Kentucky and Char leston, and having received his diploma from the medi cal College of South Carolina, practiced medi cine in Edgfield District until the fall of 1850, wh -n ie removed to Marietta. Though but a few years among us, he had won fo'r himself the friendship and th: gratittude of many at whose bedside and in whose houses of sickness and affiction 'ne had so a'siduously, and faithfully administered. His lo-s to the communi ty and the enuntry as a skilful, ki"J and successful physician, will be deeply felt and sincerely deplored. A bout two years since he connected himself with t e Presbyterian Church in this place, at d has always manifested the deepest interest in the welfare of the Church, and in the cause of morality and -eligio~n. As a physician, lie endeavored to make his pr' fession at avioationas interfere as little as possible with his punctual attendance on the ministrations of the sanc uary and other means of grace. During his last ill ness, his suffer ngs were at times extremely painful, ut he exhibited the greatest christian courage, calm ness an't resignation. Not a murmur escaped his ips, - and once when, like his blessed master, he prayed if it be possible, let this cup pass from me," like him, lie was enabled to add " not as I will, but as. thou wilt." " God's will be done," was his frequent prayer. His whole reliance for salvation was on Christ and Christ alone, and while he confessed him self a great sinner, he felt Christ to be a great and precitus Savior. A few hotnes before his death, he took a touchingand tender farewell of his agoHERLEss rhildren, who were soon to be FATHERLESS too, and urged upon them tnost solemnly the _duty of seekiug God early,-repeating the promise, with an emphasis, " those that seek me early, shall find me,"-and begged them not to put it off as he had done in youth. but to seek religion Now-to seek it "' EaaLtEa." May the God of their father be to them a covenant keeping God, and fulfi to them in their individual ex perience, the precious assurance of his own word " When my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord will take me tip." " His spirit has returned to him Who gave its heavenly sa rk, Yet thinik nut, sun, it shall bedim When thou thyself art dark ; No! it shall live again and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By -Hin recalled to breath, Who captive, led captivity, Who robbed the grave of victory. And took the sting of death." L. PAUL DING CoUNrY,Ga., FEa. 15, 1855. We are called upo, this dlay, to mourn the death of our br, ther, MARTIN STIDHAM, aged 62 years, 4 months and 15 days. Brother Stidham was a resi dent of Cass county, Georgia ; and had been a meta ber of the Baptist Church thirty years. He was an humble christian, and in honor to our brother ang friend, we say that he was a father to the fatheriess and friend of the poor. He died in the triuniph'of faith, imparting insstuction to his tender Wtife and weeping children and friends that were around him - and his glorified soul is gone to the realms of eternal day, where he has joined the ministers of heaven, fomerly his attendants who kept the charge of his dying bed, to praise God through the annalsof eternity. Administrator's Notice. A LL Persons having any demands against the. Estate of John L. Richardson, de'd., are no tified to render them in legally attested, within three mouths from this date; and those indebted will please make early payment, as the parties in terested arc desirous that the Estate shottld be brought to a speedy close. D. R. DURISOR, Adm'or'